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hile many people were fighting crowds at the mall or getting their houses ready for an influx of family, I was hovering over my iPad and laptop, waiting for the votes to come in. This was my first year as president of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, a statewide group of professional film critics. Three of us — me, vice president James Cooper and treasurer Brandy McDonnell — were in charge of counting votes for the best films of 2012. Late in the evening on Dec. 21, the final votes rolled in and “Argo,” an unlikely but true story about government agents partnering with Hollywood to save American diplomats during the 1979-81 Iran Hostage Crisis, topped our seventh annual list of awards for achievement in cinema. It also racked up notices for Ben Affleck in the best director category and Chris Terrio for best adapted screenplay. Rounding out the list of 10 best films of 2012 list are “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Django Unchained,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “The Master,” “Lincoln,” “Looper,” and “Les Miserables.” Best actor honors went to Daniel DayLewis in “Lincoln.” His committed and cinematically untraditional portrayal of President Abraham Lincoln delved into the thoughtful man of good humor and intellect whose political prowess resulted in the freeing of slaves in 1865. Best actress honors went to Jessica Chastain for her captivating performance in “Zero Dark Thirty” as Maya, a CIA operative who leads the nearly decade-long mission to find Osama bin Laden. Anne Hathaway received votes for more than one performance this year, but earned the best supporting actress for her role as Fantine in “Les Miserables,” while Philip Seymour Hoffman won best supporting actor for his powerful and nuanced performance as new religion leader Lancaster Dodd in “The Master.”

While 2012 was a year of intelligent and entertaining films in all genres, it also was a year of disappointments and disasters. OFCC members selected Adam Sandler’s “That’s My Boy” as their obviously worst film of the year. Their nod to Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” a kind of “sideways sequel” to his “Alien” franchise for the not-so-obviously worst film of the year, suggests that, in space, no one can hear you disappoint millions of fans. Two new categories were added this year. The “best body of work” category honors actors, filmmakers, producers or technicians with multiple achievements in one year. This category was won by Joseph Gordon Levitt for his work in “Looper,” “The BY GEORGE LANG LOOKATOKC EDITOR Dark Knight GLANG@OPUBCO.COM Rises” and “LinBLOG.NEWSOK.COM/ coln.” Another STATICBLOG new honor, “best guilty pleasure,” went to “21 Jump Street,” the Jonah Hill/Channing Tatum reboot of the cops-in-high-school television series that helped launch Johnny Depp’s career. OFCC members are Oklahoma-based movie critics who write for print, broadcast and online outlets that publish or post reviews of current film releases. Among the media outlets represented are The Oklahoman, Oklahoma Gazette, Tulsa World, Edmond Life & Leisure, This Land Press and Urban Tulsa. Also represented are television station KOKH FOX 25; radio station KJYO/Clear Channel; and the websites 411mania.com, ionOKmag.com, crosswalk.com, u-out. net and shadowcabaret.com.

TOP 10 FILMS 1 . “Argo” 2 . “Zero Dark Thirty” 3 . “Moonrise Kingdom” 4 . “Django Unchained” 5 . “Silver Linings Playbook” 6 . “Beasts of the Southern Wild” 7. “The Master” 8 . “Lincoln” 9 . “Looper” 1 0 . “Les Miserables” BEST DIRECTOR:

Ben Affleck, “Argo”

BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln” BEST ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, “Zero

Dark Thirty” BEST ANIMATED FILM: “Wreck-It Ralph” BEST BODY OF WORK: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“Looper,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Lincoln”) BEST DOCUMENTARY: “Searching for

Sugar Man” BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Benh Zeitlin. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “Amour” BEST GUILTY PLEASURE: “21 Jump Street” NOT-SO-OBVIOUSLY WORST MOVIE:

“Prometheus” OBVIOUSLY WORST MOVIE: “That’s My Boy” BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Wes Anderson

and Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom” BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio,

“Argo” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Philip Seymour

Hoffman, “The Master” BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne

Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

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PANDORA’S BOX:

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STREAMING MUSIC BY GEORGE LANG | LOOKATOKC EDITOR

he song remains the same, but the way people hear that song is changing by the minute. On Dec. 5, Bloomberg reported global sales of tablets — iPads and Android, Windows and Googlebased ﬂat, touch-sensitive screens — are expected to hit 117.1 million units in 2012. By 2016, tablet sales are projected to hit 282.7 million, outstripping the market for hard drive-based laptops. And the desktop computer, that bulky, stationary machine where millions of people have stored their digital music since the mp3/iPod revolution of the late-1990s and early 2000s, will be going the way of the typewriter. This shift in the technological marketplace is pushing the popularity of online music streaming, a phenomenon that began in 2000 with Pandora and accelerated in recent years with the advent of smartphones and high-speed mobile networks. In July 2011, Pandora had more than 100 million registered users worldwide. That same month, the Swedish streaming music service Spotify debuted in the U.S., providing its customers with access to more than 20 million songs.

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And the streaming music ranks keep growing as other domestically available services, such as Mog, Rhapsody and Rdio, continue to add subscribers and overseas companies such as French-operated Deezer wait in the wings. Most offer limited free access with commercial breaks, while premium, commercial-free mobile services hover around $9.99 per month, and are accessible via mobile apps. Last week, Rdio made its 18 million-song catalog available to several new European markets, bringing its service to a total of 17 countries. In a Dec. 6 interview with Charlie Rose and Gayle King on “CBS This Morning,” Spotify cofounder Daniel Ek said by making huge amounts of music available easily and legally, services such as Spotify are effective in combating the music piracy that escalated in the late-1990s with Napster and peer-to-peer ﬁle sharing. “The music industry — because music is the most social object — it was probably one of the ones that was hit hardest of all media types when it comes to piracy,” Ek told Rose and King. “So, you know ... the music industry back in the year 2000 was actually about a $45 billion industry, and now it’s about $15 billion. It’s one-third of where it used to be, but at the same time, people are consuming more music now than ever before. So it’s pretty clear that there’s something wrong here. And what’s wrong is that people are listening to music illegally. What we’re doing is taking them from ... an illegal service into Spotify.” But not everything is streaming smoothly in the digital music world. These services, which pay licenses to record labels, artists and performing rights organizations such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), are coming under ﬁre from musicians for their royalty rates, which do not compensate musicians as well as the rates for album sales. In an Aug. 31 Twitter post, the Brooklyn, N.Y.based band Grizzly Bear said, “Spotify might be good for exposure, but after 10k plays we get approximately 10 dollars.” Scott Booker, manager of The Flaming Lips and president of the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, said it is often hard to tell just how much the Lips are earning from such services, but he knows that, as of now, it is small potatoes. “Royalties come in so many different forms, and <<<

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ACM UCO President Scott Booker. Photo by Steve Gooch |The Oklahoman.

what happens with Rhapsody, Spotify and those types of things is: it goes to the label, and then the label gives us our piece of it,” Booker said. “But a lot of times, it’s buried in our statements that don’t show up for six months after the payment period.” Booker said he is not concentrating much on the issue, for now, mainly because most of the band’s income is derived from concert ticket sales, merchandising and licensing rather than recorded music, whether it comes from physical compact disc sales, iTunes downloads or streaming audio services. “There’s a side of me, too, that doesn’t want to look into it and just get depressed,” he said, laughing. The backlash among artists against such services reached critical mass in November, when Pandora sued ASCAP to force a reduction in royalty rates it pays to songwriters and publishers. On Nov. 15, artists including Rihanna, Katy Perry, Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour signed a public letter criticizing Pandora’s actions. But Oklahoma singer-songwriter Beau Jennings

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said Grizzly Bear’s much-circulated tweet and the Pandora protest letter miss the point. He said musicians should not expect to get rich from their recordings in the current industry environment, but that hard work and good songs are rewarded eventually. “If the world does need it, they’ll pay for it,” he said. In February 2013, Jennings and his band, The Tigers, will release a new mini-album titled “Sweet Action.” He said he plans to release it in all formats: compact disc, iTunes and streaming audio. He said the exposure he can get from Spotify and other services can create incentives to buy discs or downloads. “Yeah, I’m just going to put it out on everything,” Jennings said. “I used to try to think about trying to be more selective about that stuff. I listen to a lot on Spotify. It’s hard to gauge what the general public’s going to do, but if I listen to a record a lot on Spotify, I end up buying it.”

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Travis Searle, co-owner of Norman-based Guestroom Records, said he has no personal use for such services, since he has access to 17,000 albums in Guestroom’s three metro locations and constantly receives new music. He does not even own an iPod, preferring to listen to the high-quality vinyl records that now dominate Guestroom’s inventory. But he sees the value of these services for exposing potential Guestroom customers to new music. “Before Pandora and Spotify, when it was Napster or any sort of BitTorrent or whatever, I was like, ‘I don’t care if you download music,’” said Searle, who said he has seen CD sales plummet at his stores while vinyl continues to enjoy its resurgence among dedicated audiophiles. “That’s how you ﬁnd out about stuff. That’s how you learn if you really want to listen to that ﬁrst Crystal Castles album that no one’s ever heard of. In that way, I think the online services are pretty amazing. “You know, go listen to 50 different albums on Spotify, then go out and buy four of them,” <<<

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Searle said. “Go out and actually buy the ones that you feel need to be a part of your life.” Growing pains for this emerging market were probably inevitable, and might not be over yet. In October, Bloomberg reported that Apple may be joining the streaming music market with a service that could directly compete with Pandora. On the news, Pandora’s stock price dropped 14 percent. However, CNET.com reported last week that Apple’s negotiations with major labels over royalty rates have stalled, and there is no set launch date for such a service. But as technology advances, tablets become even more pervasive and music listeners become equipped for streaming music, the whole paradigm could shift again. Booker said many things must fall into place for the ideal service to ﬂourish, including technological advances and deals to bring holdout artists such as Led Zeppelin and The Beatles into the streaming universe. “If you look at Apple or any of these companies that deal in the digital realm, they have a lot longer-term plan set in place than any of us can fathom to some degree. I really do believe

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that the iPhone came about so that it could be a digital server in a sense,” Booker said. “When digital music, digital movies and digital television are going to matter in a big way is when you can be anywhere at any time and get the bandwidth you need to stream anything you want to stream.” This “everything, all the time” ideal might seem hard to reach given the awkward adolescence the services are currently experiencing — a problem that is being paralleled in the rise of streaming video services such as Netﬂix and Amazon. But touch-screen tablets were the stuff of “Minority Report”-style science ﬁction movies a decade ago. As Booker said, it might not take that long. “All the roads are leading toward those things happening. But until that happens ... until everything is available on one service in all places at all times, it’s kind of a moot point,” said Booker, who stores all his music on a high-density hard drive while he waits for technology to advance. “But I think we’re really, really close to that happening.”

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NO JUSTICE “AMERICA’S SON” (SMITH ENTERTAINMENT) The Stillwater band’s fourth studio album recently debuted on the Billboard charts, bowing at No. 36 on the Heat Seeker chart and No. 4 on the Heat Seeker-South Central Regional list.

ed dirt rockers No Justice return to a more country sound on “America’s Son,” a 10-track collection that splits the difference between revisiting familiar favorites and delving into new material.

