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A program on Oklahoma’s origin story will be held during the Pioneer Genealogical Society’s meeting on Monday, July 10 at the Ponca City Library at 7 pm. The public is invited to attend this program will delve into how Oklahoma entered into statehood.

In an effort to improve the PreK Center and ensure class assignments are in the best interest of students the Administration and Teachers at The Washington PreK Center wish to offer a preschool screening for potential Wildcat Cubs.

Jul. 2—There have been many reports this week about bagworms covering landscapes across Pontotoc County and surrounding counties. The common bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, is found most frequently in its larval form, feeding on trees from within a silken bag it constructs from foliage and other plant tissues (hence, the insect’s common name). Adult males are small, clear winged moths with a black, hairy body and a wingspread of about 1 inch. Adult females are wingless, have no functional legs, eyes, or antennae, and are almost maggotlike in appearance. The females body is soft, yellowish white, and practically naked except for a circle of woolly hairs at the posterior end of the abdomen. Mature larvae have a dark brown abdomen and the head and thorax are white, spotted with black. They are about 1 inch long. Both larvae and adult females are found in silken bags on the host plants.