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County records first positive COVID-19 cases

MSC donates supplies to Mercy facilities in Tishomingo and Ardmore

By John A. Small

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Johnston County Sheriff Jon Smith and Undersheriff Gary Dodd are shown receiving personal protection equipment (PPE) for local irst responders late last week. Johnston County Emergency Management Director Jason Bryant told the Sentinel that, with the assistance of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Ofice, his ofice is working closely with all county agencies to make sure they are safe and have the resources they need to respond. Bryant added that donated resources, such as handmade masks, are being made by citizens to help the irst responders.

Races develop for one city,

two county seats on June 30

By John A. Small

Managing Editor

A race has developed for only one of the three seats to be determined in the upcoming Tishomingo municipal election, while the successor to outgoing Johnston County Comissioner Mike Thompson will not be determined until the general election later this year.

The three-day iling period for both the county primary election and the city's municipal election began last Wednesday, April 8, at 8 a.m., and ended Friday, April 10, at 5 p.m. Both elections are scheduled to take place on Tuesday, June 30.

In Tishomingo, incumbent Ward 5 representative Sharon Boston

is being challenged by Erin Eatherly for the unexpired one-year term in that seat. Boston was appointed to the council last year following the resignation of former Ward 5 councilman and then-Mayor Don Keel.

Current Vice Mayor Woody Jumper is running unopposed for his Ward 2 seat. In Ward 3, Melissa Hefington was the only candidate to ile for the seat currently held by Tom Lokey, who announced this year that he would not run again.

Meanwhile, on the county ballot, a total of six candidates - three Democrats and three Republicans - are vying for Thompson's seat as District 2 Commissioner. Thompson, who was irst elected in 1996, also announced earlier this year that he would not seek another term.

Among those iling as Democratic candidates for the seat are Thompson's long-time road foreman, Danny Lowe, who also worked

for District 2 under two of Thompson's predecessors.

Lowe is being challenged for the Democratic nomination by Clifton Harris and Michael West.

Seeking the GOP District 2 nomination are Fred Raines, Cacy Cribbs and Ivan Richeson.

If necessary, a runoff primary election has been scheduled for Aug. 25 according to the Oklahoma State Election Board.

The winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries will square off against one another in the general election on Nov. 3.

In the other seats to be determined in the June 30 county election, Undersheriff Gary Dodd and Randy White have iled as candidates to succeed longtime Johnston County Sheriff Jon Smith. Smith announced his plans to retire in

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Johnston County has now reported its irst two conirmed positive cases of the COVID-19 virus.

The two cases were included in the daily coronavirus update provided Tuesday morning by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). The communities in which the cases were reported were not identiied in the OSDH report.

The two local cases brings the total number of conirmed positive cases of COVID-19 throughout the state of Oklahoma to 2,184. Tuesday's advisory also increased the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Oklahoma to 108.

The number of conirmed cases reported in Johnston County is expected to rise dramatically in the coming weeks as local testing increases.

As reported on the Sentinel's Facebook page on April 7, the Johnston County Health Department conducted curbside COVID-19 testing by appointment only last Tuesday and Wednesday, April 7-8, from 2 to 4 p.m. both days.

County residents seeking to make appointments were able to do so by calling the Health Department at 371-2470. Those requesting the test must be no younger than 18 years old; and must have a fever of at least 100.4, a cough, or short-

ness of breath. JCHD oficials stated

at the time that additional testing was likely to be announced, but as of press time Tuesday no times or dates had been oficially announced.

Dates and times will be posted on the Sentinel's Facebook page and website () as they are made available.

Tuesday's OSDH advisory also stated that the agency has established a task force - including nurses and epidemiologists - to work with long term care facilities through onsite consultation, assessment and training to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in facilities.

The agency also is distributing shipments of personal protective equipment (PPE) to facilities.

The report said OSDH is continuing to work with hospitals to prepare for a surge to the medical system in the coming weeks.

In a press release received by the Sentinel on Monday, oficials with Mercy Healthcare announced that its network is balancing care with caution as its facilities including Mercy Hospital Tishomingo - works

to provide the best and safest care to patients during the pandemic.

"We're adapting our procedures to protect both our patients and our co-workers," the Mercy statement said. "We've added special COVID-19 protocols to ER admission, providing immediate support, masks and isolation spaces for patients who may have been exposed.

"This protects not only COVID-19 patients, but our other patients as well, and minimizes the chances of exposure."

The release also stated that the Mercy system has established dedicated care areas at many of its locations, which are being utilized solely for COVID-19 patients to minimize exposure and stop the virus's spread.

Mercy is also making use of virtual technology to provide distance-care options at some of its locations. More information can be found at or .

Murray State College recently responded to the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) by donating supplies to the Mercy Hospital facilities in both Tishomingo

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Disgraceful show of disrespect

Tishomingo police are investigating an act of wanton vandalism that occurred at the city cemetery sometime during the overnight hours of April 12, Easter Sunday. Reports received by the Johnston County Sentinel on Monday stated that a total of 23 headstones at the cemetery were overturned, broken or both. Some city oficials are pointing to the senseless destruction as evidence for the need of a curfew as the community continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Two longtime favorite artists among pandemic's victims

One of the neat things about growing up about an hour south of Chicago in the 1970s was the access to two of the great broadcasting outlets to be found anywhere in the country at that point in time.

The irst was the local PBS station, WTTW-TV (Channel 11). Both of my parents were tremndous fans of the programming on PBS, and consequently I grew to love much of it as well. It was where I, like so many others of my generation, irst encountered such nationally renowned television fare as Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Nova and Great Performances. But WTTW was also home to a locally produced concert series, Soundstage, which I'm sure also aired on other PBS stations around the country.

Soundstage was a show very much like Austin City Limits (which also aired on WTTW), but tended to showcase singer-songwriters whose work was more in the folk and folk-rock genre. It was on Soundstage that I irst encountered a number of artists who became and are still favorites of mine - performers such as Steve Goodman, Harry Chapin, Bryan Bowers, Alliotta Haynes Jeremiah, Stan Rogers and Jim Post (who in the 1960s had been the male half of the rock duo Friend & Lover, the one-hit wonder that recorded the song "Reach Out Of The Darkness").

The other broadcasting outlet that was a mainstay of the Small residence throughout my childhood and adolescence was a radio station: WFMTFM, which marketed itself as "Chicago's Fine Arts Station."

