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FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 10 2015 • VOL. 11 • ISSUE 4 LOOKATOKC.COM
‘FIFTY SHADES’ REVIEW ON PAGE 18 | GO NUTS FOR DONUTS ON PAGE 30
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couldn’t help but visit Coney Island before BY NATHAN POPPE our cover story ran. LOOKATOKC EDITOR It wasn’t to test the food though. I’d alNPOPPE@OPUBCO.COM ready been a fan of the hot dog hotspot for a few years, and I salute it for its cheesy, delicious simplicity. On my recent visit, my intentions were to grab a couple of framed photos from Coney Island’s walls in order to scan them for the cover of LOOKatOKC. I left with three framed photos and a dozen chili cheese dogs. Owner Bill Mihas took a break from a chess match with a customer to greet me. He loved Steve Lackmeyer’s story when it ran in The Oklahoman. So did a few patrons who said they were visiting the restaurant because of the story. That just goes to show the power of storytelling and the reach of Steve’s downtown coverage. Kudos to him for piecing together the history of Coney Island. As the restaurant scene continues to grow, it’s always worth slowing things down and appreciating some of the city’s mainstays. That said, I’m always excited to try something new. Good thing we’re getting close to food truck season again. H&8th and Heard on Hurd are just around the corner. I’m eager to try some new trucks and see what surprises the street festivals have up their metaphorical sleeves. On a sadder side note, this is probably the last issue you’ll see reviews from Beau Blackstock and Kellen McGugan for a while. I wouldn’t get too bummed out. You can still hear them every week on their radio show, “You’re Welcome.” I don’t think anything can take the wind out of their new music sails. Thanks for all the fun, gents. I know. I know. I’m welcome. You’ll still be able to see plenty of music coverage from Becky Carman and Matt Carney. He’s tackling Drake’s new mix tape a few pages over. She has two tasty Q&A’s squeezed between our foodcentric pages. Careful with this issue though. It made me hungry. And you wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry.
Bill Mihas and his son-in-law Ronnie Turk standing outside their restaurant, Coney Island Hot Dogs, on Jan. 5. Photo by David McDaniel, for LOOKatOKC
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7 | Drink & Draw challenge: Abraham Lincoln playing cards in a water park
10 | Food Dude: Florence’s Restaurant
Check out this month’s Drink & Draw featuring Honest Abe.
The Food Dude visits Florence and Victoria Kemp, owners of Florence’s Restaurant, which opened in 1952 in Oklahoma City and is still going strong by serving old-fashioned homecooking.
28 | Waffle Champion Quit Nguyen visits Waffle Champion for brunch and shares his experience.
Find the LOOK photographers • LOOK photographers will be in Bricktown, Midtown and other hot spots.
OPUBCO Communications Group LOOKatOKC EDITOR Nathan Poppe PROJECT DESIGNERS Ebony Iman Dallas Steve Boaldin ADVERTISING Jerry Wagner (405) 475-3475 Nancy Simoneau (405) 475-3708 NICHE PUBLICATIONS EDITOR Melissa Howell DIRECTOR OF PRESENTATION AND CUSTOM PUBLISHING Yvette Walker ART DIRECTOR Todd Pendleton PHOTOGRAPHERS Steven Maupin Quit Nguyen COVER Gus Soter and Phillip Colwell are seen inside the window of their Coney Island restaurant at its original location, 404 N Broadway, circa 1930. Photo provided by Kelly Soter-Gunn
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MATT CARNEY
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The 6 biggest and best boasts on Drake’s new mixtape
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ess than 48 hours before Valentine’s Day, Drake released a new record, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late,” by way of his holy instrument, iTunes. Whether or not it is an album or a mixtape (I’m leaning toward album) and whether or not it’s any good (I’m leaning toward “pretty good”) aren’t rabbit holes I want to start down. Rather, let’s cut to the real, paradoxical fun of listening to the music, which is seething with hatred for Drake’s massive, industrial successes while delighting in the opulence of his own self-love. As the great bard himself once said, “jealousy is just love and hate at the same time,” and that’s exactly what I feel whenever I listen to a Drake record after “So Far Gone.” When you’re as big a deal as Drake, everything you say comes off as a boast to a peon like me, so let’s see how far over the top he can push it.
4. “Make sure the plane got a phone now” from “Used To” The image here is delightfully “1970s rock doc.” “No, he didn’t say Wi-fi,” Drake’s exasperated assistant whispers over the phone to the label office. “He said he wants a phone, like a big one he can grip and reach over to pull off the wall.”
6. “Oh my God / oh my God / if I die / I’m a legend” from “Legend” Pop culture has a habit of enshrining its casualties, particularly those who go out just before the height of their prowess is realized, and something tells me Drake the rapper is very close to summiting Mt. Drake. If he went out now (probably from a tragic too-much-redwine-in-the-bathtub-again accident), dude’s face would be on T-shirts at Coachella for the next three decades, easy.
2. “’bout to call your ass an Uber / I got somewhere to be” from “Energy” Can you imagine trying to argue with Drake? He’s got the ultimate trump card in just being able to send you away at any time, via phone app.
5. “I bought this one a purse, I bought this one a truck / I bought this one a house, I bought this one a mall” from “Energy” Wouldn’t it be awkward for the girl Drake bought a purse to run into the girl who got a house? I wanna be there for that exchange: “He bought you a what?”
3. “I been payin’ mama’s rent since I was 17” from “10 Bands” “I’ve been payin’ my own rent since I was 22.” There, I rewrote it so it was true for me instead of Drake. Dude had five years on me and I’m willing to bet that Drake’s mom’s house was way nicer than the one-bedroom halfduplex in Norman that I split with my friend who was finishing up college. And we were — not kidding — sleeping in bunkbeds. I should’ve quit school to become a child actor.
1. “F*** going online / that ain’t part of my day” from “Energy” The Internet is convenient for access but a burden on your attention. Businesses long ago realized the opportunity in that convenience and now, in 2015, a day spent away from managing your affairs online — not to mention presenting yourself to the world via Instagram or Facebook or whatever — is practically a vacation. Drake, in his most dismissive tone, is essentially saying that his standard day is a vacation. That’s the best single boast I have heard in years.
All about creating a deeper relationship with music.
Drake performs during the Drake vs. Lil Wayne Tour. AP Photo
Tune in to KO KOSU-FM 91.7 at 4:44 p.m. and 6:44 p.m. every Tuesday and at 6:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. every Wednesday to hea hear Matt break down the week in music news and new music releases with host Ryan LaCroix.
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art speaks
Imagine our former president playing cards in a waterpark
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elcome to the latest edition of our collaboration with Drink & Draw, the event that invites doodlers of all skill levels to gather on a weekly basis in Oklahoma City. In case you’re new to the party, here’s the rundown. Every Thursday night from 8 to 11, Drink & Draw is hosted at any of three locations in the metro. On the third and fourth Thursday of the month, the event is held at Tree & Leaf Clothing. And that’s where you’ll encounter the Drink & Draw Challenge. A random theme is selected, you’re kindly requested to draw on specially designed Drink & Draw paper and then the results are published once a month in LOOKatOKC. Our theme this month was Abraham Lincoln playing cards in a water park. It’s been a pleasure to see new faces join the festivities, and I hope to see more. The intentions of the event are more than simple. It’s an excuse to show off the talented artists in our city and invite anyone with a hint of artistic aspiration to join the fun. Again, Drink & Draw is an invitation to an open dialogue in the art community. One story wouldn’t do this event justice. Instead we are making this a monthly celebration of all things awesome. Pens, pencils and markers of all shapes and sizes are welcome. It’s just another reason to LOOKatOKC. The proof is sitting right in front of you.
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The Drink & Draw Schedule: 1st Thursday: The Okay See (7 N Lee Ave., OKC)
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Zack Easley • zarc1@sbcglobal.net • “Self-
instructed artist.”
2nd Thursday: Brass Bell Studios (2500 NW 33 St., OKC) 3rd - 4th - 5th Thursdays: Tree & Leaf (1705-B NW 16 St., OKC)
The Drink & Draw Challenge: 1. A random theme is selected. 2. Artists draw on specially designed Drink & Draw paper. 3. The results will be published once a month right here in LOOKatOKC. 4. Fun is had.
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Quit Nguyen
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Michael Brenner • www.mikeartwork.com
Dusty Gilpin • www.trudust.com
Zeke Ruzika • “Sign painter. All around
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“I’m me, and no one else.”
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the food dude
DAVE CATHEY
SOUL SURVIVOR: FLORENCE’S RESTAURANT SERVES THE BEST OF OUR PAST, SMOTHERED OR FRIED
Florence’s Restaurant, which opened in 1952, continues to be owned and operated by Florence Kemp and her daughter. Florence is now in her 80s and still works in the kitchen every day. The restaurant is located in the 1400 block of NE 23. Photo by Jim Beckel, for LOOKatOKC
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f restaurateurs were valued for their rarity the way jewels are, Florence Kemp would be the Hope Diamond. Kemp opened Florence’s Restaurant, 1437 NE 23 St., in 1952. It isn’t the state’s oldest or most lucrative cafe; but all things considered, it might be the most amazing. A little less than a decade ago, Kemp was uncertain about her restaurant’s future, but rather than dwell on it she cooked her way through, inspiring her daughter, Victoria, to become the solution to Florence’s future. When I met with the Kemps to talk about Florence’s, Victoria battled through a bout with laryngitis because, “Florence’s Restaurant is my favorite thing to talk about.” Today, the future of this neighborhood institution is shinier than the rhinestone-studded belt wrapped around Florence’s waist the last time I was in for lunch. Victoria Kemp has moved back home to take the mantle, and she has plans to expand the business with an eye toward making the corridor of NE 23 Street. where they sit an entertainment district to match burgeoning Uptown on the west side of the Capitol. Victoria doesn’t like to call Florence’s a soul food restaurant, but no place in town is likely to warm the soul like this emporium of Southern foods from our ancestors served in the manner they were intended. Florence’s Restaurant has never been accused of pushing the boundaries of gastronomy, and that’s a good thing. While some chefs are inspired to push the boundaries for progress, folks like Florence Kemp carry out the less glamorous but no-less-important task of holding the line for quality and preservation of our rich, local culinary culture. After 63 years — I repeat, 63 years — Florence’s grip on that line is so strong only the roll-call from up yonder could break it. Visiting her last week might be the sweetest humble pie in the face I’ve ever endured.
A girl from Boley
Florence Kemp was born and raised in Boley, but not long after
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she graduated from high school, her mother moved to Oklahoma City to work as a maid. Kemp followed in her mother’s footsteps, but her career in domestic service only lasted about a week. Ever since a summer visit to California, Florence was inspired to start a business of her own. During the stay with relatives, she was introduced to a whole new world where black-owned businesses flourished and community grew. “My parents had already told us that only one of us would be able to go to college — my younger sister — and that wasn’t me,” Kemp said in a 2008 interview. “So I thought I would try to do something on my own.” Two years removed from high school graduation, the 20-yearold Kemp opened a restaurant 916 NE 4 St. The idea was simple: serve home-cooking, the kind she’d grown up with, to make her way in the world. If Florence was living the average life of a restaurateur, she would’ve closed her restaurant inside a year and found another line of work. But Florence wasn’t destined for average. Seven years later, a push for “urban renewal” forced her to pull up stakes and head northeast. In her new location, she developed a reputation for “good homecookin” at a fair price, and soon she had herself a foundation of regular customers that never seemed to wain. She did nothing different, which is a good thing because as a young woman she had the good sense to do things right from the start: fresh ingredients, no canned vegetables, no mixes from a box, nothing served that wasn’t made that day. Fried chicken was made in small batches using a cast-iron Dutch oven. Baking or smoking is done in a brick oven next to the stove. Batters were seasoned and applied by hand. The result is a procession of homemade items including: pork chops, smothered or fried; chicken, smothered or fried; chicken and dressing; smothered steak or hamburger steak, a selection of burgers, pork ribs, beef brisket, fried catfish, breakfast all day and daily specials like Honey Meatloaf, beef tips, neck bones and all-you-can-eat chicken and dumplings on Friday. For sides,
Top, Florence Kemp and her daughter, Victoria. Bottom, dishes served at Florence’s. Photos by Jim
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mashed potatoes, green beans, buttered corn, Boley beans, yams, cabbage, sliced tomatoes, and macaroni and cheese; and usually there is banana pudding and peach cobbler for dessert. And the person in charge of the tiny kitchen where big flavor emerged was the same person with her name on the sign, Florence. That’s how it was at Florence’s Restaurant in 1952. It didn’t change when she moved to the current location seven years later, and it hasn’t changed as of 2015. The only thing that’s changed in the kitchen is the color of the head cook’s hair and perhaps how quickly she can make it from the brick oven to pull Wednesday’s meatloaf to the dining room to take a neighbor’s order. She did pull the 10-cent hot dogs off the menu about 40 years ago.
The times they are a-changin’
Victoria Kemp was living in Dallas when her mother called her less than a decade ago asking for help. “Are you asking for my help as in you want me to move back home or you just need some help right now?” Victoria asked. Her mother, never one to imposition anyone, said she just needed a hand running the restaurant and taking care of her 103-year-old father. So Victoria started driving up from Dallas on weekends to help out but gradually found herself longing to stay. “So I started working to try and learn my mother’s
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recipes,” she said. “I would make pancakes, and she would say things like ‘Those are good pancakes, but they’re not my pancakes.’ So, we kept working until I got it right.” And so it went until that fateful day when Florence did the unthinkable. She told her daughter she thought it was time she transferred ownership so Victoria could begin running the business with an eye toward the future. Victoria has worked with Oklahoma City’s Task Design to refurbish the property, which Florence purchased nearly half a century ago without ever making major changes. “We’re also developing a line of retail products,” Victoria said. “We had a request from someone to do a pancake supper, which we couldn’t do, so they asked ‘Could you just send over the batter?’” So, they made a large batch of their pancake mix and sent it over, which spurred the idea to slap a label on it and sell it to the public. You’ll also find bottles of Florence’s barbecue sauce in the restaurant with more products to come in the future. Victoria Kemp is also committed to help women who are either incarcerated or have been to work their way back in to society by offering employment. “Many times, these women just need a chance to put their lives back together,” Victoria said. “They can’t do it without the opportunity. We feel like everybody deserves a second chance.”
Yesterday and today
Florence’s is equal parts restaurant and pint-sized community center. Folks come in, stick their head in the kitchen to say hello then find a table and sit a spell surrounded by the photographs and mementos of days gone by. Longtime customer Lee Cornish once said of the place, “If you are in a bind, you can depend on her, just like the sun coming up.” While the world around Florence’s devolves into a cyber-squabbling, talk-first, act-never fountain of polarized keyboard abuse, Florence Kemp cooks her way through. Her restaurant might not be a breath of fresh air, but that’s only because of the pervasive aroma of freshly fried chicken — a more than fair substitute. A meal at Florence’s isn’t a squat-and-gobble, it’s fellowship with friends and communion with homemade corn muffins sopped in gravy. The only disputes are over who gets the last piece of dark meat and whether the gravy should come on the side or smothering the food. No one at Florence’s is in any hurry. Not the diners, not the head cook. In today’s instant-gratification obsessed world, mealtime, sadly, can’t always be that way. But it stays that way at Florence’s, and thank your lucky stars we have a living reminder of how sweet and satisfying a meal can be when we leave progress to the time before and after we sink our teeth into food from the soul for the soul.
