Drumright Tradition Continues

On Dec. 24, at 6 p. m. the Drumright First United Methodist Church at 115 North Pennsylvania Avenue will once again host its annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service.

Drumright Rotary Club donates to City of Drumright

The rotary club of Drumright made a cash donation to the City of Drumright to be used to purchase benches for Centennial Park during the regular commission meeting on Dec. 13. Among the mostly routine agenda items, a donation in an estimated amount of $1,100 from the rotary club was listed.

Downtown building destroyed in high winds

Thursday’s sustained winds of 30 miles per hour in Drumright probably weren’t enough to bring down the building located at 114 E Broadway. However, the 50 mile per hour gusts, coupled with a wind tunnel eff ect of the vacant lot just west of the building were plenty strong enough.

Highway 33 crash kills Kellyville woman

According to a report by Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Jared Sharp, a fatality collision occurred on Dec. 14, around 9:30 p.m. on eastbound highway 33 near the intersection of 33 and south 193rd West Ave.

Shop local this holiday season

The holiday season will be more special this year as people once again gather in person to celebrate. Make a positive impact in your community and remember why shopping local matters – it helps to support local businesses hurt by the pandemic. Shopping local is the gift that keeps on giving.

Fry, Womack honored at McPherson College

Cushing’s Hayden Fry was named to the McPherson College honor roll for the fall semester Another CHS graduate, Dalton Womack, received honorable mention.

ENERGY WATCH

WTI $65.55 — noon Tuesday From the Tank Tiger Oil prices were down on the week as chatter of new pandemic driven restrictions had traders talking about erosion of demand. Brent crude futures closed the week at $73.52 a barrel, while WTI crude settled at $70.86 a barrel. Brent was down 2.

Senate Review

I don’t think you can beat hometown celebrations for the Christmas season. Here in Senate District 21, I was so happy to participate in some of those holiday traditions, including Christmas parades in Stillwater, Mannford and in Oilton.

Reflections on a 62-year marriage

It’s the Christmas season, a time of hope and love. I’ve been refl ecting on this as the 62nd anniversary of my wedding to my wife, Kay, approaches. When people introduce me at a public event, they often mention how long I’ve been married, and the listeners always applaud.

Christmas 2021

As I have considered how I wanted to end this year, I knew I wanted to try to bring a message of hope and unity. We are truly living in dark days, where it seems we have lost any pretense of civility towards anyone who thinks differently than ourselves.