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Ollie Gordon II charged with criminal misdemeanor
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Editor’s note: This story will continue to be updated.
Ollie Gordon II has been charged with a criminal misdemeanor.
This comes after Gordon, OSU’s star running back, was arrested June 30 on suspicion of DUI. A police officer pulled Gordon over for speeding and swerving between lanes, then arrested him when Gordon confirmed he had two open bottles of liquor in his car. The running back refused to submit to a field sobriety test twice, and was arrested for DUI Under 21 Years of Age, Transport Open Container of Alcohol, Fail to Maintain Single Line of Traffic and Speeding 16-20 mph.
In a case filed Monday, Gordon will be heard in Judge Nathaniel Hales’ courtroom in Cleveland County. No further details are available at this time.
A criminal misdemeanor carries the possibility of a $500 fine, a year in jail or both, according to tulsacriminalattorney.pro.
In a statement Monday afternoon, Gordon issued a public apology via social media apologizing for his actions.
“I am deeply sorry for the actions that led to my arrest on June 30th,” the post read. “I sincerely apologize to my family, everyone in our program, including players, coach (Mike) Gundy, the staff, Oklahoma State University and our fans. Regardless of the outcome of this pending investigation, I did not uphold the values I have for myself and the values of the OSU football program. I am committed to learning and growing from this mistake and I will work to earn back the trust of those who I have disappointed.”
Dr. Fala is also a certified flight instructor and teaches at the OSU Flight Center each semester.
CEAT researcher focuses on changing flight instructors’ lives (and schedules)
You wake up at 5:45 a.m. to get to work right at 6:30. You jot down notes and start your first meeting at 7 a.m. You finish the meeting by 9, and by 9:30, you’re writing more notes before heading into another meeting at 10. You get a lunch break and repeat this process 2-3 more times until you can finally go home by 9 p.m.
This can be a typical day for a certified flight instructor. Except notes are pre-flights, and
meetings are flights, or lessons, with students. By the next day, you may just have one flight due to bad weather. Then, that weather could last the remainder of the week and you don’t fly the rest of the time — only meeting half or less of your hours. Dr. Nicoletta Fala, an Oklahoma State University College of Engineering Architecture and Technology Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering assistant professor, is conducting research to address how having such an irregular and demanding schedule could cause fatigue and burnout
among flight instructors nationwide, resulting in safety and quality of training to be negatively impacted.
Fala, a flight instructor herself, knows about fatigue on the job all too well. When she was a flight training student, she had an instructor fall asleep in the middle of a flight.
“I was doing my instrument training, and I was flying with foggles on, which means I cannot see outside,” Fala said. “I can only see my instruments; the instructor is supposed to keep an eye out for other aircraft and obstacles. We were flying
for about 15 minutes, and he wasn’t saying anything. Air traffic control had asked me something, and I asked for his opinion before replying and received no response. I then looked over and realized he was asleep.” Fortunately, she was able to wake the instructor and land the plane safely.
When given the opportunity to work on this research, she jumped on it.
“When this opportunity came up, I said, ‘Yes,
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Our Daily Bread introduces new program at Mobile Market
this is a partnership.”
The Mobile Market hosted by Our Daily Bread returned to Yale on July 3 with fresh produce, groceries and an update to its alternative grocery program.
Every first Wednesday of the month, the Mobile Market, an extension of the nonprofit Our Daily Bread in Stillwater, reaches Yale. All of the resources brought in are available for any Payne County resident at no cost.
Morgan Andrews, Mobile Market coordinator and OSU graduate, said she has grown closer with the Yale community and volunteers upon each visit.
“We don’t bring volunteers, everyone who volunteers is mostly from Yale United Methodist Church,” Andrews said.
“Partnering with people they know makes us seem less like outsiders;
The needs of the community are important to Andrews. With the temperatures in the high 90’s, Andrews and her staff decided to move the market inside the church for safety reasons. The groceries were set up across a table with multiple options for the community to choose from.
Fresh produce grown by OSU students was one of the most popular options. Cucumbers, onions, squash, corn, beans and tomatoes were among the fresh produce options for this particular market.
“Our produce availability is dependent on the season and how much we have available,” Andrews said. “It’s kind of the last place it ends up because it goes out on the shopping floor in Stillwater, and when there’s extra, they let me take it for the markets.”
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Ollie Gordon II was charged with a criminal misdemeanor Monday after being arrested on June 30.
Raynee Howell Morgan Andrews (left) and a volunteer pack food for the Mobile Market, an extension of Stillwater’s Our Daily Bread.
