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Smte Review
By Judy F»«on
McIntyre
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Fu r; day the Oklahoma Tobacco Hrtoune »*tns
people qurt tobacco use for good Today can be
your day b take fw i cortmi
For FRFE n«b wt qurttmc call tna Oklahoma
lobaccoMeanest I 900 784 8669
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You may e-mail me at
easonmcmty re Woksenate gov
or by calling (405) 521-5598
and speaking to my assistant
Roxanne Blystone
It's a race
to the finish as
we have com-
pleted our 14th
week with only
Breast cancer survivor Sen Judy Eason McIntyre Debra
Gordon Saundra McClelland. Dorothy Graham. Alberta Jones
REPRESENTATIVE Jabar Shumate host Booker T
IIk-h in 6 persons in (representing Opio Toure). Dr Wallace Owens Jr Nancy Randolph Davr
Williams Fields, Oklahoma
( ity; Roosevelt Milton, Okla
homa L ity, Emma I ee |ones
Freeman and Opio loure,
both ol Oklahoma City will
he inducted posthumously.
this year's inductees
are:
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ducted bi annually: tour liv-
ing and two posthumous.
Since its inception, the
(Iklahoma Afrit an-Aineric an
I (all ol I ame has indue ted W
h< inorees.
I he 2010 inductees are
Nancy Randolph Davis,
Spencer; I>i Wallace Owens
|r, Guthrie; Dr I ilhanlvne
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While working tor the ( Mice
ol Tobacco Uw Prevention
she develop’d lour Ethnic
Tobacco Education Net-
works She has served on two
national committees lor the
(. enter ol I tisease C ontrol
I )r Wallace Owens is the
founder and director of the
Owens Art Place Museum in
Guthrie, Oklahoma Dr.
(he ens has served 22 years as
an art educator and arts ad-
vocate in the stale of Okla-
homa He was a l ullbnght
Scholar in Art History in
Rome, Italy He also studied
in Mexico, France, and West
Africa As an artist, his works
have1 tx-vn show n both lew ally
and internationally. He will
be the first artist inducted
into the Oklahoma African-
American Hall of Fame, Inc
Mr Roosevelt Milton has
served 44 years with the Ok-
lahoma Department of Insti-
tution, Social, and
Rehabilitation Services He is
the founder ol the Lennie
Marie Tolliver < enter, which
, services tor the- eld-
erly In addition, he has been
with "Nancy Randolph
Davis I )a\ she has given 44
years <>t service1 as an educa-
tor and c hampion ot civil
rights in < iklahoma
Dr I ilhantyne Williams-
Fields has served over 21
years as an educator in Bio-
logical Sciences and has re-
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spreading the word to all
communities in Oklahoma
Reduce Skyrocketing about the state’s severe and
worsening primary care
physician shortage where 59
of the state's 77 counties fail
to meet the national standard
ol one physician for every
1,500 people Oklahoma
rank* last in the nation in the
physician t<» patient ratio, ac
cording to the American
Medical Association (AMA)
I he (Iklahoma Physician
Recruitment and Retention
Program, a measure now
under consideration in the
< iklahona I egislature, is de-
signed to help solve this
ician shortage crisis
Under the program physi-
cians who make a tour-year
commitment to practice pri
inary care in a medically un
derserved community will be
eligible to receive student
loan repayment assistance
"Rebuilding our state's
—1 r c an1 worktone with
this measure will unques
tionablv save health caredol
Ian," said Dr Russell kohl a
Vinita family physician
"Several recent studies show
conclusively the effective1
ness ot primary can’ physi
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Breast Health Care Unit Education
Provided for Uninsured BUahomns
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Health Care Providers, Doctors And Business
Groups Urge Oklahoma Physician Recruitment
Program Will Help
statewide1 BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DAY - Over 100 people
Piojec I participated in this year s Breast Cancer Awareness Day at the
i state Capitol including various organizations authors artists
who may not know, this or an(j others who have been impacted by the disease Pictured L
gani/ation provides breast p Breast cancer survivor Sen Judy Eason McIntyre Debra
health education and access
to breast health c.ire tor imin an(j Evelyn Carter (Contributed Photo)
DuBois. Steve lumber, Mil
ton tombs and Darrell
(■wartnev with lulsa Public
Schools for stopping by mv
office and visiting with me
Always a pleasure!
