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38 Light the night Tulsa’s skyline is aglow once more.

BY ANNE BROCKMAN

40 Q&A OCCJ’s Moises Echeverria is a vocal advocate who stands against bias, bigotry and racism.

BY RACHEL WEAVER SMITH

42 Legacy of leadership The Tulsa Historical Society and Museum inducts the newest members to the Tulsa Hall of Fame.

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Pooches like Ari enjoy patio dining, too. For a list of pet-friendly patios, see p. 50.

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63 LIFESTYLE

The Tulsa Run is over the hill. Where to pick a pumpkin. One Tulsan details his challenges and victories in a new book.

A haute howl-o-ween. Washington County travels. Two historic home tours.

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45 Tulsa loves dogs The ultimate guide for spending time with your canine companion.

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107 GIVING BACK

Maryn’s impresses in Jenks. Lien Alsup is feeding pets well. Spooky spirits make a Dark ‘n’ Stormy.

Highlights from three philanthropic events. Progress at A Gathering Place for Tulsa. Seventy years of singing for the Tulsa Opera.

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Lisa Moser is a friend to the feathered.

Third Floor Design marks 25 years. Pet therapy works wonders at Parkside.

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Daisy Bee Phillips is not an enjoyable dinner date or yoga partner. But this #SquatYourDog thing, we can do.

If you’re curious, see p. 47.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be 6 inches tall?

Downsides: Most of your day is spent looking at

to help patients connect to their feelings (p. 34)

Upside: Need some alone time? Shimmy under a

(p. 24).

bed, where it’s dark and cool and you are literally

and an entrepreneur cooking fresh meals for pets For a departure from our theme, don’t miss our

unreachable. This is heaven to an introvert like me.

Q&A with Moises Echeverria, director of the

members is about that size. (See photo for scale.

40), who speaks of “the collective impact” of small,

I think about this a lot because one of my family

And let me assure you that what she is missing in height she makes up for in attitude.)

Perspective is everything, is it not? How we un-

derstand the world, and how we respond, hinges on our points of view. Today, perhaps more than

ever, putting ourselves in another’s shoes must be practiced if we are to live in peace.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, October is

TulsaPeople’s annual pet issue, which is well-loved

Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice (p. simple acts of kindness.

In his 2002 novel “Lullaby,” author and jour-

close-up.” Good point.

Big-picture thinking is easier said than done

when you’re a miniature dachshund. We taller species have less of an excuse.

As the weather cools, let’s all take a deep breath

(p. 45), where you can find tips for spending time

inches off the floor. TP

tive — whether they are across town or a just few

Of course, it’s not all about the dogs. You also

can read about the challenges of operating a par-

rot rescue (p. 27), a hospital using California snails 8

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he first Tulsa Run in 1978 started with barely 1,000 participants running 15K. In later years, a 5K and 2K were added. Now finishers average 7,500-8,500 over the three distances of the run, which celebrates its 40th anniversary Oct. 28.

“The support from the Tulsa community has never changed,” says Heath Aucoin, director of the Tulsa Federal Credit Union Tulsa Run. “The reason we are turning 40 is that the Tulsa community has come out year by year

to volunteer, cheer and participate in the run. We also have 16 participants who have finished 39 straight Tulsa Runs.”

Runners will start at South Boulder Avenue and East Sixth Street; weave along portions of Cherry Street, River Parks, Route 66 and the Art Deco District; and finish at South Boston Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. Proceeds will benefit eight Tulsa-area nonprofits. TP

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Tulsa Together gathers small groups to discuss race and faith at Braden Park Baptist Church.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder plays against the Houston Rockets during the NBA Preseason series at the BOK Center.

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The award-winning Art on Main will celebrate Oklahoma art, music and wine on Main Street in Jenks.

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Opa! The sights, sounds and tastes of the Tulsa Greek Festival should not be missed at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

Through Oct. 7

The Halloween Festival runs Fridays and Saturday nights at the Castle at Muskogee. Through Oct. 28

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“It’s not unusual” to get excited for Tom Jones at River Spirit Casino’s Paradise Cove.

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Don’t miss the screams at Guthrie Green’s viewing of “Friday the 13th.”

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Join gamers, fans, developers and industry leaders at the XPO Game Festival at the Cox Business Center.

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Hear the clink of steins and the aroma of bratwurst at Oktoberfest at River West Festival Park.

It’s time to two-step as the Josh Abbott Band heats up Cain’s Ballroom.

Be swept away by a classic tale of love and redemption at Tulsa Opera’s performance of “Faust” at the Tulsa PAC.

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Signature Symphony at TCC honors the vast musical influence of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney in “Music of the Knights.”

Listen and learn from renowned authors and industry professionals at the Nimrod Write Night and Conference for Readers and Writers at the Tulsa Garden Center and the University of Tulsa.

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Find charming antiques, clothing, handmade treasures and more at Vintage Market Days at the Creek County Fairgrounds in Kellyville.

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The Weeknd brings his Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour to the BOK Center.

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Tulsa Town Hall hosts a luncheon with Dr. Bennet Omalu, the first to diagnose chronic brain damage in NFL athletes.

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Bring your bag for tricks and treats at Tulsa Zoo’s HallowZOOeen.

Meet mermaids and pirates at HallowMarine at the Oklahoma Aquarium.

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The Tulsa Nightwriters Club presents its second Craft of Writing conference for aspiring writers at Martin Regional Library.

Tulsa Symphony performs Tchaikovsky’s emotional Symphony No. 6, the “Pathétique,” at the Tulsa PAC.

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Trick-or-treat with merchants at the Farm Shopping Center.

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Carmichael’s Pumpkin Patch Forty years ago, Don and Joyce Carmichael opened Carmichael’s Produce in Bixby. Their pleasant pumpkin patch is situated on 120 acres with 100-year-old oaks and white rail fences. It’s fun for the entire family and includes a cane maze; pony, camel and wagon rides, an animal farm where children can feed the animals; and 40 types of pumpkins and gourds for sale.

Admission to the pumpkin patch is free, but costs vary for rides and the cane maze. Before you leave, visit the gift shop for some homemade fudge and candy or Amish jams and jellies. An onsite restaurant serves burgers, fries and onion rings daily from 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

The patch is open Sept. 22-Oct. 31. Hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday-Saturday; and 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sunday.

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Livesay Orchards

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Pick a pumpkin off the vine in Porter, just 30 minutes from Tulsa. Livesay is owned by brothers Kent and Steve Livesay and caters to local schools, which often visit on field trips. The pumpkin patch is open to the public weekends in October.

At Livesay’s Pumpkin Playland, children can play in the hay bale maze and enjoy games such as pumpkin bowling and a mini pumpkin hunt. Admission is $5 for ages 3 and up (free for children 2 and under) and includes a hayride to the pumpkin patch. The pumpkin patch is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday; and 1-5 p.m., Sunday.

The Livesay Orchard Market, which sells pumpkins and other Livesay produce, jams, jellies, salsa, pizza and peach pie a la mode, is open during pumpkin patch hours.

From the Broken Arrow Expressway: Take the last free exit on Highway 51 East to Coweta. At Coweta, take 51B toward Porter; watch for Livesay Orchards signs.

Celebrating its 18th year, Pumpkin Town Farms is back Sept. 22-Oct. 31 with its giant jumping pillow, petting zoo and 5-acre “corn maze.” The Thunder Mountain Slides also will return; they were rebuilt after an arsonist destroyed them in the off-season.

Pumpkin Town’s 2017 maze design commemorates the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 10-year anniversary. On Oct. 1, team mascot Rumble, the Thunder Girls and a Thunder-branded Bolt bus will roll into Pumpkin Town with guest giveaways.

Pumpkin Town Farms is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday-Thursday; and 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday-Saturday. Daily fun passes range from $8.99-$19.99 (free for ages 2 and under). Extra activities such as pony and camel rides are sold separately, and guests can enjoy fair-type foods for purchase. TP

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Go south for timeless fun, pick a pumpkin right off the vine or get lost in a “corn maze” in the middle of town.

The Tulsa metro area offers plenty of seasonal activities for families at these family-owned pumpkin patches.

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Bryan Waytula’s tools of the trade include pencil, paint and brush.

BY AMY BUCHAN SIEGFRIED

T

o say art is in Bryan Waytula’s blood is an understatement. Both his mother and his grandmother are master craftsmen in basketry and National Treasures of the Cherokee Nation.

Their talent lies in weaving, but Waytula’s crafts are painting and drawing. “I wasn’t the greatest at weaving, and jokingly my grandmother gave me a pencil and wanted to see what I could do with that,” he says, fondly recalling his family’s encouragement of the arts.

Waytula has created a unique and contemporary style of realism paintings that features shapes and bright colors. This eye-catching approach immediately identifies one of his paintings as a “Waytula.” His aesthetic has caught the eyes of many. Earlier this year, he applied to the famed Santa Fe Indian Market and was accepted on his first try, a nearly unheard-of feat. He exhibited there Aug. 19-20.

Waytula is a driven and determined artist but receives additional motivation from his wife, Linda; his 2-year-old son, Bryson; and his students at Metro Christian Academy, where he is an art teacher. “My students push me the same way I push them,” he says. Waytula’s students emboldened him to step outside of his comfort zone by helping him create an Instagram page (@waytulajit) to show off his work.

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CHEROKEE ART MARKET

10 a.m.-5 p.m., daily. Sequoyah Convention Center, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa, 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa. Features artwork from 150 elite Native American artists, representing 50 tribes from across the U.S. $5, adults; free, children under 12. Visit cherokeeartmarket.com.

You can see Waytula’s work in person at this month’s Cherokee Art Market, where he will feature his work alongside his favorite artist: his mother, Vivian Cottrell. Waytula’s work also can be viewed at bryanwaytula.com. TP

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ktoberfest isn’t only a time to set your inhibitions aside and do the chicken dance, it’s also a time to honor the tradition of beer and merriment. Tulsa artist Mattie Gilliland created this year’s Oktoberfest poster. Attending the annual festival is something he remembers doing since he was a boy.

“I wasn’t old enough to really appreciate what was going on, but I remember being enthralled by the traditional music — and it was the first time I ever experienced the simple joy of a pretzel with mustard,” Gilliland says.

This initial impression, along with Gilliland’s fascination with heraldry, is what moved him to create this year’s winning poster design. He was inspired by the German and American coats of arms and the brotherhood between the two countries. It made sense to Gilliland to depict each on steins clinking together in fraternity and celebration.

To experience the chicken dance yourself or simply enjoy a mug of beer, plan to join the Oktoberfest activities Oct. 19-22 at River West Festival Park. Visit tulsaoktoberfest.org for more information and to purchase tickets.

— AMY BUCHAN SIEGFRIED

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hen Ted Hinson became blind from an infection in his optic nerve at age 27, he was determined not to let the setback control his life.

Within a year, he got a job and acquired a seeing-eye dog. Hinson and his wife raised five children while he built a successful career in the energy industry. Now 58, he enjoys running, water skiing, good coffee and interesting audio books.

“If you get your attitude right, you can do a lot of things in life,” he says. “I was fortunate enough to have the mentality, heart and faith to stay positive.”

In his new memoir, “Beyond the Blindness: My Story of Losing Sight and Living Life,” Hinson relays an easygoing and fun-hearted account of the challenges he and his family have overcome. Now

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available on Amazon, the book shares his experiences as a blind person, including stories about the five patient guide dogs that have accompanied him over the years.

Hinson’s dog Kansas joined the family in February. A graduate of Guide Dogs for the Blind in California, the friendly black lab is a protective companion, helping Hinson navigate streets and board the city bus. “You have to trust the dog, and we work together as a team,” he says.

In addition to loyal canine friends, improvements in technology aid Hinson with everyday tasks. He uses VoiceOver on his iPhone and a screen reader on his laptop.

“Things happen when you never expect them to happen, but I’m taking a bite out of life,” he says. TP

This year marks the 60th anniversary for Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries, a nonprofit group that aids and promotes the activities and goals of the TCCL system.

The milestone coincides with National Friends of Libraries Week from Oct. 15-21. Tulsa’s celebration includes an Oct. 16 review of Laurie R. King’s “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice” at Books Sandwiched In, and an Oct. 17 book signing with Brit Bennett, author of “The Mothers.” Central Library, 400 Civic Center, will host both events.

Friends memberships range from $10 to $250 (for a lifetime membership). For more information and a full schedule of National Friends of the Libraries Week activities, visit tulsalibrary.org/friends. — MORGAN PHILLIPS 16

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Oct. 11-15

TULSA AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Various locations. $10, tickets to individual showings; $60, all-access pass; $90, VIP pass; free, students with a valid ID. Visit tulsaamericanfilmfest.com.

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Ted Hinson and Kansas, his guide dog. Hinson’s book is available for $14.95 at tedhinson.com.

here’s one thing most attending the third annual Tulsa American Film Festival this month don’t know: The festival isn’t run by a Tulsan. Founder and Executive Director Ben Arredondo is a native Texan living in New York City.

He’s a producer, director and writer in that metropolis, where he also directs the NYC PictureStart Film Festival. Under his leadership over the past seven years, that festival has grown from a local one-night-only event to an internationally recognized festival in NYC and Johannesburg, South Africa.

Arredondo was visiting a friend in Tulsa and fell in love with Circle Cinema when he got the idea to organize a similar event here. Seeing Tulsa’s booming art scene, he says it was a shame the city did not have a traditional film festival. “There is a pretty vibrant, active film community here,” he says. The first TAFFest was in 2015.

The 2017 festival will include screenings of 50-60 new independent films at various Tulsa locations.

Featured guests will include Tricia Wood, the casting director for “La La Land,” and film producer and former Tulsan Doug Claybourne.

Claybourne produced the 1983 film “Rumblefish,” adapted from the novel

by Tulsan S.E. Hinton, which will be screened Oct. 12 at Guthrie Green.

— EMILY FATE

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Holland Hall was a wise decision— as the one school in Tulsa bringing together all they need for ALL they’re becoming.

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estled in a west Tulsa strip mall, Pachac Peruvian Food is a hidden gem destined to become one of the city’s go-tos for cross-cultural fare. The restaurant’s menu is derived from the tradition of chifa, a blend of Peruvian ingredients and cuisine from Cantonese Chinese immigrants who settled along the coast of Peru and its capital city, Lima, in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

One menu standout is the Lomo Saltado ($9.95). Beef is stir-fried with onions, tomatoes, french fries and cilantro, and served with a helping of steamed rice. TP 728 W. 23RD ST. | 918-574-2266 | PACHAC.COM TulsaPeople.com

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JENKS JEWEL NEW GASTROPUB DELIGHTS WITH FRESH FARE AND GREAT SERVICE.

BY NATALIE MIKLES

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Maryn’s Taphouse and Raw Bar opened in Jenks’ Riverwalk Crossing with a sleek bar serving an inspired menu and craft cocktails. The restaurant gets its name from owner Corey Crandall’s daughter.

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orey Crandall was happy serving beer and cocktails, fried green beans and burgers at George’s Pub, a neighborhood bar he owns in Jenks.

George’s had become a favorite spot for a group of commercial real estate agents and developers who brought up the idea about opening a new place, perhaps something more restaurant than bar.

Crandall took his time, fleshing out everything from the concept to the menu to the light fixtures before opening Maryn’s Taphouse and Raw Bar at Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks.

“I’ve traveled a lot and have been to restaurants all over,” Crandall says. “I knew what I wanted: an open-concept type of gastropub.”

That’s exactly what Maryn’s is. For those looking for a cool bar, Maryn’s has a big, sleek bar area serving craft cocktails, wine and 40 beers on tap.

For date nights, there are more intimate tables and shareable entrées like tuna poke or a pepper-crusted ribeye. It’s also a place for families, with a kid’s menu that includes a macaroni and cheese so good you’ll be eating off your child’s plate.

The center of the menu also is the star of Maryn’s: a raw bar featuring oysters on the half shell, ceviche, shrimp cocktail and more.

We visited Maryn’s just a few weeks after it opened, and found great service and food good enough to pass around the table with friends.

Even if you normally skip the appetizers, it’s worth reconsidering at Maryn’s, which has a nice variety. We particularly liked the chorizo-stuffed olives ($8), which had a crisp coating and were served with a tasty dipping sauce. The bacon flight ($12) was a nice change from typical appetizers, and is a must for bacon lovers. Eight slices of thick-cut Greer Farms bacon, out of Pryor, came on a wooden slab. Slices included black-peppered, hickory-smoked, cinnamon-crusted and chocolate-covered.

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Other appetizers and snacks, like Buffalo wings, jalapeño crab cakes, mussels and tamale balls, would be great bar food while having a drink and watching a game on the screens around the bar.

Sandwiches here are little culinary delights, including a stout-braised pork belly with chive vinaigrette and an Asian lager-braised short rib with grilled onions and house mayo. We liked the Maryn’s Burger, which comes with double patties made from both ground beef and ground short rib, served with bacon, Swiss cheese and mayo.

Crandall says one of the most popular things on the menu is the lobster roll ($19). He says lobster is flown in from Maine every two days for this sandwich, which can be served Connecticut-style (warm) or Maine-style (cold).

Maryn’s menu has a variety of entrées, including popular kitchen tacos with prime tenderloin, pico de gallo, radish and cilantro ($14), sesame-seared tuna with lobster and asparagus hash ($25), and mile-high rack of lamb ($30) served with a white bean purée and roasted carrots with mixed berry chutney.

The combination of bar food, like the hamburgers and po’ boys, combined with the lamb, steaks and short ribs gives Maryn’s that gastropub flare.

Among the selections in the raw bar, the crab claw ($16) is especially pretty with whole crab claws, avocado, mango, parsley and lemon served in a chilled glass. But it’s the oysters that are flying out of the kitchen. Crandall says Maryn’s sells 600-1,000 oysters a week.

Maryn’s also has a popular weekend brunch with well-prepared comfort food, like a peppered bacon eggs Benedict or biscuits and gravy and, of course, mimosas with fresh-squeezed orange juice.

A private room, with seating for up to 40, is booked most weekends.

Crandall has plans for a patio and beer garden, to open in the spring, which would seat an additional 80. TP

Maryn’s Taphouse and Raw Bar 3-10 P.M., MONDAY-THURSDAY; 3 P.M.-MIDNIGHT, FRIDAY; 10 A.M.-MIDNIGHT, SATURDAY; 10 A.M.-9 P.M., SUNDAY 400 Riverwalk Terrace, Jenks | 918-946-2796 | marynstaphouse.com

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CHEERS!

A LA CARTE

From time to time, we all get in a lunch rut, ordering the same dishes at the same places. Luckily, Tulsa has had a run of new restaurants with great lunch menus. Here are some of our favorites. — NATALIE MIKLES (PRICES: $: LESS THAN $10 $$: $10-$15 $$$: $16-$25 $$$$: OVER $25)

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AS HALLOWEEN LOOMS, may we recommend the Dark ‘n’ Stormy to toast the eerie affair?

The Dark ‘n’ Stormy’s history is steeped in mystery, hailing from the tumultuous seas surrounding the Bermuda Triangle.

The cocktail is popular in Bermuda, where Goslings rum is made. The dark rum and a splash of ginger beer create the drink’s murky appearance, mimicking “the color of a cloud only a fool or dead man would sail under,” according to legend.

The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Triangle, is said to have claimed dozens of planes and ships that have mysteriously disappeared in the roughly 500,000 miles of sea in the region. Theories range from simple human error to rough waters to UFOs. Despite the purported dangers of the area, it is still one of the busiest trade routes in the world, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

An authentic (and legally trademarked) Dark ‘n’ Stormy is made using Goslings Black Seal 80-proof rum — a rum with spicy notes of clove, orange peel and caramel — that is mixed with Goslings ginger beer. The spicy kick from the ginger beer cuts through the syrupy rum. Think of it as an autumn version of a Moscow Mule.

TO MAKE: Fill a highball glass 2/3 full with ginger beer (Goslings preferred). Add ice.

Fill remaining 1/3 with Goslings Black Seal 80-proof rum. Add lime for garnish.

— ANGELA EVANS

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Cherry Street Kitchen

If you’ve visited this chain, you know it’s more appealing than a typical salad bar. Here, you walk through a serving line and choose ingredients for your salad bowl as servers add and toss them for you. Start with the Salata mix — a combo of romaine hearts, spring mix and purple cabbage — then add all your favorite toppings. Options include everything from pumpkin seeds to falafel, chopped bacon and tofu.

