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Tricia Everest leads by example

By Vicki Clark Gourley Publisher

Hope.

OCU President Martha Burger said “Tricia creates respect with her humility, quiet dignity

Compassion and a determination to better the lives of everyone around them earned these women the respect and the admiration of city leaders, to whom more than 300 ballots were mailed. Women leaders in business, law, medicine or nonprofits almost always find time to volunteer to help others. #1 Tricia Everest is a petite dynamo determined to reform criminal justice in Oklahoma.

She took a leave of absence as Assistant Attorney General to volunteer at least 40 hours a week working at Palomar in the office and expanding partnerships and systems of service from legal to health to breaking cycles of abuse, addiction and incarceration.

At a recent reception to celebrate Tricia’s induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame this year, Palomar CEO Kim Garret said of Tricia, “Tricia leads by example, from pulling weeds to doing the head lice check on all the kids at Camp

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#1 TRICIA EVEREST

#3 JUDY LOVE

#2 SUE ANN ARNALL

and grace.

Tricia is the third generation of Gaylords to top an OKC FRIDAY Most Powerful list since its inception in the 1980’s. Her grandfather Edward L. Gaylord and mother, Christy Everest preceeded her.

Tricia said it is her great aunt, the late Edith Kinney Gaylord, who founded the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism and the Inasmuch Foundations, who inspires much of her work. #2 Sue Ann Arnall is a lawyer who started her career in the oil business while still in high school. Her Arnall Family Foundation supports child welfare programs with an emphasis on foster children.

Arnall’s concern for companion animal’s welfare is credited with achieving the passage of Oklahoma’s Puppy Mill regulations. She is a strong supporter of the Central Oklahoma Humane Society and horse welfare.

Sue Ann teamed up with Judge Cindy

#4 CHRISTY EVEREST

#5 DEBBY HAMPTON

C4K: A pair of shoes can change a life

By Rose Lane Editor Sometimes something as small as a pair of shoes can make a big difference.

“Some people look at it like it’s a pair of shoes, but there is a story behind them and a life that’s being changed,” Cleats 4 Kids Executive Director Stacy McDaniel said.

Stacy and Mark McDaniel decided that was true as they cleaned out their garage in 2011 and found sporting equipment their three children, Cole, Josh and Meghan had outgrown.

They knew those basketball shoes, soccer cleats and football gear could help another kid whose families couldn’t afford sports equipment.

“The cost of sports is such a roadblock,” Stacy said. “Mark and I had no idea of the need and of the number of kids who wanted to play, but couldn’t.”

“We really wanted to level the playing field.”

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C4K President Stacy McDaniel in the organization’s locker room where kids can come and pick out sports equipment.

Both attorneys, Stacy and Mark founded the nonprofit which has grown to help kids play sports in 107 school districts and collaborates with 50 other nonprofits.

That first year, they

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operated out of their garage.

“It was a hobby for us when we first started,” Stacy said.

Stacy and Mark decided they needed to expand to at least a shed. Stacy said she

was driving by a house with a shed as the For Sale sign was going up.

They saw the writing on the wall, bought the house and went full force. They knew they were in the right place when in March 2012, the Northwest Classen soccer coach came to them and said there were 14 varsity players and 12 of them were playing in tennis shoes.

“Do you have anything that can help us?” he asked.

The next year, 40 girls went out for the team and Cleats 4 Kids was able to answer the call for sports equipment, Stacy said.

Now, the nonprofit operates out of an office in the Chesapeake Community Plaza and has its own locker room where kids can come and pick out the equipment they need. There are countless stories of how the organization has helped kids.

Stacy said there was the softball player whose life was turned See C4K, Page 6

Starlight Ball Co-Chairs Kelly and Amy Gray and Todd and Libby Naifeh.

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#6 MARTHA BURGER President Oklahoma City University

#7 KENDRA HORN Congresswoman District 5

#8 MEG SALYER President Accel Financial

#9 MARNIE TAYLOR President and CEO OK Center for Nonprofits

#10 POLLY NICHOLS Volunteer, Philanthropist

#11 CATHY O’CONNOR President, Economic Developement Alliance

#12 SARA STITT Oklahoma First Lady

#13 NATALIE CHIRLEY President, CEO Cowboy Hall of Fame

#14 MARY MELON CEO, OKC Public Schools Foundation

#15 KARI WATKINS Executive Director OKC National Memorial

#16 JANE JAYROE GAMBLE Former Miss America, Author, Speaker

#17 KELLY DYER FRY Publisher The Oklahoman

From Page 1 Truong to lead a community forum on criminal justice and the vicious cycle that keeps people in jail when they could be working. Sue Ann is also a supporter of Mental Health issues. #3 Judy Love, who co-founded Love’s Travel Stops with her husband Tom, continues her level of involvement in all things charitable and for the arts. This past year she hosted a luncheon to raise funds for the Education and Employment Ministry, also known as TEEM. Kris Steele, Executive Director, praised Judy’s support for “giving a hand up to individuals reentering society, through educational preparation, social services, job training and placement.” #4 Christy Everest, the former publisher of the Daily Oklahoman and Tricia’s mother, is more quiet publicly than her daughter. Leading the Gaylord Foundation, Christy supports medical research, the Philharmonic and many arts

organizations. #5 Debby Hampton is one of the most respected nonprofit leaders in the country. As president and CEO of the United Way of Central Oklahoma, she oversees the funding of 57 service providing agencies. Through a special United Way fund for the Moore tornado victims, Debby directed the recovery and rebuilding.

She built powerful management skills over the years, working at everything from mental health counseling at North Care to numerous positions at the Red Cross, culminating in its presidency. #6 Martha Burger, President of Oklahoma City University, launched her Bright Star campaign last year to fund student scholarships and needs. The university continues to grow and respond to community needs under her leadership. As a former energy industry executive, she has effortlessly transferred her skills in human and corporate resources to her uni-

versity job. #7 Kendra Horn, U.S. Representative for the Fifth District of Oklahoma, is the first Democrat to hold that seat since 1974. She is extremely popular, considering the strength of the Republican majority in her district. #8 Meg Salyer is a former Oklahoma City Council member and continues to remain active in many of the causes which she championed during her political career. She is active on many nonprofit boards of directors. #9 Marnie Taylor is president and CEO of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits. Before accepting the position, Taylor served several years as a board member, trainer and consultant for the Center. She is past board president of Oklahoma County Citizens for Juvenile Justice, Oklahoma Outreach Foundation, CASA of Oklahoma County, Notre Dame Club of Oklahoma See MOST POWERFUL, Page 3

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#18 CATHY KEATING Former OK First Lady Community Volunteer

#19 ANN HARGIS First Lady Oklahoma State Univ.

#20 NOMA GURICH Chief Justice Okla. Supreme Court

#21 SEN. KAY FLOYD Democratic Leader OK Senate

#22 PAT POTTS Community Volunteer Philantropist

#23 ANN FELTON GILLILAND Chairman and CEO Habitat for Humanity

#24 TERESA ROSE CROOK CEO, Executive Dir. Communities Found.OK

#25 NANCY ANTHONY Executive Director OKC Community Found.

#26 JOY HOFMEISTER Oklahoma School Superintendent

#27 RHONDA HOOPER President, CEO Jordan Advertising

#28 KIM HENRY Executive Director Sarkeys Foundation

#29 SEN. STEPHANIE BICE Oklahoma Senate

#30 JUDY HATFIELD President Equity Commercial R.E.

#31 CLAUDIA SAN PEDRO President Sonic Corporation

#32 KIM GARRETT CEO Palomar

#33 JARI ASKINS Chief Administrator Oklahoma Court System

#34 LOU KERR President Kerr Foundation

#35 LESLIE RAINBOLT-FORBES

From Page 2 City, and Volunteer Center of Central Oklahoma. She is a past board member of and held leadership positions for Oklahoma Arts Institute, American Red Cross, YLX,

Junior League of Oklahoma City, and Sunbeam Family Services. #6 Polly Nichols leads by example and humility. She is a survivor of the Oklahoma City bombing and co-chaired the fundraising drive to build the National Memorial and

Physician, Volunteer

Museum. She champions the nonprofit world as being an important partner to businesses to accomplish educational, charitable and arts goals in the city. She was a co-founder of See MOST POWERFUL, Page 4

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#36 LESLIE OSBORN Oklahoma Labor Commissioner

CEO, Institute Economic Empowerment of Women

#37 TERRY NEESE

#38 YVONNE KAUGER Justice Okla. Supreme Court

#39 CYNDI MUNSON State Representative House District #85

#40 LIZ EICKMAN Executive Director Kirkpatrick Family Fund

#40 EDIE ROODMAN Executive Director OK Israel Exchange

#41 NANCY ELLIS Philanthropist, Community Volunteer

#42 STACY MCDANIEL Executive Director OK Cleats for Kids

#43 NIKKI NICE Oklahoma City Councilwoman

#44 MAJ. GEN. RITA ARAGON Governor’s Liaison Veterans Affairs

#44 SEN. JULIA KIRK Oklahoma Senate

#45 JANET PEERY CEO YWCA Oklahoma City

#46 AIMEE HARLOW Strategic Sales Director FIS, Community Volunteer

#47 JILL CASTILLA President, CEO Citizens Bank Edmond

#47 ANN ACKERMAN President OK Business Roundtable

#48 JONNA KIRSCHNER

#49 RACHEL HOLT Asst. Attorney General Office of Juvenile Affairs

#50 SUZANNE SYMCOX Executive V.P. First Fidelity Bank

From Page 3 the Juliette Low Leadership Society Luncheon for the Girl Scouts and co-chaired major fund drives for United Way and Allied Arts.

SVP Economic Devel.

Chickasaw Nation

She serves or has served and chaired the boards of 20 major nonprofits. If there is a worthy organization needing help, Nichols will be there.

Polly devotes much of her energy these day

to finishing The Girl Scout’s new Urban STEM Camp. The Girl Scouts wanted the camp to promote outdoor-centered activities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs, a growing focus for the Girl Scouts.

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Congratulations to the Top 100 Most Powerful Women Nominees ANN ACKERMAN CEO, Oklahoma Business Roundtable MO ANDERSON Co-Owner, Keller Williams Realty NANCY ANTHONY Pres., OKC Community Foundation MAJ. GEN. RITA ARAGON Gov.’s Liaison, Veterans Affairs CATHERINE ARMITAGE Director, Global Blood Fund SUE ANN ARNALL Lawyer, Arnall Family Foundation JARI ASKINS Chief Admin., State Court System JANET BARRESI 5th District Candidate CHRISTINE BERNEY VP, Comm. Relations, OKC Thunder STEPHANIE BICE OK Senator, 5th District Candidate HILARIE BLANEY Sr. VP, BancFirst KATY EVANS BOREN Pres./CEO, OKC Innovation District CHELSEY BRANHAM State Representative VICKI BEHENNA Exec. Dir., OK Innocence Project MARTHA BURGER President, Oklahoma City Univ.

SUSAN CHAMBERS Physician, Volunteer SODY CLEMENTS Nichols Hills City Council JILL CASTILLA Pres./CEO, Citizens Bank HEATHER COYLE District Judge TERESA ROSE CROOK Exec.Dir., Comm. Foundation OK CATHY CUMMINGS Mayor, The Village LIZ EICKMAN Dir., Kirkpatrick Family Fund JEANETTE ELLIOTT EVP, Ackerman McQueen NANCY ELLIS Volunteer, Philanthropist CHRISTY EVEREST Philanthropist TRICIA EVEREST Attorney/Community Volunteer MARY FALLIN Former Governor of Oklahoma HILLARY FARRELL Vice Chairman, Ackerman McQueen MIKI FARRIS Exec. Dir., Infant Crisis Service KAY FLOYD State Senator, Democratic Leader JOSE FREEDE Philanthropist KELLY DYER FRY Publisher, The Oklahoman JANE JAYROE GAMBLE Author, Volunteer KIM GARRETT CEO, Palomar ANN FELTON GILLILAND CEO, Habitat for Humanity JOAN GILMORE Columnist, Journal Record NOMA GURICH OK Supreme Court Chief Justice DEBBY HAMPTON Pres./CEO, United Way of Cen. OK JOBETH HAMON OKC Councilwoman ANN HARGIS First Lady, OSU AIMEE HARLOW Community Volunteer JUDY HATFIELD Pres., Equity Commercial Real Estate CAROL HEFNER Community Volunteer KIM HENRY Exec. Dir., Sarkeys Foundation

JOY HOFMEISTER State School Superintendent RACHEL HOLT COO,OK Office of Juvenile Affairs RHONDA HOOPER Pres./CEO, Jordan Associates KENDRA HORN 5th District, U.S. Representative JANE JENKINS Pres./CEO, Downtown OKC Inc. BRENDA JONES CEO., President, Jones PR YVONNE KAUGER OK Supreme Court Justice CATHY KEATING Community Volunteer LOU KERR Pres., Kerr Foundation JONNA KIRSCHNER SVP Econ. Develop., Chickasaw Nation JULIA KIRT State Senator ANN LACY Philanthropist CHARLOTTE LANKARD Columnist, The Oklahoman DONNA LAWRENCE Founder, OK Women’s Coalition JANE HAMM LERUM Owner, Joullian Winery JENEE NAIFEH LISTER Merrill Lynch Wealth Manager JUDY LOVE Founder, Love’s Travel Stops LOUISA MCCUNE Exec. Dir., Kirkpatrick Found.

