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The Seminole Public School District Board of Education meeting scheduled for Monday, Aug. 9, has been cancelled. The meeting was originally scheduled as a regular monthly meeting. The Seminole Public-School Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for Monday, Aug. 16 at 6:00 p.m.

The Oklahoma Policy Institute will be the topic of discussion at the Seminole Chamber of Commerce Forum this Thursday, August 12. The luncheon meeting will be held at noon at Seminole State College in the Utterback Ballroom of the Enoch Kelly Haney Center.

The Perseid meteors began appearing in the sky in late July, and their numbers are continuing to pick up as they build towards their predicted peak during the early morning hours of Thursday, August 12 between midnight and sunrise. They will then begin phasing out through August 18.

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Oklahoma CareerTech’s 54th annual conference celebrated educators’ perseverance, said State Director Marcie Mack. The Oklahoma Summit is a partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education and the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education.

This Tuesday, August 10, voters will take to the polls to decide whether or not to extend a quarter-cent sales tax to fund emergency services in Seminole County.

Attorney General John O’Connor today filed a petition with the U.S.

The 2021 International Finals Youth Rodeo was held on July 11-16. The town of Wewoka was well-represented by 8 remarkable cowboys and cowgirls. They were rewarded with a steak dinner at Rudy Alan’s Steakhouse sponsored by the Wewoka FFA Chapter.

All over the nation, 24 million listeners enjoyed the famous commentator, Paul Harvey, for about 50 years. Two unbelievable ones follow: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. He is lying there in the grass, hiding and thinking. He has studied the little girl’s habits.

Left, Seminole County Farm Bureau women’s committee Secretary, Norita Morgan, pauses for a quick photo while loading almost 3000 pencils being donated and delivered to all Seminole county school districts. -Courtesy Photo