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Union High School’s Brainiac Maxfield Anderson

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Mingo Valley Christian School’s Brainiac Amy Meeks

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Q&A: James Pepper Henry TulsaPeople sits down with Gilcrease Museum’s executive director.

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Serve the student, gain the graduate

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The City Year Tulsa program helps teachers focus on educating students by addressing behavioral and tutoring needs.

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The talent and smarts of TulsaPeople’s 2015 Class of Brainiacs earned them scholarships to their universities of choice.

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11 Crowning moment Tulsan Olivia Jordan (Thomas) is Miss USA.

12 Notebook Topics of interest to Tulsans 14 Roots Sharing global adventures daily with millions online 16 Five questions Deborah Gist, superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools 18 Applause A library volunteer is recognized for helping adults learn to read.

20 Cause and effect Tulsans empower youth two wheels at a time.

22 Everyday stories A Tulsa businessman locates his biological father.

24 Artist in residence An artist challenges herself with new methods of expression.

26 Postgame A former Broken Arrow athlete excels despite a life-altering challenge.

28 Where are they now Cathy Burden continues to impact Tulsa in retirement.

30 Musings Let me call someone.

The Dish 89 Summer scoops Beat the heat with gelato.

90 Dining out Mandarin Taste brings authentic flavors and ingredients to Tulsa.

92 Table talk The buzz on Tulsa’s tastiest restaurants, products and events 93 The List Made in the shade

94 Wine Sundowners for the patio

The Good Life 97 The eyes have it Stylish frames sure to make a statement 99 Health With the increased use of electronics, eye strain is a concern.

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Agenda 133 All’s faire The Tulsa Mini Maker Faire embraces the do-it-yourself spirit.

134 Agenda This month’s standout events 136 Out & about See and be seen.

137 Benefits Fundraisers and fun happenings

138 Behind the scene History goes digital.

140 Tulsa sound Blue ‘Grazz’

142 Worth reading These ‘Boots’ are made for reading.

144 Flashback Dairy queens

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102 Haute topics CARma case

67 Tulsa Performing Arts Center’s 20152016 Season Preview

106 In the garden Love of lilies

112 Parade of Homes Award-winning Builders and Developments The 2015 winners in an exclusive promotional section.

104 Weekend getaways The ‘magic’ of Woolaroc 108 Home Infusing color in a recent condo remodel

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TULSA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SEASON PREVIEW August 2015

August 2015 ✻ THE ARTS & EDUCATION ISSUE ✻ www.TulsaPeople.com

uch to the chagrin of students (and teachers), August brings summer to a close — despite what the Tattoine-like weather conditions might suggest. Don’t worry, Tulsa will feel like the ice planet Hoth again before we know it.

But you don’t have to go to a galaxy far, far away to find the best and brightest of the next generation. You’ll be astounded by the talent in our latest class of Brainiacs (p. 40), and perhaps feel a little less worried about “kids these days” inheriting the earth. If this group is any indication, the future is in capable hands. This annual tradition will always hold a special place in this digital editor’s heart: Dig up the August 2010 issue to see me rocking blond highlights and some endearingly naïve goals.

This issue also contains sobering reminders that not everyone’s high school experience was studded with honors and filled with loving support, nor are the tools for academic success equally available for all. For nearly 2,000 homeless students in Tulsa Public Schools (p. 46), even the bare necessities can be major hurdles to staying in school. It’s hard to imagine that while many of us were fretting over our second round of ACTs, some of our classmates didn’t know where they would get their next meal.

Fortunately, there is hope. Organizations like City Year Tulsa (p. 36) are doing wonderful work to help disadvantaged children early on, and the installation of new TPS superintendent Deborah Gist (p. 16) has us waiting to see what a new era has in store for Tulsa’s youth.

August may be the beginning of the end, but why not squeeze in a few more doses of summer fun close to home? Maybe it’s time to pay Gilcrease Museum (p. 34) or Woolaroc (p. 104) another visit.

While you’re out and about, don’t forget to use our new hashtag #MyTulsaPeople on Instagram — we want to see the people that make this city great, from your friends and family to your favorite barista to local celebs (see at right.) If we like what we see, we might just feature your pic in the mag.

Since August no longer means back-to-school for me, I can instead focus on what really matters — my birthday, of course! Shout out to my fellow Leos who have always been relegated to being the class babies, despite being, well, total Leos. I like to think I’ve aged like the fine wines on p. 94, even though I’m only turning … what’s my age again?

Union High School’s Brainiac Maxfield Anderson

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urreal.” That’s how native Tulsan Olivia Jordan (Thomas) describes her first 72 hours as Miss USA. On July 12, the 26-year-old Bishop Kelley alumna became the first Miss Oklahoma USA to wear the national crown. The following day, the Los Angeles resident moved to New York City, where she will live during her reign.

Jordan says her acting and modeling career will take a backseat this year to advocate for diverse causes such as breast and ovarian cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and child sex trafficking.

“My parents taught me that what you do matters, but what you do for others matters most,” Jordan says. “My dream has always been to have a voice and help inspire others.”

In the near future, she will compete for another crown: Miss Universe. tþ

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Pop art When The Tristesse Grief Center solicited work from local artists for its April fundraiser, Artscape, it got more than it bargained for.

“Local art donations keep pouring in” after the event, said Executive Director Susan Bramsch in a press release.

The unexpected response prompted staff to create “Art for Heart’s Sake,” a pop-up art gallery at the grief center, 4646 S. Harvard Ave. The gallery, featuring local artists, will remain open all summer from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Mondays.

All art is for sale, and proceeds benefit Healing Hearts Camp, Oklahoma’s first overnight grief camp for kids and teens.

“Every artist wants to help, so we couldn’t think of a more appropriate action than to create an art gallery to showcase these wonderful expressions of love and hope,” Bramsch said.

If you or an artist you know would like to participate in the gallery, contact Carolyn Yoder at 918587-1200 or carolynyoder@thegriefcenter.org.

Tulsa natives’ musical snags four Tony Awards

In June, the musical “An American in Paris” received four 2015 Tony Awards for best choreography, orchestrations, lighting and scenic design.

Produced by Tulsa natives Anne O’Shea and Brian Quattrini of Minerva Productions, it received 12 nominations, including one for “Best Musical.” The show is “a romantic story of a young American soldier and a gorgeous French girl,” according to a press release.

Founded in 1996 as a theatrical production company in North Carolina, Minerva Productions sought to give women more opportunities in theater, according to the release. In 2009 it expanded to include film and immediately achieved success with the Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated film, “The Kids Are All Right,” starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore.

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At its May 1 gala, Monte Cassino auctioned an opportunity to skydive with Sister Julia Marie Roy. In an ironic twist, the $11,000 winning bidders appointed the school’s director, Matthew Vereecke (right).

He, too, will make the leap of faith on Aug. 21.

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Oklahoma’s public education system might need improvement, but the state is widely lauded as a leader in early childhood education. The following statistics are from the 2015 Education Guide published by the Tulsa Regional Chamber.

Sister Julia Marie Roy is used to “The Flying Nun” jokes. That’s because the director of mission integration for Monte Cassino School will soon jump from a plane to make good on a promise.

Earlier this year, Roy agreed to make her skydiving debut if the Monte Cassino community raised $60,000 for endowed scholarships to help families of students who might otherwise be unable to attend the school.

The funds were raised, so on Aug. 21 Roy, 54, will jump tandem with an instructor from Skydive Tulsa. Buses will take Monte Cassino students and families to the landing site, where a celebration will include barbecue, sno cones and games.

Although she has “never done anything this crazy before,” Roy says she doesn’t fear her impending stunt.

“I taught junior high for 11 years,” she says. “It can’t be that difficult.” tþ

Tulsa has 3 Educare sites — more than any other city in the nation. Educare provides children under age 5 and their families with full-day, year-round early childhood education, family support services and ongoing medical care.

87% of Oklahoma 4-year-olds are enrolled in an early childhood education program.

The National Institute for Early Childhood Research lists Oklahoma as a model for pre-K programs.

CAP Tulsa is recognized by the National Office of Head Start as one of only 10 centers of excellence nationwide.

CAP provides low-income families with early childhood education and comprehensive enrichment programs to help break the cycle of poverty.

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Andrea Leitch Booker T. grad shares global adventures daily with millions online.

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ital stats: Andrea Leitch is a 2003 graduate of Booker T. Washington High School.

After graduating from the University of Oklahoma, she returned to Tulsa, where she was the online editor for TulsaPeople Magazine until 2010.

Now: Digital director of travel for National Geographic Magazine.

Tell us about your job at National Geographic. I oversee the creation of travel content for the publication across National Geographic’s digital and social media platforms, and share the amazing travel stories and photography that you see every day on NationalGeographic. com. We reach millions daily with authentic stories about transformative travel, whether it’s through the lens of a photographer in Iceland, an explorer in the Congo or a writer traveling through Tulsa on Route 66 (which did happen last year).

The most enthralling place I’ve visited was Malta, which is a hidden gem in the Mediterranean. It’s comprised of three small islands covered in flowers and vineyards and surrounded by shimmering turquoise waters with docked yachts.

My guide had never heard of Oklahoma, so it was exciting for me to tell him about my home state.

What do you miss most about Tulsa? I miss my family and friends the most, but they always welcome me home with open arms.

I also miss QuikTrip, cookies from Old School Bagel Café, the sunsets and the clock chimes at Utica Square.

I am grateful for the time I spent at TulsaPeople because Jim Langdon hired me fresh out of college and handed me the keys to TulsaPeople.com. I had never worked on a website before, but he trusted me to create and moderate the digital expression of his magazine. If I hadn’t had that opportunity, I wouldn’t have my job now.

I also miss my coworkers because we were like a family. (Former Managing Editor) Kendall Barrow is still one of my greatest mentors, and I can’t imagine having better coworkers than I had at TulsaPeople, especially ones who cared so much about the community. tþ

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What did you do in between TulsaPeople and National Geographic? I left Tulsa to oversee the digital platforms for Bethesda Magazine and Arlington Magazine, two lifestyle magazines near Washington, D.C. I was the online editor for both publications and was a contributing writer to the print products.

me. My parents are my greatest supporters, and I want to make them proud every day because they have given my siblings and me the best life possible. The hardest thing I’ve done in my life was move from Tulsa because I am so attached to the people there, but my parents always encouraged me to travel and go after my dreams, and so I did.

Tulsa is home to the kindest people I’ve met in the world — and I think that kindness is why I’m a good communicator with different people I work with around the world. In my job, you have to adapt quickly to different personalities and cultures, and kindness is a universal language that everyone understands and appreciates.

Andrea Leitch is the digital director of travel for National Geographic Magazine.

TOP: Leitch and her mother, Debborah Ludi Leitch, in Washington, D.C., where Leitch resides. BOTTOM: Leitch’s job has taken her around the world, including to London in 2014.

While in Budapest, I stayed at the hotel that inspired Wes Anderson’s film “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” It was fun because I taught the staff that the word “pop” means soda in Oklahoma, which they hadn’t heard before. They thought it was a funny word for soda, so they recently emailed me and said they now say “pop” with all of their English-speaking guests.

It’s interesting because in some places, locals say that I’m the first Oklahoman they have ever met, so I try to be the best Oklahoma/ Tulsa ambassador and encourage foreigners to visit the 918!

How did your upbringing in Tulsa prepare you for your occupation? I am where I am because of my parents and how they raised

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fter serving in educational leadership roles around the country, Dr. Deborah Gist is ready for a homecoming. It has been many years since she graduated from Tulsa’s Memorial High School, but her passion for Tulsa schools is as strong as ever.

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What first drew you to a career in education? I remember wanting to be a teacher from a very young age. I still have a folder at home with the project I did in the eighth grade at Nimitz Junior High in Mr. Henderson’s economics class called “My Career as a Preschool Teacher.” I just knew that was what I was put on this earth to do. My grandparents were teachers, too. I loved school and loved my teachers.

I thought it would be the best job in the world and, as it turns out, it absolutely is.

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What were the main factors in your decision to return to Tulsa Public Schools?

I would say a couple of things. No. 1 was this great opportunity. I feel like being superintendent of Tulsa Public Schools is the job I’ve been preparing for my entire life, from my years as a teacher to my years in government … literacy work, volunteerism, leadership and educational development. All of it I see leading to this one opportunity. It’s the perfect combo of work that I love — work that matters — in a city I deeply adore.

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You have been called first and foremost a teacher. How do you bring the mindset of a teacher into the position of superintendent? No matter how long you’ve been away from the classroom, you always remember the joys and challenges of being a

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classroom teacher. When we are thinking at the district level about our work, we always have to think about how what we’re doing supports the educators in our classrooms. That is our only job. Too often the decisions administrators and others make outside the classroom cause the job to be harder for the classroom teacher, not better. That’s something I’m very aware of.

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Oklahoma is consistently ranked in the bottom tier for education quality. What steps must be taken to ensure higher academic success?

The steps we need to take to improve students’ academic success have already begun. One of the reasons I’m excited about coming back to Tulsa is that I have been watching Tulsa from afar. What I plan to do is come into this role with a full awareness of the work that’s gone on. Hearing what’s working, what’s not working and learning about our past performance.

I’ll use this information to work with the TPS board in developing a new five-year plan. This will involve extensive community engagement.

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What is your proudest achievement in your career so far? Without a doubt, my proudest achievements are in the classroom. There’s nothing I’m more proud of than thinking back to the children I’ve known and those I’ve had a chance to influence. It touches my heart deeply to know that my service as a teacher has had an impact on the trajectory of their lives. There is no more noble profession than that of being a teacher. tþ

The No. 1 thing you should know about me is ... I’m going to work tirelessly at this job to make sure we have an education system that is one every Tulsan can be proud of and one that prepares children for life after high school.

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My favorite people are ... kind.

Tulsans are kind.

The best thing about returning to Tulsa is ... the opportunity to be superintendent of TPS, which is the most exciting professional challenge I’ve ever had. Also, the fact that I’m returning home to Tulsa. Being close to my family is a real gift. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Coney Islander.

As a student at Memorial ... I was a class officer, and in my junior year, we did a service project around Christmastime and “adopted” a family. This experience was a pivotal moment in my life. I decided I wanted my teaching career to be focused on those who needed education to improve their life circumstances.

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Tulsans receive honors and accolades

Problem solver Tulsa library volunteer is recognized for helping adults become better readers.

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onna Farrior is a mathematician who feels just as comfortable helping people sound out words as teaching them to solve equations.

In May, the Tulsa City-County Library recognized Farrior for her volunteerism with the Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service.

The program assists Tulsa adults who cannot read above a sixthgrade level and relies on dedicated volunteers who commit to read with an adult learner every week for one year.

Farrior, a retired University of Tulsa professor of mathematics, received the Marcus R. Tower Award at the library’s annual volunteer recognition event. The award, established by the Bank of Oklahoma and Tulsa Library Trust, is given to individuals who serve the library and fulfill its mission of learning through reading.

Nominations are made based on time and dedication to the library and on candidates’ standing as role models. More than 900 volunteers in the library’s numerous programs are considered. Award recipients are presented with an engraved crystal trophy and $1,500 to gift to a library service or program of their choice.

Farrior began volunteering with the Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service in 2006. Since then, she has tutored six adult learners, some of whom joined the program because they were seeking employment.

“When you become a tutor, you are not helping someone read a novel every night,” she says. “You are helping them improve their

Donna Farrior has tutored six adult learners, including Amber (pictured), since she began volunteering with the Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service in 2006. Farrior recently received the Marcus R. Tower Award from the Tulsa City-County Library. lives and navigate society more easily and be able to look things up. You’re helping them to live richer lives.”

In addition to tutoring adult literacy students, Farrior leads 12hour training programs for other volunteers who desire to work with adult learners. She also has served on the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award selection committee for three years.

Farrior received the Tower Award for her commitment to her learners and her desire to go above and beyond her duties, according to library officials.

“Donna was really good at working on whatever level the student was on,” says Literacy Coordinator Jennifer Armistead.

“She would also help them with their math. We don’t handle that very often.”

Farrior’s math background also has come in handy for other volunteerism, such as teaching math classes for more than three years in a GED program at the Tulsa Dream Center.

Last year, she started a math circle with middle school girls that meets weekly at TU. Based on a model used in Eastern Europe, the

circle connects students and teachers to solve problems in an unorthodox way.

Although math and reading seem on opposite ends of the educational spectrum, Farrior says she has found more similarities than one might think.

“Working with literacy students is a lot like problem solving,” she explains. “If they’re an adult and they are struggling with literacy, then there is something that is getting in the way.

“So, finding that is like solving a math problem. It’s kind of the same thing.” tþ

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Soul cyclists A group of Tulsans empower youth two wheels at a time.

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“We’re now branching out to Tulsa Public Schools and the bike community to get people that are knowledgeable about bike riding and have them head up the bike clubs,” Chavez says. “We’ll provide the bicycles, and the kids get to take them home when they graduate from the class.”

Leading the bike club charge was Wozniak, owner of Soundpony bar — a haven for cyclists and music lovers — who headed up the inaugural bike club at Emerson Elementary.

“I chose Emerson because it’s my neighborhood school, and I could make a direct impact,” Wozniak says.

Gabrielle Platt, whose son Xavier participates in the bike club, says he accomplished that goal.

“I’m in a wheelchair, so I do adaptive cycling,” Platt says. “My son introduced me to Mike, and through Mike I ended up getting sponsored and they helped me get my bike. Now Xavier and I can ride together, so it was a really good experience for both of us.”

Wozniak says bicycle-friendly cities and good public schools are two attractive attributes that promote growth in a community.

“Having a strong school system is really important, which is another reason I put my emphasis on Tulsa Public Schools: because I want people to say, ‘Oh, man, these guys are thinking about these kids’ futures.’”

Starting this month, Humble Sons plans to launch bike clubs in six more TPS elementary schools: Remington, Lee, Robertson, Jackson, Gilcrease and Cooper. The nonprofit also is working with local leaders and educators to implement a physical education class in which bikes are used.

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LEFT: Humble Sons volunteer Mike Wozniak and guest rider Victoria Bartlett lead students at the last bike club of the 2014-15 academic year.

ABOVE: Humble Sons founders Tommy Chavez and Jason Whorton with Whorton’s son, Austin.

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or most generations, there are few childhood memories that conjure our collective nostalgia more vividly than that first exhilarating ride on a bicycle. In today’s technologically saturated lifestyle, are children missing out on this rite of passage?

Active Living Research, an organization dedicated to preventing childhood obesity, believes a number of social and environmental changes have limited children’s access to safe places they can walk, bike and play. Financial challenges also can prevent access to a bike.

Fortunately, three Tulsa men are dedicated to changing that.

Brothers-in-law Jason Whorton and Tommy Chavez, founders of Humble Sons Bike Co., and Mike Wozniak, a passionate advocate for the local biking community, have partnered to implement bike clubs in local schools and fulfill their belief that every child deserves a bicycle.

In 2008, Whorton and Chavez decided to create a nonprofit that would provide bicycles and safety equipment to deserving children.

“The first year we only gave away 22 bikes; all were purchased with funds donated by Jason and me and our parents,” says Chavez, who adds that support is growing from corporate donors.

Today, they have exceeded their most audacious goals. The group’s donation at an Aug. 8 backto-school event will benefit 20 local organizations, including area schools, a children’s home and several foster care programs.

“Humble Sons will deliver their single largest donation — targeting a goal of 1,000 bicycles and helmets to Tulsa youth,” Whorton says.

With its growing success, Humble Sons Bike Co. decided to diversify its impact last year.

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LEFT: Matt Henderson met his biological father 15 years ago in California. RIGHT: Henderson has since expanded his Tulsa-based insurance company to Newport Beach, where he and his dad, Jerry Roby (on left) play golf on Saturdays.

Family ties A search for his roots leads a Tulsan to expand his business.

by BRIA BOLTON MOORE

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he unsolicited, unsigned letter asked seemingly random questions. So, it was tossed in the trash with the rest of Jerry Roby’s junk mail.

“The letter said something about great opportunities, blah blah blah, and it asked about being in the Washington, D.C., area in 1967,” says Roby, who lives in Newport Beach, California.

“About an hour later, I said to my wife, ‘That scam letter is interesting because I was in the D.C. area in 1967. Maybe I ought to check it out.’”

Little did Roby know, his biological son Matt Henderson, a Tulsan and president of Henderson Financial Group, had been trying to locate his parents for more than a decade.

The letter was the younger man’s attempt to make contact with Roby, who he believed to be his biological father. The older man didn’t know Henderson existed.

Henderson and his adopted sister were reared on a Muskogee farm.

“We were always brought up that we were chosen, we were special — being adopted was a neat thing,” he says.

“I never even thought about who my biological parents were. But then, two things happened. I had my son, and that kind of makes you think about genes and life.

“Then, my sister met her biological mother.

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Lutheran Social Services Agency and inquired about the process of finding his parents. The agency located his biological mother, but she didn’t wish to be contacted.

Time passed with no further information.

Nine years later, Henderson received a call from a clerk with the superior court of Washington, D.C. After discovering his unresolved file, the court began searching again and sent the letter that ended up in Roby’s trashcan.

The letter linked the father and son, who were separated by 32 years and half the country.

Henderson and Roby first talked by phone in March 2000, and just weeks later, a nervous Henderson and his son Kelly flew to Newport Beach to visit.

“My experience in meeting and spending time with Jerry as my father was so incredibly fulfilling to understanding who I am, because we’re so much alike — the good, the bad and the ugly,” Henderson says.

