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CONTENTS

JULY 2014

Publisher

13 FEATURES

25 DEPARTMENTS

10 Outsiders Productions: Rough Cut

6 COMMUNITY

13 Through His Lens

6 NUTRITION 101

17 Arigon Starr

9 BEAUTIFUL MESS

21 Shawnee Chosen for Pilot Feeding Program

26 To the Last Drop

29 EVENTS

Brad Carter

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Mindy Wood

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Andrea Beck Jamie Bergsten Tim Burg Malialani McQuerry Shea Moore Angela Rowland Mindy Wood

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We know that enquiring minds around the community want to know which retailers are actually going to move into the new Shawnee Market Place retail development. That seems to have led to some misinformation among those who professedly believe they may have those answers. There is nothing malicious in any of the rumors circulating, only that misconceptions can lead to some doubt of what is actually taking place with that development.

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As our own disclaimer, keep in mind that you should never believe everything you hear, read, or are being told when it comes to retail, as things in that sector of the economy can and are always changing. As any hunter or fisherman knows, meat isn’t meat till it’s in the pan. And retailers aren’t actually open for business here until you see their sign on the building, shelves are stocked, the lights are on, employees are hired and the front door is unlocked.

Recently the developer of this project has confirmed who the new retailers are with several of the area’s media outlets, along with our offices, but sometimes wires get crossed and other names get thrown into the mix. It might be best if we explain how Phase One of the project is going to be developed, which could give the readers of this publication a cleared picture.

There will be new retail space located behind the existing Circle K, Burger King, Whataburger, and Delta Café locations along Kickapoo. Situated between CVS and Delta Café, along the Kickapoo Street frontage, there will also be other new retail spaces. Both of these areas are part of Phase One of the development.

In the area behind the existing stores, the developer has told us that Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx, PetsMart, Famous Footwear and Ulta have all agreed to lease agreements with his company. Currently the developer, Hunt Properties, is finalizing the design of the building spaces and those stores mentioned have begun submitting plans to the city on how they will finish out their own individual spaces.

At the time that this article was written, the developer has announced NO other retailers for the retail space between CVS and the Delta Cafe. And why is that? It is because the developer and those retailers he is courting have not come to agreement on the terms of the lease, or sale of property or a myriad of other details that need to be worked out.

On that note, everything else that is being suggested as a tenant in that new development, other than those we have listed are purely speculative in nature. That doesn’t mean we all can’t dream, wish, and hope that our favorite retailer won’t decide this is the place to plant their flag and open up shop. We hope that clarifies some of the misconception and if you want to talk about Disneyland, give us a call.

Tim Burg is the Executive Director of the Shawnee Economic Development Foundation and is one of only 1200 certified economic developers in the world. His past business and civic experiences allows him to focus his expertise on business retention and expansion opportunities, plus undertake marketing, attraction, and recruitment of new business to this region.

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BEAUTIFUL MESS

Summertime The sun is shining brightly. A few cotton ball clouds polka dot the big, blue Oklahoma sky.

There’s a cool morning breeze that’s sure to be gone by midday. Oh yes, the good ol’ summertime is here at last! And with it, baseball season, also.

This is my son’s first year to play baseball.

Technically, it’s “wee ball”—geared toward teaching 3- and 4-year-olds how to hit off a tee, run the bases, field a ball, and throw to first base. With all the rain and the typical summer vacations, he’s missed quite a few practices, but I got to experience the joy of watching him play in his very first game last week. As a girl who practically grew up on the softball field, this is a time I’ve anticipated since Kendrick was in diapers. Plus, watching preschoolers play sports is the best. You never know what’s going to happen!—Like mistakenly running for third base instead of first!

My husband has been away for his annual two weeks of training for the Army National Guard, hating to miss the first weeks of baseball season.

So like any good wife and mom…I missed getting our son’s first at-bat on camera. What a beautiful hit it was, too! Kendrick stepped up to the plate, excited and confident. His very first swing and

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thwack! The bat connected solidly with the ball, driving it across the infield. He was turned in the right direction and, with a gentle nudge from his coach, took off sprinting down the red dirt base path. He landed with a jump on first base with a satisfied grin. He then looked around quizzically as if to ask, “Did I do that right?” As the game progressed, I was able to capture a few pictures on my phone of Kendrick’s second at-bat and his time in the field, so it wasn’t a complete mom fail. And what was his favorite part? The very end of the game when the baggies of snacks and pouches of juice are handed out, of course!

