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[foogallery id="603"]   Oh, and it's awesome, by the way. If you've driven through, or even just driven by Sapulpa, you've probably seen Price Jones' work. His unique style lives on a couple of buildings in Sapulpa, but probably best known is the large "things get better, hang in there" sign that you see as you're heading…

Madison Cobb of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, appeared in the bright lights of Broadway on Saturday, September 19, as part of the National Down Syndrome Society's (NDSS) annual Times Square Video presentation. The featured photographs highlighted children, teens, and adults with Down syndrome, reminding the world in a very big way about the contributions and milestones of…

Local business owner and clothing designer Sarah Shibley is seeing some hard-earned success after almost ten years of building, tweaking, and fully-revamping her brand. The Sapulpa native was recently selected as an "Emerging Designer" for Tulsa Fashion Week, a local live runway fashion show featuring the latest trends in the industry. Shibley says she began designing clothing…

By Don Diehl His is called “the Greatest Generation” for good reason. Sapulpa resident Paul Morgan, who turns 90 on August 27, was 18 and a high school student from Ames, Okla. when Uncle Sam called in 1943. A year later he would be in Stalag 12A, one of Germany's largest Prisoner of War camps, Rawstock,…

ROAD SCHOLARS -- Nine Creek County employees from District 2 including the commissioner himself, have been certified as “Road Scholars” by the Oklahoma State University Extension. From left, Tim Edens, Steve Thompson, Earl Steely, Colt Moore, Paul Guinn, Commissioner Rick Stewart, Lance Barton, Jay Evans and Foreman Mike Anthamatten (in front) represented the largest group to…

On Tuesday following the Sapulpa Rotary Club meeting, I introduced my granddaughter Harmony to a "member of the Greatest Generation" -- George Maynard. She is nine, and has to learn what such things as that means. George, who survived the Battle of the Bulge and spent the next 100 days fighting to free Europe and…