Are Those Christmas Lights on the Top of Cop Cars? Annual Shop with a Cop Event Brightens Christmas
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IndianThe Eufaula Journal OKLAHOMA’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER, EST. 1876 Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from the Indian Journal staff EUFAULAINDIANJOURNAL.COM VOL 141, ISSUE 52 (usPs 261-620) – TWo secTions, 18 Pages –decemBer 24, 2020 $1.00 Are those Christmas lights on the top of cop cars? Annual Shop With a Cop event brightens Christmas JERRY FINK county enjoyed the thrill MANAGING EDITOR of their police escort and With lights flashing perhaps even a greater and sirens blaring, law- thrill of shopping for men escorted youngsters clothes at Sharpe’s De- into town for a Christmas partment Store and toys shopping spree during at Walmart and then the annual Shop With a lunch with their police Cop program. officer chaperones. There were Eufaula and Because of the new Checotah police officers, coronavirus and the need McIntosh County Sher- for social distancing, in- iff’s Department depu- vestigator Kevin Brans- ties, Muscogee (Creek) cum with the District STAFF | INDIAN JOURNAL Nation Lighthorse Tribal Patrol cars waited outside Sharpe’s Department Store while young Attorney’s Narcotics and people went on a shopping spree during the annual Shop With a Police Department of- See SHOP, page A3 ficers, game wardens, Cop outing. highway patrol troopers and officers with the dis- trict attorney. New Executive Director hired by Some 30 law enforce- ment officers made Christmas a little bright- Chamber of Commerce er for many young people JERRY FINK STAFF | INDIAN JOURNAL this year. brothers in the general creating a business plan,” About 60 kids from MANAGING EDITOR area, including one in she said. Officer Vanzant assists a well-bundled shopper checks out cloth- A Christmas gift from ing. schools throughout the McAlester, one in Tulsa Franz, who has an the Eufaula Area Cham- and one in Broken Bow abundance of energy ber of Commerce Board who once was Youth Di- and enthusiasm, looks of Directors to the com- rector at the Eufaula First forward to creating new munity is a new executive Baptist Church. events and helping the director. After graduating from town prosper. Former Director Pam high school, Franz at- The major obstacle Rossi resigned recently tended Cottey College, a facing her seems to be and the search was on private women’s college the new coronavirus for a replacement, not in Nevada, Mo. pandemic, which has im- an easy task given Rossi’s She is still working on pacted almost every facet From Eufaula students passionate drive to im- a degree, but has spent of the community. prove the Eufaula com- Dear Santa, ta! most of the last decade However, Eufaula is this Christmas is a radio munity at large and the working in the private experiencing progress in This Christmas, I am 7 Love, Kedne. business community spe- years old. P.S., please say “Hi” to and Elsa doll and I prom- sector, gaining experi- spite of having to contend ise to leave out cookies cifically. ence that has prepared with the virus. This year, I have been Rudolph for me! The Directors didn’t good all of the time. and vegetables for you. her well to lead the “The city is growing, Merry Christmas, San- have to look far. Chamber of Commerce. economically,” Franz said. What I would like most Dear Santa, They found the ideal this Christmas is a scoot- This Christmas, I am 6 ta! Franz was executive New businesses are Love, Zoila. candidate in Shelly Franz, host at the River Spirit opening. Old business- er and bike and I promise years old. 32, a 2006 graduate of Eu- to leave out cookies and This year, I have been P.S., please say “Hi” to Casino in Tulsa for four es are expanding. Sales Bell for me! faula High School whose years. She spent almost are up, which means the milk for you. good all of the time. first day of work at the Merry Christmas, San- What I would like most four years doing market- city’s tax revenue is up. Dear Santa, Chamber was Monday, ta! this Christmas is a toy ing for the Health and See FRANZ, page A3 This Christmas, I am 6 Dec. 14. Wellness Center, which Love, Ashlyn. phone and a toy leopard “I left Eufaula for P.S., please say “Hi” to and I promise to leave out years old. has eight locations in This year, I have been awhile and thought I Eastern Oklahoma. Sprinkles for me! cookies and milk for you. would