October 2021

A pumpkin drop contest was held at Pioneer Technology Center as a part of the fall festival on campus. The competition involved students placing pumpkins in a container using materials found on campus to see who can make prevent their pumpkin from breaking apart after being dropped from the top of the Fire Training Tower. Pictured are the winners of the morning drop, the firefighter/EMT team: CJ Ballard (Tonkawa), Cody Wynn (Ponca City), Michael Ortiz (Ponca City), Hunter Robbins (Ponca City), and Kaden Paslay (Ponca City).

Union Elementary celebrated Red Ribbon Week and Thursday was Blackout Drugs. The halls were a sea of black to say no to drugs..

Pioneer Area Quilters Guild will meet on Monday, November 1 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1904 N. Pecan Road in Ponca City. The church requires participants wear face masks. Social hour will start at 10:00 a.m. with sign-in, library, workshop registration, and stitch and assist lesson. The hospitality committee will provide water and tea. Attendees should bring their own covered drink cup and may bring their own food. Business meeting will be called to order at 11:00 a. m.

Judy Swain is a teacher at Garfield Elementary. Swain was born in Ponca City and attended Washington Elementary, East Junior High, and Ponca City Senior High, graduating in 1980.

University of Oklahoma student, Ally Stephens, survived a nationally publicized case of domestic violence last year and is now working to bring awareness to the serious issue. “I would like to say there were good things, but there was really nothing ever good,” Stephens said.

On November 6th, a group of area people who share a love for riding horses will gather for a special opportunity called Ride for the Kids. Organizer Tony Coleman started planning the event as a way to help area families have a better holiday season. The entry fee for the ride is a new toy with a value of at least $10. There will also be a silent auction with proceeds going to buy items for food baskets that will be given to area families in need. According to Coleman, “This gives horse people in the community a chance to ride and have good fellowship while doing something good for the community.”