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		<title>Devoted dad: Local dad instills life skills in his children and grandchildren</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619783?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A house is made of sticks and stone, but a home is made of love alone,&#8221; said Frank Oliver, owner of Hardesty Grocery, as he looked around at his grandchildren who gathered in his store.]]></description>
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		<title>28th Annual Knights Auto Show will be held on Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619784?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 8:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[The 28th Annual Knights Auto Show will be held at Woodland Veterans Park, located at Highland and Broadway, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>Vicious dog ordinance changes</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619957?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:13:38</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Carmen Bourlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shawnee City Commission voted unanimously at their Monday night meeting to change a city ordinance that requires a previous incident before a dog can be euthanized.]]></description>
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		<title>Rain, weather may negatively affect wheat harvest</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619958?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:12:25</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Carmen Bourlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local area farmers are expressing concerns over what could be a &#8220;terrible&#8221; wheat harvest this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Bison football players help in clean-up efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609794?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sat, 8 Jun 2013 7:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Oklahoma Baptist University football players and three of their friends came together with Jason Melot, recruiting coordinator and assistant football coach, to help a local man who had extensive flood damage.]]></description>
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		<title>Shawnee family treasures wall of volunteer signatures</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609921?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013 6:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lowrey family has very little left of what was their home, but standing solid is a wall now covered with signatures of volunteers from around the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>United Way close to $100,000 mark</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130604/NEWS/130609922?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 5 Jun 2013 6:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Way Pottawatomie County Disaster Relief Fund balance as of today is exceeding $87,000, excluding the Avedis Foundation match, said Audrey Seeliger, Director of the United Way of Pottawatomie County.]]></description>
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		<title>7-year-old delivers load of toys for tornado victims</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130602/NEWS/130609985?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sun, 2 Jun 2013 0:03:14</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mike McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite killer tornadoes and destructive storms, which struck central Oklahoma Friday night, a determined 7-year-old from Lubbock, Texas, arrived in Shawnee Saturday morning with her family and fulfilled the little girl&#8217;s and family&#8217;s wishes to help victims from the May 19 storms in this area.]]></description>
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		<title>Memorial Day services at Resthaven and Fairview honor veterans</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130527/NEWS/130529770?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 7:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
jessica.walker@news-star.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Memorial Day service at Resthaven Memorial Park was co-sponsored with the American Legion Gill-Mattox Post 16. Joe Freeman, American Legion Past Commander gave the welcome along with Vicki Kreutzer of Resthaven.]]></description>
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		<title>Grant helps aid the United Way Disaster Relief Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529801?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 6:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
jessica.walker@news-star.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The board of directors of Avedis Foundation has announced a grant to benefit the United Way Disaster Relief Fund in order to help those affected in Pottawatomie County by the May 19 tornado.]]></description>
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		<title>Groups from across the country help in relief efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529802?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 6:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of five Rotary Clubs in Kentucky drove 12 hours to Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee Friday with a charter bus and school bus full of donations for volunteers and those affected by the May 19 tornado.]]></description>
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		<title>Tornadoes leave many injured</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130520/NEWS/130529998?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 4:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Carmen Bourlon
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		<description><![CDATA[After devastating tornadoes ravaged Shawnee Sunday evening, many were left injured.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking shelter at the mall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 3:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[Caitlyn Yount, a recent OBU graduate from Shawnee, took shelter for at least an hour with her family at the Shawnee Mall storm shelter as Sunday&#8217;s tornado hovered.]]></description>
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		<title>Early Childhood Development Oklahoma Heritage Day wraps up a week of agriculture education</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130514/NEWS/130519878?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:15:45</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at Shawnee Early Childhood Development enjoyed a day full of Oklahoma heritage lessons at Oklahoma Heritage Day.]]></description>
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		<title>World's Best Mother</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130513/NEWS/130519913?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:40:46</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
jessica.walker@news-star.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Locals celebrate Mother's Day with reasons why their mothers are great]]></description>
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		<title>Moms are special, and my mother surely was</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130511/NEWS/130519942?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 8:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Mike McCormick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moms are really special. Even though we know that, sometimes we may not be as grateful as we should until we no longer have them.]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Harmon Celebrity Weekend Benefit  Event kickoff starts on May 31</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130509/NEWS/130509650?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 6:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Jessica Walker
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13th annual Mark Harmon Celebrity Weekend Benefit will be held on May 31 and June 1.]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber contract not renewed</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130508/NEWS/130509733?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 0:06:00</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Carmen Bourlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shawnee City Commission did not renew their contract with the Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce.]]></description>
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		<title>Rezone, housing development delayed</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130508/NEWS/130509735?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 0:04:45</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a Shawnee citizen approached the city commission with concerns regarding a rezoning near Bryan and MacArthur streets, the request is being sent back to the planning commission for a new hearing.]]></description>
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		<title>Redesign, budget to be discussed at next commission meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.news-star.com/article/20130508/NEWS/130509739?rssfeed=true</link> 
		<pubDate>Wed, 8 May 2013 0:03:27</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By Carmen Bourlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for the new Shawnee City Pool are still underway, James Bryce, director of operations, said.]]></description>
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