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The City of Tonkawa will experience a city-wide scheduled power outage on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 10:00 p.m. This event was previously scheduled on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at 10:00 p.m.

April 20, 2024 Suspicious Person/Vehicle - At 12:13 am, the reporting party advised of a male wearing gray sweatpants and a light blue hoodie that was checking door handles at Paladin Apartments by the 200 building. Male then went southbound from Paladin.

Corporal punishment is defined as hitting, slapping, paddling or any other means of inflicting physical pain. OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban schools from using corporal punishment on children with disabilities.

PONCA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM: PROVIDING MEALS FOR CHILDREN AGES 1-18 Ponca City Public Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to the children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis, at the sites and times as follows: Dine In Only; Open Site East Middle School 612 E. Grand Ponca City, OK Breakfast 8:00am to 9:00am Lunch 11:00am to 12:00pm June 3-27, Monday-Thursday; NO FRIDAY MEALS Dine In Only; Restricted Open Site Liberty Elementary (Summer School) 505 W. Liberty Ave. Ponca City, OK Breakfast 8:00am to 9:00am Lunch 10:45am to 11:45am June 4-27; Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursdays CLOSED MONDAYS & FRIDAYS ***Restricted Open Site: Restrict or limit the feeding sites attendance for reasons of space, security, safety, or control. Site is open on a first-come, first-serve basis to all children of the community at large, but meal service will be limited as stated above. *** All meals will be served and consumed at each site location. Adults wishing to eat with their children may purchase a meal; $2.75 for Breakfast $4.85 for Lunch

The Coryell Cupboard, which since Feb. 7, 2023 has served as a means for various dry goods for the community, will be moving locations on Tuesday, April 30.

Area Agency on Aging Many caregivers find it challenging to cope when their loved one has Alzheimer’s and fear of being alone. When a person with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia doesn’t want you out of their sight, this behavior is called shadowing. Their fear can cause them to follow you around the house so you’re constantly in their sight. They might even get upset if you go to the bathroom or take the trash out. This behavior can also make it very difficult for you to leave the house, they might cry, become angry or mean, or repeatedly ask where you are.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS WEEKLY MEETING The Welcome Home Ponca City meeting of Overeaters Anonymous is on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 at the Connect Church on Grand and Peachtree, or members can join via zoom. Information for the link can be found at OA.org under “find a meeting.” This meeting is an open meeting.

Today is the 116th day of 2024 and the 38th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1859, British, French and German engineers began construction on the Suez Canal in Egypt.