November 15, 2018 Vol. 19, No. 25
In This Issue ROUGH CUT SWISS
Rough Cut Swiss, in real life, is located in front of Othello’s Restaurant at the southwest corner of Main and Broadway, but this week it is hidden somewhere in our paper. Email contest@edmondpaper.com with the correct location to be entered in the weekly drawing. For more information see page 4.
Statue expert addresses Newcomers Club See Page 14
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The Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City transforms itself into a winter wonderland for the upcoming holiday.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Sunny High 60° Low 35°
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Partly Cloudy High 54° Low 30°
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Partly Cloudy High 43° Low 32°
Freeze warnings? Snow alerts? It can only mean one thing. The seasons are definitely changing. It also means the holiday fun is right around the corner. One of the merriest events will be the Edmond Ice Rink. Enjoy holiday ice skating in Mitch Park at the Edmond Outdoor Ice Rink. The rink will be open starting Friday and will run to Jan. 6. Glide around the 117 foot by 56 foot surface under clear, starlit skies. Experience fresh air, laughter and shouts of holiday glee with friends and family at the Edmond Outdoor Ice Rink. The largest metropolitan area ice rink offers free adjacent parking, open sessions, concessions, safety helmets, WiFi and indoor restrooms. Curling, hockey and figure skating are also available. A festive train will also
be available during ice rink hours. Make new memories basking in the festive spirit of Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s. The ice rink is generally opened from early afternoon to early evening seven days a week. For additional information, please check out the web page at www. edmondoutdooricerink.com. There will be several other fun holiday events. Don’t forget on Nov. 24 it will be Small Business Saturday is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. Several businesses in Edmond will be taking part in the day. So please don’t forget to support your local free enterprise warriors. As usual, Edmond Life & Lei-
sure offers its “What’s Happening This Weekend” feature which lists several different activities and entertainment events in Edmond and the metro. That feature can be found today on Page 6. Looking for something creative for elementary age students to do during the week long Thanksgiving Break? The Edmond Fine Arts Institute is hosting a one or two day Thanksgiving Holiday Art Camp on Nov. 19 and 20 from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Children will rotate between four classes to create multiple holiday themed art projects. Come one day or both days and enjoy new projects each day taught by the Art in Schools teachers. For more information and to enroll visit edmondfinearts.com or call 405-340-4481. So please enjoy and stay warm this winter.
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Scheduled for Nov. 29
Edmond Public Schools hosting teachers’ recruitment reception College seniors who are pursuing a degree in education or special education and will be graduating in the fall of 2018 or spring of 2019 are encouraged to attend Edmond Public Schools Graduating Teachers’ Recruitment Reception. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at the district’s Administrative Center, 1001 W. Danforth. The event will give prospective educators the opportunity to network with administrators during roundtable discussions and receive information about the district's teacher orientation, peer mentoring and starting salary. “This year, Edmond Public Schools became the first district in the state to offer first-year teachers a $40,000 starting salary,” said Chief Human Resources Officer Randy Decker. “In addition to offering our teachers a competitive wage, we also offer peer
mentoring, classroom management training and summer professional development opportunities to help them be successful. If individuals are interested in teaching in Edmond, we encourage them to attend this reception to learn more about what Edmond Public Schools has to offer.” Named to The Oklahoman’s Top Workplaces list for the past three years, Edmond will be hiring hundreds of teachers next spring to fill vacancies created by teachers who are retiring. In addition, many 20192020 positions will be posted in December and early January. Food, beverages and door prizes will be provided at the free event. Participants at this year’s reception are encouraged to register by accessing a registration link at www.edmondschools.net. For more information, contact Shelley Dabney at (405) 340-2913 or shelley.dabney@edmondschools.net
Hamm Foundation donating $34 million to Diabetes Center By Meg Wingerter NewsOK.com/The Oklahoman A large gift to the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center will increase its research funding by about a quarter for the next decade, with some of that money going toward “outside the box” ideas. The Harold Hamm Foundation will donate $34 million over 10 years to the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at OU Medicine. It will be the largest gift ever made to the center, which has facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The center's researchers usually receive about $12 million in grants from federal agencies and nonprofit groups, so an extra $3 million annually will allow it to fund significantly more projects. The University of Oklahoma announced the gift Saturday during its football game against Oklahoma State University. Some of the money will help researchers do groundwork on new ideas, so they can qualify for funding from sources like the National Institutes of Health, said Dr. Jason Sanders, senior vice president and provost of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. “They may have an outside-the-box idea, and they need to do the initial work on it,” he said. “We really want to be aggressive, pushing the best ideas as well as novel ideas.”
The center currently has scientists studying the role of genetics in raising diabetes risk; why Native Americans have high rates of diabetes; how to prevent complications, including vision loss; risks that start in childhood or before birth; and how lifestyle changes can help manage diabetes. The money also will allow the center to recruit six additional scientists, including a new director, Sanders said. They are particularly interested in researchers looking into the roots of diabetes, such as whether the bacteria children are exposed to early in life could shape their risk, he said. Hamm, who is chairman and CEO of Continental Resources, said the gift also will pay for equipment researchers need and keep funding those who are between federal grants, so they don't go elsewhere. “To hold the researchers, you need to be able to bridge from one grant to the next,” he said. Hamm said he hopes the gift will take the center's research to the next level. He also made the gift that allowed OU Medicine to start the center and funded a $250,000 prize for advances in diabetes research. “We had to put together the very best team if we expected to come up with a cure for diabetes,” he said. “This is just a continuation of that vision.”
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From the Publisher
Caldwell will not seek 3rd term Just as we were trying to digest and understand the election results from last week’s general election, Ward 1 Edmond City Council member, Victoria Caldwell, called to let us know she will not be seeking a third term. Caldwell was elected to her first term in May of 2011. Filing for the seat is in early De- Ray Hibbard cember with elections in April of 2019. “I just have other things I want to do and I thought about spending a little more time in my business,” was her answer to my question of why she would not be running again. She wanted to let folks know so that anyone considering running for office had time to give it some thought. We hated to get this news. Caldwell has served our city well and we appreciate her taking the time from of her business to serve. Here is your chance folks. If you live in Ward 1, you may want to consider a run for this open seat. The way city elections work in Edmond is that if there are more than two candidates within a ward, a primary is held where only registered voters in that ward can vote. The top two candidates that come out of the ward are run in the citywide elections where all Edmond registered voters can vote. It may sound complicated, but it really is a good system. It allows for city council members to be loyal to the folks in their ward, but they must answer to all voters in Edmond as well. If there are only two candidates that file for a ward, then the two go straight to the citywide race. It should be also noted Ward 2 council member Elizabeth Waner is up for re-election as well. Please check out www.Edmondok.com where they have a ward boundary map. It would seem we have traded a war hero as our Fifth District U.S. Representative for, well, I don’t really know. We looked up as much as we could find before the election on Kendra Horn and again after but still did not find a lot of information. Her campaign folks didn’t contact us before, but we have high hopes that her congressional staff will do so soon. We would like to be able to tell you more about our new Fifth District representative but all that matters currently is that she won. Congratulations to Horn and her campaign on a job well done and a task that many of us thought impossible. Part of what cost our current Congressman Steve Russell the race was his refusal to run negative campaign advertising. As much as I respect him for doing so and appreciate his integrity, the truth is that negative campaigning works folks. We all like to lament about how we don’t like negative campaigns but time and time again research shows those kind of ads work. If they didn’t work, you would not see them in every race on this earth. I really dislike what it does but those are the facts.
