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Yes, I made a move last October. However, I lived in my previous house for 14 years. I don’t move around much but understand that moves are sometimes inevitable and complicated. However, this chore becomes very simple and easy with your local real-estate agent! Since most of us seldom move, we need help and advice from a professional.
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Myself, I’m just an old printer/publisher, not a realtor. Therefore, allow me to introduce to you my May Real Estate Guide. I am proud of this issue packed with information and advice from professionals. If you are buying or selling a home, please read, because you will be surprised what you need to know about this process.
Since this is the month of May, school will be out soon. The kids will be looking for something to do and you will be planning your vacation. Don’t take off until you read the June issue which is always packed full of things to do along The Corridor. Let me help you plan your summer vacation. I leave you until next month.
I was watching Lionel Richie on American Idol. He said to a contestant, “Isn’t it wonderful being DIFFERENT?” It hit me like a ton of bricks. Is he talking about The Corridor Magazine? I’m not saying it’s a fantastic and great magazine; but it is DIFFERENT! Its not about one city but twenty-three. It’s not about sadness, sorrow, and grief, but brings feel good stories to thousands of readers along The Corridor between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. It was named simply due to a gentleman calling the area between Tulsa and Oklahoma City the cowboy and Indian corridor.
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A Rural Lifestyle Close to Big Cities “A farm is more than land and crops. It is a family’s heritage and future.” PHOTOS by ROBBIE McCOMMAS
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This 40 acres was claimed by Millard F. Davis in the 1902 Land Run and remained in the family for 74 years.
by ROBBIE McCOMMAS “Central Oklahoma is a special place because people can enjoy a rural lifestyle close to big cities,” says United Country Real Estate Associate Broker Brian Bendele. “We are in the heart of the state close to Shawnee, Oklahoma City, Stillwater and Tulsa.” Historians once penned, “The shared experiences of Oklahoma’s people over time speak of optimism, innovation, perseverance, entrepreneurialism, common sense, collective courage and simple decency— Oklahoma: A History by David Baird and Danney Goble 2011. “In central Oklahoma we’re not like the ‘farm belts’ driven by agriculture,” says United Country Real Estate Broker/Owner Mike Bendele. “People make their livings outside their property and use their farms and ranches to aid their finances.” Rural land history. With 40 years experience,
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“We’ve seen people paying cash for farms,” stated Brian. “Instead of the stock market, people find land is a safe investment. In addition, we’re also seeing families holding on to their farms. Tax implications make it favorable for families to deed properties to their children. All of these factors result in less acreages available for sale.” “We have seen shifts and fluctuations in the economy,” Mike informed. “Currently, though oil prices are down, industry in Oklahoma is stabilized and real estate hasn’t been affected.”
“In 1978, people were retiring at younger ages with great retirement plans,” said Mike. “They came from all over the United States to Oklahoma interested in land. Some were raised on a farm and desired to come back, others had relatives that had farms they visited as a kid. We’ve seen people whose descendants left during the dust bowl and they longed to return to their roots and began farming and raising livestock.” “Eventually, these folks died off, or moved back to town,” Mike continued. “Then a change occurred, the oil bust or recession hit in 1984-1985. Now, retiring folks were working longer and were less apt to move to rural areas. The buyers for land changed. People were also tired of working to pay for the farms. 6 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / MAY 2019
“In the late 1990s, the oil prices started recovering,” says Mike. “At the same time, wildlife animals such as deer and turkey had greatly increased in the area triggering a catalyst for individuals and corporations to purchase land for hunting. The healthy economy relaxed the necessity of supplemental farm and ranch income, consequently, there were less horses and cows and more hunting.” “Recently, we’ve partnered with RealTree, a loyal hunter’s brand,” says Brian. “We’re seeing hunters opt to own their own recreational property instead of leasing. Owning their own property eliminates problems that arise in joint leases.”
