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Cowboys rally from 12run deficit to keep regional championship hopes alive might have been the best of the bunch. After 12 runs and four pitching changes, OSU managed to stop the bleeding defensively thanks to a strong appearance from Rowdy Baribeau Trevor Martin.

Staff Reporter Martin threw 126 pitches over 6 2/3 innings After the third inand notched 16 strikening, some Cowboy fans outs, a career-high and were exiting the stands tied a program record for and fans were livid on strikeouts, all while alsocial media. lowing three earned runs, It seemed as if the all of which were home only people who believed runs. All four OSU pitchin the OSU baseball ers gave up three earned team after the third, were runs with the exception themselves. They proved being Ryan Bogusz, who it as they defied insurgave up six in his start. mountable odds to rally It took four innings against the No. 4 seeded for the Cowboy offense Missouri State Bears, to get going, but when winning 29-15 Sunday they did, they didn’t look afternoon. The teams back. The Cowboys got combined for the most things started offensively runs in NCAA tournacourtesy of a Caeden ment history (44).

Trenkle RBI single with The Cowboys have bases loaded. The Cowfollowed the trend of boys scored six in the back and forth ballgames fourth, four in the fifth in every game thus far in and seven in the sixth, this regional championby which point OSU had ship. However, this one already retaken the lead

17-14. The Cowboys also scored five in the eighth and seven again, in the ninth.

OSU hit seven doubles and three home runs with one each from Roc Riggio, Nolan McLean and the grand-slam to take the lead by Griffin Doersching. Roc Riggio, Jake Thompson and Marcus Brown were the most consistent hitters in this game as they hit at a strong clip. Brown and Riggio both collected five hits as Jake Thompson recorded four.

The Missouri State bullpen struggled with their control as they gave up 26 hits and walked seventeen batters. MSU had four pitchers give up five earned runs. Oklahoma State had no errors as they had a solid defensive showing aside from pitching. The OSU bullpen managed to give up just eight extra-base hits. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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“Ace-ing” the test Kelly Maxwell pitched all 14 innings the Cowgirls have played thus far in the WCWS.

Maxwell dominates against Florida despite battling fatigue

Karisa Sheely The Cowboys came back to win after a 12-0 deficit against Missouri State.

Mary Kate Driggs, the 100 year Stillwater native hood, Perkins Road was a dirt road that would Ellen Slater occasionally be greeted O’Colly Contributor with a Model T Ford and the state was almost four decades away from being Mary Kate Driggs out of Prohibition. She has spent 36,525 days be- lives in a world where ing a Stillwater native. she has a cellphone, do On March 25, a not ask her to see the old parade of motorcycles, family photos she keeps collector cars and pink on it, though, she probballoons made its way ably will have left it in down Main Street with a her room. few dozen people litDriggs said she tering the otherwise loved the parade, for she quiet downtown with the knows so many of the sounds of colorful noise- people in Stillwater since makers and loud cheers. she has spent a majorDriggs was at the end of ity of her life in Payne the parade riding shotgun County. This is what hapin a convertible Thunder- pens when one lives in a bird; the parade was for town so long, she said. her.

Her late husband, The parade was Hilary Driggs, was the planned in honor of Stillwater Police Chief Driggs, a Stillwater nafor the last decade of his tive, turning 100. law enforcement career, “I enjoyed it,” which started in 1953.

Driggs said. “But I was The many years as the glad it was over, really.”

First Lady of the StillIt was more attenwater Police Department tion than she is used to equates to her having a receiving. lot of respect and popuWhen Driggs larity, especially from the was born in Stillwater in police force that drove its 1922, Oklahoma was in motorcycles through the its teen years of stateparade.

After Driggs temporarily moved away from Oklahoma with her family to California, she returned in time for her senior year at Stillwater High School in the late 1930s. This is when she met her husband. She decided he was handsome.

Driggs did not know anyone else at the school after living out of state and she had nothing to lose. He ended up walking her home that day and they were a pair until his death in 2013.

“I was 17 and he was 18 when we got married, just us and the preacher,” Driggs said.

The high school sweethearts were wed not long after in secret. Even the couple’s parents didn’t know. Word traveled quickly in Stillwater in the 1940s, and after her husband let one too many people in on their secret, their parents found out.

