Norman Magazine, November/December 2013

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Among America’s 100 Best for Orthopedic Surgery One of America’s best hospitals for Orthopedics Surgery is right here in Norman, Oklahoma. Norman Regional has been named one of Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery for the past two years!

Healthgrades is the nation’s most trusted, independent source of physician information and hospital quality ratings. Healthgrades uses the federal government’s Medicare data to review and rate more than 5,000 hospitals nationwide. Other recent honors for Norman Regional include: • Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013) • Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Joint Replacement for 4 Years in a Row (2010-2013) • Ranked #1 in OK for Overall Orthopedic Services for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013) • Ranked #2 in OK for Joint Replacement in 2013 • Five-Star Recipient for Spine Surgery for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013) • Five-Star Recipient for Back and Neck Surgery (except Spinal Fusion) for 2 Years in a Row (2012-2013) Most orthopedic surgeries are performed at the HealthPlex hospital, located off Interstate 35 on Tecumseh Road.

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HOLIDAYS ON THE ROAD The Thanksgiving Holiday is an interesting time for Oklahoma basketball players.

NATIVE ARTIST 72-year-old internationally acclaimed sculptor, painter, legislator and chief is decorating with his own renowned sculptures and paintings.

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ODD PETS They’re not traditional but unusually lovable.

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BEDLAM While kickoff is still a few weeks away, Bedlam lives in some Norman homes all year.

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from the Publisher

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from the Editor

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Norman Events

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Norman Style

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Norman FYI

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Making a Difference Dr. Nicole Jarvis

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Norman Living Flight Club

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Norman Business Mariposa Coffee Roastery

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Wine Time

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Norman Spirit Ryan Terrill

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Taste of Norman The Garage

SNAPSHOTS 91 Celebrity Sing 92 OU Theatre Guild 93 Pioneer Library 94 Redbud Harvest 95 Republic After Hours 96 Taste of Norman

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22 78 On the Cover: Mike and Debbie McCurdy’s west Norman home is part of this year’s Assistance League Holiday Home Tour. Details, See Page 22.

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PUBLISHER Terry Connor EXECUTIVE EDITOR & GENERAL MANAGER Andy Rieger ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Debbi Knoll ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Rebekah Collins Robin Escarcega Kimberly Lehenbauer Sherry Romack Nick Sheats CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mack Burke Jerri Culpepper Amy David Carol Cole-Frome Justin Harper Doug Hill Mick Hinton Chris Jones John Shinn CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Travis Caperton Jessica Cherry Jay Chilton Lindsey Davies Doug Hill Kyle Phillips Ty Russell Shevaun Williams NORMAN STYLE COORDINATOR Rebekah Collins DESIGNER Daren Courtney DIGITAL COORDINATOR Jason Clarke Norman magazine is a bi-monthly publication of The Norman Transcript.

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s I recently reviewed this year’s colorful Christmas decorations in a Norman store, the elderly couple down the aisle seemed irritated by terry connor by the display.

Well, maybe it wasn’t the actual Christmas offerings, but more that the decorations were only a few feet away from stacks of Halloween candy. The man made comments that we sometimes hear in October or September as the retail season starts earlier – “every year, Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier.”

Although we have all likely made similar statements, this year is different. This year, when the Christmas-related items occupied several aisles of many stores well before the ghost and goblins arrived on Halloween, I welcomed their arrival. It’s one of those aspects of life that we cannot control, so I’m embracing the holiday retail season whenever it starts.

Instead of waiting until Cyber Monday or Black Friday, I’ve already started strolling through stores, especially those that are showcasing this year’s must-have technical devices or the latest gadgets that will make life a little easier. I’ve thumbed through the Brookstone and other holiday shopping catalogs in October and identified gift possibilities.

I’m anxiously awaiting for Sirius-XM to announce its exclusive Christmas music channels, and when I am not listening to talk radio, rest assured that I’m singing along with the treasured tunes. By the way, I’m probably the guy in the vehicle next to you at the red light singing Rudolph The Red Noise Reindeer or Frosty The Snowman or some other holiday classic.

I also plan to once again watch Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life and the frozen flagpole scene in A Christmas Story and enjoy it like the first time.

Although I no longer climb and hang rooftop lights and decorations, I still enjoy touring neighborhoods to view the colorful seasonal light shows. I am truly pleased when I find displays lighting up the sky similar to the Griswold’s residence in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

There is also something about the sound of the Salvation Army bell during this season. I was schooled years ago that, if possible, you should never pass the red kettle without making a donation, no matter the amount.

And, it might sound crazy, but I will also be in the stores on Christmas Eve, continuing a tradition that I started as a teen-ager of buying at least one gift the day before Christmas.

Yes, the holiday retail season arrives earlier each year, and there is nothing we can do to change it, so enjoy it.

My recommendations: get ready for some Thanksgiving turkey and dressing; avoid getting angry when you find yourself in the midst of the hustle and bustle of the shopping crowds; sing White Christmas a little louder; and make this holiday season the best ever with family and friends. Happy holidays.

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We are all creatures of habit S itting in the corner table at Juan Del Fuego’s west Norman restaurant one fall Saturday, Joe Lester nods to the waitress. “The usual,” she asks. “Yep,” the good sheriff replies.

Huevos Rancheros, black beans, green sauce, eggs over easy on top of the tortillas. Hash browns, no toast. Coffee.

Like many of us, the good sheriff is a creature of habit. It’s hard to change.

Think about it. We do many of the same things each day, week, month or even yearly. Don’t believe it. Look at your checkbook.

There is something about consistency that makes life predictable. It’s what makes chain restaurants work. In McAlester, Okla., or McAllen, Texas, it’s the same Big Mac. Olive Garden spaghetti tastes the same in Norman as it does in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Back home while going through a closet, I find that missing pair of brown Sperry Docksiders. It is one of six pairs of the same style shoe parked in my closet. Four are even the same color.

They are in various levels of wear and the occasion dictates my choice. The retrieved pair will now take its new place in the rotation, second best.

When this edition of Norman Magazine hits the streets, it’s time for my every-other-month haircut. Josh Jewell will expect me to bring new copies to his barber shop coffee table for his customers to read.

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At the OU-Texas game, my traveling group knows the secret back way to the Cotton Bowl. We park on the grounds of the same elementary school and gladly pay the $20, knowing it will find its way to help schoolkids.

Back in Norman, thousands of Sooner fans have parked at McKinley Elementary School on Flood Street, just west of campus. Parents in reflective vests direct vehicles around the relatively new playground equipment.

At some point, good habits become traditions and Fall seems to be full of them. Back-to-school pictures on the porch. Pumpkins from McFarlin’s pumpkin patch. Pansies from Republic Bank. Raking leaves on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Carving the turkey. Bread swap at church.

Around the holidays, no one questions leftover pecan pie for breakfast or making the kids sit at their own table.

We always get Poinsettias from Meals on Wheels, fruit baskets from Rotary.

There will be a Christmas morning casserole prepared the night before.

Growing up we had those ribbons of hard candy that the dentist probably provided my parents. Our tree was usually a red cedar, nationalized from the hospital lake property next door. Stockings were handmade and always had some Hershey’s Kisses in the bottom.

Adult children often want to revisit their youthful habits over the holidays

in Norman. At Thanksgiving, it’s a given my son will want to go to Classic 50s, late one night, order the bacon cheeseburger, mustard only, please.

It got him through Middle School and gave us time for guy talk, away from mom and his sisters. One of those sisters, now married and living in Tennessee, can’t get to Libby’s in Goldsby soon enough. The featured restaurant in the last issue of the magazine made her want to get in the car and drive 16 hours for some catfish and chicken fried steak.

On Christmas Eve, we’ll decorate dozens of butter cookies and watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas. Come Christmas morning, the family will open wrapped gifts in the order of their birth. Oldest first. Even though he’ll turn 30 this year, my son will get a small box of Legos to assemble. The girls will get some jewelry and makeup as part of their gifts.

All the talk about food makes me hungry. For now, it’s time for lunch at Sooner Dairy on Main. Randy knows what I like when I pull up. Cheeseburger. Educated. (Mayo, lettuce and tomato). Tater tots. Medium tea. No sweetener.

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Norman events

Information supplied by Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau Photos by Kyle Phillips, Doug Hill and Jay Chilton

Ongoing Events Saturdays and Sundays Discovery Days 2-4 p.m.

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 2401 S. Chautauqua Free with paid museum admission. www.snomnh.com

Sundays Live music: Mike Hosty 11 p.m.

The Deli 309 White Street Mike Hosty performs live each Sunday night. www.thedeli.us

First Monday of the month Free Admission the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Museum hours: Monday – Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 2401 S. Chautauqua The first Monday of each month, the museum features free admission www.snomnh.com

Tuesdays Art Adventures 10:30 a.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 500 Elm Avenue Young artists are invited to experience art through books and related art projects for children ages 3 to 5 accompanied by an adult. Art Adventures are made possible by generous support from the Kimball Foundation. www.ou.edu

Tuesdays Noon concerts

Wednesdays Local Trivia Night

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The Tuesday Noon Concerts series is a cooperative effort between the OU School of Music and the FJJMA. www.ou.edu

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Local 2662 W. Main St. Join LOCAL Restaurant for FREE team trivia every Wednesday at 8 p.m., presented by TheLostOgle.com.

Comedy Night 9 p.m.

Othello’s 434 Buchanan Street Sign up at 9 p.m. Show at 10 p.m. othellos.us

First Tuesdays NSAA Art Critique 6:45 p.m.

Mainsite Art Gallery 120 E. Main St. the NSAA Critique Sessions enable artists of all levels to present their inprocess work and receive constructive feedback for the betterment of the piece and the artist. www.normanarts.org

Second Fridays Second Friday Circuit of Art 6-9 p.m.

Mainsite Art Gallery 120 E. Main St. a monthly, citywide celebration of art – is a collaboration between artists, art organizations, and businesses, brought to you by the Norman Arts Council.

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Art “a la Carte” 6-9 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 500 Elm Avenue, Norman The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art participates each month with the Norman Art’s Council’s 2nd Friday Circuit of Art. From 6-9 p.m. on the second Friday of each month the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art provides live music and independent films by the deadCENTER Film Festival Admission to Art “à la Carte” is free and open to all ages. Live music and films run 6:30-8:30 p.m. Films should be considered for mature audiences only. www.ou.edu/fjjma

Ongoing through Dec. 29 Art Exhibit: Pablo Picasso’s Woman in the Studio Museum Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Info: For one year, Pablo Picasso’s Woman in the Studio (1956) will be on loan from the St. Louis Art Museum.

Several works by Picasso from the FJJMA permanent collection also will be on view as a complement to this featured exhibition. The museum is closed on Mondays. www.ou.edu/fjjma

The Sooner Theatre Ongoing through Jan. 12 Art Exhibit - Dark Light: the Micaceous Ceramics of Christine Nofchissey McHorse Museum Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Dark Light: the Micaceous Ceramics of Christine Nofchissey McHorse is the first traveling exhibition by the Navajo artist. McHorse is considered to be one of the most innovative forces in Native American pottery today. By creating vessel-based art that is undecorated and abstract, her work relates more to modern sculpture than to Southwestern culture. As a result, she has been collected both by contemporary art and Native arts collectors.

