Governor Mary Fallin
Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett said he’s honored to receive an endorsement today from Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, who issued this following statement to the Bartlett campaign:
“I am pleased to endorse my good friend, Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, for re-election. He shares the Oklahoma values that bind us together and will continue to help move our state forward,” Governor Fallin said.
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Brian Bosworth
Brian “The Boz” Bosworth might be most remembered as an outspoken, often controversial all-American Oklahoma linebacker who rose to fame after being drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 1987, but when his football passion was sidelined a few seasons later with a career-ending shoulder injury, the young star embarked on a totally different path personally and professionally.
Bosworth has been married twice and has three children. He has worked to sell real estate and starred in various films. But perhaps the real Bosworth emerged when he scored the leading role in the religion-themed movies “Revelation Road,” released earlier this year, and the upcoming “Revelation Road 2,” which hits theaters in July and is available on DVD in September. The filming experience, Bosworth said, turned him into a religious man.
Children sit in front of a burnt house in Baga, Nigeria, on April 21, 2013 after two days of clashes between officers of the Joint Task Force and members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram.
Online Australia reports Islamic militants attacked a boarding school in northeast Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students, some of the pupils were burned alive.
Gunmen believed to be Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgent group, whose name means “Western education is sacrilege“, committed the overnight attack on a secondary school in restive Yobe state, a medical worker and residents said Saturday.
“We received 42 dead bodies of students and other staff of Government Secondary School (in) Mamudo last night. Some of them had gunshot wounds while many of them had burns and ruptured tissues,” Haliru Aliyu of the Potiskum General Hospital told AFP.
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Several partner organizations including Tulsans teamed on a project recently to help alleviate chronic water shortages and water quality problems in the Lower Illinois River trout fishery below Lake Tenkiller dam.
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Southwestern Power Administration, and sport groups the Indian Nations Chapter of Trout Unlimited and Tulsa Fly Fishers placed a new system to provide water and oxygenation to the river during periods of low flow and a system to monitor downstream water quality.
Rey Swimwear
According to local teens, the one piece swimsuit may make a comeback. Actress Jessica Rey, known for her role as the white Power Ranger and as a soap opera character, launched in 2008 a line of one piece swimsuits local teens say are stylish, but sold out when they attempted to order.
Rey’s line named “Rey Swimwear” began with the slogan “Who Says It Has to Be Itsy Bitsy” and vintage-inspired swimsuits manufactured out of Orange County, California.
A Christian group, recently featured a speech by Rey — The Evolution of the Swimsuit: Can Modesty Make a Comeback — that spurred viral discussion for days.