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Wetumka Elementary 6 graders hosted a reading fair on Oct. 31 through November 2 . The boards were displayed in the school’s hallways for the younger students to view. Each student completed a book report assignment and then created a display board with the literary elements that were required for the project. The students worked very hard on the boards and are applauded for their efforts by their Language Arts teacher, Mrs. Lori Williams. (additional photos ahead)
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Today, Clearview, a town whose population reached into the hundreds (some say over a thousand) shortly after the turn of the century, has faded to less than a one hundred people. The 1990 U. S. Census showed the population had decreased to a mere forty-seven people. Today, 2020, the U. S. Census population of fifty, makes Clearview the 561 largest city in Oklahoma and the 19,094 largest city in the United States. Clearview is currently growing at a rate of 2.04% annually and its population has increased by 4.17% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 48 in 2010.
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Born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, on May 25, 1938, novelist, poet, and playwright Joyce Carol Thomas was the daughter of Floyd D. and Leona Haynes. The family moved to California in 1948. The future writer was educated at San Francisco City College, the University of San Francisco, and San Jose State College (University), where she earned a bachelor’s degree in 1966. She completed a master’s degree at Stanford University in 1967. From 1969 to 1972 she was a professor of African American studies at San Jose State, and she has also served on the English faculty at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Purdue University. Twice married, Thomas has four children.
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