Album opener “Never Gonna Be Enough” quickly proves that the band may be retracing its country roots but isn’t completely abandoning the rock sound that charged up its 2010 release “Second Avenue.” Jason Isbell’s stellar slide guitar work, coupled with lead singer Steve Rice’s strong but world-weary vocals, gives the new single a jolt of rock electricity. The album follows up with “Life’s Too Short,” a raise-your-glass party song that toasts the band’s country leanings, as well as its rock tendencies. But the title track, a wistful road

anthem, comes down firmly in the country camp, with distinctive Americana overtones added for good measure. The romantic ballad “Run Away with Me” showcases the butter-melting warmth of Rice’s voice, which matches well with Elizabeth Cook’s lilting croon on the twangy traveling tune “Songs on the Radio.” Don’t be alarmed if some of the tracks sound familiar. The album features two songs that Rice penned with Texas country singersongwriter Casey Donahew, who included them on his band’s 2011 record “Double-Wide Dream.” Folks who think red dirt and Texas country is all the same might change their minds after comparing the divergent interpretations of the two songs. No Justice brings a distinctly rootsier and

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less polished sound to its versions. No Justice also revisits a couple of its popular songs on “American’s Son,” which features an extended and more plaintive reading of its Texas country radio hit “Red Dress.” The song sets up the album’s first single, the raucous come-on “A Shot in the Dark,’ which recently reached the top 10 on the Texas Music Chart. To close the album, the fan favorite “Don’t Walk Away” gets made over into a pleading piano duet, courtesy the angel-voiced Rebecca Lynn Howard. No Justice will play an Oklahoma City show Jan. 25 at the Wormy Dog Saloon. For tickets and information, go to www.wormydog.com. — Brandy McDonnell, entertainment writer

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O.A.R. ‘LIVE ON RED ROCKS’ (BLACK ROCK RECORDED MUSIC)

guitarist Richard On, sax-blaster Jerry DePizzo and the thundering rhythm section of bassist Benj Gershman and drummer Chris Culos, among other supporting players.

Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Marc Roberge fronts one of the tightest live bands at work these days, backed by stoic, stinging lead

With the extra texture of trombone and trumpet, the band mightily rolls out reggae-infused songs such as “Dangerous Connection,” “Woke Up an Uncle,” “The Last Time,” “To Zion Goes I” and “Delicate Few,” while the audience sings lovingly along.

he big jam band sounds of O.A.R. echo majestically off of the ﬁre-colored outcroppings of Colorado’s Red Rock Amphitheatre on the band’s superb CD and DVD sets, “Live on Red Rocks,” recorded on July 15 during their “Summer Crush” tour.

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There’s also a magnificent delivery of their anthemic pop-rock crowdpleaser “Shattered (Turn the Car Around” and everybody’s playingcards-with-the-devil

favorite,

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Crazy Game of Poker.” The DVD includes an engaging documentary on this smart, inventive Maryland band called “Standing on a Burning Hot Sun.” Lots of fun. — Gene Triplett, entertainment editor

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SOLANGE ‘TRUE’ (TERRIBLE RECORDS)

fter a forgettable 2003 debut that sounded a whole lot like Destiny’s Child outtakes, Solange Knowles spent a decade trying to prove she is not the Frank Stallone or Joey Travolta of modern soul. By the end of the decade, Solange was establishing indie rock credibility by collaborating with Of Montreal and covering Dirty Projectors’ “Stillness is the Move,” ﬁnally making music that did not immediately invite comparison to older sister Beyonce. Now signed to Grizzly Bear member Chris Taylor’s Terrible Records, Solange’s new EP “True” creates a nexus point between Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis’ mid-1980s sugary soul and English synth-pop of the same era.

That comparison is most apt on opening song “Losing You,” which evokes New Order’s “Thieves Like Us” and

Janet Jackson’s Jam-Lewis heyday in equal measures — the song is pure joy set to big, synthetic beats. Working with Lightspeed Champion’s Devonte Hynes, Solange and her producer plant a huge hook at the center of “Lovers in the Parking Lot” and hang an ornate tapestry of choral vocals behind the gorgeous “Don’t Let Me Down.” Solange closes out the EP with “Bad Girls,” a slow jam powered by a classic Roland 808 beat and a sinuous bass courtesy of Earth Wind and Fire’s Verdine White — a can’t-lose rhythm for a singer exploring the sounds that reigned when she was a toddler. Most importantly, her voice has developed elasticity and nuances since she first debuted — Solange is worthy of the material on “True” and proves that she can make it on her own. ” — George Lang, LookatOKC editor

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‘DJANGO UNCHAINED’

Rating: R (Strong language, explicit violence throughout) Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson.

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Tarantino revels in blood-soaked grandeur with ‘Django’

t’s easy to see that Quentin Tarantino loves to play cowboys and Indians — make that cowboys and slavers in his case — and that’s what makes “Django Unchained” so much fun to watch. When this former video store clerk and lifelong B-movie and spaghetti Western geekturned-filmmaker is enjoying himself, the audience is bound to share his boyish delight, providing viewers are fans who at least to some degree understand his twisted-little-boy sense of humor. The writer-director who most recently rewrote the final days of World War II with “Inglourious Basterds” now turns his revisionist eyes west — well, make that south in his case — basing his new film very loosely on a 1966 Italian oater called “Django,” directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Franco Nero (Sir Lancelot of Joshua Logan’s “Camelot,” husband of Vanessa Redgrave) in the title role. The film about a lone gunslinger dragging a Gatling gun around in a coffin became a cult classic, inspiring more than 40 unofficial sequels over the next 45 years, of which “Django Unchained” is the latest. But aside from the protagonist’s name and the fact that Nero makes a cameo appearance here, Tarantino’s self-described “rip-off” is a completely unrelated story set in the South two years before the Civil War, starring Jamie Foxx (“Ray”) as Django, a slave who is recruited

by German-born ex-dentist turned bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz of “Inglourious Basterds”) to help track down the murderous Brittle brothers. Schultz promises to free Django when the outlaws are captured — or killed. But once this is accomplished, the two men remain together as partners, tracking down outlaws while Schultz trains Django to become “the fastest gun in the South” and the freed man focuses on finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to slave traders years before. The trail finally leads Django and Schultz to the sadistic Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio, excelling and reveling in his first villainous role), who rules the fiefdom known as the Candyland plantation, advised by old Stephen, the fiercely loyal head of the house slaves (a fiercely believable Samuel L. Jackson) and protected by a crew of gunslinging overseers that includes the ruthless Billy Crash (a terrifically loathsome Walt Goggins of TV’s “Justified”). Among Candie’s many slaves is Broomhilda, and Django and Schultz must devise a way to free her, which inevitably leads to the kind of bloody, overthe-top violence that has always been a Tarantino trademark. The gunfights are many and some are highly stylized in the Italian tradition (i.e. one man cutting down

four or ﬁve opponents with an incredibly fast draw and fanning action), one man suffers castration by gunshot, several are blown to smithereens and even the horses are rigged with blood squibs. But there’s comedy as well, and the laughs are usually on the bad guys, especially when a band of hooded, torch-carrying slave-trackers are impeded because they’re having trouble seeing where they’re going due to the crudely-fashioned masks covering their faces. The cast is loaded with familiar faces (Bruce Dern, Don Johnson, Michael Parks, Rex Linn) in roles large and small, but the standouts, of course, are Waltz, with that shark-like smile that’s at once chilling and winning, and Foxx as the stalwart hero, almost singlehandedly and inadvertently preventing the War Between the States, all in the name of love. And the music that accompanies the mayhem is imaginative, as always, with James Brown and 2Pac belting “Unchained,” Jim Croce crooning “I Got a Name” and plenty of orchestral grandeur from Ennio Morricone himself. Tarantino ﬁnally got to make his spaghetti Western, threw in some painful U.S. history to boot, plus a passel of subversive laughs, and he got all the seasonings just right.

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‘JACK REACHER’

Rating: PG-13 (Violence, language and some drug material) Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall.

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ncommonly sharp writing, a twisty puzzle and a darkly wry sense of humor elevate “Jack Reacher” well above the level most big-screen police procedurals attain. And so what if Tom Cruise needs an elevator to reach the stature of the book version of Jack Reacher, who is described as a 6-foot-5-inch giant with blond hair and icy blue eyes in Lee Child’s novels? The tabloid target, who produced the movie so gets quite a bit of say about who plays what character, definitively reaffirms his status as a top-notch movie star in this probable franchise starter. Cruise, 50, keeps his trademark megawatt smile largely under wraps as the title character, an Army brat who became a military cop but had enough authority issues to opt out of service, albeit after his share of serving in war zones. But he didn’t enter the civilian world in the usual fashion: Reacher doesn’t carry a driver’s license or any kind of ID, sticks to riding the bus instead of owning a car, doesn’t have a house, cell phone or credit card, shops only at thrift stores and drifts around the country, occasionally tapping his military pension. You don’t find Jack Reacher, and if he finds you, you might not wish he had because he only cares about what’s right, not what’s legal.

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Reacher turns up in Pittsburgh after ex-Army sniper James Barr (Joseph Sikora) is accused of randomly assassinating ﬁve innocent people along the Riverwalk outside PNC Park. In light of the recent tragedy in Newtown, Conn., the tense scenes of the shootings are tough to watch, but the poor timing is hardly the movie’s fault. Detective Emerson (David Oyelowo) seems to have built an airtight case against Barr, and District Attorney Rodin (personal favorite Richard Jenkins) looks to have another slam dunk on his hands. But writer-director Christopher McQuarrie reveals early on that a different shooter committed the murders, and the puzzle becomes who is the mystery man (Jai Courtney), why did he do it and how and why did he so skillfully frame Barr. For his part, Barr doesn’t defend himself, only telling the district attorney, cops and his defense attorney, Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), who happens to be the D.A.’s daughter, to get Jack Reacher before he winds up in a coma. After seeing Barr on the news, Reacher shows up with uncanny good timing. The clever investigator suspects his fellow ex-soldier is guilty, until he begins to methodically pick apart the evidence, which doesn’t exactly thrill the cops or the real killer. Robert Duvall shows off his usual good-ol’-boy charm as an ex-Marine gun range owner who aids Reacher,

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Werner Herzog gets to deliver some chilling lines as a shadowy baddie, and Canadian actress Alexia Fast makes an impression as a dim but sweet young thing who sets up some of Reacher’s most sardonically smart dialogue. McQuarrie, who won an Oscar for penning the 1995 puzzler “The Usual Suspects” and hasn’t directed since the little-seen 2000 crime drama “The Way of the Gun,” shows off his considerable writing chops with his adaptation of Child’s “One Shot,” the ninth of his 17 Jack Reacher novels. (Child makes a cameo as a police desk sergeant.) As a director, McQuarrie also makes some great, oldschool decisions in crafting “Jack Reacher.” The film is blessedly free of CGI, the fight scenes are rendered without a lot of flashy jump cuts, the car chase is more about brains than brawny crashes, and the overall pace hearkens back to the action thrillers of the 1970s. Plus, he lets his movie star be the star of the show. Cruise plays Reacher with a steely stoicism that sort of compels you to watch him just to see what he’ll do next. After his 130-minute introduction zipped by so quickly, I wouldn’t mind seeing Cruise and McQuarrie team up for another Jack Reacher mystery. — Brandy McDonnell, entertainment writer

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‘LES MISERABLES’

Rating: PG-13 (Suggestive and sexual material, violence and thematic elements) Running time: 2 hours, 37 minutes Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks.

