
November 25, 2022
Season 10 Episode 22 | 57m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
A special Thanksgiving edition of the Oklahoma New Report features the best 2022 reports.
A special Thanksgiving edition of the Oklahoma New Report featuring our best stories of 2022. Steve Shaw reports on a fallen deputy. Kennedy Sepulvado reports efforts to preserve Native Languages. An inside look at collegiate E-Sports from Taelyr Jackson. Jason Doyle chronicles the impact of historic drought. Rich Lenz tours the new Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa.
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November 25, 2022
Season 10 Episode 22 | 57m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
A special Thanksgiving edition of the Oklahoma New Report featuring our best stories of 2022. Steve Shaw reports on a fallen deputy. Kennedy Sepulvado reports efforts to preserve Native Languages. An inside look at collegiate E-Sports from Taelyr Jackson. Jason Doyle chronicles the impact of historic drought. Rich Lenz tours the new Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ >> ON THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT, WE'LL LOOK BACK AT THE MOST MEANINGFUL STORIES OF THE YEAR.
>> HOW DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO GO AND RISK YOUR LIFE FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
>> STEVE SHAW REFLECTS ON THE LOSS OF AN OFFICER.
KENNEDY SEPULVADO LOOKS BACK ON THE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN TRIBAL LANGUAGES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
>> THERE'S AN EFFORT TO REVITALIZE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES.
>> TAELYR JACKSON CHRONICLES THE EXPLODING POPULARITY OF eSPORTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
>> IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.
>> OKLAHOMA'S ONGOING DROUGHT.
JASON DOYLE HEADS OUT TO A PARCHED PIECE OF OKLAHOMA RANCHLAND.
>> I WISH I COULD HAVE TRADEMARKED THIS MYSELF.
TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST, BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO.
>> OUR NATIONAL VIEW TAKES US TO FLORIDA AND A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECOVERING VETERANS.
>> IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO HANG OUT IN NATURE AND TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE ISSUES YOU MAY BE HAVING.
>> PLUS, AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION ON THE CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC OF COCKFIGHTING NEXT ON THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT."
HELLO, EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO WHAT HAS BECOME A YEARLY TRADITION HERE.
OUR CHANCE AS WE REFLECT ON THE IMPORTANCE AND THE MEANING OF THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASON TO SHARE STORIES.
AS YOU WILL SEE, THESE STORIES OFTEN INVOLVE VERY SERIOUS TOPICS AND WEREN'T ALWAYS FUN OR EASY TO COVER AND THAT'S CERTAINLY THE CASE FOR STEVE SHAW WHO HAS A STORY THAT FIRST AIRED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
STEVE?
>> Reporter: RICH, 2022 WAS A DEADLY YEAR FOR OKLAHOMA LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BOTH ON DUTY AND OFF, IN OKLAHOMA COUNTY, THE LAST TIME A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WAS KILLED ON THE JOB WAS WAY BACK IN 1935.
ON AUGUST 22nd, THAT CHANGED AND PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE TORN APART.
FOUR DAYS AFTER THE GUNSHOT MURDER OF BELOVELAND SERGEANT BOBBY SCHWARTZ, THOUSAND MOURNERS GATHERED AT CROSSINGS CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY LAST FRIDAY TO HONOR HIM.
>> YOU DON'T REPLACE BOBBY.
YOU TAKE WHAT HE'S GIVEN YOU.
THE COURAGE THAT HE SHOWED, NOT JUST THE DAY HE DIED, BUT EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS IN HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU TAKE AWAY THE KINDNESS THAT HE SHOWED PEOPLE, THE COMPASSION THAT HE SHOWED PEOPLE, AND YOU TRY TO BECOME A BETTER MAN BECAUSE OF IT.
>> Reporter: DEPUTY SCHWARTZ AND FELLOW VETERAN MARK JOHNS WERE ATTEMPTING TO SERVE AN EVICTION NOTICE, SOMETHING THEY'D DONE THOUSANDS OF TIMES BEFORE TO 35-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN PLANK, PLANK'S MOTHER, INVESTIGATORS SAY, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FILING A PROTECTION ORDER AGAINST HER SON AND WANTED HIM EVICTED FROM A HOUSE.
LAST TUESDAY, A DAY AFTER THE MURDER, OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE CHIEF WADE GURLEY SAID PLANK HAD NO INTENTION OF GOING QUIETLY.
>> I COULD TELL YOU WITH 100% CONFIDENCE HE WAS PLANNING ON KILLING ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT CAME TO HIS HOUSE, 100%.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED WHAT UNIFORM YOU WORE THAT DAY, IF YOU WERE LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S WHAT HIS PLAN.
>> Reporter: OKLAHOMA COUNTY SHERIFF TOMMY JOHNSON SAID BENJAMIN PLANK WAS UNCOOPERATIVE.
>> DEPUTY SCHWARTZ GOT TO THE BACK DOOR WHEN THE SHOTS HIT HIM MULTIPLE TIMES.
>> Reporter: DEPUTY JOHNS GALLANTLY TRIED TO SHIELD BOBBY SCHWARTZ WITH HIS BODY AND HIT SEVERAL TIMES.
SHRAPNEL THAT HIT HIS FEMORAL ARTERY, ALMOST KILLING HIM, TOO.
THERE WAS A THIRD DEPUTY.
HOW ARE THEY?
>> SHE IS SHAKEN UP, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
SHE'S TAKING HER TIME OFF.
I -- I -- SINCE IT'S INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION, I CAN'T SPEAK TOO MUCH INTO THAT, BUT SHE'S OKAY.
>> Reporter: PLANK THEN LED OFFICERS FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS ON A CHASE THAT LASTED ABOUT 30 MINUTES, A CHASE THAT ENDED WHEN PLANK DROVE HIS GETAWAY TRUCK, WHICH WAS PULLING A BOAT, TO AN ENTRANCE OF TINKER AIR FORCE BASE.
POLICE TACKLED AND TASED HIM WHO STILL REFUSED TO FOLLOW COMMANDS.
>> WHEN WE SEARCHED THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE PURSUIT WAS OVER, THERE WAS A BAG FOUND INSIDE THE BOAT.
AND IN THAT BAG, THERE WERE MULTIPLE FIREARMS AND LOTS OF AMMUNITION.
HE WAS DEFINITELY READY FOR A CONFRONTATION.
♪ I CAN ONLY IMAGINE ♪♪ >> Reporter: AT DEPUTY SCHWARTZ'S FUNERAL LAST FRIDAY, FORMER SHERIFF P.D.
TAYLOR OFFERED ANOTHER GLIMPSE OF WHY SCHWARTZ WAS SO LOVED.
>> EVERY MORNING, WHEN HE WOULD COME TO WORK TO GET HIS PAPERS, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF OTHER DEPUTIES THERE, AND BOBBY LIKED TO COME IN AND STIR UP THE GROUP.
HE LIKED TO MAYBE TALK, AND JUST BRING UP SOMETHING ABOUT RELIGION, POLITICS, FOOTBALL, WHATEVER.
>> Reporter: DEPUTIES LIKE SERGEANT BOBBY SCHWARTZ YOU REALLY CAN'T REPLACE DESPITE THE 25 YEARS OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY.
>> YOU TAKE WHAT HE'S GIVEN YOU, THE COURAGE THAT HE SHOWED, NOT JUST THE DAY THAT HE DIED BUT EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS IN HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, YOU TAKE AWAY THE KINDNESS THAT SHE SHOWED PEOPLE, THE COMPASSION THAT HE SHOWED PEOPLE, AND YOU TRY TO BECOME A BETTER MAN BECAUSE OF IT.
