TulsaPeople January 2017

January 2017

Annual Charitable Events Calendar

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DAMARIO SOLOMON-SIMMONS Inspiring and mentoring a generation of boys

Q&A WITH Phil Albert

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11 CITYGUIDE Find a cozy spot by the fire and crack open a good book, or watch the latest digital talk show. Two artists define their creativity through contrasting media.

21 TABLE TALK The Summit Club turns 50 and has plenty to celebrate from atop Tulsa. Read a roundup on the juice bars popping up across the city.

40 Q&A

Phil Albert, CEO of Pelco Structural; 2017 Tulsa Regional Chamber chairman

BY SCOTT WIGTON

29 COMMUNITY Jeff Davis is the first Oklahoman to serve as National Restaurant Association chairman.

Henry Migliore leaves a legacy in Tulsa. Comic mastermind Sterling Gates hails from Edison High School.

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57 LIFESTYLE It’s the New Year: Adopt a new hobby at Tulsa Stained Glass; take a day trip; make better choices at the grocery store; don some new workout clothes; jazz up your kitchen and bath.

85 GIVING BACK Emergency Infant Services celebrates 40 years, and a host of benefits ended 2016 with a fundraising bang. Plus, we go back in time with the Desk and Derrick Club of Tulsa.

SPECIAL SECTIONS 37 Event and Wedding Venue Guide 51 Spring Arts Guide 69 National Association of Industrial and Office Properties’ 2016 awards

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Tulsan of the

TULSAN OF THE YEAR

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DAMARIO SOLOMON-SIMMONS Inspiring and mentoring a generation of boys

Q&A WITH Phil Albert

2017 Tulsa Regional Chamber chairman

Tulsan of the Year Damario Solomon-Simmons helps a generation of boys through his MVP Foundation and Manhood Summit.

BY JULIE RAINS

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Lives well lived TulsaPeople celebrates those we lost in 2016.

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Charitable Events Calendar A comprehensive list of benefits and fundraisers in 2017.

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If you had an engaged dad present during your upbringing, consider yourself very, very fortunate.

The absence of too many fathers (and mothers) — and the resulting creation of single-parent families — continues to rip a growing hole in our American society, leaving behind damaged, unfulfilled lives.

In every state, the portion of families where children have two active parents, rather than one, has dropped significantly in the past decade. Twenty-four million children in the United States, or 1 in 3, live without an active father, and nearly five million without an active mother, in their lives. We know the all-too-common results for children in too many of these broken families: inescapable poverty, crime, drugs, teenage pregnancy, poor academic performance, incarceration.

Vincent DiCaro, a former vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, says, “Look at a child in need, in poverty or failing in school, and you will likely see the child lacks a respon-

sible and engaged father.” Statistics show that single-parent households are twice as prevalent within African-American families compared to other races, and this gap continues to widen.

Prominent scholar and author C. Eric Lincoln identified the black family’s “enduring sickness” as the absent father.

Failing fathers (and mothers) are a tragedy.

Families clearly need active, engaged parents for children to “learn the values and expectations of society,” according to Lincoln, and to receive the basic life skills that enhance one’s hope of living a productive and happy life — and eventually becoming a good parent, too.

Fortunately, in Tulsa, native Tulsan and attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons — with the support of his wife, Mia Fleming — has created a growing initiative to help change the life trajectory for single-parented African-American boys in our community: The MVP Foundation and its Manhood Summit events.

For his ideas and resulting work to make a life-changing difference in the upbringing of Tulsa boys, TulsaPeople is proud to recognize Damario Solomon-Simmons as our 2017 Tulsan of the Year.

We invite you to read Julie Rains’ excellent Tulsan of the Year cover story beginning on page 42. We encourage you to consider sup-

porting the important mission and needs of the MVP Foundation.

On a personal note, congratulations to my old Boy Scout tent mate Rex Tillerson for being President-Elect Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of State. Tillerson and I shared a tent for six weeks as 14-year-old Scouts working on the summer camp staff at Will Rogers Scout Reservation near Cleveland, Oklahoma. Longtime friends who were also on the staff that summer of 1967 — under the camp direction of professional Boy Scout executive Bob Tillerson, Rex’s father — include Tulsans Dennis Neill and Marty Muck.

Maybe the new Secretary will appoint each of us to be an envoy to a remote outpost where our Boy Scout skills will come in handy. TP

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The Hangover Ball 2017 at Cain’s Ballroom cures New Years’ Eve ails with live beats and barbecue from Oklahoma Joe’s.

Local musician Dan Martin brings a mix of folk and Americana to The Colony.

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Looking for a healthy way to ring in the New Year? Get a running start with Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium’s Runway Run. From bridal gowns to skin care options, the Tulsa Wedding Show at Renaissance Tulsa Hotel and Convention Center is your onestop shop for the big day.

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Monster Jam welcomes friendly competition to the BOK Center for an adrenalinecharged motor sports experience.

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Gilcrease Museum hosts “Drawing on Memories,” an interactive art class for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients and their caregivers.

Tulsa Expo Square presents the 31st annual Chili Bowl: five nights of midget sprint car racing and entertainment for the whole family.

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Comedian Lisa Lampanelli brings a night of laughs to the Brady Theater.

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Tulsa Remodel and Landscape Show gathers homeowners and building experts at the Cox Business Center for an expansive home show.

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The Tulsa Symphony presents Beethoven’s “Fourth Symphony” at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers stop at the BOK Center while on tour for their 11th studio album, “The Getaway.”

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The Green Country Home and Garden Show brings more than 180 vendors to Expo Square for the largest free home and garden show in northeastern Oklahoma.

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“Love conquers hate” echoes through the streets of downtown Tulsa as the theme of the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade, which attracts more than 10,000 people annually.

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The Rooftop Rendezvous Best of Brunch at Sky Loft benefits DVIS’ legal program, which advocates against domestic violence.

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American baritone Nathan Gunn treats the audience to his smooth-as-honey vocals at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center.

Cirque Du Soleil’s “OVO” buzzes with life at the BOK Center for a weekend of motionfilled entertainment.

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Star of TruTV’s “The Carbonaro Effect,” Michael Carbonaro, makes magic at the Brady Theater.

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BY MORGAN KRUEGER As the cold months drag on, it’s easy to dream of summer vacation. But winter has its perks, too.

This month, relax by the fire with a good book, sip a cup of hot chocolate or visit with a group of friends.

The University of Tulsa’s newly renovated Allen Chapman Student Union features a cozy outdoor area for students, alumni and guests to enjoy.

Multiple fire pits surrounded by low chairs fitted with plump blue cushions make this a perfect spot to chat with friends on a crisp winter evening.

Step inside the student union for a variety of food options. Check individual restaurant hours by searching “student union” at utulsa.edu.

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In the Raw

For a change of scenery, head over to Brookside and grab a patio seat by the fireplace at the original In the Raw location. Surrounded by art galleries and shopping, this award-winning sushi restaurant offers great people-watching.

Enjoy a variety of nouveau and traditional sushi creations here, or choose from several cooked dishes. To turn the temperature up a bit more, ask for a hot sake.

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“HOT SAUCE NATION” BY DENVER NICKS Ana Berry, Penni Shelton and Lisa Jones are the hosts of ‘#Unscripted.’

The Time magazine contributor and Oklahoma native takes readers across the country to experience America’s burning passion for its favorite spicy sauce.

‘#UNSCRIPTED’ UNLEASHED Three women take their opinions to a wider audience.

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show. Finally, Jones’ strong news background drew her to the project. A former anchor for KOTV, she saw it as the perfect opportunity to shake up traditional news outlets and offer something fresh to the Tulsa area. “‘#Unscripted’ is not just a digital show, but a way of life,” Berry says. “We wholeheartedly believe in living authentic lives, saying what we feel with respect and confidence, and shining a light on those we believe in.”

Some of the group’s popular local segments include “Oklahoma’s Own,” which showcases local companies, and “Someone You Should Know,” which profiles outstanding Tulsans.

The team, which has regularly produced content for eight months, now produces two short shows a week, which they share on social media. TP

“THE BOYS OF SUMMER” BY RICHARD COX A tornado demolishes the town of Wichita Falls, Texas, leaving 9-year-old Todd Willis in a coma.

When he wakes up, things are definitely not as he remembers.

See “#Unscripted” at facebook.com/beunscripted/videos.

COOKING UP MIRACLES

Joanne Caras’ publishing journey began on a trip to Israel, where she was introduced to a restaurant in Jerusalem that serves meals for paying customers as well as those in need. To help fund the restaurant, she began compiling two cookbooks filled with stories and recipes from Holocaust survivors, the first of which sold out.

The second, “Miracles and Meals,” will be available at Congregation B’nai Emunah, 1719 S. Owasso Ave., on Jan. 15, when Caras is there to speak and sign cookbooks at 1 p.m. Her visit is presented by the B’nai Emunah Sisterhood organization and is free and open to the public.

Filled with “recipes your family will enjoy and stories they will never forget,” Caras’ books have been sold around the world. A highly sought-after orator who doesn’t charge for her presentations, she still contributes proceeds of her work to charities. — HEATHER KOONTZ

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“HELL BAY” BY WILL THOMAS The eighth novel in the Tulsan’s Barker and Llewelyn series finds private detective Cyrus Barker on the hunt for a killer. — EMMA GIDDENS

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here’s a new kind of talk show in town, and it’s shaking up the way Tulsans receive news. “#Unscripted,” a digital show that boasts an “#unapologetic, #unpredictable” approach to weekly headlines, is gaining a strong following on YouTube.

The roots of “#Unscripted” date to 2015, when Ana Berry moved back to Tulsa after a decadelong stint in New York City and Los Angeles.

Alongside Lisa Jones and Penni Shelton, Berry started producing short videos about people and subjects around Tulsa.

“We wanted the Tulsa community to hear our opinions about everything, ranging from a 92-year-old jazz musician to our experience of a weeklong juice fast,” Berry says.

Berry brings her on-camera training and social media network to “#Unscripted.” Shelton, a health and wellness expert, lends her massive social media following and digital marketing expertise to the

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fter meeting as students at the Kansas City Art Institute, Rachel Hayes and her husband, Eric Sall, have worked side-by-side pursuing their artistic talents for the past 20 years. Sall, a painter, was accepted to the inaugural class of Tulsa Artist Fellows in 2016, and this year Hayes officially joins the group in January for a three-year residency in fiber and sculpting.

From her studio in the Brady Arts District, she explores fabrics, sewing, quilt making, fashion design and other forms of crafting. Hayes describes herself as a “blender,” a sculptor who is “color-oriented” but also loves the history attached to fiber and craft art.

“I’ve always been attracted to painting, and I look to it for formal aesthetics of color and composition,” she says. “I exert a lot of power through large-scale pieces, but the materials and

processes are traditional and feminine.”

A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Hayes earned a Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in painting, and although her art is more physical and gestural than her husband’s, their styles complement each other.

“It’s nice to be married to someone who never stops generating ideas,” she says. “We’ve evolved our practice together. It’s all intertwined.”

Their careers have led to stops in New York City; Iowa City, Iowa; and Roswell, New Mexico, but Hayes says Tulsa is ideal for their two young children.

“I love that we’re slowly becoming part of the community through this fellowship,” she says.

“Inviting artists from around the country is going to affect this place, and people like us are going to stay.” TP

The Tulsa Artist Fellowship presents “Syncretic,” the first curated art exhibition of the 2016 class of TAF visual artists, on display through Jan. 22 at 108 Contemporary, 108 E. M. B. Brady St. A panel discussion will be at 6 p.m., Jan. 12. Dr. Louise Siddons, Oklahoma State University assistant professor, will lead the discussion, which is sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and 108 Contemporary. tulsaartistfellowship.org, 108contemporary.org 18

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Sculptor Patrick Sullivan and his work in progress.

PIECES: Three Indiana limestone blocks depict five aspects of Tulsa’s heritage — including transportation, oil and art deco architecture — at Howard Park, 2510 Southwest Blvd.

The colors used are symbolic: yellow represents Route 66, black and red represent Native American culture and blue represents Tulsa’s art deco.

BRAINS BEHIND THE BLOCKS: Sculptor Patrick Sullivan of Pine Valley, Utah. He won the sculpting job in a national request for proposals commissioned by the City of Tulsa and the Arts Commission of Tulsa.

HOW HE DID IT: Sullivan began sculpting Sept. 26, working Monday through Saturday, 9-10 hours per day, at the WaterWorks Art Center.

Following completion in early December, the blocks were moved Dec. 9 by cranes and trucks to their permanent location at Howard Park. A dedication is planned for early January.

THE COLD, HARD FACTS: Fittingly, because Southwest Boulevard is part of old Route 66, each block is topped with an etched highway marker. Each block is 4 feet wide by 8-10 feet tall.

Sullivan says the same limestone was used to build the U.S. Capitol and the White House, as well as Tulsa’s Federal Building and several downtown churches. He says the stone “weathers very well and will probably only need to be power washed when needed” in the coming years. — JUDY LANGDON

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Tips for a Better Budget 1 Pay Yourself First Set a fixed dollar amount to go to savings.

2 Pay Off Debt

Living A Financially Sound Life Without question, finances can be daunting. But with a little understanding and a fair measure of discipline, you can make those decisions with focus...and reap some rewards along the way.

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I’m not sure there’s anything better in the bitter cold of January than a steaming hot bowl of pho. If you’ve never had it, picture chicken noodle soup but with more flavor, texture and ka-pow. This Vietnamese street fare has now become American (PRICES: $: LESS THAN $10 $$: $10-$15 $$$: $16-$25 $$$$: OVER $25) comfort food. — NATALIE MIKLES

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Linda and Quan Do greet diners at their restaurant located next door to the Nam-Hai Market. The broth and rice noodles are made even better with big helpings of basil, bean sprouts, cilantro and scallions. Don’t miss Pho Nhi’s spicy egg rolls, which round out a perfect meal, along with hot tea. $

At lunchtime, Pho Da Cao is sometimes packed with hungry people escaping their workday. It might be a room of strangers, but they all seem to bond over the same thing. It’s fun to watch how different people interpret the best pho. Some pour crazy amounts of Sriracha before tossing in bean sprouts and thinly sliced beef.

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The tried-and-true Manhattan is comprised of bourbon, sweet vermouth, bitters and a cherry garnish.

For a slightly modified version, try one made with brandy at Palace Café, 1301 E. 15th St. The bartender, Luke Constable, says that’s how people in his home state of Wisconsin drink them, and he has slowly turned Tulsans on to the variation. It carries about the same level of sweetness as the classic but is a tad brighter.

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I’ve never recommended mall food to anyone — that is, until I heard about Pholicious at Promenade and Woodland Hills malls.

What a nice surprise to find something to eat at the mall besides typical fast food. The pho here is served fast, but it’s fresh, with a nicely flavored broth and most of the toppings you would expect to find. It is served in sturdy little take-out bowls. $

The menu at Pho 71 is relatively and refreshingly small.

Owners Trang Hoang and Phuong Nguyen keep it simple, knowing most people are there for one thing: the pho. Pho 71’s broth is nicely seasoned and really delicious on its own. Beyond the pho, the banh mi sandwiches — and the pork in particular — are great, layered with a crunchy arrangement of radishes, pickled carrots, cucumber, jalapeño and cilantro. $

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WHAT’S COOKING? Summit Club Executive Chef Sean McDonald and General Manager Tony Zaranti recognize 50 years of the historic Tulsa club.

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ifty years since it opened, the Summit Club continues to be one of the best places in town to watch the sunset on the Arkansas River.

But you’ve got to have more than a sunset to thrive. Over five decades, the Summit has continued to be the place where deals are made, where life events are celebrated and where food and wine are elegantly presented.

The ambiance and service have held up — and the food has been given a recent makeover under the direction of a new general manager, a chef and a certified sommelier.

“The founding fathers would be proud of the Summit, a half-century after the opening gala,” says Dr. Steve Gerkin, a member of 18 years, along with his wife, Sue. The Summit’s original board president, Stanley D. Breitweiser, and his fellow founders pulled out all the stops when opening the Summit in 1967.

Gerkin says that began with choosing the top floor of the building that then housed the Fourth National Bank and hiring a Swiss chef and a seasoned club manager from Houston.

“The longevity of the club is astounding,” Gerkin says. “Restaurants and social organizations come and go, yet the Summit continues to thrive.”

The Summit has more than 1,600 current members, who, along with their guests, have clinked many glasses at the Summit’s home for 50 years — the top floors of the Bank of America building at West Sixth Street and South Boulder Avenue.

Although it’s a Tulsa institution, many people might still wonder, “What is that place? Is it actually a club?”

The Summit Club is a city club: a social club rooted in dining and networking. Members pay a one-time fee plus monthly fees for access to the dining rooms and private function areas.

City clubs across the country have declined in number over the past 10 years. Locally, the Petroleum Club closed in 2011, and similar social and dining clubs in major cities that sprouted up in the 1960s have shuttered.

Those that have remained open have been willing to change with the times, says Tony Zaranti, general manager of the Summit.

Pan-seared striped bass and roasted Skull Island prawn with sautéed artichokes, confit fennel, heirloom beets and a warm parsley aioli

Server Erma Taylor has worked at the Summit for 46 years.

“For us to be relevant, we are thinking ahead and outside the box,” Zaranti says.

He says the Summit isn’t competing with country clubs for memberships. Rather, many Summit members hold multiple memberships at golf and tennis clubs, for example. The Summit offers dining and networking, not activities or sports. You must be a member or be accompanied by one to dine at the Summit Club.

“I tell people I’m in the happiness business,” Zaranti says. “The Summit Club is a destination.

It’s often a two- to three-hour experience — a place to dine, to watch the sunset, to celebrate an anniversary.”

The Summit’s partnership with Tulsa’s Young Professionals has attracted more young members. Nearly 14 percent of its members are junior members, age 37 and younger. Junior members are granted all of the same club privileges as regular members minus voting privileges. Also, initiation fees and monthly dues are half the cost for junior members.

Zaranti, a Chicagoan who most recently came from a city club in Fort Worth, Texas, knew updating the Summit’s menu was a priority.

After conducting a thorough membership survey, Zaranti found that members wanted to keep with traditions of the club but wanted to improve the quality and consistency of the food and service.

The survey also led to the addition of a mixologist and “the best chef in town.” As general manager since June 2015, Zaranti also knew keeping some of the members’ favorites — such as the dover sole deboned tableside, the veal scaloppini and the Caesar salad — would be important. So, the current menu is a good mix of classic and fresh.

The Summit’s new executive chef, Sean McDonald, added dishes including seared

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scallops and pork belly with a spiced hazelnut gremolata, a short rib and mushroom lasagna, and a truffle-stuffed chicken with candied parsnips and mousseline potatoes.

On the 32nd floor, the a la carte penthouse menu also has a classic section where diners can choose from long-standing dishes. Two private dining rooms also are available on this floor. The Summit Grill on the 31st floor offers a lunch buffet Monday-Friday. Five private dining rooms are available on this floor. The 30th floor holds the club ballroom and three private rooms.

