The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

28 August 2007

The wearing of valve caps is prohibited

What we used to call Dayton Tire is history, but I definitely didn't anticipate this:

Tire production has stopped, but the Bridgestone Firestone name will live on in western Oklahoma City after the company donated 60 acres of land Monday for a new elementary school and a nature reserve.

The school, to be called Bridgestone Firestone Elementary, is scheduled to open by 2010, said [Western Heights] district Superintendent Joe Kitchens. It will teach pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

I guess what I really want to know is this: What will the athletic teams be called? The Radials? The Firehawks? The Blizzaks?

Posted at 7:23 PM to City Scene


Too bad it's not a high school. Then when the sports teams lose, the news could say it was a 'blowout'.

Posted by: Dwayne "the canoe guy" at 8:19 PM on 28 August 2007

Students who fail a grade and need to repeat will be known as "retreads".

Posted by: triticale at 9:53 PM on 28 August 2007

There's a "don't tread on me" team motto in there somewhere.

Posted by: Rob "Flack" O'Hara at 3:29 AM on 29 August 2007

I can see the headline now:

[insert rival team name here] Flatten Bridgestone-Firestone in Huge Blowout

Posted by: McGehee at 3:27 PM on 29 August 2007

"Roadkillers" has a nice punch to it.

Posted by: mike at 6:20 PM on 30 August 2007