They Took a Taste of Oklahoma to Brazil The Daily Oklahoman – Sunday, June 6, 1999 Author: Bobby Ross Jr. , Staff Writer VITORIA, Brazil – Marcus Mendes has a dream. The 8-year-old Brazilian boy wants to learn English and play soccer for Oklahoma Christian University. It’s a dream inspired by Oklahoma missionaries, who had a dream of their own a decade ago. In … Continue reading They Took a Taste of Oklahoma to Brazil
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) May 30, 1999, Sunday CITY EDITION ‘MAPS II’ Plan Considered to Help City Schools BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 1842 words In an age of sequels, the idea of “MAPS II” intrigues Oklahoma City Mayor Kirk Humphreys. For more than five years, Oklahoma City has collected a penny sales tax to fund the Metropolitan Area Projects. However, the MAPS tax … Continue reading ‘MAPS II’ Plan Considered to Help City Schools
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) May 16, 1999, Sunday CITY EDITION GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2237 words Americans like fast food. They zip in the drive-through and zip out. To hear many educators tell it, Americans like fast grades, too: “Give me straight A’s but hold the mental sweat and … Continue reading GRADE INFLATION: Is an A Still an A? Educators Question Use of High Marks
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
May 4, 1999, Tuesday CITY EDITION
‘They Were in the House That’s Gone’ Victims, Volunteers Flood Area Medical Centers
BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Melissa Nelson, Staff Writers
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 8
LENGTH: 873 words
Outside Hillcrest Medical Center, sirens wailed as ambulances
kept arriving Monday night.
Frazzled medical workers helped old men and women, heads and
knees covered with bandages, into wheelchairs. Nurses and doctors
rolled bloodied babies and young children inside on stretchers.
As the television boomed with reports of deadly tornadoes, Tony
Lawson sat in the emergency room – sweat and shock covering his
face.
“Luckily, it just went over our house, but it took our
daughter’s house,” Lawson, 39, said.
Lawson found his daughter, grandson and a friend amid the
remains of their destroyed home. He rushed them to the hospital and
wasn’t sure how badly they were injured.
“All I know is they were in the house that’s gone,” he said.
The scene was repeated Monday night at hospitals throughout the
Oklahoma City area. At least nine were confirmed dead by hospitals,
and more than 350 patients were treated.
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) January 26, 1999, Tuesday CITY EDITION St. Louis Goes ‘Crazy’ Preparing for Pope Effect of Pontiff’s Visit Termed ‘Monumental’ BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 789 words DATELINE: ST. LOUIS Craig Bell had big plans Monday night. The airport shuttle driver was headed to his local grocery store to buy ham, cheese, lettuce, bread, mayonnaise and a couple of six-packs. Soft drinks, … Continue reading St. Louis Goes ‘Crazy’ Preparing for Pope
Choice Challenging Schools’ Status Quo BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2282 words Without financial help, Andrea Johnson never could afford to send her sons to True Vine Christian School. A private scholarship program, benefiting families who qualify for food stamps, covers half her sons’ tuition. Still, the northeast Oklahoma City woman struggles to pay her share: $ 162.50 a … Continue reading Choice Challenging Schools’ Status Quo
Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) June 28, 1998, Sunday CITY EDITION Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 2604 words DATELINE: CASTLE ROCK, Colo. At a supermarket-turned-schoolhouse just off Interstate 25, moms and dads wage war in a 1990s-style American revolution. Like many parents in this booming Rocky Mountain town, rebel mom Jill Hendrix Denton grew frustrated with public education – at … Continue reading Coloradans Mixed On Charter School Try
By Bobby Ross Jr. In the most merry moment of my newspaper career, a world-renowned senior citizen gave me an exclusive interview for Christmas. But first I had to sit on his knee. I found the man who claims to be “the real Santa Claus” making children smile at Quail Springs Mall in Oklahoma City. Santa sported long white hair, a fluffy white beard and … Continue reading December 1997: Santa (the real one!) tells all in exclusive chat
November 19, 1997, Wednesday CITY EDITION Schools in City Join in National Bible Debate Church, State Separation at Issue BYLINE: Bobby Ross Jr., Staff Writer SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 1 LENGTH: 955 words By deciding to offer high school elective courses in Bible and religion, the Oklahoma City School District has joined a national debate. The issue: Does teaching about Jacob, Jonah and Jesus in public … Continue reading Schools in City Join in National Bible Debate: Church, State Separation at Issue
Faith. Family. Fastballs. 