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ith the holiday season around the corner, you may find yourself opting to fly to visit family. If it’s been awhile since you’ve taken to the sky, here are some tips to save both money and time, which can be more valuable.

• Check multiple airlines. Expedia, Priceline and Travelocity all offer quick ways to price check across multiple airlines, so those are good places to start. Some budget airlines like Southwest don’t use these aggregate sites, so you’ll need to check their websites separately. Investi- Angela Rowland gate what other airlines fly out of your desired airport. Frontier is another good, affordable option flying out of OKC, but also consider expanding your horizons.

Driving to a further airport could offer more affordable tickets. Just be sure to factor in the costs of gas, lodging or long-term parking.

• Speaking of parking, plan ahead. If you have someone that can transport you to and from the airport, that’s clearly the most affordable option, but if you’re not wanting to inconvenience anyone, research your parking options before you get to the airport. The various lots and pricing structures may be easy to navigate at smaller airports like OKC, but larger airports can get confusing. Know your options and map out where to find them.

• Pack light. Check-in and baggage claim can take a lot of time and a lot of money depending on the airline and its baggage fees. Ease the stress by consolidating to only carry-on luggage. Plan to rewear items. Research capsule wardrobes for tips to mix and match outfits, or wash things at your destination.

Pack travel-sized toiletries you can toss at the end of your trip, or don’t pack any at all and purchase some when you get to your destination.

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S Angela Rowland is an OBU graduate and a stay-at-home mother of four. She enjoys finding new ways to stretch the paycheck and share some of her favorite tips and deals.

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ast month, I talked about the topic of stress and what stress physically does to our body. For a refresher, read last month’s article to understand the background of stress at shawneeoutlook.com. This month, I want to talk about managing that stress.

November feels like a good month to talk about this as well since so often we talk about being thankful during this month. One thing I recommend often when someone is working on their mindset is to focus on gratitude. When this was something I was personally working on, I would write out three things every morning that I was grateful/thankful for.

Changing your mindset to focus on the positive literally starts changing your outlook on your life. Continuing on with the education from Daniel Amen from last month, below are strategies he recommends to boost your mood: • Pray on a regular basis. Decades of research have shown that prayer calms stress and enhances brain function. The benefits of prayer go far beyond stress relief. Studies have shown that it also improves attention and planning, reduces depression and anxiety, decreases sleepiness and protects the brain from cognitive decline associated with normal aging.

• Learn to delegate. Amen states, “Two of the greatest life skills you can learn are the art of delegating and the ability to say no.”

• Listen to soothing music. I actually find this one helpful when at work when sitting at my desk for long periods of time or out on a walk.

• Consider calming scents. Studies show that lavender reduces cortisol levels and promotes relaxation and stress reduction. It only takes a few drops in your bath or in a diffuser.

• Try calming teas like lavender and chamomile. I find this particular tip helpful in the evening before bed. Try your cup of hot tea with some lemon or some honey for extra benefits.

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Ingredients: ½ cup old fashion water ½ Tbsp grass fed butter Water or ghee or oat milk butter ¼ cup chopped walnuts Stevia Directions: Scoop out ½ cup oats and put in enough water to cover the oats. Cook in the microwave or on the stovetop for 1 ½ minutes. Let sit for 1 minute. Add in walnuts, butter of choice and as much stevia as desired for sweetness.

Nutritional Information per serving: Makes: 1 serving Calories: 390 Total Fat: 27g Saturated Fat: 5g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 35g Dietary Fiber: 6g Protein: 10g Carbohydrates: 32g Nutrition 101: When we start off our day, we always need protein at that meal. So often Americans start their day off with pure sugar carbohydrates like cereals, pastries, donuts, Pop Tarts, etc. By having protein at our breakfast, it helps our insulin levels. So often we only think of insulin levels for someone who has diabetes. The thing is, we should all be thinking about our insulin levels so we could prevent diabetes. Protein doesn’t have to come from animal protein either. By adding nuts to your oatmeal, you are adding a protein source. S Andrea Beck, a registered dietitian and personal trainer, received her master’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Central Oklahoma. She offers personal training through an online class and nutrition services through SSM Health St. Anthony in Shawnee. Contact her at Andrea.beck1@ssmhealth. com or through her Facebook page, Nutrition and Exercise 101 with Andrea.

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Museum Receives Mask Sculpture In Spirit Of Three Others In State SUBMITTED BY BY LIAM LARSON

The “Trinity Eagle” metal mask sculpture

by G. Patrick Riley installed at the end of September follows three similar works created for the state Supreme Court, the private collection of one of its justices and a museum in her hometown of Colony.

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hen artist G. Patrick Riley approached the Ma- dom Eagle” for the Oklahoma Supreme Court Building. The bee-Gerrer Museum of Art about a steel mask 400-pound sculpture lives in the atrium of the building and for the museum courtyard in 2016, no one knew spans three stories. Justice Yvonne Kauger was a champion of the twists and turns the ensuing journey would take over the the program and is a supporter of the arts in Oklahoma. next six years.

