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Article eyes pain management, mobility for companion animals

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STILLWATER  — The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) recently published an article about pain management and mobility issues in companion animals. According to AAHA, the foundations of disease begin when pets are young – even a few months old into young adulthood. Pet owners need to work with their veterinarian throughout their pet’s life stages…

Animal groups come together to increase live-release percentages

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Tulsa Animal Welfare (TAW), Humane Society of Tulsa (HST) and the Tulsa Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tulsa SPCA) announced the creation of the Coalition for Tulsa Pets, an effort to develop a plan to increase the live release rate at Tulsa Animal Welfare. TAW, HST and the Tulsa SPCA provide sheltering,…

Mulready names his chief of staff

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Insurance Commissioner-elect Glen Mulready has tapped Oklahoma native and adviser Tyler Laughlin to lead his transition efforts. Laughlin, currently a deputy commissioner for the Oklahoma Insurance Department, was also part of the transition team for former Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Mulready said Laughlin would serve as chief of staff and first deputy insurance commissioner. “I…

Editorial: It’s time to repeal Roe v. Wade

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The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and allies want the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. According to a brief filed November 15, the Supreme Court could review a lower court ruling that banned discrimination against certain classes of unborn children according to sex, race,…

Editorial: Tulsans helped the less fortunate

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Tulsans are very generous. Every year, John 3:16 Mission makes a special effort to brighten the holiday for the less fortunate around us. This year, the Rev. Steve Whitaker, senior pastor and CEO of John 3:16 Mission, said the goal was to have 4,000 frozen turkeys to accompany sacks of groceries for a family of…

Editorial: Free speech and homosexuality

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Homosexual advocates are becoming more insistent that everyone think and act the way they do and nowhere is that more evident than on most college campuses. At Shawnee State University in Ohio, Professor Nicholas Meriwether had a student who is a man but who wants to be known as a woman. He insisted the professor…

The Christmas party season can be an awful lot of fun

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It’s time for Christmas parties. I love this time of year. The weather is crisp, people are in good moods and it’s a good time to reflect on the past year. We usually go to a few Christmas parties. Several Sunday School groups at our church are going together for a party and that should…

America must rebuild its crumbling infrastructure

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Recently, the world learned yet again that inadequate investment in infrastructure – roads, bridges, tunnels, and railways – can have tragic consequences. This time, those consequences befell the people of Genoa, Italy, where the collapse of a 51-year-old bridge killed 43 people.  Area residents had long expressed concern about the bridge’s structural integrity. For years,…

It’s Big 12 Champs OU versus SEC Champs Alabama

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Kyler Murray may win the Heisman No. 4 Oklahoma should have no problem with motivation in the upcoming College Football Playoff game with No. 1 Alabama. Oklahoma (12-1, 9-1 in the Big 12) decisively won the Big 12 Championship Saturday 39-27 over Texas – avenging a three-point loss earlier in the season to the Longhorns….

Liberty Bowl pits OSU vs. Missouri

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It will be a Big 12 reunion in the Liberty Bowl on December 31 in Memphis when Oklahoma State faces former Big 12 member Missouri. The series between Oklahoma State and Missouri dates back to 1915, with the teams meeting 52 times in the series.  The Cowboys have won three of the past four matchups,…