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Shaun Perkins
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Dynamic Duos
[dropcap]Batman[/dropcap] and Robin. Clark Kent and Lois Lane. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Laverne and Shirley. Sometimes working with a partner is simply the...
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A Championship Tennis Town
[dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]Tulsa[/dropcap] is a great tennis city.” These are Vince Westbrook’s words, and he should know. Westbrook, head men’s tennis coach at the University of Tulsa,...
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Taking Cover
[dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] that time of year when leaves and spring pollen are not the only things flying through the air: tornado season. Surviving a tornado, which...
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Fueling the Talent Pipeline
[dropcap]Last[/dropcap] year, Gov. Mary Fallin launched the Oklahoma Works program, OU President David Boren called for a statewide initiative to raise teacher salaries and the...
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In A Pickle
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] game invented to keep the kids out of the adults’ hair on a rainy day in Bainbridge Island, Wash., has grown into a popular national...
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The King Of Friday Nights
[dropcap]Despite[/dropcap] growing up in Green Country, Bruce Hendrickson, the winningest high school football coach in Oklahoma history, spent most of his teaching and coaching years...
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The Experience of the Mother Road
[dropcap]In[/dropcap] the 1920s, the future Father of Route 66, Tulsan Cyrus Avery, convinced the Interstate Highway Commission to take the proposed new highway through Tulsa...
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Behold, The Buffalo
[dropcap]“[/dropcap][dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s Oklahoma, and everyone likes buffaloes.” That’s the short story of why Tulsa artist Christopher Mantle began painting buffaloes. The long story involves flute-playing,...
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Okie at Heart
James Pepper Henry, the new executive director of the Gilcrease Museum, has an impressive work history, as associate director for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of...
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Learning By Doing
Rob Walenta and John Sulton, co-founders of Scissortail Farms, operate the aeroponic greenhouse farm in south Tulsa. Scissortail Farms provides greens and premade salads to...