STACY MCDANIEL Pres., OK Cleats for Kids LIZ MCLAUGHLIN Fields & Futures Co-Founder NATALIE MAI District Judge MARY MELON CEO, OKC Public Schools Found.

DONNA MILLER CEO, Purse Power NIKKI NICE OKC Coucilwoman NICOLE MILLER State Representative CYNDI MUNSON State Representative DANA MURPHY Corporation Commissioner VALERIE NAIFEH Owner, Naifeh Fine Jewelry TERRY NEESE 5th District Candidate POLLY NICHOLS Community Volunteer DONNA NIGH Community Volunteer CATHY O’CONNOR CEO., Economic Devel. Alliance LESLIE OSBORN OK Labor Commissoner CYNDA OTTAWAY Lawyer, Crowe-Dun.,OKCMOA Pres.

MARION PADEN Pres./CEO Leadership OK JANET PEERY CEO, YWCA Oklahoma City MARY POINTER Sr. VP, Frontier State Bank PAT POTTS Community Volunteer LESLIE RAINBOLT-FORBES Physician/Volunteer SHERRY RHODES VP Devel., St. Anthony Foundation MOLLY ROSS FUHRMAN Exec. Dir., Integris Mind & Body HEATHER ROSS Community Volunteer EDIE ROODMAN Exec. Dir., OK Israel Exchange JO ROWAN Dance Chairman, OCU

MEG SALYER City Councilwoman CLAUDIA SAN PEDRO Pres., Sonic Corporation DEBORAH SENNER Pres./CEO, Allied Arts NATALIE SHIRLEY Pres./CEO National Cowboy Hall SALLY NICHOLS STARLING OKC Ballet Executive Committee SUZANNE SYMCOX EVP, First Fidelity Bank SARAH STITT Oklahoma First Lady LISA SYNAR Exec. Dir., OKC Beautiful MARNIE TAYLOR Pres/CEO, Center for Nonprofits TSINENA THOMPSON CEO, OK Lawyers for Children PENNY VOSS VP of Development, OMRF KARI WATKINS Exec. Dir., OKC Nat. Memorial PAIGE WILLIAMS SHEPHERD Dir. of Tourism, Chickasaw Nation CHRISTY ZELLEY Exec. Dir., Leadership OKC

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Winners announced in People’s Choice polls The votes came pouring in for our People’s Choice poll.

We printed the 2019 ballott in the Oct. 25 edition of OKC FRIDAY and also posted it on Facebook.

In newspaper voting, for which respondents sent in or brought their copy to our offices, Mo Anderson, coowner of Keller Williams Realty, was named OKC’s Most Powerful Woman.

The runners-up were Sherry Rhodes, vice president of the development for the St. Anthony Founda-

ANDERSON

RHODES

tion, and Tsinena Thompson, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Lawyers for Children who came in sec-

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ond and third.

The Facebook poll produced a three-way tie for No. 1 between Katy Evans

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LERUM

Boren, president and CEO of the OKC Innovation District; Jane Hamm Lerum, co-owner of Joullian Win-

WATKINS

ery; and Kari Watkins, the executive director of the OKC National Memorial and Museum.

Carwin’s Shave Shop is ever-changing to meet the needs of men

By Hays Nichols Student Intern

Since opening in the spring of 2012, Carwin’s has evolved through the years to become much more than an excellent barbershop.

For many of those who visit Carwin’s Shave Shop in the Nichols Hills Plaza, personal grooming is not just a hobby, it is a lifestyle.

Since opening in the spring of 2012, Carwin’s has evolved through the years to become much more than an excellent barbershop. The Shave Shop also provides personal grooming supplies and maintains a wellstocked haberdashery.

“Carwin’s Shave Shop started as a need was identified for quality shaving creams and equipment,” said the owner, Steve Winters. “After several requests from customers, Chuck Naifeh joined the shop and developed

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the barber services component to meet those needs.”

Chuck Naifeh is the head barber at Carwin’s and worked with Steve to turn the shop into a men’s lifestyle store. This vision ensures Carwin’s stands out from the crowd. Steve also maintains that Carwin’s is everchanging to meet the needs of men in Oklahoma.

Carwin’s offers a variety of services from haircuts and beard trims to facials and consultations with barbers on the best ways to maintain a beard or mustache.

“Beard services include custom beard shaping with a hot towel straight razor shape up, which is one of our specialties,” said Winters. “We carry a wide variety of products including beard oil for that shine and

nity to play sports.

“She said would be in jail if C4K hadn’t provided her cleats,” Stacy said.

C4K’s locker room is these kids’ sporting goods store.

Stay said C4K offers equipment for most sports including football, baseball, soccer, basketball, track and even tae kwon do, field hockey, lacrosse and dance.

Kids are involved at all levels. Her sons formed a Varsity Board which involves 120 students from 14 high schools. Her daughter established a middle school board.

“It was totally and completely their idea and their work,” Stacy said.

The board members volunteer at the locker room and orchestrate equipment drives, as well to help organize the locker room.

“It is an excellent way for kids to plug in

scent, beard balms for control, specialty beard washes, beard conditioners and moisturizers to take care of the skin underneath.”

The Carwin’s Shave Shop philosophy is to educate its clients on the services and products they provide. The shop even provides master classes for those who want to be a little more hands on who want to step up their own grooming abilities.

“Carwin’s will provide a relaxed comfortable place that provides top notch products and services with friendly environment. We also strive to educate our customers with product and service information,” he said.

Carwin’s Shave Shop is located at 6411 Avondale Dr., in Nichols Hills Plaza.

and give back to the community.”

C4K now partners with Fields and Futures and the Police Athletic League to work in the Oklahoma City Public Schools.

The locker room is always full thanks to equipment drives and donations from school sports teams and corporate partners.

Red Coyote has its own room as the company has initiated a running shoe recycling program.

C4K is working hard to get kids involved in sports at a young age.

“We are really working organizations across the metro area in sports and physical education programs at the elementary school level.”

Stacy said research indicates that getting kids involved in sports at a young age will lead to an active lifestyle later in life.

Being a woman in sports, Stacy said she sees things through a different lens.

“As a mom, you want the same opportunities to be there for every child.”

Stacy works long hours and is battling breast cancer.

“Sometimes, things happen in our lifes which aren’t necessarily the chapters we want to have been written.”

She said it is really taking a village.

“You can never say ‘I beat cancer,’” she said. “It’s we beat cancer.”

People have done much to rally around Stacy and her family with encouraging words, meals and other acts of kindness.

“The blessings have far exceeded the treatment,” she said. “This community has an incredible way of lifting people up in times of need.”

Obituary

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Bob Hammack was an accomplished advertising professional Robert (“Bob”) Eugene Hammack passed away Nov. 1.

He was born Oct. 3, 1948 in Shawnee, Okla., and grew up in Oklahoma City, attending Madison Grade School, Cleveland Elementary, Taft Junior High and Northwest Classen High School. After briefly attending Panhandle A&M on a football scholarship, he transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and active in many campus activities.

After earning a B.S. degree in journalism, Bob began a distinguished career in advertising. In 1977, he opened his own agency, New West Group. Renowned for his creativity, Bob won hundreds of local and national awards for advertising excellence.

He was a multiple “Best of Show” winner in annual American Advertising Federation (AAF) creative contests, and amassed several industry accolades, including the highly prized “Gabriel Award,” one of only four awards presented

by The Vatican for public service work worldwide.

A member of the Oklahoma City Advertising Club for almost four decades, Bob proudly served as an officer and contributed to many committees.

In 1999, he received the AAF’s prestigious

BOB HAMMACK Silver Medal Award award, the highest recognition given in advertising, for outstanding contributions to the profession.

Bob prioritized service to his community and volunteered much of his time and talent to many local nonprofits and charities, including Leadership Oklahoma City, Leadership Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Oklahoma City Arts Commission, the Oklahoma Media Network and the Downtown Oklahoma City Rotary Club (Club 29).

As a devoted Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow, Bob participated in many missions overseas, delivering essential medical equipment to underserved communities. In 2010, Bob was recognized as Rotarian of the Year.

Despite having spent the entire second grade in “the hall,” for chewing gum, talk-

ing in class or making a nuisance of himself, Bob was elected and served a four-year term on the Board of Education for Oklahoma City Public Schools, representing District 1.

A lifetime member of the Oklahoma Zoological Society, Bob was honored to serve as the society’s president.

He also was an active member of the Oklahoma City Zoological Trust, serving as its chairman. His favorite relationship with the Zoo was the one he shared with his three children nearly every sunny weekend of their childhoods.

An ardent lover of sports, Bob founded a men’s flag football team, the Blackhawks, and in a career that spanned three decades, missed only one game. The master of the “vicinity pass,” Bob still managed to throw more than 1,000 touchdown passes, leading the Blackhawks to many city and state championships with a remarkable 90 percent winning percentage.

His enthusiasm for football, combined with his love of traditions, translated into nearly 60 consecutive appearances at the annual “Turkey Bowl,” a Thanksgiving Day ritual among childhood friends who meet, rain or shine, at Taft Stadium.

Bob also loved basketball, playing in

“Hoop It Up” 3-on-3 games from Paris, France to Houston, Texas with fellow “Ball Hawgs,” David Gibbs, Larry Gatewood, Charlie Brooks and Mike Collier. In “Senior Olympic” contests, Bob played on the National Championship team in 1999 and in 2003. He spent many evenings playing basketball with long-time chums, Mark Sneed and John Bond. He loved playing golf with friend Patrick Alexander, lunching with his good friends Mark Kanter and Jeff Simpsen, and working on the “next big project.”

Bob found time to become a published playwright with his semi-autobiographical play, “There Are No Strangers At The Bijou.” In 2016, he wrote and self-published an autobiography titled “When Magpies Ruled the World” and, in 2019, published a second book about growing up in Oklahoma City, “Two Years in the Doghouse.”

Bob cherished his family above all else.

Lauren, his wife of 32 years, made his life fun, interesting and infinitely richer.

Together, they traveled the world with their three wonderful children, Reynolds, Templin and Jennings. His children describe Bob as their best friend and an exemplary father, unmatched in his generosity with love, praise and espe-

cially time.

After separating from Lauren, the couple remained close friends and continued to share many happy times together. Bob later reconnected with former high school sweetheart Sally Wilson Lamprich, with whom he enjoyed traveling and bragging about kids.

Laughter was an important part of Bob’s life. He lived for a good practical joke.

If you knew Bob, there’s a 100 percent chance that you received a prank phone call from him.

The saddest day of his life was the day Caller ID was invented.

Bob is preceded in death by his loving parents, Gene and Frances. He is survived by his daughter, Reynolds Hammack Wallis and her husband, Scottie Wallis, of Tulsa; by his two sons, Templin Hammack and Jennings Hammack, and their mother, Lauren Allen Hammack Roth, of Oklahoma City. Additional survivors include two brothers, James Hammack and wife Beth, and Keith Hammack and wife Chris, of

Oklahoma City; a sister, Lee Ann Hammack Fairlie and her husband, Greg, of Oklahoma City. He is further survived by several nieces, nephews, and extended family.

In lieu of flowers, friends are encouraged to make a donation to the Oklahoma Zoological Society’s ZooFund for Kids, which provides educational opportunities for children who would not otherwise be able to afford them.

“People are like stained-glass windows.

They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

— Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Bob’s family will host a gathering of friends to celebrate the light that Bob brought to our lives, and to share favorite “Bob” stories on Friday, Nov. 15 at 1 pm at the Lotus Pavilion in the OKC Zoo’s “Sanctuary Asia” exhibit. In honor of Bob, attire for the event will be shockingly casual for the occasion. (Think “knit shirt at a wedding” casual.)

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Editorial Page

OPINION OUR STAND “And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”

John 8:32 (quoting Jesus).

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

– Edmund Burke paraphrase, 1767.

If you want it in the paper, it’s advertising. If you don’t want it in the paper, it’s news.”

– Ancient Chinese Proverb.

“Without, or with, offense to friends or foes, We sketch your world exactly as it goes.”

– Byron, 1818.

“Every violation of truth is a stab at the health of human society.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1878.

“We must always stand – alone if necessary – as the conscience of this community.”

– J. Leland Gourley, 1959.

M EMBER OF ON THIS OKC FRIDAY EDITORIAL OPINION PAGE: We urge courtesy in disagreement. We view with favor wise public choices and view with alarm flawed public choices. We give good advice to public officials at federal, state and local levels, and society in general, on what to do right. So, if they don’t take our advice, it’s not our fault.

EMAIL YOUR OPINION to: vicki@okcfriday.com

Our Amazing Women Every year when I start to read the most recent bios of the top 100 women nominated for our Most Powerful Women, I am astonished by what these ladies have accomplished.

