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Deer Creek, located between Medford and Blackwell, will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of the town’s founding on Saturday, July 15. This is the first such celebration since 1998, during which the town turned 100.

Pioneer Technology Center will be hosting a oneday Caregiver Conference on Tuesday, July 25 at 9:15 am, with registration at 9 am. According to information from the Mayo Clinic, about one in three adults in the United States provide care to other adults as informal caregivers.

The event is free and open to the public on Thursday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Blackwell Friendly Flea Market will be hosting the Guthrie Gun Fighters on August 12 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church. Raffles will be given away between shows. Tickets in advance are $10, $12 at the gate. Children 10 and under free. For more information please call Keith at (580) 6701511 or Nancy at (580) 3528127.

FRANK KUMMER, CHRIS PALMER, RODRIGO TORREJÓN The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA -- One of the five people police identified as victims of the mass shooting in Kingsessing on July 3 was actually killed nearly two days earlier, law enforcement officials said Sunday.

WASHINGTON -- When it was Rep. Mark Alford’s time to speak in the House Committee on Small Business this May, the freshman Missouri Republican said there was a problem when it came to helping veterans start businesses.

Sheron Carter’s brother and grandfather died from cancer after working at the Nevada Test Site. Three years ago, the 66-year-old Las Vegas native was diagnosed with breast cancer.