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Standing amidst the debris left behind by the May 20 tornado, it was difficult to feel much beyond pain and shock. For the third time in less than 15 years, a devastating tornado had left a deadly mark on the city of Moore.

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One year later the scar remains, but it is overshadowed by one of the more remarkable recoveries in recent memory. Nearly half the homes destroyed on May 20 have either been rebuilt or are under construction, and building permits continue to be issued for more houses in the damage zone. Businesses wiped out by the storm have rebuilt and reopened, better than ever, and new businesses continue to flow into Moore and South OKC. For those reasons we invite you to join us for this commemorative issue of Moore Monthly magazine as we focus on the joy and hope of the future, even as we pause to remember the past.

Rob Morris

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HASHTAG TO HEROES: THE BIRTH OF SERVEMOORE • 11 A simple keyboard character, called a “hashtag”, becomes the rallying point for thousands of volunteers looking for ways to help tornado survivors. One year later that “hashtag” has grown into a movement.

BIGGER AND BETTER • 17 More than 1,000 homes and businesses were destroyed by the 2013 tornado that struck Moore. Not only are home and business owners rebuilding, they’re going above and beyond their previous structures.

HOPE AND HEALING: ONE YEAR LATER • 18 A state-of-the-art medical facility will soon begin rising on the site of the old Moore Medical Center, another testament to the resiliency of those who serve the local community.

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NEW FEATURES AGAINST THE DARKNESS • 8 It began as one of Moore’s darkest moments, but in the aftermath of the May 20, 2013 tornado that darkness was filled with remarkable acts of heroism and service.

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PLAZA TOWERS MEMORIAL PLANS • 22 The design of a memorial paying tribute to the seven children who lost their lives at Plaza Towers Elementary School will be a unique part of the entrance to the new school.

CITIZEN SPOTLIGHT • 55 Annette Huett has been educating children for 23 years. Now the Kelley Elementary science has a once-in-alifetime honor that validates her passion for her energetic investment in Moore’s young students.

ALMOST HEAVEN • 27 The West Virginia University baseball team had every reason to head for home after a disappointing loss in last year’s Big 12 Tournament in OKC. Instead, they loaded onto their bus and headed south to Moore.

CINEMANIACS • 59 The summer of 2014 is shaping up to be a wall-to-wall feast of action, comedy and drama at the Warren Theatre. Check out our preview of the best the blockbuster season has to offer this year.

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SHOP & TASTE • 66, 67 Ribs and roses, brisket and bouquets.

This month’s Shop and Taste features get you up close and personal with the allnew Van’s Pig Stand and the rejuvenated New Beginnings Florist.

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SEVEN MINUTES • 34 Two Southmoore athletes faced some of their most difficult challenges in the aftermath of the May storms, but those challenges were washed away by the outpouring of support from their teammates and rivals from other Moore schools.

WHERE WAS GOD? • 43 A local pastor turns movie producer to help create an emotional documentary that tackles one of the toughest questions life can throw at us.

SKETCHES • 24 The “end of the trail” for many of Moore’s pioneers has come to be a place where fear and gloom are dispelled by the remembrance of hopes and dreams.

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Against The Darkness, The Light of Hope Shines Brightest A

s the thunderstorm surged to life southwest of the Moore city limits on May 20, 2013, meteorologists watching their monitors wondered just how bad things might get. They’d known for days that conditions were ripe for a potentially deadly and destructive storm.

But the meteorologists had no idea things would develop as quickly as they did. The storm followed the eerily familiar pattern of two previous twisters, with the city of Moore lying directly in its path.

KWTV’s Gary England is the “veteran of veterans” when it comes to weather in Oklahoma. England said his team began to broadcast warnings immediately.

“I’ve don’t think I’ve ever seen one develop that quickly,” said England.

“We were telling people to get below ground right from the get-go.”

Moore resident and KFOR chopper pilot Jon Welch followed the storm in the air, trying to maintain his composure as the twister roared near his home. Welch remembers following the path of devastation to Plaza Towers and seeing children climbing from the wrecked school covered in mud and debris.”

Welch said, “We were one of the first to arrive at Plaza Towers and we could see the kids running out in complete disarray, looking for somebody.”

Those “somebodies” began to show up even while the tornado was still on the ground, tracking through the east side of the city. Police, fire, EMTs raced to help all across Moore. They were joined by hundreds, and then thousands of volunteers who flooded into the area without being asked.

When the worst was over, 24 people had lost their lives. A painful reminder of how unpredictably dangerous the Oklahoma weather can be.

But even as the grieving began, the Oklahoma spirit took center stage.

The slogans “Moore Strong” and “Oklahoma Strong” quickly came to characterize the determination of city residents.

People simply brushed away the tears, rolled up their sleeves, joined hands with thousands of volunteers from all over the world, and got to work helping each other rebuild their world.

Twelve months later we take time to embrace the journey by remembering all we lost while also celebrating all that we accomplished.

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From Hashtag To Heroes: The Birth Of Servemoore

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ServeMoore. Those were the two simple words that brought an entire community together after it was devastated by an F5 tornado. What began as a simple hashtag on Twitter exploded into a mass movement to rebuild, renew, and reclaim what had once been lost in a city full of people grasping for straws of hope.

On May 20, 2013, Sean Evans came out of his storm cellar and quickly realized that something was very wrong. “We were kind of getting radio on our telephones,” he said of the chaotic night. “But it was cutting in and out.”

Lead pastor for the Frontline South OKC congregation, Evans first checked on members of the church before reaching out to a friend at city hall and seeing what he could do to help.

“Our first priority was making sure that the people in our congregation were okay,” Evans said. “Then we began to ask the question of how could we, as citizens and as the church, start to serve the city.”

At city hall, Evans heard people telling stories of the 1999 tornadoes, and he could glimpse what exactly the city was getting into.

“They were trying to remember what was going to happen as they replayed it from 1999,” Evans said. “That was a really emotional night…nobody slept.”

The next morning, Evans began texting friend Chris Fox from Moore Community Church.

“Chris and I started talking through text, and I began talking with some other people in the congregation about how we could help,” Evans said. “We said let’s meet at 9 a.m. at the community center. Anybody that wants to help, let’s just gather at the community center in the parking lot.”

Four churches joined together to start the relief effort: Frontline Church, Moore Community Church, Love & Justice Church, and Adventus Church in OKC. “We just began doing whatever we could,” Fox said. “The tornado brought a lot of churches together that knew each other but maybe never worked together, and it also brought in new churches.”

That morning, Evans said they had 20–30 volunteers trickling in, dropping off trash bags and rakes. Since the Red Cross workers already had their hands full, the group decided to just start cleaning neighborhoods on the surrounding streets.

While they were cleaning, Evans noticed a few people from Covenant Life Assembly Church standing outside the church’s gym building—now ServeMoore’s headquarters.

They were offering water to volunteers when Evans asked about potentially using the building as a meeting place.

“They literally gave us the key that minute, saying you guys can use it as long as you want to use it,” Evans said.

Despite a new headquarters and a decent-sized group of volunteers, Evans felt as though they still weren’t making enough of a dent in the debris cleanup.

The solution? Social media.

Evans and Fox jumped on their social networks. “I remember tweeting something like ‘we could use 100 more people right now’…it felt like almost within an hour a hundred more people were there,” Evans said.

As the day went on and the volunteers poured in, Evans and crew began to realize they would need a way to stay in touch with the people who had come to help, as well as a way to get more people involved.

The idea came to register the group on social media. Jeff Nine, executive pastor of minis-tries at Frontline and a close friend of Evans who had been involved in the relief efforts, spearheaded the branding of ServeMoore. With a background in web development and marketing, Nine searched available web domains and Twitter accounts, ultimately securing the web domain servemoore.com and creating the Twitter account “ServeMooreOK.” “To us, serve Moore was just a verb. It really allowed people to key in and use it. Once we had a reason to use it, it spread like wildfire,” Fox said.

Moore Parks and Recreation director Todd Jenson also took notice of the group’s organized efforts, asking if they could gather people the next day to help clean up a devastated cemetery nearby.

Evans and Fox once again hopped on social media to get the word out, taking a picture of Covenant Life Assembly’s gym building and asking people to meet there at 8 o’clock the next morning. “The next day the word got out and spread like crazy,” Evans said. “The whole gym was filled up. We had a megaphone to tell people what we were going to be doing. I stood up on a chair because I’m not that tall…and I could see people out in the street trying to get in.”

Evans let volunteers know that the cemetery was only a half mile away, and as soon as he did, he said it was like a mass exodus of people crossing I-35. “By the time we got over there, I realized this was way more people than we ever expected would show up. That’s kind of when I realized God might be doing something bigger than us.”

What they thought might take 500 volunteers and three days to clean up took only four hours, said Fox. Even food services began to get onboard. “We got the word that Tyson Chicken had shown up ready to feed everyone,” Evans said.

Later, the folks at Tyson let the crew know that they had served over 3,000 lunches, and theirs wasn’t even the only food truck out there. “There were at least 3,000 people out there doing this work,” Evans said.

At that point, the potential of the organization as more than just a temporary disaster re-lief team began to take form. “We didn’t even know that this would be more than a 24-hour thing,” Evans said. “The funny thing about hashtags is that once a couple people use it, it gets picked up.”

Twitter quickly became the group’s main source of communication. “Every day it was just like people would wait to hear what the result was,” said Fox. “They really took their cues from Twitter. It was also how we told people what we needed.”

Evans remembered one instance when the group really needed sunscreen, so someone tweeted about it. Within no time, they had plenty.

“It was the generosity of people during that time,” Evans said. “The difference between a tornado in 2013 and in 1999 was the way people could respond based on the way communication was working. It really changed the game.” “[Twitter] was the only way we really communicated with people in the first couple weeks. If we had not had Twitter, we would not have been able to tell thousands of people how to get to this building and find the work,” Evans added.

Nine expressed a similar sentiment. “The benefit of Twitter is that it allowed people to focus communication and get requests from a whole bunch of different sources…it made us able to channel all activity and point people to one stream through the hashtag.”

That ServeMoore would ultimately grow into such a large organization came as a surprise to everyone. “This was a total accident. All we did was show up to try to help our neighbors, and because of social media it blew up into something that we never dreamed of. We kind of laugh about how in those first couple weeks we thought maybe this’ll be a couple months.

Part of it is we had jobs. Everyone had to figure out what their exit strategy was. We naively thought, we’ll do this for a little bit, and once people get on their feet, we’ll walk away. Once we talked and prayed through it, though, it became evident that what we had at this point was an opportunity to serve the city for a long time,” said Evans.

The organization has certainly come a long way since those hectic first couple weeks, realizing change in both the community and in the volunteers themselves. “It’s made me more compassionate. It’s made me more understanding, and definitely more patient,” Fox said.

For Jeff Nine, being a part of Serve Moore opened his eyes to the generosity of humans in times of need. “When there’s a common need, a unity forms among people that didn’t exist before. Destruction becomes a rallying point for people to put their differences aside,” he said.

Now the organization is shifting its mission from recovery to renewal. “We’re not talking so much about recovering from a storm but renewing and seeing an entire community healed,” Evans said.

He said the group has somewhere around 4,000 volunteers scheduled to come in as they head into summer break, and the current goal is to turn the focus back on local organizations and churches.

“We want this to be a long-term thing…but we don’t see another way for this to happen unless Moore and Moore congregations buy in,” Evans said. “We’re trying to get everybody to come, and under one banner say, ‘We just want to serve this city together.’”

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Bigger, Better, Brighter: Moore Residents and Businesses Rebuild

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or many residents of Moore, the first thought in the wake of the May 20 tornado was, “Not again!”

But within hours the mindset, tempered by the knowledge that the city had overcome previous storms, began to change. Director of Economic Development Deidre Ebrey, a Moore native, says the tide turned not because of anything city leaders did.

“It was our faith and reliance on our citizens,” Ebrey said.

“They were never ready to give up.

All the citizens gave us was determination, resilience, hope, and promise. So we were compelled to help them do that.”

Thousands of volunteers poured into the city to help with the familiar but difficult task of cleaning up and rebuilding.

Optimism grew as the months passed, and everyone could see the changes taking place in both residential and commercial areas.

Ebrey said, “Not only are we seeing a remarkable amount of rebuild in the damaged area but we’re also seeing new growth.

We’re seeing a lot of folks coming in with new homes that are nowhere near the damage area.”

With old residents returning and new residents moving into the area, it’s only natural that businesses should follow the same pattern. Most of the businesses that were destroyed have either rebuilt or have plans to rebuild. In addition to that, there are new businesses coming to town.

“You can see the character of the people in the buildings,” Ebrey said. “They’re bigger and stronger than they were a year ago, so when you talk about construction in general and all we’ve gotten done in a year, it’s actually pretty remarkable.”

Among the new businesses that have opened over the last year are Del Taco, LA Fitness, Dairy Queen, Firehouse Subs, and Oliveto Italian Bistro. A Mathis Brothers Sleep Center is currently under construction and there are also plans for a new Sam’s Club on the site where the Convergys building currently sits.

