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10-06-2025
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The Tiny Border Town Getting Battered by Trump's Tariffs on Canada
Nick Kiniski is selling. After four decades running Kiniski's Reef—one of only three restaurants still operating in the tiny peninsula town of Point Roberts, Washington—the former professional wrestler has landed in a choke hold he can't break. 'It's very hard to do business in Point Roberts,' Kiniski told me. 'This is the first time in 38 years that I actually bartended by myself.' On weekdays, he has taken to cooking and serving alone, the only staff member in what was once a bustling social hub. Kiniski used to own Breakers, a bar right across the street, in addition to Reef. On weekends, they would get as many as 4,000 customers—needing 28 doormen and four sheriffs working overtime just to maintain order. At one point, he had 120 employees—'kind of a zoo,' he said. But it's Saturday night in early May, and the Reef is dead. The line for karaoke is a girls-night-out septet taking turns murdering Stevie Nicks. Two waitstaff work an area that used to require a dozen. The spacious beachfront patio offers the softer sounds of Jimmy Buffett piped over outdoor speakers, but there isn't a soul to hear it. Point Roberts's economy isn't just dependent on tourists—it's almost entirely dependent on Canadian tourists, making this five-square-mile spit of land a unique barometer of the U.S.-Canada relationship. When Canada closed its border at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the town's economy shrunk by 80 percent more or less overnight. Point Roberts spent the next 19 months cut off from mainland Canada and the rest of the United States. It had only just begun to find its legs when, in January, its economy collapsed again—this time, maybe for good. Surviving a global pandemic is one thing. Surviving Donald Trump is January 7, less than 24 hours after Congress certified the presidential election results, President-elect Donald Trump suggested that he would use 'economic force' to coerce Canada into becoming the fifty-first state. He soon followed with threats of tariffs and personal jabs at then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Canadian response was quick, and it was not polite. Almost immediately border towns felt the squeeze. With water on three sides, Point Roberts is a geographical oddity, sharing no physical connection to the United States of America. Its only land border is a two-and-a-half-mile stretch along Canada; from there, it's a 25-mile drive through Canuck farmland to the Washington line. The elementary school reaches only the second grade, after which children take a daily bus to the mainland, crossing two international borders on the way. With only 1,200 year-round residents, it is quaintly regarded as the safest gated community in America. But Point Roberts can't survive without Canadian visitors—and the Canadians aren't coming. The thousands that would normally pop in over the weekend for some cheap gas and a burger by the ocean have answered the call for 'Elbows Up'—the Canadian equivalent of 'Don't Tread on Me'—and are keeping their dollars at home. 'It's rough times,' Kiniski said. 'There's not a whole lot I can do. It's out of my control and I don't know what's gonna happen. I just wanna sell the bar [and] move on.' Point Roberts is shrinking, shuttering, exhausted. The quirky little exclave has become an early victim of Donald Trump's trade war, and a potent metaphor for the fraying relationship between the United States and Canada. Addressing the Canadian Parliament in June 2016, President Barack Obama delivered a simple message: 'The world needs more Canada.' Now America is getting less. All along the 5,525-mile stretch of the U.S.-Canada boundary—the largest international border in the world—traffic is down, and businesses are suffering. In Blaine, Washington, the closest mainland U.S. town to Point Roberts, the number of visitors from the north has dropped by nearly half compared to the previous spring. In the outlets and shopping malls that pepper the Niagara Falls area some 2,700 miles east, sales tax receipts have slipped 7 percent. The Peace Bridge duty-free shop on the Ontario/New York border has gone into receivership after a dramatic loss in traffic. At the Haskell Free Library and Opera House—where the front door is in Vermont and the stage is in Quebec—a rude late-January visit from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem ended a 120-year-old tradition of unfettered cross-border access by Canadians looking to read a book and catch a show. Even hundreds of miles from the border, popular tourist destinations like Palm Springs, Phoenix, and Fort Lauderdale are feeling the pinch, as flight bookings from Canada to the United States have dropped 70 percent. At Kora's Corner—a literal mom-and-pop shop named for its precocious three-year-old general manager, Koraline—Neil and Krystal King are up to their asses in ducks. As proprietors of the Rubber Duck Museum that takes up the back half of their store, they're being forced to close shop and move 15 minutes north to Tsawwassen Mills, British Columbia. They will continue to live in Point Roberts, but the drop in Canadian customers—their February business was down more than 75 percent from last year—and the unpredictability of Trump's tariffs have literally driven their museum out of the country. 