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Recently, central Oklahoma residents have experienced several opportunities to own land and/or farms. Properties that have been owned by families for decades became available. The land owners opted for an auction as a way to market their land. United Country and Ball Auction Service joined together to offer these properties for sale. After weeks of advertising, the sale day did not disappoint. Many interested buyers were in attendance and the farms/land were sold to the highest bidder. You might ask, what is the current market? Well, that question is extremely variable. Grazing land has sold for over $3,000 per acre along The Corridor, hunting ground is marketed for around $2,000 per acre. Although location, availability, economy, condition of the land and its amenities are all factors, multiple people interested in the same piece is a driving force at an auction.
agri-tourism, people will continue to live, play and work on the Oklahoma land God blessed them with. Though, staking a claim is over, you CAN become the highest bidder. n
d Third Generation of the McCommas family piking wild flowers on acreage 116 years after the Land Run.
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purchase land, a buyer must come up with a percentage down either in cash or collateral. We spend time helping people understand regulations and the process of land loans.” “On farm ground or land, with, or without a house, BancFirst will loan 80 percent of the sale price or appraisal, whichever is less,” says BancFirst Chandler Branch Senior Vice President Teresa Harkins. “The interest rate is based on the individual’s credit score.”
Research on a 40 acre property north of Chandler at the county clerk’s office revealed the following: Starting from the land run of 1902, the event where people could stake a claim on land, Millard F. Davis obtained 159 acres (which included this particular 40 acres). From the land office at Guthrie, a document called a ‘Patent Record’ states homestead certificate number 5010. The document was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 21, 1902, giving Mr. Davis the land. Documents show the Davis family owned the land 74 years. Later, documents show Fredrick W. Lee bought the “40 acres” for $240 per acre, at auction, at the Lincoln County court house, on August 16, 1976. Documents also show the next land exchange occurred on July 31, 1998, when Jeff McCommas purchased the land from the Lee family for $675 per acre. From land run to date, the property has only been owned by three families. Whether recreation, ranching, farming, hunting, or
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CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
Of Securing Financing for Home Ownership by KENT MCVEY Broker Premier Realty LLC A person typically makes several significant purchases over their life time, among those buying a home or maybe several homes. Truly just like the smell of a new car the feeling of carrying that first piece of furniture over the threshold into a home that you have recently purchased is significant and memorable. Whether it is a fixer upper, a new home or a one hundred year old historic home it is an exciting event. This home will represent a place of safety, solitude, relaxation, and hopefully wonderful memories. This place will quite possibly be the meeting place for your family, and because of that fact your home becomes more than just an investment it becomes a special place to you. The question that you and many people have is how do I get there, and what is the path to crossing the threshold of home ownership. In the paragraphs following I will briefly outline to you the steps to secure financing on a home based on my opinion and my experience as a Real Estate professional for the previous 27 years. First and foremost begin with prequalification for a loan. By beginning with this step you alleviate the possibility of disappointing yourself, and others, and in many cases can increase your bargaining power with the seller. This is significantly important when making an offer on a popular property where there may be multiple offers from several different buyers. Choosing a reputable lender to deal with is monumental, after all, the terms and conditions of the loan could affect you financially for the next 30 years. When I am asked for recommendations for Lenders I typically suggest that you 10 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / MAY 2019
first contact the banking institution that you are currently using, after all, you are doing business with them now, and they are familiar with you and you with them, and hopefully you have a good working relationship together. Many Banks today have home loan origination departments that can assist you in securing a long-term fixed rate mortgage. However, if they do not have a long-term mortgage lending department then they can more than likely recommend someone to you. Several other sources for reliable recommendations could come from local Real Estate or Title Company offices. Most importantly in todays market the service and the capability of the lender to fulfill their obligations to fund the loan after committing to do so is of utmost importance to you. Carefully research your lender. Loan programs used in the market today include Conventional, FHA, V.A. and several forms of USDA Loans. With down payments which can be as little as three percent to nothing down dependent upon your qualifying ability. Which brings me to the point of qualifying for the loan? There are three main components to qualifying for a loan; credit score, income, and the property being purchased. In today’s lending market your credit score means everything, it is for the most part, your reputation to pay. This is really no different than borrowing money from your local banker thirty years ago in that the banker made the loan in part based on their knowledge and trust in you. For anyone who is considering buying a home in the near future I would encourage them to go online and take advantage of one of the free credit report
