STILLWATER – Most Oklahoma ponds are green thanks to algae that forms on the water, but just like anything else, too much algae can be a bad thing. Algae is a normal occurrence in ponds unless it becomes too thick.
Director Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel “White Noise” has been selected to open the Venice International Film Festival in August, festival director Alberto Barbera said Monday.
DURANT – Southeastern football will be holding its first-ever women’s clinic on Friday, August 5. The tailgate experience begins at 4 p.m.
In less than two weeks time the 9th Annual United Way Valero BBQ Showdown will be returning to Ardmore Regional Park. The two-day event will kick off Friday, Aug. 5 with Cajun night from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and the showdown itself will take place Saturday, Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wristbands for each day of the event will cost $10 for adults and $5 for children 9 years old and under, with all funds going to the United Way of South Central Oklahoma.
Ardmore Beautification Council presented the Daffodil Award to First United Methodist Church in Ardmore. The Daffodil Award recognizes local businesses and organizations for their efforts to beautify the city.
DEAR ABBY: When my husband died two months ago, my identical twin helped me move in with her. She never married. I do all the chores -- clean six litter boxes, load and unload the dishwasher, etc. I don’t know how to operate her washer/dryer, as she has shown me only once. She doesn’t like the way I use my phone, set up files, nothing. She also drinks a lot, uses marijuana and is on a starvation diet. If I eat any carbohydrates at dinner, she accuses me of being a “glutton.”
Prime Video’s crew for “Thursday Night Football” is nearly set, less than two months before its first regular-season game. Kaylee Hartung has been hired by Amazon as the sideline reporter while Andrew Whitworth and Aqib Talib have signed on as contributors for pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.
NEW YORK (AP) — Painters — mostly male — have long been the subject of stage shows, like ones about Mark Rothko, Georges Seurat, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud and even a group of miners who painted in Newcastle, England. Next up is Frida Kahlo.
“Birds in the Ceiling” by John Moreland (Old Omens/Thirty Tigers) John Moreland has more questions than answers these days, and he’s OK with that. On his new album, “Birds in the Ceiling,” Moreland presses ahead in the gentle, thoughtful style that has distinguished the Oklahoma native from other Americana artists through six albums now.
Forage brassicas have been used in the U.S. for more than 100 years. The biggest factor affecting the popularity for brassicas as forages in the U.S. may be their suitability as cover crops as well. Many producers are attracted to the idea of improving their soil health while also feeding their livestock. This has led to an increase in brassica seed availability and new varieties. Brassica crops were developed by selective breeding and crossbreeding of a few species into many forms designed for different uses as forages, vegetables, oilseeds, and cover crops. In the U.S., turnips, rape, and kale are old standby forages. Newer additions to this group include swedes (rutabagas), forage collards, mustards, radishes, and a number of interspecies hybrids selected for various traits like the production of high levels of secondary compounds to combat soil pests in crop rotations as cover crops. However, if the primary reason for growing them is for grazing, be sure the variety purchased was developed for that purpose.