The Robertson family reunion will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday at the Oxley Center at Dwight Mission. Those planning to attend are reminded to bring a covered dish and beverage of choice. Cups, plates, ice and utensils will be provided. Door prizes will be given away and centerpieces and other prizes will be available for donations. Recipes are also needed for the family cookbook. For more information contact Oleta Barrett at (918) 775-2378, Doris Harris at (918) 775-7652, Dean and Jean Robertson at (918) 775-5122, Patti Robertson at (918) 775-4329, Mary Simms at (918) 427-5141 or Jamie Woodruff at (918) 775-3489.
Farmers Union is having their annual dinner and meeting Monday. Please call (918) 775-6233 for the time and place.
The Webbers Falls Fall Festival will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the old gym. The festival is sponsored by the Webbers Falls High School Student Council and 4-H Club. The festival includes games, food and fun, and admission is free.
A Fall Festival will be held by students and staff at the Indian Capital Technology Center in Sallisaw from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The festival will include games, door prizes, a concession stand and silent auction. Admission is free but donations will also be taken to pay for the medical bills of Samantha Huff who was seriously injured in an automobile accident recently.
The City of Sallisaw will hold an open public meeting to hear a report on possible future water sources for the city at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Sallisaw Civic Center. Brett Peters of Hawkins-Weir Engineers Inc. in Van Buren, Ark., which conducted the study, is expected to present the study.
Members of Vian Baptist Church will hold their sixth annual Fall Harvest Festival from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the church. The festival is for children up to the fifth grade. The festival includes games, prizes, candy and a grand prize give-away at 7:45 p.m.
The Roland Nursing Home will be giving out candy from 6 to 8 p.m. on Halloween, which is Wednesday.
Local Hospice Inc. will hold a Bereavement Support Group at 1 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month, at the Sallisaw office, 206 N. Wheeler St. Support group meetings will begin Oct. 31. Volunteers are also needed for the group. For more information call Local Hospice Inc. at (918) 790-2277.
A Winter Flea Market will be held by members of the First Assembly of God Church from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1, 2 and 3, at 926 W. Cherokee in Sallisaw. The market will include winter clothes, furniture, and Christmas and Thanksgiving wares. Everything will be half price on Saturday.
A Fall Festival will be held by members of Trinity United Methodist Church at 1601 E. Shawntel Smith Blvd., just east of Muldrow, on U.S. Highway 64. The festival will run from 9:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, and will include a bounce around and games for children, a yard sale, silent auction, bake sale, country store and more. Chili or stew will be available for lunch on Friday and Indian tacos will be available Friday evening. Brisket sandwiches will be available Saturday.
An All-You-Can-Eat Bean Dinner will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday at the Masonic Lodge No. 120 at 109 W. Redwood in Sallisaw, next to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital. The cost is $4 per person and the menu includes beans, cornbread, relishes, dessert and soft drinks. Proceeds will go to the scholarship fund, which provides scholarships for one senior from each of the Central, Sallisaw and Vian High Schools.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 8384 in Muldrow will hold a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, to benefit a heart patient and a cancer patient.
An All-You-Can-Eat breakfast will be held from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Masonic Lodge No. 120, across from Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, biscuits and gravy, coffee, juice and milk. Cost is $4 for adults and $2 for children age 12 and under.
A Hog Fry Fundraiser Celebration will be sponsored by the Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Muldrow Park. Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the event. All children's tickets will be $4. The meal, cooked in the park, will include hog meat, barbeque beans, fry bread, grape dumplings and a soft drink. Native American music will be played, a horseshoe pitch will be held, and Cherokee cultural demonstrations will be held. Door prizes will also be given away.
A community blood drive will be held from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at the First United Methodist Church at 2100 McGee Dr. in Sallisaw. The Red Cross will be conducting the blood drive. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 1-800 GIVE LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or visit www.GIVELIFE.org.
Members of the Sallisaw High School Class of 1964 will meet at Simple Simon's Pizza at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, to plan a reunion. All classmates are invited to attend.
A bean dinner to benefit the Blackgum Fire Department will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Blackgum Community building located two and a half miles west of McQuicks on State Highway 100. Meals are $5 for adults and $3 for children.