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The menu features a photo of Florence in her youth. Photos by Jim Beckel, for LOOKatOKC
Peach Cobbler and coffee at Florenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant.
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album review
TY SEGALL ‘MR. FACE EP’
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ometimes, it’s best to do something for you and only you. San Francisco rock and roll vagabond Ty Segall rarely pumps his brakes, much to the delight of his rabid fan base. Always one to constantly push himself into multiple projects, Segall’s experience is as vast as his back catalog over the last few years, which has bounced between solo releases, full band jaunts, side project experimentation and everything in between. With “Mr. Face,” we get Segall having a blast at no one’s expense, strumming loudly and cooing kookily to the beat of his own drum. “Mr. Face,” the lead track on the EP, finds Segall right at home, or perhaps right in your own home, leading a joyous little romp of acoustic guitars bouncing off one another. This is particularly endearing given the fact that, for the last few years, most people have associated Segall with melting many a face, both on record and at live shows Ty Segall ‘Mr. Face EP’ He’ll blaze through his most fiery tracks and still have room to cover AC/DC, but you can bet that he’s always keeping his audience engaged and entertained. Near the end of the track, we get the kind of Segall romp we’d expect, but it’s so much fun to hear him put electric swagger into a predominantly acoustic number. “Circles” finds Segall turning the volume up a bit more, with a ’60s mod quirk that bounces and bops around Segall’s ever-evolving vocal melody. Throw in a a few wind instruments for good measure and a spastic breakdown near the climax, and you’ve got something akin to Thee Oh Sees often overlooked but delightfully playful “Castlemania.” Luckily, Segall has maintained that blazing guitar work he’s been fond of on “Drug Mugger,” which sees him cutting loose for a bit of light to medium shredding. It’s that kind of devil-maycare attitude Segall shows with songwriting that makes him continuously prolific, even with the sheer volume of releases he pumps out. “The Picture” feels like it would be right at home on his 2011 masterpiece “Goodbye Bread,” with emotion and beauty on full display. Releases like “Mr. Face” remind us that even though Segall loves pushing himself and trying new things, we can always count on the same guy being there at the end of the day to give us what we fell in love with quite a few years back, when social media was in its genesis and records were burned on CDs and given to friends. Segall wants to bring that feeling of home and inclusion back to you. He’s your friend, and he’s here to remind you to have fun.
Ty Segall ‘Mr. Face EP’
— Kellen McGugan, entertainment writer
kellen ’ s tips FOR FANS OF: Thee Oh Sees, The King Khan & BBQ Show and King Tuff. HOW TO LISTEN: Switching records with friends or jamming along in your room on your guitar. TRACKS: “Mr. Face” and “Drug Mugger”
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BJORK, ‘VULNICURA’
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orget breakup albums. Bjork’s newest record deals with the heartbreak she suffered after divorcing her longtime husband. Even if you were to approach “Vulnicura” without knowing about Bjork’s personal life, the music within works to illustrate her devastation. Bjork recruited 30 Icelandic musicians to play string arrangements that best represented her melancholy. The beautiful orchestration is juxtaposed by two groundbreaking producers, Arca and The Haxan Cloak. Bjork and Arca co-produced the majority of the songs while The Haxan Cloak mixed every track on the record, adding an eerie sense of uneasiness throughout. The only song on which all three share production credits is album centerpiece “Family,” where Bjork mourns the loss of not only her husband, but her child’s father. In the album liner notes, the first six songs have
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captions revealing a timeline of Bjork’s breakup. The first three songs are written before the breakup and demonstrate Bjork’s optimism. The title of album opener “Stonemilker” evokes a sense of hopelessness, but the song itself has Bjork wailing to be synchronized with her lover. Conversely, the 10-minute “Black Sea” comes a mere two months after the break up. It’s a dark, minimal piece filled with lyrical barbs hurled at her ex for abandoning her. Later in the album she does what anyone recovering from a break up must do: reach out to friends. Antony Hegarty joins Bjork on “Atom Dance” for a duet that sounds like the first drops of the cure for Bjork’s wounded heart. What makes “Vulnicura” so unique is that Bjork has always seemed like a joyful human no matter the situation. I once witnessed her with my own eyes in Iceland dancing with friends in a bar in 2012. I would have never guessed that her next album would be something so heartwrenching. It can be tough enjoying a record knowing the real pain that went into its creation. Although an album this gut-wrenching may not be for everyone, it
will assuredly end up being a monumental help for anybody who has to deal with the same tragedy Bjork has felt. — Beau Blackstock, entertainment writer
beau’ s tips FOR FANS OF: Sigur Ros, The Knife and FKA twigs. Favorite Tracks: “Stonemilker,” “Family,” and “Quicksand.” Favorite Lyrics: “Family was always our sacred mutual mission, which you abandoned.” “Is there a place where I can pay respects for the death of my family.”
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band q&a
STOCKYARD PLAYBOYS
Group swings into bars with dance hall songs
Members of the Stockyard Playboys, from left, are Dustin Reynolds, Adrian Adkisson, Mack McKinney, Jerrod Hardegree and Morgan Ramsey. Photo provided
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t isn’t quite a lost art, but there’s a notable dearth of dance hall bands livening up Oklahoma City’s bar scene. Western swing, along with its brother classic country, are hitting the town, thanks to the The Stockyard Playboys, who have made it their mission to get back to the basics. The Oklahoma City-based band, comprised of three former East Dallas Shufflers — vocalist/steel guitarist Adrian Adkisson, vocalist/lead guitarist Morgan Ramsey and guitarist Jerrod Hardegree — as well as bassist Mack McKinney and drummer Dustin Reynolds, has shared the stage with Chuck Mead, Whitey Morgan and Wayne Hancock, as well as Oklahoma roots music fixtures TJ Mayes and Jimmy Dale and the Beltline. Q: How did this type of music become part of your life? Morgan Ramsey: My grandparents and parents have always been into country and Western music, so I’ve been exposed to it ever since I can remember. My dad was a big two-stepper back in the day, so I always remember hearing a lot of 4/4 shuffles when I was a kid, and it seems to be mostly all we play now. Adrian Adkisson: I grew up around country and gospel music as a kid but didn’t start playing it until I was 30. As far as Western swing goes, Morgan really introduced me to that style. I had heard George Strait doing some old tunes on the radio but didn’t really start to appreciate what it’s all about until he exposed me to Asleep at the Wheel and
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Bob Wills’ music. Q: This is a genre that, live, is really rooted in performing cover songs. How much of your material is original? Ramsey: If we are playing a longer show, like two hours, it’s about 50/50, but if it’s just a 45-minute or hour set, we usually do all originals with a few covers thrown in. In this town, though, most of our shows are about two hours, so you’ll definitely get to hear some older country and Western tunes in most of our shows. Q: Did you already play your instrument and have to learn this style afterward, or was Western swing part of your learning process? I’m told it’s extremely difficult for people who don’t grow up in that school to pick it up seamlessly later, particularly with an instrument like pedal steel. Ramsey: I already knew how to play a little bit but never took it seriously. Once I started actually practicing at about 23 years old, I started practicing on modernday roots music — like Dale Watson, Wayne Hancock, BR549 — and worked my way back from there. Adkisson: I got my first steel guitar in 2007. I had been playing six-string guitar since I was 12, and that was always rock music. So moving to an instrument like pedal steel and music that was also fairly new to me hasn’t been real effortless, although it may look that way up on the big stage. Q: There aren’t a ton of bands around here doing what you do with any regularity, and certainly not in bars. Is the response ever unexpected in a place like the Blue Note, for instance, that’s generally associ-
ated with other types of music? Is the crowd different at Grandad’s, a self-proclaimed honky-tonk? Ramsey: The crowds at most of the local venues take a little bit to warm up, but once they do, most of the audience will dance or two-step because that’s really the type of music we play — and a few drinks always helps get that going. Grandad’s is always a fun experience for us because most people do go there to hear country and Western, and they get into it there when we play. Q: Are you a meticulous band about rehearsals, or are you more playing off of each other live? Ramsey: We aren’t over-the-top about it, but we try to rehearse often just to learn new material and to tighten up anything that we may have noticed at a recent show. The structures are rehearsed for the most part, but our lead instrument work is usually on-the-fly. Q: What’s the takeaway for your crowds? If someone’s at a venue to see, for instance, Warren Hood, and they have no idea what to expect from you all, what’s one thing you definitely want them to say as they’re walking out the door? Ramsey: I hope when they are leaving they are turned on to a different kind of music that isn’t usually heard around the city, but usually in small-town dance halls, and they leave wanting to find out more. Adkisson: “When/where is your next show?” or “Can I buy y’all’s tape?” — Becky Carman, entertainment writer
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CAMERON BUCHHOLTZ
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Stand-up comic brings more than laughs to comedy scene
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hereas the scope of Oklahoma’s music scene lends itself to genre divisions, venue specificity and a proliferation of new bands, Oklahoma City’s comedy scene is more tightly knit. With collectives like OKC Comedy and Robot Saves City working hard to further Oklahoma’s access to touring comedy, and a growing, sustainable network of comedians based here, it’s thankfully easier than ever to find laughter on any given night. Cameron Buchholtz, who started doing comedy in Norman in 2008 and lived in New York City and Austin, Texas, before returning to Oklahoma last year, has had a big hand in that. Q: When was the first time you thought comedy was something you could get into? Cameron Buchholtz: I’d always been a big fan of stand-up. In middle school, I would download the audio rips of Comedy Central specials off of Napster, then in high school I got super obsessed with Mitch Hedberg, but it wasn’t until I started listening to Jimmy Pardo’s “Never Not Funny” podcast that I realized it was something that I wanted to do. ... I already knew a few people who were doing comedy around Norman, so the first time I went on stage at Othello’s, it was a fairly welcoming and familiar environment. After that first time, comedy pretty much immediately became my whole life. Q: If I remember correctly, your podcast kick-started your stand-up career. Why’d you start doing “CB Radio?” Buchholtz: Because I had started doing comedy directly because of a podcast, it just made sense for me to start one of my own. My first podcast was co-hosted by James Nghiem, and we recorded it using the equipment from the journalism college at (the University of Oklahoma). That was shortlived and essentially just allowed me to figure out what I was doing before starting my own show. I started “CB Radio” in early 2011 and was lucky enough to get Jimmy Pardo to be a guest on the second episode. This was before “WTF With Marc Maron” and before Chris Hardwick’s “Nerdist.” Podcasts were still somewhat of an oddity, which made it fairly easy for me get a footing. Q: Do you still do it? Buchholtz: I quit about a year and a half ago. I stopped from a combination of getting burned out on it — the last two years or so, I was doing two a week — and also because
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Above, Stand-up comedian Cameron Buchholtz performing live. Photo provided
podcasting had grown to a point that it was getting harder and harder to stand out and to book interviews. Q: You left Oklahoma in 2010 and came back last year. How has (the comedy scene here) changed, from your perspective, for better or worse? Buchholtz: Yeah, it’s definitely exploded. That’s partly just because that’s what has happened everywhere. There are just so many more people everywhere doing comedy now. I think it’s probably also a bit to do with the shows that OKC Comedy brings in. Not to just toot my own horn, but we’ve worked really hard to raise awareness of stand-up in Oklahoma City and seem to have made great strides. Back in 2010, BradChad Porter and I decided to start bringing in acts to OKC that we felt probably wouldn’t come here otherwise. That first summer we brought in Doug Benson, Paul F. Tompkins and Todd Barry, and I think those shows were a real changing point for the scene. After I left, BradChad and Spencer Hicks kept booking shows like that and I think have really shown that OKC can support more comedy than just small open mics, the Loony Bin and giant Rose State/ Civic Center shows. And now that I am back, we are trying to expand that even further. Q: Has it gotten easier, the more experience you’ve gotten? Buchholtz: Certain things have gotten easier, but overall I think the challenge has remained consistent because I’m always trying to push myself and try new things. I think if it ever felt easy, that would mean I’m not working hard enough. — Becky Carman, entertainment writer
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‘FIFTY SHADES OF GREY’
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Starring: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Luke Grimes and Marcia Gay Harden. (Strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior, graphic nudity, language) watch a trailer
‘Fifty Shades’ revels in its own camp and little else
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uriosity can only carry a movie so far. I imagine that’s what fueled patrons’ minds as several of them verbally confirmed their excitement before my screening of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I honestly haven’t seen people that excited for a movie in years. And I couldn’t help but want to know what all the fuss was about. Was it actually going to be sexy? Would I catch a glimpse of what sold 100 million copies of a hotly debated “romance” novel, on which the film is based? Would I even care about the relationship between a shy virgin, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), and her domineeringly dull zillionaire, Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan)? My answer ends up being a resounding sort of. If you’re unfamiliar with the plot line, then you should know Ana meets Christian during an interview for her college newspaper. He’s a page torn straight out of a GQ feature, and she’s full of the same curiosity that got me into the theater. Things get complicated when Christian “enlightens” Ana about his favorite hobby: kinky sex in a red room with more whips and chains than an Alice Cooper music video. Spoiler alert: There’s nothing so shocking in that “playroom” that you haven’t already seen in a rogue Internet pop-up
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ad at work. Also, the film is shot in such a cold, calculated manner that the sex scenes seem more obligatory than steamy. Maybe it’s time for a new hobby, Christian? Or an Xbox? Perhaps a psychiatrist? I know he can afford it. The film paints him as a mysterious, wounded playboy, with a tacked-on origin story. But he’s set in his ways, and he skips romance like a dude with a TiVo remote who’s fast-forwarding past commercials. He lays it on extra thick when he tells Ana he’s bad news but still incapable of leaving her alone. Romantic, Ana? Let’s get you a restraining order. I’ll even let you drive. You don’t need that negativity in your life. Ana even stops and exclaims that Christian is so confusing. No, he’s really not. You can figure out what he wants after a single steely stare. Obviously, my biggest beef with this movie is its trite storytelling, thinly developed characters and a lack of anything shocking or revelatory. Johnson and Dornan are capable actors but they’re given too little to work with. They do a solid job of getting campy laughs though. Never thought I’d see a movie in theaters where an entire room laughs when panties are sniffed in a pivotal love
scene. But that’s probably this film’s strong suit. It’s got a twisted sense of humor and effectively toys with some of the book’s preconceived notions. It’s surprisingly funny at times. However, I still can’t help but feel let down by the film’s story and unlikable characters. Simply put, if Christian were any more shallow, then he’d be the concrete lining above a swimming pool. Ana is so wrapped up with her newly found security and a total lack of ambition that she has difficulty even deciding if getting flogged on the regular is worth it to be with a rich creep. Survey says it isn’t. It also doesn’t help that each love scene gets a little less interesting as the film progresses. And that’s a pretty raw deal when it’s your go-to move. When the story hits a wall, people get naked and steps one and two are repeated, if necessary. Congratulations “Fifty Shades of Grey,” you have the emotional complexity of a shampoo bottle. There might be 50 shades to work with, but this film just paints too simple of a portrait. — Nathan Poppe, LOOKatOKC editor
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‘KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE’
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Starring: Colin Firth, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Michael Caine and Sophie Cookson. (Sequences of strong violence, language and some sexual content)
Royal pain, ‘Kingsman’ butchers a bad Bond plot
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he Spy Who Amused Me, James Bond, has abdicated that title. That’s the gap the Mark Millar/Dave Gibbons comic “The Secret Service” leaped into, and it’s territory that feels most at home in the film from that comic, “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” Often, it’s a droll riff on spy movies and what “makes a gentleman”: fine tailored (bespoke) suits and the clash of classes evident by the posh accents the movies so often attach to British secret agents. But almost as often, it’s an atonal, hyperviolent action comedy that goes on too long, tries too hard and spills too much blood. A supersecret spy agency, privately financed, is run out of a British tailor’s shop. They’re given names from Camelot — Lancelot, Galahad, Arthur. When one of their number is killed, Galahad (Colin Firth) gives a medal to the fallen man’s son, promising him one big “favor.” If the kid, who grows up street-tough, bullied
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in a troubled home, ever finds himself in over his head, call this phone number. The “service” will get him out of his fix. That’s how Eggsy, played by Taron Egerton, falls in with the men of Kingsman. Much of the movie is a set-up — Eggsy’s recruitment, training for “the most dangerous job interview in the world,” attempts to fit in with the Oxford/Cambridge men (and women) who comprise this private secret service. Michael Caine is Arthur, who runs the show; Mark Strong is the Scottish fixer/gadget guru, Merlin. Samuel L. Jackson shows up as a billionaire environmental activist, wearing a grin, an assortment of NY Yankees hats (worn askew) and a speech impediment. If you’ve ever seen the least of the Bond films, “Moonraker,” the plot will seem familiar. Famous personages are disappearing, then reappearing, and the eco-fanatic supervillain may be behind it.
