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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Oklahoma State Cartoon Character
GUSTY®
Adopted in 2005
In 1954 a cartoon character was created by Don Woods to be used on his TV. weather shows in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Today Gusty is famous. Gusty is Don Woods' legal trademark and is in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. and the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. GUSTY was adopted in 2005.
Senate Bill 464, by State Sen. Scott Pruitt and State Rep. Pam Peterson, would make Wood's creation "the state cartoon character" of Oklahoma.
Woods created the cartoon character to illustrate weather news when he began working for a Tulsa television station in 1954. The unveiling of each day's Gusty cartoon – normally drawn on live TV – became an evening ritual for many Tulsa-area families until Woods retired in 1989.
"Don Woods would depict the weather in the cartoon," Peterson said. "If it was a windy day, he would draw Gusty's umbrella blown inside out. Families would gather each evening to see what he would draw and they could write in and request a picture and receive the original drawing. When Don retired in 1989, the requests were stacked high – there were thousands – because it was so popular."
The cartoon creation became so famous that the Smithsonian's Institution's registrar requested a drawing of Gusty.
Since his retirement, Woods has been honored with an award from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, declared a Tulsa Press Club TV Icon, and recognized by President George W. Bush.
Pruitt and Peterson, both Tulsa Republicans, said Senate Bill 464 is just one more way to honor Woods' career.
"I think Gusty would be a good representative for our state," Peterson said.
-SB 464 by Sen. Scott Pruitt and Rep. Pam Peterson makes GUSTY the official state cartoon character. The bill was passed as an emergency measure by a vote of 43-0.
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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