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LIFE
NEEDS & DEEDS
Daily Living Centers
names new leader
Jessica Clayton has
been named president
and chief executive
officer of Daily Living
Centers of Oklahoma.
With more than a
decade of leadership
experience, Clayton’s
previous roles include
executive posi-
tions at Mercy Health
Foundation and First
United Bank. Clayton is
a graduate of University
of Central Oklahoma and
currently is serving her
second term as honor-
ary commander for the
Tinker Air Force Base
552nd Air Control Wing.
Daily Living Centers
provides services for
caregivers who need
extra support and par-
ticipants who need a safe
space for engagement,
interaction or rest. For
more information, go to
dailylivingcenters.org.
Fundraiser to show off
new Girl Scout camp
The ninth annual
Cookies and Cocktails
fundraiser is set for
Sept. 18 at Camp
Trivera, Girl Scouts
Western Oklahoma’s
new urban STEM camp
across the lake from the
Oklahoma City Zoo.
Cookies and Cocktails
partners with local
restaurants that create
unique treats and and
drinks featuring Girl
Scout cookies. Guests
can enjoy these creations
while exploring the new
camp. Complimentary
beer and wine will be
available for guests,
and overnight stays at
the campground will
be available for rent.
The event also
includes a silent auc-
tion and a raffle.
Entrance for VIP
attendees begins at
5:30 p.m. and includes
a private tour and food
tray. General admission
begins at 6:30 p.m. The
event will raise funds to
support Girl Scout higher
awards and civic engage-
ment programming.
Tickets are $80 for
VIP and $60 for general
admission. For tick-
ets, go to gswestok.
org/en/donate/
cookies-cocktails.
html. For more infor-
mation, email mhop-
kins@gswestok.org.
— Erica Smith, for
The Oklahoman
Amid pandemic, some camps go virtual, in-home
By Emma Davis
Staff writer
edavis@oklahoman.com
Oklahoma summer
camps may permanently
change based on adjust-
ments made during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Camp Fire Heart of
Oklahoma, New Life Ranch,
the University of Oklahoma’s
Camp Crimson and Science
Museum Oklahoma have
made changes based on
pandemic health concerns,
including new procedures
and virtual experiences.
Camp Fire Heart of
Oklahoma, a nonprofit youth
development organization, is
offering two camp-at-home
options, which include five
camp activities with associ-
ated videos and “discovery
time” videos for each day,
said Penn Henthorn, direc-
tor of programs and camps.
One at-home option
includes interactive sessions
in addition to the videos and
activities to provide the social
THE OKLAHOMAN | OKLAHOMAN.
+ STYLE
Local artist Denise Duong paints May 16, 2019, in her home studio in Oklahoma City. Her Oklahoma stripe will be added Saturday to the “Her
Flag” project. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
‘Her Flag’ flies home
OKC artist to sew on Oklahoma
stripe for cross-country art project
Brandy McDonnell
W
hen Oklahoma
City artist
Marilyn Artus
first started
criss-crossing the country a
year ago to add the stripes to
“Her Flag,” she already was
looking forward to bring-
ing the elaborate art project
back to her home state.
It turns out that quite a bit
can happen in a year, espe-
cially when a pandemic cur-
tails travel, cancels events
and closes landmarks.
“When I first imagined
sewing the Oklahoma
stripe on, I never would
have imagined the
state of the world as it
is now,” Artus said.
Since 2017, Artus has been
working on “Her Flag,” a
multiyear, cross-country
collaborative art project to
celebrate the 100th anniver-
sary of the 19th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution.
Proposed by Congress on
June 4, 1919, and ratified
Campers look at slime during a camp last summer at Science Museum
Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. [SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
aspect, Henthorn said.
“(Kids) need to build new
connections and new friend-
ships,” Henthorn said. “In
this time (of) their life, they’re
doing a lot of personal devel-
opment. They’re learning
who they are. We’re allow-
ing kids to grow. And this
is a critical time for them
to do that, for their mental
'Her Flag' exhibit
When: Thursday-July 5.
Where: DNA Galleries,
1709 NW 16.
Opening reception: 4 to 8
p.m. Thursday.
Oklahoma stripe
sewing event
When: 2 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Outside at 1225 N
Broadway on Automobile
Alley.
Information: www.face-
book.com/herflag2020.
on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th
Amendment granted
women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment
needed to be ratified by 36
states to be adopted, and
for “Her Flag,” Artus has
been working with female
artists in each of those 36
states to create the stripes
for the massive artwork.
Oklahoma was the
33rd state to ratify the
19th Amendment, and at Oklahoma City artist Marilyn Artus, shown in 2019, planned to
2 p.m. Saturday, Artus travel to all 36 states that ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S.
will sew her home state’s Constitution with a goal of completing the project “Her Flag.”
stripe onto “Her Flag” at Despite the coronavirus outbreak, Artus hopes to finish the flag by
August, the 100th anniversary of the amendment’s ratification. [THE
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the administration hopes do, we’ll say, hey, that’s a
to eventually return to in- really good thing (and) we’ll
person sessions, Henthorn keep doing it,” Graney said.
said the new at-home pro- Administrators will evalu-
grams may allow those who ate the changes at the end of
can’t attend due to health or the summer to decide how
personal reasons to choose to move forward, he said.
that option in the future. At Science Museum
Unlike other camps, New Oklahoma, the K-12 summer
Life Ranch in Oklahoma camps will adjust by doing
will continue its in-person more activities outside and
program with new health using two large classrooms
and safety guidelines. that were built while the
Executive Director Tom museum was closed, spokes-
Graney said parents are woman Lindsay Thomas said.
asked to begin taking their The museum also launched
child’s temperature 14 SMO at Home, a set of
days before attending New science-related videos that
Life Ranch, and campers allow individuals to learn
are asked to be mindful of from home, during its clo-
where they go before attend- sure, Thomas said. New vid-
health, but also for just their ing the Christian camp. eos will continue to be added.
personal development.” Campers will now be “We’ll continue to update
At home camp option divided into different that space for the foresee-
costs $80 and the full “neighborhoods” within able future, and we’re excited
camp experience is $130. the camp to avoid exces- to have that as a resource
Henthorn said adminis- sive contact, and group for families and for teachers
trators at Camp Fire Heart activities have been limited who are looking for different
made the decision to make to activities within each ways to continue to explore
the programs virtual before neighborhood, Graney said. science,” Thomas said.
spring break as the pandemic “I think some things that
began progressing. While are different that we had to See CAMP, A14