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Honoring Their Sacrifice. Remembering Their Lives. Celebrating Their Memories.

They love playing pickleball and ping pong together.

Newcastle’s annual Memorial Day remembrance is at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 29 at Newcastle Memorial Gardens, 2345 S. Main Street. The event will be led by the Tony K. Burris VFW Post 368 and American Legion. Mayor Karl Nail will provide a short speech.

Rates are increasing on your monthly water bill. City Council members approved a meter fee for the replacement and maintenance of water meters in Newcastle.

Kendall Watson, MLIS, came to Newcastle in September and October last year to fill in as interim branch manager at the Newcastle Public Library, an affiliate of Pioneer Library System. He returned April 1 this year to officially assume the branch manager position.

A reception to honor Newcastle Superintendent of Schools Dr. Melonie Hau was held in the Administration Building on Wednesday, May 17. Hau is shown speaking with Chris Rickman of Nabholz Construction; Legion Brumley, a parent and active member of the community including serving on the Economic Development Authority of the City of Newcastle; and Gene Reid, city council member.

The time is now in McClain, Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties — the Pioneer Library System invites community members of all ages to have what they say can be their best summer ever with Summer Learning Challenge 2023!

The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is offering Oklahomans who want to quit tobacco a special opportunity. Beginning in the first of May, Oklahomans have been able to sign at for the Helpline and get at least eight weeks of patches, gum or lozenges for free.

New digs underway

McClain-Grady County Emergency Medical Services reports that it made 224 total calls in the month of April 2023. Of those, 128 were billed and 96 were non-transport.

There were several Newcastle area spring graduates at the Univerity of Central Oklahoma.