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Vol. 52 No. 29 • Five Sections • 42 pages November 16, 2018
#1 TRICIA EVEREST
#2 CHRISTY EVEREST
#3 MEG SALYER
#4 SUE ANN ARNALL
Women with a passion for others top FRIDAY’S Most Powerful poll By Vicki Clark Gourley Publisher
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Tricia Everest at the last Governor’s Inaugural Ball. Everest received the most votes in the 2018 Most Powerful Women poll.
Blue Wave
The ballots are counted. Neither wealth nor professional accomplishments alone propelled a nominee into the Top Ten. Compassion and a determination to better the lives of everyone around them earns the respect and the admiration of their peers and a Top 10 vote total. Almost all of the top 50 find time to volunteer #1. Tricia Everest’s passion is Palomar. (See story E-1.) She volunteers at least 40 hours a week working in the office and expanding partnerships and systems of service from legal to health to breaking cycles of abuse, addiction and
incarceration. Tricia is a former Assistant Attorney General with experience in all three. 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. Christy Everest, the former Publisher of the Daily Oklahoman and Tricia’s mother, is more quiet publicly than her daughter. Leading See POWERFUL WOMEN, Page 2
Women Democrats sweep NW OKC seats
By Vicki Clark Gourley Publisher Oklahoma’s Fifth Congressional District did not just lean purple, it turned blue when Kendra Horn beat sitting Congressman Steve Russell in the November 6
election. It is the first time a Democrat has held that seat since 1975. Northwest OKC also elected two Democrat state senators and a Democrat state Representative, all women. In Senate District 40, teacher Carri Hicks defeated
Dr. Joe Howell. In Senate District 30, (formerly held by David Holt) Julia Kirt defeated John Symcox. In District 83, Chelsey Branham defeated Republican Jason Reece. In District 82, Republican Nicole Miller won Rep. Kevin Calvey’s seat.
JULIA KIRK Senator-Elect District 30
KENDRA HORN Congressman-Elect District 5
For Burger, it’s all about the OCU students FRIDAY’s
Dog of the Week This is Buddy (AKA Cubby). He adopted George and Lundy Makohin 14 years ago, and has since that time resided in Nichols Hills with the Makohins. This is Buddy at rest, but he is frequently on the move, whether it be on a walk, or playing in his backyard. He has made a number of friends, both human and other dogs, as he traversed the city streets, and Hefner Lake trails, on his daily walks. He is loved by many. Buddy loves to take road trips, and has traveled several times across the U.S.
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INSIDE TODAY:
By Rose Lane Editor It is the students that make the hard work all worthwhile for new Oklahoma City University President Martha Burger. Burger was inaugurated earlier this month as the university’s 18th and first female president. She said she has read that being a university president is the hardest job in America. “But it is also worth all the hard work,” Burger said. “You have to keep coming back to the students.” A retired oil and gas executive, Burger said she had been a university trustee for a number of years and was serving on the search committee after Robert Henry announced plans to retire. “During that process, my
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MARTHA BURGER OCU President
name had been brought forth, but I didn’t consider it,” she said. “But, later I decided that this is the legacy I want to leave: making a difference for young people.”
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Burger has been sitting in the president’s chair since July 1. “It’s been a whirlwind,” she said. “But, that’s what I expected.” There are so many different constituents to engage, from students to faculty and staff to the community. “That makes the job fun, hard and rewarding,” Burger said. “Right now, it’s a lot of relationship-building and onthe-job training to keep ahead of the curve.” While she said she has to be “purposeful” to spend a lot of time with the students, she strives to visit the cafeteria and classrooms every day, take part in leadership sessions and attend arts performances and athletic competitions. But, her goal is to continue to make See BURGER, Page 6
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