On Saturday, June 2nd, the FRIENDS of the Waurika Public Library are having a used book sale.For $3 we’ll have bags that you can fill with books!DVDs will also be for sale for $1 each.Proceeds will go to help programs and activities at the library.
Summer is right around the corner!The Waurika Public Library invites elementary-aged children, those who will be entering 1st grade through 5th grade in September, to attend this year’s Summer Reading Program. A variety of weekday programming will be offered and lunch will be provided daily for any school-aged child.
The theme this year is Libraries Rock!Programming will run each weekday, June 4-July 27 with the exception of the July 4 holiday.Reading and activities will be from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at 11:30 a.m.Children attending the Summer Reading Program must be picked up by their parent/guardian at noon each day.
Children must be registered to attend. For more information or registration forms, visit the Waurika Public Library or call 580.228.3274.
The Summer Reading Program is free to attend.The public library, community organizations and individuals care about your children. Together we raised funds to offer daily educational programs and week-day lunches to keep your children’s minds and bodies fed this summer. Whether keeping track of the amount of time your children spend reading or the number of books they’ve read this summer, children who attend the Summer Reading Program keep their minds active and enter the new school year ready to succeed.
For information about events, activities and more, visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/WaurikaPublicLibrary/
Week 4 of the Summer Reading Program wrapped up on June 29th. Kim Clampitt setup activities for the week.
On Monday, June 25th, after Drop Everything And Read, the kids began working on making drums. They started by painting cans. The kids also started decorating paper plates to make elephants.Thanks to the Hastings Baptist Church for providing and serving lunch today. They brought hot dogs, strawberries, grapes, chips, cookies, and lemonade.
On Tuesday, after DEAR time, the kids finished making their drums by putting balloons over their painted cans to make the drum head. They finished up their elephants attaching party horns to make the elephant’s trunk.Thanks to Patricia McGriff for making sandwiches for lunch. Along with sandwiches the kids had chips, grapes, and fruit cups
On Wednesday,after DEAR time, the kids talked about insects. For their craft, they made ‘buzzing bees’ with index cards, craft sticks, rubber bands and string.After making their ‘buzzing bees’, the kids headed over to the park to try them out. The ‘bees’ buzz when the kids swing them around by the string. Thanks to Kristie Gaines and her team at the Waurika QuikMart for providing pizza for lunch. Thanks to the Waurika Lions Club for serving.
On Thursday, after DEAR time, the kids learned about butterflies.Thanks to Georgia Spoonemore for coming and teaching the kids about how butterflies grow and how to identify species like Monarchs.Thanks to Jeffco Helping Hands Food Pantry for providing lunch. Thanks to Carol Prewitt and Jessica Coody with the Waurika Alumni Association for serving.
Friday, after DEAR time, the kids learned about bees. Thanks to Dannie and Janie Ramming for telling the children how bees are raised, what bees do, and how they behave. Dannie and Janie also brought bees for the kids to look at.After learning about bees, it was time for lunch. Thanks to Gayle Austin for grilling burgers. Thanks to Carol Prewitt for serving. Thanks to Kimberly Morris-Kirkland and the Waurika 4H for cleaning up.
Thanks to Kim Clampitt for coordinating the week. Thanks to Karlee Berthiaume for all of her assistance. Thanks to Brittney Helterbran for all of her help. Thanks to Destiny Foster, Abby Taylor, and Presley Parker for volunteering this summer.
Thanks to all of the people in our community that support this wonderful program.
It’s not too late to sign your child up! Programming runs each weekday, June 4 – July 27 – with the exception of the July 4 holiday. Reading and activities will be from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at 11:30 a.m. Children attending the Summer Reading Program must be picked up by their parent/guardian by noon each day.
Denise Linzman, Melicia McFadden and Debbie Brandon serve at the Waurika Library Summer Reading Program.
Children must be registered to attend. In addition to registration, age requirements include children entering first grade in the fall through those entering fifth grade in the fall. Older school-aged children are welcome to participate as helpers. For information or registration forms, visit the Waurika Public Library or call 580.228.3274.
The Summer Reading Program is free to attend. The public library, community organizations and individuals care about your children. Together we raised funds to offer daily educational programs and week-day lunches to keep your children’s minds and bodies fed this summer. Whether keeping track of the amount of time your children spend reading or the number of books they’ve read this summer, children who attend the Summer Reading Program keep their minds active and enter the new school year ready to succeed.
