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Cameron Walker is the CEO of Tulsa Habitat for Humanity. The organization is celebrating 30 years in Tulsa and the dedication of its 400th home.

34 Legends: Pat Woodrum Native Kansan served Tulsa’s library system and botanic garden.

BY GAIL BANZET-ELLIS

36 Home makers Tulsa Habitat for Humanity has built more than 400 homes with the help of volunteers.

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38 It takes practice Incorporating yoga into traditional addiction recovery has seen local success.

BY KIM BROWN

40 Protecting the most innocent among us Child abuse and neglect seem to have spiked in Tulsa County, but funding limits the services that could aid prevention.

BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

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Tips for gardening and water conservation. A trip to Tahlequah.

New View Oklahoma assists those with low vision. Connie Cronley rhymes for National Poetry Month.

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his team has really changed me,” says Sydnee Dickson. “It has changed the way I am as a person and the way I dance.

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Dickson, a Booker T. Washington High School senior, has danced with Tulsa’s Prancing Pearls of Excellence, a community majorette dance team, for three years. She’s the team captain.

When not in class, dance practice or competitions, Dickson studies cosmetology and works part time at Home Depot. She’ll attend Clark Atlanta University in the fall.

“As team captain, you learn a lot about yourself,” she says. “You have to not only be a leader for other girls, you also learn to be a leader within yourself.”

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Tulsa City-County Library presents the “21st Annual Yom HaShoah: An Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration” at TCC’s VanTrease PACE.

Popular 1980s rock group 38 Special appears at the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

Former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno brings his humor to the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.

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The BOK Center turns up the country volume with singer/songwriter Thomas Rhett.

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The ORU Mabee Center welcomes Christian artists MercyMe and Tenth Avenue North.

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Crown Tulsa’s best singer at the “Tulsa Sings! 100 Years of Song” competition at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education.

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Chow down at the Kendall Whittier Food Truck Festival at East Admiral Boulevard and North Lewis Avenue.

The 2018 Tulsa Farmers’ Market on Cherry Street begins its season at East 15th Street and South Peoria Avenue. Repeats April 14, 21 and 28.

Author and radio personality Garrison Keillor’s “Just Passing Through …” tour visits the Brady Theater.

Tulsa Town Hall presents author Piper Kerman’s “The Real Story of ‘Orange is the New Black” at the Cascia Hall PAC.

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Guthrie Green hosts Earth Day entertainment, activities for families and kids, and educational booths.

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The Tulsa Roots Music Global Bash grooves at Guthrie Green in the Tulsa Arts District.

Three Dog Night rocks Paradise Cove at the River Spirit Casino

ONEOK Field will be crimson and cream and orange and black for OU-OSU Bedlam Baseball.

Celebrate the Woody Guthrie Center’s Fifth Birthday in the Tulsa Arts District.

Play ball! It’s opening night for the Tulsa Drillers 2018 home season against the Frisco RoughRiders at ONEOK Field.

Tulsa Ballet’s TB II: Emerging Choreographer’s Showcase features three world premieres at Studio K.

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Legendary band Judas Priest lights up the BOK Center.

Tulsa Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot” at the Tulsa PAC. Disco balls and big hair: It’s the 16th annual ’80s PROM at Cain’s Ballroom.

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Group meditation in the chapel at the Osage Forest of Peace

Practice mindfulness When the hustle and bustle of modern life becomes stressful, Tulsans have lots of options to relax.

Osage Forest of Peace Whether meditating in the chapel, raking the traditional Zen garden or chanting in the Cave of the Mothers, guests can experience the beauty of nature at the Osage Forest of Peace, a 45-acre retreat center.

From classes to community meditation and prayer to cabins for rent, there’s something for everyone. Visitors can do short sessions or longer retreats, depending on their needs. A labyrinth and woodland trails on the property also make for a peaceful walk.

“I was amazed to learn how spending time in meditation each day reframed my outlook on the world and equipped me to handle stressful situations,” says Executive Director Rev. Don Chatfield.

Rates and class times vary.

141 Monastery Road, Sand Springs forestofpeace.org

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St. John’s Center for Spiritual Formation

Tulsa Yoga Meditation Center

For those looking to deepen their personal quiet time, St. John’s Center for Spiritual Formation offers interfaith meditation classes led by Executive Director Sister Ellie Finlay, a solitary nun within the Anglican tradition. The Foundations in Meditative Practice course teaches the basics, then participants can take ongoing classes.

“The human mind works pretty much the same way regardless of belief system,” Finlay says. “Each person is able to use that understanding to deepen the spiritual practice he or she already has.”

“Yoga and meditation are two sides of the same coin,” says Victor Parachin, director of the Tulsa Yoga Meditation Center. “Yoga prepares the body to sit quietly; meditation increases awareness so that one is more mindful when doing yoga practice.”

He teaches the traditional principles for meditation and yoga based on ancient Vedic and Buddhist texts. The Wednesday group meditation class at 7 p.m. is the perfect starting point, Parachin says. TP

$85 for a six-week course.

Pre-registration required.

Times vary.

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$15, drop-in rate.

Class times vary.

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USA BMX SEEKS NEW RACERS

Dance team is Tulsan’s dream

The spring season of the BMX Racing League starts April 3, and USA BMX Chief Marketing Officer Rob Gardenhire says it’s a great opportunity to introduce the whole family to BMX. The five-week season is aimed at teaching beginning riders, including children, the basics of the sport.

Gardenhire says interest in BMX has picked up nationally since its debut at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Americans Connor Field and Alise Post Willoughby won gold and silver medals, respectively. Many Tulsans are taking notice because of USA BMX’s plans to build an indoor Tulsa track and move its national headquarters and hall of fame here in late 2019.

USA BMX hopes to capitalize on local interest through the racing league, which also will have a fall season, according to Gardenhire. “The goal is to get kids and their parents excited about BMX,” he says.

As a member of Jackson State University’s Prancing J-Settes, Dr. Shavonda LaKay Pannell learned firsthand the positive power of dance.

“Jackson, Mississippi, had a lot of community dance teams,” says Pannell, a Tulsa native. “After I left Jackson, I really wanted to bring something like that back home for young ladies in the community. I knew I wanted to be able to give back to young ladies in a positive way, and I know dance helps build character and self-awareness.”

With the debut of “Bring It!,” a popular dance reality TV series, Pannell saw her opportunity. The program showcases the community majorette dance teams in the South, specifically the Dancing Dolls of Jackson under the direction of Dianna Williams. “Once the show came out, and (Williams) exposed the world to the majorette dance style known as ‘bucking,’ I felt it was safe to introduce that style to Tulsa.”

In 2015, the nonprofit Prancing Pearls of Excellence was born. Girls ages 12-18 go through a rigorous audition to make the team. As members, they’re expected to maintain their GPA, attend practice three days a week, display good social media etiquette and travel to competitions throughout the season.

“The best part of my job is seeing their growth as dancers and as young ladies — seeing them become more confident and aware of who they are,” says Pannell, the team’s head coach. “I’m proud to be a mentor to them.” — JULIE WENGER WATSON

April 3-May 3 USABMX SPRING RACING LEAGUE For children ages 4-15 and parents age 25 and up. 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. Sand Springs BMX, 2600 S. River City Park Road, Sand Springs. $130 per rider; loaner bikes and helmets available. Visit bmxracingleague.com or sandspringsbmx.com.

DOCU-SERIES ROADTRIPS THROUGH TULSA In January a Texas family set out on a yearlong, cross-country road trip to “serve as a catalyst for reconciliation and unity in America.” Their first stop? Tulsa. Erin and David Leaverton and their three children spent eight days meeting Tulsans and documenting their stories for their docu-series project “Undivided Nation.” Read about the family’s visit to Tulsa and follow their trip at undividednation.us.

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Voices of Oklahoma “(Woody Guthrie) had a very tough life. And yet, out of all of it, he overcame sadness and tragedy with humor. Woody had a tremendous sense of humor, and that I appreciate.

If we don’t have any humor, we don’t have anything left.”

— The late Guy Logsdon, music historian, musician, and University of Tulsa librarian and professor.

Logsdon died Feb. 5 at age 83.

“Voices of Oklahoma” is an oral history project supported by the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the University of Tulsa.

John Erling founded the project in 2009.

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Dr. Shavonda Pannell, left, is the founder and head coach of the Prancing Pearls of Excellence.

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CHANGEMAKERS

A NEW TUNE

Teresa Knox is breathing new life into the Church Studio and East Third Street.

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omething exciting is happening for the Tulsa music industry, and Teresa Knox is at the heart of it.

In 2016, Knox purchased Leon Russell’s former recording studio, housed in a 1915 church at East Th ird Street and South Trenton Avenue.

Now she is restoring the Church Studio to its former status as a working, world-class recording studio to open in early 2019.

“Honestly, I’m obsessed with getting it perfect, where all stakeholders’ expectations are exceeded,” says Knox, referring to the music community, the neighborhood, and Russell’s family and friends.

For the project, Knox — who is the founder of Community Care College, Clary Sage College and Oklahoma Technical College — enlisted the help of architect Chris Lilly and three consultants, Chad Hailey, Steven Durr and David Cherry, who are recording studio experts.

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Along with renovations to the existing Church Studio, an addition will include a gallery, dressing rooms, restrooms, storage space and a service elevator. An outdoor courtyard/performance space also will be added.

While the Church Studio has an historic musical past — Knox recently finalized its addition to the National Historic Register — developing its future is just as important to her. “I’ve met so many incredible people during this process,” she says. “I interviewed over 200 people as part of my research to get to the truth and capture it in a way that can be loved and shared for generations to come.

“Honoring Leon’s legacy through restoring the Church Studio has been one of the greatest honors of my life,” Knox adds. “Th is not only pays tribute to Leon’s brilliance, but it also gives a new generation of musicians and fans an opportunity to be inspired.” TP

It isn’t just the Church Studio that Teresa Knox is re-imagining, but the entire area.

Originally, Leon Russell owned 14 buildings surrounding the Church Studio that were used as office space and lodging for employees and musicians, Knox says.

Similarly, she has purchased 11 of the surrounding lots or structures, including the former headquarters — and now satellite gallery — of Garden Deva Sculpture Co., with plans to create a vibrant district surrounding the Church Studio.

Just down the street on Third is the recently opened Teegarden Studio, owned

by David Teegarden Sr., former Grammy Award-winning drummer for Bob Seger.

“Teresa is a real sparkplug on that Third Street corridor between Utica and Peoria Avenues,” Teegarden says. “We, Teresa and I, are referring to it as ‘Studio Row.’”

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ome artists spend a lifetime perfecting their craft. Others start in their 60s. Local woodturner Ken Hager waited until retirement to pursue his lifelong dream.

Hager had always been fascinated by the works of art that could come from a raw piece of wood. But leading a 43-year career in health care administration and raising a family left him little time for hobbies. After retiring as vice president of Saint Francis Hospital, Hager asked himself, “What do you want to do with the rest of your life?”

Enrolling in a woodworking class at Tulsa Tech, Hager decided, “An old dog can learn new tricks.” Now with more than two decades of experience in his craft, Hager finds artistic satisfaction by discovering beauty in unexpected places.

“I love going to the city dump to find a piece of wood that someone has discarded and turning it into a lovely piece of art that will last for decades,” Hager says. “Many times you don’t know what’s going to come from it. Sometimes you have

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to start turning and see what the wood will allow you to do.”

Hager’s craft also has given him opportunities to support charitable causes. Ornate wooden bowls crafted by Hager and other members of the Northeastern Oklahoma Wood Turners Association will be available for purchase through the live and silent auctions at this month’s Empty Bowls Dinner. Proceeds will benefit the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

“Our woodturning club has donated pieces to the food bank for over 10 years,” he says. “It’s such a great organization that we are delighted to donate to.” TP April 24

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As a millennial, McArtor says she struggles with social media’s focus on self because it can breed narcissism.

“Narcissists aren’t good for society,” she says. “How do you engage in social media responsibly without it becoming an unhealthy habit?”

While the book was in progress, the philosophy behind its poems inspired a spin-off program called the Reverse Selfie Project for middle- and high-schoolers in Tulsa Public Schools. McArtor and other professionals lead a sixweek creative-and-critical-thinking workshop that helps students look beyond “surface level” and analyze their inner selves through poetry. At press time, the program had reached 100 students.

The locally published “Reverse Selfie” book is available for $18 at retailers such as Dwelling Spaces, Decopolis and Magic City Books and at musedorganization.org. All proceeds support the Reverse Selfie Project in TPS. — MORGAN PHILLIPS

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FROM A CORNED BEEF CONCESSION TO STOCK MARKET SUCCESS Tulsan Sid Shupack has a lifelong love of finance and U.S. presidents.

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id Shupack is a self-admitted entrepreneur at heart, with a deep-seated fondness for finance and a penchant for making money.

From starting a corned beef sandwich concession business in college to founding First State Investment Advisors Inc. to heading his investment management firm, he says his priority has always been customer service.

Shupack earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Oklahoma and studied postgraduate law at the University of Tulsa. He started his career at Walston, a brokerage firm, in 1959 and later worked at A.G. Edwards and Sons and Merrill Lynch before starting First State in 1971, where he currently serves as president and chairman.

How did your college corned beef concession come about? Living in the fraternity house at OU, I thought of ways to make money. Of course, all the kids would get hungry at night. I asked our housemother if I could use the refrigerator. I would buy the corned beef and bread, then make the sandwiches, add a dill pickle and chips and charge them a buck. I made some good money.

At First State you have developed an investment strategy called “The Gold Chip Standard.”

How would you describe it? It’s our proprietary investment strategy where we target primarily high-quality, large-cap stocks that exhibit strong, long-term industry growth, led by outstanding management and with a dividend payout ratio of at least 20 percent. We have developed our own proprietary software to aid our research.

What do you think accounted for the stock market’s remarkable rise in 2017? Coming into office, President (Donald) Trump promised to do the most important thing that would impact the stock market; that is, to lower taxes. Previously corporations paid a 35 percent tax rate. The laws changed it to 21 percent. That has a huge impact on earnings. Plus, the market likes fewer regulations. Cutting red tape is a big plus for businesses and thus a big plus for the market.

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Sid Shupack in his office at First State Investment Advisors

What’s your outlook for 2018? We experienced a 10 percent market correction in early February, which rallied to about a 5 percent correction.

It’s a cautious time to invest. The public needs much more education on why they need to buy or not buy a particular stock or mutual fund and why a stock price goes up and down. People need to understand what they are paying for.

