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Paper Lantern Lounge’s evolution honors late ECU teacher

By Sunnie Dawn Smith

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hile time in the classroom is essential in college, getting hands-on experience outside of the classroom can help prepare students for life beyond their degree. This is one of the reasons why the Paper Lantern Lounge was originally created. Mass communications department personnel at East Central University wanted to provide an opportunity for students to record and produce live concerts to share with the community via the internet.

Even though it began in 2013, it has grown and changed over the years with each new class of students bringing their own interests and expertise to the project. In the beginning, they would use the TV studio at ECU and bring musicians in to play a couple songs.

They would record it, edit it and then put it on YouTube. The musicians were mainly pulled from local talent, such as Lee Rippy, Austin Fisher, Justin Logan and Emily Sconyers. This past spring, however, they decided to take things in a different direction.

While the changes came about naturally, they could not have happened without the lessons learned from advisor Samantha Dillehay. However, when Dillehay suddenly and unexpectedly passed away in October 2017, the students were adrift in their grief.

“From what I understand the whole thing sort of sprung from her vision,” said Tyler Rhoades, one of Dillehay’s former students.

“After (Dillehay’s) passing, I think we really just wanted to use Paper Lantern to honor (her) legacy while also looking into ways to allow the project to grow in the future. She always encouraged us to think outside the box and to never shy away from doing things against the grain. I feel like she’d be proud to see how her students carried the project on after her passing and continued to make it our own.”

For instance, while the TV studio could hold some chairs for an audience, they still wanted more of a live audience for the performers and to give students more of a chance to film and edit the crowd. Under the direction of ECU mass communications student, Josiah Bloomstadt, they moved the Paper Lantern Lounge to the Black Box Theater in Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

This time, instead of having one performer do a show, they brought in three: two djs, Retro Kai and DJ Tangerine, and one rapper, Cosmic Carl. They titled the event “Glow Up” and threw a dance party in the theater as an attempt to get a larger audience and bring

Josiah Bloomstadt and Tyler Rhoades have helped expand the Paper Lantern Lounge online series from a mass communications student project to a community-involved art initiative.

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more of the community together.

While Bloomstadt was happy with the way the event turned out, he still was not completely satisfied. So this fall, Rhoades and he took the Paper Lantern Lounge in yet another direction. They wanted to have even more community involvement and make the Paper Lantern Lounge a real event that brought people together to hear live music while also giving themselves a chance to collaborate with musicians and local businesses. They contacted Casey Howard and Austin Fisher at Sessions in Ada, and they decided that they would take the Paper Lantern Lounge out of the college setting and put it in a local venue.

They needed a really good and energetic performer to help them pull off their goal.

Rhoades had done some work with VIBN – a recording studio and art collective in Oklahoma City – and he knew just the person they needed. They were able to bring in an artist named Balxxxnce.

“To me, it was like a really chill R&B,” Bloomstadt said. “Balxxxnce bills himself as an electropop performer, but he also talks about how all the different musical labels are becoming intertwined, so it is difficult to pinpoint the exact type of music.”

Bloomstadt said that moving the Paper Lantern Lounge to Sessions was a step in the right direction, though Rhoades and he still saw room to grow. Since Bloomstadt is grad-

uating this December, Rhoades will be taking over the project and plans on having at least one big show next semester with a possible smaller one as well. His connection to VIBN can help him bring some fresh and interesting talent to Ada again. Three or four weeks before the show, they will start promoting it so people can know when to come see it.

The best place to get this information is from their Facebook page, The Paper Lantern Lounge, or Twitter @paperlanternecu.

One of the perks of attending their actual concerts is that the audience gets to see the full show. The video that they edit takes a half hour of performance down to ten minutes or less. The videos can be found on their YouTube channel, ECTVHD, and on their Facebook page.

While the Paper Lantern Lounge is an opportunity for video students, performers and community to come together, it also provides invaluable experience to the students.

