TulsaPeople August 2017

August 2017

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THE ARTO&N EDUCATI ISSUE

SAIED’S 70+ YEARS

SILVER LINING

A WEEKEND IN OKC

Education budget crisis spurs creativity

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AUGUST 2017 | VOLUME 31 ISSUE 10 Minna Apostolova is a co-founder of Oklahoma Students Advocating for Statewide Science, a group focused on raising awareness and funds for the state’s regional science fairs.

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37 Essay Art connects continents.

BY SUE BENNETT

39 Aspiring to new heights

The community gets creative to supplement Tulsa-area school budgets.

BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

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89 GIVING BACK

The Saied family’s legacy. Bike Club rides to the ‘burbs. In defense of memoir.

This month’s charitable events.

Orchestrating Link Up. Bill Shaffer’s ‘Eagle factory.’ A rumble on Greenwood.

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Amelia’s fires up the Brady Arts District.

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THE ART & EDUCATION ISSUE

49 Silver lining

Take a trip down the turnpike.

Four things to know before remodeling.

A back-to-school brush-up.

AUGUST 2017

BY MEAGAN COLLINS AND EMILY FATE

63 LIFESTYLE

Three places to make a masterpiece.

Recent album releases. Amy Whitaker sketches 2017 graduates. Fifty years of Greasers and Socs.

TULSAPEOPLE

Ten ‘Brainiacs’ share their accomplishments and ambitions.

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THE ART &N EDUCATIO ISSUE

SAIED’S 70+ YEARS

SILVER LINING

A WEEKEND IN OKC

Education budget crisis spurs creativity

topDentists 10 HIGH A CHIE V E R S

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Even if Leo isn’t your sun sign, you’ll be feeling the

The essay on p. 37 tells of a meeting between a

heat. Between the brutal Oklahoma summer, the

Russian poet and an artistic orphan so fortuitous,

activated trine between Mars and the sun, we’ll all

As a quintessential Leo, I take the month of

hectic back-to-school season and, of course, the

it must have been written in the stars.

be a little hot and bothered.

my birth very seriously, and expect to be the center

grand trine in fire with Leo eclipses in the mix

a quarter century — feels significant. Like maybe

According to astrologer Chani Nicholas, “A

makes clear the need to sort out the truth from the spectacle and the drama from the plot.”

Girl, as a journalist and a performer celebrating

of attention, even more so than usual. Plus, 25 —

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When it comes to education funding in our

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and community leaders on p. 49 have met these

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after reading the story on p. 39. These kids shine so bright, not even this month’s two eclipses can

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C A L E N D A R + E N T E R TA I N M E N T + C U LT U R E “Play Ball,” a watercolor by Tulsan Anke Dodson. Dodson will participate in the 2017 Oh, Tulsa! exhibition at Living Arts.

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ome of Tulsa’s finest creative expressions will be under one roof for the Oh, Tulsa! Biennial Exhibition at Living Arts of Tulsa. Artists with a connection to the city provided proposals ranging from performance art to paintings, and Kirsten Olds, a professor at the University of Tulsa, curated the final collection.

Unlike past years, the 2017 exhibition has no formal theme.

The planning committee and Community Organizer Grace Grothaus Grimm are instead looking for each artist’s best work, says Laura Eccles, interim operations manager at Living Arts.

The opening reception is 6 p.m., Aug. 4, as part of the First Friday Art Crawl in the Brady Arts District. The collection can be viewed Aug. 4-25 at Living Arts, 307 E. M. B. Brady St., during normal gallery hours. Admission is free. TP

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“Surviving” cast member Dennis England answers questions from audience detectives in the 2015 Harwelden Murder Mystery production, “Mad Men; Furious Women.”

The #IMOMSOHARD Mom’s Night Out: Summer Comedy Tour is sure to leave you in stitches at the Cox Business Center.

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Sing your heart out at the Brumley Gospel Sing, featuring guest artists the Oak Ridge Boys at the Mabee Center.

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Someone’s killing aging superheroes at the Harwelden Murder Mystery, a fundraiser for the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa. Also running Aug. 10-12.

Meet your favorite “The Walking Dead” actors at Walker Stalker Con at the Cox Business Center.

Kendall Whittier After Five brings salsa dancing and other activities to a family-friendly pop-up park at East Admiral Place and North Lewis Avenue.

The Joint hosts Australian soft-rock duo Air Supply for a night of hits.

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Austin-based artist Bob Schneider performs at Cain’s Ballroom.

Attend a live HD telecast of the Global Leadership Summit, featuring leaders such as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, at Redeemer Covenant Church.

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Unleash your inner artist at the Tulsa Bead Market at Expo Square.

Deke Sharon brings his “Pitch Perfect” expertise to Aca Jam!, a master class hosted by Talk of Tulsa Show Chorus.

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It’s the greatest party ever hatched: Wild Brew returns to the Cox Business Center for a night of food and samples of 100-plus beers.

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The top bull riders in the world compete at the PBR Professionals Classic inside the BOK Center.

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Ed Sheeran brings his chart-topping pop music with an English twist to the BOK Center.

Sound the alarm! The Tulsa Fire Museum presents the Tulsa firefighter calendar preview party at the Wine Loft.

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Dust off your cowboy boots for Granger Smith at Cain’s Ballroom.

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Longtime members of Fleetwood Mac Lindsay Buckingham and Christine McVie perform at River Spirit’s Paradise Cove.

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Enjoy the sights, sounds and flavors of India Fest at Expo Square.

Sinbad brings his clean comedic take on life, relationships and more to the Brady Theater.

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Members of Puerto Rico’s top professional ballet company perform classical, contemporary and Latin-themed ballet at the Cascia Hall PAC.

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Mini Maker Faire brings “The Greatest Show and Tell in Oklahoma” to Expo Square’s Central Park Hall.

Test your limits with the Conquer the Gauntlet Obstacle Race at POSTOAK Lodge and Retreat.

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Take a dive under the sea to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” at the Tulsa PAC. Through Sept. 3.

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Anders Ruff Workshop This new Route 66 spot is capitalizing on a hot home trend: hand-painted wood signs in the farmhouse chic style. Tulsans Ashley and Brian Kaske brought the AR Workshop brand to T-Town in April. Perfect for girls’ night out or date night, the shop hosts group classes several nights a week during which participants design, assemble, stain and/or paint their projects in two to three hours.

The result? A high-quality product you’re proud to hang in your home.

If signs aren’t your thing, choose from a list of DIY projects, including canvas pillows, a lazy Susan, a serving tray or even a bottle opener. Projects start at $40 and include all materials.

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Monthly Imagination Days at the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa’s Hardesty Arts Center allow families and children to participate in storytelling, dance and “make-and-take” art projects inspired by current exhibitions. “The activities are designed to engage with different art materials,” says Haley Biram, the center’s education and public programs manager.

Themes and artists regularly change, so participants have a new experience each time. Imagination Days are held from noon-5 p.m. on the third Saturday of each month. No fee; all art supplies are provided.

Owl and Drum is one of the only specialty fabric stores in Oklahoma to sell 100 percent organic cotton fabrics and independent sewing patterns.

Instructor Mary Perisho offers adult and child classes to teach basic sewing skills. What’s the perfect project to get started? Perisho says, “A simple envelope pillow cover — a great project that will jumpstart your sewing.”

Absolute Beginner Sewing classes are available year-round, and reservations are required. Classes are $45 per person, plus materials. Students can bring their own sewing machine and basic supplies, or borrow supplies and rent a machine for $5.

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So, you’ve caught the creative bug — but now what?

These local venues invite Tulsans to unleash their artistic side solo or with the whole family. From painting a stylish decor piece to imitating the newest art to sewing a pillow, here are three places to make a masterpiece.

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A CUT ABOVE High school receives applause for its music videos.

BY JORDAN COX

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hen Greg Spencer became Broken Arrow High School’s video production teacher in 2014, only seven of 3,600 students were enrolled in the program’s classes.

So the University of Oklahoma graduate and Miami, Oklahoma, native devoted his first months at BAHS to rebranding its TV network and creating buzz around the program.

Three years later, the department has 100 students and a partnership with News on 6, says Spencer, who now manages ArrowVision, the district-wide video production department.

The crux of Spencer’s success has been his ability to document student life in cinematic quality, most notably by producing and directing an annual “lip dub” music video featuring lip-synching BAHS students. Assisted by video production students, Spencer and instructor Nolan Couch film the lib dubs. COLABASH, a leadership committee of BAHS seniors, helps coordinate the filming.

The 2015-16 Lip Dub, which had a “High School Musical” theme, received over 1.7 million

YouTube views. The recent “Stranger Things”themed Lip Dub represents the work of over 300 students and required 25 hours of footage over approximately one month.

But it was another 2016-17 project, “BA ‘Til I Die,” which features original music by BA students, that helped BA clench Varsity brand’s “Most Spirited High School” award this past May out of 2,000 entries. The school split its $25,000 winnings among ArrowVision, the general student fund, and the student leadership and athletics programs.

“Everything we do around campus, we film,” Spencer says. He’s not kidding. Even the yearbook — the old-fashioned book with pages — incorporates videos. Spencer’s wife, Ashley Spencer, is the yearbook advisor and utilizes the app Aurasma, which allows smart phone users to scan codes printed in the yearbook to pull up videos that correspond with activities.

And there’s plenty to film. “ArrowVision’s job is to capture all the amazing moments created by our students and create memories they can remember forever,” Spencer says. TP

RECENT RELEASES Lauren Barth “FORAGER” The Tulsa folk-rock artist’s debut album is a mix of Americana and pop music.

Barth’s songs draw inspiration from the past five years and encompass many phases of her life.

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The Daddyo’s “GINGER TRIPS” The sludgy garage-pop, surf rock band The Daddyo’s released its fifth album in April. The local band is known for smooth vocal harmonies and a dreamy style.

— EMILY FATE

Fifty years old this year, but with themes as relevant as yesterday’s headlines, “The Outsiders” has long been hailed as a Tulsa treasure. The book, written by Tulsan S.E. Hinton, deals with timeless themes such as economic divides, coming of age, gang violence and the search for belonging.

Hinton’s depiction of her high school-aged characters has been called controversial. But as enduring as the book’s conflict is the hopeful challenge given to its protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis: “stay gold.”

BY THE NUMBERS • Hinton was 15 when she started writing “The Outsiders.” The book was published

by Viking Press in 1967, when she was 18.

• Hinton’s first royalty check was $10.

• “The Outsiders” was ranked No. 38 on the American Library Association’s Top Most Frequently Challenged Books of the 1990s.

• The book has sold over 15 million copies.

• “The Outsiders” was released as a film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, in 1983.

The movie was filmed in Tulsa and is famed for featuring up-and-coming stars such as Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio, Diane Lane and Rob Lowe, to name a few.

Hinton herself cameoed as a nurse.

• Hinton was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame in 1998.

— JORDAN COX

See p. 96 for details on the Coppola adaptation of another Hinton novel that filmed in Tulsa 35 years ago this month.

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Greg Spencer (back row, second from right) and 2016-17 video production students. Visit BAHSpulse.com to see students’ recent work, including lip dubs.

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Kyla Alexander, 2017 Holland Hall graduate, receives her custom portrait at Baccalaureate on May 23.

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GRADUATION GIFT Artist sketches her daughter’s entire senior class.

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hey say eyes are the window to the soul, but to artist Amy Whitaker, the face tells a person’s story. That story is precisely what she wanted to share by sketching portraits of all 81 students in her daughter’s Holland Hall graduating class and donating the artwork to their families.

A self-taught artist who works in a variety of media, Tanzanian-born Whitaker committed over 400 hours to the sketches. But she knew what she was signing up for: She drew similar portraits for her son’s 2015 graduating classmates.

For Whitaker, the student portraits were “a way to honor the students and families I’ve come to know over the years,” she says. “It was kind of like a thank-you.”

Beth Goddard is the mother of 2017 Holland Hall graduate Ellen. “I love that Amy beautifully portrayed not only Ellen’s physical representation, but her joy and spirit, as well,” Goddard says. “Amy works from each student’s senior picture, so she captures the anticipation and excitement the kids were feeling as they began their senior year.”

The generous Whitaker also has a project called “Works of HeART,” through which she sketches portraits for any Oklahoma family who has lost someone in the Iraq and Afghanistan

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conflicts to preserve and honor their legacy.

Whether it’s her portraits of students starting out in the world or Oklahomans who have made the ultimate sacrifice, Whitaker’s artistic talents capture significant memories for her subjects’ loved ones. TP See portraits at tulsapeople.com

Positivity is the name of the game for Fred Frierson. You may know him by his alter egos, “Playya 1000” or “Freddy Fri, Your Pusha Man.” No matter what you call him, he wants to help you reach your potential.

For the past 10 years, Frierson and Darrell Davis, aka “The Deeksta,” have recorded hundreds of hip-hop songs, each filled with perseverance and hope. As a motivational speaker, Frierson also uses his “Daily Diamond” videos to energize and jumpstart the day. His YouTube channel has 1,500 subscribers.

Frierson’s road to positivity wasn’t a straight path. Speed bumps included the death of his mother at a young age and growing up in a home with a “mentally abusive” stepmother. Determination is what drove this single father of four children to reach his goals, including earning his bachelor’s degree at age 43.

He brings his own life lessons into his work as a nationally recognized Amateur Athletic Union coach and owner of Court Time Events. There, he coaches and mentors children to promote health and wellness alongside important lessons in sportsmanship, relationship building and teamwork.

In all of his pursuits, Frierson says, “It brings me great pleasure to see people motivated and inspired enough to take action toward achieving the greatness they have within.” — AMY BUCHAN SIEGFRIED

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Bike Club members participate in the club’s end-of-year bike ride in 2016.

BEAUTIFUL RIDE MELISSA LUKENBAUGH

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ince starting at Emerson Elementary in 2014, the afterschool program called Bike Club has grown to serve 15 Tulsa Public Schools. This fall, it will ride to the ‘burbs with a club at Rhoades Elementary School in Broken Arrow.

Bike Club provides free bicycles and safety gear to fifth-grade students, but the program has grown to be much more, says Jason Whorton, co-founder of Humble Sons Bike Co., which facilitates the club. Through

an original curriculum that incorporates STEM learning and supervised bike rides, club volunteers teach kids safe cycling and encourage leadership and citizenship.

“What Bike Club has proven is that kids still love bikes, they still want to ride and they want to ride more and more,” Whorton says. TP Read more about Bike Club on p. 20.

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BY MORGA N PHILLIP S

Read Barnes’ 2015 profile at tulsapeople.com/againstallodds.

On July 7 — what should have been Khalid Jabara’s 38th birthday — B’nai Emunah Preschool dedicated a new library in his memory. Jabara, the uncle of a B’nai student, was fatally shot Aug. 12, 2016, in an alleged hate crime.

The Khalid Jabara “Tikkun Olam” Memorial Library will house children’s books and family resources that illuminate ideas of justice, compassion, empathy, diversity and social change, according to Preschool Director Shelli Wright. The Jewish concept of tikkun olam expresses an obligation to “repair the world.”

Contribute to the B’nai library Access the preschool’s Amazon wish list at a.co/1KANdIq or email bnaijustice@gmail.com.

SCHOOL EARNS HIGH PRAISE Eisenhower International School received a prestigious award for its French immersion program in May. It is the 11th U.S. elementary school to receive the LabelFrancEducation seal from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, according to EIS Principal Connie Horner. Since 2012, only 91 schools (including 42 elementary schools) from all over the world have obtained that recognition, Horner says.

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BIKE CLUB GAINS GROUND FOR YOUNG CYCLISTS

OVERCOMER UPDATE When TulsaPeople first wrote about Amber Barnes in August 2015, we called her “a success story in the making.” Then 19 and formerly homeless, she was six months into the transitional living program at Youth Services of Tulsa.

Now a YST graduate, Barnes obtained her cosmetology license in December through Tulsa Technology Center. She put her skills into practice at a local salon while working part time at Chik-fil-a. And she started going to church, where she says, “I got a lot more peace and healing.” That healing led to improved relationships with her parents.

Barnes started another chapter in June: She was hired through Pro Recruiters as a teaching assistant at Community Action Project Tulsa. This fall, Barnes will become an employee of CAP, which will provide health benefits and help her complete her bachelor’s degree — something she wasn’t sure she could do on her own.

Barnes wants to become a children’s counselor and to start her own nonprofit.

“I can use what I’ve been through to help people,” she says.

Twenty-five parks share a property line with Tulsa Public Schools, and another 15 are within walking distance, says Jason Whorton of Humble Sons Bike Co. Now, Bike Club, an afterschool cycling program founded by Humble Sons, has partnered with the City of Tulsa and TPS to create more park trails for students.

Many other projects are in the works.

“We are also rolling out a Balance Bike (Strider) program this summer at all of the TPS Early Childhood Development Centers, so that 3- to 5-year-olds can learn balance and bike handling in school,” Whorton says.

To volunteer with Bike Club, visit bikeclubtulsa.com.

In March, Bike Club volunteers helped forge a 1.5-mile bike trail through Lubell Park at 2909 W. 56th St.

Voices of Oklahoma “When I began painting, he said to me one time, ‘Don’t ever do anything in the studio except paint. You can read a little bit or have a cup of coffee or something like that.’ But he said, ‘Keep the energy clear.’”

