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INSIDE THE ISSUE JUNE 2019
FEATURES 26 The First Session Oklahoma’s Governor, Lt. Governor Share Lessons Learned, Victories Earned in First Year
36 Farewell to a Classic Volkswagen Discontinues Iconic VW Beetle
40 A Price Too High C.O.P.S Support Organization Rebuilds Shattered Lives of Survivors Affected by Line-of-Duty Deaths
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44 The Oklahoma Club Special The Club Special Remains a State Favorite Cocktail
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Good Times
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Around Town
20 Open House 32 Locally Owned 36 Driver’s Notebook 40 Giving Back 44 Hot Spot 48 Lifestyle Calendar 49 Realty Report
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Heritage Hall's Heart of Gold Gala The Heritage Hall Board of Trustees hosted its annual gala and auction at the OKC Golf and Country Club April 6. Chaired by Brian Bogert '95, Jenny Gray Ferguson '96 and Heather Verity Showalter ’95, Gala 2019: Heart of Gold recognized Heritage Hall’s teachers and noted the school’s golden anniversary. The school, founded in 1969, is observing its 50th year.
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AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM TO OPEN SPRING 2021 Recently, members of the OKC News Bureau were treated to a tour of the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum complex, which will be resuming construction in April and aims for a grand opening in the spring of 2021. Shoshana Wasserman, associate director of the American Indian
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PLAZA DISTRICT ASSOCIATION TO HONOR BATCHELORS WITH URBAN PIONEER AWARD The Plaza District Association will honor Leslie and Dan Batchelor as the recipients of the 2019 Urban Pioneer Award on Tuesday, June 4 at the Oklahoma City University School of Law, 800 N. Harvey Ave. Presented by Fowler Automotive and
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FOURTH MAPS 3 SENIOR HEALTH WELLNESS CENTER IN THE WORKS YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City and Integris Medical Group will pair up to make the fourth MAPS 3 senior health and wellness center for Oklahoma City a reality. Two MAPS 3 senior health and wellness centers are in operation at NW 115 and Rockwell and in Capitol Hill. The first center was recently approved for a $3.5 million expansion after outgrowing the demand in just two years. The senior wellness centers were approved by voters in the 2009 MAPS 3 Oklahoma City sales tax election. The senior centers are roughly 40,000 square feet and include fitness rooms, educational classroom space, social space and pools and are open to senior citizens in Oklahoma City.
GLOBAL AEROSPACE COMPANY COBHAM TO OPEN NEW OFFICE IN OKC The Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced that Cobham plc, a global aerospace company with headquarters in the UK and market leader in aerial refueling products and technologies, opened a new facility at Tinker Air Force Base in March 2019 to provide customer support for Cobham Hose and Drogue equipment fitted to U.S. Air Force Refueling Aircraft. Located in Oklahoma City, Tinker Air Force Base is home to an Air Logistics Center, which provides maintenance and overhaul of KC-135 Stratotanker and the KC-10, the primary aerial refueling aircraft in service with the USAF. Once deployed, the USAF Logistics Center will provide sustainment services for the new KC-46 tanker, also fitted with Cobham Hose and Drogue Refueling systems.
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OPEN HOUSE ARTICLE HEIDE BRANDES PHOTOGRAPHY CINDY RITCHIE
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A gas fire element was included into the pool design to add a comfortable seating area near the spa.
The existing outdoor kitchen was incorporated into the new addition of a pool house.
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Cooper and Creed Kardokus hone their skills in the backyard batting cage.
Another addition to the backyard area was a batting cage for their sons. Robert Powell of Pool Envy designed the 16-by-80-foot-deep batting cage with a stone base and netting to keep balls from going wild. The pergola, which covered the outdoor kitchen, was repurposed as a staging area.
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Cooper and Creed Kardokus spend hours in the new pool house playing ping pong, shooting hoops or watching sports.
The Kardokuses once again called upon Brent Gibson and Robert Powell with Pool Envy to make their vision into a reality. “They wanted a destination place for the kids. The pool house has a theater, a small kitchen, a bathroom and a game room,” Robert says. “The other big thing they wanted was if you were inside the pool house, you could look out these big double doors right into the pool. That way, she could have her eyes on the kids from every standpoint inside.” The
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house
incorporated the same Tudor design elements like soaring wooden beams and custom brick in order to match the existing home. The outdoor kitchen was transformed into a transitional area between the house and the new pool house. All the flooring in the new addition was tile wood floor for easy cleanup, and the bathroom includes a shower for post-pool washing. Inside the pool house, the kids could indulge in a game of ping pong or shoot light hoops, watch TV and sports and cook their own snacks. “So we approached it as though we were doing a whole new construction,” Brent says. “The pool house is a place for their three boys to entertain and have their friends over. They also have a lot of social activities for their family and church.” The pool itself is a dream come true for Shannon.
