Medicine Park

Photos by Lee Ann DeSilver

Photos by Lee Ann DeSilver

Tour de Meers

OFF AND RUNNING: Riders take off from the Meers Volunteer Fire Department during the annual Tour de Meers on Saturday, May 28
Candace McCoy of Birdhouse Cottages in Medicine Park. Andrew W. Griffin for SWChronicle

Candace McCoy of Birdhouse Cottages in Medicine Park. Andrew W. Griffin for SWChronicle

Medicine Park getting a facelift

MEDICINE PARK – Amidst the construction equipment, buzzing saws and pounding hammers, picturesque Medicine Park is slowly but surely getting a bit of a facelift.
 First responders looking to secure grants for new telecommunication equipment

First responders looking to secure grants for new telecommunication equipment

Medicine Park first responders need new radios

MEDICINE PARK – First responders in this Comanche County town are enlisting assistance from a local grant-writing professional in their bid to secure funds to buy nearly three dozen radios plus body cameras and a communications signal repeater.
Rock in the Park

Rock in the Park

Rock in the Park

Oklahoma's own "Another Pink in the Floyd" tribute band helped rock the park during Medicine Park's two-day music festival and Fourth of July Celebration on Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4. Several other area annual Fourth of July celebrations were canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
In addition to the produce, Hilliary Communications donated an extra $2,000. The monetary donation is expected to cover animal food costs at the aquarium for one month. On Monday, April 6, Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Cen- ter staff, Nicole Rowe, Rainette Rowland, Doug Kemper, Nicole Hill and Jacey Smith scooped up armfuls of donated produce and feed, ready to deliver it to the variety of animal species housed at the aquarium.

In addition to the produce, Hilliary Communications donated an extra $2,000. The monetary donation is expected to cover animal food costs at the aquarium for one month. On Monday, April 6, Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Cen- ter staff, Nicole Rowe, Rainette Rowland, Doug Kemper, Nicole Hill and Jacey Smith scooped up armfuls of donated produce and feed, ready to deliver it to the variety of animal species housed at the aquarium.

Medicine Park Aquarium in need of donations

MEDICINE PARK - Needing to keep staff paid and animals cared for despite being closed to the public, the Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center is actively soliciting monetary and animal food donations.
The group will hold their regular monthly meeting and luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Prairie Bldg, Great Plains Coliseum - Fairgrounds, Lawton

The group will hold their regular monthly meeting and luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, at the Prairie Bldg, Great Plains Coliseum - Fairgrounds, Lawton

Great Plains Republican Women to meet Sept. 19

LAWTON - Hallie Milner from Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) is the scheduled speaker for the Great Plains Republican Women meeting. The group will hold their regular monthly meeting and luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept.
Brandishing this sword, Robert Sturgis Powers is accused of threatening a Hilliary Communications employee and stabbing the front tires of a company bucket truck.

Brandishing this sword, Robert Sturgis Powers is accused of threatening a Hilliary Communications employee and stabbing the front tires of a company bucket truck.

Arrest made after Lawton man 'wildly' wields weapons

Brandishing a sword and hatchet, a Lawton man accused of threatening a local telecommunications company employee and attacking his utility vehicle, was placed under arrest yesterday afternoon.