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Good ride, Cowboy, good ride The Oklahoma State University community comes together to mourn the loss and celebrate the life of mega-booster T. Boone Pickens, who died at 91.

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The greatest Cowboy legacy: the life of T. Boone Pickens k ay l a d un n an d ryan Novozinsky @ ocolly

Donating nearly $652 million to the success and betterment of Oklahoma State, T. Boone Pickens ranks high on the list of Cowboy greats, if not the highest.

“The greatest Cowboy of them all has taken his last ride,” OSU athletic director Mike Holder said. “It will never be the same again.”

Pickens had been battling back from a series of strokes and further head injuries sustained as a result of a fall in 2017, but he died of natural causes on Sept.

11, 2019 while surrounded by his friends and family, according to his spokesman Jay Rosser.

“Mr. Pickens is a big part of our success, and we’re thankful for the lasting impact he’s had on Oklahoma State,” Mike Gundy said.

“He’ll be missed, but his legacy will live on for a long time to come.”

From becoming a billionaire after his 1951 graduation from OSU’s Geology program to the construction of Boone Pickens Stadium, Pickens gave OSU a name and a place on the map.

He approached his alma mater the same way he approached business: to generate success, one must be willing to invest time, money and energy to be competitive. And that he did.

In 2006, he donated $165 million to the athletic program alone, the largest single donation in NCAA history, according to ESPN. His contribution funded a total renovation of the athletic facilities and led to the unveiling of Boone Pickens Stadium in 2009.

Since then, OSU’s football program has had six 10-ormore-win seasons.

But his contributions aren’t limited to athletics, with nearly half of his overall donations going to academics. Like football stadium, OSU’s geology

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department bears the name Boone Pickens.

After being the first child born via Caesarean section in Holdenville, Pickens continued to be a man of firsts.

He became the first person in his Great Depression-era family to make a million dollars — then a billion.

From small Holdenville to the top of the oil industry, Pickens had humble beginnings.

The “Oracle of Oil” knew the value of hard work from a young age. When Pickens was 12 years old, he started delivering newspapers. As with most things Pickens did in his life, he delivered newspapers in an unconventional and successful way. “(The newspaper route) was a big part of my life,” Pickens said in an interview in 2016. “I started there, smallest route in town, 28 papers, and I built up to 154 papers.”

At just 12 years old, Pickens became the largest newspaper carrier in town.

“I always had money after

that,” Pickens said.

Pickens’ success in the oil field didn’t come out of nowhere. His father was involved in oil, and his mother was in charge of rationing gasoline and various goods during World War II. With his parents heavily involved in oil and the oil boom ending in Oklahoma, Pickens and his family moved to Amarillo, Texas, in the 1930s.

Pickens decided to remain in-state for college when he enrolled at Texas A&M University on a basketball scholarship. After losing his scholarship sophomore year, he transferred to Oklahoma A&M (before its 1957 name change to Oklahoma State University).

In an edition of Texas A&M’s 12th Man Magazine, Texas A&M cited its decision to not renew Pickens’ scholarship as one of the top 10 mistakes in Aggie history.

Pickens went on to become an incredibly successful oil tycoon, changing the

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energy industry and shaping American access to foreign markets.

In 1997, he expanded his financial reach and started an investment firm, BP Capital.

BP Capital was one of the pioneers in energy-focused hedge funds.

In 2007, 10 years after the conception of BP Capital, Pickens had a net worth of more than $2.7 billion.

Pickens also invested in renewable wind energy before his retirement in 2018.

In his time, he was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, named one of the “Greatest Living Business Minds” by Forbes, and inducted into the Oklahoma (as well as Texas) Hall of Fame. Pickens’ legacy stretches far past the city limits of Stillwater.

Since the announcement of his death, numerous athletes, businesspeople and friends have reached out on social media honoring Pickens’ legacy as an integral part of the Cowboy family.

Stadium’s Brett McMurphy announced on Wednesday that OSU’s football team will honor Pickens with a helmet decal for the remainder of the season.

“We could never thank him enough for all that he did for our university,” Holder said. “He gave us everything he had, and all that he asked in return was that we play by the rules and dream big. He was living proof that anything is possible if you’re wearing orange. ‘Great ride Cowboy, great ride!’”

Pickens’ childhood home, which will be his final resting place, was recently transported from Holdenville to Karsten Creek in Stillwater.

