SMART 2 Oklahoman 8-24-14
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ONLINE AT NEWSOK.COM A look at the brighter side of news It has been a serious couple of weeks. NewsOK.com has had updates every day — many times per day — on the unrest in Ferguson. And the site has had the gruesome updates of journal- ist James Foley killed by Islamic State extremists. It has had local stories on teacher shortages, high teen birth rates and cyber-attacks on hospital data. It’s a tough world out there. NewsOK has that stuff on its home page every day. But we also often have a lighter fare on the home page. Today seems like a good day to highlight four items that made me smile while browsing News- OK this week. 1. Stealing my dance moves Blogger Richard Hall shared a video he found on the Internet — the one of former presidential can- didate John McCain dancing the robot at a fund- raiser. Richard’s line: “The Roots and Jamie Foxx were performing for some Republican dignitaries, and former Republican presidential hopeful John McCain decided he wanted a piece of that.” I laughed. Not an LOL, but a healthy chuckle. 2. Berry Tramel’s effortless popularity Sports columnists Berry Tramel and Jenni Carl- son recorded their ice bucket challenge on their weekly Press Row video. Berry, who knows everything about sports in Oklahoma but very little about what’s going on in social media space, repeatedly said, “That’s what they tell me,” as Jenni explained the challenge and its massive popularity on Facebook last week. “I'm social and I’m in the media, but I’m not into social media.” I chuckled while shaking my head, because I know that Berry’s Twitter account has more than 20,000 followers and that every blog post he publishes immediately reaches our list of top- viewed stories based on Twitter distribution alone. Yeah, he’s on social media. 3. An app for the past I learned about an app that grew in popularity this week. It’s an app that “gives the illusion of typing on a manual typewriter.” We shared a story from Time Magazine. Time also reviewed the app. The whole thing was merely interesting. That’s what our ‘Around the Web’ section on NewsOK can do — show a variety of interesting news and information items. But it went from interesting to funny when a colleague glowingly used the app and explained how cutting edge he was — by using a new app to bring back old technology. That’s worth a chuckle. Then came a Twitter post from our own Linda Lynn on Throwback Thursday. It showed a com- puter used in The Oklahoman’s newsroom in 1989. I turned 15 that summer. And that might actually be the year I last used a manual typewriter. 4. Thundering up And like every other red-blooded Oklahoman, I enjoy AC/DC’s classic rock song, “Thunderstruck.” It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder’s fourth-quarter anthem, right? But the lead singer’s voice doesn't sit well with everyone in my family. It’s not for everybody, I guess. So to wrap up some of the items that made me chuckle this week, I watched Finnish band Steve’n’ Seagulls’ version of “Thunderstruck” about 10 times this week. It wasn’t on NewsOK — until now. Just do a search for my name on NewsOK.com to see all this stuff. 20A . SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM METRO | STATE NEWSOK POLL Results for the question: Have you ever written a poem? Yes: 57 percent No: 43 percent Today’s question: Are you a Willie Nelson fan? To vote, scan the QR code or go to NewsOK.com. WHAT YOU’RE READING Top stories on NewsOK.com for the last 24 hours: 1. Actress Chloe Grace Moretz talks about role in ‘If I Stay’ 2. Oklahoma football notebook: Barry Switzer ‘very impressed’ with Joe Mixon 3. Obama administration proposes new rules on birth control coverage 4. Oklahoma football: Dorial Green-Beckham’s waiver appeal denied by the NCAA 5. Oklahoma football: Stoops brothers talk de- fense 6. Oklahoma City RedHawks will be Los Angeles Dodgers’ Triple-A affiliate 7. Criminal investigation is underway into possible public corruption, campaign violations 8. Oklahoma football: Eric Striker a perfect repre- sentative for Sooners’ reinvigorated defense 9. Oklahoma City police officer under investigation victimized one woman twice, records indicate 10. Police release pictures of woman in connection with an Oklahoma City car theft For a complete list of top-viewed stories, go to NewsOK.com/top-ten. LOTTERY Pick 3, Aug. 23: 4-8-4 Cash 5, Aug. 23: 04-06-11-14-16 Mega Millions, Aug. 22: 05-31-34-41-74 Mega Ball 03, Megaplier X5 Powerball, Aug. 23: 28-32-35-36-52 Power Ball 31, Power Play X3 Hot Lotto, Aug. 23: 05-19-41-42-44, Hot Ball 02 THE DIGITAL DESK Alan Herzberger aherzberger@ opubco.com process before, other than it just took longer. (Now) it’s the same person all the time. (Keele) becomes fa- miliar with our detectives, our detectives become fa- miliar with her. It becomes a more personal and pro- fessional relationship.” With cases concerning child abuse or neglect, the focus falls to the place- ment and future of the children, Cornelison said. Police Chief Brandon Clabes was involved with the program’s initial start in 2010. It only lasted about a year then. He is ex- cited the program is back and that he played a part in its return. “You have to think out- side the box in this day and age as far as law enforce- ment and delivering good customer service to the people