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Main Street Altus invites the public to “Walkin’ on Chalk” April 14 in Historic Downtown Altus. Artists must have their own supplies.

The first Pony Express mail was sent from St. Joseph, Mo., April 3, 1860, by horse and rider relay teams. While the enterprise ultimately failed, famous riders like William (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody and Robert (“Pony Bob”) Haslam fueled the imaginations of citizens across the country.

Oklahoma State University’s Pesticide Safety Education Program will partner with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to host two unwanted pesticide disposal days in the Oklahoma communities of Altus and Shawnee.

Main Street Altus will host the first-ever Shrimp Boil, a family event set for Friday, April 12 on the 100 block of W. Commerce by the courthouse.

Cameron University’s Visiting Writer’s Series continues on Friday, April 26, with poet Wendy Dunmeyer. The author will read samples of her work starting at 7 p.m. in Room 2005 in Nance-Boyer Hall.

As many people are aware, the State Treasurer was tasked with returning unclaimed property to the people of Oklahoma in 2000. More than half of my office is specifically tasked with this job. As rewarding of a job as this is for my office and staff, there are always bad actors to beware of.

Terry Stuart Forst, a fifth generation Oklahoman who owns and manages the state’s oldest and most continuous familyoperated ranch, has been named the 2024 recipient of Governor Stitt’s Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture Award. Forst is the 27th inductee into the Oklahoma Agriculture Hall of Fame and becomes the first woman to earn the state’s most prestigious agricultural honor.