Kauger enjoyed Riley’s masks so much that G. Patrick Riley is an Oklahoma artist she secured two more masks: one for her private known nationally for his art and art education. residence and one for her hometown of Colony, He received the Arts in Education award at the Oklahoma in Washita County. The justice’s perGovernor’s Arts Awards ceremony in 1997. Risonal sculpture is titled “Warrior Eagle” and is ley has regularly taught summer art classes at 12-feet-tall. “Freedom Eagle Two” is located in the Mabee-Gerrer Museum. One of his artistic Colony, stands at 14-feet-tall and weighs more areas of expertise is in mask-making. In 2010, than a ton. The Colony Museum opened in he created a mask specifically for pop artist 2020 in part through a grant from the OklahoLady Gaga. His typical medium for masks is Scan this code to visit the ma Historical Society. The steel mask sculpture leather, though he has branched out into other Mabee-Gerrer Museum of there was created using black steel with steelmediums.

Art’s at-home project page. work by Ron Lowry and welding from Glen One new medium Patrick has been explorHenry. Riley and Henry would team up again ing is steel. As a part of the Oklahoma Public Art Program, for the creation of the next steel mask at the Mabee-Gerrer Riley created a 28-foot-tall stainless-steel mask sculpture Museum of Art in Shawnee. with the help of Paseo artist Colin Rosenbrook titled “FreeSix years ago, Riley approached the Mabee-Gerrer Museum

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of Art director Dane Pollei about creating a mask sculpture for the museum. The MGMoA has held a special place in Riley’s heart as the artist describes his love of art being fostered at the museum in his early childhood years through interactions with Fr. Gregory Gerrer.

“He was very nice to me, and his collection of art made a first impression on me which I still have today,” Riley said. “It is a great feeling of honor to be able to contribute to the legacy of Father Gerrer and the museum and give back to the museum by donating a work of sculpture to the museum.”

After years of work – and with help from Glenn Nerwin on sanding the massive wings and Glen Henry on welding the wings and mask to the central auger – the sculpture “Trinity Eagle” was finished in the summer of 2022. The sculpture was installed in early fall with help from the Shawnee community and was unveiled on Sept.

30 as part of the Celestial Connections exhibition, which featured art by Oklahoma artists G. Patrick Riley, Glen Henry and Sharon Montgomery.

Looking at “Trinity Eagle,” one notices three prominent feathers just above the eye holes. These feathers represent the holy trinity. The steel auger in the center that supports the mask represents the working man of Oklahoma. “Trinity Eagle” is a spiritual and physical successor to the “Freedom Eagle” due to similarities in the shape of the mask and through some of the predecessor’s leftover metal being used in the making of “Trinity Eagle.” In total, the museum’s sculpture is more than 10-feettall and weighs over 400 pounds.

Riley hopes that the sculpture will be a positive influence on a new generation of children visiting the museum.

“The museum has influenced art and culture to so many young Oklahoma children of which I am one,” Riley said. “It makes the museum very special to me and my family and friends.”

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the bright spot Amid the bad news and bickering out there, sometimes it’s nice to read a little encouragement. The Bright Spot is a space to share some inspiration or reassurance with the community through poetry or prose. If you have an idea or something to brighten someone’s day, submit it to editor@shawneeoutlook.com.

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BY ROGER DYLAN TURNER I am called the Poet-Tree.

Wonder why? Just look and see!

You might think my life is dull, Because I cannot even crawl.

But I dance whenever blown, And also sing a muted tone.

If the air is stiff and stale, Still my purpose does not fail.

Trees will never lack of joy, Because all our friends are coy.

The birds come and sing their songs, Some sing soft and some sing strong, Some sing short and some sing long, And the most precious, in truth, Is the music made in youth.

Little fledglings, O so cute, How I love to hear them toot; But child laughter is more sweet Than any bird's most tuneful tweet.

Better too sounds his rhyme As he tries to climb in time!

See my trunk, where some leave cuts?

People carve the strangest ruts.

Some leave letters; names; a word; And verses, sweet or absurd.

But know this art comes with pain, Wind can be an awful test, As my branches bend and strain.

Birds take twigs to make their nests, Childrens' weight may make me quake, And if they do a mistake: Grab a branch that is not stake, Causing my wood’s grain to break, They lay like a fallen cake.

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Shawnee Forward worked with local businesses to help them get the most out of their online marketing efforts this holiday season in addition to deploying ambassadors to highlight businesses holiday shoppers can visit to find gifts for everyone on their list.

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here may not be a better gift residents can give the whole community than doing as much of their holiday shopping locally, and campaigns from the national to the local levels can help them find the right present for the right people in their own town.

On a national scale, American Express promotes Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26 following Black Friday as part of its Shop Small mission to support local merchants and businesses.

“It’s encouraging everybody to shop in their local communities,” said Fhionna Shaughnessy, account executive for Shawnee Forward. “Since there is a ton of promotion on that, we decided to piggyback off of what they do and en-

courage our local businesses.”

There are some distinct advantages of shopping locally owned small businesses, Shaugnessy said. About 50 percent of the sales tax collected on products and services purchased from locally owned businesses benefits the business and community compared to about 14 percent of sales tax bought at corporate stores and 2 percent of online purchases that go back into the community.

“That helps our fire department, it helps our police department, it helps our quality of life – like parks being rebuilt,” Shaughnessy said. “We hear about why (shopping local) is so important, but sometimes it’s hard to know why. So we’re really trying to help peo-

ple understand that this year.”

