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Charles “Chuck” Edward Patocka was born Feb. 2, 1959, to Edward and Vivian Vaverka Patocka in Enid.
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Regina Coffey Alig passed away peacefully on Jan. 24, 2021, in Houston, Texas. She was born on July 22, 1944, in Pasadena, Calif., to Eugene and Lucille (Hufnagel) Coffey, both from Okarche, Okla. Regina was the oldest of nine children. She and her siblings grew up on the Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake, Calif., where her father served in the U.S. Navy and later as a civilian engineer.
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Barbara Jean Farrar was born Feb. 2, 1934, in Oklahoma City, to George and Beulah (McHone) Pickle, and entered into the arms of our Lord on Jan. 25, 2021, in Dover, at the age of 86.
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LADY WILDCATS — (front row, from left) Sydney Owens, Bella Schenk, Izzy Reeves, Mackenzie Wakefield, Neeley Tilley-Bedick and Bella Woody; (back row) Ella Suntken, Lauren Jenkins, Reese Williams, Kaylee Duran, Lyndsay Miller, Laynee Woody, Reece Patterson, Cheyanne Henry, Lauren Lamb and Brook Shelly. [Photo Provided]
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PFC 1 Abbie Jones, left, 2016 Kingfisher High School graduate, was among the more than 5,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., during President Joe Biden’s inauguration. A medic assigned to the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 545 Brigade Engineer Battalion, Jones is going into the third year of her six-year enlistment. She spent two days patrolling around the U.S. Capitol, lugging a 45-pound full kit plus her 10 pound medic bag, which she said helped keep her warm in frigid temperatures. “It was humbling and definitely an honor to get to volunteer. Everyone held up to the standard and did their jobs really well.” With Jones are SPC Cody Simpson of Norman, center, and SPC Dale Courtney of Chickasha. (Photo via Facebook]
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It took four tractors, two make-shift skids from electrical poles, two days, family members, helpful neighbors and one determined farm wife to make it happen.
Read moreWe know better than to think that every one of our readers and advertisers hasn’t seen his or her own version of extremely difficult times in the last year and knows all too well what they call for.
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We are sure that our readers have noticed a drastic reduction in our newspaper’s number of pages per issue, and the lack of pre-print advertising inserts, after the COVID-19 pandemic began in February of last year. This newspaper you’re looking at is a perfect example. In preCOVID-19 times we would have five or six pre-printed inserts and from 16 to 24 pages in a Wednesday publication. In this issue we have zero pre-print inserts and only 14 pages. This has become our norm over the past 12 months.
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