I welcome and appreci-
ate’ any comments or ques-
tions you might have for me
Al the State Senate, I can be
reached bv writing to Sena-
tor |udy Eason McIntyre,
state ( apitol. 2301) N. Lin-
coin Blvd Room 527B. Okla-
homa I ity, Ok 71105
A study in I'd (hr mapr Afnrsr At
pubk atton*. -ad 19“r. roc adverserne >
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clans in lowering health care
clists "
I he high cost of medical
schcMil the average medical
student graduates SlhfLOfk)
in debt is one ot the chief
factors causing Oklahoma's
shrinking supply of primary
care physicians laced with I
such high medical school
debt, most doc tors choose to
practice1 more lucrative spe
cialties than primary care
and choose to practice in
mban communities rather
than in rural and under-
served areas
lexas, which nxently ap-
proved a similar physician
ioan repayment program, is
ac tn ely rec renting < Ndahoma
dcs tors A physician opening
a primary care practice in
(.ainesvtlle lexas, c mild have
student Icsms hilly repaid in
tour years under the1 lexas
program I hat same physi-
cian setting up practice in
Madill, < >kla , could take up Io
20 years to repay medical
scluxil loans using personal
income and the currvnt Okla
homa program, which otters
maximum stipends ot $4t'('t'O
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Medical Costs
A diverse coalition ol
medical associations, phvsi
dan groups, business groups
and local doctors today
launched a statewide cam
paign in support ol the i Nda
homa Physician Recruitment
and Retention Program I his
measure is designed to in-
crease the state s primary
care workforce, thereby re-
ducing costly trips to the
emergency room and hospi-
tal admissions
"Oklahoma's severe dm - phvsi,
tor shortage1 threatens the
economic viability ol our
state," said Sam Blackstock
executive vice president ol
the Oklahoma Academy of
Physicians
"Establishing the Physi-
cian Re, ruitmenl and Reten-
tion program will help rein in primary
skyrocketing health care
costs bv strengthening our
state's primary care infra
structure."
Blackshsk said physi-
cians, health care pioviders
and business leaders will be
in or call 9IM134-7200
In closing, I'd like to
thank lamera Ann Mere,
Ranch Phillips, Jennifer
JJ^SJ^^tCAfTSlERICAfrialldFame 2010 Inductees (Left to right) Dr Lilliantyne WiHiams-FieMs. Dr Linda Toure
~           3 and Roosevelt Milton (Contnbuted Photo)
ceived the United Nations
Human Rights Award (beat
tie, WA < hapter); and nu-
merous other awards
including the "World Who's
Who ot Women in Fdcica- provides
tion " Since retiring, she has
been extremely active with
the League ot Women Voters
c urrvntlv has contrads w ith 2
healthcan’ institutions rvpn
senting 50 c limes when* an in-
dividual i an nxeive a breast
exam and a "coupon tor the
neci’ssarv bmast healthcan1.
In addition, the orgam
zation also has c ontrac ts with
eleven surgical groups, ten
hospitals and the correspon-
•sia
and pathology groups with
each hospital
Io learn mon’ about Ok-
lahoma Project Woman and
how you c an help please v isit
a Page to State Representative Seneca Scott. D-Tulsa the week of April 12 15 Pages ptay an
integral part in communications by shuttling paperwork for the House of Representatives They
have the opportunity to interact with the best and the brightest students from across the state
during an intensive study in state government Trenton Thompson (right of Rep Scott) and
Orlando Hawkins also served as Pages to State Representative Seneca Scott D Tulsa the
week of March 8 11 Trenton is a senior at Will Rogers High School and Orlando is a senior at
TRAICE Academy Ellen Note and Tarrell Ellis served as pages to State Representative
Seneca Scott. D-Tulsa the week of February 22-25. 2010 Ellen is a sophomore at Booker T
Washington High School and Tarrell is a junior at McLain High School for Science A
Technology (Contnbued Photot)
state and Nation
African-American Hall of Fame Announces 2010 Honorees
Six outstanding Okla-
homans have been selected
for induction into the Okla
homa African-American Hall
of l ame The 2010 inductee*
will be honored at the Hth An-
nual Induction Banquet and
Ceremony, sponsored bv the
NTU Art Asscxiation of Okla
homa, Saturday, lune 12, at
the Langston University
Urban Center in Oklahoma
City.
I he Oklahoma African-
American Hall of Fame, Inc.,
was established in I9H2, bv
the NTU Art Assixiation of
Oklahoma, Inc , to honor and
recognize those who have
made outstanding achieve-
ments and contributions to
the African American culture,
in then field or in tli’ commu-
nities in which they live
McIntyre
three remaining We re still
working in our conference
committis’s and the Gl (. A is
trying to finalize a budget As
of last I riday, the l.oyernor
had signed 21(1 hills into law
and vetoed eight
Switching topics, I'd like
to share some exciting news
from lulsa Project Woman
they are going
with Oklahoma
Woman lor those ot you
can enrollee at (fklahoma
state University Davis Hall,
a residential facility on the
Oklahoma State University
campus, w.is named in her
honor I he university has cel-
ebrated Davis' courage and
Nancy Randolph-Davis accomplishments bv begm-
the first Atrican-Ameri- rung Black History Month
FRIDAY. MAY 14 2010 • I III OKLAHOMA I AG1I • P^5
Big tobacco thinks
you won t quit.
sured Oklahomans wifh hm
Bed financial resources
I heir hope is to help
women get an earlier diag
nosis ot breast cancer rather
than later when it's harder
to treat
Since IMMK, lulsa Project
Woman has provided breast
health care for IM,1(18 unin
sured Oklahomans and 1yl
of those were diagnosed ex ith ding radiology, anesfhe
breast c ancer
(Iklahoma Protest Woman
will have two divisions lulsa
Pniject Woman, continuing to
serve 15 I astern Oklahoma
counties, and a newlv formed w w%v.tu|-.ipr<»j<;*J^’,n«»"
division. (iklahoma ( itv Pn>-
ject Woman, serving the re-
maining 42 counties
(Iklahoma Prajec t Woman
REPRESENTATIVE labar Shumate
during Foster Care Week at Washington Senior Rhameil Sampson at the State