As part of the effort, a contest offers $1,529 in a college savings account for the top-hawking scout. Competition should be pretty stiff; who can refuse a Girl Scout pedaling Samoas? Just think: Your stockpile of cookies could get a Brownie to Rice. The partnership also includes an online contest at ok4saving.org for folks to […]
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Ride ’em, cowboy
Tell it to Dr. Thomas Lyle Wilson, a veterinarian in Pennsylvania. On Jan. 19, he was in Tulsa entering a plea of “neigh” — er, make that “not guilty” — for allegedly having sex with a horse on Sept. 14, 2009, when he was a student at Oklahoma State University. He graduated with a doctorate […]
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Trust House Cheese
Throughout most of the 1970s and ’80s, Jim and Gloria Berkey, who owned the now-defunct store at the corner of N. May Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, sponsored movies on TV with “Trust House Theatre” every Sunday night. The husband-wife team appeared during commercial breaks to trumpet — in their decidedly enthusiasm-challenged tones — sparkly for-sale […]
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The not-so-soft bulletin
“Try one that lasts 1,000 years,” wrote Becky Ferreira in the article, “The Slowest Songs in the World,” in which she noted that the Lips’ “7 Skies H3” is “a mere heartbeat compared to John Cage’s ‘Organ2/ ASLSP’ … which takes 639 years to perform, or Jem Finer’s ‘Longplayer’ (1,000 years long)!” “And finally,” she […]
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Stop the hate!
The magazine surveyed 310 individuals across the nation asking for their reactions to 50 of the largest metropolitan regions. According to the story, out of all respondents, Oklahoma City ranked fourth in negative reactions, above only Cleveland; Birmingham, Ala.; and Detroit. Frickin’ Detroit. The only bright spot comes from respondents in the Midwest, which ranked […]
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Take this job and love it?
If so, consider this: A trio of OKC-based companies made this year’s Fortune list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Chesapeake Energy Corp. ranked No. 18, with the magazine crediting the company for its 63,000-square-foot childcare center for employees. Devon Energy ranked No. 28 for its soon-to-be Devon tower boasting such perks as […]
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Sneak peek
While this is only a fraction of the legislation filed, here’s a vague idea of what’s cookin’ at the Capitol: —No less than five bills would require drug testing of people receiving government assistance. Two of the measures, Senate Bill 1011 and SB 1171, require random drug testing, while three (SB 1073, House Bill 2388, […]
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Diggin’ it
Mustang-based contractor John Hire is among 59 semifinalists scheduled to compete this week in the Case Triple Threat Rodeo Championship at the 2012 World of Concrete show in Las Vegas. As part of the events, Hire was to face off against fellow North American equipment operators in challenges that test one’s skills with a skid […]
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Oil vey!
The would-be Keystone XL pipeline would mean an estimated 1,200 jobs in Oklahoma. Obama’s decision, hailed by environmentalists and condemned by the oil industry, had state leaders vying to see who could crank out the most pissed-off reaction. “I am outraged by President Obama’s obstructionism, poor judgment and lack of regard,” fumed Gov. Mary Fallin. […]
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Setting the record straight
Both the Reuters story and the Gazette column incorrectly suggest the lease brokers contracted by Chesapeake in Michigan were engaged in inappropriate practices. That was not the case. As reported in the Reuters story, the use of independent lease brokers is a standard and legal practice in the oil and gas industry. The Michigan agreements […]