'We're operating in a zero profit margin,' Neil explained. 'It's an unsustainable business model. We don't know how to plan for our future months not knowing if we're gonna be charged 145 percent more on our ducks or 20 percent more on our ducks.' Directly or indirectly, all of the rubber ducks they sell originate in China, which controls nearly 80 percent of the global toy market. Without warehouses and capital to store a year's worth of inventory, small businesses like the Kings' are subject to the whims of the administration and the tariff of the month. Trump's initial 145 percent tariff on all goods from China, for instance, would raise the $1.99 toys to $5. Adjusting for the currency exchange rate, Canadians would be shelling out about $6.75 per duck. Once they relocate to Canada, the store can order its product from domestic distributors, pay nothing in tariffs, and keep its prices fair and its business Canadian backlash started on uneven footing. It was like looking out your window and seeing your neighbor peeing on your lawn. The country took a pause to rub its eyes and process the moment. But when uber-Canadian Mike Myers spoofed Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live on March 1, he put a name to it, mouthing 'Elbows Up' in the curtain call. A hockey term popularized by legendary winger Gordie Howe, the phrase was soon plastered across the Great White North, on stickers, T-shirts, and flags. The message was unmistakable: This is a fight you do not want to pick. But not every Canadian was ready to scrap. 'I'm seeing that in Vancouver people are getting carried away with the anti-Trump sentiment, Trump Derangement Syndrome,' said Gary Morrison, a Vancouver resident originally from the U.K. 'That is a road to nowhere. All this tension can't last.' Morrison frequently crosses the border to visit his weekend cottage in Point Roberts. Though not overtly a Trump fan, he supported Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the recent Canadian election. Poilievre Conservatives had been heavy favorites for months, only to see their fortunes evaporate when Trump turned his attention to his northern neighbor. On April 28, Canada's Liberal Party won a decisive victory that would have been shocking a few months earlier, fueled by Poilievre fanboy adulation of Trump and Poilievre's half-cocked response to the attack on Canadian sovereignty. Eager to convince his fellow Canadians to return to Point Roberts, open their cottages, and support local businesses, Morrison created an event called 'Elbows Down, Sunglasses On,' inviting his neighbors to reconnect in person on the south side of the border. 'We went to Kiniski's Reef about two months ago, right in the height of the tension between the communities,' Morrison recounted. 'It was a Saturday night, and it was dead, like seriously dead. That for me was panic mode, because if we lose the places where we can socially hang out, Point Roberts wouldn't be the same.' The first event brought about 50 customers to the Reef and no doubt had the intended ripple effect of adding much-needed coin to the tills of other local merchants. Three weeks later, a second event brought two dozen warm bodies to the struggling Pier Restaurant at the Point Roberts Marina. As well-intentioned—and briefly helpful—as these events have been, they aren't the sea change Point Roberts needs to stay alive. Many businesses are operating at a loss and deeply concerned about surviving the summer if things don't turn around. Some—like Point to Point Parcel, a family-run mail-forwarding company in business for 24 years—have already closed their doors. Tamra Hansen, owner of the Pier Restaurant and the Saltwater Cafe—Point Roberts's remaining eateries that aren't attached to a gas station or a deli aisle—is losing money every day. 'It's a seasonal town,' she said. 'We go into a deficit in the winter and pull out of it in the spring and make our profits in the summer. I have little spurts of busyness, but not enough to pull me out of this deficit.' Hansen's restaurants are earning about half of what they made in March and April of last year. Two of the three festivals she had planned for the summer have been canceled—both American and Canadian bands are wary of crossing the border. 'Had I known what I know now, I would have never opened that restaurant,' she said of the Pier. 