Stan Hupfeld honored at dinner
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Stan Hupfeld and Father Rick Stansberry talk at the party honoring Stan. 400 people attended his event. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).
Stan Hupfeld, President and CEO of Integris Health Center, was honored at dinner at Gaillardia Golf and Country Club. The event celebrated his health care career and his 22 years of leadership at Integris.
He will be new chairman of the Integris Family of Foundations. Bruce Lawrence will be the new President. Transition of officers is January 2010.
Lawrence was master of ceremonies for Hupfeld’s retirement party and was also an honoree as incoming CEO.
Speakers at the party were Kate Hupfeld Halinski, Kelly Hupfeld Merkur, Matthew Hupfeld, Travis Hupfeld, Turner Hupfeld, Jim Daniel, James Moore, Beth Pauchnik, Bill Mosteller, Luke Corbett.
It was announced that December 4 had been proclaimed Stanley F. Hupfeld Day by Gov. Brad Henry.
A video of the skits that Hupfeld participated in through the years was shown and he was presented a sculpture, a trip, and his wife, Suzie Hupfeld, was recognized with a gift and a bouquet of flowers. Donna Lawrence, Bruce Lawrence’s wife, was also introduced and presented flowers. Guests and the Hupfelds also heard that Western Village Academy would be re-named to Stanley F. Hupfeld Academy because of Hupfeld’s interest and support of the school through the years.
Luke Corbett talks about Suzie and Stan Hupfeld via one of the big screens set around the room.
Dolly Flesher and Burns Hargis were at the party to honor Stan Hupfeld for 22 years of service to Integris Health Center. Bruce Lawrence was introduced as the incoming Integris President.
Matthew and Shari Hupfeld were at the party honoring Matthew’s dad, Stan Hupfeld.
Jean Davidson and Jim Daniel enjoyed the party.
Laurel Kallenberger and Dennis Johnson enjoy the evening at Gaillardia Golf and Country Club.
Sandi Shaw and Marilyn Torbett were at the party honoring Stan Hupfeld.
Angi Bruss interviews Stan Hupfeld, President and CEO of Integris Baptist Health Center.
Rossi, the therapy dog, goes to Integris Baptist Hospital and Belle Isle Library
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Rossi, the therapy dog. (Photo provided).
Judy Savage and her therapy dog, Rossi, visit a patient in Baptist Integris Hospital. (Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman.)
Three–year-old Rossi gets around. She has quite the social life and knows a lot of people. On Mondays, the bushy-headed standard poodle socializes with children and parents at Belle Isle Library. On Wednesdays, the registered therapy dog makes hospital rounds at Integris Baptist Medical Center.
Actually, people are socializing with her. At the library, the children are reading library books or books they have brought from home, or they are telling Rossi a story. She listens intently whether the children speak English or Spanish. She brings out the best in the children who might not want to read out loud to parents, teachers or their peers.
Rossi is uncomplaining. She doesn’t care how long it takes to hear a story from a child.
Rossi also visits sick patients. She brings laughter and smiles when her owner and handler, Judy Savage, knocks on a patient’s door and announces their arrival.
“She’s a big hit at the Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation Center,” Savage said. “She motivates patients who seem a little depressed. She’s now adding visits to heart patients to her volunteer workload.”
After Rossi passed her American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test, she became a member of HALO, Human Animal Link of Oklahoma Foundation.
Rossi loves people. Staff, visitors and patients smile, chuckle and laugh when she is around. She intuitively knows how to help and seems to love what she does.
“When patients meet Rossi, it’s as if they forget about their medical condition or why they are in the hospital. They seem to focus on the present, and the present is in the form of a therapy dog,” Savage said.
The calm black dog sports a bouffant-style hairdo and a bushy tail; on the job, she wears a yellow HALO vest with her name on it, plus her ID tags.
“Rossi is one of the gentlest dogs around,” Savage said.
