25 Years Ago:
PV Coke plant demolished
1999 — 10 years ago
News: The Bureau of Land Management has opened a wild horse and burro adoption center northwest of Pauls Valley just off Kimberlin Road. Workers have been busy the past few weeks building corrals and loading chutes to handle more than 300 animals. The first auction will be held this week.
Entertainment: Royal Theatre – Now showing. “Deep Blue Sea.”
Sports: The Pauls Valley seventh graders had their first shutout of the year Thursday by blanking Purcell 14-0 at Conger Field. The defense has only given up six points in two games while the offense has been rolling along behind Richard Shamley.
1984 — 25 years ago
News: A Pauls Valley landmark was brought to rubble this week by construction workers. While one employee used a machine to push down a brick wall, two other employees of an Edmond wrecking company salvaged boards from the remains of the old Coca-Cola bottling plant on Grant Street.
Entertainment: Royal Twin Theatre – Now showing. “Conan the Destroyer” starring Arnold Schwarznegger.
Sports: In an effort to conserve on energy and save some money in the process, electricians installed timers on the Pauls Valley tennis courts in Wacker Park this week. The 60-minute timers will require players to reset them after every hour of play.
1959 — 50 years ago
News: The grand opening of the first K-Way Food Store in Pauls Valley will be Wednesday through Saturday at 201 S. Willow, the former site of Pratt Food Store. The new 9,000- square foot store has a 56-foot long self-service meat department and parking space for 70 vehicles.
Entertainment: Corral Drive In – Walt Disney’s “The Shaggy Dog” starring Fred MacMurray and Jean Hagen and “The Gunfight at Dodge City” starring Joel McCrea.
Sports: The Pauls Valley Bluejays peewee football team defeated Maysville 14-0 Thursday night in their first game of the season. John Edwards, right halfback, scored in the second quarter and quarterback, Bill Pratt, scored on a sneak in the third.
Arts & History
From The Files 10-11
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‘Anonymous’ decent fiction, though pretentious
The art of the lie is one thing humanity has never let fall into disuse and it has many uses from trying to hide something to creating a good old fashioned conspiracy theory when we don’t want to accept the facts.
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Maysville history comes to life one act at a time
Ever since the dawn of classroom based learning, teachers and administrators have struggled to find ways to engage their pupils in each semester’s curriculum.
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‘The Iron Lady’ an emotional ride through adversity
As someone who has easily dedicated a lifetime’s worth of television hours nerding out to stuff like the History Channel, it is no wonder why I always eventually cave to biographical movies on some of the most famous/infamous people to make something of their humanity.
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‘J. Edgar’ a win for DiCaprio, flat elsewhere
History can often favor the victorious and ignore a lot of wrongs, but sometimes the most vile cannot completely wash away the grime.
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Team recycles for fashion
Art in some ways can always involve taking an otherwise cast aside object and giving it new use, but for three Pauls Valley business owners, it’s also a chance encourage environmental responsibility in others.
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‘Hugo’ a beautiful exposition of art in film
Though I tend to feel slightly squeamish when it comes to movies which go overboard in the artsy department, there is a way to incorporate a refined feeling without boring the heck out of everyone.
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‘The Conspirator’ perfect commentary on blind justice
In this episode of Oklahoma Ezra and the Temple of Film we dig up yet another movie lost to the box office ages, one with a fascinating premise, but lousy attendance.
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Missoula prepares for audition rush Feb. 20
Every community has traditions which carry with them a guaranteed level of excitement and one synonymous with Pauls Valley for the past 15 years has been Missoula Children’s Theater.
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‘Moneyball’ cash in the bank for best actor
Maybe it’s because math was always a special kind of hell for me throughout the education process, but any sort of award attached to a movie where it is the major dynamic seems like a cruel joke.
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‘The Grey’ follows typical blah early year trend
As a relatively balanced movie fan, I tend to be open to the possibility of any time of the year having the chance to win over audiences, though there remains reasons why most of the awesome of the box office begins around summer.
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Facebook Shares Continue Negative Slide
Cuba Waiting for Cyber Age to Come
8 Hurt in Oklahoma Shooting After NBA Playoff
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Revived Focus on Regulation After JPMorgan Loss
