To all of our loyal readers: Sorry for the delay
Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know we will have a short delay in the posting of this week's issue online. Find your free copy of the printed version at most establishments in the Mannford area. The online posting will resume on Tuesday. CL Harmon needed to...
Creek County Literacy Program Offers Free Caring Grands Tutor Training To Senior Citizen Volunteers
Help a struggling first and second grade reader. Become a volunteer literacy tutor! (SAPULPA, OK – June 30, 2015) According to a May 16, 2015 article in the Tulsa World, a slight improvement was seen in Oklahoma third-grade reading test scores. Of the more than...
In A New Light 7-2-15 – Supreme Court
C.L. Harmon I am not a political activist. In fact, I don’t even like politics. I am, however, a people activist. And as such, I attempt, through writing, to push that agenda and get people to see things in a new light if you will. Recently, my social media site has...
Serial Thriller 73
Let the fun continue.! This is the 73rd installment of a continuing fictional story. Before each new segment, the last paragraph from the prior edition will be shown in quotations. “ He began speaking in a tongue I did not understand as he had been doing when I...
Mindset 7-2-15
By C.L. Harmon This is a fundamental fact of humanity since the beginning. What comes of these when we focus so heavily on what divides us as opposed to what unites us? There are wars, acts of terror, violence, political upheaval and even attempts at genocide. We are...
24 Hour Pharmacist: The Best Solutions For All Your Skin Ailments
Summer is the time when our skin is exposed. We need to keep it looking beautiful. Here are some common skin conditions, as well as solutions: Acne- Kids with chronic acne may be zinc deficient, or low in natural Vitamin A but usually the cause is related to hormonal...
Sandy Path of Life: 7-2-15
Sandy Welch Thompson With Father’s Day being in June and my dad’s birthday as well, I started thinking about the legacy dad left when he passed. There are five of us kids and now, numerous grand kids and a lot of 18-30 year old kids that called him Pa-Pa Welch. He was...
Local Church To Host Singer Jamey Denison
Lakeview Christian Church in Mannford will be hosting singer Songwriter Jamey Denison on Sunday July 26. Denison is an independent recording artist, songwriter, and experienced performer who has become a favorite among churches and other organizations. His quality...
Mannford City News Briefs
•The City splash pad opened June 27th. The hours are 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. • The City of Mannford will have our annual City Wide clean-up at the usual location in Lake Country. The roll-off boxes will be stationed on Friday July 10th thru Sunday June 12th. The City...
Independence Day
BY C.L. HARMON The Fourth of July has become a holiday of family, fun and fireworks with American children wearing the scent of gunpowder as a badge of courage from their “cherry bomb” exploits and adults charcoaling, chilling and chattering their paid holiday away....
A Century In The Making
BY C.L. HARMON Only 14 years after the invention of the first modern car and just 12 years after the first flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, she came into this world. Now 100 years later in an age where there is nuclear power, mach speed aircrafts, an...
BACKPACK PROGRAM SETS $28,000 GOAL
This upcoming year will be the sixth year that the Mannford Food for Kids Backpack Program has provided sacks of non-perishable items to students who are believed to be in need of food during the weekends. This is done because students do not have access to free and...
CCSO Seeking Help In Locating Fugitive
CCSO Seeking Help In Locating Fugitive.
Sandy Path of Life 6-18-15
MORE TRASH BAGS OR A BIGGER HOUSE Strange dilemma you might say, huh? You could possibly have the same dilemma and you just don’t realize it. Let me enlighten you. (I tend to take the scenic path versus the turnpike to describe things, so indulge me if you will for a...
Masonic Lodge Raffling 50 Caliber Rifle For Backpack Program
The Mannford Masonic Lodge is raffling off a new Camouflaged Thompson InLine 50 caliber rifle with camouflaged scope. The tickets are $5 a piece or 5 for $20. We will only sell 300 tickets. The drawing will be July 7th. 100% of the money raised will go to the...
Bushyhead To Compete In National Archery Competition
MANNFORD, Okla. — After years of preparation, Cherokee citizen and Mannford resident Ty Bushyhead will put his archery skills to the test as he represents the state of Oklahoma at the Bushyhead, 17, and three other Oklahoma high school students will compete as a team...
Mannford Man Arrested In Nebraska
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER A Mannford man has been arrested in Gage County Nebraska on an Oklahoma warrant. He is currently incarcerated in the Gage County Jail and is awaiting extradition, according to a corrections officer at that facility. Ronald Alan Phillippe, 21,...
Finding A Way To Get It Dunn
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER One gets it Dunn. Or at least John Dunn gets it done. Just as his law practice slogan reads, “We will either find a way or make one!” Dunn and his wife Reba have opened up a new law office in Mannford this week. This is an expansion of his...
Year End$ In Flood Of Lost Revenue$
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER Washed away in the rushing waters of Keystone Dam are waves of lost revenue floating down stream to not be seen again in the fiscal year drawing to a close at June’s end. explained that just the closing of the park alone is costing the city...
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