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14 hrs ago | Tulsa World

room for more inns

Leisure Hospitality Inc. has put the finishing touches on a new, 99-room Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel near 91st Street and U.S. 169.

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21 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa

Bond Issues Top Number Of Eastern Oklahoma Election Ballots

Voters across eastern Oklahoma are heading to the polls today. In Jenks, voters will decide on a $5.2 million bond for street improvements.

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Mon Feb 08, 2010

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Symphony By the Sea In Jenks

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra partnered with the Oklahoma Aquarium Monday morning to present Symphony By the Sea.

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Sun Feb 07, 2010

Tulsa World

Water use at 140 homes tops million gallons

Despite last year's heavy rains, 140 single-family homes in the Tulsa area used more than a million gallons of water, a Tulsa World investigation found.

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Tulsa World

Jenks voters to decide on bond issues, sales-tax hike

Jenks voters will consider four propositions on Tuesday to fund streets, police facilities, fire equipment and sewer upgrades with both property and sales tax increases.

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Sat Feb 06, 2010

Tulsa World

River District plans scaled back in Jenks

The site of the River District, a planned development in Jenks that will offer a mix of office, retail and apartment space, is shown.

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Fri Feb 05, 2010

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Jenks Student Has Chance Of Winning Presidential Honor

Sheema Golbaba is one of 60 semi-finalists to become a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

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Thu Feb 04, 2010

Tulsa Beacon

Several area school elections, Jenks city vote set on Feb. 9

Voters in Tulsa , Jenks, Collinsville, Sperry and Union school districts plus the City of Jenks will go to the polls Feb.

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

Tulsa World

Voluntary furlough at schools in Jenks eyed

Jenks Public Schools wants district employees to take one voluntary furlough day in an effort to make up for severe shortfalls in state funding.

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Mon Feb 01, 2010

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Jenks Board Of Education Approves Furlough Days For All Employees

The furlough day was approved Monday and is voluntary. "Our state aid continues to go down, even though we're growing with more students, needing more textbooks and needing more staff," said Nancy McKay, Jenks Public School CFO.

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Sun Jan 31, 2010

Tulsa World

Jenks restaurant planned near aquarium, RiverWalk

JENKS Jim Blacketer has spent many hours looking south from the 96th Street Bridge and envisioning great business possibilities on the vacant riverside lot below.

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Sat Jan 30, 2010

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Snowfall Accumulation Forecast: 3 To 6 Inches Likely

Several moderate to heavy snow bands will continue to develop over central and northern Oklahoma Friday afternoon and evening, producing snowfall rates of 1 to 1.5 inches per hour.

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Thu Jan 28, 2010

KRMG-AM Tulsa

Neighboring Towns in Storm Ready Mode

The winter storm plans in place in smaller communities seem to mirror the operation outline for street crews in Tulsa.

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Tue Jan 26, 2010

Connecticut Post

Superintendents collectively earn $51.3M per year

The analysis published Monday in the Tulsa World newspaper shows the average superintendent in Oklahoma earns about $97,000 per year, including fringe benefits.

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Mon Jan 25, 2010

TulsaWorld.com - Consumer Awareness

Make your financial security plan for 2010

Dear Action Line: What financial advice do you have for those who failed to heed the writing on the wall in 2008 and assumed our debts could go on forever? I need to see it in writing before it will sink in.

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Sat Jan 23, 2010

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Downtown Jenks To Lose Water Supply Starting Sunday Night

The City of Jenks will shut down the water supply to the downtown area for about seven nights starting Sunday.

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Fri Jan 22, 2010

KOKI

Water To Be Shut-Off Nightly In Jenks

Beginning on Sunday, January 24thand continuing for approximately 7 consecutive nights through Saturday, January 30th, the water supply to downtown Jenks area will be shutdown.

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Thu Jan 21, 2010

Tulsa World

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Danny Cahill, season eight winner of "The Biggest Loser," speaks to a capacity crowd at the All Pro Dad's Day, a one-hour monthly breakfast where fathers and their children meet while enjoying free breakfast at Chick-fil-A in Owasso.

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Tue Jan 19, 2010

Tulsa World

Uneasy Steps

Paid school crossing guards would be wiped out under the Public Works Department's budget-reduction proposal.

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Sun Jan 17, 2010

TulsaWorld.com - State

Political Notebook: HD 68 candidate

Tulsa businessman Glen Mulready has joined the race for the state House seat being vacated by term-limited Speaker Chris Benge.

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