Maroon Melodymakers make joyous sound

Spring planting is here and Morrison students took part in a spring planting activity. Staff will share the plant sale date and details as the date gets closer.

The fourth grade Perry elementary school class of Janice Bass won the chili supper canned food drive contest. The class contributed 141 cans of the total 928 cans collected from tstudents. They earned a donut party, compliments of Daylight Donuts. Members of the Noble County Geneology Society plan to publish...

Applications are now being accepted for Arts Council Oklahoma City’s Youth Art Sale, which gives young local artists the opportunity to showcase their creative works of art. The Youth Art Sale is a one-day event allowing Oklahoma’s emerging young artists to display and sell their artwork during the Festival of the Arts.

Dear Editor, I am writing to thank Perry-area residents for sharing the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. Generosity throughout contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected over 9.3 million shoebox gifts in 2022. …

Libby Marie Cinnamon of Garber has gone home to be with her Lord. She was only 94 years young. She was born at home, North of Garber, to Frank Joseph Sebranek and his wife Mary Emma Simunek Sebanek. She attended Home Valley country school and later Garber High school, where she met and was crowned FFA sweetheart by her future husband Ray Gene Cinnamon. Following high school, Libby worked at Sears until she and Ray Gene were married on April 30, 1947, at the Garber Christian Church. From this time on she was a hard-working farm wife and mother, raising their 5 children Eldon, Jean, Donna, Nita and Richard, milking cows and caring for the chickens. She was a life-long member of the Christian Church of Garber where she served as a church board member, a deaconess, and was a member of Ruth’s Circle, part of the Christian Women Fellowship. She taught Sunday School, was President of the CWF and could be found sewing outfits for the children’s program every Christmas at the church. She also volunteered for school functions, was often a sponsor or class mom, and was a founding member of the Nu-Way Club. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the light of her life. You could search for a thousand years and never find a more devoted wife, mother and grandma.

Nursing faculty at Northern Oklahoma College will soon be honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing faculty. The award is part of The DAISY Foundation’s mission to express gratitude to nurses with programs that recognize them for the extraordinary, compassionate and skillful care they provide patients and families.

Oklahoma State University Extension has announced Heather Winn as the 2023 Distinguished Educator. Winn, the Family and Consumer Sciences/4-H educator for OSU Extension in Cherokee County, was recognized during an awards luncheon in Stillwater on Jan. 25. The annual honor is presented to a county educator, district program specialist or...

The Board of County Commissioners of Noble County has released an agenda for the 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30 regular meeting. The meeting will take place in the Noble County Commissioners Office, 2nd floor, Noble County Courthouse in Perry. The agenda items, for consideration, discussion, and possible board action are as follows: • Call the meeting to order. • Roll call. • Moment of Silence. •…

Noble County Republican Women will be hosting our annual membership tea at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 at the Heritage Center. Keynote speaker will be the new director of the Career Tech Brent Haken. As the newly appointed director, Haken will speak to the NCRW about his vision for the Career Tech. Haken became the ninth state director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education in…

Brian T. Hermanson, of Ponca City, took an oath Jan. 20 to serve as the 2023 Oklahoma Bar Association president. He was among nine attorneys sworn in to serve on the OBA’s 17-member Board of Governors during a ceremony held in the Oklahoma Supreme Court Ceremonial Courtroom at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. “I have had the opportunity over the last 40-plus years to serve many OBA presidents…

This past Saturday, Jan. 21, the Perry Upper Elementary School’s 5th and 6th grade academic team competed in the Oklahoma Junior Academic Bowl Association (OJABA) regional tournament in Dale, Oklahoma. Perry was the third seed out of five teams. They won their first game against fifth-seed Locust Grove Elementary and their next game against the No. 1 seed Vinita Will Rogers A team. In the third…

Perry Lions Club had their weekly luncheon meeting on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Elks Lodge. Lion Robert Filtz introduced the program, Noble County Game Warden Stephen Paul. He talked to Lions about new fishing and hunting laws. He stressed the importance of getting kids back outside and encouraging them to fish and hunt!

Morrison student September Flanagan was recently named Vype Magazine Miss Softball Oklahoma 2022. Flanagan was honored at a Morrison event and presented with a plaque commemorating her achievement.

Afederal jury recently convicted Robert Lee Harrison, Jr., 49, of Oklahoma City, of carjacking and other crimes, announced United States Attorney Robert J. Troester. On April 6, 2022, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Harrison. Count 1 charged Harrison with illegal possession of ammunition. Count 2 charged him with carjacking.

State Attorney General Gentner Drummond will take control from Oklahoma County prosecutors and decide whether to file charges once a criminal probe into Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen’s state contract, as well as a separate investigation into alleged improprieties at the Commissioners of the Land Office conclude. Drummond’s office...