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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack this week announced that the Department is investing $770 million to help create new and better market opportunities (PDF, 366 KB) for rural businesses and people in 36 states and Puerto Rico. The investments include $640 million for 122 projects to help people living in socially vulnerable communities.
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This month, SONIC® Drive-In donated $1.5 million to help fund local education needs through DonorsChoose, a national nonprofit that allows individuals to donate directly to public school classroom requests submitted by teachers.
Read moreGuests visiting the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Predator Pass habitat will have an opportunity to see the Zoo’s newest animal family members two male African painted dogs. The painted dogs, Guy and Remy, both almost fouryears-old, recently arrived at the OKC Zoo from ZooTampa at Lowry Park in Tampa, Florida as part of a breeding recommendation for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan® (SSP) for African Painted Dogs. Guy and Remy were matched with the Zoo’s female painted dogs, River and Pele, both 3, and are residing at Predator Pass. The OKC Zoo participates in this SSP for African painted dogs and other species as part of a collaborative effort that aims to maintain sustainable populations within AZA accredited zoos and aquariums.
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Above, Remy recently arrived, along with Guy, at the OKC Zoo from ZooTampa at Lowry Park in Tampa, Florida as part of a breeding recommendation for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan® (SSP) for African Painted Dogs. —Courtesy Photo
Read moreThe Oklahoma Legislature has essentially finished the main part of their work for the year.
Read moreEddie Grant, a Harvard Law School graduate and former Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants third baseman, was the first major league baseball player killed in World War I. In all, seven other major league players lost their lives in the Great War. They are Lt. Tom Burr, plane crash; Lt. Harry Chapman, illness; Lt. Larry Chappell, influenza; Pvt. Harry Glenn, pneumonia; Cpt. Newton Halliday, hemorrhages; Cpl. Ralph Sherman, drowned, and Purple Heart winner Sgt. Robert “Bun” Troy, shot.
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Decoration Day was observed on May 30th from 1868 to 1970 to decorate the graves and honor those dying in military service for our country. In 1971 Congress officially made the last Monday in May Memorial Day.
Read moreNot only are Rodney Jones and Karen Eifert Jones passionate about Oklahoma State University and the Ferguson College of Agriculture, they also are devoted to giving back.
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