we serve,” Clabes said. “In this particular case, we think it makes us more efficient and more effective, along with DHS, so it’s a win-win for every- body involved. And espe- cially for the kids that we’re here to protect.” DHS spokesman Mark Beutler, as well as Corneli- son and Clabes, said inter- nal changes and transi- tions at DHS caused the program to fall through the cracks and not be renewed a few years back. All agreed the program was well liked and a positive arrangement for both par- ties. “It really just expedites things,” Beutler said. “In the case of kids be- ing in an unsafe home (or) situation, DHS does not have the authority to re- move kids,” he said. “We would go out and do an in- vestigation, but then we’d turn our findings over to local law enforcement. They in turn would be the ones to remove kids from the home.” Now the process is much quicker and easier for both bodies and the families, thanks to Keele. Child’s safety is key After a child has been removed from an unsafe living environment, DHS always tries to move the child in the least disruptive way possible. Many times this would include having them stay with a familiar relative. Keele, who officially started the job this month, doesn’t work directly at the police station but from offices about a mile away. “I like making children safe. That’s the whole key,” Keele said. “Every family (isn’t) going to operate the way that I think it should or have the same values that I have. I know that and we’re taught that. But what you have to establish is: Are the children safe in that home?” She is still working cases that she was involved with before she received this new job. Once those are completed, she’ll only work cases dealing with criminal charges, she said. Reporting problems and keeping eyes and ears open for children in dangerous situations is something everyone can do, Keele said. “In the state of Oklaho- ma, everyone’s a mandat- ed reporter,” she said. “A lot of people think it’s teachers, doctors and counselors, but it’s actual- ly every citizen.” Debbie Keele is a DHS employee assigned to the Midwest City police. The Mid- west City police and the Department of Human Services renewed an agreement for a DHS caseworker to work with police on child abuse and neglect cases. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN DHS: Cooperation helps speed process, officials say FROM PAGE 19A moms have a hard road ahead of them too.” Mom’s example of working hard to earn a col- lege degree “has a huge impact on the children she is raising,” she said. Atkinson said Ayden is a big factor in her determi- nation to get a college de- gree. “I feel like I owe it to him. I don’t want to raise him and struggle,” she said. “And when he gets ol- der, I would like for him to go to college also. I don’t want him to look at me and say, ‘Mom, you didn’t go to college, so why make me go?’ ” Voice of experience Williams encourages the single mothers in the SMART program by shar- ing her own experience. She took college courses when she could over 15 years — between working and raising two daughters — before earning her bachelor’s degree in family studies and gerontology from Southern Nazarene University. “There were so many times I wanted to quit. I wanted to give up,” Wil- liams said. But encouragement from her advisers at SNU and the desire to show her daughters “what success is” kept her going. No one was more proud when she graduated, Wil- liams said, than her older daughter. Today, Briauna, 19, is a sophomore at the Univer- sity of Central Oklahoma and Aysia, 15, is a sopho- more at Carl Albert High School. Williams uses that story to help young moms be- lieve it is possible for them to complete college and be successful. “You can do this,” she tells them. “I’ve done this.” SMART: Leader shares story FROM PAGE 19A CANON CITY, Colo. — The artist Christo says his plan to suspend nearly 6 miles of silvery fabric in sec- tions over the Arkansas River is in a “stand-still situation.” The 79-year-old artist updated supporters on his “Over the River” project during a luncheon in Canon City, Colo., on Thursday. The Daily Record reports his visit also included a rafting trip down the Arkansas. Christo and his late wife Jeanne- Claude began scouting for a location for the temporary installation in the 1990s. After visiting 89 rivers in sev- en states, they chose the Arkansas River between Salida and Canon City. The project received federal ap- proval to move forward in November 2011, but it has been delayed because of legal challenges by groups that say it’s too disruptive. Those challenges are working their way through the legal system. The artist Christo, second from left, rafts with associates, a journalist and a river guide along the Arkansas River in Colorado. AP PHOTO A rtist Christo says river project at a standstill BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE REGION ONLINE Scan the QR code to watch a related video. ONLINE Scan the QR code below to watch a video about the SMART program for single mothers.
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ONLINE AT NEWSOK.COM
A look at the brighter side of newsIt has been a serious couple of weeks.
NewsOK.com has had updates every day — manytimes per day — on the unrest in Ferguson. Andthe site has had the gruesome updates of journal-ist James Foleykilled by IslamicState extremists.
