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“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
~ Thomas Edison
(as presented in the biography by Bob Burke and Ryan Leonard 1)
On a warm August evening, former Senator Don Nickles returned to Ponca City for a Po-Hi Alumni Hall of Fame event. Nickles says, “It’s always good to be here.”
A member of the first Alumni Hall of Fame class in 2017, Nickles expresses how much Ponca City and the people here affected his life overall. From a family that has been ingrained in the local society and economy since his grandfather first opened Nickles Machine Shop in 1918—which grew into Nickles Machine Corporation and then Nickles Industrial Manufacturing Corporation—Don has always felt those in the community as a powerful presence determining who he is today.
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