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Seminole State College’s Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions grant program hosted the Disability Awareness in Education Conference on April 15.
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It was an extremely busy week as we wrapped up committee work on House bills that were approved in their chamber and sent to us for another look. We had about 370 pieces of legislation to review and further approved around 280. I am the Senate author of 19 House bills, and all 19 passed by committee. Ten House bills I’m carrying in the Senate were heard and passed by my colleagues this past week.
Read moreMonday Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E) honored its hard-working and dedicated line crews for National Lineman Appreciation Day, an annual recognition of the crews who construct, maintain and repair electric power lines. In OG&E’s service area, line crews of more than 275 employees work tirelessly to ensure customers can count on reliable electricity as they care for their families, work, operate businesses and go about their daily lives.
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April and thoughts of new beginnings inspired Seminole’s Zeta Epsilon Chapter of ESA International to again reach out and offer new opportunities for people to contribute to the causes it holds dear to its charter. Members met at Neill Craig’s office in Seminole recently for a “Pajama Party” and breakfast. Attendees were able to see a live demonstration of Pampered Chef products and sample amazing breakfast recipes hosted by our own Christina Mack. Proceeds from this party will be donated to the Seminole Chapter of ESA. In addition to sampling delicious freshly prepared breakfast items, members found time to pause and reflect on the many ‘special days of “April presented by Susan gates.
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Strother High School students were selected by their teachers to compete in academic areas against other schools in the area at the Seminole State College Interscholastic Meet. The students received a tour of the SSC campus upon completion of the competition by SSC Recruiter, Caitlin Brown. Students who placed in the top 5 of their subject areas were: Marissa Underwood, 3rd place Civics; Clayton Goforth, 3rd place United States History; and Grayce Williamson, 2nd place English Literature. Pictured l-r: Xavier Jones, Chris Johnson, Oscar Lopez, Payton Fisher, Jessica Sneed, Madison Yeubanks, Summer Groves, Braden Anson, Alec Jones, Marissa Underwood, Grayce Williamson, Cortney Galleciez, Clayton Goforth, Ashton Guinn, Nathan Seeley, Shelby Johnson and Hailie Robinett.
Read moreSmall nonfarm businesses in 76 Oklahoma counties and neighboring counties in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Director Tanya N. Garfield of SBA’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began Nov. 1, 2021.
Read moreAverage gasoline prices in Oklahoma have risen 4.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.67/g Monday, according to Gas- Buddy’s survey of 2,294 stations in Oklahoma. Prices in Oklahoma are 9.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.05/g higher than a year ago.
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