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Lawton preparing to celebrate birthday

News Staff
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
LAWTON – The City of Lawton invites the community to McMahon Memorial Auditorium on Aug. 4 to celebrate Lawton’s 121st birthday. The event will begin with a reception in the lobby at 5 p.m., with light refreshments and a cake-cutting ceremony, the city said in a news release.
Spread The Word Ministries will be recognized as Outstanding Organization during the City of Lawton's birthday celebration Aug. 4/Photo Provided

Spread The Word Ministries will be recognized as Outstanding Organization during the City of Lawton's birthday celebration Aug. 4/Photo Provided

Lawton to honor residents and organizations at birthday event

News Staff
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
LAWTON – The City of Lawton will present four awards at this year’s Lawton birthday celebration, happening Thursday, Aug. 4 at McMahon Memorial Auditorium. A reception and celebration will take place from 5-6 p.m.

Registration for fall sports begins

News Staff
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
LAWTON – Registration for the City of Lawton Parks and Recreation Department’s fall 2022 sports began this week, with leagues planned for citizens of all ages. There will be: Tackle football for 10 and under and 12 and under. Flag football for 6U and 8U. Volleyball for 10U, 12U and 14U.

Blue Tie Gala set for Sept. 9

News Staff
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
LAWTON – The United Way of Southwest Oklahoma will host its fifth annual Blue Tie Gala Sept. 9 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Lawton. This year’s event has a “Wanderlust” theme and will feature entertainment by the Royal Dukes Band.
The audience watches as Delores Twohatchet, a Kiowa and Comanche woman, wraps a handmade shawl around Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland July 11 at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko. Twohatchet and other survivors of the federal Indian boarding school system shared their stories during the first stop on the Interior Department’s “Road to Healing” tour. Eric Swanson/Staff photo

The audience watches as Delores Twohatchet, a Kiowa and Comanche woman, wraps a handmade shawl around Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland July 11 at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko. Twohatchet and other survivors of the federal Indian boarding school system shared their stories during the first stop on the Interior Department’s “Road to Healing” tour. Eric Swanson/Staff photo

‘I was no longer allowed to use my name’

Eric Swanson
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
ANADARKO – Brought Plenty was sitting in her South Dakota day school one morning when two white men entered the building, grabbed her arms and hauled her out to a car. Plenty, who was about 6 at the time, said she does not remember the ride to Pierre Indian School in Pierre, South Dakota.
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