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Contents
Volume 5, Issue 3 Summer 2014
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General Manager Dale Brendel Editor Chris Day Advertising Director Jill Hunt Contributing Writers Megan Sando Elizabeth Keys Merrick Eagleton Michelle Charles Andrew Glover Tim Ahrens Advertising Marketing Consultants Allison Casey Rick Craven Julie Strain Joe Toth, Jr. Jeff Hopper Designer Jen Burge Stillwater Style is a quarterly publication of the Stillwater News Press, 211 W. 9th, Stillwater, OK 74074. Phone (405) 372-5000 Editorial contributions should be sent to: Stillwater Style, P.O. Box 2288, Stillwater, OK 74076 or emailed to editor@stwnewspress.com.
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An interview with...Ken Eastman Eastman says Students need the knowledge and skills to take advantage of all the opportunities that they really will have.
Painting the town Art studio’s success led Memmott to quit teaching art to junior high students and provide a canvas for adults.
Don’t get burned this summer Major League Baseball takes a stand against skin cancer with ‘Play Sun Smart’ campaign.
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20 Gray’s Anatomy Step4ward Fitness Training building healthy lifestyles.
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A quiet day at Lake McMurtry Lake McMurtry Friends rent kayaks to enjoy nature as residents skim across the city of Stillwater-owned lake.
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Lake McMurtry Lake McMurtry Friends rent kayaks to enjoy nature as residents skim across the city of Stillwater owned lake. By Megan Sando Stillwater Style
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utdoor enthusiast can add kayaking to their list of things to do this summer. Stillwater’s Lake McMurtry Friends decided kayak rentals are in sync with the lake’s at-one-with nature experience. McMurtry prides itself on being the cleanest and most preserved lake in Stillwater. The friends are a nonprofit organization that hires its own employees to take care of McMurtry’s 1,100 surface acres of water. It is part of private/public partnership with the city of Stillwater, which owns Lake McMurtry. “We started looking into low-impact sports,” Park Operations Manager Jared Avilez says. McMurtry’s three full-time and eight part-time staff want to bring the lake into the 21st century. “But we also want to keep our mission– to be a serene and clean place for families,” Avilez says. Kayaks are ideal in McMurtry’s calm waters – city ordinances prevent jet skis or high-impact water sports. Primarily a fishing and boating lake, the lack of water traffic makes kayaking an environmentally safe activity for all. At the end of May, eight kayaks came in from on Oklahoma City company. The national governing body for canoeing and kayaking, US Canoe/Kayak, recently moved its headquarters to Oklahoma City. A $32 million whitewater rafting and kayaking center in Oklahoma City’s Boathouse District is scheduled to open next year.
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Staff members Drew Dahlberg, left, and Ryan Resnicklearn how to use the kayaks during training on June 12.
Ryan Resnick takes off from the Lake McMurtry shore during training.
Lake McMurtry staff member Ryan Resnick trains on how to launch the kayak from the shore.
Avilez said Oklahoma City is one of the largest suppliers of kayaks in the nation. The beginner-style kayaks come with everything needed – a life vest and paddles. Staff are supplied with a whistle, and a radio to put in each kayak that sounds when its time to come back to shore. All of the staff are trained to deliver the kayaks to either the east or west side docks. Four kayaks, three single and one double, are available to rent on each side of the lake every day of the week by going to the park’s recreational office. For those wanting an hour rental, it costs $15. Campers who come to stay can rent for $35 a day. A double kayak is $25 per hour and $55 for a day. Kayakers must pay the standard $6 fee to enter the park. Staff were trained the second week in June with a how-to safety video and demonstration. Staff help the kayaker launch from the shore and give safety suggestions to stay close to the shoreline. Stillwater Style | Summer 2014
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Ryan Resnick paddles on Lake McMurtry to get the feel of kayaking.
On the opening day, almost all the kayaks were rented, and by the second day all the kayaks of them were, Avilez said. Beginners and experts alike can find more information and instructions on the web at the American Canoe Association. Depending on the recreational style kayaks have a lot to offer – some are made specially for fishing, recreation on
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Top Right: Two new kayaks at Lake McMurtry’s office. Staff members deliver the kayaks to renters on the east side dock.
Center: Two new kayaks in the shade at Lake McMurtry’s east side dock.
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Eastman: Students need the knowledge and skills to take advantage of all the opportunities that they really will have
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en Eastman was recently named dean of Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business after 10 months as interim dean. The Iowa native has been on faculty at the Spears School for 25 years.
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So, it looks like you have a lot of things going on, starting with your 100th anniversary.