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‘Les Mis’ offers emotional, crowd-pleasing musical drama

irector Tom Hooper, whose historical drama “A King’s Speech” won four Oscars including best picture and director, crafts another crowd-pleaser with his big-screen adaptation of the beloved musical “Les Miserables.” Emphasis on the “big.” As close and cozy as Hooper made his 2010 period piece about the friendship between Britain’s King George VI and his speech therapist, his rendition of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s pop-opera is appropriately sweeping and epic. After all, the sung-through musical — almost every word is sung rather than spoken — is about Big Ideas like love, obsession, redemption, freedom, sacriﬁce, courage, duty, forgiveness and revolution. By tasking his sterling cast with singing the famous songs live on set rather than recording them in a studio and then lip-synching for the cameras, Hooper gets to the emotion behind these universal themes. The resulting musical numbers aren’t pristinely sung, but they are fully attuned to the character’s feelings. When Anne Hathaway’s ill-fated prostitute Fantine croons the iconic “I Dreamed a Dream,” it’s through streaming tears and gulping sobs, and the close-up shots give a heartbreakingly intimate insight into her pain and disillusionment.

In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve never seen a stage version of “Les Miserables,” nor have I read the 1862 Victor Hugo novel on which the musical was based. But I was given a copy of the original Broadway cast album when I was in high school and enthusiastically wallowed to the tune of “On My Own” during my first big breakup. The details of the story were unknown to me, though, and Hooper’s film does a reasonably adroit job guiding the uninitiated through the sprawling storyline. In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is finishing a brutally labor-intensive 19-year prison sentence for stealing a loaf of bread and attempted jailbreak. Perhaps because of his uncommon strength, self-righteous police Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) labels him a dangerous man, reluctantly releases him on parole and predicts he will soon have Valjean back in the work camp. Required to show papers everywhere declaring himself an ex-convict, Valjean can’t find work and teeters on the brink of starvation. An encounter with a benevolent bishop (Colm Wilkinson, who originated the role of Valjean on Broadway and in London) inspires the former prisoner to tear up his papers and start a new life as an honest man. But Valjean’s choice to skip out on his parole prompts

Javert to become obsessed with hunting down and re-imprisoning him. The fear of discovery and longing for real freedom also defines Valjean’s life, even when he adopts young Cosette (Isabelle Allen), Fantine’s illegitimate daughter. While Hathaway and Jackman are earning awards buzz for their performances, Amanda Seyfried effectively luminesces and hits some startlingly high notes as the young adult Cosette, and Eddie Redmayne exudes boyish charm as Marius, the revolutionary who falls in love with her at first sight. Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter provide hard-edged but much-needed comic relief as the thieving innkeepers who housed Cosette as a girl. But Samantha Barks nearly steals the film as their daughter Eponine, who is in love with Marius. Barks played the part on the London stage in 2010-11, and her “On My Own” is every bit as affecting as Hathaway’s “I Dreamed a Dream.” The movie musical explores the ways people’s lives intersect, but it probably takes the notion a bit too far. After all, more than 2 and a half hours is a long time to spend in a story crammed with enough poverty, death and tragedy to be called “Les Miserables,” even if Hooper pulls off the uplifting finale.

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PlayStation icons join in ‘Battle Royale’

he holiday season is a good time to catch up with old friends. If you’re an Xbox fan, you’re probably getting reacquainted with galactic warrior Master Chief in his new adventure, “Halo 4.” If you’re a Nintendophile, you’re probably frolicking with Mario on your new Wii U. Sony, meanwhile, has expanded its holiday guest list to invite nearly two decades worth of characters to mix it up in “PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale” (for the PlayStation 3, $59.99; Vita, $39.99). Fans of the original PlayStation can welcome back old pals like Sir Daniel Fortesque of “MediEvil” and the title character of “Parappa the Rapper.” Younger gamers who have only known the PS3 will be happy to see Nathan Drake from “Uncharted” and Cole MacGrath from “Infamous.” Turn them loose in an assortment of game-inspired arenas and you’ve got chaos. It’s not an original idea: Nintendo has been pitting its lovable characters against each other since 1999’s “Super Smash Bros.” As you’d expect, “All-Stars” lets up to four players choose their favorite personalities and pound on each other until one is left standing. The technique is a change from most ﬁghting games. Most of the time, kicking or punching your opponent doesn’t do much damage. Instead, each blow adds to an attack meter; build up enough energy and you can unleash three levels of truly deadly moves. There’s a little more strategy, but most players won’t ﬁnd it too complicated. The solo campaign is awfully skimpy, but “All-Stars” makes for a lively party when you have a few friends over. Two-and-a-half stars out of four. — Sony’s burlap-clad goofball Sackboy is part of the “All-Stars” lineup, but he takes center stage in “LittleBigPlanet Karting” ($59.99). Yes, it’s a go-kart racer — a genre that has <<<

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already made room for Mario, Donkey Kong and Sonic the Hedgehog — but Sony freshens it up by giving you the ability to build your own racetracks and share them online. By exploring the game’s built-in courses, you can find hundreds of elements to add to your own, and they all share the homespun “arts-andcrafts” aesthetic of the original “LittleBigPlanet.” Unfortunately, “LBP Karting” also revives the weird, floaty physics of its parent. That worked fine in the two-dimensional fantasy world of “LBP,” but it’s annoying when you’re behind the wheel. The tracks are filled with the power-ups, obstacles and gravitydefying leaps you’d expect in a kart racer, but the vehicles themselves feel sluggish and unresponsive. Two stars. —Insomniac Games’ popular “lombax”robot buddies are celebrating their 10th anniversary, both in “All-Stars” and their own “Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault” ($19.99). The latter game, however, is a big disappointment, stripping away most of what made the team so endearing. It’s a “base defense” game, meaning you’re plopped down on a planet and then have to protect your turf from waves of invading enemies. That eliminates the exploration and discovery that made most of the “R&C” games so absorbing, replacing it with a tiresome cycle of building fortifications, having them destroyed, then rebuilding them. Instead of the comedy that was once this series’ trademark, you get drudgery. One star. — The Associated Press

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AMES CAMERON KNOWS CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. Erica Linz in ‘Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away’. Photo provided.

Having seen every iteration of the Canadian acrobatic group’s performances and watched them from multiple vantage points, the executive producer of “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away” said there was one goal above all others in creating this new 3-D presentation: He wanted viewers to see Cirque du Soleil in a way that was completely different from a live, theatrical setting.

“It doesn’t matter where the best seat in the house is, and I don’t know that there is one, because wherever you are in a Cirque du Soleil show, you’re seeing something and missing something, because there’s so much going on up on the stage,” he said. “They present these big, moving tableaus, and unless it’s a solo act, your eye can’t travel fast enough. So you can see the same Cirque du Soleil show four different times and sit in four different audience seats and have a different experience.”

“I’ve seen all the shows, and I’ve seen all the shows that we’ve ﬁlmed multiple times before we actually started the process of ﬁlming the movie, and then I’ve seen the movie,” Cameron said in a recent oneon-one phone interview. “They’re different experiences.

As executive producer and chief camera operator on “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away,” Cameron worked with director Andrew Adamson (“Shrek,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”) to capture sequences of seven Cirque du Soleil productions — “O,” “Mystere,” “Ka,” “Love,” “Zumanity,” “Viva Elvis” and “Criss Angel Believe” — and pull audiences into new vantage points and perspectives. STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 21

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Cameron’s job was to give moviegoers a view that money could not buy in a live setting. “You couldn’t be up on the stage with the performers, you couldn’t be up in the rigging looking down and feeling the vertiginous drop underneath a trapeze artist, or a high-wire or straps artist,” Cameron said. “So we knew there were things we could do that the live (environment) couldn’t do, and there were things that live could do that we couldn’t do. “Part of the challenge for me was to get the camera where it was going to tell the story the best,” he said. “I was dealing with a few cameras going into niche places to ferret out the most amazing 3-D experience of what was going on with the individual performers.”

TEST OF TECHNOLOGY Cameron, who is married to Oklahoma City-born actress Suzy Amis, directed the two most commercially successful ﬁlms of all time, “Avatar” and “Titanic.” His work on “Worlds Away” incorporates his patented Fusion Camera System, a system he developed while working on “Avatar” that allows full capture of multiple environments and subjects. Shooting movies and live events such as ballgames and concerts used to require completely different equipment, but Cameron said the Fusion system does it all, and capturing “Worlds Away” allowed him to test its versatility. “We might have long-telephoto side-by-side rigs that could be used in football, for example, and we have prime lens, beam-splitter rigs that are used for close-ups in movies, but they’re all part of a common platform that is all plug and play and uses the same ﬁber-optic network,” Cameron said.

The character Neytiri, voiced by Zoe Saldana, shown in a scene from, "Avatar." AP Photo.

“So when we look at a show like Cirque du Soleil, which is sort of part movie and part live event, we think, ‘Well, we’re going to do part of this like it’s a movie and part of this like it’s a big concert.’”

I N N OVAT I V E G OA L S Cameron’s technical innovation on films such as “Avatar” and “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and his undersea documentaries such as “Aliens of the Deep” fundamentally changed how images are captured or created in movies. He said the short preproduction cycle on “Worlds Away” meant no new technologies were developed during the film that might be used in the upcoming “Avatar” sequels, the first of which is due in 2015. But Cameron said he is closely monitoring technological developments, most of which are now being driven by what home entertainment systems will look like in the next five years. “What happens next is going to be determined by TV, and it’s going to be determined by display technology,” he said. “The breakthrough, kind of the ‘holy grail’ that everybody is going for, is affordable, high-quality, full-definition, glasses-free, large flat-panel 3-D TV. If you can check all those boxes and bring it to market at a low enough price point, 3-D is going to explode. The curve is going to go ballistic.” For now, 3-D in the home requires the same kind of singular focus found in movie theaters — viewers must wear glasses and stare directly at the screen. Cameron said the technological watershed will take place when “Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away” can be seen in a living room from any angle, no goggles required. “The breakthrough is going to come then,” Cameron said.

In this ﬁlm image released by Paramount Pictures, a scene is shown from 3-D version of James Cameronís romantic epic "Titanic." AP Photo.

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2012 STYLES THAT MADE OUR HEADS TURN TAK E A LOO K AT TH E FA S H I O N M OV E S THAT H A D P EO PLE TALK I N G I N 2012 Samantha Critchell | AP Fashion Writer

NEW YORK — Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are the top moments of 2012 that made our heads turn:

AN G ELI N NA J O LI E AT TH E OSC ARS The leg that peeked out of the high thigh-high slit of her Versace gown was the m most exciting appearance on the red carpet. The gown ﬁt perfectly into the sleek, simple, sexy mold that Jolie favors, but it perfect was JJolie’s picture-perfect pose to expose just enough thigh that launched a thousand memes. Her companion Brad Pitt gets laun an honorable mention for his scruffy appearance in a Chanel fragrance fr ad that left many scratching their heads.

T WO -TO N E S TELL A M CC ARTN E Y D R E S S E S McCartney, no stranger to the red carpet, has created a style that celebrities can’t get enough of. Her ultra-ﬂattering “silhouette” dress has become almost ubiquitous. It features one color on the bodice and back, and a graphic opposite on the sides and an sleeves. Kate Winslet has worn several versions, versio and Brooklyn Decker, Kate Moss, Edie Falco and a Liv Tyler have, too. The best turn might have been Jane Fonda at the Cannes Film Festival.