After years of frequent visits to Newport Beach, Henderson expanded his Tulsa-based life and disability insurance company by adding a Newport Beach office. These days, he spends three weeks out of the month in California and one week in Oklahoma. Every Saturday, you’ll find the father-son duo playing golf together at the Newport Beach Country Club.

“I’m a legal resident of the state of California, but Tulsa is always my home,” Henderson says.

“It’s my roots, and I will always come back.” tþ

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The 2-1-1 Helpline offers its free services to anyone in eastern Oklahoma, connecting callers to social services and community-based programs providing food, shelter, housing, clothing, legal aid and more. The statewide hotline has two call centers: the Helpline in Tulsa and the Heartline in Oklahoma City.

The Helpline is a program of the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa and is partially funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as administered by the City of Tulsa.

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Creative discovery Artist challenges herself with new methods of expression.

by JUDY LANGDON

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ichelle Firment Reid’s creative process in her Blue Dome District studio spans various genres of art. She considers herself an installation artist who is trained in multimedia, which includes painting, photography, video, mixed media sculpture and a lesser-known art form called asemic writing.

getting in the way of the overall image, becoming more of a distraction within the art instead of a part of the art. I then purposely made my handwriting looser and illegible.

This eventually became a natural, gestural form of writing with no actual meaning, though still evoking thought and emotion through the weight and gesture of the stroke. It became writing that does not have any actual writing in it whatsoever. In this sense, asemic writing becomes a sort of common language regardless of education, age, background or nationality; it puts all viewers on the same footing with the freedom to apply their own personal references.

Your artistic endeavors are widely varied. Is it difficult to work in such an array of media?

I am a multimedia artist who has more than 20 years of painting experience. I am highly committed to the art process, where I take risks by experimenting with different media and materials. When the experiment works, I have the feeling of arrival, of completion.

If it does not work, I think about why I failed, and this often gives me many new ideas. All of my best ideas come out of process, out of the work itself.

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How did you develop your style? Much of my personal art inspiration comes from nature, its seasonal changes and its relationship to humankind. My mother painted while we lived overseas. I was surrounded with diverse cultures, art museum visits, as well as parks and walks in nature. I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 7.

I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Corcoran College of Art & Design in Washington, D.C., where my art instructors — all practicing artists — were a great influence on me, as well.

Michelle Firment Reid grew up in the Philippines; Bucharest, Romania; and Paris, France.

The full-time artist works in a wide variety of media at her Blue Dome District studio. myself, as well as the viewer. I am not interested in what I have done, but what I can do. I love using my hands, being actively involved in my work, and challenging myself with new ways of expression.

Explain your interest and work in asemic writing. At a very young age, my father taught me the Morse Code. I found it fascinating how language could be interpreted through tones, lights or clicks.

This fascination carries through to me today with the concept of

thought, our unspoken mind, and how it plays a role in our daily lives. In much of my work, I convey thought through asemic writing, a wordless, open form of writing allowing the viewer to hover in a state between reflecting on their own interpretation, while simultaneously seeing the work.

How did you discover asemic writing? I had been using handwriting in my art for years; poetry, words, random thoughts. Several years ago, I felt the words were

Tell us about your annual summer trips to Europe. My family moved from Pennsylvania, where I was born, when I was 1 year old to Bucharest, Romania, then to the Philippines and Paris, France, eventually returning to the United States to settle in a suburb near Washington, D.C. When visiting Europe, I feel as though a part of me is going home. The summer months there are when I spend my creative input time, researching new art ideas, sketching, taking photos, making new art connections, meeting other artists and gallery owners, and laying out plans for a future exhibit. Basically it is a time for creative discovery. tþ

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Peter Jessee Former Broken Arrow sports star excels despite a life-altering challenge.

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P

eter Jessee excelled in football, soccer and ice hockey at Broken Arrow High School.

But his athletic honors suddenly took a back seat on May 23, 2008.

While on a family vacation to Hawaii to celebrate his high school graduation, Jessee and his older sister, Whitney, took a surfing lesson.

“After the first wave, my legs felt a little tingly, but I didn’t think much of it,” Jessee recalls. “Gradually, my back started hurting more and more. By the time the lesson was over, I was having terrible back pain.”

While resting on the beach, the pain increased and he lost use of his legs.

At Honolulu’s Queen’s Medical Center, Jessee was quickly diagnosed with Surfer’s Myelopathy, a rare and little understood condition. It occurs when a surfer hyperextends or arches his back off the surfboard when preparing to catch a wave. The movement disrupts blood flow to the spinal cord.

Paralyzed from the waist down, Jessee spent 10 soul-searching days at Queen’s wondering about his future. He then flew to Denver’s Craig Rehabilitation Hospital, one of the top rehabilitative centers in the country.

Sixty days of intense and often painful rehabilitation followed.

All this time, Jessee’s father, Bud, was at his side, while his mother, Janet, and sister shuttled back and forth between Tulsa and Denver.

Visits from a host of family and friends — including Carl Salazar, who as a sophomore battled Jessee, a senior, for the kicker’s spot on the varsity football team — helped break Jessee’s daily monotony of exercise and therapy.

Peter Jessee played football, soccer and ice hockey for Broken Arrow High School before a surfing accident paralyzed him from the waist down.

Today the University of Tulsa graduate is a landman for Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp.

He received many expressions of support, including an autographed hockey stick signed by members of the Colorado Avalanche and Oklahoma Sooners gear from coach Bob Stoops.

In early August 2008, Jessee returned to Tulsa, where more than 150 friends and relatives welcomed him home in his front yard.

His parents had a therapy pool installed to assist him with his rehabilitation.

“The pool got me up and moving,” Jessee says. “It was very beneficial.”

Through their ordeal, the family remained diligent in helping others in many ways, such as offering their rehab room to others in need.

Finding his way to the Universi-

ty of Tulsa, Jessee joined a fraternity, participated in student activities and graduated cum laude with a degree in energy management.

He accepted his diploma by walking across the Reynolds Center stage with the help of a Rewalk Machine — a walking assistance system — to a standing ovation.

Jessee, who is a landman for Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corp., is quick to recognize the extent his parents played in his rehabilitative efforts.

“They jumped through hoops and over hurdles to provide the best for me,” he says. “They drove me around, took me to all my appointments and everything. I owe them a lot.”

Today Jessee is able to drive his own car. He uses the walking machine once every two weeks and a wheelchair the rest of the time, but he and his doctors hope he will someday regain the ability to walk unassisted.

Despite his life-changing ordeal and the everyday challenges he faces, he remains remarkably upbeat.

“My perspective on the world has changed since my injury,” he says. “You look at the world completely differently whenever something has been taken away from you. No matter what may happen to you, it could always be worse.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Checking in with former newsmakers

Life’s work

by DAVID HARPER

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athy Burden retired as superintendent of Union Public Schools in 2013, but she has not lost her passion for education.

Burden, 67, says it was “kind of a no-brainer” to move to Austin, Texas, to be closer to her grandchildren after leaving her Union post of nearly 20 years. However, she remains involved in Oklahoma educational issues as a consultant with the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation to support Impact Tulsa.

Impact Tulsa is an independent partnership of local community leaders from the arenas of education, business, philanthropy, the faith community and nonprofits.

Together, they seek long-term, concrete solutions to the challenges facing educators.

Burden, who is Impact Tulsa’s advisor of data and outcomes, says she found it frustrating as a superintendent to see initiatives originating from the Oklahoma Legislature “as if they had to impose something on school districts.”

She says “working together across the community” is better than a system in which an A through F grade is imposed on school districts.

During her time at Union, Burden took steps to equalize opportunities for children living in poverty by developing community schools, which offered after-school and summer programs for students and involved parents through onsite medical clinics and educational activities.

“Schools have learned that it’s their job to reach out to parents,” Burden says. “A school is the home of a community, and parents are invited in. A school becomes the hub of a neighborhood.”

Burden had a goal while at Union of graduating 100 percent of

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Cathy Burden is a consultant for Impact Tulsa, which seeks to solve challenges facing Oklahoma educators. students “college and career ready.”

With that in mind, she instituted the Union Collegiate Academy in 2012, which offers Union students onsite, concurrent Tulsa Community College courses; college and career counseling; and Advanced Placement courses. The academy also placed a district-wide PK-12 emphasis on helping students prepare for college.

These days, she is working to expand such dual-credit opportunities for high school students throughout the state.

In the past, “Leadership in other states left Oklahoma in the dust” in the area of concurrent high school and college enrollment, she says.

Burden began her 40-year career in the education field as a special education teacher and then worked as a school psychologist before moving on to administrative positions.

Among the honors she has received are the Oklahoma Foundation’s Medal of Excellence, the Oklahoma State Superintendent of the Year and the University of Oklahoma’s Career Educator of the Year.

Burden says teaching methods have changed through the years, with more of an emphasis on helping students learn to solve problems instead of just coming up with the right answer.

In October 2014, Impact Tulsa became the 52nd community partnership to join the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network. Since then, it has issued three recommendations for action based on findings from its initial baseline report: 1. A universal kindergarten readiness standard and measurement tool available for use by the Impact Tulsa partner schools by the end of the 2015-16 school year.

2. The identification and sharing of best practice strategies to increase reading proficiency by third grade. According to the organization, 74 percent of U.S. students who fail to read proficiently by third grade never catch up academically.

3. Increase the percentage of high school graduates who are ready for postsecondary education and future careers.

Parents are more involved than ever, she says, but the distractions of the modern world make the job of educators increasingly difficult.

In Oklahoma, she says funding problems make the challenges even greater. Many issues could be addressed with proper funding, she says, but there seems to be “a lack of political will” at the state Capitol to provide it.

“There is not enough of a focus on investing money where it can do the most good,” Burden says.

That’s why the work of Impact Tulsa is so important.

“It takes an entire community to come up with solutions.” tþ

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Let me call someone

by CONNIE CRONLEY

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t’s always a rich and full experience when my ex-husband comes over to help me assemble something. Or install something. Or repair something.

The results are about the same as they always have been, which is sad. But the volume of the voices is lower and the name-calling has stopped almost entirely. These are improvements. Nothing like a few decades — whether it’s the shoreline or personal relationships — to wear away sharp edges.

ME: Jay, there’s a show I want to see on Netflix, but I can’t get Netflix streaming, so would you come over and help me install this gadget?

HIM: Why can’t you just dial it up?

ME: Because my TV is too old, remember? That’s why I had to get this special gadget.

HIM: You haven’t plugged that in yet? It’s been a year since I got it for you.

ME: You got it, but I paid for it, and no, I haven’t installed it. That’s why I want you to come help me.

HIM: For God’s sake, all you have to do is plug it in. How hard is that? OK, OK, I’ll come do it for you.

Three months later.

ME: Will you come tomorrow afternoon? I’ll make brunch.

HIM: Sure. No horse races on.

No basketball. I’ll be there at 2.

The next afternoon.

HIM: Why is this so salty?

ME: I don’t know.

HIM: Well, it is. Too salty.

ME: I know. Let’s get started on the gadget.

The ensuing two hours.

HIM: What’s your (something) connection?

ME: I don’t know.

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that is, handling electrical cords.)

I can fix this.

ME: Let me just call someone.

HIM: Let’s try it again.

HIM: What’s your (something) password?

ME: I don’t know.

HIM: Well, let’s go look at your router.

ME: What’s that?

HIM: I think this is the password.

ME: No, that’s the serial number.

Back at the TV set.

HIM: What’s this? Let’s plug it in here.

ME: Then I have to unplug my DVD player.

HIM: Do you have an extension cord? Then we can plug in everything.

ME: That means three extension cords plugged up to the TV. HIM: Don’t worry about it.

Some time later.

HIM: Why isn’t it coming on?

ME: How many remotes do you have? I count five in your hands.

HIM: Why isn’t it coming on?

ME: That’s not the only thing not coming on. Now the computer won’t come on. The phone is out, too.

HIM: Whoa. Let’s have a look at the router.

ME: Please don’t.

HIM: What is all of this? There must be 40 cords back here to be plugged in.

ME: Let’s just forget the whole thing. Let’s just put everything back the way it was and I’ll call someone.

HIM: No, wait. (Muffled sounds from behind the router, whatever

Back at the TV. HIM: I just don’t understand it.

Why isn’t it coming on?

ME: I’m going to call someone.

HIM: At least we have your computer back on. And your phone.

ME: I’m going to call someone.

HIM: Who? ME: A geek someone — one of those geek places.

HIM: You know, not a bad idea.

If you get them, make a double house call. Have them come over to my house and help me with an audio thing I can’t get to work.

ME: Will do. Why don’t you give me back all of those remotes you’re juggling, and I’ll take it from here.

HIM: At least you have your computer back on. And your phone. And your TV. Everything’s working.

ME: Except the Netflix streaming.

HIM: Well, that. Sorry.

ME: It’s not important, I promise you.

HIM: Thanks for the brunch.

Except, boy, was it salty.

ME: I know. Next time it’ll be better. Sorry.

HIM: Let me know how the geeks work out and ask them when they can be at my house.

ME: Sorry.

HIM: Sorry. tþ Connie Cronley is a columnist, an author of three books and a public radio commentator. She is executive director of Iron Gate soup kitchen and food pantry.

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JAMES PEPPER HENRY    , museum-appropriate voice until the topics of American history or Gilcrease Museum come up. He is the new executive director of Gilcrease and feels he has finally made it back home.

After three decades working in museums, Pepper Henry’s resumé is deep with names like Smithsonian. He looks like a museum boss, and when I first see him, he is sitting with perfect posture, wearing a dark suit set off with a silver and turquoise bolo tie.

I ask questions about his background for a while, but when I finally pose a question about Gilcrease, his demeanor changes. He leans forward, an excited grin forms and the pitch of his voice goes up a little bit as he says, “There are some things that are about to happen at Gilcrease that will blow you away.”

A member of Oklahoma’s Kaw Nation, Pepper Henry shares Muscogee (Creek) heritage with the man himself — Thomas Gilcrease. They also share another distinction; the two are the only Native Americans to head Gilcrease Museum.

Previously, Pepper Henry was the director of the Heard Museum in Phoenix, where an exhibition’s development saw museum attendance increase by 58 percent and memberships by 150 percent. He hopes to increase membership and expand audiences at Gilcrease, too. There are cool collections in storage at Gilcrease that the public has never seen, he says. Pepper Henry wants to invite T-Towners to have a gander at these items, and he hopes the experience will reconnect locals with the museum.

Congratulations on the job. Thank you.

Why Gilcrease? First, it’s one of the finest museums in the world. It also happens to be sitting in Oklahoma.

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by DREW WILSON fifth-generation, native son of Oklahoma, having so much family in Oklahoma — my tribe is in Oklahoma, I grew up around Gilcrease — and to be a descendant of the same tribe as Thomas Gilcrease; it all combines to make this a very special honor for me.

What will being on the road do for Gilcrease?

Gilcrease is a bit underappreciated by the community in some ways, and Tulsa is also underappreciated as a city. Tulsa has so much to offer, and sending the collection around the world shines a light on that.

How long have you been in the museum business? Thirty years.

Is there a certain demographic you are trying to attract? We have people from all walks of life come here, but we need more diversity in our audience. The majority of our repeat visitors are people closer to retirement age. I’d like to expand audiences to include families, millenials and visitors of varying cultural backgrounds.

Where else have you worked? The Anchorage Museum, Kanza Museum, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and a handful of others.

I’ve heard that only 5 percent of Gilcrease’s art collection is ever on display. Actually, only 5-10 percent of our total collection, including historical artifacts, is ever on display at any time.

Tell me about a couple of archival items that really excite you. We have the only known handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence that has survived to present day. We have papers from Diego Columbus, the son of Christopher Columbus. The list goes on and on, and it is still growing.

What is your “big-picture” goal for Gilcrease?

My goal is to bring more attention to the Gilcrease Museum. We want to make it relevant to the community.

How? We’re looking into mounting a campaign to really re-message who we are. And send the message that Gilcrease wants to get involved with the community.

What will the campaign consist of? We want to develop programs and exhibitions to bring more local people to the museum, but at the same time, loaning collection items or developing traveling exhibitions to display around the world.

How do you make that happen? I think we should just connect with downtown and the people will follow.

Connect physically, or with that downtown type of vibe? In every way. But visually and physically, we have a drawing for a proposed bike trail connecting Gilcrease to downtown.

How do you connect with millennials? A great way will be with some plans we have to support local artists. There are a lot of young, very talented artists in Tulsa.

How are you planning to communicate with all the different groups of people? By changing the dynamics of our organization and becoming part of the discussion.

The Tulsa discussion? Yes. We’d like to have events out in the community that are branded Gilcrease. Then we’ll become part of the discussion.

What kind of events? What kind do you want?

We’re open for ideas.

So, it sounds like you want Gilcrease to become a place that brings all cultures and ages together. Yes. tþ

James Pepper Henry was named Gilcrease Museum’s executive director in January.

The Oklahoma native has spent three decades in the museum industry.

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Sequoyah Elementary fourth-grader Edriece Anderson works on a project with City Year member Gabe Woolley. Sequoyah is one of six Tulsa Public Schools sites where City Year members collaborate with classroom teachers to help address behavior, poor attendance and course-related hurdles.

Serve the student, The City Year Tulsa program helps teachers focus on educating students by addressing behavioral and tutoring needs.

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I RACHEL SMITH’ -  at Sequoyah Elementary School, a small desk is pushed against one wall with stacks of folders and a dozen origami swans. Over the back of the adult-sized chair is draped the signature red AmeriCorps jacket. This is where Ms. Nataly operates — some of the time at least.

In June, she finished her one-year commitment as a teacher with City Year, an AmeriCorps program that provides classroom help with behavioral needs and tutoring.

Ms. Nataly — or, if you aren’t an elementary school student, Nataly Cruz — came to Tulsa from Miami, Florida, in July 2014. After graduating from Florida International University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Cruz’s interest was piqued at the opportunity to help introduce the City Year program to Oklahoma.

City Year members are 17- to 24-year-olds who are selected through a demanding application process and intensive training. Assignments are based on the evaluated strengths and talents of corps members. City Year looks for individuals who have experience working on a team and demonstrate commitment, humility, self-awareness, flexibility and problem-solving skills, as well as experience working with youth and/or tutoring and mentoring. Teacher certification is not required.

Usually, they are recent high school or college graduates who are taking a “gap year”

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by JULIE RAINS before moving on to higher education or the workforce. During their 11-month commitment, members receive training and support in behavior coaching and tutoring for various learning styles.

City Year came to Tulsa Public Schools in the 2013-2014 school year in response to the TPS graduation rate of 65 percent (in 20122013), well below the statewide average of 85 percent. City Year was called to Tulsa by Growing Together, a collaboration of organizations that enables children to live, learn and thrive in their neighborhoods and schools, and to support at-risk children in the Kendall Whittier and Eugene Field elementary schools.

Fifty City Year members are divided into teams working at Sequoyah, Eugene Field and Kendall Whittier elementary schools; Will Rogers Junior High; Clinton Middle School; and Webster High School. Within 10 years, City Year expects to have 220 AmeriCorps members serving in approximately 24 Tulsa schools.

“Our founding year has set the groundwork for incredible impact in our schools,” says City Year Tulsa’s Executive Director Tom McKeon.

“We’re seeing results in our schools that confirm our belief that every student has potential and can succeed.”

Changing student outcomes According to City Year research, a sixthgrader who has poor attendance, displays disruptive behavior, or is failing math or English has only a 25 percent chance of graduating high school on time.

When a student as young as third grade demonstrates any of these early warning signs, City Year members step in to address behavior, attendance and course-related hurdles, specifically in math and English.

Teachers, in partnership with City Year Tulsa members, identify students who are below grade level in math and English proficiency based on standardized tests. These students are placed on a list to receive support from City Year members.

Cruz’s English lessons usually focused on improving fluency (understanding each word on the page) and comprehension (summarizing the story after reading it). She developed specific lesson plans and determined the best teaching method for each student.

Two fifth-graders started the year with reading scores between 500-600, Smith says; the proficiency score is 830.

“Seeing them work toward their goals with Nataly was incredible,” Smith says. By the end of the year, “one of those students was proficient and the other was very close behind. They

Florida International University graduate Nataly Cruz came to Tulsa to work with City Year for the 2014-15 school year. City Year members commit to the program for 11 months and receive training and support in behavior coaching and tutoring for various learning styles. Here, she works with a group of Sequoyah Elementary fifth graders.

gain the graduate both exceeded their goals and made beyond one year’s worth of growth.”

One of Cruz’s most memorable students was Jacob Pester. His teacher and parents worked with Cruz to address his behavioral problems.

“At the beginning of the year, he was getting into a lot of fights with the other kids, and it would always come down to him telling me, ‘They deserved it,’” Cruz remembers.

She spent a semester asking him questions like, “Why did that happen?” and “How do you think the other person is feeling?” Ultimately, she says, each conversation came to the same conclusion: “You can’t control the other person’s behavior, but you can control yours. What are you going to do?”

By the end of the fall semester, “‘He deserved it’ was out of Jacob’s vocabulary,” Cruz says.

“He’s an 11-year-old boy, and he’s still learning, but now he knows how to step away from situations.” By the end of the school year, he was supporting and coaching his friends on their behavior, Cruz adds.

According to Pester, it’s hard to talk about Ms. Nataly without “being mushy.”

“She helped me through a lot of tough times,” Pester reports as he sits beside Ms. Nataly at her desk. “Whenever I got the chance, I tried to hang around here. We would talk about things that happened and how we can do it better next time.”

Cruz asks whether he feels he grew up a little over the school year.

“I hate to admit it,” he says, “but yes.”

According to his teacher, Pester is not the

AT CLINTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

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English Language Arts students* in grades 7 and 8 saw a score increase during the school year.