Director and co-writer Matthew Vaughn (“Kick Ass”) doesn’t turn the genre conventions on their ear so much as celebrate them. Sofia Boutella plays a colorless yet deadly assistant to the billionaire, a kick boxer with curved sword blades for feet. Firth wears his suits impeccably, sips his whiskey impeccably and purrs his posh-accented lines most impeccably of all. Fans of Vaughn and the genre will find much to grin about but little that warrants a bigger laugh. Something about the Tarantino-ish bloodshed, the crass F-bombs, just feels off. The villain’s point of view seems both reasonable and elitist. Even though Galahad professes an anti-elitism, the service, the milieu, all smack of the privilege of educated weakchinned aristocracy. — Roger Moore, Tribune News Service
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‘STILL ALICE’
Oklahoma Alzheimer's patient serves as consultant on 'Still Alice'
Above, Julianne Moore as Alice in “Still Alice.” Below, Ron Grant, who was diagnosed seven years ago with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 55, meets country music legend Glen Campbell, who disclosed his Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2011. Photos provided
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on Grant isn’t who he used to be. But he has some measure of control over who he is — at least, for now. “The day will come eventually when I don’t, but right now, I do,” Grant said. “I’m having to now, because of this disease, redefine who I am.” Seven years ago, the Moore resident was diagnosed with early-onset (or younger-onset) Alzheimer’s disease. Affecting people younger than 65, the disease is the subject of the Academy Award-nominated drama “Still Alice,” for which Grant served as a consultant. “They (the filmmakers) just wanted to get some information on what it’s like living with the disease so that they could try to as accurately as possible portray what it’s like,” said Grant, who was 55 when he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Cinematic awareness Based on the best-selling novel by Lisa Genova, “Still Alice” stars Oscar nominee Julianne Moore as Alice Howland, a comfortably married linguistics
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professor with three grown children whose life is upended at age 50 when she learns she has Alzheimer’s. After four previous Oscar nominations, Moore is considered a front-runner for the best actress statuette going into Sunday’s Academy Awards. “This is what people find so terrifying about Alzheimer’s: It’s about cognitive decline. So it forces you to examine how much time you have, how you want to spend it,” Moore said in a January interview on the “Today” show. Similar to the fictional character, Grant has a spouse, two grown daughters and four grandchildren. Like Alice, he had an academic bent before his diagnosis: He earned multiple master’s degrees and a doctorate during his career as a chaplain with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. And as the film shows, Grant has experienced the loss of knowledge, of dreams, of his career. “So much of the time, Alzheimer’s or dementia is thought about as, well, it’s just a losing of memory. Well, that is a part of it. But there’s so much more to it. From what I understand, the movie does a great job of portraying that. ... You’re losing part of your personality,” he said. “If all the sudden you’re told that you’ve got
Alzheimer’s, it all changes immediately.” “Still Alice” opened Friday in Oklahoma City; although he didn’t see it in advance, Grant received early confirmation that his name is listed in the credits. The filmmakers contacted him through the Alzheimer’s Association in 2011, when he was serving as an early-stage adviser. He did an almost two-hour conference call with the movie’s co-writer/directors, Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, who interviewed him about the feelings, the realities and the methods for living with Alzheimer’s. “One of the things they wanted to do was to speak with a variety of people who were living with the disease,” Grant said. “It was a pretty extensive interview.” Changed future He said he can’t describe the fear and pain of getting the diagnosis,” but he added “beyond no question or doubt, the grace of God has been so wonderful to me that I’m able to do as well as I am. “Talking with the writers on the movie — and I say this over and over — stress, fear and anxiety are our three big enemies. The higher the level of stress, fear or anxiety, the worse our symptoms are, and that’s pretty true across the board with any of us,” Grant said. “It’s a matter really of trying to condition yourself to take the blows that this disease gives you and try your best to let it just glance off of you so that it does not
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Julianne Moore as Alice in "Still Alice." Photo provided
cause you to get worse. The pathology I can’t change. I can’t change … what this disease is doing to my brain. I can choose how I react to those changes that it causes. That I can do.”
Moore resident Ron Grant, who was diagnosed with earlyonset Alzheimer’s disease at age 55. Photo provided
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Raising awareness “Still Alice” isn’t the only film about Alzheimer’s contending for an Academy Award this year. The documentary “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me,” chronicling the country music legend’s farewell tour after his 2011 Alzheimer’s diagnosis, is nominated for best original song for “I’m Not Gonna Miss You.” Although he is now in a long-term care home, Campbell and co-writer Julian Raymond won the best country song prize at the Feb. 8 Grammy Awards. Grant met Campbell at the 2013 Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum, an experience the Oklahoman called both fun and sad. “Here’s a man that had such talent, such incredible talent, and to see it rob him the way it has — and it progressed pretty quickly with him,” Grant said. “But it was so nice, and he was funny. They brought he and I in together, and I said, ‘Well, Glen, it looks like you and I got
the same problem.’ He just looked at me, smiled real big and said, ‘What problem we got?’ And I said, ‘None,’ and he said, ‘That’s what I say.’ He was just as cheerful as he could be.” Hopefully, Hollywood’s attention will help bring more public awareness and research dollars to Alzheimer’s, Grant said, pointing out that there is no treatment plan for the disease, only coping tactics. Nellie Windsor, communications director for the Alzheimer’s Association Oklahoma Chapter, said the disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the country, and the only one in the top 10 that doesn’t have a way to prevent it, cure it or slow its progression. “This awards season, ‘Still Alice’ and ‘I’ll Be Me’ are creating a buzz that is helping start important conversations about Alzheimer's disease. More people are realizing that this disease is hitting close to home,” Windsor said, adding that more than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s. — Brandy McDonnell, entertainment writer
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OLDEST EATERY CHILI, CHEESE AND CHESS ARE THE RECIPE FOR SUCCESS AT CONEY ISLAND
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he last remnants of downtown’s old Main Street are set to soon disappear, giving way to an office tower and new parking garages. But the little three-story building at 428 W Main defies the 21st century, its owner, Bill Mihas, still serving hot “wieners” and playing chess with regulars every Saturday at Coney Island Hot Dogs. Mihas, who has owned Coney Island for the past half-century and the building for the past 20 years, has grown accustomed to seeing the ebb and flow of construction surrounding his business. “Good,” he says, “I’ll sell more hot dogs.”
The mere existence of Coney Island Hot Dogs, which dates back to 1928, gives it the honor of being downtown’s oldest restaurant. The building, meanwhile, is the oldest structure in the Central Business District — and will soon be the last reminder of a Main Street that was home to dozens of restaurants, shops and department stores.
History on a bun
With such status comes an official historian for the property — and for Bobby Dobbs, it is also a part of fond memories
of father-son outings in the mid-1980s. “It’s kind of like my family,” Dobbs explains as he shares months of research done on both the building and the restaurant. “My dad would sometimes bring me to hang out with him at work, and he’d take me here. It was the coolest thing to me — the hot dogs were delicious. Dad has passed on, but it reminds me of him, it reminds me of the ’80s.” Dobbs’ favorite memories start with his earliest visits to the restaurant at age 11 in 1987. He remains a regular at Coney Island, and his time with Mihas is like a visit with a beloved grandfather. Glancing at
The three-story former home of Coney Island Hot Dogs at 428 W Main is shown in this undated photo. Photo provided by the Metropolian Library System
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Bill Mihas, right, and his son-in-law, Ronnie Turk, prepare hot dogs at their decades-old Coney Island Hot Dogs. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman Coney Island Hot Dogs was two doors south of the old Midwest Theater until the block was cleared by Urban Renewal in the early 1970s. This photo is one of several displayed at the eatery, now at 428 W Main. Photo provided
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the restaurant, he notes some of the annual University of Oklahoma season game score posters have been reprinted. But everything else is very familiar. “It looks the same and the food tastes just as it did when I was a kid,” Dobbs said. “The chairs are probably the same. They did redo the poster boards because they started fading. But otherwise it’s all the same.” At age 14 Dobbs joined the long list of youngsters who tried to challenge Mihas at his Saturday chess games. “I thought he was the grandmaster of world chess,” Dobbs said. “He would stop me and say ‘You don’t want to do that.’ This is the neatest place. How many restaurants have been going for this long? The restaurant has been in this spot alone since 1975 — that’s four decades.”
The first restaurant I bought for $1,600, which I borrowed from my father.
Pursuit of history
Dobbs, who calls himself a history geek, said his pursuit of history on the restaurant and building began when he discovered the building was incorrectly listed as home to a cigar manufacturing business in a history book. Delving into deeds, city documents and newspaper articles, Dobbs has produced the first exhaustive history of the oldest building in the Central Business District. The lot was first claimed by George W. Massey in the Land Run of 1889. Massey may be a forgotten name, Dobbs notes, but in 1895 he developed an area northeast of downtown. He named it “Maywood” in honor of his daughter — a name that is still used for the northwest portion of a revived Deep Deuce. Massey sold the property to a New York woman in 1891, and when she died a decade later, the property was auctioned in probate court to George Beidler for $2,603. Beidler was an original ’89er, having made the move to Oklahoma City with his father, George A. Beidler, the city’s first postmaster. The younger Beidler invented an early prototype of the copy machine. The company that the younger Beidler founded in Oklahoma City and moved to New York is now known as Xerox. The property and a building that was erected in those early days went through several ownership changes through 1907. At that time the building was
It brought me $78 a day. I cleaned it up, I painted it, and then I went to $250 a day.” — Bill Mihas
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put up for sale again by an owner who noted in a newspaper advertisement that all fixtures were also up for sale and the owner was selling and leaving town. Alfred Peppers, a real estate investor, purchased the building on June 11, 1907, for $8,500, tore it down, and built the three-story building that is now Coney Island Hot Dogs. The Peppers family ran the Colonial Hotel on the top two floors, while the first floor was home to shops that included a candy shop and an art glass store. The Peppers held the property and ran the hotel until 1923 when they sold it to George M. Campbell. Oklahoma City was in the midst of a boom that year, one that would not end until after First National and City Place Towers were added to the skyline in 1931. The building’s ownership remained with Campbell’s heirs until 1994 — at which time it was bought by Mihas for $75,000.
Coney Island launched
The story of Coney Island and Mihas, meanwhile, came to life when Kelly Soter-Gunn, who lives in Texas, unearthed a family history compiled by her late father, Louie Soter. It was Louie Soter’s father, James Soter, who attempted to open his first Coney Island hot dog stand in Tulsa in 1926. That effort failed when he lost a lawsuit over use of the name, and he unsuccessfully attempted to start up new restaurants in Amarillo, Texas, and again in Tulsa over the next two years. According to Soter family history, James Soter and his brother Mike Soter (later joined by second brother Gus) opened Coney Island Hot Dogs at 404 N Broadway in 1928. Soter-Gunn said she could not reconcile the family history with a long-time posting by the restaurant that it opened in 1924. The family continued to operate the restaurant through 1966, though it closed for three years during the Great Depression and ceased operations briefly in 1953 before reopening at a new location at 8 N Harvey Ave. next to the Midwest Building. The Soters were Greek immigrants who came to America with scarce resources, struggled, but finally prospered with the restaurant at the start of World War II. “What really amazes me about this is how suc-
Bill Mihas, when he had a full head of hair, in front of Coney Island Hot Dogs shortly after it moved to its current home at 428 W Main. Photo provided
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cessful my grandfather and his brothers were, yet in the end it sold for $1,600,” Soter-Gunn said. “My grandfather bought a house and cars and sent his kids to college on Coney Island hot dogs.”
$78 a day
Mihas was a young Greek immigrant when he bought the restaurant from the aging Soters. The restaurant in the Midwest Building was in rough shape with a few stools. “I had nothing,” Mihas says with his still unmistakable Greek accent. “The first restaurant I bought for $1,600, which I borrowed from my father. It brought me $78 a day. I cleaned it up, I painted it, and then I went to $250 a day.” The Midwest Building, home to the ornate Midwest Theater, was soon to join the list of hundreds of downtown buildings razed by the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority in the 1970s. When it came time for the Midwest Building to be brought down, the Urban Renewal Authority gave Mihas $10,000 and relocated him to the Colonial Hotel building. Dorn’s Office Supply, also forcibly relocated by Urban Renewal, would open up on the east half of the block in one of the buildings now set to be torn down for the 499 W Sheridan tower development. The former Colonial Hotel at 428 W Main was in bad shape when Mihas moved his business in 1974. The hotel, a flop house in its final years, closed for good in 1959. The entire building stood vacant through 1968. Main Street was a desolate reminder of its former self by the time Dobbs first enjoyed a hot dog in the 1980s. His father was a regular — he worked nearby operating computer systems for the city.
