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June 19, 2013
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Big crowd gets first look at new Tulsa park's design

A Gathering Place for Tulsa lived up to its name Tuesday night as hundreds of people packed into Tulsa Community College's Center for Creativity for the unveiling of the park's Phase 1 design.

CONTINUING COVERAGE: Find stories, interviews and photos about Tulsa’s upcoming park.

 
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Returning OSU football coaches all receive raises

Head coach Mike Gundy received the biggest bump, from $3.275 million to $3.45 million.

 
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Gov. Fallin announces French aerospace manufacturer for Grove

The 2013 Paris Air Show yielded a new aerospace manufacturer for Grove, where Australian firm Ferra Engineering will expand with a new 20-person facility.

 
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Now not the time for a public-safety tax

There's no doubt that Tulsans consider public safety to be a top priority.

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Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

For most of the 1980s, he was consistent fodder for Johnny Carson's monologues on late night NBC-TV, and the butt of Slim Whitman look-alike contests.

 
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NEWS FEED

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KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

Magazines bullish on OSU and TU, down on OU for this college football season College football's magazines have made preseason predictions for Oklahoma's state teams.

ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer

5 hours ago

Death notices for June 19 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.

Staff Reports

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Couple says Tulsa Public Schools lost their 7-year-old for hours A couple is searching for answers about how Tulsa Public Schools officials lost track of their 7-year-old ...

ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer

5 hours ago

Big crowd gets first look at new Tulsa park's design A Gathering Place for Tulsa lived up to its name Tuesday night as hundreds of people packed into Tulsa ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

6 hours ago

'A Gathering Place for Tulsa' plans unveiled The estimated cost of Phase 1 of the park has increased from $150 million to $200 million.

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

16 hours ago

Kaiser: New park made to bring Tulsa together The man responsible for constructing A Gathering Place for Tulsa didn't utter one public word at Tuesday ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

8 hours ago

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Staff Reports

1 day ago

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BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau

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BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

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180 Comments

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Mary Bailey, Tulsa

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Sequester cuts slam Tulsa schools For Tulsa Public Schools, the funding hits just keep on coming.

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KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

119 Comments

Obama's red line Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

5 days ago

118 Comments

Religious imagery of Oklahoma tag wasn't considered, senator says An Oklahoma minister is challenging the state license plate's depiction of an Apache warrior.

SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press

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117 Comments

Gov. Fallin announces French aerospace manufacturer for Grove The 2013 Paris Air Show yielded a new aerospace manufacturer for Grove, where Australian firm Ferra Engineering ...

KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

6 hours ago

104 Comments

Supreme Court rejects Arizona voter-citizenship law The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal ...

MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy News Service (MCT)

1 day ago

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Owasso's city manager ordered videos showing vice mayor's traffic stop to be purged, memo shows Suspended Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray ordered the deletion of two police videos showing the field ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

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Leslie Comfort, Tulsa

10 hours ago

90 Comments

Immigration Reform-o-rama Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

3 days ago

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NSA spying

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

6 hours ago

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Water emergency over, Broken Arrow gets back to business Restaurants and other businesses that were shut down about 24 hours by the city's water emergency began ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

5 days ago

83 Comments

Tulsa Zoo giraffe, 21, euthanized after foot injury The Tulsa Zoo's male giraffe, Samburu, was euthanized Saturday after he fractured a foot, zoo officials ...

Staff Reports

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Brothers arrested following bar fight, scuffle with police Tulsa police were called to 3340 Bar at 3340 S. Peoria Avenue in response to a fight that had broken ...

KENDRICK MARSHALL

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A li'l help finding some difficult Nina's last week

By BRUCE PLANTE Editorial Cartoonist on Oct 24, 2011, at 3:59 PM  Updated on 10/24 at 3:59 PM

EDITORIAL CARTOONIST BRUCE PLANTE

Plante's best of 2011

I talk about some of the most popular cartoons of the year.

The Best of Plante Cartoons

Check out my selections for my best cartoons of the year.

Pickin' Plante's Best

Watch a video of me discussing the best cartoons of 2011.

