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When Antonio Lucio arrived at the Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center in Vinita last month, he saw an environment where the coronavirus could spread quickly.
Read morePresident Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced an additional $14 billion in Covid-19 relief for agriculture producers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) Sept. 18, 2020. During the pandemic, U.S. agriculture has lost billions to plummeting or volatile markets, sudden drops in demand, and supply chain weaknesses. CFAP is intended to support agriculture producers as they continue to face market disruptions and associated costs caused by Covid-19.
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As of this advisory, there are 80,161 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
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Varnum Public Schools’ seventh grade class received a big surprise last week. On Wednesday, September 17th, the students were reunited with Einstein, a five-foot-long ball python that they hatched in the fourth grade with Mrs. Powers and Mrs. Shockley. Principal Shockley and Tim and Shirley Powell brought Einstein to Ms. Kelly's room for the surprise reunion.
Read moreThe first Virtual Friday for Varnum students will be this Friday, Sept. 25. Students will not attend school this Friday, but they will be required to login to their Zoom and/or Google Meets meetings and complete assignments. If a class does not have a face to face meeting, students will still need to log into that class and complete their assignments. Any student that does not call in to his/ her Zoom or Google Meets meeting will be counted absent. Any student that does not complete their assign ment(s) in Google Classroom that day will be counted absent. All Varnum students have been issued chrome books and those who need internet hotspots have been issued hotspots. The graph below depicts the Virtual Friday schedule.
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Baseball and Softball Districts will begin Thursday at Varnum and continue through Friday if needed. The Varnum baseball team’s first game will be against Agra at 11 a.m. Thursday. The Varnum softball team will play the loser of the Butner vs. Mason game at 1:30 p.m. and will play the winner of the Butner vs. Mason game at 3:00 p.m.
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Varnum Elementary School’s 11th Annual Whippet Run for Fun will be held this Saturday at 8 a.m. Participants can choose between running or walking a 5k or 1 mile. There will be medals given for 11 different age categories and the age categories range from five and under to 70 and up. The entry fee is $20 and will include an event t-shirt.
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