That said, shopping local in most forms still has an impact on supporting and improving the community as opposed to taking that money to buy gifts and goods elsewhere, such as Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Shaugnessy said. So purchases made at the local “big box” stores in Shawnee will still be meaningful for the community even if at a smaller rate.

Shawnee Forward’s Shop Small efforts aim to help local shoppers find the right business to check off their list by supporting and improving local merchant’s ability to draw those shoppers.

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efforts through a program called Canva, Shaugnessy said. The goal is to continue to see an increase in the rewards they saw gained by local businesses’ social media efforts.

“We got huge traction on social media last year, so we’re amping up the game and make a Canva marketing piece this year,” Shaugnessy said. “That way, the entire month of November those businesses can post those pictures and use those pieces to educate the community to shop small on (Nov. 26).”

On the shopper side, seeking and following social media accounts for local businesses will let them know about special products, services and offers available throughout the season and all year, Shaughnessy said. Residents can also like Shawnee Forward’s Facebook page, which features local businesses and can give them a good starting point, and the organization provides the roster of 325 members on its website, shawneeforward. com.

Shawnee Forward’s website also highlights which member businesses are under woman ownership, which shoppers may find helpful in finding places they’d like to buy gifts, Shaughnessy said. In fact, the organization proudly promotes that Shawnee received honors as the top city in the state for woman-owned businesses with a 49.4 percent share of ownership of local businesses.

Yet, encouraging local shoppers to keep it close to home goes beyond smartphones and computer screens, Shaugnessy said.

Shawnee Forward also deploys about 45 ambassadors into the community to spread the word about Shop Small and local gift buying this time of year.

In an era of headlines about shortages and supply chain disruptions in the aftermath of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, shoppers looking to keep it local could benefit from working with businesses as early as possible in identifying what gift ideas may need ordering to arrive in time for Christmas rather than relying on last-minute online ordering, Shaughnessy said. Local owners can be easier to contact when trying to check the status of ordered items during a time of year when corporate call centers may be flooded with eager gift buyers looking for updates. Business owners can also be good resources for understanding what in-demand gifts they see people asking about the most locally.

“It makes the shopping experience so much more enjoyable,” Shaugnessy said.

Local businesses may also offer some unique gifts that may not have made it onto some gift buying lists, such as spa services and locally made detergents, Shaughnessy said. Some local businesses offer gift cards for those hard-to-buy-for people on shoppers’ lists. Even if the buyer is not sure what to get, they can encourage the recipient to find something they’ll love locally.

“Local (business owners) pour their hearts into their businesses during this time of year,” Shaugnessy said. “Some go all out decorating … and they really try to get the community engaged with little events that they host around Christmas. That’s another great reason to make sure you’re following their social media.”

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GOOD CHEER Shawnee’s Annual Christmas Parade Rolls On Dec. 1

BY DAVID DINSMORE

The annual Christmas parade will march down Main Street between Beard and Minnesota starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1. — Photos by Ed Bolt

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aking charge of planning the annual Christmas parade seemed like the perfect gift for Community Renewal.

The event celebrates what the organization spends every day trying to achieve: bringing together neighbors to make the Shawnee area a great place to live. With as many as 25,000 people attending past festivities, the Christmas parade and the joy it brings allows people from all over Shawnee and beyond to enjoy the best the community has to offer.

“There really is no other event like this here,” said Brandon Dyer, executive director of Community Renewal of Pottawatomie County. “We want to promote gathering the community together … so it doesn’t get more Community Renewal than this.”

The parade will get rolling at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1 downtown along Main Street between Beard and Minnesota.

This year will be the first Community Renewal has led the planning efforts for the Christmas parade after taking over the city contracts to host the parade along with other signature events, such as the Halloween celebration formerly known as Boo on Bell and renamed Monsters on Main. For the last couple decades, Safe Events > www.shawneeoutlook.com

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for Families has been at the helm of the city’s premier holiday events along with other initiatives, including the operating of the Historic Ritz Theatre at 10 W. Main St. Discussions with SEFF leadership during the last year led to the opportunity for Community Renewal to take charge of the city’s contracts for the holiday events along with the ability to host monthly block parties downtown as well.

“They’d been doing this for a really long time,” Dyer said. “I talked to Rep. Dell Kerbs, and we had a good conversation and agreed that maybe it was time for a changing of the guard.

“In this community, it made sense for Community Renewal … to pursue that contract.”

The change took place on July 1 –

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the start of the city’s fiscal year – just a few weeks after Sophia Wells joined the Community Renewal team as the marketing and communications coordinator, who brought along her experience in planning high-profile soirees that included after-parties following movie premieres at top-flight events like the Sundance and Cannes film festivals.

Though the parade – which features the theme “Christmas Morning” this year – has some new names making the arrangements, attendees will enjoy familiar sights, sounds and traditions when the festivities get underway on Main Street, Wells said. Floats will delight the crowds as they vie for bragging rights in the float contest. The patience of the little ones will be rewarded when they catch sight of Santa Claus in the finale of the parade celebration. Cap-

ping the night’s festivities will be the fireworks display incorporated a few years ago – assuming current burn ban restrictions don’t put a damper on those plans.