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Yes we do. It’s the 100th anniversary of business education because of course we weren’t the Spears School of Business 100 years ago. So part of it is we have a number of events planned. We’ve been doing out 100 for our 100th where we pay tribute to our graduates. These aren’t the top 100 graduates. We sought nominations online and we wanted people who reflected our graduates over the 100 years so we have some who’ve been out a few years, some that are deceased. We really wanted to find people who represented the best and could represent all the graduates we’ve had over that time period. It’s not our hall of fame, it’s not the top 100. We really just pay tribute to our graduates by identifying 100 people we think reflect that. We had a great response to it. You can’t get everybody in the 100, obviously but we got a lot of great nominations. We’re rolling out about 10 at a time over the course of the year. It’s been kind of fun. People look forward to it. It’s a nice honor for people.
Q: It looks like you’ve got a nice celebration planned. A: The week of September 5th we’ll do the groundbreaking,
Ken Eastman was recently named dean of Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business. | Photo Submitted
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a tailgate and a reception. We want people to come back. We’ll have the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new building. Actual construction won’t begin until after 2015 but since it was our centennial year we wanted to have the ceremonial groundbreaking. We have the golf tournament. It’s turned out amazingly well.
Oklahoma State University students studying at the Spears School of Business. | Photo Submitted
Without advertising we’ve pretty much filled it up, so now we’re having a second day, a second opportunity because there were so many people interested. We were kind of surprised. In November we’ll have the dinner for 100 for 100 and we’ll wrap up the year’s activities.
Q: Where will the new building be located? A: It will be north of the existing building where Hanner
Hall is now. In July it’ll be torn down and sodded over so it’ll be great for tailgating. At least for football season we’ll have a nice green space. The hope is we can leave the existing building alone, construct the new building and then make a decision about this building because frankly, there’s not enough room on campus. We have about 300 people in this building and it would be tough to find another location so we’re hoping we can at least leave the building here through construction. The targeted completion date is probably early to summer of 2017. We’re still working on the design. It’s a big thing. I never wanted to build a house but now I’m helping to build the building. This will be vicariously as far as I want to go.
Q: Will you be expanding any facilities? A: The trading floor will move into the new and improved
building. We also want to make it more functional so that students and others have more used space, more lively space. As it is now, it’s reserved for just a few classes. We want to make it something that’s much more vibrant.
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What other new things are going on in the college of business? It seems like you’re always adding or you’re always doing new things.
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We’re trying not to add more programs because frankly, we’re pretty much tapped out in terms of resources and being able
to support things. What we’re going to start this fall is what we’re calling our Career Readiness Initiative. What we want to do is better prepare our students for the careers they’re going to face. We had a number of our marketing faculty do some focus groups about a year ago with recruiters and asked them about our students. They said a number of positive things: they’re bright, they work hard, they’re humble but ... And what the but was, is a lot of our kids are firstgeneration college students like I was so a lot of times they’re not aware of what careers are out there. Oftentimes their humility is almost too much so they don’t think they can compete. Recruiters tell us “Absolutely, your students can. They’re great but they don’t believe it so it holds them back in terms of the challenges they pursue.” They lack some polish. Coming from rural areas, being firstgenerations, they may not be as worldly as some of the other students. So this new program is starting with the freshman to get them to think about it and incentivize them to go to a play, a ballet. There will be cultural events, there will be career services events, there will be professional development events. So by the time they are ready to interview for internships or whatever, they are going to be better prepared. They’ll know more about the career opportunities that exist, they’ll be more confident in their ability to compete with kids from anywhere and they’ll have more knowledge of the world around them, the business world, professional world, government, you name it. So they can talk intelligently about a number of different topics. It’s the one initiative for the school that we want to make sure our kids have every opportunity to realize their life and career potential. We do a fairly good job of conveying knowledge to kids but that’s not enough. They need to have skills that will allow them to take advantage of all the opportunities that they really will have. We’re not adding any new programs. We’re kind of taking a time out and we want to see what’s working, what’s not. The goal is in every department, I want them to have something they’re nationally known for. Right now we have elements of that but I want us to put our resources into the things we’re going to get the greatest return on. I think the next phase is to focus and become excellent in probably a narrower range of activities. State funding is not going to increase so we have to be better stewards of those resources and hopefully spend them in a way that allows us to better leverage our strengths.
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So you think by focusing on the things you do really well then you’re not diluting?
