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Increasing the Health Span by ROBBIE McCOMMAS
“Simply put, biohacking is the art and science of changing the environment around you and inside you so you have more control over your own biology.” ~Dave Asprey, author of Super Human. “Biohacking is a real thing,” says Dr. Rita L. Goad PhD. “It boils down to the question, does what you’re doing make you weaker or stronger?” Rita is a graduated home school mom of four from Edmond who has been passionate about her own family’s health. She has spent years of research to help keep her family healthy. And, luckily for The Corridor readers and for other families along the way, she has been willing to share her knowledge. “After the birth of our third child in 1995, I learned that it matters what we put on our skin, what we clean with, and what we eat,” says Rita. “At that time, we moved all the toxic products out of our house. From that point on, as a family of six, we have not been to the doctor for an illness in 24 years. Eating things straight from the farm has also made a huge difference in this journey!” Rita informed that she removed anything that contained toxic chemicals including personal care and cleaning products. She said she previously assumed if it was on the store shelf it was safe, but her research proved differently. Rita credits the book Home Safe Home, by Debra Lynn Dadd, as being her first real eyeopener to the results of living with toxins in our homes. Additionally, the family focused on not eating processed foods. They purchase local and organic foods whenever possible. “Before that, we were going to the doctor as much as any other family for ear infections etc,” she added. 6 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020
“Making these simple adjustments totally changed our health. Plus, this saved a lot of money and agony.’ Rita, what are some general practices for keeping a body healthy? “I’m all about natural health. In fact, I don’t believe there is anything but natural health,” she began. “I define natural health simply as ‘being healthy naturally,’ which is true health. Some people seek health through synthetic methods hoping to feel better, hoping to be healthy, but you’ll never find real health there. I think the society we live in as a whole is becoming more open to the reality that we do find health by simplifying and getting back to more natural options. “Simplifying what we eat, going back to created nature in a sense,” she explained. “Whether we’re talking about what we eat, or products, or chemicals on our yards and gardens, or avoiding medications. People, for many years have been on a path of accepting more and more synthetics into our life which has wrecked havoc on health in general. “I believe that scripture tells us our days are numbered, but its highly up to us how healthy we will be for that life span. I think God sets our life span and what we do sets our health span (how long we’re healthy.) Our goal is for our health span and our life span to be equal, because, we want to die healthy. We have been convinced that we are all destined to die sick, un-
less death is the result of an accident. Getting old and unhealthy is the result of how we live, not a result of old age. “The key is to decrease the things that make us weak and increase the things that make us strong. To hack our health by doing everything to be the healthiest we can for the longest that we can. “The beginning of the year is challenging, the majority of people will say ‘this is the year that I’m going to get healthy’. They start out really strong, and by January 5th, most have already blown it and they give up for the rest of the year. I love the idea of new beginnings with each new year, but it’s also a cycle of failure in the first few days of January. “Instead of setting goals to get in a weight loss group, we should think of the health span for the long term and make choices daily. It’s new every morning, not new every January 1st. His mercies are new every morning, His promises are new every morning, our opportunity to make choices are new every morning. And everyday, with every choice, we have to evaluate, ’does this choice make me weaker or stronger?’ The more choices we make to get rid of the things that make us weaker, and incorporate the things that make us stronger, the longer our health span will be. “Of course, I’m speaking in generalities because there are sometimes unavoidable things that happen to
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LUKE FORTNEY of the BRISTOW PIRATES by JOSH HARRINGTON
Apex predators are often the most feared in their habitat and often dominate their surroundings. This domineering spirit courses through their arteries and veins in times of competition. There are some men who exemplify this competitive spirit better than others. The distinctive odor of the wrestling room in the North Wing of the Chuck West Field House comforts Bristow High School student Luke Fortney. He is akin to the King of the Jungle returning to his pride grounds. Appropriately, a masterfully crafted inking on his inner arm portrays a lion bearing a tattered, but emboldened mane and striking blue eyes. The spongy feel of the mat under his feet is his savanna, as he surveys and scans through microsecond decisions that will ultimately dictate whose hand will be raised after the final buzzer. Luke lives wrestling, and it would be appropriate that a most gritty, unforgiving sport is life for gritty Luke Fortney of Bristow. Between juggling courses at the Central Technology Center in neighboring Drumright, and working at RCS Electric where he shadows his father, Luke somehow finds time to wrap himself in his athletic prowess. Just finishing his senior season to cap off a four year stint starting at left guard, tight end, and middle linebacker for the Bristow Pirates football, as well as carrying the third bag for our varsity golf team in the spring, Luke is far from specializing in only one sport. When football season ends and the sports start to move indoors, Luke can be found rolling, sparring, grappling and mastering his 10 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020
