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August 13, 2010

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EDMOND — OSU-OKC speaker to discuss veterans transition into civilian life

Veterans and their families experience unique challenges as they transition into civilian life and acquire new skills. To help veteran students, staff and faculty prepare for this transition, OSU-Oklahoma City will sponsor “Homecoming: Warrior to Citizen” from 6-8 p.m. Monday on campus in the Student Center, Conference Rooms North and South.

Educators, veterans and their families, and the public are invited to hear Lt. Col. Cynthia Rasmussen provide an overview of service member/veteran and family reintegration and share ways to support and assist them in the process.

Rasmussen is psychological director, combat stress officer and sexual assault response coordinator for the Army Reserves. She will describe differences between warrior skills and home skills with a review of combat operational stress reaction, post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other related health issues.

Attendees will learn more about these challenges and how to support veterans as they pursue new goals.

Last year, G.I. Jobs Magazine named OSU-OKC as a Military Friendly School for 2010. OSU-OKC ranks in the magazine’s top 15 percent of colleges and trade schools nationwide who are doing the most to embrace America’s military and veterans as students.

For more information, call the OSU-OKC Veterans Services Office at 945-8692 or visit www.osuokc.edu/veterans.



Patton decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal

Army Lt. Col. Michael Scott Patton has been decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal. The medal is awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who distinguish themselves by either outstanding achievement or meritorious service to the United States in noncombat situations. Patton, a field artillery proponent office director, is assigned to the 428th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, Lawton. His next assignment will be the Chief of Fires for the 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Red Cloud, Uijong-Bu, South Korea. He has served in the military for 24 years.

He is the son of Linda P. Patton of Edmond. His wife Tami is the daughter of Jim and Audrey Dawes of Chelsea. The colonel graduated in 1985 from Sallisaw High School and received a bachelor’s degree in 1989 from Northeastern State University, Tahlequah. Patton earned a master’s degree in 2001 from Webster University, St. Louis, Mo.

Beat the heat at Senior Expo

A Senior Expo at Copper Lake Estates is set for 9-11 a.m. Aug. 21 at 1225 Lakeshore Drive. The expo will feature products, businesses and information benefiting senior citizens. Get your blood pressure checked, take a stress test and experience innovative senior health products and services. Abundant take-aways and door prizes will be provided.

Follow Lakeshore Drive to the left, and enter the three-story building at the green awning. RSVP by calling 340-5311.



School group to host flapjack fundraiser

 The Apple Gold Group, franchisee of Applebee’s restaurants in North Carolina, Oklahoma and Arkansas, is proud to partner with the Catholic School of Saint Eugene Dad’s Club to have a Flapjack Fundraiser on Aug. 21. Proceeds raised will go toward the school’s scholarship fund.

The Catholic School of Saint Eugene Dad’s Club Flapjack Fundraiser will be hosted by the Applebee’s restaurant at 8 a.m. at 3521 S. Broadway. Tickets for the Flapjack Fundraiser are $7 and can be purchased by calling Patrick Gaffney at 388-3849. Breakfast includes a short stack of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.

For more information on Apple Gold Group, go to www.AGGrestaurants.com.

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