Something we were all surprised by is how “blue” Oklahoma City has become. Oklahoma and Cleveland counties are two counties that Gov.-elect Kevin Stitt lost. He took 73 out of 77 counties. While Edmond seems to be remaining far to the right, the number of registered Democrats is up as well. When my friend, Steve Kreidler, moved to town he claimed that the number of Democrats doubled in Edmond. The volunteer that registered him to vote said, “We don’t get too many of them around here,” when she saw he had marked Democrat on party affiliation on the form. That was a good 25 or more years ago, and things have changed. Since then, Kreidler has moved to Denver, Colo. My guess is that he is considered conservative in the state of Colorado. There was a lot of talk about the last time there was a Democrat representing the U.S. 5th Congressional District in Oklahoma being in 1974. For some, the math wasn’t adding up including for our editor, Steve Gust. It was just begging for some research to see why it would have been in 1974 since it did not match up with the dates John Jarman held that seat. He served in that position 26 years from 1951 to 1977, mostly as a Democrat. Many of you will not remember Jarman and his time in office. I do remember the name but not much else about him. He was a Democrat so that made my mom like him as I recall. Jarman was born in Sallisaw, Okla., and graduated from Yale University in 1937 and from Harvard Law School in 1941. Jarman was admitted to the bar in 1941 and began his law practice in Oklahoma City. Jarman enlisted in the United States Army in January 1942 (about a month after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor). He served in the Security Intelligence Corps during World War II and was eventually discharged from military service in December 1945. He was married to Ruth Virginia Bewley and had three children, John Henry Jarman III, Susan Jarman and Steve Jarman. Jarman was later elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and then later to the Oklahoma State Senate. Jarman was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1950 as a Democrat. Jarman was re-elected 11 times without serious difficulty. However, by the mid-1970s, the Oklahoma City area started trending more Republican. As proof of this, in 1974, Jarman was nearly defeated by Republican newcomer Mickey Edwards in a year when Republicans were severely punished for the Watergate scandal. Jarman switched parties On January 24, 1975, Jarman switched parties and became a Republican in protest of the removals of F. Edward Hébert, Wright Patman and William R. Poage from their committee chairmanships. Jarman claimed that the Democratic Party Caucus had changed over the years and that certain elements of the Caucus "force their liberal
views on this Congress and on this country by nullifying the seniority system and punishing those who do not adhere to the liberal party line as laid down by the caucus." This is what caused the difference in the math. Jarman went on to serve until 1977 but as a Republican instead of a Democrat. Jarman He did not run for reelection in 1976. Edwards won the seat, and the district has been in Republican hands until Kendra Horn unseated Steve Russell on Nov. 6, 2018. This was the beginning of a split among Democrats. At one time, Oklahoma and other parts of the country were full of what were called “Yellow Dog” Democrats. They tended to be more conservative or at least moderate. As time moved on, the more intellectual elite took over the party and moved it to the left side of politics. In many ways, it caused the party to abandon its workingclass base. If you fast forward to 2016, you would find the now President Trump recognized that these folks had no place to go and he spend a lot of time and money appealing to the working class. Please don’t think I am being critical of the Democrats. In fact, Republicans a little later in time did a terrific job of running off an important group in their party. Once the “Tea” party was in full swing, Republicans lost many moderates. They were better described as financial conservatives and social moderates. There was no place for them to turn. What has happened is that there is a large group of Americans that don’t feel connected to either party. Is that a bad thing? It depends on your view point. It seems more folks are looking at specific candidates instead of voting by party, at least nationally. I am not sure the same applies here in Oklahoma. We seem to vote Republican in our statewide races. Yet, the election of a Democrat as our Fifth Congressional Representative could mean the tide is turning in our state. More than likely, it also represents a wider division between rural voters and urban voters. Either way, the people in the Fifth District have spoken. Kendra Horn is our new representative. The timing might be excellent since her party now rules the U.S. House. They wanted change and Horn is now a part of that. We do hope that she will not merely become part of a partisan obstruction machine in Washington, D. C. Rather we hope she can do as Russell did in seeking out bipartisan support for what can be agreed upon. Our party leaders should look at what can be done to move forward. Something tells me that with Nancy Pelosi insisting on being elected House Speaker, there will be no progress on important issues Congress. (Ray Hibbard may be reached by e-mail at ray@edmondpaper.com)
Check out what’s inside! ■ Weekend calendar of events ........................................................Page 6. ■ Columnist looks back on WWI ....................................................Page 8. ■ The aftermath of Pretty Boy Floyd’s death ..................................Page 9. ■ UCO Bronchos & another winning season..................................Page 13. ■ Movie review by George Gust ....................................................Page 15. ■ Crossword ..................................................................................Page 15. ■ Senior news ......................................................................Pages 18 & 19. ■ Business News ............................................................................Page 21. ■ Worship directory ......................................................................Page 23.
Find the ‘Rough Cut Swiss’ Rough Cut Swiss, in real life, is located in front of Othello’s Restaurant at the southwest corner of Main and Broadway, but this week it is hidden somewhere in our paper. E-mail contest@edmondpaper.com with the correct location to be entered in the weekly drawing. Rough Cut Swiss is by artist David Phelps. Phelps is an Oklahoma based sculptor whose work has been featured throughout the state. He is inspired by expansive spaces and hopes his works will inspire meaningful meditation. Said Phelps, “I grew up on a farm in the central valley of California where the fields became an extension of oneself. I continue to live in the wide open spaces of Oklahoma where my sculptural images expand to include their environments as part of the aesthetic experience.”
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Commentary ... We’re on YOUR Side
Looking over the news Looking back now it’s somewhat of a miracle George W. Bush survived a Florida recount in 2000. Back then he finished about 2,100 votes ahead of Al Gore in the Sunshine Steve Gust State, which decided who won the presidential election. As we know now, 2,100 votes wasn’t all that much compared to what Florida can do now. Following election day last week Broward County “found” another 78,000 votes that they hadn’t reported on election night. Bush never would have had a chance today. ---There was some controversy over Oklahoma State football head coach Mike Gundy going for a two-point conversion late in its game with rival OU last Saturday. It’s one of those things, where if it works everybody sings your praises for being brave. If it doesn’t then you face a lot of second guessers. I think it was probably the right choice.
Why does anyone want to try to play for the overtime period. That whole concept is a bit goofy anyway. With a two-point conversion you have to go two or three yards. Surely your chances of winning in that situation have to be as good as rolling the dice in overtime. That was my big gripe last year when OU reached the overtime with Georgia. OU held Georgia to a field goal in the first OT session. Then OU was driving the ball and had a fourth and one. They elected to kick a field goal. Bad decision. If you can’t make a fourth and one, maybe you don’t deserve to win anyway. ---My congratulations again to everyone who won an election last week. And in a more special way, my thanks to everyone who ran and came up short. Folks, it takes a lot of courage to put your name on a ballot and work for an office. I salute those people who did just that. It’s good for our democracy.