I am proud to be able to recognize them. Yes, these women receive awards from individual groups, but when you look at the total body of work of the top 100, you realize what a difference they make in the quality of life in Oklahoma City.

In MY Opinion by VICKI CLARK GOURLEY

vicki@okcfriday.com Food for the needy, criminal justice reform, special programs for our schools,

parks for our kids, beautification of the city, money for the arts, protecting our most vulnerable residents ... if there is a need, these women will fill it.

Some give their lives to volunteering.

Others are professionals who work fulltime and still find the time to help others or champion causes.

I know there are thousands more out there serving, assisting, facilitating. You are all stars.

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Gurich and Love inducted into Women’s Hall of Fame

By Brenda Jones Barwick, APR President and CEO, Jones PR The women in this issue serve as inspirations to all Oklahoma women. This year, the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women honored two of the most prominent women in Fridayland, Chief Justice Noma Gurich and Judy Love, by awarding them among the hallowed ranks of the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame.

Justice Gurich has uplifted women in the law profession and has been a beacon of strength for women in politics, business and education. She assumed the office of Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Jan. 1, 2019, having served as Justice on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma since 2011. She is the third woman in state history to serve as a Supreme Court Justice and has been a member of the Oklahoma Judiciary for over 30 years. Justice Gurich has exemplified strong professionalism and leadership throughout her career and was appointed by four governors to

judicial officer positions.

Through her leadership in both the business and nonprofit worlds, Love has changed the landscape in the arts, education and social wellbeing for Oklahoma. A long-time philanthropist through one of the nation’s largest private companies, Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, she has devoted her energy, talent, time and financial contributions to education efforts. She is an integral supporter of Positive Tomorrows, an Oklahoma City school for homeless students, and she helped establish Cristo Rey, a private Catholic high school with a unique work-study model. Currently, she serves on the boards of Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma Hall of Fame and United Way of Central Oklahoma.

To learn more about the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, visit ok.gov/ocsw or call 401-6970.

Brenda Jones Barwick is a Commissioner on the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women and is President and CEO of Jones PR.

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SUE ANN ARNALL President, Arnall Family Foundation

Arnall Family Foundation: Helping to solve community problems

By Lilli-Beth Brinkman Special to OKC FRIDAY Four years ago, when Sue Ann Arnall started the Arnall Family Foundation, she began asking experts how they would solve certain community problems in specific areas.

Since then, the foundation and Arnall individually have focused on those solutions, forming partnerships with people and agencies that are improving outcomes for foster children, improving the lives of animals and lowering the incarceration rate in the state.

“It had always been hard for me to look the other way (from) people in need and finally I didn’t have to anymore,” Arnall said of forming

the foundation which she serves as president. “I could start helping.”

She jumped into the world of criminal justice reform, trying to understand why the state was sending so many people to prison and not addressing why they were going. Out of her work came a deeper understanding of these issues and lately, a proposed Diversion Hub program that is part of the upcoming MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) 4 sales tax vote.

Arnall also wanted to understand the foster care system and to find ways to support struggling families before their children ended up in foster care or to support ways to speed up permanent See ARNALL, Page B9

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Christ the King Catholic Church welcomes new pastoral intern The people of Christ this!” the King Catholic Church Duncan is also instruare pleased to introduce mental in the sacramentheir recently-appointed tal preparation of firstPastoral Intern Duncan year Confirmation stuTiemeyer. dents at Christ the King, Duncan is a “cradle where he teaches and Catholic” from Houston leads small faith groups. and the third of eleven He and Jenni Butch, children. Growing up in a Christ the King’s director strong Catholic family of discipleship and evanand having a priest for a gelization, are developing Godfather helped Duncan small faith communities TIEMEYER in discerning his vocation that will be inaugurated to the priesthood. In 2017 in Lent, which begins Duncan graduated with a degree in with Ash Wednesday.

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News OKC Zoo Salutes: Military Appreciation Month

Remembering Ian Van Woods

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to a wonderful deadCenter filmmaker, Ian Van Wood.

Ian produced the fulllength film WORM, one of the most exciting, original films in deadCenter history. WORM won the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Narrative Feature in 2013 and was the first-ever feature shot entirely on a GoPro camera and is available on YouTube.

Ian was an amazing brother to his producing partner, J.D. Woods, a beloved son and grandson, and a kind and generous friend to all who knew him. Please keep the Woods family in your thoughts.

Services for Ian Wood were held on Nov. 8 at Crossings Church. The family has requested that donations be made in his name to deadCenter film.

For their service and sacrifice, the OKC Zoo is honoring active duty, retired, veteran members of the military, National Guard and Reserves with free Zoo admission for the entire month of November as part of military appreciation month. Plus, up to four immediate family members will receive 50% off of general Zoo admission on date of visit. Military members must show valid military ID to receive complimentary general admission. Military members will also enjoy 40% off concessions and merchandise at the Zoo’s Safari Gift Shop and $10 off all available Wild Encounter experiences.

During November, guests will have the opportunity to collect the OKC Zoo’s newest conservation wristband featuring bison! Get your limited-edition red, white and blue marble wristband

designed for the bison, America’s National Mammal. Wristbands are $2 each with all proceeds supporting conservation. For additional information about Military Appreciation Month at the Zoo visit the website.

OKC Zoo hosts Breakfast with Santa

Kick off the ho-ho holiday season with the big, jolly guy himself, Santa! Discover the magic of the OKC Zoo’s new Breakfast with Santa and experience a festive morning of merry memories, fun delights and most importantly meeting Santa Claus. Guests will enjoy a delicious hot breakfast buffet, a hot chocolate bar, cookie decorating for kids, a special sea lion presentation and little ones will be wide-eyed as they get their picture taken with Santa.

Make plans to attend the events occurring over the course of three weekends in Dec. 7-8; 14-15; and 21-22.

Best charitable gifts to give in 2019 With the year-end approaching, you may be looking at your finances and wondering how you can continue to be charitable.

There are many ways you can make a difference at OKC PHIL while enjoying financial benefits for yourself. Here are some smart ways to give in 2019.

• Donate appreciated stock: With the stock market at or near alltime highs, give your appreciated stocks to a nonprofit like OKC PHIL and eliminate capital gains tax.

• Name us as a beneficiary of retirement plan assets: These assets remain taxable when dis-

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• Give from your IRA (if age 70½ or older): Regardless of whether you itemize your taxes, this gift helps you fulfill your required minimum distribution and is not considered taxable income.

• Gifts of real estate: Many real estate markets are enjoying gains. Appreciated real estate may be subject to capital gains tax unless donated to charity or transferred to a charitable trust.

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Conservation partners donate thousands to Wildlife Commission Thousands of dollars in donations from conservation partners and a bevy of award recognitions shared the spotlight last week at the regular November meeting of the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission in Oklahoma City.

The National Wild Turkey Federation’s Oklahoma state chapter presented a check for $124,479 for habitat restoration, equipment, hunting heritage and hunting recruitment across the state. NWTF Oklahoma President Kamara Gatz said

when paired with federal matching funds, the NWTF donations represent almost $500,000 going to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.

Gatz said $40,000 of the donation is earmarked for public land acquisition, which will enable NWTF Oklahoma to surpass its goal by year’s end of conserving or enhancing at least 100,000 acres of wildlife habitat.

Commissioners also accepted a $2,000 donation from the Central Okla-

homa 89er Chapter of Quail Forever in support of the Wildlife Department’s Stars and Stripes License Project, which funds hunting and fishing licenses for Gold Star lapel button recipients, resident military veterans and next of kin of deceased military personnel.

Also accepted was a $500 donation from the Oklahoma Chapter of Delta Waterfowl to help with the Wildlife Department’s youth waterfowl hunting activities.

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Sports Weekly FOOTBALL | PLAYOFF PREVIEW

IT’S PLAYOFF TIME! Chargers host Purcell in 1st round; Bears at Plainview CLASS 3A SCHEDULE First Round Friday, November 15 Purcell at Heritage Hall Stigler at Berryhill Inola at Lincoln Christian Kingfisher at Marlow, 7 p.m.

John Marshall at Plainview Cascia Hall at Checotah Idabel at Verdigris Sulphur at Perkins-Tryon Note: All games start at 7:30 p.m., unless noted.

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By virtue of claiming a district championship, Heritage Hall is guaranteed to host at least two playoff games in Class 3A. The defending state champion Chargers open the postseason this Friday when Purcell visits Pop Murray Memorial Field.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Top-ranked Heritage Hall (9-0) cruised to a 40-14 victory at Mannford last Friday to win the District 3A-1 title with a 7-0 record.

Purcell (5-5, 4-3) finished fourth in District 3A-2 after suffering a 35-27 loss to Marlow last week.

A win advances Heritage Hall to play

the Berryhill-Stigler winner next Friday.

John Marshall, meanwhile, hits the road in the first round.

The Bears (7-3) fell 43-26 to Kingfisher last Friday at Taft Stadium to finish fourth in District 3A-1.

This is the second straight year that John Marshall has faced Plainview in the

first round.

Last year, the Bears fell 45-6 to the Indians in the 2018 playoffs.

Plainview (8-1) rolled to a 45-14 win over Douglass last week to win District 3A-2 at 7-0.

With a win, the Bears would move on to face the ChecotahCascia Hall winner in next week in Round 2.

Irish host Ardmore to open 5A action Although McGuinness came up short in its bid to dethrone Carl Albert atop the district, the Irish get a consolation of hosting a first-round playoff game in Class 5A. McGuinness battles Ardmore this Friday night to open the postseason. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Pribil Stadium.

The Irish (8-2) suffered a tough 40-0 loss at the Titans last Fri-

day to finish second in District 5A-2 with a 61 record.

Ardmore (6-3) comes to town after finishing third in District 5A-1 at 7-2.

The Tigers cruised to a 41-6 win over Western Heights last week in the regular season finale.

With a win, McGuinness would advance to face the Tulsa Edison PrepPryor winner next

CLASS 5A SCHEDULE First Round Friday, November 15 Woodward at Noble Tulsa Kelley at Collinsville Pryor at Tulsa Edison Ardmore at McGuinness Duncan at Carl Albert Claremore at McAlester Coweta at Tahlequah Piedmont at El Reno Note: All games start at 7:30 p.m., unless noted.

week in the second

round of the playoffs.

Knights visit Dibble in Clas A After clinching a playoff berth in Week 9, Crossings Christian got a week off before kicking off the Class A playoffs.

The Knights open the postseason this Friday at Dibble. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Crossings Christian (6-4) loss 44-24 at top-ranked Cashion on Nov. 1 to finish third in District A-

3 with a 4-2 record.

Dibble (8-2), meanwhile, secured a 33-14 victory at Apache in Week 9 to finish second in the District A4 standings at 5-1.

With a win, the Knights would move on to face the Mangum-Moreland winner on Nov. 22.

Last year, they won their opening playoff game against Walters.

CLASS A SCHEDULE First Round • Friday, November 15 Sayer at Thomas Elmore City at Minco Hominy at Rejoice Christian Wewoka at Central Sallisaw Watonga at Ringling Oklahoma Bible at Frederick Warner at Stroud Oklahoma Union at Pawhuska

Colcord at Pawnee Savanna at Wayne Moreland at Mangum Crossings Chr. at Dibble, 7 p.m.

Konawa at Gore Barnsdall at Commerce Rush Springs at Cashion, 7 p.m.

Hobart at Texoma, 7 p.m.

Note: All games start at 7:30 p.m., unless noted.

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FOOTBALL | WEEK 10 SPOTLIGHT: ‘JACKETS 43, BEARS 26

Bears fall to Kingfisher for 4th in district

By Jason Jewell Sports Editor Playing from behind most of the night, John Marshall scored two touchdowns in the third quarter but it wasn’t enough as the Bears suffered a 43-26 loss to Kingfisher last Friday night at Taft Stadium.

“We just had a basic lack of execution,” coach Aso Pogi said after the game. “Several bad snaps and penalties put us behind the sticks a lot.

It makes it tougher to move the ball.”

The Bears relied more of a quarterback by committee approach with Jason Lewis, Bryce Stephens and Jalen Shells see-

ing time under center.

“We’re just trying to get the ball in the hands of our best players,” Pogi said.

Lewis accounted for

John Marshall’s Jason Lewis looks for running room against Kingfisher during Friday’s football game.

three touchdowns, throwing a 72-yard bomb to Stephens in the first quarter and a 41-yard TD to Tim Stephens. He also scored on an 8-yard run to open the second quarter.

Tailback Elian Morales also ran for a 12-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

Lewis threw for 168 yards on just three completions and rushed for 22 yards on seven carries. Bryce Stephens caught 2 passes for 127 yards, while rushing for 22 yards.

FOOTBALL | WEEK 10 ROUNDUP

Chargers dominate Mannford Scoring six times in the first half, Heritage Hall cruised to a 40-14 win at Mannford last Friday night.

The victory also aided the top-ranked Chargers (9-0, 7-0) in earning the District 3A-1 title.

Quarterback Jackson Jobe accounted for four touchdowns, throwing a 42-yard TD pass to Joe Washington II and a 31yarder to Peyton Earnest in the first quarter and connecing with Phillip Smither-

man for a pair of 45yard scores.