'I am in a lot of debt, and it doesn't look like I'm getting out of it.' Larry's Liquor Locker—a hole-in-the-wall booze outlet that rents space from Kiniski next door to the Reef—has seen its profits drop by a third over this time last year. Owner Larry Musselwhite, a Tennessee native who commutes to his store from the U.S. mainland, is not shy about who's to blame. 'When you have rhetoric coming out of the White House like that, I don't blame Canadians for being upset and wanting to boycott the United States,' said Musselwhite, who has a different FUCK MAGA hat for every day of the week. 'I don't see anything that he's gonna do to help mend these fences. It's just not in his nature. He's never one to say, oh gee whiz, I'm sorry. That just doesn't happen. People are gonna lose their jobs, and businesses are gonna close.'Around the pushed-together tables on the patio of the Pier, two dozen neighbors share plates from the buffet, catching up from the previous summer and talking about current events. It's round two of 'Elbows Down,' and the topic isn't sunglasses—it's fear. 'Number one concern, take a guess,' said Morrison. 'Hassle at the border.' Although the lone station that eases cars in and out of Point Roberts is currently a ghost booth, crossing into the mainland is a different tale. The stories range from having cars searched to being asked unusual questions to dogs sniffing glove compartments. The Border Patrol has even begun pulling over vehicles on the highway instead of at the crossing—which usually only happens during an amber alert or a criminal pursuit. Some complain that they are targeting only Canadian license plates. And even though the border traffic has been partially cut in half, the waits are longer than they were a year ago. These aren't the people you usually think of when you're talking about fearing the U.S. authorities. Many of them are dual citizens. All of them are white, over 50, and financially comfortable enough to own a summer cottage in this oasis of towering firs and constant ocean breeze. What started as an economic boycott has turned into a simmering brew of confusion and concern. 'We've really shifted into a place of fear,' Neil King told me. 'We've talked to a lot of people in Canada who just refused to go over the border because they are afraid of what's gonna happen. There are too many stories coming out where people are getting stopped or being detained for unknown reasons. 'We have had conversations as a family where, if we have to go to the mainland for anything—doctor's appointments, dentist, whatever—do we go separately? Do we go together? What happens if all three of us with Koraline get detained for whatever reason? What do we do next? And if it's happening with us, who are U.S. citizens, I couldn't even imagine being a Canadian who wants to come over here, or go anywhere in the U.S. at this point.' 'Because of the rhetoric, the tension, people were afraid of the reaction of the border guards,' said Morrison. 'Once that chatter starts, people don't want to cross, especially seniors. Don't wanna deal with it.'On May 6, as he prepared to meet with newly minted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Donald Trump took a moment to reflect on America's relationship with its neighbor to the north. 'I very much want to work with him, but cannot understand one simple TRUTH,' Trump wrote on social media. 'Why is America subsidizing Canada by $200 Billion Dollars a year, in addition to giving them free Military Protection, and many other things? We don't need their Cars, we don't need their Energy, we don't need their Lumber, we don't need ANYTHING they have, other than their friendship, which hopefully we will always maintain. They, on the other hand, need EVERYTHING from us!' This is, of course, pure fiction. To say America doesn't need Canada is like saying a bakery doesn't need flour. Canadian exports power American homes, fertilize American crops, and build American cars. The United States relies on Canada for 60 percent of its crude oil imports, 60 percent of its aluminum imports, and 23 percent of its steel imports. Without Canadian potash (85 percent), American crops would be devastated. Without Canadian nickel (46 percent), the American tech industry would slow to a crawl. All of these critical imports, once duty-free, now face tariffs of 10–25 percent. Trump's childlike grasp of economics and his thirst for chaos have thrown U.S. businesses, big and small, into turmoil, threatening every corner of industry and pulling the rug out from under our very infrastructure. Moreover, he's endangered the largely symbiotic relationship with America's continental BFF, sending Canada overseas to seek trade deals with more loyal friends, which will only further isolate the United States—and border towns like Point Roberts—until America eventually returns to the international community a lonelier, weaker, and diminished nation.