(Steve Gust may be reached at news@edmondpaper.com)
State questions showed little need for change By The Oklahoman Editorial Board After Oklahoma voters rejected the idea of placing optometry shops in big-box stores, a spokesman for the committee that sought the change said they would turn to the Legislature. “We are ready to … seek a legislative remedy for those Oklahoma families who desire additional choices,” he said. Good luck with that. The reason State Question 793 was on the ballot this week was because for years, lawmakers have bowed to the optometrists' lobby and rejected attempts to change state law. That law, on the books since the 1970s, says eye care facilities not owned by op-
tometrists cannot provide optometric exams and eyewear under the same roof. Thus, people visiting an Oklahoma optometrist at the mall must go to another store to be fitted for glasses. SQ 793 would have done away with that odd practice. But opponents took issue with the idea of enshrining this change in the state's constitution, and with a line in the question that said approval would “not prohibit optometrists and opticians from agreeing with retail mercantile establishments to limit their practice.” This was depicted as a green light for big, bad Walmart (which funded the initiative petition drive) to take over health care. Opponents
also said Walmart would place profits ahead of patients. Those arguments won the day narrowly, as SQ 793 received 49.76 percent approval. It's likely to be as close as Oklahoma ever gets to seeing this long-overdue change made. Of five questions on the ballot Tuesday, only SQ 794, or “Marsy's Law,” succeeded. Seventy-eight percent of voters agreed it makes sense to ensure that victims of crime will be, as the ballot language said, “protected in a manner equal to the defendant's rights.” The worst drubbing of the night belonged to SQ 800, which would have diverted a slice of gross production tax collections to create a state budget reserve fund. Voters said “no thanks” by a margin of 57-43 percent. The result of State Question 798 was surprising. That question sought to have candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run on the same ticket, beginning in 2026. Oklahoma is one of 17 states where the candidates for these offices run independently. Pairing the offices would help ensure the candidates can work together and have the same goals, but voters rejected it 54-46 percent. Finally, State Question 801 would have let local school districts use property tax revenue for things other than maintenance, repairs, upkeep and construction. The education establishment opposed the idea, saying it would give more prosperous districts an unfair advantage over poorer districts when it comes
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Ended 100 years ago this week
A look back at the ‘War to End All Wars’ By James Finck I did not intent to write another column so soon, but I am becoming concerned by the lack of recognition of the hundred year anniversary of the armistice of World War I. The nation went all out on the Bicentennial of our nation (for good reason), the same for the 100 and Finck 150 year anniversaries of the Civil War, but, at least locally for me, nothing on the Great War. I understand some of the reasons why: the Great War just does not carry the weight or popularity as these other wars. I believe the reason is that WWI is not a sexy war. It’s a weird way to describe a war, I know, but it’s true. The Civil War and WWII are totally sexy wars, with probably more books written about them than any other American subject. Think about what draws attention to them--larger than life generals engaged in vast sweeping campaigns and movements. One time in class I asked my students to name one general or battle from WWI. All I got were blank stares, and these were history students. I followed up my question with the same but for WWII. I got Patton, Ike, Bradley, Nimitz, and McArthur, even Rommel, and he fought for the enemy. For battles there was D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, the Italian campaign, Stalingrad, Midway, Guadalcanal, Okinawa, just to name a few. All that but nothing about WWI. Every history students knows about Patton racing across Europe to rescue the 101st Airborne in the Argon Forest. It’s a great action story, even if the 101st never claimed to need rescuing. What Stonewall Jackson did in the 1862 Valley Campaign
I believe World War I is the most important event in the 20th century. It has farther reaching consequences than anything else. is nothing short of pure genius Generalship. But in WWI, men suffered and slugged it out in trenches for months at a time only to wait for the next general to order them over the top. Men would pour out of their enclosed positions running towards the enemy trench only to be mowed down by machine gun fire. The war was fought over hundreds of yards at a time in what was basically a stalemate. There is also the issue of cause. I know the Civil War is complicated, but men were fighting for their rights, their states, to keep the Union together, and ultimately for slavery. WWII men were fighting to rid the world of evil personified in the person of Adolf Hitler. But what were men fighting for in The War to End All Wars? It’s too difficult to really explain here and is not really a good reason anyway. There were alliances and an Archduke died, but it is hard to call it a justifiable war. So, yes, it’s not a sexy war, but that does not mean it’s not an important war. In fact, I believe World War I is the most important event in the 20th century. It has farther reaching consequences than anything else. I don’t have room to discuss everything, or anything in detail, so I just want to highlight a few. Maybe the biggest is World War II. This is more than just you have to have one before two, but without
one there would not have been a two. The way that the Great War ended set up a situation that allowed Hitler to come to power. Under normal circumstances. I can’t believe the German people would have ever supported Hitler, but under the Treaty of Versailles, they were desperate. As long as we are talking about future problems, WWI also gave us the Communist Revolution in Russia. This war so profoundly devastated the Russian people that they rose up and overthrew the Czar. The democratic government they created, the Duma, made the mistake of releasing all political prisoners, allowing others back in the nation, but also not ending the war. One of the exiled Russians who returned was Vladimir Lenin. A few months after the first revolution, Lenin and the Bolsheviks held a second revolution, promising the people land, bread, but mostly peace. Without WWI, there never would have been a communist government in Russia. Think how the rest of the world’s history would be different without communists Russia. Another area that affects us greatly today is the Middle East. This is too complex to explain here, but it was during WWI that T.E. Lawrence and the Arabs rose up and threw off their Ottoman Turkish rulers. With the Ottomans defeated, the western power carved up new nations, creating the modern Middle East, including nations like Iraq, a nation we now know too well. All because of WWI. There are so many other things to address, such as the Armenian genocide, the Spanish Flu, and the rise of America’s economic prominence in the world. However, with the little room I have left, I want to
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Aftermath of Floyd’s death
Questions
gunned down by lawmen. Unfortunately for Floyd, it wasn't any luckier for him than it was Miller. Also, found in his coat pocket was a worn photo of Ruby with their son, Dempsey. The roll of bills found on him, totaling $122, went towards the undertaker's services. Famed FBI manhunter, Melvin Purvis had supervised the agents who opened fire on Floyd, along with East Liverpool police officers. The popular G-man was also credited for eradicating the Bureau's previous Public Enemy Number One, John Dillinger. Outside of the funeral home, Purvis gave an impromptu address to the media. When asked who had shot Floyd, he responded, “We all did.” The supervisor’s statement was intentionally ambiguous. His agents had to claim credit for Floyd's demise in order to maintain their ongoing public relations campaign. The bandit's autopsy report could have put to rest the question as to which agency, the FBI or East Liverpool Police, were responsible for ending his career. Unfortunately, it did not mention which caliber of weapon had felled him. The FBI claimed that Agent Sam McKee had killed Floyd with his .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun. A point that was repeated in Brian Burrough's book, “Public Enemies” (2005). To the contrary, Michael Wallis in his book, “Pretty Boy” (1992), gives credit to police office Chester Smith, who was firing a rifle chambered for the .32/20 cartridge. At the range at which Floyd was shot, the advantage would go to Smith. Regardless, Purvis was the one praised in newspapers across America for ending Floyd's reign. This outraged FBI Director, John Edgar Hoover, who wanted his Bureau to receive the credit, not a single agent. Hoover and Purvis' already tenuous relationship had gone from bad to toxic. Regardless of who received credit for the kill, Floyd's death created a void that was soon filled by the FBI's next Public Enemy Number One, Lester Gillis, A.K.A. Baby Face Nelson. When Mamie Floyd learned of her son's demise, she wired the East Liverpool Police Chief Hugh McDermott with instructions for handling the body.
to hiring teachers. Alas, education reform of any kind is a tough slog in Oklahoma — SQ 801 lost by less than a percentage point. The lack of a wellfunded campaign may have played a role in the defeat of SQs 798, 800 and 801. When no one makes the case for change in a sustained way, the default for many voters is to stick with the status quo. That's something advocates should keep in mind when considering future ballot measures.
By David Farris The Floyd family and their many friends and neighbors knew that Charley was way overdue for a visit to Sequoyah County, in eastern Oklahoma. Farris Back home he was usually called “Choc,” just like the strong beer brewed in the Indian Nation. However, throughout America, he was better known by his more popular handle of Pretty Boy. It was always an event for residents when the benevolent, big-time, bank robber came to town. Usually, he would pull up in his latest new car that was loaded with gifts; however, on this grim occasion, he was being shipped by rail as freight. Everyone knew the very real likelihood of his predictable end, but no one wanted to acknowledge it. He had been gunned down by lawmen near East Liverpool, Ohio, on Oct. 22, 1934, without getting off a single shot of his own. During a visit in May 1933, Choc and his mother, Mamie Floyd, traveled to the cemetery in Akins to decorate the graves of family members. He pointed to a plot next to his father's and said, “Right here is where you can put me. I expect to go down soon with lead in me – perhaps the sooner the better.” Back in East Liverpool, Floyd's lifeless body was loaded into a police car and driven to the Sturgis Funeral Home. It was received by 28-year-old Frank Dawson, who prepared the bandit's remains for embalming, while officers searched through the pockets of his discarded clothes. They shared amongst themselves a few spare .45 caliber cartridges that the infamous public enemy had on him when he went down, as morbid souvenirs of the event. As if that wasn't enough to commemorate their kill, his tattered blue suit coat was cut into squares for additional mementos. His actual valuables, including a ring from his ex-wife, Ruby, and a watch with a lucky 50-cent piece, were set aside for the next of kin. The watch had been owned by one of Floyd's earlier partners-in-crime, Billy “The Killer” Miller, who was also
Law enforcement with the body of Pretty Boy Floyd. Floyd’s mother had asked no pictures be taken.
I am the mother of Charles Floyd. If he has been killed, turn body over to a reliable undertaker and forbid any pictures being taken of him and bar the public. Pass this request to the United States department of justice. Hold body until I arrive. Mrs. Walter Floyd However, by that time, not only
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Great War
From Page 8 say something about the men, the ones we should honor this day. First, the sheer numbers. The American Civil War established a new high in casualties with 700,000 men dead, yet this WWI dwarfed those numbers, numbers that could never have been conceived of before the war. The Germans lost 1,8000,000 men; the Russians, 1,700,000; the French, 1,385,000; the Austrians, 1,200,000; the British, 947,000; the Americans come in with the much lower number of 116,000. The numbers are staggering. The men in this war lived through a virtual hell. They spent a great deal of the conflict living in muddy trenches that were six feet deep and wide enough for two men to pass. It seemed as if the trenches were always full of water or at least muddy to the point that the term “trench foot” was given to men’s rotting feet. They ate, slept, and worked in the mud next to the rats and lice that were as numerous as they were. They had to endure new technologies like tanks, planes, machine guns, but, worst of all, poison gas. The conditions were so bad that the men experienced what was known as shell shock, what today we would call PTSD. But those men were expected to get back to the trenches.
