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Northern Oklahoma College Livestock Judging Coach Jennifer Bedwell announced the signing of Tonkawa High School’s Katy Frazier to a National Letter of Intent. Frazier signed last week on the NOC Tonkawa campus.

Northern Oklahoma College Livestock Judging Coach Jennifer Bedwell announced the signing for Grove High School’s Kord and Kash Butler to a National Letter of Intent. The Butler brothers signed last week on the NOC Tonkawa campus.

Four individuals graduated from the Truck Driver Training program provided through Pioneer Tech and Central Tech’s training partnership. Pictured left to right is: Ronnie Pennington, Instructor; Billy Kelly; Matt Ropp; Tanner Getman; Cole Shelton; and Molly Kyler, Executive Director of Business and Industry Services. Truck Driver training courses begin every 6 weeks. Call 918-352-7316 for more information or apply online at pioneertech.edu/truck-driver-training.

The Ponca City Chamber’s annual Santa Bucks Giveaway is still underway, and despite pressures from the ongoing pandemic, they’ve already distributed over one million tickets. “This year we have more Santa Buck Giveaway participants than we have ever had,” said Rich Cantillon, Chamber President.

This year has been a different one for both Soroptimist International of Ponca City (SIPC) and Living Hope Pregnancy Center. In past years Living Hope has held a dinner event with speaker and many SIPC members have attended.

Rockstar and frontman from heavy metal mroup Texas Hippie Coalition James Richard Anderson aka “Big Dad Ritch” stopped by local restaurant Lakeside Grill over the weekend and had himself an XL chicken fried steak.

Oklahoma’s seven Republican Presidential electors will cast their ballots for incumbent President Donald Trump shortly after 10 a.m. Monday.

It’s no secret that Disney is one of the largest entertainment studios in the industry. Disney has recently announced a massive amount of new shows and projects during its 2020 Investor Day on Dec. 10.