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craft with the likes of Head Wrestling Coach and UCO Wrestling Alumnus, Howard Moore, and his right-hand men Coach Shaun Roebuck and Coach Chance Batey. Not many can claim an undefeated, state-championship junior season in a 220-lb division teeming with talent, and Coach Moore would agree. Coach Moore went on the record stating, “He has a great shot to repeat as a champion in that 220-lb weight class and hold onto that undefeated streak this season; he’s already off to a record start, and he’s wiping the floor with his competition, literally! In all seriousness, though, we’re super proud of him for coming out as such a leader, and we hope his success carries over into the rest of the program.” Our Bristow is a community brimming with athletic talent: we have a storied football tradition, chalking up numerous district titles and claiming three state championships in ‘75, ‘76, and ‘85. We have emerged as a track and field powerhouse, touting three state titles in six years, and they will be seeking a fourth this upcoming spring. We blaze our own path in sending our athletes to universities for sports ranging from basketball to cross country, and everything in between. Luke is Purple Pirate Pride and is smart regarding the mechanics of his sports. To have athletic prowess is something God-given and to be desired, but to discipline yourself to have the charisma to lead, the humility to learn, and the spirit to win is to truly fight the better fight. Good luck, Luke! Take State! n
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Thank a Coach! by JOSH HARRINGTON
To grow up in a state so unabashedly surrounded by football and the culture that accompanies it is a blessing and a curse. The blessing lies in the fact that you get to spend six years playing for your local school, where you and your team pour hours upon hours into blazing hot or freezing cold practices, diligent film studies, and the culmination of all that effort under the Friday Night Lights in front of your community. The curse lies in the fact that after the last time you step off that gridiron grass, most people, including myself, are done, never to tie our cleats again in competition. Some guys forget their love for the game; others spectate with the same fervor with which they played. However, a special, undervalued few go to college, and out of countless degrees and opportunities, elect to major in education and serve a community whose young men are ever in need of strong, healthy, masculine guidance. In all the football coaches I had at Bristow through the years (shoutout and much love to Jake Avery, Chance Batey, Bob Campo, Chris Cole, Freddie and Scott Hall, Howard Moore, Dustin Penn, Shay Rackley, and Shaun Roebuck) I cannot express my joy and gratitude to have been able to spend time under their shadow. But to discount the effect that Head Coach Brett Jones had on me as both a man and a player would be to discount the efforts he put into rebuilding our program. His coaching career has been marked by his time as the skipper, coaching smaller schools near his hometown of Broken Bow, and will foreseeably continue to serve Bristow for years to come. Coach Jones set the foundation on the Bible excerpt from Philippi-
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ans 2:2-4, which encourages us to do nothing from selfishness but in humility to look at others as more important than ourselves. This not only introduced me to my love and passion for the game, but influenced many on our quest for salvation through Christ. Coach Jones recounted that his most rewarding experiences are his chances to foster growth and to see young men grow into men of character, all while facilitating a nurturing, yet structured and disciplined environment; he continued that his most humbling experiences as a coach were never scoreboard results. He rather insists that disciplining players on or off the field for conduct and the recoil when players fall out of the program are factors that, as a coach, you can’t take personally, even though time and love is invested into that player so wholeheartedly. He reflected that his father, who was the Head Coach of the Broken Bow Savages for many years, was his first and foremost influence in his development as a coach. He also credits Lou Holt of Notre Dame and Dabo Swinney of Clemson as his mentors, amongst many others. To envision a world without men of sheer conviction like Brett Jones is to envision a world where chaos reigns. I encourage you to find your local Head Football Coach or a member of any coaching staff and thank him or her. Thank them for cultivating participants of honor on your community’s behalf. Thank them for devoting time away from their families to honor the kids on the court or field. Most of all, thank them for carrying on the tradition and protecting the family.
