An Inconvenient Fact – All Volunteer Service Isn’t Doing Its Job

– Dick Hefton   A recent Letter to the (Oklahoman) Editor from OSU Hall of Fame athlete Dick Soergel was both refreshing and “conveniently” provided a lead-in to this column in the planning stages in early May. Entitled “A New Draft” Soergel wrote; “I just returned from my granddaughter’s graduation from the (US) Air Force …basic […]

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Albert Gray

Albert Gray is Chief Executive Officer of The Children’s Center Rehabilitation Hospital.  Hired originally to close the Center due to its poor finance performance, Gray instead turned the organization around, leading it to become one of Oklahoma’s foremost healthcare providers for children with disabilities. He earned his B.A. Degree in chemistry at Southwestern Oklahoma State […]

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Mike Hoang

Mike Hoang is the owner of KM Marketing.  He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and is currently President of Oklahoma City Toastmasters and serves on the Board of Directors of Asian Chamber of Oklahoma and OOKC Social.  He was a member of Class X of LOYAL.  And, he is Service Coordinator for Frontline Church […]

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The Beginning of Truth

Continuation of Observations on the Elements of The Rotary Four Way Test:  Is It the Truth? – John A. Frost The inspired ethical standard of The Rotary Club embodied in The Four Way Test opens up a path to discovery and revelation.  I have dwelled on the notion of “Truth” my entire adult life.  I have […]

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Nathaniel Harding

Nathaniel Harding is President of Harding and Shelton Exploration, an E&P company headquartered in Bricktown. Nathaniel directs the valuation, drilling and production of prospects, in addition to crafting capital deals for acquisitions and exploration. Nathaniel graduated cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with Russian and engineering degrees, and earned an MBA from Oklahoma City […]

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Michael Carolina

Michael Carolina is the executive director of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST). Over the course of his career, Mr. Carolina has been recognized for his exceptional leadership skills (visionary, ability to build relationships, results oriented, passion, integrity, role-model behavior and humility). This is evidenced by the number of industry […]

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Make-ups 8/4/15

Harold Armstrong, 7/7, South OKC Don Freymiller, 7/21, Video Makeup Eli Hellman, 7/14, Video Makeup Steve Kime, 7/14, Enid Steve Kime, 7/21, Edmond Summit Patrick Raglow, 7/14, West OKC Patrick Raglow, 7/21, Moore, OK

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Where Are The Stars?

Whatever happened to real movie stars?  Mostly, due to my age, I have pre-conditioned expectations of a movie star, regarding looks, speech, acting ability and dressing habits. Is there a John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas, Bert Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, James Garner, Dale Robertson, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Tony […]

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Tony Shinn

Tony N. Shinn is the Oklahoma City Market Pesident for Bank of American and Senior Credit Products Officer for Global Commercial Banking. He joined Bank of American in 2005. Currently, Tony is active in Downtown Oklahoma City Rotary Club, Arts Festival, United Way of Central Oklahoma, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Foundation for Oklahoma […]

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Pam Henry

Chair – Mayor’s  Committee on Disability Concerns Doing what life trained her to do, Pamela did not accept limitations “Handicapped” and “disabled” are other words Henry can’t entirely accept. “Crippled,” with its historic connotations of children’s hospitals and institutions, “turns my stomach,” she said. Young dreams realized Henry, chairman of the Mayor’s Committee on Disability Concerns, […]

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