Meeker STEM award recipients

Meeker students recently received awards for excellence in STEM.

Christmas wishes

We’re into the final sprint before Christmas and I have brought almost all the Christmas presents on my list.

Updates from Meeker Town Hall

1. Update on “Quapaw 15 Project/Meeker Lake A. Surveyors finished second go round. Actually 3rd time: hope all the surveying matched up this time. B. FYI, for your information, I saw a lot of ODOT trucks and men stopped on Kickapoo, South of Hwy. 62 at Quapaw Bridge. I noticed Comm.

Filling up the red kettle

As a member of a local civic club and another nonprofit organization, one of my volunteer commitments each year is ringing the Red Kettle Bell during the holiday season. I’ve been a member of the Shawnee Rotary Club a number of years.

Happenings at Prairie Pointe

Singer, songwriter and comedian Danny Miller of Meeker will perform at Prairie Pointe outside under the portico this Thursday at 4:00 PM. It’s supposed to be a beautiful warm day and we look forward to seeing Danny again. He always lifts our spirits and gives us a giggle.

Town Talk

Oh, my goodness! Don’t you just love the pictures Town Talk put up on the Horn building? It’s going to be nice to share a little bit of our community’s history with visitors and even our newer residents. A town can’t be around as long as Stroud has without having some rich history.

Lincoln County

Marriage Licenses Jacob Paul Bond and Cheyenne Nichole Lively, both of Agra. Jay Christopher Storie and Alexis Marie Grammer, both of Chandler. Joseph David Taranovich and Valerie Dawn Cheatham, both of Davenport. Civil Cases C.D. a minor, and Charlette Easter Vs.

Parades in Lincoln County

What is Christmas without your traditional reingoat in the parade? Fortunately, we don’t have to find out, since RayRay the Reingoat showed up for the Meeker parade Saturday evening. The Stroud parade featured an appearance by the Elf Himself, Santa. Middle, a couple of Krampuses (Krampi?

School board filings

The filing period for school board offices in Lincoln and Pottawatomie Counties opened Monday and it continued through Wednesday. Lincoln County Election Board Secretary Melissa Stambaugh said these were the candidates who had filed through Tuesday for the following offices.

Dale: expense savings

Dale School Supt. Ky Wilkins discussed finances with his Board of Education during a meeting earlier this week, pointing out that expenses have been lowered compared to the same time a year ago. “We’ve spent about $1.85 million so far this year,” he told board members.