Car tags, various rumblings are news

 
By Carrie Coppernoll | Published: February 20, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Here’s a recap of the week in metro news.

Government
The Oklahoma Tax Commission launches a Web site where drivers can renew their tags online. Instead of cars.ok.gov, the site should have been GoodGriefFinally.ok.gov.

Sports
Thunder mascot Rumble the Bison, above, celebrates his first birthday. I told my daughter she has seven months left to figure out how to play the drums, walk on stilts and dunk before her first birthday arrives.

Geology
Scientists discover fault lines in Oklahoma County that are the cause of all the earthquakes in Jones. Jones residents say, "Duh.”

Holidays
Chinese New Year kicks off the Year of the Tiger. Mizzou fans approve.

Business
Georgia-based Cellu Tissue Holdings Inc. announces plans to open a tissue plant in Oklahoma City this summer. Bless you.

Literacy
Friends of the Library present their annual book sale, one of the largest in the country. Book groupies faint with joy.

Education
Principal Rodney Stearns, above, locks tardy students out of U.S. Grant High School. He’s now known as Principal Stern.

Crime
A poacher is ordered to pay $33,000 in restitution for killing a tame breeder buck named Pretty Boy that was locked in a pen. Turns out, shooting fish in a barrel isn’t just mean, it’s expensive.







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