Book sale and summer programs at Stroud Library

Stroud Friends of the Library will host a book sale May 28-29 to benefit Stroud Public Library. Most books are 3 for $1. These dates coincide with the annual Stroud High School Alumni weekend.

Area students earn OBU degrees

Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee conferred degrees upon 277 students during the University’s 107th Spring Commencement, held in five separate ceremonies Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15. The ceremonies took place in Raley Chapel’s Potter Auditorium on OBU’s campus. OBU President Dr.

VBS in June at Sparks Baptist

Children age pre-kindergarten through sixth grade are invited to attend “Destination Dig” Vacation Bible School at Sparks First Baptist Church. Each evening from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Prague reading

Starting June 1, the Haynie Public Library in Prague will have their annual Summer Read for all ages. For more reading incentive, the library has added weekly Grab and Go Bags for ages 12 and under in addition to the Reading Challenge.

1976 film

Last summer, my good friend Celia Graham emailed to say she and husband Dean had something they wanted to give me. “I think you will like it,” she wrote. Indeed. I liked it very much. It was a box of photography related items, including two of the old twin lens reflex cameras I like so much.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on Quapaw 15 (Meeker Lake) A. I talked to Valerie Glasgow USDA/ NRCS Design Engineer for this project. She said that A&E Conservation works has completed the study for the Lake and now it goes into a review stage that last 2 months.

Town Talk

Welcome to all visitors and alums who are in town this weekend for alumni activities and Memorial Day remembrances. It is always a special weekend in our community; a time to reconnect with old friends and reminisce about those who are no longer with us.

Need more mural entrants

This is the Seventyfirst article in a semipermanent column for Stroud Arts that appears in the Stroud American. The mission of these articles is to inform, educate and inspire you, the reader, to Make Art Happen in your life and the life of our community.

Observing Memorial Day

America once again will celebrate Memorial Day Weekend over the next few days. I look forward to it. It’s an opportunity to gather with family members, a time for reflection and visiting cemeteries to remember those who have passed on before us.