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Stan and Denise Jones, of Ponca City, will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on August 9th. Stan Jones and Denise Dew were married August 9, 1975, in Coffeyville, KS.

Northern Oklahoma College has announced their graduates for the Spring 2020 semester. Here is the complete list of those who attended and graduated from the NOC Tonkawa campus.

July brought a near miraculous recovery to much of Oklahoma, which was faced with an intensifying drought headed into summer’s scorching middle stanza. Uncharacteristically wet conditions succeeded in beating the drought back to a more manageable level, however, especially across the hardest hit areas in northern and central Oklahoma. Drought covered as much as 51 percent of the state on July 7 according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. That coverage was reduced nearly in half by the end of July, however, eventually encompassing a little less than 26 percent of the state. The worst remaining conditions were across southwestern and west central Oklahoma where severeto-extreme drought dominated the Drought Monitor map. The Drought Monitor’s intensity scale slides from moderate-severeextreme-exceptional, with exceptional being the worst classification. Some of the heaviest rains were accompanied by severe weather. Two large areas of severe storms moved from north to south across the center and eastern sections of the state on the 11th, along with damaging winds of up to 80 mph. The storms left tens of thousands without power – for several days in some cases. Another round of storms on the 30th packed winds of over 90 mph and caused extensive tree and power line damage across southern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Mesonet site at Fittstown recorded a wind gust of 90 mph that evening.

MY NAME IS Max and I am a shepherd mix! I came here with my friend Cotton and I am so glad they kept us together cause if I’m being honest I was a little nervous being in a new place. But these people are great, did you hear that they let us play in mud!? I love being outside! And playing in the pool! I also really love treats and toys! Do you have treats and toys? Can I go home with you!? For adoption information, contact the Northern Oklahoma Humane Society.

I’ve had lots of positive feedback regarding easy meals for larger families. I’m going to continue talking about some of them in this week’s column. I know lots of you cook meals for larger families so I’m hopeful these help you out.

2.5 cups shredded rotisserie chicken or diced chicken breast 1 cup roasted tomato salsa 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed 1/3 cup sliced green onions 1 tsp. cumin 1/2 tsp.