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PHOTOS BY FLORA WALTERS AT LEFT: Pictured are from left, Kaylee Martin, Ava Willingham, Aiden Middendorf, Millie Feltman, McKenzy Isbell, Bode Gallagher, Logan Hewitt, Kenlee Dodd, Cade Walker and Erin Dudgeion.

PHOTOS BY FLORA WALTERS AT LEFT: Pictured are from left, Kaylee Martin, Ava Willingham, Aiden Middendorf, Millie Feltman, McKenzy Isbell, Bode Gallagher, Logan Hewitt, Kenlee Dodd, Cade Walker and Erin Dudgeion.

HOMECOMING

News Staff
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Senior candidates Bode Gallagher and Mckenzy Isbell took home the honor of Basketball Homecoming King and Queen for Cordell High School last week.
Andrea Palmer, escorted by Valerie Farris and Craig and Julie Kliewer

Andrea Palmer, escorted by Valerie Farris and Craig and Julie Kliewer

SENIOR NIGHT

News Staff
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Cordell High School honored its basketball seniors during a game last week. Eight athletes were honored along with their parents or escorts.              
Who me?

Who me?

Who me?

News Staff
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
This guy shows a little attitude, sticking out his tongue on a recent cool afternoon in western Washita County. PHOTO BY THOMAS R. MARTINEZ
‘THIS VIRUS IS SERIOUS’

‘THIS VIRUS IS SERIOUS’

‘THIS VIRUS IS SERIOUS’

Thomas R. Martinez Editor@cordellbeacon.com
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Karla Kinney provides one simple piece of advice about COVID-19. Take it seriously. “This virus can be deadly,” the 56-year-old Kinney said. “It doesn’t matter the age. Anybody can get it.” Health officials told Kinney she had the virus on Jan. 13, after she was tested on Jan. 11.
Candidates can file Feb. 1 for April elections

Candidates can file Feb. 1 for April elections

Municipal candidate filings set to begin Feb. 1

Staff Report
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Candidates for municipal office in six Washita County municipalities may file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1. The filing period ends at 5 p.m. Feb. 3, Leah Jones, secretary of the Washita County Election Board, said.
Academic team lineup, back row, left to right: Adam Lindsey, Tugger Selman, Samuel Thomas, Gavin Jasmer and Bode Gallagher. Front row, left to right: Flora Walters, Spencer Williams and Gabby Giblet. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Academic team lineup, back row, left to right: Adam Lindsey, Tugger Selman, Samuel Thomas, Gavin Jasmer and Bode Gallagher. Front row, left to right: Flora Walters, Spencer Williams and Gabby Giblet. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Academic team qualifies for state tournament

Flora Walters Reporter
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
The Cordell High School Blue Devil Academic team went 3-1 in the area academic bowl Sunday, earning a ticket to the state academic bowl. This is the furthest Head Coach Rachel Ray and her team have ever progressed into the competition season.
Coronavirus nodule

Coronavirus nodule

Washita County reports fourth COVID-19 related death

News Staff
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
District 5 of the Southwest County Health Departments reported Tuesday that Washita County had its fourth COIVD-19 related death. The death was a man in the 65 and older age group. Washita County reported 886 total positive cases of COVID-19, of which 798 had recovered.

CANUTE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HONOR ROLL

News Staff
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
FIRST GRADE • Superintendent’s Honor Roll: Katie Atha Daxton Dunlap Lainey Gray Francis Harrison Bryant McRee Annie Schuster Zoe Montoya-Pacheco Tate Warnke Hattie Cox • Principal’s Honor Roll: Dustin Andrews Brantley Foust Jenifer Little MaKayla Sneed Caden Steffes Parker...
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