Fire department to flow hydrants

Shawnee Senior Citizens Center
401 N. Bell, 878-1528
Open daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for friendship, classes, games and walking in the auditorium.
Monday
8:30 a.m. - Enhance fitness
10 a.m. - Line dancing
Noon - Lunch: Baked chicken
1 p.m. - OSU Nutrition Class; card games
1:30 p.m. - May’s Diabetic Foot Clinic
2 p.m. - Retired teachers
Tuesday
9 a.m. - Ceramics
10 a.m. - Senior aerobics
Noon - Lunch: Hamburgers
1 p.m. - Country music and dancing;
Cool collars for troops
Wednesday
8:30 a.m. - Enhanced fitness
10 a.m. - Sooner Mini Health Check
Noon - Lunch: Beef stew
1 p.m. - Painting class; quilting lap robes
Thursday
8:30 a.m. - Diamond K Kiwanis
9 a.m. - Quilting; woodcarving
Noon - Lunch: Taco salad
1 p.m. - Country music and dancing
1:30 p.m. - Card games
Friday
8:30 a.m. - Enhanced fitness
10 a.m. - Senior aerobics
10:30 a.m. - Gospel singing hour
Noon - Lunch: Almost Kiev
1:30 p.m. - Card games

Monday’s stamp prices increase is the second in two years and suggests that postal rates will rise annually, said Dr. Charles Guy, the former director of the Postal Service’s Office Economic and Strategic Planning.
“Raising stamp prices, even on a yearly basis, won’t save the Postal Service from the significant fiscal challenges it faces,” said Guy, who is now a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute.

 The Central Oklahoma Human Resource Association (COHRA) has been formed to serve Human Resource professionals in the Shawnee Area. 
A chartering ceremony will be held 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Gordon Cooper Technology Center, in Skylab No. 1.
 The organization is an affiliated chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest human resource management association. SHRM has more than 225,000 members and 575 chapters throughout the United States.

Shawnee’s Van’s Pig Stand is featured in Oklahoma Today’s May/June special barbecue issue, which is on newsstands now.
In the magazine, Van’s Pig Stand is profiled alongside a handful of successful barbecue eateries. The restaurant shares its history and reveals its signature barbecue sauce recipe.
The article lists some of the restaurant’s most famous side dishes and also tells which barbecue record it currently holds in the state of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Today prepared for the May/June special barbecue issue by sending out correspondents, writers and editors to comb the state and search for the best of the best in barbecue establishments, sauces, rubs and recipes.
Louisa McCune-Elmore, editor in chief of Oklahoma Today, said in the course of the magazine’s culinary research, they dispelled some myths and answered dozens of questions.
“Chiefly, ‘Who serves the best barbecue and what truly constitutes barbecue?’,” McCune-Elmore said. “Amazingly, we even scored some decades-long secret recipes.”
Oklahoma Today’s special barbecue issue is available on newsstands or by calling 1-800-777-1793 or going to www.oklahomatoday.com.