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Shawnee Senior Recreation

Amy Riggins Senior Rec Center Hello Shawnee! It’s August and the heat is still with us. Please be safe out there and stay hydrated! The Shawnee Senior Recreation Center is operated by the City of Shawnee Recreation Department.

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End of Summer Bucket List

Jennifer Carollo Fischer Deputy Publisher CherryRoad Media Can you believe it is just about the end of summer? If your kids are anything like mine, the battle cries of, “We are bored!” and “What are we doing today?” have started to fill the time between waking up and finishing my first cup of coffee. I always like to hold out on some tricks up my sleeve for August.

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Buzzing in your ears

Becky Emerson Carlberg Special to the News-Star In the intense dry heat, I watched six big black crows dance around one determined squirrel while pecking and rooting around for sunflower seeds on the ground. Every so often it would leap at a crow.

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BACK TO SCHOOL

District makes improvements, purchases new trailer for school band By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com Students of Tecumseh Public Schools will return to classes Thursday, August 11. According to Superintendent Robert Kinsey, the district will begin various projects, including the paving of school site parking lots and painting in schools as the fall semester continues.

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He was embraced by one woman who said she told Watson to “stay strong

justified if it was already outlined in the personal conduct policy. “While it may be entirely appropriate to more severely discipline players for non-violent sexual conduct, I do not believe it is appropriate to do so without notice of the extraordinary change this position portends for the NFL and its players,” Robinson wrote inher report.

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Red Cross issues steps to keep students safe as they head back to school

[SHAWNEE] --School bells will be calling students back to the classroom soon and the American Red Cross, Central and Southwest Oklahoma Chapter, has steps everyone can take to help kids remain safe as they head back to school As parents get ready for the start of a new school year, it’s a good time to think about emergencies, such as weather-related disasters, and draw up an emergency plan for their household. Know what the emergency plan is at your child’s school and develop a family emergency plan so everyone will know who to contact and where to go if something happens during the school day.

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