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A WINDOW INTO TRANSITIONING
Back to School by ALANA OWEN
Summer is winding down, and, as all good things, must come to an end. The Corridor youngsters will be heading back to school this month, and most will be buying school supplies and new clothing. However, one of the most important things we can do for our kids is to prepare them in other ways to succeed in school and into adulthood. When researching factors in children’s success, one particular subject keeps coming up: self-control. The studies on this subject are clear; kids who learn to exhibit restraint at a young age lead healthier and happier lives. If you have not seen the famous “Marshmallow Study” about children refraining from immediate gratification for bigger rewards, look it up for the entertainment value alone. Teachers understand the value of practicing selfcontrol with kids. It is important to make a specific plan of action rather than just offering vague statements like “calm down.” For example, an overly active child could be asked to smell something interesting as deep breathing can be relaxing. Our creative guidance and redirecting can help kids learn to build self-control.
Build routines into their lives before returning to school with regular schedules for bedtime, play, dinner, etc. Below are some of the most suggested techniques to successfully prepare the kiddos for returning to school, which also have the added benefit of building self-confidence and self-control: 1) Build routines into their lives before returning to school with regular schedules for bedtime, play, dinner,
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etc. These can include things such as an earlier wake up time and getting dressed before breakfast. Consider setting out clothes the night before. 2) Encourage positive social interactions by setting clear expectations such as sharing and helping with household chores. 3) Ask for their input when setting schedules and celebrate successes. Experts advise considering ways of preventing the need for parental “nagging” by building in reminders and removing obstacles. Kids may complain, but they actually love their routines because fear of the unknown causes stress and results in acting out. School routines are best practiced a week or so before returning to school to make the transition easier. When children settle into routines and get the appropriate amount of required sleep and eat a nutritious breakfast, we are setting them up for optimal success in school. Chandler High School 2013 graduate, Autumn Henkenius, is a 4th to 6th grade science and home room teacher. I asked her to share what her experience has taught her about preparing children for the new school
Encourage positive social interactions by setting clear expectations such as sharing and helping with household chores. year. Her advice seems simple and straight forward: eat a good breakfast, know the school’s lunch schedule to decide if the child wants to buy or pack their lunch on a particular day, and set a homework schedule so there is a designated time to work on schoolwork. Autumn also advises checking the school’s supply list and attending
Ask for their input when setting schedules and celebrate successes. open house with your child so they have the opportunity to relieve anxiety by meeting their teacher before class begins. She also suggested picking out clothing the night before, packing healthy snacks, and logging into the school’s website to stay informed. Lynn Carter with Head Start in Lincoln County advises parents to, “Set a routine, visit the school, possibly via an adventurous family field trip, and to have children start spending time apart from the family before school starts, so they can experience gradual family separation, and to establish a routine bedtime.” Many websites offer hints and suggestions for parents regarding back to school topics. If your child requires special assistance, ask the school for help. Remember those immunizations and speak to your child’s pediatrician if you are struggling or need help. Happy back to school! I hope you all enjoyed your summer. I look forward to the cooler weather and information about fall festivals in next month’s issue. n
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PA S TO R PA U L’ S PA S S A G E S by Pastor Paul Ragle
One year ago, we were talking about how we might safely return to the classroom in our public schools. This past year saw us engage in a very interesting mix of virtual and in-person learning. A year later and the numbers of Covid-19 infections are once again spiking in Oklahoma and across the country. Experts tell us it is important that children be in the classroom, but that children who have not been vaccinated ought to wear masks indoors. Taking in these facts and admonitions, I am praying that our kids and the faculty and staff that guide them in the learning process will have a wonderful 2021-2022 school year. When I was a kid in school, I never knew challenges to learning like the challenges our kids have faced in this pandemic. I was never asked to listen to my teacher on a Zoom meeting or submit homework on line. The only mask I wore to school was the wool ski mask that kept my face warm from freezing wind. I never had to research a topic on the internet, but I did have go to the school or public library to use the encyclopedias. Until I was in high school, I never had to turn in a writing assignment in typed print. (My agony was copying my essays in legible cursive handwriting.) My grandchildren seem amazed when I tell them that I was not permitted to use a calculator when doing math homework. Despite the differences in learning between our generations, kids going back-toschool in 2021 face much of the same drama as did the young people of generations past. Families are shopping in preparation for the first day of school. Back in the day when my mother was getting her kids ready for the first day of school, it may have been in some ways easier. With seven siblings in my immediate family, and a whole host of cousins who lived in the same town, my mother and aunts every summer did the “clothes swap.” My sisters exchanged dresses and blouses with female cousins. Mom moved jeans and tops from one dresser drawer to the next – each of my brothers with which I shared a room had his own drawer in the dresser. Ripped jeans were patched, socks were darned and shoes evaluated for the amount of wear left in them. Only after all this had been accomplished did mom make