It has had localstories on teachershortages, high teenbirth rates andcyber-attacks onhospital data. It’s atough world outthere.
NewsOK has that stuff on its home page everyday. But we also often have a lighter fare on thehome page.
Today seems like a good day to highlight fouritems that made me smile while browsing News-OK this week.
1. Stealing my dance movesBlogger Richard Hall shared a video he found on
the Internet — the one of former presidential can-didate John McCain dancing the robot at a fund-raiser.
Richard’s line: “The Roots and Jamie Foxx wereperforming for some Republican dignitaries, andformer Republican presidential hopeful JohnMcCain decided he wanted a piece of that.”
I laughed. Not an LOL, but a healthy chuckle.
2. Berry Tramel’s effortless popularitySports columnists Berry Tramel and Jenni Carl-
son recorded their ice bucket challenge on theirweekly Press Row video.
Berry, who knows everything about sports inOklahoma but very little about what’s going on insocial media space, repeatedly said, “That’s whatthey tell me,” as Jenni explained the challenge andits massive popularity on Facebook last week. “I'msocial and I’m in the media, but I’m not into socialmedia.”
I chuckled while shaking my head, because Iknow that Berry’s Twitter account has more than20,000 followers and that every blog post hepublishes immediately reaches our list of top-viewed stories based on Twitter distribution alone.Yeah, he’s on social media.
3. An app for the pastI learned about an app that grew in popularity
this week. It’s an app that “gives the illusion oftyping on a manual typewriter.”
We shared a story from Time Magazine. Timealso reviewed the app.
The whole thing was merely interesting. That’swhat our ‘Around the Web’ section on NewsOKcan do — show a variety of interesting news andinformation items.
But it went from interesting to funny when acolleague glowingly used the app and explainedhow cutting edge he was — by using a new app tobring back old technology.
That’s worth a chuckle.Then came a Twitter post from our own Linda
Lynn on Throwback Thursday. It showed a com-puter used in The Oklahoman’s newsroom in 1989.
I turned 15 that summer. And that might actuallybe the year I last used a manual typewriter.
4. Thundering upAnd like every other red-blooded Oklahoman, I
enjoy AC/DC’s classic rock song, “Thunderstruck.”It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder’s fourth-quarteranthem, right? But the lead singer’s voice doesn'tsit well with everyone in my family. It’s not foreverybody, I guess.
So to wrap up some of the items that made mechuckle this week, I watched Finnish band Steve’n’Seagulls’ version of “Thunderstruck” about 10times this week.
It wasn’t on NewsOK — until now.Just do a search for my name on NewsOK.com
to see all this stuff.
20A . SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COMMETRO | STATE
NEWSOK POLLResults for the question: Haveyou ever written a poem?
Yes: 57 percent No: 43 percent
Today’s question: Are you a Willie Nelson fan? To vote, scanthe QR code or go to NewsOK.com.
WHAT YOU’RE READING
Top stories on NewsOK.com for the last 24 hours:
1. Actress Chloe Grace Moretz talks about role in‘If I Stay’ 2. Oklahoma football notebook: Barry Switzer‘very impressed’ with Joe Mixon 3. Obama administration proposes new rules onbirth control coverage4. Oklahoma football: Dorial Green-Beckham’swaiver appeal denied by the NCAA 5. Oklahoma football: Stoops brothers talk de-fense6. Oklahoma City RedHawks will be Los AngelesDodgers’ Triple-A affiliate 7. Criminal investigation is underway into possiblepublic corruption, campaign violations8. Oklahoma football: Eric Striker a perfect repre-sentative for Sooners’ reinvigorated defense9. Oklahoma City police officer under investigationvictimized one woman twice, records indicate10. Police release pictures of woman in connectionwith an Oklahoma City car theft
For a complete list of top-viewed stories, go toNewsOK.com/top-ten.
LOTTERY
Pick 3, Aug. 23: 4-8-4 Cash 5, Aug. 23: 04-06-11-14-16 Mega Millions, Aug. 22: 05-31-34-41-74 Mega Ball 03, Megaplier X5 Powerball, Aug. 23: 28-32-35-36-52 Power Ball 31, Power Play X3 Hot Lotto, Aug. 23: 05-19-41-42-44, Hot Ball 02
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process before, other thanit just took longer. (Now)it’s the same person all thetime. (Keele) becomes fa-miliar with our detectives,our detectives become fa-miliar with her. It becomesa more personal and pro-fessional relationship.”
With cases concerningchild abuse or neglect, thefocus falls to the place-ment and future of thechildren, Cornelison said.
Police Chief BrandonClabes was involved withthe program’s initial startin 2010. It only lastedabout a year then. He is ex-cited the program is backand that he played a part inits return.
