Keep the clichés on Thanksgiving table

Keep the clichés on Thanksgiving table by Ted Streuli It would be fun to eavesdrop on other people’s Thanksgiving dinners. Someone always suggests that you go around the table and tell others what you’re thankful for, a tradition that no one at the table is thankful for in the slightest. One year, we tried to […]

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The Changing Landscape of Oklahoma Voters

Pat McFerron is the President of Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates and is nationally known for his polling and focus group work for corporations and political campaigns.   McFerron has been involved in many successful marketing efforts, ranging from those for start-up operations, to Fortune 500 companies and charitable organizations and grassroots lobbying efforts. A […]

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Rotary Reflections – John F. Kennedy

Rotary Reflections – John F. Kennedy By Tim Berney   The entryway table in the house I grew up in was more like a fancy cabinet. I recall the first time that I opened the doors to it when I was about six years old. Inside the dark chamber, wrapped in light blue plastic similar to […]

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Let’s Talk Transit

Jason Ferbrache was appointed as the Director of the Public Transportation and Parking Department of the City of Oklahoma City (EMBARK) in February 2014 and serves as the Administrator of the Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority (COTPA). Prior to serving as the Director, Jason fulfilled the responsibilities of the Assistant Director beginning April 2013. […]

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Reflections on the Road

REFLECTIONS ON THE ROAD Paul Moore   The first time I retired was in May 2012.  We were living in Los Angeles, and I had completed 41 years as an executive with the Boy Scouts of America.  I had been diagnosed with an extremely rare illness that was life-threatening, and I knew that to fight […]

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The Rise of Sonic, and Life After

Clifford Hudson serves of counsel in Crowe & Dunlevy’s  Oklahoma City office. As former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sonic Corp., and as a member of the Corporate & Securities Practice Group, Cliff’s nearly four decades of legal and business experience offers clients an array of business advisory counsel regarding corporate governance, board […]

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Rotary Club 29 President and Okla. Hall of Famer

A ROTARY #29 PRESIDENT, the ONLY TWO – TIME “OKLAHOMA HALL OF FAMER!” Walter M. Harrison was our thirteenth president, (1922-23). “Skipper,” as he was known fondly in news circles nationally, and in what would come to be thirty-years editor of the Daily Oklahoman & Times, which made him an easy choice for the fledgling […]

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One Gracious Act

One Gracious Act by Ted Streuli I can be a little old school when it comes to media. I read The New York Times online, as well as The Oklahoman, The Journal Record, The Atlantic, The New Yorker and The Edmond Sun, but I also read the Sun in print. And while I read Presbyterians […]

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What Are We Doing About Criminal Justice Reform?

Panel Discussion Sue Ann Arnall, Tricia Everest, David Prater, Bob Ravitz Sue Ann Arnall is an energy industry veteran, where she achieved numerous milestones in crude oil transportation systems, and managed a successful commodity futures-trading portfolio for a midstream company that she founded. Ms. Arnall is the CEO for the Arnall Family Foundation, as well […]

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Oklahoma Humane Society: Becoming a Part of Downtown

In April, 2017, Dana McCrory took over as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Central Oklahoma Humane Society. As the leader of the Oklahoma’s largest non-profit animal welfare organization. Dana is dedicated to increasing the reach and effectiveness of the programs of OK Humane and leading the organization into the next decade. In […]

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