her trip to “Miracle Mart” where she bought most of the store-bought clothes for her family. My grandchildren are excited to go school clothes shopping. Their mother has a budget dictated by the amount of money she has been able to set aside for new school clothes. Although my grand kids aren’t wearing many hand-me-downs, the drama of back-to-school preparation is much the same as when I was young. Everybody wants to look “cool,” i.e., their best in front of their peers. While four-year old Teddy is concerned most with having Marvel superhero t-shirts and shorts, his big twelve-year-old twin sisters have their own vision for what they want their wardrobe to be. I was no different. I talked to my mother for weeks before I persuaded her to add fabric to the bottom of my bell-bottomed jeans for school. Boy, did I ever look cool in those bell-bottoms! The last eighteen months have been very difficult for many families. We can help each other get our kids ready to go back to the classroom. Let’s have our ears and eyes open to see which children in families could use assistance. Perhaps churches and social clubs are groups who can check with families about back-to-school needs this summer. One congregation I know has a “foster feet” ministry which provides brand new shoes and socks for kids. My church is gifting backpacks and school supplies to our kids, and folks are praying over these items. Backto-school is an important time in kids lives. We want to make the learning process an exciting and positive experience for kids. Finally, let’s lift up our teachers, school staff, and the school kids and their families in prayer. Holy One, you know the challenges kids are facing this year. You love them more than we can imagine. We lift up students that are heading to school, hoping to make friends, especially kids who struggle with social interaction. We pray for kids to find a warm welcome in their learning environments. Holy One, be present with the children who have had to be removed from their “normal” school environments and who feel anxious to resume school as they once knew it. May we all learn to love and care for this beautiful Creation. Amen. n
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A TULSA MUSIC AMBASSADOR I met Travis Kidd a few years ago in Stillwater during a Red Dirt Relief Fund event. He was a new face to me and a new voice. I heard him rehearsing and was wondering who he was and how he learned those guitar skills! A few years later I appeared on stage with him in Tulsa during a Tom Skinner Skyline Radio tribute. And again, upon hearing him I wondered, “Gee where does this guy come from?” Those are the only two times I’d run into him over the course of a decade or so. But I kept seeing media posts advertising his appearances and recently discovered new music released this year and got in touch with him to ask a few questions. RR: Where are you from? Kidd: “I was born at a very young age in Pryor, OK.” So right there I knew he had a sense of humor! He says that his entire family was and is into music and he was surrounded by a variety of musical instruments growing up. RR: What music did you listen to growing up? Kidd: Van Halen, Ozzy Osborne, Motley Crue, Ratt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Bros, Charlie Daniels, ZZ Top, Prince, NWA, Hank Jr, Queensryche, Pantera and Top 40 rock/pop Tulsa radio. RR: How did you develop as a musician/ songwriter? Kidd: I started out as a guitarist and really only wrote music at first ( for my band in high school, ‘Ironside’). Here’s a link to a recently remastered Ironside album: https://ironsideofficial.bandcamp.com/album/iron-ideremastered-2020 Then later, as I became more involved with vocals, I
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began writing lyrics to my music - I’ve always written a guitar riff or rhythm first, let it stew for a while and see what lyrics materialIze later on. I listened to a bit of Ironside. It has a heavy metal sound and those early influences of Motley Crue and Ozzy Osborne are very apparent in the album. RR: Was there a specific moment when a light went off and you knew music would be more than just background in your life? Kidd: No, I’ve always been in and around music