>> Reporter: FOR THE SHORT TERM, NINE OKLAHOMA COUNTY DEPUTIES, INCLUDING JOE, AND SHERIFF SPOKESMAN AARON WHO WAS SWORN IN AS A DEPUTY A MONTH AGO AFTER WORKING 30 PLUSES -- PLUS YEARS IN TV NEWS WILL TRY TO PICK UP THE SLACK IN A SMALL, PROUD UNIT THAT'S NEARLY SERVED 15,000 COURT ORDERS THIS YEAR.
>> IT'S SOMETHING IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND; IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN TO US?
>> Reporter: ALWAYS.
>> ALWAYS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT LONG AGO, WHEN I STARTED DOING THIS JOB, THAT I REALIZED THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, BUT I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO GO HOME TO MY FAMILY, TO MY WIFE, TO MY DAUGHTER.
I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE HE GOES HOME TO HIS.
>> THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE TO SERVE IS AN ORDER TO EVICT SOMEBODY FROM THEIR HOME.
WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES HOMELESS.
SOMETIMES, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO KICK PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
BOBBY NEVER SAID, HEY, HIT THE BRICKS.
BOBBY WOULD SAY, LOOK, I'M SORRY I GOT TO DO THIS, BUT HERE ARE RESOURCES FOR YOU.
HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN GET MONEY RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: THESE MEN ARE SHEPHERDS.
THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE SHEPHERDS AND WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR SHEPHERDS.
>> Reporter: LEOPARD SCOTT IS A RETIRED ARMY RANGER WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM.
OUTSIDE THE FUNERAL LAST WEEK, HE STOOD POST IN THE BLISTERING HEAT CLUTCHING AN AMERICAN FLAG.
>> SIR, THESE ARE MY BROTHERS.
THESE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREMEN, THEY'RE ON THE LINE, THEY'RE ON THE FRONT LINE EVERY DAY, JUST LIKE I WAS.
>> I MEAN, IT'S -- WE'VE BEEN -- AS POLICE OFFICERS, WE'VE BEEN BASHED FOR YEARS.
THE PAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY TOUGH.
HOW DO YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY, HEY, FOR A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE WANT YOU TO GO AND RISK YOUR LIFE EVERY SINGLE DAY?
IT TAKES A PERSON WHO IS GENUINELY COMMITTED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
IN TOTAL, SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT OKLAHOMA LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS THIS YEAR, FOUR DUE TO COVID, THREE DIED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS AND THEN DEPUTY SCHWARTZ'S GUNSHOT MURDER.
DEPUTY MARK JOHNS, I AM TOLD IS WALKING ON HIS OWN AND LOOKS FORWARD TO RETURNING TO WORK.
>> STEVE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK.
>> OKLAHOMA'S TRIBES ARE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO KEEPING THEIR LANGUAGES ALIVE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND HERE ON THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT" WE HAVE A SERIOUS COMMITMENT TO REPORTING TO THE ISSUES MOST IMPORTANT TO THE 39 TRIBES AND PART OF THAT IS A REPORTER SPECIFICALLY TASKED TO COVERING NATIVE AFFAIRS.
>> Reporter: NATIVE LANGUAGE PRESERVATION EFFORTS GROW IN INDIAN COUNTRY.
THIS SPRING, I SPOKE WITH SIX OF OKLAHOMA'S 39 TRIBES TO LEARN HOW THEY ARE PRESERVING SEVEN NATIVE LANGUAGES.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 167 INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO DWINDLE TO ONLY 20 LANGUAGES BY 2050.
>> THERE'S A WORLDWIDE EFFORT TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND REVITALIZE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES.
THEY'RE ENDANGERED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY RECEIVED A GRANT TO DIGITIZE THE NEARLY 1300 LANGUAGES REPRESENTED IN THEIR COLLECTION.
>> RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT TO ACCESS THESE MATERIALS, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP HERE TO THE SAM NOBLE AND COME TO THIS LIBRARY IN PERSON.
AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY CAN'T MAKE THE TRIP.
>> Reporter: DIGIT ACCESS TO THEJ WITH AS ALLOWS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD TO HEAR THE LANGUAGES.
>> BETWEEN MY PREDECESSOR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH TRIBES AND MY RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE AND TRIBAL LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD OKLAHOMA REPRESENTATION.
>> Reporter: THE MUSEUM ALSO PRESERVES LANGUAGES FROM TRIBES OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA.
ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OSAGE NATION LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT.
>> IF YOU CAN SAY WINK SAY, YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING IN THE OSAGE LANGUAGE.
>> Reporter: HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE GUTTURAL SOUND WHICH SCARCE LEARNERS LIKE ME.
>> LANGUAGE IS VITAL AS A UNIQUE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THE LANGUAGE IS NOT THE ONLY NATION WITH THIS MESSAGE.
>> THERE'S A LOT ABOUT IDENTITY.
[ BREAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] I WAS CULTURALLY RAISED.
THEY'VE MADE EXTRA EFFORTS.
>> PEOPLE MAY FEEL DISCOURAGED ABOUT THE LANGUAGE BECAUSE THEY HEAR THE OLD ONES SPEAKING.
>> Reporter: THE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO MAKE THOSE EXTRA EFFORTS EASIER TO GET YOUNGER GENERATIONS INVOLVED.
>> IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PROJECT WHICH WILL GET ABOUT 60 PICTURE BOOKS INTO OUR LIBRARIES FOR OUR HEAD START AND OUR CHILD CARE LANGUAGE.
>> Reporter: IT'S PART OF THE FAMILY.
>> THEIR LANGUAGE IS ALMOST THE SAME.
THERE WERE SOME SMALL DIFFERENCES THAT ALLOWED THEM TO GAIN THEIR OWN IDENTITIES AS TRIBES.
THE SAME WAY THE SEMINOLES.
>> I CAN SPEAK CHICKASAW AND READ AND UNDERSTAND CHOUK TAU.
I COULD -- CHOCTAW.
I COULD SAY, YEAH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ANIMAL STORY.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE DIFFERENCES THAT MAKE EACH TRIBE UNIQUE.
THE FIRST LANGUAGE SPEAKERS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE.
>> WE'VE LOST 11 NATIVE SPEAKERS SINCE MARCH OF 2020.
ON WEDNESDAY, WE LOST PAULINE CARPENTER BROWN WHO WAS 90.
>> Reporter: THE CHICKASAW NATION HAS 30 LANGUAGE SPEAKERS RANGING FROM LATE 60s TO MID 90s.
THERE'S A GAP.
>> FORCED ASSIMILATION, BOARDING SCHOOLS, CHALLENGES WITH, LIKE, A GRANDPARENT/GREAT-GRANDPARENT GENERATION EXPERIENCED SO MUCH PREJUDICE AND PUT THE LANGUAGE AWAY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO SUFFER.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF CHEYENNES OUT THERE IN OKLAHOMA.
ARAPAHOE, WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ANY IN THE PAST FIVE, SIX YEARS.
>> Reporter: THEY'RE NOT JUST PRESERVING ONE LANGUAGE, BUT TWO.
THEIR PROGRAM IS RAMPING UP THE NUMBER OF CHEYENNE OR ARAPAHOE SPEAKERS.
>> THE WHOLE GOAL OF THAT IS TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S ALL THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE IN SESSION.
THAT'S ALL THEY SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND.
I WAS A PART OF THE PROGRAM HERE.
I WAS SELF-TAUGHT AND BEING AROUND THE SPEAKERS, IT'S A BIG BENEFIT.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE FIRST LANGUAGE SPEAKERS IS SEMINOLE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR EDWIN MARSHALL.
>> A DIPHTHONG SOUND.
THAT SOUND IS NOT HEARD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET, I CAN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF THAT.
