With drug use — and addiction recovery — in the spotlight of this year’s mayoral race, experts weigh in on how it might hamper or help overall public health. Public vilification of an Oklahoma City councilman’s past drug use, treatment and recovery is likely to restrict the number of people willing to seek elected office, […]
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LIFE
Did you know you can use pressed flowers to make cards, bookmarks or collage-based artwork? See for yourself with a Pressed Flowers class in which you learn to construct a flower press and create crafts using floral materials from the most beautiful garden OKC has to offer. The class is 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursday in the […]
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Eat your green
Frequenting local establishments that support local farms and industry is an excellent way of reducing your carbon footprint while dining out. But a few restaurants in the metro have taken extra steps in the use of recycled or repurposed materials, or have made structural investments in their properties that will not only reduce their […]
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Historic green
The city held its first meeting April 5 with homeowners in historic districts to get feedback on what they would like to see incorporated into the guidelines governing work on houses and buildings located in historic preservation or historic landmark districts. Through an Energy Efficiency and Conservation grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office […]
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CFN QOTW Part Deux
—Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State football coach, after Justin Bieber’s “Baby” ring tone rang from his phone during a Feb. 14 press conference. Biebz has Gundy’s “I’m a man!” rant as his tone.
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Freedom fighter
There is an old legal truism about arguing either the law or the truth when one of them is on your side, or resorting to pounding your fist on the table with as much conviction as possible when you have neither. Reese has only emotion on his side: a poor reason to use for enforcement […]
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Change of plans
A source of funding from the MAPS 3 project that had been promised by supporters of the project to go toward hiring 20 new police officers and 10 new firefighters is instead being used to pay for existing public safety employees because of the city’s budget shortfall. The police and fire unions clashed with supporters […]
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Deadly headlines
Oklahoma is making death penalty headlines again because the state Department of Corrections used pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used for animal sedation and euthanasia, on Dec. 16 to execute John David Duty, 58. Duty was serving a trio of life sentences for rape, shooting with intent to kill and robbery when he strangled cell mate […]