East Central University News

Contestants for the 2010 Miss Ada Scholarship Pageant and the Miss Ada Outstanding Teen Pageant make final preparations this weekend for competition Monday night.

Volunteers are busy planning and raising funds for the Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner for more than 3,000 people Monday, Nov.

In honor of Felix Mendelssohn's 200th birthday, string faculty from the University of Central Oklahoma will join pianist Starla Hibler, professor of music at East Central University, in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has made funds available for veteran students who are still waiting for their education benefit claim to be processed.

The IFT/AFT Local 6300 AFL-CIO is on strike as of 8:00 a.m. A Picket lines run 8-5 today.

Bob Matson of Stonewall will play piano at Ada Public Library Saturday, Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m. He will play familiar holiday tunes for the public.

ADA a ' A Tupelo quadriplegic is wrangling with East Central University officials over whether he can live in the campus dorms.

French pianist Hugues LeclA re will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday at Ada Arts & Heritage Center, 400 S. Rennie.

State Sen. Susan Paddack announced Monday that she is running for state superintendent.

First Presbyterian Church of Ada is hosting its annual Alternative Christmas Market Friday, Nov.

By Justin Lofton Staff Writer Ada Artists Association is wrapping up its 2009 Fall Exhibit at Ada Public Library.

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Saturday will be Chickasaw Nation and Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. Appreciation Day at East Central University's football game against arch-rival Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Reggie Whitten, the Oklahoma City attorney who told an overflow crowd at East Central University last August about his son's drug addiction and death, will return to the campus Wednesday to give more people an opportunity to hear his multi-media message about the effects of addictions and substance abuse.

Lauren Hensley was named Homecoming Queen and Jamie Cluck was named Homecoming King at the East Central University homecoming football game Saturday night.

The "24 Works on Paper" exhibition has opened in the Pogue Gallery in East Central University's Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

Ada native and Miss Oklahoma 2009, Taylor Treat, will be making an appearance at this year's homecoming parade for East Central University, Evelyn Martin of the Miss Ada Pageant said.

We're beginning a special series called "What's Right." For the next five-weeks we want to hear from you, as we'll be highlighting what's right in communities across Texoma.

An individual's role in their state, nation and tribe will be the topic of Chickasaw Ambassador to the United States Charles Blackwell's keynote address during the 2009 Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference Thursday, Nov.

An Ada attorney who has surrendered his license to practice law has been charged along with his wife with embezzlement.