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Happy Mothers Day! Fashion ideas for Mom. Page 11 Gifts for Mom, plus favorite Mom memories from our readers.

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Learn about Camp Funnybone, Heritage Hall’s Summer at the Hall and the University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design arts camps.

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Leslie Te, co-chairman of the Alzheimer’s Association event, chose Kentucky Derby contender Tacticus as the winner and bought this stick horse. Page B1

OKC FRIDAY Vol. 53 No. 1 • Two Sections • 18 Pages May 10, 2019

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Harding Charter Prep is state’s No. 1 high school

Mother’s Day is Brenda’s day, too

By Rose Lane Editor

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has proclaimed Sunday (Mother’s Day) to also be Brenda McDaniel Day in Oklahoma in honor of her National Mother of the Year Award. Pictured during the American Mothers 2019 Mother of the Year conference are, from left, Senator James Lankford, Brenda McDaniel, Tom McDaniel, the Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond and Lance McDaniel.

With Harding Charter Preparatory High School in the No. 1 position, five Fridayland high schools were in the Top 10 Oklahoma High Schools as determined by US News and World Report.

At No. 2 was the Classen School of Arts and Sciences, followed by the Dove Science Academy at No. 4, Harding Fine Arts Academy at No. 5 and Deer Creek High School at No. 8.

US News and World ranks schools on their performance on state-required tests, graduation and how well they prepare students for college.

Additionally, Harding Charter Prep See HARDING, Page 2

James L. Dennis celebrates ruby anniversary

By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

At least two retirees from the original faculty of James L. Dennis Elementary School attended the 40th anniversary reception: Sharon McKay, left, who taught first grade at Dennis in 1979-82, and Betty Lou Patterson of Edmond, who was a special education teacher at Dennis for many years.

Dozens of former students, parents, teachers, administrators and staff members flocked to James L. Dennis Elementary School to celebrate the school’s 40th anniversary.

Attendees at the come-and-go reception scrolled through scrapbooks and yearbooks from the past four decades, viewed photos of students and faculty from almost every year of the school’s entire history lining one hallway wall, and got reacquainted with former class-

mates, teachers and colleagues.

When the Putnam City school opened in 1979, it served 565 students in kindergarten (half-day) through sixth grade. Today, the school has approximately 470 students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, according to Principal Renita White.

The school is named for James L. Dennis, who served on the Putnam City School Board in 1965-77. He also was vice chairman of the Oklahoma Commission on Education Administration and served on the Oklahoma City

Chamber of Commerce Educational Committee.

When the school opened its doors, a gallon of gasoline cost 86 cents, Georgia peanut farmer Jimmy Carter was President of the United States, the 3-Mile Island nuclear reactor accident occurred in Pennsylvania, JVC marketed a VHS video recorder system, the USSR invaded Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq and 63 Americans were taken hostage by Iranian radicals in the American Embassy in Tehran.

#heritageforharrison: Chargers rally around sick teammate

By Rose Lane Editor When the moms of other players on Harrison Murphy’s fifth grade Heritage Hall baseball team discovered he had leukemia, they sprung into action.

They banded together to show their support for the young man by coming up with a special pin and hashtag for the whole Charger community to sport.

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Harrison’s mom, Lee, said the moms — Melanie Reuter, Andrea Horsch, Kelly Whiteworth, Stacie Carter and Jenifer Standish — came up with the pins, which are emblazoned with a large H and his baseball team number of 13.

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Heritage Hall students, and anyone else wanting to get behind the cause, are being asked to place the pin on their backpacks or wear it. Then, they should snap a photo with the pin and ask their parents to tag their photo on social media with #heritageforharrison.

“It’s been so nice and so great knowing they are out there for us,” Lee said. “The outpouring has been really, really kind.”

Cummings is Village mayor

By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer The Village City Council experienced “the changing of the guard” Monday night.

Three newly elected council members – newcomers Adam Graham and George Colbert and veteran David Bennett – received the oath of office from Municipal Judge Daniel White.

All three councilmen will serve two-year terms.

In addition, the council unanimously elected Cathy Cummings to be the mayor for

the next 12 months.

“I am truly humbled to be your mayor,” she said.

Colbert, 42, has been active in civic affairs. He served on the citizens review committee for the city’s Tax Increment Finance District 4 and on the municipal parks steering committee arising from the $10.38 million capital improvements bond issue last year. He filed unopposed to succeed C. Scott “Bubba” Symes, who has lived in The Village for more than 50 See VILLAGE, Page 3

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Driggins added to Civil Rights Wall of Tolerance Sylvia Pollard Driggins is the first Miss Black Oklahoma and first Centennial Humanitarian Queen for the state of Oklahoma chosen by the

legislature and a graduate from Central State University (UCO).

She recently attended Ladies in the News as a member and for-

mer inductee as an Outstanding Woman of Oklahoma for her humanitarian community youth outreach, veteran and special needs children advoca-

cy, Broadway production writer, film work, manuscript libraries, State Department of Oklahoma Libraries and Library of Congress in Washington DC, Oklahoma Historical Society and published author in Colors of Life.

She has been recognized for other performances at Washing-

ton DC's Kennedy Center Performing Arts Center and abroad in the Life and History of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. European Tour (without an understudy) and recently she has been added to the Civil Rights Wall of Tolerance in Montgomery, Alabama by renowned Nobel Peace Prize

author Toni Morrison.

Sylvia has a deep love for children and humanity.

SYLVIA DRIGGINS

Go No. 13 Harrison Murphy’s baseball team show their support for their teammate as he cannot attend school during treatment for leukemia.

From left: Bottom row, Jack Whitworth, Luke Carter, Nathan Horsch and Micah Brown; and top row, Kline Reuter, Graham Murphy and Isaac Beeson.

HARDING From Page 1 ranked No. 118 among all of the US public high schools and No. 31 among all US Charter Schools.

Classen was No. 174 nationwide.

Dove took the No. 64 position for charter schools and Harding Fine Arts was ranked No. 92 in the charter school category.

According to the US News & World website, “a great high school educates all students from different social and economic

backgrounds, exposing them to challenging coursework on the path to graduation. The highest ranked U.S. public schools in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best High Schools list are those whose attendees demonstrated outstanding outcomes above expectations in math and reading state assessments, passed a diverse array of college-level exams and graduated in high proportions.”

The website continued, “Under U.S. News’ revamped 2019 rankings methodology, nearly every public high school was ranked.”

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VILLAGE From Page 1 years and opted to retire after 16 years as the Ward 2 councilman.

Graham, 26, was elected April 2 to replace Stan Alexander, 85, a retired insurance agent who has served as the Ward 3 councilman for 34 years. Graham is the managing partner of 46 Creative, an Oklahoma City-based marketing and public relations firm; he also is working as an administrative assistant in the Oklahoma House of Representatives during this year’s legislative session, which adjourns later this month.

“I am honored to be elected to serve and represent my community on the council and look forward to making meaningful change in the future,” Graham said. “I thank Councilman Alexander for his many years on the

council and hope to fill the big shoes he left.”

Bennett, 65, filed unopposed this year for a seventh consecutive term representing Ward 1 on The Village City Council; he was first elected in 2007. He has been mayor three times and was elected Monday night to a fourth one-year term as vice mayor. Bennett retired from the Army Reserve after 30 years in uniform, and teaches college-level business courses.

Cummings has been the town’s vice mayor for the past year. She was elected in Ward 4 in 2017 to complete a year remaining on an unexpired term and filed unopposed last year for a full twoyear term on the council. She is the owner of Vito’s Ristorante in north Oklahoma City and was the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma in 2014.

Sonny Wilkinson,

33, director of development at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, is starting his fifth year representing Ward 5 on the City Council and just completed a term as The Village Mayor.

“It has been an incredible honor to serve The Village as mayor for the past year,” Wilkinson said.

“Working with the council as we have undertaken the largest infrastructure improvement projects in the city’s history has been wonderful.

And I look to the future as we end our fiscal year with record revenues and new tax increment financing projects coming on board, as well as our

parks plan.”

“The Village has survived the time travel of my last 16 years on the City Council and is prospering today,” said Symes, who has been employed with Price Edwards & Co., a commercial real estate firm, for 32 years.

“Who made this possible? Not just a few, but an entire Village that believed in the vision we cast as a council and as a community. Thank you all for your commitment, your support, your never-ending desire to become a community where you would be proud to raise your kids, to retire, to call your neighbor a friend.”

The Village City Councilmen David Bennett, left, George Colbert and Adam Graham receive the oath of office from Municipal Judge Daniel White, at right. Among those looking on are the town’s new mayor, Cathy Cummings (behind Bennett), City Attorney Leslie Batchelor (behind Graham), and City Manager Bruce Stone.

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CLASS 6A TOURNAMENT

Coffey’s HR leads Antlers past Yukon Deer Creek’s Jordan Coffey made the most of his only at-bat at Monday’s Class 6A regional baseball tournament championship game.

