Good morning, Stillwater! I’ve heard of pigs in a blanket, but not pigs in a bag of produce! An opportunistic Mangalitsa pig caused a minor kerfuffle at the Stillwater Farmers' Market this week after sneaking into a vendor's produce bag when no one was looking. Thankfully, no veggies were reported harmed. The pig likely remains unrepentant.

I hope you all have a great Father’s Day this weekend, and this newsletter helps in some small way.

In today’s edition:

• A Friday the 13th ghost hunt in Perkins (pizza optional)

• Western Swing Concert and Potluck

• Father’s Day Craft activities

• Tacos on the Tarmac ✈️

• Possible typos

Let’s get right to it!

– Nate Cheever

Happy birthday to Robert Sprott! 🎂

It’s Thursday Market at West Point General Store! 🥬🥒🍅🍔

If you haven’t checked out West Point General Store yet, today’s a good day to go.

They’re hosting their Thursday Market with local vendors, farm-raised beef and pork, dry goods, chickens and eggs, home goods, and lots more!

They’ll also have a limited-time Father’s Day meat box of hamburger patties and ribeye steaks for your beloved carnivore male kin.

Gigis Comfort Foods will be serving seriously good food from 5–8 PM.

📍 5900 N. West Point Rd, Glencoe, OK

WHAT’S UP IN STILLWATER

We interrupt this program for a special announcement:

A Stillwater Story of Stardom and Scandal 🔍🏛️

If you like local lore, forgotten headlines, and/or true crime tales, here’s something to checkout this weekend. Journalist Dan Williams will present a true-crime talk at the Sheerar about Madeline Webb.

Who? Nettie Webb, or Madeline as she preferred to be called, was a Stillwater native and Oklahoma A&M alum whose life arc included a brush with Hollywood stardom, a jewel thief boyfriend, and a headline-making 1940s New York murder trial.

There will be rare photos, newspaper clippings, and even audio of Madeline herself on display. Interestingly enough, after serving for 25 years in prison she came back to Stillwater. What happened then (and before)!? Come and find out!

📍 Stillwater History Museum at the Sheerar
🗓️ Thursday, June 12 | ⏰ 5–8 PM
🎟️ Free | No RSVP required, but come early for a seat!

Enjoy a night On The Town 🍿

Yes, it’s Friday the 13th but no need to get spooked. The Stillwater Community Center is showing On the Town, a fun 1949 musical featuring the fine pipes and tip-top-tapping of Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.

Free water, chocolate and popcorn are provided, you just need to provide your smiling self! The show starts Friday at 7 PM, in the Winfrey Houston Auditorium, 315 W 8th Ave.

Real Ghost Hunt This Friday the 13th 👻

…But if you want to get spooked or are spook-proof, there’s a for-real ghost hunt happening this Friday. Sign up with Oklahoma P.R.I.D.E. (Paranormal Researchers Investigating Deceased Entities) for a real investigation at the Oklahoma Territorial Plaza in Perkins. You’ll learn the tools and explore historic buildings in the dark 😱.

NOTE: This isn’t a haunted house. No jump scares. Just you, the group, and…whatever’s out there.

📍 “MEET INSIDE THE LIBRARY on 4th St, past the train...look for the cannon”, Perkins
🗓️ Friday, June 13 | 7 – 11:45 PM
🎟️ $35 | Ages 18+ (or 16+ w/ guardian)
🍕 Add pizza for $6
Register here

Craft a Gift for Dad 🎁 👨🏻‍🍼

Thank goodness good gifts don’t have to be costly. Our Daily Bread is hosting a Father’s Day kids craft event where you can create a meaningful handmade collage/artistic gift for dad, uncle, or grandpa. They can come along too and make it a family activity! Happening tonight, at Our Daily Bread, 701 E 12th Ave.

📅 Thursday, June 12, 5–6 PM
🎟️ Free, just register here

Tacos on the Tarmac 🌯 ✈️

There will be food trucks at the airport on Friday for their Flyday Food Trucks event. I’ve never been invited to enjoy Food Truck food at an airside dining area by an airport before, have you? How cool is Stillwater Regional Airport?! It might be the first airport meal you’ve ever looked forward to.

Here are the expected vendors:

• Gigis Comfort Foods

• Marshall's Kitchen LLC

• The BBQ Bus

• Rock's Tacos

• Cactus Treats 

• Boho Buzz LLC

🗓️ Friday, June 13 | 11 AM - 2 PM. No boarding pass needed 👍.

Western Swing & Potluck in Perkins 🎻

“♪♫♪aaaAAHha!♪♫♪” If you know western swing, you know how that was supposed to sound. But if you aren’t initiated yet, it’s not too late to learn. Bring your blue-eyed Sally down to the Old Church in Perkins this Saturday, June 14.

The nationally renown Tulsa Playboys Western swing band will be performing under the direction of Mr. Shelby Eicher. And there will of course be dancing (they’re clearing out space for a dance floor!). Come early for the potluck dinner at 6 PM before music kicks off at 7. Could be a memorable way to treat Dad for Father’s Day weekend.

📍 The Old Church, 750 N. Main, Perkins
🕕 Potluck at 6 PM, Music at 7 PM
🎟️ Tickets are $20 and $15 for 18 years and under, available here

Grocery Report: Egg prices are down 🥚⬇️

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SIGHTS AROUND TOWN

Sent in by reader Matthew Dickey. Have a sight you’d like to share? Email me at [email protected] (or hit reply) 📩

LOCAL BUSINESS

🛍️ Farewell Murphy’s Department Store
Main St is throwing a farewell party today to one of Stillwater’s longstanding establishments, Murphy’s Department Store. It’s a chance to say goodbye to the store and the owners, Terry & Nancy Monroe, and share and relive a memory or two of your time at the store. It is a come-and-go gathering, happening today!

🕘 Today, Thursday, June 12 | 4:30 PM – 7 PM | 📍 Modella Art Gallery 721 S. Main St.

🟢 Persimmon Hill Farm and Bakery Is Open Mondays
Bill Richardson mentioned that some of their social media sites may be saying they’re closed on Mondays, when they are indeed open, 8 AM -4 PM. They’re closed on Sunday.

HAT TIPS 🎩👌

LIVE LOCAL MUSIC

SPORTS

Cowboy Clash 7-on-7 Tournament 🏈

Dozens of high school football teams from around Oklahoma will square off in fast-paced 7-on-7 matchups all day long at OSU’s indoor facility and practice fields. Spectators are welcome to come and watch. Bring a lawn chair and concessions are available!

📍 OSU Sherman E. Smith Indoor Practice Facility
🗓️ This Saturday, June 14
🎟️ $5 admission (10 & under free, cash only)
🕘 9AM - 6 PM | Details & brackets

Let me know in the comments!

THANKS!

Thanks for reading the Stillwater Lokal Life today. And if you found something nice, share it with your dad or closest approximation thereto.

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