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While mail service in America was established in 1775, transcontinental mail service to San Francisco didn’t begin until 1858. The new Overland Mail Company sent out its first two stages Sept.

September is Deaf Awareness Month. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2018 American Community Survey, an estimated 8,500 Oklahomans of all ages have hearing difficulties. The data indicates that 52 percent of Oklahomans with hearing difficulties, ages 21-64, are employed compared to 38.7 percent of Oklahomans with other disabilities.

Cameron University will kick off its 12th Academic Festival, “Care and Health: A Generational Approach,” with a presentation by parenting expert Dr. Michele Borba. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place on Thursday, September 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre. Tickets are required for admission and can be reserved online at https://www. cameron.edu/festival.

For the 13th year, the Oklahoma Hall of Fame will be awarding the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Scholarship to one Oklahoma high school senior. The $6,000 scholarship, which is given to the winning student over a fouryear period, is based on the student’s leadership roles, civic/community involvement, academic achievement, and knowledge and pride of our great state.

Oklahoma State University Extension will host the Panhandle Cattlewomen’s College Oct. 4-5 at the Beaver County Fairgrounds in Beaver, Okla.

MANCHESTER, NH – Cleo Nation of Tipton (73570) has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Summer 2023 President’s List. The summer terms run from May to August.

Oklahoma State University Ag Research wants to share its cotton research and seeds to find a cotton variety resistant to bacterial blight. The B5 cotton gene for bacterial blight resistance was discovered in Egyptian cotton in the 1950s.

Oklahoma Human Services is proud to announce Food Insecurity Grants to support the availability of and access to affordable and nutritious foods across Oklahoma in areas that have been negatively and/or disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funded through the Legislature’s allocation of $12.5M of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), these one-time grants are designed to help food programs expand their capacity to reach more Oklahomans. Prospective applicants must complete a grant interest form by Oct. 6, 2023.