AT EUGENE FIELD ELEMENTARY English Language Arts students* in grades 3-6 started the year with only 3 percent at a proficient level, growing to

43 percent

proficiency by the end of the year. Those scoring below basic levels dropped from 37 percent at the start of the year to 16 percent by year’s end.

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English Language Arts students* in grades 3-6 saw a score increase during the school year. *Students identified by teachers and City Year members as needing support Source: City Year Tulsa

only student who matured with Cruz’s help and encouragement.

“It’s amazing how intimidating an 11-yearold can be,” Smith says. “At first, Nataly was a little timid, but I’ve seen her overcome that and be able to redirect students from inappropriate behavior. She has come in and helped students trust her, and that’s made a big difference in them and in her.”

Helping teachers help students Another important part of City Year members’ workdays is calling the home of absent students in partner schools. These personal interactions with parents and students have increased attendance throughout the district.

Raye Nero, the principal of Sequoyah Elementary School, says City Year positively impacted her students and teachers over the 2014-2015 school year.

“I think teachers sometimes feel the pressure of being the only adult in the room,” she says. “If the teacher has put some structures in place and that City Year person can support them, that’s hugely helpful for the teacher.”

Smith agrees. During the fall 2014 semester, she had 32 students in class.

“It made a big difference to have Cruz in the room,” she says. “I felt so much better knowing that I wasn’t going to have to stop my lesson every few minutes to deal with some behavioral issue.”

According to Nero, City Year’s biggest impact is the one-on-one mentorship between City Year members and students.

“When you ask a kid what City Year means to them” academics won’t be the main focus, Nero says. “It is more about the relationships they built with positive role models. And that is lasting.”

If the origami swans on her desk are any indication, Ms. Nataly was well loved by her students. The graceful gifts of folded paper silently agree with Pester’s analysis: “One person makes a really big difference. It’s amazing how far we’ve come just by being together.” tþ TulsaPeople.com

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Live to serve another day My service as a City Year Corps member and administrator

by ELLIOTT MAY,

City Year Tulsa career services and alumni support coordinator

“Mr. Elliott, why are you here?”

I was startled. We were sitting in the library during our after-school homework help program, and I was working on a math assignment with two ninth-grade girls.

It was a quiet afternoon, and we were making good progress.

Our team gets to spend an hour each day after classes end with students who want a little extra tutoring. It’s typically a great way to interact with students in a less formal setting.

I glanced up to find the two girls looking at me curiously. Dusty rays of light were streaming through the library windows, illuminating the students working quietly with Corps members at tables scattered around the spindly bookshelves. I was rather surprised by the question, since I met these girls in early August and had been working with them all year.

“What do you mean, Sarah?”

“I mean, there are a ton of schools in Tulsa,” she says, “and most of them are probably way better than this one. Why do you work here instead of somewhere else?”

I smiled. Of all the questions I get asked as a City Year Senior Corps member working in Tulsa Public Schools, this one is by far my favorite.

Unfortunately, it seems that it rarely occurs to students that we want to be here with them; it’s not that we couldn’t find a “better” role somewhere else. Each day, as City Year Corps members, we get the privilege of interacting with students from all walks of life and providing them with targeted and individualized support.

Coming in to school each morning, I hear my friend Kyle’s latest commentary about the NBA, and we discuss how to work on controlling frustration in class that day.

I try to catch my friend Arron at lunch to check in about staying honest in class and not copying other students’ work.

I chat with my friend Jamal about college football because he is shy and doesn’t have many friends.

When I came to City Year, I knew that I would have the opportunity to help kids learn. What I didn’t know was how much I would learn in the process — about myself and about the world around me.

I’ve learned that the experience of growing up in Tulsa can vary quite a bit depending on your zip code. I’ve learned that kids are similar, no matter their backgrounds.

I’ve also learned that each student faces a different future based on the opportunities available to him or her. Perhaps most, I’ve learned how significant the love and attention from a caring adult can be in the life of a young person, and how that investment can change the course of a life.

Sometimes the challenges seem overwhelming, and I wonder if I can make a difference at all. But when I stop to think about the talent and ability demonstrated by each one of the incredible students I see every day, I can’t help but smile.

I couldn’t be more thankful for the opportunity to give back to my hometown and to help students discover their own potential. At City Year, we start each morning by saying, “We live to serve another day — and that’s a beautiful thing!”

Even on the hard days, I couldn’t be more thankful for the privilege. tþ Student names have been changed for privacy.

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BY BRITTANY JACKSON AND RACHEL LELAND • Teeming with ambition, enthusiasm and eagerness, the Class of 2015 is once again hitting the books — this time at college campuses across the nation. Pursuing studies in science, music and more, these students are preparing to make a difference.

From thousands of local graduates, TulsaPeople selected a few of the city’s most outstanding students based on their substantial and unique scholarships. In celebration of their success, and to mirror the scholarships each received from their respective universities, we named these 10 students to the 2015 Class of Brainiacs.

On the following pages, we give the Brainiacs a chance to thank those who have helped them along the way.

Received $15,500 per year in scholarship and aid to study mandolin.

' First and foremost, I would like to thank my parents for sharing their love of music with me, giving constant love and support, and teaching me that anything can be achieved through hard work and dedication. I want to thank them for sticking a guitar in my hands when I was 5, buying my first violin for school orchestra when I was 12 and giving me my first mandolin at 16 when I became interested in playing bluegrass, as well as giving me the support and resources to learn each one. The skills and lessons they have instil ed in me will transcend my music career and aid me in my journey through life.

I would like to thank all of my muses throughout the years, Steve Hamm, Pete Peterson, Patricia Gaddis, Paula Surface and Shelby Eicher, and the numerous musicians I've had the opportunity to work with. You all have molded me into a diverse and passionate musician, and the collective knowledge you have passed down is one of my most valuable assets.''

Activities: Played the violin in the Union Orchestra and Tulsa Youth Symphony; conducted the Union Sophomore Orchestra’s spring concert; six-time 6A state swimming finalist.

MAXFIELD ANDERSON

Brainiacs’ Mandolin Master Union High School Berklee College of Music in Boston GPA: 3.78

KATIE KRAMER

Brainiacs’ Sweetheart Bixby High School University of Oklahoma GPA: 4.83

Received the President’s Community Scholarship and the Engineering Excellence Scholarship.

' When I consider the innumerable blessings I have grown up with, my heart goes out to the people who are not quite as lucky as myself. Life would be so much simpler if everything was handed out fairly, but it's not. For this reason, I feel compelled to give back as a means of displaying my gratitude and because I enjoy public service, especially to the city I call home. This community we all share can only be enhanced by each person's willingness to assist in some way, no matter how seemingly small. The most meaningful and gratifying moments in my life don't occur after a big game win, but when I can share my time with someone who truly appreciates the effort. Whether it's volunteering with Bixby's National Honor Society or my church youth group, the appreciation overtly seen on the faces of those benefiting often is nothing compared to the volunteer's excitement. Working to improve the community is a passion I intend to pursue the rest of my life, regardless of where college and my career take me.''

Activities: Member of student government and National Honor Society; helped plan NHS service project to make fleece blankets for children at Saint Francis Hospital; wrote thank-you letters to service members for Blue Star Mothers; participates in youth group at King of Kings church; worked with “Where the Spirit Leads,” a mission group that travels to Oklahoma churches offering services and establishing community.

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Received the National College Match Scholarship, awarded through Questbridge, an organization that links students with colleges, scholarships and enrichment programs.

The scholarship helps students who achieve academic excellence despite economic challenges attend some of the nation’s most selective colleges.

' First and foremost, I would like to thank faith, God or entropy, whatever you may choose to call it, for the wonderful streak of coincidences, accidents and even bad moments that have led me here. As of today, I have no words to thank every person I have met for their extraordinary help, particularly Mr. Phil Hammond, the same person to whom I owe this particular scholarship. Without his encouragement, this wouldn't have happened. Also, and to stick to the cliche, I can't stop mentioning my family as they are and will always be my bastion, and for that I thank them. And finally, I thank Questbridge for this chance and their everyday work to provide people like me with this life-changing opportunity.''

Activities: President of Mu Alpha Theta; member of student council, Key Club and varsity tennis team; created afterschool math tutoring program; planned and operated a toy drive for a local elementary school; moved to Tulsa from Mexico his junior year of high school, requiring him to relearn English after moving away from California as a child.

DIEGO LUEVANO

Brainiacs’ Perfect Match Edison Preparatory High School University of Chicago GPA: 4.1

GISELLE FUSELIER

Brainiacs’ Top-dollar Scholar Booker T. Washington High School Washington University in St. Louis GPA: 4.46

Received full scholarships from each university she was accepted to, totaling $850,000.

' After working diligently throughout my school career, striving to do my best at all times and being involved in great clubs and volunteer organizations, it is incredible to be rewarded in such a manner. I'd like to thank God, my parents, teachers and all who have supported and encouraged me in my endeavors. I'd also like to thank the institutions that have made these generous offers to invest in my future. Special thanks go to Washington University in St. Louis and the John B. Ervin Scholars Program, as well as the National Merit Corporation and the State Farm Companies Foundation. I am blessed to have received a high-quality education at Booker T. Washington, and excited to have the opportunity to further my studies at WashU, thanks to the scholarships I have been granted. As an Ervin Scholar, I look forward to making a positive and lasting impact on my community.

I hope that my experience will be an inspiration and encouragement to younger students, there's no limit to what you can achieve.''

Activities: Class Board treasurer; member of Key Club; volunteered with the Tulsa Girls Art School; volunteered with “Hornets Against Hunger,” which assisted local food banks; vice president for Girl-Up, a UN-sponsored program that raises funds and awareness for the needs of girls in developing countries; accepted into in the International Baccalaureate program that required the completion of six IB classes per year and an extended essay senior year.

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Received a full scholarship to play football for the Golden Hurricane.

' I was able to achieve this by working hard every day, even some nights, not only in the weight room or on the football field, but in the classroom, as well. I had to put in the extra work and the extra time even if it meant sacrificing my time with friends.

Sacrifice and determination is what it took for me to be able to make it to the next level of competition. I also forced myself to not let my schoolwork fal behind, so I would have some nights with less sleep than I should to make sure I got all my homework and studying done. I did whatever I could to make sure I was successful, and it gave me the chance to have this opportunity and the honor of the scholarship.''

Activities: Varsity football and basketball; earned the Academic All-State Award four years in both football and basketball; finished high school football career playing defensive end, which he will play for TU; 2014 Gatorade Football Player of the Year nominee.

AMY MEEKS

Brainiacs’ Global Servant Mingo Valley Christian School Dallas Baptist University GPA: 4.22

Received an Academic Honors Scholarship, Christian Leadership Scholarship, Ministerial Scholarship and Baptist Ministerial Grant.

Each scholarship is based on her academic achievements as well as her commitment to service.

' I'd like to thank my parents, who were always so encouraging throughout the ups and downs of high school. I also have to give a huge thanks and appreciation to the faculty and staff of Mingo Valley Christian School, whose efforts to effectively and godly influence the lives of young people is so evident. Because of Mingo's heartbeat to serve as Jesus Christ served others, I also have my school to thank in instil ing that great quality in me. The value of service has allowed me to win a couple of scholarships to help me attend DBU in the fall. Without the support of my teachers, friends and family, I definitely could not have excelled and become the person I am today.''

Activities: Volunteered at church in preschool ministry summer music camp and vocational Bible study; participated in mission trips to New York City and Ethiopia; spent summer 2015 teaching English in South Korea with Young Missions International; co-valedictorian; Oklahoma EPAS Scholar in math, science, reading and English; Oklahoma Academic Scholar; Tae Kwon Do black belt; played flute in instrumental ensemble.

MICHAEL ANDERSON

Brainiacs’ Dominant Defender Owasso High School University of Tulsa GPA: 4.11 TulsaPeople.com

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Received a cash scholarship for winning “Best of Fair” in the Biochemisty, Medicine and Health category of the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair. The project involved his studies on TU100, a novel chemotherapeutic drug that has the ability to preferentially target cancerous cells while not damaging healthy tissue.

' I'd like to take a moment to thank the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair as well as the University of Tulsa's Robert Sheaff, Ph.D., and Mrs. Sally Fenska. The opportunity to conduct research has been incredible and taught me so much about myself. Though I've always been drawn to science, only in recent years have I really begun to understand why. Regardless of the immense diversity of humanity, science is something that impacts each and every one of us. Every day, research shows me that even as high school students, we have the capability to change lives and make a difference for those in our community.

So, again, I'd like to thank everyone, including the fair, my research advisors and parents, for making this journey possible. Your dedication to others is so important because it not only stems from a desire to make the world around us better, but serves to enable the future of our generation.''

Activities: 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair finalist; founder and president of Cascia Hall’s STEM/Pre-med program; interned with Dr. James Bourdeau and the Nephrology Specialists of Oklahoma; received U.S. Surgeon General Award; captain of men’s varsity rowing association and the speech and debate team.

MADELINE DRAKE

Brainiacs’ Volleyball-er Scholar Regent Preparatory School Northwestern State University of Louisiana GPA: 3.9

Received a full volleyball scholarship, the President’s Honor Scholarship and the Louisiana Academic Merit Award.

' I'm so glad I've been able to play and be around volleyball for nine years.

Volleyball is such a big part of my life and who I am. Thanks to my parents for always providing me a way to play and constantly supporting me. Even through adversity, God has shown me that all things work together for good to those who love him. I'm so blessed to have had God to lean on during my shoulder surgery and many injuries. All my coaches have had such a positive impact in my life.

Thanks to Jill Jones and Janet Cairns for getting me started with volleyball and showing me what a great sport it is. Thanks to Chadd McKee for always pushing me to become a better player and believing in me. And Dane Hendrix for teaching me all the skills I need to be successful in this sport. Thanks to my school coach, Mike Christie, for the eight years he has poured into me and my volleyball career. Lastly, to my trainer, Pace at UPC for conditioning me in top shape for volleyball and improving my vertical while preventing injuries. Thanks to volleyball for being volleyball and teaching me so much about myself.''

Activities: Played competitive volleyball since age 11; member of Team Tulsa and Club One volleyball clubs; recognized twice in Tulsa World as the Volleyball Athlete of the Week; 2014 Under Armour High School All-America nominee; a four-time state champion with the Regent Rams.

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CHASE ANTONACCI Brainiacs’ Lab Rat

Cascia Hall Preparatory School Washington University in St. Louis GPA: 4.18

Received the National Merit Scholarship, the OK Foundation for Excellence Academic All-State Award and the Oklahoma State Regents Academic Scholars Award.

Each scholarship is based on her academic achievements and involvement in high school.

' I would like to dedicate this to my parents, without their support I'd be nowhere near as successful as I am today, and my sister, who was always my example. In my short 18 years of life, the most important thing I've learned so far is that knowledge by itself can only go so far; ambition is what brings true achievement. I don't know what the future brings, but I'm ready to embrace whatever comes my way'' Activities: CEO of Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam, an engineering club tasked with creating a more sustainable food source for tilapia to feed the New Generation Children’s Orphanage in Kenya; member of Key Club, Future Medical Professions Club, Rotary Club, Student Council, Wind Ensemble and National Honors Society; senior class president.

MAXWELL MUSICK

Brainiacs’ Recording Artist Riverfield Country Day School New York University GPA: 3.61

Received a scholarship for the Clive Davis Institute for Recording Music as part of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

TRAM LE Brainiacs’ All-around Scholar Broken Arrow High School University of Oklahoma GPA: 5.16

' I would like to thank everybody: my family, my friends, people I like, especially my parents for basically putting up with me.

Ex-boyfriends, I would thank them, too. Everything leads to another thing, whether it's good or bad, and hopefully I'm in a good situation, but the difficult people teach me things about myself more so, sometimes, than the people I adore.''

Activities: Rock Band program; New York Grammy Camp singer-songwriter (2012); Berklee five-week summer performance program (2013); singer of band La Lune, which played venues such as Cain’s Ballroom and Guthrie Green.

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HOMELESS IN HOMEROOM THE NEARLY 2,000 HOMELESS STUDENTS IN TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO RECEIVING AN EDUCATION.

by MORGAN PHILLIPS

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W KATIE*   - year this month at Central Junior High, she will look just like her peers.

She will arrive by bus, wearing the same school uniform and carrying the necessary supplies. She will anxiously find a seat in new classrooms with many kids she hasn’t seen since May. But there are stark differences between Katie and the other middle-schoolers roaming the halls.

Perhaps most importantly for a 14-yearold, she never invites friends over after school or for a slumber party.

That’s because the bus driver picked Katie up at the Salvation Army Center of Hope, one of the few homeless shelters in Tulsa that accepts families. She has lived there for two years with her mother and three younger siblings.

Katie is one of nearly 2,000 homeless students within Tulsa Public Schools, the second-largest school district in the state.

The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law that defines homeless children and youth as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate night-time residence.”

This includes children living in shelters, hotels or campgrounds, those sharing living accommodations due to economic hardship or loss of housing, and those awaiting placement in a foster home.

For students like Katie, the act provides transportation to and from school free of charge and allows children to attend their school of origin — the last school in which they were enrolled or the school they attended when they became homeless.

The law is intended to protect homeless children, and it helps. So do the district-wide uniform requirement and the TPS practice that enables “shelter kids” to be picked up first and dropped off last.

But nothing masks Katie’s feelings about the secret she keeps from nearly everyone at school.

“I’m embarrassed,” she says quietly, avoiding eye contact. “I don’t want people to know I live in the shelter.” *Name changed to protect privacy.

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TPS students in state custody lived at the Laura Dester Children’s Shelter during the school year.

SOURCE: TPS

EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS Oklahoma has more homeless children than ever before, according to the state department of education, which tracked a 43 percent increase from 2011-13. The reasons for this increase are not clear.

Likewise, Loida Delgado, TPS coordinator for parent involvement and homeless education, says the district has approximately 600 more homeless students than it did three years ago.

Delgado says she isn’t sure why the number is rising but suggests the district is getting better at identifying those students.

The number of homeless students in Oklahoma grew 43 percent from 2011-13.

SOURCE: Oklahoma Department of Education

TPS becomes aware of homeless students in three ways: at enrollment, through referrals by caseworkers at local shelters and from a student’s school (if the student becomes homeless during the academic year).

The reasons for homelessness vary among TPS students, but Delgado says most stem from significant poverty.

“If a person who goes through a hardship has a savings account, they can maybe survive for six months, but a person who is really poor ... ” she says. “Sometimes there are illnesses. Sometimes parents die. There are all kinds of situations.”

Homeless students clearly have significant barriers to obtaining an education. Without stable housing, nutritious food and sleeping well, completing schoolwork and studying become arduous. Regular attendance also can be difficult, especially for students who must work to provide for themselves or their families.

The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates that 75 percent of homeless or runaway youth nationwide have dropped out or will drop out of school.

According to Delgado, the district excuses absences due to homelessness, but she says at-

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tendance is largely dependent on the motivation of a student and his or her guardian.

“I have kids who have moved from shelter to Grandma to another house to another house, but those kids have not missed school,” she says, adding that this is not always the case.

Every TPS school has a homeless liaison — often a designated caseworker or counselor — tasked with identifying and checking on homeless students and connecting them with resources. Chris Payne, executive director of communications for TPS, says the setup helps the district remove educational barriers where possible.

For example, school supplies, uniforms, shoes and free or reduced breakfast and lunch are provided to homeless students whose parents complete the necessary paperwork.

“Like all school districts in Oklahoma, Tulsa Public Schools is responsible for educating all children, and this is a calling we take very seriously,” Payne says. “It’s our job to meet students where they are, and for homeless students, that means helping them with very basic needs that many of us take for granted.”

Like Katie, most homeless students have a strong desire to go to school, he says.

“Education is the No. 1 thing in their life that will be a difference-maker. That’s why we are so committed to keeping these students in the classroom. Education is their best shot at having a future beyond the streets.”

ON THEIR OWN The National Center for Homeless Education estimates that 78 percent of Oklahoma’s homeless youth “couch surf ” among friends’ and relatives’ homes. Although the practice — sometimes called “doubling up” — provides a temporary place to stay, students can be kicked out at a moment’s notice. With no other options, some are forced to the streets.

Youth Services of Tulsa operates the city’s only emergency shelter for unaccompanied adolescents ages 12-18. In 2014, the facility served 461 youth, providing them hot meals, case management, counseling and connection to the area schools’ homeless liaisons.

students in TPS are unaccompanied by parents or legal guardians.

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SOURCE: Loida Delgado

“As you can imagine, for a young person to end up on the streets, they’ve been let down by adults,” says David Grewe, executive director of YST. “So, there’s lots of mistrust of adults and of the system and significant levels of trauma these young people have experienced. Our goal is to build trust with them by meeting their Where do basic needs.”

Oklahoma’s In Grewe’s experience homeless with homeless Tulsa students youth about one-third are former foster care sleep? youth, and one-third DOUBLED UP identify as LGBTQ, he (“couch surfing”) says. Some are turned out by their parents at age 18.

This growing popuSHELTERS lation’s need for additional resources spurred YST to expand in recent UNSHELTERED years.

The organization began street outreach in 2002 and in 2012 opened HOTELS/MOTELS a drop-in center for homeless teens. Grewe says the center, called SOURCE: Oklahoma: Consolidated State “The Station,” served 645 Performance Report (2012-13), National Center for Homeless Education youth from July 2013June 2014.

At The Station, youth have a safe place to get meals, take a shower, use laundry facilities, obtain clothing and become involved in engagement activities such as Street Yoga and music club. Tutoring, counseling and transportation to and from school and extracurricular activities also are available to The Station guests.

Earlier this year, YST partnered with the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine to open a clinic for runaway and homeless youth on the YST campus at East Fourth Street and South Madison Avenue.

After arriving at YST, homeless youth applying for the transitional living program meet with case managers to discuss their needs and educational, employment and relationship goals, Grewe says.

78% 12% 7%

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Youth age 12-17 are more at risk of homelessness than adults.

SOURCE: National Conference of State Legislatures

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TPS students live in Tulsa shelters.

SOURCE: Loida Delgado

The transitional living program is available to youth ages 17-22 who are working, attending school and demonstrating sufficient progress toward independence.

For 12-18 months, participants are given a furnished apartment and are offered counseling, case management, and life skills and employment readiness training in a group learning environment. Youth pay 25 percent of their income into a rental account that they receive back as they complete the program, which helps them learn to pay rent and save. This also provides money for deposits when they move out on their own. Youth facing mental health challenges have access to community-based services through the Oklahoma Healthy Transitions Initiative.

The transitional living program has seen significant success among its graduates.

“Eighty-two percent have a job and a stable place to live six months post-program,” Grewe says.

AGAINST ALL ODDS Amber Barnes, 19, is one of YST’s “success stories” in the making. Meeting her, it’s difficult to imagine that the well-spoken, mature young woman has spent much of her life homeless.

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Amber Barnes

HOMELESS AND HUNGRY

I       , Todd Kramer fed thousands of Tulsans. But the former restaurant owner and operator says he experienced “a calling” three years ago to leave the food business for a new line of work: teaching at Nathan Hale High School.

Despite his job change, Kramer is still feeding people. This time, they are the students who come to his classroom throughout the day for the pieces of fruit and granola bars that Kramer purchases. Many of the students are homeless.

“A lot of kids go couch to couch” or are from broken homes, Kramer says. Some parents are involved with drugs and alcohol or simply work nights. “There are also students who work late hours to support themselves and their families.”

Most homeless students — and many others — are “food insecure,” meaning they don’t know when or how they will get their next meal.

For many Hale students, free or reduced school breakfasts and lunches are the only nutritious meals they receive during the week.

However, Kramer says some hungry students don’t receive these benefits because their parents haven’t filled out the necessary paperwork.

“Most of the kids go home on the weekend not knowing what they’re going to eat or they’re not eating right,” he says. “I’ve found the kids we give good snacks to do better in school.”

Initiatives such as the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s Backpack for Kids program help fight food insecurity by providing students, including those in TPS, with groceries over weekends and holiday breaks. However, the program doesn’t yet reach to all middle and high schools.

In the meantime, Kramer and an unlikely group of Tulsans are expanding his vision to fill hungry stomachs at Hale.

A NEW PRIORITY Shortly after Calvin Moore became president and CEO of Meals on Wheels of Tulsa, he sought to expand the nonprofit’s core mission of providing meals to area seniors. Moore says many of the 5,000 MOW organizations across the country have done the same.

He and Kramer met in fall 2014, setting Moore on a path to learn about the nutritional deficiencies of homeless and other food insecure high-schoolers, and how that impacts them later in life.

“Students who go through adolescence and are food insecure develop long-term health issues,” says Moore, whose research shows that teens are often overfed yet

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undernourished. “It causes them to become dependent on social service agencies like MOW much earlier.”

This month, MOW of Tulsa and several community partners, including a local grocery store chain, will launch a privately funded, $225,000 pilot program called the Meals on Wheels High School Adoption Program. The program has three components, one of which is the Nathan Hale Snack Sack Project.

The Snack Sack Project will provide Hale students with nutritious food on weekends and holiday breaks. Moore says the program will help strengthen the magnet school’s culinary arts emphasis in which approximately 300 students participate.

Hale’s culinary students will volunteer with MOW and receive training to prepare and pack nutritious, ready-to-eat food that will be sent home with their food insecure peers, Moore says. The Snack Sack Project is open to all Hale students, and “students will have a prominent voice and hand in shaping the program going forward,” Moore says.

The hope is to create a “workforce development pipeline” for some Hale students to eventually enter the local food service industry. Opportunities for mentorship and internships in local restaurants, hotels and grocery store chains are being organized for summer 2016.

“For Meals on Wheels, it was a ‘eureka’ moment,” Moore says. “We can take some preventative measures and attract a younger demographic to our mission, plus impact student outcomes.”

The organization also plans to establish a food pantry for food insecure students at Hale.

Beyond helping implement the Hale Snack Sack Project, Kramer says he is developing a separate nonprofit that would focus on mentoring and meeting the everyday needs of Hale students. In the meantime, he plans to continue fulfilling his calling by feeding those who are hungry.

“I saw the needs,” he says. “It’s just a passion of mine to take care of these kids.”

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Continued from p. 49 But Barnes says her mother’s on- and offagain relationships kept her bouncing from house to house throughout her childhood. As an adolescent, she often lived with friends and relatives before graduating from Memorial High School and moving out with a boyfriend at age 18.

The relationship ended shortly after Barnes began attending Tulsa Community College full time through the Tulsa Achieves program.

After running out of places to stay, she ultimately slept in her car for two weeks — while attending classes and working part time at a local grocery store.

Barnes says her small check was largely spent on her car and insurance payments. She ate on whatever was left, which sometimes was nothing.

Eventually Barnes worked up the courage to ask a TCC instructor for help.

“I stayed after class and asked him, ‘Where would I go if I didn’t have any food?’” she recalls.

The instructor provided Barnes with some food and a list of resources, which led her to YST. She is now six months into the transitional living program and has a new job. This fall, she will continue her education, studying psychology at TCC and cosmetology at Tulsa Technology Center.

Barnes says she empathizes with students like Katie who carry the challenges and shame of homelessness at a young age, as she did.

“People always tell me that I’m wise beyond my years,” Barnes says. “I feel so much older than I am.

“But it’s not that you want to be wise. It’s not by choice.” tþ

Number of homeless students in Tulsa Public Schools

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

1,682 1,269* 1,557 1,843 1,937

SOURCE: TPS *Loida Delgado with TPS says she is unsure why this drop in homeless students occurred from 2010-11 to 2011-12.

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FAMILY FRIEND Kelley Maricle, family case manager at the Salvation Army, has lived up to her name many times in her 12-year career helping families get back on their feet.

She has spent the past six years at the Center of Hope, where homeless individuals and families can receive food, showers, temporary housing and other services.

“We meet with the families, figure out where they’ve been, why they’re here and what we need to do to help them become self-sufficient again and stay self-sufficient,” she says.

Working with families is complicated because individuals have different needs, she says. In some cases, family dynamics can be a “pressure cooker” on the verge of explosion.

“The kids — especially when they hit those teenage years — they’re embarrassed, they’re mad at their parents for screwing up and now they’ve landed here,” Maricle says.

“The little ones, they don’t fully comprehend it to a certain age.”

Many parents who come to the Center of Hope have experienced generational poverty, abuse and addiction. Others have simply fallen on hard times.

“Some absolutely made every decision that they should have made, and they still ended up here,” she says. “It’s just circumstances beyond their control: death, divorce, job loss.”

Children under 18 can stay at the Center of Hope as long as they are with a parent.

Unaccompanied minors are referred to the emergency shelter at Youth Services of Tulsa.

After shelter guests get settled, Maricle helps enroll their children in school and makes sure students have what they need.

When possible, she tries to make sure they receive some of the accommodations of a “normal” child.

“If they need a sack lunch to take to school, we can do that,” she says. “If they have any kind of extracurricular activity and they’re going to be coming in late, then we’ll have a late dinner for them and a reserved bed to make sure they’re sleeping well.”

Maricle says older children work with her to develop an action plan to stay in school.

“That may sound really basic to some people,” she says. “That’s a big thing for these kids — to stay in school, to make sure I have a lunch to take, to make sure I have dinner.”

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Year Founded...................................................1894 Undergraduate Enrollment ............................3,473 Number of Undergraduate Degrees Offered .................................................61 Student-Faculty Ratio ...................................11-to-1 Graduate Enrollment ......................................1,209

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hen you crunch the numbers for the University of Oklahoma’s student body, the results are seriously impressive: 70% of the student body graduated in the top 25% of their high school class. They have an average ACT of 26 and an average SAT score of 1180.

OU ranks No. 1 in the nation among all public institutions in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled — more than 750 total. For the first time in history, OU ranks first in the nation in the enrollment of freshman National Merit Scholars, with 313 scholars in the freshman class.

OU also bears the distinction of being the only American university, public or private, in decades to produce a Rhodes Scholar, a Marshall Scholar, a Mitchell Scholar, a Goldwater Scholar, a Truman Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar in a single year.

But OU is concerned with much more than a student’s numbers; above all, they seek well-rounded individuals who want to thrive in a vibrant academic community. In addition to test scores and GPA, the admissions process requires an essay, letter of recommendation and assessment of a student’s overall engagement in their school and community.

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klahoma State University-Tulsa offers students the opportunity to earn an internationally respected OSU degree in Tulsa. Since OSU-Tulsa was established in 1999, more than 30,000 students have taken courses in Tulsa and earned nearly 18,000 OSU degrees.

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OSU-Tulsa and OSU Center for Health Sciences make a big impact on quality of life in Tulsa. OSU Center for Health Sciences trains osteopathic physicians, biomedical and forensic scientists, health care administrators and athletic trainers with an emphasis on serving rural and underserved Oklahoma. OSU-CHS is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top medical schools for primary care training, and the online master’s degree in health care administration was ranked No. 4 in the nation.

Year Founded..................................................................................................1999 Undergraduate Enrollment ............................................................................1,881

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Students can earn the nationally recognized OSU MBA degree at OSU-Tulsa. The downtown campus also is home to the Center for Family Resilience, Helmerich Research Center and Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers.

Number of Undergraduate Degrees Offered......................................................24 Number of Graduate Degrees Offered ...............................................................50 Student-Faculty Ratio.................................................................................. 16-to-1

GET THERE FROM HERE Students attend Oklahoma State University-Tulsa for a variety of reasons. Some want more opportunities and increased earning power that come from earning an OSU degree. Others want to make connections and create a better quality of life for themselves and their community through learning, service and research. Whatever your goal, OSU-Tulsa has the programs, resources and support to help you get there from here. Find out how at OSUinTulsa.com.

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Riverfield provides a student-centered approach to education with a program of authentic, experiential learning in which individuality is valued and the needs of the whole student are honored. Small class sizes, along with the collaborative nature of our classrooms, provide the opportunity for students to cultivate leadership, interpersonal skills, and the confidence needed for success today and tomorrow. Personalized programming and flexible scheduling offer middle and upper school students the opportunity to develop talents and explore interests in a college prep setting.

Riverfield is home to the state’s first school rock band program, with 13 bands comprised of fourth-12th grade students. Through participation in the OSSAA, the school is finding success in athletic, academic and arts competitions.

AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Riverfield’s 120-acre campus includes a barnyard, hiking trails, gardens, freshwater system, outdoor classrooms and athletic fields. A new 22,000-square foot middle and upper school academic building opened in fall 2013. This facility more than doubled the number of classrooms available for grades 6-12.

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One graduate, Thomas Heinrich, was one of 30 recipients worldwide of the all-expenses-paid Congress-Bundestag Scholarship. Thomas will spend a year in Germany focusing on languages, education, international affairs, and government through cultural and linguistic immersion. Thomas credits the Cascia Hall environment and dedicated faculty/staff for helping him achieve his academic and professional goals. “The smaller class sizes allowed me to develop professional relationships with my teachers. There was genuine attention given to me as an individual,” he said. For more graduation highlights, see the Chronicle at casciahall.org/magazine.

Year Founded........................................................................................1926 Enrollment ..............................................................................................530 Student-Faculty Ratio.......................................................................... 9-to-1 Grades .................................................................................. 6th-12th grade AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION Students in grades 6-8 have opportunities to earn high school credit in math, science, and world language. Students in grades 9-12 can earn college credit in the extensive Advanced Placement program.

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CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2015 In the class of 93 students, 33 were named Oklahoma Academic Scholars, 6 were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, and 100% will attend college.

In the last four years, Commando teams earned 8 State Championships and 9 Runner-up titles.

Seven senior athletes earned All State honors. Class members performed more than 11,000 community service hours.

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The Cascia Hall Community congratulates the Class of 2015: $9 million was offered in merit-based scholarships for class members to attend college. See a complete list of college acceptances and choices at casciahall.org/college.

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Holland Hall provides a supportive atmosphere that encourages every student to pursue and excel in academics, athletics and arts. Our small class sizes and intimate, wooded campus provide an ideal environment to develop critical thinking and form relationships. The importance of community is a core value at Holland Hall, with all of what we do centering on a strong sense of connectedness.

Year Founded............................................................................. 1922 Enrollment ................................................................................... 950 Student-Faculty Ratio................................................................9-to-1 Grades .................................................................... Pre-K-12th grade AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION A strong moral foundation accompanies rigorous academics while our more than 100 faculty members foster the gifts and talents of each individual child. Historically, 100 percent of graduates matriculate at four-year colleges and universities.

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rom thigh-high boots to glass slippers to a shoe-clad leg lamp, high heels figure prominently in Celebrity Attractions’ first three Broadway shows this season. On the heels of Cinderella, Jersey Boys hits all the high notes, and 42nd Street, featuring some of Broadway’s biggest and best dance numbers, kicks and taps its way into town next summer.

A Christmas Story: The Musical

A Christmas Story: The Musical

NOVEMBER 10-15 Based on the 1983 movie, this comedy follows Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams: a Red Ryder BB Gun. A kooky leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas, a maniacal department store Santa, and a doubledog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between young Ralphie and his Christmas wish.

Kinky Boots

FEBRUARY 2-7 Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this inspirational story follows a struggling shoe factory owner who works to turn his business around with the help of Lola, a fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos. Together this unlike-

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ly pair find that they have more in common than either dreamed possible. Kinky Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” MARCH 29–APRIL 3 This Tony Award-winning 2013 musical delights audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. Be transported back to your childhood as you rediscover songs originally written for the beloved TV version, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago.” It’s a show for anyone who’s ever had a wish, a dream... or a really great pair of shoes!

Jersey Boys

MAY 24-29 Back by popular demand: the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical

about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons! It’s the true story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history.

Jersey Boys features the hit songs “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “Oh What a Night,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” and more.

42nd Street

JULY 19-24, 2016 The quintessential backstage musical comedy classic, 42nd Street includes some of the greatest show tunes ever written, such as “We’re In the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” and “I Only Have Eyes For You.” The show tells the story of Peggy, a starry-eyed young dancer who comes to New York to audition for a new Broadway musical. When the leading lady breaks her ankle, Peggy takes over and becomes a star.

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Launching its 81st season, the Tulsa Town Hall speaker series is still one of the best deals in town. For $75 — what you might pay to attend just one concert or other event — you gain admission to five programs featuring some of the world’s best-known authors, politicians, broadcasters, filmmakers and big thinkers. Subscribe to Tulsa Town Hall and prepare to have your mind opened and your curiosity stirred! Speakers are scheduled for the following Fridays at 10:30 a.m. in Chapman Music Hall.

James Carville

Steve J. Sherman

David L. Boren

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Her first novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent 2½ years on the New York Times bestseller list, was translated into 36 languages, and sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. The book is studied in schools and was adapted into an award-winning film. Kidd’s subsequent novels, The Mermaid Chair and The Invention of Wings, were also bestsellers.

Passionate political commentary combined with a quick wit and a Louisiana drawl have earned Carville the nickname “Ragin’ Cajun.” A strategist whose pivotal role in Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign was featured in the documentary The War Room, Carville currently teaches political science at Tulane University.

David L. Boren

Benjamin Zander

This former U.S. senator and governor of Oklahoma has served as president of the University of Oklahoma for more than 20 years. A graduate of Yale, Oxford and the OU College of Law, Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support for education, and his distinguished political career.

Maestro Zander is passionate about classical music and helping others realize their own untapped love for it. He encourages an openness to all new possibilities, new experiences and new connections. Zander is conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestras and coauthor of the bestselling book The Art of Possibility.

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Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of six critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling books, including The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, Howard Taft and The Golden Age of Journalism and the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Her book Team of Rivals was the basis for the 2012 Steven Spielberg film Lincoln.

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From Respighi’s majestic setting of Bach’s Wachet Auf (Sleepers Wake) and Mendelssohn’s transcendent Reformation symphony (No. 5) to Beethoven’s depiction of peasants rejoicing after the storm (Symphony No. 6), this program celebrates the desire to renew the human spirit. Sarah Ioannides, music director of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, directs.

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ulsa Symphony celebrates its 10th anniversary with exciting announcements and additions! The musician-run orchestra has selected Daniel Hege, Music Director of the Wichita Symphony, to Daniel Hege be its Principal Guest Conductor, a new position. The Symphony is also adding a family-friendly Pops Series, led by the talented and entertaining Ron Spigelman.

And their new Experience Builder program lets you customize your season subscription and sign up for childcare and ridesharing.

CLASSICS SERIES

Experience the Exotic SEPTEMBER 26

Principal Guest Conductor Daniel Hege takes you to exotic lands as Tulsa Symphony retells the 1,001 stories of Arabian Nights in Rimsky-Korsakov’s famous tone poem Scheherazade. This concert’s featured guest is Crescendo Award winner Yun-Chin Zhou performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

Also on the program is Augusta Read Thomas’ Prayer Bells.

Dreams and Revolution JANUARY 16

Daniel Hege returns to conduct Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major featuring TSO’s Principal Clarinet David Carter.

The concert opens with Debussy’s ethereal tone poem Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, which paints dreamlike impressions of desire. What the faun sought in love, revolutionaries sought in freedom in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 in G Minor (“The Year 1905”).

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Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony MARCH 12

In this two-part concert experience, Benjamin Zander, conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, discusses and demonstrates the themes, concepts and structure of Mahler’s intricate “Resurrection” symphony. After intermission, Zander and the Tulsa Symphony, Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, and virtuoso soloists will present Mahler’s epic score in its entirety.

American Fanfare MAY 14

The final performance in Tulsa Symphony’s 10th anniversary season presents favorite American composers and some of their most well-known works: Aaron Copland’s Symphony No. 3, which features his powerful Fanfare for the Common Man; George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with pianist Jeffrey Biegel; and Aaron Jay Kernis’ Musica Celestis. Daniel Hege conducts.

POPS SERIES

Halloween Symphony Spooktacular OCTOBER 31

Tulsa Symphony launches its new Pops Series under the direction of Ron Spigelman with the “Halloween Symphony Spooktacular,” featuring many of classical music’s Ron Spigelm scariest works. an The evening includes trick-or-treating, a family fun house, and a costume contest. The audience is challenged to dress in more creative and frightening attire than the musicians!

Home for the Holidays DECEMBER 5-6

Come home to the PAC for this new family and community holiday concert. Area choruses, handbell choirs and soloists join Tulsa Symphony as everyone enjoys familiar favorites and a carol sing-along, all conducted by Ron Spigelman.

Rodgers and Hammerstein at the Movies APRIL 9

This popular concert event celebrates the genius of America’s greatest musical team with big-screen moments from some of their most beloved film masterpieces, including The Sound of Music, Carousel, The King and I, South Pacific, and of course, Oklahoma! — all accompanied by the live symphony orchestra conducted by Ron Spigelman.

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The following Tulsa Ballet performances will be performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. For a complete season roster, including Ballet events at other venues, visit tulsaballet.org. With season tickets, you get five ballets for the price of four!

The Taming of the Shrew

October 23-25 One of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies springs to life with spectacular choreography and hilarious, fast-paced action.

John Cranko’s witty and touching take on this classic about the courtship of Petruchio and Katherina is set to music by Domenico Scarlatti arranged by KurtHeinz Stolze.

The Nutcracker

December 11-20 Featuring 100 local children, this holidaytime classic tells the story of a young girl, Marie, whose fairytale-like dreams are

filled with enchanting characters. Mixing the visuals of a Broadway show with delightful dance, Marcello Angelini’s version of The Nutcracker will be accompanied by the Tulsa Symphony performing Tchaikovsky’s beloved score.

Romeo and Juliet

February 12-14 Two young people in love try to overcome the obstacles put in place by their feuding families in Shakespeare’s enduring tale.

The romantic balcony scene, swordplay between rivals, and the music of Prokofiev are all part of a highly romantic and tragic ballet choreographed by Edwaard Liang.

Masters of Dance

March 18-20 The work of three of Europe’s most esteemed choreographers is showcased in an exquisite program. Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián’s sublime Petit Mort is danced to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, incorporating six men, six women and six fencing foils. Also on the program is Classical Symphony, choreographed by former Bolshoi and San Francisco Ballet dancer Yuri Possokhov. Completing the program is Christopher Bruce’s Rooster, a swaggering piece performed to the music of The Rolling Stones.

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omen can be the most resilient of the sexes. They can also be aggressors. And, when taken beyond their limits, they might fold like a crumpled paper lantern. This Tulsa Opera season presents heroines in various states of power and anguish.

The Opera’s Artistic Director Kostis Protopapas will conduct the Tulsa Opera Orchestra for all performances.

Each will have English surtitles projected above the stage.

Season tickets start at $75.

La bohème October 16, 18

Set in Paris’ Latin Quarter, La bohème captures the intense passion and idealism of young love through the lives, dreams and desires of six bohemian friends. Featuring Puccini’s most ravishing music, the immensely popular La bohème was the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Rent. Karin Wolverton, whose sparkling soprano enchanted audiences in her debut as Micäela in Carmen, stars as Mimi. Nathan Granner, a member of Sony Masterworks’ The American Tenors, makes his Tulsa Opera debut as Rodolfo. La bohème is sung in Italian.

