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The Seminole County Farm Bureau was among those recognized for their efforts to further agriculture and rural Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov. 8, during Oklahoma Farm Bureau’s 84th annual meeting in Oklahoma City.
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On Nov. 10, students, faculty and community members filled the Jeff Johnston Auditorium at Seminole State College for “An Afternoon with Temple Grandin.” The renowned animal behaviorist and advocate for neurodiversity appeared via Zoom, presenting “Animal Welfare Presented Through the Lens of Autism,” a talk that braided the two themes that have defined her career: humane livestock handling and opening doors for visual and hands-on thinkers. The event was made possible by SSC’s Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions federal grant program, which is funded in the amount of $450,000 annually.
Read moreThe NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined 0.6 points in October to 98.2 but remained above its 52-year average of 98. The Uncertainty Index fell 12 points from September to 88, the lowest reading of this year.
Read more(StatePoint) As the weather cools, we’re not the only ones heading indoors. When temperatures drop, flying insects like fruit flies, gnats, and house flies often seek shelter inside, especially during the holidays when your home becomes the center of cooking, hosting, and celebrating life’s moments, big and small.
Read moreGolfers here are on the brink of launching a massive fund drive to raise $98,000 to match federal funds for expansion of the city’s Municipal Goll Course to 18 holes. The Seminole Golf Foundation, an organization formed as the vehicle for the fund raising effort, has been assured by the Internal Revenue Service that contributions to the fund will be tax deductible, a spokesman said today, and the only hitch remaining is establishment of a procedure for returning funds to donors in the event the $98,000 goal is not reached.
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The county involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
Read moreDear Dave, My girlfriend and I have been dating seriously for a little over a year. We’re both 28, and I know I love her, but there’s something that worries me. She’s very smart, but at the same time, she’s not very responsible with money. I know that no one is perfect, but sometimes she’ll get behind on her bills in order to do things like buy clothes or go to concerts. How should I approach talking to her and explaining my concern about this? I’d like to ask her to marry me sometime next year.
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Sean Kouplen, chairman and CEO of Regent Bank, Oklahoma’s past secretary of Commerce and Workforce Development, best-selling author and active small business investor, will deliver the Minter Lecture at 10 a.m., November 14, in the Tulsa Royalties Auditorium of the Bailey Business Center on the Oklahoma Baptist University campus.
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