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ASHLEY FURNITURE HOMESTORE NOW OPEN NORMAN Press Release, Ashley Furniture HomeStore
Ashley Furniture HomeStores will celebrate the opening of their first store in Norman on Thursday, July 3rd, at 2831 Conference Drive in the University North Park Shopping Center. The celebration will include Grand Opening savings throughout the store, bonuses, and special financing, according to Anthony Thomas, Manager of Ashley Furniture HomeStores for Oklahoma. The 38,000 square foot showroom offers more than 7,000 individual home furnishings items, including furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom, and home office. “Ashley HomeStores is really a onestop furniture shop, with a huge variety of choices for every room, from traditional to contemporary, and everything is a great value,” Thomas said. “In addition to furniture, we also carry rugs, mattresses, and accessories, plus Ashley Kids and Ashley Sleep -- Ashley’s children’s and mattress lines. You’ll be able to find everything you need for your
“We’re excited about having a store in Norman” Thomas said. “We think it will be a great match for the Ashley Furniture HomeStore concept.
home all in one store, available for pickup or delivery.” “We’re excited about having a store in Norman” Thomas said. “We think it will be a great match for the Ashley Furniture HomeStore concept. The location will also allow us to serve neighboring cities like Moore, Purcell, Blanchard, Noble, Tuttle, and even Oklahoma City and Paul’s Valley. We’ll actually be the closest HomeStore within more than a hundred miles.” The #1 brand of furniture in the world, Ashley Furniture was founded as a sales organization in 1945 with branches in Chicago, Illinois and Goshen, Indiana. The first locally owned and operated Ashley Furniture HomeStore opened in Anchorage, Alaska in 1987. With the addition of the Norman store there will be 524 individual HomeStore locations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Japan. Regular store hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. The new Norman store has 20 fulltime employees.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
BANCFIRST PARTICIPATES IN DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS Press Release, BancFirst
BancFirst is participating in five down payment assistance programs aimed to help potential home buyers with the down payment requirement for a home loan. “Money from special programs often goes unused because buyers think they make too much money to qualify,” remarked BancFirst Norman president James L. Wade, II. “But the income limitations for these current programs are relaxed enough that we believe it will benefit many potential home buyers in our community.” Although some income limitations apply, these programs are not designed with only low income buyers in mind. These programs will impact working Oklahomans that have good credit and make a decent income but are having trouble with saving enough money for a down payment. The five programs are offered through the REI Oklahoma, the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), and the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency. For more information, contact Shelly Matthews at (405) 680-6618, or stop by the BancFirst location at 1201 West Main, Norman, Oklahoma.
About BancFirst With assets of more than $6.4 billion, BancFirst is Oklahoma’s largest state-chartered bank and has locations in 52 communities across the state. BancFirst is listed on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol BANF. More information can be found at www.bancfirst.com.
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With hearts still pounding and sweat trickling down their backs, this group of tired runners didn’t reach for water bottles but a cold round of beers — these socializers have a running problem. Every Thursday, a new group of 20-30 runners take off at 7 p.m. from OK Runner in Brookhaven Village, 3720 W Robinson. With the lure of a free cold drink at the end of the road, Norman runners are excited to be part of a new social group of runners. Before their third run of the month, runners once again stretched and chatted while waiting to hit the pavement. Organized by Gus Thompson, OK Runner coowner, participants can run three, four, five or six miles. Thompson said the runs are out and back through the Brookhaven neighborhood. “If someone wants to run three miles at the one and a half mile
House pushes pipeline Domestic production reasons cited By Joy Hampton Senior Staff Writer
A need for more domestic production is the line being touted to support three energy-related bills passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this week. With gasoline prices leaping due to recent unrest in Iraq, House members passed legislation that would encourage the XL Keystone Pipeline, the export of liquefied natural gas, and domestic production and exploration. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, said in a statement released Thursday that House Resolution 3301, the Norman American Energy Infrastructure Act, will “streamline the ppr l pr ss f r r ss
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