Businesses that have rebuilt include Walgreens, Dollar General Store, the Camden Village shopping center, Tinker Federal Credit Union, and Van’s Pig Stand. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Moore Medical Center tower will take place on May 20.

“Every single time we are challenged, we meet the challenge to up our game,” said Ebrey. “We become a tighter-knit community because we know what bad is and we know what good is. So we’ve experienced it all with each other.”

Ebrey says while the recovery and rebuilding of the past year have been close to miraculous, she believes the best is yet to come.

“Our two-year anniversary, I think, will be astounding,” said Ebrey. “I think there will be people who come through and think, ‘I wonder if anything bad ever happened here.’”

City leaders believe that part of the process is honoring the past while looking forward to the future.

“We’ll absolutely never forget it,” Ebrey said. “We’ve got to remember where we’ve come from,and you’ve got to learn from it and grow—and I think we do that well as a community.”

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Hope and Healing – One Year Later

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s a Moore native, I know the unpredictability, intensity, and sheer force of Oklahoma weather. Having been in Moore during many of the major tornados, I have seen firsthand the resiliency of the community. Monday, May 20, 2013, my second week on the job at Norman Regional Health System, I got an upclose look at the character, courage, selflessness, and desire to protect and heal others that was exhibited by the Moore Medical Center staff.

Before the tornado ripped through Moore Medical Center (MMC), colleagues and I were already in the car on our way to the hospital upon hearing the predicted storm path. We arrived 10 to15 minutes after the tornado hit. The first thing I remember after getting out of the car was the deafening silence. As we approached the building, staff had already emerged from the rubble and initiated a triage station at the Warren Theatre. There was a moment of disbelief when we were told there were no injuries or deaths within MMC. Every year, health systems plan, prepare, and practice for catastrophic events, and we hope and pray never to have

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to put those plans into action. On that fateful day, our preparation and each step taken to keep everyone inside the hospital safe— in the cafeteria, stairwells, chapel, and even in a second floor C-section suite with an actively laboring patient. Everyone showed true character and displayed tremendous compassion and courage.

Now, more than ever, the people of Moore have shown that they look to us to provide the hope and healing this community needs moving forward. The destruction from May 20, 2013, will be repaired, renovated, or replaced. The lives lost will forever live in our hearts and memories. For our patients and our community: this is where the healing begins.

The Health System will return with a state-of-the-art facility that will serve the city’s current needs, but also be primed and ready for the growth that will happen in the future. The new $29 million health complex will be constructed on the site where Moore Medical Center once stood, near the corners of Telephone Road and 4th Street, with a tentative opening of fall, 2016. The new facility is being designed with safety in mind, and will be built using

modern-day safety features. It will also include a tornadosafe zone for both patients and staff to use during severe weather situations.

Norman Regional Health System, in partnership with the city of Moore, will host a Moore Community Remembrance Ceremony and Moore Medical Center Groundbreaking event on May 20, 2014, at the former Moore Medical Center site. The program will begin at 10 a.m. by paying tribute to those we lost one year ago and will conclude with a groundbreaking for the new health care facility. This ceremony of remembrance and rebuilding is open to the community.

Moore is a resilient community and, like Norman Regional Health System, it is well on its way to becoming bigger, better, and stronger. What a privilege it is to serve such a courageous and caring community and to be a part of an extraordinarily committed health system. I look forward to rebuilding an exceptionally modern and iconic facility that promotes hope and healing in this great community.

This truly is where the healing begins.

Moore Hope & Healing to Come While Moore Medical Center was destroyed in last year’s tornado, our commitment to bring the best healthcare to the community of Moore continues. We are excited to break ground on our new $29 million dollar, state-of-the-art facility that is designed to meet the city’s current needs and be ready for future growth.

Services planned for the new facility include: • • • •

Full Emergency Services Comprehensive Inpatient and Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Physical Medicine Services Laboratory Services

• Physician Offices • Community Education and Meeting Space • A Wellness/Lifestyle Center

A Remembrance Ceremony to honor the courage and caring that took place last May is scheduled at the site of the former Moore Medical Center for 10 a.m. on May 20, 2014. Norman Regional Health System will break ground on the new healthcare facility immediately following. The Remembrance Ceremony and Ground Breaking event are open to anyone who would like to attend.

The physicians, staff and volunteers of Norman Regional Health System look forward to rebuilding a modern facility dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of our community. This truly is where the healing begins.

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Plaza Towers Memorial Plans Unveiled

by Rob Morris

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memorial paying tribute to the seven children who lost their lives in the May 20 tornado will be a unique part of the new Plaza Towers Elementary School building. Plaza Towers principal, Amy Simpson, says the architectural plans

for the memorial portion will help send a clear message of hope for generations to come.

“I want the kids that are coming into that school from now until 30 years from now to understand that this school promotes life and love and learning,” Simpson said.

Chad Vice is one of the members of the board behind the creation of the memorial. Vice says it was important to everyone involved to come up with an idea that honored those who died while still offering hope for the future.

He said, “We wanted to capture that, to do all those things without making it a sad place to be, or be constantly reminded of what was taken there. We wanted it to pay tribute to life, not death.”

The tribute will be a part of the entrance to the school and will feature seven benches, one for each of the Plaza Towers victims. Etched into the concrete of the entrance will be rays of sunlight emanating from each bench as well as a group of words that represent the positive aspects of the school. For someone walking from the parking lot to the entrance of the school, the embedded words will create a transition of emotion and ideas.

“Laughter, songs, and playing are what kids do at home all the time,” said Simpson. “As they move across the plaza, those words change to inspiration and friendship. As they enter the doors of the school, the last words are teach and learn.”

Stacy McCabe’s son, Nicholas, was one of the seven who lost their lives on May 20th. She believes the memorial accomplishes the difficult task of honoring the past while embracing the future.

McCabe said, “Just to know that the community is going to be able to go there and know our children that they have prayed for, that they have sent flowers and cards for… But you still have to go on tomorrow. And I know that that’s what Nicolas and all of his little classmates would have wanted—to go on for tomorrow.”

While the design is complete, fundraising continues to pay for the project. Those interested in helping complete the memorial may donate by visiting www.plazatowers7.org.

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Senior Living Giving Up The Key

Tips to Help Seniors Know When to Stop Driving

by Joyce Clark, CEO of Achievis Senior Living

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lder drivers are more likely to get in multiple-vehicle accidents than younger drivers and car accidents are more dangerous for seniors than for younger people. Intersections are particularly dangerous and account for about one half of fatalities in accidents among drivers age 85 and better.

Studies found that when drivers age 70 to 79 were involved in intersection collisions they tended to misjudge whether it was safe to proceed. Those age 80 and better simply failed to see the other car.

Increased road rage, driver impatience, tailgating, and overcrowded roads are making the world of driving more difficult for everyone. You may have driven your entire life without incident but it is critical to realize driving ability can change as you age.

Aging does NOT automatically equal total loss of driving ability but it is important for elders to know their limitations. For instance, you may decide to drive only during daylight if you have trouble seeing well at night. Stay off highways and only use street routes if fast-moving traffic bothers you. Avoid driving in bad weather.

If you are going to an unfamiliar place, plan your route before you leave so that you feel more confident and avoid getting lost. Explore ways to reduce driving, such as making purchases online or through mail-order catalogs. If possible, arrange for home delivery of groceries, and home visits by clergy, medical, and personal care providers.

WARNING SIGNS OF UNSAFE DRIVING Many small warning signs of unsafe driving can add up to the important decision to quit driving. If relatives, friends, or others begin to talk to you about your driving, it may be time to take a hard, honest look at your driving ability. Do you experience any of these warning signs: • Abrupt lane changes, braking, or acceleration.

• More frequent “close calls” or almost crashing.

• Dents and scrapes on the car, fences, mailboxes, garage doors, curbs, etc.

• Failing to use the turn signal, or keeping the signal on without changing lanes.

• Drifting into other lanes.

• Driving on the wrong side of the road or in the shoulder.

• Trouble reading signs or navigating directions to get somewhere.

• Missing highway exits or backing up after missing an exit.

• Range-of-motion issues (looking over the shoulder, moving the hands or feet, etc.).

• Trouble moving the foot from the gas to the brake pedal, or confusing the two pedals.

• Feeling more nervous or fearful while driving or feeling exhausted after driving.

• Other drivers honking.

• Reluctance from friends or relatives to be in the car with you.

• Getting lost more often.

• Trouble paying attention to signals, road signs, pavement markings, or pedestrians.

• Slow reaction to changes in the driving environment.

• Increased traffic tickets or “warnings” by traffic or law enforcement officers.

• Thinking the speed limit is too high.

Health problems can increase risk factors. Sometimes medications cause confusion, drowsiness, or blurred vision. Arthritis and certain diseases cause stiffness or tremors that impact the ability to turn the head, brake, or steer. Memory lapses cause some people to get lost or miss exits. Some health risk factors are: • Medication side effects and interactions.

• Visual decline.

• Hearing problems.

• Limited mobility and increased reaction time.

• Problems with memory.

STEPS TO ENCOURAGE SOMEONE TO STOP DRIVING Driving is not just about transportation. It is about independence and control.

If you feel that it is time to talk to an elder about stopping driving, approach the issue with sensitivity.

• Be respectful and empathetic.

• Give specific examples of concerns and incidents.

• Involve other family members, close friend, doctor, or minister.

• Help find transportation alternatives and offer rides.

• Help plan schedules so that rides include social, religious, and fun activities as well as chores.

• Discuss the financial savings of not driving such as no auto insurance or car repairs.

• Understand the difficulty of the transition.

• When all else fails, remove the car.

It takes a lot of courage to stop driving and put the safety of yourself and others first.

The good news is that senior living communities such as Heartland Plaza of Moore provide scheduled transportation and outings. Senior living is a popular option that also eliminates chores such as grocery shopping, cooking, housekeeping, and laundry.

For more information about safe driving or senior living, call Heartland Plaza of Moore at 405.799.9919.

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Sketches of Moore

Resting in Peace by L.T. Hadley

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long the paths through the American West is

board do something about the deplorable condition of

sheltered the “end of the trail” for thousands

the cemetery.

During the 1930s, a cemetery board was established for it and a perpetual care account was begun. During the mid-

of pioneers and settlers who fell from disease,

Smith said that Payne rose majestically to his feet and

60s, the board asked the city council to assume ownership

starvation, warring tribes, and the American equivalent of

said, “That cemetery is my private property. I’d sell the

of both the property and the perpetual care account, in

the highwayman. The forgiving land keeps its secrets of

whole thing for $5.00 if anybody would buy it.”

return for maintenance of the cemetery. This transaction

pain and sorrow, of unfulfilled dreams and plans. Moore,

Without a word, Meloy rose to his feet, drew out his

was approved, and the Smith cemetery became property

like many other communities along those paths, lent the

wallet, selected a five-dollar bill, and handed it to Payne.

of Moore. The size has been enlarged and now contains

use of its cemeteries to travelers. The westward-bound

Payne silently placed it in his wallet and then both men sat

two acres, though there are no spaces left for sale. During

pioneers usually left only a small wooden cross with a

down to resume board business. The next day they went to

the last few years, many improvements have been made to

name and date, which the elements soon destroyed.

the county court house and signed the transfer to make the

both locations.

As early as 1890, Moore had a cemetery. A homesteader

cemetery the property of the town of Moore.

Cemeteries should not be fearful or gloomy places. They

named Chestnut set aside a four-acre tract on his 160-

Albert Smith was appointed cemetery sexton and served

are perfectly natural places, since death is as much a part of

acre claim for a cemetery. It was a private property and not

for the next 55 years, until his death. He also served on

life as birth. They contain worlds of historical information.

platted. However, other people, and not just the travelers,

the Cleveland County Election Board, so he used an old

People drive all over the country searching out large and

used it without asking, choosing a place to bury their dead.

election record book for keeping cemetery records, plus

small cemeteries to get information for family records.

envelopes, scraps of paper, receipts, etc.

These can be peaceful places, places of quiet beauty and

Chestnut sold the cemetery to J.W. Payne in 1913.

Payne began laying out plots and selling them; trying to

In 1922, four more acres were added to the cemetery.

serenity apart from the hectic pace of everyday life. The

trace down names, dates, and locations, a nearly impossible

Through the years, more land has been purchased and the

poet Thomas Gray described it, “Far from the madding

task. Officially, it was a private cemetery, but people

cemetery now contains 22.5 acres.

crowd’s ignoble strife.”

considered it public property and continued to make use of it unofficially.

Early in the century, another private cemetery came into use. A different family named Smith, who lived at

Albert A. Smith, an 1890-vintage resident, related the

South Telephone Road and 34th Street, had a son who

following incident that took place at a board meeting he

died during a great flood in the area. Unable to get to the

attended in 1919. The chairman was G.S. Meloy and the

cemetery, they buried the son on their land and fenced off

other two members were K.W. Payne and John Godwin.

a part for a private family cemetery. Again, other people

Two irate women appeared and demanded that the town

began using that cemetery, and finally records were kept of who and where and when.