Longtime diner Gerkin recalls that in the 1960s, the Summit held to the culinary gold standard of a very formal European cuisine. Though even then, the Summit also had a grill with more casual foods.

Today’s dress code is business casual; jeans are permitted, and once a year shorts are acceptable at the Summit’s Picnic in the Sky on the Fourth of July.

The Summit Club has been host to many famous faces, including politicians stopping for lunch or dinner after a campaign event. Vice President Joe Biden, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Speaker Paul Ryan are among those who have taken the elevator to the top of the Bank of America building in the past year.

Zaranti says longtime employees have played a significant role in the Summit’s success. In 50 years, the club has had only six general managers, and several employees have been with the club for decades. Server Erma Taylor has worked at the Summit for 46 years. TP TulsaPeople.com

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DINING OUT

Hi, Juice owners Madison Ingram and Kristen Witter (inset) created their Cherry Street juice bar for all kinds of juicers — from those who regularly partake in cleanses to those who have never stepped into a juice bar.

PACKING A PUNCH JUICE BARS GAIN POPULARITY IN TULSA.

BY NATALIE MIKLES

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uice bottles are popping up all over Tulsa. Look around — while walking the dog, playing at the park, shopping — you’ll see people with plastic bottles of bright-colored juice. Some drink them as meal replacements, others as an alternative to coffee.

If you’ve been curious but haven’t tried a freshsqueezed juice bar, your options are expanding.

Tulsa’s love for juice has led to a plethora of juice joints across the city.

Whether you’re tough enough for the pure green juices packed with spinach and kale or prefer the milder options with oranges and strawberries, you’re bound to find a juice you love.

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Hi, Juice

Living in Los Angeles, Madison Ingram discovered her passion for juicing. But after coming back to Tulsa, she missed the abundant juice bars of California. She and friend Kristen Witter opened Hi, Juice on Cherry Street in September.

“We wanted a place where people can hang out, build community and eat healthy,” Witter says.

Witter and Ingram are intentional about making Hi, Juice a place for all juicers — from those who do regular juice cleanses, to those who’ve never stepped into a juice bar.

“We want it to feel like it’s for everyone,” Witter says. “Some people are super into their greens, and we have those juices.” Witter says a simple mix of strawberry, pineapple and banana is a great start for beginners.

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Vitality — orange, carrot, apple and turmeric 1548 E. 15th St. | 918-392-0191 | hijuicetulsa.com Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday-Saturday

WHY JUICE? “Juice cleansing is an easy and available way to reboot your body and immune system,” says Madison Ingram, owner of Hi, Juice. With juice options that are packed full of pure, raw nutrients, juice cleanses are a great way to jumpstart healthy living. The health benefits are a major plus. From lowering stress levels to facilitating a more restful sleep, juicing has the ability to alter your lifestyle. “Cleansing your body leaves you craving raw nutrition instead of processed foods,” Ingram says.

Besides juices, Pure also has a full menu of raw, plantbased foods such as their take on sushi (below).

Pure

For Cynthia Beavers, juicing isn’t a fad. It’s something she has been doing professionally for 16 years in various establishments and vegan restaurants. All those years ago, when the idea of drinking raw juice and eating raw plant-based foods seemed out of touch to some people, Beavers preached the benefits of a such a diet.

Beavers has many clients who have been with her all that time. Others are new to eating and drinking raw. She is an informative and gentle teacher to those wanting to dive into a juicing lifestyle. But Pure also is a great place to go for a breakfast smoothie or an occasional pack of juices for the family.

Beavers takes her fruit and veggies seriously and says each bottle of juice contains 3 pounds of produce. She also says more than 1,600 people have participated in Pure’s 21-day transformation cleanse.

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On-the-go juice bottles and snacks accompany a menu of soups, salads, muffins and sweets at Nutrify.

Nutrify

Bright lights and a clean, open kitchen welcome customers at Nutrify. The space in south Tulsa offers fresh-made juices and smoothies, coffees and teas, plus a menu of soups and salads, muffins and sweets.

Many customers are there for the bottled juices they can take home for a cleanse or for a quick and healthy on-the-go breakfast or lunch.

Nutrify offers a kids’ menu with options such as the Purple Monster made with watermelon, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, banana, kale and hemp seeds.

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Sisters Piper Kacere and Amy Murray were stay-at-home moms known for their popular cleanse recipe when they decided to take a hobby to the next level.

At Ediblend, some customers pop in to their locations in midtown or south Tulsa for a kale salad from the refrigerator case and a freshly made juice from the juice bar. Others pick up juice packs with curated blends of juices for one- and three-day juice cleanses.

Those cleanses come with instructions on when to drink each blend, along with encouragement and reminders on how much water to drink.

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Classic green blend — kale, celery, cucumber, chia, ginger, lemon, apple and coconut water Ediblend’s two locations feature curated juice blends and cleanses, along with refrigerated foods for carryout ease.

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To a backdrop of motivating music — anything from classic rock to the latest pop hits — POUND class participants hold a set of weighted, neon green drumsticks that they use to beat out rhythms while maintaining a squat position or doing Pilates-style movements.

“The entire body is involved,” Kelsey says. “But it’s so fun, people forget they’re working out.”

POUND classes are currently offered three times a week. Morning classes are held at a local park. Evening and Saturday classes are at Empower fitness studio, 4950 S. Sheridan Road. See p. 32 for more on Kelsey. TP VISIT EMPOWERFITMOM.COM.

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BECOMES A MOVIE SET

MUSICIANS PAY TRIBUTE TO LEON RUSSELL

Leon Russell

Tulsan Jeff Rindt is the author and lead singer of a song that honors late Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell. It is available for free download at longliveleon.com.

The project began after Russell’s heart attack in July, when Rindt was at Russell’s former recording compound at Grand Lake. It was a famous 1970s haven for rock icons such as Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Bob Dylan.

Rindt recorded “Long Live Leon” with other seasoned musicians from the U.S. and Europe who are fans of Russell. Their intention was to support his return to the stage and thank him for what he meant to them, but the final mix and mastering were in process when Russell died Nov. 13. Rindt rewrote the lyrics and rerecorded the song that day.

“Starbright” films in the Philbrook gardens.

Philbrook Museum of Art was recently in the spotlight when Starbright Productions filmed a portion of its feature film “Starbright” at the museum Nov. 14-17.

During filming, the museum remained open during regular business hours, but the gardens were closed. The schedule included overnight filming from 5 p.m.-5 a.m., according to Philbrook officials.

In the film, “a young orphan escapes the realities of her life by fantasizing about and then entering a fairy tale world,” according to IMDB.com, which estimates the film’s budget at $30 million. Other filming locations include California, Louisiana, Italy and Thailand.

This is not the first time Philbrook has been utilized as a film set. In 2004, scenes from the feature film “Return to Sender,” a romantic thriller, were shot on the museum’s front lawn.

At press time, a release date had not been set for “Starbright,” which is still in production.

Waiting Child Gallery relaunches A series of traveling displays that introduce Oklahomans to children in state custody has been revamped and is making its way across Oklahoma.

The purpose of the Waiting Child Heart Gallery is to give children in Department of Human Services custody the ability to share their own stories in an effort to find them forever families.

As part of its relaunch, the Heart Gallery has a new website, heartgalleryofoklahoma. com, that includes photos and profiles of children available for adoption. It will soon show videos of these children telling potential families about their interests, hopes and dreams.

Galleries are available to host temporarily by contacting Gay Larson at 918-2844888 or gaylarson@heartgalleryofoklahoma.com. Venues must be indoors and must accommodate the 20-by-6.5-foot exhibit and visitors, preferably for one month.

Visit the Heart Gallery website for a schedule of local appearances.

Voices of Oklahoma “I would say, to paraphrase Ben Franklin, that people who will choose security over freedom deserve neither. And that these things like free press, things like freedom of religion are hard-earned by a bunch of people who put their whole life into it. … All these founding fathers were the wealthiest leaders of the country, and they all died broke. They put it all in the United States. And to go waste that by being scared to do hard things, or confront bad people, is really unfortunate.”

Francis Rooney III, Oklahoma native, CEO of Manhattan Construction and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

He will take office Jan. 3 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida’s 19th district.

“Voices of Oklahoma” is an oral history project supported by the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities at the University of Tulsa.

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ROOTS Sterling Gates lives in Los Angeles, where he writes best-selling comics.

Aubrey Kelsey teaches a POUND class at her studio.

Edison graduate returned to the world of comics after his father’s death.

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n the early ’90s, Sterling Gates and his older brother, Alex, spent endless hours devouring comic books in their father Shaun’s shop, Sooner Books and Comics at East 41st Street and South Peoria Avenue.

By fifth grade, Gates’ goal in life was to draw comics or work in Disney’s animation department.

He loved Batman and the Flash, spending his days reading his father’s back stock of comic books.

But as Gates matured into a high school student at Edison, he spent his time playing guitar and writing songs because “girls paid more attention if you were into guitars and not Daredevil.”

In 1998, everything changed. His father died, and Gates’ family closed the store. While going through the inventory, Gates decided to pull some Flash comics for old time’s sake. One in particular stood out. “It was a story about losing your father and taking over that legacy,” Gates says. “It was like a lightning strike that sent a powerful message. It really spoke to me as a grieving teen.”

Gates graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in film

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media production. He relocated to Los Angeles in attempt to find work, and after a chance encounter with DC Comics Editor Geoff Johns, Gates landed a job as an assistant for Johns, who now oversees the DC movie universe.

Since then, Gates, 35, has written best-selling comics about Supergirl, the Flash, Green Lantern and many other popular characters. Gates also created the character Caitlin Snow, who has become a main character on the CW TV show “The Flash.” He is now focused on an upcoming animated series.

Throughout comics, the loss of a father is a prevalent theme. In many Superman stories, the title character visits with his late father through a hologram.

If given the chance to speak with his father again, Gates says, “I think he’d say he’s proud of me. I think he’d be comforted to know the pain of his passing led to a lot of creative work that hopefully helps ease the pain of those who find it.”

But Gates adds, “I wouldn’t want to spend a lot of time talking comics. I have a million other things I’d much rather ask him.” TP

NAME: Aubrey Kelsey AGE: 30 KNOWN FOR: Kelsey owns Empower Fitness, an alternative fitness studio for women of all ages and fitness levels.

On calling herself a “fit rebel”: I embrace the idea of living a healthy, fit life for a lifetime. Today, everyone tries fad diets, looking for a quick fix, which leads to a yo-yo effect between weight loss and weight gain. I’m trying to create a rebellion/ movement against that.

On not letting fear keep you from getting fit: The biggest thing people need to realize is that they’re not alone. Everyone has something they want to change and a fear of getting out of their comfort zone. It’s scary, but when you do, it’s the most empowering thing.

On her smoothie obsession: I just made up a recipe for a chocolate-covered strawberry smoothie. When it comes to food, I’m a big fan.

— TARA RITTLER Learn about Kelsey’s latest workout obsession on p. 29.

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The most important thing is to set boundaries right away. If you don’t want a 90-pound ball of fur hanging out on your couch, don’t let that cute, fuzzy, little puppy on the couch. It is also not a good idea to carry your new puppy around. This teaches them that they belong up in your face and can lead to them jumping on you later. The best age to start obedience training is around 12 weeks. Contact a local dog trainer as soon as possible.

Malissa Spacek and Dr. James Campbell

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GENERAL DENTISTRY How do I avoid a toothache?

Prevention is the best medicine, and the best dentistry is no dentistry.

Regular, biannual dental checkups and cleanings are the very best way to detect any problems before they become painful. For instance, if you have a cavity, and just need a filing, but procrastinate having that filling, bacteria has found a path into your tooth. It could become infected, needing root canal treatment or even removal and replacement of that tooth — so don’t wait.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT If my child or grandchild has earned income, can I contribute to their Roth IRA? Yes. The 2016 contribution is limited to the amount of earned income or $5,500 — whichever is less — regardless of age, plus $1,000 catch-up for those over age 50. For 2016, the account must be funded by April 18, 2017. Earnings on qualified distributions are never taxed, and no distributions are required of the owner. A Roth IRA contribution is not tax deductible and it is subject to income limits. Your contribution would be a gift, so consult your financial advisor.

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J. Harvie Roe, CFP, President

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AmeriTrust Investment Advisors, Inc. 4506 S. Harvard Ave. • Tulsa, OK 74135 918-610-8080 • hroe@amerad.com

VETERINARIAN

WILL AND TRUSTS

How cold is too cold to leave my dog outside?

Why do I need insurance in my estate plan?

Most healthy dogs that live outside and are used to the cold weather can tolerate, with shelter, temperatures down to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Below 20 degrees, they should be brought inside to a heated environment. It’s very important that if living outside, they have adequate insulation and a shelter that is wind proof, otherwise they can be very susceptible to hypothermia. It is also extremely important that they have a no-frozen water source, which can be provided by a heated water bowl.

When someone dies, the need for cash flow for the surviving spouse becomes critical. If the majority of your estate consists of businesses, real estate and other hard assets, the competing interests for cash availability between business operations and spousal support rise to the forefront. Life insurance can help give all the surviving parties options. A good estate plan, including life insurance, will take all these issues into consideration.

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BIZ WHIZ

Leaving a legacy

Henry Migliore

A Tulsan is the first Oklahoman to lead the National Restaurant Association.

BY ASHLEY VAN HORNE

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eff Davis opened his first Arby’s restaurant in Tulsa in August 1969 with his father, Bob. Today, U.S. Beef Corp. is the largest national Arby’s franchisee, with more than 340 restaurants, along with six Taco Bueno locations.

For more than 45 years, Davis has been active in the National Restaurant Association, the leading business association for the restaurant industry. This year, he will serve as the association’s chairman.

“Next to building the infrastructure of U.S. Beef Corp and the opportunity it has created for so many of our people, being elected chair of the NRA is both an honor and a highlight of my entire career,” Davis says.

“Being the first Oklahoman to be elected chairman of the NRA, I feel a deep responsibility to represent my state, my company and the country’s 1 million restaurants with my total commitment to upholding the highest ideals of our industry.”

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impacts on restaurant owners, Davis has his work cut out for him. His responsibilities will include leading the association’s board of directors, facilitating good governance and directing the oversight of management.

Davis says most people aren’t aware that the restaurant industry is the nation’s second-largest private sector employer of 14.4 million Americans, generating 4 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. He says its middle-class job growth is four times stronger than the overall economy. “We want to continue to improve on those numbers,” he says.

Although he’ll be busy lending his expertise to Washington and will spend most of his time as chairman traveling across the country, one thing remains certain: Davis has a heart for Tulsa.

“I’ve had the good fortune to travel to most of America’s great cities, but there’s something about touching down in Tulsa that always makes me feel grateful that this is the city I have the privilege to call home,” he says. TP

What do you consider your legacy?

My legacy is the people whom I have influenced with my ideas and spirit, and the 17 books (about strategic planning, organization, management and personal life success) I have written in seven languages. I have donated all of my written materials to regional libraries for all to read for years to come.

What is your personal mission statement? A professional mentor and friend, Dr. George Odiorne, gave me some wonderful advice. When I asked how I could thank him, he said, “You can’t. But you can help someone else succeed.” That has driven my entire life.

Whom do you wish to thank? My heroes include my dear parents, Roscoe Channing and Mary Gladys Migliore, who set a wonderful example of how to live a fulfilled Christian life and establish a strong work ethic. — ASHLEY VAN HORNE

BIZ WHIZ: SCOTT MILLER; LEGACY: COURTESY HENRY MIGLIORE

FOOD SERVICE

AT AGE 76, Migliore is president of Tulsabased consulting company Managing for Success. He was the dean of the Oral Roberts University School of Business from 1975-1986.

A PARK GROWS IN TULSA A GATHERING PLACE – PART 17

Casey Cooper, president of the Bovaird Foundation

REMARKABLE PARK The Bovaird Foundation pledges $2 million to support A Gathering Place.

TOP: ACE CUERVO; RENDERING: COURTESY MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH ASSOCIATES

BY MORGAN PHILLIPS

An aerial view of the $350 million A Gathering Place for Tulsa. The first phase of the park will be completed this fall.

Casey Cooper, longtime president of the Bovaird Foundation, has seen a lot of philanthropic projects come and go, but he insists A Gathering Place has more potential than most to be transformational.

He says, “It’s consistent with what the Bovaird Foundation does in trying to make Tulsa a better place to live,” which prompted the foundation to donate $2 million.

“The donation from the Bovaird Foundation represents one of the investments allowing A Gathering Place for Tulsa to become a worldclass park,” says Jeff Stava, executive director and trustee of Tulsa’s Gathering Place LLC. “Gifts like this allow every feature of the park to be constructed to the highest standard.”

Stava says stone curbing in the parking lots, stone and cobble-lined paths, heavy stone work at the Williams Lodge, lighting and elegant park furniture are just a few features throughout the space that demonstrate the highest quality of design and construction made possible by the generous support of park donors.

The Bovaird Foundation’s gift also will help fund program endowments to make A Gathering Place a learning venue for all Tulsans to enjoy.

Programming will encompass themes such as health and wellness, nature and conservation, education, and arts and culture.

“These programs will become the lifeblood of the park for everyone to come together, learn and grow,” Stava says. TP TulsaPeople.com

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MUSINGS

ENVYING GEORGE STRAIT

BY CONNIE CRONLEY

G

eorge Strait is lucky. Some days I wish all my exes lived in Texas like his song.

Here are recent adventures with my ex-husband and my ex-hairdresser.

This past autumn, I had a new book published and was happily trotting around town for little book signings. Many were in venues unusual for book sales: a dog shop, a garden center and a candy store, for instance. I thought this was creative. These signings were meant to support local businesses, of which I am one, albeit a tiny one.

After every event I called Jay, my ex-husband, to report. He’s a writer; I thought he’d be interested.

“Such fun,” I said. “Sold six books.”

“Really nice. Sold nine books.”

If sales were low, I didn’t call and report that. I knew he was rolling his eyes at every phone call.

And then.

One day I went to a friend’s funeral at All Souls Unitarian Church. Out of habit, I called Jay to tell him about it.

“Sell any books?” he asked. Insert here: Vaudeville drum roll.

About the same time I was scrounging for auction items for a benefit, I thought of George, my ex-hairdresser, who also does theater makeup.

I emailed him.

“George, would you donate a gift certificate for two for Halloween makeup?”

“Sure, but I specialize in zombie makeup.”

“Fine. Great. Zombies would be good.”

“The thing is,” George said, “they’d want it for Halloween, wouldn’t they?”

I thought: Of course. They wouldn’t want it for Thanksgiving or Valentine’s Day. I said, “Yes. Zombie makeup for Halloween.

Perfect timing.”

“That’s a problem,” George said. “I won’t be in town for Halloween. I’ll be in Eureka Springs for the Zombie Crawl.” Insert here: Same ba-bump punctuation music.

I thought: Give it up. Take a break from talking with exes. Use that energy to write another book.