For information about events, activities and more, visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/WaurikaPublicLibrary/
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the November 6 General election, Jefferson County Election Board Secretary Tammy Richardson said today.
Please keep the following information and tips in mind as the election approaches.
– Early voting will be available at the County Election Board office from 8.am. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday. USE ONLY IF STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICES ARE ON BALLOT: Early voting is also available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
– Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Lines are possible at peak voting times. Wait times will likely be shortest at mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Anyone in line to vote at 7 p.m. will be allowed to cast a ballot.
– Anyone who needs to look up their polling place, verify their registration information, or view a sample ballot can do so online. The Online Voter Tool can be accessed on the Oklahoma State Election Board’s website: www.elections.ok.gov. Those who vote by mail can also check the status of their ballot using the Online Voter Tool. Sample ballots are also available at the County Election Board office.
– Oklahoma law requires every voter who votes in person at the precinct polling place or during early voting at the County Election Board to show proof of identity before receiving a ballot. There are three ways for voters to prove their identity under the law (only one proof of identity is required): Show a valid photo ID issued by federal, state, or tribal government; or show the free voter identification card issued to every voter by the County Election Board; or sign an affidavit and vote a provisional ballot. (If the information on the affidavit matches official voter registration records, the ballot will be counted after Election Day.)
– Physically disabled voters who cannot enter the polling place, need help marking their ballots, blind or visually disabled voters and illiterate voters may be assisted by a person the voter chooses. In all cases, a person providing such assistance may not be the voter’s employer or an agent of the employer or an officer or agent of the voter’s union. A person providing assistance also must swear or affirm that the voter’s ballots will be marked in accordance with the voter’s wishes. Alternatively, all blind, visually impaired, and physically disabled voters in Jefferson County may use the audio-tactile interface (ATI), a feature offered on all Oklahoma voting devices, to vote privately and independently, either at Jefferson County Election Board during early voting or at their assigned polling place on election day.
– Voters who have moved since the last election, but who have not transferred their voter registration to their new address, may do so on Election Day by going to vote at the polling place where their registration has been in the past. While voting, they may fill out a form instructing the County Election Board to transfer their registration to the new address before the next election.
– Those who became physically incapacitated after 5 p.m. Tuesday November 30 still can request an emergency absentee ballot. Those who might qualify for an emergency absentee ballot should contact the County Election Board office at (580) 228-3150 as soon as possible for more information.
– Any violation of election law will be reported to the proper law enforcement authorities. Electioneering is not allowed within 300 feet of a ballot box. It is also unlawful to remove a ballot from the polling location, possess intoxicating liquors within half a mile of a polling place or to disclose how you voted while within the election enclosure.
For additional election-related information, visit: www.elections.ok.gov.
By Bob Moos, Southwest public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Navigating Medicare can be challenging under the best of circumstances. It becomes even more difficult when someone new to Medicare falls victim to the myths, or misconceptions, about the health care program.
Let’s take a look at the most common myths in hopes that you’ll avoid the confusion that could cost you time or money.
Myth No. 1: Medicare is free.
Medicare’s hospital insurance, known as Part A, has no premium if you’ve worked throughout your life. But the outpatient services coverage, or Part B, does have a monthly premium, as does the prescription drug insurance, or Part D.
In addition, there are deductibles and co-payments for certain services. Overall, the traditional Medicare program covers about 80 percent of your costs, which means you’re responsible for the other 20 percent.
Many people buy a “Medigap” supplemental health insurance plan from a private company to help cover those out-of-pocket costs. Or they opt out of the traditional Medicare program and purchase a Medicare Advantage plan from a private insurer to receive their Medicare benefits.
Myth No. 2: Medicare covers everything.
Though traditional Medicare pays for many health care services, it doesn’t cover all of them. For example, it doesn’t pay for standard dental, vision or hearing care. If you’re interested in any of those services, you may want to consider a Medicare Advantage plan that offers extra benefits.
Myth No. 3: You’ll be automatically enrolled when it’s time.
That’s only partially true. If you’re already receiving Social Security, you’ll be automatically enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B when you turn 65. (You’ll still need to sign up for Part D.) If you’re not on Social Security yet, you must enroll in Medicare yourself.