Little changed
The interior looks pretty much as it did when Mihas set up shop, with walls covered by faded wooden paneling that was all the rage in the 1960s and 1970s, and booths that have been worn through by countless patrons. The menu hasn’t changed much. Mihas’ offerings are still limited to chili cheese dogs, bowls of chili, Fritos pie and chili spaghetti, along with a staple of chips, soda and beer. Each year Mihas adds another poster to the wall memorializing the OU Sooners’ football win-loss record. It’s a cash business — no credit cards are accepted — but it’s also a place where a hearty meal can be bought for less than $5. “This place is a survivor,” Dobbs said. “The restaurant has survived. The building has survived. And if Bill hadn’t taken it over, this part of the block also would be gone.” Right, wall art at Coney Island Hot Dogs. Left, illustration hanging on the wall of Coney Island Hot Dogs. Photo
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spent a recent Saturday morning with Waffle Champion, 1212 N Walker Ave., chasing the brunch crowd. When I arrived, there wasn't a parking spot to be found, but I lucked out across the street. Breakfast time was just phasing in to brunch time, and patrons were rolling in. The staff worked like a well-oiled machine. Everyone played their part and moved around like worker bees. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Quit Nguyen, photographer
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‘BREADWINNER’
Dunkin' Donuts employee celebrates 45-year work anniversary
Pam Gibson, a long time employee of Dunkin' Donuts at 3612 North May Avenue in Oklahoma City, prepares a box of donuts. Photo by Paul Hellstern, for LOOKatOKC
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he Oklahoma City franchise of Dunkin’ Donuts marked its 45th birthday Monday, along with the 45th service anniversary of a crew member who started decorating donuts at the original store at 3612 North May. Pam Gibson, 66, was 21 when she joined Dunkin’ Donuts in 1970 as a night shift “finisher,” adding glaze, frosting, filling and sprinkles to doughnuts. Today, she works as a part-time manager. “Mayor Ron Norick came when we opened, along with (local TV personality) Ida B,” said Gibson, of Warr Acres. Two weeks after she started, Gibson served country music great Conway Twitty. “He came in and said, ‘Hello, Darling,’ and — on a cup of coffee — left a 50cent tip, which was big back then,” she said. Lifelong passion The doughnut business is all Gibson has really known. Not long after her father moved her family from St. Louis to Bethany to take a job with Lee Way
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Motor Freight Co. in 1966, she landed a job with a Bethany doughnut shop, which closed two years later when Dunkin’ Donuts came to market. Dennis Donuts was Dunkin’ Donuts’ biggest competition back then, she said. Gibson worked 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for six years, before moving to a day shift finisher. She’s also worked as a baker and at the counter, and at most of the franchise locations, which today include 4400 NW 39, 1600 S Sunnylane in Del City and 3201 S Broadway in Edmond. There are 90 crew members. When Gibson started, the stores were doughnut-centric. But, in the past 10 to 15 years, they’ve introduced breakfast sandwiches, hot and iced coffees, lattes and cappuccinos. Still, the May store alone sells some 320 dozen doughnuts daily; mostly glazed, she said. The stores are open 24 hours a day, closing only Christmas Day and on the afternoons and nights of Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve. Family business Longtime customer Ruth McKillen, 88, said she’s
visited all of the Oklahoma City stores over the years, including one that closed on Classen, and she considers Gibson family. “We moved here 47 years ago from Morristown, N.J., where there are Dunkin’ Donuts shops on every corner,” she said. Founded in 1950 in Canton, Mass., the company today has 11,000 restaurants across 36 countries. “Pam is one of the best employees we’ve ever had. She’s honest and hardworking,” said franchise manager Misha Goli, whose father Massoud Goli, an Iranian immigrant who earned a mechanical engineering degree at the University of Oklahoma and Louisiana State University, bought the local franchise 33 years ago — a year before she was born. Goli said the local franchise has enjoyed double-digit annual growth over each of the past five years. “Doughnuts have been very good to me,” Pam Gibson said Monday. With her earnings, she’s bought a home, she said, and taken trips to Europe, Japan and Korea. Her favorite doughnut? “An applesauce cake doughnut with chopped apple and cinnamon in the mix,” she said. But Gibson said she’s been avoiding doughnuts since her diagnosis as a diabetic six years ago. “I shouldn’t eat the ones I do eat,” she said. – Paula Burkes, for LOOKatOKC
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Low water levels leave Lake Hefner homestead on dry land
Above, David Gray's grandmother, Maggie Gray, homesteaded on the site of what is now Lake Hefner. The lake has dropped so far that the foundation of her homestead is visible. Gray is shown stepping across some of the concrete remains of the structures on his grandmother's land which is located on what is now the northeast part of the lake, not too far from the dam. Below, David Gray, right, and his older brother. Photo by Jim Beckel, for LOOKatOKC
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nytime it gets dry enough, David Gray and his family drive out to the eastern bank of Lake Hefner to remember their grandmother. Gray’s grandmother, then Maggie Gossin, settled in Oklahoma County during the Land Run of 1889, on land that would later form part of the site of Lake Hefner. When the lake is full, the homestead is several feet under water. But Lake Hefner was more than 12 feet below full on Thursday, leaving the foundations of the former home and several outbuildings sitting on dry land. Although it rebounded a bit after recent rains, Oklahoma City’s total drinking water supply still is hovering just above 50 percent of capacity, and all of the reservoirs that serve the city are several feet down. “Every time it gets low, we come out here and reminisce,” David Gray, 72, said last week as he walked through the spot where his grandmother’s house had once stood — many yards from lake’s usual shoreline. Beginning her family Gossin came to Oklahoma from Kansas in 1889, where she was the first schoolteacher in the community of Britton, which is now part of northwest Oklahoma City. A small building on her homestead served as the town’s schoolhouse. While living in Oklahoma, Gossin met and mar-
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ried J.O. Gray, who lived on a nearby homestead. Together, the two eventually would accumulate 550 acres in present-day northwest Oklahoma City. By the late 1930s, city officials were eying the homestead as the site for the Bluff Creek Reservoir, known today as Lake Hefner. When Maggie (Gossin) Gray died in 1940, officials had begun the process of seizing the land under eminent domain. The homestead was condemned in 1941, and in 1942, the year David Gray was born, the family moved to a farm at N Rockwell Avenue and W Memorial Road. Today, part of the land the Grays once owned is the site of several restaurants on the eastern side of the lake. The rest typically is under water, unless water levels at the lake are well below normal, leaving much of it exposed. ‘Gained a little ground’ After steadily dropping through the summer, Oklahoma City’s water supply has hovered just above 50 percent since December. Oklahoma City’s accessible water supply stood at 52.1 percent of its capacity Thursday, said Debbie Ragan, a spokeswoman for the city’s utilities department. That’s roughly the same amount of available water the city had in December.
City residents are under mandatory, permanent oddeven watering restrictions, meaning residents with even-numbered addresses can water on even-numbered days, and residents at odd-numbered addresses may water on odd-numbered days. More severe restrictions would take effect if the available water level dips below 50 percent. But outdoor watering restrictions largely are irrelevant in December, since most residents aren’t watering at all. The Oklahoma City area was listed in abnormally dry conditions in a U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday. That category is the report’s mildest. But several years of dry conditions have taken a toll on the reservoirs that serve the city. Lake Hefner stood 12.26 feet below full Thursday, and Lake Overholser was down by 6.19 feet. Still, there is good news, Ragan said. Oklahoma City received about half an inch of moisture during last week’s rain, according to the Oklahoma Mesonet weather network. That rain spelled a 1 percent increase in the city’s available water supply, she said. “We gained a little ground,” Ragan said. “Not much, but a little ground.” – Silas Allen, for LOOKatOKC
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‘VZD’S TO REOPEN’
Former VZD’s will open under new management in early spring
Exterior of VZD's at 42nd and Western. Photo by David McDaniel, for LOOKatOKC
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he off-again-off-again-off-again reopening of VZD’s is over as new owners Nelson Bolen and chef Eric Smith took over the lease of the historic restaurant and bar space. In December, a few premature announcements were made about the sale of the concept formerly owned by Chad Bleakley. A new would-be owner even went to so far as to go on Facebook to announce a relaunch party that was never to be. Bleakley said he never was able to complete a transaction to transfer ownership of the concept and the new one will have no affiliation with his. “I’m not involved in any way,” he said via text message. “I’m sure they will have a slightly different name.” But the new owners intend to pay homage to the history of VZD’s by maintaining a live music component while attempting to elevate the neighborhood-friendly restaurant and bar. New co-owner Smith said he and his partner intend to build on the space located on the Western Avenue entertainment corridor and plan to open in late March or early April with a blowout party, featuring live local music and samples of the re-imagined menu. Smith, formerly of Pachinko Parlor, West and Urban Johnnie’s for the Haynes brothers and still-owner of Sara Sara Cupcake and Pierre Pierre Creperie, said he and longtime friend Bolen struck a deal last month and have been work-
ing on the restoration of the dining room, kitchen and breakfast annex for the rebirth of a brand that dates back nearly four decades.Smith said the new incarnation will include gourmet interpretations of old-school cocktails made from scratch and a familiar menu with chef-driven touches. “We’ll do a gourmet Sloppy Joe and stuff like that,” Smith said. “And we’ll have an organic and healthy portion of the menu to take care of the neighborhood regulars.” Smith said he plans to fully express his culinary artistry in what he calls The Crown Room. Located in the adjacent space where VZD’s offered box breakfasts and lunches, the Crown Room essentially be a chef’s table where Smith will be allowed to treat guests to gustatory theatrics and feats of culinary derring-do. The stage has been removed to add dining space, but live music isn’t over at VZD’s. Smith said for now he and his partner are concentrating on getting the space back into shape for diners and whipping the kitchen and Crown Room into shape for service. I’ll have plenty more from chef Smith as the opening event nears. For now, it’s Friday afternoon so lift a glass to the return of a legendary Oklahoma City watering hole. – Dave Cathey, for LOOKatOKC
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FILM “TIMBUKTU,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and 8 p.m. Feb. 28, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theater, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. “GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME,” 7 p.m. Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28, 2 p.m. March 1, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theater, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. “THE LONG WALK HOME,” 6:30 p.m. Feb. 28, The Paramount, 701 W Sheridan, 5170787. “THE GREAT DEBATERS,” 8:30 p.m. Feb. 28, The Paramount, 701 W Sheridan, 5170787. “FISH TANK,” hosted by OKC Film Club, 7 p.m. March 3, District House, 1755 NW 16, 633-1775. “EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!,” 7:30 p.m. March 5, Circle Cinema, 12 S Lewis Ave, (918) 585-3504. (Tulsa)
DUSTIN LYNCH, 8 p.m., Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern, (866) 977-6849.
Brewery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 840-1911.
THE NGHIEMS, 10 p.m., 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51, 463-0470.
JASON YOUNG BAND, 9 p.m., Moonshiners Music House, 119 E California, 2357625.
KYLE DILLINGHAM, 7 p.m., The Paramount, 701 W Sheridan, 517-0787. FEBRUARY 27 SLEEPWATER WITH THE FLAT LAND BAND, 8 p.m., ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E Sheridan, 974-4700.
KEVIN GATES LIVE IN CONCERT, 9 p.m., The Otherside Event Center, 6904 S Lewis. (Tulsa)
JOE HERTLEY & THE RAINBOW SEEKERS, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166.
BRIAN WHELAN, 8 p.m., The Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 524-0738.
TOM SKINNER, 7 p.m., The Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)
“LA DOLCE VITA,” 7:30 p.m. March 12, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theater, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100.
PAGEANT, HONEYLARK, O FIDELIS, 9 p.m., The Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166.
“HUMAN CAPITAL,” 5:30 and 8 p.m. March 13-14, 2 p.m. March 15, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theater, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100.
HOUSEHOLD AND REVIVALIST PLUS LOCALS WITH VALLEYS, The World Behind Me, Inrage, 5:30 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805.
ROBOTIC WEDNESDAYS: WITH GUEST EVAN C, 9 p.m., Kamps 1310 Lounge, 1310 NW 25, 524-2251. FEBRUARY 26 KYLE REID AND THE LOW SWINGIN’ CHARIOTS WITH BEAU JENNINGS, 8 p.m., The Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 5240738. GORDON LIGHTFOOT, 8 p.m., Brady Theater, 105 W Brady, (918) 582-7239. (Tulsa)
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MARCH 1 MIKE HOSTY, 10:30 p.m., The Deli, 309 White, 329-3534. (Norman)
BRIAN GORRELL & JAZZ COMPANY, 8 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond)
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EQUILIBRIUM, 10 p.m., Belle Isle Brewery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 840-1911.
BEASTIE BOYS “CHECK YOUR HEAD” TRIBUTE, 8 p.m., Fassler Hall, 304 S Elgin, (918) 576-7898. (Tulsa)
“THE DUKE BURGUNDY,” March 5-8, Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theater, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. Call for show times.
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JOESF GLAUDE AND GUITARS GONE WILD, 8 p.m., The Paramount, 701 W Sheridan, 517-0787.
LAUREN NICHOLS, 9 p.m., Moonshiners Music House, 119 E California, 235-7625. FEBRUARY 28 RED DIRT RANGERS, 8 p.m., The Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 524-0738. AN EVENING WITH THE CHAIRMAN AND FRIENDS, 8 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond)
MARCH 2 ALI HARTER, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166. MARCH 3 JONATHAN RICHMAN FEATURING TOMMY LARKINS ON DRUMS, 8 p.m., Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 524-0738. SARAH MCLACHLAN, 8 p.m., Brady Theater, 105 W Brady, (866) 977-6849. (Tulsa) SOUL TIME TUESDAY, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166. MARCH 4 CIMARRON WIND QUINTET, 7:30 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond)
AUGUST BURNS RED, 7:30 p.m., Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern, (866) 977-6849.
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS & PIERCE THE VEIL WITH PVRIS AND MALLORY KNOX, 7 p.m., Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern, (866) 977-6849.
MARK GIBSON TRIO, CHASE KERBY AND THE COMPANY MEN, 9 p.m., The Blue Door, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166.
ROBOTIC WEDNESDAY: DESIGNER DRUGS, 9 p.m., Kamps 1310 Lounge, 1310 NW 25, 524-2251.
JIM THE ELEPHANT, 10 p.m., Belle Isle
HANK AND CUPCAKES, 10 p.m., HiLo Club,
1221 NW 50, 843-1722. A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS WITH DEPTH & CURRENT AND POWER PYRAMID, 7 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805. MARCH 5 THE CENTRAL JAZZ JAM, 7 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond) MEDICINE BROTHER AND HANIWA, 10 p.m., 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51, 463-0470. MARCH 6 STEVE STORY: FIRST FRIDAY JAZZ AT WATERS EDGE WINERY, 8 p.m., Waters Edge Winery, 712 N Broadway, 232-9463. MIRANDA LAMBERT, 7:30 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, 6028700. SHORTT DOGG, 7 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond) LEDISI, 8 p.m., Brady Theater, 105 W Brady, (866) 977-6849. (Tulsa) FORUM AND ALUMA, 10 p.m., 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51, 463-0470. JACK ROWDY, 9 p.m., Moonshiners, 119 E California, 235-7625. LARRY CHIN, EM AND THE MOTHERSUPERIORS, THE FABULOUS MINX, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166. JOE PAYNE’S BIRTHDAY SHOW!, 7 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 6074805. MARCH 7 WINTER JAM FEATURING SKILLET, JEREMY CAMP, BUILDING 429, FOR KING & COUNTRY AND MORE, 6 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700. PATTI LUPONE, 8 p.m., Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S May, 682-7579. AN EVENING WITH PENNY & SPARROW, 8 p.m., Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 524-0738.
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JOHN PIZZARELLI WITH JANE MONHEIT, 8 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 3597989. JOEL WILSON BAND, 1 p.m., Moonshiners, 119 E California, 235-7625. KALI RA, HANNAH WOLFF, BAMBOOZLE, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166. SLOWVEIN, 10 p.m., Belle Isle Brewery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 840-1911. GUM, OIL BOOM, SEX SNOBS, 10 p.m., Opolis, 113 N Crawford, 820-0951. (Norman) MARCH 8 MIKE HOSTY, 10:30 p.m., The Deli, 309 White, 329-3534. (Norman) EDGAR CRUZ AND FRIENDS, 8 p.m., Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 524-0738. MOUNTAIN SMOKE, 7 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond) MARCH 9
MARCH 12 FLEETWOOD MAC, 8 p.m., Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700. ANATMA, DISCHORDIA, LOST EMPIRES, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 6001166. SECRETS, 7 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805. DEERPEOPLE, KICKBACK, WURLYBIRDS, 10 p.m., Opolis, 113 N Crawford, 820-0951. (Norman) MARCH 13 HAYES CARLL WITH TRAVIS LINVILLE, 8 p.m., Sooner Theatre, 101 E Main. (Norman) GROOVE MERCHANTS, 8 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond) THIRD DAY: SOUL ON FIRE TOUR, 7 p.m., BOK Center, 200 S Denver, (918) 894-4200. (Tulsa) BANG BANG! VARIETY SHOW, 11 p.m., HiLo Club, 1221 NW 50, 843-1722.