“His dad said, ‘Well if you married this girl, you need to bring her home,’” Driggs said.

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Ashton Slaughter Staff Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY– Kelly Maxwell didn’t get a full night of rest following her dominant pitching performance in the first round of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday night.

After defeating Arizona 4-2, Maxwell and four other Cowgirls were asked to take a drug test postgame, something that isn’t out of the ordinary for collegiate athletes.

However, something that wasn’t conventional about the drug test was the amount of time it took Maxwell to get back to Oklahoma State’s hotel following the game.

“She gave a sample immediately,” said head coach Keny Gajewski, explaining how Maxwell was told to take a test around midnight on Thursday night. “She got back to the hotel at 3:15.”

Even with Maxwell’s late-night, she still came out for the second round of the winner’s bracket in a game against Florida on Saturday night with an edge– per usual. This edge led the Cowgirls to a 2-0 victory, in which the Co-Big 12 Pitcher of the Year pitched a complete game in the circle, with nine strikeouts on the evening.

Despite Maxwell

staying out later than anticipated on Thursday night, Gajewski still knew who he needed to turn to in a game that could advance the Cowgirls to the semifinals of the WCWS. “She’s our ace... just didn’t think much about it to be very honest,” Gajewski said.

While Maxwell came out and... well, performed like Maxwell, this still didn’t take away from how Gajewski felt about the hindrance in his ace’s schedule, breaking down how a routine drug test ended up taking over three hours out of her schedule.

“You can imagine these kids sweat like crazy and they hydrate all game long,” Gajewsk saidi. “Her sample was diluted. I mean explain that. Explain that stuff.”

While for some it’s easy to just give another sample, as Florida head coach, Tim Walton, explained how he hasn’t had any severe issues with players being drug tested.

“I just had one that had to do a whole bunch of crunches,” Walton said while laughing. “True story.”

Maxwell on the other hand– didn’t have that easy of a time.

“Now she has to sit here and try and pee again... it’s not fun, people are staring at you, you’re trying to test, you’re tired,” Gajewski said.

Gajewski wasn’t the only one that thought his ace was “on fumes” as he said, but Maxwell

also admitted that fatigue ended up playing a factor in her performance late in the game against the Gators.

“Yeah, my rest has been a little short after what happened the other day... I did get a little tired at the end, but I was able to push through,” Maxwell said.

For Gajewski though, he wasn’t upset with anybody in particular, as he recognizes the changes from the format in the past have affected this postseason positively.

Last year, the WCWS was only seven days long, this year though, it’s 10 days long, as the NCAA has allowed teams and players to receive days off, which assists those that perform well in the tournament and don’t have to take part in elimination games.

“I know the committee is working their tails off, we got this format changed... it’s awesome. I’m all in, it’s just another part we have to keep looking at,” Gajewski said. “If we have to play the next day if this format hasn’t changed... this is a tough deal. I’m not mad at anyone, I just know that this process needs to probably be looked at.”

“I think if we really wanna do what’s right and help keep growing our game, keep growing collegiate sports, studentathlete welfare would be at the top of this list,” Gajewski said. sports.ed@ocolly.com

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Staying alive Fans share thoughts on postseason fate after win over Missouri State otherwise.

“These boys in orange and black come out here and work day in and day out,” OSU fan Scott Shipman said. “They give Daniel Allen everything they’ve got.

The least we can do as Staff Reporter fans is stay the full game and show support.”

A win for OSU A matter of inlooked dim. nings later the Cowboys As Missouri State jumped out to a three run trotted off the field after lead. But they didn’t stop the bottom of the third there. inning, the Bears held a As OSU continued 12 run advantage over to add onto its lead, the No. 1 seeded OSU. group continued to heckle The orange chairs at Missouri State pitchat O’Brate Stadium began ers and cheer towards to empty, as the OSU the Cowboy batters, all faithful realized the the way until the score deficit their team was in. became final of a 29-15 A group of Cowboy fans victory for OSU. sitting along the home Major, Shipman, dugout, however, reand their friend Chance mained confident in their Alley, are all season team. ticket holders, having The Cowboys had been in attendance for everased seven and eight ery game Cowboy baserun deficits over the ball has played at O’Brate course of the season, Stadium this season. however, a 12 run lead “We believe this seemed like a far-fetched team can go to Omaha,” task to overcome. These Sarah Major said. “They fans, however, thought just need support.

