Edmond native serves aboard ship

The Oklahoma History Center's Education Department has announced the schedule for its children’s storytelling program, Okietales.

The program will be offered from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday in June and July in the Museum Store at the Oklahoma History Center. Stories are read to children ages 5 to 9 by staff members and museum volunteers. The cost is $2 per child and includes museum admission.

Sarah Dumas, director of education, described the program as a reading and storytelling time that explores Oklahoma history. The topics usually are centered around exhibits currently on display.

“The storyteller incorporates a literary work that coincides with an exhibit to broaden the child’s understanding of that particular period of history. This program has been extremely effective in entertaining the kids and teaching them the basic history of Oklahoma,” Dumas said.

For more information, contact the education department at education@okhistory.org, or call Kathryn Grossman at 522-0793.

Airman Tyanna Fitzmier, of Edmond, is serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.

The aircraft carrier is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.