New York Post
28-05-2025
- New York Post
Crypto-bro ‘kidnappers' ordered thousands of dollars of fancy food a day — and sometimes couldn't even be bothered to bring it inside
Accused kidnappers William Duplessie and John Woeltz lived a party-bro lifestyle at the Soho townhouse where they allegedly tortured an Italian tourist — sometimes ordering so much fancy food they didn't even bother to bring it inside. 'Will and John would order about $1,500, $2,000 in food every day, literally from the best restaurants. They would get delivery food from Nobu, Cipriani, Blue Ribbon, you name it,' one visitor to the house told The Post Wednesday. 'There was one time I came in and it was the funniest thing — they had $600 of Blue Ribbon [delivery] sitting outside that nobody even got.' Duplessie, 33, and his 37-year-old pal Woeltz — who reportedly calls himself the 'Crypto King of Kentucky' and has boasted of holding $100 million in digital currency — have been arrested on charges including the kidnapping and assault of Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan. Advertisement 13 John Woeltz — seen here after being arrested at his rented Soho townhouse — reportedly would 'order about $1,500, $2,000 in food every day, literally from the best restaurants.' Obtained by NY Post 13 Woeltz was arrested in Manhattan Saturday on charges including kidnapping and assault. He is being held without bail. David Burns The Italian national claims he was held against his will for 17 days, from May 6 to 23, and allegedly tortured for the password to his $30 million Bitcoin wallet. Advertisement 13 William Duplessie, who was apparently staying at the townhouse with Woeltz, was also arrested on similar charges. Steven Hirsch The visitor to Woeltz's rented townhouse described a lavish scene at the property, where police reportedly found Polaroid photos of Carturan with a gun to his head, as well as firearms and ammunition, night vision goggles, a ballistic vest and traces of blood. 'They had every type of liquor, thousand dollar bottles of wine, $20K of liquor including Pappy Van Winkle,' said the visitor. 'They were always smoking weed at the house' — to the point that they 'set off the smoke detector.' The scene lined up with one crypto insider's description of Duplessie, who is from Miami but also said to have ties to Switzerland. Advertisement 13 Duplessie (left, with Woeltz) has a reputation as 'quite the partier,' a source said. TMZ / BACKGRID 13 Video obtained by TMZ shows Duplessie dancing shirtless in a club with a woman on his shoulders — revealing tattoos of leopards, the seal of Kentucky and the coiled 'Don't Tread on Me' rattlesnake of the Gadsden Flag. TMZ / BACKGRID He turned himself in Tuesday after reportedly partying hard in the Hamptons over Memorial Day weekend, according to sources. 'I saw him at parties. He was quite the partier,' said the insider, who recalled 'douchey' Duplessie's days in Miami, including at the Fontainebleu Hotel. 'He struck me as a little 'Wolf of Wall Street,' I think would be the right way to phrase it. Like if you gave a frat guy $100 million. Advertisement 'He drank a lot. He was hitting on girls a lot, sometimes obnoxiously and in a rude sense.' 13 One visitor to the house said Woeltz'had every type of liquor, thousand dollar bottles of wine, $20K of liquor including Pappy Van Winkle.' Paul Martinka 13 'They were always smoking weed at the house' — to the point that they 'set off the smoke detector,' the visitor said of Woeltz and Duplessie. Kevin C Downs forThe New York Post According to TMZ, the pair 'partied like every day was their last.' And a source previously told The Post that the Soho townhouse, which Woeltz was allegedly renting for roughly $30,000- to $40,000-a-month, saw plenty of people coming in and out — including some well-known socialites. A video obtained by TMZ shows Duplessie dancing shirtless in a club with a woman on his shoulders — revealing tattoos of leopards, the seal of Kentucky and the coiled 'Don't Tread on Me' rattlesnake of the Gadsden Flag, which is today associated with rebellion and distrust of government. Duplessie and Woeltz are also pictured partying at The Box, an exclusive erotic nightclub in Manhattan, where they would reportedly drop up to $100,000 in a single night before inviting girls back to the Prince Street townhouse. 13 Alleged victim Michael Valentino Teofrasto Carturan fled the townhouse without shoes. WNBC 13 Carturan was allegedly held against his will for 17 days. WNBC Advertisement Another alleged guest was Charlie Zakkour — a club kid turned crypto trader who is one of the stars of a new Bravo reality show. A video from Woeltz's arrest Friday shows a blond man looking concerned as cops led Carturan away from the Soho townhouse. Page Six reported the man is Zakkour, whose show, 'Next Gen NYC,' premieres June 3. The series, according to Bravo's website, 'follows a tangled web of friends raised in the spotlight — or at least close enough for good lighting — as they stumble into adulthood one brunch, breakup and spontaneous decision at a time.' 13 Charlie Zakkour, a co-star of the new Bravo reality series 'Next Gen NYC,' was seen outside the house at the time of Woeltz's arrest and is reportedly a friend of the accused. Bronson Farr/Bravo via Getty Images Advertisement 