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No love lost amid rivals at Love County school

 
By Bryan Painter | Published: October 10, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment
photo - Turner Schools Teacher, OU fan and Rocky Calmus' cousin Kim McGehee at the school. Photo by David McDaniel
Turner Schools Teacher, OU fan and Rocky Calmus' cousin Kim McGehee at the school. Photo by David McDaniel

TURNER — Steve Short, athletic director of Turner Schools, opened the classroom door of special education teacher Kim McGehee, just enough to poke his head in.

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"The eyes of Texas are upon you,” sang Short, 55, wearing a burnt orange shirt.

He’s a native of Pottsboro, Texas, but has taught and coached at Turner for more than 30 years.

"Whatever. Go back down to your end of the hall,” said McGehee, a cousin of former University of Oklahoma linebacker Rocky Calmus and an OU football season ticket holder for 10 years. "I don’t like Texas. It doesn’t matter who they’re playing.”

The border war is on — about 2

miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas border.

Turner Schools, with about 300 students in prekindergarten through 12th grade, is 11 miles west of Interstate 35.

The close proximity to the Red River makes OU-Texas week anything but just another week.

In fact, Short drove his golf cart to school. Attached is a burnt orange Texas flag bearing a huge, white Bevo.

The cart has University of Texas stickers on the front and sides. He bought the cart only after the previous owner removed a "Boomer Sooner” horn.

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