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I already have the idea for my next one. It will be “A Year of …” book. They’re popular. I think the trend started with “A Year in Provence.” Here are more recent examples: “A Year of Living Biblically,” “A Year of Living Your Yoga,” “A Year of Reading,” “A Year of Voting Dangerously,” “A Year of Mercy with Pope Francis” and my favorite, “A Year in the Merde,” which is about living in France.

Author’s note: Look up the French translation of “merde.” It’s also what ballet dancers say to one another instead of “break a leg.”

My own book will be “A Year of Mastering my Passwords,” and it might be a combination of all of the above.

Then again, maybe my new book will be titled “A Year of Unilateral Negotiations with My Telecommunication System — and Just Trying to Get a Clear Television Picture.” The subtitle will be, “Won’t Someone Help Me!” Some of us embrace our gadgets like playful kittens. For others of us, they are semi-feral little beasts always ready to attack.

In 2016, three new pieces of communication equipment arrived, two of which were wrong. I was visited by four technicians, and I lost hours of my life and much of my sanity trying to communicate by phone and email with technical call centers from India to the Philippines.

One real-life technician on a house visit commiserated with both sides. “I’ve visited one of those call centers,” he said. “About 40 people jammed in a little room. Some were yelling, their faces all red. Some were crying. Boy, oh boy, I wouldn’t have that job for anything.”

You might think that would have softened my heart. It didn’t. I was all about My Needs.

One exceptionally long and incomprehensible email exchange grew hostile on both sides.

“Is English your native language?” I asked.

“Yes!” snapped the answer. “And what makes you think it am not?”

I signed off. To the relief of both of us. TP

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P

hil Albert describes himself as extremely humbled to take over the chairmanship of the Tulsa Regional Chamber for 2017.

The Oklahoma City native and Oklahoma Baptist University grad has been a Tulsa resident since 1980, starting his career as an accountant before moving into the manufacturing industry for 24 years with JEM Engineering, where he served 10 years as president.

In 2005, he and business partner Phil Parduhn started Pelco Structural in Claremore.

Pelco designs, manufactures and provides logistical solutions for steel infrastructure products, including transmission lines for wind farms in western Oklahoma and Kansas. This is the first time in Chamber history that the board chair’s business is located in a regional partner community outside of Tulsa. Albert has been married to his wife, Jo, for 36 years and has four children and nine grandchildren.

A thoughtful man of measured words, Albert sat down with TulsaPeople at the Tulsa Regional Chamber offices to share his leadership vision, which has a strong emphasis on improving public education locally and throughout the state.

WHAT IS YOUR FOCUS FOR THE TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER IN 2017? I think it continues to be education and workforce concerns, quality of life and opportunities for the Chamber to be a catalyst for expansion. Of all the organizations I’m involved in, I think the Chamber is the most relevant in terms of addressing workforce needs and educational issues for northeastern Oklahoma and, for that matter, the state of Oklahoma. I’m going to be the first regional chair of the Tulsa Chamber, and I want to blur the lines between urban and rural concerns as they relate to issues like education, workforce and quality of life.

When I opened my business in Claremore 12 years ago, there was a distinct line drawn as to what urban and rural issues were, but over the last 12 years I’ve really seen that line blur — and I don’t think it matters when you’re looking at educational issues or workforce issues. Whether you’re in Claremore or Tulsa or another city in northeastern Oklahoma, I think our interests are all the same.

Additionally, OU-Tulsa and the Chamber are exploring the possibility for Tulsa to become a Blue Zones city. A Blue Zones city addresses, in a public-private way, health issues in a geographic area as they relate to nutrition, to schools, to health insurance costs — both personal and occupational — and I hope that the Chamber can be a catalyst for seeing that project take off in 2017. I would love to see Tulsa become a Blue Zones community.

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Q&A

Phil Albert President of Pelco Structural; 2017 Tulsa Regional Chamber chairman

BY SCOTT WIGTON WHERE DOES IMPROVING AND PROMOTING EDUCATION FIT IN THE CHAMBER’S AGENDA? I think that education is a primary piece of the overall equation, whether you’re focused on quality of life or expanding your business or looking at new product opportunities.

As we try to make our businesses attractive to people outside our area, I believe one of the first things they look at in terms of the quality of life is our educational opportunities — specifically public education opportunities at all levels.

I’m the newest regent for the University of Oklahoma, and I have spent the past year getting familiar with higher education issues. I was appalled to see statistics that show that less than 15 percent of the cost of higher education is borne by the public sector. When I went to college, those statistics were just the opposite. Eighty percent of the cost of higher education was borne by the state and 20 percent by families and private foundations and institutions. We talk about the importance of education in Oklahoma, and it’s become apparent that we’ve got to come up with better ways to guarantee quality opportunities for our kids. I think we risk falling further behind other states if we don’t address public education in a bigger way than just teacher salaries. It’s a much bigger issue than that.

DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU AND THE CHAMBER WILL BE ABLE TO EXERCISE SOME INFLUENCE WHEN IT COMES TO PROMOTING PUBLIC EDUCATION? We will. The Cham-

ber absolutely supports quality public education and opportunities for everyone in northeastern Oklahoma. You know, education is the great enabler. It’s the great equalizer, and I don’t think you’ll find people more sensitive to that fact than members of the Chamber.

WHAT’S YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE OVERALL ECONOMY IN TULSA AND REGIONALLY? You know, the economy appears to be stabilizing. We’d sure like to see oil and gas at a higher level. They seem to have stabilized at a level that’s a little lower than maybe what we’d like to see. I hope in 2017 we see oil and gas prices back at a level where we see real growth again. I also think we’ve been fairly insulated here in northeastern Oklahoma because of diversification of opportunity as it relates to the number of industries present here, not the least of which are aviation, health care and manufacturing.

I have listened with great interest to speculation about addressing infrastructure at the national level, and I certainly hope to see that happen.

WHAT IS THE ONE THING, WHEN LOOKING BACK ON YOUR TERM, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY YOU WERE ABLE TO GET DONE? I’d love to be able to say that we came up with a real plan for protecting the value of a public education in Oklahoma during my term.

I’d like to see the proliferation of public-private partnerships. The Chamber has been a tremendous galvanizer for putting businesses and schools together to address simple needs, reading programs, partners in education — so many opportunities for our business community to step in and fill in gaps that are not entirely financial.

Here in Tulsa the Reading Partners program that is promoted by the Chamber is the perfect example of a way that a business can provide community support for some really important programs like Impact Tulsa. I’m excited to see what our new mayor (G.T. Bynum) and his administration will do to play a role in bringing education to the forefront of concerns of the folks in Oklahoma City and Washington, D.C. WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE PERSONAL ACTIVITIES? I love to read. I’m a former chairman of the Will Rogers Memorial Commission, and so I love history and I love the way history is being used here in Tulsa to address quality of life — whether it be the OKPOP Museum or Woody Guthrie Center or Philbrook Museum and the proliferation of museums in our downtown urban core. These places and others provide real entertainment opportunities that help us attract the kind of talent that we want in Tulsa. TP

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COURTESY PELCO STRUCTURAL

Damario Solomon-Simmons, center, speaks with students at Monroe Demonstration School who attended this year’s MVP Foundation Manhood Summit. Solomon-Simmons founded the MVP Foundation with his wife to create a mentoring program for African-American boys growing up without a father.

PASSION PLAYER Damario Solomon-Simmons helps a generation of boys through his MVP Foundation and Manhood Summit.

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ON A FALL MORNING, a group of African-American men and adolescent boys gather in and around the Cox Business Center in downtown Tulsa and begin shouting.

The sounds are audible from blocks away. Patrons at the DoubleTree Hotel across the street gather outside to witness the ruckus.

The closer you get, the clearer their words become: “All in,” shouts one man in a black tracksuit and white baseball hat. “For young men” comes the resounding response from 70 men waiting inside the building.

Outside, the eighth-grade boys stand with looks of surprise. As they enter the building, the men surround them, holding signs that read, “Your life matters” and “We love you,” and giving pats on the back.

Then, the boys proceed through the line and begin the registration process for the fourth annual MVP Foundation Manhood Summit, the legacy of Tulsa attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons, TulsaPeople’s 2017 Tulsan of the Year.

FILLING A VOID

If you ask anyone who knows him to describe Solomon-Simmons, they will undoubtedly use one word: passionate. He even uses it to describe himself. He is “passionately in love with his high school sweetheart” and now wife, Mia Fleming. He is passionate about law, justice and history. He is passionate about sports. He is passionate about the north Tulsa neighborhood he grew up in and the families who live there and on the entire northside.

But for all that passion, Solomon-Simmons also is remarkably likable.

He takes his hat off to pray silently over his food and has a strong handshake. In the course of a casual conversation, he smiles easily and often, revealing straight, white teeth that he attributes to his mother’s dogged determination to ensure her son had all he needed, including braces. This also was an era “when it was noble for government to invest in poor people,” he says.

He has a self-deprecating sense of humor most noticeable when he talks about his high school GPA. However, he still feels the most at ease in a three-piece suit. He has the ability to make the person he is talking to feel comfortable and heard, but he also can command the attention of a room full of 70 eighth-graders with cell phones or make an argument to a jury in a courtroom.

But Solomon-Simmons’ infectious smile fades when talking about the challenges facing African-American youth. “I’m concerned for black boys,” he says. “Unfortunately, dysfunction is the norm for most families in America. When you add in rampant poverty, racism and injustice, you get what you get.”

The added impact of absentee fathers creates another pain that Solomon-Simmons is all too familiar with.

“There’s a void,” he says, “It’s real, and it’s painful.”

And so, in typical passionate fashion, SolomonSimmons set out to do something about it.

TULSA ROOTS

A native Tulsan and a proud Booker T. Washington graduate, Solomon-Simmons was raised by his mother, Kathy L. Brown-Banks, with his younger brother, Damen Banks.

Both sets of his grandparents were the first black families to move into the Tulsa neighborhoods they called home in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Sadly, both sets of grandparents had a similar experience. Verbal and physical abuse, school integration clashes and property damage, all motivated by racial hatred scarred BrownBanks’ childhood.

As an adult single parent, Brown-Banks moved in 1978 to a predominantly black neighborhood near East 36th Street North and North Peoria Avenue, when Damario was 2 years old.

At the time, a Dillard’s department store, a bowling alley and various major retailers were nearby. But “by the time I was 10 years old, all of that was gone,” Solomon-Simmons recalls. The neighborhood is now home to an inordinate number of churches, nonprofits and vacant buildings.

Brown-Banks has cerebral palsy, so the family income was limited to Social Security benefits of around $550 a month.

Solomon-Simmons remembers growing up in the age of high-dollar designer sneakers. “I was probably in fifth grade when Filas were really hot,” he remembers. On a family outing to Promenade Mall, Solomon-Simmons saw the shoes of his dreams. They cost $79.

When Brown-Banks declined to buy the shoes, her son got mad. “I thought she was so unfair,” he says. As an adult, “I realize I was asking her to spend basically onefifth of her income on a pair of shoes.”

Despite other, more major challenges, including a speech impediment and life-threatening asthma, Solomon-Simmons says, “We never went without,” thanks to the support of his grandparents and uncles.

Monroe Demonstration School students Corejon Ballard, Xavier Williams, Trevin Corona and Tyree Brooks with Damario Solomon-Simmons. These four students were some of the 200 young black men that attended the October 2016 MVP Manhood Summit.

Their support was especially significant because, like many other young men in his neighborhood, Solomon-Simmons was, essentially, a boy without a father. The two never lived in the same house. His father moved from Tulsa to St. Petersburg, Florida, when Solomon-Simmons was 12 years old. For the next 12 years, he saw his father only a handful of times.

An estimated 24.7 million children live in a home without their biological father, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Fifty-eight percent of black children — compared to 21 percent of white children — are living absent their biological fathers, according to a 2012 Family Structure and Children’s Living Arrangements report.

The National Center for Fathering reports that these children are four times more likely to live in poverty, are significantly less likely to graduate from high school and are more likely to experience or witness violence in the home. The “epidemic of fatherlessness” has inspired speeches from President Barack Obama, social media

posts from LeBron James and an Oprah Winfrey Network special broadcast.

When Solomon-Simmons was growing up, however, this was a personal problem, albeit one he shared with many of his peers. To his knowledge, fatherlessness was not the subject of national conversation.

A SPORTING LIFE

As a child, Solomon-Simmons was drawn to sports. His mother says football was his “first word,” and he began playing the sport in fourth grade.

Years later, 13-year-old middle school student Mia Fleming saw Solomon-Simmons’ photo in a friend’s yearbook and thought he was cute — and might be good high school boyfriend material. At her best friend’s request, Solomon-Simmons gave her a call. When she answered, he mispronounced her name, got flustered and hung up the phone. The next semester, they both began their

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last minute of the game. “As a former walk-on and career backup, I had my best game, finishing with four tackles and a sack,” Solomon-Simmons says. He stayed at OU to earn a master’s degree in higher education and his juris doctorate in 2004.

In 2005, he opened SolomonSimmonsSharrock with partner Susan R. Sharrock. The practice grew to be one of the largest majority black firms in Oklahoma. He has represented dozens of professional athletes and served as counsel on consequential cases relating to racial injustice. He joined the Riggs Abney law firm in 2015 and is now lead counsel representing the family of Terence Crutcher. He also is lead counsel representing the family of Monroe Bird III, as well as the Tulsa Transit 6, and is co-counsel for six sexual assault victims of former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw.

Although Solomon-Simmons has grown more successful over the years, he has not forgotten where he started.

And his passion for helping youth has not waned.

“To go from a low-income black boy to travel the world and be part of what I think is the best firm in Oklahoma, working on consequential cases and making a difference is possible because I was given mentorship and access to resources,” he says. “And when I did mess up, I wasn’t thrown away. I was given opportunities to learn from my mistakes.”

A FOUNDATION IS BORN

In 2009, Solomon-Simmons and Fleming founded the MVP Foundation as a fund through the Tulsa Community

Attorney Kevinn Matthews teaches an MVP Manhood Summit attendee how to tie a tie, just one of the lessons of the day.

MVP NEEDS: MENTORS, FUNDING AND SUPPORT The MVP Foundation currently has a database of approximately 115 mentors ranging from ages 16-70 that they can call upon to participate in different activities. How many more do they need? Solomon-Simmons says, “You can never have enough positive, successful men available to deploy to other organizations or participate in our events.”

Those interested in becoming mentors can visit solomonsimmons.com to learn more. The organization also needs funding and technical support to hire a program director and build on-site facilities to scale up the operation and fulfill the vision of an organization that, in addition to the Manhood Summits and Fatherhood Weekends, provides: training for men wanting to specifically mentor boys from single-mother households, on-going training for women raising boys alone and year-round school-based mentoring services.

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Foundation. They partnered with Solomon-Simmons’ high profile NFL clients to offer a free elite football training camp for hundreds of boys from north Tulsa. The events incorporated academic encouragement and life skills for boys and single mothers alike.

After three years of this camp, Solomon-Simmons was still frustrated. “All these boys said they wanted to be professional athletes,” he recalls. “If that’s your ‘Plan A’ and you don’t have anything to fall back on, that causes a big problem.”

He complained about it to Fleming. “Mia was like, well, you know … you do football academies.” Knowing the pain her husband felt not having his father, Fleming had always thought it would be good for him to help other young boys going through what he had experienced.

That’s when Solomon-Simmons turned his attention to mentorship and finding ways to provide young men with father figures. He contacted David Miller, founder of Dare to Be King, an international organization aimed at engaging boys and men of color for emotional development, familial reconciliation and academic success.

Solomon-Simmons and his assistant, Darrell Mercer, began offering a curriculum, written by Miller, to about 30 boys at KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory.

Miller describes the curriculum as “life lessons” but admits the course is really a supplement to the relationships that develop between the adult males facilitating the curriculum and the adolescent boys who often have no positive relationships with adult men.

According to Miller, the course “dramatically reduces suspensions and behavioral challenges” by “creating relationships that these boys desperately need and that they yearn for.”

Unfortunately, in 2016, these courses have been suspended due to Solomon-Simmons’ busy schedule and lack of funds to hire and train additional mentors.

But the MVP Foundation continues. In 2013, the foundation hosted the first Manhood Summit as part of a larger weekend of events for eighth-grade boys from single parent households.

Solomon-Simmons asked his longtime friend, Phil Armstrong, chief operations officer for restaurant development of Subway in eastern Oklahoma, to prepare a presentation that he could share with the boys. “I said, ‘I bet these young men have never had a father teach them how to tie a tie or shake a man’s hand and look him in the eye,’” Armstrong remembers. “So, that was my presentation.”

After giving the presentation for the fourth year, he admitted that from the outside, a tie or handshake lesson might seem less than thrilling to an eighth-grade boy.

But it’s more about the connection between adult and teenager. “If you’ve never had that before, it really plants something,” Armstrong says. And each boy is given his own tie. “(When they receive the tie) you would think we’d given them a million dollars.”

Eric Teeson, a student at Monroe Demonstration School, says the hardest part of the Summit was learning to tie a tie, but once he got it, “It felt good.”

NBA veteran and Booker T. graduate Etan Thomas has spoken at three Manhood Summits. “Guys like Wayman Tisdale, Lee Mayberry, John Starks and Clint McDaniel spoke at my school,” Thomas recalls. “I listened to every word they said. I remember the lessons learned, and I carried them with me.”

VALERIE GRANT

freshman year at Booker T. Washington High School and Solomon-Simmons saw Fleming for the first time. “I was like, oh, man! That’s Mia?” he remembers. The two began “going together” intermittently for the next five years.

Solomon-Simmons credits his admission to Booker T. to his athletic prowess. It certainly wasn’t his low grades in middle school — which didn’t improve in high school.

After graduation, he enrolled and promptly dropped out of both Northeastern State University and Tulsa Community College.

He and Fleming started dating (again) on Christmas Day 1994. The two have been together ever since.

The couple moved to Dallas, where Solomon-Simmons experienced an epiphany. “I had wrecked my car, was living in a crappy apartment and was making about $10 an hour,” he says. “I realized there was more for my life than that, but that I had to have an education.”

It marked a turning point in his life.

At each phase of the academic and professional career that followed, he credits mentors (ranging from Edward Perkins, the first black U.S. ambassador to South Africa and a professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma, to a pizza delivery guy with a fortuitous aptitude for math) with helping him gain vital experiences and opportunities.

The couple moved back to Tulsa in 1996, and Solomon-Simmons went on to earn an associate’s degree at TCC, then a bachelor’s degree from OU, where he walked on to the football team and worked his way onto the field for the Sooners. The Sooners beat Texas Christian University 10-9 his senior year by scoring 10 points in the

SINCE 2013 THE MVP FOUNDATION HAS PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING: Intense manhood training to over 400 boys Dedicated mentoring training to over 75 men Mentoring opportunities to over 200 men Parenting training to over 40 single-moms/women raising sons In-school mentoring programming to over 200 boys

Metropolitan Baptist Church Senior Pastor Ray Owens, right, has been one of the MVP Foundation’s biggest supporters, and considers the church’s involvement not as a gift but “as an investment in the boys who will grow up to be men in our community.”