>> IT HELPED US SO MUCH THAT I THINK, IN LARGE MEASURE, THE REASON I'M EVEN HERE TODAY OR THE REASON WE STILL HAVE A CHEROKEE NATION THAT IS STILL HERE BECAUSE HE ALLOWED US TO COMMUNICATE IN A WAY WE HADN'T BEFORE, IN WRITING.
>> Reporter: THE CHEROKEE NATION HAS DEDICATED 16 MILLION A YEAR TO LANGUAGE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING A FLUENT LANGUAGE VILLAGE.
>> YOU'LL SEE ELDERS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO THESE LITTLE KIDS GOING TO THE IMMERSION SCHOOL AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE INTERACTION.
>> Reporter: THE $18 MILLION LANGUAGE CENTER WILL HOUSE ALL OF CHEROKEE NATION'S LANGUAGE PROGRAMS.
THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE TRIBES STARTED TO TAKE ON A MORE TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO LEARNING THE LANGUAGE FOUR YEARS AGO.
>> WE DIDN'T WANT TO WRITE IT DOWN ANY MORE BECAUSE WE WANT TO LEARN THIS THE REAL WAY.
IT HAS BEEN WORKING.
>> Reporter: THE CITIZEN POTTAWATOMIE NATION HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF GETTING CITIZENS LISTENING TO AND LEARNING POTTAWATOMIE.
>> PUBLIC DOMAIN FILMS, BASICALLY, THE ONES FROM THE '80s, A -- '30s ARE ABLE TO BE REDONE.
>> Reporter: CITIZEN POTTAWATOMIE FAMILIES CAN ENJOY CLASSIC CARTOONS AND BOOKS WITH A QR CODE FOR KIDS TO LISTEN TO THE LANGUAGE AS THEY READ IT, SIMILARLY, THE OSAGE NATION HAS A CHILDREN'S BOOK IN THE WORKS, AS WELL, AS A VIRTUAL REALITY GAME TO SEE THE WORDS FROM THE ITEMS YOU SEE IN THE SCENES AND CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE ARE ABOUT TO LANGUAGE THEIR DUAL LANGUAGE APP.
MANY NATIONS, MANY LANGUAGES AND MANY EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS TO COME.
AS FOR THE LANGUAGES THEMSELVES, THE CITIZEN POTTAWATOMIE NATION'S LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR JUSTIN NEELY SAYS, IN PART -- [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ] I ASKED TO GIVE HELP TO OUR CHILDREN SO THEY CAN PICK UP THIS LANGUAGE, PICK UP THESE TRADITIONAL WAYS.
>> THERE WAS A PROPHECY THAT WHEN THE LAST CHICKASAW SPEAKER -- >> Reporter: THE CITIZEN POTTAWATOMIE NATION LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH GOOGLE TO BRING THEIR LANGUAGE TO LIFE USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON THE APP.
THE CHEROKEE NATION OPENED THE LANGUAGE CENTER TO BRING THE ENTIRE LANGUAGE PROGRAM UNDER ONE ROOF FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> KENNEDY, THANK YOU.
YOU CAN SAY IT WAS A DAY SIX YEARS OR MORE THAN 65 YEARS IN THE MAKING, BACK ON MAY 10th WITH THE BOB DYLAN CENTER OFFICIALLY OPENED IN TULSA AND CONTAINS HIS ARCHIVES.
HE CHALLENGED US FOR ALMOST SEVEN DECADES.
>> WE HAVE RIGHT HERE IN TULSA THE CORNERSTONE OF AMERICAN MUSIC IN SO MANY WAYS.
>> THEY SAY IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO, YOU'LL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.
THAT IS TRUE FOR STEVE JENKINS WHO WAS THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE BOB DYLAN CENTER.
>> I BENEFITED FROM HAVING HIP PARENTS AND AN OLDER BROTHER AND SISTER WHO INTRODUCED ME TO VERY GOOD MUSIC AT A YOUNG AGE.
DYLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THERE WITH ME.
I'VE BEEN ON A DYLAN JOURNEY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
>> WE MET STEVE ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE WHILE WORK ON THE FACADE AND INTERIOR CONTINUES TO BE READY FOR THE OFFICIAL OPENING ON MAY 10th >> WE CAN'T GO IN TODAY.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO KEEP THE SURPRISES INTACT.
THOUGH, AS YOU CAN SEE, AS OUR DOORS SAY, THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE, AND THERE SURE IS.
YOU KNOW, WE TOOK THAT LINE FROM A DYLAN SONG, AND THERE WILL BE THOSE SORTS OF EASTER EGGS FOR FOLKS TO FIND IF THEY'RE DYLAN FANATICS OR EVEN MORE CASUAL FOLLOWERS.
>> HE HAS BEEN A PATRON OF THE CENTER.
HE'S BEEN IN INSIDE.
HE SHARED A FEW NUGGETS OF INFORMATION.
THERE WILL BE AN IRONWORKS DESIGNED BY DYLAN NEAR THE ENTRANCE, A FIRST-FLOOR GALLERY THAT CHRONICLES HIS CAREER AND A VIRTUAL STUDIO THAT IMMERSES YOU IN A RECORDING SESSION, PLUS A VERY SPECIAL JUKEBOX.
>> ELVIS COSTELLO WHO, I WOULD SAY IS ONE OF THE GREAT ARTISTS OF OUR TIME, RIGHT ALONGSIDE DYLAN, ELVIS HAS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED OUR OFFER OF CURATING A JUKEBOX THAT WE HAVE THAT COSTELLO PUT TOGETHER 160 SONGS, MANY BY DYLAN HIMSELF AND OTHERS.
VISITORS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO PUSH BUTTONS ON THAT JUKEBOX AND PLAY THOSE TUNES AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE SONGS.
>> THE HEART OF THE CENTER FOR HISTORIANS AND ACADEMICS WILL BE THE ARCHIVES.
THERE ARE DOCUMENTS, RECORDINGS, CLOTHING ACCUMULATED OVER SEVEN DECADES, 100,000 ITEMS IN ALL.
PURCHASED IN 2016 BY THE GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA FOR A REPORTED 15-20 MILLION.
ENTHUSIASTS WILL TELL YOU IT'S PRICELESS AND WORTHY OF ACADEMIC STUDY.
>> IT IS ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE.
IT WILL TAKE SCHOLARS HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO MAKE SENSE OF IT.
ENGLISH PROFESSOR Dr. SHAWN LATHAM WAS TAPPED TO OVERSEE THE BOB DYLAN CURRICULUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA BEFORE IT ARRIVED.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID WE NEED SOMEBODY TO BE TEACHING DYLAN.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?
I TAUGHT MY FIRST COURSE ON DYLAN AND HAVE BEEN TEACHING COURSES ON DYLAN ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL, ADVANCED ENGLISH MAJOR AND DOCTORAL COURSES ON DYLAN.
>> Reporter: LATHAM ARRIVED AT TU21 YEARS AGO WALK OF FAME HIS WORLD CLASS ARCHIVE OF IRISH AUTHOR JAMES JOYCE.
>> IN MANY WAYS, JOYCE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WRITER.
WITH DYLAN'S ARCHIVE, WE HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT SONGWRITER AND WRITER, GENERALLY, OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY.
THAT WILL BE DRAWING HERE FOR DECADES TO STUDY DYLAN.
ONE OF THOSE BUDDING YOUNG DYLAN SCHOLARS IS A YOUNG MAN NAMED NATHAN BLUE WHO IS GOING OVER THOUSANDS OF FAN LETTERS WRITTEN TO BOB DYLAN IN 1966 AND THOSE LETTERS WERE UNOPENED.
THEY'VE NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.