OSU announced that it will have a “Celebration of Life” ceremony in his honor at the historic Gallagher-Iba Arena to commemorate his legacy. A legacy that, according to Holder and others, is the greatest Cowboy legacy of all time.

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Column: Pickens’ donations helped elevate OSU to unimaginable heights j e r e my ko lok staff reporter @ Je r emyKo lok

T. Boone Pickens was larger than life in a lot of ways.

His fortune was monstrous, his personality was bold and the stadium bearing his name is a behemoth of a structure that towers over the rest of Oklahoma State University and the little town of Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Pickens, who died Wednesday at the age of 91, famously donated $165 million to OSU athletics in January 2006, which is the largest single donation in NCAA history, and forever attached his name to the program. Pickens gained his fortune by working his way up in the oil and gas industries and became world-renowned for his investment ventures and political involvement.

In Stillwater, Pickens is beloved like a rockstar.

He graduated from OSU (then Oklahoma A&M) in 1951 with a degree in Geology, and he’ll forever be celebrated in the OSU community as one of the most influential Cowboys of all time and one of the most famous and generous individual donors in the history of college athletics.

To Oklahoma State fans, the quiet struggle for power and credit between Pickens and football coach Mike Gundy was no secret.

With the success

that Pickens’ donations brought forth, which opened doors for OSU athletics that at once seemed unimaginable, it also brought with it higher expectations. Tensions fluctuated between OSU’s top donor and football coach over the years as Pickens expressed his irritation with Gundy entertaining job offers from elsewhere around the country. Pickens also criticized Gundy on multiple occasions for his poor record against in-state rival Oklahoma.

The two stayed out of communication for a number of years, with OSU Athletic Director Mike Holder playing the middle ground and keeping the program on pace until he forced a reconciliation between the two.

“The OSU people deserve for us to get along,” Gundy said in 2015.

Pickens showcased his support for Gundy and his excitement for the future of the program following OSU’s 62-52 defeat at the hands of the Sooners in 2017, and expressed his continued commitment to Gundy and his excitement for the program in his annual preseason letter to Oklahoma State fans just two weeks ago, declaring that he’s “in it to win it,” and that the “window is closing for me.”

Pickens and Gundy are both known for having strong personalities and liking to do things their

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Boone Pickens is hugged by OSU president Burns Hargis as OSU head football coach Mike Gundy looks on during a dedication ceremony for Boone Pickens Stadium.

way.

In many ways, their success stories can be paralleled.

Gundy rose up the collegiate coaching ranks before eventually landing a gig as the head coach at his alma mater, with a strong endorsement for his hiring from Mr. Pickens, before eventually leading the program to new heights. Gundy is a celebrity in Stillwater, and he demands and rightfully receives a tremendous amount of credit for OSU’s success.

Pickens grew up in a poor Great Depressionera family and relentlessly worked his way up to eventually becoming a millionaire, and later a billionaire. In his final

letter to OSU fans, he estimated that he donated $652 million in total to the university, both in athletics and academics, and funded renovations within the athletic department that boosted OSU to new heights. He, too, demanded and rightfully receives a tremendous amount of credit for OSU’s success.

Their personalities and opinions might’ve clashed, but Pickens and Gundy were the architects for what can be seen today on the landscape of OSU athletics.

Gundy will receive direct credit for his success, as that’s how coaching in the sports world works.

You receive credit for winning, and if you do

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so at your alma mater, you’ll probably spend an entire career there. He’ll go down as the greatest coach in school history with a win percentage that’ll blow his predecessors out of the water.

Pickens, though, had just as much to do with laying the groundwork for OSU’s success as Gundy did, but he won’t have his name attached to any 10-win seasons or bowl trophies.

Since Pickens’ initial donation prior to the 2003 season, OSU has posted a record of 13968, and 119-52 since his second hefty donation in 2006. Prior to Pickens’ initial donation, the Cowboys held an all-time record of 422-447-41.

Before his donation, OSU had only notched three double-digit win seasons in school history.

Since, the Cowboys have reached a double digit win total six times.

In 2011, the Cowboys posted their best season in school history and secured the program’s first Big 12 title. Pickens, who was 83 at the time, celebrated with the team in the locker room following the win and said the moment felt better for him than any big money deal he’s ever closed on.

A sculpture of Pickens will eventually stand in front of the west entrance to his stadium and his remains will be laid to rest at his childhood home, which was recently moved to OSU’s Karsten Creek golf club.

Though he tried put a number on it ($652 million), Pickens’ donations to OSU are immeasurable. They can be quantified into numbers, but the impact his kindness has had, not only on the athletic department, but on the university as a whole, will live on forever.