M I C H ELLE O BAMA AN D AN N RO M N E Y ’ S MATC H I N G H U E S The wives of the presidential candidates turned out to the second debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in practically the same shade of hot pink. But they weren’t by the same designer: Romney’s was by Oscar de la Renta, and Obama’s by Michael Kors. A potential matching prom dressstyle embarrassment was chalked up to timing: October’s breast cancer awareness month.

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Many of the designer runways seemed more of the same — stark stages, thumping music and audiences distracted by their electronic gadgets — but the Louis Vuitton fall catwalk in Paris commanded attention. Models dressed in their very best traveling clothes stepped off a reconstructed retro steam train. Valets carried the vintage-inspired hat boxes and vanity cases. The trip seemed refreshingly reﬁned and modern.

Some new mothers claim they feel sexier than ever. Beyonce was living proof at the Met Gala, the important industry event co-hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour. Beyonce’s skintight, largely sheer — save the bodice beading and feathered ﬁshtail train — gown by Givenchy announced that Ivy Blue Carter’s mom wasn’t going to hold back. An honorable mention goes to Jessica Simpson, who dieted her way to a Weight Watchers and then became pregnant again. Stor y cont inues on Page 23

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0 07 ’ S S LI M S U ITS Daniel Craig’s wardrobe in “Skyfall” is impeccably tailored — and quite tight. Unlike the James Bonds that came before him who all liked the traditional looser, longer cut of a Savile Row-style suit, Craig, whose wardrobe is created mostly by Tom Ford, takes his suits Euro style with tapered legs and shorter rises. There’s no question Craig’s super spy Bond will go down in history as one of the best, but it’s fair to ask if he could pull off those impressive chases in clothes that tight.

SU PER M O D EL R EU N IO N AT TH E LO N DO N O LY M PI C S Gold was the new black at the closing ceremony with a parade of supermodels wearing gilded gowns in a tribute to British fashion. Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell both had on Alexander McQueen, Georgia May Jagger’s was by Victoria Beckham, Karen Elson was in Burberry, and Stella Tennant donned a Christopher Kane Swarovskicrystal catsuit. The soundtrack — of course — was David Bowie’s “Fashion.”

M I LE Y C Y R U S ’ C RO P P ED C U UT T When Cyrus cut off the long hair her fans had become used to, she took some heat. She has as said (and tweeted) repeatedly, though, that she was pleased with the new punk-pixie look k and was sticking with it. Short hair turned out to be a big trend, with Alicia Keys, Rihanna and Anne Hathaway all ending the year with much shorter locks than they started with.

J U LIAN N E M OO R E AT TH E EM M YS Moore’s neon-yellow Dior Haute Couture outﬁt (really a sweater and ball skirt) spawned a love-itor-hate-it debate among armchair style critics. What was largely left out of that conversation, however, was that it was Raf Simons’ big celebrity debut for Dior, which he took creative control of after the John Galliano scandal. At least Simons can claim the better reviews when it came to his showdown of next-gen designers at historic French houses against Hedi Slimane at Saint Laurent Paris.

AN OTH ER S U PER M O D EL R EU N IO N AT N E W YO R K FA S H IO N WEEK Alexander Wang’s show has become must-see viewing, partly for inﬂuential hipster clothes, but also for the model lineup, a who’s who of top catwalkers. It was a coup even for him, however, to get the likes of Gisele Bundchen, Carmen Kass, Frankie Rayder and Shalom Harlow, who all very rarely do shows, to walk in February. Start the wish list now of who he’ll nab for his debut at Balenciaga next year. LOOKATOKC.COM

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COOL THINGS

THAT HAPPENED IN OKC ’S FOOD SCENE

THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE MAKE L I S T S , S O I N K E E P I N G W I T H T H AT T R A D I T I O N , HERE ARE THE 10 COOLEST THINGS TO HAPPEN

100 COURSE MEAL: When you consider all factors, this was

the coolest thing that happened in the Oklahoma City food scene in 2012. Looking for a challenge, chef Kurt Fleischfresser had to make up his own with a 100-course continuous service, with the help of Coach House chef de cuisine David Henry, Tasting Room chef Matt Johnson and a team of local chefs including Vuong Nguyen, Jonathon Groth, Christine Dowd, Alain Buthion, Chad Willis, Joseph Royer and Kathryn Mathis. This was an undertaking worth national attention, and the result was spotless. Here’s hoping they go for 110 in 2013. Though it just opened before Christmas, the early returns are impressive: A French-inspired, local-centric breakfast and lunch emporium for downtown. This is a much-needed signature spot for ultrahigh quality food with price points that will allow it to be a weekly, or in some cases daily, stop for our downtown diners. There is a new downtown standard-bearer for quality, and it is Kitchen 324.

KITCHEN 324:

JJOSHUA VALENTINE: If JV hadn’t run off to Dallas the second

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he got back from ﬁlming the ongoing 10th season of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” this would’ve easily been the No. 1 coolest thing to happen in local foodsphere. Even with the untimely exodus to the brand-new, buzz-heavy FT-33 south of the Red River, Valentine’s selection for the top culinary competition show is enormous for this market. Thanks to Valentine’s Oklahoma pride, he’s made it very clear to the “Top Chef” world that there’s plenty cookiing where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Under the direction of chef Marc Dunham, The Francis Tuttle Technology Center opened its School of Culinary Arts in 2012. The ambitious program will offer some unparalleled opportunities for would-be chefs and cooks as it continues to unfold. The school, located within the Rockwell Campus, has already opened a cafeteria open to the public and Cravings bakery, which is open weekdays till 7 p.m., with a full-service restaurant set to open in the spring of 2013. You’ll read plenty more about the program early next year. For now, rest assured Oklahoma City got a lot cooler when this place opened.

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TABB SINGLETON: Turns out chef Valentine wasn’t the only

100 - COURSE MEAL: Chefs Kurt Fleisch-f resser and David Henry spearheaded the 101-course Culinaire for a Cause in July, which was the coolest thing that happened in the Oklahoma Cit y food scene in 2012. Photo by Jim Beckel | The Oklahoman.

one to pop up on national television during the late fall. Idabel native Tabb Singleton, who currently toils as executive sous chef at Emeril’s NOLA in New Orleans, made an appearance on Food Network’s “Chopped” in November and took home $10,000 for his efforts. Singleton says his goal is to open a restaurant in Oklahoma City by the end of 2013, so there’s a good chance he’ll make the list again next year. STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 25

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UPTOWN GROCERY COMPANY:

It was a big year in Norman. Chuy’s Tex-Mex Cafe came to town, the Thien family of Grand House fame opened a concept there, Andy Gmeiner of Royal Bavaria opened a new restaurant and bar on Main Street, Urban Roots left for downtown Oklahoma City and Forward Foods moved into a bigger space. But tthe biggest news in Norman food news was the opening of Local, a wildly ambitious farm-to-fork concept headed by veteran chef Ryan Parrott

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This would’ve ranked higher if early feedback VAST OPENS: wasn’t so low. While what the anonymous are saying about your restaurant online lacks full-ﬂedged credibility, where there’s smoke, there’s usually a ﬂame or two. Keep in mind expectations were off the charts for this sky-high restaurant, and chef Andrew Black has the knowhow and skill to right the ship at what still promises to be one of Oklahoma City’s most important restaurants. Here’s hoping o Vast makes this list next year for making its mark with inventive, food-forward ideas executed with precision and aplomb.

CHRISTINE DOWD

(TRATTORIA CLOSES; MOVES TO METRO):

When chef Christine Dowd and partner Maggie Howell closed Trattoria il Centro in early 2012, it was the ﬁrst really bad news of the year. But then Dowd found a home with the venerable Metro Wine Bar and Bistro, and all was right with the world. Dowd, a born leader, was just what the doctor ordered for one of Oklahoma City’s most respected ﬁne dining restaurants. Owner Chris Lower told me the restaurant set a record for covers on one Saturday in December with zero late tickets. S

J O S H U A VA L E N T I N E : Del City native Josh Valentine was the ﬁrst Oklahoma-based chef chosen for “Top Chef” in 2012. Photo provided.

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VAST OPENS: Vast restaurant chefs,

left to right, Veejooruth Purmessut, Patrick Williams and Andrew Black in the Devon Tower. Photo by Steve Gooch | The Oklahoman.

SAVORY SPICE SHOP: Able Blakely and his mother DebS

ra opened Savory Spice Shop in the fall, signaling the city was ready to support a “salt and pepper” shop. The returns so far have been encouraging. A specialty shop like this is a good sign the food culture is evolving in the right direction.

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Art Group Gallery, 9309 N Pennsylvania, 607-4669.

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

SPORTS

Chesapeake Energy Holiday Lights Display, 6 p.m., NW 63 and

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Brooklyn Nets, 7 p.m., Chesapeake Energy

Western.

Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700.

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary

HAPPENINGS

Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

National Geographic: Greatest Photographs of the American West, National Cowboy & Western

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

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Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Traditions and Resolutions in Art, Art Group Gallery, 9309 N Pennsylvania, 607-4669.

CONCERTS

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

“E.CO,” The Untitled Artspace, 1 NE 3, 815-9995.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

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History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

Western.

Othello’s, 434 Buchanan, Open Mic Night!, 9 p.m., 701-4900. (Norman)

HAPPENINGS “The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

National Geographic: Greatest Photographs of the American West, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250.

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary

SPORTS

Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m., Chesa-

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela

peake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700.

Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

HAPPENINGS

2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Traditions and Resolutions in Art, Art Group Gallery, 9309 N Pennsylvania, 607-4669.

First Friday Gallery Walk, 6 p.m.,

LIVE MUSIC Chesapeake Energy Holiday Lights Display, 6 p.m., NW 63 and

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma,

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

“E.CO,” The Untitled Artspace, 1 NE 3, 815-9995. History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

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History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

Chesapeake Energy Holiday Lights Display, 6 p.m., NW 63 and Western.

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

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National Geographic: Greatest Photographs of the American West, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

LIVE MUSIC Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd., Brother Outlaw, 9 p.m., (405) 964-7263. (Shawnee)

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Weeping Martyr, Above The Waves and Plague Of Darkness, 8:30 p.m., The Hidden Castle, 1309 24 SW, 7010870. (Norman) Elvis Impersonator Travis LeDoyt, 9 p.m., Riverwind Casino, 1544 W SH 9, 322-6000. (Norman)

LIVE MUSIC Ingrid’s Kitchen, 3701 N Youngs, Kitty Houston and Gary Johnson’s Band, noon, 946-8444. The Point After Club, 6800 S I 35 Service Road, Amy Lee Pettis and the Second LIne, 9 p.m., 778-8166.

Grady’s 66 Pub, 444 W Main, Jim The Elephant, 9 p.m., 354-8789. (Yukon) McSalty’s Pizza, 3000 N Portland, Lot44, Admiral Grey and Big Okie Doom, 8 p.m., 943-3637.

