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University honors Rogers with suite
Teen gets Year sentence
By Tami Watson Staff Writer
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December 3, 1992
Greg White and Elizabeth Nix portray Will and Betty Rogers in the University of Central Oklahoma production of The Will Rogers Follies. (Photo by Mike Simons)
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Family, friends and fans of writer/entertainer Will Rogers gathered Monday, Nov. 23 in the University of Central Oklahoma University Center to dedicate a suite in his honor at the Nigh Institute of State Government's Salute to Will Rogers and the Will Rogers Follies. George Nigh, university president, introduced special guests and cut the ribbon, officially dedicating the suite before the large crowd. Special guests attending the event included Rogers' son, Jimmy Rogers; Dr. Reba Collins, author of Rogers literature; Max Weitzenhoffer, producer of the Will Rogers Follies and Jennifer Rogers Etchevery, great-granddaughter of Rogers. The Will Rogers Suite consists of two rooms, the Lariat Room and the Will Rogers Room, and is located on the 4th floor of the University Center.
The Lariat Room is named after the the 1920s UCO spirt club and will be used to honor outstanding UCO students, said Nigh. The Will Rogers Room contains Will Rogers artwork, photographs and other memorabilia, many of which are on loan by Reba Collins. Collins served as director of the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore for 17 years. Lunch and entertainment were offered to the guests following the room dedication. The meal, served home-style in keeping with the Will Rogers theme, included beans, cornbread, barbecue brisket, corn-on-the-cob and apple pie. UCO students provided the metnh t, pcerrofw oidminwgitsheiecetniotenrs tafrinom the Will Rogers Follies. It was the first time Weitzenhoffer, who gave the students special permission to perform the acts, had seen anyone outside of his companies perform the show.
Brisby trial ends in aquittal Prosecution no match for defense; case closed By Roy Howe
Staff Writer
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Nominations requested Once again, it's time for faculty members to put on those thinking caps and nominate a colleague for the annual University of Central Oklahoma American Association of University Professors Distinguished Scholar Award. To nominate a colleague, send a letter of nomination, along with appropriate supporting documents, to Dr. Thomas Guild, Chairman Selection Committee, Box 101, by Dec. 4.
After an hour and a half of deliberation, Nov. 25 a sixmember jury in Oklahoma County Juvenile Court found Shariell Brisby not delinquent on one count of first-degree murder and not delinquent on one count of first-degree arson. With this decision came the end of an attempt by the Oklahoma County District Attorney's Office to place a match in someone's hand for the fire-related death of University of Central Oklahoma German Professor Gerhard Kallienke. "As far as we are concerned, the Kallienke case has been put to rest," said Mary Smith, assistant district attorney. She added that she was not aware of anyone else tied to Kallienke's death.
No spokespersons at the Edmond Police Department were available for comment regarding other suspects in the incident.
one testified as to seeing anyone start the fire which killed him. "Our case was primarily based on circumstantial evidence, but that is typical and not unusual,"
"We respect the jury's decision. That's why we have jury trials," she said. "I would hate to think of another type of system."
Smith said that the jurie's decisions in the trials of codefendants Jacqueline Latrice James, now 17, and Brisby, 13, were discouraging.
Smith said. "Especially in an arson case, where you do not
The processes involved in the prosecution attempt began seven months ago. In April the district attorney's office was contacted by Edmond police regarding the two suspects. The teens' preliminary trials took place in June.
have eye witnesses," she said. "They (arson cases) are difficult to investigate and to prosecute."
"I think that I can speak for The prosecution's only direct Mr. Duetsch (Steve, assistant evidence came from a medical district attorney who helped examiner who testified that represent the state) when I say Kallienke died as a result of the fire. that we were both very disappointed," she said. Smith said that circumstantial "But that's the system and I'm evidence is looked down upon, not criticizing it at all," Smith in part, because of the way it is said. "The jury did not think that portrayed on television. we had the evidence beyond a "Our law makes no reasonable doubt. That's what differentiation as to the weight we had to show the jury. between circumstantial and Evidently, we did not.," she said. direct evidence. The prosecution's evidence in Smith said that like voting, the the case was based on what methods used in America to could be found after Kallienke's arrive at conclusions should be duplex was gutted by fire — no valued.
The certification of James as an adult and Brisby as a juvenile occurred during July. Brisby's first trial began Aug. 31 and ended with a hung jury. The prosecution's second attempt, Sept. 29, was declared a mistrial because of a family difficulty with a jury member. Brisby's third trial date began Nov. 19, leading to her acquittal Nov. 25. Testimony in the trial against James began Oct. 29 and ended with her release Nov. 19.