Ada Schools Trial New K to 1 Class for Young First Graders
Ada teachers introduced a K-1 class combining kindergarten and first grade to help children who turn six after the cutoff. The program aims to give developmentally younger students extra time to mature, reducing future learning problems and boosting readiness for standard first grade.
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Leslie Wigington
Ada
Glenwood
Sally Duffer
Helen Kelly
Oklahoma
Kelly
Edmond
Duffer
Ada City Council Approves Offer To Buy Armory Site
Ada City Council voted to offer the Oklahoma National Guard $10,000 plus land and site prep costs to purchase its old armory on North Broadway. The offer will go to the State Surplus Facilities Board for approval, with potential supplemental budget funding if accepted. Briley urged the deal as best possible, noting the site could appraise near $100,000 and may be leased to a light industry for airport maintenance funding.
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Ada
Oklahoma National Guard
North Broadway
Briley
Ada Municipal Airport
A Party for Two Takes the Stage at Science Hall
Barbra Berlovitz and Dominique Serrand bring their mixed mime, clowning, dance and mask show to East Central University on February 2 with a Guthrie Theater tour stop through April 2. The duo describe the program as silent night, blending Jeux de Masques and Paf to explore love, aging, and human folly.
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Barbra Berlovitz
Dominique Serrand
ECU Finance
Bryan's Corner Drug
W. Main
Serrand
Berlovitz
Minneapolis
France
Upper Midwest
Marceau
Chaplin
Don Morrison
Minneapolis Star
Science Hall
East Central University
Latta Youth Steer Tops 1978 Pontotoc Livestock Show
The Pontotoc County Junior Livestock Show concluded with high bids totaling 889.48 for James Sutton Latta 4-H steer, 417.50 added to 471.98 live weight price. Kerry Kerr Byng 4-H earned 852.92 on a 1094 pound steer. Top barrows owned by Bryan Smith Byng 4-H and Jimmy Ray Roff 4-H. Final awards to be presented March 4 at the OSU Extension Center banquet. 5 admission fee covers exhibitors through about 234 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Sutton
Latta
Pontotoc County
People’s Electric Cooperative
Arthur Hart
Geneva Corbin
Pontotoc County Cattlemen's Association
R. Burl Harris
Bryan Smith
Byng
Jimmy Ray
Roff
Oklahoma State University Extension Center
FFA
Cattlemen’s Association
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By Patti Reese
North Cherry
Victor Hynds
Calvin Seals
John Brown
Gene Smith
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Irving Center
Community Development
St. Paul ( Minn
Dispatch
East Central University Cultural Committee
Latta Youth
Byng 4-H Club
Kerry Kerr
Lawson Feeder
Supply
Smith
Barrow
Lawson
Ray
Yeargen Motor Company
Jerry Taylor
Allen Future Farmers of America
Jeannette Heard
Taylor
Lamb
Miss Heard
Ada Veterinary Clinic
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