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Almost Heaven: West Virginia Baseball Team Are “Angels” For Moore Tornado Victims

by Cole Poland

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osing in the first round of the 2013 Big 12 baseball tournament could leave a bitter taste in the mouths of most coaches and players. But when Kansas knocked the West Virginia Mountaineers from last year’s tourney in Oklahoma City, any disappointment the team felt was washed away as they saw what was going on in Moore.

For Mountaineer head coach Randy Mazey, the emotions he felt are still crystal clear.

“Like everybody else, we were watching the coverage of what happened,” Mazey said.

“We saw the aftermath and a couple of our players texted me and said, ‘Coach, we’re here.

We’re healthy. We’re close. We gotta go do something.”

College athletes work hard and the team had just finished a long college season on a down note. No one would blame them if they just packed it in and went home. But Mazey says that’s just not in the character of this team.

“We talk to our kids about this all the time, that life isn’t baseball,” he said. “Life is life, and it’s helping people and trying to make an impact on people’s lives.”

The Mountaineers were eliminated from the Big 12 tourney on Saturday. Their flight home wasn’t until Monday. So Mazey gathered the team together for an announcement.

“It’s been a long season ,and you guys deserve to rest, so you’re more than welcome to sleep all day at the hotel if you want,” Mazey said. “But I’m gonna go down to Moore tomorrow and see if anybody needs

our help. You guys are welcome to go with me if you want.”

When he got on the team bus the next morning, not a soul was still in bed. Every player was on board with him.

Meanwhile Mark and Katrina Ellerd were still sorting through the debris of their home on King’s Manor in Moore, just west of the Warren Theatre. Mark was at home on May 20 keeping an eye on the weather.

Ellerd said, “It was may day off and I knew there was the possibility of a tornado, so I was just kind of working around the house when they said there was a tornado on the ground and it was headed for the Warren Theatre.”

Ellerd grabbed his cocker spaniel, Molly, and huddled on the floor of his bedroom closet.

“The storm just peeled the roof right off our house. It was a total loss, but we were okay,” Ellerd said.

Ellerd’s wife, Katrina, is a staff member at Journey Church in Norman. He says a few days after the storm, someone from the church called to say they were sending over a group to help them clear debris. That group turned out to be the Mountaineer baseball team, ready to dig in and make a difference.

“It was just amazing how much stuff they were able to help us move,” Ellerd said. “I would’ve thought we couldn’t’t have done it without machinery, but they did it. They did all that work.”

Mountaineer left fielder Jacob Rice, who graduated from Union High School in Tulsa,

said the feeling of just being in the Ellerd’s neighborhood was overwhelming.

“You hear stories about how bad it is, but you until you actually see it with your own eyes, you just don’t know,” said Rice.

Make no mistake about it, the Mountaineers are baseball players who compete with a passion and losing in the first round of the Big 12 tournament was a bitter pill to swallow.

But working alongside the Ellerds, who had just lost everything in the May 20 storm, helped put things into perspective.

Rice said, “We really didn’t even have to think about taking a day off when these folks were facing what they were facing. They would’ve loved to have a day off after all they’d been through, so we just looked at it as, ‘They need help, so let’s go help them.’”

Mazey said, “Because we wear these jerseys, it gives us better opportunities to have an impact on people and that carries a lot of weight. When there’s an opportunity to help we’re gonna take advantage of that.”

For Mazey and his Mountaineers, it was an easy decision to skip a hard-earned day off and put in some hard labor to help someone in need. But it’s the kind of decision that can melt the heart of even a die-hard Sooner fan like Mark Ellerd.

“I’ve been a Sooner fan my whole life,” he said. “I’ve had football season tickets since 2000. But when it comes to baseball, I’m a Mountaineer fan now.”

The bond between the Ellerds and the Mountaineers was sealed when the Oklahoma

couple was invited to the fall baseball banquet. Mark says he’s kept up with the team all season and even went to watch the West Virginia women play when they were in town earlier this year. So it was no surprise to see him at L. Dale Mitchell Park cheering and clapping as West Virginia opened their three-game series against the Sooners with a 7-0 win.

“It’s just hard to explain,” Ellerd said. “I feel such a close connection to this team now.”

It’s encouraging to Mazey that Ellerd isn’t the only Oklahoman who feels a special bond with this Mountaineer team.

“It wasn’t what we intended, but I think we made a lot of fans in Oklahoma,” Mazey said. “Maybe not baseball fans, but fans of our kids.”

That connection is mutual, bound by the unselfish actions of a group of athletes who chose to skip a day of rest in favor of a day of giving.

“This is something our guys will remember for the rest of their lives,” Mazey said. “They won’t remember the scores of the games they played here, but they’ll remember Mark and Katrina and getting to know them.”

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ANSWERCREW Question for a Fitness Expert I want to start lifting weights, but I don’t know what exercises to do. Where do I start?

Getting started is always the hardest part. There are a lot of programs out there, and each one has its adherents. Ask twenty people in a gym and you’ll probably get twenty different answers. Powerlifters will tell you to do fewer exercises, but do them heavy and with low repetitions. Bodybuilders will tell you to do every exercise under the sun, usually with medium weight and fairly high repetitions. Generally, the answer will be somewhere in between.

You always need to take your own goals into account, but a good program will include these elements: 1) Compound movements. These are the biggest and most important exercises you can do, and they should make up the bulk of your lifting program. Do them fairly heavy, something you can do three to eight repetitions of (fewer for strength, more for size). The main compound lifts are squats, deadlifts, bench press, and overhead press, but the list can be expanded to include things like barbell rows, pull ups, and dips, among others. These exercises work multiple muscles at once, and usually involve a functional movement that you might use in real life, like squatting down, or picking something up off the ground. These movements have a few benefits.

They will work your body very hard, which will not only produce the most results as far as strength and muscle growth are concerned, but will also burn a lot of calories. They will also make you more functional, as they tend to strengthen your core, allowing you to perform those everyday movements better. Luckily for those of us who have a limited amount of time to work out, they allow you to do a lot of work in a short period of time.

You might have heard that exercises like squats or deadlifts are dangerous, but that is only the case if you perform them with improper form. Consult a trainer or some of the many instructional videos on the Internet to learn how to do them correctly. If you have a disability or prior injury, take that into account when choosing exercises. (If you have a lower back issue, for instance, deadlifting may not be advisable; consult your doctor or licensed physiotherapist.)

2) Isolation movements. These are useful exercises, though they shouldn’t be the basis of any program. Isolation movements are things like bicep curls, chest flies, leg extensions, or calf raises, movements that only hit one muscle. They should be used mainly to help bring up lagging muscles, or help improve your strength on the compound movements. Hyperextensions for your lower back, for instance, can help increase your deadlift. Start with the compound movements, then move on to the isolation movements. Generally, these movements will be done in the eight to twelve rep range, so use moderate weight.

3) Core exercises. Your core consists primarily of the muscles of your abdomen and your lower back. They keep you stable and protect your spine, so exercises for them are indispensable. While compound movements do a great job of strengthening your core, it pays to give your core some more direct attention. A stable core will do more than anything to prevent back injuries, and will do wonders for your posture. In addition to the crunches and sit-ups everyone thinks of when they hear “core exercise,” there are things like planks, abdominal vacuums, Russian twists, leg raises, and hyperextensions.

4) Cardio. No program would be complete without it. You don’t want to do only cardio, of course, but you don’t want to avoid it either. A proper lifting program will give you some cardiovascular benefits, but adding direct cardio work will do you a lot of good. Your heart, lungs, and waistline will definitely thank you. As a bonus, cardio can help reduce soreness from lifting weights. That may not sound like much now, but once you do your first squat workout, you’ll be grateful. Do cardio after you lift, not before. Otherwise, you’ll just tire yourself out and shortchange your workout. Cardio on your rest days is good, too.

There are countless ways to work these into your program. For those just beginning, full body workouts multiple times a week would be best.

As long as you focus on the big movements and push yourself, you can’t go very far wrong.

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Senior Moment Special Precautions Advised for Seniors’ Summer Skin Care

by Kathleen Wilson Director of Aging Services Inc.

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s we age, our skin grows thinner, more fragile, and is less likely to rejuvenate itself. Because sun damage is the greatest threat to skin, people with sensitive older skin must take diligent precautions to avoid exposure to the sun.

While there are lots of sun screening methods and products available on the market, no single approach or product is 100% successful in warding off ultraviolet radiation, a known cause of skin cancer and other skin-related disease.

The best thing to do is to combine smart sun care tools and techniques to protect your mature skin from the harmful effects of the sun. Here are some tips to help you stay sun safe all summer long.

1. Don’t tan and don’t burn. Use a sun shade or beach umbrella if you are at a pool or lake side. Sunbathing is not a good idea for mature skin. Tanning and sunburns increase your risk of skin cancer.

2. Pick shade over sun. Prevent sun damage by staying in shady areas outside, especially during the hottest part of the day, which is between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

3. Apply sunscreen daily. Sunscreen is the most powerful skin care product you can use to protect aging skin. You should use a product that protects against both UVA/Ultraviolet short-wave and UVB/Ultraviolet long-wave rays with an SPF/sun protection factor of 30 or higher. Apply it liberally before you get dressed, using care to be sure that no spots are missed. Pay special attention to the hands and feet as well as any bald spots on the head.

Lip balm with an SPF of at least 30 should also be used and reapplied frequently.

4. Don’t forget to moisturize. Keep skin moist with a high-quality lotion or cream. Older skin is already prone to dryness; therefore, sun damage and hot temperatures can make matters worse.

5. Wear protective clothes. Long pants and long-sleeved shirts are excellent, inexpensive sun protection for older skin. Clothing with a tight weave offers substantial, reusable, and full- body coverage. Hats with big brims can help protect your face.

6. Sun and medication—beware. Some people taking over-the-counter or prescription drugs find that their skin becomes oversensitive to the sun.

They may get serious skin damage including sunburn, blisters, rashes, or swelling when out in the sun. Some of the medications that may set off these reactions include antibiotics (tetracycline and sulfa drugs), diuretics (water pills), anti-depressants, and anti-psychotics. When a medication is prescribed, check for the common side effects with your doctor. For overthe-counter drugs, read the label and information leaflet for possible side effects. If you have an unusual reaction, check with your doctor.

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Other tips to help you protect your skin when it’s hot outside: • Drink plenty of water. Try to drink eight 10-ounce glasses a day.

• Eat a balanced diet. Protein is essential for cell repair.

• Smile, frowning causes wrinkles.

• Try to get enough sleep. Cell growth and repair are enhanced while sleeping.

• Stop Smoking. Smoking robs your body of oxygen needed for cell repair.

Many folks who are older grew up in a time when little was known about how too much sun can cause skin cancer and premature aging of the skin. It is never too late for sun protection.

By protecting your skin from too much sun, you can help prevent the onset of skin cancer and sun damage to the skin.

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oore’s City Council has approved new building codes that will help fortify homes in the event of tornadoes.

The city of Moore has been hit with two devastating EF5 tornadoes within the past two decades, so council members hope these changes will make homes more storm resistant.

“We’re really hoping it makes a big difference in any future tornado events we might have to lessen the amount of damage,” said Elizabeth Jones, community development director.

The approval to make changes came after a study of the disaster area by engineers at OU. Changes in code include strengthening garage doors, requiring hurricane slips or framing anchors, and continuous plywood bracing.

The changes could increase the cost of building a home in Moore by approximately $1,500 to $2,500 per home, but for community members, safety is more important.

“We’re going to continue to have tornadoes, so I think we need to build homes in this community that will stand up to tornadoes better than they have in the past,” said Marvin Hayworth, owner of Marvin Hayworth Homes.

To help offset these additional costs, the city is looking into a down payment assistance program that would come out of federal disaster funds.

With the new codes, Moore has become the first U.S. city to adopt building codes addressing various tornado effects on homes.

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“I got checked out around third or fourth hour and I went home. And I was just gonna take a nap and just see what the day had in store for me.”

Vivi Luna had a good day going on.

“But turns out I got woken up by tornado sirens,” says Luna. “I’ve never really cared. I thought, ‘Whatever. I doesn’t happen to people. It doesn’t happen to me at least.’”

Growing up in San Antonio gave Robert Martinez a very different point of view. But even after three storm seasons in the heart of Tornado Alley, he could have never imagined this.

“I saw my house for the first time. I was, it was…” he trailed off.

Because a tornado is such a large scale event, in order to describe it you feel like your vocabulary should reflect such a hyperbolic thing. But anything that can be said falls short.

Subconsciously we try to speak some sort of prose out of something so immense yet we surrender to speechlessness.

“I was scared, shaking. I didn’t want to come out because I didn’t want to see what everything looked like,” Luna said.

She crowded into her storm shelter, one that would ideally fit about five people. On May 20th, 17 people squeezed into the space, along with two dogs.

