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Women's March on Oklahoma Draws Thousands of Supporters Print News for the Heart of our City. Volume 55, Issue 2 February 2017 Read us daily at www.city-sentinel.com Ten Cents Page 24 Page 5 Page 9 ‘Cruel Odyssey’ – ‘Killing Richard Glossip’ documentary Turtle Rock Farm’s retreats for living “In Times Like These” Yes, CityRep is ‘Defending the Caveman’ on Feb. 10 and 11 Paseo First Friday Member Show opens on Feb. 3, runs all month Staff Report The Paseo Arts Association’s Annual Member Show will take place Friday, Feb. 3, at the Paseo Art Space (3022 Paseo). The opening reception for this juried exhibition will coincide with the Paseo Arts District’s First Friday Gallery Walk from 6 - 10 p.m. The PAA’s Annual Mem- ber Show showcases the best works created by the Paseo’s supportive members. 2017’s Ju- ror, John Wolfe, has selected the featured works and will award one Best in Show, two Women and other allies marched in Oklahoma and around the world on Saturday, Jan. 21 to send a message to the new Merit Awards, and two Hon- administration that women’s rights are human rights. orable Mentions. A portion of Photo by Kristopher Kanaly. proceeds from artists’ sales will go to the Paseo Arts Asso- ciation. “John has done an ex- Women’s March on Oklahoma draws cellent job selecting art from our members that truly repre- thousands of supporters demanding sents the talent we have in our membership,” Paseo Arts As- sociation Executive Director to be heard Amanda Bleakley said. By Darla Shelden Washington is estimated to be event lead organizer Lindsey John Wolfe was born in Ver- City Sentinel Reporter the biggest one-day protest in Kanaly stated, “After a day that non, Texas, August 23, 1947. He US history according to Pro- was sorrowful for many of us, attended public school in Da- The day after the Presiden- fessors Jeremy Pressman (Uni- we came together as one. Let vidson, Oklahoma, and gradu- tial inauguration of Donald versity of Connecticut) and Er- us use today’s motivation as ated from Southwestern Okla- Trump, millions of women and ica Chenoweth (University of a catalyst for the future. We homa State University in 1970 supporters from around the Denver), who monitored events will resist, we will protect, we with a degree in Art Education. world gathered to peacefully held worldwide. stand in solidarity, and we will He completed his M.Ed. at the Shannonmabry Blues proclaim that “women’s rights In Oklahoma City, the Wom- not be silenced.” University of Central Okla- are human rights” and to uni- en’s March was estimated to Although organizers stated homa in 1976. John taught art State University in Alamosa, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, fy and empower everyone who have drawn at least 8,000, and the event was not a protest, dis- in the Midwest City-Del City Colorado. John’s work has been the Philbrook Museum of Art, stands for civil liberties, and as many as 12,000 demonstra- satisfaction with newly elected School System for 35 years and exhibited extensively across and the Oklahoma State Capi- social justice for all. tors. President Trump’s agenda has was an adjunct art faculty at Oklahoma and the surrounding tol. The Women’s March on Oklahoma City attorney and continued on page 7 Rose State College, and Adams region, at venues including the continued on page 8 Oklahoma’s Kids Belong begins with efforts to increase awareness of adoption crisis By Darla Shelden City Sentinel Reporter Lydia Reeder’s ‘Dust Bowl Girls’ is a The newly launched Oklaho- ma’s Kids Belong, a non-profit classic of sports literature organization helping children in the foster care system, has Patrick B. McGuigan appointed Edmond resident Editor Scott Werner as its inaugural president. Oklahoma’s Kids Be- In ‘Dust Bowl Girls,’ Lydia long will build on the work that Reeder tells the heroic true America’s Kids Belong (AKB) story of Sam Babb (whose began in 2015 in Oklahoma. leg was severed as result of Founded in 2005 by Colora- a brutal attack by his father do Pastor Brian Mavis and his during boyhood days) and wife Julie, AKB unites faith, Scott Werner, the inaugural president of Oklahoma’s Kids Belong, and his wife the women he coached. Babb government, business and cre- Tammy, are owners of My Small Wonders Child Development Center in Edmond. diverted from early plans to ative communities in states to Photo provided. enter Christian ministry to solve the foster care and adop- become a life-long advocate tion crisis in the U.S. “I am committed to being a orative effort between the Gov- of competitive women’s bas- A native Oklahoman, Wer- part of changing who waits in ernor’s office, DHS and