Cheers to the Chickasaw Nation and Feed the Children for providing 800 Marietta area families with care packages. Each package was contained a five-day supply of family meal kits designed to feed a family of four each day and a 15-pound box of daily essentials such as shampoo, conditioner, lotion, five pairs of socks and other personal care items as well as books and toys.
The Ardmore Development Authority is currently developing a new wish list to take before the Oklahoma House and Senate for funding.
All school board vacancies were filled during the filing period with six different seats to be contested in a February election.
Christmas in downtown will officially kick off today with the Christmas Market in Central Park from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the Christmas tree lighting at just after 6 p.m., and the Parade of Lights starting immediately after the tree lighting.
The Festival of Lights is not only an opportunity to capture the Christmas spirit, but it also serves as a fundraising event for local organizations.
A budget for FY 2025 has been approved for Lone Grove Public Schools.
The calendar says Sept. 22 is the first day of fall; however, it still feels like summer. When I went outside to get garden chores done this morning, it felt like a sauna. There was no breeze, and it was already in the 80s. At least the temperatures are much cooler at night now. One of the fall gardening chores that should be undertaken to maintain landscapes is the application of a fall pre-emergent herbicide to prevent winter weeds in the lawn. Pre-emergents work by preventing weed seeds from sprouting. Specific dates for applications of pre-emergence herbicides are difficult to give due to varying environmental conditions for each year. Applications must be made before weeds emerge - hence the name pre-emergent. Winter annual weeds germinate in late September and October in Oklahoma and die the following summer so OSU recommends that application of a pre-emergent needs to be done, generally, starting around Sept. 15 in Oklahoma because those weeds are getting ready to germinate. When the soil temperatures cool and the rains come, so will the winter weeds.
Books and bells got one step closer to becoming a reality for Ardmore City Schools students with enrollment this week.