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Ardmore cleanup event set for Wednesday
The Daily Ardmoreite
The general public is being invited to help clean up eastern portions of Ardmore tomorrow. The Ardmore Beautification Council, the NAACP Carter County chapter and the Ardmore High School FCCLA will jointly host the cleanup Wednesday, March 17 from noon until 3 p.m.
A similar event was held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and collected 11 large trash bags of litter from neighborhoods along East Main Street.
Those interested in volunteering for the Wednesday event can register online at https://pmycuu7i4j5.typeform.com/to/BY6PaU0X and will meet at 301 E. Main St. to collect items needed for the cleanup. Organizers say food will be provided.
To most of us, Mike Holder is one strange ranger. Stoic. Guarded. Off-putting. But smart. Impactful. Successful. The solicitor of donations reaching $10 million or more. The hall monitor who roam…
The Daily Ardmoreite
Black History week began in 1926, five years after the Tulsa Massacre, by historian, scholar, and author Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Dr. Woodson chose a week during February to honor the Great Emancipator President Abraham Lincoln and Scholar and Orator Frederick Douglas s birthdays. Douglass escaped slavery and became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker. He was a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end slavery practices of slavery. The purpose of Black History Week was to honor the significant contributions of African Americans in U.S. history. In 1976, during President Gerald Ford s administration, Black History Week expanded to a month-long celebration.
The Daily Ardmoreite
When the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits last month announced finalists for their annual statewide awards, Ardmore was directly represented in the award’s “community” category by the Southern Oklahoma Library System. As it turns out, a finalist in the award’s “education” category also has a direct connection to Ardmore.
Amy Young was still travelling from the Oklahoma City area back to her hometown almost weekly before the pandemic. Even now she keeps up with the community through friends and family but stays busy with her nonprofit organization SixTwelve in Oklahoma City.
The organization focuses on community education through arts and sustainability and during the pandemic has limited its scope to PreK classes and outdoor meetings. SixTwelve is also the realization of Young’s childhood dream to have a schoolhouse when she grew up.