NAPA Auto Parts stage grand reopening

NAPAautoPartsNAPA Auto Parts, the nation’s top brand in the automotive aftermarket, will unveil its newly revamped store in Tulsa with a blowout grand reopening celebration on Sat., May 21 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Located at 6501 E. Admiral Pl., the 40,000 square-foot transformed NAPA Auto Parts store is part of an initiative to revitalize the surrounding community.

The company designated the site – with a 30-year history of serving Tulsa residents and surrounding communities – as one of its national priority locations for extensive upgrades to accommodate increasing demand for auto parts and supplies.

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What core of Trump?

TulRepubLogo1Editorial: The presidential preference primaries and caucuses are not elections, but selections. This is a distinctive difference as there is no Republican or Democrat Candidate for U.S. President until after the respective conventions hold an official vote. The objective is to find a candidate that can unify each party to win the national election. In both, established grassroots loyalists attend in vast majority at their own expense and vote their conscience.

This writer is not a member of an organized political party; I’m an Oklahoma Republican – a member of a voluntary organization supported exclusively by voluntary donations in which none of the last convention’s elected leadership currently serves. We will convene again this Saturday.

That said, what is the core of Donald J. Trump? What principles can any voter take as Trump’s foundational and operational beliefs? It’s not the grassroots job to unify till Trump specifies in detail what the flying frack (1) he truly expects unity on beyond acceptance of his unique personality.

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Senate committee moves to protect core services

State Capitol Building in Oklahoma City

State Capitol Building in Oklahoma City

The Oklahoma Senate Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Thursday approved three additional measures aimed at helping close the budget gap for the 2017 fiscal year budget.  The measures approved by the committee reform various tax credits and incentive programs, generating new revenues for the state.

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Thunder take down Spurs

Thunder2012OKCWhile Tulsa may be a few miles up the road, the roar from fans watching, cheering, stomping, singing, screaming in joy was heard throughout the night as the OKC Thunder devastated regional rivals to advance in tournament play.

ESPN reports: It didn’t take Kevin Durant long to summarize his feelings in beating the San Antonio Spurs in six games to move on to the Western Conference finals.

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Solar Impulse lands in Tulsa

Solar Impulse lands in Tulsa. Photos provided

Solar Impulse lands in Tulsa. Photos provided

Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) landed in Tulsa International Airport, Oklahoma, with Bertrand Piccard at the controls, May 12 at 11:15 pm local time (UTC-5) after taking off from Phoenix Goodyear Airport, Arizona, the same morning at 3:05 am local time (UTC-7).

The flight took 18 hours 10 minutes.

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