DESTINATION DOWNTOWN

One exciting thing happening this month is we going to brand our downtown by giving it a name and everyone gets to help choose that name. You will be reading more about this, but it is really nothing new.

Arrests

The following are arrest records from the Cushing Police Department for July 4 through 8. Subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. John Martelli Martin, 40 Driving under the influence, child endangerment Jefferson, Thomas Lee: 30 Driving under suspension, speeding

Every Citizen’s got a story

Jennifer Blankinship was born on June 25 in Cushing,OK. From the ages of three to 18 she went to Ripley school with the same 24 students. “When you get to grow up in a small class, they aren’t just your classmates they’re your family,” Blankinship said. She graduated high school in 1991.

Dolese Bros. acquires Quapaw Company

Last month, Dolese Brothers Co. acquired 100 percent of the stock of The Quapaw Company in a buyout. Quapaw, founded in the early 1950s by the Childress and Kiser families were beginning their the fourth generation of ownership. The Quapaw Company will now be a whollyowned subsidiary of Dolese.

ENERGY WATCH

Crude Oil futures contracts opened lower on Tuesday following a rising number of Covid-19 cases. Prices have dropped more than 1% on Monday as a meeting of OPEC+ countries this week is expected to taper production cuts.

Lions honor front line workers

Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Cushing Lions Club was special as those memories from just a couple of months ago crept back in when we all parked in the parking lots of Hillcrest Hospital at 7 pm honking and flashing our lights for those brave employees that were inside as the first defense of...

OSU Graduation

Oklahoma State University awarded degrees to 3,840 students this past spring, including 2,432 Oklahomans, according to the Office of the Registrar.

Cooling down the greens

An employee at Cushing’s Buffalo Rock Golf Course sprays water on the greens to keep them cool in triple digit heat last week. Recent rains have served to cool the temperatures and the Cushing area can expect good golfing weather with temps in the lower 90s under partly cloudy skies through Friday.