Field trips, fundraisers, end of year events and testing were all topics of discussion at the regular monthly meeting of the Sulphur Board of Education Monday night.
Rosalind Burrough, right, accepts the De Lannom Citizen of the Year Award during last Thursday’s annual combined banquet of the Sulphur and Davis Chambers of Commerce. At left, is the award’s namesake, De Lannom.
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Charles McCall, left, presented several citations at the annual chamber banquet. Pictured with their awards, are, from second to left, Ryan Edmondson, accepting on behalf of his mother, Dorena White, winner of the Spirit Award, Pam Chitwood, Distinguished Service Award winner and Sydney Donaho, accepting on behalf of her mother, Wanda Shiplett Dooley, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Wayne Whitsell, of Rick’s Furniture, was awarded the plaque for the Sulphur Small Business of the Year Award.
Boots and Bowties was the theme for the annual Sulphur Davis Joint Chamber of Commerce Banquet held last Thursday evening at the Murray County Expo Center.
About 100 people gathered in the Mill Creek School Gym on Friday, March 25 to honor the late Clyde Runyan, a long time Johnston County businessman, with the naming of a highway in his honor. S.H. 1, north out of Mill Creek to the S.H. 7 junction, will now have an additional designation as the Sgt. Clyde Runyan Memorial Highway in honor of his service to the U.S. Army.
Early voting begins Thursday, March 31 for voters in Murray County. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day, have the option of voting early at their County Election Board.
Alan McKay
Derrick Priddy
Voters in Sulphur will go to the polls next Tuesday to choose between an incumbent and a challenger for the right to represent the city’s Ward I district.
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