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Exactly. There are a lot of things we do fairly well but we want to make sure we’re focusing on things we can do very, very well and become nationally, internationally recognized for. We’re only going to be able to do that by marshaling the resources we have because unless a donor wants to give us a lot of money, which we always encourage, without that infusion of significant capital we have to focus. The Gallup organization has a strengths finder that I really like. I like that approach. Look at what you do well and focus on that because everybody’s got weaknesses and problems but Stillwater Style | Summer 2014
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Oklahoma State University is celebrating 100 years of business education in 2014. The celebration includes a ceremonial groundbreaking in September for a new business building. Photo Submitted by Michelle Charles
don’t obsess about them. I tell everybody if you just try to fix your weaknesses, you’re only going to be less crappy. You’re not going to be great. You’re just not going to stink up the place as badly as you did before. That’s not the key to success. We want to be excellent so we want to focus on the things we do well, what our strengths are, what our passions are and really feed that engine.
Q: When you talk about the career readiness initiative I
think it’s interesting, because it seems like in recent years there’s been a trend, not so much among the educators but among the public, students and parents, to view the university almost as a vocational training school. It seems like what you’re talking about is a little bit of that classical idea of education as making you a wellrounded, well-informed citizen of the world.
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Let’s face it, you can get knowledge anywhere. In the old days we could rely on that you had to come to us to get knowledge. Well, now you don’t have to do that so what value are we going to add to somebody? Why would somebody invest four or five years with us when they could get online and probably learn all they needed to know? So that’s part of what I see. We have to return to preparing people for life and their careers not just teaching them the vocational technical stuff. We’ll still do that but we need to do more. In talking to recruiters, the biggest thing they want is kids who can think, who can think critically, who can think innovatively, because they’re going to train them on doing the things they want them to do but to learn those skills and those other things, that’s a little harder for them to do. That’s where I think we can add a lot of value. I have a two year degree in broadcasting. I was a disc jockey for a while. You can look at that and say “What does that have to do with being 12
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dean?” but the skills I learned in terms of speaking, in terms of thinking extemporaneously have been invaluable to me even as a professor. To be able to get in front of a classroom full of people and talk or doing distance education. I’m used to talking to nobody in front of a microphone. But who would have thought those things I did many years ago actually have an application but in a completely different way. A lot of our kids feel frustrated with general education classes. One of the things we’re doing with our initiative is pushing our business classes earlier in their career so when they take general education classes, hopefully they’ll be more aware of what they need and what they might be interested. They’ll take classes they’re more interested in and see more value in. I think we force a lot of kids to take random things their first two years and they don’t see the point. We’re trying to get to the place where they see the point and the value of maybe taking a theatre class or a music class. I think those sort of things are important if we’re going to produce an educated populace that are going to be aware of issues and appreciate things. They need to have that background but we want them to see the utility of it. Not just say “I’ve got to check off a class. I don’t care what it is, I’ll take it,” which unfortunately, a number of our students do. They don’t get the value that could be there.
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So much of the modern business world is about relationships and making connections. Creativity is in such high demand, the idea of taking things that don’t seem to be related and drawing connections between them or figuring out what the needs are. It just seems like that would be a tremendous benefit.
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If you talk to people it’s amazing how many people’s careers were jumpstarted or changed because of a random conversation with somebody over a random topic. They found some commonality of interest and that person invited them for an internship. So you never know. If your interests are just in accounting or finance or whatever, you’re missing the opportunities to connect with people on other things. Talking to our alumni, I’ve been amazed how many have an interest in wine or theater or music. They’re not just business people; they have other interests. Students who can talk intelligently about those other things are going to naturally build a more powerful relationship with those people. Business is nothing but relationships. One of the concerns we’ve got is kids aren’t prepared for a faceto-face conversation. A client will have an issue and they’ll want to email or text them. We want them to call or maybe go and see them. They’re so conditioned to using a device to communicate. If you’re communicating with people of your generation that might be perfectly fine but with my generation, text may not be the way you want to go.
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How do you address those generational differences as they’re moving into the business world?
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I think there are a lot of significant generational differences. That’s part of this career readiness initiative. We want
The Spears School of Business will have an expanded trading floor when its new, larger business building is complete in 2017. Photo Submitted by Michelle Charles
to make people aware that face-to-face, verbal communication is not dead. We realize though, that kids have not had the experience with it. We’re trying to get kids to understand you’ve got to have the verbal, oral, face-to-face skills in terms of a competitive advantage. I joke with my students that some day when you take over the world, tattoos, piercings, everything’s going to be great. But old guys like me still run the world so until that time, your careers are going to be a lot more fruitful if you try to figure out ways to interact with me and address my concerns. As we evolve and you take over, it may not be an issue but for the next 15 to 20 years it’s still going to be an issue. If you have the ability to converse with someone, it’s a huge
advantage. I’m amazed how many people, even younger people, are impressed when they get a hand-written thank you note. Everybody’s got to do a little adaption. One of the big things I say is this generation will not do busy work or what they perceive as busy work. It forced me to look at my syllabus and if I couldn’t explain why we did something, I took it out. It forced me to examine some things that were there because that’s what we had always done. It made me get better because it made me look more critically at everything I did and make sure it had a purpose. I think it’s great that they are forcing us to examine the norms and traditions, what makes sense and what doesn’t make sense and not just mindlessly keep going down a path.