With the Antlers trailing by two runs, Coffey stepped to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning and belted a three-run home run to give Deer Creek a 4-3 win over Yukon and a berth at this weekend’s state tournament.

The Antlers (30-10) were scheduled to face Broken Arrow on

Thursday in the quarterfinals at Bixby.

With a win, they would advance to the semifinals on Friday at 11 a.m. against the Norman North-Stillwater winner at Bixby.

Saturday’s championship game is set for 3:30 p.m. at ONEOK Field in Tulsa.

In Monday’s regional final, Deer Creek fell behind 3-1 by the end of the first inning, with the Antlers scoring on Piercen McElyea’s single to plate Bryce Logan.

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Zandt Payne also accounted for the other two of Deer Creek’s six hits in the game.

Pitcher Nathan Crumm didn’t allow a run or hit and struck out three over two innings for the win.

Deer Creek opened the regional with a 5-0 win over Midwest City but lost 4-0 to Yukon in the semifinals.

The Antlers regrouped to win 10-0 over the Millers to set up the winner-take-all title game.

ED. NORTH ROUTS PANTHERS Hampered by three errors, PC North saw its season end with a 12-2 loss to the host Huskies last Saturday in a 6A regional at Edmond North.

Daniel Martinez went 2-for-3 with a double and drove in two runs to lead the Panthers (14-23).

Brock Seibert accounted for the other hit and scored twice in the consolation game.

Pitcher Devin Ely allowed four runs on four hits over 2-1/3 innings in the loss.

PC North opened the regional with a 9-4 loss to Edmond Santa Fe but rebounded with a 12-6 win over Lawton to stay alive.

Thursday, May 9 Game 1: Deer Creek vs. Broken Arrow, 11 a.m.

Game 2: Westmoore vs. Jenks, 1:30 p.m.

Game 3: Norman North vs. Stillwater, 4 p.m.

Game 4: Owasso vs. Edmond Santa Fe, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, May 10 Game 1 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner, 11 a.m.

Game 2 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 11 Semifinal Winners, 3:30 p.m.

Note: Thursday and Friday games are at Bixby.

Saturday’s game is at ONEOK Field in Tulsa.

DUNCAN TOO MUCH FOR IRISH Surrendering at least one run in five of seven innings, McGuinness suffered an 11-3 loss to Duncan last Saturday in a 4A regional at Altus.

Sam Bass belted a double and drove in two runs to lead the Irish, which ended their season with a 12-23 record. Will Hoch also had an RBI double, while Pat Joyce and Derek Abeln accounted for the other two hits and scored a run each.

Pitcher Nolan Reynolds allowed five runs on six hits and struck out two over four innings to take the loss.

The Irish also beat Altus 6-3 to open the regional, before losing 2-0 to Duncan and rebounding for a 9-0 win over the Demons to force the “if necessary” game.

CLINTON RUNS OVER CHARGERS Falling behind 6-0 after three innings, Heritage Hall never recovered in a 12-2 season-ending loss to Clinton in a 4A regional consolation final.

Jackson Jobe, Bowen Bridges and Caden Wells accounted for all three hits for the Chargers (19-15), while Jobe scored a run and Bridges drove in another.

Pitcher Thomas Gehr got roughed up for five runs on four hits in 1-1/3 innings in the loss.

COMANCHE GETS PAST ROCKETS Mount St. Mary opened a 5-0 lead in the second inning, but saw that advantage dwindle over the next five frames to endure a 9-8 loss to

Comanche in a 3A regional at Marlow.

Garrett Bocock batted 3-for-4 including two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored for the Rockets (12-16).

Tucker Resolute belted a two-run single and scored another run.

Jacob Loflin, Conner Hooper and Shain Schweikhart collected the other three hits with Loflin and Hooper scoring and driving in a run each.

Loflin also allowed two runs and struck out three in one inning for the pitching loss.

COALGATE TOPS KNIGHTS Crossings Christian plated three runs in the fifth and sixth innings but came up short in a 9-8 loss to Coalgate last Friday at a 2A regional in Silo.

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SOCCER ROUNDUP

Irish girls earn spot in 5A semis Of the 10 Fridayland soccer teams to make the state playoffs, only the McGuinness girls survived into Tuesday’s Class 5A semifinal game.

The Irish (14-3) escaped with a 1-0 victory over Piedmont in last Friday’s quarterfinals to earn a spot in the semis.

McGuinness is scheduled to host Tulsa Washington on Tuesday for the right to face the GuthrieTulsa Kelley winner this Friday or Saturday for a state championship.

Results weren’t available as of press time, so check www.okcfriday.com to see who made the finals.

The Irish blew past Fridayland rival Heritage Hall, 9-1, last Tuesday in the first round. The Charger girls end their season at 9-6.

The McGuinness boys suffered a 2-1 overtime loss to Lawton McArthur on Friday in their first round game to end their season with a 69 record.

Both Deer Creek squads also saw their

seasons end with losses on Tuesday in the opening round of the 6A playoffs.

The Antler boys (10-4) endured a 5-2 setback at Mustang, while the girls (5-9) lost 4-3 in overtime to the Broncos.

In the 4A playoffs, meanwhile, the Mount St. Mary boys lost 4-1 at Southeast on Tuesday in the second round to end their season.

The Rockets (13-3) advanced after a 4-1 win over Classen SAS last Friday in the first round.

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TRACK ROUNDUP | 2A, 4A STATE MEETS

HH’s Matthews earns 2 golds Heritage Hall’s Daphne Matthews earned a pair of gold medals, and broke her own state record for one of them, at the Class 4A state championships last Saturday in Catoosa.

Teammates Billy Ross Jr. and Jaden McDaniel, along with Mount St. Mary’s Jackson SalsmanWhitfield, also brought home golds from state.

In the team standings, Mount St. Mary finished seventh, followed by Heritage Hall in eighth and John Marshall in ninth. The Charger girls placed 10th and the Rockets came in 18th place.

Matthews edged out Weatherford’s Maicie Brown by just over two seconds in the 800 meters to set a new state record of 2:11.16, beating the her own 2018 record by nearly three seconds.

She picked her sec-

ond gold medal with a 0.05 second win in the 400 in 52.80 seconds, and also came up two seconds short of a third win with a silver medal in the 1600 meters.

Ross Jr. earned his gold medal in the 100 meters in 10.76 seconds, just ahead of John Marshall’s Bryce Stephens in 10.91.

Stephens got the better of Ross by 0.03 second in the 200 with Stephens finishing second in 22.25 and Ross clocking 22.28 for third place.

McDaniel secured his win in the 300meter hurdles by less than a tenth-second in 39.69 seconds.

The Rockets’ Salsman-Whitfield won the 3200 meters in 9:57.52 and came up two seconds short in the 1600 meters to settle for a silver medal. He also finished fifth in the 800 meters.

Irish cruise to regional titles Both McGuinness track teams cruised to Class 5A regional titles last Saturday at Edmond North.

CCS’ JOHNSON SWEEPS HURDLES Crossings Christian’s Hunter Johnson also picked up a pair of gold medals in the 2A state championships last weekend at Western Heights.

His wins, along with an individual and relay silver medal, helped the Knights finish fourth in the team standings.

Johnson swept the 110- and 300-meter hurdles, winning the 110 by a half-second in 15.23 and the 300 by a quarter-second in 40.51 seconds.

Teammate Jonah Mahen missed out on a gold medal in the 100 meters by less than a quarter-second in 11.13 seconds to settle for silver.

The Knights also finished second in the 800-meter relay and fourth in the 400meter relay.

Story continued at www.okcfriday.com.

The Irish qualify for the state meet this Friday and Saturday at Moore High School.

Deer Creek also qualified for the 6A state meet with a pair of fifth place finishes at regionals.

Story continued at www.okcfriday.com.

TENNIS ROUNDUP

Charger girls 3rd in 5A state With players alive in three different divisions, the Heritage Hall girls tennis team resides in third place after the first day of the Class 5A state tournament.

Heavy rains last Friday pushed the opening rounds to Saturday with the championship and consolation matches set for Tuesday.

Both Charger doubles teams are poised to earn state titles after semifinal wins on Saturday.

The No. 1 team of Ryan Thompson and Annabelle Treadwell downed Crossings Christian’s Ciarra Rose and Aspen Minihan in the semifinals.

Genesis Franks and Phoebe Shapard cruised to a semifinal win over Cascia Hall

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Heritage Hall’s Annabelle Treadwell hits a return during her doubles match last Saturday at the Class 5A state tournament at OKC Tennis Center.

in No. 2 doubles.

Anna Young suffered a semifinal loss to earn a spot in the in No. 2 singles consolation final on Tuesday.

Crossings Christian’s Megan Szymanski is also still alive for a No. 2 singles title after a semifinal win over Tulsa Kelley’s Kate Miley.

In the 4A tournament, Harding Charter Prep’s Carolyn Jarrett lost to Regent Prep’s Beth Bayless in the No. 1 singles semi-

Chargers, Knights win regionals titles Both Heritage Hall and Crossings Christian squads boys squads earned regional titles last Monday.