>> THERE WAS THIS MASSIVE MAILBAG THAT WAS IN THE ARCHIVE THAT I WAS SO GRACIOUSLY ABLE TO GET MY HANDS.
IT'S A TREASURE TROVE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING PHYSICALLY ABLE TO OPEN AND CLEAN AND MAKE SURE TO DO THE ARCHIVAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE CONDITION OF THESE LETTERS REALLY WELL FOR A LONG TIME, SO A LOT OF SCHOLARS THAT COME AFTER ME CAN STUDY THEM.
TO SAY HE HAS GOTTEN TANGLED UP IN DYLAN IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
HE'S WRITING HIS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION ON THE LETTERS.
>> IT IS A TIME CAPSULE.
>> THAT'S AN ENDURING PHENOMENA OF DYLAN'S LEGACY, HIS ABILITY TO ENGAGE NEW GENERATIONS OF FANS.
THE TRAVELING TROUBADOUR, NOW 81 IS 57 YEARS OLDER THAN NATHAN.
>> THE BIG DRAW IS THAT DYLAN IS SOMEONE WHO REINVENTS HIMSELF CONSTANTLY.
HE KEPT CHANGING HIMSELF AND MADE ME WANT TO GROW AND LEARN.
>> WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION, BEYOND THE KAISER CONNECTION, WHY DID THIS WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION FIND A PERMANENT HOME IN OKLAHOMA?
>> DYLAN IS NOT FROM OKLAHOMA, BUT IT RESONATED TO HIM.
OUR UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION COVERS THE WOODY GUTHRIE CENTER THAT OPENED HERE IN THE ART DISTRICT OF TULSA EIGHT YEARS AGO.
THERE IS A LOT OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BETWEEN GUTHRIE AND DYLAN.
>> OR AS DYLAN HIMSELF EXPLAINED TO DOUG BRINKLEY IN THAT VAN IF I FAIR ARTICLE, THERE'S NO VIBRATIONS ON THE COAST, FOR SURE, BUT I'M FROM MINNESOTA, AND I LIKE THE CASUAL HUM OF THE HEARTLAND.
>> eSPORTS IS A BILLION-DOLLAR-PLUS INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE AND GROWING, INCLUDING OKLAHOMA WHERE SEVERAL SCHOOLS HAVE eSPORTS TEAM AND SOME ARE OFFERING DEGREES IN THE INDUSTRY.
TAELYR JACKSON CHECKED IT OUT FOR US IN SEPTEMBER AND JOINS US NOW.
>> Reporter: eSPORTS HAVE EVOLVED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
OKLAHOMA IS NOW HOME TO MORE THAN 20 COLLEGIATE eSPORTS TEAMS AND CLUBS.
YOUTH LEAGUES ARE ALSO POPPING UP AROUND THE STATE.
eSPORTS, SHORT FOR ELECTRONIC SPORTS, IS A FORM OF VIDEO GAME COMPETITION WHERE GAMERS FACE OFF INDIVIDUALLY OR IN TEAMS.
TEAMS PLAY AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS IN COLLEGIATE eSPORTS.
>> IF WE TALK ABOUT GAMING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOPIC IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE 65% OF THE ENTIRE 18-29 DEMOGRAPHIC PLAYS A VIDEO GAME OF SOME SORT.
NOW, GAMING IS JUST AS DIVERSE AS THE WORD HUMAN.
>> Reporter: EACH SCHOOL HAS MULTIPLE TEAMS GEARED TOWARDS A SPECIFIC GAME.
TEAM SIZE DEPENDS ON THE GAME BEING PLAYED.
CALL OF DUTY MIGHT HAVE SIX MEMBERS.
>> THEY PRACTICE AND THE MATCH.
EVERYBODY COMES IN, LOTS OF STUDENTS COME IN TO WATCH THE MATCH AS WELL.
THEY'LL MAKE SIGNS AND CHEERS AND SIT THERE AND WATCH THE PLAYERS PLAY IN REALTIME HERE IN OUR ARENA.
>> Reporter: ALTHOUGH MOST OKLAHOMA COLLEGIATE eSPORTS PROGRAMS BEGAN IN 2019, THE SPORT HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE 1970s.
>> IN 2019, THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY STARTED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
LIKE, WE NEED TO DO THIS eSPORTS THING.
LAST YEAR WAS KIND OF THE FIRST YEAR IT HAD REALLY TAKEN OFF.
>> Reporter: PATRICK McCLUNG BECAME THE eSPORTS HEAD COACH AT OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY IN 2021.
>> eSPORTS FOR US IS SPECIFIC TO A CERTAIN SET OF GAMES, AND THEN IT'S A TOOL STUDENTS CAN USE TO GET THEIR DEGREE, WHETHER THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP OR FINDING COMMUNITY.
>> Reporter: THE CURRICULUM GOES BEYOND JUST GRABBING A CONSOLE.
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY OFFERS A DEGREE IN eSPORTS MANAGEMENT.
McCLUNG SAYS THE INDUSTRY HAS A NEED FOR PROFESSIONALS WITH A BACKGROUND IN GAMING.
>> SO, THE INDUSTRY'S GREAT BECAUSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TAKE THE WORD eSPORTS AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE JOB YOU WANT TO DO, THERE'S A JOB FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WHILE TAKING A VARIETY OF COURSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS TAKE HEALTH BEHAVIOR, TV STUDIO PRODUCTION AND SPORTS MANAGEMENT.
>> I'M LOVING IT.
I LOVE PUTTING ON TOURNAMENTS.
AGAIN, THAT'S HOW I GOT MY START.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THE DEGREE ENTAILS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK A CURRICULUM.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW TO WORK A SWITCHBOARD?
>> JIMMY CUMMINGS HOPES HIS DEGREE WILL HELP HIM MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE eSPORTS SPRI.
>> I WANT TO BE A PIVOTAL MEMBER IN GROWING eSPORTS.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BE, LIKE, ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO BE IN IT.
IN NORMAN, SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES EXIST FOR UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA STUDENTS.
OU OFFERS AN eSPORTS FOCUSED LIVESTREAMING PRODUCTION COURSE.
>> THE FIRST COURSE INSPIRED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON LIVESTREAM PRODUCTION.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER MEDIUM FOR TRADITIONAL BROADCAST AND JOURNALISM PATHWAYS TO NOW USE.
>> Reporter: eSPORT DIRECTOR MICHAEL AGUILAR SAYS STUDENTS THAT JOIN THE eSPORTS CLUB CAN BE PART OF THE INFLUENCER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
>> BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE ALL THE THINGS YOU WOULD LEARN IN SPORTS JOURNALISM OR SPORTS BROADCAST IS ABOUT BEING YOUR OWN AUDIO ENGINEER, YOUR OWN LIGHTING ENGINEER.
>> Reporter: STUDENTS SAID HAVING eSPORTS ON THEIR CAMPUS IS ABOUT MORE THAN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES, BUT IT'S A CHANCE TO MAKE LONG-LASTING FRIENDSHIPS AND IMPROVE ON THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS.
>> I SHOULD ME TO FLOURISH AS A STUDENT.
I NEVER REALLY STUDIED WITH ANYBODY ELSE.
I DIDN'T HAVE A SEGUE INTO, LIKE, MAKING CONNECTIONS LIKE THAT UNTIL eSPORTS.
>> Reporter: AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER COLLEGE SPORT, STUDENTS LEARN STRATEGY SKILLS AND PRACTICE DURING THE WEEK TO PREPARE FOR TOURNAMENTS.
>> I STARTED TO REALIZE, OH, THERE'S MORE TO THIS.
WE'RE DEVELOPING A PLAN AND TALKING.
