Red Shoe Gala
Upward Transitions
Micah Zachary, Jacob Thorley, JP Lopez and Ruby from the Central Oklahoma Humane Society during the Ronald McDonald House Gala. Page 10
Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Todd Beesley serves pizza during Upward Transitions’ Celebrity Waiter event. Page B1
OKC FRIDAY Vol. 52 No. 18 • Three Sections • 32 pages August 31, 2018
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State of the Schools
Ready for some football!
OKCPS kids need our help
Casady’s Nick Armoudian (30) fights through a Holland Hall defender during last Friday’s football game. The Cyclones fell 36-7 to the Dutch in the season opener for both teams. See story on Page 4.
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growth. He passed the state’s first bond issue in 25 years, which
New OKC Schools Superintendent Dr. Sean McDaniel says he knows the district’s students are going to make it, but they need help. McDaniel was speaking to the Greater OKC Chamber’s State of the Schools luncheon. He came to the metro district after a long-time tenure at the helm of the Mustang Public School District. “Our kids are incredible,” McDaniel said. “They are the most creative, innovative and compassionate people.” The students of the district have a lot to overcome. For instance, McDaniel said, 90 percent qualify for free or reduced lunches. One in four students have had at least one parent who has been incarcerated and 3,000 are considered homeless. “The least we can do as adults is to make the hard decisions and make their lives better,” McDaniel said. In order to make that happen, he said there has to be a conversation about equity. Every student must have access to the same opportunities and resources. “The board of education is very thoughtful about this,” McDaniel said. “We have to learn how to be innovative and do more with less.” While hope is not a strategy, he said that the expectation is that OKC has an excellent school district. But, to change the narrative, it takes action. Things are happening. McDaniel said in order to get more bilingual teachers in the pipeline, the Oklahoma City School District
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As the football season officially begins this week, find out about your favorite team in FRIDAY’s 2018 Pigskin Preview. Page C1 - Photo by Johnny Holland, www.JHollandPhotography.com
Walters to receive Global Vision Award ops, services and manages electrical generation power plants around the world. Formed in 1995, WPI and its affiliated companies have combined the expertise of independent power professionals with the resources of individual and institutional investment funds to develop and supply more than $200 million in power projects in more than 20 countries. Walters, who served as the governor of
Former Governor David Walters has been selected as the recipient of Sister Cities International OKC’s 2018 Global Vision Award. The award will be presented during an Oct. 24 luncheon at the Petroleum Club. Individual tickets are $75, and $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000 sponsorships are available. Walters is the president of Walters Power International. WPI supplies, devel-
Oklahoma (1990-94), is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He entered politics after a successful business career and brought his private sector expertise to the governor’s office. Walters cut the number of state employees, aggressively promoted economic development and achieved a 15year record in job
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Five headed to the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame Five Oklahoma women will be inducted into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame on Thursday, Sept. 27. The honorees are Susan Chambers, Jane Jayroe Gamble, Joan Gilmore, Willa Johnson and Kay Rhoads. Sponsored by the
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Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women (OCSW), the ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. at the Montellano Event Center, located at 11200 N. Eastern in Oklahoma City. The ceremony is open and free to the public.
“We are honored to welcome these five impeccable women into the Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame,” said Linda Haneborg, chairman of the 2018 Oklahoma Women’s Hall of Fame and a See HALL, Page 7
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Cecilia Elena Calvey was born May 29 to the delight of her parents, State Rep. Kevin Calvey and Toni Calvey; her grandmother, Mary Jane Calvey; and her sister and four brothers. She was 7 pounds, 8 ounces and 20 inches long. Send Dog of the Week, Cat of the Week and Baby of the Week nominations with complete descriptions to rose@okcfriday. com. Submissions are used in the order they are received.
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Last Village street resurfacing projects are now out for bid By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer The last of the street resurfacing projects The Village authorized in a bond issue are advertised for bids today and proposals from contractors are set to be opened on Sept. 24, City Manager Bruce Stone said. One contract will be awarded for rehabilitating eight residential streets located east of Pennsylvania Avenue, north and south of Britton Road. Those streets are Nichols Road, Waverly Avenue,
Lanesboro Drive, Stoneham Avenue, Colebrook Drive, Georgia Avenue, Lancet Lane and Oxford Way. That project will constitute a little over two miles of street repairs, Stone said. The streets are to receive a 2-inch-thick asphalt overlay. Another project going out for bids is rehabilitation of a mile and a half of Hefner Road, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Lakeside Drive. That job will be split into two contracts. In one contract, the existing See STREETS, Page 3