You keep busy in various charitable organizations and pursuing several hobbies. I’ve always been involved some way with the Tulsa Area

United Way by being a member of the Alexis de Tocqueville Society. I served on the board with the Tulsa Zoo Friends for years. I was in Rotary Club of Tulsa for many years. I enjoy traveling with my wife, Susan, taking cruises. I am an avid reader. I enjoy reading history and anything about the presidents. I have over a thousand books at home, with over 300 on the presidents.

I’m always reading something on economics and finance. I played tournament racquetball for 25 years. It kept me in shape. TP

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Although Bob passed away this November, his family remains as committed as ever to continuing the work he started nearly four decades ago. Today, Valley National Bank is one of the few remaining family-owned, multigenerational financial institutions in northeast Oklahoma. Bob’s legacy of service continues to drive the VNB team through the leadership of his youngest son, Tom Biolchini. Recently elected chairman of the board, Tom is honored to lead the bank into its next chapter.

“Our family is excited and proud to continue Dad’s legacy, and we intend to build on what he started. We are here to stay and look forward to taking care of our customers and friends for generations to come,” Tom said.

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Chief Executive Officer Brad Scrivner believes Valley is well-positioned to serve the next generation of families and businesses.

“Tom and I worked closely together over the last five years, and I’m confident that we will accomplish our vision of making banking surprisingly easy for our customers and communities over the coming generations. We are excited about Valley National Bank’s future, and customers can expect exciting news in the coming months that will enhance their experience and demonstrate our ongoing commitment to our communities,” Scrivner said.

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Deana McCloud of the Woody Guthrie Center and Mark Steele of Steelehouse stand on the center’s replica front porch, where visitors will be able to experience the Dust Bowl in virtual reality starting April 23. The experience is part of the Woody Guthrie Center’s fifth anniversary celebration. Visit woodyguthriecenter.org for a full schedule of activities and events.

IMMERSIVE HISTORY Firm’s VR work takes Woody Guthrie Center visitors back to Dust Bowl.

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his spring, visitors to the Woody Guthrie Center will have the opportunity to relive the day the Dust Bowl began in a virtual reality experience created by Tulsa based-company Steelehouse.

Firm co-founder Mark Steele says users will sit on a replica front porch and wear a VR headset. “From that moment, you are sent back in time to Black Sunday: April 14, 1935,” he says.

“From the perspective of that front porch, you experience the moment the dust storm overtakes the panhandle in visceral sensory detail, as if you are there.”

The VR experience, which is part of the Woody Guthrie Center’s fifth anniversary celebration April 21-29, is narrated by Oklahoma icon Michael Wallis. It will fit in seamlessly with the permanent exhibit that shares information about

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the Dust Bowl and how it shaped Guthrie’s life.

“The experience of seeing those storms and the impact on those who were displaced because of the devastation was the catalyst that made Woody a spokesperson for his people,” says Deana McCloud, executive director of the Woody Guthrie Center.

Steelehouse’s creations are not limited to Tulsa.

The 19-year-old company is currently in production for a “Transformers” multimedia installation that will launch in China later this year. The company also has launched multiple games and augmented reality experiences for mobile devices.

“Our team is already blowing minds with the innovative VR/AR work it is creating for our clients, so we are poised to blow the doors off as the medium grows into a phenomenon,” Steele says. TP

For 50 years, Michael Hughett has played a lot of golf and won a lot of tournaments.

His 2016 victory in the Oklahoma State Golf Association’s Senior Stroke Play Championship at Meadowbrook Country Club made it his 19th OSGA title, which is the most in association history. That championship came 30 years after his first win, an OSGA State Stroke Play Championship at Tulsa Country Club.

Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, Hughett started playing golf at age 9. Following high school, he played for Oral Roberts University for three years before transferring to Nebraska, where he redshirted one year before finishing his college career.

For the past 20 years, Hughett has worked for NORDAM, where he serves as the chief financial officer. He rarely has time to play a round on a weekday, but he always finds time to hit the links on the weekend at Owasso Golf and Athletic Club, where he has been a member since 1999.

Hughett has qualified for the U.S. Senior Championship five times, but has never been able to get past the third round. Just one more match, and he’d receive an automatic qualifier to the next one instead of earning it through competition.

He typically plays in six to 10 tournaments a year, and his goal is to play at least 10 this year.

“The competition keeps me motivated to always get better,” Hughett says. “I don’t let age get in the way of that.” — TIM LANDES

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with our organizational philosophy that tennis ince 2005, Tulsa’s Youth At Heart oris a vehicle for supporting participants’ positive ganization has partnered with the U.S. character development,” Finley says.

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For Tulsans David Hogan and June Patton, volunteering is simply a way of life.

They have volunteered for CASA, Resonance Center for Women, Youth Services of Tulsa, the YWCA, Tulsa Ballet, Saint Simeon’s, Tulsa Girls’ Art School, Tulsa Women’s Connection and Clarehouse.

This month, the couple will be honored as 2018 Premier Volunteers at Volunteers of America Oklahoma’s fundraiser, Rhinestone Cowboy. The event coincides with the 25th anniversary of Volunteers of America Oklahoma.

“I have been volunteering most of my adult life, 50-plus years,” says Hogan, a founding partner of HoganTaylor. He says he “mainly volunteers with agencies that serve the disadvantaged.” He is in his second year tutoring a second-grader, also named David, through Reading Partners.

Patton, account manager at L & M Furniture, says her mother instilled in her the importance of volunteering. Now, she says, “I volunteer for many reasons and feel all of the organizations that I have helped have impacted their clients beyond what I could have imagined.

“My heart for Resonance has been touched the most by seeing how these women coming out of prison, with the help of Resonance, have turned their lives around,” Patton says. “It’s powerful.” — JUDY LANGDON

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Night of Dreams Night of Dreams, a Feb. 22 gala at the Oaks Country Club, raised financial support for the L.I.F.E. (Literacy Is For Everyone) program at the Tulsa Dream Center. L.I.F.E. is an afterschool and summer reading program for at-risk youth in north Tulsa.

Gala patrons enjoyed a plated dinner, live music from “The Voice” alumnus and Tulsa native Brian Nhira, and a silent auction.

1. Back row, Tulsa Dream Center supporters Denise Geuder, Katy Schmelz, Carmen Cavanaugh and Lauren Beach; Sarah Ingle and Molly Ford of the Tulsa Dream Center; and supporters Jodi Conneely and Bethany White; front row, Tim Newton of the Tulsa Dream Center, Amber Johnson and Aaron Johnson of the Tulsa Dream Center 2. Brian Nhira and his band performed at the gala.

3. Patrons Byron and Jennifer Bighorse of Osage Casinos, a Night of Dreams sponsor, and Aaron Johnson of the Tulsa Dream Center

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5. A classic Rolls-Royce inside the Cox Business Center added to the evening’s vintage vibe.

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Puttin’ on the Dog The smooth sounds of local band Double Treble welcomed patrons to LIFE Senior Services’ annual Puttin’ on the Dog gala Feb. 22 at the Cox Business Center. Highlights of the evening included dinner by chef Devin Levine, live and silent auctions, a wine pull, and a video demonstrating LIFE’s impact on senior citizens in the community. KOTV reporter Amy Kauffman was the night’s emcee.

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n the heels of graduate school at the age of 23, Pat Woodrum began her career at the Tulsa City-County Library. She spent the next 32 years working in nearly every area of the system and was executive director for two decades.

But Woodrum, 76, is known for much more than her service as Tulsa’s lead librarian. She’s a master gardener, cook, wife, mother, friend and philanthropist. Woodrum was one of the founders of the Tulsa Botanic Garden and served as its executive director for seven years. A book lover and writer, the library brought her to Tulsa, but she stayed because of its people and a community she grew to love.

WHERE DID YOU GO TO UNIVERSITY? WHY? I started at Parsons Junior College (Labette Community College) and went on to Pittsburg State Teachers College (Pittsburg State University). There was never any doubt, because of my parents, that I would go on and get a college degree. When I was 15, I started working in the Parsons Public Library, and it was then I decided I wanted to be a librarian. In order to be a librarian, I went to the University of Oklahoma for a master’s degree in library science.

WHAT WAS ONE OF YOUR MOST DEFINING MOMENTS IN LIFE? When I married Clayton. I first met him when I was 14, and we were married when we were in college. It was a very good decision. We have many like interests, and our careers and community activities have complemented one another. We feel blessed because we have been married for 56 years and have one son, Clay, and two grandsons, Trey and Taylor.

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WHAT AGE DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW AND WHY? I feel mentally that I’m 40, and it’s because I’m still very much involved in the Tulsa City-County Library and the Tulsa Botanic Garden as well as a lot of other community activities — for instance, Iron Gate. I have several writing projects in process. I love to garden and cook, and I compiled a cookbook of recipes for family and friends.

YOU STARTED WORKING IN THE PARSONS LIBRARY AT AGE 15. WHAT INTERESTED YOU ABOUT LIBRARIES AT A YOUNG AGE? I was 4 years old when my father first took me to a public library. He and my mother were great readers. We would go to a secondhand store, and our parents would let us pick out any used books that we wanted, and we read a lot in our home.

HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU? That’s a hard question to answer. Several of my longtime friends say I’m loyal, caring, intelligent and giving.

I’m a strong moral compass, organizer, planner and leader.

WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? They’d be surprised to know that I almost always have some reading material or a book in my handbag. I just have to do something with my time. I experience a great sense of insecurity if I don’t have three or four new books at the house or with me when I’m traveling.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OR TYPE OF BOOK? It’s primarily fiction, all types. I like historical novels. I try to read anything with an interesting plot or an author that I like that’s on the New York Times bestseller list. I don’t often read brandnew authors until they’ve been out a while. Isabel Allende is one of many favorite authors.

IS THERE A LIBRARY PROGRAM YOU’RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF? When I was executive director of the library, Peggy Helmerich helped me develop an endowment. In return, I wanted to do something to thank her for it. We started the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award that once a year brings in an outstanding author who has made a major contribution to literature. There’s a black-tie dinner on the main floor of the library followed with a public program the next morning.

When we started it, we could offer a $5,000 honorarium, and the honorarium now is $40,000. The author would spend several days in Tulsa, so I got to spend that time with the author. That has been a real privilege to meet those people over the years.

IF YOU COULD RELIVE A MEMORY FROM THE PAST, WHAT WOULD IT BE? We moved here in 1964 when the Central Library was under construction. I helped move into that building from the old Carnegie building, which was at Third and Cheyenne. The night of the opening for the public, the plaza area between the courthouse and the library was set up with chairs and the building was dark. Gov. Henry Bellmon was the speaker that night, and at the conclusion of his talk he got on the phone

“I was 4 years old when my father first took me to a public library. He and my mother were great readers. We would go to a secondhand store, and our parents would let us pick out any used books that we wanted, and we read a lot in our home.” and called the director of NASA in Washington, D.C. The director turned on the building lights via a signal transmitted from Washington to Tulsa by satellite. Nobody had ever seen anything like that before!

family traditions in that building. We’d always go there for brunch with our son after church, and the Helmerich Christmas party was always up there.

Thinking about it brings back a lot of memories of people who are no longer with us.

WHAT WAS A “WORST TIME” AND HOW DID YOU PULL THROUGH IT? When our son was 18 months old, he contracted spinal meningitis and was in St. John’s in quarantine. He was in a coma, and doctors didn’t give us very much hope that he would ever pull through it. After about a week and a half, I just left the hospital and went home and sat by myself and prayed. I don’t know how many hours I prayed. The phone rang, and I was told to return to the hospital because he was coming out of the coma and I could hold him. It took a couple of months for him to fully recover, but he did. I believe in prayer, which has helped me in many difficult situations.

DESCRIBE A PERFECT WEEKEND IN TULSA OR ELSEWHERE. It’s a Sunday where we go to church and then to brunch, and if it’s a nice day we go out and spend time at the Botanic Garden. Then, almost every Sunday we have a family dinner at our house.

Our son lives six blocks away. One grandson is just graduating from Baylor and is going to get a master’s at OU in library science. My youngest grandson is a freshman at TU.

WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT? I very seldom have that problem.

HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS? Anything that can help make life a little better for someone else or to make the world a better place — being able to do any of those things, that’s an achievement and success.

WHAT IS A FAVORITE TULSA MEMORY? The Tulsa Club building at Third and Cincinnati has been empty for probably 20 years. In its heyday, it had a private club and was a place where a lot of the oilmen stayed when they were in town. There was a gentleman’s floor, which I helped break the “glass ceiling” in, and then other floors, but the top floor was open like a ballroom. We had a lot of wonderful

WHAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES YOU’VE EXPERIENCED IN TULSA? They’ve been due to advances in technology. I think it was probably in the mid-’80s when the first fax was sent from the Central Library to the OSU Library. A group of us stood around a new fax machine and watched as the send button was pushed. We believed we were seeing the cutting edge of technology, and we were at that time. Today’s newly renovated Central Library is unbelievable in so many ways, but primarily due to the advances in technology.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT TULSA? The people, without a doubt. I’ve had an opportunity to work with many of the leaders and funders of Tulsa — people like the Zarrows and George Kaiser. I admire so many of them for what they have done for Tulsa and what they do for people.

People are giving, and they care about the community and improving people’s lives. That’s the thing that I like most and enjoy being involved in. TP TulsaPeople.com

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Habitat for Humanity has been in Tulsa for 30 years. In December, the organization dedicated its 400th home. Volunteers and homeowners work together to build single-family homes.

HOME MAKERS TULSA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS BUILT MORE THAN 400 HOMES WITH THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS.

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few dozen retired men sit or stand around sipping coffee and lightly ribbing each other about anything and everything. It’s a classic morning scenario seen in donut shops, diners and coffee shops across the country.

This one just happens to take place in the living room and kitchen of a home under construction. And these are the Tuesday Morning Miracle Workers, a group of dedicated volunteers who spend two days a week donating their time at Tulsa Habitat for Humanity.

Their coffee break over, the men ranging in age from mid-50s to early 90s get back to work installing a wood laminate floor throughout the house.

Bill Yeagle, 84, is one of the founding members of the group. He and co-founder Bob Sanborn were looking for something to occupy their time while also serving the community, so they walked into Tulsa Habitat and offered to volunteer regularly on Tuesdays.