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HAPPENINGS

National Geographic: Greatest Photographs of the American West, National Cowboy & Western

Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma,

2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Traditions and Resolutions in Art,

“Color the Way” an exhibit by Gayle Curry., Governor’s Gallery at

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma,

TUE

LIVE MUSIC

SPORTS

HAPPENINGS

Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd., Rick Jawnsun, 7 p.m., (405) 964-7263. (Shawnee)

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Minnesota Timberwolves, 7 p.m.,

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700.

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

NIGHT LIFE Othello’s, 434 Buchanan, Othello’s Comedy Night, 10 p.m., 701-4900. (Norman)

HAPPENINGS Art Group Gallery, 9309 N Pennsylvania, 607-4669.

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

Chesapeake Energy Holiday Lights Display, 6 p.m., NW 63 and Western.

Saturdays for Kids, 10 a.m., National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250.

MON

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center,

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

LIVE MUSIC

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary

Cookies, 2304 N Western, David Bruster and Andy Adams, 8 p.m.

Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

HAPPENINGS

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

SUN

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center,

CONCERTS

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

Ellis Paul, 7 p.m., The Performing

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

Arts Studio, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)

History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

LIVE MUSIC The Deli, 309 White, Mike Hosty, 9 p.m., 329-3534. (Norman)

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

“Color the Way” an exhibit by Gayle Curry., Governor’s Gallery at state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Traditions and Resolutions in Art, Art Group Gallery, 9309 N Pennsylvania, 607-4669.

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

WED

09 CONCERTS Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen, 7 p.m., BOK Center, 200 S Denver, (918) 894-4200. (Tulsa)

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JANUARY 2 - JANUARY 16 Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma,

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center,

Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center,

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

FRI

History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary

Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Photography by George Williams with Guitarist John Calvin, Norman Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)

SPIRITUAL

CONCERTS

Esther Women Series, 11:30 a.m.,

Downlink, Liquid Stranger and

St Luke’s United Methodist Church, 222 NW 15, 232-1371.

Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

Mayhem, 7 p.m., Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main, (918) 584.2306. (Tulsa)

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

LIVE MUSIC

THU

The Point After Club, 6800 S I 35 Service Road, Joe Stout, 9 p.m., 778-8166.

Nonna’s Euro-American Ristorante and Bar, 1 Mickey Mantle Drive,

Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino

Othello’s, 434 Buchanan, Open Mic Night!, 9 p.m., 701-4900. (Norman)

HAPPENINGS “Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

Bang Bang Variety Show, 10:30 p.m., HiLo, 1221 NW 50, 843-1722.

THEATER “The Good Counselor,” 8 p.m., Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W Main, 232-6500.

SPORTS

2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500.

800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

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Blvd., Mike Black and The Stingrays, 9 p.m., (405) 964-7263. (Shawnee)

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma,

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center,

Rick Jawnsun, 8 p.m., 235-4410.

Grady’s 66 Pub, 444 W Main, JC Hopkins, 8:30 p.m., 354-8789. (Yukon)

LIVE MUSIC

SAT

Oklahoma City Barons vs Charlotte Checkers, 7 p.m., Cox

HAPPENINGS “Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

CONCERTS Greater Oklahoma Bluegrass Music Society Concert with Fireside, Bluegrass Faithful and Heartbreak Line, 6:30 p.m., Oklahoma Country Western Museum Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29, 677-7515.

Pristine Visions, 8 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2264. Stoney LaRue, 7 p.m., Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main, (918) 584-2306. (Tulsa)

SNLs Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows and Chris Kattan, 7 p.m., Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd., (405) 964-7263. (Shawnee)

Slaid Cleaves, 8 p.m., The Blue Door, 2805 N Mckinley, 524-0738.

Tiger Lily Ep Release, So Called Savages, Forever Young, At Long Last and In Courage, 6:30 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 879-9778.

WIMGO EVENTS The Kamals, Kali Ra and Psychic Milk, 8 p.m., Opolis Production LLC, 113 N Crawford (Norman)

JANUARY 2 - JANUARY 16 “Color the Way” an exhibit by Gayle Curry., Governor’s Gallery

HAPPENINGS

at Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

LIVE MUSIC Ingrid’s Kitchen, 3701 N Youngs, Kitty Houston and Gary Johnson’s Band, noon, 946-8444.

The Point After Club, 6800 S I 35 Service Road, Stone Jam, 9 p.m., 778-8166.

Nonna’s Euro-American Ristorante and Bar, 1 Mickey Mantle Drive, Stephen Speaks, 8 p.m., 235-4410.

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

SUN

Grady’s 66 Pub, 444 W Main, Ryan

“Pristine Visions,” 8 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 2972264.

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma,

CONCERTS Second Sunday Poetry Reading with Richard Dixon, 2 p.m., Norman Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)

“The Good Counselor,” 8 p.m.,

TUE

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Photography by George Williams with Guitarist John Calvin, Nor-

“Jekyll and Hyde,” 7:30 p.m., Civic

man Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)

Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 2972264.

HAPPENINGS

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

Reid, 8:30 p.m., 354-8789. (Yukon)

THEATER

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

THEATER

CONCERTS Oklahoma State University Allied Arts Presents: River North Dance Chicago, 8 p.m., Oklahoma State University Seretean Center for Performing Arts, 121 Seretean Center, (405) 744-6094. (Stillwater)

NIGHT LIFE Othello’s, 434 Buchanan, Othello’s Comedy Night, 10 p.m., 701-4900. (Norman)

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

WED

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,”´ Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

LIVE MUSIC Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino

LIVE MUSIC

Blvd., Sammy Mitchell, 7 p.m., (405) 964-7263. (Shawnee)

The Deli, 309 White, Mike Hosty, 9 p.m., 329-3534. (Norman)

THEATER

Oklahoma City Barons vs Charlotte Checkers, 7 p.m., Cox

HAPPENINGS

Convention Center, 1 Myriad Gardens, 602-8500.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred

Jekyll and Hyde, 7:30 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 2972264.

Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W Main, 232-6500.

SPORTS

Strikeforce, 6 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, (800) 745-3000.

HAPPENINGS

Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

“Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

Science Museum Oklahoma and the Satellite Galleries present GEOMETRIX Geometry in Art exhibit, Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52, 602-3760.

“Color the Way” an exhibit by Gayle Curry., Governor’s Gallery at state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

SPORTS Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggets, 7 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700.

HAPPENINGS “Pablo Picasso’s Woman,” Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman)

Enriched: Animal Art from the OKC Zoo, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-0765.

History of Signiﬁcance of Oklahoma Writers Exhibit, Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, 522-6676.

MON

Strikeforce, 6 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, (800) 745-3000.

“The Unexplored: Emerging Artists Show,´ Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman)

Photography by George Williams with Guitarist John Calvin, Norman Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)

Photography by George Williams with Guitarist John Calvin, Nor-

LIVE MUSIC

man Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)

Cookies, 2304 N Western, David

“Water Works,” exhibit by Pamela Husky, East Gallery of the state Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.

Bruster and Andy Adams, 8 p.m.

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01 WHERE: DOLLHOUSE, OKLAHOMA CITY |1| DJ Weid, Jennifer, Maigan and Garan |2| Casey and Elisha |3| Best and Mary |4| Brandon and Rachel |5| Chris, Dusty, Brett, Stacy and Colleen |6| Amy, Natalie and April Photos by Steven Maupin

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Clerical Position NW OKC based insurance company is seeking detail oriented individual for clerical position. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and basic computer skills, with a working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Min. of 35 wpm typing and 6500 kph 10-key skills required. Benefits available. $8.50/hr. ¡ Call 848-7931.

Pickup bed cover, fiberglass, 60"Wx88"L; Jacuzzi shower pan, 42"Dx60"W; $125ea obo. Pickup bed liner $20. 405-793-0139 or 405-833-2236 I BUY JUNK CARS/TRKS Running or not, all years. 341-5404 $250 & Up for non-running vehicles, no title ok. 405-819-6293

Red '89 XJS V-12 JAG, 30K orig miles, $15,000 obo 405-245-6464

'02 LeSabre Custom, 3.8L, 160K, Xnice,new tires, $3,450. 669-4094

09 Pontiac G6 4 door 48K miles very nice $8950. 414-2242 '05 Grand Am, 75K, loaded, runs & drives great, must sell. A bargain at $3995! 209-5297 co

'05 Matrix sedan, loaded automatic, only 45 miles, super mpg like new $5995 209-5297 co 2005 Avalon SLS, white, loaded, exc. cond. $10,500 706-6834

'00 2 Passat V 6 runs and drives like new 5 speed 150k loaded x nice 209-5297co 99 Beetle 89k automatic runs and drives great super mpg loaded auto $4295 209-5297co '98 Cabrio convertible 91k, automatic new top, runs & drives great $2500 209-5297 co

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'06 PT Cruiser, convertible, loaded, 102k miles, 5sp man, fun with great mpg, $4995 209-5297 co

'06 Taurus SE, 3.0L, 130K, new tires, Xnice $3,950. 201-3831

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2011 Lexus LS 460, matador red, 1 owner, 29K, 19" chrome wheels Excellent! $49,500. 620-6393

2004 Town Car Ultimate 55K miles, Exc Cond, All Options, Just Beautiful! $11,900. 330-6099 '02 Towncar, signature 110k loaded leather sunroof the works $3995 209-5297 co

2009 Nissan Cube SL, 31K miles, excellent cond, $12,900, 812-7175

WE BEAT ANYBODY

788-2222

'95 Aurora, 4.0L, 100K, new tires/ paint, Xnice, $2,950. 669-4094

2007 Yukon Denali, black, loaded, 116Kmiles $21,500. 405-826-0957 '06 Chev Trail Blazer, Ext body 4x4, 3rd row seats and loaded x-nice, 127k $6995 209-5297 co

Secretary Needed Bilingual Preferred. Apply at 5205 S. Penn, Suite B Oklahoma City, OK.

'02 Ford Explorer V6 4x4 third row seats, loaded runs & looks great, 129k $4995 209-5297 co '01 Ford Explorer, 117k, loaded and runs great 2WD, runs & looks great, $2995. 209-5297 co

Automotive Tech wanted Full time position only. Pay based on ASE & experience. Call 405-722-5200

'91 Ford Explorer XL, 4.0L, 129K, new tires, Xnice $1,850. 201-3831 '01 Lexus RX 300, 113k new timing belt, runs & looks like new, leather, $5995.. 209-5297 co

Cloud Manager with 1-2 yrs exp. with Window Server, Terminal and Directory services. Resume to rmw@rdsadvantage.com

'03 Olds Bravada 104k power everything and loaded to the max, leather $5500 209-5297 co

Computer Tech Position Will train $9 an hour. Apply in Person at 1605 Tower Dr. - Moore.