“It not only gave me a chance to practice video but also event planning and promotion,” Bloomstadt said Rhoades has learned a lot as well and will continue to do so as he takes the reins from Bloomstadt. For him, it is a labor of love.

“I get the chance to practice my videography and photography, but also network with other artists and creators,” Rhoades said. “I like being able to make art with people and connect with people through art.” www.adahub.com • 5

Ada Police Department Officer Shares Holiday Safety Tips

By Sunnie Dawn Smith

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hile the holidays bring fun and excitement for families, it can also be a jolly time of year for criminals.

Because people are so caught up in the spirit, they may not necessarily be as aware as they usually are. Couple this with the fact that most people have presents in their car or under their tree, and it can lead to potentially devastating losses.

No one wants their hard-earned presents stolen from under their tree. No one wants their car broken into, ransacked and their precious items stolen. This could turn the holidays from magic to mayhem.

Thankfully, Officer Chad Reid with the Ada Police Department shared some holiday safety tips to help people keep stay safe and keep their holidays from turning into a disaster.

One of the most important and easiest things people can do is to lock their doors.

“Thieves want to hit things that are easy to get,” Reid said.

“They will walk through a parking lot and check the door handles.

If it opens, then they will break in and take everything.”

Another important thing is making sure everything is hidden and out of sight. While most thieves will just check the door handles, the temptation might be too great if they see a wallet or purse laying in the seat, and some will take the extra step to break a window to get to the belongings. Not only have these victims been robbed, but they also have a broken window to deal with.

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instance, someone might hide a GPS navigation device but leave the suction cup mount on the windshield. This mount – and the little ring where it was – still tells a thief that there is probably an expensive GPS device in the car somewhere. Reid said people should take the extra second to wipe the ring off their windshield to remove evidence of their GPS. Another thing that can draw attention to a vehicle is a loud stereo system.

“If you pull into your neighborhood with the subwoofers blasting or have those stickers on the back of the car that tell what kind of sound system you have, that just draws attention,” Reid said. “People are watching, and they could smash your windows to get that expensive audio system.”

Reid recommends turning the stereo down before pulling into the neighborhood so as not to draw extra attention from possible criminals.

As far as home goes, Reid again insisted people lock their doors. However, this time of year, many people have presents arriving at their doorstep while they are at work. They will get a notification showing it has been delivered, get home and it will be gone. Reid said getting video surveillance system for the home, which have gone down in price remarkably over the past few years and can even be picked up at Walmart. This way if someone does steal packages, the police can see their face, identify them and possibly recover the stolen property.

The best line of defense for home security, though, is knowing your neighbors.

Though police officers work throughout the holidays to protect the community, people can take extra steps to make sure their families and belongings stay safe this season PHOTO BY NICHOLAS GEISLER

“When I grew up in the country, I knew all of my neighbors,” Reid said. “If someone new moved in, we would go introduce ourselves. But these days people don’t do that as much, and they should.”

If someone knows their neighbors, then they can keep an eye on the place and might notice if someone is prowling around or taking packages when they shouldn’t be.

Another thing that people should watch out for is putting their empty boxes from presents on the curb. Take the extra time to drive it to the recycling center. Otherwise, it just announces to the world that someone has a new flat screen tv or Playstation 4, and a thief could watch for the person to go to work before stealing the newly unwrapped Christmas presents.

Reid also said to wait until you return from vacations to post on social media about your travels.

Otherwise someone is just announcing to the world that they will be gone, their house will be empty and full of presents, and there is a chance that someone will see the post who does not have the best intentions.

Something else to be cautious about is purses and wallets.

Reid recommended that men put their wallet in their front pocket and that women wear

their purses close to their body so it makes it more difficult for someone to snatch them.

Thieves are less likely to grab someone’s purse off of them then they are snagging it out of a shopping cart while the shopper’s back is turned. It is also important to stay aware of your surroundings and make eye contact with people. Reid said that a thief is much less likely to rob you if you have made contact and spoken to them, because then they think you might be able to identify them.

