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Win Jenks Public Schools’ 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year
By Kyle Salomon Jenks Middle School Art & Global Studies Teacher Morgan Brown was named the district’s Teacher of the Year Monday at the March Jenks Board of Education Meeting. Jenks Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Stacey Butterfield announced the 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year after all 10 Site Teachers of the Year gave a speech on why teaching was important to them. Brown said when she heard Dr. Butterfield read her name, she was shocked. “After meeting all the Site Teachers of the Year and watching the videos everyone made, I realized just how impressive this group of people is,” Brown said. “I felt lucky to be counted amongst them, I never even dreamed I would take this home.” This past year has been a tough one for all educators in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown said it has been challenging. “Art is the main subject I teach and that is already a difficult thing to transition into digital when you don’t know what supplies people have or have access to, so I really had to get creative and figure out a way for students to be creative without necessarily having the appropriate materials,” Brown said. “I felt like I was pushed in my own boundaries this year more than ever.” On top of her art class, Brown teaches a global studies class where she gets to physically take a group of eighth-grade students overseas every year, but that has not happened this year with the pandemic. “We have been teaching about the history of Japan,” Brown said. “We should have just gotten back from our tour if it was normal year, so now we are just waiting, and these kids have been so resilient and so positive. They certainly make it easier but figuring out ways to lecture and figuring out ways to do artwork through a computer screen has been really challenging.” Brown was one of 10 candidates for Teacher of the Year along with the other Site Teachers of the Year from Jenks Public Schools. Brown is the Middle School Site Teacher of the Year. Wendolyn Holland is the East Elementary Site Teacher of the Year. Casey Mullins is the Northwest Elementary Site Teacher of the Year. Aimee Houston is the Southeast Elementary Site Teacher of the Year. Kim Dammann is the West Elementary Site Teacher of the Year. Emily Copsey is the East Intermediate Site Teacher of the Year. Sandra Gruszeczka is the West Intermediate Site Teacher of the Year. Andrea Tiger is the Alternative Center Site Teacher of the Year. Grace Alexander is the Freshman Academy Site Teacher of the Year and Mary Stutsman is the High School Site Teacher of the Year. Dr. Butterfield said this was one of the most unique Teacher of the Year announcements she has been apart of in her career. “When we think back to the beginning of last year, there have been many times we have talked about essential workers and there have been those that have mentioned teachers as essential workers. I came across a quote from David Halbertstam, who is an author, he said, ‘Teaching is an essential profession, the one that makes all professions possible.’ All our teachers are making a difference and they are contributing to the professions we have. We wouldn’t be where we are today as a district in midst of a global pandemic if it weren’t for our teachers, our support staff and our administrators being in it with their heart.”
MARCH MONTHLY LUNCHEON FEAT URES KEN BUSBY The history and revitalization of Route 66 will be the topic of the Jenks Chamber of Commerce’s March 17 luncheon. Ken Busby, executive director and CEO of the Route 66 Alliance, will be the featured speaker at the ABCO Party Rentals sponsored event. The luncheon begins at noon and will be held at the Jenks Chamber of Commerce, 115 S. First St. With more than 370 miles of Route 66 in Oklahoma, the Mother Road has played a large role in the state’s history and will be an asset for the future. Luncheon attendees will hear an update and a look into the future of the tourist destination and how it can benefit all of Oklahoma. In addition to his role at the Route 66 Alliance, Busby is chair of the Route 66 Commission in Tulsa. Cost to attend is $20 for Jenks Chamber members and $30 for non-members. The deadline to RSVP is 4 p.m. Monday.
JENKS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL LAUNCHES 2021 DUB WEEK CAMPAIGN
-Bronze, $500, small advertisement on every official DUB Week T-shirt, small media shoutout and mention on single Jenks associated account, and written mention displayed on Progress Checkboard displayed at Dining Hall lunches You can email your business/organization logo to adam.peterson@jenksps.org.
For the third-consecutive year, as the spring semester gets underway, the Jenks High School Student Council has put its focus on DUB Week. One of the goals every academic year at Jenks High School is to teach students what they will need to thrive in life.
About “The Common Good”: The Common Good was formed to serve the families of northwest Tulsa. Its primary goal is to relationally provide resources, services and opportunities for the children and youth in the area, so they may overcome the social and economic challenges they face. This population faces challenges such as, half the population lives under the Federal Poverty Guideline, highest incarceration rate for women in Oklahoma, substandard housing, high-crime rate, 80% of students in kindergarten through high school are not reading at their grade level, few businesses or services in the community and the area qualifies as a food desert.
