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Blues fans entertained all weekend
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September 4, 2024
Blues fans entertained all weekend
By LaDonna Rhodes Staff Writer

Blues fans, young and old, enjoyed the 34th Rentiesville’s Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival put on by Selby Minner , staff and volunteers this past weekend. The Labor Day festival that started in 1991 with the late D.C. Minner and Selby has become an incredible 3-day event enjoyed by “Blues” fans from near and far. This recent festival packed in the fans with 50 bands performing on three different stages from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. with something to entertain everyone.

Every year vendors grace the grounds with some great BBQ from Sam’s Famous BBQ, corn dogs, funnel cake and more. Wild Mike’s Enterprises had homemade salsa, pickles, jerky and delicious cheesecake that they sold out of every night. There were also booths to shop at or get your caricature made plus the younger children could dress up, play with puppets or get their faces painted at the Kid’s Village.

Several musicians from across the states joined the lineup this year to include Zac Harmon, who just came back from Europe; Watermelon Slim from Clarksdale, MS; 2024 IBC Award Winners Piper & the Hard Times from Nashville, TN; Main McMann from Wichita, KS; Lem Sheppard from Pittsburg, KS; Akeem Kemp from Conway, AR and many more to include Oklahoma locals like Slick Willie, Carl Moore, and even Warner HS Band.

The highlight of one young man’s Saturday night included Akeem Kemp letting the boy join him on the main stage and hold the musician’s guitar while Kemp played it, as the boy’s dad hooped and hollered for them to rock on.

Fifty bands packed out the weekend and provided a rich showcase for all ages.

“All the bands were great.” said Minner, who has hosted the event for decades. “So many bands want to play on these stages each year and that says a lot.”

The gates opened at 4 p.m. each day with several bands that performed in the Down Home Blues Club while others played the two outdoor stages until midnight. Afterwards the headliners came inside the club and played the wee morning hours.

A beautiful new sign was donated by a sponsor to point the way for fans to get to the Rentiesville’s event, while Minner thanked everyone for making this year a huge success.

Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’
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Jefferson Highway keeps on rollin’
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
Long before Route 66, there was the Jefferson Highway. Route 66 was a federally funded, 2,448-mile highway that crossed the country going east and west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, Californ...
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Jacob Foos re-hired as Eufaula City Manager
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
It was a surprise hire, but not a total surprise as former Eufaula City Manager Jacob Foos was rehired as Eufaula’s city manager. The hiring took place following an executive session at a special meet...
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Complications of finding a city manager
June 11, 2025
Jeb Jones resigned as city manager in April. He was hired in 2022 to replace Jacob Foos, who had resigned months earlier and became assistant city manager in the City of Shawnee. Andrea Weckmuel-ler B...
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LEA Poker Run Saturday
June 11, 2025
The Golden Eagle Poker Run, one of the most popular events on Lake Eufaula, is Saturday, June 14. This year’s theme is Pirates & Parrots, so get your crew and costumes ready for a day of high seas adv...
McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award
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McIntosh County Democrat wins Sequoyah Award
June 11, 2025
The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards during the OPA Annual convention June 6-7, at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee. The top award a newspaper can r...
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Commissioners getting an increase in road spending
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
June 11, 2025
Rep. Tim Turner, R-Kinta, announced some good news and some bad news at the Monday morning Monthly County Commissioner meeting. First, the bad news, at least for those who oppose wind turbines in the ...
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Bridge dedicated to World War II veteran
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June 11, 2025
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently honored the late veteran William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. by naming a bridge after him. The William A. Fox Jr. Memorial Bridge is on SH 9 East at Nine M...
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Ten Mile Yard Sale this weekend
June 11, 2025
Bring an umbrella Bargain hunters set your alarms. The annual 10-milelong yard sale begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, stretching from the east end of Eufaula, down SH 9 east through Longtown and past Enterpris...
Preliminary set for 2 suspected of killing Eufaulan
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Two Muskogee men charged with killing a Eufaula resident were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing in district court at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3. Suspects Kyren Omari Boulware, 19, and Michael ...
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June 11, 2025
Two people from Marshall, Texas were killed, and four others were injured in a harrowing four-vehicle pileup on U.S. 69 half a mile south of the Muskogee City Limits at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June...
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Managing Editor Jerry Fink of The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association Half Century Club on Saturday, June 7 at the Grand in Shawnee...
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