“You have to think out-side the box in this day andage as far as law enforce-ment and delivering goodcustomer service to thepeople we serve,” Clabessaid. “In this particularcase, we think it makes usmore efficient and moreeffective, along with DHS,so it’s a win-win for every-body involved. And espe-cially for the kids thatwe’re here to protect.”
DHS spokesman MarkBeutler, as well as Corneli-son and Clabes, said inter-nal changes and transi-tions at DHS caused the
program to fall through thecracks and not be reneweda few years back. Allagreed the program waswell liked and a positivearrangement for both par-ties.
“It really just expeditesthings,” Beutler said.
“In the case of kids be-ing in an unsafe home (or)situation, DHS does nothave the authority to re-move kids,” he said. “Wewould go out and do an in-vestigation, but then we’dturn our findings over tolocal law enforcement.They in turn would be theones to remove kids fromthe home.”
Now the process ismuch quicker and easierfor both bodies and thefamilies, thanks to Keele.
Child’s safety is keyAfter a child has been
removed from an unsafeliving environment, DHSalways tries to move thechild in the least disruptiveway possible. Many timesthis would include havingthem stay with a familiarrelative.
Keele, who officiallystarted the job this month,doesn’t work directly atthe police station but fromoffices about a mile away.
“I like making childrensafe. That’s the whole key,”Keele said. “Every family(isn’t) going to operate theway that I think it shouldor have the same valuesthat I have. I know thatand we’re taught that. Butwhat you have to establishis: Are the children safe inthat home?”
She is still working casesthat she was involved withbefore she received thisnew job. Once those arecompleted, she’ll onlywork cases dealing withcriminal charges, she said.
Reporting problems andkeeping eyes and ears openfor children in dangeroussituations is somethingeveryone can do, Keelesaid.
“In the state of Oklaho-ma, everyone’s a mandat-ed reporter,” she said. “Alot of people think it’steachers, doctors andcounselors, but it’s actual-ly every citizen.”
Debbie Keele is a DHS employee assigned to the Midwest City police. The Mid-west City police and the Department of Human Services renewed an agreementfor a DHS caseworker to work with police on child abuse and neglect cases.
PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN
DHS: Cooperation helpsspeed process, officials sayFROM PAGE 19A
moms have a hard roadahead of them too.”
Mom’s example ofworking hard to earn a col-lege degree “has a hugeimpact on the children sheis raising,” she said.
Atkinson said Ayden is abig factor in her determi-nation to get a college de-gree.
“I feel like I owe it tohim. I don’t want to raisehim and struggle,” shesaid.
“And when he gets ol-der, I would like for him togo to college also. I don’twant him to look at me andsay, ‘Mom, you didn’t go tocollege, so why make mego?’ ”
Voice of experienceWilliams encourages
the single mothers in theSMART program by shar-ing her own experience.
She took college courseswhen she could over 15years — between workingand raising two daughters— before earning herbachelor’s degree in familystudies and gerontologyfrom Southern NazareneUniversity.
“There were so manytimes I wanted to quit. Iwanted to give up,” Wil-liams said.
But encouragementfrom her advisers at SNUand the desire to show herdaughters “what successis” kept her going.
No one was more proudwhen she graduated, Wil-liams said, than her olderdaughter.
Today, Briauna, 19, is asophomore at the Univer-sity of Central Oklahomaand Aysia, 15, is a sopho-more at Carl Albert HighSchool.
Williams uses that storyto help young moms be-lieve it is possible for themto complete college and besuccessful.
“You can do this,” shetells them. “I’ve donethis.”
SMART:LeadersharesstoryFROM PAGE 19A
CANON CITY, Colo. — The artistChristo says his plan to suspendnearly 6 miles of silvery fabric in sec-tions over the Arkansas River is in a“stand-still situation.”
The 79-year-old artist updatedsupporters on his “Over the River”
project during a luncheon in CanonCity, Colo., on Thursday. The DailyRecord reports his visit also includeda rafting trip down the Arkansas.
Christo and his late wife Jeanne-Claude began scouting for a locationfor the temporary installation in the1990s. After visiting 89 rivers in sev-en states, they chose the Arkansas
River between Salida and CanonCity.
The project received federal ap-proval to move forward in November2011, but it has been delayed becauseof legal challenges by groups that sayit’s too disruptive. Those challengesare working their way through thelegal system.
The artist Christo, second from left, rafts with associates, a journalist and a river guide along the ArkansasRiver in Colorado. AP PHOTO
Artist Christo says river project at a standstillBY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE REGION
ONLINEScan the QR code towatch a related video.
ONLINEScan the QR codebelow to watch avideo about theSMART program forsingle mothers.