However, “empathy” can be a difficult topic to teach inside a classroom. Because of that, the Jenks High School Student Council has created an annual philanthropy initiative to impact the community and develop “empathy” with our students.
The Common Good focuses on education, career development, mentoring/counseling services, housing, advocacy, and sports/arts programs. They strive to stabilize families by increasing their household income and provide assistance for teens to launch into a career path.
That week is called DUB Week. The 2019-2020 school year was a success for DUB Week with more than $36,000 raised for “Make-A-Wish Oklahoma”. The donations assisted in sending five children with life-threatening illnesses on their dream vacation to Disney World. The Jenks High School student body was able to support not just the child, but the families also being affected.
The Jenks High School 2020-2021 Student Council includes: -Macy Johnson, Student Council President -Britton Barnes, Student Philanthropy Chair -Wyatt Smith, Student Council Officer -Will Mulready, Student Council Officer -Griffin Forbes, Student Council Officer -Reese Whitaker, Student Council Officer
By Kyle Salomon
This 2020-2021 school year, Jenks High School has partnered with “The Common Good”, located in northwest Tulsa. “The Common Good” is a community center, which helps people living in poverty within an area known as the “forgotten zip code”. It provides services, resources, and opportunities, so people, especially children, can overcome the challenges they face growing up in that specific community. The Jenks High School Student Council has decided to give back and bring hope to this community by helping them install a commercial kitchen. This kitchen will allow them to directly feed people, teach people to cook, and help entrepreneurs launch businesses in this impoverished area. The estimated cost of this kitchen is $78,000. The student council’s hope is the Jenks community can raise a substantial amount of money toward this goal. The JHS Student Council is inviting all Jenks community businesses and organizations to partner with them in helping this community known as “the forgotten zip code”. The most “clear-cut” way to reach this goal is through donations, but if you have other ideas of how you can help, here are some people associated with Jenks High School you can contact: Adam Peterson – Student Council Advisor adam.peterson@jenksps.org Elissa Mahaffey – Student Council Advisor elissa.mahaffey@jenksps.org Britton Barnes – Student Philanthropy Chair – britton.barnes73@jenksms.com Gretchen Guillette – The Common Good – gretchen@cgtulsa.org Donations can be mailed to: Jenks High School Attn – Adam Peterson 205 East B Street Jenks, OK 74037 If you would like to donate online, you can at: www.cgtulsa.org/jenks DUB Week 2021 will officially take place April 26 through April 30. The money that is donated is tax-deductible. The deadline to donate is April 30. Here are the levels of sponsorship and what your business/organization gets in return: -Diamond, match donation from what is raised by JHS, large advertisement on every official DUB Week T-shirt, large media shoutout and mention on multiple Jenks associated accounts, and large printed logo displayed on Progress Check Board at Dining Hall lunches -Platinum, $2,500, medium advertisement on every official DUB Week T-shirt, large media shoutout and mention on multiple Jenks associated accounts, and medium printed logo displayed on Progress Checkboard at Dining Hall lunches -Gold, $2,000, medium advertisement on every official DUB Week T-shirt, small media shoutout and mention on single Jenks associated account, and medium printed logo displayed on Progress Checkboard displayed at Dining Hall lunches -Silver, $1,000, medium advertisement on every official DUB Week T-shirt, small media shoutout and mention on single Jenks associated account, and small printed logo displayed on Progress Checkboard displayed at Dining Hall lunches
FIVE MAIN BENEFIT S OF SWIMMING FOR ADULTS
GUEST COLUMN No Excuse For Lack Of Health Care Transparency
By Sarah Clavin
By Jonathan Small We all know someone who has been price-gouged with a surprise medical bill. Carolyn Coburn, widow of former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, recently made headlines when she revealed one Tulsa hospital sought to charge her (and her insurer) $4,000 combined for a COVID-19 test. “Nobody should charge $4,000 to stick a Q-Tip up someone’s nose,” Coburn told Forbes. Similarly, state Sen. Adam Pugh recalled how the bill for his child’s birth was abruptly cut in half once the hospital learned he was paying out of pocket, rather than through a third-party insurer. The cost of the delivery was the same regardless of payor, so why was the price discrepancy so great? The answer is that health care, unlike nearly all other professions, operates with no price transparency, and providers are free to make up numbers as they go, leading to wildly inflated bills. That’s one reason research indicates over 50 percent of U.S. bankruptcies are tied to medical debt. Fortunately, there is a way to change that dynamic in Oklahoma by empowering consumers. Senate Bill 548, by Sen. Julie Daniels, would incentivize providers to embrace price transparency. The bill prohibits medical providers from turning a healthcare expense debt over to a credit bureau or collection agency unless the medical provider “can demonstrate that the person liable for the medical debt was presented with and agreed to a good faith estimate of the total cost of all healthcare services to be provided prior to agreeing to receive