SUV Good Condition $3199 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe A/C, heated seats, PL, pwr seats, PW, satellite radio, Remote Start $3199, Joe 405-701-1101

'02 Seville STS, 80k one owner, candy apple red, loaded & runs great!!! $4995 209-5297 co '00 Deville, black 145k, runs great, loaded leather, a super bargain at $2575 209-5297 co

'07 Aveo 44k miles, 5sp super nice with great gas mileage, like new $5995. 209-5297 co '06 Cobalt 122k miles and loaded, runs & drives great a agreat buy at $3994 209-5297 co

FILE CLERK Local insurance company is seeking a full time File Clerk. Applicant must be detail oriented, have basic computer skills & must be able to type 25wpm. Benefits available. $8.50 per hour. Call 848-7931

'03 Dodge 1500 Regency conversion, loaded 90k, runs and drives great $4250 209-5297 co

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'99 Venture LS, 3.4L, 127K, new trans,dependable $1950.669-4094 '04 Ford Freestyle SEL 130k, like new inside & out, runs great a bargain at $4995 209-5297 co '01 Ford Windstar LX, 3.8L, 120K, dual doors loaded $2950.201-3831 '05 Kia Sedona 96, like new inside & out, loaded, super nice $5495. 209-5297 co '04 Nissan Quest, 134k miles, loaded runs like new, a super deat at $6995 209-5297 co

Accountant NW OKC CPA Firm Exp. In Tax Prep. – Ind., Ptsh & Corps, Compiled/Reviewed Fin Stmt Exp. Acct Degree Req / CPA pref. Exc Benefits Gillispie & Ogilbee, P.C. Email resume & salary Req to lbeck@gocpas.com Loan Doc Specialist Prime Bank in Edmond seeks FT credit administration professional. Experience required. EOE Resume and cover letter to: angieb@primebankgroup.com

Customer Service Rep. Oklahoma City based insurance company. Applicants should be detail oriented, have basic computer skills, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Responsibilities include handling incoming telephone calls and making policy changes. Must be able to type 30-35 wpm. Benefits available. $9.00 per hour. Call 848-7931.

Mid-Del Public Schools '02 Chev Ext Cab Duramax Diesel loaded & extra nice 204k, runs and looks great $8850 209-5297 co '00 Chev S 10 EXTREME, reg cab short bed with hard cover sharp!!! 130k miles $4995 209-5297 co '98 Chevy 1500 Reg Cab short bed, V6 5sp 140k, runs & drives great!!! $3450 209-5297 co '08 Dodge 1ton crew cab diesel 6sp flatbed 400K $9950 414-2242 '02 Dodge 1500 95k miles reg cab, bed liner runs & drives great $3995 209-5297 co '06 Ford F150 crew cab lariat, 2wd leather loaded runs & drives like new!!! $9250 209-5297 co '04 Ford F350 Dually 4x4, 86K, 6.0 turbo diesel, like new inside & out!!! $17,500. 209-5297 co 2000 Ford Ranger, extended cab, excellent condition, 165K, stereo, $3450, 640-7209. '96 Ford F250 Ext Cab 7.3 Turbo Diesel 2wd, remote start, 153k, runs-great!!! $4995 209-5297co

'97 Dyna Wide Glide, 10K orig miles (PERFECT). $12,500 405-245-6464 2008 Kawasaki Vulcan 500, like new, $2,400. 405-202-9702

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'94 Conquest camper 28ft, like new must see loaded dbl axle, road ready $5995 209-5297 co

Administrative Assistant Kunzman & Bollinger, Inc. seeks a full-time administrative assistant. Ability to prioritize multiple deadlines, good communication skills, a positive attitude and professional demeanor are essential. Proficiency in MS Office suite is requisite. Prior law firm experience is not required. Send resume, cover letter and salary requirements to 5100 N. Brookline, Suite 600, Oklahoma City, OK 73112, fax to (405) 942-3527 or email to employment@kunzboll.net. Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant needed for real estate development company in Oklahoma City. Must have strong computer skills, including fluency in Excel, Word and Outlook. Writing and editing ability required. Must be organized and self-disciplined. Must have strong social skills. Job also involves working for a Christian ministry. Email resume to 2013okcrejob@gmail.com.

Mid-Del Public Schools is currently accepting applications for Elementary SPED, Secondary SPED, and Secondary Science. Please contact our Human Resources office at: hr@mid-del.net or call (405) 737-4461 ext 1218

Asbury Medical Supply

FT Technician-Manual/ Power Chairs etc. Must be technically inclinedno experience necessary Salary $13-14/hr Please fax resumes to (405) 858-0119 or Email to jenni@asburymedical.com CHILD CARE WORKER EDMOND POSITIONS AVAILABLE. Experience required. Dependable only apply. 330-3077 for application.

DRIVERS & HELPERS for moving company. Apply in person at 1131 Enterprise Ave., Unit 15A, OKC, OK, 445-7618.

FLORAL DESIGNER EXPERIENCED Apply at Penny & Irene's Flowers 7556 SE 15th, MWC JANITORIAL PT HELP - NIGHTS 4 yrs janitorial experience required. Piedmont OK. Call 749-0603.

NOW HIRING for a new premier bldg in downtown OKC. • Leads $10.50/hr • Floor Techs $10.00/hr • Window Washers $9.50/hr • Maids $8.00/hr

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OK Department of Veteran Affairs Oklahoma Veterans Center Lawton/Ft. Sill Division Join our team in taking care of Oklahoma’s War Heroes in a 200-bed state-of-the-art facility.

Asst Administrator Level I & II Okla Nursing Home Admin License Required ¡ Excellent Salary/ Benefits Package ¡ 3 wks vacation & 3 wks sick leave per year, ¡ 10 paid holidays, ¡ State Retirement, Deferred Compensation Plan, Health, Dental, Life and Disability Insurance, ¡ Annual Longevity Bonus Contact: Carrie Crow, HR Programs Manager at 580-354-3014 or fax resume to 580-354-3177 or apply in person at 501 SE Flowermound Road, Lawton, OK 73501 Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) for 16 bed ICF/MR. $12-15/hr. d.o.e. Should be familiar with Title XIX regulations. Will be responsible for ordering, meal planning and preparation, participating in IP meetings, working with dietician on menus and individual specific diets, etc. This position does not require supervision of staff. Must have valid OK DL. EARC offers great benefits: retirement, medical, dental and life insurance; vacation, sick and holiday pay! Send resume: marissadavis@coxinet.net or call 341-7132, or apply in person at 10 E. 9th St. Edmond, OK 73034.

DENTAL HYGIENIST ACTIVITIES PERSON 7-3 shift. Must have LTC cert and good driving record. Competitive salary and benefits (after probation). Interested individuals can apply at company headquarters, 3317 SE 18th St., (Del City, OK). No phone calls.

Attention: Administrative Assistants St. Ann's Home is looking for an Administrative Assistant with proficiency in Excel, Word and Publisher. Competitive pay. Medical and Dental beneifts paid 100% after 90 days. Apply in person at 9400 St. Ann Dr. OKC, 73162. EOE Billing/Collections/Check-out EXPERIENCED individual needed for FT reception/check-out and some billing/collection duties for busy urology ofc. Must have good phone, people and computer skills. Fax resume (405)634-7844

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) $8.25-9.25/hr. Certified Medication Aide (CMA) $9-10/hr. FT/PT Evening or weekend shifts avail. Valid OK DL req'd. EARC offers great benefits: medical, dental & life insurance; retirement; vacation, sick & holiday pay! Send resume to marissadavis@coxinet.net or call 341-7132 or apply in person at 10 E. 9th St., Edmond, OK 73034. Dental Assistant Friendly, organized, dependable FT assistant for Yukon office. Fax resume to 405-324-0037.

NW OKC dental practice looking for Dental Hygienist, Mon-Thurs. Must have experience, be a team player & motivated. Bonus & 401K plan benefits included. Fax resume to 405-810-0043 Dentist needed F/T for mobile dental practice service nursing homes. Exc. salary (not at %) & benefits. 590-8331 leave message

Histology Supervisor (Norman, OK) Plan, coordinate & direct the daily activities in Histology. Perform & oversee all histology procedures including embedding & cutting tissue specimens & preparing & staining microscopic slides. Serve as supervisor for the histology technicians &/or technologists & lab assistant. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Medical Laboratory Technology required. Must have completed Histology Program, must be registered as a Histotechnologist (HLT) by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, or be eligible for registration. Mail resume to: Norman Regional Health System, Attn: HR, 901 N. Porter Avenue, Norman, OK 73071. Skilled Nursing Facility has positions available for •RN/DON •Part Time RN Competitive wages with great benefits. For more information contact Shanoan Springs Nursing & Rehab, 2500 S 12th, Chickasha, OK, 73018, or call 405-224-1397.

HTS/Trainers - Now hiring individuals to work with adults with developmental disabilities in residential settings as Habilitation Training Specialist (HTS) FT & PT, evening & weekend shifts avail. $7.75-$8.75/hr. d.o.e. and training. Valid OK DL req'd. EARC offers great benefits: medical, dental & life insurance; vacation, sick & holiday pay; 403(b) Retirement Plan with Co. Matching! Send resume to marissadavis@coxinet.net or call 341-7132 or apply in person at 10 E. 9th St., Edmond, OK 73034. The Referral Center needs experienced Medical Records Clerk/Receptionist. Must have at least 1 yr exp in medical records. Word & Excel exp. Work M-F 8:00-5:00. ’ CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDES ’ & 24 HOUR LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS Caring for Seniors IMMEDIATE OPENINGS PT/FT FLEXIBLE SHIFTS, BENEFITS To Apply Call 577-1910

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RN PRN RN needed for GI center. Pre & Post-Op exp. Great IV skills. Day shift only. Fax or email to: 405-755-4072 acoker@amsurg.com

CLINICAL DIRECTOR/Therapist/ Life Skills(BHRS)/PRN NURSE/ Office Staff Positive Changes, a psychiatric, partial hospitalization program for children and adolescents, accepting applications for full time. All clinical staff work with children, adolescents and families. Experience with children and adolescents preferred. •CLINICAL DIRECTOR: Master's in psychology or related field, licensed & 5 years supervisory/ management experience. •THERAPIST: Licensed or under supervision. •LIFE SKILLS: Bachelor's degree & BHRS certificate. •PRN NURSE: Requires RN. •OFFICE STAFF with psychiatric clinic experience. Send resume to FAX: (405)635-8417 or EMAIL: positive8835@sbcglobal.net

Detention Monitor

RNs $5000 SIGN ON BONUS

CHHAs $1500 SIGN ON BONUS MUST BE WILLING TO TRAVEL TO REGULAR MEETINGS

Salary based on experience & knowledge of the

Kinnser System. Excellent Health Benefits Excellent Dental Benefits Fax resume to

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Attention: LPNs St. Ann's Home, a long term care facility, has immediate openings on all shifts for Charge Nurses to join our staff. Long term care experience necessary. Excellence benefit package. Competitive salary. Apply in person at 9400 St. Ann Dr. OKC, 73162. EOE

Experienced Back Office CNA for busy south OKC family practice. Fax resume to 692-4490. LPN with exc communication skills for doctors ofc. M-F. Benefits. Fax resume: 405-235-8145.

Registered Nurse Practicioner Immediate opening for part-time RN to do workplace physical exams. M-F, 8:30-4:00 PM, 1 to 2 shifts per week. $60 per hour. Must carry own malpractice insurance. Send resume to: sales@thecrginc.com

Securitas Security is now hiring for FT Armed & Unarmed Security Officers. Must be 18, HS Dip/GED, basic computer skills, need to be avail. for all shifts incl. wkends & holidays. Competitive pay, Med/Den/Vis/ 401K/Vacation pay. Apply online at www.securitasjobs.com EOE M/F/D/V

CFO / DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS SERVICES The OKC Zoo is seeking to fill a key leadership role. Req BA in Fin, Acctg, Bus Admin or closely related area & 7 yrs FT exp in Fin or Bus Mgmt. Salary is negotiable based on exp, w/exc benefits. Submit resume by 1/11/13 to: Human Resources, OKC Zoo, 2101 NE 50th, OKC, OK 73111. EOE.