>> YOU KNOW, ALL THE STILL AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT MENTAL AGILITY THAT IS REQUIRED IN PHYSICALLY SPORTS AND THE COMMUNICATION AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GAME PLAN GOING IN.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA DOES NOT CURRENTLY OFFER eSPORTS RELATED DEGREE COURSES, THEY DO HAVE AN eSPORTS TEAM AND ARENA.
THE COACH SAYS IT CAN GET PRETTY LOUD DURING A TOURNAMENT.
>> LET'S GO!
THAT WAS CLUTCH.
>> PLAYING UP HERE ON THE STAGE, IT REALLY JUST BRINGS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ENERGY TO OUR PLAY WHEN WE'RE ALL HERE IN PERSON AND KIND OF, LIKE, SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS, THAT KIND OF THING.
EACH UNIVERSITY LOOKS FORWARD TO GROWING THEIR eSPORTS TEAM AND PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO GATHER.
>> THIS GIVES THEM POWER.
IT GIVES THEM VOICE, IT GIVES THEM PRESENCE, IT GIVES THEM AN OUT ON THE FEEL A PART OF SOMETHING.
>> ULTIMATELY, THIS PLACE WAS TO CREATE THAT SPACE FOR STUDENTS WHO NEVER REALLY HAD THAT SPACE BEFORE.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER UNIVERSITY TAKING ON GAMING IS OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY.
THIS YEAR, THE UNIVERSITY OPENED ITS ARENA WITH HOPES OF LEADING THE BIG 12 IN eSPORTS.
RICH?
>> TAELYR, GREAT STORY.
THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORIES OF THE YEAR IS THE ONGOING DROUGHT IN OKLAHOMA.
IT'S RESULTED IN EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS, NO-BURN BANS AND TOUGH TIMES FOR OUR STATE'S RANCHERS AND FARMERS.
IN THE DOG DAYS OF JULY, JASON DOYLE HEADED OUT TO RURAL OKLAHOMA AND FILED THE FIRST OF SEVERAL REPORTS WE'VE DONE ON THE SUBJECT SINCE THEN.
AND HE JOINS US NOW.
>> Reporter: RICH, OKLAHOMA CATTLE AND AG PRODUCERS TOOK DRASTIC MEASURES SINCE THIS STORY AIRED, BUT, AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF OPTIMISM.
>> WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RAIN SINCE JUNE 8th.
>> Reporter: DWAYNE STEVENS IS THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF STEVENS FARM IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
>> WHEN I WAS 9 YEARS OLD, I SAVED MY MONEY, $20 I REMEMBER.
THE LADY UP THE CREEK HAD A MILK COW AND A HEIFER CALF AND BOUGHT THAT HEIFER.
>> Reporter: STEVEN SAYS THIS DROUGHT HAS IMPACTED HIS PASTURE, SO HE'S HAD TO SHUFFLE PARTS OF HIS HERD AROUND.
>> WE'VE BEEN FEEDING GROUPS OF CATTLE.
PROBABLE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THOSE OFF THE PASTURE THAT IS COMPLETELY DEPLETED AND GO TO MORE OF THE GRAZE OUT LAND, WHICH WILL HOLD THEM FOR A WHILE.
>> Reporter: WHILE STEVENS DOESN'T PLAN TO SHRINK HIS HERD YET, THEY'RE FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THE DROUGHT, HIGHER INPUT COSTS AND DIFFICULTY FINDING FEED.
>> I GET CALLS EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR HIGH.
>> Reporter: HE ADDS THERE ARE THOSE TAKING ACTION TO CULL THEIR HERD NOW.
>> RIGHT NOW, THERE'S BEEN THREE LOADS OF OLD COWS TO COME IN.
THIS RANCHER IS ANTICIPATING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, AND HE WANTS TO SELL THEM WHILE THE PRICE IS STILL GOOD.
>> Reporter: LAST WEEK, THEY SAW A MAJOR UPTICK IN CATTLE BEING BROUGHT TO MARKET.
>> LAST WEEK, WE SOLD BETWEEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY AUCTION, 13,000 HEAD OF CATTLE, WHICH IS ABOUT 5,000 TO 6,000 AHEAD OF A YEAR AGO.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE DROUGHT IS PLAYING A ROLE, THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS.
>> THE MARKET WAS TRENDING HIGHER GOING INTO THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY.
WE'RE TRADITIONALLY CLOSED OVER THAT TIME.
WITH THE HIGHER MARKET, FOLKS GOT PRETTY EXCITED.
THIS WEEK, THE MARKET SETTLED DOWN A BIT.
>> THE MARKET THIS WEEK HAD ALMOST 7,000 HEAD FOR MONDAY'S AUCTION, AND THE PRICE REBOUNDED.
THE QUALITY OF CATTLE WAS A LITTLE BETTER THIS WEEK, TOO.
A LOT MORE WEANED CATTLE THAN LAST WEEK, BUT THE CHALLENGES ARE STILL CERTAINLY THERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> Reporter: WITH MORE RANCHERS DECIDING TO THIN THEIR HERDS, IT MEANS BEEF PRICES AT THE STORE SHOULD COME DOWN FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT CONSUMERS SHOULD EXPECT IF THE DROUGHT PERSISTS WITH THOSE PRICES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE FEWER CATTLE HEADING TO MARKET OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THIS DROUGHT IS IMPACTING A FAR WIDER REGION THAN JUST OKLAHOMA.
>> WELL, INTERESTINGLY, A LOT OF THE SAME CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING IN OKLAHOMA, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE DROUGHT, IT'S REALLY TOUGH ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES LONGER THAN OKLAHOMA.
>> Reporter: MIKE KELSEY IS IN RENO NEVADA THIS WEEK AT THE NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION SUMMER MEETING AND HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT RANCHERS DECIDING TO CUT BACK HEARD DUE TO THE DROUGHT.
IN OKLAHOMA, HIS MEMBERS SAY IT HASN'T BEEN THIS BAD IN MORE THAN A DECADE.
>> WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP THAT A COMMENT SUCH AS, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO 2011 AND 2012, OR HAS THE FEEL OF THAT, AND THEN EVEN A FEW SAY, NAH, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE WORSE.
>> Reporter: AS OF THIS WEEK, THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR SHOWS THERE'S VERY LITTLE OF OKLAHOMA NOT IMPACTED BY LACK OF RAIN, THERE ARE LARGE SWATS OF EXTREME DROUGHT.
IF YOU LOOK FURTHER OUT, YOU CAN SEE THE SEVERITY OF THE DROUGHT.
THAT MEANS MORE CATTLEMEN COULD BE GETTING HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> AS SOON AS WE GET DESIGNATED CRITERIA FROM THE RIGHT CHANNELS, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ASSISTANCE AND THE FUNDING AND THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
>> Reporter: STEVE COPLAND IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE USDA'S FARM SERVICE AGENCY AND THE DROUGHT HAS TO HIT A MARK BEFORE AID IS AVAILABLE AND MANY AREAS IN OKLAHOMA HAVE HIT THE MARK OR QUICKLY APPROACHING IT.
>> CURRENTLY, 31 COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA THAT ARE ELIGIBLE AND 25 COUNTIES IN D2 DROUGHT RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: IN THE MEANTIME, DWAYNE STEVENS IS TAKING MEASURES INTO HIS OWN HANDS BY IRRIGATING TO ENSURE HE HAS ENOUGH TO FEED HIS HERD.
>> THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON.
WE'RE TRYING TO RAISE ENOUGH HAY TO HOLD ON TO THE CATTLE.
>> Reporter: THE ONE THING THAT WILL BRING RELIEF IS RAIN.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SELLING RIGHT NOW TO ANTICIPATE WHAT THEY EXPECT, NO RAIN IN THIS AREA.