“We were in there for about, I wanna say maybe, five to seven minutes before we actually thought it was OK to come out,” said Luna.

Seven minutes.

Seven minutes of fear most people never encounter, of being blind to the destruction of all the tangible parts of your life, and of leaving one world in the state you’ve always known, then entering an altogether changed one.

Luna, a pom dancer at Southmoore, is set to graduate this month. Martinez, a SaberCat wrestler, still has a year left. Both were affected in a way all too relatable. But their stories are relatable because they were not alone. Their stories are unique but not uncommon to the people of Moore.

“I saw a lot of my own pom members and their parents walking around there,” said Luna.

“And they all came up to me, asking me how I was, if there was anything I needed. I had a lot of friends, from school especially, that reached out to me.”

The support system surrounding Luna was comforting. People reached out with whatever they could to help their teammate and classmate. Whether it was clothes or shoes, a place to sleep or a meal to eat, the generosity of the community was there.

Luna said, “It just felt so good to know that I have such good people in my life that would help me like that.”

The Martinez family was taken in through a relationship made on the wrestling mat. Gareth Ballard, a wrestler in Mustang, and his family opened their home to the Martinez family.

“I thank the Ballard family a whole lot,” Martinez said. “They lived with us for a whole month. There’s five of us and three dogs. I thank them a lot.”

People shake their fists at the culture of today, say it’s become much harder, ruder, more dangerous and evil. But there are examples everyday of why you can’t write off community. We all witnessed the flood of support following the tragedies of April 15 to May 20, 2013. Boston suffered. West suffered. Moore suffered. But not alone. Turns out we’re all on the same team.

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MOORE MONTHLY | MAY 2014 • COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Community Announcements

GENERAL YMCA Before and After School Care, Moore Community Center; call 378-0420 for participating schools and more information.

Big Trash Pick Up. Moore residents will be allowed two FREE big trash pick-ups a year and one free voucher to the city landfill for each physical address in Moore. Call 793-5070 to schedule your trash pick-up.

Neighborhood Watch Program. Moore Police Dept. is starting a Neighborhood Watch Program.

If interested in helping your neighborhood reduce crime, contact Jeremy Lewis, 793-4448.

Adopt A Pet. Call Moore Animal Shelter, 7935190; 3900 S. I-35 Service Rd. Open M–F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat. 8 a.m. to 12 noon.

First Church Moore, 201 W. Main. Every Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. SONderful Wednesdays for Youth (7–12 grades). Free Community Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Family Activities & Church School at 6 p.m.

Afterschool Matters, an after-school program from FBC Moore that helps students toward academic success. Available to first- through sixth-graders every Tuesday from 3 to 6 p.m. Contact director Carissa Taylor at carissa.taylor@fbcmoore.org to learn more about enrolling your child or to volunteer.

Fresh Start Community Church Food Pantry 309 N Eastern Avenue, West Campus-Family Life Center. Open the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5 to 6 p.m. Canned and dry goods available. Must be a resident of Moore.

(Please bring an ID.) Oklahoma Home and Community EducationRobinson Group, 11 a.m. 201 W. Indian Hills Rd., Moore. Contact Phyllis Embrey, 895-6630.

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Dementia/Alzheimer’s Support Group, Village on the Park, 1515 Kingsgate, OKC, 3 p.m. Contact Karen Proctor at 692-8700.

American Legion. Every Wednesday of the month, 12–4 p.m. 207 SW 1st Street. For information, call Preston Simms 550-8516.

Moore Poets and Writers!

Come to Norman Galaxy of Writers’ free meeting, April 12, 10 to noon, and hear a three-member panel of wellknown published poets answer your questions about poetry. Lutheran University Center, 914 Elm; park in rear off College St. For more information, call Kathleen at 310-6512.

SENIORS Moore Senior Citizen nutrition site. Brand Senior Center, 501 E. Main, 793-9069. Open 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Mon.–Fri. Meal offered at 11:30. Call by 1 p.m. the day before to request a meal. Donation for a meal for seniors 60 and above, $2.25. Required cost for meal for guests under 60, $5.00 P.A.L.S. Program for Seniors. Seniors will be assigned to a buddy who will call every day to check on you. Sign up with Officer Lewis, Moore Police Dept., 793-4448.

Moore Council on Aging. Seniors may have transportation anywhere in city of Moore for errands or appointments. 8 a.m.–3 p.m., Mon.–Fri. Call 799-3130 at least one day in advance.

VOLUNTEERS The Hugs Project, non-profit organization puts together care packages for our troops in Middle East.

For more info call 651-8359 or TheHugsProject@cox.net.

Blue Star Mothers of America. Moore City Hall is a donation drop-off for items for our service members overseas. For needs, see www.bsmok6.org or go to City Hall.

Help Deliver Meals to Moore homebound residents.

Volunteer drivers needed. Call Darlene Carrell, 793-9069, Brand Ctr. Living Faith Church, 825 NW 24th, feeding program called the “Father’s Business.” About 100 families are provided food every Tues. Call Pastor Jimmy Milligan, 794-3161; or email to pastorjimmy@tfb-okc.com Serve Moore. Need help cleaning up or repairing your property after the tornado? Serve Moore is here to help get you back on your feet. Located at 200 S. Howard Ave. in Moore. Call for services or to volunteer, 7353060. Tuesday–Saturday 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

New Types of Transportation: *Metro Transit will provide van service for age 60 and older on Tue. and Thu. from the Moore area to OKC medical appointments. Call Jackie at 297-2583. *”Share-A-Fare” Age 60 and over or disabled to purchase taxi fare at a 40% off.

Project Return Home For Alzheimer’s patients in Moore. For information about enrolling a loved one, contact Virginia Guild at 793-4478 or Sgt. Jeremy Lewis at 793-4448.

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Ongoing Clubs & Classes

AARP meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 5 p.m. at the Brand Senior Center, 501 East Main St., Moore. Programs are on subjects of interest to persons 50 years and over. Potluck dinner follows the program each month.

Moore Old Town Association meets fourth Tue. every month at First United Methodist Church. For further information contact Janie Milum at: cjmilum@sbcglobal.net Malcolm Hunter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Moore, OK, meets secondnd Wed. of each month at Hillcrest Presbyterian Church, 6600 S. Penn, at 1 p.m. Contact Pat Towns, 376-5653.

Moore Rotary Club. Wednesdays at Belmar Golf Club, 1025 E. Indian Hills Road. Civic organization dedicated to contributing and volunteering in our community.

The Oklahoma Women Veterans Organization meets at 11 a.m. the third Saturday during the months of: February, April, June, August, October, and December.

Meeting location is the Sunnylane Family Reception Center, 3900 SE 29th St, Del City. If you need directions, call 405-445-7040.

South OKC Rotary Club. Fridays, 12 to 1 p.m. at Southwest Integris Cancer Center, SW 44th and Southwestern. Civic organization dedicated to contributing and volunteering in our community.

Moore Horseshoe Club. Every Thursday 6 p.m. at Fairmoore Park. Contact Johnny Vanderburg 237-1171 WOMEN Zumba avalible just for women at First Baptist Church Moore. Come experience a high-energy workout that’s a lot of fun! Classes every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m.

Call 405-793-2600 for more information.

South OKC Women’s Connection. This club meets every 3rd Wednesday at noon at Southern Hills Baptist Church, 8601 S. Penn, OKC. Call Joyce, 692-8792 for more information. Nursery provided!

Moms Club of Moore meets second Thursday of month at Westmoore Community Church. www. momsclubsofmoore.com FITNESS First Baptist Church of Moore. FBC Moore Community Life/Recreation Ctr. Two basketball courts and racquetball courts, fitness center, walking/running track. Open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 735-2527.

Tai Chi is avalible at First Baptist Church Moore every Tuesday at 6 p.m. The cost is $2 per class.

Call 405-793-2600 for more information.

Karate is available at First Baptist Church Moore every Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday 9–noon. The classes are free for anyone ages eight and up. Uniforms availble at a discounted rate. Call 405-793-2600 for more info.

Zumba with Crystal. 7:15 pm. Tuesday and Thursday Zumba classes at First Christian Church, 629 NW 12th. Cost is $4 for one class or $15 for a five-class punch card. For more information contact Crystal Forinash at 405-626-8711; zumba_with_crystal@ yahoo.com or at the website crystalnelson.zumba.com.

Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Instructor: Ritchel Schultz.

For more information call 405-793-5090.

Body Fit Strength Training. Tues. & Thurs. from 9 to 9:50 a.m. at Fresh Start Community Church, 309 N Eastern, 794-7313.

Zumba. $3 fee per class. Monday and Thursday nights, 7:15 p.m. at the Christian Life Center located at 201 W. Main St. MUSIC/ARTS Southern Hills School of Fine Arts, 8601 S. Penn, OKC 73159. Enrolling children and adults for private lessons in piano, voice, guitar, bass, drums, strings, brass and woodwinds. Call David Allen at 589-3618.

Sooner Sensation Show Chorus, Sweet Adelines.

Mon. 7 p.m. at Fresh Start Church. 309 N Eastern.

Call 436-5828 for more information. Also FREE voice lessons on Mondays.

RECOVERY/SUPPORT Fresh Start Community Church Celebrate Recovery, 12-Step Program will meet on Tuesday nights, 6:30 p.m. at 309 N Eastern, 794-7313.

Brand Senior Center. Senior Exercise at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Beth Haven Baptist Church, 12400 S. Western is having an Addiction Recovery meeting every Wednesdayat 7 p.m. Call Pastor Rick, 691-6990 for information.

Moore Community Center Boot Camp. One-hour class will be available every Monday and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10:15. Cost is $20/ month or $5/class. Instructor: Angie Ceyler. For more information contact Whitney at 793-5090 or wWathen@cityofmoore.com.

First Baptist Church Grief Share. Support group for individuals and family members struggling with life events such as death, divorce, disappointments; and learning healthy ways to cope with life. Meets weekly on Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 301 NE 27th Street.

Moore Community Center Zumba Classes. Fee is $15 dollars a month per person, Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. and

First Baptist Church Celebrate Recovery.

Support and help for those struggling with addiction. Meets weekly on Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, 301 NE 27th Street.

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MOORE MONTHLY | MAY 2014 • LIBRARY EVENTS

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MOORE PUBLIC LIBRARY SOUTHWEST OKC PUBLIC LIBRARY CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING Read, Create and Play 11 a.m. - Saturday, May 3 and 17 Story Time 10 a.m. - Tuesdays, May 6, 13, 20, 27 Books, Barks and Buddies 6:30 p.m. - Tuesday, May 6 and 20 Baby Story Time 10, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. - Wednesdays, May 7, 14, 21, 28 Make and Take 10 a.m. - Thursday, May 8 and 22 Sensory Story Time 10 a.m. - Friday, May 16 LIBRARY CLOSED Memorial Day - Sunday, May 25 Memorial Day - Monday, May 26 Movie in the Park at Buck Thomas Park 8:30 p.m. - Saturday, May 31

TEENS AND ADULTS Zumba 6 p.m. - Thursdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Herb Gardening 6:30 p.m. - Tuesday, May 6 Open for Business Book Discussion Group 6:30 p.m. - Thursday, May 8 On the Same Page Book Discussion Group 5:30 p.m. - Monday, May 19 LIBRARY CLOSED Memorial Day Sunday, May 25 Memorial Day Monday, May 26 Napa OK, Oklahoma Wine Industry 6:30 p.m. - Tuesday, May 27 Moore Reads Book Discussion Group 6:30 p.m. - Thursday, May 29

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CHILDREN’S DEPT. Baby Story Time 10 and 10:30 a.m. - Thursday, May 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Red Cross Disaster Preparedness for Kids 4:30 p.m. - Thursday, May 1, Story Time 10 a.m. – Monday, May 5, 12, 19 Touch, Learn and Create (TLC) 10 a.m. – Wednesday, May 21 LIBRARY CLOSED Memorial Day - Sunday, May 25 Memorial Day - Monday, May 26 Summer Reading Program kickoff 2 p.m. – Thursday, May 29

TEENS AND ADULTS Pilates 6 p.m. – Monday, May 5, 12, 19 Zumba 7 p.m. – Monday, May 5, 12, 19 Internet Basics 10 a.m. – Tuesday, May 6 Author appearance with Jennifer Pharr, National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 10 a.m. – Saturday, May 10 Social Networking 10 a.m. – Tuesday, May 13 Container Gardening 6:30 p.m. – Tuesday, May 13 LIBRARY CLOSED Memorial Day - Sunday, May 25 Memorial Day - Monday, May 26 Business Connections Book Discussion Group 11 a.m. – Wednesday, May 28

City of Moore & Brand Center CITY OF MOORE PARKS & RECREATION

Boot Camp at Moore Community Center A one-hour fitness class that will include thirty minutes of aerobic conditioning, twenty-five minutes of strength training and toning, and a five-minute cool down. The class will also include an introduction to a free online website that will provide tracking and tips on weight loss and improving fitness levels. Instructor, Angie Ceyler.

