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The U.S. Census Bureau released results last week from two analyses about the quality of the 2020 Census counts. While both showed the strength of the count for the total U.S. population, each analysis revealed that the 2020 Census overcounted or undercounted various demographic groups.
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DEAR ABBY: I have a girlfriend, “Dawn,” who is one of my oldest friends. She’s my only friend who stuck with me through the growing pains and different stages in my life. I married a man who I think is the love of my life. He’s very macho and proud. We have built a life together, and through stepchildren, exes and family -- through thick and thin -- our love has endured.
Read moreSTILLWATER, Okla. – Natural light shined through the windows on students gathered at the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center for the annual research symposium. The sound of voices filled the space as undergraduate and graduate students stood ready in front of their detailed research displayed on posters. The annual research symposium was underway as judges scribbled on clipboards to evaluate the research presentations.
Read moreOpen for the season March 16, soar through The City sky during Spring Ride Days, an event for families who want to welcome the new season during spring break with over 40 rides and attractions. The internationally-awarded, 1880s-style theme park opens the season each year with this special festival, featuring live music and family-fun entertainment.Spring Ride Days runs March 16–20 & 23-27.
Read moreTCJ Student guest editor, author, and Minnesota’s poet laureate Gwen Westerman (Cherokee/Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota) has announced the winners of the 2022 TCJ Student creative writing contest. “Despite the pandemic and incredible challenges that TCU students have faced these past few years, we had a near record-breaking number of entries this year,” said Bradley Shreve, editor of the Tribal College Journal.
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The Seminole Board of County Commissioners currently considers a burn ban during each regularly scheduled meeting. Region 5 COEDD Rural Fire Coordinator Paul Simpson explained during the March 14 meeting that County Commissioners in Oklahoma, under state law, can implement a burn ban provided the ban meets certain, specific guidelines. This includes debris is escaping more than twenty percent of the fires, fire chiefs in the area are polled, less than half-an-inch of rain is expected in the next three days, the area is under a severe drought, etc. Seminole County doesn’t meet the specific conditions for a burn ban at this time, but there is still an extreme danger of grass fires, and the dry grass and high winds will continue to keep that threat high for the next month or so until spring rains produce green grass, which is normally in mid-April. Anyone planning an outdoor burn should first contact the Seminole County 911 non-emergency dispatch at (405) 382-9340. —Staff Photo by Bob Melton
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