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CHAMPS SHARE WISDOM

News Staff

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

From Scratch Bakery and Catering hosted a luncheon on Feb. 25 for the Lady Blue Devils basketball squad and cheerleaders with special guests from the 1961 Class A State Champion Cordell girls basketball team. Champions Elaine Hinds Kautz, Cheryl Lindley Lowry, Sue Young Turner, and Robetha Myers Fariss shared motivational speeches and words of wisdom with the group of young ladies in attendance. AT RIGHT: Andrea Palmer, Evan Anderson, Bailey Troub and McKenzy Isbell clap along to a rousing rendition of the Cordell fight song while viewing memorabilia from the 1961 State Championship game. PHOTOS BY HEATHER FLORES

Cordell's Shane Perkins takes on Watonga's Joe Jackson in state wrestling.

Blue Devils sports: The week in review (March3)

News Staff

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Wrestling

Junior Shane Perkins represented Cordell at the Class 3A 100th State Wrestling Championships Saturday at the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City.

Commissioners publish salaries of county employees

Staff Report

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Washita County Commissioners, during a regular meeting last month, released the salaries of all county employees as set forth by state law. The county must publish salaries every year.

Quartz Mountain news: Spring break might offer great opportunities for camping

Sue Hokanson Park Naturalist

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

February flew by this year… except for those really cold (wind chills between -10 and -30). Those frigid days took forever to complete. With March upon us, those bitterly cold days should be past for the next 9 months.

Drug Court members help clean up city

Staff Report

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Members of the Washita-Custer County Treatment Court Program, the program compliance officer Daniel Evans, and the program coordinator Sarah Mears-Ivy met Feb. 24 to do a "spring clean-up" in Cordell.

County sees ninth COVID-19 related death

Mike Mccormick Reporter

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Washita County has recorded its ninth death attributed to COVID-19, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reports. The OSDH said the latest death is a male in the 65 and older age group.

City vows to work with residents on high utility bills

Thomas R. Martinez Editor@cordellbeacon.com

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

This recent record-setting cold wave hindered many people across Texas and Oklahoma and other parts of the nation. In Cordell, residents already worried about high-dollar electric bills may be terrified to see what their bills look like after having to turn the heat up to keep the cold out.

If you own a home-based business like pottery making, you'll have to follow the city's new ordinance. COURTESY PHOTO

City adopts new home-based business ordinance

Thomas R. Martinez Editor@cordellbeacon.com

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

After months of inaction, the Cordell City Council finally revised what it considers a home-based business. The somewhat controversial issue popped up officially before council in October of last year when the city told a Cordell resident he couldn’t sell items he made from his home.

Idea of canceling traditional energy isn’t the solution

James Lankford Guest Column

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Did you enjoy the recent free trial of living in Alaska? The subzero temperatures in the entire region challenged our families, our first responders, our churches, our nonprofits, and our energy infrastructure. The weather tested our resolve and our power framework.

For the Children: Moving beyond the numbness

Joe Dorman Guest Column

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Numb. That was the one-word answer I submitted to a group call on an online meeting platform last week. The question, “How are each of you feeling?” was likely asked in a kind gesture with the expectation of a standard answer of feeling okay, frustrated, or some other comment made in passing.

Guess Where?

News Staff

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

How well do you know Washita County? Here’s a partial photo of something pretty recognizable. HINT: This photo was taken just outside of Cordell city limits. Guess what it is and where it was taken. Send your guess to us at editor@cordellbeacon.com or call us at 580-832-3333. Several people correctly guessed the last photo of the side wall of the old bowling alley. Mickey Allen was selected randomly and will be entered into the month’s end drawing for the March prize.