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Dead ball It’s been OKLAHOMA CITY – Dea- 2 more than a year since coness Hospital changed its discussion began re- name to AllianceHealth Okla- garding a possible second pro- homa, the company announced fessional soccer team in the Tuesday. The health care city. Now, that team’s future provider network includes 10 seems dim, according to a hospitals, 70 clinics and six spokesman for the North home-health agencies. American Soccer League. Oklahoma network CEO Jim Kendrick said rebranding • • • its hospital group creates name recognition statewide. Allegiant relaunches Patients are more likely to flights from OKC to Las visit an AllianceHealth facility 7 when traveling across the state Vegas Allegiant Air is once again offering flights to if they can make the connec- Las Vegas out of Will Rogers tion between the local hospital World Airport, company offi- they trust and the company’s cials announced Tuesday. statewide network, Kendrick said. He started with the com- • • • pany Aug. 3. He traveled across Okla- homa to visit all 10 of the com- Increasing capaci- pany’s affiliated hospitals in the 19 ty for care Tulsa Cares, a nonprofit Jim Kendrick is CEO of AllianceHealth Oklahoma. PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS Turn to PRESCRIPTION » p18 HIV/AIDS services provider, will almost triple its size with a $3 million-plus headquarters con- struction project. • • • State backs off questions about tribes’ electronic games

Hobby Lobby, BY DALE DENWALT In June, GCU’s deputy di- a tribe may have indirectly Then, in late July, more 19 Mardel to occupy The Journal Record rector wrote to a federal official amended the compact and than a month after sending the former Kmart in with concerns that some elec- therefore expanded the defini- first letter, Cartmell wrote Tulsa Hobby Lobby Stores in- OKLAHOMA CITY – After tronic games used in casinos tion of Class III electronic again to the U.S. Department of tends to relocate central hearing no response from the were never officially authorized games. Their agreement was re- the Interior. Tulsa’s Hobby Lobby and federal government, Oklahoma’s under the compact that allowed flected in lab reports issued by “Based on the lack of re- Mardel locations into a former Gaming Compliance Unit has gaming in Oklahoma. In that Gaming Labs International, a sponse to my three questions, I Kmart facing Interstate 44. backed off its questions about letter, Jeffery Cartmell wrote firm that tests and certifies assume you do not require whether tribes are using improp- that a decade-old agreement electronic games, according to • • • erly authorized casino machines. between the state treasurer and Cartmell’s letter. Turn to GAMES » p18

Charged by am- 20 bition Dirk Spiers Lawyer: Workers’ comp decision could move cases to district court wants to become to battery services what Ama- BY DALE DENWALT The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals Robinson, did not argue whether the cir- zon.com is to books and iTunes The Journal Record sustained decisions made by the Workers’ cumstances of Robinson’s injury exempted is to music. Compensation Commission and an admin- it from coverage. OKLAHOMA CITY – An appeals court de- istrative law judge that denied workers’ Instead, the three-judge panel said • • • cision could force injured workers who compensation coverage for attorney Bob Burke and Robinson have questioned the le- FOLLOW THE challenge workers’ compensation laws to Burke’s client. gality of the statute and whether it deprived NEWS ALL DAY start their legal journey in district court, an The appeals court said in its Aug. 5 de- journalrecord.com attorney said. cision that Burke and his client, Cynthia Turn to COMP » p18

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Klemm’s Smoke Haus A barbe- cue sand- to open first wich from Klemm’s brick-and-mortar restaurant Smoke Haus. BY MOLLY M. FLEMING PHOTO BY BRENT The Journal Record FUCHS

EDMOND – A popular German-inspired barbecue food truck will soon open its first brick-and-mortar restaurant. Klemm’s Smoke Haus plans to move into a 2,200-square-foot former Mexican fast-food restaurant on S. Broadway Av- enue. With a lease still pending, event co- ordinator Jan Clem said she didn’t want to give the exact location. The Clem family plans to open the restaurant in November. The Clems have owned and operated a truck for a year-and-a-half, though they started catering three years ago with space. To think of being in a full-size has a long line at the monthly festival. He said he thinks that if a company their family-recipe barbecue. Klemm is kitchen – my heart just pumps.” “All the trucks seem to have their can operate a food truck, the transition the original German spelling of the fam- The family plans to offer the cus- own followers that seem to come from to restaurant is less challenging. ily’s name, and their crest is the logo on tomer favorites from the truck, as well as around city and around the state to eat at “You work with a lot of the same the truck. Joining Jan on the truck new recipes that may not make their way the truck,” she said. “And Klemm’s is no people in regulation as restaurants,” he are her husband, John; her son J.J., busi- onto the trailer because of space or tem- exception. They stay busy. Our food said. “You’re able to build a reputation ness owner; and her daughter, Ashley. perature. The restaurant will offer low- truck environment in Oklahoma is just and build a little bit of a relationship, “We’ve been looking for a site for a point beer at first, and could expand to so wonderful that hardly any trucks which make the transition that much while,” she said. “We knew when the higher point in the future, she said. don’t have a long line.” easier.” time came when it was the perfect sce- Desserts will also be on the menu, H&8th Night Market organizer Brian Clem said the family is looking for- nario it would all work.” which Clem said is a constant request Bergman said the truck not only offers ward to being able to point people to the The building will undergo extensive the family hears on the street. good food, but also has great people op- restaurant when they take the truck out. renovation before it opens. Clem said she Klemm’s Smoke Haus already has a erating it. He said the truck has been at She said they continue to be amazed at is looking forward to the new venture. following in Edmond, because it was one the event only a few times, but it always the constant praise from fans. “The great thing about this – as I’ve of the first participants in the city’s Heard has a good turnout. “It’s one of those things we will never told everybody – is we’ve done all this on Hurd event, organized by Citizens “They have a really good reputation get tired of hearing about,” she said. “It the hard way,” she said. “Running a food Bank of Edmond. Bank President and among the food truck community,” he blesses your heart when they talk about truck is very hard. You’re so limited on CEO Jill Castilla said the truck always said. how good it is.” Dead ball: NASL blows whistle on discussions with Lund’s Oklahoma City FC

BY MOLLY M. FLEMING tor of the Broadway Clinic, Mariposa The Journal Record MedSpa and several other health care- related companies. OKLAHOMA CITY – It’s been more Jones said the group has not con- than a year since discussion began re- tacted the NASL in at least four weeks garding a possible second professional because it is working on securing a ma- soccer team in the city. Now, that team’s jority owner. Spain-based Rayo Valle- future seems dim, according to a cano de Madrid is rumored to be spokesman for the North American Oklahoma City FC’s majority owner. Soccer League. Jones said the team will not return to the “As we previously announced, the NASL for approval until the Spanish local group was going through a reor- team signs as the owner, which is ex- ganization process, and that process has pected to happen soon. not advanced to a far enough stage,” “I would think if Bill Peterson were Neal Malone wrote in an email to The asked the same question next week, then Journal Record. “Although we aren’t cur- his answer would change,” Jones said. rently engaged in discussions, we still George Quraishi, lead editor of feel very strongly about the potential of Howler, an intellectual soccer magazine, Oklahoma City being a successful NASL said it’s unusual that a team the size of market. At this time, however, we have Rayo Vallecano would become a major- moved our focus elsewhere until an Yukon High School’s Miller Stadium was expected to be the home of the Oklahoma City ity owner in a U.S. team. He said the ownership group emerges.” FC soccer team. FILE PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS trend is often seen in larger clubs that The Oklahoma City FC, which is want to develop a fan base outside their managed by Sold Out Strategies, co- “We should have formal structure in The 11-league team will have two playing area. owned by Brad Lund, was expected to front of NASL in coming weeks,” Lund more additions in 2016, Miami FC and But he said having the team based in play at Yukon School District’s Miller said, offering no further comment. Puerto Rico FC. The commissioner said a suburb could take away from the fan Stadium. The NASL is one tier above the However, Bill Peterson, NASL in the British newspaper that his plan is experience, as Major League Soccer has USL Pro league, in which the Oklahoma commissioner, told United Kingdom- to bring the league to 20 teams, focusing learned. City Energy FC plays. based newspaper The Telegraph that on the coasts. “For lower-league American teams, Lund said via email that there will there will not be a team in Virginia or Since May 2014, Lund has continu- it’s all about getting people out to the still be an NASL team in the city. His Oklahoma. ously said he was working on the owner- game,” Quraishi said. “More successful principal partner, Sean Jones, also said “‘We’ve moved on from both of ship group. Jones owns 35 percent of the (MLS) teams have built their stadiums in that a team is still in the works. them,” Peterson told The Telegraph. club. He is a majority owner and opera- downtown areas.” journalrecord.com » THE JOURNAL RECORD » Aug. 12, 2015 » 3A Judge halts new rules over Osage County oil production

TULSA (AP) – A judge has halted a se- ries of new federal rules concerning oil production in Osage County from taking effect after several groups argued they would have significantly harmed the area’s oil industry. U.S. Chief District Judge Gregory Frizzell granted the preliminary injunc- tion Monday in federal court in Tulsa. He determined the U.S. government failed to provide a factual basis for its determina- tion that the new regulations wouldn’t adversely affect small businesses. Groups representing the Osage Na- tion and oil producers in the county had sued the federal government last month over the new regulations. An attorney representing Osage County oil and gas producers said the injunction is a relief, and called the ruling the first step in a longer battle. “It’s going to allow those families that are producing in Osage to continue at least for the time being,” said Osage Pro- ducers’ Association attorney Jaime Sick- ing Jr. “We were seriously looking at a shutdown at 5 o’clock. Now we can live to fight another day.” The Osage Nation owns the mineral rights in most of the county, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs issues drilling permits for the area. The regulations at issue were rewrit- Oil pumps in Osage County. FILE PHOTO BY RIP STELL ten as part of a 2011 settlement between the Osage Nation and the U.S. govern- The agreement had called for the of Interior. The final regulations had an the Osage Producers Council sued the ment regarding alleged mismanagement Osage Minerals Council to negotiate effective date of July 10, but before federal government seeking to block of the tribe’s oil and gas mineral estate. new regulations with the Department they could take effect, the council and the rules. Energy consultants preach importance of data management

BY SARAH TERRY-COBO industry subsegment at a Professional The Journal Record Petroleum Data Management Associa- tion workshop Tuesday at the National NORMAN – Data management will Weather Center in Norman. The soon become as important as health and nonprofit trade association provides safety for oil and gas companies, training and certification for data man- Tammy Carter, principal with Noah agers, and data management standards Consulting, said. for the industry. Managing information is critical to Large oil and gas companies have finding good places to drill, preparing as- used data management software for sets to sell and submitting data to regu- decades. ConocoPhillips has been a latory agencies. Yet data management member of the group since 2008. Em- hasn’t yet reached a tipping point, said ployees use software based on PPDM James Soos, senior principal with Noah guidance, but it can be difficult to ensure Consulting. that staff input data the same way be- Health and safety eventually became cause the company is so large and each critical to the oil and gas industry when department may use it differently, said employees could quantify the costs of David Fishburn, enterprise data archi- injuries and fines from regulatory non- tect at ConocoPhillips. compliance, Carter said. Data manage- The best solution is to train people ment will rise to that same importance project by project, he said. The company inside within small and medium-sized began publishing the latest version of the drilling companies when the field can James Soos, senior principal with Noah Consulting, addresses the audience at a Pro- PPDM software internally so employees quantify the return on investment to the fessional Petroleum Data Management Association workshop Tuesday at the National could stay up to date on incremental C-suite, Soos said. Weather Center in Norman. PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS changes. Group members within the Data managers should try pilot proj- company evangelized the latest software ects first to show it is profitable to man- tives better information management “You have to look for where you can version, Fishburn said. age well information or perfect oil and saves money, the C-suite is more likely to get an early win to show business “No one knows all the nuances, but as gas lease data prior to a divestiture, he support investing in that software and value,” Soos said. you implement more pieces, you learn said. When a manager can show execu- training, he said. Soos explained the evolution of the more, as an organization,” he said.

