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Annual Fish Fry for the Small Fry on June 16

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Dearing House Child Advocacy Center will be holding their annual “Fish Fry for the Small Fry” event on Friday, June 16 at Standing Bear Park from 6 pm until food runs out. Fish Fry for the Small Fry began in the summer of 2014 when Melody Young at UnWined asked to host an event for Dearing House as a way to bring activity downtown on Friday nights.
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Noon Lions Club partners with the Ponca City Fire Fighters Union for Sock Hop

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On Sat., June 10, Ponca City Noon Lions Club partnered with the Ponca City Fire Fighters Union for a Sock Hop Party. The Ponca City Parks and Recreation department allowed them to use the Unity Gym for the festivities and local businesses Ponca City Discount Foods, Farha, Was-Mart, and both Homeland locations donated food for the cause.

Rise Up Church invites community to worship service at Kay County Amphitheater

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Rise Up Church has had a big impact in Newkirk and Kay County in recent months, reaching out to the community with the message of the gospel. They have been seen outside the church and in the community, including at the Kay County Amphitheater, and this Sunday evening, June 11 the church’s praise and worship band will have a night of worship at the Amphitheater itself, and everyone is invited to participate.
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Measure to create Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail signed into law

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OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill highlighting Oklahoma’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement has been signed into law. Sen. Kevin Matthews, D-Tulsa, and Sen. Bill Coleman, R-Ponca City, are the Senate principal authors of Senate Bill 509, creating the Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail, and the House principal authors are Rep. Jason Lowe, D-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City.

Is the GOP Tiptoeing Toward Normality?

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Every morning, before we open our eyes, every one of us must grapple with the excruciating possibility that Donald Trump could be reelected. It’s the nightmare from which we cannot awake, at least for now. And yet, something is stirring in the Republican Party. After eight vertiginous years of rot and decay, made no less alarming by their often buffoonish character, the GOP seems to be taking some tentative steps toward normality.