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Like so many other things Sunday has changed dramatically over the years. As a youngster, after church we would go home for lunch and spend the afternoon visiting or napping. No work was done on Sunday unless it was an emergency and there was no shopping. Home-owned stores were closed so their families could attend church and rest in the afternoon.
Read moreOklahoma’s COVID-19 cases reached 154,128, a record number as we enter the much anticipated second wave. The national surge in hospitalizations causes a major concern in ICU hospital beds and physician capacity.
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Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, The Allen Advocate will be printed early next week. Although the paper will be dated Thursday, November 26 , the paper is scheduled to be mailed on Tuesday, November 24 .
Read moreThe Allen Chamber of Commerce has finalized plans for the 2020 Shop at Home Christmas campaign. The decision was made to again give cash as prizes. Six lucky people will go home with an extra $100 in their pocket following the drawing on December 12 .
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On Sunday, November 15, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 3,923 new Covid-19 cases in the state. This brought the state’s cumulative number of confirmed cases up to 154,128. There were 12 Covid related deaths in Oklahoma reported on Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths linked to the virus up to 1,528. The coronavirus.health.gov website shows that all 77 Oklahoma Counties are in the orange, or moderate, risk level, the third highest of a four-tiered risk measurement tool. The orange risk level means there is an average of more that 14.29 daily new cases per 100,000 population. The latest statistics from the Oklahoma State Department of Health show that Hughes County has had a total of 501 positive COVID cases that resulted in 7 deaths and 419 recoveries.
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Lauren Lawler picked up her school lunch from Mrs. Teri McCarn. The school cafeteria has been providing breakfast and lunches to area young people. The program has now ended during the scheduled Thanksgiving break.
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