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composer Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Previn’s melodic, jazz-inflected score and the libretto by Philip Littell faithfully capture Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern Gothic story.

Soprano Caroline Worra makes a much-anticipated Tulsa Opera debut as Blanche DuBois, and Jordan Shanahan debuts as Stanley Kowalski.

Sarah Jane McMahon debuts as Stella, the wife of Stanley and sister of Blanche. Acclaimed theater and opera director — and personal associate of Tennessee Williams — David Schweizer debuts as stage director.

A Streetcar Named Desire is sung in English.

Samson and Delilah May 6, 8

Tulsa Opera presents a lavish production of Camille Saint-Saëns masterwork. Following the popular biblical tale from the Book of Judges, Samson and Delilah is known for its choral music, the famous bacchanal, and for some of the most beautiful music ever composed for the mezzo-soprano voice. Dana Beth Miller, who last appeared as Amneris in Aïda, portrays Delilah alongside Frank Porretta, last seen as Pollione in Norma, as Samson. Legendary bass Samuel Ramey returns to Tulsa Opera as the Old Hebrew, and baritone Peter Lindskoog, a Tulsa Opera favorite, returns as the High Priest of Dagon. Tulsa Oratorio Chorus and Portico Dans Theatre join Tulsa Opera to bring this production to life. Samson and Delilah is sung in French.

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horegus Productions takes audiences around the globe for world-class contemporary dance and music, highlighting performers who have excelled on the international stage.

New York and Chicago-based dance companies are front-andcenter this season, along with musicians from Israel and Palestine and dancers from Korea. Additionally, San Francisco’s Alonzo King LINES Ballet has been rescheduled for September 30. Subscribers can add that event to the season for only $20.

Listed here are Choregus Productions’ shows slated for the PAC. View a complete list of events at choregus.org.

Parsons Dance SEPTEMBER 12

An internationally famous New York City-based company, Parsons Dance is known for its sexy athleticism, exuberant personality and joyous movement. The company’s style is a fusion of the gesture and movement that make up the modern dance vocabulary and the discipline and precise execution one expects from a classical company.

Time for Three OCTOBER 10

This string trio plays a high-energy mix of bluegrass, jazz, folk and hybrid styles.

Returning to the Choregus season by popular demand, Tf3 has performed in jazz clubs and at Carnegie Hall, European festivals, NFL games and the Indy 500.

Because of its members’ eclectic musical tastes and usual casual dress, the group refers to itself as a “classically trained garage band.”

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater

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Chicago’s Deeply Rooted Dance Theater presents a body of work spanning modern, ballet and African dance. Grounded in traditions of African-American dance, storytelling and universal themes, the company ignites an emotional response in diverse audiences worldwide. Students from the OU School of Dance participate in the spectacular finale of this show.

Chang Mu Dance MARCH 1-2

The Chang Mu Dance Company builds on dance movement that is representative of various periods of Korean history to reflect on the thoughts and lifestyle of the contemporary world. The company has initiated a transformation of Korean dances through new movements and formats. It has introduced the world to the spirit and artistry of Korean dance at many of the world’s major venues and events.

Duo Amal MARCH 22

Yaron Kohlberg and Bishara Haroni are the pre-eminent pianists of their generation in their respective homelands: Israel and Palestine. Their finesse and energy have taken them to some of the world’s most prestigious venues, from the Beijing Concert Hall and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to the legendary Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Germany.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago APRIL 12

Among the most original forces in contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago draws from a repertoire that highlights the world’s most innovative choreography, including work from Nacho Duato, Jiří Kylián and Alejandro Cerrudo. The company has appeared in prestigious dance venues in 44 states and 19 countries.

Kyle Abraham /Abraham in Motion MAY 20

Born into hip-hop culture in the late 1970s and grounded in an artistic upbringing in classical cello, piano, and the visual arts, choreographer Kyle Abraham exudes an infectious enthusiasm. Abraham in Motion is a representation of dancers from various disciplines and diverse personal backgrounds. They come together to create movement that is fresh and unique.

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word, and a feeling, often associated with chamber music is “intimate.” In both the Williams Theatre and Westby Pavilion, where Chamber Music Tulsa presents its series, you will have an experience that replicates the way chamber music was meant to be heard — not in a cavernous hall, but in a cozy space with great acoustics, surrounded by others who appreciate the subtlety and dynamism of chamber music.

This year Chamber Music Tulsa has made it possible for ticket buyers to purchase Saturday evening performances ($300) as a stand-alone season ticket option. The Sunday afternoon season ticket price is $110, and the full weekend price is $360. There are discounts available for adults under 40, and for students. Saturday evening events in the Westby Pavilion include a light dinner buffet and wine.

Pacifica Quartet SEPTEMBER 12-13 Performing Mozart, Mendelssohn and more, the Pacifica Quartet opens CMT’s 2015-16 season. This Grammy-winning ensemble, a Tulsa favorite, is in demand around the world for its virtuosity, exuberance and polished performances.

Quartetto di Cremona OCTOBER 3-4 In their previous concerts for CMT, these gregarious Italians charmed the audience with their musical grace and sparkling sound. This season, they bring their Mediterranean style to music from Vienna, Germany and Russia — Mozart, Webern, Brahms and Tchaikovsky.

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struments has been favored by composers for generations. In the hands of Beethoven there is wit, power, surprise, intelligence and fire.

The program also includes music by Haydn and Jalbert.

Fauré Piano Quartet FEBRUARY 6-7 With their lyricism, vigor, and clear musical vision, the Fauré Piano Quartet will transport music lovers to the heart of great Romantic repertoire with epic waves of sound and feeling.

Experience the grandeur and sympathy for the human condition expressed in these moving works by Brahms, Mahler, Fauré and Strauss.

Jerusalem Quartet APRIL 2-3 Elegance, exuberance, perfect control and seamless blend — no wonder this ensemble has been on the CMT wish list for years! The quartet imbues each performance with passion — trans-

lating the composer’s vision to the audience with startling freshness and vigor. They will perform music by Haydn, Dvořák, Beethoven, Bartók and Schumann.

Dalí Quartet with Ricardo Morales APRIL 30, MAY 1 The Dalí Quartet creates a zesty, irresistible fusion of classical roots and Latin soul. Anchored in both El Sistema (Venezuela’s social and music education movement) and in American classical conservatory traditions, this exciting quartet combines the best of both worlds. The principal clarinetist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Ricardo Morales, joins the Dalí Quartet for these concerts.

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he PAC Trust is all about books this season. They’ve booked the national tour of The Book of Mormon for November, and all three of their children’s touring shows are based on much-loved children’s books. And, of course, every couple of years the Trust brings in Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel, because in our book, he’s pretty special!

The Book of Mormon • NOVEMBER 17-22

The New York Times calls this nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical from the creators of South Park “the best musical of this century.” The Washington Post says, “It is the kind of evening that restores your faith in musicals.” And Entertainment Weekly says, “Grade A: the funniest musical of all time.” Jon Stewart of The Daily Show called it “a crowning achievement. So good it makes me angry.”

BFG (Big Friendly Giant) • OCTOBER 2

The Cat in the Hat

An orphan “human bean” fears for her life when a giant whisks her away to an enchanted land. However, this Big Friendly Giant isn’t like other giants. Together they embark on a quest to save England from the “gizzard-gulping” giants who don’t have the BFG’s tender heart. This Dallas Children’s Theater production is adapted from the novel by Roald Dahl.

The Cat in the Hat • NOVEMBER 6

From the moment the frisky feline appears at their door, Sally and her brother know that the Cat in the Hat is the most mischievous animal they will ever meet. Suddenly, their rainy afternoon is transformed by The Cat and his antics. Can the kids clean up before Mom comes home? This production, based on the Dr. Seuss book, is presented by Childsplay.

Tommy Emmanuel • NOVEMBER 7

One of the music industry’s most respected artists, this Australian guitar virtuoso averages more than 300 live performances every year, delighting his hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Beyond his astonishing technical performance, Emmanuel’s showmanship and generous spirit combine to create an inspirational evening of musical perfection.

Peter Rabbit Tales • APRIL 8

Enchantment Theatre brings Beatrix Potter’s captivating stories to the stage using fantastic masks, whimsical puppets, gorgeous scenery and original music. Benjamin Bunny, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck and other creatures in Mr. McGregor’s garden come to life as they encourage Tommy Emmanuel Peter Rabbit to rescue the Flopsy Bunnies from a disagreeable badger.

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heatre Tulsa’s seasons are getting more ambitious every year! For its 93rd season, the longstanding company is staging 10 productions, including Broadway favorites, thought-provoking contemporary theatre for adults, and family-friendly shows performed by graduates of its youth education programs.

Broadway Series subscriptions start at $85. Pick 3, Pick 4, New Stage and Family options are also available.

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Miss Saigon • September 4-20 In August 2014, Theatre Tulsa wowed audiences with Les Misérables. Now comes Tulsa’s first local production of Miss Saigon, another epic musical by Les Miz creators ClaudeMichel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. Based on the opera Madama Butterfly, it’s the popinfused love story of an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl, set during the tumultuous Vietnam War.

The Great Gatsby • November 13-22 You’ve read the book, seen the movies. Now F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel of love, loss and Gilded Age-excess is brought breathtakingly to life on stage. Experience the sweeping splendor of the Roaring Twenties in Simon Levy’s stage adaptation, the only one authorized by the Fitzgerald Estate and a finalist for the PEN Award in Drama.

A Chorus Line • January 15-23 One of the longest-running shows in Broadway history is presented in Tulsa for the first time in more than a decade. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this extraordinary musical tells the poignant story of the struggles and triumphs of life on Broadway. This singular sensation was written by James Kirkwood Jr.

and Nicholas Dante with music by Marvin Hamlisch.

Don’t Dress for Dinner • February 19-28 This hysterical sequel to Boeing, Boeing is another fast-paced French farce. While his wife is away, chronic skirt-chaser Bernard plans a romantic getaway with his mistress. With his best friend Robert along to provide the alibi, the plan is foolproof — until unexpected complications arrive! Don’t Dress for Dinner was written by Marc Camoletti and translated by Robin Hawden.

Fiddler on the Roof • April 15-30 A fresh yet familiar take on the classic tale of faith, family, and tradition! Mark Frie (Jean Valjean from Les Misérables) stars as Tevye, a poor Jewish milkman struggling to raise five daughters in the face of changing customs and growing anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia.

Fiddler on the Roof was written by Joseph Stein with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch • October 23–November 1 The cult-classic rock-musical smash! East German rock goddess Hedwig Schmidt suffers a botched operation and tells the tale with

a performance that is part rock concert, part standup comedy — and all fabulous! Hedwig and the Angry Inch was written by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask.

The Flick • March 11-20 It’s the Oklahoma premiere of Annie Baker’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy-drama!

In a rundown movie theater, three underpaid movie ushers attend one of the last 35mm film screenings in Massachusetts. Tiny battles and big betrayals erupt in this play that New York magazine calls “funny, heartbreaking, sly and unblinking.”

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Cats • July 16-19 Fifty of Tulsa’s most talented young performers present Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s epic musical sensation. With energetic singing and dancing, plus mesmerizing makeup and costumes, this show is summer fun for the whole family.

Holiday show TBA • December 18-23 Stay tuned — Theatre Tulsa Family is presenting a show based on a popular holiday film!

Bye Bye Birdie • May 13-21 Enjoy good, old-fashioned fun when this 1961 Best Musical Tony winner hits the stage. A satire of American society inspired by Elvis Presley receiving his Army draft notice in 1957, the musical comedy features Tulsa’s best young talent performing classic tunes such as “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Put On a Happy Face,” and more.

Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof, The Flick, The Great Gatsby, and Hedwing and the Angry Inch

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MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT • August 7-23

Lovingly ripped off from the 1975 classic film Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. This musical comedy features a bevy of beautiful showgirls, cows, killer rabbits, and French people. The original Broadway production received 14 Tony Award nominations for in 2005, winning three, including Best Musical. Book and lyrics are by Monty Python’s Eric Idle, with music by John Du Prez.

BURN THIS • October 8-11

Set in the art world of New York, Lanford Wilson’s Burn This follows Anna, a modern dancer-choreographer, as she deals with the death of her friend and roommate, Robbie, a brilliant, young, gay dancer. Pale, Robbie’s troubled, somewhat homophobic brother, shows up on Anna’s doorstep in the middle of the night — dangerous, sexy, raw and demanding, forcing her to contend with a variety of issues, including her steady boyfriend. Wilson is the author of Talley’s Folly and The Hot l Baltimore.

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Playwright Christopher Durang turns political humor upside down with this raucous and provocative satire about America’s growing homeland “insecurity.” This play tells the story of a young woman suddenly in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father’s hobby of butterfly collecting really a cover for his involvement in a shadow government?

Why does her mother enjoy going to the theatre so much?

Does she seek mental escape, or is she insane? Homing in on our private terrors both at home and abroad, Durang oddly relieves our fears in this black comedy for an era of yellow, orange and red alerts.

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nly a few years after staging its first production of The Rocky Horror Show in a field in the Brady Arts District in 2009, Tulsa Project Theatre became the city’s only Actor’s Equity Association affiliate. Last season, after three years at Assembly Hall in the Cox Business Center, the troupe moved its productions to the Tulsa PAC. We are happy to welcome this unique theatre company back to our house for the 2015-16 season!

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This all-Equity show will be unlike other theatrical productions, and seating will be limited, so get your tickets early!

Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has

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become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages. This is theatre at its best — exuberant, passionate, and joyous.

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Billy Elliot: The Musical is based on the international smash-hit film and features a score by Elton John. Set in a northern English mining town in 1984, it’s the inspirational story of a young boy’s struggle to make his dream of being a dancer come true. Time magazine named this winner of 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical of 2000, the “Best Musical of the Decade.”

Shrek: The Musical June 3-12

Adapted from the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek: The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure featuring all-new songs by Jeanine Tesori. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage, and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears. Tulsa Symphony will perform the magical score.

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The following Main-Stage productions will take place at the Tulsa PAC. With ATC’s Flex ticket, you can purchase five admissions for just $75 (a savings of up to $17 per show*). Use one for each Main-Stage production (including The Tempest at Philbrook) or use all five for one show. Flex tickets are available through September 15.

The company’s three-show Second-Stage season (Becoming Dr. Ruth, Love Letters and I’ll Eat You Last) will be staged at ATC Studios.

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• OCTOBER 23-31 Lisa Wilson directs one of the most important and enigmatic plays of the past 50 years. The story, by Samuel Beckett, revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone — or something — named Godot. A comical mix of poetry, dreamscapes and nonsense, Waiting for Godot has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning.

• DECEMBER 10-23 This heartwarming musical traces moneyhoarding Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption, illuminating the meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations. This long-running Tulsa tradition, written by Bob Odle and Richard Averill, is based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens.

BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY • MARCH 11-19 Talented, passionate and impulsive, Buddy Holly crossed racial barriers with his music and left an indelible legacy in just four short years. Relive his meteoric rise to stardom through a re-creation of his unforgettable final concert in Clear Lake, Iowa. This show by Alan Janes is packed with 24 hit songs, including “Peggy Sue,” “Oh, Boy!,” “Rave On” and “That’ll Be the Day.”

MOTHERS AND SONS • MAY 13-21 At turns funny and powerful, Mothers and Sons portrays a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son.

Generations collide as she revisits the past and begins to see the life her son might have led. This play by Terrence McNally opened on Broadway in 2014. *Based on the cost of a Saturday night performance of A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas Carol

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Tulsa Youth Symphony co-principals: Anthony Conroy, cello; Quinn Maher, viola; Nick Stavros, flute

Piano Trio: Joseph Bates, violin; Anthony Conroy, cello; Abigail Terrill, piano.

Winners: 2015 Chamber Music Tulsa, Tulsa Camarata Competition

All City Orchestra: Tiffany Wilkins, viola, 1st chair

2015 Bela Rozsa Composition Competition, University of Tulsa Winner, Anthony Conroy

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recent trip to the Farm Shopping Center on a hot summer day demanded a cold, sweet treat.

STG Gelateria was just the place to find a rainbow of fresh gelato. (The store also makes all the gelato for its sister restaurants, STG Pizzeria Gelateria and Owasso’s Andolini’s Pizzeria location.)

Guests can choose from 20 flavors made in small batches on site using authentic equipment from Bologna, Italy. After tasting several, I opted for a large cone ($5.50) with two flavors — Lampone (raspberry) and Stracciatella Biscotti (chocolate chip crunch).

It was the best of both worlds.

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DINING OUT

More than fried rice Mandarin Taste brings authentic flavors and ingredients to Tulsa’s Chinese food scene.

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by NATALIE MIKLES

W S ALLY Y AU   T  Beijing, she expected to say goodbye to Chinese food.

She was happy to find Chinese restaurants when she arrived. That is, until she actually ordered the food.

Sweet and sour chicken in pink, gooey sauce?

It wasn’t the food she grew up eating in Beijing.

These were Chinese restaurants without Chinese food.

“Real Chinese food is more than fried rice and lo mein noodles,” she says.

And so, her restaurant, Mandarin Taste, is much more than fried rice. It’s one of the reasons the restaurant is filled with Chinese students, Chinese families who have moved to the states and world travelers who appreciate authenticity.

But Yau is convinced that all the American customers need for conversion is a guide. And she’s the one who will take you by the hand, leading you to something familiar yet distinctly Chinese, like Cumin Beef with bits of crunchy peppercorn laced through the dish. Or, for the more daring, Burning Pig Intestines — a fiery dish popular with Chinese students.

I met Yau on my first visit to Mandarin Taste. Nearly everyone who has been to Mandarin Taste has met Yau. “I recognize who is a first-time customer and who is not,” she says. “We are a small restaurant, and I’m here all the time. I try to help them out.

I try to find something they will like.”

I came with a friend who was already a fan of Mandarin Taste. Yau had recommendations for us before we had a chance to check out the menu.

And that’s a good tip to remember: Ask Yau if there’s anything new or special worth trying.

Yau suggested Cilantro Beef ($12.95), a dish not on the menu. Strips of beef were cooked in a rich brown sauce with soy sauce, garlic and a little ginger. Cilantro stems and leaves covered the beef, giving each bite a fresh and aromatic taste.

One of the best foods I tasted was Sour and Spicy Cucumbers ($5.95), a cold appetizer we ate from the beginning to end of our meal. Fans of pickled summertime vegetables will love

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these vinegary cucumbers dotted with spicy red chilis.

Before I visited Mandarin Taste, I texted my cousin, a consummate foodie. I asked him what I should order. “Get the dumplings. The dumplings at MT are the best,” he says.

He was right. Yau’s dumplings are handmade, unlike the uniform, dry and pasty versions many of us have experienced at some point.

These dumplings gently pillow around fillings including shrimp, beef, pork, spinach and leeks.

They’re best eaten in one bite — with a dunk into the black vinegar and soy sauce.

Steamed rice is served with most entrees, and Yau does have her version of fried rice on the menu. Her Pineapple Fried Rice ($9.95) has shrimp, egg, onions, carrots, peas, bean sprouts and, of course, pineapple. Another tasty rice dish is the Shredded Pork with Sweet and Spicy Sauce ($7.95).

Only her Chinese customers — and a few American customers with adventurous palates — order the organ meats. But they’re there — everything from liver to spicy pig’s brains — if you’re so inclined.

“Sometimes I tell customers, ‘Just forget about the name and eat it.’ It sounds weird but tastes very good. It’s just part of a pig,” Yau says.

The night I visited Mandarin Taste, a few diners were having Chinese hot pot. Metal pots filled with broth are brought to the tables where you can cook beef, pork, tofu or vegetables to your liking.

“It’s Chinese fondue,” Yau says. “We’re hoping to introduce it to more people this fall.”

Mandarin Taste specializes in Szechuan-style Chinese food. Yau said her favorite foods to cook are the foods she grew up eating, which are mostly bold and spicy Szechuan.

Yau said it was her stubbornness that led to her opening the restaurant in 2013. Bad Chinese food during her years as a student at the University of Tulsa was one thing, but once she and her husband decided to stay in Tulsa, raising their two daughters here, she was ready to show her new city what real Chinese food was all about. tþ

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“What am I going to do with all the tomatoes my neighbor gave me?” “Why did I plant so much squash?” “How can I use the rosemary that’s taking over the garden?”

Jonathan Haring gets it. Haring is the chef and owner of Florence Park Café, a neighborhood restaurant serving breakfast and lunch.

Before he opened the café, he spent six years as director of culinary services for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

It was there he learned how to make something out of nothing, squeezing every piece of donated food into four-star cooking.

It’s now something he does both at the restaurant and his home kitchen. At home, Jonathan and his wife, Jessica, grow pumpkins, tomatoes, cabbage, squash and herbs. And nothing is wasted. In tomato season, they can jars of gazpacho, salsa and savory tomato jam.

Tomato jam is perfect in the summer on crostini with mozzarella, fresh tomatoes and herbs from the garden. But it also can spice up winter when added to a butter sauce and poured over pasta or grilled eggplant.

Haring doesn’t grow anything for the restaurant — produce comes from local and national sources — but his garden has served as inspiration.

By August, his rosemary is bordering on becoming a hedge, which inspired him to create a rosemary lemonade — now one of the biggest draws at the Florence Park Café.

Most of the year, Haring has a tomato-basil soup on the menu, but in the summer, he

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Florence Park Cafe’s Tulsan sandwich

switches to gazpacho. His seasonal menu also includes a great tomato quiche.