From left, Robert Powell of Pool Envy and Brent Gibson of Gibson Classic Home Design
“I always wanted a pool. I didn’t have a pool growing up, but it was my dream to have a pool in our backyard,” she says. The contemporary-style 40,000-gallon ozone-osmosis pool includes an elevated spa with a gas fire pit, fountains that pour into the main area and a sit-in area covered by pool umbrellas. “The ledges with the umbrellas let you sit in the water for hours and hours and hours. We could finally invite people and feel like we had a place to entertain, which was nice,” Shannon says. “It is just kind of a retreat back here. We eat dinner out here. The boys CONTINUED >
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Large glass windows and doors allow for a view of the pool from inside the pool house.
like to swim in the evening. They spend a lot of time over the past year in the pool house too playing ping pong or watching sports on all the channels.” Even the pergola that originally covered the outdoor kitchen was repurposed as a staging area for the 16-by-80-foot batting cage Robert built for Cooper and Creed in the backyard. “Brent and Robert really knocked it out of the park,” Shannon says. “The pool house and pool match the existing home just perfectly. You would never know it was an add-on, and it turned out exactly how I hoped.”
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OKLAHOMA’S GOVERNOR, LT. GOVERNOR SHARE LESSONS LEARNED, VICTORIES EARNED IN FIRST YEAR
The First Session ARTICLE HEIDE BRANDES | PHOTOGRAPHY KIMBERLY RICHELLE PHOTOGRAPHY
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K e v i n S t i t t IN JANUARY, OKLAHOMA SWORE IN ITS TWO
deliver services and run agencies properly.
NEW LEADERS IN GOV. KEVIN STITT AND
That's a big game-changer.”
LT. GOV. MATT PINNELL, STARTING A NEW PHASE FOR POLITICS IN OKLAHOMA.
One of the biggest surprises he found as governor was the sheer number of people he meets
During his campaign, Kevin cast himself as
and talks to daily. From public speaking events
a political outsider and pledged to bring his
to constituents, Gov. Stitt discovered that being
business background into play when running
accessible to the public was a bigger responsibil-
the state.
ity than he imagined.
In his inaugural address, Gov. Stitt empha-
“I really look at my job as being the chief exec-
sized how he would bring both Republicans and
utive, so it's all about getting the right team and
Democrats to the table, saying Oklahoma pride, not
hiring the right people. So I've got a full-time
partisanship, would move the state forward.
recruiter, and I've got folks that are going out and
In his first session as Oklahoma's governor,
doing national searches to bring the right people
Gov. Stitt has moved fast on some bills he cham-
into these agencies,” he says. “I've spent a lot of
pioned. He signed the permitless carry bill early
time getting the right secretaries for my cabinet.
on and passed the agency accountability bills in
One of the first things I did was hired a chief oper-
March, giving him the authority to hire and fire
ating officer, a COO, and no other [Oklahoma]
certain agency heads.
governor has ever done that.”
For the new governor, hitting the ground running was a theme.
The digital transformation in the state agencies was also a major goal for Gov. Stitt, saying the
“It’s just been such an honor to be governor.
move was critical to bring technology throughout
I came from the private sector, and I'm just like
state government as well. He also plans to con-
everybody else. I’m an Oklahoma boy that grew
tinue the fight to fund education sustainably and
up here and went to college here, and it's been
institute criminal justice reforms.
fantastic but a learning experience,” he says.
“You’ve heard me say I want Oklahoma to be a
“I'm actually bringing people together. And
top 10 state. I think we can be. I think we don't have
since I didn't come from the political world, I think
any different issues in our state than they have in
I had an advantage of just a kind of bringing the
any other state,” he says. “We all want the same
House and the Senate together and negotiate.
things. We all want the best schools for our kids.
We're doing some amazing things that people tell
We want the best roads and bridges. We want
me have never been done before.”
the best health care system. And so how do we
One of Gov. Stitt’s biggest victories his first
get there? Let’s do the right thing. I'm trying to
session was to pass the agency accountability bill.
bring people together and say, ‘Listen, we've got
“That was a monumental bill. It's going to
to focus on what's best for Oklahoma, good gov-
change the way that we run state government
ernment and not what's best for just this building.’
for the next 50 years because before, the
One of the first things I did was stop the lobby-
governor didn't have any authority to really
ists. It was unpopular in this building because the
run these agencies,” he says. “So the top five
lobbyists take them to dinner, hang out and do all
agencies were run by unelected people that
those things. But the people back home, they think
were on these boards for nine years in some
it's ridiculous that this agency hires a lobbyist. So I
cases. Now we're going to be able to actually
put an end to all that."
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Lt . G o v . M a t t P i n n e l l When Oklahoma businessman Matt Pinnell
“Agritourism is one of the fastest growing cot-
was sworn in as Oklahoma’s lieutenant governor,
tage industries inside the tourism department as
he had a list of priorities he wanted to address
a whole,” he says. “People want to know where
for the state. However, almost immediately after
their food is coming from today, more than really
taking office, he was named Secretary of Tourism
any time in our nation’s history. So one of the first
and Branding and tasked with the job of attracting
phone calls that I made was reaching out to our
more lucrative tourism dollars into the economy.
agritourism division inside the Department of Ag.”
