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INGREDIENTS • 1 cup instant brown rice • 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken • 1 onion, chopped (about 1 cup) • 2 carrots, chopped (about 1 cup) • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper • 1/4 teaspoon salt • 2 tablespoons Thai red curry paste • 1 cup light coconut milk (about 1/2 of 13.5 ounce can) 1 cup chopped spinach INSTRUCTIONS 1. Cook instant brown rice according to package directions.

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Ponca City resident Wayne Moore will turn 90 on Wednesday, July 26th. Wayne is a veteran and an active member of VFW Post 1201.

This week’s cat of the week is the beautiful girl you see above, Maui. Maui is a recent addition to the Northern Oklahoma Humane Society, after being returned last month. While she had been previously adopted and then returned, it is in no way Maui’s fault that she has no family to call her own. Maui is a 7 year old domestic shorthair with calico coloring. She is so incredibly sweet and she loves attention and to be pet. If you do happen to go see Maui and notice an absence of hair on her backend, she is not ill and does not seem to have a skin condition, just a little problem with picking at her hair. Maui has received a clean bill of health and is ready to find a home that will last for forever this time. Maui is so extremely loving and friendly. She is the kind of cat that always wants to be loved on. During our meeting, Maui was immediately loving and snuggly, only really getting excited when some temptations treats came out. This beautiful girl still has so much life ahead of her and she can’t wait for her second chance family to come pick her up.

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If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741. Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises — including suicidal thoughts — since she was 11.

By 2040, there will be 29.5 million new cancer cases each year in the United States, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The good news? There’s still time to prevent many of these cases by adopting healthy lifestyle patterns.

Well what do you know? It’s that time of the year again when multiple news items come up around the same time and I have to make a choice on what I want to cover. So instead of choosing, how about we have a grab bag special covering all the topics I want to address, but might not be worthy of a full column on its own.

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