Chandler BPA shines

Ten Chandler BPA students qualified for state competition and seven were able to attend and compete earlier this month. Out of the seven competitors, four will be advancing to Nationals that will be held in Anaheim, California April 26-30th.

Congratulations to Patty & Gary Clark of Carney

Congratulations to Patty & Gary Clark of Carney, OK! They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on March 17, 2023. May you have a year of Jubilee this Golden year! 1973-2023

January Rotarians announced

Emma Cummings and Payton Miller have been selected as Rotarians of the Month for the month of January. Emma Cummings is the daughter of Rafe and Christon Cummings. Emma has one older brother, Ethan Cummings.

TEACHER OF THE WEEK

Hometown: Davenport College: Seminole and UCO. Degrees: Associate’s in science and bachelor of arts, major in ELA Years taught: 21 years. Years taught at Davenport: Currently teaching: English, creative writing, outdoor education, life skills, softball assistant coach.

Cake auction nets $19,500

Meeker Ag Booster Club had a successful Cake and Trophy Auction. FFA members worked all week getting together cakes, ssuch as the one carried here by member Billy Buoy, hop projects, and class baskets to auction off. The Grand Champion FFA Cake belonged to Makalyn Pryor.

Remembering daughters at Valentine’s

Years ago I used to write a business column for the newspaper that I worked for more than 47 years. Primarily, it dealt with what present businesses were doing, when new businesses were opening up, that sort of thing. It really was a business briefs type column.

Grateful for bonus blessings

Majority of the time when you do something, you don’t think about the bonuses that come along with it. You think about the situation at hand and that’s it. That is exactly what I did when I started dating Brayden. I didn’t think about getting anything besides Brayden.

NRC Students of the Month

North Rock Creek High School has announced its Students of the Month for November. Students are nominated by their teachers based off of who promotes a positive school culture through actions and decisions.

Stroud Masons donations

Above, Master Mason Eldon Gordon presents a check to Linda. Smith, president of the Stroud School Foundation, and Joe Shelhope, member of the Stroud School Foundation. The check is for $6,000, with $3,000 raised by the Parkview fall carnival and the Masonic Lodge matching it.

Conference set in manslaughter mistrial

A status conference has been scheduled for a Tulsa woman charged with first degree manslaughter and multiple other felony offenses whose trial was declared a mistrial earlier this year and is to be retried.