Begins Nov. 29 Downs Family Christmas Lights 2900 72nd Ave SE The annual Christmas Lights Ministry begins the day after Thanksgiving and runs through the holiday season, Proceeds benefit the Regional Food Bank. www.christmasinnorman.com

Downtown Norman Ice Rink Andrews Park 201 W. Daws St. Opening the day after Thanksgiving, the outdoor ice rink will be available for holiday skating. www.christmasinnorman.com

Ongoing through Jan. 5 Art Exhibit – Libertad de Expresión: the Art of the Americas and Cold War Politics Museum Hours: Tuesday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art During the Cold War, the Organization of American States, formerly the Pan American Union, actively promoted artists from Latin America and the Caribbean. The exhibition features more than 60 artists, including Joaquin Torres Garcia, Roberto Matta and Jesus Rafael Soto.

Ongoing through Nov. 9 Art Exhibit: Donald Longcrier & Barbara Ryan Exhibition hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.; 2nd Friday of each month 6-10 p.m. and by appointment.

Mainsite Art Gallery 120 E. Main St. Donald G. Longcrier produces paintings and sculpture in a variety of scales and materials. He has exhibited work in Colorado, Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma. His work is in numerous private collections. Mainsite will be featuring the work of Barbara Ryan, as well, in conjunction with Longcrier’s exhibition. www.normanarts.org

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Book and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Music by Joe Raposo Adapted from the Frank Capra film “It’s A Wonderful Life”

Directed by Lisa Fox Nov. 1 Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Street Festival 6-10 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The museum is partnering with the university’s Student Life for a Day of the Dead street festival – a one-day celebration for all ages held outside of the museum. This festival is held in conjunction with Libertad de Expresión. www.ou.edu/fjjma

Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Dec. 6-8 & Dec. 13-15, 2013 Tickets: $25, $20 Children 12 & under: $15

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 8 p.m.

Sooner Theatre 120 E. Main Street In Big Band history, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra is recognized as one of the best all-around dance bands. www.soonertheatre.org

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Nov. 1-3, 7-10 OU School of Musical Theatre presents Carousel 8 p.m., Nov. 1, 7, 8 3p.m. & 8 p.m. Nov. 2 and 9 3 p.m. Nov. 3 and 10 Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre 633 Elm Avenue Winner of five Tony Awards®, Olivier Award and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, the Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel,” a touching story of hope and redemption. This iconic American musical includes the classic Broadway songs “If I Loved You,” ‘June is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” www.ou.edu/finearts

Nov. 2 Toast to the Arts: Champagne, Sparkling Wine, & Food Tasting 7-9 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Organizers will pair international cuisine with champagnes and sparkling wines from around the globe. Visitors will take a virtual trip through the museum’s permanent art collection. The evening serves as an art acquisition fundraiser for the museum; cost is $50 for FJJMA Association members/$60 for non-members. www.ou.edu/fjjma

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National Weather Festival 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

National Weather Center 120 David L. Boren Blvd.

The annual National Weather Festival highlights the many weather related organizations and activities in central Oklahoma. This unique event features hourly weather balloon launches, children’s activities, storm research vehicle displays, amateur radio demonstrations, a Storm Chaser Car Show and weather related information and products. www.norman.noaa.gov

Oklahoma Wine Walk 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Brookhaven Village 3750 W. Robinson The Frontier Country Marketing Association will present the inaugural Oklahoma Wine Walk. Tickets will be available for purchase by phone or in person at the FCMA office located at 309 W Main. St. in Norman during regular office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Friday. www.oklahomawinewalk.com

Sooner volleyball vs. Texas 6:30 p.m.

McCasland Field House 180 W. Brooks The volleyball team takes on Texas in a Big 12 Conference match. www.soonersports.com

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Nov. 8 Holiday Gift Gallery Opening Reception

Nov. 16 OU Football vs. Iowa State

6-9 p.m.

Firehouse Art Center 444 S. Flood Come get a first look at the 2014 Holiday Gift Gallery. Enjoy free light refreshments while looking over the new holiday gift gallery. www.normanfirehouse.com

Time TBA Oklahoma Memorial Stadium 180 W. Brooks The Sooner football team plays Iowa State in the final home game of the season which will feature a pre-game ceremony honoring the senior athletes. www.soonersports.com

Nov. 9 Veterans Parade 10 a.m.

Main Street and Jenkins Avenue Parade will proceed south to the Cleveland County Veterans Memorial at Reaves Park. Ceremony begins at 11:30 a.m. in the park.

Nov. 13 Sooner volleyball vs. Texas Christian 7 p.m.

McCasland Field House The volleyball team takes on Texas Christian in a Big 12 Conference match. www.soonersports.com

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Sooner volleyball vs. Baylor Time TBA McCasland Field House The volleyball team takes on Baylor in a Big 12 Conference match. www.soonersports.com

Nov. 22 FREDTalks: Blasphemy with Dan Schwartz and other speakers at The Fred 7-9 p.m.

Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The second talk in a new museum program, FREDTalks will feature different, creativity-related topics suggested by the museum’s faculty advisory board.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Nov. 22-24, Dec. 4-7 OU Fine Arts presents Coram Boy 8 p.m., Nov. 22, 23, Dec. 4-7 3 p.m. Nov. 24 Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre Coram Boy is an epic adventure of two orphans, Toby, saved from an African slave ship and Aaron, the abandoned son and heir to an English estate. Set against a backdrop of the industrial revolution, this uplifting tale of compassion and conviction is filled with danger, excitement, music and murder. www.ou.edu/finearts

Nov. 28 Turkey Day 5K 8:30 a.m.

Historic Downtown Norman Main Street Make a down payment on those calories by running with us in the inaugural 5k, benefitting United Way Norman’s long-term recovery fund for those affected by the storms of May 2013. www.turkeyday5krun.com/

Nov. 29-Dec. 1; Dec. 6-8; Dec. 13-15 A Wonderful Life The Musical 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays 2 p.m. Sundays Sooner Theatre Frank Capra’s film classic has been brought to vibrant theatrical life through the remarkable collaboration of Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Sheldon Harnick and Grammy and Emmy Awardwinner Joe Raposo. The story of George Bailey and his wonderful life in Bedford Falls remains a timeless fable of dreams, disillusionment and the power of love.

An uplifting chronicle of the extraordinary lives of ordinary folk, A Wonderful Life exhilarates the mind and heart as it celebrates the innate goodness in us all. www.soonertheatre.org

Nov. 30 Sooner volleyball vs. Kansas 7 p.m.

McCasland Field House The volleyball team takes on Kansas in a Big 12 Conference match. www.soonersports.com

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Oklahoma Memorial Union 900 Asp Avenue Located inside the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom in the University of Oklahoma Memorial Union, the evening will provide dinner, dancing and a chance to support the 7 Philanthropic Programs conducted by the Assistance League of Norman. www.norman.assistanceleague.org

Dec. 13 Victorian Christmas at the Moore-Lindsay Historical House 6-9 p.m.

508 N. Peters Celebrate the Christmas season at the Historical Victorian mansion as part of the Norman Arts Council 2nd Friday Circuit of Art.

Dec. 14 Downtown Main Street Christmas Parade 10 a.m.-Noon Historic Downtown Norman, Main Street The parade rolls through Downtown Norman from Pickard to Crawford Streets. www.normanchristmasparade.com

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Holiday Home Tour Scheduled Nov. 22 and Nov. 23

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ebbie and Mike McCurdy’s home in Northwest Norman is known as the Christmas house by children in their family.

Debbie McCurdy said each year after Thanksgiving dinner the younger family members eagerly anticipate coming to her house to see the annual decorations.

“I think they call it that because it is so bright. It is not the traditional green Christmas items. But I do love that stuff too,” said McCurdy.

The house is adorned from top to bottom with kid-friendly unique and unusual Christmas items, just like the 9 trees visitors will see. Many of

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those trees are decorated by and represent McCurdy’s individual grandchildren and children. Four of the trees, are from past Assistance League auctions.

The stockings that hang on the mantel are all handmade and designed individually by McCurdy for her 9 grandkids and represent what was happening when they were born.

McCurdy said she has enjoyed going on many holiday home tours.

“I have never seen a house like what we do. It is so bright and colorful.”

The majority of the decorations in the home are what the family enjoys each year.

“Our house is fun and homey and I look forward to sharing that with the community.

Debbie and Mike McCurdy’s home is decorated in a kid-friendly way.

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eather McCormick and her husband, Chris just completed a total renovation of their Westside Brookhaven home that is included on the tour.

McCormick said every inch of the home has been improved and she is looking forward to the community enjoying it.

Most of the furnishings and artwork that fill the home were purchased from local artists and businesses and we are proud of that, McCormick said.

McCormick said visitors on the tour can expect a warm, cozy feel in her coastal inspired home, with lots of white and flocking.

“It will be a simple cottage winter wonderland.”

Other homes on the tour this year include the homes of Ben Graves, Curtis and Jennifer McCarty, and Bob and Lea Johnston. House sponsors include Oklahoma Foam Insulation and Roofing, The Learia Group, Coldwell Banker Heart of Oklahoma Real Estate and McClain Bank.

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Some of Debbie McCurdy’s trees came from past Assistance League auctions.

[Top right] Pam Davidson, left, and Sue Green look at the Christmas table settings in the home of Jason and Candice Clark, 4904 Wellman Drive, at a previous Assistance League’s home tour.

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Kathy Nees and her giant Nutcracker welcome visitors to her and her husband Jeffrey’s home at 4380 Covington Way as part of a previous holiday home tour.

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ona Kay Steed has placed the traditional Thanksgiving dinner on the back burner.

She doesn’t guess who is coming to dinner. She prepares well in advance for the diverse tastes and menu requirements of family and friends.

This Norman hostess is not intimidated by the vegans, vegetarians or Kosher requests. Mix that with a son on a Paleo or Caveman diet, another who is gluten-free, and a friend from India who appreciates hot and spicy dishes.

There are a few other categories too, but Steed has worked her way through the maze.

“I like to entertain during the holidays and year-round at dinner parties and cocktail parties,” she said. “The vegan diet is the most challenging. I can’t just go get a magazine, select a menu, and use it as a guide.”

She said when she was young the Thanksgiving menu was the same every year. The turkey was the centerpiece, surrounded by dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetables, cranberry salad and pies.

Add the sweet potatoes covered with marshmallows and the green bean casserole and it’s as American as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Traditions change. As family and friends with diverse tastes are welcomed around the table, the healthy non-traditional menu choices are appreciated.

“I still cook the turkey,” Steed said.

“No dressing, because so many people don’t eat wheat. But you have to think of new things to serve. I make it positive and decide what everyone can eat.”

Fresh salads are always successful.

She stocks up on a big variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, uses a recipe for a lentil salad to provide protein and a quinoa salad she said almost everyone enjoys. Quinoa can substitute for nearly any grain in cooking and provides rich amounts of protein, iron and potassium.

Humus, roasted vegetables seasoned with fresh herbs, and soybeans with sesame and scallions are other dishes her guests enjoy.

