We have stories about:
Herb Gilkey, the Pawhuska basketball star from 1970 who went on to own McDonald's franchises in Guthrie and Tulsa, but found by sheer happenstance that his real love was non-profit: Directing the Ronald McDonald House in Oklahoma City.
The third time was the charm to raise the sales tax in Skiatook. But it passed after two resounding votes to the contrary – during the massive ice storm that left the city and some precinct blacked out. Did voters know? A lawsuit says nope, they didn't.
The Osage Nation's new calendar seems to be taking the tribe's newfound sovereignty to new levels: Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day and other holidays have been rescheduled, it seems. OK. It was a goof, but the tribe's executive branch ain't talking, so we're assuming that they are off for Memorial Day, which the rest of us will take off on May 26.
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