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Valerie Thompson

March 9, 2016

Since 1999, Dr. Valerie Thompson has served as the second female president and CEO for the Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City in the affiliate’s 69 year history. She provides strong leadership and ambition for the Urban League, working to further its mission to assist African Americans, other minorities and the poor achieve social and […]

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Reflections – Susan McVey

March 3, 2016

The Club 29 Thursday morning breakfast meeting had a month long focus on mental health issues in January. There were presentations about nonprofits that are providing programs and services that are helping to improve lives and outcomes, a view from the justice system on how untreated individuals are impacting it, and finally a family perspective […]

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Rotary Point – Giving Levels

March 1, 2016

On May 6, 2016 Rotary Point, the Signature Project of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, will be dedicated. In honor of those Rotarians who have donated, a commemorative plaque is being planned, with all the donors’ names listed. If you haven’t pledged, there is still time, but this is the Last Call. Please read the information […]

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Tim Strange

February 25, 2016

Tim Strange serves as the President of Newmark Grubb | Levy Strange Beffort, specializing in federal government-leased investment sales of General Services Administration (GSA) and Veteran’s Affairs (VA) properties throughout the U.S. With 28 years of experience, he has closed almost $1 Billion in sale and leasing transactions in the past ten years. He was […]

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Tracy McDaniel

February 24, 2016

Tracy McDaniel is the Founder and Director of KIPP Reach College Preparatory. McDaniel has twenty -six years teaching and administrative experience. KIPP was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education in the area of high performance and was selected as one of the “50 Best Middle Schools in the U.S” […]

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Bob Ross – Inasmuch Foundation

February 24, 2016

Robert J. Ross – Inasmuch Foundation Robert J. Ross currently serves as President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Inasmuch Foundation and Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. The Foundations were founded by Edith Kinney Gaylord in 1982. He previously was employed as an Attorney with the Oklahoma City law firm […]

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Reflections – Leonard Sullivan

February 24, 2016

Rotary Reflections By Leonard E. Sullivan Shoe repair A man working in a men’s clothing store told me recently that he had never had a pair of shoes half-soled or repaired. This was difficult for me to grasp. There was a time when everyone had their shoes and boots repaired. If you wore only one […]

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Mohammad Farzaneh

February 17, 2016

Mr. Mohammad Farzaneh serves as the Chief Executive Officer of IROK Holdings and Presudent of Construction of Home Creations. Mr. Farzaneh earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Design from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Farzaneh is licensed in Architecture abroad. Through Grassland Investment and […]

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The Will to Survive – Ron Page

February 17, 2016

“The Will to Survive” By Ron Page The soil in my home area of northern Illinois is black silt loam of glacial origin. The terrain is flat as a pool table and trees are seen only in farmyards. In the middle part of the twentieth century, we tilled the soil with mouldboard plows that cut […]

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Kelly Burley

February 16, 2016

Kelly Burley joined KOSU as Director in September 2007. Burley returned to public radio after more than four years as Associate State Director for AARP Oklahoma. Burley first joined KOSU in 1990, first as a reporter, then news director and eventually program director. During that time, he won three Edward R. Murrow awards from the […]

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