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Oklahoma City's Positive Tomorrows Serves Homeless Children Print News for the Heart of our City. Volume 54, Issue 4 April, 2016 Read us daily at www.city-sentinel.com Ten Cents Page 3 Page 7 Page 10 Request for reader input: Why, or why not, the death penalty? ThunderKatz annual All Breed and Household Pet Cat Show Brightmusic performs ‘Quintets, Sextets … and Queen’ (the rock band) Green Connections plans 6th Annual Earth Day Celebration at Turtle Rock Farm By Darla Shelden tle Rock is also a retreat for gain some ideas and support City Sentinel Reporter sustainability, spirituality and for living sustainably. healing. “We’re excited about this Green Connections, a non- “The Earth Day Festival is year’s festival - our sixth one. profit organization dedicated an educational event and a cel- Focus will be on pollinators.” to ecological education, will ebration,” Hoerth said. “It’s The mission of Green Con- hold their 6th Annual Earth a chance to be in the natu- nections is to help people con- Day Celebration on Saturday, ral world here on the prairie nect with nature and to learn April 23 at Turtle Rock Farm, in north central Oklahoma. A to live more sustainably. east of Billings, Oklahoma. time to pause and remember Oklahoma Sierra Club Con- Festivities will take place from the Earth that sustains us, cele- servation Committee Co-Chair 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. brate and thank the planet, and Kim Bartlett will be doing A working farm run by Pat learn more about this amazing demonstrations on pollinators, Hoerth and Ann Denney, Tur- place we call home, as well as continued on page 6 At right in the back, Thunder superstar Kevin Durant smiles as a ceremonial check is presented to leadership and students at Positive Tomorrows, Oklahoma’s only school for homeless children. Standing next to him is Susan Agel, who runs the school. Beaming proudly are several of the school’s students, overjoyed to see “KD” at their school. In one visit to the stu- dents, Durant delivered fitted shoes for each student, and got down on the floor with the youngsters to put the shoes on their feet. Photo provided. Active, and Striving for Dreams – Oklahoma City’s Positive Tomorrows serves homeless children By Patrick B. McGuigan student faces challenges nearly may be most widely remem- Editor unimaginable to most Oklaho- bered for her reading at the mans – even here in Oklahoma first inauguration of President Positive Tomorrows, Okla- City, where many public school Bill Clinton. homa’s only school for home- student begin formal education Other students at the Posi- less children, celebrated Black lacking skills needed for suc- tive Tomorrows gathering – History with an assembly in cess. held Friday, Feb. 26 -- crafted late February. Fourth grade student Antini- their own versions of the his- The observance is one ya was one presenter at the his- toric “I Have a Dream” ad- among many notable signs of tory assembly, reading a poem dressed delivered by Dr. Mar- substance and and achievement by acclaimed poet Maya Ange- tin Luther King, Jr. on August On Saturday, April 23, the 6th Annual Green Connections Earth Day Festival at Turtle Rock Farm will feature tours of Straw at a school where the typical lou. Angelou, who died in 2014, continued on page 4 Bale Hermitage and High Tunnel Garden, meeting the Alpaca and a visit to the tipi. Photo provided. Local rescue No April Fool’s: Paseo’s First takes in Friday falls on April 1! Staff Report artists and a variety of en- abused and tertainment opportunities – Oklahoma City, OK – The all within walking distance. abandoned First Friday Gallery Walk for There will be music, fine din- April in the historic Paseo ing opportunities and more. pugs, asks for Arts District comes on Fri- At least 80 artists in 22 gal- day, April 1, from 6 - 10 p.m. leries participate. Three res- the public’s The Paseo Arts Associa- taurants and a handful of tion’s Small Art Show is fea- shops round out the Paseo’s support tured in the Paseo Art Space distinctive atmosphere. The By Darla Shelden (3022 Paseo) through April Paseo is Oklahoma City’s City Sentinel Reporter Found in a remote rural area outside Oklahoma City, Emmet was retrieved from 30. This juried exhibition unique arts destination, lo- the OKC Animal Shelter by Homeward Bound Pug Rescue of Oklahoma and given showcases work in any me- cated between N.W. 27 & 30 Homeward Bound Pug Res- another chance at life. Photos provided. dia no larger than 15 inches St. and Walker & Hudson. cue (HBPR) and Adoption in any direction. It’s a great The City Sentinel is a proud of Oklahoma’s broad reach show for the beginning col- supporter of the Paseo Arts through a network of rescues, lector! Association and