ALI HARTER, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166.
JASON WHISNANT, 9 p.m., Moonshiners, 119 E California, 235-7625.
BLEED THE PIGS WITH NOXTHANKS, COTTONMOUTH, SHAME AND HEX, 6:30 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805.
FREAKABOUT, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson.
MARCH 10 BUSH WITH THEORY OF A DEADMAN AND STARS IN STEREO, 7:30 p.m., Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern, (866) 977-6849. FEATHERED RABBIT AND HEAT WARMER, 9 p.m., Blue Note, 2408 N Robinson, 600-1166. MARCH 11 ROBOTIC WEDNESDAY: SPOTLIGHT GOSTEFFECTS RESIDENT NIGHT, 9 p.m., Kamps 1310 Lounge, 1310 NW 25, 524-2251 WHITECHAPEL WITH BROKEN FLESH AND ALL HAVE SINNED, 7 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805.
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PEARL, 10 p.m., Belle Isle Brewery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 840-1911. EVERYTHING IS NOT OK FESTIVAL, 8 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805. MARCH 14 THE STRAY BIRDS, 8 p.m., Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 524-0738. MISS BROWN TO YOU, 8 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E 5, 359-7989. (Edmond) CHRIS CLARK, 9 p.m., Moonshiners, 119 E California, 235-7625. THE SWORD, 8 p.m., ACM@UCO, 329 E Sheridan, 974-4700.
KALO WITH HECTOR ANCHANDO BAND, 10 p.m., Belle Isle Brewery, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 840-1911.
YOUTUBE PERSONALITY MIRANDA SINGS, 7 p.m. Feb. 27, Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, 6000 Tinker Diagonal, 737-6641. (Midwest City)
EVERYTHING IS NOT OK FESTIVAL, 8 p.m., The Conservatory, 8911 N Western, 607-4805.
BRYAN GUTMANN, 9 to 11 p.m. Feb. 28, Opolis, 113 N Crawford, 820-0951. (Norman)
JOE PUG AND FIELD REPORT, 2 p.m., Opolis, 113 N Crawford, 820-0951. (Norman)
BRIAN POSEHN, 8 to 10 p.m. March 12, ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 329 E Sheridan, 974-4700.
THEATER “MOUNTAINTOP” presented by City Rep, through Feb. 28, Pollard Theatre, 120 W Harrison Ave, Guthrie, 282-2802. Call for show times. “LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES,” 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, through Feb. 28, Reduxion Theatre, 914 N Broadway, 6044730. “CAMELOT,” through March 1, Civic Center Music Hall, Thelma E. Gaylord Performing Arts Theatre, 201 N Walker Ave., 297-2584. Call for show times. “WHO AM I THIS TIME? (and other conundrums of love),” through March 14, Carpenter Square Theatre, 800 W Main, 232-6500. Call for show times. “FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON,” 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 5-29, Jewel Box Theatre, 3700 N Walker, 521-1786.
EVENTS COMEDY JJ’S ALLEY, comedy open mic, 8:30 p.m. Sundays, 212 E Sheridan Ave. OTHELLO’S OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT, 10 p.m. Thursdays, 434 Buchanan, 5939060. (Norman) KEVIN BOZEMAN, 8 p.m. Feb. 25-26, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Feb. 27-28, The Loony Bin, 8503 N Rockwell, 239-4242.
JOHN EVANS, 8 p.m. March 4-5, 8 and 10 p.m. March 6-7, The Loony Bin, The Loony Bin, 8503 N Rockwell, 239-4242. PAUL HOOPER, 8 p.m. March 11-12, 8 and 10 p.m. March 13-14, The Loony Bin, The Loony Bin, 8503 N Rockwell, 239-4242. POETRY PUBLIC ACCESS OPEN MIC, District House, 1755 NW 16, 633-1775. Weekly on Monday, with sign-up at 7:30 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m. OPEN MIC, Urban Roots, 322 NE 2, 2979891. Weekly on Tuesday, with sign-up at 7 p.m. and show at 8 p.m.; two poems or 3.5 minutes. RED DIRT POETRY, Sauced on Paseo, 2912 Paseo, 521-9800. Weekly on Wednesday; 7:30 p.m. sign-up; show at 8 p.m.; two poems or 6 minutes. OPEN MIC, Hubby Bubbly Hookah & Cafe, 2900 N Classen Blvd, 609-2930. Occasionally on Thursdays, call for schedule. OU WRITE CLUB, SECOND WIND COFFEE HOUSE, 564 Buchanan Ave., or Cafe Plaid, 333 W Boyd; ouwriteclub@gmail.com. Second and fourth Thursdays each month. (Norman) RED DIRT MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM, MONTHLY WORKSHOP, Ralph Ellison Library, 2000 NE 23, 424-1437. Second Thursday of every month (in October they meet on the 16th), 6 to 8 p.m. All ages and genres welcome. WORKSHOP AND OPEN MIC, The Paramount, 7 N Lee Ave, 517-0787. Weekly, 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Workshop from 2 to 3 p.m., open mic 3 to 4 p.m. Two poems, songs or short story and comedy; 10-minute limit.
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POETRY READING AND OPEN MIC, Full Circle Bookstore, 1900 Northwest Expressway, 842-2900. Last Sunday of every month, 3 to 5 p.m. Guest poet reads before open mic. SECOND SUNDAY POETRY, Norman Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. Second Sunday of the month, 2 p.m. Provides a monthly venue for selected regional poets to share their work. Former Oklahoma Poet Laureate and Oklahoma Book Award winner Carl Sennhenn hosts. (Norman) GENERAL EVENTS FEBRUARY 25 “CAMELOT,” 7:30 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2264. DOWNTOWN DINNER CLUB FEATURING CAPTAIN MORGAN, 5 p.m., Park House, 301 W Reno, 232-7275. FEBRUARY 26 “CAMELOT,” 7:30 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2264. ART AFTER 5, 5 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. () DROP-IN YOGA, 5:45 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100.
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DRINK AND DRAW AT TREE & LEAF, 8 p.m., Tree & Leaf Clothing, 1705 NW 16, 557-1900. “GOUGE AND INK: A BRIEF LOOK INTO RELIEF PRINTING WITH PRINTMAKER KJELSHUS COLLINS,” 6 p.m., ArtSpace Untitled, 1 NE 3, 805-9995. OKC125: CLOSING RECEPTION AND CURATOR TALK, 5 p.m., Leadership Square, 211 N Robinson GOUGE AND INK: A BRIEF LOOK INTO RELIEF PRINTING WITH PRINTMAKER KJELSHUS COLLIN, 6 p.m., ArtSpace at Untitled, 1 NE 3, 815-9995. Q COMMONS, 6 p.m., Sandridge Energy Auditorium, 123 Robert S Kerr BROWN BAG LUNCH SPEAKER SERIES: “EAT LOCAL, BE LOCAL: HOW TO SHOP AND EAT LOCAL,” 12 p.m., Myriad Botanical Gardens 2nd Floor Conference Room, 301 W Reno, 445-7080. FEBRUARY 27 “CAMELOT,” 8 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2264.
MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE!, 7 p.m., Chesapeake Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700. 5TH ANNUAL MIDTOWN ROTARY SPELLING BEE(R) ADULT SPELLING BEE AND BEER TASTING, 6 p.m., The Paramount, 7 N Lee. KARAOKE NIGHT, 10 p.m., Red Brick Bar, 311 E Main. (Norman) FEBRUARY 28 “CAMELOT,” 2 p.m., 8 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2264. MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE!, 11 a.m., 7 p.m., Chesapeake Arena, 100 W Reno, 602-8700. 4TH ANNUAL OKLAHOMA HERITAGE LAND RUN 10K, 5K AND FUN RUN, 8 a.m., Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1400 Classen Drive, (888) 501-2059. “PAINTERLY APPROACH” WITH DYLAN BRADWAY, 12 p.m., ArtSpace at Untitled, 1 NE 3, 815-9995. “CHINE COLLE’ AND COLLAGE” WITH MICHELLE HIMES-MCCRORY, 3 p.m., ArtSpace at Untitled, 1 NE 3, 815-9995.
the event will be hosted by local comedian Spencer Hicks and Midtown Rotary’s own funny man Jacob Rowe. OKC Improv will also be providing entertainment between rounds. This year, the event includes a special ticket price of $20 for designated drivers. Doors open at 6 p.m. and spelling starts promptly at 7 p.m. Tickets at the door are $45 and $25 for designated drivers. Must be 21 to enter. Proceeds will help Midtown Rotary continue to serve the local and international community.
MARCH 1 “CAMELOT,” 2 p.m., 7 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2264. MARVEL UNIVERSE LIVE!, 1:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., Chesapeake Arena, 100 W Reno, 6028700. PURPLELIGHT OKLAHOMA PANCREATIC CANCER RALLY, 6 p.m., Myriad Botanical Gardens Water Stage, 301 W Reno, 445-7080 MARCH 2 OPEN MIC NIGHT: SONGS, POEMS, COMEDY, 8 p.m., District House, 1755 NW 16 St. SCRABBLE GAME NIGHT, 5 p.m., District House, 1755 NW 16, 633-1775. FREE COFFEE MONDAYS, 7 a.m., District House, 1755 NW 16, 633-1775. MARCH 3 KIND YOGA SERIES, 5:45 p.m., Myriad Botanical Gardens Crystal Bridge, 301 W Reno, 445-7080. MARCH 5 FIRST THURSDAYS ON CLASSEN CURVE, 6 p.m., Classen Curve, 5825 NW Grand Blvd.
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ART AFTER 5, 5 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. DROP-IN YOGA, 5:45 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. DRINK AND DRAW AT OKAY SEE, 8 p.m., Okay See, 7 N Lee, 440-3090. BOOTS AND BLUES FOR SIGHT, 6 p.m., IAO Gallery, 706 Sheridan, 232-6060. SCHLEGEL BICYCLES LADIES NIGHT 2015, 6:30 p.m., Schlegel Bicycles, 900 N Broadway. MARCH 6 EGGSQUISITE HOUSE OF FABERGEGG: 31ST ANNUAL OMELETTE PARTY, 7 p.m., Chevy Bricktown Events Center, 429 E California, 236-3100. 5TH ANNUAL OKC DAY OF THE DUDE AT DUST BOWL LANES & LOUNGE, 8 p.m., Dust Bowl Lanes and Lounge, 421 NW 10, 609-3302. KARAOKE NIGHT, 10 p.m., Red Brick Bar, 311 E Main. (Norman) PASEO ARTS DISTRICT FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK, 6 p.m., Paseo District, 3022 Paseo, 525-2688. MARCH 7 DROP-IN DRAWING, 2 p.m., Second Floor, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. 2015 CHILI COOK-OFF BENEFITTING AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE, 6 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 102 E Noble. (Guthrie)
NEW MURAL | DOWNTOWN OKC MARCH 9 OPEN MIC NIGHT: Songs, poems, comedy, 8 p.m., District House, 1755 NW 16 St. SCRABBLE GAME NIGHT, 5 p.m., District House, 1755 NW 16, 633-1775. FREE COFFEE MONDAYS, 7 a.m., District House, 1755 NW 16, 633-1775. MARCH 10 TUESDAY TOPICS AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY: Downtown History: Bricktown, 6 p.m., Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, 300 Park Ave., 231-8650. KIND YOGA SERIES, 5:45 p.m., Myriad Botanical Gardens Crystal Bridge, 301 W Reno, 445-7080. MARCH 12 ART AFTER 5, 5 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. DROP-IN YOGA, 5:45 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. DRINK AND DRAW AT BRASS BELL STUDIOS, 8 p.m., Brass Bell Studios, 2500 NW 33, 361-3481. MARCH 13 SECOND FRIDAY CIRCUIT OF ART, 6 p.m., Mainsite Art Gallery, 120 E Main, 593-9060. (Norman) LIVE! ON THE PLAZA, 7 p.m., Plaza District, 1618 N Gatewood, 367-9403. M3: MARKETING MINDS MEET, 8 a.m., Factor 110, 706 N Broadway, 604-0041.
ART PARTY 2.0: CELEBRATING THE WORK OF TOMOAKI ORIKASA, 7:30 p.m., Kasum Contemporary, 1706 NW 16, 6046602.
DEVON ENERGY PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH JASON ALEXANDER, 8 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2584.
“THE MAIDEN VOYAGE: A BELLY DANCING SPECTACULAR”, 7:30 p.m., The Paramount, 701 W Sheridan, 517-0787.
KARAOKE NIGHT, 10 p.m., Red Brick Bar, 311 E Main. (Norman)
4TH ANNUAL UNDERGROUND MONSTER CARNIVAL, 1 p.m., State Fair Park, 3001 General Pershing Blvd.
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2ND FRIDAY ART WALK, 6 p.m., Norman Depot, 200 S Jones, 307-9320. (Norman)
Downtown Oklahoma City, Inc. and Mason Realty have hired a team of local artists to install a 130-foot mural in downtown’s Automobile Alley district. The mural will be painted on a brick building off of 9th Street between Oklahoma and Broadway Avenues by Kris Kanaly, Yatika Starr Fields and Dylan Bradway. Their piece is entitled “Braid,” and features
MARCH 14 O’CITY ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE, 11 a.m., Downtown Oklahoma City, Reno and Hudson Avenues, 218-9300. DEVON ENERGY PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH JASON ALEXANDER, 8 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker, 297-2584. BRICKTOWN ST. PATRICK’S DAY BLOCK PARTY, Bricktown, Outdoors at Reno and Oklahoma, 236-4143. O’CONNELL’S ANNUAL ST. PATS’S 8K RUN, 8 a.m., O’Connell’s, 769 Asp, 1-800722-9004. (Norman) ST. PADDY’S DAY DASH, 9:30 p.m., Mitch Park, 1501 W Covell, 359-4630. (Edmond) OKLAHOMA GARDENING SCHOOL PRESENTED BY DEVON ENERGY, 9 a.m., Myriad Gardens Devon Energy Corporation Auditorium, 301 W Reno, 445-7080.
each of the artists’ unique styles woven together. The braid symbolizes Oklahoma City’s diversity where cultures are mixed together creating a unique experience. Each artist has explored total creative freedom, unhindered by any theme, thus celebrating imagination and the connectivity through collaboration.