A changing menu and daily specials make this a perfect breakfast and lunch spot. Some lunch favorites include ham and white bean soup, a tuna melt on marbled rye and a grilled salmon salad.

Maybe the unexpected best thing on the menu is the burger. If you can catch the New Mex burger special, get it. It comes with avocado, jack cheese, sriracha and salsa verde on a brioche bun. Don’t leave without dessert, especially the oatmeal-cherry cookies.

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The Border Bar and Grill

If everyone’s hungry for Mexican food, the Border Bar and Grill is a new choice on the south Tulsa restaurant scene. Split the carne asada and a taco salad. If you’re in the mood for Tex-Mex style tacos, you’ll love the crispy tacos with chicken or spicy ground beef.

Grilled cheese is a lunchtime favorite, and at the Meltdown Diner, it’s a menu staple. It’s a short drive from downtown to this west Tulsa restaurant specializing in fall’s favorite comfort food. Try a variety of grilled cheese sandwiches, from jalapeño popper-style to the portobello mushroom melt with butter-maple sauce and mozzarella cheese on sourdough.

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Merritt’s Bakery 3202 E. 15th St., 918-747-2301 4930 W. Kenosha St., Broken Arrow, 918-250-1607 2832 E. 101st St., 918-296-9000 merrittsbakery.com

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BAKERY The TulsaPeople’s annual A-List Readers’ Choice Awards named these sweet spots Tulsa’s favorite bakeries.

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Pancho Anaya 2420 E. Admiral Blvd., 918-561-6735 11685 E. 21st St., | 918-234-3000 40 S. Garnett Road, 918-439-1010 panchoanaya.com

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WHAT’S COOKING? The buzz on Tulsa’s tastiest products, restaurants and events

The ONLY Professor Paws Program in the Country.

BY NATALIE MIKLES

BECAUSE THERE’S ONLY ONE

PetsWell Pantry founder Lien Alsup with Rocco and Mr. Pierce.

Niko The nation’s only full-time service dog who educates Physical and Occupational Therapy students on how service dogs can help patients.

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ien Alsup was struck by the difference in what she fed herself and what she fed her dog. She was cooking fresh, healthy food for herself and giving her dog kibble. She thought Rocco, her rescue Chihuahua, deserved better, especially after she researched the ingredients in store-bought dog food.

It has been nine years since she began making food for Rocco and now another dog, Mr. Pierce. Just over a year ago, she started PetsWell Pantry, an organic pet food company. “We use only real, human-grade food,” Alsup says.

“Our pet food is food people can eat, too. We just have to add some salt, pepper and sriracha.”

Alsup worked with veterinarians to create recipes she makes at Kitchen 66, a Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation program providing kitchen space and support for Oklahoma food entrepreneurs.

“Animals absolutely love it,” she says. “They have a nose for freshness. When they hear the refrigerator door open, they know it’s coming.”

And it’s no wonder, with ingredients like chicken, turkey, grass-fed beef, organic veggies, super foods — including kale, zucchini and carrots — and organic carbs such as sweet potatoes, brown rice and quinoa. Alsup also includes coconut oil or olive oil.

PetsWell Pantry food can be found at Kitchen 66, 907 S. Detroit Ave., and also is available through its popular pet food truck. Many customers opt for PetsWell’s subscription meal delivery service. Think Blue Apron for pets, with bi-weekly or monthly delivery to your front step.

Alsup says the fresh, organic pet food concept is new but catching on in the Midwest. She has customers who use PetsWell for all their pets’ meals, but others supplement their dry dog food with a little fresh each day.

PetsWell also has popsicles for pups, as well as cat and dog treats. The dog treats, Roc-Star Treats, are named after the puppy who started it all, Rocco.

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f you’re a fan of Farrell Family Bread, you might have met manager Rick Miller at the bakery, 8034 S. Yale Ave., or at the Cherry Street Farmers’ Market, where customers stand in line for focaccia, sourdough and whatever else he has made.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH FARRELL AND WHAT LED YOU THERE? I’m starting my 13th year here. I had been back in Tulsa after working in D.C. for about five years. I had worked in an artisan bread bakery in D.C., as well, and Tom (Farrell, founder) was needing help at the same time. It just worked out.

MELTING POT: COURTESY

WHAT TIME DO YOU START YOUR DAY AND WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU DO WHEN YOU GET TO WORK? I get up about 2:45 a.m., watch the early news, have a cup or two of tea and get to the bakery between 4:30 and 5 a.m. I look at the wholesale orders that are going out or have just gone out and make sure we have the right amounts of everything that was ordered.

WHAT’S THE TOP-SELLING BREAD AT FARRELL? It’s a toss-up between sourdough and Tuscan. Challah is a big seller, too.

HAVE YOU EVER MADE A BREAD THAT WASN’T A HIT WITH CUSTOMERS? We used to make a whole spelt bread.

I loved it; it just didn’t sell well. It had a nice natural, nutty flavor.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE BREAD AT FARRELL? I bring home sourdough, rustic baguette and, when we have it, brioche. We mainly only make brioche for special orders for restaurants, but sometimes I’ll add an extra or two to the mix.

WHERE DO YOU GO OUT TO EAT WHEN YOU DON’T WANT TO COOK? I have a few favorite places: SMOKE. on Cherry Street, Juniper, Tavolo. I really love Roppongi and Laffa. I’ve had great meals at the Tavern and the Palace Cafe.

IF YOU COULD INVITE ANYONE FOR DINNER, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHAT WOULD YOU COOK? Aside from grandparents who aren’t around anymore, I think Jacques Pepin. The man has so much talent and experience, and I love his paintings. I would love to cook another porchetta (pork belly encased in a pork loin and roasted) with polenta like I did for friends last summer.

WHAT PERSON HAS HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON YOUR CULINARY CAREER? As a kid, the only cooking show on TV was “The French Chef ” with Julia (Child) and, later, “Galloping Gourmet.” I watched them every time they were on. My mom said I was weird when they were making octopus, and as a 10-yearold kid in the middle of Oklahoma I said, “Man, I’d love to try that.”

When I worked for James Shrader in the late ’90s at Finales downtown, he was a big influence.

He is a very good teaching chef if someone shows the desire and drive to learn. TP

The Melting Pot is partnering with local coffee roaster Cirque Coffee.

Cirque Coffee, a craft coffee shop in the Pearl District, is owned by Tulsans John Pierce, Garrett O’Dell and Austin Fogt and features coffee imported from Ethiopia, Kenya, Guatemala and Columbia.

The coffee is available by the cup or tableside French press at the Melting Pot. It’s a nice ending to a meal of cheese and chocolate fondue. A cup of coffee is $2.95, or a tableside French press for two is $8.95.

The Melting Pot is located at the Riverwalk Crossing in Jenks. Cirque Coffee is located at 1317 E. Sixth St.

WINE LIST HONORS Three Tulsa restaurants were named in Wine Spectator’s 2017 Restaurant Awards for the best wine selections.

Making the list were Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, 1976 Utica Square; Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square; and Ruth’s Chris Steak House, 8330 Riverside Parkway. Polo Grill received the Best of Award of Excellence. Fleming’s and Ruth’s Chris earned Awards of Excellence.

More than 3,500 restaurants are recognized nationwide by Wine Spectator. TP TulsaPeople.com

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Kidjo’s career began in the West African country of Benin. When a communist takeover threatened her artistic expression, she fled to France, and later, New York City. Twelve albums later, she has sold out Carnegie Hall, topped the Billboard charts and collaborated with Alicia Keys, Bono and Philip Glass.

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cacophony of squawks and a riot of tropical color greet every visitor at Lisa Moser’s Owasso home. A true friend to the feathered, Moser and a sympathetic volunteer crew of avian activists have taken in countless parrots in need from across the U.S. Through her nonprofit, Soft Landings Parrot Rescue Inc., Moser has matched over 30 displaced birds with loving humans, while fostering an additional 60 or so at any given time in her own house.

What started out as a single rescue has turned into an all-out family mission, with Moser, her husband and her kids sharing their lives with an ever-expanding flock of flying friends.

“My husband and children are a huge part of this mission, and without their help and support I could not do what I do to the scale that we do it,” Moser says. “We have given up a lot of things to do this, but we have also gained things.” TP SEE P. 32 FOR MORE ON SOFT LANDINGS PARROT RESCUE.

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NOTEBOOK

BY MORGA N PHILLIP S

TULSANS HELP ERADICATE RABIES Representatives from the Tulsa-based company Brief Media recently returned from a successful rabies vaccination drive in Malawi, Africa, in partnership with Mission Rabies, an international agency working to eliminate the disease by 2030.

Brief Media is a provider of educational information and point-of-care tools for small-animal veterinary practitioners.

In Malawi, pet owners either brought their dogs to volunteer-run clinics to be vaccinated, or volunteers provided vaccinations door-to-door. Using the Mission Rabies app, they also recorded data to create a helpful database about vaccinated dogs.

Service dog teaches college Niko earned his “dogtorate” degree at OUTulsa’s official graduation ceremony May 9.

BY THE NUMBERS

OU-Tulsa’s full-time faculty member Niko is known as “Professor Paws.”

Mary Isaacson, head of the college’s occupational therapy department, trained Niko, a yellow lab, to become a certified service dog. Now he helps her teach OT students how service dogs can assist their future patients with everyday tasks, from opening the refrigerator to turning on lights.

“Occupational therapists help people do things they want and need to do,” Isaacson says. “Through training a service dog, I saw that this was another potential tool for patients.”

Niko educates 300 OU-Tulsa students annually, as well as health care professionals, school children and others in the community, about service dogs’ abilities.

Issacson says her students love having Professor Paws on campus. “You can lecture, but when Niko does the demonstration, it’s an ‘aha’ moment,” she says.

• 10 volunteers and two Brief Media

• 2 Mission Rabies vaccine drives spanned a total of 4 weeks.

For more about OU-Tulsa’s service dog education, visit professorpaws.org.

• 34,078 dogs were vaccinated.

• 137,635 children in 53 schools were educated about rabies.

• 3,086 teachers attended lessons about rabies.

• Rabies annually kills approximately

59,000 people around the world, according to Mission Rabies. Most of these are children under age 15.

• 99 percent of human cases are caused by dog bites.

• Mission Rabies aims to save human and animal lives by vaccinating at least 70 percent of the canine population in rabies-endemic areas.

Voices of Oklahoma “One little lady ... used to say, ‘We thought you were so rich when you were sending the kids to church in a cab every Sunday morning.’ I said, ‘We weren’t rich. I had to work, and that’s the only way we could get them there.’ Because we weren’t rich, we were just working.”

MAXINE KELAMIS, former owner of the Savoy Restaurant at 6033 S. Sheridan Road. Maxine managed the restaurant with her husband, Tommy, and later their son, Bill, until her retirement.

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5 countries: India, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda.

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“Voices of Oklahoma” is an oral history project supported by the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the University of Tulsa. John Erling founded the project in 2009.

MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS WEEK NAMI Tulsa, a chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will present various community events during Mental Illness Awareness Week, Sept. 30-Oct. 6, including: Oct. 1, 6 p.m.

Candlelight vigil at the Bernsen Building, 700 S. Boston Ave. Oct. 2, 11:30 a.m.

Free lunch at NAMI Tulsa’s office, 708 S. Boston Ave. Oct. 6, 6-9 p.m.

The “Lucy booth” visits Guthrie Green, 111 E. M. B. Brady St., for the First Friday Art Crawl. NAMI Tulsa will hand out educational materials at the booth, which is a replica of Lucy’s psychiatry booth from the “Peanuts” comic. Works by local artists with mental illness also will be on display with art sales benefiting NAMI Tulsa.

VOICES AND NIKO: COURTESY; BRIEF MEDIA: JESSIE FOLEY

staffers traveled to Malawi to participate in the drive.

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BIZ WHIZ

M. Teresa Valero with Emily Steward and Hannah Hudspeth, students in the Third Floor Design program at the University of Tulsa. 108 Contemporary is one of the studentrun design agency’s biggest clients.

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TU’s student-run design agency marks 25 years.

NAME: Kit Ferguson AGE: 16 KNOWN FOR: Winning the Colorado Horse Park CCI-one star in eventing in June. Eventing, which encompasses dressage, cross-country and show jumping, is the triathlon of the equestrian world and is one of three Olympic equestrian disciplines. Ferguson won by over 40 points as a junior equestrian rider against adult professionals. The Holland Hall junior received $2,200 and qualified for a place on the North American Junior and Young Rider Competition Team — the equivalent of the Junior Olympics in equestrian sports.

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new graphic design students are accepted into the program each semester, and students continue the course through their senior year.

“At the heart of Third Floor is that we are getting designers ready for the world and giving them the opportunity to care about their community and a specific organization,” says Valero, the program’s creative director.

Since she co-founded Third Floor with Stephen Sumner, former director of the School of Art, 135 students have gone through the program with 100 percent job placement.

Third Floor alumnus Can Misirlioglu received not one, but two job offers before graduating from TU in 2001. Now he is the group creative director for Studio 6, a creative content studio within the Havas advertising agency. He oversees 45 people in his New York City office.

“Third Floor Design had the potential to be just an idea,” Misirlioglu says. “But the way Teresa runs it and how passionate she is makes it a privilege for anyone who experiences it.” TP

On her horse: Yoshi is a 19-year-old Holsteiner Thoroughbred cross. She had been cast off because of her age and was headed to a kids’ camp to be a trail horse. (Competition horses are in their prime between 9 and 12 years old.) Although I was going to buy another horse who had just won a national championship, once I rode her, I fell in love with her.

On getting back in the saddle after surgery in May 2016: I had a herniated disc in my lower back. I had to take off riding for an entire year because the pain was so bad. At 14, I had surgery and my pain was gone. I got back on Yoshi in September 2016.

We started showing in January 2017.

On her favorite competitions: I love speed, and in eventing you combine speed with jumping, which I also love. In dressage you really have to be in sync with your horse. You work as one to get through the routine. You have to work really hard at dressage, and when it comes together, it’s a great feeling. — MEAGAN COLLINS

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Teresa Valero, director of the University of Tulsa School of Art and the TU advertising program, could have taught the next generation of graphic designers solely between the four walls of a classroom.

Instead, she developed Third Floor Design, a student-run graphic design agency to give promising college juniors and seniors real-world experience.

As a result, Valero’s Third Floor students have provided nearly $1 million worth of pro bono design services to more than 200 Tulsa-area nonprofits since 1992.

Third Floor, an invitation-only course in TU’s Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, operates just like a real-life design firm. Once chosen through an application process, nonprofit clients visit Third Floor to communicate their needs — ranging from a piece of marketing collateral to a total rebrand — and students get to work on several concepts. The client chooses their favorite approach and Third Floor delivers, ultimately presenting the finished project to the client. Five

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TULSA TAILS Lisa Moser also houses parakeets, macaws, Amazons, Cockatoos, Cockatiels and love birds.

BIRDS-EYE VIEW

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Dog with disabilities receives life-changing treatment.

BY BRIA BOLTON MOORE

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y the time Pam Spess walked through the doors of Animal Acupuncture in Tulsa, three veterinarians had recommended she euthanize her puppy, Remy. A brain defect meant the 7-week-old miniature Australian Shepherd couldn’t see, sit or hold up her head.

“Do you think there’s any hope?” Spess asked Dr. Heather Owen, veterinarian and owner of the practice.

“There’s always hope, and we’ll never know if we don’t try,” Owen said.

Spess agreed to six weeks of acupuncture and rehabilitation for Remy. At the end of that trial period, the pup was sitting, eating out of a bowl and standing for short periods of time.

More than a year later, Spess says Remy is an excitable dog that can walk and run. Owen says she is about “75 percent normal.” Remy spends around 20 hours a week at Animal Acupuncture for “daycare” and treatment like acupuncture and exercise on a water treadmill.

Owen jokes that Remy has become a therapy dog for her clients. “We don’t see ‘easy’ patients,” she says. “We deal with the 25 percent that don’t respond to Western medicine. When our families come in, they’re here because their vet recommended euthanasia. They feel hopeless.

“When they see Remy, their eyes sparkle, they ask her story and they start to believe their dog can be healed.”

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Remy’s owners, Pam Spess and Todd Irwin

Remy’s recovery prompted Owen to write a research paper to help veterinarians around the world care for “swimmer puppies” like Remy — puppies who, unable to stand, lie on their bellies with their legs out to the sides. Owen says most swimmer puppies, whose brain defect also can affect vision and hearing, are euthanized at an early age.

Seeing Remy’s progress, Spess is grateful she didn’t make that choice. “I think everybody deserves a chance,” she says. TP

“HE’S FLIRTING WITH YOU,” Lisa Moser assures me on a recent visit to her home.

The signs were there: the puffed-out chest, the slight cock of the head and the seductive sideways glances. But the gentle nips on my forearm and the constant circling threw me off.

Moser’s house is filled with parrots — everything from African Greys, like my flirtatious friend — to tiny parakeets and imposing macaws. When not working nights as a nurse, Moser spends significant time rescuing parrots, caring for those she has saved and finding new homes for these birds. Her husband, Chad, and their six kids support her mission, whether it requires them to drive cross-country to fetch an abandoned pair of cockatoos, fill water bowls or clean cages.

“This is a complete family endeavor,” Moser laughs over a din of squawks and the flapping of wings.

The birds are messy and extremely intelligent. Some can live 75 years or longer.

Moser says many owners don’t understand that when they bring one home. The result is countless abandoned or mistreated animals.

For Moser, the key is education. “Parrots aren’t domesticated,” she says. “We’ve brought the wild into our home. Often what gets labeled as a behavioral issue is a natural behavior.

“We have to understand that they are what they are, and to think outof-the-box in order to accommodate them so they can have an enriched life.”

— JULIE WENGER WATSON For more information, visit softlandingsparrotrescue.org.

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PETS AT WORK

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Parkside therapist Peggy Kelley’s “tools of the trade” include a guinea pig and a bearded dragon.

Ivy League’s

Hospital uses animals to reach patients.

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icensed Professional Counselor Peggy Kelley has created a reputable program at Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic that uses animals — from dogs to crabs to a bearded dragon — to help patients dealing with conditions such as anxiety and panic attacks.

Kelley cares for the animals, who live on site.

Although she doesn’t have any veterinary training, she discovered the benefits of animal therapy as an outpatient therapist working with foster children.

“I realized that many of the patients were hurting animals or killing them,” Kelley explains. “I grew up with animals all my life. I thought they just did not know how to be around animals.” She did some research, started with a rabbit and a guinea pig, and saw positive results. That was 32 years ago.

Just like people, different pets connect with different patients, Kelley says. Younger patients love to play with the red-eared slider and box turtles, while patients on the autism spectrum often gravitate toward the fiddler and hermit crabs.

Patients battling depression love the program’s dogs and guinea pigs — and patients with anxiety love the bunnies in particular. Interestingly, the most obscure animals seem to reach the most difficult patients.

“I’ve used California snails before — that’s what they use for escargot,” Kelley says. “We raced them, and they were surprisingly fast. The kids I was treating became obsessed with them and it

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was like, for once, they got to be kids again.” The snails helped patients who felt rejected connect to their feelings while Kelley facilitated discussion around what makes those animals uniquely beautiful and special.

Soon, Parkside’s pet therapy and other therapeutic services will expand into a new clinic — a project that broke ground in July — ensuring the animals will continue to help patients make strides in treatment. But patients aren’t the only ones who benefit.

“I’ve noticed that when I have the pets with me,” Kelley says, “they help me get closer, emotionally and mentally, to my patients. I can relate more, and it helps me pick up things that change my approach all the time.” TP

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n honors graduate of Metro Christian Academy — where he was named District Lineman of the Year, among many honors — Bewley Wales of Tulsa just entered his senior season at Columbia University in New York City. This will mark the fourth consecutive year in which he has played a different position. He also was voted team captain by his teammates.

Wales has no problem staying busy in the Big Apple. Along with football, the political science major serves as president of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Though he isn’t sure what the future holds, Wales says he would like to stay in New York for a few years after graduation and work in the city.

The son of Rich and Sally Wales of Tulsa, he shares a special bond with his father. Rich played football at the University of Tulsa, where he started at linebacker for three years.