Q:
Are you still seeing a fair number of returning students or adult students?
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One of the things we see is returning adults who don’t really want a degree. They want some certification or knowledge. In the past, you had to get a degree to get some of this stuff. We’re experimenting with more certificate programs and things to allow people to get what they need without having to invest all the time in another degree because more and more maybe employers just want people to have some narrow area of knowledge like data analytics. They just want to know that you have those skills. Maybe 12 hours in this concentrated area is all you need. We’ve been rolling out some
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and will continue to roll out certificates which are concentrations in specific areas. Someone may have a degree or they many have a Master’s degree but they need something for a new job. We’re trying to be more flexible, particularly for returning adults or people who are working adults.
Q:
Is it unusual for someone who has stayed on the academic track to be named Dean?
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I think it’s more unusual for an internal candidate to be named Dean. Over my 25 years, I think only two internal people have become dean. I’ve had a lot of support. It really was a team effort which was very gratifying for me. I do view it very much as a group accomplishment.
Q: What qualities does a dean need to possesses? A: In the old days, when I started, the Dean was the chief
academic officer, very much an internal person. Over the 25 year’s it’s really changed and now, especially a business school dean, the external relations part of it is really prominent. It involves working with donors, alumni, companies, because those collaborations are critical. There’s still an internal component. Faculty and students want to know you’re there and you care. So coordinating those two things is really important because they both need attention. Some of our younger faculty are not much different than our students so the days of the dean being a kingly person who sat on top and gave decrees,
that’s not going to fly. The dean is much more collaborative and works with the department heads. You have to help craft a direction. I’m not a big fan of strategic planning; I prefer strategic direction. We have to be flexible and adjust specific things for what we find when we get to the future. We have to be adaptable to better prepare our kids for whatever’s going to happen. That’s why they need those critical thinking skills to be ready for whatever comes about. If we focus too narrowly on knowledge that will be obsolete in five years, we’re not preparing them. We’re preparing them for obsolescence not success as individuals.
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to junior high students and provide a canvas for adults Tandi Memmott hosted a birthday party at Art on 6th, helping guests paint a field of poppies. She also holds events for girls night out, bachelorette parties and fundraisers. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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rt has played a prominent role in Tandi Memmott’s life since she was young. The Oklahoma native received an art education degree at University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond and has been the art teacher at Stillwater Junior High for the past 11 years. “I was always drawn to creating art, seeing art, going to art museums,” Memmott said. Memmott resigned as art teacher to focus on her studio, Art on 6th. The studio has flourished since it opened in March 2013. “It was a big change, but it felt right,” Memmott said. “The studio has just, through word of mouth, been very busy for the last year. It got to the point where I needed to make a decision. I couldn’t do both.” After seeing a need for the wine and canvas concept in Stillwater, Memmott made the decision to open her own studio. Many of her customers would drive to Oklahoma City or Tulsa before she opened Art on 6th. “I thought that Stillwater has a population that could support something like this,” Memmott said. Memmott said she tries to feature paintings that people can enjoy and do successfully. She also takes requests, such as Theta Pond or an Oklahoma State University cowboy boot.
“I’ve come up with paintings on my own, but I also listen to what people say to guide this,” Memmott said. Memmott hosts events for girls night out, birthday parties for children and adults, bachelorette parties and even fundraisers for Relay for Life. She also travels within an hour radius of Stillwater. However, it isn’t all painting. Art on 6th also offers other types of art work. “My goal this summer is to organize some other small workshops that introduce different media, whether it’s acrylic paint or charcoal or just pure sketching and drawing,” Memmott said. “There’s a lot of opportunity to do different things besides the wine and canvas concept.” In addition to painting parties, Memmott gives private art lessons. She is working with 10 art students. Recently, she was asked to do a small workshop with charcoal art for OLLI, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, at OSU. Memmott said her aim is to create a space where people can come and make art in different forms. “My goal is to introduce people to art that maybe haven’t been exposed or to get them back into making art if they’ve been away from it,” Memmott said. “I think art is good for the soul.” Stillwater Style | SUMMER 2014
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Don’t get burned this summer Major League Baseball takes a stand against skin cancer with ‘Play Sun Smart’ campaign.
