“This is my 30th year to teach and my first year as Vian Elementary School assistant principal,” Susan Holder, 52, of Vian said. “My first three years were in Fort Smith, Ark., at a school that w...
Just Folks Vernon Smith has been the pastor at Akins Baptist Church for 35 years last May. “This has been the most wonderful years of my life in this church,” Smith said. “I was 18 years old when I started ...
Just Folks Kathy Wingo of Vian is living her dream. “I went to kindergarten through 12th grade in these buildings with my aunts as teachers and cousins and close relatives in the administration. I came back ...
Just Folks Norman Lancaster of Sallisaw was raised on a farm. “My dad always raised cotton and corn and whenever school was out for the summer we worked the fields, chopping cotton or corn,” Lancaster said. ...
Just Folks Bob Lauducci, 90, of Vian is still living his dream of flying airplanes. Lauducci said he has wanted to be a pilot since he was small. “I just got out of high school and didn’t have any kind of t...
Just Folks Some of the favorite things Gail Allen of Sallisaw likes are Christian music, throwing parties, taking photos of her grandbabies, texting, Facebook, and cooking. Allen said she loves to plan parti...
Just Folks Cassie Rutland, 22, is planning on going back to college this fall and major in history. “I am planning on going back to college this fall for history. I think my minor will be in science, maybe b...
Brian Batesole of Gore loves to stay busy. Batesole works at the Department of Human Services in the developmental disability service division; they have a Christmas Tree Farm and chrysanthemum sa...
An idea has led Todd Richmond of Nicut to maybe a spot on the Discovery Channel show “Pitch Men.” “I had a huge dig-out problem with my dogs,” Richmond said. “There were spots where I would get a...
Donna Lawson, 37, of Sallisaw bales hay for a living. “I enjoy baling hay very much. I mow hay, I rake hay, I round bale hay, and this year I get to learn how to square bale hay,” Lawson said. ...
Chris Guerrero, 32, is not only changing his life by going to college but is helping others achieve their dream of getting a degree. “I like helping the students in whatever possible way I can, wh...
Linsey Morin, 26, of Muldrow enrolled in a medical assistance program but didn’t think she would like it. “I actually wanted to be a criminal investigator,” Morin said. “It was the second week in...
Denise Davis, 26, loves to fish. Davis said she has fished every since she was a little girl. “I remember the first time. I just grabbed a pole that was lying out back and walked to the pond by ...