Veterans organizations spread thin as members age

    Veterans organizations spread thin as members age

    Standing among the Skiatook American Legion at Hillside Cemetery Monday morning was 91-year-old Eileen Barnes, an Army Corps Nurse during World War II.  She is the oldest active member of the group and one of the few remaining WWII veterans alive. “It’s always been something I felt I owed an allegiance to,” Barnes said about being [...]

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    Bigheart visit tinged with sadness for Bridgeford sisters

    Bigheart visit tinged with sadness for Bridgeford sisters

        Bigheart Day is a bittersweet homecoming for Mary Graham and Sandra Santucci, sisters who grew up in Barnsdall. Sitting across the street from the dilapidated building they once called home, the two remembered playing kick the can on the red brick streets and and searching for each other during games of hide and [...]

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    Osage Nation signs lease for Wa-Sha-She State Park

    Osage Nation signs lease for Wa-Sha-She State Park

    Osage Chief John Red Eagle signed an executive order to take control of Wa-Sha-She State park last week and opened it back up to the public for Memorial Day. In October of 2011, the Oklahoma relinquished its lease on the park at Hulah Lake, officially closing it for the past eight months. The Osage Congress [...]

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    "War may end, but memories never subside."

    “War may end, but memories never subside.”

    Every year, Pawhuska’s Memorial Day has its backbone. And its name is Tolson. For decades, the family has been the most stalwart force behind organizing Memorial Day services in the Pawhuska cemetery, but it has never sought any recognition for its work, which in some years has been considerable, with only family members planting hundreds [...]

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    Huskies take flight

    Huskies take flight

    Pawhuska High School graduated 59 seniors Friday night,  one of the smaller classes of the past decade. But what the class lacked in number, it made up for in unity. Pawhuskans packed Ormand Beach Stadium for the commencement. After being treated to renditions of “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Dream On” from the school [...]

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    One last laugh for Bulldog seniors

    One last laugh for Bulldog seniors

    In fitting fashion the Skiatook Bulldogs’ “fearless leader” and class president Levi Jabben slid a pair of black plastic Groucho Marx inspired glasses on at the start of his graduation speech. “I am going to do what no one has probably done during a graduation speech,” he said before pulling the glasses out on stage [...]

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    Veterans organizations spread thin as members age
    Veterans organizations spread thin as members age

    May 29, 2012 | Discuss

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    Tee-rrific summer fun
    Tee-rrific summer fun

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    "War may end, but memories never subside."
    “War may end, but memories never subside.”

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    Every year, Pawhuska’s Memorial Day has its backbone. And its name is Tolson. For decades, the…

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    Red, white and blue Memorial weekend
    Red, white and blue Memorial weekend

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    Behind the scenes of Bigheart Day
    Behind the scenes of Bigheart Day

    May 30, 2012 | Discuss

    Go behind the scenes of Bigheart Day and ride along in the sack races and hula-hoop contests. The ki…

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