— Artist Minisa Crumbo Halsey talking about her father, artist Woody Crumbo “Voices of Oklahoma” is John Erling’s oral history project, supported by the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the University of Tulsa.

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THE WAY WE WERE

Saied Music employee Mick Meaders, left, and owner Bob Saied. Bob is the son of Jimmy Saied, who founded the company in 1946.

THE MUSIC MAN

It took Dustin Saied, son of Bob Saied, about three months to paint the Steinway, which Saied Music restored to playing condition.

Saied Music Co. is thriving after more than 70 years.

BY DOUG EATON

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FROM MUSIC

to art

G The company’s original storefront at 610 S. Main St.

Saied’s son Bob got his start in the business during his high school and college days, helping to repair instruments. Ultimately, he moved up to head the company and lead it into new markets.

Saied Music now has three stores in Arkansas, two in Tulsa and one in Texas. “We are probably among the top 10 full-line music stores in the country,” Bob Saied says.

A major line of business is servicing schools: renting or selling instruments, supplying sheet music and hosting lessons.

However, says Ron Kuykendall, band and orchestra manager for Saied Music, “We do much more than just sell music to schools. We provide an opportunity to make music a significant part of a child’s life.” TP

rowing up, Dustin Saied was the third generation to work in his family business, Saied Music. These days, he is found not among instruments, but among patrons at PRHYME Downtown Steakhouse, where he is general manager. He also is surrounded by his paintings, several of which hang in the dining room.

Saied mostly works in acrylics.

But he made local headlines a few years ago when he hand-stenciled and spray-painted a 1919 Steinway piano with various art deco and musical themes and Tulsa landmarks. A promotional piece for Saied Music, the piano has traveled around town but is currently at the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum at 2445 S. Peoria Ave. “It’s a personal highlight of what Tulsa means to me,” Saied says of the musical masterpiece.

— MORGAN PHILLIPS

THE WAY WE WERE: VALERIE GRANT; DUSTIN SAIED: GREG BOLLINGER

n the early 1940s, Jimmy Saied was perfectly satisfied serving as a high school band director in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Then World War II came and, just as thousands of other patriotic Americans did, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was promised he could have his job back upon his return. Once the war was over, he returned to El Reno.

However, the friend he had recommended to replace him was older and had three children.

Sympathetic and not wanting to displace a family man when jobs were already tight, Saied decided to strike out on his own. He heard Tulsa lacked a band instrument store, so he and a partner, Paul Stuart, headed to Tulsa to hang their shingle.

The post-war economy was tough, but Saied was able to scrape up enough money to follow his dream and open his store. The original downtown location was at 610 S. Main St. with the grand opening set for Jan. 10, 1946.

Only three people showed up that first day — his wife; his 1-year-old son, Bobby; and a band director friend. But the business slowly grew, and Saied recognized the need to be frugal. His daily lunch was a 15-cent bowl of chili, but on days when an instrument was sold, he would celebrate with a 35-cent blue plate special.

In 1948, the store moved to 111 E. Third St., where it remained for 17 years. The Tulsa Performing Arts Center occupies the site today.

In 1965, the store moved to 3529 S. Yale Ave., where the headquarters remain.

ROOTS Michael Fling (standing, left) was the associate director for the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ 2016 production of “A Christmas Carol.”

DIRECTOR’S CHAIR For Jenks graduate, the world’s a stage.

BY LAURA DENNIS

ROOTS: COURTESY MICHAEL FLING; MEET AND GREET: VALERIE GRANT; USA BMX: COURTESY

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ulsa native and 2011 Jenks High School graduate Michael Fling has shared his passion for the arts on a number of stages. At age 24, he has already directed successful community theater productions of “Peter Pan,” “The Music Man,” “Oklahoma!” and more across the country.

Although he is now a freelance director in New York City, Fling began his theater career as an actor. But he says he was drawn to directing at an early age. “I spent my entire childhood casting my siblings, cousins and neighbors in productions and orchestrating all of it,” Fling says. “So when I found out I could go to school for directing and not performing, I knew that was what I wanted to study.” He earned his bachelor’s degree in directing from Webster University in 2015.

In March, at the request of the Jenks vocal

music director, he returned to his hometown to direct the high school’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.” “To call it a dream come true would be cliché,” Fling says. “But it was absolutely something I had dreamed about for years. Being able to give back to the students and the school that had given me so much felt like the least I could do.”

Fling says some of his fondest memories include his own senior play and musical performances at JHS. He says those early experiences in theater prepared him well for “the roller coaster ride” of a career in directing.

Coming up, Fling is working on a revisal of the musical “Rags” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. He also will return to the St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre as the coordinator for its 100th season. TP

PLANS IN MOTION FOR EVANS-FINTUBE

A rider from Arizona-based team Fall Risk competes at the USA BMX Grand Nationals in Tulsa in 2016 at Expo Square.

The abandoned Evans-Fintube property north of downtown is the preferred site for USA BMX’s national arena and headquarters, City of Tulsa and USA BMX officials announced in July.

Evans-Fintube, which manufactured steel, was built in 1911 and sits on approximately 22 acres. It was once the largest manufacturing facility in Tulsa.

B.A. Anderson, CEO of USA BMX, said in a July 5 press release that his team is working through the logistics required to solidify the location.

The City expects more than 100,000 visitors to attend over 100 local, state and national BMX events in Tulsa in the arena’s first five years, including the Olympic trials in 2020. The events are expected to help the City generate nearly $11 million in that timeframe. — MORGAN PHILLIPS

MEET AND GREET NAME: Emisha Pickens-Young AGE: 37 OCCUPATION: Senior director of family engagement, research and community outreach at Tulsa Educare KNOWN FOR: Being the first Oklahoman to receive the prestigious and highly competitive federal Head Start Graduate Student Research Grant.

On how it feels to be chosen: Because of the competitive nature of the grant, I didn’t think that I would actually receive it. To be selected as one of six was truly an unexpected honor.

On her interest in early childhood education: I’ve always had a passion for working with children. I graduated from Langston University in 2004 with an elementary education degree and began working for CAP Tulsa Head Start in 2004. I have been fortunate to see Head Start through various lenses: as a student, teacher, coach and now as a researcher. These perspectives have affirmed for me the impact of Head Start.

On her future research in the field: My goal is to continue examining the influence of Head Start teaching teams on classroom quality and child outcomes. I plan to write up the results of my dissertation and future research for both researchers and practitioners to inform practices in early childhood education.

— LAURA DENNIS TulsaPeople.com

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MUSINGS

I THOUGHT YOU’D NEVER ASK

BY CONNIE CRONLEY

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y books are classified as memoir. The word memoir — from 15th century French — seems so literary, the classification let me feel smug.

Until.

Until I read an article by a book critic saying that the memoir genre is the Barbie doll of autobiography. Pop. There goes my ego.

My books are collections of short, personal essays. Short writings tend to be dismissed. One author (of short pieces) said that short-piece writers’ work sits on the edge of the chair of literature.

My essays also are funny, yet another strike against them. People don’t take humor seriously.

And yet, I carry on writing mostly short, humorous, personal essays and columns. When some are collected into books, the titles reveal the mostly funny content: “Sometimes a Wheel Falls Off,” “Light and Variable,” “Poke a Stick at It.” They’re classified as memoir.

Memoirs come in many flavors: dreadful childhoods, dreadful diseases or an earnest year of something that sounds dreadful to me. We are a society that is both confessional and voyeuristic.

Once in a while, a memoir is both literary and popular, such as Frank McCourt’s “Angela’s Ashes.” Another Irish writer, Nuala O’Faolain (“Are You Somebody?”) said one cannot write a memoir until their heart has been broken. But all of our hearts have been broken in some way, which makes us all candidates for memoir.

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My favorite memoirs are the funny, short pieces about the eccentric family of James Grover Thurber from his book “My Life and Hard Times.” In Thurber country, it is said, people behave more foolishly than a self-respecting dog would.

In praise of and in defense of memoir and autobiography, I recommend the following: “Blue Jelly” by Debbie Bull, subtitled “Love Lost and the Lessons of Canning.” When her boyfriend left, she was so broken-hearted she identified with the song “I’m So Miserable” by Billy Ray Cyrus. The lyrics go, “I’m so miserable without you, it’s almost like you’re here.” In canning and her own kitchen, things turn out as they should.

“Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral”

by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays. Two women in a Mississippi Delta town tell us how their church receptions — from the Methodists (deviled eggs) to the Baptists (itty-bitty marshmallows) and Episcopalians (restorative cocktails) — define a community. Even the recipes are funny, such as that for Vodka Cake. “We’re embarrassed to death to tell you what’s in this cake. How many of the world’s great chefs use Jell-O pudding?”

“A River Runs Through It and Other Stories”

by Norman Maclean is not funny, but it is witty, beautiful and powerful. This tale of youthful memory is set beside the Big Blackfoot River and be-

gins, “In my family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.”

“My Life in Middlemarch” by Rebecca Mead is a combined memoir and biography of George Eliot. Mead writes about her passionate involvement with the book many consider the greatest English novel and how it shaped her own life.

Sounds weird, but I found it mesmerizing and convincing. I wish I could write a book that had that effect on someone.

“The Memory of All That” by Betsy Blair begins with her idyllic marriage as a child bride to Gene Kelly and their fairytale life in Hollywood, segues into her political activism that leads to the blacklist of Communism, then on to her own life as an expatriate in Europe and award-winning actress in “Marty.” It’s a charming book of growing into wisdom and maturity.

“The Distancers: An American Memoir” by Lee Sandlin is a family memoir so original and bluntly honest, I hope to emulate it someday with stories of my own family. Such a bad title, but an accurate reference to several generations of a non-communicating family. These people kept their distance. An uncle, quiet and long suffering, finally lost his temper and got into a fist fight with his brother-in-law. They never spoke again although they lived in the same house for 17 more years. Now that’s non-communicative.

Families, marriages, romances, church communities — that’s the stuff of memoir. And life. TP

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melia’s is the latest downtown restaurant to open at 122 N. Boston Ave. As its wood-fired menu evolves, additions are made. One such newcomer is the s’more. But this isn’t your average campfire treat. A house-made marshmallow is toasted atop a chocolate pot de crème with cinnamon graham cracker streusel ($10). TP SEE P. 30 FOR MORE ABOUT AMELIA’S.

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DINING OUT

Amelia Eesley

HEARTHY CHOICE Wood-fired dishes are the stars at Amelia’s.

BY NATALIE MIKLES 30

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melia’s is an enchanting dining experience and a breath of fresh air to Tulsa’s food scene.

The restaurant in the Brady Arts District captures the fun of dining out with a sophisticated aesthetic, creating a warm space where diners can linger over thoughtfully prepared food and an excellent wine menu.

The attention to detail of owner Amelia Eesley and chef Kevin Snell can be seen in each bite of the menu, which focuses on wood-fired foods, fresh ingredients, handmade pastas and locally sourced produce. Aspects of the menu change daily. For instance, Bolognese might be served with fettuccine one day and with gnocchi the next.

The restaurant is in a narrow space, with banquette seating along one side, giving diners the cozy feel of a big city restaurant. Those who love an open concept can make a reservation for the chef ’s

counter to have a front-row seat at the Argentinianstyle grill. Amelia’s also has a back dining room for private parties.

Our party of four shared plates, and there was rarely a critique among us. We sampled two starters: sweet corn fritters with roasted poblano mayo ($7) and country-style paté ($10) served on cornbread crostini. The thick-sliced paté was peppery and flavorful, and the crostini was the perfect

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backdrop for each bite. A smear of blackberry and ancho pepper jam rounded out the dish. The corn fritters were somewhat flat and could have been elevated with a little heat.

On a warm summer night, it was nice to see gazpacho on the menu. Amelia’s Thai-style watermelon gazpacho ($7) had a bright, fresh flavor with pickled watermelon rind, basil, mint, cilantro and heat from panang curry.

We also enjoyed the crawfish bisque ($7), which was decadent, as bisque should be, with its creaminess cut by bits of crawfish and pickled sausage.

The Rescaldo Vegetables dish was a beautifully presented salad of grilled vegetables and a lightly grilled piece of Brie ($12) sprinkled with Kalamata olives and dressed. Crostini was served alongside to spread the Brie and scoop the vegetables. The combination of cheese, vegetables, olives and bread created a meatless charcuterie. The smoky flavor of the vegetables would make this an excellent vegetarian main dish.

We tried a few of Amelia’s staples, including a campfire rainbow trout ($25) with wood-roasted broccolini. The trout was light and was complemented nicely by a mixture of herbs, almonds, apricots and brewer’s yeast.

Another staple, the ribeye steak frites ($40) featured a perfectly cooked ribeye with just the right amount of marbling. It was served with crispy fries and a béarnaise sauce.

The most impressive dish was a wood-grilled pork chop ($20) served on a wooden board with blackberry barbecue sauce, ancho peppers and hibiscus. House-made andouille sausage topped the pork chop, and the dish was served with a bowl of sweet and spicy baked beans with queso fresco.

Amelia’s has a nice selection of wood-fired oven pizzas and flatbreads available for lunch, din-

Amelia’s sets in a small space in the heart of the Brady Arts District. The menu changes regularly depending on seasonality and availability.

ner and takeout. Choices include Italian sausage with tomato sauce and mozzarella, and a steak and arugula with roasted garlic, balsamic and rosemary.

For dessert, we couldn’t get enough of the chocolate torte ($8). Cheerios cereal was crushed to form a not-too-sweet crust for the rich chocolate ganache and ancho blackberry jam.

Wine pairings are listed for each entrée on the menu, which is helpful for wine newbies and welcomed by connoisseurs looking for the perfect drink for each dish. TP

Amelia’s 122 N. BOSTON AVE. | 918-728-2435 AMELIAS.US 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 4-11 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday.

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A LA CARTE

We all have our preferences in food and drinks, but there are some universal food truths. Example: Tacos rule. There’s little better than carnitas or barbacoa wrapped in a warm tortilla. Here are some of our favorite authentic Mexican taco spots. — NATALIE MIKLES (PRICES: $: LESS THAN $10 $$: $10-$15 $$$: $16-$25 $$$$: OVER $25)

American Solera’s new taproom will open this summer.

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merican Solera hit the scene like a solar flare a year ago. The fledgling Tulsa brewery has since been rated as the 2016 best new brewery in the U.S. and second best in the world by RateBeer. Chase Healey, owner and founder of the brewery, has now set his sights on Boston … Avenue, that is.

The new American Solera taproom is located at 108 E. 18th St. The 1,000-squarefoot space has large windows that allow light to enhance the minimalist, bright interior. The idea, Healey says, is to match the environment to the type of beer brewed on-site.

“The 18th and Boston location will be like a pilot facility for beers we could potentially brew regularly,” he says. “And it’s a fun way for people to try small-batch creations from us. The day a beer is ready, we can sell it directly across the bar.”

Though there is seating for only 30 inside, the outdoor area will have plenty of picnic tables and a food truck at the ready during business hours. Healey wants to create a seamless outdoor atmosphere for those coming from the bike trails only yards away or for visitors to the nearby A Gathering Place.

“People are excited to go downtown, but I think that this place is just on the cusp as another exciting part of town for people to come to,” he says. “The idea is that there will be new development here, and we will be a part of that when it occurs.”

American Solera is open noon-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday. Weekday hours vary.

— ANGELA EVANS

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Calaveras Mexican Grill

Fillings like spicy shredded pork and birria de res (marinated beef), grilled chicken or chicarron rojo (pork rinds in red sauce) can be stuffed in Calaveras’ puffy tacos. For the puffys, fresh masa dough is pressed as a tortilla, then deep fried until puffed and slightly crisp. It’s then topped with pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream, cheese and avocado.

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El Refugio Azteca

On weekend nights, the line can be long at this popular food truck. Inexpensive tacos are filled with a choice of meats, including cabeza (beef cheek), buche (pork stomach) or pastor (marinated pork). Tacos are served with onions, cilantro, radishes and green salsa.

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Handmade tortillas are so good here, you might order one without any filling at all. But fill those tortillas with carnitas and salsa verde, and you have one of the best tacos in town. You might be tempted to order your favorite every time, but this menu is worth exploring.

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New restaurant They might be newcomers to Tulsa, but these restaurants have become fast favorites.

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

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art of the satisfaction in making pesto is that the recipe always turns out. If it’s dry, add a little oil. Not enough flavor? Mince another clove of garlic. And once it’s made, a little will go a long way as a sauce for grilled fish, tossed with penne pasta or drizzled over hummus for a delicious spread.

The easiest way to freeze pesto is to pour the mixture into ice cube trays and pop the frozen cubes into plastic freezer bags. Thaw a cube or two as you need it, and presto: pesto!

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1. STUFFED CHERRY TOMATOES Mix pesto with orzo pasta. Hollow out cherry tomatoes, draining centers of juice. Fill with pesto pasta.

2. PESTO FRENCH BREAD Split loaf of French bread lengthwise. Spread pesto on both sides, put bread back together, wrap in foil and bake 20 minutes in a 400-degree oven. Cut into thick slices.

3. PESTO POTATOES Cube 2 pounds red potatoes. Combine with 1/3 cup pesto, 1 tablespoon olive oil, kosher salt and pepper.

Spread on a baking sheet lined with parchment. Roast at 400 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until fork tender and slightly crisp. Stir halfway through. Remove from oven and stir with 4 strips cooked and crumbled bacon, chopped parsley and freshly grated Parmesan.

