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25 12 FEATURES 9 Unique Veterans Memorial Coming to Shawnee 11 Drive by Shots 12 Hannah’s Miracle: A Very Thankful Family Looks Back 15 Municipal Court Reforms Save Money, Help Offenders

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Big Savings One oft-touted source of savings is through membership in a bulk/discount club. Is it worth the price of admission? My best advice is to find an online deal and try it out. Groupon and Zulily.com have both been seen to offer discounted membership to Sam’s with many perks such as a gift card and coupons for free items.

This would be the best type of opportunity to try it on for size and see how well such a membership works for your family. If you find it does not save much money, simply choose not to renew.

The best savings I have found by having a membership are on meat prices. This is where I stock up on chicken and ground beef for my family. There are also significant savings to be had on generic over-the-counter medications as well as paper goods and even kids’ clothing.

There is a trap to be found in buying in bulk. If the food you’re buying will go to waste because your family simply does not consume as much as is being purchased, you will actually be wasting money. In addition, don’t assume just because you can buy something in bulk that you’re getting a good deal. Walk in with a general idea of the typical unit price for the items you buy so you can know if the large box price delivers a savings per ounce, or if it’s just drawing you in with the appeal of bulk. Not everything in a discount club offers a true savings.

Finally, without such a club in Shawnee, you need to factor in the drive time and gas money required to make a trip. If you’re frequently in the area, it might make sense. If not, the card may just sit in your wallet.

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Angela Rowland is an OBU graduate and a stay-at-home mother of four. She enjoys finding new ways to stretch the paycheck and even posts some of her favorite tips and deals on her blog (steadfaststeward.blogspot.com)

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NUTRITION 101 Exercising Down Your Blood Sugar What better month to talk about exercise and your blood sugar than November, National Diabetes Awareness Month? Start off by talking to your doctor to make sure exercise is safe for you. The goal is to get a total of 30 minutes of activity a day, five days a week. Exercise can be taking your dog for a walk, going on a bike ride with the kids, going to an exercise class, working with a personal trainer, dancing, and so much more. As long as your heart rate is up and you are having fun, the mission is accomplished. Turn on your favorite music or listen to a book to help pass the time. It can be helpful to think of exercise as your “me” time. Just 30 minutes to get away from your to-do list and demands of the world to just focus on you and your health. Put your activity down on the calendar just like you would a doctor’s appointment.

If it is a scheduled activity, you are less likely to skip out on it. Whatever you choose for an activity, make sure to warm-up by slowly moving your body for 3-5 minutes and end with the same cool down. Warming up and cooling down is good for your muscles, including your heart. You want to make sure you are paying attention to your blood sugar before and after exercising. Exercise one to two hours after eating a balanced meal or snack to help keep blood sugar levels in a normal range.Make sure to always wear diabetes identification and to wear shoes that fit well and support your feet to prevent any foot problems. If you take diabetes medication or insulin, carry fast-acting sugar with you. Keep in mind, the more you exercise, the easier it becomes. You can slowly add in more activity into your daily life, like parking further out in the parking lot or taking the stairs. Set small goals for yourself and indulge in non-food rewards when finished.

To start your morning off with a balanced breakfast, see the recipe below.

Breakfast Casserole I love casseroles for so many reasons. I love that I can make one dish and get so many nutrients from one meal, I can have breakfast for a week from one dish or I can feed guests without cooking a ton of food. Feel free to use vegetables you prefer but make sure to sneak those veggies in there.

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Directions: Cook turkey sausage in skillet over medium heat, breaking up as it cooks until browned. Remove sausage from skillet once cooked. Add oil to the skillet with the vegetables. Cook vegetables until tender, about 5 to 6 minutes. Return sausage to the skillet and cook for 1 minute. In a separate bowl, mix eggs, egg whites, parmesan, milk, salt and pepper. Pour sausage mixture in pan, followed by egg mixture and then top with cheese.

Calories: 208 Total Fat: 10g Saturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol:157mg Sodium: 904mg Dietary Fiber: 2g Total Carbohydrates: 4g Protein: 24g Nutrition 101 Tip: With November being Diabetes Awareness Month, I wanted to take this time to really reiterate how important it is to stay on top of your health. Type 2 Diabetes is a lifelong disease that can be prevented with lifestyle changes. A few reasons you would want to have your doctor check your blood sugar would be if Type 2 Diabetes runs in your family; you are overweight; you are Native American; or if you had diabetes while pregnant. If you or a loved one needs nutritional advice on preventing or managing diabetes, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Andrea Beck, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Personal Trainer, received her Master’s in Nutrition and Dietetics from UCO in Edmond. She offers her nutrition consulting services, personal training and strongHER workouts through Anytime Fitness Shawnee. Andrea offers personalized meal plans and workout plans. Andrea specializes in weight loss, running, childhood obesity, pregnancy health and diabetes. Andrea is an active member of Junior Service League and her church, Life Church. For nutrition or exercise questions, you can contact Andrea at andrea.beck@anytimefitness.com

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Unique Veteran Memorial Coming to Shawnee A new feature for the Oklahoma Veterans Memorial Park will be the only one of its kind in the state of Oklahoma, according to the Shawnee Veterans Memorial Committee.

