Crunch fitness in Norman?
The city of Norman is launching a program to bring fitness classes to residents' doorsteps. Starting Monday, the city is launching a new mobile app and website called Nearby to provide weekly exercise options at all different levels.
The launch is in partnership with 3MR Fitness, Pure Muscle and Crunch.There are no prerequisites for the classes, but participants must be 18 or older.
Free week-long trial memberships are available for interested participants through the Nearby app.No payments are required.
To find out more, visit nearedistrict.org Training for police It's a unique and unique fitness program coming to Norman. It's the police academy.
The school will be starting next year and if you want to be in it, you can apply online starting now.
The classes will be free of charge.The orientation starts May 16, with classes starting in late August or early September.To find out more, visit policestation.normanok.gov Norman veterans reunite The nation's oldest living World War II veteran visited the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in Madrid on Tuesday, as part of a European tour celebrating a joint peace effort by President Reagan and Argentine President Leopoldo Galtieri.Ed Cooper, 101, was born in 1910 in Decatur, Texas.He joined the Marines in 1942, and eventually became a gunnery sergeant. He spent a total of 8 months in the South Pacific.His visit comes a day after three Argentine soldiers were killed in a skirmish with the Peruvian Navy in the disputed Los Incas Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Cooper was there at the time, and only recently learned of the Peruvian Navy's attack.
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo members also paid a visit to a former president of Uruguay in Montevideo on Monday, and ended their weeklong trip in Panama City, Panama. Northlake starts new pool Northlake Pool closed in September due to structural problems, but now the city of Norman is opening a new pool next month. A grand opening is planned for Jan. 31. City officials say the old pool was in "operational decay." City manager Matt Swayze says it cost $6 million to replace the building. He says they used the grant they received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The new pool includes an Olympic-sized pool and leisure pool with a lazy river.
The pool is at 920 W. Alameda St. Norman water park to open The Loranger Family has spent the last few months raising funds for the Loranger Family Aquatic Center. The first public swim is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 29.
The water park has been in the making for the last five years. The aquatics center will be a place for everyone from newborns to seniors to learn how to swim. The public is invited to the grand opening event at 9 a.m. Saturday. The cost is $5 per person, $3 for seniors and free for children ages three and younger.
Loranger Family Aquatic Center is located at 4850 Grand Ave. Information and resources The University of Oklahoma will offer 20 credit hour courses in economics online starting next month. OU will join several other universities in offering the online course at the same time it will be offered on the OU campus.
The courses, all of which are 12 credit hours, cover the core subjects of macroeconomics, economics for economic policymakers and microeconomics. Classes will begin on Jan. 23.Those interested in participating should register by Friday, Jan. 14 at noon.
You can do that at www.courses.ou.edu. A single registration is $999, but students can purchase two or more online and save up to $200 each. There are no fees for taking one or more online courses. Online students also qualify for OU's in-state tuition rate. The courses will be available through the university's Norman campus and at the OU Health Science Center at Oklahoma City.This is the first time OU has offered online macroeconomics courses.
New library in Azle Azle residents, families and visitors will have a brand new library to enjoy next month. The Azle Public Library, located at 102 W. Fredericks Ave., will hold an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15. There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the building. Businesses in western Shawnee A new Subway is opening in western Shawnee at 5300 W. University Ave. It will be the first of two restaurants to open in the area.
The other is going in at 5222 W. University Ave. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is building a restaurant on the south side of Cache Road, west of the Monsoon House. Construction is nearly finished and the business expects to open in the next month or so. Great Plains Mall is also bringing a new restaurant to the shopping center. Mi Pueblo Mexican Grill will open near Aeropostale in the south court of the mall. The new eatery will serve items from Mi Pueblo, a "fast casual" Mexican restaurant. Mi Pueblo has locations in Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Oklahoma.
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