MacKay Whalen, Norman North High School, Ballet:
My friends and I have been planning since we got here to go hiking. So, on Tuesday morning we were going to go on the sunrise hike, at 6 a.m. We set the alarm for 5:30, and when it went off I got up. I tried to wake up my roommates, but none of them would get up. Finally, I gave up. They were about to be waking up. Now my roomie Cassie says things like "If we skip dinner, we can go hiking!" The funny thing is, she is as serious as can be. Yesterday in class, we got about halfway done with our ballet for the performance. Flavio [Flavio Salazar, ballet instructor] also called me out to try the Pas de Deux with one of the guys, but I'm pretty sure I didn't get that part. Yesterday was a really good day, though. I got to hang out with my friends and enjoy the scenery here. It's so beautiful!
DJ Handy, Noble High School, Orchestra/Percussion:
Today, we [the orchestra] had to perform in front of the other OSAI students. We played the first movement of Scheherazade, and only one percussionist played. The director, Christian Knapp, wanted four or five people to try to conduct the orchestra. I agreed to be one of them. So, I get on the conductor's podium, and the piece is in two (two beats to a measure). Mr. Knapp gives me the baton and I try to take control. I conducted for a long time. Afterwards everyone clapped for me. Mr. Knapp said I "immediately started to create my own vocabulary." People have complimented me and told me that I looked like a bird, but apparently I did an amazing job. [Note: He was a natural! Everyone was very impressed.]
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Blog posts for Thursday, June 18
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County Commissioner won’t seek re-election
Longtime Cleveland County Commissioner George Skinner will not seek re-election to a sixth term, it was announced this past week.
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Filmmakers recreate Moore’s Old School for documentary
“If these walls could talk” is a phrase that conjures memories married to location, making it an apt title for the new documentary
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Postage prices to make price jump Sunday
Mailing a letter will cost an extra penny beginning Sunday. A first-class letter will now cost 45 cents at the Post Office. Forever stamps can be used for whatever cost the stamps are at the time of mailing.
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Resident challenges switch to voter postcards
Cleveland County Election Board Secretary Jim Williams figured he could save 15 cents every time he notified a new voter by postcard rather than sealed letter.
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Eagle Scout candidate works to protect children and schools
Richard Hansen, 15, is a third-generation Boy Scout. His father, Tim, is an Eagle Scout and is Scoutmaster of Troop 287. Tim Hanse
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Moore Chamber of Commerce member graduates from IOM
Washington D.C. —Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is pl
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God’s children are birds of a feather
The weather has been wonderful and we have enjoyed feeding the birds and watching their antics as they nibble on the bounty we toss out several times a day.
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Organize Your Life helps local residents
Adult Services of the Moore Public Library helped residents learn to get organized Saturday.
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Pioneer Library System announces PLS Big Read contest
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is this year’s featured novel for Pioneer Library System’s Big Read.
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Residents tour newly opened jail
Though the county’s new F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center offers beds for up to 542 prisoners, the facility won’t soon be experiencing overcrowding.
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County Commissioner won’t seek re-election