She said owning a pet therapy dog has been a responsibility and a commitment. Rossi is routinely walked twice a day, constantly interacts with people and has learned to live a quiet, obedient lifestyle.
“She understands. She listens. She’s tolerant. She’s poised. She’s unique. She’s intelligent. She’s happy,” Savage said.
Judy Savage and Rossi were at the Belle Isle Library where children read to the Standard Poodle. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Judy and Rossi and the children. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace)
Rossi, a therapy dog, visits patients at Integris Baptist Health Center.
Parties Extra!—some of our “Favorite things” in Oklahoma City
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Paige Dillard, Linda Miller, Lillie-Beth Brinkman, Jacquelyn Faris discuss their favorites for the holidays and the year on Parties Extra!
20-40-60—Etiquette Question
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ETIQUETTE QUESTION: This question came to us from a letter.
YOU ASK—WE ANSWER —YOU DECIDE!
Your Question: Is there a way to wave off the question at the holiday table….”Don’t you want some more pie/cake/candy/ potato/ dressing?” or “why aren’t you eating anything?”
It is a personal decision what we eat or don’t eat, but some people seem to worry about what we should put in our mouths. Just because we spent hours on Christmas candy or the Christmas dressing does not mean that someone is REQUIRED to consume it.
How do we handle this?
Dave’s Answer: (Dave Cathey is Food Editor for OPUBCO Communications Group and has his own blog called Food Dude: http://blog.newsok.com/fooddude/). First off, it’s poor manners to ask person about what they’re eating and how much.
Second, if cornered by a question like that, I recommend a person say their appetite has been satisfied and they don’t want to spoil the day by overeating.
Lillie-Beth’s Answer: Keep politeness in mind, and the rest should fall into place. Hopefully, your smile and charm can disarm any veiled criticism that puts you on the defensive. Compliment the food where you can, and say “no, thank you” where you can’t, and don’t worry about being singled out whatever your eating habits. Even if that advice is easier said than done.
Callie’s Answer: Be truthful. Don’t say “no thanks, that looks gross.” THAT IS RUDE! If you are watching your weight, tell them, “Those cookies look beautiful!! I would love to break my diet and eat one!” OR you could say “OH I already have so much on my plate, I will come back later!”
I also try to only get a bit of everything so as to try everything, but not to overindulge. This way no one has his/hers feelings hurt that you didn’t get the food he/she made! Just put it on the plate and don’t eat it!
You could just tell them “Hey back off, okay?!”
Helen’s answer: You can always offer more food, but, if someone says “no thanks,” leave it at that. I think forcing any food on anyone is extremely rude. Everyone (in all age groups) is smart enough to know what he/she wants to eat and just how much of it he/she wants to have.
From Debra Fine’s book “The Fine Art of Small Talk How to Start a Conversation, Keep It Going, Build Networking Skills – and Leave a Positive Impression! Leave us alone about what we eat or don’t eat, and worry about what you put in your own mouth. Just because eating at the holiday dinner table is a marathon of gorging opportunity for some, it still may be an Olympic feat of discipline for others.
Also, just because you slaved over the Christmas cookies or prepared grandma’s traditional stuffing does not mean we are required to consume it. Eating is a personal decision!
(Callie, a college sophomore, is a debutante this year and has been in many new social situations recently. Lillie-Beth is a former debutante and currently the assistant features editor for The Oklahoman. Helen has written a social column for The Oklahoman for many years and has been on various local Ball committees.
This group does not always agree (via age differences), but they ALL see the need for proper behavior.)
Ask a specific etiquette question and you will get three answers…Then you decide for yourself how you would handle the situation. The answers have information for every age range….Callie is 20-something; Lillie-Beth is 40-something, and Helen is 60-something.
Please email us with your questions and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and daily blogs. We will try to answer your etiquette questions weekly on the Parties Extra! blog. Sometimes we will ask other people for their opinions. Look for us!
helen.wallace@cox.net…lbrinkman@opubco.com… calliezok3@aol.com
Thomas L. Friedman honored with second annual Gaylord Prize
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Carly Roenbrook videos the speakers at the Gaylord Prize luncheon. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace.)
The second annual Gaylord Prize was given at the luncheon hosted by University of Oklahoma President David L. Boren, Dean Joe Foote and the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication Board of Visitors recently. Book author and New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman was the winner of the $25,000. prize.
The Gaylord Prize is funded by an endowment by the Edward L. Gaylord family.
Friedman’s talk to the 350 people who attended featured ideas and imagination. He noted that when you think of an idea, someone far away, or close by has the idea too. “When we are this connected, you have to act on your ideas, or someone else will, ” he said.
Gaylord College students in the audience used IPod nanos to take videos of the event and posted the videos online and on Twitter on their way back to school in Norman. Students also streamed the luncheon live and beamed in one of their fellow students who was studying abroad in South Korea. Ava Doyle told about her experiences as a student journalism and congratulated Friedman.
Carly Roenbrook with her camera of choice.
Bob Ross, Bill Ross and Thomas L. Friedman were at the VIP reception preceding the luncheon.
Judi Freyer and Jan Barrick Plant arrive at lunch.
Putnam City West reunion committee members plan July events
CLASS OF 1980 REUNION COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Eighteen members of the Putnam City West 1980 Class Reunion committee got together recently to work on plans for the July 16-17 , 2010, week-end.
Committee chairman Karla Wallace asked members to bring a gift to the meeting which they donated to The Children’s Center in Bethany. Part of their planning for the reunion includes a charity golf tournament where proceeds will be donated to the Putnam City Cancer Fund which benefits the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Wallace noted that as part of the committee’s plan and spirit of the graduating class, their theme is to give back to the community. “One of our classmates, Mark F. Rogers, California artist, donated a painting for an online art auction for the 30th class reunion. The painting illustrates life and time in the 1960s. Proceeds will benefit the PCW art department.
The Friday event “Tropics in Paradise” is set for Quail Creek Golf and Country Club and the golf tournament is at Fairfax Golf Club, Edmond. The Saturday night event “Patriot Pride” is at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
“PCW had 610 graduates and so far, we have found about half of them, ” Wallace said.
20-40-60—Etiquette Question
ETIQUETTE QUESTION: This question came to us from a friend.
YOU ASK—WE ANSWER —YOU DECIDE!
Your question: The dating scene: Who should pay? Most guys like tab sharing, after the first free meals. Girls like the trusted tradition etiquette of whoever asks out, pays. Speaking of dating, any other thoughts on what constitutes a classy date?
Callie’s Answer: Guys and dating have gone downhill! It is very rare to have a guy ask you on a date. Most of the time, or at least in college, you have to hang out with a group of friends for weeks until the guy really gets the courage to ask you on a date. By the time he asks you, HE should pay. Guys should always pay until the relationship is comfortable enough for maybe the girl to treat or split the bill.
I feel like guys who are gentlemen have almost gone extinct. NO ONE goes on dates! If you find a guy that takes you out to dinner or a movie, it is a rarity. HOLD ON TO HIM, LADIES!
In college, that dating scene is 1) partying together; 2) a date party invite; 3) more partying together; and 4) FINALLY, a date! It would be nice to for guys to start growing some… gentlemanly qualities.
Lillie-Beth’s Answer: Is it still OK these days to want a traditional date, where the guy asks a girl out and then actually follows through with a specific date and time? I’m tired of vague statements like “let’s do something sometime,” “don’t be a stranger” or “when are we going to get together again?” — those don’t have any meat to them and no follow-through. They seem to indicate, “I’m interested, but not really enough to ask you out. Or am I?” Who knows?