offers. It is no big surprise that mistakes sometimes occur or perhaps a creditor failed to acknowledge that you paid off an account or even more common you might find a loose unpaid medical expense that you may have never known about. All of these can be discovered and corrected, but it is no quick process and it may take as long as ninety to one hundred twenty days for a repair to show up on a new credit report. So be aware of the contents of your credit report. The second component of qualifying is your income. Lenders are looking for a steady reliable source of income which can be documented. Bonuses, overtime and other stipends must consistently occur in your income to be counted. Lenders are also considering your debt to income ratio. This ratio is derived from your gross monthly income before taxes and your total consumer reoccurring debt (car payments, credit card debt, etc) but not utility cost, phone bills etc. This ratio assists the lender in determining the amount of monthly payment you can afford and ultimately the price range of the home. The set ratio used for FHA, VA., and Rural development loans is 41%, and conventional loans are 36%. Here is an example of how the ratio works with an FHA Loan. If your gross monthly income before taxes is $3,000 then multiply that times 41% which equals $1,230? Subtract your car payment $390 and monthly credit minimum credit card payments $90 from the $1230 which equals $750. You have now identified that you can income qualify for a house payment including taxes and insurance of $750 per month. If the approximate cost of homeowners insurance and property taxes is $100 per month then you now have $650 per month available to pay toward the principle and interest of your mortgage. Using an amortization schedule based on a 30-year loan with a fixed interest rate of 4.5% you can determine that you may purchase a home with a sales price of $128,250. Please keep in mind the value fluctuates with the change in interest rate. Another ratio which is considered in the process is the ratio of payment to income which considers that only 29% of your gross monthly income can be used for the mortgage payment with taxes and insurance included. Please note these ratios are not set in stone and can be adjusted based on other criteria such high credit score, excess down payment, etc, but they are key factors in determining your loan qualification. Finally the last key component in loan qualification is the collateral or rather the home you are purchasing. Of course you the buyer have already determined if the home meets
your criteria for price and level of condition, but it must also meet the lenders requirements for the same. For many years the broad requirement for condition included the three S’s; safe, sound, and sanitary and for the most part that still remains true today. In terms of appraised value, sales of similar properties within the previous 12 months and nearby proximity play one of the key roles in determining the value of the property being financed. In a routine loan, Lenders will only loan based on the sales price or appraised value whichever is less. The Appraiser determines the value of the property as well as if it meets the guidelines for condition. With regulations that are in place today there is very little input that the Buyer or the Lender have with the Appraiser. The Appraiser is randomly selected from the lenders pool of approved Appraisers. From this point the Appraiser schedules an appointment to view the property, and during that visit the Appraiser will measure, photograph and take notes about the property. The Appraiser will then research area sales and the local market and compile all of the data and complete the report and return it to the lender. In addition to the Appraisal of the collateral the other important step that occurs includes determining good and marketable title of the property. At some point during the process the lender or your Realtor ordered title work from the Title Company which means the abstract is brought to date and then reviewed by an Attorney, and a commitment of title and requirements for closing are given. If there are Title encumbrances then the Listing Realtor, Seller and the Title company will work together to satisfy those requirements. The last step to crossing the threshold of financing is underwriting. Here the underwriter for the lender reviews all the documents of all the preceding steps and concludes if the criteria for the loan are met. The loan is approved or denied, if approved documents are sent to the Title Closing office and a closing time is set with the Buyer and the Seller. At the closing the Buyer signs the note and mortgage and various other lender required documents and the Seller signs the deed and other required documents and the transaction is closed. This all may sound very simple, but truly this article is a very abridged version of what truly takes place. There have been volumes of books written on all aspects of financing residential Real Estate, but the real key is selecting a reputable lender and soliciting the assistance of an experienced Realtor. Both of which will make home buying a pleasant experience.n THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / MAY 2019 11
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The Merry Month of May! by MICHELLE BROWN
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The establishment of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Ann Jarvis had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. Later, Ann created what she called Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother and set aside a day to recognize all mothers because she believed a mother is “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world.” In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating the second Sunday of May as Mother’s Day, making it a national holiday. This May 12, 2019, celebrate with your mother or someone who has filled a special “mom place” in your heart.
