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The Boomer Seminole Duplicate Bridge group met Tuesday, March 4th. There were two and onehalf tables in play. The winners were: First Place-Judy Atyia and Jan Carrell, Seminole.
Read moreFBC Women on Mission met Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Church’s Fellowship Hall. Those present were Leslie Scott, Linda Evans, Phyllis Williamson, Maria Benton and Kathy Smith.
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This March, the Seminole Nation Museum is launching a series of Creative Aging events designed to bring high-quality arts programming to seniors in Wewoka and Seminole County. The project, called Artful Living, aims to provide meaningful artistic experiences that support cognitive health and overall well-being for older adults. The program will feature two key workshops: a jute basket weaving class led by Seminole artist Jake Tiger and an acrylic painting series with Seminole State College art professor Lynette Ashley.
Read moreWe hit our first big legislative deadline this past week, the fifth of the 2025 session. March 6 marked the last day for Senate committees to consider bills filed in this chamber. While we’ve already begun hearing bills on the floor that cleared this first hurdle, now our attention focuses on the remaining bills ready for floor votes. I’m happy to report that we approved many measures that will have positive impacts on areas like mental health access and public education.
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Oklahoma’s Kevin Stitt is arguing governors — like him — should play a role in helping the Trump administration decide when and how to shut off the flow of money into states’ budgets.
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The Seminole State Trojan baseball team started their three-game series with Eastern Oklahoma State Thursday afternoon with a 6-1 win.
Read moreSnakes feature prominently in the legend of St. Patrick, whose feast day is celebrated every year on March 17. As the legend goes, St. Patrick drove all snakes from Ireland. But scientists and historians note that St. Patrick, who lived in the mid-fifth to early- sixth century, likely came along too late to accomplish such a feat, as evidence suggests post-glacial Ireland never had any snakes. Indeed, the ocean waters surrounding the Emerald Isle are too cold to enable the migration of snakes from other locales, which suggests the snakes in the legend of St. Patrick are symbols and not meant to represent reptiles.
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