Weekly Stats – May 17, 2012
Skiatook baseball 5A State Quarter-Finals in Union May 10 Carl Albert 4, Skiatook 0 Read the story. Skiatook 5A State Track Meet in Yukon May 11-12 EVENT – PLACE – NAME – GRADE – TIME/DISTANCE 200m dash boys prelim – 12 – Dylan Keys – 12 – 23.39 4x800m relay girls – 12 – [...]
A first: Carrying the torch
While Osage County Deputy Sheriffs Travis Harris, Terry York and Kevin Burke rappelled down into the Oklahoma Special Olympics opening ceremonies in Gallagher Iba Arena in Stillwater on Wednesday night, Osage Nation Sgt. Michael Fish walked alongside athletes and other officers. All four of the men, including other officers from Highway Patrol Troop K, the [...]
Wynona News
WYNONA SCHOOL NEWS-SUPERINTENDENT’S NOTES We are closing in on the final week of school! Things get very hectic during this time! The talent show rehearsal will be Monday at 1:00. The talent show will be Friday, May 18, at 1:30. The 5th – 12th grade students will be going to the Drillers game on Wednesday, [...]
Weekly Stats – May 10, 2012
Hominy baseball (2A) at Regionals in Oktaha Thurs., May 3 Latta 13, Hominy 1 Warner 12, Hominy 2 Hominy girls baseball Tennis at State Tournament Read the story. Hominy (2A) State Track in OKC EVENT – PLACE – ATHLETE – GRADE – FINAL TIME/DISTANCE discus girls – 10 – Keondre Mitchell – 12 [...]
Pro rodeo hits P-town
The Pawhuska IPRA Rodeo ”OKLAHOMA TWISTER RODEO SERIES” whirled into Osage County Fairground at the Clarence L Brantly Indoor Arena May 4-5. Competitors from all across the county, state and mid-west came to take part in the event. Shidler’s one armed bandit performed along with a Branson, Mo., rodeo clown. Photos by Rachel Anne Seymour
Wynona News – May 10, 2012
WYNONA SCHOOL NEWS-SUPERINTENDENT’S NOTES Students should be in class and learning through May 18. 10 absences without acceptable documentation create an F in any subject. 3 tardies make an absence. They add up quickly. Students should be in school! There is no school on May 11. There is school on May 18. If students [...]
Weekly Stats May 3, 2012
Barnsdall softball Regionals at Morrison Pioneer-Pleasant Vale 9, Barnsdall 4 Barnsdall 4, Morrison 0 Fairview 12, Barnsdall 3 Read the story. Hominy tennis at Tulsa 7 Conf. Wed., April 25 Read the story. Hominy baseball Districts vs Pawnee 13-7, Hominy 6-7, Pawnee 12-2, Hominy See the photos. Pawhuska baseball Districts vs Caney [...]
Wynona News – May 5, 2012
WYNONA SCHOOL NEWS-SUPERINTENDENT’S NOTES Our final 5 week report will go out next week. Ask your child if he/she does not bring it home by Wednesday, May 2. We are rapidly ending the school year. Even though testing is over, school is still going on! Students should be in class and learning through May 18. [...]
Peewee power house
T-Ball and other summer sports are kicking off in the Osage, and we want your schedules so we can’t capture those youthful moments, like the one above of Wynona Fireball Joshua Fine hotfooting it to first base in the season openers against the Barnsdall Giants. Or maybe you prefer a game moment amid Giants. Got [...]
Changes afoot at Bighearttimes.com
On Wednesday, The Bigheart Times made an unusual move for a newspaper: We put our website behind a pay wall. It’s also unusual for a weekly newspaper with a two-person newsroom to have a website of our caliber. The new move should please our past e-subscribers, who have been gradually left without access to the [...]
Board nixes Simmons candidacy
Daryl Simmons, a Republican who described himself as “your new Sheriff” as he tweeted supporters, was disqualified as a candidate for the office on Monday after an 90 minute hearing before the Osage County Election Board. Sheriff Ty Koch had challenged Simmons candidacy on two points: That Simmons had not been a resident of Oklahoma [...]
Duncan returns from Afghanistan
NORMAN — The wide grin on Col. Rex Duncan’s face as he hugged his family said it all. Duncan’s return from his deployment in Afghanistan was a happy one at the Oklahoma National Guard Center in Norman April 18. He was greeted by his wife Amy and their three young daughters, Ava, 5; Elise, 4; [...]
Weekly Stats April 26
Tues., April 17 Barnsdall vs Hominy: 17-3 H Hominy tennis at Bristow – Girls #1 Singles- Erin Krushe (H) def. Jennifer Barnett (B) 6-3, 6-1; #2 Singles- N/A; #1 Doubles- M. Osburn/M. Kidder (H) def. Johnson/Liddle (B) 7-5, 6-1; #2 Doubles- A. Twombly/T. Potts (B) def. C. Miles/ R. Hughes (H) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); Boys [...]
Times takes home awards
The Bigheart Times took home almost a dozen awards Saturday in the Society of Professional Journalists Oklahoma Pro Chapter’s 2011 contest among all newspapers in the state with circulations of 25,000 or under. Photographer Rachel Anne Seymour was given the top award in her field, with the best photographic portfolio, while Publisher Louise Red Corn [...]
Dumped pets tax good hearts
When a small white-and-gray spotted cat slides across the tile floor of Jonnston’s Vet Clinic like he is practicing for a Michael Jackson dance-off, it’s hard not to laugh. Scooter, as he is known at Jan Johnston’s veterinary clinic, was dumped off after suffering a severe spinal injury that left him paralyzed. He wasn’t expected [...]
Gas state, Dollar General open in Barnsdall
The former Bigheart Grocery has opened under Andy Smith, who renamed it The Store. Gas started selling Monday, and you can pick up a copy of The Bigheart Times there, along with your tank of gas, snacks and other items. Smith is also planning on opening up other Bigheart Groceries and gas stations that had [...]
Weekly Stats March 22
Barnsdall baseball at Nowata Tues., March 13 No stats provided. Barnsdall softball at Sperry/Yale Tues., March 13 Barnsdall 11, Sperry 4 Barnsdall 5, Yale 4 Pawhuska baseball vs Newkirk Tues., March 13 Varsity: 14-10, Newkirk Shidler baseball vs Tonkawa Tues., March 13 Varsity: 1-0, Shidler Woodland baseball at Pawnee Tues., March [...]
Champions
The annual 4-H Livestock Show and auction packed the dottering, leaky barn at the fairgrounds last week, playing host to an array of glorious critters done up in glitter for the Friday night auction. This year resulted in some new faces and names in the winner’s circle, with Tiffany Cox of Woodland raising the Grand [...]
What’s in a name? Ask Cletus Hogg, Pork Chop and Bacon
Green and pink furred goats, along with green glittering cows and pigs paraded through the livestock arena auction in Pawhuska on Friday night. As unusual as they looked, they also had some unusual names. James Wilson’s first two hogs were named Pork Chop and Bacon. The Shidler native and Triple-T 4-H member is now on [...]
Band-Aid Bandwagon
Little David Kanke’s complications from surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his neck to plague him, but that hasn’t stopped him from wanting to change his world. He ended up at St. Francis Hospital this week after he took a swig of his brother’s pop, which, since his esophagus is paralyzed, caused him to [...]
Pooch heists possible
When Kathy Brown first took on the job of Barnsdall’s animal control officer 10 years ago, there was a rash of doggie disappearances in town. Back then, it turned out that a couple of guys from Tulsa were hitting small towns, picking up friendly small dogs and larger ones that appeared purebred, and selling them [...]