the services.” Put simply, if a provider and consumer don’t reach agreement on price in advance, then the provider can’t collect on a bill generated behind a veil of secrecy. And Oklahomans would not face bankruptcy because of a “surprise” medical bill. This idea upsets those who profit from the lack of price transparency in health care. To which I say: Who cares? None of us get to set prices after the fact, and it’s already been proven that price transparency does not harm medical providers. The Surgery Center of Oklahoma has long posted the full price of numerous procedures on its website, and it’s still going strong. Other providers can easily do the same. During the recent committee hearing on SB 548, Daniels noted the rise in hospital prices has outpaced economywide inflation for decades. In other major sectors technological advances have lowered prices—just look at the cost of large-screen TVs. But in health care, prices only go one way—up. This is not due to market forces, but the lack of price transparency. In committee, Sen. Joe Newhouse noted that when you use a mortgage to buy a home, you are provided a good faith estimate of cost in advance. “Why can’t we do the same thing for health care?” he asked. We can. And with SB 548, that day may be coming sooner than later. Jonathan Small serves as president of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (www.ocpathink.org)
The more involved I get in the swimming sphere, the more I find how much it relates to running. Runners love to coexist, group together and pace and train with one another. But there is something otherworldly about running, the methodical pounding of feet on the pavement, the focus on breathing, the need to relax the neck and the shoulders, elbows and wrists. I find running to be therapeutic, orderly, and peacefuland elixir on a stressful day where I can become one with the pavement. What I am quickly realizing, however, is that swimming is very much the same. The systemic movements of the arms, rythmetic breathing, and keeping the tempo of each leg as it kicks. There is something soothing about the waves in the pool and the cadence of your body as you reach and pull and glide through the water. Unfortunately, swimming tends to not get the credit it deserves as an intense, competitive, and therapeutic form of exercise. In addition to the cardiovascular, and low impact advantages, swimming provides benefits that many people may not even be aware of; improved flexibility, reduced cholesterol, and improved brain function. Let’s take a look at the top 5 benefits of swimming: 1. Swimming Expands Cerebral Communications - Similar to walking, swimming is a bilateral movement as such the cross-patterning movements facilitates communication, feedback and modulation from one side of the brain to the other. This then activates both hemispheres and all four lobes of the brain simultaneously which results in heightened cognition and increased ease of learning. This would allow one to think more clearly in an extreme and even lifethreatening circumstance. 2. Improved Asthma Symptoms - Unlike exercising in the often-dry air of the gym, or contending with seasonal allergies or frigid winter air, swimming provides the chance to work out in moist air, which can help reduce exercise-induced asthma symptoms. Not only can exercising in the pool help avoid asthma attacks if you're prone to them, some studies have shown that swimming can actually improve the condition overall. According to a study published in the journal, Respirology, when a group of kids completed a six-week swimming program, they saw improvements in symptom severity, snoring, mouth-breathing, and hospitalizations and emergency room visits. Moreover, the health benefits were still apparent a year after the swimming program had ended. Even those without asthma could benefit from swimming, say the study's authors, as the exercise can increase lung volume and teach proper breathing techniques. 3. Improved Flexibility - Unlike exercise machines in a gym that tend to isolate one body part at a time (like a bicep curl machine, for example), swimming puts the body through a broad range of motion that helps joints and ligaments stay loose and flexible. The arms move in wide arcs, the hips are engaged as the legs scissor through the water, and the head and spine twist from side to side. Plus, with every stroke, as you reach forward, you're lengthening the body, which not only makes it more efficient in the water; it also helps give you a good stretch from head to toe. 4. Built in Resistance - Swimming recruits all the major muscle groups, including the shoulders, back, abdominals, legs, hips, and glutes. And because water affords 12 times the resistance as air in every direction, it creates the additional element of strength training. Furthermore, swimming is simultaneously a cardiovascular and strengthening activity, a benefit not many workouts can provide. 5. Reduced risk of drowning – And for the obvious – Swimming contributes to a major element of safety. Oklahoma has the largest shoreline in the Union and contains 1,401 square miles of water in lakes, rivers and ponds. That is bigger than the state of Rhode Island! That being said, the risk of drowning among individuals greatly increases. I, believe however, that death/injury, as a result of drowning/near drowning is preventable. Studies how that participation in formal swim lessons can reduce the risk of drowning by 88%! As all great activities do, swimming develops discipline, character, and strength, and compliments many other exercises such as walking, running, and athletic/resistance training.
