Paul receives Educator of the Year award



Autry Technology Center employee Bea Paul has received recognition for her hard work.

Paul is Autry Tech’s job developer and she recently received Association for Career and Technical Education “Educator of the Year” award for Region IV at a conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

The award recognizes career tech educators who are not full-time classroom/laboratory teachers, but significantly contribute to their schools and students.

Paul’s job at Autry Tech is to work with area businesses and help match Autry students with available jobs. She also helps to prepare students who are receiving training at Autry to be ready with a reume, basic interviewing skills, portfolio development and professional etiquette.

ACTE Region IV represents career tech employees from Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.

Paul will represent Region IV at the national level this fall when a national educator of the year is named by ACTE.



Town of Drummond to celebrate Saturday



Drummond will celebrate Independence Day with a variety of activities Saturday.

There will be volleyball, bingo, barbecue, homemade ice cream and desserts, with fireworks to happen after dark.

For information, call town hall at 493-2900.



Shareholders for Enid Cemetery to meet



Shareholders of Enid Cemetery Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The meeting will be in Oakwood Mall in Unit B3, which is where Eskimo Joe’s is located during the holiday season.

New association president Steve Kieffer has raised some concerns about how the cemetery is operated and said it is important for people to attend the meeting. He said he believes shareholders are those people who own lots in the cemetery.



Oakwood Mall to host blood drive Saturday



All healthy, Enid-area residents, 17 and older, are encouraged to participate in a blood drive 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Oakwood Mall, across from the food court.

All donors will receive hot dogs, chips and a drink, two tickets to the Oklahoma City Zoo and a free grab-bag summer backpack with a mystery prize that could include a vintage T-shirt, movie tickets, gas cards, CDs or giftcards.

All donors will have the opportunity to forgo receiving a donor T-shirt in favor of Oklahoma Blood Institute making a financial contribution of similar value to American Cancer Society.