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Articles by Debbie Sharp
IT’S FAIR WEEK!
For complete list of fair events and times, see ChickasawTelephone Co. ad on page 2. It was 103 years ago when folks from across the county gathered for the first organized fair in Murray County. The Davis Chamber of Commerce opened its Main street with exhibits and competitions and so our history began. Early years of the fair focused deeply on community connection, providing local farmers a place to showcase livestock and exchange agricultural strategies.
Murray County Club History Recalled As Members Celebrate OHCE Week
From the late 1800’s and through the early 1900s women’s clubs were formed across the rural communities ofAmerica but there was nothing organized or uniform and clubs had different names and were formed for different reasons. Things were going to change and so Extension club work began. In Murray County records show that the first extension clubs were organized in late 1929-1930, a time when our county was experiencing the depression and the dust bowl. Times were hard.
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Operating Expenses Recurring costs required to maintain and manage a rental property, including property taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs, utilities (if paid by the owner), property management fees, and other day-to-day expenses. Calculation: Insurance + Property Taxes + Property Management + Repairs & Maintenance + Capital Expenditures + HOA Fees
County Fair To Highlight Talents Of Local Citizens
103rd Annual Event Set September 3-6 It is County Fair time all across Oklahoma and Murray County is right in line to join 76 other counties with the 103rd annual event. You’ll find tagged canning jars filled with pickles and jams, produce from home gardens, fresh baked cookies and pies and 4-H and FFA entries of all types, all competing for the thrill of a blue ribbon. Smells of hamburgers cooking, popcorn popping mixed with the scent of hay, chickens and rabbits fill the air of the County Expo.
State Teens Prepare For Future Roles In Community Preparedness
On June 17-19, twenty-six teens from across Oklahoma gathered in Sulphur for the first My Pi camp ever held in the state. My Pi is used to shorten the name “My Preparedness Initiative” the official name for the 32-hour training and certification program based on the national CERT program. CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team and is the model used by FEMA across the nation for training. The My PI has additional pieces added to enrich the teen learning experience.
Murray County Group About Learning And Service
EXTENSION Established in 1932 in Oklahoma was a club designed to teach rural women how to enrich the lives of their families with that club being known as Home Demonstration Clubs. These clubs began with lessons, presented in each of the member’s homes on topics such as how to upholstery furniture, how to preserve foods, sewing clothing for their children and how to pack a child’s school lunch just to name a few of the hundreds of topics.
Stock Show Dedication Held and 2025 Murray County Jr Livestock Show a Success
By Debbie Sharp, OSU Extension Educator The Murray County Jr. Livestock Show Committee recognized and dedicated the 2025 show to Glenn Mann, Sulphur native and life-long rancher, teacher, and leader in Oklahoma agriculture. Agriculture has played an important part of Mann’s life having started his own hay hauling business while in high school. His 4-H and FFA projects included show steers as well as swine, all being bred and raised on his own farm.
County Fair Time
By Debbie Sharp, OSU Extension Educator Fall is just around the corner and that means it is County Fair time in Murray County. The Murray County Free Fair is Sept. 5 – 7 with the Murray County Expo being the location for the event. County fairs have a strong history with the first fair in North America taking place in 1765. Historical records document fairs as far back as 500 B.C. Today, about 2,000 fairs are held each year across the country.
Complementary medicine use, views, and experiences: a national survey in England
Abstract Background In 2005,12% of the English population visited a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioner. Aim To obtain up-to-date general population figures for practitioner-led CAM use in England, and to discover people's views and experiences regarding access. Design & setting A face-to-face questionnaire survey was commissioned. A nationally representative adult quota sample (aged ≥15 years) was used.
Antenatal needs of couples following fertility treatment: a qualitative study in primary care
INTRODUCTIONAn estimated one in six couples in the UK have difficulty conceiving, equating to roughly 3.5 million males and females at any one time.
In Oklahoma, A National Park That Got Demoted
In Oklahoma, A National Park That Got Demoted The Chickasaw National Recreation Area in south-central Oklahoma is not a national park — but it used to be. And the story of what happened illustrates a changing view of what national parks are for.
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