Shea Moore is a stay-at home mom to her sons, Kendrick and Jack, in Shawnee, OK and married to an Oklahoma National Guardsman. She loves to indulge in Cheezits, dark chocolate, and a steamy cup of coffee. She enjoys journaling, jogging, crocheting/knitting, and a growing photography business. www.facebook.com/ sheamoorephotography

Last fall, we enrolled him in soccer and while he seemed to have a good time, he never really settled into it. Of course, that could simply be due to being 3! But it’s been pretty cool watching him out on the baseball field and noting the difference six months (and perhaps the change in sports) makes. I love seeing the confidence and leadership he exudes as he talks to his teammates and races toward the ball after each hit, glove in hand, ready to field it and throw to first base. I can’t wait to see where life leads this sanguine little boy of mine!

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“Rough Cut is an underdog story as much about the little moments as it is the big moments,” said Adam Hampton, writer and director. “We pushed to tell the truth, as ugly as it is sometimes, and we embraced what we found. Rough Cut is funny at times, sad often.”

The series is about a disjointed and disheartened film crew who find the right script at the wrong time. In the midst of day jobs, family obligations, and troubled relationships, they unite under the fresh script against all odds. The series begins with discovering the script and will end at the movie’s conclusion.

“When the story begins, in the pilot episode, it’s basically getting the crew back together. They’re all dealing with some sort of existential crisis: who am I, what am I doing. They had stopped filmmaking because of tensions in the group, and they broke up.

But the script comes along from a character, Fran, at the exact time Pat is getting a divorce, and Susie is trying to provide for the family. So it all kind of happens at this turning point for the characters to get back together and do this again,” said Hampton.

The crew described the series as being about the defiance of determination, about never giving up on dreams, no matter how unlikely success seems.

“Rough Cut is about why we do what we do, why we believe when we shouldn’t, why we try when we know we’ll lose,” said Hampton.

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“It’s not escapism in the sense that you’re going to see Godzilla tear down a building, but the sort of movie that people can find themselves in,” said Hampton.

“Even with Charlie Christmas we had costumes and a lot of action, but we wanted to tap into something a little more real.”

The audience feedback, thus far, has been very encouraging to the somewhat weary crew. “The responses we got whether it was film makers, musicians, or people who just have dreams beyond what they’re told they’re supposed to do, has certainly been the most poignant for me,” said Hampton.

“People were coming up to me talking about having medical issues, ‘I was told I wouldn’t make it, and I’m still here.’ It’s the idea of defiance.”

Rough Cut was filmed in Shawnee and Oklahoma City. Local actors included Beth Edgeman, Jason Garner, Marice Price, Cassandra Alexander, Angelina Hampton, Nick Sanford, Pete Hounslow, and Reina Mohan. The pilot episode took eight months to complete but was shot in just nine days.

The subsequent episodes will be about thirty minutes in length, and they hope to make it available either website streaming or through distributors like Netflix and Hulu. The streaming distributors purchase indie films exclusively shown on their viewing platforms, making it ideal for independent production companies like Outsiders Productions to be widely viewed.

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Photographers have a unique view of the world. They can show us the extraordinary in the ordinary scenes of life, and capture the awe inspiring moments history will never forget for their significance and meaning.

Ed Blochowiak has been showing Oklahomans life and death, triumph and tragedy, through his lens for over forty years.

His work speaks for itself, winning 90 awards over the years including 4 times in the Associated Press, the toughest contest to place, photo of the year 3 times, and countless award in the Oklahoma Press Association and other contests. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in April but has placed in 6 more contests since then.

The quiet photojournalist steps onto the scene and, on the off chance you don’t recognize the Shawnee icon, you might miss him altogether. At celebrations and ceremonies, he is there in the background bringing everyone else into the spotlight. At crime scenes and disasters, he is there capturing consequence and eliciting compassion.

Blochowiak showed an interest in photography when he was fifteen after a friend exposed him to the art. He was on the yearbook team in Shawnee High School and even began submitting his work to the Shawnee News Star before he joined the Air Force. “I worked for a drug store, the old Tom Coffee Drug and they had a studio. I worked there part time. I would take some of the pictures for the News Star, and take them down to them. They put in a dark room in 1969 and I kept bugging them the whole time I was in the military that I wanted to work there.”

After one tour in Vietnam, he came home and six days later found a job waiting for him at the Shawnee News Star. Blochowiak said he’s had great experiences over the years and been afforded opportunities that most people never get a chance to enjoy.