They’ve got the facilities, the coaches— Josh (Holliday), Robin (Ventura), and Matt (Holliday)— to do it this year. They have the team this year.”

With the win over the Bears, OSU will face off against the Razorbacks later today, in hopes of forcing an elimination game for both teams on Monday night.

In spite of the heartbreaking eight run loss to the Razorbacks on Friday night, the three fans remain faithful to their team. They believe a trip to the College World Series for the first time since 2016 is not by any means out of reach.

“They had a bad game on Friday,” Alley said. “They can beat Arkansas. If South Eastern Louisiana can, they can for sure. If you leave a game, you’re counting (Oklahoma State) out, and we don’t count them out. We stay because we believe they can make a postseason run.” sports.ed@ocolly.com

OSU beat Arkansas 14-10 Sunday night, forcing a second regionals finals game tonight at 6 p.m.

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News 3 dead, 11 wounded in Philadelphia mass shooting South. He saw a young woman collapse to the ground on the corner.

“People were coming off the street with blood splatters on white sneakers and skinned knees and skinned elbows,” said a visibly shaken Walsh.

“We literally just were balling up napkins and wetting them Three people were killed and handing them to people.” and 11 others wounded in a Officials had not released mass shooting late Saturday the identities of the dead, night on South Street amid saying only that one was a chaos that erupted on legend25-year-old man and another a ary blocks that have long been 22-year-old woman. The names among the region’s most popu- and conditions of the wounded, lar gathering places. seven of whom were taken to “Once it started I didn’t Thomas Jefferson University think it was going to stop,” said Hospital, were unavailable.

Joe Smith, 23, who was stand- Other victims were taken to ing outside the Theater of the Pennsylvania Hospital and Living Arts on South between Penn Presbyterian Medical Third and Fourth streets, when Center. the shots rang out around 11:30 The mayhem appeared p.m. to stretch for several blocks, “It was chaos,” said Eric where smashed car windows Walsh who was closing up and knocked-over trash cans the outdoor seating area of were evident.

O’Neals, a bar near Third and A police commander

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said officers first heard numerous gunshots near Second and South Streets and saw multiple shooters.

An officer fired at one of the shooters, who was still firing a gun into the crowd, said Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace. The shooter dropped the weapon, which Pace said had an extended magazine.

It was not clear if the officer struck the shooter, Pace said.

Police recovered two semi-automatic handguns from the shooting scene, he said.

Pace said numerous officers had already been detailed to patrol the busy entertainment hub during what he called a standard deployment during summer weekends. Saturday night almost always draws traffic to South Street, and on this night the weather happened to be especially pleasant.

“You can imagine there were hundreds of individuals enjoying South Street, as they

do every single weekend, when this shooting broke out,” Pace said.

Police did not say whether they had a suspect in custody.

Some, like Smith, had come to attend a TLA concert by heavy metal band Dying Fetus. And the shootings occurred just a few blocks from the city’s Gayborhood, where outdoor bars and restaurants were packed with revelers on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the first Philadelphia Gay Pride Day. When he heard the shots, Smith said he immediately thought of recent shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas.

“There was guttural screaming,” he said. “I just heard screams.”

Smith said he and others ran to Fourth and Bainbridge Streets, a block from South, amid mass panic and confusion. They waited for police

to open access to the garage where they parked.

A shooting incident was reported earlier in the week at Fourth and South, but it was unclear whether it was in any way related to Saturday’s shooting.

Around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said, someone fired multiple shots at the intersection, striking homes on the 400 block of Gaskill Street, according to a report by WPHL-TV. Officers at the scene found nearly 50 pieces of ballistic evidence that spanned several blocks.

No arrests were made, but the station said police were searching for a female suspect.

As for the Saturday night incident, Pace said authorities would have to wait until later on Sunday to access surveillance footage from nearby businesses that were closed at the time of the shooting. news.ed@ocolly.com

Via Google Images Three people are dead and eleven people are wounded after a mass shooting took place in downtown Philadelphia last week.

WHEN IS LITTLE MUCH?