ANTLERS FALL AT CHOCTAW Deer Creek’s bid for a playoff berth and a

- Photos by Richard Clifton, rtcdigitalimages.zenfolio.com

John Marshall’s Bryce Stephens (2) knocks a pass away from Kingfisher’s Jarrett Birdwell (25) during last Friday’s season finale at Taft Stadium.

Despite the loss, John Marshall finished fourth in District 3A-1 and quali-

fied for the Class 3A playoffs this week, with a 7-3 record and 4-3 mark in district.

FINAL DISTRICT STANDINGS

three-game winning streak ended with a 62-34 loss at Choctaw on Friday night.

The Antlers (5-5, 34) finished fifth in District 6AII-1 and missed the playoffs.

Tailback Tyler Travis rushed for a team-high 238 yards on 15 carries and scored three touchdowns for Deer Creek.

LeMorris Davis also chipped in a touchdown run in the loss.

TITANS SHUT OUT IRISH

- Photo by Kimberly Richelle, CRPics.com

Heritage Hall quarterback Jackson Jobe (3) threw four touchdown passes in a 40-14 win at Mannford.

McGuinness endured a 40-0 setback at Carl Albert on Friday night for the Ditrict 5A-2 championship.

The Irish (8-2, 6-1) managed just 100 yards of total offense to finish second in the district standings.

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District 6AI-2 Team 1. Owasso 2. Mustang 3. T. Union

Dist 7-0 5-2 5-2

All 10-0 7-3 6-4

4. Moore 5. PC North 6. N. North 7. S’moore 8. Ed. North

4-3 3-4 3-4 1-6 0-7

5-5 6-4 3-7 1-9 1-9

District 6AII-1 Team 1. Stillwater 2. Del City 3. Choctaw

Dist 7-0 6-1 5-2

All 10-0 8-2 7-3

4. Mid. City 5. Deer Crek 6. Lawton 7. PCO 8. PC West

4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7

5-5 5-5 5-5 1-9 0-10

District 5A-2 Team 1. Carl Albert 2. McGuinness 3. Piedmont

4. Woodward 5. Guthrie 6. Lawton Eis. 7. Guymon 8. Northwest

4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7

5-5 4-6 2-8 1-9 2-8

District 3A-1 Team Dist All 1. Heritage Hall 7-0 9-0 2. Perkins 6-1 9-1 3. Kingfisher 5-2 6-4

4. J. Marshall 5. Mannford 6. B. Creek 7. Blackwell 8. Mt. St. Mary

4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7

7-3 3-7 3-7 2-8 1-9

District A-3 Team 1. Cashion 2. MInco 3. Crossings

4. Watonga 5. Ch. Heritage 6. Crescent 7. OCA

Dist All 6-1 9-1 6-1 8-2 6-1 8-2

Dist 6-0 5-1 4-2

All 9-0 9-1 6-4

3-3 2-4 1-5 0-6

6-4 6-4 4-6 2-8

Note: The top 4 in each district made the playoffs.

SPC FALL CHAMPIONSHIPS | CASADY’S SAM BASS RUNS TO 2ND IN CROSS COUNTRY Field hockey, boys volleyball teams take 3rd in SPC Casady cross country runner Sam Bass earned a silver medal, while the girls field hockey and boys

volleyball teams finished third last weekend at the Southwest Preparatory Conference fall championships in Houston.

Bass finished the 5-kilometer race in 15:35, seven seconds behind winner Julian Baeza of St. John’s.

The field hockey team posted a 1-0 win over Trinity Valley in the third-place game. The Cyclones opened with a 2-0 win over host Kinkaid in the quarterfinals but lost 8-0 to St. John’s in the semifinals.

The boys volleyball team

also earned a 3-2 win over Greenhill to also finish third in the field. The Cyclones swept St. John’s in the quarterfinals and lost 3-1 to Trinity Valley in the semifinals.

The boys cross country team had four others in the

top 50 to finish fifth, led by Larry Mathis in 23rd, Rumaish Khastgir in 50th, Jack Berryman in 43rd and Peter Berryman in 50th.

The Cyclone girls took seventh, led by Shanta Ramdas in 22nd place.

See more at okcfriday.com.

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Booster Please email your calendar submissions to jennifer@okcfriday.com, at least two weeks prior to event.

CALENDAR EVENTS LUNCHEONS

Nov. 20 • Celebrate Pink OKC

The sixth annual luncheon benefiting Oklahoma Project Woman is at the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Guests will hear KFOR’s Ali Meyer take us on her journey of breast cancer diagnosis to survival and enjoy a fashion show featuring gowns by designer Cyril Verdavainne orchestrated by CK & Co. Tickets are $100 and are available at oklahomaprojectwoman.org or by calling Sammi Payne at (405) 255-5579.

HOLIDAY SHOWS

Dec. 5-8 • Home for the Holidays

Oklahoma City University’s American Spirit Dance Company, under the direction of Jo Rowan, presents Home for the Holidays Dec. 5-8 at the Kirkpatrick Auditorium at OCU. Our beautiful Starettes treat you to brand new kicklines, while a breathtaking contemporary ballet features intricate partnering and a swingin’ jive number makes you want to dance too. Tickets are $29 for reserved seats online at okcu.edu/tickets or by calling (405) 208-5227.

Dec. 5-7 • The Christmas Show

Kick off the holiday season with an exciting new production of the OKCPHIL’s The Christmas Show, featuring Broadway star, Max Von Essen, and featured performer Mandy Jiran. Bring the whole family to enjoy heartwarming Christmas favorites. The Pops Chorale, the Mistletoe dancers and Santa all add to this fun, theatri-

Dec. 7-8 • Mesta Park Home Tour

The 42nd Mesta Park Holiday Home Tour features six homes, a festive refreshment porch, holiday music by neighborhood students and a visit from Santa Claus. Attendance for the fundraising event has grown in recent years, with nearly 1,800 people exploring one of Oklahoma City’s historic neighborhoods. Tour ticket purchases include complimentary coffee, hot cider and cookies on the porch of Jennifer and Andy Bowman. Appearances and photo ops with Santa Claus will be available on the tour. All homes will be adorned with festive decorations and fresh greenery. Luxury transportation will be available for attendees who would like assistance making the complete tour.

Advance tickets are $12 for adults and come with a free $5 gift card to Parlor. Tickets are available at MestaPark.org, Event Brite, and the Mesta Park Facebook page. Tickets also will be available at the door of each home, and day-of prices will be $15 for adults and $5 for children.

Children 3 and under are free. cal experience for this Chickasaw Nation Pops Series. Tickets start at $19. Call (405) 8425387 or go online at okcphil.org/santa, or okcciviccenter.com.

Dec. 7 • 1950s Rock n Roll

Buddy Holly and The Legends of Rock and Roll is an Oklahoma based tribute band that has been presenting this Christmas show and a reenactment of the last Buddy Holly show in 1959 since their theatrical version of “The Buddy Holly Story” in 2013.

Always entertaining, this will be their first time in the OKC area at the Auditorium at The Douglass, 600 N. High Ave. The show is from 7-10 p.m.

Dec. 7-8 • Christmas Festival

The 10th annual Christmas Festival consists of time-honored Christmas classics performed

by Church of the Servant’s Celebration Choir, Worship Orchestra, Adult & Youth Bell Choirs and the newlyformed Kids Choir. The centerpiece of the evening will be a live Nativity. Admission is

free. All are welcome to attend. The festival is located at Church of the Servant, 14343 N MacArthur Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73142.

THIS WEEKEND

Nov. 16 • Day Festival

The Britton District Day Festival is from 11 a.m.

- 6 p.m. It is on W. Britton Road from Western to Francis Avenue. The Inaugural District Day will bring pop up shops, entertainment and amenities into the area for the day, the first glimpse of what is to come.

Nov. 15-17 • Lucia di Lammermoor

OCU’s award-winning Oklahoma Opera and Music Theater Company presents a haunting version of Gaetano Donizetti’s classic opera “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with a 3 p.m. Sunday matinee on the university’s historic Kirkpatrick Auditorium stage, 2501 N. Backwelder.

Tickets are $14 to $28 at okcu.edu/tickets or by calling (405) 2085227.

Hollywood in the Heartland

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t’s a big week for the Oklahoma film industry. Famous actors, Oscar winning filmmakers and multiple films productions have descended on our city, creating an air of excitement and drawing national attention to Oklahoma City.

Matt Damon, the Oscar winning writer of Good Will Hunting, is in town working on a new film with Tom McCarthy, the Oscar winning writer of Spotlight.

The film, Stillwater, tells the story of a father from Oklahoma who travels to France, where his daughter has been arrested for murder.

Matt Damon is a huge international star. He received Oscar nominations for acting in The Martian, Invictus and Good Will Hunting and starred in The Departed, The Talented Mr. Ripley and the Jason Bourne franchise. He produced both Project Greenlight and the Oscar winning film Manchester By the Sea. McCarthy is best known as a writer and director. He was Oscar nominated for directing Best Picture winner, Spotlight and for writing Best Animated Feature winner, Up. Jessie Eisenberg is also in town for a movie. Eisenberg is an Oscar nominated actor who played Mark Zuckerberg in

The Social Network, Lex Luther in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and several misfits in great independent films like The Squid and the Whale.

He sat with Mayor David Holt at the Thunder game. He’s apparently a big fan.

These actors and filmmakers are at the level of fame that used to get printed into the menus at Cattleman’s or framed in black and white on the wall at the Skirvin Hotel. However, these days, seeing major stars like Matt Damon eating at The Jones Assembly or walking through Scissortail Park is just part of living in Oklahoma City.

That kind of thing doesn’t just happen.

Decades of city leadership and community buy in have transformed our city into a place that draws major talent. The film rebate program, extended and increased last year via Senate Bill 200, attracts bigger movies with bigger budgets and bigger stars. They employ local crew members, provide experience and exposure for local actors,

and offer local investors a taste of the excitement that happens when you invest in movies.

And, this is just the beginning. Another major film just announced a call for Oklahoma actors and extras: Killers of The Flower Moon. Based on the best-selling book, Killers of The Flower Moon stars Oscar winners Robert De Niro and Leonardo Di Caprio. It’s being directed by Oscar winner Martin Scorsese. And, the writer, Eric Roth, won the Oscar for writing Forrest Gump and wrote last year’s remake of A Star is Born.

Not to be out done, the Oklahoma music scene is exploding as well. Elton John tickets are on sale.

The Criterion, Tower Theatre and several local casinos are offering fantastic shows for all ages for the holidays. Local universities are featuring vocal, orchestral, theater and dance shows.

And, this Sunday night, The Jones Assembly is hosting one of the most exciting international bands around, Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Everyone one of us used to wish there was more going on in Oklahoma City. Now, there is. Get out there and take advantage of the wonderful city you have helped create.

Send your calendar events to jennifer@okcfriday.com

Automobile Alley brings back favorite holiday event The Automobile Alley Association and Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership will host the fourth annual Lights On Broadway event on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. along Broadway Avenue between NW 4th Street and NW 10th Street and adjacent side streets.

Amidst the stunning light display, attendees can enjoy complimentary carriage rides, visits with Santa, live music, a free photo booth, outdoor movies, a live brass band, face painting and more. In addition to the activities happening throughout the district, Automobile Alley businesses will feature vintage Christmas themed window displays and offer special deals and promotions.

RCB Bank, located at 701 N. Broadway Ave., will be hosting a series of holidaythemed cartoon classics including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Somewhere in Dreamland” and “Jack Frost” in their parking lot beginning at 4:00 p.m. The first 100 attendees to the short films will receive a complimentary hot cider from the Donut Man from his repurposed 1956 International Metro van.

The Curbside Chronicle pop-up will be located at NW 8th Street and Broadway Ave. selling holiday wrapping paper benefitting the Wrap Up Homelessness program.

One hundred percent of the proceeds from each package of wrapping paper go towards The Curbside Chronicle and its mission to employ and empower men and women transitioning out of homelessness in OKC. Lights On Broadway and the Automobile Alley Association are partnering with the Salvation Army and Warmth 4 Winter to help people keep warm during the season.

Bring your new or gently used coats to their drop off location on Broadway Ave. Attendees can view the event map online or pick one up at info tables located at each end of Broad-

way Ave. as well as at participating businesses throughout the district.

Arrive in style on the Oklahoma City Streetcar. This will be the first weekend of complimentary fares on the Oklahoma City Streetcar. Rides are free Fridays through Sundays, beginning Nov. 22 through Jan. 5 in celebration of their one year anniversary. Learn more about Oklahoma City Streetcar at okcstreetcar.com.

Lights On Broadway is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Automobile Alley Association, the downtown Business Improvement District and RCB Bank. For more information, including locations and promotions, visit downtownindecember.com.

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Business

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Oklahoma State Fairgrounds supports MAPS 4

By Ronald J. Norick Chairman of the Board Oklahoma State Fair, Inc. Oklahoma City voters will vote on MAPS 4 in a special election on Dec. 10.

MAPS 4 would raise a projected $978 million over eight years, debt-free, funded by a temporary penny sales tax. This initiative requires voter approval.

