Katy’s Tidbits from around the Community

Sam Varner Memorial Fireworks Celebration AnnouncedIn preparation for the Sam Varner Memorial Fireworks Celebration, Bristow Police Department recently announced the event date and time and sought donations via its social media accounts.

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation fishing report

Arcadia: May 19. Elevation is 0.5 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 69°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Channel and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, dough bait, and punch bait around channels, coves, and points.

Bristow High School Senior Daniel Woods achieves remarkable academic milestones

Daniel Woods, a senior at Bristow High School, has exemplified academic excellence and leadership throughout his educational journey. Having attended Bristow Public Schools for 13 years,Woods has been a dedicated member of the Bristow Pirate Pride band for the past four years.

Memorial Day preparations made at Bristow City Cemetery

In anticipation of Memorial Day each year, a few local organizations and cemetery caretakers place flags, wreaths, and flowers at the gravesites of servicemen and women interred in area cemeteries.

Motorycle collision on OK-66

On Monday, May 27, on Highway 66 near S. 229th West Ave., approximately nine miles west of Bristow, Raymond Harris, age 56, of Tulsa, was riding his 2015 Harley Davidson Street Glide, eastbound on Hwy 66 when a deer traveling southbound came into the path of the motorcycle.

Why Not Pass It On?

Torrential rain fell on this otherwise quiet Friday, May 31, 1889. Several inches fell in the past twenty-four-hour period. It had rained heavily in the western Pennsylvania area of Johnstown.Unfortunately, the South Fork Dam was fourteen miles upstream and had been constructed insufficiently.

From the Pastor’s Desk

One of my favorite songs is The Anchor Holds because it the story of my life: I have journeyed through the long, dark night; Out on the open sea by faith alone sight unknown; and yet His eyes were watching me; though the ship is battered, though the sails are torn; The anchor holds in spite of the...