There is a short chorus that has encouraged me many times. “Little is much if God is in it. Labor not for wealth or fame. There’s a crown and you can win it. If you go in Jesus’ name.”

The woman, who poured the precious ointment on Jesus just before he was crucified, was criticized for “wasting” this expensive item. Yet, Jesus said everywhere the gospel is preached this woman’s action would be told. (Mk 14:3-9) Little things mean a lot as we are willing to serve the Lord. Paul mentions many in Romans 16 who helped him. The Good Samaritan stopped to help the man beaten and robbed.

(Lu.10:30-37) Paul writes as you have opportunity, do good to all men, especially to other believers.(Gal.6:10) When the poor widow dropped the two pennies, all that she had, into the temple offering. Jesus said she gave more the large offerings given. Her “large giving” was in relation to what she had. (Mk.12:41-44)

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Many people may plan to give when they receive a great amount of money, but that large amount of money may never come. We may plan to give time or talent to a project when we have more time, but that perfect time arrangement may never happen. Again, the apostle Paul encourages us “as you have opportunity, do good to all men.”

We never know when a little gesture of kindness, with money, or helping in an area of service, spending a little time with a person, a word of encouragement, will be just the action that will be a great help to someone. These can be practical ways of living out the Lord’s challenge to love one another. This is the fulfilling of the many commandments in the Bible: loving people by word and action.

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Molly Jolliff OSU wrestlers Daton Fix and Jordan Oliver did not win their spots on the World Team for this year.

Fix and Oliver fall in Final X, denied World Team appearances Braden Bush Staff Reporter There will be no Cowboys competing at the World Championships this year.

Both Daton Fix (61 kg freestyle) and Jordan Oliver (70 kg freestyle) went to a third match in Session II of Final X Stillwater on Friday night. And both left their home arena with a loss.

After a 5-5 win on criteria in the first bout against Seth Gross, Fix dropped the next match 5-4. He jumped out to a 4-1 lead before giving four consecutive step-outs in the second period, evaporating the advantage and setting up a third match.

Again, Fix built a healthy 4-0 lead in the third bout, but like the earlier matches, Gross stormed back.

“I like to wear on guys,”

Gross said. “I’m in their face, in their face,” Before his silver medal a year ago, Fix defeated Gross by a dominant 11-0 score at the 2021 World Team Trials. But that was not the case Friday.

Gross exploded in the final minute for a pair of takedowns and two points on a back exposure and took the match in comeback fashion, 9-5.

“It’s just something that you can’t dwell on how I’m down 3-0,” Gross said. “Point by point, brick by brick, you come back in the match, and that was all three matches today.”

The loss denies Fix, the reigning world silver medalist, his third appearance on the senior World Team, while Gross earned his first World Team spot.

Oliver and Zain Retherford are no strangers to each other. Coming into Final X, the two had faced off six times, with Oliver having won four of those. However, Retherford

took down Oliver in the 2019 World Team Trials Finals for a spot in Final X. Oliver avenged his loss in Session I with a 5-4 win in their second match. In the elimination match, Retherford possessed a 4-0 lead early in the second period, but Oliver began to tighten the gap. A takedown and a caution point for fleeing with under 10 seconds remaining made the match 4-3, but Retherford held on to the advantage.

Retherford claimed the spot in the World Championships, and Oliver was denied of his first World Team appearance after being a U.S. Olympic Team member in 2021.

The lone competitor with an OSU connection to advance from Final X was Jacarra Winchester, who has trained on the university’s campus. Winchester, the 2019 World Champion and two-time Final X champion, lost her first bout at 55 kg freestyle to Jenna Burkert, setting up a pivotal second.

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But the match was cut short when Burkert appeared to land on her neck during a double-leg attempt, resulting in her being carried off the mat on a stretcher by medics.

The injury default resulted in Winchester acquiring the World Team spot.

“You never want to win like that, you know,” Winchester said. “I was looking forward to an exciting three-match series.

“Like I said, I wish it would have went to the threematch series, and I hate to win this way. But I’m so grateful that I made the world team and I got another shot at being a world champion.”

Fix and Oliver were not made available to the media.

