In the battle against childhood obesity, Oklahoma State University Extension is helping students in the Westville Public School District develop safer walking and biking routes to school.

Jessie Garcia, Oklahoma State University Extension educator, High Obesity Program, spearheaded the Safe Routes to School project in Adair County. She said the Oklahoma State Department of Health’s Wellness Profile indicates the childhood obesity rate in the county is 51.3 percent, significantly higher than the state’s average of 36.5 percent.

When I was 16 years old, I was invited to speak at a little country church in rural Denver, Ky., not far from Paintsville. 

The church had all but closed its doors, but one man, Harold Rice and his family, wanted to see the church stay open and do well. 

A church with few to almost no people typically does not attract too many interested ministers. I had spoken in my home church a few times and was a guest speaker in a few others.

Margaret Ann (Oldfield) Zweiacher, 92, lifelong El Reno resident, went to be with her Heavenly Father, Jan. 23, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Margaret was born Jan. 8, 1929, in El Reno to E.W. and Bertha (Kirby) Oldfield.

Margaret graduated from El Reno High School in May of 1947. On March 14, 1948, she married the love of her life, Raymond Delford Zweiacher, and from this union came three children, Ed, Tom and Ramona. A number of years after Raymond’s early death, she married his brother, Edward Enos Zweiacher.

Graveside services for Vincent Edward Scott were held Tuesday at the Concho Cemetery with Rev. Gerald Panana officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Ed passed away Jan. 20, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born May 16, 1968, in Oklahoma City where he was raised.

He resided in Kingfisher for 23 years.