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Bedr Fine Chocolate
launches coffee line
DAVIS Bedr Fine Chocolate has
introduced a new line of coffee.
Bedr Coffee is a blend of 100-per-
cent Arabica coffee and Bedr Fine
Chocolate.
The coffee is available in two flavors
dark chocolate and milk chocolate.
Bringing the chocolate experience
to coffee is something Bedr has want-
ed to do for years, said Bedr General
Manager Philip McWherter. It was a
matter of selecting the perfect beans
grown and harvested under ideal con-
ditions and blending them with our
superb chocolate to create something
special.
Bedr Coffee is now available at the
Bedr Factory in Davis, Chickasaw
Travel Stops, the new Exhibit C gallery
in Oklahoma Citys Bricktown District,
Bedr Caf in Sulphur, Sovereign
Medical locations, WinStar World
Casino, Riverwind Casino and other
casino gift shops.
Purchased by the Chickasaw Nation
in 2000, Bedr Fine Chocolates pro-
duction facility is in Davis. Staff report
BridgeTex Pipeline
extends open season
TULSA Magellan Midstream
Partners of Tulsa and Occidental
Petroleum Corp.s BridgeTex Pipeline
has extended its supplemental open
season for additional transportation
commitments on the pipeline.
Binding commitments are due by 5
p.m. Thursday.
Construction of the BridgeTex
Pipeline started in November 2012. The
BridgeTex Pipeline is in the final stages
of construction and will be capable of
transporting up to 300,000 barrels per
day of Permian Basin crude oil from
Colorado City, Texas, to the Houston
Gulf Coast area. Staff report
Cherokees partner with
town on water study
WELCH The Cherokee Nation and
the town of Welch are working togeth-
er on a study to help provide healthier
drinking water for residents in town.
The tribe secured $10,000 through
Indian Health Service to assist the
town with a $40,000 study. A city grant
will fund the remaining costs.
A Colorado-based company will use
equipment to filter out radium from
the towns water source. The system
has been used in other states but is
untested in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality will monitor
the three-month study.
The town of Welch and the
Oklahoma Department of Environ -
mental Quality have entered into a con-
sent agreement requiring Welch to
remove elevated levels of radium in its
water supply. Associated Press
Tulsa sales
receipts drop
TULSA Tulsas sales tax disburse-
ment from the Oklahoma Tax
Commission for mid-June to mid-July
totaled $19.7 million, a slight decline
from the same period last year.
For the first two months of the fiscal
year, the city has received $39.7 million,
up 1.9 percent from the first two
months of the previous fiscal year and
3.6 percent above budget estimates.
Use tax collections mid-June to mid-
July totaled $2 million, up 2.2 percent
from the same period last year. For the
first two months of the fiscal year, use
tax collections were up 3.5 percent, or
0.9 percent above budget estimates.
Staff report
Elephant Talk nominates
board members
OKLAHOMA CITY The board of
directors of Oklahoma City-based
Elephant Talk Communications Corp.
has nominated Jaime Bustillo and
Francisco Ros for election to the
board at the annual meeting of stock-
holders on Sept. 12 in New York.
Rijkman Groenink informed the
board that he will not stand for re-
election.
The board increased the size of the
board of directors from five to six
members.
Bustillo, 56, is the CEO of Airphone
Servicios de Telecomunicaciones, also
known as the brand name Airis, a
Spanish mobile virtual network opera-
tor. Bustillo held senior positions at
Vodafone Group.
Ros, 63, is executive president of
First International Partners, a business
consulting firm he founded in 2002.
Since 2010, Ros has been a member of
the board of directors of Qualcomm
Inc., a provider of wireless services.
Staff report
AT&T expands
U-verse service area
OKLAHOMA CITY AT&T expanded
U-verse service in June to an additional
3,100 customer locations in the
Oklahoma City area.
The services include AT&T U-verse
TV, AT&T U-verse Internet and AT&T
U-verse voice.
The expansion included 1,400 cus-
tomer locations in Oklahoma City.
Customer locations also were added in
other area towns, including significant
numbers in Del City. Staff report
Aamco opens center
in Broken Arrow
BROKEN ARROW Aamco has
opened a new service center at 215 E.
Kenosha St., Broken Arrow.
James D. Garrett is owner of
Aamco Broken Arrow. Staff report
Oklahoma symposium
on ag, climate set
NORMAN A symposium is scheduled
this month on how climate trends play
a role in crop and cattle production in
Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Ag Weather Sympo -
sium is Aug. 21 at the National Weather
Center in Norman.
Topics during the daylong seminar
include presentations on Oklahomas
long-term drought outlook, operating
agriculture businesses amid ranging cli-
mate and moisture conditions and ses-
sions on wheat production in the state.
Additional sessions are scheduled on
dealing with unpredictable seasonal
patterns and beef cattle selection and
management for adaptation to drought
conditions.
Attendees will also learn about state
and federal conservation initiatives,
among other topics. Associated Press
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TULSA U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak
with University of Tulsa students
and faculty members during an
event next month.
The University of Tulsa College
of Law announced Monday that
Sotomayor will be in Tulsa on Sept.
10 for a fireside chat on campus.
Professor Robert Spoo will be
the moderator of the event, and the
audience will have a chance to ask
questions. Questions must be sub-
mitted prior to the event, which
starts at 2 p.m. at the Lorton
Performance Center.
Sotomayor joined dissenting jus-
tices in the high courts decision in
June involving Oklahoma City-based
Hobby Lobby. The courts ruling
allows for-profit corporations,
including Hobby Lobby, to assert reli-
gious objections to paying for contra-
ceptives for women, as required
under President Barack Obamas
health care law. Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at Chicago Public Library in
Chicago. AP PHOTO
Sotomayor to speak with
TU students, faculty
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