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There is some disagreement about who coined the phrase, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Being a pastor, I have to point to the Hebrew Bible in Proverbs 17:22 where the writer says, “A cheerful heart is a good medicine but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.” But to whatever source we attribute the phrase, “Laughter is the best medicine,” we have to admit that medical science values positive laughter as a healthy activity. A variety of research asserts that laughter is a natural pain killer. When we laugh, the brain releases “happy” brain chemicals (endorphins) which can help us manage discomfort and stress. Many doctors will point out that good hearty laughter is great for the human heart and can boost the immune system. A good belly laugh exercises our abdominal muscles and can help lower blood pressure. Laughter is good medicine for folks who are struggling with depression. (There’s an abundance of literature on the topic. I recommend two books: 1) Robert R. Provine, Laughter: a Scientific Investigation; and 2) Robert Darden, Jesus Laughed: the Redemptive Power of Humor.) Even though religious folks are sometimes characterized as doughty and not having a good sense of humor, the Hebrew Bible refers to the God of the Old Testament as being a god who laughs. Psalm 2:4, “He who sits in the heavens laughs…” And in the Greek New Testament 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 records an 20 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020
early Easter hymn that laughs at death and darkness: “Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” In the Greek Orthodox Church, many churches set aside the day after Easter for 24 hours of non-stop humor, comedy, joking and laughter in celebration of God’s big joke on death and evil in Christ’s resurrection. I love that the Hebrew Bible is filled with funny stories. One of my favorite scenes is described in hilarious detail in Genesis 31:14-42. In this tale, in the dead of night, Jacob and his family escape from his fatherin-law Laban. Laban, we remember, tricked Jacob into staying to serve him for years in return for the hand of his two daughters in marriage. As they are leaving, Jacob’s wife, Rachel, steals her father’s household gods/ idols. When Laban discovers them missing, he takes a retinue of fighting men and confronts Jacob with the theft. Jacob swears that the person who stole the idols will be put to death. However, Rachel is sitting on top of the stolen goods under her saddle. Her father Laban wants to give her a hug, but she tells him that she’s having her time of the month. So Laban leaves her alone. Jacob and Laban part friends, and the God of heaven and earth is having a jolly laugh. Laughter and being able to laugh at ourselves is one of the most healthy disciplines we can ever develop.
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When was the last time you had a really good laugh? If you cannot answer that within a recent time frame, then it’s been too long. It is said laughter is the best medicine. But is it really? Scientifically, there is a multitude of evidence that prove the validity of this statement. The bottom line is that laughing is medically beneficial. For instance, laughter reduces pain, increases job performance and connects people emotionally. Laughter strengthens your immune system. Medical studies have proven as the immune system is boosted, pleasure inducing neurochemicals in the brain called endorphins are released. These endorphins produce a natural calming effect and reduce physical and mental pain. Laughter combats anxiety and depression, thus protecting you from the damaging effects of stress. Studies show laughter is able to achieve these outward positive effects by increasing the flow of 32 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020
oxygen to the heart and brain. During a laugh, respiration rate, heart rate and blood pressure temporarily rise. This causes oxygen to surge through the bloodstream that then results in the natural lowering of blood pressure. Thus, improving the function of blood vessels which, ultimately, can help protect against a heart attack and many cardiovascular problems.
