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It’s been 100 years since Will Rogers filmed Laughing Bill Hyde, his first of 50 silent movies. While films were somewhat of a novelty then, today’s movie fans have an opportunity during the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival to view four days of original films from all around the world. Films submitted in the Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival will be showing each day in Claremore from Oct. 30-Nov. 2. First place winners will receive the classic Dog Iron Award, which will be presented in 12 categories at a special Dog Irons Awards Ceremony on the night of Nov. 2. Motion picture buffs have an opportunity to win an “All Access Pass” valued at $100 to see all of the entries throughout the Festival and attend the kick-off party, awards ceremony, lectures and the V.I.P reception. Framed copies of Will Rogers’ movie posters are displayed in more than 50 Claremore locations. To...

On October 10, the MoH will celebrate its Inaugural History Keeper Award Dinner & Installation Ceremony at Rogers State University honoring Dr. Bob Blackburn, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The Museum’s Board of Directors invites you to support the Museum’s Mission and help celebrate the man whose efforts over the past 40 years have left an indelible mark, ensuring that Oklahoma’s history is preserved. Proceeds from the event will be used to continue the MoH’s mission of bringing quality exhibits of people and events that accurately portray our past and set the stage for tomorrow’s history. The MoH receives no public funding and it is only through your generosity and support that they are able to continue this important mission. Your commitment to enriching our lives by celebrating and remembering our past is appreciated. The Master of Ceremonies for this event will be former Governor Frank Keating. Registration opens at...

The Blue Star Mothers are hosting the annual police versus fire softball game on Thursday, September 19. It will begin at 6p at the RSU Diamond Complex on Blue Starr. This is a free, family event BUT donations are greatly appreciated. Concessions will be available; come out for dinner! You can pick up a hot dog, chips, cookie and drink for just five bucks. Also grab a souvenir t-shirt for $10! The mission of the Blue Star Mothers is to send freedom boxes to our troops serving overseas. They are need of donations, so if you can bring any of the following to the game, they'd love you forever. Come out and support our local heroes!

If you're on the hunt for your dream home, hit up one of these open houses this weekend in Claremore, hosted by Coldwell Banker Select. Sunday 2p - 4p 18912 Spring Creek Lane Saturday and Sunday 2p - 4p 8319 N 149th East Avenue Saturday and Sunday 2p - 4p 8023 Forest Glen Road   Sunday 2p - 4p 14803 E Fieldstone Drive N Sunday 2p - 4p 13709 S 89th Avenue  

As we gear up for a day of great food, family, and fun at ZipperQ 8, I can't help but reminisce about how we got to where we are. When we started this event in 2012, we had no idea what we were doing but were determined to make a difference. We consulted other successful fundraising families, gathered our family and friends and decided a BBQ competition was our thing. Friends and family went into action and organized the event and blew all expectations out of the water. The BBQ teams endured a night of cold storms and it sleeted throughout the event, but people showed up! From there, my brother Robert and I created moreClaremore.com and set to work to do what we could to benefit both the Claremore and FOP communities. The moreClaremore website has grown into a Claremore staple, and so has the ZipperQ event. I’ve had the honor to serve...

Thursday, September 12th 620 N Chickasaw Friday, September 13th 620 N Chickasaw 612 E 13th St Saturday, September 14th 1700 Forest Hill Dr 8523 E 480 Rd 2145 W Country Club Rd 3337 Bunker St 612 E 13th St 620 N Chickasaw Sunday, September 15th 2145 W Country Club Rd

From the Will Rogers Library- School is back in session and it’s exciting to see our youngest patrons learning to read! This month’s review will begin with two well-loved series for beginning readers. Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli has become one of the favorites for children just learning to read. Biscuit is an adorable puppy (golden retriever, perhaps?) that has adventures while growing up. Super simple vocabulary makes this a great choice for beginners. If your reader enjoys Biscuit, there are many others in this series. Another good choice is the Pete the Cat series. In this cartoonish series, Pete is the coolest cat around. He enjoys baseball in Pete the Cat, Play Ball! This series is created by James Dean. Pete will appeal to boys and girls as they begin to read. His cool cat ways and funny adventures are fun to read. Again, simple vocabulary on each page make this series...

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We would like to celebrate a milestone for Claremore's Mark Neal! Mark has been a machinist in Claremore for the past 20 years. He got his start working for McClain's MFG, where he played in the company softball league. His former boss, Tony McClain, to this day declares that Mark was "the best employee he had. If there was a deadline to be met, he met it!" McClain's shut down in the early 2000s. But John and Kevin Brumley at Reliable MFG saw something in Mark and hired him right on the spot. Mark worked for Reliable MFG for 10 years but found his home at Tri-State Sales. A lot of his work is spread out all over the globe and he's made specialized parts for the Army, Nascar, the railroad, oil rigs, Boeing and American Airlines, just to name a few. Congratulations, Mark, on 20 years of success!

I was in 10th grade when Timothy McVeigh decided to ruin the lives of countless people one April morning in Oklahoma City. My dad worked just down the street on Lincoln Ave., and he had plenty of stories to tell that I didn't want to hear. Stories of bodies, and chaos, and irreparable damage. I don't think it's that he was trying to frighten me; I think he just needed to tell someone to get it off his chest. I visited the Murrah Building with my dad shortly after, and it was heartbreaking. Years later, as an adult, I visited The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, and the memories of it haunt me to this day. If you've never paid it a visit, you should. Oklahoma City was personal to me, as an Oklahoman. But 9/11 was personal to all of us, as Americans. On September 11, 2001, it...