Transportation Aide

(3 positions) Preference given to CAN and CADC. Experience with substance abuse helpful. Weekends and evenings. $8.50 an hour. Resume to (405) 235-1071 or email to hr@okcmetroalliance.com Closing: December 27, 2012

Arrange & provide transp for individuals to/from various NC facilities. For more info & apply online: www.northcare.com NC is an EOE.

Qualified Mental Retardation Professional

FT THERAPIST

Degree required. We offer competitive salary and great working conditions with benefits (after probation). Interested individuals can fax resume to 405-672-2353, attn: Personnel Manager, or email damonledbetter@ymail.com »»»»»»»»»»»»

THERAPIST Southern Plains Treatment Services, a leader in behavioral health, is now seeking applications for a Licensed Therapist in Norman. Please fax resume to 405-217-8502 or email to apply@splains.org »»»»»»»»»»»»

Women’s Residential Advisor for nights and weekends. Must have H.S. diploma/GED. Experience with substance abuse recovery helpful. $8.50 an hour. Resume to (405) 235-1071 or email to hr@okcmetroalliance.com Closing: December 27, 2012.

Nurses / OR / FT Provide patient care within our ASC in the OKC Area. Perform clinical processes to ensure quality outcomes and a high degree of patient and physician satisfaction. RN license, related exp, min 2 yrs exp req’d. Endoscopy exp a plus. Fax Resume to 405-608-4269

OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - Detention Officers wanted. Offering stable career opportunities with competitive benefits package. Apply online www.oklahomacounty.org/ careers/careerlisting.asp OR in person 201 N Shartel, Oklahoma City. Questions contact 713-2040

Guardsmark Unarmed Security Now Hiring F/T 6am-2pm Postion for upscale location in Edmond. $10 per hr + full paid benefits Minimum age 21. Good Work History & Good Driving Record a must. Semi-Retired encouraged to apply. EOE Apply in person at Guardsmark 4801 N Classen Ste 139 M-F

for Drug Court LADC or LADC under Supervision Submit resume

msmith@tricityyfc.org

Buffalo Wild Wings We are hiring New Management Members who are looking to be part of a Great Team and a fast growing company. Earn up to $40,000 as an Assistant and get bonused in AGM and GM positions with higher salaries. We always try to promote from within for AGM and GM positions and are currently looking for team players wanting a better balanced lifestyle while we update our schedules to be more family friendly.

$40,000 okbwwresumes@aol.com

Customer Service Sales Reps Responsibilities: ¡ Greeting customers ¡ Explaining company benefits & procedures ¡ Flexible hours ¡ Day, evening & weekend shifts available. FT/PT 800-926-1452 or email mcaappointments@gmail.com

SHEET METAL APPRENTICESHIP The Sheet Metal Workers’ Joint Apprenticeship Committee is seeking applicants, male and female, for apprenticeship training in the sheet metal construction trade. (NOTE: This is not training for aviation sheet metal.) Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, be a high school graduate or have a GED, and possess a valid Oklahoma Driver’s License. Drug testing will be required of all applicants selected for apprenticeship training. The starting wage rate is $17.82 per hour, plus benefits. Applicants will be selected based on the highest qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or age (except with regard to the legally required minimum age). The contractor parties to the Sheet Metal Workers’ JAC Agreement are Equal Opportunity Employers. Applications may be completed at the following times and location: Applications are accepted the first Monday of each month from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (2nd Monday if the first Monday falls on a Holiday). Sheet Metal Workers’ Training Center, 3909 Willow Springs Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. For more information on our application procedures, go to www.smw124jac.com Carpenter Prod. pos. with wood prod. mfg. Min. three years RECENT exp. in a wood related prod. job required, such as a cabinet shop or trim carpenter. 40hr week. Salary DOE. Bonus, Paid Health, Dental, Vac., Holidays and Sick time. Apply in Person 9-2 only M-F , The Beam Store 7637 Nw 3rd St, OKC, OK 73127, located between Rockwell and Council. 405-495-1299

CNC Machinist/Operator Needed. Must have Mazatrol or Fanuc experience. 5 years minimum experience. Lathe experience preferred. Apply at 535 SE 82nd, from 1PM-4PM. CNC Operator/Programmer Operate/Program CNCs Benefits. Contact Ron at (405)677-3600 or ron@jankeproducts.com Diesel Mechanic Class 8 diesel mechanic needed. Busy company seeks experienced mechanic for all types of diesel trucks and heavy equipment both shop and field work. Up to $100K++ for the right highly motivated individual. Call Tommy at 405-416-3482

Heavy Equipment Operators and Laborers VIETNAM VETERANS now hiring PT at home Telemarketers to solicit donations of household items. Base pay + bonus. Must be able to work eves M-F 6-9. Apply M-F 9-5 at 8901 S Santa Fe #D OKC 405-680-9111.

Experience required. Must have valid D.L., be able to work extended hours and pass background check and drug screening to work on Federal Projects. Fax resume to 573-449-0460 or email info@nationwidecontracting.com

HVAC INSTALLERS Local contractor needs experienced Commercial HVAC installers & helpers. Must have tools & reliable transportation. Wages DOE. John @ (405) 364-6944 for appointment

Journeyman Plumbers Top wages & benefits. Servicing all Of Oklahoma. Send Resume to hharkins@travisplumbinginc.com Large regional drywall contractor seeking

Framers & Drywallers with at least 2 years commercial metal stud experience. Currently hiring for projects in Tulsa, Enid, Stillwater & Okmulgee. Health & Medical benefits available. To apply call: 918-574-2523. EOE

PLUMBER, Licensed

Free Rent Till February. 1/2/3 bed, Putnam Green, 721-2210.

Remod. Like New: 4/2/2266sf $128K list p. 15% down $975mo. All credit types ok. 551-8191

$99 Special Lg 1 & 2Bd close to SNU. Covered parking. $345-$445mo 470-3535 Furnished/Unfurnished. Bills Paid » Wkly/Mnthly. Wes Chase Apts Elk Horn Apts, Hillcrest, 370-1077 1 & 2 Beds, $515-615, No App Fee Up/downstairs, near 23rd & Mac Arthur. No Sec8/smkng 370-0278 Putnam Heights Plaza 2bed, newly remodeled, ch/a, 1830 NW 39th 524-5907 800 N Meridian - 1bd All bills paid Brand New 2bd 2ba 946-9506 MAYFAIR Great loc! 1&2 bd W/D hdwd flr quiet secure ¡ 947-5665

Bank owned 3bed brick/frame 2 bath 3liv. 2025sf. $49,900 Arlene Realty Experts 414-8753

Beautiful 4bd 2ba executive home on corner lot, Westmoore Schls, 2liv, 2car, fp, new carpet, fresh paint, master bath has Jacuzzi & shower $179.9k Fidelity 410-4200 OWNER FINANCING $2000 down 326 SW 43, 2/1, $51,000 6304 S Phillips, 4/2, $49,000 No Credit Check ‘ 596-4599 ‘

with minimum 5 years experience in new construction. Must have clean driving record and be able to pass drug test. 405-440-1700.

Moore Schools 4/2/3car pass thru gar. Blt 2008 SS appls Xtra. Strg $162K Realty Experts 414-8753

QC INSPECTOR

Rent to Own: Nice 2 & 3bed MWC $350 & up 390-9777

$200 off move in. 1 bed loft, 2 bed, 2 bed townhouse, 631-4017.

Remodeled 3bd, 2ba, 2car, FP, 3104 Orlando, $975 mo, 830-3399 New Home 2000sf, 3bd, 2ba Rockwell & 122 ¡$1650¡285-6312 723 NW 25th, 5 bd/2 ba, CH&A, $1,100/mo, $600dep ¡ 831-0825

Spacious 2bed home on corner lot. CH&A, fresh paint, clean fenced. $550mo $300dep Fidelity Real Estate 410-4200

Lg 3 bd, 2 ba, $595 mo, $300 dep; Lg 2 bed, $495 mo, $300 dep; 631-8039. 2 bed, 1 bath, 1 car, ch&a $500mo + $400dep SE 2bd 1bath $450 mo$400 dep. 405-631-8220 3 bed, 1 ba, 1 car, 3045 SW 39th St, $625 rent, $500 dep, 692-7459

Rent to Own: Nice 2 & 3bed MWC $350 & up 390-9777

» $99 Special » Machine shop needs Inspector. Must have minimum 5 years experience. Prefer someone with CMM experience. Apply at 535 SE 82nd St between 1-4 PM.

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Owner carry with down. Nice homes & fixers. 417-2176. www.homesofokcinc.com

$99 Special Lg 1 & 2Bd close to SNU. Covered parking. $345-$445mo 470-3535 SECTION 8 DUPLEX 1218 n Purdue, 3bdrm, $725 plus utilities, $450 deposit, 694-3634

VERY, VERY QUIET

Gated Belle Isle Terrace I BUY & SELL HOUSES 27 YRS EXP 650-7667 HOMESOFOKCINC.COM

WILLIAMSBURG 7301 NW 23rd 787-1620

$200 Off 7000' of residential/commercial space in Perry, OK, Virtual tour at www.warrenranch.com Warren Realty 580-336-4400

7 Acres & updated 5bd 4ba 7000sf 2 liv, 2 dining, 3 fp, built 2005. 3800sf attached garage, huge workshop. Minutes from Norman $485,000 Realty Experts 414-8753 1N to 10A E of OKC, pay out dn. 100's choices, many M/H ready TERMS Milburn o/a 275-1695 www.paulmilburnacreages.com Call for Maps! See why we sell more acreages than anyone in Okla. E of OKC. o/a 275-1695

TRUSTEE AUCTION Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, @ 2p.m. 516 E. Cleveland, Guthrie, OK. Historical two story Iconic Home. Over 2,400 sq.ft. Ideal for B&B or Stately Home. Needs Renovation. Details: www.berryauctions.com Tom D. Berry, Auctioneer 1-405-372-2466

GREAT Office Space. Various NW locations, 300-6000sf 946-2516

1st Mo Rent Selected units 2 & 3 bed Townhouses Washer/Dryers, Fireplaces, P.C. Schools

PARKLANE

$99 Special 1 & 2 BD & Townhouses •City bus route/Shopping •Washer/Dryer hookups

Valencia Apts 2221 N. Meridian 946-6548

1 Month Free Large 2bd $595 Casady 751-8088

Bed Queen Pillow Top Mattress Set, Still in original plastic!! $150 405-205-1849 Bedroom suite $300, dining room table with 6 chairs & hutch $400. Good condition. 376-2917

New Luxury Duplex 13516 Brandon Pl 3/2/2, fp, Deer Creek Schls, near Mercy 842-7300

M1 Carbine Inland, WWII issue. A real part of history. $895 405-685-6868

Bills Paid

Ruger Mini 14 NIB black syn stock blued barrel w/2 mags (5rd&20rd) $1,300. 719-964-2020

Furnished/Unfurnished Weekly/Monthly 370-1077

(200+/-) AR-15's, AK's, Hi-Cap mags, Glocks, ammo, www.branchauction.com Washer, Freezer, Dryer, Frig, $100 each, Can Deliver, 820-8727