Hosting and facilitating community-wide fatherhood panels attracting over 1,200 attendees

Over time, MVP began partnering with schools that serve its target demographic. Schools identify students who would benefit from the Manhood Summit, coordinate permission slips and provide transportation.

In 2016, the Summit included candid conversations with officers from the Tulsa Police Department and inspirational messages from sports stars like Thomas and Titus O’Neal. It culminated in a meet-and-greet with Oklahoma City Thunder players and seats at the team’s exhibition game in Tulsa. “(The Summit) taught me a lot of things about what I’m going to do in the future, how I’m going to act,” says Teeson, one of more than 200 Summit attendees this year. His future plans now include wearing suits, shaking hands, looking people in the eye and taking care of himself financially.

Many Summit participants found it easy to open up and absorb the lessons due to the unique atmosphere. “It kind of brought us closer, like family, just getting to know each other,” says eighth-grader Tyree Brooks.

“I actually comprehended the material,” says Monroe eighth-grader Terrieon Buckley, “because everybody was actually getting along. We got in touch with kids from other schools, made friends.”

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Since 2012, the Manhood Summit has been made possible through the support of organizations including Metropolitan Baptist Church, the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the Walton Foundation, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Bank of America and Westview Medical Center.

Ray Owens, senior pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, says he sees the church’s involvement not as a gift but “as an investment in the boys who will grow up to be men in our community.”

appreciate the opportunity to be vulnerable and honest in a non-judgmental environment.” He hopes spending the day with men from similar backgrounds helps students “gain a sense of what’s possible.”

With increased funding, Solomon-Simmons sees limitless possibilities for MVP, including programs and training for parents and year-round, in-school mentorship.

“If I can have the success that God has blessed me to have, then I think anybody, given the right opportunities and resources and support, can do the same thing,” he says. “So, I’m always looking for ways to give back and touch that population of kids.”

“He’s a good role model,” says Buckley of Solomon-Simmons. “He tells us what to do right, and that you can choose the right path no matter what happens.”

Mia Fleming and Damario Solomon-Simmons began dating as students at Booker T. Washington High School.

Owens believes in the power of mentorship because he also grew up in a single-parent home and was mentored through most of his junior high and high school years. He admits, “There are a lot of things we could do with the kind of money (we invest in MVP’s Manhood Summit), but I don’t think there’s anything more powerful than raising young men who learn stability and how to engage in meaningful conversation and develop a strategic plan for life.”

“Damario is a remarkable man with enormous energy, talent and a committed heart,” says Ken Levit, executive director of GKFF. “He is dedicated to lending a hand to others, always brave and true to what he believes is right.”

Andrew McRae, principal at KIPP, says, “I don’t see (the Manhood Summit) as a day away from learning.

I see it as a day of learning differently. Our students

HEALING FOR HIMSELF AND OTHERS

In April 2015, Solomon-Simmons was at his uncle’s funeral. He hadn’t spoken to his father in several years but was sitting right next to him. As his cousins stood to eulogize his uncle, each one described him as a wonderful father.

Meanwhile, Solomon-Simmons’ heart was breaking. “I wish I had that,” he thought, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with his dad.

When the service was over, his father turned to him.

“I’m sorry,” he said, crying. The two men stood in the parking lot hugging and crying for a long time. “From that day on,” says a teary Solomon-Simmons, “we have been father and son. I have a father. That’s the best feeling ever.”

Solomon-Simmons knows he cannot create a moment like that for each of the boys with whom he interacts. But by sharing his life and taking steps to heal the hurt that he understands so well, he is interceding for a generation of boys. TP

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LIVES WELL LIVED COMPILED BY MISSY KRUSE

THE REV. MELVIN BAILEY

Nov. 19, 1942-Aug. 21, 2016 Longtime pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church; community leader A past president of the North Tulsa Ministers Alliance, he co-founded 100 Black Men of Tulsa. He gained a strong reputation for speaking out on topics that touched Tulsa’s African-American community and offered his church, Shiloh Baptist, as a gathering place to discuss these issues.

WILLIAM “BILL” BARTMANN Oct. 23, 1948-Nov. 29, 2016 Entrepreneur

Controversial, bold in his business vision, he made his name as the founder of Commercial Financial Services, a debt-restructuring service, which employed thousands and provided extravagant perks. It collapsed under fraud charges after making huge profits. But like a phoenix, Bartmann began lecturing and writing, and relaunched with CFSII and Financial Samaritan, a web-based venture to help users improve their credit scores and retire debt.

KATHRYNE BEACH

Jan. 21, 1925-July 3, 2016 Former president and CEO, Goodwill Industries During her 12-year tenure (1980-1992) she turned a financially troubled organization into the largest agency of its kind in the state. Her efforts earned her honors including the 1988 Pinnacle Award for Outstanding Business Woman of the Year and the 1989 Outstanding Community Service Award from the American Business Women’s Association.

Her volunteer involvements ranged from social services to the arts.

MARVIN BLADES

Feb. 11, 1953-Oct. 6, 2016 Tulsa Public Schools Campus Police Department sergeant; president, 100 Black Men of Tulsa With a mission of mentorship, after retiring from the Tulsa Police Department as a gang unit officer, Blades joined TPS to continue his work. He believed mentoring was vital and impactful for helping children improve their lives. His involvement with 100 Black Men of Tulsa focused on mentorship opportunities and scholarship creation. In that vein, he taught at-risk youth karate, using the sport to instill discipline and guide young people toward opportunities.

BARBARA BLUE May 16, 1944-May 30, 2016 Civic leader

Blue delighted in small things and made big things happen. Along with rearing her two daughters, she was an inveterate community volunteer for a wide variety of Tulsa nonprofits. She served as president of the Junior Philharmonic and chaired the American Heart Association’s Heart Ball and “Go Red” fundraiser. She also served as Altar Guild director for St. John’s Episcopal Church.

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ach January, TulsaPeople looks back at community servants the city has lost in the past 12 months. It is a list of amazing and giving individuals, who often share important connections. You will find two who were prominent with 100 Black Men of Tulsa; two with the Rotary Club of Tulsa; two with Goodwill Industries; two were rock ‘n’ roll icons; two played bridge together each week. Others helped the Tulsa Area United Way. Many fought for social justice, for education, for the performing arts and assured a rich musical and cultural environment. They each helped make Tulsa great.

“Rev. Bailey supported the youth of Tulsa. He was an example to them, gave them hope about their future and encouraged them to achieve their great potential. He was always available when they needed a friend or a shoulder to cry on or confide in. He provided a safe place for gang members from both sides of the fence to meet and discuss problems and, we feel, may have saved lives.”

Eddie L. Evans, president, 100 Black Men of Tulsa

“I worked for Bill on Thursdays. Our weekly meetings were extraordinary; he was witty, compassionate and a business genius. Sunday morning emails were common.

I will miss him enormously.”

Steve Turnbo, friend and public relations counselor

“For many years, Kathryne Beach was Goodwill Industries.

She ran it and ran it well, almost a one-woman show. She stayed as Goodwill transitioned from its longstanding community position into a more expansive and larger operation. She was a forceful individual who presided well over a complex business.”

Bob Haring, retired Tulsa World executive editor and former Goodwill board member

“He was a dedicated public servant and tireless community advocate who devoted his life to building a better, safer Tulsa for our children.

There is no doubt that Sgt. Blades made a meaningful difference in the lives of thousands of Tulsans, and we are grateful to be counted among them.”

Deborah Gist, superintendent, Tulsa Public Schools

“Barbie’s heart was always so full of joy. She took great care in all her work, always following through on commitments and paying attention to detail. She had so many friends here, and her zest for life was an inspiration to so many of us.”

The Rev. Irv Cutter, rector, St. John’s Episcopal Church

GARY BURNIDGE

Nov. 14, 1939-Oct. 27, 2016 Oral surgeon; founding board member of Eastern Oklahoma Donated Dental Services The recipient of numerous professional awards, he was a past president and board member of the Tulsa County Dental Society, who also served 12 years on the Tulsa City County Health Department board. He helped found EODDS, which provides care to indigent and needy patients, as well as the Brass Ring Society, which assists terminally ill and other challenged children.

“Gary had a huge heart. Few people know he was born with a very weakened heart and nearly died as an infant. But God made sure Gary was going to live a long, happy life as a husband, father, dentist, friend, colleague and brother. He epitomized professionalism in dentistry, and those who knew Gary and benefited from all of his accomplishments were truly blessed. He will be missed.

Michael Kincaid, president, Tulsa County Dental Society and lifelong friend

RON BUTLER

April 20, 1945-Aug. 22, 2016 Community leader; co-owner of Butler and Butler, a marketing, advertising and public relations firm One friend called his involvement with Rotary Club of Tulsa “legendary” as he took to heart its mission of service through dozens of committees and projects. He used his graphic design skills to help create the Henry Iba Citizen Athlete Awards, providing event counsel as well as his talents. Additionally, he was instrumental in the creation of the University of Tulsa’s Third Floor Design, a studio that serves the nonprofit community.

DENNIS BYRD

Oct. 5, 1966-Oct. 15, 2016 Former NFL and University of Tulsa football player After a four-year college career with TU, Byrd was drafted in 1989 by the New York Jets to play defensive end. In 1992, he suffered a broken neck during a game and was paralyzed. Months later, he walked to the podium at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes Banquet.

His 1994 book, “Rise and Walk: The Trial and Triumph of Dennis Byrd,” became a movie.

CHESTER CADIEUX

Feb. 24, 1932-March 14, 2016 Co-founder of QuikTrip; community leader Along with QT co-founder Burt Holmes, he built a small convenience store into a nationally recognized company named for 14 years to Fortune’s list of the “Best Companies to Work For.” Cadieux also chaired the Tulsa Area United Way, Phillips Theological Seminary and the Tulsa River Parks Authority and served on the board of trustees at the University of Tulsa. He was a member of the Oklahoma and Tulsa halls of fame and TU’s Business Hall of Fame.

NANCI CALDERWOOD Oct. 26, 1938-June 6, 2016 Former executive director, Tulsa Town Hall

Lifelong Tulsan Calderwood never let a bout of adolescent polio limit her life and her enjoyment of it. From 1981-2007, she was the face and voice of Tulsa Town Hall, bringing famous speakers from all over to the city. Her adventurous and positive spirit impelled her to travel, trying new foods and experiences. Along with her work, she was active in Zoo Friends and Quota International.

“In 1992, I went to my director, Stephen Sumner, with the idea of starting a design studio within the School of Art. He called Ron Butler. Naturally, Ron was excited and came up with the idea of pitching to the United Way agencies at the yearly meeting.

As they say, the rest is history.”

M. Teresa Valero, creative director, Third Floor Design; director, School of Art

“Dennis Byrd was one of the most competitive people I have ever known. He was passionate about playing the game. He was compassionate in dealing with people. He was a man’s man. His influence on me was much greater than mine on him.”

David Rader, TU coach and State Senator, District 39 “Uncle Chester was a very special friend. I watched him in awe, delighting in his wonderful sense of humor and with gratitude for his immeasurable generosity. He was one of the most humble people I’ve known; self-effacing. As a friend, he was your supporter, your cheerleader and your advocate. He was remarkable.”

Becky Frank, chairman and CEO, Schnake Turnbo Frank

“Nanci was a caring person who was always doing for others.

She was interested in all people. If she didn’t know someone, she would make a point to meet them and learn all about them and their family. Our friendship started at Barnard Elementary and continued all her life. We loved to talk on the phone. In fact, I spoke to her about two hours before she died.”

Carolyn McGee, friend since the second grade

FRANCES CHANDLER Sept. 9, 1924-Sept. 2, 2016 Civic leader

A member of a prominent Tulsa oil family and the mother-in-law of former Gov. Frank Keating, she devoted herself to community service as president of Tulsa Junior League, Tulsa Town Hall and others. She was on the boards of the YWCA, Friends of the Tulsa City-County Library, Hillcrest Medical Center Foundation and Children’s Medical Center.

“It was a joy to be in the company of Mrs. Chandler during my service to Kappa Alpha Theta and the Junior League of Tulsa. She had a heart for developing the potential of the women and a passion to leave a legacy for her fellow members to follow.”

Rita Moschovidis Burke, president, Junior League of Tulsa

HAROLD CHARNEY April 16, 1930-Sept. 23, 2016 Attorney; civic leader

Along with his wife, Yolanda, he cared deeply about education, community relations and social justice. The first president of the Tulsa County Vo-Tech school board, he served for 36 years and helped expand its campuses. He counseled indigent clients at Tulsa County Legal Aid, and he nurtured the growth of his adopted hometown of Owasso.

He loved the performing arts and was president of the Oklahoma Professional Theatre Foundation.

For many years, he shared his love of poetry with young people at the Tulsa City-County Library’s Harold Charney Poetry Festival for Children.

“Harold Charney was a pioneer in the creation and development of the Tulsa County Vo-Tech School District, later to become known as Tulsa Technology Center. He was a man of vision and a gentleman with a keen sense of humor and an appreciation for fine arts and poetry.”

Gene Callahan, retired superintendent, Tulsa Technology Center

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Sept. 29, 1938-Sept. 9, 2016 Photographer

A third-generation photographer, Cornelius was involved in numerous professional and Masonic organizations, but he will be most remembered for his roles with Rotary Club of Tulsa. His father, Meyers Cornelius, served as official club photographer beginning in 1954 and sponsored Jerry into Rotary in 1963. Photographic duties were passed from father to son. Through that, he not only captured but also saved important historic photos and artifacts.

RAY FELDMAN

Jan. 10, 1922-Jan. 30, 2016 Attorney; civic and civil rights leader Called a “global citizen” by one friend, Feldman was known for his sense of adventure and love of travel with his wife of 67 years, Nancy. They trekked the Himalayas and lived with natives in New Guinea. In Tulsa, his sense of justice led him to help organize the first Tulsa legal panel for the Oklahoma Civil Liberties Union, chair the Tulsa Human Rights commission and serve as vice chair of the state’s Human Rights Commission. He also chaired the Tulsa Red Cross and Chamber Music Tulsa and served many other organizations.

VERNON JONES

July 3, 1929-Feb. 19, 2016 Business and community leader The first president of Explorer Pipeline, he joined Williams Cos. in 1976 and became corporate president in 1982. As part of his business commitments, he and his family lived some years in Salt Lake City. In Tulsa, he served on the boards of the Boy Scouts and Tulsa Philharmonic. He is especially remembered for more than 35 years as a regular and honorary board member of Goodwill Industries.

ALOAH KINCAID July 25, 1936-June 24, 2016 Issues advocate

Kincaid was larger than life, say friends. An “indefatigable fundraiser,” she befriended many local philanthropists. A Tulsan since 1961, she became an advocate for the young and the underserved, especially poor, working women. She helped form Undercroft Montessori School and Crosstown Learning Center. She painted, cleaned, landscaped and sewed to make projects realities. A stalwart advocate for education, she became involved with the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in 2009 and joined its board.

FRANK LETCHER

Sept. 5, 1941-Dec. 17, 2015 Physician; founder, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra His career as a neurosurgeon might have been enough for some, but Letcher had another side: a passion for music, literature and culture. (He majored in Russian and played French horn while an undergraduate at Yale.) He served on the Tulsa Opera board, then after his retirement decided Tulsa needed its orchestra back after Tulsa Philharmonic went defunct. It was a major step for the city and for its musicians. He pursued it with passion, and it succeeded.

ROBERT L. PARKER

July 16, 1923-July 9, 2016 Former president, chairman and CEO, Parker Drilling; community leader An industry leader, he chaired the U.S. Energy Task Force under President Ronald Reagan. He was an avid outdoorsman, a member of the National Skeet Shooting Hall of Fame and a recipient of the national Boy Scouts of America God and Service Award. He was inducted into the Oklahoma and Tulsa halls of fame. Most particularly, he was a devoted Christian.

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“Tulsa lost a colorful resident and devoted citizen-historian with the passing of Jerry Cornelius. He played a key role in helping prevent the Beryl Ford Collection of historical photos and artifacts from leaving Tulsa, a task that became the Rotary Club of Tulsa’s official state centennial project. Jerry loved Tulsa and sharing its history through photography. The community lost that terrific historical perspective in 2016.”

Tim Colwell, Tulsa Public Outreach partner, Williams Cos.; fellow Rotarian

“Ray Feldman loved his life with Nancy. He was a joyous person whose positive radiance filled the room.

A global visionary, Ray embodied hope and his positive actions and encouragement improved lives in our community and around the world.”

Becky Collins, former president and CEO, Tulsa Global Alliance

“Vernon was instrumental in capital fund drives that allowed Goodwill to expand our headquarters facility on Southwest Boulevard in order to add new training programs.”

David Oliver, executive director, Goodwill

“We loved Aloah. We loved her passion for life, her passion for education and for politics. If she called our office, staff members were glad if they happened to answer the phone so they could have a chance for a good conversation with her before she was connected to whomever she was calling. Aloah will always remain very special to us — a truly unique personality. Our staff would unanimously vote for her for sainthood!”

Emily Stratton, executive director, Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence

“Frank had a dream and a vision for a full-time professional orchestra for Tulsa and an innovative nontraditional and creative plan to get there. Ten years later, TSO is a thriving work in progress, still guided by Frank’s vision, hope and tenacity.”

Ron Predl, executive director, Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

“Every church should have a Bob Parker. He told the truth kindly, gave generously and always wanted the best for the whole church. He welcomed strangers and watched out for those in need. He lived his faith and enjoyed it as well as anyone I have ever known.”

Retired Rev. R. Wade Paschal, senior pastor, First United Methodist Church

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ROBERT POE

April 19, 1938-Aug. 19, 2016 Businessman; co-founder, Center for Legislative Excellence A man of many business interests, Poe’s work can be found throughout the state. He established the Center for Legislative Excellence in 2001 to promote the interests of Tulsa. He was the first appointed chairman of the OSU Medical Center Trust and was inducted into the University of Tulsa Business Hall of Fame.

STEVE PRYOR

Dec. 27, 1955-May 6, 2016 Noted Tulsa musician A gifted guitarist, he first made his mark locally and regionally, then moved to Los Angeles and landed a record deal. He toured with the Fabulous Thunderbirds and opened for Joe Cocker. He shared the stage with John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Buddy Guy, BB King, Greg Allman and Dr. John. He returned to Tulsa in 1992. One chronicler called him “one of the funniest damn dudes on the planet.”

LEON RUSSELL April 2, 1942-Nov. 13, 2016 Rock legend

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician and songwriter got his start in Tulsa as a teenager, and lived here off and on during his life. He helped form Shelter Records and became a solo artist. “The Master of Space and Time,” he played with greats including George Harrison, Joe Cocker and Bob Dylan, and helped form Church Studios. He became an icon as a musician, songwriter and producer and, wherever he lived, he was always a Tulsan to our city.