By Andrew Glover Stillwater Style
Baseball players need to take approriate measures against the sun especially if they are playing games between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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ummer – the weather starts getting warmer and people start spending more time in the great outdoors. Kids play summer league baseball and softball. With the sun shining brighter, precautions need to be taken to make the summer more enjoyable and avoid skin cancer. Becky Taylor, Oklahoma State University Wellness Center representative, said people need to take the necessary precautions if they are going to be outdoors for a considerable amount of time. “You need to apply suncreen 15 minutes before your outdoor activity,” Taylor said. “Apply every two hours.” For people who play baseball or softball during summer, there are other things they can do to protect themselves. “Wearing baseball caps is good,” Taylor said. “Wearing sun protective clothing and using suncreen regularly.” Taylor said there are several clothing lines that can increase the ultraviolet protection factor for your grament and protect you better from ultraviolet rays. According to SkinCancer.org light colored, lightweight and loose woven fabrics do not offer much protection from the sun. A long sleeved dark denim shirt offers an estimated UPF of 1,700 which amounts to a complete sun block. A wide-brimmed hat can protect against the harmful UV rays. The wellness representative said protection is needed even on overcast days. “UV rays can still get through,” Taylor said. “The times that UV rays are most harmful is between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you are 18
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outside during those times it’s good to seek shade.” Taylor said the best method to stay safe is prevention but if you do get burned, treat it right away. “Aloe vera can help keep the skin hydrated,” Taylor said. “Prevention is the key but if it does happen keep it hydrated and prevent it from getting worse.” The website SkinCancer.org reccomends to drink extra water, juice and sports drinks for a couple days after a sunburn to stay hydrated. Also, take a dose of ibuprofen as soon as you see signs of a sunburn and keep it up for 48 hours. According to the website if a blistering burn covers 20 percent or more of the body seek medical attention. According to a national article, Major League Baseball is taking a more active approach in preventing skin cancer by partnering with the American Academy of Dermatology on a public awareness campaign called Play Sun Smart. All 30 teams are given a screening day each year when members of the organization are examined by local dermatologists. The article states prevention against skin cancer in the MLB varies. Outfielder Nate McLouth said he applies suncreen multiple times a day. Wilson Ramos said he doesn’t use any and relies on his skin’s natural protection and hadn’t given it much thought. According to WebMD.com, there are three major types of skin cancer — basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. There are tips to prevent skin cancer. According to an article
on WebMD.com, drinking coffee can help prevent skin cancer. For each cup you drink daily there is a 5 percent drop in developing non-melanoma skin cancer. SkinCancer.org reccomends to seek shade especially between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., do not burn, avoid tanning and UV tanning booths, cover up, use a broad spectrum suncreen. Apply one ounce of suncreen to your body 30 minutes before going out side. Keep newborns out of the sun. Suncreen should only be used on babies over 6 months. Examine your skin and see your physician every year.
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Curly’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers has been a Stillwater staple since 1984.
Customers wait for their orders at Curly’s.
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hen it comes to food, it doesn’t get much better than a place with a hometown-diner feel to eat a charbroiled burger. Dan Fath knew Stillwater was in need of such a spot. That’s why he opened Curly’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers on April 1, 1984. Thirty years later, it’s still going strong as the town’s only exclusively local burger joint. Fath graduated with a degree in hotel and restaurant administration from Oklahoma State. From there, he opened a restaurant in Pompano Beach, Fla., worked in Chicago, only to come back to Stillwater and serve as the general manager of the Ramada Inn. After spending a year and a half as its general manager, Fath 20
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realized he wanted to open a restaurant. After all, it’s what he went to school for. So he stopped working at the Ramada Inn and opened Curly’s. “Every town needs one (a burger joint),” Fath said. Curly’s spent its first 10 years on Perkins Road where Cherokee Strip BBQ currently resides. In 1994, he saw a need for expansion, and moved the restaurant to 811 E. Sixth Ave. “There was an old Mr. Burger building sitting right here,” Fath said. “Well I bought it after my lease was up over there, tore down this wall and expanded the building and added more parking for customers because we needed it.” Curly’s also includes a five-lane drive-thru. Fath said many people often mistake it for a carhop similar to what Sonic has, but that’s
Owner Dan Fath said every sign at Curly’s is unique and has its own story.
