Gordon Hall Voss
Gordon Hall Voss was born December 3, 1939 to Emerson and Bernice Zrust Voss and passed June 3, 2021. Gordon attended Goltry Public Schools, graduating in 1958 and in 1964 from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1967 Gordon and Jan Tyner were married, and their two sons are Ty (Tracy) and Dru…
Read MoreTwo colleges release honor rolls
McPherson College, a four-year private college located in central Kansas, recognizes its highest academic achievers in its spring 2021 Honor Roll and Honorable Mention. To qualify for the honor roll, students must be a full-time student and earn a grade point average of 3.55 or higher during the previous term. Students earning a grade point…
Read More4-H students compete in two different contest
Cherokee 4-H participated in the West District North Region Food Showdown/Cupcake Wars/Fruit-Vegetable Sculpting Contest on May 27. Team members were Autumn McMahan, Aubree Hughes and Kendal Collins. The team completed in the Junior Division of the contests, placing second in the Junior Division of the Fruit-Veggie Sculpting contest and also participated in the Cupcake Wars.…
Read MoreCherokee students attend Mash Camp, learn about health service
Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Northwest Technology Center were able to once again partner to offer MASH (Medical Avenues in Service and Health) Camp to northwest Oklahoma students who will be entering the seventh grade in the fall. This year, 23 students attended from Alva and Cherokee. The middle schoolers had two full days of…
Read MoreGeorge Aaron Diller
George Aaron Diller was born July 31, 1930, to George Virgil and Daisy Olive (Miller) Diller in Albia, Iowa, and passed away June 4, 2021, in Enid. George graduated Jet High School in 1947. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1950. After the passing of his father, he was Honorably Discharged to…
Read MoreBarbara Maxine Rounds
Barbara Maxine Moore was born on September 3, 1937, in Summerdale, AL to Roy Smith Moore and Winnie Ruth Harrison in their home. She attended elementary school in Alabama until she was in second grade when she moved to Oklahoma with her parents and brothers, Howard and Dewayne. Her brother Eddie was then born and…
Read MoreBarbara Duggins
Barbara was born on November 21, 1935 in Stroud to E.K. White and Elva Cagle White and passed from this life on June 4, 2021 at her home in Cherokee. She married Junior Dale Duggins on March 31, 1954 at First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. In 1954-1958 Barbara worked at Adjutant General Office as…
Read MoreWilmina “Nina” Burkes
A Memorial Service for Nina Burkes, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the Carmen Christian Church with Pastor Kirk Board officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Wentworth Mortuary, LLC of Carmen. Nina Wiggins Burkes was born January 6, 1931, near Cleo Springs to the late Knolt and Belle Wiggins.…
Read MoreKanOkla honors area students with scholarships
KanOkla Networks is proud to announce the 2021 recipients of 12 scholarships to high school and college students. The KanOkla Scholarship program began in 1993 and has awarded $248,000.00 for the continuing education of students in our Kansas and Oklahoma cooperative areas. Congratulations to all! Kale Campbell graduated from Campbell Home School and is the…
Read MoreCherokee Fifth Graders donate walk-up library
Statistics show when students start kindergarten and read 20 minutes a day, they will hear 1.8 million words per year. They will have read for 851 hours by 6th grade and they will likely score better on standardized tests. With that knowledge of the importance of reading, the Cherokee 5th grade class of 2021 recently…
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