Wednesday, October 25, 2023
‘Oklahoma!’ to be performed at the Strand Theater Tribune Content Agency Oct. 24—The Gratiot County Players (GCP) will be putting on a
production of ‘Oklahoma!’ at the Strand Theater in Alma. ‘Oklahoma!’ is the first musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It follows Curly McLain, a cowboy, and farm girl Laurey as they slowly come to realize their
love for each other while Laurey also has to deal with the unwanted interest of farmhand Judd Fry. While this goes on, more romantic blunders occur between Curly and Laurey’s friends, Will Parker and Ado Annie, and the traveling peddler Ali Hakim.
Along the was, theater-goers are treated to such songs as ‘The Surrey with the Fringe on Top’ and ‘Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.’ Explaining the relationship between the two are songs like ‘Many a New Day’ and ‘People Will Say We’re In Love.’ See ‘Oklahoma!’ on 7
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over cutting of border razor wire fencing Tribune Content Agency AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued President Joe Biden’s administration Tuesday, accusing the federal government of illegally destroying state property for cutting and destroying razor wire fencing installed along the banks of the Rio Grande near the U.SMexico border. Paxton, who recently survived a historic impeachment trial, filed the lawsuit in the Western District of Texas and says that by cutting the razor wire the state has installed, Texas cannot effectively stop migrants from
entering the state illegally. The lawsuit was filed at the same time as a special session of the Texas Legislature where lawmakers are debating whether to pass multiple border security-related proposals. It also comes as Texas is fighting another federal lawsuit over a different border-related policy. “Texas has the sovereign right to construct border barriers to prevent the entry of illegal aliens,” Paxton said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. The Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and the Texas Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. See Fencing on 8
Philip Soliz Students organizations such as the OSU Ranch Horse Team and OSU Horseman’s Association hosted games and contests for all ages to play.
Cans and carnival
Harvest Carnival and Chili Cookoff brave rainy conditions Ashton Miller Staff Reporter
help support various charities throughout Stillwater. Members of almost every club and organization at OSU participate in the carnival or the Chili Cookoff. These organizations set up games for Every year, the annual kids of all ages to try, and even Harvest Carnival and Chili Cook Off unites OSU students if they don’t win, candy is still provided. and Stillwater residents of all Reagan Conrad, a senior ages. studying ag communication and According to OSU, homeanimal science, originally parcoming was originally part of ticipated in the chili cook off the Harvest Carnival in 1913, because she is service chair for then 7 years later, the Alumni her sorority, Sigma Alpha. For Association hosted the first official homecoming. Now, the Conrad, the chili cook off was the perfect opportunity to show Harvest Carnival is a unique opportunity for students to give off her family’s cooking skills. “I grew up eating chili, it back to the Stillwater commuwas a staple in my household,” nity. Conrad said. “My dad loves to To get into the festival, cook and he passed this chili participants need to bring recipe onto me. When I found one canned food donation out that, as the service chair my per person. These donations job for homecoming was to do
the chili cookoff, I was like ‘I know exactly what I’m going to make, I’m going to use dads recipe.’” Although the festival may seem like an easy way to start the homecoming week festivities, participants see it as something much deeper than that, for it’s one of the oldest traditions at OSU. “It’s just, you’ve noticed a ton of progressive change in terms of faculty and presidents and just how we do things here, but one thing that hasn’t changed is our love for homecoming,” Conrad said. “So, that’s just something that makes me happy to come here and see because I can imagine them doing this, you know, 30 years ago whenever my aunt was at Oklahoma State University.” See Carnival on 6
Tribune News Service Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on the Senate floor at the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Sept. 15, 2023.