A look at the wild side
Zoo animals visit retirement center

 
By James S. Tyree
Published: May 27, 2008

NORMAN — A python that came to call reminded Marilyn Foster just how little her mother, Jerri Melton , a resident of Grace Living Center , has changed in nearly 100 years.

While some residents of the Norman retirement home wanted no part of the lengthy reptile, Melton didn't hesitate to reach out and pet Crystal, one of five animals that visited from Little River Zoo .

Foster remembered being about 5 year...


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