Local Hospice Inc. will hold a Caregivers Support Group at 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month, at the Sallisaw office, 206 N. Wheeler St. The group meetings will begin Nov. 7. Volunteers are also needed for the group. For more information call Local Hospice Inc. at (918) 790-2277.
Take-out dinners for the Sallisaw United Methodist Women's Thanksgiving dinner may be placed by calling 775-2538 between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, through Thursday, Nov. 8. The dinners are $8 and they may be picked up at the west entrance of the First United Methodist Church on McGee Drive between 10:30 a.m. and noon on Friday morning, Nov. 9. Orders must be called in and will be given a pick-up time. Some delivery times are available and those placing an order should ask about delivery at the time they place their order.
The Sallisaw United Methodist Women's 36th annual Thanksgiving dinner will be held Friday, Nov. 9. The menu includes turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, rolls, dessert and a soft drink (for dine-in only) for $8 for adults and $3 for children age 10 and under. Dine-in hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the dinner will be held at 2100 McGee Dr. in Sallisaw.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post No. 8384 in Muldrow will hold a turkey shoot from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, to raise money for the general fund. The VFW members are also planning a poker run and Veterans' Day Dinner on the same day. The poker run will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. to raise money to send packages to the combat zones.
Women in the Outdoors classes will be held Saturday, Nov. 10, and Sunday, Nov. 11, at Tenkiller State Park. Classes offered are Dutch oven cooking, knife forging, muzzleloader, cold process lye soap, basket weaving, basic beadwork, corn husk dolls, basic fishing techniques, basic wood art, basic rappelling, and leave no trace camping. For more information contact Leann Bunn, Tenkiller State Park naturalist, at (918) 489-5641 or by e-mail at lbunn@oklahomaparks.com.
The annual Veterans Day Salute will be held by the Gore High School Student Council at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 12, at the Brooks Cawhorn Gymnasium. State Rep. Ed Cannaday will be the guest speaker. Dinner will be served at the high school cafeteria.
The next General Educational Development (GED) test will be given at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Adult Education Center, 312 S. Walnut, Sallisaw. The GED test for Sequoyah and Adair Counties is given on the second Tuesday of each month. Those planning to take the test must pre-register. For information call (918) 775-5544.
The Cherokee Nation Tax Commission office and all Cherokee Nation Tag Office locations, including those in Adair, Collinsville, Gore and Tahlequah, will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 14, for staff development training. The offices will re-open at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15, for regular business hours. For further information contact Sharon Swepston, Cherokee Nation Tax administrator, at (918) 453-5320.
The Gore High School Future Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is celebrating the Oklahoma Centennial by selling engraved bricks for $25 each. The bricks will be used to build the Gore Schools Centennial Brick Plaza on the high school campus near the flagpole and marquee. All proceeds will go to the project. FCCLA members are managing the project but are not making money from it. The deadline to submit an order is Nov. 15, and orders should be brought to the high school office.
The Vian Baptist Church Youth Group is initiating a supply drive for military troops serving overseas. The church youths have begun writing letters to soldiers and plan to continue to do so with the holidays approaching. A donation box is inside the church to collect supplies, such as ChapStick, Visine, socks, hand warmers and any other items the community wishes to contribute. These will be sent out the first part of December to arrive before Christmas. The church is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily to accept gifts.
The Muldrow Public School District Board of Education announces that candidates for the No. 3 seat on the Muldrow School Board may file to run for this post between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dec. 3 through 5, at the Sequoyah County Election Board in Sallisaw.
The Belfonte Public School District Board of Education announces that individuals interested in running as a candidate for Post No. 3 on the Belfonte School Board of Education must file to run for the seat between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. from Monday, Dec. 3, to Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the Sequoyah County Election Board in the Sequoyah County Courthouse annex in Sallisaw.
The Gans Public School District Board of Education announces that candidates for the No. 3 seat on the Gans School Board may file to run for this post between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dec. 3 through 5, at the Sequoyah County Election Board in Sallisaw.
The Sallisaw Public School District Board of Education announces that candidates for the No. 3 seat on the Sallisaw School Board may file to run for this post between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dec. 3 through 5, at the Sequoyah County Election Board in Sallisaw.
