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Hi everybody! I hope you're all doing well today. I'm writing this on Monday morning and it's a beautiful morning full of sunshine. We are on our way to Yukon and I see a lot of the fields have been cut and baled. It's not a good year for wheat I guess. Not enough rain when it was needed.

I woke up in my room on what our nurse-to-be granddaughter referred to as the 'med surg' floor, strung up like they were afraid I might get the notion to escape. I was hooked up to one of those poles with all the mystery bags hanging off and running directly into my right hand. Do they put it in your predominant hand to keep you held hostage? They also had a cannula stuck in my nose. I hate those darn things.

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Watonga eighth-graders celebrated their graduation to high school on Tuesday, May 17, at the Watonga gymnasium. Parents and teachers turned out to cheer on the Class of 2026 as they prepare for freshman year.

From left: Joseph Kalicki, Faith Petty, Harley Petty, Michaela Petty and Alyssa Bay were awarded scholarships during the Lions Club banquet last Thursday, May 12. Kyler Maddox (not pictured) also won a Lions Club scholarship, and Landri Hussey was awarded the Dennis Manke Scholarship. The Lions Club saw great turnout to its first end-of-year banquet since 2019.

Students in Mrs. Cowan’s seventh grade reading classes designed shirts to represent their favorite book that they read this year. Each student wrote a book talk which was read aloud while they modeled their shirt in a school fashion show. School librarians were the judges for the contest. T-shirts and art supplies were funded by a teacher grant project through the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

What started as a discussion more than a year ago came to fruition recently when Oklahoma State University Extension graduated its Leadership Academy inaugural class. “We did some research in other states to see what Extension was doing to help further develop leaders within their organization,” said Cheryl Newberry, OSU Extension program and personnel development specialist.

As the school year comes to a close Watonga FFA held its local banquet on May 10th. We celebrated all the accomplishments over the year from the different teams: Opening Ceremonies, Land judging, Speech and Ag Mechanics then announced the new officer team for next year. 2022-2023 Watonga FFA officers are: President-Aidyn Garcia; Vice President-Dayson Cash; Secretary- Josey Rinehart; Treasurer-Keeley Hicks; Reporter-Kelsi Scheihing; Sentinel-Andrea Craig; Parliamentarian-Jacob Unruh; Historian-Reese Coleman; and Chaplain- Jaidon Turney. Over 120 people came to this year’s banquet to celebrate all the ag students. We are looking forward to another successful year. (Provided by Kelsi Scheihing)

Watonga and Geary high schools both held graduation ceremonies this past Saturday morning, May 14. Hundreds turned out at the Watonga gym and the Stegall Long Fieldhouse to celebrate the Class of 2022. Forty-three Eagles graduated this year, while 18 Geary students earned their diplomas.