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Of course, there’s Father’s Day on June 16, but there are so many more reasons why it’s great to be a guy this month. With the summer season underway, the long, sunny days can be filled with backyard cookouts, baseball games, camping trips, fishing excursions and so much more.

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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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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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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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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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“When we decided to do the pool, we really wanted to add the pool house and attach it to the home. We wanted it to look like it was not an add-on but have it flow into the existing house,” Shannon says. “We had an outdoor kitchen, and we wanted it to be the transition area. This is where we did all the cooking and entertaining.”

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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.”

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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.

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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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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.”

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THE FIRST SESSION

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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.

t h at peo pl e t el l m e h av e n e v er been d o n e befo r e .”

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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

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$400,000

94%

11

3

2.1

Belle Isle

$309,000

$290,000

94%

19

3

2

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$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

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$495,000

$465,000

94%

13

3

2.1

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$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

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$377,500

98%

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