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.

Longtime Shawnee motion picture exhibitor Jones Theatres, Inc., said the company has signed a lease to operate a movie theatre at Shawnee Mall, owned by the Lightstone Group.

The George Kaiser Family Foundation presented Family Promise of Shawnee with a $15,000 donation this week to help support Family Promise’s transportation services for homeless families in the Shawnee community.

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! 

It took a while for the fourth-ranked Bison to get cranking, but Oklahoma Baptist University won the men’s basketball season opener Friday night, 89-65, against Dallas Christian College.
“You have to start somewhere and this is where we are right now,” said OBU coach Doug Tolin. “We’ve got a long way to go and a lot of things to work on. But we did some good things, too. We need to pick it up in practice.”
OBU was an impressive 67 percent from the field but shot just over 50 percent from the free throw line. The Bison committed 25 turnovers – 14 of those unforced.
After trailing the Crusaders for most of the first seven minutes, the Bison used a 15-0 run to take a 21-13 lead with 8:54 left in the first half. Six different Bison scored in the spree, led by Tyler Parker with four points.
From there, the Crusaders only scored back-to-back baskets once as the Bison built a 44-29 halftime cushion.

HENRYETTA — In a contest riddled with turnovers, Prague’s Red Devils notched third place in District 2A-5 with a 47-24 triumph over Henryetta Friday night.
Now playoff bound, the Red Devils will face an undetermined foe in next week’s postseason first round.