3 Bdrm, 1 Bath with large fenced yard. Stove, Refrig, laundry room. $525 mo. Call 596-8410

3 bed, 1.5 bath, 2 car, FP, wet bar, fenced yard, 10116 Isaac Dr, $695 + dep, 412-7014. 3 bed, 1 bath, 1 car, ch&a, gas stove, fenced yard, 1120 Hazelwood Lane, $595 + dep, 412-7014. 2 & 3 BED HOUSES & MHs » » » 733-8688 » » » 2 & 3 bed $650+$550dep, no Sec 8 W/D hkup, dishwasher. 740-8419

721-5455

8100 N. MacArthur Blvd

FIREWOOD: $75/rick, delivered & stacked. 405-431-0265

AR-15 Bushmaster AR-15 never shot. With 30 round mag, 20 round mag, hardcase ,sling, 250 rounds of ammo $2,000. OBO 630-8497 eve

Newly Remodeled Townhome 2720 SW74th 2bed, 1.5ba, $495 & dep No pets or S8. (405)702-5004

$200 off 1st Mo Rent Selected Units Large Townhomes & Apartments • Washer, Dryers, pools • PC Schools, fireplaces

SEASONED OAK $90/rk Fast Delivery & Stacked 405-314-5415 405-239-0721

Nice hutch w/dishes $175; Table & 6 chrs w/table pad $200; Nice Baker's rack $175. 789-6334

Apartments • Large 2Bd 2Ba with Fireplace • We Pay Heat, Hot Water • Covered Parking • Free Laundry • No Section 8 848-4339 or 659-2788 anytime

WOODS UNLIMITED 2132 S PORTLAND ¡ 996-6352 1 Week Special 12/29 - 1/4 ! $50/rick Picked up. $75/rick Deliv. visa/mc Full orders of Pinion avail

Natural wicker desk with glass cover & wicker chair, $100. 722-6317 leave message

Large 1 & 2 beds. Stove, refrig, 3 SW OKC Locations $345 to 420 mo 632-9849 Furnished/Unfurnished. Bills Paid » Wkly/Mnthly. Wes Chase Apts Elk Horn Apts, Hillcrest, 370-1077

Near mall, schls, hosp Try Plaza East 341-4813

Free Rent 'til February. 1 & 2 bed. Spring Tree Apts. 405-737-8172.

STOCK UP & SAVE 7 RK-Unsplit Wood $300 Del 6 RK-Split Wood $425 Del 3 RK-Split Wood $220 Del 1 RK-Split Wood $85 Delivered & Stacked. Pick Up $60. (405) 641-4856

2621 NE 19th 2/1/1 $600mo $400 dep sec 8 ok. 324-2611

PCN, 5904 NW 83, 3bd 2ba 2ca new remodeling, new carpet $975, dep $600 831-8577 For Lease, 3/2.5/2, PC Schls, 4904 N. Brunson, $1,200/mo. 405-245-6464 1600 sf 3/2/2, ch&a, beautiful lot, trees, new roof, new tile, appl's, on culdesac, $895 mo, 550-5128.

¡ Laminate Flooring 2100 sf, 25 yr warranty, 95¢/sf ¡ Prefinished oak, Hardwood, 2400 sf, 30 year warranty $2/sf ¡¡ 405-632-0499 ¡¡ Solid Brazilian Cherry• Hardwood Flooring • (2600sf) Beautiful, never used $2.50/sf • 632-0499 Sheet Metal, 3'x10', $16, Mon-Sat (405)390-2077/659-3054

FIREWOOD Seasoned wood for sale. Oak $70, pecan $80 per rick picked up. Delivery available for extra charge pending location. $30-$40. 405-620-7356

‘ BOB WHITE QUAIL ‘ Flight Condition, $4.50 ‘‘ 405-816-5561 ‘‘ WE BUY GUNS Mustang Pawn & Gun Over 1,000 New/Used Guns Tue-Sat 9-6 376-GUNS BOB WHITE QUAIL $4.00ea Coffey Brothers 405-293-2933 FN Herstal SCAR 16S 556 NIB $4,000. 580-492-4327 OK’s largest selection of used Golf cars ¡ 800-276-0571 Conceal Carry Class $40 Total ¡¡¡ Call 405-818-7904 ¡¡¡

(2) OU WOMENS Basketball remaining season, Donor lower level seats, Sec LW5, Row6. Face value $300 total » 329-8820 Cotton Bowl Tickets Cotton Bowl Tickets for Sale Both Sides Available Best Offer Bob 214-728-3002 2 COTTON BOWL TICKETS Sec 323, Row 2, Seat 17 & 18 $180each 405-843-0266/778-5700

5x8, 5x10, 6x12, w/gates; like new 16 foot tandem; $650-$1350 Cash. 405-670-1850

Corgi Puppies POP 2m $300 for collard $200regular 580-450-1100 DACHSHUND 2m HOUSBRK DAPPLE, CREAM $150 313-8152 DACHSHUND AKC, LH, M&F, 7wk, S/W, creme/wht, $300 ea. 405-769-2317 808-9107

Small square wheat straw bales, $3 and up, 405-550-9177.

Sunshine Cleaning Svc, ins/bond clean/organize793-1630/625-3930 German Shepherd AKC Pups & Adults, Champion Heidelberg's, $1200 ¡ 918-261-4729 GOLDENDOODLES WHITE AND BLACK SPOTTED 11 WEEKS TOP BLOODLINES. $250. dmcgowen@brightok.net

POMS, ACA, 8wks, S/W, chipped 2F, 1M, Orange Parti, $200-$400 CASH. 790-1293 http:sunshinepomeranians.com

Todd's Concrete, tear out, replace driveways, patio, stamp & color, lic/bond/ins, free est. 603-6563. Tearouts/Repours, Drives, Patios, Bonded, Lic, Free Est, 794-8505.

Doberman Pinscher puppies AKC, Reds &Fawn champ bldlines 7wks S/W $400-$500. 405-426-5959

Kitty Wranglers Cat Rescue, beautiful cats/kittens, spyd/neut, shots, $35 (2 for $60) 826-9376

English Bulldog AKC M, 13 wks old, white & fawn, shts/vet chk'd blairenglishbulldogs.com $1000 ’’’ 580-471-2402

Pretty kittens, already neutered w/shots $25 354-3189 326-3600

(40) 3-5 yr Angus cow/calf pairs, 1 brand, 1 raising, some bred back to Angus bulls, 405-642-6156. 15 bred cows, 4 cow/calf pairs, $1150 each; 2 black bulls $1500 each; 405-273-1664.

Akita Puppies, AKC Reg., DOB 10/10/12, Champion bloodline, 1M $500, 3F $600ea. 405-612-8602 or 405-207-9112 AUSSIE-MINI Ready to go Jan 2. 3 Red Tri F and 1 Blue Merle M. 1st shots, vet checked, and wormed. Parents are 14" tall. Good indoor or outdoor dogs. $500 (580) 334-1122 ltschultz@pldi.net

Australian Shepherds, AKC registered, excellent bloodlines, 8 weeks old on 12/28, 1 red merle female, 1 red tri male, can email pictures, $450, 580-765-7621. Belgium Malinios Puppies Born Nov 3, ready to go Jan 3, Father is Reg mother is not. First shots and worming. Serious inquiries only please. Will only go to good homes Call text or email $500. Lynn 405-207-8672 reddee@ymail.com Blue Heeler, M, 1yr, works cattle, house broken $150. 580-656-2431 Cavalier Male Puppy ACA, shots $350. 580-239-1843 CHIHUAHUA 6WKS VET CHECKED FIRST SHOTS $100-200 405-414-0837 Chihuahua Cuties, 8 wks EXTRA TINY TEACUPS $250 Cash ¡ 405-434-1851 Chihuahua Pups, chocolate, fawn, M/F, $150. 405-761-8423 No Text carmen1234@aol.com

Red Fox Construction, All Types Concrete. Insured. 405-757-8959

GOLDEN RET. AKC, 6wks 1F 3M POP $350 H guar 570-5768 no txt GOLDEN RETRIEVERS, AKC, M $650 & F $750. Just in time for Christmas! 580-606-0799 Great Dane: Chocolate Recessive AKC Fawn M 3yrs old $600; Harlequin M 3yrs old $450. (405) 387-4971 or 740-6001 Great Dane Puppies Reg. 4F, 2M $650.00 405-409-2826

German Shepherds, AKC, Female puppies, litter ready now also 8month female $1800-$3500 windridgek9.com ¡ 580-450-0232 German Shep Pups, AKC, 6 wks, blk/slv, blk/tan, $350, s/w, POP, protect/family, 405-802-4571 Rottweiler AKC puppies, 5 wks, 2F 1M $425 & $500, tails/dew claws/POP, 405-210-6341.

Havanese, AKC, black, blk & wht, M & F, $200-$250. 580-583-2696 Jack Russell Pups, 2F, 3M, s/dc, blk & wht, $300ea. 940-256-0926 Morkies, 6wks, s/w, Adorable, $250-$300 ’’’ 361-5317

Tearouts/Repours, Drives, Patios, Bonded, Lic, Free Est, 794-8505.

Rottweiler Puppies AKC reg 7wks German bloodline, POP, wormed & 1st shots, declawed & tails, 4F 4M $500cash. 918-623-6136

Rose Electric LLC Service Calls #87915 ‘¡‘¡‘ 405-703-4556

ROTTWEILER, AKC, 9 weeks, Sire 140 lbs, High quality pups! $800 ¡ 405-434-9998

English Bulldogs & Olde English M/F, 7wks, $1,200. 580-471-0625 www.colormebulldog.co English Bulldog pups, AKC, 7 weeks, 2F, 1M, s/w, home raised, fat & wrinkly, perfect puppies, $1250, 405-401-0501. ENGLISH BULLDOG, AKC 1M, 1F, s/w, rare flashy colors, $1,500 ea. 405-285-2825 or 405-513-2326 English Mastiffs AKC Reg, males and females available. Brindles and fawns. Taking deposits, ready for Christmas. $650.00 (580) 277-2139 or (918) 327-2691 English Mastiff Puppies AKC 3m/1f s/w POP Groppetti Bloodlines! Ready 1/3! $1000$1200 405-388-1303 ENGLISH SETTER PUPPIES WHELPED NOV 7 (6 WKS). 7 F/5 M. TRI COLOR & LEMON WHITE. VERY BIRDY! $200 405-406-2404 French Bulldogs AKC reg, parents on premises. Ready at christmas.Taking deposits. Brindles and tri-color, both males and females available. $1000.00 (580) 277-2139 or (918)327-2691 French Bulldog Pups, Show Quality $1,100. 580-263-0379

Steel Carports, Patio Covers 2car carport $1695 799-4026/694-6109

SCHNAUZER mini, reg., dark s/p, male, $350. 580-641-2624

Buying oil & gas properties, any status, pay top $$, 405-740-9000

Doberman near State Fair Park, recently gave birth, can't keep need to find owner. 942-0437 White dog w/black face & blk spots, apprx 45lbs nr SW 119th & Western, no collar, 625-7173 Blk female Mini Dachshund, near MWC high school. 405-314-5749 Male Shih Tzu, found near Villa & Agnew, on SW 35th. 588-2005

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