The label was both accurate and well-deserved - the station specialized in classical music - but the crown jewel of the WFMT broadcast schedule was a three-hour program entitled The Midnight Special, which aired every Saturday night from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and was rebroadcast the following Wednesday afternoon starting around

2 p.m. The Midnight Special was about as

eclectic a music program as one might possibly imagine, which is precisely why it was so popular in our household. The vast majority of the material played by the show's trio of revolving hosts was stuff you were not likely to ind on any other radio station anywhere in Chicago - or across the rest of the country, for that matter.

On any given show the listener might hear not only classical music but also a wide range of folk, country, rock and roll, gospel, show tunes from both stage and screen, movie scores, novelty songs, opera, foreign language recordings - even the occasional cut from a comedy album, like the Bill Cosby bit about husbands killing cockroaches for their wives that made my poor mother laugh so hard the irst time she heard it that her sides hurt for nearly a week.

(Interesting side note: After my parents moved to Oklahoma in the mid-1990s, Dad became a regular listener of KUCO, the classical station that originates at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Noting the similarities between that station and WFMT, and upon learning that The Midnight Special was now being made available to other stations across the country, Dad contacted the station manager and inquired about the possibility of carrying the show on KUCO. The manager thought it was a great idea and made arrangements to air the show... then yanked it roughly a month or so later, apparently to appease a few irate listeners who called to complain about one of the songs that aired on a particular episode. So much for promoting the arts...)

My father had what was generally acknowledged to be the most varied and eclectic record collection in town, and a lot of those records were ones Dad irst heard while listening to The Midnight Special or watching Soundstage. As was true about so many oth-

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er things, Dad's love of both shows rubbed off on me and had a tremendous inluence on my own listening habits. And one of the artists I came to love as a result was the great John Prine, Steve Goodman's best friend and the man one critic once called a "modern Mark Twain."

Prine was one of those songwriters who, like Goodman and Chapin, could string together words in such a fashion that it could provoke both laughter and tears in the listener. His lyrics were at once simple and profound, such as the main chorus to one of my all-time favortie Prine songs: "There's a big ol' goofy man dancin' with a big ol' goofy girl, ooh baby it's a big ol' goofy world."

His songs told stories about the real world and provided lessions both subtle and not - about the human condition. He would have made a heck of a newspaper columnist.

Another artist I discovered through the twin auspices of WTTW and WFMT was a British comedian named Tim Brooke-Taylor. The name is not a familiar one to most Americans, I suppose, though it really should be; Brooke-Taylor was one of the three stars of The Goodies, a comedy series that Dad once described as "The British Three Stooges."

Broadcast on BBC from 1970 to 1980, and repackaged for American airings on PBS stations, The Goodies was an odd mix of surreal sketches, situation comedy and madcap music - sort of Monty Python meets The Monkees - centered around the antics of Brooke-Taylor and his co-stars, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (who also wrote and sang the show's songs).

The show followed the trio's various misadventures as they hired them-

selves out as workers for hire, performing all manner of ridiculous but (generally) benevolent tasks. Under this loose format the show veered all over the place, parodying everything from pop culture to politics; one of my favorite episodes revolved around a long-lost martial art known as Icky Thump, in which opponents attack one another with big sausage sticks...

Not long after we discovered The Goodies on PBS, The Midnight Special happened to air a cut from an album entitled I'm Sorry, I'll Read

That Again: The Wonder Show of the BBC. The record was a collection of sketches from an British radio comedy series of the same name that aired in the 1960s; the cast included not only all three members of The Goodies but also a young John Cleese, who of course would go on to fame as a member of the Monty Python troupe.

Dad being Dad, he sought out and eventually found a copy of the entire album... and the rest, as they say, is history. At least at my house.

John Prine and Tim Brooke-Taylor were two very different types of performers from opposite sides of the Atlantic, and I doubt that they ever met one another. But together they played an important role in my development, both as a fan of their work and as a writer myself. And because I discovered them at roughly the same period of my life, it is hard not to think of one without thinkiong of the other.

Now, sadly, they are forever linked in my mind in another way as well. Both men died recently after respective battles with this lousy COVID-19 virus - Prine on April 7, and Brooke-Taylor on April 12.

The virus has claimed so many lives, and in my own way I mourn them all. But these two deaths have hit close to home, because of the joy both men brought me and my family for so many years. I don't mind admitting that I cried...

(Column copyright ? 2020 by John A. Small)

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By John A. Small

Managing Editor

Johnston County EMS' efforts to reconigure its annual

Easter Egg Hunt proved to be a success - but there were a few bumps on the bunny trail.

As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak,

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JCEMS this year offered county families the opportunity to hold the traditional Easter egg hunt in their own front yards.

This event took the place of the traditional EMS Easter Egg Hunt that has been held at the Tishomingo High School football ield for the past 22 years.

On Saturday, April 11, irst responders hid eggs in the front yards of those families who registered to participate. Placement of the eggs began at 8 p.m. that evening, allowing participating children to hunt the eggs the following morning, Sunday, April 12.

JCEMS Director Kenny Power told the Sentinel on Monday that the new version of the event had been a success.

"We delivered eggs for approximately 680 children," Power said.

But he added that irst responders did run into a problem as they brought the eggs around to the participating households.

"I'd say at least half of the homes that we went to did not have their address numbers on their houses," Power said. "This made it dificult for our people to know if they were at the correct locations."

While this proved a minor headache in relation to the Easter activity, Power stressed that improper or nonexistent display of a residential address number could have tragic consequences in the event of a health emergency.

"If we can't see your address, we may not know the correct location that we need to be responding to," Power said.

M"Fortunately this wasn't an emergency

situation - but what

might have happened

if it had been? That's

something we don't like

to think about."

Most communities

across the country have

some sort of law or

ordinance regarding the

proper display of both

residential and business

addresses.

However, experts

say that in many of

those

communities

those ordinances are not

always enforced as well

as they ought to be.

There are a variety

of reasons why homes

should display their

address - the most

important being the

need for police or irst

responders to ind the

residence in the event of

an emergency.

If you need 911

services, ire, law

enforcement and EMS

will be able to ind you

faster. A visitor, child or

an injured person may

be unable to give clear

directions.

