Category Archives: Cover Story

BILLY TUBBS: BASKET(BALL) CASE

By Bud Elder   Perhaps a process that can be utilized to determine the exact measurement of a man with a certain level of visibility is this – monitoring the reactions of those with whom he had encounters during his … Continue reading

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Roy Williams Breaks the Mold

By Bud Elder   Okay – get out your camera; remove the lens cap and adjust the settings. Now focus … ready, aim, click!   Your subject for this photo shoot? A person of positive temperament, talent, personality and goodwill … Continue reading

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Lee Allan Smith – It’s a Wonderful Life

By Bud Elder We are all the heroes in our own movies – we slay our own dragons, win our own battles, and, for the most part, get the guy or the girl in the end; however, there are those … Continue reading

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ELMORE LEONARD – FIRE ON THE PAGE

By Bud Elder   Here’s the scene – a war-torn Rwandan village, where a questionable “priest” is hearing confessions from survivors of the Hutu genocide of the Tutsi ethnic group.   A particular confessor is asking for some “pre-forgiveness” as … Continue reading

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MIRANDA LAMBERT – BOTH BARRELS LOADED!

By Bud Elder Get Back, Loretta! Goodbye, Dolly! Go Play House, Tammy! These maverick practitioners of twangy heartbreak, three-chord romance, men who deserved what they got and too many distilled spirits spilled on barroom floors now have among their regal … Continue reading

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No Con Job – Christian Kane is the Real Deal

By Bud Elder    Just look at him, as you can each week on his TNT series “Leverage.” The blue eyes, the flowing locks, the Cheshire cat grin. Oh, and get this – the Dude can sing … and write … Continue reading

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Up, Up and Away With JIMMY WEBB

By Bud Elder   Swirling through the mists of time, it is not difficult to find yourself once again riding shotgun in your parents’ car, and fighting for supervision of the radio dial; if you’re on any central Oklahoma thoroughfare, … Continue reading

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Mary Fallin Means Business

By Bud Elder and David Althouse   “We are now telling the rest of the country that Oklahoma is open for business,” said Mary Fallin, Oklahoma’s Governor-elect on the night of her election as the first woman to hold the … Continue reading

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Harold Hamm: “All Cattle and No Hat”

By Keith A. Eaton   If, in the sixties, you had been asked to predict number 39 on the 2010 Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, it’s unlikely you would have picked an Enid High School kid born to … Continue reading

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Glitzy, Glamorous and Gorgeous – All in a day’s work for Sharen Jester Turney

For Sharen Turney, Ardmore native and University of Oklahoma graduate, working to maintain Victoria’s Secret’s dominant status in the $10 billion lingerie business is all in a day’s work. Peek in on a typical workday of the Victoria’s Secret CEO … Continue reading

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