Kyle Dillingham to headline 36th Celebration of Hope

The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary of Central Oklahoma announces plans for its 36th annual Celebration of Hope. The event will be held Saturday evening, April 15, at the Oklahoma City Petroleum Club and will feature Kyle Dillingham and Horseshoe Road Band with a special appearance by Caleb Freeman and his family. The emcee for the evening will be sports photojournalist/reporter for Oklahoma’s News 4, Dylan Buckingham.

Proceeds from this event will allow the Women’s Auxiliary to reach the lives of thousands of

Oklahomans through its active participation in The Salvation Army’s programs and projects. The Salvation Army of Central Oklahoma oversees many programs ranging from feeding programs through its food pantry and community meals; emergency shelter for single men, single women and families; emergency assistance through social services; senior centers to provide meals and socialization for individuals aged 55+; The Salvation Army’s Boys & Girls Club to offer a safe, fun and educational place for atrisk children after school and during the summer; Christmas assistance; and disaster services and spiritual care.

Individual reservations are $100 and sponsorships are available, visit celebrationofhopeokc.com to purchase. Doors open at 5:30 pm and the event begins at 6 pm. For more information about the event, please contact event co-chairs: Kathy Rhodes, 405-202-9140, or Susan Russell, 405-204-5301.

About Kyle Dillingham and Horseshoe Road Band: Dillingham, an Oklahoma native, has electrified and energized audiences in 41 countries. He picked up the violin when he was nine, and eight years later, he gave two featured performances at the Grand Ole Opry. an American in Russian occupied Ukraine was a dangerous situation.

Dillingham was selected as a recipient of the 2009 Governor’s Arts Award, acknowledging his life’s work as a violinist, vocalist, musical ambassador for the state of Oklahoma and for his gift to connect with people throughout the world.

With an eclectic musical style ranging from Blues to Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz to Western Swing, Country, Rock and Gospel, Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road blend them into an earthy genre they call Heartland Americana.

“Tim came back to Oklahoma to visit us a year ago last January and when he returned to Ukraine the tension and threat of war became real,” said Dee about her brother’s experience. “We were all incredibly worried while Tim tried to play it down as long as he could.”

Russia invaded Ukraine on three fronts on Feb. 24, 2022. Both Dee and her mother visited Tim in the eastern European country prior to the war.

“Ukraine is like an aging dowager. Beautiful buildings but crumbling. The people were shy but friendly. Fascinating,” she said. “Tim started a successful English school and liked the slow pace of life Ukraine offered.”

As patrols of Russian military and the Russian Federal Security Service roamed the streets of Kherson following the invasion, Morales was forced to hide in two tiny apartments - his own apartment and one belonging to his former wife. Both were void of electricity, heat and running water.

He spent his time watching movies downloaded onto his laptop before the invasion. In the beginning he would occasionally walk the streets, but feared meeting friends who would sometimes yell out friendly greetings that could have put him at risk of being found.

Concerns for his safety became even more elevated when a Russian, possibly a civilian administrator in the occupation government, moved his family into an apartment abandoned by a fleeing Ukrainian family into the building across the street from his apartment. The risk of being discovered was always top of mind.

For eight months he hid inside the apartments as Americans were targeted by Russians as enemies of the state. On occasion he was able to steal secretive walks in a small courtyard next to his apartment building filled with cherry and walnut trees and hidden from view by high walls.

Once, as he entered his small courtyard retreat, he was met with Russian soldiers pointing rifles through the wire mesh of the gate. He ran back inside and locked the doors behind him, but soon a search party of soldiers arrived and knocked on the door.

Since his Russian wasn’t good enough to pass as a local his neighbor an older woman helped Morales explain to the Russians that he was an Irishman named Timothy Joseph who taught English in the city but had lost his passport. He didn’t return to the secret courtyard until after the city was liberated, for fear the secret police would return.

By then, his now former wife and 10-year-old daughter had already fled the country. He, too, tried to flee Ukraine, traveling a highway to the north, but Russian tanks firing on the road ahead forced him to retreat to Kherson and his tiny apartments.

Dee said they were always in communication with her brother but worried about their communications being seen by Russians and giving him away.

“We talked on Viber,” she said.

“Sometimes Tim’s son would communicate with us. Tim was very savvy about keeping under the radar and used a burner phone (a cheap, prepaid mobile phone that can be destroyed when no longer needed).

“We talked to Tim every day. Sometimes he could talk to us. Sometimes he couldn’t,” she said. “We developed a system to communicate with a morning and evening Smiley Face so we knew he was okay.”