Call 405-278-2800 or Try The Journal Record and get two weeks FREE! go to journalrecord.com 4A « Aug. 12, 2015 « THE JOURNAL RECORD « journalrecord.com AROUND TOWN OKLAHOMA CITY Commission over new agency 1 Gas prices drop 26 rules that prohibit any OACF grants cents in 20 days fundraising or distribution of election materials on state- AAA Oklahoma on Tuesday owned property. announced said gasoline prices in Okla- Party officials filed the law- homa have fallen an average suit Monday in federal court in The Oklahoma Aids Care Founda- of 26 cents in the past 20 days Oklahoma City, arguing the tion, supported by the annual Red Tie due largely to strong supplies new rules are an improper re- Night, has presented financial grants and low demand. straint on free speech in viola- to nine agencies in Oklahoma that Since July 22, when the tion of the U.S. Constitution. provide HIV prevention, testing and price of self-serve regular Oklahoma Democratic Party support services for individuals at risk gasoline hit a 2015 high of Chairman Mark Hammons ing the second quarter for a Doerflinger said. “I’m more for or infected with HIV/AIDS in $2.65 per gallon, prices have said the rules already have gain of $6.3 million. The pro- concerned that we are so far Oklahoma. fallen to a statewide average forced the party to abandon a ceeds were used to reduce below last year’s collections.” They are MAMA Knows, Ardmore; of $2.39 on Tuesday. fundraiser scheduled at Okla- debt by $7 million. The minor- General Revenue Fund col- AIDS Support Program The Winds AAA said the national aver- homa City Community College ity interest in the hospital con- lections for the fiscal year House; Be the Change Inc.; Planned age price for regular unleaded last month. tributed $600,000 in revenue ended June 30 totaled $5.7 Parenthood of Cen- gasoline has fallen for 27 con- Hammons is asking the during 2014. billion, $129.9 million, or 2.2 tral Oklahoma; secutive days, reaching Tues- court to invalidate the new “The core of Foundation’s percent, less than the estimate. Heartline 213; day’s average of $2.58 per rules before another fundraiser growth strategy is to expand – Staff report Latino Community gallon. It’s the longest streak is scheduled at a community services at our majority-owned Development of consecutive declines since college in El Reno on Aug. 22. hospitals and acquire more of Agency; Legal Aid January. Oklahoma Ethics Commission these hospitals,” said Stanton OKLAHOMA CITY 1 Services of Okla- The national average has Executive Director Lee Slater Nelson, CEO of Oklahoma City- Special election set homa; Other Op- moved lower by 20 cents per acknowledged the new rules based Foundation. to replace senator tions; and JOAN gallon during the period. Driv- were adopted last year, but de- Foundation owns and oper- Expressions Com- GILMORE ers are saving 6 cents per gal- clined to comment further. ates surgical hospitals includ- Gov. Mary Fallin has called munity Center. The lon week-over-week, and 18 – Associated Press ing ancillary hospital-based a special election to replace Re- OACF continues to cents per gallon month-over- services. These additional serv- publican state Sen. Rick Brink- provide help to its HIV service part- month. ices include hyperbaric medi- ley, who has announced he will ners with support from HIV test kits, “It’s likely we’ll see pump OKLAHOMA CITY cine, sleep labs, intra-operative resign at the end of the year. condoms, education, emergency assis- prices fall even further as 1 Foundation monitoring, imaging and ro- Fallin scheduled a Nov. 10 tance, housing programs and other Labor Day approaches,” said reports profit botic surgery. – Staff report primary election for Brinkley’s support services. Chuck Mai, spokesman for seat in north Tulsa County. A “At OACF, we support the grass- AAA Oklahoma. “There are a Foundation HealthCare Inc. general election will be con- roots organizations that work to make lot of forces keeping crude oil on Tuesday reported net in- OKLAHOMA CITY ducted on Jan. 12. The filing Oklahoma’s HIV support services ro- prices low, including strong come attributable to common 1 Revenue receipts period for candidates is Aug. bust and effective,” Sunshine output by OPEC members, U.S. stock for the second quarter of exceed estimates 31 through Sept. 2. Schillings, OACF director of pro- stockpiles that are almost 100 $4.3 million, of 25 cents per Brinkley, of Owasso, submit- grams, said. “HIV is still a problem. million barrels above the five- share, compared with a net General Revenue Fund col- ted a letter of resignation to It’s not over.” year seasonal average, record- loss attributable to common lections performed above ex- Senate President Pro Tempore Since the OACF was founded in high U.S. refinery utilization stock of $1.5 million, or 9 cents pectations in July but lagged Brian Bingman on Friday. In it the early 1980s it has worked tire- rates and a rising domestic rig per share, for the second quar- far behind the previous year, he cited personal reasons and lessly to combat this disease but in count, which has grown by 32 ter of 2014. continuing to demonstrate said the resignation takes ef- the last five years there has been a rigs over the last six weeks.” Revenue for the quarter to- how low oil prices and energy fect on Dec. 31. rise in new infections. Although nine states had a taled $31.9 million, up 44 per- sector adjustments are affect- Brinkley is under investiga- The OACF relies on the generosity of lower statewide gas price aver- cent from $22.1 million a year ing state revenues. tion for embezzlement. A law- Oklahomans and their patronage of Red age Tuesday, Oklahoma’s $2.39 earlier. July is the first month of the suit filed by the Better Tie Night, which has brought in mil- average was at or below the Net income attributable to state’s fiscal year. Business Bureau in Tulsa al- lions of dollars donated to the founda- prices of all its neighbors with common stock for the first six July collections totaling leges Brinkley embezzled more tion over the past 23 years. the exception of Arkansas, months of 2015 totaled $3.2 $418 million were $23.2 mil- than $1 million to support a which was at $2.31. Missouri million, or 19 cents per share, lion, or 5.9 percent, above the lavish lifestyle and gambling. Tribute concert and Texas were both at $2.39, compared with a net loss at- official estimate upon which – Associated Press Tulsa’s Cancer Sucks is having a Kansas $2.44, New Mexico tributable to common stock of the fiscal year appropriated party Friday and everyone is invited. $2.63 and Colorado $2.77. $3.4 million, or 20 cents per state budget was based, but – Staff report share, for the first six months $46.6 million, or 10 percent, OKLAHOMA CITY The event is a 1980s Reunion/Concert 1 with the band Hair Force. All proceeds of 2014. below prior-year collections. Hobby Lobby will be donated to cancer research. Revenue for the first nine “It’s nice to top expecta- using new logo OKLAHOMA CITY months of the year totaled tions after a few months of not The legendary Cain’s Ballroom, 423 1 W. Main St., Tulsa, will host the event, State Dems sue $61.4 million, up 41 percent doing so, but expectations Hobby Lobby Stores has to which guests are encouraged to wear Ethics Commission from $43.7 million a year earlier. were not all that high to begin posted a new store logo on its attire for the costume contest. Foundation sold its 20-per- with,” Secretary of Finance, website, hobbylobby.com. Also suggested is to bring extra cash The Oklahoma Democratic cent minority interest in a Administration and Informa- for silent auction items. Party is suing the state Ethics Sherman, Texas, hospital dur- tion Technology Preston L. 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BRIEFS » from p4 The logo stacks its two rhyming Atlas UAV developed at OSU flown in U.S. Senate words in red sans-serif capital let- ters, the lower word slightly offset. The Oklahoma City-based retailer declined to comment about the change Tues- day. Corpo- rate Communications Coordinator Zack Higbee said an announce- ment on the move would come at a later time. – Kirby Lee Davis

OKLAHOMA CITY 1 Committee seeks nominations The Oklahoma City Mayor’s Committee on Disability Concerns is seeking nominations for awards. Each October during Disability Awareness Month in Oklahoma City, awards are presented to individu- als, employers, organizations and the media for contributions to the employment and social advance- ment of people with disabilities. The Atlas drone developed at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater was demonstrated during a meeting of the U.S. Senate Aerospace Award categories include: Caucus in Washington, D.C. Atlas inventor and OSU graduate Ben Loh, left, flew the UAV in a Senate hearing room before it was caught • George B. Lewis Advocacy by Dyan Gibbens (center), CEO of Unmanned Cowboys, to demonstrate the safety of the design. Unmanned Cowboys, a business Award for an area resident who launched by OSU alumni and faculty members, develops autonomous aerial vehicle technologies. Gibbens also was on a panel of UAV in- rises above a disability to make dustry executives to brief Senate staff about potential UAV uses and the current regulatory environment for the technology. At right is outstanding achievements and Glen Novak, assistant vice president and regulatory counsel, civil aviation with the Aerospace Industries Association. COURTESY PHOTO help others with disabilities. • Employer of the Year for an Oklahoma City area employer for The new position at the ACLU of tery say they’re transferring $2.8 Baker handily won re-election and was used for teaching pur- outstanding achievements in en- Oklahoma will support the ACLU’s million more than what was in June, defeating ex-chief Chad poses. Now we use it for teaching, hancing employment opportuni- work in courthouses and the state planned to public education. Smith and two others to avoid a research and community outreach, ties for people with disabilities. Capitol by telling stories about the Officials said contributions from runoff after picking up 55 percent so we needed a better environ- • Public Personnel Employee state of civil liberties in Oklahoma. the lottery totaled more than $60 of the vote. ment to store this collection.” Award for a public agency em- Carter million for the fiscal year that Tribal councilors Rex Jordan, The depart- ployee for contributing to the re- served as Capi- ended June 30. More than $685 David Walkingstick, Shawn Crit- ment’s budget moval of barriers to people with tol bureau chief million has been contributed to tenden, Dick Lay, Buel Anglen, allows for basic disabilities. for The Journal education since November 2005. Bryan Warner, Keith Austin and day-to-day • Media Award for excellence Record and an Executive Director Rollo Red- Wanda Hatfield will also be maintenance of in media about people with investigative re- burn says that as in previous sworn in. the Collection disabilities. porter for Okla- years, the Oklahoma Lottery Baker leads a tribe of 320,000 of Vertebrates, • Special Awards recognize in- homa Watch, a strives to exceed financial expec- people and a workforce of 9,000, but the recent dividuals or organizations that en- nonprofit M. Scott tations and will continue to raise and controls a budget approach- grants pro- Karen courage the advancement of agency focused Carter the bar in the effort to provide ing $1 billion. – Associated Press vided the first McBee people with disabilities. on state policy. much needed funding for Okla- large influx of • Clearing the Path Award is for Carter is a graduate of the Uni- homa education. money for the department to im- an Oklahoma City residential versity of Oklahoma. In 2014, he Net proceeds of all lottery STILLWATER plement more extensive mainte- 3 building and its architect, de- earned a master’s degree from games are used to support im- OSU receives grant nance and renovations. signer, builder, contractor or OU’s Gaylord College of Journal- provements and enhancements – Staff report owner for making the home ac- ism and Mass Communication. for Oklahoma education. Lottery to update collection cessible to people with disabilities. In 2011, his first novel was a fi- funds help pay the debt service on The Oklahoma State University • Don Davis Award is for serv- nalist for the Oklahoma Book a higher education bond issues as Department of Integrative Biology WASHINGTON, D.C. ice advancing opportunities for Award. His second novel earned well as equipment and the salaries received a $422,000 National Sci- Mullin plans foreign people with disabilities. the Oklahoma Book Award for and benefits of public school ence Foundation grant for renova- The deadline for nominations Young Adult Fiction, the Gold teachers and support employees. tions to the department’s policy trip to Israel is Sept. 25. For information, Award for Young Adult Fiction – Associated Press Collection of Vertebrates natural Republican U.S. Rep. Mark- visit www.okc.gov/council/ from the National Independent history museum. wayne Mullin said he plans to disability_concerns. Book Publishers Association and In 2010, the department up- take part in a foreign policy trip The awards luncheon will be Foreword Magazine’s 2013 Gold TAHLEQUAH dated the facilities housing the to Israel. 2 Oct. 27 at St. Luke’s United Award for Young Adult Fiction. Cherokee chief, other mammal specimens. With this lat- Mullin announced that he will Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. Carter is a member of the est grant, it can now update the spend seven days there. – Staff report board of directors and a past officials to be sworn in facilities housing the fish, amphib- Mullin called Israel the president of the Oklahoma Pro The Cherokee Nation’s chief ian and reptile specimens. strongest U.S. ally in the region Chapter Society of Professional and deputy chief will be sworn in Over the next two years, and said he wants to learn about OKLAHOMA CITY Journalists. – Staff report for their second terms, along with Karen McBee, an OSU integra- the relationship between the 1 ACLU of Oklahoma eight other tribal councilors. tive biology professor and cura- United States and Israel and The Tahlequah-based tribe an- tor of vertebrates, will oversee about Israel’s national security hires M. Scott Carter OKLAHOMA CITY nounced the inauguration for the renovations. and the political and economic 1 M. Scott Carter has joined the Lottery transfers $2.8M Principal Chief Bill John Baker “The collection of vertebrates trends in the region and how they staff of the American Civil Liber- and Deputy Chief S. Joe Critten- has been around since the 1930s,” related to the proposed nuclear ties Union of Oklahoma as director more to education den will be Friday in the Se- McBee said. “It began primarily as agreement with Iran. of investigative communications. Officials at the Oklahoma Lot- quoyah High School gym. a private collection from professors – Associated Press 6A « Aug. 12, 2015 « THE JOURNAL RECORD « journalrecord.com BUSINESS STRATEGY Overcoming PERSPECTIVES obstacles

Extensive planning has taken place to finalize the downtown Oklahoma City Convention Center. Despite obsta- cles, the city has narrowed the potential sites down to two through planning and research. To identify possible sites, the city hired a consultant to evaluate all suit- able locations. Sites were considered for their ability to accommodate the convention center, a hotel and parking. So far, there are sev- eral development teams interested in building a hotel that would include a meeting space. Complementing the convention center, the hotel will further help to CATHY bring events and O’CONNOR conferences to Oklahoma City, and allow the city to host a large number of attendees. Construction for both the hotel and convention center would occur along the same timeline. The editorial cartoon above does not necessarily reflect the views of The Journal Record. We believe in and facilitate a free exchange of ideas from both ends of the political spectrum. In addition, about 2,000 parking spots will be needed in order to accommo- date visitors. After the consultant study was com- pleted, the final two sites were chosen. PERISCOPE The final selections are east and north- west of the planned MAPS 3 central Jim’s Place no ordinary gin joint park. The area west of the new down- town park was crossed off the list be- cause it was too far away from major As a child, if your best friend’s was minor social dilemma No. 1: Dive the perfect gin, he continued to exper- attractions and future plans for a mix of mother speaks to you, some com- in with the martini or ask for a Man- iment, neighbor Dale and me as enthu- residential, retail and office develop- pletely uncontrollable set of neurons hattan? Critical decisions are some- siastic guinea pigs. Citadelle was an ment would not be compatible with the fires off and turn you into the world’s times made in a nanosecond. I’d love excellent runner-up, but it wasn’t as convention center. most polite child. a martini. good as Hendrick’s. The site northwest of the proposed When you grow up you discover a Jim, the star bartender at Jim’s One day, Jim and Dale set out to MAPS 3 park proved to be a viable op- whole new set of neurons firing about Place, is unlikely to settle for a find the World’s Greatest Gin and put tion because of its proximity to the the time the love of your life finishes mediocre martini, being that he’s their rudimentary Google skills to the planned streetcar route and it lends it- saying, “And these are my parents.” something of a connoisseur. Really, if test. They found Williams Chase, self to other city planning initiatives. It The great thing about in-laws there were sommeliers for gin, he which topped all the lists in the maga- is a prime spot near the downtown is they present a nonstop series of would belong to the Court of Masters. zines, universally outranking Hen- business district, the Myriad Botanical minor social dilemmas. Having won I discovered that worked to my benefit drick’s. Unfortunately, at the time, it Gardens and the Bricktown entertain- the heart of their precious on the next visit because he was not available in the United States. ment district. daughter, a task you thought had discovered a new fa- Undeterred, they called a liquor store The other option, east of the pro- was a climb-it-once-and- vorite: Hendrick’s. He intro- in London, which had 11 bottles on posed park, is situated about a block you’re-done sort of expedi- duced it with all the hand and was willing to ship them to from the streetcar route, but is close to tion, you find yourself faced enthusiasm of a wine stew- Missouri at the case-discount price, Bricktown, the Chesapeake Energy with winning over the in- ard, eloquently extolling its which was 10 percent off of Holy Cow! Arena and the Central Business District. laws, two people who have small batch creation and its That is some pricey gin! But there’s a Discussions have taken place in re- nothing to gain from your delicate cucumber and rose price tag for the World’s Best. gard to the cost of land and the pre- presence in the world ex- TED petal infusion. The recipe for Generous to a fault, Jim sent some scribed budget to move forward in cept the possibility of STREULI a Hendrick’s martini is sim- my way, the Union Jack bow tie still future proceedings. Through contin- grandchildren. ple: Chill the glass. Put some around the bottle’s neck. Effudi. Ego ued efforts, the city is in the best possi- Or, in my case, four peo- Hendrick’s in a shaker and cadis. Adeptus: I poured. I sipped. I ble position to acquire a fair price for ple. Two sets of in-laws. You probably shake it. Pour it into the glass. Garnish enjoyed. But truthfully, it wasn’t as either of the two prime locations. envy me. with a cucumber slice. good as Hendrick’s. Pending negotiations, the city will One of the fathers-in-law has a pen- You’ll want to write that down be- That led to the next minor social work with a multitude of owners to ac- chant for gin, which, until I became cause it’s the world’s finest martini dilemma, which occurred on the next quire either location. the daughter stealer, I had pretty and sooner or later you’ll encounter visit to Jim’s Place. The convention center and hotel will much eschewed in favor of bourbon. some tutti-frutti-flavored-vodka- “What did you think of the be an invaluable addition to the city by Walk in the door and it’s happy hour, a drinking bartender who wants to mess Williams Chase?” providing a profound economic benefit perfectly chilled glass produced from it up with vermouth. Do not let him. Oh, hell. Tick. Tick. Tick. to downtown businesses. the freezer, olives, a twist, or whatever That first Hendrick’s martini was “Uh, it was very good.” you like in your martini already at heaven in a glass. Or possibly purga- “Yeah,” he said. “But it’s not as good Cathy O’Connor is president of The hand. It is always a martini; Jim’s tory, because it might have been the as Hendrick’s.” Alliance for Economic Development of Place is not gin-and-tonic land. second one that was the most heavenly. So we had one of those. It’s nice Oklahoma City. That first happy hour years ago Still not satisfied that he had found when you get along with the in-laws. journalrecord.com » THE JOURNAL RECORD » Aug. 12, 2015 » 7A Small gamble: Allegiant relaunches flights from OKC to Las Vegas

BY BRIAN BRUS The Journal Record “We’ve seen a lot of success with our previous routes out of Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY – Allegiant Air is City. And we’re always looking to once again offering flights to Las Vegas expand into cities that are out of Will Rogers World Airport, com- underserved with nonstop flights pany officials announced Tuesday. The last time the low-cost carrier to sunny destinations.” flew that route out of Oklahoma City was 2006. Low passenger numbers and high KIM SCHAEFER, fuel costs were cited as reasons to discon- Allegiant Air spokeswoman tinue the once-daily round trip, much to the frustration of loyal customers. fits from increased concession sales, The company has changed signifi- landing fees, airplane fuel sales and pas- cantly since it was founded in 1997 as a senger vehicle parking. Federal law pro- charter jet line built around one-way, tick- vides for the collection of a passenger etless flights. The privately owned com- facility charge for every ticket sold, pany went through bankruptcy in 2000 money which is used for capital im- and went public in 2006. Airport spokes- provement projects, Carney said. woman Karen Carney said Allegiant has Because of differences in business been a strong tenant at the airport since it models, aircraft and previous company An Allegiant Air MD-80 airliner. COURTESY PHOTO came back in 2013 with a twice-weekly, investments, it’s difficult to directly com- seasonal flight to Orlando, Florida. pare two routes, Carney said. The addi- The new route, which begins Nov. 15, Allegiant is moving into. On Tuesday the Carney said the company is targeting tion of a single daily flight seven days a will also fly twice a week, on Thursdays company also announced 16 other new a price-conscious customer who wants a week by a company such as Alaska Air- and Sundays, although it will be year- routes to several cities, including non- short trip to an entertainment destina- lines, for example, would yield an esti- round. One-way tickets are expected to stop service to Las Vegas from Belleville, tion without a big investment. mated annual revenue of $800,000 to be about $50. Illinois, and San Antonio. “From our perspective, we would like the airport. The addition of two flights “We’ve seen a lot of success with our Schaefer couldn’t identify a particu- to see them add more frequency to these per week – like Allegiant’s new route to previous routes out of Oklahoma City,” lar metric that made Oklahoma City at- markets or additional destinations and Las Vegas – would be worth $463,000 in company spokeswoman Kim Schaefer tractive, other than a general sense of grow to the point that they need more annual revenue to Will Rogers. said Tuesday. “And we’re always look- consumer demand. She also said service space,” Carney said. Carney said the airport’s most re- ing to expand into cities that are under- is planned at least through the spring. She said the new service will have a cent flight addition before Allegiant, an served with nonstop flights to sunny “We don’t launch routes with the negligible effect on Will Rogers opera- Alaska Airlines route to Seattle, has destinations.” expectation they won’t succeed,” tions. Whenever a new route is launched been performing strongly since it Oklahoma City isn’t the only city that Schaefer said. out of Oklahoma City, the airport bene- launched in June. 8A « Aug. 12, 2015 « THE JOURNAL RECORD « journalrecord.com Health Care OFFICE VISIT Memories Hepatitis increasingly goes take flight hand in hand with heroin abuse BY PATRICK WHITTLE A wonderful article in The Oklahoman Associated Press regarded Oklahoma Honor Flights coming to an end for World War II veterans. More MACHIAS, Maine – Public health than 1,800 veterans have traveled to agencies and drug treatment centers Washington, D.C., on charter flights to nationwide are scrambling to battle an visit memorials. explosive increase in cases of hepatitis The end of Honor Flights represents C, a scourge they believe stems at least the passing of a generation and its memo- in part from a surge in intravenous ries. The history that heroin use. matters is not our revi- In response, authorities are insti- sionist view of WWII, tuting or considering needle exchange but rather only the programs but are often stymied by ge- way they saw it, expe- ography – many cases are in rural rienced it and deci- areas – and the cost of treatment in sions made from their tight times. unique perspective. In Washington County, at the na- The veterans on DAVID tion’s eastern edge, the rate of the acute flights have an institu- form of hepatitis C last year was the HOLDEN highest in a state that was already more Ryan Kinsella stands outside his bicycle repair business in Penobscot, Maine. tional memory that AP PHOTO/ROBERT F. BUKATY we can never truly than triple the national average. The have, but must strive to preserve. Those problem, health officials there agree, is who do not remember the past are spurred by the surge in the use of in 2013, followed by 130 in 2014, and among ages 18 to 25 in the decade that doomed to repeat it. heroin and other injectable drugs and where health officials expect current ended in 2013. My father and I went on a flight to- the sharing of needles to get high. rates to at least match or surpass last More than 19,000 people died from gether and saw the grave of Audie Mur- Ryan Kinsella’s story is sadly typi- year’s. (Indiana’s Scott County is also hepatitis C in 2013, up from 16,235 in phy, at the time the United States’ most cal. He was badly hurt in a rock grappling with an HIV outbreak 2009, according to the CDC. Although decorated soldier in Arlington National climbing accident and became de- among injection drug users.) the agency hasn’t established a causal Cemetery. My dad remembered meeting pendent on opioid painkillers several • Massachusetts, where cases of link between individual hepatitis C him at Texas A&M after the war, and told years ago. But when his prescriptions acute hepatitis C grew from 10 in outbreaks and injected drug use, it me how relatively small, quiet and unas- ran out, he sought drugs from the 2009 to 174 in 2013. notes that injected drug use is the pri- suming he was in person. Murphy had a street, where he found heroin • Large swaths of Appalachia. mary risk factor for hepatitis C infec- soft handshake; a Medal of Honor winner. cheaper and easy to get, replacing one Kentucky leads the nation in the rate tion in this country. He reminded me how every day after addiction for another. He’s now re- of acute hepatitis C, with 5.1 cases for Many local health agencies and Dec. 7, 1941, during high school, he sat covering from hepatitis C. every 100,000 residents, more than health care providers have made the next to Marie Free. He says he often won- “It’s tough getting medical profes- seven times the national average, ac- connection or are confident there is dered what she was thinking each day sionals to look at you as something cording to 2013 data from the Centers one, and are allowing users to turn knowing that both her father and brother that’s not a junkie,” said Kinsella, 33, for Disease Control and Prevention. in dirty syringes in exchange for died on the USS Arizona on that fateful who runs a bicycle shop in tiny Penob- Hepatitis C, which can result in clean ones. But many states disallow day at Pearl Harbor. scot, next door in Hancock County. liver failure, liver cancer and other se- the practice and federal funding for His Uncle Millard, a Navy Sonars man, “There’s a little bit of social stigma, and rious complications, is the nation’s it is banned. recounted how one of the U.S. Navy’s most there’s a little bit of ‘There’s nothing we most common blood-borne infection. Madison County, in central Indi- decorated ships in the Pacific fleet, the can do for you’ that’s hard to hear.” About 3 million Americans are in- ana, won approval in June to run a USS Buchannan, saw action in almost Maine is undergoing its worst out- fected, according to federal statistics. needle-exchange program to fight the every major battle during the war, while break of acute hepatitis C since it It presents as either acute, or short- spread of hepatitis C among intra- losing only five men. The USS Buchannan started to record cases in the 1990s. In term, and chronic, which can last a venous drug users. Clallam County, was given the honor to carry Gen. Douglas Washington County, the rate is about lifetime. Both forms are most closely Washington, public health program MacArthur to the USS Missouri for the 6 cases per 100,000 residents, well linked to needle-sharing, although manager Christina Hurst operates the signing of the Articles of Surrender. The above the national rate of about 0.7 hepatitis C is less commonly spread local needle exchange program and five men were lost when the USS Buchan- per 100,000. through unprotected sex or other con- calls it “one of the best interventions nan, a destroyer, and its accompanied But the problem is not limited to tact with infected blood. we have for this prevention,” and a key cruiser were attacked by more than 30 Maine, by far. It has afflicted other Nationwide, the number of cases tool to prevent dirty needles from Japanese planes. areas where heroin use is a growing of acute hepatitis C grew 273 percent being discarded in public. During the engagement the Cruiser concern, such as: from 2009 to 2013, the CDC reported A rise in acute hepatitis C, which turned to bring its guns to bear and in • Springfield, Missouri, where the in its most recently available statistics. nearly tripled in Washington between doing so, strafed the USS Buchannan, disease is on the rise and police have Tracking similarly is heroin use; the 2009 and 2013, is due to “most likely killing the five sailors. It was just another already confiscated more than five CDC reported that the number of the needle sharing aspect of needle day in all-out war. How would we respond times the amount of heroin as in 2013. users nationwide rose nearly 150 per- drug use,” Hurst said. today? How would the media handle the • Madison County, Indiana, cent from 2007 to 2013 and that use of same incident today? I can guess. Memo- which had 70 new cases of hepatitis C the drug also more than doubled Turn to HEPATITIS » p9 ries. So much shall be lost, if we are not committed to preserve and respect the men and women who fight/fought for our freedom throughout the years.

David L. Holden is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and serves on the board of directors at the Oklahoma County Medical Society. HEALTH CARE journalrecord.com » THE JOURNAL RECORD » Aug. 12, 2015 » 9A Strep’s evolution may provide clues for developing a vaccine

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD decades. They found some small ge- Associated Press netic changes that allowed two strains to start producing higher-than-normal WASHINGTON – The same bacteria levels of two toxins that damage human that cause simple strep throat sometimes cells and help the germ better evade the trigger bloodstream or even flesh-eating immune system. infections instead, and over the years, It’s kind of a double whammy. That dangerous cases have increased. Now re- means those strains can do more damage searchers have uncovered how some if they get deep into the body, and it’s strains of this bug evolved to become more easily spread because it lingers more aggressive. longer in the throat, Musser said. The bacterial sleuthing may offer Efforts to develop a vaccine for clues for developing a vaccine against group A strep might try targeting those group A streptococcus, and for detecting toxins, he said, and the finding also and fighting outbreaks. points toward molecular tests that The reason one person recovers eas- could more rapidly diagnose if someone ily from strep throat and another gets an has a virulent strain. He wants to see invasive infection has lots to do with in- more real-time gene mapping of bacte- dividual immune systems. But Monday’s ria, something his hospital’s laboratory research found genetic changes can spur has begun, so that scientists can spot the germ to produce more of two key sooner when germs are evolving to be- toxins, becoming more virulent. come more aggressive or more resistant “These increased amounts of toxins to antibiotics. are like throwing an accelerant onto the The work is part of a growing ef- fire,” said Dr. James M. Musser of the fort to understand why a variety of Houston Methodist Research Institute, germs behave more aggressively in who led the project being reported in the An electron microscope image of group A streptococcus (orange) during phagocytic some people than others, so that pub- interaction with a human neutrophil (blue). Journal of Clinical Investigation. lic health specialists can better fight NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES VIA AP Group A strep causes 600 million ill- outbreaks. nesses worldwide a year, the World “Especially in an era of increasing an- Health Organization estimates, mostly Disease Control and Prevention esti- learn why invasive strep infections in- tibiotic resistance, thinking about bacte- strep throat that in developed countries mates 9,000 to 11,500 U.S. cases of inva- creased in both number and severity in rial infections in a different way is is easily treated by antibiotics. Invasive sive strep occur in the U.S. each year, numerous countries in the late 1980s, a becoming increasingly necessary,” said strep – when the germ invades the with 1,000 to 1,800 deaths. shift that persists today. Dr. Ephraim Tsalik, an infectious disease bloodstream or muscle, often through a Musser’s team, including researchers The researchers mapped the genes specialist at Duke University School of cut – isn’t nearly as common but can be from Finland, Iceland and the U.S. Na- of nearly 5,000 samples from group A Medicine, who also wasn’t involved in rapidly life-threatening. The Centers for tional Institutes of Health, set out to strep infections collected over several the new research.

HEPATITIS: Surge linked in part to heroin abuse » from p8 Maine’s Downeast AIDS Network diagnosis can be $19, said Scott opened the only needle exchange pro- Stokes, executive director of the Wis- gram in Washington County about a consin AIDS center. year ago in Machias, the county seat, Rural regions like Washington one of six such programs in the mostly County and parts of Appalachia and the rural state. Midwest struggle with drug problems The AIDS Resource Center of Wis- because of poverty, job shortages and consin, which also provides services for the difficulty of providing care in a vast people with hepatitis, says it collected area with few large population centers, more than 3 million needles in 2014, up said Kenney Miller, executive director from a million in 2010. of the Downeast AIDS Network. Last month, a law took effect in The virus differs from hepatitis A, Ohio making it easier for health depart- which is spread person-to-person or ments to establish needle exchanges. via contaminated food or water, and The state had more than 100 cases of hepatitis B, which is transmitted by acute hepatitis C last year and the pre- bodily fluids. There are vaccines for vious year, up from single digits in 2005 hepatitis A and B, unlike hepatitis C, for and 2006. which there is none. In Franklin County, home to New treatments are available, but Columbus, the capital and the state’s they’re expensive and out of reach of Abbas Raza, M.D., FASGE largest city, hepatitis C was diagnosed most of the rural poor who make up the in 1,369 people last year, up from 719 in ranks of the infected. For instance, Har- INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute is pleased to offer a full range of general 2010. A decade ago, it had zero cases. voni, the leading drug to treat hepatitis and advanced gastroenterology services. The costs of prevention and treat- C, costs more than $1,300 per pill. ment often fall on public health Even so, the number of prescrip- Dr. Abbas Raza, a board-certified physician with dual fellowships in general and advanced agencies when many patients don’t tions filled for hepatitis C drugs more gastroenterology, is accepting appointments for consultations and all minimally invasive have insurance and can’t pay. That than doubled to a monthly average of endoscopic procedures, used to diagnose and treat problems ranging from acid reflux can add up fast when just getting a 48,000 during the early part of 2015. disease to pancreatic cancer. Dr. Raza’s primary areas of specialty include:

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Lepere, Patel join Zuhdi myosin phosphatase protein. The For information, visit www. Integris adds duced autoimmune attack on the myosin protein has been studied okturningpoint.org/annual brain. Transplant Institute in regard to cancer research, but conference. – Staff report psychologists “Since our testing facilities OKLAHOMA CITY – Kristopher Lutter and Shaw’s research marks OKLAHOMA CITY – Ryan Scott first gained accreditation in Lepere and Trushar Patel have the first time the protein’s rela- and Robb Matthews, both psy- 2013, we have processed ap- joined the Integris Nazih Zuhdi tionship to chlamydia (and to sex- Certified Healthy Oklahoma chologists, have joined Integris proximately 3,000 orders from Transplant In- ually transmitted infections in Medical Group. more than 350 physicians and stitute in Okla- general) will be studied. application period opens Scott received his doctorate in 14 leading hospitals and institu- homa City. “We can kill the chlamydia bac- OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma counseling psychology from the tions across the United States,” Lepere is teria through the use of antibi- State Department of Health is University of Oklahoma. Since said Craig Shimasaki, president board-certified otics,” Lutter said. “But that seeking applications for Certified 2011, he has and CEO of Moleculera. “We in both internal doesn’t mean the cell goes back to Healthy Oklahoma’s seven cate- been working have also had growing interna- medicine and the way it was. We hope to use gories of certification. with patients in tional interest in our services, pediatrics. Lep- this research to look at the mu- Certified Health Oklahoma cat- inpatient units with approximately 30 percent ere completed Kristopher tated cells for potential biomarkers egories include businesses, col- for Jim Thorpe of orders now coming from his internal Lepere of other long-term consequences lege and career-technology Rehabilitation, other countries.” medicine and such as cervical cancer.” centers, communities, congrega- providing as- Moleculera Labs is a privately pediatrics resi- The NIH grant will fund the re- tions, early childhood, restaurants sessment and owned company based at the dency and his search project for three years with and schools. brief counseling Ryan University of Oklahoma Research nephrology fel- the possibility of renewal. Lutter Last year, services. He is Scott Park in Oklahoma City. lowship at the will focus on genetics and devel- more than extending his – Staff report University of oping the bacterial cultures, while 1,700 appli- practice to providing outpatient Oklahoma Col- Shaw will focus on the effects of cants re- counseling services for mood and lege of Medi- the interaction between C. tra- ceived anxiety disorders, trauma and Nurse practitioner joins cine in Tulsa. Trushar chomatis and myosin phos- certification. stress related issues, interpersonal Patel is a Patel phatase during the course of “We encourage this year’s po- problems, and adjustment issues St. Anthony in Norman transplant he- infection in vivo. Two graduate tential applicants to consider how related to acute and chronic med- NORMAN – Danielle White has patologist. He is board-certified in students and five undergraduate they are making the healthy ical conditions. joined St. Anthony Physicians internal medicine. students are slated to help with choice the easy choice for their Matthews specializes in neu- Group Family Medicine Norman. He completed his internal the research. – Staff report employees, customers, students, ropsychological consultation and White received her nursing de- medicine residency at the Mount and residents, and submit an ap- evaluation. He gree from the Sinai School of Medicine in New plication for Certified Healthy completed a University of Jersey, a gastroenterology fellow- Pediatrician joins St. Oklahoma certification,” state doctorate in Connecticut. ship at the University of Kentucky Health Commissioner Terry Cline psychology at She then com- and a hepatology fellowship at Anthony Mustang said. Texas A&M Uni- pleted a master the Center for Liver Diseases at MUSTANG – Brittany Daniels, a The Certified Healthy Okla- versity and an of science, the Miller School of Medicine at pediatrician, has joined St. An- homa programs are a joint effort accredited post- Family Nurse the University of Miami in Florida. thony Healthplex Mustang. of the Oklahoma State Depart- doctoral fellow- Practitioner – Staff report Daniels re- ment of Health, The State Cham- ship in clinical Robb Program, at the Danielle ceived her un- ber, Oklahoma Academy, neuropsychol- Matthews University of White dergraduate Oklahoma Turning Point Council ogy. He has at- Oklahoma OSU researchers degree in zool- and other partners. tained national credentials in Health Sciences Center. ogy-biomedical For application information, health service psychology and St. Anthony Physicians Family receive NIH grant sciences. She visit www.certifiedhealthyok.com. school psychology. Matthews is at Medicine Norman is at 3700 W. STILLWATER – Two Oklahoma then went on – Staff report Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation. Robinson Ave. in Norman. State University researchers have to complete her – Staff report – Staff report been awarded a $430,00 grant medical degree Brittany from the National Institutes of at the Univer- Daniels Tulsa dentist receives Health to sity of Okla- Moleculera COLA Kamp joins Mercy Clinic study the homa College of Medicine, national award develop- followed by a residency at Chil- TULSA – The Academy of Gen- accreditation renewed Edmond Santa Fe ment and dren’s Hospital at OU Medical eral Dentistry presented Glenda OKLAHOMA CITY – Moleculera EDMOND – Lauren Kamp joined spread of Center. – Staff report Payas, a Tulsa dentist, the Life- Labs Inc. has received renewal of Mercy Clinic’s primary care office Chlamydia long Learning and Service Commission on Office Laborato- on Santa Fe Avenue in Edmond. trachomatis Award. ries Accreditation certification. Kamp received her bachelor’s and how cells are mutated by the Turning Point Payas earn a doctorate of The company’s testing serv- degree in nursing from Oklahoma bacteria. dental medicine from Oral ices are licensed in 49 states, Baptist Univer- Erika Lutter, an assistant pro- conference set Roberts Univer- with licensure in New York state sity in Shawnee fessor with OSU’s Department of NORMAN – The 18th-annual Okla- sity. She went pending. and her mas- Microbiology and Molecular Ge- homa Turning Point Conference on to study ad- The Mole- ter’s degree in netics, specializes in bacterial and Policy Day Set is scheduled vanced cos- culera tests, nursing from pathogenesis and has been work- Sept. 2-3 at the National Center for metic dentistry known collec- the University ing extensively on chlamydia re- Employee Development Confer- at the Baylor tively as the of Oklahoma search dating back to her ence Center and Hotel in Norman. College of Den- Cunningham Health Sciences doctoral days. The conference is presented by tistry. She cur- Panel, help Center in Okla- Lauren Jennifer Shaw, an assistant the Oklahoma Turning Point rently practices Glenda physicians de- homa City. She Kamp professor with OSU’s Department Council. dentistry in Payas termine has experience of Integrative Biology, specializes Speakers will include Lt. Gov. Tulsa. whether the sudden onset of cer- as a registered nurse in the pedi- in vascular biology and infectious Todd Lamb. Payas established and spon- tain behavioral and movement atric intensive care unit and diseases and is returning to Aug. 26 is the registration sors a dental clinic in Benin City, disorders in children and adoles- neonatal intensive care unit at chlamydia research with this deadline. The cost is $75. Nigeria, and participates in med- cents, including obsessive-com- Children’s Hospital at the Univer- project. Susan Waldron is the chair- ical missions to Jamaica, Nigeria, pulsive behaviors, tics, anorexia sity of Oklahoma Medical Center The two women will study how person of the Oklahoma Turning Ivory Coast, Ghana and Niger. and other psychiatric symptoms, and as a labor and delivery nurse. C. trachomatis interacts with the Point Council. – Staff report may be due to an infection-in- – Staff report

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Gillett apartment, adult day services www.ochanet.org 0 1979 Superbia Retirement Village 194 Foundation for Senior Citizen's Inc., dba 9720 Stacy Ct., OKC 73162 194 In the buildings, not in the Superbia Transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping, social services coordinator, 9. (405) 721-5656 FAX (405) 721-5657 0 Independent cottages Diane Blaney chapel, cafeteria, library, HUD program available on efficiencies, computer room, beauty www.superbiaretirementvillage.com 0 1965 shop Town Village Retirement Community 185 13000 N. May Ave., OKC 73120 168 Independent and Electric, air conditioning, Integrated Senior Living Three daily meals; monthly Sunday brunch, resident parties, transportation, on-site 10. (405) 297-9600 FAX (405) 608-0912 17 assisted living trash, water DD management, on-site maintenance, daily activities www.townvillageokc.com 0 2004 Concordia Life Care Community 175 7707 W. Britton Rd., OKC 73132 175 Autumn House Inc. 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BY LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press

CHICAGO – Barely 2 years old, Talia Pisano is getting tough treatment for kidney cancer that spread to her brain. She’s also getting a chance at having ba- bies of her own someday. To battle infertility sometimes caused by cancer treatment, some chil- dren’s hospitals are trying a futuristic ap- proach: removing and freezing immature ovary and testes tissue, with hopes of being able to put it back when patients reach adulthood and want to start families. No one knows yet if it will work. It has in adults – more than 30 babies have been born to women who had ovar- ian tissue removed in adulthood, frozen, and put back after treatment for cancer or other serious conditions. In lab ani- mals, it’s worked with frozen and thawed testes tissue. But the procedures are still experi- mental in children who haven’t reached puberty, and too new to have been at- tempted. There are challenges to making immature eggs and sperm from removed tissue suitable for conception. Still, fer- tility researchers hope to refine the sci- ence while the first generation of children whose tissue has been put on Talia Pisano, with cake, celebrates her second birthday with family and friends in Wheaton, Ill. AP PHOTO/CHRISTIAN K. LEE ice grows up. Families like Talia’s are clinging to that optimism. The dark-eyed toddler “That often is the one piece of infor- and sperm and eggs. Radiation can also At age 10, Michael Richert recently who loves princesses and play dough mation that gives them a glimmer of damage these cells. finished treatment for a brain tumor. had an ovary removed and frozen in hope – that we believe that their chil- Dr. John Lantos, bioethics chief at The North Brunswick, New Jersey, boy April. She was treated for kidney cancer dren will live long enough to grow into Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas had testes tissue removed earlier this last year but when it spread, doctors adulthood and have their own family,” City, Missouri, said offering children the year at the Philadelphia hospital after a started harsher treatment including she said. experimental fertility-preserving proce- stem cell transplant, before starting brain radiation. A baby boy in Belgium makes scien- dures poses no ethical problems “as long chemotherapy. He comes from a large “It seemed very new and pretty amaz- tists think they’re on the right track. He as there’s informed consent and a desire extended family, and from his hospital ing that we can do something like this was born to a woman who at age 13 had to do it.” bed, mused about playing a Legos video and help her in a bigger way,” said her ovarian tissue removed before undergo- Federal guidelines say there should game with a future son “like me and my mom, Maria Pisano, of Griffith, Indiana. ing harsh treatment for sickle cell ane- be minimal risk to children involved in dad did.” “It definitely brought some peace” mia. Doctors believe she had signs of research, and risks need to be weighed His mom, Aileen Richert, says con- and raised hope for Talia’s future, puberty when the tissue was frozen, ac- against potential benefits, he said. senting to the procedure was tough. Pisano said. cording to a recent medical journal re- “Kids themselves when they grow up “But then I was thinking, years from Doctors face a delicate balance in port. Ten years later the tissue was would likely appreciate having that (fer- now, if my son gets married and wants to broaching the idea of yet another med- thawed, and portions were grafted onto tility) option,” he said. have children, what if I told him I’d had ical procedure when families have her remaining ovary. She gave birth last After the tissue is removed, some is this option and I didn’t do it for him?” been hit with a horrible diagnosis and November after a normal pregnancy. stored in liquid nitrogen for the patient’s she said. difficult treatment plan. The tissue-re- She is the youngest person to date to future use and some is sent to a central Parents help doctors present the de- moving surgeries are typically done have had success. Although her eggs research lab at Northwestern University tails, depending on the child’s maturity, while a child is being sedated for an- were likely more mature than those of in Chicago, where scientists are studying Ginsberg said. “Some kids want to know other reason. pre-puberty girls, the results are “super ways to make it work. every detail. Others are like ‘I’ve heard “We try to be thoughtful about the exciting,” said Dr. Jill Ginsberg of Chil- Since 2008, the Philadelphia hospital enough.’” fact that their main focus and ours is on dren’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a pio- has saved tissue for about 40 girls aged 3 When 8-year-old Hannah McStay of the survival of the child,” said Dr. Erin neer in the field. and up and 50 boys – the youngest was 3 Mantua, New Jersey, was diagnosed Rowell, a surgeon at Chicago’s Lurie The irony of cancer treatment is that months. A few have since died but most with leukemia, the offer of ovary-freez- Children’s Hospital, where Talia is it can save lives while destroying the still have tissue on ice, waiting for sci- ing forced her mom, Rachel, to have a being treated. chance to create a new life. Chemother- ence and adulthood. very grown-up conversation with her. Yet, Rowell added, many families are apy works by killing rapidly dividing Deaths from cancer are uncommon in Now 11, with her leukemia in remis- open to hearing about saving their cells. These include malignant cells but children; about 80 percent survive, “so we sion, Hannah says the potential chance child’s fertility. also hair follicles, digestive tract cells, have the odds in our favor,” Ginsberg said. for fertility is “a miracle.” HEALTH CARE journalrecord.com » THE JOURNAL RECORD » Aug. 12, 2015 » 13A

A street full of dental offices in Los Algodones, Mexico, which sits on the border with California. AP PHOTO/ASTRID GALVÁN Facing rising dental costs, seniors head to Mexico

BY ASTRID GALVAN in the last two decades and continues Associated Press to increase at a rate of 5 percent annu- ally. Many dental plans have high de- LOS ALGODONES, Mexico – Mark ductibles and don’t offer extensive Bolzern traveled 3,700 miles to go to the coverage. Many people opt out. dentist. The 56-year-old Anchorage, Mexico has lower costs because of Alaska, native left home this spring, cheaper labor and fewer regulatory re- made a pit stop in Las Vegas to pick up a quirements. Residents in border towns friend, and kept heading south, all the like El Paso, Texas and Nogales, Sonora, way to Los Algodones, Mexico, a small often make the short drive to the Mex- border town teeming with dental offices. ican side for basic medical needs and About 60 percent of Americans prescription medications that are much have dental insurance coverage, the costlier in the U.S. Some businesses highest it has been in decades. But even even offer shuttle services from the so, the nation’s older population has Phoenix area to Los Algodones, a been largely left behind. Nearly 70 per- nearly 200-mile ride. cent of seniors are not insured, accord- Going abroad for cheaper health ing to a study compiled by Oral Health care is nothing new. Americans have America. A major reason is because been doing it for years, for everything dental care is not covered by Medicare from elective, cosmetic procedures to and many employers no longer offer major, lifesaving surgery. post-retirement health benefits. What’s Matthew Messina, a practicing den- more, the Affordable Care Act allows tist and consumer adviser on behalf of enrollees to get dental coverage only if the American Dental Association, said they purchase general health coverage Americans who visit dentists in foreign first, which many seniors don’t need. At countries should do a lot of research the same time, seniors often require the before they go. most costly dental work, like crowns, Different countries use different implants and false teeth. types of equipment, and some items, As a result, many are seeking such as implants, may not have war- cheaper care in places like Los Algo- ranties. Malpractice lawsuits may not dones, where Mexican dentists who be an option. speak English and sometimes accept Dentists in Los Algodones say they U.S. insurance offer rock-bottom prices attend less school than their counter- for everything from a cleaning to im- parts in U.S. but spend more time prac- plants. Dentists in Los Algodones say a ticing clinical work. They say they large portion of their clients are seniors. practice the same safety standards as In the desert outpost near the bor- American dentists and have offices that der of California and Arizona, men in are just as clean. white shirts stand outside of offices José Obed Zuñiga has been a dentist with signs advertising root canals and in Los Algodones for a decade and teeth cleanings. Other signs advertise found business was so good he opened prescription drugs like muscle relaxers his own shop about two years ago. at low rates – no prescription needed. “Everything, the quality, is very sim- For Bolzern, seeing a dentist in Los ilar to the United States,” Zuñiga said. Algodones meant a savings of up to “We see the work from the United $62,000. He was told the extensive States, and it’s very competitive.” dental work he needed – his teeth Aiti Gutierrez left her home in the needed to be raised and he needed a state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, 1,400 crown on every molar – would cost miles away, to practice in a Los Algo- $65,000 at a private dentist. He looked dones office that has four patient for lower rates, finding a dental school rooms and a lobby with a water-stacked where the work was less expensive be- mini-fridge. In the busy season, she cause it was performed by students. sees about a dozen patients a day, and But it still cost $35,000. 12-hour workdays aren’t unusual. He paid $3,000 in Mexico and has “They like to feel comfortable and been back several times. that they’re safe,” Gutierrez said of The cost of dental care has surged her clients. 14A « Aug. 12, 2015 « THE JOURNAL RECORD « journalrecord.com Hacking ring accused of making $100M on stolen news releases

BY DAVID PORTER leges, the hackers were locked out of the Associated Press news services’ computer systems. Ac- cording to Fishman, they eventually NEWARK, N.J. – An international web of managed to get back in, often using sim- hackers and traders made $100 million ple “phishing,” or sending bogus emails on Wall Street by stealing a look at cor- with links that, if clicked on, can eventu- porate press releases before they went ally lead a hacker to a computer user’s out and then trading on that information login and password. ahead of the pack, federal authorities The case shows how hackers are ex- charged Tuesday. panding their efforts beyond typical Authorities said it was the biggest moneymaking information such as credit scheme of its kind ever prosecuted, and card and Social Security numbers. one that demonstrated yet another way It’s also another example of how in which the financial world is vulnera- companies are often at the mercy of ble to cybercrime. those they do business with. Many major In an insider-trading scandal with a hackings have been pulled off through 21st-century twist, the hackers pulled it third-party companies that have access off by breaking into the computers of to sensitive information. some of the biggest business newswire Business Wire said it has hired a services, which put out earnings an- cybersecurity firm to test its systems nouncements and other press releases and make sure they are protected. PR for a multitude of corporations. Newswire said it is cooperating with Nine people in the U.S. and Ukraine the investigation, and added: “We take were indicted on federal criminal U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, center, speaks during a news confer- security very seriously and are dedi- charges, including securities fraud, com- ence in Newark, N.J, on Tuesday. AP PHOTO/SETH WENIG cated to protecting our information puter fraud and conspiracy. And the Se- and systems.” Marketwire did not im- curities and Exchange Commission Newswire in New York; and Business “This is the story of a traditional se- mediately respond to a request for brought civil charges against the nine Wire of San Francisco. The press re- curities fraud scheme with a twist – one comment. plus 23 other people and companies in leases contained earnings figures and that employed a contemporary ap- The hacker group made more than the U.S. and Europe. other corporate information. proach to a conventional crime,” said $600,000 by trading the stock of Cater- The case “illustrates the risks posed The defendants then used roughly Diego Rodriguez, head of the FBI’s New pillar Inc. in 2011 after getting a peek at for our global markets by today’s sophis- 800 of those news releases to make York office. a news release that said the heavy-equip- ticated hackers,” SEC chief Mary Jo trades before the information came out, Five defendants were arrested in the ment maker’s profits were up 27 percent, White said. “Today’s international case exploiting a time gap ranging from hours U.S. on Tuesday, and warrants were is- according to the indictment. is unprecedented in terms of the scope to three days, prosecutors said. sued for four others in Ukraine. Similarly, the group made more than of the hacking at issue, the number of In one day in 2013, for example, the Among those charged were Pavel, $1.4 million trading stock in Silicon Val- traders involved, the number of securi- group traded more than 75,000 shares of Igor and Arkadiy Dubovoy. Authorities ley’s Align Technology in 2013 ahead of ties unlawfully traded and the amount of Panera Bread Co. stock in a little over an said they are related but didn’t say how. a press release that said revenue had profits generated.” hour and made $900,000, authorities said. Arkadiy and Igor were arrested at their climbed more than 20 percent, the in- The nine indicted include two people A strong earnings report or other homes in Alpharetta, Georgia. Pavel was dictment said. described as Ukrainian computer hack- positive news can cause a company’s believed to be in Ukraine. The most serious charges in the in- ers and six stock traders. Prosecutors stock to rise, while disappointing news It wasn’t immediately known whether dictment, wire fraud and securities said the defendants made $30 million can make it fall. The conspirators typi- the defendants had attorneys. fraud, carry up to 20 years in prison. from their part of the scheme. cally used the advance information to Paul Fishman, U.S. attorney for New The SEC lawsuit named 17 individu- Authorities said that beginning in buy stock options, which are essentially Jersey, said the case exemplified the “in- als and 15 companies in the U.S. and 2010 and continuing as recently as May, a bet on the direction a stock will move, tersection of hacking and securities abroad, in such places as Russia, France, the hackers gained access to more than authorities said. fraud” and called the defendants “relent- Malta and Cyprus. The agency is seeking 150,000 press releases that were about to The hackers were paid a cut of the less and patient.” unspecified fines and restitution against be issued by Marketwired of Toronto; PR profits, prosecutors alleged. At various times, the indictment al- the 32 defendants. Terex combining with Finland’s Konecranes in all-stock deal

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) – Crane maker icant” headquarters in Westport, Con- that role for the combined business, with approval from both companies’ share- Terex is merging with Finnish rival necticut, and Finland. Konecranes Chairman Stig Gustavson holders, is expected to close in the first Konecranes in an all-stock deal that cre- Terex Corp. shareholders will own serving in that post. half of next year. ates a company with a combined $10 bil- about 60 percent of the combined com- The combined company’s board will Terex has operated a manufacturing lion in 2014 revenue. pany, with Konecranes stockholders include five Terex directors and four plant at Interstate 40 and Council Road The new company will be called owning approximately 40 percent. Konecranes directors. in Oklahoma City since it purchased Konecranes Terex PLC and have “signif- Terex CEO Ron DeFeo will serve in The transaction, which still needs CMI Corp. in October 2001.

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BY CANDICE CHOI A representative for Payne said the Associated Press singer wasn’t available for comment. A Burger King representative said in an NEW YORK – Fans of Burger King’s email: “Whatever he meant, it certainly chicken fries may have the boy band helped catapult ‘Chicken Fries’ into pop One Direction and the website Buzzfeed culture consciousness as a follow-up to to thank for the return of the skinny the Buzzfeed story.” fried sticks. Even if Burger King misinterpreted At an event to hype a spicy version of Payne’s tweet, it worked out for the com- the chicken fries coming out this week, pany. The return of chicken fries as a Burger King said it decided to resurrect limited-time offer last summer was suc- the fries last year after seeing the enthu- cessful enough that Burger King added siasm they generated on social media. them to its permanent menu this March. Eric Hirschhorn, chief marketing of- A nine-piece box costs about $3. ficer for Burger King North America, Hirschhorn said people tend to get said the company noticed a spike in them as an extra, which drives up the chicken fry mentions in January 2014 amount people spend. Last month, that was traced to a Buzzfeed post titled Burger King’s parent company, Restau- “35 Foods From Your Childhood That rant Brands International, said sales rose Are Extinct Now.” 7.9 percent at established stores in the One of the items on the list was U.S. and Canada for the latest quarter. chicken fries, which Burger King sold Burger King may have brought back Chicken fries and a soft drink are displayed at a Burger King restaurant in Orlando, Fla. between 2005 and 2012. chicken fries even without the social AP PHOTO/JOHN RAOUX A few months later, Hirschhorn said media encouragement. there was an even bigger surge when a Since being taken over by invest- One Direction member mentioned them. 94,000 retweets, is confusing because A preceding tweet also made it ap- ment firm 3G Capital, the chain has The company pointed to a tweet by Liam Burger King hadn’t yet brought back pear that Payne was eating at KFC, noted leaned heavily on its past for ideas. In Payne that reads, “I’m so fulllllll!!! Think chicken fries. That raises the possibility business news outlet Entrepreneur. That addition the King and Subservient I just ate my body weight in chicken fries that Payne just left out a comma, and tweet included an image of Colonel Chicken characters, it has resurrected and sides owwwwww.” meant to say he ate chicken and fries – Sanders and the words “the kernel god its Big King sandwich and Yumbo ham The tweet, which has more than not chicken fries. bless you and your original recipe.” sandwich. Airlines boost on-time rating, but Spirit often runs late

BY DAVID KOENIG A Spirit Air- On six routes, the Spirit delays aver- Associated Press lines airplane aged more than two hours. sits on the Spirit’s on-time rating was the worst DALLAS – If you get on a Spirit Airlines tarmac at since June 2005, when Alaska Airlines flight, there’s a 50-50 chance that your Fort Laud- posted a 49.8-percent mark. flight will be late. erdale-Holly- The overall rate of complaints against Perhaps then it is no surprise that wood airlines jumped 45 percent from June Spirit has the highest complaint rate of International 2014, but Spirit alone was responsible for any major U.S. airline. Airport in more than half the increase. It wasn’t big Spirit, a low-fare, high-fees carrier Fort Laud- enough to be included in the govern- with a clientele of mostly leisure travel- erdale, Fla. ment reports last year. ers, had by far the worst on-time per- AP FILE According to the government, 284 PHOTO/LYNNE formance in June among 14 airlines SLADKY passengers filed complaints about tracked in a government report. Only Spirit. That’s small compared with the 49.9 percent of its flights arrived within number of passengers – about one in 15 minutes of schedule, which is the gov- 5,200. But the Miramar, Florida-based ernment’s definition of being on time. United Airlines had the second-worst lowed by Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines company had by far the highest com- It was the worst on-time perform- rating, at 66.3 percent on time. and Virgin America, all three of which plaint rate of the 14 airlines covered in ance by a major airline in eight years. Overall, airlines covered by the U.S. beat 80 percent. the report. United Airlines had the second-worst Department of Transportation report Spirit performed poorly at nearly all Spirit passengers were 43 times on-time rating, at 66.3 percent. “It wasn’t operated 74.8 percent of their flights on airports it serves but was worst in more likely to file a complaint than pas- the performance we like to provide for time in June, up from 71.8 percent in Philadelphia, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport sengers on Alaska Airlines, which had our customers,” said spokesman Charlie June 2014. and Detroit, where on-time percentages the lowest complaint rate. More than Hobart. He said maintenance issues and Hawaiian Airlines, which benefits were in the 30s. About two in three half of the complaints against Spirit bad weather – thunderstorms at one of from many short flights in mostly good flights were late. Nearly one-fourth of dealt with flight problems, with a smat- United’s hub airports on 25 different weather, finished on top, with 90.5 per- Spirit’s flights were late at least 70 per- tering for refunds, baggage and cus- days, he said – contributed to the delays. cent of its flights landing on time, fol- cent of the time in June. tomer service.

