Features
Charles Martin
Polar Plunge
11 a.m. Saturday
White Water Bay
3908 W. Reno
specialolympicsoklahoma.org
Tuesday 18 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: water
Cold-hearted
Brave souls hit the water to raise money for Special Olympics Oklahoma’s statewide fundraiser, the Polar Plunge.
Features
Charles Martin
Polar Plunge
11 a.m. Saturday
White Water Bay
3908 W. Reno
specialolympicsoklahoma.org
Under the sea
Everything’s better down where it’s wetter. Take it from these scuba diving experts.
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
So you don’t have gills or fins? No problem. Scuba diving businesses around the metro offer classes, equipment and trips for beginners on up.
Make it rain
Rain gardens filter water before it enters the storm drains.
Features
Heide Brandes
Visit the Ideal Homes neighborhood of Trail Woods in Norman, and half of the homes have flowers and plants blooming at the curb.
Unions are the last chance
Letters to the Editor
Jim Ammerman
Like all good water muddiers, there is a grain of truth in their arguments. Tom Furlong (Letters, “No sympathy for professor,” April 13, Gazette) credits Jimmy Carter with the beginning of the end of unions.
Golden Graham
Metro-based Graham Industries covers everything from water filtration, antimicrobial research to — yes — customized concealed weapons.
News
Luke Atkinson
What do crime scene clean-up, water filtration, antimicrobial research and customized concealed weapon development have in common? Not much, until businessman Nathan Graham put them all under one roof.
Hard-core hydration
We’ve got the skinny on what to drink and when to drink it when working out this summer.
Features
Heide Brandes
Summertime is the perfect season for exercising outdoors, but it also means paying particular attention to hydration and choosing the right drinks for the job.
Destinations on a tank
Ready for a day at the beach, but the kids hate car rides and the grown-ups hate the gas prices? It will take longer to pack the car than the trip itself if your is Arcadia Lake in east Edmond.
Features
Malena Lott, Jenny Coon Peterson, Nathan Gunter
With my three kids in tow, we visited not one, not two, but three beaches at Arcadia Lake. The lake is comprised of three separate parks — Spring Creek, Edmond and Central State — each with its own recreation wonderland of docks, playgrounds and, yes, swimming holes.
Oklahoma City implements mandatory watering program
Thirteen additional communities affected, effective immediately
News
Gazette staff
Due to poor water pressure, the City of Oklahoma City has declared a mandatory odd/even water rotation program, effective immediately.
Earth power
Thanks to incentive programs, residential geothermal heat pumps are now viable options for metro homeowners.
Features
Brendan Hoover
When Victoria Caldwell’s home was struck by lightning on Memorial Day weekend 2010, she faced the challenge of replacing her entire HVAC system.
