Nov 27 2007
Richard Neal, who taught mathematics for 20 years at the University of Oklahoma, has become an inventor and in the process invented the Shoe Horse which Neal says will make shoe shining easier and more pertinent.
Reportedly Neal has been developing and refining the Shoe Horse since the early 90’s and received a bit of help from the Engineering Department at OU along the way.
Nov 25 2007
“Keep the doggies rolling” was a good motto for about 40 cowboys and cowgirls from across Oklahoma as they joined together to commemorate both the 140th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail and the Oklahoma Centennial celebration with a honest-to-gosh cattle drive along the legendary Chisholm Trail, from the Red River to Caldwell, Kansas.
Nov 25 2007
In spite of January’s ice storm which took away some of the trees at Honor Heights Park this years Garden of Lights display has bounced back on the efforts of the Parks Department employees who have risen to the challenge installing and arranging an estimated 1.25 million light bulbs along the curving mile long drive.
Park Foreman Richard Randell said people who think the ice storm wiped out the Garden of Lights are in for an eye-opening experience.
Nov 25 2007
Danny Zachary, of Clayton, will miss his mother this holiday season, but obviously both Danny and other family members have benefited from and well remember the lessons of life that his Mom provided before her death November 5th.
Mary Zachary worked day after day in all types of weather delivering newspapers to the people in Clayton and she did it by walking, something practically unheard of in this day and age.
Nov 25 2007
It took considerable effort to overcome multiple obstacles but volunteers fed approximately 2,800 people on Thanksgiving Day through the Pittsburg County Community Thanksgiving Dinner program.
Not everyone received turkey but everyone did receive a meal and no one went away hungry in spite of busted cookers and refrigerators.