Ferb the tortoise had been missing from its Piedmont home for nine weeks. Then amazingly, last week, Ed Zaidi saw something in the field behind his home near Piedmont High School that looked like a clump of dirt. Turns out, it was Ferb. Finally.

Ferb is owned by Ed’s wife, Cherrie Zaidi. 

“I was at work when my husband called and said, ‘Guess who just came home?’

“He saw Ferb in the field west of Windmill Park,” Cherrie said.

Ferb, an African tortoise, would not have been able to survive temperatures under 40 degrees.

The Pride of El Reno High School Marching Band took part last week in the OSSAA Class 5A Regional Contest in Weatherford.

Performing its show titled The Heist, the band earned an excellent rating from judges. 

Heaston Church held its annual chicken dinner last weekend, feeding more than 400 people in an hour and a half. The tradition started in the 1960s and continues going strong today.

Church volunteers provide everything for the dinner including the set-up, cooking and the cleanup.

Funds raised by the event are donated to charities.

Last weekend I went to my cousin, Hannah Ferguson Sanchez’s baby shower.

It was so good seeing everyone. Hannah is Jana and Randy Ferguson’s daughter, so I guess that makes her my second cousin? Not sure how all that works!