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Norman’s paw-sitive renovation “Our staff hopes the new facility will not be known as an animal shelter; we really want to focus on being more pleasing and open to the public of Norman.”

MANDY JAMES, NORMAN ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER STAFF MEMBER

A kitten plays in a cage at the Norman Animal Welfare Center located on 3428 Jenkins Ave.

Norman Animal Welfare Center finishes expansion CHANDLER KIDD @ChanAnnKidd

Cramped cages for dogs and cats are now part of the past for the new and improved Norman Animal Welfare Center. The center’s modifications have created a homier feel and extra play

room for its furry guests.

The new space is 15,000 square feet. It includes isolation rooms, surgery rooms and a drive-thru garage where people can drop off their animals. The isolation rooms are for pets who are infected with ringworms or any other type of illness.

“The idea of modernizing kennels came to the staff ’s attention when we realized how uncomfortable certain animals were. We were at full

capacity and really needed larger kennels,” said Mandy James, a staff member at the Norman Animal Welfare Center.

The project’s cost was estimated at $3 million in order to improve the animals’ quality of living while they are housed at the center.

The new renovations were approved in 2011 and now allow 75 dogs and 55 cats the ability to be housed in the facility. More space means

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fewer animals have to be euthanized.

“Our staff hopes the new facility will not be known as an animal shelter; we really want to focus on being more pleasing and open to the public of Norman,” James said.

The cats have a sunbathing solarium dedicated to a frequent volunteer named Sara who was killed in 2013. “ We e x p e c t S a r a’s Solarium to bring a positive

attraction not only for our cats but also our beloved Animal Welfare volunteers around the Norman community,” James said.

The Animal Welfare Staff encourages all families who are wanting to add a fuzzy new member to their family to be aware of basic veterinary needs and other possible medical treatments when adopting a pet.

Animals can be adopted for free on certain days or for

a small fee of $60. The staff is there to help and assist you to find the perfect animal for your home. Animals of all ages are available for adoption. For more information on how to adopt an animal or how to volunteer, call 405-292-9736 or visit their website.

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Sooner football player arrested Jordan Thomas arrested after alleged complaints SPENSER DAVIS @Davis_Spenser

Oklahoma cornerback Jordan Thomas was arrested early Thursday morning due to alleged complaints o f p u b l i c i nt ox i cat i o n ,

interference, and assault and battery.

The arrest was first reported by SoonerScoop.com.

Thomas — along with former Texas Tech baseball player and fellow OU student Andrew Santacroce — were involved in an altercation at Logie’s on Campus C o r n e r e a r l y T hu r s d ay morning.

According to the

police report, witnesses say Santacroce was asked to leave the bar after assaulting another patron earlier in the evening. He then returned and began assaulting staff members with the assistance of Thomas, according to a police statement.

Thomas then fled the area and was found “hanging from a fence” by police in the 700 block of Debarr Avenue.

Santacroce is not expected to be on OU’s baseball roster for the 2016–17 season, per an OU spokesman.

Thomas has been formally charged with public intoxication and interference.

A third charge for assault and battery won’t be filed until next week at the earliest, according to Norman Police Department Lt. Brent Barbour.

This isn’t Thomas’ first run-in with the law during his time in Norman. He was arrested in December of 2015 for failing to pay a traffic ticket.

He also missed the first quarter of Oklahoma’s season opener against Akron and the entire game against Tulsa for a violation of team rules.

Thomas started 11 games

for the Sooners in 2015 and picked off five passes. He is expected to be a big part of the Oklahoma secondary in 2016, especially after the departure of three-year starter Zack Sanchez.

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Cornerback Jordan Thomas laughs on the sidelines after the defense caused a turnover at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Saturday, November 7, 2015. Thomas was arrested for public intoxication and assault and battery early Thursday morning.

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THANK YOU,

WHAT’S NEXT FOR

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KEVIN DURANT First off, I want to say thank you.

Thank you for everything you did.

Thank you for showing this state that it could care about sports for more than 13 Saturdays a year.

Thank you for building a franchise and a culture we can be proud of.

Thank you for reading to our children, repairing our cities and inspiring us all.

I attended the Thunder’s coming-out party. It was Game 6 of the 2010 Western Conference quarter-finals against the Lakers.

I walked into the Ford Center that day a Lakers fan — mesmerized by Kobe, Shaq and others from an early age — but I left a Thunder fan.

OKC’s season ended that day on a Pau Gasol tip-in just before the buzzer. The Lakers would go on to win another title, but it wouldn’t be the last they heard from Oklahoma City.

