Careful! The Kids Are Watching If you speak English in your home, your kids are not likely to come out speaking Italian. Kids learn through observation and imitation. And they don’t miss a thing. Children are shaped from the very beginning of life by the way their parents live. They are ever-attentive witnesses of grown-up behaviors. They take their cues from what they see and hear.
PONCA POLITICS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Forum: State of the City with Mayor Homer Nicholson and City Manager Craig Stephenson City Hall, Commission Chamber 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
I am a mother of two, work full time and am also a breast cancer survivor. I know physical exercise is important, so I try to visit the gym a few times a week for weight training and to walk.
I guess animation has now become the theme this month as we take a look at a cartoon that has received quite the following with the advent of the internet: The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (or merely just referred to as “ The Dover Boys”) turns 80-years old this month and was something of a turning point in animation and the career of one Chuck Jones. It was one of the first cartoons to make extensive use of limited animation techniques, most notably the use of drybrush smears and shape-heavy designs with minimal movement. Jones himself almost got fired for this as the executives were dissatisfied with the cartoon, but were unable to fire him due to the difficulty of finding a replacement due to labor shortages from World War II.
The Standing Bear Foundation is happy to announce the return of the annual pow wow. The 27th Annual Standing Bear Pow Wow will be held on September 23rd and 24th after having been canceled for two years because of COVID.