August 1, 2019

August 1, 2019 Vol. 20, No. 10

In This Issue DIRECTIONS

TOURISM

BOOST

Directions, by Joe Slack, in real life is located in front of OnCue, at 15th and I-35, 4100 E. 15th Street, but this week is hidden somewhere in our paper. Email c o n te s t @ e d m o n d p a p e r. c o m with the correct location to be entered in the weekly drawing.

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Jennifer

Seaton named new ECVB director

Jennifer Seaton

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The city’s commitment to tourism and conventions received a big lift this week with the hiring of Jennifer Seaton.

She becomes the new director of Edmond’s Convention and Visitors Bureau and began her duties earlier this week at the group’s office, 2901 Conference Drive.

That is next to the fairly new Hilton Garden Inn convention center near Covell and Interstate 35. The Hilton Garden Inn, complete with a 20,000-square-foot Edmond Conference Center has 158 rooms.

Seaton’s appointment is being welcomed by Edmond officials.

“I’m excited to have Jennifer join our team,” said Casey Moore, director of marketing and public relations.

“Her experience, energy and desire to innovatively promote the community will be a great asset as we work toward being a premier destination for travelers in our region.”

Concurring is Sherry Jordan, president and CEO of the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce.

“I really like Jennifer Seaton and I think she will do great things,” Jordan said.

Seaton will be in charge of helping to promote several events and activities in Edmond. The city has several large events, which draw visitors from across the metro, state and nation. They also promote Edmond shopping as well as parks, including Arcadia Lake.

Seaton recognizes this as well.

“The ‘Edmond Experience’ will attract more leisure travelers, meetings and conventions when we work together to promote our assets,” Seaton said. “I plan to collaborate with local leaders in a strategic effort to grow Edmond’s visitor industry.”

The multitudes of tourists who visit Edmond also translate into dollars and tax revenue for the local economy. Agreeing with that assessment is Janet Yowell, Edmond Economic Development Authority director.

“Tourism is the purest form of economic development,” Yowell said.

“People come into our town and

spend money on lodging, food and entertainment. The city gets the tax benefit without having to provide long term services for them.”

Seaton brings extensive marketing and advertising experience from her 25 years working in the Oklahoma City metro. Most recently, she served as vice president for business development for STAPLEGUN, an advertising agency based in Oklahoma City. Previously, she worked as the director of marketing for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and spent time as the vice president of marketing for the United Way of Central Oklahoma. She attended Ohio University where she received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Communication.

According to the EEDA 2019 Economic Abstract, there are just under 1,000 hotel rooms in Edmond. Their gross receipts are 15.4 million. With a four percent hotel levy, government officials took in $546,984 in 2018.

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Scooters coming soon

By Keaton Ross Oklahoman.com Since their arrival last August, the sight of people cruising through Downtown Oklahoma City and Norman on Lime scooters has become commonplace.

Now a third metro city plans to join in on the electric scooter craze.

The Edmond City Council on Monday unanimously approved a contract that permits scooter-sharing company Lime to operate within city limits over a one-year trial period.

Lime likely will dispatch its scooters sometime before the University of Central Oklahoma fall semester begins on Aug. 20, City of Edmond Spokesman Casey Moore said.

“They [Lime] feel like they’re a valuable piece of the overall alternate modes of transportation,” Moore said. “Not everyone wants to drive everywhere.”

With a maximum speed of 15 mph, the scooters cost $1 to unlock plus 15 cents per riding minute. Riders must have a valid driver’s license and agree to obey all local traffic laws.

Safety will be the first priority for Lime and city officials as the devices are implemented, Moore said. In heavy traffic areas, Lime plans to dispatch field representatives who will answer questions and instruct riders on proper use. Safety instructions also will be displayed in-app.

At the June 10 Edmond City Council meeting, council members said downtown businesses could reap benefits from scooter enthusiasts. The scooters also could help alleviate parking woes at UCO and bring students to new parts of the city, two student government representatives said at the meeting.

“If the scooters help with people enjoying downtown and different things and getting around in a way that’s easier, certainly we support that,” Moore said.

A draft ordinance regulating scooters has been introduced but not yet finalized. Proposed measures include imposing an annual share vehicle fee on each scooter and restricting where scooters can be parked.

Oklahoma City's experience Without first contacting city officials, scooter-share company Bird dispatched 50 of its devices in downtown Oklahoma City early last August.

Lime arrived as a competitor four

weeks later, placing scooters in Bricktown, Midtown and the Plaza District.

Weeks after the arrival of Bird, the Oklahoma City Council drafted an ordinance requiring scooter share companies to pay a licensing fee, implement geo-fence technology and limit the number of scooters they put out, based on demand. The ordinance went into effect in December.

While attempting to stop all instances of scooter misuse is an impossible task, Lime has been diligent in following the ordinance and communicating with city officials, Embark Transit Manager Jeanne Smith said.

“Unlike some of these other scooter companies, they actually asked for permission ahead of time,” Smith said. “And every time we approach with an issue or a problem, they’re very sincere in their efforts to try and get it handled.”

Saying they were “re-evaluating their business model,” Bird left Oklahoma City in February, leaving Lime as the only electric scooter company downtown. Lime now operates 350 scooters in Oklahoma City, Smith said, a number that has increased with rider demand.

Smith said complaints to her office about electric scooters have become infrequent, and those they receive often can be referred to Lime representatives.

The greatest challenge the city and Lime now faces, according to Smith, is keeping the devices out of off-limit areas.

All Lime scooters are equipped with a GPS tracker, which allows prospective riders to find the location of a scooter in an app and activate it.

The tracker also enables Lime and city officials to see if a scooter has entered a restricted area.

If a rider enters restricted areas, like the Bricktown Canal or Myriad Gardens, the scooter slows down significantly and a text message is sent with instructions to turn around. If a person continually ignores the warnings, Lime has the ability to impose fines.

But these warnings don’t stop everyone.

“I often look at the map and shake my head thinking, ‘Why can’t people just behave?’” Smith said. “What’s interesting is the initial reaction from Lime was, ‘We can’t control where people go’. Now their reaction is

See Scooters, Page 5

Jobs open for 1,500 Amazon is now accepting applications for more than 1,500 jobs available at its first fulfillment center in Oklahoma City.

Applications will be accepted from Aug. 2 to Sept. 19 for various full-time jobs where employees will work sideby-side with state-of-the-art technology. Compensation for the open positions range from $15-$17.80 an hour with benefits.

TheOKC Amazon Robotics fulfillment center is located at 9201 S Portland Avenue, Oklahoma City. apply online at www.amazon.com/okcjo bs.

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From the Publisher

Wise Guys return to UCO Jazz Lab Tres Amigos Productions is proud to announce the return of the Wise Guys to the UCO Jazz Lab. The local favorite is returning Thursday, Aug. 29, at 8 p.m. to perform a special show to benefit the Tres Amigos Scholarship Program. All proceeds will be donated back to the UCO Founda- Ray Hibbard tion to help fund a second endowed scholarship for jazz performance. This is the second year that the Wise Guys have stepped in to help fund the scholarship. Tickets are only $25 and you can call 405.340.8552 to reserve. It will be a sell out so don’t delay.

If you aren’t familiar with The Wise Guys, well, where the heck have you been? They are five time and current recipient winner of the Oklahoman’s Readers’ Choice Awards as OKC’s Local Favorite Band. With their suitcase full of retro rock & roll, they light up the stage and audience taking them back to when they came of age. Some might say that members of the band are still working on coming of age but who am I to judge.

If you grew up in the metro area in the ‘70’s or ‘80’s, you probably know one or more of the band members. Founding band member, Jeb Reid who serves as lead vocalist and I got to know each other when he was working for one of the larger advertising agencies in the area. Band leader, Randy Colton who plays the guitar and performs vocals, is well know from his frequent appearances on television.

Mike Harris, founding member plays keyboard, guitar, banjo and performs vocals. He plays a key role in the band’s sound and is also familiar to much of the audience.

Jazz Lab favorite, Steve Tyrell, said after a performance with the Wise Guys in OKC, “Really enjoyed doing the show with the WISE GUYS tonight – you guys totally rock!” Chris Marion of the Little River Band said, “It was so much fun to have you 'Guys' do a show with us. I've not heard 'Never Been Any Reason' played live - ever. That was

great! Our band was all singing along with every song you did.”

The entire band has shown what big hearts they have in agreeing to appear in a second fund raising event to benefit college students in pursuit of their degrees. They also love what they do, and it shows in how much fun the crowd has at one of their shows. They have fun and you will have fun too.

The Last Czars There is so much about the newest of technology that I just don’t care for today. Social media platforms are just addictive and offer nothing of value. It takes up hours of our time each day and causes us to rob time from our families. One of the bright spots is the advent of streaming television services and the programing they offer. You can watch it when you want to and are not interrupted with annoying car commercials.

The Last Czars is an incredible docudrama about the end of the Russian monarchy that has hit streaming service Netflix.

It was a dark period in Russia’s history that isn’t told often. While some critics did not like the way production company Nutopia told that story, it is well worth watching the six-part series this summer. Knowing more about this time period for Russia gives a better understanding of today’s post Soviet Union.

The use of historians popping on the screen to enrich the drama being acted out was troubling to me at first. As I watched the shows it became clear to me, they were an important part of the series.

It is a complicated story and there is much that is unclear but the factual presentations from the different historians go a long way in explaining beyond what the actors can do in their performance.

The series centers around Nicholas II known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, who was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1894 until his forced abdication on March 15, 1917. His reign saw the fall of the Russian Empire from one of the foremost great powers of the world to economic and military col-

The Wise Guys

Publisher’s Note: We want to thank Oklahoma native Deborah Kennedy for submitting this beautiful photograph and poem this week.

Kennedy is the daughter of former Edmond resident Chaz Allen and she is returning this month to Oklahoma for a 40 year school reunion. She currently serves as a resident artist living in Vienna, VA. Welcome home Deborah!

touched the sun breaks through two days of fog spreading its fingers through the leaves it comes to rest here and here and here, its destiny to feed a hungry world with awe.

Deborah Kennedy incorporationspoetry.com dkennedy.poetinc@gmail.com lapse. He was given the nickname Nicholas the Bloody or Vile Nicholas by his political adversaries due to the Khodynka Tragedy, anti-Semitic programs, Bloody Sunday, the violent suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution, the execution of political opponents, and his perceived responsibility for the Russo-Japanese War. The Soviet historians that portrayed Nicholas as weak and incompetent hit the nail on the head.

Honestly, the man was an idiot completely out of touch with his citizens.

The role of Siberian mystic Grigori Rasputin is one of the most interesting parts of the series. His influence over the Empress Alexandra and the Tsar himself was incredibly not helpful to saving the royal family. The monk’s ability to heal their son could have been one of the reasons they gave him so much importance, but his story was completely unknown to me.

As much as you might like your children to learn about history, this is not the series for them. There is an incredible amount of violence throughout the show and some nudity.

It would not be a good viewing with all the family members. While the nudity is brief, I would call it totally unnecessary.

(Ray Hibbard may be reached by e-mail at ray@edmondpaper.com)

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Edmond man ordained a priest ....................................................Page 6.

Why we need to keep the Electoral College ..............................Page 10.

Weekend Calendar of Events ....................................................Page 11.

Swim team comes up big ..........................................................Page 13.

Dave Farris’ look back at cowboy shootout ................................Page 14.

Crossword ..................................................................................Page 15.

George Gust movie review ........................................................Page 15.

Business News ............................................................................Page 21.

Worship directory ......................................................................Page 23.

See if you can find ‘Directions’ “Directions,” in real life is located in front of OnCue, at 15th and I-35, 4100 E 15th Street, but this week is hidden somewhere in our paper. E-mail contest@edmondpaper.com with the correct location to be entered in the weekly drawing.

Local artist Joe Slack created the sculpture to draw the public in. “I just want to engage,” said Slack, “And for it to be part of the landscape.” At it’s tallest point of 17 feet ‘Directions' is the largest sculpture Slack has ever attempted. It features three huge faces with a rust patina. Located along I-35 it is certain to draw travelers in to engage with just one of the pieces of public art Edmond is known for.

For more information on Edmond public art please visit http://visitedmondok.com/public-art.php

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Scooters From Page 3 'we’re going to help direct where people go and make sure they stay within the requirements of the ordinance.'”

City vs. suburban streets According to company policy, Lime scooters are not allowed on sidewalks, though the rule is often ignored.

In Downtown Oklahoma City — where pedestrian volume is high, speed limits are lower and

drivers are generally more aware of non-vehicle traffic — allowing scooters on city streets makes sense, Smith said.

In suburban Edmond, electric scooters and city streets could prove to be a dangerous combination, she said.

“I’m not sure they’re going to be safe on the streets,” Smith said. “I’m not sure if they’re going to be safe at all in that environment.”

Although official boundaries have not yet been

VP of People & Culture named “Diane is expertly University of Central positioned to be that Oklahoma President voice given her experiPatti Neuhold-Ravikuence here at Central mar recently named and in the corporate Diane Feinberg as the world.” university’s first vice Feinberg has a president for People broad foundation of and Culture. executive experience in Feinberg previously human resources, fiserved the university as nancial planning and assistant vice president budgeting, safety and for Human Resources. risk management, opIn her new role, she will erations and training oversee the newly deand leadership develveloped Division of Diane Feinberg opment, having led People and Culture, these efforts during her 22 years at which includes Employee Relations, Cox Communications.

