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Oklahoma CareerTech is accepting proposals from schools and technology centers serving rural populations for grant money to recruit students into STEM programs.
Read moreOrganizers were very pleased with the results of the 2021 Seminole County Fair, which ran September 9 – 11. After last year’s low-key event, which was limited to livestock showing only due to COVID-19 precautions, it was especially exciting to celebrate the fair’s 100th Anniversary of the Seminole County Fair as the first large event in the new facility located at 12827 NS 3650 Rd. The new exhibit building was filled with entries from 4-H students as well as the general public, offering everyone an opportunity to show off their talents, whether it was gardening skills, painting, sewing, cooking, or many, many other categories. The results for the exhibitors are:
Read moreCandie Holland of Wewoka has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s summer 2021 President’s List. Eligibility for the President’s List requires that a student accumulate an academic grade point average (GPA) of 3.7-4.0 and earn 12 credits for the term.
Read moreThis year’s National Center for Wellness & Recovery Addiction Medicine Conference is bringing together experts in addiction and mental health with attendees from Oklahoma and throughout the country. Via a virtual online conference, healthcare professionals will learn the latest in addiction research, treatment and prevention in courses led by experts from NCWR and the OSU Center for Health Sciences. The conference begins Sept. 16 and is available at a workat-your-own-pace format through Sept. 30 as Continued Medical Education. Registration is open through Sept. 28.
Read moreAttorney General O’Connor and 23 other state attorneys general sent a letter to President Biden today, warning that litigation will follow the implementation of the proposed mandate on private sector employees to either get a COVID-19 shot, submit to weekly testing, or be fired. The coalition of AGs outlined their legal and policy concerns with the mandate, which will be carried out through an Occupational Safety and Health Act emergency temporary standard.
Read moreSome changes are taking place in my house—my daughter, Scarlette, is doing the harder, heavier work and I’m doing the lighter but enough to take me away from thinking and researching. So, in times like these, I like sharing a few unique, Southern recipes.
Read moreThe Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is thrilled to announce another addition to its animal family, a giraffe calf born to six-yearold, Julu. First-time mom, Julu, gave birth to a female calf on Wednesday, September 15 at 8:21 a.m. at the Zoo’s giraffe habitat barn. The yet-to-benamed calf is the second to be fathered by four-year-old, Demetri, and the second calf born at the Zoo this summer following the arrival of Kioni, born on June 3, to mom, Ellie, 21. The Zoo’s newest youngster stood up in less than an hour after birth and began nursing shortly after. The calf weighs approximately 130 lbs. and stands at five-foot seven. She will continue to spend time bonding with Julu and her herd mates behind the scenes.
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