Lori Dickinson and Constance Lori Dickinson is entering her fifth year as the foundation’s president. Her passion and enthusiasm is apparent as she talks animatedly about the district and its kids. “So many of our children do not know what the statistics say about their future,” Dickinson said. “They dream, they play, they learn. I […]
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Sporting injuries bite
The 17-year-old injured a ligament in his thumb while noodling and feared the worst after a doctor told him he might not be able to throw a ball for an entire season, he told News9. “I had some choice words,” his coach, Steve Barrett, told the TV station. Good news, though. He was cleared to […]
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MAPS threat lingers
Kenneth Jordan Since Slane questioned the validity of the MAPS 3 election two weeks ago, OKC’s lead municipal counselor, Kenneth Jordan, delivered a letter Sept. 3 citing a 2011 state Supreme Court case, Thomas vs. Henry, that he claims validates the ballot language and election results. In the letter to Oklahoma Gazette, Jordan said the […]
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Creepy, crawly infestation
Crickets are everywhere. They’re climbing walls in curtains at neighborhood stores and keeping us up all night with those chirps, chirps, chirps, chirps … chirps. Chirps. Chirps. The insects have invaded the temperate Sooner State, and pictures also have swarmed social media feeds. Entomologists at Oklahoma State University said heat and drought this year helped […]
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‘Ex-gay’ ministry
Left, Sam Storm, Pastor of Bridgeway Church, and Stephen Black, executive director of First Stone Ministries, stand in the auditorium at Bridgeway Church. On the Board of Reference there also is Sam Storms, lead pastor of Bridgeway Church, the website shows. Restored Hope Network began with a leadership meeting in Orlando, Fla., in 2011. According […]
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LETTERS
They affected me in different ways. There was no water or electricity. Looters combed someone’s home for what they might steal, whether demolished or still left standing. The slow-moving highways and byways had people rubbernecking at the destruction. However, neighbors reached out to share what we had and exchanged stories. Tents of clothes, food, water […]
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Hog-wild for fair season
On Thursday, many will make their way out to the first day of the annual celebration, some solely driven by the insatiable hunger that can only be sated by the anomaly that is fair food. This year, the Oklahoma State Fair has taken its food game to a whole new level by adding 20 new […]
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‘The good crazy’
He wants it to be about Heartland Rabbit Rescue in Blanchard, about Mindy’s Memory Primate Sanctuary, about Hands Helping Paws in Norman and about each and every animal rescue and rights organization in Oklahoma, the United States and beyond. “They’re my real heroes,” he said. What Ingersoll would really like this story to be about, […]
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New words defy, get illogical response
Self-proclaimed protectors of the English language near and far have worked themselves into a frenzy — but not a dancing frenzy. (Because that would be twerking). They didn’t take any pictures of themselves in a frenzy, either, apparently. (Because that would be taking selfies, another controversial addition.) What many of the vehe- mently annoyed failed […]
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William Shatner gets prog-rocky with … Vince Gill?
Star Trek star William Shatner’s next music album, Ponder The Mystery, is expected out Oct. 8, his official website shows. Far out, man. Shatner wrote the lyrics and beamed aboard musicians for the prog-rock project, including guitarist Steve Vai, Mick Jones of Foreigner, Rick Wakeman of Yes, Simon House and Nik Turner of Hawkwind, Edgar […]