>> NOTHING A GOOD RAIN WOULDN'T SURE CHEER UP THE ATTITUDES FOR AND, BOY, THE OUTLOOK FOR THIS WEEKEND LOOKS FANTASTIC, VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT.
>> WE GOT SOME COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE FORECAST.
THERE'S RAIN IN THE FORECAST.
THAT ALWAYS MAKES PEOPLE SMILE.
THIS MARKET IS GONNA GET BETTER.
I LIKE TO SAY, I WISH I COULD HAVE TRADEMARKED THIS MYSELF.
TOUGH TIMES DON'T LAST, BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO.
>> JUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO, ONE FIFTH OF OKLAHOMA WAS DROUGHT FREE.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR, THE LAST TIME ANY PART OF OUR STATE WAS DROUGHT FREE WAS MID-SEPTEMBER.
>> JASON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR WEEKLY IN-DEPTH SEGMENT IS MODERATED BY SUSAN CADOT.
>> THANKS, RICH.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN HUMPHREY.
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR LESSENING THE PENALTY.
OUR GUESTS MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION THAT IS WORTH REVISITING.
>> THANK YOU, RICH.
I AM JOINED TODAY BY TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE DEFINITELY -- ON THIS ISSUE.
REPRESENTATIVE JUSTIN HUMPHREY, A REPUBLICAN FROM LANE, OKLAHOMA AND WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION ORGANIZATION, THAT IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF YOU GENTLEMEN FOR JOINING US.
>> PROUD TO BE HERE.
>> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING THIS, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY, BECAUSE YOU'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE COCKFIGHTING A MISDEMEANOR.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A FELONY, CORRECT?
>> YES, IT IS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOUR MEASURE DO AND WHY?
>> WE PASSED A BILL CALLED 780 AND 781, IT WAS A STATE QUESTION.
IT REDUCED A LOT OF CRIMES TO MISDEMEANOR, AND SO, BASICALLY, HEROIN, FENTANYL, YOU KNOW, METHAMPHETAMINE, ALL OF THESE, IF YOU GO OUT AND ROB SOMEBODY FOR ABOUT A THOUSAND BUCKS, I THINK, ALL MISDEMEANORS, AND, YET, FIGHTING A CHICKEN IS STILL A FELONY PUNISHABLE BY 10 YEARS.
THAT SEEMS WAY UPSIDE DOWN TO ME.
I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES.
THAT'S WHAT I WENT TO THE CAPITOL TO WORK ON.
SO, I BELIEVE THB -- THIS IS A REAL UPSIDE DOWN ISSUE.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, YOU SHOULD BE SUTH OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
>> WHAT IS INVOLVED IN COCKFIGHTING ANY WANT TO TALK ABOUT GLOBALLY.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS THAT ARE RAISED HERE DO NOT STAY HERE, CORRECT?
>> WELL, THERE IS FIGHTING IN OKLAHOMA.
WE IDENTIFIED OKLAHOMA AS THE COCKFIGHTING CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES INSPITE OF A STRONG FEDERAL LAW THAT VOTERS APPROVED BY A SUBSTANTIAL MARGIN.
IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR TWO DECADES.
EVERY STATE HAS PROHIBITIONS ON DOGFIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING.
IT'S A FELONY IN JUST ABOUT EVERY STATE.
IT'S ALSO A FEDERAL FELONY.
LISTEN, I REALLY APPRECIATE REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY AND HIS EFFORTS ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, BUT THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN CERTAIN CRIMES, ESPECIALLY MARIJUANA AND SOME OF THE DRUG-RELATED ISSUES AND CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.
THIS IS A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ALLOWING DOGFIGHTERS TO JUST GET A PENALTY OF $500.
THERE'S NO MORAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN DOGFIGHTING AND COCKFIGHTING.
THE LAW TREATS THEM SIMILAR.
>> ARE CURRENT LAWS BEING ADEQUATELY ENFORCED, DO YOU THINK?
>> THAT'S A REALLY INDICATOR THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE MOST OF YOUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THINK IT WOULD CAUSE THEM HARM TO TRY TO ENFORCE THAT.
>> WHY WOULD IT CAUSE THEM HARM?
>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE RURAL AREAS, MOST PEOPLE AROUND OPPOSED.
IF YOU LOOK WHY THAT STATE QUESTION GOT VOTED, IT'S ALL IN THE URBAN AREAS.
AND IF YOU LOOK TO ANY STATE QUESTION IN OKLAHOMA, GENERALLY, THE RURAL AREAS ARE OPPOSED AND THE URBAN AREAS CARRY THAT.
AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT BILL THAT PASSED, THAT STATE QUESTION, I COULDN'T GO IN AND FILE THIS BILL THAT I'M WORKING HAD THAT BEEN SET BY STATE QUESTION.
SO, IF THE CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE FELONIES AND ALL THAT HAD BEEN SET BY THAT STATE QUESTION, THEN I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO BACK IN WITHOUT CHANGING THAT BY STATE QUESTION.
SO, THE STATE DID THAT SO WE CAN GO BACK IN AND WE CAN SETTLE THAT.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE WAY THE GOVERNMENT WORKS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF I CAN GET A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE TO AGREE WITH ME AND THEY REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, THEN I THINK WE CAN REPRESENT THE STATE AND GET THEIR WISHES IN THAT.
>> WELL, I AGREE THAT REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY IS FOLLOWING A PROPER PROCESS.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE GIVEN DEFERENCE.
THIS WAS A BALLOT INITIATIVE, A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE.
IT PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE STATE.
YEAH, SOME COUNTIES, INCLUDING HIS AREA IN SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, DID OPPOSE IT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING ON.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED AGAINST IT WERE NECESSARILY VOTING FOR COCKFIGHTING.
THERE WERE OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THAT VOTE, AND NOW EVERY SINGLE STATE IN THE UNITED STATES OUTLAWS THIS ACTIVITY.
THE VAST MAJORITY TREAT IT AS A FELONY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALSO BANS COCKFIGHTING.
THE REPRESENTATIVES SUPPORT THE FELONY.
WHEN THIS PASSED, THE GOVERNOR, FRANK KEATING, A REPUBLICAN, WAS AN OUTSPOKEN SUPPORTER.
JIM INHOFE WAS A SUPPORTER OF FELONIES.
REPUBLICANS WERE IN THE VANGUARD OF SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT AND A TOUGH ON VIOLENT CRIME POLICY.
THIS IS VIOLENT ACTIVITY.
ANIMALS ARE BEING HARMED JUST FOR PEOPLE'S AMUSEENT.
IT'S ONE -- AMUSS THIS IS PREMEDITATED.
PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING ANIMALS JUST TO WATCH THEM HACK EACH OTHER TO DEATH.
I DON'T THINK THE PEOPLE OF ANY COUNTY, OF ALL 77 COUNTIES OF THE OKLAHOMA THINK THAT IS OKAY.
>> WHY DO PEOPLE ENJOY ANIMALS FIGHTING?
>> I CAN ANSWER THAT SIMPLY.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A BOXING MATCH?
>> NO, I HAVEN'T.
>> WELL, I HAVE.
HERE'S WHAT IS FUNNY.
I'VE NOT BEEN TO A CHICKEN FIGHT NEVER.
I GREW UP AROUND IT, COULD STILL GO.
I LOVE BOXING.
I WATCH A LOT OF BARE-KNUCKLE FIGHTING.
IT'S A SPORT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO BET ON, LIKE TO WATCH, NO DIFFERENCE THAN TWO GUYS GETTING IN A RING AND TRYING TO TEAR EACH OTHER'S HEAD OFF.
I'D SAY NO DIFFERENT.