Dinners at the Reserve at Grogg’s Green Barn are catching on so much that Kelly and Carla Grogg decided to open it up to kids. Chef Matt Owen will take families through an evening of fun, beginning with letting kids gather eggs and search for ladybugs, to sitting at a communal table of food prepared from the edible gardens at Grogg’s.

The beautiful setting and Instagram-worthy dining experience takes place Aug. 4 and 5 at 10105 E. 61st St. Go to groggsgreenbarn.com to reserve a spot.

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Tell us about Living Kitchen. Originally, Living Kitchen was going to be a farm only. It was out of my poor gardening skills that our farm table dinners came alive. ... I had worked in the kitchens of many Seattle restaurants since the age of 14 and was turning in my chef knife for a hoe. I loved the farmers’ market more than anything and wanted to be on the selling side of the booth rather than the buying side, and I tried ... but I couldn’t make enough money to cover my expenses. I was at the point where I didn’t think I could make it, and I really needed to buy goat feed. The only thing I knew to do was cook, so I threw together some invites and emailed them to the folks on our mailing list advertising a “farm table dinner.” And the dinners took on a life and a quality of their own.

You were at the forefront of Tulsa’s farm-to-table movement.

How have you seen it change? A tremendous amount of progress has been made in the last 14 years, but it has been kicks and starts. For a lot of chefs and restaurants it sounds like a good idea — maybe from a marketing perspective — but the challenges arise: logistics, absurd menu flexibility, staff training and a no-waste mentality. If you don’t have the drive and passion in the first place, it just becomes a profound burden.

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ESSAY That meeting turned into an invitation from Yevtushenko for me and 10 orphans with Orphan’s Tree to attend a public event in June 2016 in Moscow’s Red Square, where Yevtushenko would read his poetry. We jumped at the opportunity.

A masterpiece unfolds

The late Yevgeny Yevtushenko and artist Vladimir “Vova” Shamarin and his painting “Children of War.”

THE BIGGER PICTURE ART CONNECTS ACROSS CONTINENTS. Sue Bennett is the director of marketing and investor relations at First Oklahoma Bank.

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ust as an artist can transform shards of glass into a dazzling piece of art, I believe God can take the broken and fragmented pieces of our lives and create a masterpiece.

Last year, I was witness to an unlikely meeting of 10 Russian orphans and a world-famous poet. The event electrified the orphans’ minds, opened their eyes to love and kindness from an unlikely source and showed them they are special.

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It began almost two decades ago.

In 2000, at a Russian camp for nearly 200 orphans, one shy, sickly, disheveled boy named Vladimir “Vova” Shamarin stood out with his shock of blond hair and artistic talent. He and his siblings became orphans after their father died. Their mother struggled with mental illness. Too weak to walk as a child, Vova was put in a special needs orphanage.

That year, we met Vova during a mission trip through Orphan’s Tree, a nonprofit that works with Russian orphans as they age out of orphanages and transition into adulthood.

As an eighth-grader, Vova’s artistic talent impressed me and my husband, Tom Bennett Jr. We provided him with art supplies and encouraged him to pursue an art education.

In adulthood, Vova attended the Suzdal Art Restoration School, which specializes in restoring older Russian artifacts.

Today, he is a graduate of the prestigious St. Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

For Tom and me, the chance encounter with Vova and other orphans changed our lives. This is our 18th year working with the Russian orphans.

BY SUE BENNETT

A heart for orphans

The seeds for going on a Russian mission trip were planted early in our marriage when we heard a church visitor talk about delivering Bibles behind the Iron Curtain. In the mid-1970s, our family began praying for Russian Christians, never dreaming we would meet one. Years later, a Bible study classmate suggested we should go to Russia and help George Steiner, who founded Colorado-based Orphan’s Tree.

The idea of working with orphans resonated with me. I understood what it meant to be poor, lost and without parental guidance or protection. My mother died young from cancer, and my brother and I were shuffled to foster care or relatives’ homes as our father remarried multiple times.

To draw attention to the orphans’ plight, in April 2016 I organized an art exhibit of artwork by Russian orphans at First Oklahoma Bank to coincide with an Orphan’s Tree board meeting that was being held in Tulsa.

I also arranged a reception with the Russian-born wife of a bank shareholder and asked Bob Donaldson, the former University of Tulsa president, to invite the Russian poet laureate Yevgeny Yevtushenko to read his poetry. (Yevtushenko died April 1, 2017.) A longtime Tulsan, Yevtushenko was best known for his criticism of the Soviet bureaucracy and appeals for getting rid of Stalin’s legacy. His poems have been translated into more than 70 languages.

A week after the reception, Yevtushenko visited the bank to see the orphans’ art exhibit. Vova’s painting, titled “Children of War,” captivated him. We learned Yevtushenko’s grandmother had been an orphanage director in Siberia.

Yevtushenko agreed to spend one hour with us and Orphan’s Tree representatives prior to his presentation. Some orphans traveled nine hours from St. Petersburg to meet him. Vova and his girlfriend wanted to come, but the meeting coincided with Vova’s graduation finals. Stressed, he needed to finish an art project.

But he stuffed the project into a trash bag and lugged it to Moscow so he could work on the project at night.

Outside of Moscow, the 83-year-old Yevtushenko welcomed us to a two-story museum filled with his photos and artwork.

During the tour, Vova presented Yevtushenko with his “Children of War” painting, which I carried from Tulsa. Vova recounted how as a young orphan he and several others were bundled into coats — some wearing rags on their feet — and loaded into a wagon that took them into the forest. They were then dumped alongside the road to collect sticks for firewood for their orphanage. The painting reflected what war felt like to him.

Yevtushenko embraced Vova, gave him a kiss, held onto his arm. The museum visit extended into an invitation for tea and treats at Yevtushenko’s Russia dacha (a seasonal country home). For three hours, Vova and the other orphans basked in Yevtushenko’s presence.

At the dacha, Yevtushenko showed Vova a 1,000-year-old icon of the Madonna holding Jesus, which he rescued from a church. The artifact had been used for dart practice. He asked Vova what he thought of the piece, and then offered to hire him to restore the antiquity.

When our group finally arrived at Red Square to hear the famous poet speak, we were escorted to fifth-row seats. Hundreds of people erupted with cheers and applause when Yevtushenko arrived. His arms rose and gestured as he read with gusto about love, forgiveness and unity. Behind him were the onion-shaped domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral.

The entire experience was amazing, surreal. Afterward, I invited the orphans to my hotel to eat and talk. Shy Vova became animated when he spoke. He marveled at how Yevtushenko treated him like a son. The other kids were astounded that someone of Yevtushenko’s stature would welcome them. They were treated like royalty.

The bigger picture

Looking back, I can see God’s presence and providential guidance threaded throughout a lifetime.

What are the chances that my bleak, shame-filled childhood, which I once considered a curse, would become an absolute blessing? My painful past has enabled me to identify with orphans, to understand their hurt and want to share Christ’s love with them.

What are the chances that our family would start praying for Russians and years later seek to serve them?

What are the chances that a poor, weak Russian orphan who was labeled a “special needs” child would graduate from a prestigious Russian art university and meet Yevtushenko?

What are the chances that Yevtushenko would live in Tulsa and agree to attend a reception and then subsequently invite several Russian orphans to his museum and home in Russia?

It can’t all be coincidence. No, something bigger is at work.

Something divine.

I truly believe that God has a plan for us that is good, and it spills into the lives of others.

God is creating a masterpiece. He is taking all the messy, ugly, painful and broken pieces of lives and creating something awe-inspiring.

Just wait for it. A masterpiece is unfolding. TP TulsaPeople.com

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The bART Center for Music congratulates our wonderfully talented students on their accomplishments during the 2016-17 season.

Margaret Barbour, violin (chamber ensemble) Interlochen World Youth Symphony Orchestra summer program.

Joanna McDonald, guitar Solo guitar piece, Ponderings. Winner, Bela Rozsa High School Composition Competition.

Nick Stavros, flute (alumnus) Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Makayla Baxter, voice Oklahoma City University Summer Theater Program, All-State Mixed Chorus and a number of theatrical projects, including The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Aladdin Kids (co-director), and The Miracle Worker.

Kiersten Moser (alumnus) Bachelor of Music in violin performance, The University of Tulsa.

Abigail Terrill, piano Full scholarship, The University of Central Missouri, for piano.

The bART Piano Trio: Margaret Barbour, violin; Emma Grantham, cello; Abigail Terrill, piano Winner, Tulsa Young Artists Chamber Competition, sponsored by Chamber Music Tulsa, Tulsa Camerata and the Council Oak Men’s Choir.

OMTA District Achievement Auditions, superior rating, piano: Mitchell Aguirre, Grace Bennett, Levi Bennett, Chaz Hall, Ryan Rule, Penelope Shears

Kayla Cao, piano Alternate winner, South Central MTNA Junior Performance Competition.

Colette Campbell, viola Principal viola, intermediate orchestra at Tulsa Youth Symphony.

Drew Crane (alumnus) Bachelor of Music in Piano, The University of Tulsa.

Will be pursuing his Master of Music in Conducting at The University of Missouri, Kansas City.

Bella Rodriguez, piano Winner, piano competition, TU Academy for Pianists.

OMTA State Achievement Auditions, superior rating, piano: Mitchell Aguirre, Grace Bennett, Levi Bennett, Penelope Shears

Wyatt Sanders (alumnus), Graduate, The Berklee School of Music, signed contract with the Artist Publishing Group in Los Angeles.

Tulsa Youth Symphony Orchestra: Colette Campbell, viola; Jack Campbell, cello; James Owens, cello; Jesse Schumann, violin

We would like to thank our faculty for their wonderful support and dedication to The bART Center for Music and their students!

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Aspiring to new

Ten Tulsa ‘Brainiacs’ from the class of 2017 share their accomplishments and ambitions.

BY MEAGAN COLLINS AND EMILY FATE From playing five sports to creating nonprofits to representing the U.S. while meeting Chinese politicians, these 10 Tulsa-area high school graduates do it all. Regardless of their next steps, their extraordinary high school careers will propel them to soar in the real world.

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BEAU BINGHAM CASCIA HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL ATTENDING: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

REGENT PREPARATORY SCHOOL ATTENDING: JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY “You’re only as good as your daily habits,” Bayless says. As a driven student, he is known for his excellence in leadership, singing and athletics.

He was an active member of Beta Club, a national service organization, and led his classmates in a service project each year. The past two years he received superior ratings for vocal performance at the State Solo and Ensemble Contest.

Bayless also was presented the Christian Leadership Award for basketball and football, was named All-Conference Basketball Player for two years and was named All-Region Basketball Player.

Bayless received both a basketball scholarship and chancellor’s scholarship from JBU, where he will pursue a premedical degree.

Since freshman year, Bayless says, “I’ve learned how to communicate effectively, lead others to accomplish a goal and be confident.” He says he wants to be remembered in high school as a trailblazer for Regent basketball and as a person who represented Christ, his school and his family well.

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If you are looking for Bingham, he is probably in the lab. Double majoring in biology and computer science at Dartmouth, he is a natural overachiever.

He was a finalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, also referred to as the “Junior Nobel Prize,” in which applicants were selected based on “the scientific rigor and world-changing potential of their research projects.” Bingham’s project focused on drug discovery using natural products.

Bingham also was among 10 nationally recognized high school students chosen to represent the U.S. in a leadership visit to China in July, where they presented their research to Chinese politicians.

He also received the second place Grand Award in microbiology at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in 2017 in Los Angeles and 2016 in Phoenix.

When asked how he has grown since freshman year, Bingham says, “I seek to question, not just answer.” He hopes to eventually contribute to the fight against antibiotic resistance through scientific research.

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When Lloyd wasn’t volunteering for the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree or being named to the honor roll, she was singing and acting in her high school’s musicals. She wants to be a professional opera singer and will major in vocal performance at TU, where she received a music scholarship.

She also has received other scholarships, such as the Force for Good, Hurricane Pledge and the Mervin Bovaird scholarships, for her outstanding academic successes and community service.

Lloyd says she stays motivated because “I can do what I set my mind to. I love the feeling of doing what I love every day and finding ways to make life around me a happier place.”

She hopes to be remembered as a leader “who always tried to do what was right.”

“Whether you realize it or not, you impact the lives of those around you,” Lloyd says. She advises incoming freshmen to make wise choices if they want to make a positive impact.

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How many 18-year-olds dream of creating prosthetics for developing countries or making the next affordable medical device for missionaries to take overseas? For Taylor, it’s his ambition, and with his track record — that being his experience on the varsity cross-country and track team — he no doubt has the stamina to do it.

Taylor has received a full-ride through a National Merit Scholarship from Harding University in Arkansas, where he will study biomedical engineering in the fall. Collectively, Taylor has been granted over $118,000 in scholarships and won various awards throughout high school, including the Citizenship Award from the Sons of the American Revolution.

“I want to be remembered from my high school career as the student who cared about serving others so much that they forget that I was the ‘smart kid,’” Taylor says.

STEPHANIE ROYER UNION HIGH SCHOOL | ATTENDING: THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Between music and literature, Royer is passionate about the arts. She is the founder and director of Music and Me, a nonprofit musical outreach that introduces violin and piano to underprivileged children, and she plays violin for nursing homes in her spare time. Her poetry and essays have been published in “Creative Communication” and the Poetry Institute of Canada. Royer was selected for the Eugene McDermott Scholar prize from UT-Dallas and will major in neuroscience and minor in music and public health.

One life lesson she has learned is that “intellectual reading is the most beneficial yet underrated activity in our society today.”

“Humans have so many beautiful thoughts,” Royer says. “Reading is a journey of intercepting them and learning how to incorporate them into our own and express this amalgamation.”

When asked how she has grown since freshman year, Royer says, “by continuously drinking milk!” On a more serious note, she advises incoming freshmen to study for the PSAT. Royer says, “This is your ticket to a full-ride, especially if you’re not an athlete.”

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MORRIS MINGO VALLEY CHRISTIAN ATTENDING: THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

Constantly striving to leave “a trail of goodness and mercy,” Morris has completed over 190 hours of community service and hopes to have a career that “improves people’s lives and adds more good to the world.”

She will pursue a biomedical engineering degree from OU. She has received over $74,000 in scholarships and was co-valedictorian of her class and a National Merit finalist.

A natural perfectionist, Morris says she is her own biggest motivator. “I have an inherently strong desire to not disappoint myself and to produce something of value in whatever I do,” she says.

Along with her persistence in academics and service, Morris has received the Clarence Burg and James Breckenridge awards for state competition in piano and the Claudia Busse award for music theory.

In high school, Morris says she learned to not worry about how difficult something was until she actually tried it.

OWASSO HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDING: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Driven by her desire to help those who can’t help themselves, Chakka is attending KU to get her degree in behavioral neuroscience with a minor in Spanish. She hopes to conduct research to aid those with mental illness or learning disabilities.

Chakka says the best advice she has ever received is to avoid putting all your energy into trying to change what you cannot control because you will end up not changing anything at all.

As a National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, Owasso High School valedictorian and prom queen, Chakka was a busy high schooler. But her advice to incoming high school freshmen is to not overload themselves.

“It’s OK to focus on one thing; you don’t have to be involved in every single club,” Chakka says. “If you don’t enjoy it and it doesn’t enrich your life, or someone else’s, in some way, don’t subject yourself to it.”

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ERICA KELLEY RIVERFIELD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ATTENDING: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

Having participated in varsity basketball, tennis, cross-country, cheer, soccer and competitive dance for four years, Kelley knows how to work hard and achieve her goals. She also was National Honor Society vice president and a junior board member of Emergency Infant Services. Last year, she helped raise $40,000 for EIS with her fellow junior board members. Kelley says she wants to become a physical therapist to help athletes recover from injuries.

She received the Academic Excellence Award from OSU, as well as scholarships from four other Midwest universities. Despite her success, she has learned that “It’s OK not to always be the best and not to worry so much about small things.”

When asked what advice she would give to freshmen, she says, “Make sure you go to every school event, even if you think it’s lame. You never know what memories you will make and the friends you will meet.”

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ANITESH BAJAJ With almost 500 hours of documented community service, Bajaj has a staggering dedication to STEM awareness and volunteering.

As a Youth Philanthropy Initiative member, he worked to introduce STEM lessons to 10 local public schools and encourage Tulsa’s underprivileged youth. He also was a member of Engineering Club, Pre-Med Society and Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society).

His giving spirit has influenced his career path, as well. Bajaj will major in biochemistry and will pursue a career in medicine because of its “emphasis on caring for the patient and applying scientific principles to better humanity.”

He received $240,000 from USC, plus over $3,000 from other scholarship programs.

He says, “Failure is my No. 1 source of motivation because, when I encounter failure, it keeps me on my toes and forces me to change something that I am thinking or doing to eventually achieve success.”

JENKS HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDING: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

PIERCE PETTIT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDING: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY “I went to an extremely diverse high school, so I learned how to respect and empower others,” Pettit says. His respect for others has translated to a diversity of interests.

He was captain of the varsity swim team and a member of the varsity academic bowl. He also co-founded the BTW Native Youth Council and Film Society clubs. In his free time, he played violin in Tulsa Youth Symphony and was on an ultimate Frisbee team. He also was an active National Honor Society member, Eagle Scout and an Academic AllState champion.

Having received scholarships totaling over $55,000, which include the Osage Nation Higher Education Scholarship, he will major in materials engineering at Northwestern. In 10 years, he sees himself owning his own technology company.

