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After lugging around bags of empty soda bottles for an environmental club at her Oklahoma City high school, 17-year-old Andrea Hernandez decided to take her eco-ethics home to a family that wasn’t all that excited to hear her ideas. Her mother acted confused when she found her daughter labeling the family’s trash bins by categories: […]

Oklahoma City Anglican and Episcopalian congregations are taking different directions in response to the news recently that a new Anglican province, or group, is being formed in the United States. Representatives from hundreds of churches, including at least one from Oklahoma City, met in Chicago and adopted a provisional constitution on Dec. 3, giving birth […]

>‘RUNNING THE GAMUT’ But, that wasn’t the only project members from Creative Oklahoma were hoping to gain traction on at the forum. “I was there primarily to assist in connecting with other people in the international delegation, trying to encourage them to look at Oklahoma for their 2010 Creativity World Forum,” said Susan McCalmont, a […]

Michael Taber hasn’t received a paycheck in nearly three years. By raiding his personal savings to supplement advertising revenue, the 37-year-old editor and publisher of the Oklahoma City-based arts publication NONzine has managed to squeak by, assembling just enough money to pay for press runs and reimburse a few delivery drivers for their gas expenses. […]

The American Muslim Association of Oklahoma City completed work on their new mosque, 3201 N.W. 48th. Saleem Quraishi, the president of the association’s board, said plans are in the works for an opening service, but no date is set. In the meantime, the community has started to use the facility for daily and Juma’h prayer, […]

Many environmental groups are realizing that to ensure the future of their organizations and environmental efforts, they’ll need the support of the younger generations ” soon to be the community’s decision makers. NEW YORK MODELWIDE VARIETY The Nature Conservancy‘s Oklahoma chapter, for example, found that many of its members were older. Wanting to re-introduce conservation […]

Willy Domenack believes dogs are truly man’s best friend. “In order for the relationship to work,” he said, “it must be reciprocal. Dogs would be so much better off if more of mankind would be loyal to them.”    HARDWORKING AMBASSADORLATINO COMMUNITY For those like Domenack, who possess an inherent compassion for pets, a positive reaction […]

Two bald eagles found freedom in the sky above Arcadia Lake on a recent blustery, mid-November Saturday after spending most of their lives in Noble at a wild animal rescue and rehabilitation agency. One of the eagles had been found as an abandoned infant in 2001. The other was discovered with broken bones and a […]

The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) and Oklahoma Gazette are teaming up to rally local restaurants, bookstores, bakers, coffee shops, mechanics and other businesses wanting to resist the market domination of corporate chains. Saturday marks “America Unchained,” a national effort to urge consumers to skip over Wal-Mart, Target and other big-box retailers and spend money […]

Julia Hicks and Chloe Kliewer sat around the table at the Community After School Program’s Norman office stuffing small goody bags full of toys for the many children that attend the after school program. AMERICORPS VISTALIVING STIPENDTHREE SCHOOLS Both women are 22 and studying international and area studies at the University of Oklahoma. And, both […]