Wal-Mart/CASC 12th Annual Chili Cooking Contest
Written by Administrator   
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
It’s time for the Wal-Mart/CASC 12th Annual Chili Cooking Contest.  The event will be February 21st in the Costner-Balentine Student Union on the CASC Poteau campus.  Entries may be submitted using the attached entry form.  Tickets for lunch from 11-1 are $5 each and are available from Donna Deaton by calling 918-647-1315 or Judy Smith at 918-647-1217.
 
Foxy Hens in Poteau
Written by Submitted by Janet Short   
Tuesday, 23 October 2007

What do a spinster, a pig and an orphan have in common? Do you know what a portmanteau is? What would inspire a Tulsa defense attorney to write a story about a young girl masquerading as a boy? And just what in the world is a Ruff Riter? All these questions will be answered at the Days Inn & Suites in Poteau on Saturday, November 10, starting at 2:00 P.M. in the Board Room.

Three marvelous fiction writers are coming together to present “So You Want to Be a Writer” and to sign their newest book, called Foxy Statehood Hens and Murder Most Fowl. The book signing is sponsored by Green Country Ruff Riters, a local writing organization. (Okay, so now you know the answer to one of the questions.)

The writing team previously collaborated on another book, Chik-Lit for Foxy Hens, with the help of fourth “Hen” Sharon Ervin. It is comprised of four novellas of “over-forty” romance. It was such fun they decided to do it again, this time with three mystery novellas set around the time Oklahoma became a new state.

Oklahoma author Peggy Fielding teaches writing part-time at Tulsa Community College . Jackie King studied journalism at the University of Oklahoma and has published a number of short stories about women and women’s problems. Paula Watkins Alfred, a veteran defense attorney with the Tulsa County Public Defender Office, currently handles appeals after doing a lengthy stint in the trial division. She is a graduate of Poteau High School .

Join the Ruff Riters for a free cup of coffee as we celebrate our state centennial, celebrate womanhood, proclaim the strength of character that makes Oklahoma grand and enjoy a hearty laugh with the Foxy Hens.

Visit our writers' group: http://www.geocities.com/ruffriters

"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Hens will speak from 2 to 3 and then sign your books until 4. Days Inn & Suites is located at 1702 N. Broadway in Poteau. Call them for driving instructions at 918-647-3510. If you need more information about the event, please call Paula at 918-647-9988.

 
Top Local News
Written by Administrator   
Monday, 22 October 2007

4029TV.com - Local New

  • Possible Tornado, Heavy Hail Strike Northwest Arkansas

    (Sat, 10 May 2008 23:41:31 CDT)

    Severe thunderstorms dropped up to golfball-sized hail and several possible tornadoes on Northwest Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma. There were no confirmed tornado touchdowns, but many area residents saw funnel clouds in the sky.

  • ANB Banks Close Doors

    (Sat, 10 May 2008 13:37:45 CDT)

    Federal regulators say they closed ANB Financial National Association Banks after discovering "unsafe and unsound" business practices within the bank.

  • Rogers Police Make Big Beer Bust

    (Sat, 10 May 2008 20:09:43 CDT)

    Rogers police seized 44 cases of beer, 15 fifths of hard liquor, $1,341 in cash, and 17 fake ID cards while executing a search warrant at a house on Persimmon Street Thursday evening, police said.

  • Numbers Show Housing Market Still Slumping

    (Fri, 9 May 2008 14:28:55 CDT)

    Homes sales continue to spiral downward, an agonizing situation for homeowners looking to sell.

  • 'The Donald' Visits Northwest Arkansas

    (Thu, 8 May 2008 17:31:40 CDT)

    Real estate tycoon Donald Trump brought some of his ideas of success to Northwest Arkansas Thursday.

  • Mom Leaves Kids Home Alone To Go Gambling

    (Thu, 8 May 2008 16:48:27 CDT)

    A quick gambling trip led to the arrest of a Siloam Springs woman who left her two young children at home while she went to gamble at a local casino.

  • Supreme Court Upholds Benton County Road Funding Law

    (Thu, 8 May 2008 16:57:10 CDT)

    The state Supreme Court said that a 1963 law that gives most of the road funds in Benton County to Bentonville, Rogers and Siloam Springs is constitutional.

  • Driver Charged With Alien Smuggling

    (Thu, 8 May 2008 13:55:48 CDT)

    A man driving a white van full of undocumented aliens was arrested Tuesday night after being stopped by Benton County sheriff's deputies on Interstate 540 in a routine traffic stop, officials said.

  • UA Students Design Green Neighborhood For South Fayetteville

    (Thu, 8 May 2008 11:39:03 CDT)

    For the past two months, a lot of people have either been flooded out or worried about flooding, but a group of university students and staff are designing a neighborhood where they say flooding won't be a problem.

  • Springdale Truck Stop Plan Gets OK From Zoning Commission

    (Thu, 8 May 2008 11:47:15 CDT)

    A developer is drawing up plans for a new truck stop at the intersection of I-540 and Wagon Wheel Road in Springdale.

 
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