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Twitter reacts to T. Boone Pickens’ death

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Boone Pickens’ death: what they’re saying Burns hargis - oklahoma state university president “All of us in the Oklahoma State University family are deeply saddened by the passing of Boone Pickens. At the same time, we join in celebrating his incredible life. He was the ultimate Cowboy. It is impossible to calculate his full impact on Oklahoma State. His historic gifts to academics and athletics not only transformed the university, they inspired thousands of others to join in the transformation. OSU will not be the same without the legendary Boone Pickens, but his mark on our university will last forever.”

george w. bush - former u.S. president

“T. Boone Pickens became a household name across the country because he was bold, imaginative and daring. He was successful - and more importantly, he generously shared his success with institutions across Texas and Oklahoma. He loved the outdoors, his country, and his friends and family, and Laura and I send our condolences.”

jerry jones - dallas cowboys owner

“Boone was a personal friend, confidant of mine. He was inspirational and he was a man of sports. His love for competing, frankly, was unmatched.

People didn’t know that about him. He wanted to beat you shooting quail.

He had a lot of (Tony) Romo in him. He was a natural-born competitor.

So (many) of the things he accomplished were not about the dollar, but were about the competitiveness and the game that he was involved in. At a time where many people could think your best days are behind you, that’s when he was at his very best. He really should in my eyes be known as the ‘Fourth-quarter guy.’”

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Marching Out: Pickens requested marching band at celebration of life j e t t ur n er news Editor @ jboy_315

T. Boone Pickens always marched to the beat of his own drum and was not afraid step out of rhythm with the world around him.

As the Cowboy family mourns the loss of one of its greatest mega-boosters, Pickens’ wants his life celebrated similarly to how he lived: with the marching band.

Pickens made one thing clear in the lead up to his death: he doesn’t want to be mourned.

Instead, Pickens emphasized having a celebration of life, according to the Director of the Cowboy Marching Band, and ensured the

events after his death went the way he wanted by planning them a few years in advance.

“Mr. Pickens was getting old and his health was starting to decline a couple of years ago,” Douglas Henderson said. “So, some of his staff at B.P. Capital and himself and administrators from OSU got together and started planning a celebration of life for him that was going to take place. That included not only stuff here in Stillwater for the OSU community but also back in Dallas where some of his other connections are. So, the whole plan we came up with was early on in Dallas would be the first place he would have his memorial service, and then here we

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T. Boone Pickens sits with the Cowboy Marching Band during a game against Nebraska in 2006.

would have a celebration of life.”

Pickens specifically asked for the Cowboy Marching Band to be at his celebration of life, playing upbeat music and helping the crowd celebrate.

“We specifically asked if Mr. Pickens wanted the

marching band or a concert group that would play more sort of somber music,” Henderson said. “It was a very clear response that the marching band was what was wanted because it is not going to be a somber event, even though we are all sad and mourning his loss, he

wants it to be a celebration of what he contributed to the university.”

The Cowboy Marching Band will “more than likely” be playing tunes from their 2016 “Gospel Show,” bringing uplifting music to the event.

Music graduate student Brent Baldwin, who completed his undergraduate degree at OSU in 2010, said it was “remarkable” to see how the university was changing at the tail-end of T. Boone Pickens Stadium being complete.

“They were finishing up bowling in the stadium when I was a freshman here in 2006,” Baldwin said. “It was amazing to see all the suites going in and to see the stadium take shape because

really before the renovations it looked like a big high school football stadium, now it really is almost a Taj Mahal of football fields.”

Requesting the Cowboy Marching Band at his celebration of life just shows how highly members of the OSU community view the marching band, and it’s an honor the band members are not taking lightly.

“Honestly I’m really honored that he views us so highly that he would want us playing at his celebration of life,” said Garrett Brisco, Cowboy Marching Band band president. “His death is a shock to all of the cowboy nation and it’s going to be different without him, but he always lives in our hearts.”

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Cowboys look to keep up defensive pressure in Tulsa gran t ram ir ez staff reporter @ G r a n tR am ir ez _

The Oklahoma State defense isn’t where it wants to be.

Although it shut down McNeese State in OSU’s home opener Saturday, the Cowboy defense knows it needs to keep improving.

The Cowboys will have one more test before conference play as they hit the road for an in-state battle with Tulsa.

Defensive end Mike Scott was happy with how much more aggressively the team played in week two than in the season opener.