Jona Kay Steed likes holiday entertaining.

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She keeps a bottle of tobasco sauce on hand for the friend who likes it hot. That’s the easy part of her dinners.

“She can use a half bottle on everything, even potatoes,” Steed said.

Recipe books such as “Flat Belly Diet!” and “Dropping Acid: The Reflux Diet Cookbook & Cure” are two of the recipe books Steed uses for ideas.

Tips for Hosts & Guests

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Sarah Barnes MS, RD/LD, community dietician at Norman Regional Health Systems, has several practical ideas for safely navigating the Holiday buffet, Christmas dinners, and office celebrations.

“I have celiac disease and I understand the challenges of trying to enjoy the holiday gatherings,” Barnes said.

These suggestions may simplify the dilemma: Y Bring a side dish to a party that follows your dietary guideline restrictions.

Y Write the ingredients or recipes on a small chalkboard or recipe card.

Save the labels on dips and sauces.

Y Eat before attending a social gathering and go for coffee or a drink.

Y Know your host. Ask if there is anything you can bring. A sitdown dinner can be a challenge. A thoughtful host can ask in advance about food restrictions or allergies.

Y Fresh fruits and vegetables are usually safe. Buy organic and add new choices. Forget the plastic trays and paper plates and use pretty trays to serve the selection.

Y And for those with multiple allergies and food restrictions, Barnes said it isn’t easy. They will have to be food detectives. Investigate the ingredients.

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OU Men’s Basketball coach Lon Kruger rarely gets a break during the holidays as that’s when his basketball season gets started. His Sooner men will play 14 games between Nov. 1 and Christmas Day. Photo by Kyle Phillips

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he Thanksgiving Holiday is an interesting time for Oklahoma basketball players. While most people across Norman are snuggled at home with family, they’re typically in a different time zone either preparing for a game or playing one. The opportunity for a big home-cooked meal is extremely rare.

It is the normal routine throughout major college basketball, and it’s not a recent development. OU coach Lon Kruger learned this years ago as a player at Kansas State.

“I always spent them at coach’s house or on the road,” he said. “Usually, there was a game scheduled. It wasn’t always with the family.”

The absence of family around the holidays is one of the toughest adjustments of playing the game. So much of holiday traditions involve gathering around and watching sporting events.

Football and basketball games on television from morning until deep into the night.

Someone has to play them. The Sooner basketball team is traditionally a participant and typically it involves a lengthy journey.

Over the previous three seasons, it was trips to Maui, Hawaii; Anaheim, Calif., and Orlando, Fla. Vacation destinations without a doubt, but a tough place for all the players families to travel to.

Most players are left simply with the team.

There are many factors that build the camaraderie of teams. One of the biggest is the time they spend together. That bond draws a little closer when it goes from practice time and game trips to becoming surrogate family during holidays.

“It’s not as bad as people may think, but it is different and something you have to accept,” OU senior forward Tyler Neal said.

Without that bond and time together, Norman can be a lonely place for an OU student around the fourth Thursday in November.

School lets out earlier in the week. The dorms are closed. Just about any student who can get home, goes, and they do not return until the following week.

“They’re doing something few other students on campus are doing,” Kruger said. “Only athletes really stay here through the break and they hang out together.

Often, the Sooners join them in the exodus from town, but this year will be a little different.

They’re playing in a November tournament — the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y. — this season. But the event is Nov. 22-23. The team will actually be back in town. Players will get a break earlier in the week, but it will end prior to Thanksgiving.

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Players that live close to Norman get to travel home for a day or two. Neal is from Oklahoma City. Getting home to see his family won’t be a problem. Others don’t have that luxury.

Sophomore guard Isaiah Cousins is from New York. He’ll get to see his family the previous weekend and it’s an experience he’s looking forward to, but he’ll be back in Norman when it’s time to cut up the turkey.

Getting all his players home at least once in the fall is important to Kruger.

The Sooners officially started practice for the season in October, but there are weekend breaks from it. The fall break OU takes for the OU-Texas game is extended to the players.

“He’s very compassionate about it,” Cousins said. “Everything is with the team, so you don’t every really get homesick around Thanksgiving. December is the same way.”

The Sooners face Arkansas-Little Rock at Lloyd Noble Center Nov. 29.

Thanksgiving day will include a walkthrough practice.

What will follow is what’s become a tradition. While the players are practicing, the wives of the coaching staff will gather at Kruger’s home in Norman.

They’ll put together a meal and day for the entire staff and players.

Kruger’s looking forward to it. It will mark the first home cooked Thanksgiving day meal he’s eaten since becoming OU’s head coach in 2011.

[Top] OU guard Isaiah Cousins brings the ball down court in a game against Northwestern.

[Right] Buddy Hield attempts a free throw during the 2012-2013 season.

[Left] Tyler Neal reaches for a loose ball.

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Norman FYI

Sydney Shilling Describe briefly the program you volunteer for and what you do?

Volunteer at the Health Plex Gift Shop where I greet patients, patient families, and staff who enter for gifts or just some quiet time. I wait on customers and help with decisions for purchases, and assist with pricing and stocking merchandise, as well as displaying of merchandise.

My partner and I are responsible for accountability of funds for our threehour shift. I also am a member of the Auxiliary Board, currently serving as President Elect, which requires my attendance at all committee meetings.

What is it about volunteering that you enjoy?

Enjoy the interaction with people and knowing that I am one of the many who are helping to save the Norman Regional Health System almost $1M by volunteering. These funds can then be used elsewhere to enhance the treatment and care of patients in Moore, Norman, and surrounding communities.

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How did you get started volunteering?

A very close friend asked me to consider volunteering after I completed 10 years at Stein Mart. Having volunteered with three other hospitals elsewhere, I accepted her request and have volunteered with the Norman Regional Health System for four years.

What are you passionate about?

I am a very passionate about my 12 grandchildren who range in age from 1 to 31. I thoroughly enjoy watching them compete in sports and extracurricular activities such as plays and music presentations. Three of them are gainfully employed, and I enjoy hearing about their work.

What are your hobbies?

My hobbies include playing Bunco with 11 good friends, bridge on the computer, attending “cruise and grazes” with our car club friends, attending sporting events—OU football and OU women’s basketball.

What is the best piece of advice you have ever gotten?

My parents always told me that I was put on this earth to help others. I have tried to be as helpful to anyone who asks me for help. I spent 25 years in education and I was lucky to be able to help teenagers decide what they wanted to do with their adult lives. To this day, I still run into students and they always tell me how much they learned in my class and from me as an individual.

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What do you look forward to most during the holiday season?

The holiday season is for family and friends. I always look forward to spending time with loved ones.

Decorating my home and driving around town to look at the lights.

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be and why?

I like watching golf on television and it looks like good exercise. I would love to learn how to play golf.

What do you miss most about being at kid?

Kids do not have any responsibility other than to play and work hard in school. I miss being able to play!

What kind of legacy do you hope to leave in the community?

My husband and I moved to Norman 17 years ago. We have volunteered with the Norman Chamber of Commerce since moving here and I have volunteered with Norman Regional Health Systems Auxiliary for four years.

I believe these two organizations are instrumental in the success of Norman’s growth and I hope my interaction with these organizations have had some impact on that growth too. Hopefully, my legacy would be recognized as making a difference in others lives.

Norman FYI Describe briefly the program you volunteer for and what you do?

I am a Salvation Army board member and assist with various things but my absolute favorite is the Christmas Kettle fundraiser every year.

Betty Goss

What is it about volunteering that you enjoy?

Just to know I am paying back in some small way for what I received from strangers as a child.

How did you get started volunteering?

My grandmother taught me to be grateful from a very young age when we had no food or clothes. My first pair of new shoes were from the Salvation Army.

What are you passionate about?

Faith and Family! I have eleven siblings all who have grown into awesome Christian men and women! It is truly amazing after such a traumatic childhood, kind of a fairy tale story, which my grandmother is responsible for.

What is one of your favorite quotes or sayings?

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all.”

What do you look forward to most during the holiday season?

People seem to smile more during the holidays so when I ring the bell I get to witness it!

What do you hope Santa leaves in your stocking this year?

The capability and time to take care of my family and friends.

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be and why?

Fly an airplane. Freedom.

When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you spend it?

I adore real estate and don’t take much time off but when I do I love just driving “anywhere”.

What kind of legacy do you hope to leave in the community?

That of a “servants heart,” always willing to help and love unconditionally as God loves us.

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Doug Stiehler Describe briefly the program you volunteer for and what you do?

The Norman Christmas Day Community Dinner. I work mostly in the kitchen washing dishes and cleaning up.

What is it about volunteering that you enjoy?

The sense of doing something worthwhile for the good of the community.

How did you get started volunteering?

My mother volunteered a lot for the community and church and I would help her out with what I could. I think I grew from that.

What thrills you?

Learning What are your hobbies?

Learning and playing music, trying out different art projects, hiking and traveling.

What is one of your favorite quotes or sayings?

Live the moment What do you hope Santa leaves in your stocking this year?

Funding for a pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you spend it?

I have started to read books again and now that it is easy to carry around a whole library on your phone, tablet etc, I find it easier to read now when I have some free time.

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What is the best piece of advice you have ever gotten?

To admit when you are wrong, pay the consequences and move on.

What kind of legacy do you hope to leave in the community?

To be known as a regular guy who is always approachable, and that if there is a need, people know I will listen and respond.

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What is one of your favorite quotes or sayings?

“Never believe what people say, watch what they do, because what they do is what they believe....talk means nothing!”

What do you hope Santa leaves in your stocking this year?

Keys to a restored 1965 convertible Corvette!

What do you look forward to most during the holiday season?

The Christmas music!

Chad Vice Describe briefly the program you volunteer for and what you do?

The WATCH D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) at Truman Elementary and Truman Primary Schools. This is a mentoring program that provides positive male role models for students and enhances school security by providing an extra set of eyes and ears.

Every day is different, volunteering at the schools may include coloring, playing soccer, assisting faculty, loading and unloading cars, monitoring hallways or the cafeteria, or just being there for the students.

What is it about volunteering that you enjoy?

I simply enjoy making a difference in the lives of others. We have all been blessed with gifts and talents and it’s important to me to use these skills to make things better.

What are you passionate about?

God, family, kids, education, community, and health What are your hobbies?

Being with my family, good friends and reading a good book.

If you could learn to do anything, what would it be and why?

Play the piano! Because I love piano music.

What do you miss most about being a kid?

Having grandparents! Mine were the best and I miss that kid-grandparent relationship!

What kind of legacy do you hope to leave in the community?

That my work with people will be seen as my greatest joy, my greatest gift, and my greatest accomplishment.

The WATCH DOGS is a mentoring program that provides positive male role models for students and enhances school security by providing an extra set of eyes and ears.

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Artist Kelly Haney works in his east Norman home.

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noch Kelly Haney runs his hands over the dark red clay of his latest creation, the beginning of a sculpture of an intense Chickasaw warrior with an owl bursting from his chest as he reaches an arm to the sky with wings to be sculpted separately and attached to the statue’s back. The piece rises proudly in front of big glass windows in the full-time sculptor’s rural east Norman kitchen.