Over the next six years — eight in total — Kevin Durant did everything for this state.

He was the most unifying, most beloved presence in our state for nearly a decade — and it’s not close.

It occurs to me that I’m now older than Durant was when he and Russell Westbrook took the Lakers to the brink in 2009. We watched Russell and Durant grow up together.

And what a privilege it was.

It’s impossible for me to be angry at Kevin Durant. He helped build this city from the ground up. He gave it an identity.

He did much more for this state than this state ever did for him. But the hurt that I witnessed on Twitter on Monday

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Kevin Durant decided to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, and like it or not, the Thunder will now have to move on from No. 35.

For eight years, Durant has been synonymous w ith Thunder basketball, but now it’s Russell Westbrook’s turn to lead the charge.

The Thunder finds itself in a precarious situation, though. Should the team hold on and try to make the most of a bad situation, or is it time to tear things down and take on the rebuild? Ultimately, over the course of the next three months, that will be the decision the general manager, Sam Presti, and his staff face.

To s o m e e x t e n t , Westbrook will help them make that decision. With the lightning-quick guard eligible for free agenc y after the 2017 season, the Thunder will look to ext e n d We stb ro o k b e f o re the season begins. A quick deal could signal that the Thunder intends to compete and ride it out with Westbrook as the new face of the franchise.

In that scenario, there are certainly options for Oklahoma City to field a competitive roster heading into next season. Despite Durant’s absence, there is still a considerable amount of talent on the Thunder r o s t e r. S t e v e n A d a m s showed flashes of something truly special in the

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— from praising him one day to berating him the next — is just that: hurt.

It hurts to know we needed KD more than KD needed us.

But it’s the truth.

And now he’s pursuing something different: the opportunity to be the icing on the cake of a near-finished product. Who can blame him?

NBA fans and pundits have made it so that legacies are only defined by rings. He could have stayed in OKC his whole career and have a statue in front of the ‘Peake, sure. He might have even won one or two if the tides ever changed.

But now he can chase something bigger : a dynasty. Once upon a time, it looked like the dynasty would be OKC’s. A reprehensible trade and a pair of ill-timed injuries later, Oklahoma City’s championship window is now closed — maybe permanently.

But that’s not the fault of Durant. He’s no coward. He’s no traitor. He gave everything to Oklahoma City for eight years.

So thank you, Kevin Durant.

Thank you for the memories. The highs, the lows, all of it.

We’re all better for it.

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2016 postseason, recently acquired Victor Oladipo is a former top-three draft pick, and Enes Kanter provides a tremendous skill set off the Thunder bench.

Perhaps Oklahoma City looks to Denver to try and fill the hole that now lies at a small forward: a package involving a Thunder firstround pick, big man Mitch McGary, as well as sharpshooter Anthony Morrow, might be enough to kick the wheels on a Wilson Chandler trade.

Oklahoma City wouldn’t be a title contender, assuming nothing crazy happens during the season, but it would certainly still figure to be involved in the playoff picture.

H o w e v e r, w h a t i f Westbrook refuses to sign an extension? While that in and of itself isn’t an indicator that he would leave in 2017, it would force the Thunder brass to make another Harden-like decision, fearing losing another star for nothing. Quite honestly, agreeing to an extension now makes no financial sense for Westbrook.

With another cap spike set to hit the NBA after next season, there is more incentive to wait and sign a deal in that new financial climate. In effect, that’s the same reason Durant signed on for just one guaranteed season with the Warriors.

If Westbrook won’t commit to the franchise long term, the Thunder will reportedly look to trade its

point guard and start over.

However, most front offices would balk at the idea of trading the kitchen sink — what OKC would command for Westbrook — for a one-year rental, unless there was absolute certainty that Westbrook would sign a long-term deal with his new team.

The Thunder would undoubtedly look to move Westbrook somewhere he would want to stay in order to convince his new team to surrender meaningful assets for him. A place like Los Angeles or New York would be likely trade partners for the Thunder just because of their large market appeal. Presti could also look to the Clippers to try and bring home a former Oklahoma star in Blake Griffin, a move that could reinvigorate the fan base.

Given Presti’s track record of flipping players, it would not be a surprise to see either a contract extension or a trade before the 2016–17 season begins in October. After all, the Thunder dealt James Harden to the Rockets the day before its season began after contract talks broke down.

The Thunder now finds itself in a place it more than likely didn’t expect to be in.

Its actions over the course of the next three months could be just as surprising as the events that occurred on Independence Day.

