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Members of the 3F Cattle Company team participate in the Wild Cow Milking division of the Tecumseh Round-Up Club Rodeo on Sept. 28 after the Frontier Days festival.. Five other ranches or cattle companies also competed in roping events at the rodeo. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Members of the 3F Cattle Company team participate in the Wild Cow Milking division of the Tecumseh Round-Up Club Rodeo on Sept. 28 after the Frontier Days festival.. Five other ranches or cattle companies also competed in roping events at the rodeo. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Tecumseh Round-Up Club Holds Rodeo During Festival

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

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Sample Ballots Available for November 5 General Election

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Sample ballots are now available for the Nov. 5 Election. Voters can download a sample ballot using the State Election Board OK Voter Portal at oklahoma. gov/elections/ovp or pick up a copy at the Pottawatomie County Election Board during normal business hours.

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Countyline

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Oct. 3-10, 2024Thursday, 3rdSHAWNEE LIONS CLUB - every Thursday (noon) at Santa Fe Cattle Company (Shawnee Mall) HONEY DO AUCTION - Oct 3, 5:30 Grand Casino, Shawnee. Presented by Project SAFE.
Jalee Meyers was crowned Miss Frontier Days and received a $500 scholarship check from the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce, presented by the pageant’s premiere sponsor Tecumseh Public Schools on Sept. 28. Shown, from left, are Meyers, 2023 Miss Frontier Days Aleigha McCullough, and TPS Superintendent Robert Kinsey. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Jalee Meyers was crowned Miss Frontier Days and received a $500 scholarship check from the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce, presented by the pageant’s premiere sponsor Tecumseh Public Schools on Sept. 28. Shown, from left, are Meyers, 2023 Miss Frontier Days Aleigha McCullough, and TPS Superintendent Robert Kinsey. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

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First Miss Frontier Days Scholarship Goes to Jalee Meyers

Natasha Dunagan
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Tecumseh’s Frontier Days 2024 was full of activity, as it is every year.On Sept. 26, the Gospel Sing was held at Slick Humphrey Park and featured the band “Under the Name of Christ,” led by Lonnie Crouch of Tecumseh.

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CVEC To Host Annual Flag Retirement Ceremony

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Seminole, Okla – Canadian Va l ley Electric Cooperative, alongside the Seminole American Legion, will conduct its annual flag retirement ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Food will be served at 5 pm, and the ceremony will begin at 6 pm.
Pictured from left Richard Ellwanger and Dane Pollei. Photo provided

Pictured from left Richard Ellwanger and Dane Pollei. Photo provided

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MGMoA Director Dane Pollei Receives Prestigious Statewide Award

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Shawnee, OK—Dane Pollei, Director and Chief Curator at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (MGMoA), has been honored with the President’s Award at the Oklahoma Museum Association (OMA) conference held at the Museum of the Red River in Idabel, Oklahoma.
McLoud Fire Chief Josh Jenkins addresses the City Council with a request to change dispatch services for the Fire Department. Jenkins said the McLoud Police Department is happy with the services they receive from Central Dispatch and will not make the transition. Only the Fire Department will make the move by January 2025.

McLoud Fire Chief Josh Jenkins addresses the City Council with a request to change dispatch services for the Fire Department. Jenkins said the McLoud Police Department is happy with the services they receive from Central Dispatch and will not make the transition. Only the Fire Department will make the move by January 2025.

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McLoud Fire Chief Advocates A Change In Dispatch Services

Suzie Campbell
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Fire Chief Josh Jenkins addressed the McLoud City Council during the monthly meeting held Thursday, Sept. 26, requesting approval to begin the process of moving dispatch services from Central Dispatch to Shawnee Dispatch. “The delays in our current system can impact lives.
Cindy (Cooper) Parsons, far left, and her brother Rodney Cooper compete in BMX racing at one of the two tracks in Shawnee in the late 1970s. Parsons and Cooper will be inducted into the Oklahoma BMX Hall of Fame on Oct. 12. Photo provided

Cindy (Cooper) Parsons, far left, and her brother Rodney Cooper compete in BMX racing at one of the two tracks in Shawnee in the late 1970s. Parsons and Cooper will be inducted into the Oklahoma BMX Hall of Fame on Oct. 12. Photo provided

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First Shawnee Female BMX Racer To Be Inducted In OK BMX HOF

Natasha Dunagan
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
When Cindy (Cooper) Parsons was 11 and growing up in 1970s Shawnee, she knew what she wanted and what she didn’t.What she wanted was to race in BMX (bicycle motocross) like her brothers, Shawn and Rodney Cooper, and stepbrothers, Pat and Ronnie Qualls.What she didn’t want was the girls’ three-speed...