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Local graduates from Barton

Barton Community College has announced its list of graduates who earned associate degrees or certificates for career training during the fall semester of 2020. The graduates are as follows: • Cherokee: Chassidy Congleton, A.S.

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A-C Student of the Month

Jozlin Campbell, seventh grader, was chosen as the January Student of the Month at Aline-Cleo High School. She thinks our school is unique because of the way it is set up. Campbell’s school philosophy is “To manage straight A’s throughout the rest of school and get into Keiser University at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.” She is…

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Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute seeking talented high schoolers

Every winter, nearly one thousand high school students from all corners of the state crowd into auditoriums and line school hallways, dragging oversized instrument cases, rehearsing lines from Shakespeare monologues, clutching unwieldy artist portfolios, scribbling free flow thoughts into journals, warming up their knees and feet with small prances, humming do-re-mis and nervously clasping tiny…

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Ronald Otis Allison

Ron was born on August 20, 1943 to Otis Allison and Erma Oakley Allison in Cherokee and passed from this life on February 27, 2021 in Alva. Ron graduated from Cherokee High School with the class of 1961. He attended Oklahoma State University and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He joined the National Guard in 1965.…

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James (Jimmy) Robert Means Jr

James Robert Means Jr. “Jimmy” was born September 8, 1928 to James Robert Means Sr. and Lois Edna Mann Means. His birth place was rural Carmen on the family farm. He attended first through eighth grade at Prairie Valley. His high school years were at Lambert, where he excelled in basketball and baseball. He attended…

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CHS to host seniors versus faculty

The annual Cherokee seniors versus faculty game will take place on March 10. Prior to the game will be taco pile-on and dessert, from 5-6:15 p.m. The cost is $5 for those 3-years-old to 10-years-old and $8 for those 11-years-old and older. The meal will take place in the high school cafeteria. At 6:30 p.m.…

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Remaining area teams see their seasons come to an end in regionals

The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association Class A and B playoffs claimed the final four Alfalfa County teams in the regional playoffs. The Cherokee Lady Chiefs fell to Laverne in the district championship and then advanced to play Canton at Seiling on Saturday in the consolation side of the regional tournament. The Lady Chiefs remained…

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WSU announces honor roll

Wichita State University has announced the names of more than 3,500 students who were on the WSU dean’s honor roll for fall 2020. To be included on the dean’s honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0…

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February designated as CareerTech Month

Gov. Kevin Stitt recently issued a proclamation declaring February as Career and Technical Education Appreciation Month in Oklahoma.  Northwest Technology Center, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, and CareerTech facilities throughout the state are celebrating CareerTech month. “In dealing with the challenges that 2020 brought, Northwest Technology Center adapted and continued delivering career-related…

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Gilbert Dean Maltbie

Gilbert Dean Maltbie, age 89, passed away December 30 in Buckeye, Ariz. He was born in Cherokee on June 23, 1931 to John William Maltbie and Fanny Lucille Maltbie nee McGlassen. He was raised on the family farm with sister Wanda Irene in Amorita. This was the family homestead farm from the Cherokee Strip Run…

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