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- ☀️ Weather Check: A bright start to Shop Small Saturday gave way to chilly, rainy temperatures for the evening. This week, look for sun for the first part of the week, and some rain in the last half of the week, with highs in the upper 50s, even as high as 61. Beginning to look a lot like Christmas?
- ? The Route 66 Christmas Chute continues to show strong attendance for year two, despite rainy temperatures. Last year, Archie Fain of Route 66 Vintage Market said the cold is usually good for business because it “drives people inside” to shop.
- ? The Oklahoma State Cowboys had their largest home-game comeback ever against BYU on Saturday, clinching a 40-34 win against the Wildcats in double-overtime and securing their spot in the Big 12 Championship game. They’ll play Texas in Arlington for the Big 12 trophy next.
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In a surprising twist, the City of Sapulpa announces they’ll be pushing their Dewey Streetscape redesign project—a big part of the 2020 GO Bond—off until next year, after being told by ODOT that they’ll have to let them submit the bids in order to get federal grand dollars to help fund the project.
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Post-Thanksgiving reflections
We’re in that time of year where it’s common for us to take the time to sit back and reflect on the year as it comes to a close, and start to dream about what the coming year could be like. I’m doing a lot of that myself right now.
It’s funny to me, how different things were this time last year, but how similar the feelings are.
For those who aren’t aware, this time last year, The Sapulpa Times agreed to merge our operations with the Sapulpa Herald and print a single newspaper. It was, in some ways, the realization of a dream I had for years about turning the Herald back into the world-class newspaper it had once been. I was looking forward to a year of new and exciting things, and believed that this was where the years of effort had led me. It was an exciting time, even as we were all unsure of what exactly was going to happen.
Unfortunately, this grand experiment lasted all of about eight months as I and the Herald parted ways in August when it became clear that we were not living up to each other’s expectations. The Times lost their print newspaper and its print subscribers, and in return, got to keep the content that we had written for duration of our time together. I’ve spent the last few months trying to find a way forward in the same way that we started in 2015 – as a digital news outlet for the town that we love.
As the year draws to a close, my sadness over the loss of the print Sapulpa Times newspaper is giving way to a hopeful excitement for the next year as we refocus our efforts and hone in on a new direction as a digital news outlet. Through our work with Sapulpa Schools and various city organizations, we’re drawing more eyes to Sapulpa than have cared to look in a long time, and much like this time last year, I’m looking forward to what’s coming in the new year. I hope you are, too! See you next weekend!
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