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May’s focus in The Corridor is real estate. Statistics show the best time to sell a home maximizing return and minimizing time on the market is May 1 to May 15. Even better news….homes sold in the first half of May sell six days faster and for approximately $1,600 more than the average listing! Wow! Whether you are the buyer or the seller now is the time to get busy making your deals. If you are in the market to buy or sell a home, land or commercial property, May is the month to make that happen!
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Graduation, convocation and commencement celebrations will be held all along The Corridor this month. Although May signifies the ending of a school year, it can be considered a new beginning. Whether it be a high school, vocational or college graduation, this exciting time is a rite of passage, marking a change from one stage in a person’s life to the next. Graduation celebrates many years of hard work and effort into one’s education and the start of a new career. This month, help our graduates along The Corridor to celebrate and to see where their future will take them!
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“OH, I’M toGLAD MY MAMA WAS WILLIN’ burn the midnight oil in prayer!” I love the image of motherhood portrayed in the Phillips, Craig and Dean song, “The Midnight Oil.” The song describes a mother of a large family who stays up late every night, kneeling by her rocking chair, praying to God for her children. The last line of the chorus is, “Oh, I’m glad my mama was willin’ to burn the midnight oil in prayer!” This Mother’s Day I get to celebrate two mothers in my family’s life. My wife Connee is one of those faith-filled grandmothers, who spends a lot of time on her knees in prayer. She prays for each of her three children (all now adults). How many nights have I awakened far past midnight to find her thinking and praying for Israel, Jordan and Bethany? And now that we have three grandchildren, Connee lifts them in prayer as well. I’m glad we have a grandma who is “willin’ to burn the midnight oil
in prayer.” In the “The Midnight Oil” the son celebrates that he now has taken up the family tradition he learned from his mother. And he hopes that when his own little boy grows up and has a family of his own, he’ll “pass the legacy on.” I now get to watch my once little girl, Izzy, parent her own kids. She parents very different than her mother and I did. She much stricter and stern, but the family legacy is intact. She’s now the mom who’s up early and who stays up late to lift her children up to God in prayer. She’s a great mom. This mother’s Day, we’ll shower the matrons of our families with flowers, gifts and special dinners, but the greatest gift of all would be to honor these wonderful women’s legacy of faith and prayer. I’m glad the moms in my life are “willin’ to burn the midnight oil in prayer.” n
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Revive Us Again REPRINTED FROM MAY 2010 by the late DANNY BELTZ
I am not sure how a person can understand how life was back in the 1940’s and 1950’s without having been there, but I wish I could paint a picture in words so that today’s generation could understand how safe and secure we felt after we won the war, and of the wholesome way we lived, so that we could perhaps bring back some of the better things. These days were before television was available to any but the wealthy, and cars were slow enough and roads were bad enough that trips out of town were rare. You had to make your own entertainment.
to study and help foreign missions, and other related activities. Men also had numerous activities and took care of repair and maintenance of church and parsonage. Church members were so committed that there were no problems finding teachers, pianists, organists, and choir members; such a rare thing today.
One of the important things was the church. It had an importance that is lost today, and your life was literally planned around the church. There were worship services on Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening. Sunday school and youth groups were for kids, and women had circles (I am not sure at all what they did), societies of Christian service, missionary societies
I have lots of memories of those days. Kids can come up with such unique ideas about what they hear and then ask questions that leave a teacher or parent speechless.
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I remember Mrs. Helen Watson, a beloved Sunday school teacher, who when we were small tots was telling us about Lot, his wife, and the destruction of Sodom. She told us that the Lord told Lot to take his wife and children and flee from the city, but not to look back...that Lot’s wife did look back and she was changed to a pillar of salt. Jim Waller asked her, “What happened to the Sea?” A Chandler friend of mine told me that when her son was small he had gone to church while she was home ill. She asked him what had happened and he told her that they had sung a song about a constipated cross-eyed bear. It took some time but she finally learned that the hymn was “The Consecrated Cross I Bare.” One youngster told his mom that he heard a sermon which taught “Buck up and you’ll get the quilt.” Her inquiries met with puzzlement until someone recalled the text was, “Be of good cheer for the comforter cometh.” I have always been a Methodist and when I was preschool age we had an elderly pastor, Argul Hamilton Sr., who held a children’s church at the back of the sanctuary sitting in one of those big ornate gothic style chairs that churches used to have. The chair was very throne like and we kids believed that the ancient man on throne telling us about Jesus was God. It was hard to convince us otherwise.