Americans today do not really study the Great War. We don’t have many movies or shows depicting the events. Those who were alive during the war, never forgot the misery of that conflict, but those soldiers are gone now. The agreement for the guns to cease firing was on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, a date that became known as Armistice Day. Today we call Nov. 1h Veterans Day, a day to remember all who have served to keep American free. However, let us spend a few more minutes thinking about those who served in the trenches. Remember a world that was broken and the men who gave their all in a war that seems to be slipping away from memory. If we remember that the Cold War, 9/11 and the Gulf War, and even WWII may never have happened with the Great War, maybe we can do better honoring its memory and try to understand the conflict so that we do not repeat its mistakes in the future.
Dr. James Finck is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. To follow Historically Speaking on Facebook search for @jamesWfinck.
For the OMRF
Board of directors named At its semiannual meeting last weeek, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation named Leigh Ann Albers, Tricia Everest, Ronnie Irani and Dr. Barry Pollard to its board of directors. Albers is a community volunteer and registered nurse from Oklahoma City. She has served on many boards in the area, including Variety Care, Oklahoma Arts Institute Foundation and the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. She and her husband were recognized as outstanding philanthropists by the Oklahoma Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Oklahoma City’s Everest is an attorney, philanthropist and entrepreneur. She spends time serving on a variety of community projects and causes and has served on boards, as trustee or on boards of visitors for the Inasmuch Foundation, Oklahoma City University, Allied Arts, Mercy Hospital, YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City, Casady High School, University of Oklahoma College of Law and the Center for Nonprofits. Irani, of Oklahoma City, is president and CEO of RKI Energy Resources, LLC, and has more than 39 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He serves as chairman of the OKC Boathouse Foundation and has served on boards for a variety of organizations including Oklahoma Energy Explorers, Oklahoma Hall of Fame, i2e, the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association. He is also a member of the board of visitors of the Mewbourne College of Earth & Energy at the University of
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Oklahoma. Enid neurosurgeon Pollard is owner of P&K Equipment and Pollard Farms, LLC. He is on the board of the American Angus Association, an Oklahoma State University Presidents Medallion member and founding member of OSU’s Medical Cowboys. He was inducted into the OSU Hall of Fame in 2017. Board members also reelected Oklahoma City attorney Len Cason as chair. Cason is a partner at the law firm of Hartzog, Conger, Cason & Neville and has served as OMRF’s board chair since Cason 2001.
Floyd From Page 9 The most ironic donation were there photos, a plaster came from the same Sallisaw mold of her son's face had bank that Pretty Boy had been made in order to prorobbed two years earlier. duce macabre “death masks” On Oct. 23, Dawson and of the bandit, which were his boss, Ernie Sturgis, predistributed to many people. pared Floyd for his final homeIn further contrast to her coming. They drove his body wishes, when Dawson had to the East Liverpool Train Stacompleted his work, Floyd A death mask tion where it was loaded into was put on display in the made of Pretty a Pennsylvania Railroad bagfront room of the funeral gage car. His family and parlor and viewed by thou- Boy Floyd. friends in Sequoyah County and sands of morbid, curious looky-loos. throughout the Sooner State were Mrs. Floyd later decided not to somber, as they awaited his long antravel to Ohio, and instead made arrangements for her son to be deliv- ticipated return. This time, there would be no new ered by train to Sallisaw, Okla. The car, gifts, or exciting tales of the outbill for the undertaker's work and a shipping coffin totaled $179. In addi- law's life on the run. The final chapter in the life of Pretty Boy Floyd had tion, there was a charge of $71.18 been written. And, as a result, the for railroad transportation. residents of Oklahoma were about to To meet the additional costs, Sewitness the biggest funeral in state quoyah County residents passed the history. proverbial hat amongst themselves.
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A Special Armstrong Milestone
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Helping to mark the celebration at Armstrong, were, from left, Shane Granger, Gene Rainbolt, Charlotte Lankard, Armstrong Foundation Chairman Gerald Flurry, Nancy Hyde and Robert Cox. More than 150 guests filled the balcony lobby last month, to celebrate the official launch of the Armstrong International Cultural Foundation's 20th performing arts series. Enjoying a delightful spread of horsd'oeuvres prepared by head chef Dawn Krueger, guests mingled and celebrated for a half hour before the program began. Armstrong concert manager Ryan Malone addressed the gathering and traced the history and remarkable growth of the series. “If you know
anything about us, we always start new projects very small,” Malone said. “I gave the very first piano recital on the series on Oct. 31, 1998, at our offices in Edmond.” Following Mr. Malone's remarks, Armstrong marketing director and house manager Shane Granger led the festivities in a champagne toast. “We want to thank the many people who have made this series a success,” Granger said before listing a bevy of groups, many of whom were in attendance.
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Time for Three violinist Charles Yang, double-bassist Ranaan Meyer and violinist Nicolas Kendall opened Armstrong Auditorium’s 20th anniversary performing arts series last month.
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Sports
MELINDA INFANTE
Although they fell a little short Saturday, the Bronchos used Veterans Day weekend to celebrate yet another winning season.
UCO again ends up with a winning record The University of Central Oklahoma football team fell short in a feverish comeback attempt with a 35-28 loss to Emporia State at Wantland Stadium Saturday afternoon in Week 11 MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association play. The Bronchos took the opening drive of the game 74 yards to the Emporia 1-yard line before a fumble ended the drive. This became an unfortunate theme for Central Saturday. ESU responded with an 8-play, 99-yard scoring drive to go up 7-0. “We turned the ball over and they didn’t and you just can’t win when you do that,” UCO head football coach Nick Bobeck said after the game. “Part of our plan for success is ball control and we had done such a good job of that up to this point, but we didn’t to a good job today and that’s why we lost the game. I think we played really hard and were good enough to win, but you can’t turn the ball over.” UCO responded with an 11-play, 75-yard drive to score a touchdown and tie the game, then took a 14-7 lead with 6:47 to play in the second quarter after a 10-play, 92-yard scoring drive.
But the next two Broncho possessions ended with fumbles and one of those resulted in ESU tying the game back up at 14, and Central missed a field goal – the equivalent of a turnover according to Bobeck – with eight seconds left in the first half. Emporia then came out of the locker room after halftime and marched down the field in the blink of an eye to go up 21-14 with 14:09 to play in the third quarter. The Bronchos tied the game for the third time, 21-21, with 5:49 to go in the third, but a late rally by the Hornets ended UCO’s hopes. ESU scored the go-ahead score with 4:39 to play in the fourth, then grabbed an interception on the next drive and followed that with a 1-play, 46-yard scoring drive to go up 35-21 with 1:18 to play in the game. Central got a late touchdown with just eight seconds left on the clock, but couldn’t recover the onside kick and Emporia knelt on the final play for the win. The Bronchos will await their postseason fate. Announcements on the NCAA Division II Playoffs
and Bowl Games will be made Sunday. Central is 7-4 on the season, winning at least seven games for the fourth time in five seasons. Clay McKenzie led the Bronchos Saturday. The sixth-year senior from Callisburg, Texas scored three of four touchdowns for UCO. He had a 7yard receiving touchdown to tie the game 7-7 in the second quarter. He had a 6-yard rushing score to give Central a 14-7 lead in the second. And he added a 2-yard touchdown run to tie the game 2121 in the third quarter. McKenzie finished the day with 105 yards rushing on 28 carries and had one catch for seven yards. His 112 all-purpose yards moved him over the 4,000-yard mark for his career. McKenzie has 3,306 rushing yards to go with 743 receiving yards. He’s just the fourth player in Central Oklahoma history to eclipse the 4,000-yard mark. Will Collins found McKenzie for the first touchdown of the game. He found Ronald Monroe for the second. Collins was 25-for-42 with 265 yards and two touchdowns. He added 138 rushing yards on 24 carries.
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Calm Waters awareness day for childhood grief
Statue expert addresses Newcomers Club
One in eleven children will experience the death of a parent or sibling by the age of 18, making Oklahoma 8th in the nation for number of children grieving. “Nearly 90,000 children are bereaved in our state,” says Erin Engelke, Executive Director of Calm Waters. “Last year alone, we served 4,300 individuals through our free support-groups, all from the greater metro area. Our numbers increase each year meaning more and more people are understanding the importance of their mental health and utilizing Calm Waters as a resource on their grief journey.” Each year, Calm Waters raises awareness for childhood grief by honoring Childhood Grief Awareness Day and sharing stories from willing participants who have utilized Calm Waters support groups on their grief journey.