In addition to scads of celebrity shoots, Blochowiak has taken a ride in the Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile, flown in Air Wax planes, KC135’s, an old 1940’s Bi-plane, a B-17and the Red Baron Pizza plane. That instance, though, he didn’t get off a single shot. “The guy asked me what I wanted to do and I said let’s go. So we did the 360 loop, went straight up and stalled the engine, then we just did a dead fall. I never took a picture. I’ll never do that again,” he laughed, “once was enough.”

As it turns out, Blochowiak may have tempted fate. A B-17 in which he had flown and the Red Baron Pizza plane both crashed later.

Some of his favorite subjects to photograph include nature and the elderly. He especially enjoyed capturing the true grit of Oklahomans who had lived through the toughest times. “You could just tell how hard their lives had been, the lines on their faces. There was an old retired school teacher, 90 I think, and I walked around her, shooting her from every angle. She never smiled, never said a word to me, but she kept her eye on me. She let me do my thing.”

What he loves best about his job is the unexpected. From the rush on the crime scene, to catching a child’s mirthful smile, he said, “You never know what’s going to happen the next day.”

There are moments he would rather forget, but never will. “When I first started at the News Star, law enforcement didn’t have cameras. They would call me out in the middle of the night to crime scenes to take pictures for them. I was so happy when they started getting their cameras because I’ve seen some tough stuff.”

One of those was a horrific car accident. “One thing that really got me was an accident on I-40.

That one I will never forget. There was a three or four year old child’s hand. It was just the hand, you couldn’t see the body.”

Another memorable tragedy was a shooting at an apartment complex in Shawnee. “They wheeled this kid out on a gurney and he was sitting up, smiling, and just waiving at everybody. I thought he must not be that bad. Within an hour he was dead. That one shocked me.”

When the Murrah Building Bombing was playing out on TV April 19, 1995, he was there.

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all over them. It was something. It was unbelievable. I did get shots as they still had the fire truck ladders and were getting people out.”

In all of those moments Blochowiak cataloged, there is a local favorite.

It was an OU game during which a video photographer was trampled by a football player. “He just flattened him. His camera was laying several feet away from it. I shot one picture; and it was just as he lifted his head up, his eyes were closed, but he had a cigarette and the ashes are still on it.”

He won his first photo of the year award for that picture.

Blochowiak is the fifth person from the Shawnee News Star to be inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. “The very first inductee was Will Rogers. There’s Paul Harvey, Big Bob Barry, three of the Daily Oklahoman photographers that are now retired. When I

started looking through the website and saw 44 years of names that have been inducted… it’s humbling.”

Looking back, he’s never regretted staying in Shawnee. Although he has no plans for retirement any time soon, he can’t help but reminisce. “I’ve been fortunate. All in all, it’s been a good run.”

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“I think it’s important for our people to not only showcase their work, but to remind people Native folks are still here”

When Arigon Starr took a cartooning class during high school, she probably never dreamed that years later she could count “comic book creator” as a resume item. She’s made a name for herself in many artistic endeavors: actress, singer, playwright, and artist among them. But a favorite project has led her to recent appearances at Comic Con events, as well as a partnership in a production company to promote her work.

What began years ago as an interest in drawing people has transitioned into a way to represent Native Americans in a positive light.

Starr’s idea for a satirical comic book hero led her to create “Super Indian.”

Starr, a Kickapoo Tribal member and former Shawnee resident said, “My father was in the Navy, and we moved every two years while I was growing up.”

However, she’s always considered Oklahoma to be her second home because many of her family members have ties to this area. “When I was growing up we’d travel back to Shawnee or Tulsa at least once a year to visit family.”

She usually treks back to Shawnee, Tulsa, and other nearby towns at least twice a year now to see her relatives. “Kickapoo people are known for their travels, and I’m no different.

My bag is always packed and ready to go!”

Starr’s parents met and married while attending Oklahoma Baptist University, and her sister was born here in town. An uncle was the longtime pastor at First Indian Baptist Church, and her grandparents lived here as well.

Shawnee memories old and new include seeing lots of movies at the Ritz Theater and enjoying meals at Hamburger King. Though her home is now in Los Angeles, keeping in touch with her

local Kickapoo family is still a priority.

While Starr has been doing comics (or sequential art, as she likes to call it) since her junior high years, she says she’s had no formal art training. As a fan of both art history and cartoons, she “learned from copying the masters,” she said.