“His experience helped me understand some of the opportunities and lessons that playing college football can provide,” Wales says.

“We talk about football all the time.

He’s definitely one of Columbia’s biggest fans now.” — DOUG EATON

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CALL ME EMILY

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have come to the conclusion that Oklahoma is Emily Brontë country.

Not Charlotte Brontë, who wrote “Jane Eyre,” a novel of redemptive love and kindness.

No, I mean Emily Brontë, the sister who wrote “Wuthering Heights,” which is not, as we like to think of it, a romantic novel of a powerful love.

It’s a story of anger, jealousy and revenge in the Yorkshire moors, where both the people and the countryside are fierce and harsh.

The title gives it away. “Wuthering” means a climate that is wild, windy and stormy. Hello, Oklahoma.

Emily is my favorite of the Brontë sisters.

Charlotte longed to be sociable and pretty. Emily didn’t give a damn, and she wrote in a style that — for her time — was close to that language. She was reclusive, disagreeable and immovably obstinate.

She once wrote an essay in defense of cats saying that their bad qualities of hypocrisy, cruelty and ingratitude made them closely resemble humans.

All of the Brontë sisters wrote in rebellion.

Charlotte’s strong protagonist Jane Eyre railed against unjustness for Victorian women. She had her character say that if we are kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it their own way. No, she said,

when we are struck without reason, we should strike back again forcefully.

“Jane Eyre” was published in 1847 and became an influential sensation the following revolutionary year in England. Queen Victoria stayed up late reading it to Prince Albert. Florence Nightingale read it and decided to find a “necessary occupation.”

The workers who had not benefited from the wealth of the Industrial Revolution marched in the streets protesting the political establishment and aristocrats.

If Charlotte’s book is about a young woman demanding dignity and independence, Emily’s book — also published in 1847 — is a howl of fury, but it also is a portrayal of evil wrapped in the character Heathcliff. He is a man consumed by anger, vengeance and self-righteousness. He does not try to build up the society around him — he destroys. At one point he cries out, “I have no pity. The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails.”

Which brings me back to Oklahoma, my home state, where sometimes we seem as primitive as Emily’s wuthering moors — preoccupied with sex and religion and dedicated to a state budget that lets the worms writhe.

What makes us a great nation is that we are a nation always in revolution. We revolt against

injustices like child labor and demand civil rights, women’s suffrage and gay rights. We advocate for the poor, the weak and the persecuted — unless, of course, they’re in our own backyard.

I am assured that we have politicians working hard for the greater good, but it’s the others that turn me into Emily Brontë. What can I, personally, do to protest them? Can I dump tea in the Arkansas River? Can I set up a mock guillotine on Guthrie Green?

How can I revolt against a legislator who wants to sic the immigration authorities on children who don’t speak English or who, while advocating the ban of abortions, suggests rape might be an act of God? I could write them a letter of protest, but what do they care? I’m not in their districts; I can’t vote for them. I can boycott their districts, but so what? I don’t shop there anyway.

We squeaked through this year, but 2016 was the second-hottest summer on record. Some of us brace ourselves for more heat records to come.

Can I channel that heat and Emily’s ferocious spirit? Can I write a Brontë book of local revolution? A book that says to the lesser legislators, “Tame your mean souls and still the winds howling over wuthering Oklahoma before it falls down around us.” TP TulsaPeople.com

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BY CONNIE CRONLEY

Special Congratulations to Distinguished PR Professionals The Public Relations Society of America Tulsa Chapter recognizes a special group of leaders in the field of public relations. All share the distinction and honor of being named an APRcredentialed member or a College of Fellows inductee. Each has achieved significant milestones through his or her career. Above all, each adheres to the PRSA Code of Ethics as the keystone for which they perform the profession. These professionals work across the region and directly influence how businesses, nonprofits and government entities communicate to the world – building and protecting the reputations of the organizations they represent.

The Tulsa Chapter of PRSA is recognizing its newest members of the College of Fellows, Lauren Brookey and Melissa Clark, as well as its seven other members in this distinguished group.

COLLEGE OF FELLOWS

Dana Birkes Fellow 2011

Lauren Brookey Fellow 2015

Melissa Clark Fellow 2016

Chuck Schnake* Graham Sudbury Fellow 1990 Fellow 1991

Stafford Davis* Fellow 1990

Steve Turnbo Fellow 2002

Chirs Payne Fellow 2014

Ed Wheeler Fellow 1992

The Tulsa Chapter has 44 accredited members, one of the largest percentage of accredited members in the county. The Accreditation in Public Relations is the only national postgraduate certification program for the public relations profession. *Deceased

PRSA ACCREDITED MEMBERS

Rachel Anderson APR 2012

Ashley Antle APR 2010

Ellen Averill APR 2014

Charlene Bassett Carissa Bratschun APR 1976 APR 2016

Michelle Brooks APR 2015

LouAnn Buhlinger APR 2015

Nicole Burgin APR 2017

Jeremy Burton APR 2003

Tim Colwell APR 1986

Sheila Curley APR 2003

Kelly Dunkerley APR 2014

Leah Harper APR 2012

Ginny Hensley APR 2012

Erin Holland APR 2015

Shelli Holland-Handy

APR 2014

Tiffini Jackson APR 2015

Cheryl Kane APR 2015

Tracy Kennedy APR 1998

Missy Kruse APR 1997

Joy McGill APR 2009

Beverly Moore APR 2015

Callie Jo Morey APR 2017

Nicole Morgan APR 2010

Karen Mulkey APR 2008

Amanda Murphy Nicole Nascenzi APR 2013 APR 2017

Bonnie Rucker APR 2013

Amber Remke APR 2007

Kari Shults APR 2013

Sam Sims APR 2005

Rachel Smith APR 2015

Kristen Turley APR 2005

Danielle Walker APR 2008

Barrett Waller APR 2000

Kristin Ware APR 2007

Katie Williams APR 2013

Lynn Staggs APR 2014

Brent Ortolani APR 1997

Rainey Talbot APR 2017

Tulsa Chapter

Light the night TULSA’S SKYLINE IS ONE-OF-A-KIND. At night, the illumination not only highlights the worldfamous Art Deco buildings, but also celebrates the city today.

BY ANNE BROCKMAN

1. Transok Building The exterior was dark for 20 years before Stuart Price of Price Family Properties invested in the property in 2013 and lit up not only the 1929 structure, but also other Price properties. LED lights allow for a brighter, more efficient illumination, and more are to come.

“All the property owners are very proud of how illumination adds to the skyline,” he says. Lights are just part of the metamorphosis of downtown, according to Price, whose 13-building portfolio has seen exterior improvements such as lights, flowerbeds and alleyway safety precautions.

Along with illuminating his downtown properties, Price has committed to flying the American flag. As of press time, Old Glory flies at six Price buildings, with more on the way.

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2. First Place Tower One of Tulsa’s tallest buildings is illuminat-

ed year-round, but different lighting effects can be programmed for national holidays, meaningful causes and events. “Often, we will coordinate with the lighting on the Empire State Building, especially in the event of a national or international tragedy that allows us to show support from Tulsa,” says Pierce Norton, president and CEO of ONEGas, which is headquartered in the building.

“As the leader of a natural gas distribution company, I’m partial to our blue motion lights that reflect a burning natural gas flame. I’m also a fan of the American flag sequence, as I’m grateful for any chance we get to support our service men and women.”

3. 320 S. Boston Building BAM Properties reintroduced colored lights to the exterior of this historic building in celebration of the structure’s centennial. “It was a way to honor the history of the building in a small way that is meaningful to Tulsans,” says BAM Properties’ developer Chris Bumgarner. In 1967, the building’s cupola became a weather beacon, with colored lights communicating the forecast to Tulsans. Illumination used a tremendous amount of energy at the time, and the economic effects of the 1973 OPEC embargo forced the building’s lights off for years. Today the lights can be remotely controlled via an iPhone, Bumgarner says.

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4. Kennedy Building Although the 10-story building itself isn’t illuminated in any special way, Bumgarner says lights atop the roof illuminate other structures, like the Mid-Continent Tower.

6. Tulsa Performing Arts Center Exterior lighting is coordinated with performances, holidays and special events, like June’s rainbow effect for Pride festivities, according to PAC Marketing Director Adam Foreman.

“We delight in adding to the illuminating atmosphere of nightlife in Tulsa,” he says. “Our building is expertly lit up by our theater technicians. Overall, the ability to give the patrons something just a little extra as they leave the theater is a pure pleasure for us.”

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5. Adams Hotel Built in 1928, this terra cotta-veneered building recently came into the Price Family Properties portfolio. By the end of October, the structure will be illuminated by flood lights at night.

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MOISES

Echeverria A QUIET STUDENT TURNED VOCAL ADVOCATE NOW LEADS AN ORGANIZATION THAT STANDS AGAINST BIAS, BIGOTRY AND RACISM.

BY RACHEL WEAVER SMITH

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or 17-year-old Moises Echeverria, Camp Anytown was a transformative experience because it became his life. It began when his high school counselor invited the quiet student to attend the leadership and diversity program facilitated by the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice (OCCJ).

This marked the start of Echeverria’s 15-year relationship with the organization. After Camp Anytown, he became highly involved with OCCJ and with school clubs.

He was asked to be a student representative on the OCCJ board and became a six-year volunteer counselor for Anytown.

Following graduation from Oklahoma State University, he found himself requesting time off work to volunteer for OCCJ. He expressed his interest in working for the organization and was hired as a program coordinator. Now Echeverria serves as president and CEO, a role he assumed in November 2016.

Echeverria has never been a stranger to new challenges like this one. It is a pattern that began when his family immigrated to the Tulsa area from Monterrey, Mexico. He was a 13-year-old middle school student who could not speak English as he navigated a new culture.

if I was not part of it, many individuals’ actions negated these messages. The compassion they showed me made me feel that I had worth. It really transformed my life. It made me realize the collective impact that small, simple acts of kindness can have on someone’s life.

WHAT ARE YOUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR OCCJ? In a time of increased polarization, our top priority is to be clear advocates for compromise and collaboration. Our mission of respect and understanding for all people cannot be accomplished by shunning those with whom we disagree on one or multiple issues. We cannot let people on the extremes continue to divide us. Advocating for understanding the common ground we share might not be a popular stance, but it is needed now more than ever if we are to move our state forward and leave a positive legacy for generations to come. We are committed to building strong coalitions that understand the importance of building a culture where diverse voices feel welcomed and part of the community conversation.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE MOVING TO OKLAHOMA. In 1998, my family immigrated to Bixby as my parents saw the conflict, corruption and economic concerns that continue to plague Mexico.

Following middle school, my family moved to east Tulsa, where I began high school at East Central. These years were important as I was not only continuing to learn English, but also adapting to a new culture and way of life. I have wonderful memories of the many kind, empathetic teachers and individuals who cared for me and saw me not as an immigrant child, but as someone with potential. I am forever indebted to them for the compassion they showed and for motivating me to do my best.

HOW ARE YOU MAKING THESE PRIORITIES HAPPEN? Our programs are structured to allow meaningful personal relationships to develop. Numbers, research and data are critical, but even the most compelling data cannot change the mind and heart of someone who has already made up their mind about an issue. It’s our experience that only meaningful relationships that challenge our preconceived notions can. Our board of directors serves as the prime example of bringing diverse voices to the table for learning, understanding and community building.

As we expand our school and community programs, we aim to challenge the biases and prejudices individuals hold. By doing so, we can open minds and hearts to appreciate the diversity of our state. When we actively work to ensure all Oklahomans have the resources they need to be successful, our state will thrive.

HOW DID THE COMPASSION YOU WERE SHOWN IMPACT YOU TO BECOME THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY? In a time where messages from peers, adults and some elected officials resonated with undertones of me not belonging, being an outsider and that the community would be better

WHERE DO YOU SEE OCCJ HEADED IN THE FUTURE? We are working hard to become a statewide organization.

Our expansion in the central region of the state continues as we build relationships with the community. We have a full-time regional coordinator based in downtown

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Oklahoma City and an active advisory committee comprised of business, education and community leaders in the area. Once our programs are established in the central region we plan to continue our expansion to the rest of the state, so our important mission of achieving respect and understanding for all people can reach all Oklahomans.

HOW ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY? My spouse will be the first to attest to my passion for being involved and giving back to the community that has given so much to me. I love the poem “I Am Only One” by Edward Everett Hale. It highlights the importance of our contributions to create collective change, even if we only play a small part in the process. I am passionate about education and serve on the community advisory committee for (TPS Superintendent) Deborah Gist, on the board of Tulsa Honor Academy, a college preparatory school in east Tulsa, and on the Commission for the Tulsa City-County Library. I am also on the board of Community Health Connection, an organization committed to providing quality health services to underserved communities. Additionally, I serve on the Oklahoma Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. I am very excited to also serve as chair-elect for TYPros, one of the largest young professional organizations in the nation with the purpose of building the next generation of leaders, highlighting Tulsa’s sense of place, and attracting and retaining young talent to our region.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I don’t have much spare time now, but I like to run, cycle and swim as a way to stay active. I enjoy training for and competing in races, whether it’s the Tulsa Run or a local triathlon. I am the proud parent of a cat and two dogs, who love each other. As a way to stay grounded, I spend time with family and attend church.

WHAT WOULD PEOPLE BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? I love music. I used to play the piano and organ for church. I also love to sing. I sang with the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus one year and enjoyed every moment of it. Once my schedule frees up, I plan to start singing in a choir again.

Music is a wonderful tool to bring people together. TP

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things you can do to stand together, courtesy of OCCJ

1. Speak up and challenge bigotry whenever you see it.

Oct. 17 59TH ANNUAL OCCJ AWARDS DINNER 6 p.m., reception; 7 p.m., dinner and program.

University of Tulsa Reynolds Center, 3208 E. Eighth St. Honoring Judy Kishner and the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation. $300, tickets; $3,000-$25,000, sponsorships. Visit occjok.org.

2. Talk with your neighbor or someone in your neighborhood you don’t know about why diversity and inclusion is important to all of us.

3. Analyze the diversity within your neighborhood, workplace, local school or house of worship and initiate conversations about where and why there might be a lack of inclusion.

4. Read books that help you to learn about the experiences and perspectives of people from different backgrounds — especially those whose voices are often left out of community conversations.

5. Learn about our community’s complex history — including the difficult parts — and consider the residue of that history on the present day.

6. Write a letter to the editor expressing why you value diversity, equity and inclusion in your community.

7. Contact your elected officials to make sure they know your views, especially about policies that could disproportionately hurt members of marginalized groups.

8. Attend community events that expand your understanding and perspective.

9. Volunteer with organizations that focus on making our communities more equitable and inclusive.

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10. Donate to organizations and causes that promote respect, understanding and justice.

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Bill Thomas

David O. Hogan

Seven named to Tulsa Hall of Fame.

BY JAMIE RICHERT JONES

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his month the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum will recognize its 2017 Hall of Fame inductees at a black-tie dinner and induction ceremony. Since the inaugural event in 1987, 184 Tulsans have been named to this distinguished group.

“The Tulsa Hall of Fame members are selected based on their exemplary dedication to their professional, civic and philanthropic endeavors,” says Michelle Place, THS executive director. “These inductees have made Tulsa a better community for all of us.”

David O. Hogan

Born in Vinita, Hogan is a native Oklahoman. The University of Central Oklahoma graduate worked for Arthur Andersen and Co. in its Oklahoma City office before transferring to Tulsa in 1977. In 1981, David started a CPA firm that became Hogan and Slovacek with offices in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The firm merged with another Tulsa-based firm in 2009, becoming HoganTaylor LLP. The firm now has offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansas. David continues to be associated with the firm as a senior advisor. He also is a former chairman of the Oklahoma Society of CPAs. Hogan, along with longtime partner June Patton, has tirelessly supported many Tulsa causes. They have served as event chairs for Saint Simeon’s Western Days, the Tulsa YWCA’s Wine, Women and Shoes, and Youth Services of Tulsa’s Blank Canvas.

Hogan has served on advisory councils for the Tulsa Ballet and Resonance, and has supported numerous

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local charities, including Child Abuse Network, Gatesway Foundation, Tulsa Area United Way, Lindsey House, Susan G. Komen and the Parent Child Center of Tulsa.

Currently, he is the chairman of the One Awards Commission, a program of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits.

“Being a 2017 Tulsa Historical Society Hall of Fame inductee is a very special honor, and I am very humbled by the recognition,” Hogan says.

Sally and Tom Hughes

The roots of their family business run deep for Tom and Sally Hughes. Tom’s grandfather opened a hardware store in Cushing in 1901, which evolved into the first Hughes lumberyard in 1923.

Tom joined the business in 1957. Today he is chairman of Hughes Lumber Co., which operates building supply centers in eight Oklahoma towns.

Both born and raised in Oklahoma, he and Sally married in 1961 and moved to Tulsa in 1970. “Tulsa has been an ideal city to raise our family, to headquarter our family business, to develop friends and to be involved in the community,” Sally Hughes says. “Tom and I are honored to be among those who have preceded us in this recognition.”

Along with a successful business, both Tom and Sally have held numerous local leadership roles.

Tom has served as chairman of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, as a member of the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission, and as president of the board of trustees of Holland Hall. He is a former chairman of

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the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Tulsa.

At Philbrook Museum of Art, Sally formerly served on the board of trustees and as a docent. She has worked on various committees supporting Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa Opera and the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. For 15 years, she has mentored Tulsa students at Emerson Elementary School and the now-closed Alcott Elementary School.

Bonnie Klein

Some of Tulsa’s natural and cultural beauty is owed in part to Klein and her late husband, Joe. They moved to Tulsa in 1970 with their four children and instantly knew this was home. “I love Tulsa so much, I’ve never wanted to live anywhere else,” Klein says.

For almost five decades, the Kleins have channeled their love of fine arts and horticulture to enhance the community. Longtime supporters of Up With Trees, they donated 50 trees and a bronze sculpture to commemorate their 50th wedding anniversary. They also were instrumental in purchasing the downtown location for the Up With Trees building, which is named in their honor.

Bonnie is a Philbrook Museum of Art board member and a member of the patrons’ council at Gilcrease Museum. She is a longtime patron of Tulsa Ballet, Tulsa Opera and the Tulsa Botanic Garden.

“I have been fortunate to be able to help make Tulsa a better place for all of us to live,” she says. “This reward compliments me for doing what I’ve enjoyed. I’m so honored to accept it; I’m thrilled to death.”

Dayal T. Meshri, Ph. D.

Bob Thomas

Tom Hughes

Dayal T. Meshri, Ph. D.

Meshri’s successes in business and academia are the embodiment of the American dream.

Born in British India in 1936, he moved to the U.S. in 1962 to attend Notre Dame, the University of Idaho and Cornell.

In 1987, Meshri founded Advance Research Chemicals Inc. (ARC) with three employees at a warehouse at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa.

Today, ARC is one of the world’s largest producers of specialty inorganic fluorides in the world.

“I felt very fortunate that I made the right decision to exchange the residence of the country of my birth for the sake of the beautiful city of Tulsa and its great people,’’ Meshri says.

Locally, he has served as a Tulsa Global Alliance board member, as an advisory board member for scientific curriculum at Tulsa Community College and as a member of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology. Globally, he has served in numerous leadership roles, including as a board member and fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, as president of Global Sindhi Foundation, as technical advisor for the U.S. State Department, and as founder and chairman of the International Society of Indian Chemists and Chemical Engineers.

The Meshri family has consistently supported a multitude of community causes such as Green Country Veterans, the River Parks Authority, the Tulsa Area United Way, the Little Light House, the Community Food Bank

of Eastern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Innovation Institution, Child Abuse Network, National Pancreas Foundation, Tulsa Community Foundation and the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice.

In memory of his loving wife, Indu Dayal Meshri, Ph. D., he has created an extensive legacy in her name, including the Dr. Indu Dayal Meshri Biotechnology College in Mumbai, India, scholarships at the University of Idaho and Oklahoma State University and the Dr. Indu Dayal Meshri Memorial Park at East 31st Street and South Peoria Avenue.

“I have been a Tulsan for 48 years and never have regretted a day,” he says. “I am proud to be a Tulsan each day and will ... continue to think of how I can make the city of Tulsa a better city by my service and meager means.”

