Centenarian Betty Wakefield represented Three Valley Museum in last week’s Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas parade by posing as the “Queen of Three Valleys.” She celebrated her 100th birthday on July 22 and 95 of her 100 years have been in Durant. Last summer, Centenarians of Oklahoma inducted Wakefield into the Centenarians of Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Durant City Council in a special meeting last week voted to call for an election to extend the two quartercent sales taxes that expire next year for another 25 years. The two taxes for Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the Durant Community Facilities Authority expire in 2024, and council members voted for an election, that if approved by voters, would extend them until 2049.