Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) articles from December 2000

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) archives from December 2000

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
December 31, 2000... Dec. 31--The end of the year is the traditional time to sum up the past year and ponder the next. To me, the most interesting business story of 2000 was the stock market. As the articles on this page point out, the Nasdaq ended the year...

Stocks of Oklahoma's Energy Firms See Surge in 2000.
December 31, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 31--Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Inc. is a stock market superstar -- again. Chesapeake's stock has more than tripled in value in 2000, making Chesapeake the year's runaway gainer among Oklahoma's...

Oklahoma City Health Center Hosts Various Agencies, Companies.
December 31, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 31--About 22 entities are situated in the Oklahoma Health Center. They include several state and federal agencies, as well as companies such as the University Health Partners hospital complex, Dean McGee...

Stock Market Was Tough on Oklahoma Firms in 2000.
December 31, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 31--This year, two Oklahoma companies went public and began trading on the Nasdaq stock index -- just in time for the crash. Meanwhile, three established public companies went the same direction as the...

Stocks of Oklahoma Firms Went Up, then Down in 2000.
December 31, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 31--A handful of public companies listed by Oklahoma Inc. -- and another company charged with illegal activity that never made the list -- saw most of their stock market values evaporate during 2000. ...

Oklahoma City Builders Are Confused over `Smart Growth'.
December 30, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 30--Periphrasis, like halitosis, is a common affliction of the mouth. Everyone's breath is bad occasionally. That's halitosis. And we all stumble over our tongue sometimes while trying to get a point...

Oklahoma's Jobless Rates Dips to 2.8 Percent in November.
December 30, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 30--Oklahoma's employment rate was 2.8 percent in November, down from 3.1 percent the previous month, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported Friday. Lynn Gray, a staff economist at the...

Liquor Stores Look for Good Holiday Sales Despite New Year's Eve Ban.
December 30, 2000... Byline: Brian Brus Dec. 30--At least one retail segment looks to New Year's Eve for a majority of its annual profits. That industry in Oklahoma, however, won't be able to make a dime Sunday, just before the parties kick off. State...

Closure of Montgomery Ward's Five Oklahoma Stores to Result in 550 Job Cuts.
December 30, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 30--More than 500 Wards employees in Oklahoma will lose their jobs when Montgomery Ward & Co. closes. The company announced Thursday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and would close all its...

Realty Experts Say Closing Retailer's Oklahoma City Space Will Be Hard to Fill.
December 30, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 30--Filling the space left behind when Montgomery Ward & Co. closes its big mall stores here won't be as straightforward as finding new tenants. Montgomery Ward isn't just a tenant at two of the malls where...

Oklahoma City Building's Manual Elevator Operators Lift Up Tradition.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 29--Walk into the foyer of the Hightower Building -- and stumble into the wake of a working time machine. The Hightower family sees the building as a 107,000-square-foot device for bridging eras. And with...

Oklahoma City Restaurant Is Shut Down Over Unpaid Taxes.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 29--The Oklahoma Tax Commission has closed the Ground Floor Cafe on Western Avenue in Oklahoma City for failure to pay taxes, a commission spokeswoman said Thursday. Paula Ross said the commission has not...

Ice, Snow Cause Oklahoma Insurance Claims to Pile Up.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 29--Homes and businesses battered by ice and snow could cause 3,000 to 4,000 claims to just one insurance company, an official said Thursday. Another company reported auto claims are running 10 to 15 times...

Oklahoma Shoppers Slowly Go to Stores to Return, Exchange Items.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 29--Slippery roads in Oklahoma slowed the usual post-Christmas crowds that turn out to return or exchange gifts this week. Nonetheless, the returns are sure to trickle in, although many may come later than...

Convenience Stores to Be Sold to Durham, N.C.-Based Company.
December 29, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 29--Williams Express, a unit of Williams, said Thursday that it has agreed to sell 198 of its MAPCO Express convenience stores to Durham, N.C.-based Convenience USA. Jerry Hereden, a Williams spokesman,...

