Volume 7 , Issue 48

Gem of the Prairie...

Some have called us "A Gem of the Prairie." Others have shared their specialized auto tags with us. AND... Over the seven years that we have been putting out our Oakie's Heart To Heart & The OkieLegacy ezine/newsletter, we have noticed that our spelling of "Oakie" has slowly crepted up online by others. It humbles and amazes us the affect that the "OkieLegacy" has had on others over this past seven years.

Like I said, "It's been seven years" that I started spelling Okie with an "a", Oakie, to represent the Okie as a steady, sturdy oak tree that could withstand anything that came their way. AND... the spelling of "Oakie" was to distinguish this "NW Okie" from others. We wanted to inspire others to rethink the use of the term "Okie." Instead of being a negative, derogatory term, we wanted to reinvent a more positive term that Oklahoman's would be proud to be called Okie.

Some of those REAL "Gems of the Prairies" were Okie's. That is why we here at OkieLegacy look upon the term Okie as something to be proud.

On another note, The OkieLegacy became a member of IPA (Independent Press Association) this week. We understand that IPA is having their Winter convention the last part of January, 2006, in San Francisco, California this Winter. Not sure our schedule will allow us to attend, but it sounds interesting.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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