Paseo Arts vet clinics and avid support- Each First Friday, Paseo District. ers on social media has result- galleries offer themed ex- For more information, call at (405) 525-2688 or email ed in the intake of a large num- hibits, refreshments, guest the Paseo Arts Association [email protected] . ber of pugs in need of loving homes. Many of these aban- doned or surrendered pugs ar- rive with serious medical con- An Appeal To Our Readers, and ditions that can sometimes be overwhelming. a Notice to Advertisers Emmet is a recently rescued We turn to you, friends printed word over pixels. senior male pug who came to and readers, with a direct In sustaining this print HBPR struggling to live. appeal to supplement the presence, we solicit your The seriously emaciated resources that flow from help. fawn pug found in a remote ru- Thanks to Homeward Bound Pug Rescue of Oklahoma, Emmet, a senior male pug, our valued and loyal ad- We deeply appreciate ral area was dropped off at the is now receiving much needed medical attention, but still needs the support of vertisers. those readers who have al- donations from the public. Oklahoma City Animal Shel- This is not complicated. ready contributed. ter who then called Homeward Newspapers are in trou- Send checks to The Bound to see if they could help. ble. Like everyone else, City Sentinel, P.O. Box HBPR director, Gail Tucker, we have a vibrant online 60876, OKC, OK 73146. was quick to respond. presence (visit us at city- To arrange for credit card She immediately posted on sentinel.com) and an “app” transactions, telephone Facebook to the group’s near- promoted each edition on the editor at 405-834-4834, ly 9,000 followers that trans- page one. or email [email protected]. port was needed from the shel- Still, a community Below is our production ter to Neel Veterinary Clinic newspaper serves thou- schedule for those interest- in northwest OKC saying, “ I sands who ed in advertising in forth- don’t want him to die alone in prefer the coming editions. the shelter.” Emmet was quickly picked up by an HBPR volunteer and A note to advertisers and potential advertisers whisked off to receive some Here is The City Sentinel print edition production schedule for next 4 months. much needed medical atten- tion. May 2016 edition July 2016 edition “Emmet couldn’t even stand Ad space reservation: Friday, April 22 Ad space reservation: Friday, June 17 and we weren’t sure he would Ad content deadline: Tuesday, April 26 Ad content deadline: Tuesday, June 21 make it to the vet,” said Tucker. “We picked him up and rushed June 2016 edition August 2016 edition him there.” Ad space reservation: Friday, May 20 Ad space reservation: Friday, July 15 It was soon determined that PeeWee had been abused and was severely ill when he was taken in by Home- Ad content deadline: Tuesday, May 24 Ad content deadline: Tuesday, July 19 continued on page 7 ward Bound Pug Rescue, but is now recovering and waiting for his forever home. Page 2 www.city-sentinel.com April, 2016 NEWS See us online, and on Facebook and Twitter Construction JonesPR garners national award in under way ‘PRWEEK’ competition Staff Report Congress supporting the ABLE tion work produced during the for new Act, we needed the national awards’ annual entry period. PRWEEK has announced strategic communication and A panel of 92 judges from the that Jones PR, an integrated advocacy plan deployed by top public relations agencies Choctaw communications and public af- Jones PR to complement the nationwide review, discuss fairs agency, won Honorable grassroots pressure to mem- and score each entry based on Nation Mention from the publication bers of the 113th Congress,” research, strategic planning, in a prestigious U.S. awards said NDSS President Sara Hart creativity and results in 31 cat- competition. The recognition Weir. egories. One of the judges stat- headquarters came for the Oklahoma City- Jones PR is the only Okla- ed about the NDSS campaign, Staff Report This rendering from Frankfurt-Short-Bruza Associates, illustrates the envisioned based agency’s work with the homa agency honored in “This showed PR’s effective- front entrance for the new Choctaw National tribal headquarters in Durant, Okla- National Down Syndrome So- the highly coveted national ness in achieving results.” Construction of a new homa. Photos provided. ciety (NDSS) in the Non-Profit awards. The NDSS account Harlow said, in comments 500,000 square feet Tribal Campaign of the Year catego- team included Jones PR Presi- sent to The City Sentinel and Headquarters Building for the ry. dent Brenda Jones Barwick, other news organizations, Choctaw Nation began in Feb- Winners were announced in APR; Vice President/Public “Our account teams are some ruary.
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