Happiness comes Weatherford with small museum moments earns five-star rating Alison Morris Alison Morris Lifestyle Editor Lifestyle Editor Enjoy the little things in life for some day he Stafford Air and Space Museum has been recognized you will look back and realize they were the with a 2017 Certificate of Excellence for the third year in big things,” wrote freelance writer Robert a row, this award based on the consistently great reviews Brault. and five-star rating earned on TripAdvisor. T “We are very pleased about this award and have worked “ Sometimes we are so busy trying to find joy in big things, we forget to enjoy the small things that very hard to get it,” said Museum Director Max Ary. “You bring us happiness every day, such as a yummy could count on one hand the number of air and space museums cappuccino at the coffee shop, an outdoor barbecue in the United States that has received this rating so we are in with the family or enjoying a dazzling sunset. •Please see Stafford, Maybe it is taking your first grandchild on a walk Page 3 to your favorite coffee shop. Walking down the street taking in the bustle of the city and the sun coming up on a new day and being able to just have that special time with your new grandson is a feeling of joy that is •Please see Happiness, Page 3 SoonerHealth+ delay won’t affect WRH Randy Spicer II Staff Reporter he Weatherford Regional Hospital won’t be affected by the Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s (OHCA’s) June 14 decision to delay a Medicaid-related program which would have covered some of Oklahoma’s vulnerable population. Provided T “At this point it doesn’t affect us,” Weatherford Regional The Stafford Air and Space Museum was recently recognized with a Certificate of Hospital CEO Debbie Howe said. “It’s a program they (OHCA) were trying to implement, but there was no funding for it.” Excellence by TripAdvisor. “We are very pleased about this award and have worked The SoonerHealth+ program is statewide care coordination very hard to get it,” said Museum Director Max Ary. that has been in development for Oklahoma Medicaid’s aged, blind and disabled population. It represented a semi- privatization of the Medicaid system. The OHCA was required to issue a request for proposal Well-known comedian for care coordination for Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) populations after House Bill 1566 was signed by Gov. Mary Fallin in April 2015. to perform at SWOSU “Most of those people are covered under Medicare omedian Gabriel tour, FluffyMania World Movie along with his •Please see Medicaid, “Fluffy” Iglesias is Tour: 20 Years of Comedy. numerous voiceover credits Page 3 coming to SWOSU Fans can watch his 6th one- in animated films including this fall as part of hour comedy special “I’m the upcoming The Nut Job 2, Cthe university’s Panorama Sorry For What I Said When Pixar’s Coco and Ferdinand School district budget Series. Ticket details will I Was Hungry” currently releasing later this year. be released later, but the streaming on Netflix. event is expected to start 8 “Fluffy’s Food Adventures,” Provided p.m. Friday, November 3, a non-scripted comedic docu- Comedian Gabriel Iglesias OK for now will perform in the Pioneer Cellular Event follow series co-starring 8 p.m. Alison Morris Center. The event is part Gabriel’s eccentric tour Lifestyles Editor of Fluffy’s new world tour, mates will launch its November FluffyMania World Tour: 20 3rd season on Fuse TV 3 at the eatherford Public Schools officials feel positive Years of Comedy. later this summer. Pioneer about next year, but recent court challenges Iglesias is one of America’s His big screen credits Cellular could cause a budget crisis. most successful stand-up include Magic Mike, Event comedians performing to Magic Mike Weatherford Public Schools Superintendent Center. WChad Wilson said WPS had stronger revenue collections at sold-out concerts around the XXL, A the close of the fiscal year that helped reduce the impact of world. He is also one of the Haunted shortfalls in previous months. most watched comedians on House 2 Schools in Oklahoma received $54 million less than what YouTube with more than and The the legislature initially appropriated for FY 2017. By state 300 million views. The Fluffy law, schools cannot spend more than they are appropriated. comedian has also had the With a couple weeks left in this fiscal year Superintendent distinct honor of being one Wilson said the schools just finding out what funding they of the few to headline and are actually going to receive. He said building the budget on sell-out Madison Square an allocation that has changed midway through the year for Garden and The Microsoft Theater. Celebrating 20 years •Please see Budget, in standup comedy, Iglesias Page 3 is currently on the new world