The big summer event for each Church was the revival. Every church had one which was usually a week long and almost always with an important imported evangelist. He could point out our faults and not have to face us every day for the rest of the year like resident pastors. Since it was summer and before air-conditioning, the church would erect a big tent or the men would build a brush arbor for the meeting. The heat made being inside in a crowd very uncomfortable, and in a tent or brush arbor you could take advantage of what evening breeze there might be, and the novel setting added to it being somewhat special. It did not matter which church was sponsoring the revival everybody in town went regardless of church affiliation. It was as much a social occasion as a religious event. Older kids could hook up with their current girl friend or boy friend, and we younger ones could meet friends we didn’t see much when school was out. Parents did not do a lot of supervising so you felt some freedom. Of course you had the whole town for a chaperone, and people minded everyone’s children in those days. If you did something wrong your folks would know about it before you got home. Interesting and sometimes funny things happened at revivals. I recall an occasion when revivals had moved
indoors because of air-conditioning. The Baptists had a fire which damaged their auditorium just days before the revival, so they borrowed the Methodist Church to hold the revival meeting. The Methodist church had a closed church. A banister wall separated the pastor and choir from the congregation. The wall had a built-in pulpit which projected beyond the wall toward the congregation. The evangelist was particularly loud and animated using exaggerated gestures to illustrate his points. During a lull in his delivery so that everyone could hear her one of the little girls turned to her mother wide-eyed and said “Mommy what do we do if he gets out?” The one revival I will never forget was when I was about nine or ten years old. The Baptists had put up a huge tent just west of the church. I believe I was sitting on a bench with George White and Lloyd Wayne Daniels. The evangelist was Jimmy Wilkerson who was delivering what they then called a ”hell-fire and damnation sermon.” I cannot tell you the sermon topic, what hymns were sung, or who was saved that night, but I will never forget what, to me, was the event which set the meeting apart for all times. The evangelist took a deep breath and inhaled a bug. No doubt – the bug was flying by and was attracted to the light. To his credit he took a drink of water and went right on preaching. How he did it - I don’t know. We were all dying laughing. Isn’t it strange what impresses a kid, but that is something I have remembered all these years.
Remembering & laughing - the good times! The good life, in rural Oklahoma, when life was so simple!
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If you desire a healthy dose of nostalgia, or a jaunty trip down memory lane, may we recommend a visit to the Cushing Alumni Hall located at 116 East Broadway. For those born before 1970, you might remember it as the west side of the C. R. Anthony building downtown. In 1998, the building was donated by John Bryant and the Bank of Cushing to the Alumni Association who had been formed practically a decade earlier. Since that time, upkeep and updates to the building and its contents have been maintained by donations. The Alumni Hall holds an impressive collection of Cushing High School trophies, cheerleading and band uniforms, pictures, year books, scrap books, and Oilers that span nearly one hundred years. There are a number of glass cases containing memorabilia from various graduating classes. A Memorial Board along the west wall was created at the onset. Those who have lost loved ones can honor them by making a $15 donation. The loved one’s name and class year is engraved upon a brass plate and placed on the board. The Alumni Association gladly accepts all manner of donations whether it be financial or long forgotten articles collecting dust in the back of your closets. The Alumni Association meets in the hall at 6:00 PM, the first Tuesday of each month, and welcome any and all participants. It will be open for the All Class Reunion, Friday, May 24, from noon until 9:00PM, and again Saturday, May 25, from 8:00AM until 2:00PM. For more information and schedule of events for the All Class Reunion held Memorial Day weekend, visit www.cushingokalumniassociation.com/