But I digress … the question is about paying. If a guy asks a girl out for the first time, then he should make the arrangements and pay. If it’s reverse, then she should consider it. After they’ve been going out awhile, then those kinds of issues are up for negotiation. The girl should offer to pay if the man has been paying the whole time. But for me, I’m impressed with a guy who takes charge, asks and then is specific about making plans and coordinating schedules. Paying for the meal is an even nicer touch, especially on the early dates.
Alan Herzberger’s Answer: (Alan is Digital Managing Editor of the OPUBCO Communications Group and has his own blog: The Digital Desk- http://blog.newsok.com/newsok/). First off, I don’t know any men that like tab-sharing. Granted, I don’t know many men that aren’t currently married, but I feel confident in saying that men feel more comfortable paying the tab, especially in the early stages of a courtship.
As for classy dates … class is not a matter of a place or style; it’s a matter of interaction, conversation and respect. Be somewhere that you feel comfortable. If your date isn’t comfortable there, you probably aren’t compatible, anyway.
Helen’s answer: My most fun dates in a recent dating time period (about 8 years ago, before I got married) were the ones when I was asked out to dinner. My grown children were impressed that I knew all the good restaurants in Oklahoma City. And I did not pay because I did not know I was supposed to.
I did cook several home cooked dinners for my more fun male companions, but, if I was expected to pay at a restaurant when I was out with a man, then, that was the end of that relationship. In my very mature opinion, that was the man’s job to pay for my entertainment if he did the asking.
Classy dating for me at that time, besides restaurant dining, included parties, football games and a few fun trips.
Heather Warlick: (Heather is editor of you! for The Oklahoman. She weighed in on the question.) I think the guy should pay for 2 out of 3 of the first dates.That way the woman doesn’t feel guilty and he doesn’t feel like dating her is going to make him go broke!
It’s too old fashioned to expect him to pay all the time, especially when many women make just as much money as their boyfriends.
I pay for dinner and groceries and stuff about half the time now that I’m married.
(Callie, a college sophomore, is a debutante this year and has been in many new social situations recently. Lillie-Beth is a former debutante and currently the assistant features editor for The Oklahoman. Helen has written a social column for The Oklahoman for many years and has been on various local Ball committees.
This group does not always agree (via age differences), but they ALL see the need for proper behavior.)
Ask a specific etiquette question and you will get three answers…Then you decide for yourself how you would handle the situation. The answers have information for every age range….Callie is 20-something; Lillie-Beth is 40-something, and Helen is 60-something.
Please email us with your questions and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and daily blogs. We will try to answer your etiquette questions weekly on the Parties Extra! blog. Sometimes we will ask other people for their opinions. Look for us!
helen.wallace@cox.net…lbrinkman@opubco.com… calliezok3@aol.com
Mary Fallin honored at bridal shower during the holiday season in Oklahoma City
Sumer Curry, Sonja Capucile, Mary Fallin, Margaret Morris, Diane Rasmussen, Laura Watts were at the shower for Fallin. (Photo by David Faytinger).
Mary Fallin was honoree at a personal shower and brunch in the home of Sonja Capucille. Co-hostesses were Sumer Curry, Margaret Ann Morris, Diane Rasmussen, Carolyn Stager and Laura Watts. Fallin and Wade Christensen were married Nov. 21.
Bouquets of red roses were centerpieces for the party and the menu included enchiladas and champagne punch.
Holiday stress?
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Bette Rector and Kim Joseph talk about holiday stress at parties.
Children’s Christmas party features Mr. and Mrs. Claus
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Julie, Stella (3), and Scott Shdeed were at the Christmas party at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. (Photos by David Faytinger).
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus were at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club for the children’s Christmas party. Also there were face painters and member’s children dressed in holiday attire. There was a photo booth where children wore santa hats and reindeer ears for pictures. There was a movie and cookie decorating for the 200 children.
Milk, hot chocolate and cookies were served and after the party, there was a Christmas breakfast buffet.
Madelyn Lister (7), Nancy Ryan took part in all the activities.
