Maryl Lewellen (right), a senior at Shawnee High School, receives a Shawnee Association of Classroom Teachers Scholarship from Krista Farris, SACT president, during Monday’s Senior Awards Ceremony. Photo provided by SHS

McLoud Scholarship Foundation (MSF) Scholarship winners pictured from left: Annette Brown, MSF Secretary, Madalynn Xzylee Ladybug Taylor, Haylee Nicole Wooten, Ciera Judith Dunn, Jaiden Lynn Williams, Paisley Jo Erskine, Coulson Dale Kennedy, Harlee Rae Marchant, Logan Marie Hough, Stacey Angelina Nash and Austin Carroll, MSF President. Not Pictured - Santos Ivan Lujan. Photo provided by MSF

Norman Veterans Center Recreation Coordinator Darold Lairson, far right, presents American Legion Post #260 Auxiliary President Donna Snodgrass with a belated certificate for Volunteer Appreciation Week on May 8. The Tecumseh American Legion Auxiliary members have hosted the Norman veterans for bingo each month for at least 30 years, said Lairson.

Retirees from Shawnee Public Schools were honored with a reception before the Shawnee Board of Education regular meeting on May 14, and they also received a clock. Shown, from left, are Debra Watson, Beth Mills, Angela Lindsay, Terri Mastin, Dana Boyer, Mary Cash, Laura Brandherm, Randy Lauderdale and Ray Shaffer. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Jan Parker, a volunteer at the Tecumseh Historical Society Museum, tells fifth-graders from Cross Timbers Elementary about the sad iron during the annual tours on May 2. She also spoke about quilts, spinning wheels, aprons and other household items from the past. About seven classes visited the museum at 114 S. Broadway in Tecumseh. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan