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By Tulsa World, Okla.

May 26–The Tulsa County Medical Society’s members will offer free health assessments to children attending the Salvation Army summer camp on June 11 and 15.

The assessments will be held on those days

from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Mabee Red Shield Club, 1231 N. Harvard Ave.

Without the free health assessments, hundreds of children would not have the opportunity to attend camp, according to the society.

Osteopathic group names president, bestows leadership honors

The Oklahoma Osteopathic Association named Dr. Trudy J. Milner its 2007-08 president during the group’s 107th annual convention earlier this month in Oklahoma City.

Milner received her nursing degree from Baylor University and earned her doctorate of osteopathic medicine from Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. She completed her family practice residency at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in Tulsa.

Dr. Frank Shaw Jr. was named the association’s "Doctor of the Year," which is given to osteopathic physicians who have shown exemplary leadership qualities in their profession. Shaw practices in Muskogee.

Dr. Joseph R. Schlecht was presented the 2007 Outstanding and Distinguished Service award for his local, state and national service and leadership. He has served as chief of staff at Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital and is past president of the association. He is a delegate to the American Osteopathic Association House of Delegates. Schlecht has practiced medicine in Jenks for the past 30 years.

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