She’d visit the library and study all the howto-draw books she could find. She maintains a shelf full of them in her studio today, as she feels she can never stop learning. She didn’t seriously pursue this type of art until she decided that “Super Indian” should become an actual comic book.

Hubert Logan, Super Indian’s alter ego, is modeled after several people the artist knows, including herself. Starr refers to him as “an awkward, geeky Native guy who loves science fiction, Kung Fu, and reading books. He has a > www.shawneeoutlook.com

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lot of heart and always tries to do right by his Native people. Unlike Superman, Super Indian knows where he comes from and who his people are. AAAAY!” The original idea for the comic included a ten-minute radio script that was broadcast nationally on NPR and other outlets in 2006. That program led to ten more 5-minute episodes which aired the following year.

Since that time “Super Indian” continues to thrive as a weekly webcomic and has been updated every Monday since April 2011.

Super Indian Volume 1, a 64-page full-color book, was published in 2012, and Starr is currently getting Volume 2 ready for print.

As a part of the Indigenous Narratives Collective (or INC), a group of Native comic creators, Starr is intent on getting out the word: We’re still here! People at her Comic Con appearances have been surprised that Native Americans, let alone Native comic creators, are alive and well. The perception in some parts of the country is that Indians died out completely and are only a part of history books. “I think it’s important for our people to not only showcase their work,

but to remind people Native folks are still here,” she said.

“Super Indian” is set in the present, lives in the contemporary world, and Native culture is involved only in the most pop-culture types of ways. The main character is a member of a made-up tribe, as Starr knows that many things about tribal cultures are either taboo or seasonal. She felt it didn’t make sense for her to use those elements in her stories, though many of her fans have commented that they wish the characters were members of their own tribe. A dog named Diogi is also a part of the stories, and Starr hopes to bring him to the comic book at some point as well The appeal of “Super Indian” has been far-reaching to this point. The published book has even been part of several Native American Literature college courses in the last year.

Fans at Starr’s public appearances have been very positive and supportive, and she foresees animation as the likely next step in the process, though she says “that’s down the road”.

For now, fans and interested newcomers can follow Super Indian’s adventures at http:// www.superindiancomics.com.

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Shawnee Chosen for Pilot Feeding Program by: Mindy Wood

Feed the Children has announced they are challenging convention as they work to develop new solutions to defeat hunger. They chose Shawnee as a location for one of those ideas, a pilot feeding and literacy program: an open site food and book donation program during the summer months for children.

In a press release dated June 16, Feed the Children announced, “The cruel truth in Oklahoma is that the sack lunch program that lowerincome families depend on shuts down for the summer break, which means roughly 300,000 children may be left without a stable source of nutrition.” FTC also reported that Oklahoma has the lowest participation rate in summer feeding programs, 51st in the nation.

FTC partnered with the Shawnee Rescue Mission, with whom they already had an established relationship, to offer nutritious free lunches and books in a local park. They started the first week of June and weekdays at 11:30 AM they meet at Kids Space Park on Center St. Lunch on site provides a social experience for the children and an opportunity for parents or caregivers to take a box of food home. The children eat their lunches together and play together.

“Shawnee is the only location in Oklahoma to participate in an open site summer lunch program. This is basically a beta test for them.

They’ve done all these efforts all over the world, but then they realized in their own backyard that they could do more. So they started this,” said Glenn Blankenship, of Shawnee Rescue Mission, “and they want to do it nationwide.”

Feed the Children will rely on feedback from SRM regarding what is working and change what

isn’t in order to create better outcomes for reaching needy families.

Kids Space Park, a treasured play place in town for kids, is in a somewhat impoverished area. Surrounded by young families, single parent homes, and the elderly, the park also sits close by to Horace Mann Elementary, which Blankenship said 99 percent of students qualify for reduced or free meals.

Sara Iselman, a volunteer with SRM, said it has helped families who relied on free or reduced breakfast and lunch during school. When summer starts, they have to provide three meals a day and pay for higher energy costs as well.

“The first day a grandmother walked her grandchildren up here. Her son is a single parent with five kids, and she’s watching the kids for the summer. She said it would be good because it gives them a place to occupy them for a couple hours a day, and it’s expensive providing meals for them.”

FTC does not require any recipient to fill out forms proving their poverty. They welcome anyone who wants food to eat. It is, perhaps, be an easier process and one less intrusive for people who do not feel comfortable sharing their private information.