The MAPS 4 temporary 1-cent sales tax would keep Oklahoma City’s sales tax rate unchanged and would take effect April 1, 2020.

The ambitious and unique proposed MAPS 4 program includes all 16 of the projects that received a scheduled presentation during this summer’s special meetings. The MAPS 4

An artist’s rendition of the proposed coliseum at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds.

Love Your OKC plan is a comprehensive package of projects that work together to effectively address some of the community’s most urgent needs and position us for more success in the future.

Voting YES for the MAPS 4 Love Your OKC plan will do so much for our city – addressing human needs, stimulating more jobs and economic growth, improving our neighborhoods and our

quality of life – without raising taxes. More than 70 percent of the funding is dedicated to neighborhood and human needs.

MAPS 4 would sustain and grow the transformational economic impact of

the events held at the Jim Norick Arena by replacing the aging facility with a new coliseum. The current Fairgrounds Arena has the largest economic impact of all publicly-owned facilities in OKC, but the arena has reached the end of its useful service life.

The coliseum would be the new home of major national, state and local events and will continue to attract visitors from around the world who boost the local economy with their spending. MAPS 4 allocates $63 million to the project, to be supplemented by at least $25 million from hotel tax revenues already earmarked for fairgrounds improvements, as well as other resources.

Client input is foremost at Winter House Interiors

By Hays Nichols Student Intern For almost three decades, Winter House Interiors has remained a dynamic and ever-evolving interior design firm in Nichols Hills.

Through working on a project from start to finish, or jumping in to help shape a vision, Winter House can assist in a range of projects.

Steve Winters is the owner and also is a registered interior designer. He comes from a family of homebuilders and designers, so establishing Winter House Interiors in the Nichols Hills Plaza was the natural business decision for him.

In 1989, Winter House began as an independent design company in Oklahoma City and has continued to expand as a staple for upscale

Winter House Interiors has been offering design services for nearly three decades.

yet modern home design.

“We offer a quality product and service at a good value,” said Winters. “We design for you. We do not have a ‘signature look.’ This is your home, your space.”

One of the most important aspects of a project is the client’s input. Winter House contains many diverse design elements and a range of expertise, and the designers aim to assist wherever

needed.

“We love to have our client’s input. It has never been our way or no way.”

Winter House Interiors projects can range from consulting with clients on an hourly basis all the way to complete design, build and furnish. Winter House has a variety of lighting, flooring and furnishings for any room a homeowner might want refreshed.

“We attend furniture and accessory markets to see what is coming and going,” said Winters. “We diversify and adapt to current conditions.”

Winters said that he loves repurposing outdated items to give them new life and meaning.

Designers can also help match a home with fun and chic accessories to bring a project together. The firm also can provide seasonal accessories for those who want a more festive look.

Whether you just want to create a set of custom bedding for a spare room or dream of remodeling your home from the ground up, Winter House Interiors has the experience, talent and vision for any project.

Winter House Interiors is located at 6411 Avondale Drive, in Nichols Hills Plaza.

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Students

Casady student spins the tunes for homecoming dance H

omecoming is always a fun and exciting time at Casady School. It’s filled with fall fest, sporting events, a haunted house, and other family activities.

The most popular HOCO event for high school students is the homecoming dance.

The dance is always a hit, but this year, the dance included something quite special-the students got to experience one of their own peers, Elijah Muhammad, perform as a DJ.

by Sara Gibson

CASADY COMMUNITY

All the students at the dance appeared really to enjoy the music that Elijah provided. One of the students who attended the dance, Quinn Davis, said, “It was so cool having a student DJ, way better than other years.”

A teacher in attendance commented,

DJ and Casady junior Elijah Muhammad performs during the school’s homecoming dance.

“The students danced all night, and vitality flooded the room.”

Elijah is a junior at Casady School, but he is also a well known DJ in Oklahoma City.

Elijah was inspired to DJ because of his love for the music indus-

many other places outside of Casady School. His favorite place he ever performed was an Oklahoma City Thunder game. Being only 13 at the time, it was a bit nerve-racking for him.

Herrera selected for Acuña Family Fund Scholarship

From left: Seniors Victor Nguyen and Jackson Burnette and freshman Poojita Sitaraman.

Three named to Honor Orchestra Three Harding Charter Preparatory High School students were recently chosen to be on the North Central Honor Orchestra.

Poojita Sitaraman, 9th grade, was chosen as 14th chair Violin II while Victor Nguyen, 12th grade, was chosen as 16th chair Violin I. Finally, Jackson Bur-

try. When Elijah DJs, the crowds feed off of his energy and this was especially evident at this year’s homecoming. Elijah said he experiences an “abundance of energy” when he performs.

Elijah has DJed in

“At first, I was a little nervous because if you mess up, everybody’s going to hear,” he said. “But if you do good, everybody hears.”

Elijah continues to perform at Thunder games and in Thunder Alley and he’s a crowd favorite.

According to Elijah, DJing is his favorite thing to do. We are so grateful to have such an entertaining student at Casady School.

Peyton Bailey and Ava Rengel, contributors

nette, 12th grade, was chosen as 1st chair Bass.

These students will meet in late November at Oklahoma City University for a clinic with special guest conductors for two days with other area-wide students who earned chairs in the orchestra. They will, then, perform at a free concert.

The Acuña Family Fund recently selected Ericka Herrera as the program’s second annual scholarship recipient.

Herrera was chosen from numerous applicants from Oklahoma City Public Schools and will receive a $10,000 award over the course of four years of undergraduate studies.

Herrera, a graduate of Classen School of Advanced Studies, was selected due to her exemplary service, strong writing skills, and dedication to her community. She is heavily involved in various organizations and is an AP scholar and a National Honor Society inductee. Herrera currently attends Oklahoma City University and majors in business administration. She dreams of one day owning a chain of high-end hotels.

Herrera’s strong writing skills shined through the essay component of the scholarship applica-

ERICKA HERRERA

tion. She spoke candidly about her fears and the important role that education has played in her life.

“My biggest fear is losing my parents,” Herrera said. “Being the daughter of two immigrants with only a high school education, I have always had this fear in the back of my mind, following me everywhere I go. But even more than just that, I was taught from a very early age that education is important, and that, too, has been following me everywhere I go.”

The Acuña Family Fund Scholarship pro-

gram promotes the importance of higher education by assisting the next generation of community leaders as they prepare to shape the future through the study of business, education, health, or related fields. The scholarship is available to local-area students who are actively pursuing admission to a 4-year college or university. Applicants are required to demonstrate their academic achievements and involvement in extracurricular and community activities.

“Like so many of our applicants, Ericka Herrera understands the value of higher education,” Mariano Acuña said. “We created this scholarship with bright students like Ericka in mind— young leaders who are fully capable of fully realizing their dreams.”

For more information on the scholarship program, visit Acuña Family Fund for the Future on Facebook.

Turner joins Heritage Hall Heritage Hall is division – collaborates pleased to announce the with various members of appointment of Teresa the Heritage Hall commuTurner as the school’s nity to create curricula Director of Diversity and and programs that Inclusion. advance the school’s misTurner will head the sion to promote, celebrate school’s Diversity and and serve all members of Inclusion initiatives to our community. expand diversity awareTurner holds a bacheness, promote inclusivity, lor’s degree in psychology and enrich the educational TERESA TURNER and a master’s in guidance experience of all students. and counseling from The She will be assisted by Whittney University of Oklahoma, where she Darko and Corry Smith, Associate served more than 20 years in AthletDirectors of Diversity and Inclusion ics Student Life, most recently as in the Lower and Middle School diviDirector of Student-Athlete Experisions, respectively. ence.

Turner succeeds Michael McDaniel “Teresa brings to Heritage Hall a as Heritage Hall’s director of diversiwealth of experience in monitoring ty and inclusion. and promoting student welfare, sup“Teresa Turner possesses the qual- porting student exploration of interities to interact with a diverse group ests and aptitudes, and working colof people and the knowledge to problaboratively to develop and implelem-solve and advance conversations, ment programs,” said Assistant Head even about issues that can be diviof School Nick Carter. “As we focus sive,” McDaniel said. “I have every on our emerging positive education confidence that she and her excepinitiative, Heritage Hall is fortunate tional team will take this program to have Teresa as part of the team far beyond what any of us could have that will help guide diversity educaimagined when it first began.” tion, which is integral to the growth With the addition of Turner, who of all other components of a positive will maintain a presence in the educational culture.”

Upper School, all three divisions will Happy to be joining the Heritage have representation from the School’s Hall community, Turner said, “I am Diversity and Inclusion Committee. excited and look forward to assisting The committee – comprised of faculty the school in fulfilling its diversity and administrative staff from each and inclusion initiatives.”

OKIE

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John Kennedy hosts fourth OKIE fare + wine pairing event The Oklahoma Israel Exchange (OKIE) tempted guests with another creative epicurean celebration of the Holy Land at its fourth Israeli fare + wine pairing event.

John Kennedy’s historic Nichols Hills home served as the perfect backdrop for the festive fall gathering. Before dinner was served, friends mixed and mingled over heavy hors d’oeuvres and libations. Guests savored a 5course authentic mediterranean inspired cuisine at the candle-lit rustic farm table seated affair.

OSU Chef Aaron Ware paid homage to Rosh HaShanah with his baked apple tart and a touch of honey to wish everyone the beginning of a sweet new year.

Jane Helms, most gracious host John Kennedy, Gaye Sherman and OKIE Executive Director Edie Roodman pose for a quick party pic during the mix + mingle hour.

Neal Nordlinger, Clytie Bunyan, host John Kennedy, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Beef Council Heather Buckmaster and Executive Director OK Wheat Commission Mike Schulte sipped and savored boutique wines and mediterranean flavors. One course of the Israeli inspired menu included single braised beef medallion with small farm potatoes and hardboiled egg over a rich bean and grain stew with a spinach chiffonade.

OKIE Israeli fare + wine pairing “VIPs” Jerry and Jackie Bendorf, visit with OSU Chef Aaron Ware as well as Erin Horton and Brandon Erikson who have not missed a single event. The Bendorfs have graciously offered to host OKIE’s latkes vodkas & more on Saturday, Dec. 7.

ARNALL From Page B1 adoption for those in the system. Working in partnership with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the Arnall Family foundation has funded programs like Family KINnections, which developed as a partnership between DHS and NorthCare, an Oklahoma City-based community mental health center.

This program provides wraparound services to support atrisk children living with relatives in a foster care-type environment, known as “kinship families.” KINnections is one of Oklahoma City’s early examples of the “payfor-success” – outcomes-based – model of financing, which involves social impact bonds that tie financing of programs to measurable outcomes.

When they work, the funding organization gets its initial investment back; in this case, the Arnall foundation will re-invest that money into other programs.

“It worked,” Arnall said, adding that now DHS is taking it over.

“I am still thrilled about that.”

In other areas, Arnall and her foundation also led the way in the formation of the Right Horse Initiative, a national movement to support the adoption of horses and their welfare, a movement that now stands on its own.

One of the foundation’s goals is to help

start a program, grow it to the point that it is sustainable on its own and then spin it off, which it did with the Right Horse Initiative, now administered as part of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

Originally from Poteau, Arnall earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and a law degree from the University of Tulsa. She started her career in natural gas marketing, eventually becoming Continental Resources’ manager of oil marketing working with crude oil production.

In 2015, she turned her focus to community service with the formation of the foundation.

Arnall also is politically active, supporting judges and legislators who work for the good of the people and

not for their own political and personal ambitions regardless of political affiliations, her bio states.

Arnall serves on the boards of the Oklahoma Humane Society, Criminal Justice Advisory Council, Oklahoma County Jail Trust, Mercy Hospital and the University of Tulsa.

She has two daughters, Jane Hamm Lerum, 29, who lives in Oklahoma City and is criminal justice policy adviser for Oklahoma County Commissioner Kevin Calvey, and Hilary Hamm, 26, who is in graduate school in New York.

Arnall said the foundation wants to support innovative programs and not duplicate services.

“We want to help really good organizations provide evidence-based services that will make a difference, have impact,

have outcomes,” she said. “I want to change the system and fix one problem and then after we fix that problem we go onto another problem.”

Religion

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Rite of passage: Coffee anyone?

By Walker Moore The Baptist Messenger November 15 Celina Abernathy Stan Alexander Blair Benham Ben Callaway Lisa Vose Combs Julie Harper Katherine Kanoski Pamela Law Donna Lawrence Mark Newton Ryan Newton Patsy Oldham Josalyn Samson Bill Shapard, Sr. Robert Waldo Venice Rose Yeager November 16 Bob Akers Shanelle Blackburn Geraldine Brown Jim Hyde Linda Treany November 17 Bunny Chambers Georgia Chandler Cathy Christensen Ditmars Robert Gonce Lakeshia Hall Cliff Hudson Ellen Kelley Remington Mahmood Larry Meadows Sarah Powell Newcomb Jill Walker Phyllis White Orville Wilberton November 18 Vic Albert

Sonya Blackburn Susan Bridges Gene Furnish Ryan Johnson Clint Lewis Becky Rhodes Andrew Richard Bonnie Spencer Johnathan Stacy Bruce Stone Val Thomas J.C. Watts Hunter Wells Joel Ziebell November 19 Erica Clement Myrtle Crane Mary Ann Harris David Houston Phil LaRue Carl Shortt November 20 Ashley Black Caitlin Hendee James Horton Mike Mahaffey Janay Stephens Ruth Taylor Stan Templeton Larry Voss November 21 David Barton Allison Bender Don Cochran Ron Cochran Mary Epps Joyce May Rebecca Milligan

The other day, I was talking with some old college friends, all of whom happen to be in the ministry. Every one of them was either coming from, going to or currently at a Starbucks.