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UT-OH! ACCIDENT PRONE...JOE’S TOP TEN LIST OF
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Back in 1978 like everyone else, I had fairly long hair. I was running a printing press in Tulsa and discovered I needed to adjust a form roller to make the print quality better. As I stupidly leaned down into the press the rollers jerked out a huge lock of my hair. Result: embarrassing and painful but no treatment. During the summer of 1967 my friend Bobby Bohannon invited Larry English and me to his family reunion at Heyburn Lake. My cousin Vicky Butcher came along, also. Unknowingly, the lakes maintenance crew had cut out small willow trees leaving sharp stubs hidden under the water in the swimming area. With Bobby on Larry’s shoulders and Vicky on my shoulders we begin trying to push the other team over. Of course I stepped on a willow tree stub. Result: Five stitches, a tetanus shot, and a very sore foot. After surgery on my shoulder in August of 2007 I had my arm in a sling and decided to go get a sandwich for lunch. After receiving my drink cup, I was getting ice when I slipped on some water and landed flat on my back. Lying on the floor in pain, I opened my eyes to see a dozen people standing over me asking if they could help. I said, “Don’t touch me. I just had surgery. Result: Lots of embarrassment. Again in 1967, I was working for Allied Refinery in what was called the Drum Shed. We laid wooden skids on the floor of a huge area and perfectly placed cardboard tubes with a steel bottom on the skids. As I arrived for work one Monday morning my supervisor Keith Ethridge said, “Joe, one of our operators is on vacation and the other one called in sick. I need you to pour the three hundred degree asphalt into the tubes. I slipped on heavy gloves, very loose overalls, and told my helper
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In July of 2000 I left the city life and returned to the farm. My son Brian and I were anxious to set out a trot line in the pond beside the house. The next morning when we went to check our hooks our boat was full of water from a big rain that night. When I reached into the water to pull the plug, a fishing hook went deep into my finger. We tried everything to get the hook out from dissecting it with a razor blade to yanking it out with a pair of pliers. Result: No stitches, just a tetanus shot. While working at the newspaper in Tulsa in 1979, I was stripping halftone negatives into line negatives. With my thumb on a metal ruler and with a slip of the xacto knife I cut off a corner of my thumb. It would not stop bleeding so other employees wrapped it very tightly with gauze. So far so good! The real problem happened that night at home when I removed the gauze. It started bleeding again and of course would not stop. My now ex-wife said, “There is something white and powdery that coagulates blood, I believe it is salt”. So I said “Go ahead pour it on; we must stop the bleeding”. You talk about pain! We later found out it was sugar not salt. Result: Divorce You may have heard this story before, because it has been told around the world. I was simply helping my brotherin-law feed his goats by throwing a bale of hay in their pen. As I pulled off the wire, Buddy the dog started chasing Billy the goat which lassoed himself with the bailing wire. I was jerked to the ground. Talk about a freak accident. Result: Four stitches in my little finger, rotary cuff surgery on my shoulder, and a destroyed golf average. You will have to put yourself in my shoes to really feel the blunt of this one. Imagine driving down a busy one way street in downtown Oklahoma City when everything turns black. No’ I did not pass out. The largest oak tree in Oklahoma fully leafed out fell and engulfed my pickup. The odds of winning the lottery or being struck by lightning two times is greater than a tree falling in the street at the very second you pass it. A friend said, “God must be talking to you”. Result: Dents and scratches in my pickup, and wetting my pants.
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1967 was a great year, the year I graduated from high school; however, this is my third accident of the summer. We go back to the Drum Shed at Allied Refinery. Again my supervisor Keith Ethridge says, “Joe, go over there out of the way and take apart that scaffold we stack the tubes of roofing asphalt on. Here use this hammer.” Two minutes into the job I am swinging the hammer upward instead of downward when I hit myself squarely between the eyes, and knock myself out cold. Several people rush to my rescue as blood is squirting out. Without a doubt this must be the dumbest thing a person could do. Result: A ride to the doctor’s office with a splitting headache where they administer three stitches and prescribe a “smart pill.”