Company to Open First Merchant Bank in Oklahoma.
December 28, 2000... Byline: Brian Brus Dec. 28--BancFirst is looking to produce the state's first merchant bank, entering a zone opened by legislation merging banking, insurance and securities. By creating Council Oak Bank, BancFirst "will be able to...

Oklahoma City-Area Malls Reopen to Strong Retail Traffic.
December 28, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 28--Malls in the Oklahoma City area Wednesday reported that they were closer to normal operations after a winter storm forced many retailers to close Tuesday. Tuesday was anything but a typical day-after-...

Oklahoma City Convention Center Opens Doors to More Industry Shows.
December 28, 2000... Dec. 28--Business is growing at the Myriad Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. Or rather, the Myriad is helping business grow. The center held 33 industry trade shows in the 1999-2000 fiscal year. It's looking at a 30 percent...

Wewoka, Okla., Trailer Hitch Builder Fights to Defend Product.
December 28, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 28--A Wewoka trailer hitch manufacturer continues to wage legal battles in an effort to protect its patented Easy Rider Air Ride Hitches, claiming that counterfeit versions of its products have cost the company...

Oklahoma Energy Industry Plans Public Event.
December 27, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 27--An annual Oklahoma energy industry event, billed as bigger and better this year, will take place Jan. 8 in Oklahoma City -- and everyone's invited. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and...

Weather Benefits Oklahoma Energy Companies.
December 27, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 27--Tuesday brought a late Christmas gift to Oklahoma energy companies already blessed with an outstanding year. As winter storms blasted the country, the price of natural gas futures soared to nearly $10...

Weather Sales Leave Oklahoma City Stores Snowed Under.
December 27, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 27--People crushed wool caps on their heads and waited Tuesday for businesses to open so they could grab stores' last shovels and scrapers. The early snowbirds caught the last of a dwindling supply of bad...

Bad Weather Deters Oklahoma City-Area Shoppers.
December 27, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 27--The promise of post-holiday bargains was not enough to entice the usual day-after-Christmas hordes out to the stores in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. In fact, there wasn't much of an enticement for...

Oklahoma Buyers Put Gift-Giving Spirit into Holiday Sales.
December 27, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 27--Oklahoma shoppers who used personal checks over the holiday season pushed the increase in retail spending over the national average, according to a survey released Tuesday. Houston-based TeleCheck...

Basketball Star Sues Sports Equipment Maker Brunswick.
December 27, 2000... Byline: Larry Levy Dec. 29--TULSA, Okla.--Karl Malone -- ranked second in National Basketball Association career scoring with more than 31,000 points -- has accused sports equipment manufacturer Brunswick Corp. of breach of contract. ...

Changing U.S. Administration Leads to Caution among Oklahoma Bankers.
December 26, 2000... Byline: Brian Brus Dec. 26--The immediate future of banking will be quiet, state industry spokesmen forecast. That's partly because the year behind us wasn't very difficult, what with a Y2K scare that fizzled and the quiet assumption...

Oklahoma City-Area Home Builders See Decline in Business in 2000.
December 25, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 25--Bookkeepers are still waiting on final numbers, but it's clear that in 2000 the metro area's home-building business lost the shine of '99, when construction records were blown away all over the country. ...

Oklahoma City Charity Pursues Donations.
December 24, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 24--Fifty-three years ago, a local poker player peeled $100 from his winnings and made a tax-deductible contribution to the United Way of Oklahoma City. Ray Ackerman -- a United Way beginner assigned to...

The Daily Oklahoman Charles Crumpley Column.
December 24, 2000... Dec. 24--FED SHOULD STOP SITTING ON HANDS: If you're a working American, the Federal Reserve sent you a nasty Christmas present on Tuesday. That's the day the governors of the Federal Reserve Board could have and should have lowered...