On top of all of these safety tips, another thing that Reid suggested is making sure people have the serial numbers to anything of value in their home.

Smartphones make it much easier than it once was. He said that all you have to do is snap a picture of your serial numbers, email it to yourself, and then if you do have belongings that are stolen, you already have the serial number, which will make it much easier for the police to recover the stolen property.

He said the police also like to remind the community that even during the holidays, officers are still on duty to serve and protect, though it means spending time away from their own families to keep the community safe.

Room at the inn: Mama T’s B&B open, funds needed for permanent homelessness solution

By Sunnie Dawn Smith

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he past year has been a whirlwind for the organizers of Mama T’s B&B – Ada’s new homeless shelter. After years of planning, remodeling, organizing and fundraising, they finally opened their doors this year on Aug. 13. While they are not as fully operational as they hope to be in the future, the opening of the shelter at least provides a safe space for the homeless during the evenings.

While the plan is to be a 24/7 shelter, they cannot do that until they have consistent monthly funding so they know that their expenses will be met.

As of now, they open at 6 p.m. and close at 8 a.m. the following day. While this is better than nothing, it is merely a bandage on a larger problem, said Dania Deschamps-Braly, president of the shelter’s board of directors.

When people arrive at the shelter, they have to go through the intake process, take a shower, have a meal and have a little bit of free time to watch TV or talk before they go to bed. When they wake up in the morning, they have breakfast, make their beds, clean the shelter and then have to leave. This leaves little time for the true mission of Mama T’s – getting people off the street permanently.

When they can finally open on a 24/7 basis, DeschampsBraly is confident that they can help alleviate some of the larger problems that lead to homelessness. Everyone who comes into the shelter is given a booklet with various programs that can help them with their particular issues. They can stay for seven days and after the seven days is up, they have to choose a program to enroll in or leave. This will help them identify what factors are influencing their situation and help them take steps to solve their own problems. As it says on the sign, Mama T’s is “A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out.”

Perhaps they have lost their job due to downsizing, and they just need to find more employment. Perhaps they need financial counseling. The factors could also be drug or alcohol addiction, PTSD or other mental health issues. In addition to the programs emphasized to help with these issues, primary supervisor and future director Crystal Lamb along with supervisor David Pershica could counsel the residents and help them get back on track. However, with the current state of the shelter, this is not possible. Most of these resources operate 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., which are opposite Mama T’s current hours.

There are many factors that can lead families to Mama T’s, and homelessness does affect entire families. Walking around the bunks of the shelter, one can see stuffed animals and childlike drawings of the Powerpuff Girls. They usually house at least a couple of children along with one or both parents.

“Families enter Mama T’s because of various factors that include lack of affordable housing, unemployment, limited access to resources and support, drug or alcohol addiction, health and mental health issues and experiences of violence,” Lamb said. “Often these families have experienced ongoing trauma in the form of childhood abuse and neglect, domestic violence and community violence as well as the trauma associated with poverty and the loss of home, safety and sense. These experiences have a significant impact on how children and adults think, feel, behave, relate to others and cope. I grew up in facilities such as these the majority of my life, and I feel that it is my purpose to help these individuals in every way we can. I treat the facility as my own home and run it as a temporary home for everyone

Despite opening its doors Aug. 13, Mama T’s B&B still needs funding to complete its mission of providing 24/7 support and counseling for homeless families needing direction.

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that enters.”

During Veteran’s Day weekend, Lamb was able to get a small feel of what it would be like to have the shelter operate 24/7. Thanks to an emergency fund, they opened full-time during the holiday because many places like the public library that provide daytime shelter were closed. During this time, Lamb and Pershica were able to have time to really talk to the residents and counsel them, helping them figure out new ways to approach their lives and their problems.

Until they are fully operational, they do have limited resources in a “bad weather fund” to open up all day during ice storms or violent weather. They currently have the capacity to hold 40 people, but in case of an emergency they could take up to 60.

