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A Passion for Public Service by Sharla Bardin Campus Corner Evloves 24 by Chip Minty all day sunday join us for 14 The Spookiest Monster Dash Yet WEEKEND New businesses, old favorites enrich campus FRIED CHICKEN corner this fall. 28 by Taylor Hickney SUNDAYS TUESDAYS BRUNCH starting at 5pm on tuesdays SATURDAY & SUNDAY TIL 2PM Normanite in the Spotlight: Final Pavement 19 Dr. Nicole Jarvis 32 by Chip Minty by Morgan Day Tim Lashar: OU’s Legendary Walk- WIND DOWN PINT NIGHT Helping to find a cure for Parkinson’s drives Dr. Jarvis on a daily basis. 42 On Kicker WEDNESDAYS THURSDAYS by Alexander Mutz DIFFERENT BOTTLE OF WINE EVERY WEEK COMPLIMENTARY GLASSWARE Ambitious Plans 36 by Chip Minty Simply The Best Food & Shelter by Morgan Day University North Park development ignites 44 by Chris Plank 10 TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, CALL 405-701-5844 interest, new opportunities. 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WWW.PUBDUB.COM boydstreet.com /boydstreetmagazine @boydstreet Cover photo by: Mark Doescher Untitled-2 1 9/19/17 11:41 AM COMMUNITY BY: MORGAN DAY Food & Shelter sign greets residents entering lage. And in six weeks’ time, this has “It became very critical that we need- the McKown Village, a settle- become its own little community of ed to do something significant,” Hei- Ament of 32 new cottages in the people helping people, of neighbors ple said. “It was then that we decided 200 block of Reed Avenue in Norman. helping neighbors.” as an organization to take on a hous- The three words are little, but their ing plan that would not only triple meaning is great. A VISION FOR THE VILLAGE our current housing capabilities, but “You Are Home.” Food and Shelter, a United Way-fund- really provide something unique and ed partner, has been housing individ- special for our community.” “Home” is exactly the feeling Food uals and families for more than 30 “It was serendipitous that at the same and Shelter officials want to convey years. In the early 1980s, the charity to those living in the transitional time that I was developing this plan started its housing program with and this vision to make Food and housing units. The complex is com- three units and has slowly grown posed of 16 single-resident houses Shelter something bigger and bet- through the years. With the addition ter than it had ever been, Gene Mc- and 16 family houses, ranging from of the 32 new homes, they now have 400 to 800 square feet. The village Kown was also thinking about what 72 units throughout Norman. The he could do to help this problem.