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DURANT — Everyone is invited to “Celebrate a Choctaw Christmas!” at the Choctaw Cultural Center on Saturday, Dec. 9. The center, at 1919 Hina Hanta Way in Durant, will be open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. with a variety of holiday and traditional activities for the young of all ages.

Fort Towson Schools recently celebrated Red Ribbon Week. The Red Ribbon campaign is the oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people during the month of October each year.

Grammy-nominated Johnathan Bond will perform in concert at 11 a.m. Dec.

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Boswell High School hosted a Veterans Day program to honor local veterans. They were privileged to have in attendance members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1048, guests from Soper High School, and special guest speaker retired Colonel Bobby Yandell.

Heritage United Methodist Church, 401 N. Second St., will have free Advent lunch Monday, Nov.

DURANT –– Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced the schedule and speakers for the 15th Biennial Native American Symposium – “States of Sovereignty” – which will be held on the Durant campus on Friday, November 17. This event will be a hybrid event, with online options available as well as in-person attendance.

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