The 72-year-old internationally acclaimed sculptor and painter, long-time Oklahoma legislator and former Seminole Nation principal chief ’s home is decorated with his own renowned sculptures and paintings — some sculptures in the works —but many pieces of art from his travels around the world for business, diplomacy and pleasure. And Haney can tell a story about every one of them.

“For me, it’s like breathing, it’s who I am,” Haney says. “And I tell stories through my art.”

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Probably Haney’s most well-known single sculpture is “The Guardian,” a 22-foot bronze sculpture atop the state Capitol dome, designed in 10 months and cast at Norman’s Crucible Foundry.

Haney says he is a Mekesukey, an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. He is also also Muskogee Creek.

He tells a story of how his father was from the Bird clan and when the Guardian was installed, a red-tailed hawk circled it.

Another well-known statue, the “Chickasaw Warrior,” created by Haney stands at the Chickasaw Nation headquarters in Ada. The “Standing His Ground” statue greets students and visitors to the Enoch Kelly Haney Center foyer at Seminole State College in Seminole.

“For me, it’s like breathing, it’s who I am… I tell stories through my art.” ~ Kelly Haney One of his recently unveiled pieces was the 12-foottall “Horse and Rider” at Remington Park, which took two years to complete. It was cut into 24 large and 12 minor pieces, then the hollow structure was reinforced with steel and welded back together. It was also cast at Norman’s Crucible.

Although he is a full-blood Seminole born in Seminole and grew up on a farm just outside Seminole, three years ago Haney moved his home base to east Norman to be closer to several area family members.

He is a father to seven, grandfather to seven and great grandfather to four.

“They are all artists,” he says.

He always has several projects in the works, and creates a timeline to keep them moving toward completion, doing everything by sequence. Several anatomy books line Haney’s bookshelves to help with composition and scale. He recruits people like his son to model for some of the pieces.

“I don’t do all this stuff by myself … it’s team work,” Haney says, of those who work with him on the multiple stages of his sculpture.

Haney said he no longer paints, but has been as well-known for his paintings as his sculpture.

He started early, sculpting the head of Abraham Lincoln when he was just six. Haney’s art training includes training with Dick West and receiving an associate degree of art from Bacone College in Muskogee, Okla., a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Oklahoma City University; and attending the University of Arizona on a Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship.

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A long-time leader

“They needed the help, so I stepped up, ” he says of his time as principal Haney was a legislator for 22 years, chief. Haney comes from a long line of spending six years in the House from Seminole leaders. His great uncle Sam1980 to 1986, and 16 in the state Senuel Haney was vice chief of the Nation ate from 1986 to 2002. He was the first in 1903; his grandfather Willie Haney full-blood Native American to serve in was chief in the 1940s and his uncle either house of the Oklahoma legislaJerry Haney was principal chief in the ture and served as vice chair of the ap1990s. propriations committee of the House He says some people would be surand went on to become chairman of prised that a Native American would be the appropriations committee in the doing certain things like serving in the state Senate. legislature.

“Very few people know I have a “Well, I’ve done all this stuff as an background in finance,” he said.

Indian,” Haney says. “I know organiHaney wrote legislation designed to Haney spent 22 years in the Oklahoma zation and motivating people to do legislature. develop and implement education prothings. There are some disadvantages, grams for at-risk students and provided but there are some advantages (to being Native American.) legislative leadership for the development of the $140 million It’s not the color, but what’s inside. If you are willing to work American Indian Cultural Center being built at Interstate-40 hard, you can do it.” and Interstate-35 in Oklahoma City.

His art will be in a show at the Five Civilized Tribes MuHe was elected principal chief of the Seminole Nation and seum in Muskogee in November, a rare thing for Haney who served from 2005 to 2009. Prior to serving in the Oklahoma hasn’t had an exhibit in 10 years.

Legislature, in the 1970s, Haney was a Seminole councilman, band chief, business consultant and planner.

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Norman Living

FLIGHT CLUB

by doug hill

Max Westheimer Airport serves Norman’s high level needs

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alt Strong keeps a set of binoculars within handy reach on his desk. He’s the Max Westheimer Airport (MWA) Director and has a lot to keep an eye on.

“I like everything about working here,” Strong said.

“I have a coffee cup that says ‘I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning.’” A monitor on a side table provides a live video image of the recently completed south apron pavement construction project. From Strong’s office window on the second floor of the main Westheimer terminal building he can observe all aircraft take-offs and landings. “I’ve been in aviation since 1972 and I get to work with pilots every day,” he said. “I love the job because I’m out here at the airport and around airplanes and air traffic control all day long.”

Strong is from a U.S. Air Force family. He lived all over the planet growing up. Strong was drafted in 1968 and became career USAF spending the majority of those 20 years in air traffic control before retiring

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from service. “I got orders to report to Altus while I was stationed in Coco Beach, Fla. and thought that might be a base in Italy,” Strong said. His commanding officer broke the news to him that it’s in Oklahoma. Rather than picturesque mountain villages and olive tree groves Strong instead found the warmest and friendliest people he’d ever been around. After five years there he was assigned to the Philippines but then came back to Tinker AFB. Strong landed his OU job as airport director in 1998.

MWA is a busy field with two asphalt runways averaging 135 aircraft operations a day in 2012. The airport is totally within city limits, still there’s a prominent pilot warning on its website about the possibility of deer and coyotes on the runways. It’s a public use facility with most activity classified as general aviation. The majority of traffic is OU student training or business-related. “Business comes calling these days in a jet,” Strong said. “We provide that opportunity right

Photos by Doug Hill

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here in Norman, America for those folks.” From a log he rattled off industry as diverse as dairy and petroleum that fly business jets in and out. Some come from as far away as the Virgin Islands and others close as Lindsay. By looking at the aircraft’s tail number, Strong can match it at the Federal Aviation Administration’s website and see exactly who is cruising out of the sky into Norman. “Some of what we accommodate is game day traffic,” he said. “Last year when OU played Notre Dame we ran out of ramp space.” The airport’s parking capacity was full and they sold all the aviation fuel that was on hand. Additional fuel was delivered before morning.

Ozzie’s Diner is located in the main terminal building.

It’s a popular eatery for many in Norman who have never taken off or landed at MWA. The all-you-can-eat breakfast is one of the specialties.

MWA doesn’t handle any commercial airline service.

That all goes to nearby Will Rogers International Airport.

The Oklahoma Army National Guard had a hangar here for years but recently consolidated operations at Will Rogers. “We see some green and blue-suiters (military personnel) come through here because we still have a government fuel contract,” Strong said. “One day I looked up and saw four of the President’s Marine One-type helicopters moving across the country that had stopped in.” The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics operates a command post and hangar at MWA. They have both fixed wing aircraft and helicopters for prosecuting the state’s war on drugs.

The Walter Neustadt Jr. family of Ardmore donated real estate to OU before WWII for a civilian airport that

Ozzie’s Diner inside the Max Westheimer Airport terminal is popular with fly-in traffic and those that drive in. [Top right] OU Aviation Program Director Ken Carson (l) and flight instructor Rob Sorrell with one of the university’s fleet at MWA.

was named in honor of their uncle Max Westheimer. In 1941 the U.S. Navy operated it as a flight training field. Some of the 70 year-old concrete from those days still remains intact. Vintage posters and photos from that era on the walls of today’s main terminal building are displayed as a tribute. After the

war MWA reverted to OU’s control. “There are only between six and twelve university-owned airports in the nation of this size, level of activity and capability,” Strong said. In this regard OU is in the same league as Ohio State University, Penn State, University of Illinois-Carbondale and Texas A&M.

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Walt Strong has headed the Max Westheimer Airport since 1998.

Ken Carson is the director of OU’s Dept. of Aviation. It’s an academic area of the university in the same manner as chemistry or architecture. They offer study to earn a Bachelor of Science Degree with concentrations in professional pilot, air traffic management and aviation management.

The degree requires a minor in Business.

“We’re one of only 29 American university programs accredited

by Aviation Accreditation Board International,” Carson said. “We’re proud of that.” Carson grew up in Midwest City, is a retired USAF pilot and an OU alumnus. Carson flew hurricane-hunting weather reconnaissance planes. “We gathered high speed video imagery of tornado debris in the

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Carson was introduced to OU’s aviation program by becoming an adjunct professor teaching private pilot lessons. Average enrollment in the program is roughly 200 students per academic year.

Approximately 80 flights from MWA a day are made by OU students and their instructors. The university owns a fleet of 22 fixed wing propellerdriven aircraft. Regular OU employees who are certified mechanics maintain them all. “Every flight is part of a training course syllabus,” Carson said. “You meet the skill sets and pass; otherwise the lesson is repeated until it’s mastered.”

MWA is an excellent laboratory for the Aviation Program. Student pilots’ ability to communicate with air traffic controllers in the tower is a big plus. Immediate proximity to the busier Oklahoma City Class C air space also is an advantage.

South of Norman is the student practice area with the small D.J. Perry airport available for landings near Goldsby. Fast changing Oklahoma weather helps hone student decision-making capabilities for use later in their careers. “Our safety slogan is taken right from the athletic department,” Carson said. “Fly, control and manage like a champion.”

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The Oklahoma Highway Patrol Aircraft Division is headquartered at MWA. At the entrance to their offices are preserved pages from an Oct. 1953 Look Magazine with the headline â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flying Speed Trap.â&#x20AC;? Turns out the Sooner State pioneered monitoring vehicular traffic from the sky in 1947 which was the idea of OHP trooper Art Hamilton who had been a WWII military pilot. Presently Capt. Charles Strasbaugh is chief of these operations. He commands six trooper pilots and one lieutenant pilot.

Flying fixed wing Cessna aircraft OHP pilots fly over our roads and time motorists they believe to be speeding with a stop watch. They radio infractions to colleagues on the ground that make the stops. Help with pursuits, search and rescue and manhunts are supplemented by a pair of Viet Nam war era helicopters. All repairs and maintenance are done by OHP staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have them equipped with forward looking infrared technology for picking out heat spots on the ground,â&#x20AC;? Strasbaugh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Night vision goggles make it a day or night operation.â&#x20AC;?

For Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use is a handsome Beechcraft King Air 350 turboprop plane. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re responsible for her transportation and security,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best plane for what we do.â&#x20AC;? They may fly to either coast in virtually the same time as a jet without stopping for fuel and have the capability to land on a 3000 foot field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can take the governor to almost any Oklahoma county and land there as well,â&#x20AC;? Strasbaugh said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that with a jet that needs 5,000 feet to land.â&#x20AC;? Because of budget cuts four years ago the Division transferred operations from Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City to MWA. All logistical considerations were methodically calculated and no downsides could be detected. The working relationships with the rest of the MWA community have proven to be outstanding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a great move,â&#x20AC;? Strasbaugh said.

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Norman Living

They’re not traditional but unusually lovable by jerri culpepper

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Photos by Lindsey Davies

ne recent Saturday, my niece, Lindsey Davies, and I, were garage sale hopping when we came upon an unusual sight – at least for a quiet south-central Norman neighborhood: a man walking his falcon! Intrigued, I stopped the car, approached, and asked if it was OK if we asked him some questions and took some photos.

