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April 05 Inside Pages.Qxd Copy May 2005 Human Services Commissioner Munnell Dies Dr. Edward R. Munnell, 10- heart by-pass surgery and chest year commissioner with the Okla- drainage systems. homa Commission for Human Ser- As a result of his volunteer vices, died April 16. He was 84. work for the Oklahoma Council on The commissioner, known for Aging, Gov. Frank Keating appoint- his outspokenness and advocacy for ed Munnell to fill a vacancy on the OKDHS staff and aging programs, commission in 1995. received his medical degree from Munnell’s lasting contribu- the University of Chicago in 1946. tions to OKDHS will be his leader- He moved to Oklahoma City in ship of the commission’s Policy 1956 with his wife, Phyllis, and two Committee, where he headed suc- children, Marcia and Mark. cessful efforts to streamline agency According to Munnell’s obitu- policies, procedures and instruc- ary, he was part of the team of tions to staff. He was also a leading Oklahoma City Clinic and Presby- force behind the Division of Child terian Hospital doctors who pio- Care’s Reaching for the Stars pro- neered open-heart surgery in Okla- gram and the expansion of OKDHS homa. Munnell also helped develop volunteer programs. Donation Made In Memory of Beloved Public Servant By Dustin Pyeatt Bob McCaffree, who attended call her on the weekend and she Associate Editor Leadership Oklahoma with Mag- wouldn’t mind.” In 1979, Theodoll Magness ness. “When we heard about her “Her bark was worse than her came to the small OKDHS office in passing, we wanted to remember bite,” said Magness’s son, Johnny. downtown Okemah as an intern. her in some specific way. The class “She preferred to love you.” Divorced with four children, Mag- all pitched in to make this donation Magness’s sister, Clara Breaux, ness had gone back to college with in her name.” who retired from OKDHS as a child the goal of working in a profession Prior to coming to OKDHS, welfare supervisor in 2003 after 30 where she could help people. Magness worked at Oklahoma years of service, was touched by the Magness retired in June of State University and Langston Uni- donation in her sister’s name. last year and, sadly, passed away versity. She began her OKDHS “I’m grateful. This is really, only five months later. As a testa- career as a probationary eligibility really nice what they’ve done,” said ment to the lives she touched, her worker before going on to serve as Breaux. “It exemplifies the love she classmates from the 1991 Leader- a social worker I and II and then as gave and it’s coming back. That ship Oklahoma class donated a social services specialist II. speaks well of her.” $2,700 to the Lou Hartpence “She didn’t meet a stranger,” Also in attendance with Scholarship Fund in her name dur- said Carla McCarrell, Magness’s McCarrell and Johnny were Mag- ing a small ceremony on April 14 daughter and a social services spe- ness’s other children, Angela King, in Oklahoma City. cialist IV in Oklahoma County. Charles McCarrell, Jr., Elizabeth “She was a great influence on “She’d talk to a grasshopper if it Williamson and her grandson all of us and on OKDHS,” said Dr. would talk back. Clients would DeAngelo Crawford. 1st Lt. Scott Price, 45th Infantry Brigade, Oklahoma Army National Guard, present- ed Director Howard Hendrick with a Patri- ot Award. The Patriot Award recognizes employers for their support and "con- tributing to national security and protect- ing liberty and freedom." Price also serves as a social services specialist IV in Tillman County and is the brother of Paula Price, programs administrator, Commodities Distribution, Office Support Services Division. Price and members of the Employee Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve thanked Hendrick for supporting OKDHS employees serving in the military and who have family mem- bers serving in the military. Fire Drill Readies Staff for Crisis Situations By George Earl Johnson, Jr. Risk, Safety and Emergency ees when an actual fire or other life- Mid-morning April 21, nearly Management Administrator John threatening event occurs. 