The public is invited to attend the unveiling December 10 at 11 a.m. at Veteran’s Woodland Park on Broadway. Ten panels will bear the names of Oklahoma veterans who have died serving their country from The Spanish-American War of 1898 to the present conflicts. Almost 8,000 names will be etched on 20 sides of the panels.

The memorial will be installed among other monuments the SVMC has erected over the years.

The SVMC hoped to unveil the monument in November in time for Veteran’s Day, but due to unexpected delays pushed it to December 10.

They are scheduling dignitaries and a chaplain to speak at the upcoming event. The Color Guard will present the colors, and the Pledge of Allegiance, and The Star Spangled Banner will also be observed.

Public spokesman for the SVMC, Thomas Schzran, said they raised $350,000 to complete all the features at the park. They collected donations and sold personalized bricks now on display at the memorial. The city of Shawnee donated $50,000 to the project in 2009 and maintains the grounds.

Vice-Chair of the SVMC, Bill Ford said, “We are very appreciative for the support we’ve had over the last 11 years. James Bryce and the City of Shawnee have worked hand in glove with us.

There have been a lot of people in the community who have pitched in and helped.”

The panels are the latest addition to the memorial. The park features a replica of a Navy bow anchor from the USS Oklahoma BB-37, sank by

Entrance to Veterans Woodland Park.

the Japanese military on December 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor. Three 105 MM Howitzers were donated by the National Guard 45th Infantry Division. The committee obtained one USAF AIM-7 Sparrow missile, and Bob Ford, who served in Vietnam, donated a restored Bell UH-1D Huey helicopter.

The committee gathered names for the panels from various sources, including the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The monument feature will bear the names of veterans whose home of record was Oklahoma at the time they died as

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a result of serving their country. The panels dimensions are six feet by six feet and eight inches deep.

“People ask us why we do this,” said Ford. “Two reasons: one, to honor those that gave their life to their country and the other is to educate future generations in our country about the sacrifices that were made to protect their freedom. We hope veterans, their families, loved ones of the deceased, and anyone who is interested will come out December 10.”

The public is welcome to attend. For more information, visit pcvm.org

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Drive By Shots CPN Health Services drive-thru flu clinic provided more than 1,100 people with free influenza vaccines on October 15. People came by car, truck, bike, motorcycle, and several came on foot to First National Bank on Gordon Cooper Drive to get flu shots for themselves and their families.

Those who drove didn’t even have to get out of their vehicles to receive their vaccine. The event was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., but the overwhelming response caused the workers to start a few minutes early.

“Saturday morning began at 6 a.m. in the clinic filling syringes with flu vaccine,” CPNHS Director of Nursing Amber Curtis, RN, said. “The plan was to start giving flu shots at 8 a.m. but the line of cars was so long I was afraid they would be backed up on Hardesty Road and cause traffic problems so we started at about 7:20 a.m.”

In addition to regular advertising, workers took posters to 20 local charitable organizations that assist the homeless population in our area.

The goal was to provide the flu shot to people who couldn’t afford it, didn’t have access or needed a convenient place to get it.

Although the theme was “CPN and You Fight the Flu,” many other medical professionals and students from the community came to make the event possible.

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CPN’s newest physician, Kassi Roselius, MD, M.P.H., was on hand to answer any questions that people might have about the flu vaccine, along with CPN employees who helped with traffic control.

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Hannah’s wrecked car June 29

Hannah’s Miracle: A Very Thankful Family Looks Back

by Mindy Ragan Wood

The sun was a scorching ball on the horizon June 29, but the heat that 16-year-old Hannah Hubert was about to encounter would threaten her life. It was 5:30 p.m. and she was tired from a long week, a late night, and full day when she fell asleep at the wheel of her Nissan Juke.

The car flipped and rolled several times before it thrust her out of the seatbelt and through the sunroof. Then it caught fire. A UPS driver saw the accident and stopped. “I saw something fly out of the SUV and I thought, ‘What was that?’ When I ran up, the SUV was on fire. I searched the vehicle to make sure no one was in there. I looked over it (car) and there she was laying on her side,” said the UPS driver, Brian McSperritt. “I thought she had brain damage because her eyes were rolled up in the back of her head.”

An EMT from Prague, a pastor’s wife, a youth pastor, and a Meeker police officer also stopped to help. Hannah was less than 20 feet from the blazing car. The EMT didn’t want to move her, concerned with possible neck injuries. There was just one problem: the fire was engulfing the SUV, spewing hot debris and eating its way along a path of dry grass toward Hannah.

