Norma Lee Brown Stein
Norma Lee (Brown) Stein, 94, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Catholic Care Center, Bel Aire, Kan. Norma was born January 20, 1927 in Cherokee to Harry L. and Myrtle (Glenn) Pollock. On August 3, 1945 she married Thomas Jacob Brown in Cherokee. To this union three daughters were born. Tom preceded her in…
Read MoreTrack in full swing for athletes across Alfalfa County schools
Cherokee High School hosted their Buddy Murrell Invitational Track Meet on April 13. The results are as follows: Girls • Pole vault: Riley Hensley, Cherokee, third, 7’; Kinlie Judd, Timberlake, seventh, 5’6”. • Shot put: Kynlee Kolb, Cherokee, first, 33’5.5”; Mylee Sims, Burlington, fourth, 25’9”; Aowyn Seek, Timberlake, seventh, 19’3”. • Discus: Kynlee Kolb, Cherokee,…
Read MoreJune George
June passed away on April 17, 2021, at Bear Creek Senior Living Facility. She was an amazing woman with a zest for life and was a true people person. She led a life dedicated to all the children whose lives she touched as an educator. She was especially devoted to her five grandchildren and eleven…
Read MoreLonnie Polson
Lonnie Polson was born July 3, 1936, the son of Howard Ivan Polson and Ella Olena Haegert Polson, in Anthony, Kansas. He was a graduate of Okmulgee Oklahoma State Vo-Tech and his life work was spent as a mechanic, farmer and custom harvester. He and Ruth Hoskins were married February 15, 1958 and they had…
Read MoreShirley Ruth Hurst
Shirley Ruth Shafer Hurst, resident of Cherokee, was born in Fairview on August 11, 1934 to Guy Irving Shafer and Goldia LaVaughn Bartley Shafer. She passed away Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 11:15 p.m. surrounded by family. Shirley is preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Vida Lee Bowles and brother, Guy Eugene Shafer.…
Read MoreFelice Calhoon
On May 19, 1928, Felice Warburton was born on the Cherokee farm her grandfather staked as a claim in the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893. It was the largest such land run in U.S. history. Her parents, Cecil Clyde Warburton and Hazel Green Warburton raised their only child quietly and conservatively. Without playmates on…
Read MoreNancy Stuckey
Stuckey, Nancy Lee (Hunter), age 84, of Burlington passed away Monday evening April 12, 2021, at 7:07 p.m. She was preceded in death by her parents Ernest Melville Hunter and Ellen Isabel (Hendrickson) Hunter, Burlington, and her sister Carol Rosemary (Hunter) McOsker and husband Perry McOsker, Alva. Nancy is survived by her husband, Harvie Max…
Read MoreArea baseball, softball teams take part in tournaments, celebrate senior night
Cherokee Speech and Debate places third, individuals win top honors
The Cherokee High School (CHS) speech and debate team placed third overall at the 2021 OSSAA State Speech and Debate Championship Tournament, held virtually this year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. “It’s been a strange year all around,” CHS speech and debate coach Jason Paris said, “and it certainly impacted our activity. Instead…
Read MoreCounty track teams compete in two different meets across the area
Cherokee Hosted the Cherokee Strip Conference Junior and High School Track Meet on March 30. The results are as follows: High School Girls • Long jump: Taylor Reese, Cherokee, third, 13’3.5”; Aowyn Seek Timberlake, fourth, 12’7.5’; Kinlie Judd, Timberlake, fifth, 12’1”. • Pole vault: Riley Hensley, Cherokee, first, 7’; Kinlie Judd, Timberlake, second, 6’6”. •…
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