Community Events

WateWater AerobicsTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Beginning June 16th 10 a.m.to 11 a.m. Pirate Plunge Pool.All Things Farm Related SwapThird Sunday of each month.9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Tractor Supply parking lot.Bristow Garden ClubThe Bristow Garden Club meets the second Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m.

Three cities, three approaches: How Oklahoma’s homeless encampment sweeps played out differently

It is a tale of three cities.On the morning of May 22, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers cleared a homeless encampment on vacant stateowned property in Norman under Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Operation SAFE initiative. Service providers said there was no warning that an encampment sweep would be happening.

NE District 4-H Horse Show

courtesy photosThe NE District Horse Show was held at Crossbar in Kifer. Creek County was represented by 15 participants. All the kids did a great job and will be going on to the State Show in Chickasha .in July.Curtis Boatman

Bristow Alumni matches grant, gives Bristow Historical Society $20,100

Angie Gentry photo

BancFirst Corporation announces acquisition of SpiritBank

BancFirst Corporation (NASDAQ: BANF) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spirit BankCorp, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, and SpiritBank (Spirit), a privately held community bank headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Spirit has approximately $939.6 million in total assets, $618.

Primary election results, who is in the race

Voters in Oklahoma took to the poles today to elect who will be in the race in the November election.A few seats will fill automatically with this primary election results as no Democratic candidates filed for the seats.

Coffeetime Column

Lost terribly at the family game of cards? Tear up that score card and put it out of your mind. A silly little board game is not worth thinking about and ruining your day. But you know that. Or you should.

Thinking Out Loud

A friend shared this with me: My brothers and sisters just left our father's house. We have spent the last four days together, eighteen hours a day. We'll see each other again in the morning at my dad's memorial service. Eddie passed from this world a few minutes before 3 p.m.