Homecoming Friday
State and local officials gathered for dedication of Raley Drive, which intersects MacArthur Street on the OBU campus. Ribbon-cutting participants included, from left, Dan Overland, chairman of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission; Phil Tomlinson, Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation; OBU President Mark Brister; Shawnee Mayor Chuck Mills; Heley Raley Weathers, daughter of longtime OBU President and First Lady Dr. John and Helen Raley; John W. Raley Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Raley; Steve Jones, policy director for U.S. Congressman Ernest Istook; and Paul Rachel, engineer with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s Ada District.