Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry

Editor's Note

May 24, 2013
When it's springtime in Oklahoma, thunderstorms will come. It's a fact of life, and it's something that has been part of my life for 44 years.

Kevin Henry | Editor
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When it's springtime in Oklahoma, thunderstorms will come. It's a fact of life, and it's something that has been part of my life for 44 years. I've had many people ask me if I'm afraid of storms and tornadoes because I live in the heart of Tornado Alley. I'm not. I am amazed by their power.

It was Easter weekend in Tulsa and I returned home late on Saturday night after watching a local basketball game. I had received a text during the game about some storms in the area, but walked out of the arena to find nothing but stars overhead. The storms were well off to the east and no threat.

As I drove home, the lightning coming out of those storms was amazing. Despite the storms being 100 miles away, the eastern part of the sky was lighting up like the Fourth of July. I smiled because I love a good thunderstorm.

I got home, poured a glass of wine, turned off all of the lights in my house, took my black Labrador out in the backyard with me, and sat at my patio table. It was completely dark and quiet. I sipped the wine. My black Lab was curled up at my feet. The lightning flashed in the distance while the stars shone overhead. It had been a while since I'd had such a peaceful moment, and I soaked it in.

I had spent the last 48 hours covering the story of the Tulsa oral surgeon (whose office was two miles from where I work) who had had his practice shut down by the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry. More than 7,000 patients were told they needed to be tested for HIV and hepatitis.

It's been a story that has grabbed international headlines, and will continue to do so as the patients' test results keep coming back and Dr. Harrington appears before the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry in August. In this issue, you can read my exclusive interview with the executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry regarding what she saw as well as what Mary Govoni thinks dental practices should be telling their patients.

Watch the video above for my thoughts on your connection to this story and the lessons you can learn from it.

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