Monday & Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., Saturday 10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m., $20 a month.

Happy Feet Classes Buck Thomas Park. 1901 NE 12th Street. Happy Feet Classes are half-hour long sessions that include structured soccer activities with a ball and other fun props. Classes are non-competitive and incorporate songs and games to stress basic motor skills and introductory soccer touches.

Children who wish to continue their soccer education will be invited to play for a team coached by their local Happy Feet certified coach. Classes will be held every Tuesday starting May 6. Visit www.cityofmoore.com/fun to register.

Prices and times: 4 weeks - $34 - May 6th - May 27th 8 weeks - $60 - May 6th - June 24th 2-3 yrs old 10:30 am 4-5 yrs old 11:00 am Tippi Toes at Moore Community Center High energy dance classes for ages 15 months to ten years. Mini shows will be held in the fall with a spring recital in May. Tuition is $50/month and registration is $30, which includes a t-shirt.

Visit www.tippitoesdance.com or call 361-3620 for information.

Schedule is as follows: Tuesday 5:30 p.m.: Toddler & Me (ages 15 months-3 years) Tuesday 6:15 p.m.: Tippi Toes I (ages 3-4) Thursday 5:30 p.m.: Baby Ballet (ages 2-3) Thursday 6:15 p.m.: Tippi Toes II (ages 5-7) Thursday 7:00 p.m.: Hip Hop/Jazz (ages 7-10)

BRAND SENIOR CENTER ACTIVITIES For more information on other activities and times, call 793-9069.

May 1 10 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

May 2 10 a.m.

May 5 11-11:25 a.m.

May 6 10 a.m.

May 8 10:30-11:15 a.m May 11

May 13 10:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

May 15 10:30–11 a.m.

May 20 10 a.m.

12:15 p.m.

May 21 11:45 a.m.

May 26

May 27 10 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

Wii Bowling Jewelry Making with Eileen MCOA Monthly Meeting Gayland Kitch “Storm Preparedness” Country Music House Singers Ear Care Happy Mother’s Day! Last Chance Band Library BP and Sugar Checks provided by Loving Care Mini Health Fair Alzheimer’s Basic Info & Resources Country Music House Singers AARP Board Meeting Fresh Cobbler provided by Village on the Park CLOSED for Memorial Day BINGO with Allegiance Credit Union AARP Monthly Meeting & Potluck Dinner

Exercise: Mon, Wed, Fri 10:15 a.m.

Wed 12:15 p.m.

Thurs 9-11 a.m.

Thurs 1 p.m.

Exercise Line Dancing Lessons Wood Carving Oil Painting Dominos, Card games, Jig-Saw puzzles, Pool, Quilting, & Volunteer work to assist the home-bound or work is available at the Brand Center

Moore Council On Aging Bus Service: 799-3130 Seniors may have transportation any-where in the city of Moore for errands or appointments 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Moore Senior Citizen Nutrition Site Brand Center 501 E. Main.

Reservations for meals: 793-9069. Donation for a meal for seniors 60 and above, $2.25. Required cost for meal for guests under 60, $5.00

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Zumba Fitness at Moore Community Center, $15 a month per person or $5 per class. Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m., Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Instructor, Ritchel Schultz. For more infor-mation, call 405-793-5090.

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Calendar of Events & Performances MAY 1 • THURSDAY Moore Citywide Garage Sale.

MAY 10 • SATURDAY Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.” The mob is gathering the four families together to pick a new Capo di tutti capi since Big Team Hyatt Thrive Moore Drive Out Cancer Food Truck Tony was whacked. If you’re thinking about missing this sure to be Extravaganza. 5:00 p.m., 830 City Ave Moore. Come enjoy amazing entertaining show, “forgetaboutit!” Seating is at 6:30 with dinner food from Lalo’s I Love My Taco Chop & Grill, Smokin’ Okies Catering, following. Reservations required. Call for ticket pricing, 793-7779.

Hawk’s Hotdogs, and more. The event features a DJ and face painting, Moore Writers -- learn about publishers, book trends (Are teenage and a portion of the proceeds go to Relay for Life Moore. werewolves finished?), shelf life, and what’s new in what categories.

All that and more from the buyer of adult nonfiction and all-around MAY 2 • FRIDAY well-informed librarian for the Pioneer Library System, Cindy Stevens.

Moore Citywide Garage Sale.

Come to the University Lutheran Center on May 10 to hear it all. The free meeting goes from 10 to noon. Park in the rear off College Street.

S. OKC Rotary Club. Meeting is at noon. Southwest Integris Cancer Call 405-310-6512 for more information.

Center. SW 44th and S. Western.

MAY 11 • SUNDAY MAY 3 • SATURDAY Mother’s Day! Moore Citywide Garage Sale.

MAY 12 • MONDAY Earth Day Recycling Event at Moore Recycling Center. 400 N Moore Firefighter’s Santa Express Golf Tournament. 9:00 a.m., Telephone. 8:00 a.m. to noon. Take advantage of recycling opportunities Moore Athletic Golf Club. 920 SW 19th. Join Moore firefighters as like electronics recycling, paper shred-ding, and drive-thru recycling to they raise funds to provide gifts for underprivileged children for the celebrate Earth Day. 2014 Christmas season. Visit cityofmoore.com MAY 4 • SUNDAY - Moore Citywide Garage Sale.

MAY 13 • TUESDAY Planning Commission Meeting 7:00 p.m., 301 N. Broadway.

MAY 5 • MONDAY City Council Meeting at Moore City Hall at 6:30 p.m., 301 N. Family Fun Night. Blazers Ice Center, 8000 South I-35 Sv. Rd. Broadway, 793-5000.

Come out and enjoy a night of skating with friends and family! 7:15– 8:45. Music and retro lights are sure to be a hit for everyone! Cost is $10 Team Hyatt Thrive Moore-Cancer Blows. 10:00 a.m., Sanctuary with rental skates or $7 if you bring your own skates. Call 631-3307 for Salon. 2433 NW 16th Street, OKC. $25 Wash and blow out, all more info. proceeds go to Relay for Life Moore. Other services available with a portion of the proceeds going to Relay for Life Moore. Live music by MAY 14 • WEDNESDAY Carter Simpson.

American Legion. Open for all veterans from 12 to 4 p.m. at 207 SW 1st St. in Moore. Call for more information 794-5446.

Moore Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament at Belmar Golf Club, 1025 E. Indian Hills Road. Registration is at 10:30 a.m, followed Moore Rotary Club. Noon. Belmar Golf Club1025 E. Indian Hills by lunch at 11:00 a.m. The tournament officially begins with a Shot Gun Start at 12:00 noon. If you are interested in sponsorships or would Community Dinner. 5:30 p.m. Free meal for residents at First like to enter a four-person team, call 405-794-3400 for registration.

Church of Moore, 301 W. Main St. Call 794-6671 for more information.

MAY 6 • TUESDAY Family Fun Night. Blazers Ice Center, 8000 South I-35 service rd.

Come out and enjoy a night of skating with friends and family! 7:15– 8:45. Music and retro lights are sure to be a hit for everyone! Cost is $10 with rental skates or $7 if you bring your own skates. Call 631-3307 for more info.

Cancer Support Group, 6:30 pm. First United Methodist Church, 201 W Main St. Call Richelle Leibold at 794-6671.

MAY 15 • THURSDAY TFCU 2nd Annual Relay for Life Miniature Golf Tournament.

5:00 p.m., HeyDay in Norman. Join TFCU and Relay for Life for an evening of food, fun, and prizes. Registration is $20 per person or $80 for a team of four. Clubs, balls, and caddies ($20) will be provided. All proceeds go to Relay for Life. For information, contact Jan Davis at 3192975.

MAY 16 • FRIDAY Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.” The mob is gathering Parks Board Meeting at Moore City Hall at 7:00 p.m., the four families together to pick a new Capo di tutti capi since Big 301 N. Broadway, 793-5000.

Tony was whacked. If you’re thinking about missing this sure to be entertaining show, “forgetaboutit!” Seating is at 6:30 with dinner MAY 7 • WEDNESDAY following. Reservations required. Call for ticket pricing, 793-7779.

American Legion. Open for all veterans from 12–4 p.m. at 207 SW 1st St. in Moore. Call for more information 794-5446.

Sensory Story Time. 10 a.m. Designed for children ages 2–6 with sensory processing disorders. Call 793-5100 to reserve a seat.

Moore Rotary Club. Noon, Belmar Golf Club 1025 E. Indian Hills S. OKC Rotary Club. Meeting is at noon. Southwest Integris Community Dinner. 5:30 p.m. Free meal for residents at First Cancer Center. SW 44th and S. Western.

Church of Moore, 301 W. Main St. Call 794-6671 for info.

MAY 17 • SATURDAY MAY 8 • THURSDAY Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.” The mob is gathering Planning Commission Meeting 6:30 p.m. 301 N. Broadway. the four families together to pick a new Capo di tutti capi since Big Tony was whacked. If you’re thinking about missing this sure to be MAY 9 • FRIDAY entertaining show, “forgetaboutit!” Seating is at 6:30 with dinner Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.” The mob is gathering following. Reservations required. Call for ticket pricing, 793-7779. the four families together to pick a new Capo di tutti capi since Big Tony was whacked. If you’re thinking about missing this sure to be Be Moore Healthy! Bike Ride and Health Fair. 10:00 a.m., Buck entertaining show, “forgetaboutit!” Seating is at 6:30 with dinner Thomas Park. 1901 NE 12th Street. Event starts at 10:00 a.m. with a following. Reservations required. Call for ticket pricing, 793-7779. two or four mile family bike ride. There will also be a health fair along the walking trail featuring booths to help families learn about health S. OKC Rotary Club. Meeting is at noon. Southwest Integris Cancer and wellness.

Center. SW 44th and S. Western.

Team Kick It Powder Puff Football Game. 4:00 p.m. Hillsdale Free Join the Singles of FBC Moore for “Friday Night Live for HIM” Will Baptist College. 3701 S I-35 Service Rd. Teams of seven or more.

There’s a dinner for a small charge at 6:30 p.m. in our Atrium, followed Cost is $10 per team member and $2 for spectators. by a wonderful time of Praise & Worship with Jami Smith and a message from our special guest speaker, David Edwards. Recreation MAY 19 • MONDAY and table games to follow until 10 p.m. Please call 793-2624 for more City Council Meeting at Moore City Hall at 6:30 p.m., 301 N. information and reservations, or e-mail marji.robison@fbcmoore.org. Broadway, 793-5000.

First Baptist is at 301 NE 27th Street, just off I-35 South in Moore.

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MAY 20 • TUESDAY Tornado Remembrance Ceremony and Moore Medical Center Groundbreaking 10 a.m. at Telephone Road and 4th Street. The Norman Regional Health System and the City of Moore invite the community to join them as they remember the events of May 13, 2013.

The ceremony will include comments from Governor Mary Fallin and various community leaders. In keeping with the community’s emphasis on healing and moving forward, the event will also include a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Moore Medical Center.

Family Fun Night. Blazers Ice Center, 8000 South I-35 service rd.

Come out and enjoy a night of skating with friends and family! 7:15– 8:45. Music and retro lights will sure be a hit for everyone! Cost is $10 with rental skates or $7 if you bring your own skates. Call 631-3307 for more info.

Cancer Support Group, 6:30 pm. First United Methodist Church, 201 W Main St. Call Richelle Leibold at 794-6671.

MAY 21 • WEDNESDAY American Legion. Open for all veterans from 12–4 p.m. at 207 SW 1st St. in Moore. Call for more information 794-5446.

Moore Rotary Club. Noon, Belmar Golf Club 1025 E. Indian Hills Community Dinner. 5:30 p.m. Free meal for residents at First Church of Moore, 301 W. Main St. Call 794-6671 for more information.

MAY 23 • FRIDAY Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.”

S. OKC Rotary Club. Meeting is at noon. Southwest Integris Cancer Center. SW 44th and S. Western.

MAY 24 • SATURDAY Swamp Stomp. Andy Alligator’s Water Park is hosting an obstacle course run to raise money for Give Kids The World Foundation.

The 5K will start at 8:30am. The 1K will start at 9:30am. Both races will start on Market Place Dr. in front of Andy Alligator’s Fun Park and end inside the Water Park.

Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.”

MAY 26 • MONDAY - Memorial Day! MAY 27 • TUESDAY Family Fun Night. Blazers Ice Center, 8000 South I-35 service rd.

Come out and enjoy a night of skating with friends and family! 7:15– 8:45. Music and retro lights will sure be a hit for everyone! Cost is $10 with rental skates or $7 if you bring your own skates. Call 631-3307 for more info.

MAY 28 • WEDNESDAY American Legion. Open for all veterans from 12–4 p.m. at 207 SW 1st St. in Moore. Call for more information 794-5446.

