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Several September activities are planned by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce including the State of the Schools luncheon with Superintendent Dr. Cathy Walker.

There is a correction from last week’s Part4whereIstatedthatMarionAlonzo Holden was buried at our Blanchard Cemetery. Alonzo went down with his ship that was sunk by the Japanese at Guadalcanal in 1942. Only his gravestone is in the Blanchard Cemetery. It is a marble bench located near his family’s graves.

New staff and teachers at Mid-AmericaTechnologyCenterforthe2023- 2024schoolyear include Nicole Aderhold, Marci Burkhart, Chelsea Hatton, Caitlin Hensley, Connor Ivey, DominikJackson,DavidJames, Shane Kirby, Hanna Laningham, and Larry Tuck.

Feasibility study, potential payment mechanisms discussed

The Oklahoma Home Community Education welcomes one and all to visit the OHCE Country Store at the McClain County Free Fair September 7-9 in Purcell.

No issues of noncompliance noted, but big upgrades, projects either underway or being planned

State Rep. Sherrie Conley, R-Newcastle, announced Thursday she would not seek a fourth term in 2024. Conley, whose district covers parts of McClain and Cleveland counties, was first elected in 2018, and was reelected in 2020, and 2022.

50/50 matching grant to fund Veterans Park pavilion

An annual audit on McClain County business during 2021 by Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector (OSAI) Cindy Byrd’s office was returned with some recommendations for putting into place internal controls on a federal program involving a coronavirus relief fund, and internal controls on the Court Clerk’s collection and disbursement processes, as well as changes to the processes used by the Sheriff’s Office inmate trust fund checking account and commissary fund.