The Shawnee Rescue Mission is no stranger to hunger. For more than a decade they have offered food, clothing, words of encouragement and comfort to lower income families and the homeless members of our community.

Recently they opened a free grocery store at 506 S. Bread. The Shawnee Client Choice Food Pantry functions like a grocery story. Recipients show up, grab a cart, and fill it up with food and

hygiene items as they are available.

SRM Director Melissa Blakenship said, “Sarah Iselman is the pantry director and has really put her heart and soul into it. The homeless are the ones who stock the shelves. They unload the trucks, and they work hard in the heat, and they’re faithful. They really contribute to our society.”

Blankenship said a lot of people may think homeless people are lazy, or don’t care to contribute, but that isn’t the case in their opinion.

“They’re serving people more fortunate than they are. They have nothing. A lot of people think they’re lazy, and that’s not the case.”

Isleman said their homeless workers are the first to show up at 7a.m. and the last to leave after they close at 9 p.m. “This gives them a chance to do something, they really feel good about being able to do something. With some of them I take to church, and they’re the ones who want to mow the yard because they don’t feel like they’re giving anything. When they can come and do something, it makes them feel good.”

SRM continues to run a day shelter where people can receive clothing, much of it new and donated by stores like Walls and Dillards. Local barbers offer haircuts. On Wednesdays and Fridays at noon they serve meals and on Saturday they have a meal and church service. The food pantry is open the 2nd and 4th Friday from 1p.m. to 7 p.m.

If you would like to donate to the Shawnee Rescue Mission, visit shawneerescuemission. com /donate or drop a check by Finley and Cook at 601 N. Broadway. www.shawneeoutlook.com

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GREEN DIY BUG REPELLANT Hello Summer! July ushers in picnics and many outdoor activities. Along with this fun come some unwanted guests like mosquitoes and flies.

Speaking of mosquitoes, I have always said the best repellant is to invite me to your activities. If there were 500 people in the room and 5 mosquitoes, all five would seek me out and have their own outdoor picnic.

To make matters worse, I have a slight allergy to mosquito and insect bites.

However, the majority of bug repellants on the market have a toxic chemical list that has been linked to several severe health issues. Children are the most vulnerable.

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Essential oils from plants act as natural insect repellants. The following oils repel Malialani McQuerry is a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach, Holistic Nutritionist, HN, a Green Living Specialist, blogger and business owner. When not coaching clients, she loves to cook, travel, blog, and spend time with her husband, David and dog, George. For more healthy living tips, visit www.greenisntforsissies.com or www.facebook.com/GreenisntForSissies.

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2. Recipe #2: Add 1 TBS oil, 1 TBS witch hazel, 24 drops of lemongrass, 12 eucalyptus and 4 drops citronella. Fill to the top with water and shake.

Though garage sale season starts in the spring, we still have a few more months of great yard-sale bargains (you can keep finding them well into October here in Oklahoma!). Whether you’re looking for a good deal or to get rid of your old things, there are a few things to know.

If you’re shopping . . .

• Check the ads! You can find ads for local sales in the Shawnee News-Star, but also on their website, at news-star.com (check in Classifieds). Look for keywords to narrow down your search, staying focused on sales that advertise the things you need (furniture, kids’ clothes, etc.). List the sales you’re most interested in to help direct your expedition. You can also find a list of sales at shawneeok.org.

• Plan your route. Gas costs money, too. To make the most of your time, use a map planning service (like Mapquest.com) to plan out a sensible route, hitting all your chosen stops in an efficient manner.

• Carry sustenance. Be sure to stay hydrated and energized by taking along some water and snacks to enjoy between stops.

• Get an early start! Pay attention to start times listed in the ads and get there when they open to have first pick. Then again, the later you go, the more likely you’ll find a great deal.

• Haggle. Most sellers are simply wanting to get rid of their things and may be willing to cut a deal (particularly later in the day). Be respectful, though. Don’t push and don’t undervalue their items.

• Carry cash, particularly smaller denominations. You never know how much change the seller will have and most sellers won’t take a check, even for big items.

Check back next month for useful tips for hosting your own sale!

Always do a test patch on your skin to check for sensitivity. You can find more information along with a tick recipe for you/your pets in my June/July post at www.greenisntforsissies.com Have a safe, fun, bug-free summer!

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All Roads Lead Home “I try to write in a manner that, if it doesn’t bore me, then hopefully it doesn’t bore someone else.”