He advises freshmen to “try things you think you’d enjoy” and to “make goals for yourself. If you go through high school aimlessly, you won’t get as much out of it.” TP

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? We catch up with three past ‘Brainiacs’ to see where life has taken them.

Wei-Hass majored in geology with a minor in chemistry at Smith College. Then she headed to Ohio State University for a doctorate in environmental chemistry. However, halfway through the program she realized she was “no longer enamored with science.” Her now-husband, Travis Brown, suggested she take art classes again since she hadn’t taken any after high school. She eventually earned a science-reporting fellowship at National Geographic.

Wei-Hass says, “I haven’t looked back since.”

At 30, she is an editorial assistant for science and innovation at Smithsonian.com. She lives in Washington, D.C. Although she was on the rowing crew and played violin in high school, “these days I’m a lot less musical,” Wei-Hass says, “but I still try to keep up with athletics.”

She makes time to run, cycle, swim and row on stationary machines.

Her passions in high school and undergrad might have changed, but she says, “I will always be the slightly nerdy, shy gal who is giggling at comics on my computer.

And now, I have more people to share these geeky moments with.”

After high school, Thao earned her bachelor’s in business management from Oklahoma State University. She also spent a summer in Washington, D.C., learning how to be a social change agent with the International Revenue Service through the OCA National (formerly known as the Organization of Chinese Americans) Summer Internship Program. Then, in 2014, she received the Diversity of Views and Experiences Fellowship to pursue a master’s of public policy and a minor in program evaluation at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.

Born in Tulsa, the 27-year-old is an independent consultant in St. Paul, Minnesota. She says one of her current projects involves collecting data about the leadership development needs of Hmong girls ages 12-18 living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. The information gathered will help her and her client design a specific culturally impactful leadership program for that population.

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TULSA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 2008 After high school, Staab attended Columbia University, where he played Division I basketball and received a degree in mechanical engineering. He says his proudest moment was getting a double-double (11 points, 12 rebounds) against defending national champion the University of Connecticut.

Staab will be an MBA candidate at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin this fall.

“However, I have enjoyed working for the past five years at ONEOK Partners in Tulsa,” Staab says. “I have been challenged by my work as an engineer, but also have been able to serve my community in many ways.”

Do you keep up with any of the hobbies or activities you did in high school? “I have been fortunate to serve as an assistant coach for my alma mater’s (Memorial High School) boys basketball team for the past three years,” Staab says. Memorial won the state championship in 2008 when Staab was a player, and in 2017 the team won the state championship while he was a coach. “I was also able to coach my younger brother during his senior year at Memorial. That was a real treat.”

How do you still embody a “Brainiac?”

“I love standardized tests,” he says. “Studying for the GMAT to get into graduate school, I became obsessed with what I didn’t know. If I got an answer wrong on a practice test, I would get so excited because it was an opportunity to learn something new. I enjoy using this mentality in my life today.”

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What has been your proudest moment to date? “That first time I saw my byline under the National Geographic masthead,” Wei-Hass says. “It was one of the first times in many years of doubt that I thought I had found myself.”

She says her biggest goal right now is to spark curiosity in others, by opening “people’s minds up to new concepts and ideas, hopefully giving them a new way to think about the world and the happenings around them.”

How do you still embody a “Brainiac?”

“I’ve never thought of myself as a ‘Brainiac’ per se. I honestly doubt my true intelligence daily,” she says. “But I work hard at everything I do, which I’ve learned counts for way more than basic smarts.”

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What has been your proudest moment to date? “My proudest moment to date is earning my master’s degree,” Thao says. “I’m a child of refugee parents of the Secret War in Laos. As a first-generation college student, many of the things I navigated through were firsts for my family. I’m very privileged because I survived undergraduate and graduate school.”

How do you still embody a “Brainiac?”

Along with always wanting to learn and grow, she says, “Everyone is a brainiac in their own way. If you’re passionate about something, pursue it. You’ll be the brainiac of your passion.”

What is the best advice you’ve ever received? To connect with society through responsibility.

Thao says, “You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and being responsible for changing it.” TP

STAAB AND THAO: COURTESY; WEI-HAAS: VALERIE GRANT

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LINING Teachers, students and other citizens are getting creative to supplement Tulsa-area school budgets.

BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

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n many ways, the state of education in Oklahoma is a broken record.

We still lead the nation in per-pupil funding cuts since 2008. Teachers are still leaving the state for more competitive pay elsewhere. School districts across the state are still making difficult choices, such as closing schools, cutting bus transportation or implementing a four-day school week.

Tulsa Public Schools district leaders spent the winter and early spring planning for an expected $12 million reduction in state funding for the 2017-18 school year and ultimately recommended approximately $10 million in budget cuts.

“The unfortunate reality is that managing budget reductions of this magnitude means that as a district, we will be forced to make extraordinarily

difficult decisions to keep our doors open to the children and families we serve,” wrote Superintendent Deborah A. Gist in a letter to TPS stakeholders this spring.

Left with few viable options for growing state revenues, the education landscape seems unlikely to improve in the short term.

But necessity is the mother of invention. Despite the budget crisis, bright and committed individuals are working together to bridge gaps between school needs and state dollars.

Here are three examples of Tulsans harnessing their creativity — in the form of crowdfunding campaigns and unprecedented partnerships — to raise funds they hope will make a difference in the classroom and beyond.

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It takes a village Broken Arrow fifth-grade teacher Kellie Miller has supplemented her classroom with national crowdfunding platforms.

With some of the resources, she was able to purchase a modern version of Benjamin Franklin’s printing press, which she uses to teach about Colonial trades.

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Kellie Miller’s teaching degree didn’t come with a course in resourcefulness. She comes by the skill naturally, and her fifth-grade students at Lynn Wood Elementary in Broken Arrow are the lucky beneficiaries.

Now in her 11th year of teaching, Miller says project-based learning makes lessons more memorable for students. “Especially with history, you can talk about it, but unless you make it relevant to them, it’s not going to stick,” Miller says. “That’s especially hard to do with history when you’re talking about something that happened 250 years ago.”

Unfortunately, engaging classroom projects often require “extras” that aren’t covered by school budgets. So two years ago, Miller started writing project grants on the national crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org and sharing them on her personal Facebook account. Since then, 22 of those grants have been crowdfunded, raising more than $4,500 for her classroom.

Most of the projects have cost less than $250, but one of Miller’s favorite DonorsChoose projects is a $500 printing press that is a modern version of the one Benjamin Franklin used. Miller uses it to teach her class about Colonial trades.

Students take turns printing copies of the Declaration of Independence and other documents.

Another Colonial trade unit was recently funded, too, and will provide a loom to teach the students about weaving.

Lynn Wood Principal Chris England says Miller is the school’s most successful grant writer.

However, the entire staff is fairly active in writing grants since more than half of Lynn Wood students are from low-income families who struggle to purchase school supplies. He estimates the school has received $65,000-$70,000 in grants in the past two years through various sources, including the Broken Arrow Public Schools Foundation. At press time, the school had raised $36,895 through DonorsChoose since 2009.

Broken Arrow Public Schools guidelines require school administration to approve all proposals for classroom grants, and school board approval is required to apply for grants $2,500 and above.

However, England has never denied a request to come across his desk. “I rely on my teachers to help me identify what they need,” he says. “It allows me to save my school budget for necessities like copy paper, pens and pencils.”

Amazingly, most of Miller’s DonorsChoose funders are people she has never met. Many live in other states and appear to check the website regularly for education projects to support. “I had someone in Pennsylvania donate to one of my projects on my birthday,” Miller says. “She just said, ‘We share a birthday, and I want to help fund your project.’ Other people have said that every month they pick a classroom and donate $25.” Another donor from Georgia supported her loom fund because they descended from many generations of weavers and wanted to keep the trade alive.

DonorsChoose also makes it easy for companies and foundations to lend a hand to educators

Erika Ravitch, Braden Milford and Minna Apostolova are Cascia Hall students and the co-founders of Oklahoma Students Advocating for Statewide Science, a group focused on raising awareness and funds for the state’s regional science fairs.

like Miller. Each fall, she and other Tulsa-area teachers participate in Sonic’s national “Limeades for Learning” campaign, which funds communities’ top-voted DonorsChoose projects.

In the Tulsa metro, the education partnership ImpactTulsa doubles donations for literacyfocused DonorsChoose grants up to $500 through a match from Advance Research Chemicals, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the George Kaiser Family Foundation. (Autumn Worten, ImpactTulsa director of partner engagement, says Lynn Wood is the most active Tulsa-area school to utilize its DonorsChoose match funds.)

Miller says she hopes the state’s funding situation improves, but until then she is grateful for the support of groups like these and individual donors in what has truly become a community effort.

“That’s a good way to put it,” she says. “It really does take a village.”

Support local teachers by searching for their projects by city and school at DONORSCHOOSE.ORG. Miller’s page is DONORSCHOOSE.ORG/KELLIEMILLER.

Survival of the fittest The scientific method usually begins with observations about the natural world, followed by hypotheses and experiments. When three Cascia Hall science research students observed that Oklahoma’s budget cuts meant no statewide science fair for the first time in more than 40 years, they predicted they could change that fate by raising awareness and funds. Their experiment?

To form a group known as Oklahoma Students Advocating for Statewide Science (OSASS).

In the first three months of 2017, OSASS crowdfunded $4,015 for the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair through a GoFundMe page created by OSASS co-founders Minna Apostolova, Braden Milford and Erika Ravitch. Donors ranged from former science fair participants who valued their student experiences to Tulsa’s STEMcell Science Shop to the editor of a U.K.-based scientific journal.

Then, something unexpected happened: Dr. James Young, an Ardmore dentist, mailed a $50,000 check to the state education department to continue the fair through 2018. Now OSASS is happily redirecting its efforts to Oklahoma’s

regional science fairs, which also are at risk, according to the students.

Oklahoma has seven regional fairs, down from 11 a few years ago, says Sally Fenska, Cascia Hall AP biology and chemistry teacher and OSASS and science research team adviser. She says Tulsa has not hosted a regional science fair for at least seven years for various reasons, so many Tulsa students have to travel to other cities, such as Bartlesville, Miami or Wilburton, to participate.

Although their GoFundMe page is paused now that the state fair has been funded, the OSASS students recognize their work must continue if they are to ensure Oklahoma science fairs’ longterm survival. “No one is resting by any means,” says Apostolova, a Cascia Hall junior and OSASS president.

OSASS has utilized social media, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to spread its founders’ belief in science fairs as an outlet to share research, learn from peers and leaders on the cutting edge of their fields and access academic opportunities and scholarships. The group created a video that promotes these virtues and next plans to contact potential corporate sponsors.

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Oklahoma Capitol to meet with Tulsa native Joy Hofmeister, state superintendent of public education, and her staff. Despite the lack of funding available, OSASS found Hofmeister incredibly supportive of their cause. “It was validation of what we’ve been wanting to hear at the legislative level,” Apostolova says. “It was exciting to hear they want to stay in contact with us.”

Since January, the OSASS founders also have made phone calls and sent emails to Hofmeister’s office and media outlets to garner support for science fairs at all levels in the state all while keeping up with difficult courses and their own scientific research in Fenska’s class.

“We want to create a statewide movement,” explains Apostolova, who adds that science fairs could be the only introduction many students get to science beyond the textbook.

A science fair project just might ignite passion in a future Marie Curie or Albert Einstein. OSASS represents students like those, says Fenska, who hopes legislators and others will take note when they see students advocating for a cause important to them.

“A wonderful donor gave this group another year to accomplish what they wanted to do when they set out,” Fenska says. “There has been some great progress … but now it’s time to work on next year.

“The scientific process continues.”

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Seeds of hope Blooming where you’re planted is easiest where the soil is academically and economically fertile.

Unfortunately, African-American students from low-income families have historically been some of the most vulnerable in Tulsa, says the Rev. Ray Owens, pastor at Metropolitan Baptist Church.

Add in state budget woes, and the ground gets a little drier; the weeds, a little higher.

For many years, black students in north Tulsa “have been performing at the bottom,” Owens says, “not because they aren’t bright enough or because their parents don’t care, but because they are in schools that aren’t performing at the highest levels.”

The problem is with how resources are currently allocated, Owens says, along with schools’ lack of emphasis on “cultural competency.” For example, he points to many studies that find students of all races perform better when they have a teacher who looks like them and who they perceive understands them.

It’s clear many north Tulsa parents are dissatisfied with schooling in their neighborhood. In 2016, Tulsa Public Schools reported that 48 percent of students assigned to Academy Central Elementary School in the heart of the Gilcrease Hills community were transferring elsewhere in the district.

To address widespread concerns about the state of education in Tulsa and the academic achievements of black students in north Tulsa, Owens’

church gathered African-American leaders in the education, business, law enforcement and philanthropic communities in 2014. From those meetings, a team of 15 formed what is now known as the MET CARES Foundation, a secular nonprofit dedicated to changing academic outcomes for these children and ultimately rebuilding north Tulsa through economic development and community ownership.

This month marks the first major step toward the foundation’s vision: the opening of Greenwood Leadership Academy, a tuition-free, TPS “partnership” school with what Owens calls “an unapologetic, unashamed focus on educating African-American kids in north Tulsa.” Owens, who is chairman of the MET CARES Foundation, says children of other races are welcome to enroll, but the focus is on providing African-American kids the environment to thrive that they rarely get elsewhere.

Although not a charter school, GLA operates in a similar way. As a partnership school, GLA has autonomy in areas such as recruitment, teacher salaries and programming, but facilities, food, maintenance and other services are sourced through the school district. GLA students are TPS students, so the enrollment and transfer process is handled through TPS, and the school must particiate in district-wide testing. This relationship with TPS is unprecedented in the state, Owens explains.

This academic year, GLA will serve pre-K through first-grade students while sharing a building with Academy Central. Each year another grade will be added from Academy Central, until

Kojo Asamoa-Caesar and the Rev. Ray Owens outside the new Greenwood Leadership Academy at Academy Central.

Owens is the chairman of the MET CARES Foundation, which has a vision to change academic outcomes for north Tulsa children. Its first step is opening GLA, whose principal is Asamoa-Caesar.

As seen in Memphis

GLA serves students through the fifth grade and the current Academy Central is dissolved.

The first spots at GLA will go to students who live within its district boundaries; students who live elsewhere will be able to apply for any remaining openings.

The school’s founding principal, Kojo Asamoa-Caesar, came to Tulsa in 2013 with Teach for America. He spent most of the past year recruiting GLA staff from across the country and hosting community events to build excitement and share information about GLA. The school will focus on scholarship, entrepreneurship, technology and citizenship, with a particular emphasis in developing financial literacy, says Asamoa-Caesar. He says the MET CARES team visited several high-performing schools in low-income, African-American communities across the country to see what was working well.

Gestalt Community Schools in Memphis were a standout, and Asamoa-Caesar has worked closely with the charter school network to develop some of GLA’s curriculum.

Ultimately, MET CARES sees GLA as a mode of community transformation that will propel greater investment in north Tulsa. “We’re

sowing seeds of hope in a garden of despair,” says Asamoa-Caesar. “We don’t want kids walking through a blighted community to get to an excellent school. We want them walking through an excellent community to get to an excellent school.”

Although MET CARES is separate from Metropolitan Baptist Church, Owens says much of the foundation’s work and early conversations started there. The congregation has contributed to the foundation since 2014; he says the church has committed to donating $25,000 to MET CARES in 2017. “We always wanted to establish that we have skin in this game,” Owens says, adding that MET CARES has multi-year financial commitments from a number of other foundations.

The pastor says GLA is an example of what can happen when Tulsans decide to put aside differences and collaborate. If MET CARES succeeds in its mission, he believes Tulsa has the potential to become a national model for how this type of work is done in African-American communities.

Asamoa-Caesar says the conditions are right.

“We have awesome kids. We want to show what these kids can do and put that work on display,” he says. “Hopefully we’ll stop demanding roses grow from concrete.” TP

The area of Memphis in which Gestalt Community Schools are located has similarities to north Tulsa, says Kojo Asamoa-Caesar, founding principal of Greenwood Leadership Academy. Once thriving, the predominantly black area had declined.

Founded by black community leaders, Gestalt was formed so that AfricanAmerican kids could see people like them in the classroom, Asamoa-Caesar says.

Beyond that, the founders saw education as a tool for overall community improvement. It worked. Mixed-income housing was established across from the school, and the community collaborated to build a performing arts center. The school drew purpose from the community’s past as a thriving business center and focused its new curriculum on entrepreneurship, a point emphasized even in the uniforms.

The first school in the system was Power Center Middle School, founded in 2008.

Within three years, it became one of the highest-performing schools in Tennessee.

According to Asamoa-Caesar, GLA founders drew inspiration from Gestalt in the level of autonomy and ownership given to students, plus a blended/rotational classroom learning approach that allows multiple learning styles to thrive.

Support the MET CARES Foundation at THEMETCARESFOUNDATION.ORG and GREENWOODLEADERSHIPACADEMY.ORG. TulsaPeople.com

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The University of Oklahoma 550 Parrington Oval (OU Visitor Center), Norman • 800.234.6868 www.ou.edu

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he University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the educational, cultural, economic and healthcare needs of the state, region and nation.

The Norman campus serves as home to all of the university’s academic programs except health-related fields. The OU Health Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma City, is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges. Both the Norman and Health Sciences Center colleges offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site of OU-Tulsa.

