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Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@ news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. July 28 Wesley United Methodist Church will have its Free Clothes Closet from 10 a.m.

A STEM education in high school looks much different now than even 20 years ago. With new technologies arriving almost by the minute, programs such as Oklahoma State University College of Education and Human Science’s Mixed Reality Laboratory provide their students with necessary resources to meet that future. But what about those in primary school?

OWASSO, Okla. — Cherokee Nation and its film office celebrated the opening of the Cherokee Film Studios, Owasso Campus, with a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday. The tribe’s state-of-theart facility is the first of its kind in Oklahoma and Indian Country.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers.

The Plumeria (Plumeria alba) was frying. The 10-foot-tall tropical white frangipani has spent the past few summers lounging in the greenhouse. It likes to bake in the sun, but this summer’s heat and intense rays were too much. I knew it should have been pruned last year. Oh well. The heat was trapped in the top of the greenhouse. Each day the temperatures rose higher and higher. The Plumeria’s leaves on the highest branches were turning from yellow to brown to gone. We struggled to pull this member of the dogbane family out of the dry sauna and dragged in to a shadier spot near the greenhouse. Only lost one branch, but the Plumeria looks like it has been living rough.

Gardening in extreme heat is no fun, but no matter how hot it gets, you still need to water, weed, and deadhead. When the temperatures hit the 100s which they have been doing since June this year, it’s best to minimize time outdoors for the sake of the gardener as well as the garden.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Heartland Regional Emmy Awards recognized Cherokee Nation’s “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People” with three awards during the 2022 Emmys on Saturday, July 16.