THEY COME OUT BRUISED, CUT UP, BEAT UP, BRUISED UP.
SAME THING.
>> WELL, THAT IS A FREE CHOICE ISSUE FOR A HUMAN.
LET ME ASK YOU, WOULD YOU GO TO A COCKFIGHT SINCE YOU'RE SPONSOR THIS BILL TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT?
>> YEAH, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN INVITED TO COME DOWN TO PUERTO RICO BECAUSE A LOT OF PUERTO RICO'S GOVERNMENT INCOME COMES FROM CHICKEN FIGHTING AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 11,000 PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THAT.
THEY'VE ASKED ME TO COME DOWN.
THEY'RE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THIS.
I AGREED TO GO DOWN THERE.
I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GOING TO A CHICKEN FIGHT.
AGAIN, THIS FOR ME IS ABOUT FREEDOM.
IT'S ABOUT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING MY LIBERTIES AND LETTING ME CHOOSE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AND NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, THAT'S PROBABLY MY BIGGEST -- I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED THE GOVERNMENT IN OUR BUSINESS ON EVERYTHING, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST STANCES I HAVE ON THAT.
>> REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY'S BILL WILL GUARANTEE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE FEDS MAKE IT A CRIME TO SHIP ANIMALS FOR FIGHTING.
IF YOU WEAKEN THE STATE LAW SO MUCH THAT IT'S COMPLETELY UNENFORCEABLE, YOU'LL HAVE MORE COMFORTABLE INVOLVEMENT.
BOXING IS A LEGAL SPORT.
THE PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY'RE MAKING MONEY DOING THIS.
THEY HAVE GLOVES ON TO MUTE THE EFFECTS OF.
PUNCHES.
THESE ANIMALS, WHETHER THEY'RE DOGS IN A FIGHT OR BIRDS IN FIGHT, HAVE NO CHOICE.
THEY'RE CONSCRIPTED.
IN THE CASE OF THE BIRDS, EACH FIGHT IS DEFINED BY THE TYPE OF WEAPON THAT IS AFFIXED TO THE BIRDS' LEGS.
I'VE BEEN TO COCKFIGHTS MORE AS AN INVESTIGATOR, AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIGHTS LAST TYPICALLY FOR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR MINUTES.
SOMETIMES IF THE FIGHT GOES ON, THEY PUT THEM OVER DRAG PITS.
THEY GO THROUGH HUNDREDS OF BIRDS IN A NIGHT OF FIGHT AND IT'S ALL ILLEGAL.
WE HAVE FIGHTERS IN OKLAHOMA IN THE COUNTY WHERE REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY REPRESENTS, THERE'S AN ILLEGAL PIT.
>> BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN THAT THEY'VE INTRODUCED TO THE SHERIFF HAS BEEN DRONES, WHICH ARE ILLEGAL TO FLY OVER, WHICH IS FUNNY THEY'RE TRYING TO USE ILLEGAL MEANS TO CATCH SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL WHICH IS AN INVASION PRIVACY.
THEY'VE CAPTURED VEHICLES IN FRONT OF A BARN OR AROUND A BARN WITH SOME TRAILERS.
IF YOU WANT TO FLY OVER MY HOUSE, I GOT 13 VEHICLES, FOUR TRAILERS OUT THERE.
JUST BECAUSE THERE'S TRAILERS AND VEHICLES AT HOUSE DON'T MEAN THEY'RE COCKFIGHTING.
AND THEN THEY TAKE PICTURES OF PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND SAY, OH, THIS IS ALL THOSE LEAVING WHO GOT INFORMED.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S THE SAME HIGHWAY.
SO, THEY DON'T HAVE THE EVIDENCE FOR THE SHERIFF TO GO OUT.
THERE'S A THING CALLED PROBABLE CAUSE.
>> WE DIDN'T DO THE DRONES, REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY.
BUT THE COUNTY NEXT DOOR DID GET RAIDED.
THERE WAS A COCKFIGHTING ARENA THERE.
THERE IS EVIDENCE THEY'RE SHIPPING BIRDS TO THE PHILIPPINES, MEXICO, GUAM.
THAT'S A CRIME.
YOU DECRIMINALIZE IT, IT'S A FEDERAL FELONY.
WHETHER YOU'RE FOR COCKFIGHTING OR AGAINST IT, WE HAVE THE RULE OF LAW IN SOCIETY.
WE HAVE THE RULE OF LAW.
THESE PEOPLE ARE VIOLATING THE LAW.
THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY ABOUT WHAT THE PROHIBITION STIPULATES.
YOU'RE NOT TO POSSESS ANIMALS FOR FIGHTING.
DOES YOUR BILL ADDRESS EXPLOITATION?
>> HERE'S THE DEAL.
IT'S GREAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IF YOU GO AND LOOK, I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF BIRDS THAT ARE BEING SHIPPED OVERSEAS ARE NOT EVEN ROOSTERS, THEY'RE HENS.
HENS AREN'T TO FIGHT, SO THEY'RE USING THEM FOR BREEDING PURPOSES.
SO, AGAIN, YOU HAD TO ESTABLISH THEY ARE FIGHTING.
THAT'S WANTING TO TAKE OUT A HUGE MARKET FROM OKLAHOMA, RAISING BIRDS AND PRODUCING INCOME FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE THAT THAT IS A FIGHTING AND, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PROVE THEY ARE FIGHTING.
THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT IS THE INTENT.
INTENT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO APPROVE.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF EVIDENCE YOU GOT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE SEEN AND THE EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOWHERE CLOSE TO REACHING THE LEVELS OF DOING IN AND DOING A SEARCH OR DOING A RAID.
I KNOW THAT THEY DID RAID THE PLACE AT DURANT, BUT IT WAS -- WHAT CAUSED THAT WAS THAT THE PEOPLE WAS BLOCKING THE ROAD, WERE VERY ROAD, SO WE THE POLICE GOT CALLED.
AND WHILE THERE, OPEN, PLAIN SIGHT DOCTRINE.
>> 300 PEOPLE AT THAT COCKFIGHTING ARENA.
>> THEY WERE ARRESTED.
THE SHERIFF, I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY.
HE DID HIS JOB.
>> BUT IF THERE'S OTHER ILLEGAL -- >> THERE'S -- THERE'S ALL KINDS OF CRIMES.
I HAD 50 HEAD OF CATTLE STOLEN, AND THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BE ARRESTED.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CRIME NOT BEING INVESTIGATED AND NOT BE THOROUGHLY DONE, AND I DON'T WANT TO BLAME THAT ON OUR LOCAL SHERIFF.
THAT WAS A STATE ISSUE.
THE STATE PEOPLE DROPPED THE BALL ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL OVER.
>> I KNOW.
YOU AND I AGREE, REPRESENTATIVE HUMPHREY, THAT SOMEONE STEALING 50 CATTLE, THEY SHOULD BE APPREHENDED.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE WE DISAGREE THAT PEOPLE SHIPPING MALE ROOSTERS, THAT THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE APPREHENDED.
YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO ARREST THESE PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY YOU WANT TO DECRIMINALIZE IT.
I'M SAYING -- >> I'M SAYING THEY'RE BEING USED FOR BREEDING PURPOSES.
>> THE GUAM BIRDS ARE 5,000 BIRDS, 10 ROOSTERS FOR EVERY HEN.
WE KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE DOING -- ONE OF THEM WAS ARRESTED FOR COCKFIGHTING ALREADY.
THE OTHER GUY HAS BEEN ON PHILIPPINES TV TALKING ABOUT THE GREAT FIGHTING ABILITY OF THEIR BIRDS.
THEY'RE SELLING THEM TO COCK FIGHTERS IN GUAM.