In just a few months their two-man club grew to about a dozen. Now 25 years later, 35 to 40 retired men, and occasionally women, are a part of the Tuesday Morning Miracle Workers.

“I never thought it would turn into what it has become,” Yeagle says.

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The Miracle Workers held a variety of day jobs before retiring, including as engineers, mechanics, lawyers, even a computer repair specialist and a former TV meteorologist.

The group has been around almost as long as Tulsa Habitat, which is celebrating its 30th year in the community and dedicated its 400th home in December.

Cameron Walker, CEO of Tulsa Habitat, says despite the organization’s longevity, it still encounters misconceptions. “We don’t give homes away,” he says.

Those who qualify for the Habitat program are the working poor who can’t get financing for a home through the traditional route of a bank or mortgage company.

“We stand in the gap between banks and low-income borrowers,” he says. “Our homeowners are all gainfully employed but technically living under the poverty line in Tulsa County.”

Those who qualify go through a rigorous Homeowners College with courses on money management, basic home repair, and the mortgage and lending process.

Kent Powers and Bob Sanborn are members of the Tuesday Morning Miracle Workers.

In December, the Stanton family moved into Tulsa Habitat for Humanity’s 400th home.

F Sweat equity is another part of the homeowners’ responsibility. Homeowners must spend 200-250 hours working on the construction of their home or other Tulsa Habitat volunteer opportunities.

Todd Klabenes, Tulsa Habitat’s chief operating officer, says volunteers like the Tuesday Morning Miracle Workers are one of the biggest reasons for the organization’s success. “We would look hugely different without volunteers,” he says. “If you could look up the definition of consistent, their picture would be right next to it.”

Kent Powers started with the Miracle Workers six years ago. “You don’t have to be a skilled worker; we do on-the-job training,” he says. “It’s the idea of giving back to the community.”

Yeagle volunteers at several organizations in addition to Habitat. “If someone isn’t volunteering, they are missing out,” he says. For him, the group has also become a support system. “When you retire, all your work buddies go away. You need to find a new social group. There are also those in the group like me who are widowers. I don’t like sitting in an empty house.”

But when it comes down to it, it’s really about people becoming homeowners. “It’s so heartwarming, so rewarding to see a family who never thought they would own their own home,” Yeagle says. “If you come to a home dedication and see the faces of the people receiving the home — that’s the paycheck.” TP Tulsa Habitat for Humanity will host Rock the House 2018, the organization’s revamped annual fundraising gala, at 6 p.m., April 14, at the Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center. It will include live music, dinner, cocktails and dancing. The event also will honor Heart of Habitat recipients Bo and Carrie Van Pelt and the Jimmie Swindler Spirit Award winner Dennis Lane, president of Thermal Windows. Tickets start at $150, with sponsorship opportunities between $2,000-$20,000. For more information, visit rockthehousetulsa.org.

A FAMILY HOME

or the Stanton family, 2016 was a year of big changes and big challenges.

Johnthan and Johnisha Stanton were the parents of one daughter, with another on the way. Their small family nearly doubled when Johnthan’s sister died in a car crash and the Stantons took in her three children.

“We were living in a two-bedroom condo. It was pretty packed,” Johnisha says, so the process began for the family of seven to find a larger home.

“We tried different lending companies. We knew we needed more space, but financially we weren’t there,” she says. “We kind of needed a miracle.”

A friend knew about Tulsa Habitat for Humanity and told her to apply. They were accepted this past summer to be the homeowners of the organization’s 400th home.

Johnisha works in early childhood education at the Hutcherson YMCA, and Johnthan recently started his own alterations business, Johnny’s Sewing Co., so after their day jobs they worked on their new home as part of their required sweat equity hours.

“You realize how much it takes to put up a house,” Johnthan says, but working on it made it more special when they got to move in right before Christmas. “This is our house. It’s built specifically for our family. It will be in our family for hopefully generations.”

Larry Vitt, director of facilities and real estate, has worked at Tulsa Habitat for 18 years and has been present for 350 home dedications, including the Stantons’.

“It was a special home in a lot of ways,” Vitt says. “The highlight of that dedication was the family that received that home. It was the perfect family for our 400th home.”

Cameron Walker, Tulsa Habitat’s CEO, says that while he’s proud of the milestone, he wishes it had come sooner in the organization’s 30-year history.

“We’re building about 20 homes a year, but we get that many applications a week,” Walker says. “The need for quality, low-income housing is big in Tulsa.”

The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation recognized that need and gave Tulsa Habitat a $6.7 million grant to establish the Boomtown Development Co. “In the next five years, we’ll go from 20 homes in a year to 150 homes a year,” he says, through the continued construction of not only single-family homes, but also the addition of townhomes and multi-family rental units.

“There are people who just aren’t ready for homeownership but still need a safe, well-maintained place to live while they reduce their debt and build up credit,” Walker says.

Tulsa Habitat also is changing its financing model to better work with banks so financial institutions can offer the funding while Habitat staff still remain handson in servicing the lending, making the most of the well-established relationships between Habitat and its borrowers.

Although changes are underway, the mission has stayed the same: to give a hand up, not a hand out.

“They’re such an incredible organization to support you,” Johnisha says. “They do their part and they help you do your part. It’s not a handout. We have a second family now: our Habitat family.”

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Nicole Peltier Hall is the owner of the Yoga Room, where she hosts Raven Yoga, a class designed to address the needs of people in recovery.

IT TAKES PRACTICE INCORPORATING YOGA INTO TRADITIONAL ADDICTION RECOVERY HAS SEEN LOCAL SUCCESS.

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or those working to overcome addiction, yoga can be a refreshing and powerful way to reconnect and focus. Yoga for Recovery classes are available at some Tulsa-area nonprofits, a few treatment centers and even traditional yoga studios.

Many treatment centers and social service providers have embraced this practice by including yoga and mindfulness classes alongside traditional substance abuse treatment programs. Specialized training for yoga instructors — which can range from $1,000 to $1,200 per session per instructor — is supported by local philanthropic agencies such as the Hardesty Family Foundation, which has grant-funded these programs for nearly three years.

“I’ve been practicing yoga for 20 years, and there is empirical evidence that it lowers stress and anxiety, helps with depression and gives people an overall sense of well-being, which are major drivers when dealing with recovery, domestic abuse or post-traumatic stress disorder,” says Michelle Hardesty, executive director of the Hardesty Family Foundation.

“What yoga teaches you is that when you’re on your mat, what happens and how you react is the same way you can approach situations when you’re off the mat. You can learn those behaviors and take them out into the real world.”

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One of the agencies the Hardesty Family Foundation funds is 12&12 Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center. Some 22 yoga instructors teach Yoga for Recovery classes to supplement patients’ aftercare, says Brad Collins, the center’s director of community relations, research and efficacy.

Collins emphasizes that the center doesn’t advocate yoga as a substitute for other types of professional medical and counseling treatment for addiction, but he believes it can be a helpful tool that can aid a person in recovery.

“It’s not this or that; it’s this and that,” he says.

“The more types of resources someone has, the more opportunity they have for long-term, sustainable recovery.”

Hardesty offers the analogy that recovery is like a piece of Swiss cheese. “If you layer your cheese, eventually all the holes get covered,” she explains.

“One is your (addiction recovery) program, one is meditation, another is yoga. It is good to have many support systems in place when dealing with addiction so when one fails or is insufficient you have others as a backup.”

Collins says his interest in Yoga for Recovery is personal; he has been in recovery from addiction for 21 years, and he says adding yoga “took my recovery to a new level.”

“I became a fan personally, then did the research and the intentional work.”

In 2015, 12&12 began offering yoga two to three times a week. Now it offers yoga classes every day and has added meditation classes and a mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) program. In partnership with the Hardesty Family Foundation, Collins says instructors from places such as Colorado, Washington and San Jose, California, were brought to Tulsa to train 12&12 instructors.

“We see the evidence-based value in every single nuance in yoga-based recovery and MBRP we can get our hands on,” he says.

RECOVERY AND FREEDOM Nicole Peltier Hall, owner of the Yoga Room, says her yoga journey led her to Yoga for Recovery.

“My story is so different. I started with yoga and then found myself in recovery,” says Peltier Hall, who identifies as a recovering alcoholic. “For me, I’ve been practicing yoga for 20 years, teaching movement for 18 years, and I’ve now been teaching recovery yoga for two. Usually it’s the other way around.”

She created a class called Raven Yoga, which she offers for all levels each Sunday at 4:15 p.m. at the Yoga Room. The class focuses on addressing negative or unhealthy habit patterns, and language is geared more toward how participants are living outside of the yoga class. She says the goals at Raven Yoga — the physical expression of recovery — are different than those in a typical yoga class.

Peltier Hall says she named the class for the raven — a symbol of freedom and flying.

“When I see a bird flying, it represents the ultimate freedom,” she says. “Recovery is rediscovering and uncovering who you really are — as if

Raven Yoga focuses on simple movement and allows students to reflect and tune in to their bodies.

12&12 Addiction and Recovery Center offers daily yoga classes.

you were in a cage. It’s like being a butterfly under a blanket, and when in recovery, you feel finally uncovered.”

The class isn’t the typical power yoga or hot yoga class that many people use for physical fitness. People don’t have to bend themselves into difficult poses to participate.“It’s very simple physical movement; we’re really kind,” Peltier Hall says.

“People don’t want their butts kicked in recovery — they need it, but they’ll often reject it. So we need to take them where they are willing to go: gentle self-love and reflecting.” Peltier Hall quotes Yoga of 12 Step Recovery creator Nikki Myers: “The issues live in the tissues.”

All students have to do is walk through the doors of the Yoga Room, which moved after 17 years to 4329 S. Peoria Ave., Suite 350.

Because the students are in recovery, “We protect them in a way,” she says. “The words we use are different. I’m in recovery, so I know what they’re going through.”

Hardesty says students of Yoga for Recovery

can use physical challenges they experience in the class to help with life situations.

“If you’re holding a pose and it starts to get really uncomfortable, you can hear yourself start to say, ‘I am not good enough. Do I just quit?’” she says.

“But you learn those techniques to react to negative stimuli. You start to say, ‘If I just breathe and relax, I know this is only temporary.’ Then you can cope with anything and take that into the real world.”

Peltier Hall says Raven Yoga is a powerful tool to help recovering addicts pause, breathe and become tuned into their bodies and minds. It teaches the idea of the “sacred pause” to address cravings, using these moments as an opportunity to make a choice.

“In general, people take yoga because they want to be fitter,” she says. “In recovery yoga, it’s reentering the body. When you’re addicted, you leave your body — you leave the building, we like to say.

They come here and they don’t know how they feel because they’ve been vacant for so long. Yoga is coming home.” TP TulsaPeople.com

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PROTECTING T MOST INNOCE

Therapy dogs like Nala accompany child abuse victims to court appearances through the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office Special Dog Unit. The program started in 2010, and prosecutors applaud its benefits to victims, who are more at ease with a canine companion.

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THE ENT AMONG US Child abuse and neglect seem to have spiked in Tulsa County, but funding limits the services that could aid prevention.

STORIES BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

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n Tulsa County, substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect jumped 102 percent from 2012-16, according to data from the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

That’s nearly double the statewide increase experienced over the same period.

Local child welfare experts, including OKDHS officials, say it’s difficult to know the specific reasons for this spike. Anna America, CEO of Child Abuse Network, says citizens, who are mandated by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect, might be doing so with more frequency.

Ashleigh Kraft, clinical director for the Parent Child Center of Tulsa, suggests the rise could correspond to the 2012 implementation of OKDHS’ Pinnacle Plan, a five-year blueprint to improve Oklahoma’s child welfare services.

One thing is certain: The professionals interviewed don’t expect to see the pattern quickly reverse. “When we look at the current challenges families face, we don’t see protective factors improving,” Ashleigh Kraft explains.

All agree that when social services for adults, including services addressing mental health and substance abuse, are cut at the state level, children pay a price.

OKDHS has been one of the agencies hardest hit by the state’s revenue shortfall in recent years.

Since Fiscal Year 2015, its budget has been slashed by more than $100 million. As a result, foster care and adoptive reimbursement rates have been reduced, the agency has lost more than 1,200 employees — including child care licensing and mentoring staff — and education programs for child care workers have been cut.

Sarah McAmis, assistant district attorney for Tulsa County, has prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases for 23 years. She says, “Every single time I hear about the state budget cuts to social service agencies, it absolutely horrifies me because these families are not going to get the assistance they need, and children will suffer as a result.”

NEGLECT VS. ABUSE

The majority of OKDHS cases, including those in Tulsa County, are related to child neglect. In the most severe neglect cases, a child might die or experience significant medical issues, according to Cpl. Mark Kraft, detective for the Tulsa Police Department’s Child Crisis Unit. In those cases, he says charges are filed and warrants issued for the child’s guardians.

Sometimes a child is not in imminent danger, but there might be no food in the home or substandard living conditions. In these situations, charges might not be appropriate, so OKDHS works to connect the family with in-home services that might include education, therapy, public assistance programs or court-ordered addiction treatment.

But child abuse is clearly a problem, and troubling patterns do emerge, say McAmis and Mark Kraft.

Tulsans have heard this scenario on the evening news many times: A mother leaves her child with someone who is not equipped to be a caregiver, and the child is abused or even killed as a result.

“I would venture to say that in physical abuse cases especially, 75 to 80 percent (of the time) the perpetrator is Mom’s boyfriend or a stepdad or a non-family member who’s not related or associated with the child,” Mark Kraft says.

Often the perpetrator has a history of violence, sexual crimes or drug abuse, and many are under the influence at the time of abuse, Kraft says. Anna America points out that one of the greatest risk factors for becoming an abuser is having been abused as a child.

The mothers in these situations might have been well-intentioned or desperate for child care, but they have not done their due diligence to ensure their children’s safety, Mark Kraft says. A mother can be charged if investigators feel most people under the same circumstances would have TulsaPeople.com

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BEST INVESTMENT

With many successes to date, the George Kaiser Family Foundation has long focused on improving early childhood education in Tulsa. More recently, that focus has recognized the critical importance of parents.

The foundation’s latest initiative, the Birth through Eight Strategy for Tulsa (BEST), has this lofty goal: to help families break the intergenerational cycle of poverty in Tulsa by connecting them with programs, services and community agencies to build opportunity.

Such dramatic change requires dramatic funding.