The Chargers and Knights, along with McGuinness and Deer Creek, earned spots in the state tournament this Friday and Saturday at OKC Tennis Center.

finals on Saturday.

Deer Creek, meanwhile, is tied for 5th in the 6A tournament after the first day.

The No. 2 doubles team of Chloe Hill and Emma Turner earned a berth in the semifinals with a straight sets win over Edmond Santa Fe on Saturday.

Addison Miller and Marissa Teter are still alive after wins in the consolation quarterfinals, as are Macey Cates and Kacie Waswo in No. 1 doubles.

Will Kaiser won the No. 1 singles title, as did the No. 1 doubles team of Brenden Baird and Wesley Jansen and the No. 2 dobules team of Gavin Wilson and Harris Zeiders.

The Knights got wins from Daniel Hailey and Hunter Denumbrun in Nos. 1 and 2 singles, along with Jacob Clinkenbeard and Rhett Gibbs in No. 2 doubles.

Girls state and boys regionals results continued at www.okcfriday.com.

GOLF ROUNDUP

Chargers poised for 3-peat Enjoying a 30stroke lead after two rounds, Heritage Hall appears to be heading for a third straight Class 4A state championship.

The final 18 holes

were set to be played on Tuesday, with the results not available by press time.

Check www.okcfriday.com for results.

The Chargers have three players in the top 10 after 36 of the 54-hole state tournament in Ardmore.

William McDonald carded a total of 144 (75-69) at Dornick

Hills Country Club to sit two strokes behind Ada’s Max Roberts for the individual medalist honors.

Blake Miller fired a 152 (74-78) for seventh place and Ben Thionnet is one shot back at 153 (81-72) in a tie for eighth.

Mount St. Mary’s Joey Lewis shot a 162 (86-76) over 36 holes

for a tie in 19th place to lead the Rockets, while Harding Charter Prep’s Sean Dobson is in 25th after shooting 167 (81-86).

In the 5A tournament, McGuinness was 11 shots behind leader Guthrie in the race for a 5A state championship.

Cole Bardell shot a 149 (74-75) over 36

holes at Lawton Country Club to sit in fifth place. Ethan Dawson was five shots back in a tie for seventh.

Matt Popielec cracked the top 15 with a 154 (77-77) to tie for 11th place.

Crossings Christian’s Craig Sanders carded a 36-hole total of 147 (73-74) at Tulsa Country Club for sixth

place in the individual standings in 3A and help the Knights to fourth as a team.

In 6A, PC North’s lone qualifier Grant Murphy scored a 149 (77-72) at Rose Creek in Edmond to sit in a tie for 11th, while Deer Creek’s Noah Kern is in a tie for 47th with a pair of 81s for a 162 total.

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CALENDAR EVENTS CONCERTS May 18 • NKOTB

New Kids on the Block comes to the Chesapeake Arena with their Mixtape Tour with very special guests Salt-NPepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty

by Nature at 8 p.m.

Visit the arena website for information.

FESTIVALS May 18 • Craft Beer Festival

Oklahoma Craft Beer Festival is a beer, cider and mead tasting event that focuses on producers from Oklahoma, the U.S. and around the world. This is the festival’s 8th year and promises to be the largest one yet at the fairgrounds from 1 – 6 p.m. Call (405) 602-8500 for details.

THIS WEEKEND May 11 • Ostrich Egg Breakfast

Hatch a plan to attend ZOOfriends’ 33rd annual Ostrich Egg Breakfast at the Oklahoma City Zoo from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

ZOOfriends member tickets for this unique family event, are $15 for adults, $12 for children and nonmember tickets are $20. The buffet includes an all-youcan-eat smorgasbord of pancakes, sausage, bacon, scrambled hens’ eggs, waffles and of course omelets.

Visit the zoo website for details.

May 11 • Deep German Romanticism

The OKC Philharmonic presents this concert at the Civic Center featuring two powerhouse German pieces framing the music.

May 11 • OKC Garden Fest

Participating in the OKC Garden Fest is a perfect way to celebrate spring. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. enjoy this annual festival of plants, gardens and artists at the Myriad Botanical Gardens. Buy items for your garden and home, ask the experts your planting questions, enjoy some family fun activities and grab a yummy bite to eat. Buy locally grown and made products. The festival will offer perennials, annuals, native plants, herbs, produce, florals, succulents, pollinator plants, wines and agriculturally-related crafts.

Activities for children will also be offered and there is no charge for attending and food trucks will be on-site. Call (405) 445-7080 for details.

There is a concert preview with Alexander Mickelthwate and a post concert Q&A with the conductor and pianist.

May 11 • Mother’s Day at the ORR Family Farm

Enjoy a Mother’s Day celebration at the Farm. All moms get free admission on May 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Take a ride on the zip line, pet animals in the Barnyard, mine for gemstones and more, 14400 S. Western Ave.

May 11 • Celebrate Event

Penn Square Mall invites area residents and visitors to Celebrate, a community event celebrating moms, veterans, active military, friends and family. Taking place on Saturday, May 11 from 2 – 4 p.m. in Lower Level, Center Court, the event will feature a variety of free, familyfriendly fun for guests of all ages. Attendees can enjoy drinks, snacks, beauty demonstrations, fashion previews, giveaways and much more. In addition, guests can enter for a chance to win coveted concert tickets in the raffle and silent auctions. Proceeds from the silent auctions and raffles will benefit Edmond Women's Club.

May 12 • Mother’s Day Brunch

The AAA Four-Diamond Skirvin Hilton Hotel will celebrate moms on Sunday, May 12 with a traditional Mother’s Day brunch in the hotel’s stunning Grand Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s delicious brunch will feature a variety of chef-prepared dishes for the entire family to enjoy. Mother’s Day brunch reservations should be made in advance by calling (405) 272-3040. Price is $49.95 per adult and $29.95 for children ages 11 and under. Tax and gratuity are not included.

May 12 • Darci Lynne & Friends

Oklahoma native and singer/ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer impresses audiences across the country with her sweetheart disposition and undeniable, show-stopping talent beyond her years.

Accompanied by her musical friends including a divaesque rabbit: Petunia, a shy and soulful mouse: Oscar and a sarcastic old woman: Edna. She performs her Fresh Out of the Box Tour at the Civic Center at 3 p.m.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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appy Mother’s Day! In honor of mom’s big day, Rodeo Cinema and the Museum of Art are offering wonderful films about strong women for the next two weeks.

Rodeo Cinema in Stockyard City is hosting Ask Dr. Ruth, an uplifting documentary about the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America’s most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and shows no signs of slowing down, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and unlikely path to a career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.

Ask Dr. Ruth, which premiered at Sundance in January, is the latest film from director Ryan White. White won the Special Jury Prize at deadCenter in 2014 for his Emmy nominated film The Case Against 8. He was Emmy nominated a second time in 2017 for his Netflix series The Keepers. For screening times, please visit rodeocinema.org.

Next week, Rodeo

Cinema will add the gorgeous music documentary Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace is a live concert film featuring Aretha Franklin recording a new album of gospel songs at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972.

The original film was directed by Sydney Pollack, the Oscar winning director of Out of Africa and Tootsie.

The film was never released because there were so many technical difficulties syncing the audio with the video.

In 2007, producer Alan Elliott purchased the raw footage from Warner Brothers, worked with a team of engineers to sync the audio, and created the new 87 minute film that will screen at Rodeo Cinema.

Aretha Franklin sued Elliott twice to keep the film from being released in 2011 and again in 2015. But, after her death, Aretha’s family made a deal with Elliott so he could release the film this year. The new film has received rave reviews, with Peter Travers from

Rolling Stone saying, “It’s the closest thing to witnessing a miracle — just some cameras, a crowd and a voice touched by God.” The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is also highlighting an amazing woman for the next two weeks: Academy Award winner Judi Dench. In the British drama Red Joan, Dench stars as Joan Stanley, a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information—including details on the building of the atomic bomb—to the Soviet government for decades.

As Joan is interrogated, she relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge; her tumultuous love affair with a dashing political radical; and the devastation of World War II, which inspired her to risk everything in pursuit of peace. Based on a sensational true story, Red Joan vividly brings to life the conflicts of a woman who spent a lifetime being underestimated while quietly changing the course of history. Please visit okcmoa.com/films for screening times.

oNE OKC block party connects communities Northeast OKC Renaissance Inc. (NEOKCR) will hold the 4th annual oNE OKC on Saturday, May 18 from 12 - 4 p.m. at the intersection of NE 23rd & Rhode Island. This year’s annual street festival will be headlined by nationally recognized music duo Adam and Kizzie and will feature a host of vendors, kids and wellness activities, including obstacles courses and yard games, food trucks, live music, poetry, a community mural and much more.

Councilwoman Nikki Nice along with DayQuann Ervin will serve as event emcees.

The annual community-based block party highlights major revitalization projects in Northeast

Oklahoma City and aims to strengthen the economic growth of the area with the goal of connecting the Eastside community with the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. “oNE OKC is at the epicenter of the movement to engage past, present and future residents and stakeholders in the revitalization of their community by place-making and vision casting,” said NEOKCR President Dr. Quintin Hughes. “The authentic and inclusive block party acknowledges the vibrancy of Northeast Oklahoma City, honors the community’s prolific history, and invites the entire state to participate in the area’s economic resurgence.”

The Building Tomorrow Tent will be a major event attraction highlighting the history and future of Northeast Oklahoma City.

“The Building Tomorrow Tent will be the event's hub in which community members can view new development projects within the community, engage with developers, and provide feedback via interactive displays on future place-making throughout the core of NEOKC,” said oNE OKC CoChairperson Ashley Chatman.

This year’s oNE OKC event will feature several activities for kids including a 40-ft obstacle course bounce house, Angry Bird interactive game, Nerf Gun challenge, yard games, and more! oNE OKC

will also offer health screenings, dental screenings, nutrition information by OU Medicine and financial literacy resources.

“Our community partners believe in the mission and vision of the NEOKCR,” Dr. Hughes said.

“Their involvement in this year’s oNE OKC will leave a lasting impact on event attendees as they learn about accessible programs and services available to local residents.” oNE OKC is sponsored by the Oklahoma City County Health Departments Wellness Now coalition. For more information, including sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, please visit oneokcevent.org.

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Harlow receives Westminster Young Alumni Award J

oshua Harlow, ‘06, a member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity, received the Westminster College Young Alumni Achievement Award during the College’s Alumni Weekend.

Harlow is a senior vice president of Jones Public Relations (2009-present), and in this role, he provides strategic management and counsel for integrated public relations and public affairs campaigns. In this position, he serves as the senior executive managing all 70-plus agency accounts.

Harlow oversees clients ranging from the largest intellectual disability non-profit in the world to working alongside advocacy organizations, promoting free market, free enterprise and limited government across the country.

He has been instrumental in guiding projects for the nation’s largest wireless company, energy exploration and production companies across multiple states, fighting for adequate infrastructure funding in the Midwest and working on advocacy teams breaking barriers to achieving school choice in neighborhoods across Oklahoma and beyond.

He also serves as the senior communications advisor and manages the Communications Department for the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS). He was inspired to work on behalf of NDSS by his younger cousin, Chris, who has Down syndrome and fellow Westminster alum Sara Hart Weir ‘04, who recruited him to work with NDSS to help her build a grassroots and advocacy arm as a part of the organization.

“Josh embodies our Westminster College philosophy of life-long learning, professional accomplishments and a long history of deep philanthropic support to Westminster College and its students.”

Sara Hart Weir, ‘04, president and CEO of NDSS said. “He continues to carry Westminster in his heart by leading a life of purpose, passion and success.”

Previously, he was a Senior Associate with Axiom Strategies Republican Consulting (2007-2009), press

and legislative assistant for Kansas Speaker of the House Melvin Neufeld (20062007), staff assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Labor (2005) and in 2004 Harlow interned in the White House.

Harlow and his wife, Jenna ‘06, have been loyal donors since graduation and members of the President’s Club. They have been active in Alumni Council and have underwritten the expense of student internships in Washington, D.C., and the public policy arena.

They were also generous contributors to the John Langton Professorship of Legal Studies and Political Science.

This past fiscal year the couple committed to a pledge of $25,000 to support the Westminster Fund.

The Young Alumni Achievement Award is presented annually to alumni who demonstrate the Westminster mission through outstanding achievement early in their chosen career and/or dedicated leadership and service to their community and who have graduated within the past 15 years.

The award is approved by both the Alumni Council and the Board of Trustees.

Only two alumni can receive the award annually.

JOSHUA HARLOW

Greens earns national honor The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City was named 2019 USTA Member Organization of the Year at the USTA Annual Awards hosted in Austin, Texas.

The award, instituted in 1981, is given to the organization that best exemplifies service to the community, service to its members through junior and adult programs, and service to the game of tennis. The honor represents the highest standard an organization in tennis can strive to achieve.

The Greens Country Club serves as one of Oklahoma City’s most active tennis facilities and is often referred to as a “Club with a Cause.”

Numerous sanctioned tennis tournaments and special events are hosted throughout the calendar year at the club that benefit local non-profit organizations and bring awareness to special causes. The Greens is the first recipient of the USTA Member Organization of the Year from Oklahoma in the 39 years the prestigious award has been presented.

The Greens Country Club was honored as 2019 USTA Member Organization of the Year at the USTA’s Annual Awards luncheon March 25 in Austin, Texas.

Accepting the award on behalf of The Greens are (from left): assistant tennis professional Caitlyn Metseff, director of tennis Suzanne LaBelle, and head tennis professional Tim Shanahan.

Lyric makes staff changes Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma has welcomed five new faces to its administrative staff and has announced the promotion of a sixth person,

as the organization starts its 2019 theatrical season.

Kerrie BrinkmanWhite has been named the new director of development, and Leia VanLue has joined as the organization’s business manager. Andy

Foreman will serve as information systems specialist and Sarah King Bartell is the organization’s newest house manager. At Lyric’s Thelma Gaylord Academy, Kassie Carroll Downey joins as education associate, choreographer and dance instructor. Additionally, Jessica Carabajal, who previously served as house manager, was promoted to a full-time position as development coordinator.

“These six professionals bring a great deal of expertise to Lyric and are all highly respected in the arts and business communities,” said Michael Baron, Lyric’s producing artistic director. “I look forward to working with each one as See BUSINESS, Page 9

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Students

Meatless Mondays: Students’ vision for sustainability A

s the 2018-2019 school year comes to a close, many of us look back on the year’s challenges, successes, growth and overall outcomes.

As for the class of 2019’s Earth and Environmental science students, they had one last duty to fulfill before throwing their caps: Meatless Mondays. With the support of Casady’s administration, faculty, and SAGE dining team, students took action to create and implement a new environmentally sustainable meal

by Isabel O’Connor

CASSADY COMMUNITY

plan for the Casady community. To date, Casady’s SAGE staff has made this transition smoothly, with “no complaints to speak of,” according to Kevin Schoenhoff, Casady’s food service director.

Seniors Payton Bell, Ruby Berryman, Brooklynn

Seniors Isabel O'Connor, Ruby Berryman, Payton Bell and Brooklynn Dyson pose for a photo after presenting their Meatless Monday initiative to Upper Division.

Dyson and Isabel O’Connor presented the initial idea to the upper and middle division student bodies, including a studentsurvey. In the presentation, they pressed the facts, linking the meat industry’s production, transportation, storage, and cooking requirements to a massive amount of greenhouse gases emitted daily into our atmosphere. Their solution: limit Casady’s weekly meat consumption, inspire other schools to follow in our carbon-reducing

footsteps, and make a collective difference in the Earth’s environment for the better.

The survey revealed a number of students’ concerns with losing meat as a source of protein for their lunch. Fortunately, for students who do not wish to comply with Meatless Mondays, the sandwich and salad bar meat servings will remain available, as an item of SAGE protocol. However, Monday’s entree will remain vegetarian, despite that the SAGE team’s “biggest

challenge will be making sure [they] are meeting the protein needs of a daily diet,” Schoenhoff said.

Nonetheless, the entire dining team will continue to accommodate Meatless Mondays, “so long as [they] have the support of the student community.”

In fact, he also offered the idea of extending Meatless Mondays into the soup station.

“We are thrilled when the students can become as involved in our program as [their] endeavor allows.”

Bell, Berryman, Dyson and O’Connor hope to see this meal plan continue into Casady’s future with SAGE dining, and also have discussed motivating other SPC schools to make this change in their communities.

Schoenhoff admitted that “it might be a tough sell, being that the SPC runs through cattle country, but it is a possibility,” adding,

“we are more than willing to pass the idea to the food service directors and chefs at the other SPC schools that use SAGE.” The senior students have expressed much gratitude to the dining staff, who have gone out of their way to implement these sustainable changes, and can only hope to continue their collaboration.

Perry explained that students felt reluctant to act on their will for change in the past, for fear that others might ridicule them.

“I think when people hear someone is a vegetarian, they just think they eat a lot of salads and broccoli.

Or, they may think they just don’t want to hurt animals.”

Perry said that, although this may be true to an extent, many vegetarians feel compelled to commit to this lifestyle for the planet’s and their own health.

Link Crew helps Panthers to connect A

s seniors leave, freshmen arrive and North has Link Crew to welcome them. In the fall of 2016, Link crew began

by Kayla Booker

PANTHER PROGRESS

and ever since then it has taken off.

Link Crew orchestrates many activities for our freshmen, such as Panther Palooza, which is a day of orientation and fun before school starts.

Throughout the year, leaders present lesson about character education and goal setting in Panther time.

They also host a freshman retreat and Coco and Cram, which is an evening of studying before semester finals, with Link Crew leaders acting as tutors.