Many also come to the café for Haring’s sandwiches, including the Cuban and the curried meatloaf. His most popular sandwich is the Tulsan — piled with smoked pulled pork, fresh roasted beef, pickled okra, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, sweet and spicy mustard and a roasted red pepper aioli.

“My wife says it’s the best sandwich in the whole wide world,” he says.

She might just be right.

Here are Haring’s recipes for rosemary lemonade and lavender shortbread cookies, both of which give good reasons to use up your herbs before summer passes us by.

The Florence Park Café, 3144 E. 15th St., is open 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday; and 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday. Call 918-619-6300 or visit www.facebook.com/florenceparkcafe.

ROSEMARY LEMONADE 6 cups water 2 cups sugar 1 large sprig rosemary (about 6 inches) 2 cups fresh lemon juice (8-12 lemons, depending on the size) Zest of all the lemons (zesting before juicing might make your life a bit easier) 2 cups crushed ice In a stockpot, bring the water to a boil. Add the sugar, stirring until dissolved. Add the rosemary, and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the juice and zest, and simmer for 5 minutes.

Take off heat, and let stand for 20 minutes.

Strain into a pitcher over the ice.

Pour over cups of more ice to serve.

At home, Haring suggests you add Rosemary Lemonade to Champagne or chilled Pinot Gris, or mix with a good London Dry gin and salt the rim for a Midtown Stray Dog (his version of a Salty Dog). Editor’s note: Florence Park Café does not serve alcohol.

LAVENDER SHORTBREAD COOKIES 1 ½ sticks butter ⅓ cup sugar 1 tablespoon fresh lavender blooms, minced fine Pinch of salt 1 ⅓ cups flour Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Cream together butter, sugar and lavender. Slowly fold in the salt and flour.

On wax paper, form into a roll. Wrap up and chill for 20 minutes. Slice off 1/8-inch cookies, and bake for 12 minutes. tþ

Natalie Mikles is a writer who loves food, cooking and the people behind the stove. If she could only eat one food every day, it would be pie — hands down. She explores life with her husband and three children, who she is determined will become adventurous eaters.

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You can stay cool by sitting in the air conditioning for the month of August. But what fun is that? Instead, find a spot in the shade and order some of these cold eats and drinks.

Weber’s The root beer float isn’t listed on Weber’s drink menu. It’s under desserts. Makes sense considering how sweet and sippable it is. On hot days, the counter here is packed with customers ordering burgers, hand-cut fries and Weber’s one-of-a-kind root beer. Add ice cream, and you have a hands-down winner. A 12-ounce is $2.95.

3817 S. Peoria Ave., 918-742-1082, www.webersoftulsa.com El Guapo’s Ceviche is just what you want when the temps top 100. El Guapo’s Ceviche de Camaron ($8.99, small) is Gulf shrimp combined with lime, tomatoes, onion, cilantro and avocado. A spicy, chilled tomato sauce rounds out the dish. With crispy flour tortilla chips, this is summertime perfection.

332 E. First St., 918-382-7482; 8161 S. Harvard Ave., 918-728-7482; www.elguaposcantina.com Napa Flats The salads at Napa Flats scream summer.

The Arugula Beet Salad ($9) is a fresh mix of beets, pears, red onion, oranges, toasted pecans and goat cheese. The orange-red wine vinaigrette is bright and tart. Another favorite is the Ahi Asian Salad ($14) with Napa cabbage, baby romaine, baby kale, cilantro, red bell pepper, carrots, mango, roasted peanuts and lo mein noodles. Sesame-crusted seared ahi tuna is great, especially with a drizzle of the sesame ginger dressing.

9912 S. Riverside Parkway, 918-948-6505, www.napaflats.com Hop Bunz Even those who aren’t sweets people will find it hard to pass up the adult custards at Hop Bunz.

Flavors like mint chocolate with mint liqueur and strawberry mudslide with coffee liqueur are tempting.

But the real winner is the Bourbon and Caramel ($8) — vanilla custard blended with Jim Beam bourbon and caramel sauce.

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Find Jared’s at the Cherry Street Farmers’ Market 7-11 a.m., Saturdays, and at the Guthrie Green Sunday Market 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sundays. www.jaredspropops.com

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Illusive Traveler Grapefruit Ale (6 pack) — $8.29 To me, beer just tastes so good in the summer. The effervescence cleanses your mouth and refreshes your soul.

This is made with real grapefruit. The lemon version is equally delicious.

Deep Eddy Lemon-flavored Vodka (1L) — $21.99 This is the new, highly addictive summer drug of choice. It’s packed with lemon flavor, and it is so very smooth.

It sells out fast so you might want to stock up. Try it in a martini served as cold as humanly possible for August.

Anne Amie Vineyards 2014 Müller-Thurgau, Yamhill-Carlton District, Oregon — $15.49 It’s light, medium-acid and will cure any August angst you may have from the heat. Anything by Anne Amie is great, including the Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc.

Cleto Chiarli E Figli NV Lambrusco (dry red sparkling wine), Italy — $17.69 This is a dry sparkling red wine made from Lambrusco Grasparossa grapes.

Lovely strawberry is intertwined with mineral flavors to make this an awesome new summer wine.

Sundowners for the patio Beat the heat with these refreshing sips.

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Have you ever wanted to dive into your glass because it looked so inviting? If you look at a glass of lemon-flavored vodka, as described above, imagine plunging into an icy cold vat of that.

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White wines are favored when it’s hot outside since they are oh-so refreshing chilled.

However, you can chill your red wines, as well. A minimum of 20 minutes should help, but don’t hesitate to throw the bottle in an ice bucket or ice chest for 20-30 minutes.

Another summer secret is to put leftover red or white wine (is there such a thing?) in an ice-cube tray and chill. Then, when you are heading out to the patio or pool, put your Chardonnay ice cubes in a glass of Chardon-

nay (same brand is preferred). Or, leftover Pinot Noir ice cubes can be added to Pinot Noir. tþ

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With the increased use of tablets and computers, eye strain is a concern.

by KRISTI EATON

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But with the advent of tablet and smartphone technology and the increasing daily reliance on it, new health issues are arising.

Optometrists and ophthalmologists say digital eye strain is a growing concern as more and more people start using digital devices at younger ages for longer periods of time.

About 70 percent of adults in the U.S. experience some form of digital eye strain, according to The Vision Council, an advocacy and education group that represents the manufacturers and suppliers of the optical industry. The most common type of eye strain from using computers and digital devices is called computer vision syndrome, according to Dr. Ryan P. Conley, ophthalmologist at Triad Eye Institute.

The syndrome is similar to other injuries caused by repetitive motions.

“The longer you continue the activity, the worse symptoms become,” Conley says. “The eyes are required to continually focus and align with what you are seeing on the computer screen.”

Constant computer and device use can cause blurred vision, double vision, headaches and neck pain, says Conley, adding that Triad Eye Institute sees several patients per week complaining of those issues.

Computer vision syndrome also can cause eye fatigue, says Dr. Savanah Sayler with Harrel Eyecare. Other symptoms are convergence insufficiency, or the eyes’ inability to accurately work together during near tasks, and accommodative dysfunction, or the eye muscles’ inability to efficiently focus during near tasks.

Dry eye, however, is the most pervasive symptom of computer vision syndrome, Sayler says, because people blink 67 percent less when they are focusing and concentrating.

“Also, the blinks during near tasks tend to be incomplete blinks that do not completely spread the tear film or release the oil component of tears necessary for ocular hydration,” she says.

How does digital eye strain affect the eyes?

It’s no secret to anyone who has worked for hours on a laptop or binge-watched a TV series on an iPad that digital eye strain from devices is a real issue. But what exactly is happening to our eyes when we use digital devices for long periods of time?

“Computer vision syndrome occurs because our eyes and brain react differently to characters on a computer screen than they do to printed characters,” Conley says. “It is easier for our eyes to focus on printed material that has black characters with defined edges but characters on a computer screen do not have the same degree of contrast and definition.”

Because of increased glare and decreased contrast, all digital devices, including computers, tablets and cellphones, put excess strain on the visual system compared to printed reading material, Sayler says. Also, the closer the devices are held to the eyes, the more strain the eye muscles feel.

Research also has found an association between increased use of digital devices and myopia progression, or near-sightedness, due to the strain it places on the eyes, according to Sayler.

That’s in addition to increased dry-eye complaints, especially during the workweek.

“When we blink our eyes, we release fresh tears and oil that form a very important part of the tear film that comes from our oil glands — meibomian glands — near the eyelashes,” she says. “The less often we blink our eyes, the less oil is released from the glands and over time the oil in the glands starts to harden. When it hardens, it keeps new oil that is being made from releasing and the glands sometimes stop functioning long term.”

Additionally, research shows that LEDs emit blue light, which can affect cataract formation and increase the risk of macular degeneration.

The condition leads to the loss of vision due to the degeneration of the macula part of the retina, says Dr. Robert H. Zoellner with Zoellner and Associates.

Sayler notes that the number of patients complaining of dry eyes and digital eye strain is increasing each year. An estimated 10 percent of her patients complain of eyestrain and muscle fatigue due to near-vision tasks, while she estimates 30 percent of patients report having dry eyes.

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Who is affected?

Computer vision syndrome can affect a wide array of individuals: cubicle-bound corporate employees, stay-at-home mothers using a laptop to start a small business, and adventure-seeking travelers relying on their Kindle to stay entertained for long-haul journeys.

Because of aging, one’s ability to focus near and far begins to diminish by the age of 40 and it becomes more difficult to work on a computer, Conley says, because the eyes’ focusing system weakens, making the eyes less flexible.

Equally important, children and young adults are increasingly experiencing digital eye strain due to repeated use of portable video game consoles and reliance on tablets and computers for school work and everyday communication.

Many children have fragile visual systems that have yet to fully mature, leaving them vulnerable to complications from sustained near tasks, Sayler says.

In fact, children are especially vulnerable to the symptoms because they may often be victims of poor lighting and poor ergonomics as well, Conley says.

Sayler recommends that parents restrict the amount of time children can use digital devices, especially if it is not for educational purposes.

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What can be done?

If you find yourself with any of the symptoms related to computer vision syndrome, book an appointment with a medical professional, Sayler says.

“You may have an uncorrected prescription or undiagnosed condition that is putting strain on your ocular system,” she says. “Be sure to tell your doctor the types of digital devices you most commonly use in order to get the most adequate testing and prescription for your specific eye care needs.”

Zoellner also recommends visiting an optometrist, because, he says, even small amounts of uncorrected prescription can cause eye strain with prolonged use of electronics.

“A good prescription is the first place to start,” he says. “Some patients may require a prescription for electronic devices other than their everyday glasses and contacts.”

Following a rule known as “20” may also help relieve the symptoms. The rule simply recommends that for every 20 minutes that one uses a digital device, look away for 20 seconds at 20 feet.

This, Sayler says, allows the eye muscles to relax.

When eyes are focused on things up close, the eye muscles are contracted and often need a break.

Additionally, she says it’s important to remember to blink eyes completely when conducting work on devices close up and to take

frequent breaks to use artificial tear drops.

Placing the computer or device in the optimal location also is important. Zoellner recommends a desktop monitor be placed about 20-28 inches away from the eyes and face.

“Reading materials should ideally be on the desk or in a document holder at the same distance,” he says. “If you wear bifocal or progressive lenses, the computer should sit as low as is possible for your workstation. Use anti-glare screens or position the monitor to avoid glare from windows or overhead lighting.”

Handheld devices, meanwhile, should be held no closer than 14 inches from the face, Zoellner says, and it’s paramount to make sure the head and chin aren’t dropping to the chest while using the devices.

Dr. Julie Holmes with Downtown Tulsa Eyecare recommends anti-glare lenses for people who work at a computer for more than four hours per day.

“I have several patients that need only that — no prescription — just the anti-glare,” she says. Privacy screens also cut the glare and are helpful, she adds.

Most of the effects caused by digital eye strain are short term, Zoellner says, but significant strain can continue to affect a person long after they stop using electronic devices. That’s why it’s important for people to take notice of the symptoms early, and to make adjustments. tþ

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Georgia Brooks

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I    .

It’s not so much the cars themselves, as I’ve been blessed with good ones — and by “good,” I mean mostly reliable, eventually paid-off automobiles, starting with the pimp-tastic ’78 Ford Thunderbird I had my freshman year in college.

No, my bad luck stems from an apparent lack of coordination — or maybe just sense.

Like when I swerved to miss a cat, which was actually a plastic bag, then hit a curb, deploying my airbags.

Or when I was backing my car up to the air pump at QuikTrip and struck my open driver-side door into a light pole.

And then there’s the time I fell on ice and slipped under a parked, running car — in a blue faux fur, no less, at high freakin’ noon on a weekday at a busy intersection.

The latest car-themed embarrassment thankfully didn’t inflict harm to my vehicle or anything faux fur, as I fell out of my car and onto my driveway. My immediate concern was the blood on my favorite pair of khakis, which was doubly sad because I actually have a favorite pair of khakis. (Thank you, Phoenix Cleaners, for fixing them.)

It wasn’t until the next morning that I realized I had broken my foot — my first-ever broken bone, a rite of passage I had been denied thus far these 40 years. But, let me tell you (and please pardon the pun), it ain’t what it’s cracked up to be.

As a kid, I remember being a little jealous of the attention other boys received when they came to school with casts on their arms or legs from some athletic injury or, more often than not, falls out of deer stands. My extracurricular life of watching “Transformers” cartoons and writing really bad fiction kept my bones safe.

Meanwhile, classmates would circle the suddenly popular plaster-limbed pupils, Crayola markers in hand, ready to pen words of encouragement or their autographs.

I thought about those days as I sat in minor emergency, pondering my fate — or, at least, the temporary aesthetics — of a cast. Do they even make plaster casts anymore? If so, do people still sign them?

by JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT

Instead, I was relegated to a boot — actually, a rather ugly sandal with copious Velcro straps.

Thankfully, it was black, so it went with most of my wardrobe.

It also garnered me some attention, which I had shamefully anticipated. I’m fully aware this is a character flaw, and I’m not proud of it. But I thoroughly enjoyed my office mates fetching me coffee and strangers holding doors open for me.

I did not, however, enjoy the following conversations: Random Person: “Awww, what happened?”

Me: “I broke my foot.”

RP: “Ooooh!” his/her eyes getting big in anticipation of an awesome story. “How’d you do that?”

Me: “Umm … I fell out of my car.”

RP: “Oh.” Me: “Yeah, I’m sorry.”

I seriously felt guilty for disappointing every single person who asked how I broke my foot. A few suggested I start telling people it happened

in a cage fight or sky-diving lesson; but no one who has ever met me or even set half a gaze upon me would presume either incident was remotely true. So, I merely managed to add “clumsy” to the qualifiers of “curly-headed,” “obviously out” and “plump” to people’s first impressions.

On the bright side, I’ve since been instructed to buy new shoes (who knew leather flip-flops and turquoise suede driving moccasins weren’t healthy for feet?), and I have a medically approved black shoe in case I fall out of my car again. Hopefully, though, I’ll break the other foot so I’ll at least have a matching pair of Velcro sandals. tþ

A Mississippi native, Jason Ashley Wright has called Tulsa home since 1998. He spends his free time f inishing a novel, contemplating his next meal and hanging with his Maine Coon, Ali Tabouli.

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Therefore, upon remarriage, blended families bring even more challenges for estate planning. Each blended family is unique, with its own set of goals to accomplish, but proper estate planning can tailor a solution. Contact your estate planning attorney for more information.

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The Lodge

Photos courtesy Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve

W E E K E N D G E TA W AY S

The ‘magic’ of Woolaroc

Recent updates and expansions call for a visit to this Osage County landmark.

by ANNE BROCKMAN

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I       FRANK Phillips established his 3,700-acre ranch in the Osage Hills.

Over the decades, the museum and wildlife preserve became an institution dedicated to preserving and educating generations about nature and history, ringing true to Phillips’ vision.

“This isn’t all a dream about something, but a place where I can get back to nature,” he said.

“The great difficulty with the American people today is that they are getting too far away from the fundamental things in life. … To build permanently and wisely is to benefit all mankind.

The conservation of wildlife now will mean much to future generations.”

Whether you visit every year or every 10 years, Woolaroc has something new to experience.

“Woolaroc is better than ever, and it has to be experienced to be understood,” says Bob Fraser, Woolaroc CEO. “Woolaroc is an emotional experience, a bit different for everyone, but the ‘magic’ of Woolaroc is a real thing and everyone should have the opportunity to experience it.”

With more than 30 varieties of native and exotic animals on its nature preserve and thousands of items in its museum collection, Woolaroc is the kind of place one can spend the whole day — or weekend — exploring.

Here’s some suggestions on what to see on your next visit.

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RENOVATED MUSEUM

Recently, Woolaroc underwent the largest renovation in its history.

Both floors were remodeled and several new exhibits created. State-of-the-art lighting to better highlight and protect the museum’s treasures was installed, according to Fraser.

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honoring founders Frank and Jane Phillips that includes a display on Woolaroc’s history.

C OW T HIEVES & O UTLAWS R EUNION

When Frank Phillips hosted socialites, cowboys, bankers, thieves and lawmen at his ranch in 1927, he captured the spirit of the old West — a time when the rough and tumble mingled with the high and mighty. The party became an annual event and the largest fundraiser for the Frank Phillips Foundation, which manages Woolaroc. Over the past nine years it has raised more than $1 million.

This year’s event is Sept. 26. “Sixteen wonderful Southwest artists selected from a juried process will have their art, sculpture, jewelry, wood carvings and much more for sale under the artist pavilion,” Fraser says.

A renovated museum exhibit.

B EST OF THE B EST C ONTEMPORARY W ILDLIFE A RT S ALE

From Oct. 3-Dec. 31, Woolaroc hosts The Best of the Best Contemporary Wildlife Art Retrospective and Art Sale. “Seven of the finest wildlife artists in the country will be showing together for the first time,” says Fraser, noting the national show “has the attention of galleries and collectors all over the country.”

Artists will include Ken Bunn, Ken Carlson, Bob Kuhn, Walter Matia, James Morgan, Tucker Smith and Tim Shinabarger. Each artist will display about 20 pieces and will have work for sale.

For information on Woolaroc and upcoming events, including the Fall Traders Encampment or the Wonderland of Lights, call 918-336-0307 or visit www.woolaroc.org.

Woolaroc is located at 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, Bartlesville. tþ

A Woolaroc longhorn.

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Love of lilies

Lilies have been a perennial favorite for millennia.

Story and photo by RUSSELL STUDEBAKER

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M      times. Minoan wall paintings pictured lilies in 1600 B.C. and Roman soldiers carried the herbal Madonna lilies throughout their empire.

Many plants have lily in their names, such as daylily and water lily, but the true lilies come from perennial bulbs with overlapping fleshy scales. They produce six petal-like showy flowers in many colors and patterns. Several are fragrant and grow 1 to 7 feet tall.

Tulsans can grow many types of lilies, varieties of which begin flowering in spring:

Asiatic: Flowers May-June; strong bright colors; some with petal spots; no fragrance; grow 1-3 feet; easy to grow.

Easter Lily (L. longiforum): Native to Japan; white; plant the potted Easter lily outdoors after flowering; 18-24 inches tall.

Regal Lily (L. regale): Native to China; introduced to Britain by E.H. Wilson in 1903; flowers in June; white; 24-30 inches tall; very aristocratic; easily grown.

Tiger Lily (L. lancifolium): Flowers June-July; orange petals with black spots; yellow clones available; small black bulblets produced in leaf axils; may harbor Mosaic virus that can be transmitted to other lilies; 2-3 feet tall; easily grown.

The Asiatic variety is the first of our cultivated garden lilies to flower.

Trumpet (L. longiflorum): Flowers in early summer; white, yellow, orange, pink and maroon; very fragrant; very tall, 5-7 feet depending on the cultivar.

Oriental Lily (L. xoriental): Flowers July and August; white, pink, red, rose, yellow or maroon with spots or stripes; highly fragrant; 3-4 feet tall.

Orienpets: Hybrid crosses with Oriental and Trumpet lilies; very fragrant; bi-colors, pink, yellows, reds, maroon, and some with spots or stripes; hybrid vigor with tall and strong growth; 5-7-foot stems in June and July.

Formosa Lily (L. formosanum): Also known as Philippine Lily; white with fragrant flowers on 6-foot stems; blooms August-September; a species of the latest lilies to flower; bulbs are small, less than a quarter in size.

Plant bulbs as soon as they are received as they have no natural protection from drying out. Fall is the best time to plant, but some cultivars are not available until early spring.

I suggest ordering from lily bulb growers as packaged lilies from big-box stores can be held too long in warm conditions, and start to grow too early resulting in brittle and twisted bulbs in the packages.

WHERE TO FIND:

If unable to plant immediately, put bulbs in the vegetable bin in the refrigerator, but do not store them with apples or fruit. Plant bulbs two to three times deeper than their diameter in a well-drained, organic rich soil. The key to growing good lilies is a welldrained organic soil. Wet or water-saturated soil will rot bulbs.

Don’t damage the roots, but do spread roots when planting. Lily roots never go dormant and continue growing throughout the year.

Bulbs will pull themselves down into the soil to find their required depth.

Morning sun is preferred because flowers will endure longer than those exposed to full sun. Plant lilies 9-12 inches apart and in groups of three or five for best effect.

Some of the shorter types are good for container growing and flowering. Choose a 15inch or larger container and plant three bulbs 4 inches apart. Fertilize in early spring with Miracle-Gro or slow-release Osmocote fertilizers. Lilies are an asset to a summer garden with their bright colors and fragrance. tþ

Russell Studebaker is a professional horticulturist, book author and garden writer in Tulsa and can be reached at russell.studebaker@cox.net.

