To most introverts, spending 30 hours alone with no connection to the outside world might sound like a dream come true — especially if you get paid $600 once it’s all said and done. But what if you had to do that in a “slightly used,” claustrophobic Frontier City coffin? We’re not sure what “slightly […]
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LIFE FOOD & DRINK
LIFE FOOD & DRINK What is brown, square-shaped and tastes delicious? (Hint: look right.) The Edmond Historical Society presents their fifth annual Gingerbread House Contest for children 5 and older. Bring your house to the Edmond Historical Society & Museum between the dates of December 10-13 to be eligible for a chance to win prizes. […]
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Correction
However, more than 700 Oklahoma City residents representing 254 different neighborhoods have declared their support for Cornett as he seeks a fourth term in office, according to Brenda Jones, spokeswoman for the Cornett campaign. Cornett has placed those supporters on a campaign panel called “Mick’s Neighborhood Steering Committee.” Cornett is opposed by Ward 2 Councilman […]
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Win win
The Oklahoma City resident and his wife, Julie, entered Oklahoma Gazette’s Top 15 College Football Pickoff, winning the first week of the contest. The Cooleys’ win automatically put them in the running for the Oklahoma City Barons’ promotional Drive Away Every Saturday event. At the Barons’ Oct. 19 home opener, Cooley and several other contestants […]
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Gazette’s Halloween Parade set for Oct. 27
Gazette’s Halloween Parade began as the Gazette’s Ghouls Gone Wild Parade in 2007, with almost 20,000 spectators and 64 entries. Last year, the parade boasted more than 60,000 in attendance, with 65 entries and more than 2,000 participants and 200 volunteers. Gazette‘s Halloween Parade 2012 emcee Liz Dueweke This year, Gazette’s Halloween Parade will showcase […]
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Sieg House!
Credit: Brad Gregg 1. Punch and/or punt babies or little old ladies. 2. Tell a crowd your first order of business will be to mend your broken heart. 3. Wear a swastika or Nazi uniform. Anywhere. Anytime. For any reason. For some reason, Rule No. 3 somehow seems to trip up a depressing number of […]
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Peek at Peaks
The Oklahoma City location of the Twin Peaks restaurant, 3109 W. Memorial, will host a bikini contest at 8 p.m. Tuesday, featuring its Twin Peaks Girls. By wearing very little, one woman will take home a lot, as $1,000 will be awarded to the first-place winner. Second- and third-place winners will receive $500 and $300, […]
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‘Strong’ songstress
The Alabama native won the contest with a large margin of the 500,000 votes cast online during a six-day period. While traveling back to Oklahoma from Alabama over Christmas break, she received the good news via phone, during a layover at DFW Airport. “I kind of had to hold in my excitement, because it was […]
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‘Lost’ contest
Regarding Clark Matthews’ Commentary (Sports, “With dunk contest, NBA is grooming Ibaka for stardom”) in the Jan. 12 Gazette promoting Serge Ibaka of the Thunder over Blake Griffin to win the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest: I’m sure that the vast majority of Oklahomans want Griffin to win the contest. He is a native Oklahoman and […]
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Why play? ‘Cos!
Saturday If you want to win this year’s Southern Oaks Library cosplay contest, do not come dressed as just some random ninja. No casual clothing will be accepted as a costume and you cannot come dressed as generic or background characters like a “Naruto” peasant or Hufflepuff student. Cosplay is the practice of dressing up […]