Getting to plan the parade Dyer spent many fond memories attending growing up and then raising his family in Shawnee is a special treat.

“This is my hometown,” Dyer said.

“Having the chance to put on something that literally thousands of kids will get to enjoy as a highlight of their Christmas season, what’s not to like about that?”

The Christmas parade will finish a calendar year that saw Community Renewal host a couple of block parties downtown in August and September in addition to coordinating Monsters on Main in late October prior to tackling

the task of Christmas parade planning, Wells said, who emphasized the importance of the resources that SEFF had in place from its years of experience organizing these events.

“It’s been a pretty smooth transition,” Wells said. “We owe a lot of that to SEFF and the infrastructure that they built over so many years. It made it easy for us to come in and carry the torch and keep the traditions going.”

Additionally, Community Renewal is looking to start up the monthly block parties downtown in April after the cold months subside, Wells said, and they will continue focusing on activities that are free of admission to the public to make it accessible for as many people as they can.

“We’d like to see more people come from all over the community and spend time together and bring more attention to downtown Shawnee,” Wells said. “We really want to put an emphasis on our community and how awesome it is.”

In the meantime, Community Renewal is still working with community members and organizations to build up its roster of floats and volunteers for the Christmas parade.

Volunteers can help in a wide variety of ways during the day of the parade starting that afternoon.

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Understanding The Risks Of Fentanyl

BY ALICJA CARTER

hat is fentanyl? an acquaintance and turned to a substance for relief (like Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that can so many people do) not realizing that the pill he took quickly cause an overdose. It is 50 times had been laced with fentanyl. He didn’t intend to die. He more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent made a mistake, and I am now left without a son.” than morphine, making it a major contributor to the Between Jan. 31, 2020 and Jan. 31, 2021, overdose 150+ synthetic overdose deaths occurring every day in deaths overall rose 38.1 percent. However, overdoses Carter the United States. Although its powerful opioid properdeaths involving synthetic opioids (primarily illicitly ties were originally developed in a patch form to help manufactured fentanyl) rose 55.6 percent and appear cancer patients manage pain or offer relief following surgery, it is to be the primary driver of the increase in total drug overdose now being diverted for abuse. deaths, according to Drug Enforcement Administration data.

Why is it so dangerous?

Also in 2020, an article by JAMA Psychiatry highlighted that According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, “Illicit American Indian or Alaska Native individuals experienced the fentanyl, primarily manufactured in foreign clandestine (secret) highest rate of overdose mortality – 41.4 per 100 000 – which was labs and smuggled into the United States through Mexico is be- 30.8 percent higher than for White individuals. ing distributed across the country and sold on the illegal drug What can we do to protect our community? market. Fentanyl is being mixed with other illicit drugs to inAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention crease the potency of the drug, sold as powders and (CDC), “Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are a low cost nasal sprays, and pressed into pills made to look like method of helping prevent drug overdoses and relegitimate prescription opioids. Because there is no ducing harm. FTS are small strips of paper that can oversight or quality control, these counterfeit pills ofdetect the presence of fentanyl in all different kinds ten contain lethal doses of fentanyl with none of the of drugs (cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin,etc.) promised drug.” and drug forms (pills, powder, and injectables.) FTS In May 2022, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health provide people who use drugs and communities Services hosted a community overdose awareness with important information about fentanyl in the ilevent. Mark Woodward from the Oklahoma Bureau licit drug supply so they can take steps to reduce risk Scan to view the of Narcotics spoke on the panel and shared, “Now, of overdose.”

Fentanyl Awareness almost every street pill or any other type of drug Forum hosted by Gateway to Prevention and Recovery is a hub for the department encounters – including cocaine, Citizen Potawatomi obtaining FTS at no cost. Please contact Abby Flood heroine, and methamphetamine – includes fentanyl. Nation Behavioral at aflood@gatewaytoprevention.org or (405) 628Health hosted in May They look like any other pharmaceutical or illegal 9553. substance, or even over-the-counter drugs like Tyle- 2022.

In addition, Naloxone (Narcan) saves lives by nol. The stamps are going to look just like U.S. oxyreversing opioid overdose. It is a nasal spray that is codone. They’re going to look just like U.S. Xanax, convenient to store or carry and is quick and easy to and you’re not going to be able to tell the difference.” administer.

According to Dr. Julio Rojas with Citizen PotawaWhat is fentanyl’s impact? tomi Behavioral Health, “Every individual, home, Tragically, even 2 mg (or 10-15 grains of table business, place of worship, school and counselor’s ofsalt) of fentanyl is considered a potentially lethal fice should have Narcan kits.” dose. Melissa Baptiste, a loving mother and member Gateway to Prevention and Recovery can help of the Shawnee community, recently lost her son to Scan to view fentanyl any community member or organization obtain an accidental drug overdose involving fentanyl. documentary “Dead Narcan kits at no cost. Individuals and families can “My son struggled with anxiety and depression, on Arrival.” Content obtain kits from any of Gateway’s Treatment Centers but he put on a happy face and didn’t show his hurt may be triggering to located in Chandler, Seminole, and Shawnee. Feel or pain,” Baptiste said. “One day, he reached out to some viewers.

