POWERLESS FUNERAL HOMES FIND WAYS TO COPE
As with many businesses frozen stiff by recent harsh weather, operations at funeral homes defaulted to a matter of damage control. But unlike other businesses, funeral homes' services are already laden with grief and stress. - Brian Brus

LEADERSHIP ARTS ENROLLMENT NEARS CLOSE
Enrollment for the inaugural class of Leadership Arts is about to close. The Oklahoma Arts Council has created the Leadership Arts program to develop a statewide network of leaders who will learn how to turn arts and cultural development into economic opportunity and a better quality of life for Oklahomans. - Janice Francis-Smith

FRENCH FIRM VEOLIA BUYS TRIGEN PARENT
Veolia Environnement of Paris, the parent company of Veolia Energy North America, has completed the acquisition of Thermal North America Inc., which owns Trigen facilities in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and several other cities. - Jerry Shottenkirk

OKLAHOMA'S GAS PRICES DIP BACK DOWN AMONG NATION'S LOWEST
Oklahoma has spent much of the year in unfamiliar waters, as far as gas prices go. But it's now back to familiar territory, according to Chuck Mai, public affairs manager of AAA Oklahoma. - Jerry Shottenkirk

LESTER CAPITALIZES ON TULSA HOSPITAL PROJECTS
Lester & Associates is building a $5 million medical office in Broken Arrow and jump-starting two medical office parks in south Tulsa, capitalizing on demand generated by two nearby hospital projects. - Kirby Lee Davis

BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH BABY SITTERS
The success of an emergency ice-storm call could spur a new corporate benefits service for Tulsa-based Seeking Sitters. - Kirby Lee Davis