Mary Lou Gresham
Mary Lou Gresham has sculpted several statues for Edmond. “The Reader” inspired by her grandfather is located at the Edmond Library. Thousands have loved on “The Reader” just as one would a grandfather. In 2007, she dedicated the “Kentucky Daisy” sculpture located in downtown Edmond Market Place. Kentucky Daisy, a journalist sent to cover the land run, was the first person to stake land during the land run when she jumped off the train’s cowcatcher to push her stakes into the ground just north of the then train watering tower which is all Edmond consisted of at that time. She promptly jumped back onto the train and continued her journey. In 2009 Gresham dedicated the Russell Doughtery statue which stands in front of Russell Doughtery Elementary School at 19 North Boulevard in Edmond. Doughtery was the first Edmond native casualty of World War II while serving as a pilot in the Pacific. Gresham also sculpted the “Ida Freeman” statue located behind Old North on UCO’s campus. Gresham explained the different processes of sculpturing- from sciliconian mold to mother mold then waxing and dipping in plaster and then bronze, drimmeling and sandblasting so the patina is just the correct color. Gresham Studio works with appointments only at 405-396-8008 or 405-659-7080. Newcomers Club is a special organization that provides an opportunity for socializing and meeting other women in Edmond through a variety of events and interest groups. A monthly coffee is normally held on the first Wednesday of the month. However, Newcomers Winter Luncheon is Dec. 5 and since the January’s first Wednesday is Jan. 2, we are postponing January’s meeting date to Jan. 9 at First Christian Church on the northeast corner of Second and Broadway. Visitors are cordially invited to come. If interested call Paula Spadaccini at 405-285-8075.
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2018's "The Grinch" uninspired, but enjoyable
Remaking "The Grinch" not quite a cinch By George Gust Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas has been a perennial holiday staple in millions of homes since its first publication in 1957. And the animated TV movie in 1966 and subsequent live action adaptation of the Christmas tale have captured the hearts of generations of children and adults alike. Now its 2018, so naturally there is an up-to-date, top-of-theline, no expense spared, computer generated, 3D and Imax adaption of the beloved Christmas story. But did the creative minds behind “Despicable Me” and “Minions” bring a new take on the familiar tale, or simply add a little computer-generated glitter to the green Christmas-hating Who? After the critical and commercial debacle that was the live action “Cat in the Hat” starring Mike Myers, the Estate of Dr. Suess decided that from then on there shall be no more live action adaptations of Dr. Suess’ work. Enter Illumination Studios who was then tabbed to adapt (and animate) Suess’ work, notably with “The Lorax” and now with “The Grinch.” And with this film, Illumination has put their distinctive stamp on the familiar Christmas story, for better and for worse. “The Grinch” features the out of place pop music soundtrack and an over reliance on slapstick comedy that they’ve been known for in their previous movies, but also features an unbearably cute animation style and frenetic storytelling that appeals to the younger children in the audience. They’ve made small changes to the original story and added a few comedic bits, but the overall experience doesn’t quite capture the magic and emotion of the previous film adaptions. “The Grinch” is a cautionary tale in missed opportunity. When you’re re-making a beloved classic, you can get the feeling that you want to put your own spin on it, and there are places in “The Grinch” where the new spin works and other places where it feels like they were trying too hard to be different. However, the biggest missed opportunity was with the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular Grinch. Cumberbatch has shown that he can be immensely expressive with his voice and add a physicality to an animated character (YouTube Cumberbatch’s
Christmas fun in Enid Christmastime is coming to Enid with numerous familyfriendly events, concerts and performances scheduled throughout the season. Beginning in November, visitors to Enid can enjoy holiday décor and yuletide cheer at various local businesses and events. “This is the most wonderful time of the year and there’s plenty of family-friendly events to enjoy in Enid,” said Marcy Jarrett, director of Visit Enid. “From seeing Santa to attending holiday performances to learning about Christmas from time’s past, there’s an event and fun to be had for guests of all ages.” Festivities begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23 with Downtown Enid’s free “Enid Lights Up the Plains” event where the city gathers to turn on the holiday lights for the season. The celebration includes live music, food trucks, horse-drawn wagon rides, a Christmas light parade and special guests, including a giant Elf on the Shelf and Santa Claus. Guests will also enjoy a holiday-inspired firework display to wrap up the evening. The next day, Christmas in the Park makes its debut with a fun, free event for all ages. From 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, guests to Meadowlake Park can enjoy cookie decorating, storytelling, ornament and toy makingFind more information on upcoming Enid events at VisitEnid.org.
performance as a blind dragon in “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug”), but for some reason the filmmakers of “The Grinch” decided that he should put on his Dr. Strange American accent instead of the more menacing and interesting British accent he’s proven can be incredibly effective and affecting. It felt that Cumberbatch was performing with one hand tied behind his back. The other performances in the film are perfectly serviceable but nothing that you’ll be blown away by, except for Keenan Thompson, who is just delightful as a happy-go-lucky Who from Whoville. Overall “The Grinch” is an enjoyable enough adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with an appealing cutesy animation style that has a colorful and festive feel and the expected heartfelt tear-jerking moments “The Grinch” will scratch your Christmas itch. However, for those who hold the other film versions in high esteem; 2018’s “The Grinch” will seem only like a money-making scheme. “The Grinch” is rated PG for brief rude humor. 3.3 out of 5 stars
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Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the beloved green-haired Christmas-Hating Grinch in Illumination's adaption of ‘The Grinch’
Crossword Puzzle STATEPOINT CROSSWORD THEME: HOLIDAY SONGS ACROSS 1. Rare bills 5. Clairvoyant's gift 8. Snoopy 12. Time distortion 13. Show worry 14. Wyoming's official sport 15. *John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War is ____)" 16. And elsewhere 17. Opposite of bonjour 18. *"Have ____ a Merry Little Christmas" 20. MTV's "____'d" 21. Incessantly 22. A cool ____, as in money 23. *"Should auld acquaintance be ____" 26. *"Run ____ Run" sung by Chuck Berry 30. *Co-writer of #15 Across 31. Used tabulator key 34. Your majesty 35. 1965 Watts events 37. *"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," sung by Brenda ____ 38. Mozart and Einstein, e.g. 39. Golly! 40. Dry ravine, in Asia 42. Not don'ts 43. Diplomatic alliance 45. Like empty hotel room 47. "Fat chance!" 48. Shenzi of "The Lion King" 50. Eastern European 52. *Vince ____ Trio of "Linus and Lucy" fame 55. Between violin and cello 56. Rainbows and such 57. Rumpelstiltskin's weaver 59. Coral reef island 60. Facebook's "psst" 61. ____ Mann of "The Simpsons"
62. Decades 63. Lt.'s inferior, in the Navy 64. *"Last Christmas" duo DOWN 1. *____ Turtle Doves 2. Not straight 3. Post-meal sandwich 4. Spring action, past tense 5. Like yesterday's meal 6. Coffee burn, e.g. 7. Bread or cabbage 8. Having small nodules 9. Scandinavian war god 10. Radio button 11. *"All I want for Christmas is ____" 13. Bygone Spanish money 14. R in R.E.M. 19. Alex Haley saga 22. ____ pie in a sand box 23. Blacksmith's hearth 24. Gibson garnish 25. Fowl perch 26. Film roll 27. Ronstadt, e.g. 28. Infectious protein particle
29. Bank job 32. *Like Elvis' Christmas? 33. 10 decibels 36. *Deck'em 38. Ivory Coast neighbor 40. Utmost degree 41. Not sympathetic 44. Maryland Academy 46. Young and inexperienced 48. Second-largest Great Lake 49. Talks and talks and talks 50. It houses web content 51. "On Golden Pond" bird 52. Open-mouthed astonishment 53. Shakespearean "does" 54. Tiny bit 55. Port vessel 58. Mrs. Goldberg, e.g.
