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J. David Jewelry, With Help From Allan Trimble, Creates Priceless Item
By Kyle Salomon
In February of 2019, legendary Jenks football coach Allan Trimble approached long-time friend Joel David Wiland about designing a ring that reflected Trimble’s life and legacy. Wiland is the owner of J. David Jewelry and had met Trimble 15 years earlier when J. David Jewelry was attempting to get selected to design one of the many state championship rings Jenks won under Trimble. Trimble was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in 2016. He passed away Dec. 1, 2019 after a three-year battle with the disease. One of his final wishes was to create this special ring. “I remember Allan coming up to me and saying, ‘I don’t know what it is, but I have this dream of making a ring that represents my career,’” Wiland said. “I’m like, how do you put that on one ring? Maybe a championship wrestling belt, but how do you put that on a finger? My thought was this ring is going to have to be so huge. How do you represent a lifetime of achievements on a ring?” J. David Jewelry Tulsa location store manager Brandon Lunsford was assigned the task of designing this ring that Trimble wanted. “I met Coach Trimble at a young businessmen of Tulsa event and we talked for a bit about this ring,” Lunsford said. “Coach Trimble then came into the store and we talked more in-depth about what he wanted. How do you convey 13 state championships in one ring? When he came into the store to talk with me, he said, look I am a coach, not a designer. I asked him if he any ideas and I asked if I could see his state championship rings, but they are down in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, so I took a trip down there and took a ton of pictures to get some ideas.”
Lunsford said he got a couple ideas from the state championship rings, but they were mostly cookie-cutter rings, which is not the style he wanted to perform with this piece of jewelry. “I had to start from scratch basically,” Lunsford said. I used a couple of elements from those state rings, but the rest was all inspiration from the golden trophy, which is every coach’s dream of claiming and he has 13 of those. When he saw the shield I put on the back of the ring with the words, faith, family, football, the tears started flowing.” Trimble’s football program at Jenks was built on faith, family, football. “He really dove into that when he saw the shield,” Lunsford said. “He asked what does that mean? Why did you do that? It had a special meaning to him. I actually took that from the movie, ‘300’. I know from talking with others and him that he used ‘300’ a lot in teachings and trainings. Your shield was representative of protecting your wing man, which is what he ingrained into his players. As I explained why I chose to do that on the back of the ring, the tears began to flow.” Trimble’s wife Courtney said it was exciting to see the finished product. “We knew all his different ideas and we were excited to see the finished product,” Courtney said. “It was pretty neat. He did get pretty emotional. He just thought it was very cool. It was something he want to do for a long time. It is something we can have forever. It is something our grandkids can have.” Wiland said Trimble left an amazing legacy. “One thing I heard him say many times is it’s about legacy,” Wiland said. “It’s not about what you are doing at the moment, it’s about what you leave people to remember you with. Every time I heard him speak, everyone always left with a piece of him. He always kept his priorities in line. God, family, and football. So many people, especially in football, can make football their god. To know he never got that out of place, it showed his entire career.” Wiland said the amount of people Trimble impacted in his life is at least in the 10,000s. “If there are 100 kids on a football team each year, their families, their friends, how many people’s lives did he touch? That is a legacy. It’s not possible to capture that on a ring. When we showed him the inside of the ring, that is ultimately what meant the most to him. That is what he based his career and his life on and that is why he was successful as he was.” The Allan Trimble Legacy Ring can be purchased through the Trimble Strong Foundation, as part of a fundraiser for the foundation. You can purchase one at trimblestrong.org.
Citizens Say Yes To City Of Jenks Bond Issue
By Kyle Salomon
Jenks residents let their voices be heard Tuesday with a landslide passing of the City of Jenks bond issue. 71.19% of the voters chose yes on the ballot Tuesday, while 28.81% said no. “This result is a big win for the people of Jenks,” Jenks Mayor Robert Lee said. “We’re looking forward to making good on these much-needed projects.” There was a total of 2,954 citizens of Jenks, who voted on the bond issue Tuesday. Of that 2,954, 2,103 voted yes and 851 voted no. “The turnout was bigger than anyone expected, and that is a testament to how badly we need these projects to happen,” Lee said. “Citizens need updated roads for their daily commutes, and they showed up in full force to kickstart these projects.” Here is the list of projects the Jenks residents voted yes to on Tuesday: $16 million for construction of south Elm Street from 111th Street to 131st Street. This will make Elm Street all five lanes from 111th Street to 131st Street and add a trail and medians with trees and landscaping $1 million for design of Elwood Ave. from 111th Street to 121st Street to include landscaping and a trail $1 million for design of improvements of Elwood Ave. from 91st Street to Main Street with landscaping and trail $1 million for construction of Main Street from Date Street to the railroad, including drainage going from Birch Ave. all the way to the Veterans Park Pond $1 million for design of 106th Street going east from Elm Street to the River District area where the outlet mall will be located The other $500,000 will be for cost of creating all five projects for the bond issue. The G.O. bond will be a 20-year bond and raise property taxes $75 per $100,000 in property ownership for the first year. However, the property tax hike will level out to a $46 per year raise per $100,000 in property ownership throughout the 20-year span.
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