OU enrolls more than 30,000 students and more than 2,800 full-time faculty members. The University has 21 colleges offering 169 undergraduate majors, 311 graduate majors, 36 professional majors and 346 graduate certificates. While OU has all of the opportunities of a large, public university, its service and commitment to helping students succeed creates a sense of family, more like that of a small, private institution. OU has more than 400 student organizations, more than 30 intramural activities and 50 active fraternity and sorority chapters, leadership and volunteer programs. More than 80 informal book clubs have been created in the past three years.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION OU is the only public university in U.S. history to ever rank first among both public and private universities in the number of freshman National Merit Scholars.

The Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College offers one of the most energetic and creative honors programs among public universities in the United States. More than 2,000 students participate in small classes, usually of 19 or less.

OU stands out with its number of National Merit Scholars enrolled. It’s ranked first in the nation among public universities in the number of National Merit Scholars. In fact, 311 freshman National Merit Scholars chose to make OU their choice for higher education in 2014.

As a pacesetter in American public higher education, OU offers a culture of academic excellence and opportunity. OU students experience a vibrant student life, a diverse community and beautiful campus.

Year Founded...................................................1890 Undergraduate Enrollment Norman ..................................................... 20,192 All Campuses ............................................ 21,016 Number of Undergraduate Degrees Offered ...............................................169 Graduate Enrollment Norman .......................................................5,562 All campuses .............................................. 5,961 Number of Graduate Degrees Offered ............ 311 Student-Faculty Ratio ...................................17-to-1

OU - Oklahoma’s Leader in Excellence

• For the second time in history, OU ranks No. 1 in the nation in enrollment of freshman National Merit Scholars.

• OU has the academically highest ranked student body at a public university in Oklahoma history.

• OU was recently awarded the prestigious Davis Cup for the fourth consecutive year in recognition of its record-setting enrollment of United World College international freshmen.

OU is the only public university to ever be awarded the Davis Cup.

• OU has been awarded the largest federal research grant in its history — a five-year, $161 million grant by NASA to advance understanding of Earth’s natural exchanges of carbon between the land, atmosphere and ocean.

• OU is the only university in the nation, public or private, whose students have won Goldwater, Mitchell, Truman, Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright and National Security Education Program scholarships in the same year.

• OU has produced 29 Rhodes Scholars; no other university in Oklahoma has had more than three.

• This fall, OU has become one of the first public universities in the country to build • OU has achieved an all-time record freshman- residential colleges for upperclassmen and to-sophomore retention rate of more than women, patterned on those at Yale, Oxford, 90 percent, ranking OU among the top Harvard and Cambridge in England. The universities in the nation. OU is one of only living/learning communities will serve as the 34 public institutions in the nation currently cornerstone of the undergraduate experience. reporting retention rates of 90 percent or higher.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo

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Holland Hall 5666 East 81st Street, Tulsa • 918.481.1111 www.hollandhall.org

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rom the first day of pre-kindergarten through graduation, Holland Hall students are nurtured and challenged in their classes. An innovative, “scaffolded” program in each discipline moves students along the college-preparatory path that ends with 100 percent of the senior class matriculating to competitive colleges and universities. The most recent graduating class was offered more than $7 million in scholarships. Students who graduate from Holland Hall are prepared for success in any university setting and for life beyond college.

At Holland Hall, students don’t have to choose between academics, athletics or the arts. The school provides a supportive atmosphere that encourages every student to pursue and excel in all three areas. The school’s focus on the whole individual is one of the reasons Holland Hall students thrive in all aspects.

Because every student participates in both artistic and athletic endeavors, the entire community respects and encourages excellence beyond the classroom. At Holland Hall, exceptional

Year Founded ..............................................1922 Enrollment .................................................... 922 Student-Faculty Ratio ................................ 9-to-1 Grades ............................Early Pre-K–12th grade

faculty and innovative programming provide an environment in which each student can discover gifts and passions in both arts and athletics. Developing every facet of each student is the school’s mission.

Although Holland Hall has called different locations home since 1922, its current campus at East 81st Street and South Yale Avenue is a gem in south Tulsa. In addition to the Primary, Middle, and Upper School facilities, the 165-acre campus includes creeks and ponds, an outdoor classroom, a regionally recognized 5K wooded trail, numerous athletic fields, and playgrounds.

The Walter Arts Center and the All Saints Chapel round out the beautiful and engaging campus.

The importance of community is a core value at Holland Hall, and this value centers on a strong sense of connectedness. Holland Hall’s small class sizes and intimate, wooded campus provide an ideal environment to form relationships that last a lifetime.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Out of all four-year high schools in Oklahoma, Holland Hall has the highest SAT scores with an average of 1366 (1600 scale) and the highest ACT scores with an average of 27.2 (out of 36).

It probably seemed like too much, too soon.

I researched schools before my son was born.

Toured here when he was three months old.

Knew from his first day of preschool that he would graduate from this school.

I understood that his preschool years determined how well he’ll learn later, so the time is now for early childhood specialists, a carefully designed curriculum, AND solid academic foundations.

Holland Hall gets it right from the start— as the one school in Tulsa o≠ering all he needs for ALL he’s becoming.

The possibilities of and. The assurance of all.

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Cascia Hall Preparatory School 2520 S Yorktown Ave, Tulsa • 918-746-2604 www.casciahall.com

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ascia Hall has a storied history — a legacy of achievement, excellence and honor spanning more than 90 years of graduates who have gone on to make indelible marks in the world.

Our tradition is alive and dynamic as today’s students excel in rigorous academic programs, the arts, sciences and athletics. Cascia’s Augustinian values of “Truth, Unity, and Love” instill in each student the habits of mind and strength of character to achieve lifelong success. The school’s curriculum, technology and methods continue to ready today’s students for tomorrow’s opportunities.

Students prepare for an outstanding future at Cascia Hall.

For more than 90 years, Cascia Hall has been preparing young women and men for college and for life by focusing on the Augustinian values of Truth, Unity, and Love.

Year Founded.................................................................. 1926 Enrollment ........................................................................ 545 Student-Faculty Ratio.....................................................9-to-1 Grades ............................................................ 6th-12th grade

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AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Students in grades 6-8 have opportunities to earn high school credit in math, science and world language. Students in grades 9-12 can earn college credit in the extensive Advanced Placement program.

John and Chip Gaberino

Be...Successful Be...A Cascian John A. Gaberino, Jr. • Cascia Hall Class of 1959 • Juris Doctorate, Georgetown University • Tulsa Hall of Fame Inductee, 2011

John A. Gaberino, III (Chip) • Cascia Hall Class of 1993 • Loyola University New Orleans Alumnus • Owner or partner in Topeca Coffee, Saturn Room, Open Container, Hodges Bend, and Heirloom Bakery Catering

Open House, Sunday, November 5, 1:00-3:00 pm Ask about our bus service from South Tulsa.

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2520 South Yorktown Avenue Tulsa, OK

admissions@casciahall.com 918-746-2604

Metro Christian Academy 6363 South Trenton Avenue • 918.749.8765 www.metroca.com

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rom their first morning in the halls to the day they don cap and gown, Metro Christian Academy students learn and live out the school’s four pillars. Academics, spiritual life, activities and community each make up a vital part of the student experience.

Academics are taken seriously at every level. Our educational standards are clearly articulated and aligned, ensuring every student receives a quality education. MCA maintains small class sizes for students. They stay challenged and remain on-track because teachers are in tune with them and can offer differentiated instruction.

Biblical principles and truths are woven throughout every part of the school. Students study the Bible, strengthen their faith and serve the community through outreach and mission opportunities.

Students are encouraged to discover and display their talents in activities ranging from athletics to fine arts to leadership. Participation in activities builds character, strengthens skills and fosters relationships.

From the moment new families enroll at the school, the goal is to help them acclimate and connect with others. If you haven’t yet visited MCA, we invite you to schedule a tour or attend an open house. We would love to share more about our vibrant educational community.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Year Founded............................................................................. 1983 Enrollment ................................................................................... 900 Student-Faculty Ratio..............................................................11-to-1 Grades .........................................................................P3-12th grade

High school scholars are challenged through enrollment in on-level or honors courses, any of the 16 advanced placement classes offered or by earning college credit through concurrent enrollment classes offered through Colorado Christian University.

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ROOKIE

He’s fearless in the face of kindergarten. Ask him what he’s looking forward to and he doesn’t hesitate to answer. Going to the big playground, eating in the cafeteria, working on reading and math, and going to Friday night football games.

His mom knows this is the start of something big. The right time to start preparing him for the future. Building the confidence he needs to succeed.

Happy to have a school that’s an extension of the values they’re teaching at home.

At Metro Christian Academy, we partner with families to create a community that lifts up our students while intellectually equipping them for a vibrant future rooted in Christ.

Learn more about our campus, faculty and academics at metroca.com

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Monte Cassino 2206 South Lewis Avenue, Tulsa • 918.742.3364 www.montecassino.org

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onte Cassino is a premier independent school with a powerful Catholic Benedictine identity and message. For more than 90 years, Monte Cassino has served students and families with distinction and care by providing unparalleled education in all core subjects. Additionally, foreign languages, honors courses and stimulating programs in athletics, the arts, music, community service, computer education, academic bowl and National Junior Honor Society are offered. Faculty members embrace each student, and drive spiritual and intellectual development by respecting the dignity and unique gifts of each child.

Monte Cassino boasts a five-building campus in the heart of midtown, which features a performing arts theater, a chapel, a track and more. Open house events are ongoing and individual tours are offered. Please contact Office of Admissions Director Brooke Jones at 918-746-4238 or bjones@montecassino.org for more information.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Year Founded.......................................................... 1926 Enrollment ................................................................ 815 Student-Faculty Ratio...........................................12-to-1 Grades ................................................. Pre-K3-8th grade

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Monte Cassino School is accredited by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and North Central Association AdvancED. Monte Cassino School is an accredited member of the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) and Diocese of Tulsa Catholic Schools.

Riverfield Country Day School 2433 West 61st Street, Tulsa • 918.446.3553 www.riverfield.org

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iverfield is a nonsectarian school providing quality innovative education for children 8 weeks old through 12th grade. Founded in 1984, Riverfield is dedicated to academic excellence and college preparation, while remaining true to our family-oriented atmosphere and whole-student approach to education and learning.

Riverfield provides a student-centered approach to education with a program of authentic, experiential learning in which individuality is valued and the needs of the whole student are honored. Small class sizes, along with the collaborative nature of our classrooms, provide the opportunity for students to cultivate leadership, interpersonal skills and the confidence needed for success today and tomorrow. Personalized programming and flexible scheduling offer middle and upper school students the opportunity to develop talents and explore interests.

Riverfield is home to the state’s first and most comprehensive school rock band program, with more than a dozen bands comprised of fourth12th grade students. Through participation in the OSSAA, the school is finding success in athletic, academic and arts competitions.

Year Founded............................................................................. 1984 Enrollment ................................................................................... 630 Student-Faculty Ratio................................................................4-to-1 16-to-1 based on age/grade level Grades .................................................................. Infants-12th grade

AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Located on a 120-acre campus, Riverfield’s students experience the barnyard, hiking trails, gardens and athletic fields as an extension of the academic excellence found in the classroom.

riverfield growing . together .

“Our daughter is learning to make friends and has an incredible bond with her teachers. She loves to tell stories and be outside.

She never comes home from school clean, and I wouldn’t want it any other way. Our family had a perfect year at Riverfield!”

– Ashley longtime Riverfield parent and early childhood educator

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SHOP THE FARM FOR SOME OF TULSA’S FINEST RETAIL. Dressing for success or a fine evening out. Getting comfortable for a lazy weekend around the house. It’s all about putting on what you love. From the board room to the great outdoors to life’s most unforgettable moments, The Farm offers up all the retail, accessories and variety you could wish for.

Come discover it all for yourself.

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Clockwise from top, Turquoise Mountain three-strand necklace by Everett and Mary Teller, $390.95; Acoma Pueblo pottery by Shawna Garcia, $590.95; Zapotec Tree of Life 5-foot wool runner by Ana Ruiz, $85.95; Mata Ortiz plate by Jose Andres Villalba, $84.95; Zapotec 30-footby-60-foot wool rug by Genaro Gutierrez, $170.95; Acoma Pueblo wedding vase by Leland Vallo, $45.95.

he Gilcrease Museum Store ďŹ nds one-of-a-kind pieces inspired by its collection and exhibitions. Many items throughout the store are created by native artists and craftsmen. For more on the Gilcrease Museum Store, see p. 64. TP TulsaPeople.com

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Melanie Rosencutter inside the Gilcrease Museum Store

Zapotec weavings Handmade and one-of-a-kind, these wool rugs are woven with a foot loom in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca. Choose from coasters, place mats and rugs; all in varying styles. $12-$460.

Gilcrease T-shirts These T-shirts are a popular takeaway for locals and tourists alike. Men’s and women’s sizes are available. $16.95.

“Route 66: The Mother Road”

by Michael Wallis A celebration of America’s Main Street, Wallis’ book revisits the people and places that made Route 66 an American icon while uncovering new treasures. $23.99.

Western-themed toys Reproduction toy firearms, bows and arrows, spears, sheriff badges and cowboy hats make great souvenirs and gifts for the kids. $4-$15.

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American treasures THE GILCREASE MUSEUM STORE REFLECTS ART OF OKLAHOMA AND THE AMERICAN WEST.

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ulsa’s Gilcrease Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of American West and Native American art and artifacts. Its mission is to bring art, history and people together to research, discover, enjoy and understand the diverse heritage of the Americas.

Tucked just inside its main entrance is the Gilcrease Museum Store, where out-of-towners and locals alike can find souvenirs and reproduced works that echo the museum’s extensive collections and current exhibitions.

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“We call ourselves ‘The Museum of the Americas,’” says Store Manager Melanie Rosencutter.

“We have a lot of Native American art and artifacts in our museum’s collections, but we also have a huge collection of American art and historical items and documents, as well as South American and some Canadian Inuit items. We try to keep that in mind when we are buying things for the store.”

The shop stocks a variety of handmade jewelry that represents the Navajo, Zuni, Hopi and Santo Domingo tribes. The natural stones of turquoise, lapis, onyx, coral and oyster shell can be found in the store’s showcases, which Rosencutter says are the biggest attraction for both out-of-town and local shoppers.

The store also displays a selection of reproduced bronze sculptures from the museum’s permanent exhibits. The pieces are rendered from the original works of 19th and 20th century sculptors, such as Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.

Museum- and area-centric books, a variety of kids’ toys, Oklahoma-themed souvenirs and artwork from local artists also can be found among the store’s displays year-round.

“Everything we carry in the museum store is reflective of our collection and the museum’s mission,” Rosencutter says. “We see it as an opportunity to share what we know with people.” TP

Squash blossom necklace Made with Kingman turquoise and sterling silver, this necklace is a classic Navajo design, handmade by selftaught silversmiths and Navajo artists Everett and Mary Teller. $2,695.95.

“Treasures of Gilcrease” book Compiled by the museum’s curators, this book features selections from the museum’s permanent collection of American West and Native American artwork. $39.95.

Oklahoma-themed products From tea towels, pillows and table trays to ornaments and cutting boards, the museum store offers an assortment of state-themed goodies and souvenirs. $6-$99.

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Various sizes and styles, including custom-made bows, $5-$16, all available at Kathleen’s Kids, 8212 S. Harvard Ave.

SAVE ON STYLE For the first time, Kathleen’s Kids will host a month-long bow sale, Aug. 1-31, in which all “basic essential bows” will be half price. See store for details.

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THE SCHOOL YEAR IS STARTING AGAIN, BUT IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR SOME SUMMER FUN. CHECK OUT THESE EVENTS HAPPENING ONLY AN HOUR AND A HALF FROM TULSA.

WEEKEND GETAWAYS

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Oklahoma Choctaw Tribal Alliance Taco Sale and Indie Market Love frybread and native culture? The OCTA offers traditional tacos made with a secret Choctaw frybread recipe as well as tanchi labona (a Choctaw recipe made with hominy and pork) and grape dumplings. Excellent food, returning native vendors and interesting handmade items will make this a great afternoon. Recurring monthly on the second Saturday, the market is open from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Admission is free.

5320 S. YOUNGS BLVD. FACEBOOK.COM/OKCHOCTAWTRIBALALLIANCE

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We the People: A portrait of early Oklahoma The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum presents settler Henry M. Wantland’s photography from 1891.

During the 1890s and 1900s, Wantland recorded the activities of Stillwater citizens: the streets they walked, the stores they frequented and the churches they attended.

Admission is $12.50 for adults and $5.75 for children ages 6-12. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m., Sunday.

1700 N.E. 63RD ST. | NATIONALCOWBOYMUSEUM.ORG

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Oklahoma Balloon Festival The Oklahoma Balloon Festival is back with over 30 hot air balloons, retail vendors, food and drinks, night glows each night and a 5K run. This is one family-friendly event you won’t want to miss. Balloons inflate in the morning and evening, but there are plenty of activities to fill the day. Gates at Chisholm Creek open at 5 p.m., Aug. 24, and the day’s festivities conclude with 9:30 p.m. fireworks. On Aug. 25-27, gates are open at 6 a.m., with 9:30 p.m. fireworks each night. The festival is free, but bring money for parking.