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A 2 mg dose of fentanyl can be a lethal dose.

free to come by or call (405) 273-1170 ext. 0 for more information. For greater quantities, please contact Abby Flood at aflood@ gatewaytoprevention.org or (405) 628-9553.

“Gateway’s vision is for every Oklahoman to Expect Hope,” Gateway executive director Jon Greenwood said. “Resources such as fentanyl test strips and Narcan kits are tools that every community member can use to keep our youth and adults alive long enough to seek recovery, healing and wellness. Fentanyl is a daunting public health crisis currently affecting our community that requires a united, strategic and unwavering response. I strongly believe we are up to the task … we have to be.”

Please contact Gateway to Prevention and Recovery at (405) 273-1170 ext. 0 for additional resources and support. S Alicja Carter, MHR, BHWC, has been working in the behavioral health and addiction treatment field for over 14 years at Gateway to Prevention and Recovery. Alicja is passionate about wellness and collaborating with others for the purpose of stimulating positive change in her community.

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So the boys walked, caught rides, hopped freights and began here are many stories of why people move from one place to another, some giving up their former homes by choice their adventure. At some point, 19-year-old Stefan and his older and others by force. Since the beginning of this world, brother parted ways, and in December, Stefan was in Shawnee. He there has been migration. Oklahoma’s stories are some of the explained later that he found work washing dishes in a cafe but didn’t explain which of the town’s eateries it was. After all those most recent but also some of the most interesting.

We know about the explorers who came through the region, months traveling and living among Americans, he had learned moves of the tribes into this area, the cowboys with their herds enough English that he decided it was time to become a citizen.

He appeared before the court clerk in the crossing the land, and then the openings Pottawatomie County Courthouse and was when the government bought the excess sworn in as a United States citizen. Less than property from those tribes. Those who came a year earlier, he had been a refugee hiding had in mind to have their own farm or busiin his birth country, fearful for his life, and ness or even parcel out their claim to make now he was an American in Shawnee, Oklamoney. Almost all previous settlers were homa. looking for a better way of life, and over According to his story later, he lived here time, many were able to create one. Studas he did in many places across the counies have shown that’s the main reason for try, boarding with a family and learning the migrating, whether by force or by personal ways of those around him. At some point, plans: hoping for a better life. he felt that to be a success in America he For every new citizen to the Shawnee needed college education, so he accepted a area whether two hundred years ago or just football scholarship to William Jewell Collast month, there is a personal story. Imlege in Missouri, not fully understanding migrants came here from all over the world that his idea of football was different from and in every historical era. Stories of those Though Stephen Baker found what was played here. Still – just like other who fled their homes with the coming of himself at home across the nation areas of his life – he adjusted, and he became what would be World War II even impacted after fleeing the Nazis in his birth the team’s kicker while settling into learning.

Oklahoma. How would one think any of country of Hungary, he received his American citizenship during his time He also changed his name to Stephen Baker those found their way to Shawnee?

– a more American form of his birth name.

In April 1940, Renee Bacher – a widow in Shawnee before returning to New York where he became a successful After a while, he returned to New York in Budapest, Hungary – gathered her three and got a job in an ad agency. Eventually, he sons and boarded the ship, Vulcania, headed advertising executive and author. — became a top creative director at one of the for New York. Her husband Oscar – an out- Photo submitted spoken man of Jewish descent – had disappeared, and they knew largest advertising agencies in the country. They were responsible for campaign ads for brands like AT&T, Western Electric, Texaco it was dangerous to remain in the path of the Nazis.

Even what appeared to be their escape was frightening. Half- and Folgers Coffee. Baker was personally responsible for the still way across the Atlantic, German officials ordered the captain to famous “Let your fingers do the walking” slogan for the Yellow return as all the ships were to be commandeered. For a few days, Pages. He also wrote magazine columns and authored 22 books the captain contemplated the issue before deciding to escape to on a range of topics from textbooks to “fun” books like “How to Live With a Neurotic Dog,” which was made into a movie short.

New York and ask for asylum.

In an interview he gave at Ellis Island years later, he told of The Bacher boys were young men ages 17, 19 and 20. Stefan was the middle one and found himself in a foreign country not his adventures in visiting all 48 (at the time) states, the country knowing the language or customs, but he was safe. He and his he saw and people he met. And although he doesn’t mention the brothers found whatever work they could, usually janitorial-type name in biographical references, he did refer to “that town in work. After a few months, Stefan and Thomas decided to “see the Oklahoma where I was born.”

He was 83 when he died in Manhattan in Sept. 2004 as a fullcountry.” Stefan explained later that he decided that was the best fledged American. S way to learn about his adopted home and to learn English. www.shawneeoutlook.com

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or nurse practitioner Lacey McCrary and Dr. Gregory Grant, the establishment of Belladerma Aesthetics and Wellness signified the fulfillment of a vision: “to offer all the best aesthetic options right here in Shawnee.”

Grant – a primary care physician with SSM Health – saw the roots of this goal take shape when SSM opened a line of aesthetic services in town in 2018, but that was not the first step on the path to Belladerma, which offers its services at 1533 N. Harrison.

Soon after he began practicing under what was the Shawnee Medical Center Clinic, the leadership at the time approached Grant to gauge his interest in training and getting certified to utilize equipment the clinic had on hand to offer aesthetic services, which led to his pursuit and attainment of mastery certificates in basic and advanced aesthetic medicine.