For most people, the best time to apply for Medicare is during the three months before your 65thbirthday, the month you become 65 and the three months after you turn 65. So, let’s say your birthday is Aug. 15. That means you can sign up from May 1 through Nov. 30.
Myth No. 4: Everyone pays the same for Medicare.
If your annual income is below $85,000, or $170,000 for a married couple, you pay the standard Part B and D premiums. But if it’s more, you pay a surcharge. In 2018, the surcharge for Part B ranges from $53.50 to $294.60 per month, depending on your income. That’s in addition to the standard $134 premium.
Myth No. 5: Having poor health will disqualify you from coverage.
Medicare can’t reject you, or charge you higher premiums, because of a health problem. It can’t discriminate based on a pre-existing condition. In fact, about two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries live with at least two chronic conditions.
Myth No. 6: Medicare covers long-term care.
Many people don’t realize until it’s too late that Medicare typically doesn’t pay for long-term “custodial” care – the kind of personal care that helps you with such day-to-day tasks as getting in and out of bed, bathing, dressing and eating.
Medicare does cover some skilled nursing or rehabilitative care if a physician orders it after a hospital stay of at least three days. You pay nothing during the first 20 days of your care and then part of the cost for the next 80 days.
Myth No. 7: Medicare and Medicaid are the same thing.
The two programs are often confused. Medicare covers health care for people 65 and older and for people with certain disabilities. Medicaid helps cover health care for people with low incomes and few resources. Some people qualify for both.
Myth No. 8: A lot of doctors don’t take Medicare.
The vast majority of doctors accept Medicare. The traditional Medicare fee-for-service program offers the broadest possible access to health care professionals. You can go to any provider who’s taking new Medicare patients.
Medicare Advantage plans, on the other hand, often require you to go to doctors within their network of providers or pay more for getting care elsewhere. So, before signing up for a particular Advantage plan, make sure you’re satisfied with its network of providers.
Even after 53 years, Medicare is still misunderstood. If you’re in doubt about some aspect of the Medicare program, please visit www.medicare.gov or talk with a customer service representative toll-free at 1-800-633-4227.
(l-r) Mollye Compton, Brionna Compton, and Lynette Weatherly
They closed the doors on Monday of this week, December 31, 2018.
It’s as much a part of Ryan as City Hall, or the bricks on Washington street.
Ryan Drug has been an essential part of the community since Dewey and Gladys opened the doors on January 1, 1924.
While operating the drug store, Dewey also found time to raise a farm.
The store evokes fond memories for many.
Jon Harris, former Ryan resident and Jefferson county historian, remembers Dewey and Gladys Nash.
“His wife, Gladys, was one of the sweetest, most benevolent humans to visit this earth,” says Harris.
She had been his sixth grade teacher at Ryan.
Dewey Nash and his wife Gladys. (submitted photo)
“I remember him smoking his pipe,” Harris remembered. He also remembered that you could get pipe tobacco in the store.
What Harris really enjoyed was the strawberry ice cream soda you could get at the old soda fountain.
Visiting the Ryan Drug for Harris back in the day was like stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting.
Another one of the former customers remembers seeing Dewey in the store on Saturdays dressed in his dress shirt and slacks kicked back in his recliner watching a ball game.
Harris said both Dewey and Gladys would enjoy their recliners during their later years at the Ryan Drug.
Their son, James Lyle, helped out around the store after he left social work around 1985.
They had two daughters as well. Their names were Kathleen and Juanita.
Juanita is the mother of Mollye Compton, the current owner.
Originally, the store was confined to the building on the east side of the current location. It was actually in just half of the building. The other half belonged to Peggy Baker and her dress and flower shop.
This bench was a gift from Lanette Weatherly, Glenda White and Shirley White. Leman Webber did the engraving.
Mollye’s interest in the Drug store began when she was 9 years old.
That summer Mollye and her twin brother Mel would visit while their mom was working on her master’s degree in special education.
Mollye learned to work at the soda fountain making cherry limeades and salty dogs. A salty dog is shaved ice with a lime squeezed in and topped off with salt. She said there were lots of people who liked the salty dogs including Diane Breeze.
She would follow her grandad around the store. It was during one of those times that it began to dawn on her that she might want to become a pharmacist when she grew up.
This epiphany came to her during a time when she was exploring other interests.
