Winning Wolves

My letter dated 11-04-09 drew heavy fire on the statement that we weren’t a christian nation. I have to tell you that I got that from Obama himself. He said in one of his many speeches that we were no longer a christain nation.

There’s a whole lot to like about the City of Shawnee! The vitality of any city is directly tied to the willingness of its citizens to recognize and act in behalf of present and future needs. The fruits of this vitality can be seen all around us in our Convention Center, new “state of the art” mid school, coming Kickapoo road project, and the new business starts and expansions seen around town.

Why are comments not making it in?
We’ve called several times and you never print our comments, so is it that you don’t print comments that speak positive about Obama or is it that you just don’t print comments that come from Blacks?

Shawnee police should ticket handicap parking violators
I’m handicapped and I’m in a wheelchair and I’d like to complain about all the people who like to block handicap parking places with shopping carts.

The George Kaiser Family Foundation will present Family Promise of Shawnee a $15,000 donation at noon on Thursday, at San Remo’s Italian Restaurant in Shawnee. The donation will be used to support Family Promise’s mission to respond to the needs of homeless families in Shawnee.

It’s a few weeks away yet, but the annual Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction hosted by the Shawnee chapter is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation in the north building on the pow-wow grounds.
Doors open at 6 p.m., the dinner begins at 7 and the auction is at 8. Tickets prices are $40 for single, which includes a year’s membership in Ducks Unlimited. Sponsorship costs $265.
The chapter officers heading up the annual fund raiser include Lance Wortham, Mark Schneiter, Jack Kinkade and Kyle Rosebure.

It was like old times — like 44 years ago on the other side of the globe — for Shawnee Milling Company president Bill Ford and Averrill B. McClure, an Alkol, W.Va., coal mining foreman, when they rode together in a 1965-era Jeep in Shawnee’s Veterans Day parade Saturday.

Shawnee High School computer teacher Gaye Shepherd said she cannot take many precautions when protecting computers, printers and monitors at the school.

A Chandler man was critically injured Thursday when his pickup struck a fence and rolled twice, ejecting him.

Seminole State College will be recommended for the maximum 10-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools with no visits, reports or further follow-up required.

A recently married, 22-year-old soldier from southwest Oklahoma was one of the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, his mother said Friday.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health says the number of deaths in the state associated with the swine flu has increased.

Photos of local area high school football games on October 30, 2009.

Is your house full of little ghosts, princesses or super heroes?  It must be Halloween! 

Oklahoma Baptist got little resistance in its second win of the season, shredding host Baker 72-48 Saturday in Baldwin City, Kan.

MUSKOGEE — Spurred by a 30-point performance by Carletta Hernandez, St. Gregory’s women outlasted host Bacone College 93-90 Saturday.