somewhat - there were always guitars, pianos, drums, organs, synths, amp around the house to jam on whenever I felt it. RR: How has living in Oklahoma factored into your career? Kidd: Oklahoma is a gold mine for musicians, culturally and financially…anyone who says it’s not is doing it wrong. Living in Oklahoma has afforded me to be a full time musician for right at 20 years - raising a family of 4 and also being able to pay my band mates a nice chunk of money each year! I barely leave the state anymore for gigs - I don’t need to. RR: Who are your Oklahoma musical influences? Kidd: ‘Steve Gaines , is pretty much the only Okie musician that I truly idolize, aside of a few local rockers that were a few years older than me where were/are killer guitarists: Steve Doc Morris, Scott Evans, Brad James, Aaron Brown, Sam Matthews, Jimmy Taylor, Bruce Hill, Soupbone, Bob Lynn, Eddie Bishop, and quite a few others I grew up watching around the northeastern Oklahoma rock scene. Steve Gaines, guitarist/songwriter from Miami, Oklahoma, was a member of the band who pioneered southern rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd. The band was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Gaines was killed along with other band members in a plane crash in Mississippi in 1977. I asked about the high points in his career so far. He mentioned that in 2007 the Oklahoma Centennial Commission adopted his song Oklahoma Sunset for a few events. He’s also won awards ranging from best vocalist, to best country band, to best acoustic act in several settings from 2000-2020. He’s also been called a Tulsa Music Ambassador. Somewhere along the way country music crept in, apparently through that door Hank Jr. and Charlie Daniels opened, and made a heavier impact on his music. Most of what I’ve heard would be a welcome addition to anyone’s country/rock playlist. In fact you can go to his website, listen and watch for yourself. Go to the Watch/Listen section and scroll down. There’s plenty to choose from including very professionally rendered video. He added, “I’ve loved playing regional events in the past like: The Grape Ranch, Woody Guthrie Festival, Gypsy Cafe, Tulsa MayFest, CountryFever, Bikes, Blues & BBQ (NWArk), Tom Skinner Skyline Radio Fest just to name a few.” RR: Where can people see you perform? Kidd: I play mostly around northeastern Oklahoma: bars, restaurants, casinos, car lots, boat docks, marinas, schools, festivals, carnivals - pretty much anywhere I can! I took a look at his online calendar and saw that, yes indeed, he’s a busy man! He has August gigs at Grand Lake, the Tulsa airport, Hard Rock, Riverspirit and Cherokee Casinos as well as a car show and private events! I
guess he’s right; there’s no need for him to leave Oklahoma to ply his trade. And we’re lucky to have him! He released a live album last year with the Travis Kidd Trio (Travis Kidd, Joey Trevino and Mark Proctor), Live Acoustic Tulsa and his most recent, released this year is East of the Rockies. Both are delightful! To see his schedule and to find out more go to: www.traviskidd.com Also- Spotify, Apple Music etc.
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS The Corridor Magazine would like to recognize all the young men that have been putting in countless hours of rigorous training and hard work to prepare for the
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Delilah had just finished relating the story of her five dead husbands to Joel, while Eli was upstairs packing for a trip. “I don’t understand how this curse thing plays into all of this, though,” Joel said after a long stretch of silence. “Well, hold onto your hat,” Delilah said. “That’s another story altogether.” “What’s another story altogether?” Eli said as he entered the room, and stood beside the sofa where Delilah was sitting. “I just heard about all her dead husbands, and she was about to tell me where the curse came from,” Joel said happily. “All packed?” Delilah asked Eli, her voice an octave higher than normal. Eli stared at Delilah with little or no expression for some time. Long enough for Delilah and Joel to exchange a look of confusion, culminating in shrugging and shaking his head. At last, Eli took a deep breath, shook his head, and sighed. “Yeah, I’m packed,” Eli said. “If it’s all the same to you, I’d just as soon not here the story of the curse.” “Of course,” Delilah said. She turned to Joel., “I’ll tell you later,” she whispered. “No, no,” Eli said with a hint of sarcasm. “It’s late, and Dooby and I have an early start in the morning. The two of you can stay up all night swapping ghost stories. I’m going to bed.” Eli gently placed his hand on Delilah’s cheek and ran his thumb across her lips. The look in his eyes was one of both anguish and deep adoration. He leaned over and
DELILAH’S PLACE kissed her. “Good night,” he finally said. “Good night,” Delilah replied. “Good night, Joel,” Eli said as he walked from the living room to the entry hall. “Good night, Eli,” Joel said. And then in unison, Delilah and Joel shouted “Love you!” Eli chuckled as he climbed the stairs. “Love you, too.” Delilah held up her finger signaling Joel to wait. She listened intently until she heard Eli’s bedroom door close. “It was 1819,” Delilah began in hushed tones. And the story went something like this: In the small village of Lizella, Georgia, twelve miles west of Macon, lived a rich and powerful man named Morris Bogart; a boisterously cruel, yet devilishly charming man, devoid of scruples or the slightest measure of compassion. In addition to pulling the strings of the townsfolk like a master puppeteer, he often made sport of philandering with young virgins, in addition to the consenting wives of the men whose lives he so readily manipulated. In contrast, there also lived a loving, devoted family man named Maurice Beauregard. Through honest, hard work and a knack for evading the clutches of Morris, Maurice had amassed a sizeable fortune and property half way between Lizella and Macon, where a grand mansion had been constructed for his wife and three sons. In the spring of 1819 a blossoming, virtuous beauty named Helena Price fell victim to the charms of Morris
