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Pioneer Telephone Cooperative will have a new general manager for the first time in over a quarter century beginning next September.
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General Manager Richard Ruhl reported to more than 400 members that Pioneer Telephone Cooperative remains on strong financial footing despite a global pandemic that’s affected numerous industries the last 18 months.
Read moreLocalized downpours on the last day of the month offered only partial redemption for an otherwise bone dry September.
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Cashion 4-H members Molly Mayes and Caroline Oakley were named grand champions in the intermediate division of the Oklahoma State Fair Cupcake Wars. Caroline is a sixth grader and Molly a fifth grader at Cashion Middle School. The creative best pals are the daughters of Brody and Jan Ette Oakley and Brandon and Amber Mayes and collaborated in the Oakley kitchen to devise their winning “Not So Veggie Garden” cupcake design (pictured in the bottom left corner of the far left photo and in the closeup at bottom right.) The contest required the girls to bring three prebaked cupcakes, decorate them onsite (top right) and then make an oral presentation to the judges exhibiting their food safety knowledge as well as their decorating techniques with crushed cookie “dirt” and rolled candy “veggies.” The girls are already planning next year’s entry. [Photos Provided]
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Just a week after participating in the ribbon cutting for the new Kingfisher Visitors Center, the local philanthropist who helped fund the building died at age 91.
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Albert Marion Mowdy was born on April 5, 1937, and passed away on Sept. 30, 2021.
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Dorma Lea Hobbs was born April 21, 1930, to Emil and Hazel Boeckman and passed on Sept. 27, 2021.
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