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BY SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Ben Brown, AND ELLEN KNICKMEYER with the Associated Press Utah De- partment ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Townspeople of Environ- watching millions of gallons of orange- mental colored mine waste flow through their Quality, communities demanded clarity Tuesday takes a pH about possible long-term threats to their level read- water supply. ing from a Colorado and New Mexico made dis- probe in aster declarations for stretches of the the San Animas and San Juan rivers and the Juan River Navajo Nation declared an emergency as on Tuesday the toxic waste spread downstream to- in Mon- ward Lake Powell in Utah. tezuma EPA workers accidentally unleashed Creek, an estimated 3 million gallons of mine Utah. waste, including high concentrations of AP PHOTO/ MATT YORK arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, as they inspected the long-abandoned Gold King mine near Silverton, Col- orado, on Aug. 5. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Tuesday in Washington, D.C., that she takes full responsibility for the spill, which she said “pains me to no end.” She said the agency is working around the clock to assess the environmental impact. EPA officials said the shocking or- ange plume has already dissipated and she would not take anything off the table vironmental engineering professor at the “We had lots of trips booked. Right that the leading edge of the contami- and that the EPA should be held to the Colorado School of Mines. now we’re just canceling by the day,” said nation cannot be seen in the down- same standards as industry. Tests show some of the metals have Drew Beezley, co-owner of 4 Corners stream stretches of the San Juan River “Right now we have people prepar- settled to the bottom and would dissolve Whitewater in Durango, Colorado. He or Lake Powell. ing for a lawsuit if that is what we need only if conditions became acidic, which said his dozen employees are out of But that has done little to ease con- to do,” she said in a Tuesday television Cohen said isn’t likely. He advises leav- work, and he’s lost about $10,000 in cerns or quell anger. interview. ing the metals where they settle, and business since the spill. The Navajos, whose nation covers Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper counting on next spring’s mountain “We don’t really know what the fu- parts of New Mexico, Utah and Arizona, spent Tuesday visiting a contaminated snowmelt to dilute them more and flush ture holds yet,” said Beezley. “We don’t shut down water intake systems and stretch of river. them downstream. know if the rest of this season is just stopped diverting water from the San The EPA has said the current flows No die-off of wildlife along the river scrapped.” Juan River. Frustrated tribal council too fast for the contaminants to pose an has been detected. Federal officials say Heavy metals from Gold King and members echoed the sentiment of state immediate health threat, and that the all but one of a test batch of fingerling other defunct mines have been leaching officials, insisting that the federal gov- heavy metals will likely be diluted over trout deliberately exposed to the water into the water, killing fish and other ernment be held accountable. time so that they don’t pose a longer- survived over the weekend. species, for decades as rain and The Attorneys General of Utah, New term threat, either. As a precaution, state and federal of- snowmelt pools and spills from places Mexico and Colorado have been coordi- Still, as a precautionary measure, the ficials ordered public water systems to left abandoned and exposed to the ele- nating a response to protect their citi- agency said stretches of the rivers would turn off intake valves as the plume ments. The EPA has considered adding zens and ensure “whatever remediation be closed for drinking water, recreation passes. Boaters and fishing groups have a section of the Animas River in Col- is necessary occurs as quickly as possi- and other uses at least through Aug. 17. been told to avoid affected stretches of orado as a Superfund cleanup site at least ble,” Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes Dissolved iron is what turned the the Animas and San Juan rivers, which since the 1990s, which would have pro- said in a statement. waste plume an alarming orange-yellow, are usually crowded with rafters and an- vided much more support for a cleanup. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert expressed a color familiar to old-time miners who glers in a normal summer. But some in Colorado opposed Su- disappointment with the EPA’s initial call it “yellow boy.” Farmers also have been forced to stop perfund status, fearing the stigma and handling of the spill, but said the state “The water appears worse aestheti- irrigating, endangering their crops, and the federal strings attached, so the EPA has no plans for legal action. New Mex- cally than it actually is, in terms of recreational businesses report losing agreed to allow local officials to lead ico Gov. Susana Martinez, however, said health,” said Ron Cohen, a civil and en- thousands of dollars. cleanup efforts instead. Louisiana Offshore Oil Port storage center getting bigger

PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) – The crude producers and shippers demand- tributed more domestic crude oil than additional crude,” Briggs said. “What Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is adding ing high-volume storage and ready ac- foreign,” Shaw said. drives a lot of this new storage – not just three new aboveground oil tanks and 1.1 cess to refiners.” LOOP, which has a staff of about 205 here, but in other parts of the world – is million barrels of storage capacity to its The project is estimated to cost more full-time employees, opened in 1981 to the fact that oil prices are so low. When Clovelly Hub, one of the nation’s largest than $25 million and is set to be finished accommodate large crude oil carriers you have cheaper oil prices, it’s a good oil trading and distribution centers. by late next summer, said Terry Cole- from across the globe. But that’s changed time to be able to buy, but it doesn’t do The new tanks will increase Clovel - man, LOOP’s vice president of business over time: imports at LOOP have fallen you any good to buy if you don’t have a ly’s aboveground storage to 10.1 million development. to almost half the 1 million barrels a day place to put it.” barrels. LOOP also has 60 million barrels The hub receives domestic and in- that the facility managed in 2008. Eric Smith, an associate director of of underground storage. ternational crude via ships and pipe- Having the additional storage space the Tulane Energy Institute, said “We are expanding to meet the lines, temporarily storing the oil before at LOOP – already the largest privately LOOP’s decision to expand its above- changing needs of our industry,” said sending it on to U.S. refineries. The owned repository for crude oil destined ground storage makes sense given that Tom Shaw, president of LOOP LLC, Clovelly Hub receives oil from wells in for refineries in the U.S. – is good for the the U.S. has imported less foreign crude which owns and operates the Clovelly Texas, the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. state, said Don Briggs, president of the oil in recent years. Hub. “Expanding North American pro- mid-continent. Louisiana Oil & Gas Association. With that new capacity will come duction has made the Clovelly Hub an “Last year was the first time in 34 “It gives us more capacity, more re- new opportunity for some traders, he even more attractive destination for years that we received, stored and dis- serve, and more capabilities to bring in said. journalrecord.com » THE JOURNAL RECORD » Aug. 12, 2015 » 17A SUBMIT YOUR AD DEADLINES Email » [email protected] Line ads by noon, one business Phone » 405-278-2824 day in advance of publication. Classifieds Fax » 405-278-6907 Display ads by noon, two business In person » 101 N. Robinson Ave., Suite 101, OKC days in advance of publication.

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PRESCRIPTION: Deaconess Hospital has changed its name to AllianceHealth Oklahoma » from p1 last two weeks. AllianceHealth has hos- from each other’s mistakes,” he said. clinics statewide. It will be a challenge to • Clinton Regional Hospital is now pitals in Oklahoma City, Blackwell, Clin- AllianceHealth will begin leadership standardize the company’s large em- AllianceHealth Clinton. ton, Durant, Madill, Midwest City, Ponca training sessions in August so hospital ad- ployee network, but its staff is also its • Medical Center of Southeast Okla- City, Pryor, Seminole and Woodward. ministrators learn a common approach strength, he said. homa is now AllianceHealth Durant. Rebranding also provides the net- for doing business. For example, execu- “It isn’t all the individual parts; it is the • Marshall County Medical Center is work an opportunity to improve admin- tives can share examples of how to iden- sum of those parts that makes us become now AllianceHealth Madill. istrative procedures and save money, tify and prevent safety hazards, he said. a greater organization,” Kendrick said. • Midwest Regional Medical Center Kendrick said. His goal is to create a The training sessions will also address The company announced name is now AllianceHealth Midwest. standardized, centralized process to how administrators can adjust the busi- changes for its home health and hospital • Ponca City Medical Center is now make operations more efficient and con- ness so doctors can provide quality health network: AllianceHealth Ponca City. sistent across all outlets. Streamlining is care and expand the patient base, he said. • Deaconess Home Care is now Al- • Mayes County Medical Center is crucial in such a complicated industry, The network employs more than liance Oklahoma Home Health. now AllianceHealth Pryor. he said. 4,500 physicians and staff. In 2014, Dea- • Deaconess Hospital is now Al- • Seminole Medical Center is now “The benefit of operating as a net- coness’ group accounted for nearly lianceHealth Deaconess. AllianceHealth Seminole. work is that instead of managing individ- 30,000 admissions, 195,000 emergency • Blackwell Regional Hospital is now • Woodward Regional Hospital is ual entities, we can collaborate and learn department visits and 330,000 visits to AllianceHealth Blackwell. now AllianceHealth Woodward.

GAMES: State backs off questions after hearing no response from the federal government » from p1 review of the substantive technical amendment or, in the alternative, you have decided not to comment ... and it is approved to the extent it is consistent with the provisions of (federal law),” Cartmell wrote. “If I have misunder- stood your silence please let me know as soon as possible.” Tribes fought back after Cartmell’s first letter. Dean Luthey, attorney for the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, told attendees of a conference last month that the initial allegations had a political purpose – to discredit the tribes’ gaming operations and gain an upper hand in negotiations to extend the compact when it expires. In another correspondence with As- sistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn, a Choctaw Nation of- ficial wrote that he was surprised by Cartmell’s characterizations and that the allegations were an attempt to create a false crisis. “We wish to emphasize further that his entire letter is premised on the flawed assumption that the compacting parties agreed to an amendment of com- pact terms, and once that error is cor- rected, it is clear that there is neither any action for you to take nor question Patrons try their luck on electronic games at the Grand Casino in Shawnee. FILE PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS for you to answer,” wrote Brian Mc- Clain, executive director of Choctaw Unit will recognize electronic instant technical amendment,” he wrote. tribes about the concerns. Nation tribal policy. bingo games that have been certified by The Gaming Compliance Unit de- “Through discussion we were able to In an email to tribal regulators on an independent testing laboratory as clined to comment about either letter. resolve those concerns,” she wrote in a Monday, Cartmell discussed the lack of complying with either the original com- Sara Hill, senior assistant attorney statement. “This is a good example of response from federal authorities. pact definition or the expanded defini- general for the Cherokee Nation, said state and tribal governments working “Going forward, the Compliance tion that was a result of the substantive state officials reached out to the cooperatively.”

COMP: Attorney says decision could force workers to start their legal journey in district court » from p1 her of remedy for her injuries. tional questions because the Workers’ “Mr. Burke’s fears are overstated Burke said he will ask the Oklahoma “We cannot address the constitu- Compensation Commission cannot, as and alarmist,” Morgan wrote in an Supreme Court to settle the question. tionality issue raised by the claimant,” an executive branch administrative email. “Although all citizens enjoy the “The whole idea of workers’ comp – Vice Chief Judge Jerry L. Goodman agency, determine the constitutionality right to challenge the constitutional- for 100 years – is to avoid district court, wrote. of a statute.” ity of statutes in front of district where it’s time-consuming and costly There was no decision from a lower Burke said workers’ comp insurers courts, the workers’ compensation for both parties,” Burke said. “We need court about the constitutionality of the might not provide a defense if a case statutes still provide that the proper a smooth workers’ comp system and, so statute. As a result, the appeals court did- starts in district court, rather than ad- court to ‘modify, reverse, remand or far, this law has not given us that at all.” n’t discuss the issue in its opinion. ministrative venues approved in the 2014 set aside awards’ if a statute is found Workers’ Compensation Court Exec- “If we follow that (appeals court) de- rewrite of the law. to be unconstitutional in the Supreme utive Director Kim Bailey said the deci- cision, there will be thousands of cases “Does that mean thousands of em- Court.” sion in the Robinson case does not mean that will have to be filed in district court ployers have to go out and hire lawyers The business community probably employees will be filing their claims in against employers,” Burke said. “This to defend a workers’ compensation ac- won’t be affected, Morgan said. local courts. decision also opens up several questions tion in district court?” Burke said. “Any time that the Oklahoma Legis- “Only the issue of the constitutional- about what kind of lawsuits that work- Fred Morgan, president and CEO of lature enacts common-sense legal re- ity of a statute, not the merits of the un- ers can file against their employers in the State Chamber of Oklahoma, said forms, we expect legal challenges from derlying workers’ compensation claim, district court. The Court of Civil Ap- every part of the workers’ comp law is the lawyers whose wallets are being will be determined by the district court,” peals said it cannot review constitu- constitutional. squeezed,” he wrote. she said. journalrecord.com » THE JOURNAL RECORD » Aug. 12, 2015 » 19A Increasing capacity for care

Tulsa HIV/AIDS group plans move into new $3M building

BY KIRBY LEE DAVIS The Journal Record

TULSA – Tulsa Cares, a nonprofit HIV/ AIDS services provider, will almost triple its size with a $3 million-plus headquarters construction project. Later this month, general contractor Crossland Construction will begin an extensive renovation and expansion of the former Gracepoint Church, 3712 E. 11th St. Tulsa County assessor records indicate HIV Resources Consortium ac- quired the 0.6-acre property three years ago for $425,000. Following designs by the Tulsa archi- tectural firm Kinslow Keith and Todd, An artist’s conception of the new headquarters for the nonprofit HIV/AIDS services provider Tulsa Cares. COURTESY RENDERING Crossland will gut the existing 11,620- square-foot structure and expand it to to handle up to 1,000 clients, Hall said Hall projected his 16-employee team million, just shy of its $3 million goal. 16,000 square feet. The $2.4 million ef- Tulsa Cares would initially take on about could grow to 25. “We’re going to keep trying to raise fort will refit the two-story building so 220 more. The organization will also ex- The new headquarters will be called more money,” he said. “We will probably that Tulsa Cares can expand its patient pand its mental health counseling and the Charles Faudree Center to honor have to do a little permanent financing load and services. food services, add employment assistance, that former Tulsa interior designer and on the other end.” Tulsa Cares Executive Director R. and broaden its social networking options. longtime Tulsa Cares board member. Hall said he expects this project to Shannon Hall targets completion around “A lot of times with clients who are Faudree died of cancer in 2013. help Tulsa Cares better reach the region’s the end of March. positive (with HIV or AIDS), they don’t A Sept. 14 groundbreaking cere- estimated 1,800 people who test positive The 25-year-old nonprofit offers have the abilities to go out and socialize mony will mark his efforts for the non- for HIV or AIDS. But he also appreciates case management, nutrition and pre- as much as other people do,” Hall said. profit, along with financial donations the new life this construction project of- scription assistance, mental health ther- “We want to have a place where it’s safe, provided by the George Kaiser Family fers for the 66-year-old building. apy, and other services to about 530 where they can use computers, check Foundation, the Anne and Henry “When we require a cure for AIDS clients at its 6,000-square-foot 3507 E. email, whatever they want to do. We Zarrow Foundation, Maxine and Jack and we’re not going to be there anymore, Admiral Pl. headquarters. It has leased want to have a place where they can Zarrow Foundation, Charles and Lynn this will be a great building for other the building since 1998, said staff mem- watch movies, get together with friends, Schusterman Family Foundation, and purposes,” he said. “It’s got the kind of ber Ally McGinnis. have a party. I think that’s real exciting many others. Hall said the center’s design where it will be very adaptable While the new home will offer room for them.” funding campaign has reached $2.97 for lots of different things.”