Blue Meridian Partners is a philanthropic collaboration of individuals and institutions investing in social change on an unprecedented scale. This partnership of impact-driven philanthropists is seeking to change the odds for U.S. children and youth living in poverty, according to Sophia Pappas, BEST managing director at the GKFF. By investing $31 million over two years to help fund the first phase of BEST, Blue Meridian Partners will be able to learn what elements of the strategy work in concert with one another, Pappas says.

Additionally, BEST will connect Tulsa families with programs and services that are evidence-based programs of other Blue Meridian Partners grantees.

Pappas says approximately 40,000 children under age 9 are living in or near poverty in Tulsa County. Over the course of 10 years, BEST is projected to reach 80 percent of these children annually.

BEST wants to move the dial forward in four areas in Tulsa with increasing the percentages of healthy births, children raised in safe and nurturing homes, children ready for kindergarten and children achieving success by third grade. It aims to do so by increasing access to quality programs and services from preconception through age 8; providing individualized, ongoing navigation support to help families connect with desired programs and services; and improving conditions for success with tools, partnerships and other supports.

Pappas says decades of research on brain development as well as input from organizations providing health, education and social services in Tulsa and insights from focus groups with Tulsa families have all shaped BEST’s approach.

“Essentially, what we have learned about how much of the brain develops in the early years has steered us and our partners toward an intensive focus on that period in a child’s life in order to ensure that all children have the opportunity to succeed,” she says.

Although Tulsa already has many proven services targeting families who are socio-economically disadvantaged, Pappas says BEST came out of the need for a more integrated, coordinated approach that involves collaboration among organizations to review data, plan and support children and families for a full eight years. BEST partners include the Parent Child Center of Tulsa, the Tulsa Health Department, Community Action Project of Tulsa, Educare, Tulsa Public Schools and Reading Partners.

“Only by working together can we solve the complex problem of intergenerational poverty,” Pappas says. “Program and service providers from across Tulsa, GKFF and other partners, families and the BEST team must collaborate to strengthen our community for our children.”

She acknowledges that BEST — which launched in summer 2017 — is a complex initiative with many moving parts. However, if successful, it could change generations. Pappas says, “There is potential, through BEST, to impact not only children and families in Tulsa, but throughout the country.”

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Parent Child Center of Tulsa Clinical Director Ashleigh Kraft and Executive Director Regina Moon

In April, which is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, Tulsa’s Child Abuse Network will host two fundraisers to help serve approximately 2,400 children each year: APRIL 8 — FIFTH ANNUAL CAN SUPERHERO CHALLENGE A family-oriented event with two obstacle course runs; snacks and drinks; games for all ages; and booths from event sponsors and CAN’s partner agencies. Superhero costumes encouraged. 1-4 p.m. | POSTOAK Lodge and Retreat, 5323 W. 31st St. N. | $25, tickets; sponsorships start at $500.

APRIL 20 — CANDLELIGHT BALL Cocktails, dinner and dancing. | 6 p.m. | The Mayo Hotel, 115 W. Fifth St. | Sponsorships begin at $1,000.

Tulsa County Assistant District Attorney Sarah McAmis with court therapy dog Nala

understood they were not making a safe choice for their family, McAmis explains.

Charges also can be filed against the mother when she does not report her child’s abuse right away. “A mother’s first and foremost responsibility is to her child, so when the mother does not seek medical attention for them because she is more concerned with protecting her boyfriend, she has to be held accountable,” McAmis says.

PREVENTION THROUGH EDUCATION

A key way to prevent abuse and neglect is by identifying at-risk families and educating them about healthy relationships and safe parenting choices, Ashleigh Kraft says.

The PCCT attempts to do just that through Parents As Teachers, a home-visitation service targeting families who have risk factors for abuse and/or neglect. Factors can include living in poverty, growing up in an abusive or neglectful home, experiencing domestic violence, struggling with substance abuse and not completing high school.

Call 918-624-0217, email events@childabusenetwork.org or visit childabusenetwork.org for more details.

Through Parents As Teachers, PCCT parent educators visit families, who participate voluntarily, to provide in-home education to caregivers every other week. Referrals come from hospitals, obstetric and pediatric doctors, and other social service organizations, according to Ashleigh Kraft.

Caregivers learn about home safety and how to manage the challenges of parenting in safe and nurturing ways, and how their baby should be developing. The visits also provide professionals an opportunity to screen children for developmental delays and make referrals for needed services.

However, despite high demand and fairly constant wait lists for the Parents As Teachers program, in November the PCCT lost the $444,000 state contract to provide the program through the Tulsa Health Department — a casualty of cuts within the Oklahoma Department of Health. The program, which the PCCT continues to provide, reached 220 families during the 2017 calendar year and is on pace to surpass that this year if funding can be secured through other sources.

How is child abuse different from neglect?

Child Abuse Network CEO Anna America

ABUSE: Harm, threatened harm or failure to protect from harm or threatened harm, to the health, safety or welfare of a child by a person responsible for the child’s health, safety or welfare, including, but not limited to, nonaccidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation.

This can be any real or threatened physical, mental or emotional injury or damage to the body or mind that is not accidental, including, but not limited to, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, neglect or dependency.

NEGLECT: The failure or omission to provide any of the following: - Adequate nurturance and affection, food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, hygiene or appropriate education - Medical, dental or behavioral health care - Supervision or appropriate caregivers - Special care made necessary by the physical or mental condition of the child The failure or omission to protect a child from exposure to any of the following: - The use, possession, sale or manufacture of illegal drugs - Illegal activities - Sexual acts or materials that are not age-appropriate SOURCE: Oklahoma State Statute, current through February 2016

IF YOU SUSPECT A CHILD HAS BEEN OR IS BEING VICTIMIZED, CALL THE STATEWIDE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT HOTLINE: 1-800-522-3511

“While we lost the funding from the Health Department, we are working very hard to raise enough money to keep this program going to the end of this year,” says Carrie Little, director of external relations for the PCCT. “Beyond this year, we will need to establish a relationship with a donor or donors willing to sustain the program over time.”

‘EVERYONE’S DOING TRIAGE’

As with most societal issues, preventing child abuse and neglect is less expensive than the alternative.

“Statistics show, time and again, that prevention of child abuse and neglect is much less costly both in dollars and human suffering than treatment to address the impact on children and families after abuse has occurred,” Ashleigh Kraft says.

America says many in the child welfare field agree Tulsa would benefit from a higher-level view of child abuse and neglect — a data-driven, collaborative effort to identify key markers that could be used to guide strategies and policies, potentially keeping more children from becoming victims.

Right now, “Everyone’s doing triage, so the worst cases get higher priority,” America says, but she says that approach likely leaves many children vulnerable.

“If you talk to everybody in this field, we know

that probably the biggest group of underserved kids right now (are in those families) where we have recognized as a community that there’s a problem, but it hasn’t escalated to the level where there are more intervention services available,” she says.

At press time, the five detectives in TPD’s Child Crisis Unit were each carrying 80-90 cases. Mark Kraft says adding two more detectives would increase the unit’s capacity to investigate less severe cases of abuse and neglect more quickly. “When you have that many cases, especially with the types of cases we work, they’re often pretty involved, and you often have to triage the more serious cases,” he says. “And oftentimes some of those more minor cases keep getting pushed back, and it might take us more time to look into those.”

Though more oversight and staffing might help the cause, both would require more funding — the perpetual source of frustration for those in the field. “Every time we try to have more oversight and the budget is slashed, we lose ground,” McAmis says.

TRUDGING ON

“How do you do it?” is possibly the most-asked question of child welfare professionals who can’t un-see or un-hear the trauma and tragedies they encounter on the job.

The secondary traumatic stress they can experience is sometimes referred to as “compassion fatigue,” according the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. It can be a cumulative response to the cases they’ve worked, or it can result because of a particular client’s traumatic experience.

From a law enforcement perspective, Mark Kraft says it helps to focus on the outcome, instead of the incident. “There’s kind of some reward in that,” he says. “We put a lot of really bad people in prison for the rest of their lives. We kind of keep focused on those end goals of knowing that we made a child safer by taking them out of a situation (or) bringing justice to a child by putting away this monster who did these horrific things to them.”

McAmis, who started her legal career prosecuting child abuse and neglect cases, continues more than two decades later. Ninety percent of the cases she prosecutes are child fatalities.

Although she admits wanting to quit many times over the years, McAmis says it is her responsibility to the victims that keeps her coming to the Tulsa County Courthouse.

“I keep doing it because unfortunately kids keep getting hurt and killed,” she says. “I want to be able to help as many kids as I can and get justice for them.” TP TulsaPeople.com

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1 1 T H S T R E E T:

BACK IN BUSINESS Developers are revitalizing a historic thoroughfare.

BY SCOTT WIGTON

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or years, 11th Street, east of downtown, was synonymous with urban blight. The once venerable artery became a shadow of its colorful Route 66 glory days. A smattering of businesses — mostly appliance repair shops, garages and small auto dealerships — punctuated empty storefronts, degraded buildings and boarded-up windows along the street. Prostitution and drugs were commonplace.

What a difference the past few years have made.

As Tulsa’s push to reinvigorate downtown gathered steam and boosted property values and rental rates over the past 15 years, a handful of intrepid developers, entrepreneurs and Route 66 enthusiasts saw a golden opportunity just beneath the tarnished reputation of 11th Street.

Today, a resurgence led by the private sector is well underway on 11th Street, primarily between South Peoria and Yale avenues. New businesses are popping up in renovated old buildings as organic growth, fueled by convenient location, affordability and Route 66 nostalgia, takes hold.

It appears 11th Street is back in business.

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LIVING ON 11TH

IT’S PRETTY COOL As business development erupts up and down 11th Street, so do the housing options. Bordering neighborhoods such as Renaissance and Forest Orchard are seeing an influx of renovations and residents.

Additionally, new living choices have popped up. Among them is the 11th Street Lofts at 11th and Xanthus Avenue.

These upscale lofts owned by Aaron Meek are attracting young professionals and students who want to stay close to the urban core where they live and work. One of them is 11th Street Loft resident Josh Langston. He is working full time and studying part time at Tulsa Community College downtown with plans to attend the University of Tulsa Law School.

“I love this area and what it’s becoming,” says the 28-year-old. “It’s so convenient to downtown, Cherry Street and Utica. New stuff is happening all the time.”

A Tulsa native who previously lived in southeast Tulsa, Langston remembers a not-so-nice 11th Street just 15 years ago but is impressed with the increasing retail and restaurant options nearby.

“One of the things I really like is the small businesses rather than the big corporations down here,” he says. “I see a reflection of where Tulsa is going and it’s something I’m proud of.”

Old housing in the area is finding new life thanks to local landlords. In January, Kaleb Hinkel, 25, and Kiley Keel, 23, rented a 1,000-square-foot, renovated 1920s home near 11th and Peoria. The pair moved from Norman and were thrilled to find an affordable dwelling near downtown.

“We did notice all the new shops along 11th and that it’s an up-and-coming area,” says Hinkel, who is an auditor for a company in downtown Tulsa. His fiancée Keel attends TCC’s Metro campus. “One of the key things we were looking for was the downtown lifestyle and being near 11th Street, it was affordable.”

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EVOLUTIONARY REVIVAL

Business was always the business of 11th Street, especially during its Route 66 golden era.

“The whole purpose of Route 66 was economic development,” says Ken Busby, former chairman of the Route 66 Commission and executive director of the Route 66 Alliance, which was established in 2010 to build awareness of the road in Tulsa and beyond. “It was about moving people, goods and services and generating wealth, and that was true of Route 66 here in Tulsa. It’s still about commerce and growth.”

Back in the late 1920s, Tulsan Cyrus Avery, the father of the Mother Road, made sure 24 miles of the famous Chicago-to-Los Angeles blacktop passed through his hometown. Eleventh Street and Route 66 were one and the same for a magical era stretching from 1932 until Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985.

Today, 11th Street remains part of Historic Route 66 and, as such, has become a small part of a 2,400-mile-long tourist destination for bucket-listers from around the world.

For decades, up and down 11th Street, travelers and locals alike had many retail options. “In the early days, you had service stations, momand-pop stores and, not surprisingly, motels and diners,” Busby explains. “Cars would break down, and you had garages to fix them.”

Gradually, Route 66 lost its luster, a consequence of the more direct Interstate system and more reliable vehicles, which allowed people to get to their destinations both faster and with fewer stops. This is when 11th Street really took it on the chops, economically speaking.

“With less traffic going through here, a lot of businesses shut down and the street went into decline,” Busby says. “The stretch between 11th and Peoria and Lewis became a sort of Red Light District for Tulsa.”

Those less-than-desirable conditions prevailed on 11st Street and in nearby neighborhoods.

Tulsa Police Officer Gerard Stege has patrolled 11th Street for nearly 20 years and recalls the area when it was deeply troubled. “Basically, what you had was drive-up drugs and prostitution on 11th Street and surrounding areas,” he says. “There were lots of streetwalkers on the corners and other disturbances.”

Slowly, clean-up efforts in the nearby Kendall Whittier neighborhood by the City of Tulsa, law enforcement crackdowns and the expansion of the University of Tulsa forced many of the bad elements back into the shadows.

“It’s been an evolution,” Stege says. “I’ve seen it gradually change. They took out a lot of the crappy hotels and apartment complexes. When you get more legitimate businesses in there, it makes the illegitimate ones nervous.” He says the area today is much safer than it was just a decade ago.

Busby is excited about the direction 11th Street is heading. “The best thing that’s happened is the repurposing of old buildings,” he says. “Developers are taking buildings that are historically

interesting and bringing new life to them. They’re doing what the road was originally intended to do, which is generate commerce.”

RISK PAYING OFF FOR DEVELOPERS

One of the busiest 11th Street developers is Aaron Meek. In a meeting at the Campbell Hotel at 11th and Columbia Avenue (a property he has redeveloped), he is joined by two other 11th Street area developers/landlords, Leanne Benton and Kimberly Norman.

Combined, they own more than $15 million in commercial and residential properties along and adjacent to 11th Street. Meek also owns Meek’s Electrical Service, the trendy 11th Street Lofts and the new Pearl Shops.

Meek, Benton and Norman all began buying property along 11th Street long before it was fashionable to do so. Benton, of Good Day Properties, and her husband began buying in the area 20 years ago, while Norman (owner of O’Fallon Properties) jumped in 13 years ago. Meek got in on the action in the late ’90s.

“Back then, everyone thought we were crazy,” Benton says with a laugh. “Now they think we’re brilliant.”