“There was a big difference,” Mike Scott said. “Coach (Knowles) wanted us to focus on knocking guys back, and we did that. Everybody got penetration, even the young guys.”

The Cowboys will have to continue to penetrate up front this week to limit TU’s ground attack.

The Golden Hurricanes were overmatched in their opening loss to Michigan State but rebounded resoundingly in the next game.

Against San Jose State, Tulsa gained 256 yards on the ground, putting up 34 points in a victory. Junior running back

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A group of Oklahoma State defenders take down McNeese running back Andrew Croker during the Oklahoma State vs. McNeese State football game on Saturday Sept. 7 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

Shamari Brooks led the way with 140 rushing yards.

Scott said Brooks’ running style reminds him of OSU freshman Deondrick Glass.

The biggest thing OSU wants to improve is its consistency on forcing turnovers. It produced two against McNeese State.

Especially with such a

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dynamic offensive attack, turnovers will almost guarantee points for the Cowboys.

“Everybody knows our offense can score,” Scott said. “We want to help the offense as much as we can. Every time we can get them the ball, it’s easier to get on the scoreboard.”

Alternatively, the defenders can just score the points themselves.

Junior cornerback AJ Green opened the game against McNeese with a pick six that set the tone for the rest of the game.

The secondary’s progress was encouraging. It had some problems against

Oregon State but was more assignment sound the next week.

As one of the most experienced players in the secondary, Green has taken on a leadership role. He makes sure the group is ready to go come game day. “(I’m getting better at) leading the back end,” Green said. “Communicating, making sure we’re all on the same page.

“First week, we just kind of got our feet wet.

Second week, we showed how dominant we could be.”

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Hargis says Pickens’ gifts ‘changed how we thought about ourselves’ h a llie hart co-editor-in-chief @ h a llieha rt

T. Boone Pickens was one of the first people who urged Burns Hargis to become Oklahoma State University’s president.

Hargis said he has a clear memory of the moment. At an intersection in Oklahoma City, Pickens casually offered the idea about Hargis’ future. Hargis didn’t give it serious consideration then, but like many of Pickens’ visions, it turned to reality.

As OSU’s president, Hargis sees how Pickens’ donations have changed the campus community. Pickens, a megabenefactor and energy tycoon who died Wednesday at 91, catalyzed a ripple effect with his colossal donations to his alma mater. Others followed with siz-

able contributions, but Pickens’ impact extended beyond the dollars pumped into university projects.

“I think the other important thing about his giving, though, was it changed how we thought about ourselves,” Hargis said.

“I just feel like it gave us a confidence that maybe we didn’t have (before).”

When Hargis took office in 2008, at least three years after his conversation with Pickens in Oklahoma City, straightforward advice from Pickens guided him.

“You need to be the best recruit we’ve ever had.”

Pickens not only expected success from others but also created it. As OSU celebrated his 80th birthday in May 2008, he donated $100 million to endow faculty chairs. Hargis said the

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OSU President Burns Hargis (right) embraces Pickens as Pickens heads to the podium for a speech.

state matched Pickens’ contribution dollar for dollar, and other alumni soon followed with gifts.

“He gave so much money, but it was really that he wanted to give to things that would transform the university,” Hargis said. “He wanted them to really matter.”

Despite outside perceptions that Pickens was somewhat

analogous to a king at OSU, Hargis said Pickens didn’t use his financial status to exert power over the campus. Hargis and Pickens didn’t always agree, and though Pickens wasn’t scared to speak his mind, he gave Hargis room to make the executive decisions about the university.

“I never saw him act like he was too good for somebody,”

Hargis said. “He was a kid from Holdenville, and he never forgot it.”

Hargis reflected on stories that illustrate Pickens’ sense of humor and quick wit. Pickens, who had hearing loss as he grew older, once jokingly told Hargis not to raise his voice during a phone conversation. When Hargis pointed out that Pickens couldn’t hear, Pickens responded with a snappy remark: “I can hear you. I just don’t know what you’re saying.”

“He always had a comeback,” Hargis said.

Hargis said he and Ann, his wife, enjoyed dinner with Pickens a month or two ago.

Hargis mentioned that Pickens was doing fairly well then, but his health had declined in the past few weeks.

When Pickens died, Hargis was on a flight across the Pacific Ocean. Hargis said he wished he could have made it back sooner, but he had been in China to visit OSU’s partner universities, carrying out the presidential job Pickens had identified for Hargis.

