Eastern Oklahoma State College’s 2020 Outstanding Graduate is Tanner Wofford of Allen, Oklahoma. Wofford graduated in the top 10 percent of his class with an associate degree in agricultural economics and a near-perfect grade point average. He is a Regents Academic Scholar, the top scholarship awarded to an Eastern student. Wofford also was named to the President’s Honor Roll twice.
Allen High School will hold a ceremony for graduating seniors, however, some details are still being worked out.
Blood donors embody the best of who Oklahomans are, giving selflessly so the state can rise and recover together. Fourteen Allen area residents volunteered to give to this cause Tuesday when the Bloodmobile came to town; twelve were able to donate.
Savannah Chapman, Robert Orso and Vikki Orso prepare 45 to 50 meals a day at the Allen Nutrition Site for Senior Citizens in the Allen area. Hot meals are served weekdays, Mondays to Fridays, and food for the weekends are distributed on Fridays.
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Allen Elementary School teacher Stacy Laden was recently selected as “Allen Teacher of the Year.” The announcement was made during a special Allen School Board meeting Monday, April 13 .
As successful mitigation efforts against the coronavirus continue to progress, East Central University is cautiously taking steps to reopen the campus.
Congratulations to Kinsey Nix. She was named to the 2020 OGBCA All Region Team. She was also named to the first team of the Pontotoc Conference
The inaugural season in the new gym ended last Thursday hosting a Regional contest to a large Allen contingent of fans. Both teams fell to Luther but traveled to Dale on Friday and Saturday and getting back on the winning track to rack up the Regional Consolation trophy
Quote of the Week…..“When I was a kid, my parents taught me to not believe everything I saw on TV. Now I have to teach them to not believe everything they see on Facebook.”
Allen has a long and colorful history. The earlier Cold Springs name came long ago when settlers heading west passed through this area on their way to (where else?) further out west. Many stopped here because of the cold springs. Some simply stayed a bit, camping on the river. And yes, the great Canadian River was quite a stream then. No one had built dams, lakes or to impede its flow toward the Mississippi. Commercial steamboats even made their way up this river as far as Ft. Holmes.
