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Are you experienced?
In past Oklahoma City mayoral elections, incumbents have generally fared well. Current Mayor Mick Cornett has not faced a serious challenge to his seat since he took office in 2004. This time, however, he faces a well-financed, first-term Oklahoma City Council member, Ed Shadid. He also faces two dark horse candidates who could pull votes […]
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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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This teen fantasy isn’t so sweet
Credit: Brad Gregg The wild animal is much like the band, she said. It likes to stay up all night (she’s working to change that), it likes festivals, it loves chicken and it doesn’t like asparagus. We’re guessing on that last part, at least as far as the Followill family band goes. Oh, and King […]
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Dog’s best friend
Credit: Brad Gregg According to news accounts, the Rottweiler pup was in a van with the windows rolled down. Still, Switzer felt sorry for the animal. He plucked the canine from the car, tracked down the owners and purchased the dog from them on the spot. Switzer took the pup, which he named Stella, to […]
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Lovely bones
Or, rather, he sees a life that should be celebrated. The retail arm of Oklahoma City’s celebrated Museum of Osteology (the only skeleton museum in the nation, natch), Skulls Unlimited has tapped a new market: preserving the family pet by cleaning and posing its skeleton. Sound morbid? Villemarette believes it’s actually a touching tribute. “The […]
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Animal prints
(Charlie’s business: Clawing the couch.) Ron, on the other hand … let’s just say I’m considering an intervention (catervention?). Ron is a sweet, big-boned tabby (don’t call him fat), but he’s not the smartest kibble in the bits. He goes absolutely nutso with catnip — rolling around in it, sliding on his back through it, […]