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I first heard of Seth Lee Jones from some Tulsa friends in regard to a guitar I needed repaired several years ago. So I began to follow him on Facebook and soon found out he was not only a guitar repair man but a luthier, guitar player and singer as well. I watched a few guitar conversations/interchanges between him and other guitar people I know and respect and figured he knew what he was doing. And I can report that he does indeed! I know this because I entrusted him with my 48 year old my Martin D-35 which needed considerable tender loving care and needed it most desperately. It turned out far better than I could have ever imagined. Later I was in Tulsa and heard him perform his brand of magic on his custom built electric SLJ guitar. (Custom guitars that he builds to the customer’s specification.) I wanted to know more so I figured it was time to ask, especially in the light of his 2018 recording, a CD, on Horton Records titled, ‘Seth Lee Jones- Live at the Colony’. (The Colony is a small but endearing club in Tulsa which mines a deep vein of local talent). So I asked Seth Lee Jones a few questions. He was was born in Tulsa and had a home life familiar to so many musicians. Parents played at home for the kids and they had lots of good records. Lots of music in church. He tells me he’s a third generation guitar player following in the footsteps of grandpa and uncles. He began playing piano at 7. So music has always been an integral part of his life. He began with the idea of building guitars when he was around 14. I asked about his early influences and he says,” Ray Charles”. What better way to explain Ray’s 38 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / MAY 2019
versatility so popular with so many people across the American spectrum of music; jazz, blues, popular, country, Americana, soul, gospel- all in one career. Seth Lee Jones guitar work and voice can fit it into many of those same categories and do it quite well. I asked about his introduction into the art of guitar making. He answered: ” I’d tinkered with the idea and partial build since I was 14, but I attended Musicians Institute (in California) in ‘06 and graduated with honors and job placement with John Caruthers as his apprentice until my departure in 2010.” ( Musician’s Institute prepares a lof of folks for musical careers and John Caruthers has a 50 year career as one of southern California’s top guitar makers.) Jones came came back to Tulsa because as he says it’s home and much more affordable than Caifornia and I have no doubt about either of those statements. RR: I assume you’re a songwriter as well? SLJ: Meh, not so much. A little. (He’s too modest here.) His 2018 recording ‘Live at the Colony’ is a gutsy, growly electric blues offering with the perfect voice to match it. A solid recording all the way around. . RR: How has living in Tulsa been for you? SLJ: It’s been great to be home. I missed this place. I missed thunderstorms, i was able to make a way for myself here. I couldn’t in L.A. It was in Tulsa where he was introduced to guitar builder (and songwriter) Dixie Mitchell.. RR: Tell me about Dixie Mitchell and how your collaboration came about. SLJ: I met her through Jared Tyler. She was sick with cancer and Jared insisted I meet her. I saw a mandolin Jared brought over and knew I had to meet her. We became fast friends over the subject of guitars and music. She shared with me her method of construction so that I would carry it on. She’s gone now but I still make her guitars today in her old shop and house that I purchased from the estate. And with lots of help I’ve restored it beyond its former glory.’ As a side man he’s performed regularly with Jacob Tovar, one of Tulsa’s current western swing powerhouses. He also performs with Jared Tyler, an extraordinary talent in his own right. The high points of his career so far have been being fortunate enough to work with great guitar makers in California and his time with Dixie Mitchell. And this is only the early beginnings of his career. RR: Tell me a little about your guitars. SLJ: I make everything from scratch , by hand . I service