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2014 MONOTHON EXHIBITION, through Feb. 28, Artspace at Untitled, 1 NE 3, 8159995. “A WORLD UNCONQUERED: THE ART OF OSCAR BROUSSE JACOBSON,” Feb. 26 – Sept. 6, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm, 352-3272. (Norman) “ABSTRACT ABSTRACT,” John Bruce, through March 13, Mainsite Contemporary Art, 122 E Main, 360-1162. (Norman) “ANSEL ADAMS: MASTERWORKS — FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE TURTLE BAY EXPLORATION PARK,” Feb. 28-May 10, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250. ARBOR DAY ART SHOW, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 14 to April 25, Edmond Historical Society Museum, 431 S Boulevard, 340-0078. (Edmond)
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“BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: DEPICTIONS OF WAR,” through May 10, 555 Elm, 325-3272. (Norman) “BLACK AND WHITE RETROSPECTIVE OF OKLAHOMA AND OKLAHOMA CITY,” Eric Bloemers, through April 10, BlackMint Collective, 800 W Sheridan, 314-0079. “CAUTIONARY TALES,” Michele Mikesell, through Feb. 29, JRB Art at The Elms, 2810 N Walker, 528-6336. “CERAMIC CORSET,” Nicole Moan, March 13-April 3, DNA Galleries, 1709 NW 16, 5253499. “CHARACTER STUDIES” by Matt Atkinson, through Feb. 28, Summer Wine Art Gallery, 2928 B Paseo, 831-3279 “CONFLICT CAST IN BRONZE,” through July 12, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250. “COYOTE SONGS — DESPERADO DREAMS: THE ART OF ROBBY MCMURTRY,” through May 10, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250. D.G. SMALLING, March 1-June 30, Exhibit C, 1 E Sheridan, 767-8900. “DRAMA, DEATH, DIRGE: FREDERIC REMINGTON’S AMERICAN WEST,” through March 8, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., 325-3272. (Norman) “EPHEMERAL GRADATIONS: A FRINGE EXHIBITION,” through Feb. 28, The Project Box, 3003 Paseo, 609-3969. “EXTENDED ART– FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS,” Theresa Henrichs Hurt with guest artists Rose Henrichs, Jesse Warne, Carla Corley, Cindy Cornish, Jeff Gullett, Madihaha Janjua, March 6-27, In Your Eye Studio & Gallery, 3005 Paseo #A, 525-2161. “FOR/GIVE //,” Christy Hackler, March 6-28, The Project Box, 3003 Paseo, 6093969. “THE GOLD SHOW,” through Feb. 27, Edmond Fine Arts Institute, 27 E Edwards, 340-4481. (Edmond)
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MARCH 6 • 7 P.M. - 12 A.M. Immerse yourself in eggs and art at the action-packed 31st annual Omelette Party benefiting the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. EGGsquisite House of FabergEGG will be the kickoff for the upcoming “Fabergé: Jewelers to the Tsars” exhibitions opening in June. Chaired by Clarissa and Tony Sharp, the annual event will be held at the Chevy Bricktown Events Center. Guests at the Omelette Party can expect gourmet egg dishes and, of course, omelettes prepared by local favorites like Chef Ken Bradford, Chef Tom Lienke, and the Museum’s own Chef
“HEAD OF THE MEADOW,” Helen Frankenthaler, through March 31, 555 Elm Ave., 325-3272. (Norman) “ILLUMINATIONS: REDISCOVERING THE ART OF DALE CHIHULY,” ongoing, Oklahoma City Museum of Modern Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100. “INTENT TO DECEIVE: FAKES AND FORGERIES IN THE ART WORLD,” through May 10, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Dr., 236-3100.
Henry Boudreaux. The event will also feature live music from The Stars and DJ Brian Smith with Chameleon Entertainment, an eclectic art raffle with works from more than 50 local artists, and an open bar. “The event center has been given a rejuvenation that is beyond compare,” Sharp said. “The party itself brings people together, melding art and entertainment, music and dancing and an overall happy atmosphere during the bleak late winter months and the overall state of affairs in the world today.” Sharp added, “Every sponsorship and ticket sold helps the museum to con-
“THE LADIES: NEW WORKS BY THOMAS BATISTA,” through March 6, Kasum Contemporary Fine Art, 1706 NW 16, 6046602. “MADONNAS OF THE PRAIRIE: DEPICTIONS OF WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN WEST,” through May 10, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63, 478-2250. “MANDALAS AND MYSTERIES,” William R. Struby, through Feb. 28, DNA Galleries, 1709 NW 16, 525-6999.
tinue to bring amazing exhibits, grow its permanent collection and fund its outstanding programs. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is one of the many jewels in Oklahoma, and I can think of no other facility in the state that I am more proud to support.” Tickets are $100 for museum members and $125 for non-members and must be purchased in advance, online at www.okcmoa.com or by calling 236-3100 ext. 237. Must be 21 years or older to attend. All proceeds benefit the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
MARY RUSSELL EXHIBITION, through April 26, Governor’s Gallery at the Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 521-2931. MEGHAN GERETY EXHIBITION, March 6-28, JRB at The Elms, 2810 N Walker, 528-6336. MICHELLE MIKESELL EXHIBITION, through Feb. 28, JRB at The Elms, 2810 N Walker Ave., 528-6336.
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“MONKEY DO,” Matt Goad, through Feb. 27, South Lobby, Crystal Bridge, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno, 445-7080. “THE NATURE OF MAN: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY HAROLD STEVENSON,” through March 15, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., 325-3272. (Norman) OCU SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITION, through Feb. 27, Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery at Oklahoma City University, NW 27 and Blackwelder Ave., 208-5000. OAEA YOUNG TALENT IN OKLAHOMA EXHIBITION, March 7-28, Lightwell Gallery, 520 Parrington Oval, 325-2691. (Norman) “OKC125,” through Feb. 27, downtown Underground, Leadership Square, 211 N Robinson Ave. “PEOPLE, PLANTS, PLACES,” John Wolfe, through Feb. 27, The Depot Gallery, 200 S Jones Ave., 307-9320. (Norman) “PORTRAITS OF A DISAPPEARING AMERICA,” Alex Leme, through May 2, Oklahoma Contemporary, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 951-0000. ROBERT GODDARD EXHIBITION, through April 12, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931. “SH*TISEEATWORK,” Brad Fielder, 5 to 9 p.m. March 1, Brass Bell Studios, 2500 NW 33, 361-3481. “SPLASH OF RED,” through Feb. 28, In Your Eye Gallery, 3005 Paseo A, 525-2161. “TERRA,” Orly Genger, through Oct. 2, Oklahoma Contemporary, 3000 General Pershing Blvd., 951-0000. VIRGINIA STROUD EXHIBITION, through April 19, Oklahoma State Capitol, 2300 N Lincoln Blvd., 521-2931.
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MAR. 6 - 7 • 8 - 11 P.M. The Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition will feature the best work made by young Oklahoma artists at Momentum, a multimedia, interactive art event to be held at the Farmers Public Market, 311 S. Klein in Oklahoma City. Momentum features Oklahoma artists ages 30 and younger in a venue created specifically for them, helping them gain experience and meet new audiences. Attendees encounter film, performance, new media, installations, live music and more in an environment that is designed to help audiences discover and engage with art in new ways. Selected in late 2014, three artists received Momentum Spotlight awards of $2,000 to create new artistic and socially engaging projects
just for Momentum. The Spotlight artists, Randall Barnes of Midwest City, Jenna Bryan of Norman, and Eric Piper of Norman, also receive three months of guidance from the guest curators, who help them refine their projects. The event begins on March 6 with Momentum: Downtempo, a more mellow evening with music by John Calvin Abney, The Daddyo’s, and Scott A.F. Momentum: Full Speed on March 7, offers a louder, faster paced experience with music by Bowlsey and Depth & Current. Tickets for each night of the opening weekend are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets are available at www.MomentumOklahoma. org, 879-2400, or at outlets: Blue 7, The Paramount, Guestroom Records
(OKC & Norman), and Café Evoke (Edmond). Gallery admission is free from 2 to 7 p.m. March 8-9. At 6 p.m. March 9, the Spotlight artists will give brief talks about their projects at a closing reception. Momentum is made possible by generous sponsors such as the MidAmerica Arts Alliance; the National Endowment for the Arts; Downtown OKC, Inc.; Dunlap Codding P.C.; Hillary, Peter and Rowan Farrell; Michi and Charles Susan; Staplegun Design, Inc; and Nathan Guilford DDS and Julia Kirt. OVAC is an Allied Arts member agency. For more information, visit www. MomentumOklahoma.org.
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1998 Chevy S10 Stepside, ext cab, 142K, $4500 obo, 589-2592.
1971 Pontiac Lemans Sport, 400 engine, 400 turbo, nice driver, $11,000. 672-3953 or 664-4629
2007 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2Dr, Convertible, White ext, Tan int, Leather Interior, excellent cond, 97,800 mi, $14,999. Tom Fields tfields@priceedwards.com 405-641-0598
'09 G6 GT, 51,000 miles, fully loaded, $9000 ¡ 405-706-0879
10 ROADTREK 190 Popular, like new, loaded Class B. 29K mi. Gas. $62,500. 405-473-6210 2012 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Platinum Limited, moonroof, NAV, leather seats, 4WD, 4" lift, 61K miles, $33,999. 405-574-4444 2010 Toyota Tacoma Pre Runner 4x2 dbl cab, V6 auto. tow pk. lthr htd seats 67K mi $22K 747-901 '77 Dodge 31ft MH, 440 eng, 62K, $2,800obo. 574-286-5514 OKC
1934 Ford 4 door, disassembled, 85% complete (original), body in great shape, floor pans complete & solid $12,000obo, 405-306-5345
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2010 Ford Edge SE Silver, FWD, 53K, EXCELLENT, 1 owner, $13,600 » » » 405-820-3021 '02 Century, all power, CD, alarm, tint, good motor & trans, runs great, nice $2,000obo. 312-4573
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'97 Civic, 4 door, auto, silver,
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Porsche 986 Boxter S 2002 Porsche Boxster Convertible, Leather Interior, 260 HP 6 speed manual, Factory Sport Package (suspension, spoiler and ground effect molding; very rare) New Tires, Very Clean, Runs Great!, 113K A real blast to drive. $12,500, hallsk1@yahoo.com 405-740-1187
2014 Corvette Coupe Black/Black, Loaded, low miles. Call for info 405-615-2244
2010 Dodge Grand Caravan, 48K, dual power doors, dual air, handicap equipped $22,500 330-1880 '02 Ford E-350 Super Cargo Van, 140K, Runs Good $2900 409-7738
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2012 BMW R1200RT, 2900 miles like new, loaded, detachable bags & trunk, GPS $14,500 ¡ 509-0217
Growing medical specialty sales company in OKC metro area. Must have degree in accounting &/or business admin w/min. 7 yrs exper. Duties include accounting prep, financials & reports for related entities; coordinate w/outside payroll service. Potential for advancement. Competitive pay & benefits. Fax/email resume: 405-329-3158 resumes4HH@yahoo.com
'11 HD Street Glide FLHX 103, 6spd, 8,000 mi, backrest Exc Cond $15,995 obo Harold, 405-792-2172
Acctg Clerk Part time position; A/R, A/P; legal acctg and Tabs experience preferred, but not required. No acctg experience need not apply. Send resume: HRsearch029@yahoo.com
WE BUY VEHICLES! Any Make, Model or Cond. Free haul off on any unwanted
vehicles ¡‘¡ 405-255-5962 WANTED: R12 FREON Refrigerant 12 collecting dust in your garage? We pay cash for R12 refrigerant! 10, laurelg stiff@gmail.com/ 312-291-9169. AAA cash car, trk cycle. Run/notfree tow. Some $350+ 850-9696 $100 & Up for most non-running vehicles, no title ok. 405-8196293
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Very clean, garaged, loaded 2004 Lexus RX 330 83K mi, nav, pwr lift gate, backup cam $14,500. (405) 361-1646
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Administrative Asst. Edmond Order entry, shipping logistics, filing, cust. service. Excel & MAS 90 exp. a plus. Benefit Pkg. Email jobs@realtime-products.com
DISPATCHER needed with good analytical skills. Must have valid OK driver's license. Lumber experience a plus. Call 405-670-6676
Receptionist/Secretary With Microsoft Office Experience. Some benefits. Apply in person at
809 NW 34th in Moore. RECEPTIONIST needed part time (30-35hrs) for small law firm. Probably will become full time. Starting approx. $9/hr. Email: applicant@coxinet.net
RECEPTIONIST Full time for busy medical office. Apply in person at 1140 SW 44th. WANTED: Experienced full time
Insurance Biller/Collector for growing medical company. EOE/DFWP Submit resume by fax 405-843-7102 or email jobs3664@lincare.com
Computer Tech Position
Sherwood Companies The Sherwood Companies is now accepting applications for the following positions in multiple locations: Pipe/Bridge Foremen, Concrete Finisher, Equipment Operator, Construction Laborer, CDL A Tanker/Hazmat Driver, CDL B Mixer Truck Driver, Carpenter. Pre employment physical/UA required Medical, Dental, Life, 401(k), travel per diem + more. Equal Opportunity Employer of minorities, women, protected veterans, individuals w/ disabilities. www.sherwoodcompanies. com fax: 918-574-2530, email: jobs@sherwood.net Stucco Helper The Stucco Helpers will maintain clean working conditions, prepare stucco materials to be used, conduct minor repairs to surfaces to which the stucco will be applied with putty or epoxy based treatments, mix stucco and deliver to the Stucco Journeymen, erect scaffolding under the direction of a "Scaffold Competent Person" Degree in None Required. 3 months as a Stucco Helper Temporary position that pays $12.41 per hour. 20 positions available. Work week is Monday to Friday with occasional overtime required. work will begin in April, 2015 and last until December, 2015. Housing provided. Transportation provided from company sponsored housing to and from job sites. All job sites will be in metro Oklahoma City, OK 73120. Division Nine Solutions Fax 850-332-5834 email jpoole@fourpointcs.com
Will train. Apply in Person at 1605 Tower Drive - Moore.
Software Development Engineer (A) needed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Responsible for code changes and new code development for all of the windowsbased applications and APMEX services including building new features, creating new forms and reports, unit testing, debugging and performing day-to-day support. Applicants must have the minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or a related field plus at least one year of experience designing, writing, debugging, and optimizing Microsoft SQL server stored procedures and building dynamic web sites, web applications and web services using ASP.NET. Will accept an educational equivalency prepared by a qualified evaluation service. Must have legal authority to work in the U.S. Send resume/references to: Holly Page, Human Resources Leader, ATTN: Oklahoman Advertisement, APMEX, Inc., 226 Dean A. McGee Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. EOE.
Experienced Frame Carpenters Must have transportation Call Kernell Construction 405-990-6427
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DAY MAID SUPERVISOR to supervise daytime office cleaning & other duties. Paid holidays & vacation. Multi lingual required. Apply between 4-6pm M-Th at 1024 N. Tulsa Ave., OKC.
CUSTOMER SERVICE REP Fast paced construction based office. MUST have knowledge of cars and able to read a tape measure. Looking for someone who is computer literate, has cash handling skills, detail oriented, with people skills. High traffic job. Will be interacting with customers by phone and at the counter, Please be neat in appearance. Must be able to pass a drug test. DOE Please APPLY IN PERSON at: 821 NW 5th St. and fill out an application. Interview will be given at time application is completed.
Orthodontic Assistant, exp. needed, great personal & team skills, assist with fixed braces and Invisalign, impressions, scanners and pictures. X-ray certificate needed. Great benefits with health, dental, vacation & 401(k), 4 days per week, 9-6. Fax resume to 405-634-4747.
CareerTech Student Services Eastern OK County Tech Center is seeking an experienced to provide counseling services & recruitment for secondary & adult students. Full time with benefits, 12 month contract, Bachelor’s degree required. Preferred counselor certification & special ed background. Apps accepted until suitable applicants found. Call 405-390-9591 or download apps at www.eoctech.edu AA/EOE
February 26 − March 15, 2015
Clean OSBI and MVR reports. EOE. ¡ 405-949-2271
FT MA. Mercy area medical office; Req. previous phlebotomy, lab, clinical & clerical experience.