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Bogart. As was his custom, he lured the innocent girl into his bed with promises of marriage, and then promptly abandoned her when she was with child. Outraged at the betrayal, Helena sought unconventional retribution by means of Zylphia; an old hag who lived deep in the woods just a few miles north of town. On rare occasions Zylphia would appear in the village, some would say out of thin air. Though children and strangers were warned not to meet her gaze, one could not help but stare at the creature with long, wiry, gray hair, and filthy, colorless clothes that draped in shreds over folds of withered skin. “She practices black magic,” the townsfolk would say. “How else could she live this long?” “She was old when my grandmother was a girl.” “There’s just something unnatural about her.” Notwithstanding cautions, Helena forged through two miles of thick underbrush until she came upon Zylphia’s dilapidated shack. Her desire for revenge overpowering her fear, she knocked on the door. “Come in, Helena,” Zylphia growled. After a moment’s hesitation in which Helena reconsidered her choice, she pushed the door open. “It is Helena, is it not?” Zylphia asked as Helena stepped into the dimly lit room. “Yes, ma’am,” Helena replied, her voice quivering with anxiety. The old hag, who was nearly deaf, and just as blind, stepped closer to Helena. Overcome by a foul stench, Helena retreated slightly, only to stumble over several mangy cats pacing at her feet. “You come in pursuit of revenge,” Zylphia stated. “Yes, ma’am,” Helena said. Zylphia cupped her hand to her ear, and squinted. “Ay!” she bellowed. “Yes, ma’am,” Helena repeated a little louder. “My virtue has been compromised by Morris Bogart.” “Ah,” Zylphia groaned as she nodded. “And what would you have done?” “It is my wish, my request that the first-born male of the Bogart family meet with misfortune for eternity. Or, that is to say, at the very least until the Bogart family bestows sufficient recompense in the form of marriage to a Price. However, I am willing to accept the totality of their property as a compromise,” Helena replied. “I see,” Zylphia said, looking the girl up and down. “That will require a very complex curse. How do you intend to compensate me?” “I have very little,” Helena said disappointedly. “Your child, perhaps?” Zylphia inquired. Helena paused to give thought to the proposition. Her
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reputation was ruined. Her chances of making a good marriage with a respectable man were nonexistent, and she had no means to support herself and a child. What little concern she harbored for the welfare of the child was quickly consumed by her selfish needs. “Very well,” she said. “You may have the child.” Zylphia placed a black cauldron on the grate above the embers in the fireplace, and set about pouring the contents of various vials into the cauldron. Twice, during this process, Helena attempted to depart, and twice she was told she must stay. As the concoction began to boil, Zylphia began searching the floor. ”Here, kitty,” she called. Within seconds a cat darted from beneath the table, and the old woman snatched it in her hands. “The whisker of a male cat,” she screamed as she plucked a whisker from the terrified feline, and dropped the hair into the cauldron. “That cat is a female!” Helena exclaimed. “Ay!” Zylphia questioned. Helena raised the tail of the squirming cat, and pointed. “Oh, well,” Zylphia said with a wince and a shrug. “First born male, first born female, doesn’t really matter, does it?” Helena shook her head and rolled her eyes in disgust. Acid green smoke began spiraling from the cauldron. Zylphia quickly took a hand full of salt from a tin container, and slowly added it to the mixture as she recited the incantation: “Toil and trouble, love most hard, for descendants of Maurice Beauregard.” “No, you crazy old woman!” Helena shouted. “Not Maurice Beauregard. Morris Bogart!” The old woman’s eyes went wide. “Well, that can’t be good,” she said. “Fix it!” Helena shouted. But before Zylphia could correct her mistake, she was overcome by the fumes of the toxic brew, and fell to the floor clutching her chest. Within seconds the old woman had expired. Without a care one for the dearly departed, Helena hastened from the scene enraged that her revenge would be exacted on the wrong party, and vowing she would never speak of the episode. And so, she kept her secret; that is until she lay on her deathbed, at which point she conveyed the story to the doctor tending her. Her confession fell on suspicious ears, however, as she had also intimated that she was an Egyptian queen owing to the fact that she had been the wife of Cleopatra’s son, Herman. Meanwhile, Maurice Beauregard’s first-born grand-
daughter, Malinda, began experiencing the effects of the malediction. One hundred, fifty years, and five generations later, Delilah Leigh Beauregard was born and joined the ranks of cursed, first-born, female Beauregards. “That’s it?” Joel said with abject disappointment. Delilah blinked fiercely. “Well, yeah,” she cried. “Need there be more?” “And here I thought you were an intelligent woman,” Joel said. “Joel!” Delilah exclaimed with a little abject disappointment of her own. “Delilah, to believe that something that happened nearly 200 years ago determines your life is . . . well, it’s silly,” Joel said. “I couldn’t agree more,” Eli agreed from the living room doorway. Delilah and Joel jumped and turned. “I thought you went to bed,” Delilah said. “Changed my mind,” Eli said, stepping into the room, around the sofa, and standing in front of Delilah. “Delilah,” Eli began. “While I’m away, I expect you to set a wedding date.” Delilah’s mouth dropped open and her eyes went wide. “Expect?” she said incredulously. Joel winced and groaned. “That rather sounds like an ultimatum,” Delilah said. n
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