Moore Rotary Club. Noon, Belmar Golf Club 1025 E. Indian Hills Community Dinner. 5:30 p.m. Free meal for residents at First Church of Moore, 301 W. Main St. Call 794-6671 for more information.

MAY 30 • FRIDAY Relay for Life Moore at Moore Community Center. 301 S Howard.

6:00 p.m.

Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.” The mob is gathering the four families together to pick a new Capo di tutti capi since Big Tony was whacked. If you’re thinking about missing this sure to be entertaining show, “forgetaboutit!” Seating is at 6:30 with dinner following. Reservations required. Call for ticket pricing, 793-7779.

S. OKC Rotary Club. Meeting is at noon. Southwest Integris Cancer Center. SW 44th and S. Western.

MAY 31 • SATURDAY Yellow Rose Theater. “Big Tony is Dead.”

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“Where Was God?” Documentary Tackles Life’s Hardest Questions

By Rob Morris

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t would be easy to mistake the intent behind the locally produced documentary, “Where was God?” After all, the film begins with the devastating impact of the May 20, 2013, tornado and then follows a group of people who were tragically affected by the storm. But executive producer Steven Earp says that while the title question is framed against the tornado that ravaged Moore last year, the reality is that everyone experiences devastating storms of some type during their lives.

“Some, after experiencing unbearable loss, decide there cannot be a God who loves and is all-powerful,” Earp said. “For Christians, the question of ‘Why does God allow suffering?’ or even more so, ‘Why does God allow innocents to suffer?’ is worthy of discussion.”

Filmmaker Chris Forbes, who is also one of the movie’s producers, adds that helping people work through the hard questions following those storms to find a foundation of faith is what “Where Was God?” is all about.

Forbes said, “This film has a message that transcends the story of the actual weather event—it is a story about the imminent presence of God in our lives.

My hope is that people in the future would find faith and encouragement from the watching it.”

One of the unique aspects of “Where Was God?” is that filmmakers began shooting shortly after the events of last May. The idea came to Forbes as he was driving through the devastated areas of Moore last June.

“I thought as I drove through that it is a pity how much of the story of recovery is never really told,” he said. “After the news teams leave, people don’t know what it is like to put your life back together after a storm.”

So Forbes teamed up with Earp and producer Brian Cates to begin work. Their first task was to find a group of subjects that filmmakers could follow through the coming year. The team is fully aware that some cynics and skeptics will look at the finished product and assume filmmakers “cherry-picked” their subjects to bolster their belief in God. Earp and Forbes say that when it comes to Moore, it was easy finding plenty of people who displayed great faith in the face of last May’s adversity.

“There are thousands of stories we could have told just as well as this one,” Forbes said. “It was more of a process of deciding which stories of hope and victory to tell.”

Earp said, “Every decision for why a story was or wasn’t included was complex, and many circumstances helped lead us to what we believed were the right ones.”

The filmmakers also decided to present those stories without narration. The choice to allow the voices of those they filmed to take viewers along on their difficult journey has produced an emotional experience for viewers. Those raw emotions are captured as the various individuals and families walk through the process of recovery, giving depth to a search for answers. Earp, who is also the lead pastor at Elevate Church in Moore, says that search can lead people to different conclusions.

“For every person who turns away from God because of tragedy, another person experiences a similar struggle, but instead of rejecting God, this person is drawn to Him more deeply,” he said. “I think it’s through the stories of overcoming that we can be inspired to become the best version of ourselves possible.”

Earp and Forbes hope “Where Was God?” can help those struggling with their own storms find hope even in the midst of their turmoil.

“What energizes me the most is watching someone’s life transform. When someone goes from despair to hope, from drifting to purpose, from questions to confidence...seeing others’ lives changed positively is what rewards me,” Earp said.

“The people in this film have forever changed me, Forbes said. “I am a better equipped for life because I met them. My faith has been bolstered by them. I admire them and love them. I love their honesty and I love their servant hearts.

They wanted to tell their stories to help others.”

“Where Was God?” premieres on May 16th at the Warren Theatre in Moore. You can also find information about where to see the film at www.wherewasgod.com.

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Moore’s New Public Safety Center is a “Game Changer”

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s first responders rushed to the aid of tornado survivors on May 20, 2013, the key members of Moore’s city government squeezed into a small room to meet with police, fire, and other key emergency officials to plan their response. It’s a testament to their efficiency that they were able to work under the cramped conditions to formulate an effective plan to meet the overwhelming needs in the aftermath of the storm.

Should similar events take place in the future, Moore’s leaders will have an infinitely better platform from which to work now that the new Public Safety Center is open. It’s a resource that Gayland Kitch, Moore’s director of Emergency Operations, is thrilled to have at his disposal.

“What this building does is give us a far better ability to serve our community,” Kitch said.

For Kitch and his department, the heart and soul of the new building is the operations center.

It’s a spacious, high-tech command center that is plugged into all of the digital information needed to make decisions in an emergency situation.

“Being able to make sound decisions is based, bottom line, on the information you have,” he said. “What the technology here gives is the ability to have information from many different sources.”

That information can be displayed on monitors and screens around the building and includes the capability of tracking the location of every police vehicle, fire truck, and ambulance in Moore and the surrounding cities. In addition to city government, police, fire, and public safety

personnel, there’s room in the command center for school and hospital officials.

Moore’s police department has also moved from the tiny, cramped space on South Chestnut into a facility that allows them to more effectively perform their duties. Assistant chief Todd Strickland says the new 51,000-squarefoot building provides ample room for personnel and equipment.

Strickland said, “Before the move, our emergency communications center was housed in a 15-by-15-foot room, which makes it really difficult to function as a modern communications center should function.”

Not only do the 911 operators have plenty of room, there’s ample office space for detectives, large classrooms for in-service instruction, a line-up room where officers will get their daily briefings, locker rooms, showers, and an inhouse workout facility. Officers will have access to new interview rooms and climate-controlled evidence processing.

There’s a new municipal courtroom as well, featuring a video connection with the Cleveland County jail that will allow for video arraignments.

The lobby of the new Moore Public Safety Building will be open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The lobby will be fully staffed from 8 a.m. to 5p.m., Monday through Friday, and partially staffed from 5p.m. to midnight.

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In the celebration of the last 10 years, we will remember bringing families together, partnering during community events, and the many relationships formed by a mouth watering custard concrete.

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hen’s the last time you watched a boxing match? Can’t remember? I can’t. I remember Tyson eating Holyfield’s ear.

Today, Tyson may be cool but he sure ain’t a boxer. And Holyfield—was he on “The Apprentice”?

Boxing seems all but gone. In between the Pacquiao and Mayweather chatter is silence.

Except at USA Stars on Broadway.

It’s tight. It’s muggy. It smells of sweat. There are weights and bags and boxes, negating any semblance of open space.

It’s perfect for a 16-year-old from Moore.

“I want to be a professional boxer,” says Josh Garner.

Garner attends Moore High School. And in the week before school lets out for the summer, he’ll travel to Las Vegas to fight in the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions, fighting for the same title won by Cassius Clay, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roy Jones, Jr., Oscar De La Hoya, and the aforementioned Floyd Mayweather.

“It’s one of the hardest tournaments,” Garner said of the Golden Gloves. “A lot of the pro fighters—like Mayweather and all them—they won the Golden Gloves before.”

“It’s one of the biggest amateur boxing tournaments there is,” said Joshua’s father and trainer, William. “Golden

Gloves pulls out the best fighters in amateur boxing in the nation.”

When you were 16, did you listen to anything your dad said? I didn’t. But the Garners are father and son working to make a name in one of the harshest sports.

“Yeah, it’s real tough as a dad sometimes,” the elder Garner said. “I think what gets me more is in the competitions, working his corner.”

In every sport, coaches stand on the sidelines and holler at their kids, and fathers sit a few rows up in the stands and holler at their kids. William is Josh’s trainer, one man doing the hollering of both roles.

“I’m getting better at it,” William says with a smile. “But it’s easier for someone else to work the corner, and I’m there because I get so emotional.”

“I appreciate it a lot because he’s been by my side ever since I got into this sport,” Josh says about his father’s being there to take, mentally, every punch with him.

Josh started boxing in 2011 when he was 12. Then he won the Ringside World Championship in the novice division. He’s won the Silver Gloves State Championship three years in a row. He’s won the Silver Gloves Regional Championship. Last year, he took the Junior Olympics State title and finished second at the regionals. And then

last month, he won the Golden Gloves K-O (KansasOklahoma) Regional in an open class bracket of 17 to 34year olds, which is the bracket he’ll fight in at Las Vegas.

“It’s gonna be pretty tough to compete in that weight class,” William said. “Although I’ve got faith in him and confidence, because he’s been fighting older guys since we got in here.”

Josh is proud to simply say he’s in the tournament.

“It means a lot. I want to do it so bad because it’s one of the biggest tournaments for a boxer to go to.”

But Josh is not content for his story to end there. ”It can go on your record when you turn professional and it can help you get sponsors.”

To hear him talk about boxing is to hear a mind made up. His course is set, and he has no intention to go off it on the way to his professional career. There is no “if.”

So the unconditional support sounds more like truth when it’s said of Josh, “there’s no mountain that you can’t climb as long as you set your pace high and you go for it”

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Moore High School May 6 6A Playoffs - 1st Round May 9 6A Playoffs - 2nd Round May 13 6A Playoffs - Semifinals May 17 6A State Championship

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TRACK Moore High School May 1 Conference Meet at Norman May 9-10 Regional Meet May 16-17 State Meet Westmoore High School May 1 Conference Meet at Norman May 9-10 Regional Meet May 16-17 State Meet Southmoore High School May 1 Conference Meet at Norman May 9-10 Regional Meet May 16-17 State Meet

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KID BOOK REVIEW Born to Read Author: Judy Sierra • Illustrator: Marc Brown • Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Reviewer: Darrie Breathwit, Children’s Services assistant, Moore Public Library Do you like to read? If you answer yes to that question, Born to Read is the book for you! On a quest for knowledge from the time he is born, young Sam is an inspiration to all readers.

Once he discovers reading, he never stops--even if he’s playing basketball!

Sam learns through his adventures “Readers win and winners read.” What else do you think Sam learns? Check out Born to Read from the Moore Public Library to find out!

Judy Sierra’s lyrical rhyming text and Marc Brown’s vivid colorful illustrations are a perfect combination. Although, the book is written for children 5–9 years old, children and adults of all ages will find the book engaging. It is an excellent readaloud book and is certain to be a family favorite. Reading out loud and together every day is good for brain development,

improves listening skills, builds early literacy skills, and provides important bonding time.

If you are interested in Born to Read or other books by Judy Sierra, please call 793-5100 for more information or stop by the Moore Public Library.

ADULT BOOK REVIEW Lost Lake

By Sarah Addison Allen • Pages: 304 • Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Reviewer: Julie Kreft, Information Services Librarian, Moore Public Library Kate and her daughter Devin are searching for a place to call home. When Kate’s husband dies unexpectedly, she is left adrift, unsure of what to do to both stabilize her world and nurture her unusual daughter. Suddenly a postcard appears, calling like a beacon, reminding her of that perfect summer so long ago and the boy she left behind. In a snap decision, she loads her daughter and car and sets off to the last place where she remembers feeling peace and happiness: Lost Lake and her great-Aunt Eby, the one person who ever truly accepted Kate.

Tucked deep into the fog and Spanish moss, and full of colorful characters, Lost Lake is an aging cluster of cabins gathered around a lake mostly forgotten. It is a haven for misfits, lost

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souls, and those looking to truly escape for a while. Unfortunately, with interstates and bigbox waterparks, fewer and fewer of those lost souls are making their way to Lost Lake. With resignation, Eby has finally decided to sell her beloved home. That is, until her niece shows up with her daughter and Eby sees in her the hope, revitalization, and family that she has longed for.

Can Kate find a place to belong for herself and her daughter? Can she come to grips with the memories and secrets of this magical place, tucked in the mist, lurking like shadows among the cypress trees? With so much at stake, saving Lost Lake will require trust, cooperation and maybe a little magic.

This novel is incredibly atmospheric, the lake fairly pulses off the page with its presence, bringing together lost souls and holding its secrets tight until just the right moment.

Like Allen’s four other novels before, in Lost Lake there is an air of mystery, a hint of magic, and a whole lot of Southern charm. When you pick up this novel, you might find yourself lost, chasing this bewitching story until the final page.

Lost Lake is available in large print or compact disc along with the regular print format. Allen’s previous novels are available in these formats as well as being available to download as audio or ebooks from the Pioneer Library System’s website.

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Moore Teacher Wins Prestigious Presidential Award

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nnette Huett has been teaching for 23 years, the last 6 of those years at Kelley Elementary in the Moore Public School District. Her passion for igniting students’ interest in science has not only made her popular among those she teaches, it has also led to winning the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Huett says that she loves what she does, but to receive this award is extremely encouraging.

“It validates what I do and how I do it,” said Huett.

“It was the proudest moment of my teaching career.”