Two of these friends (I’ll call them Jim and Marcia to protect their identities) think I’m an odd sort of fellow because I’m not into the Venti Grande Hocha Mocha whatever-it-is coffee world.

To tell the truth, I’m not a fan of any kind of coffee. Yes, there is a conservative Baptist preacher who doesn’t drink coffee.

We’re an endangered species. I must confess that I do drink coffee on special occasions, but I limit myself to one cup a year.

Since I’ve already filled my quota for this year and next, please don’t invite me out for a cup of coffee anytime soon.

For some reason, the coffee habit skipped my generation. I guess our society provided plenty of other things for us to be hooked on, but coffee wasn’t one of them. About the time I became old enough to start drinking it, a coffee shortage made it outrageously expensive.

People who are older than I am drink coffee. People who are younger than I am drink coffee.

But most of my same-age friends have alternative caffeine addictions . . . except for Jim and Marcia, that is.

I’m a proud member of the generation that invented the Big Gulp. We may not want a cup of coffee, but give us a cup twice as big on top as on the bottom filled with an ice-cold soft drink

(after age 40, make it sugarfree) and we’re ready to tackle the world.

One reason I don’t drink coffee is the side effects it produces. You may have observed some of these symptoms in someone close to you. You know you’ve been drinking too much coffee if: • You sleep with your eyes open.

• The only time you stand still is during an earthquake.

• You think being called a drip is a compliment.

• Your survival kit includes a pound of coffee beans and a grinder.

• You win Employee of the Month at the local Starbucks — and you don’t even work there.

• You walk 10 miles on your treadmill before you realize you forgot to plug it in.

• Your life goal is to amount to a hill of beans.

• Juan Valdez sends you a birthday card every year.

• You can outlast the Energizer Bunny.

• If your mate makes a bad cup of coffee, you consider it “grounds” for divorce.

• Your lips are permanently set in a sipping position.

I’m not sure a cup of coffee is worth the risk of one or more of these side effects. But that doesn’t seem to bother the rest of the world.

The other day, my wife brought home a coffee menu to show me. It consisted of a listing of all the coffee being served that morning. No, it didn’t come from Starbucks. She had visited a youth department in one of our Baptist churches where the Sunday School provided coffee

for all the teenagers.

This wasn’t your standard truck-stop coffee but a wide variety of signature coffees. One carafe held French Vanilla, another held Mocha and another, some type of coffee from a third-world country (I guess the church must have been having an international missions emphasis).

When I was growing up, coffee was for adults. Children and teenagers weren’t allowed to be within 10 feet of a coffee cup.

But I almost got hooked on the stuff when I was younger. Whenever I visited my grandmother, she invited me to join her in a cup of coffee at breakfast.

I sat there, trying to act so grown-up, smiling at Grandma while the vile taste of the coffee worked its way down my little throat. My grandmother smiled back at me every time. Now, I wonder if all along she was trying to get me to dislike coffee and save me from years of those adverse side effects. I just wish she had done the same thing with soft drinks.

Still, I’m glad to see our churches trying to get our teenagers hooked on something.

When all is said and done, I hope coffee isn’t the addiction, though. I pray our teens become hooked on Jesus, His Word and a living, loving relationship with the Creator of the universe.

When it comes to coffee, this generation’s not into generic.

They want the real thing. I can only pray they have the same attitude regarding their faith.

As Jim and Marcia would tell you, when it comes to faith, don’t settle for Grande. Go for the Venti every time.

Business

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Keystone supporters pose in a photo booth at the fundraising event, The Wild Rumpus. This year's event was Keystone's most successful fundraiser ever.

From left: Chris Green, Viviana Burgess Wilson, Jenny Dunning, Amy Nolen and Jenn Upton.

Keystone launches first capital campaign with most successful event ever For 15 years, Keystone Adventure School and Farm, an accredited preschool and elementary school in Edmond, has been welcoming students to a safe, inclusive learning environment full of the wonder of childhood.

This year, Keystone has launched its first-ever Capital Campaign, called “Buy the Farm.”

“It has always been part of the dream for Keystone to one day own and sustain the property on which we reside,” Jenny Dunning, co-founder and co-director, said. “This will make Keystone ‘whole,’ ensuring pathways for the school to go forward as a strong non-profit entity.”

Keystone hosted a fundraising event called “The Return of the Wild Rumpus” with music by The Wise Guys and catered by Kam’s Kookery. In addition to raising money for the yearly school expenses, the Wild Rumpus also served as the public launch for the Buy the Farm Capital Campaign.

“With the support of community leaders, foundations, and key long-term benefactors, George and Nancy Records and The E.L. and Thelma Gaylord Foundation, we had already raised $500,000 toward our $800k goal during the silent phase of the campaign,” Dunning said.

The Wild Rumpus, which typically grosses $70k, grossed $125k this year, making it the school’s most successful fundraiser ever.

John Duhon, co-founder and codirector, said that many factors contributed to the increase in fundraising at the event.

“We had incredible, one-of-akind items and experiences to offer, and the excitement and energy during the live auction carried through the rest of the event. We are also super grateful to our amazing auctioneer, Barrett Bray, and to our caterer, Kamala Gamble, for keeping everyone full and happy.”

Dunning said that the passion and the excitement from the Rumpus will carry them through to their fundraising goal, as they approach individuals and foundations for year-end giving.

“It’s such an exciting time,” she said. “Once Keystone owns the farm, we are in a better position to expand our campus to offer ‘on the farm’ experiences for others in the community and begin to look strategically towards an endowment.”

More information about Keystone, including an opportunity to donate to the Buy the Farm Capital Campaign, is available on their website at: www.keystoneadventureschoolandfarm. com.

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Oklahoma Women’s Coalition

Chelle Luper Wilson, Clara Luper’s daughter, delivers a powerful message during the One Voice Luncheon.

- Photos by Rose Lane

One Voice Luncheon honors founders Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Oklahoma Women’s Coalition honored its founders during the annual One Voice Luncheon. They are, above, Donna Lawrence, Jan Peery, Pat Potts an Dr. Jean Warner.

Marnie Taylor and Gail Huneryager at the One Voice Luncheon. Oklahoma Women’s Coalition Executive Director Liz Charles announced several new initiatives planned by the coalition, including advocating for Oklahoma to become the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

Most Powerful Women

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The seat at the dinner table is the most important one for Kari They are on the road again

By Rose Lane Editor Amidst preparing for the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred Murrah building and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, it is family-first for Executive Director Kari Watkins.

For Kari, that family is son Ford, 17, who is a senior at Casady School, daughter Caroline, who is almost 16 a sophomore at Casady, and husband, Hardy, who is vice president of marketing and communications for INTEGRIS. “We try to have dinner around the table most nights of the week,” she said.

That table might not be in the kitchen.

It might be in the car going to one of the kids’ sporting events or at a restaurant.

Kari said the important part is that they are together and sometimes that does take a balancing act.

“We do believe in family first,” Kari said. “Having time together is important.”

Kari’s work at the OKC National Memorial and Museum is “all our kids have known.” Kari has been there since the very beginning.

The daughter of a newspaper publisher

By Rose Lane Editor

Hardy, Caroline, Ford and Kari Watkins during Ford’s football Senior Night at Casady School.

from Cleveland, Okla., Kari earned a bachelors degree from the University of Oklahoma where she and Hardy met. She worked for Channel 4 and Sonic.

Kari was pursuing her MBA at Oklahoma City University when, following the bombing, a task force of 350 community leaders was formed to determine how what was then the deadliest act of terror on American soil could be memorialized. The group included such community leaders as Karen Luke, Polly Nichols and Bob Johnson.

Kari came on board as the first communications director and was later named the executive director. At

first, she worked out of her house. Bank of Oklahoma offered office space and later operations were moved to Leadership Square before the site of the memorial.

Those early days were all about building relationships, Kari said.

“I had the opportunity to learn at the feet of some genius people,” she said.

Those included business people, architects, attorneys and teachers who “stepped up and gave years of expertise,” Kari said.

Hardy was hired as the project director and answered to the board. In all, the young married couple had two days off — Thanksgiving and

Christmas — in 2000.

“I don’t know if we could have done what we did if we weren’t married,” she said.

The outdoor memorial was opened in April 2000. The museum followed in February 2001.

Over the years, the OKC National Memorial and Museum has undergone renovations in an effort to keep it relevant. Children growing up in this day and age weren’t alive on April 19, 1995.

“The story hasn’t changed, but how we tell it has,” Kari said.

That includes the implementation of technology such as touch screens to engage the audience.

Other cities, including New York and

Orlando, have looked to Oklahoma City as a beacon of hope in the aftermath of terror.

“People do look to us to bring hope in the darkest of days.”

Kari said she has the utmost respect for the OKC survivors, family members and First Responders who are willing to step up and say “I have walked in your shoes.”

She said she was raised to know that it is important to give back to the community, but the way Oklahoma Cityans have done it with respect to the memorial has made a great impression on her.

“To me, it is an incredible honor to be entrusted to tell this story to the nation,”

Many vacation days in the Watkins family are spent visiting state Capitols.

They only have one more to go — Alaska.

But, over Thanksgiving they will complete their trek of all 50 states.

The family began the journey after some friends were touring Capitols.

Sometimes, Kari said, they would knock out two or three states in an overnight trip.

What the Watkins family has discovered from all of this is that most people are basically alike, no matter where they live. “(Ford and Caroline) now understand that people are good for the most part and they want to do the best they can,” Kari said.

“No matter where you are from, we still deal with the same issues,” she said.

“Really, everyone wants the same things.”

Kari said. “We still have a ways to go, but we’ve made progress.”

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American Cancer Society

ACS patrons kick up their heels at Cattle Baron’s Ball

- Photos by Rose Lane

Cattle Baron’s Ball Emcee Maggie Carlo, American Cancer Society Oklahoma Director of Communications Mark Beutler and emcee Markie Martin. The fun night at the Farmer’s Market included a silent auction, buffet, live auction and the music of McKenzie’s Mill.

Above: Jill Marler, Danielle Pasby and Emily Thompson kick up their heels at the Cattle Baron’s Ball. At left: Justin and Lauren Hull in their finest western attire. The American Cancer Society is raising funds to build a Hope Lodge, a place for out-of-town patients and their families to stay while undergoing treatment.

Jason and Linsy Schroder play the ring toss game.

Mother-daughter duo: Darnell Burges and Brooke Johnson support the mission of the ACS.

Business

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Casady School presents Alumni Achievement Awards Since 1947 Casady School has instilled in its graduates the educational and social skills that allow them to use their potential to make a difference in their community and beyond. Their impact can be seen in the Oklahoma City area as exemplified by the talented and influential alumna selected for the 50 Most Powerful Women ballot.

The impact of a Casady education can also be seen beyond the Oklahoma City metro.

Recently, the school celebrated alumni whose impact on the profession and influence on society are worthy of recognition.

Kristina Kloberdanz ‘89 received the 2019 Alumni Achievement Award. Kristina is Mastercard’s first

chief sustainability officer and works daily to advance sustainability and drive strategic growth for the company. Her work comes from the long-held belief that doing good for society helps them do well as a company.

“One of the greatest things that I have so much gratitude and appreciation for from my time at Casady was that it taught me character,” she said. “I think that’s something every student experiences throughout their day, whether they realize it or not.”

Caitlin Clements ‘07 is an associate producer at Stacey Mindich Productions, the Manhattan-based Broadway producing office behind the Tony Award-winning musi-

cal “Dear Evan Hansen” and the recipient of the 2019 Young Alumni Achievement Award.

“Most importantly it was the people,” Clements said while reflecting on her Casady experiences. It was “the faculty who I crossed paths with each day who were making a profound impact on my life and the life of my peers.

Like any good producer, they showed a constant dedication to assessing the talents of each student in their care.”

For 72 years, the mission of Casady School has held firm.

Graduates are prepared to succeed, think for themselves, act with compassion, and live lives of balance, purpose, and joy.

Women help drive the nonprofit world

By Marnie Taylor President and CEO Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits Just over 50 years ago, Eunice Shriver founded the Special Olympics, one of our nation’s most recognizable nonprofits. She saw a need and she envisioned a solution. Today, could we ever envision our country without such a fun, inspiring and impactful program?

Eunice had a vision. Her tenacity made it a reality. Her influence helped it grow. When we think of strong, powerful women who make an impact, Eunice rises to the top.

In Oklahoma, we have a powerful group of women who change our community for the better.