Final X Results: 57 kg MFS- Thomas Gilman def. Vitali Arujau (2-0) 61 kg MFS- Seth Gross def. Daton Fix (2-1) 70 kg MFS- Zain Retherford def. Jordan Oliver (2-1) 92 kg MFS- J’den Cox

def. Nathan Jackson (2-1) 97 kg MFS- Kyle Snyder def. Kollin Moore (2-0) 55 kg WFS- Jacarra Winchester def. Jenna Burkert (2-1) 59 kg WFS- Abigail Nette def. Lexie Basham (2-0) 65 kg WFS- Mallory Velte def. Forrest Molinari (2-1) 68 kg WFS- Tamyra Mensah Stock def. Sienna Ramirez (2-0) 76 kg WFS- Dymond Guilford def. Yelena Makoyed (2-0) 55 kg GR- Max Nowry def. Brady Koontz (2-0) 63 kg GR- Jesse Thielke def. Sammy Jones (2-0) 72 kg GR- Benjamin Peak def. Patrick Smith (2-1) 82 kg GR- Ben Provisor def. Spencer Woods (2-0) 130 kg GR- Cohlton Schultz def. Tanner Farmer (2-0)

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Two sides of current music

'Harry’s House' vs. 'American Heartbreak'

Via Google Images Harry Styles performed in Long Island at a release party for his third studio album “Harry’s House.”

tronic tones. Styles wants people to view the album Mallory Pool less like a geographical Staff Reporter location and more as a state of mind—his mind.

“Imagine it’s a day Forty-seven songs, in my house, a day in my two genres and a whole mind,” Styles said. “What lot of emotions mark this do I go through? I’m double album release on playing fun music. I’m May 20. Zach Bryan and playing sad music. I have Harry Styles both release doubts. I’m feeling stuff.” fantastic albums on the What I love about same day and shake up “Harry’s House” is that pop and country music Styles has kind of stepped fans alike. away from the need to be For the last two exciting and moved more weeks, people have been toward a true pop singerlistening nonstop to one songwriter with this of two albums, “Harry’s album. It’s real and feels House” or “American like something that will Heartbreak”. Both Styles establish who he is as a and Bryan release amaz- musician. ing music and it’s hard Now, as much as I to compare two different love Harry Styles, growgenres of music so that’s ing up in a small Oklanot really what I’m doing homa town will always here. I’m here to give make me a country music you a glimpse into the fan first. Zach Bryan is two types of music lovers one of my favorite red right now: the “Harry’s dirt artists and as much House” lovers and the as I love “Harry’s House”, “American Heartbreak” “American Heartbreak” lovers. has to take the cake for We’ll start with me.

Styles’ “Harry’s House”.

This 34-track album Opening with a fun and is one of the biggest straight forward song releases in country music that basically screams in a while. With enough pop music is “Music for a songs to make three sepaSushi Restaurant.” Styles rate albums, the Oologah knew that this was how native has given us a raw he wanted to open his and honest work that will third solo album. stand the test of time in “It became really the country music world. obvious what the first Bryan imagines an song should be based on album full of bull ridwhat you play for people ers, long-lost lovers and when they’re like, ‘Oh, wandering highway boys, can I hear a bit of mutelling the stories over sic?’” Styles told Apple simple, stripped arrangeMusic. “It’s like, how do ments and an emotionally you want to set the tone?” charged voice that rivals The album conthat of Tyler Childers and tinues to be an upbeat, Jason Isbell. groovy album with elec“There’s plenty of

characters on “American Heartbreak”—some of them I know, some of them I don’t,” Bryan tells Apple Music. “Sometimes I’m just in a breakfast place and I see someone doing something and I’m like, ‘It’d be crazy if that person was a bull rider.’

And then I’m like, ‘Oh wait—that would be a cool story.’”

The album highlights the massively successful song, “Something in the Orange,” which sparks with longing and brooding heartache.

My personal favorite track “Ninth Cloud” is a slightly more produced track than Bryan’s usual work, but nonetheless teaches us that in order to reach cloud nine and to experience life to the fullest, you first have to go through some tough times.

One of the most unique tracks “This Road I Know” is more of a poem that Bryan speaks as an acoustic guitar plays in the back.

The track is raw and real and made me tear up the first time I heard it. He makes references to many other tracks on the album including “Something in the Orange.” It is a beautiful and unique piece that I wanted to highlight.

Bryan made an album that holds some of the most well-crafted lyrics I’ve heard in a while.