In addition, new

emergency personnel

may not yet be as

familiar with the area,

particularly if they have

only recently moved into

town themselves.

Displaying

the

house's address also aids

proper mail delivery and

identiication for utility

services. Telephone,

electric and cable

companies rely on an

address to start a new

service or respond to a

maintenance problem.

Johnston County

residents who do not

know their correct

E-911 address, or who

are seeking information

regarding speciic local

addressing concerns,

are advised to call the

Johnston County E-911

ofice at 371-9911; or

e-mail johnston911@

.

While

speciic

laws may vary from

town to town, the

following guidelines

are typically cited by

many municipalities

with regard to the proper

display of residential

street addresses:

? Use Large

Numbers - Every single-

family house should

use numbers that are at

least three inches high.

Multiple dwelling units

such as apartments and

duplexes, as well as non-

residential buildings,

should use numbers that

are at least six inches

high. The numbers

should face the correct

street.

? Be Visible in the

Dark - Put the numbers

on your house under

a light. Numbers on a

mailbox or post should

be relective or on a

highly

contrasting

background.

? Be Visible From

Both Directions -

Numbers on your

mailbox should be

posted on both sides.

Emergency vehicles may

not arrive from the same

direction as your mail

carrier or delivery.

? Locate Near the

Road - If your house

is not visible from the

street, post numbers

so that they are clearly

visible from the road

either on a pole, sign or

post. If your house is

across the street from a

mailbox, post the number

along the driveway.

? Post Twice on Long

or Shared Driveways -

If the driveway leads to

more than one address,

post all numbers at the

end of the driveway

and also post the correct

number on each building.

? Uncover the

Numbers - Several times

per year, trim the bushes,

vines, lowers and weeds

so all numbers are clearly

visible. Move lower

baskets, lags and other

items that may obstruct a

clear view.

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Dateline: Johnston County

Local residents celebrate

Easter `around the world'

TMS Reading Fair winners announced

Tishomingo Middle School held its annual Reading Fair March 9-12. Students submitted projects based on their independent reading. Each project successfully introduced and explained 10 literary elements from their selected books. Pictured are this year's Reading Fair winners: back row (L-R) Owen Baker, Maddox Mayo, Madison Scruggs, Stella Caskey, Patience Green, Summer Maldonado; front row (L-R) Davey Sloggett, Matt Patton, Brooklyn Claborn, Roman Rawls, Lexee Columbus, Marion Wilson and Jayden Salmon. The school expressed its appreciation to the local businesses and individuals who assisted in this year's event and helped present awards to the winners.

Seniors worldwide being

targeted by scammers

By Jerry Blackerby

Sentinel Correspondent The April issue of

AARP Bulletin has a cover story which is a special report on Fraud International (scams targeting senior citizens all over the world).

Scammers are now trained, sophisticated, organized, businesslike and global. The article shows how they operate and how to avoid them. C MThis article is one of the best I have read Y on Kthe subject, but also scary when you realize how scammers have evolved.

I have been on several mailing lists about scams for many years. That is why I periodically include information in this column about scams, because I hate to see people, especially senior citizens, being scammed.

The best advice in the article is to not answer any call if you do not know who they are. I let my answering machine answer every call, unless I recognize the caller ID or number.

I have even answered once or twice when a scammer was cloning a friend's number as their caller ID.

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When they started their spiel, I realized it was not my friend but a scammer, and hung up without saying a word.

If you receive the AARP Bulletin, read the article thoroughly and follow the tips to avoid being scammed.

Share the bulletin with friends who do not receive the AARP Bulletin. I found the following link to get to the article online: .

money/scamsfraud/info-2020/international-fraud.html.

Milburn First Baptist Church will meet again next Sunday for a drivein service. Come to the church parking lot and stay isolated in your car.

If you have any extra toilet tissue, bread, eggs or other items that are in short supply, please

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By Matthew Cravatt

Sentinel Correspondent Ravia area residents

were treated to Easter services from around the region and the globe, regardless of current pandemic restrictions, thanks to radio and television broadcasts, along with Internet livestream options.

In fact, Ravia households reported online Easter Sunday services including First Baptist Church of Sherman; Celtic Christian music services, presumably from Northern Britan; Italian Roman Catholic opera services; and a parking lot Easter service delivered by Ravia's own Johnston County Sheriff and preacher at Rock Harbor Church, Jon Smith.

In effect, COVID19 pandemic social distancing restrictions presented vastly more options of Easter worship for Johnston County Christians, and all God's Children said...

Recent stresses on household income related to COVID-19 restrictions among area residents has led Ravia Mayor Ricky Kreger to order a temporarily halt of utility service suspension for insuficient and/ or nonpayment.

The order will keep water meters from being

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turned off, thus preventing reconnection fees, although it will not act to forgive utility bills, or the application of late fees, and will expire at an undetermined future point when those fees will apply.

Therefore, Ravia Public Works oficials strongly encourage customers to pay any or all of their utility bills as inances will allow, as per schedule, to avoid unnecessarily larger future payments.

The order will be addressed in the Ravia Board of Trustees meeting to be held Monday, April 20, at 6 p.m. at the Ravia Town Hall Complex, adjusted accord-

ingly to allow for social distancing.

The Ravia Senior Citizens Center regular Thursday dinner remains closed in the effort to prevent COVID-19 spread.

Mayor Ricky Kreger encourages Ravia area residents to practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic in the effort to prevent viral spread, lattening the curve, and providing a safe, healthy environment for all.

You can inform the Ravia area community of important news and upcoming events with a call to 371-0275, or e-mail at ravia.news@ with details.

ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT

To the people of Johnston County District 2:

My name is Danny Lowe. I am running for the ofice of County Commissioner District 2. I have worked for District 2 for the last 31 years. Also, I have been on the board of trustees for the City of Milburn for the last 26 years and hold the position of mayor for the last 20 years.

I have worked for three different commisioners - Buddy Parks, J.W. Reed and Mike Thompson. I was moved to road foreman position under J.W. and have kept this position under Mike Thompson to present. I have been responsible for the daily operation of District 2. I attended the Association of County Commissioners for 10 years, learning about how and what county government is about and how vital it is. I have worked with the Civil Engineering District (CED) in helping our road and bridge projects. I have worked with the Chickasaws on several road projects for District 2.