Talent Acquisition and CompensaFeinberg earned her bachelor’s detion, Talent Development, Benefits gree in human resources from SouthAdministration, Payroll, Inclusive Community, Workers’ Compensation, ern Nazarene University and received her master’s degree in adult and Risk Management, and Environmenhigher education with an emphasis in tal Health and Safety. training from Central. She holds sen“We need a unifying voice and ior-level certifications from the Socichampion who will nurture our community by strategically leading UCO’s ety of Human Resources Management and the Human Reinvestment in people and cultivating sources Certification Institute. a culture rooted in the principles of For more information on the Unirespect, inclusion, accountability and versity of Central Oklahoma, performance,” Neuhold-Ravikumar visit www.uco.edu. said.

Edmond Schools acquire land Edmond Public Schools has acquired 16.7 acres of land in the far southwest corner of the district to build a future elementary school.

The parcel is southwest of the intersection of NW 150th St and N. Pennsylvania Ave and is adjacent to Epworth Villa.

The land was purchased from Quail Village Investments, LLC-a subsidiary of Homes by Taber. The district purchased 6.2 acres for $2.7 million and the seller gifted the remaining 10.5 acres.

“This tremendous gift will allow us to build a much-needed school in an area of our district that has experienced explosive growth in student

population,” said Superintendent Bret Towne. “We appreciate the seller’s generosity and look forward to building a beautiful new school which will serve families for generations.”

The district will start design work on the new elementary school this fall with a tentative opening scheduled for August 2021.

The district also has plans to open Redbud Elementary, located at the corner of Douglas and Coffee Creek in 2021-2022.

Redbud is the first school the district has constructed east of I-35. It is being designed by The Stacy Group of Edmond which also designed Frontier Elementary.

set, Moore said Lime plans to use geo-fencing technology to restrict their scooters to certain areas in Edmond, including downtown and the UCO campus.

Edmond city officials and Lime also hope to educate drivers on how to share the road with electric scooters, Moore said.

“Obviously those scooters can be on the road, and people need to learn how to pass them,” he said.

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The majesty of the Clydesdale horses is available for the public to see in person. Express Employment Professionals announced recently they are making the horses available for parades and other events.

Express Employment shows off Clydesdales to public Express Employment Professionals announced recently that its award-winning Clydesdale horses are taking part in parades and other events across the Midwest this summer and fall, as organizations schedule appearances through local Express offices.

“These unique ambassadors are available for public events, large and small,” said Bob Funk, the company’s president and co-founder. “A regal sight, the giant horses with a gentle temperament leave an impressive, lasting memory, and they demonstrate character, diligence and teamwork, which are values we share with all our communities.”

Through the years, the Express Clydesdales have enjoyed a special relationship with hundreds of communities, pulling their magnificent stagecoach

at parades and events throughout America.

“In my opinion, there is no better way to show our love for our community than to offer the joy of watching these national and world champion horses trot down the lane of a local parade or lend their star power to a community festival,” Funk said. “Aside from the impact they have on local events, these horses reflect the strong relationship our company and our employees have with our communities, and we take great pride in that.”

“No matter how big the event is, the Express Clydesdales always stand out,” Funk says. “I’ll never forget the sight of our team pulling their stage at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.”

The Clydesdales have also starred at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the Kentucky Derby Pegasus Parade. Last spring, they stole the show at the Red Earth Festival Parade in downtown Oklahoma City.

Community organizations and businesses can include the Express Clydesdales in their events by contacting their local Express office, which can assist with scheduling. In Edmond the Express office can be contacted at 405-478-3331.

“Without a doubt, these horses enjoy the limelight. So, we’re always happy to see them out there, being part of the show,” Funk said.

Edmond Man Ordained as a Catholic Priest

A man from St. Monica’s Catholic Parish, Jerome Krug of Edmond, was ordained to the priesthood in late June. Jerome grew up a member of St. Monica's parish, and was an altar server for several years before entering the seminary, studying to be a priest. His ordination to the priesthood took place on June 29 at St. Mark Catholic Parish in Norman. He celebrated his first Mass at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 30 at St Monica. He will be serving the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City as a pastoral associate during the summer, before returning to Rome this fall for additional studies.

Pictured is the newly ordained Father Krug, along with Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus from St. Monica Council 11237.

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Involves use of smartphone technology

Grant to explore unique approach to quitting tobacco A post-doctoral fellow at the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine has received a highly competitive federal grant that will launch her research career focused on using mobile technology for tobacco cessation.

Emily Hébert, who holds a doctoral degree in public health, was awarded a K99 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health.

She is completing her post-doctoral training at the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center, a program of the Stephenson Cancer Center. Her research involves using smartphone technology to help people stop using tobacco.

The K99 grant plays a key role for researchers as they transition from post-doctoral training to junior faculty member. In order to establish an independent research program, post-doctoral fellows must conduct preliminary research, then use the data from those studies to apply for larger federal awards.

“The K99 award is a great opportunity,” Hébert said. “Most junior faculty are required to split their time across multiple projects and teaching. The K99 award guarantees that 75 percent of my time can be focused on my continued training and professional development, while I prepare and conduct a research study.”

Hébert’s research focuses on using smartphones to understand the triggers that make people want to smoke, in order to automatically deliver tailored messages in real time to try to prevent them from lighting a cigarette. Thus far, most smoking cessation interventions have been based on group-level patterns of smoking lapse – when people are feeling stress, for example, they are more likely to smoke. But Hébert’s aim is to develop a personalized algorithm that identifies each

person’s smoking triggers and automatically delivers messages only when they are needed.

Hébert will spend the next two years exploring machine learning – the process by which computers use data to identify patterns. Through working with mentors on OU’s Norman campus and attending workshops and conferences, she will learn more about how machine learning can be integrated into her research. Her project involves sending short surveys via smartphones, several times a day, to research participants who want to stop smoking. Participants will be asked about their mood and environment, such as “Are you with any other smokers right now?” and “How strong is your craving to smoke?” The technology will then be used to “learn” how and when individuals are triggered to smoke.

“This research will help us to identify patterns in each smoker’s behavior, then an algorithm will be used to determine the types of messages that should be delivered, and when they should be delivered, to try to prevent someone from smoking,” Hébert said. “Understanding machine learning also will enable me to use data from other technology, such as a person’s heart rate from a smartwatch or activity monitor, to indicate when smoking relapse is imminent. I believe these methods could be used to help tailor interventions that address other cancer risk factors, like obesity and physical inactivity.”

During the second year of the grant, Hébert will begin interviewing for faculty positions. Once she secures a tenure-track faculty position, the next phase of her research career will begin: using machine learning to develop the actual smartphone-based smoking intervention.

Michael Businelle, Ph.D., Hébert’s

primary mentor on the study, said her research is part of a growing field that leverages technology to study and intervene in health risk factors and behaviors.

“Dr. Hébert’s innovative project will contribute to this growing area of research while helping people to stop smoking and decrease their risk of developing cancer,” he said.

The work of Hébert and other researchers at the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center is supported by the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust.

An endowment created by state voters in 2000 to improve the health of Oklahomans, TSET is dedicated to reducing the state’s leading causes of preventable death – cancer and cardiovascular disease – caused by tobacco use and by obesity as well.

Emily Hébert

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Sheriff’s office not ICE friendly?

By Kevin Calvey Okla. County Commissioner Last week at our Criminal Justice Authority Jail Trust meeting, several protesters commented publicly that the County should not allow federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency at the Oklahoma County Calvey Jail.

They expressed that having ICE agents at our jail caused them fear that people might be deported. Some of them referred to ICE as the “Gestapo” and with other inflammatory terms.

I have come to expect this type of inflammatory rhetoric from far-left political activists. What surprised me was the Sheriff’s office’s response. They said they do NOT honor ICE detainers, or “holds.”

An ICE detainer or hold occurs when ICE believes a county jail inmate is in violation of immigration laws and asks the Sheriff’s office not to release that inmate for a few hours until ICE can take that inmate into federal custody. It is surprising to me that the Sheriff’s office does not honor these ICE detainers. I asked why, and in response the Sheriff’s office said that ICE detainers are illegal.

As “evidence” of this supposed illegality, the Sheriff’s office forwarded to me two articles by anti-ICE immigration attorneys, articles complete with ads for those attorneys’ services. It did not

surprise me that an immigration attorney might try to attract business by criticizing ICE. Kind of like a Texas business owner attracting business by criticizing the Oklahoma Sooners!

I contacted ICE after I received the two articles.

ICE cited a US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that affirms the legality of ICE detainers. That is certainly more authoritative than the opinions of antiICE immigration lawyers trying to attract business.

The Sheriff’s office should cooperate with ICE, and not cave in to the demands of extremist protesters.

I posted the question on my Facebook page, “Should Oklahoma County cooperate with ICE?” I expected the majority of respondents to say, “Yes, we should cooperate with ICE.” But I was surprised at the lopsided response- so far, about 94% of respondents say “Yes, we should cooperate with ICE.” I suspect many readers, like me, have empathy for those fleeing violence in other countries. Our family helped some Vietnamese refugees when I was a child, at the end of the Vietnam War. But empathy for refugees is no excuse for abandoning an orderly immigration system, or for not cooperating with federal law enforcement. If you don’t like our immigration laws, by all means feel free to try to change them. But don’t create open-borders anarchy.

Do you agree? Feel free to contact me at kevin.calvey@oklahomacounty.org.

A home appraisal guide

By Kenneth Wohl RCB Bank Mortgage Here is a quick rundown of appraisals and the guidelines behind them.

Arguably, one of Wohl the most important aspects of getting a mortgage is the appraisal. In short, an appraisal is an opinion of the market value of the property, completed by a professional licensed appraiser.

An appraiser will visit the property and examine the interior and exterior of the property. They will take pictures, measure rooms, note upgrades and examine other aspects of the house for functionality.

Once they finish looking at the property, they will research similar homes through various assessor databases and local real estate portals.

Questions customers ask: May I choose my appraiser?

No. Your lender must request the order. Lenders, realtors and appraisers must follow Appraiser Independence requirements to ensure the appraisal is fair. Click here to read the guidelines on Fannie Mae’s website.

Why are appraisals important?

An appraisal is important because it provides you with valuable information about the property so, as a buyer, you do not pay more than the home is actually worth. It can also play a big role in determining the amount of money you may borrow when purchasing or refinancing your home.

I got a home inspection; do I still need an appraisal?

Yes. The home inspection does not replace an appraisal and vice versa. A

home inspection is an in-depth, objective examination of the physical structure and major components of a home. A home inspector will not determine the value of the home; they help you assess potential risks that may affect your investment.

How long does it take to receive my appraisal?

Appraisals can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to complete due to many variables that may affect the timeframe. For instance, during the peak of real estate season, it may take longer due to the backlog of requests. Rural, luxury or complex properties also take more time to complete based upon availability of comparable sales data.

Appraisal guidelines protect consumers. Lenders are required to give you free copies of all appraisal reports and other written valuations. If you have questions, talk to your lender. Open and honest communication will help you better understand the mortgage process.

As always, I am here to answer any questions, even if you are not an RCB Bank customer. Give me call at 405608-5291 or email me at kwohl@bankrcb.net Opinions expressed above are the personal opinions of the author and meant for generic illustration purposes only. For specific questions regarding your personal lending needs, please call RCB Bank at 855-BANKRCB. With approved credit. Some restrictions apply. Equal Housing Lender, Member FDIC. RCB Bank NMLS #798151. Kenneth Wohl NMLS #453934.

Appraiser Independence Requirements Link: https://www.fanniemae.com/content/fact_sheet/appr aiser-independence-requirements.pdf

City now taking nominations for Landscape improvement Award Nominations for Edmond’s Landscape Improvement Award are now open and will be accepted until Aug. 31.

Homeowner associations or neighborhood groups that have enhanced their neighborhood environment through the planting of trees and other landscaping are eligible to enter for a chance to receive additional trees and recognition signage for their outstanding efforts.

Neighborhood groups may apply with projects completed between Aug. 1, 2018 and July 31, 2019.

Landscape projects that enhance the neighborhood environment are eligible, with greatest emphasis on tree plantings.

Trees installed through the FosterA-Tree or Edmond Tree Grants programs do not qualify. Projects must be in neighborhood managed areas within the Edmond City Limits.

Neighborhood groups with an eligi-

ble project should fill out the Landscape Improvement Award form at http://edmondok.com/treeawards.

Basic information about the group, the project and photos of the finished project are required before the application deadline of August 31st.

The Edmond Urban Forestry Commission will review and select a winner from eligible applications at their September meeting. The commission will evaluate each project’s design, implementation, aftercare, and the resulting impact.

The winning group will receive additional trees for their neighborhood, and the Landscape Improvement Award sign will be placed near their winning project during the following growing season.

Previous recipients of the Landscape Improvement Award include Fairfax in 2018, Autumn Ridge in 2017 and Villages at Coffee Creek in 2016.

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Sunbeam Family Services names Rahhal new CEO

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A teddy bear donation was made last week to Fostering Sweet Dreams, an Edmond non-profit which helps foster families. Among those present were Kristy Payne with Fostering Sweet Dreams, Stephanie Carel, president of Downtown Edmond Business Association and owner of Silver Leaf Gems, Lacee Bilke with Madeline's Flowers.

Group helping foster children receives teddy bear donation Members of the Downtown Edmond Business Association (DEBA) and Madeline’s Flowers gathered to show appreciation for the local nonprofit Fostering Sweet Dreams last week, by presenting the organization with stuffed teddy bears they can give to their clients.

Fostering Sweet Dreams provides tangible needs such as beds, car seats, high chairs and strollers to Kinship foster-care placements along with unexpected traditional foster-care placements. Edmond Police Officer Randy Payne and his wife, Kristy started this organization in March of 2016 and have impacted 1750 children to date.

Each year, Teleflora donates gifts to participating florists nationwide for their annual 'Make Someone Smile' Program. Madeline's Flower has participated in the event for many years and for the past three has partnered with DEBA to show appreciation to community helpers such as local police, fire and veterans.

