First, the Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible show will tape an episode Jan. 28-29 at the venue, 322 NE Second St. Show host, chef Robert Irvine, is tasked with helping save America’s most desperate restaurants from impending failure in two days with $10,000. Irvine is seeking volunteers to help with painting, crafting, construction, remodeling, cleaning, decorating […]
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None of your business
In fact, many of these individuals have eagerly stepped forward to help the tornado survivors. Whether they have or not, what business is it of Johnson what they do with their own money? —Carl Hall, Edmond
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Sweet charity
The middle class and the poor are always willing to give to those more needy. The wealthy do not. The wealthy in Oklahoma could donate enough to build a shelter for every school in Oklahoma, but they will not, because they love their money more than they care about other people’s children. —Jeannie Yarger, Edmond
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Various artists — Support Local Heroes: Vol 1
But music has more to offer than just fun and games. And with the sting of May’s natural disasters still weighing heavy on Oklahomans, Support Local Heroes: Vol 1 — a 10-song compilation of Chevy Music Showcase artists benefitting ongoing disaster-relief efforts — seeks to provide both spiritual and financial aid for those affected by […]
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SOUNDCHECK
NEWS It took only minutes after the May 20 tornado lifted for musicians across the state to volunteer their talents to Moore relief efforts. Here are a few benefit concerts on the horizon. Some of Oklahoma’s best and brightest — including JD McPherson pictured, Evangelicals, Taddy Porter, Beau Jennings & the Tigers, Parker Millsap, ADDverse […]
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We’ll be OK
I never really understood the depths of being an Oklahoman. In light of the tornadoes this month, I truly get it. I feel it. Growing up in Oklahoma, we learn to drive before we can walk. We learn to give directions like, “Turn left at the Smiths’,” and, “You’ll see the barn about a mile […]