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DOWNLOADABLE FORMS
These forms are available to download in word format by clicking here:
Birth
Engagement
Wedding
Obituary
You can fill these forms out by hand and bring them to the Leader office, fax to 918-443-2429 or attach them in an e-mail to OologahInfo@sbcglobal.net.
SPORTS REPORTS
The Leader does not staff JV, junior high and recreational sporting events. However, we will report on these games if
a coach or other designated person submits information. Downloadable forms are available here:
Softball Report
Football Report
NEWS POLICIES
The Oologah Lake Leader gives first preference to local news about local people. Here are some general policies and guidelines for news in the Oologah Lake Leader:
• We always reserve the right to edit news submissions for style and length requirements. We cannot promise placement in a specific issue of the paper but will do our best to include your news in a timely fashion.
• News should be submitted by 5 p.m. on Monday for that week’s newspaper.
• We will print one news story about a local event sponsored by a local non-profit group at no charge plus we will include the event in the community calendar in the newspaper and online at no charge. If your organization would like the information to be included more than one week, you can purchase an advertisement.
• We will not print stories about illegal lotteries or raffles.
• Application forms cannot be included in free news stories.
• There is no charge for birth announcements, wedding or engagement information for local residents and their immediate families.
• The Leader writes business news stories about local businesses who advertise in the Oologah Lake Leader. For a new business story or a business feature story or photograph, contact either Advertising Director Carolyn Estes (ext. 26) or City Editor Bill Snyder (ext. 25).
• News information should be typed. We will not be responsible for misspelled names from handwritten information.
• Submissions can be made by email to OologahLakeLeader@sbcglobal.net. Please include a contact name and telephone number.
• News which we feel is inappropriate for a family newspaper will be rejected.
SUBMITTING INFORMATION
When you want to provide information to the newspaper about an upcoming or past event, write a news release. News releases generally contain 200-250 words, and include the basics—who, what, where, when and why:
• Who is involved in the event (people, organizations, etc.) Please check the spellings of all names carefully.
• What happened or will happen. Be concise and precise. Write, “The Alpha Club’s annual Christmas party drew 50 people from five states,” rather than “Our club’s party was a lot of fun.”
• When was it/will it be held. List time, day, date (“8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2”).
• Where was it/will it be held.
• Why was it held.
• Other details include whether an event is open to the public, if there is a need for reservations, and if there is an admission charge.
• Photographs may be submitted. Photographs should be bright, clearly focused and include people. Don’t submit fuzzy dark pictures, photocopies or poor quality computer printouts. List the names of the people included in the photographs. Electronic photographs may be in jpg, tif or bmp format.
• Contact name and telephone number should be included in case we need to contact you for more information.
To submit a news release, send an e-mail to OologahLakeLeader@sbcglobal.net, come by the office at 109 S. Maple in Historic Downtown Oologah (there’s a message box next to the door if we’re not in) or mail it to PO Box 1175, Oologah, OK 74053. E-mail releases will get faster treatment.
LETTERS
The Oologah Lake Leader welcomes local letters to the editor. We accept signed letters and guest editorials of up to 300 words so long as they do not pose legal or taste problems. Readers may submit one letter per month. Letters are due by 5 p.m. Monday. Please include a daytime telephone number and address for verification. (The telephone number and address will not be printed.)
To encourage participation in the political process, letters on political topics are accepted only from registered voters who voted in the last election. Political endorsement letters are not accepted the last week before an election. Endorsements will be accepted as paid advertising that week.
CHURCH NEWS
The Oologah Lake Leader welcomes news from local churches (Northwest Rogers County).
Informational Church News includes events and activities at the church. Local photographs of local people participating in church activities can be included.
Promotional photographs of visiting speakers or musical groups must be submitted as paid advertising.
Devotional Columns by local pastors or church members should be essays of 200 to 350 words written in complete sentences. Devotional columns run on a space available basis. One or more column may hold for a week. We will rotate columns if necessary. Devotional columns should not attack other religions, but should address theological or policy differences in a respectful manner.
Births, Weddings and Engagements may be submitted for local residents. There is no charge. Submit the information following the guidelines at the right. Standard forms are available at our office and on our website at www.oologah.net.
OBITUARIES
The Oologah Lake Leader will print a Basic Obituary at no charge for local residents, former residents and immediate family members of local residents.
A Basic Obituary includes name, age and city of deceased, date and location of death, a few sentences about work and personal history, immediate survivors including parents, siblings and children, service times and burial information.
An Expanded Obituary is $25. An Expanded Obituary can include additional information such as personal history, work history, hobbies, church and club membership, additional survivors such as grandchildren and great-grandchildren, those who preceded in death, and additional service information such as pall bearers and memorial contributions.
A photograph is $10 and can be included with either the basic or expanded obituary.
POLITICAL CANDIDATES
The Oologah Lake Leader will print an announcement story for local candidates for office at no charge. To make an announcement in the Leader, the candidate should call and make an appointment for an interview with publisher John Wylie. Candidates may provide a portrait or the Leader staff can take a photograph. Annoucements should be made before the filing period. It is no longer “news” after the filing period.
Political advertising must be paid in advance and must include the name and address of an individual or bona-fide organization.
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