Dee said she talked with her brother often about leaving Ukraine.

“That was our main focus,” she said. “He needed to get out of there. Men weren’t allowed to leave … even American men. Tim tried to escape and was met with Russian soldiers at every turn.”

As his experience of being trapped behind enemy lines was nearing its end, Morales noticed something very interesting. Russian soldiers were stealing expensive cars and whisking them away from Kherson and farther from the front line. He could tell the Russian invasion of Kherson was falling apart. It gave him hope that the Russian soldiers were giving up.

He realized the city had been liberated when he saw a car traveling the streets with the Ukrainian flag flying from the antennae of the vehicle. He knew then the Russians were gone. Morales soon joined celebrations in the city’s central square to greet Ukrainian soldiers as they returned to the city unabated.

Dee said she was frustrated during efforts to get her brother out of Ukraine.

“We tried everything. Politicians. The US State Department. Rebel groups. Nothing,” she said. “Eventually ABC News and the international news agency, Reuters, got him safely out of Kherson.”

Today Morales is living in the city of Odessa and authoring a book about his experiences. His main wish is to be reunited with his children, but has yet to be reunited with his daughter.

“We don’t know when he will be able to return to Oklahoma City,” said Dee about her brother. “We’re excited about his book. Who else has a story like this to share?”

Morales and her late husband Dr. Sam Musallam have three children, Sami, Morgan and Mallory. She also has a three-year-old grandson named Asher.

She has lived in Quail Creek for 43 years. Her mother, Joyce, also lives in Quail Creek.

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(Published in OKC Friday, Friday, February 10, 2023; Friday, February 17, 2023)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No. PB-2023-74

In the Matter of the Estate of ) DORETHEA MAE ELLEN ) CHATMAN,) Deceased) COMBINED NOTICE

CREDITORS AND HEIRS OF DORETHEA MAE ELLEN CHATMAN: DORETHEA MAE ELLEN CHATMAN died testate on 6th day of April 2010, and resided in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.

Preseldia Adams has been appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate. The heirs of the decedent are Preseldia Adams, who resides in OKC, OK and NAMEADDRESS Tonda FisherOKC, OK Matthew BeattyKaty, TX Ivana BeattyMoore, OK

The value of the estate of the decedent is less than $40,000.

Any person receiving notice must file objections to the Petition for Summary Administration and Final Accounting herein at least ten (10) days before the hearing and send a copy of said objection to Petitioner’s Counsel or it will be deemed to have been waived. If any objection is filed, the court will determine at the hearing whether the decedent’s estate shall be admitted to probate, whether summary proceedings are appropriate, and the appropriate distribution of the estate.

All creditors having claims against the deceased are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests or other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim to the undersigned Administrator at the office of her attorney, Melissa Elaroua, at PO Box 7868, Edmond, OK 73083, on or before the 21 day of February, 2023 which date is at least (30) days following the filing of this Combined Notice.

This matter will be heard on the 13 day of March, 2023, at 1:30 pm in the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

/s/ Melissa Elaroua, OBA #32774 TRINITY LEGAL CLINIC OF OKLAHOMA PO BOX 7868 Edmond, OK 73083 Telephone (405) 410-4544

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(Published in OKC Friday, Friday, February 10, 2023; Friday, February 17, 2023)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA Case No: PB-2023-113

In the Matter of the Estate) of Charlene A. Lutke,)

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February 17, 2023) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA CV-2023-231

In the Matter of the Application ) of Noelle Coulter) as next of friend of (child) ) Zori Alexander Threats ) to Change Her/His Name ) NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To Whom It May Concern: Take notice that (a) Noelle Coulter, as next of friend of Zori Alexander has filed in the above court a Petition to have the minor child’s name changed as follows, to-wit: From (a) Zori Alexander Threats to (b) Zori Alexander Coulter; and that the same will be heard by the Honorable Judge Ogden of Oklahoma County, in the County Courthouse, located at 321 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, on the 9 day of March, 2023 at 1:30 o’clock p.m.; and that any person may file a written protest in the case, prior to the date set for hearing.

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Contact: Bryn Edwards, Human Resources Candid Color Systems, Inc. 405‑328‑7191 bryn.edwards@candid.com as Personal Representative and that the Court determine the identity of all heirs, devisees and legatees. Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on the 22 day of March, 2023, notice is hereby given that on Wednesday at the hour of 9 AM, 2023, the Petition will be heard at the Oklahoma County Courthouse, Courtroom #223, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my had this 27 day of January, 2023.

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