PETE THEBAN

Dec. 17, 1951-Oct. 17, 2016 Principal, Marquette Catholic School A man with a caring heart, he touched the lives of many students as a teacher and curriculum director with Operation Aware, as vice principal and principal at Monte Cassino School and then as principal of Marquette Catholic School. His goal was to know every student personally and develop a rapport with them. “We are educating these kids to have a soul,” he once told the Tulsa World.

ROBERT THOMAS July 28, 1914-Dec. 3, 2015 Founder, CEO and chairman, MAPCO

Originally a financial analyst who evaluated railroads, Thomas founded MAPCO — Mid-America Pipeline Co. — after a chance lunch in 1957 with a railroad executive about Williams Cos.’ plan for a pipeline. He also founded Energy Advocates, chaired the Tulsa Chamber, the Tulsa Area United Way campaign and the Tulsa Red Cross, spearheading the Red Cross’ fundraising for a new building.

JOHN BROOKS WALTON April 28, 1929-Oct. 22, 2016 Architect and author

A native of Ponca City but a Tulsan since 1954, he was known for his work preserving and restoring historic houses, two of which — the Gillette and Skelly mansions — were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Following his retirement, he penned 14 books on historic homes and architects. For a number of years, excerpts from his three volumes on area homes appeared in TulsaPeople.

GLENN WRIGHT

Sept. 10, 1937-April 11, 2016 Founding president and executive director, Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium Having served in the U.S. Army and Air Force Reserve during the Korean War, Wright pursued his love of aviation after retiring as president of Major Controls. First as a volunteer, then as founding president and later, executive director of Tulsa Air and Space Museum, his excitement for the museum never waned. TP

“Bob loved Tulsa and worked tirelessly to make our city and region better. He devoted years of his life to the Center for Legislative Excellence, which he founded, and which lobbied the legislature for support of matters affecting Tulsa. His expertise and passion will be missed.”

Howard Barnett, president, Oklahoma State University – Tulsa

“Musically, he could just call down the lightning. I was lucky enough to witness it firsthand on many a night. There were times when it would literally leave me shaking in my boots. He was without equal in this world, and I’m sure he is giving them a run for their money in the next one.”

L.D. Price, longtime friend and fellow musician “Leon was a brilliant musician and songwriter.

I was very fortunate to have had the chance to work with him and will always remember him as one of the great artists of our time. He will be missed by all. He was always my hero and I will hold him close to my heart forever ... rest in peace my friend.”

Jamie Oldaker, friend and fellow musician

“Pete was the most selfless man I’ve ever encountered — truly one in a billion. What I learned from Pete is to see God in everyone and always put others first. Pete taught us all to serve the most needy and vulnerable. He led with a gentle spirit and incredible sense of humor.”

Tracey Robinson, assistant principal, Marquette Catholic School

“Whether he was in engaged in business, volunteer work or just playing bridge with his regular weekly bridge group (which included Jim Hewgley, John Williams and Ray Feldman), he always wanted to be the best. His leadership at MAPCO or the Red Cross and the United Way was always aspirational.

He was not satisfied with good. He wanted the best and challenged himself and others to produce that.”

Keith Bailey, longtime friend and former chairman of the Williams Cos.

“John put the spotlight on our iconic residential architecture, which is just as defining and priceless a part of Tulsa’s history as our art deco architecture.”

Michael Birkes, president, Eastern Oklahoma American Institute of Architects

“Glenn Wright was Tulsa Air and Space Museum!

No one was a better ambassador for TASM than Glenn. When he was executive director, he spent many hours in the lobby meeting families coming into the museum and would share his enthusiasm and love of aviation with them. Glenn was a visionary and knew the potential of an air and space museum in Tulsa, and he never tired of creating ways to make TASM more relevant to Tulsa, and especially to Tulsa’s children.”

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13 • Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller The political commentator and comedian take the no-spin zone on the road in “The Spin Stops Here Tour.” BOK Center 13 • Come Closer: an evening of intimate dance Local choreographers and performance artists present works that challenge the typical audiencedancer relationship. Living Arts

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13 • Lisa Lampanelli The insult comic performs.

Brady Theater - DCF Concerts 13 • Luis Alberto Urrea: From Tijuana to the World The Pulitzer Prize finalist and best-selling author shares experiences of his dual-cultural life.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Town Hall 14 • TSO Classics: Beethoven’s ‘Fourth Symphony’ Daniel Hege conducts the Tulsa Symphony in this concert, which features violinist Rossitza JekovaGoza. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Symphony

20 • Youth Speaks This annual show is designed for young Oklahomans to share their vision, their art and their souls.

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28 • ‘Michael Carbonaro Live!’

The comedian and magician, known for his “Magic Clerk” segments on “The Tonight Show,” performs.

Brady Theater - Outback Concerts

21 • 4 Girls 4 Four Broadway stars — Andrea McArdle, Maureen McGovern, Donna McKechnie and Faith Prince — share the stage for an evening of song, laughter and memories. Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center - The Spotlight Series

28-29 • ‘Paw Patrol Live!’

Ryder and his pup pals from the Nick Jr. show “Paw Patrol” come to town on their first live tour.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - VStar Entertainment

21 • Copland Rodeo: The Harmonies of North America Signature Symphony performs William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony,” Michael Daugherty’s “Gee’s Bend,” Arturo Rodríguez’s “Mosaico Mexicano” and Aaron Copland’s “Rodeo,” with guest guitarist D.J. Sparr. VanTrease PACE - Signature Symphony

FEBRUARY

22 • Nathan Gunn One of the world’s most in-demand baritones, Nathan Gunn, performs opera and pop favorites.

John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Choregus Productions 25-29 • Cirque du Soleil ‘OVO’ Cirque du Soleil takes inspiration from the world of insects for this spectacle, in which a mysterious egg appears, striking curiosity into the bugs’ lives.

BOK Center - Cirque du Soleil 27-Feb. 5 • ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ This Peter Pan origin story shows how a miserable orphan became The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up and explores the bonds of friendship, duty and love.

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1 • Brown Bag It: Tulsa Opera Big Sing Tulsa Opera presents an interactive opera singing experience. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust 3-12 • ‘The Philadelphia Story’ A socialite’s wedding plans are complicated by the arrival of her ex-husband and an attractive journalist. Sapulpa Community Theatre 9 • Concerts with Commentary: Violin Explosion Violinist Maureen O’Boyle presents a program of music for unaccompanied violin, including pieces by Bach, Kreisler, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.

Meinig Recital Hall, Lorton Performance Center TU School of Music 10-12 • ‘Dorothy and the Prince of Oz’ This new ballet features sets by McArthur Genius Award-winner Basil Twist, costumes by top designer Mark Zappone, libretto and score by Vienna State Opera musicologist Oliver Peter Graber and choreography by international master Edwaard Liang.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Ballet

10-18 • ‘Duck Hunter Shoots Angel’ Two bumbling Alabama brothers think they shot down an angel, though they’ve never managed to shoot a duck, in this comedy by Mitch Albom, author of “Tuesdays with Morrie.” Muskogee Little Theatre 10-19 • ‘Avenue Q’ This hilarious adult take on “Sesame Street” features puppets singing songs such as “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist,” “I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today” and “What Do You Do with a B.A. in English?” It won the Tony Award Triple Crown — Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book — in 2004.

John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Project Theatre 17-26 • Andrew Lippas’ ‘The Wild Party’ Two lovers decide to throw a party in their Manhattan apartment and tragedy ensues — all told in an immersive dinner-theater experience.

IDL Ballroom - Theatre Pops 17-26 • ‘Barefoot in the Park’ Neil Simon’s beloved play about two newlyweds, for whom everything goes wrong, comes to Broken Arrow. Broken Arrow Community Playhouse 17-26 • Miró Quartet: Beethoven Winter Festival The Austin-based group returns to the PAC, offering the rare opportunity to hear the complete Beethoven quartet cycle performed live over six nights.

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11 • TSO Pops: Route 66 — A Trip Down Memory Road Tulsa Symphony performs a road trip soundtrack featuring songs that pay tribute to people and places along the Mother Road.

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24-25 • Night at the Oscars Signature Symphony performs pieces from the scores of Oscar-winning films.

VanTrease PACE - Signature Symphony

12 • Tulsa PAC 40th Anniversary Concert: Jane Monheit and Nicholas Payton with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Ella Fitzgerald was the featured performer when the PAC opened in 1977. This concert pays tribute to that inaugural performance with Monheit and Payton, who together released an album in tribute to Fitzgerald last year. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust

25 • Puccini to Pop Six internationally acclaimed artists come together for this concert of opera and pop favorites: sopranos Leona Mitchell, Alyson Cambridge and Sarah Joy Miller; tenor David Miller (of Il Divo); baritone Michael Todd Simpson; and conductor James Lowe.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Opera Hermitage Piano Trio

28-March 1 • Shen Yun Shen Yun celebrates 5,000 years of Chinese music and culture through awe-inspiring dance.

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1 • Brown Bag It: Lise Glaser Tulsa Symphony’s principal oboist performs.

Kathleen Westby Pavilion, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust 2-5 • ‘Little Women: The Musical’ ORU Theatre presents a musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel.

Howard Auditorium - ORU Theatre

Chris Botti

3-4 • ‘Remembering What Never Happened’ and ‘Under the Skin’ Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer perform mindbending multimedia dance pieces.

Living Arts - Bridgmam | Packer Dance 3-12 • ‘Sweeney Todd’ The Demon Barber of Fleet Street seeks revenge on the man who banished him from London and, with the help of his friend Mrs. Lovett, bakes people into pies in this beloved horror-musical by Stephen Sondheim. John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Theatre Tulsa 4 • Rockin’ Road to Dublin The next generation of Irish song and dance — like a punky Riverdance. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Rockin’ Road to Dublin

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9 • Concerts with Commentary: Poetry and Prose Soprano Judith Raiford, cellist Diane Bucchianeri and pianist Brady McElligott perform Vincent Persichetti’s cycle, “A Net of Fireflies,” which is based on Japanese haiku verse, as well as the premiere of a trio based on texts by Eugene Field.

Lorton Performance Center, Gussman Concert Hall - TU School of Music 10-18 • ‘The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial’ Adapted by Herman Wouk from his Pulitzer Prizewinning novel “The Caine Mutiny,” this play depicts the court-martial of a young lieutenant who relieved his captain of command in the midst of a typhoon because, he claims, the captain was a psychopath who was leading the ship and its crew to destruction. Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - American Theatre Co. 11 • Mozart’s ‘Requiem’ Signature Symphony and Tulsa Opera Studio Artists perform Mozart’s “Requiem.” VanTrease PACE Signature Symphony and Tulsa Opera

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14-19 • ‘Motown the Musical’ This jukebox musical traces Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, The Temptations and many more.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Celebrity Attractions 23 • The Road to Love is …

Dr. Barry Epperley’s jazz vocal group, Sheridan Road, performs songs for every kind of love.

John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Sheridan Road Ensemble 23-26 • ‘Lysistrata’ Originally performed in 411 BC, this comedy by Aristophanes tells of one woman’s extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War. Lorton Performance Center - TU Theatre 24-26 • ‘Swan Lake’ Tulsa Ballet performs this classic about a young woman trapped in the body of a swan, with choreography by Marcello Angelini.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Ballet March 24-April 2 • ‘Fairy-tale Academy’ Spotlight Children’s Theatre presents this world premiere play by Machele Miller Dill and Ed Dill.

Spotlight Theatre - Spotlight Children’s Theatre 29 • ‘Brain Candy Live!’

Adam Savage of “Mythbusters” and “Tested” and Michael Stevens of “Vsauce” will present in this scientific celebration of curiosity.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - 35 Concerts 31 • ‘Alexander, Who’s Not Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move’ Alexander’s father has just taken a job in a city a thousand miles away, but Alexander likes where he is just fine and just knows he’ll hate the new place.

John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust 31 • Joel Sartore — PhotoArk: National Geographic’s Modern-day Noah A freelance photographer for National Geographic, Sartore’s latest undertaking is to create portraits of the 12,000 captive species of animals before they disappear. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Town Hall 31-April 2 • ‘The Rainmaker’ The N. Richard Nash play tells the story of Lizzie Curry, a spinster living in a drought-ridden town during the Great Depression. Sapulpa Community Theatre 31-April 9 • ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world between heaven and hell, this play re-examines the plight and fate of the Bible’s most infamous and unexplained sinner. Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Theatre Pops

APRIL

1 • Black Grace Inspired by Samoan and New Zealand cultures, Black Grace creates innovative dance that reaches across social, cultural and generational barriers.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Choregus Productions 1 • ‘Greater Tuna’ All of the residents of the third-smallest town in Texas are played by just two men in this comedy.

Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center - The Spotlight Series 2 • Hermitage Piano Trio Pianist Ilya Kazantsev, violinist Misha Keylin and cellist Sergey Antonov perform pieces by Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Rimsky-Korsakov in their Tulsa debut performance.

John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Chamber Music Tulsa 5 • Brown Bag It: Tulsa Camerata Tulsa Camerata performs contemporary chamber music. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust 7-8 • Signature Celtic: Lucky Enough to be Irish Cherish the Ladies, helmed by award-winning flutist Joanie Madden, performs traditional and forwardthinking Irish music.

VanTrease PACE - Signature Symphony 8 • TSO Classics: Brahms’ ‘Requiem’ Unconvinced of the afterlife, Brahms composed “German Requiem” not as a mass for the dead, but instead as a work of consolation for those left behind. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Symphony 11-16 • ‘Dirty Dancing’: The Classic Story on Stage You’ll have the time of your life while watching this adaptation of the movie favorite.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Celebrity Attractions 12-13 • ‘Harriet the Spy’ Based on the popular children’s novel, an 11-yearold spy takes on her latest caper.

Howard Auditorium - ORU Theatre and The Playhouse Tulsa 14-23 • ‘Bug’ A Gulf War veteran in a seedy motel room grows increasingly paranoid, drawing those around him into his delusions, in this play by Tracy Letts.

VanTrease PACE - TCC Theatre 18 • Che Malambo This Argentine company presents a percussive dance spectacle inspired by the South American cowboys known as gauchos. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Choregus Productions 20 • Concerts with Commentary: Classical Benny Clarinetist Kristi Sturgeon, violinist Paulo Eskitch, and pianists Brady McElligott and Allyson Eskitch perform works commissioned by “The King of Swing,” Benny Goodman.

Meinig Recital Hall, Lorton Performance Center 20-29 • ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ Sharpshooter Annie Oakley rises to the top of Buffalo Bill’s “Wild West Show” in this Broadway classic that features such Irving Berlin standards as “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “Anything You Can Do.” John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Sand Springs Community Theatre Continued on p. 54

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19-25 • ‘Court-Martial at Fort Devens’ When an openly racist colonel demotes a group of young black women in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II from medical technicians to cleaning duty, a battle of wills ensues as the women fight for their rights. Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Theatre North

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21-23 • TBII: Emerging Choreographers Showcase Tulsa Ballet’s second company performs three world-premiere works by choreographers Jennifer Archibald, Rodrigo Hermesmeyer and Arman Zazyan.

Studio K - Tulsa Ballet 21-29 • ‘Spamalot’ The Knights of the Round Table dance when e’er they’re able and sing from the diaphragm in Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot.’ Muskogee Little Theatre 21-30 • ‘The Dixie Swim Club’ Five Southern women — who met on their college swim team — convene for a long weekend each year to catch up and laugh. This play focuses on four of those weekends, spanning 33 years.

Broken Arrow Community Playhouse 22 • Mahler’s ‘Symphony No. 1’ Signature Symphony performs the U.S. premiere of Ross Edwards’ “Dawn Mantras” and Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1,” with the Tulsa Youth Opera and Signature Chorale.

VanTrease PACE - Signature Symphony and Tulsa Opera 22 • Chris Botti The Grammy Award-winning, Billboard jazz charttopping trumpeter performs.

Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - 35 Concerts 23 • ‘Pippin’ A young prince searches for meaning and purpose in this musical, which features death-defying acrobatics by Les 7 Doigts de la Main.

Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center The Spotlight Series 28-May 7 • ‘And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank’ This multimedia, ensemble-driven play combines videotaped interviews of Holocaust survivors Eva Schloss and Ed Silverberg, who were part of Anne Frank’s life, with live actors recreating scenes based on the interviews.

Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Project Theatre 30 • Lysander Piano Trio Pianist Liza Stepanova, violinist Itamar Zorman and cellist Michael Katz perform a program of (mostly) Mediterranean music, featuring pieces by Enrique Granados, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ilan Baran and Franz Schubert.

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3 • Brown Bag It: Strings and Pearls The harp duo performs. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust 5 • ‘Tosca’ Tulsa Opera performs Puccini’s masterpiece with an international all-star cast led by Russian soprano Evelina Dobraceva. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Opera 6 • An Evening with Kristin Chenoweth The Broadway actress returns to her hometown for a night of song. Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center - The Spotlight Series

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11-14 • Tulsa Ballet Signature Series The company performs three of Artistic Director Marcello Angelini’s favorite pieces: Alexander Ekman’s “Cacti,” David Dawson’s “A Million Kisses to My Skin” and Adam Hougland’s “Cripple and the Starfish.”

Lorton Performance Center - Tulsa Ballet 12-20 • ‘In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)’ This funny and provocative play set in the 1880s tells of a young doctor who marvels at what modern technology can do for his female patients (though he’s not sure what keeps them coming back), and his wife, who longs to connect with him sans electric assistance. Liddy Doenges Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - American Theatre Co. 12-21 • ‘Abuela’s Tales’ Spotlight Children’s Theatre presents this worldpremiere musical by Machele Miller Dill and Rebecca Ungerman. Spotlight Theatre Spotlight Children’s Theatre 12-21 • ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Theatre Tulsa performs the epic Biblical rock opera

by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Theatre Tulsa 13 • TSO Classics: ‘The Firebird’ Daniel Hege conducts Tulsa Symphony through Haydn’s “Symphony No. 90,” Kodaly’s quixotic “Háry János Suite” and Stravinsky’s ballet suite “The Firebird.” Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Symphony

VENUES BRADY THEATER 105 W. M. B. Brady St. | bradytheater.com BROKEN ARROW COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE 1800 S. Main St., Broken Arrow | bacptheatre.com BROKEN ARROW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 701 S. Main St., Broken Arrow | brokenarrowpac.com HOWARD AUDITORIUM 7777 S. Lewis Ave. | facebook.com/ORUtheatre IDL BALLROOM 230 E. First St. | idlballroom.com LIVING ARTS 307 E. M. B. Brady St. | livingarts.org LORTON PERFORMANCE CENTER 550 S. Gary Place | lpc.utulsa.edu MUSKOGEE LITTLE THEATRE 325 E. Cincinnati Ave., Muskogee | muskogeelittletheatre.com TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 110 E. Second St. | tulsapac.com SAPULPA COMMUNITY THEATRE 124 S. Water St., Sapulpa | sapulpatheatre.org SPOTLIGHT THEATRE 1381 Riverside Drive | spotlighttheatre.org STUDIO K 1212 E. 45th Place | tulsaballet.org VANTREASE PACE 10300 E. 81st St. | tulsacc.edu/campus-locations/vantrease-pace

23-28 • ‘Something Rotten!’

