Almost One Year After Opening, Shawnee VA Clinic Holds Grand Re-Opening

The OKC Veterans Affairs Health Care System leadership, Shawnee VA Clinic Staff and the Shawnee VA Clinic Facility Manager Nicole Hall, along with the building lessors, cut the ribbon during the Grand Reopening of the Shawnee VA Clinic on Sept. 18 - one year after it first opened. Shown, from left, are Sara Hatcher, Madison Clark, Becky Vanworth, Wade Vlosich, Valinda Shelton, Nicole Hall, Vernon Penick (CFS), Casey Zwirtz, Dirk Lenaburg. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
The OKC Veterans Affairs Health Care System leadership, Shawnee VA Clinic Staff and the Shawnee VA Clinic Facility Manager Nicole Hall, along with the building lessors, cut the ribbon during the Grand Reopening of the Shawnee VA Clinic on Sept. 18 - one year after it first opened. Shown, from left, are Sara Hatcher, Madison Clark, Becky Vanworth, Wade Vlosich, Valinda Shelton, Nicole Hall, Vernon Penick (CFS), Casey Zwirtz, Dirk Lenaburg. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

It was almost deja vu. The original grand opening of the Shawnee Veterans Affairs (VA) Clinic was held on Oct. 21, 2022, and the Grand Re-opening of the clinic was held on Monday, Sept. 18. Located at 3700 N. Kickapoo in the Shawnee Health Plaza, the clinic served area veterans for six months before the April 19 EF-2 tornado hit. A building to the south was blown into the clinic, sending “wood and…