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SULPHUR Chickasaw Hall of Fame nominations being accepted
The Chickasaw Nation is accepting nominations for the Chickasaw Hall of Fame. Nominations must be received by the Chickasaw Nation Department of Culture and Humanities by 5 p.m. Thursday.
Nominees both living and deceased are eligible for the honor. Nominees must have distinguished themselves in their business, profession, craft or vocation, thereby bringing honor to the Chickasaw Nation, impacting fellow Chickasaw citizens or the community on a local or national level.
Chickasaw Nation elected officials and current employees of the Chickasaw Nation are not eligible for induction into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame while holding office or employed.
Inductees must commit to being present for the banquet and induction ceremonies in 2020.
A nominee must be a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation or eligible to become a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Nominees are not required to live in Oklahoma.
New inductees are honored with a plaque in the Chickasaw Nation Honor Garden on the Chickasaw Cultural Center campus in Sulphur.
Nomination forms are available at HOF.Chickasaw.net/ Nominations. For more information, contact Brielle Helm at 580-436-2603 or Brielle. Helm@Chickasaw.net.
OKLAHOMA CITY OKC Indian Clinic secures $100,000 grant
The American Cancer Society has awarded a twoyear ,$100,000 grant to Oklahoma City Indian Clinic to expand access to highquality breast cancer screening and timely follow-up care for American Indian and Alaska
Native women. The grant is one of five across the country made possible through the Community Health Advocates implementing Nationwide Grants for Empowerment and Equity (CHANGE) Program.
“CHANGE grants build community and system capacity to promote health equity, access and navigation to screening resources within underserved communities, increasing access to timely cancer screenings and appropriate follow-up care” said Kasey Volpe, health systems manager, state & primary care systems for American Cancer Society.
One in eight women in the American Indian and Alaskan Native community will be diagnosed with breast cancer, said Ashton Gatewood, director of grants management."For over 25 years, Oklahoma City Indian Clinic has relied on community partnerships to provide these services,” Gatewood said. “However, the need is so great that many patients were still left without access to essential care. This partnership with the American Cancer Society ACS CHANGE program brings our vision into reality. The clinic will now be able to launch an in-house Mammogram Clinic, which will increase access and quality, decrease cost of care, and fulfill our mission to provide excellent breast care services in the American Indian community for central Oklahoma.”
LAWTON Haunted Theatre and Family Fall Festival set
Lawton Community Theatre will celebrate the haunting season with a Haunted Theatre and Family Fall Festival from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the theater, 1316 NW Bell.
The Haunted Theatre and Fall Festival is made possible by the Lawton Masonic Lodge No. 183 to benefit Lawton Community Theatre.
For a $ 5 fee, all ghosts, goblins, zombies and witches are invited to walk through the Haunted Theatre.
The Fall Festival will feature carnival games, prizes, cookie decorating and more. Carnival game tickets are 25 cents each, and a Family Pass will also be available for unlimited gaming. Proceeds from the Haunted Theatre a nd Family Fal l Festival will benefit Lawton Community Theatre.
This is the second year for Lawton Community Theatre to host its Haunted Theatre and Fall Festival.
For more information, call the theater at 580-355-1600 or go to www.facebook.com/ Lawtoncommunitytheatre.
WEATHERFORD Saint Louis Brass to perform Friday
The Saint Louis Brass will perform a free concert at 3 p.m. Friday at Southwestern Oklahoma State University's Fine Arts Center.
The concert is part of SW OS U Home coming activities.
Take two trumpets, one French horn, a trombone, and a tuba— put them in the hands of virtuoso performers and add some lighthearted demonstrations— and you have the Saint Louis Brass.
"We have a lot of fun with the audience,” said trombonist Melvyn Jernigan, a music educator who performs with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in addition to his quintet. "It starts off really kind of straight and then gets lighter as we go along.”
The program will fe ature American composers of both jazz and classical genre. Humorous demon st rations offered by the quintet have served to enhance their reputation.
In addition to Jernigan, members of the quintet include trumpet soloists Allan Dean and Miki Sasaki, hornist Victoria Knudtson and tuba player Daniel Perantoni.