In short order, I learned that Peter Tirrell, former associate director of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, is a falconer from way back, and the magnificent bird on his shoulder is one of several raptors he has raised and trained.

Back in the car, I told my niece that this encounter had inspired me for my next Norman Magazine column – on unusual pets.

Although Tirrell politely declined to be featured in this article, he explained that raising and training falcons is an ancient sport and that the birds are not referred to as pets, we plowed ahead with the story idea, sans falcon.

Animals have always played a major role in my life. Beginning with Charlie, a highly intelligent, black-and-white dog of mixed ancestry from my childhood days, to GP (or Jeepers), a large, gentle-souled dog that passed away last year, I have almost always shared my home with a dog.

It’s easy to understand why an estimated 36.5 percent of households in this country own one or more dogs, according to the 2012 U.S. Pet Ownership and Demographics Estimate Sourcebook, published by the American Vet-

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Odd Pets erinary Medical Association. They provide nonjudgmental love and companionship, soothe us when we’re stressed or sad, and even encourage us to get off our duffs for much-needed exercise.

According to the same source, some 30.4 percent of U.S. households choose cats as their pet of choice.

But not everyone’s best friend is a dog. Or a cat.

Several years ago, I came across a cockatiel for sale at a pet store. I later obtained a pair: one a normal gray (gray and white with orange cheeks), the other a lutino (yellow with orange cheeks).

As I write this, Baby – the single offspring of my beloved, departed cockatiels Ricky and Lucy – occasionally punctuates the quiet with a shrill call in answer to the jay birds outside the open window. Ricky was my fearless, curious friend who loved to ride on my shoulder and mimic sounds. Lucy was quiet and sweet-natured; her greatest joy taking a bath or shower. Baby – true to his name – is a bit timid and sometimes short-tempered, but is happiest when in the company of his human flock.

With each addition to my family, canine or avian, I have learned much.

Like people, no two animals are alike, not even when they’re related. And as all pet owners can tell you, it’s sometimes a toss-up who’s training or teaching whom!

Following are a few stories, as enthusiastically shared by other humans who have opened up their hearts and homes to some untraditional pets.

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ark Osborn, an orchestra teacher with the Norman Public Schools and a bassist with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic; his wife, Jennifer, a nurse at Whittier Middle School; and their children, Trinity, a fifth-grader at Cleveland who loves ballet and acting, and Mallory, a third-grader at Cleveland who loves soccer and living on the wild side, have enough love in their hearts for a whole menagerie of animals.

One of these is a red-eared slider turtle that one of the girls rescued from a trap in a farm pond. Youngest daughter Mallory “named him Baddy because he tried to bite her,” Osborn said, noting that in the cold months the turtle lives in a 55-gallon fish aquarium in the house, where he enjoys basking in a sunlamp during the day. In the summer he lives outside in a fenced 150-gallon pond they built for him.

This well-cared-for, semiaquatic terrapin dines well on pellet turtle food and dried red shrimp.

Osborn said caring for a water turtle has been a little more work than they had thought. “Getting the correct habitats for summer and winter took quite a bit of research for our climate,” he said.

However, he added, “once the habitats were set up, it just takes some maintenance each week to keep clean.”

Noting that Baddy is fun to watch and the children enjoy feed-

Trinity, left, and Mallory Osborn hold their pet guinea pigs.

ing him from their hands, he points out that the commitment for caring for this animal is significant, as they live to around 20 years in the wild or up to 70 years in captivity.

The extended Osborn family also includes guinea pigs, which despite their name, are not a type of pig (they are a species of rodent), nor are they from Guinea (they originated in the Andes).

“We got our oldest daughter, Trinity, two guinea pigs last September for her ninth birthday. Some friends of ours had gotten two, as well, and the girls really enjoyed playing with them,” he recalled.

“We did our research and got two because we read that they can be sad by themselves. We thought we had gotten two females (which get along well), and they were named Paisley and Lexi. On Christmas Eve, Jennifer noticed that Paisley looked very fat and bloated, and we were afraid that she was sick. We did not think we could find a vet who treated guinea pigs on Christmas Eve and expected to be down a pig when we got home from church. To the contrary, she was alive and active and eating well.

“Thanks to Google and a closer inspection, we found out that Lexi was

really a Rex and Paisley was going to be a mama,” he continued. “So in January we had a litter of four adorable babies!

They are born fully developed with hair and eyes open and are so cute!”

The family found homes for two of the babies and kept two. In a not too surprising turn of events, in late March, “Paisley had three more adorable babies!” Osborn recounted, adding: “Yay. We now have five guinea pigs: Paisley,

Popcorn, Cocoa, Pip and Fletcher.”

He added, “We have spent about $200 on fixing the two males we still have and about another $200 for a huge cage, which is 5 feet long and about 2 ½ feet wide, with two stories.”

Osborn describes guinea pigs as “a lot of fun because they are very vocal pets. They make several different noises that mean different things. For example, when they hear us coming up the stairs they will begin squealing with excitement. Sometimes they chirp, sometimes growl, sometimes purr. They also jump straight up in the air when they are happy or excited, and this is called ‘popcorning.’”

In addition, he said, they like to be cuddled and to play, but, he warns, “must be handled very carefully and picked up correctly.”

Despite the guinea pigs’ widespread popularity as pets, Osborn calls them “pretty high-maintenance pets.”

Their diet consists of pellets and timothy hay, and they get a nightly “salad” of fresh greens and vegetables. In addition, Osborn said, each guinea pig “should get about a cup of clean, fresh greens and vegetables every day to get the vitamin C they need.” The Osborns’

Sophie the dog gets an up-close look at Baddy.

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guinea pigs also consume sprouts and are especially fond of carrots (whole with the greens), red bell peppers, apples, leafy romaine and kale.

To keep their cage clean and goodsmelling, the family hit on a unique, winning combination of fleece bedding with moving pads and potty pads underneath, which also is convenient since the bedding can be taken out for washing.

In addition, Osborn said, “both levels of the cage are swept every night while the piggies have floor time in a special potty-proof playpen. The bedding is changed completely twice a week.”

While the girls help with all aspects of the care of them, Osborn said they do require some grown-up assistance.

“They are definitely not the pet for small children, as they can bite and are a lot of work,” he said. “They are very fun, though, if you want to invest the time! The average life span is about 8 years.”

One might think the upkeep of a turtle and guinea pigs would be enough, but this family also cares for a number of fish as well as dogs.

“We have three beta fish that each have their own one-gallon bowl,” Osborn said, noting that these pets are very low-maintenance. The betas are fed small fish pellets, and their bowls only need cleaned every few weeks.

They also have about 30 African cichlids in a 75-gallon tank.

“These are very colorful freshwater fish,” Osborn said, noting that they are sometimes confused for saltwater fish.

These fish, which originate from Lake Milawi in Africa, can be bought from most fish stores and come in several different colors, he said.

“The interesting thing about these fish,” he added, “is that they hold their live babies in the mother’s mouth for about three weeks. The mother does not eat during this time, and when the babies get too big to live in her mouth, they escape her mouth and live in the rocks and other hiding places in the aquarium.”

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Osborn says these fish take some care to keep them healthy. “The tank must be cleaned weekly by emptying about 30 percent of the water and putting fresh water back in,” he said, explaining that this is done using a siphon-type hose.

He noted that fights may occur among the fish vying for the dominant position in the tank, and that these fights can result in the death of one of them.

And, though this story is about unusual pets, and dogs are among the most common, the Osborn family wanted to include mention of their three rescue dogs in this story.

“Bentley is a Papillion mix. He is larger than a Papillion, but looks just like one other than that. We adopted him from Second Chance about six years ago. He is a wonderful dog who is sweet and gentle with all people,” Osborn said.

“After we got Bentley and fell in love with him, our girls wanted to do more for Second Chance. They both have had a birthday party at Star Skate and had about 75 kids come – all of whom brought gifts for Second Chance, instead.

“We had so much fun delivering the gifts and playing with the cats there!

About two years ago after the death of our beloved Scottie, we decided to get another companion dog for Bentley because he seemed sad to us. So we got Penny from the Oklahoma City shelter.

She is a very unusual and unique looking schnauzer mix, we think. She is very sweet also and very needy for love and attention. We are still hopeful that she will calm down a little, though we love her anyway! (Our vet gave us some natural calming treats that we are trying.)

“And finally, we have Sophie, an adorable Chihuahua that a friend of ours was trying to find a home for. She is the sweetest little lapdog! She loves the girls, loves to cuddle, and loves to sleep!

She is about 4 years old, we think.”

So, how do this menagerie of animals get along? Is there harmony in the Osborn home?

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“Penny loves the guinea pigs and is very sweet and gentle around them. She loves to sit and watch them when they have their play time every night,” Osborn said. “And Sophie seems to love the turtle. She will sit by his pond and watch him sun himself about every day.

Recently, she has started to help by giving him a little nudge to the water when she thinks he’s had enough sun!”

Caitlin Cadieux and her rats.

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aitlin Cadieux, who graduated from the University of Oklahoma in May with a BFA in visual communications and recently accepted a position doing motion graphics and graphic design with OU Webcomm, has found rats – yes, rats – to be the ideal pet.

OK, the first question had to be, “Why rats?!”

“I grew up with lots of pets around the house, so in college, it was kind of lonely to have them missing. I couldn’t have dogs or cats in my apartment, but caged pets were OK. After doing some research, I found out that rats are incredibly intelligent, and having them is basically like having two little dogs at home,” Cadieux explains.

“They get excited when you get home, and unlike gerbils or hamsters, they’re more interested in interacting with you and hanging out outside the cage,” she added. “They learn tricks re-

ally quickly and have a lot more personality than other caged pets.”

For example, she said, “they run up into the top of the cage when you come in the room. They also like to sit on your shoulders or ride around on you around the house.

And they’re smart enough to know not to bite you.

“They’re much smarter than typical small pets like hamsters, and learn tricks very quickly – I’ve taught mine to spin around on command and walk on their back legs pretty simply,” she added. “They’re really affectionate and definitely pets you can take out of the cage and play with.”

Although rats can be purchased at big-box and local pet stores, Cadieux drove to Fort Worth, Texas, to get her current pair from a breeder there. She named them Atalanta and Nix: “Atalanta is a name from Greek mythology that I always thought was pretty, and Nix was sort of something I dug up on Greek mythology Wikipedia so it would match!” she explains.

Cadieux said she has found some of behavior exhibited by the rats surprising.

“I didn’t know rats did this, so it was kind of a big surprise at first, but they lick you like crazy! It can get pretty adorable, though. They don’t make a lot of noise, but when they’re happy, they chitter pretty loudly, kind of the same way a cat purrs. If I have them out for a while while I’m doing work, they will find little nooks like my elbow or between my feet to fall asleep on.”

Atalanta and Nix turned 1 year old on July 29. That makes them middle-aged as, according to Cadieux, rats’ lifespans average from two to three years, “although they can sometimes live for a couple years longer.” While this is a relatively short time period, she notes, it is “perfect if you want something more than a gerbil or hamster but might have to move in a few years. Perfect college pets.”