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ALZHEIMER’S and the Benefits of Exercise by ANDREA BYERS MOTR/L, PAMS, MLD-CDT
The Alzheimer’s Association recently said that roughly 400,000 Americans who are living with Alzheimer’s were diagnosed with the condition before the age of 65. Yes, there are a growing number of individuals in their 20s caring for parents with Alzheimer’s. Studies have shown that exercise could delay the onset of the condition in at-risk individuals. Exercise has been shown to heal and manage the symptoms of Parkinson’s and stroke as well. Multiple observational studies have also reported similar results. In a study conducted among 6000 women aged 65 and above, over an eight-year span, researchers found that the likelihood of mental decline for the physically active research subjects was substantially less than that of their inactive counterparts. University of Chicago’s study (covered by ABC News) on mice also revealed findings along similar lines. The goal was to assess the build-up of plaque in the brain, which is seen in those with Alzheimer’s disease. Basically, plaques are abnormal
protein clusters that develop between the nerve cells, causing loss of tissue and death of cells. The mice were divided into two groups – one was allowed to move about and exercise freely, while the other group was
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restricted. At the end of the trial period, it was observed that there was up to 80 per cent less plaque in the brains of physically active mice. Researchers say that as a result of physical activity, more of the essential plaque-preventing
enzymes are released in the brain. Regular physical exercise may be a beneficial strategy to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia. Exercise may directly benefit brain cells by increasing blood and oxygen flow in the brain Because of its known cardiovascular benefits, a medically approved exercise program is a valuable part of any overall wellness plan. Physical exercise that benefits the brain through oxygen transport and increased blood flow is important but just as important is exercising our brain function to emphasize memory, reasoning and the speed at which we process information. There appears to be a consistent link between brain training and a decreased risk of mental decline. Some studies have shown brain training can have long-lasting positive effects. That was seen, for example, in a study called ACTIVE -- the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly study. The study involved 2,802 adults aged 65 and older. Participants attended up to 10 brain-training sessions over a 5to 6-week period. The sessions included training in strategies for: • Memory • Reasoning • Speed of processing information People who took the training showed improvements in those areas that lasted for at least 5 years. This translated into improvements in their everyday lives, such as the ability to manage money and do housework. A study published in 2010 outlined prevention of Alzheimer’s through brain training activities. It found that staying mentally active delayed cognitive (thinking) decline. After onset of Alzheimer’s, how-
ever, mental decline sped up in people who were mentally active. How could this be true? It’s possible that being cognitively active initially bolstered the brain, so symptoms didn’t show up until later in the disease process after it reached a kind of tipping point. People who are mentally active may spend a shorter part of their lives in a state of decline, even if they develop Alzheimer’s. Exercising the body is as important as exercising the mind. BE MINDFUL: Keep exercise diverse and challenging to the brain and body. Don’t perform the same activity every day. Some activities that may challenge the brain or provide brain exercises: • Lumosity www.lumosity. com • AARP Games.AARP.org • http://www.play braingames.com/ • Word Search or Cross word • http://www.proprofs.com/ games/ Current evidence suggests that heart-healthy eating may
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also help protect the brain. Heart-healthy eating includes limiting the intake of sugar and saturated fats and making sure to eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. No one diet is best. Two diets that have been studied and may be beneficial are the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet and the Mediterranean diet. The DASH diet emphasizes vegetables, fruits and fat-free or low-fat dairy products; includes whole grains, fish, poultry, beans, seeds, nuts, and vegetable oils; and limits sodium, sweets, sugary beverages, and red meats. A Mediterranean diet includes relatively little red meat and emphasizes whole grains, fruits and vegetables, fish and shellfish, and nuts, olive oil and other healthy fats. If you have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or know a friend of family member with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s you may consider integrating the brain exercises, physical activity and one of the diets listed above to assist in preventing or decreasing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. C