He later purchased his own equipment and applied those skills under SSM’s umbrella via a separate aesthetic service, working in tandem with a team to provide these offerings closer to home for Shawnee residents.

During that time, McCrary was practicing for almost a decade in the primary care field in various capacities, but she was keeping an eye on opportunities to get into aesthetics near home. In early 2020, that chance arrived, and after some delays related to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, she became the primary day-to-

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day provider at the SSM aesthetics clinic.

“I loved the art and creative side of aesthetics, but it’s also still medical,” McCrary said. “Getting into the field is difficult in the state of Oklahoma, so I wasn’t sure if it was going to happen.”

Earlier this year, the organization let

pretty faces,” McCrary said.

The Belladerma team works with patients in identifying the most effective and comprehensive plan to meet their goals.

McCrary said one of her favorite aspects of the job is getting to sit with those who come to see her and get to know them and

Belladerma Aesthetics and Wellness offers a range of skin care, hair removal, hormone balance, IV and other services that offer not only physical improvements but can boost mental and overall wellness. — Photos submitted Grant and McCrary know that it was looking to close that line of services, and they saw an opportunity to not only continue the work they had been doing but to expand into areas of treatment that their patients had requested and that they had seen as beneficial to offer.

“There wasn’t a place in Shawnee where you could get all of these services at one place,” Grant said. “So many people were going to Oklahoma City or Tulsa to get some of these, so they were spending their money outside of town instead of here.

Trying to keep more things local is good for the community.”

McCrary partnered with Jennifer Grant to open Belladerma this August, and Dr. Grant stayed aboard as the medical director. With the transition to a privately led clinic, Belladerma started identifying and adding a range of services to “create the full-service oasis for self-care in Shawnee” they had envisioned.

“There’s so much more to this than just

their needs on a personal level.

“My relationships with my patients is my favorite part of this job,” McCrary said.

“They develop a lot of trust in me and that doesn’t just come by meeting them. It’s something that develops over time.”

Once they develop a plan, Belladerma’s staff employs a wide variety of techniques from their catalog of services.

Intense pulsed light and laser specialist Alexis Dahlman – who trained with Grant and Cynosure in 2018 to operate the latter’s ICON platform equipment – employs many of the techniques needed in skin and facial treatment plans. Belladerma also brought on board certified medical micropigmentologist Sarah Morrison to provide permanent makeup services along with Laney Bowen, who performs lash extension services. Rounding out the team are aesthetician Courtney Pierce and patient coordinator Paige Magby.

Treatment and specialty equipment options include custom facials, Diamond

Glow, Epionce chemical peel, dermaplane, Pellevé, ThreeForMe, Palomar Fractional Lux 1540, IPL and lash treatments. They also offer hair removal via their 1540 equipment in addition to personalized skin care plans and eyebrow shaping.

Belladerma also dives below the surface with services like its IV therapy, which can help deliver needed nutrients to the body to help stave off the effects of a busy life.

McCrary implements the neurotoxin injections and dermal filler services that can help restore and reverse the effects of stress and aging with the right application. Whether reducing the appearance of wrinkles and scars to enhancing natural features of a patient, these treatments can help complement the appearance of the recipients without unnecessary and invasive procedures.

One of the top priorities for the Belladerma team was to find the right services to offer patients seeking help with their hormone balances, said Grant, who has spent much of his medical career pursuing and obtaining information on the best proven treatment approaches in his primary care and aesthetic practices. This includes delving into the research and developments in the two decades since the publication of the Women's Health Initiative in 2002 regarding hormone replacement therapy. Proceeding research showed where the problems in approaches employed prior to 2002 failed and how they could improve with individualized clinical

treatment plans to address conditions resulting from hormone imbalance.

For women, hormone imbalance can lead to fatigue, trouble sleeping, irritability, anxiousness, mood swings, low mood, night sweats, hot flashes or flushes, weight gain, decreased sex drive and discomfort during intercourse. For men, hormone imbalance can lead to mood changes, low mood, irritability, brain fog, stress, anxiousness, fatigue, elevated blood sugar, high cholesterol, loss of muscle mass, decreased bone mass, increased body fat – especially in the waist area – and low sex drive.

After Belladerma found what they were looking for in Biote, they began offering bioidentical hormone replacement pellet therapy that allows the body to absorb the right level of hormones at the right time by using a delivery method the body can process efficiently.

“I’ve been surprised how (hormone replacement pellet therapy) really does affect people and how much better they feel when they’re willing to try it,” said McCrary, who also had some experience with these therapies prior to Belladerma during some time at a clinic in Edmond. “I had a patient text me yesterday to say, ‘You’ve completely changed my life.’”

During the last couple of years, health and wellness have weighed heavily in public and private discourse. Many people have shifted their focus on the importance of overall wellness beyond what they can put in their medicine cabinets, particularly when it comes to self-care. McCrary said aesthetic treatments are not about turning

patients into something they are not but rather focus and enhance the traits that make them who they are.

“Some people who aren’t familiar with aesthetics, when they think of aesthetics, they think of being fake,” McCrary said.