Sunbeam Family Services announced last week its Board of Directors has unanimously chosen Sarah Rahhal, LCSW, as Sunbeam’s new chief executive officer. Rahhal will join the nonprofit Aug. 26 in providing help, hope and the opportunity for success to people of all ages.

“The Sunbeam Board of Directors is excited for Sarah Rahhal to join our Sunbeam family as our new CEO,” said Phyllis Stong, Sunbeam Family Services board president. “Sarah comes to us with many years of successful nonprofit agency leadership and is highly regarded in our community. She is a passionate leader with extensive knowledge in mental health, addiction and child development. Additionally, Sarah has experience in strategic development and community collaborations and operations. Her vision and her passion for our mission will be instrumental in helping Sunbeam expand services as we look to the future.”

Rahhal, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, is passionate about serving Oklahoma’s children, seniors and families. Throughout her 26 year tenure at NorthCare, Rahhal has provided compassionate services to the community through many roles, most recently as chief of operations. As a therapist earlier in her career, she achieved the infant mental health endorsement, worked with families involved in DHS and provided child care consultation.

“I am honored to have been selected as the next leader of such an amazing agency,” said Rahhal. “Sunbeam has a rich history of service to the community and I look forward to expanding our reach to meet the

Sarah Rahhal needs of those we serve.”

Rahhal has a Master’s of Social Work from the University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Minnesota. Her professional affiliations include: Advisory Committee for OSU-OKC Alcohol and Substance Abuse Academic Program member; CARE (Child Abuse, Response and Evaluation) Center Advisory Board member; City Care Housing Development Committee member; Healthy Minds OK member; Metropolitan School of Dance board member and ReMerge Program Committee member. Rahhal is an expert in the mental health field and has presented at a number of conferences at the state and national level. In addition, she is a Trauma Informed Care trainer, a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) certified therapist and a Youth Mental Health First Aid instructor.

Regional Food Bank benefits from Darden Foundation grant

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Kristy Payne of Fostering Sweet Dreams shows off a donated teddy bear.

The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma has received a $13,000 grant from the Darden Foundation to help provide hunger relief to families in 53 counties in central and western Oklahoma.

"We are so very grateful for the support from the Darden Foundation and their family of restaurants in Oklahoma," said Katie Fitzgerald, chief executive officer of the Regional Food Bank. "With their help, we are able to better serve those living with food insecurity in our service area, the majority of which are chronically hungry children, hardworking families struggling to make ends meet and seniors living on limited incomes."

The Regional Food Bank, a member of the Feeding America network, is one of 193 food banks to receive funding from the Darden Foundation.

In the past year, the Regional Food Bank distributed 50 million pounds of food to a network of more than

1,250 community-based partner agencies. A $13,000 donation to the Regional Food Bank will help provide 52,000 meals for Oklahomans in need of food assistance.

The Darden Foundation is committed to supporting families facing food insecurity in communities across the United States.

Their commitment to help is demonstrated through their partnership with Feeding America and its network of food banks across the nation. Darden operates 13 restaurants in the Regional Food Bank’s service area including Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen.

Feeding America has worked alongside the Darden Foundation for seven years in the fight to end hunger. Thanks to their ongoing support, the Feeding America network has been able to help provide even more meals to families in need.

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Commentary ... We’re on YOUR Side Beware of rush to judgments Hooray for free enterprise

I was watching a special on the McMartin Preschool trials of the 1980s and early 1990s.

If you’ll recall, nine people associated with the California child care were accused of horrific child Steve Gust abuse allegations linked with Satanic activity. Those charges remain allegations because the state couldn’t convict any of them, despite spending $15 million.

This program had some people, including a victim, who to this day maintain the abuse happened. I think the prosecutors could have locked up the case easier if they had been able to produce more evidence. For instance they said a great deal of child pornography was involved. Yet they couldn’t find any. You’d think with nine people accused of these horrific crimes, that someone would have photos somewhere.

I also think you could have gotten one of those nine people to flip on the others with a plea deal if the abuse happened. I could be wrong.

I think if the state is going to go ahead with something like this, they need to really have the goods on the individuals involved. The program hinted that prosecutors involved were more interested in their political careers than justice.

I believe we saw some of the same rush to judgment in North Carolina 10 years ago when some members of the Duke lacrosse team were accused of a sexual assault. They were exonerated.

But for many months they went through a legal nightmare.

I’m convinced also the Russian collusion investigation has more to do with politics than crime. We had the special prosecutor last week testify that none of the Trump campaign team colluded or conspired with Russians. He added the president also never sought to hinder his investigation. Yet there are still allegations of obstruction of justice?

That makes no sense to me.

What we are dealing with is a toxic political atmosphere in Washington D.C. It’s sad things are that way but it is what it is.

(Steve Gust may be reached at news@edmondpaper.com)

By Oklahoman Editorial Board Every chance he gets, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders extols the virtues of democratic socialism and rails against the evils of capitalism.

He isn’t alone, as several candidates in the crowded field have joined the chorus.

In the first debates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren complained that the economy “is doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top.”

She says she’s a capitalist who “sees the value of markets,” but an analysis by Yahoo Finance puts her policy proposals just a smidge to the right of Sanders’.

Sens. Kamala Harris and Corey Booker aren’t far from Warren, in the Yahoo analysis.

In an interview with CNN this spring, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg suggested one reason for the socialism-capitalism debate “is that capitalism has let a lot of people down.” It also has lifted so many.

Consider Devon Energy Corp. It was cofounded in 1970 by Larry Nichols and his father, John, and started with a handful of employees. The company eventually helped to create the shale revolution when it bought Mitchell Energy, the hydraulic fracturing innovator, and applied the process to horizontal wells. Devon grew to roughly 5,000 employees before the energy downturn earlier this decade.

Or consider Harold Hamm, who grew up

poor on a farm in Purcell before moving to Enid at 16. Two years out of high school he started Hamm-Phillips Service Co. with a single service truck. At 22, he formed the company that would become Continental Resources.

Or consider Tom and Judy Love, co-founders of Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores.

They began with a single leased gas station in Watonga in the mid1960s. Today, Love’s is in 41 states and is approaching 500 travel centers. The company employs 25,000 nationwide.

On a smaller scale, consider Cally Johnson and Kathryn Mathis, coowners of Big Truck Tacos. As our Food Dude, Dave Cathey, has written, Johnson and Mathis were hardly the first with a food truck in Oklahoma City, but they made social media a key part of their business model.

Today, Big Truck Tacos continues to flourish with its gourmet taqueria fare even as the market has become more and more crowded — Amen! — with other food truck entrepreneurs.

Speaking of food, have you been to Pawhuska lately? Until a few years ago, it was a quiet town on U.S. 60 between Bartlesville and Ponca City, in Osage County. Then “The Pioneer Woman,” Ree Drummond, decided to invest.

Drummond renovated a historic downtown building and opened a restaurant and bakery in October 2016. The town hasn’t been the same since.

The Pioneer Woman Mercantile draws a

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Why we should keep the Electoral College

By Dr. Justin DePlato and Matthew Markulin An apparent new litmus test has appeared among the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls: abolishing the Electoral College.

Calls to abolish the Electoral College are not new, but the debate surrounding the practicality and effectiveness of the Electoral College has quite possibly never been so robust as it has been in the nearly three years that have followed the 2016 presidential election.

Earlier this year, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren stated her wish to abolish the Electoral College, “I believe we need a constitutional amendment that protects the right to vote for every American citizen and makes sure that vote gets counted.” Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke at a rally in South Carolina in March said, “I was talking to somebody today who had a great idea on how to address this system. … What if in every state, those electors that are selected through our national elections are selected proportionate to the popular vote in the state. In other words, no state would have a winner-take-all system.”

Senator Kamala Harris has alluded to the idea of “fixing it” and Mayor Pete Buttigieg said to the Washington Post, “Its gottta go.” Senator Bernie Sanders told the Post, “I believe that it is hard to defend the current system in which one candidate receives 3 million votes less than his opponent, but still becomes president.”

Their positions are clear: the Electoral College does not accurately and effectively represent the will of the American people and that not all votes are equal under the current system. Some states have banded together, establishing the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,” whereby the states included would award all of their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. As of today, 15 states have joined the cause, with the Dis-

trict of Columbia creating a total of 196 electoral votes, or 36.4%, still very shy of the 270 needed to elect the president.

Because of this, it is important to take a look at the purpose of the Electoral College and why the Founders decided on such a system for the election of the president.

Debate surrounding the election of the president is not new, beginning at the Constitutional Convention.

Initially, under the Virginia Plan, Congress was to elect the president. Issues surrounding potential reliance of the president on Congress as well as corruption were immediately conveyed and addressed. At the same time, delegates James Wilson of Pennsylvania and Gouverneur Morris of New York came out in support of a popular vote for electing the president.

Such an idea was almost immediately dismissed by several of the delegates over fears of “Public ignorance, passions winning the White House, and demagoguery.”

Charles Pinckney of South Carolina argued that a popular vote system would allow only a few of the larger states to decide each presidential election, an issue that would also exist today if the Electoral College were to be abolished in favor of the popular vote. Eventually, the delegates at the convention voted in favor of electors, from each state, voting for president. This, they believed, would provide a combination of state and popular government—an argument that James Madison would later make in Federalist No. 39.

Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 68, also defended the concept of the Electoral College. Hamilton argued that the appointment of the president “is almost the only part of the system, of any consequence, which has escaped without severe censure, or which has received the slightest mark of approbation from its opponents.” The Electoral College ensured that the will of the people would be

accomplished through the state electors.

In Federalist No. 1, Hamilton argued that the Electoral College would protect against electing someone ill-equipped for the office, or a tyrant, as the electors would be of high enough quality in choosing the best possible candidate for president. He followed his advice in the contentious election of 1800, favoring Jefferson over Aaron Burr. He argued in letters to delegates, “The danger to the new country wasn’t ideological disputes,” but the possibility that an “unprincipled man” would exploit public passions. He called Burr a latter-day Catiline, the ancient Roman senator who attempted a populist uprising against the Republic.

Most notably, in Federalist No. 10, James Madison argued against an “overbearing majority” and the threat of factions to the survival of the United States.

Madison argued that a representative democracy coupled with federalism would protect against the ills of factions, which is exactly what the Electoral College exists to do.

The current calls by some Democrats for abolishing the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote would not solve the issue of weighted votes. Instead of creating a system in which each state has power in the election of the president, the popular vote rather would give extreme weight to largely populated states and urban areas. This would result in what James Madison and the other Founders argued against: rule by an “overbearing majority.”

— Dr. Justin DePlato is an assistant professor of political science at Robert Morris University. His expertise is the American Presidency, Constitutionalism and the American Founders.

—Matthew Markulin is a first year law student at the University of Pittsburgh and a graduate of Robert Morris University with a degree in politics.

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Publisher to be at parents support group

Thursday, Aug. 1 ---- In the Gallery ---- Concerts in the Park – Indie/Pop ---- Advancing the Pencil Portrait, Part 1 ---- OKC Broadway presents: Hamilton ---- Bush in Concert ---- American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Championship ---- AQHYA World Youth Championship Friday, Aug. 2 ---- In the Gallery ---- OKC Broadway presents: Hamilton ---- American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Championship ---- AQHYA World Youth Championship Saturday, Aug. 3 ---- In the Gallery ---- Edmond Farmer’s Market ---- KOMA Fan Jam ---- OKC Broadway presents: Hamilton ---- American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Championship ---- AQHYA World Youth Championship ---- Entertainment act Drive ---- Saturdays for Kids: Create a Brand ---- R.K. Gun Show ---- Back to School Boutique Blowout Sunday, Aug. 4 ---- In the Gallery ---- 16th Annual Parent Child Championship ---- OKC Broadway presents: Hamilton ---- American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Championship ---- AQHYA World Youth Championship ---- R.K. Gun Show ---- Back to School Boutique Blowout

Extra Information on Weekend Happenings In the Gallery Location: Edmond Fine Arts Institute Extra Info: Featuring works by Austin Navrkal; for information go to: http://www.edmondfinearts.com Edmond Farmers Market Location: Festival Marketplace & Plaza Extra Info: Free admission; 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.; for more information go to: edmondOK.com Concerts in the Park – Indie/Pop

Location: Hafer Park Extra Info: Free; 6:15 – 8:45 p.m.; For more information visit edmondok.com OKC Broadway presents: Hamilton Location: Civic Center Music Hall Extra Info: for information and tickets go to okcciviccenter.com American Quarter Horse Association Youth World Championship Location: Oklahoma State Fair Park Extra Info: for more information go to aqha.com AQHYA World Youth Championship Location: Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Extra Info: for more information go to aqha.com R.K. Gun Show Location: Oklahoma State Fair Park Extra Info: for more information visit rkshows.com Back to School Boutique Blowout Location: Oklahoma State Fair Park Extra Info: for more information visit boutiqueblowoutokc.com 16th Annual Parent Child Championship Location: Kickingbird Golf Club Extra Info: $110/team; 1 p.m.; for information go to edmondok.com KOMA Fan Jam Location: Showplace Theatre, Riverwind Casino Extra Info: 7 p.m.; for more information go to riverwind.com Drive Location: River Lounge, Riverwind Casino Extra Info: 9 p.m.; for more information visit riverwind.com Advancing the Pencil Portrait, Part 1 Location: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Extra Info: 6 – 8:30 p.m.; for more information go to nationalcowboymuseum.org Saturdays for Kids: Create a Brand Location: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Extra Info: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.; for more information visit nationalcowboymuseum.org Bush in Concert Location: Zoo Amphitheatre Extra Info: for more information visit them on Facebook

NASA director among guests for Town Hall Lecture Season OKC Town Hall Lecture 2019-20 Season Ticket for all lectures is only $90. Single lecture tickets are available for $25. For more ticket information call 405-202-4262 or email: prbray@airosurf.com.

