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PONCA CITY, Okla. –– Nurses at AllianceHealth Ponca City are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses . The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day. The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

Ponca City Airport served as a stop for the 46th Annual Women’s Air Race Classic held during the course of the week from June 20 to June 23. The race is celebrating 94 years of women’s air racing, and sees participates flying 2,684 statute miles across 12 states.

On a warm Sunday afternoon, a loud buzz is heard emanating from the Ponca City motocross racetrack. Despite heavy rains from storms the night before, kids are still able to weave through the mud and muck, around curves and flying over jumps. Around the racetrack, families are camped out for the event, one that truly has a festive feeling. More than 800 racers would hit the dirt and mud that weekend, as Ponca City hosted the Ponca City South Central Youth Regional Championship June 17 – 18, with winners competing for the national championship in only a few weeks.