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Fall is upon us

Fall Vegetable Gardening: Have you ever wondered why you get such good peppers right before everything freezes? With the arrival of cooler temperatures, pepper pollen will remain viable for longer periods. This enables more thorough floral fertilization and subsequently larger pepper pods.

Trevor Noah says he’s exiting as host of ‘The Daily Show’

NEW YORK (AP) — Trevor Noah says that he’s leaving “The Daily Show” as host, after seven years of a Trump and pandemic-filled tenure on the weeknight Comedy Central show. Noah surprised the studio audience during Thursday’s taping, dropping the news after discussing his “feeling of gratitude” that it was the seventh anniversary of when he took over for Jon Stewart.

OKC Zoo celebrates birth of four African lion cubs

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden’s animal family continues to grow with the recent birth of four African lion cubs! Following an approximately 100-day gestation, the OKC Zoo’s lioness, Dunia, 7, gave birth to her first litter of cubs, three females and a male, on Monday, September 26 at the Zoo’s Lion Overlook habitat. This is an incredibly significant event as it has been 15 years since the last litter of African lion cubs was born at the OKC Zoo.

BILLY KENT “BILL” BREWSTER

Former Congressman Billy (Bill) Kent Brewster passed away peacefully at his home in Marietta, Oklahoma on October 3, 2022, surrounded by his family and closest friends. He will lie in repose in the Oklahoma State Capitol on Thursday, October 6th from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., with a short program at 1:00 p.m. A visitation will follow from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Flanagan Watts Funeral Home in Marietta. A celebration of his life is scheduled at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7th at Crystal Rock Cathedral in Ardmore. Interment will follow in the Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta. Bill was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma on November 8, 1941, the son of Grady and Rachel Mayo Brewster. He graduated from Petrolia, Texas High School in 1959 and then attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University, earning his B.S. in Pharmacy in 1965. On July 27, 1963, Bill married Mary Sue “Suzie” Nelson and celebrated their 59th anniversary this summer. Bill and Suzie built Colleyville Drug in Colleyville, Texas, and he served as Chairman of the Grapevine-Colleyville Hospital Board; the Grapevine-Colleyville School Board. Bill and Suzie moved home to Marietta in 1977. They had three children. In 1990, on the day that Bill and Suzie announced his campaign for the U.S. Congress, two of their children, Kent (13) and Kecia (16) were tragically killed in a private plane crash along with two other family friends. Such an unimaginable tragedy could have destroyed the lives of other parents and spouses, but Bill and Suzie found the faith and strength to survive and continue their lives of service to others. On January 31st, buoyed by the support of yellow-shirted “Brewster Boosters,” they began their journey to win the third Congressional district seat in Congress. Bill served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1982 to 1990 and in the U.S. Congress from 1991 to 1997. One former colleague said, “Bill Brewster made more friends in a short period of time than any Member I have ever

Lt. Gov. speaks in Ardmore on economic impact of tourism

Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell was in Ardmore on Thursday to speak at his Travel and Tourism Summit at the Ardmore Convention Center. Pinnell addressed the gathered crowd of city leadership, business professionals and those within the tourism industry about the economic impact of tourism on the local and state economy.