The Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc. (OAAE) announces the induction of Langston University Professor, Mr. James Allan Simpson as a member of the 2023 class of OAAE Hall of Fame inductees. The induction ceremony will be held on Friday, September 29, 2023, at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Doors will open at 6:30P.M. and the event will begin at 7:00 P.M.

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Labor Day is celebrated on the same day in the United States and Canada each year. An annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of workers, Labor Day (known as Labour Day in Canada), occurs on the first Monday of September each year.

Each year in the United States, about 2,400 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Macmillan Cancer Support says men have a small amount of breast tissue behind their nipples, where breast cancer potentially can develop. Signs of male breast cancer include a lump or swelling in the breast, redness or flaky skin in the breast, irritation or dimpling of the skin around the nipple, nipple discharge, or pulling in or pain of the nipple.

(StatePoint) As students return to classrooms, doctors say that it’s important to ensure that children are up-to-date with routine childhood vaccinations. “The evidence around vaccinations is abundantly clear; they’re safe, effective and will help protect you, your loved ones and your community from preventable diseases.

The Guthrie Rotary Club Student of the Week is Hayden Calvert. He is the son of Daniel and Adriene Calvert. Hayden has played football for 4 years and us currently the starting quarterback. He has played baseball fir 3 years and wrestling and powerlifting for 1 year. After graduation, Hayden plans to go to a technical school for welding training. Pictured with Hayden is Thomas Sasser, an attorney with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals and Rotary President, Tyler Calvert.

Early in the summer, while spending some quality time with friends. I heard a nugget of wisdom one of my friends gleaned from his grandfather. It hit home with me about my career and how things have progressed over the past eleven years as the Superintendent of Guthrie Public Schools. The phrase was, “The days are long, but the years are short”. That phrase is so true about the challenges we have faced in our school district and community over those eleven years. I recently pieced together a significant timeline for our students and how we educate them in our community. Consider that this years’ fifth graders who have transitioned from their neighborhood school to Guthrie Upper Elementary are the first class who only knew of the neighborhood school concept as they were the kindergarten class of 2018-19. I wrote a column in this space at that time which was titled, “Radical Change Can Be Very Difficult”. There were many vocal opponents of the change at the time. Numerous staff members who are products of GPS knew only of the grade center concept as they grew up with it and taught with it as well. It hasn’t been without challenges but what we see five years later is far better parental involvement in their child’s education. In discussions with our elementary principals, there is unanimous consensus for our current model as the advantages far outweigh the shortcomings when compared to the former grade center model.

De f e n s e at t o r neys Criminal Defense analyzed data from the United States Sentencing Commission for the fiscal year 2022 to determine the categories of crimes for which each state receives the most sentences. The categories of crime that have the highest sentencing rates per 100,000 in Oklahoma are: Drug Trafficking comes in as the most sentenced crime with a rate of 7.19 federal sentences per 100,000.

VERY HIGH RANGE: Allergy Alert for ragweed pollen. This is an extreme exposure situation. Severe symptoms may be expected in pollen-sensitive individuals. The more seriously allergic people should be advised to stay indoors as much as possible. This is especially true if a person has pollen sensitivity or allergic bronchial asthma.