Local legend still persists that the valley mentioned is a reference to the village of High Valleyfield, known locally as "the Valley", a village with a reputation for "mini warfare" between its own residents and those of nearby towns and villages (namely Torryburn, Rosyth, Oakley and Inverkeithing), near Skids' home town of Dunfermline.
Lisa Joann Thompson, dancer, actress, choreographer, starred in In Living Color, Fame L.A. and Motown Live, lived in Oakley during her high school years, and attended Liberty High School in Brentwood.
The community is home to mainly middle- and upper-middle-class families with a proportion of the adults being employed by Cobham plc in the field of Defence, Avionics and Surveillance Systems.
There are adequate religious establishments; the Holy Name Catholic church, which boasts magnificent stained-glass windows by Gabriel Loire, a French stained glass artist of the 20th century, is well subscribed to.
Oakley has become recognized world-wide for its Middle Mountain quarries of Rocky Mountain quartzite building stone known as Oakley Stone.
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Today, many people remark that Oakley is the very last "Mayberry" left in America, and frequently visited for its Victorian homes.
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Jon Huntsman of Utah is the grandson of David B. Haight, above, and Mitt Romney, of Massachusetts is the son of another famous Oakley-ite, George Romney.
His motorcycle grips were unlike other grips available at the time, using a patented material known as 'Unobtanium', a unique creation by Jannard.
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Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana during 2006 gave a light curve with a period of 6.572 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.34 ± 0.05 in magnitude.
Police believe that Oakley followed Gotlib to the Bashford Manor Mall parking lot, where he abducted her leaving nothing but her bike.
Ann Oakley has written numerous academic works, many focusing on the lives and roles of women in society as well as several best-selling novels, of which the best-known is probably The Men's Room, which was adapted by Laura Lamson for BBC television in 1991, and which starred Harriet Walter and Bill Nighy.
The Antioch Unified School District serves approximately 19,000 students in the city of Antioch, California and part of the city of Oakley.
His most notable victory came in 851 at "Acleah", possibly Ockley in Surrey or Oakley in Berkshire.
On the 16th of November 1802, Colonel Edward Marcus Despard and his co-conspirators were arrested at the Oakley Arms public house at 72 Oakley Street for their part in the Despard Plot.
In the Idaho House of Representatives, both are residents of Cassia County: in Seat A Representative Scott Bedke of Oakley and in Seat B Representative Fred Wood of Burley.
In 1903–1904, Faik Konica was resident at Oakley Crescent in Islington, London.
They have created corporate promos for Clogau Gold, Amnesty International, Disney, Oakley Photography and the Film4 London FrightFest Film Festival.
Frank E. Butler (1850–1926), husband of Annie Oakley and a sharpshooter
In Australia, Paul Starling (the most senior Caucasian pupil graded by Gōgen Yamaguchi in his lifetime) had been training for four years with Gōgen's first Australian student Mervyn Oakley.
Great (and Little) Oakley lie in the upper reaches of the Harpers Brook on a narrow strip of limestone, sandstone and clay where the valley has cut down through the extensive boulder clay capped plateau.
Born in Oakley Park, at Bromfield, Shropshire, into a landed and titled family, she was the daughter of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Powis, and Barbara, granddaughter of William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis.
Lady Oakley was a long-time resident in Hong Kong and was noted for her active participation in local public services, especially in the Street Sleepers' Society, St John's Cathedral Women's Guild and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
In 2005, Kalamka was contacted by artist and sex worker advocate Annie Oakley (whom he'd met at the Olympia, Washington queer arts fest HomoAGoGo) and accepted an invitation to tour with The Sex Workers' Art Show, a month long cross-country cabaret style theater event featuring current and former sex worker artist/activists.
VanDam is sponsored on the BASS Bassmasters tournament trail by Nitro, Mercury Marine, Toyota, Strike King, Mustad, Plano, MotorGuide, Quantum, Bass Pro Shops, Humminbird, Oakley, D&R Sports, Biosonix and RMR Industries.