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It was officially official. Delilah and Eli were engaged. She had accepted his proposal with a smile and a kiss. And wishing not to be a buzz kill, she resisted pointing out that every man she had ever been engaged to, was now six feet under. It was the beginning of the first week of June. Damon was the only teenaged ranch hand remaining on the ranch. After Noah’s departure the previous week, Dylan decided to postpone employment until he was out of college, or thirty years old, which ever came first. Joel was in the stable mucking stalls and tending to horses. Dooby was diligently hammering away at the siding on the barn nearly complete. Damon was helping Delilah weed the vegetable garden. And Eli had gone to Cushing for supplies. “Whew,” Delilah said, straightening and wiping her forehead with the back of her hand. She looked to the sky and the position of the sun. “You hungry?” Delilah asked the young man. “It’s just about lunch time.” “Sure,” Damon said. Delilah plucked four tomatoes from a vine, and placed them in a small basket. She let out a long, loud whistle. Moments later Joel’s head popped out of a window in the stable, and Dooby hustled around the corner of the barn. “Lunch time,” Delilah hollered. In the kitchen, Delilah sliced tomatoes and placed them on a plate with lettuce and sliced red onion. “What’s for lunch?” Dooby asked as he came through the back door, with Joel and Damon hot on his heels. 44 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020
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“Bologna sandwiches,” Delilah replied. The guys lined up at the kitchen sink to wash their hands, and then took their seats at the banquette. Just as they had finished assembling their sandwiches, Eli came through the back door. “Hey! When was the last time you came in from the north?” Eli asked. “I always come in from Parkland Road,” Delilah said. “Me, too,” Dooby advised. “Why?” “Someone’s moved into that old house in the next mile section,” Eli said. Delilah and Dooby exchanged a look. “Is that significant?” Dooby asked. “Have you seen the house?” Eli countered. Delilah and Dooby shrugged and shook their heads. “Honestly, it could be condemned,” Eli said. “Think they’re squatters?” Dooby asked only slightly interested. “Should we call Charlie?” Delilah asked with a bit of alarm. “No!” Eli said with force. Charlie was the Lincoln County Sheriff. Charlie and Delilah got along famously, but Charlie and Eli did not. There had been a lifelong animosity between the two men which began in high school and culminated in Eli breaking the heart of Charlie’s sister, Brenda some years later. Though, in all fairness, Eli wasn’t solely responsible for Brenda’s broken heart. She had been terrorized by Nicole, another of
Eli’s exes, who was all kinds of crazy. And not the fun kind of crazy, but dangerous. “Just stay away from the place, and make sure everything’s locked up, and the gate is closed and locked when you leave,” Eli offered. Just stay away. Telling Delilah to stay away from something she was curious about was like waving the green flag at Daytona. And as much as she wanted to drive down to the old house right then and there, she managed to wait a day, but not without great effort. Claiming she needed to purchase groceries, which was not a total fabrication, she departed the ranch early that morning, taking care to head south to Parkland Road as she always had, just in case Eli was watching. Then she circled back around, one mile west, then two miles north, and then east and south to the house. Delilah inched her way down the poorly grated road; a quarter of a mile, a half mile, checking the east and west sides of the road. The brush and over growth were dense and covered with dust. Just as she thought she’d somehow missed it, she saw on the west side of the road, a narrow opening in the scrub with what apparently was a driveway at one time. She slammed on the brakes and proceeded at a glacial pace, straining to glimpse what lay beyond the excessive growth.
