People and Places

Visitors of the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art’s ‘Mummy Day’ learn about Tutu. The 2023 ‘Mummy Day’ will be held Nov. 4. The Museum will offer free admission all day for visitors to explore the galleries and exhibits and enjoy mummy-themed art activitie. Photo provided

Visitors of the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art’s ‘Mummy Day’ learn about Tutu. The 2023 ‘Mummy Day’ will be held Nov. 4. The Museum will offer free admission all day for visitors to explore the galleries and exhibits and enjoy mummy-themed art activitie. Photo provided

Experience Mummy Day At the Mabee-Gerrer Museum

News Staff
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art is hosting its annual Mummy Day on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 11 am to 3 pm. The free, family- friendly event celebrates Oklahoma’s only mummies, including Tutu, which is on permanent display at the Museum.
Twenty-seven contestants in the Tot, Little, Junior and Miss Frontier Days Pageant perform the musical number dressed in period costumes for the “Remember When” theme. The pageant was held on Sept. 24 at the W.P. Wood Alumni Center at Tecumseh High School, but the Junior and Miss contestants will be crowned before the Frontier Days Parade on Sept. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Twenty-seven contestants in the Tot, Little, Junior and Miss Frontier Days Pageant perform the musical number dressed in period costumes for the “Remember When” theme. The pageant was held on Sept. 24 at the W.P. Wood Alumni Center at Tecumseh High School, but the Junior and Miss contestants will be crowned before the Frontier Days Parade on Sept. 30. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Forty Girls Compete In Frontier Days Pageant

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Forty Frontier Days Pageant contestants took to the stage at the W.P. Wood THS Alumni Center on Sunday, Sept. 24. With the Frontier Days theme being “Remember When,” about 27 girls dressed in clothes from past decades started the pageant off with a musical number.
Rachel Collier, a juggler and hula-hoop artist at Inspyral Circus performed a mind warping hula hoop routine at the Tecumseh Public Library on Thursday, July 6, for its annual Summer Learning Challenge. Countywide& Sun/Valerie Scott

Rachel Collier, a juggler and hula-hoop artist at Inspyral Circus performed a mind warping hula hoop routine at the Tecumseh Public Library on Thursday, July 6, for its annual Summer Learning Challenge. Countywide& Sun/Valerie Scott

Hip-Hoppin’ Summer Fun At The Tecumseh Public Library

Valerie Scott
Thursday, July 13, 2023
The Tecumseh Public Library is hip-hopping with fun these past summer weeks. As part of its Summer Learning Challenge, the library hosted a hip-hop dance class on Wednesday, June 28. Jesus Martinez, an instructor at RACE Dance Collective, came to teach the teens how to breakdance.
Abby Thompson, 12; Sarah Thompson; Ken Thompson; and Cora Thompson, 4, all of Tecumseh, look over a 1958 BMW Isetta 300, owned by Philip Farmer for the last 25 years. The Isetta won “Most Unusual” in the 36th Annual Knights Auto Club Car Show, held at Boy Scout Park on June 24. The event attracted more than 200 vehicles. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Abby Thompson, 12; Sarah Thompson; Ken Thompson; and Cora Thompson, 4, all of Tecumseh, look over a 1958 BMW Isetta 300, owned by Philip Farmer for the last 25 years. The Isetta won “Most Unusual” in the 36th Annual Knights Auto Club Car Show, held at Boy Scout Park on June 24. The event attracted more than 200 vehicles. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Over 200 Vehicles Enter 36th Annual Knights Car Show

News Staff
Thursday, July 6, 2023
More than 200 vehicles filled Bristow Boy Scout Park in Shawnee on June 24 for the 36th Annual Knights Auto Club Car Show.
Preserving Life In Poetry: Shawnee Man Publishes Collection

Preserving Life In Poetry: Shawnee Man Publishes Collection

Preserving Life In Poetry: Shawnee Man Publishes Collection

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Ronald Young, of Shawnee, doesn’t consider himself a poet. He wasn’t inspired to write until six years ago. At that time, he needed a present for his golfers’ group’s “dirty Santa” gift exchange party, and he decided to write an acrostic poem for the host couple.
Dr. Bob Evans, DVM, holds up his retirement cake during a reception at Crossing Hearts Ranch on May 21. Evans founded Tecumseh Veterinary Clinic in 1978. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Dr. Bob Evans, DVM, holds up his retirement cake during a reception at Crossing Hearts Ranch on May 21. Evans founded Tecumseh Veterinary Clinic in 1978. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Tecumseh Vet Clinic Founder Retires After 46 Years

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Dr. Bob Evans, DVM, grew up on a farm in Perkins and helped to work land in Lincoln County. His father was a vocational agriculture teacher, and his mother was a teacher, as well.
Retired Asher Baseball Coach Murl Bowen was recently one of three honored at a Silo baseball game for being in the top 10 with the most wins nationwide. The other two were his nephews, Billy Jack Bowen and Randy Bowen. The elder Bowen had an all-time record of 2,115-349 from 1959 to 1998. He poses here with his 2023 Prep Nation Lifetime Achievement Award and his Prep Nation GOAT Award. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Retired Asher Baseball Coach Murl Bowen was recently one of three honored at a Silo baseball game for being in the top 10 with the most wins nationwide. The other two were his nephews, Billy Jack Bowen and Randy Bowen. The elder Bowen had an all-time record of 2,115-349 from 1959 to 1998. He poses here with his 2023 Prep Nation Lifetime Achievement Award and his Prep Nation GOAT Award. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

Pottawatomie Profiles

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Murl Bowen, of Asher, has led a life dedicated to baseball. He grew up playing baseball in Little League, high school and college. And he achieved great success in the 39 years he coached baseball at Asher High School.
The Barnard Elementary LEGO Savages received the Core Values Award during a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Qualifying Event at Gordon Cooper Technology Center last fall. Because of that, they have now been invited to represent Oklahoma at the FIRST LEGO League World Festival, in Houston, April 19-22. The team includes Jude LaChappell, Stetson Smith, Emory Cox, Cameron Thompson, Austin Qualls and Landon Williams, plus Team Mentor Mardesia Finch. Photo provided.

The Barnard Elementary LEGO Savages received the Core Values Award during a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Qualifying Event at Gordon Cooper Technology Center last fall. Because of that, they have now been invited to represent Oklahoma at the FIRST LEGO League World Festival, in Houston, April 19-22. The team includes Jude LaChappell, Stetson Smith, Emory Cox, Cameron Thompson, Austin Qualls and Landon Williams, plus Team Mentor Mardesia Finch. Photo provided.

LEGO Savages Invited To FIRST Robotics World Festival

Natasha Dunagan
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Later this month, the Barnard Elementary LEGO Savages team will be traveling to Houston, TX, to represent Oklahoma at the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) World Festival.