She notes that female rats – the only ones she has had so far – usually measure about 8 inches long, not counting the tail. Male rats, she said, can get much bigger, and may weigh over a pound.

Cadieux said the care and feeding of rats is relatively simple.

Though people can buy mixed feed for rats at most pet stores, she feeds hers mixtures of plain cereal (no sugar added, shredded wheat, etc.), dried fruit, oats and uncooked pasta. “Rats can eat almost anything, too, so if we have steak or chicken or that kind of thing they usually get a little bit of that,” she added. “[They’re] very low-maintenance!” she exclaimed.

“You do end up having to clean the cage about once a week, and that’s about the most work-intensive thing. I feed them about every other day because they like to hide it all and eat it later, and refill their water regularly. Rats are a lot happier in pairs or groups, but taking care of two is just as easy as taking care as one, which is really great.”

For the most part, rats also tend to be healthy. However,

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there is one common ailment among rats. “I’ve never run into this personally, but one common problem for rats is respiratory problems… Keeping everything clean and using the right cage bedding can do a lot to prevent this, though!”

Cadieux said she would “absolutely” recommend a rat as a pet for small children. “I’ve never been bitten once in the three years I’ve had rats, and they’re really easy to handle and take care of,” she said. “I would recommend them to anyone who wanted a companion pet but might not be in a good position to get a dog or a cat.”

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She described her pair of poultry as “refugees from the Tulsa law that forbids the keeping of roosters.”

“They [the rooster and hen] may think they are children,” Folley said. “When my granddaughter Amy and her children bought them as pets, they were supposed to be all female.

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Jet and Opal are temporarily living in a hastily converted picnic shelter, but Folley is planning to erect a regular chicken pen with a wooden house and roof at one end for the winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because there are many wild animals in my rural neighborhood, any chicken that is outside a pen is someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lunch,â&#x20AC;? she explains, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raccoons will tear the existing pen apart if I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the new shelter built soon.â&#x20AC;?

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he most unusual pet featured in this story is a sugar glider – a small, omnivorous, arboreal gliding possum. The name refers to its preference for sugary nectarous foods and is ability to glide through the air, much like a gliding squirrel. Native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, they carry their young, called joeys, in pouch.

David McElyea, who lives east of Noble, was given Speedy by a former roommate. He estimates that she is 2 or 3 years old. She is nocturnal, meaning that she is most active at night – a trait he enjoys, though it might not work for everyone.

“If you get too close to her cage and she doesn’t know you, she will hiss and angrily chat at you, he said. “But when she is feeling safe, she chatters happily and runs around the cage doing flips for attention.”

A captive sugar glider can live to be 5 to 7 years old in the wild, but up to

Sugar gliders like Speedy take very little food.

twice that in captivity, if provided with an adequate diet, exercise and companionship.

McElyea feeds Speedy cherries and pineapples, as well as other types of high-sugar-content fruit and various sources of protein and vegetables. Because they are small – about the size of a thumbnail – they require very little food per meal, less than a tablespoon of

food or water.

According to research, sugar gliders also should be provided with nonphosphorous calcium supplements and a varied diet that can include honey, mealworms, eggs, fruit juices, some baby food (like chicken,) sweet potato, wheat germ, applesauce and yogurt.

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Norman couple has founded a java jive enterprise that blends their passion for social justice with fine coffee varieties from international suppliers

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aniel Kao started out roasting green coffee beans for fun in 2006 using the kind of popcorn popper that grandpa used over a stove top burner. He was a hobbyist Daniel and Amyie Kao operate Mariposa, offering fine international coffees. who learned how from his older brother Jeff. Now Kao and spouse Amyie use a natural gas-fired, electronically controlled roaster that fills a small room and cost about the same as a compact automobile.

“I wasn’t well-versed in specialty craft coffees until Daniel introduced me to it,” she said. “He introduced me to coffee that tastes sweet and clean without being bitter.” Amyie’s an OU alumnus and adjunct professor at Oklahoma City Community College. They’ve been married 4 years and have a toddler daughter. Amyie has a long history as a social justice activist and her natural inclination was to be concerned about the farmers who grew the coffee beans Photos by Doug Hill and their communities in faraway on perfecting the product and Amyie heads up the social lands. “We started out in 2008 selling small batches of coffee justice initiatives. They roasted beans in a friend’s garage for beans at fundraisers supporting social justice,” Kao said. “We a time but now use a structure near Main Street and Berry learned that linking coffee and social justice is something we Road dedicated solely to the business. They’ve learned that loved to do.” the world coffee industry is a competitive specialized marThey decided to launch a business and named it Mariposa, ketplace with growers in high elevation communities around the Spanish word for butterfly. In 2009 Norman was chosen the world. Big brokers control the lion’s share of the billions as their base of operations because it’s a community amenable of dollars spent on the product annually. It’s been a challenge to advocacy for fairness and helping others. Kao has focused 74

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for Mariposa to develop small trade relationships with individual coffee growers in regions such as Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Sumatra and Chiapas, Mexico. They have also reached out and built partnerships with other Norman organizations such as Norman Arts Council.

On 2nd Friday Art Walk nights, Mariposa sets up a coffee bar at downtown businesses such as Stash and Social Club. Revenues they bring in on those occasions have been donated to Water4 based in Oklahoma City. Water4 educates people about using inexpensive materials and easily transferable technology for getting safe drinking water. Often this is accomplished in coffee growing regions such as Rwanda. Mariposa is currently partnering with individuals there. “This is not just a marketing ploy,” Amyie said. “We’re passionate about this and view all our customers as partners in transforming communities for the better across the globe.” Mariposa has been fundamental in contributing to sustainable water drilling strategies in the east central African nation. Additionally they’re in direct personal contact with people there and look forward to e-mail about their progress. As this was being discussed, the Kao daughter, an energetic brighteyed 2-year-old, was returned to her parents’ care at the roastery by the nanny. It was easy to imagine that she’ll be very proud of her folks one day.

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tail shops including Forward Foods, The Earth, Dodson’s Health Foods and Social Club. Oklahoma City’s Whole Foods, Shop Good and Native Roots Market also sell their fragrant product.

“Additionally our coffee is served by the cup at establishments such as Local Restaurant, Scratch, OU’s University Club and Second Wind,” Kao said. A freshly brewed cup of Mariposa’s Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee from the Gelana Abaya region was an eye-opening experience. It could easily be sipped black because of the mild aromatic flavor with no hint of bitterness. The taste was complex and intriguing. It’s easy to understand why their customers are willing to pay a premium price over national brand ground coffee in a can from the supermarket.

How the coffee beans or “cherries” are handled after being picked and the subsequent roasting method contribute to the flavor in your cup. Connoisseurs

may detect hints of fruit and other earthy characters in some coffees. Roasters use all their senses when the beans are being toasted to make sure the process is going just right. “The slightest tweak of heat or air flow while roasting can have an impact on the end flavor,” Kao said. Some consider this knowledge and discriminating judgment an art form. Wholesale coffee beans are typically purchased in 150 lb burlap bags.

Taste tests on a small sample batch are conducted before buying because some coffee as with any fresh produce may be dreadful. Standardized methods are used to rate color, fragrance, intensity of flavor and acidity. “It’s easy to be obsessive about the quality of the coffee,” Amyie said. “Fermenting and drying which affect the flavor can happen during shipping before it even gets to us.”

Tastes vary widely from Guatemala to Ethiopia or elsewhere and experts can pinpoint the differences. Each region

has its own strengths and how they’re roasted can enhance those. “Yigacheffes for instance have strong blueberry and strawberry notes from how they’re naturally processed,” Kao said. “Sumatra’s beans are dried on the earth and taste peppery. Some roasters refer to them as tasting funky, which is a good thing.”

They were diplomatic on the subject of putting flavorings such as cream and sugar in coffee. To them it’s essentially the same kind of blasphemy as pouring catsup over a perfectly grilled prime steak. “We respect Midwestern culture and personal preferences where it may be part of your morning routine,” Amyie said. “However, we obsess over the natural sweetness, fruitiness and even chocolate flavors in well roasted coffee. Plus you don’t have the added calories and preservatives.”

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Now, the traditional cider, “hard” cider is available for your enjoyment preferably a little closer to room temperature. Cider is fermented like wine, but it typically has less alcohol content. Cider was a traditional drink in the United States, being considered by the colonists to be more healthful than drinking water. Now with a strong resurgence, cider is available dry to sweet, and in flavors.

Another traditional favorite is pear “Perry” cider. So lets celebrate Thanksgiving like the Pilgrims, drinking cider.

Among favorites are Magners Irish Cider, Ace, Angry Orchard, Strongbow from Australia and Sir Perry from the U.K. Sir Perry comes in original apple, Sir Perry Berry, and Pear. They all sparkle with natural effervescence.

Our immigrant ancestors from Germany, brought with them not only the Christmas Tree, but Riesling grapes. Thomas Jefferson tried without success to introduce French grape varieties in the United States. Riesling grapes, however, thrived in New York and Pennsylvania, and were blended with native grapes from those areas.

Riesling wine originates in the Rhine and Mosel area of Germany, with those wines from the Mosel generally being considered better quality. Riesling wines can vary from very sweet dessert wines to dry “trocken” style. The balance of slightly sweet with some acidity make Rieslings perfect with spicy food.

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Campus Life

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hile kickoff is still a few weeks away, Bedlam lives in some Norman homes

all year.

Denise and David Gore are a house divided and say they enjoy it all the time. The rivals met and married when Denise began teaching at Cleveland Elementary after graduating from Oklahoma State. David received his bachelor and master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma.

While sporting orange in Norman, Denise said you get all kinds of comments including many of support.

There are a lot of things that are good about OSU and many are proud of it, she said.

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Denise said she frequently supports the Cowboys in Stillwater at all types of sporting events with family and friends.

She enjoys being a member of the Cleveland County chapter of the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association.

There are a lot of OSU graduates in Norman and Gore said she would like to see the organization grow. The group meets monthly and raises money to award scholarships to area students going to Stillwater.

Before she retired from teaching, one year her class gave her a small Christmas tree complete with OSU ornaments to cover it. Each year that tree fills the same spot in the Gore home

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and includes the lone crimson ornament that one student included.

“I think the only red I have in my closet are a couple of red Christmas sweatshirts.

Gore said both of her children are now also OSU graduates.

Her husband David said while he is now the “black sheep” of the family he didn’t mind his children choosing to go to Stillwater.

David, who also retired in 2007 from Norman Public Schools, said he noticed that many kids that grow up in Norman and enroll at OU tend to socialize with the same friends from high school.

My kids had great experiences at OSU and met lots of new folks they didn’t know in high school.

[Left] Tom and Karen Jobe at an OSU game watch party at On The Border Mexican Restaurant earlier this year.

[Bottom Left] Dr. Joe and Terri Carter’s youngest child, Rylie, continues the family tradition as a freshman at OSU. [Below] Dr. Joe Noble, Dr. Joe Carter, Terri Carter and Dr. Ginger Noble celebrate in Stillwater.

[Opposite page] OSU Coach Mike Gundy and OU Coach Bob Stoops make small talk before the 2012 Bedlam game in Norman.

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“It was a positive move and good decision on their part.”

