Pawhuska Native crowned Miss Indian NEO
Robynn Rulo, a Pawhuska native and sophomore at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (NEO) was crowned 2013 Miss Indian Oklahoma after winning Miss Indian NEO. “I am so pleased with the way Robynn Rulo has represented Northeastern A&M College and the American Indian Center for Excellence as Miss Indian NEO,” said Claudia Little Axe, AICE cultural [...]
Calling in the Calvary: No longer trapped
Spending almost 30 years on her feet as a Pawhuska nurse finally took its toll on L.J. Collier. The steep stairs at her home were more like a locked gate than a pathway. “She bought a house with stairs that were almost keeping her trapped in the house,” her son Jake Collier said. “We knew [...]
Preordained for the priesthood
When he was just a toddler, Todd Nance stood apart from the other young parishioners at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Hominy. While the other kids climbed over pews, fidgeted and ran around the nave, he was rapt, fascinated by the rites and ceremony administered by Father Jerry Ryan. “Todd would stand there enthralled,” his [...]
Huskie golfers get to regionals: Only team to do so with no home golf course
Pawhuska High School’s golf team, despite being hamstrung by the demise of the city’s historic nine-hole course, competed in the regionals Monday. They didn’t do well enough to compete at the state tournament next week, but they are likely one of the few golf teams to make it into regional play who have no course [...]
Coming up roses: Flower shop gets a new owner
After a decade of smelling the roses, Karen Overacker is hanging up her shears at the Barnsdall Flower Shop and tossing the bouquet to another Barnsdall local, Susan Love Kilpatrick. Karen has been telling Susan the time for her to retire from the floral business is coming. This year was the year. “This Valentine’s Day [...]
Five generations together
The Keene family of Bartlesville visited Mrs. Lois Long of Barnsdall on Easter Sunday. Pictured in this five generation photo is: Robbie Keene, Grandma Lois Long, baby Liam, Jason, and Rikki Keene. By Robbie Keene
Long says yes to the dress and more
Osage County native Lindsey Long has been saying yes a lot lately. She said yes to her boyfriend Jered Davidson’s marriage proposal last May and yes to her wedding dress last August. Both events were heavily documented. This Friday, the 24-year-old Pawhuskan will be the second Oklahoma bride on TLC’s ‘Say Yes to the Dress’. [...]
Drummond ‘deli’ could draw folks to town
For almost a year, lips have been sealed about the intended use of the 1910 Osage Mercantile Building that the Drummonds have been renovating at the corner of Main and Kihekah. But last week, in her blog The Pioneer Woman, Ann Marie “Ree” Drummond sprang the news – rather vaguely – that the building will [...]
A Ray(mond) of sunshine
Duane Easley wakes up at 5 a.m., then heads out the door to check his oil leases at 5:30 a.m. He works long days, often going up into Kansas. For years, he did this alone. That was until the morning he arrived at the Raymond lease north of Sedan. “I go into this lease and [...]
Osage County filmed movie premiers in Bartlesville
Terrance Malick’s Hollywood film ‘To The Wonder’, starring Ben Affleck, Javier Bardem and Rachel McAdams, is scheduled to hit theaters Friday, including a showing at the Bartlesville Community Center, which has sold out. See videos and behind the scene short films on ‘To The Wonder.’ By The Times Staff
A double double-cross
On Thursday, Heather Waggie and Joey Stone posted a photo on Facebook of themselves in front of Laverne’s wedding chapel in Miami, heads together and holding a marriage certificate that was conveniently out of focus. “Is that for real?” Kimberly Strate asked. “April 1st is really close, but I hope this is not a joke,” [...]
Going bald for St. Baldrick’s
Kelly Kanke watched her youngest son, David, fight cancer, and although he defeated the malignant tumor on the right side of his throat, some of his friends and fellow children with cancer have lost their hair and some even lives to the disease. Watching her son, known as ‘Lil D,’ and others struggle, Kelly has [...]
Like a steer – only smaller
Snoopy and Henry are not what you typically picture when 4-H showmanship comes to mind. Together, the two rabbits owned by 4-H member Emily Clark, weigh less than five pounds. Snoopy, a full grown solid brown mini Rex buck, comes in at about 3.25 pounds, while the young 12-week-old black and white Polish named Henry [...]
At last, Hauser service held
Family and friends gathered Saturday in Bartlesville to pay homage to the rough-hewn life of Timothy Hauser, a celebration that capped six months of worry, frustration and torment in which they knew the 62-year-old had been murdered but whose body was not found for months, then was held by the state Medical Examiner for several [...]
The hunt for eggs was on
The rain cleared up just in time for the local Easter egg hunts. Barnsdall and Skiatook both held theirs outside after the rained cleared up. By Rachel Anne Seymour
Ryder’s army marches on
Ryder Herring, a little boy who captured the hearts of thousands of people worldwide as he battled devastating brain cancer, was remembered Saturday as a pint-sized character with a cackling laugh that would infect everyone around him with happiness. He was only 6 years old, and one-third of his life was spent not on the [...]
Turning a blind eye to barrel racing
Nearly two weeks ago Alexis Howell rode up to the starting line of the Oklahoma Cowgirls Association Jackpot barrel race in Sperry with her 13-year-old gelding. She had made similar runs hundreds of times and hundreds of competitions, but was the first time she had done so since her horse, Woodrow, went blind in his [...]
Diverse group see the same future
Two dozen people who don’t often gather in the same room came together Monday night to give their two cents about the future of Osage County. The “visioning” meeting was part of an effort called Flint Hills Frontiers that is endeavoring to plan for a bright future for the entire Flint Hills region, which stretches [...]
Serious skeets
For some, it was a time to improve their shot. For others, the Shotgun Training and Education Program on Saturday near Barnsdall was more like a friendly skeet competition. “Don’t beat him too bad. We don’t want to see daddy cry,” Becky Antle told her 16-year-old son, Griffon. Griffon, an Avant resident, had been clay [...]
Rangers to the rescue
Without no animal shelters in Osage County, a few small private rescues face a heavy strain that can almost break them, like 7th Hope Animal Rescue in rural Barnsdall. But one rescue is trying a different approach from the typical kenneling and single site rescue. Oklahoma Rescue Rangers, just over the county line in Cleveland, [...]
Flint Hills: Bright ideas
A project aimed at improving lives in the Flint Hills region, at whose southern tip Osage County lies, is coming to Pawhuska this coming Monday for a community meeting. The Flint Hills Frontier Project’s first meeting in Manhattan, Kansas, drew a variety of comments and dreams, from people wanting to maintain the ranching lifestyle for [...]
Huskie turns MMA pro
Chance Rencountre made his debut as a pro mixed martial arts fighter Friday in Tennessee. It wasn’t until that fight was finished that he felt he could officially call himself a pro. “I didn’t consider myself a professional ’til that night,” Chance said. “That’s just me,” he added, explaining that he doesn’t like to accept [...]
Hard work, brains celebrated
Thirty of the best and the brightest at Pawhuska High School were honored at a banquet Monday night at the Elks Lodge, with each of the eight seniors making the cut getting more than a bag of gifts and a chicken-fried steaks: They also received $500 college scholarships from the Pawhuska Educational Foundation. The theme [...]
A first time for 4-H
For every kid at the Osage County Junior 4-H Livestock Show, there was a first time, replete with stage fright and all those jitters. “It could be your first year and you could win champion,” said Courttni Gullett, 12, who was showing for the first time ever with Pawhuska’s Blue & Gold 4-H Club on [...]