essen- ketball. ner is the owner of My Small our state and beyond.” tial community partners like Wearing a wooden pros- Wonders Child Development In November 2015, Oklaho- the 111 Project, Annie E. Casey thetic, he became one of the Center in Edmond, and other ma Gov. Mary Fallin launched Foundation, Count Me in for great coaches from the first Oklahoma real estate invest- the “Oklahoma Fosters” cam- Kids, private providers, and half-century of organized ment and management compa- paign, encouraging the entire many other organizations. women’s leagues in Amer- nies. state to help with the over- These efforts have result- ica. Sam’s sister was Lydia He has served as executive whelming need for foster and ed in the certification of more May Babb Thomas – Reeder’s director of children’s minis- adoptive families. than 1,080 new families during grandmother. tries at Life Church and as the Joining with the Oklahoma the year, surpassing the initial Initially, Babb is the book’s The 1932-33 women’s national championship team from Oklahoma Presby- director of U.S. Church Rela- Department of Human Servic- goal. star, but the focus soon shifts terian College (OPC). Back row from left: Ernestine Lampson, Hazel Vick- tions for Compassion Interna- es, Gov. Fallin reached out to Tricia Howell, Deputy Di- to the young women he gath- ers, La Homa Lassiter, Buena Harris. Middle from left: Irene Williams, Vera tional, the world’s leading au- the populace through the Okla- rector of Foster Care and ered in Durant to begin chal- Dunford, Lera Dunford, Lucille Thurman; Front from left: Doll Harris, Juanita thority in holistic child devel- homa Fosters initiative to help Adoption for Child Welfare Park, Coral Worley, Toka Lee Fields. OPC won two straight national titles. lenging studies (classical ed- The story of the march to their first title is the subject of Lydia Reeder’s opment through sponsorship. the Oklahoma Department of Services said, “When Ameri- ucation fused with passion- ‘Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team that Barnstormed Its Way “There has never been a day Human Services (DHS) recruit ca’s Kids Belong met with us ate Christianity and practical to Basketball Glory,’ Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (a division of Workman in Oklahoma’s recorded histo- more than 1,000 new, safe, lov- and they described their vision support for women and their Publishing, New York), 286 pages with detailed notes. Official publication ry where a child has not been ing foster families by the end of partnering the Department dreams). date: January 24, 2017. waiting for a foster family or of June 2016. of Human Services and Child From Reeder’s online promotional materials. For decades, Oklahoma adopted family,” said Werner. The initiative was a collab- Welfare to the different sectors Presbyterian College was tiny (5’) scorer from Ce- players who gave their all in in our state, I thought it was an home to world-class educa- ment who had a crush on the a cause where they were nev- answer to prayer. tion and, for a few seasons, coach, until he got himself a er the names on everyone’s “We have seen the results the best women’s college bas- steady girl. lips. of it already. It is a key factor ketball program in America. We learn of the bond be- We meet Juanita Park from that helps us develop the foster And, for two years running, tween the Dunford girls the countryside east of Du- families and adoptive families the national champions. (Vera and Lera), and the rant, Hazel Vickers of Coop- that we need for our Oklahoma In what can surely be con- feisty maturity of the lanky erton (“Vick” to one and all) children.” sidered loving detail, Reed- Lucille Thurman of Cooki- and Coral Worley of Cache. America’s Kids Belong is er tells the stories of women etown (a six-footer who regu- As the OPC Cardinals, based on successful models in many of us would recognize larly won jump balls against they brought home to south- Colorado, where a statewide off-court – “ordinary” girls, taller competitors). We re- east Oklahoma the first na- movement resulted in the re- Oklahomans who did amaz- joice in the tales of Toka Lee tional basketball title won by duction of waiting children ing things. Fields, Ernestine Lampson, any college team in the Am- from 880 to 200 and in Virgin- There’s Doll Harris, the and La Homa Lassiter, role Book review continued on page 8 ia, where 1,041 children were continued on page 6 Page 2 www.city-sentinel.com February 2017 NEWS See us online, and on Facebook and Twitter OKC 2017 MLK Holiday Celebration events express “A Time for Change Is Now” By Darla Shelden events honoring Dr.
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