Hats on and smiles ready, guests pose with a Dolly Parton cutout—Parton is the founder of the Imagination Library—at last year’s Mad Hatter Tea Party at the Shawnee Public Library, a whimsical community fundraiser supporting the Pioneer Library System’s Pottawatomie County libraries. Photo by Sara McGaha/Pioneer Library System

Pictured from left: C.L. Prevost III, Senior Pastor Community Baptist Church; Rev. Matt Wiley, Senior Pastor Shawnee Presbyterian Church; Audrey Seeliger, Avedis Foundation; Dr. Kathy Laster, Avedis Foundation President and CEO; Keynote Speaker, David B. Gadberry, Lead Pastor of Lifeway Church of Kingfisher County; Josh L. Trimble, Avedis Foundation Board member; Travis Hurst, Senior Pastor, Faithco Church; and LaShane Hill, LMFT, Director Kemp MFT Clinic OBU. Photo by Chris Rettman

Oklahoma Baptist University will celebrate the grand re-opening of Thurmond Hall with a ribbon-cutting at 11:30 a.m., March 6, marking a milestone for a rapidly growing engineering program, now in just its third year. Photo Provided

Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce Director Kim Elliott introduced guests at the Economic Development funding Workshop held at The Farmer's Daughter on Feb. 17. Julie Talton, Countywide & Sun

Ladies at BHHS Benchmark Realty took time to pose with the donation box left at their office. Stop by and say hi and leave a donation for the kids in our community who are facing issues that even adults should not be facing. Suzie Campbell, Countywide & Sun