She and the others say they noticed, or at least hoped for, a trend that would lead to an 11th Street resurrection. “Our philosophy was to surround downtown,” Benton says. “We felt like people were going to come back to the urban areas, and we’d seen that trend on the coasts, though it hadn’t hit Tulsa yet. We felt this area was primed for that.”

Gradually, they bought, held and remodeled.

“It has been an evolution,” Norman says. “We continued to buy because we recognized what was here and because of Route 66 nostalgia.”

Meek also says the steady revival is due to the affordability of 11th Street, at least for now. As downtown exploded and became pricier for developers, merchants and tenants, they began to look elsewhere. Eleventh Street fit the bill.

“You look at some of the other places, 15th Street, Brookside, downtown — they priced themselves so high that the average small business can’t afford to be there anymore,” Meek says. “They needed a place to go that has energy and the desire to bring them in, and this is it. We need another retail shopping district, and I believe Tulsa can support it.”

Developer Marvin Shirley and business partner David Sharp took an interest in 11th Street about six years ago. The two have been involved in downtown development, including the Tulsa Arts District, but the lure of economic opportunity along 11th could not be ignored. “We saw a lot of buildings on 11th that had potential,” Shirley says. “What 11th Street had was availability of old brick buildings that you could restore. My partner and I love doing that.”

The pair have invested an estimated $3 million to $4 million into multiple 11th Street properties, including the building at 11th Street and Yale Av-

(Clockwise from top left) Timber and Beam’s showroom features design ideas starring reclaimed wood. • Ike’s Chili has been in Tulsa more than 100 years. • Timber and Beam’s LeAnn Conley, Propeller’s Jesse Boudiette and Jenkins and Co.’s Lisa Wakefield are just some in the private sector who have taken a chance on 11th Street. • The 11th Street Lofts are a housing option along historic Route 66. • Josey Records opened in 2017. • Kimberly Norman, Aaron Meek and Leanne Benton inside the Campbell Hotel, a 1927 National Register of Historic Places property owned by Meek. Originally the Casa Loma Hotel was part of the Spanish-Colonial designed Max Campbell building, one of Tulsa’s early urban shopping areas. Norman, Meek and Benton all own property along 11th Street and the surrounding area. They bought into the area in hopes for a renaissance, which is now underway along the historic thoroughare.

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Home goods retailer Jenkins and Co. is one of several businesses along East 11th Street.

enue that houses Tally’s Restaurant, as well as the building at 11th and Quincy Avenue that contains Timber and Beam, SoBo Co., JLA Art and Design, and Joseph Gierek Fine Art. By and large, developers are keen to see 11th Street continue its current trajectory toward becoming an important homegrown retail strip for Tulsans and Route 66 travelers. “That’s really our whole aim and emphasis, to make it more retail versus an entertainment area,” Shirley says.

As development gathers pace, another thing is changing, too. “The (property) prices have gone up dramatically in the last five years and they continue to climb,” Shirley adds.

BUSINESSES AND RETAILERS FIND AFFORDABLE HOMES

Business operators also are finding 11th Street to be an ideal spot to set up shop.

Jesse Boudiette, president and founder of marketing and public relations firm Propeller, moved the business from its downtown location to 11th Street about two years ago.

Propeller now occupies about 1,500 square feet in a renovated, former warehouse with 20-foot ceilings. “We kind of got in at the beginning, and the price was right,” Boudiette says with a smile.

“It was a cool space on 11th in an area that has a funky feel to it. Plus, we love the Route 66 history. It’s only five minutes from downtown, and we don’t have to pay for parking, either.”

Lisa Wakefield is a partner with her family that owns the 10,000-square-foot building at 1335 E. 11th St., where Propeller is one of several tenants.

Lisa owns and operates Jenkins and Co. “We bought it in 2015,” she recalls of Propeller’s building. “It was boarded up, subdivided inside and full of auto parts. But we saw so much potential because of its location so close to downtown, Cherry Street and TU. And, it’s easy to get to.”

The building now has five of its six spaces leased out. “Being on Route 66 is huge,” pointing out the high density of storefronts along the street that were ripe for development.

Such is the allure of 11th, that Tulsa’s iconic Ike’s Chili, now over a century old, moved onto the strip in 2014 after being located on East Admiral Boulevard for 52 years.

“We could see that 11th Street was rebounding big time and for us, moving was a matter of survival,” says part-owner Len Wade, pointing to a decline along Admiral. He purchased the red brick building at 1503 E. 11th St. that has housed various businesses over the years, including a flea market and hair salon.

Constructed in the late 1920s, the building needed extensive remodeling, but today there is plenty of room for diners to get a classic bowl of Ike’s three-way chili at a barstool or table. Wade says his clientele includes locals and Route 66 enthusiasts from afar.

“We had these German bikers show up on their Harleys on the way through,” he says. “Being close to downtown on historic Route 66 and with all the development, this street is becoming a bigger draw.”

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INVESTORS FRUSTRATED

BY SLOW CITY PACE

While not official yet, business owners and developers are making plans for a Meadow Gold District, which would encompass East 11th Street between Peoria and Utica avenues.

Supporters say the district would encourage customers and visitors to the area.

Across the street from Ike’s is Timber and Beam, an outfit founded in 2007 that sells reclaimed wood from old structures. The 11th Street retail revival coincided perfectly with the company’s need for a showroom and retail front.

“We fell in love with this area,” says LeAnn Conley, Timber and Beam’s general manager. “It has the history, and what’s happening here on 11th is totally in line with what we do, which is to revitalize materials.”

They moved into the 2,000-square-foot space, remodeled and opened up the transom windows, letting in more light from the street front.

Business on 11th Street has been good since the shop opened its doors this past August. “A ton of people drive by and turn around and come in to check us out,” Conley says. “This area is really on the upswing, and we feel really good about where it’s headed.”

All of these buildings are a stone’s throw from the historic Meadow Gold sign, which sits on the corner of 11th and Quaker and is a landmark for Route 66 travelers. Developers are encouraging the establishment of a Meadow Gold District that would allow joint promotion of the area between Peoria and Utica avenues.

Early last year, the Pearl Shops, owned by Meek, opened at 11th and Rockford Avenue, offering several retail options, among them, Josey Records, a throwback vinyl record store.

“For our clientele, this is what a real record store is,” says co-manager Josh Norrid.

The airy, 2,500-square-foot space with high ceilings features long bins filled with classic vinyl LPs. “Eleventh is a good spot for us,” Norrid says. “It’s Route 66, we’ve got parking and people coming literally from around the world who stop in.” TP

The massive Meadow Gold sign towers over East 11th Street just east of South Peoria Avenue. The 1930s era sign was rescued from destruction in 2009 and now stands as a testament to a public and private partnership that foreshadowed the renewal of 11th Street.

Fifteen years ago, voters approved Vision 2025, which included millions of dollars dedicated to highlighting Route 66/11th Street. This included the sign, planters, some streetscaping and other visual elements. As welcome as these improvements were, local developers and business owners want further public investment.

As the pace of private investment along 11th Street increases, developers and business owners are hoping the City of Tulsa jumps in with both feet to support it through infrastructure improvements.

Several developers and business owners have expressed frustration that City Hall is dragging its feet when it comes to supporting the good things happening along 11th.

“We’ve got to get the City more involved,” says Aaron Meek of Group M Investments, which owns millions of dollars in property along 11th. “Investors and developers have been way ahead of the City on this, and I think we’ve done our part in bringing back these old buildings.

Now we need the City to step up and do its part.”

Meek and others say the City has so far failed to fulfill its promises to make improvements such as adding a turn lane, bike lane, utilities and parking along 11th that would attract even more people. The money for such infrastructure (appropriated through the Vision 2025 package passed 15 years ago) has been ready, but little has happened.

“We’ve seen plans and we’ve waited

for years and we’re still waiting,” says developer Leanne Benton.

City Councilor Blake Ewing, who represents the area, agrees the City’s slow pace has been frustrating, and he believes 11th Street could likely be the “next cool spot” emerging in Tulsa.

He cautions that the City is sometimes hamstrung when it comes to coordinating complex urban redevelopment projects with private interests, as well as juggling the many interdepartmental challenges.

“Tulsa has a competency at repaving streets, but not really a competency at designing great public places,” he says. “City Hall is not equipped to do comprehensive urban development like we want on 11th Street.”

That, he says, had led to a slowdown and caution.

“One thing, I think, is that they don’t want to mess it up,” Ewing says. “If you look at other areas, like Cherry Street, and the problems it has encountered, they want to avoid those. They don’t want to mess it up. They want to do it right.” He points to a lack of parking and a history of tension between the commercial businesses and the historic neighborhood.

Ewing says there is $500,000 in Improve Our Tulsa funding for revamping Tracy Park and its playground at 11th and Peoria and progress is being made to introduce a proposal to apply an overlay to Route 66 to allow for attention-grabbing signs.

“This will allow for bigger signs, and that could really create an attraction and make 11th Street even more of a destination,” he says.

For the time being, eager developers and businesses may have to cool their heels. “Unfortunately, sometimes the wheels of government turn very slowly,” Ewing says.

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BUSINESS NEWS FROM OUR ADVERTISERS

POLO GRILL EARNS AAA FOUR DIAMONDS

GROUNDBREAKING HELD FOR VISION TULSA PROJECT AT TCC In February, officials broke ground on the newest Vision Tulsa project — the Student Success and Career Center at the Tulsa Community College Southeast Campus, 10300 E. 81st St. The $5.3 million facility is part of Vision Tulsa, the $884 million sales tax renewal package approved by voters in 2016.

“Tulsa’s future workforce starts by giving individuals the tools they need to graduate from college with a degree or certificate and to start a career,” says Mayor G.T. Bynum.

“Through the strong support in our city for the Vision Tulsa program, the investment is being made and TCC will help shape Tulsa’s future workforce.”

The Student Success and Career Center is designed with the student in mind by removing stumbling blocks such as long lines and providing personalized service to increase the student’s success. More than 90 percent of TCC graduates remain in the Tulsa area and invest their careers in Tulsa businesses, according to a 2017 study by TCC. This means more citizens completing post-secondary education and better prepared to enter the Tulsa area workforce.

“This facility will have a direct impact on student success by creating an area where key support services are integrated and attention is individualized for each student,” says TCC President and CEO Leigh Goodson. “This will be a comprehensive one-stop location from the first time a student enters TCC until the time they graduate and enter the workforce.”

TCC serves approximately 25,000 annually. The Southeast Campus, the largest of the four main campuses, routinely serves about half of those students. The new facility will expand key student services considered essential for graduation and job attainment by offering wrap-around services from college application to completion.

Construction of the 48,250 square-foot facility is expected to take 12 months.

For more information on TCC, visit tulsacc.edu.

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Tulsa’s Polo Grill is the only restaurant in Oklahoma to attain the coveted AAA Four Diamond designation. It is one of only 665 restaurants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Caribbean to receive this prestigious designation, which it has earned for the 18th consecutive year.

Restaurants earning this distinction offer a unique fine-dining experience and attentive service, according to AAA. Menu offerings are typically distinguished by highly creative chefs using top-quality ingredients and an upscale ambience.

“This rating acknowledges the hard work and dedication of our staff,” says Robert Merrifield, proprietor and chef. “We are honored to be recognized as a AAA Four Diamond restaurant. At Polo Grill, we are committed to exceeding guest expectations and providing a premier dining experience.”

Merrifield opened the Polo Grill in 1983. What began as a modest bar and single dining room has expanded to a main dining room and five private dining rooms/wine cellars, a granite-topped bar and booths in the lounge, a full-service catering operation and a wine selection with more than 1,100 labels and 22,000 bottles. The restaurant’s staff is known for its impeccable service.

For more than 80 years, AAA’s professional inspectors have conducted anonymous, in-person property evaluations. AAA offers the only rating system using comprehensive, on-site professional hotel and restaurant evaluations guided by member priorities. AAA’s rating system covers the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Visit pologrill.com and aaa.com for more information.

CASCIA NAMES NEW HEADMASTER

Fr. Philip Cook

Cascia Hall Preparatory school has named Fr. Philip Cook, O.S.A., as its new headmaster effective July 1.

“I believe that Father Philip’s education and experience have prepared him to take on this important role of service for the School and the Augustinian Order. This is a very exciting time for Cascia Hall,” says the Rev. Bernard C. Scianna, O.S.A., prior provincial of the Augustinians of Chicago, Canada and Chulucanas, Peru.

Cook has served at Cascia off and on for the past 25 years. He currently teaches theology in the upper school.

“I am looking forward to taking on the challenge of leadership at Cascia Hall,” he says. “Our students are some of brightest I have encountered, and they energize me to be an even better teacher and leader.”

Cook will replace Roger Carter, who served eight years as the school’s first lay headmaster.

Cook is a 1990 graduate of Villanova University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in classics. In 1997, he graduated from Catholic Theological Union with a master’s of divinity degree. He completed a second master’s degree in Latin and Greek in 2007 from Catholic University of America, and his Ph.D. in classics in 2016 from the University of Florida.

Cascia Hall Preparatory School is a Catholic, Augustinian college preparatory school for students of all faiths in grades 6-12. For more information about Cascia Hall, visit casciahall.com.

CASCIA AND TCC: COURTESY

Phil Lakin Jr., Tulsa city councilor; Leigh Goodson, TCC president and CEO; Stacy Schusterman, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation co-chair; and Ron Looney, TCC regent at the TCC Foundation VIP Design Reveal of the new Student Success and Career Center at the TCC Southeast Campus.

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Future in focus NEW VIEW OKLAHOMA PROVIDES SPECIALIZED VISION SERVICES.

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rances McFarland remembers the ice storm of 2007 like it was yesterday, but not for the reasons one might think. She was watching a University of Oklahoma football game when the TV appeared to lose color. She soon realized it wasn’t the TV that malfunctioned, but her eyesight — and so began her life with low vision and macular degeneration.

Her husband, Glyn, also was diagnosed with macular degeneration several years later. At 85 and 91 years old, the simplest of tasks had become real challenges for the couple until their retina specialist, Dr. Ray M. Balyeat, referred them to New View Oklahoma for assistance this past November.

New View Oklahoma is a nonprofit that provides specialized vision rehabilitation services to individuals with significant vision loss. It also is the largest employer for blind and vision-impaired Oklahomans, supplying nearly 150 jobs through in-house manufacturing and service contracts with local businesses and organizations. With the unemployment rate of visually impaired and blind individuals at over 70 percent, New View’s services are critical to the visually impaired community.

