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Wednesday, January 29, 2020 PRST STD US POSTAGE PAID PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA Free PERMIT NO. 182 (ECRWSS) Postal Community Shopper Customer To advertise call: 580-765-3311 North Central Oklahoma United Way will offer free tax preparation To help ensure that your spouse and depen- Kay County’s working dents on the tax return families are filing for — Wage and earning the tax credits they have statements (Form W-2, earned and to help fami- W-2G, 1099-R,1099-Misc) lies save in filing fees, from all employers the United Way of Ponca — Interest and divi- City Financial Stabil- dend statements from ity Initiative is again banks (Forms 1099) operating a Volunteer — Health Insurance Income Tax Assistance Exemption Certificate, if (VITA) site. received Families who make a — A copy of last household income of less year’s federal and state than $56,000 can access returns, if available the VITA site and have — Proof of bank their taxes prepared account routing and for free. Vita site team account numbers for Bill Quade, senior horticulture manager for the Biltmore estate in Asheville, North Carolina, will be in Oklahoma to present two lectures, which are free and open to the public. members are Barbara direct deposit such as a Nickles, site coordina- blank check Biltmore estate horticulture manager on tap to lead lectures tor, Kelli Dollarhide, — To file taxes elec- tax preparer and quality tronically on a married- By Trisha Gedon “We’re excited to Feb. 23 at the Educa- These informa- reviewer and Jack Raw- filingjoint tax return, STILLWATER, Okla. have Bill here to share tion Auditorium at the tive lectures coincide lins, quality reviewer. both spouses must – If you have had an his knowledge of horti- Oklahoma City Zoo. The with the OHS’s annual United Way will start be present to sign the opportunity to visit culture with us,” Anel- lectures are free and meeting. The OHS was taking appointments on required forms the Biltmore estate in la said. “He has been open to the public. formed in 1970 to fur- Jan. 27 and the VITA site — Total paid for day- Asheville, North Caroli- instrumental in many Quade’s strong lead- ther the appreciation will open on Feb. 3. care provider and the na, or even seen photo- projects and growth ership ability, positive of gardening and hor- Items to prepare to daycare provider’s tax graphs of the property, at the Biltmore, which personality and under- ticulture throughout bring: identifying number such it is easy to be mesmer- receives about 1.5 mil- standing of Biltmore’s Oklahoma, as well as — Proof of identifica- as their Social Securi- ized by the landscaping. lion guests annually. He core values were instru- recognize and promote tion (photo ID) ty number or business Gardening enthu- enjoys the challenge of mental in the opening excellence in garden- — Social Security Employer Identification siasts can learn more maintaining the estate’s of The Inn on Biltmore ing across the United cards for you, your Number about horticulture at historical design intent Estate, Antler Hill Vil- States. spouse and dependents — Forms 1095-A, B the Biltmore when Bill while meeting the lage, The Village Hotel For more information — An Individual Tax- and C, Health Coverage Quade, senior horticul- needs of the 21st cen- on Biltmore Estate and about the free lectures, payer Statements ture manager for the tury.” Amherst at Deerpark. call 405-696-3079 or Identification Number — Copies of income estate, is in Oklahoma The first lecture, Bilt- Cosponsors of these email OklahomaHort- (ITIN) assignment letter transcripts from IRS and in February to present more – Maintaining lectures include Lin- [email protected]. may be substituted for state, if applicable two lectures. The Okla- Olmstead’s Vision, will naeus Teaching Gar- For those interested you, your spouse and To schedule an homa Horticultural take place at the Tulsa den, Tulsa Botanic Gar- in learning more about your dependents if you appointment, call 765- Society is hosting the Botanic Garden, Mabee den, Tulsa County Mas- the Oklahoma Horticul- do not have a Social 2476. The VITA site will two presentations, said Grange, at 6 p.m. The ter Gardeners and the tural Society, visit the Security number— remain open until April Lou Anella, director of second lecture, Gar- Tulsa Perennial