Good morning, Shawnee! February is here, which means our senior activities calendar for the month of February is out! If you haven’t seen one yet, please stop by the Recreation Center at 401 N. Bell or the Community Center at 804 S.
As the seasons change, so do horses’ coats to help them stay warm in winter and cool in summer. But occasionally, horses can be late to shed their thick winter coats.
Braden D. Parmer, M.D., medical director for CPN Health Services, had an interest in working for his Tribe when he was first starting out, but it wasn’t until last year that he had the opportunity.
The holiday rush is over, and many people will experience a touch of the winter blues over the next couple of months. “It’s not uncommon in the general public for us to struggle with some level of sadness or an ‘I need to get through the season’ mindset,” said Danyelle Kuss, educator and multi-county specialist for Oklahoma State University Extension in Oklahoma County.
News-Star readers are sharing photos of their beloved pets. Send us a photo of your pet and it could be featured in a future edition. Photos can be emailed to newsroom@news-star.com with "PETS" in the subject line.
SHAWNEE - As part of Community Risk Reduction Week festivities (observed January 20-26), the American Red Cross of South Central and Southeast Oklahoma encourages everyone to follow important steps to prevent home fires. Over the past decade, The Red Cross Home Fire Campaign has saved more than 2,000 lives, installed nearly 3 million smoke alarms, made over 1.2 million households safer and served over 3.1 million people through in-home visits.
Oklahoma’s most popular destination for connecting people with wildlife, the OKC Zoo, will soon be popular for its own license plate, too! The Oklahoma Zoological Society (OZS) is announcing a campaign to have an official Oklahoma license plate created in honor of the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden and welcoming Oklahomans to be part of the creative process to bring this project to life. To launch this campaign, OZS is hosting A License Plate Contest and inviting talented Oklahoma-based artists to submit their original design for a license plate representing the OKC Zoo.
The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden welcomes Pando, a female, 7-month-old bobcat, to her home in the newly renovated Cat Forest habitat. Found as a kitten in Coalinga, California by a member of the public, the bobcat was cared for by two California-based rescue organizations—Pacific Wildlife Care in Morro Bay and Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue in Petaluma—before coming to the OKC Zoo.
I am supposing that possible changes in our lifestyles are very much in keeping with the non-political label on my column. In writing about possible changes, I will deal with what has been promised by the new administration, with the focus on how our daily lives may be impacted.