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The Muldrow High School Band has been selected as a 2010 Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OMEA) Honor Group. The band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the OMEA State Conference in the Tulsa Convention Center. The wind ensemble was also selected as an honor group for their exceptional musical performance, Clint Williams, band director, said. Band members are, in no particular order, Brandon Aikey, Penny Aphonexay, Kayla Armer, Heather Branscum, Shelby Braughler, Zach Brown, Lyndsey Broyles, Amber Buben, Sarah Buden, Alden Butler, Layla Butler, Kirsten Chase, Amber DeLaCerda, Hailey Dobbs, Rae-Leigh English, Abby Frye, Traye Gann, Rosie Garris, Leah Geren, Jack Gray, Ben Hill, Brett Howard, Logan Hyles, Makayla Jackson, Travis Jackson, Katlyn Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Matthew Lesslie, Michael Magers, Taylor McGee, Gretchan Moore, Zach Moore, Matt Myers, Sam Myers, Devin Parham, Savannah Patterson, Brianna Powers, Mark Rosenberg, Sarah Sharp, Samantha Silva, Ariel Soukkaseum, Paige Stricklen, Tenley Stricklen, Elizabeth Tarr, Katelyn Turpin, Damien Walls, Diana Walls, and Kelsee Washington. Linda Copeland • Times

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The Muldrow Band students who qualified for the Oklahoma Music Educators Association All-State band try-outs are, from the left in front, Katlyn Johnson, Matt Myers, Taylor McGee, Gretchan Moore, and Makayla Jackson. In back from the left are Devin Parham, Brandon Aikey, Layla Butler, Logan Hyles, Shelby Braughler, and Lyndsey Broyles. Not shown are Travis Jackson and Penny Aphonexay. Linda Copeland • Times

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The Muldrow Middle School Band students who made the Oklahoma Eastern District Band Directors Association All-District Honor Band are, from the left, Ben Reynolds, Devin Hickman, Ben Parham, Sierra Patterson, Reese Stricklen, and Haley Sligar. Linda Copeland • Times

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The Muldrow Band students who made the Oklahoma Small School Band Director’s Association All-State Band are, from the left, Brandon Aikey, Paige Stricklen, Layla Butler, Logan Hyles, Gretchan Moore and Lyndsey Broyles. Linda Copeland • Times

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The Muldrow Band students who made the Oklahoma Eastern District Band Directors Association All-District Honor Band are, from the left in front, Rae-Leigh English, Matt Myers, Penny Aphonexay, Sarah Buden, Samantha Silva, Kirsten Chase, and Makayla Jackson. In back from the left are Matthew Leslie, Katlyn Johnson, Brandon Aikey, Brett Howard, Layla Butler, Taylor McGee, Logan Hyles, Ben Hill, Gretchan Moore, Lyndsey Broyles, Shelby Braughler, and Zach Moore. Not shown is Rosie Garris. Linda Copeland • Times

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Members of the Moffett School 4-H Club participated in the Sequoyah County Fair Sept. 10 through 12. The students are, from the left in front, Julie Turner, Hannah Blackwood, and Payton Watts. In the middle from the left are Tyler Stevenson, Jordan Billings, Kiah Armer, and Jaiden McTyre. In back from the left are Brianna Bentley, Bayleigh McKenzie, Aubrey Henshaw, Seth Sifuentes and Montana Cannon. Not shown is Natalie Brown and Bailey Brooks. Submitted Photo Students win ribbons at county fair
The Moffett School 4-H Club members participated in the Sequoyah County Fair Sept. 10 through 12. The students competed in several different divisions by completing projects. Winning in the fourth...
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Belfonte Elementary School Honor Rolls
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Belfonte Elementary School officials recently announced the students on the Superintendent’s (all A’s) and Principal’s (all A’s and B’s) Honor Rolls for the first nine weeks of the 2009-10 school y...
Roland Upper Elementary School Honor Rolls
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Roland Upper Elementary School officials recently announced the students on the Superintendent’s (all A’s) and Principal’s (all A’s and B’s) Honor Rolls for the first nine weeks of the 2009-10 scho...
Roland Lower Elementary School Honor Rolls
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Roland Lower Elementary School officials recently announced the students on the Superintendent’s (all A’s) and Principal’s (all A’s and B’s) Honor Rolls for the first nine weeks and second semester...
Muldrow Elementary School Honor Rolls
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Muldrow Elementary School officials recently announced the students on the Superintendent’s (all A’s) and Principal’s (all A’s and B’s) Honor Rolls for the first nine weeks of the 2009-10 school ye...
Roland will hold conferences Oct. 29-30
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Roland Public School officials said parent-teacher conferences will be held from 3:30 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 29 and from 8 to 11 a.m. on Oct. 30. On Oct. 29 the school will be serving free evening meal...
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Police: Ky. census worker staged death as homicide (AP)

Kentucky State Police Capt. Lisa Rudzinski, left, and Mike Wilder, Executive Director of the Kentucky State Medical Examiners office, right, answer questions during a news conference, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at the Kentucky State Police Central Forensic Laboratory in Frankfort, Ky. The Kentucky census worker found naked, bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree with 'fed' scrawled on his chest killed himself but staged his death to make it look like a homicide, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)AP - On the surface it all seemed like a gruesome hate crime in a rural part of Kentucky with a history of disdain for the government: a census worker found bound with duct tape and hanging from a tree, the word "fed" scrawled across his chest.


Tue Nov 24 20:30:25 -0600 2009
3 airlines fined in Minnesota tarmac stranding (AP)

A Continental Airlines airplane is refueled at its gate at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, March 29, 2009. REUTERS/Gary HershornAP - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.


Tue Nov 24 15:42:07 -0600 2009
Doctor's help sought in failed Ohio execution try (AP)
AP - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor — a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules — federal court papers show.
Tue Nov 24 20:24:04 -0600 2009