Scissortail Park’s popular free summer concert series returns

Scissortail Park’s popular free summer concert series returns in May to the Love’s Travel Stops Stage and Great Lawn. Scissortail Park Concerts presented by American Fidelity is supported by Ad Astra Foundation, First Fidelity Bank, Richard and Glenna Tanenbaum, Flight, Omni Oklahoma City Hotel, BancFirst, INSURICA, MUSE Downtown Apartments and Miller Pro AVL. Concerts are free and open to the public.

The 2023 season begins with community favorite, the OKC Philharmonic directed by Alexander Mickelthwate on Sunday, May 21. The following Friday, May 26 welcomes Dobro master and 14-time Grammy- award winner, Jerry Douglas Band with special guests, Oklahoma-based band, Midnight Hollow performing in the first Bluegrass Night at the Park.

“To keep our free outdoor concert series fresh and interesting for the community, we are incorporating several new musical genres into this year’s schedule,” said Maureen Heffernan, CEO of Myriad Gardens Foundation and Scissortail Park Foundation. “We are happy to welcome our friends from the Oklahoma City Philharmonic back for another exciting concert series at Scissortail Park. They help to anchor our lineup with performances in May and September. We’re also thrilled to add

Grammy award-winning bluegrass superstar, Jerry Douglas along with local talent, Midnight Hollow. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are securing our other acts for the season and will announce those soon.”

The Scissortail Park Concerts series run May through September 2022. Additional announcements coming soon. See scissortailpark.org/calendar for more information.

OKC Philharmonic Night is at 8:30 pm on Sunday, May 21. Tracing its roots back to the city’s first professional orchestra in 1924, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic formed in 1988 under the musical direction of Joel Levine with the help of dedicated civic leaders and corporations. In 2018, Alexander Mickelthwate was named the second music director of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic.

Bluegrass Night at the Park, featuring Jerry Douglas Band with Midnight Hollow is at 8 pm on Friday, May 26. Jerry Douglas is a bandleader, producer, session musician, instructor and a very funny guy. He’s produced over a hundred albums and he’s featured on over 1,600 studio albums. The Jerry Douglas Band has been forging new paths into the musical horizon with deep roots in bluegrass and folk that spreads out into the Americana and jazz landscapes.

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$140,000 to $150,000 on donated property.”

“Our new home recipients must donate 100 hours of ‘sweat equity’ and pass credit and background checks,” Ann Felton Gilliland, CEO of Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity told those in attendance. “Habitat for Humanity homes are energy efficient which means lower utility bills. We adhere to all provisions of the Fair Housing Act.”

A Notice of Public Hearing to consider the rezoning request was mailed to all property owners within 300 feet of the property donated by the church to Habitat for Humanity. Most homeowners voiced deep concerns about the project including increased traffic, negative impact of property values and parking issues, while others spoke in support of the proposal.

Local resident Jack Christie shared with the commission research from county assessor records on covenants, plats, lot sizes, average home

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Neighbor Tyler Vaugh spoke of his support for the mission of Habitat for Humanity, but expressed concerns for sanitation and public safety access to all properties.

With six members seated on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the motion to approve the project failed to pass with a 3-3 vote, which is different than a 2-4 vote of denial, and it was sent back to the City Council for action.

“The PUD request was to provide smaller lot sizes to build a single-family home on,” said City Manager Dave Slezickey. “Per code, the area of property was not large enough for multiple residences for single family residential zoning.”

When a resolution regarding amending the PUD zoning to allow smaller lot sizes to accommodate four Habitat for Humanity live,” Governor Bill Anoatubby said. “These deserving individuals will be honored for outstanding contributions to society and service to the Chickasaw people and their communities through academia, artistic works, philanthropy, and military and public service.”

Edwards was born July 8, 1948, to Gene and Elaine Edwards in Amarillo, Texas, and is a descendant of famed Chickasaw rancher, Montford T. Johnson. He graduated from Amarillo High School and entered the U.S. Naval Reserves as a student at the University of Oklahoma.

He graduated from Naval

Our Lord’s Lutheran Church has donated this property to Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity. A plan to construct four “cluster” homes has drawn mixed homes was brought before the City Council earlier this month, numerous residents again spoke for and against the resolution, including recent City Council candidate Jon Sousa speaking in favor.

“Overall concerns from the council were mixed, but were welcoming to four new homes for four new families in The Village,” said Slezickey. “The council heard the main issues with constituents were density, traffic, parking draining, public safety, and sanitation access.”

After continued discussion the council had a rare split vote, approving the resolution 4-1 with Councilmen Sean Cummings, Wynter Griffis, David Glover and Mayor

Officer Candidate School with a commission in Naval Reserves in 1970. That same year, he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Oklahoma. He later received his master of business administration degree from the University of Texas in Austin.

In 1979, Edwards formed Price Edwards Henderson & Co., now known as Price Edwards & Co., the largest Oklahoma-based commercial real estate service company. He is also a manager of PEC Investment Properties LLC, an affiliate of Price Edwards & Co. Edwards was elected as OKCityan of the Year in 2011 by OKC FRIDAY and was named king of the Beaux Arts Society. He received the Dean A. McGee Lifetime Achieve-

Sonny Wilkinson voting yes, while Councilman Bubba Symes said no.

“Most of the concerns presented to the council will be addressed during the design phase of this project as Johnson and Associates begins work on the final plat plan,” said Slezickey. The matter has been sent back to the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission where the final plat submission is to be reviewed for recommendation before going back to the City Council for final approval.

The city has said it plans to require civil engineering, extension of sewer lines to serve the homes and possibly the extension of water lines to accommodate a “cluster’ of four homes on ment Award for his contributions to downtown Oklahoma City in 2013, and the Man of the Year by the Commercial Real Estate Council in 2017. the property.

He has served in numerous roles in business and civic organizations, including president and chief executive officer of the Oklahoma Business Roundtable, chairman of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Health Foundation, chairman of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, chairman of The United Way of Metro Oklahoma, chairman of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area Public Schools Trust (MAPS for Kids Trust) and more.

Carl and his wife Susan take great pride in their daughters, Megan Bauml and Paige Frenzel, and their four wonderful grandchildren.

The Village has at least one other Habitat home located on Westchester Drive that was constructed on a lot where a home was destroyed by fire and demolished.

Since 1990, Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity has constructed over 1,066 homes for deserving families. Their homes have been lauded for the geothermal energy efficient construction that is about half the cost of other homes.

Chamber tourney set

Friday, May 19 is the date of the Northwest OKC Chamber’s golf tournament.

The Lake Hefner Golf Club is the host course.

The Chamber Classic is set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prizes are to be awarded to the first, second and third place teams. Registration is due by Friday, May 12 and sponsorships are still available. For more information, visit nwokc.com.

Heritage Hall’s Demarion Dean earned a gold medal as a member of the 3200-meter relay team and a silver in the 400 meters at the Class 3A regional meet.