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Flight Instructor James Windham explains the controls in a Cirrus SR-20L and how they work.
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because that’s happened to me,’” Fala said.
“If it has happened to me, it probably has happened to other people, too.”
Fala and her team have conducted focus groups in multiple states. Through these focus groups, the team aims to study the feelings of fatigue and burnout and find ways to reduce them through potential incen-
tive strategies or work reorganization.
“One of the things that keeps coming up is pay,” Fala said. “They just don’t make enough money. Which results in people falling asleep in the plane while instructing because they can’t make the decision to cancel their flight because if they cancel, they can’t make rent.”
To combat this, Fala’s team is considering different options, such as switching from hourly pay to salary pay, or having two different structures where student instructors are part time
and can only have two students, and full-time instructors can only take six or seven students.
Another suggestion is having the number of students be based on the instructor’s performance, which would be based on student evaluations.
Another recommendation is changing the culture and having more fun.
“The instructors start out highly motivated and they want to be good instructors and do the best they can, and then they end up just trying to get out of here,” Fala said.
“Most flight instructors
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are in a strange situation where they are working on developing new pilots while also building up their own experience; they tend to work as many hours as they can to build the required experience to get to their full-time job.
“We want to change the culture to where they continue to be motivated. Allow them to do fun flights without students, because when you’re instructing, you’re not getting to touch the controls much. We want them to be able to fly on their own and remember that they like what they’re doing.”
Instructors see the benefits of the study and what it could mean for the future.
“Being a flight instructor is not like a normal job where you go 9-5,” said James Windham, CFI at the OSU Flight Center and an OSU alumnus. “It may be 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., and then 1 to 5, and 7-9 p.m.
Finding a way to make our days a little more balanced would be great, especially when it comes to pay. There are some weeks we make all of our hours, and then the next, we get zero because of bad weather.
“It’s really cool to see someone doing research on how our lives are affected by being flight instructors. Doing this research to make us all better, safer pilots can only be a good thing.” Fala said when instructors are rested, they can provide better quality training.
“It will improve not only their own lives but also their students’ lives,” she said. “Our findings will impact flight students and instructors everywhere.”
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The dynasty that never was Reliving the tail end of OSU’s decade of dominance
In this four-part series, The O’Colly will revisit the 1981-87 Oklahoma State baseball teams, which have one of the most dominant stretches in college baseball history.
The Cowboys’ seven consecutive College World Series appearances mark the longest stretch in the sport’s history, but they never came away with a national championship.
Gary Ward knew his 1985 team was national championship-caliber.
Seldom does a roster, which made the College World Series the previous season like Oklahoma State had, return so much production offensively and on the mound and not have national championship aspirations. And given that Ward’s Cowboys active four-year streak of making it to college baseball’s promise land, moral victories for an appearance were no longer tolerated.
“It was national championship or bust from that point on; it felt like, to be honest with you,” Ward said. “By that time, we had endured so much success and already established ourselves so deeply in the sport that we expected to win one. And when you make it four years in a row, well, you know you’re due.”
The more Ward watched his team scrimmage in fall 1984, the more it fortified his confidence in his team.
He didn’t foresee an imminent record-breaking season from Pete Incaviglia. He didn’t think outfielder Doug Dascenzo, one of OSU’s top defensive pieces, would surge into one of college baseball’s premier prospects. He didn’t know pitcher Rob Walton would develop into a perennial arm. What he did know, however, was the surplus of returning production he had. With that, he and pitching coach Tom Holliday knew the Cowboys had another Omaha-type lineup with them. And potentially better.
“It was the best feeling I had about a ballclub going to Omaha,” he said.
“We knew we belonged. We felt like we belonged. 1981 was a Cinderella run. 1982 was a ‘Coach your ass off’ moment. 1983 was a solidifier. But 1984, realistically, we felt like (we had it). When you go to the College World Series, you’ve got to beat at least two or three Major League-caliber arms on the mound. And you’ve got to have a couple of those on your roster yourself. We made the most of it. So, we knew we had that (in 1985). We knew we could do a lot with that ballclub.”
The Cowboys opened the 1985 season in a three-game series at South Florida. The Bulls took two of three from OSU, but Ward and Co. saw enough potential within the team to withhold sentiments of faith held in the fall.
Gauging the silver lining in a loss, much less a series loss, can be rather complex at times. But Ward made his worth doing so. It had been a commonality throughout his OSU tenure, and that opening weekend in South Florida was no different.