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Bricktown Beach

Hosted by Downtown Oklahoma City Inc. and the Bricktown Association, the second annual Bricktown Beach is the perfect way to enjoy sand and surf in the comfort of your own state. The attraction includes a large sandfilled outdoor park area with umbrellas, lounge chairs, sand volleyball equipment, outdoor games and a small boardwalk. It’s free and open to the public 24/7.

2 S. MICKEY MANTLE BLVD. | DOWNTOWNOKC.COM/BRICKTOWN-BEACH

Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents Kehinde Wiley’s portraitures of contemporary African-American men and women in front of ornate, European backgrounds. As an overview of Wiley’s career, several works will be featured from his 2001 residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem, his 2006 satellite studio in Beijing, China, and from his current collection in the Brooklyn Museum. A public exhibition tour is available Aug. 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for non-members, free for members and pre-registration is recommended. TP 415 COUCH DRIVE OKCMOA.COM/VISIT/EVENTS/KEHINDE-WILEY-NEW-REPUBLIC 68

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Tulsa Master Gardeners are looking for active adults who enjoy interacting with people, are lifetime learners and are ready, willing and able to volunteer their time to enhance the numerous Master Gardener outreach programs. Join us for a one hour orientation session to explore the program and requirements. No previous horticultural training or education is required, just a desire to learn about a variety of subjects related to gardening.

Orientation sessions: August 2 at 1 p.m. or August 9 at 10 a.m Tulsa County OSU Extension Center 4116 East 15th Street The Master Gardener Training program is offered one time a year, beginning in September each Wednesday through mid-December. This may be a perfect fit for your volunteer activity. Lots of fun with a group of engaged, eager to learn adults who enjoy outreach and nature!

Please visit our website to sign up for one of the two orientation classes at www.tulsamastergardeners.org.

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HEALTH

Healthy start PEDIATRIC DENTAL HYGIENE TIPS FROM LOCAL EXPERTS

BY MINNIE PAYNE

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o parent likes to hear, “Suzie has a cavity,” at their child’s back-to-school dental checkup. Yet, according to the American Dental Association, dental disease causes children to miss more than 51 million hours of school each year.

Prevention and early detection help avoid pain, trouble eating, difficulty speaking and school absences.

Dr. Carrie Sessom at Riverwalk Dental Spa and pediatric dentist Dr. Mark Morrow share advice on helping children with their dental health and oral hygiene.

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DEVELOP A ROUTINE. Sessom encourages everyone to brush after every meal — mornings and nights — and floss at least once a day or use a Waterpik.

When it comes to children, parents should brush their children’s teeth until the child reaches age 7 or 8, according to Morrow. “Parents need to take a ‘hands-on’ approach with brushing and flossing,” he says. “After then, the child can take over as their manual dexterity skills are usually developed, but parents still need to take a visual approach on making sure their children brush and floss.”

If a child only brushes once a day, it is best to do so at bedtime since saliva flow is slower while sleeping, allowing the bacteria in the plaque a longer opportunity to wreak havoc. He suggests parents do their best, and if the child wishes to brush their teeth themselves, he recommends that be in the morning.

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TALK ABOUT THE DENTIST. Chat with your child in a positive way about their upcoming visit to the dentist.

“One of the biggest predictors of how well a child does is the attitude of the parent,” Sessom says. “Children really pick up on your tense or relaxed state. Approach the appointment as something positive.”

Sometimes kids need to watch parents get their teeth cleaned. That way, they can see the process and get used to having dental care, as well.

Dental professionals are trained to help a child avoid stress during an appointment by explaining the procedures in a way the child can understand. “We can read a child’s body language; we make it so that the child can be cooperative, relaxed and comfortable,” Sessom says.

Remind the child that the dentist is there to help you, Morrow says.

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Brace yourself Orthodontic treatment creates a healthy bite so that it is easier to eat and speak. But which children need braces and when should they be used?

“Evaluation of the possible need for orthodontic treatment can begin as early as when permanent teeth begin to come in,” Sessom says. “If the patient is not a candidate for teen Invisalign, we will refer the patient to an orthodontist to consider placing traditional braces.”

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MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. Sessom suggests starting dental visits as children reach around 3 years old, unless the parent sees a problem. If there are problems at that age — and generally there are not — the child can be referred to a pediatric specialist.

Morrow suggests scheduling a morning appointment for children so the child is not worn out from the day’s other activities.

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ASK QUESTIONS. Dental professionals can help parents address concerns about their child’s oral health. Are they spending the appropriate amount of time brushing and being thorough with their daily routines? If there is decay, parents should ask about preventing future decay and whether any dietary changes are needed. Morrow and Sessom agree that dentists will evaluate if braces are needed, but parents should ask their dentists about orthodontics and if they foresee their child needing braces. If so, they can refer them to a specialist. TP

Dental Surgical Arts of Tulsa Dental implants and periodontics

Dr. Brent Burchard and his dedicated team specialize in periodontics and dental implants, performing non-surgical and surgical procedures related to teeth with gum disease. The team is especially skilled in making smiles beautiful with dental implants and tissue grafting in a comfortable, fun and friendly environment.

Burchard uses bone grafting, extractions and implant placement to replace missing or damaged teeth. The excellent outcomes help Buchard’s patients function and feel great about themselves.

“We are a patient-centered practice,” says Burchard. “We work to make patients feel informed and comfortable as they deal with difficult circumstances.”

The practice uses the latest cutting-edge technology — like cone beam CT and guided surgery — to achieve high quality, precise outcomes in dental implant placement. The practice

Dr. Brent Burchard keeps pace with the latest techniques and technology to address complicated situations with predictability.

“We love what we do and have a lot of fun helping people improve their lives using stateDental Surgical Arts of Tulsa of-the-art technology,” says 2902 S. Pittsburg Ave. Burchard.

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Cannon Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Daniel Cannon, D.D.S.

Midtown practice offers full range of procedures, including dental implants Daniel Cannon, D.D.S., has a practice limited to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. Cannon’s expertise includes wisdom tooth removal, office based general anesthesia, advanced bone grafting, dental implant placement and facial trauma.

Dr. Cannon’s practice is committed to the highest standards of patient care, quality control and safety. All surgical staff members are ACLS certified to ensure the highest levels of patient safety.

Dr. Cannon is a graduate of the West Virginia University School of Dentistry and completed his four year residency and training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at The Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign,

IL. He is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxiollofacial Surgery and a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is currently on staff at Tulsa’s St. John Medical Center and Hilcrest Medical Center.

For those interested in learning about the procedures Dr. Cannon performs, please visit the practice website at www.cannonoralsurgery.com.

Cannon Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3345 S. Harvard Ave., #103 918-743-1351 www.cannonoralsurgery.com

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Dr. Vic Trammell, Dr. Greg Segraves, Dr. Larry Lander, Dr. Todd Johnson, Dr. Heath Evans

Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Northeastern Oklahoma’s largest and most established oral surgery group Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (EOOMS) is committed to providing comprehensive oral surgery care. They practice the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Common procedures include wisdom teeth and dental extractions with intravenous anesthesia for patient comfort. They specialize in all aspects of dental implant surgery, bone grafting and jaw reconstruction. As a group they offer 24-hour practice coverage and take trauma calls for local hospitals.

EOOMS is comprised of five experienced oral surgeons: Larry Lander, D.D.S. MS.; Vic Trammell, D.M.D.; Todd Johnson, D.D.S.; Gregory Segraves, D.D.S.; M.S. Heath Evans, D.D.S. All EOOMS surgeons hold memberships in numerous dental societies including the Tulsa County Dental Society, Oklahoma Dental Association, American Dental Association, Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

For patients’ convenience, most of the group’s services are provided in the EOOMS offices. The offices are board certified for

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office IV anesthesia to ensure patient comfort. Quality of care and patient safety are always the group’s primary concern.

The EOOMS staff is a committed group of employees who strives to achieve the highest standard of care. Their surgical team has specialized training in oral surgery and anesthesia assisting, which provides for a more comfortable and safe oral surgery experience.

EOOMS is located in the 91st and Highway 169 area at 4716 W. Urbana St. and at our NEW location in Owasso just off of Highway 169 and 96th Street North at 12802 E. 101st Place N. in the Medical Park Plaza.

Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Broken Arrow Owasso 4716 W. Urbana St. 12802 E. 101st Pl. N. 918-449-5800 918-274-0944 www.eooms.com

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Marshall F amily Dentistry F A M I LY & C O S M E T I C D E N TA L C A R E

TOP DENTIST METHODOLOGY This list is excerpted from the 2017 topDentists™ list, a database that includes listings of nearly 70 dentists and specialists in the Tulsa area.

The list is based on hundreds of detailed evaluations of dental professionals by their peers. The complete database is available at usatopdentists.com. For more information, call 706-364-0853; write P.O. Box 970, Augusta, GA 30903; email info@usatopdentists. com; or visit usatopdentists.com.

SELECTION PROCESS (METHODOLOGY) “If you had a patient in need of a dentist, which dentist would you refer them to?”

This is the question we’ve asked thousands of dentists to help us determine who the topDentists should be. Dentists and specialists are asked to take into consideration years of experience, continuing education, manner with patients, use of new techniques and technologies and, of course, physical results.

The nomination pool of dentists consists of dentists listed online with the American Dental Association, as well as dentists listed online with other dental societies, thus allowing virtually every dentist the opportunity to participate. Dentists are also given the opportunity to nominate other dentists they feel should be included in our list. Respondents are asked to put aside any personal bias or political motivations and to use only their knowledge of their peer’s work when evaluating the other nominees.

Voters are asked to individually evaluate the practitioners on their ballot whose work they are familiar with. Once the balloting is completed, the scores are compiled and then averaged. The numerical average required for inclusion varies depending on the average for all the nominees within the specialty and the geographic area. Borderline cases are given a careful consideration by the editors. Voting characteristics and comments are taken into consideration while making decisions. Past awards a dentist has received and status in various dental academies can play a factor in our decision.

Once the decisions have been finalized, the included dentists are checked against state dental boards for disciplinary actions to make sure they have an active license and are in good standing with the board. Then, letters of congratulations are sent to all the listed dentists.

Of course there are many fine dentists who are not included in this representative list. It is intended as a sampling of the great body of talent in the field of dentistry in the United States. A dentist’s inclusion on our list is based on the subjective judgments of his or her fellow dentists. Although it is true that the lists might at times disproportionately reward visibility or popularity, we remain confident that our polling methodology largely corrects for any biases and that these lists continue to be the most reliable, accurate and useful lists of dentists available anywhere.

DISCLAIMER This list is excerpted from 2017 the topDentists™ list, which includes listings for nearly 70 dentists and specialists in the Tulsa Metro Area. For more information, call 706-364-0853; write P.O. Box 970, Augusta, GA, 30903; email info@usatopdentists. com; or visit usatopdentists.com. topDentists has used its best efforts in assembling material for this list but does not warrant that the information contained herein is complete or accurate, and does not assume, and hereby disclaims, any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions herein whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause. Copyright 2012-2017 by topDentists LLC of Augusta, Georgia. All rights reserved. This list, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission. No commercial use of the information in this list may be made without permission of topDentists. No fees may be charged, directly or indirectly, for the use of the information in this list without permission.

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topDentists ENDODONTICS Christopher DeLong Owasso Endodontics 12899 E. 76th St. N., Suite 108, Owasso 918-272-2488 A. Felipe Gonzalez Endodontic Specialists of Northeast Oklahoma 5555 E. 71st St., Suite 9210 918-524-3366 Eugenia M. Johnson Green Country Endodontics 10507 E. 91st St., Suite 340 918-994-6000 Michael J. Kubelka Kubelka Endodontics 4606 E. 67th St., Suite 201 918-494-4144

Conrad C. Casler Jr. 6911 S. 66th E. Ave., Suite 300 918-477-7677 Carolyn M. Caudle 401 S. Boston Ave., Suite 1800 918-582-3877 Walter M. Davies III Progressive Dental Care of Tulsa 7614 E. 91st St., Suite 120 918-477-7774 Craig S. Dudley 2738 E. 51st St., Suite 120 918-749-1747 Robert A. Gruenberg 133 W. Blue Starr Drive, Claremore 918-342-3477

Laurie L. Southard Southard Endodontics 5010 E. 68th St., Suite 104 918-493-3880

Loretta Hare Healthy Smiles Family Dentistry 201 N. Lynn Riggs Blvd., Claremore 918-343-4300

Amy E. Stone Tulsa Endodontic Associates 6565 S. Yale Ave., Suite 712 918-481-6622

Meghan Hodges Winters Dental Excellence 10031 S. Yale Ave., Suite 104 918-528-7486

Kent H. Wyatt Endodontic Specialists of Northeast Oklahoma 5555 E. 71st St., Suite 9210 918-524-3366

Bruce D. Horn 7990 S. Sheridan Road 918-492-9090

GENERAL DENTISTRY Bryan D. Archer 4606 E. 67th St., Building 7, Suite 312 918-494-4445 Mark L. Argo 8500 N. 129th E. Ave., Owasso 918-274-8500 Benson L. Baty 7335 S. Lewis Ave., Suite 206 918-496-1051 Kathryn E. Beller 7711 E. 81st St. 918-461-2766 Craig E. Buntemeyer Buntemeyer Dental 9113 S. Toledo Ave. 918-743-9275

Joe F. Maltsberger Maltsberger Family Dentistry 106 Atlas Ave., Oologah 918-443-2431 Ted L. Marshall Marshall Family Dentistry 8830 S. Yale Ave. 918-492-6200 Molly Marshall Hays Marshall Family Dentistry 8830 S. Yale Ave. 918-492-6200 Karen T. Pate Gentle Dental Care 5510 S. Memorial Drive, Suite D 918-627-6364 Kevin C. Ray 202 S. Second St., Jenks 918-299-2182

Charles W. Calhoun 10016 S. Mingo Road, Suite B 918-250-8861

Darryl D. Reed 1406 N. Sioux Ave., Claremore 918-341-6573

Richard Canady Canady Dental 6116 E. 61st St. 918-523-9200

Jerry W. Robertson Restorative Dentistry of Tulsa 9224 S. Toledo Ave. 918-492-7263

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Carrie D. Sessom Riverwalk Dental Spa 400 Riverwalk Terrace, Suite 200, Jenks 918-392-7654

Dan E. Patterson Aston Creek Oral Surgery 9118 S. Toledo Ave. 918-495-1800

Dean O. Todd 5215 E. 71st St., Suite 600 918-493-2444

Gregory D. Segraves Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4716 W. Urbana St., Broken Arrow 918-449-5800

Shannon K. Toler Smiles in the Pearl 611 S. Peoria Ave. 918-747-6453 Amanda P. Venk Drumright Dental Center 1226 W. Broadway St., Drumright 918-844-4625 Chadwick N. Webster Dental Creations 8190 S. Memorial Drive 918-307-0307 Scott S. West Children’s Dental Health Center 9006 E. 62nd St. S., Suite A 918-249-0249 Kevin L. Winters Winters Dental Excellence 10031 S. Yale Ave., Suite 104 918-528-3330 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY Daniel Cannon Cannon Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 3345 S. Harvard Ave., Suite 103 918-743-1351 Heath Evans Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4716 W. Urbana St., Broken Arrow 918-449-5800 Lloyd A. Hudson Oklahoma Wisdom Teeth Center 7316 E. 91st St. 888-724-7986 Donald T. Johnson Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4716 W. Urbana St., Broken Arrow 918-449-5800

Vic Trammell Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4716 W. Urbana St., Broken Arrow 918-449-5800 Donal Roy Woodward 6143 E. 91st St. 918-492-6994 ORTHODONTICS Jonathan S. Cooper Cooper Chockley Orthodontics 3916 E. 91st St. 918-876-7846 Brent S. Dobson III Owasso Orthodontics 12813 E. 101st Place N., Owasso 918-272-4242 Kevin C. Duffy Duffy Orthondontics 1621 S. Eucalyptus Ave., Suite 201, Broken Arrow 918-249-1818 Clinton W. Emerson Emerson Orthodontics 421 W. Stone Wood Drive, Broken Arrow 918-459-0092 Michael Hosier Hosier Orthodontics 9101 S. Toledo Ave. 918-523-4999 Jeffrey A. Housley Owasso Orthodontics 12813 E. 101st Place N., Owasso 918-272-4242 Douglas A. Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick and Lai Orthodontics 5304 S. Harvard Ave. 918-747-1346

Larry D. Lander Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 4716 W. Urbana St., Broken Arrow 918-449-5800

Thomas B. Kirkpatrick Kirkpatrick and Lai Orthodontics 5304 S. Harvard Ave. 918-747-1346

Christopher R. Mastin Aston Creek Oral Surgery 9118 S. Toledo Ave. 918-495-1800

Joseph Lai Kirkpatrick and Lai Orthodontics 5304 S. Harvard Ave. 918-747-1346

topDentists John T. Lockard Lockard and Griffin Orthodontics 3200 S. Elm Place, Suite 110, Broken Arrow 918-455-0976 Ryan V. Nowlin Nowlin Orthodontics 11910 S. Memorial Drive, Bixby 918-369-6100 Van L. Nowlin Nowlin Orthodontics 5010 E. 68th St., Suite 200 918-492-6464

PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY Sarah M. Fox-Broermann Fox Broermann Pediatric Dentistry of Tulsa 6565 S. Yale Ave., Suite 401 918-492-1106

James G. Steyer Jr. All Smiles Pediatric and Adolescent Dentistry 10127 S. Yale Ave. 918-299-1600

April A. Lai Morrow Lai and Edwards Pediatric Dentistry 2930 S. Pittsburg Ave. 918-948-8297

PERIODONTICS Ray A. Beddoe 2619 S. Elm Place, Suite A, Broken Arrow 918-451-2717

Mark E. Morrow Morrow Lai and Edwards Pediatric Dentistry 2930 S. Pittsburg Ave. 918-742-9810

William B. Burchard Dental Surgical Arts of Tulsa 2902 S. Pittsburg Ave. 918-748-8868

Kyle R. Shannon Drs. Shannon and Shannon 3150 E. 41st St., Suite 112 918-743-2321

David Han Wong Route 66 Dental Implants and Periodontics 4545 S. Harvard Ave. 918-749-1850 William B. Wynn IV Eastern Oklahoma Periodontics 6565 S. Yale Ave., Suite 1008 918-492-0737 PROSTHODONTICS Roman M. Lobodiak Jr. 3232 E. 31st St. 918-743-1558

Trung Tran Tulsa Dental Implants and Periodontics 8006 S. 101st E. Ave., Suite B 918-288-0818

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Kubelka Endodontics Where comfort and quality are equally valued Dr. Michael Kubelka specializes in root canal treatments. His mission is helping people save their teeth in a comfortable, caring, and professional setting.

