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VOL 20 ISSUE 8
August 2013
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Over 40 Years Experience in Treating Pain
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Dr. Joseph Mitchell of Mitchell Chiropractic Clinic offers relief from pain as quickly as possible. By Carol Beck-Round Getting his patients out of pain as quickly as possible has been Dr. Joseph E. Mitchell’s goal
since he began his chiropractic practice over 40 years ago. “If a patient comes in with
Examining a patient’s X-rays helps Dr. Mitchell determine the best course of action for treating pain.
pain, then our primary concern is alleviating the pain as quickly as possible,” says Dr. Mitchell. “We want to provide nonsurgical and nonmedical care so the patient has lasting relief and doesn’t require as much or any pain medication.” Dr. Mitchell’s career spans more than four decades, but he is still dedicated to learning more about chiropractic medicine and staying on top of new techniques and the rapidly changing field of healthcare. According to his wife, Beverly, who works in the office with him, “He doesn’t have a (continued on page 24)
Nostalgic Toy Makes Comeback Sock monkeys aren’t just for children at Country Grannie’s Playhouse.
By Carol Beck-Round Tony Sementi believes in “under promising and over delivering” to his customers. Maybe that’s why his business, Tile by Tony, has grown into one of the area’s largest kitchen and bath remodeling businesses since opening in 1982. Sementi, whose background began with a three-year construction apprenticeship in Fort Worth, Texas, grew up working with his hands. “My dad was an engineer,” he says, “and I was always building something.” Sementi’s reputation for high-quality work and customer service has earned his business the highest rating at Angie’s List. “I believe it – Angie’s List is a much more honest assessment from customers than other online review sites,” he adds. When Sementi started his business, tile was his mainstay. “There was a niche for tile at the time and for quality work,” he
says. However, within a few years he began to diversify, but the name stuck. Initially after expanding, the business focused on bathroom remodels, moving into kitchen remodeling later. What sets Tile by Tony apart from similar businesses – besides Sementi’s quality work – is the fact that he has 12 employees on staff. “Because I have a plumber, electrician, sheet rocker, painter, carpenter, and a granite and tile crew on staff, we can get in quickly and get the job done,” he adds. “While some remodelers have to line up an electrician or a plumber and then wait for them to show up, I can count on having my crew there when I need them. I can schedule a job in the sequence it needs to be done and get it finished in a timely fashion.” In addition to tile, the (continued on page 24)
By Carol Beck-Round
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A favorite stuffed animal—originating in the Victorian Era—is making a comeback, especially at Country Grannie’s Playhouse in Inola. Carolyn Dormier not only fashions the popular toy from a variety of socks but also loves teaching others how to make the cute button-eyed animals. Memories and nostalgia led Dormier to begin fashioning the monkeys—historically created out of a pair of Rockford Red Heel Socks—from socks of all sizes and patterns. “My mother never wasted anything. She made quilts and taught me to make doll clothes as well as sock monkeys long before I started school,” she says. Dormier’s sock monkeys include Red Hatters, Zumba monkeys, horse and other animal prints, seasonal monkeys as well as striped and polka dotted monkeys. However, some of her (continued on page 24)
Carolyn Dormier displays one of the sports-themed sock monkeys at her shop, Country Grannie’s Playhouse in Inola. The sports-themed monkeys sell out fast, she says. Here she shows a sock monkey made from a Thunder sock. OU sock monkeys are her bestseller.
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Tony Sementi, master craftsman and owner of Tile by Tony, opens the door to one of the tile showers on display at his showroom in Catoosa. Tile by Tony is more than just a tile store, specializing in kitchen and bath remodels.
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