#NoKings 2.0
(10/18/2025)

#NoKingsOklahoma
#NormanOK
#ClevelandCountyOK

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#NoKings 2.0
Saturday, October 18th, 2025

#NoKingsOklahoma
(Part 1 of 2)

#AdaOK
#ArdmoreOK
#BartlesvilleOK
#DurantOK
#McAlesterOK
#MiamiOK
#MuskogeeOK
#NormanOK
#OklahomaCityOK
#PoncaCityOK

Link:
https://www.nokings.org

Controversial Oklahoma turnpike route will shift westward • Oklahoma Voice
https://oklahomavoice.com/2025/09/23/controversial-oklahoma-turnpike-route-will-shift-westward/

#Oklahoma #NormanOK #OTA

Here's another flashback to 1983.

I was the orientation director at the University of Oklahoma that year. I was 30*. This photo was taken right after the student volunteers I mentored got me in the face with a pie as a token of their affection. One of the student housing dorms, Walker Tower, is in the background.

*Edit: sorry, was 30, not 29!

#UniversityOfOklahoma
#NormanOK

I have owned a couple of SUVs in my life, including this Chevrolet S-10 Blazer I used to tow the 22-foot Windrose sailboat I co-owned with a friend from work.

Photo taken in 1983. Oklahoma is a hugely popular sailing location, with manmade lakes everywhere, most in state parks...and the wind really does come sweeping down the plains.

When I lived in Norman, the largest Hobie Cat dealer in the US was there.

#ClassicCars
#WeirdCarMastodon
#Sailing
#Oklahomna
#NormanOK

Here's a photo from a happier Fourth of July, taken near the bank of the South Canadian River*, which runs just south of my childhood home, Norman OK. 1957, I think.

In Oklahoma, there's a saying, "the rivers are a mile wide and an inch deep." Except after storms, they're mostly wide flat strips of sand.

*Celebrated in song by Michael Martin Murphey

#SouthCanadianRiver
#NormanOK
#MichaelMartinMurphey

https://youtu.be/9GKOnPcA8p0?feature=shared

Norman Regional Health System cuts 10% of positions on Monday, city officials react
https://www.news9.com/story/683e6c125873d7e09e4ac518/norman-regional-health-system-cuts-10-of-positions-on-monday-city-officials-react

#Oklahoma #NormanOK

Norman residents protest South Extension turnpike at heated OTA meeting | KOSU
https://www.kosu.org/local-news/2025-05-28/norman-residents-protest-south-extension-turnpike-at-heated-ota-meeting

#Oklahoma #NormanOK

Norman City Council approves phasing plan for entertainment district | KOSU
https://www.kosu.org/local-news/2025-05-21/norman-city-council-approves-phasing-plan-for-entertainment-district

#Oklahoma #NormanOK

Norman launches supportive employment initiative | KGOU
https://www.kgou.org/2025-05-09/norman-launches-supportive-employment-initiative

#Oklahoma #NormanOK