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PAGE FOUR — Sapulpa Daily Herald. Tuesday Jan. 14. 2003
CNHI Photo/Mark Z.mmerman
BRAND HENRY TAKES the oath of office for governor Monday, top right, from his cousin, 10th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals Judge Robert H. Henry, on the steps of the Capitol in Oklahoma City. At his left is his old-
est daughter Leah. Pictured, above. Henry watches as a member of The Kiowa Black Leggings Society
presents the American flag during the inauguration at the State Capitol. Pictured, right. Henry gives the
thumbs up after his inaugural address in front of the State Capitol. Henry's wife, K'm, and daughter Baylee
are at his left. Henry was sworn in as Oklahoma's 26th governor.
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done." look into the faces of his daugh-
The governor listed a number lers.
of Oklahoma achievements and "Just as this address celebrat-
pointed to "living treasurers’’ ed the great strength of this
Momaday. artist Charles Banks state's children, it is also about
Wilson, Native American prima my own children - Leah. Laynie
ballerina Yvonne Chouteau and and Baylee," Henry said. "It is for
talented stale natives like their generation that we must
Mitchell and the Ambassador’s succeed so that jobs and opportu-
Coneert Choir. nities will keep them here in
He pointed to academic excel- Oklahoma."
lence and the Oklahoma Medical The governor's cousin. U.S.
Research Foundation, University 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
of Oklahoma Health Sciences Judge Robert Henry, adminis-
Center and the Oklahoma School tered the oath of office. Robert
of Science and Mathematics. I lenry is a former Oklahoma at-
He said publications that rank torney general and he stood on
business climates, consistently the platform on the south steps of
rank Oklahoma in the top five the State Capitol Monday wear-
states in the country. ing a robe once worn by his fa-
"We have abundant natural re- ther. Judge Lloyd Henry,
sources and a favorable climate," The governor said he knew his
Henry said with a smile and a father was in attendance "in spir-
joke about Monday’s cold gray it."
w eather. “We have inexpensive "I am sustained by Dad s spir-
utiliiies. an industrious work- it, fortified by his life and elevat-
force. and a career tech system ed by his example," Henry said,
envied by all." Henry said. "This inaugural is for all of us.
“Indeed we are ready to soar." but especially for him." the gov-
While nearly 1,000 watched ernor said. "For it was Dad, along
from the Capitol’s south plaza with Granddad and my Uncle
and thousands more watched on Lloyd who taught me about the
statewide television, the inaugu- obligations of public service,
ration was a very personal event “Uncle Loyd liked to say,
for Henry and his family. Service is the rent you pay for
Almost succumbing to tears, the space you take up.'"
the governor took the opportune Henry said, "throughout histo-
ty to tell his wife Kim and his ry, Oklahomans have been doing
mother that he loved them and to a lot more than just occupying
______- space.”
He said the state's legacy of
achievement includes the work of
outgoing Gov. Frank Keating and
his wife Cathy, whom Henry
thanked and promised to call on
in the future.
Oklahomans, he said, will
continue their tradition of excel-
lence even in the face of forbid-
ding challenges.
'This has been about the char-
acters of our forebears, men and
women who were here in
Oklahoma first and those who
came later, bringing grit and de-
termination for a belter life to this
harsh, but promising young state
a century ago," Henry said. “With
patience, hard work, vision and
pulling together, we will face the
future with courage confidence.
and New York Metropolitan
Opera singer Leona Mitchell, an
Enid native and Momaday’s
reading of his new poem,
Oklahoma 2(K)3.
The ceremony was uniquely
Oklahoman with the presentation
of the colors by Kiowa Black
Leggings Society - oufitted in
elaborate head dresses - and
recognition of the elected leaders
of the state's 39 nationally recog-
nized Native American nations
and tribes.
And it even featured the
Pledge of Allegiance led by
Henry’s daughters - 13-year-old
Leah. 11-year-old Laynie and a
reluctant 5-year-old Baylee.
But it was the girls' father that
the crowd came to see - and hear.
‘Today is a time to sketch our
dreams, to heed the w'ords ol the
proverb: ‘Where there is no vi-
sion, the people perish, " Henry
said.
He said the state faces what
many have suggested is the
“greatest budget crisis in our
young state's history."
"The crisis demands of us to
take stock in our strengths, to
dedicate ourselves to a common
purpose and to come together as
Oklahomans of all faiths, all
backgrounds and all parties."
Henry said.
He said, “the naysayers need
to be reminded of what we have
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Broaddus, Matthew B. Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 81, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 14, 2003, newspaper, January 14, 2003; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1504184/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.