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Here’s a quarter ... By JOSH NEWTONTahlequah Daily Press Jim Farar believes the new state quarter will be OK.
“I don’t think we could have expected much more than the state bird and state wildflower,” said Farar. “I’d guess the purpose is to promote our history, and in a way, the bird and flower kind of take care of that. They’re symbols of our state, and I think most Oklahomans know the scissortail is the state bird.” Besides, said Farar, some of Oklahoma’s biggest history-making times are too gloomy to be put on the back of a quarter: the Dustbowl, violent tornado outbreaks, the Oklahoma City bombing. “There are too many Indian tribes to single out one, and I’m sure we couldn’t cooperate enough to find a compromise,” said Farar. “I don’t know, maybe we could. We could do a big slot machine.” But local ideas will likely become nothing more, as the final design had to be submitted by Henry to the U.S. Mint by May 1. The new quarter will be released in 2008. “No one knows Oklahoma better than Oklahomans, so no one is better qualified to pick an image to represent our great state,” said Henry. “This commemorative state quarter is truly a chance for Oklahoma to shine in its centennial year.” The second-place design, featuring the Ponca City Pioneer Woman standing between a windmill and oil well, lost by just shy of 57,000 votes. Contact Josh Newton at jnewton@tahlequahdailypress.com. 
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