The Apron Annies HCE group hosted the 2023 Okarche High School senior class baccalaureate services Sunday, May 14. Apron Annies has hosted this event for 30 years with the first being May 1993. Annies members assisting in the reception were (top right photo), from left: Mary Nell Brueggen, Jan Wittrock and Betty Kroener. Guests for the special event included (top left photo), from left: Pastor James Inman of the First Baptist Church of Okarche; G.W. Parham, OHS principal; Dr. Juanita Krittenbrink, moderator; Jim Schwarz, guest speaker and math teacher at OHS; Col. Judd Kroener, United States Air Force and guest speaker; and Father Cory Stanley of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Okarche. Apron Annies HCE scholarship recipient for 2023 from OHS is Tyson Endres (bottom right photo), the daughter of Tresa Endres-Rother, Justin Rother and the late Landon Endres. Endres plans to attend Northern Oklahoma College in Stillwater and major in psychology. She was recognized by Annie’s President, Juanita Krittenbrink, left.

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