Huett says her passion for teaching began when she was in second grade. Her mother told her she would line up dolls for class and even sit around and pretend to grade papers. That started her on a journey

that led to a B.S. in education from the University of Oklahoma and certification in elementary education.

Huett previously taught in the Mid-Del School District and was named the Oklahoma Science Teachers Association Elementary Science Teacher of the Year in 2009.

“The best part about teaching science is that every student is on equal ground,” Huett said. “You don’t have to be the best math, reading, or writing student to succeed in science.”

Huett also points to a child’s natural curiosity as a catalyst that makes teaching science a very natural thing.

“Kids are naturally inquisitive and want to find out how stuff works, why it works, and how you can make it go faster or farther,” she said.“I don’t have to make

my students love my subject. They come to my class excited and ready to go.”

Huett is the first Moore teacher to win the award in 10 years. She says going to Washington to receive the award was one of the proudest moments of her teaching career.

“I was proud of myself for not giving up on teaching years ago,” she said. “I’m sad that my mom passed away before finding out that I had won, but happy that got a chance to meet the president, get a trip to Washington, where I’d always wanted to visit, and that I got to speak to my senator about the importance of teaching science at the elementary level.”

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ANSWERCREW Question for a Gardener What are some ways to conserve water during periods of drought?

Summer sun will evaporate water quickly. To maintain an adequate supple for your plants, mulch heavily with organic materials, like grass clippings, shredded leaves, sawdust, shredded newspapers, compost or other natural materials.

This does at least two things. One, it keeps moisture near the plants roots and, two, mulch helps to suppress weeds. If you deplete your grass clippings, locate others’ black bags full at the curbside. Be certain that their lawns weren’t chemically fertilized.

Your ability to save water can be accomplished by installing rain barrels. I have two 50-gallon drums sitting on cement blocks. The first one has an overflow tube leading to the backup. A downspout from the roof gutters directs a stream of water into the barrel. It is quite efficient. The Cleveland County Conservation District offers workshops on saving water. Barrels are usually available for sale at that time.

As spring goes into summer, we can expect hotter weather. Now is the time to plant vegetables such as squash, pumpkins, okra, cucumbers, and cantaloupes.

If you started tomatoes indoors in flats along with eggplant and peppers, your seedlings should be ready to transplant to the soil. In my raised beds, I set out several tomato plants and then sow bush beans around the inside perimeter. This makes good use of the available soil and provides additional nitrogen. Sow beans every two weeks for a continuous harvest.

Gardeners have to be the world’s bravest optimists. Knowing that pitfalls are around the next bend doesn’t deter them from starting a new garden every season.

Here in Oklahoma where we enjoy long growing periods, it is possible to have several crops annually. Under the right conditions, using season extenders like hoop houses, you might be able to grow around the year.

A really hot summer is predicted. Again, mulch heavily, water frequently and, if necessary, make a canopy with an old sheet to cover the tender plants. Incorporate children in all your activities when feasible.

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I start flowers indoors like marigolds, zinnias, and nasturtiums indoors and set the seedlings throughout the vegetable garden. These companion plants both offer protection from bugs and attract pollinators.

Over fifty avid gardeners were attracted to my semi-annual seed and plant exchange at the Norman Public Library. Many people took notes, discussed similar problems and took home more than 100 seed packets of herbs, flowers, and vegetables. Attending garden workshops helps you keep abreast of current trends, new tools, and the best of seeds. The Mother Earth News Fair will be held in Topeka, Kansas, next October. There you’ll have an opportunity to rub shoulders with key people in agriculture.

Following the astronomical garden calendar can assist gardeners in scheduling seed and plant sowing. It makes sense to use every available resource for a successful garden or farm. The environment can be so fickle with its blistering sun, high winds, tornados, and quick freezes that we must stay aware of the signals of impending storms. A single hail storm can decimate a crop. Stay abreast of the local weather through the newspaper or from TV meteorologists.

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Moore Movie Guide: May 2014 Be the first to see the latest films coming to the Warren.

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him, impacting on his life.

GODZILLA The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

MALIFICENT The untold story of the villain from “Sleeping Beauty” reveals the events that hardened Maleficent’s heart and drove her to curse the baby, Aurora, only to later realize that the child may hold the key to peace in the land.

BELLE An illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle.

MAY 9 NEIGHBORS A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.

CHEF A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.

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MILLION DOLLAR ARM A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Asian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.

MAY 23 X-MEN:DAYS OF FUTURE PAST The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

BLENDED After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows.

A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love.

Editor’s Note: Each month our Movie Guide provides a listing of top films expected at the Warren.

Dates are subject to change.

Summer Movie Preview

by Rob Morris

Your Guide to a Summer of Webslinging, Giant Lizards, and Embarrassing Bike Rides

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he summer of 2014 is shaping up to be yet another season of wall-to-wall blockbusters, opening week after week in a battle for box office supremacy. While some movie fans will complain that Hollywood is just trotting out another round of special-effects-laden reboots, rehashes, and sequels… you can bet that the average movie-goer will happily fork over their cash to be entertained.

The summer gets under way in earnest when “The Amazing Spiderman 2” webs its way into theaters on May 2. Anthony Garfield is back as Peter Parker/ Spidey in a second edition of the Mark Webb-directed rebooting that promises to be much more action heavy than Amazing-1’s emo-laden origin story.

Also rebooting on May 9, and rebooting in a big, big way, is “Godzilla.” Now before you roll your eyes at the thought of another giant lizard movie, consider this: Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) is one of the stars. That alone should create enough interest for movie fans.

Two intriguing sci-fi films are on deck this summer: “Edge of Tomorrow” ( June 6) and “Jupiter Ascending” ( July 18). Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt headline the first movie which, based on trailers, appears to be a “Groundhog Day” style story of an inept soldier who relives a futuristic battle over and over again, becoming a more refined fighting machine each time. Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum headline “Jupiter Ascending,” another offering from the Wachowski siblings (“The Matrix” trilogy, “Cloud Atlas”) that feels a lot like an epic space opera.

On the comedy side of the ledger Jon Favreau’s “Chef ” (May 9) is getting lots of positive buzz. Favreau directs and stars as a big-city chef who loses his job and goes on the road in a food truck to regain his cooking mojo.

Joining him on the journey is Sofia Vergara (ABC’s “Modern Family) which, frankly, is reason enough for ANY red-blooded male to check this movie out.

Depending on your feelings about Adam Sandler, the news that he and Drew Barrymoore are teaming up again for “Blended” may be cause for celebration or despair. The pair made for big-screen magic with “The Wedding Singer,” but that was back in 1998, and Sandler’s comedies have been on a depressing, downward death spiral since. Still, there’s reason for foolish optimism.

Maybe. Maybe not.

ACTION “X-Men: Days of Future Past” (May 23) Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy “Malificent” (May 28) Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning “Transformers: Age of Extinction” ( June 27) Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” ( July 11) Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis “Hercules” ( July 25) Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes

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“Guardians of the Galaxy” (August 1) Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana “The Expendables” (August 15) Sylvester Stallone and thousands of over-the-hill action stars COMEDY “Walk of Shame” (May 2) Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden “Neighbors’ (May 9) Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Lisa Kudrow “22 Jump Street” ( June 13) Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill

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“How to Train Your Dragon 2” ( June 13) Jay Baruchel, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, America Ferrera DRAMA “The Fault in Our Stars” ( June 6) Shailene Woodley, Willem Dafoe “The Giver” (August 15) Alexander Skarsgard, Meryl Streep

Here’s a list of other films of note scheduled for release this summer: © Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers Entertainment

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ANSWERCREW Question for an Financial Planner So you’re getting a tax refund! Do you spend it as quickly as you can?

Many of us do just that, and then we wonder where the money went. Here are ten ideas for your income tax refund that will help you spend or save it mindfully.

1.

Create or continue to fund your emergency fund. Your minimum

should be three months’ worth of expenses, and six is better.

2.

Pay down your highest interest rate credit card.

3.

Fund your company’s retirement plan, especially if they match.

Remember a match is equal to receiving a 100% return on

the money you put in the plan.

4.

Invest in a no load mutual fund or exchange traded fund.

5.

Fund a college plan for the child in your life.

6.

Save it to help your parents, should they need it later.

7.

Save it to buy birthday or holiday gifts later in the year.

8.

Apply it toward a family vacation.

9.

Donate it to your favorite charity.

10.

Have a family discussion about the money, and use it for the

consensus vote. Letting your children participate in appropriate

financial discussions helps them have a more realistic

understanding

of money. However, never frighten them

or burden them with issues they can’t control.

Remember that a tax refund means the government had the use of your

money, and they don’t pay interest! If your refund is large, consider adjusting the amount of tax you have withheld next year. Talk to your tax professional for appropriate strategies.

This is educational, not investment advice. Investing is risky, and you can lose money. Talk to your tax professional and financial planner about any strategies before you implement them.

Peggy Doviak, Ph.D., CFP® D.M. Wealth Management, Inc. 201 E Main St. Norman, OK 73069 405-329-8884

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ANSWERCREW Question for an Accountant

Question about Insurance

Dear Tax Guy:

How do I track out-of-pocket spending under the new health care plans?

OK – I just finished filing (ugh!) my 2013 income tax returns. It sucked. I owed money – what can I do this year to make April 15, 2015, less horrible?

Joe Taxpayer

All of the new plans have two different elements that track your out-ofpocket spending. Basically when you start to use your health insurance, you should expect to pay some of the costs of the services you use. A good analogy is

Hey, Joe: Get ahead of the curve. What do I mean by that? Are you self-employed, an independent contractor, working contract labor? The people you work for will not withhold taxes. You might have to pay estimated income taxes throughout the year. If you switch jobs, that can change your tax situation. Be proactive.

Sometimes, it seems to me that people treat taxes like a leper. Only when they have to actually address it, do they. That is when they fire up Turbo Tax, or take their paperwork to their tax preparer. If you send in a little money at a time (like an employer does with your income tax withholdings), it is much more manageable than owing a bunch of money that you don’t have because you spent it. Understand the relationship between your income and your income taxes.

Create a record keeping system. The more complicated your tax situation, the more organized you need to be. Challenge yourself to be proactive about your tax life, your financial life. If you ignore your car, it might stop working. If you ignore your tax life, it, too, can stop working. Then come frustration, anger, and that feeling of impotence that causes us to just stuff all tax stuff into a box in the back of the garage.

Learn what tax situations apply to you. Are you young with children? Child Tax Credit, Dependent Care Credit. Are you over age 70 ½ with an IRA? Remember you need to take a Required Minimum Distribution. Do you have college age children? Education Credits. As a professional tax preparer, I still find the tax code to be daunting, but, you can learn the basics as they apply to you. Remember, your tax preparer may prepare your return, but you are responsible for it. Good luck.

Mike Rush, CPA 405 833-0780 Mrush11@cox.net

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to imagine having two buckets that your portion of medical spending goes into.

So you have bucket #1—your standard Deductible; and bucket #2—your Outof-pocket Maximum. For example, at the Silver level, most of the plans have copays for things like doctors’ visits, prescription drugs, or the ER. Under the new laws, all of these copays count towards bucket #2—your outof-pocket maximum. “OOPM” is a term used in health insurance to basically inform you, as the consumer, of the maximum amount of money you will pay out of your own pocket in any one calendar year. This is slightly different than your deductible. Your deductible, or bucket #1, is another tracking element to monitor how much you pay for a specific service such as a hip surgery, MRI, or outpatient procedure. The good news is that bucket #1 fits inside bucket #2; or, in other words, your deductible counts towards your OOPM. Just watch out for X-rays, imaging, and diagnostic procedures, as generally you will pay the full cost until you reach your deductible.

If you chose a Bronze level plan, or catastrophic level plan, you more than likely chose a plan referred to as a First Dollar Coverage plan. With the exception of preventive services (which are covered at 100% under the new laws), you pay the full cost of any services under First Dollar Coverage plans until you hit your deductible. After that you pay only a percentage of any remaining charges until you hit your OOPM. Since many of these bronze plans have a deductible equal to the OOPM, you essentially pay the full cost for any non-preventive services until you reach your OOPM. For most bronze level plans, that OOPM amount is $6350 per individual but no more than $12,700 per family.

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SHOP&TASTE BY LAUREN CASONHUA

A New Beginning Florist 527 SW 4th St, Moore, OK 73160 • (405) 799-4492

J

enifer Halstead couldn’t have predicted that a few years after taking ownership of the quaint florist shop she’d worked at since college, the name “A New Beginning” would take on a much more tangible, personal meaning. That’s because a few years after acquiring ownership, the May 20th tornado tore through Moore and missed the shop by a hair, completely demolishing the 7-Eleven across the street.

“We were really lucky and blessed to be where we were,” said Halstead of the fateful day. “God had his hand on us.”

Halstead said the original owner came up with the name. “It was a new beginning for her because she was a teacher for several years and had always wanted to own one,” said Halstead. “The name was perfect for her...and now me owning it.”