The significance of Link Crew is to “link our freshman to our high school, to get the high school experience because research has shown that if students don’t feel connected

and don’t feel like they fit in, their grades and attendance can suffer,” link crew advisor Brittani Philips said.

If you’re looking for a welcoming hand, Link Crew brings a warmth and nice vibe to the incoming freshman. The main attraction for the freshmen is Panther Palooza, “It’s a great way to meet new people and to make new friendships,” freshman Chy’Nee Johnson said.

One of Link Crews main roles is to give freshmen advice and make them feel at ease through the transition.

“They give us helpful advice on friendships in high school and talk to us about building a great work ethic,” Johnson said.

Another activity the organization puts on is the freshman retreat.

During this two-day event the students gather to play team bonding games and get to know one another.

“The freshman retreat was really fun,” freshman Olivia Bailey said. “We got to play many games and meet new people, the link crew members were very nice and kind.”

Although Link Crew is all about making freshman feel comfortable during the transition from middle school to high school, the Link Crew members have also been positively impacted by joining this school organization as well.

Many crew members have joined to become more involved and included in the school.

“Link Crew has changed my perspective on high school, such as getting out of your comfort zone and being a more open person,” senior Kasey Bodenoff said.

It has also helped the leaders grow.

“I have developed great leadership skills and have developed more confidence,” senior Myla Carrey said.

News

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Bookman new president of State Medical Association Oklahoma City gastroenterologist Larry Bookman, M.D., was inaugurated as president of the state’s largest organization of physicians, the Oklahoma State Medical Association at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.

More than 300 leaders in medicine and state government attended the Inaugural Gala, including Rep. Chad Caldwell, Sen. Carrie Hicks, newly-designated Oklahoma Secretary of Health and Mental Health Jerome Loughridge, Attorney General Mike Hunter and Gov. Kevin Stitt. Also in attendance were Former State Sen. Ervin Yen, Former Rep. Jim Dunlap, Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating and First Lady Kathy Keating.

A Tulsa native, Dr. Bookman earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Oklahoma, before attending the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Oklahoma City.

Following a residency in Internal Medicine, he relocated to southern California to complete a combined fellowship in hepatology and gastroenterology at the University of California-Irvine.

In 1982, Dr. Bookman returned to Oklahoma and formed Associates in Internal Medicine at St. Anthony’s Hospital with Rusty King, M.D., and Brad Marion, M.D. Associates in Internal Medicine expanded quickly, reaching 11 physicians within six years. In 1988, he left the multi-specialty group to begin a private gastroenterology (GI) practice.

As the need for gastroen-

terology services grew in the early 1990s, Dr. Bookman joined with other GI specialists Richard Welch, M.D.; Danny Smith, M.D.; Tom Shireman, M.D.; and Mark Mellow, M.D., to start Digestive Disease Specialists, Inc. The new partnership also opened the first freestanding ambulatory endoscopy unit in Oklahoma City, which was only the sixth freestanding endoscopy unit within the United States.

Since its inception in 1993, Digestive Disease Specialists has grown into one of the largest GI groups in the U.S. with 20 gastroenterologists, spanning five offices with two free-standing endoscopy units serving the needs of patients in Oklahoma. In addition, it ranks among the top ten GI practices in the country.

In addition to his role as a founding member of Digestive Disease Specialists, Dr. Bookman has served as president of several medical organizations, including the Oklahoma County Medical Society, the Oklahoma and Arkansas Endoscopy Society and the Oklahoma State Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He has also served the Oklahoma State Medical Association as a member of the board of trustees as well as on the executive board of the Oklahoma Blood Institute.

In 2010, Dr. Bookman founded the Oklahoma County Medical Society Leadership Academy, where 15 young physicians complete a fivemonth leadership course.

Throughout the duration of the

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management and web development led to his employment as the information systems specialist. At Lyric, he’s responsible for managing the customer relationship database, assisting all departments with report generation and maintaining web site data.

Bartell earned a bachelor degree from Drury University in Springfield, Mo., majoring in theatre, writing and English. In 2012, she returned to her hometown of Norman and founded the nonprofit theatre collective Namron Players Theatre with her husband, Nicholas Bartell, who serves as director of secondary education at Lyric’s Academy. As house manager, she will welcome patrons to the Plaza Theatre and oversee front-ofhouse operations during Plaza performances.

A native of Norman, Downey graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor of music in musical theater. Her career has included performing, teaching and directing for companies from Oklahoma to New York and Australia. She is a proud member of Actors Equity Association, the union for professional actors. At Lyric’s Academy, Downey teaches a variety of classes, including choreography and dance, and assists with Academy marketing and communications.

Previously serving as Lyric’s Plaza house manager for two years, Carabajal joined the staff full-time at the end of 2018 as development coordinator. An Oklahoma City native, she attended Classen School of Advanced Studies and earned her bachelor degree in general studies with a minor in theatre arts from the University of Central Oklahoma. At Lyric, Carabajal serves as the board of directors liaison and supports the Development department with its day-to-day operations.

From Page 7 we continue to produce quality professional theatre and cultivate young theatre performers of tomorrow.”

Brinkman-White graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor degree in education and has put her degree to work in several capacities, including teaching at Jenks Public Schools and working for two global pharmaceutical companies and the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business. She joins the Lyric family from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. BrinkmanWhite is a dedicated supporter of the arts and has performed in more than a dozen shows at Sooner Theatre and Poteet Theatre. She brings two decades’ experience in corporate training, management, sales and marketing, education and fundraising in both the public and private sector.

VanLue oversees the accounting operations of the theatre and offers more than 12 years of non-profit accounting experience. Before Lyric, she worked for three years at the Jewish Community Center of Dallas managing all aspects of payroll, recruiting, onboarding and benefits administration. VanLue previously worked as the assistant controller for the Dallas Theater Center and received her bachelor degree in business administration from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith.

She is also a member of the Air Force Reserves, currently serving at the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base.

A native of Tulsa, Foreman completed his studies at Northeastern Oklahoma State University, earning a bachelor degree in computer science.

His experience dealing with software support, database

course, physicians learn from community leaders outside the field of medicine in order to strengthen their leadership skills. He has also been recognized for his service, receiving the 2013 Ed L. Calhoon M.D., Award for Leadership in Medicine from the Oklahoma State Medical Association and, in 2015, he received the Oklahoma County Medical Society’s Don F. Rhinehart MD Lifetime Achievement Award for Medical Service.

Outside of the medical community, Dr. Bookman has served on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Philharmonic, the Lyric Theater and served as chairman of the Festival of the Arts. He credits his parents for his commitment to community service and says his wife Kathy, and two daughters, Jordan and Blair, have been his inspiration and the highlight of his career and years of service.

The state’s largest physician advocacy group, the Oklahoma State Medical Association represents over 4,000 physicians, residents and medical students.

From medical school to retirement, physicians rely on OSMA to champion healthcare and safety for Oklahomans and support doctors in advancing the compassionate practice of medicine through legislative and regulatory advocacy, professional development, practice resources and other benefits spanning all medical practice structures and specialties.

To learn more, visit OKMed.org.

- Photos by Laura Eckel

From left: Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt; Oklahoma State Medical Association Past-President Jean Hausheer, M.D.; and Oklahoma State Medical Association President Larry Bookman, M.D.

The Bookman family, from left: Jordan and Ethan Kalm and their son; Oklahoma State Medical Association President Larry Bookman, M.D.; Kathy Bookman; Blair and Cale Patterson.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt; Former Oklahoma First Lady Cathy Keating; and Former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating.

Serendipity arises in Village election

By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

her a message, but never received a reply. Later I got an application for one of our “The probability of a cerrentals and her name was tain set of circumstances comlisted as a roommate, with a ing together in a meaningful contact number through her … way is so low that it simply employer.” Lowther called cannot be considered mere that number “but by then she coincidence.” – author V.C. had quit and left no forwardLOWTHER King ing information.”

Retired school teacher Jane Lowther One week prior to the April 2 elecdidn’t win her race for the Ward 3 seat tion Lowther held a campaign meeton The Village City Council. But during and-greet at a restaurant in The Vilher campaign she solved a 20-year-old lage. “I was so busy talking to prospecmystery and reconnected with a former tive voters that I failed to eat,” she student at an appropriate moment. said. After the event concluded and Lowther taught in Oklahoma City everyone had left, “I went to the countPublic Schools for more than 30 years. er to get my order to go.”

In 1999, while she was teaching at the Lowther began speaking to an former Hoover Middle School, the home employee who “kept saying she knew of one of her students burned to the me from somewhere.” The longer they ground, killing the girl’s 18-month-old talked “we finally decided it was from niece. my days at Hoover.” When Lowther “We were a tight-knit team of teachasked the woman whether she knew ers and students, and all of our stuthe former student, “It turned out to be dents wanted to do something to help her! You can’t imagine my shock and this girl,” Lowther recalled. “We took happiness at finally finding her after up a collection for the remainder of the 20 years.” week and waited for her to return to Lowther grabbed her order, told the school to give her the money. There woman she’d return in just a few minwere pennies to $5 bills; I crammed utes, “raced home, grabbed the jar, and them into a large beef jerky jar and sprinted back” to the eatery to give her waited.” former student the donated money.”

