John Wherry will wait until later in the fall to consider getting an updated COVID-19 booster. The University of Pennsylvania immunologist knows it’s too soon after his shot late this summer, especially since he’s not at high risk from the virus.
‘There is Hope’ GA Group meets Thursday “There is Hope” Gamblers Anonymous Group meets 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday at Tradition Two, 62 Broadlawn Center.
Ardmore City Schools’ Johnson O’Malley (JOM) Parent Committee will be meeting on September 6, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. in the Ardmore City Schools’ Administration Center, located at 611 Veterans Blvd. in Ardmore, to fill vacancies within the committee and to review, discuss and vote on the FY 23 JOM contract application.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reports that initial claims, continued claims and continued claims’ four-week moving average decreased, while initial claims’ four-week moving average increased for the week ending Aug. 20.
BERLIN (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to impose a cap on the price of Russian oil in a bid to limit the Kremlin’s revenues and ability to fund its war in Ukraine, while also curtailing the war’s impact on energy prices and inflation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers slowed their hiring in August in the face of rising interest rates, high inflation and sluggish consumer spending but still added 315,000 jobs. The government reported Friday that last month’s job gain was down from 526,000 in July and below the average gain of the previous three months.
Josh Boak Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo are announcing on Friday $1 billion worth of federal grants for manufacturing, clean energy, farming, biotech and other sectors that will go to 21 regional partnerships. The winners were chosen from 529 initial applicants vying for grants that were part of last year’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
The 2022 outbreak of monkeypox has caught the attention of healthcare professionals worldwide, especially after the World Health Organization’s declaration of monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern in late July.
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a first, Queen Elizabeth II will remain in Scotland, where she is taking her summer break, to receive Britain’s outgoing Prime Minster Boris Johnson and his successor next week, royal officials said Wednesday. The 96-year-old monarch traditionally holds audiences with outgoing and incoming prime ministers at Buckingham Palace, her official London residence.
Although September is still pretty much a summer month in Oklahoma, it means that cooler fall weather and more rains are soon to follow, thank goodness. Even though the autumn equinox is the official start of fall on September 22, plants are still growing and need the same care they needed all summer. It’s still almost 100 degrees, and I know we are all tired of dragging hoses to keep everything watered; however, what we do in the garden now is extremely important because it determines the success of our spring gardens.