Other Board members: Hugh Bullock, James Cane, Philip Carne, Kay Ellen Consolver, Kevin Fitzmaurice, Paul Gismondi, Anthony Gordon-Lennox, Patricia Hodge, Paterson Joseph, Victoria Legge-Bourke LVO, Timothy Oakley, Mark Schnebli, Sue Stapely, Richard Szpiro, Thomas Vaughan.
Visser's past achievements include: 5th in the 2006/2007 APT tow-in tour event in Chile, 7th in the Nelscott Reef Big Wave Paddle In event USA, and runner up in the 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 Oakley ASL Big Wave Awards.
Oakley has always had a passion for wines and in 1999, met sommelier Barry Skarin, who has worked as Head Sommelier for Marco Pierre White and Michael Caines, in a pub.
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Oakley became captain the following season due to club captain Stephen Clemence's long-term injury (which forced him to retire on Easter Monday 2010).
The origins of the name of the suburb, "Oakleigh," is unclear, local historians have three main theories - that it was derived from she-oaks that grew near Scotchmans Creek; from "Oakleigh Park" an estate near Malvern Hills in England; or from Mrs. Oakley an early settler.
Oakley Youth Development Center, also known as Oakley Farm, in Hinds County, Mississippi
In May 1922, Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly and Lieutenant John Arthur Macready were awarded the 1922 Mackay Trophy for the beating the world's air endurance record and staying aloft for 36 hours, 4 minutes, and 32 seconds.
Oakley Haldeman (July 17, 1909 - December 17, 1986) was a songwriter ("Here Comes Santa Claus"), composer, author and the general manager for a music publisher.
This resulted in a production of one of Jarry's translated plays, Ubu Rex, performed by the Firlefanz Puppets at Steamer No. 10 Theatre in Albany, New York, directed by Oakley, with Steven Patterson in the title role.
A national school, accommodating 120 students, was built in nearby Oakley on the property of William W. B. Beach in 1855 and by 1872, it was expanded.
Oakley Hall is a privately owned early 18th century mansion house at Mucklestone, Market Drayton, Staffordshire.
Silverman hosted several reports on Citytv regarding Toronto optician Adam Plimmer, who was accused of selling counterfeit glasses (mainly Gucci and Oakley) and giving out eye exams despite being unqualified to do so by the College of Opticians.
A hangar at RAF Oakley was actually used as a film set in the James Bond film Octopussy in 1983, for the opening sequence (scripted as being in a Latin American country) in Roger Moore's penultimate appearance as Bond.
Oakley is probably best known for his co-creation of the Wildstorm mini series Albion, with Alan Moore, Leah Moore, and John Reppion which ran from 2005 until 2006.
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Boom! Studios' Cthulhu Tales #2 (published April 2008) featured a story entitled The Hiding Place written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Oakley.
Promised to be more entertainment than the original phase, the later phase has become synonymous with fashion and entertainment with luxury boutiques such as Michael Kors, Coach, Oakley, and J.Crew.
The Festival was launched by Michael Oakley's production of Dido, Queen of Carthage at Emmanuel College Chapel, followed by a gala performance at the Senate House.
He faced incumbent Jacquelyn K. O'Brien in the 37th Ohio House district, which included the eastern Cincinnati neighborhoods of Oakley, the East End, Hyde Park, Mount Lookout, Columbia Tusculum, Linwood, California and Mount Washington; the cities of Norwood and Newtown; and Anderson Township.
Oakley received top honors at the International Film and Television Festival for his direction of the Emmy Award-winning children's television series Reading Rainbow.
His novels include: Driftwood of the Current (1942), the story of the disastrous Winona flood of 1895; Oakley of the Ozarks (1942), a tale of young love among the hills and valleys; Wrestling the Wilderness (1943) a drama set in the north woods of Maine; and Strength of the Hills (1944), a drama set around the development of a copper mine in Shannon County.