Days turned into months “and before Teacher and student both “teared up.”

I knew it the year was over and I still “She told me she’d had some probhad the money,” she said. “When I emp- lems, but her life was on track,” tied my desk at the end of the year, I Lowther said. “She also said she’d been took the money home, but included a praying because she needed rent data sheet on the student so I could try money and wasn’t sure whether she to find her.” could get all of it.”

Lowther visited the site of the fire The two women chatted some more, “but nothing was there,” she said. exchanged information and have been “There wasn’t a door I could attach a in contact since then. note to nor anyone I could ask to con“She even sent me a message telling tact me.” The emergency telephone me the exact amount that was in the numbers on the girl’s personal data jar; I had no idea,” Lowther said. sheet had been disconnected. “I put the “We decided that what happened money aside and waited, thinking sure- was meant to be,” Lowther said. “She ly this would be resolved sometime told me she didn’t need the money soon.” when she was a young girl and probaBut weeks turned into months and bly would not have spent it wisely. months into years, “and there the There was a reason I had held onto it money sat, with no way to contact” the and she got it at just the right time.” girl. “I held onto the container, and Although Lowther lost the election, when I ran into former students from “This moment made the campaign well Hoover I always asked if they knew worth it, because I was at the precise how to contact this young lady.” place at the exact moment I needed to Years later, “one guy said she was on be and experienced a miracle – and the internet and I found her! I wrote that doesn’t happen every day.”

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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.

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n May 10th, 1974 when the first issue of OKC FRIDAY was mailed to homes in Nichols Hills, The Village and Quail Creek, hot topics ranged from moving advanced science classes back to John Marshall, new police cars in Nichols Hills and new picnic tables in The Village parks. Lee Allan Smith attracted an all-star lineup for the Stars and Stripes July 4th show including Bobe Hope and Tennesse Ernie Ford.

Now 45-years later, Lee Allan Smith is once again the impressario arranging for a Kristin Chenoweth benefit for Allied Arts at the Civic Center, public schools are still the hottest political debate and two generations have been born, featured on OKC FRIDAY’S school pages and now are the civic and busi-

He ordered his staff to have a pictures of at least 100 “Fridaylanders” every week and In MY the boldface names of many more.

Opinion Quail Creek Bank and Mercy Hospital by opened shortly after FRIDAY’S launch and VICKI CLARK GOURLEY the area boomed. vicki@okcfriday.com Now 45 years later, we strive to carry-on the principals Leland taught us... recognize achievement, whether professional, business leaders. ness, the arts or charties.

The internet changed the world, MAPs; “Everyone wants to see their kids’ and projects changed Oklahoma City, the popu- grandkids pictures in the newspaper.” larity of the OKC Thunder possibly exceeds OKC FRIDAY has always employed a but does not distract from the popularity of highly professional staff and covered controOU football. versial issues without flinching.

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Jail problems with HVAC heat up, then solved The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Emergency Meeting on May 1st made headlines, as commissioners worked together to find a solution to a problem at the jail. The jail air conditioner was shut down to allow for pipe work on the HVAC system, in a project that was contracted before I took office. While I did not contract this work or set the schedule for it, due to a delay in completing the work, it fell to me, as the current BOCC Chairman, to accelerate the timetable by declaring an emergency.

It is urgent to deal with the jail cooling system as temperatures are quickly rising as we approach late Spring and Summer. Oklahoma law provides that temper-

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KEVIN CALVEY atures cannot be higher than 85 degrees inside the jail without some sort of cooling intervention. At the time of the meeting, several areas in jail already reached that threshold due to some easily fixable mechanical malfunctions.

Stacey Trumbo, our county engineer, worked hard with facilities and the commissioners to determine a course of action. Due to a multitude of risks involved with turning on chilled water without a fully insulated pipe system, the Board moved to turn the HVAC system

on ahead of schedule. At that point, pipe insulation will be complete and not present an issue of voiding a warranty on a 2.2 million dollar project. Everyone seemed to agree to go ahead and turn the air on though, should a sudden spike in temperature occur.

District Attorney David Prater, Public Defender Bob Ravitz deserve special recognition for making us aware of the problem. Since a higher population will result in higher temperatures inside, the Judiciary and our County Court Services Department are working hard to bond as many eligible inmates as possible to counter an exacerbated heat problem.

I echo the District Attorney’s gratitude to county leadership for the prompt and collaborative response. This is an example of what may be achieved when Commissioners work together.

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Memories of Mom Having my mom with John and I in the delivery room as Vivian, her first grandchild, was born.

— Catherine Armitage ••••• When my children were young, I always said “the best part of life is being a mother.” Of course they rolled their eyes and made some funny comments.

After becoming a parent, they began to understand that being a parent is the best part of life.

Watching my children with their children is now the best part of my life.

— Mary Blankenship Pointer ••••• My daughter Katie was just four when we went to a park to watch a children’s play, “Sleeping Beauty.”

Gathering up the picnic blanket and basket after the conclusion of the production my daughter grabbed my hand and gushed to me, “Oh mother, don’t you just love a happy ending?” Then she added, “When I was born, did all your dreams come true?”

I remember pausing to gaze at her as I processed her sweet and enlightening question. That was when I realized my dreams had come true. All I ever wanted, from my earliest memory, was to be a mom. And here I was. Living the dream. I experienced a lovely awakening and education in that tender moment. One I will never forget.

— Linda Slawson ••••• A lot of my “mom” memories seem to revolve around food. Like a lot of families, for us, food is love.

The opportunity to prepare

food together and the opportunity to share that food together binds us in a way like nothing else can. I see it with my own family as I pack up meals for my son to take to college or help my daughter prepare her first Christmas as a new wife. It’s not just a casserole or our “special” sweet potatoes. They’re recipes from their childhood that in some way, I know, reminds them of how much they’re loved and connects them to their family.

Recipes matter. When my grandmother died I asked for just one thing: her recipe box. It’s a plastic box filled with lined index cards. Some are neatly typed, others beautifully handwritten, many are cut from magazines with notes such as, “reduce the salt.”

Some of the recipes I recognize because they showed up on my mom’s table. But my favorite section of the recipe box is in the back, “desserts.” My mother and grandmother were good cooks but they were great candy makers and that’s where the magic happened.

Every year we’d assemble at Christmas to make candy for the holidays. It was a day-long affair not for the timid. Pounds of blistering sugar, endless rolls of waxed paper and the precise timing of a clockmaker were required.

The event was legendary and friends were welcome to come and learn from the masters. Twenty years ago I took over the hosting duties. Four generations were there that day: my grandmother, mother, my daughter and me. We spent the entire day laughing, telling stories and making

Four generations baking candy, from left, Linda (Butler) Maisch, Lauren (Maisch) Satterlee, Shirley Warner and Laney (Warner) Butler. a ridiculous amount of candy. It was the last time we all were together to make our candy. Grandmother developed Alzheimer’s and her health declined rapidly.

However, the tradition continues today and I hope my daughter and niece will keep it going when I can’t continue. I have the recipe box in a safe place.

— Linda Maisch ••••• I was only 16, my mother was battling cancer at the time, and, our time together was very precious!

One day she called me into her bedroom and began to share with me the story of the diamond ring she had always worn on her right hand. It has a gift from my daddy’s mother, who had received it from her four brothers on her wedding day to my grandfather.

Grandmother had only had one child and was so thrilled to instantly have a daughter, when Daddy married Mother. And, so the ring became Mother’s!

That day, my mother

gathered me in her arms and told me that I was “the light of her life” and gave me that treasured ring. She passed away two months later. But, I will always have that moment to cherish, and, many years later was blessed to share that story with my son, who took that ring and placed it on his beloved bride-tobe.Treasured moments we will have forever!

— Betsy Felton ••••• My perfect mother died very suddenly when I was about 10. She was full of grace, fun, very giving to the community and our church. Our family was her life. I would reach in her pockets and always find a rosary. We would have jewelry box parties. I think about her and miss her every day.

I have been blessed with many “other mothers.” My step mother filled our family with sunshine. She gave me my favorite Aunt Mary Vaughn Jones. We cooked together, had girls nights out and lunches and went to Mass together. We laughed and cried. I felt her love.

Many of my high school and college friends shared their mothers with me.

These wonderful women became not only my friends but my “other mothers.”

Mary Hamilton, Hazel Sutter, Ruth Holberg are only a few. All of these mothers have shown me by their devotion that blood doesn’t have to be shared to have a mother and daughter relationship. One of the best gifts in my marriage was my mother-in-law, Emma Adele Swim Bennett. She became my mother in the truest sense. I adored her.

My favorite cousin Lela Bennett Sullivan has shown me what it means to make a loving family.

I can only hope I can give to my “other children” what these and many “other mothers” have gifted to me.

— Susie Bennett ••••• It’s hard to pinpoint one single mom memory in a lifetime of mom moments.

