Feed OSU guard the ball when she’s hot
OK, so, yes, I have known Cowgirl Taylor Hardeman since she was six years old. So, yes, I have seen her play more hoops than her Oklahoma State Cowgirl teammates. However, it should be just as obvious to them as it was to me that after she started the NCAA tournament game against Bowling Green draining — …
Oklahoma couple explodes beer keg
Guess what? If you stick a keg with beer dregs in it into a fire with the lid clamped on, you getcherself a gol-dang explosion! No sheet, by golly. At least, that’s what a couple of Adair folks discovered when they did just that, a recent story reported. According to The Associated Press,…
Ballet Flamenco gives Norman’s underprivileged kids a chance to dance
The beginning dance class in a Norman Parks & Recreations center near Reaves Park is a lesson in life, community and culture. Pandora Tadefa-Everett was a volunteer teacher at the center when she spotted a trend. “There were children (who) wanted to come and learn, but their parents couldn’t afford it,” she said.…
Oklahoma’s official cooking pot: The Dutch Oven
Republicans and Democrats have been fighting over a lot of things lately down at the state Capitol. Bills on abortion certainly have rallied passionate feelings on both sides of the political aisle. An immigration-reform measure had sharp words flowing and daggers drawn before it easily passed the House of Representatives. And, of course, the old…
Energetic Monotonix plans OKC tour stop
The Tel Aviv-based trio Monotonix lists ABBA as an influence, but its music feels more akin to punk, especially considering lead singer Ami Shalev’s unhealthy disregard for his body while performing. Guitarist Yonatan Gat said Shalev always seems to get hurt in New York. “On our very first tour, he broke his arm…
Alt-country group The Silos make OKC stop on tour
Losing your record label funding and a big-name producer sometimes can be the best scenario. Just ask Walter Salas-Humara, guitarist and vocalist of The Silos. The stalwart rockers were poised to record 20 days when Dualtone Records pulled the funding, leaving the band with enough money to eke out four days. “We actually didn’t listen…
Irish tunes of Flogging Molly becoming St. Pat’s tradition
For a growing number of young Americans, there is a staple of St. Patrick’s Day beyond green beer and four-leaf clovers: the music of Flogging Molly. “In Ireland, it’s not a particularly celebratory day. You spend all day in church and have a kind of low-key parade,” mandolinist Bob Schmidt said, “But here in…
City councilman wants to divide OKC into more wards
While an Oklahoma City councilman says adding two wards could improve municipal representation, members of the council have differing opinions on what its repercussions might be. Though no such proposal is on the table, a black councilwoman fears ward fragmentation could dilute minority participation in city government. TWO MORE WARDS After recent city…
Rugby one of the University of Oklahoma’s oldest sports for women
The University of Oklahoma’s women’s rugby team, the Oklahoma Roses, insists the full-contact sport is safe and simple. It’s also much like soccer, in that there are few breaks in the game and a lot of running. Like football, it’s all about getting the ball from one end of the field to the other.…
OKC’s Starkweather Boys revive sounds of rock’s golden age
Under the umbrella of The Starkweather Boys, surf rock, Western swing, Little Richard, The Comets and even a bit of the Fifties-era Elvis Presley all find a comfy home. The Boys show off that musical muscle on their new album, “Archer St. Blues.” The following is an e-mail interview with lead singer Dave McPherson.…
Attack of the crunchy conservatives’
Norman cleanly broke free of the long-term domination of local politics by developers to elect a “smart-growth” mayor, Cindy Simon Rosenthal, over local developer Trey Bates. Why did the race turn out the way it did? The campaign pitted a strong grassroots-plus-mail effort by the smart-growth candidate (university, core-redevelopment type) against the top-down, targeted…
Norman documentary to chronicle state’s 100 years of history
A centennial documentary currently in preproduction in Norman will focus on the people ” rather than the places and events ” that make Oklahoma grand. When filmmaker Peter Zhmutski ” originally from Kazakhstan ” moved to Oklahoma in 2003, he said he was impressed by Oklahoma and its “friendly” citizens. “Sometimes it’s really hard for…
Oklahoma senator proudly wears his critics’ labels
Oklahoma’s own Sen. James Inhofe got a crowd cheering quickly at a recent Conservative Political Action Conference, a Washington Post columnist reported. Here at CFN we’re still scratching our heads about his method. “I have been called ” my kids are all aware of this ” dumb, crazy man, science abuser, Holocaust denier, villain…
OKC’s Crossings church campus to undergo $15 million expansion
Crossings Community Church, one of Oklahoma City’s largest churches, is making plans to add 74,000 square feet of additional space and 11 acres at an estimated cost of $15.5 million. Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs said that with weekly attendance of 4,700, the Church of God congregation has outgrown the space. BETTER CAREGrubbs said…
Oklahoma Speaker of the House pushes ethics bill
Amid alleged unethical conduct involving campaign fund-raising, Oklahoma Speaker of the House Lance Cargill is now pushing through an ethics reform bill, and all sides are taking a wait-and-see approach. “Obviously, this is an issue the speaker had to deal with,” said Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, an outspoken critic of Cargill. “I’ve been…
Beyond the bones of Jesus
In case there is anyone out there who hasn’t heard yet, filmmaker James Cameron, who gave us such believable movies as “Titanic,” has made a new documentary called “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” In it, he claims that several “ossuaries” or limestone tombs unearthed by construction workers in Jerusalem in 1980 once contained the bones…
Oklahoma Senate passes microchip menace bill
Apparently, space aliens have lousy lobbyists. Against all opposition, the state Senate passed a bill banning the implanting of a microchip into an Oklahoman’s body without the consent of said Okie. Senate Bill 47, by Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa, would empower the state Health Department to levy a fine of $10,000 a day…
Several music giants recorded live albums in OKC
There have been more live albums recorded in Oklahoma City than one might think. Here is a sampling: Ernest Tubb ” “On Tour”Recorded live at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa in 1962, it has long been alleged that these tracks weren’t live at all. Neil Young ” “Time Fades Away” Released in 1973, this…
A California School’s Racial Pep Rallies
A California School’s Racial Pep Rallies Mount Diablo High School (Concord, Calif.) students met in racial groups in February to prepare for upcoming statewide tests, to motivate them to improve their race’s “team” score from the year before. Principal Bev Hansen defended the strategy of dividing whites, blacks, Hispanics and Asians, pointing out both its…
