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Brass section band members Sophomore Ryan McBride and Senior Devon Whithom walk with Senior Erin Jacobs who plays clarinet during the Ripley Band Car Show held Saturday, Nov. 6..

Seated: Catherine Johnson Standing: Elma Fox & Linda Howell.

Four birthdays were celebrated at the Cushing Senior Citizens Center during the month of July. The birthday girls and boys were, seated from left, Mary Moody and Teresa Skinner; standing from left, Nadine McFadden and Bill Erwin.

James Henson placed third, Stephanie Nutter second and, Tonya Frisbee placed fi rst in the Red Carpet Karaoke adult division. Youth Winner Aubri Crumpton belts out her rendition of Fever during the opening round.

Audie and Zane Dutton take a time out for a phots with the “Polar Express” Conductor during the Cushing Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Centennial Park..

Recently, Ripley High School Senior Coltyn Robinson signed with Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma to play baseball. As Bacone’s mascot is the Warriors, Robinson will retain his status as a Warrior at Bacone, where he will study sports management.

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William Adler Mahaney Shoemake was born at 6:24 a.m., on Sunday, Sept. 27, at St. John’s Hospital, in Tulsa, to Myriah and Ryan Shoemake, of Bristow. William’s maternal grandparents are Steve and Sylvia Thompson and his paternal grandparents are Stuart and Trisha Shoemake; maternal great-grandparents are Leonard and Audrey Vann, Kaye Thompson and Pete Thompson and paternal greatgrandparents are Ray and Billie Mahaney, and Don and Nancy Shoemake.

We are in the fi nal sprint to complete the 2020 U.S. census! The deadline to complete your household’s census is Sept.

The Payne County Fair normally attracts between 25,000 and 30,000 people to Stillwater, but this year those numbers will be less due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Payne County Fair Board previously approved modifi cations to the fair scheduled for Aug.25-29 at the Payne County Expo Center.