Water Well Drilling Co. seeks
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HELPER. Must have Class A CDL. Call for for more information, 405-454-6264.
Will train. Some Benefits. Apply in person at 809 NW 34th in Moore.
Capital Project Engineer in Valliant, OK
DRIVERS & HELPERS for moving company. Apply in person at 1131 Enterprise Ave., Unit 15A, OKC, OK, 445-7618. EVENING OFFICE CLEANING 3-4 HOURS NIGHTLY. Must have transportation. Call 405-286-2333.
FULL-TIME OPPTS HS grads ages 17-34. Full pay, benefits, training, 30 days vacation/yr, $ for school. No exp needed. Call Mon-Fri 800-492-4841. PART TIME HOUSEKEEPERS. Must have own transportation Call 405-313-2233.
Hardbanders, Helpers & Laborers Drug free, good driving record, background check, $13 hour to start DOE, call 405-990-6033.
»» HELP WANTED TO TRAVEL WITH CARNIVAL »» positions available to travel. No experience necessary. 405-833-0012
Housekeeping New Facility seeking full time team players to join our staff. Must be reliable & hard-working. We offer competitive wages, vacation & benefits. Apply in
person at: Tuscany Village 2333 Tuscany Blvd 405-286-0835 EOE
JANITORIAL Individuals & Couples to clean office bldgs, PT evenings, M-F. Pd holidays. Apply 4-6 PM, Mon-Thur, at 1024 N. Tulsa Ave, OKC. Se Habla Espanol
What if you were given the opportunity & responsibility to make a difference? It is time to embrace your Infinite Possibilities. This is your chance to be part of International Paper, a Fortune 500 company & global leader in paper & packaging products. Our Valliant Paper Mill is a 4,000+ ton per day containerboard mill with 450 team members. The Capital Project Engineer will develop & implement mill capital projects & work closely with mill operations/maintenance teams & engineers. A bachelor’s degree in Engineering & 5 years project management experience is required. To formally apply visit us at www.ipaper.jobs International Paper is an EOE.
Local Utility Co. Seeking General Laborers. Must Have valid D.L., Pre- employment Drug test required + benefits. Apply M-F 8-4 @ 8405 S.W. 15th Street & Council Rd, OKC, OK 73128 Call 405-495-5295
Unique home health environment. All Shifts Avail. Excellent pay! Call 405-272-0700.
Seeking qualified, organized person for medical insurance claim filing. Includes claim submission & data entry. Medicare billing & HCPC coding exp preferred. Basic computer knowledge of Word, Excel, Outlook. Excellent compensation & benefits. Email medicalsupplyco.okc@gmail.com Optometric Staff Busy NW office seeks professional hard working individual. Multi-tasking and friendly attitude a must. Fax 405-748-5704 Visualeyes@coxinet.net
Wanted! Experienced, Full Time
Insurance Biller/Collector for growing medical company. EOE/DFWP Fax resume to 405-691-6052 or email jobs0120@lincare.com WANTED: Experienced full time
$500 BONUS FOR TRAINED HTS Independent Opportunities provides services to people with disabilities. Excellent FT benefits, paid training, opportunities for advancement. PT/FT HTS positions in OKC. Bonuses: 90 day bonus of $500 for trained HTS! Apply at 3000 United Founders Blvd, #221, (405) 879-9720. EOE.
LIC. THERAPISTS - (LPC, LMFT etc), CM & Rehab qualified individuals FT & PT. Competitive pay, incentives Info 405-706-1226
QDIP Degree required. We offer competitive salary and great working conditions with benefits (after probation). Interested individuals can fax resume to 405-672-2353, attn: Personnel Manager, or email damonledbetter@ymail.com
I am a Housekeeper and Sitter for elderly looking for work. References. 314-9702
IN HOME CARE. Let me care for your sick or loved ones. 20yrs exp Great refs. NW OKC, 787-2088
Insurance Biller/Collector for growing medical company. EOE/DFWP Submit resume by fax 405-843-7102 or email jobs3664@lincare.com
EVENT CASHIERS/FLAGGERS
CMA/CNA - ALL SHIFTS
Part time. No felonies, must be 18 and able to work any days, $8.50/hr. Apply in parking garage underneath Cox Convention Center Downtown. 297-2543
Manufacturing Excellence/ Continuous Improvement Resource in Valliant, OK What if you were given the opportunity & responsibility to make a difference? It is time to embrace your Infinite Possibilities. This is your chance to be part of International Paper, a Fortune 500 company & global leader in paper & packaging products. Our Valliant Paper Mill is a 4,000+ ton per day containerboard mill with 450 team members. The Manufacturing Excellence/Continuous Improvement Resource will lead the evaluation, identification & prioritization of mill performance improvement & will work with cross functional groups throughout the mill. A bachelor’s degree in Engineering & 3 years of continuous improvement experience is required. To formally apply visit us at www.ipaper.jobs International Paper is an EOE.
New Facility seeking full time team players to join our staff. MUST PASS background check and be a self-starter. We offer competitive wages, benefits & vacation. Apply in person
at: Tuscany Village 2333 Tuscany Blvd. 405-286-0835 EOE
FT MA. Mercy area medical office; Req. previous phlebotomy, lab, clinical & clerical experience.
CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDES & 24 HOUR LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
Caring for Seniors IMMEDIATE OPENINGS PT/FT FLEXIBLE SHIFTS, BENEFITS,
To Apply Call 577-1910 Visiting Angels
BANKING Banking experience required for all three positions. Executive Commercial Lending Officer with marketing skills. Administrative Assistant to the president. Seasoned Loan Documentation Clerk. Small Ag bank in Western OK. Send resumes to gene@anbok.com
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS
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Hiring teachers for Adult Basic Literacy and/or ESL classes
LPN/RN 3-11 AND 11-7
(4 hrs/wk). Call 405-524-7323 or email resume to okcread@communityliteracy.com
New Facility seeking full time team players to join our staff. MUST PASS background check and be a self-starter. We offer competitive wages, benefits & vacation. Apply in person
at: Tuscany Village 2333 Tuscany Blvd. 405-286-0835 EOE
Laborer for Trailer Repairs, Service & Sales. Outside work, heavy lifting, prof. appearance. Start $9/hr. Apply in person: 1300 E Reno OK Truck/Trailer 232-1200
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•Driller Helper •Field Technician
Golden Touch NOW HIRING
School Counselor ATHLETIC TURF MANAGEMENT Looking for a new member for our athletic turf team. CDL & tractor exp. req. Call Don @ 405-627-3378
AMERICAN CLEANERS Hiring FT Customer Service Reps $9.85/Hour. Apply at 13901 N May, OKC, OK 73134.
Part Time Positions Needed For Group Home & Program Coordinator, FT.
RN Weekend Supervisor New Facility seeking team players to join our staff. Must be reliable & hard-working. We offer competitive wages, vacation & benefits.
Apply in person at: Tuscany Village 2333 Tuscany Blvd 405-286-0835 EOE
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Assistant Property Manager and Leasing Agent Apply at 7020 E Reno Ave, MWC, OK 73110, or email resume to mary@expresswaysprop.com
Leasing Agent - Full Time Looking for upbeat leasing agent. Customer service experience req. Bring resume to Pickwick Place Apts, 2759 W I-240 Service Rd
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Bank Owned 3/2/2 1571sf, Moore Schls, $109,900 RltyExp 414-8753
Buffalo Wild Wings We are hiring New Management Members who are looking to be part of a Great Team and a fast growing company. Earn up to $40,000 as an Assistant and get bonused in AGM and GM positions with higher salaries. We always try to promote from within for AGM and GM positions, and are currently looking for team players wanting a better balanced lifestyle while we update our schedules to be more family friendly.
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Sonic Drive In •Assistant Manager starting @ $10+ per hour. •General Manager in Shawnee & Oklahoma City areas. Please send resume to roger.klaus23@gmail.com
WAIT STAFF NEEDED For Senior Living Community Various shifts available Fax Resume to 405-755-4579 or apply in person at 12525 N. Penn.
Freeman's Liquor Mart is accepting applications for
Full & Part time staff. Experience in wine & spirits a plus. Apply in person at • 4401 N. Western Ave.•
Are you seeking a career as a Designer/Home Furnishings Sales Person? We are a fashion forward company with a competitive salary/commission & benefits package. Apply in person at 3806 W. Reno, or fax resume to 948-1927 ATTN Kathy.
Air Comfort Solutions, Oklahoma City and Tulsa's largest residential service and replacement company, is seeking qualified
HVAC Service Techs & Installers
WCA is looking for Heavy Truck Technicians & PM Mechanics. Great benefits & 401K. Salary depends on exp. Apply in person at 1001 S. Rockwell, OKC or email resume to ccooper@wcamerica.com
PIEDMONT OPEN SUN 2-5. Model home. New hms on 1/2 ac lots. From NW Expwy & Sara Rd go 4.5 mi N Keller Williams Platinum 373-2494
Excellent benefits and pay. Must have excellent driving record. Apply in person at 908 Messenger Ln, Moore, OK.
Blackwell Consolidation Building (Construction/Metal) Foreman & Labor Positions Exp req'd. Immed hire. $10-$20/HOUR DOE. DL & dependable vehicle required. Some travel. Veterans welcome. EOE. 405-341-2580. Fuel/Lube Technician Sherwood Construction Co., Inc. is seeking a Fuel/Lube Technician for the OKC area. Must possess Class A CDL w/ hazmat/tanker endorsement, be 21 yrs of age & have clean driving record. Pre employment drug/physical required. Medical, dental, life, 401(k) + more. Equal Opportunity Employer of minorities, women, individuals w/ disabilities & protected veterans. www. sherwoodcompanies.com Send resume to jobs@sherwood.net or apply in person @ 1120 E. Reno OKC, OK 73117 Graphic Design Full time technical graphic position w/benefits. Imposition, variable data, digital outputs, 4/C offset plate ripping & trapping. InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat, Pitstop. Send resume to art@mmpokc.com Minuteman Press 300 N Ann Arbor HVAC with Journeyman and General Maintenance Tech needed for multi-property apt. complex. Apply in person. Pickwick Place Apartments 2759 West I-240 Service Road
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Class A CDL Drivers Needed Looking for a change? ODJE Trucking is seeking professional drivers to join our Regional and Over the Road Fleet. We are looking to fill dry van and flatbed positions. Base compensation is .40 cpm all miles with bonus .05 cpm on all miles once 2,001 miles have been run. Regional Drivers must be willing to stay out 2-3 nights per week, home on weekends. Must be 23 years, minimum of 3 years experience, Class A CDL, stable and verifiable work history, and an acceptable driving record. Call (405)474-8165 to join our team today!
Tax Time Clearance Sale!! Get up to $7500 off new home or gift card w/purchase. Lenders offering zero down w/land & less than perfect credit. 405-631-7600
1N to 5A E of OKC, pay out dn. 100's choices, many M/H ready TERMS Milburn o/a 275-1695 www.paulmilburnacreages.com
for local janitorial service. Email resume to: paul@standardbldgmaint.com
SALES PEOPLE WANTED Fast growing and expanding company is seeking sales professionals to sell advertising to local businesses. Candidates must be self disciplined, and have a strong business to business selling background. We have a proven formula that will enable you to make an above average income immediately. Complete, personalized on the job paid training provided. Commissions to $70,000 easily attainable the first year. Management positions also avail. For complete details call Mon-Fri and ask for Brent. 1-800-560-9105 TERRITORY MANAGER Travel an area in Oklahoma working with existing accounts as well as new ones. Email resume to jobs@realtime-products.com
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New commercial experience preferred. Call Bill at 760-3927.
Pest Tech/Termite Tech PART TIME Good Pay. Will train. Fax resume to: 405-787-8912
Pest Tech/Termite Tech Good Pay. Experience preferred but will train. Fax resume to: 405-787-8912 Residential Electrical Apprentice or Journeyman needed for Jones/Choctaw area. Email cornerstonewiring14@gmail.com
SERVICE TECHNICIAN FOR COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY, WITH ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL BACKGROUND & GOOD DRIVING RECORD, APPLY AT 4400 SW 134TH ST, OKC.
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REPO Double-wide $700mo for sale 405-324-8000 3/2 Bath Singlewide Fixer Upper! $1,000 + delivery 405-631-7600
2 bed from $575 Try Plaza East • 341-4813
200 Sutton Cir. 1&2Bd $400/$475. Stove, fridge, pool. No Sec 8. No pets. 824-7615
Effc bills pd & furn, off NE Kelly $400/mo 314-7905/427-7566
MWC For Sale/Rent. Nice homes $400/up. RV space $200 390-9777 Call for Maps! See why we sell more acreages than anyone in Okla. E of OKC. o/a 275-1695
Class A or B CDL Drivers with air brakes, good MVR/drug test, mixer drivers. An Oklahoma family owned business. 405-692-5247 or email srm5@soonerreadymix.com
PIEDMONT OPEN SUN 2-5. Model home. New hms on 1/2 ac lots. From NW Expwy & Sara Rd go 4.5 mi N Keller Williams Platinum 373-2494
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Abandoned 3/2 Doublewide set up on 10 acres. Storm shelter, shed & carport. Ready to move in 405-631-7600
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UNFURNISHED ALL BILLS PAID Rates starting at $825/mo. 1 month FREE or free Flat Screen TV w/12 mo. lease. Citadel Suites, 405-942-0016 5113 N. Brookline www.citadelsuites.com Including are the following: ‘ All Utilities ‘ Cable ‘ High speed internet ‘ Business Center ‘ 2 Pools ‘ Free Movie Rental ‘ Breakfast Mon.-Fri.
80± ACRES • Garfield Co., OK MINERALS FAIRMONT • DOUGLAS AREA EXCELLENT CROPLAND
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DRIVER WANTED 3 years driving experience, must be 25 years old, have Class A CDL & clean MVR. Apply at: Acme Brick, 2500 NW 10th, OKC
LandBuzz.com 580-237-7174 304 Leonard. 3/1.5/2 Renovated home, great area. 650-7667 www.homesofokcinc.com
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MIXER DRIVERS Competitive pay & benefits 401K, Vacation, Holiday pay Apply with MVR & A-B CDL 1400 S. Holly Avenue, Yukon 405-354-8824
I BUY & SELL HOUSES 27 YRS EXP 650-7667 HOMESOFOKCINC.COM
Furnished/Unfurnished. Bills Paid Unfurn 1 bed $169 wk, $680 mo; Unfurn 2 bed $189 wk, $810 mo; Furn 1 bed $179 wk, $720 mo; Furn 2 bed $199 wk, $840 mo; Deposits: 1 bed $150, 2 bed $200; $25 application fee paid at rental; Wes Chase Apts, Elk Horn Apts, Hillcrest (SW OKC), 370-1077.
Moving & Retirement Sale! Deli & Convenient Store located inside 10-story office bldg. Call for details, 405-314-7977.