William Thomas and Robert Thomas

“My life’s work is inspired by individuals who have made a huge impact on our city — civically, philanthropically and in business alike,” Bob says. “The Tulsa Historical Society illuminates those stories, and I’m grateful to be a small part of our city’s progress.”

The Thomas brothers are longtime Tulsa Area United Way board members and chaired the LIFE Senior Services capital campaign that exceeded fundraising records.

Bill has served as chairman of the Tulsa Community Foundation, the American Seniors Housing Association and the Philbrook Museum of Art board of trustees. He lives in Tulsa with his wife, Susan.

“The Tulsa Historical Society’s commitment to preserving the past provides aspirational hope to an even brighter future,” Bill says. “By their example, I am happy that anyone and all can play a positive role in our community’s recognition and success.” TP

Twin brothers Bill Thomas and Bob Thomas co-founded the real estate and investment company Gemini Properties in 1976. The company’s focus evolved toward senior housing in 1989 with the founding of Senior Star.

Through the evolution of their business, the Thomas Oct. 2 brothers recognized the importance of learning from pre31ST ANNUAL TULSA HALL OF FAME INDUCTION vious generations.

5:30 p.m., cocktails; 6:30 p.m., dinner.

OCT. 3 Fueled by a passion to end Alzheimer’s disease, Bob Southern Hills Country Club, 2636 E. 61st St. 30th annual Hall of Fame sponsorships.

Dinner served on the Alzheimer’s Association National Board of $1,000-$10,000, Directors from 2000-09. He and his wife, Jill, frequently and Induction ContactCeremony Maggie Jewell, 918-712-9484 volunteer their time in Washington, D.C., lobbying to in-5:30 p.m., reception;or6mjewell@tulsahistory.org. p.m., dinner. crease Alzheimer’s research funding.

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He received the Maureen Reagan Outstanding Advo-available at www.tulsahistory.org or 918-712-9484.

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BY STAFF THEY ARE OUR BEST FRIENDS. OUR FUR BABIES. OUR PAW-SOME CONFIDANTES. Tulsans love animals — their dogs, in particular. So we’ve created the ultimate guide for spending time with your canine companion. From where to work out, eat and pamper your pooch, to training tips, dog-friendly events and how to give back to pets in need, Tulsa has gone to the dogs.

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Amy Vaughan is the owner of Spirit Ranch Professional Dog Training.

THE PAMPERED POOCH

With their excitement, sloppy kisses and unconditional love, our dogs spoil us everyday. So why not pay back the favor by pampering your pup? Here are some of the best places in town to treat your furry friend. — EMILY FATE Nothing says relax and unwind like a good ol’ soak in the bath. At Woodland West Pet Resort, 9380 S. Union Ave., you can take bathing a step further with a massaging bubble bath that includes a facial, manicure, blow dry, designer perfume and more ($20-$85). Or roll out the red carpet and add the Doggy Diva Package to your pup’s pampering at Pet Pro at 10848 S. Memorial Drive or 6420 S. Elm Place, Broken Arrow. The package includes a 15-minute brush out; nail trim, grind and polish; a custom bow; and a special spritz of your choice ($20). Also consider adding a blueberry facial as a brightening treatment for tear and saliva stains ($8).

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Amy Vaughan’s passion for animals is obvious.

Her love of dogs and people is what encouraged her rise through the ranks of Petsmart, from cashier to trainer to eventually an area training manager.

In 2011 she began Spirit Ranch Professional Dog Training, 1416 E. 11th St., Suite 4, which includes multi-level training, doggie day care, grooming, dog sitting, dog running/walking, products and more.

Welcoming a dog home can be an exciting time, but professional help is often needed for the dog and owners to learn to happily co-exist.

“The classes are more for the person,” Vaughan says. “In our basic obedience classes, we’re there to be that small little voice and teach and correct (the owners).” Strategies include helping humans improve their communication with their dogs and build their confidence since dogs pick up on consistent training rather quickly.

While mastering the basics, Vaughan emphasizes socialization. “I believe that from 10 weeks on you should take them out in public places with other dogs, other people, different environments, sounds, noises and smells,” she says. “People with hats on, sunglasses on. The more comfortable (they are) with it, the easier it will be (for them) to calm down, and they’re going to be able to adapt to any situation.”

But Vaughan says it’s important for owners to read their dog’s body language. If your dog doesn’t want to do something or they get stressed, don’t force it as that could create a phobia. “If your dog is running with its tail tucked and hiding around you or sitting with

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you most of the time staring at you, they’re not comfortable,” she says. Other stress indicators are lip-licking and staying low to the ground.

At dog parks, she recommends owners watch the other dogs play before letting their canine loose. Other owners might not know how aggressive their own dog is, so it’s important to see the play going on. When it comes down to it, if your dog is aggressive toward other animals or humans, they don’t belong in a dog park. Vaughan stresses that dog parks are for play, not socialization. Toys at the dog park can be a concern, too, especially since many owners don’t know if their animals are toy aggressive.

Some of Vaughan’s favorite spots for socialization include Guthrie Green, Elwood’s and the Utica Square Starbucks since there are always varieties of people, sounds and activity. For older dogs, she suggests beginning on the periphery, eventually moving into the commotion after several experiences. Puppies can be brought straight to the center. Once there, sometimes she asks people to give her dog a treat or pet the animal. Other times she insists the dog sit without attention from the owner or the public so the animal knows it’s OK to just sit.

Vaughan says that no matter how tempting, giving your dog attention while you eat can lead to begging and attention-seeking behavior.

Give them attention away from the spot you are eating.

“Spirit Ranch’s goal is to make midtown Tulsa like Colorado, where we’re welcome to have our dogs in stores and restaurants because they’re well behaved,” she says. — ANNE BROCKMAN

The benefits of massages for canines are much like that of humans: increased range of motion and flexibility, a rush of endorphins and relaxation. City Veterinary Hospital of Tulsa, 3550 S. Peoria Ave., is one place to take your four-footed friend for a massage to enhance circulation and reduce muscle tension. Rebecca Dinkins runs Pawsitive K9 Massage, a freelance massage therapy company. Dinkins works on referral from your veterinarian and is mobile in the greater Tulsa area.

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Proponents of acupuncture say it can tap into the body’s own healing abilities and help restore balance. It also can assist with muscular problems, respiratory issues and more. Animal Acupuncture LLC, 5147 S. Harvard Ave., offers acupuncture sessions that include a consultation, examination and acupuncture treatment.

Hunters Glen Veterinary Hospital, 9150 S. Braden Ave., also offers acupuncture as an Eastern and Western medicine combo tailored to each pet’s need.

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Nothing says #TreatYoSelf like a shopping spree. Let your dog indulge in a gourmet bakery item at Dog Dish, 1778 Utica Square. The boutique also carries brands such as Ruffwear, Bowsers, West Paw and more to spoil your fur baby. Red Dog Hound and Pet Supply at 3017 S. Sheridan Road is known for its knowledgeable and attentive staff.

The store carries wholesome, organic treats and food along with plenty of other pet supplies.

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If you can’t bring the dog on the vacation, send the dog on its own retreat. At Camp Bow Wow, 142 S. 147th E. Ave. and 14992 Grant St. E., Bixby, dogs get to play and socialize indoors and out, but the real fun comes at bed time. Each camper gets their own cozy cabin and a campfire treat: a Kong bone filled with biscuits, covered in peanut butter, and then frozen. Overnight rates are $28-$32, and there is a multi-dog discount.

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In June, nearly 100 yogis and their beloved canine companions braved intermittent rain at Guthrie Green for a DOGA class sponsored by Sky Fitness and Wellbeing. The event raised $600 for Animal Rescue Foundation.

Man’s best gym buddy Whether you’re trying to keep your dog healthy or just trying to meet your daily step goal, include your pooch in a well-hounded fitness routine. — ANNA BENNETT

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“Dog walking alone often isn’t enough,” says Amy Vaughan of Spirit Ranch, regarding the fitness needs of our four-legged friends. On-leash dog running is an activity that can benefit you both. Vaughan offers some tips for beginners: 1. Make sure the dog has already mastered the skills of loose-leash walking.

2. Use the right gear, like a hands-free leash. Never use a pinch or spike collar when running.

3. Walk the planned route without the dog first, to evaluate any problems or challenges. Try to see the path from a canine perspective. Or, go to a public place where city regulations are observed.

4. Run and train the dog the same way you do; take it slow at first, with plenty of stops as needed. A gradual increase in distance and speed will prevent injury, just like a human training for a race.

5. Ideally, the dog should be panting, but not winded, during a run. Be familiar with what is normal for your dog.

VAUGHAN’S PICKS FOR DOG RUNNING: Riverside and River Parks, Three Lakes Trail in Owasso, Hunter Park, McClure Park and Chandler Park

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Extra-active breeds, especially herding dogs, might need more activity than even a seasoned athlete is able to provide. Vaughan says things like a sprinkler, a bubble machine, a laser pointer or a Boomer Ball (a heavy-duty, zoo-grade plastic ball) are good solutions.

If you have access, and if your dog is well behaved enough, a swim in the lake is an excellent way to quickly tucker out even the most tenacious terriers.

Spirit Ranch offers walk-in consulting for a wide range of concerns, and can even assist in training dogs to run alongside bikes or ride paddleboards. “The more exercise they get, the better the dog’s behavior is,” Vaughan says.

Move over hot yoga, beer yoga and acroyoga. The next big thing is dog yoga — DOGA. Sky Fitness and Wellbeing instructor Margaret Wish says DOGA is more about connecting with your dog than forcing them into elaborate poses.

“My favorite part is watching owner and dog feed off of each other’s energy,” says Wish, who led DOGA at Guthrie Green in June.

Though Sky Fitness doesn’t have another DOGA class scheduled yet, Wish offers some tips for practicing at home:

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Now, you can skip the gym without skipping leg day. Stay home and #SquatYourDog instead. The viral trend began with fitness blogger Alyssa Greene and quickly took over Instagram. The squat-your-dog challenge can be done with a furry dumbbell of any size. You can hold your dog in your arms at your chest, or you can even put them over your shoulders, depending on their wiggle level. Then, get squatting! It may be more challenging than your usually gym routine, but it’s way more fun. If you stick with it, maybe you’ll move up from Pomeranian to Saint Bernard.

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1. Get your dog accustomed to seeing your mat unrolled, and leave it out occasionally where you practice (unless you’ve got a chewer).

2. Before you even begin to move, practice a heart-toheart meditation with your pup. Place one hand on your heart and the other on your dog’s chest. Breathe, connect with their heartbeat. Allow them to feel your calmness; Wish says the serenity will go both ways.

3. Start off with poses that are close to the ground (think table-top, child’s pose, butterfly). This will encourage your dog to engage with you.

4. Once you get into a more conventional flow, take folding poses as an opportunity to show your dog some love.

5. Is your dog small and relaxed? Lift them overhead during mountain or chair pose.

“Dog yoga also teaches coping mechanisms,” says Amy Vaughan of Spirit Ranch. “It helps a lot of dogs with anxiety.” Spirit Ranch will offer regular DOGA classes in the near future. Call 918-497-8855 for more information.

“It’s OK to be a little silly,” Wish says of DOGA. “For me, it was just that reminder that it’s OK to fall out of the pose. Just get back up and try again. Your dog isn’t judging you.”

Now that’s a doggone good workout buddy.

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Dachshund Dash at Oktoberfest Tulsa

Dog Night at Tulsa Botanic Garden

Pictures with Santa

Pancakes for Pooches

Treat your canine companion to a night at the ballpark, where you can share a hot dog in the spirit of the evening.

Check the teams’ websites for Bark in the Park dates.

Dog seating is permitted on the general admission lawn and in the Budweiser Terrace. Come with up-to-date vaccination records, and enter through the Oil Derrick gate or the Arvest/East Brady Street Entrance.

SELECT TULSA DRILLERS AND TULSA ROUGHNECKS EVENING GAMES ONEOK FIELD, 201 N. ELGIN AVE. TULSADRILLERS.COM | ROUGHNECKSFC.COM

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Maybe you have a dapper dachshund or a bulldog about town. There are plenty of local events that welcome you and your best friend. Mark your calendar for these dog-friendly dates in Tulsa. Just keep your pup on a leash, make sure they are up to date on their vaccinations and clean up after them; anything less would be a faux-paw.

— MORGAN PHILLIPS

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Dogs can socialize — and their humans can shop and sip complimentary wine — at this free weekly meetup that often includes giveaways and discounts. Activities have included a paint and sip painting party, a photo booth, a pet food drive for Feeding the Pets of Tulsa’s Homeless and a visit with animal communicator Pam Case.

4-7 P.M., EVERY FRIDAY WAGOLOGY SHOP, 5341 E. 41ST ST. FACEBOOK.COM/WAGOLOGY

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Support your local dog park, Biscuit Acres, at this dog-friendly pancake breakfast fundraiser that celebrates fire safety. Tour a Tulsa fire station, meet its firefighters and see safety demos. The K9 Manners and More Dog Drill Team will entertain, and guests can win raffles and prizes.

The event is free to attend, but donations help cover dog park maintenance.

8-11 A.M., OCT. 14 TULSA FIRE STATION NO. 32, 6010 E. 91ST ST. BISCUITACRES.COM

Dachshund Dash at Oktoberfest Tulsa

In this dogged competition, more than 75 of Tulsa’s fastest dachshunds race 80 feet in a test of speed and intelligence. Will your wiener be a winner? Other small breeds can compete, but the $300 prize will be split among the top three bone-afide doxies.

The race is free to enter with Oktoberfest admission, but pre-registration is encouraged.

2:20 P.M., OCT. 22 RIVER WEST FESTIVAL PARK, 2100 S. JACKSON AVE. TULSAOKTOBERFEST.ORG

Why should kids have all the fun? Dogs like to get their photos taken with Santa, too. Don’t forget your pup’s Christmas wish list and your own camera. Non-canine pets also are welcome at this free event.

ANNUALLY IN EARLY DECEMBER DOG DISH, 1778 S. UTICA SQUARE | THEDOGDISH.COM

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Paws Egg Hunt

Start the morning with a dog/owner parade around Whiteside Park, followed by an egg hunt for treats and door prizes. Admission is free, but donations to the animal shelter, including food, leashes and collars, are encouraged.

MARCH 2018 TBA WHITESIDE RECREATION CENTER, 4009 S. PITTSBURGH AVE. FACEBOOK.COM/WHITESIDERECREATIONCENTER

Cinco de Mayo Chihuahua Races

Is your Chihuahua a speedy Gonzalez? Prove it at Elote’s annual Cinco de Mayo Street Festival, where the tiny terriers race along South Boston Avenue. Mixed breeds under 15 pounds — like Chiweenies (Chihuahua/dachshund) and Chiwanians (Chihuahua/Pomeranian) — are wel-

DACHSHUND DASH: COURTESY LINDE OKTOBERFEST TULSA

Elevate your evening walk with a stroll through the lush grounds of the Tulsa Botanic Garden. Pups can cool off in wading pools during the summer months and sample items from local pet food truck PetsWell Pantry. On Oct. 5, hear music from Jacob Tovar. Stop by the Andolini’s food truck and sample beers from Marshall Brewing Co. Dog Night is free for garden members and member dogs; non-members pay regular admission ($8 for ages 13 and up; $4 for ages 3-12) and $4 per dog.

5-8 P.M., THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH THROUGH NOVEMBER 3900 TULSA BOTANIC DRIVE | TULSABOTANIC.ORG

The K-9 Splash takes place every August.

Mutt Strut

COSTUME CONTESTS Opportunities abound this month to give your dog’s Halloween costume a trial run. The following events incorporate a costume contest and prizes for the best-dressed doggies. May the best pooch win. — MORGAN PHILLIPS

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come, too. And even if your perrito isn’t the fastest thing on four feet, they still might sweep the costume contest, judged at 8 p.m.

Registration is from 5-6:45 p.m.; race is at 7 p.m. The entry fee is $5 per dog and benefits the Tulsa SPCA. MAY 5 ELOTE CAFE AND CATERING, 514 S. BOSTON AVE. FACEBOOK.COM/ELOTECAFE

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You can snuggle your pooch on the couch any old night. Why not try a film under the stars? At this pet-friendly drive-in experience, games and live music are followed by two drive-in feature films when the sun goes down (around 9 p.m.).

Advance tickets are $7, adults; and $3, children.

Proceeds benefit the Tulsa SPCA. ANNUALLY IN JUNE ADMIRAL TWIN DRIVE-IN, 7355 E. EASTON ST. TULSASPCA.ORG/PAWS-PICTURES

K-9 Splash

Every dog has its day at the City of Tulsa’s K-9 Splash event, where canines can practice their doggie paddles after Lacy Pool closes for people. Event giveaways include dog treats and custom-made food bowls.

Tickets are $5 per dog and must be purchased in advance at Lacy Community Center. Up to four people are admitted free with each dog.

ANNUALLY IN AUGUST LACY COMMUNITY CENTER, 2134 N. MADISON PLACE CITYOFTULSA.ORG

The fourth annual Mutt Strut is a .6-mile dog walk that raises awareness for DVIS’ kennel, the first in an Oklahoma domestic violence shelter. Admission is free with the donation of an item for the DVIS kennel.

Visit the website for a list of suggested donations.

10 A.M., OCT. 21 | CENTENNIAL PARK, 1028 E. SIXTH ST. DVIS.ORG/2017-MUTT-STRUTT

Labapalooza

Dogs descend on downtown for Lab Rescue OK’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The event celebrates lovable Labradors with live music, vendors, food trucks and a huge silent auction. Bring a blanket and chairs or buy them from the pop-up Lab Rescue Shop.

Labapalooza is free to attend, but donations are encouraged.

ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER GUTHRIE GREEN, 111 E. M. B. BRADY ST. LABRESCUE.NET/LABAPALOOZA

Woofstock

This blowout Oklahoma Alliance for Animals fundraiser and pet adoption event gathers more than 40 rescue organizations and animal shelters with a goal of finding more than 100 pets forever homes.

Expect pet-related vendors, food trucks, live music and pet contests. Take advantage of $20 microchipping from OAA and $25 sessions with animal communicator Pam Case.

Woofstock is free to attend, but donations are encouraged.

ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER RIVERWALK CROSSING, 300 RIVERWALK TERRACE, JENKS ANIMALALLIANCEOK.ORG/EVENT EDITOR’S NOTE: ACTIVITIES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THESE EVENTS OCCURRED OR WILL OCCUR IN 2017, WITH HOPES FOR THE FUN TO CONTINUE IN 2018.

Howl-o-ween at Whiteside Recreation Center

Dogs can hunt for treat-filled eggs and participate in a special art project. Admission is free, but donations to the animal shelter, including food, leashes and collars, are encouraged.

10 A.M., OCT. 21 | WHITESIDE RECREATION CENTER, 4009 S. PITTSBURGH AVE. FACEBOOK.COM/WHITESIDERECREATIONCENTER

Dachshund Costume Contest and Parade at Oktoberfest Tulsa

Your little schnitzel will love Oktoberfest’s costume parade. Participation is free with Oktoberfest admission, but pre-registration is encouraged.

1:20 P.M., OCT. 22 | RIVER WEST FESTIVAL PARK, 2100 S. JACKSON AVE. | TULSAOKTOBERFEST.ORG

BooHaHa Pet Costume Contest

Dogs and other pets are welcome to participate in this annual Brookside tradition sponsored by City Veterinary Hospital.

NOON, OCT. 28 | SOUTH PEORIA AVENUE FROM EAST 31ST TO EAST 41ST STREETS | BROOKSIDETHEPLACETOBE.COM

Paws on Pearl Howl-o-ween Celebration

Enjoy a costume contest, raffle and pet adoptions, hosted by this doggie daycare provider in the Pearl District.

1-4 P.M., OCT. 28 | PAWS ON PEARL, 609 S. PEORIA AVE. | PAWSONPEARL.COM

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Spread your love for all things furry by volunteering at local animal welfare organizations.

Don’t worry: Your pet (I mean fur baby) won’t get too jealous.

— MEAGAN COLLINS

Jog a Dog Do you like to walk or jog? So do plen-

ty of adoptable pets. Volunteer to take one for a spin around LaFortune Park as part of Animal Rescue Foundation’s Jog a Dog program.

Volunteers must be 18 years or older, complete a volunteer application and present an ID at the ARF House before taking one of the pets for a stroll. If younger, you must be accompanied by an adult.