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T ULSA ER & HOSPITAL NOW OFFERS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TREATMENT Tulsa ER & Hospital is now offering monoclonal antibody treatment, which binds antibodies to their target in a harmless way. With this treatment, the COVID-19 virus strain will become inactive once the monoclonal antibodies attach to it. Who should get it? -Those who have a body mass index of less than 35 -Those who have chronic kidney disease -Those who have diabetes -Those who have an immunosuppressive disease -Those who are currently receiving immunosuppressive treatment -Those who are 65 and older -Those who are 55 and older and have cardiovascular disease or chronic pulmonary disease or other chronic respiratory diseases -Those who are 12-17 years old and have a BMI above the 85th percentile for their age and gender based on CDC growth charts, sickle cell disease, congenital or acquired heart disease, neurodevelopmental disorders, for example cerebral palsy, a medical-related technological dependence such as tracheostomy, gastrostomy or positive pressure ventilation and asthma Who should not get it? -Those who are hospitalized due to COVID-19 -Those who require oxygen therapy due to COVID-19 -Those who require and increase in baseline oxygen flow rate due to COVID-19 For more information, call 918-517-6300 or go to www.tulsaer.com. Tulsa ER & Hospital is located at 717 W. 71st St. S in Tulsa.
EMERGE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP TO HOST FIRST EVENT AT GEORGE’S The Chamber EMERGE young professional program will host its first event of 2021, On Tap, at George's Pub from 5:30 to 7 p.m. March 23. The quarterly EMERGE: On Tap happy hour event is open to all young professionals ages 21-45. Young professionals are also invited to attend quarterly field trip events at some of Jenks' most unique and entertaining businesses. The first field trip event will be held on April 27 with more details to follow. Space will be limited, and registration will be available on a first-come-first served basis. The EMERGE young professional program is sponsored by the Oklahoma Aquarium, Tedford Insurance and Adam Abel of Arvest Bank.
By Kyle Salomon After starting the season 0-2 with two losses to Owasso, the Jenks baseball team has bounced back to win four straight games heading into the weekend. The Trojans completed the two-game sweep of Ponca City Tuesday at Hinch Field with a 9-0 win over the Wildcats after taking the series opener Monday 11-0 on the road. Jenks earned its first two wins of the year last Thursday and Friday with home victories over Lincoln Christian 7-3 and Vian 5-0. Preston Pattison got the start on the pitcher’s mound Tuesday and threw a complete-game shutout with 14 strikeouts. The Trojans opened the game with a run in the first inning on a Brooks Fowler RBI single. After a scoreless second frame, Jenks opened the flood gates on the Wildcats with a seven-run third inning on a 2-RBI single from Dylan Hammond, a 2-RBI triple from Wyatt Sharrock, a pair of RBI singles from Parker Casselberry and Rhylan Wright and an RBI groundout from Ty Walls. Jenks added one more run in the fifth inning on another Fowler RBI single.
BROWN, THURBER INVITED TO PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS Jenks defensive lineman A.J. Brown and Coleman Thurber have been invited to attend the USA National Team Selection Combine. Brown has also been selected by Six Star Football to attend the Six Star Football 2021 Oklahoma City Showcase. Both players will be seniors next school year.
VARSITY CHEER TAKES SECOND AT NATIONALS, JV WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Jenks High School varsity and junior varsity cheer teams recently competed in the 2021 National Cheerleading Game Day Competition and the varsity squad took second, while the junior varsity won the national title.
