Unity raises $114,500 for United Way in nine weeks

Shawnee Medical Center employees held a food drive through the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma.

Some employees at a city-owned ambulance service are volunteering to take a drug test while authorities look into missing narcotics at the agency.

Downtown Shawnee, Inc. has announced the 2nd Annual Downtown Business Merchants Design Contest. Downtown businesses will be judged based on best use of lights, window and door display, originality and amount of work put into the design.

Chapter 2654 of the American Association of Retired Persons will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Liberty Baptist Church cafeteria. Board members meet at 9:30 a.m.

The Pottawatomie County Health Department, in collaboration with Shawnee Public Schools held an H1N1 vaccination clinic Thursday at Will Rogers Elementary.

More Shawnee High School students are passing their required exams thanks to the Achieving Classroom Excellence program.

The Tecumseh of Chamber of Commerce held its annual awards banquet Thursday night to celebrate those whose time and talents have resulted in many accomplishments for the chamber and city over the past year.

The night’s theme: “Tecumseh Today, Working Toward Tomorrow.”

A McLoud woman, Mary Jo Garrison, died Wednesday night in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of SH 102 and Hazel Dell Road.

In appreciation of the community support it receives each year, Unity Health Center will hold a free, holiday lighting ceremony at 6 p.m., Nov. 30 at the main entrance of its north campus.

The decline in sales tax revenue for Shawnee through November 2009 continues to reveal a weakened local economy, but city officials said that improvement of the numbers depends largely on Shawnee’s citizens.

Several parents across Shawnee might have found it a bit harder to sleep Wednesday after attending a Reality House Party presented by Gateway to Prevention and Recovery and the 2Much2Lose Initiative.
“There are a lot of parents having heart palpitations across the state at what they are seeing at these ‘parties,’” Jan Tipton, director of training and prevention for Gateway, said.

The East Central University Singers, the University Chorale and the ECU Gospel Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 1300 E. Beverly in Ada. Admission is free.

Seminole State College will offer a two-day personal self-defense training through a community service course Tuesday, Dec. 1 and Thursday, Dec. 3.

Habitat for Humanity of Shawnee, Inc., will host a work day on the house being constructed off Ken Del Drive on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 8:30 a.m.

A Chandler man critically injured in an accident earlier this month died Nov. 11 from his injuries, according an updated report released Wednesday by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The Shawnee Fire Department’s free smoke detector program has provided smoke alarms to those in need, but the supply of smoke detectors is nearly depleted.

Former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will stop in Norman as part of her national book tour.

Tonight is the Reality House Party, presented by Gateway to Prevention in an effort to educate adults about the dangers of underage drinking.

FireLake and FireLake Grand Casino will collect new toys for area children. Each toy donated will be given to the Pottawatomie County Salvation Army for their Angel Tree campaign.

The Shawnee Board of Education voted Tuesday to sell $3 million in bonds recently approved by voters for Dec. 8.
The sale will take place at 12:45 p.m. at the administration building, 326 N. Union.
The special meeting was called because the board needed to approve the selling of the bonds to comply with law.