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Sports
A look at Edmond Junior Golf Hall of Famers The Edmond Junior Golf Hall of Fame will be having its induction dinner this Nov. 17 at Oak Tree Country Club. The Master of Ceremonies will be famed high school and college golf coach Mike McGraw. This year’s inductees will be Ian Davis, Nick Heinen, Max McGreevy, Alexis Sadeghy, Allison Sell and Hayden Wood. Editor’s Note: Today we look at three of the recipients. More will be profiled later. Alexis Sadeghy, Bishop McGuinness HS, 2014 Alexis got her start playing golf at a young age, she was 4. Her older brother Ryan was 13 then and he was playing a lot of junior golf events. She started getting instruction then also and through the years worked with Tosh Hays, Brian Soerensen and Craig Benjamin. Those practice sessions Sadeghy were made possible by her volunteer chauffer, her mother, Karen Sadeghy. From 2003 to 2009 Alexis won 53 tournaments while playing in South Central PGA Junior events across Oklahoma and Kansas. She won the 2007 SCPGA Junior Tournament of Champions and was a two time national qualifier for the Junior PGA National Championship in 2009 and 2013. She considers the highlights of her junior golf days helping Bishop McGuinness win the 2011 Class 5A State Tournament, her freshman year, where she placed second individually and winning medalist honors at the 2014 Class 6A State Tournament firing a 71-74, 145 at Ponca
City CC. Other events that standout are qualifying for the 2011 U.S. Girl’s Junior played in Olympia Fields, IL, winning the 2013 WOGA Junior Girls at Meadow Brook CC with rounds of 73-72 to beat Yujeong Son by 1 shot, qualifying for and playing the Big “I” National Championship in 2010 at Old York CC in Chesterfield, NJ and again in 2013 at The CC of North Carolina in Pinehurst, N.C. In 2013, while qualifying for the Big “I” at Kickingbird she fired a 66 with a nifty 29 on the back nine. Alexis has had great friendships with her teammates and girls she competed with, like Allison Sell, they have been playing together since the age of 7. Her high school coaches were Todd Farris, then Mark Veneklasen. In high school she was very consistent, her senior year she was the Oklahoman’s All-City Girls Golfer of the Year and won 4 of the 7 tourneys she played, never finishing lower than 4th. In four years she finished out of the top 5 once, she was in the top three at State every year. Her scoring average her senior year was 72.5, never shooting worse than 75. She won 10 tournaments during her high school career and was a four time All-City selection. Alexis won the 2014 OJGT Tour Championship with scores of 66-67. In AJGA events she finished 2nd at the 2014 Under Armour Hunter Mahan played at Stonebriar CC firing 71-72 and was invited to play the Kathy Whitworth Invitational three times. She was a three time representative for Oklahoma in the Southern States Junior Cup played in Jackson, MS and a five time team member for Oklahoma in the Red River Challenge at Dornick Hills CC. She also won the 2011 WOGA Girls Junior at The Oaks CC. Craig Benjamin, one of her long time instructors stated
“Alexis was the hardest working player I have coached in 25 years of teaching golf.” Alexis played her college golf at Oklahoma State for Cowgirl coaches Courtney Jones and Par Nilsson. She had a scoring average of 76.46 which placed her in the top twenty in school history. She was also a first team Academic All-Big 12 selection. In amateur golf she won the 2017 WOGA State Amateur at Oak Tree National defeating OU’s Sydney Youngblood 1-up in the match play final. She also won back to back WOGA Stroke Play Championships in 2016 at TCC and 2017 at Muskogee CC where she matched her personal low round of 66. Sadeghy is very soft spoken and humble and enjoys volunteering for causes she cares about, donating her time to the Regional Food Bank, Grace Rescue Mission, Hope Center, Rebuilding Together OKC and is an Advocate for the American Heart Association. She is grateful for her parents, Nader and Karen Sadeghy. She recently played in the first stage of LPGA Qualifying School in Rancho Mirage, CA and is due to receive her Bachelor’s Degree in Nutritional Sciences-Human Nutrition Pre-Med in December of 2018. Hayden Wood, Edmond North HS, 2014 Hayden was introduced to the game of golf by his father, Willie, and his grandfather, Willard Wood. His grandfather was a lifetime PGA Club Professional and played in the 1970 PGA Championship at Southern Hills CC. His father is a lifetime PGA Tour player who had a long career and currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions circuit, where he has had two victories. His father was also the number one ranked junior player in the country in 1978, the first year of the AJGA. Willie Wood played college golf at OSU, he was a four time All-American and 1982 College Player of the Year. Hayden enjoyed baseball as a youth and didn’t make golf a priority until the age of 12. He improved at age 11 after tagging along with his buddy, Nick Heinen, and playing in the Bill Nicklas Junior Tournament at Kickingbird, shooting a 58 on nine holes to Heinen’s 39. Dad deadpanned “it looks like you have a lot of work to do”. Work he did. Hayden cherished the teacher/pupil relationship with his father in his teen years and his now “practice buddy” current relationship with him. His father was never overbearing and the only time his dad would get upset was when Hayden displayed a bad attitude and acted like a spoiled brat. Hayden is very thankful and his father-son relationship with his dad has been a blessing. Being a part of three straight Edmond North team titles his sophomore, junior and senior years were the highlights of his junior golf accomplishments and many accomplishments he has. His sophomore year, 2012, he won the conference and regional tournaments and finished fourth at the 6A State Championship at Karsten Creek. His junior year he was second at conference, third at regionals and fifth at the 6A State Tournament. His senior year, 2014, he had another runner-up finish individually as the Huskies grabbed their 10th consecutive 6A State Championship team title, winning by 57 strokes at Karsten Creek. In 69 high school rounds he had a 73.40 stroke average, good for 9th best in school history. He had 4 individual titles, 27 top 10’s, 24 top 5’s, 14 top 3’s and 25 rounds at par or better. His stroke average his junior season was 72.1 and a fine 72.64 his final season. He won the OGA Boy’s Junior in 2012 and 2013. In the 2013 finals match he was 8 under par thru 9 holes. He also captured the OGA Stroke Play Championship in 2013 with rounds of 68, 73 and 66 at The Trails GC of Norman. He tied for 5th at the 2012 Western Junior with scores of 72, 74, 71 and 67 at The Country Club of Florida. He earned honorable mention Rolex All-America honors in 2012. He really enjoyed playing with his buddies at Oak Tree CC growing up which included Nick Heinen, Sam Humphreys, Cole Matthews, Tyson Reeder, Griffin Pierce, Eli
Armstrong, Michael Hampton and many others. He also enjoys friendships with Coach Doherty, former competitors Quade Cummins and high school rival Max McGreevy, who has become a good friend during their college years, and Ian Davis. After high school Hayden went on to Stillwater to become an OSU Cowboy. After redshirting his freshman year he has become a steady player for coaches Alan Bratton and Assistant Coach Donnie Darr averaging 71.06 in 17 rounds during the Cowboys 2017-2018 National Championship year and starting his senior campaign with 2 top 10’s in the first two events of the fall with a 69.87 average, good for T2 lowest on the team. In 2017, Hayden gained notoriety for claiming medalist honors by firing rounds of 64 at Riviera CC and a 67 at Bel Air CC to set a new all-time 36-hole scoring record at the 117th U.S. Amateur Championship. In 2018 he won the OGA State Amateur at The Patriot. Hayden’s mother is Wendi Weaver, he has two brothers, William and Kelby and two sisters, Lily and Abby. After finishing his double major degree in Finance and Marketing in May of 2019 and helping the Cowboys defend their title his plan is to play professional golf. Edmond Memorial Bulldogs, Boys, 1993 2018 is the Silver Anniversary of the 1993 Edmond Memorial Bulldogs State Championship, their fifth consecutive title, a record at the time. The members of the team that played at the conference, regional and state tournaments were seniors Jay Tewell and Jeff White, juniors Paul Brunner and Teddy Smith and sophomore Chris James. Tewell won all five of his high school career victories in the spring of 1993 including the Mid State Conference at Oakwood CC in Enid. It was the Bulldogs fifteenth consecutive conference title, which they won by 30 shots. Chris James won the Regional Tournament, where the team won by 29 shots. Teddy Smith won medalist honors at the State Tournament played at Cushing CC firing rounds of 74-71, with the second round being washed out by heavy rains. They trailed the Jenks Trojans by one stroke after the first round. Tewell fired rounds of 76-71, Chris James had 78-74, Paul Brunner 77-76 and Jeff White 77-79. They played both rounds in continual rain. In the second round every Bulldog averaged beating their Jenks opponent by nine strokes. Jenks fell to fourth place and Bartlesville finished runner-up, 25 shots back. Teddy Smith won conference and regional titles his sophomore and senior seasons and nine events from 1992-1994. Both seniors, Tewell and White, made All State as did Smith and Brunner their senior 1994 season. Three players made the 1993 Oklahoma Golf Coaches Association “All Star” Team, Smith, Tewell and James. Tewell also made the 1992 “All Star” Team, Smith made it from 1992-1994 and Brunner joined Smith as a 1994 “All Star” selection. Head coach Rick Leath went on to coach through the 2005 season and Leath was named the National High School Golf Coach of the Year in 1994. As of 2018, Leath is still teaching at Edmond Memorial. 1993 was Assistant Coach Mike McGraw’s final season with the Bulldogs as the following year he was the first Head Coach at Edmond North High School, where he won titles in 1994, 1996 and 1997 before moving on to join Mike Holder at Oklahoma State. The 1993 Edmond Bulldogs were also crowned Academic State Champions with a fine 3.73 GPA. Other team members were Tye Cunningham, Dustin Freeman, Bubba Hart, Graham Moore, Nathan Norris, Kurtis Ronck and Assistant Coach Mark Tippin. Edmond finished the season with a 114-1 record, matching the record of the 1989 Edmond Bulldogs with but one second place showing all season with the rest being victories, best in school history. They had eight individual champions and are considered one of the finest teams in Oklahoma State High School history.