I know your concerns about our roads during the lood of 2015. We lost a lot of our roads and tinhorns during that time. I know that ive years is a long time to try and recover; however, with having 187 miles of road and only ive road hands you try to bring the roads back to what they were before the lood the best way you can.

All that I ask of you is to vote for the person you feel has the most experience in all aspects in county government at both the courthouse and District 2 county barn. I will try to visit each one of you if the time allows, and listen to your concerns and input on this matter.

Vote Asking you to

Danny Lowe

County Commisioner District 2

June 30

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Closure renewal part of Tishomingo Senior Citizens Center Menus `routine' county agenda 601 West Main, Tishomingo ? 371-9116

By John A. Small ty EMS Director Kenny the bid.

Managing Editor

Power told the commis- In other business, the

sioners that the JCEMS commissioners voted 3-0

It is, perhaps, an un- headquarters has also to approve a contract

fortunate sign of the been closed to outside with the irm TASC to

times that "routine" foot trafic for the dura- provide services to the

meetings for the John- tion of the pandemic.

County Assessor's ofice

ston County Board of In a related item, during Fiscal Year 2020-

Commissioners include County Assessor Guyla 21, at a cost of $15,000

the weekly renewal of Hart gave a brief report for the year.

their proclamation or- on a video town hall The contract calls for

dering the closure for meeting conducted by the company to assist the

all county-owned prop- Oklahoma Speaker of Assessor's Ofice with

erties in response to the the House Charles Mc- the visual inspection of

COVID-19 pandemic. Call last Friday, April 10. oil and gas production

But that was indeed That meeting was facilities, aggregate min-

the main order of busi- hosted by the Johnston ing operations and wind

ness before the commis- County Chamber of farms within the county.

sioners at their regular Commerce (JCCC), and The commissioners

weekly meeting on Mon- focused primarily on i- also voted 3-0 to renew

day, April 13.

nancial assistance avail- the county's annual con-

C o m m i s s i o n e r s able through the Small tract with Miller Ofice

Jacky Hallmark, Mike Business Administration Equipment to provide

Thompson and T.J. Cle- for employers affected maintenance for two

ments voted unanimous- by the pandemic.

copiers in the ofice of

ly to again renew the Much of that same in- County Clerk Kathy

resolution, which will re- formation appears in this Ross, at a cost of $608.88

main in effect until next week's edition of JCCC for the year.

Milburn Monday, April 20.

Director Jordyn Frazier's

At that time the com- "Chamber News" col-

missioners will deter- umn, which appears on

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mine whether the closure of county-owned properties should be renewed for another week.

By comparison, as reported in last week's issue of the Johnston County Sentinel, the Tishomingo City Council voted on April 6 to amend its existing state of emergency declaration to keep it in effect for the duration of Gov. Kevin Stitt's emergency executive order.

During Monday's meeting, Johnston Coun-

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during their meeting on Monday, the commissioners accepted the only bid received for the purchase of a 2009 or newer model bucket truck with 55-foot boom for the county.

That bid, received from Shorty's Truck Sales of Lone Grove, was in the amount of $29,000 for a 2009 model International bucket truck. The commissioners voted 3-0 to accept

bring them to church and we will distribute to people in our community who need it.

Some of us are praying that God will bring our country and the world through this current crisis of the coronavirus pandemic.

It would be wonderful to see every one healed and the virus vanish as it peaks in the next few days. That would show the world that God is in control.

The next community

passed a resolution to close all school buildings for the remainder of the year. The teachers are working tirelessly to develop distance learning lesson plans that are equitable and beneicial to student learning.

The school will continue to run meal routes daily, as well as meal grab-and-go.

At this time, all extra curricular events are canceled and graduation is postponed until CDC loosens restrictions.

and food bank will be open Monday through Thursday, from 8-11 a.m.

Bible Trivia: What did the chief priest and Pharisees give Judas to enable him to help arrest Jesus? A band of men and oficers. Last week's question: How did the sailors discover Jonah was responsible for the storm? Answer: Cast lots (Jonah 1:7). Read the entire four chapters of the short

substance of things

hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrews 11:1, KJV)

If you have any announcements or other input for the "Milburn News" column, please notify me. I see many events at the Milburn Community Center that I have not heard about.

Please send an e-mail to jerryblackerby@ , or call me at home at (580) 4435618 or my cell phone at (972) 824-2733, at least

prayer meeting is sched-

When I am informed book of Jonah for the a week before an event,

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SMART Program Canceled

The Chickasaw Nation has announced that its

Toksali SMART summer youth program, which

had been scheduled for April 27-July 31, has been

Milburn

Public

Milburn School:

Schools have announced

The state board that the ofice, cafeteria

Sooner Pharmacy

canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many Chickasaw Nation businesses and ofices are also closed until further notice. For more information, call (580) 310-9240

Good Health

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Johnston County Milestones

Hometown cafeteria heroes serve on front lines

Very content to serve behind the lines and usually out of the spotlight, Margaret Payne and the Tishomingo School District cafeteria staff have been sacking meals in front of Pete Littlepage Cafeteria.

The child nutrition program is currently providing three meals

per day to as many as 800 children, and the number could even grow in the future.

This effort began shortly after the school closure resulting from the COVID-19 pandem-

ic. The number of meals

served has grown to a level that has created a need for the involvement of numerous volunteers in the process of distribution and delivery of meals.

The district is currently serving meals at the elementary school, middle school, Butcher Pen and Connerville.

Routes have also been established for those children who are not able to make one of the distribution sites.

INCA, one of our local agencies, has partnered with the district in making these home deliveries in cases where transportation is a factor.

We are very thankful for all of the staff and community members

who have enlisted to make delivery of meals to children possible.

As Payne manages and leads in the preparation of the meals, Linda Holmes has worked to coordinate the distribution of the meals which will ensure that our children's nutrition doesn't fall off during this challenging time.

Any student, along with any other child ages one to 18 in the district, is eligible to receive meals during the pandemic.

We have been very blessed to have so many ready to respond to the needs of our children.

The district is currently able to feed children as provided for as part of a federal child nutrition program known

as the Seamless Summer Food program, which we have been approved for through the State Department of Education Child Nutrition program and another program referred to as the CACFP.

We have had some very generous offers by friends who are connected to Tishomingo, and who have a real heart for the children in this community.

It has been very encouraging to see people who have heart for our children and are prepared to do whatever it takes to meet their needs, from food to clothing.