“It’s the complete opposite of that honestly.

When it comes to mental health, it only takes something small – even a skin care treatment – to help someone get some of the self-confidence back. The physical side can play into the mental side.

“Three years ago, people didn’t really talk about what they had done. Now (post2020), it’s not a secret anymore. People like to talk about how this has helped them.”

Receiving aesthetic treatment goes beyond the surface for many seeking services from providers like Belladerma. Wellness often comes from a balance of physical, mental and spiritual health, and the results of physical aesthetic treatments can make a marked improvement on the mental health of those receiving them.

“When people are not feeling well, taking care of yourself and self-care seems to be one thing that can be beneficial in starting to feel better about whatever situation you are facing,” Grant said. “Self-care could be going to a counselor, talking to a pastor, working out at the gym or getting one of these services we offer. All of these are going to make you feel better.”

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BY BRANDON DYER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RENEWAL OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY

What is Shawnee going to look like in 50 years? Sure, he best way to predict the future is many of us reading this are not likely to be to invent it.” around then. But what would you want it Alan Kay coined this phrase as to look like? What is your biggest dream for a researcher at Xerox PARC in the 1970s where this community? My friend and co-worker, Zoe a young, driven Steve Jobs met him. Alan beLoeser, said something “crazy” to me when she came a friend and mentor to Steve and helped shape first came to work at Community Renewal. She said Steve’s views on technology. He also helped Steve enher big dream was that by 2065, Shawnee would be vision a future with easy-to-use personal computers known as the greatest place to raise a family … in in each home, a future which Steve went on to invent the country. Not in the state. In the country! Honfor the world through Apple Computers alongside his estly, my first reaction was probably much like yours: brilliant engineering partner, Steve Wozniak. Prior to Apple changing the world of technology, computers Brandon Dyer “That’s cute, but it will never happen here.” But I was wrong. I was dreaming up something really good. She were boring and clunky and were not really marketed to the masses as a personal tool to express one’s individuality. was dreaming up something “insanely great.”

In 1985, Steve Jobs was forced out of the company he coIn fact, to younger generations at the time, they were seen as symbols of “the man” and conjured images of a fearful future created. Much of that was his own fault, but it left Apple with in which “Big Brother” controlled the people like George Or- no clear vision for the future. Sales tanked. Twelve years later, well described in “1984.” But Steve was a free-spirited, tech Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy and decided to bring counterculture product of the 60s and 70s and was driven the dreamer back as CEO. Overnight, he righted the ship by to create an age of “computer power to the people.” The tech changing the culture of the company. Apple’s departments had drifted into completely independent silos of operation world would be his playground for the next 30 years.

I was born in 1977 and grew up right here in Shawnee. My pitted against each other by competition. Jobs destroyed that earliest memory of personal, digital tech was playing a worn structure and brought all departments together under one out Atari gaming system we picked up at a garage sale for a umbrella. He looked for leaders who were: 1. Experts 2. Imfew bucks when I was a 2nd grader at Wilson Elementary mersed in the details and 3. Willing to collaboratively debate.

School. A mother was tired of her child never wanting to go Collaborative debate was the key. Leaders were encouraged to outside in the summer and only wanting to play “Asteroids” speak up for their well-grounded ideas, encouraged to push and “Pong” on the Atari, so she sold it to us. We took it home back even. They were also expected to set pride aside and and hooked it up. It took my brother and I 30 minutes or so change their positions when confronted by colleagues with a to get the hang of it. It was pretty fun, I guess. However, the better solution, because they all wanted to make the greatest doorbell rang. Our neighborhood friends had shown up and product possible. It worked, and Apple’s sales exploded. Their wanted to go ride bikes. What do you suppose we did? We 1997 “Think Different” ad campaign closed with the words, chose to go ride bikes. The Atari was great and all, but bikes “the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” with friends were better.

What would it look like to have a common vision for our Steve Jobs worked the night shift at Atari early in his career. It was his first “real” job in tech and he hated it. He knew community? A bold, tremendously great vision we all work there was something better out there too. He wanted to create toward, laying pride aside for the common good? Is it really something “insanely great” for the masses that would change possible for Shawnee to be known as the greatest place to raise the world. In just a few short years, he and Steve Wozniak a family in the country by 2065? You better believe it is. We grew Apple from a tiny hobby in his parent’s garage to a For- are going to do it. It will take all of us working collaboratively tune 500 company. Cancer took Steve’s life in 2011, but had together, of course. But I promise you Shawnee will be a modhe been alive today, he would have seen Apple become a $3 el for the entire country of what it looks like for a community trillion company earlier this year, making it one of the largest to come together around a common purpose. Get ready, it’s coming. Is that “crazy enough?” S companies in the world largely due to the iPhone. www.shawneeoutlook.com

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calendar Nov. 4-13: Oklahoma Baptist University Theatre will stage Shakespeare’s “A Comedy of Errors,” a story of lost twins, mistaken identity, romance and reunion in the Craig-Dorland Theater on the OBU campus. Information: facebook.com/ okbuTheatre Nov. 11: The Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Committee will dedicate the state’s first Gold Star Families Monument dedication next to the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Wall as part of a Veterans Day ceremony 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Woodland Veterans Park downtown. A reception at the Senior Center at 401 N. Bell will follow the ceremony. Information: (405) 273-7000 or goldstarfamilies@outlook.com.