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Rusty, Hannah, and Jeannie Hubert four months after Hannah’s accident

McSperritt tried his fire extinguisher from the truck, but it was no match. He grabbed a cold towel from his ice chest and the pastor’s wife kept her cool. He and the Meeker police officer then tried to quench the fire with a shovel, beating it and shoveling dirt to slow it down. A passerby happened to have a piece of plywood in his truck.

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the board and using the shovel as the fire inched closer and hotter.

“We just kind of prayed the fire wouldn’t reach the gas tank. I thought, ‘Man, this is the way I’m going to go.’ The fire actually reached the plyboard when the fire department showed up,” said McSperritt. “They showed up right in the nick of time. It was like something out of a movie. It was a miracle.”

As people of faith, parents Rusty and Jeannie Hubert, believe Providence placed the right people at the right place and time to help their daughter survive. The pastor’s wife had been delayed on a trip several hours due to circumstances beyond her control. At Hannah’s side, she’d been there to keep her cool with water and pray.

“She said God put her in the right place at the right time to be there to pray for somebody,” said Rusty Hubert.

In the ambulance, Hannah woke up delirious.

She had no idea she had been in an accident. She asked the EMT to sing her a Jesus song. Jeannie said, “He couldn’t think of any other song but Jesus Loves Me, so he sang it to her.”

Hannah sustained a severe concussion, three cracked ribs, a broken hand, and lacerations. She completed physical therapy late last month. The entire incident was a blur for the girl who said she didn’t hesitate to get back behind the wheel of a car.

“It felt good,” she said, to drive again. “I just know it’s not going to happen again. I’m not scared it’s going to happen again,” she said, adding that she is thankful for everyone’s help.

Her parents were more traumatized by the event.

They saw her on the side of the road and the car that nearly killed her. It was hard for them to give her a set keys on the first day of school.

“We want to know where she’s at most of the

Hannah’s wrecked car on June 29

time, text us when she gets there and when she leaves. It’s hard,” said Rusty. “It’s not that we want to keep our thumb on her, but for our peace of mind, it’s tough.”

This Thanksgiving, the joy of family is even more poignant. “It definitely puts you in perspective, in what value there is in family,” said Rusty. They expressed thanks to everyone who helped save their

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McSperritt said he was touched by it, but shied away from formal recognition. “I didn’t want to be recognized. I know there are good people out there and anyone would have done that to save her. I was just trying to be there for someone and was thankful everyone was there at the right place, at the right time.”

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Kids Say the BEST things

by Mindy Ragan Wood

The Shawnee Outlook proudly presents a new section for our readers that gives us an inside look at the way local kids see things. Dr. April Grace, Shawnee Public Schools Superintendent agreed to take questions and let students write back answers. From the presidential election to who’s the boss at their house, you’ll get to hear from our youngest members of the community.

Questions included, “If you could decide who should be president, who would you pick?”, “Who’s the boss at your house?” and “What do you want to be when you grow up?”

An overwhelming majority of students said they’d choose as president, their parent, their teacher, and a few even voted for themselves or a friend at school. Who’s the boss at home?

While many kids listed both parents, some said their mom, dad, stepparent, their grandmother, and even “my mean sister.” Kids said they wanted to be police officers, soldiers, teachers, doctors, nurses and firemen just to name a few.

For our November issue we focused on Thanksgiving.

Many children piped up about food, the weather, and interesting family traditions. Below are some of their more humorous and heartwarming answers.

Q. What makes you laugh every year at Thanksgiving?

A. “When we start to have food fights,” Jaden, grade 5. A. “My uncle Josh wipes potatoes on my face!” Desmond, grade 4. A. “My uncle makes funny jokes,” Jace, grade 1. A. “The stories,” Launa, grade 5. A. “My dad always steals egg noodles when my grandmother made them,” Eleanor, grade 5. A. “When my mom cooks wrong,” Alivia, grade 3.

Q. What’s not so great about Thanksgiving?

A. “The Turkey dies,” said Bradley, grade 2. A. “My dad eats all the food,” Destiny, grade 5. A. “I have so much company that I have to sit on the floor!” Dillon, grade 4. “I don’t like Thanksgiving because some people have to hunt for turkey to eat,” Michael, grade 3. A. “My mom doesn’t let me pass out the food or dessert,” Sophie, grade 3. “Some of my family won’t be there,” Alessondra, grade 3. A. “Every year there’s a water balloon fight and the water balloons hurt,” Jake, grade 3.

Q. What would you change about Thanksgiving?

A. “Not having to sit on the floor,” Dillon, grade 4. A. “That I could see my family longer,” Jessica, grade 4. A. “Change it to candy…and change my mean brother into a nice sister,” Sophie, grade 3. A. “Nothing. It’s perfect. I have fun, laugh, nothing should change that,” Delida, grade 3. “No green beans!”

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Municipal Court Reforms Save Money, Help Offenders

by Mindy Ragan Wood

Randall J. Wiley was appointed as Shawnee’s Municipal Court Judge in July 2015 and he’s been busy ever since making big changes.

As Oklahomans contemplated criminal justice reform measures this year, Wiley implemented reforms that have saved money and help reduce recidivism for certain crimes.