Crafting a move: Hobby Lobby, Mardel to occupy former Kmart in Tulsa

BY KIRBY LEE DAVIS This promises potential savings from The Journal Record shared infrastructure, security and other unified operations, Kenderdine said. It TULSA – Hobby Lobby Stores intends to also makes it easier for shoppers to reach relocate central Tulsa’s Hobby Lobby both stores. and Mardel locations into a former “There’s a lot of interrelated shop- Kmart facing Interstate 44. ping,” he said. “You see people in Hobby “We are always striving to better Lobby with Mardel bags and in Mardel serve our customers,” Corporate Com- with Hobby Lobby bags. There’s a lot of munications Coordinator Zack Higbee overlap in the customers.” said. “We feel this move will heighten The move also allows for some reap- their service and shopping experience.” portioning within the stores. That Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby Hobby Lobby occupies 50,400 square has signed a long-term lease for Kmart feet at its S. Harvard building, according Corp.’s 84,180-square-foot location at to Tulsa County assessor records, while 3132 E. 51st St. Mark Inman, Ben Ganz- Mardel uses 31,243 square feet. Mardel kow and Stuart Graham with CBRE has reduced its music, video and book handled the contract. offerings in some of its Oklahoma The building sits just around the cor- stores, allowing for expanded educa- ner from a Hobby Lobby at 5130 S. Har- tional supplies. vard Ave. that will close. Mardel operates “They are really pushing that,” Ken- just down the street at 5202 S. Harvard. der dine said. “They move a lot of educa- Higbee said that, after a retrofit and Hobby Lobby and Mardel will move into the space once occupied by Kmart at 3132 E. tion stuff, particularly online.” renovation of the Kmart, Hobby Lobby 51st St. in Tulsa. PHOTO BY KIRBY LEE DAVIS Higbee said all existing employees will relocate into about 59,000 square feet will transfer to the new locations. of the site. Mardel will take the remaining Tulsa’s busiest thoroughfares, all while your oldest one if you can spend that Hobby Lobby has yet to choose an ar- 25,000 square feet. The company intends staying in the neighborhood, University same money combining Mardel and chitect or contractor for the project. Fi- to complete the moves in early 2016. of Oklahoma retail economist James Hobby Lobby in the same building in nancial details were not disclosed. The project allows Hobby Lobby to Kenderdine said. the same parking lot?” said Kenderdine, Higbee said in an email that it was a upgrade two of its older Tulsa opera- “Why spend money upgrading and a professor emeritus at OU’s Price Col- routine renovation, including flooring, tions in a facility visible from one of restyling and refreshing a store that’s lege of Business. restrooms and the ceiling. 20A « Aug. 12, 2015 « THE JOURNAL RECORD « journalrecord.com Charged by ambition

OKC company wants to be Gabe Payne dis- Amazon or iTunes of assembles a battery high-performance batteries from an electric ve- BY BRIAN BRUS hicle for re- The Journal Record cycling at Spiers New OKLAHOMA CITY – Dirk Spiers wants Technolo- to become to battery services what Ama- gies in zon.com is to books and iTunes is to Oklahoma music. City. It’s a matter of establishing a new PHOTO BY niche before anyone else even dreams up BRENT FUCHS the idea, the founder of Spiers New Technologies Inc. said. Recent develop- ments in high-performance batteries have afforded him such an opportunity in Oklahoma City. Spiers’ company performs battery life cycle management services for ad- vanced storage packs typically used in automobiles and solar energy storage cells, including grading and remanufac- turing when necessary. Applying his pro- prietary algorithms, SNT employees might determine a Chevy Volt battery, for example, isn’t quite strong enough for traffic anymore and downgrade it for said. “I don’t know of anyone else who is manufacturing that can produce about of the negotiations, which are expected some other use. And if a battery has doing what we’re doing yet, and I aim to 40 kilowatt-hours of electricity, appro- to close before September. come to the end of its life, the company keep it that way.” priate as a mobile charging station for “The thing is, all the other big compa- can also dismantle it for safe disposal He opened the 24,000-square-foot automobiles. Spiers said he is in the mid- nies you can think of like Amazon or Face- and recycling. facility at 50 NE 42nd St. just eight dle of a contract with Lincoln Motor Co. book is that they started their segments of “The company is establishing a name months ago and already has plans for to make five more. the market before they even existed,” he for itself very quickly with OEMs like expansion. Another 15,000 square feet Spiers said that his company has said. “Everything is about timing in life. I General Motors,” he said, referring to will likely be added in the next few been largely self-funded, with help from think we might just have been lucky original equipment manufacturers who months, Spiers said. He has about 15 family and friends. That’s about to enough to find that right time when it are his primary clients. “Advanced bat- employees. change with an infusion of funds from comes to batteries. We couldn’t have done tery packs are a valuable technology. One of the products driving his private investors worth several million this earlier before the technology; we can’t “We are leaders in this concept,” he growth is an energy storage system he’s dollars. Spiers would not divulge details afford to wait and do it later.” Oklahoma governor: No plans to delay scheduled execution

BY SEAN MURPHY Treese to death but said he did so at Associated Press Glossip’s direction. Sneed was sentenced to life in prison. OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Gov. Glossip has maintained his inno- Mary Fallin said Tuesday she has no cence after having been convicted and plans to delay next month’s scheduled sentenced to death by two juries. execution of a man condemned for his One of Glossip’s attorneys, Don role in a 1997 killing, despite concerns Knight of Littleton, Colorado, said by death penalty opponents that he is Sneed’s testimony was the lynchpin for innocent. the prosecution’s case in both of his trials. Fallin said in a “Without Justin Sneed’s testimony, statement that she is there would be no conviction,” Knight convinced Richard Eu- said. gene Glossip is guilty in Knight said Glossip’s defense team is the beating death of seeking information from anyone who motel owner Barry Van may have stayed at the Best Budget Treese and that the Motel in January 1997 or who has spo- state is prepared to Richard Eugene ken to Sneed about his role in the killing. move forward with his Glossip “There is information coming in, and Sept. 16 execution. we are following up,” Knight said. “And “Richard Glossip was first convicted we need further help.” of murder and sentenced to death over Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin talks with the media on Aug. 4 in Oklahoma City. After reviewing all the potential leads AP FILE PHOTO/OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 17 years ago,” Fallin said. “He has had in the case, Knight said he expects to for- over 6,000 days to present new evidence. mally request Fallin intervene and grant Postponing his execution an additional Susan Sarandon, who played a death spiritual adviser, and both women have a 60-day stay of execution. sixty days does nothing but delay justice penalty opponent in the movie Dead urged Fallin to order a 60-day delay so Glossip’s conviction and death sen- for the family of Mr. Van Treese.” Man Walking, claimed last week that that his attorneys can have more time to tence have been upheld by four courts, Fallin spokesman Alex Weintz said Glossip was innocent. The woman gather evidence that could potentially including the U.S. Supreme Court, and the governor’s office has seen an in- Sarandon portrayed in the movie, anti- clear him. Oklahoma’s five-member Pardon and Pa- crease in the number of emails and let- death penalty advocate Sister Helen Glossip’s co-defendant in the case, role Board last year unanimously denied ters in support of Glossip since actress Prejean, has been serving as Glossip’s Justin Sneed, admitted beating Van Glossip’s request for clemency. WEDNESDAY 08.12.2015 • • • Public notices » p2B

Brook Arbeitman walks the stairs for her daily exercise at Oklahoma City University School of Law. PHOTO BY BRENT FUCHS Caring for baby and herself

BY SARAH TERRY-COBO She said she enjoyed cupcakes and her simple sugar intake. She also cut out The Journal Record soda. However, after she was diagnosed pasta entirely. with gestational diabetes, she said she felt Yet as her pregnancy progresses and OKLAHOMA CITY – Brook Arbeitman guilty. She said she worried her occasional hormones increase, her low-carb diet isn’t used to rely on running and sports to stay indulgences led to the temporary disorder. as effective as it was one month ago. She BEING WELL well. Yet the Oklahoma City University Cupcakes and soda aren’t the causes for now takes a medication, which helps her BROOK School of Law director of marketing and gestational diabetes. Hormone levels in- better manage the condition. communications said she had to change her crease as a woman’s pregnancy progresses Arbeitman said she stays on track by ARBEITMAN approach to food when she became preg- and human placental lactogen rises. planning meals for the upcoming week and nant with her third child. She was diag- Buildup of that chemical can lead to the grocery shopping on the weekends. On oc- OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY nosed with gestational diabetes on July 13. body resisting natural insulin, creating casion they pick up dinner, but Arbeitman Arbeitman played basketball for Sherri Type 2 diabetes. said she and her husband are mindful not Coale at Norman High School and played Typically gestational diabetes goes away to rely on an easy meal often. volleyball at the University of Central Okla- after giving birth, said Arbeitman’s obstetri- Her temporary condition has given her homa. She said she was never a long-dis- cian, Andrea Palmer. a new appreciation for people who live with tance runner, but enjoyed running a couple When a woman has gestational dia- the lifelong disease, she said. of miles through her neighborhood in the betes, it’s critical to incorporate fitness “Not everyone can cook every night and mornings before work. and reduce carbohydrates, she said. Diet there’s a lack of healthy options that are After having her first child in August and exercise can help the body more effi- quick and easy,” she said. 2010, she joined Weight Watchers to help ciently process and use simple sugars, She also walks about 1 mile through her lose weight she gained during pregnancy. Palmer said. neighborhood with her father before work, She and her husband, Chris Arbeitman, “Brook, like so many moms, wants to and she climbs four flights of stairs at BY THE NUMBERS learned how to control portion sizes and do something good for their babies, but is OCU’s law school building, instead of tak- cook with less fat. dealing with an acute thing that forces ing the elevator. She said she aims to con- She shed 65 pounds and trained to run her to change the way she eats,” Palmer tinue her morning walks with her dad after 4 a half-marathon in the Oklahoma City Me- said. “It can be more emotional than a the third child is born. The number of flights of morial race. After having her second child physical struggle.” “I’m looking forward to the time and stairs Brook Arbeitman in 2013, she relied on similar methods to Arbeitman has to monitor her blood that exercise and getting back to my for- climbs at the Oklahoma drop 25 pounds. sugar after every meal. She said she relies mer self,” she said. “I’m also looking for- City University School of In 2015, she and her husband learned on Weight Watchers meals she and her ward to meeting this gift we’re blessed Law building, instead of they were expecting a third baby. husband learned to cook to help manage to have.” taking the elevator.

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