Leslie Berger’s mom Margaret and her grandson Nathan.

When I was young, our family spent many weekends at the ranch. We would leave on Friday evening and stop for our favorite treat at Sonic. We sang songs in the car and made memories throughout the weekends together.

My mom loved to rescue animals. We rescued countless turtles, ducks, good snakes and even a few goats (one of which bit my mother in the process).

We turned off all the lights at night and waited inside to see if animals would visit us on the deck — just to catch a glimpse.

We went on long nature walks and enjoyed just being outside.

We baked the best chocolate chip cookies and played Boggle for hours. My mom has an adventurous spirit and endless energy.

She was my Blue Birds leader, homeroom mother, sewed all of my costumes, made every holiday special and carpooled all of us everywhere.

I wish her the most wonderful Mother’s Day and am certain the day will be filled with an adventure or two! I love you, Mom! — Carrie Leonard ••••• My best “mom” memory is the night of the birth of my son.

One of the reasons is because it’s an experience I had the opportunity to share with my family and my mom. That was the first night I got to be both a mother and a daughter. I would describe that experience as love multiplied.

Everyone told me that if I had a C-Section, I would be one of the last people in the room to hold my son.

That turned out to be true, but everyone who touched him first loves him as much as I do. I ended up needing an emergency C-Section at 8 p.m. The year was 2007 and our documentation tool of choice was a fixed-focus Canon Powershot camera with a landline laptop connection at Mercy Hospital to email the image to our closest friends and family.

Think pre-iPhone and presocial media.

Once Nathan was lifted

from my womb, he was taken to the side for observation and cleaning. My husband snapped a picture on the small camera, walked to my side and said, “He’s really cute!” He proceeded to show me the image on the screen. I actually didn’t look that closely and just listened more closely to his verbal report about his well-being and his cute face.

I was wheeled out of the surgery room with Eric carrying Nathan behind me.

He handed Nathan to my mom in the waiting area outside our hospital room.

I remember that my mom told me a few minutes later she was beside herself that she was the second person to hold Nathan and how perfect the moment was. It was then that I got to be the third person on earth to hold my son in my arms and it is still excitedly heart-skipping to remember.

I might be one of the few people to hold my favorite Mom memory in a hospital room, but March 7, 2007 is the most magical “mom” memory in my mind. And I am super fortunate to have my Mom, Nathan’s “MiMi” an ever-present positive force in our lives!

— Leslie Berger ••••• It was a Macys Thanksgiving Day parade week two years ago that fulfilled a bucket list. Even though I am in New York City often and my daughter (Kacie Webb) was living there, it was a magical week. The parade was incredible and we went on to a fantastic Thanksgiving Day feast at the Four Seasons.

It was a thankful memory for us both!!

— Jane Webb ••••• I am fortunate that as an adult I count my mom as one of my closest friends.

We’ve enjoyed so many fun experiences together. She is a one of my biggest cheerleaders and champions and always a listening ear. Even though we’ve lived several states apart, we remain close. We talk to each other daily by phone and share the highs and lows of everyday life.

One of my favorite memories is when I was 20 years old, I was announced as a runner-up in my first state-level rodeo queen pageant. This was quite a surprise given my experience level. The awards took place in an arena filled with thousands of people, and I somehow managed to look up and spot my mom, who was as thrilled as I was. Connecting in that moment of joy and elation is a special memory that has stayed with us both and always will.

— Leslie Sowder Baker

Alzheimer’s Association

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Horses, Hats & Hope Everyone came in their best Derby Day attire to the Alzheimer’s Association’s Kentucky Derby watch party, Horses, Hats & Hope.

Adrian Palazzolo and Leslie Te were the event cochairman. The party included

a Cornhole Tournament and Dapper Dude and Kentucky Derby Hat contests.

There was also a Race Horse Raffle and Bourbon, Bubbles and Bow Ties Gift Punch.

Alzheimer’s Association staff member Kacee Van Horn with Horses, Hats & Hope Co-Chairmen Adrian Palazzolo and Leslie Te.

- Photos by Rose Lane

Meagan and Ben Panter and Jennifer and Michael Roberts strike a Derby Day pose during Horses, Hats & Hope. Ben was also the winner of the Dapper Dudes contest.

Amanda Baker, Courtney Buechle and Irene Gianos came out to watch the horses run.

Pretty in yellow are Katie Thompson and Christine Kepley.

Above: Scott and Lesley St. John. Lesley’s hat, which included a bird in a cage, won the contest. At left: Jacob Murray concentrates on his shot during the Cornhole Tournament.

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Quail Creek Home Tour

Cocktails in the Creek

Rains didn’t deter this group from attending Cocktails in the Creek. From left are, Jeb Cook, Marissa Snowden, Karen Wright, Susan Campbell and Sara Cook. The party, and the Home Tour the next day, benefited the Quail Creek Home Owners Association Foundation.

Jeremiah and Beth Jansen, left, opened their home on Rolling Stone Road for Cocktails in the Creek, a part of the Quail Creek Home Tour.

They are chatting with Doug and Susie Fuller, whose home was featured on the tour.

Courtney Wallace, Regan Roueche and Ashley Ritenour tour Jeremiah and Beth Jansen’s lovely home.

- Photos by Rose Lane

Above: Dave and Angela Amis admire a mural in the dining room of Jeremiah and Beth Jansen’s home. Below: Marc and Jenny Dunham take a break during the party.

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News

Power of food at One Eighty Food has the power to comfort and connects us through the experience of sharing a meal. That was the idea behind One Eighty, an evening benefitting Pivot.

“The event was a fun night to invest in the vital work we do to support youth in our community,” Jennifer Goodrich, Pivot interim president and CEO said. “We are excited to announce that the event raised nearly $245,000, which will directly impact our clients.”

Pivot also honored business leader and philanthropist H.E. “Gene” Rainbolt at the event for his passion and support in

meeting the needs of the resilient youth served by Pivot, A Turning Point for Youth.

“Mr. Rainbolt is constantly seeking ways to ensure youth are given a life filled with hope and opportunity,” Melanie Anthony, Pivot vice president of development and community engagement. “With his generous support Pivot is better able to help marginalized youth and create lasting positive changes.” Annually, Pivot helps more than 1,700 youth and their families with services such as stable housing, meals, education, job training, life skills, and mental and

physical health services.

Well-known local chefs Bruce Rinehart, Rococo, J. Mays, Hamilton, Robby Vernon, Hacienda and Janet Rosebeary, Rosebeary's Bakery created signature dishes for the event based on a Pivot youth’s fond memory of a childhood dish.

In addition to signature dishes, One Eighty offered spectacular silent and live auction items and a chance for guests to donate to support critical services for youth.

Guests also had the opportunity to hear from two youth served by Pivot through video,

Laughter under the stars Laughter will ring out under the stars as Shakespeare’s hilarious tale of mistaken identity takes the outdoor stage in June with The Comedy of Errors directed by D. Lance Marsh. A young man and his servant arrive in town, unaware that each of them has a separated-at-birth identical twin already there. This can’t end well—or maybe it can, but not before the unexpected double vision leads to furious wives, confused mistresses, scandalized family members, and general mayhem. This production is "family friend-

ly" and parents are encouraged to bring children 8 years and up to experience their first taste of Shakespeare.

Portraying the very confused sets of twins are Jordan Nicholes as Dromio of Syracuse and Tyler Malinauskus as Dromio of Ephasus, Sam Pinson as Antipholus of Syracuse and Dustin Dale Barlow as Antipholus of Ephasus. The cast also features Rachel Ryan Nicholes as Adriana, Rachel Necessary as Luciana, Mark Johnson as Duke Solinus, David Pasto as Egeon, Jenna Mazzaccolli as Courtesan and Alison

Gregory as Emilia and Doctor Pinch.

This year in honor of their 35th anniversary season, every child 12 and under will be admitted absolutely free alongside an adult ticketbuyer, to see Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors at the beautiful Myriad Gardens Water Stage in downtown Oklahoma City.

Single ticket prices are $20 for adults with discounts available for groups of 10 or more, seniors, students, military, and educators. Tickets are available at okshakes.org or by calling 1 (800) 8383006.

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“I am independent. I am strong. And it is because of Pivot and because of my counselors,” said Stephanie. Za’Quabian shared, “Pivot has made a big impact on my life. I don’t think I’d be on this good path I’m on now without Pivot.

Thank you for helping me and caring and showing me support.”

Go wild this summer with the “Read for Adventure” program and experience your own day at the Zoo! The Zoo is a proud member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the American Alliance of Museums, Oklahoma City’s Adventure District and an Adventure Road partner.

Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Regular admission is $11 for adults and $8 for children ages 3-11 and seniors ages 65 and over. Children two and under are admitted free. Stay up-to-date with the Zoo or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and by visiting the Zoo’s Blog.

To learn more about these and other happenings, call (405) 424-3344 or visit okczoo.org.