INSERTS CHATTERBOX Do you have information for the WDN Chatterbox? Call 580-772-3301 Alzheimer’s support group will meet 6 p.m. Monday, June 26, at the Pioneer Center. Happy Birthday to WDN Facebook friends Bruce M. Belanger, Amber Cox, Nick Aiello, Cindi Gresham Southall, Laronda Angel 50¢ Thompson, Susie Willis, Pete Overton and Patti Harness Loftin. PAGE 2A - WEATHERFORD DAILY NEWS, WEEKENDER, JUNE 24, 2017 Hospital expected to credential three doctors Randy Spicer II consider the WRH well. Staff Reporter Women’s Center policy Faye Henson with and procedural manual. the Grant Committee, hree medical WRH CFO Stephanie Doug Misak with the staff members Helton will present a A/R Committee and are expected to general summary to Brad Berrong with the be credentialed the board and C.E.O. Executive Committee TMonday by the Debbie Howe will will present their Weatherford Regional present a report as monthly reports. Hospital Board of Trustees after receiving approval from medical staff. Salvatore Labruzzo, a doctor of osteopathic medicine; and David Li and Rastislav Osadsky, doctors of medicine, are all involved with Telaradiology at WRH. Madison Rhyly Bishop Telaradiology is the renton and Marissa Bishop welcomed daughter transmission of X-rays, Madison Rhyly Bishop 3:45 p.m. June 12, at CT images and MRIs Weatherford Regional Hospital. from one location to Madison weighed 9 pounds 14 ounces and was 21 the next in order to Tinches long at birth. File photo share studies with Maternal grandparents are Brian and Alanna Gay of Crews work to remove trees and brush from a nearby bar ditch on Lawter fellow radiologists and Clinton. Maternal great-grandparents are Nellie Perkins Road in August 2016. Recent Custer County Board of Commissioners physicians. of Yukon. Paternal grandparents are Randall Bishop of agendas featured Lawter Road project-related items and commissioners The board also will Weatherford and Michele Ray of Clinton. Paternal great- will discuss the project again Monday. grandparents are Farel and Linda Ray of Carnegie. Madison joins brother Tristan Ray Bishop, 4. Aubrianna Carla Jean Bloxham Lawter Road-related olly Bloxham and Robert Lucero of Geary welcomed daughter Aubrianna Carla Jean Bloxham 6:30 p.m. June 20, at Weatherford Regional Hospital. project on county agenda Aubrianna weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 Pinches long at birth. Randy Spicer II said, “They want you to OK something, but they’re Maternal grandparents are Kenneth and Tamara Bloxham Staff Reporter not real clear on what it’s for,” and laughed. of Red Oak and Meshell Bloxham of Geary. Paternal great- Some clues on the documentation eventually led grandparents are Ernest Allen of Geary. This week’s Board of Custer County the board of commissioners to finding out it was Aubrianna joins sisters Nevaeh Bloxham, 2, and Meshell Commissioners agenda features a presumed Lawter referring to Lawter Road and the recent work Bloxham,1, and brother Kenneth Bloxham, 5. Road project-related item in addition to several Circuit Engineering District 7 had done, such as other items of note. The county board will consider securing right-of-way and utility relocation. Emely Guadalupe Meza ODOT form 324A 9 a.m. Monday at the Custer Overall this week’s agenda features more than 10 mar and Luz Meza of Weatherford welcomed County Courthouse in Arapaho. items, most of them agreements to be considered, daughter Emely Guadalupe Meza 10:35 a.m. Last week, the Custer County Board of such as a letter of agreement between District II June 21, at Weatherford Regional Hospital. Commissioners approved a similar ODOT-related DTF (Drug Task Force) and the Custer County Emely weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 22 document also relating to continuous work on the Oinches long at birth. Sheriff’s Department; an agreement involving the Lawter Road project. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Maternal grandparents are Cornelio and Sofia Gomez of However, neither the form nor ODOT were Forestry; an agreement with Kellpro Software and Weatherford. Paternal grandparents are Isidora Renteria of very apparent as to what the agreement was about an agreement with Britton, Kuykendall and Miller, Rodeo, Durango Mexico. though, as county commissioner Kurt Hamburger an accounting firm. Emely joins brothers Josue I Rodriguez and Omar Meza Jr. WEATHERFORD DAILY NEWS, WEEKENDER, JUNE 24, 2017 - PAGE 3A STAFFORD •Continued from Page 1 pretty rarified air. very hard on the small about the museums. So HAPPINESS This award means details. The difference this award comes purely •Continued from Page 1 TripAdvisor has given between good and great from people who have the museum the highest is a lot of little details come out and visited the indescribable. possible rating for he said.