In 1595, when a soothsayer predicts the future of theater will involve singing, dancing and acting at the same time, the Bottom brothers, a duo of desperate would-be playwrights, set out to write the world’s first musical. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Celebrity Attractions

JUNE

2-11 • ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Tulsa Project Theatre presents the classic tale of Seymour Krelborn, Audrey and Audrey II, the man-eating plant. John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Project Theatre

‘Swan Lake’

2-11 • ‘Nunsense’ The Little Sisters of Hoboken hold a fundraiser to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook in this musical comedy with a clerical slant. Sapulpa Community Theatre 7 • Brown Bag It: Tulsa Rock Quartet Tulsa Rock Quartet plays classic rock hits with classical instrumentation. Kathleen Westby Pavilion, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - PAC Trust 16-25 • ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile’ This absurdist comedy by comic Steve Martin depicts Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before both men changed the world forever.

Broken Arrow Community Playhouse 17-18 • ‘The Snow Queen’ Tulsa Opera presents the American premiere of Pierangelo Valtinoni’s fairytale family opera, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story of the same name, which also was the basis of Disney’s “Frozen.” John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center - Tulsa Opera 20-25 • ‘Matilda the Musical’ This musical adaptation of the beloved book by Roald Dahl has won 50 international awards, including four Tony Awards.

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21 • Michael A. McFaul Michael A. McFaul is one of the most renowned experts on foreign affairs in the country, a recent U.S. ambassador to Russia and the former senior director for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the National Security Council.

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WEEKEND GETAWAYS

Three Rivers Museum

Okies head to Muskogee CELEBRATE 2017 IN THIS HISTORY-FILLED CITY.

BY EMMA GIDDENS

Five Civilized Tribes Museum

Learn more about Native American life, history and culture at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum. Housed in the historic Union Agency Building, the museum boasts an expansive collection of Native American art, featuring artists such as Johnny Tiger, Willard Stone and Joan Hill. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday. Admission is $2.

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Chet’s Dairy Freeze

Round out the day with a hot dog and some ice cream at Chet’s Dairy Freeze, one of Muskogee’s favorites. Recently reopened with an improved menu and eight ice cream flavors, Chet’s is a classic hometown eatery. Pro tip: Try their legendary chili dogs. You won’t regret it. Chet’s is open 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday.

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Girl Scout Cookies’ 100th Anniversary

Celebrate America’s most beloved cookies in the town where they were born. In 1917, cookies were first sold as a service project by the Mistletoe Troop in its high school cafeteria. Throughout 2017, Girl Scouts of America will honor girls selling cookies, but a special event will take place on Jan. 21 as Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma celebrates with a public event with live music, outdoor s’mores, cookie tastings and a “living history” visit from the Girl Scouts founder herself, Juliette Gordon Low. Free events are scheduled from 1-4 p.m. at the Three Rivers Museum and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

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Muskogee War Memorial Park

Take time to visit Muskogee’s War Memorial Park. The park is dedicated to historical preservation and contains over 4,000 artifacts of American military history. The Muskogee War Memorial Park also is home to the USS Batfish, the most successful submarine of World War II. Tour the USS Batfish and view the USS Oklahoma’s mast, a remnant that survived the ship’s bombing at Pearl Harbor 75 years ago. The park is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are $7, adult; $5, student, 62+ and retired military.

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Richard Bohm, owner of Tulsa Stained Glass Co.

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ichard Bohm’s work can be seen all around Tulsa: in prominent churches, homes, offices and at the Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis. He started crafting stained glass by hand as a hobby, and since 1975 he has shared the Medieval European technique, which involves hand painting, lead work and firing, with local hobbyists and students.

Stained glass isn’t something you can learn overnight, but you can start the journey at Bohm’s Tulsa Stained Glass Co. In his 20s, Bohm worked in the field of mechanical engineering and started creating stained glass projects in his living room. Soon his artistic pursuit took over and led him to open

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Tulsa Stained Glass Co., which has called T-Town home for 37 years.

“I learned from the start that if you’re going to be in this business, do it right,” he says. “If you’re going to teach, do it right. And it has paid off.”

Tulsa Stained Glass has been in its new location for several months with an expanded area so Bohm can pursue his passions: education and entertainment. “It’s so important to continue to take and to teach classes,” he says. “My mission is to … inspire and educate people.”

Tulsa Stained Glass Co. offers a variety of classes for all levels: eight-week courses throughout the year for beginner students (the next session runs Jan. 19-March 9 and costs $175); single, threehour adult classes for an entertaining evening; and larger classes for corporate team-building events.

The newly expanded area also offers painting parties and events, as well as classes in glazed ceramics. For a complete list of classes, visit its EventBrite site.

Bohm is proud of his art contests and programs, such as “DoodleBohmba,” in which he transforms a person’s regular doodle drawing into a stainedglass piece. “I love it when someone says, ‘I can’t,’ and I give them the information and concept of construction,” he says. “It shows them art principles and design and how to organize even a little scribble. It blows them away.” TP

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legumes, nuts/seeds, meat, seafood and dairy. Choose unsweetened foods such as unsweetened peanut butter. Sweetening foods yourself allows you to control sugar intake.

3. Get plenty of fiber in meals. When shopping for cereal, grains and nutrition bars, look for foods with at least 4 grams of fiber per serving.

4. Be aware of habits. Emotional eating is rampant in fast-paced and high-

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Black is always in season thanks to a new line from KitchenAid featuring the hottest color in kitchen appliances: black stainless steel. The smudge-proof finish makes cleaning a breeze and provides a sleek look perfect for any style of kitchen. Appliance prices vary.

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Pump up the luxury in the bathroom or in the kitchen with a Clamstone soap pump, perfectly neutral with an air of sophistication. $144.

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Lighting turns a space from drab to fab with the flip of a switch. Pendant lighting is a great way to highlight a large island or eating area.

The Petite Rolled-Edge Metal Pendant light delivers on the industrial design trend with its steel and brass finishes. $89.

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Towels are an easy way to bring in a new hue or complement a new paint color. Yves Delorme Etoile bath collection’s swatches coordinate with its luxurious cotton linens and wrap you in cozy comfort. Shown here in platine and silver. $65, bath towel; $24, guest towel; $14, washcloth.

And don’t forget your feet with Abyss Habidecor’s shag rug. $168.

Forget boring black or plain-old stainless; turn up the color factor on your countertop with a vibrant rainbow of steak knives from Claude Dozorme.

Shown in a spectrum of yellows and pinks, these knives and flatware come in a multitude of colors and sets. $185, set of six.

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Back up your shower vocals with the new Kohler Moxie showerhead and wireless speaker.

The 60-nozzle showerhead provides plenty of spray while the Bluetooth speaker provides ample sound capabilities. The speaker is easily removed from the showerhead and capable of seven hours of playtime anywhere you want to take it. $199-$258.70, depending on finish.

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While new tile might seem like a big undertaking, an accent might just do the trick when it comes to updating a space. Geodes and other natural elements have been showing up in many tile samples, including this one by Glazzio. The Magical Forest Series’ Crystal Lagoon pattern blends those trends while providing a pop of interest. $25 per square foot.

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There’s no easier way to update the look of your stovetop than with a new tea kettle. MackenzieChilds’ green Flower Market enamel design is popular with Oklahoma’s own Ree Drummond and is sure to brighten the kitchen. $105.

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2015 Deal of the Year

2015

Multifamily Sale of the Year

2015

Industrial Sale of the Year

110 WEST 7TH STREET Tulsa, Oklahoma

THACKERAY PORTFOLIO Tulsa and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Brett Price, CCIM, SIOR Kris Davis, CCIM, SIOR

HILTI HEADQUARTERS Tulsa, Oklahoma

VISTA SHADOW MOUNTAIN Tulsa, Oklahoma 593 Units / $34,350,000

521,854 SF / CONFIDENTIAL

Warren Stewart David Looney Bill Beichler

Brandon Lamb Tim McKay David Burnett, CCIM

Mark Beffort, CEO

398,000 SF / $23,000,000

2015

Office Sale of the Year

523,624 SF / $22,500,000

congratulations to our brokerage teams on achieving these prestigious awards

Oklahoma City Office 204 North Robinson Avenue Suite 700 Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Tulsa Office 2021 South Lewis Avenue Suite 410 Tulsa, OK 74104

ON THE HORIZON AN OIL AND GAS SLUMP MARRED 2016, BUT EXPERTS AGREE BIG THINGS ARE EXPECTED IN TULSA THIS YEAR.

BY JULIE RAINS

VALERIE GRANT

FIRST, THE BAD NEWS. By the end of 2015, the Tulsa region had lost 1,750 jobs in the oil and gas industry. Three months later, an additional 1,000 jobs were lost due to reductions in oil and gas mining, drilling and other field services, as well as cutbacks in related machinery and equipment manufacturing.

According to Bob Ball, director of economic research at the Tulsa Regional Chamber, the dip in oil prices that plagued the Tulsa economy in 2015 negatively impacted the Tulsa market through 2016. Additionally, the Chamber’s economic forecast reported that “the strong dollar and relatively weak global demand for capital goods” continued to constrain growth in Tulsa-area manufacturing.

Concern and even anxiety over the economy are not feelings isolated to Tulsa. In June, Marketplace reported the results of its latest Marketplace-Edison Research poll, which was developed as a measurement of Americans’ economic mood over time and among different subgroups. The poll showed that 32 percent of Americans were “losing sleep” over their personal financial situation (compared with 28 percent in September 2015), and 62 percent of Americans said that “good jobs are difficult to find” where they live.

However, Ball says that in Tulsa, “The economy is actually doing better than people think.”

The Tulsa Regional Chamber’s 2016 economic forecast was based on the price of oil being $42 per barrel. “If we get to $52 a barrel, we are stable for sure,” Ball says. “But it needs to go up from there to grow the oil and gas industry, and that’s a TulsaPeople.com

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2016 NAIOP AWARD WINNERS Office Sale of the Year 110 W. SEVENTH ST.

“2016 is the year that we stabilized and showed pretty flat growth. 2017, is going to be a good year, I think, in all markets.”

Buyer: 110 W. 7th LLC Seller: Prescott Realty Seller’s representatives: Newmark Grubb Levy Strange Beffort

Industrial Sale of the Year THACKERAY PORTFOLIO

Buyer: Tenmark Industrial Seller: Thackeray Partners Buyer’s representatives: McGraw CP and NewMark Seller’s representatives: CBRE

— BOB BALL,

director of economic research at the Tulsa Regional Chamber

Retail Sale of the Year TULSA RETAIL CENTER

Buyer: TSG Tulsa Retail LLC Seller: Slate Tulsa Retail Holdings Seller’s representatives: CBRE

Seller: Memorial #1 LLC Seller’s Representatives: CBRE

Industrial Lease of the Year 1700 W. RENO ST., BROKEN ARROW Tenant: OSECO Inc. Participating representatives: CBRE

Office Lease of the Year EAST GATE METROPLEX

Tenant representatives: Cushman Wakefield Landlord representatives: Cushman Wakefield

Retail Lease of the Year FLYING TEE

Participating representatives: Paine and Associates

Deal of the Year HILTI CAMPUS

Buyer: Educational Development Corp.

Seller: Hilti North American Buyer’s representatives: NewMark and McGraw Seller’s representatives: CBRE

Member of the Year

JASON KENNON, CASE AND ASSOCIATES

Decade of Excellence Award GEORGE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION

Developer of the Year Award BRICKHUGGER LLC

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big driver” for the regional economy. (According to Ball, “If the oil and gas industry grows by 10 jobs, it supports and stimulates the growth of 18 supporting jobs.”)

Economic forecasts predict the price of oil will “stabilize” for a recovery in 2017. A forecast published by Goldman Sachs predicts this year will see increased drilling activity, which could mean the industry needs to add 80,000 to 100,000 jobs before the end of 2018.

“I’ve been here for 20 years and gone through several of these cycles,” Ball says. “2016 is the year that we stabilized and showed pretty flat growth.

2017 is going to be a good year, I think, in all markets.” The estimate for 2016 per capita income in Tulsa is -1.1 percent.

“In real terms, that’s flat to slightly negative,” Ball says. “But in 2017, it should grow 10 times faster to over 5 percent growth.”

However, Ball is quick to explain that we don’t have to wait to see growth in the Tulsa economy.

The region’s aerospace industry is doing well. Ball credits defense contracts, unmanned aircraft, and commercial aircraft and support with some of 2016’s positivity.

Rick Guild

It is estimated that aerospace employment has grown less than 1 percent. A strong dollar and slow growth worldwide have taken a toll on Tulsa-area manufacturing this past year, as have oil prices, according to Ball.

Construction has had a good year, where Ball reports employment grew at 5 percent year-overyear. Major construction projects at Saint Francis Hospital, Creek Nation’s “Margaritaville” and A Gathering Place for Tulsa were likely the drivers of this growth.

As construction ends in late December 2017 and preparations are made for its opening, A Gathering Place is expected to mean more than pretty green space for Tulsans. Besides creating jobs and improving the quality of life in Tulsa — which should help retain talented employees — the investment that corporations, private citizens and charitable foundations have made in A Gathering Place is a symbol of their faith in the future of the Tulsa economy, according to its developers.

Jeff Stava, executive director and trustee for Tulsa’s Gathering Place LLC, commissioned a study of the economic impact of the park’s construction. “The overall investment,” he says,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES 2017 NAIOP EXECUTIVES

PAST PRESIDENTS

PRESIDENT Rick Guild, The Guild Co.

Nick Probst

Corporate Realty Advisors 2016

Bumgarner Asset Management

VICE PRESIDENT Bill Beichler, McGraw CP

Case & Associates 2014-2015

Jason Kennon

Susan Buck

SECRETARY Danny Overton, DLRE Inc.

US Signs and Screenprinting 2013

TREASURER Brian Hunt,

Coury Properties 2012

Cherokee Nation Business

Jonathan Cowan Scott Morgan Carl Vincent

Corporate Realty Advisors 2011

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chris Bumgarner

Flintco

Steve Ganzkow

American Residential

Derek Bateman

Trinity Commercial Properties

VALERIE GRANT

Land Sale of the Year

COSTCO LAND, 10220 S. MEMORIAL DRIVE

“between the George Kaiser Family Foundation, our donors, the City of Tulsa and Tulsa County, will be $470 million, which will support nearly 1,000 jobs” in construction. “When we look at the total economic output resulting from construction, we have $250 million in direct and indirect construction expense, and including a multiplier of spending, it’s another $224 million in economic output from the construction of the park.”

After the first phase of the 100-acre park is completed in December, Stava expects the Brookside commercial business district to see the most economic impact. “It’s estimated that local restaurants and stores could see $5 million in new annual sales due to the park,” Stava says. He also expects businesses as far north as downtown and as far east as Utica Square to see an increase in sales.

Derek Bateman, principal at Trinity Corporate Real Estate Advisors LLC, has already seen an increase in residential real estate values near Tulsa’s A Gathering Place and anticipates an uptick in retail and commercial real estate activity in that sector.

“A Gathering Place falls into the overall quality of life component” of attracting and retaining professional talent, Stava says.

To Stava, contributions from significant regional employers like Williams Cos., ONEOK and QuikTrip signify the employers’ belief that A Gathering Place will help Tulsa compete for (and maintain) jobs and employees.

And those corporate investments have already made an impact. NerdWallet declared Tulsa the best city in the nation for young entrepreneurs. In 2016, WalletHub named Tulsa the ninth best city in the country to start a business.

Ball also believes A Gathering Place is one of many positive signs for the Tulsa market. “The fact that investors are willing to put their money on the table and build structures and invest in the river, in spite of what is happening in the economy — that is a really good sign,” Ball says.

In spite of the contracted 2015 market, investments in non-residential real estate showed pronounced growth in 2016. According to the Chamber’s economic forecast, “the value of new non-residential contracts in the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area rose in 2015 by 26 percent, to $664.6 million, close to recovering the strong gains of 2013, the last year of steadily increasing oil prices.” Non-residential construction is expected to grow 50.5 percent in

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2016 and 19.5 percent over the five-year forecast period 2016-2020, stimulated by Vision Tulsa and development around the Arkansas River.

Bateman, who specializes in office properties, acknowledges that the relatively slow market of 2016 impacted his corner of the commercial real estate industry. “The overall office market has been stuck in relative neutral,” Bateman says.

Downtown Tulsa, among other parts of town, is heavy with supply, but Bateman says this might mean good deals for customers, especially those parties wishing to upgrade product quality due to vacancies and subleases in the Class A segment.

In summary, Ball says, “I think the perception of oil and gas makes people think things are worse than they are.” However, by all accounts, investors predict 2017 will be a new year with a significantly brighter economic horizon. TP EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first appeared in the Tulsa Commercial Properties publication of the Tulsa NAIOP Chapter.

TULSA NAIOP MISSION:

Market Overviews

Tulsa • National

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To provide the Oklahoma commercial real estate community with a visionary, beneficial and responsive association and to advance responsible commercial real estate development, investment and ownership.

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At Case, We Have You Covered.

All of us at Case are proud of Jason Kennon’s selection as “Member Of The Year” for 2016 by the Tulsa Chapter of the National Association of Office & Industrial Parks (NAIOP).

Tulsa-based Case & Associates, Inc. is a premier property management company currently operating in five states—Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Mississippi and Arkansas.

JASON KENNON

We specialize in all aspects of real estate including apartments, office and industrial buildings, and shopping centers.

Originally founded in 1983 by CEO Mike Case, the company is now lead by Mike’s youngest son, Scott Case, as president. Under his experience and energy, Case & Associates is uniquely positioned for continued growth and excellence in property management.

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Home backs to Greenbelt with access to bike path. 2 story vaulted living/den with fireplace. Large master suite with balcony, walk-in closet, double vanity. $169,000

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11523 S Oswego Avenue - Exceptional details expressed in timeless architectural masterpiece. Open foyer, 6 Living Areas, 4 Bedrooms, 2 up & 2 down. Theater & separate Game Room.

