According a study by the Washington Literacy Council, more than three out of four of people on welfare are illiterate. That’s true for 85 percent of unwed mothers and three in five prison inmates. The common thread is lacking the most fundamental skill to succeed in school and throughout life—reading. The estimated cost of illiteracy, [...]
Young students at Grove Middle School are now entering the exciting world of robotics, thanks to a grant that made a new hands-on class possible. With funding provided by the Grove Education Foundation for Excellence (GEFFE), several seventh-graders are learning to program and operate robots, while picking up skills in problem-solving, thinking, mathematics, and logic [...]
Jeffrey A. Swetnam, M.D., FACS, FAACS, relocated his practice to Grove, Okla., more than a year ago. Since that time, patients from the entire Grand Lake area have been traveling to Grove for general and cosmetic surgery as well as vein and weight loss services. Dr. Swetnam is board certified in general surgery and fellowship [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – Tuesday, March 13, 2012 – The 2011/12 academic year at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, (NEO) marks the institution’s 92nd anniversary. In honor of this milestone, the college has planned a historical overview of the Picher mining district and a scholarship presentation in memorial of JoAn Taylor. In addition, NEO will announce the [...]
As far as the history of Wagoner, Oklahoma is concerned, 1871 was an important year. The first railroad, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas (Katy) was under construction from Kansas to Texas. That same year Belle Reed’s second child, James Edwin Reed, was born. Wagoner and “Ed” as he became known would become entwined many years [...]
The Grove Education Foundation for Excellence (GEFFE) has set Saturday, April 21, as the date for its annual fund-raising gala. Established in 1997, GEFFE raises funds to help advance educational excellence in Grove Public Schools. Kristi Wallace, president of the GEFFE Board of Directors, said she expects the 2012 gala will set a new standard [...]
According to the National Right to Read Foundation, there are 42 million American adults who cannot read at all. These adults at one time were also kids, and most of them grew up in low-income homes where, according to statistics, 61 percent do not have any books to read. Without books to read in their [...]
Outside of the facility doors though, there are plenty of other visitors who have very little interest in how a coal fired plant works, yet they still spend a lot of time on the plant site. In fact, for 30 years now, feathered friends have flown in from all over the region to take advantage [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – An updated, multi-purpose center designed to meet the modern needs of the college is currently underway. Dr. Jeff Hale, the president of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, (NEO) plans to unveil the floor plans to the new and improved Kah-Ne Hall at a reception on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. inside [...]
Since it first hit the tracks in the fall of 2008, the Grand River Dam Authority’s “Electric Express” has rolled into several classrooms across Northeast Oklahoma. Electric Express is the name of the GRDA program designed to teach elementary students about the basics of electricity, including how it is made, how it is transmitted and, [...]
