A successful family business is one of the reasons our country is so great. The satisfaction of knowing you built something from the ground up with your family and it is thriving and creating jobs is quite the accomplishment. I grew up in a three-generation auction company. It was amazing to be a part of something that had a great deal of meaning and purpose with my family’s name on it.
In today’s video blog, we take a look at a family that has built an exporting empire in southern Oklahoma and now employs much of the community.
By Andy Barth
On the Horizon: Society Awards
Anyone that knows me knows that I have an interesting fascination with awards shows. I enjoy watching an obscene amount of television and I like to consider myself a movie buff, so naturally I find it especially fun to see all my favorite stars dressed in their best and in the same place.
Even though I have enjoyed watching awards shows for years, I’ve never considered the question of where the actual awards are produced. I was able to meet up with the founder and CEO of a company called Society Awards where they make prestigious entertainment awards, many of which I’m sure you’ve heard about.
In this video blog, we see why a company like Society Awards is finding a home in Oklahoma.
Kela Kelln
It is often said demographic’s is destiny, and I could not agree more. A new book by Robert Kaplan says we also need to look a geography when it comes to everything from international relations to a changing political landscape. In his book THE REVENGE OF GEOGRAPHY Kaplan attributes our country’s growing Latino population to nothing more than an artificial boundary line that has separated a people into the haves here in the U.S. and the have nots South of the border.
It is only in the last five years we have seen a slowing of what was the greatest immigration wave to ever roll though the U.S. Since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, Mexico’s economy is increasingly linked to ours. This has provided jobs in Mexico that slowed the march of people heading Northward for work.
A University of New Mexico professor predicts that by 2080 the Southwestern states of the U.S. will band together with the Northern state of Mexico to form “La Republica del Norte.” While I may disagree, I think the professor makes a good point. That part of our country has long been culturally similar and, with economic ties growing, it only makes sense that a blurring of nationalities will occur.
In this week’s video blog I travel into the heart of Texas to examine demographic trends that could be headed our way.
I grew up in a very productive agricultural area. Because of that we had a large population of migrant workers. My hometown is predominantly Hispanic as a result. Although this has been the norm for years, there is still a big language gap. Looking back, I wish I would have learned Spanish at a much younger age.
In today’s video blog, we take a look at a school that teaches its students both Spanish and English and the importance of diversity.
Andy Barth
July 2012 was a hot, hot month. The state had been drying up for a while, but emergencies were finally being declared. Check out the headlines that made Oklahoma history last year around Independence Day…
Oklahoma Hispanic population continues to grow
Concerns about State Capitol building and art displays mount
OKC Thunder and Scott Brooks come to a coaching contract agreement
Robin Leander Howard died four days after police used force to arrest him
Agritourism and Oklahoma vineyards work together for growth and development
Six athletes from the University of Oklahoma are London-bound for the Olympic games
Judge upholds Edmond man’s 15-year prison sentence for an Iraqi civilian killing
Higher education leaders worry about shrinking state funding
Oklahoma City district is set to launch a free online school this fall
An audit of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church reveals $110K missing
Mother is sentences for her part in fire that killed three children
Celebration of what would have been Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday are held across the state, nation and world
Shannon Miller reflects on her multi-medal Olympics 20 years ago
10,000 attend American Idol auditions in Oklahoma City
Gene Stipe dies at age 85
Drought worsens across the state; Fallin declares states of emergency
Olympics in full swing, Oklahoma City Thunder players enjoy playing time
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