“We work closely with your primary dentist to alleviate tooth pain and improve your oral health,” says Kubelka. “Our team is highly trained, uniquely experienced, and naturally compassionate to make sure your visit is a good experience.”

Dr. Kubelka received his D.D.S. from Baylor College of Dentistry, and his M.S. and Certificate in Endodontics from The University of Texas at Houston Dental Branch. He has thirty years of experience in dentistry.

Kubelka Endodontics 4606 E. 67th St., Building 7, Suite 201 918-494-4144 kubelkaendodontics.com

Dr. Craig S. Dudley, DDS, PLLC All that is good starts with a SMILE Dr. Craig Dudley has a long-term, prevention-oriented restorative practice in Tulsa. Focusing on family and esthetic dentistry, the practice’s staff strives to provide a professional but friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

The practice plays a wide variety of music for patients’ enjoyment, and employs a Spanish interpreter.

Although Dudley continues to enjoy the practice of dentistry, his

personal life is enriched by extensive community service and time spent with family, including his wife, three children and two grandchildren.

Dr. Craig S. Dudley, DDS, PLLC 2738 E. 51st St., Suite 120 918-749-1747 www.drcraigsdudley.com

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RESEARCH. Spend some time on websites like houzz.com and pinterest.com to collect inspirational images for your project. Keep in mind the style of the rest of your home. Unless you plan on renovating every square inch, your current renovation should be able to blend with the rest of the house. Narrow down the photos until you know exactly what you want.

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KNOW YOUR BUDGET. Mike Fournier, owner of Sonrise Construction, cautions his customers against too much HGTV. “These shows are very misleading,” Fournier says, “because people donate their labor or products to get on the show.” So a TV remodel with a $10,000 price tag likely has hidden costs that tally a lot more. Visit homeadvisor.com for realistic, fair and local cost predictions.

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SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP. Jeffrey Smith, CEO of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa, has some cautionary words for the DIYers among us. “(Homeowners) can put a facelift on their home by painting or adding some trim, but if they want to open up a wall or move the kitchen sink, they need to hire a general contractor.”

When considering a contractor’s résumé, homeowners should look for several specifics.

Do they have previous experience in the Tulsa area? Can they provide references from former clients? Do they have general liability and worker’s comp insurance? Smith warns against contractors who look for more than a 10 percent down payment or want to work without a signed contract. He recommends contacting the HBA for access to its remodeling directory.

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START MAKING DECISIONS. The single best way to slow down your remodel is to change your mind after the process is underway. So be decisive. However, you’re the one who lived through yellow linoleum, so you deserve nothing less than perfection. TP

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McGraw Realtors A Rare Find in Midtown! Fabulous New England Seaboard Cottage Loaded With Charm and Curb Appeal. “One of a Kind” Custom Built on a Private 2/3 Acre Treed Lot

with Pool and Spa. Circle Drive and Welcoming Covered Front Porch Greet Your Guests. Open Plan has Vaulted, Beamed Formal Areas, Study, and Master Suite Down. Vaulted Chef’s Kitchen with Granite and Stainless Appliances and Opens to Family Room. Two Bedrooms and Game Room Up with Pullman Bath. Beautiful Beamed and Vaulted Ceilings, Wood Floors, Decorative Built-ins, New Carpet, Interior & Exterior Paint. The Large Back Yard is a Beautifully Landscaped Oasis with Towering Trees and Inviting Pool. Offered at $649,000

1131 East 18th Street - Live the Dream in This Classic Vintage Residence in Historic Maple Ridge! The Grandeur of the Past Mixed With Modern Day Contemporary Flair. This Icon of History has been Lovingly Restored and Totally Remodeled. Five Bedrooms, Five Living Areas, Five Full and One Half Baths, Master Suite w/FP and Sitting Area. Three Levels of Wood Floors, Exquisite Moldings, Plaster Walls, “Elegant Hollywood Stairway.”

Today’s Granite/Stainless Kitchen. Lower Level Boasts Billiard Room, Wet Bar, Wine Cellar, Card Room, and Game Room. Located on a Corner Double Lot with Gated Side Entrance, Gunite Pool, Three Car Garage with Carriage House Above. Call for Private Showing. Offered at $1,250,000.

Waterfront, With Panoramic View of Main Lake! “Live the Dream” at Vintage on Grand Lake. A Gated, Master Planned Community with Pool, Nature Trails, Boat

Docks, and Lawn Maintenance. Nestled on a Treed Lot, this One Level, 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath, with 2 Car Garage Home is Fully Furnished and Move In Ready. Granite Kitchen is Open to Eating Area and Family Room. Commercial Grade Deck with Wrought Iron Fence Overlooks the Lake with Unobstructed View. This Incredible Price Includes Furniture, Appliances, Golf Cart, and 40’ Boat Slip, as well as lawn maintenance. Offered at $449,900.00

6742 South Columbia Avenue - Spectacular Park-Like Backyard with Fabulous Water Feature! Privately Nestled on Over 1/2 Acre Wooded

Lot. Contemporary, 1-1/2 Story with 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full, 2 Half Baths, 2 Living Areas, and Office. Hardwood Floors, Vaulted, Beamed Ceilings, 3 Charming Midtown Cottage!

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Circle Drive.Office Offered $549,000.

Burning Fireplace, Vaulted Ceilings with Skylights, Each Bedroom Has A Bath. Island Kitchen has Granite Counters, Jenn Aire Stainless Appliances, Snack Bar & Opens to Vaulted Family Room with Skylights. Separate Master Suite has Vaulted Ceiling, Fireplace, Built-ins and Overlooks Wood Deck & Back Yard. Master Bath has Carrara Marble Counter with Double Sinks and Large Walk-in Closet. Private, Beautifully Landscaped Back Yard with New Deck for Entertaining Outdoors. Circle Drive and 2 Car Garage. Offered at $465,000.

Midtown One Level With Huge Diving Pool! 1/2 Acre Treed Lot Tucked in Private Cul-de-sac on Dead End Street. Spacious Formal Areas, Vaulted, Beamed Ceilings, East - Exclusive Rockhurst!

Brick on 1/22Acre Wooded withAreas, Five Car Garage. 3.5 Three Level Spacious Wood6212 Floors, New105th Carpet,Street 2 Fireplaces, Wet Bar,Gated Granite Kitchen & Stately Baths. Plan Features Living Areas, 2Lot Eating 4 Bedrooms, Baths, andwith Office, could be 5th Rooms, 10’Island Ceilings, Hardwood Floors.

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Large, Kitchen has Vaulted CeilingGranite, with Skylights, Double Ovens, andFireplace.

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Screen,Extra Guest Apartment Gated Driveway. Circle Drive. Jenks Schools. Offered at $950,000.

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Stunning Backyard Resort & 7+ car garage! Outdoor kitchen, living & fireplace, pool, waterfall, spa & putting green. Beautiful views, gourmet kitchen, master w/fireplace, study/5th bdrm, game/theater & expansion area. ◆ 4 or 5 Bedrooms

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One of a kind view! Situated on three lots in its own private cul-de-sac. Elegant 9ft iron & glass doors open onto the Grand Foyer with Scabas travertine floor. Stunning 22 ft ceiling in Great Room. Outdoor kitchen. ◆ 6 Bedrooms

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Elegant Maple Ridge Tudor Style home w/Pool. Shollmier Kitchen w/Thermador appl & granite countertops.

Unique wet bar w/antique buffet. Beautifully updated Master Bath. Prof landscape. Priv fence w/electric gate. ◆ 4 Bedrooms

◆ 3 Full, 1 Half Baths ◆ 3 Living Areas ◆ 2 Car Garage ◆ Tulsa Schools ◆ MLS 1711881

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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 with pond & valley views. $974,900

3528 S Wheeling Avenue - Adams Estates - Beautiful New Constructions in Midtown.

4 Bedroom C/B 5, (2 down), 3.5 Bath. Kitchen Open to Family Room with high cathedral ceiling., dbl. ovens, gas range and knotty alder cabinets. Large Game Room. Hardwood floors throughout downstairs. 3 Car Gar., Fenced Yard, Covered Patio. $697,000

12445 S 18th Circle East - Country Lake Estates - Beautifully updated with new kitchen and Jenn-air appliances in 2012. Kitchen opens to family room with large granite island. 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths w/Jack and Jill upstairs. 3 Living Areas and Formal Dining Rm. Safe Room. Pond View on Greenbelt. Jenks West Elem. $309,000

10250 S 96th East Avenue - Spicewood Villas - Gated Spicewood Villas custom built for aging in place is full handicap accessible. 3 beds/2 baths/3 car garage. Granite throughout. Huge Master Suite adjoins Laundry with sink & storage. Sprinkler & Security systems. Full Lawn maintenance. $285,000

4421 W Greeley Street -Lancaster Park II - Beautifully updated throughout. Remodeled Kitchen has huge pantry. Electrolux appliances. Wood Floors. Granite. Study & Formal Living & Dining Room. Family Room opens to Kitchen. Massive closets. 4 Large Bedrooms 2.5 baths. Big fenced backyard & garden space. $248,000

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McGraw Realtors 1642 E 31 Street $699,900 Open floorplan designed by Jack Arnold in gated area of Midtown.

High-end kitchen w/granite & stainless appliances. Living & dining room open w/beamed ceiling. Den area w/floor to ceiling windows.

3 bedrooms each w/private bath. 3 car garage. Small Yard.

6124 S. Indianapolis Ave. $1,250,000 Custom built by the current Owners with no detail left untouched each room is bathed in natural light. Ann Sacks surfaces throughout the house.

Large open living area with beamed ceiling opens to high-end kitchen.

Master on first floor with his/her closets and luxurious bath plus private office. 3 additional bedroom upstairs each having private baths and walkin closets. Game room. Pool plus outdoor living. Call for more details.

3727 S. Utica Ave. $449,000 Traditional house with beautiful hardwood floors and plenty of natural light. Spacious familyroom on 1st floor with eating space and built-ins.

Granite kitchen with stainless applainces and pantry. Flexible bedroom floorplan has 4 beds and 2.5 baths. Gameroom on second floor with private bath could be a 5th bedroom. Beautiful backyard has covered patio.

3622 S Yorktown Avenue $510,000 Many upgrades by present owners. Spacious formals. Large family room added. Fantastic master bath, heated floors. Plantation shutters throughout. Beautiful backyard has spacious covered patio & great plantings. Behind garage are quarters used as office.

232 H azel B lvd $ 899,000 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.

2129 E. 60th Pl Gated Garden Park is located all on one-level. The house has beautiful hardwood floors throughout main living areas. One of the only true 3 bedrooms units in Garden Park. Granite kitchen and master bath.

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McGraw Realtors Over 11,000 sq ft in Midtown. - Original residence in gated Royal Oaks has had an extensive remodel. The floor plan is extremely user friendly with areas for entertaining both formally and informally. 3 unique game rooms each with stunning appointments.

Chef’s Kitchen. Private office. 4 bedroom suites each having private baths. Backyard oasis with double outdoor kitchens, covered living area with fireplace, koi pond and heated diving pool. 3 car side entry garage. Fully finished quarters. Call for your private showing.

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12005 S 68th East Avenue Stunning home in Woodmere located on a greenbelt. Open floor plan with living, dining, kitchen flowing together. Master suite on 1st level with guest bedroom used as office. 3 more bedrooms+ gameroom up. Covered patio overlooks pool & spa. 3 car garge. $925,000.

Grand Lake

Large and beautiful Grand Lake Country French waterfront, 5 BR, 4.5 BA, 4 Fireplaces, gorgeous kitchen with an incredible island, a master suite with a spectacular master bath that has it all, office has fireplace, library, full walkout basement has a theater, billiards, workout room, full bar, safe room, arcade & more! $747,000

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Call any of the Luxury Property Group Realtors about one of these homes, or any property that you have an interest in. They will provide you with superior personal service with the highest integrity.

oak Country estates III 5230 Oak Leaf Drive - Enjoy this beautiful home in Oak Country Estates. Sits on over 1 acre with pool, cabana & outdoor kitchen. Granite kitchen opens to family room. Large master suite, theater room and game room. $875,000

VILLaGe on utICa 1630 E 31st Street - Drastic price reduction on this Tuscany inspired stucco home! Master with Luxury bath plus bedroom/office suite on first floor. Large open kitchen/ dining/living area. 2 bedrooms + game room on 2nd floor. Beautiful courtyard with splash pool. $698,000

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Eagles Roost water view lake home completely furnished inside and out. 4 Bedrooms with private baths, wrap around covered porch and screened-in side porch, great views of Grand and comes with boat slip in community dock. $569,000.

1021 E 39th Street - Gorgeous!

Build it 2016 with transitional style finishes. Tons of Hardwoods, Kitchen opens to vaulted great room, Spa Master bath connects to laundry!

Master & Study/2nd bedroom down has bath. 2 beds up with Pullman bath & Gameroom. 2 Patios.

Brookside. $500,000

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1332 E 35th Place - Gorgeous Upscale Townhome in Brookside close to Dining, Shopping.

Hardwoods & Fabulous Finishes throughout. 2 Master Suites. Master up has 2nd living with wet bar & balcony. Master down has patio with green area. 3rd bedroom could be study. $478,000

1341 E 43rd Court - Gated Brooktowne close to restaurants, Brookside & Riverside. Monster Suite down with french door to covered patio. Granite kitchen with island opens to eating area. Family room has vaulted ceiling and fireplace. $369,000

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26001 e 161St Street S Outstanding one of a kind property! 61 acres of Nature Lover’s Paradise.

2 Custom Built Craftsman Style Homes Built to perfection. Outdoor Living w/FP. Guest house sleeps 10 plus. Pond, Trails, Creek, Water Falls, Wildlife Galore! Private Retreat!$2,875,000 624 W 80th Street Stunning New Construction.

Fantastic Floor Plan.

Spacious Rooms. Chef’s Kitchen! Wet Bar, Study, Exercise Room, Safe Room, 2 Bedrooms Down, 3 Up. Elegant Master Bed & Bath with 2nd Laundry. Outdoor Fireplace! $998,000

10620 S NaNdiNa Court Situated on private lot, custom decor, gourmet kitchen, large granite island, distressed hardwoods. 1st floor gameroom w/wet bar, theater room, large scale rooms/beautiful master.

Outstanding backyard with deck overlooking greenbelt & custom gunite saltwater pool. $565,900

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4802 e 85th St. - Amazing Custom Built Cape Cod inspired, attention to detail throughout. Hardwoods, craftsman style trim, 3 fireplaces, granite, 3 living areas. Lifetime Roof, Lrg closets. Large Deck. Custom elements to Perfection. Jenks SD $322,000

8258 S College ave. - Beautiful turn key one level.

4 bedrooms, walk in closets, study, spacious vaulted family room, updates throughout. Great master with updated bath. Enclosed sun porch with large backyard. Great family home in Jenks SD. $188,500

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11706 S. Erie Avenue, Tulsa

Forest Hills Estates, Granite kitchen, huge center Island. 5 beds, 7 full & 1 half baths. Office, sun room & Sun Room living quarters in walk out basement. Master with double bathrooms. Hardwood, deep crown mouldings, built-ins vaulted/beamed ceilings. Corner lot. Pond. Bixby schools. $875,000

7907 S Braden Avenue, Tulsa

7439 per appraisal.Total Remodel 5 zone H/A, all interior LED lit house, gated, Huge chef kit w/Viking appliances, 15ft island. Indoor BBall Court, 4 car garage, Wood floor including closets. True masonry FP. 4 bed/6 bath, plantation shutters.Safe room. $775,000 TulsaPeople.com

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1261 E 25th Street

Remarkable home, Heart of Midtown. Pool, Tennis Court, Outdoor Living & Kitchen with firepit, Gated pool, plenty of room inside & out! Incredible new addition. All 5 bedrooms w/ensuite baths! Gorgeous hardwoods, insulated stucco, fine attn to detail! $2,400,000

4407 S Gary Avenue

Located in the heart of Midtown! Top of the line home. Theatre Rooms with wet bar. Builder paid attention to detail, classic design. Office & master downstairs. 2 beds down, 3 beds up all with private ensuite baths, HUGE closets. Large Gameroom! $999,000 86

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9829 S Jamestown Avenue

Silver Chase neighborhood, gorgeous 4 bedroom home, office, 2.5 baths & 3 car garage. 2 spacious living areas, gorgeous hardwoods in 2nd living and kitchen, spectacular kitchen which was recently updated.

