Byng News

Homer Elementary School spruced up it's playground last spring with the help of the Homer PTO and local businesses who donated time, energy and materials.

The Ada Elks Lodge September 2009 students of the month are, pictured with Elks representative Julie Thompson Oct.

The October 2009 Ada Elks Lodge student of the month are, pictured Oct. 29, 2009, Laura Drake of Ada, Carrie Hill of Allen, Flor Martinez of Byng, Laci Cantrell of Latta, Mathew Adams of the Pontotoc Technology Center, Tanner Taylor of Stonewall, and Wesley Grigg of Vanoss.

TUESDAY OCT. 20, 2009 A* Yancy Spivey, former business owner and president of Arvest Bank, will be teaching a financial workshop on learning how to make a business grow through financial savy Oct.

FRIDAY OCT. 16, 2009 A* Celebrate Recovery meets each Friday at Grace Community Church in Konawa on SH 99.

WEDNESDAY OCT. 14, 2009 * Divorce/Bereavement Support Group meets at 7 p.m. at The Compassion Outreach Center, 1124 Craddock Road.

A woman searches for her keys on Broadway in downtown Ada Thursday afternoon after a downpour soaked the area.

"Pearl," the true story of a Chickasaw girl from Oklahoma who became the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S. in 1928, will be screened 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

FRIDAY OCT. 9, 2009 * Byng Elementary School hosts its annual fall festival from 6-8 p.m. at the school.

Glenda DeShazo, a member of Ada Business and Professional Women since 1983, was recently named 2008 Ada BPW Woman of the Year in appreciation for her exceptional qualities of leadership and integrity and her distinguished achievements for the betterment of her community.

A $900,000 grant has been awarded to East Central University to provide scholarships and additional educational opportunities to students who commit to teach high school mathematics for six years in a "high-need" school district in Oklahoma.

THURSDAY OCT. 1, 2009 * The local Alcoholics Anonymous group meets Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in fellowship hall of First Presbyterian Church, 301 E. Kings Rd.

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WEDNESDAY SEPT. 23, 2009 * Ada Baptist Village, 3501 Oakridge Blvd., hosts See You at the Pole at 1 p.m. There will be music, fellowship and prayer.

New federal laws raising the bar on exam standards may do more harm to Oklahoma's school systems than good, some area superintendents said.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Briefs must be submitted at least five days before the event by bringing them into the office, e-mailing to news@adaeveningnews.com or faxing to 332-8841. Briefs will not be accepted over the telephone.

TUESDAY SEPT. 15, 2009 * Valley View Regional Hospital and the Chickasaw Nation Healthcare System will host a community Diabetes Support Group meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Valley View classrooms.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Briefs must be submitted at least five days before the event by bringing them into the office, e-mailing to news@adaeveningnews.com or faxing to 332-8841. Briefs will not be accepted over the telephone.

A workshop for area teachers and East Central University students on "Dealing with Atrocity and Controversy in the Public School Classroom" will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Friday, in the Regents Room in ECU's Memorial Student Union.