by citizens. An iconic piece of playground equipment that has been a fixture at Dixon Durant Park for about six decades will be refurbished and stay grounded thanks to a successful social media campaign The rocket slide landed at the park in the 1960s and it has been the symbol of the park for so long that locals call the park “Rocket Park.” It shares a common bond from Baby Boomers to Generation Z who went down the slide as children.

Boys & Girls Club, SE has eclipse viewing events

Private tutors and private schools have always been available for the rich. Our public school system in America became one of the great successes of democracy by educating the sons of rich men and poor men in the same classrooms. Later, over a hundred years later, girls were gradually allowed to integrate classrooms without the world coming to an end.

The City of Durant will celebrate National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (NPSTW) from April 14-20. First celebrated in 1981, NPSTW was declared a national, week-long event through the signing of Presidential Proclamation 6667 in 1994.

Sooner SUCCES, a program of the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the OU Health Sciences Center, will be hosting a one-day conference and training event for families raising children (birth to age 21) and for the providers that serve them. The conference will be held on April 24 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center & Library, 1515 West Main, Durant.

Fort Washita Rendezvous

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband, age 70, had been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in his neck, for which he would take Aleve to relieve his discomfort when needed. Just before Christmas last year, his back began hurting so much that he went to his doctor, who said to get up and move more.

The Centre Gallery on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University is hosting the 19th Annual Great Plains Juried Art Show through April 25.. The Centre Gallery is housed in the Visual and Performing Arts Center, located at 1614 N.