Melissa Dennis and Abby Thompson were paired up with SCI PEEP Ronnie Vantine. They, along with all other PEEPs, were excitedly introduced on the neon carpet as they entered a Night to Dream.

North Rock Creek students, Hope Hodges, Irelyn Tiscerno and Kenzie Westscott, pose on the campus of Seminole State College. Photo Provided

Eighth-grade student Molly Newsom earned second place in the Individual Documentary category for her project, “Documenting the Disaster: How the Oklahoma City Bombing Re- formed and Revolutionized Mental Health Care in the Newsroom.” Her accomplishment also earned her a spot at the National History Day competition in College Park, MD, this June. Photo Provided

Paul Potts, a senior at Dale High School, was the winner of the Jim Spurr Student Poetry Contest.

Troop 477 Eagle Scout Lucas Schafer, 16, salutes the U.S. flag after posting the colors, as Bill Ford, Jerry Shiles, State Senator Shane Jett and Former State Rep. Justin Wood and others do the same, during the Shawnee Memorial Day ceremony at Woodland Veterans Park on May 25. Jett and Wood spoke at the event. Photos by Natasha Dunagan, Countywide & Sun

Wayne and Gloria Trotter

John Dmytryk adds styrofoam to the densifier, as Sammy Thompson collects the styrofoam log which the densifier produces, in the Shawnee Pioneer Library parking lot on May 9. The University Lutheran Church Green Team from Norman collected enough #6 Styrofoam to produce nine logs that day, which will eventually go to a plastics broker, then to a manufacturer. They also collect styrofoam egg cartons to pass on to their "Poultry Partners" and will return to the library on Oct. 10.