Vote Yes for new jail and Kevin Calvey OKC FRIDAY EDITORIAL We need a new jail. That has been obvious since the current jail was built using sand instead of concrete. It is the only Proposition on the ballot and a Yes vote will be enormous for the safety of the community and the prisoners.
Kevin Calvey is by far the best choice for District Attorney. Believing that leaders should bear their fair share of the burden of serving our country, Kevin Calvey shocked his friends in 2003 by joining the military at age 37. He served as an Army Captain in Iraq, defending
our freedom on the battlefield by prosecuting some of the most infamous terrorists in the Iraq War. To protect our freedoms, Kevin left behind his former business, and risked frequent Katyusha rocket attacks in over 100 missions in a hostile fire zone. The U.S. Army awarded Kevin the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Iraq.
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Allied Arts Board Chairman Steve Mason and President and CEO Deborah Senner do a happy dance after the campaign total of $4,823,790 is revealed. Campaign Co-Chairman Robert and Sody Clements look on. - Photo by Rose Lane
Allied Arts celebrates historic campaign During its 2022 campaign, and with American Rescue Act Plan funds, Allied Arts raised a historic $4,823,790 for central Oklahoma’s cultural community. Nearly 300 Allied Arts donors, art administrators, artists, volunteers and friends came together to mark the end of the 2022
campaign with a Celebration Event at Oklahoma Contemporary. Sody and Robert Clements were the campaign co-chairmen. “What a milestone to raise a historic $4.8 million for Allied Arts and our local cultural landscape,” Robert Clements said. “The overwhelming generosity from
all sectors of our community speaks volumes about the value of the arts to our region’s quality of life. The Allied Arts network of 40plus cultural nonprofits is relying on this support more than ever as they continue to feel the effects of the pandemic.” In partnership with the
City of Oklahoma City, Allied Arts is set to award $1 million in COVID-relief grants to eligible arts nonprofits based in Oklahoma City which demonstrate need and pandemic-related losses or expenses. “Mayor David Holt and the City of Oklahoma City leadership recognize that the
nonprofit arts industry is an important sector of our economy, and financial support is necessary to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the organizations that work tirelessly to transform lives through the arts,” said Deborah McAuliffe Senner, See ARTS, Page 2
NHills moves ‘fore’ward with golf cart amendment Graham mum on By Eric Oesch Staff Writer It is now okay for golf carts to travel Pennsylvania Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard in Nichols Hills with drivers as young as 13 years old. The City Council voted to amend a city ordinance concerning the operation of golf carts that were once off limits on some city streets. The change is effective immediately. Prior to the council vote, Chapter 44 of City Ordinance 1213 banned golf carts on Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilshire Boulevard, Western Avenue and NW 63rd Street within the city limits of Nichols Hills. After discussion that saw Ward 1 Councilwoman Sody Clements
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question the appropriateness of 13-year-old drivers in Nichols Hills, the council unanimously voted to allow residents residing on Pennsylvania Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard to “drive on such streets when taking the most direct route to access other of the city’s streets where operation of golf carts is permitted.” Children as young as 13 years old are currently permitted by law to drive a golf cart on city streets with the permission of his or her parent or guardian. The Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club is located at 7000 NW Grand Boulevard, just one block south of the intersection of Penn and Wilshire. “It has been reported to me several times about children
seen driving golf carts and wondering if they are legal,” said Councilwoman Clements. “In one case a golf cart was observed, with kids hanging off all parts of it, doing donuts in the park. I feel we’re just this close to having a child getting hurt. “I have never had a call saying an adult operating a golf cart was doing it incorrectly,” she said. “I wouldn’t be opposed to saying kids can’t operate golf carts at all. “They (golf carts) don’t have seat belts and they’re wobbly,” she said. “I think they’re a menace when kids are driving them.” Ward 2 Councilman Peter
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verbal altercation with NHills police By Rose Lane Editor The Village Mayor Adam Graham declined to comment when asked during Monday’s City Council meeting about his actions during a verbal altercation with Nichols Hills police. Caught on body camera and reported in detail in an email to Nichols Hills Police Chief Steve Cox by Officer Brandon Edwards, Graham pulled up to a traffic stop by Edwards within The Village city limits. The report says Edwards had begun pursuing a vehicle traveling north in the 8400 block of Pennsylvania at 43 mph in a 25-mph zone. The vehicle did not come to a stop until it reached Carlisle Road, three blocks inside The
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Living Spaces coming to Oklahoma City By Rose Lane Editor The Living Spaces Furniture Store is coming to Oklahoma and Fridayland. The company is building a new 138,000-square-foot building on the southeast corner of May and Memorial, Ward 8 Oklahoma City Councilman Mark Stonecipher confirmed. He said Living Spaces is also bringing approximately 100 new jobs to the city. There are currently 29 Living Spaces stores in four other states — California, Arizona, Nevada and
Texas. In the summer of 2003, Living Spaces opened its first store in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Living Spaces stores offer a wide variety of furniture for every room in the house. “They also pride themselves on being community involved,” Stonecipher said. According to the company website, Living Spaces partners with a variety of foundations to help communities in need, from veterans and foster care children, to victims of disasters. “We are very excited to become the fifth state to have Living Spaces expand its home furnishing shopping experience.,” Stonecipher said.