In Oklahoma, over half a million people are identified with conditions that will lead to significant vision loss, says New View President and CEO Lauren Branch. In the Tulsa-metro area alone, over 20,000 people are considered legally blind, which is why Branch is currently working to expand employment opportunities in Tulsa. This past October, the Tulsa World call center hired three visually impaired employees and plans to add more in the near future.

New View Oklahoma has been around since 1949, but its Tulsa clinic and retail store have only served the Tulsa area for three and a half years.

However, New View is already changing lives.

“We do diagnostics; we don’t cure anything,” Branch says. “We worry about their functional vision. We need to understand what’s going on in their environment. We do safety assessments,

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lighting assessments, mobility assessments and help them safely move in their community.” Also, optometrists specializing in low vision provide functional low-vision assessments and recommendations for optical devices.

In keeping with its mission to empower individuals who are blind and vision-impaired to achieve their maximum level of independence, New View has revolutionized daily life for the McFarlands.

After an initial visit to the Tulsa clinic to assess their needs, their assigned therapist, Terry Rairdon, visited their home multiple times to help address their difficulties with reading, technology, kitchen tasks and contrast deficits. With each visit, he focused on a different area of need.

Rairdon found optimum lighting wattage and introduced them to everyday gadgets that are affordable and readily available on Amazon.com to make their lives easier.

“We didn’t know what to expect when the doctor referred us, but now I just can’t sing their praises enough,” Frances says of New View. “I thought to myself, I know what this is going to be; they are trying to sell us something. We were almost negative about it, but they weren’t selling anything.

Now I feel so lucky to have these services.”

With technology assistance, the pair can watch church worship services on their iPad,

bank online, use their phones as magnifiers to read menus and instructions and have emails and texts read aloud to them from their devices. A simple yellow fit-over for their glasses has helped increase color contrast, which opened up a world of color and clarity the two had been lacking for years now. “I’m astounded at the difference the yellow sunglasses make. Everything is so much clearer,” Frances says.

Frances even credits New View with keeping the couple independent in their home. “I know we will be able to stay in our home longer because of the ways they’ve helped us to be able to cook and do everything in our house,” Frances says. “I just feel so lucky.”

New View assists individuals of any age, from infants to the elderly, but patients must be referred by their doctor. Currently, over 500 doctors in Oklahoma refer patients to the nonprofit. With an active client list of almost 5,000, New View receives 80 to 100 referrals per month.

Branch says the best thing people can do to assist those with low vision is to help them understand that resources such as New View are available. “I think more than anything people want to be independent and not dependent,” Branch says.

“Instead of viewing it as, ‘There’s nothing we can do,’ we can help them reach out and get assistance to provide hope and independence.” TP

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SPECIAL TREATMENT Treating older patients can present challenges for doctors.

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oosely defined as those over age 65, geriatric patients can face a host of ailments, but specialists offer support to those patients and their families.

Dr. John Carment, a member of the geriatrics department at OU Physicians, says geriatricians treat all common diseases affecting older adults, but the focus tends to be on non-drug treatment whenever possible.

Unlike younger patients, he says geriatric patients might have competing and concurrent medical problems. “A chronic condition, like diabetes mellitus, can be treated according to standard professional guidelines (in a young, healthy person),” Carment says. “The same treatment may not be feasible — and could be potentially harmful — when applied to a frail 88-year-old with eight active medical problems.”

Carment says geriatric patients tend to have complex needs, such as cognitive impairment, declining function or multiple conditions, which makes it difficult for them to live independently and care for themselves.

A geriatrician is trained to identify so-called “geriatric syndromes,” which include frailty, recurrent falls, dizziness, unintentional weight loss, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment and urinary incontinence, among other issues.

“Knowledge of medications, drug-to-drug interactions and side effects that limit use of many medicines in older persons are also areas of expertise,” Carment adds.

OU Physicians neurologist Dr. Syed Hussain treats patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease, tremors and other neurodegenerative disorders.

He says there are some challenges with treating older patients, and it is most successful through a multidisciplinary approach with the help of a caregiver as well as family support, nurses, a therapist, social worker and the neurologist.

Both doctors tend to work more with the families and caregivers of older patients compared to those of younger patients. Caregivers provide invaluable support to the patient, Carment says.

“This may be as simple as providing transportation to the grocery store or as involved as managing daily medications and assisting with self-care like bathing and dressing,” he says. “Caregivers are often the best advocate for older vulnerable adults and often serve as their ‘navigator’ through the complicated health care system.”

Caregivers also provide crucial emotional support for older adults, he says. “Most caregivers are friends or family to the patient and are not compensated for the time committed to caregiving,” he adds.

Hussain says caregivers play a critical role in the treatment of any geriatric patient — whether it is giving medications at the right time or identifying problems that might require medical attention.

Problems emptying the bladder or urinary or fecal incontinence are other issues facing older patients. Such issues are known as pelvic floor disorders, says Dr. Jameca Price, a physician in

the obstetrics and gynecology department of OU Physicians.

For people who are nervous about having a conversation about pelvic floor disorders, which can affect men and women, Price offers some tips.

She says starting a conversation in which the person noticing the change mentions the frequency of bathroom visits is an option. Opening a conversation around activity level and whether or not there has been leaking is another way to broach the subject, she says Finally, asking whether there is leakage when laughing, coughing or lifting heavy objects is another way to go about the topic.

“If your loved one thinks she may have a (pelvic floor disorder), offer to schedule an appointment for her with a primary care doctor, gynecologist or a urogynecologist for an evaluation,” Price adds.

Price says she provides a variety of treatment options for patients depending the severity of the condition, their general health and their wishes.

“Often I recommend a combination of therapies,” she adds.

It can be difficult to talk about such problems, even to health care providers, Price notes.

“However, providers — and especially urogynecologists — are used to talking about these problems. And, to get proper treatment for pelvic floor disorders, you need to talk about them,” she says. TP CONTINUED ON P. 72 TulsaPeople.com

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OKLAHOMA IN NEED OF PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE PHYSICIANS Oklahoma, along with other states, is facing a doctor shortage, according to Dr. James Herman, dean at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine. The shortage is seen particularly in areas of primary care, but also in areas of specialties, including general surgery, psychiatry and obstetrics/gynecology.

“The shortages in primary care mean that many people cannot find access to general care and preventative services,” Herman says. “A robust system of primary care is known to improve almost all health care indices, and the lack of such a system in the United States is a major cause for concern. These shortages are even more of an issue in many rural areas.”

A 2016 report from the United Health Foundation found that Oklahoma’s shortage is one of the worst in the nation. The state has 85 physicians for every 100,000 people, ranking the state 48 out of 50.

Herman says the School of Community Medicine is taking the issue seriously. “We call ourselves a School of Community Medicine because we believe that supplementing the usual medical school curriculum with activities that improve understanding of the social determinants of health is fundamental to producing the types of physicians that our state most needs,” he says.

One example is the Bedlam Clinic, a student-run medical practice that sees the most underserved members of the community.

The school attracts students from Oklahoma and nearby states, Herman says.

“They are idealistic yet hard working, serious yet interested in their patients as human beings, and interested in being curers of disease and healers of individuals and families,” he says of OU-TU medical students. “They put in long hours studying as medical students, and even longer hours as residents training in a specialty area after graduating.”

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Wellness services offered at the cutting-edge practice include IV therapy, precision lifestyle medicine, concierge level programs, medical aesthetics, hormone therapy, sound-wave therapy treatment for erectile dysfunction, plateletrich plasma (PRP) treatment for hair loss, extracorporeal pulse activation therapy (EPAT) for orthopedic injuries and genetic health assessments.

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The practice also has an aesthetic nurse and aesthetician on-staff to administer Botox, fillers, facials and more.

“The focus of the practice is taking your health to the next level to increase the quality of your life,” says Dr. Price.

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Reproductive endocrinologists provide infertility treatments Dr. Stanley Prough and Dr. Shauna McKinney provide patients hope for their parenting dreams.

As the area’s only two fellowship trained physicians in reproductive endocrinology, Prough and McKinney treat those having difficulty getting pregnant or with recurrent miscarriages.

“We also help preserve a patient’s fertility due to her upcoming cancer treatment or due to maternal age,” says Prough.

“Those who desire not to have children right now also can have their fertility preserved through our care,” adds McKinney.

Tulsa Fertility Center positions itself at the forefront of fertility treatment in the Tulsa area, attracting patients from across northeastern Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.

“We are the only full service in vitro fertilization clinic and laboratory in northeastern Oklahoma,” says J. Kevin Thibodeaux, Ph. D., laboratory director.

This allows the physicians to treat all fertility issues here at the office. “We can effectively remove barriers to getting pregnant — male infertility, maternal age, blocked tubes or recurrent miscarriage, for example.”

Besides IVF, Tulsa Fertility Center offers intrauterine insemination and surgeries to correct underlying infertility issues.

The vast majority of patients in the Tulsa area have insurance coverage for their initial visit and pre-testing, however only half of those patients will have insurance coverage for fertility treatment. Some fertility treatment can be expensive and Tulsa Fertility Center can suggest an outside Tulsa Fertility Center financing company.

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n its 36 years, Southwood Landscape and Garden Center has evolved from a local nursery to a gardening, lifestyle, learning and design mega center.

Come spring, the 5-acre facility becomes a destination, as Tulsans flock to Southwood for their seasonal planting needs.

“We grow so much of what we sell, and we’re so proud of that,” says Marketing Manager Paul James. Southwood’s greenhouses, which are less than 2 miles from the garden center, allow for products that are acclimated to Tulsa’s climate.

Although Tulsans can find tried-and-true varieties at Southwood, the company also introduces 20 percent new cultivars each year, whether that’s in color, size or spread.

Spring is one of the busiest times at the garden center, so expect to find lots of shoppers, as well as live music every Sunday during the season. And, don’t leave the kids at home; Southwood’s tricycles provide plenty of entertainment for the younger crowd.

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Along with plants, Southwood has grown its inventory to include household and seasonal decor, as well as outdoor living necessities. “We’ve evolved to accommodate a wide array of customers,” James says.

Onsite classes are held throughout the year, led primarily by James and other expert staff. Workshop themes range from pruning to container gardening to edible herbs to lawn care. Classes often fill up fast, so James recommends registering online.

Throughout the year, Southwood also hosts annual events, like the Quilt and Fiber Arts Show each January and Plant a Row for the Hungry in March, where within a six-hour window, Southwood gives away 15,000 tomato plants in exchange for non-perishable food items it then donates to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

James says Southwood and its owners — Joe, Ginny and Margaret Schulte and Brenda Schulte Baird — believe in giving back to the community that has sustained their secondgeneration local business. TP

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SPRING SOJOURN Tahlequah’s sites and its annual Red Fern Festival STORY AND PHOTO BY RHYS MARTIN

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he name “Tahlequah” means different things depending on whom you ask. Linguists trace it back to the Cherokee word for a red grain. Others interpret it as “plains.” Locals say it means “two is enough;” as the legend goes, tribal elders planned to meet to determine the location of the Cherokee Nation capital.

Though three elders planned to attend, only two arrived, and decided “two is enough.”

Regardless of definition, the Cherokee capital of today is a town of great diversity.

Some people bypass Tahlequah on their way to the Illinois River, but there’s a lot to see. Muskogee Avenue is the main street, with its repurposed and restored buildings, retains its historic feel. A few old service stations have been converted into modern shops, and some of the traffic signs are printed in both English and Cherokee.

The Cherokee Capitol Building was built in the mid-1800s and currently houses the Cherokee Nation’s judicial branch. As the oldest government structure in the state, the Cherokee National Supreme Court building was built in 1844, holding court sessions and the printing press for the Cherokee Advocate, Oklahoma’s first newspaper and the official publi-

cation of the nation. Also, check out the Cherokee National Prison Museum. The sandstone penitentiary was the only one in Indian Territory from 1875 until the turn of the 20th century.

The town also is the setting for the 1961 children’s book “Where the Red Fern Grows.” On the last weekend of April, downtown Tahlequah holds the Red Fern Festival in honor of the popular coming-of-age story. There’s live music, a car show, an antique tractor show, tons of vendors, children’s activities and a fly-in at the Tahlequah Airport.

For non-festival visits, check out Sam and Ella’s Chicken Palace on the north end of Muskogee Avenue. Don’t let the name fool you; chickens are only part of the decor. It’s a pizza place, and theirs is excellent. The crust is thick, twisty and flavorful.

Should home cooking be more your style, Jincy’s Kitchen can’t be beat. It’s not in Tahlequah, but south of Highway 62 in Qualls. Jincy’s is in an old general store that was used as a set in the film version of “Where the Red Fern Grows.” The shelves are still stocked with antiques and other memorabilia. The comfort food menu, including pan-fried chicken, is varied, as are the hours.

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GARDENING

Tips and tricks for water conservation in your landscape

BY ALLEN ROBINSON

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ur cold winter is fading and spring is sprouting. For many of us, that means it’s time to start thinking about landscaping

projects.

A well-designed landscape not only adds beauty to your home, it also can help reduce your water use, improve your home’s comfort and lower your energy bills all year long.

Explore xeriscape design and you’ll discover that this type of garden is environmentally friendly and attractive. Many homeowners confuse xeriscape with zero-scape, thinking that choosing a xeriscaped yard means accenting mostly hardscape with a few plants.

That’s not the case at all. Yards that embrace xeriscape ideas actually feature all manner of plants and garden styles, even cottage gardens. The term simply refers to a landscape that minimizes water use.

Here are 10 relatively easy tips to help conserve water in your landscape:

1.

Select plants appropriately. Seek out Oklahoma Proven plants for the best success in our regional climate. Visit oklahomaproven.org for plant profiles.

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Always group together plants that have similar water needs.

Choose vining vegetable crops like cucumbers, assorted melons, and summer and winter squash. They require less water than

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many other vegetables, and watering is only critical during their flowering and fruiting stages. The same goes for eggplant, peppers and tomatoes.

rates are low. Avoid watering in the late evening as wet leaves at nighttime invite disease.

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A lawn is easily No. 1 in water consumption in the average landscape. Consider limiting turf areas and replant with grasses that survive solely on rainfall and/or use turf grass, which requires minimal water. Contact the Tulsa County OSU Extension Office for proper turf selections for our area.

Aerate your soil, as it improves water flow to plants’ roots and enables soil to better absorb water and nutrients. This encourages deeper roots.

6.