13 Zakkour, seen here with Evans Rhett at a 2025 Met Gala after party, is said to be a Manhattan club kid turned crypto trader. Getty Images for Raising Cane's The cast includes Gia Giudice, whose mom, Teresa Giudice, is a longtime fixture on 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey'; Ariana Biermann, daughter of 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kim Zolciak-Biermann; Ava Dash, the daughter of Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash and fashion designer Rachel Roy; and Riley Burruss, whose mom, Kandi Burruss, formerly of 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta.' While Zakkour isn't a reality show nepo baby, he does come from enormous privilege. Mom Elizabeth Williams is an art collector in Palm Beach and dad Anwar Zakkour, who has an address in Manhattan, is a private investor who has held high-profile roles at JP Morgan, CitiBank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he was the Global ead of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Investment Banking. 13 The Soho townhouse where the crime allegedly took place is said to rent for $30,000-$40,000 a month. TMZ / BACKGRID Advertisement 13 Photos of the home show a trash-strewn kitchen. TMZ / BACKGRID Page Six previously reported that Zakkour, who is not implicated in the alleged crimes, would sometimes 'crash' at Woeltz's luxurious Prince Street pad. On Wednesday, a source said that Zakkour is known as the 'Chuck Bass' of 'Next Gen NYC' — a reference to Ed Westwick's bad-boy character from 'Gossip Girl.' 'We don't see him at his job on the show. He's just a kid making it in Manhattan like the other kids,' the source said, adding that filming 'has been done for a long time' and 'I don't think anyone [on the show] has spoken to him' since it wrapped. Advertisement Another source told The Post that Zakkour knew the accused through the crypto world. The crypto insider said that Duplessie 'was known, at least, to be a successful person in the space' — but admitted that 'a lot of crypto people are a little obnoxious, and I think [Duplessie] had that reputation.'
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
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State restricts which flags can be displayed in schools, government buildings
The rainbow flag of the gay pride movement and the flag of the United States flying in the sky. (Photo by Getty Images) It's now against the law for a teacher in a school to hang a Pride flag in their classroom. House Bill 819, brought by Flathead Republican Rep. Braxton Mitchell, puts strict stipulations on what flags can be displayed at schools and other government buildings. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the legislation late last week. It's unclear what penalties, if any, there will be for violation of the law. 'Allowing nongovernmental or politically charged symbols on state property creates inconsistency in enforcement, legal challenges, and public divisiveness, undermining the neutrality and inclusivity of government spaces,' the law reads. The bill passed along party lines in both the House and Senate. During his testimony for the bill, Mitchell said it was about fairness and neutrality in government. 'I don't think in Flathead County they should be flying a Trump flag,' Mitchell said. 'I don't think in Missoula County they should be flying a Kamala Harris flag.' The flags that are now allowed include the United States flag, as well as Montana's, and any other state, city, tribal, and military flag. There's also a specific stipulation which states: 'Flags honoring law enforcement officers, military service members, and public service organizations provide appropriate, nonpolitical recognition of their contributions to public safety and national defense.' It's unclear if that includes the Thin Blue Line flag, which honors law enforcement but can be viewed as political. That flag wasn't brought up in either hearing. The flag law also says any 'federally recognized' nation's flag can be flown as well as school mascots. So while Taiwan's flag could not be flown, a high school football team is protected if they run onto the field before a game with their flag. And, since Iran and North Korea are recognized as nations by the federal government, those flags technically could be displayed under the new law. It is, however, unclear if a Confederate flag would be protected as it is both politically charged, and a flag of historical significance, for which the law has a stipulation. The Gadsden flag — or the 'Don't Tread on Me' flag — is specifically protected under the law. Other questions, such as if a flag in support of a labor group would be allowed, are unanswered in the new law. Opponents of the bill, which included ACLU Montana and the Montana Gender Alliance, pointed to some of the questions the bill left open. 'It's broad and contradictory, which means that certain beliefs are able to be promoted over others,' said Henry Seaton, an ACLU lobbyist who testified against the bill. 