David said there is no question we give each other a hard time, but it is all good- natured.

Another Norman resident who has strong ties to that other school is Terri Carter.

Carter has lived in Norman 22 years with her husband, Joe. She said it has always been fun to be a Cowboy in Norman.

“We just like sports so much living her has been fun.”

The Carter’s orange connection includes her parents, Joe, and their three children, the youngest one being a freshman in Stillwater now.

“There is a lot of orange blood in our family.”

Carter said they love living in Norman.

“Norman is a great town. But Stillwater is not too far away.”

Joe started Oklahoma Equine Hospital in Washington, south of Norman, in the late 80s. He is also a partner in McGee Street Animal Hospital in Norman.

Terri said Norman was a good fit for them because it allowed Joe, who is a horse veterinarian, to be conveniently located and they enjoyed the college atmosphere.

Oklahoma State has been a good college for us and has provided both of

my older children the opportunity to have good jobs, she said.

We have always had friends that refer to us as their token OSU friends, but she said the Thunder has united many in the state.

“Sooners and Aggies alike are for the Thunder,” she said.

Lynne McElroy president of the Cleveland County chapter of the OSU Alumni Association said she has always loved Norman and her group is all the time looking for new supporters in the community.

“We would like to see orange penetrate the county a little bit.”

She said the group includes all ages with new graduates and those who are retired. Meetings are held at On The Border restaurant the third Monday night of each month at 6:30 p.m.

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Bedlam Football: Memorable Moments THE FIRST MAJOR UPSET Oct. 23, 1976 – Norman Barry Switzer’s lone career Bedlam loss was a costly one.

Ranked fifth in the country and unbeaten, the Sooners were stunned by the Cowboys, 31-24, in front of 72,041 fans on Owen Field. For OSU, the mammoth upset provided the first taste of Bedlam success since 1966. Moreover, it vanquished any national title chance for the Sooners.

OSU quarterback Charlie Weatherbie came off the bench in the third quarter with the Cowboys trailing 24-13. A short time later, OSU had knocked off OU for just the third time since World War II and given the Sooners just their second loss to any opponent in the previous 48 games.

Recalled Weatherbie years later: “That’s all you hear about when you’re at OSU, is OU this and OU that. Even if we hadn’t won another game, beating OU would have made our season.”

THE CALLED-OFF ONSIDE THAT WASN’T Oct. 15, 1983 – Stillwater With OU sensation Marcus Dupree mysteriously absent from the team, a humorous hand-made sign hung along the northside wall at Lewis Field.

“Barry, it’s 10 O’ Clock. Do you know where your players are?”

Alas, Oklahoma would be the one laughing in the end. The Sooners looked beaten and trailed 20-3 in the fourth quarter before craziness (or Sooner Magic, if you prefer) ensued.

After a pair of touchdowns brought the score to 20-18, OU coach Barry Switzer had to choose between an onside kick or

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to kick it deep. With less than three minutes to play, Switzer decided to call off the onside kick. One problem – OU kicker Tim Lashar didn’t get the word. So, while all his teammates looked for the deep kick, Lashar ricocheted an onside kick off the helmet of OSU’s Chris Rockins and the ball sailed directly into the arms of OU’s Scott Case.

Lashar, just a freshman, booted a 46-yard field goal minutes later and the Sooners had an inexplicable 21-20 triumph.

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BEDLAM FOR ORANGES Nov. 24, 1984 – Norman This time Bedlam meant far more than bragging rights. Not only were the two teams each ranked in the nation’s top three, the Big Eight title and a trip to the Orange Bowl hung in the balance.

With future NFL players littering the field – among them OU’s Tony Casillas and Brian Bosworth and OSU’s Leslie O’Neal and Thurman Thomas – the second-ranked Sooners staved off the third-ranked Cowboys 24-14.

A second-half concussion for OSU quarter-

back Rusty Hilger (another future NFL player) and a fumbled punt ended the Cowboys’ hopes for an upset. Nonetheless, OSU closed coach Pat Jones’ first season with 10 wins and a Gator Bowl victory.

OU had an outside shot at the national title, but a loss to Washington in the Orange Bowl squashed it.

THE ICE BOWL Nov. 30, 1985 – Stillwater Two days after Thanksgiving, Lewis Field was a winter wonderland for the Bedlam rivals. An ice storm and temperatures in the 20s made conditions brutal for both teams.

OU running back Spencer Tillman got enough footing to score the game’s lone touchdown (a three-yard run) and Tim Lashar added two field goals. OSU running back Thurman Thomas skated on the ice well enough to become the first player all season to rush for 100 yards on OU. Said Sooner tight end Keith Jackson: “You can play in pouring rain. You can play in cold. But when you can’t stand up, that’s gotta be the worst conditions.”

The 13-0 victory kept the Sooners on track for the program’s sixth national championship, which came a little more than a month later.

PARKER DROPS THE BALL Nov. 5, 1988 – Stillwater With OSU’s Heisman Trophy-winning running back Barry Sanders and OU freshman Mike Gaddis each rushing for more than 200 yards, the Bedlam rivals traded punches throughout the game before a pair of late oddities for OSU sealed a 31-28 victory for the Sooners.

Trailing by three with the clock winding down, OSU quickly moved to the Sooners’ 20-yard line. Then OU was thrown a lifeline by OSU fullback Garrett Limbrick (or perhaps an overzealous referee). Blocking for Sanders, Limbrick forced OU linebacker Richard Dillon out of bounds on the Sooner sideline and then began to jaw about it. He received a dead-ball unsportsmanlike penalty and all of a sudden the Cowboys were facing fourth and 14 with 50 seconds.

Down to their final shot, quarterback Mike Gundy rolled right and spotted reliable receiver Brent Parker behind the Sooner defense. Gundy’s pass sailed into the end zone and over the outstretched hand of free safety Kevin Thompson. Parker was perched beneath it, but saw it bounce off his arm. Thompson didn’t tip the ball, but his hand obscured Parker’s vision just long enough to cause the drop.

“You always want to keep your eye on the ball,” Parker said on the 20-year anniversary of the game. “I took my eye off the ball enough, and then when I came back to it, the ball ended up hitting me on the outside of my biceps. And that was it.”

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BRADFORD’S HEISMAN MOMENT EŽǀ͘ Ϯϵ͕ ϮϬϬϴ ʹ ^ƟůůǁĂƚĞƌ KŶ ŚŝƐ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ,ĞŝƐŵĂŶ dƌŽƉŚLJ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͕ Sam Bradford lit up opposing defenses like no one had before. The sophomore ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌďĂĐŬ ŐƵŝĚĞĚ ĂŶ Kh ŽīĞŶƐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ E ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ĨŽƌ ƐŝŶŐůĞͲƐĞĂƐŽŶ ƉŽŝŶƚƐ ;ϳϬϮͿ͘ ,Ğ ƉŝůĞĚ ƵƉ ϰ͕ϳϮϬ LJĂƌĚƐ ƉĂƐƐŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚƌĞǁ ĨŽƌ ϱϬ ƚŽƵĐŚĚŽǁŶƐ͘ But it was an airborne whirlybird dive that ŐĂǀĞ ƌĂĚĨŽƌĚ ŚŝƐ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ,ĞŝƐŵĂŶ DŽment and also went down in Bedlam lore. dŚŽƵŐŚ ŚĞ ƉĂƐƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ϯϳϬ LJĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƵƌ ƚŽƵĐŚĚŽǁŶƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ^ŽŽŶĞƌƐ͛ ϲϭͲϰϭ ƐĐŽƌĞͲĂͲ thon with the Cowboys, it was the run that had everyone gasping. Taking the shotgun ƐŶĂƉ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ K^h ϭϯͲLJĂƌĚ ůŝŶĞ͕ ƌĂĚĨŽƌĚ ƌĞƚƌĞĂƚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ Ϯϱ ƚŽ ĂǀŽŝĚ Ă ƐĂĐŬ͕ ƚŚĞŶ sprinted down the right sideline. When his foot hit the three-yard line marker, ƌĂĚĨŽƌĚ ůĂƵŶĐŚĞĚ ŚŝŵƐĞůĨ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ njŽŶĞ͘ K^h ůŝŶĞďĂĐŬĞƌ KƌŝĞ >ĞŵŽŶ ŵĞƚ Śŝŵ ŝŶ ŵŝĚĂŝƌ͕ ĨŽƌĐŝŶŐ Śŝŵ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ďŽƵŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚŽ Ă ƚǁŝƐƟŶŐ ĨƌŽŶƚ ŇŝƉ͘ dŚĞ ĞŶĚͲŽǀĞƌͲĞŶĚ ŇŝŐŚƚ ŚĂƐ ƐŝŶĐĞ ďĞĞŶ Ă YouTube mainstay.

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OU players celebrate with fans following their 2012 win in Norman.

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THE ROSE WILTS Nov. 24, 2001 – Norman Fourth-ranked Oklahoma was in line to ƉůĂLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ĐŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ Rose Bowl, but a four-win Oklahoma State ƐƋƵĂĚ ĚĂƐŚĞĚ ĂŶLJ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ĐŽŶƐĞĐƵƟǀĞ ƟƚůĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ^ŽŽŶĞƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ŚŝƐ ĮƌƐƚ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂƐ ŚĞĂĚ ĐŽĂĐŚ͕ >ĞƐ DŝůĞƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŶƵŵĞŶƚĂů ϭϲͲϭϯ ƵƉƐĞƚ ƚŚĂƚ was sealed with Josh Fields’ late fourthƋƵĂƌƚĞƌ ƚŽƵĐŚĚŽǁŶ ƉĂƐƐ ƚŽ ZĂƐŚĂƵŶ Woods. ͞dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů ƚĞĂŵ͕͟ DŝůĞƐ ƐĂŝĚ ŽĨ ŚŝƐ ƐƋƵĂĚ͘ ͞dŚĞLJ ĮŶĂůůLJ ŐŽƚ ĂŶ ŽƉportunity to show someone else.” dŚĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ǁŝŶ ĨŽƌ K^h ǁĂƐ more than just Bedlam pride. It was a stateŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ǁĞƌĞ ĐŚĂŶŐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ^ƟůůǁĂƚĞƌ͘ ŶĚ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ LJĞĂƌ ůĂƚĞƌ͕ ǁŝƚŚ Kh ƉƌŽŵŝƐŝŶŐ ƌĞǀĞŶŐĞ͕ DŝůĞƐ͛ WŽŬĞƐ ǁŚŝƉƉĞĚ ƚŚĞ ^ŽŽŶĞƌƐ͕ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ Ă ϯϱͲϳ ůĞĂĚ ďLJ ŚĂůĨƟŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽĂƐƟŶŐ ƚŽ Ă ϯϴͲϮϴ ƚƌŝƵŵƉŚ͘

Betty and Jerry Winkle, Katy Guthrie, Lynne McElroy and Denise Gore during an OSU watch party at On The Border Mexican Restaurant in Norman earlier this year.

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here are only 18 spots on the University of Oklahoma NCAA Gymnastics Team, and Ryan Terrill has a dream to achieve one of these coveted positions.

