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Print News for the Heart of our City. Volume 55, Issue 6 July 2017 Read us daily at www.city-sentinel.com Ten Cents Page 2 Page 5 Page 8 Gary Richardson giving voters a change agent - him NASA awards $25 million grant to OSU College of Education Print on Paseo hits the historic arts district in July OK-CADP announces new board officers By Darla Shelden Hirsch, Heath & White, PLLC groups of people to raise their City Sentinel Reporter in Oklahoma City. He received voices in protest to this kill- his Juris Doctor from the Uni- ing. We want to expand our The Oklahoma Coalition versity of Oklahoma School of coalition to include more Afri- to Abolish the Death Penalty Law in 1982. can-American churches, young has announced that Rev. Don “I am concerned that this people, evangelicals and any Heath will become the organi- will be a trying year for the other people of good will who zation’s new board chair after condemned and for abolition- want to build a non-violent holding office as vice chair for ists,” Heath said. “Fifteen peo- Oklahoma.” two years. ple have exhausted their ap- Dr. Elizabeth Overman, a po- Heath has served as pastor peals and will be ready to have litical science professor at the of Edmond Trinity Christian execution dates scheduled University of Central Oklaho- 6th annual GloRun nighttime event Church since 2007. He received when the moratorium is lifted. ma, has been elected as the OK- his Masters of Divinity degree We could be Arkansas Times CADP vice chair. set to benefit local rehab with high honors (summa cum Three. Other 2017-2018 board offi- laude) from Phillips Theologi- “This killing is justice only cers include secretary, Victor By Darla Shelden cal Seminary in Tulsa. He rep- if you define justice as ven- Gorin, a longtime equal rights City Sentinel Reporter resents the Christian Church geance. Retributive violence activist, and member of the (Disciples of Christ) in Okla- by the state diminishes all of Brennan Society and Amnesty The Referral Center of Okla- homa. us. The Coalition will be re- International’s Oklahoma City homa City will host its 6th an- Heath is also an attorney, doubling its efforts this year to chapter. Mary E. Sine, an edu- nual nighttime, black light Glo- practicing law with the firm of reach out in new ways to new cator at Oklahoma City Public Run event on Saturday, Aug. Schools, will continue her ser- 26. The festivities, themed vice this year as co-treasurer “Glow Bright for Recovery,” serving with Sisca Friend, the will be held at Mitch Park 1501 board’s organizational repre- W. Covell Rd., in Edmond. All sentative of the Oklahoma City events will begin in the cul-de- Religious Society of Friends sac north of the start line. (aka Quakers). The GloRun 5K and 1 Mile Connie Johnson, OK-CADP Fun Run will take place from Staff and volunteers from The Recovery Center in Oklahoma City include: L-R: chair 2015-2017 said, “As former 6 - 10 p.m. The public is invit- 1st Row: Don Burk (CEO), Shelly Valadez, James Arledge, Larry White; 2nd Row: chair, I feel confident that Don ed to grab glow sticks and their Alumni Volunteer, Marc Noto, MJ Barton, Summer Kaulaity, Shawna Carrington, Heath will be a refreshing spir- favorite neon attire and attend Zalon Williams, JuneBug Montgomery, Delois Briggs, Nakia Talley, Richard Bow- itual, legal and compassionate this family friendly event. ers, Brandy Anderson, Ben Joslen, Tonya Short; 3rd Row: Terry Parker, Michael Parks, James Thomas, Jamond Williams, and Scott Daughtry. Photo provided. leadership voice at a time when Proceeds from the race will we must continue to seek to ex- benefit The Referral Center with artwork and black nightlight accents. pand the level of education and (TRC) for Alcohol and Drug lights. Participants are encour- “Our continuing mission is awareness about abolishing the Services of Central Oklahoma aged to show up in their bright- to provide exceptional patient- death penalty in Oklahoma. located at 1215 N.W. 25 St., in est colors. centered chemical dependen- “Dr. Liz Overman’s academic Oklahoma City. A painting booth will be cy services to persons seek- Rev. Don Heath, recently elected the board chair for the Oklahoma Coalition background as vice chair, Vic- The course will be lined available to participants be- ing drug-free lives in the state to Abolish the Death Penalty, is seen speaking during the group’s 26th Annual with multiple tunnels filled fore the Run to add additional continued on page 2 Award dinner. continued on page 6 A soldier’s story: combat, EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK life in service, a kiss Four months in, David Holt dominates the 2018 By Patrick B. McGuigan ing the liberation of both Lux- Oklahoma City mayoral race Editor emburg and Belgium, before By Patrick B. McGuigan nouncement of his senate inten- ture roles, and we will collabo- marching into Germany with tions with an explicit endorse- rate to move all of Oklahoma Hall Duncan has had many his comrades. If endorsements matter, ment of Holt’s candidacy on City forward.” successes in a long career in On Nov. 18-19, there raged across the broad and diverse Monday (June 12). Holt responded enthusiasti- art, journalism, education and one fight during which Gen- community in this capital city, “After considering a run my- cally, saying in a press release, other fields. Now retired from eral George Patton, com- Holt is demonstrating impres- self for Oklahoma City Mayor “George Young is someone I the University of Central mander of the Third Army sive strength, gaining an early and receiving great encourage- greatly respect and admire. Oklahoma, he still draws and of which the Yankee Division edge over every known oppo- ment to do that, I have decided There is probably no one more is working on a new children’s was part, lost 80 percent of nent. His support from across to pursue a different path and universally loved by his fellow book. At 93, he has no inten- his men (killed or wounded). On behalf of the people of France, the political spectrum seems as- run for the Oklahoma Senate,” legislators, and that affection tion of slowing down. Duncan was helping another these medals were presented at tonishing, perhaps without prec- said Young in a statement send comes from both sides of the In 1944-45, as an enlisted soldier, seriously wounded, Clerveux on May 3, 2017 to honor the edent, in a municipal race which, to The City Sentinel and other aisle. I am deeply grateful that man, he served in George Pat- as they searched for medi- combat service of Hall Duncan, an Oklahoman, and Franklin Simon. In on paper, could normally be cat- news organizations. George believes in my campaign ton’s Third Army in a series cal help. They were crossing 1944-45, the pair served as combat egorized as competitive. “But I am still passionate and is willing to give it his pub- of battles (leading up to the a field covered with dead sol- infantrymen in the Third Army, under If money is still the mother’s about the future of Oklahoma lic support. Battle of the Bulge, and be- diers. the command of General George S. milk of politics, Holt has the ad- City, and that is why I am en- “George will be someone I yond). The man he was assist- Patton. vantage. dorsing David Holt to be the turn to in the years ahead for ad- An Oklahoman educated at ing “probably saved my life.” Photo Provided by Yankee Division Veterans Association. If momentum created from next Mayor. He is the best can- vice and counsel. I am also very Classen and Taft in the Okla- Weakened, that fellow started the campaign’s inception is a didate. I have worked alongside excited he is seeking election homa City public school sys- to fall. As their knees buckled, conversation. sound indicator of the future, David in the Legislature, and I to the Senate, where we always tem, he was a teenager when a German sniper’s shot rang Ultimately, Duncan re- Holt is the front-runner. know him to be someone who need strong voices fighting for he entered the Army. After out. Because he was pulled joined his unit. They fought cares about many of the things Oklahoma City.” basic training at Fort Dix, he toward the ground, Hall be- their way into Germany. The State Rep. George Young, D- I care about. I also know from Barry Switzer has also given got to France after the Nor- lieves, the bullet that struck unit’s fighting ended at Pilsen Oklahoma City, announced in his record of service that he will Holf a ringing endorsement. mandy invasion. his arm missed his lower re- (May 7, 1945) in what is now early June he will run for the work hard to include all parts In a statement circulated to As part of Company I, gion, where it might have the Czech Republic. state Senate in 2018, passing up of our city in major decisions, journalists on May 30, Switzer Third Battalion, 101st Infan- been fatal. In a recent interview, Hall the mayor’s race where he could and that’s important to me. Da- said he had decided to “strongly try, 26th Infantry (Yankee) The pair made it to safety. said after seeing soldiers die have built on the Democrat- vid and I both envision a strong endorse” Holt for the city’s top Division, Private Duncan Duncan saw his comrade days who stood two feet away from ic base.