be gone forever,” Merry Christmas, San- good some of the time. And she worked in What I would like most Franz said. sales for a local home Dear Santa, ta! But, like a magnet, This Christmas, I am 6 Love, Brooken. this Christmas is a phone health company. and video game and I Eufaula kept pulling her Now, she has a new years old. P.S., please say “Hi” to home. This year, I have been Rudolph for me! promise to leave out milk challenge as her career and cookies for you. “This is where I am moves forward. naughty (but nice). meant to be,” she said. What I would like Dear Santa, Merry Christmas, San- “This is a perfect fit. It’s ta! “I know a lot of people a blessing,” said Franz. most this Christmas is an This Christmas, I am 7 here.” octogon and electric gui- years old. Love, Gabe. She will be meeting P.S., please say “Hi” to Most importantly, her with the Directors to set tar and I promise to leave This year, I have been mother, Sharon, whom out cookies for you. naughty (but nice). Mrs. Claus for me! goals. she takes care of. “Right now, I’m busy JERRY FINK | INDIAN JOURNAL Merry Christmas, San- What I would like most See DEAR SANTA, page A2 Franz also has three Shelly Franz Procession of lawmen honors the late Dewayne Hall Lawmen from around cer was cremated. the county A memorial service and beyond will be announced at a drove in later date. a proces- Hall worked for the sion Friday Sheriff’s Department for m o r n i n g 22 years. from Eufaula Born May 16, 1957, to Checotah Dewayne in South Garland, Texas, to honor the Hall Hall was a baker prior late Dewayne to entering law enforce- Hall, 63, chief deputy of ment. the McIntosh County He and his wife Linda, Sheriff’s Department. whom he married Dec. Hall passed away from 11, 1981, owned a bak- complications of CO- ery/donut shop in Plano, VID-19 on Dec. 14 at his Texas. home near Checotah. Eventually the couple The procession end- moved to property they ed at Checotah Funeral purchased near Checotah & Cremation Services to pursue their avid inter- where the highly respect- est in hunting and fishing. STAFF | INDIAN JOURNAL ed law enforcement offi- See HALL, page A3 Procession honoring the late Dewayne Hall, the chief deputy of the McIntosh County Sheriff’s Department who died Dec. 14. PAGE A2 • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • December 24, 2020 DEAR SANTA from page 1 years old. P.S., please say “Hi” to to leave out cookies for good some of the time. Dear Santa, This year, I have been mom for me! you. What I would like most Dear Santa, This Christmas, I am 7 good some of the time. Merry Christmas, San- this Christmas is a acmap This Christmas, I am 7 years old. What I would like Dear Santa, ta! and talskope and I prom- years old. This year, I have been most this Christmas is a This Christmas, I am 6 Love, Trigger. ise to leave out cookes for This year, I have been good some of the time. gas RC car and a drum years old. P.S., please say “Hi” to you. good some of the time. What I would like most and I promise to leave out This year, I have been Mrs. Claus for me! Merry Christmas, San- What I would like this Christmas is a phone cookies and milk for you. good all of the time. ta! most this Christmas is a and sour patch kids and Merry Christmas, San- What I would like Dear Santa, Love, Ryan. lol doll and yellow lol doll I promise to leave out ta! most this Christmas is a This Christmas, I am 7 P.S., please say “Hi” to and I promise to leave out cookies and milk for you. Love, Tucker water gun and a bopaliv years old. Sprinkles for me! cookies for you. Merry Christmas, San- P.S., please say “Hi” to and I promise to leave out This year, I have been Merry Christmas, San- ta! Rudolph for me! cookies for you. good some of the time. Dear Santa, ta! Love, Kaden. Merry Christmas, San- What I would like most This Christmas, I am 6 Love, Ella. P.S., please say “Hi” to Dear Santa, ta! this Christmas is a mothe years old. P.S., please say “Hi” to Mrs. Claus for me! This Christmas, I am 7 Love, Lauren. peeg and I promise to This year, I have been Bella for me! years old. P.S., please say “Hi” to leave out cookees for you. good all of the time. Dear Santa, This year, I have been radies for me! Merry Christmas, San- What I would like Dear Santa, This Christmas, I am 7 good some of the time. ta! most this Christmas is This Christmas, I am 6 years old. What I would like Dear Santa, Love, Aceton. earings and crose neeck- years old.