Luncheon With The Speaker will immediately follow the lecture at Church of the Servant Community Hall. The event will enable Town Hall guests to enjoy a wonderful, leisurely lunch with time to interact with the speaker. Reservations are just $20 each (or $120 for the whole season).

You also may purchase luncheon tickets at the door for $25 each. For more luncheon information call 405.755.1417 or email:

javanhorn@cox.net.

The 2019-2020 peakers include Art Laffer Sept. 19; Michael Pillsbury, Oct. 17; Jim Bridenstine, Nov. 21l David Grann, Feb. 20; Sam Anderson, March 19 and Steve Kelley, April 16.

Laffer is a renowned economist, while Pillsbury is a China foreign policy expert and speaks fluent Mandarin. Bridenstine is a former Oklahoma Congressman and the current director of NASA. Grann is an author and wrote “Killers of the Flower Moon. Anderson is also an author, who wrote “Boom Town.” Finally Kelley is a political cartoonist and comedian.

Pawhuska From Page 10 steady stream of visitors from around the world, to the benefit not just of Drummond but other businesses in town.

Drummond and her husband have opened a small upscale hotel, a pizza shop and, most recently, an ice cream shop. Other once-empty buildings on town are now in use. The treasurer of the Pawhuska Merchants

Association, whose own business has flourished, told the Tulsa World last summer, “It has helped the city enormously to have funds to fix infrastructure, sidewalks. I would say that’s the biggest boost.”

Perhaps Buttigieg, et al., should stop by sometime.

From Oklahoman.com

The Edmond Chapter of Parents Helping Parents will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 at McLaren's Pantry located at 3414 South Boulevard in the Boulevard Shopping Center located in the SE corner of 33rd and Boulevard.

The restaurant is closed to the general public at 6 p.m. The meeting is from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.

Our speaker on is Kelly Dyer Fry,

mother of an addicted child and publisher, editor and vice president of news for The Oklahoman. Her topic is, "When All Else Fails, Try Again -- The Role of Patience and Persistence." Parents Helping Parents provides support and resources for parents of addicted children (any age child). This is an anonymous meeting and no cost or reservations required. For more information please call 405-642-8198.

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Attending the National ESA Convention Oklahoma ESA members Jacque Edwards and Dr. Billye Peterson-Putnam attended the national ESA convention in Memphis, Tennessee recently. Nationwide Epsilon Sigma Alpha raised over $22 million this past year for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. ESA is an international, non-profit philanthropic service organization where members volunteer time and monies for local charitable organizations. Their international project, St. Jude was founded by Danny Thomas who asked Epsilon Sigma Alpha to support his dream that ‘no child should die in the dawn of life.’ Founded in 1929 , ESA is one of the world’s most distinctive leadership service organizations. with its programs, information and support, ESA helps its members make a positive difference in the world as shown through its dedication to St. Jude. If you would like to join this effort, contact Veronica McCain 405-589-5820.

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Sports

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Pictured above are Lydia Lafferty, Ella Turner, Alyssa Selph, Piper McNeil, George Glover, Luke Davis, Anglina Rossi, Sam Hart, Ryan Clark, Zhenya Ingram, Max Myers, Hunter Denison, Emma Reynolds, Owen Flynn, Hanna Newby, Katie Callahan, Dewi Blose, Abby Oliphant, Macy Lewis, Avery Littlefield, Kelly Fischer, Marcia Shaw, Coach Brian Selph and Coach Chris Van Slooten.

Not Pictured: Gabriel Coleman, Noah Froese, Caroline Glover, Jaidyn Hooper, Ryan Harris and Cheyenne Parks.

First Oklahoma team to finish first in event

Swim club makes history in regional meet The Speedo Region VIII Sectionals Championship is in the history books and proved to be an exciting one.

An Edmond based team American Energy Swim Club (AESC) took 28 athletes to compete in the multi-state meet in Jenks late last month. Other states competing included Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Arkansas. In a historic finish, AESC, under the leadership of head coach Chris Van Slooten, became the first Oklahoma team ever to win a Speedo Region VIII Sectionals Championship. AESC beat 31 other teams to win the title.

Overall, the men placed third and women placed fifth out of 45 other teams.

The meet was marked by many individual accomplishments, old records broken, new records set and a host of podium finishes.

The women’s 200-medley relay team of Dewi Blose, Hanna Newby, Lydia Lafferty and Katie Callahan set the trend, breaking the Oklahoma Swimming (OKS) open LSC record in the 200-medley relay.

Momentum continued to build as the 400-medley relay team of Zhenya Ingram, Ryan Clark, Luke Davis and George Glover qualified for Summer Jr.

National Championships. The 800 Freestyle relay team of Zhenya Ingram, Hunter Denison, George Glover and Luke Davis qualified for the Summer Jr. National Championships and broke the OKS Open LSC record by a staggering 11.33 seconds. Finally, the 400 free relay team of Zhenya Ingram, Max Meyers, George Glover & Luke Davis took Gold and broke OKS Open LSC record. This means that AESC will be represented in all three of the men’s relays at Jr. National Championships at Stanford University next month!

AESC’s Sam Hart broke the 15-16 Oklahoma Swimming record in the 50-meter breaststroke with a time of 30.71 seconds.

The following swimmers qualified for Summer Junior National Championships: Angelina Rossi - 100 Breaststroke George Glover - 200 Freestyle Hunter Denison - 400 Freestyle Other podium finishes included: Max Meyers, Zhenya Ingram, George Glover and Luke Davis - Silver-200 freestyle relay Hunter Denison - Silver-1500 freestyle Dewi Blose - Silver-100 backstroke

Hunter Denison - Silver 400 freestyle Dewi Blose - Bronze 50 backstroke Hunter Denison - Silver-800 free Luke Davis - Gold-400 IM Katie Callahan - Bronze-200 free George Glover - Silver-200 free Hanna Newby - Silver-50 breast As the meet ended on Saturday night, AESC was crowned as the overall winner by 52 points. The team was presented with the coveted traveling trophy, both of the coaches and the team ended up in the pool in celebration of their victory.

Coach Van Slooten described the moment and the feeling of this accomplishment, “Coaches have stories, and we share them with our athletes. For the past couple of years swimmers have asked, "What stories will you tell of us?" Well, now I have a great story! I'm so proud of this team. They stepped up every day and performed as champions and now they are champions.”

AESC will be represented at the following upcoming meets: Futures Championship in Des Moines, Iowa; Speedo Jr. National Championship at Stanford University; and the Phillips 66 National Championship in Irvine, Calif.

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The team celebrates its victory by jumping into the pool.

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How standoff played out at Marlow cabin

By David Farris On a Sunday morning, Jan. 20, 1889, a modest cabin on Oscar Denson's ranch near Graham, Texas, became the scene of one of the greatest showdowns in the American West.

It was to be the site of a second battle for the Marlow brothers, Farris George and Charley, and fellow fugitive Louis Clift, since they shot their way out of an ambush the night before.

They were three of six prisoners, chained in pairs, who were being transferred by wagon to the jail in Weatherford, 60 miles away, to protect them from a lynch mob. As a result, the vigilantes set up along the roadside and ambushed the men as they approached. George was chained to his brother Epp who was killed, and Charley to Brother Alf, who was also dead, shot 15 times. In the face of overwhelming odds, the surviving brothers and Clift seized weapons from the wagon and fought off their attackers. If this story sounds familiar, these are the actual events that inspired the classic western movie “The Sons Of Katie Elder.”

Clift had been shot in his hip, George through his hand, and Charley was seriously injured, struck in the head and chest by nine rounds of buckshot.

Clift had been chained to William Burkhart, who was uninjured and fled as soon as their shackles were removed. With no where else to go, the shot up fugitives headed straight for Denson's ranch, and the cabin he rented to the Marlow family. It was there at Denson's cabin where the Marlows' troubles with the townspeople began, and it was also where the situation would end.

The Marlow family had relocated from Indian Territory to Graham where brothers Alf, Boone, Charley, Epp, and George awaited trial on charges of horse theft. On Dec. 17, 1888, Young County Sheriff Marion Wallace and his deputy, Tom Collier, rode out to the cabin in an attempt to serve Boone Marlow with a warrant for murder. In an exchange of gunfire with Collier, Boone shot and mortally wounded Sheriff Wallace, who died on Christmas Day. Many citizens of Graham bore a grudge against the Marlow brothers, including Collier who was appointed Sheriff. Boone fled back to familiar territory in the Indian Nation, leaving his four brothers to take the heat, even though they had nothing to do with the shooting.

On Jan. 20, the morning after the ambush, about an hour past dawn, Sheriff Collier rode out to Denson's ranch in the company of about 50 deputized men who surrounded the cabin. Inside the home were the three fugitives, in addition to the boys' mother, Martha Marlow, George's wife Lillian and their daughter, Charley's wife, Emma and their daughter, and Alf's widow, Zenia.

The men refused to surrender to Collier and his deputies, some of whom had played a part in the ambush the night before, and insisted that they would only turn themselves over to U.S. Marshal William Cabell, or his deputy. The cabin was fortified and every able-bodied resident was armed.

In defiance of Sheriff Collier and his men, Graham residents Marion Lasater and Dr. R.N. Price

Boone Marlow entered the cabin to treat the wounded men and write their condition of surrender to Marshal Cabell. Charley was in bad shape with buckshot in his chest, causing him to cough up blood, but he was still game. When the Doctor finished his work, he left to send the message leaving Lasater who stayed in hope that the deputies wouldn't attack.

The marshal was in Dallas and needed time to respond, which began a tense standoff that lasted for two days.

Amidst the standoff, the boys' mother requested that Alf and Epp be brought to the Marlow cabin in preparation for burial. The shot up bodies were on display in the hallway of the court house which included the severed foot from each man, required to slide the shackles from their ankles, allowing the surviving brothers to escape the battle site. The departed brothers had been shot to pieces, and their bodies were held together with strips of cloth.

When their desecrated remains arrived at the cabin, Collier's men got to see first hand the ugly results of such violence. That probably wasn't the strategy of Martha Marlow, but it did seem to calm the blood-thirsty nature of the mob. That, in addition to the inevitable arrival of Marshal Cabell, seemed to have a sobering affect on the men's hostility. The situation seemed to be settling down, but it wasn't over yet.

Dr. Price's telegram arrived at Marshal Cabell's office the following Monday morning, Jan. 21. On that same day, Alf and Epp were buried in the cemetery at Finis, a few miles from Graham.

Martha Marlow was in attendance with the family's many friends they had made in the community. The sight of a grieving mother attending a funeral for two of her sons, killed by a vigilante mob, did much to sway public opinion in favor of the Marlows.

Back at the cabin, the situation with Collier and

his men remained uncertain. George would later describe that final day of the siege, “Charley and I did not attend the funeral. We stayed in the house with our wives and Clift and kept our arms trained on Colliers guards.”

The next morning, January 22, around 6:00 a.m., Cabell's deputy, Captain W.F. Morton, finally arrived at Denson's ranch and, to Collier's displeasure, took custody of the exhausted, wounded fugitives. Charley was having trouble breathing and had to be propped up in the back of the deputy's wagon, until they could reach the train station.

Morton suspected that there might be a second mob lying in wait at Weatherford, and headed 15 miles further south to Gordon to meet the train.

Along the way, Charley coughed up a couple of rounds of buckshot, which greatly improved his ability to breath. By Wednesday evening, the deputy and his prisoners had arrived in Dallas and the fugitives were safely locked up in Marshal Cabell's jail.

Things weren't going so well for Brother Boone in Indian Territory. The night after George and Charley arrived in Dallas, he lost his life for the $1700 price on his head. It wasn't until almost a week later on Jan. 29, when his assassins, Martin Beavers, J.E. Direkson, and G.E. Harbolt, proudly brought the fallen outlaw to Graham in anticipation of that fat bounty, only to be twice disappointed. First, they only received $1500 when the State of Texas refused to pay $200 of the reward, since it was only for arrest and conviction. The second set back for the three men was when authorities noticed that the two bullet wounds in Boone's forehead had barely bled. Doctor Price examined the outlaw's body and determined that he had actually died of arsenic poisoning, and was then shot to make it appear as if he died in a fair fight.

As it turned out, Harbolt's sister was Boone's sweetheart who lived with their family in the Chickasaw Nation. The outlaw had been camped along Hell Roaring Creek in the Comanche reservation, 20 miles east of Fort Sill, where she brought him food. Her brother learned of their arrangement and poisoned Boone's meal, then his cohorts shot the dead man in his head and concocted a dramatic account of how he was killed in a gunfight.

The Marlow family knew of the romance, and Boone's sweetie was brought to Dallas by authorities where she revealed her brother's plot. The three men were charged with murder and on March 28 were released on $5000 bail. A month later, Harbolt was killed in a gunfight in the Chickasaw Nation. In October, Beavers and Direkson were found guilt, and each given a sentence of 15 years.

Boone was also buried in the Finis cemetery next to Alf and Epp. Their graves are surrounded by a rock wall, with a single headstone that lists their names, ages, and the time and cause of their deaths.

Despite their grief, the Marlow family was relieved that their immediate ordeal was over; but this is not where the story ends. George and Charley still had a series of battles ahead of them that, fortunately, will play out non-violently in a courtroom.

Edmond Elks support Make Promises Happen The Edmond Elks Lodge has been supporting Make Promises Happen for more than 20 years according to John “Happy” Griffin an organizer of the annual event at the Central Oklahoma Camp and Conference Center.

That center is located in Guthrie.