The 19-year old OU sophomore from San Angelo, Texas came to OU a year ago with that goal on his mind. But the energetic, determined freshman faced one obstacle and then another greater roadblock that sent him into an unknown world.

Ryan said he chose to attend OU because of the excellent gymnastics program. There was never any ambiguity about what he wanted to do. He loved gymnastics from the time he was 3-years old, and he balanced it with football.

In his junior year in high school he had to make a choice. “That’s a big memory for me,” Ryan said. I have always loved gymnastics, and I quit football.”

His senior year in high school he put his energy into gymnastics and then he broke his foot. As he healed, he continued to focus on entering OU with the goal of being a walk-on. He sent in his videos, visited the campus, and he tried out for the team in the fall of 2012.

“I was really nervous, and I was not prepared,” he said. “I didn’t make the team. I was disappointed but it made me work all the harder.”

He joined the club team and continued to work toward his goal of gaining a place on the NCAA team.

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Ryan Terrill’s goal is to compete on the OU gymnastics team.

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A RARE DIAGNOSIS Though Ryan worked hard his workouts that October were difficult.

“I started feeling different,” Ryan said, “and I told my friends. They told me to tell the athletic trainer and I called my dad. I went to the hospital here. By then, it was Thanksgiving break.”

Ryan saw a urologist and surgery was scheduled the next day to remove his right testicle.

“When I woke up I wondered if my gym career was over,” he said. “The tumor was sent to Mayo, and I went back to school and waited.”

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The diagnosis came at Christmas. A rare testicular cancer, embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), with about 350 cases of RMS diagnosed each year in the United States in children under the age of 21 years.

Ryan said his uncle, CEO of Cook’s Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, recommended an oncologist in Fort Worth, and the next step involved surgery to take out lymph node in his midsection.

It was a week before Christmas and Ryan spent five days in the hospital.

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“It was heart breaking,” he said. “I was scared, and I didn’t know my chances. But the doctors were encouraging and said I had a good survival rate.”

A New Year arrived, and Ryan began chemotherapy at OU Children’s Hospital from January until July, and there were 23 radiation treatments for three hours a day at Pro Cure.

“I made the decision not to take off from school because I wanted to stay in Norman with my teammates and friends and try to have a normal freshman year,” Ryan said.

“I didn’t want to be alone and my friends treated me like another guy; normal,” Ryan said. “My parents met my friends and the support they gave me made them more comfortable about me being at OU.” Grant Yanker, Xander Bakx, and John DeJulio, and other fellow members on the club team, as well as the entire NCAA Gymnastics Team at OU encouraged Ryan daily. In March 2013, he competed on pommel, parallel bars and vaults. He placed.

“It was a great feeling,” Ryan said. “My parents were here and it was a great moment.”

THINKING OF 2014 “I have been able to fight back,” Ryan said. “Now I am in day to day training and I do everything the coach says to do. I am learning basics all over again. We are going to nationals in April 2014, and I want a chance to walk on the team.”

He said he is thankful to God for all the people who have helped him. He has matured and looks at life in a different way.

“This whole experience is life changing and it’s made me find the best of everything.”

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Taste of Norman

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The Garage urger joints dot the dining landscape of Norman and every one makes some claim about their unbeatable beef and superior sliders.

There are some pretenders, but The Garage is not one of them.

Really, it might be the best burger in town. If nothing else, because they have so many to offer, 13 in all, ranging from the classic cheeseburger to the culinary cutting edge.

Then there’s the beef.

And the buffalo.

And the turkey.

For vegetarian patrons they offer a garden burger option That’s 52 possible combinations before including custom add ons.

Tacos and salads round out the Main Street eatery’s menu.

It all began in 2010. Hal Smith Restaurant Group, which owns Louie’s and 11 other concepts in seven states, sent partner Brandon Kistler and Tanner Smith to check out the building which formerly housed as a sports bar.

They liked what they saw.

Originally, Kistler said they intended to call it The Office, but as the decor began to take shape, they settled on The Garage.

Fitting, as the building had once served as a garage.

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The Garage at 307 E. Main is a popular eatery in downtown Norman.

The Garage bar features nine beers on tap and 50 more in the bottle.

The initial focus was on the bar, which boasts a long bowling lane top, double drink pours, nine beers on tap and more than 50 on the bottle.

Fifteen TVs have attracted a lot of attention from sports fans and when there’s not a good game on, the bar screens staff-picked movies.

Kevin Durant one night, Indiana Jones the next.

“People really dig the movies,” general manager Dakota Jenkins said.

“They come in on a random afternoon and see Star Wars playing or some old time movie.”

There’s pinball, ski ball and the arcade classic Street Fighter II. “It does seem to appeal to everybody, Kistler said. “It appeals to an older, bar crowd, but it also appeals to families and kids. So, it works. It’s the best of both worlds.”

The atmosphere is well crafted and the food lives up.

“My deal is, when talking about expanding the menu, if we always have the best burger and fries we’ll be successful,” Kistler said. “They’ve been around forever. People eat burgers sev-

eral times a week or even several times a day, sometimes.”

He said they don’t want to get too far out of that box but at the same time offer something a little different.

After settling on a concept, Kistler went to work on the menu in his own kitchen, where he and his wife set about creating the menu, mad scientist style.

His trial and error approach produced the original 10-burger menu lineup. Just over two years later, that number has jumped to 13. And they’re not done yet.

A Cobb salad burger is currently under development, along with a queso fresca burger.

“Some of our favorites are not our best sellers, but it keeps us a little different. If you’re gonna be focused on burgers, you’ve got to add something outside of the box, but the basics are still what sells. There are some places that go a little further left than we do and that’s great, but you know, it’s The Garage. We don’t want to be too fu fu.

You know, at the end of the day, we’re serving it in paper boats with patty paper. It needs to be down and dirty. We start our cheapest burgers at $5.”

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Burgers, in buffalo, beef, turkey and garden vegetable, are the mainstays of The Garage downtown.

Nachos, with loads of addons, are part of The Garage’s menu.

In short, gourmet burgers with walk-up counter service and without pretense.

When The Garage opened in April, 2011, Main Street did not experience the level of foot traffic it experiences today.

Is it solely responsible for the area’s hip quotient resurgence?

Of course not, but good bars that serve great food create the bedrock of small-town nightlife.

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“Art Walk is huge. Every Art Walk, (this restaurant) gets a big bump of that and you know, I think more people are likely to drive down here. They think about Main Street. They’re just a lot of diverse options.”

It opened just ten days before the annual Norman Music Festival, and has grown like wildfire ever since.

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of-a-kind anymore, but the Norman location is the original.

It does justice to a good burger for a burger’s sake, but offers a little extra, finding tasty ways to rethink the nuts and bolts without reinventing the wheel.

Snapshots

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Celebrity Sing

Kris and Casey Glenn

Celebrity Sing at RiverWind Casino brought out the talent in many Norman residents. The annual event raises funds for the United Way of Norman’s annual campaign to fund human and social service agencies.

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Claudia and Adria Chappel

Eric Franklin John Koons, Marilyn Wade and James Chappel

Ladonna Williams and Sherry “Marilyn Monroe” Bryant.

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The Celebrity Showgirls perform a Michael Jackson hit.

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Snap Shots

Musical Theatre seniors Alex Gilbert and Alexis Burza shared songs they performed during their summer jobs.

OU Musical Theatre students Kelly Methven, Daisy Jane, Madison Pugh and Belle Kissinger came to encourage their fellow student performers.

OU Theatre Guild Members of the University of Oklahoma Theatre Guild gathered for their Annual Membership Party on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2013. The Beaird Lounge at the Oklahoma Memorial Union buzzed with conversation and applause, as members enjoyed performances from students in the Peggy Dow Helmerich School of Drama and the A. Max Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre. The OU Theatre Guild raises money for scholarships and travel grants for the talented student performers in these two schools. For more information about Guild membership and the Guild’s Broadway Theatre Trip May 28-June 1, 2014, contact President Gayle Reid at bngreid@ cox.net.

The new Campus Corner Cabaret series provides an opportunity for students in the A. Max Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre to perform in an intimate, public setting, like they may encounter in their professional careers. The Campus Corner Cabaret takes place at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month at Othello’s on Campus Corner. The series kicked off on Thursday, Sept. 5, and featured Tony nominee Jeff Blumenkrantz performing alongside members of the Musical Theatre senior class.

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Drama alumna and Theatre Guild board member Natalie Steinke, left, discusses the evening with fellow board members Jean-Claude Roegiers and Joie Sherman Johnson, a Musical Theatre alumna.

Sooner Theatre Executive Director Jennifer Heavner Baker catches up with Kelly Tenner and Joie Sherman Johnson in between performances.

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Leasa McCorkle Stewart and Tracy Stewart enjoy the first Campus Corner Cabaret.

Frank Gilson, Chuck Bacon, Barbara Schindler and Jona Kay Steed enjoy a lively discussion before the student performances.

Drama students Deonna Smith, left, and Josh Bonzie, right, present a powerful scene from the OU Lab Theatre production of Miss Evers’ Boys.

Pioneer Library Pioneer Library foundation donors and guests got an early-tour of the library’s westside branch and Pioneer headquarters. The event was a fundraiser for the library’s foundation. The branch in the former Borders location on West Main Street opened to the public on Nov. 1.

The Pioneer Building, new home of Pioneer Library System Headquarters and the future Norman West Library

Amy and Dave Zimmer with Don and Suzy Griffin

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Suzy Griffin and Lisa Wells Ronnie Deane and Jordan James of Amarillo Junction

Paula and Michael Palermo serve wine to guests. The Palermos are the proprietors of Michelangelo’s Coffee Shop & Wine Bar in Norman and will operate a coffee shop inside the new Norman West Library.

Kari Roop and Mary Blankenship Pointer

Renowned photographer David Fitzgerald signs books for guests Mattie Ross and Rooster Cogburn from the book True Grit by Charles Portis

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Snap Shots

Redbud Harvest Tom and Jann Knotts called on their volunteer network to harvest grapes for this season’s wine at Redbud Ridge winery on East Alameda in Norman. The annual event includes breakfast, instructions and even some of the winery’s product.

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The weather cooperated for volunteers.

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A volunteer harvests the Redbud grapes.

Aaron Jeffreys clips the year’s harvest.

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Republic Bank Business After Hours Republic Bank and Trust sponsored Business After Hours for Norman Chamber of Commerce members and guests.

The bank used an Octoberfest theme for the event and served food and drink from several Norman restaurants.

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Taste of Norman Music programs at Norman High School and Norman North High School benefited from the annual Taste of Norman fundraiser before the first football game. Restaurants in Norman donated samples for guests.

Alicia Hughes, Charity Han, Shaun Tae Osborne-Franklin, Kirk Carlson Rhett Rogers

Kat Combs, Nathan Nuss, Becca Terndrup

Whitney Womack, Rachel Custer

Tammy McGowen, Carol Terry

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Parting Shot

Sea Scouts Sea Scouts take to the breezy waters of Lake Thunderbird on a warm fall afternoon. The east Norman lake has an active sailing community, encouraged by the Thunderbird Sailing Club. Sailors meet at the Thunderbird Boat House on the third Saturday of each month at 7 p.m.

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