Pool & hot tub, outdoor kitchen. $1,899,000

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$625,000

Outstanding backyard with covered deck overlooking greenbelt & custom gunite pool! Distressed hardwoods, granite island kitchen, game room with wet bar, study & beautiful master down plus theater & play room up. ◆ 4 Bedrooms

◆ 3 Full, 1 Half Baths ◆ 5 Living Areas ◆ 3 Car Garage ◆ Jenks Schools ◆ MLS 1635882

7392 E 124th Place, Bixby

$399,000

New Construction boasts transitional design with 2 bedrooms down & 2 up with game/theater room. Large island kitchen with gas cooktop opens to vaulted & beamed family room with stone fireplace & built-ins. ◆ 4 Bedrooms

◆ 3 Full, 1 Half Baths ◆ 2 Living Area ◆ 3 Car Garage ◆ Bixby Schools ◆ MLS 1621631

13870 S Hudson Ave, Bixby

$795,000

Stunning Backyard Resort & 7+ car garage! Outdoor kitchen, living & fireplace, pool, waterfall, spa & putting green. Beautiful views, gourmet kitchen, master w/fireplace, study/5th bdrm, game/theater & expansion area. ◆ 4 or 5 Bedrooms

◆ 3 Full, 2 Half Baths ◆ 3 Living Areas ◆ 7+ Car Garage ◆ Bixby Schools ◆ MLS 1623777

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$1,850,000

5 acre wooded site with view! 4 outdoor fireplaces, gunite pool, fountains, spa & outdoor kitchen. 2 built-in refrigerators, 2 dishwashers & wine grotto. Home theater, game room, 3 bedrooms down, 3 up all w/private baths. ◆ 6 Bedrooms

◆ 6 Full, 1 Half Baths ◆ 4 Living Areas ◆ 4 Car Garage ◆ Jenks Schools ◆ MLS 1632092

405 N Main Street Unit 7C, Tulsa

$655,000

Sophisticated Urban Living in the heartbeat of downtown Tulsa. New construction one level loft with floor-to-ceiling windows, 10ft ceilings, open floor plan, private terrace, Gaggenau appliances & top floor common space. ◆ 3 Bedrooms

◆ 2 Full Baths ◆ Open Plan ◆ 2 Parking Spaces ◆ Tulsa Schools ◆ MLS 1627815

8426 S Phoenix Place, Tulsa

$398,000

Green certified new construction in 55+ gated community! Geothermal & low maintenance. Beautiful open layout & luxurious master w/heated floors. Includes lawn service, pool, putting green, fitness center & more!

◆ 2 Bedrooms ◆ 2 Full Baths ◆ 1 Living Areas ◆ 2 Car Garage ◆ Jenks Schools ◆ MLS 1620712

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Extraordinary Homes Extraordinary Realtors 9917 S Urbana Avenue, Tulsa

$699,000

English Country Estate on wooded cul-de-sac! Pool, cabana, firepit, 150+ azaleas & more! Master crafted millwork, vaulted great room, chef’s kitchen, study & master w/fireplace & guest down. Theater/game & bonus room. ◆ 4 Bedrooms

◆ 4 Full, 1 Half Baths ◆ 4 Living Areas ◆ 3 Car Garage ◆ Jenks Schools ◆ MLS 1637450

4730 S 168th E Avenue, Tulsa

$317,000

Gorgeous one-owner home with 2 bedrooms down & 2 up! Beamed ceilings, handscraped hardwoods & custom details throughout. Granite island kitchen open to great room, study, large expansion area & neighborhood pool. ◆ 4 Bedrooms

◆ 3 Full Baths ◆ 3 Living Areas ◆ 3 Car Garage ◆ Broken Arrow Schls ◆ MLS 1622284

1315 E 27th Place, Tulsa

$1,300,000

Stunning contemporary a stones throw from Philbrook!

Bright, open floor plan w/tall ceilings & large rooms.

Chef’s level appliances including double dishwashers & Travisen refrigerator. Guest house with full kitchen. ◆ 5 Bedrooms

◆ 3 Full, 1 Half Baths ◆ 3 Living Areas ◆ Indoor Pool ◆ 2 Car Garage ◆ MLS 1635383

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10803 S Oswego Ave - One-of-a-kind luxury Villa with million dollar views overlooking clear waters of Skiatook Lake! Outdoor Living with breathtaking InďŹ nity Pool, Spa & Cabana Kitchen. Imported architectural details and exquisite craftsmanship featuring reclaimed wood doors, hand carved stairs, custom ironwork and inlaid wood. Soaring Ceilings with 2 custom rotundas, culinary Kitchen with high end amenities, open Great Room with sublime lake views, lavish Master Suite with private veranda & coffee bar, 6 additional Bedrooms, Family Room with mini Kitchen, Home Theater, Safe Room & Outdoor Fire pit. Located in gated Estates at Crosstimbers. 7/5.1/3 $1,850,000

WOW! What a fantastic first year we have had at Brown & Company at McGraw Realtors!

It has been SO MUCH FUN turning ONE! As we reflect on our long-standing roots in Tulsa Real Estate and our record-setting first year under the BCO banner, we know that this amazing journey is only possible because of God’s great blessing and your incredible support!

Thank you for continuing to entrust us with your Real Estate dreams, and those of your friends and families as well.

Wishing each of you a joy-filled 2017!

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11415 S. Sandusky Avenue, Tulsa

11503 S. Granite Avenue, Tulsa

4BR, 4 full and 2 half baths. Living & dining rooms with views. Family room opens to Chef’s Pristine upgraded home. 4BR, 6 full, 2 half baths. Gourmet remodeled kitchen, huge center kitchen with Labradorite granite island. Theater room. In-ground gunite pool & patios. island with quartzite counters. Spectacular resort-like backyard with in-ground heated Jenks SE. $1,300,000 gunite pool, spa and patio with complete privacy. Theater room with wet bar. $1,475,000

11402 S. Granite Place, Tulsa

Gorgeous home and yard. Pool with wrought iron fence around and privacy fence. Four bedrooms on main level, one bedroom up. Large three car garage. Office down, enclosed sun room, fifth bedroom up. $620,000

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11706 S. Erie Avenue, Tulsa

Forest Hills Estates, 3 levels of living. Backs to a pond, Gourmet Kitchen w/Huge center Island. Five bedrooms, 7.5 baths. Office, sun room and living quarters in walk out basement. Recent remodel.

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12813 S Ash Avenue Great new plan features huge center island vaulted kitchen that opens to vaulted great room with built ins, 5th bedroom or study down, Master with fireplace, huge closet & separate whirlpool & shower, mud room & utility with sink, 3 bedrooms + game room up, outside fireplace. $385,000.

20210 S Mingo 10 acres, 3 bedrooms down & 4 bedrooms up, huge island kitchen with lots of built ins and family room, additional living with fireplace, huge utility room with area for office, sewing etc., 3 car attached garage plus detached shop/garage/storage and loafing shed. $475,000.

2447 E 22nd Street New in Midtown, Study with French doors & fireplace, formal dining, butler area with ice & wine, walk in pantry, large center island kitchen opens to Great Room, Vaulted master, huge shower, large utility with sink opens to master closet, covered patio, full brick. $545,000.

2321 S Columbia Avenue New Roof, New interior and exterior paint, refinished wood floors, new landscape, vaulted formal dining with beams, study with French doors & stained concrete floors, 3 br down, open kitchen/great room, huge game room up +4th bedroom & bonus room, covered patio/porch. $675,900.

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12 s tArboArd l Ane - K etchum On Grand Lake, move-in ready. Granite kitchen renovation, 20 A nglers W Ay - K etchum Lovely 3 beds, 3 baths lake cottage in desirable Eagle’s Roost. repainted interior and exterior. Three bedrooms includes a large master and bath. Game Gated entry to addition, private docks with a slip per each property, tennis court and gunite room and storage on lower level. Fabulous on the lake view, living room with fireplace. Gated pool on property.Storage barn with a slot for each homeowner for golf cart etc. $310,000 Eagles Roost offers pool, tennis court, storage barn, boat slip. Owner/Agent. $635,000

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3107 E. 88th Street Custom gorgeous dream home w/chef’s kitchen & new high end appliances. 2 masters down & all beds have private baths! Recording studio and 14 seat theater room. Backyard oasis w/ pool, spa, waterfall, Koi pond & outdoor kitchen. Located in beautiful gated Wellington South. $925,000.

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2638 E. 65th Place Beautifully remodeled home with upscale design. Chef’s kitchen w/ state-of-the-art appliances. Entertainer’s dream home w/open floor plan & 3 living areas. Updated baths. New windows throughout & exterior paint. Large patio overlooks saltwater pool. Walk to Southern Hills CC. New Price . $439,000.

421 W. 77th Street Pristine home with flexible layout. Granite kitchen opens to great room. Master +2 bedrroms down, gameroom & 1 bedroom up.

Master closet connects to laundry. Custom features and beautiful hardwoods. Neighborhood park & pool.

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Shadow Wood 5720 E 118th Street – English Country Mansion on private gated cul-de-sac. Designed & built by Mike Dankbar & featured in John Brooks Walton’s “Tomorrow’s Historic Tulsa Homes”. Travertine & hardwood throughout. Solid core doors. Fabulous fixtures. Unique wood inlaid ceilings. Pool, flagstone patio & paths. $974,900

1101 N 81st St W One of a kind property offering a great experience for the active family! This 8.25 acres(m/l) offers a private setting to sit back and enjoy the views or get out and live! Fish in the stocked pond, explore the creek, ride your atv, swim in the diving pool, you name it, and that’s just the land itself! The house will not disappoint you either! Five bedrooms, each with its own full bath, library, formal dining, family room, craft area, TONS of floored attic for storage, game room, wet bar, hot tub room, exercise or hobby room, dream kitchen, and so much more! This truly is a must see, and it’s priced to sell! $649,900.

Seven Oaks 1821 E Ithica St – Gorgeous 2-story on corner lot has 4-car garage. New Roof. New Exterior Paint & Stain. Wood floors & granite loaded. Private 1st floor master suite. 3 beds + media/game room with wet bar up. Chef’s kitchen has island & bar. Formal dining. Private study. Lovely outdoor living space has pergola. Sprinkler & security systems. Neighborhood pool. $285,000 TulsaPeople.com

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PRESENTS

Benefiting the Signature Symphony at TCC’s music education and outreach program

FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017 Skyloft at First Place Tower Reception 6:30 p.m. | Dinner and Program 7:00 p.m.

Join us for an evening to remember as we explore the world with international cuisine and wine and beer pairings from interesting locales, all with a tantalizing musical atmosphere featuring Signature Symphony musicians.

Individual Tickets Start at $125 Sponsorships Opportunities Available

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A live band performed ’40s hits, while other entertainment included WWII vintage radio broadcasts and an antique radio exhibit, free swing dance lessons and warbird dogfight simulators provided by Aces Alley. POPS Route 66 provided a vintage canteen with retro sodas and snacks Approximately 750 people attended, raising $25,000. TP

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Event patrons dressed in festive crayon-inspired hues at the Summit Club, where they enjoyed heavy hors d’oeuvres, specialty cocktails, a live auction and music from pianist Donald Ryan.

Auctioneer Rick Miller with guests Cassie Reese and Evan Tipton Pianist Donald Ryan entertained patrons.

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Green Leaf Gala The Green Leaf Gala on Nov. 5 celebrated the 40th anniversary of event beneficiary Up With Trees. Attendees at the tree-filled Expo Square Pavilion recognized the organization’s mission to beautify greater Tulsa by planting trees and to create urban forestry awareness through education. The evening included a cocktail reception followed by dinner, dancing to the lively music of band Lost Wax, and live and silent auctions. The evening raised more than $250,000.

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NO REGISTRATION FEE DONATIONS & FUNDRAISING ENCOURAGED

2017 Good Samaritan Health Services Charity Gala and Auctions Saturday, April 8, 2017 Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills Speaker will be Dr. Gerard Clancy, President of the University of Tulsa To reserve your seat or if you have a question, please email gala@goodsamaritanhealth.org

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2017 CHARITABLE EVENTS CALENDAR PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. COMPILED BY ANNA BENNETT

JANUARY

1/7 The Runway Run Benefits Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium.

1/21 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scout Cookie Benefits Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma.

1/21 Bishop Kelley Trivia Night Benefits Bishop Kelley High School.

1/21 Rooftop Rendezvous Benefits Domestic Violence Intervention Services.

1/21 Toyland Ball Benefits the Parent Child Center.

FEBRUARY

2/3 JA Disco Bowl Benefits Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.

2/4 Buttercup Bash Casino Royale Benefits Junior Women’s Association of the Tulsa Boys’ Home.

2/4 Icons and Idols: The Key to Oz Benefits Tulsa Ballet.

2/9 Center Impressions: experience, create, enjoy Benefits the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges.

2/9 Come and Get Your Love Valentine Show Benefits Tulsa Girls Art School.

2/9 Hearts Rebuilding Homes Benefits Rebuilding Together Tulsa.

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2/9-10 K95.5 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon Benefits ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

2/10 Junior League of Tulsa Mentorship Luncheon Benefits Junior League of Tulsa Inc.

2/23 Puttin’ on the Dog Benefits LIFE Senior Services.

2/24 Street Party Benefits Street School Inc.

3/4 CASA Casino 2017: Feathers and Fedoras Benefits Tulsa CASA Inc. 3/4 Opera Ball Benefits Tulsa Opera.

2/24 Women of the Year Pinnacle Awards Benefits YWCA.

3/4 Red Ribbon Gala Benefits Tulsa CARES.

2/25 Cooking Up Compassion Benefits Catholic Charities.

3/4 Sapphire Celebration Benefits Riverfield Country Day School.

2/11 Pink Stiletto Benefits Susan G. Komen Tulsa.

2/25 Dance of the Two Moons: Blues Moons Benefits Indian Health Care Resource Center.

3/4 Splash: Loggerhead Launch Benefits Oklahoma Aquarium.

2/11 Polar Plunge Tulsa Benefits Special Olympics Oklahoma.

2/25 Lunar New Year Gala Benefits Dillon International.

2/12 My Furry Valentine Benefits StreetCats Inc.

MARCH

2/11 Heart Ball Benefits American Heart Association.

2/11 Hugs and Fishes Benefits Oklahoma Aquarium.

2/15 Bowl for Kids’ Sake Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma.

2/17 Mardi Gras Party Benefits New Hope.

2/17 The Monarch Ball: All You Need Is Love Benefits Domestic Violence Intervention Services.

2/18 Fire and Ice Gala Benefits the Little Light House.

2/18 The Heart of Henry Benefits Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless.

2/21 Live United Awards and Luncheon Benefits Tulsa Area United Way.

3/11 35th St. Patrick’s Day Run Benefits Special Olympics Oklahoma.

3/11 Sip for Sight Benefits Vizavance.

March TBA BUNCO for BCAP Benefits Breast Cancer Assistance Program.

3/22-24 Abersons and Friends Warehouse Sale Benefits Family and Children’s Services.

March TBA Youth of the Year Banquet Benefits the Salvation Army.

3/23 Oysters and Ale Benefits Hospice of Green Country.

3/2 Be the Story Benefits Happy Hands Education Center.

3/24 Will Rogers High School Hall of Fame Induction Dinner Benefits Will Rogers Community Foundation.

3/3 Harwelden Awards Luncheon Benefits Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa.

3/3 Memory Gala: Untold Stories Benefits Alzheimer’s Association.

3/3 Overture: A World Passport to Food and Music Benefits Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College.

3/31 Broadway Bash Benefits Theatre Tulsa.

3/31 Doris Niles Night at the Round-up Benefits Will Rogers Community Foundation.

3/31 Popping Bottles Benefits Emergency Infant Services.

3/31 St. Jude Dream Home Benefits ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

APRIL

April TBA Derby Dash Benefits Junior Women’s Association of the Tulsa Boys’ Home.

April TBA Great Plains Journalism Awards Benefits Tulsa Press Club.

April TBA William Booth Society Annual Benefit Dinner Benefits the Salvation Army.

4/1 Aquarium Run Benefits Oklahoma Aquarium.

4/1 Garden Party Benefits Little Light House.

3/25 Carnivale 2017 - Tribalé Benefits Mental Health Association Oklahoma.

4/1 Pranks and Paws Trivia Night Benefits Tulsa SPCA.

3/25 Operation A.R.T. Gala Benefits Operation Aware of Oklahoma Inc.

4/1 Spring Fling Gala Benefits Owasso Community Resources.

3/30 Tulsa Rescue Gala Benefits American Red Cross.

4/2 CAN Superhero Challenge Benefits Child Abuse Network.

4/6 Metro Dinner and Auction Benefits Metro Christian Academy.

4/6 Pathways Carnival Chic Benefits Pathways Adult Learning Center Inc. 4/6-9 Knock Out Violence Benefits Domestic Violence Intervention Services.

4/7 Babypalooza and Painted Pacifier at Guthrie Green Benefits Emergency Infant Services.

4/7 Rhinestone Cowboy Benefits Volunteers of America Oklahoma.

4/7 Showcase Dinner Benefits the Foundation for Tulsa Schools.

4/7-8 SpringFest Garden Market and Festival Benefits Tulsa Garden Center.

4/8 Herb Day in Brookside Benefits Brookside Business Association.

4/8 2017 Gala Benefits Good Samaritan Health Services.

4/8 Steel Toes and Stilettos Gala Benefits Tulsa Habitat for Humanity.

4/10 Driving the Future: Our Kids Tomorrow, Their Education Today Benefits the Pencil Box. 4/12 Annual Spring Show Benefits Tulsa Girls Art School.

4/14 Battle of the Bands Benefits Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

4/20 Embers Benefits Palmer Continuum of Care Inc. 4/20 Juliette Low Leadership Society Luncheon Benefits Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma.

4/20 Step Up to the Plate, Fight ALS Benefits Muscular Dystrophy Association.

4/20 TU Newman Center Society Dinner Benefits St. Philip Neri Newman Center at the University of Tulsa.

4/21 Sixth annual CANdlelight Ball: Star Light, Star Bright Benefits Child Abuse Network.

4/21 Mirror Mirror Gala Benefits Youth At Heart.

4/22 Aviator Ball Benefits Tulsa Air and Space Museum.

4/22 Brainiac Ball Benefits Family and Children’s Services.

4/22 Gem Gala Benefits Junior League of Tulsa Inc. 4/22 Heart Walk Benefits American Heart Association.

4/22 Kelleywood: Lights, Camera, Auction Benefits Bishop Kelley High School.

4/22 Where Hands and Feet Meet: 5K and Fun Run/Walk Benefits Total Source for Hearing-loss and Access.

4/23 Parkinson’s Rally Walk and 5K Benefits Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma.

4/24 Indian Nations Council Charity Golf Classic Benefits Indian Nations Council, Boy Scouts of America.

4/24 RMHC Pro-AM Golf Tournament Benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa.

4/25 Are You Smarter than a KIPPster Benefits KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory.

4/25 Empty Bowls Benefits Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

4/25 Savoring Sister Cities Benefits Tulsa Global Alliance.

4/27 Appetite for Construction Benefits HBA Charitable Foundation.

4/27 SPARK 2017: Trivia Night Benefits Camp Fire Green Country.

4/28 ARTSCAPE Benefits the Tristesse Grief Center.

4/28 Spokeasy Benefits Tulsa Hub.

4/28-5/21 Designer Showcase 2017 Benefits the Foundation for Tulsa Schools.

4/29 AOK Walk for Autism Benefits Autism Center of Tulsa.

4/29 Blank Canvas Benefits Youth Services of Tulsa.

4/29 Equality Gala Benefits Oklahomans for Equality.