Use drip irrigation. These systems deliver water directly to the root zone and nowhere else. They can be readily found both in stores and online, and are quite easy to install. Watering the root system versus the foliage has many advantages, including both efficient water usage and minimization of foliage mold and other diseases.

7.

Collect rainwater from roofs via guttering into rain barrels or similar apparatus. Reuse any old water that is not high in sodium and salts.

8.

Water only in the early mornings, when it is cooler and less windy and evaporation

Raise your lawnmower cutting height as it gets warmer. Longer grass blades help shade each other and retain more water. Generally speaking, root depth is proportional to grass blade height. That is, the higher the blade height, the deeper the roots, which will survive drought conditions much better.

Use mulch to keep plant roots cool, minimize evaporation, prevent soil from crusting and reduce weed growth.

On average, a well-designed landscape saves enough water and energy to pay for itself in less than eight years. It’s never too late to make your landscape beautiful and efficient. TP Thank you to Tulsa County Master Gardeners for their expertise in this subject matter. Allen Robinson has been a Master Gardener since 2010.

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The annual Tulsa Master Gardeners Plant Sale continues online through April 4, with the public sale 9 a.m.-7 p.m., April 19, at the Expo Square Exchange Center, 4145 E. 21st St. The sale offers a variety of plants for containers, flower beds and vegetable gardens.

Admission is free. Plant prices vary. Proceeds benefit Tulsa Master Gardeners’ educational and volunteer programs.

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Natalie Mallory operates Full Sun Composting, a local composting service that generates compost for home use. “Most things you plant in full sun,” Mallory says, “so plant in Full Sun Compost.”

TRASH TO TREASURE Local business turns food waste into compost.

BY ANNE BROCKMAN

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hen Natalie and Don Mallory moved from Colorado to the former oil boomtown of Tulsa, they decided to make their own black gold: compost.

The idea to start a compost business began in early 2016, when they attended a 40-hour training by the U.S. Composting Council in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The couple launched Full Sun Composting in October 2016 in their own backyard, and this month are settling in to their new commercial space at Hemphill Create, a manufacturing incubator near East Pine Street and North Harvard Avenue.

“There’s something great about turning what someone considers trash into a valuable medium,” Natalie Mallory says. Compost is considered by some to be black gold: rich organic matter that enriches soil, retains moisture, reduces the need for chemical fertilizers, encourages the production of beneficial bacteria and reduces methane emissions from landfills, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2014, 38 million pounds of food waste were discarded. Twenty percent of what Americans discard is food waste.

Full Sun collects food waste and coffee grounds from sites across the city, including the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, Roppongi, The Vault, 36 Degrees North, Kitchen 66, Crushed Red and Blue Moon Cafe, and mixes those ingredients with wood chips and other organic materials to create a compost perfect for local gardens and lawns.

Natalie, who grew up on a dairy farm and works as a nutritionist for the Tulsa Health Department, says she always wanted to be a good steward of the earth. Similar compost services exist across the country, but Full Sun is working with the Department of Environmental Quality to be the first permitted in the state.

Until then, the Mallorys will continue to divert Tulsa food waste. In 2017, Full Sun collected 34,256 pounds, with plans to double that this year, thanks to new partners and the company’s new location.

Full Sun Compost is sold at Grogg’s Green Barn, 10105 E. 61st St., in 1-cubic-foot bags.

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MUSINGS

M

y favorite teacher at Coffeyville Community College was J. Henry Hedley. In a literature class he asked us, in the Socratic method, “What’s the difference between poetry and verse?”

We looked at him with blank faces. We were too cool to frown in ignorance.

“Anyone can write verse,” he explained. “Only a poet can write poetry.”

We nodded knowingly. At that age and in that time we were very wise and oh-so-cultured. We were especially fond of the poet Rod McKuen.

A boyfriend gave me a book of poetry by Carl Sandburg, “Honey and Salt.” We gave one another poetry books back then. It was a long time ago.

Now, I read my horoscope more fervently than I read poetry. In honor of National Poetry Month I am revisiting my love of poetry.

I’ll pull out copies of Billy Collins books with poems such as “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House.” I’ll reread the Mary Oliver poem “Wild Geese” that reminds us, “You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.”

I’ll read haiku and Emily Dickinson. Because they’re short and suitable for my 8-second attention span, similar to that of a goldfish.

My favorite book of poetry these days is the funny children’s book “I’m Just No Good at Rhyming.”

I thought about dabbling with the didactic

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POETRY AND TEACHERS

BY CONNIE CRONLEY

cinquain form of poetry, five lines playfully using adjectives, gerunds and nouns: “Snow Silent, white Dancing, falling, drifting, Covering everything it touches Blanket.”

But I got distracted and remembered the funny free verse of e.e. cummings: “The snow doesn’t give a soft white damn whom it touches.”

Wasn’t it Robert Frost who said writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down?

That reminded me of the fierce free verse of Sherman Alexie, especially in his new memoir about his mother’s death in “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” and I wandered off to look for that book in my library.

There I found Dorothy Parker’s sharp-as-ablade doggerel, “Higgledy Piggledy, my white hen She lays eggs for gentle men You cannot persuade her with gun and lariat She will not come across for the proletariat.”

Stuck in one of the books as a bookmark was a thank-you note I got from Lily, the 16-year-old who lives across the street. She thanked me for a Christmas gift, but more importantly, she wrote this: “Also, thank you for encouraging me to finish ‘Jane Eyre.’ I ended up loving the book! The ending was wonderful! Probably my favorite school book I’ve read.”

What a triumph! (Lily encourages me to use exclamation marks.) Does this elevate me to the status of teacher? Oh, wait. I remember when I taught journalism writing at the University of Tulsa and went to class one day to find this note on my podium: “Dear Ms. Cronley. The reason I didn’t come to class today was because I’m depressed already.”

I’ll look forward to the first full week of May, which is Teacher Appreciation Week, but for now I’ll celebrate National Poetry Month in honor of Mr. Hedley with this composition of my own. It’s a verse, not a poem.

“I loved you for what you were.

Or what I thought you were.

Or what you thought you were.

Boy, were we wrong.

“Now when I dream of you I know it’s a sign That I’m coming down with something — A virus or a migraine.” TP

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5412 E PRINCETON STREET, BROKEN ARROW Impeccably maintained private gated Estate on 26+ acres. Breathtaking golf course-like grounds with manicured gardens. Grand curved staircase, palatial rooms with soaring ceilings. 2 master suites on 1st floor & 2 beds up. Kitchen opens to great room & over looks infinity pool & spa. 4 car garage is heat & cooled. Sprawling pond with water feature. 9 bay outbuilding has heat/air, 5 stalls, wash bay & office. Additional outbuilding & greenhouse. 4 Paddocks. Fully fenced with 2 gated entrances. Truly a one of a kind property with access to major highways. $4,995,000.

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$795,000 - 5 BED - 4 FULL, 2 HALF BATH Stunning fully remodeled Midtown Estate Home with top-of-the-line touches and amenities throughout. Enormous kitchen opens to casual living and breakfast nook. Original moldings and trim. Charming study, multiple living rooms, two indoor fireplaces, wine/cigar room, and basement with granite counters, 3 car garage, beautiful yard and landscaping.

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1554 S Yorktown Place

Enjoy the character and charm found in this historically significant, 1930 Gillette District home! Stunning details and numerous original features. Impeccable condition! Library, formals, gameroom, exercise room with sauna, two laundry areas and rentable garage apartment. Remodeled kitchen with subzero fridge. Expansive bedrooms. Gorgeous landscaping with backyard large enough for pool. Travel the tree-lined boulevard on your way to Cherry Street! $647,000

232 Hazel Boulevard

Amazing contemporary with warm touches throughout. Double wall of windows in the great room open to two different private patio areas. Maple cabinetry in the kitchen and Ceaserstone counters. Master suite on first floor with large walk-in closet.

Upstairs features a spacious game room, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths plus a library. $899,000

Gated Guierwoods

Guierwoods offers so many different options for residents to enjoy an easy lifestyle.

7 2 0 4 S G ARY AVE | $410,000 One-story unit with 3,176 sq. ft. of living space has lots of updates.

Master with his and her baths.

Generac-whole home generator, and safe room. Newer roof and driveway.

Beautiful covered patio.

7 2 42 S G ARY AVE | $ 49 9,0 0 0 Need something a little bigger?

3,402 sq. ft. of beautiful living space.

Completely redone by the current owners with custom kitchen and baths.

Master suite on first floor. 2 bedrooms up each have private baths. Spacious laundry. Several outdoor living areas.

7 2 03 S G ARY AVE | $ 41 5,0 0 0 Not ready to give up your “Big� pieces yet try this 3,996 sq. ft. Spacious formals. Large eat-in kitchen opens to patio. Master suite with updated bath. A second bedroom is down with a private bath. 2 additional bedrooms are on the 2nd floor.

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8711 S. College Place - Cedarcrest II Stunning Remodel with 5 Bedrooms & 3.5 Baths. New kitchen with granite countertops.

New paint, carpet, hardwoods, master bath.

Huge basement with theater room, workout and bedroom. Must see! Large backyard with plans for the pool. $389,900

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5720 E. 118th Street - Shadow Wood Superbly appointed English mansion on private gated cul-de-sac. Design built by Mike Dankbar, featured in John Brooks Walton’s “Tomorrow’s Historic Tulsa Homes”. Fabulous grounds has pool, paths, veranda & sun deck. Backs to reserve w/pond & valley views. $869,500

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Almost 80 acres available with an incredible ranch + home, barn, shop, NEW pool. Pipe fence + automatic gate and barbed wire surround the property. Livestock pens, automatic waterer and horse pens. Close to HW 412.

Gorgeous property! $699,000

Top-of-the-line home located in the heart of Midtown! Granite kitchen w/ breakfast area. Large master suite down w/ private bath and walkin closet. Downstairs office, living room w/ fireplace, formal dining room & exercise room. 3 beds up all w/ private ensuite baths & HUGE closets. Theater room + Gameroom!

Outdoor living. $979,000

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9829 S. Jamestown Ave.

Walk to Cherry Street. Open Living to kitchen & dining.

Beautiful hardwoods, granite & stainless Steel appliances.

Downtown views. Huge closets, highest quality finishes. Each bedroom has private bath! Low maintenance & stucco exterior.

Must see! $340,000

Extraordinary home tucked into the trees of Silver Chase.

Beautifully updated kitchen & master bathroom w/ heated floors! 2 living areas, perfect hardwoods, large & cozy screened in porch with hot tub. Dreamy storybook curb appeal! Jenks schools. $459,000

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The Rotary Club of Tulsa congratulates these public servants for outstanding acts of character,

commitment and compassion to both their profession and our community.

2018 Firefighter of the Year

2018 Police Officer of the Year

Firefighter/Paramedic Deerinwater has served the Tulsa Fire Department for more than 18 years. On his own time, he donates his graphic design skills to the TFD, helps children who are regulars around the station and follows up with patients he treats.

In his name, $2,500 was donated to Hydrants of Hope. This award was presented in honor of late Tulsa Fire Chief E. Stanley Hawkins.

Officer Comfort has served the Tulsa Police Department for 32 years and currently works at the Riverside Station. He served in the Army with tours of duty in Desert Storm, Desert Shield, in Central America and Europe.

On his own time, he puts on safety programs for children in Tulsa Public Schools. In his name $2,500 was donated to the Akdar Shrine.

Craig Deerinwater

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George B. Hamilton Special Award This special award was presented to 911 Dispatchers, Ginger Ward and Amanda Dunn, recognizing the important role 911 dispatchers play in emergency situations for fellow citizens and first responders. We salute these unsung heroes.

For more information, visit tulsarotary.com.

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CANdlelight Ball is the primary fundraiser for the Child Abuse Network.

It is a time for the greater Tulsa community to come together in support of CAN’s mission to provide collaborative intervention services to child abuse victims, so that they are encouraged to embrace a future driven by hope.

Your support of this event helps to positively impact the lives of area children

champagne & cocktail reception six o’clock in the evening dinner, dancing & dessert to follow

who need our love, light and encouragement for a better life. Through your generosity, we’re changing the lives of children for generations to come.

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DINING + FOOD + DRINKS

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t Jane’s Delicatessen, the traditional BLT is dialed up with the addition of schnitzel. We opted for the chicken, but diners also have a breaded pork or eggplant option. That is paired with thick-cut bacon, lettuce, pickled green tomatoes, red onion and mustard aioli, all served on a made-in-house bun ($10).

Jane’s Delicatessen opened in March at the Campbell Hotel in a space formerly known as Maxxwell’s. The restaurant’s interior is enlivened with unique art and a nod to classic delicatessens. TP 2626 E. 11TH ST. | 918-872-0501 | JANESDELICATESSEN.COM

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DINING OUT

Bramble Breakfast and Bar’s Monte Carlo Benedict

SHORE THING

THREE TULSA MAINSTAYS ADD LOCATIONS AT RIVERWALK.

BY NATALIE MIKLES

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iverwalk is back, as evidenced by the opening of three favorite Tulsa restaurants.

When Andolini’s opened a location at Jenks’ Riverwalk last year, it was the sign of things to come. Soon thereafter, Maryn’s Taphouse and Raw Bar also opened there.

When word got out that Burn Co. was coming on board, people took notice. With its legendary long lines of fans who wait through their lunch hours for barbecue, Burn Co. could have gone anywhere. But it chose Riverwalk.

Most recently to open at the development is Bramble, a cozy farm-to-table breakfast and lunch spot that has proven its success in the Blue Dome District downtown.

Bramble Breakfast and Bar

More than a year ago, Johnna Hayes of Bramble Breakfast and Bar talked to a friend involved with Riverwalk. The friend told her, “Trust me. You’ve got to look at this spot.” The next day she learned that Andolini’s and Burn Co. were headed there.

“We decided if Burn Co. is going for it, we’re going for it,” Hayes says.

Hayes owns Bramble as part of the Three Sirens Restaurant Group with Sara Day and Debbie Zinke. They have plans for a third Bramble location in Broken Arrow.

Bramble is unique in both food and atmosphere for Riverwalk. The restaurant is fresh and lively with nearly everything made in-house.

Bacon is hand-cut and brined, hams are smoked 24 hours and breads are baked from scratch.

Hayes says the most talked about menu item is the Monte Carlo Benedict. The dish starts with brioche spread with a seasonal jam, and is then filled with smoked cheddar, house-cured ham, two sunny-side up eggs and an orange-zest hollandaise. The brioche is deep fried to give it that crisp Monte Carlo style.

