BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER SAPULPA — The Creek County Literacy Program held an Open House on Tuesday, April 30, at their facility on Poplar St., next to the Big Build Park. The program began in February 1989 and the first Director, Vera Berlin, operated out of the Sapulpa Public Library. In 2006, construction began on […]
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By John Mark Young It happened over a century and a half ago last month, 159 years ago on April 14, 1865, to be exact… That’s when one of the greatest Presidents our country has ever had was shot in the back of the head while he and his beloved wife watched a play in
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by CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER SAPULPA –– The Sapulpa Herald visited Sahoma and Pretty Water Lakes on Wednesday, May 1, to check fishing conditions. It was a mild and cloudy morning, with a light wind out of the southeast. There was a lone tent camper, however the RV campsite was nearly full. There was a lone angler
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BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR VINITA – The Kiefer track and field teams competed at the Class 3A Regional in Vinita on Monday and enjoyed a good day, with four individual champions. The Trojan boys had 11 top-five finishes and placed fifth as a team, while qualifying seven different athletes in nine events for the 3A state meet
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DILLON MACKEY Kiefer Trojan golfer qualified for the state tournament with a third-place finish at Class 3A Regionals last Monday. He shot three-over-par at Rock Creek Golf Course in Sapulpa. The Trojans as a team took seventh place, just missing qualifying as a team. The state tournament is Monday and Tuesday at Muskogee Country Club. You
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BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR SHAWNEE – The Kellyville track and field teams competed at the Class 3A Regional at North Rock Creek High School on Monday and qualified 13 different athletes to go to the state meet. The Pony boys had two individual boys qualify for this weekend’s state meet, including the Regional pole vault champion,
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BY JOHN TRANCHINA, SPORTS EDITOR KELLYVILLE – That’s one goal attained. For each of the three Kellyville student athletes that signed to play sports collegiately on Tuesday afternoon, it was the fulfillment of a longtime dream, a goal for all three that has been reached. And for two of them, the ability to take on the next challenge
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BY CHARLES BETZLER, HERALD WRITER H.U. Bartlett, the founder of the Bartlett-Collins glass plant, was born on a farm near Beloit, Wisconsin, and later became a carpenter. He subsequently married a schoolteacher from Eldorado, Kansas, Eva Maud Whitehead. Suffering from wanderlust, he left Beloit and moved to California soon after the Gold Rush, later coming to
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BY DARREN SUMNER, HERALD PUBLISHER TULSA – The Spring Charity Ball themed “Carry The Torch” was held Thursday evening at the Oaks Country Club, as a capacity crowd filled the room for a good cause and a fine dinner. A silent auction was set up as guests arrived. Tammy Taylor, Sapulpa Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Vice President,
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SPS COMMUNICATIONS SAPULPA — The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA) is pleased to announce Johnny Bilby of Sapulpa Public Schools as the 2024 OASA District 8 Assistant Superintendent/Central Office Administrator of the Year. Mr. Bilby will be recognized at the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA) Summer Leadership Conference on June 12-14, 2024. OASA
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