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OKC FRIDAY Vol. 54 No. 20 • One Section • 12 pages September 25, 2020
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Nichols Hills mayor meets Sarah Huckabee
City updates Animal Welfare regulations
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House Press Secretary for President Trump, visits with and signs one of her books for Nichols Hills Mayor Sody Clements and her husband Robert Clements at the OCPA’s Citizenship Award Dinner at The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
By Rose Lane Editor Chickens and other poultry are not acceptable residents of The Village. That determination was made as the City Council agreed to updates to the city’s animal welfare codes. Trey Westin is the city’s animal welfare supervisor. Throughout the code update, his title was changed from the “pound master” — terminology City Manager Bruce Stone said dated back to the 1970s — and all instances of his department were updated to Animal Welfare. While the code already outlawed roosters, city councilmen said they believed it needed to be clarified to specify chickens and other poultry.
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PC District plans return to school By Rose Lane Editor Beginning Monday, Oct. 26, the Putnam City Public Schools will return to in-person learning with an A/B schedule and a mask requirement. In his report to the Board of Education, Superintendent Dr. Fred Rhodes said that with an A/B schedule, half of the students are on campus two days a week. The A schedule are in-person on Mondays and Tuesdays, while the B schedule are in-person on Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students will take part in virtual learning. Everyone will thus be in virtual learning three days a week. “This plan will allow for social distancing,” Rhodes said. “The transition plan will give students a campus experience, which they have not had since last March. “This plan is the safest way for our students to transition back to the classroom while also See PC, Page 3
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‘Man of Steel’ celebrates 100th birthday Known as the steel industry’s oldest living executive and the “Man of Steel,” Alfred H. Karchmer, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sept. 21. He was born in 1920, only two years after World War I ended and nearly a decade before the Great Depression began. Karchmer was raised in Oklahoma City by RussianJewish immigrant parents, and sought to pursue his slice of the American dream from an early age. His passion for classical music led him to study violin at The Juilliard School of Music in New York City. However, his music studies were interrupted when he was drafted into World War II. Karchmer was sent abroad after undergoing Army basic
Send us your staycation pics COVID-19 has forced us all to cancel trips to far away lands. But, the pandemic hasn’t erased our sense of adventure. Many people have explored Oklahoma and others have just explored their own city. Other people have also found innovative activities to do at home. Send your photos, be it a day trip to Medicine Park or even an evening out under the stairs in your own backyard. Email those to: rose@okcfriday.com.
ALFRED H. KARCHMER
training in the Wyoming desert. He served his country honorably, fighting for twoand-a-half years in New Guinea, Australia and the Philippines, which he helped liberate from Japanese occupying control.
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After the Japanese surrendered in the fall of 1945, Karchmer returned to the United States and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service. Soon after, he finished college at the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in business. Karchmer spent the next two decades — the 50s and 60s — residing in Los Angeles, where he met and married his first wife, Barbara, with whom he had one son, Donald. After his marriage ended in the early 70s, Karchmer returned to Oklahoma City as a single father, ready to start over. Well into his 50s, Karchmer proved that it’s See 100, Page 3