JUNIOR HIGH TENNIS TAKES FIRST IN BIXBY
The Jenks junior high girls tennis team recently competed in the Bixby Invitational and took first place. Photo/Courtesy
JENKS HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULES 2021 Baseball March 12 – vs. Skiatook 5 p.m. March 15 – at Enid 2 p.m. March 16 – vs. Claremore 6 p.m. March 19 – vs. Edmond Santa Fe at Edmond Spring Break Festival 12:30 p.m. March 20 – vs. Moore at Edmond Spring Break Festival 12:30 p.m. March 22 – at Muskogee 6 p.m. March 23 – vs. Muskogee 6 p.m. March 25 – vs. Westmoore at Trojan-Tiger Classic 1 p.m. March 26 – vs. Deer Creek at Trojan-Tiger Classic 1 p.m. March 27 – vs. Moore at Trojan-Tiger Classic 12 p.m. March 29 – at Union 6 p.m. March 30 – vs. Union 6 p.m. April 2 – vs. Sand Springs 6 p.m. April 3 – vs. Catoosa 6 p.m. April 5 – vs. Booker T. Washington 5 p.m. April 6 – at Booker T. Washington 4:30 p.m. April 8 – at Broken Arrow 6 p.m. April 9 – vs. Glenpool 5 p.m. April 12 – at Bixby 6 p.m. April 13 – vs. Bixby 6 p.m. April 15 – vs. Bishop Kelley at BixbyBroken Arrow Turf Classic 2 p.m. April 16 – vs. Sapulpa at BixbyBroken Arrow Turf Classic 1 p.m. April 16 – vs. Broken Arrow at BixbyBroken Arrow Turf Classic 6 p.m. April 17 – Bixby-Broken Arrow Turf Classic TBA April 19 – vs. Sapulpa 6 p.m. April 20 – at Sapulpa 6 p.m. April 22 – vs. Cascia Hall 6 p.m. April 23 – vs. Bartlesville 6 p.m. April 26 – District Make-up Date April 27 – District Make-up Date April 27 – vs. Berryhill 5 p.m. April 29 – vs. Enid 6 p.m. May 1 – vs. Collinsville 1 p.m. May 3 – vs. Bishop Kelley 6 p.m. May 6 – Regional Tournament TBA May 7 – Regional Tournament TBA May 8 – Regional Tournament TBA May 13 – State Tournament TBA May 14 – State Tournament TBA May 15 – State Tournament TBA Boys Soccer March 23 – vs. Booker T. Washington 8 p.m. March 26 – South Tulsa Classic Tournament TBA March 27 – South Tulsa Classic Tournament TBA March 30 – at Union 8 p.m. April 2 – at Sapulpa 8 p.m. April 6 – vs. Enid 8 p.m. April 9 – at Owasso 8 p.m. April 13 – vs. Stillwater 8 p.m. April 16 – at Bartlesville 8 p.m. April 20 – at Muskogee 8 p.m. April 23 – vs. Ponca City 8 p.m. Girls Soccer March 23 – vs. Booker T. Washington 6 p.m. March 26 – Deer Creek Tournament TBA March 27 – Deer Creek Tournament TBA March 30 – at Union 6 p.m. April 2 – at Sapulpa 6 p.m. April 6 – vs. Enid 6 p.m. April 9 – at Owasso 6 p.m. April 13 – vs. Stillwater 6 p.m. April 16 – at Bartlesville 6 p.m. April 20 – at Muskogee 6 p.m. April 23 – vs. Ponca City 6 p.m. Track & Field March 26 – at Edmond North Invitational 4 p.m. April 3 – at Broken Arrow Invitational 9 a.m. April 9 – at Owasso Invitational 12 p.m. April 16 – Jenks Invitational 3 p.m. May 8 – Regional Meet 9 a.m. May 15 – State Meet 9 a.m.