5201 S. YALE AVE. ARFTULSA.ORG/VOLUNTEERINFO.HTML

Care for a rescue

Rescued ‘n’ Ready Animal Foundation rescues pets from Tulsa-area kill shelters. Volunteers care for dogs, attend weekly adoption events and assist with fundraisers. They also transport pets to veterinary or grooming appointments and adoption events.

Volunteers under the age of 18 must provide written parental consent. RnRAF supports youth volunteers seeking community service hours.

Zoe, Ari and Hale take in the atmosphere on the Rusty Crane’s patio.

DALESANDRO’S 1742 S. Boston Ave. | dalesandros.com

ADOPTION EVENTS HELD AT PETCO, 4915 E. 41ST ST., SUITE C RESCUEDNREADY.COM/VOLUNTEER-CIHC

Playtime pal

Volunteers are needed to play with and walk dogs boarded at various veterinary clinics while they wait for their forever homes. Sounds like heaven, right?

Volunteers can come once a week, or commit to a regular schedule of puppy love.

Animal Aid of Tulsa requires volunteers be at least 18 years old and provide their own transportation.

3307 E. 15TH ST. | ANIMALAID.ORG/VOLUNTEER

DOC’S WINE AND FOOD 3509 S. Peoria Ave. docswineandfood.com

Pet-friendly patios There’s no reason to leave Fido at home when hitting the town. Tulsans have embraced man’s best friend as a dinner guest at these local patios.

So have a seat and grab a drink — and a slurp at the water bowl.

— ANNE BROCKMAN

Paws-itive influence

Pit bulls often get a bad rap, so show them some love by volunteering with Amore Pit Bull Rescue. Volunteers can help foster proper canine manners by walking, socializing and playing with the dogs. This positive interaction is one of the best ways to prepare them for their forever homes and reduce breed discrimination.

Volunteers simply fill out an application form.

AMOREPITBULLRESCUE.COM/VOLUNTEER

Educate the masses

Education ambassadors visit schools, churches, hospitals and other places to help educate the public on a wide range of animal welfare topics.

This Tulsa SPCA position requires classes Basic Orientation, held twice a month and is an hour long, and Dog 101. Volunteers must be able to volunteer at least four hours per month, for a minimum of six months. There are dozens of different positions for the skillsets of every volunteer.

2910 MOHAWK BLVD. TULSASPCA.ORG/BECOME-A-VOLUNTEER

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EAST VILLAGE BOHEMIAN WOOD FIRE PIZZA 813 E. Third St. eastvillagebohemian.com ELWOODS 1924 Riverside Drive bluerosecafetulsa.com/elwoods

MICHAEL V’S 8222 E. 103rd St. michaelvsrestaurant.com NAPA FLATS WOOD-FIRED KITCHEN 9912 Riverside Parkway napaflats.com/tulsa OL’VINE 3523 S. Peoria Ave. | olvine.com PEPPER’S GRILL 1950 Utica Square facebook.com/peppersutica

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FASSLER HALL 304 S. Elgin Ave. | fasslerhall.com

R BAR AND GRILL 3421 S. Peoria Ave. | rbartulsa.com

HODGES BEND 823 E. Third St. hodges-bend.com

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Together, we are Oklahoma.

Employees participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr. D ay Parade in Tulsa.

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is anchored in the past, active in the present and advancing our region forward. is the product of collaboration by people from all backgrounds and walks of life. is inclusive of all and exclusive of none.

Every October, Tulsa-area businesses, organizations and individuals collaborate on events and programs that tell our collective story. Coordinated by Mosaic, the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s diversity business council, Our Story showcases how diversity and inclusion have enriched life in northeast Oklahoma.

Our story is written by a diverse mix of people that call northeast Oklahoma home.

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Mosaic makes the business case for diversity and inclusion

By Marilyn Ihloff, Mosaic Chair

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Supplier diversity programs give small businesses – significant drivers of our ctober is Tulsa Regional Diversity and Inclusion Month – an annual effort among businesses, organizations and individuals in regional economy – a seat at the table. A 2015 Hackett group study highlights northeast Oklahoma to tell our collective story of diversity and inclusion. the importance of supplier diversity: on average, supplier diversity programs Mosaic focuses on creating meaningful change by championing diversity as add $3.6 million to the bottom line for every $1 million in procurement operation costs. Mosaic encourages companies to consider supplier a smart business practice. According to the Minority Business diversity not as a social program, but as a business strategy with a Development Agency (MBDA), 46 percent of the U.S. population will be made up of what we now consider minorities by 2045, and great return on investment.

The final two pillars, diverse people and internal policy, encourminority buying power will reach approximately $4.3 trillion. To be relevant in today’s market, it is critical to reflect the demographage businesses and organizations to create a strategic plan for diverse hiring practices and inclusive policies. To do this, we must ics of our customers on our internal teams and with our suppliers. continue to learn about diverse populations and understand their There is no perfect formula for building an inclusive workplace.

As many of my colleagues have expressed, workplace inclusivity is specific needs. At our monthly Mosaic meetings, we create an a journey, not just a series of check boxes. It requires an ongoing intentional space to learn from each other and industry experts on topics like transgender issues, immigration and religious diversity. commitment to learning and strategic change guided by industry Marilyn Ihloff These conversations boost the Tulsa business community’s colbest practices. Mosaic guides and supports businesses and orgalective knowledge and help inform our policies and practices. nizations along the way by offering a roadmap with strategies and resources Mosaic is committed to supporting companies on their diversity and incluto increase workplace inclusion. The Mosaic roadmap centers on five pillars: sion journey. Through programming like peer-to-peer networking events, CEO commitment, community outreach, diverse suppliers, diverse people and lunch and learns, and our annual inclusive workplace cultures survey, Mosaic internal policy.

Having a CEO who is visibly committed to diverse practices and policies is engages community members dedicated to creating a more inclusive region.

Please join us for Mosaic’s annual Economic Inclusion Forum to celvital for top-down change. To support CEOs committed to inclusion, Mosaic hosted an inaugural CEO roundtable in 2017, which brought nearly 40 execu- ebrate the top inclusive businesses and organizations in the Tulsa region.

Our featured speaker will be Deborah DeHaas, chief inclusion officer and tives together to engage in tough conversations about the opportunities and national managing partner for the Center for Board Effectiveness at Deloitte. challenges of diverse and inclusive workplaces.

Like CEO commitment, community outreach promotes visible, public Companies big and small will learn about the advantages of diverse, inclusive and resilient workplaces. We hope to see you there. support for diverse groups and programs in the community. Mosaic regularly partners with inclusion-minded organizations for programming and events, including the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice, the Center for For more information about Mosaic, visit mosaictulsa.com.

Individuals with Physical Challenges and Oklahomans for Equality.

OCCJ Annual Dinner honors Judy Kishner, Zarrow Foundation

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he Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice (OCCJ) will honor Judy Kishner and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation during its 59th Annual Awards Dinner at The University of Tulsa Reynolds Center on Tuesday, October 17, 2017.

The impact made by Judy Kishner and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation is felt throughout Oklahoma Judy Kishner every day. The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation seeks to alleviate the symptoms of poverty, enrich health and wellness, and empower and inspire community members to improve their lives.

“Judy and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation have exemplified the OCCJ mission through their gifts and programs,” said Dr. Gerard Clancy, President of The University of Tulsa and Dinner Honorary Chair. ”We are honored to have the opportunity to shine a spotlight on Judy Kishner and the foundation for their service to the Tulsa community and across Oklahoma.”

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will have a lasting impact on the lives of so many in our community and state.

The event will begin with a reception at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and program at 7 p.m. For more information regarding sponsorship opportunities and individual tickets, please contact Mandy Winton at mwinton@occjok.org or (918) 583-1361.

Dr. Gerard Clancy For nearly 60 years, the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice has served the community as a trusted convener for important and difficult conversations. Its programs and initiatives have helped create a pipeline of leadership which values and respects diversity and cultivates a passion for creating inclusive communities. Recently, OCCJ embarked in helping businesses and organizations create strategies to become more inclusive. As OCCJ expands its program offerings across the state, its vision of eliminating bias, bigotry and racism will impact more Oklahomans.

Moises Echeverria is OCCJ’s president and CEO while Shane Fernandez is the current board chair.

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We strive to create a culture of acceptance, active inclusivity and personal and professional growth CEO and Chief Inclusion Officer Paula Marshall on why we need cultural understanding in the workplace. opportunities for everyone. Within this culture, We recognize that our differences and similarities alike provide an enriching experience, not only within our workplace, but in the quality of food we make as well.

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The Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice

59TH ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER Tuesday, October 17. 2017 OCCJ is honored to recognize Judy Kishner and The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation.

The impact made by Judy Kishner and the Anne and Henry Foundation is felt throughout Oklahoma every day.

The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation seeks to alleviate the symptoms of poverty, enrich health and wellness, and empower and inspire community members to improve their lives.

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities or to puchase tickets, contact Mandy Winton at (918) 583-1361 or mwinton@occjok.org.

Donald W. Reyndolds Center • The University of Tulsa Reception at 6 p.m.

Dinner and Program at 7 p.m.

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Throughout her treatment, the Baldwins became connected to the American Cancer Society — Shannon as a Portrait of Hope, or a local face of breast cancer, and Jeff as one of its Real Men Wear Pink supporters.

As of Jan. 27, the Bixby mom of two is cancer free, but the Baldwins stay connected to the ACS. “We want to contribute for all those who contributed for us,” Jeff says.

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This is the third year #TeamBaldwin will participate in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, which raises money for cancer research. That research funded a new drug, Herceptin, that helped Shannon fight the disease.

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Darth Vader costumes With the relaunch of the Star Wars film franchise, demand for its costumes has only increased. $12.99-$79.99 and up.

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Mad Hatter’s hat Hannah says some costumes require a signature accessory, like the Mad Hatter’s hat. This detailed version is modeled after the hat worn by Johnny Depp in an adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland.” $24.99.

Women’s flapper costume Ehrle’s offers a variety of flapper girl costumes and accessories for theme parties. $36.99-$53.99.

Party on, Tulsa EHRLE’S HAS BEEN A TULSA INSTITUTION SINCE 1955.

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loyd Hannah and his wife, Lynn, owners of Ehrle’s Party and Carnival Supply, have helped people get ready for weddings, birthday parties, company picnics and, of course, Halloween.

Ehrle’s has been a Tulsa staple since S.L. Ehrle opened it in 1955.

The business has been in the Hannahs’ hands for four decades. Prior to that, Lynn’s parents ran the business. “The gentleman who started it was kind of like a grandfather to me,” Floyd says. “It’s really a family business.”

Four years ago, Ehrle’s moved from its original location in the 4400 block of South Memorial Drive to its current site at 5150 S. Sheridan Road.

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Ehrle’s offers year-round services like party and wedding supplies, as well as rental items like popcorn, cotton candy and snow cone machines; dunk tanks; inflatables; casino and carnival games — even pillars and archways for weddings and dances.

But the busiest time of year for the store is around Halloween, when the costume portion of the business takes over.

“The costumes were just a small section of the store in the ’70s. They really blew up in the ’80s and ’90s,” Floyd says. “It has grown tremendously in the past 20 years. More adults are having parties and dressing up. The kids’ costumes are still a big deal, too.”

Floyd and Lynn attend Halloween conventions in the early part of year to get an idea of what trends and costumes will likely be the rage when October rolls around. “We see all the new merchandise,” he says. “It seems every year they come up with new versions of superheroes. This year there are new Batman, Spiderman and Justice League costumes.”

The larger showroom space in the current location allows the store to carry a wider variety of costumes and accessories year-round.

“We try to give individual attention to customers, and it has really paid off,” Floyd says. “We hear customers say all the time, ‘I don’t know why I didn’t come here first. You always have what I need.’” TP

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Cream makeup Makeup can be just as important to the finished look of a costume as the clothes themselves. For some, the makeup artistry is the costume. $3 each.

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CARE CARD

Longtime Family and Children’s Services volunteer Sharna Bovasso with Christina Woods and Kitina Bartovick, owners of The Dolphin Fine Linens. The Utica Square store has participated in Care Card for 20 years.

20 YEARS OF CARING The holiday shopping season kicks off with Care Card.

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his fall, Family and Children’s Services celebrates 20 years of caring with the anniversary of its Care Card fundraiser.

During the week of Oct. 27-Nov. 5, shoppers can buy a $60 Care Card and save up to 20 percent on purchases at more than 200 participating local stores and restaurants. Every dollar used to purchase a Care Card will directly benefit the life-changing programs of FCS. Family and Children’s Services has been a leading provider of behavioral health care and family services for Tulsans of all ages since 1925.

Today, the nonprofit provides hope and healing to 110,000 individuals each year by helping families in crisis and serving those who struggle with mental illness, addiction and homelessness.

“While the Care Card is a great deal for the shoppers, providing up to 20 percent off pre-holiday shopping, it is also a wonderful way to give to the most vulnerable in our community,” says Dee Harris, director of communications for FCS. “Our hope is that Care Card will continue to grow and that others will realize that $60 is really a small amount that makes a big difference.”

In its 20-year history, Care Card has nearly doubled its retailer participation from 111 merchants in its first year. Merriment Paper and Gifts, Pure Barre Tulsa and Ida Red General Store are among the growing number of new retailer participants this year. Many businesses, such as The Dolphin Fine Linens, are veterans to the cause.

“The Dolphin Fine Linens has

been a participating merchant since 1997,” storeowner Kitina Bartovick says. “Merchants that participate are the best stores in Tulsa, maybe in Oklahoma. This shared community of excellence provides the shoppers with the best customer service and highest-quality offerings. We appreciate being one of the original merchants participating in Care Card.”

Bartovick says Care Card also creates an extra holiday for the store and its clients, and the amount of traffic during the weeklong event equates to that of the Christmas shopping season.

“This has become a great opportunity for a pre-holiday sales boost,” she says. “Many of the purchases made during Care Card week are for future winter holidays. These sales allow for an influx of funds to provide even

more exciting finds for the holiday season.”

Since 1997, the Care Card initiative has raised approximately $2 million for the programs of FCS. Sharna Bovasso has volunteered for the cause through Care Card for 15 years and says knowing she is supporting an organization that helps families with mental health issues, heals abused children and strengthens families in crisis situations is what makes it so rewarding.

“I like finding (new retailers) who want to be a part of this, as well,” Bovasso says. “People love to save on shopping, and they also love to help people in need, so it is a win-win for all parties involved.”

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Broken Arrow Black and Pink Dance Supplies 4662 W. Houston St., Broken Arrow 918-258-5705 $ Carpet One 6551 S. Garnett Road, Broken Arrow 918-254-9200 $ Moody’s Jewelry 2013 W. Kenosha Ave., Broken Arrow 918-251-3340 $

Black Optical 3524 S. Peoria Ave. 918-794-8000 $ City Veterinary Hospital 3550 S. Peoria Ave. 918-747-1641 $ Dolce Vita 1305 E. 35th Place 918-704-6231 The Haley Boutique 3515 S. Peoria Ave. 918-280-0177 $ Ida Red General Store 3336 S. Peoria Ave. 918-949-6950 $

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Jara Herron Salon and Medical Spa 3410 S. Peoria Ave., Suite 300 918-742-3223 $

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LOOK Eyecare and Eyewear 3746 S. Peoria Ave. 918-992 5337 * $ Mecca Coffee Co. 1330 E. 41st St. 918-749-3509 $ Pure Barre Midtown 3807 S. Peoria Ave., Suite M 918-494-4977 $ Ribbons on Peoria 3525 S. Peoria Ave. 918-743-7599 $ Runner’s World 3920 S. Peoria Ave. 918-749-7557 * $ Sculpt Tulsa 4329 S. Peoria Ave., Suite 350 918-645-3918 $ Shoppe Sasha 1307 E. 35th Place 918-574-2588 $ Slate 3638 S. Peoria Ave. 918-992-5192 * $ Sonleiter Jewelry 1334 E. 41st St. 918-619-6776 $ SR Hughes 3410 S. Peoria Ave., Suite 100 918-742-5515 $

Fifteenth and Home 1512 E. 15th St. 918-794-0071 $ The Gadget Co. 104 E. 15th St. 918-749-9963 $ Luxe Nail Bar 1302 E. 15th St. 918-938-6027 $ Merriment 3230 E. 15th St. 539-302-3762 * $ The Nest on Cherry Street 1515 E. 15th St. 918-530-5580 $ Owl and Drum 2814 E. 15th St. 918-742-1404 $ SkinRenewal 2118 E. 15th St. 918-293-1287 $ Spexton Jewelry 1609 E. 15th St. 918-699-0030 $ T.A. Lorton 1325 E. 15th St. 918-743-1600 $ Tom’s Bicycles 1506 E. 15th St. 918-592-2453 $

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Claremore The Cozy Cottage 514 W. Will Rogers Blvd., Claremore 918-283-2232 $

Downtown Area Abelina’s Boutique 502 E. Third St., Suite 6 918-900-2207 $ Antoinette Baking Co. 207 N. Main St. 918-764-8404 $ Beau and Arrow 502 E. Third St., Suite 11 918-900-2218 * $ Colors of Etnika 10 E. Archer St., Suite 1-101 918-698-0082 * $ Decopolis 502 S. Boston Ave. 918-382-7388 * $ Dilly Diner 402 E. Second St. 918-938-6382 El Guapo’s Downtown 332 E. First St. 918-382-RITA Elgin Park 325 E. Brady St. 918-986-9910 * Fassler Hall 304 S. Elgin Ave. 918-576-7898 * Ida Red General Store 208 N. Main St., Suite A 918-949-6950 $ Ihloff Salon and Day Spa 100 E. Second St. 918-587-2566 * Juniper Restaurant 324 E. Third St. 918-794-1090 Lambrusco’z To Go 114 S. Detroit Ave. 918-496-1246 $ Made 219 E. Archer St. 918-304-6253 $ Made 501 S. Boston Ave. (Philcade Building) 918-304-6253 $ McNellie’s Downtown 409 E. First St. 918-382-7468 72

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Ihloff Salon and Day Spa 8343 S. Memorial Drive 918-587-2566

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Don Thornton Volkswagen of Tulsa 4240 S. Memorial Drive 918-712-8989

Peek a Boo Baby 8283 S. Memorial Drive 918-298-0070 $

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Sheridan Corridor/ The Farm B-Sew Inn 5235 S. Sheridan Road 918-664-4480 * $ Abelina’s Boutique 5219 S. Sheridan Road 918-398-8175 $ Black Sheep Boutique 5111 S. Sheridan Road 918-561-6079 $ Carriage House Design 6502 E. 51st St. 918-949-9017 $ Get Stitchin 6562 E. 51st St. 918-481-1055 * $ Katy’s Pantry 6568-B E. 51st St. 918-270-2685 Moody’s Jewelry 5045 S. Sheridan Road 918-665-7464 $ The Silver Needle 6068 S. Sheridan Road 918-493-1136 $ Stitches 5217 S. Sheridan Road 918-747-8838 $

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DURNAL RETURNS TO AMERICAN THEATRE CO. Edward Durnal was named the new executive director of American Theatre Co. earlier this year.

Tulsa native Durnal is a graduate of Will Rogers High School and the University of Tulsa. He has a master’s degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He has been involved in the Tulsa theater community since the 1970s, when he was part of the original team of former TU students who went on to form American Theatre Co. After spending time in New York and Philadelphia, Durnal returned to Tulsa in 2004 to direct ATC’s production of “My Way.” He then became production coordinator for ATC and remained in that role until 2014. During that time, in addition to his many duties, Durnal found time to direct several shows, including ATC’s flagship production “A Christmas Carol” and the TATE award-winner “A Picasso.”

Durnal assumes responsibility from former Managing Director and Scenic Designer Richard Ellis.

Cancer survivor Richard Smith; Steve Largent; panel moderator Heather Gowin; Dr. Michael Payne, CTCA medical director of radiation oncology; Ed “Too Tall” Jones; and CTCA CEO Jay Foley at a recent Prostate Pep Talk event

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CTCA PROMOTES PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS THIS MONTH In partnership with the NFL Alumni Association, Cancer Treatment Centers of America is spreading the word about the importance of prostate screenings.

