Dean A. McGee Awards At left: Edie Roodman, Glenna Tanenbaum, Whitney Cross and Dr. Brian Wolfe at the Dean A McGree Awards. At right: Event Co-Chairmen Deborah Senner and Jim Couch. For more photos, see Pages 2 & 11.
OKC FRIDAY Vol. 59 No. 18• One Section • 12 pages • September 5, 2025
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Classroom wing to provide space for new programming
One last hurrah
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Heart health takes center stage during Go Red Oklahoma City will turn red on Thursday, Nov. 6, as the American Heart Association-OKC hosts its 2025 Go Red for Women Luncheon at the Meinders Hall of Mirrors, Civic Center Music Hall. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., guests gather for an afternoon of inspiration, education and advocacy—all in support of women’s heart health. Now in her third See RED, Page 3
By Eric Oesch Staff Writer
Two-and-a-halfyear-old Harper Choudhry slides out of summer at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. Metro country clubs and swimming pools were full on Labor Day as people enjoyed the last of summer. Harper is the daughter of Victoria Ball and Farooq Choudhry.
A new classroom wing under construction at John Marshall Enterprise High School, 12201 N. Portland Ave., is to help with efforts to provide new educational programming in aviation and health sciences. The new wing at JMEHS will provide classroom and lab space for the new programs offered to the nearly 800 students who attend the school. Nabholz is the contractor of the class-
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room wing designed by Studio Architect and funded through an Oklahoma City Public School Bond Issue. The project has a projected completion date for the 2026-2027 school year. Upon graduation students who have completed the new programming are ready to pursue careers in aviation including piloting, air traffic control, and drone operation. Students in a new health science program are prepared for careers See JM, Page 3
Town Hall Lecture series speakers are announced By Rose Lane Editor Tickets are now on sale for the 92nd Annual Town Hall Lecture Series. In 1933, the Junior League of Oklahoma City decided to sponsor a cultural lecture
series called Town Hall. Since members of the league wished it to be a city-wide artistic venture, they asked 20 local women to be on the Board of Advisors. This board was responsible for the selection of the speakers. 370 women joined
Storm debris collections are set Residential solid waste customers in northwest Oklahoma City who experienced tree and limb damage during recent sudden rain downbursts are asked to set their debris at the curb so it can be collected during their next regular bulky waste day in September. Crews have assessed areas where the downbursts were most severe and have put together a map of impacted areas. Neighborhoods impacted are located generally south of Lake Hefner between
Northwest 10 and Wilshire Boulevard and North MacArthur Boulevard and May Avenue. See map at okc.gov/ debrismap for specific impacted areas. What to know: • Those who live in one of the neighborhoods identified on the map and have tree or limb debris, set all debris at the curb for collection by 6 a.m. on the next regular bulky waste day in See DEBRIS, Page 3
and the series was enthusiastically received by the group. As was the custom with all projects, after three years the Junior League turned over the entire supervision of this project to the communitywide Board of Advisers who were then fully responsible
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Dog of the Week Stewart is a standard poodle rescued from a puppy mill when he was 5-1/2-months-old. He is extremely intelligent and learns words and sentences very quickly. And, he loves to be loved! His mom and dad are Bill Blair and Nancy Miller, husband and wife. Email Pet of the Week submissions with complete descriptions to: rose@okcfriday.com.
for its direction. Today, the lectures are to begin at 11 a.m., the third Thursday of the month at the Church of the Servant, 14343 N. MacArthur Blvd. Lunches with the speaker are offered See LECTURES, Page 7