4/29-30 Kitchen Concept’s Thermador Kitchen Tour Benefits American Cancer Society.

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5/9 Shooting Stars Sporting Clays Tournament Benefits Indian Nations Council, Boy Scouts of America.

5/12 Go Red For Women Benefits American Heart Association.

5/12 Vintage ‘53 Wine Dinner Benefits Total Source for Hearing-loss and Access.

5/12 White Party No.10 Benefits Family and Children’s Services.

5/13 DIG - Day in the Garden Benefits Tulsa Botanic Garden.

May TBA Happy Feet Fun Run Benefits Happy Hands Education Center.

5/13 Electric Lime Gala Benefits Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab.

May TBA Rustic Cuff Run Benefits Joy in the Cause.

5/18-21 Tulsa International Mayfest Invitational Gallery Opening Benefits Tulsa International Mayfest.

5/1 A Stately Affair in Tulsa Benefits Oklahoma State UniversityTulsa and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences.

5/2 Tulsa Tycoons, a night of monopoly, second edition Benefits Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.

5/5 22nd annual TARC Shot In The Dark Golf Tournament Benefits TARC. 5/5 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers’ Literature Benefits Tulsa City-County Library.

5/6 Run for the Roses Benefits Tulsa Boys’ Home.

5/6 30th annual Tour de Tulsa Benefits Pathways to Health.

5/8 CF Golf Classic Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

5/8 Tee Off for Town and Country School Benefits Town and Country School.

5/8-9 TBH Frank R. Rhoades Golf Classic Benefits Tulsa Boys’ Home.

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5/13 CREATE Gala Benefits Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa.

May TBA Crime Stoppers Shred-A-Thon Benefits Tulsa Crime Stoppers.

May TBA Tatas and Tinis Benefits Oklahoma Project Woman.

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5/20 Great Strides Tulsa Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

5/20 Promise Ball Benefits Junior Diabetes Research Foundation - Oklahoma Chapter.

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5/22 Eighth annual Chip in to Rebuild Golf Tournament Benefits Rebuilding Together Tulsa.

5/31-6/2 Annual Symposium Benefits John Hope Franklin Center.

JUNE

June TBA Press Your Luck Benefits Tulsa Press Club.

June TBA FORE! KIDS Golf Tournament Benefits Baptist Children’s Home, Owasso.

6/1 Brookside Rumble and Roll Benefits Brookside Business Association.

6/2 Second annual RISE to Freedom Gala Benefits RISE (Restoring Identities after Sexual Exploitation).

6/3 St. John Street Party Benefits St. John Health System.

6/3 Tulsa Pride Festival and Parade Benefits Oklahomans for Equality.

Friday, April 28, 2017 The Bond Event Center For details and to purchase tickets, visit artscapetulsa.com.

Artscape 2017 benefits The Tristesse Grief Center.

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6/5 Links for Little Ones Golf Tournament Benefits Little Light House.

6/5-9 Hope’s Crossing Camp Benefits Hope’s Crossing Camp.

6/8 Top of the Town Benefits Child Care Resource Center/ Community Service Council.

6/9 TU Uncorked Benefits the University of Tulsa.

6/10 Dirty Dog Run Benefits the Bridges Foundation.

6/10 Dirty Dog Run Event Dinner Benefits the Bridges Foundation.

6/12 Boys and Girls Club Charity Golf Tournament Benefits the Salvation Army.

6/13 Cups ‘n’ Cuffs Benefits Tulsa Crime Stoppers.

6/15 The Next Big Thing Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma.

6/16 WALTZ on the Wild Side Benefits Tulsa Zoo. 6/24 The Center Polo Classic Event Benefits the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges.

6/24 Rebuild the Block Benefits Rebuilding Together Tulsa.

JULY

July TBA League the Way Benefits Youth Services of Creek County.

AUGUST

August TBA 25th annual Kiwanis Charity Golf Classic Benefits Special Olympics Oklahoma.

August TBA Newsies Benefits Tulsa Press Club.

August TBA Taste of Brookside Benefits Youth Services of Tulsa.

8/5 Back-to-School Style Show and Brunch Benefits Baptist Children’s Home, Owasso.

8/14 11th annual Golf Tournament Benefits Operation Aware of Oklahoma Inc.

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8/25 CF Cycle for Life - Night Ride Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

9/8 Kaleidoscope Ball Benefits Emergency Infant Services.

October TBA Tulsa Bone Bash Benefits Arthritis Foundation.

8/27 Wild Brew Benefits Sutton Avian Research Center.

9/9-17 Restaurant Week Benefits Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

October TBA Walk to End Alzheimer’s Benefits Alzheimer’s Association.

8/29 16th annual JA Classic Benefits Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.

SEPTEMBER

September TBA Annual BCAP Brunch and Fall Fashion Show Benefits Breast Cancer Assistance Program.

September TBA Breast Cancer Shootout Benefits Oklahoma Project Woman.

September TBA Circle Dinner Benefits Tulsa Botanic Garden.

September TBA Clarehouse Event Benefits Clarehouse.

September TBA Jeans and Jewels Gala Benefits Tulsa State Fair Junior Livestock Auction Corp.

September TBA Laps for Little Ones Benefits Little Light House.

September TBA Literature in the Garden Benefits Tulsa Botanic Garden.

September TBA MCA Golf Classic Benefits Metro Christian Academy.

September TBA Pathways Golf Tournament Benefits Pathways Adult Learning Center Inc. September TBA Race for the Cure Benefits Susan G. Komen Tulsa.

September TBA Stacked Deck Benefits Resonance Center for Women.

September TBA Second annual Gold Medal Gala Benefits Special Olympics Oklahoma.

September TBA St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer Benefits ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

9/11 11th annual Golf Tournament and Auction Benefits Restore Hope Ministries.

9/12 Western Days 2017 Benefits Saint Simeon’s Foundation.

9/14 Evening of Giving Benefits HBA Charitable Foundation.

9/14 Flight Night Benefits STEM education.

9/22 Bohemian Ball Benefits Living Arts of Tulsa.

9/22-24 Xtreme Hike Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

9/29 An Evening of Wine and Roses Benefits Tulsa Garden Center.

9/29 Cocktails for Crayons Benefits the Pencil Box.

OCTOBER

October TBA Center Experience Benefits the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges.

October TBA Clarehouse Event Benefits Clarehouse.

October TBA First Draft Benefits Tulsa Press Club.

October TBA Green Leaf Gala Benefits Up With Trees.

October TBA Headliners Benefits Tulsa Press Club.

October TBA Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Benefits American Cancer Society.

October TBA Mutt Strut Benefits Domestic Violence Intervention Services.

September TBA Vision in Education Leadership Award Dinner Benefits Tulsa Community College Foundation.

October TBA Pink Ribbon Tulsa Benefits Oklahoma Project Woman.

9/7 Chapters Benefits Tulsa Library Trust.

October TBA Pink Ribbon Tulsa Luncheon Benefits Oklahoma Project Woman.

9/8 Day of Caring Benefits Tulsa Area United Way.

October TBA Together We Read Benefits CAP Tulsa.

10/2 Happy Hands Charity Golf Tournament Benefits Happy Hands Education Center.

10/2 Tulsa Hall of Fame Benefits Tulsa Historical Society and Museum.

10/5 The Royal Gala Benefits DaySpring Villa Women and Children’s Shelter Inc. 10/5 Tulsa State Fair Junior Livestock Auction Benefits Tulsa State Fair Junior Livestock Auction Corp.

10/7 Noche de Gala Benefits Hispanic American Foundation.

10/7 St. John ZooRun presented

by New Balance Tulsa Benefits Tulsa Zoo. 10/10 Foundation Cup Golf Tournament Benefits the Foundation for Tulsa Schools.

10/12 McDazzle Fun Ball Benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa.

10/14 Mini Laps Benefits Little Light House.

10/17 Tulsa Habitat FORE Humanity Golf Classic Benefits Tulsa Habitat for Humanity.

10/21 Giving Spirits Benefits Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

10/26 Badges ‘n’ Barbecues Benefits Tulsa Crime Stoppers.

10/27 Corks and Kegs Benefits Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

10/27-31 HallowMarine Benefits Oklahoma Aquarium.

10/27-31 HallowZOOeen Benefits Tulsa Zoo. 10/27-11/5 Care Card Benefits Family and Children’s Services.

10/28 BooHaHa in Brookside Benefits Brookside Business Association.

NOVEMBER

November TBA AWARE - The Alliance of Women for Alzheimer’s Research and Education Benefits Alzheimer’s Association.

November TBA Champagne and Chocolate Benefits Living Arts of Tulsa.

November TBA Holiday Mart Benefits the Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges.

November TBA Stories of Light Benefits Make-A-Wish Oklahoma.

11/3 National Philanthropy Day Benefits Association of Fundraising Professionals.

11/3-5 Junior League of Tulsa Holiday Market Benefits Junior League of Tulsa Inc. 11/4 Spotlight on San Miguel “Dancing with the Stars” Benefits San Miguel Middle School.

11/9 Unite!

Benefits Tulsa Area United Way. 11/10 Grands for Babies Luncheon Benefits Emergency Infant Services.

11/13 10th annual Old Bags Luncheon Benefits Crosstown Learning Center.

11/16 Dinner of Reconciliation Benefits John Hope Franklin Center.

DECEMBER

December TBA Jingle Bell Run Benefits Arthritis Foundation.

December TBA Pathways Christmas Showcase Benefits Pathways Adult Learning Center Inc. December TBA Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award Benefits Tulsa Library Trust.

12/1 Gift of Hope Fundraising Luncheon Benefits Tulsa Boys’ Home.

12/5 Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Luncheon and Fashion Show Benefits the Salvation Army.

12/7 27th annual Advocacy Awards and Volunteer Recognition Benefits TARC. TP VISIT TULSAPEOPLE.COM FOR COMPLETE EVENT INFORMATION.

Tulsa Community Foundation

At a glance

Annually, TCF works with thirty different scholarship programs to administer funds that assist more than 3,000 deserving students.

scholarships

One scholarship program that TCF is privileged to work alongside is the Folds of Honor Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides educational scholarships to the children and spouses of those fallen or disabled while in service to our nation. TCF partners with the Folds of Honor Foundation to award these scholarships that are made possible by generous ongoing donations in support of the Folds of Honor mission.

A momentous transformation along Tulsa’s riverfront is underway as 100 acres are being turned into a world-class park.

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George Kaiser Family Foundation, a supporting organization of TCF, is leading the effort along with over 70 donors.

In collaboration with renowned landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates to design the unique park, A Gathering Place for Tulsa will include experiences for all Tulsans. The park includes several amenities: a fiveacre Adventure Playground, Mist Mountain water feature, sport courts, bike and skate parks, natural trails, a boathouse and large lawns for concerts. There will also be a very robust programming component for all ages including: cultural, arts and crafts, health and wellness, nature, science and gardens and annual events and festivals. The park’s construction will be completed in late December 2017.

Since 2007, TCF has processed approximately 12,000 scholarships for recipients of the Folds of Honor Scholarship.

The result of a $400 million public-private partnership, A Gathering Place for Tulsa has been named the largest gift to a public park in U.S. history.

Through its Employee Disaster Relief funds, TCF has administered more than $4 million in relief funds for employees from thirty-two different companies.

employee assistance

TCF manages a confidential application process to employees who are distressed because of a natural disaster or other life-altering event. Through the support of these disaster relief funds, TCF recently assisted employees of various companies devastated by south Louisiana’s historic regional rainfall and flooding by helping with basic needs during their recovery. To date, funding has been provided for temporary rentals during the rehabilitation of flooded homes, payments to builders to reconstruct lost houses, and aid to replace food, clothing, appliances and basic furnishings.

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A disaster relief fund recipient shared this image of his home after the flood and wrote: “I really can’t tell you how appreciative my family is to the Tulsa Community Foundation. This has been the hardest thing we have ever had to deal with, especially with four kids.”

Over $250 million granted from funds at TCF

2016 Board of Trustees

financial summaries Donors give to many causes, such as education and human services. In 2015, TCF received over $175 million in contributions and, upon the advice of its donors, granted over $250 million to a wide variety of charitable programs and agencies. $124,465

Grants Made 2015: $250,990,000 (graph in thousands)

Steadman Upham

University of Tulsa (Chairperson of the Board)

Frederic Dorwart

Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers (Secretary/Treasurer)

Peter Adamson III

Autumn Glory Partners

Jim Adelson

Nadel and Gussman, LLC

Mayor Dewey Bartlett City of Tulsa

Katherine G. Coyle Conner & WInters $56,214

Barry Davis

Davis, Tuttle Venture Partners

Jerry Dickman

$34,609

Chapman Foundations Management $10,453 $10,282 HUMAN SERVICES

EDUCATION

PUBLIC & SOCIETY

HEALTH

SCHOLARSHIPS

$6,870 ARTS & CULTURE

Jeff Dunn $5,794 RELIGIOUS

$1,682 ENVIRONMENT

Mill Creek Lumber and Supply $560

$61

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ANIMAL

Statement of Financial Position

Cash and investments Receivables and other assets TOTAL ASSETS

Williams

Stephen Fater

QuikTrip Corporation

(As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, in thousands)

ASSETS

Robyn Ewing

Elizabeth Hagans FY 2015

FY 2014

$4,164,089

$4,158,531

251,319

223,930

$4,415,408

$4,382,461

$790,973

$421,876

3,515,208

3,866,035

109,227

94,550

Madrona Consulting

Ted Haynes

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma

Hans Helmerich

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

Judy Kishner Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

3,624,435

3,960,585

$4,415,408

$4,382,461

Statement of Activities

Contributions

$175,181

$432,946

Investment gains (losses)

(226,614)

67,886

(51,433)

500,832

250,990

298,323

Investment services and other

22,913

21,257

General and administrative

10,438

8,660

376

408

284,717

328,648

TOTAL EXPENSES

Advance Research Chemicals, Inc.

Charles Monroe

Charles S. Monroe, CPA PC

Dennis Neill

Donald T. Parker Bank of Oklahoma

Julius Pegues

John Hope Franklin Center

Daniel Regan

Kanbar Properties

EXPENSES

Fundraising

Sanjay Meshri

ONE Gas

FY 2014

Grant services

Community Volunteer

Pierce Norton FY 2015

TOTAL REVENUES

Marcia MacLeod

Schusterman Family Foundation

(For Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, in thousands)

REVENUES

The Zarrow Family Foundations

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

(336,150)

172,184

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR

3,960,585

3,788,401

Kip Richards

Core Associates, LLC

Meredith Siegfried NORDAM Group, Inc.

Stuart Solomon AEP/PSO

APPLAUSE VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT:

SARA MCCOY

Nonprofit: Cleaning for a Reason

SUCCESSFUL FORMULA

Emergency Infant Services marks 40 years caring for Tulsa’s youngest.

BY JAMIE RICHERT JONES

F

orty years ago, Linda Watts joined forces with the Second Presbyterian Church of Tulsa to form Emergency Infant Services (EIS).

According to Watts, EIS family services coordinator and former executive director, a local fund for babies’ milk had recently run dry, leaving low-income mothers and infants underserved.

“My heart was with young mothers and children, and it was important that they had nutrients and care from birth,” Watts says. “At the beginning, we collected mainly milk and food. We also started a big campaign for baby beds because we realized a lot of mothers didn’t have beds for their babies. Back then, there weren’t Pack ‘n’ Plays.”

Watts, while raising a family of her own, worked diligently to provide assistance to families in need. She often enlisted her husband, Gary, and their son to do the heavy lifting.

“That church had stairs all over the place,” she recalls. “The baby bed campaign had gone wild,

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and the only room for the beds was on the upper floor. So, I got my son, who was big and strong, to carry them up there.

“He ended up on the U.S. Olympic volleyball team and thinks it was because he carried all those cribs up those stairs.”

Since then, EIS has grown to serve over 17,000 infants and toddlers annually by providing items like food, formula, diapers and clothes from four Tulsa locations. Clients can receive assistance up to four times per year. Watts says cities including Oklahoma City and Austin, Texas, have modeled their own services after EIS in Tulsa.

As the organization embarks on its fourth decade, Tina Massey, EIS office manager, says it looks to expand its reach with Tulsa’s youngest citizens. “As we go into our 40th anniversary in 2017, our hope is to increase the assistance we provide and offer help to as many as 50 percent of the 45,000 children living in poverty in the community,” she says. TP

Although cleaning is not always fun, for some ailing Tulsans, it is impossible. Sara McCoy’s company, Magic Maids of Tulsa, partners with the national nonprofit Cleaning for a Reason to provide free cleaning services for women with cancer.

Tell us about Magic Maids of Tulsa and its involvement with Cleaning For a Reason. Magic Maids of Tulsa began in March 2015 ... We were asked by Cleaning for a Reason (in Lewisville, Texas) to join their team ... It wasn’t long before we met women who were very sick and could not clean their homes.

How did this volunteerism expand to include cleaning for male cancer patients? Cleaning for a Reason is only for women, but Magic Maids of Tulsa has reached out to men locally who have been diagnosed with cancer.

It broke my heart when I went to a house and told the family about Cleaning for a Reason. The little girl looked up at me and stated she did not like Cleaning for a Reason. I asked her why, and she said, ‘Because my dad is dying from cancer’ ...

I could not charge that family. From that moment on, I tell everyone that Magic Maids of Tulsa cleans the homes of men and women who have cancer for free ... We have reached six women through Cleaning for a Reason and seven men through Magic Maids of Tulsa LLC. — JUDY LANGDON

To support Magic Maids of Tulsa’s services for cancer patients, visit magicmaidsoftulsa.com and click “donate.”

APPLAUSE: VALERIE GRANT; VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT: COURTESY SARA MCCOYW

Volunteers at Emergency Infant Services sort donations.

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LIFE Senior Services presents the 21st annual Puttin’ on the Dog. This premier event features cocktails, gourmet dinner, musical entertainment and more.

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Tulsa high school seniors, representing various schools, at Tulsa Desk and Derrick Club’s “Oil Men and Women for a Day” in 1958

A CLUB CONTINUES pproximately 350 Tulsa high school seniors attended the Tulsa Desk and Derrick Club’s annual fundraiser, “Oil Men and Women for a Day,” at the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 15, 1958.

The luncheon started in 1952 to highlight Oil Progress Week, which gave students a glimpse into careers in the petroleum industry.

Dee Jansen, current Tulsa Desk and Derrick vice president, says the club was established as the Tulsa Oil Women’s Association in 1951 with 147 charter members. The group dissolved and merged with the national Association of 96

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Desk and Derrick Clubs and was renamed a year later with a few hundred members.

In 1976, membership grew to 300; today 53 members, now men and women who work in the oil and gas and related industries, meet monthly at the Summit Club to put into practice the club’s motto: “Greater Knowledge — Greater Service.”

“The purpose is education,” Jansen says, “utilizing guest speakers, field trips, seminars, networking, state and national conventions. We award scholarships to students pursuing degrees in oil and gas and allied industries.” TP

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