In Cowboy fashion, Pickens spurred others to give to OSU, whether they contribute through money, personal impact or both.

“He really has inspired a tremendous amount of support for the university,” Hargis said.

“So as I look around and I see new buildings, the condition of our campus and obviously the athletic facilities, it’s just a real testament to his loyal and true passion for OSU.”

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Cowboy receivers ready to head home to face Golden Hurricanes j oseph faz io Sports Editor @ Jo s ephD Fa z io

C.J. Moore used to spend his Friday nights at Union High School in Tulsa playing the game he loves.

Now, as a member of the Oklahoma State football team, Moore spends the majority of his time playing and practicing football in Stillwater, about 76 miles from his former high school.

For one time only, Moore will get another chance to compete in his hometown when the Cowboys face Tulsa on Saturday.

“I’m feeling really well,” Moore said. “I get to see

my boy Shamari, a running back over there, do his thing.”

Shamari Brooks is a junior running back for the Golden Hurricanes and one of Moore’s childhood friends. Brooks and Moore became friends in second grade while competing against each other on the gridiron.

Their relationship blossomed while they were teammates at Union, where it won the Oklahoma 6A state football championship in 2016. “(We were) butting heads every day, scrimmaging and just grew a close friendship as we got older,” Moore said.

Although they play on

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Oklahoma State wide receiver C.J. Moore scores a touchdown during the Oklahoma State vs. McNeese State football game on Sept. 7 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

the same side of the ball, the banter between Brooks and Moore will continue till the final whistle.

When the two were in high school, the two would trash talk about each other’s future college.

“When we were in high

school, we would always go at it,” Moore said. “We were on the same side, at the same time, if OSU was playing and TU was playing I would go ‘OSU is gonna win’ and ‘TU’s not gonna win.’”

Moore isn’t the only

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Cowboy making the trip back to his hometown.

Wide receivers Landon Wolf and Dillon Stoner both call Tulsa home.

While Stoner played at Jenks High School, the redshirt junior was no stranger to TU’s football stadium.

Stoner and Jenks won four consecutive Oklahoma 6A state football championships from 2012 to 2015.

Three of its titles were won on the Golden Hurricanes’ Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium.

“A lot of great memories in that stadium,” Stoner said. “I’m just excited to get back there and play in front of friends and family again.”

Although his East Central High School didn’t have the same success as Union or Jenks, Wolf said it’s going to be nice to play back home.

TU has an undergraduate enrollment of 3,296 students, the smallest in the FBS. OSU has over six times as many students.

Tulsa also serves as one of OSU’s biggest alumni base.

With the number of family members and OSU fans traveling to Tulsa on Saturday, for C.J. Moore, it’ll feel like a home game.

“My family’s coming down so hopefully my team and I can come out with this win,” Moore said.

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The Stillwater Public Library will create a safe escape where people can be whoever they want to be at the 2019 LexiCon Comic Con. Attendees of Lexicon have the option to dress as their favorite fictional characters while sharing their love of gaming, television and other areas of pop culture. The main event will take place Sept. 14 starting at 10 a.m. and will be spread across the Library, Prairie Arts Center and Stillwater Community Center.

Event coordinator Paula Long created Lexicon out of a summer reading program. Her goal was to make an accessible event that would fit with

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Letetia Duke (General Leia) and Eric Sautter (Knights of The Old Republic: Sith) pose for a portrait during Lexicon on August 25, 2018, at the Stillwater Community Center.

the library’s mission of connecting people with similar interests.

There is no short-

age of entertainment this year. In addition to the cosplay contest, a Japanese martial arts

demonstration, and OSU professor Shane Hoffman, the special world of Godzilla will be brought

to Stillwater.

Dr. William Tsutsui, Hendrix College president, is an expert on the monster and pop culture icon. With new movies coming out more than 60 years later, Godzilla has proven to be the king of monster movies.

“I think that’s one of the things he’s going to be talking about,” Long said. “Why Godzilla maintains this cultural interest and why people still get excited about this giant monster crunching up cities.”

Free admission allows large families to avoid high cost. Stillwater Medical Center will be present for heat related concerns. Currently, the OSU Museum of Art is building interests with its animation themed exhibit.

Despite Long’s at-

tempt to provide everything a Comic Con participant could want and need, there are still a few goals she hopes to achieve next year.

In an effort to keep the event free, coordinators have had to forgo more recognizable names and talents. She had researched booking two Power Rangers from the popular television show as guests, but without a committed sponsor there was no way to make that happen this year.