Nov. 11-19: Shawnee Little Theatre will begin ringing in the holiday season with the classic Irving Berlin’s White Christmas based on the hit 1954 film featuring several popular songs from the Irving Berlin catalog of classics and a new stage book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

Information: shawneelittletheatre.com Nov. 12: FIRST in Oklahoma will host a FIRST Lego League Explore Festival and FIRST Lego League Challenge event 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Gordon Cooper Technology Center at 1 John C. Bruton. Information: first-oklahoma.com or facebook.com/FIRSTinOKlahoma Nov. 13: Abby’s Bridal and Formal Wear will host a Bridal Show 1-5 p.m. at Shawnee Mall featuring vendors from Pottawatomie County to help brides they can shop local and still have the perfect wedding. Information: facebook.com/ AbbysAtShawnee Nov. 13: Test your prowess on the court with a Dodgeball Play Day from 2-4 p.m. at the Shawnee Recreation Center at 401 N Bell Ave for ages 9 and older. There will also be snacks and drawings for prizes. Information: (405) 878-1528 Nov. 17: The Third Thursday Poetry Reading will feature J. C. “Catfish” Mahan at 7 p.m. at the Lunch Box at 217 E. Main St. Mahan who has written a number of poetry books, including “Conversing Art + Love,” “Broken Prose” and “Tilling Native Soil.” When he’s not writing or reciting poetry, he runs the Funky Ranch Hair

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Salon in Edmond. Open mic will follow their presentations. The Lunch Box will open at 6 p.m. for those who want to order a meal before the readings.

Nov. 18: The Arts @317 is hosting its own Block pARTy from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 317 E. Main St. Come by to see what’s happening.

Information: (405) 659-8193 Nov. 19-20: Bring in the holiday season with family and friends at The Big Christmas Expo at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center at 1700 W. Independence. Come out and enjoy a weekend of shopping, food, pictures with Santa, storytime with Mrs. Claus, carolers, and a Christmas village. This holiday extravaganza showcases entrepreneurs, product vendors, fashion, gift ideas, gourmet goodies, rare finds, home decor, arts, crafts and more. Information: facebook.com/TheBigChristmasExpo/events Nov. 25-Dec. 11: Sunshine Shelly’s Spirit of Christmas celebration returns as the pumpkin patch transforms into a winter wonderland.

Get a fresh-cut Christmas tree, enjoy wintery refreshments, a Christmas light hayride through the Tunnel of Light and shop handmade artisan goods while the kids play in the "real" snow playground, then settle in to watch a Christmas movie on the big screen. Information: (405) 4011994 or sunshineshellys14@yahoo.com Nov. 26: Shop Small Business Saturday will highlight small businesses as part of a larger campaign to help residents find their holiday gift ideas from local sources. Information: (405) 273-6092 Dec. 1: This year's Christmas parade will get rolling at 6:30 p.m. on Main Street between Beard and Minnesota with the theme Christmas Morning. Enjoy one of Oklahoma's largest nighttime Christmas parades. Watch as downtown comes alive with lights, marching bands, floats and a special appearance by Santa Claus. Stay until the end for a breathtaking fireworks display (pending current burn ban restrictions) Information: (405) 273-1035 Dec. 2: Music Unlimited will feature a series of Singer-Songwriter Nights starting at 7 p.m. at

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1109 W Kickapoo Spur with November’s event featuring Janice Francis Smith. There will be an open mic at 6:30 p.m. Information: mu1978.com Dec. 2: The Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art 2022 Gala invites you to spend an evening in Enchanted Gardens starting at 5 p.m. at the Grand Casino Events Center at 777 Grand Casino Blvd. Enjoy an incredible night among great friends, fantastic food and entertainment that will make you dance all night long along with the opportunity to impact thousands of children from Oklahoma and beyond.

Information: mgmoa.org Dec. 3: Oklahoma Baptist University presents the annual Hanging of the Green taking place at 8 p.m. in iconic Raley Chapel's Potter Auditorium at 2501 N Raley Drive. Information: okbu.edu Dec. 3, 10: Bring the kids to take photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus from 1-4 p.m. at the Pottawatomie County Museum at 207 N. Minnesota. Admission to the museum is free on these two Saturdays. Information: (405) 2758412 Dec. 4, 11, 17: Ride the rails through a winter wonderland with Locomotive Operators of Central Oklahoma’s Christmas Light Night Run at 5:30-7:30 p.m. with strands of lights and decorations adorning the club’s scale tracks at 29626 Lake Drive in McLoud. Santa and Mrs. Claus will also be in attendance for photo opportunities. Information: facebook.com/ locotrains and (405) 277-0032 Dec. 9-10: Experience a Living Nativity from 6-8 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church at 39307 W. MacArthur featuring live animals, hot chocolate, cookies, crafts for children, Christmas carols with a live choir and a telling of the Christmas story. Information: (405) 273-6286 Dec. 10: Sleigh Bells Market returns from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center at 1700 W. Independence with holiday shopping featuring gifts for anyone and everyone. Information: revolve-productions.com If you know of any events you would like to see featured, email editor@shawneeoutlook.com. S

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