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“Active Parenting” Program

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Major and Blaine Counties OSU Extension is offering a program for parents, grandparents, child care providers and other caregivers titled “Active Parenting.

Gas Prices on the Rise

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Oklahoma gas prices have risen 0.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.84/g today, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 2,294 stations. Gas prices in Oklahoma are 7.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 37.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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Continuing a Tradition

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Christmas decorations adorn a grave at Sunset Cemetery in Geary. Loved ones often decorate graves during the holidays as a way to personalize their memorial and remember them. Thomas Martinez Watonga Republican

SWOSU Helping High School Students Seeking Diploma

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Individuals who have attended high school but left without a high school diploma because of a previous law that required all Oklahoma high school students to pass four of five end of instruction tests now have a way to get that degree.

Today in History

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 16, the 351st day of 2020. There are 15 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 16, 2000, President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state.
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Santa's Magical Key

Debi “nana” Harris
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK... “We give up, Nana. How does he get in if he can't come in through the windows or doors?” they asked in unison. Nana removed the golden brown cookies from the oven and sat them on the counter to cool.
Welders from Barnes Welding work on welding the beams of the cross together.

Welders from Barnes Welding work on welding the beams of the cross together.

Giant Cross Project Nears Completion

Thomas Martinez
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The vision Kason Oakes had for an 80-foot cross in Watonga took a year to come to fruition, but it’s about to be fully realized. Oakes, the lead pastor at the Watonga Church of the Nazarene, had seen a You Tube video on a similar project in Hennessey.
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State Passes 241,000 Cases

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
As of December 15, there were 241,991 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 virus in the state, up by 2,224 in the last 24 hours according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. There were 14 deaths reported in the last day. This brings the death toll to 2,086.

Christmas Eve Declared Holiday

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The federal government announced this week that Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, will be a holiday. The executive signed by President Donald Trump states that “all executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty, on Thursday, Dec.
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