not the case. Once people order and the food is ready, a light comes on at their lane and they can pull around to the window and pick up their food. Naturally, Curly’s is best known for its burgers and curly fries. The portions are tremendous for the price, whether it be a burger, coney, fries, onion rings or any other diner food you crave. “Over the years, the trend has changed a little bit,” Fath said. “On the menu now, we have a No. 7 which is a garden burger, a meatless burger. We teamed up with the (OSU) Wellness Center 15 years ago and put a buffalo burger on the menu, because it’s extra-lean and part of the Heart-Smart diet for people who want that.” The food is exactly what you’d expect to get from a local diner in a small town. But the interior of Curly’s brings back the times, especially with the numerous signs that adorn the walls. Fath has been collecting them since he opened Curly’s, and he said every sign has a unique story. Some signs come from his travels, like a French Quarter sign he bought while in New Orleans. Others have a more personal story attached to them. “It’s all part of the decorum and the ambiance,” Fath said. “Some of them I’ve been given, some I’ve bought at auctions and such. There’s a GR Pearce Conoco sign that hung on a barb-wired fence going into an oil field lease. “That was my grandfather’s place that was on 80 acres he set aside and called the ‘Education 80.’ All proceeds from those 80 acres went to an account for all the grandkids if we wanted to attend college. That’s how I paid for my college.” It’s certainly paid off for Fath, and the community has been in full support of it since it opened, including the days of former OSU football coach Pat Jones. “We used to save our empty pickle buckets, the brine juice, when Pat Jones was coach,” Fath said. “He wanted it during
Curly’s has been a Stillwater landmark for 30 years.
their two-a-day drills because it was high in sodium. They probably went through 50 gallons of pickle juice a day.” Curly’s is open Monday-Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Curly’s menu is more than just burgers; it includes coneys, chicken, steak sandwiches, fish and more.
Curly’s has five drive-thru lanes. You place your order at the menu and pull through to pick up your meals at the window.
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Gray’s Anatomy
Step4ward Fitness Training building healthy lifestyles By Elizabeth Keys Stillwater Style
Whether it’s in a gym, at home or outside at Boomer Lake, Shelley Gray will train clients wherever they want to complete their workout routine.
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fter encouraging and training others for more than 25 years, Shelley Gray needed a new motivator for herself. At 45, she challenged herself with bodybuilding. In her first competition, she captured first place in Battle of the Bodies, a national event in Tulsa. Gray continued working out and ventured to Dallas this year winning first place in the masters division in the national competition. “Fitness training allows us to step forward to the next level to be stronger and healthier today than we were yesterday,” Gray said. She lives by those words as a personal trainer, weight loss educator, life coach, strength and conditioning motivator and group instructor. “No matter what you want your body to look like – know that you can control the outcome,” she said. “What you see - you can mold, sculpt and be proud of it.” Gray believes you either train or remain the same. She modifies exercise routines for any fitness level. For instance, if you have a physical reason you can not do a particular exercise, she develops another option – and none of those are ever to “opt out.” Margaret Walker, 66, said Gray tailors every exercise routine, even in a group setting, by always giving alternatives for medical or injury issues. “I had a double mastectomy last year followed by radiation and a second surgery for complications of the radiation. My niece 24
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introduced me to Shelley’s fitness boot camp after my radiation was completed and it was the best treatment of all!” Walker said. Kayla Robinson agrees. After two children in 21 months, Robinson needed assistance in getting back to her jogging routine. “Shelley keeps me in check with my exercise and food. I feel as though she truly cares about my success,” Robinson said. “She’s recently been working with me through an injury I had to my foot and when I wanted to slack off she was not about to let me! She modified things for me and I’ve still been showing great improvement on my body composition.” “I am an encourager and devil’s advocate rolled into one big smile,” Gray said. “I have a passion to lead others toward the healthiest path.” Her advice is research and experienced based with a degree in exercise science from Texas Tech University and running a cardiovascular rehabilitation center when she studied for a masters degree. Keeping up with new technology is important to her so she became certified as a deep tissue laser therapist. The treatments help reduce pain and inflammation, enhance tissue healing, and restore mobility – both in hard and soft tissues, including muscles, ligaments, or even bones. Deep tissue laser therapy is fast, safe and painless with most clients experiencing results after only a few sessions. Gray combines her knowledge for each individual with her focus as a personal trainer to challenge and provide the expertise needed “to reach your goals and hold you accountable for living
Step4ward Fitness Training offers group classes for all fitness levels. One group included, from left, Ashley Inselman, Haley Brorsen, Nicole Hendricks, Coach Shelley Gray, Ragan Jessell, Abby Jessell, Raegan Perkins and Nancy Lynn. Classes are offered at 712 East Sixth Avenue.