On a recent Monday evening, volunteers from the Edmond Elks Lodge helped run the various casino games for the camp attendees.

The Elks also made a $500 contribution to the program thanks to the Elks National Foundation’s Gratitude Grant Program.

Each year Edmond Elks Lodge volunteers put on a casino night to help kick off the week-long program dedicated to providing outdoor recreational opportunities for individuals with special needs.

This worthy program serves individuals, ages 6 and older, with any physical or intellectual disability.

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John ‘Happy’ Griffin, middle, accepts the $500 donation for Make Promises Happen from Elk members, Past Exalted Ruler, Tom Jones, left, and Esteemed Leading Knight, Joann Moorehead.

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Review of ‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood’

Tarantino’s tribute to the 1960s

By George Gust “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” follows a faded television cowboy actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double/friend, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) as they strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.

As the Hollywood they once knew fades into the past Dalton and Booth struggle to find their place, a new neighbor moves in next door to Dalton, Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie).

Queen and reminds the audience why he became “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is the one of our biggest movie stars. ninth Quentin Tarantino written and directed film Overall, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is and given the scarcity of his work and the cult staa peak Tarantino movie that was made with an untus of his previous films there’s a certain baggage deniable love for the late 60’s time period in that one brings into a new Tarantino film. Theremovies and moviemaking, with all the trappings of fore, you might be willing to give the film more his style (snappy dialogue, schlock value and gory time to develop than you would if you weren’t stylized violence) turned up to the highest setting. aware of the director’s previous work, which This film will likely be best served upon a subse“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” isn’t quent viewing and like other Tarantino movies ashamed to take its time to beautifully recreate a could grow in esteem over time. Intentionally metime and place and fully immerse the audience in andering and lacking in strong narrative momenits setting.

However, if you weren’t a fan of Tarantino or fa- tum, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” has miliar with his style, you might start to check your loads of fantastic filmmaking craft, but general auwatch from time to time in this film, as the setting, diences may balk at the long running time (159 tone and look of the movie take most of the atten- minutes) and inside Hollywood jokes.

“Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is rated R tion while the narrative thrust of the film is almost for language throughout, some strong graphic vioan afterthought.

Once you’ve let go of your preconceived notions lence, drug use, and sexual references.

3.8 out of 5 stars of what kind of movie “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” is, you are treated to some masterful performances from our biggest movie stars and a visually arresting technical movie making style that isn’t seen in most blockbusters today. The heart and soul of the film are the performances of Pitt and DiCaprio who are having the most fun and it shows.

DiCaprio playing the insecure actor who’s losing his grip on fame gets a bevy of comedic moments that play nicely against his usual prestige style of performance. And Pitt plays the cool man of few words stuntman perfectly. Pitt PHOTO PROVIDED brings a knowing charisma and Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star in the Quentin Tarantino's love screen presence a la Steve Mcletter to late 60s Hollywood ‘Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood.’

Healthcare panel established House Speaker Charles McCall and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat announced the formation of a bi-partisan healthcare working group today to develop an Oklahoma solution for increasing access to healthcare and providing insurance coverage for more citizens.

The Healthcare Working Group will be similar to the medical marijuana working group that met for 13 weeks last summer to develop a way to implement the provisions of State Question 788 into law. Speaker McCall believes the working group model is the best way to bring stakeholders and interested citizens together to craft a solution that works for all Oklahomans.

“The State Question 788 working group was successful because it brought everyone together and let everyone have a voice,” said McCall, R-Atoka. “We also had the advantage of knowing what worked well in other states and what had not, which helped us craft a final product in a way that tried to meet the unique needs of not only the supporters but also those who had concerns with the state question. Healthcare is a very complex issue, and there is no cookiecutter approach that is going to drive down costs.”

Crossword Puzzle STATEPOINT CROSSWORD THEME: THE WIZARD OF OZ ACROSS 1. Takes as spoils 6. Toothy fish 9. Cookbook abbr.

13. Cavern 14. Opposite of hence 15. Planktonic tunicate 16. Hipbone-related 17. *Studio lion at beginning of "The Wizard of Oz" 18. Shylock's practice 19. *It made the house pitch and the kitchen slitch 21. *Nikko and others 23. "Wheel of Fortune" request 24. Printer cartridge color 25. Public health org.

28. Judo gym 30. Porter's head gear 35. Bumpkin 37. Tap a baseball 39. Vel·zquez or Rivera 40. Share a boundary 41. Gardening tool 43. Prelude to a duel 44. Birth-related 46. Affirmative 47. Cannabis plant 48. Drew Barrymore's "Never Been ____" 50. Gulf V.I.P. 52. Cook's leaf 53. Underwater "nose" 55. Naught 57. *Lion's lack 61. *a.k.a. Tin Man 65. Relating to sight 66. Greek H 68. Upholstery choice 69. Like kale or spinach 70. 100 lbs.

71. The Three Musketeers' swords 72. Advil target 73. Like certain dog?

74. People of Denmark

DOWN 1. Not of the cloth 2. Kind of child 3. Relating to ear 4. ____-____-la 5. Basic unit of time 6. *Dorothy's last name 7. Grow gray 8. With ample space 9. Undertaking 10. *Munchkins' favorite color, in Baum's book 11. Light on one's feet 12. ____ a visit, 3rd person singular 15. What cat did on the window sill?

20. Bragging mother, turned to stone in Greek mythology 22. Rowboat propeller 24. Become gelatinous 25. *Baum's middle name 26. Home to Burj Khalifa 27. #40 Across, 3rd person singular 29. *"Over the Rainbow" singer 31. DIRECTV competitor 32. Paparazzi's target

33. Old World lizard 34. *Sleep-inducing flower 36. #66 Across, pl.

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51. Took part in Stonewall events, e.g.

54. Olden day doctor's prescription 56. Parkinson's disease drug 57. Type of pop 58. 14 oil-producing countries 59. Wyoming's neighbor 60. Excessively abundant 61. W on a bulb 62. Dignified manner 63. Sheltered, nautically 64. Monster's loch 67. *Number of Wizard of Oz Oscar awards

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Lankford gets upclose view of southern border Senator James Lankford (R-Edmond) toured the Rio Grande Valley sector of the southern border, near McAllen, Texas, with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials. Lankford requested the tour in order to provide oversight of facility conditions and operations and further assess the areas Congress needs to address in law in our immigration, asylum, and detention procedures.

Lankford toured the Hidalgo Port of Entry, which is a large pedestrian access and processing point on the border. There, Lankford assessed pedestrian processing, which includes biometrics, vehicle and bus arrivals to the Port as well as admissibility processing at the Port, where the Office of Field Operations can assess credible fear, determine a minor’s status as an unaccompanied alien child (UAC), process family units, and help determine guardianship for minors.

Lankford then toured the Donna Holding facility, which is a soft-sided temporary facility used to process family units who cross the border between ports of entry. He also received a briefing at the McAllen Border Patrol Station about the work of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in stopping drug trafficking and processing migrants crossing the border, which includes protecting young children who have been victimized by loopholes in our immigration system. Lankford then toured the Rio Grande Valley Centralized Processing Center, a hard-sided facility used to house and process migrant children and families when they are apprehended between ports. Finally, he participated in a night-time ride-along along of the southern border to assess security protocols for monitoring the border in the dark, as cartels often wait until the sun sets to smuggle people and drugs into the country.

“After spending all day and part of the night at the busiest illegal border

Sen. Lankford listens to a border patrol guard about some of the challenges faced at the southern border.

crossing area in America, I am grateful again for the career law enforcement professionals that serve our nation every day,” said Lankford.

“The women and men who work to protect our nation from illegal drug smuggling and human trafficking, also facilitate billions of dollars of legal trade. When the funding was not provided for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention beds, thousands of people quickly backed up in CBP temporary holding areas. The snowball effect of refusing to properly fund ICE, along with the flood of migrants gaming the immigration law that forces adults who cross the border with a child to be released within 20 days, has created a serious humanitarian crisis. CBP is now essentially conducting the mission of ICE to hold migrants while their next step is evaluated. The Border Patrol agents are doing everything they can to manage a humanitarian crisis that they are not designed, nor equipped to handle.

Now, a record number of men traveling with a child has created a massive influx of illegal migration with nowhere to hold them. A temporary holding facility in McAllen, designed

to hold 1,500 people for a short time, is instead holding more than 1,500 people for days or weeks. DHS has constructed an enormous ‘softsided’ facility to hold thousands of family units, but the problem persists due to a lack of space in ICE facilities.

I dropped in on multiple processing and housing facilities along the border; all of them had shelves full of food, water, clothing, and hygiene products. Each facility had medical care, showers, washers and dryers, and phones for migrants to contact their home country’s consulates.

“Our border facilities were designed for single individuals, mostly from Mexico, who could be processed and returned to their home country quickly if they had no legal justification to be in the US. Now the border holding areas are filled with adults from all over the world, many of them with a child. Sometimes the child is traveling with their mom or dad; sometimes they are traveling with another adult in their family or from their village. But sometimes small children are being ‘rented’ by smugglers to help adult males cross the border more easily. Children continue to be abandoned or face severe conditions in the desert. This problem needs to be addressed by Congress. Only Congress can close the child migrant loopholes that encourages child smuggling. When a person is arrested by CBP, criminal background information is requested from their home country, but it often takes longer than 20 days from many countries. In those cases, the person is released into our country before law enforcement learns that the adult has a criminal record in his or her home country or that he or she is fleeing a criminal warrant for their arrest. We also must be able to hold individuals longer than 20 days, regardless of their age, because of the time it takes to get criminal information from other countries. In just the Rio Grande Valley area, people from more than 63 countries including Afghanistan, Syria, Bangladesh, China, Yemen, Pakistan, Cuba, Venezuela, and many Asian and African countries have been arrested this year. This is not just a Central America problem, but the southern border has become a conduit for many other areas of the world—and the cartels in Mexico facilitate human trafficking as their business practice.”

Lankford continued, “As I rode along with our border law enforcement at night, I personally watched a group of adults traveling with children move across the border. Then moments later, while law enforcement was processing the family units, a different group of single adults unsuccessfully tried to slip past border patrol a mile away. Later in the evening, the border patrol agents were simultaneously interdicting family units on the road, a group of single men working through the swampy cane fields, and a raft of narcotics crossing the river. Their job is dangerous, hot, and difficult. But the only complaint I heard from any federal agent protecting our country was their consistent frustration that some in Washington and the national media continue to tell a false story about them and their work. None of them claimed that law enforcement was always above reproach, but all of them could tell stories about lives they have saved, drugs they have interdicted and ways they have personally served poor families as they illegally cross into the US. I do not understand why some of my colleagues have chosen to demonize our federal law enforcement, rather than help them with the legal tools they need to protect our country.

“It was ironic to see the makeshift processing center for 1,500 to 2,000 daily illegal crossings literally under an international bridge that carries thousands of people legally crossing into the US each day. The US has the most open immigration system in the world. I walked the pedestrian and vehicle crossing area at McAllen and saw the security features and the constant legal movement of people from Mexico into the US. Our border is not difficult to cross legally. But cartels in Mexico have created a multi-billion dollar business of moving people illegally across our border. We can either ignore the problem and assist the cartels or we can address the problem and stop child smuggling and human trafficking. It is time to address the serious legal and funding problems at our southern border.”

Lankford remains a vocal advocate for fixing our broken immigration system, including issues within the Trafficking Victims Protection act (TVPRA), our inefficient and lengthy asylum process, and issues arising from the Flores settlement. Last week, Lankford joined a letter to President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan, and Attorney General William Barr to urge the implementation of Operation Safe Return—a pilot program using existing law and authorities to rapidly, accurately, and fairly determine and process credible fear claims.

In a June Homeland Security hearing, Lankford questioned DHS and ICE officials and shared his frustration that Congress clearly knows what the issues are and yet is inactive to fix them at this point.

Lankford supported supplemental humanitarian aid to provide funding to DHS and the Departments of Defense and Justice to address the humanitarian crisis at the southern border.

Sen. Lankford among a delegation to look at the many supplies used to house and feed many detained immigrants.

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A guest eats fire during a previous Science Museum Oklahoma 21 at Science Museum Oklahoma.

Exhibit of ‘Don’t try this at home’ Science Museum Oklahoma will test the limits of “don’t try this at home” during “SMO 21: Epically Bad Ideas” from 6:30-10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, an adults-only (21+) night at the museum located at 2020 Remington Place in Oklahoma City.

From becoming a human Tesla coil to blowing things up using only office supplies and powering skateboards with candy and soda, “Epically Bad Ideas” will test the science of some of the absolute best worst ideas.

“Bad ideas make great science — this SMO 21 is for every time you’ve thought, ‘What if?’ We’ll climb the Scoville scale with hot sauce, investigate the ballistic power of potato guns, experiment with electricity and a lot more. We’re exploring the ill-

advised science of don’t-try-this-at-home fun that’s only for adults,” said Clint Stone, vice president of programs for SMO. The full museum will be open during SMO 21, giving guests the opportunity to explore the museum’s exhibits and gardens.

In addition to themed activities and a cash bar with beer, wine and some bad-idea cocktails, the museum’s café will be open with numerous entrée and snack options.

Tickets for SMO 21 are $21 in advance, $25 on the day of the event and are available online, in person during regular museum hours as well as over the phone. Tickets include all activities and access to the museum. Guests are encouraged to

purchase tickets in advance as admission is limited.

Those purchasing tickets at the door should check SMO’s website for updates regarding ticket availability and arrive no later than 7:30 p.m.

There will be no ticket sales after 7:30 p.m. and no outside food or beverage is permitted.

SMO 21, the museum’s adults-only, after-hours program for ages 21 and up, is a chance for adults to explore SMO without children in tow. The next SMO 21, with a theme to be announced, is set for Oct. 25.