Steve Largent and Ed “Too Tall” Jones spoke at a recent CTCA-Tulsa Prostate Pep Talk event to promote the partnership’s free screening program.

Now through Oct. 15, eligible men ages 40 and older may sign up for a free or discounted prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test at prostatepeptalk.com. The screenings are provided by Tulsa’s LabCorp locations: 6717 S. Yale Ave., 533 N. Gilcrease Museum Road and 864 S. Aspen Ave., Broken Arrow.

The PSA test is a simple, noninvasive analysis that measures PSA levels in the blood. Because PSA levels are elevated in men with prostate cancer, the test is a common early screening tool for diagnosing the disease.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men after skin cancer. One in seven U.S. men will be diagnosed with the disease in his lifetime. Men with a father or brother who has prostate cancer have an increased risk, and incidence of prostate cancer for African Americans is 70 percent higher than whites.

For more information on prostate cancer warning signs and symptoms or screening details, visit prostatepeptalk.com.

TTCU’s Project School Supplies drive culminated in August with donations distributed to children in need.

TTCU FEDERAL CREDIT UNION COLLECTS SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR CHILDREN IN NEED For the 16th year, TTCU Federal Credit Union teamed up with organizations in northeast Oklahoma to raise money and supplies for children in need through Project School Supplies. Tulsa-area supplies and donations collected were given to Restore Hope Ministries in August for distribution to those in need.

“Project School Supplies speaks directly to TTCU’s fundamental principle of helping people,” says Donita Quesnel, TTCU vice president of marketing. “Each year, thousands of students start the school year equipped for success, and that’s something we can definitely get behind.”

Since its inception, TTCU’s Project School Supplies and Restore Hope Ministries have equipped nearly 40,000 children with the basic tools needed to start the school year.

“I love to see the look of excitement and hope on a child’s face when they receive their school supplies,” says the Rev. Jeff Jaynes, executive director of Restore Hope Ministries. “Education is the single best way to break the cycle of poverty, and these supplies give kids the tools they need to do just that. We want every child to start the school year filled with hope and with the same opportunities to succeed as their peers.”

TTCU is the second-largest credit union in Oklahoma with 15 branches. Established in 1934, TTCU Federal Credit Union is a $1.7 billion credit union serving more than 120,000 members who are educationally affiliated, including students and their families as well as hundreds of Select Employee Groups in northeast Oklahoma. TTCU offers these members a full complement of depository, lending and financial advisory services. TTCU is federally insured by the NCUA.

MONTRAY NAMED NEW UTICA SQUARE PROPERTY MANAGER Utica Square’s parent company Helmerich and Payne recently promoted Cassandra Montray to property manager of Utica Square.

Montray has been with Helmerich and Payne for 10 years. An Oklahoma State University graduate, she started her career at Helmerich and Payne as the real estate secretary before moving to the senior accounting clerk position at Utica Square.

In her new position as property manager, Montray will oversee leasing, advertising, marketing and managing of events, maintenance, security and landscape at Utica Square.

“Utica Square has such a strong history with our community,” Montray says. “I’m thrilled to be part of that in addition to all of the exciting things to come.”

Montray also is passionate about working with the Utica Square merchants. “The employees and merchants are some of the greatest people I’ve had the pleasure of working with,” she says. “I love everything from the rich traditions to the atmosphere at the square. It really is a special place.”

Established in 1952, Utica Square is located at South Utica Avenue and East 21st Street. Visit uticasquare.com for more information.

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Jared Lyon MAY 20, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHER: Kelly Kurt Brown of Simply White Photo. · JARED’S HOMETOWN: Allen, Texas. · PAYTON’S HOMETOWN: Tulsa. · LIVE IN: Tulsa. · HOW THEY MET: Through mutual friends at McNellie’s. · THE COURTSHIP: Payton and Jared began dating shortly after college. Before long, Jared got a job in New York City.

He said the company was hiring quite a few people, so Payton applied almost half-jokingly. Payton got the job, and they ended up living just three blocks from each other and walked together to and from work every day. After a wonderful year, the pair moved back to Tulsa to be closer to Payton’s mother, who was dying from a rare brain disease. · FAVORITE DATE: Practically every Saturday in New York, they would pick a neighborhood and spend the day shopping and eating their way through it. These are some of the

couple’s favorite memories ... exploring and experiencing all of the new things together. · WHAT PAYTON LOVES MOST ABOUT JARED: He’s my best friend and my soulmate. · WHAT JARED LOVES MOST ABOUT PAYTON: His positive outlook on things and life in general. · THE PROPOSAL: Payton surprised Jared in their home, which was full of heart-shaped balloons and family. Payton got down on one knee, and Jared said yes. Champagne bottles popped, and everyone went to the Polo Grill for a celebratory dinner.

the first family members they told about being gay, and they are extremely close with her. · PAYTON’S ADVICE TO OTHER BRIDES/GROOMS: Start early, be decisive and stay organized. · JARED’S ADVICE TO OTHER BRIDES/GROOMS: Everything will fall into place on the big day, so relax and stay in the moment. · THREE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING: Intimate, elegant, joyous. · TIME TO PLAN THE WEDDING: 10 months.

WEDDING DAY WEATHER: Gorgeous, despite a stormy rehearsal dinner. · ATTENDEES: 170. · FAVORITE DETAILS: Toni’s amazing flowers, the custom Stubbs and Wootton tuxedo slippers, the memory table and commemorative chair for Payton’s mom, the classic getaway car and the “kids only” table in the center of the ballroom. · WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEDDING? Being a same-sex couple is a little unique, especially for such a big wedding in Oklahoma. Dealing without Payton’s mother was emotional at times, but she was honored throughout the weekend in special ways. This also led Payton’s 90-year-old grandmother, Betty, to have a bigger role. From speeches to first dances, she was a wonderful stand-in. She was one of

CEREMONY AND RECEPTION: The Mayo Hotel. · MENSWEAR: Tuxedos, custom-made Suit Supply; bow ties, Brackish; shoes, Stubbs and Wootton; cufflinks, Fendi and Tiffany and Co. · WEDDING JEWELRY: Cartier. · REHEARSAL DINNER: Philbrook Museum of Art. · CAKE: Ludger’s Bavarian Cakery. · CATERER AND HOTEL: The Mayo Hotel. · MUSIC: HOOK. · INVITATIONS AND PROGRAMS: The Inviting Place. · FLOWERS: Toni’s Flowers and Gifts. · LIGHTING: Zach Downing Entertainment. · OFFICIANT: Gordon Edwards. · HONEYMOON: Two weeks in Italy: Rome, Tuscany, Positano and Capri.

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Mikey Manghum APRIL 7, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHER: Alexandra Jordan Photography. · BRIDE’S HOMETOWN: Tulsa. · GROOM’S HOMETOWN: Derby, England. · HOW THEY MET: At an Oral Roberts University Men’s Basketball game. Neither were looking for a relationship, but they exchanged glances and, later, Snapchats. · COURTSHIP: Over the next few months they progressed to texts, phone calls, group hangouts and then dating. They even traveled to Iceland with a few friends.

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friends. Sunday brunch at Polo Grill was followed by a visit to Philbrook Museum of Art. In the garden, Mikey had left a scrapbook he made for Olivia on the bench in the tempietto. At the end of the scrapbook, it told her to turn around. He got down on one knee and proposed. Mikey then took Olivia to a huge surprise engagement party he had been planning since before the Iceland trip. Friends and family from Illinois, Michigan, Texas, Arkansas and Colorado were there to celebrate.

WEDDING DAY WEATHER: Sunny and 75. · ATTENDEES: 175. · WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEDDING? Mikey grew up in England, but he’s half Scottish. All the groomsmen wore kilts. · HER ADVICE TO OTHER BRIDES: Get a day-of coordinator. Having one on the big day saved me so much anxiety because I knew everything would get taken care of. If something went wrong, she handled it so it didn’t affect our big day. · HIS ADVICE TO OTHER GROOMS: Your wife-to-be has probably put more thought into the minor details of this day than you could ever imagine. Support her throughout (the giddy excitement, the stress,

the continuous decision making) and remind her how much it means to you that you’re starting this new phase of life with her. Oh, also, triple-check that you have every piece of your suit/ tux/kilt when you leave the house, along with the ring. · THREE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING: Romantic, enjoyable, memorable. · TIME TO PLAN THE WEDDING: Six months.

CEREMONY AND RECEPTION: Spain Ranch. · GOWN: Privato by Mon Cheri, Bridal Elegance. · BRIDESMAID DRESSES: Lulu’s. · MENSWEAR: Kilt Rental USA. · REHEARSAL DINNER SITE: White Lion Pub. · CAKES: Antoinette Baking Co. and Nothing Bundt Cakes. · CATERER: Just Catering by Orr. · MUSIC: FuZed Band. · DAY-OF-WEDDING PLANNER: Rachel Chinnock. · INVITATIONS AND PROGRAMS: Sarah Powell. · VIDEO: Spencer Click. · MAKEUP: Makeup by Mary B. · HAIR: Becky Wheelus, Ihloff Utica Square. · RENTALS: Party Pro Rents and Events. · HOTEL: Ambassador Hotel. · OFFICIANT: Olivia’s brother, Taylor Coye. · HONEYMOON: Runaway Bay, Jamaica.

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Christopher Buterbaugh OCT. 22, 2016 PHOTOGRAPHER: Chris Humphrey Photographer. · BRIDE’S HOMETOWN: Tulsa. · GROOM’S HOMETOWN: Edmond. · LIVE IN: Houston, Texas.

HOW THEY MET: At a family happy hour over Thanksgiving. Although their parents deny it, it was a setup; Abby and Chris were the only two single people there. · THE COURTSHIP: The couple began dating in June 2014 with Abby in St. Louis and Chris in Houston. · WHAT SHE LOVES MOST ABOUT HIM: We share the same religious and moral values, we love to cook and exercise together, we love traveling and seeing the world together. He is my partner and other half. · WHAT HE LOVES MOST ABOUT HER: I love Abby’s compassion and selflessness toward others, which is evident in how she treats her family and friends and cares for every patient she treats as a physician assistant. · THE PROPOSAL: To celebrate Chris’ 30th birthday, Abby and Chris traveled to Estes Park at the end of September 2015. They went on a hike, and Chris proposed near Bridal Veil Falls.

WEDDING DAY WEATHER: Sunny and mid70s. · ATTENDEES: 210. · WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEDDING? It was traditional with some modern twists: a Catholic ceremony, an outdoor cocktail hour, a reception with candles and chandeliers, a 13-piece band and a sparkler send-off. · TIME TO PLAN THE WEDDING: 12 months. · CEREMONY: Holy Family Cathedral. · RECEPTION: Southern Hills Country Club. · GOWN: Demetrios, St. Louis, Missouri. · BRIDESMAID DRESSES: Simply Elegant Bridal, St. Louis, Missouri. · MENSWEAR: Beshara’s Formal Wear. · WEDDING JEWELRY: Chris’ grandmother’s pearl bracelet.

REHEARSAL DINNER: The Summit Club. · CAKE: Southern Hills Country Club. · CATERER: Chef Jonathan Moosmiller, Southern Hills Country Club. MUSIC: Dave and the Wavetones. · WEDDING PLANNER: The bride’s mother, Bernie Dornblaser, along with Sara Coonce and Robert Lupo. · INVITATIONS AND PROGRAMS: The Inviting Place. · FLOWERS: Lyla Sawyer at Southern Hills. · VIDEO: Dave and a Camera. · MAKEUP: Shannon Schroeder. · HAIR: Kiersten Lane. · TRANSPORTATION: Old Urban Trolley and Royal Limousine. · FAVORS: Hot chocolate with doughnut holes. Hotel gift bags by The Inviting Place. · RENTALS: Party Pro Rents and Events. · HOTEL: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Warren Place. · OFFICIANT: Fr. Jack Gleason of the Church of St. Mary accompanied by Frs. Brian Barker and John Sotak, Augustinians. · HONEYMOON: New Zealand and Fiji.

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Thomas Williams JUNE 17, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHER: Jonathan Ratzlaff, Expressions Wedding Photography. · DAVID’S HOMETOWN: Bartlesville. THOMAS’ HOMETOWN: Broken Arrow. · LIVE IN: Tulsa.

HOW THEY MET: David and Thomas conversed online for two weeks before they decided to meet up. On their first date, they watched a band at Guthrie Green, got burgers at Fat Guys and talked before going back to Thomas’ to watch a movie. The next day, Thomas sang karaoke while David watched. That was four years ago, and they’ve been together ever since. · THE PROPOSAL: On Thanksgiving Day 2015, David and Thomas spent the afternoon hiking in Muir Woods near San Francisco. They took a break in a secluded part of the woods, and Thomas popped the question.

ATTENDEES: 120. · WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEDDING? The couple had handfasting and water ceremonies during the wedding. Both walked with their moms down the aisle. Thomas and David each had bouquets, and their 9-month old goldendoodle, Olly, also walked down the aisle. Thomas’ best friend, Caitlin, was “best ma’am.” The couple learned an Argentine tango for the first dance. There were two groom’s cakes — David’s was mini peanut butter pies and Thomas’ was a turtle cheesecake made by his mom. · THOMAS’ ADVICE TO OTHER BRIDES/GROOMS: Make your ceremony special and specific to you and your spouse. Pick readings, traditions and music that resonate with you. When stressed, just remind yourself that people put on beautiful weddings all the time in less time than you have. · DAVID’S ADVICE TO OTHER BRIDES/ GROOMS: Separate responsibilities between spouses. Pick responsibilities that interest you and play to your strengths. As it gets closer to the day, delegate tasks. You don’t have to do everything; that’s what the wedding party is for.

THREE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING: Perfect, love-filled, magical. · TIME TO PLAN THE WEDDING: Nine months. · CEREMONY/RECEPTION/CATERER: Gilcrease Museum. · GROOMS’ SUITS: Custom Klein Epstein and Parker. · FORMAL WEAR: David’s Bridal, Macy’s and Marc Darcy. · RINGS: Jewelry By Johan. · REHEARSAL DINNER: Dilly Diner. · CAKE: Gluten-free cake by Coffee House on Cherry Street. · INVITATIONS: Wedding Paper Divas. · HAIR: Steven Lowry and Kelsi Downey. · DJ AND LIGHTING: Banks Entertainment. · LINENS: ABCO Party Rentals. · HOTEL: Fairfield Inn and Suites Tulsa Downtown. · OFFICIANT: Steven Williams, All Souls Unitarian Church. · HONEYMOON: A trip to Japan in August.

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Stephen Collins JUNE 17, 2017 PHOTOGRAPHER: Robyn Van Dyke. · BRIDE’S HOMETOWN: Tulsa. · GROOM’S HOMETOWN: Naples, Florida. · WHERE THEY LIVE NOW: Atlanta, Georgia.

HOW THEY MET: Bridget and Stephen were set up by a friend for a date party during their sophomore year of college at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. · COURTSHIP: They dated the rest of their time at UNC and moved to Atlanta for work after graduation. The couple had been dating just over five years when Stephen popped the question.

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Florence and Venice, but Cinque Terre was the place that truly stole their hearts. · THE PROPOSAL: Stephen and Bridget took a trip to St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first day, Stephen planned a surprise sunset sail/dinner on a private catamaran. It was uncharacteristically raining in St. John. Right after dinner, the rain stopped and the sky cleared to give a view of the sunset.

Stephen took Bridget up to the front of the boat, got down on one knee and the rest is history.

WEDDING DAY WEATHER: Early rain to cool things off for a sunny ceremony. · ATTENDEES: 115. · FAVORITE DETAILS: Bridget loves Champagne, so place cards were guests’ names written on Champagne glasses. · WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE WEDDING? It was in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where the couple first met, and only hundreds of feet from where they first said “I love you.”

HER ADVICE TO OTHER BRIDES: Get everything done early, especially the week of the wedding, and enjoy the entire time leading up to the wedding with friends and family. · HIS ADVICE TO OTHER GROOMS: Carve out discrete pieces of planning that you can take off your fiancée’s plate. She knows more about how

she wants the big day to look, so consider things like planning the honeymoon or finding a videographer and letting her realize her dream of the big day. · THREE ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE THE WEDDING: Classic, euphoric, unforgettable. · TIME TO PLAN THE WEDDING: 13 months. · CEREMONY, RECEPTION AND CATERER: The Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. · GOWN: Alyne by Rita Vinieris · BRIDESMAID DRESSES: After Six by Dessy. · MENSWEAR: Groom, Suit Supply; groomsmen, The Black Tux · WEDDING JEWELRY: Solomon Brothers Fine Jewelry, Atlanta.

REHEARSAL DINNER: The Blue Zone at Kenan Stadium at the University of North Carolina. · CAKE: Cinda’s Creative Cakes, Holly Springs, North Carolina. · MUSIC: Sleeping Booty, East Coast Entertainment. · WEDDING COORDINATOR: Betsy Dohrer, Erin McLean Events. · INVITATIONS, PROGRAMS AND FAVORS: The Inviting Place. · VIDEO: Twenty-One Films, Raleigh, North Carolina. · HAIR AND MAKEUP: Makeup for Your Day, Raleigh, North Carolina. · TRANSPORTATION: Dave Schebell. · LIGHTING, RENTALS AND HOTEL: The Carolina Inn. · OFFICIANT: Fr. Christopher Ross. · HONEYMOON: Maldives and Paris, France. TP

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Robert Talbott holiday dinner jacket, $1,298, Stenstroms formal shirt, $275, Carrot and Gibbs bow tie, $75, and Jonathan Wachtel stud set, $125, all from Travers Mahan; Salem lapel flower, $45, from Two Guys Bow Ties.

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Dress to impress this season when sophistication meets glamour.

Clockwise from top: She Sky dress, $58, from Posh; earrings, $64, from Ribbons; Christine bracelet, $58, Ireland bracelet, $38, Gayle cuff, $120, Concave stingray cuff, $98, Caroline Disque cuff, $122, and Dreamcatcher cuff, $102, all from Rustic Cuff; Vince Camuto Ranata sandals, $129, from Posh; crossbody phone purse, $32, and beaded tassle necklaces, $40 each, from Ribbons.

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Entertain your guests in style with these heirloom pieces sure to impress year-round.

Clockwise from left: Mary Jurek bowl, $205, and tongs, $80, from Margo’s; Julia Knight tray, $375, from Nielsens; Tozai serving utensils, $80, and Mary Jurek bowl, $86, from Margo’s; chocolate agate and gold leaf coasters, $150, and watercolor tray, $315, from Richard Neel HOME; Waterford Lismore Pops Champagne flutes, $195, from Nielsens; chubby gold-leaf bowl, $400, and petrified wood bowl, $250, from Richard Neel HOME. TP

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2017 VENUE GUIDE

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100 Civic Center (918) 894-4260 coxcentertulsa.com Event rental contact: Kathy Tinker Capacity: 100-1,000

4145 East 21st Street (918) 744-1113 ext-2090 exposquare.com Event rental contact: Sarah Thompson Capacity: Multiple facilities available

7501 East Kenosha Street, Broken Arrow (918) 357-4413 forestridge.com Event rental contact: Inga Puhova Capacity: Up to 150

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624 South Boston Avenue (918) 779-6333 624catering.com Event rental contact: Heather Dusenberry Capacity: 200 Reception, 125 Seated

12205 S. Yukon Ave., Glenpool, OK 74033 Phone: (918) 209-4632 Fax: (918) 209-4626 glenpoolconferencecenter.com Event rental contact: Lea Ann Reed, lreed@cityofglenpool.com Capacity: flexible, up to 500

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BEYOND CITY LIMITS

Time travels WASHINGTON COUNTY BOASTS A BEVY OF HISTORICAL DAYTRIP DESTINATIONS. STORY AND PHOTOS BY RHYS MARTIN

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Clockwise: Prairie Song depicts a frontier town circa 1880, but it’s actually a working ranch. Sooner Park boasts a space-age play tower.

Murphy’s Steak House is known for its hot hamburger, served with gravy. The Price Tower is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only realized skyscraper.

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lthough the scenic Talimena Drive in southeastern Oklahoma is well worth the mileage, there’s a great autumn day trip to be had closer to home in Washington County.

Just north of Bartlesville is a place called Prairie Song, 402621 W. 1600 Road in Dewey.

