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CHICKASHA
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Folience buys
Cimarron Trailers
Folience has purchased Cimar-
ron Trailers, a Chickasha-based
manufacturer of aluminum trail-
ers for horses and livestock.
Lynn and Michael Terry, own-
ers of Cimarron Trailers, are retir-
ing, leaving management of the
company to longtime employee
Ben Janssen, who becomes
the company’s president. Tony
Hackney is director of operations.
Janssen was director of sales,
engineering, purchasing and mar-
keting at Cimarron.
Cimarron has 135 employees.
Cimarron Trailers was started
in 2000 by Ronald Jackson and
Michael Terry. The company’s
Norstar design was introduced at
the 2000 World Quarter Horse
Show and by Cimarron’s sixth
anniversary there were more than
5,000 on the road.
In 2004, Michael and Lynn
Terry became the sole owners of
Cimarron Trailers, buying out their
partners Ronald and Kay Jackson.
In 2009, Cimarron Trailers
expanded its product line into
the livestock and show animal
industry with the “Showstar” and
“Stierwalt” models.
Folience, based in Cedar Rap-
ids, Iowa, is an employee-owned
company that invests in profitable
businesses with strong manage-
ment continuity. Folience owns
seven independently managed
companies. Those companies
include The Cedar Rapids Ga-
zette newspaper and the Golden
Triangle group of Iowa newspa-
pers, Color Web Printers, Fusion-
farm marketing agency, and Life
Line Emergency Vehicles.
–Staff report
TULSA
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Program to offer
coworking space
The George Kaiser Family
Foundation and the city of Tulsa
announced the Tulsa Remote pro-
gram offering a $10,000 grant
and additional benefits to eligible
applicants who move to and work
remotely from Tulsa for a year.
“Tulsa is a generous and wel-
coming city, and through this
effort we hope to draw remote
workers who can further comple-
ment our talented workforce,”
said Ken Levit, executive di-
rector of George Kaiser Family
Foundation.
Each $10,000 grant will be
distributed over the course of a
year to eligible remote workers
or entrepreneurs living outside
of Tulsa County. Participants will
initially be given $2,500 to be
put toward relocation expenses,
a $500-per-month stipend
and $1,500 at the end of the
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Tampa Bay Rays starter Blake Snell pitches during a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
AP PHOTO/STEVE NESIUS
Snell wins 2018 Warren Spahn Award
OKLAHOMA CITY – Blake Snell
of the Tampa Bay Rays was
named the 2018 Warren Spahn
Award winner Tuesday as the
best left-handed pitcher in Ma-
jor League Baseball.
This is the 20th anniversary
for the Warren Spahn Award,
which is presented annually
to MLB’s top lefty. The award
is based on a pitcher’s wins,
strikeouts and earned run
average. The award is named
after Oklahoman and National
Baseball Hall of Famer, War-
12-month program. “We are look-
ing for talented and energetic
people who not only will consider
relocating permanently to Tulsa
but especially for people who
want to make something happen
here – to add to the dynamism,
idealism and get ‘er done spirit of
Tulsa,” Levit said.
GKFF is funding Tulsa Remote,
while the city of Tulsa and other
community organizations are
lending support.
“Tulsa is gaining international
ren Spahn, who holds the MLB
record of 363 wins as a left-
handed pitcher.
Snell is coming off of a sea-
son in which he led MLB in wins
with a 21-5 record. His 1.89
ERA was first among lefties and
ranked second in MLB. Snell
also recorded 221 strikeouts,
which placed him third among
left-handed starters and tied
for eleventh in all of baseball.
“Blake posted some impres-
sive stats in 2018,” said Greg
Spahn, son of the late Warren
recognition for the use of modern
technology to better serve citi-
zens, and one of the areas where
we see great opportunity is as a
home for remote workers,” said
Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum. “Tulsa
Remote works to our competitive
advantage as a city: a place with
remarkably high quality of life
combined with comparatively low
cost of living and doing business.
We have the infrastructure and
community in place for remote
workers to thrive.”
journalrecord.
Spahn. “This award is special to
our family as it not only honors
the sport’s best left-handed
pitcher, but my dad as well. It’s
also a wonderful way to cel-
ebrate his career and the game
of baseball.”
This is Snell’s first Warren
Spahn Award.
The Oklahoma Sports Hall
of Fame partners with the
Bricktown Rotary Club as the
presenting sponsor of the
Warren Spahn Award.
–Staff report
Tulsa Remote will provide co-
working space for the year at 36
Degrees North and offer monthly
meetups and workshops in col-
laboration with Tulsa’s Young
Professionals. –Staff report
NORMAN
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Entrepreneurship Expo
to showcase products
Entrepreneurship Expo is sched-
uled from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thurs-
day at the Tom Love Innovation
Hub on the University of Oklahoma
Research Campus in Norman.
The expo is open to the public.
The Michael F. Price College of
Business’ Tom Love Division of
Entrepreneurship and Economic
Development is the host.
Local business owners and en-
trepreneurs will showcase goods,
services and concepts in an open
forum with opportunities to meet
with potential investors, generate
leads and sales, and build new
business relationships.
Products on display will in-
clude jewelry, hiking shoes, chick-
en wing spinners, push mower
bags, flat pack furniture kits and
bike racks. Digital offerings will
include online software platforms
and smartphone apps.
“As an economic engine for
Oklahoma and beyond, OU plays
an important role in ensuring our
enduring global competitiveness
by connecting people and oppor-
tunities in a shared innovation eco-
system,” said Daniel Pullin, dean
of the Michael F. Price College of
Business. “OU’s Tom Love Innova-
tion Hub and Entrepreneurship
Center create the physical and pro-
grammatic environment for people
and ideas to change the world.”
Exhibitors will include Real
Kitchen Salsa, a new company
started by Norman middle school
students through Loveworks;
Cloud Patrol, a radar system de-
signed to improve drone safety,
created by Sooner Innovation
Fund students using Radar In-
novations Laboratory technology;
From Seed to Spoon, a mobile
app with 60,000 installs that
guides users through growing
their own foods, which originated
from the Tom Love Innovation
Hub; and Overworld, an online
augmented reality platform con-
necting sports fans and teams,
founded by Sooner Launch Pad
students in the Gene Rainbolt
Graduate School of Business.
A list of exhibitors and addi-
tional information about products
and services is available on the
Price College of Business’ website
at price.ou.edu.
Exhibitors will be divided into
three categories: New Venture
Concept, which is for entrepreneurs
with a strong idea and possible
prototype, but not a full company
with customers; First Customer,
which is for founding teams that
are testing and refining their busi-
ness model and product concept,
but have yet to scale or obtain
investment; and Young Startup,
which is for businesses less than 3
years old that may or may not have
investors, are selling product and
are seeking funding to grow.
The Entrepreneurship Expo is
supported by Startup 405, Banc-
First, Republic Bank and Trust,
and the Greater Oklahoma City
Chamber. –Staff report