These are the words of newly-published author and former Shawnee resident L.L. (Lori) Ward. Her first book in an anticipated six-volume series, All Roads Lead Home: Getting There, is now available in wide release, and Ward couldn’t be happier about the direction her writing is taking her. Having lived here from ages 13 to 20 – and with most of her family still in the area – she feels that her Shawnee roots are definitely reflected in her writing.

Ward attended Dale Schools during her junior high and high school years and studied at Seminole Junior College, though she didn’t receive formal training toward becoming an author. She said she hadn’t really planned on this career path, but she’s always enjoyed writing, including poetry and short stories when she was younger. Now her efforts have evolved into publication. Rather than doing much research for her latest work, she credits life itself as her learning tool. She said growing up in Oklahoma and enjoying both listening to and talking with people has proven to be a great teacher. She fondly recalls stories told to her by elders, and the small-town feel of communities like Macomb, which her grandparents called home. These life experiences fill her writing today, and form the basis for her ideas. Her heart, as she puts it, belongs in Oklahoma.

Getting There serves as a background builder for her lead character, Jesse, a cowboy whose life has led him where no one wants to go. He’s lost his family, his home, and more. He is simply searching for a reason to go on. Though set in 1885, the book reflects upon his grandmother’s heritage of the early 1800s while also evoking the problems of today’s world: addiction, racism, bigotry, betrayal, and lack of forgiveness, followed by acceptance. However, readers won’t find gratuitous sex or violence within Ward’s

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work; she is adamant about that. What they will find is real struggle accompanied with genuine encouragement.

Reviews thus far have shown “anticipation to the extreme” for the release of the second book in the series, Hanging There, which has been completed but not yet submitted for publication. Even readers who admit they don’t typically seek out books from the western saga genre admit that they’re extremely pleased with the end result of Ward’s labors. They are clamoring to know what happens next for Jesse and those he’s met on his journey.

The third book, already titled Rooting There, is well underway. As Ward notes, “Basically, this story is telling itself to me, and I’m actually on the front row seat by myself. I get to see it first.

It’s just amazing, because the times I’ve had to stay away from this project, I’ve missed the characters.

They so develop themselves around you that they become like family.” Readers of the first book have noted that they recognize their own relatives and friends within the lives of the characters, making the book even more relatable to its audience.

Ironically, Ward didn’t initially plan to publish this work. She began the book twenty years ago but said she “had to keep putting it on a shelf,” because of various life events. However, an even bigger life event – a possible cancer diagnosis – caused her to know it was time to take the idea off the shelf and finish it. Her strong faith and a belief that God would lead her where she needs to be, prompted her to see the good she could do through her writing at this stage in her life. Her intent now is to offer hope to others. Self-described as a “big pray-er,” who’s been discouraged by what is considered entertainment in society today, she wants to use her abilities to help those who are struggling with various difficulties in their own lives. She harkens to

a simpler time, when morals and values were stronger.

Though she considers writing to be a very lonely, very individual activity, she also knows that it has allowed her to discover more about herself. She had felt for a long time that Jesse’s persona was modeled after her own brother David, but she came to a recent epiphany.

Though the mannerisms and physical attributes belonged to him, the events in the book were more resembled her own life story.

Having called Tulsa home for the past 30 years, Ward still misses this area and hopes to move back some day.

Getting There can be purchased now through her website llynnward.com or at Amazon.com. It is also available for Kindle and Nook devices.

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To the Last Drop by: Mindy Wood It may come as a surprise with all the June rainfall, but according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, which monitors weekly conditions, we still need more rainfall. The service measures drought from Abnormally Dry, to Moderate Drought, Severe Drought, Extreme Drought, and Exceptional Drought.

A significant portion of Oklahoma showed to be in severe drought, including Pottawatomie County. The northern part of our county and Lincoln County is parched with extreme drought and western Oklahoma registers extreme to exceptional drought conditions. There are even whispers of a returning dustbowl buzzing among climate scientists, concerned agriculture advocates, and farmers in western Oklahoma.

Sustainable Shawnee is a long standing proponent for water conservation. President, Shawna Turner, shares tips for indoor and outdoor water conservation. She said residents can easily save water outdoors this summer that will lighten the water bill without sacrificing a lawn’s curb appeal.