Right now Mama T’s provides emergency relief, but they hope

to eventually be able to help solve the problem of homelessness in Ada. However, they cannot do that without community support. What they need most is continuous and regular monthly donations, much like those that sustain organizations like PBS or NPR. Any amount given on a regular basis would help. People can set up monthly or one-time donations at their website, mamatsada.com.

A plaque in the entryway of Mama T’s states their mission the best. It is a quote by St. Teresa of Calcutta – formerly known as Mother Teresa and namesake of the shelter.

“What I do, you cannot do, but what you do, I cannot do.

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Baker Karah Thompson of Viking Confections likes to take on complicated creations during the holidays, but many people can use some simple steps to keep their holiday baking fun and memorable.

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Professional baker shares holiday tips for fun, simple memories

By Sunnie Dawn Smith

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ne of the most wonderful things about the holiday season is the smell that fills the house when goodies are baking in the oven.

Many people have fond memories of waking up to the smell of sugar cookies or pies being lovingly crafted by their mom or grandmother. For Karah Thompson, this love has surpassed the holiday season and become a way of life. Her home is always filled with the rich smells of cakes and cookies, and she even started her own bakery out of her home called Viking Confections.

Baking is in Thompson’s blood. Her great uncle Louis was the baker in Kragero, Norway, the town where her mother grew up.

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his fresh bread,” Thompson said. “I bake from recipes that have been in my family for generations with skills my mother lovingly taught me.”

For Thompson, it is all about the love of baking and the loving relationship she has with her mother, Greta, but it is also about the love that she shares through her creations. Her favorite thing about baking is the moment someone tries one.

“When someone takes that fist bite of a cake, and they close their eyes, their face softens, and they smile as they chew, that moment of happy satisfaction is what it’s all about for me,” Thompson said.

The things that are important to her are meaningful to many other families as well.

One of the reasons why so many people

bake during the holidays is to share time in the kitchen with their children, teaching them things and making messes while creating something delicious. It’s also about sharing something with others that will bring them an extra bit of joy.

As an expert baker, Thompson knows what kind hard work comes along with baking, especially during the holidays.

“Holiday baking is definitely a bit more time intensive, but that’s just because we make the complicated stuff this time of year,” she said.

For instance, her family makes a Norwegian krumkake that requires a special iron that fits on the stove burner and a bløtkake with four layers of fruit fillings and sweet wine drizzled throughout.

However, even though holiday baking is more demanding for Thompson, it doesn’t mean it has to be for everyone. A few tips she has to make life easier during the season is to make cookie dough at least one day before baking. If it is sealed in a container in the fridge for at least 24 hours, it will be easier to work with when the time comes to make cookies. Also, cakes can be made ahead of time and frozen. That way, all one has to do is take it out of the freezer on Christmas morning, and by Christmas dinner, a fresh and tasty cake is ready to eat.

One staple she recommends anyone interested in baking should acquire is a can of Baker’s Joy. This product is a spray for cake pans made of oil and flour mixed together, and it makes the cakes come out of the pan smoothly.

“There are few things as frustrating as turning over a cake and half of it stays stuck in the pan,” Thompson said.

Not all recipes have to be complicated. Thompson has a simple yet delicious recipe for rosenmunnar, which are Swedish thumbprint cookies.

The ingredients are as follows • 1 cup of softened butter • ½ cup of sugar • 1 tsp vanilla • 2 cups all purpose flour • Preserves Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease two cookie sheets. Cream the butter and sugar until smooth, add the vanilla and slowly mix in the flour. Place 1-inch teaspoons of dough onto cookie sheets, then dip your thumb in some flour and use it to make little wells in the middle of each cookie. Spoon a bit of preserves into each one then bake 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Any flavor of preserves can be used, though Thompson prefers lingonberry or apricot. Likewise, almond extract can also be used in place of vanilla for a bit of a change.

This is a recipe with only five ingredients that is also simple enough that a child could help prepare it, Thompson said, and it includes staples that most people probably already have in their cupboards.