This year marks the fourth annual Lexicon, and its program coordinators are excited to see how the event continues to grow. For more information, call Stillwater Public Library at 405372-3633.

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she did. That’s what I want to be, that’s my big goal. I told my mom. I was so excited.

And she looked at me and told me I wasn’t smart enough. I didn’t really believe her, but it did make me think of different options of what I had to do. But I won’t ever forget that.

I won’t ever forget her not supporting what I wanted to do, or telling me that I wasn’t smart

enough. It felt bad at the time, but it didn’t affect me and how I was going to see my future or pursue my future. My mom made poor decisions, and I lived a poor life. I refuse to do that for myself, I refuse to make the same mistakes.

And starting with that is going to college and starting a good future.”

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Alyssa McNatt is a freshman math major.

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Cathy’s Management Service, 405‑372‑5532.

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1-Bed Studio $590 Rural Setting-Paved Roads Granite-Washer/Dryer 1523 W. McMurtry 3-Bed 1.5-Bath House $885 Wood Floors-Fenced Yard Garage-Lots of Trees 106 S. Grandview 4-Bed 1-Bath House $975 Wood Floors-Large Yard Close to Campus 1205 N. Ramsey 2-Bed Duplex $575 Upstairs w/Garage New Paint/Carpet 419 S. Oakdale AVAILABLE JANUARY 1st 1-Bed Apartment $425 Close to Campus All Elec-Short Term Lease 716 N. Husband

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Elderly senior needs to purchase an Inogen air pack at reasonable price.

Don, 405-332-4214.

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Honda of Stillwater 105 S. Perkins Road stillwaterhonda.com

Complete horse stabling facility: Indoor/Outdoor arena, round pen, pasture available.

RV parking available also.

Barrel series starting soon Jack 405-372-2291 Holly 405-614-9931

Business Squares 1-Bed Duplex $675 Rural Setting-New Unit Fenced Yard-Granite 1105 W. Cades Lane 2-Bed Apartment $460 Boomer Lake Area Walk In Closets-All Elec 2209 N. Monroe 2-Bed Apartment $500 Wood Floors-All Elec Close to Campus 1212 N. Knoblock

Formal Fantasy * Party/Semi-Formal * Pageant and Performance * Wedding 121 E 9th Ave, Downtown (405)780-7720 formalfantasy.com Alterations by appointment

2-Bed Apartment $575 Close to OSU-All Elec New Paint & Carpet 304 S. Jefferson

2-Bed Apartment $575 Large Layout-All Elec Close to Campus 308 N. Husband

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Today’s Birthday (09/13/19). Your family and home blossom and grow this year. Cultivate self-discipline and reliability for happiness and satisfaction. Winter brings new love, before your team confronts a challenge. Disruptive relocation or renovation next summer leads to a successful group collaboration. Surround yourself with beloved people.

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 a 6 -- Review priorities privately. Meditate on dreams past and future. Some concerns are well founded. This Pisces Full Moon illuminates a transition. Begin an introspective phase.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- This Full Moon illuminates social transitions. Patiently navigate a change.

Friends come and go with community and group projects.

Share appreciations, goodbyes and greetings.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Finish a project before beginning another professional phase. This Pisces Full Moon sparks a career shift. Focus toward current passions. Don’t reveal unfinished plans.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- An exploration changes. The Full Moon illuminates a shift in your educational direction. Experiment with concepts. Travel expands your view. Learn from a master.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- The stakes could seem high with this Full Moon. Shift directions with shared finances over the next few weeks. Work out the next phase together.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Reach a turning point with a partnership under the Full Moon. Compromise and collaborate for shared commitments. Adjust to a change in plans.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Begin a new physical health and fitness phase upon reaching a barrier or obstacle. Review and revamp skills and practices under this Full Moon.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Change directions with a romance, passion or creative endeavor under this Full Moon. Express your heart, imagination and artistry. Shift perspectives for a new view.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Make repairs. Renovate, remodel and tend your garden. Domestic changes require adaptation under the Full Moon. Begin a new home and family phase.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 7 -- A new two-week phase in communications, connection and intellectual discovery dawns with this Full Moon. Shift the direction of your research. Start a new chapter.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- A turning point arises around income and finances. You can find profitable opportunities over two weeks under the Full Moon. Generate positive cash flow.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 9 -- A challenge redirects you. This Full Moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Expand your boundaries. Turn toward an inspiring possibility.

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