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    Pauls Valley McDonald's to hire more staff

    Monday, April 18, 2011

    Need a job? McDonald’s is hiring. 50,000 people to be exact. The fast food company is set to add 50,000 new employees across America beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19. Each restaurant will add an average of 4 new employees according to McDonalds’s USA CEO Jan Fields. That number could be be tripled in Pauls Valley though. [...]

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    Grilled Sweet Corn Salad

    Sunday, March 20, 2011

    The following recipe was prepared by @PaulFrankWang, and placed here for you to prepare and share. Grilled Sweet Corn Salad Ingredients: 12 whole ears of fresh sweet corn 3 cloves of fresh garlic 2 teaspoons of chipotle powder 1 large red bell pepper 1 large yellow (or orange) bell pepper 1 large red onion 1 large [...]

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    Natural Chocolate Chip Cookies

    Monday, February 14, 2011

    The following is a recipe from the kitchen of Nicci Waters (@nicciwd40) placed here for you to prepare, and share. Natural Chocolate Chip Cookies Makes two dozen cookies Ingredients: 2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened 3/4 cup of raw sugar 3/4 cup of brown sugar 2 whole eggs 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla 1 1/2 [...]

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    "Noodling" the film in post-production

    Tuesday, December 28, 2010

    “Noodling”, the USC thesis film written and directed by Rebecca Eskreis, is in post-production. Filmed entirely in Pauls Valley, Okla., the shoot for the project began on Aug. 2, 2010, and ended seven days later. According to Eskreis, “Noodling” is currently being edited and scored (music developed as part of the movie). “We’ve…started post production with our editor [...]

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    Norma’s means authentic mobile meals

    Thursday, April 22, 2010

    Ask Norma Lopez, of Norma’s Catering in Pauls Valley, Okla., why she continues to cook for her customers, and her response is heartfelt. “It makes me happy,” she said. Since 2004, Norma has parked her mobile kitchen adjacent businesses in the community, and served food inspired by her country of origin. Although she prepares a [...]

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oklahoma

Jan
26

Mexi-homa: The New Oklahoma

Introduction Nation State Community Today begins the series, Mexi-homa: The New Oklahoma, with an introduction of the four-part series focused on the presence of Mexican culture within America’s communities. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, roughly 10 percent of Mexico’s 107 million people now live within the United States. The influx of immigrants from Mexico [...]

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Jan
22

Pauls Valley to Arizona

Listed as the only Oklahoman on the Arizona Wildcats football roster, William Wright is among the most recent Pauls Valley (Okla.) student-athletes to advance to the collegiate level. Wright committed to the University of Arizona in February 2007, when he signed an official letter of intent. According to the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat, the now [...]

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food

Mar
17

Big Joe’s School of Fish Tacos, part two

In this week’s school of fish tacos post, “Big Joe” Eatherly shares the ingredients needed to build an in-restaurant style fish taco. Drawing upon personal experience, this lover of the feast inspired by the sea had the following to say. “(This is) how to make an impromptu fish taco at a restaurant that does not [...]

Mar
11

Big Joe's School of Fish Tacos, the series

Fish tacos. “Gross!” That’s exactly what Joe Eatherly said the first time he heard mention of the idea. That is, until he ate one. It was love at first bite approximately two years ago when he first tasted what has since become his passion. “The first time that I had something remotely close to a [...]