Public intoxication and petty larceny are two of the highest misdemeanor complaints. Wiley said jail time is costly and there is a better way to maintain order in the community. “It costs the city $44 a day to put someone in jail. We spend approximately between $18k-$20k a month and that’s not a good expenditure of public funds.”

Wiley introduced “alternate means of satisfaction,” for people who can’t afford to pay fines and court costs. Last October, he created a community sentencing docket, with community service and addiction programs as a way to avoid jail time. Each class and hour of community service is credited against their debt to the court. This fall, a juvenile community service docket was added to let youthful offenders earn credit on fines by working on school grounds.

When someone comes in with a citation, they have 30 days to pay the fines and court costs. If a person is negligent to pay or make arrangements, that’s when an arrest warrant is issued. Wiley is trying to make sure it never gets that far, especially for the poor.

“According to the Supreme Court of the United States in Tate vs Short, you cannot incarcerate people who are truly destitute for the non-payment of fines and costs unless you give them an alternate means of satisfaction. We (the court) didn’t have one, so we came up with this community sentencing docket,” said Wiley. “This way the poor have a way of honorably satisfying their debt.”

At least ten work service providers and four recovery providers

Court Marshall Tom Cartwright and Judge Randall Wiley

offer opportunities to offenders to participate in the program. Because it’s pay, “perform community service or take classes,” those who can truly afford it typically pay their fines. With able people paying their fines and fewer people sitting in jail, the savings are adding up.

“Income is up 20 percent, roughly $150k which fluctuates daily,” said Wiley. Unpaid fines totaled $2.3 million when Wiley took office; now it’s down to $1.9 million.

“If we could cut the jail bill in half from $18k-$20k a month, that would save $100k year. That would buy a police car or maybe fund another policeman. Incarceration is for violent people who need to be isolated from society. For people who have speeding tickets or public drunk, incarceration doesn’t help a bit. It’s a waste of public money.

Shawnee Police Sgt. Dan Shumaker started teaching a class about

ethics and community to petty larceny offenders. The class explains why stealing affects an entire community financially over time, among other values. “Only one person who has taken the class has reoffended,” said Wiley.

The recovery court is also seeing some progress with repeat public intoxication. One repeat offender can owe thousands in fines. Wiley caught up with a man who had opted to take recovery classes and asked him how it was going. “He worked off a couple thousand dollars and he finally decided to stop drinking. He went to counseling and he’s not drinking anymore. He told me, ‘I was able to get out debt and I didn’t want to get back there.

So, I decided I better do something about it.’”

The recovery court has garnered participation from recovery program providers including Gateway,

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C3 Church, the Salvation Army, and through CPN, Kiowa Elder Burt Patadul of Elder Burt’s Talking Circle.

“The primary function of the court is to maintain order in this community. Second, is to collect revenue for the city because the fines and costs are what we impose as a sanction for violating the rules of conduct,” said Wiley. “If we don’t make people pay or do something else, then we’re not going to maintain order. You can impose punishments, but isn’t it much smarter if you build the kind of community where the need for punishment is less and less?”

Wiley was also involved in addressing public intoxication with tribal leaders, law enforcement, and recovery professionals. The “Public Intoxication Working Group” meets at CPN’s Wellness Court quarterly For more information, visit cityofshawnee.org/municipalcourt www.shawneeoutlook.com

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CPCDC awarded $25 million for infrastructure in rural Oklahoma The Citizen Potawatomi Community Development received $25 million in funding from the Obama Administration’s Community Facilities Re-Lending Program.

munity Development Corporation, who then re-loan those funds for the construction or maintenance of community infrastructure.

“This is the largest single award the CPCDC has ever received,” noted CPCDC Director Shane Jett. “We can put these funds to work for rural Oklahomans across the state for hospitals, police stations, community centers or a number of public uses.”

Community Facilities Programs provide loans for essential community infrastructure, so that people who live and work in rural areas can enjoy the same basic quality of life and services as those in urban and metropolitan areas.

CPCDC Senior Commercial Lender Bob Crothers, Director Shane Jett and Assistant Director Cyndi Logsdon were on hand to receive the award from the USDA. The USDA program allocates long-term, low interest loan funding for community facilities in rural American communities with a population less than 20,000.

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Established in 2003, the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation has grown into an important financial institution serving rural Oklahoma and Indian Country. The $25 million award from the USDA comes on the heels of a separate $1 million in funding it recently received through the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution Program to provide small business lending.

Funds from the USDA Community Facilities Program can be distributed to applicants that are public bodies such as municipal or county governments, community-based nonprofit corporations and federally recognized tribal nations. The facilities built using the funds

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Sea Cadets Preparing for a Bright Future

by Mindy Ragan Wood

Local Navy Sea Cadets at Veterans Woodland Park Memorial. Pictured are Jazzmyne Walker, Nicholas Tro, Jarrett Tanner, Wyatt Grinnell, David Burkey, Zachary Kirkham, Dyson Tully, Conner Wells, David Strobridge, Dawson Easterling, Naketa Myers and Andrew Bacon.