NO ONE WILL BUY A CHICKEN FOR $2,000 TO EAT IT.
>> IF THE FEDS ARE ARRESTED, HOW COME THEY HAVEN'T BUSTED THAT?
>> I KNOW.
I'M UPSET ABOUT IT, TOO.
I'M UPSET ABOUT IT, TOO.
>> YOU AND I ARE BOTH UPSET ABOUT IT.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE, WE'RE OUT OF TIME, AND -- BUT THERE IS SOMETHING I DID WANT TO CLARIFY.
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> SHOULD SOME LAWS BE ENFORCED AND OTHER LAWS NOT BE ENFORCED?
>> I DON'T THINK THAT -- THAT -- THAT ALL -- I THINK ALL LAWS SHOULD BE ENFORCED.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS: YOU HAVE DISCRETION AS AN OFFICER AS TO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO ENFORCE AND WHAT IS BIG.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT COMMITTING DOMESTIC ABUSE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT STEALING CATTLE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT STEALING ALL KINDS OF EQUIPMENT AND THINGS, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE MORE INCENSED AND NOT INCENSED OVER THESE OTHERS, THEN I THINK AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WHERE IT BEST BENEFITS YOU.
YOU WILL WORK THE CRIMES THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS.
THAT'S COMMON SENSE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.
IF I WAS SHERIFF, THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I WOULD DO MY JOB.
AGAIN, IF I HAD EVIDENCE, I WOULD HAVE TO, WHETHER I AGREE OR DISAGREE, I ARRESTED PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO ARREST, THAT I FELT LIKE THEY WERE JUSTIFIED IN SOME THINGS THEY DID.
THAT HAS TO BE WORKED IN COURT.
YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR PLACE.
AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DO I HAVE DISCRETION BUT, AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE, YOU HAVE TO LET THE COURT WORK THAT OUT.
>> I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD.
>> YOU KNOW, THE LAW WAS PUT IN PLACE BY THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA.
IT'S UNAMBIGUOUS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DEMEME ANIMALS, WHO SAY THEY DON'T SUFFER, THEY DON'T FEEL PAIN.
THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
THE PEOPLE OF OKLAHOMA KNOW RESPONSIBLE CARE OF ANIMALS IS IMPORTANT.
ANIMALS ARE ALL PART OF GOD'S CREATION.
TO FIGHT THEM FOR GAMBLING AND HUMAN AMUSEMENT IS WRONG.
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR STANCE, MAN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I DISAGREE WITH YOU, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMING ON.
>> WE HAVE AWARD WINNING STORIES BY STEVE SHAW BY COCKFIGHTING WHICH GENERATES A LIVELY DISCUSSION.
>> THE STARS AND STRIPES PROJECT OFFERED HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES TO MILITARY VETERAN.
IT'S A DONOR-FUNDED PROJECT THAT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WE TAKE YOU TO SOUTH FLORIDA ON A REPORT FOR A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY FOR VETERANS LIVING IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.
SO, HOW WAS THE FISHING THE OTHER DAY?
>> IT WAS GOOD.
>> HOW MANY VETS DID YOU HAVE OUT?
>> WE HAD THREE.
>> OKAY.
>> MY NAME IS KEVIN.
I'M WITH WOUNDED WATERS.
I'M THE FOUNDER OF IT.
IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HELP VETERANS.
LAST YEAR WE TOOK OUT 94 VETS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
>> WE'RE CONTINUING TO GROW.
WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING FROM ALL THE VETS THAT COME OUT WITH US AND WAYS TO IMPROVE.
SO, WE FOUND OUT THAT, HEY, A LOT OF VETS DON'T WANT TO GO WAY OFFSHORE.
WE DO RIVER CRUISES.
SNORKELING TRIPS, DIVING TRIPS.
WE DO ANY TYPE OF FISHING.
IT STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO.
I WAS STATIONED AT FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, I USED TO TAKE MY SOLDIERS FISHING TO GET THEM OUT OF THE BARRACKS.
A SOLDIER SAID THANK YOU.
HE SAID, NO, REALLY.
THANK YOU.
HE TOLD ME THAT, HEY, I WAS GOING TO GO HOME AND KILL MYSELF IN THE BARRACKS.
THIS IS A SOLDIER THAT I KNEW FOR YEARS.
STELLAR KID.
JUST THE DEMONS INSIDE OF US.
YOU CAN'T HANDLE IT.
HE SAID BEING OUT THERE, BEING ABLE TO BE WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND TALKED TO HIM ACTUALLY REALLY HELPED HIM OUT.
♪ >> MY NAME IS CHUCK.
I'M U.S. ARMY.
I SERVED FROM '75 TO '78.
I'M OLD GUY.
I WORK IN TANDEM WITH KEVIN.
I AM NOVLD -- INVOLVED WITH THE PTSD SUPPORT GROUP.
WE TALK ABOUT OUR TRIGGERS, HUGH TO LIVE GOING FORWARD.
WE DON'T BACKWARDS.
WE GO FORWARD WITH OUR LIVES TRYING TO BRING EVERYBODY IN AND GET THEM A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
[ Laughter ] >> WHAT KEVIN DOES IS HE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THESE VETERANS OUT.
THE HARDEST THING IS TO GET A VETERAN OUT OF THE DEN, OUT OF THE HOUSE.
ONCE YOU BREAK THAT, THEN YOU'RE 50% THERE.
IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO COME OUT, GET OUT IN NATURE, HANG OUT WITH OTHER VETERANS, AND DO STUFF THAT'S TAKING YOUR MIND OFF THE ISSUES YOU MAY BE HAVING.
ONCE IT BRINGS THAT BRIT OF NORMALITY BACK TO THE VETERAN, THEN THEY CAN VENTURE OUT AND DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
SO, WE'LL SEE THEM GOING OUT ON A FISHING TRIP AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT DATING.
THEY'RE BRINGING BACK A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.
IT'S AMAZING WHAT ONE LITTLE FISHING TRIP CAN DO.
>> MY NAME IS TIM.
CURRENTLY SERVED WITH THE 53rd OUT OF FLORIDA.
PRIOR THAT, I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA UNDER AVIATION AND LOGISTICS UNITS, AND I CURRENTLY HOLD THE RANK OF SERGEANT.
IN 14 DAYS, I WILL START MY 12th YEAR.
THE MILITARY IN GENERAL TEACHES YOU HOW TO FIGHTING, BUT IT DOESN'T TEACH YOU THE RESOURCES YOU NEED TO FIGHT THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE WHEN YOU COME HOME.
>> MOSTLY ANGER OUTBURSTS.
I SEE IT IN MY KIDS, TOO.
I'M ABLE TO HELP THEM MITIGATE IT AT A YOUNGER AGE.
FOR THE MOST PART, FOR ME, BEING OUTDOORS HELPS A LOT, LIKE, FISHING, HUNTING, ALL OF THAT.
IT'S REALLY RELAXING FOR ME.
>> I'M RECEIVING THIRD PERIOD JUST AS MUCH AS THE PEOPLE I TAKE OUT ON THE TRIPS.
SO, IT HELPS ME OUT.
I LOVE DOING IT.
I LOVE HELPING OUT OTHER PEOPLE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHENEVER WE COME BACK FROM A TRIP, WHETHER IT'S FROM JUST A RIVER CRUISE OR OFFSHORE FISHING, LIKE, SEEING THE SMILES ON EVERYONE'S FACES, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
♪ >> AND WE WILL END THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF OF THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT" WITH A LOOK AT THE AQUARIUM IN OKLAHOMA CITY SHOT AND EDITED BY O.E.T.A.
'S LUIS RENDON.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT THE "OKLAHOMA NEWS REPORT," STAY SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY.
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