And there it was. An old wooden, two-story house, void of any paint, windows without glass, and crumbling brick foundation, practically consumed by fully matured trees and saplings and various brambles. It was dark and eerie. Delilah quickly scanned the roadside for electric line, but found none, not that she expected to see evidence that the place possessed any modern conveniences. Utterly absorbed in being a nosey neighbor, she was unaware she had come to a complete stop. What was that hanging between those two trees? Oh, clothes on some sort of makeshift clothesline. And was that . . . was that a cat or raccoon or what, attached to that stump with a knife? She saw no vehicle, or other form of transportation, but it could have been behind the house. Just then, and old woman emerged from the dilapidated structure. She was rail thin and short, with wispy gray hair. Even from this distance, Delilah could see she was wrinkled and haggard. Delilah jumped when the woman looked in Delilah’s direction, but she didn’t appear to see her. Nonetheless, Delilah decided it might be time to make her way on down the road. She had just begun to accelerate when she caught sight of a young man, well, younger man, coming from a thicket of sand plum trees. He was tall, dark and hand-
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some, literally. What the old woman didn’t or couldn’t see, the young man did. Delilah punched the gas and slung gravel and dust in her wake. She looked in the rearview mirror after traveling about 100 yards, and saw the young man running out into the road. Delilah drove into Cushing and completed her shopping. She returned to the ranch, put away all the groceries, started a load of laundry, and skinned and boned the chicken she had stewed the night before for chicken salad. All the while she was contemplating how she would find out who owned that property. She stopped a moment and went to the oak, roll-top desk in the living room. After rifling through a couple drawers she found the document with the legal description of the ranch. She scribbled it on a scrap piece of paper, and put the document away. Once in the kitchen, she went back to preparing lunch. by JOE GOOCH Dooby was the first to come through the back door. “Well?” he said with a twisted grin. “Did you check out the house before or after your trip to the grocery store?” No one knew Delilah as well as Dooby. “I’m surprised you didn’t go yesterday,” he continued with a chuckle. “I’m proud of you. You actually waited almost 24 hours.”
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Delilah perched fists on her hips and glared at Dooby. “I’m just sayin’” Dooby said. As Eli, Joel, and Damon marched in the house, Delilah put her index finger to her lips, and gave Dooby a look of forewarning. As the group ate lunch, Delilah nonchalantly announced that she had errands to run in Chandler. “Chandler?” Eli asked. “What’s in Chandler? Wait. You’re not going to report our new neighbors to the sheriff, are you?” “No!” Delilah exclaimed. It was true. Sort of. She was going to the court house, but not to report the strange new neighbors to Charlie. She was going to procure a copy of the deed for that property, and an hour later, she had it in her hot little hand. When she reached the ranch, she hustled to the living room to study her acquisition. As she made her way down the hall, she lost the grip on her keys, and they fell with a crash to the floor. The key ring, a pewter puff-heart, broke open and a tiny, metallic object tumbled out. Delilah had no idea what the object was. She bent closer to get a better look. Her hand was poised over the device, a mere inch from it. And then, as though a sign from above, she got a slight pang in her left shoulder. She had a sudden flash of the terrified look in Blaize’s
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Thomas Trapp / ‘Tequila’ Kim Reynolds I’d heard for years that Thomas Trapp was an outstanding bluegrass flatpicker. I finally met him a few years ago and everything I heard was absolutely correct. He’s also a good songwriter, and an avid fisherman/ hunter ‘mountain man to be admired’, according to fellow picker and man of many talents, Gene Collier. A few years ago Trapp moved to Stillwater and began shortly thereafter playing guitar as a regular with the Byron Berline Band in Guthrie. I recently listened to an old interview he did on the Red Dirt Nation Youtube channel a few years ago and it sparked more curiosity. After listening, I realized I’d never heard any of these things mentioned before in our brief, passing conversations. Then I understood it; he’s not one to generally name drop , brag or ‘ride on other people’s coat tails’ as he puts it. In the aforementioned interview I learned the following: His family was rooted in the Ozarks. He likened his family tree to those old timey Appalachian mountain family musicians who wandered the hills making music everywhere they went. He has a long history in and around Tahlequah down in Cherokee County. His grandpa Louis, he said, was the first in the family to earn real money performing. He played all the old first line country music/honky tonk staples from Hank Williams to Hank Snow and many in between. His father told him that when he was growing up he was dragged to every barn dance, bluegrass party, and neighborhood pickin’ circles within a three or four state area. Thomas said that as a child he went through much that same indoctrination himself. This was an era when 50 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / JANUARY 2020
country folks getting together at every opportunity to entertain one another, was still prevalent. His father, Bobby, introduced him to a lot of music and made it readily available to him. But he never pressed him hard to take it up. He let him find his own way, and that seems to have worked out just fine. His father bought him a guitar when he was about 11 and he played it a little. But when a neighborhood kid got a guitar and began to learn to play, his competitive instincts kicked in. He began to play more seriously. He played all kinds of music: rock and roll, blues, Nirvana, Collective Soul and even hip hop! One day he found a bag of progressive bluegrass tapes his father had made...progressive bluegrass and jazz. After hearing those was when he decided he wanted to be a flat picker. But he never stopped adding his own style of pickin’ into everything he played.