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A U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps program is thriving in Pottawatomie County. The co-ed youth cadets were recently selected to participate in a ribbon ceremony for veterans aboard the U.S.S. Batfish in Muskogee, and selected to distribute wreaths for veterans for Wreaths Across America during the Christmas holidays.

Cadets are aged 11 through the completion of high school. They learn about citizenship, discipline, basic seamanship, and are exposed to careers both within and outside military service. Older cadets can even experience boot camp over the summer and tour naval ships, working with active duty naval soldiers.

Commanding Officer, Donna Snodgrass, has been involved in the program for 30 years. She is married to a Navy veteran and has two children who have served in the military. She said the program is a great way to teach kids life skills and to prepare for their future, in or out of the military. “We teach them discipline, leadership skills, and just the basics for life. Some of them will be really, really shy when they first come in but when they leave, they’re more motivated and they find their self-esteem,” said Snodgrass.

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pate. “We teach them organizational skills, how to get their homework done and get it turned in. I had one last week with a D because he didn’t turn in his assignment. I put him on administrative leave and he’s back by the end of the week. They can’t give me 3 B’s and a D. I’m teaching them responsibility, attention to detail, things like that.”

Their numbers grew from just 7 in Pott. county over the summer to now 19. Several cadets spoke up about what they’ve learned.

“We learn discipline, structure. We’ve had a lot of experience through trainings. I’ve learned how to give tours of the U.S.S. Batfish and that’s fun. We learn how to tie a lot of knots; basically, Navy seamanship,” said David Burkey, age 15.

Andrew Bacon, age 10, said the first time he put on the uniform it was strange. “I felt kind of uncomfortable, like we had to tuck it in and get the boots on and at first I had to get really used to the steel toe. I got used to it real quickly, actually.”

“I felt like I could do anything,” said Jarret Tanner, age 13.

“It was a sense of pride,” said Burkey. “And it made it me feel a lot older than I was.”

Brenda Auckey, said her son David Burkey went to boot camp this summer and it was a life chang-

ing experience for him. “He was gone two weeks in Arkansas. In my eyes, he went there looking like a boy and came back looking like a man. It was awesome. I asked him what he thought about it and he was quiet for a little while. He said, ‘Mom, it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but I can’t wait to do it again.’ That made it worth it. I appreciate that they’re teaching them everything about the military without the pressure to join; but if they do go in, they’re automatically bumped up in rank and pay. They’re going to recognize the work these kids have done.”

The exposure to the military gives kids a better idea of what being in military will demand and offer them. Snodgrass said, “They get a taste of different jobs. These kids can actually be on a Navy ship for two weeks. I took 30 cadets years ago on a ship and they worked hand-in-hand on active duty with the guys and got to learn all the different jobs. They get to learn all this and decide. They know what they’re getting into when they join. I’ve put about 15 cadets through the naval academy and I start them as young as junior high, telling them what they need to do to get ready. I know what it takes,” said Snodgrass.

Anyone interested in the program can contact Donna Snodgrass at 405-788-6521.

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Opera and Art: Studio 112 ½ An opera singer will perform in Shawnee at a new art gallery and studio. Douglas Gordon opened Studio 112 ½ in October and has issued a call out for submissions, “Opera and Art.” The juried show will take place in February, but the deadline for artists to enter is December 31. The open call out for submissions is for Oklahoma artists, for 2D and 3D art inspired by opera.

Kelly Smith Slawson of Tulsa is an opera singer with a special appreciation for art. “When she sings,” explained Gordon, “she sees colors. It’s called synesthesia.”

Gordon has been interested in opening an art studio for several years, with the hope of showcasing local artists and providing a space for the community to create their own works of art. The studio features plenty of wall space for exhibitions and cozy corners for anyone who wants to explore their creativity in any medium they prefer. The atmosphere is conducive to both conversation and quiet contemplation.

As a well-established artist whose work has been seen in galleries across the U.S., Gordon said he has learned a lot about the art world. “Sometimes it’s difficult to get your art seen.

There’s a lot of good artists out there,” he said.

Local artists in Pottawatomie County have collections displayed at the studio. This month the artists are Carla Waugh, Leslies Waugh Dallam,

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Haley Bell, Jaxson Mowdy, and Douglas Gordon. The first Saturday of each month a reception is held for featured artists from 6:30-9:30 (RSVP is required). The reception provides an opportunity for visitors to discuss the artists’ work. Several more are lined up for December. Among others, Jason Wilson, who graduated from OBU and lived in Shawnee for 20 years will be the featured artist in January. “He has 80 pieces of art in eight different galleries,” said Gordon.

As a great lover of community art, Gordon has been pleased to see artists creating in the studio. Jules Kisor started coming the first day the studio opened. “I’m a working single mother and I have no space at home.