For more information about SMO 21 or to purchase tickets, visit www.sciencemuseumok.org/smo21 or call 405602-3760.

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Guests explore Light Minded, one of SMO’s permanent exhibits.

A guest tries his hand at holding fire during a previous exhibit.

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Deciphering Oklahoma’s new beer rules Since the recent legislative session, a variety of adjustments and new alcohol laws have been approved that changed or will soon change how businesses can sell beer, what approvals they need for events, as well as, where consumers can purchase and enjoy their beer.

The new laws include: Senate Bill 728 which allows golf courses and marinas to sell beer for off-premise consumption and went into effect immediately; Senate Bill 804 which started on July 1 and allows municipalities to approve plans for sporting, art and festival events to let patrons walk around with strong beer and wine and allows bars and restaurants to sell to-go beer and wine during college football game days if they are within a Barnes certain proximity to the stadium; and House Bill 2325 which allows minors to accompany their parents or guardians into a liquor store and will start on Nov. 1.

In addition, the Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement (ABLE) Commission created a new license and clarified rules for businesses as they continue to adjust to modern alcohol laws.

Although these changes were busi-

ness and consumer-driven, the backand-forth has left some people questioning what they are and are not allowed to do. Lisette Barnes, president of the Oklahoma Beer Alliance, answers some of the most popular and pressing questions about what the new rules and laws actually mean for businesses and consumers: When I go golfing, can I purchase beer at the clubhouse and on the golf course?

Yes, Senate Bill 728 was signed by the Governor in April and went into effect immediately, so golfers can purchase beer or wine at the clubhouse or on the golf course. Golfers can purchase as many unopened beers or containers of wine as they would like for off-premise consumption, such as on the golf course; however, there is a two-drink limit per purchase for mixed beverages with liquor.

Do golf courses need a new license to sell beer, wine or liquor on the golf course?

No, not necessarily. According to the ABLE Commission, golf courses need to send a notification letter to the Commission and then can sell beer, wine or liquor under their onpremise license, but they must charge the higher on-premise drink tax.

However, if golf courses decide to also get an off-premise license, they

can sell beer, wine or liquor with the lower off-premise tax. Golf courses will have to decide if this is worthwhile for their business.

I recently went to a nail salon out of state and they served complimentary champagne and mimosas, but I heard this isn’t allowed in Oklahoma.

Will this change?

Yes, there is a new complimentary beverage license, so businesses can now legally provide complimentary beverages to their customers. Businesses can apply for this license through the ABLE Commission.

I head to the lake quite often. Can I purchase beer at the marina now?

Yes, boaters across Oklahoma can purchase beer for off-premise consumption from properly-licensed marinas again.

If I go to a festival or outdoor event, can I walk around with my beer?

If the event does not restrict this within its boundaries then yes, attendees can walk around with a beer.

However, events can choose to have designated bar areas and restrict attendees from walking around with beer they purchased at the event.

What licenses or approvals do events or retailers need to have to let attendees walk around with a beer or a glass of wine?

For special events, retailers that operate a temporary beer and wine cart or tent, for instance at the Festival of the Arts or Oklahoma State Fair, would need a special events license.

If it is a municipally-sanctioned sports, art or festival event, the municipality must provide written notice of the event and a list of the invited on-premise retailers (bars and restaurants) that are participating and selling alcohol to the ABLE Commission at least five days prior to the event.

Did the college football game day rules change so bars and restaurants can sell to-go beer and wine again?

Yes, bars and restaurants within 2,000 feet of the stadium can sell togo beer and wine to consumers from 8 a.m. to midnight under Senate Bill

804 and consumers can walk around with their beverage. In addition, consumers can purchase beer or wine from an off-premise retailer, such as a convenience or grocery store, and walk around in public with it now.

When can I shop in a liquor store with my minor child?

Oklahomans can start shopping in liquor stores with their minor children starting on Nov. 1.

Can I walk around my neighborhood with an alcoholic beverage?

Yes, as long as the beer or wine is brought from home or purchased from an off-premise retailer, like a convenience or grocery store.

Why will my local bar only sell me two beers at a time, instead of the bucket of beer I used to be able to buy? The laws that govern fullstrength beer, wine and liquor sales restrict the number of open, fullstrength drinks you can purchase at a time from an on-premise retailer, like a bar or restaurant. So, buckets of beer are no longer available in Oklahoma for the time being.

Why do these laws feel more restrictive than before?

Oklahoma has made great strides in modernizing its alcohol laws to allow cold, full-strength beer sales and many consumers are thrilled with these changes. However, there are differences in how 3.2 beer was sold and how full-strength beer is now sold, and businesses and consumers are getting used to the new rules. As with any major law change, we expect legislators will continue to finetune the laws to find the right solutions for both consumers and businesses.

About Oklahoma Beer Alliance The Oklahoma Beer Alliance is dedicated to promoting common sense laws that enable Oklahomans to choose the highest quality products without compromise, while encouraging personal responsibility throughout our community that benefits the common good. For more information, please visit okbeeralliance.com.

Hotel Muskogee designated as a state ‘Historic Place’ The Oklahoma Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office (OKSHPO) is pleased to announce the newest National Register of Historic Places listing for Oklahoma. The National Register of Historic Places is our nation’s official list of properties significant in our past.

The Hotel Muskogee, erected during the years 1922–1923 and opened in 1923 at 26 West Broadway (on the northeast corner of West Broadway and North Main) in Muskogee is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of Social History for the years 1923–1969. It represents a pattern of development in providing services to a specific group of people — commercial travelers — as a socially stratified lodging industry developed within the American economy from the early 20th century into the post–World War II era.

Within that pattern, the building illustrates the rise and fall of commercial travelers’ hotels for male sales representatives involved in manufacturing and wholesale distribution. It also illustrates the gendered nature of a growing “business culture” in America. From the mid-1920s through the 1940s, the Hotel Muskogee repre-

sented the link between the nation’s commerce and Muskogee’s commerce, as well as the segregation of the genders in the business world.

The building retains a high degree of integrity of location and setting, though downtown Muskogee has reduced in size and prominence since 1923. The hotel’s design, materials and workmanship have seen little alteration except in the first story’s south and west elevations, and the building reflects the feeling and association of a traveler’s rest stop in an urban environment.

The State Historic Preservation Office is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state.

Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.

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Matt Stansberry and the Romance entertain the last Heard on Hurd crowd.

Street party features third annual film festival This month the third annual Heard on Hurd film festival was hosted in the Citizens Bank of Edmond lobby, and featured seven different short independent films from local filmmakers.

During the film festival, each director had the chance to introduce their film and answer questions from the audience. The third annual film fest was organized in partnership with deadCenter Film and included popcorn from Oklahoma Gourmet Popcorn and specially designed cookies from Eileen’s Cookies. "deadCenter Film is excited to partner with Heard on Hurd to showcase the voices of seven talented Oklahoma filmmakers.” Said the deadCenter Film Festival Director of Programming, Sara Thompson. “As past deadCenter films, these titles get our stamp of approval and we are thrilled to share these stories with a larger audience. One of deadCenter's biggest loves is to promote Okla-

homa film and we couldn't be happier that Heard on Hurd wants to share this experience”.

The third annual film festival lineup included: n The Third - director Kyle Bell n Swinging on a Star - director Charlotte Suttee n Means of Transportation – director Jacob Keen n Impaired – director LaRonn Marzett n Ain't Nobody – director The Nghiems n Bunee: The Boy from Constanta -director Bunee Tomlinson n The Grave – director Kyle Roberts Heard on Hurd will return to the corner of Broadway and Hurd in downtown Edmond on August 17th with an exciting and fresh lineup of music and vendors.

To find out more about the event, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

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Director Bunee Tomlinson and his parents.

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The Oklahoma Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association had a table at the last Heard on Hurd.

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The spectacular setting off of Malibu for Barry Manilow’s home. ‘Barry’s House,’ has 4,320 square feet of space.

Get Manilow’s home for $10.375 million One of the best beach homes in Malibu, also where Barry Manilow once lived, has recently been listed for sale at $10.375 million. Located next to the famous Malibu Colony, Manilow purchased it at the end of the 1990s and enjoyed it until he put it on the market in 2006. In 2017, new owners did a major renovation and added upscale modern upgrades.

Still known by local residents as ‘Barry’s house,’ the beach home was where he went to get away from his overwhelming schedule of songwriting, performing, touring and producing albums for other musicians. Built in 1976 at 4,320 square feet and one of Malibu’s best Pacific Ocean views, it has five bedrooms, five baths, den, a self-feeding fish tank in the entry, office/media room, and a detached fully-

equipped guest house with kitchen across a walled entry garden. The garden has an outdoor kitchen with dining area and living area spacious enough for large-scale entertaining along with a Jacuzzi hot tub and hot outdoor shower. On the ocean side, the main house has two-story, ceiling-to-floor walls with glass that open to the sound of crashing waves and ocean breezes. Where most Malibu beach homes have only one view straight to the ocean, Barry’s house juts out on a point away from its neighbors with 180-degree views up and down both sides of the beach from Point Dume to Palos Verdes. Conveniently located, it has easy access to the Malibu Country Mart or a short bicycle ride to Soho Beach Club and Nobu.

Popular with surfers, tourists and celebrities, Malibu was hard to get to until the Pacific Coast Highway came through in the 1930s. Today, it is one of California’s favorite beach towns, only 30 minutes from Los Angeles, where 'Gidget' and many of the 1960’s surf movies and television shows such as 'Rockford Files' and 'Two and a Half Men' were filmed. Celebrity residents include Cindy Crawford, Robert Downey, Jr. and Lady Gaga. Now listed at $10.375, the home is listed by Sandro Dazzan, David Solomon and Anna Solomon of The Agency, Beverly Hills.

Visit TopTenRealEstateDeals.com for more historic, spectacular and celebrity homes and real estate news.

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The ocean view offered to successful entertainer Barry Manilow while he plays his piano.

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Lankford’s bill would lower drug costs

Sen. James Lankford

Senator James Lankford (R-Edmond) and several other of his senate colleagues introduced the bipartisan Phair Relief Act to lower drug costs for seniors and improve financial certainty for community pharmacies.

Also signing onto the measure were senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Jon Tester (D-MT), Bill Cassidy M.D. (R-LA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Steve Daines (R-MT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) “The Phair Relief Act gives us the chance to resolve in law many of the issues we’ve debated during Senate Finance Committee hearings regarding PBMs and their interactions with pharmacies and patients,” said Lankford. “Drug price variance and a lack of relief from ever-increasing prices continues to frustrate patients from my state, but local pharmacies have been limited by PBM fees, rules, and cost issues. I am

Even less leg room on jets?

Air travel is becoming a test of physical endurance. Seats have shrunk, legroom has vanished — and the airlines aren't done with you yet.

Cebu Air Inc., the Philippines' biggest budget carrier, last month said it was moving kitchens and bathrooms on some of its new A330neos to cram in a record 460 seats, 20 more than the plane's current maximum. It's part of a broader push, particularly in Asia, to stuff more people into jets flying the most popular routes, according to aviation researcher Landrum & Brown.

"It's all a matter of squeezing as many passengers as they can," said Mathieu De Marchi, a Bangkok-based consultant at the firm. "It's only going to get worse over the next decade."

Even if paying customers are less happy, packing more of them into cabins has helped turn around the U.S. aviation industry in recent years. In Asia,

where 100 million people fly for the first time every year, the strategy is now the bread and butter for low-cost carriers serving an exploding middle class that cares more about price than comfort.

Asia's demand has led to industry shortages of almost everything, from pilots and mechanics to airports and runways (to say nothing of leg room).

Carriers go to great lengths to avoid buying more aircraft and having to pay for extra landing rights at airports that are close to bursting.

Buying bigger planes is one way to deal with the problem, as AirAsia Group is doing. The Malaysian budget carrier in June said it was changing an order for hundreds of aircraft to a larger model that carries 50 more passengers and flies about 600 miles farther.

From Oklahoman.com

Recognition for Chamber’s Savannah Whitehead Edmond Chamber Director of Events and Programs, Savannah Whitehead, has been awarded the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives 2019 40 Under 40 award.

The 40 Under 40 award is a new honor presented by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) meant to highlight the brightest men and women under the age of 40 in the chamber industry. This award recognizes young professionals that have demonstrated significant success in their career as well as having made noteworthy contributions to their community. Each award recipient has made a remarkable impact on the chamber industry, fostering a positive impact in their community.

“Savannah represents the future of chambers of commerce – her engagement, intellect, transparency and candor will be a great asset to our profession for many years to come,” said nominator and Edmond Chamber President and CEO, Sherry Jordan.

This year’s competition drew over 118 nominations on behalf of young professionals in the chamber industry.

Candidates for this honor demonstrated meaningful involvement in the advancement of their community and proven professional success

Savannah Whitehead within their chamber. The full Forty Under 40 class was announced publicly at the ACCE Annual Convention in Long Beach, California. Following convention, award recipients will be featured in the summer 2019 Chamber Executive magazine issue set to release in August.

The Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce is the voice for business.

It is a hundred-year-old, 1,000-member organization working together to create a strong local economy and to bwillison@edmondchamber.com.

MidFirst Bank & customer satisfaction For the second year in a row, MidFirst Bank has earned the highest ranking in customer satisfaction in the southwest region in the J.D. Power U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study.

“This award is confirmation of the quality and personalized service our team provides our customers each and every day,” said Jeff Records, Chairman and CEO of MidFirst Bank. “We are proud of this prestigious consumer satisfaction award and will continue to do

what we have always done – provide extraordinary service and personalized solutions for our customers.”