Mollye had been in the band since she was in the seventh grade. This fostered her love for music during the time she was growing up in Denison, Texas.
She graduated from Denison High School in 1978. After graduation she attended Grayson County Junior College for two years and took the pre-requisites for pharmacy school.
She was accepted at Southwestern in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
Mollye earned her pharmacy degree in December of 1987.
This was an opportunity not afforded to Kathleen, Dewey and Gladys’ oldest daughter.
Kathleen was born in 1925. Once she graduated from high school she wanted to become a pharmacist, but her father wouldn’t allow it. He told her, “It’s not a career for a woman.”
Instead Kathleen became a teacher.
Mollye officially began working as a pharmacists for her grandfather on April 1, 1989. At that time Dewey was 90 years old.
She bought the store from her grandad in 1990, just after her daughter, Brionna, was born. Dewey passed away in 1991. It was before he passed that she bought the building the drug store is now in.
“I didn’t think I was going to get to buy it,” she says. She couldn’t get a loan at the time.
One day Jack Savage came in. She said, “I thought, ‘What have I got to lose?’, so I just asked him if he thought his bank would loan me the money.”
Jack asked her how much she thought she would need. She told him and he told her, “Just come and fill out the paperwork.”
Archie Fulton owned the building just to the west. He had bought it from Robert Huff. Birdie and Claude Thorpe originally owned it when it was a movie theater.
The main part of the current store collapsed in 2000 and had to be refurbished. It had to be completely gutted. Ronnie Campeche and Raymond Pollan did the work. It didn’t take them very long she says.
After the remodel, she moved the old soda fountain into the new part. It was nostalgic for customers, especially those who hadn’t been in town for years. Hershel Shoffner was the one who kept the soda fountain in proper working order.
She recently sold the old soda fountain to her nephew Brian Hander who lives in Denison, Texas. He has acquired a building in Denison to show off the fountain along with the memorabilia from Dewey Nash.
Molley has enjoyed the years she has operated the drug store. However, she is ready for the change.
“I just want to slow down,” Mollye says. She is ready for less stress in here life. However, she goes to explain, “You hate to leave something like this behind,” she says with tears coming into her eyes. It’s obvious she has a deep love for the people of Ryan and those she has served over the years.
She knows that there is a level of customer service that the community receives from businesses in a small town that they don’t receive in the larger cities.
Lanette Weatherly has worked with Mollye off and on for over 20 years. It was sad to watch her say goodbye to Mollye and Brionna Monday evening as the last shift of the store’s official business day came to a close. It was the end of an era.
Brionna has her own fond memories of growing up at the Ryan Drug store.
Brionna remembers the fun she had with Dru Harper. Dru would always stop by at 3:00 pm for their daily snack. You could say that Dru was like a second mom to Brionna.
Mollye and Brionna will pack up some of the remainder of the items slowly as they begin a new chapter in their lives.
Mollye will be working some for Biff Eck at Eck Drug in Waurika. She looks forward to less hours and less stress. However, she is grateful to everyone who was such a blessing to her. With tears in her eyes, she expresses her love for the people she has had the privilege to know. “This place wouldn’t have been around all these years if it hadn’t been for the people,” she says. She has had customers drive from as far away as Nocona, Texas.
She wants to say Thank You to everyone who has made working at the Ryan Drug a pleasure.
We finally had a storm to blow in this morning around 3:30am.Boy, did it blow.I stayed awake after hearing the wind woke me up.There’s not anything you can do but just ride it out.We all made it through the night, anyway.We thought we were going to get in on some rain Thursday, but that didn’t happen, then again on Saturday evening, but, that didn’t happen either.I was outside yesterday afternoon behind the store, cutting some branches off of the trees in the alley way.At about 3:30pm, the wind really began blowing from the north, and boy, it got cooler in a hurry.I thought that these conditions might bring about some hail, but thank goodness, that didn’t happen.I was hauling a bunch of branches in the back of my truck, and noticed about half way up the hill, heading north on 81, that I couldn’t see my branches on either side of my truck.I looked back in the distance, and my pile of limbs were in the northbound lane of the highway.I hurried up and unloaded what was left in the bed of my truck and got back to where they had blown out and Emilio Cabrera had beat me to them.He said cars were going around the pile, but, he was getting them off the highway.He helped me load them back in the bed of my truck and he got in there with them and smashed them down by walking on them.The second trip, they got where I wanted them to go.We still need a lot more rain, so, prayerfully our time will come some day.I’ve seen quite a few grasshoppers now this summer.