There was not a single skip track on “American Heartbreak”, and it will continue to be a success as Bryan heads on his second tour. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

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Driggs met her father-in-law that

Earlier in her life, she recalls memories of going to OSU sporting events. She has always been an OSU fan even when the Cowboys were known as the Aggies. She especially enjoyed watching women’s basketball, for she was once more a than a spectator in the stands.

When her husband was serving in the Navy during WWII, Driggs was on the War Wives basketball team. Driggs credits her basketball skills to her ability to always jump high despite her short legs.

“That is probably why I am in a wheelchair,” Driggs said.

Her sense of humor has not dwindled with age.

Although she might not throw free throws with the War Wives anymore, she is social in her community.

For instance, she is known for her daily trips to the staple restaurant Granny’s Kitchen. She eats there Sundays, but used to drive herself there every morning in her Volkswagen Beetle (with stripes on the side) until she was 99.

Her order remains the same and she said she will never change. The breakfast sandwich with sausage as the meat and extra tomatoes and onions is her favorite.

“And I have never paid for it; Mohammad does not charge me,” Driggs said.

The loyalty to Granny’s Kitchen is deeper than the item off the breakfast menu. Driggs has become friends with Mohammad Mahmoud, the owner of Granny’s Kitchen who she calls Mo. “Mo kind of adopted Mom and Dad as his own since his parents were overseas,” said Darlene Pendleton, their eldest daughter.

Mahmoud was a big part of planning the parade celebration, which ended at the front parking spot of Granny’s Kitchen where a table was set for Driggs’ 50 closest companions.

He sparked the idea of the parade, and from there it was a collaboration with Visit Stillwater.

Visit Stillwater conducted a lot of the planning and publicity for the parade.

Cristy Morrison, president and CEO of Visit Stillwater, and said this is the type of community that had to

Mary Kate Briggs turned 100 years old in March of 2022, making her one of the oldest Stillwater natives in the town.

throw a parade in Driggs’ honor.

“I think that everyone in Stillwater is willing to make that a special day for her and her family,” Morrison said.

Morrison said she had met Driggs for the first time at her usual stop of Granny’s Kitchen where she unexpectedly sat and ate with Driggs even though Morrison was just stopping in the restaurant to drop something off.

But that is just who Driggs is: a friend to all.

A lot of the Stillwater community members, like Morrison, Driggs has met along the way were in attendance for the parade.

The parade was lined with people from all parts of Driggs’ life. She said there were people from when she lived in the town outskirts as a child as well as almost all of her family members, even those who had to travel from out of state to make an appearance at the big day.

The Brookedale staff that knows Driggs personally was a distinctive group at the parade. Brookedale is the assisted-living housing in Stillwater Driggs has moved into in the past year, even though the signs and loud cheers coming from the staff would allude to them knowing the centenarian a lot longer than a year.

Kara Gibson, a staff member at Brookedale who interacts with Driggs daily, described her as genuine and sweet.

“Unless we are playing bingo, then she can get rowdy,” Gibson said.

Gibson said the parade was supposed to be a surprise until one morn-

ing Driggs got her newspaper dropped off at her front door, as she does every day, and saw an article with a headline about a surprise parade for a centenarian and the event was no longer a secret.

Gibson and Kristy Phelps, a fellow Brookedale staff member whom Driggs knows well, knew Driggs would be excited.

Gibson said Driggs woke up at 4 a.m. and started getting ready for the parade.

“She had to make sure every hair was in place and her makeup was on,” Gibson said.

Driggs and Gibson said her coffee is also an important part of her daily routine.

“I mean she is just as sweet as can be, but boy, you better have her coffee,” Phelps said.

Although Driggs speaks highly of her living space at Brookedale, she also recalls the house she and her husband shared for a majority of their lives.

They lived in a home on 19th Street for 73 years.

The house, which is standing, served as her husband’s shop where he helped people with their cars for free, for he and Driggs were always contributing to the Stillwater community.

Although she spoke highly of her memories in the home, she enjoys her time at Brookedale, and was happy to say there she can get her hair done there once a week. For $18, she goes to the in-house salon and asks for curls and fluff. Her hair salon request is as consistent as her Granny’s Kitchen breakfast order.

