Tulsa Rowing Club Well Represented At The Dallas SWEAT Indoor Rowing Tournament

On Saturday Feb. 4, 2012 the Tulsa Rowing Club competed in the South West Ergometer Amateur Tournament held in Dallas, TX. The club performed exceptionally well in both the adult and junior categories. This indoor rowing event features events for different age and weight categories. Individual athletes compete over two thousand meters on Concept Two rowing machines and try to record the fastest time possible in their age and experience categories. At the close of racing, the team had won five medals and also placed well in other events with the majority of the team recording personal best times.

TPS Drops Plans to Sell Thoreau Building

Tulsa Public Schools announced that it is no longer planning to sell the building that houses Thoreau Demonstration Academy at 7370 E. 71st St. The property was declared surplus by the school board on Dec. 19, as district officials had considered it one of the strongest prospects for a sale. While there had been initial conversations with interested parties, in the end, no bids were received by the Jan. 27 deadline. As a result, TPS is no longer pursuing the sale of Thoreau.

Use Valentine’s Day to Improve Finances and Relationships

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, First Fidelity Bank is offering tips on how couples can enhance their relationship with their finances and, ultimately, each other. When it comes to marital conflicts, finances top the list. This year, use the holiday to rekindle your relationship as a couple and with your money.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Creativity This Year

So I am deviating a bit from my usual travel column. Since Valentine’s Day is in the middle of the week and with most everyone in a budget-conscious mode, I thought I would explore some out-of-the-box and inexpensive ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Oilers Michel Beausoleil Passes Career Milestone

Tulsa Oilers forward Michel Beausoleil had no idea he was on the verge of history until moments prior to his Central Hockey League team’s game against Wichita on Nov. 18 at the BOK Center.

Oral Roberts to Host Science Fiction Event

Oral Roberts University will host a conference on science and science fiction April 12-13. Titled “When Worlds Collide: Science Faith, and the Imagination,” the conference will explore the relationships between hard science and science fiction, social science and science fiction, and theology and science fiction.

Heart Month Activities Underway in Tulsa

The American Heart Association is inviting companies and organizations to form and enter teams in this year’s Heart Walk.

Forming a team can motivate friends and family to make cardiovascular health a priority and is an excellent way to fulfill a New Year’s resolution.

CyberKnife Eases Pain

Trigeminal neuralgia is a painfully debilitating disorder.

Commonly referred to as TN, the condition is a disorder of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve that controls sensations in the face. The result is often intense pain on either side of the patient’s face, in the forehead or along the jaw.

Tulsa has Chocolate Cravings

Chocolate Cravings, a benefit to support the Margaret Hudson Program, will be held Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Tulsa Convention Center.

This will be the ninth Chocolate Cravings, providing attendees the unique opportunity to sample some of the tastiest chocolate desserts or most unique chocolate savory appetizers from local chefs and chocolatiers.

Tulsa Rowing Club Offers Rowing for High Schoolers

The Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors Team will offer a Learn-To-Row week to recruit high school age athletes interested in learning how to row in racing shells.

New Efforts Made by Union to Save American Airlines

The local Transport Workers Union announced today a new plan to keep American Airlines jobs in Tulsa as the air carrier continues through bankruptcy proceedings.

Jenks’ McMains Seeking Revenge in GTR Cup at BOK

Should Jenks senior Ganon McMains choose hockey or lacrosse? He‘s using his speed and hitting ability in becoming a star in both.

“In hockey and lacrosse you have room to add your own input into the game. It’s not like football with a set play every time,’’ says McMains, who hopes to play both sports on the club level at Oklahoma State next year. “I like hockey more because I’ve played it longer, and I feel like I’m better at it. I have more experience and I’m more comfortable at my position.’’

Theatre Tulsa to Hold Auditions Feb. 26

Theatre Tulsa will hold auditions for Arsenic And Old Lace at their office at 207 N. Main Street, Tulsa, Ok on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m.

This production will require a large cast, 11 men and three women; auditions will include a cold reading from the script.

Camp Fire Helps

Camp Fire USA Green Country Council and Fellowship Congregational Church, UCC, announce a new partnership to offer families a service designed to give parents, grandparents and other child caregivers the opportunity for a regular night out.

TASM Hosts Tuskegee Airman Exhibit

From Jan. 14 to April 14, Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium will host the traveling exhibit, The Test. This exhibit tells the story of the first African-American aviators to serve in the military of the United States. It shares the struggles in World War II combat overseas and against prejudice and racism in America. While it is a very exciting description about men in war, flying incredible machines, locked in mortal combat miles above the earth, it also explains the continuing struggle to make America live up to its ideals.