They are leaders – both community and corporate. They are volunteers who put their time and talent to good use. They are philanthropists who donate their treasure to causes they not only believe in but are passionate about.

This is what makes our nonprofit sector thrive in Oklahoma.

Strong, powerful women who care and are willing to stand up and show up.

See NONPROFITS, Page C4

Alumni Award recipients Kent Hoffman ‘69, Kristina Kloberdanz ‘89, and Caitlin Clements ‘07 pose for a photo together during Casady's Celebration of Alumni Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 24.

Business

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Brenda Bolander and Carol Ringrose Alexander are certified financial planners with Retirement Investment Advisors, Inc.

Women, finances and retirement Nationally, women live 10 years longer than men and 8 out of 10 women will at some point in their lives be responsible for managing finances for themselves and/or their families. According to NextAvenue. org, only 48 percent of women said they understand their investments “well” compared to 56 percent of men.* Retirement Investment Advisors, Inc. wants to turn the tide and help women take charge of their finances.

Only 23 percent of all CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals in the nation are women. Retirement Investment Advisors, recognizes that women make excellent money managers, as well as exceptional financial advisors.

This financial company is pleased to have two established female advisors on staff.

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Innovation District will guide the future of OKC

The Innovation District will be the convener of industries and the catalyst that breaks open what is possible through collaboration and innovation.

Oklahoma City’s Innovation District is the spark that will set off a new era of collaboration, innovation and development. It will be a light for our city’s next generation of progress.

By combining Oklahoma City’s existing expertise in aerospace, research, education, energy and health sciences with technology, entrepreneurship and creative opportunities for learning, our city’s moment to become the hub of innovation has arrived. Oklahoma City has long-standing industry strengths on which to build a new convergence economy. The 832-acre stretch located east of downtown between 4th and 13th street, spanning from Robinson to Lottie avenues has the potential to serve as the distinct, substantial home of the Innovation District.

The Innovation District will be the convener of industries and the catalyst that breaks open what is possible through collaboration and innovation. From renovating the Henrietta B. Foster Center to serve

as a minority entrepreneurship and business incubator to revitalizing Booker T. Washington Park, the community and its existing assets will be plugged directly into the opportunities for training, job growth, business development and renewed vitality. New mixedused environments will be established, such as the Innovation Hall, which will function as the nerve center and gathering place of the District, providing programming and learning opportunities for all through STEAM learning academies workforce and development training initiatives, as well as upskilling and reskilling programs to help drive the new innovation economy forward.

The world is demanding convergence and innovation. We are creating a spark that propels Oklahoma City to the forefront of this new global economy. The Innovation District will shine brightly and guide the future of our city and state – it will be a place where the orchestrated mix of people, spaces and programs are the fuel for success.

Modern banking for the community-minded citizen Before there was an Oklahoma, there was a Citizens Bank of Edmond. Since 1901 Citizens has focused on what it values most – people. As technology has evolved and needs have changed, Citizens has remained true to its purpose of providing good citizens with modern banking and a strong community. As customers continue to demand more from their bank it’s become evident that the traditional way of banking doesn’t meet the needs of a modern world.

Business Wire reported that 70 percent of all consumers — and 85 percent of millennials — believe that banks with the latest technology are more trustworthy

than banks that lag.

And yet, 4 in 5 Americans — when it comes to what matters most — still value people more than technology.

So how does the financial world meet both the digital needs and human demands? Citizens is passionate about addressing this challenge and believes it starts by listening to customers.

Take Heard on Hurd for example. It’s a seasonal, neighborhood street festival in downtown Edmond created and managed

by Citizens. The event experiences 250,000 annual attendees resulting in a $6 million annual economic impact. Heard on Hurd is a reminder of the desire to authentically experience com-

munity.

Pushing the envelope when it comes to tech and innovation, Citizens introduced the first-of-its-kind 24/7 hub for small business transactions, known as “#Unbank”, which made its debut in Citizen’s Midtown Bank. It’s a “bankerless” bank that marries new technologies with a small physical footprint. What began as a conversation over coffee led to an innovation for how small OKC businesses could receive more access to the services they need most – day or night.

The future of banking is here. It’s more connected, more innovative, more personal and most of all it’s listening to its customers.

OMRF earns high rating again The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has received the highest possible rating from Charity Navigator for the 17th time.

Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest charity evaluator, awarded OMRF a four-star rating with the Oklahoma City-based nonprofit biomedical research institute scoring 98.11 out of a possible 100. The points are awarded for demonstrating a strong commitment to accountability, transparency and good financial health.

Using publicly available financial information, Charity Navigator promotes intelligent giving by providing report cards for U.S. and international charities.

The nonprofit organization evaluates more than 8,000 charities and measures performance in fund-raising efficiency, fund-raising expenses, program expenses, primary revenue growth, administrative expenses, program expense growth, working capital ratios and more.

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The Thelma Gaylord Emergency Shelter at YWCA Oklahoma City is 27,000-square-feet and has 35 bedrooms, a clinic, dining room, commercial kitchen, two family rooms, group therapy rooms and children’s counseling facilities.

The YWCA helps victims transform into survivors At YWCA Oklahoma City, it’s our work to empower women on a daily basis. When someone comes to us for help with domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, our first response is always “I believe you.” From that point forward, we work to restore a woman’s power by giving her control over which programs and services would best benefit her and her family. Empowerment is key to breaking the cycle of violence and YWCA OKC is there every step of the way to help victims transition into survivors.

Approximately one in four Oklahoma women will be victims of domestic violence in their lifetime.

About every five days, an Oklahoman dies during a domestic violence incident. In 2017, 39 percent of all murders in Oklahoma occurred during domestic violence.

That’s why at YWCA OKC, we do everything in our power to help victims escape violent relationships so they can find healing and hope. We empower survivors with the courage to come forward and report these crimes; the courage to

stop blaming themselves; and the courage to overcome a sense of shame, guilt or helplessness.

YWCA OKC empowers survivors of domestic violence to build a new life.

With the support of many strong women and men in central Oklahoma, YWCA OKC is making progress in the battle to end domestic violence. The number of domestic violence homicide events dropped by 16 percent from the previous year, according to the latest report by the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board. Domestic violence homicide victims also dropped by 14 percent. The number of child homicides dropped by 27 percent. Oklahoma’s ranking dropped to 20th in the nation for the number of women killed by men.

Many nominees in OKC FRIDAY’S Most Powerful Women of 2019 are supporters of YWCA OKC and stand with us in our efforts to end domestic violence. Together, we will continue to make progress and build a community that empowers even more women.

Hub provides access to services

By Sue Ann Arnall President Arnall Family Foundation The Diversion Hub is being formed as a response to a need in our community. Oklahoma has the highest rate of incarceration in the country and it is well understood that the justice system is difficult to navigate.

For individuals who are facing additional housing, health or job insecurities, the system is especially complex and often inadvertently traps them in a difficult cycle.

This has a devasting effect on our community’s children and families.

The Diversion Hub represents a place of hope for our neighbors by using a multi-disci-

plinary model under one roof to provide efficient access to needed support. By utilizing a model that incorporates intense case management and coordinated services, we will be able to empower our clients to reduce their encounters with the justice system. Our facility will use a “no wrong door” access approach, meaning any impacted individual, who is not currently incarcerated, can access our services by referrals or voluntary participation.

We have a chance to change Oklahoma City’s culture from being one of the areas with the highest incarceration rate, to a city that is on the fore front of change and setting a national standard for care and

respect. We are honored to be a part of the MAPS 4 proposal and see a tremendous opportunity to elevate public safety and quality of life by supporting families and individuals who have been impacted by incarceration.

We have been inspired by the vision of Oklahoma City’s citizens to elevate our collective quality of life through the MAPS 4 proposal. The MAPS 4 comprehensive group of projects will provide critically needed services and support to underserved populations in our community. As a city, we have a tremendous opportunity before us to forever change our story and provide hope for our neighbors and friends.

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Studies prove that reading is fundamental You've probably heard about the “word gap” study, in which some children will hear 30 million fewer words than other kids their age by the time they're 4-years-old. This study goes on to show that the number of words a child knows when entering kindergarten is predictive of future learning success.

The simple act of reading to a child — even 15 minutes a day — has an enormous impact on a child's vocabulary, knowledge and future success.

We also know that children who are kindergarten-ready are twice as likely to read proficiently by third grade, four times less likely to drop out of high school, and typically go on to earn higher wages, live healthier lives,

raise stronger families and contribute to society.

Smart Start Central Oklahoma is dedicated to ensuring that all babies and young children in Oklahoma County get the smart start they need and deserve. By equipping parents with tools and resources to achieve this goal they feel empowered, and empowered parents offer their children a better beginning.

Through our programs, more than 4,000 parents per year learn that reading early and often provides their children a head start in language and literacy skills. Families take home children's books to encourage things like language development, early literacy skills, and recognition of sounds and letters.

These skills make children more prepared for school while promoting healthy parent-child relationships. A mother who regularly attends our Early Birds program recently told us that “one of my kids’ all-time favorite books — ‘Bear in a Square’ — came from your program. We name and count shapes and colors, read it out loud and find the other animals in the book.”

Together, we can ensure more of our children have these positive early learning experiences. A contribution of just $25 will place 10 books in a home and impact a child’s literacy skills, lessening the word gap. Donations can be made online at smartstartcentraloklahoma.org.

The simple act of reading to a child — even 15 minutes a day — has an enormous impact on a child's vocabulary, knowledge and future success.

American Cancer Society finishing up Hope Lodge campaign

By Mark Beutler Special to OKC FRIDAY Stacy McDaniel was in her garage one day when she saw a pile of basketball shoes, soccer cleats and football gear over in one corner. It was all athletic equipment her kids had outgrown, and in that moment “Cleats for Kids” was born.

McDaniel and her husband Mark organized the not-for-profit business to collect and then distribute shoes to kids in need.

Today, nearly 10 years later, the organization just donated it’s 100-thousandth pair of shoes.

While celebrating their company’s success, however, McDaniel heard some shocking news: she had cancer.

“At first it was disbelief,” McDaniel said. “After all, cancer is something that happens to someone else, right?”

“But I had a mammogram on a Friday and received my diagnosis on Monday. I was so naïve about it, I didn’t even know there was more than one type of breast cancer. It didn’t run in my family, so I had no reason to know much about it.”

That weekend was a whirlwind of emotions as she struggled to learn as much as she could.

“The very first thing we did between my mammogram and my diagnosis was to do research and the very first place I searched was the American Cancer Society’s website,” McDaniel said. “That is the information we relied upon and to be honest it was the only information I looked at. It is truly a lifesupport system to someone facing cancer. The resources that are there provide you with a path to follow and a way to organize information, and there is so much information.”

STACY McDANIEL

Traveling to and from treatment became a way of life for McDaniel. During that time, she noticed patients who were struggling with lodging issues.

That’s why she’s an advocate for American Cancer Society’s new Hope Lodge Oklahoma.

“When you are going through treatment, whether it’s chemotherapy, radiation or post-surgical measures, you have to have a place to stay, and that place isn’t in your car,” she said.

“Right now, Oklahoma does not have that resource, and that’s why it is so crucial we find the funds to build the new Hope Lodge. It will make such a positive impact on our state.”

Driving is often not an option, she says, and it’s not until a person gets sick that they realize lodging is going to play a necessary role in their recovery.

“Even if you have a window of time between your chemo treatments where you could go home, you’re too sick to get in the car and drive,” McDaniel said. “If you have limited resources — and cancer has a way of stripping that quickly — that leaves you with very few choices. People traveling to Oklahoma City for treatment from the four corners of the state need the comfort of a home away from home. That is what Hope Lodge will offer

and I hope more Oklahomans will support this campaign so we can finally get it built.”

Another major Hope Lodge Oklahoma supporter is Gene Rainbolt. In fact, he is one of the campaign co-chairs, along with former Oklahoma State Treasurer Scott Meacham, trying to get the fundraising goal over the finish line.

When Rainbolt’s wife, Jeannine, was fighting lung cancer, she and her husband made many trips to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and Boston’s DanaFarber Cancer Institute.

It was a five-year journey of constant travel before Jeannine passed away in 2007.

During their trips, the Rainbolt’s knew Oklahoma needed a place where patients could rest after treatment. Gene began working with the American Cancer Society on the Hope Lodge Oklahoma campaign. It will be built near the Stephenson Cancer Center at NE 8 and Phillips, with land leased for $1 per year from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

“I want all Oklahomans to have the same access to care that Jeannine had,” Rainbolt said. “We now have Stephenson for treatment, but a lack of housing still exists for those who may not be able to afford extended stays.

Hope Lodge Oklahoma will be a home away from home for people living outside the metropolitan area during cancer treatment, which can often be months at a time.

This will ease their financial burden so they can focus on what is important, and that is their recovery.”

Statistics from the American Cancer Society show more than 18,000 Okla-

homans are diagnosed with cancer every year. And 3,700 cancer patients will travel 40 miles or more for treatment in Oklahoma City.