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At Brookedale, Driggs is often found in the company of her daughters.

Driggs has two daughters who were at the parade, Darlene Pendleton and Sherry Driggs.

The daughters had children, who had children, making Driggs in good company when it comes to time with her family.

Driggs’ highest role in the family tree is as great-grandmother. Hilary Linear is one of her great-grandkids and one of the youngest members of the Driggs family.

Linear was at the parade. She said she was happy to see her great-grandmother happy.

Her mother, Jana Lanier, is one of Driggs’ granddaughters who came into Stillwater for the parade and said she was not too surprised of the turnout because of how many ways her greatgrandmother was involved in Stillwater.

Lanier said she credits a lot of the celebration to the City Manager, Norman McNickle and the family is grateful for all the work he has done.

After Hilary Driggs retired as Stillwater’s Police Chief, he hired McNickle. McNickle has remained in contact with the family.

Lanier said the Centenarian Club came and an official presented her grandmother an award at the end of the parade.

The secret to getting into the Centenarian Club is something Driggs accredits to never consuming alcohol, smoking and walking a mile a day.

“That’s it,’ Driggs said. “That is really it.” news.ed@ocolly.com

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ACROSS 1 Tibetan monks 6 Game with drivers and carts 10 __ of gold 13 Eggy brunch choice 15 Slender woodwind 16 Flightless bird of Australia 17 *Take a chance 19 Photographer Goldin 20 Squirrel’s discard 21 Pancakes often served with smoked salmon 23 Archaic “once” 24 *Minnesota medical center 27 Blessing ender 29 “Oh, now I see” 30 Mother-of-pearl 33 GI show gp.

34 Quacking bird 37 Slice of history 38 *Mug for the cameras 42 Language of Southeast Asia 43 Off-white shade 45 Pollen gatherer 46 Arcade pioneer 48 Hole in a tub 50 Covert ops outfit, for short 52 *Vatican security detail 55 “Hey, you!”

59 Sun porch 60 Float in the air 62 So last month 63 Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues 66 Laudatory poem 67 Area behind an altar 68 Hears (of) 69 Chicken __: itchy malady 70 Class ring number 71 Wager DOWN 1 “SNL” producer Michaels 2 French love 3 Gets soupy, as ice cream 4 Elite athlete

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5 Late-night host Meyers 6 Divine 7 __-Wan Kenobi 8 Opp. of express 9 Without oomph 10 Landform that juts into the water 11 Resident of a Middle Eastern sultanate 12 Loose-fitting top 14 Unifying feature of many crosswords 18 Splashy style 22 Fibbed 25 Hops-drying oven in a brewery 26 “Mon petit __”: French endearment 28 “It’s okay, I guess” 30 Jill Biden, __ Jacobs 31 Rainbow shape 32 Analog catalog in British libraries 33 One-eighty 35 Indy 500 racer 36 Colorful pond fish 39 “You’re making __ mistake!”

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40 Feature of many restaurant websites 41 Actress Grier 44 __ Minor: constellation 47 “Let’s see you do better!”

49 “To quote myself ... ” 50 Team on a film set 51 Ibuprofen brand

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52 Sailing vessel 53 Picture book character lost in a crowd 54 Birch family tree 56 Brand of hummus 57 Smelled a lot 58 To the point 61 Puts frosting on 64 Imitate 65 Super-secret intel org.

