Fire Season Sweeps In The Area
BY TATYANA NYBORG CONTRIBUTING WRITER Within the last month and a half, approximately 11 fires occurred in the Mannford fire district. The largest fires were five miles east of Terlton (Pawnee County) and on 41st street in Mannford. During the Terlton fire, 3,320...
Sandy Path Of Life 4/16/15
By Sandy (Welch) Thompson Kidults. Yep, that is a new word I am giving you today. The dictionary is allowing “lol” and such, so why not add this one. I’m sure it will offend some of you, but when you are my age, I’m sorta okay with that. We are in the last stages...
Did You Know? GREAT Things Are Happening At Mannford Public Schools!
Great things happening at MHS (March) 1.Brandon Marler has been selected Academic All-State 2015! •Each year only 100 Oklahoma students make Academic All-State •Academic All-State is one of the most challenging scholastic competitions, with extraordinarily high and...
Celebrating Life One Cup Of Shaved Ice At A Time
By Gary Goldberg Gournet shaved ice has come to Mannford in the form of Harper’s Hut. Mannford’s newest business is located just east of Phelp’s Market on highway 51. The owners, have made Mannford their third location after Sand Springs and Glenpool. Celebrating life...
American Heritage Bank Announces Bruner Retirement
On April 10, 2015, Linda Bruner retired from American Heritage Bank (“AHB”) with 34 years of dedicated service, primarily in the Mannford area. Linda plans to indulge herself in the things she loves most; gardening, quilting, traveling in her RV and spending time with...
Mannford Man Makes Run From Creek County Deputy
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER There are lots of adages pertaining to a Mannford man’s recent predicament. Perhaps, ‘you can’t outrun a radio, or ‘the long arm of the law has a long reach, will work. Maybe even, ‘you can run but you can’t hide’ will work too. Which ever...
City Expanding New Mannford Campsites
BY C.L. HARMON PUBLISHER City Manager Mike Nunneley recently announced that the city has receieved the go ahead from the Corp of Engineers to expand New Mannford by adding 32 new campsites. These new sites, larger than the existing ones, will make a total of 69 sites...
Citations & Arrests For City Of Mannford 3-30 – 4-5-2015
CITATIONS; 03-30-2015 BOREL, STEPHANIE LEIGH; THE WOODLANDS, TX; SPEEDING 11-15 MPH OVER COLIN CRUZ, RODRIGO; TULSA; DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION HUGHES, JOANNA ELAINE; BROKEN ARROW; SPEEDING 21-25 MPH OVER POYNOR, AARON SCOTT; MANNFORD; SPEEDING 11-15 MPH OVER CAMERON,...
MHS Plays Disney Performance
On March 15th. the MHS Concert Band performed at the Epcot Center and enjoyed few vacation days while there. The band of musicians visited Coco Beach and of course spent a few days at Disney World. Band Booster President David Young said it was the dedication of...
MHS GIrls Soccer Take Second
The this past weekend, 3/26-3/28. They took second place.
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...
Fun Facts About Tornadoes
•In Oklahoma, a small herd of cattle were sucked up by a tornado and carried across the countryside, before being set down unharmed. •In 1981, a tornado that swept through the Italian City of Ancona lifted a sleeping baby from its baby carriage and set it down...
Reporter’s Recipes
REPORTER's RECIPES Easter Breakfast Casserole Ingredients 1 pound bacon 1/4 cup diced onion 1/4 cup diced green bell pepper 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 8 eggs 2 cups milk 1 (16 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees...
Vitamins Needed To Boost Mood & Drugs That Smash Them
BY SUZY COHEN 24 HOUR PHARMACIST What makes one person depressed and another happy? Certain conditions are commonly associated with depression such as hypothyroidism, Crohn’s disease or colitis, migraines, diabetes, chronic infections and cancer. Lifestyles such as...
Citations & Arrests For City Of Mannford – 4-2-15
CITATIONS; 03-16-2015 NANAETO, MELODY DAWN; CUSHING; SPEEDING 1-10 MPH OVER NEWTON, JOSHUA LEVI; STILLWATER; FAILURE TO DISPLAY CURRENT TAG; OPERATING DEFECTIVE VEHICLE WILSON, JAMES OLEN; MANNFORD; PUBLIC INTOXICATION HOPKINS JR, DANNY JOE; CUSHING; SPEEDING 11-15...
Sandy Path of life 4-2-15
BY SANDY (Welch) THOMPSON This time for the Path, I wanted to give you a little sample of the life I lead. I’m a 46-year-old mother of 3 girls, as you may know by now. I have a Journalism degree and have held a position at the same company for more than 20 years. I...
MANNFORD REGIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM.
MANNFORD REGIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM. Twelve students qualified for the OSSAA Regional Speech and Debate tournament last weekend. Four of them qualified six events for the State tournament which will be held at OU April 9-11. Grant Waldvogel placed 2nd in Humorous...
Former MHS Graduate Plays In USAFE
Kara Burden graduated from Mannford HS in 2009. She played basketball for the pirates from 7th grade through her year, and then joined the Air Force in February of 2013. where she currently plays with the big boys. She is stationed at Ramstein Air Force Base in...
She’s Read How Many…..
BY C.L. HARMON I mean, who does that? With video games, ipads, cell phones and every other modern form of technology used to take up our time, who just picks up a good old-fashion book anymore. Her name is Isabel Bruski and she’s only 12 years old. She has out read...
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