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- Photo by Mike W. Ray - Photos by Rose Lane

Sewing Hope Gala The Sewing Hope Gala honored Sister Rosemary and the Spirit of Hope Awards. Above: Nayos Sirisoot receives the Golden Pop Tab Award. At right: Mary Blankenship Pointer with Sister Rosemary. Pointer received a Spirit of Hope Award.

Litter blitz City officials and private citizens conducted a “litter blitz” in The Village on April 27 in preparation for the annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon the next day. Among those who collected trash and debris along both sides of Britton Road between Waverly and Pennsylvania avenues were, from left: Mayor Sonny Wilkinson, Bruce Mulford, Kim Mulford, City Manager Bruce Stone and his wife Tim, Councilman David Bennett, and Mary Beth Carter.

Also participating was Sue Bozeman.

- Photo by Mike W. Ray

Health fair

Supporting the mission of the Pros for Africa and Sister Rosemary are, from left, Nancy Hyde, Dr. Bill Parry and Robert Cox.

A health fair at the North Side YMCA attracted scores of adults and children alike. Kim Schmidt, the health and wellness director at the “Y,” said the nationwide event is designed to promote healthy living. Here, Donnie Gilmore, right, an employee in The Village Public Works Department, looks on as his son Braden, 2, and daughter Berkley, 7, a student at James L. Dennis Elementary, chat with Lance Evans, community outreach coordinator for VarietyCare.

While several booths were staffed inside the “Y” gymnasium, multiple soccer games were played on fields behind the building.

Religion

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Mother’s Day: Who was Jesus’ mother?

Mary was the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus Christ, who was conceived within her by the Holy Spirit when she was a virgin. She is often called the “Virgin Mary,” though never in Scripture are those two words put together as a proper name (Matthew 2:11; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:27; Acts 1:14).

Little is known of her personal history. Her genealogy is given in Luke 3. She was of the tribe of Judah and the lineage of David (Psalm 132:11; Luke 1:32). She was connected by marriage with Elisabeth, who was of the lineage of Aaron (Luke 1:36).

While she resided at Nazareth with her parents, before she became the wife of Joseph, the angel Gabriel announced to her that she was to be the mother of the promised Messiah (Luke 1:35).

After this she went to visit her cousin Elisabeth, who was living with her husband Zacharias (probably at Juttah (Joshua 15:55; 21:16), in the neighborhood of Maon), at a considerable distance, about 100 miles, from Nazareth.

Immediately on entering the house she was saluted by Elisabeth as the mother of her Lord and then immediately gave her hymn of thanksgiving (Luke 1:46-56; compare 1 Samuel 2:1-10). After three months Mary returned to Nazareth to her own home.

Joseph was supernaturally made aware (Matthew 1:18-25) of her condition and took her to his own home. Soon after this the decree of Augustus (Luke 2:1) required that they should proceed to Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), some 80 or 90 miles from Nazareth; and while they were there they found shelter (Luke 2:6-7).

There she brought forth her son, who was called Jesus (Matthew 1:21), because he was to save his people from their sins.

This was followed by the presentation in the temple, the flight into Egypt, and their return in the following year and residence at Nazareth

(Matthew 2). There for 30 years Mary, the wife of Joseph the carpenter, resides, filling her own humble sphere, and pondering over the strange things that had happened to her. During these years only one event in the history of Jesus is recorded, viz., his going up to Jerusalem when twelve years of age, and his being found among the doctors in the temple (Luke 2:41-52).

Probably also during this period Joseph died, for he is not again mentioned.

After the commencement of our Lord’s public ministry little notice is taken of Mary. She was present at the marriage in Cana. A year and a half after this we find her at Capernaum (Matthew 12:46, 48-49), where Christ uttered the memorable words, “Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!”

The next time we find her is at the cross along with her sister Mary and Mary Magdalene and Salome, and other women (John 19:26). From that hour John took her to his own abode. She was with the little company in the upper room after the Ascension (Acts 1:14).

From this time she wholly disappears from public notice.

The time and manner of her death are unknown. www.christiananswers.net

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(Published in OKC Friday, Friday, May 3, 2019; Friday, May 10, 2019; Friday, May 17, 2019) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No. FD-2019-1113

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Dated the 29 day of April, 2019. /s/Selton Mack Selton Elvester Mack, Administrator For the Estate of Erma Jean Mack and Selton Ennis Mack, deceased

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IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Justa Illiana Short, Petitioner, and Donald Edmunde Short, Respondent.

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(Published in OKC Friday, Friday, May 10, 2019) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Case No. CV-2019-1055 THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO THE ABOVE NAMED RESPONDENT: Donald Edmunde Short GREETINGS: You will take notice that you have been sued in the above names Court by the above petitioner, for a Dissolution of Marriage on the grounds of incompatibility and that unless you answer the petition filed by the petitioner in said Court on or before the ___ day of ______, 2019, said Petition will be taken as true and judgement granting to the petitioner a Dissolution of Marriage, annulling, canceling, setting aside and holding for naught the marriage contract with you and for other relief and orders rendered according to the prayer thereof.

WITNESS my hand and the seal of said Court this __ day of _____, 2019. /s/ Justa Illiana Short Petitioner SUBSCRIBER AND SWORN to before me this 23 day of April, 2019.

Notary: /s/Jovanna Johnson My commission expires: 07/25/22 Commission Number: 18007370 (SEAL)

In the Matter of the Application of Vassiliki Economides Farrior and William Edward Farrior, Jr. as next of friend of (child) Nikolaos David Farrior to Amend the Mother’s Name on child’s Birth Certificate

To Whom It May Concern: Take notice that (a) Vassiliki Economides Farrior and William Edward Farrior, Jr., as parents and next of friend of Nikolaos David Farrior, have filed in the above Court a Petition to have the mother’s name changed as follows, to-wit: From (a) Vassiliki Eliza Farrior to (b) Vassiliki Economides Farrior; and that the same will be heard by the Honorable Judge Truong of Oklahoma County, in the County Courthouse, located at 321 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, on the 30 day of May 2019 at 2:00 o’clock p.m.; and that any person may file a written protest in the case, prior to the date set for hearing.

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NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the Estate of Ada Hays Griffin and Guy Wilson Griffin, Deceased, that on the 15 of April, 2019, there was produced and filed in the District Court of Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma, and instrument purporting to be the Will of Ada Hays Griffin, deceased, dated August 22, 1997 and there was also filed in the Court the Petition of Lance Griffin praying that the Will be admitted to probate, Letters Testamentary issued to him as Personal Representative of the Estate, to serve without bond, for a judicial determination of the heirs, devisees and legatees of the Decedent.

Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on April 15, 2019, notice is given that the May 15, 2019, at 1:30, is the day and time that the Petition will be heard in the District courtroom in the County Courthouse, 320 Robert S. Kerr, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested may appear and contest the same.

Witness, the undersigned, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma county, state of Oklahoma, this 15 day of April, 2019.

RICHARD W. KIRBY Judge of the District Court (SEAL) RICK WARREN, Court Clerk By: /s/Shawna McKay Deputy (Published in OKC Friday, Friday, May 3, 2019; Friday, May 10, 2019) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

TO: All interested parties.

Take notice that Branden Duane Jones has petitioned to change his/her name to Breanna Adream Pasquanae.

A Hearing on said petition is set for 1:30 o’clock P.M. on the 16 day of May, 2019, before Judge Ogden at 1:30 o’clock in his/her courtroom in the Oklahoma County Courthouse.

Should you know of some reason why this change of name should not be allowed you must file a written protest in the above styled and numbered cause prior to the above date with the Clerk of this Court. Should you fail to do so, the petition for change of name will be granted as prayed.

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ESTATE AUCTION SAT. MAY 18, 2019 9:30 AM 25805 State Hwy. 39, Purcell, OK Seller: Estate of James Engdahl For 50 years, James

6 had an infl uence in building/designing/contracting many of the houses and businesses in Purcell and surrounding areas.

6 opportunity to buy high quality equipment and This is a DIY/Builders supplies. Vehicles, Tractors, Lawn equip,

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trailers, sheds, collector motorcycle, Carpentry/Masonry/shop - tools, machinery and supplies.

For sale flyer and pics see: Manske Auction on Facebook

Tomas Manske 405-834-6623

Mike “Hoss� Manske 580-334-5613

BUSINESS FOR SALE Family business for sale. Covers two towns in eastern Oklahoma.

Vibrant growing. 918-638-0533

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Western Heritage Awards

Western Heritage Awards

Above: Katie Cummings and National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum President and CEO Natalie Shirley. At right: Actor Kevin Coster is inducted into the 2019 Hall of Great Western Performers.

Glenna and Richard Tanenbaum at the Western Heritage Awards.

- Photos by Fran Kozakowski

Laura Castrop, Neysa Osborne, Greg Long, Daralyn Loveless during the 2019 Western Heritage Awards. The star-studded gala at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum honored those who work to preserve western heritage through literature, music and drama.

Nichols Hills Mayor Peter Hoffman and his wife Susan.

Gary and Debra Kinslow, Steve Grant and Angie Bailey.

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