Local nurseries have lily bulbs in the fall and spring. However, I prefer not to buy lilies packaged in plastic, as explained above. Some good mail order sources of lilies are: B & D Lilies, Port Townsend, Washington, 360-765-4341, www.bdlilies.com; Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, Gloucester, Virginia, 877-661-2852, www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com; Old House Gardens, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 734-995-1486, www.oldhousegardens.com.

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HOME

COLORFUL CONDO A secondary residence is remodeled and infused with color to accommodate a young family.

by KIM BROWN

A newly renovated condominium is a second home for a young family.

Bold accents and powerful color choices provided a vivid palette for the design’s inspiration.

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F   , T   with-a-backyard kind of town.

Plenty of room for little ones to roam and ample storage space for the grown-ups to organize — those criteria are always top of the list when house-hunting.

But the family that interior designer Emily Davis helped did not fit the usual mold. They divide their time between their primary residence in northwest Arkansas and their highrise condo in midtown Tulsa, which they use to meet with business clients and to visit friends and family.

Davis had the rare opportunity to create a functional, family residence with the creative freedom and sophistication of a big city pieda-terre.

“They really wanted a bold, colorful space since this isn’t their everyday house,” Davis says.

“This is their fun home away from home.”

The yearlong project touched “every surface of the condo,” Davis says of the 1,500-squarefoot space, and it allowed the homeowners to experiment with bold accents, such as the grayand-white “Tanzania” wallpaper by Thibaut on the entry and dining accent walls. It also gave them permission to use color they may not usually select for their primary home.

“Color was first and foremost, and navy and fuchsia was our starting palette,” Davis says. “But the thing about a lot of color like this is it really needs to be peppered with a lot of whites and neutrals, or blacks. I love what a clean hit of white can do for a space. It makes it not so overwhelming and the accent colors pop even more.”

The homeowner shared with Davis a photo she found on Pinterest as inspiration — a wedding centerpiece — and Davis knew exactly how to begin. Finding a photo from a magazine or the web is the perfect way for a designer to start mapping a project, she says.

“With Pinterest or Instagram, a picture really is worth 1,000 words,” she says. “It makes it so much easier to work from.”

A modern yet functional dining space sits just off the kitchen. The Lucite chairs make for easy cleanup — just one of the conscious choices this designer made for the young family.

Davis acknowledged that hundreds of decisions go into any major remodel, and while it may seem overwhelming at first, she starts with the basics.

“I really like to purchase the foundational pieces first. I always tell my clients, ‘If you make one decision, the other decisions will just kind of fall in line.’”

To create a lighter, brighter space that was more functional for a young family, Davis optioned to remove a partial wall to create an updated, open kitchen area. And she even enclosed a doorway in the kitchen’s pantry area to gain a closet space on the other side of the wall.

The dining area also is modern but functional — the clear, Lucite dining chairs are easy to clean for accidental messes from the kiddos — and a pop of fuschia from the custom-designed cushions adds a touch of luxury for the adults.

“We were really cognizant of it being a family-friendly space, so this being a young family, we wanted things that could take a beating,” she says.

For additional storage, Davis added custom-built cabinetry in the living area to keep

the children’s things, and they chose a sleeper-sofa to add an extra sleeping area for the family when they decide to entertain friends for a concert weekend at the BOK Center or extended family for holiday shopping at nearby Utica Square.

Davis says the “quirks of the building” always add some challenges, but that ultimately made way for design choices she and the family are pleased with. For example, the only overhead lighting in the front living area is in the dining room, so they chose plenty of lamps that add light and metallic texture to the room.

Rather than tear out all of the condo’s tile — causing a nuisance to the neighbors and a restriction to their timeframe due to the building’s construction curfew — they placed hardwoods over the existing floor surface.

“It’s the way the building is built,” she says.

“Anything can be done, but you can work around it and make it fit your needs. If you think about the demo and the noise, it wasn’t even worth it.”

The same practicality came into play for the guest bath/powder bath. Since the family already

had one bathtub in the master bath, they decided to replace the hallway bath’s tub with a glass shower, so they could add a storage enclosure.

And the biggest decision was flip-flopping the condo’s two bedrooms: The first bedroom now houses a king-sized bed, while the master has two queen-sized beds.

“It’s not really everybody’s go-to, to do two beds in a room, but this is how they use it. The parents want to stay up and put kids back here.

It really has function for them,” Davis says. “We really went back and forth on this, but they’re really happy because they use all the sleeping arrangements to the fullest capacity.”

The bedrooms have the same navy and fuchsia color scheme, and they complement each other with custom drapes, metallic touches and neutral-colored storage furniture.

The master bathroom suite, with an enviable walk-in closet, was the perfect space for the room, so they left the configuration as is, while tearing out and replacing everything with a new vanity, surfaces, fixtures and tile.

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to Tulsa two years ago, said working on this project has been a good way to introduce her to local design sources.

“Learning the market has been great,” she says. “It’s taken time to find out who works well, and Tulsa just has really amazing sources and great people to work with.”

Her local sources for this project were: The Dolphin, Sasha Malchi Home, Richard Neel at Home, Grigsby’s, T.A.

Lorton, Little Design Co., American Building Contractors, and art by local artist Aubree Johnson, who created the large paintings in the master bedroom and living room.

But she also used pieces from retailers, such as Restoration Hardware, West Elm and Pottery Barn because she’s “all about mixing and matching one-of-a-kind things, with things you can just buy,” she says.

Personal touches throughout make it a

comfortable home away from home.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re renovating a 100-year-old house, building a new house or working on a condo — every space is going to have quirks and challenges. They loved this location, the amenities of the building, and they didn’t want the maintenance and upkeep of a yard,” she says.

“And they keep asking me ‘Where we can add more color?’” tþ

Fuschia and navy blue were the base color choices in this condo’s redesign, says interior designer Emily Davis. She suggests colors, like the ones she used here, be peppered with whites, blacks and neutrals as it helps the accents pop.

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The builders and homes listed were recognized with First, Second and Best Interior Décor awards during the annual Parade of Homes Builders Breakfast. People’s Choice Awards were revealed after the Parade of Homes. TulsaPeople extends congratulations to all of the participating HBA home builders and developers on another successful Parade of Homes.

2015 Parade of Homes Awards Homes were judged by building experts from Lawton; Tahlequah; Edmond; Plano, Texas; Fort Smith and Alma, Arkansas. $184,999 and Under First Place: Rausch Coleman Homes, 14902 S. Hudson Ave., The Trails at White Hawk Second Place: Concept Builders, 208 W. 54th Court, Stone Creek Estates III Best Interior Décor: Capital Homes Residential Group, 3918 W. 104th Place S., Southern Reserve $185,000 – $219,999 First Place: Hayes Custom Homes, 7616 E. 84th St. N., Carrington Pointe Second Place: Mike Fretz, Inc., 18402 E. 50th Place, Stonegate IV Best Interior Decor: Simmons Homes, 5824 E. 135th Place N., Stone Lake $220,000 – $269,999 First Place: Tyner Homes, 12957 N. 41st E. Ave., Cooper Landing Second Place: Tradition Homes, 18234 E. 50th Place, Stonegate IV Best Interior Decor: Tradition Homes, 18234 E. 50th Place, Stonegate IV $270,000 – $324,999 First Place: Executive Homes, 19370 E. 69th St. N., The Ridge Second Place: Smalygo Properties, 5961 E. 142nd St. N., Hollow Creek Best Interior Decor: Executive Homes, 19370 E. 69th St. N., The Ridge $325,000 – $379,999 First Place: Smalygo Properties, 6705 E. 86th St. N., Sheridan Crossing Second Place: Lee Signature Properties, 206 W. 129th St., Birmingham at Yorktown Best Interior Decor: Lee Signature Properties, 206 W. 129th St., Birmingham at Yorktown

$380,000 – $449,999 First Place: Envision Homes, 17102 E. 42nd St., Sunset Hills Second Place: Executive Homes, 4210 S. 171st E. Ave., Sunset Hills Best Interior Décor: Envision Homes, 17102 E. 42nd St., Sunset Hills $450,000 – $599,999 First Place: Epic Custom Homes, 7031 Scissortail Court, Stone Canyon Second Place: Hayes Custom Homes, 6521 N. Oakwood Circle, Twin Creeks at Stone Canyon Best Interior Décor: Epic Custom Homes, 7031 Scissortail Court, Stone Canyon $600,000 – $899,999 First Place: Chase Ryan Homes, 1120 W. 108th Place S., Brooke at Stone Bluff Second Place: Oklahoma Royal Homes, 6768 Wilderness, Stone Canyon Best Interior Décor: Chase Ryan Homes, 1120 W. 108th Place S., Brooke at Stone Bluff $900,000 and Above First Place: Brian D. Wiggs Homes, 10529 S. Koa St., Fountain Ridge Second Place: IronWood Custom Homes, 18044 E. Falcon Pass, The Bluffs in Stone Canyon Best Interior Décor: IronWood Custom Homes, 18044 E. Falcon Pass, The Bluffs in Stone Canyon Subdivision Stone Canyon

People’s Choice Awards were voted on by those who attended throughout the free nine-day 2015 event. $184,999 and Under: Rausch Coleman Homes, 12810 E. 67th Place N., Hickory Creek $185,000 – $219,999: Hayes Custom Homes, 7616 E. 84th St. N., Carrington Pointe $220,000 – $269,999: Banner Custom Homes, 18304 E. 50th Place S., Stonegate IV $270,000 – $324,999: McCollough Homes, 12921 S. Ash St., Birmingham at Yorktown $325,000 – $379,999: McCollough Homes, 10330 E. 121st Place S., Chisholm Ranch Villas $380,000 – $449,999: Smithco Construction, 8402 E. Greeley Place, Wellstone II at Forest Ridge $450,000 – $599,999: Hayes Custom Homes, 6521 N. Oakwood Circle, Twin Creeks at Stone Canyon $600,000 – $899,999: Crestwood at the River, 6319 E. 119th St., Villas at Crestwood Canyon $900,000 and Above: Brian D. Wiggs Homes, 10529 S. Koa St., Fountain Ridge

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2015 PARADE of HOMES WINNER: STONE CANYON BEST SUBDIVISION

Hwy 169 & 76th St North, Owasso Owasso Schools From Hwy 169, exit 76 St. N. and travel east four miles to the Stone Canyon entry.

Stone Canyon connects families to friends in an environment that links nature to home, offering people of all ages a richer quality of life with the trails, lake and park for outdoor fitness and an appreciation of natural landscape. Being the largest, most comprehensive planned community in Oklahoma, Stone Canyon offers large scale amenities with its 100+ acre lake, 22acre park with amphitheater, sandy beach, future fishing pier and natural playscapes, neighborhood resort pool, nature trail system, Stone Canyon Elementary School, The Patriot, a private golf club, future Town Center, and all only 20 minutes from downtown Tulsa.

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With over 20 years of experience in the building industry, Chase Ryan Homes demands the highest standards and quality on every home they build. With professional, hands-on construction, attention to detail and customer service, Chase Ryan Homes can make your dream home a reality. Specializing in homes from $300,000 to over $2,000,000, each with its own unique design elements and customized to meet the individual needs of every client.

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The Lodge on Grand Lake with panoramic views at the point of Check-In Bay. Offers 625’ waterfront, 6 BR, 4.5 Baths, views from every room, great outdoor living, 4500 SF boat house with over-the-top finishes.

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1630 E. 31st St. Tuscany inspired home in The Village on Utica featuring walled courtyard with pool & outdoor FP. 1st floor master suite w/2nd bedroom/bath on 1st floor.

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3020 S. Trenton Ave. One owner custom built smart home. Architect Rachel Zebrowski calls it “Desert Mediterranean”. Large pool overlooks green belt and Crow Creek. Four bedrooms, four full and one half bath.

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8704 S. Quebec Ave. Impeccable updates, Gourmet Kitchen, 2 Family Rooms with fireplace and built-ins. Elegant Formal Dining, Lavish Master Suite and 2nd bedroom with full bath down. 3 Bedrooms up. Sits on almost a half acre with beautiful pool and covered patio with several sitting/entertaining areas. $399,000

5727 E 104th Place - Inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement of the early 20th century, this Forest Park South home has many custom features that add character and personality compared to other homes in the Jenks SE district. 4 or 5 bedrooms, 4 1/2 bathrooms, 3 living areas + wonderful outdoor arbor covered patio. 4,796 sq ft (AP) $625,000.

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Beautiful Custom Country French home on Lake Hudson, 4 BR, 5 BA, over the top finishes throughout the home, all Jenn-air appliances, beautiful lighting, large master suite w/dressing room & fireplace, swimming pool, large screened-in porch, large dock in perfect condition, 4.56 acres w/298 feet of shoreline and close to Pryor! $999,000

Location, Location! Dripping Springs waterfront, 3 BR, sleeping loft, man cave, 3 BA, 2 Half bathes, granite, wood floors, fireplace, 60’ shoreline, 3,250 s.f. $650,000

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Beautiful 4 BR, 4 BA, completely furnished with awesome taste, open living space and great views of Grand Lake! Comes with a 36 foot slip! $499,000

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2618 E. 37th St. Custom built for current owner in 1991. Dramatic vaulted ceiling formal living and dining room. Master suite with guest bedroom and office on first floor. Three more bedrooms, two baths with game and hobby room up. Kitchen and family room opens to Harvey Hunter pool on 1/2 acre lot.. 3 car! 5,616 sq ft (ap) $799,000

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12023 S. Kingston Ave. Entertainer’s dream home in gated Crestwood at the River.

Buider’s personal home w/ transitional style finishes.

5 bedrooms all w/private baths. 1st floor media room, formal dining, wine bar & study. Master closet connects to laundry. 2nd laundry, exercise & gameroom upstairs. Master w/FP. Outdoor kitchen & FP. 4 Car. $925,000

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524 W. 127th Pl. - Transitional Style, newer construction, immaculately kept. Covered outdoor living with firepit and kitchen. Neighborhood pool. Bixby Schools. $349,000

1333 E. 41 Pl. Gorgeous Urban Town Home located in the Heart of Brookside! Balcony views. $325,000

1724 S. Detroit Ave. Prairie School Style Home in Historic Maple Park. Detached Quarters w/bed & bath. $425,000

11713 S. New Haven Ave. New construction in Gated Scissortail. Hurry to Pick Finishes. Jenks SE. $515,000

GRAND LAKE - Reduced - Tuscan Villa overlooking the main lake! Gated, 3 beds, 3.5 baths, sleeping loft, hardwoods, stamped concrete, outdoor fireplace, private dock, detached garage, professionally landscaped & furnished. $610,000

Homesite available at Gated Crestwood at The River. 121st & Sheridan. Bixby North Elementary. $140,000

Angel Wing- W 73rd St. Gated neighborhood of 9 homes located west of Union Ave. on 73rd St. This lot has a 92’ frontage that expands to 214’ at the base overlooking the pond of Stone Creek golf course! Build the home of your dreams. $275,000

2905 E. 74th St. - Remodeled! Travertine & wood floors.

Open floorplan features kitchen and family room combo.

Den has fireplace & built-in bookshelves. First floor master bedroom with private luxury bath. 4th bdrm suite. $479,000

2983 E 69th St Vacant Lot in Timberlane Hills Build your home on this 32,248 sq ft lot near Southern Hills Country Club. Topographical and soil survey available. $279,000

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2615 E 34th St - Granite kitchen, stainless opens to family room, 3 beds down, 1 bed & game room up. Formals. $619,000

505 N. Sycamore St. Immaculate Full Brick, 4 beds, 3 full baths in South Lakes Villas. Formal Dining. Great Room, Game Room. $275,000

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McGraw Realtors 7160 South College Avenue - Rockwood Hills Offered for the first time This stunning home was designed and built by award winning architect, Jack Kelley in 1972. Situated on almost two beautifully landscaped and wooded acres, this South Tulsa private estate is truly one of a kind. Designed for entertaining, with floor-to-ceiling windows, intricate marble floors, and large open rooms that flow onto a courtyard or private patio, the Kelley Estate has been home to large formal parties with over 100 guests and is equally ideal for an intimate gathering of close friends. The lighted tennis court provides another opportunity for entertaining. An avid explorer, Jack’s home is a reflection of his many travels. It is uniquely appointed with a hand carved entry door from an ancient Indian temple, marble imported from Turkey for the lady’s master bath, as well as hand honed limestone from Mexico. The living room boasts a six and a half foot marble fireplace from Van Ludwig’s Castle. Kelley’s exceptional eye for detail and design are beautifully expressed throughout this nearly 10,000 square foot home, creating a timeless work of art. $3,500,000

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7435 S. Gary Pl. NEW LISTING! Fantastic custom built home with great curb appeal.

Large first floor Master suite with his and her vaniteis, walk-in closets, beautiful wood floor, Sunny family room with fireplace and picturesque window. Gourmet kitchen, In-ground pool, four bedrooms. four full and one half baths. Lot is 9,234 sf - m/l. $810,000

11507 S. Hudson Estates of Forest Park!

Gorgeous backyard with in-ground pool and pool bath, Huge family room opens to newly remodeled kitchen with stainless appliances. 3 car garge with tornado shelter in floor, formal dining and living. Four bedrooms, 3.5 baths. Very light and bright home. $589,000

11713 S. Oswego Ave. Priced to sell.

Beautiful home in Wind River! Game room and Theater up. 5 Bedrooms, 2 bedrooms down and 3 up. Workout or dance room up also. Master has private office plus 2nd office down, formal dining and nook off kitchen. Kitchen open to family room with fireplace. 2Islands in Kitchen, Covered Patio, 3 car garage. Great Home!! $635,000

11318 S. 109th E. Ave. Custom one level home. Room for your RV. Open Kitchen plan to Family room featuring fireplace and wall of windows looking out to a covered patio. Master has its own wing. Office and Formal dining have large widows with view of front yard. 2 bedrooms on other end of home Share a bath. Walking closets. Vaulted ceilings. Over sized 3 car garage. $410,000

7907 S. Braden Gated Holland Lakes Located across from Holland Hall Blend culinary delights in your gourmet kitchen.

This jewel of a home features 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 3 half baths+ pretty decor, custom woodwork, and large master bath.

Perfect home for entertaining, yet so very livable. 3 levels of living, Safe room in garage, Can not be duplicated for $880,000

14556 S. Courtney Lane Cottages at Taylors Pond. Great location in Glenpool.

The layout of home & neighborhood has been carefully planned w/modern family living in mind. Neighborhood pool. Open Kitchen to family room w/fireplace. Formal dining & eating nook in kitchen. Granite counters, stainless appliances. Built in 2008 maintained like new. Master bath has separate shower, tub & double sinks. $210,000

5929 E. 106th. 17,314 sf. Off 111th & Sheridan Area. Jenks Schools. $275,000.

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11001 S. Granite 4 bedroom, 3.5 baths, game room up, Family room w/fireplace open to kitchen. Kitchen features nook and breakfast bar. Large formal dining and living combo. Pergola in backyard, privacy fenced, 3 car garage. Outside storage garage attached to north side ideal for lawn equipment or Christmas. Jenks Schools. $350,000 122

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14458 S. Vandalia Wonderful gated in The Auberge in Bixby, Across from White Hawk Golf course. 2 bdrm home with office with fireplace could be 3rd bedroom. Large picture windows looking out to landscaped backyard and extra large patio, Kitchen has large center island, extra serving bar all in granite. Master bath has 2 person Jacuzzi tub. $208,000

Beautiful lot in Gated Woodlands at Cedar Ridge. Bixby Schools, Only 3 homes will back to pond & this is one of them. Located 111th and Garnett area. $127,500

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2501 S. Cincinnati Ave. - $797,000 Rare jewel in the heart of Midtown! Custom one owner seamlessly integrates traditional Midtown style with upscale amenities of modern lifestyle! Elegant floor plan with exquisite finishes including extensive trim, hardwoods and plantations shutters. Open granite and stainless steel Kitchen with new commercial 6-burner gas range and double Dishdrawer. Spacious Family Room with charming window seat. Study with custom built-ins,.Formal Dining and luxurious Master Retreat down. Amazing open Game Room, Craft/Bonus Room, Media Rm and three generous Bedroom Suites up. Breathtaking Outdoor Living with pergola &andgas fire pit. Safe Room.

17610 E. 49th St. - $625,000 Tuscan-inspired custom with million dollar finishes. Four-car garage on gated cul-de-sac. 22 ft. high soaring Entry with hand-finished groin-vaulted ceiling. Coffered Family Room opens to culinary granite island Kitchen. Lavish Master with spa Bath and Guest Suite down, plus two Bedroom Suites and Game Room with wet bar up. Home Theater, handsome Study with built-ins and custom Wine Grotto down. Outdoor Living with fireplace and granite Kitchen.

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McGraw Realtors 10625 S. Garnett rd. Gracious Georgian manor home on 5 acres.

A winding drive and a pool with a fountain greet you through the gate. There are over 6000 sq. ft. of pure luxury in this home. Gorgeous woodwork, and deep crown moldings. Marble entry. Large granite center island kitchen. Fabulous views and balconies. Saltwater pool. $1,350,000

2300 riverSide 12 G - Best View in 2300! Custom herringbone floors have just been refinished.

Open living area has pretty moldings and ceiling. Kitchen with double ovens and planning desk. Third bedroom 6010is E.open117th St. Beautiful new listing in the prestigious to the living area with custom South Tulsa neighborhood of River Oaks. This English Estate French doors andhas is being used every amenity possible to make living easy. Open kitchen S. Gary avestainless . - Gated appliances.