Nancy Black Tribune Content Agency Linda Black Horoscopes Today’s Birthday (06/06/22). Thrive by collaborating in teamwork this year. Widen your exploration with persistent discipline. Adapt summer strategies around physical challenges, building strength, energy and a healthy autumn. Slow for a private winter planning phase before social events and collaborations inspire public participation. Friends make everything better.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — Prioritize work and health. Unexpected opportunities arise in conversation. Keep it simple and practical. You’re learning valuable tricks. Don’t force anything. Practice for finesse.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Romance, wit and creativity spark easily. Have fun with someone attractive. Get into a fascinating conversation. Focus on activities and people you love.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Enjoy domestic comforts and companionship. Discuss ideas. Don’t push someone who’s not ready. Cook, clean and savor the results. Your heart’s at home with family.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — You’re especially creative. Share your views. Write, edit and outline. Study and practice. Sculpt and shape your thoughts into words and form. Make valuable connections.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — The profit potential is high today. Wheel, deal and make your deadlines. Provide excellence, on time and budget. Resist the temptation to spend it all.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Gain strength and options. Take extra care of yourself. Try a new style. Prioritize practical personal projects. Energize with good food, exercise and rest.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Lay low. Find a private corner to think and organize. Listen and observe. Meditate on what’s next. Put things away to clear space. Make plans.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Team projects can flower in unexpected ways. Don’t get pushy. Wait for the best timing. Reinforce basic structures to prepare before launching. Collaboration blooms.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Work takes priority. A professional opportunity requires attention. Don’t push into a wall. Take advantage of a chance to advance through an open door.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Explore uncharted terrain. An obstacle blocks obvious routes. Do the homework. Talk with someone who’s been there. Take an unexpected detour and discover hidden treasure.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Potential is high for both income and expenses. Here’s the game: Catch a cash flow surge and divert as much as possible to savings.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Have fun with your partner. Take a spontaneous deviation from plans. Some doors seem closed but others beckon wide. Enjoy something lovely together.

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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A Dark Reunion ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ episode three review Connor Gray Staff Reporter Despite being less than a week from the premiere, we are already at the halfway point of ‘Obi Wan Kenobi’ and the show is still gradually getting better as it goes along.

However, I am still not confident that it has peaked yet. More than ever the Star Wars prequel era fans were given much to chew on and appreciate with call backs to moments and characters from the past.

For the first time since ‘Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith’ in 2005, Hayden Christensen has returned to the role of Anakin Skywalker as well as getting to be the man in the infamous Darth Vader suit.

While Christensen is in the Vader suit, iconic voice actor James Earl Jones makes his return as the voice of Lord Vader which he made synonymous with the character back in 1977. Part III of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ gives fans what are some of the darkest and brutal moments from the tyrant that have ever been transferred into live action. Whether it be Vader snapping the neck of an innocent effortlessly or simply toying with Kenobi by stalking him in the darkness, this latest episode provides some of the best Darth Vader content.

In the first confrontation between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader in a decade, the fear that Ewan McGregor portrays feels genuine while on the contrary you can sense the anger in every action that Darth Vader commits against Kenobi. Despite this being the first confrontation between the former master and apprentice, it is inevitable it will not be the last in the series considering the grudge Vader holds against him and his personal goal of making Kenobi suffer as he did.

Another highlight of the episode for me was the segment that saw Kenobi and Leia undercover as they made their way through an Imperial checkpoint while onboard a vehicle filled with Stormtroopers. The wit and intelligence of Leia shone through here as she crafted their cover story surprisingly well and successfully until Obi-Wan actually slipped up in the story. This mistake on Kenobi’s part led to a moment where you can tell what he is saying is genuine despite it being disguised as a lie and it is evident that Leia even notices this as she eventually asked if Obi-Wan is her real father. This entire exchange where you get to see more into the thought process of Kenobi and how he wishes he could say he was her real father to spare her pain is truly beautiful to me.

The tension continues to grow between Reva and the rest of the Inquisitors and while it is entertaining to watch, it does lead me to

wonder where her character is in the future and what her fate will be, especially since she has been lying to Darth Vader about the Grand Inquisitor’s “death.”

In traditional Star Wars fashion, historical elements were once more added into the mythology with the addition of what is essentially the Underground Railroad for Jedi who survived Order 66. I felt like this was an interesting and cool way to implement an answer for how to smuggle Jedi and it also led to a great reference to the undercover Jedi Quinlan Vos who has appeared in limited projects but had a bit of a friendship with Kenobi in ‘Star War: The Clone Wars.’

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Part III delivered on some great character moments that not only dove into the mind of Kenobi this time, but also the more tormented and sinister mind of Darth Vader.

Adding to the lore of Star Wars in interesting ways while also providing a tense and fearful reunion between the two lost “brothers,” the newest episode of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ had the most impressive direction, for me, yet from Deborah Chow.

‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ has officially taken my interest and has me excited to see where it heads next. Check out where the series takes Kenobi next by watching each episode as it premieres on Disney+ every Wednesday for the next three weeks. entertainment.ed@ocolly.com

Courtesy Tribune News Service Disney+ has the first three episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” available for streaming now.