Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation members have dinner at Chesapeake Boathouse


Posted August 10, 2009 by Helen Ford Wallace Comment on this article Leave a comment

Mike Knopp, Aubrey McClendon, Rand Elliott were at the dinner and reception at the Chesapeake Boathouse. ( Photo by David Faytinger).

Members of the executive committee of the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation hosted a dinner and reception for 100 people.

They celebrated the announcement of the Oklahoma River as the designation of the United States Olympic & Paralympic official training site for rowing and canoe/kayaking.

It was also announced that The University of Central Oklahoma will be a training site for Paralympic volleyball and archery.

On the Foundation executive committee are Aubrey McClendon, Clay Bennett, Pete Delaney, Martha Burger, John Richels, Michael J. Knopp and Patrick Downes.

The party was in the event Room of Chesapeake Boathouse.

White hydrangeas and red roses were on the tables and large pictures of the master plan were set around the room.

Among the people there were foundation board members, River Trust members, City Council members, several U.S. Olympians and coaches, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins, Mayor Mick Cornett, Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner, J.W. Mashburn, Shaun Caven, Burns Hargis, Judy Love, Rand Elliott, Heather and Bob Ross, Karen and Pete Delaney, Jane and David Thompson, Lou and Ray Ackerman, Kirk Humphreys, Lana and Dave Lopez, Alexis Lux, Brenda and Tom McDaniel, Meg Salyer, Kandy and Ron Norick, David Rainbolt, Teresa Rose, Grace and Pat Ryan, and Beverly and Mark Funke.





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