Branson Fiddle Festival success

FiddleFestBranson has named its Mid-America Fiddler’s Championship winners at the 25th Annual Downtown Branson Fiddle Festival.  And the winners are:

Grand Champion Tom Weisgerber from St. Peter, Minnesota.  Tom also won First Place in the Open Division.  Other competition winners were Marty Elmore of Bowie, Texas for the Adult Division, Wayne Head of Hugo, Oklahoma for the Senior Division, Anthony Mature of Huntsville, Texas for the Accompanist Division, River Lee of The Woodlands, Texas for the Junior Division, and Tanner Marriott of Ava, Missouri for the Pee Wee Division.
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AG Pruitt files brief in review of abortion law

Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Attorney General Scott Pruitt

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Tuesday filed a brief in support of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review an Oklahoma abortion case.

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Attorney General’s request to review the case after the state Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that the abortion law was unconstitutional. As part of the review, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the state Supreme Court to clarify whether the state law would ban the use of certain abortion-inducing drugs.
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Oklahoma fishing report

Record sunfish at Lake Texoma on August 6, 2013. It weighed in at 1.6 lbs. and was 11 inches long.

Record sunfish at Lake Texoma on August 6, 2013. It weighed in at 1.6 lbs. and was 11 inches long.

Fishing reports from Oklahoma lakes follow by region.

NORTHEAST
Bell Cow: August 11. Elevation 1 ft. below normal, water 85 and muddy. Bass slow. Crappie fair on minnows at night. Catfish good on cut bait and chicken liver at night. Report submitted by Gary Emmons, game warden stationed in Lincoln County.

Birch: August 12. Elevation above normal, water upper 70s and murky. Channel catfish good on chicken liver and worms. Blue catfish good on cut shad. All other fishing slow. Report submitted by David Clay, game warden stationed in Osage County.
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Physics prof a victim of ‘double standard’

IntelligentDesignBall State University president Jo Ann Gora stated that to allow physics professor Eric Hedin to present intelligent design as a valid scientific theory would “violate the academic integrity” of the course Hedin was teaching.

In a statement to Ball State faculty and staff, Gora said: “Intelligent design is overwhelmingly deemed by the scientific community as a religious belief and not a scientific theory …. To allow intelligent design to be presented to science students as a valid scientific theory would violate the academic integrity of the course as it would fail to accurately represent the consensus of science scholars.”

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Senator Tom Coburn anounces town halls

Sen. Tom Coburn

Sen. Tom Coburn

Updated: U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) announced the schedule for a series of town hall meetings that will take place in August at various locations across Oklahoma. Dr. Coburn will take questions and address important issues for Oklahoma and the nation at each event.

“I am eager to hear the concerns of Oklahomans and inform them of my legislative efforts in the Senate,” said Dr. Coburn.
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