The Retail Banking Study marked the 14th annual analysis conducted

by J.D. Power. The firm measures customer satisfaction across eleven regions of the United States and the results are based on responses from more than 84,000 bank customers regarding their experiences at more than 200 of the nation’s largest banks.

proud to join my colleagues in offering a proposal that puts forward a broad set of common-sense reforms that will help solve some of those issues and set us on a path to address rising drug prices in our nation. I look forward to the bill’s full consideration.”

“The high cost of prescription drugs is one of the biggest problems that Americans face today. This legislation will help change that,” said Kennedy. “Middlemen negotiators like PBMs should not be receiving the benefits of lower drug costs. The customers at the pharmacy counter should be primary beneficiaries of price cuts. This legislation promotes transparency and accountability in the pharmaceutical drug industry by prioritizing patient care instead of middlemen profits.”

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Vascular surgeon begins seeing patients in Edmond arterial disease and in Besem Beteck, M.D., a treating patients for board-certified vascular surcarotid disease, thoracic geon, has begun seeing and abdominal aortic patients at OU Physicians aneurysms, dialysis access at Edmond and is performand chronic venous dising surgeries at OU Medease including deep vein ical Center Edmond. thrombosis.

Beteck is seeing EdBeteck completed a vasmond patients for procecular surgery fellowship at dures including Baylor University Medical arteriovenous fistulas, arCenter, Dallas, and comteriovenous grafts and Dr. Beteck pleted a general surgery endovascular repairs, as well as conditions like peripheral arte- residency at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore. He earned his medical degree rial disease, chronic venous disease from the Indiana University School of and carotid disease.

Besem also sees patients with more Medicine. Beteck’s Edmond clinic is located in the Fountain Lake Office complex vascular conditions at OU Park at 14101 N. Eastern Ave. Medical Center on the Oklahoma For an appointment, call (405) Health Center campus. He specializes 340-0551. in limb salvage surgery for peripheral

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Lankford From Page 21 “Montanans’ drug costs are too high,” said Tester. “This bipartisan bill will help bring them down by giving community pharmacists needed relief from burdensome fees—that’ll be passed on to their customers as lower costs. And it goes a step further by shining a light on how pharmacies are reimbursed for claims – requiring transparency and standardized reporting so folks can get the full picture of how much their prescriptions cost and why.”

“Prescription drugs cost too much,” said Cassidy. “Getting rid of loopholes and incentives lowers drug costs for patients and for taxpayers.”

“For many West Virginians, prescription medicine can be the difference between wellness and illness or even life and death, and in rural states like ours, pharmacists are the most trusted and frequently seen health care providers. That’s why I’ve focused many of my efforts on the important role pharmacists can play

in lowering drug costs,” Capito said.

“This bipartisan legislation will not only help lower prescription drug prices for seniors, but it will also make it easier for local pharmacists to serve their communities. It’s a commonsense next step in our broader efforts to lower prescription drug costs and improve the health and well-being of West Virginians and all Americans.”

“The high cost of prescription drugs has been straining Montana’s hardworking families and seniors for far too long,” Daines said. “This bipartisan bill will shine a light on the complex drug pricing system and lower prescription drug costs for Montanans by ensuring savings are going to consumers instead of lining the pockets of pharmacy middlemen.

This critical legislation will also assist seniors on a fixed income who rely on low out-of-pocket costs and access to their community pharmacy to gain access to needed medications.”

Dentistry college mourns passing of benefactor It is with deep sorrow the OU College of Dentistry shares the news of the passing of one of its great friends and patrons, Dr. Jerome B. Miller.

Miller was a nationally-recognized and respected pediatric dentist. He taught part-time at the college and mentored a countless number of dental students throughout his Dr. Miller professional career.

An Oklahoma native, Miller earned his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Oklahoma. After graduating in 1963, he attended dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry and received his graduate pediatric dentistry training at the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. Miller returned to Oklahoma City in 1968, where he established his private pediatric dental practice and dedicated his life to providing high-quality dental care to the children of Oklahoma, up until his retirement in 2012.

Miller’s impact on the dental profession is profound. He served as president and was a fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and the American College of Dentists, where he worked tirelessly to elevate the ethics of the profession. Both organizations recognized his efforts by awarding him their top awards, the Distinguished Service Award (AAPD-1999), the Pediatric Dentist of the Year (AAPD-2004) and the William J. Gies Award (ACD-217).

Further, he was a valued fellow in both the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the International College of Dentistry.

Despite earning his dental education at other institutions, Miller considered the University of Oklahoma to be his home. The OU College of Dentistry first opened in 1972, nearly a decade after Miller enrolled in dental school.

In an interview from 2016, Miller said, “I call OU my dental school now, even though I wasn’t able to go there.”

Miller was a great advocate and sup-

porter of the college. It was largely through his efforts that the college’s first endowed chair came to culmination – the William E. Brown Chair in Pediatric Dentistry. In addition, he played an integral role in the creation of the J. Dean Robertson Society, the college’s annual private support fund and largest fundraiser.

Concerned about the ever-rising cost of dental education, Miller established the Miller Scholarship in 2003, providing an annual $5,000 award to a deserving dental student who showed great enthusiasm and promise in pediatric dentistry. He continued to stay in contact with and mentor these scholars throughout their professional lives.

In 2009, he was awarded the OU College of Dentistry Alumni Association’s Distinguished Service Award, the college’s highest honor.

In 2016, Miller, and his wife Kay, announced a $1 million gift to the college to underwrite the renovation of OU’s pediatric dental clinic, which treats more than 2,000 low-income patients per year.

When asked what inspired this gift, Miller said, “One of the principal reasons I give to the college is that they are teaching state-of-the-art dentistry, and that’s what I’m about.

“I want the children of Oklahoma to have the best oral health they can, and this is the way to get it,” he said. “You need to train young doctors with the newest techniques and in the best facilities.”

In recognition of his life-long support and dedication to the OU College of Dentistry, the college is honored to announce the naming of its pediatric dental clinic in his memory, and will hereby be known as the Dr. Jerome B. Miller Pediatric Dental Clinic.

When renovations are complete, the Dr. Jerome B. Miller Pediatric Dental Clinic will be one of the most technologically advanced clinics available, with full computerization and the addition of 3-D radiographic units, transforming the appearance of the current institutional clinic to one that more resembles private practice.

What does healthy weight loss look like exactly?

By Brian Attebery Losing weight is a challenge.

Every day in America, people are on various types of weight-loss plans.

You hear about lowfat, low-carb, nonuts, no-meat, no-sugar and even no calories for periAttebery ods of time. You have friends that go to weigh-loss clinics and get prescriptions for appetite suppressants, thyroid medications, H.C.G. and various forms of legal “speed” to give them the boost they seem to need. People will walk into my office and have claims of wanting to lose 50-100 pounds and want to know how quickly this can happen. How long should it take? What exactly are the needs for weight loss to be successful?

We must first understand that weight loss is a complicated thing. In general, people gain weight from eating too much. Consequently, we need to eat less to have a weight loss. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Unfortunately, it becomes a little more complicated. The human body has checks and balances and if we eat TOO little, the body will refuse to lose anymore. The more often we do this to our bodies, the more resistant it becomes. We have all been there.

You hit that “wall” and get frustrated, throw your hands in the hand and just quit. You must recognize that this is a process and you will have short, medium and long periods where it seems as if you are not losing anything. You may not being losing any fat or you may be adding muscles while losing fat during a period of time and you are simply not seeing the changes on the scale.

Most of the people I have talked to are on their 10th-20th attempt (or more) of a weight loss attempt. Unfortunately, this can wreck your metabolism. Many of the people that I see on Thyroid medications are victims of “over-dieting.” They have beat their system up so badly that their

thyroid got beat up in the process and now refuses to let that body fat go at any significant rate.

Healthy weight loss needs to be about the process. Are you going to the gym and doing a weight-lifting program to BUILD a metabolism while you strengthen your body?

Each pound of muscle you build will raise your resting metabolism by approximately 40-50 calories per day AT REST! Your extra five pounds of muscle equates to 200-250 calories per day at rest your metabolism has increased. Your body will burn an extra 73,000-91,250 calories per year at REST with that extra muscle. There are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat.

So those extra 4-5 pounds of muscle equate to about 20-26 pounds of fat per year. Keep in mind that we are not even talking about the calories you burn while exercising to build the muscle.

The next portion of your workout needs to include aerobic activity like walking, biking, jogging, elliptical or other various classes that are out there. You need to burn the fat and strengthen the heart and lungs. If you are trying to burn “extra” fat, you need to do “extra” work in the gym and cardio is where most people need to pick it up if they are already lifting weights.

Healthy weight loss is about one to two pounds per week and weight is not the only measure. You need to have your body fat percentage levels checked and use your mirror and how your clothes fit as additional “measures” of success. I have had people losing quickly at first then slow down and I have also had people not lose at first then start to lose more rapidly while their metabolism builds. Focus on the fact that you are making yourself healthier, stronger and in better cardiovascular shape instead of only focusing on the scale.

Your body will thank you for it.

(Brian Attebery is a Degreed/Certified Trainer. He owns and operates Results Fitness and Nutrition Center, L.L.C. in Edmond. www.resultsfitnessusa.com)

Warning on Sudden Oak Death The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry confirmed the presence of Sudden Oak Death, also referred to as SOD, in plants that passed through an Oklahoma nursery, Park Hill Plants, earlier this year.

SOD is a plant disease that has caused damage in susceptible plants and trees for nearly 15 years, primarily along the West coast. Infected rhododendron plants were part of a larger shipment that originated from West coast nurseries in Washington State and Canada which were shipped to the Oklahoma nursery.

Park Hill Plants ordered the infected plants from these nurseries in mid-January. On April 22, the last shipment of rhododendrons shipped from Park Hill out to Midwestern states. On May 30, a Rhododendron plant that passed through Park Hill tested positive for SOD in Indiana.

Testing and confirmation of SOD in additional plants in the vicinity is currently taking place.

Park Hill Plants and all stores con-

taining plants that traveled through Park Hill have cooperated with ODAFF, USDA, and other states’ plant regulatory staff as they work to destroy all infected and potentially-infected rhododendrons still for sale, along with any other host plants in the vicinity.

There is no treatment for the pathogen or disease and infected plants should be destroyed to prevent spread to other plants. Symptoms of SOD include foliar leaf spots, browning and wilting of leaves, and brown to black discoloration on stems and/or trunks. If you observe symptoms, need assistance with disposal, or need more information, please contact the Consumer Protection Services division at the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry by calling (405) 522-5879.

NOTE: Any plants that test positive for P. ramorum will be destroyed along with all plants that are within a 2 meter radius of an infected plant.

Host plants outside the 2 meter radius will be sampled intensively.

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OCU gets high ranking for value & affordability Kiplinger announced Oklahoma City University as one of its 400 Best College Values for 2019. OCU was ranked highest among private universities in the state.

Kiplinger, a Washington, D.C.-based publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, makes the list based on objective measurements of academic quality and affordability. Introduced in 1998, the rankings now combine public schools, private universities and private liberal arts colleges into a single, comprehensive list.

Kiplinger also ranks the best values in each category.

“Our rankings — which weigh affordability alongside academic

quality — are designed to help families see how their full array of college options stack up,” said Kaitlin Pitsker, associate editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. “We start with a universe of nearly 1,200 schools, then trim the list based on measures of academic quality, cost and financial aid data. This year’s list features recurring winners, as well as rising stars and new additions, all of which are worth a look.”

The full rankings are now available online at kiplinger.com/links/colleges and will appear in print in the September 2019 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, on newsstands Aug. 13.

This year, Thomas

Aquinas College takes the No. 1 spot on the overall list, followed by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and then Swarthmore College. Princeton University, which topped last year’s list, comes in behind Yale at fifth overall.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is ranked best public college for the 18th consecutive time.

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AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT OF EDMOND LIFE & LEISURE Manage hectic school mornings ders Center at the Child Mind Institute, busy mornings can be the most stressful moments of the day.

Homework hour and getting prepared for bed are other typically stressful times of the day for families.

If less stressful mornings are a goal for your family, try these strategies.

Start the night before Doing as much preparatory work the evening before can make quite a difference in taming hectic mornings. Things that can be done in advance include checking and stocking backpacks, signing paperwork, making lunches, setting out clothing, showering, and having breakfast foods ready to go.

Establish a ‘launch pad’ Ann Dolin, a Virginia-based education specialist, suggests having a launch pad, or a place where all school-related items are prepped and stored. It can be a basket, box or another container big enough to contain school items. Children can drop and pick up the items as needed.

Make the routine the boss Positive Parenting Solutions founder Amy McCready says families can implement a “when-then” routine that sets the tone for the morning. “When everyone is dressed, hair combed, breakfast eaten, and school supplies packed, then you can watch 10 PHOTO PROVIDED minutes of an educational cartoon.” This puts the Make breakfast simple and nutritious with routine in control rather than making the parents muffins and fruit. the bad guys.

Make kids responsible If a typical school morning sees your family rushToo often parents add more stress to their plates ing around and out the door with nary a moment to spare, only to be left feeling like you ran a marathon by showing up at school with forgotten lunch boxes or band instruments. Instead, parents can stop resby 9 am, a new approach to your routine might be cuing their children and help train them to be more necessary. responsible — an essential trait.

Mornings, especially in households in which Chart wake-up times parents who work outside of the home and have It may seem like micromanaging, but scheduling one or two kids requiring drop-off at their respecwake-up and bathroom times can help everyone tive schools, can often be hectic. Starting off the know where they should be and when they should morning feeling harried and stressed can carry over into the mood of the day, affecting productivity as a be there. It also helps avoid bottleneck situations in the bathroom or kitchen. result.