up to your full potential. I help you focus on the big picture even when you can’t.” She said she always tells you the truth about your strengths and weaknesses from an unbiased perspective – and is a cheerleader who celebrates your victories and helps you learn from your setbacks. Her personal consultations cover goals, health history, exercise history, body composition, measurements and options. Meeting as a group sometimes provides more accountability so Gray offers classes several times a week at 712 East Sixth Street, Suite F. Group training focuses on cardiovascular and muscle strengthening, balance, flexibility and core development. She travels to meet clients at home, the park or other gyms, too. “People have purchased millions of books and training courses to improve what they see in the mirror,” she said. “All too often high hopes turn into disappointments so I believe personal supervision is one of the secrets to success in setting realistic goals. Gray believes you have to be ready to start. Many people want to get in shape and lose weight but mentally are not prepared. “Much of my time is spent teaching your brain to make new choices. We get your goals in order and start carving the pathway together,” she said. “It is all about having someone who knows the way down the street. Without that, many people unfortunately
never find the pavement. They end up lost on some country dirt road searching for service.” The road in the Step4ward Fitness Training program is driven by realizing how strong you are inside as well as outside and how to make the best choices in a not so great situation. “It’s not all about exercise. We need to keep a positive attitude, develop good posture and learn how to eat,” Gray said. Tresa Adams said she had struggled with her diet for years and tried to justify her terrible eating habits because she worked out. “Shelley has instilled in me that you truly can not out exercise a bad diet. It’s taken more time than I would like for that to sink in, but her patience, persistence, and consistency with me has gotten me on a good path. I get my workout in with Shelley and we mainly talk about food and how to get that very important part of the puzzle right!” Adams said. Gray believes you should eat to fuel your body. She said a good energy snack is a Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie: For more diet tips and exercise consultations, contact Gray at 405-334-3707 or shelley@step4wardfitness.com. Training for bodybuilding challenged Gray to be very dedicated to a healthy diet. She shares a favorite summer meal she ate to prepare for winning the competitions:
PB&J SMOOTHIE 1 cup almond milk 1 cup frozen blueberries 1/4 cup oats 1 tablespoon peanut butter Mix with ice in blender to desired consistency.
Shelley Gray won first place in a national bodybuilding masters competition in Dallas.
At the age of 45, Shelley Gray entered Battle of the Bodies in Tulsa last year. She captured first place in the figure division and the masters division in her first bodybuilding competition.
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OVEN ROASTED BRUSSELS SPROUTS
CHILI AND LIME GRILLED CHICKEN
1 pound Brussels sprouts, trimmed and halved lengthwise 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup lime juice 1/4 cup ground cumin, 1/4 cup chili powder 2 tablespoons finely chopped garlic, 6 breasts
Preheat oven to 400° F. Toss Brussels sprouts with oil, salt and pepper on a rimmed baking sheet and roast, stirring once or twice, until deep golden brown, crisp outside and tender inside, 30 to 35 minutes. The leaves that are loose will be especially brown and crispy. Transfer to a bowl and serve.
Whisk together oil, lime juice, cumin, chili powder and garlic in a large, shallow dish to make a marinade. Arrange chicken breasts in a dish and rub all over with marinade, then cover and refrigerate for two to three hours. Turn grill on low to medium heat. Remove chicken breasts from marinade. Arrange chicken breasts on the grill, cooking for about 30 minutes.
ROASTED ASPARAGUS WITH PARSLEY AND GARLIC 1 1/2 pound asparagus, ends trimmed 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt, to taste 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper Preheat the oven to 400° F. Arrange asparagus on a baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle with parsley and garlic. Drizzle with oil. Season with salt and pepper. Roast until just tender, five to eight minutes. Transfer to a platter and serve hot.
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By Merrick Eagleton Stillwater Style
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ohnny can’t afford to keep gas in his car. It’s too expensive to drive across town. Sal’s car is in the shop, and he needs to get to and from work everyday. Options? Johnny or Sal can walk, ride a bicycle or motorcycle or take public transportation. Neither Johnny nor Sal own a bicycle or motorcycle, and it’s really too far to walk. Oklahoma State University bus system, which is open to Stillwater residents, is the lowest cost option. So, gather a city map, bus route information and start plotting your course. Right? There is an easier way, and its more fun, too. Let’s start on the Internet. Open you favorite web browser and open thebus.okstate.edu. A Stillwater map opens and yellow, red, purple and dots of other colors are moving around the map. It’s very PacMan-like. The routes are located in a menu on the left. Click on a route, and it’s highlighted on the map. Let’s try the Scarlet route. Yep, there it is, and the bus is on rolling up to the West 11th Avenue and Duncan Street stop now. Click on Scarlet route menu again and it disappears. Now, this is travel planning. Easy. You’re mobile again. Plot your course and you’re off. Wait, don’t forget your computer you might need it to plot more routes. What? You don’t want to lug a desktop or even a laptop computer around all day.
