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Carol Mowdy Bond
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Caring for Fido and Felix
The Pandemic Pet Boom Pet adoptions have skyrocketed during the pandemic, as work-from-home measures are keeping Oklahomans indoors and looking for ways to stay occupied...

Hearken to the Roots
Dusty Hammack and his son, Zac, are using their Marking Tree Design business to keep it local, whenever and whenever they can. The Hammacks...

A One-Stop Shop
Earlier in her life, Eakly native Lori Flansburg was a chef at a prestigious restaurant. Although she was reaching professional goals, she felt unsettled. This...

Shaping the Future
In 2019, at only 24 years old, Luke Wilson was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for his exploration into the way...

Excellence in Technology
Oklahoma is experiencing the rise of technology and software development companies, making the future bright … and easier to navigate than in decades past. Developer...

Life on Canvas
Arising star in modern art, Catherine Freshley has painted hundreds of Oklahoma landscapes, and even after moving, continues to create from her reference photos of...

Breathing Life into Oklahoma History
Small town Waukomis, Oklahoma, is surrounded by Garfield County’s prairie farmlands, and it’s also home to historian and author John J. Dwyer. With seven books...

A Hunger to Heal
The 2014 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, Peter Markes, is shifting directions and using music to expand frontiers on a broader scale. With Markes at...

Painting the Town
Costa Rica native and Canadian County transplant Carlos Barboza made a name for himself early on. In elementary school, a teacher refused to grade his...

A Gem in the Prairie Grass
The home of attorneys Aimeé and Robert Treece sits upon an original 160-acre Canadian County homestead that was owned by Robert’s ancestors. It now houses...