Diversifying Oklahoma’s economy by fos-
Dedicating more funding to tourism marketing
tering entrepreneurship, growing small busi-
is one of the top goals Lt. Gov. Pinnell has in order
nesses and attracting tourism were key prior-
to boost those dollars in the state. A week before
ities for Lt. Gov. Pinnell.
spring break, Oklahoma dedicated $2 million for
“For Oklahoma to be positioned to be a top
a spring campaign.
10 state, we have to diversify our economy in
“I don’t believe that we’re dedicating enough
Oklahoma. As I said on the campaign trail, we will
dollars to our marketing efforts. For every dollar
always be an oil and gas state, but the oil and gas
you spend on tourism advertising, you get about
industry would love for us to be more diversified
$8 back, so your return on that investment is
as well because if the price of oil tanks, then most
huge,” he says. ”Over the summer, I’m going to be
of the time we just look to the oil and gas industry
meeting with legislators specific to our state park
for a check,” he says. “We’ve got to get out of that
system in Oklahoma. We have got to put a long-
cycle. I commend the governor of being very ded-
term funding plan together for our state parks.”
icated to making sure that our emergency fund,
Lt. Gov. Pinnell says the new leadership’s
our rainy day fund, does have a sufficient amount
biggest victory was opening the lines of com-
of money in it so that if the price of oil does tank,
munications with legislators, both Republican
we are prepared.”
and Democrat.
After being named as Secretary of Tourism and
“I really think the biggest victory for us was
Branding, Lt. Gov. Pinnell was also able to study
developing better relationships with members
how Oklahoma could become a powerhouse in
on both sides of the aisle inside this building. I
the recreation and tourism sector.
think that’s going to pay off for us for the next four
“So a lot of that first month for me was getting
years,” he says. “Inside this building, it’s about
over into a much larger agency than I thought
relationships and building trust and building rela-
it was,” he says. “I’m extremely blessed that I’m
tionships with members first.”
able to be in a creative space as Secretary of
Education funding and policy will continue to
Tourism and Branding because we just launched
be a challenge for the state, but he says innova-
a rebrand on the state of Oklahoma,” he says.
tion will play a key role.
“It was put together by 100 of the most creative
“I believe moving forward, we took some good
minds from around the state. Where it starts with
steps this session on education, but education will
me is doubling down on our greatest strengths
continue to be an area that will be debated,” he says.
when it comes to tourism.”
“And I’m glad it will be. We need to continue to
Lt. Gov. Pinnell says Route 66 through
have various very serious conversations about and
Oklahoma needs to be promoted more aggres-
empower education and organizations so that we
sively, as does agritourism in the state.
can be a top 10 education state.”
CONTINUED >
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“ W e ' r e d o in g s o m e a m a z in g t h in g s Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signs legislation into law.
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Each one of those losses left behind family
May during National Police Week; scholar-
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Each year, between 140 and 160 officers
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November that honors fallen officers.
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"We are here for everyone who has lost some-
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took six new families to Police Week in May. We
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secret to me until I lost my son in 2015, who was a
we fed 300 people. We do what we can to support
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Dees, chapter president. "We raise funds to help get survivors to different C.O.P.S. retreats and to
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REALTY REPORT NEIGHBORHOOD
OKC
REALTY REPORT
ORIGINAL PRICE
SOLD PRICE
%SOLD/ORIG
DOM
BDRMS
BATHS
Nichols Hills
$1,975,000
$1,950,000
99%
1
3
3.1
Nichols Hills
$1,650,000
$1,650,000
100%
1
4
4.3
Nichols Hills
$820,000
$820,000
100%
1
2
3.1
Nichols Hills
$439,000
$430,000
98%
2
3
2.1
Belle Isle
$499,000
$485,000
97%
8
3
2.1
Belle Isle
$443,000
$420,000
95%
7
3
3
Belle Isle
$424,900
$400,000
94%
11
3
2.1
Belle Isle
$309,000
$290,000
94%
19
3
2
Crown Heights
$600,000
$600,000
100%
7
4
2.1
Crown Heights
$495,000
$475,000
96%
3
4
2.1
Crown Heights
$350,000
$320,000
91%
2
4
3.1
Crown Heights
$299,000
$305,000
102%
3
3
2
Historic
$699,000
$699,000
100%
2
4
4.1
Historic
$469,500
$469,500
100%
1
3
2.1
Historic
$495,000
$465,000
94%
13
3
2.1
Historic
$424,900
$410,000
96%
10
3
2.1
Oakdale
$699,000
$675,000
97%
17
4
4
Oakdale
$665,000
$657,000
99%
3
4
4.1
Oakdale
$599,000
$595,000
99%
13
4
3.1
Oakdale
$385,000
$377,500
98%
14
4
3.1
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district and part of the original Route
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66. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary
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STARS & STRIPES RIVER FESTIVAL
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RIVERSPORT
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orchestra and splashy production
water
Cody Johnson & Friends come
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to Chesapeake Energy Arena on
on the entire Civic Center Stage. Visit
evening. Visit RiversportOKC.org
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Attached Tour" is a high-energy rock and comedy show with costumes, props, a video wall and—for the first time—a full orchestra. For tickets, visit TheZooAmphitheatre.com/ event/weird-al-yankovic.
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