Slow Pitch Softball March 23 – vs. Broken Arrow 5:30 p.m. March 30 – at Deer Creek 6 p.m. April 8 – vs. Sand Springs 5 p.m. April 8 – vs. Owasso 7:30 p.m. April 13 – at Broken Arrow 5 p.m. April 15 – at Sand Springs 5 p.m. April 19 – at Haskell 12 p.m. April 19 – at Bixby 5:30 p.m. April 20 – vs. Sapulpa 5:30 p.m. April 22 – at Union 5:30 p.m. April 23 – at Muskogee 5:30 p.m. April 26 – vs. Coweta 5:30 p.m. Boys Golf March 23 – at Norman North 8:30 a.m. March 29 – at Union 8:30 a.m. April 5 – at Catoosa 8:30 a.m. April 6 – at Edmond Memorial 8:30 a.m. April 12 – at Norman 8:30 a.m. April 15 – at Edmond North 8:30 a.m. April 20 – Conference Tournament TBA April 22 – State Preview Tournament TBA April 24 – Jenks Invitational at South Lakes Golf Course 8:30 a.m. May 3 – Regional Tournament TBA May 10 – State Tournament TBA May 11 – State Tournament TBA Girls Golf March 22 – at Catoosa Invitational 8 a.m. March 27 – at Stillwater Invitational 9 a.m. March 29 – at Bixby Invitational 8 a.m. March 31 – at Bartlesville Invitational 8 a.m. April 1 – at Deer Creek Invitational 8 a.m. April 5 – at Owasso Invitational 8 a.m. April 7 – Jenks Invitational at South Lakes Golf Course 8 a.m. April 13 – at Union Invitational 8 a.m. April 14 – at Putnam City Invitational 8 a.m. April 16 – at Sand Springs Invitational 8 a.m. April 19 – State Preview Tournament TBA May 5 – State Tournament TBA May 6 – State Tournament TBA Boys Tennis March 26 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. March 29 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 2 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 6 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 17 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 27 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. May 10 – Regional Tournament TBA May 14 – State Tournament TBA May 15 – State Tournament TBA Girls Tennis March 25 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. March 29 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 3 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 5 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 17 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. April 26 – Road Tournament 8 a.m. May 3 – Regional Tournament TBA May 7 – State Tournament TBA May 8 – State Tournament TBA
BOYS LACROSSE DROPS HOME MATCH TO OWASSO
The Jenks High School varsity boys lacrosse team hosted Owasso Tuesday and fell to the Rams 14-6. The Trojan lacrosse boys’ next home match is at 1 p.m. April 3 at Allan Trimble Stadium against Bentonville, Arkansas. Photos/Izzy Pankey, Jenks Tribune Intern
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SWIMMERS RECOGNIZED AT SCHOOL BOARD MEE TING The Jenks High School boys and girls swim teams were honored Monday at the March Jenks Board of Education Meeting. The Jenks swimmers claimed Nos. 32 and 33 state titles last week with both the boys and girls winning the 6A state title. It was the third-straight championship for the boys and the second straight for the girls.
HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE PERFORMS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT S
Last Thursday, students from the Jenks High School theatre department performed scenes from the “The Odd Couple” and "True West" for a group of Jenks Middle School students who are interested in doing drama when they get to the high school ranks. The high school students also visited with the younger students to answer any questions they might have about doing theatre in high school. Photos/Mara Winters, Trojan Torch
JENKS FFA COMPE TES IN MIDWEST CITY RODEO
Jenks FFA students recently competed at the sixth-annual Carl Albert Welders Rodeo at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City. The event included 30 schools and 60 teams of two students each. Students completed two separate projects – a charcoal grill using a portable DC welder and a T-post puller using a MIG welder. Scores were based on safety, quality, correctness and time. Photos/Courtesy of Jeff Harrison, Midwest City Beacon
JENKS HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCES DUB WEEK EVENTS As the deadline looms to support the Jenks High School’s Student Council’s annual philanthropy campaign, called DUB Week, the school has announced several events that will potentially help raise awareness for their cause. This year, the Jenks STUCO has pledged to help “The Common Good of Tulsa” build a commercial kitchen. Here is a list of upcoming events where you can help their cause: March 27 - City-wide 5k race in Jenks on March 27 “We would love all corporate donations, sponsorship, even participation for the 5k.” April 24 – Volleyball Tournament at Jenks High School “Corporate donations are welcome to sponsor a team.” April 30 – Raffle “This raffle will take place at the high school, any business donations appreciated to help with this event.” Any donations to these events, please contact elissa.mahaffey@jenksps.org and/or Kimberly.catterson@jenksps.org.
AQUARIUM TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE WEDNESDAY
The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Oklahoma Aquarium. You can make your appointment to give blood at www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive
AQUARIUM TO HOST VIRTUAL TRIVIA NIGHT The Oklahoma Aquarium is set to host Virtual Aquarium Night at 7 p.m. Thursday. Virtual Trivia Night guests will test their knowledge of sea creatures, pop-culture, history and more. “Fin-credible” prizes are included. All ages are welcome, but trivia questions will be geared toward adults.