Recently added articles from Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK):
West Nile Virus: Disease is on record pace in Oklahoma.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Barbara Hoberock Oct. 10--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma is seeing a record season for West Nile virus, the state epidemiologist said Tuesday. An 81-year-old Payne County man died Sept. 28, marking the state's sixth death from the disease this year, the Oklahoma ...
Groups told to continue serving immigrants.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Angel Riggs Oct. 10--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Nonprofit groups will not have to stop serving clients when Oklahoma's immigration reform legislation takes effect next month, the state's nonprofit leaders were told Tuesday. "The psychological impact of this bill has ...
Radio's 'Rick Alan West' dies at age 56.(Obituary)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Alan Caperton, a Clear Channel production manager and local radio disc jockey who was known on the air as "Rick Alan West," died Monday. He was 56. His family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Moore's Memory Funeral Home. A service is set for 11 a.m ....
Clear your head: Nasal-clearing neti pots are going mainstream.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Matt Gleason Oct. 10--Local yoga instructor Tom Tobias leaned his shaved head over a bathroom sink on a September morning. He then inserted a white, ceramic neti pot -- one filled with lukewarm tap water mixed with pharmaceutical-grade salt -- into his right ...
Sign ordinance loses steam: City councilors refer the "litter-on-a-stick" campaign sign proposal to an advisory board.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brian Barber Oct. 10--A proposed ordinance to make taking campaign signs or offering bounties for them illegal lost traction with the City Council on Tuesday. "Today is Election Day," Councilor Rick Westcott said, referring to the river-tax vote. "Tomorrow, ...
BRIEF: Ship memorial made with a modern touch.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Jim Hartlep, the president of Etched in Stone, a Bixby company, watches a computerized laser etching machine work on a memorial for sailors and Marines who were killed on the USS Oklahoma in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated in ...
Tulsa World, Okla., Danna Sue Walker column: Brush Creek Bazaar begins Thursday.(Column)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Danna Sue Walker Oct. 10--There it is. That first hint of autumn. That means it's time for a day in the country with the Brush Creek Bazaar. And, according to Carol McGraw, director of Friends of Brush Creek, this year's three-day event will have an expanded ...
Panel OKs more modest AEP-PSO rate hike: AEP-PSO rates.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Womack Oct. 10--The Oklahoma Corporation Commission approved a $9.8 million annual rate increase Tuesday that affects AEP-PSO customers immediately. An average residential customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month will see a total ...
Skiatook rejects sales tax; school-bond results mixed: TUESDAY VOTING BY THE NUMBERS.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Voters in Skiatook rejected a sales-tax increase and a tax extension for capital improvements Tuesday. Town Coordinator Martin Tucker said Skiatook's proposition might have been hurt by Tulsa County's river tax question, which also was defeated. "With all ...
Where you turn: On tap: Remember Pearl Harbor.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--For a full list of community events, and to submit your event, go online to www.tulsaworld.com/ calendar. WEDNESDAY One of only 92 remaining survivors of the battleship USS Oklahoma -- which capsized in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -- speaks at noon ...
Index of local stocks falls.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Laurie Winslow Oct. 10--A tough third quarter dragged down the Tulsa Index, with 43 of the 70 companies in the compilation seeing negative returns. The Tulsa Index posted a negative return of 3.1 percent for the quarter. It trailed both the Standard & Poor's ...
Recreation Notes: CALENDAR.(Calendar)
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: John D. Ferguson Oct. 10--Lacrosse for women: TA clinic for women interested in learning lacrosse will take place at Veterans Park, East 21st Street and South Boulder Avenue, from 10:30 a.m to noon on Saturday. The clinic will be run by the Tulsa Tornados team ...
Where you turn: Online: New online.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Vote online: President Bush vetoed legislation that would have expanded a popular, bipartisan children's health insurance program. Do you support or oppose the president's veto? Vote in a poll. www.tulsaworld.com/opinionpoll From the blogs ...
Backups make this week interesting: Extra point.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Jason Collington Oct. 10--WHAT A WORLD of hurt. That's the landscape in fantasyland as we enter Week 6. In some cases, we're down to the backup of the backup. In Tampa Bay, they're looking to sign anyone who can run with the ball. The Redskins are ...
Community focus: Day for the dogs: Day of activities planned for Village Vet's first Dogtoberfest, at request of clinic's clients.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Anne Brockman Oct. 10--Organizers expect Dogtoberfest to be a tail-wagging good time. The first-time event, Saturday at Village Vet Animal Clinic, is more than a pet festival, organizers say; it's an entertainment destination for the whole family -- and their ...
Real estate agent finds niche with new biz: Real Estate Essentials.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Tackett Oct. 10--Bonnie Baker, a broker associate with Coldwell Banker, has been selling homes in the Broken Arrow and Tulsa areas for many years. That experience gave her an idea for a new sideline. The veteran Realtor recently opened Real ...
Old-time farming comes alive at festival: Overstreet-Kerr Historical Farm Fest.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Rod Walton Oct. 10--KEOTA -- Anyone who thinks life was simpler 100 years ago probably never had to work a go-devil cultivator or horse-drawn buck rake on the farm. Those pre-internal combustion days, however, are even more fascinating this year as Oklahoma ...
Cooking Classes: Saturday.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Oct. 10--Simply Italian, with Mary Anne Potter's lasagna, mozzarella cheese bread, Italian tomato salad and apple cake, noon at Savory Chef, 8283 S. Memorial Drive, $35. Call 307-2433. Apple tart, with Sasha Foppiano teaching how to make French tarts at home, 2 p.m. at Wild ...
BMX race to benefit soldier: BMX RACE.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Shaun Epperson Oct. 10--BMX racers of all ages are invited to participate next month in a benefit race for a local soldier and champion bike racer who was severely injured during military service overseas. The race, scheduled for Nov. 3, with a rain date of ...
Community Focus: Through the grapevine: Green Country Wine Festival is slated for this weekend in Haskell.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Brigid Kimery Vance Oct. 10--Bob McBratney and his crew of two, Chris Lake and Dwayne Selby, were hard at work picking bunches of grapes by the hundreds to close out the year's harvest. The three usually have 50 to 75 helpers, he said, but due to changes in ...