1999 — 10 Years Ago
News: Is Y2K more hype than reality? Will everything shut down when the clock strikes midnight on Dec. 31, 1999? It’s anyone’s guess but the banks in Pauls Valley aren’t taking any chances. All three banks have been testing systems and updating software and hardware in preparation for the new millennium.
Entertainment: Royal Theatre – Now showing. “Big Daddy” starring Adam Sandler.
Sports: The Garvin-Murray OK Kids baseball teams received their district bids yesterday from the state OK Kids office and four Wynnewood teams and a team from Stratford and Pauls Valley will be vying for a district title this year and a berth to the state tournament. The Pauls Valley National Bank Padres prep team will be playing in Hinton on their quest for a title.
1984 — 25 Years Ago
News: Pauls Valley police cars have a new look according to Assistant Chief, Ray Johnson. The three white patrol cars and the sergeant’s unit are being decorated with blue vinyl tape stripes with city seals on the door and the word “police” on the front fenders and trunk lids.
Entertainment: Brewer’s Drive In – “Best Defense” starring Eddie Murphy and Dudley Moore.
Sports: auls Valley’s Williamson’s Furniture has drawn the Oklahoma City Northwest Optimists as their first opponent in the prep district tournament in Binger Tuesday night. The game is set to kick off at 7:30 p.m.
1959 — 50 Years Ago
News: The Garvin County Fair Board issued a call Monday for bids on construction of a new cattle shed as an addition to the county fair facilities in Wacker Park in Pauls Valley according to board president, A. J. Hinkle. The new shed will be 64 feet by 90 feet and of pole construction with a corrugated metal roof.
Entertainment: Corral Drive In – “Bell, Book and Candle” starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs.
Brewers’ Drive In – Trapped on the highway of terror! “Thunder Road” starring Robert Mitchum.
Sports: Ballard’s Dairy Queen and Sooner Gifts won two of the wildest games of the Pauls Valley Little League season Friday night. The Dairy Queen team defeated the Landrum team 23-19 and in another wild melee Sooner Gifts defeated Hester’s Cafe, 18-9.
Arts & History
From the Files 07-19
Banks prepare for Y2K
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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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