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GEAR UP students attended ACT prep

WILBURTON – Three hundred sixty-two junior and senior GEAR UP students from 31 schools recently traveled to the Expo Center in McAlester to participate in an ACT workshop sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College’s GEAR UP program. The workshop was presented by Chad Cargill, Founder, and President of Cargill Consulting, Inc.

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Wister Trustees hire administrator, officer

By David Seeley The Poteau Daily News WISTER — In a meeting that might have lasted 10 minutes, if even that long, the Town of Wister Board of Trustees approved the hiring Eli Clark as the new volunteer administrator for the Wister Police Department and Dennis Sugg Jr. as a new Wister P.D. officer at…

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Service planned for Sandra Gentry

WISTER – Funeral service for Sandra Jean Gentry, 65, of Wister is 2 p.m. Monday at Ellis Chapel Church in Wister with Sister Caroline Langston officiating. Burial will follow at Maxey Cemetery in Wister, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home.

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Service planned for Nina Johnson

WISTER – Memorial service for Nina Louise Johnson, 77 of Wister is 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Southern Baptist in Wister with Pastor Keith Stewart officiating. Burial will follow at Ellis Chapel Cemetery in Wister, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home in Poteau.

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