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Tommy Dale Fisher, age 66, passed away on January 21, 2022 at Highland Park Nursing Home in Okmulgee, OK
Read moreFuneral services for Franklin Thomas Lowe will be held Monday, January 31, 2022 at 2:00 PM at the Prairie Spring Indian Baptist Church of Okemah. Interment will follow. A prayer service will be held Sunday, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah.
Read moreFuneral services for Jackie Lee Evans will be held Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 2:00 PM at the Grace Baptist Church in Dustin, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at the Wiley – Scott Cemetery near Dustin. Wake services will be Tuesday, 7:00 PM at the Grace Baptist Church.
Read moreState Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister has named 70 high school students from around Oklahoma to her 2022 Student Advisory Council. This is the seventh year the group has convened to assist Hofmeister and the Oklahoma State Department of Education with policy matters.
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Read moreVizavance, formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma, received an email from a mother expressing gratitude. Her son was referred during a vision screening at a local OKC daycare. In her letter she shared, “My twelve-month-old son failed the SPOT vision screening. I took him to an ophthalmologist who confirmed your findings. He was diagnosed with congenital cataract causing amblyopia. His vision was 20/80 in the left eye; after three years of treatment, his vision is currently 20/20! I am so thankful and blessed for your service.” This child, along with thou- sands of other children who received exams and glasses as a result of a school vision screening, is doing better in school now. For this reason, Vizavance, formerly Prevent Blindness Oklahoma continues to work each year to help improve vision for the children of Oklahoma.
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