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Norman aids future US citizens

Citizenship course offered at Norman Public Library BRIAN CREEKMORE @creekmorebrian

St a r t i n g Ju l y 1 1 , t h e Norman Public Librar y Central will host an eightweek series of free citizenship classes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday nights.

The classes are conducted by the Cleveland County Literacy Office and will go eight weeks in order to take participants through the entire process of becoming a United States Citizen.

Jane Douglass, the coordinator of the class, says a woman named Elizabeth Trejo, who has taught it before, will teach the course.

According to a press releas e from the Pione er Library System, the citizenship class has a strong goal of helping people obtain their U.S. citizenship by providing them with the tools they will need to succeed.

The class provides helpful information on the citizenship interview test as well as the daunting application paperwork that each applicant must fill out.

“The first hour and part of the class will take the participant through filling out the application, which is 18 pages long and can be intimidating,” Douglass said.

During the classes, the instructor will guide students through special study guides that offer step-by-step explanations. These are provided to the library through a grant from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries with funds from the Library Services and Technology Act.

“The grant has been a citizenship initiative for us and the last week of class we even have a lawyer come in and answer any questions they have,” Douglass said.

“So far everyone that has went through our class has been successful in getting their citizenship.”

The success of the grant and the citizenship class comes at great pleasure to Rebecca Barker, who wrote the grant when she was inspired by an article while browsing online.

“I was reading the Institute of Museum and Library Services blog, and they just formed a partnership with USCIS, and they were making the library a community learning center that would help in the citizenship process,” Barker, who works in the Oklahoma Literary Resource Office in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, said. “The initial grant was for the development of services between libraries and literacy programs to make the library friendlier and to assist immigrants who are seeking citizenship.”

Participants in the class can attend the full eight weeks from July 11 through August 29 or attend as few as they desire. Registration is still open. To register, call the literacy service office at 405-701-2682. To find out more about the classes or any of the library services for adult literacy go online to their website.

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The Oklahoma-Brexit takeaway Kathryn Lynn

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Even until the last moment, investors around the world didn’t believe that the Britons would choose to leave the European Union.

The decision, viewed as incomprehensible by economists and politicians, seemed the rational choice to the older generation. “ The countr y coming up behind them is not the one they grew up in,” Keith

Gaddie, professor and chair of the department of political science at the University of Oklahoma, said.

However, the professor wasn’t talking about British voters. At least, not only of British voters. He was talking about how both the United States and the United Kingdom are seeing a rise in movements that promote a more unified, simplified and monochromatic identity.

The Brexit vote was ostensibly about economic and legislative sovereignty and a rejection of a higher authority over British trade and law. This is something that historically conservative states like Oklahoma understand.

They advocate for states’ rights and oppose powerful federal governments making decisions for them, such as who can and cannot get married, how women access healthcare, and how the state should allow people to vote.

The campaign for Britain to leave the EU was effective, it seems, leaning heavily on the issue of immigration as a primary reason.

Ni g e l Fa ra g e, h e a d of the Vote L eave campaign and leader of the UK Independence Party, released powerful anti-immigration advertisements and insinuated that allowing immigration would both harm the country economically

and put British women at risk of sexual assault.

Followers of Donald Trump might recognize the rhetoric. “ They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists,” the Republican presidential candidate said once during a rally, referring to Hispanic immigrants in the U.S. Gaddie points out it has always been this way.

“If it wasn’t the Irish in the 19th centur y or the Freedmen in the 19th century, it was the immigrants,” Gaddie said. “It’s always been very convenient to scapegoat a group that’s not you. If they happen to eat different food, look different, sound different, have a

different way of worshipping God, it makes it that much easier ... That’s what nationalism does. Nationalism gets together with populism, it creates a demon, uses it as the source of blame for whatever your economic or cultural woes are and tries to mobilize you usually to the benefit of moneyed economic interest.

“Older people, people over the age of 45, are more likely to vote for these populist, nationalist movements. They are socialized differently. The other thing is they are more heavily Anglo-white. The state of Oklahoma, one in two people under the age of 25 who is a citizen in the state is not

white,” Gaddie said.

“Young America is more diverse than old America, but they are also less likely to vote,” Gaddie said.

This generational gap exists in the UK as well, and it could explain the referendum results.

Will the U.S. follow suit in the nationalist, populist movement that convinced Britons their best interest was better served by prioritizing anti-immigration and protectionism over the benefits of unity and access to the single market? Will America choose to build a wall and discard NAFTA? The world will have to wait until November to find out.