Numbers rise for children’s summer reading program

Many people are adding green and brown to the red, white and blue of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Local park officials have seen endless business this summer as people rent campgrounds.

HEALDTON
 

Hosted by Healdton Chamber of Commerce and KCIM at Healdton Municipal Lake. Fireworks begin at 8:45 p.m. Vendors selling watermelon, funnel cakes and more will be set up at 6 p.m. The coronation of Mr. and Mrs. Liberty is at 8 p.m. A street dance with music from Young Guns DJ follows the fireworks.
 

Many people are adding green and brown to the red, white and blue of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Local park officials have seen endless business this summer as people rent campgrounds.

HEALDTON
 

Hosted by Healdton Chamber of Commerce and KCIM at Healdton Municipal Lake. Fireworks begin at 8:45 p.m. Vendors selling watermelon, funnel cakes and more will be set up at 6 p.m. The coronation of Mr. and Mrs. Liberty is at 8 p.m. A street dance with music from Young Guns DJ follows the fireworks.
 

Celebrate the Fourth of July weekend at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant with free live country music and a fireworks show at Choctaw’s CenterStage.

Performances of the show “Crowns” will continue at 7 tonight and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Goddard Center. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for students and can be reserved by calling (580) 223-6387. Pictured are, from left, Debra Johnson, Erica Jones and Cheryl Hamilton.

How can you help support the growth of Market Place On Broadway? Take time to visit and enjoy the market.

Market Place On Broadway is a place where you can buy fresh, locally grown produce, plants, herbs and flowers from the people who grew them. At our market, you’ll also find locally handmade soaps and garden craft items, as well.

Oklahoma Blood Institute phlebotomist Rachel Gabor prepares Carter County Sheriff Ken Grace to donate blood Tuesday at OBI’s “Whose Life Can You Save Today?” bloodmobile drive outside the Carter County Courthouse. It was Grace’s 10th donation to OBI, and like each donor, he received a free mini physical. Residents are urged to donate blood now because supplies go down during the summer while demand rises.
 

Did you know that you don’t need to sweat in a gym or run a marathon to reap the health benefits of daily physical activity?

This spring, outfielder/pitcher Blake Looney wrapped up a highly decorated career for Davis, which will continue at the collegiate level.

Madill junior Spencer Bond got another shot to top Bethany’s Silas Day and Purcell’s Cole Swayze.