Sooner Mall be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide. Sooner Mall Sooner Mall is a regional shopping mall and trade area located in Norman, Oklahoma. It contains four major department store anchors, and a total of 74 tenants comprising a total of approximately 512,000 square feet of gross leasable area. It is also the top employer of University of Oklahoma students. The mall was built in 1976 as Sooner Fashion Mall. It was expanded in 1988 when Dillard's moved to a new store. J. C. Penney, which already had a store in the mall, moved into Dillard's
Alabama State Defense Force in return, Alabama "was able to achieve a functioning state guard sooner than most states." By using an existing private organization as the framework for their state defense force, Alabama was able to achieve full readiness far sooner than might be expected. At the war's end, the Alabama State Guard was deactivated. On December 22, 1983, Governor George Wallace signed Executive Order Number 20, which authorized the creation of the Alabama State Defense Force, the successor of the Alabama State Guard which was disbanded in World War II. In 2008, members delivered meals and water to Hurricane Gustav evacuees. On