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News briefs: Oklahoma City Dodgers drive sales, councilors sworn in and more
Name change Damon Berryhill, head coach of the Oklahoma City Dodgers, said the city’s three magic words when asked to recall his memory playing in the first game when the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark opened in 1998. “As far as I was concerned, it was a big-league city,” said Berryhill, as if reading from a script […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Cat love
Jay Cook has been taking care of a wild cat colony at Lake Hefner and has developed a nonprofit to find them homes.
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Oil company scraps plan to drill near Lake Hefner
A controversial plan to drill for oil near Lake Hefner has been withdrawn by a local energy company.
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City, oil company will discuss drill plans near Lake Hefner
An oil company that wants to drill for gas on the Lake Hefner Reservation in Oklahoma City will host a public meeting with the city next week to discuss its plans.
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Lake to river bike trail two years away
A dedicated bike and walking trail connecting Lake Hefner and the Oklahoma River could be complete in less than two years.
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Walk for Williams
Peyton Franklin The Oklahoma City chapter of the Williams Syndrome Association will hold a 5K run/walk Saturday to raise awareness and funds for people with the disorder. The event will be held at Stars and Stripes Park at Lake Hefner. A genetic condition that affects the heart, growth and learning abilities, Williams syndrome is present […]
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OKC, get serious about water conservation
However, one resource is running out. And once it does, the very future of our city is at risk. Water is Oklahoma’s greatest resource. Without it, Oklahoma’s very way of life is threatened. Few Oklahomans alive today can remember what life was like for the Okies during the Dirty ’30s. Our only frames of reference […]
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Water and wishful thinking
The USDA drought monitor map issued Feb. 5 predicts more of the same, and now Canton Lake is drained to record low levels to keep Oklahoma City on its unsustainable water usage path. Farmers and ranchers have drastically reduced their cattle herds for lack of hay and water due to this ongoing, severe drought. Another […]
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Dry ideas
Lake Hefner Credit: Shannon Cornman At the end of January, the city requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers release water from Lake Canton, to which the city has water rights, to replenish Lake Hefner, a municipal water reservoir that’s down 18 feet below normal. A state wildlife official said that action is likely to […]