Club. organization’s website Proof of foreign status, 15, 2020. Another way The Botanic Garden at dening at Biltmore … The lectures are funded at www.ok-hort.org. if applying for an ITIN United Way is giving Oklahoma State Univer- And Your Home, Too, by the Kirkpatrick Fam- — Birth dates for you, back to the community! sity. will take place at 2 p.m. ily Fund. North Central Oklahoma Over 20,000 copies distributed FREE every week PAGE 2, GOOD NEWS | Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Crossword Puzzle School enrollment ACROSS 1 Type of head- ache 6 Loose change down slightly 11 Stop working By KRISTI HAYES loss of about 190 stu- hire certified teachers 12 Marilyn or kristi@poncaci- dents at the beginning to fill current class- Vaughn tynews.com of the 2016-2017 school es,” said Arrott. 13 Diviner School enrollment year. We actually “We are actively 14 Kind of knight numbers in the Ponca added a term of four recruiting and hiring 15 Gawks at City Public School dis- 16 -- fide teachers back at West teachers for the 2020- 17 Lock compan- trict are down slightly Middle School for the 2021 school year. As ions from the same time 2019-2020 school year of Jan. 16, 2020, we 18 Work with a last year. that were previous- have hired five certi- Singer Superintendent ly cut due to loss of fied teachers for next 19 Machu Picchu Shelley Arrott said revenue in previous school year, and each locale as of Jan. 7, 2020, a years,” she said. year we are finding 23 Kite part total of 4,720 students Arrott noted the ourselves hiring ear- 25 Branch were enrolled in the district also reduced lier and earlier for 26 Follett or district. This is down elementary class-size the next school year Kesey from the 4,843 enrolled by one student for due to the shortage 29 17-syllable on Jan. 3, 2019. the 2019-2020 school of teachers in Okla- poem 32 Pipe bend “Our enrollment year and have a five- homa.” numbers at mid-term year plan to reduce January enrollment 33 Work with © 2014 by NEA, Inc. 34 Solemn as- were down slightly elementary class sizes numbers across the sents Stumped? Get answers to clues by calling “Dial-A-Word” from last year, but back to HB 1017 class district includes 1,997 35 Devious at 1-900-454-3535 and entering access code number 415 we are seeing a grad- size limits. students in grades K-5, 36 AAA sugges- 95¢ per minute. Touch Tone or rotary phones. ual increase in num- “There is currently 1,068 in grades 6-8, tions 4 WWW ad- 28 Require bers at the secondary a moratorium on these 1,347 in grades 9-12, 38 Suit part level, particularly at limits due to previous 275 in the four-year- 40 Hooray for dresses 30 Type of sock 5 Catch a 31 -- Nimitz the high school,” said funding issues and old program, 18 in the me! (hyph.) Arrott. this moratorium was Training Skills Lab 41 Billy -- Wil- glimpse of 37 Salty 6 Hayseed 39 Wyoming “For the most part, not lifted this year due and 15 speech-only liams numbers are holding to the severe teacher students. 42 Nights before humor range 46 Blaring 7 Filled with 41 As expected relatively steady this shortage crisis as dis- 48 Philatelist’s delight 43 Hollows year compared to a tricts are struggling to item 8 D.C. gun 44 Manicurist’s 49 Cheery lobby board 52 Picnic take- 9 Weight unit 45 Frisky along 10 Establish 47 Galley movers 53 William S. 11 Black bird 48 Tender SuDOKu Porter (2 12 Tom’s cry 49 Scribble down wds.) 16 Was certain 50 Shout of 54 Cantankerous 18 Thailand, surprise 55 Lugs once 51 Zoo staffer 56 Not tidy 20 Fleecy 52 Dot follower animals DOWN 21 Tiny stream 1 Twilled fabric 22 Repulsive 2 Where Rome 24 Gotcha! is 26 Russell of 3 Most conge- “Backdraft” nial 27 This, in Havana Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! See The Classified Section For Answers Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | GOOD NEWS PAGE 3 hope some of you love asparagus as much as I do. Creamy Fresh Asparagus Soup 2 Tbsp. butter 2 pounds asparagus, trimmed, peeled and coarsely chopped 1 large sweet onion, I’m finally feeling much better coarsely chopped 1 carton reduced- I’m happy go say I food with fat in them sodium chicken broth am back to living the because that keeps 1 Tbsp. lemon juice low-carb way of life. you full and you don’t 1 tsp. minced fresh The last month has have the urge to eat tarragon been rough on me and things you aren’t sup- 3/4 tsp. salt I ended up gaining posed to.