This coming Tuesday will be the evening for the Ryan City Council meeting at 6:00.More citizens need to attend these meetings.This past meeting was the most folks I’ve seen attend for a long time.
This next week, on the 4th of July, a number of our businesses will be closed for the holiday.Both clinics, the post office, the drug store, the banks, and City Hall, will all be closed that day.
Next Friday, July 6th, there will be a fireworks display just off the highway behind Jamie and Richard Kimbro’s house.They had quite an exhibit last year, it was fantastic.Get your lawn chairs and water bottles and join in their festivities Friday evening as soon as the sun goes down.I bet they would welcome more fireworks, if folks would like to bring them so that a lot of folks can enjoy them.It will be a fun time.
Ryan will be having another sidewalk sale on Friday, July the 6th.We will have our merchandise out around 7:00am if folks want to get out and shop early before it gets too hot.Our 3 local businesses will all have merchandise set outside on our sidewalks.We also welcome folks from the community to set up someplace on our sidewalks, if others would like to get in on it, too.
Some of our local kids and parents are gone to church camps this week.Prayers to all of them that they have a safe trip and a good time together.
Kim’s news for this week:
I want to thank Shelton’s & Dustan with all my heart, for the delivery of the shopping cart.
Saturday, Foxy didn’t even know she was the star of the Cowboy Church house show, riding with Jessie on Shaddow in her straw hat, being a show-off dog is where it’s at.
Everyone have a blessed week and a safe 4th of July.Please pray for rain and for each other.
Two Ryan cross country participants will be headed to the state meet after qualifying during the Class 2A Regional Cross Country Meet held at Harmon Park in Waurika last Saturday.
Andrew Scott and Kamrie Hernandez each earned spots in Saturday’s state meet at Edmond Santa Fe High School by finishing among the top seven competitors not on a team in the regional at Waurika.
Waurika hosted one of three regionals in Class 2A.
Hernandez finished 16th overall in the Class 2A girls race and she recorded a time of 14:14.56, but she was the sixth best individual runner and the top seven individual runners qualify for an opportunity to run in the state meet.
The Cowgirl freshman ran her second best time of the season at the regional and was one of only six freshmen to finish in the top 20 of the race. Hernandez was one of only two freshmen individuals that qualified for state from the Waurika regional.
A total of 126 runners competed in the Class 2A division race.
Two other Cowgirls competed at the regional for coach Shelley Villarreal.
Lilah Regehr finished 76th in the competition with a time of 16:43.01 – her second best time of the cross country season.
Also competing for the Cowgirls at the regional was Kayleigh Hodges. She finished 117th with a time of 22:12.53.
All three Cowgirl competitors are freshmen.
Scott will be making his second straight appearance in the Class 2A state competition.
In last Saturday’s race, Scott finished 12th overall with a time of 19:30.04. He was the fifth best individual qualifier in the Waurika regional.
Scott was awarded a bronze medal for his performance at the regional meet.
The Class 2A state meet will begin with the girls’ race at 11:45 a.m. and the boys’ race will follow at 12:15 p.m. An awards ceremony will follow.
STATE BOUND – Ryan’s Kamrie Hernandez (left) and Andrew Scott (right) will represent Ryan at Saturday’s Class 2A State Cross Country Meet at Edmond Santa Fe. The two Ryan cross country participants qualified for state by finishing in the top seven individuals not on a team at last Saturday’s Class 2A regional competition held at Harmon Park in Waurika. (Photo by Shelley Villarreal)
Downtown Again 2018 is a wrap! This year’s event was the best yet. The chamber of commerce started this event 6 years ago with a vision. The vision was to bring life back to Main Street on the usually quiet weekends, to reimagine forgotten spaces with new activity, and to bring pride and excitement back to our community. If you were downtown on Saturday you undoubtedly saw and felt that vision coming to life.
Doc’s Place opened up downtown for the festivities.
The Downtown Dash which began as the Moneka Trail Run got back to its roots. This year’s route led runners and walkers down Broadway, through both sides of Harmon Park, and even through portions of the golf course. This year’s added obstacle course was a big hit with participants which ranged in ages 3-70, and will surely be an ongoing feature of the event.
