Coal County remains under a burn ban
Coal County remains under a burn ban
Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation Corporation (ORRC), located in Stillwater, has completed processing scholarships to Oklahoma farm and rural students who graduated from high school this spring. Of the 158 applications received, 113 scholarships totaling $73,700 were approved to assist students entering college or a technical school in Oklahoma. Since 1968 ORRC has helped over 8,000 students with a cumulative total of over 4 million dollars. Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation Corporation was originally established by the federal government in 1934 to assist farmers and rural communities. In 1964 all assets were released by the federal government and the agency became a stand alone non-profit corporation governed by a board. The corporation has been selfsustaining since then by investing in loans to assist farmers and ranchers. Profits from these loans have been used for the scholarship program, community development grant program, grants to the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program and other programs to assist farmers, ranchers and rural communities.
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Coalgate FCCLA joined more than 7,000 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) student members, advisers and guests at the San Diego Convention Center, June 29-July 3 to participate in the annual National Leadership Conference.
Coal County remains under a burn ban
The sixth Coalgate High School Alumni/Athletic Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony took place in the school gymnasium on May 23, 2022. After two years of dealing with the COVID pandemic, people were ready to get out and have some fun. The event drew a record attendance of 268.
COALGATE WALLACE BYRD MS CHEERLEADERS were all smiles at the May 28 high school alumni reunion mixer as they greeted people and helped with registration. From left are Rebekah Hall, Kristy Coats, Laramie Hatter and Leah Lewis standing behind their coach, Becky Ward. The girls are looking forward to cheer camp and are selling chances on a gift basket containing over $600 worth of cash and prizes to raise money for the camp and for cheer equipment. The winning ticket will be drawn during the 4 of July Celebration. Tickets are available for $5 each or five for $20. Contact Becky Ward at 580-927-0211 or any of the cheerleaders.
GAVIN BLUE HEADED TO COUGAR COUNTRY — Coalgate HS 2022 graduating senior Gavin Blue signs a letter of intent on May 11 with Redlands Community College in El Reno, OK, where he will join the Cougar baseball team. From left (seated) – Micki Blue, grandmother; Gavin Blue; Kayla Blue, mother; (back) – Wayne Blue, grandfather; Cheyenne Blue, aunt; Berney Blue, uncle; Riley Blue, sister; Aaron Blue, dad.
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Here’s something I’ll bet you haven’t spent much time thinking about: how do you greet people? Or to put a finer point on the pencil, how do you greet family members?
