Short Comings

Sunday
The second of three tree-planting sessions for persons who ordered from the Oklahoma Tree Bank/Apache Foundation will be at 2:15 p.m. at the Shawnee Public Library. Another meeting will be at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18.  The meeting will last about 30 minutes.

Monday
The Pottawatomie County BPW’s October meeting will be at the Golden Corral Restaurant in Shawnee.  Business meeting will start at 6:15 p.m. with guest speaker Dora D. Obuobisa, artist in residence with the Oklahoma Arts Council. Obuobisa’s topic is business women in Ghana. A native of Ghana, Obuobisa is skilled in leatherwork, batik and other traditional African crafts. She will teach basket weaving at the meeting. For more information, call Jerry Jones at 273-8448 or Wanda Hill at 850-4393.
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The executive board of the Pottawatomie County Retired Educators will meet at 2 p.m. at the Shawnee Senior Center, 401 N. Bell.
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Pottawatomie County Genealogy Club meets at 6 p.m. in Suite 440 of the Masonic Office Building, Ninth and Bell streets. Dr. Sam and Ginnie Connata will share some of their 30-plus years of experience in medical missionary work in Africa. Members and visitors are invited to attend and hear about hunting water buffalo, treating natives how Dr. Connata lost one eye while detained as an American spy.

Tuesday
The Zeta Gamma chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha will meet at 7 p.m. in the home of Michelle McKnight. Lora Thompson will lead the business meeting.
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Kappa Kappa Iota will meet at Billy Boy Bar-B-Que at 4 p.m. The organization’s project for October is donations to Project Gabriel. After dinner, the group will visit the Our Field of Dreams alpaca farm east of Shawnee.

Wednesday
The Pottawatomie County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet at 2 p.m. at the Shawnee Expo Center.
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Today is the deadline to apply for fall allocations from The Junior Service League Inc. of Shawnee. Non-profit organizations are encouraged to apply for funding. For an application, call Tonya Ricks at (405) 306-0224 or e-mail Camille Pfeiff at cpfeiff@shawnee.k12.ok.us.
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The Individual Artists of Oklahoma (IAO) will hold an open-mike poetry reading at 7 p.m. at Benedict Street Marketplace, 613 N. Pottenger. Nathan Brown, a poet from Norman, will be the featured reader.

Friday, Oct. 17
The Bethel High School class of 1988 will hold its 20th reunion today and Saturday. For more information, call Jennifer Watson Key at (405) 324-2191.
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The Bethel High School class of 1983 will hold its 25th reunion through Sunday. For more information, call Susan Coffman Watson at 273-2846.

Saturday, Oct. 18
A tree-planting session for people who ordered from the Oklahoma Tree Bank/Apache Foundation will be at 2:15 p.m. at the Shawnee Public Library. The meeting will last about 30 minutes.

Tuesday, Oct. 21
Free flu shots will be given from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Legacy Park club house, 1701 Airport Road.

Friday, Oct. 24
A reunion for World War II and Korean War veterans of Company D, 180th RCT, 45th Division, is today and Saturday at the LaQuinta Inn. For more information, call Don Chlouber at 273-2600 or Earlene Davis at 273-5564.