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– Wellness fair, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday.

There will be free fit-ness classes throughout the day.

Healthy snack will be on sale from 8 a.m. to noon, and there will be vendor booths from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

In addition, there will be toddler open play from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

– Breast Health Network mobile mam-mograms, Tuesday.

To schedule an appointment, call 755-2273 ext. 49760 or 49761.

Bring a photo ID, copy of the front and back of your insurance card and your health-care provider’s name, address and phone number.

Most insurance is accepted.

PARKS AND RECREATION

– Parks and Recreations Job Fair, 3 p.m. Friday.

Get information on working concessions, field crew, rec staff and so on.

– Friday Night HipHop, 6:30 p.m.

Free event for ages 13 and up. Registration at the Parks and Recreation desk required. Call 376-3411.

– RIPPED, 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Provided free in cooperation with the library through grants from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

This event focuses on resistance, interval, power, plyometrics,

endurance and diet. Register at Parks and

Recreation at cityof-mustang.org/parksrec.

ACTIVE ADULT CENTER

– Mystery dinner trip, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday.

Where will we be eat-ing?

Board the bus and find out.

Cost is $3 plus your meal.

– Bridge Food Pantry trip, 10 to 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. Assistance with a month’s food

supply.– Celebrate

Valentine’s Day, 10 a.m. Wednesday. Makeovers and pic-tures as well as cider and treats.

– Harp music, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday.

LIBRARY– Read to dogs, in

cooperation with Therapy Dogs International, 11 a.m. Saturday.

Numbers will be given out to registered participants in the order they arrive.

Registration through Eventbrite.com required.

– Game On! in con-junction with Oklahoma Board Game Community and Mustang Parks and Recreation, 1 to 3 p.m.

Saturday.Try your hand at

nontraditional board games that focus on strategy or enjoy fami-ly classics.

– Anti-Valentine’s Day cards, put humor into Valentine’s Day, for grades six through 12, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

All supplies provid-ed. Registration through Eventbrite.com required.

– Healthy literacy cooking and health classes, for ages 18 and older, 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Learn tips on how to keep your heart healthy, including using chocolate.

All supplies are pro-vided. Registration through Eventbrite.com required.

HappeningsAT TOWN CENTER

By Julie Slupe

City to host Wellness Fair at Town Center

Brothers ace spelling bee

Blake Brown from Mustang North Middle School and his brother, Kamden Brown from Canyon Ridge Intermediate School, won the Regional Spelling Bee. They will compete in the State Spelling Bee Feb. 29. Photo / Provided

Kindness, service and honor. The Oklahoma Standard was the theme of a Jan. 30 assembly at Mustang Middle School.

Exhibits from the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum, the Oklahoma City Thunder Drummers, the Thunder Storm Chasers and other guests greeted students.

Mustang Middle was the only school in the state selected for the assembly.

Michelle Matthews, the Thunder’s manager of youth basketball, opened the assembly.

“You will have an opportunity to learn a little more about the tragedy that took place almost 25 years ago and how we are looking to continue telling the story of that day through our 2019-20 city edition Thunder uni-form,” she said.

The uniform honors the 168 victims who died in the Oklahoma City bombing as well as the survivors and first responders.

“The response to the bombing showcased the resiliency of Oklahoma City to the world,” she said.

Matthews introduced Cathy Keating, the wife of former Gov. Frank Keating.

The couple recently wrote a children's book, “Love Won: The Oklahoma Standard.”

The book shares the stories of how everyday citizens exemplified the Oklahoma Standard in the face of the bombing.

Cathy Keating shared several of those stories, including how a con-struction worker donat-ed the steel-toed boots he was wearing to res-cue workers.

She also told about a first responder from out of town who recounted coming to Oklahoma City with a dollar in his pocket and leaving with that same dollar because Okla-homans wouldn’t let him pay for anything while he was here.

Keating discussed the healing bears donated by a depart-ment store chain and sent by Brenda Edgar, the wife of former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar.

Most of Mustang Middle School’s stu-

dents were born in 2005 or 2006, Principal Ramae Collins said.

“They do not remem-ber this defining moment in American History, so we are so thankful to the Thunder and the Memorial for bringing this assembly to us and bringing history to life.”

Keating challenged students to be the next generation of the Oklahoma Standard.

“What do you want to be remembered by?” she asked.

“Kindness trumps hate. I challenge you to do one act of kindness today.

“And keep in mind, the Oklahoma Standard does not stop when you go online. It's just as easy to put a kind com-ment rather than a statement of hate.”

Students received “kindness cards” and bracelets as they left the assembly. They were asked to write down something nice about someone else or use the cards to spread kindness.

As the assembly con-cluded, a student approached. Keating and handed her a kind-ness card.

“Thank you for com-ing to our school

today,” wrote seventh-grader Payton Bullington.

“It really means a lot to me; the bombing made a big impact on the world.”

Principal Collins commented on The Oklahoma Standard.

“No act of kindness,

regardless of how small, is ever wasted,” she said.

“Payton understands that, and we join with the Thunder and the Memorial in hoping to spread that message to the next generation of Oklahomans and beyond.”

The Oklahoma City Thunder Drummers perform at an assembly at Mustang Middle School celebrating how the Oklahoma Standard came into play after the Oklahoma City bombing. Photo / Provided

Cathy Keating, the wife of former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating, is shown with Mustang Middle School student Payton Bullington. Bullington wrote a “kindness card” to Keating thanking her for speaking about the Oklahoma Standard in an assembly at the school commemorating the Oklahoma City bombing. Photo / Provided

Mustang Middle School hosts 'Oklahoma Standard' assembly

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New bakery brings treats, more kolaches to area

A baker from Michigan has moved to Yukon, and her new shop is open in the WestEnd Pointe retail area with tasty custom cakes, cup-cakes, danishes, pies and a local favorite, kolaches.

Erin Koester, 27, said the idea for the name of the bakery, 9oh6 Baking, is inspired by her origi-nal area code in Michigan, 906.

Now in Yukon, she has quickly learned about the pastry with a Czech heritage, the kolache. And she is baking them, too.

She studied baking at the International Culinary School at The Art Institute’s Denver location.

Two years ago, she moved to Yukon with her husband, Cameron Koester, who works in the oil and gas industry.

She opened her bak-ery Dec. 15 in Yukon at 12801 NW 10.

“It’s going good,” Koester said, working on a recent rainy morning at the bak-ery. “It’s picking up.

It’s getting better every day.”

Koester said she specializes in custom cakes or cookies or other treats for wed-dings, birthday par-ties or events of all types.

She also wants her bakery to be a place where people can come and hang out for pastries, cookies or other sweets.

Every day, she bakes fresh fruit kolaches.

“I want to have a place for people to go in the evening for des-serts,” Koester said.

Baking has been a passion as long as she can remember, she said.

“It has always been what I’ve enjoyed from a very young age,” Koester said.

Growing up in Bessemer, Michigan, in the northwest part of the state near Wiscon-sin, her par-ents taught her how to bake.

She was developing her culinary arts skills by age 15.

“My parents taught me scratch baking when I was young,” Koester said.

By ROBERT MEDLEYFor The Mustang News