Archive for November, 2008
Meeting calendar
Monday, Dec. 1: Guymon Chamber of Commerce at noon at Ambassador restaurant.
Monday, Dec. 1: Guymon Athletic Booster Club at 7 p.m. at the High School Commons Area. The event is open to the public and no membership dues are needed.
Activists using legal system to shutdown livestock production
This tactic is of primary concern since HSUS, especially, was a big supporter of Obama and is urging a less industry and more animal welfare-type appointment for Ag Secretary.
Wind power starting to make sense — and dollars
There’s no need to apologize for the wind anymore as wind power is all the rage in western Oklahoma and the whistle is the sound of money.
Hungry for pheasant? Start hunting Monday
The forecast: It’ll be a good season but maybe not as good as 2007.
By Ed Godfrey / Outdoors editor for the Oklahoman
On Monday, hundreds of Oklahoma bird hunters and their dogs will be scouring across northwest Oklahoma milo and corn fields in pursuit of one of the most beautiful and tastiest game birds in the state: [...]
OPSU basketball scores
Colorado State University-Pueblo men’s basketball team avoided a second half collapse to beat Oklahoma Panhandle State University 69-66 in overtime Saturday night at the West Texas A&M tourney. Click here.
Women’s basketball: Tampa 63, Oklahoma Panhandle State 32: Tampa completed a 2-0 visit to Texas with a lopsided win over Panhandle State in Saturday’s early game. [...]
Strong northerly winds today
A wind advisory is in effect from 9 am this morning to 6 PM CST this afternoon as sustained winds of 25 to 35 and gusts to 50 are possible by afternoon.
Strong winds expected Sunday
A high wind watch — with sustained north to northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph and gusts to 55 mph — is in effect from Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon for the central and eastern portions of the Panhandles.
OK not only state studying switchgrass
There are tens of thousands of acres of abandoned surface mines [more accurately known as strip mines] in West Virginia. Now, three 10-acre plots have been devoted to learning if switchgrass can grow there.
Livestock market wrapup 11/29/08
The following market information was reported by the U.S. and Oklahoma Departments of Agriculture and other sources for the week ended Wednesday:
Combined weighted average report for Oklahoma auctions. Three feeder auctions this week were Woodward, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. All others closed for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Normal schedules will return Monday.
Pickens: Renewable energy sources a must for US
As he prepares to address a wind-power conference in Oklahoma, billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens told Associated Press writer Murray Evans that it shouldn’t seem strange that he is interested in wind and other alternative energy sources. Pickens also praised Yarbrough Public School and their new wind turbine. School Superintendent Jim Wiggin will also be participating [...]
Oklahoma banks remain strong
Not only is Laverne fielding a strong football team this year that’s contending for the state Class B title, but the Bank of Laverne is one of the strongest in the state.
