There are two restaurants, two cafés, twelve concession stands and three event centers at the Tulsa Zoo. Each day, Cameron Werry is responsible for every meal served at each of these venues, and there’s thousands of them. Not to mention the event centers ... which sometimes host parties for as many as twelve thousand guests.
“But,” he says, “I’m very...
Economic developers who tout a community’s main assets as “location, location, location” surely had a place such as Shawnee in mind.
Shawnee, a proverbial hop, skip and jump from downtown Oklahoma City and an easy drive from Tulsa and northern, southern and western parts of the state, is ideally situated, says Stacy Moore, Shawnee’s tourism director.
“We’re right in the middle,”...
Many changes come with age. Some are wonderful, like wisdom and more confidence in choices. Some changes are less pleasant. But where a person calls home and the services around them can be a smooth and welcomed transition.
Finances
One of the first concerns that often comes to mind when choosing a community for a senior is finances. Will this option...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) names antibiotic resistance as one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. Approximately 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur in the United States each year, resulting in more than 35,000 deaths. These infections are often caused by ‘superbugs,’ a term coined for microorganisms that have developed a resistance to commonly...
More than 30 years after it first began rising out of the Oklahoma clay, in and around a funky, old two-story farmhouse outside of Stillwater, the music that came to be known as Red Dirt continues to win fans and influence performers worldwide. Here are a couple of recent developments involving the genre:
First came the news that Cody Canada...
Nature has always been an essential part of Whitney Forsyth’s life, from observing insects and animals, to filling her pockets with seeds and rocks, to calming sojourns in the woods. And it is at the heart of her artwork.
Forsyth is a studio artist whose passion for creation began at a young age; she found her focus in a ceramics...
As trolley cars that ran on rails, early 20th century interurban cars often carried about 60 people. These cars were cleaner than railroad compartments because they usually ran on electric power from overhead lines. They were also created for passenger comfort.
The words “interurban” and “streetcar” are sometimes used interchangeably. However, streetcars moved people short distances within a city. On...
Many people have harbored an interest in horses at one time or another, especially in Oklahoma, where the animal is as ubiquitous as farms and tall grass plains. And what better way to indulge a love of all things equine than to watch live horse racing?
The activity can seem complicated, with a high barrier to entry for the casual...
Top collegiate athletes don’t have to clunk helmets or make three-pointers; sometimes, elite athletes wear big hair bows and take a 15-foot spinning plunge into their teammates’ arms.
Cheerleaders Caylin Cannady and Maggie Grappe often devote around 25 hours a week during football season to training and fitness.
“And then we have school,” says Grappe, a pre-med student. “It’s a lot.”
Grappe...