Hayden Wood
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Taking care of a loved one can be a challenge. Read below how other caregivers handle those challenges.
Advice for caregivers & given by caregivers November IS National Family Caregivers Month Below please find advice for caregivers in given by others who also are involved in taking care of loved ones. THE QUESTION: How can you provide the best possible care for an aging parent or a loved one with a serious illness, while also making sure YOUR OWN health and stress don’t fall by the wayside? This problem, according to officials, is increasingly prevalent as more of America’s workforce serves double duty as caregivers for aging parents, spouses, or children with special needs. In the United States, an estimated 65.7 million unpaid family caregivers provide care for someone who is ill, disabled, or aged. These caregivers spend an average of 24 hours per week providing unpaid family care, and one in four caregivers invest over 40 hours each week. As a result, many family caregivers feel stretched for time and resources, so they sacrifice their own health in order to care for those who need it. They reduce or quit their exercise regimens, eat poorly, sleep irregularly, cancel their own doctors’ appointments, bottle up their feelings, and skip the social events that help them emotionally recharge. To help caregivers better navigate these challenges, Embracing Carers asked dedicated caregivers from across the U.S. for their top self-care tips. Here is some advice they shared: Dyan Alexander (Annapolis, MD) “Realize that you cannot be all things to all people, and acknowledge that you should reach out for help when (and even before) you need it. Most importantly, don’t let guilt take seed. You are doing the absolute best you can, which is exactly what your loved one needs.” Dave DiBella (Pittsburgh, PA) “Choose your battles. Being fitness and nutrition-minded, it was very difficult to not be concerned about my mother’s daily nutrition. But early into my full-time caregiving role, I realized that I wasn’t going to save my 92-year old mother from her inevitable passing by insisting that she eat more vegetables. Once I “let go,” it was really enjoyable to just ensure that she was getting foods and treats she really enjoyed. Obviously, everyone’s circumstances are different, but my advice would be to be more discerning about what really matters most.” — Dave cared for his mother around the clock in her final months of her battle with Alzheimer’s
Kristen Lasko (Washington, D.C.) “Accept help (which can be hard to do)! As a caregiver, you will need the help of others. Even if you think others won't do something as well as you could, or it's something that you enjoy doing, sometimes you have to let others into your home, your to-dolist, and your life to help you to stay afloat.” — Kristen cares full-time for her son Max, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a life-threatening genetic disease that renders Max unable to walk, eat, breath, or speak on his own. Jackie Schwabe (Milwaukee, MN) "Ask for help. You are the best caregiver for your loved one, but you are not the only caregiver. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Ask for help so you can continue the journey." Jon Strum (Los Angeles, CA) "My one piece of advice is very similar to what you hear every time you listen to the pre-flight safety speech on a plane. "Make sure your own mask is secured, and then help the other person. In other words: Make sure you're taking care of the caregiver, so that you'll be there for your loved one." Dick Akers (The Villages, FL) “Follow through on your dreams, even if it means a little extra planning.” — Dick serves as the primary caregiver for his wife Ellen, who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s shortly after their retirement. Dick and Ellen recently took their “trip of a lifetime” together — a cruise through Europe — with help of dozens of caring and attentive airline and cruise ship employees, tour guides, and fellow passengers. Eboni Green (Omaha, NE) "Fill your cup! Recently the saying “you can’t serve from an empty cup” has taken on new meaning to me in my life as a caregiver. So that rather than my goal as a caregiver being to prevent from serving from an empty cup, I consider that my cup must be overflowing so that I serve from an overflowing cup. Now this may sound a little selfish, but my advice is to make sure your cup is overflowing before taking on anything additional. This way you avoid the likelihood that you will burn out. In this analogy the full cup represents the practice of self-care while caregiving. Ways that you may fill your cup might include doing the things that you love. For example, spending time with family, reading a book, taking a hot bath, and participating in work or a career that you find meaningful might fill your veryday ways to help your
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Helping your elderly neighbors with their everyday tasks can have a profound impact on their lives.
Helping older neighbors a great way to give back Thoughtful men, women and children can give back to their communities in various ways. Coaching youth sports, volunteering with local charities and donating to local food or clothing drives are just a few of the ways you can help make your community a better place. Another way to give back is to help your elderly neighbors who may not be as independent as they once were. Such men and women may have physical limitations that compromise their ability to perform everyday tasks. People in the prime of their life take their ability to perform such tasks for granted. And while these gestures might seem simple, helping your elderly neighbors with their everyday tasks can have a profound impact on their lives. ■ Ask if a neighbor needs anything from the grocery store. Everyone forgets to buy something at the grocery store from time to time. That’s a minor inconvenience to most people, but it can have a much bigger impact on elderly people who have mobility issues. Before taking trips to the grocery store, make it a habit to call an elderly neighbor and ask if he or she needs anything. ■ Invite seniors over for dinner or other gatherings. Many seniors deal with social isolation, which occurs when they lack opportunities to interact with other people. Recent data from the Administration on Aging indicates that 35 percent of women over the age of 65 were widows and
almost half of women 75 and older live alone. Inviting elderly neighbors who live alone over for dinners, movie nights or game watches once per week is a great way to help them avoid social isolation and give them something to look forward to. ■ Help with some weekly chores. Seniors living on fixed incomes may find it difficult to maintain their homes. Relatively simple tasks like mowing the lawn, taking out the garbage and even vacuuming can be difficult for seniors with physical limitations. Pitching in to help with such chores once or twice a week won’t require much time on your part and can have a significant impact on the lives of your aging neighbors. ■ Drive seniors to religious services. Attending religious services is important to many seniors, but those who can no longer drive themselves to weekly services may not be attending them as much as they would like. Whether you attend such services or not, offer to drive an elderly neighbor on Sunday mornings (or whenever weekly services are held). Religious services can help seniors stay connected to their faith and their communities, and driving an elderly neighbor to and from houses of worship once per week won’t require a significant commitment of your time. Helping your elderly neighbors is a great and often simple way to give back to your community.
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How to achieve your financial freedom Monthly bills turn many Americans into jugglers. Paying for rent, food, or other necessities is a common problem, with 40 percent of Americans struggling to pay for at least one basic need, according to a recent survey by the Urban Institute. For some consumers, spending too much on luxuries can make it difficult to pay for all of their necessities on time; a Pew study found that close to half of Americans spend more money than they make every
month. Many people consider ways to cut monthly expenses, but then balk at eliminating certain items because the thought of doing without them seems too painful. Has something you deemed a necessity actually been a money-draining luxury? Hard as it may seem to live without some monthly comforts, Daniel Ameduri says such rigid discipline can prove rewarding long-term – especially to millennials and younger generations planning toward
their financial future. “Let’s face it, the economy has changed, and the pension system and conventional retirement are in the past,” says Ameduri (www.futuremoneytrends.com), co-founder of the Future Money Trends newsletter. “If you really want to get ahead or make the choice to become wealthy, it will require you to do things that are not normal. “It starts with sacrifice in your personal finance life, and ideas that might seem drastic are ways to save real money.” Ameduri lists five effective cost-cutting measures to save money every month: ■ Get rid of your smartphone. “I know, that’s like asking people to get rid of a body part,” Ameduri says, “but ditching your smartphone can be a big cost-saver. There’s the high cost of the phones plus a basic cell phone plan; the latter would rid you of $500 or more a year.” Flip phones are a far cheaper alternative while providing basic functionality, Ameduri says, and tablets, also considerably less expensive than smartphones, have similar features. ■ Cancel the cable bill. “Who doesn’t pay too much for cable, or cable and internet in the same package?” says Ameduri. “Replace the cable bill with Netflix and Hulu, or search around for what you want to watch on YouTube.” ■ Avoid car payments. Ameduri says one of the worst mistakes people make is having a car payment,
which is usually, next to mortgage or rent, the highest monthly expense. He recommends diligently shopping for a reliable used car, owning it, making sure it gets great gas mileage and keeping it properly maintained. “Your life is too short to be making payments for something that depreciates daily and costs so much per month,” Ameduri says. “A car shouldn’t be a matter of pride, especially if you are just borrowing money to drive it.” ■ Don’t be a fashion plate. Getting too caught up in what we wear can get expensive, Ameduri warns. He says it makes sense to shop at discount stores, which more people are doing. “You can look nice buying clothes for half or two-thirds of the cost of top-line brands,” he says. “Avoiding high-end brands is a smart way to save money. Someone who truly wants to change their financial position won’t care about the perception of shopping at a second-tier store.” ■ Stop eating meat. Meat can eat up much of a food budget, and Ameduri says there are smarter alternatives for main courses. “It’s overpriced and it really isn’t that healthy for you anyway,” Ameduri says. “Instead, eat beans and raw nuts for your protein. Think of all the money you will save by grilling vegetables and eating salads.” “Some sacrifices may seem difficult early on,” Ameduri says, “but when you don’t feel the monthly pinch of financial pain anymore, they’re definitely worth it.”
