The Journal Record honored 28 Health Care Hero award winners on March 23, 2023, at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.  One of those winners was our very own Melanie D. Duke, RN, BSN, and Director of Nursing at the Clinton Veterans Home!  The recognition program, now in its fourth year, honors individuals who go above and beyond to help make Oklahoma a healthier, safer, and happier place to live and work.  Honorees were featured in a commemorative magazine inserted in The Journal Record’s March 24 issue.  Please click here to visit the publication in full.

Melanie has been at the Clinton Veterans Home for almost 25 years!  We are honored and blessed to have been witness to her incredible compassion, care, and dedication to our Residents, and we congratulate her, as well as the Clinton Veterans Home, for this well-deserved honor.

As mentioned above, The Journal Record honored 28 Health Care Hero award winners on March 23, 2023, at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.  ODVA is proud to announce that more than just one of our amazing staff members was recognized for their dedication during the event!  Our very own Kris Martinez, Director of Environmental Services at the Claremore Veterans Home was honored for the incredible service she has provided to our Residents at our Claremore Home for the past 17 years.  The recognition program, now in its fourth year, honors individuals who go above and beyond to help make Oklahoma a healthier, safer, and happier place to live and work.  Honorees were featured in a commemorative magazine inserted in The Journal Record’s March 24 issue.  Please click here to visit the publication in full.

Kris has been at the Claremore Veterans Home since 2006, and began her career with Claremore as a Level I Specialist.  "Making the veterans happy...that's why we're here," she explained to The Journal Record.  "We can give them the best that we have to offer."  We are honored and blessed to count Kris as part of our ODVA family, and we congratulate her, as well as the Claremore Veterans Home, for this well-deserved honor.

Pursuant to Senate Bill 415, effective November 1, 2021, all new applicants for sales tax exemption based on a veteran’s 100% service-connected disability status are required to register in the Oklahoma Veterans Registry to verify eligibility.  Veterans (and surviving spouses) previously awarded sales tax exempt status prior to November 1, 2021 must register in the Oklahoma Veterans Registry no later than July 1, 2023 in order to remain eligible for the benefit of sales tax exemption. 

If you have not already registered, please do so immediately to avoid a delay or suspense in this important state benefit.

The Oklahoma Veterans Registry can be accessed at the following link: https://registry.odva.ok.gov/registration