'It eliminates the ability for people to show support for particular, marginalized communities.' Other states, including Idaho and Utah, have passed similar legislation. Some cities in those states have pushed back, with Salt Lake City adopting three new city flags to circumvent the law: One in support of the city's Black and African American residents, a trans flag rights and a Pride flag. Classrooms were also a target, something Mitchell had on his mind during the hearings for HB 819. He said that teachers were acting as 'state officials' in the classroom and pointed to his experience. 'I know when I went to school in 2018 they had Black Lives Matter flags,' Mitchell testified to the Senate State Administration Committee on April 2. 'I don't think that's something that should be something that should be pushed in a school. There were some teachers that had pride flags.' While Mitchell says court cases back up the state's ability to regulate speech in public buildings, students, at least, don't lose their rights at the schoolhouse gate, which the U.S. Supreme Court found in Tinker vs. Des Moines. The bill says it does 'not infringe on private speech or individual expression, as they apply solely to government-controlled displays, ensuring personal freedoms remain intact while maintaining a neutral public environment.' It's unclear how this law will be enacted in schools. Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Micah Hill said his district will follow the law. In an email, he said no flags have been taken down. He added he assumed 'that if we're out of compliance, we would request that any flag as defined by the new law be taken down.' The state's public universities and colleges could also be impacted by the law, though they're not specifically mentioned in the legislation. Montana State University school officials referred questions on the law to the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. In Montana, the state Constitution gives the Board of Regents the authority to supervise the Montana University System, but the Commissioner's Office did not respond to a question Tuesday seeking comment on the legislation. Flags have been a topic of conversation in Bozeman before. In 2021, an MSU student living in university housing displayed a Black Lives Matter flag in plain view outside of a window. The student was told to take it down because it was a 'fire hazard' and briefly did, before putting it back up. It's likely not to impact the University of Montana, UM spokesperson Dave Kuntz said, who added they'd been in contact with the Commissioner's Office about the new law. The flags UM flies are already on the list outlined in the new law. He said the university does not plan to regulate flags in offices or in dorm rooms. 'That's just an area of personal privacy,' Kuntz said. 'As the law is passed right now, it just doesn't have a large impact on the campus.'
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Artists wanted: Deadline nears for OKC Zoo license plate design contest
Ready to see your art hit the road? Time is running out. The Oklahoma Zoological Society has launched a design contest for a new specialty license plate in honor of the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 21. They're asking for talented Oklahoma-based artists to submit their original design for a license plate representing the OKC Zoo. The contest's winning design will become an official Oklahoma license plate that will help raise awareness, funds, and support for the OKC Zoo's mission. More: Oklahoma's top 10 specialty plates, from 'In God We Trust' to 'Don't Tread on Me' 'We're excited about this campaign and engaging our state's talented artists to help inspire action for the OKC Zoo,' said Mandy Heaps, OZS executive director. The OKC Zoo cares for more than 1,000 individual animals and nearly 330 species from around the world. Contest entries should be original illustrations that artistically showcase the OKC Zoo's current animal family, including anticipated additions such as African penguins coming in spring 2027 as part of the Shore to Sea exhibit that will also house California sea lions and harbor seals. Artists are encouraged to highlight Zoo wildlife that aren't currently represented in existing Oklahoma license plates. License plates designed to support other organizations already feature bison (Oklahoma Conservation Commission), monarch butterflies (Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma) and giraffes (Tulsa Zoo). "(Specialty) license plates are extremely popular and we know that people take pride in acknowledging a favorite cause or organization, and soon, they will have the opportunity to support our beloved zoo," Heaps said. "We hope this effort provides ongoing support for the zoo while creating a fun cause that generations of fans can get behind." The Oklahoma Zoological Society will form a selection committee to review all art submissions and select designs ahead of the semi-finalist round. Later this spring, the public will have an opportunity to vote on the final list of selected designs and choose their favorite to become an official Oklahoma license plate for the OKC Zoo. The winning license plate design will be revealed by May 1 and which will be available to the public for purchase at a later date. For contest guidelines and rules and to upload official art submissions, visit Contest entries will be accepted through Friday, Feb. 21. This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC Zoo license plate design contest deadline is Feb. 21