He said that his goal is to incorporate his flavor of playing into other genres while absorbing other genres into his own. ‘I enjoy all aspects of music, I really do,‘ he said firmly. Many years ago Max Boydston, a family friend, who had played with Vince Gill in the group ‘Mountain Smoke’, introduced his dad to Vince and they played a few shows together and became friends. Later, when Thomas was 18 or 19 he was at a guitar seminar in Maryville, Tennessee, when he got a phone call from Vince Gill asking him to come hang out in Nashville for a while. He was shocked but soon got over it. He got the grand Nashville tour and got to hang out at the Ryman Auditorium and sit in with VInce and his band on the Grand Ole Opry. Trapp’s long association with Tahlequah and the Illinois river led to eventually crossing paths with RC Edwards and Evan Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours. This led to friendship and sharing the stage with them on numerous occasions. According to the Byron Berline band bio page, I found that Thomas is a graduate of Northeastern State University with a degree in Business Administration. And in 2008 he won the Oklahoma State flatpicking competition, just as his father Bobby had done a few years before. He’s a fine picker and if you get the chance to hear him don’t miss it! Kim Reynolds (Tequila Kim as she’s better known), was born in Okmulgee, later moved to Henryetta then to Bixby, and ended up in Stillwater where her parents took their teaching positions in the Stillwater public school system: Her mother as a 5th grade teacher, and her dad as an elementary principal. She’s a singer/songwriter whose voice is loud and earthy and can handle country, blues, pop, ballads and honky tonk as easily as a hot knife cuts Philadelphia cream cheese. She credits her mother for inspiring her to sing by always singing along with her as she was growing up. Her father took her to many live concerts back then and that was when she became enamoured with the give and take from the stage, the interaction between the bands and their audiences. A couple of the acts she remembers were the Red Dirt Rangers and Mike and the Moonpies, whose bus camped out in their family lawn at her father’s request following a concert at Tumbleweeds in Stillwater. The Rangers are now friends of hers and she feels she’s come full circle. And still circling it seems. She says she’s been writing since she learned to read. Stories and song lyrics. But it was only 8 years ago when she took up the ukulele as an instrument. She considered mandolin for a while but settled on the uke when it seemed like a better choice for her. “I didn’t want to be just another girl with a guitar’, she says. And she certainly is not. She’s a girl who plays the uke, mandolin and guitar!
As well as performing she’s worked as bartender at George’s Stables in Stillwater for a few years. She said, “It’s been a good run. I love people, interacting with people, being a kind face to strangers, hearing their stories and trying to be a light in the dark.” She’s performed there on occasion as well as hosted George’s stage during the Red Dirt Gypsy Cafe festival held in Stillwater each spring. But she says it’s time to move on. So she’s ‘taking a leap in the dark’. But with three college degrees under her belt and all that experience behind her, I’m sure she’ll soon be aimed toward the light. She is preparing for a recording project with at least 25 original compositions to choose from. She and Thomas performed together last summer at the Medicine Stone Festival on the Illinois River. She also performed on the main stage at Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, Kansas this year with Barry ‘Bones’ Patton. She has performed and hosted at the Red DIrt Bob Childers’ Gypsy Cafe in Stillwater the last couple of years, and also performed at Muskogee’s inaugural GFest. She and Thomas are scheduled to play the Trapp Family Christmas show at Dewain’s Place in Tahlequah on Dec, 27th. They have a daughter, Josephine, who is 7. And she’s a delightful bundle of energy who’s always singing and exploring. She hasn’t taken up an instrument yet. But time will tell. What will 2020 hold in store for this talented couple? I’m anxious to find out! You can google them for video clips or follow them here: www.facebook.com/TequilaKimRocks/ www.facebook.com/thomas.trapp2 You can follow the Byron Berline Band here: https://www.facebook.com/byronberlineband/
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