OMLA 40TH Anniversary
Our Black & White affair was held at the Biltmore Hotel in OKC on Friday February 5th, 2010
and was a rousing success. Charles & Debbie started setting up the banquet room on Thursday
and completed it Friday afternoon. The pictures below show the setup they designed and some
of the events that took place.
The Awards table is displaying the many awards presented over the years to various members
Some of the crew doing room setup Friday afternoon
looking from the podium towards the SE corner of the room
looking toward the podium from the SE corner of the room
Because of the snow storm the weekend before, our keynote Speaker, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins,
had to alter her schedule and speak earlier so she could keep a commitment postponed from
the week before. So we wouldn't lose the opportunity to host her, we moved her time slot up
to right after the opening.
Once our speaker concluded her comments, we began the abbreviated meeting by re-affirming the
oath to our new Officers. The Editor is missing from the shot because I'm administering the oaths.
The meeting was then placed in recess to allow the folks to eat their meal.
Check out the dessert cupcakes spelling out OMLA 40 on the back table
Someone went to a great deal of effort here and they were really good too!!
As the meal time completed, the meeting was brought back into session and the awards were
handed out for those who had been members for more that 20 years. Plaques were presented
to the past President and VP for their service and then the Kenny Lee Award was presented
for 2009 to Mike McGrew for his involvement with the Association over the years.
The Kenny Lee Award for 2010 was awarded to Wilma Lee (Kenny's late Wife) for all her
efforts over the years in supporting Kenny and the Association through education. needless
to say, Kenny struggled with words to share and was obviously surprised and greatfull.
ALOA presented a plaque to OMLA for our support of ALOA and the education process
as an affiliate member.
Then a very special plaque was presented to Tim McMullen from OMLA for all his hard work
and dedication to protecting the Locksmith Industry and our licensing process. To say he was
amazed and speechless is an understatement!
Once this part of the program was completed, the dispensing of door prizes began and there
were a bunch.
The festivities ended with music and some dancing around 11PM.