Sometimes when I hide my mother's name (Nina) in my cartoons I make it too easy. Sometimes I make it too hard. Occasionally, I've made finding Nina a lot easier to find in the print version of our newspaper than our web version.

Last week's offerings of cartoons turned out to be an especially challenging week for some readers. Here's a li'l help! Just click on the toon for the answers.









EDITORIAL CARTOONIST BRUCE PLANTE

Plante's best of 2011

I talk about some of the most popular cartoons of the year.

The Best of Plante Cartoons

Check out my selections for my best cartoons of the year.

Pickin' Plante's Best

Watch a video of me discussing the best cartoons of 2011.

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NEWS FEED

Plan for new Tulsa park to be unveiled The final plan for A Gathering Place for Tulsa park along Riverside Drive will be unveiled Tuesday - ...

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1 day ago

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Death notices for June 19 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.

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1 day ago

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Judge denies Cherokee freedmen injunction request A Tribal Council candidate had requested the injunction so that freedmen descendents could vote.

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Wayne Greene: Bridenstine brings Jesus' suffering into abortion debate; Mullin discusses his child's ultrasound The Second District congressman says his vote to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy is personal ...

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Oklahoma Dept. of Correction director submits resignation Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones is resigning effective Oct. 1.

BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau

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Tyrone Dale David Woodfork won't be targeted for death penalty, Tulsa County prosecutors say Tulsa County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for a Tulsan who is accused of raping and ...

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252 Comments

License tag doesn't endorse religion There is a line between church and state that ought not be crossed. Drawing that line on a license plate, ...

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187 Comments

Tyrone Dale David Woodfork won't be targeted for death penalty, Tulsa County prosecutors say Tulsa County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for a Tulsan who is accused of raping and ...

BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer

1 day ago

180 Comments

Fallin asks feds to support Insure Oklahoma program Gov. Mary Fallin has asked White House officials to reconsider a federal decision to pull out of the ...

WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer

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165 Comments

Homeless teens do whatever it takes to survive on the streets The pregnant, homeless 16-year-old sat in the dark on a curb in a north Tulsa park with a phone in hand ...

GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer

3 days ago

153 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Apology owed First District Rep. Jim Bridenstine, on the House floor, called President Barack Obama "a petty, bumbling ...

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3 days ago

145 Comments

Christiansen: Endorsing Bartlett not a given after mudslinging before mayoral primary Former City Councilor Bill Christiansen says he is unsure whether he will follow through on a promise ...

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6 days ago

140 Comments

Sequester cuts slam Tulsa schools For Tulsa Public Schools, the funding hits just keep on coming.

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2 days ago

126 Comments

Oklahoma's Hispanic, Asian populations showing growth Juvenal Saldivar came to Tulsa from California in 1997 as his family - which had been spread out in ...

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6 days ago

124 Comments

Plan for new Tulsa park to be unveiled The final plan for A Gathering Place for Tulsa park along Riverside Drive will be unveiled Tuesday - ...

KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer

1 day ago

119 Comments

Obama's red line Buy ...

BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

5 days ago

118 Comments

Religious imagery of Oklahoma tag wasn't considered, senator says An Oklahoma minister is challenging the state license plate's depiction of an Apache warrior.

SEAN MURPHY The Associated Press

4 days ago

117 Comments

Gov. Fallin announces French aerospace manufacturer for Grove The 2013 Paris Air Show yielded a new aerospace manufacturer for Grove, where Australian firm Ferra Engineering ...

KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

6 hours ago

104 Comments

Supreme Court rejects Arizona voter-citizenship law The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law requiring that people registering to vote in federal ...

MICHAEL DOYLE McClatchy News Service (MCT)

1 day ago

102 Comments

Owasso's city manager ordered videos showing vice mayor's traffic stop to be purged, memo shows Suspended Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray ordered the deletion of two police videos showing the field ...

RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

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91 Comments

Letter to the Editor: Loss of morality In the Local, State section of the June 12 Tulsa World, there were nine headlines. Of those, five had ...

Leslie Comfort, Tulsa

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90 Comments

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