Friendliest Employee for August is Betty Nipper who works at House of Flowers.

• Kim Price Trust and Grace Trust to Bill Buckmaster, legal description: lots 11 and 12, blk. 28, Tecumseh, $8,500.
• Danny M. Thomas and Nola E. Thomas to Chase McEntire, legal description: sec. 16, twsp. 11N, range 2E, $73,700.

The Shawnee Economic Development Foundation elected five new board members and got the ball rolling on some by-law revisions designed to give the organization a longer reach during its regular monthly meeting held Tuesday in downtown Shawnee.

Construction on the new McDonald’s in Tecumseh is continuing with the Golden Arches expected to open some time in the early fall.

Gary Turner, Tecumseh-based Turner and Associates, as he accepts the “Circle of Excellence” award from Greg Ator, president of Illinois-based Bituminous Insurance Companies.

Photos of ribbon cuttings from recent business openings.

• Wesley C. Sims and Violet J. Sims to Leeann Thompson, legal description: lots 19 and 21, blk. 23, Choctaw, $40,000.
• Kim Price Trust and Grace Trust to Pekka Ikonen and Michele Ikonen, legal description: lot 4, blk. 1, Hamilton Place, $115,000.
• Betty Snider to Warren G. Barnett and Melinda N. Barnett, legal description: lot 6, blk. 2, North Rock Creek, $156,000.

John ‘Rocky’ Barrett, CPN Chairman, has announced that Ross O. Swimmer has joined the board of directors of the First National Bank and Trust Co., the United States’ largest tribally-owned national bank. The former special trustee for the American Indian Trust, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs (BIA), and Cherokee Nation Principal Chief brings decades of experience and pertinent knowledge of governmental and financial affairs at the highest levels to the position, Barrett said.

The following are real estate transactions filed between July 20-24 in Pottawatomie County:

RE/MAX of Shawnee employee Susan Callendar was named Friendliest for July by the Chamber of Commerce.

Photos from ribbon cuttings a new businesses are the Tri-County area.

The Model A-style Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Store, 1201 N. Harrison, was one of the first built by the 41-year-old Oklahoma company and was among nearly 60 locations chosen for replacement two years ago.

It all started in 1969 with a broken bowstring.
Eugene Davenport drove from his home in Paden to Prague looking for a replacement string for a bow he had purchased in Oklahoma City. Nowhere in Prague had what he was looking for, and it wasn’t available in Shawnee.

Pottawatomie County real estate transactions filed July 13-17:

 Shawnee Mall will hold its inaugural smART Style event to support area students in developing and expressing their creativity.
Festivities will take place Oct. 3 in the southeast corner of the mall’s property and is open to the community.
Students, middle school through college, are encouraged to participate.

Shawnee Medical Center Clinic added a new member to its staff.
Dr. Stephanie J. Toth, Oklahoma City, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Medical School, holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and a master’s degree in history of science both from OU.
Toth practices family medicine and met Dr. Vail Stephens during her first year of residency and inquired about Shawnee.

Even after more than 100 years of service to the community, Graves Floral is growing as rapidly, if not faster, than the flowers they sell.

Oklahoma-based Pioneer Equipment Rental, co-owned by John and Larry Redwine, has been recognized as being among the nation’s leaders in the rental industry.

After multiple moves, name changes and an absence of more than two years, Shawnee’s trailer retailer, Durabuilt Trailers, has re-opened. 
Located at the intersection of I-40 and State Highway 102, Durabuilt Trailers has been Shawnee’s locally owned and operated full service trailer supply since 1990.

The Community Market Place recently added new vendors, Doug and Janetta Tesch, of Tesch Farms in Bethel.
The Tesches began with five acres and a small garden, but after finding enjoyment and togetherness in growing fruit and vegetables, they expanded their growing each year.