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Kimberly Burk
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Protecting the Protectors
New recruits get hugs and candy bars. Deployed personnel receive ‘Freedom Boxes’ filled with toiletries and Girl Scout cookies. Returning veterans find camaraderie and comfort....
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Redefining Youth
Jack Freese Attorney – Freese & March Tulsa attorney Jack Freese looks for the good in everyone. Stories about the seminal moments of his life...
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Carving Out Camaraderie
Bill and Carol Payne of Broken Arrow often pack up a picnic lunch and head for the lake, where he works on a woodcarving project...
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The Power of Movement
People with Parkinson’s disease benefit physically from dance and other forms of movement, which is why retired music teacher John Gerber enrolled in the Dance...
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Nature’s Sugar
Lori Beth McDonald thinks honeybees are fascinating. She loves the taste of honey, is sold on its dietary benefits and enjoys creating food and skincare...
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The Truth on DNA Testing
Perhaps a long-held family legend dictates that you’re descended from the medieval emperor Charlemagne. You might even have genealogical records that seem to prove it....
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A Look Inside Wounded Knee
Before the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, Native Americans had “to live the lie, and put their ‘Indian-ness’ away,” says Richard Ray Whitman, an Oklahoma...
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Finance 101
Green by the Generation People who have saved and invested all their lives often find that retirement presents a new challenge, says Andy Nelson, a...
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The Tulsa Mayoral Race Heats Up
Candidates looking to challenge Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum are campaigning during a summer like no other. “We are in a really challenging year in Tulsa,...
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A Briefing on Tribal Nations
Developing Infrastructure Iron Horse is not your run-of-the-mill industrial park, says James C. Collard, director of economic development for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. When the...