Lifestyle

The International Finals Youth Rodeo is underway this week in Shawnee. .

Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@ news-star.com. July 12 The Westside Neighborhood Watch Meeting will be July 12, 2022 from 6:30 p.m.

After a two year absence due to the pandemic, the Earlsboro Alumni Reunion was held Saturday, June 11, 2022. A Cornhole Tournament was held that morning with the Carter family winning.

Local gems make up Shawnee life: See how well you know Shawnee. Do you recognize any of these fun features around town? If you have something to share that’s special and unique to the community, email vicky.misa@news-star.com.

ARCADIA – David Witte started making plastic fishing lures about three years ago for himself and a few friends. But as it goes with many hobbies, Route 66 Baits is now a full-fledged side business and he’s churning out several thousand customized baits every year.

Summer is off to an exciting start for the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden with the recent birth of critically endangered Sumatran tiger twins. Lola, the OKC Zoo’s 11-year-old female Sumatran tiger, gave birth to two cubs on Saturday, July 2 at the Zoo’s Cat Forest habitat. The first cub was born at approximately 4:31 p.m. and the second soon after at 4:49 p.m.

Area readers are sharing their summer fun photos with the News-Star. Residents at Shawnee Twin Lakes are having an on the water “get to know your lake neighbor evening” once a month.

North Rock Creek High School counselor and math teacher Ashley Moody congratulated Noah McMullan, an Academic All-Stater from Shawnee, during the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic Awards Banquet held recently in Oklahoma City.

The Shawnee Wolves Little League Camp is a free twoweek camp that will focus on teaching players in grades 2-6 the fundamental skills needed to play successful baseball. The camp will be run by Shawnee Wolves coaching staff and players.

The American Red Cross and Discovery are partnering for Shark Week and invite people to dive in to help save lives by giving blood in July. The Red Cross saw a steep drop in blood and platelet donations last month, and donors are asked to make appointments now to prevent a blood shortage this summer.