Wellness Warriors at Redbud
INSIDE THIS WEEK:
Members of the Oklahoma City Community Foundation’s Wellness Warriors took part in the Redbud Classic. From left: kneeling, Jennifer Meckling; first row, Nancy Anthony, Ashley Zeiler, Karen Rains, Patricia Zeiler, Deborah Senner, Rachel Mouton, Tracey Strader, Helen Stone and Bob Anthony; and back row, Mary Mikkelson, Chuck Mikkelson, Christi Gray, Jessica Schwager, Kelley Barnes and Carol Hopper. For more photos of the Redbud Classic, See Page B1.
• Shop the Look, Page 11 • Easter Coloring Contest winners announced, Page 12 • Easter Worship Services and Message, Page B5 • Senior Savvy, Page C3
OKC FRIDAY Vol. 52 No. 50 • Two Sections • 22 Pages April 19, 2019
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City grandfathers RVs, boats with modified law
Tree City USA In preparation for an Arbor Day and Earth Day observance at the Nichols Hills City Hall on April 26, the City Council – from left, Councilwoman Sody Clements, Mayor Peter Hoffman and Councilman Steve Goetzinger – visited the site of a newly planted redbud tree along West Grand Boulevard. The $2.2 million facelift of Grand Boulevard Park in 2017 included the planting of 109 new trees, and in 2018 the state Forestry Services performed a risk assessment of 139 trees in Grand Boulevard, Kite and Davis parks. Those are just two examples of why Nichols Hills has consistently achieved the “Tree City USA” designation from the Arbor Day Foundation, a non-profit conservation and education organization, for three decades.
By Rose Lane Editor
- Photo by Mike W. Ray
Myriad Gardens to celebrate the Art of Flowers The Myriad Gardens’ Art of Flowers is a one-of-a-kind spring luncheon featuring a master floral arranger who will demonstrate how to create gorgeous and unusual floral arrangements that can be made at home for special occasions or everyday enjoyment. Co-chaired by Jil and Tony Boghetich, this biennial event is scheduled for Thursday, May 2 at the Park House Event Center, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $95 each. Sponsorships are available. This year’s speaker is Louesa Roebuck, a designer of ecologically sound flora installations and printmaker living in Ojai, Calif. The author of
Foraged Flora, Roebuck’s work has been featured in national and international magazines and media including Vogue, Sunset, The New York Times, Martha Stewart Magazine and GOOP. Her impressive client list includes Michael Pollan, Michelle Obama, Todd Selby, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vivienne Westwood and Alice Waters of Chez Panisse. Proceeds of the luncheon help the Myriad Gardens earn $50,000 to match a grant with the Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation, for which the Boghetich’s serve as trustees. See MYRIAD, Page 3
Tony and Jil Boghetich are the co-chairmen of the 2019 Art of Flowers.
By a 3-2 vote, The Village City Council approved a modified ordinance governing parking in residential areas. Proposed changes to the city’s code drew a full house for a public hearing earlier this month. Residents offered support and opposition to the original ordinance regulating the parking of boats, watercraft trailers, RVs and even work vehicles on driveways and other personal property. Not revised under the modified ordinance were street parking prohibitions, registration/working conditions requirements, a requirement that boats and watercraft trailers to be in side or rear yards, 48-hour loading period expectations, the overall effective date for changes is still Oct. 1; and the idea of consolidating definitions into one section in the code chapter. What has changed is an increase of widths to 8.5 feet; size requirements now only apply to vehicles in the front yard (including portions of the driveway forward of the front building line) and if unscreened; an increase in the number of vehicles allowed from one to three, provided no more than one is visible from public spaces; and the inclusions of a grandfathering/registration system that allows those vehicles presently in place to be registered and, therefore, not affected by the new rules. Those residents who wish to upgrade their boats or RVs have until the overall effective date on Oct. 1 to do so without being subject to the new rules. Mayor Sonny Wilkinson and Councilmen Dave Bennett and Stan Alexander voted in See VILLAGE, Page 2
National Memorial Marathon helping to Change the Course of OKC As Oklahoma City continues to change, the Oklahoma City National Marathon is asking participants to join in Changing the Course of OKC. “With the development of the streetcar system, a new downtown park and so much new growth along the course, we have listened to runners and are
changing the course of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon in 2019 and 2020,” Kari Watkins, race director and executive director of the Oklahoma City Memorial & Museum, said. The marathon races will be run on Sunday, April 28. The start line remains the same – in front of the
OKC National Memorial & Museum, but the finish line changes. Runners have loved ending in Automobile Alley for 18 years, but the race has simply outgrown the space and organizers don’t want to become any more of an impediment to thriving small businesses. “The Memorial Marathon is so grateful for
all the Automobile Alley merchants have done to accommodate the race, but as the city changes, the marathon course has to change with it,” Watkins said. The finish line for 2019 will be at the corner of Hudson and Sheridan – the southwest corner of Devon Energy. In 2020, the five
races of the OKC Memorial Marathon finish at the new Scissortail Park. This allows the changing of the course and testing it ahead of the marathon’s 20th Anniversary in 2020. The biggest change is running south of downtown, to the Oklahoma See MARATHON, Page 7
FRIDAY’s
Baby of the Week
Four Janes
- Photo by Ron Vavak
During a photo shoot for OKC FRIDAY’s next Nichols Hills, Gaillardia, Quail Creek and The Greens Magazine, these four Janes ran into each other. From left: Joullian Vineyards owner Jane Lerum, CK & Co. owner Jane Childress, Jane Austin and author and former Miss America Jane Jayroe. The magazine, “This One’s for the Girls,” featuring the 30th anniversary of the YWCA of OKC, will be inserted in our April 26 edition.
Georgia Hayes Wilson was born born Sept. 27, 2018, the daughter of Cody and Hadley Wilson. Georgia is always ready to give a helping hand to her mom at work. Email Dog of the Week, Baby of the Week and Cat of the Week submissions to rose@okcfriday.com. Submissions are used in the order they are received.
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