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Last year, Andolini’s opened its Jenks location at Riverwalk, and since then several other popular Tulsa dining spots have opened additional locations there, too, including Burn Co.

Bramble’s menu has brunch favorites like buttermilk pancakes and ham and cheese quiche, but also fun takes on classics. So instead of a traditional breakfast hash, Bramble offers a jerk-spiced hash with sweet potatoes and pork belly.

In addition to breakfast and brunch, Bramble at the Riverwalk is open until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Customers can’t seem to get enough of its boozy milkshakes.

Andolini’s

Andolini’s has been on the Tulsa restaurant scene long enough that it feels like it has always been here. Pizza lovers know they can find an Andolini’s in Owasso, in Broken Arrow and on Cherry Street. Plus, there’s Andolini’s Sliced in the Blue Dome District and the brand’s STG Gelateria in Broken Arrow’s Rose District. The latest addition is Andolini’s in Jenks at Riverwalk.

Owner Mike Bausch says he has been able to attract many new customers through the Jenks location, the largest Andolini’s space yet. And the location, with its walkability and family-friendly ambiance, has been popular with longtime Andolini’s fans.

The original appeal of Riverwalk, with its proximity to the water and the ability for people to stroll and shop, eat and play, is still what makes it

interesting. Since the Creek Nation purchased the property in 2012, the number of new tenants has steadily increased.

“We saw all the efforts from the Creek Nation and Onefire (a subsidiary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation) to revitalize the area, and once we met with them, we knew they were the real deal,” Bausch says. “Since acquiring Riverwalk, they have aggressively sought to maximize the great qualities of the location and fix the issues that were problematic in the past.”

Bausch recognizes that his move spurred other restaurants to do the same. “We put the word out about how easy it was to work with Riverwalk, and I think that helped, but the property managers and everyone involved are owed the credit for acquiring great local brands to heighten the awareness of the location,” he says.

Andolini’s at Riverwalk has all the pizzas of the other locations, including customer favorites like the Marzano Pesto with pistachio pesto, mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes and the Clemenza with meatballs, Genoa salami and house-made Italian sausage.

Pizza aficionados really love Andolini’s purple label luxury pizzas, which carry the tagline, “No substitutions, no halfs, no compromises.” On this menu you’ll find interesting combinations, like the Upper East Side with garlic-infused olive oil, brie,

toasted walnuts, honey glaze and Granny Smith apples. Or, in recognition of some of Tulsa’s favorite barbecue, the Burn Co. Pulled Pork with more than a pound of pulled pork plus mozzarella and red onions.

Burn Co.

Some Burn Co. regulars were worried their favorite barbecue wouldn’t be the same at a new location. But you won’t hear any complaints from those hovered over plates of pulled pork, burnt ends and grilled potato salad at Burn Co. at Riverwalk.

The lunch and dinner menus here are the same as the Boston location, with occasional specials and surprises that keep regulars on their toes. The ribs are the most sought after, and if you’ve ever tasted them, you understand why. Along with ribs, there are barbecue chicken drumsticks, bratwurst and brisket and an Oklahoma original: smoked bologna.

Just like the location on Boston, Burn Co. in Jenks has a meat market where customers can pick up hand-cut rib-eyes, house-made sausage, thick pork chops and whatever else is in store.

Maybe the only thing better than eating Burn Co. barbecue is eating it outside in the sunshine while listening to music coming from the Riverwalk stage. It seems there will be a lot of that happening this spring. TP TulsaPeople.com

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A LA CARTE

First Friday in the Tulsa Arts District is a can’t-miss event year-round. But it really gets going at the first sign of spring. Here are some of our favorite spots to grab dinner or a drink during the First Friday Art Crawl. — NATALIE MIKLES (PRICES: $: LESS THAN $10 $$: $10-$15 $$$: $16-$25 $$$$: OVER $25)

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Elgin Park

Located at Guthrie Green, Mr. Nice Guys is the place to be on First Friday. Service is fast, so you can order tacos from the window and then find a seat on the green. The jerk chicken taco is at the top of the menu for a reason. Try it in a corn tortilla with black beans, cilantro and roasted corn. If you have picky kids in tow, Mr. Nice Guys gets you. Order the kiddos the baked mac and cheese, but save a bite or two for yourself.

As baseball season gets swinging, Elgin Park is where art crawlers converge for a dose of sportiness. Elgin Park’s outdoor patio provides a front-row seat for people-watching. Do so with a cold beer brewed on-site and a slice of New Haven-style pie. The popular White Potato pizza provides savory satisfaction, and meat lovers rejoice over the Meatzza, featuring pepperoni, two kinds of sausage, Canadian bacon and bacon.

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If you’d rather walk and talk than sit down to eat, stop at Laffa’s walk-up falafel window. Falafel dipping sauces come in three flavors: mint labneh, lemony-avocado and mango chili. Laffa has great small plates and full entrees, but the shareable snacks put most “bar food” to shame. We love the feta fries: sweet potato fries with a spicy sauce, tzatziki, feta and parsley. Or, try the maghreb nachos with chermoula salsa, feta sauce, pine nuts, red onion, cilantro, feta and tomatoes.

Amelia’s

Wood-fired cooking is at the heart of Amelia’s. Whether it’s campfire-inspired rainbow trout, wood-grilled beef tenderloin or a simple pizza, the food has an elevated earthy flavor from the Argentinian-style wood grill. House-made pastas and breads are excellent. Or, if you’re stopping by late after the art crawl, have drinks and a plate of warm cookies at the bar.

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Celebrity Restaurant 3109 S. Yale Ave. | 918-743-1800 | celebritytulsa.com

Mahogany Prime Steakhouse 6823 S. Yale Ave. | 918-494-4043 mahoganyprimesteakhouse.com/locations/mahogany-tulsa

The Lounge 11 E. M.B. Brady St. | 918-949-9803 | bullinthealley.com

Polo Grill 2038 Utica Square | 918-744-4280 | pologrill.com

Charleston’s 6839 S. Yale Ave., 918-495-3511 | 3726 S. Peoria Ave., 918-749-3287 | charlestons.com

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Celebration Restaurant Whether it’s a holiday, birthday or just a reason to make merry, these five spots are tops in Tulsa, according to TulsaPeople’s annual A-List Readers’ Choice Awards

CELEBRITY RESTAURANT, MR. NICE GUYS: GREG BOLLINGER

he rise of craft cocktails has unwittingly elevated a new, less boozy craze: soft cocktails, sometimes sneeringly referred to as “mocktails.”

A new temperance movement is gaining momentum, and whether people are abstaining because of a diet or as a lifestyle, soft cocktails are appearing on menus more often.

T. Read Richards, bar manager for Oren Restaurant on Brookside, keeps a rotation of soft cocktails on the menu, featuring ingredients like grapefruit, cardamom, cinchona bark or tarragon. “The craft food scene has become ubiquitous, and guests want only the best ingredients. That goes for non-drinkers, too,” Richards says.

The sophisticated sober crowd wants to sip something more complex than a Shirley Temple or soda and lime. Richards mixes up only the finest herbs and syrups, and even employs special non-alcoholic spirits for added oomph.

“It’s a good option for someone who has had enough, but wants to stay in the game,” Richards says. And, of course, adding a shot of the real stuff is always an option.

— ANGELA EVANS

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W H AT’S COOK ING? The buzz on Tulsa’s tastiest products, restaurants and events

BY NATALIE MIKLES

Black cherry tomato

HOME GROWN

CHEROKEE PURPLE: This might be the most popular heirloom variety in the country. And, Merrell’s particular variety is grown from seeds using plants grown in Oklahoma for more than 20 years, making it acclimated to Oklahoma’s growing conditions.

DELICIOUS: This one is considered a great slicer.

It’s just right for topping burgers or BLTs. PINK BERKELEY TIE-DYE: The rosy color of the Berkeley has a surprise inside — a swirl of green, red and yellow.

BLACK CHERRY: This is the cherry tomato Merrell plants in her own garden every season.

The plants are loaded with round cherry tomatoes with a complex, sweet flavor.

BREAK O’ DAY: Expect a lot of production with this plant. The 4- to 6-ounce tomatoes are juicy and tangy. This heirloom was introduced in 1931 and is considered a workhorse for its dependability. The skin has a pretty sparkle in the sunlight.

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reen drinks and smoothies are just what you need when your energy is running low or when you need a jumpstart for better eating.

We love the green drinks from Ediblend and Pure. But if you want to try making them at home, go for it. One thing to remember: If you’re making a pure juice with whole fruit and vegetables, you’ll need a juicer. For smoothies, made with fruits, vegetables and either water or yogurt, a blender will be just fine.

Smoothies aren’t necessarily less healthy than pure juices. You can pack a big nutritional punch with a green smoothie filled with spinach or kale, plus celery or sweet and tangy kiwi.

MARGARITA-STYLE GREEN SMOOTHIE Makes 2 large smoothies 2 cups baby spinach 1 orange, peeled and sectioned 1 cup unsweetened coconut water 2 cups frozen mango chunks 1 cup frozen pineapple chunks Juice of 1 lime, plus lime slices for garnish Kosher salt

In a blender, blend spinach, orange and coconut water until smooth. Add mango, pineapple and lime juice. Blend until smooth.

Rub slice of lime around margarita glasses. Dip rims into kosher salt. Garnish with lime.

KIWI AND STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE Makes 2 smoothies 2 cups kale 2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice 2 cups frozen chopped strawberries 2 kiwi, peeled and sliced 1 banana, peeled 1 tablespoon honey (optional)

Blend greens and orange juice until smooth.

Add strawberries, kiwi, banana and honey until smooth.

If you have a juicer, here’s a simple green juice that can be easily adapted. If you want it less sweet, swap less apple for more celery. The lemon juice adds a nice freshness.

SIMPLE GREEN JUICE Makes 2 servings 5 stalks celery 1 cucumber 2 oranges, peeled 1 apple, peeled 4 cups spinach 1 lemon, peeled

Throw everything in the juicer, and blend until smooth.

TOMATO: COURTESY LISA MERRELL

If you’ve bought Lisa Merrell’s tomato plants, you’re likely a fan. Merrell’s business, the Tomato Man’s Daughter, sells heirloom tomato and pepper plants through her farm, 2515 W. 91st St., and at herb festivals in the spring.

This year, Merrell’s plants also will be available at Grogg’s Green Barn, 10105 E. 61st St. You can find 23 varieties of tomatoes; 20 varieties of hot, sweet and bell peppers; and a handful of her companion plants there through the end of April.

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he Goods Bodega has been a bright spot for those who live and work downtown. We caught up with owner Shawn Zenthoefer. She runs the bodega with her general manager and BFF John Gibbens.

Shawn gives us the goods on the Goods Bodega.

BEEN MAKING THE DRIVE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES. WHAT MAKES THEM SO GREAT? We use local Farrell Bread and quality cheeses.

Plus, we make fun dipping sauces in house so you can give your sandwich a different twist each time.

TELL US ABOUT THE GOODS. The Goods Bodega opened last September. We are a small urban market offering grocery and pantry staples and prepared food meal solutions for downtown residents. We also make grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch Monday through Saturday.

WHAT’S THE STRANGEST OR MOST UNIQUE THING YOU SELL? Cheesy Cups. It’s a blend of four different cheesebased chip products in one cup.

DID YOU MODEL IT AFTER A FAVORITE BODEGA IN ANOTHER CITY? There are so many we love! Jimmy’s Food Store in Dallas, Lolita’s in Boulder, and all the nameless bodegas and markets found all over larger cities. We did visit Royal Blue in Austin several times. They have a very successful model.

PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK DOWNTOWN WERE STARVED FOR A BODEGA LIKE YOURS. DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF REGULARS? About 80 percent of our customers are regulars. It’s been great getting to know everyone in the neighborhood!

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WHERE DO YOU LIKE TO EAT IN TULSA WHEN YOU’RE NOT AT THE GOODS? We eat tacos. A lot. The truck behind Fair Fellow has become a favorite. We’re also regulars at La Flama on 11th Street.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN TULSA, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE CHANGES TO DOWNTOWN IN THE LAST DECADE? I have lived and worked in downtown for the last 12 years. Being part of the downtown culture and witnessing the growth has been amazing.

WHAT WOULD MAKE DOWNTOWN TULSA EVEN BETTER? As a mom, I would have to say better education. As a bodega owner, I would have to say more downtown residents. As a hip downtowner, I would say more downtown retail and entertainment besides just food and drinking.

GIROUARD VINES WINE RECEIVES GOLD AND SILVER AWARDS

Oklahoma’s Girouard Vines Winery recently announced that two of its new wines — Southern Cross and Valjohn — were awarded Gold and Silver medals in the 2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest competition of American wines in the world. Both are among the first wines produced from new wine-grape varietals from the family-owned winery, and are available at local liquor stores.

“These wines are a product of a Girouard family project that began 50 years ago when our founder and my father-in-law George Girouard began growing grapes in his Oklahoma City backyard with the dream of cross-pollinating traditional European grapes with wild Native American grapes to breed a new, hardy, great-tasting wine-grape,” says President and COO Jan Girouard.

“After testing thousands and thousands of seedlings, George eventually selected four of the hybrids (now named Southern Cross, Valjohn, By George and Plymouth) for commercial testing, and those are the four varieties from which these newly released wines are produced,” she says. TP

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TAKE ME BACK

WATER WAY

BY JUDY LANGDON

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uring Tulsa’s early years, getting clean water to the city’s expanding population was a major challenge. Finally, ground was broken on Spavinaw Dam on Oct. 19, 1922.

Completed in 1924, the damming of Spavinaw Creek in northeastern Oklahoma — which created Lake Spavinaw — brought water from 400 square miles of Ozark Mountain foothills and a tributary of the Grand River, solving the city’s water problem. Crews laid a pipeline to bring this water to Lake Yahola in Tulsa’s Mohawk Park. The project, at a cost of $7.5 million, was funded through a bond issue.

When it became operational in 1924, the Spavinaw-to-Tulsa water line, at 50-60 miles long, was the longest of its kind in the U.S. Spavinaw is still Tulsa’s main water supply, though a second dam at Lake Eucha was finished in 1954. The Mohawk Water Treatment Plant can treat 100 million gallons of water per day. TP

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Concrete pipe was used to connect Tulsa to the Spavinaw water supply in May 1923.

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