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SPS Students at Horace Mann Elementary School recently celebrated Henry’s First birthday. Henry is a fully certified therapy dog who works in the Restorative Behavior Room at Horace Mann.

SPS Students involved in the Horace Mann Elementary after school program have adopted The Regency Nursing Home in Shawnee. Tammy Keller, coordinator, said they are making plans to visit residents at The Regency once a month as part of their community service projects.

First United Bank, 2675 N. Harrison (on the southeast corner of Harrison and MacArthur), routinely hosts a food truck from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays at its site. This Thursday’s featured lunch rush destination is J&J BBQ.

Local reports It may be September, but it’s still warm in Oklahoma and area residents can enjoy an extended season at the city’s two splash pads. The splash pads at both Boy Scout Park at Main and Pesotum, and Shawnee Splash, Highland and Broadway, will remain open until Oct.

Submitted SHAWNEE — It’s the second most feared thing — only topped by the fear of death: the dreaded moment of getting up in front of a group of people and speaking. Yet the students of Silver Lining Arts Academy are tackling this fear head on, as they learn to sing, perform and speak to an audience with confidence, through the Shawnee area’s only performing arts academy.

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at First United Bank, 2675 N. Harrison (on the southeast corner of Harrison and MacArthur), routinely hosts a food truck on Thursdays. This Thursday’s featured lunch rush destination is Dubtown Dawgs.

TSET Shape Your Future, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is providing Oklahomans with free information and resources to promote healthy eating habits and physical activity during National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. In Oklahoma, 33.6% of 10 to 17-year-old kids are obese or overweight, compared to over 32% nationally.

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend for nine years. Over the last three months or so we have been fighting. It started when I bought a cabinet for our bathroom. When he came home, he threw a hissy fit about it. He told me he didn’t like it and kept yelling at me “’cause I didn’t ask his opinion first.” Then he proceeded to tell me if I want to make changes to get my own house. During another fight the other day, he told me if I “need a new address” he would help me move.

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