“The most impactful thing any homeowner can do to reduce their water use has to do with irrigation. You frequently see water running down the street and into the drains, and that’s usually because they have a nozzle that needs to be adjusted on the system, or they’re leaving it on longer than it needs to be on; or the pressure is such that they’re putting out so much water that the ground simply cannot absorb it. You can have your system checked or check it yourself. If you have water running in the street, you’re not only doing a disservice to yourself because you’re paying for that water, but you’re doing a disservice to the community because it’s being wasted.”

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Turner said drip irrigation and soaker hoses are two great ways to conserve water. Drip irrigation utilizes plastic feeder lines, usually allowing half to two gallons of water per hour to drip on plants. A soaker hose is a porous rubber hose that seeps water along both sides. “Not only does it reduce your water usage but it delivers the water at the place where the plants need it the most.

They don’t need water on their leaves or blooms.

The closer the water is to the ground the more effective it will be.”

Rain barrels are also an alternative if the planning or building codes allow them where you live. The barrels use diverted water from the guttering to store water that can be used for outdoor watering. “I have a hose hooked up to mine to water plants and my garden. As long as it rains you do have something to work with. If it’s raining and you don’t get a whole lot from it, you probably need to have more than one if you’re serious about it. Lift it above the ground so you can use it for a gravity feed, so the water comes out.”

Indoor conservation can add up to big savings. According to the EPA, 27 percent of indoor

water usage comes from the toilet. Leaking or running toilets can waste at least 200 gallons of water. Fix a leaking toilet, replace the hardware, or purchase a new toilet with a low flow rate.

Adaptions to your shower fixtures and faucets will also help reduce water use. According to energy.gov, low flow fixtures for your kitchen faucet will restrict flow rates to 2.2 gpm and bathroom faucets to 1.5 to 0.5 gpm. Before 1992, showerheads had flow rates at 5.5 gpm but today you can find them as low as 2.5 gpm.

Using less water in the shower also means lowering your heat costs generated by the hot water tank.

Turner is even more creative about indoor water conservation. “I keep a bucket in my bathroom. While I’m waiting for the water to get warm, I fill it up and can water my plants with it, fill a humidifier, or water my pets. I’m not just letting that water run out in the sink.”

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St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital has announced they will offer a more convenient way to access patient records, starting July 1st. A patient portal, called MySash, allows patients to login to the website and view results from certain procedures and lab tests.

The information will include ancillary results from labs and radiology, physician reports including history, physicals, and discharge summaries; medication lists, allergy lists, visit history, and continuity of care documents. CCD is an electronic document exchange standard for sharing patient summary information about current and past health status in a form that can be shared by all other computer applications, including web browsers, electronic medical record (EMR) and electronic health record (EHR) software systems.

While patients may still choose to receive a phone call or faxed results, the portal provides a more convenient way to access the information.

Results are available within 36 hours. Vice President and Regional CIO for SSM Health Care of Oklahoma, Kevin Olson, said the decision was motivated by convenience for the patient and compliance with certain federal government guidelines.

“The trend today is to make information more accessible, we’ve done that for our patients. There are some governmental requirements to make some information more easily available. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also called the Stimulus Act, was part of the economic stimulus for both providers and physicians to make information more accessible to patients. For Shawnee and Oklahoma City, we were starting on this long before ARRA.” Although sensitive reports, like pathology results, will be discussed with the patient’s physician, nearly everything else is available at the click of a button. No more calling in and missing return calls, no more waiting by a fax machine, the patient portal can be accessed from a computer, smartphone, or tablet.

Additional components to the application will also allow patients to input information themselves. “If I have high blood pressure, I’ll be able to put my information into trend it to see if it’s going down, and communicate with my physician to see if I’m following the protocols,” said Olson.

The login process is as simple as setting up an online shopping account, according to St. Anthony Shawnee Hospital’s Public Relations and Marketing Consultant, Carla Tollet. “We did a soft launch with our employees and the process is very simple and easy to set up. All you need is your birthdate, name, social security number, and address. You’re given a login and password; then you can log in and change your password if you want to do that.” Per federal guidelines, Olson said the site has tight security with information highly encrypted to ensure privacy.

Kiosks will be set up in the St. Anthony Shawnee Emergency Room and other locations within the hospital where a support staff will set up an account with the patient. Sign up is also available on their website, stanthonyshawnee.com

IFYR Rodeo is the nation’s “richest rodeo” for youth rodeo competitors because they give out the most money to winners. Attracting nationwide talent, you’ll see barrel racing, roping, pole bending, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, bareback riding breakaway roping, and much more at this annual event. Performance times are: Sunday, July 6: 8 p.m. Monday, July 7: 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 8: 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 9: 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 10: 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 11: 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. finals, Western Tradeshow: Sunday-Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

JULY 10TH Join the fun Readin’, Ridin’ and Ropin’ at the International Finals Youth Rodeo. Receive free entrance to the Thursday morning performance with your library card, beginning at 8:30 AM. Event from 9AM to 11AM open to all ages.

