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February 19, 2025

Senior Center menu

Please call for reservation by 9 a.m.: 918-689-3342

February 24 – February 28

Monday, Feb. 24: Meatball sub; Italian blend; apricots; chocolate chip cookie bar

Tuesday, Feb. 25: Oven baked chicken; zucchini & tomatoes; emerald pears; mac & cheese; frosted cake

Wednesday, Feb. 26: Goulash; broccoli; pineapple chunks; cookie

Thursday, Feb. 27: Baked turkey crunch; peas & carrots; rosy applesauce; dinner roll; no bake cookie

Friday, Feb. 28: Taco soup w/chips; tossed salad; peaches; cake

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Former market, dance studio, mechanics shop razed

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

February 19, 2025

A cinderblock building in the 200 block of E Street, between Belt and Broadway, stood for 77 years a few hundred yards from the shore of the cove on Lake Eufaula. For the first 25 years or so it was E...

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Vernon named Purple Heart Town

February 19, 2025

The Order of the Purple Heart will be presenting the Town of Vernon with its purple heart sign at a ceremony and dinner at 1 p.m. on Feb. 22. For dinner, you must RSVP prior to the event to have your ...

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Voter apathy plagues the polls

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

February 19, 2025

Eufaula voters stayed away from the polls in droves Tuesday, Feb. 11, when they had been asked to decide whether to approve a one-cent sales tax increase to help pay for street improvements. There are...

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Eufaula VFW Auxiliary helps create Veterans Park in Skiatook

By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR

February 19, 2025

SKIATOOK – It was a family affair at the Feb. 15 groundbreaking ceremony for Veterans Park. The Park is being created in honor of the late Justin Lambillotte, who was a soldier when he died at Fort Ho...

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Johnsons turn former grocery store in dance studio and more

By Tragic wreck ends couple?s plans for future

February 19, 2025

JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Sam and Linda Johnson moved to Eufaula in 1967 where Sam worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers as a hydro elect powerhouse mechanic. For a time, they lived in a rent...

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The Story of Roberta and Ernest ‘Ernie’ Hrdlicka

February 19, 2025

The following is taken from a handwritten transcript by Ernest “Ernie” Hrdlicka and provided to the IJ by Ernies grandson, Mark Warren. Ernie’s Store and Market was built in 1948, after World War II. ...

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Man who was arrested for assault ordered to seek anger management

February 19, 2025

A 39-year-old Eufaula man charged with assaulting his girlfriend and brother last year entered an Alford plea in district court Friday and was given a 10-year suspended sentence. An Alford plea is a g...

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Road trips and random destinations

February 19, 2025

Who doesn’t love a road trip and stopping at random destinations? My grandmother, Eloise Belyeu, used to once a year hitch a ride with her younger siblings of almost 20 years, my great aunts, Carol Sm...

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Children’s Legislation begins moving at State Capitol

By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO

February 19, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – As the first full week of session has ended, the lawmakers at the Oklahoma State Capitol are hard at work with shepherding their legislation through the committee process. The Legislat...

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Supporting Public Safety Officers

By REP. TIM TURNER

February 19, 2025

Monday at the Capitol was Department of Corrections Day. We were able to see the men and women working hard to keep our state safe by assuring that our inmates are safe. Their job is daunting and task...

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Letters

February 19, 2025

Over the past decade I have seen Republicans disgrace and debase themselves in their cultish capitulation to Donald Trump. But none of them can outperform Lyin’ Ryan Walters. Is there any doubt this g...