Oklahoma City-Based Restaurant Firm's Stock Recovers after Weather 'Loss'.
December 24, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 24--Solid stocks rebound. Take a look at Sonic. Two times in as many weeks, Sonic suffered double-digit percentage losses only to recover the very next day. Both plunges were largely blamed on cold...

Oklahoma City-Area Companies Ponder Whether Y2K Was Fact or Fiction.
December 24, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 24--People feared Y2K would be a scourge ready to shower over the world on New Year's Day 2000 like tainted confetti at Times Square. Companies spent some $600 billion to fix the computer problem. The...

Oklahoma Leaders Are Optimistic on Agriculture Appointee.
December 22, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 22--Oklahoma agriculture leaders are upbeat about President-elect Bush's appointment of Ann Veneman as U.S. secretary of agriculture. Farm leaders say her expertise could help the United States address the...

Magazine Listing Endorses Oklahoma City's Efforts for Economic Development.
December 22, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 22--Inc. Magazine has ranked Oklahoma City in the 50 Best Large Metro Areas for starting a business, proving the Legislature's economic development efforts were on target, former House Speaker Loyd Benson said...

Executives of Oklahoma Communications Firm Are Accused of 'Insider' Stock Deal.
December 22, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 22--Two officers of Williams Communications Group Inc. personally made profits in excess of $41 million on discounted stock in a company chosen to sell products to Williams, a Colorado group of investors alleged...

U.S. Retailers' Disappointing Season Is Not the Case for Oklahoma City Malls.
December 22, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 22--Retailers nationally are looking to this weekend as a make-or-break opportunity to save what has so far been a disappointing holiday shopping season. In Oklahoma City, however, some say they feel out of...

Oklahoma Companies Enjoy Strong Day on Wall Street.
December 22, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 22--Four Oklahoma companies enjoyed major stock market gains Thursday, two of them closing at or near 52-week highs. Oklahoma City-based Local Financial Corp. posted a 7.57 percent gain, lifted by a rise in...

Speculators Drive Up Oil Prices, Association Director Says.
December 21, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 21--Bruce Bell, executive director of the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, said some people have the perception that oil stocks have increased and that there will be a gradual widening between supply and...

Oldsmobile End Upsets Oklahoma Dealers.
December 21, 2000... Byline: Paula Erickson Dec. 21--Oklahoma Oldsmobile dealers were surprised and disappointed over General Motors Corp.'s announcement last week that the company plans to phase out its 103-year-old Oldsmobile division in the next few...

Oklahoma Firms Assess Stock Loss.
December 21, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 21--Experts blamed things that were once hot -- the weather, the Nasdaq, the economy in general -- for a plunge in the stock market that left several Oklahoma companies with double-digit percentage losses...

Oklahoma Labor Department Reports Decline in Workplace Injuries.
December 21, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 21--The number of job-related injuries and illnesses in Oklahoma dropped by about 9 percent last year from the year before, according to the Oklahoma Labor Department. The department reported there were...

Oklahoma City-Area Subdivision Features Homes with Geothermal Energy Systems.
December 20, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 20--An Oklahoma City metro area developer is building a Mustang subdivision that's a bit different. He wants it to be the first extensive Oklahoma development to use geothermal heating and cooling, as well as...

Christian Retailers See More Competition as Mainstream Stores Pick Up Products.
December 20, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 20--WWJD bracelets may not be as popular as they were a few years ago, but the youth fad was a sign of a trend that continues today: the mainstreaming of Christian retail. Americans of every religious...

Oklahoma City's Loan Fails to Avert Bankruptcy by Water-Cooling Company.
December 20, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 20--A $2 million loan from Oklahoma City was not enough to prevent Tower Tech from filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Tuesday in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Council approved the one-year...

Oklahoma City-Based Energy Company Announces Second Major Deal.
December 19, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 19--OGE Energy Corp. on Monday announced its second major contract to transport natural gas to fuel power plants under construction in northeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City-based company said the...