The pitching staff, despite the series loss, had logged enough scoreless frames to make the combined 29 combined runs surrendered appear fixable. And with Holli-
day’s aid, the productivity on the mound gradually improved.
The Cowboys cruised through the regular season, finishing 51-13-1 and another Big 8 season title. And as diehard OSU fans know, Incaviglia etched his name into the college baseball record books, hitting 48 home runs through 75 games – a total unmatched to this day.
That success carried into the conference tournament, where OSU dominated the field, going 3-0 and clinching a Big 8 tournament championship. And again, in regionals.
But again, the Cowboys stumbled in Omaha.
The bats stalled at inopportune moments, outside of a 16-11 slugfest win against South Carolina in OSU’s second game.
Pitching woes resurfaced in losses to Mississippi State and Miami.
A 1-2 trip to the 1985 College World Series sent what Ward had hoped to be the team to break the Omaha skid packing and off to another dreaded bus ride back to Stillwater.
On the bright side, however, OSU’s College World Series appearance streak had reached five. And prospects, such as Incaviglia, relish the opportunity to appear three consecutive years in their
collegiate careers to this day.
“The things that stick out (to me when reflecting on my playing career at OSU) is that we went to Omaha three years in a row,” Incaviglia said. “I know we all wanted to bring a championship home, and that didn’t happen, but getting to the world series three years in a row and having an opportunity to win a championship.”
But with a premature exit came another opportunity.
“You just go back home and look forward to the opportunity to develop next year’s ballclub for another trip to Omaha,” Ward said. “It was a pretty good feeling.”
And little did Ward know, he had a prized recruit lurking in the shadows of Santa Marcia, California. One who, too, would cement his name as a college baseball legend.
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Ward watched a freshman, Robin Ventura, take batting practice at old Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. It was fall 1985. A little over four months separated the present and Opening Day.
Bomb after bomb. Sweet-spot sound after sweet-spot sound. The
clink sound off Ventura’s aluminum bat sounded natural enough to indicate that he was “hitting baseballs like he was entering his third season of college baseball.”
“I looked over at Tom (Holliday) right in that moment and said, ‘We’ve got ourselves a star.’” Ward said. “(Ventura) looked like a natural. It was natural for him.”
As the fall progressed, the hidden legend of Ventura mounted. By Opening Day 1986, in a three-game series at Rice, he was a star in OSU’s clubhouse. Soon, he would take college baseball by storm.
“Watching that dude grow into what he ended up being from afar was special,” said former OSU first baseman Jim Traber. “That’s what he was – a dude. Someone you took seriously the moment you watched him play for the first time.”
Ventura’s stellar freshman campaign, highlighted by a .469 batting average and 21 home runs, guided the Cowboys offense over the season’s course. Once fellow freshman Monty Farris caught fire offensively, OSU’s offense was dominant.
“Those two were an unstoppable tandem,” Holliday said. “It was remarkable to watch.”
OSU finished with a 46-12 record. Shortly after, another Big 8 Tournament championship. Then a sixth straight trip to the College World Series.
But again, OSU’s pitching woes resurfaced in Omaha.
A loss to Miami put OSU in the consolation bracket one game in. Wins against Indiana State and Loyola Marymount followed. However, a 6-5 loss to Florida State ended OSU’s season.
“We just didn’t quite pitch well enough to be a favorite to win the whole thing,” Ward said. “By that time, we were known as an offensive ballclub and that can only get you so far.
“But going into that offseason, I vividly remember the level of confidence we had heading into 1988.” And with good reason.
On Opening Day 1987, Ward glanced at the Stillwater skyline from home plate at Reynolds Stadium.
A euphoric feeling flowed through his mind as he trotted toward the home dugout to coach his team. But this one felt different. Separate from past season openers, at least.
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
Photo courtesy Tulsa World Archive, graphic courtesy Hayes Fawcett
In “The dynasty that never was,” OSU baseball beat writer Daniel Allen revisits the 1981-87 Oklahoma State baseball teams.
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Another aspect of the market is the alternative grocery program. The program helps families receive enough food to last an entire month, as the regular shopping floor is only meant to be supplemental. The latest Yale market became a trial run for an update to the program. Originally, those who called in an order through the program would arrive and receive their prepackaged groceries in a cardboard box. If choosing to participate in the program, the community member would not have
the opportunity to choose between grocery options. Now, the alternative grocery program is more personalized to individuals and families.
