Right: Students at Gingerbread Preschool celebrated Circus Day last week.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met on March 28 for its regular monthly meeting at Burnside community room. President Harolynn Wofford called the meeting to order and asked Rick Lowrance to open with prayer.

THE CHILDREN, grandchildren and great-grandchildren announce the 66th wedding anniversary of Charles and Gracie Turner. The couple was married on April 12 in Hugo..

We’ve all had to be around them. Usually, everyone has one or more in the family tree –– hopefully a good way away from your own particular branch.

Needing play-around money, as all teenagers do, three industrious farm boys decided to create their own hay-hauling crew one summer. So they made a plan. One boy would drive as another loaded the hay, while the third teen would stack it onto their borrowed truck.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com Have any of you ever seen a time like our world is in lately? Some part or another of our planet has suffered through horrifying events in recent years.

The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards.

The couple sitting in the counselor’s office had been married more than 40 years. They had weathered financial setbacks, the rearing of two children, moving from city to city due to job changes, and countless marital disagreements.

Organizations in 36 rural Oklahoma counties can apply to receive up to $5,000 in funding through a new Oklahoma Arts Council grant program. The state agency has announced the launch of Rural Arts Opportunity Grants to boost arts programming and cultural infrastructure in select areas of the state.

• Summer teacher professional development grants The Fund for Teachers is extending its deadline for teachers to apply for self-designed professional development grants until 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb.