If you’re putting off renewing the tags on your car, you may be doing yourself more harm than good.

Furloughs or temporary layoffs have been a topic many are hearing or read­ing about in the news.

In a small room, lying prone on a table, covered with a warm blanket, a client takes in the soothing sounds of music from a nearby stereo and behind closed eyes thinks of peaceful places while a practitioner moves around her. Sometimes hands hover over the body, other times they give a light touch in an attempt to manipulate the body’s en­ergy. The effort is to help re-establish a balance of the client’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being.

Nabholz Construction crews work on finishing exterior work at the new patient tower at Mercy Memorial Health Center to make way for new crews to begin the interior work. The new building is scheduled to open in June of 2010.

Ardmore Young Professionals Community Committee chairperson Scott Chapman gives a $500 check to YMCA executive director Tom Riley, left, and activity director Jana Weichbrodt, center, on Monday.

Linda Humphrey gestured outside the window of one of the Shiloh Morning Inn suites, towards a panoramic view of the green, seemingly endless southern Oklahoma hills.

Local builders secured building permits for six new homes valued at $1,213,244 in May. The home values ranged from $145,000 to $300,000.

The city is about to embark on an ambitious $6.9 million water and sewer project, but not until the city council approves it next Monday night.

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation’s Agricultural Division will host a stocker cattle seminar from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on July 14 at the Kruse Auditorium on the Noble Foundation’s Ardmore campus.

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation’s Agricultural Division will host a wildlife management workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 10 at the Holman Center in Henrietta, Texas.