Don’t blame you. You carry a smartphone or a tablet everywhere you go. There’s an app for that. The Ride Systems app is available for iPhones and Android smartphones. It works pretty much the same way as the website. A map opens up and all the colored dots are streaming around town on a map. Looks as if yellow, orange, red and gray are converging on the multimodel center on Hall of Fame Avenue. It makes sense, you can transfer buses at the multimodal station to reach your final destination. On the apps, if you want to select a route, click on the traffic sign in the upper left hand corner. A menu of the active routes appears. Select a route and it’s highlighted on the map. Once you’ve selected a route, slide the map to the left to view the right. Stops are represented by dots on the route. Touch a dot and it gives you the location and gives you an estimated arrival time at the stop. I’ve monitored the routes and stops and the app is really accurate. Click in the upper right-hand corner and you get a drop down menu, which allows you to change agencies, look at alerts or send app feedback. This app is a multi-tasker. It doesn’t track just OSU buses. It works with universities and bus systems throughout the United States, including the Tulsa Transit system. A button in the bottom left corner lets you set favorite bus stops, allowing you to find them more easily on a route.
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The Ride Systems app also works with iPads and Android tablets if you need a little bigger screen. Johnny and Sal now travel around Stillwater with ease, and save a lot of cash. The OSU buses will take you anywhere they go for 50 cents a ride. It’s environmentally friendly too, because all OSU buses operate on clean-burning compressed natural gas. Orange is the new green -- at least around Stillwater.
A screenshot shows dots representing Oklahoma State University buses traveling their routes in the city of Stillwater. Buses can be tracked at thebus.okstate.edu or on Ride System apps available for iPhones, iPads and Android phones and tablets. Stillwater Style | SUMMER 2014
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Donna Harris
Home: Born and raised in Wellston, has lived in Stillwater since 1944 Age: 90 Profession: Business education, 21 years as a financial assistant Why do you do what you do: Typing and mathematics appealed to me in high school. Hobby: Knitting, crafts and cooking Last book read: Currently reading “The Legacy of Ruth and Billy Graham” What was the last movie you watched: “The Sound of Music” Favorite movie: “Gone With the Wind” because that was the first date I had with my husband. Favorite type of music or musical group: Gospel music Favorite food: Chocolate What is your favorite word: Love What sound or noise do you love: Trains. When I was little I used to meet the train with my uncle. What sound or noise do you hate: Crickets Most memorable historical event in your lifetime: Pearl Harbor Where were you when that event happened: In college at Central State, now UCO in Edmond
Generation To Generation Cory Johnson
Home: Stillwater Age: 27 Profession: Accounting graduate student Why do you do what you do: I’m good at math. Hobby: Soccer Last book read: Intermediate Accounting What was the last movie you watched: “Count of Monte Cristo” Favorite movie: “Red” Favorite type of music or musical group: Rock Favorite food: Teriyaki chicken What is your favorite word: Truth What sound or noise do you love: The blender What sound or noise do you hate: Styrofoam rubbing together Most memorable historical event in your lifetime: Hurricane Wilma Where were you when that event happened: Cancun
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“I took a trip from Portland down the West Coast. We went all the way down to San Francisco.”
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“It would have to be going to Nebraska this past summer. There was a really awesome art museum I visited that was amazing. A culture change for sure, but the cornfields were awesome and I got to see family I hadn’t seen in forever.”
“Going to Portland. Last summer we took a week long rode trip and at the end of it we went to Portland. We didn’t have anywhere to stay, but we met some Oklahomans living there who helped us. It was cool.”
“Going to Jamaica and playing golf while I was there.”
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“Italy was fun. Seriously, the coffee was amazing there. You got the authentic feel of coffee. That’s where we got our inspiration from for this coffee shop.”
Katherine Esquivel
“My cruise in 2004. I love the warm weather for one. The deep sea diving excursion that we went on. It was all over parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. It’s crazy but it is so much cleaner. The water was beautiful. You could see down far, far, far. And you didn’t have to drive a lot of places. Everything was right there. It was so accessible.”
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t’s summer when most of our thoughts turn to fun weekend or weeklong getaways. And those vacations create Pinterest moments and lasting memories. We asked some Stillwater residents to recall their favorite vacations. Here are their answers to “What is your favorite vacation memory?”
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What’s your favorite vacation memory?
“A cruise to the Bahamas. I liked all the islands.”
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