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Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s Monday, Feb. 7, meeting include a report on Oklahoma Transportation’s response to the recent statewide winter storm, updates on federal and state transportation funding and discussion of traffic safety issues, including seat belt use. Commissioners awarded contracts for projects on several county roads in Grant County, US-169 in Tulsa County, I-35 in Murray County, SH-51 in Cherokee County and US-412/SH-3 in Beaver County.
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Read moreEarlier this week, a federal grand jury indictment was unsealed in the Western District of Oklahoma charging two men with two-counts of committing hate crimes, announced Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and United States Attorney Robert Troester for the Western District of Oklahoma.
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The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is excited to announce the arrival of Raif, an 8-year-old male ocelot to its Cat Forest family. This is a homecoming for Raif who was born at the OKC Zoo’s Cat Forest habitat in 2013 then moved to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland, Ohio in 2015 as part of a breeding recommendation through the Association of Zoos and Aquarium’s Ocelot Species Survival Plan® (SSP). The ocelot SSP program recently recommended that Raif relocate to the OKC Zoo to be paired with its female ocelot, Arieta. Arieta, 8, arrived at the Zoo in 2021 from the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Legislative Mental Health Caucus this week announced an expanded leadership team and two major priorities for the 2022 Oklahoma Legislative Session.
Read moreThe Boomer Seminole Duplicate Bridge Group Met Tues. Feb 8 . There were three and one-half tables in plap. The winners were –
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A surprising secret about grief is that it can become like a good friend, comfortable and routine. When my precious mother died, I suffered like many people do for a very long time. Grief was the whole tone of life for a time, and living well enough to appear okay to others was a great effort. Eventually, however, I wanted a more peaceful settling in my heart of sadness and freedom of spirit to become more lighthearted.
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