Former President Jimmy Carter addressed a group of several hundred Baptists from at least seven different Baptist denominations on Aug. 7 in Norman. After giving his personal testimony about his own faith journey, including growing up in a predominantly black community in Archery, Ga., Carter told the assembled Baptists that “Christians can and must reach […]
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Local companies turn to Twitter, Facebook for communication link with customers
It was only a matter of time until businesses got wise to online social networks. And why wouldn’t they? As the Internet-savvy know, Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites give users a chance to be seen and establish the all-important circle of friends. INFANCY VIRTUAL ADVERTISERS Apply this model to a local business ” say, […]
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Beautification Station Cruisin’ OKC travels across metro
All aboard the Beautification Station, which just might stop at a neighborhood near you on Saturday. Beautification Station Cruisin’ OKC is a free bus tour that stops in neighborhood sites around Oklahoma City to show off landscaping and beautification projects in parks and near homes, said Nicki Largent, office manager for OKC Beautiful. The tour […]
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Beautification Station Cruisin’ OKC travels across metro
All aboard the Beautification Station, which just might stop at a neighborhood near you on Saturday. Beautification Station Cruisin’ OKC is a free bus tour that stops in neighborhood sites around Oklahoma City to show off landscaping and beautification projects in parks and near homes, said Nicki Largent, office manager for OKC Beautiful. The tour […]
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Chesapeake’s Aubrey McClendon aims to cement legacy with sprawling campus
Two pages into Chapter 4, Grandpa Joe tells a wide-eyed Charlie how a work-obsessed Willy Wonka shuttered his candy factory for fear of spies. He chained the gates and told thousands of workers to go home. One day, months later, a wisp of vapor wafted from the smokestack, Grandpa Joe recalled. The whirring of machines […]
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Chesapeake’s Aubrey McClendon aims to cement legacy with sprawling campus
Two pages into Chapter 4, Grandpa Joe tells a wide-eyed Charlie how a work-obsessed Willy Wonka shuttered his candy factory for fear of spies. He chained the gates and told thousands of workers to go home. One day, months later, a wisp of vapor wafted from the smokestack, Grandpa Joe recalled. The whirring of machines […]
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Norman Women’s Resource Center faces severe budget cuts
Many women in Norman search for comfort, assistance and understanding, and that’s what they find in the Women’s Resource Center. Open since 1973, the center aids victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse by offering counseling services, assisting in safety plans, offering a safe haven for women to stay and serving as a rape crisis […]
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Norman Women’s Resource Center faces severe budget cuts
Many women in Norman search for comfort, assistance and understanding, and that’s what they find in the Women’s Resource Center. Open since 1973, the center aids victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse by offering counseling services, assisting in safety plans, offering a safe haven for women to stay and serving as a rape crisis […]
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The Harn Homestead works with American Association of Museums
The Harn Homestead & 1889ers Museum, Oklahoma City’s long-existing monument to Central Oklahoma’s land run legacy, is making a run of its own. SPEARHEADING PIONEER LIVING FOCUS GROUP RESULTS The nonprofit’s goal is simple: to make the Homestead ” a collection of territorial homes and buildings on 10 acres near N.E. 16th Street and Lincoln […]
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The Harn Homestead works with American Association of Museums
The Harn Homestead & 1889ers Museum, Oklahoma City’s long-existing monument to Central Oklahoma’s land run legacy, is making a run of its own. SPEARHEADING PIONEER LIVING FOCUS GROUP RESULTS The nonprofit’s goal is simple: to make the Homestead ” a collection of territorial homes and buildings on 10 acres near N.E. 16th Street and Lincoln […]