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McPherson College, a four-year private college located in central Kansas, recognizes its highest academic achievers in its spring 2021 Honor Roll and Honorable Mention. To qualify for the honor roll, students must be a full-time student and earn a grade point average of 3.55 or higher during the previous term. Students earning a grade point…

Cherokee 4-H participated in the West District North Region Food Showdown/Cupcake Wars/Fruit-Vegetable Sculpting Contest on May 27. Team members were Autumn McMahan, Aubree Hughes and Kendal Collins. The team completed in the Junior Division of the contests, placing second in the Junior Division of the Fruit-Veggie Sculpting contest and also participated in the Cupcake Wars.…

Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Northwest Technology Center were able to once again partner to offer MASH (Medical Avenues in Service and Health) Camp to northwest Oklahoma students who will be entering the seventh grade in the fall. This year, 23 students attended from Alva and Cherokee. The middle schoolers had two full days of…

KanOkla Networks is proud to announce the 2021 recipients of 12 scholarships to high school and college students.  The KanOkla Scholarship program began in 1993 and has awarded $248,000.00 for the continuing education of students in our Kansas and Oklahoma cooperative areas.  Congratulations to all! Kale Campbell graduated from Campbell Home School and is the…

Statistics show when students start kindergarten and read 20 minutes a day, they will hear 1.8 million words per year.  They will have read for 851 hours by 6th grade and they will likely score better on standardized tests. With that knowledge of the importance of reading, the Cherokee 5th grade class of 2021 recently…

Spring semester honor rolls at Northwestern Oklahoma State University have been announced by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Those on the President’s Honor Roll earned all A’s, or a 4.0 grade point average (GPA), in a minimum of 12 undergraduate or nine graduate hours. Those on the Vice President’s list had…

The Tulsa State Fair Ringmasters have awarded a $1,500 scholarship to Kale Campbell, Jet. Campbell has exhibited character, work ethic and community involvement; these attributes are the qualities necessary to achieve success and further his educational career. Applications are thoroughly evaluated by the Tulsa Community Foundation’s Tulsa Ringmasters Scholarship Selection Committee. The criteria for selecting…

Free Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) camps for students with disabilities will be “online and doing fine” again this summer. Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, and Rick and Sherri DeRennaux from Tech-Now, Inc. will offer three-day online camps for students located anywhere in Oklahoma. Five camps are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

The 72nd Annual Cherokee FFA Banquet was held on May 4, 2021 in the exhibit building at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds. The evening began with a short welcome from President Drake Williams and was followed by the meal invocation given by Vice President Kacie Eshleman. The Farmer’s Table catered the event with some fabulous food…

Farm Credit of Enid, ACA has extended a $1,000 scholarship to an area high school senior. The local recipient is Kale Campbell of Jet. Kale is the son of Kyle and Gina Campbell of Jet and plans to attend Northern Oklahoma College. The Farm Credit of Enid scholarship is given to outstanding high school seniors…