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April 19 tornado anniversary: Shawnee Floral
Staff reports Shawnee Floral and Gifts was left with a giant hole in its roof, among other damage and debris on April 19, but was able to make repairs and reopen. Shawnee Floral at Kickapoo and Federal was heavily damaged April 19, 2023. Photo Credit: News-Star/FILE
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Tornado anniversary: United in Strength Stroll set April 19
Local reports As Friday marks the one-year anniversary of tornado that impacted much of Shawnee, a United in Strength Stroll is planned. Participants will gather at the Geiger Center, located at Oklahoma Baptist University, to recognize the strength and resilience of the community recovering from the April 2023 tornado and will walk to the YMCA…
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15th Century thinking . . .
Pam Lowe CherryRoad Media If you don’t think life is amazing, consider the fact that you are sitting on a large rock orbiting the Sun in a galaxy called The Milky Way. And this rock, we call Earth, also rotates creating our days and nights. Thanks to gravitational pull, we miraculously stay on this planet…