OKG: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your year compared to normal years? Shaun Murray: I grew up in NE OKC and have lived in OKC for most all of my life. I own a consulting business and I’m married to Kris Balaban who owns A Date with Iris floral studio at 4201 […]
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Myriad Botanical Gardens prepares for its fourth Doggy Easter Egg Hunt
The small-dog hunt begins 12:30 p.m. March 31 while the larger dogs will begin their search 1 p.m.
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Chicken-Fried News: Ruff night
Wayne Coyne and Miley Cyrus got matching tattoos of Cyrus’ deceased puppy, and then they released a short film with Moby.
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Dog’s life
OKC Theatre Company continues its season with the production of A.R. Gurney’s romantic comedy Sylvia. The play follows the story of a middle-aged, recently empty-nested couple whose already-strained marriage is put to the test when husband Greg takes in a stray dog. Yes, its name is Sylvia. The conceit of the play is that Sylvia, […]
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Ruff stuff
Charley has been helping kids who struggle with their reading skills gain confidence by providing a willing, uncritical audience. Charley is a 7-year-old AKC Certified therapy dog who, along with her person, Jerry Nickell, visits The Village Library to participate in Children Reading to Dogs, a weekly program at several Metropolitan Library System branches. A […]
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Faithful friends
It’s heartbreaking to look at their favorite sleeping spot and see it empty or to come home to a house where they’re no longer waiting to pounce as soon as the door opens. It’s a pain that Keri Kernke, manager of Smith & Kernke’s Ever Faithful Pet Funeral Home and Crematory, is all too familiar […]
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Losing to win
But ultimately, none worked. “I didn’t lose any significant weight,” he said. Healthcare professionals regularly tout the same method for weight loss: balanced meals and exercise. But this advice is often ignored when fad diet advertising floods media, particularly in the new year. Oklahoma dietician Lacey Bixler considers these plans short-term solutions that typically fail […]
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Angels unaware
According to its own numbers, the center works with approximately 1,200 central Oklahomans. Executive Director Connie McGoodwin said DRTC’s economic impact is profound, generating $5.5 million in wages for the state’s disabled community. In 1953, the center was founded as a school by parents inspired by Angel Unaware, a book by Dale Evans Rogers, the […]
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OKG7 chilly dogs
Mutt’s Amazing Hot Dogs 1400 NW 23rd St. mutts-hot-dogs.com 702-5000 Mutt’s makes hot dogs an art form with its homemade buns and all-beef kosher franks. The best-sellers are The Boardwalk, with mustard, chili, cheddar-jack cheese and onions. In a close second is the S’noran Dog wrapped in bacon and slathered with chipotle ketchup, pico de […]
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Take shelter
It takes a private studio to keep up with Dr. Dog’s output, and heading into album eight, the Philadelphia folk outfit had officially outgrown its kennel and built a new one, basically from scratch. “We had been at our old place for seven or eight years, and it was getting kind of stale and kind […]