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resources. When finalized, recreational use. And, as we

the agreement will protect all know, a vibrant recreation
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rights
and provide
certainty for future uses in ates jobs and strengthens
southeastern Oklahoma and economies inside and out-

And while this agreement

ensures we have access
to water through a clearly
defined and orderly process
for decades ahead, we

secure appropriate legislation.

Additional
information
can be found online at
www.WaterUnityOK.com.

New Menu Coming to Butner Schools

A new menu with fresh,
healthy meal options will be
available at Butner Public
Schools for the 2016-17
school year, thanks to the
newly announced partnership between the school
district and Keystone Foodservice.
Keystone
Foodservice
focuses on providing freshly
prepared breakfast and
lunch options for the students it serves.
The
Oklahoma-based
and family-owned company serves approximately
35,000 students daily and
has been selected as the
cafeteria vendor for Butner
Public Schools.
Keystone is the only K12
child nutrition provider operating in Oklahoma that is
actually located and based
in Oklahoma.
Keystone Foodservice
prepares fresh meals for
Oklahoma students like
only a business located in
Oklahoma and focused on
the health of Oklahoma
students would, said Diane
Parris, superintendent of
Butner Public Schools.
Its meats are seasoned
by hand and its staff personally ensure produce and
fruit are fresh and high quality. You dont get that level
of attention and dedication
from a company based in
another state. We expect
our students, teachers and
staff are going to be excited

this year to eat meals provided by Keystone.

Keystone will begin serving breakfast and lunch to
the students at Butner when
students return for the start
of classes. Lunch includes a
full salad bar, stocked daily
with fresh fruits and vegetables. Free and reduced
prices are available for students who qualify.
Our goal is to provide
healthy meals that kids
will eat and enjoy and we
know that variety is key to
that, said Josh Sanders,
CEO for Keystone Foodservice. We listen to our
kids and their parents and
are always introducing new
foods throughout the school
year.
Some of the menu options
Butner students can expect
to see include homemade
chicken enchiladas, honeybaked ham and freshly
made lasagna and pizzas.
Main courses also will be
accompanied
by
nutritious offerings like freshly
steamed vegetables.
Kids who eat balanced
and nutritious meals do
better in school. Research
clearly shows that, so we
take our role in helping
Hollis students achieve at
the highest levels very seriously, Sanders said.
Keystone got its start providing meal service at fraternity and sorority houses on
college campuses in Norman

and Stillwater. Its operations

have steadily grown and
this school year it is serving
more than 80 school districts
across Oklahoma.
We are proud to partner with Butner Public
Schools, and we are grateful to its school board and

the administration for their

willingness to try something
new to benefit the kids they
serve, said Sanders. We
are already getting great
feedback and look forward
to cooking up great meals
for the kids in this community day in and day out.

Fall Cattle Seminar

Aug. 30 in Ardmore
As fall approaches, beef
cattle producers in the Southern Great Plains are preparing
to wean calves and developing plans to get the cow herd
through the winter.
To provide regional livestock
producers with the information
to make better, more informed
decisions, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation will host
a Fall Cattle Seminar from 1-5
p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the
Ardmore Convention Center,
located at 2401 N Rockford
Road in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Fall is a busy time of year
when lots of decisions have to
be made by cow-calf producers, said Bryan Nichols, Noble
Foundation livestock consultant. As the cattle market
transitions down, evaluating
costs of certain practices and
their potential returns becomes
even more important. We will
provide producers with information to help them make wise
business decisions regarding

their operations this fall and

winter.
This seminar will focus on
issues key to the process:
weather outlook and stocking
rate determinations, supplementation strategies for wintering cows, cull cow management decisions, and marketing
considerations based on price
outlook.
There is no registration fee
for the seminar, but preregistration is encouraged. To register, please visit www.noble.org/
agevents, or contact Danielle
Pacifico at 580-224-6376 or
Maggie Scott at 580-2246375.
The Integrity Beef Alliance
program summer meeting will
directly follow the seminar. This
meeting is open to nonmembers. The registration fee for
nonmembers is $20. Each alliance member may bring two
guests free of charge. Each
additional guest after the two
will be charged the nonmember registration fee.

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