“We’ve had a few guests fill out questionnaires and rank their preferences on vegetables, fruits, beans and different things and then we pack their boxes according to their preferences,” Andrews said. “So like we don’t always have corn, but we then would know their next option would be green beans, and we can kind of pack them more intentionally.”
A TRIUMPHED END!
“For I am already being poured out as a drink offering , and the time of my departure Is at hand. I have fought a good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day, and not to me only but to all who have loved His appearing.”. (2 Tim.4:6-8 NKJ)
Here is a man who has lived a life in serving the Lord Jesus and others. He is in a prison cell, expecting his execution at any time. According to history, Paul was beheaded at Rome.
In his last words to a young man and minister, Timothy; Paul was looking ahead to greater and lasting judgement that would come from Christ himself. A
well done to a good and faithful servant. We all can take encouragement from his life of service to the Lord and his vision of something much better that awaited him.
As Jesus neared the end of his life. He prayed:to God “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which you have given me to do. And now, O Father, glorify me...with the glory which I had with you before the world was.”
(Jn.17:4-5 NKJ)
Brother and Sister in Christ: Let us set our goal for a triumphed ending by finishing the work God has called us to do. If it be large or small to our eyes; no matter!
Let’s be faithful to that calling and receive a greatly blessed entery into the eternal presence of God. Remember, this life is not the end. It is only a short beginning that will last for eternity.
At the market, the Our Daily Bread staff had to work even harder to sort through the pre-packaged boxes to match them to the correct community member, but to the staff,
it’s worth it to make the experience one of a kind for each person. The program is also available at Our Daily Bread in Stillwater, but the update has not yet been made. Implementing the personalized option at the markets will allow the staff to adapt to the upgrade before implementing it in Stillwater, where a larger number of people go to receive groceries.
“It’s a lot of work on the back end, but we’re gonna get it perfected at the markets, because there’s less people and it’s easier, and then we want to develop it at our Stillwater pantry,” Andrews said.
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Our Daily Bread brings food to Yale on the first Wednesday of every month through the Mobile Market. The program helps families receive enough food for a month.
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Biden reassures Democratic colleagues in letter
Kennedy Thomason Editor-in-Chief
President Joe Biden cast out any doubts he will bow out of the November election Monday.
In a letter to the Democratic members of Congress, Biden said he is “firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump.”
After a poor performance in the first presidential debate of the season June 27, doubts of Biden’s fitness for another four years in office were cast. With lingering pauses and stuttering broadcast to the nation, Biden had a slow start, but finished on a stronger note.
In the days since, his administration has blamed his performance on a cold and travel that took place days before the debate.
Many lawmakers, including Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, have called for Biden to make more public, unscripted appearances to reassure voters.
In his letter, Biden said he believes he is the best candidate to defeat political rival former President Donald Trump. He also said Democrats have already spoken in support of him, and the party should stick with the voters’ choice.
“I received over 14 million votes, 87% of the votes cast across the en-
away, Biden called for the Democratic party to unite.
“Any weakening of resolve or lack of clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts
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President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. After a poor debate performance June 27, Biden reassured his party in a letter Monday to Democratic members of Congress.
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has chosen its next football Ring of Honor inductee. Former OSU de
fensive lineman Leslie O’Neal will be inducted into the Cowboy football Ring of Honor this coming season, the university announced in a press release Monday morning. The ceremony will take place during halftime of the Cowboys’ Week 2 home contest against Arkansas on Sept. 7.
O’Neal was a twotime All-American at OSU and the Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year in 1984. He garnered All-Big 8 honors during each of his final three seasons in Stillwater. His stellar collegiate career earned him induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2020, making him one of eight former OSU players to earn such honors.
O’Neal was a firstround selection by the San Diego Chargers in the 1986 NFL Draft, playing 14 seasons until his retirement in 1999, which also featured stints with the St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs. O’Neal was a six-time Pro Bowler, logging 136 career sacks, which ranks among the top 15 players in NFL history.
Chemistry’s Pitre awarded NSF CAREER award
visible light irradiation.
Dr. Spencer Pitre, an Oklahoma State University Department of Chemistry professor, was awarded a $679,955 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to fund research on the development of cobalt catalysts that generate radicals from non-traditional precursors using
“Carbon radicals have become an indispensable tool for the construction of complex organic compounds,” Pitre said. “However, most organic molecules must be preactivated to be effective as radical precursors, adding undesired synthetic steps and creating additional byproducts and chemical waste.