MAYFAIR Great loc! 1&2 bd W/D hdwd flr quiet secure ¡ 947-5665
Bank Owned 3/2/2 1435sf, cul de sac lot, $79,900 RltyExp 414-8753
Belle Isle 2627 NW 56th Street Total remodel, updates include sprinkler system, heat/air, windows, storm shelter. $239,900. 405-206-3829. 3bed, 2ba, 1623 (MOL)
NEAR BAPTIST MEMORIAL Mid-Century home featured in Parade of Homes 3/2/2 hardwood floors $150,000 ‘ 972-345-8272
Putnam Heights Plaza 1 & 2 bed, newly remodeled, ch/a, 1830 NW 39th 524-5907
GREAT Office Space. Various NW locations, 300-6000sf 946-2516
Must See, 1 bed, $550/$200 dep, no app fee, new carpet & paint, quiet, no sec 8, no lease 370-0278
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5944 NW 40th 1 & 2 bd, $375-495 stove, fridge, covered park, water & gas paid, no Sec 8 470-3535
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1213 SW 60th, 2bd apts, $475 mo $200 dep, stove, dishwasher, fridge. Clean! No Sec 8 632-9849
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3bd 1ba, ch&a, brick, lrg fenced yd $660mo, $550dep ¡ 740-8419
2608 S. PORTLAND, OKC, OK 73108 ¡ 405-996-6352 Mixed hrdwd $100/rk del/stkd; Pec. & Hick. $150/rk del/stkd; Oak $135/rk del/stkd. PU $75 hrdwds. Stove wood $50 trkld.
7 Homes 2-4 beds $595-$1400 Express Realty 844-6101 www.expressrealtyok.com
18'' Seasoned Oak $120/rick Delivered & Stacked 405-414-6324
BOXER MIX - SMITTY! Male, fixed, shots, 7 mos, $65. 405-220-2599
SEASONED HARD OAK $150 Fast delivery & stacked. Land clearing for wood 219-1423
Remodeled Condo Grand Pointe Condos, 6500 N Grand. Completely remodeled, Paint, carpet, new lighting, bathrooms completely redone. 2bed, 2.5ba, 2 Car Garage, 1200 1FP, 2story Traditional Condominium, 1990 central heat, central A/C, city sewer, inground pool, 1175.00 John Burks 405-323-1638 johncb1@cox.net Diamond In the Rough »» Best kept secret in NW OKC "Now Leasing!" Privately owned, full amenities + extras $510-$740 Select avail; Call Today! No Sec. 8 Info: 751-8299/301-3862
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Quail Springs Condos, 1bd, 1ba, ch&a $650/mo $500/dep 204-5500
Seasoned Firewood $100
3bd, 1ba, 2car, appls, wood flrs, 4 acres, horses welcome $850mo, $400dep Call 919-7609
delivered & stacked 405-473-2851
5 blocks north of Britton on MacArthur. Sherwood Estates Addition. 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car garage, approx 1400 sq ft, $950 rent, $750 deposit, 405.370.1077
» Extra Nice duplex PCN » 3/2/2 12109 Windmill Rd, $950, Appls, No Sec 8 or Pets, 721-1831 New Luxury Duplex 13516 Brandon Pl 2/2/2, fp, Deer Creek Schls, near Mercy 842-7300 GREENS, 2 liv/2 story/2 FP, 3/2/2, 13128 Green Valley Dr., Appt. only, $1125mo ¡ 843-5853
4 Homes 3 beds $995-$1095 Express Realty 844-6101 www.expressrealtyok.com
Walt Disney; Emit Kelly signed & retired; clowns (most Duncan Royal retired); prints by Bill Jaxsn: George's Surprise, Stirring Memories, Storm in the Desert; Ashton Drake dolls; $200-$5000, 405-658-3380.
Large, neutered male needs loving forever home, very affectionate, indoor cat, $50, 751-4157.
Chiweenie Cuties, 8wks BEAUTIFUL SMALL PUPPIES $150 Cash. 405-435-3323 DOBERMAN, 4M black & rust, tails, dewclaws done, up to date shots & worming. Born 12-25-14, $425; 4 generations of champion bloodlines. 405-220-6118 ¡ 405-823-0390 ¡ 405-382-8250
2005 N. Page, 2 bed, 1 bath,
5 premium JD lawn tractors: 425; X495, GT235, SST16, 1952 8N Ford tractor, 3 others!
$1350-$4500 ‚ 405-641-9932
525 NW 114th St.
7 Homes 2-4 beds $750-$1575 Express Realty 844-6101 www.expressrealtyok.com
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2319 NW 10. Nice 2/1. $475 mo. 732-3411
Online Only Auction Ends Feb 26th 2PM
Sec 8 OK - nw82, nw12, nw 8th 4,3&2bd $550-$840 405-759-6828
2bed 1 bath $500mo $400dep. 3bed 1bath ch&a $700mo $500dep 405-631-8220.
AKITA PUPPIES, AKC reg., white Champ. Bloodline, 1F, DOB 1/17, Avail. 2/28, $700. 405-207-9112 Am. Pit Bull Terrier, ADBA, Ch. BL, blue, wht $650 580-237-1961
3 bed, 2 bath, fenced, stove, frig, garage, $800 mo + $600 dep, sec 8 ok, no pets, 748-6129.
English Setter, 1yr old, Beautiful, loving hunter w/papers ¡ $250 Call 405-848-6584
2-post Lift & 4-post Lift; 134-A Freon; Trans. machine; Tailpipe bender; OTC scanner; Tube heater; Infrared light; Paint booth; Frame machine $500-$3500 ¡ Steve Harris, (405) 823-2917 or (405) 818-7860
LippardAuctions.com 580-237-7174 March Mania Save the Date 1st P&P 7th Coins 8th Estate w/ Petro & Antiques 15th Tools & Treasures 22nd Consign 29th everything goes 2403 N Westminster 73066 www. 23rdstreetauctionhouse.com 405-833-2787
English Bulldog M, 19 wks old $1200 405-6272532
Stillwater: $7000. Comprised of 2 units fitted together. Finished w/linoleum floors, insulated, elec. & plbg hook-ups. 580-678-3208
Australian Shepherd/Border Collie Puppies, Gorgeous! 7 weeks old, blue & red merles, black & red tris $400 firm, shots included, text to 405-443-6344
GERMAN SHEPHERD Purebred AKC pups + FREE Food, leash, collar, training books + papers. Police dog parents. EXC guardians with Kids. Blk/silver $550-$600. 972-333-4394
Australian Shepherd Puppies, ASCA reg, black tri, s/w, exc. bloodline, born 12/11/14, see pics at damcofarm.com $350 » » » 405-224-3229
Huge Pawn Shop Overstock Sec 8 OK - sw 30th, Kentucky 3bd&2bed $650-$780 - 759-6828 2 bed, W/D hookup, all bills paid $795 mo, $350 dep ¡ 631-8039
2bed, 2bath, 1car, pets welcomed $825mo+$825dep. 405-702-3999 1743 Churchill Way 2BD, CH&A, carpeted, stove, refrigerator, 1 car garage $750/mo 405-942-3552
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Power Chair, like new, Must Sell $500. Must Pickup¡ 405-441-2577
$625/mo+$300dep. 405-514-6604
Liquidation Auction Sat Feb 28th 10:00 am Lawton, Ok www.stallingsauction.com
580-248-6676
1434 NW 92nd St. 2 bd, 1.5 ba, water paid, $600mo ¡ 405-249-5362
Super Specials for 1 & 2 bedroom quadraplexes available now. 2211 S. Kentucky Pl 632-6414
CHIHUAHUAS, 1F 2M, merles (blk, grey & white) DOB 1/3/15 1st shots $300ea ¡ 405-816-4877
Glasstop Bar w/ Canopy & 2 stools. $175. Boxing Bag. $150. 405-593-2584
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Duplex, 6005 Paramount Drive,
Chihuahua, Cuties, 8wks EXTRA TEENY TINY TEACUPS $250 Cash. 405-435-3323
1400 Sandra. 3 bed, 1 bath, 2 liv Hardwood floors. Nice. $650 732-3411
Daryl's Appliance: W&D $100+, limited supply!5yr war. refr/stove $125 & up, 1yr war. 405-632-8954 Oldetowne, 9201 Pepperdine, 2bd, 2ba, 1car, 1 mi to Tinker 769-7177
Boxer Puppy, Male, fawn & flashy, s/w, POP, very nice, $450. No texting. 918-387-4216
MWC For Sale/Rent. Nice homes $400/up. RV space $200 390-9777
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Sheet Metal 3'x10' ¡ $16. Mon-Sat ¡ 390-2077, 694-7534
We buy GUNS Mustang Pawn & Gun. Over 1000 guns! 376-GUNS Llama Max-1 45 ACP $525; XDM 45 ACP $650; Winchester 32 Rimfire $375; Ruger Mini 14 $725 » » » 405-401-8605 » » » Glock 40 model 23-C. Holster, extra clips & amo. $400 cash. 405-824-6348 Conceal/Open Carry Class $45 Total ¡ 405-818-7904 www.HavePistolWillCarry.com
African Attire. Starting at $10-$50. 405-424-7403
5x8, 5x10, 6x12, w/gates; like new 16 foot tandem; $650-$1250 Cash. 405-201-6820
Beagle Puppies, AKC 7wks, POP, s/w $250 405-623-8248, 249-8131 Blue Heeler Male, 4 years, neutered, shots, heartworm negative. $65. 405-380-3976
German Shepherd AKC Puppies & yng adults Germ/Czech import, blk/red, solid blk Starting $3500 windridgek9.com 580-450-0232 German Shepherd Pups, AKC 8 weeks, $500. 817-901-7812 or 405-220-4545
BOXER AKC, 3M, 2F, $450. Ready 2/28. 580-235-5684
German Shepherd Pups, 2F, 1st s/w, 11wks, $300 ¡ 405-219-8413
Boxer AKC Female 5mos, brown brindle w/wht markings, all shots dewormed, $450. 405-550-8305
Goldendoodles registered 7 weeks old. $500.-$750. 580-737-0124
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Great Dane Puppies 3-F, 50% Euro Harlequin & Blue Merle 7wks Dunham Danes on facebook $1000-1200 Clifford Dunham 580-305-0200
Rottweiler German Bldln, Reg. 3M, 10wks, s/w tails docked. POP $300ea ¡ no pics ¡ 405-886-5464
HAVANESE, AKC, M/F, $500$600, call or text, 405-412-4239.
Scottish Terriers, AKC, 2M, 9wks, parents on premises ¡ $500ea call or text 580-309-7575
Lab AKC Registered Yellow Puppy 5 Months old $200 (580) 623-0643 Jerod
Maltese (the ideal house pet) M/F, small, no shed, low allergy & odor, easy going & sweet & loving dog, delivery/show room, $600-$800. Stroud, 918-694-3868
Rottweiler Puppies, Beautiful, Strong, world class pedigree, looking for loving homes, $1100-$1400 ¡ 405-312-4513
Yorkies, AKC Party Males, 12 weeks, around 5 lbs grown, House breaking started $500. 450-663-4047
Maltese, 3F, 1M, ACA registered, 7 weeks, small, s/w, $600-$700, 580-465-1571.
Labradoodle Adorable F1B Pups Perfect for any family! Nonshedding M & F with gentle personalities! Home raised, UTD S/ W, chipped, vet ck & hlth guart. $900-1300 c: 208-569-1200
Maltese, 5 year old female, reg, quality, $150, 405-924-4931.
PAPILLONS, AKC, 2M, blk/wht, 8wks old $500ea ¡ 627-0419 POODLES, AKC, Teacup, Tiny Toy & Toy, adults/pups $300-$2,000 OK#1 788-9709 tinyteacups.com Puggles, 1 black M, 1 fawn F, 9 weeks, absolutely precious, $125, 405-821-9903.
Lawn Care Services EOC Tech Center will be accepting bids including mowing, edging, spraying of school campus for contract year 2015. Please call 405.390.5321 to pick up 2015 Lawn Bid Form.
Rottweiler Puppies AKC- Ready March 9th - Robust Build, Mahogany markings, wonderful dispositions. $500-$800 405-821-7771 Rottweiler 10wks. 5m/4/f Ch. sired parents imported large blocky heads big bone show/working lines $1300. 405 207 4658
350 Fine Pets At FREE TO LIVE 4mi N of Waterloo on Western ALL Dogs & Cats $80 Shts/Neut 282-8617 »» freetoliveok.org
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Buying oil & gas properties, any status, paying top $ 405-740-9000
Young black/brown male dog near Waterloo/Westminster, 812-0772
Rottweiler AKC Champ Bloodline 10wks, family raised, very sociable, s/w, POP, $1000. 503-1707
‚ Acoustic popcorn removal ‚ Drywall repair ‚ Flooring ‚ Custom hand trowel finishes & spray finishes ‚ Interior/Exterior painting Call Jeff for free estimate at 405- 408-5453, insured.
New commercial SWD for sale, Pottawatomie County, OK, 405-608-1987.
Brindle colored dog found on Linwood, btw Virginia & Western 2/16. Call to identify, 818-7388.
Malti-Poo, Adorable, Itty Bitty, $495, Visa/MC, 826-4557 Neapolitan Mastiff Puppies Blue and tawny males and females. Shots UTD. Ready Feb. 28. $800. 4794347316
Labs AKC Yellow 6wks, 5F-$500, 5M-$400, dew claws removed, s/w, POP, Pedigree and care pkg included. will meet. Vet checked. $400-$500 580-822-5024
Shih Tzu Puppies, 1M 2F $300ea s/w, vet checked 405-623-6924
Ceiling & Wall Doctor Total Remodeling
Old small female Pointer, white with brown spots, Village/Nichols Hills area on 2/18, 405-229-2187.
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QUALITY FENCE COMPANY FREE ESTIMATE on new & repair.
Credit Cards OK. 405-317-0474. D&G FENCE, Repair Specialist. Guar lowest pr. Free est 431-0955
Jim's Overhead Doors ¡ 24hr Emergency Service. 405-550-5118
5x5K round bales net wrapped Alisha bermuda grass hay. Fertilized & sprayed. Average 1420lbs. $40 bale $55 ton Holdenville Area. 405-380-3862 or Eves 379-3109
Custom Gutters Inc., New/repair, warrnty, BBB top rated, 528-4722.
Excellent quality midland 99 bermuda grass hay, 3X3X8,1-28 bales @ $65/bale; 29 or more bales @ $60/bale ¡ Pauls Valley 405-238-6829 or 405-207-6310
Mr. Fixit Handyman Service We welcome small jobs. Free est. Bonded. Ins. Visa/MC. 603-6104. Home Repair & Remodel. Roofing. Siding. Free Estimate. 410-2495. Home Repair & Remodel. Roofing. Siding. Free Estimate. 410-2495.
TACK - bridles, blankets, and more, new & used, $20-$200 405-833-8251 Interior Painting, Texture, Drywall Finish, Popcorn Removal, Sr Citizen Disc, P.J. 405-410-6647
Bill's Painting & Home Repairs Quality Work! Free Est. 306-3087.
Appliance Service, All Brands, 26 yrs exp, $40 svc call, 371-3049.
Better Guarantee Co. Steam Clean $15/room. Stretch & Repairs. Installs 882-4592
All kinds of roofing ¡‘¡ 670-2320
All Professional Tree Service.
Steel Carports, Patio Covers 2car carport $1695 799-4026/694-6109
Drives, Foundations, Patios
Senior Disc. Insured. Removal of dead/dangerous trees. 885-2572.
» GENE’S TREE SERVICE» Insured-Free Est. 682-2100.
Lic./Bond./Ins. Free Est. 769-3094
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» Drvwy/patio/steps. Lic./Bonded Free Est. 881-6268 or 595-1876
Insured, Free Estimate, 946-3369.
Tearouts/Repours, Drives, Patios, & More, Lic Ins Free Est 794-8505
Master Tree Experts - 25 Years experience Free Est 405-410-1487
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