MPS: March Did You Know?
GREAT things are happening at Mannford Public Schools! PT CONFERENCES 4:00-7:00 / March 7 & 8. MECC The MECC is celebrating Dr. Seuss the first week in March. Both grades are enjoying reading all kinds of Dr. Seuss books. Kindergarten celebrated the week with...
Sandy Path Of Life: Sharing
BY SANDY WELCH THOMPSON Sharing We’ve all been taught to be good boys and girls, not to be greedy, but be generous in this life. I know it’s the time of year when our hearts are warm and we feel compelled to give and give. But please, take some notes here on sharing....
PTSD Suspected Cause For Recent Evacuation
C.L. Harmon Publisher A Mannford area man reportedly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is responsible for actions that would force law enforcement officials to evacuate several homes in a Mannford neighborhood on October 5 of this year. Mannford officer...
Help Stamp Out Breast CancerHelp Stamp Out Breast Cancer
Mannford, OK — Post Offices nationwide will be supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month in October through the sale of Breast Cancer Research First-Class Semipostal stamps. The Mannford Post Office located at 165 Coonrod Ave, will hold a Breast Cancer Awareness event...
Footnotes In History: FAA Exaggerates Drone Problem
By J. Chism A drone is defined as an unmanned aircraft operated remotely by means of a radio and receiver. There are a couple of types of drones. One is the quad copter which has four rotor blades. It can carry Cameras, life preservers, food, mail and light packages....
Mindset 4-2-15
By C.L. Harmon The heart can ache for someone it hasn’t met yet. The mind can connect words to form a mental picture that can pierce the soul. It is apparent we are creations with immense abilities and yet we fixate on that which is shallow. We wade through brooks and...
Boot Camp Still Kicking
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER It’s been five years this week that Dan’Yel Swafford and a couple of friends decided to play outside. And when I write play, that means play hard as in bootcamp style. But unlike military bootcamp, this program focuses on health,...
CCREA Officers Are Active In 2015
Creek County Retired Educators Association is really active! Several retired *Mannford educators not only attend meetings, but have stepped up to hold offices this year. Sandy Wittenborn is taking the helm as president, Judy Powell, vice president in charge of...
Footnotes In History: My 9-11-01 Experience
By J. Chism This adventure I must share. My wife and I were to go to Alaska for a week and kick around Anchorage, Denali and Seward. We were to return on 9-08, but I decided to stay a while longer and do some excellent salmon snagging at Seward. I was to return home...
Veteran’s Day Feature: Band of Brothers & Others
SUBMITTED STORY When it comes to serving out country, I think you could say that the Farrow family has done their part. Of 11 children, eight boys and three girls. Six of the boys have served in the military. Add to that one son-in-law and one daughter-in-law and many...
MPS: Did You Know? October 2015
OCTOBER 2015 MECC The ECC Fundraiser BINGO night and silent auction was a great success! At least 20 winners went home with prize packages of over $250. Silent auction winners took home OSU & OU autographed footballs, handmade wooden vases, a wreath, a quilt and...
The Undertakers Are Back! Can you Dig It?
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER Between the shaking and twisting of Elvis and Chubby Checker and the flower power hippie counter culture of the late 60’s, there was a new sound that launched from the Ed Sullivan Show and into the musical pages of history. It was a...
Footnotes In History: Memorable Dove Hunt
4 By J. Chism It was Saturday Morning and we struck out at dawn for a morning of dove hunting. Son-in-law, David and Grandson, Trey and I were bent on getting some good dove shooting. Actually, I didn’t want to shoot any dove because the grandson had been taught a...
24 Hour pharmacist: Hidden Toxin In Your Food Can Cause Hypothyroidism
By Suzy Cohen I’m adamant that food toxins not be discussed during dinner, but since none of us are eating right now, I’ll tell you about perchlorates. You can eat foods contaminated with that. This pervasive toxin attacks thyroid function. Thyroid hormone gives you...
Serial Thriller 79
Let the fun continue.! This is the 79th installment of a continuing fictional story. Before each new segment, the last paragraph from the prior edition will be shown in quotations. “I was number one. Before me, there had been countless others who had heeded the...
Reporter’s Recipes For Halloween
3 Dead Man Meatloaf Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 onion, chopped 1 cup chopped celery 2 eggs 2 pounds lean ground beef 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs 1 pitted black olive, cut in half 1 cup ketchup Directions...
Mindset 10-15-15
. 2 By C.L. Harmon They are a plague which cover the truth as though it doesn’t exist. A Society molds its youth by the responsibility it accepts. If it hides behind the excuses it makes instead of facing consequences, it builds a nation where lies are its platforms...
LADIES’ COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER ANNOUNCED
The 35th¬ annual Ladies’ Community Thanksgiving Dinner will be on Tuesday, November 3, according to Debbie Yandell, pastor’s wife at Mannford Assembly of God. The dinner will be held in the Outreach Center at the Mannford First Baptist Church, beginning at 6:45 p.m....
Citations & Arrests For City Of Mannford 10-15-15
CITATIONS 09-28-2015 BERNARD, ALFRED OWEN; MANNFORD; FAIL TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN GORDON, SUMER DAUN; MANNFORD; SPEEDING 11-15 MPH OVER MERRELL, JACK ALLEN; MANNFORD; ASSAULT AND BATTERY KELLY III, WALTER ALBERT; STILLWATER; SPEEDING 11-15 MPH OVER 09-29-2015 KING,...
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