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fascinated, I asked him, ‘how do you do that? Can you teach me?’” Kilpatrick and his wife Shari are both artists. “We’ll have a showing of them together soon,” said Gordon.

Anyone, regardless of talent or experience, is welcome to explore their creativity. Gordon even installed a community art piece on an easel where visitors have drawn or written messages. “Studio 112 ½ isn’t about me; it’s about other artists and encouraging them and giving them a place to show. The studio provides a safe and available space to create.”

Studio 112 ½ is located at 112 E. Main Street and is open Saturdays 9:30- 4:30, Sunday 1:30 -4:30, Tuesday and Wednesday 6:30-9:30. Art submissions are being accepted by email to studio112andahalf@gmail. com. Keep up with their events on their Facebook page, “Studio 112 and a half.”

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Artists, Saints, and Sinners The Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art is ending 2016 by displaying pieces in its collection that have not been available for public viewing in many years, and it is also promoting the talent of local artists. The main impetus for bringing out many of these pieces is a grant from the Robert Rapp Foundation, which is enabling the museum to replace about half of its current wooden storage shelving with metal shelving, made to preserve the museum’s artifacts without the fear of rust or other corrosion.

“The Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation grant is allowing us to improve the conditions in which we keep our collection,” stated Dane Polloi, Director of the MGMoA. “We constantly strive to provide the best care to the art and artifacts that have been given to us over the years.”

The museum began the process of moving the stored pieces with the October exhibit of Father Gerrer’s Secret Vault: Hidden Gems Revealed. Father Gregory Gerrer, a monk from St. Gregory’s Abbey, was the founder of the museum; at the turn of the 20th century, he worked to establish a museum for all of Oklahoma to enjoy. By the time of his death, he had amassed over 6,500 artifacts, which included paintings and sculptures from the middle ages to the early 20th century, artifacts of western civilization, and diverse examples from cultures around the world. Many of the pieces displayed have not been available to the public for nearly 15 years.

In addition, in November the museum will continue the tradition of the annual regional art show. This year’s show, Artists for Learning, will be available to the public from November 5 — 20.

Area artists of all levels and ages were asked to submit artwork that referenced school, education, or children.

This regional art show works with the Shawnee Education Foundation to help local schools

St. Lucy by Giacinto Brandi Photos submitted by MGMOA

and students in need. Those who bring the requested school supplies will get free entrance to the exhibit. A list of the school supplies needed for area schools and students can be found on the Mabee Gerrer website.

The opening for the regional show will be Friday, November 4 and will give the public the opportunity to meet the local artists displaying their work. Delyanna Trimm, Curator of Collections for MGMoA, said, “Many times entire families will come to this opening. For some it will be the first time they have seen the museum, and it is the entry point to the museum for their family.”

The last special exhibit for 2016 will be a show entitled Saints and Sinners, which will run from December 17 through January 22. This is another show that is entirely from the archives of the MGMoA’s own collection and one that

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Trimm had been thinking about for a couple of years. “I wanted to do an exhibit of paintings of saints with the stories of their lives,” said Trimm.

“Some of the saints will be familiar while others will be more obscure.”

Br. Damion Whalen, Mission Integration Coordinator for St. Gregory’s University, described the canonization process: “The process of declaring someone a saint involves a very lengthy and detailed investigation of the person’s life, work, and writings. The Church makes every effort, at every level, to determine that person lived a deeply Christian and holy life and was known, even while living, as a holy person.” He went on to say, “If after due diligence (and a couple of miracles) this can be adequately demonstrated, then the Church declares the person a part of the ‘great cloud of witnesses’ that is spoken of in the Letter to the Hebrews.”

Among the paintings that will be displayed in the December exhibit is one that Father Gerrer painted of Saint Therese De Lisieux. Born in 1873, Saint Therese lived to be only 24 years old, but in her short life she described herself as “the little flower of Jesus who gave glory to God by just being her beautiful little self among all the other flowers in God’s garden.” Beset by many health issues, the young Therese felt that her greatest work would be after her death, and she promised that her work in heaven would be to do good on earth. She is now one of the most wellknown saints of the Catholic Church, and Pope John II even declared St. Therese a doctor of the church in 1997.

Other works for the Saints and Sinners exhibit include paintings from the Renaissance to the modern era, among them works from artists such as Polidoro Lanzani and Giacinto Brandi.

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RV Club Puts on “Senior” Prom Who says your last prom has to be your senior year in high school? Members of the Good Sam RV Club are still dressing up and creating nights to remember during their fall tour schedule. They have members all over the United States and Canada, and last year spent over $125k in Shawnee.

The first week of October they were here, dancing the night away.

“We love Shawnee,” said Oklahoma State Director, Susan Scholl. “We’ve been coming here since the 1990’s and we love the people out here.

It’s been great.”