We believe very strongly that our children are our future, and want to thank everyone who has invested in them.

Writing contest winners announced

Chickasaw Nation

Arts and Humanities an-

Although COVID-19 has closed down schools throughout Oklahoma and across America, the Tishomingo School District's cafeteria staff (pictured above and below) has continued to provide meals for local students. The district is serving meals to students at all the elementary and middle schools, as well as in Butcher Pen and Connerville.

nounced the 2020 Anoli' Creative Writing Contest winners, anoli' being a Chickasaw word meaning "to tell."

Chickasaw citizens from sixth grade through adulthood submitted their original poetry and prose to this free contest, which prompted the writers to exercise their creativity.

The contest is divided by grade level and age. Accepted content types include poetry, short story and essay.

Poetry and short story entries were judged on artistic form and creativity. Essay entries were judged on how well the work responded to a prompt.

Award winners received a cash prize.

Winners include: Division I (Grades 6?9) - Poetry: "Loss" by Adler Straub (irst place). Division II - (Grades 10-12) - Poetry: "Succ"seed" by Logan Ketchum (irst place); Short Story: "Interim" by Delanie Seals (irst place), "Middle-Age Mutant Assassin Lizards" by Eddie Dill (second place), "My Friend John" by Rhylind Straub (third place); Essay: "Technology in Chickasaw Culture" by Addison Jackson (irst place). Division III (Post-

by Aricles James (second place), "Pretentious Contempt" by Ethan Cox, (third place); Short Story: "Fishin' Time" by Ethan Cox (irst place), "The Grind" by Avery Pullin (second place), "A Native Sunrise" by Holly Kubiak (third place); Essay: "PreservCing the Past" by David Holcomb (irst placeY), "Google It" by Kimberly Ozment-Gold (second place), "What is Music?" by Adara Finnerty (third place).

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etry: "The Pain Scale" AnoliContest or by Ashley E. Vance email CreativeArts@

Hershel James Howard

Earl Lynn Griffin

(irst place), "Treaty" .

Hershel James "Papa

H" Howard, 72, of Mil-

burn, Okla., passed away

on Easter Sunday, April

12, 2020. He was born

in Tushka, Okla., on

September 11, 1947, to

Hershel Thomas Howard

and Melba Geneva Smith

Howard, who both pre-

ceded him in death.

Hershel attended Southeastern Oklahoma

State University, where he was awarded an elec-

trical degree. He worked as a wireline engineer

for most of his adult life until he retired to pursue

his real passion, farming. He and Meme built their

dream home on the Blue River in 1995, where he

raised cattle and horses and planted a beautiful pe-

can orchard.

Hershel also served his country in the Vietnam

War as a sergeant in the 101st Airborne. He was

awarded the Good Conduct medal, Vietnam Ser-

vice Award, and the Purple Heart.

Hershel is survived by his wife of 53 years,

Norma Nerecai Howard; his son, Hershel James

Howard II, and daughter-in-law Sheri Green How-

ard; a grandson, Hershel James Howard III, and

granddaughter, Lydia Catherine Howard; a daugh-

ter, Heather Jeau Jackson, son-in-law Jeffrey Don

Jackson, and granddaughters Kaiton Jeau Jackson

and Kaci Dawn Jackson; a brother, Larry Dean

Howard; three sisters, Gladys Ann Tramble, Glo-

ria Sue O'Hern and Martha Lou Simpson; and

many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Her-

shel Thomas and Melba Geneva Howard; and a

brother, Thomas Perry "Pete" Howard.

Graveside services will be held today (Thurs-

day), April 16, at 2 p.m. at Green Meadows Cem-

etery in Atoka, Bro. Jay Willoughby oficiating.

The family would like to thank Papa H's many

friends for their thoughts and prayers. In lieu of

lowers, Papa H would have preferred donations

be made to the Murray State College Foundation

or the Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Foundation.

Services will be under the direction of Brown's

Funeral Service in Atoka. Condolences may sent

to the family by e-mail at browns@;

please reference the name of the deceased in your

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Earl Lynn Grifin, 69, was born June 14, 1950, in Tishomingho to the late William Earl and Ruth Lee (Ham) Grifin. He grew up in Tishomingo, and was a member of the Tishomingo High School Class of 1968.

Earl served his country in the U.S. Navy and was a retired Sherman, Texas, ireighter. He had also worked for West Harris and Gum Springs Water Company.

He was a member of Provence Assembly of God Church.

Earl passed away at his Ardmore residence on March 21, 2020, and is now reunited with his parents, son Michael and sister Linda Brown, who preceded him in death.

Survivors include two sons and their wives, Stephen and Heather Grifin and Richard and Misty Grifin; his grandchildren, who were the pride and joy of Earl's life - Seth, Austin, William, Jacob and Logan Grifin; a great-granddaughter, Pasley Grifin; and two sisters, Nita Scruggs of Ardmore and Joyce Isaacson of Marysville, Wash.

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Assistance available through Regional Food Bank

The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma has announced that food assistance is available to state residents who are coping with the coronavirus outbreak.

"Throughout the 53 counties that we serve in western and central Oklahoma, there are nearly 300 community-based partner agencies that continue to provide food assistance even during the COVID-19 pandemic," Deb Bunting, interim CEO of the Regional Food Bank, said.

"In the metro area alone, there are nearly 50 food pantries, including our food and resource center in Moore, who are open and helping households in need of food.

"The Regional Food Bank has provided food assistance for the last 40 years, and we will continue to do so during this health crisis and beyond."

Anyone in need of food assistance should visit get-help to ind a near-

by food pantry. The Regional Food Bank recommends that residents call a pantry before visit-

ing to conirm operating hours and if there are any requirements such as presenting a photo ID.

People can also call (405) 972-1111 during work hours for assistance. For after hours, 2-1-1 can also provide information about food pantries.

The Regional Food Bank also encourages residents who are facing food insecurity to apply for SNAP assistance.

The federal food assistance program provides monthly assistance with groceries. The Regional Food Bank can assist individuals with the application at rfbo. org/SNAP or call (405) 600-3168.

COVID-19

and Ardmore. MSC Director of Nursing

Robin Coppedge said the college's departments of nursing and science donated masks, gloves and gowns to Mercy in both locations. The nursing department also returned practice surgical gowns to Alliance Health, which had generously donated them to MSC students for classroom use.

