April 2023
Police Blotter
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April 25, 2023 Disturbance - At 7:21 am, the reporting party advised that a last of Fahs was shooting off a gun in the area of the 829 half of N. Pine. Officer #9 made contact and advised there were signs of fireworks being shot off. The subject was also not cooperative.
Vinnie Pasquantino, Kansas City Royals ‘not hiding from anybody’ as losses pile up
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Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino is having quite the season at the plate. It’s the kind of season where — even when the Royals seemingly couldn’t get a hit off Minnesota starter Tyler Mahle in an eventual 7-1 loss — Pasquantino found a way to smash a solo home run, his fifth long ball of the season.
Today in History
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Saturday, April 29, 2023 Today is the 119th day of 2023 and the 41st day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1429, 17-year-old Joan of Arc led French forces in relieving the besieged city of Orleans, France.
Breakfast for Better Health
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Breakfast may or may not be the most important meal of the day, but it’s certain that regularly eating breakfast not only offers fuel to start your day but also has been linked to reduced risk for cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and shortterm memory loss in adults. Yet, an estimated 10% to 20% of adults in the U.S. skip breakfast.
Capitol Considerations
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We have one month left to finish our work on the remaining policy measures, executive nominations, and the state budget. This session, I’m happy to be carrying several executive nominations of outstanding individuals in Senate District 10, including Newkirk resident Jason Grace and Ponca City residents Rick Scott and Molly Kyler to the Board of Trustees of the University Center in Ponca City before the Education Committee. I’ll also be presenting the nomination of Rodney Owens of Sand Springs to the Commission on Consumer Credit in the Business and Commerce Committee.
As free-falling Cardinals try to get a grip, even their golden defense is slipping
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Apr. 27—SAN FRANCISCO — Through even the most treacherous stretches of play in recent seasons, the Cardinals could trust they were in good hands with their defense.
To DNA or NOT To DNA?
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DNA testing and interpretation is a hot topic in genealogy these days. Pioneer Genealogical Society will discuss it at their monthly meeting on Monday, May 1, at 7 pm at the Ponca City Library. Hallie Godbehere, PGS Board member, will present the program from her extensive experience using DNA to track down family members and their mutual ancestors, with a special emphasis on using the Leeds method. In 2018 Dana Leeds, while trying to help a shocked young man looking for his REAL birth parents, devised a way to use a spreadsheet and color coding to sort through pages of DNA matches from testing to simplify and identify his actual four grandparents’ lines. It can be great way to make sense of testing results to solve mysteries in family research and find new direction when documents are not available.
Bridgeway offers success and sobriety
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Nestled in the 600 block of West Grand Avenue, Bridgeway, Inc. has served the community for over 50 years. Currently offering two primary avenues of support, the first of these is as an outpatient substance abuse treatment center, and the second as an Oklahoma Department of Corrections work release program.
