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Miss Foss and Miss Brown’s Fifth grade graduates are pictured at Liberty Elementary after receiving awards for completing elementary school. They also enjoyed snow cones at Liberty Park after the graduation ceremony to round out the school year with their classmates, teachers and principal. (Photos by Jessica Windom.)

Field Day activities were held this week for fifth grade students at Woodlands Elementary. Students held activities inside Unity Gym and outside at the Marland Mansion. Students are pictured playing tug of war. Courtesy photos

Katelyn Mantz has been selected as the Community Health Foundation’s May Healthcare Professional of the Month. Katelyn is a new LPN for Alliance Health OBGYN where she recently relocated. Prior to this role, she was an LPN for Dr. Jeff Northcutt since 2015. Katelyn was nominated by Amanda Cremers who said that Katelyn is “literally a beam of sunshine.” Amanda went on to say that Katelyn is always “kind, respectful and patient. She isn’t only nice she is an exceptional nurse. You can rest assured you are in extremely competent hands if she is taking care of you. She is extremely professional…and I’ve never met such a kind soul, skilled worker, empathetic, comforting, down to earth person.”

Washington Pre-K recently held outdoor graduation ceremonies in shifts so all family members could attend. A total of 11 graduation ceremonies were held.

The First Quarter Moon will be on May 19th. Normally Ponca City Astronomy holds a Sidewalk Astronomy event on the weekend prior to the First Quarter Moon but it looks like the weather man is against us and there will be clouds, rain and possible thunderstorms. We will then move our event to the following weekend and hold our event at the Lake Ponca Campground on Saturday May 22 and at the Ponca City RecPlex on Sunday May 23. Both events will start at 6:00 PM and end around 9:00 PM. During this time of the year the Sun sets pretty late but the moon can be seen during the daylight. Though you can see an astounding amount of detail during the daylight through our telescopes, as it gets darker the details of the moon show up much better. The moon will be close and appear much larger than usual.

Two friends who met in a college classroom have turned their interest in healthier eating into a food truck for vegans. You read that right--a food truck for vegans.

BEAST WARS! Now we’re talking! For the uninitiated, Beast Wars: Transformers was a 1996 toyline and tv series continuation of the original Generation 1 Transformers. Granted, the continuity of the series tends to pull from various G1 media including the original cartoon and the Marvel comics.