Kaleidoscope Concert Nears Natasha Abu-Fadel will perform alongside fellow UCO Kaleidoscope Dancers in their rock ‘n’ roll-themed concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15-17 in Mitchell Hall Theatre. Tickets for performances are $20. Tickets for seniors and non-UCO students are $15. Central students may obtain one free ticket with a valid student ID. To purchase tickets, visit www.mitchellhalltheatre.com or call 405-974-3375.
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National fellowship honor A Francis Tuttle instructor has been selected for a prestigious national fellowship. LaDonna Selvedge director of Francis Tuttle’s Practical Nursing Program, was named the 2019 Health Science Education Division Fellow by The Association for Career and Technical Education Selvedge (ACTE). The ACTE National Leadership Fellowship Program is a one-year program that provides outstanding educators with the training and development they need to help them produce a prepared, educated and adaptable workforce. “I am very honored to be selected for this fellowship” Selvidge said, “I truly believe that career and technology education changes lives by providing opportunities for students and equipping them to become productive citizens in the workplace.” Selvidge has nearly two decades of combined experience as an instructor and technology center nursing director during which she has served as President of Oklahoma’s Health Careers Education Teachers’ Association, among other honors. Selvedge received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, Master of Science in Education from The University of Central Oklahoma and Master of Science in Nursing from Southern Nazarene University. “This fellowship is an exciting honor for LaDonna and for Francis Tuttle,” said Mark Pierce, instructional director for Francis Tuttle’s Health Sciences Center. “We are proud to have her on our team and look forward to supporting her during this year of professional and leadership development.”
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Leadership Oklahoma, a statewide leadership program, is now accepting applications for its 2019 Youth Leadership Oklahoma (YLOK) class. The application deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 5 by 5 p.m. Applicants must be high school juniors or home-schooled equivalent with at least a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Youth Leadership Oklahoma accepts 50 class members each year. The program includes a weeklong journey across the state to introduce high school students between their junior and senior years to state leaders, issues, resources and cultural treasures of Oklahoma. The program dates for YLOK Class 19 will be June 2 - June 7, 2019. Criteria for selection includes demonstrated leadership ability in activities such as student council, athletics and service clubs in their schools and communities as well as an exhibited commitment to community service and extra-curricular activities. Participants are also considered on the basis of geographic, racial and cultural diversity. Applications may be downloaded at www.leadershipoklahoma.com or requested by calling the LOK office at 405-848-0001. Completed applications must be received in the Leadership Oklahoma office, located at 5500 N. Western, Suite 142, Oklahoma City, OK 73118, no later than 5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5.
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By Eriech Tapia NewsOK.com/The Oklahoman The days of working out of the back of a truck are over as Urban Agrarian has planted itself in downtown as the newest grocery store. “A lot of places will have token local products,” said co-owner Chelsey Simpson. “In Urban Agrarian you will find almost entirely local products.” The nearly 1,000-square-foot space is filled with mostly Oklahomasourced products, along with a deli counter, fresh eggs and milk and even hot apple-filled empanadas. Plans also include expanding the selection to include a meat counter. Located in Vault 405, a co-working space operated by Citizens Bank of Edmond, the store sits on the northeast corner of Main Street and Broadway. “I think people are increasingly interested in buying local food and knowing where their food comes from,” Simpson said. On Nov. 24, Small Business Saturday, Urban Agrarian and Lovera's, an Oklahoma market selling handcrafted Italian foods in Krebs, will partner together to debut a new cheese program. For the past 10 years, founder Matt Burch has been going to the Edmond Farmer's Market every Satur-
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ABOUT YOUTH LEADERSHIP OKLAHOMA In 2001 Leadership Oklahoma conducted extensive research to create a model youth program unlike any other in the country. It was important that the program be designed to be educational and inspiring and to instill in our young leaders a hope, pride and responsibility for Oklahoma’s future. The result was YLOK and a weeklong journey each summer across the state that introduces high school students between their junior and senior years to the leaders, issues, resources and cultural treasures of Oklahoma. To date, more than 900 students from over 260 schools have participated in the program. Many of our graduates have shared that YLOK was a life-changing experience. A member of YLOK’s 2018 class wrote, “The leadership opportunities through YLOK helped me learn about trust, problem solving, communication, cooperation, and career opportunities, while helping me understand why Oklahoma is a great place to build a future.” The CEO of Leadership Oklahoma is Marion Paden.
day during the season but decided that being in the city all year round would be more beneficial. “Farmers markets aren't convenient for everybody; not all farmers and not all consumers,” Simpson said. “We were happy to have a good 10year run.” While Urban Agrarian almost closed in 2017, the business was revived by Jill Castilla, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond, after Burch tweeted that he was closing. “We never thought we could afford downtown Edmond,” Burch said. Despite the setbacks, Burch said the company is better positioned for future growth and is looking to make Edmond more aware of the local options they have. They still have their store in Oklahoma City. “The hyperlocalism is just something that speaks to all of us,” Castilla said, who knew a local grocer would fit well in the old corner office. “We had saved it out of Vault 405 to try to do something special. I love the story of Urban Agrarian.” The Edmond location is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, 8 to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 11 to 6 p.m. on Sunday. “I hope this is a model for others going forward,” Castilla said.
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ESA members listen to speaker From left are ESA members Laura Howells, Veronica McCain, and Kathy Roderick Epsilon Sigma Alpha members attended inspirational speaker David Barton's WallBuilders event. WallBuilder’s goal is to exert a direct and positive influence in government, education, and the family. WallBuilders is an organization dedicated to presenting America’s forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundations on which America was built. This inclusive approach to American history is characterized by the work of influential historians and educators from George Bancroft to Noah Webster to Emma William, John Fiske, and countless others. WallBuilders presents an uncensored view of American history, thus not only giving meaning to history but also keeping it from becoming what Charles Coffin termed ‘an incomprehensible enigma.’
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‘Let’s Make a Deal’ at Crossings Church Single adults are invited to All Singles Thanksgiving Event on Nov. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Crossings OKC campus! During the evening, we’ll enjoy fantastic fellowship time, a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, “Let’s Make a Deal” gameshow fun, and featured speaker, Dave Edwards – you don’t want to miss it! Church friendly game show costumes are optional, but there will be a few prize chances for those who dare to wear. Dave Edwards travels the world full-time and speaks in churches, Christian conferences, and corporations igniting positive change. Dave is the author of 26 books and is a multi-talented communicator with more than 25 years of experience. His unique style of comedy and content has made him one of the most sought-after speakers, and we’re excited to welcome him back! Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner begins at 6:15 p.m. While families are important to us, childcare is not available for this event. Tickets are available for $12 online prior to the event or at the door for $15 a person. If you’re seeking additional information on this event, please contact Pam Ingle at pingle@crossings.church or by calling 405-302-1209.
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Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi Good Shepherd Anglican Church (Traditional Episcopal) 1000 N. Broadway, Edmond •314-8715 Sundays - Holy Communion 8:00 & 10:00am Animal Friendly Parish “If you have people who exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have those who deal likewise with their fellow human being.” St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
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