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The Personal Financial Literacy class at The Academy of Seminole has had an All-Star lineup of speakers this past week. The students are not only learning about some of the required 14 components of PFL but they are learning about networking within their community. These professionals brought insight and information on the topics of Banking and Financial Services, Savings and Investing, Planning for Retirement, Borrowing Money, Interest and Credit Cards, Understanding Insurance, the Impact of Gambling, and Bankruptcy Pictured are Brent Hoskison, Bancfirst, (left), Cory Crabtree, Sullivan-Dollar Insurance (below); Bradley Carter, Attorney at Law (bottom left) and Jamee Shelton, First United Bank.
Read moreI’m sure you have heard the saying “labor of love,” or maybe “it’s not work if you love what you’re doing,” well a group of people have come together with the same desire.
Read moreThe Dee-Ann Studio of Dance will present its seventeenth annual revue Saturday in Seminole high school auditorium. The program will begin at 8 p.m. Dee Massay, dance instructor and studio owner, has titled the program “It’s a Small World.” There will be no admission fee and the public is invited.
Read moreIn 1860, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published a poem called “Paul Revere’s Ride,” that was inaccurate. He claimed Revere acted alone on the night of April 18, 1775, when he took off to warn John Hancock, Samuel Adams--and a gaggle of patriots--that the British were nearing Lexington.
Read moreLeft, The Wewoka Chamber of Business & Industry, City of Wewoka and New Wewoka Industries welcome A Time to Remember Photography with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony, located at 117 N. Wewoka Ave with owners Sherry Jones and Cora Hare.
Read moreBible studies are more personal and can be most effective in taking a closer look at God’s word. It’s working for a small group I’m part of—it’s working because we have disciplined ourselves to discussing the Word as our first priority. Visiting comes afterwards.
Read moreBetty Reid Soskin served as a full-time National Park Service ranger for only about 11 years, but her retirement at the age of 100 drew a lot of attention, according to the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. The oldest active ranger worked at the Rosie the Riveter Haome Front National Historical Park in Richmond, CA, which opened in the year 2000. Reporting on her retirement, MSNBC noted that she was instrumental in gaining recognition for the contributions of African American women who worked on the home front during World War II by helping to develop and conduct a program focused them.
Read moreWomen on Mission met April 14 at the Wewoka First Baptist Church Parlor.
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