Over 200 groups (registered RVs) were camped at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo and Scholl said the reason they come back every year has been the community’s support. “We work with Visit Shawnee and they support us beautifully,” said Scholl. “The local businesses are wonderful to give us door prizes and just about all the local restaurants provide us with meals. Tuesday and Wednesday night we gave out nothing but meal certificates to local restaurants. The Expo is great. These folks go over and above to support us, anything we need.”

Good Sam RV Club is divided by region, state, and local chapters. In the spring, they start in Texas and travel to Arkansas and Louisiana. In the fall, they start in Missouri, then Kansas, and finally Oklahoma the first week of October. Each state has its own theme and Oklahoma’s was Senior Prom.

“Next year is Disco Fever. Arkansas was Wizard of Oz, Louisiana was Hopping Down the RV Trail, and Texas was Deep in the Heart of Texas.

We have a lot of fun,” said Scholl.

With faces beaming and music humming, couples danced at the front of the room or sat with friends chatting. A photo booth was available and photos posted on the club website to share with family and friends. The mostly retired

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RV Good Sam Club members dance the night away and pose for pictures.

crowd travel together and even meet during the slower seasons. Everyone seemed to know everyone else, apart from those who turned out for the “first timer’s reception,” a time to see what the club is all about.

Good Sam is short for Good Samaritan and reflects the values of the club. Janice Ogden has been a member for three years and said they regularly donate to charities. “It’s nice people getting together for a good time. We have donated to the Shriner’s, Blue Star Mothers, Campfire Kids, Ronald McDonald, and some others,” she said.

Scholl said, “It’s about being a Good Samaritan. We help each other and anybody else we can.

The motto is, ‘Catch the Good Sam spirit.’ We’re just a bunch of RV’ers who travel state to state

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and attend each other’s rallies and have a good time.”

Rallies provide a week of activities during the day and evening. Seminars, entertainment, crafts, games, and speakers. Seminars included “worry free travel,” “RV do’s and don’ts” and “America’s best destinations.” Some are more interesting like how to build and shoot a potato gun or on John Wayne, a biography of “the perfect prom date.” Card games, board games and something called “sandbag baseball,” are also listed as fun things to do.

You don’t have to own an RV to attend and day passes are available for a small fee. Be sure to keep up with their schedule for next year at goodsamclub.com

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The Infamous Carry Nation: Shawnee’s Temperance Era Most everyone has heard of Carry Nation, but might not be sure if she was a real person or invented by antisaloon enthusiasts to promote prohibition. Carry Amelia Moore was born in 1846 in Kentucky into a prosperous plantation family. They moved to Missouri and then Texas during the Civil War then back to Missouri.

Back in Missouri, Carry married Dr. Charles Gloyd who was drunk on his wedding day. He seemed to always be at his lodge with the Freemasons, and she blamed the lodge for the ruin of her husband and their home. She left him with her six weeks old daughter, Charlien. He died soon afterward and to support herself Carry taught school.

She then married David Nation, 20 years her senior, a minister and writer.

They moved to Texas and owned a hotel. Nation wrote political newspaper articles conflicting with local leaders and they were forced to leave, settling in Kansas.

In 1892, the couple homesteaded on the Cheyenne-Arapaho Oklahoma Territory land. It was here Carry began preaching and organized “Workers for Christ.” It was for Bible reading, but she was becoming interested in the vices of tobacco and liquor and was known to snatch cigars and pipes from the mouths of men.

The family moved back to Kansas and she served as “jail evangelist.” It was then she began smashing saloons first using rocks. Soon she took up the hatchet, which was to become her symbol. She capitalized on the hatchet theme by selling thousands of pewter pins made to look like hatchets.

The proceeds paid her travel fees and helped the “wives of drunkards.” She aroused the women with her rhetoric and bragged that she served more time in jail than any woman in history.

She branched out into Oklahoma Territory in 1902, smashing saloons in Guthrie and Oklahoma City. Her husband had divorced her but she considered her work “God’s will.” Guthrie, hopeful of becoming the state capi-

tol when Oklahoma became a state, wasn’t anxious to host the storm she was bringing and she was asked to stay away. Yet in 1904, she established headquarters in Guthrie.

She planned to organize Prohibition Federation groups in every state and was starting there. Guthrie was still cool towards her, although most other Territory towns received her with some enthusiasm, none more than Shawnee. She had made a believer of Lou Allard, the publisher of The Shawnee News. He invited her to edit an issue of that paper and she quickly accepted. In the days preceding the special edition there were pictures and stories of Carry. It was planned for February 7, 1905, but was put off, according to rumors, because so much was inflammatory. She berated Shawnee officials for the jail’s poor condition and the citizenry for spitting on the sidewalks.

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Carry attempted to publish a temperance paper but her brand of politics was beginning to wear thin. Fewer were showing up at her speeches. She was even less popular when she objected to “animalization,” the athletic tendencies at the university at Norman.

She was highly criticized for writing a pamphlet containing “private talks to little boys.”

