NOC ROUSTABOUT BENEFIT SHOW APRIL 1 The Northern Oklahoma College Roustabouts are hosting their annual Benefit Show Saturday, April 1.

The show is at the Kinzer Performing Arts Center at NOC Tonkawa at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and children under 12 years old. They are available at the door.

THIS WEEKEND AT THE PONCA CITY GOSPEL JUBILEE The Ponca City Gospel Jubilee will feature the “Amundson Family Bluegrass” April 1st at 6:30 p.m.

Coming to us from Checotah Oklahoma This family ministry will add family flavored bluegrass and old-time country music , uplifting and fun entertainment. It is certain to comfort the soul, put a smile on the face, and cause a positive distraction from all of the negative talk we seem to be bombarded with.

When you put banjo, mandolin, guitar, bass, and a fiddle into the mix with family harmonies and sibling antics, many may say that you get bluegrass with a twist. We simply call it Amundson Family Music. Since they were young, they’ve all been steeped in gospel and acoustic music that straight and stays true to who they are, and how they were raised. The simple appeal of this has allowed them to travel and perform far and wide, record albums, and entertain audiences in Canada and the USA. From the 1990s to 2000, Darryl played 5-string banjo for the Saskatchewan- famous bluegrass band “Baler Strings” performing and recording all over Western Canada at towns, villages, and bluegrass festivals. Now that the kids are old enough to help form a band, he now MCs the band, plays guitar, and sings. With the way the kids are coming along, he figures he’ll be soon delegated to just driving the bus. As Stringbean once said, “I feel so unnecessary!” Come join us for a wonderful night that will be enjoyed by all ages. Refreshments, drawings and closing with the Gospel Jubilee Band bringing southern gospel music. This group is comprised of talented musicians, singers, songwriters and recording artist. We hope you’ll bring the family and invite a friend and come on out!!!! For reservations of 6 or more contact Vickie Vaughan at (580)628-7105

VISION SUPPORT GROUP HOSTED BY THE PONCA CITY NOON LIONS Second Monday of every month.

Where: Room 207 Northeast Baptist Church, 2200 N Pecan, Ponca City, OK 74604 When: April 10, 2023 at 10 am Speaker: Ponca City Police Department will be discussing scams and how to avoid being a victim.

Contact Noon Lions for more information or questions

TULIPS A BLOOM FESTIVAL

Come on out to the Blackwell Fairgrounds (800 S Main) and celebrate the Tulips a Bloom Festival on Saturday, April 8th, from 10 am to 3 pm.

The festival will feature many activities for the whole family, including: Food • Music • Vendors

• Snowcones • Petting Zoo

• Games • Contests • Giveaways • Spring Crafts • Bounce House • Pony Rides

• Face Painting • Treasure Hunt • Local Shopping • An Adoption Event hosted by the Animal Shelter — and much more!

PONCA CITY AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE OFFERED APRIL 14 Looking for an opportunity to lower your auto insurance premiums and update yourself on changes in the driving landscape and motoring rules. This course includes the latest related information as well as strategies for driving safely longer. Pioneer Technology Center and AARP is holding a “Smart Driving course at 9 am to 3:30 pm on Friday, April 14, 2023; at 2101 North Ash Street; Ponca City, OK. Enter at North Entrance. The course is open to the public. Feel free to bring a lunch or plan to eat close by.

The cost of the course is $20 for AARP Members (bring your card to course) or $25 for non-AARP members. Bring your Driver’s License, as you will need the number. Participants will receive a participant guidebook as part of the course.

PGS TO HEAR MARSHALL GRANT

Pioneer Genealogical Society will meet Monday, April 3 at 7 pm at the Ponca City Library. The public is welcome. This month’s program topic will be “The Mystery of Michael Grant --- A Family History Lost and Found.”

Who is Marshall K Grant, the presenter? He is a native Ponca Citian who has extensively researched his family history, a Civil War buff, and has also written about the history of the Ponca tribe as well as the Cherokee Outlet Land Run.

After graduating from PoHi in 1967, attending Tulsa University, and graduating from OSU (with a BA in Cultural Studies), he moved to Delaware Gap, PA and began touring as tenor soloist with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (his first career). Returning to Ponca City, he worked for the Presbyterian Church and was on the original staff of Kay County Youth Services.

He then began a 40-year career as a real estate banker in Ponca City, Stillwater and Tulsa. In 1993 when the Bank of Oklahoma expanded to Dallas, he moved there. In 2006 he was working as a consultant in financial services and asset management until he retired in 2013. He moved back to Ponca in 2020. With such an interesting background, his forebearers, their origins and how he found them should be fascinating.

PGS meets monthly on the first Monday and has helped Kay County families find their histories for over 50 years.

CRIMINAL PROFILER HOSTS SEMINAR AT NOC APRIL 25 Noted criminal profiler and true crime writer Phil Chalmers will host a seminar at Northern Oklahoma College Tonkawa April 25.

The event, organized by NOC Criminal Justice Instructor Troy Cochran, will be held at the Renfro Center from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. with lunch provided. Lunch will be provided by the NOC Student Organization Criminal Justice Society.

Tickets to the event are $149 each, $40 for NOC students.

Chalmers, who specializes in profiling dangerous people, is the author of the Teen Killer Whisperer and hosts the Where the Bodies are Buried Podcast.

The seminar will include extremely graphic content including images of sex, violence, torture, and death. Attendees must be 18 years and older.

Training topics include causes, warning signs, and triggers of today’s dangerous killers. Also covered are school shooting trends, school safety plans, and many others.

The seminar will go live on Zoom with school shooters and serial killers.

The seminar is designed for law enforcement, school resource officers, dispatchers, counselors, probation officers, social workers, and victim’s advocates.

Tickets may be purchased at www.nocedu/cjevents .

The program is brought by the Northern Oklahoma Foundation and Joe Lewis, Lectureship Chair in Criminal Justice.