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Todd Lamb’s plan to curb the “Brain Drain”
Todd Lamb’s plan to curb the “Brain Drain” By Tim Farley Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb is continuing his personal crusade to defeat the state’s so-called “brain drain”, but he’s not fighting alone. Several key business and educational leaders have joined the fray to keep the best and brightest young people in Sooner land. Lamb
Turpen Time
Turpen Time By Tim Farley Call them truisms, axioms or old sayings, but whatever they are Mike Turpen is never at a loss for words. Turpen, a popular public figure in Oklahoma, has been in the middle of the state’s political and social scenes since he was an assistant district attorney in Muskogee County decades
A PIONEER OF COMMUNICATIONS
A PIONEER OF COMMUNICATIONSHow One Man is Changing the Face of the Internet in Oklahoma
By Heide Brandes Samual Curtis of Oklahoma City has a dream, an ambitious goal to make Oklahoma a center of the Internet in the United States. Curtis, co-founder and co-owner of AtLink Services LLC, a wireless internet service provider
Home field advantage
Home field advantageRyan Franklin’s new diamond in Shawnee By Linda Miller Professional baseball player Ryan Franklin, a pitching whiz from Spiro, laid down his glove in 2011 in favor of a career that still keeps him in the swing of the sport without months on the road. Along with spending more time with family,
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FACES CRITICAL MOMENT
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER FACES CRITICAL MOMENT After legislature votes on funding, center could raise billions in economic impactOr Legislature could make dream of completed museum a reality By Heide Brandes Two decades after it was proposed and seven years after the start of construction, the $170 million American Indian Cultural Center and Museum
Ferris O’Brien
Ferris O’Brien: The Spy teams up with KOSU and reigns supreme again By Heide BrandesPhotos by Michael Downes Ferris O’Brien is brimming with nervous energy as he stands next to the lime green old VW van at Oklahoma City’s Plaza District. It’s the anniversary of The Spy radio station’s special programming, the VDub Sessions,
Desmond Mason
ART & ATHLETICS – PAINTING EMOTION Desmond Mason keeps on pushing the limits with art, creativity in Oklahoma City By Heide Brandes
The Fear of His Passion
For 30 years Al Bostick has fought the fear of his passion and lived his dream as an artist in Oklahoma.
Cathy O’Connor: A Woman on a Mission
Meet the single-minded and determined maestro conducting the class act that is the Oklahoma City Renaissance.
