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GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY OBSERVED The City of Ponca City will observe GOOD FRIDAY on Friday April 7, 2023 as a City Holiday: • City Hall Offices will be CLOSED Friday, April 7, and will REOPEN Monday, April 10.• Residential Refuse WILL NOT BE PICKED UP Friday April 7, and WILL RESUME Monday, April 10. As there will be no residential trash collection on Friday, April 7, please only put trash out on the scheduled day of collection.

March 29, 2023 Disturbance - At 12:01 am, the reporting party advised of two people fighting at 747 N. Oak.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2023 for Voters in Kay County who will be voting for Municipal Elections in Braman, Kaw City, Newkirk and Tonkawa. School Board Elections will be held for Kildare, Newkirk, Ponca City, Tonkawa and County Commissioner District #3 voters will also elect a Commissioner. Kay County Election Board Secretary Carol Leaming, offers these important tips to voters- especially those who will be casting a ballot for the first time.

Student writer submission This I Believe TAYLOR KREMPASKY Northern Oklahoma College Student Have you ever wondered where the cars around you were going? All the complete strangers flying past you rushing to get somewhere? I have always wondered this ever since the day we were racing my brother down the highway to Dayton Children’s Hospital while he was being care flighted. That day changed my life and altered my view forever.

Being in ministry offers me the opportunity to know many people. I have pastoral friends from different denominations. Unfortunately, there is a stigma attached to the denomination that people attend. Our media is good at publicizing most of the negative issues our churches face. The most important issue people need to concern themselves with is the foundation for which ministry is based. I am referring to biblical teaching. The inspired Word of God should be our sole guidebook in developing a personal relationship with God’s One and only Son, Jesus Christ. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” It is not your belief in the denominational polity where one worships that should define you. It is your belief in God’s provision for His creation based upon the inerrant Word of God. The Apostle Paul wrote to his friends in Thessalonica concern issues they faced. Paul’s encouragement is found in1 Thessalonians 2:4, “But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.” I pray that people in all denominations would be pleasing God in their pattern of worship. Let’s give praise where praise is due. To God be the glory, for great things He can do and will do in the lives of those that live like they truly know Him in their heart. Find a church where you can worship and praise the Lord. During this Easter season, let us be thankful for that eternal life that is awaiting true believers.

Saturday, April 1, 2023 Today is the 91st day of 2023 and the 13th day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1826, Samuel Morey received the patent for the first internal combustion engine.

Should You Be Worried About Your Money in the Bank? On the off chance you haven’t been paying attention to world news, several banks in the U.S. collapsed (gone broke, busted, washed up, taken down, bankrupt) in recent days.