Global Vision Award will honor four

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On Nov. 16, Sister Cities International Oklahoma City is to present the Global Vision Award to four well-known Oklahomans at the Embassy Suites OU Medical Center.

The Sister Cities International OKC Board of Directors voted unanimously to expand our Global Achievement awards to reflect the continued growth of Oklahoma City as a national leader in global cooperations at the municipal level, promoting cultural understanding and stimulating economic development. Recipients of the 2023 Vision Awards are:

The Honorable Dan Boren, Secretary of Commerce of the Chickasaw Nation.

The Busey Family, Phil G. Busey Sr. and wife, Cathy, founded Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma, LLC in 2002 with sons Brian and Philip Busey.

Dr. Dwight Lawson is the Executive Direc- tor/CEO of the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma’s oldest and most popular cultural attraction with over a million visitors annually.

Aldwyn Sappleton grew up on a small farm in rural Jamaica. Aldwyn currently serves as deputy director of the Research and Economic Analysis Division at Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Oklahoma as a base of operations.

Dear Wise Elder: I have a close, rather young friend who lives alone, has no children or close family. Over the years she has “adopted” children from eight close families and never forgets them at Christmas, birthdays and other holidays. I’m wondering what will happen when she passes. Who will take care of her affairs?

Dear Friend: The best way for anyone to get what they want in death, is with planning and with proper documentation with an attorney. If relatives have not been a part of her life, they do not automatically receive any

Boeing, Kratos Defense, Lufthansa, GE, Raytheon, CMC, Sofidel and American Airlines are a few of the companies that have made the decision to expand Oklahoma.

At its core, Sister Cities International OKC recognizes, celebrates, and magnifies the catalytic power of people-to-people interaction through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation—one individual, one community at a time. Sister Cities International OKC recognizes private citizens and municipal officials. and business leaders for conducting long term programs of mutual benefit with our sister cities and promoting our mission to “Connect globally, thrive locally.” consideration – if that wish is made legally binding. Since she is unmarried, lives alone, has no children, and no involved relatives, she can even make it clear which close friends have authority to clear out her home and sell and distribute the stuff. So when the distant but uninvolved relatives learn of her death and begin to call about the “estate funds,” the designated friends can say with confidence, “All that is being handled by the attorney. You’ll need to talk with him.”

The Global Achievement Luncheon will be held at the Embassy Suites, 741 N. Phillips Ave., from 11:15 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Nov. 16. Please visit sistercities.org for details.

- Courtesy VillagesOKC, www.VillagesOKC.org (405) 990 6637

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Sponsorship Party

Paula Love opened her home at Chase Farm to host the Homestead Social Sponsorship Party. Each year, the Harn has a dinner outdoors at the homestead. Supporting the historic homestead’s mission are, at right. Dr. David Kallenberger and Michel Buthion. The Harn Homestead is an Oklahoma treasure that reflects the territorial history of Oklahoma City. Visitors have the opportunity to experience the grace of a Victorian home as well as the waste-not want-not ethic of territorial farm families.

- Photos by Rose Lane

Above: Harn Board member Zak Hensley and his wife Blakely. At right: Sean Olmstead, Amber Brock and Tim Rasmussen.

From left: Harn Homestead Board President Jonathan Krummel and board members Paula Love, Adam Aguilar and Bhavin Naik.

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