The Journal Record

Magellan Midstream Partners Posts Improved Earnings

Magellan Midstream Partners on Tuesday announced a slight increase in net income for the second quarter. Net income for the quarter totaled $18.9 million, or 75 cents per unit, up from $18.5 million, or 63 cents per unit, for the second quarter of 2003.

Syntroleum Posts Net Loss

Syntroleum Corp. on Tuesday reported a net loss for the second quarter of $11.8 million, or 28 cents per share. The Tulsa-based developer of a process to convert natural gas into synthetic liquid hydrocarbons reported net income of $23,000 for the second quarter of 2003. Revenues for the second quarter totaled $145,000. Revenues for the second quarter of 2003 totaled $12.6 million, including $12 million previously included as deferred revenue.

Mexican Restaurant's Banquet Room Is Big Success

Tim Wagoner and his partners knew it would be a good idea to open a banquet hall in their restaurant. They just didn't know how good an idea it would turn out to be. The 3,500-square-foot banquet hall within the Cocina de Mino Retaurante Mexicano, 6022 S. Western Ave., could almost be regarded as a community center in south Oklahoma City.

Impart Inc. Releases New Interactive Advertising Tool

Quest Resource Accelerates Drilling with Refinanced Credit Line

Quest Resource Corp. plans to accelerate drilling after refinancing bank credit facilities. Quest Cherokee, the primary operating subsidiary of Oklahoma City- based Quest Resource, on Tuesday said it has a new credit facility for a $120 million six-year term loan and a $20 million five-year revolving credit facility that can be used to issue letters of credit and fund working capital needs and general corporate purposes. The credit agreement also contains a $15 million synthetic letter of cre...

Ok Certified Healthy Businesses Program Recognizes Several Workplaces

Individuals and organizations alike are seeking ways to trim the obesity rate and shape up Americans. People have cut calories, fat and carbs. Restaurants have altered their menus to include more diet- friendly items. Many local companies have attempted to seal the health deal by incorporating healthy workplaces for employees. And special interest groups have implemented committees to tackle the growing problem. Oklahoma Academy for State Goals, Oklahoma Turning Point Council and the state De...

Okc Events July 28, 2004

Oklahoma's criminal justice system is doing hard time with no parole in sight, according to the first report of the Governor's and Attorney General's Task Force on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence. The majority of the state's criminal justice system costs can be attributed to three areas, the largest being substance abuse, which carries an annual price tag of $701 million.

Pre-Paid Legal Services Posts $10 Million Net Income

Pre-Paid Legal Services on Tuesday reported net income of $10 million for the second quarter. Earnings for the quarter were virtually unchanged from the second quarter of 2003.

Addvantage Technologies Enjoys 41% Profit Boost

ADDvantage Technologies Group on Tuesday reported a 41 percent increase in earnings for the third fiscal quarter ended June 30. Net income for the quarter totaled $1.4 million, or 14 cents per share, up from $998,592, or 10 cents per share, for the third quarter of the previous fiscal year.

Okc Events July 28, 2004

When The Will Rogers Follies opened last week in Tulsa, probably the most excited person in the audience was Oklahoma City's Billie Thrash, who served as choreographer for the show. The star is John Davidson, that handsome devil, who will be doing Billie's choreography through Aug. 1. She returned from New York just in time to head for Tulsa. In New York City, she attended Robin Brooks Sullivan's performance at the sophisticated Duplex cabaret. Daughter of Oklahoma's own Jodie Miller, Robin h...

Sonic Joins All-College Basketball Classic Sponsors

Sonic, the operator of about 2,800 drive-ins, has agreed to be the presenting sponsor for the 2004 Touchstone Energy All-College Basketball Classic. The Oklahoma City All Sports Association and Sonic have a one- year agreement. This year's event will be called the Touchstone Energy All-College Basketball Classic Presented by Sonic, said Tim Brassfield, executive director of the All Sports Association, which presents the tournament.

Gci to Market Wireless Services in Alaska for Okc-Based Company

GCI has agreed to market wireless services in Alaska for Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications. The 10-year agreement will allow GCI to market wireless services to its current telephone, Internet and cable television customer base in Alaska by selling wireless as part of a bundled telecommunications package. The agreement also allows GCI to sell to standalone wireless customers. GCI will market wireless services under its own brand name.

Quad/Graphics to Print New Version of Life Magazine

Quad/Graphics will print a new version of LIFE magazine in Oklahoma City, Lomira, Wis., and Martinsburg, Va. The nation's largest printer of weekly magazines agreed to print the majority of LIFE, which is being reintroduced by Time Inc. in October as a weekend magazine. Quad/Graphics, based in Sussex, Wis., will print 6.6 million of the 12 million copies per week.

$1m in Training Funds Available to Ok Businesses

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission has announced that $1 million in training funds is available to Oklahoma businesses through the state's Incumbent Worker Training program. The program provides employers with money to upgrade worker skills. Businesses can receive up to $50,000. Training must lead to improved job skills. Funds must be used within one year and can only be spent on the company's current work force. Training can include classroom training, on-the-job training, distance ...

Ok Society of Assn. Executives Presents Award

The Oklahoma Society of Association Executives has given its top award, the George Nigh Association Executive of the Year Award, to Daryl Hill. A past president of the OSAE, he has served as executive director of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants for 16 years. He is also a past president of OSAE. Named after the OSAE's first president, former Gov. George Nigh, the award recognizes outstanding leadership in the area of association management.

Ok Emergency Medical Technicians Assn. Presents Awards

Brent Kinsey, director of operations for the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), was named Emergency Medical Services Administrator of the Year by the Oklahoma Emergency Medical Technicians Association. EMSSTAT Paramedic Sharon Sanderson was named the Advanced EMT of the Year for 2004, a category for advanced EMTs and paramedics. The honor recognized her heroic rescue of a critically injured major trauma patient who was trapped in a vehicle submerged in a creek near Norman's Ed Noble...

Frontier Country Marketing Assn. Elects President

Norman resident Tom Collins has been elected fiscal 2005 president of the Frontier Country Marketing Association, a membership-based organization that markets tourism in the 12 central counties of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma graduate is employed at Ad Specialties, and More in Norman. Cristy Morrison has been named president-elect. The executive director of the Stillwater Convention & Visitors Bureau, an Oklahoma State University grad, is past president of the Oklahoma Travel Industry...

Bok Financial Income Rises 12%

BOK Financial Corp. on Tuesday reported a 12 percent increase in net income for the second quarter. Net income for the quarter totaled $45.5 million, or 68 cents per diluted share, up from $40.8 million, or 61 cents per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2003.

Midfirst Bank Quarterly Profits Up 5% to $94.2 Million

MidFirst Bank on Tuesday reported a 5 percent increase in net income for the second quarter. Net income for the quarter totaled $94.2 million, up from $89.7 million for the second quarter of 2003.