Candidates interested in filing for municipal office in three Pontotoc County municipalities will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday, February 6th. Declaration of Candidacy forms must be completed and submitted to the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 8th, when the filing period ends. Contests of Candidacy must be filed no later than Friday, February 10th, and may only be filed by another candidate for that office, unless a candidate files unopposed.

The current rankings came out and The Allen men sit at #7 in Class A, while the Lady Mustangs came it a #13. With District parings coming out Friday, we are excited we cracked the top 7, maybe we can separate ourselves from the other top teams and get in a good Area where we can see some new teams. Leading the boys in Class A are Caddo, Rattan and Vanoss, sitting at 1,2 & 3. On the girls’ side Seiling, Caddo and Vanoss are sitting atop that list.

The Allen chapter of the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is excited to be making a difference in the Allen Elementary students’ lives. This project is being called “Mustang Mentors” and Aniston Weeks and Maggie Yarbrough are serving as the Mustang Mentors project coordinators. For this project, elementary students in Pre-K - 3rd grade were paired with a high school FCCLA member who has been visiting them in their classroom once a month. Aniston and Maggie have chosen age activities for each month to complete with the elementary students. During their visits, FCCLA members will be encouraging and helping the elementary students while also teaching them about informative subjects.

The Allen Academic Team will be competing in the State Tournament on Saturday, January 28th, at Rose State College. This hard-won honor was accomplished by the team of Maebrey Wallace (team captain), Keenan Walker, Jack Todd, Taylor Wood, Kelsey Hurt, Camdyn Williams, Brooklyn Sanders, Easton Ledo, Alex Williams, Ty O’Daniel, Lance Johnson and Conner Smith.

During the regular meeting of the Allen Board of Education Monday, Superintendent Jeff Hiatt informed the board that Allen Schools’ enrollment is down by 24 students.

The Mustangs teams started the new year with a bang as they both brought home the Championship trophy from the Stringtown Shootout last week.