Keep morning madness to a minimum with some According to Dr. David Anderson, PhD, senior director of the ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disor- simple strategies. -MS

Back to School Edmond Public Schools Start August 16th!

Deer Creek Public Schools Start August 14th!

My Morning Routine Wake Up Get Dressed Eat Breakfast Make Bed Brush Teeth Comb Hair Put on Shoes Grab Backpack • Lunch

Off to School

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How to help kids make friends at school The average student likely spends more time at school and participating in extracurricular activities with classmates than he or she does at home. In close proximity to so many peers, it may seem like making friends would be a snap. However, some students have trouble connecting and can use a little push to make friends.

The family and parenting resource Parenting Science notes that research indicates that the most popular children are those who exemplify certain traits. These traits include being caring; a willingness to share; a willingness to offer help; and strong verbal skills. Children who embrace these traits may prove better at making friends.

Parents may find that youngsters need some encouragement to build their social circles, and the following are some ways parents can offer that encouragement.

• Encourage kids to seek out someone on their own. It may be challenging to walk up to a group and introduce yourself. Encourage students to seek out someone who is alone and then strike up a conversation, which can be less intimidating than approaching a group. Emphasize to kids that other students may also be a little shy and looking to make friends.

• Practice conversation starters at home. Children can work with their parents to come up with topics that can help foster communication. These can include ice breakers and common interests, such as favorite television shows or video games.

• Teach kids approachable body language. Wearing earbuds or exhibiting negative body language, such as crossed arms or avoiding eye contact, can make a person seem less approachable. Smiling, engaging in conversation and being friendly can make it easier to make friends.

• Ask teachers to help. The education resource Understood says teachers can give children responsibilities, such as the opportunity to hand out snacks or papers, which can build confidence and provide opportunities for kids to converse with their peers.

• Help children be active listeners. An active listener is someone who makes it clear that he or she is paying attention. Making eye contact, orienting the body toward the speaker and making relevant verbal responses are some active listening strategies that can help kids more fully engage with their peers. Feeling valued and listened to may encourage other children to be more friendly and engaging.

• Ask open questions. The social networking advisement site Young Scot suggests having students ask open questions, such as: “How was your summer?” or “What sports do you like to play?”

These types of questions can kick-start in-depth conversations.

• Join a team or club. Students often make friends in social or extracurricular settings, such as on a sports team. With a shared interest, it’s easy to find topics to discuss.

Making friends in school can make time spent in the classroom more enjoyable for youngsters. -MS

Ease first day fears Parents and educators can sometimes underestimate children’s anxiety over the dawn of a new school year. Many students feel nervous when wondering if their teachers will be nice or if they will make new friends. These worries may be compounded by the return to routine and the end of an enjoyable period of rest and relaxation.

In 2015, CNN polled campers at a summer day camp outside New York City. The campers were elementary school students who were asked about what they were most nervous about for the return to school. Homework, tests, competition, greater expectations, grades, and making new friends topped the list of fears.

To help students transition to the classroom with fewer worries, teachers and parents may want to initiate ice breakers and other stress-reducing interactions. Here are some ideas.

Buddy up Many schools will give out classroom assignments a few days before the first day of school.

Parents can investigate who is in their child’s homeroom and initiate contact with the parents of one or more of those students. Collectively, parents can make a buddy plan for students to arrive to school together and enter the classroom as a team. Coordinate clothing colors or have students wear another unifying symbol.

This may allay fears and make the first day of school more fun.

School selfie Students can craft “school selfies” on a piece of paper using a smartphone image template.

This selfie illustration will give the class key facts about each student and present an interesting, creative and enjoyable way for students to get to know one another.

Student word search Word searches are entertaining and educational tools that can be put to use in the classroom. Parents or teachers can create word searches featuring the first names of all the students in the class. Children often enjoy searching for their own names, and then they can help others, opening up lines of communication.

Word searches also can be customized for any subject. Therefore, if student names aren’t desired, the theme can be classroom items or school terms.

Personal introductions Students may worry about teachers mispronouncing their names or using a full name instead of a nickname. Rather than a traditional roll call, teachers can encourage students to introduce themselves to classmates, using their preferential name and including a brief synopsis of their interests and what makes them unique.

Teachers also can initiate other ice-breakers by giving students a sheet with various questions, which students then have to complete by asking around among the other students. For example, “Who has a pet fish?” or “Find someone who has blue eyes.”

The first day of school can be difficult for some children. Fun activities and some extra effort from parents and teachers can make the return to the classroom less stressful. - MS

Finding an afterschool program

Today’s children grow up differently than their parents did. Technology has changed the way students learn in the classroom, but perhaps the biggest difference between how today’s kids grow up and how their parents were raised concerns the dynamic at home.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2018 both parents worked in 63 percent of households that were home to married-couple families with children. Many of those parents likely did not grow up in households in which both of their parents worked fulltime throughout their childhoods, marking a significant difference in the dynamics of modern families compared to those of yesteryear.

Afterschool programs take on heightened importance when both parents work full-time, especially if neither parent works from home.

Many schools and community organizations offer afterschool programs.

While it’s great to have options, too many options can make it daunting for parents to find the program for their children. The Afterschool Alliance (www. afterschoolalliance. org), which works to ensure all youth have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs, offers the following tips to parents as they look to find afterschool programs for their children.

• Contact educators at your child’s school. Many schools have afterschool programs on school premises. Speak with school administrators or teachers about

school-sponsored afterschool programs.

Even if a school does not have such a program, educators might be able to provide a list of nearby programs other students attend.

• Contact community organizations.

The Afterschool Alliance notes that many community organizations, such as the YMCA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the 4-H Council, may offer afterschool programs.

Local churches, synagogues and mosques also may offer afterschool programs to local families, regardless of their religious affiliation. When speaking to community organizations, discuss how kids are typically transported from school to the program.

• Speak with fellow parents and neighbors. Your community is a great resource. Fellow parents and neighbors, even those whose kids may be in high school or even out of the house, may be able to recommend local programs. Reach out at school-sponsored events or via social media.

• Contact your local government.

Local government offices and officials also can help parents find afterschool programs in their communities.

Local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies (www.childcareaware.org) can be valuable assets for parents having trouble finding afterschool programs for their children.

Afterschool programs are invaluable to families in which both parents work.

Finding the right program may involve a combination of strategies. -MS

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Practice school bus safety every day Millions of students rely on public transportation to get them to and from school each and every day.

The National Safety Council says 25 million students in the United States begin and end their school days on school buses. The NCS adds that riding a bus to school is 13 times safer than riding in a family vehicle and 10 times safer than walking. Although buses are designed for safety, student riders can do a lot to make their bus trips even safer.

• Stand only in the designated school bus stop. Always stand on the sidewalk, lawn or curb where the school bus stop is located. Stay away from the street because traffic in the morning and the afternoon can be very busy and hectic.

• Arrive at the stop early. Rushing to the bus stop may cause you to make errors in judgment, including running in traffic to catch the bus. Leave early so you have ample time to catch the bus and obey all traffic laws.

• Only board and exit the bus when it is safe. Wait for the bus to come to a complete stop before boarding or exiting. The driver will engage the stop sign and put on the flashing red lights. Move around the

bus only when it is stopped.

• Keep the aisles clear. Stay out of the aisle when the bus is in motion and store backpacks on your lap or under your seat so they are not tripping hazards.

• Use seat restraints. Use seat restraints when available on the school bus. While not every school bus has seatbelts, many now do.

• Stay in your seat. Remain in your seat while the bus is in motion. Keep your hands inside of the windows.

Do not get up to engage with other riders.

•Keep a good distance between you and the bus. Exit the bus and cross in front where the driver can see you. If you cannot see the driver, he or she cannot see you. Check for safety signals from the driver to proceed when traffic has stopped.

Always walk, never run, around a bus.

• Do not goof off. When on the bus, always behave so that you can hear any safety instructions and be aware of your surroundings. Behaving also means one less distraction for drivers.

School bus passengers can make their rides to school even safer by playing it smart. -MS

Maze Craze Can you find your way through the maze?

Page 4B • August 1, 2019 • Edmond Life & Leisure and solve the mystery. But will it be at the cost of losing the people she has come to care for, and even Winterhouse itself?

Mystery, adventure, and beautiful writing combine in this exciting debut richly set in a hotel full of secrets.

We’re WILD about books! bestofbooksok.com For over 30 years, Best of Books has been Edmond’s go-to, family operated book store. From current best sellers to thrillers and romance, Best of Books carries it all.

They are also known for their section of children’s books, which they have in abundance.

Here are some picks from the staff at Best of Books that are great reads for elementary aged children.

and ash.

Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster.

Together, these two outcasts carve out a new life—saving each other in the process. Lyrically told by one of today’s most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heartrending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and wonder.

Winterhouse by Ben Guterson An Edgar Award Finalist An Agatha Award Finalist An enchanting urban fantasy middle-grade debut. The first book in a trilogy set in a magical hotel full of secrets.

Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls.

Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms, most notably its massive library. It’s not long before she locates a magical book of puzzles that will unlock a mystery involving Norbridge and his sinister family. But the deeper she delves into the hotel’s secrets, the more Elizabeth starts to realize that she is somehow connected to Winterhouse. As fate would have it, Elizabeth is the only person who can break the hotel’s curse

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier A 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner!

It’s been five years since the Sweep disappeared.

Orphaned and alone, Nan Sparrow had no other choice but to work for a ruthless chimney sweep named Wilkie Crudd. She spends her days sweeping out chimneys. The job is dangerous and thankless, but with her wits and will, Nan has managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again.

When Nan gets stuck in a chimney fire, she fears the end has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself unharmed in an abandoned attic.

And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature—a golem—made from soot

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STUDENT INFORMATION Aug. 9 Middle School Information Day

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Aug. 13 Elementary Information Day

Oct. 10 & 14

Middle School Parent/Teacher Conference (4:30—8:00 pm)

Aug. 16 First Day of School PK—12

Oct. 8 & 15

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GRADUATION is MAY 16, 2020 - North 10 a.m. / Santa Fe 2:00 p.m. / Memorial 6:00 p.m.

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How to face the challenges of saving for college tuition Parents likely don’t need to be told that college tuition is expensive. Whether you’re a parent of a high school student on the verge of applying for college or of a newborn with decades to go before the first college tuition bill comes due, the burden of how to pay for higher education is likely something you’ve considered.

While the cost of college tuition isn’t on the decline, parents might be happy to learn that such costs aren’t rising as fast as they once were. According to the “Trends in College Pricing 2018” report from The College Board, between 2001 and 2012, tuition increases at four-year public colleges ranged from 5.7 percent to 13.3 percent per year. Between 2012 and 2018, those same schools raised tuition raised tuition by just 3 percent per year.

The challenge of saving for college might be more manageable if tuition costs don’t rise as sharply as they did between 2001 and 2012.

But such costs are unpredictable, so parents should explore other ways to save for college tuition.

• Start saving as early as possible. It’s never too early to begin saving for a child’s college education. According to rules governing New York’s 529 College Savings Program, adults cannot open 529 Savings plans for unborn children, as beneficiaries must have a Social Security number or taxpayer identification number. However, expecting parents or young adults who one day plan to have children can open accounts and name

themselves as beneficiaries and then change the beneficiary to their child once the child is born.

It might seem odd to start saving for college tuition before you even have children, but it’s never too early to start growing a college fund.

• Choose a diversified portfolio.

Most people are familiar with the adage, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” That adage is especially noteworthy when saving for college. Many people recognize that simply saving for college isn’t enough, and that directing college savings into a 529 plan that allows that money to grow is a savvy way to build college savings accounts.

When choosing investments, parents can combat market volatility by investing in diversified portfolios that makes their savings less vulnerable to loss. In fact, the NY529 Direct Plan allows parents to choose age-based options that automatically shift investments from aggressive to conservative mutual funds as children age.

• Take your tax deduction. Families are faced with a host of bills each month, and that can make some parents wonder if it’s even possible to contribute to college savings accounts. Speak with an accountant to help you make room in the budget for such contributions, which are often eligible to tax deductions that make it easier and more sensible to save for college.

Saving for college tuition can be made easier by employing various strategies to grow college savings without adversely affecting monthly budgets. -MS

Downtown Edmond Hosts Fourth Annual School Supply Drive

The Downtown Edmond Business Association kicked off its fourth annual school supply drive on July 17 on National Yellow Pig Day. Yellow Pig Day is a mathematician’s holiday celebrating yellow pigs and the number 17.

“We began collecting school supplies four years ago to help local schools in the area. We have been overwhelmed each year by the response and support of the community and each year strive to collect even more. The past couple of years we have been kicking it off on National Yellow Pig Day. Each participating location will have a yellow piggy bank for monetary donations and a box to collect supplies. Anyone wanting to donate can go to one of these downtown locations or they can go to our website and shop online,” Downtown Edmond Business Association president Stephanie Carel said.

Items most needed are boys and girls underwear, sweatpants and

shorts in preschool to first grade sizes, colored construction paper, number two pencils, colored pencils, crayons, spiral notebooks, notebook paper, facial tissue, washable markers, sanitizing wipes, glue, pocket folders, all sizes of plastic storage bags and monetary donations.

Donations will be accepted until August 10 at Autoworks, Broadway Antiques, Cinnamon Bears, the Edmond Chamber, the Edmond Economic Development Authority, the Edmond Sun, Farmers Insurance Michelle Schaefer, the Hilton Garden Inn Edmond, Madeline’s Flowers and Silver Leaf Gems. The supplies will go to Ida Freeman and Sunset Elementary schools.

To find out more about the event, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

For further information, contact Elena Listen at info@downtownedmondok.com or (405) 249-9391.

Editor’s note: This article ran in a previous edition as well.

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