Although it looks just like a frontier town circa 1880, it actually dates to 1983, when owner Kenneth Tate built a cabin on his sprawling acreage.

Tate has built more than 20 additional buildings since, all containing period-authentic furniture and farm implements. Call ahead, 918534-2662, to schedule a personal tour as it is a working ranch.

Dewey also is home to the Tom Mix Museum, 721 N. Delaware St. Mix, an early Western movie star, worked and lived in Dewey before he reached Hollywood fame. Many of the items on display were personally owned by him and his family. A little movie theater also is on site so that people unfamiliar with Mix’s work can see it firsthand.

Back in Bartlesville, you can learn about the city’s rich oil heritage. You’ll find the Frank Phillips Historic Home, 1107 S. Cherokee Ave., and the Price Tower, 510 S. Dewey Ave., the latter being Frank Lloyd Wright’s only realized skyscraper.

The tower was built for the H.C. Price Co., another Green Country oil empire. The penthouse office, which is viewable on the official tour, is a stunning example of Wright’s artistic design. It also has a few hotel rooms available, which provide a stunning view of the Oklahoma landscape.

Today downtown Bartlesville is experiencing a revitalization and boasts several great restaurants.

Frank and Lola’s, 200 E. Second St., is considered classy but casual and serves a variety of local fare with a full-service bar to boot. If you’re looking for something with more of a classic feeling, stop in at Murphy’s Steak House, 1625 S.W. Frank Phillips Blvd. It has been around since the 1940s and is famous for its hot hamburger — gravy over all.

If you still have some time and the kids want a place to play outside, Sooner Park, 200 N. Madison Blvd., has plenty of wide-open space and a spaceage play tower originally built for the Price Family by famed architect Bruce Goff. It’s a whimsical enclosed staircase with an observation platform that gives a great view of the surrounding area. TP

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HEALTH

Gamechangers INNOVATIONS IN COSMETIC SURGERY ALLOW FOR BETTER RESULTS AND REDUCED DOWNTIME.

BY ANNA HOLTON-DEAN

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nip and tuck here, a suction there. Although it sounds simple, cosmetic surgery is anything but. In many cases, these are invasive treatments and surgeries with permanent and profound results.

Years ago, many cosmetic procedures were tedious and painful and produced unpredictable outcomes. However, thanks to technical advancements, patients are experiencing greater success with decreased pain and downtime. Here are five cosmetic procedure game-changers.

Radio Frequency-Assisted Liposuction (BodyTite/FaceTite)

Radio frequency-assisted liposuction (RFAL) tightens the skin and reduces fatty tissue underneath.

Small, discreet incisions are made, and a solution is injected to tense up the fat and cause the blood vessels in it to shrink. Then fat is removed using a rod with holes in the end, sucking the fat into the rod and out of the body. Any area on the body can be treated, but the best results occur on the inner thighs, lower abdomen, back of the arm and the neck and lower face, according to Dr. Greg Ratliff of Plastic Surgery Center of Tulsa.

Unlike traditional liposuction, heat is generated at the tip of the probe, popping fat cells and shrinking the connective tissues to tighten the subcutaneous tissues and the skin.

Ratliff performs RFAL with the BodyTite and FaceTite system and says it can tighten skin up to 40 percent. The incision is so small, the procedure is classified as noninvasive with no stitches needed.

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THE NUMBERS ARE IN As technology advances, so does the popularity of cosmetic procedures. These are the most performed cosmetic procedures in the U.S., according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

LIPOSUCTION The surgeon removes pockets of fat through small incisions. Although there will be swelling, bruising and possible numbness, the patient may feel well enough to return to work a few days post-op. Cost varies across the country, starting around $3,000 in Oklahoma, and increasing with the number of areas treated.

EYELID SURGERY (BLEPHAROPLASTY) The surgeon reshapes the eyelids by removing bagginess and tightens loose skin around the eyelid. However, this doesn’t remove fine wrinkle lines. Swelling can take two weeks to go down and bruising might take up to 10 days to subside. Post-op, the patient might experience blurry vision and teary or dry eyes for several days. Cost starts around $2,000 and can exceed $4,000, depending on the surgeon and amount of work needed.

BREAST IMPLANTS The chosen implants are inserted between breast tissue and chest muscles or between chest muscles and the chest wall. Patients might feel well enough to return to work two or three days post-op, but exercise should be avoided for at least three weeks. Cost might start around $4,900 and varies by surgeon, implant material and office location.

NOSE JOB (RHINOPLASTY) A nose job can be performed for cosmetic or medical reasons. Skin is removed, and bone and cartilage are altered to the desired shape. Bruising should subside quickly, but swelling will take longer. Cost begins around $4,000 and varies by surgeon and location.

FACELIFT Skin is stretched up toward the scalp to tighten and smooth. Bruising might fade after two weeks, but swelling can last longer with possible numbness for several weeks. Cost begins around $5,000.

BOTOX INJECTIONS Used to smooth frown lines and wrinkles around the eyes, Botox paralyzes muscles in the forehead. Patients might experience swelling, bruising or numbness, but most people receive injections and continue on with business as usual. To maintain results, treatments are needed every three to four months. Cost usually begins at $300 to $400.

HOW DOES OKLAHOMA’S COSMETIC SURGERY LANDSCAPE COMPARE? Dr. Greg Ratliff says U.S. statistics are close to Oklahoma’s with one notable difference he has observed from his own practice: liposuction. “Our obesity level means fewer Oklahomans are candidates for lipo,” he says. “I do far more tummy tucks than lipo.” Oklahoma’s obesity level ranks among the top 10 in the nation, according to a 2016 report.

BUYER BEWARE Dr. Stephen Paulsen of Plastic Surgery Associates of Tulsa advises patients to always do their homework on a procedure, including its risks, and always choose a board-certified plastic surgeon.

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WHY IT’S A GAME-CHANGER: Ratliff says that before BodyTite, the results of liposuction were hit and miss. “(RFAL is) proven to be good for 40- to 55-year-olds who are starting to get laxity in the neck,” he says, adding that the procedure “tightens the neck without a face lift.” “It does what (parent company Inmode) claims it does, and they’ve done it right,” he says.

The Body/FaceTite system produces minimal swelling and bruising, according to Ratliff. Patients can resume normal activities within a few weeks.

COST: Begins around $3,500, depending on the area.

Hyaluronic acid fillers (Vollure)

Although they have been around for many years, hyaluronic acid fillers have recently been improved upon in their ease of use and longevity, according to Dr. Stephen Paulsen of Plastic Surgery Associates of Tulsa.

“This filler is administered under sterile technique to prevent infection and can be done in the office in about 20 minutes,” Paulsen says. Target areas recommended by the manufacturer are the nasolabial folds (laugh line area), corners of the mouth and marionette areas (lines that run from the corner of the mouth to the chin).

The product lasts up to 18 months, he adds, and since the face continues to age and tissues continue to thin and sag, a more permanent product might end up in the wrong place. “As with the older HA products, this new one is reversible, as well, adding an additional benefit.”

WHY IT’S A GAME-CHANGER: “The next generation of fillers such as Vollure now promises a longer lifespan, causes less swelling post-injection and provides a softer, less firm result,” Paulsen says.

COST: Begins around $700 per syringe.

Drainless tummy tuck

Tummy tucks eliminate excess belly fat and tighten muscles in the abdominal wall. Traditionally, the surgery requires drainage tubes for several days.

Introduced in 2012, drainless tummy tucks use a progressive tension suturing technique (like quilting) to join together the tissue that was separated during the tummy tuck, closing spaces where fluid can collect in the surgical area, thus eliminating the need for drains.

WHY IT’S A GAME-CHANGER: Recovery is faster and less painful immediately following surgery — it’s decreased from a nine or 10 to a six on the pain scale, Ratliff says. It also decreases the rate for infection since there’s no hole for bacteria to enter.

COST: $5,900-$7,900.

Fat grafting

Fat grafting is nothing new, Ratliff says, but the survival rate of transplanted fat until now was as low as 10 percent. Patients were subject to significant inflammation and scarring at the injection site, resulting in large surface defects and draining openings in the skin. “That is why survival percentage of the graft is so critical; how it is aspirated, processed and injected all are critical in getting maximum survivability,” Ratliff says. With today’s advancements, a 90 percent transplanted fat survival rate can be expected. Fat is harvested by liposuction, processed and injected back into the area that needs more volume. The buttocks and face are two areas which have benefited the most from fat grafting.

“As your face ages, it loses volume,” Ratliff says, “so adding volume is the obvious answer. It allows us to put in living tissue, which molds to the place you add it, as opposed to artificial filler, which is static.” Downtime for fat grafting on the face is about one week.

Ratliff points out one important consideration since fat is living tissue: it will retain its original characteristics. Fat cells in different body areas have different efficiency at processing and storing fat. Abdominal fat cells transplanted to the face, for example, are still abdominal fat cells and can enlarge much faster than fat from most of the rest of the body, so your face will enlarge faster than the rest of you. “So if it came from your stomach, you may get chubby cheeks if you gain weight.”

WHY IT’S A GAME-CHANGER: With new equipment and technology, the transplanted fat survival rate is now close to 90 percent.

COST: Ranges from $1,800-$4,000, depending on the area.

Cohesive silicone gel

Breast implants — inserted between breast tissue and chest muscles or between chest muscles and the chest wall — also are not a new product, but the cohesive silicone gel offers peace of mind in case of implant rupture. Although it is more expensive than standard silicone, cohesive silicone retains its shape — without seeping into the body’s tissue if ruptured — for a more realistic appearance. The level of cohesivity can determine its pliability. “Form stable” or “anatomic” implants hold their shape and force the breast to conform to them, perfect for a mastectomy patient or someone with little breast tissue. Less cohesive implants are more pliable but still don’t seep into the body if ruptured.

WHY IT’S A GAME-CHANGER: “It’s a great benefit for mastectomy patients because it looks so much more natural,” Ratliff says.

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GARDENING

TALKING TURF

CO M M O N ISSUES AN D R EM ED IES FO R TU LSA L AW N S

BY ALLEN ROBINSON

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ere in Green Country, we Tulsans take pride in our lawns. We essentially have two kinds of turf in our yards: warm-weather grass and cool-weather grass.

Here are some tips for keeping both thick and green.

FALL GARDENING EDUCATION EVENTS FROM TULSA COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS Oct. 24 — Fall trees and shrubs Oct. 31 — Winterizing houseplants Nov. 7 — Composting 101 Nov. 14 — Planting bulbs and fall gardening tips

12:10-12:50 p.m. Central Library, 400 Civic Center. Free. Visit tulsamastergardeners.org.

Warm-weather grass

Pets vs. turf

Warm-weather grass, comprised mainly of Bermuda or Zoysia, is green in the spring, summer and fall, then goes dormant and turns brown in winter.

Bermuda seed should be sown in May and June as it needs warm soil and two to three months of growing time before fall dormancy. Less growing time results in winter kill due to cold soil temperatures. Bermuda lawns should receive 4-5 pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet, spread out in monthly applications from late April to August.

Zoysia requires the same timeframe, but does better if laid as sod and requires about half of the nitrogen as Bermuda.

Then, there’s the issue of pets. Although pets are fun to have around, they can do damage to beautiful lawns, flower beds and gardens.

Lawns are not as threatened by cats, but flower beds and gardens can be traumatized by felines using it as their own little litter box. For deterring cats from flower beds, there are many folk remedies. One suggestion is to use spiked cottonwood tree balls mixed with coffee grounds and citrus fruit rinds scattered in the beds; they hate it.

If you have a dog, then chances are you also have brown spots on your lawn.

This happens because dogs are carnivores and eat a high level of protein in their diet, thus causing their urine to be nitrogen rich. The result is a killing of the grass from an overload of nitrogen — the same kind of burn caused by putting a concentrated handful of fertilizer in one spot.

There are a few things you can do to reduce or eliminate this problem:

Cool-weather grass Cool-weather grass, comprised mainly of Fescue (or Rye), is green year-round.

Although it struggles in summer’s heat, it is beautiful in cold months when Bermuda is brown.

If you’re an over-achiever and want green grass year-round, Fescue seed actually can be spread over Bermuda (called “over seeding”) between midSeptember and mid-October using 3-4 pounds of seed per 1,000 square feet.

The ideal time to reseed Fescue is in the fall, as this gives it several months for root development, resulting in an improved survival rate. Although the seed will readily germinate and grow in the spring, it does not have enough time to develop a deep root system adequate to tolerate Tulsa’s hot summers.

Be sure to use a blend of more than one type of tall Fescue seed, preferably mixed with some Kentucky Bluegrass.

Fescue needs only one fertilizer application in the spring, typically in March. Apply 1 pound of nitrogen (immediate or extended-release type) per 1,000 square feet of lawn, unless a soil test suggests other needs. Repeat the nitrogen application in September and again in November.

Studies have shown fertilizing Fescue in late spring or summer is the likely cause of turf disease called “brown patch,” which is the chief cause of summer Fescue death in our area.

There is one caution to the above. If you have applied a pre-emergent herbicide to your lawn, reseeding will not be a success. The herbicide will prevent germination of the seed, sometimes by as much as six months. Post-emergent herbicides for broadleaf weed control may be used in newly seeded turf after the third mowing.

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Fertilize your lawn less (or not at all) in areas where your dog urinates.

Spray water on areas where your dog urinates.

Encourage your dog to drink more water.

Replant affected areas with a more urine-resistant grass (Fescue or Rye).

Feed your dog a dietary supplement.

Train your dog to urinate in one area.

Apply a lawn repair treatment. Here are a few options: Simple Solution Pee Post: Infused with pheromones to encourage your pet to urinate on or near them.

Nutri-Vet Grass Guard Max Chewable Tablets for Dogs: Contains a unique blend of probiotics, digestive enzymes and amino acids to help prevent lawn burn.

Understanding the characteristics of your grass and knowing ways to deter your pets’ natural actions are necessary for having successful lawns, flower beds and gardens. This knowledge will allow your turf and your pets to co-exist in their shared environment and be healthy and happy together. TP Thank you to Tulsa County Master Gardeners for their expertise in this subject matter.

Allen Robinson has been a Master Gardener since 2010.

HOME

This Maple Ridge home will be on tour Oct. 8.

TULSA HISTORY ON TOUR Two neighborhoods host home tours.

BY EMILY FATE

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ulsa has many grand and noteworthy homes. Many of those reside in the historic neighborhoods of Maple Ridge and Brady Heights, which will each host home tours this month.

On Oct. 8, the Maple Ridge Neighborhood Association will host its annual Home and Garden Tour, which allows guests to see inside homes in one of Tulsa’s oldest neighborhoods. The fundraiser supports the beautification and maintenance of 30 islands within the Maple Ridge area, which extends from East 15th to 31st Streets and Riverside Drive to South Peoria Avenue.

“People can expect to view a variety of home styles this year with craftsmanship rarely duplicated in this day and age,” says Jane Butts, event chairwoman. Several homes will showcase the Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Italian Renaissance and Mission Revival styles. Tour patrons can see vintage cars and antiques, participate in an ice cream social and visit nearby Lee Elementary School’s outdoor classrooms.

Ten homes in the Brady Heights Historic District will be open to guests at its “Storytellers” tour Oct. 15. Most of the district’s homes were built between 1900 and 1930.

Proceeds from the tour benefit projects of the Brady Heights Historic District Inc., a nonprofit serving the neighborhood and surrounding community, which lies between the Osage Expressway and North Main Street, directly north of the Inner Dispersal Loop to East Marshall Street.

In conjunction with the event, the neighborhood organization asks those who have called Brady Heights home for the past 100-plus years to share their personal and family histories via video or audio recordings.

“The neighborhood organization is very invested in identifying these stories, which tell our past, so that they can be saved for future residents to look back upon — especially those stories which nobody may be aware of today,” says Brian Parker, president of the Brady Heights Historic District.

To record your story, visit bradyheights.org/tell-your-story. Recordings will be made Oct. 15 at Centenary United Methodist Church. TP Oct. 8 MAPLE RIDGE HOME AND GARDEN TOUR

Oct. 15 STORYTELLERS: HISTORIC HOME TOUR

Noon-5 p.m. Throughout the Maple Ridge Neighborhood and Lee Elementary School, 1920 S. Cincinnati Ave. Start at any of the homes on day of the tour. $12, online; $15, day of the tour.

Visit mapleridgeneighborhood.com.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Throughout the Brady Heights Historic District and the tour’s starting point, Centenary United Methodist Church, 631 N. Denver Ave. $10, adults; free, under 12 years old.

Visit bradyheights.org.

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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE What is an “acreage” legal description?

Prior to statehood, Oklahoma was surveyed into sections, each consisting of 1 square mile or approximately 640 acres. Old deeds often use “acreage” legal descriptions such as “the North 10 acres of the NE/4 of Section 1.”

Technological advances reveal that few, if any, original sections are exactly 640 acres, so these types of descriptions are now considered to be antiquated and unreliable. Detailed legal descriptions prepared by licensed surveyors are preferred and often required in today’s land transactions.

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Consider the overall plan structure, such as deductible and copay amounts plus dosage and consumption frequency for each prescribed drug. Visit medicare.gov/find-a-plan to estimate and compare the total cost, including your prescription drugs and monthly premiums, for each Part D (Rx) plan offered in your area. If you have questions, please call our office.

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Does my pet really need a check-up every year?

Do I need an attorney for my trust?

Yes. Many people believe the purpose of annual visits is vaccine administration. While vaccines are important, there are other reasons the yearly trip is essential. During a check-up, veterinarians perform a headto-tail physical exam to look for any issues you may or may not be aware of.

Because animals cannot communicate their ailments, these exam findings often help identify and prevent problems from getting out of hand such as obesity, arthritis, and dental disease. Your vet will also perform tests that screen for parasites not visible from the outside such as heartworms and intestinal worms.

One reason for creating a revocable trust is to make the administration of your estate after you pass away easier, less expensive and faster. This does not mean, however, that your successor trustee’s job will be easy and hassle-free. There will be assets to gather, beneficiaries to deal with, and financial decisions to make. Your estate planning attorney is already familiar with your assets, family issues and requirements of law. The attorney can ensure your plan keeps pace with your changing needs and challenges.

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$1,975,000 / 6 BEDS / 7.5 BATHS / 8,000 SQFT ---The Estate at Winterspointe is a magnificent traditional custom designed lake home by Tulsa architect Gene Starr and is situated on 2 acres m/l and surrounded by 316 feet of beautiful gradual slope shoreline on Grand Lake.

Roger Bond | 918.231.9973

$1,495,000 / 6 BEDS / 5.5 BATHS / 5,901SQFT ---Sawmill Hollow Point custom home built for large family gatherings. 3 living areas, huge open living space on main floor with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the lake, leading out to large outdoor living space on 2 levels to a 2-slip dock. 3 car over-size garage.

Diana Patterson | 918.629.3717

$1,200,000 / 4 BEDS / 3.5 BATHS / 4,550 SQFT ---Eagle Bluff on Grand Lake! Gorgeous lake home overlooks the large part of the lake & views are breathtaking. Relax at the pool, watch the moon rises & sunsets! New roof & paint makes this home worry free! It even comes completely furnished!

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$ 995,000 / 6 BEDS / 5.5 BATHS / 5,524 SQFT ---Duck Creek Lake Front! Two large master suites, 3 large beds with private baths, large bunk space, and a separate 1 bed 1 bath guest house with kitchen.

Main house has a kitchen equipped with double viking range, GE Monogram refrigerator and more!

Jeff Clifton | 918.694.8981

$899,000 / 5 BEDS / 5.5 BATHS / 4,084 SQFT ---Stunning & inviting lake front inspired Mediterranean featuring modern living. 3 Casitas ideal for family & friends. Spacious open living areas with lake views, hearth room with fireplace, island bar in kitchen and great outdoor living with pool, spa & fireplace.

Sara Beck | 918.791.1389

$789,000 / 3 BEDS / 4.5 BATHS / 4,019 SQFT ---Duck Creek Waterfront. Fabulous custom 4000 sq. ft. home with gradual slope to deep water in a protected cove with 3 slip Trek, encapsulated dock plus boat house, Over-the-top, custom dream kitchen with granite counters & Thermador Commercial appliances.

Sara Beck | 918.791.1389

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$749,500 / 4 BEDS / 4 BATHS / 3,075 SQFT ---Spectacular lakeside home in the Coves at Bird Island.

