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| Clark Jolley chooses to be an Oklahoman February 2010 | |
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As part of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Clark Jolley will have a front-row seat as the state grapples with a $1 billion budget reduction. An attorney by profession and an active leader in Edmond, Jolley was elected to the Senate in 2004. He currently serves as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader, and this month, he answers our 20 Questions.
1) Who’s your favorite Oklahoman, living or dead, real or fictional? There are so many people to choose from, with people like Will Rogers, Mickey Mantle, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, etc., in the running. But my favorite Oklahoman was Admiral Joseph “Jocko” Clark. He was the commanding officer of the USS Yorktown in World War II when my father served on that ship. He’s buried in Arlington and is a true hero of our country. Very few people know he was from Chelsea. It doesn’t hurt that he and I share the name “Joseph Clark,” either.
2) What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in Oklahoma? Can you top Fried Chicken and Okra alongside a huge order of chili cheese nachos at Eischens in Okarche? I think not.
3) In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job? Depending on the day, I get up and have meetings in the morning, have a lunch meeting, staff meeting afterwards, go home and say hello to the kids before heading out to my other job where I’m either teaching class, playing the piano or conducting an orchestra rehearsal before I come home to relax in front of the TV for awhile until I am able to sit in front of the computer and actually get 98 percent of my work done while everyone else is in bed. Yes, it’s a run-on sentence deluxe.
4) Have you ever met anyone famous? Does Mike Terry count? If so, yes.
5) What’s the last movie you saw at the theater? Blind Side
6) What’s your drink? A Sonic Route 44 Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper (EZ ice). That or a Crown and Coke.
7) What was your first car? A 1984 Blue Chevy Silverado with bench seats and a cassette player.
8) How often do you prepare your own meals? You mean re-heating what the family had for dinner? Often.
9) What’s your favorite medicine? Naproxen Sodium. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory good for everything from fever and headaches to arthritis and gout. Never been a better invention over the counter.
10) What was your favorite musical group when you were in junior high? The Police.
11) What’s hanging on your office wall? A extended pointillism composite of the Statue of Liberty, a Le Kinff print of “Le Orchestre,” a Greg Burns portrait of the old Edmond theater (now Othello’s), the newspaper article from the day after my first election with the election results and my picture with my family that night, my tickets from the 2001 Orange Bowl BCS Championship Game, a limited edition print of the 1985 Sooners National Championship squad and a Doctor of Pharmacy certificate from the Board of Pharmacy (it’s honorary, so don’t ask for anything stronger than Flintstones vitamins...)
13) Favorite website? espn.com
14) What’s the name of your pet? Have successfully avoided this issue for several years, but see end of tunnel and eventual dog coming to a home very near me.
15) When did you last go to Bricktown? January
16) What do you hate most about living in Oklahoma? Not being able to watch any sporting event during March Madness through the NBA Finals without the screen obscured by a gigantic “UltraBetterDoppler” logo, the news station logo, a weather map of the state so detailed that I can trace the outline of Osage County with my finger AND getting to have the game interrupted to let me know that the storm which was here a few days ago has finally moved past Arkansas’ eastern border and is unlikely to return, but stay with us, we’ll keep you advised! But I’m not bitter.
17) OU or OSU? Boomer.
18) Coke or Pepsi? 1. Coke Zero, 2. Coke, 3. Diet Coke, 4. Diet Dr. Pepper, 5. Water...see the trend?
19) Where do you go to be alone? My office at home anytime after 11:30 p.m. until the next morning at 6:45 a.m. No phones, no kids fighting...
20) What makes someone an Oklahoman? According to sports page standards, playing an away game in high school JV... For me an Oklahoman is someone who has a pride in our state. That pride doesn’t change because they move away or because they were born somewhere else. I’m an Oklahoman by birth AND by choice. We need more of both. |
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