Oklahoma City-Based Insurer Nears End of Ordeal.
December 19, 2000... Byline: Brian Brus Dec. 19--After years of uncertainty and legal manipulation, the Mid-Continent saga will finally come to a conclusion today. State Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher plans to transfer the policies of...

Restructuring at Houston-Based Marathon Oil Brings Benefits to Oklahoma.
December 19, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 19--A recent major restructuring at Marathon Oil Co. has brought benefits to Oklahoma as new corporate leadership concentrates more professionals and more capital in the state. The Houston-based company...

Electronics Retailers Offer Great Last-Minute High-Tech Gifts.
December 19, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 19--So, you want a simple pair of slippers for Christmas? Well, if you're a true techno-geek, you'll want the slippers with a computer screen and wireless technology so you can read and send e-mail or...

Optical Fiber Maker Brings Oklahoma City Promise of New Jobs.
December 19, 2000... Byline: Jon Denton Dec. 19--Corning Inc. has been making optical fiber for 30 years, and soon could be making it in Oklahoma. The tiny cables are the backbone of telecommunications, the speedy transmission of data, pictures and...

The Daily Oklahoman Real Estate Column.
December 17, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 17--O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! How are thy leaves so verdant! (Sing along!) O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! How are thy leaves so, um, distant in yonder heavens! Why dost thou perch, er,...

Reactions to Oklahoma's Proposed Environmental Regulations Vary Widely.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 16--In Oklahoma, reactions to the proposed environmental regulations ranged from barely tempered anger to a call for stricter regulations. Oklahoma's hog producers are already acting to ensure that waste...

Tulsa, Okla., Fishing Reel Maker to Move to China.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Don Diehl Dec. 16--TULSA, Okla.--Brunswick Corp. confirmed Friday it is halting its manufacturing of Zebco spin-cast fishing reels in the United States sometime after the first of the year. The remaining 90 workers at the Tulsa...

Board Approves Sale of Oklahoma Funeral Homes to Canada-Based Firm.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 16--Purchases of 19 of 20 Oklahoma funeral homes currently owned by Vancouver, Canada-based Loewen Group sailed through in receiving funeral establishment licenses from the state Board of Embalmers and Funeral...

Five Oklahoma Firms Appear on Magazine's List of Largest 500 Private Firm.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 16--Five Oklahoma-based companies are included in the latest Forbes magazine's list of the 500 largest private companies in the United States. QuikTrip, operator of gasoline and convenience stores, ranked...

Oklahoma City Realty Executives Seek Assurances for Apartment Bond.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 16--Two realty executives sought assurances Friday that a nonprofit group will be a diligent administrator of proceeds from a $100 million Oklahoma County bond issue to buy and refurbish apartment houses. ...

Court Upholds Job Bias Claim against Oklahoma City Tech Plant.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Robert E. Boczkiewicz Dec. 16--DENVER--An appeals court Friday upheld a $300,000 damage award to a Seagate Technology Inc. engineer. A jury concluded he was the victim of race and age discrimination by the company. The 10th...

Oklahoma Unemployment Figures Hide a Number of Twists.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 16--Oklahoma is enjoying high employment, but the unemployed 7.2 percent in Ottawa County can find little hope in the state's 3 percent jobless rate. The state's low unemployment figure is well below what...

Brakes Applied to Construction on New Tulsa, Okla.-Area Wheel Factory.
December 16, 2000... Byline: Larry Levy Dec. 16--TULSA, Okla.--With production expected in just a few months, construction on a $150 million plant on the eastern edge of Tulsa to build rail car wheels has been halted, the Griffin Wheel Co. of Chicago...

Oklahoma City Sports Merchandise Shops Do Strong Football Business.
December 15, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 15--Being busy comes as a pleasant surprise for David Smith. "We had 12 years to practice not being brisk," Smith said. Smith is a co-owner of The Big Red Shop, an Oklahoma City retailer specializing...