JULY 12TH-AUGUST 24TH The Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art presents “Organic: Experiencing Nature in Art.” This exhibit explores nature through different art styles and mediums. The visitor will experience how different cultures embraced their natural environment. Ranging from ancient pottery to contemporary oil paintings and Native American bead work to Chinese silk embroidery, a wide range of art will be explored.

JULY 18TH Downtown Block Party is an art walk through Downtown Shawnee featuring live music, art, and much more from 5PM to 8PM.

AUGUST 1ST First Fridays is an artwalk on the 500 block of East Main St. Downtown businesses host art shows, live music and a variety of other activities in a family-friendly setting on the first Friday of each month.

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LIVING PORTRAITS

The Heart of the Matter

Larry Sparks who has worn many hats as pastor, and occasionally a missionary. Pastor of Blackburn Chapel Baptist Church. Educated at OBU and SWBT Seminary, Sparks managed supermarkets for Pratt’s as a great practical teacher.

He and Vickie reside in Bethel Acres where they make time for their seventeen grandchildren, poetry, and football.

Angela is a rather petite nearly red-haired young mother whose life has been anything but normal. When I heard her story my mind froze but my heart melted. My first thought, you need to hear this now.

Jason and Angela True were new and happy parents in the spring of 2003 when baby Seth entered their lives.

Angela, though young, began to feel tired, breathing and sleeping became issues that signaled this was more than “mommy fatigue.” So, out of concern, a trip to the E.R. was made; a diagnosis came quickly in the March of ’03… not a good one either. Angela was told she had congestive heart failure.

Fear almost seems too frail a word to describe the complex claws that gripped this young family. A new baby named Seth, young mother with a dying heart, also, diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy, a husband to be deployed, and desperately in need of a heart transplant.

The dump truck of “Job” had backed up to her young life and emptied it’s load on the True family.

Let’s step inside the heart of young Angela and take a seat where the movie called, “A Mother’s Concerns” is showing; run the footage. The doctors’ suggestion of a heart transplant seemed farfetched. “I didn’t think I was really that sick. I was wrong. My device was shocking me more often to reset my hearts rhythm. I realized my time was short. I didn’t know if I had years or months but it didn’t matter. I slowed down, counted every moment big and small as a joyous gift. This made me a better mother.

I believed I could die at any time. My thoughts formed questions, painful, probing questions that were real. If I died, would my toddler even remember me? How would my family make it without me? What would their lives be like? Would Jason remarry? Would she be a good mother to baby Seth? Or would he stay single and Seth never have a mother?”

Back to the hospital, things were worse. People came to visit, prayed, and cheered her up and for those few minutes, it felt so good. It’s as if the doctor had told them she would die soon and they thought she didn’t know, but Angela knew. Jason was so amazing; this veteran warrior was fighting a different war. After ten years of

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marriage she saw a side of her husband she had never seen.

From the time she entered the transplant unit she was put on the #1 spot, there were the inner struggles of “why me,” and “I don’t deserve the help more than anyone else?” All of these emotions were scary and confusing, according to Angela. She was only on the list three days. December 25, 2006, after the Christmas celebration in Angela’s hospital room; a call…the nurse said that she would be getting the new heart that day! Prep for surgery, last minute hugs and kisses and precious moments with Jason and Seth.

Angela told Jason privately everything she wanted for Seth’s life…just in case. Next scene, days have lapsed; she awakens but things are already different.

Energy, she felt good, a near forgotten feeling because it was working. It would be a long journey of recovery with lots of meds, counsel and inner questions, “Who was the donor?” The doctor said her new heart was beautiful! The donor must have been a wonderful woman. They said she was 25 years old, perhaps a wife and mother also…and a hero, she saved Angela’s life.

Though it’s been eight years, Angela thinks about the donor every day. “The heart of the matter is love and I must love and care for this miracle gift from God,” says Angela. With all of the drama in this family’s lives, they have happily overcome. Last year they lost their house in a tornado; a piece of cake in comparison.

Still the petite, near red-headed woman who wears a new heart inside each day, can attest God is real and love is the heart of the matter.

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