A year ago, Melissa Pearo didn’t even know what a figure model competition was. Recently, she turned pro. “It’s never happened. I’ve been doing it for 25 years and I’ve turned seven of them pro, but I’ve never seen it in 10 months,” said her trainer, Howard Huddleston. “That’s nuts.” Ironically, all Pearo wanted to […]
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Matt Damon offers advice to assassins hiding in Oklahoma
Actor Matt Damon dropped by the Harkins Bricktown Cinemas in Oklahoma City on July 31 to promote his new action/assassin thriller ” The Bourne Ultimatum,” and to host a charity screening of the film for Bethany’s The Children’s Center. Along for the walk down the red carpet was the film’s producer, Frank Marshall, whose credits […]
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Oklahoma golf patron Jimmie Austin passes away
The University of Oklahoma family lost one of its most generous supporters and visionaries this past weekend when Jimmie Austin passed away at age 90. Austin, a native of Sasakwa and longtime Seminole oilman, donated $1 million of the $4 million needed to redesign the OU course in 1996. “Mr. Austin meant so much to […]
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Annual cycling event benefits Children’s Center
Cyclists can enjoy a ride Saturday at the 11th annual “Spin Your Wheels Bicycle Tour,” complete with food, coffee and refreshment stops. The tour benefits The Children’s Center, a private, nonprofit hospital that provides medical care, therapy and education to children with special health needs. For a $30 registration fee, teams or individuals can ride […]
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Chesapeake CEO part of anti-coal campaign
In February, a plan to build 11 new power plants operating on coal in Texas ran into a slick, hard-hitting and savvy campaign against it ” the “Clean Sky Coalition.” Although several companies are said to have funded the million-dollar campaign, the one that garnered much of the focus was Chesapeake Energy Corp. In a […]
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Oklahoma County District 1 candidates weigh in on budget board issue
Prior to Tuesday’s primary, Oklahoma Gazette asked each Oklahoma County commissioner candidate, “Do you support the reinstitution of the Oklahoma County Budget Board?” The board, comprised of all county elected officials, determines the county’s budget each year. It was eliminated two years and reinstated this summer. RESPONSESBart Bates, Democrat (top left)“I support the Budget Board. That […]
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Public schools to put $250M bonds to vote
The Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education approved putting nearly $250 million in bonds before voters this fall during its Monday night meeting. If passed, the effort ” the 2007 Capital Asset Maintenance and Improvement Plan ” would not raise taxes, according to district officials. The bonds would go toward preserving and enhancing work […]
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Henry announces federal flood assistance available for Oklahoma, Cleveland counties
Gov. Brad Henry announced today federal authorities have approved 15 counties “? including Oklahoma and Cleveland “? for individual assistance following flooding and other severe weather earlier this spring and summer. “This designation will provide much-needed help to hard-hit areas across the state,” Henry said in a statement. “We are still compiling damage assessments […]
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Former Oklahoma football coach aiding public school tutoring program
Tutoring programs for Oklahoma City children will benefit through this month’s teaming up of a wireless provider and former University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer. Through the end of August, Alltel Wireless will donate $100 to the Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation fund for each OKC resident who:” switches to the provider, ” renews […]
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Juvenile detention beds decreasing as violent crimes rise
For nearly two years, the Oklahoma County Juvenile Detention Center has been over its capacity for housing unlawful minors. It wouldn’t be too tough of a decision if most of the delinquents were shoplifters or vandals. But that’s not the case. “The severity of the crimes these youthful offenders are coming in with are much […]