my own stock of materials and I use a combination of modern and traditional techniques. I make my single action truss Rods in house from local steel and I make all of my tooling and jigs as well. I have two lines really. My namesake and one that honors my late mentors “the Dixie” the acoustics and electrics are very different both in style and branding. Dixie’s are more old world craftsman with her original designed through body neck joint where mine are 50’s in nature, bolt on type electrics that I include some of my favorite modern advances and traditional styles of construction,’ RR: Aside from building and repairing guitars where are your regular gigs as a musician? SLJ: Monday’s at the Colony, hre in Tulsa with my band. Wednesday’s with Jared Tyler band RR: What’s coming up next? SLJ: Working on a new record this summer, and a run of about 23 electric guitars currently in production. RR: Anything else you’d like folks to know? SLJ: My record is available through Horton records and I predominantly do repair and restoration work. I do restorations most folks would touch with a 10ft pole. I can attest to the work he performed on my old guitar. I thought it was a goner. He resurrected it to full function and form. I can also attest to his powerful, sometimes delicate slide guitar work. He’s a master and he’s got the voice to match it! Seth Lee Jones- check him out! To find out more you can check out his website: SethLeeJones.com You can also find him on Facebook and other social media. n THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / MAY 2019 39
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Delilah’s DILEMMAS
A tornado had just arrived at the Royal Flush Ranch, as well as the first of Mae’s Thunder’s twin foals. The second delivery, proving more complicated, had prompted Joel to “assist” the mare.“I’m going to have to go in and turn the foal,” Joel sad with urgency. “What? No!” Delilah protested. “Everything I’ve read says that that’s very dangerous. Her contractions can be so strong that it can break your arm!” The branch of a tree flew into the side of the stable, and they could hear what sounded like the roof coming off of the barn. Debris was blowing everywhere. Sheets of the metal roof on the stable began to peel back. And an unidentifiable object, about the size of a bowling ball, hit Joel on the back off the head, knocking him unconscious to the floor. The lights flickered and then went off completely. Joel or the horse? Delilah made her choice quickly, and dropped to the floor of the stall. She crawled in the dark to Joel, and grasped his wrist as more debris fell around her in a torrent. He had a pulse. The stable shook and creaked violently. Delilah looked up to see a large sheet of metal roofing dangling precariously overhead. There was a tremendous cracking noise, and the metal sheet began to fall. Instinctually, and with more speed than she thought herself capable of, Delilah flung her body over Joel. Delilah slowly opened one eye to find the mangled piece of steel just inches from them. She let out a long sigh of relief just as Joel groaned and Mae’s Thunder whinnied. The mare had delivered the second foal. “Good job, Delilah,” Joel said with what little breath he had left in his lungs. Much like the diminishing chaos inside the stable, it was becoming eerily calm outside, notwithstanding the occasional object falling and crashing to the ground or into what remained of the structures on the property. After Delilah determined that Joel had sustained no critical injuries, they tended to Mae’s Thunder and the new arrivals, carefully circumnavigating the wreckage as they moved the three horses to a safer stall. 46 THE CORRIDOR MAGAZINE / MAY 2019
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All were safe and sound. Delilah wondered if the same would be said for the rest of the ranch and livestock. Subconsciously, she was delaying that realization. The other seven horses had been in the pasture when the storm hit. Although Delilah was concerned about all of them, her thoughts went to Henry’s Last Hoorah. After all, the valuable stud horse was the ranch’s bread and butter. There were, at last count, five feral barn cats that needed to be accounted for. And then there was Pandora, the goat. Delilah didn’t recall seeing her in her pen earlier, but that meant nothing. Pandora, like a rebellious teenager, came and went, and did whatever she pleased, whenever she pleased. As if on cue, a demanding bleat from the stable door, dispelled all trepidations about Pandora. “Well, let’s check out the damage,” Delilah said to Joel. “See if we have a house to sleep in tonight.” When they emerged from the stable, both were pleasantly surprised. There was no mistaking the path of the twister. It appeared to have traveled from west to east, between the barn and Pandora’s pen. They guessed the funnel had been twenty, perhaps thirty feet wide at the base. Remarkably, the well house and goat pen seemed untouched. The same could not be said for the barn. The entire north half of the barn now laid scattered about the property with a number of small uprooted trees and shrubs, and of course, there was trash everywhere. Even though the stable had not taken a direct hit, the damage was extensive. “Oh, look!” Joel said, pointing south toward Gus’s mobile home. “There’s Bronte, Captain Baronius, and Henry’s Last Hoorah.”
