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Okarche High School October Students of the Month, top from left, Kylie Harper, Andrew Walker, Sandra Woodland, Austin Walker, Carly Rother and Sutton Terrell.

Okarche FCCLA participated in district competition recently at Enid High School. Chesney Black won third place in Job Interview, while Belle Beam took first place in Cake Decorating and Addison Mingus won first place in Children’s Literature.

All three will advance on to regional competition.

Julia Rayburn, Sandra Woodland and Taylor Horn participated in a team event called Recycle and Redesign, bringing home second-place awards.

Canadian Valley Technology Center will host FCCLA regionals Jan. 30.

Okarche FCCLA assisted again this year to collect food for the Community Food Drive, placing boxes in the elementary school and high school.

The classes that brought the most food won a pizza party. The second grade brought the most food from the elementary, while the ninth grade brought the most food from the high school.

FCCLA checks expiration dates and organizes the collection, then takes the food to Light Your World Church and drops it off at the food pantry to be given to those in need during the holidays.

We received an email a few weeks ago from a Mr. Andrew LeVan Allgood, he goes by Ace.

He said he would be coming through El Reno on his way to Los Angeles in an old 1934 Ford Cabriolet, in honor of what would have been his grandparents’ 90th wedding anniversary.

Lincoln Learning Center third-grade Readers of the Month participated in an October reading challenge and earned a pizza party and a gold coin from the Inchy Book Machine.

Lincoln Learning Center fourth-grade Readers of the Month participated in an October reading challenge and earned a pizza party and a gold coin from the Inchy Book Machine.

The Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Club met recently in the home of Janan Fletcher.

Other members attending were Natalia Valenzuela, Bernita Davis, Vicki Duncan, Delpha Miklautsch, Ann Ricketts and Renee’ Schweitzer.

Ricketts led the flag salute, with Davis reading the October minutes. In conjunction with Veterans Day, Fletcher read scriptures about sacrificing as the devotional.

Duncan reported the county is asking for suggestions for 2025 club lessons. Also, a possible county-wide trip to the Bible Artifacts exhibit is being considered. 

Members of Chapter AE of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Education Organization) met for their November meeting in the home of Cynthia Jensen. Attending were Christy Eichholz, Margaret Price, Janan Fletcher, Ann Zavy, Becky Reuter, Robin White-Mahone, Janice Jensen and Anna Rinehart.

Eichholz opened the meeting with the reciting of the Ode, Objects and Aims, with Zavy reading the P.E.O. prayer.

Previous minutes were read and approved, and Price gave the report on committees.