700 OKDHS employees and visitors Coleman said the event was carried “Our employees must know that emptied out of the Sequoyah Memor- out in an orderly manner; however, emergency drills and exercises are ial State Office building in the Capi- there were areas identified for done so that we can learn what works tol Complex in less than seven min- improvements. Keeping employee and what does not work,” Coleman utes during an unannounced fire drill. lists current and knowing where staff said. “We debrief ourselves and team are who may need extra help in an leaders after exercises so that we can emergency or evacuation are critical make better plans to handle things to saving lives in any emergency sit- when a crisis or emergency happens. uation. These lists can be used to “The leadership in all OKDHS identify and locate missing employ- offices should make sure new and veteran employees alike know what the emergency procedures are in and around their offices,” Coleman said. “While many of our offices across the state are smaller than the Sequoyah Building, all would benefit from knowing what to do in an emergency. “Knowing where the primary and secondary exits are in the building is important. Know where safe rooms and storm shel- ters are located. Okla- homa’s storm and tornado season is here and knowing emergency plans before an emergency occurs could save lives.” 2 INSIDE OKDHS — May 2005 Recognition: Sharing It With Those Around Us By George Earl Johnson, Jr. ners who worked on five Quality recognition at an early age when our May is a time of putting our Best Award winning teams and 16 Quality parents put our first paintings and our Foot Forward through celebrations at Honorable Mention teams. They highest grades on the refrigerator for the Oklahoma Department of Human gathered in Oklahoma City to share all the family to see. Services. We have Foster Care their best practices and to receive But some of the best recognition Month, Older Americans Month and we receive is from family, friends the State Conference on Aging, and co-workers that are personal National Mental Health Month, kindnesses. It’s the handwritten note National Public Service Recognition of appreciation, the e-mail just to say Week and the Governor’s Quality hi, I’m thinking about you or the Team Day Awards at the Capitol. face-to-face personal smile, warm We recognized 118 employees hug or kind words just because. as the Best of the Best. Their peers well-earned recognition and awards We can all use special and simple selected them because they are the during the 2005 OKDHS Quality recognitions every day to make the ones who inspire us day in and day Awards and Best of the Best Employ- world around us a better place. Today, out to carry on with our Human Ser- ee Recognition ceremony. I’ll put my Best Foot Forward to offer vices mission. Being recognized for the work those around me more positive recog- On May 4, they joined more we do is fundamental to achieving nition and appreciation, great and than 350 co-workers and agency part- continuing success. We all learn about small. Will you join me? The Chaplain’s Corner: Discover A New Show Your Respect for Life Opportunity to By Kent Richie Touch and Noble County Chaplain Transform Lives R-E-S-P-E-C-T . We have all heard songs and clichés about how important respect is to each of us and that it is earned not given. Many things and people in our lives deserve respect. Electricity, if not respected, can severely injure people or damage property. Those in author- ity deserve our respect because of the position they hold. Life deserves our respect because of its fragility. We do not have the power to give or hold on to life. Each of us wants to experience quality of life. Quality of life takes nurturing, care, concern and love. When life is devalued, it becomes a privilege that can be taken away if OKDHS Chaplain Kent Richie someone deems it necessary or con- venient to do so. Too often when ward and show these persons love, people, young or old, cannot care for concern and nurturing to preserve the themselves, they become viewed as a highest quality of life possible. nuisance and are given little respect. “Respect for Life” is an attitude It is at these times we must step for- and an action. INSIDE OKDHS — May 2005 3 News Briefs Reece Receives Award CPR, First Aid Classes Offered Liz Reece, founder of the Oklahoma Child Free cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and Care Resource and Referral Association, received first aid training classes are available from 8 a.m. – 4 the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 2005 p.m. June 14 and June 28 at the OKDHS Risk Man- Friends of Children award ceremony given by the agement Training Room, 2409 N. Kelley Ave., in Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. Reece, Oklahoma City. Employees receive training credits along with six other Oklahomans, was honored at for the class, and those who take it will be certified a banquet April 26. in first aid for three years and in CPR for two years. Class space is limited. To register, contact Greg Lott CIO Published in the OKDHS Risk, Safety and Emergency Man- agement Unit by e-mail at [email protected] or by Marq Youngblood, chief information officer, telephone at (405) 522-6020.
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