Newspapers began to come out against her personally and it became more difficult to rent halls for her speeches. She was chastised when she sold her property in Guthrie to some liquor dealers, something she said was strictly a business deal. She tried suing the local paper when it reported the details. She endured more judgements against her, more time in jail, and the loss of much of her original popularity.

Carry Nation had become a comic character in Oklahoma. She was still in Guthrie in late 1906 when the constitutional convention was held and prohibition was included. But the climate around her had become so hostile that she moved her publishing efforts to Washington D.C. She died in 1911 in Leavenworth, Kansas, virtually alone and penniless. But for a brief spell, she brought fame to Shawnee, Oklahoma Territory

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What’s true nationwide is also true in Oklahoma. The American “The best way to deal with Diabetes Association reports diabetes is to prevent it,” says that approximately 451,888 Dr. Patel. people in Oklahoma, or 14.3% of the population, have diabeTwo key ways to achieve a tes. healthy lifestyle is to eat a “November is National Diabetes healthy diet and get 30 minutes Awareness Month. It provides a of moderate to intense exercise daily. Not only does this help in wonderful opportunity to raise diabetes prevention, but also a awareness about diabetes and variety of associated health conhow you can prevent yourself ditions, such as cardiovascular from being a statistic and live disease. People who adhere to a healthier life,” says Dr. Amit a healthy lifestyle look and feel Patel, St. Anthony Shawnee better for longer than those who Physicians. are overweight and sedentary.

Diabetes is a disease in which It’s important to talk to your the pancreas does not produce primary care physician about enough insulin to regulate the special tools and programs that amount of sugar in the blood. will help prevent diabetes and With type 1 diabetes – which is other chronic diseases. If you more common in children and are overweight, talk to your docyoung adults – the pancreas tor about a plan that will help stops producing insulin. Type 2 you reduce your risk and stay diabetes – the more common healthy longer. type of diabetes – occurs when there is a relative lack of insulin To schedule an appointment and is often associated with with Dr. Patel, call 405-273obesity.

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November Arts Events Have crazy family issues? Be ready to laugh them off at OBU’s Theatre Department’s production of You Can’t Take It With You.” The play will run from November 3rd through the 13th. Tickets: http://www.okbu/theatre.

Support local schools while enjoying the work of local artists at Mabee Gerrer’s November exhibit, Artists 4 Learning: 2016 MGMoA Regional Art Exhibit, from November 5th-20th. Free admission will be given to those who bring a school supply to donate will be given free admission to the museum. More information: http://www.mgmoa.org.

Award winning poet, Scott Cairns, will be featured at OBU’s Fall Visiting Writers Program. He will do a poetry reading on Monday, November 7 and a masterclass on memoir on Tuesday, November 8th. Both programs will be at 7 p.m. in the Bailey Business Center. The events are free and open to the public.

Grammy nominated singer/songwriter John Hiatt will be at the Grand Casino on Thursday, November 10th at 8:00 p.m. For tickets: http://www.grandboxoffice.com/event?eventid=126.

Steinway artist, Marina Lomanoz, will be in concert on Thursday, November 10th at Oklahoma Baptist University. The recital will be in Yarborough Auditorium in Raley Chapel. The recital is free but the seating is limited.

Exit Laughing at Shawnee Little Theater as they present this adult comedy of how three women deal with the death of their bridge partner of 30 years. The shows will run from November 11-13th.

For tickets: http://www.shawneelittletheatre.com.

The entire family will enjoy St. Gregory’s University’s theater production of

James and the Giant Peach. This magical adventure will run from November 17th-20th. For performance times and advanced tickets: www.stgregorys.edu.

Everyone is invited to the Community Art Day: Water-Color resist at the Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art on November 12 from 1-4 p.m. Donna Merkt, MGMoA Curator of Education, will be presenting the program. All ages are welcome and no registration is necessary.

Check out the new art gallery, Studio 112 ½, on East Main Street. This month they will be displaying artwork by Leslie Waugh Dallam, Carla Waugh, Piper Gottfried, Jaxson Mowdy, Haley Bell, and owner Douglas G Gordon.

Artist William Malouf will be teaching Acrylic Painting after school on Tuesdays from November 14-December 20th. The classes will be held at the Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art and is for ages 7-18. Registration is required: www.mgmoa.org.

Kick-off the Christmas season at the annual community Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, November 18th during the Downtown Block Party. The ceremony will be held at Celebration of Life Park across from the Library on Main Street. The festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with musical entertainment provided by Shawnee elementary schools. While you are there, stop in and visit the downtown businesses and galleries that are open for the event.

Don’t miss the annual holiday tradition of Hanging of the Green at OBU. This year’s program will feature the College of Fine Arts combined choirs and voice faculty singing the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 3rd. The program is in Raley Chapel and is free and open to the public.

Thresa Swadley is a freelance cellist/teacher who has been active in the Shawnee Arts Community for almost 20 years. She is a member of the OBU/ Shawnee Community Orchestra and plays in Trio Antiqua, a baroque music trio. Please contact her if you know of an upcoming arts event. Visit http://www. celloladyok.com.

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