Wisconsin Graphics Executive Explains Decision to Open Oklahoma City Plant.
December 15, 2000... Byline: Jon Denton Dec. 15--The founder of Quad/Graphics drives a motorcycle at age 64, pulls a big calliope music wagon to his company's anniversary party and said Thursday that he chose to open a big printing factory in Oklahoma City...

Oklahoma Farmers' Group Protests Actions against Hog Farming.
December 15, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 15--The hog wars have escalated with a state farm leader's questioning a national farm leader's decision to appear on a podium with environmentalists and animal activists. It all began last week with the...

Oklahoma City-Area Home Sales Strong, But Down from Last Year.
December 15, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 15--Metro home sales were off 12.4 percent last month compared with November 1999, but Realtors say 2000 still will end with strong total sales. Sales last month were down only 0.7 percent when measured...

New Magazine Printing Plant to Open in Oklahoma City.
December 15, 2000... Byline: Jon Denton Dec. 15--Oklahoma City's economic fortunes took a leap forward Thursday with the announcement of a Quad/Graphics printing plant that eventually may employ 1,000. Wisconsin-based Quad/Graphics prints and distributes...

Loan Restructuring Helps Boost Stillwater, Okla.-Based Bank's Stock.
December 14, 2000... Dec. 14--Shares of Stillwater-based Southwest Bancorp. Inc. rose 11.3 percent Wednesday after an announcement that the company's subsidiary, Stillwater National Bank & Trust Co., had restructured a major loan. Southwest Bancorp closed...

Bank of Oklahoma Manager Helps Family Businesses Deal with Estate Taxes.
December 14, 2000... Byline: Brian Brus Dec. 14--At year's end, it's only natural to look to the future. However, for some family-owned businesses, the question has a finite conclusion: "What happens to the business when I leave it?" That's where Ben...

Canadian Firm Nears Approval for Sale of Oklahoma Funeral Homes.
December 14, 2000... Byline: Jon Denton Dec. 14--Approval is expected today on a Canadian company's sale of 20 Oklahoma funeral homes to local buyers. The state Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors meets at 10 a.m. today to consider the sale. If the...

Home-Stake Oil & Gas to Leave Oklahoma after Buyout by Cortez of Texas.
December 14, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 14--TULSA, Okla.--Home-Stake Oil & Gas Co., which said Tuesday it completed its previously announced merger with Cortez Oil & Gas Inc., will cease to have an Oklahoma presence as a result of the deal. ...

Oklahoma City Foundation Sells Florida Site to Dolly Parton Productions.
December 14, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 14--Oklahoma City's Burbridge Foundation has sold 12 acres of prime real estate near Orlando, Fla., to Dolly Parton Productions for "several million dollars," said Bobbie Burbridge Lane, foundation president....

Oklahoma City's Apartment Rent Rates Increase, Realty Firm Says.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 13--Apartment rents are up in the metro area, on a rise that probably will extend through 2001, Oklahoma City's biggest realty firm said in an annual report. Rent rates have risen 3 percent to 5 percent "for...

University of Oklahoma Offers Natural Gas Engineering Classes Online.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 13--Several University of Oklahoma courses on natural gas engineering are available -- this very minute, in fact -- over the Internet. They're real courses -- they carry credit and can lead to a master's...

Oklahoma-Based Phillips Petroleum Adds Coastal Gas to Asset List.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 13--BARTLESVILLE, Okla.--Phillips Petroleum Co. said Tuesday it will buy the mid-continent gasoline marketing assets of Coastal Mart Inc., Coastal Mart of Oklahoma Inc. and Coastal Refining & Marketing Inc. ...

Oklahoma Homebuilders Herald Return to Stable Market.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 13--Home building in the metro area last month was almost as flat as a carpenter's level on a brand-new counter top compared with November 1999 -- and builders are glad for the statistical stability. Home...

