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Shawnee Head Swim Coach Valarie Colburn speaks, as Athletic Director Dax Leone, left, and Assistant Athletic Director Julia Holland listen at the Oct. 2 Board of Education meeting. Colburn was named the 2022-23 OSSAA Swim Coach of the Year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Shawnee Head Swim Coach Valarie Colburn speaks, as Athletic Director Dax Leone, left, and Assistant Athletic Director Julia Holland listen at the Oct. 2 Board of Education meeting. Colburn was named the 2022-23 OSSAA Swim Coach of the Year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

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Colburn Named OSSAA Swim Coach Of The Year

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Shawnee Superintendent Dr. Aaron Espolt announced that Shawnee Head Swim Coach Valarie Colburn has been named the 2022-23 OSSAA Swim Coach of the Year. During the Oct. 2 Shawnee Board of Education meeting, Espolt congratulated Colburn saying, “So, as we all would say, well earned, well deserved.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.