🌱 House Fire Displaces 6 + ASL At Zoo + Cow Naps On Golf Course

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First, today's weather:

Sunshine and patchy clouds. High: 51 Low: 25.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Oklahoma City:

1. Six people have been displaced after a fire broke out at a home near 59th Street and Bryant Avenue on Wednesday morning. Fire officials say a young girl who was asleep in the house woke up due to difficulty breathing and alerted her family members, enabling them to evacuate safely. According to the girl, the home was not equipped with smoke detectors. (news9.com KWTV)
2. The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden will begin providing American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters for guests this weekend. The interpreters will be available on the second Saturday of each month to help present at the Zoo’s sea lion and elephant exhibits. An interpreter will also be provided for all Wild Encounter experiences on the second Saturday of every month. (KFOR Oklahoma City)
3. Local cowboys were called to wrangle a cow who decided to take a nap on an Oklahoma City golf course on Tuesday. Witnesses say the cow lied down in a sand trap at the Twin Hills Golf & Country Club and did not move from the spot. The wranglers were eventually able to haul the cow out of the sand trap and to a more familiar environment. (KFOR Oklahoma City)

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Today in Oklahoma City:

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From my notebook:

• The Oklahoma City University Meinders School of Business and the Oklahoma City Thunder are partnering to create the Thunder Leadership MBA program! Through this collaboration, MBA graduate students will engage in high-level touchpoints with Thunder Leadership to gain valuable real-world business experience. (Facebook)
• There is less than a month left until Oklahoma City Dodgers baseball resumes! Single-game tickets are on sale now. (Facebook)
• This weekend, the Noble Theater will host all 15 Oscar-Nominated Short Films and a pair of acclaimed Best Picture nominees that deserve to be seen on the big screen: "Belfast" & "Drive My Car." Tickets are available now! (Facebook)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.