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We Made A Mistake

News Staff
Thursday, September 28, 2023
It was reported in the Countywide & Sun l that the two bond propositions for McLoud Public Schools passed. That is not correct. Bonds require a 60 percent vote (super majority) to pass and neither propositions received the required votes to reach the 60 percent threshold.
FireLake Golf Shows Off New Improvements

FireLake Golf Shows Off New Improvements

FireLake Golf Shows Off New Improvements

Mary Leaver
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Public Information Department FireLake Golf is ready to welcome new golfers and show off its latest improvements, including a global positioning system or GPS. The 18-hole course has a driving range and putting and chipping greens.
OBU presented its highest employee awards during Convocation on Aug. 30. Jana VanderTook, from left, received the Meritorious Service Award, Dr. Lyda Murillo Wilbur, associate professor of Spanish, received the Promising Teacher Award and Dr. Tony Yates, professor of science, received the Distinguished Teaching Award. Photo provided by OBU

OBU presented its highest employee awards during Convocation on Aug. 30. Jana VanderTook, from left, received the Meritorious Service Award, Dr. Lyda Murillo Wilbur, associate professor of Spanish, received the Promising Teacher Award and Dr. Tony Yates, professor of science, received the Distinguished Teaching Award. Photo provided by OBU

OBU Presents Top Employee Honors During Convocation

News Staff
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Oklahoma Baptist University presented its highest employee awards during Convocation chapel Aug. 30 on the OBU campus in Shawnee.
Twenty-seven contestants in the Tot, Little, Junior and Miss Frontier Days Pageant perform the musical number dressed in period costumes for the “Remember When” theme. The pageant was held on Sept. 24 at the W.P. Wood Alumni Center at Tecumseh High School, but the Junior and Miss contestants will be crowned before the Frontier Days Parade on Sept. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Twenty-seven contestants in the Tot, Little, Junior and Miss Frontier Days Pageant perform the musical number dressed in period costumes for the “Remember When” theme. The pageant was held on Sept. 24 at the W.P. Wood Alumni Center at Tecumseh High School, but the Junior and Miss contestants will be crowned before the Frontier Days Parade on Sept. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Forty Girls Compete In Frontier Days Pageant

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Forty Frontier Days Pageant contestants took to the stage at the W.P. Wood THS Alumni Center on Sunday, Sept. 24. With the Frontier Days theme being “Remember When,” about 27 girls dressed in clothes from past decades started the pageant off with a musical number.

2023 Frontier Days Celebration

News Staff
Thursday, September 28, 2023
THURSDAY, SEP. 28 Gospel Sing, 7–9 pm – Slick Humphrey Park. Folks are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on and enjoy the evening. SATURDAY, SEP.
Shawnee High School FFA students, along with their teachers and Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt, receive a check in August for $10,000 from Oklahoma AgCredit to go toward the FFA program. Photo provided.

Shawnee High School FFA students, along with their teachers and Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt, receive a check in August for $10,000 from Oklahoma AgCredit to go toward the FFA program. Photo provided.

Shawnee FFA Has High Hopes, Despite Loss Of Barn To April Tornado

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Like many buildings on the campus, the agriculture barn and greenhouse at Shawnee High School was a total loss after the tornado of April 19 came through.