Halstead said the impact of the tornado is still fresh even one year later. “It is still definitely very real. It pulls on your heartstrings,” she said.

In fact, Halstead is probably lucky to have gotten away unscathed--she was making deliveries right up until the tornado sirens began to blare. “We made deliveries for as long as we could...we had one delivery left and I had promised the family I would have it delivered in time,” she said.

Halstead said she hopped in her car and made the delivery, but on her way back she realized she hadn’t forwarded the store’s phone to her cell phone. Just as she was going into the shop to do it, the sirens started going off. “I thought, ‘oh...krum.’ I have probably pushed this way too far,” Halstead said.

She quickly jumped in the car and sped to her in-laws’ home because they had a storm shelter. Merely ten minutes later, safe and sound in the shelter, she heard the tornado’s roar. “I just remember looking at my father-in-law like, ‘what is that?’ And he said, ‘It’s here. It’s coming.’”

Halstead said she never once thought about the flower shop..until the storm passed and her father-in-law brought it up. Halstead said she was numb as they made their way to 4th and Telephone, where the shop is located.

“The picture in my head is still just broken trees and power lines everywhere.

You couldn’t even make out what things were. I think what broke your heart the most was seeing pictures,” she said.

When Halstead saw her merchandise in the shop’s parking lot, the devastation hit home. “I remember just crying,” she said.

It took several weeks to clean up the debris, and finally, in mid-August, the shop reopened. “It was really nice to come back,” she said.

Now, one year later, the shop is thriving just like it did before the tornado ever hit.

Halstead said what she likes about her job is the relationships she builds with people.

“We have some people that have used us since before I was owner...I’ve seen customers come through when we’ve done their kids’ prom corsages...and now we’re doing their weddings. It’s fun to watch them grow.”

When Halstead initially started working at the flower shop nine years ago, her main motivation for taking the job was because she loved flowers. “Gardening outside is kind of my thing,” she said. She bought the shop when the owner received opportunities out-of-state.

Of course, no shop can thrive without customers, and Halstead takes special pride in the personable nature of her business. “We always have a smile on our face. I think that has a lot to do with it. People gravitate towards that.”

The shop also offers unique designs. “We get tropical flowers flown in every week from Hawaii. That’s what our customers want. They want something they can’t just go down the street and get,” Halstead said. “We can do the traditional roses and baby’s breath, but we also cater to people that love to see out of the box designs.”

As for the future, Halstead said it’s in God’s hands. “I think we’ll go a long ways. If that’s God’s plan, then that’s my plan...I don’t know what’s in store for us but I look forward to whatever it is.”

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SHOP&TASTE BY LUKE SMALL

Van’s Pig Stand 1991 Tower Drive, Suite A, Moore, OK • (405) 703-3000

T

hese days in Moore, the sweet smell of barbecue passes through the air causing cars to inexplicably turn on their own toward the corner of 19th Street and Tower Drive. You might pass by the intersection and suddenly feel your mouth watering for some brisket. We’ve heard stories of grown men, in near tears, gathering the family for oddly timed afternoon barbecue runs. A little hyperbole, but you get the picture.

But the smell of barbecue––and people’s responses to it––are nothing new to Moore. What is different this time is that smell of BBQ means more. The smell of delicious ribs, brisket, and pulled pork is actually the smell of renewal.

“We didn’t know if we’d have a store [after the tornado],” said Mark Shuman, coowner of Van’s Pig Stands.

A year after the tornado destroyed the Moore location of Oklahoma’s oldest familyowned BBQ restaurant, Van’s Pig Stands, is back bigger and better than ever. The store is actually a small strip center four times the size of their old store on 4th Street.

“I think it’s important for Moore to have us rebuild because [it’s] part of that growth and moving forward,” said Nina Shuman.

Nina Vandegrift Shuman might as well have barbecue sauce running in her veins.

Her grandparents, the Vandegrifts, opened the first Van’s store in Shawnee almost eight-five years ago. Today, Nina’s brother Jev Vandegrift and her husband, Mark Shuman, stay busy running four different locations of a restaurant known nationwide for its great barbecue.

It’s a restaurant where the recipes are a bigger secret than what’s in Fort Knox.

Maybe the only thing the Shumans and the Vandegrifts will tell you is that their meats are slow-smoked for twelve to sixteen hours. If that is not enough to get your mouth watering, you might want to check your pulse.

“We may serve it fast, but it’s cooked slow,” Mark Shuman said.

For a year, Moore residents have been patiently waiting for the store to reopen. But nobody––not even the Shumans—thought the store would look quite as nice as it does right now.

“We really wanted to focus on the history of Van’s since [it is] a brand-new building,” Nina Shuman said.

History is displayed in photos of Nina’s grandparents and parents on the walls as well as in murals painted by Nina’s mom. The main mural in the back of the restaurant depicts Nina’s grandparents standing in front of the original Van’s in Shawnee.

There’s even an area the Shumans call “the shack,” which recreates the look of Van’s when it was simply a stand in Wewoka in 1928.

Van’s Pig Stands has made a name for itself with great barbecue and a cool history.

But the Vandegrifts also pioneered great customer service, something the Shumans hope to continue for years to come.

“If you come in several times, chances are we’re going to remember your name,” Mark said.

A storm shelter outside the front of the store is the only reminder of that painful day one year ago––that and a mural showing photos of the damage the tornado did to the old store. It serves as a reminder of what the Shumans and Vandegrifts had to overcome to rebuild. It makes the construction of their newest store all the more remarkable.

As Nina said, “Being able to build bigger and stronger makes us Moore Strong, and that’s important for the community.”

Here’s hoping the smell of great barbecue will make Moore residents hungry for many years to come.

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ANSWERCREW Question for a Business Owner Long-Term Internal Priorities and Policies

I keep reading about social and economic issues in various parts of the world, including entire countries on the brink of social and economic collapse and those where there is military conflict. All of this is troubling and I see the impact in gas prices at the pump and fluctuations in the stock market. I understand that there are many other factors that affect the prices we pay for goods, but am confused. Can you help me make sense of all of this?

This is a complicated subject, but I’ll try. This discussion will necessitate moving from our usual focus on business and business finance to economics and personal finance.

The world is becoming a “smaller” place because of instant communications, speedy travel between continents, the integration of world trade and economies, and even the consolidation of sovereign interests to maximize global interests and advantage (e.g., the European Union).

Developing countries under pressure from their citizens to raise existing living standards require development of local resources not previously fully exploited: raw materials, manufactured products, local labor and services that can be economically sourced locally but applied on a worldwide basis (such as call centers).

For purposes of this discussion, we will divide these global dynamics into five areas: (1) supply and demand (2) speculative forces (3) domestic and inter-governmental policies (4) monetary policy (5) long-term internal policies and priorities.

Monetary policy as a source of price changes The United States is one of the most self-sufficient economies in the world, but still is affected by the handling of our fiscal affairs re the rest of the world. Let me give two examples: (a) The federal budget. Each of us establishes a budget for our households to match income and expenses, and if there is a deficit, we need to borrow funds, probably with credit card debt, bank loans, etc.

The federal government has much the same issues, and at times, intentionally creates deficits to stimulate

economic growth. The government finances this debt in a number of ways, including borrowing from the Social Security Trust Fund and issuing government bonds, which are purchased by institutions, individuals and other countries who view these as investments.

The traditional benchmark for interest rates has been the long-term US Treasury obligations. Most other interest rates emanate from this. The credit rating of the USA has always been at the highest levels and there has previously never been any ongoing lack of demand by those buying the USA Treasury Bonds. However, considering that we continue to amass very large deficits and are selling bonds in the International Market continuously, the time may come when either our credit rating is lowered or the buyers (mostly the Chinese) no longer have an appetite for buying additional bonds or holding our bonds. If or when this happens, the interest rates on the US Treasuries will be forced to rise based on market conditions and would force all the other related rates to rise with the cost of doing business, and prices to consumers to rise as well. (b) Commodity prices are linked to the US dollar (USD). Over time, the world has adopted the USD as the currency used to price commodity transactions such as oil. There are many economic factors relating to world trade and monetary policy amongst the nations of the world that cause the value of the USD to rise and fall over time, but when it does, it affects the price of the commodity, i.e., when the dollar falls, or is weak, the price of the commodity rises.

The policies that our governments put in place now, will, many times, take years to become effective and integrated. Here are some examples of critical policy decisions that will impact our country and, indeed, the world, in future years, most of those policies converted to pricing of goods and services as well as taxes paid by each of us: (a) Energy Policy. We have seen the beginnings of governmental policy development in creating longterm, effective alternatives to hydro-carbons (oil and gas). It will take many years to develop wind power; harness tidal power; make solar power practical for a wide range of uses; and build electric cars with a nationwide support system, etc. These industries are still in their infancy and will require the support of the government to build initial systems via grants to entrepreneurs, subsidies to producers, and tax credits for users for a period until the industry matures. At the same time government is assisting with development of the future technology, it needs to ensure effective and economical transition from our hydro-carbon dependency. To do this, it must allow for technological innovations to recover marginal well reserves previously ignored as not economical to retrieve, and allow for exploration for other reserves within our territories and territorial waters. Such support may also include appropriate incentives for entrepreneurs to take the risk to explore and develop these necessary reserves.

The world is a competitive place, both short and long term, and the correct balance of policy is needed to maintain our international competitive status. (b) Fiscal Policy. Government policy regarding its financial affairs has direct impact here and ripple effects throughout the world. Examples of fiscal policy are budgetary plans and government spending. These are often used as stimulus tools to boost economic activity, or conversely, to constrict economic activity, particularly when undesirable levels of inflation appear. There is, then, a careful balancing act between the federal government and the Federal Reserve (our country’s central bank) to maintain controlled growth.

Greg Kieson Coordinator of Business Development Moore Norman Technology Center

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Healthy Moore

Eating Right this Summer

By Gretchen Strathe, University of Oklahoma Dietetic Intern

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ummer is just around the corner, and most of us don’t want to be caught near the pool without losing our “winter coats” or “insulation,” and dropping a few pounds. I want to help you do so by eating right.

Before we begin, go ahead and drink a glass of water. You won’t feel full until the food hits the top of your stomach, so the water will help reach that point faster. Once every last drop is gone, pull out a plate. No, not a platter, a plate. In just a few moments, that plate will be covered completely in food.

How can the plate be full and you still lose weight, you ask?

Good question.

Take another look at that plate and mind-chop it in half. That is how much of your plate should be filled to the brim with nonstarchy, low-calorie vegetables.

• Remember—eat a colorful rainbow of vegetables. Each color provides an important nutrient for your body.

Of the remaining half, a quarter is for protein and a quarter is for carbohydrates.

• Proteins—select lean choices like fish, turkey, or chicken and remove the skin and extra fat when possible. Non-meat protein sources such as eggs, peanut butter, and low-fat cheese are always a bonus.

• Carbohydrates—whole grains, peas, beans, and lentils will provide extra fiber and reduce the amount of sugar you use or replace it with a natural sweetener.

Your plate is now full, and it is time to feast. Leave the serving dishes on the counter and choose a new place at the table.Your mouth begins to melt with the first few bites, pull it together. Go ahead and put your fork down between bites to slow your pace.

If you don’t eat slowly, you will be more likely to overeat. It takes twenty minutes for your body to realize you are full. Give yourself a fighting chance!

You have finished the first plate, and you still feel a gnawing on the inside your stomach—hunger pains. Wait ten more minutes, for often this craving will fade.

If not, have another glass of water and fill your plate with a second helping of vegetables. Again, eat extra of the more nutrient-dense foods.

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Five hours later, your body is begging for more food. This is normal. You should eat at least three meals per day to maintain your metabolism and provide energy for your body.

Other helpful hints to make the most of your dining experience while keeping your weight in mind include the following: • Cook enough for a single meal to avoid the temptations of leftovers.

• Choose light cooking methods such as baking or broiling instead of frying.

• Shop and cook when you are not hungry.

• Plan meals ahead of time.

• Keep all food in the kitchen and eat only at the table.

You can leave leftover food on the plate. You control the food—don’t let it control you! When you feel full, stop eating. Start listening to your body.

For nutritional counseling, Norman Regional Health System offers the guidance of registered dietitians. Those interested can schedule an appointment for an assessment with a referral from their family physician.

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PARTING SHOTS

SERVEMOORE: State Representative Mark McBride presents Frontline Lead Pastor Sean Evans with a citation honoring the staff of ServeMoore for their contribution to the community over the past year.

OLD TOWN SPRING FLING: Crowds packed Main Street in Moore for all of the fun, food, and crafts they could manage at this year’s Old Town Spring Fling.

TEACHER OF THE YEAR: Moore Public Schools Teacher of the Year David Burton (Center) of Southmoore High school is joined by finalists (from left to right): Tamara Lookabaugh, Angela Taylor, Heather Grive, and Kathy Shaw.

EASTER EGG HUNT: Aside from a light wind, the weather was extremely cooperative for this year’s City of Moore Easter Egg Hunt at Buck Thomas Park.

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