"We were glad to have supplies on hand that could beneit doctors and nurses in our service area," MSC President Joy McDaniel said. "We partner with Mercy in a variety of ways, and hospitals in our area have always been quick to hire and support MSC graduates."

Murray at Mercy is a partnership program between the college and the hospital in Ardmore. Nursing students take classes at Mercy and have an opportunity to become immersed in a hospital environment prior to graduation.

Many have expressed concern about the impact the pandemic is likely to have on rural hospitals such as Mercy Tishomingo.

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during the past few months, but especially over the past four weeks, many who represent areas with rural hospitals have been speaking with the governor's staff alongside rural hospital administrators and representatives from the Oklahoma Hospital Association to convey concerns about large inancial losses suffered by the hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kiger said they have asked the governor questions and submitted suggestions to help keep rural hospital needs in the forefront of the governor's mind during this crisis.

"Our rural hospitals are dying, and we need your help immediately to ensure our county hospitals remain inancially solvent and avoid certain closure under these pandemic circumstances," Kiger wrote. "I understand the state of Oklahoma is obligated to work off the recommendations of the CDC, and this prompted the order to cease all elective surgeries, OB and many other surgical procedures during this pandemic.

"This one move alone in the order has reduced most rural hospital's incomes by approximately 80 percent. While ending these procedures is understandable, our rural hospitals still have employees, util-

ities, services, food suppliers, and supplies and equipment invoices that will have to be paid on a monthly basis."

In a separate statement released Monday, Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall - whose District 22 includes Johnston County stated that recent rule waivers approved by the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) are allowing medical workers and facilities in Oklahoma to better respond to COVID-19 needs.

Under the waivers, McCall said, doctors can now directly care for patients at rural hospitals such as the one in Tishomingo - across state lines if necessary - via phone, radio or online communication, without having to be physically present. In addition, nurse practitioners may now perform some medical exams on Medicare patients at skilled nursing facilities.

Also, McCall noted, occupational therapists from home health agencies can now perform initial assessments on certain homebound patients. Hospice nurses will be relieved of hospice aide in-service training tasks.

"The waivers apply in healthcare settings including critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, federally qual-

iied health centers, skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies and hospice," McCall said.

The Family Health Center of Southern Oklahoma in Tishomingo is among the federally qualiied health centers impacted by the waivers.

During a video town hall meeting hosted by the Johnston County Chamber of Commerce last Friday, April 10, McCall noted that - despite what he called the "biggest carryover of cash" that he has seen during his tenure in the legislature - Oklahoma is facing budget challenges next year because of the economic impact of the pandemic.

Part of that, he said, is due to the reduction in oil prices brought about by the pandemic.

McCall also briely discussed last week's votes by the state legislature which granted sweeping new powers to Gov. Kevin Stitt in response to the health crisis.

The House and Senate each met in special session on April 6 and approved a resolution under the never-before-used Catastrophic Health Emergency Act, giving Stitt the authority to temporarily suspend laws and regulations that interfere with the state's ability to respond to the pandemic.

It also gives the governor the authority to redirect state employees and other resources, including up to $50 million state funds, from one agency to another, among other things.

"We believe that the governor needs the ability to make quick decisions to get in front of COVID-19," McCall told those taking part in the video town hall meeting.

Some critics of the move have expressed fear that it gives Stitt too much power. But McCall noted that the resolution is temporary and has to be renewed by the legislature after 30 days.

The lone state legislator to have voted against the resolution, State Rep. Tommy Hardin (R-Madill), said after last week's vote that he did not believe the current situation meets the requirements of the Catastrophic Health Emergency Act.

"I believe the Legislature could have worked with the governor to grant him speciic authority on some of the sections of law in this act," Hardin said.

"Furthermore, the Legislature could have extended that more limited authority for longer than 30 days, ending the requirement for multiple days of special session, saving the taxpayers money."

TISHOMINGO ABUNDANT LIFE

CATHEDRAL 99 and Morrow Lane ? 371-0129 Revs. Daniel & Delores Stevens,

Pastors Sunday School.................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:00 p.m.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH 211 N. Broadway ? 371-2112

Cordell and Erin Hines, Pastors Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:40 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

BULLARD CHAPEL BAPTIST Bullard Chapel Rd ? 371-2504

Howard Stanley, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:45 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:30 p.m.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 1/4 mi. South of Y ? 371-9296

Rex Clayton, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 407 E. Main ? 371-3243 Luke Holmes, Pastor (Transportation available; call for ride.)

Sunday School................. 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:40 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 6th and Burris ? 371-3497 Bobby L. Davis Sr., Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:30 p.m. FIRST INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH 803 N. Byrd ? (580) 443-5665

(Message) Rev. Dale Perry, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sun & Wed Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

FREE LOVE OUTREACH MINISTRY 609 North Byrd St. ? 387-5035 Gary Poole, Pastor; Angelia Poole,

Co-Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Tuesday Overcomers........ 12:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study... 6:30 p.m. Thursday Overcomers........7:00 p.m. CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

212 South Muldrow Sunday Worship................10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m. WESTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST 9450 U.S. Hwy. 377 S. ? 371-2271

Stuart Bailey, Minister Sunday School................. 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening........ 6:30 p.m. LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL OF PRAYER

Sixth Street and North Byrd Kay Williams, Pastor

Wednesday Services...............7:00 p.m. Sunday Services..................... 3:00 p.m.

MAD MINISTRIES 900 East Main ? 371-8509 Ivan Richeson, Jim Branch,

Pastors Sunday Worship................10:30 a.m.

Johnston County Church Guide

Bible Verse of the Week:

"The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled

are armed with strength."

(1 Samuel 2:4, NIV)

Wednesday Evening......... 6:30 p.m. MT. OLIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

701 East 6th Street ? 371-3165 Samuel Huff, Pastor

Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Nightly Prayer................... 7:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 400 South Muldrow ? 371-3120

Rev. Larry Strouse, Pastor Sunday Worship................10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m.

Midweek Discipleship (Wednesday)....................6:30 p.m.