The Farmers Market was a great success in its debut and official opening. As one of the featured draws for this year’s event, the Farmers Market definitely brought in the crowd. Local and area vendors sold items such as fresh eggs, garden greens, honey, handmade soaps and crafts, and of course salsa. The salsa making contest, won by Dee Goss, was a crowd favorite. Our four participants brought in over 70 votes and lots of excitement. Most of our vendors and salsa makers sold most if not all of their items.
Participants in the Paint and Party on Saturday.
The real vision of Downtown Again is to promote ideas and visions of what we can do to continue to transform our Main Street and to promote our current businesses. We encourage “pop-up shops” where locals can test out an idea for a business they have been dreaming of, or businesses to try something new. This year’s pop-up shops included Doc’s Place, The Book Fair, Mexican Food trailer, and Brickstreet BBQ (Food Pantry). In talking with all of our, food vendors, farmers market vendors, and local businesses open that day, it is estimated that at least $3K was spent in Waurika on Saturday. The best part is that it directly benefited Waurikans.
Winners in the 3 on 3 Elementary Basketball Tournament: Sage Mayfield, Noah Torrez, and Aaron Torrez
There is much more that can be said about all of the activity over the weekend. There are some things that we all should be proud of. On a Saturday in Waurika, the street was packed. On a Saturday in Waurika, families were playing, shopping, and spending time downtown. On a Saturday in Waurika, we all got a glimpse of where we can go from here. It takes all of us working together but what a wonderful thing to look forward to.
The Downtown Again article in last week’s paper said that this is an event “created by Waurikans for Waurikans.” If you were not able to make it downtown last Saturday you truly missed out on a wonderful day in Waurika.
Winners of the 3 on 3 Junior High Basketball Tournament: Isaac Camarillo, Treyton Torrez, and Aiden Torrez
Winners of the 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament: Anthony Torrez, Carlos Camarillo, and Alex Torrez.
The Waurika Public Library will be closed Friday (July 3) to celebrate Independence Day. We will reopen on Monday (July 6) at 9:00 am.
‘Point Blank’ by Catherine Coulter is available at the Waurika Public Library.
Agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are up against an unstable villain with a very long memory in this FBI Thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.
The explosive action kicks off as treasure-hunting FBI agent Ruth Warnecki is on the trail of stolen Confederate gold hidden in Winkel’s cave in western Virginia. She never expects to find herself chin-deep in a grisly murder that leaves her nearly dead and rocks the town of Maestro.
Then, at a stake-out in Maryland, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed in a horrific explosion while attempting to rescue kidnap victim, Pinky Womack. They are led to Arlington National Cemetery where they not only find Pinky, but Savich also takes a fateful call on his cell from an old man out to kill both him and Sherlock. The thing is they have no clue why.
Pitted against an insane killer and his psychotic teenage girlfriend, Savich and Sherlock find themselves fighting a hate-driven villain with a grudge worth killing for…
Checkout ‘Point Blank’ by Catherine Coulter at your Waurika Public Library!
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The people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas are sponsoring four energy education workshops this fall that provide teachers with up to $1,100 in classroom supplies.
The free workshops coordinated by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) offer training in nine different energy curricula for K-12. Each curriculum includes hands-on lessons aligned to Oklahoma academic standards and provide real-world applications to concepts that are already being taught in the classroom. Teachers who complete the training receive a free kit of materials and equipment, a teacher’s guide and a stipend for attending.
The kit materials, which range from graphing calculators and graduated cylinders to pencils and rulers, provide a much-needed boost in classroom resources. Planned for Enid, McAlester, Blanchard and Bartlesville, the workshop locations are designed to give teachers across the state access to this opportunity.
“We hear so often that the materials provided in our kits significantly increase the equipment in many science and math classrooms,” said OERB Executive Director Mindy Stitt. “From calculators to hot plates, these valuable resources can be used year-round.”
Educators are also eligible for a free field trip to one of 13 museums across the state for every year they teach the curricula in their classrooms.For more information or to register, visit OERBHomeRoom.com.
The OERB is funded by the over 2,500 producers and thousands of royalty owners across Oklahoma through a voluntary one-tenth of 1 percent assessment on oil and natural gas production. Since 1993, the agency’s purpose is to conduct environmental restoration of abandoned well sites and to provide energy education in Oklahoma.