Oklahoma Lawmaker Says Right-to-Work Proposal Is High on Legislative Agenda.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 13--State Senate Republican leader Jim Dunlap said Tuesday he thinks the House and Senate will agree to submit a right-to-work proposal to a statewide vote. "I also believe that the quicker we get right to...

Manufacturing Association's Chairman Says Industry Is Thriving.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Jon Denton Dec. 13--American manufacturing is thriving despite reports to the contrary, W.R. Timken, chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers said in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Like other economic sectors,...

Cold Weather Chills Oklahoma City-Based Restaurant Firm's Stock for Investors.
December 13, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 13--After Sonic announced late Monday that cold weather would hurt fourth-quarter sales, investors Tuesday responded by driving the company's stock down 13.3 percent. Michael Smith, a Kansas City analyst...

Gasoline Prices Drop in Oklahoma.
December 12, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 12--Don't look now, but gasoline prices have been going down. AAA Oklahoma said Monday that Oklahomans are paying up to 20 cents less per gallon than they did at Thanksgiving. "It's been a steady drop...

High Natural Gas Prices Boost Two Oklahoma Energy Stocks.
December 12, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 12--Soaring natural gas prices -- whose January futures price closed Monday at a record $9.41 per thousand cubic feet -- lifted two Oklahoma energy stocks by more than 5 percent Monday. Several of the...

Oklahoma Oilfield Job Openings Soar, As Well As Workers' Salaries.
December 12, 2000... Byline: Rick Robinson Dec. 12--The ongoing energy boom -- coupled with a continuing worker shortage -- is causing Oklahoma's drillers a withering combination of staffing problems, from soaring wages to competitors hiring away crew...

Oklahoma County, Okla., Commissioners Approve $100 Million Tax-Free Bonds.
December 12, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 12--Oklahoma County commissioners on Monday OK'd issuing $100 million in tax-free bonds for a nonprofit group to buy and renovate apartment complexes -- before holding a public hearing on the proposal. J....

Southwestern Bell Says It's Complying with FCC on Competition in Oklahoma.
December 12, 2000... Byline: Paul English Dec. 12--WASHINGTON--Competition in local telephone markets in Oklahoma and Kansas is the same as in Texas, where Southwestern Bell has been providing long distance since July 10, Southwestern Bell's parent company...

Teens, Young Adults Hope for Video Games as Holiday Gifts, Survey Says.
December 12, 2000... Byline: Sonya Colberg Dec. 12--Jordan Reid and his friends spend hours on the phone discussing video games. They share tricks on playing the games such as how to negotiate dicey pathways through cyberland. Now, Jordan is hoping his...

Oklahoma College President Understands Economics of Higher Education.
December 10, 2000... Byline: Gregory Potts Dec. 10--James Cook, who in August became president of Rose State College in Midwest City, has spent his entire career in higher education. Nonetheless, he never forgets his college's role in the economic...

Contributions to Oklahoma College Savings Plan Make Lasting Holiday Gifts.
December 10, 2000... Byline: Melissa Davis Dec. 10--This Christmas, Pat Hodges will give her youngest grandson two big toys he'll quickly outgrow -- and a third, more lasting gift that will help him attend the college of his dreams 16 years down the road....

Federal Reserve Chairman Possesses Real Economic, Political Power.
December 10, 2000... Byline: Charles Crumpley Dec. 10--Who's the most powerful person in the universe? Bill Gates? Nah. He's the richest person, but wealth is not the same as power. The president? He's plenty powerful, sure, but he's not quite the most...

Orthodox Jewish Group Seeks Chance to Renovate Oklahoma City Housing.
December 10, 2000... Byline: Richard Mize Dec. 10--Warwick West, 3120 Northwest Expressway, will be the first apartment complex bought and renovated using $100 million in county-issued, tax- free bonds, according to the nonprofit group seeking the loan. ...