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Making the Holiday Season Eco-Friendly, Less Stressful

By Sunnie Dawn Smith

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ocal blogger Lisa Sharp did not start out blogging as a job. She began doing it as a way to share with friends and family.

However, over time, she started working with brands, and it grew into a business.

Her first blog, Retro Housewife Goes Green at retrohousewifegoesgreen.com, was designed to be a homemaking blog with a green twist. She then added two more, Green Oklahoma at greenokla.com, and The Stress-Free Christmas at thestressfreechristmas.com.

Green Oklahoma’s purpose is to help Oklahomans live a more eco-friendly life, and The Stress-Free Christmas is designed to help people do just that – reduce the amount of stress they have during the holiday season and to help them bring the magic back to Christmas. Her blogs have made several lists of top blogs to read.

The holidays can be a very stressful time and affect people’s mental and physical health as well as creating a lot of extra waste which is bad for the environment. Sharp has tips to combat both of these things, and some of them work hand in hand with each other.

One of the most difficult things about the holidays is that people place an unnecessary amount of expectations on themselves – both with their time and their finances.

“The first thing you need to do to reduce your holiday stress is figuring out your priorities,” Sharp said. “What traditions really matter to you and your loved ones? Write these down and ditch the ones that aren’t important. When things pop up, look at your priority list and ask

yourself if this thing fits with those, and if it doesn’t, say no.

It’s hard at first, but your health and happiness matter. You can’t do it all.”

Saying no more often allows people to channel their time, energy and money into the things that really matter and enjoy them even more than they could if they were trying to do everything.

In order to be eco-friendly during the holidays, Sharp recommended using reusable bags when shopping and gift bags that can be reused instead of wrapping paper. Even better, she said, purchase some cloth bags that are durable and can hold up year after year. Yes, it is a financial investment in the beginning, but they will save money and waste over time. Another thing she suggests is recycling Christmas cards or saving them to turn into postcards, thank you notes or gift tags for the next year. Leftovers and Christmas treats can be put in reusable containers, and reusable mugs can be used for coffee or hot chocolate.

One of the most notable suggestions Sharp offered for an eco-friendly, fun and community-oriented holiday season is to shop locally.

“Buying locally is better for the environment in many ways, plus it gives back to your community,” Sharp said.

There is also something magical about going into a shop to buy Christmas presents instead of simply clicking a button on a computer. Many people have moved away from window shopping to online shopping, but staying locally benefits everyone in a more substantial way.

Local homemaking and eco-friendly blogger, Lisa Sharp, emphasizes priority lists for people looking to make their holidays less stressful and more mindful.

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Another thing that can help the holidays be magical while also reducing waste is giving the gift of experiences instead of physical things. Tickets to an Oklahoma City Thunder game or a concert would create a memorable Christmas as would passes to the OKC Zoo. “Even go on a little day trip together to Sulphur,” Sharp said.

“There are so many great options, and all are more memorable than stuff.”

Other things can also have an impact on the environment when it comes to the holidays.

Sharp recommended using LED Christmas lights because they use less energy. They also don’t get so hot, making them a safer option. Most importantly, though, Sharp stressed the importance of recycling. Ada has curbside pickup for recycling, and those outside of town can always bring their collections to the recycling centers. So much

waste is produced during the holiday season with all the boxes and wrapping paper and unnecessary packaging. If a box is too big to fit into the bin, sanitation workers will still pick it up if it is broken down and underneath the bin. Recycling is a great way to reduce one’s environmental impact.

“It can be a bit harder to be eco-friendly during the holidays, but it’s very possible,” Sharp said. “Being mindful is the biggest thing. Pay attention to what you are consuming. You will likely find waste you are creating for no reason, and that’s simple to cut out.”

It can be difficult to reduce stress and environmental impact during the holidays, but with a little mindfulness, it is completely possible and can even go together, Sharp said. With carefully chosen priorities, this holiday season can be the best it has ever been. www.adahub.com • 11

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