MURRAY STATE COLLEGE BAPTIST STUDENT UNION 801 South Murray ? 371-2160 Tuesday Evening................. 8:00 p.m. Wednesday.......................Noon. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 202 N. Neshoba ? 371-2498 Rev. Joel Thompson, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:45 a.m. Wed. ASK Group........... 3:30 p.m. Thursday Wesley MSC...........Noon

VICTORY TABERNACLE 201 West 4th St. (580) 257-0180

Charles Pitts, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:30 p.m.

UNITED CHURCH 8th & Kemp

Jon Hazell, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:30 p.m.

BROMIDE BAPTIST CHURCH Allen Hicks, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:00 p.m.

BUTCHER PEN BAPTIST MISSION 193 E. Butcher Pen Road ?

443-5675

David Boggs, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening........ 7:00 p.m.

COLEMAN COLEMAN CHURCH

OF CHRIST Highway 48 Sunday Morning................10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m. COLEMAN BAPTIST CHURCH 6610 OK Hwy. 48 S., Coleman, OK (580) 937-4311 Ron Brown, Pastor Sunday School................. 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:30 p.m. FOLSOM FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH Rayden Whitmire, Pastor Coleman, OK Sunday School.............. 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:45 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 5:30 p.m. HOPEWELL FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH Southeast of Coleman Sunday Worship................10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

CONNERVILLE BLUE BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 377 North ? 836-7882

Larry Hawkins, Pastor Sunday School................9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Evening............ 7:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 377 ? 836-7161 Art Brown, Pastor

Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study........6:00 p.m.

SEELEY CHAPEL UMC

Rev. Gene Hancock, Pastor Seeley Chapel Road ? 836-7142 Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m.

TEMPLE OF GOD Hwy 99 ? 384-5569 Tony Poe, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:45 a.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m

FILLMORE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH (580) 380-6769 Rev. Michael Horath, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m. FREEDOM FELLOWSHIP Hwy. 48A ? (580) 443-5525 Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Rev. Dusk Monetatchi, Pastor Breakfast...........................9:30 a.m. Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship...............10:45 a.m. Sunday Evening.................. 6:00 p.m. Second Wednesday of the Month: Fellowship Dinner (No service on any other Wednesday.)

MANNSVILLE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD 20th & Chickasaw ? 371-9685

Charles Reed, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:50 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

LEAP OF FAITH FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 1.9 miles west of Mannsville Rev. Judy Anglin, Pastor

371-3442 Sunday Fellowship...10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship....10:45 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship.....6:00 p.m. Thursday Bible Study............7:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 211 S. Grand Ave. ? 371-2065

Rev. Kevin Russell, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:50 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST 15th and Burney

Mat Benedick, Minister Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 5:00 p.m.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

13th and Chickasaw Ron King, Pastor

(580) 239-1161 (Home) (580) 653-2649

Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:45 a.m.

MILBURN CHURCH OF GOD

(229) 415-2283 Rev. Billy Hall and Sister Addie Hall, Pastors Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Hwy. 78 ? (580) 443-5713 Mark McGehee, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................10:50 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:00 p.m. CHRIST INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH Brother Earl White, Pastor Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Night Bible Study......6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service.........6:30 p.m.

MILL CREEK FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Pontotoc & Choctaw Sunday School................ 9.45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:00 p.m. PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS

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103 South Cherokee Darryl Patrick, Pastor

(580) 384-5421 Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Evening........ 7:00 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 622-3553

Rev. Betty Stone, Pastor Sunday Worship................. 9:30 a.m. Bible Study...Immediately Following Monday Bible Study........ 6:30 p.m.

PONTOTOC UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Rev. Marsha Purtell, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................. 9:45 a.m.

REAGAN PENNINGTON UNITED METHODIST

Hwy. 7, Indian Church Rd. Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship..............11:00 a.m. Wednesday Worship..............7 p.m.

RAVIA RAVIA BAPTIST CHURCH

Hwy 1 North Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 6:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD P.O. Box 117? 371-9384

Len Gipson, Pastor Sunday School................. 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

ROCK HARBOR CHURCH Hwy 22, Ravia ? 371-9441

Jon Smith, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m.

WAPANUCKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Tim Carter, Pastor Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m. LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH OF GOD

5th and N St. 580) 364-2709 Leon & Sharon Crites, Pastors Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 5:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening.......... 7:00 p.m. CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Hwy. 48 North Frank Wallace, Pastor ? 937-4430 Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Thursday Evening............ ..6:00 p.m. NEW BEGINNINGS Kenneth & Shelly May (580) 378-2309 Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. Thursday Evening................ 7:00 p.m. EMMANUEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

402 E. Main Mark Hodges, Pastor ? 638-2254 Sunday School................10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening................. 6:00 p.m. 1st & 3rd Sunday................ 2:30 p.m. Wednesday Evening......7:00 p.m.

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Page 8 G JOHNSTON COUNTY SENTINEL G Thursday, April 16, 2020

Special programs available for state's veterans

By Hayden Woods referred to was performed

American Legion

during either World War

Veterans' Corner

will be placed next to his name on the Courts of the

Upcoming meetings: Due to the current

Post Commander

II, the Korean War or the

Missing at the National state of affairs, the Da-

Oklahoma Veterans Vietnam War, or during cense plates for Okla- take applications by Memorial Cemetery of vis-Moore Legion Post

Affairs has many great any period of time in homa veterans. Special Oct.1 of each year for the Paciic to indicate that 164 will place a video on

programs for our state's which the United States license plates shall not be the following calendar he has been accounted Facebook and our web

veterans.

participated in a war, transferred to any other year for special license for.

site on April 14 with no

O n e o f t h e s e i s campaign or battle;

person, but shall be re- plates, and shall issue The American Legion audience. Like and follow

the Oklahoma Cross of ? Was made and of- moved from the vehicle such plates to each ap- is looking for Korean us on Facebook to stay in

Valor program. Veterans icially listed as captive upon transfer of owner- plicant. More informa- veterans who can attend touch with updates.

are authorized to apply by the enemy during the ship and retained.

tion on this can found the services to line up on VFW Washita Memo-

for, receive and display service mentioned above; The special license at both sides of the entrance rial Post 4869 will hold

this medal if they meet the and

plate may then be used on beneits.

to the cemetery to render its next meeting on Thurs-

following qualiications: ? Was honorably dis- another vehicle, but only ? Was a resident of charged from the military after such other vehicle

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honors as Sgt. Walker day, May 7, at 6:30 p.m.

