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Paul Fairchild
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A State of Innovation
[dropcap]Architecture[/dropcap] matters. The forms and shapes we give our buildings – public and private – say a lot about us. Good architecture transforms a structure...
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Once In A Lifetime
[dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]Use[/dropcap] your eyes. Look, look and look again. The brilliance of Pollock is that he creates the wandering eye. Your eye cannot simply rest...
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Doing What They Love
[dropcap]Amas[/dropcap] Tenumah can’t stop smiling. At 32, he is one of a growing number of millennials turning their backs on the traditional 9-to-5 work world...
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Oklahomans of the Year
Olivia Jordan In July 2015, 26-year-old Olivia Jordan made history when she was named Miss USA. The Oklahoma native is the first Miss Oklahoma USA...
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Standing Up For Heritage
[dropcap]Artist[/dropcap] Matthew Bearden, typically known for his ultra-realistic portrayals of American Indian subjects, entered the mascot controversy in a roundabout way. During a conversation with...
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The Grocery Guy
[dropcap]Jeff[/dropcap] Reasor works in a world of constant change. The floors shift, the walls move and the ceilings lower, like a clever prehistoric trap in...
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The Tall Tale of ACRO
[dropcap]Some[/dropcap] kids go fishing at a river in McCurtain County in 1982. Acrocanthosaurus atokensis (dubbed “ACRO” by paleontologists) is named the official state dinosaur of...
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Voicing The Vision
[dropcap]Listen[/dropcap] up, and listen very carefully. W.B. Ward, a 57-year-old Tulsa native and show biz veteran is in high demand as an audiobook reader after...
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Poems Made To Order
[dropcap]What’s[/dropcap] on the menu today? Love and mercy? The promise of tomorrow? A sonnet with a side of iambic pentameter? Tennyson sauce or Whitman dressing?...
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Author of the “What Ifs?”
[dropcap]At[/dropcap] 42, Edmond native and author Tammi Sauer makes her living thinking like a kid. More specifically, she makes her living imagining like a kid....