“Inspired by Vitamin B12 and its natural reactivity, we are leveraging analogous cobalt com-
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plexes to generate carbon radicals from new classes of precursors, avoiding the need for preactivated substrates. These methods rely on visible light photochemistry to mediate radical formation, an emerging synthetic strategy that enables mild reaction conditions.”
The NSF funds will also allow the department to establish an annual undergraduate photochemistry workshop.
“These workshops give students that have
limited access to research opportunities from across Oklahoma the chance to learn about photochemistry and its impact on the development of new chemistries,” Pitre said.
Pitre, who mentors several graduate and undergraduate students, said that receiving awards enhances the educational opportunities available to students.
“It means a great deal to be selected for such a prestigious award,” Pitre said. “I’m extremely
grateful to be able to receive funding from NSF to help support the wonderful group of students that are part of my lab so that we can continue to pursue our research goals.”
Department head Dr. Chris Fennell echoed Pitre’s emphasis on student opportunities provided by NSF funding.
“Creating new knowledge is possibly the highest level of learning, and we want all students to have these experiences
during the course of their degrees,” Fennell said. “Accolades like these validate the rich research environment that we are trying to build. The creative work that students will perform here at OSU under these projects has the potential to positively change both that student’s life experience and the lives of others.”
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Dr. Spencer Pitre, an Oklahoma State University Department of Chemistry professor, was awarded a $679,955 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
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Wednesday, July 10
Kids’ Night @ 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar
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Live Trivia Night @ 7 - 9 p.m.
Location: Iron Monk Brewing Company
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Louie’s Bingo Night @ 8 p.m.
Location: Louie’s Grill & Bar
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Wednesday Bingo Night @ 9:30 a.m.
Location: The Union Beverage Co.
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Singo Wednesdays @ 7 - 9:30 p.m.
Location: Em Curators of Craft
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Open Mic Night 2024 Competition @ 7 - 9 p.m.
Location: Bad Brad’s Bar-B-Q
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Stillwater Summer Farmers Market @ 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Team Trivia Live @ 10 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Location: College Bar
An Artful Decade: Celebrating 10 Years @ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: OSU Museum of Art
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Wednesday Weaving @ 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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SASA Tennis Lesson (Session 3) @ 11-17 yrs old
9:30 to 10:15 AM & 5-9 Yrs old 10:30 -11:15 AM
Admission: $75 for each session
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Andy Squyres Live Show & BBQ Dinner @ 6 - 9 p.m.
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Campfire Stories with Jeff Provine @ 2 p.m.
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Admission: Free but you must register
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Cowboy Christmas Boot Ornaments Workshop @ 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: Prairie Arts Center
Admission: $40
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Daily Horoscope
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Today’s Birthday (07/10/24). Imagine perfection and plan for it this year. Faithful investigation reveals the full story. A professional challenge reorients summer plans, before autumn investigations reveal a prize. Tackle winter domestic repairs and upgrades, before solving a rewarding puzzle next spring. Choose paths fulfilling long-term possibilities.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Practice wellness and fitness routines. Abandon unhealthy habits and practices. Take extra time for yourself. Physical action energizes you. Rest and eat well.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Treat your heart with kindness and respect. Be gentle with yourself and others. Share appreciation for past kindness. Recognize admiration, respect and goodness.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Adapt to domestic changes. Avoid automatic reactions and emotional outbursts. Keep your focus on what’s possible. Imagine beyond current messes. Encourage positive action.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Good news comes from far away. Find encouragement for your creative ideas. Optimism motivates positive results. Keep your objectives in mind. Edit and clarify. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Cut nonessential spending. Track cash flow to keep it positive. Simplify and budget for priorities. Stash your treasures. Your holdings are gaining in value.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Let go of limiting stories about yourself. Why listen to that? Get out of your head. Pay attention to someone who loves you.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Listen to your heart. Envision and make plans for a future that inspires you. Consider what makes your spirit happy. Schedule more of that.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Wait for developments before taking group actions. Adapt to unexpected circumstances. Focus on clarifying team communications and forging strong bonds. Share resources and talents.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — A rise in status is possible. Consider the possibilities. Lay plans and outline actions. Wait for better conditions to launch. Make professional preparations.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Travels, adventures and academic explorations take wing. Hidden truths get revealed. Plan your route in detail and launch later. Pack as lightly as possible.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Changes necessitate budget revisions. Financial plans give you a sense of what’s probable and possible. Insights arise from reviewing the numbers. Persuade your partner. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Begin a new partnership phase. Clean up an old mess. Keep agreements. Brainstorm and collaborate. Take a creative tack. Make future plans together.