The three horses galloped toward Delilah and Joel. “That’s a relief,” Delilah said softly, thankful the “bank” had not been injured. “Yeah,” Joel said with a sigh. “We just need to locate the other four.” “Let’s go check on the house,” Delilah said. As Delilah and Joel slowly made their way along the drive, surveying damage left and right, and clearing debris from the path as they went, Pandora scampered alongside them like nothing had happened. Like conditions were normal and it was time to play. “Stupid goat,” Delilah said. Joel laughed. Pandora stopped in her tracks, turned, and looked at Delilah as if to say, “I beg your pardon!” Delilah and Joel didn’t find any obvious damage to the garage apartment. Two windows in the house had been broken, a portion of the screen on the side porch had been torn, and roof shingles were found in the yard. There were five electric meters on the property; one that serviced the gate at the road, one that serviced the house, one that serviced the garage/apartment, and well house, one that serviced the barn and stable, and one that serviced Gus’s mobile home. The electric lines and poles appeared to be undisturbed. Nevertheless, the power was off at every meter, prompting Delilah and Joel to conclude that the problem was somewhere up line. When Delilah got in the house, she immediately procured her
cell phone. She had two missed calls from Eli, two missed calls from Dooby, on missed call from Gus, and nine missed calls from Karon, along with messages from the latter that got progressively more . . . animated. She hit the speed dial number for Karon first, only to discover there was no service. Not surprisingly, the land line was dead, too. Joel skipped through the back door to find Delilah sitting at the kitchen banquette sobbing uncontrollably. “What’s wrong?” Joel asked as he approached Delilah and placed his hand gingerly on her shoulder. “What’s wrong?” Delilah cried, looking at Joel like he’d lost his mind. “What’s wrong? Let’s see. We just delivered two foals while a tornado barreled through the property. We could’ve been killed. For a brief moment I thought you HAD been killed. I’m missing four horses. Lord only knows how much money it will take to repair all the destruction on the place. Money I clearly don’t have. There’s no electricity and . . .” she sniffed. “And . . . and no cell service!” she finished with a terrifying wail. “Now, now,” Joel said, patting her back with an outstretched hand. He wanted to comfort Delilah. He just didn’t want to get too close to her while he was doing it, for fear that she might just cross that very fine line of sanity she was tip-toeing on, and cause him bodily harm. “You don’t have to worry about the horses,” Joel continued. “That’s what I came in here to tell you. Darby and Hamlet’s Shadow are in the north pasture, and I saw Lucky Penny and Tippy down by the pond. They seem to be just fine. As far as the
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damage goes, you have insurance, don’t you?” Delilah took in several gulps of air. “Yes,” she said. “There ya go,” Joel continued with enthusiasm. “Besides, there’s always Eli and Dooby. They’re rich ya know.” Delilah eyed Joel. Joel cocked his head to one side and raised one eyebrow. “I’m just sayin’,” Joel concluded. Delilah chuckled. Then she laughed. Like . . . hysterically. Joel looked startled. “I’m okay,” Delilah said calmly. “Since there’s nothing we can do here, and all forms of communication are down the toilet, what say we just head to the hospital for the arrival of the other set of twins?” “We can’t,” Joel said shaking his head slowly. “Why not?” Delilah whined. “Because we can’t get the gate open without electricity,” Joel said. “Ahh, of course not,” Delilah retorted sardonically. “Well then, go to the garage and get the staple gun. Top, right-hand drawer, next to the closet. Get the roll of Visqueen. It should be in the cabinet below the staple gun. We’re going to cover these broken windows.” With scissors in one hand, and step ladder in the other, Delilah met Joel on the south side of the house. Thirty minutes later, the windows were covered with plastic. “Joel, before it gets dark, would you run down to the trailer and make sure there’s no damage there?” Delilah called out as
Joel headed to the garage to put things away. “And while you’re at it, check on Mae’s Thunder and the foals.” “Will do,” Joel replied. Another half hour passed before Joel returned with the news that there was no apparent damage to the trailer, and the newborns were nursing. Joel had even cleared some of the rubble from the stable. While alone in the house, Delilah began obsessing about Eli’s and Dooby’s whereabouts. She wondered if they were okay. She worried they may have been caught in the storm on their way home for Oklahoma City. Gus and Marietta had been ahead of the storm. But she was anxious about Marietta’s labor. She didn’t know if Gus was alone at the hospital, or if Karon was with him. They sat in the darkening living room. Delilah had rounded up candles. It was close to 7:30 and the time me to light them was drawing nearer. “Are you hungry?” Delilah asked, making absolutely no move to prepare anything if he was. “We need to name them,” Joel said out of the blue. “Beg pardon,” Delilah said with furrowed brow. “The foals,” Joel said. “We need to give them names.” “Got any ideas?” Delilah asked. “Yeah, I do,” Joel said sheepishly. “I think the second one should be called Tiny Twister. And the first one, Before the Tempest.” Delilah threw her head back with laughter. “Well, that certain-
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