“Hope Lodge Oklahoma will be the only free lodging program available for adult cancer patients and their caregivers,” said Lesa Foster, executive director of ACSOK. “The lodge will have 34 guest rooms, each with a private bathroom. Free, on-site parking will be available, as well as fullyequipped kitchens,

laundry facilities and common guest lounges and dining room.”

The campaign is in the latter stages of fundraising, but a gap still exists. More than $12.1 million has been raised, with a goal of $16.5 million.

That will pay for construction of the Lodge and the first three years of operation.

After that, ACS will take over funding.

“We hope all Oklahomans will join us on this journey,” Foster added. “We have a chance to do good in

the world every day and to help those who have been touched by cancer.”

“Hope Lodge Oklahoma will help people you most likely will never meet. But at the end of the day, you can rest knowing you helped build something that will last a lifetime and will be a godsend to so many who are fighting cancer.”

For additional information on Hope Lodge Oklahoma or to contribute support, contact Michelle.Fair @Cancer.org.

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Best Dressed

Powerfully dressed

Pretty in pink: CK & Co. owner Jane Childress’ (with husband Lonnie ) pink pantsuit rocks the Kentucky Derby. The suit also appeared in a fashion show for Celebrate Pink, hosted by Oklahoma Project Woman.

Above: From the courtroom to the ballroom, District Judge Heather Coyle (with husband Billy) can change her spots. At right: Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits President and CEO Marnie Taylor (with husband Clayton) always has the right look, whether she’s attending a business meeting, a charity ball or cheering on the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Oklahoma City FRIDAY, Friday, November 15, 2019, Page D2

Red Earth

Red Earth hosts A Starry Night

Hosts Cynthia Cope and Ron and Alyce Page welcome guests to A Starry Night, which benefited Red Earth programs.

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Coles Garden was the setting for A Starry Night, a reception and silent auction.

Above, enjoying the outdoor party are Red Earth board member Neil McCaleb and Debra and artist Enoch Kelly Haney.

Above: Teri and Don Stanek. At left: Hosts Ryan and Alex McCaleb.

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First Liberty celebrates the achievements of CFO Sandy Bracken

By Joey P. Root President and CEO As First Liberty Bank begins its 14th year in business, OKC FRIDAY’S “Most Powerful Women” issue is the perfect time to celebrate the accomplishments of our amazing Chief Financial Officer Sandra J. Bracken, CPA. Sandy originally worked in a consulting capacity to assist with the bank’s business plan, regulatory approvals and was part of the bank’s original Executive Management Team.

She remains an integral part of the company lending her voice and substantial experience to every important decision that is made at First Liberty Bank.

Sandy obtained her CPA as a single mom with a young child and often reflects on the days when her daughter Sharon played quietly in the corner as she worked in a client’s office.

Before joining First Liberty, she was employed by Midwest Community Financial Corp as CEO and interim president of The First State Bank. During her tenure there, she assisted with the raising of capital and purchase of a small bank, the implementation of an upgraded accounting and item processing system, and a new loan documentation system.

All skills that were immediately put to use in the beginnings of First Liberty Bank.

Sandy has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of First Liberty

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since 2006, and she is also a member of the Board of Directors.

In 2011, Governor Fallin appointed her to the Oklahoma State Banking Board, the first female banker to serve on the board. Governor Fallin reappointed her in 2017.

Thank you, Sandy, for your hard work and dedication to First Liberty Bank. You are the best!

Oklahoma City FRIDAY, Friday, November 15, 2019, Page D4

Children’s Hospital Foundation

Amy and Kelly Gray and Libby and Todd Naifeh were the event chairman for the 2019 Starlight Ball, benefiting the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

The Inasmuch Foundation was the recipient of the Miracle Maker Award during the Kisses for the Kids-themed gala.

Above: Dilon Curran, Matthew Craig, Brian and Madeline Lynch, Amy Curran and Kelly Offutt support the mission of the Children’s Hospital Foundation. At right: Dathen and Macy Kememer and Craig and Kortnie Hays relax on a comfy couch during the cocktail hour.

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Above: Shelley and Jason Kays pose by a red balloon sculpture. In photos at left, starting at far left: Diane Medley and Kris Booze, Whitney and Oklahoma County Clerk David Hooten and Polly Fleet and David Leader.

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Concordia Life Plan Community resident finds inspiration in strength and innovation A powerful woman empowers other women and never loses her strength.

That’s what Sheila Myers learned through her career as a nurse, researcher and professor.

“Being in nursing, we were always influenced by females, but the women who really impressed me were those who cared about where they were going and what they might be able to do,” said Myers.

Myers, a resident at Concordia Life Plan Community, came from a family of health practitioners — her aunt, uncle and

father were physicians.

She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Oklahoma Baptist University where she realized her passion for maternity care.

She then went on to Yale University, where she became a certified nurse midwife with a specialty in nursing research.

When Myers was in college, she remembered finding inspiration in a faculty member who believed in a new way of doing things.

At the time, it was uncommon for women to be awake during birth. It was also uncommon for men to be present in the room.

Myers noticed a disconnect in these traditions and what was best for the patients and the babies and believed a new way of practicing would soon become the norm.

She was right.

Working in a femaledominant profession, Myers noticed that the most influential women, women like the faculty member she admired, seemed to consistently empower others and exhibit strength, even during difficult times.

Myers said honing these skills has continued to prove important, as

they’ve guided her through her recent decision to move into independent living at Concordia.

“Something that goes with transitioning to Concordia, is the idea that women are strong.” said Myers. “I think as women face making a life transition, it’s essential for them to remain strong.”

Luckily for Myers, Concordia has many residents with diverse, inspirational backgrounds who are keen to continue pursuing their passions and giving back to their communities in big ways.

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Giving back to seniors is a way to strengthen the community Men and women looking to give back to their communities can do so in various ways. Some might coach youth sports teams, while others might organize food and clothing drives for the less fortunate.

Giving back to seniors in your town or city is another way to strengthen your community. Many seniors maintain their independence long past retirement age, but some may need a helping hand as they get older.

The following are a handful of ways you can improve the quality of life of seniors in your community.

• Deliver meals.

Seniors who are confined to their homes typically need to have their meals delivered to them.

Men and women looking to help seniors can volunteer to work with their local Meals on Wheels program. Meals on Wheels boasts a national network of more than 5,000 independently run programs, and these

programs rely on more than two million volunteers to deliver nutritious meals to seniors with limited mobility.

The need for volunteers to help seniors figures to grow in the coming decades, as Meals on Wheels America notes that the percentage of the population that qualifies as seniors will grow from 18 percent in 2010 to 26 percent by 2050.

• Help around the house. The work required to maintain a home is considerable no matter a person's age, but that task is even more difficult for seniors.

Even the healthiest seniors may not have the mobility or physical strength required to keep up with household chores.

Offering to help a senior maintain his or her home is a great way to improve their quality of life.

Visit an elderly relative or neighbor and offer to mow their lawn, take out their garbage or perform another task they

might find challenging. Performing a few chores around a senior's house won't take long, but such gestures can have a big impact on seniors' lives.

• Invite seniors over for dinner.

Many seniors suffer from feelings of isolation, which can contribute to depression.

Families are now more geographically diverse, and a senior's children and grandchildren may not live nearby. In such cases, it’s easy for seniors to grow lonely and feel isolated from their communities.

Inviting seniors over for a weekly dinner or to backyard social gatherings can help them maintain a connection to their communities and reduce their feelings of isolation. Extending such invitations also provides a great way for parents to instill in their children a respect for and appreciation of the elderly.

• Arrange transportation for sen-

iors who no longer drive. Many seniors stop driving when they realize their skills behind the wheel have diminished.

But even though they may relinquish their drivers' licenses, seniors still need to keep their doctor's appointments and get out of the house.

Speak with your neighbors who also want to help seniors to arrange transportation for those who can no longer get themselves around town.

Explain to seniors' physicians when you or your neighbors are most available to get seniors to their appointments. In

addition, offer to drive seniors to the grocery store when making your own shopping trips.

Many seniors made valuable contributions to the communities they call home.

And those communities can give back by helping seniors overcome the demands of aging.

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‘Boo’tiful people haunt Henry’s Halloween party “P

- Photos by Joy Richardson

Cast of “Castaway”: Alison and Scott Calhoun — the cutest!

Memorable Audrey Hepburn (Jane White) and holding “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”- Jim White.

aint your own toenails pink, I’m busy gluing hair on my chest!”

Honestly, can’t the man figure out a manicure? Took us over an hour to get ready for the party, but then it was uncharted territory attaching false eyelashes to my mansized husband Playboy Bunny.

Henry Browne goes ALL OUT when he and Annie Bohanon give a Halloween party, so we pull out the stops to honor that incredible effort. A lot of fine Scotch went into convincing husband Jerry that he’d be darling in a flesh-colored body suit, a pink bikini with stuffed very ample bosoms, big bunny ears, bow tie, and the fluffiest of tails.

I was a dreary ugly Hugh Hefner. I just hate it when my date is far far prettier than I, and people kept pinching his cute bunny bum all night.

But we were sliced bread, there were real stars of the show. Host Henry was a gruesome/realistic/adorabl e skeleton, and Annie channeled her inner Frida Kahlo with a “unibrow” that was so wonky and funny.

A lot of the weirdlyattired guests talked for protracted periods of time to someone who looked familiar, but who was this

shirtless hunk, he of hairy beard and unkempt hair? It was Scott Calhoon as a very fit tan Tom Hanks in the movie “Castaway” and pretty Alison was the volleyball named Wilson.

Scott carried his FedEx box on a rope over his shoulder. His kids had pleaded, “Dad, DO NOT go to a party without a shirt!”

We women thank him for doing so.

Frighteningly, Dodge Hill looked just like Sonny with Lori as Cher on his arm. You did a double take as they were so realistic.

Chuck and Candy Ainsworth were the Cleavers – Ward and June. Giant meat cleavers, well, cleaved their heads, and they wore appropriate period clothes. Candy kept the funniest dialogue going about leaving Wally home to babysit Beaver, and how she hoped that mischievous Eddie Haskell wouldn’t join Wally in watching the Beav.

Elegant Jane White was almost type-cast as Audrey

An unlikely couple! Annie Bohanon as Frida Khalo and her boney friend Henry Browne as they greet guests at the door. Yes, this was a costume party!

Hepburn while hubby Jim carried a linennapkin covered tray with a petite breakfast and a Tiffany’s blue box for authenticity.

Among those spirited enough to play like kids were Beth and Jim Tolbert, Marsha and Carson See, Sarah and Dan Hogan, Sue Paulk and Bob Hoover, Sue and Gary Homsey, Jane and Jerry Gamble, Nancy and Andy Coats, Julee and John Coyle, Barbara and Ralph Thompson, Linda and Tom Kloss, Mac Kilpatrick and Carol Soloman, and Jill and Tom King.

Others happy to look ridiculous were Karen and Rob Luke, Polly and

Larry Nichols, Joan Frates and Ed Barth, Terry and Hank Bradley, Julee and John Coyle, Betsy and Nick Berry, Susan and Mike McPherson, Jane and David Thompson, Joan and Coler Yoakum, and Karen and Bob Browne.

Bob wore a head-totoe Halloween pumpkin printed business suit and said, “Hey, I paid $60 for it three years ago, I figure its now down to $20 a wearing.”

• Kay Goebel, a member of Charter 35, took Pama Palmer and me as guests to have lunch and admire the Asian Pavilion. Pama had a See JOY, Page D7

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JOY From Page B6 responsibility: to introduce Tim Rasnic who is executive director of Zoo Friends, and Dwight Lawson who is executive director /CEO of our Zoo. Dr. Lawson did a magical slide presentation and they both brought us up to date on zoo happenings during an informal meeting overlooking the rhino habitat.

First, the rhino has a lovely acreage and stomps around happily all day long. But it supports my conjecture that 10,000 steps a day does NOT give one a slender behind.

The Asian pavilion is just breathtakingly beautiful and so multi-purpose. Right across the way is going to be the new Girl Scout facility and the girls can get badges for certain interactions with the zoo.

For your information, Charter 35

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is comprised of very involved women in our community who meet monthly with speakers who educate and update the group on progress, needs, and the focus in all areas of our city.

• Howell Gallery held an opening for Olga and Aleksey Ivanov, who paint jointly, and their marvelous artwork. Introducing Sandy Meyers to the couple, I found Sandy asked the most in-depth questions, which delighted Alex.

Walking to one of their paintings hanging on the wall, he explained just which parts he had painted, and those parts that Olga had. He grinned and said, “Notice that hat, I had to ‘clean up’ her line there, but then, we do that for each other.”

The couple met in college, both growing up around Moscow, and now live in Evergreen, Colo. Their medium is egg tempera and gilding, and you’d find their work fascinating. Go see it.

- Photos by Joy Richardson

Howell Gallery reception: Joe Bradley, artists Aleksey and Olga Ivanov and John McKee.

Above: You’d recognize Bob and Gennie Johnson anywhere.

At left: Yup, the “Cleavers” — Chuck and Candy Ainsworth.

Cher and obviously Sonny (Lori and Dodge Hill) with a “fabulous fall friend” Betsy Berry.

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