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$50,000 donation to Our
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Caleson Coon, The O’Colly
Barnes & Noble comes to town Aug.12
On July 8, Our Daily Bread and Resource Center announced a donation of $50,000 from Google to give 500 toddler-focused “Brain Bags.” The plan to distribute and produce will be in collaboration with the Early Childhood Coalition (ECC), and the bags will have essential early childhood developmental tools for the families of Payne County. The “Brain Bags” will be a part of ECC’s Building Better Brains Campaign initiative to utilize five science-based principles as a step toward boosting healthy parenting and early childhood development. The bags will be designed for children of ages from 12 to 36 months. Our Daily Bread will assemble and give the bags through its local network of food pantries, mobile markets and community partners. In a news release, Rachael Condley, executive director of Our Daily Bread said “We are thrilled to receive funding from Google to expand the ‘Brain Bags’ program with the Early Childhood Coalition.”
See BREAD on page 2
New conversations and books come to Stillwater Caleson Coon
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Come Aug. 12, Barnes & Noble will no longer be a minimum hour drive, but reside at Bradford Plaza in Stillwater. The new extension of the largest retail bookseller in the United States will be
managed by Eric VanEtten who said from the minute he heard of a possibility of a store in Stillwater, he jumped at the chance. “I made it known that I wanted to be the manager there,” VanEtten said. “I love the community, I love – just the inclusiveness of everything up there
[Stillwater], so we definitely want to reflect that.” The possibility of a Barnes & Noble in Stillwater was first discussed about a year ago, but was only finalized around three months ago. “Barnes & Nobles is a growing company, and we’re averaging a little over
a store a week nationwide,” VanEtten said. “So, we’re just looking for new markets, and Stillwater, I mean, it’s just, it’s a really great community. It’s a great mix of small town with a lot of the large town features.”
See BOOKS on page 3
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500 “Brain Bags” will be produced and distributed for children ages 12 to 36 months.
The Supreme Court affirms birthright citizenship Marcus Mesis
The challenges to the order mostly centered around the 14th amendment and the specific language of “All After months of legal challenges and persons born or naturalized in the reaching the Supreme Court the nation United States and subject to the has an answer on birthright citizenship. jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the On Tuesday, June 30, The Supreme United States.” Court gave a 6-3 ruling in Trump President Trump interpreted that v. Barbara affirmed birthright as not including undocumented citizenship, although Chief Justice immigrants or people here unlawfully, Brett Kavanaugh did not agree with but temporary status such as student the other five on the basis that it was visas or work visas, so he put out through the 14th amendment, but Executive Order 14160, which changed instead through a separate federal the federal interpretation to match that statute. one. On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Previous to that executive order the Trump signed an executive order interpretation of that was that anyone that would end birthright citizenship born in the United States was a citizen and only give citizenship to children because their parents are subject to the who had a parent who was a citizen jurisdiction thereof. This was shaped or lawful permanent resident. The through the Supreme Court decision in executive order was challenged in the case United States v. Wong Kim Ark. courts across the nations before it reached the Supreme Court. See BIRTHRIGHT on page 2 STAFF REPORTER
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The Supreme Court made a decision on June 30, 2026, on whether or not to uphold birthright citizenship.