Beautiful 180° view of Grand Lake, updated bathrooms, fixtures and kitchen and appliances, large open lakeside living room with 20’ ceiling & access to lakside decks. Large, lakeside master ensuite.

Roger Bond | 918.231.9973

$485,000 / 3 BEDS / 3 BATHS / 3,150 SQFT ---Amazing views from this Grand Lake Towne waterfront home. 2 fireplaces, a sauna, large master suite & bath, and 164 ft of main lake shoreline. Enjoy the moon rises and sunsets from the large lakeside decks! Just an hour from Tulsa.

Kathy Stacy | 918.633.0027

$449,900 / 3 BEDS / 2 BATHS / 1,720 SQFT ---Cabin Sweet Cabin! You must see this rustic decorated furnished lakefront cabin! It includes a huge deck, like new appliances, garage/shop, 2 stall carport, and dock!

1 hour from Tulsa and 5 minutes from Reasors!

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1642 E 31 Street | $685,000

Open floorplan designed by Jack Arnold in gated area of Midtown.

High-end kitchen with granite & stainless appliances. Living & dining room open with beamed ceiling. Den area with floor to ceiling windows. 3 bedrooms each with private bath. 3 car garage. Small Yard.

3727 S Utica Avenue | $435,000

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.

Gated Guierwoods

Two New Listings located in gated Guierwoods along the back row of units. Guiewoods offers its residents an easy lifestyle with many amenities, including: security guard, full-time on-site manager, pool, walking trails and an active community enviroment.

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12205 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.

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5127 E 84th Place - Gorgeous full Stone/brick home on 1 acre. Stunning hardscaping park-like yard. Formal living & dining. Study. Granite/SS Kitchen with garden views. Master suite with spa bath on level one.

Media room up with 3 beds & library.

Extensive hardwoods throughout. 4 Fireplaces. Outdoor living, Pool with spill over spa & greenhouse. Gated. $850,000

Barnard traCe 2336 E 17th Street - Brand New Midtown Contemporary Craftsman designed like a modern home with historic character & hardwoods throughout. 3 Beds, 2.5 Baths, 3 Car. Study & Formal dining. Master with 2 vanities, tub & glass shower. Master closet connects to laundry. Safe room & Mudroom. $700,000

grand lake Two Tree Island Waterfront, gated, completely updated, 4 BR, 4.5 BA, magnificent views of Grand Lake, 30’ boat slip in community dock & wonderful outdoor living space. $595,000

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

Woody Crest 2404 E 27th Place - Stunning fully remodeled Midtown Estate Home with top-of-the-line touches & amenities throughout. Enormous kitchen opens to casual living & breakfast. Original moldings & trim.

Charming study, multiple livings, 2 indoor fireplaces, wine/cigar room & basement with granite $795,000

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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

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

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Directions to BrookWood Farms:

From Creek Turnpike. Exit on South 193rd East Avenue (County Line Road). Turn south and travel to East 141st Street South. Turn east and travel approximately 3 miles. BrookWood Farms is located at the intersection of East 141st Street South and South 248th East Avenue.

A Retreat From the Ordinary Visit our website at www.BrookWoodFarms-Land.com or call/text Sherri Sanders McGraw Realtors 918-724-5008.

Private Gated Estate on 26 Acres

www.brookwoodfarms-land.com 918-231-7519 Brian@BrookWoodFarms-Land.com Impeccably maintained private gated Estate on 26+ acres. Breathtaking golf course-like grounds with 5412 E Princeton Street, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

manicured gardens. Grand curved staircase, palatial rooms with soaring ceilings throughout. Two master suites on first floor. Two additional bedrooms up. Kitchen opens to great room & over looks Infinity pool and spa. Sprawling pond with water feature. 9 bay outbuilding has heat & air, tack room, 5 horse stalls, wash bay & office. Additional outbuilding & greenhouse. Fully fenced property with secured gated entrances with paved winding drive. Truly a one of a kind property with easy access to major highways & shopping. Offered at $5,000,000.

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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

1411 S St Louis Avenue

Gorgeous townhouse with 3 bedrooms and open floor plan. Completely replaced stucco, open floor plan on 2nd level, NEW paint! New seamless master shower glass door! 3/3.5/2 $345,000!

9600 E. 91 St. North, Owasso

Custom built home with all the amenities. Single story with 4 beds, office and 3 full baths. Beamed ceiling in living, custom countertops, hand scraped oak floors and upgraded kitchen. $250,000

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. $459,000

1919 S Gary Place

Darling Florence Park home with a ton of space! Hardwoods throughout, new windows, spacious, and move-in ready! $275,000

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2240 S. Evanston

Contemporary new construction with open & stunning plan. Study & formal dining. Huge island kitchen opens to great room, Master plus 2nd bedroom down w/full bath, 2 bedrooms + huge game room up. Amazing finishes & details. Modern Transitional style. $749,000

3107 S. Woodward

Renovated Modern Farmhouse in Brookside! 1st floor master, walk-in closet, open living/kitchen, SS Jenn Air appliances, stone fireplace, hardwoods, 2 laundry, 5th bdrm c/b office, southern style front porch, detached quarters, finished basement. Contact Kelsey Veldstra at 918-810-4528. $575,000

1502 S. Boulder, #23F

River & Sunset Views, Updated w/slate floors, granite counters in kitchen & baths, replaced carpets in bedrooms, newer shower in hall bath, replaced insulated slider door, dbl closets in master, 24 hr security bldg., inside parking.$200,000 TulsaPeople.com

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Cindy Henderson 918.231.9890 Heidi Ewing 918.230.1090

348 E 2nd St, Sand Springs

High Visibility in Business District. 5 Private Office Plus Warehouse. Well Maintained, Kitchen Area, Restroom, Reception Area. Over 3,000 SqFt. $325,000

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. $312,500

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. $299,000

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. $235,000

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. $849,000

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. $375,000

Marsha Hackler

3309 W 83rd Street

Updated one level home with 2 Master Suites.

Granite kitchen with new cabinets & SS appliances. 2 living areas with hrdwds. Master bath separate tub/shower. Walk-in closet, harwood floors. 2 workshops (30 x 40 & 12 x 24).

Corner lot over 1 acre. Swimming Pool. $289,900

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!! $325,000

3306 E 96th Place

Gated Crown Pointe. Stunning Jack Arnold home has charm galore. Four bedrooms, three full baths plus guest bath.

Fireplace in the formal living, family room and master bedroom. Brick and hardwood floors. Two car attached garage plus two car detached garage, both with second floor storage. Sits on one+ acre lot. $659,000

1723 E 31st Street

This updated home is located in Forest Hills with three bedrooms and two full updated baths. Hardwood floors, granite kitchen, windows replaced and plantation shutters add to the charm of this lovely home. $389,000

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New Listing! Single-level home in Patrick Henry has three bedrooms, two full baths and a guest half bath.

Architectural detailing with vaulted ceiling. Formal and informal living areas. Kitchen has granite countertops. $295,000

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

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New upstairs addition includes a 4th bedroom, 3rd full bath & gameroom. Granite & stainless appliances in the kitchen. All baths are updated! Spacious master suite with a fireplace. 2 living areas! Hardwoods. Great location near Cherry Street & Utica Square. $277,000

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4317 E 56th Place Totally remodeled home. Kitchen features 3cm honed granite, pantry, all new stainless appliances. New windows, roof, HVAC, exterior & interior paint. Beautiful hardwoods throughout. Oversized 2 car garage & new covered patio. Award winning Carnegie Elementary.

Move-in ready! $225,000.

6240 S KNOXVILLE AVENUE Amazing opportunity to own a country retreat!

Transitional 3 bed / 2.5 bath single level home that is nestled among 5 acres of oaks and other native trees. The 2016 custom built home has soaring ceilings, a clean and bright chef’s kitchen, indoor outdoor living that includes large covered patio with a/v, beamed great room with commanding fireplace, and a Florida Room!

Great architectural features such as large boasting windows, a grand entry, landscaping and meticulous details in the trim, lighting, marble counters and beautiful flooring. The grand Master Suite is a perfect 5-star sanctuary - and even the guest bath is well appointed. Close to the Golf Club of Oklahoma.

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More than 30 local restaurants served food at the event, including guest favorite Nothing Bundt Cakes, which was voted 2017 Golden Spoon Award winner. Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) won the 2017 Golden Tap Award.

Funds raised at Wild Brew will help support the conservation and educational projects of the Sutton Avian Research Center, such as scholarships, the center’s bald eagle nest webcam and the satellite tracking of young bald eagles. TP

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Taste of Brookside Presented by the Brookside Business Association, the sixth annual Taste of Brookside on Aug. 10 began with a wine reception at Pohlenz Cucine Moderne, followed by a restaurant crawl through Brookside.

Guests sampled food and drinks from 17 restaurants and voted for their favorites. First-time participant ol’Vine won “Best Dish” for its braised pork belly with onion confit and shrimp ceviche. Returning champion Cafe Olé won “Best Drink” for its Patio Painkiller cocktail. Proceeds from Taste of Brookside will benefit Youth Services of Tulsa.

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2. In the Raw Sushi dished up watermelon ceviche.

3. Chance Borger, Cori Duke, Ian Lang and Kirsten Horn. Duke, a KJRH anchor, and Horne, a KJRH meteorologist, were guest hosts.

4. Reasor’s prepared street tacos at Pohlenz Cucine Moderne.

5. Chef Tuck Curren of Biga served pasta Bolognese.

6. The Cafe Olé staff received the event’s “Best Drink” award.

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Senior Star Round-up Cain’s Ballroom went back to its honky-tonk roots at the 15th annual Senior Star Round-up on July 30. Approximately 200 people gathered for an afternoon of country music and dancing to the sounds of Western swing bands Cowboy Jones, the Round-up Boys and Gypsy Twang. The event raised $2,000 for LIFE Senior Services.

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1. Bob Fjelsted, guitarist and vocalist for the Round-up Boys 2. Some guests two-stepped, while others enjoyed the sounds of Western swing.

3. Patrons Jean and Bob Wiles and Leatha Pierce, Senior Star’s community relations director 4. Drummer Jimmy Karstein of headlining band Cowboy Jones 5. Dancers broke in the new floors at Cain’s Ballroom.

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7 Noche de Gala Benefits Hispanic American Foundation.

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9 Rib Crib’s 15th annual PitMasters Golf Tournament Benefits the Children’s Hospital Foundation at Saint Francis, 12&12, Emergency Infant Services, the Foundation for Tulsa Schools and PAL Pet Adoption League.

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10 Foundation Cup Golf Tournament Benefits the Foundation for Tulsa Schools.

FOUNDATIONFORTULSASCHOOLS.ORG 12 Savor and Stroll Benefits Lindsey House.

LINDSEYHOUSE.ORG 14 Mini Laps Benefits Little Light House.

LITTLELIGHTHOUSE.ORG 15 Buddy Walk and 5K Benefits Down Syndrome Association of Tulsa.

DSAT.ORG 17 Tulsa Habitat FORE Humanity Golf Classic Benefits Tulsa Habitat for Humanity.

TULSAHABITAT.ORG 18 Tulsa International Airport Charity Golf Tournament Benefits community initiatives identified by Tulsa Area United Way in support of STEM education and military and veterans’ organizations.

GOLFINVITE.COM / TULSAAIRPORTS 19 Cooking for a Cause Benefits Iron Gate.

IRONGATETULSA.COM 20 Tulsa Bone Bash Benefits Arthritis Foundation.

TULSABONEBASH.COM 21 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Benefits American Cancer Society.

MAKINGSTRIDESWALK .ORG / TULSAOK

21, 23 Tulsa Pink Ribbon Benefits Oklahoma Project Woman.

OKLAHOMAPROJECTWOMAN.ORG 25 Envision the Future Benefits NewView Oklahoma.

NEWVIEWOKLAHOMA.ORG 26 Badges ‘n’ Barbeques Benefits Tulsa Crime Stoppers.

TULSACRIMESTOPPERS.ORG 26 Bunco Rama Benefits Broken Arrow Blue Star Mothers.

BABLUESTAR.ORG 27 Corks and Kegs Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

TULSA.CFF.ORG 27 Giving Spirits Benefits Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

OKFOODBANK .ORG 27 Together We Read Reading Event Benefits Community Action Project.

CAPTULSA.ORG / TOGETHERWEREAD 27-Nov. 5 Care Card Benefits Family and Children’s Services.

CARECARDOK .COM 28 BooHaHa in Brookside Benefits Brookside Business Association.

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EDITOR’S NOTE : TULSAPEOPLE IS A SPONSOR OF THE HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS.

Iron Gate presents

FOUNDING EVENT SPONSOR

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Eleven premier Tulsa restaurants and chefs in eleven live kitchens with cooking demonstrations and wine pairings.

Caroline Kitalong, Iron Gate Jonathan Moosmiller, Southern Hills Country Club Devin Levine, BOK Center

Jeff Marlow, Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma Ben Alexander, The Tavern Alex Pierce, Tulsa Country Club Libby Beesley, OK Cookie Momster

Candace Conley, The Girl Can Cook Miranda Kaiser, Laffa Shannon Smith, Beads and Basil Elizabeth Howe, US Foods

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017

METRO APPLIANCES & MORE

6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

53RD AND MINGO

Event Attire: Business Individual Tickets $125 per person, patron opportunities are available Chef awards, wine pull, auction and more

501 S. Cincinnati Ave • 918.359.9022 aswope@irongatetulsa.org Iron Gate is a downtown soup kitchen and grocery pantry that feeds the hungry of Tulsa every day.

To purchase tickets or learn more, visit www.irongatetulsa.org

PASSIONS

CAUSE COUTURE

AJ Krow and wife Mary Dill Krow; Shelley and Mike Dill; Annie Dill Maitland and husband Ben Maitland at the 2016 Spotlight on San Miguel. Shelley and Mike and their daughters, Mary and Annie, have supported the Kendall Whittier middle school for years.

The Dills share a love for San Miguel Middle School.

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next year she created an after-school dance hen the Spotlight is on San program there. Mike, a San Miguel board Miguel Middle School, the Dill member since 2005, was inspired to become family is sure to be involved. more involved when he saw how much the The “Dancing with the Stars”-themed fundschool was accomplishing in “less-than-desirraiser Spotlight on San Miguel benefits the able physical conditions.” school serving sixth through eighth grades in the Kendall Whittier Nine years ago, San neighborhood.

Miguel launched a $4 OCT. 21 Mike and Shelley million capital camSPOTLIGHT ON SAN MIGUEL: paign to build a standDill, 2017 honorary DANCING WITH THE TULSA STARS alone school across the co-chairs, and their street from the church. now-married daugh6 p.m. • Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center. ters, Annie Maitland It opened in 2012. $150, tickets; sponsorships start at $1,250. and Mary Krow, have Five years ago, the Benefits San Miguel School. school started the all been involved with Visit spotlightonsanmiguel.org.

San Miguel since it Spotlight fundraiser.

Shelley was asked to be opened in 2004 in a dancer in the inaugural event — a role that inthe basement of St. Xavier Catholic Church.

There, Annie fulfi lled a senior catechism volves three months of dance instruction from assignment while at Bishop Kelley High ballroom professionals in Tulsa. Mary danced at the 2016 event, winning the Judge’s Award School. “I helped the kids start a newspaper, led small group projects, continued tutorand the award for most funds raised. Th is year, she will judge the competition. ing struggling readers and even subbed for a class here and there,” she says. “I couldn’t get “Th is is not your typical fundraiser,” enough.”

Shelley says. “It is as exciting as watching the Mary, a choreographer and dance instrucshow on TV, except you actually know one or more of the dancers personally. Everyone gets tor, followed suit in 2007 by volunteering at involved to support their dancer.” TP San Miguel as a reading and math tutor. The 112

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Soon after Karen and Carlin Conner moved to Tulsa from Germany, they were invited to an Oklahoma Project Woman Pink Ribbon fundraiser by former event chairs Shelly and Alan Armstrong.

Now the Conners are giving back by co-chairing the event this month at Southern Hills Country Club. The Oct. 23 dinner will feature a runway show by designer Brunello Cucinelli, a guest of Abersons in Brookside.

“We were touched by the organization’s mission and the ultimate goal of decreasing the mortality rate for those they serve,” says Carlin of his family’s involvement with OPW. Although no one in the Conners’ immediate family has had breast cancer, he says the disease has touched some of their friends “and we deeply understand the impact this disease has on people’s lives.”

Since its founding in 1998, OPW has provided access to breast health care for more than 47,400 uninsured women with limited financial resources, 706 of whom have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

“Helping raise funds for Pink Ribbon is paramount so OPW can continue to provide no-cost mammography, diagnostic procedures and surgical services for the scores of Oklahoma women served,” Carlin says.

— JUDY LANGDON

Oct. 21 and 23 — Pink Ribbon Tulsa SAT: 6 p.m., Abersons Evening Together cocktail party at Abersons, 3509 S. Peoria Ave. $250.

MON: 6 p.m., cocktail hour; 7 p.m., dinner and live auction; 7:30 p.m., runway show featuring the Brunello Cucinelli Collection. Southern Hills Country Club, 2636 E. 61st St. $2,500 and up, sponsorships.

Visit pinkribbontulsa.org.

SAN MIGUEL: IAN DANZINGER; CONNERS: ASHLEY ALEXANDER PHOTOGRAPHY

IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY

Karen, Carlin Jr., Emma and Carlin Conner

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A PARK GROWS IN TULSA A GATHERING PLACE – PART 24

BIG BUILD-UP

A peek at the rapidly changing site of A Gathering Place for Tulsa

BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

PEGGY’S POND

CALIFORNIA SKATE PARK

Construction continues on the wooden foot bridge over Peggy’s Pond, named for donor Peggy Stephenson. The bridge connects the Chapman Foundations Adventure Playground, the QuikTrip Great Lawn and the ONEOK Boathouse.

A construction crew applies shotcrete (liquidized concrete) to the vertical surfaces of the skate park. The skate park is on the south end of A Gathering Place, near East 31st Street and Riverside Drive.

WILLIAMS COS. LODGE Stonemasons lay brown sandstone for the lodge’s multi-story fireplace. Next up: installation of the building’s floor-to-ceiling windows. TP

The sun rises over the Wetland Garden. New plantings and trees make this the greenest part of the construction site.

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CHARLES AND PEGGY STEPHENSON WETLAND GARDEN

CHARITABLE EVENTS SUPPORTED BY

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HOPE so no one walks alone.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Tulsa October 21st, 2017 | 8:30 a.m.

Join us for the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk to help save lives, celebrate survivors, and honor loved ones lost. With every dollar raised, we’re able to make a bigger impact by helping conduct innovative research, promote early detection, and simply provide a hand to hold.

MakingStridesWalk.org/tulsaok 918.477.5418 Š2017 American Cancer Society, Inc.

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TAKE ME BACK

Tulsa Opera Club’s first production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” with Burch Mayo, Ione Sassano, Leona Wise and Ralph Sassano, in December 1948

70 YEARS OF SINGING

BY JUDY LANGDON

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of Mayo Hotel owner John Mayo; and a 36-member volunteer chorus. Tickets started at 50 cents.

Since its founding, Tulsa Opera has hosted world-renowned opera stars in approximately 150 productions. Its headquarters have never left the corner of 1610 S. Boulder Ave. TP Editor’s note: John Mayo planned for Burch Mayo to take over the hotel business, according to “Tulsa Opera Chronicles,” a history of the Tulsa Opera through 1992 written by Laven Sowell and Jack Williams. Burch made a deal with his father that he would stay in the hotel business and never pursue opera again if he could sing the part of Germont in “La Traviata.” He kept his promise, as his name was never seen again in the Tulsa Opera.

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ulsa Opera, the 12th-oldest opera organization in the U.S., kicks off its 70th anniversary season this month with Charles Gounod’s “Faust,” Oct. 20 and 22 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

The organization was founded as Tulsa Opera Club in late 1948 by five original trustees: Bess Gowans, a wellknown and highly respected piano teacher and accompanist, and professional opera singers Ralph and Ione Sassano, Mary Helen Markham and Beryl Bliss.

The five performed in the club’s fi rst production, “La Traviata,” at the downtown Central High School auditorium.

Joining the cast was local high school senior (and eventual world-class opera tenor) William Lewis; Burch Mayo, son

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