Newly remodeled master bathroom with soaking tub and steam shower!

Screened in back porch with outdoor living and hot tub. $479,000

1919 S Gary Place

Darling Florence Park home with a ton of space! Hardwoods throughout, new windows, spacious, and move-in ready! $285,000

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2606 E 22nd Place Perfect for entertaining or fun family dining. Open floor plan w/kitchen open to the living room.

Counter seating for six or more. Kitchen Ideas kitchen w/galley sink. Fabulous family room opens to spacious backyard. Master down. Upstairs can be used as needed: Two or three bedrooms as desired.

2679 E 69th St One of a kind home is situated on a 1+acre wooded lot w/creek. Rolling hills make this a unique neighborhood, and give the feeling of being in the country. A view from every room, in every season. Master has a fireplace, his/her baths and closets. Downstairs has a wonderful game or family room w/wet bar and another fireplace.

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3511 E 71st Place Spacious town home in desired Pebble Creek.

Master down has a fireplace, separate closets and large bath. Living room is light and bright with floor to ceiling windows and a fireplace.

Formal dining room is perfect for those family gatherings. HOA provides the lawn care.

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1324 S Galveston Avenue, Tulsa

Stunning open floor plan located near River Parks & Downtown. Vaulted ceilings, fireplace, hardwoods, Kitchen has granite. Dining has built in cabinets & opens to courtyard with a fireplace.

Large master suite. Wine closet in the garage. $415,000

6713 E 66th Street, Tulsa

Newly Renovated! New Floors, Carpet, Windows, Fixtures, Paint & Appliances! Newer AC & Water Heater, Tons of Storage, Two Master Suites, one down/up, Huge Master Closet, Large Kitchen w/ dbl oven & new tile, Family Rm w/Vaulted Ceiling, Sprinkler System & 2 Lv areas. $249,000

304 E 29th Place, Tulsa

Completely Updated, Kitchen with Marble Countertops, Coffee bar, Pantry, 3 Living areas, 2 bedrooms 2.5 baths down, 3 bedrooms 2 baths up, Game Room up, Hardwoods, 2 fireplaces, New Windows, 3 car garage, sprinkler system, Tankless HW. 1 Block to The gathering & River. $869,000

12507 S 15th Court, Jenks

Gorgeous waterfront views with tons of upgrades!

4 beds, 3.5 baths, 3 car, open floor plan, master suite down, plantation stutters, wood floors, new paint, granite, upgraded Lennox AC/Heat & windows, large game room, office, vaulted ceilings & sprinkler system. $385,000

1708 S College Avenue, Tulsa

Florence Park Bungalow. Hardwoods, Granite Kitchen, Large Living room with Fireplace, Newer Windows, Formal Dining, Large Master has Whirlpool Tub & Separate Shower, Walk In Closet, Great Front Porch, Sprinkler System, 2 Car Garage, Greenhouse. $320,000

10920 S Sycamore Street, Jenks

Amazing kitchen with granite, SS & pantry open to living room with fireplace overlooks backyard that offers incredible sunsets! 3 bedrooms down plus office, game room, bedroom & bath up.

Large utility room, 2 dining rooms. Oversized 2 car garage. $321,900

6683 S Jamestown Avenue, Tulsa

Motivated seller! Investors welcome! Jenks Schools! Huge corner lot, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3,961 sq ft, master suite down with private bath, updated kitchen, vaulted ceilings, open floor plan with lots of light, great storage & amazing outdoor living space. $318,500

3608 S Orange Circle, Broken Arrow

Investors welcomed! Beautiful full brick home at Cedar Ridge Golf Course! Newer roof, Heat & AC, Well maintained & spacious, new paint, 4 bedrooms, 3 full bath, 3 living areas, One with fireplace, vaulted ceilings, Seller says make offer!! $349,000 TulsaPeople.com

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Clockwise from front left, Ginnie Graham, Jennifer Nightengale, Anne Roberts, Marla Cooper, Mary Ellen Bridwell, Rachel Roberts, Madeline Nightengale and Melinda McKinney at White Party No. 10.

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he Moroccan-themed White Party No. 10 lit up the rooftop of the Vault restaurant on May 12, raising more than $292,000 for Family and Children’s Services.

With downtown as a one-of-a-kind backdrop, event sponsors attended a craft cocktail hour featuring some of Tulsa’s best mixologists. Sponsors also ate dinner on the roof, bid in an energetic live auction and had ex-

clusive access to the Vault’s Tom Tom Room for indoor seating, a private patio and unlimited drinks.

Patrons danced the night away to DJ tunes during the dance party portion of the gala. As in the past, attendees to the 10th annual event donned chic white attire. TP

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Electric Lime Gala A palette of green colored the Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab on May 13 for the Electric Lime Gala, which helps fund the lab’s operations, exhibits and programming. Patrons enjoyed cocktails, entertainment and appetizers while exploring the exhibits and activities. Following “playtime” in the museum, a seated dinner was served in a tent in historic Owen Park on the Discovery Lab grounds.

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1. Patrons Kathryn Junk, Shannon and Chris Clark and Cheryl and Tom Heisten show off their pops of green to coincide with the event theme.

2. Candy on every table is a signature of the Electric Lime Gala. Guests fill a box to take home at the end of the night.

3. Auctioneer Rick Miller leads the live auction.

4. Artist Christopher Mantle paints a skyline of Tulsa at the event.

5. Shane and Marnie Fernandez enjoy dinner under the tent at Owen Park.

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1. OFE Director Emily Stratton (center) displays the banquet’s commemorative poster with Tulsa-area banquet committee members Annie Tomecek, Banquet Chairman Ken Busby and OFE trustees Clifton and Barbara Taulbert.

2. Members of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra perform at the banquet.

3. Jacob Taylor, an Academic All-Stater from Broken Arrow High School, joins fellow All-Staters to sign keynote speaker H.W. Brands’ latest book as a gift for OFE Chairman David Boren, who was recovering from surgery.

4. Busby; emcee Robert Henry, president of Oklahoma City University; and Brands 5. OFE trustee Paige Johnson of Tulsa and Jane Williams of Centennial Elementary School in Edmond, recipient of the Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Elementary Teaching

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The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence honored outstanding students and educators at its 31st annual Academic Awards Banquet May 20 at the Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center. Since 1987, 100 high school seniors have been selected each year by the foundation and named Academic All-Staters.

Each All-Stater receives a $1,000 scholarship and a medallion. Recipients are selected based on academic achievement, extracurricular activities, community involvement and an essay.

Five exceptional educators and administrators also are honored annually by the foundation to receive Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Teaching and Administration awards. Each medalist receives $5,000 and a glass sculpture.

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Run for the Roses Run for the Roses brought the Kentucky Derby to Tulsa on May 6 to benefit the Tulsa Boys’ Home. The nonprofit serves Oklahoma boys with mental, behavioral, emotional and substance abuse problems. More than 700 guests attended Run for the Roses, wearing fine clothes and Derby Day hats for the gala and auction at the Expo Square Pavilion. Live horse races were simulcast from Churchill Downs, and patrons had the chance to bet on the afternoon Derby races, courtesy of Fair Meadows Racetrack staff. Other highlights included a contest for ladies’ hats and men’s bowties, and a wine and cigar pull.

1. Musicians Alaska and Madi perform for Run for the Roses patrons.

2. Morgan Wolff and Jen Ferrier, winners of the event’s $1,000 cash raffle 3. Michael and Angela Yelich and a guest 4. Michael Bolick, winner of the bowtie contest, waves to the crowd.

5. The Pavilion is decorated “Derby style” with thousands of red roses.

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YOUTHATHEART.ORG 5 Back-to-school Style Show and Brunch, “Celebrating 20 Years of Style” Benefits Baptist Children’s Home, Owasso.

OBHC.ORG / BCH-OWASSO / BACK-TO-SCHOOL-STYLE-SHOW 10 Taste of Brookside Benefits Youth Services of Tulsa.

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21 Musical Mondays Benefits LIFE Senior Services.

LIFESENIORSERVICES.ORG 21 25th annual Kiwanis Charity Golf Classic Benefits Special Olympics Oklahoma.

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PASSIONS

Bill Shaffer has volunteered with the Boy Scouts since 1966. The boys in Troop 26 range in age from 10-18.

MUSIC PROGRAM IN TUNE WITH KIDS Students in the Link Up program joined Tulsa Symphony Orchestra this past spring for a live performance.

Scoutmaster has mentored 750 Eagle Scouts over 48 years.

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ill Shaffer never really left Boy Scout Troop 26. As a boy, it was where he learned the importance of service and leadership. Now he has been the troop’s scoutmaster for nearly a half-century.

Shaffer began his service to Boy Scouts of America in 1966 with a Webelos Den at Franklin Elementary School. He became scoutmaster of Troop 26 in 1969.

The troop’s work hasn’t gone unnoticed over the years. “We worked initially with Hissom Memorial Center, taking the children camping to teach basic scout skills,” Shaffer says. After Hissom closed in 1987, the troop continued volunteering with some state-sponsored group homes and facilities. “We still hold our annual Christmas party for many of the special kids who started in that Hissom program so many years ago,” Shaffer says.

In 1981, Troop 26 was honored by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and the Special

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Olympics as one of three Outstanding Organizations of the Year, alongside the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Toronto Blue Jays.

During his tenure, Shaffer has mentored more than 750 young men through the rigorous process to earn the Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts’ highest honor.

Ironically, it was an award he never attained.

“I quit, caving in to peer pressure,” he says.

“That’s why we try to make our program strong enough to withstand the peer pressure that comes with the age group we serve.”

In fact, only 2 percent of Scouts in the U.S. become Eagles, according to Shaffer. He says boys don’t always see the payoff until later in life. “Scouts in general, and Eagle Scouts specifically, stand for trustworthiness, loyalty, helpfulness, obedience, thrift and all the other scout laws,” Shaffer says. “Scouts promise to do their best, and they have honor. Who wouldn’t want those traits in an employee?” TP

This fall, more than 17,000 third- through fifth-graders in Tulsa will “Link Up” with a classroom music education program of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute of New York.

The program, facilitated locally by Tulsa Symphony Orchestra in partnership with the Institute, pairs 90-plus orchestras around the world with students to explore orchestral repertoire, fundamental musical skills, creative work and composition, according to TSO Executive Director Ron Predl.

Carnegie Hall provides student workbooks and a teacher’s guide with digital media to help students integrate the Link Up songs — major works often performed by orchestras — with existing lessons or as “add-on” curriculum.

TSO launched the pilot in 2015-16 and received an enthusiastic response from schools, students and parents. This year, the program will reach eight school districts and two private schools.

Says Kathy LaFortune, chairwoman for Link Up’s inaugural Link Together event, “Children exposed to music do better academically, socially and emotionally, and for most, their love of music will be lifelong. About this there is no debate.” — JUDY LANGDON

PASSIONS: VALERIE GRANT; LINK UP: COURTESY TULSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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NEWS TO YOU

COURTESY PRAIRIE HOUSE

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Jet Linx manages a variety of aircraft, from helicopters to heavy jets.

Standing, Roger Garrison, director of environmental services; Tara Gantz, director of health services; Elizabeth York, executive director; Laura Chaney, director of community relations; Nikki Hope, director of community relations. Sitting, Amy Haggard, director of life enrichment, and One Hannah, business office manager.

PRAIRIE HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE COMMITTED TO RESIDENTS Prairie House Assisted Living and Memory Care is the only senior living community developed in collaboration with St. John Broken Arrow. Located on a 40-acre campus by the main entrance of the hospital, Prairie House has 105 units with 32 of those for Alzheimer’s and dementia care.

“At Prairie House, we feel it is important that you know of our commitment to you,” says Executive Director Elizabeth York. “Commitment is the difference between a prospective resident seeing if they are a ‘good fit for our community’ versus being a community that works around the individual resident’s needs.”

Prairie House’s experienced, compassionate and professional staff recognizes that moving is tough at any age. It can be physically, emotionally and mentally stressful.

The staff has worked with numerous families to assist during this important transition. Staff members work closely with every new resident to ensure their move goes as smoothly as possible, from settling into their new home, to meeting new friends at meal time and everything in between.

Those interested in a tour of Prairie House, located at 2450 N. Stone Ridge Drive in Broken Arrow, can call 918-249-8000. Visit prairiehouseseniorliving.com.

JET LINX REACHES MILESTONE Jet Linx Aviation announced the company’s nationally based fleet has surpassed the 100th aircraft under its management. Currently, Jet Linx is the third-largest aircraft management company in the U.S. by fleet size.

“Surpassing 100 aircraft under management marks a milestone we are honored and proud to celebrate with our valued aircraft owners, amazing team members and great industry partners,” says Jamie Walker, president and CEO of Jet Linx. “We set out 18 years ago to provide a more personalized approach to guaranteed private jet travel solutions, and this milestone is the ultimate validation of our business model. This achievement truly reflects the quality of our programs and the commitment by our people to provide the best service in the private aviation industry.”

Jet Linx is committed to managed, strategic and sustained growth in number of aircraft, members and locations across the country. In 2016, Jet Linx added 38 aircraft to its fleet, 250 members and two new city base locations, according to ARGUS TRAQPak. Jet Linx is a locally focused private jet company headquartered in Omaha with 14 base locations across the U.S., including Tulsa. The company pairs aircraft management services with guaranteed Jet Card programs on a local scale to provide a more personalized customer service experience. The Jet Linx national fleet ranges from helicopters to turboprops and light, midsize, super midsize and heavy jets. Since its inception in 1999, Jet Linx has flown over 65 million miles and has established flight operations to destinations around the world.

More information about Jet Linx is available at jetlinx.com.

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Representatives from the following $1 million corporate donors in the park’s Four Seasons Garden: Trisha Frank, Robert Jared, David Ferrell, Shonda Fisher, David Rose, Mitch Cave and Jeff Crippen (Omni International); Brice Peters (Melton); Barbara West (Founders of Doctors’ Hospital); and David Page (JPMorgan Chase).

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GROUP EFFORT

The following companies each donated $1 million to build A Gathering Place for Tulsa.

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BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF OKLAHOMA BCBSOK is the state’s oldest and largest private health insurer with 835,000 members and more than 5,000 health providers.

Ted Haynes, the company’s president, says parks are critical to the health of the public because they provide a place to enjoy the outdoors, engage in physical activity and come together as a community.

“Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma is proud to be a part of A Gathering Place for Tulsa and in bringing this phenomenal resource to the region,” Haynes says. “We join with our fellow business leaders in supporting public projects as a way to showcase our natural resources and offer incentives to employers to locate here and to keep their employees healthy and happy.”

JPMORGAN CHASE JPMorgan Chase is a brokerage fi rm that offers investment, wealth planning, credit and banking services. The company has 10 branches in Tulsa.

Managing Director David Stratton calls A Gathering Place “a transformative project that will drive economic growth.” “The park has the opportunity to improve our quality of life and to be another substantial reason why young people want to work and raise families here,” Stratton says. “JPMorgan Chase’s investment in the park is our way of showing we’re committed to Tulsa’s people and our future.”

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over $50 million in grants to 400-plus nonprofits in the local community.

“It’s exciting for us when our mission matches a community project,” says Executive Administrator Terry Jakober. “A Gathering Place will encourage people to exercise, promote critical child development and enhance psychological and social health, along with attract economic growth, resulting in a healthier Tulsa.”

OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL Based in Tulsa, Omni Air International is a privately owned and managed U.S. FAA-certificated air carrier entering its third decade of air transportation solutions.

“While Omni Air International operations are global, our airline is deeply devoted to the Tulsa community,” says Chairman Rob Coretz. “Giving back to the community that has been so supportive to Omni and our prosperity is in the spirit of why we have supported A Gathering Place.”

MELTON TRUCK LINES INC. Founded in 1954, Melton is one of the nation’s leading flatbed trucking companies. The company is headquartered in Tulsa but is an international carrier covering the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Bob Peterson, chairman and CEO, says Melton is pleased to support the park because “A Gathering Place will be a showcase for Tulsa and its citizens and businesses, adding to its quality of life and unique culture. It will be an incredible attraction for families to our city as a special place to live and work.” TP

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TAKE ME BACK

The set of “Rumble Fish,” filmed in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood Business District 35 years ago this month. The film starred Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Nicolas Cage, Diane Lane and Dennis Hopper. S.E. Hinton co-wrote the screenplay.

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t’s a hot August night in 1982 when Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke saunter down North Greenwood Avenue. The historic row of Greenwood shops just north of East Archer Street is abuzz as crews fi lm the crowded street scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s post-modern adaptation of “Rumble Fish,” the third novel by Tulsan S.E. Hinton.

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For the scene, the stretch of Greenwood is given an unscrupulous make-under with fake storefronts for seedy businesses. “I really dig it over here,” comments Rusty James, the young street thug played

by Dillon. “The lights, all these people, man. I love crowds.” A few moments later, Hinton makes a cameo as a prostitute who propositions Dillon at the corner of Greenwood and East Brady Street. TP

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