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Beware of Banking Scams Tee Time in Norman by Shannon Hudzinski by Lindsay Cuomo & Alexis Trammell Luck of the Irish 59 82 74 by Paige Uhr Go Further With Food Victory Family School O’Connell’s Jeff Stewart celebrates 50 years of Lindsay Cuomo by Emilia Hart the iconic pub. 71 86 3720 WEST ROBINSON AVE. | NORMAN | (405) 701-5844 WWW.PUBDUB.COM boydstreet.com /boydstreetmagazine @boydstreet Cover photo by: Mark Doescher Untitled-3 1 2/20/18 2:15 PM COMMUNITY BY: SARAH ROGERS Animal Advocate Animal Welfare Supervisor Mark Bechtel is Committed to People, Animals ith more than 20 years of expe- joy the community. I’m very happy to He said Norman is very forward rience in animal management, be in this role here at Norman Animal thinking with its animal initiatives. working with various spe- Welfare and to be able to contribute. W When the shelter is over capacity, it cies from primates to aquatics, Mark It’s very exciting for me,” said Bechtel. will often host adoption events to en- Bechtel recently landed in Norman as Even though he has been in numerous the animal welfare supervisor. courage people to adopt the pets. leadership roles, Bechtel is studying It didn’t take Bechtel long to realize at the University of Oklahoma to earn “We’ve been able to have a live re- that as much as he loves working his masters degree in human relations. lease rate of well over 90 percent, with animals, he also has a passion which is outstanding,” said Bechtel. “I quickly found out that I could have for working closely with people and The Norman Animal Welfare Center a much bigger impact when I got into having a leadership role in animal management and leadership,” he said. is open Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to management. 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 Bechtel enjoys being able to help oth- Bechtel began his career at the Kan- p.m. People are welcome during op- ers interact with animals. Not only sas City Zoo, working as a keeper. erating hours to come in and meet the does he get to help his staff and how He then moved to Florida to work adoptable pets, play with them in the they are interacting with animals, but at Walt Disney’s Animal Kingdom. yards and see if they would be a good he is excited to be in a position to help During his time at Disney, Bechtel fit for their family. citizens and the community interact was promoted into his first animal with animals as well. The adoption fee for most animals is management role as a night zoologi- $60 and includes the spay/neuter, vac- cal manager. “When people are working together cinations, de-worming, heartworm, and people are all moving in the same Bechtel came to Oklahoma about five Lyme disease and Ehrlichia testing. direction, and there’s clear expec- years ago to work at the Oklahoma tations and leadership, the animals For those who want to help support the City Zoo as the curator of aquatics, benefit greatly,” said Bechtel. Animal Welfare Center, there is a volun- life support and marine mammals. teer program. Volunteers do anything Bechtel is happy with the Norman When he and his family moved to from walking the animals, helping peo- Animal Shelter’s policies, including Oklahoma, they settled in Norman ple looking to adopt and even folding the shelter taking in any animal and and have called it home ever since. laundry.