The following infor- makes his inal journey. in the American Legion

Oklahoma at the time of service.

has been registered for the mation has already been

?. ?. ?

Hall, located at 201 S.

entering the military ser- Also, the Oklahoma current year with a motor shared in this column in If you are interested Capitol Ave. in Tisho-

vice of the United States; Tax Commission issues license agent.

recent weeks, but is being in our fundraisers we can mingo.

? The military service many oficial special li- The Commission shall repeated again one inal still sell tickets.

The Johnston County

time:

The State Legion has Veterans Center (JCVC)

Army Sgt. Kenneth a UTV Polaris 500 and Committee will hold its

Financial help offered for

E. Walker of Madill was trailer ($10 per ticket), next public meeting on a member of Charlie and our Post 164 Veterans Thursday, April 23, at 6

Company, 1st Battalion, Day Lunch fundraiser p.m. in the Aggie Dining

contractors, self-employed 32nd Infantry Regiment, is for a Savage Axis 6.5 Room at Murray State 7th Infantry Division. Creedmoor with scope College.

He was designated as (one ticket for $5, three

?. ?. ?

Missing in Action (MIA) for $10 and six for $20). Stay in touch with

This week I want to provide some

December 1950 after The Post 164 Veter- what veterans are do-

Chamber News updates that will be relevant to many

readers.

ighting at Chosin Res- ans Day fundraiser is to ing by visiting all of our ervoir, North Korea. His allow veterans to have Facebook groups and

This information is from SBA. gov and the Oklahoma Employment

Jordyn Frazier JCCC Executive Director

remains will be returning a free lunch that day. pages and liking us; and home this Saturday, April There will also be a silent by visiting our web pages:

Security Commission (OESC) web-

18, to Madill.

auction and a pie and americanlegion-

site.

of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funeral will be at cake auction, date to be and

Starting April 10, independent

This program is for any small Woodberry Cemetery at determined.

johnstoncountyveteran-

contractors and self-employed in- businesses with less than 500 em- 2 p.m. that day. A rosette

?. ?. ?

.

dividuals can apply for and receive ployees, including sole proprietor-

loans to cover their payroll and other ships, independent contractors and

certain expenses.

self-employed persons, private

The Paycheck Protection pro- non-proit organization or 501(c)

gram has the potential for 100 per- (19) veterans organizations affect-

cent loan forgiveness for eight weeks ed by COVID-19.

of qualiied loan uses (payroll, inter-

The Economic Injury Disaster

est on mortgages, rent, and utilities); Loan advance funds will be made

has a ixed low interest rate at 1.00 available within days of a success-

percent; no collateral is required; and ful application, and this loan ad-

the term of the loan is two years with vance will not have to be repaid."

deferred payments for six months. (funding-programs)

Independent contractors receiv-

On March 25, the executive di-

ing 1099-MISC forms and self-em- rector of the OESC issued an order

ployed individuals are eligible to waiving all beneit wage charges to

apply, as well as small businesses, experience-rated employers for al-

`Timber...!' non-proit organizations, and any lowed claims that are causally re-

business with a NAICS Code that be- lated to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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gins with 72. The requirements are straightfor-

ward: You must have been in operation

on February 15, 2020; your business must have been harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic; and you must

This order provides much needed tax-rate relief to employers who have chosen or otherwise been required to limit or cease business operations to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

The OESC is attempting to

While relatively little damage was reported as a result of the stormY K system that passed through Johnston County over the Easter weeked, the area did not emerge completely unscathed. Strong winds caused this tree to topple over and block trafic on 14th Street in Tishomingo just east of Ray Branum Road late Saturday. (Sentinel staff photo by Mary Lokey)

submit the required documentation prevent charge notices from being

along with the loan application.

mailed to employers on COVID-19

Forgiveness is based on the em- claims.

ployer maintaining or quickly re-

If an employer does receive

hiring employees and maintaining a beneit rate charge notice on a

salary levels, so to be forgiven, 75 COVID-19 claim, however, the

percent must have been used on pay- employer must protest the claim

roll. This program will be available in a timely manner and provide the

through June 30, 2020.

necessary information about the na-

In addition, small business own- ture of the claim and its relation to

Telehealth & Telephone Visits Now Available

ers are eligible to apply for an Eco- COVID-19.

nomic Injury Disaster Loan advance

OESC is improving the applica-

Patient and staff safety is our top priority. Our goal is

of up to $10,000.

tion process to get your claim ap-

This advance will provide eco- proved and questions answered as

nomic relief to businesses that are quickly as possible.

to provide quality healthcare in a safe environment that protects you, your primary care provider, and

currently experiencing a temporary

OESC has expanded its call

clinic staff. In addition to our regular services, we

loss of revenue.

center to better serve its claim-

Funds will be made available fol- ants. You may still experience lon-

now offer:

lowing a successful application. This ger-than-expected wait times, and loan advance will not have to be re- iling online at oesc. remains

? Video/Audio visits will let you or your family

paid.

the quickest way to ile your claim.

The SBA's Economic Injury Di-

"There is no weakness in ask-

saster Loan provides vital economic ing. If we wait for someone to give

member meet with your provider, securely and confidentially. Telehealth (video/audio) visits

support to small businesses to help us what we want, chances are we overcome the temporary loss of rev- might never get it." - Abhishek enue they are experiencing as a result Ratna

provide you the care you need without having to wait for social distancing restrictions to be lifted.



? Telephone visits are available for patients who don't have video capability via computer or phone.

What you will need 1. An internet connection 2. Web camera & microphone 3. A PC or smartphone with a modern web browser

*Most insurance companies encourage telehealth visits. If you call the customer

phone number (usually found on the back of your insurance card) you can verify

coverage under your personal plan.

**Please remember all prescriptions for the Tishomingo Pharmacy need to be

dropped off and picked up using the pharmacy drive-thru window.

***For more information on telehealth and telephone visits please visit our website and click on the Telehealth link at the top of the page.

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Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday 7:30am-6:00pm ? Friday 7:30am-11:30am (Walk-in only)

Call for an appointment. Fees due at the time of service.

Locations:

610 E. 24th Street * Tishomingo * OK * (580) 371-2343

107 E. Post Street * Coalgate * OK * (580) 927-2828

1556 S. Virginia Ave.* Atoka * OK * (580) 889-4746

21 North Main * Kingston * OK * (580)-564-7885



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