Final figures are in on the local March of Dimes for Babies walk.Final figures are in on the local March of Dimes for Babies walk.
The walk was held two weeks ago at Shawnee Mall. Kim Rawls, who always heads up this effort along with her great bunch of volunteers, sends along some special thanks to the ambassador family Carson and his parents Glen and Kasey Long and to Bill Ford, president of Shawnee Milling Co., who served as honorary chairman this year.
In Wednesday’s column, I had some information on changes to the election laws in 2012 as provided to me by Pottawatomie County Election Board Secretary Dianna Knight.
Mike Mayes, a Bethel area resident, sends along this praise for the Bethel Acres Fire Department.
When Shawnee city commissioners gather for a special meeting Monday evening, they could take action on a package of capital improvements of which some were discussed during the city’s budget process earlier this year.
The agenda calls for discussion, consideration, and possible action of capital improvement projects and methods of funding.
Friends of the Shawnee Library once again are sponsoring a book sale beginning this evening for members, and continuing Thursday through Saturday during the open hours of the library.
Shawnee’s Tasty Affair is scheduled for this Thursday night, Sept. 29, at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center. It will begin with a reception at 5 p.m. with the silent auction from 5 to 6:45 p.m. The event is the annual fundraiser for the Greater Shawnee Chamber of Commerce.
I’d like to encourage those who have suffered breast cancer to participate in the News-Star’s special section we will print next month. October officially is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the News-Star’s special section will be part of the Sunday, Oct. 16 issue.
If you have suffered breast cancer in the past, are a survivor, now in remission, or have just been detected with it, please consider submitting your story to us, electronically, and send us a photo of yourself.
An apology is in order. Even though the headline had the accurate date in this column a week ago today, the date in the column itself on Shawnee’s Tasty Affair was not correct. I apologize to the Greater Shawnee Chamber of Commerce and to the readers.
Shawnee’s Tasty Affair is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center. It will begin with a reception at 5 p.m. with the silent auction from 5 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. The event is the annual fund raiser for the Greater Shawnee Chamber of Commerce.
Shawnee’s Community Development and Planning Director Justin Erickson pointed out during Monday’s night’s public hearing on the proposed $20 million regional park, that an economic impact analysis is being conducted by Oklahoma State University and should be completed in the near future.
The annual Farmer/Rancher Appreciation and Awards dinner is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept.8, in the expo conference center. Each year the Shawnee District Conservation awards are presented. The Shawnee Chamber Agri-Business Person of the Year is also recognized during the dinner.
Shawnee citizens are being provided the opportunity to speak up concerning the proposed capital improvement projects city commissioners and staff have been working on for some time.
It’s been a while since I’ve been called out during the middle of the night to cover a major breaking news event in Shawnee. But that was the case Thursday morning when the News-Star’s distribution manager and advised there was a fire raging near Main and Bell.
When Shawnee Airport Advisory board members gather this evening, they will hear a presentation by the U.S. Air Force regarding the possible installation of a temporary control tower at Shawnee Regional Airport.
Jack Thompson, from down at Asher, passes along this praise for fire fighters.
He said “Mike, enough cannot be said for our all of local volunteer fire fighters. These guys worked non stop for almost 3 solid days to put the wildfire out near my house at Asher. No one can thank these guys enough, especially the Asher fire crew. They worked almost non stop in over 100 degree temperatures for almost the whole time.
Shawnee’s March of Dimes will hold its kickoff meeting at noon on Monday, Aug. 29, at Shawnee Mall, right across from Santa Fe Restaurant.
This year’s walk is scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 15, at the mall. The walk begins at the food court.
An “Extension Recycling Day” has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 9, at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Chandler and the Gateway Ag Supplies in Prague.
When Shawnee city commissioners gather Monday evening, among the items on the agenda is discussion of capital improvement projects. This a discussion item only Monday night, but it would behoove citizens to show up and listen, possibly ask questions in the citizen participation portion of the meeting what they are considering.
The Greater Shawnee Chamber of Commerce “Shop Shawnee” program is about to launch. It will begin the same day as Oklahoma’s tax free weekend, Friday, Aug. 5 through Sunday, Aug. 7, and will continue each of the following three weekends in August.
It was 4 a.m. when the phone rang a week ago Monday morning. As I picked up the phone, I heard the voice of my sister-in-law Nellie on the other end. In a crackling voice, she told me Randy, her husband, had just passed away.
