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6 unusual facts about Oakdale


King Pleasure

Born as Clarence Beeks in Oakdale, Tennessee, he moved to New York City in the mid-1940s working as a bartender, and became a fan of bebop music.

Kristina Sisco

Sisco left the show after three years on October 25, 2002, when Abigail left Oakdale to move to Los Angeles with Adam.

Oakdale, Iowa

A separate entity that also carries the Oakdale name because of its proximity but was never a part of historic Oakdale, the Iowa prison system's Iowa Medical and Classification Center is located immediately across the road from the main Oakdale campus.

Oakdale, Tennessee

State highways 299 and 328 intersect at the town's southern boundary, the latter connecting it with Harriman to the south and U.S. Route 27 to the north.

Visco Grgich

Grgich became the head football coach at Oakdale High School, in Oakdale, California in 1957 and 1958.

Yerranderie

Accessible mainly by dirt road from Oberon, New South Wales 70 km to the west, although there is a seldom used route through Oakdale to the east.


Brandon C. Rodegeb

Brandon was born in San Francisco, CA at San Francisco General Hospital and raised in the public housing projects between Palou and Oakdale Avenue in the Hunter's Point District of San Francisco, California.

Built Like Alaska

Also in 2005, the band provided the score for Scott Coffey's film Ellie Parker and spent a good deal of the summer touring the U.S. Built Like Alaska has recently completed work on their currently untitled third album, recorded by the band in Oakdale and mixed by Lucky Lew at Wave Parade in Modesto.

Connetquot School District

The Connetquot Central School District of Islip is the name of a school district located in Bohemia, New York, Ronkonkoma, New York, Sayville, New York and Oakdale, New York, USA.

Daisy, Maryland

Edwin Warfield (1848–1920), the 45th Governor of Maryland, grew up at the Oakdale manor built in 1838.

Lyrick Studios

The company developed the Wishbone series for PBS in 1995, a show about a talking dog living in the fictional town of Oakdale, Texas.

Miners' institute

By the eve of the Second World War there were more than a hundred miners' institutes, those of note include 'Y Stiwt' in Rhosllannerchrugog, the Oakdale Miners' Institute, the Parc and Dare in the Rhondda and the Abercynon Miners' Institute.

Noah Mayer

Seeking to affirm his relationship with Maddie, Noah convinces her to think about going to Oakdale University in the fall with him, instead of pursuing her dream of attending Wesleyan.

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Graduate and professional programs are offered at facilities in Winona, the Twin Cities, Rochester, Apple Valley, Minnetonka and Oakdale, Minnesota; and various course delivery sites around Minnesota and Wisconsin; Jamaica, and Nairobi, Kenya.

Special Operations Response Team

Some of the lesser known operations that BOP SORTs have been involved in include the mass movement of inmates from FCI Miami, after the facility was damaged by Hurricane Andrew; and the resolution of inmate disturbances at FCI Oakdale, Louisiana, FCI Lawton, Oklahoma, and the USP Atlanta.

Visco Grgich

Visco continued to live in the Oakdale, California area until he was moved to Dale Commons assisted-living facility in Modesto, California shortly prior to his wife Grace, the country and western singer known as "Sioux City Sue," died in 2001.


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