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Large lower level gameroomenlarged with full islandLarge andinside double withkitchen large walk-in closet. utilitydishwashers. 3 living areas. $898,000 Coverone patio with fireplace. $679,900 and bath overlooks a beautiful pool. $1,500,000 with marble flooring. $524,500

3126 E. 87th PL Gated Wellington South has view of the pond. Recently remodeled with attention grabbing details in every room. 5 bedrooms, 2 located on the 1st floor. Study. Redone gameroom with wet bar. Beautifully landscaped. $760,000

4942 E. 103rd St. Custom Built in Wexford

by Murphy has been nicely updated. Formal living and dining. Kitchen has tile backsplash, granite counters and stainless appliances.

Familyroom with built-ins and fireplace. 3 bedroms on 1st floor with 2 additional bedrooms up + gameroom and sitting area. New Roof. $475,000

31201 S. 595 Trail - Grove The Estate at WINTERSPOINTE is a magnificent traditional custom designed lake home

by Tulsa architect Gene Starr and is situated on 3.27 acres and surrounded by 755 feet of beautiful gradual slope shoreline on Grand Lake. The gorgeous interior design of the home was created 10520 S. 91st E. Ave. Magnificent home in

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1131 East 18th Street - Live the Dream in This Classic Vintage Residence in Historic Maple Ridge! The Grandeur of the Past Mixed With Modern

Day Contemporary Flair. This Icon of History has been Lovingly Restored and Totally Remodeled. Five Bedrooms, Five Living Areas, Five Full and One Half Baths. Three Levels of Wood Floors, Exquisite Moldings, Plaster Walls, “Elegant Hollywood Stairway.” Today’s Granite/Stainless Kitchen.

Lower Level Boasts Billiard Room, Wet Bar, Wine Cellar, Card Room, and Game Room. Located on a Corner Double Lot with Gated Side Entrance, Gunite Pool, Three Car Garage with Carriage House Above. Call for Private Showing. Offered at $1,250,000.

6742 South Columbia Avenue Spectacular Park-Like Backyard with Fabulous Water Feature!

Privately Nestled on Over 1/2 Acre Wooded Lot. Contemporary, 1-1/2 Story with 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full, 2 Half Baths, 2 Living Areas, and Office. Hardwood Floors, Vaulted, Beamed Ceilings, 3 Fireplaces, Wet Bar. Master Suite with His/Her Walk-In Closets.

Great View From Deck Overlooking Breathtaking Landscaped Backyard.

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6212 East 105th Street Exclusive Gated Rockhurst!

Stately Brick, on 1/2 Acre Wooded Lot. Three Level with Spacious Rooms, 10’ Ceilings, Hardwood Floors.

Granite, Island Kitchen Open to Family Room w/FP. Master Suite Down w/His/ Her Closets. Gentlemen’s Study w/Built-ins. Curved Stairway Up to Game Room, 5 Beds & 3 Baths. 3rd Level is Huge Home Theater w/102” Screen, Guest Apartment Above Garage. Gated Driveway, 5 Car Garage. Offered at $950,000.

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Ceilings, 3 Fireplaces, Wet Bar. Master Suite with His/Her Walk-In Closets. Great View From Deck Overlooking Breathtaking Landscaped Backyard. Offered at $549,000.

McGraw Realtors 7219 S. E vanSton Fabulous French Chateau. One of Tulsa’s most recognizable homes. Sits on several acres of groomed and landscaped grounds. Unmatched luxury with tall ceilings and spectacular finishes. Several bedroom suites plus and apartment. Almost 20,000 sq ft. $4,950,000

1805 E. 32 nd P lacE Fabulous home in Bren-rose. First floor master suite w/newly added bath and walk-in closet.

Kitchen opens to family living. Beautiful classic formals.

Spectacular outdoor living w/vaulted ceiling, fireplace, grill/kitchen and heated and chilled pool. 4 car garage w/ quarters. $1,525,000

3462 S. a tlanta P l . Extraordinary custon designer home.

Imported European fixtures throughout. Custom home & hand troweled walls. Stunning chef’s kitchen. Huge center island, 2 dishwashers, imported French range, butlers area.

Luxurious master suite w/marble floor & countertops. Huge walk-in closet Fountain & fireplace outside. $1,399,000

4021 S X anthuS a vE Beautifully updated home on a cul de sac. Granite & stainless counter tops in the center island kitchen. Large family living adjacent to kitchen. Gorgous formals & study. Spacious marble bath & walk in closet in first floor master suite.Huge private back yard w/pool. $749,000

7106 E 106 t h Classic river rock home with amazing remodel. Tile floors throughout living areas. Huge center island granite kitchen. Impressive first floor master suite and second bedroom down. Gameroom w/wet bar and attached full apartment. Property sides to a large green space. $895,000

2442 S. c incinnati Builder’s own home.

Large open rooms and tall ceilings. Cast stone mantels and pillars. Heated floors throughout most of the first floor! Five living areas! Outdoor living with kitchen and salt water pool. $1,095,000

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S G a r y a v E n u E Gated Wellington South. Only available lot! This corner lot backs up to the pond and has a direct view of two fountains. Build your custom home in this fabulous neighborhood. $360,000

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8712 S. Gary ave. $905,000 European-inspired design with quality amenities, open floor plan and spacious rooms throughout. Designed for entertaining inside and out. Each bedroom has private bath access. Veranda and large patio overlooks pond, fountain & foot bridge. Gated with guard.

8003 S. Guthrie Ct. $879,000 Beautiful New Construction in Gated Stonebrooke. Spacious & well thought out floorplan. Master, 2nds bedroom, theater & study on 1st level. Exercise, 3 bedrooms & gameroom up. Custom paint details throughout. Outdoor FP, room for a pool. Corner lot

11714 S. riChmond ave. $760,000 Fabulous 5 Bedroom, 4.5 Bath Home with seperate guest quarters. Viking Kitchen with 2 Granite Islands. Game/Theater Room, 2 Laundry, Huge Closets, self-cleaning Saltwater Pool & Spa with Fireplace and fountains, Sound System Throughout.

6116 S Gary avenue $997,000 Completely remodeled home. Outdoor kitchen & pool. Spacious vaulted kitchen w/large granite island. Beautiful woodwork, hardwoods, custom details and awesome gameroom. Circle drive and view of the 15th Hole on Southern Hills Golf Course.

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10114 S. evanSton avenue $276,000 Beautiful Home, Updated and Move in Ready. Spacious Rooms, Quartz Kitchen with Custom Cabinets, Stainless, Double Ovens & Gas Stove, 4 or 5 B/R Plus Gameroom. Private Backyard, Room for Pool. 3 Car, Jenks SE.

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7916 S. Frisco Ave. - The Reserve at Stonebrooke Stunning 5 BR, 5.5 Bath New Construction with impressive Great Room w/Floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace & beamed ceiling. Fabulous Kitchen w/2 sinks, 5-burner Induction cooktop, “hidden” Pantry. Custom hand-carved door opens to downstairs Theater Room with wet bar. Double Game/Gaming Rooms, 2 attics, 2-sided outdoor FP, 2 Mudrooms. Cir. Dr. 4 Car Garage. $1,050,000.

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6733 E. 134th Pl. - River’s Edge NEW CONSTRUCTION in gated neighborhood. 4/3/1. Hardwoods throughout lower level. Office w/floorto-ceiling FP. Great Rm. w/FP, built-ins, heavy crown molding. Vaulted stainless Kitchen w/6cm granite island & huge Hearth Rm. King-size Master w/vaulted, tray ceiling & patio access. Master Bath w/ his/her vanities. Craft/Flex Rm, Game & Theater Rms. Energy Star Home. $555,000.

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4008 Nogal Ave. - Berwick Fairways 2015 Parade New Construction by Cedar Ridge CC. 4 BR, 4.5 Bath, Office w/FP, huge granite Kitchen w/Hearth Rm. & walk-in Pantry w/coffee bar. Large Master has vaulted sitting area with FP. Downstairs Guest/Mother-in-law suite with sitting area. Spacious Game Room w/wet bar, Theater Rm. w/platform seating, & Craft/Flex Rm. Surplus storage, trim, faux finishes. Energy Star Home. $850,000.

8015 S. Guthrie Ct. - The Reserve at Stonebrooke Striking stucco & stone home on 1/2 acre lot at back of cul-de-sac. Brazillian cherry hardwoods. Library & Fam.Rm. have floor-to-ceiling stone FP flanked by bookcases. Fam. Rm. adjoins Kitchen w/Blanco sink, ice maker & Whirlpool App. Luxurious Master Suite w/access to 2 covered patios. Game Rm. w/ wet bar & upstairs deck. Theater Room. 3-Car side entry Garage. $818,000.

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6739 E. 134th Pl. - River’s Edge NEW CONSTRUCTION loaded w/ extras.

4/3/1. Great curb appeal on corner lot. Beamed Family w/built-ins open to gourmet Kitchen w/Butler’s pantry & spacious dining area. French doors lead to faux painted Office. Stunning faux painted Formal Dining. Master Suite w/luxurious bath & closet. Large Game & Theater Rms. Bonus/Flex Room. Outdoor FP. Energy Star Home. Bixby North. $615,000.

7346 E. 119th Pl. - Fox Hollow JUST LISTED. Move-in ready! Full brick.

New carpet, paint and fixtures. Vaulted Entry and front bedroom. Large Family Room with crown molding & wood burning Fireplace. Spacious Master with room for sitting area. Master Bath with his/her sinks and walk-in closet. Covered Patio and deck. Sprinkler security systems.

Professionally landscaped. Bixby North schools. $192,900.

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10625 MULBERRY STREET GORGEOUS new construction built in 2014 by Crest Homes. Sits on 2 lots next to a 50 foot grassy easement in Hidden Oaks, Jenks.

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1709 W. PLYMOUTH ST. Gated home in Magnolia Gardens that backs to the 17th hole of Battle Creek. Gorgeous home with master bedroom and 2 additional bedrooms on the first floor, office, formal dining, game room or 4th bedroom upstairs with private bath, 2 car garage. Back patio faces golf course with fire pit and outdoor kitchen area. Not one detail missed on this home! Beautiful! Listing for $299,000.

3235 SOUTH TROOST AVENUE Clean and move-in ready Ranchstyle home in Brookside! Infrared wired, updated kitchen, updated bathrooms and beautiful hardwood floors throughout. Living room has fireplace and crown molding. Two living areas, three bedrooms, two full baths and one car garage. Eliot and Edison Schools. $259,000

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1901 S Norfolk Avenue Stately Maple Ridge home with classic entry, beautiful staircase & stunning hardwoods. Two living down, formal dining & breakfast, screened in 2nd floor porch w/ hot tub. 3rd floor activity area, corner lot, large dry basement. Rentable quarters.

4 or 5 bed. $435,000.

8920 S. Maplewood Ave. Stunning multilevel home with great views of Tulsa.

Great open living with kitchen island. Lots of natural light.

Hardwoods, formal dining, office off living, split bedroom plan with master separate from other bedrooms, park like yard. Located in Colefax Hill. $370,000

6720 E. 99th St. Well maintained one story home on corner lot in Jenks Schools. Updated kitchen with wine fridge. Formal dining, study and vaulted living room with fireplace.

Four bedrooms, two full and one half baths. Gunite pool, spacious yard, side entry garage. $199,900

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7035 E. 118th St. Exquisite custom built home on cul-de-sac. Amazing kitchen! Oversized master, office + 2nd bedroom down! Multiple living areas & media room. Granite, hand scraped hardwoods, custom tile & iron work throughout. Safe room!

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6708 E. 73rd St. Nice home on corner lot.

Large family room opens to kitchen. Stainless appliances. Spacious breakfast room. Inside utility. New a-coil, furnace & carpet. Large master bedroom w/full private bath & walk-in closet.

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2220 E. 31st Street - Oaknoll Spectacular Home, updated throughout. Five bedrooms, three full and one half bath and two car garage. Three living areas. Vaulted, beamed family room with fireplace.

Carerra marble chef’s kitchen with herringbone thassos backsplash. Great for family or entertaining.

Elegantly decorated, first floor master suite, new hardwood floors, open floor plan. New windows, doors, landscaping. $899,000

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VIDEO The Tulsa Glue Dobbers prepare to take flight at Fab Lab Tulsa’s Mini Maker Faire.

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8/6 Leon Russell Tulsa native and music legend Leon Russell returns to town this month for one of the summer’s most anticipated performances at The Joint: Tulsa.

Born in southwest Oklahoma in 1942, Russell started playing in Tulsa nightclubs at the age of 14. After graduating from Will Rogers High School, he and his band, The Starlighters, went on the road with Jerry Lee Lewis. In Los Angeles, the young Russell eventually became one of the best session musicians in Hollywood.

Throughout his 50-year career, he has collaborated with hundreds of artists, including Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and B.B. King. Russell’s numerous awards and recognitions include a Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2006 and induction into the Rock and Roll and Songwriter’s halls of fame in 2011. Concert starts at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa. Tickets start at $45. Guests must be 21 or older. Visit www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com or call 918384-7625.

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8/7 “Charles Addams: Family and Friends” The ghoulish cartoons of Charles Addams’ “The Addams Family” inspired hit TV series, films, video games and a musical. Now they are inspiring the students at Tulsa Girls Art School, who will display their original cartoons this month alongside 52 of Addams’ works at the Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education.

The exhibition is made possible by Tulsa Girls Art School, the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation and the Zarrow Center.

“It’s such an honor for our students’ work to hang alongside that of a master and cultural icon, and to be a part of bringing this unique show to Tulsa, which has never been seen here before,” says Matt Moffett, executive director of Tulsa Girls Art School. “Charles Addams: Family and Friends” will be on display at the Zarrow Center, 124 E. M.B. Brady St., from Aug. 7-Sept. 27. The opening reception is 6-9 p.m., Aug. 7, during the First Friday Art Crawl. Visit www.gilcrease.utulsa.edu/explore/zarrow for hours and rates of admission.

8/29 Sand Dazzle It’s not often that Oklahomans get to experience seaside activities in our land-locked state.

But Broken Arrow Parks & Recreation will bring the beach to BA this month for its annual Sand Dazzle sand castle-building event.

Four truckloads of sand will be transported to Nienhuis Park, according to Tanner Wilburn, supervisor of the Neinhuis Community Center.

He says Sand Dazzle is not a competition, but rather an opportunity for all ages to construct the castles of their dreams. Prizes will be given throughout the day.

When budding architects and engineers need to cool off, they can mosey over to the Nienhuis Aquatic Facility. The center has several slides, a play area, a wading pool and a concession stand. Visit www.brokenarrow.gov for hours and admission.

The community center also will be open during most of the Sand Dazzle event to offer participants a break from the hot summer sun.

Sand Dazzle is 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Nienhuis Park, 3201 N. Ninth St., Broken Arrow. Free; no registration required. Call 918-259-8437.

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Folds of Honor Lt. Col. Jason Vitas, David Bond, PGA professional Billy Hurley III, Cpl. Joe Sobilo and PGA professional Ken Duke attended The Patriot Cup Invitational golf tournament and gala on Memorial Day weekend in Owasso. The activities raised funds for Folds of Honor, which provides scholarships to the families of wounded and fallen veterans.

Family & Children’s Services Kinslow, Keith & Todd Inc.’s trivia team attended the 12th annual Brainiac Ball on May 1. The event at Cox Business Center raised more than $500,000 for Family & Children’s Services.

University of Tulsa Alumni Association TU Uncorked welcomed more than 500 guests to the Donald W. Reynolds Center on June 5 for the 11th annual University of Tulsa Alumni Association wine festival. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $700,000 for the TU Alumni Association Scholarship Fund. Pictured are TU alumni Matthew and Hilary Hauth, Maria Gaw, and Cathy and Bob Laird.

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Tulsa Area United Way The Dialogue Institute of the Southwest, located in Broken Arrow, recently donated the proceeds of its annual Friendship Dinner and Awards Ceremony to the Tulsa Area United Way for its upcoming 2015 campaign. Pictured are Mark Graham, president and CEO of the Tulsa Area United Way; Nancy Day, 2015 Friendship Dinner chairwoman; and Yusuf G. Dundar, executive director of the Dialogue Institute of the Southwest.

Iron Gate The Rev. Canon John C. Powers, Martha Grimmer and Rodger Randle attended Iron Gate’s 2015 Founders’ Dinner on May 21 at Trinity Episcopal Church. The event saluted the individual donors, foundation donors and social service agency partners that have contributed to Iron Gate’s 37 years of success.

American Cancer Society Kim and Alan Souter, event chairs for the American Cancer Society 2015 Cattle Baron’s Ball on Sept. 26, attended the Baron Reveal Party in May at the Mayo Hotel.

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August compiled by JUDY LANGDON Aug. 1, 6-8 — Harwelden Murder Mystery Benefits Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa. www.ahhatulsa.org

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Aug. 3 — Charity Golf Tournament Benefits Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Tulsa. www.uss.salvationarmy.org

Aug. 13 — Taste of Brookside Benefits Youth Services of Tulsa. www.tasteofbrookside.com Aug. 14 — Community Health Connection “Non-event” Fundraiser Benefits CHC. www.communityhealthconnection.org Aug. 17 — Musical Mondays Benefits LIFE Senior Services. www.lifeseniorservices.org Aug. 22 — Tulsa Walk to End Alzheimer’s Benefits Oklahoma Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. www.tulsawalk.org Aug. 31 — JA Classic Benefits Junior Achievement. www.jaok.org

ucate students. Retired from Flintco, he now serves as volunteer chairman for Operation Aware’s annual golf tournament on Aug. 3.

“As CrestFest was a significant fundraiser for Blood and Guts, our golf event serves the same purpose for OA by providing funds for scholarships,” Strauser says.

Operation Aware mission statement: “Equipping youth, through prevention education, with knowledge and skills, to make positive life choices.”

Aug. 3 — Operation Aware annual Golf Tournament Benefits Operation Aware. www.operationaware.org Aug. 8 — Back-to-school Style Show and Brunch Benefits Baptist Children’s Home of Owasso. www.obch.org/bch-owasso

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Years Strauser has been involved in Operation Aware’s golf tournament: nine; has chaired the planning committee each year.

Jim Bloser, David Murlette, Charlie Strauser and Steve Jagger at the 2014 Operation Aware Golf Tournament.

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harlie Strauser still knows how to stage a successful fundraiser. Approximately 27 years ago, he was an executive committee member of the now-defunct Hillcrest Associates Foundation Board. Through that role, he was involved with its “CrestFest” event, which raised funds for the “Blood and Guts” program that taught elementary school children about healthy lifestyle choices.

Strauser helped transition the program to Operation Aware, and although “Blood and Guts” eventually dissolved, he is still raising funds to ed-

8/14 Community Health Connection Participate in Community Health Connection’s first “non-event” fundraiser by donating at www.communityhealthconnection.org. Proceeds will support CHC’s mission to provide high-quality, affordable and accessible primary and preventative health care services to Tulsa’s working poor. Pictured are Committee Chairwoman Mary McMahon and Honorary Chairwoman Monica Basu.

What is your job during the tournament? On the day of the event, I arrive early to support the committee and OA staff. I attempt to greet each of the golfers as they arrive and thank them for their support. We have a lot of repeat teams from year to year, and I feel they have a really good time. The truth is that workwise I do pretty much nothing the day of the event. My core committee — Alex Gravely, Laurie Graves, Jeff Grippando, Brent Lewis, Jeni Dolan and Rhonda McDaniel — and the Prevention Educators who volunteer that day are totally awesome and do a great job of taking care of our players and getting everything set up. tþ Aug. 3 — Operation Aware annual Golf Tournament 8 a.m.- 1 p.m. Cedar Ridge Country Club, 10302 S. Garnett Road, Broken Arrow. Includes breakfast snack, lunch and chances to win door prizes; a set of golf clubs will be raffled. $350, individuals; $1,400, teams of four. Benefits Operation Aware. Contact Rhonda McDaniel, 918-582-7884, ext. 104, or visit www.operationaware.org.

8/22 Alzheimer’s Association For the first time, Guthrie Green is the starting site of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Pictured are participants in the 2014 Tulsa walk. To register for the 2015 walk, visit www.tulsawalk.org. Proceeds benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Perspectives on local art and culture

History goes digital

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wo years ago, when the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum updated its long-term plans, education and access to information were top priorities.

And the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the first story that needed to be told, says Executive Director Michelle Place.

“As Race Riot survivors began to pass away, we saw a surge in inquiries,” she says. “Teachers contacted us for curriculum, or grad students wanted information for their dissertations; but they would have to travel to Tulsa to review our materials.”

In response, the historical society partnered with Tulsa software developer Daniel Mooney for use of his trademark program, CultureScout, to create the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot iPad app.

“We wanted to make available everything in our archives about the race riot and hold nothing back,” Place says.

The interactive program provides reproduced photographs and newspaper clippings collected

by THS. Users simply click through the documents to discover connections between Tulsa and historical events or people.

They can do so when visiting a special kiosk at the museum or by purchasing an app. The price is $9.99, but a copy of the app is free to all educators and educational institutions, thanks to support from an anonymous foundation.

Place says data will continue to be added to the app with the help of generous outside sources.

Michelle Place, executive director of the Tulsa Historical Society; Daniel Mooney, CEO of Moomat; and Steve Rice, owner of Map Ink, are collaborating to release an app that explores commonalities in Tulsa’s art and art deco architecture. The app will be available this fall.

“If people will believe in our project and entrust us with their letters and photographs, we can make even more information available,” she says.

Tulsans aren’t the only ones using the app. The CultureScout software is an invaluable tool for educators, students and historians about how the Tulsa Race Riot relates to African American history globally. The app is used for research in films and exhibits at the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

“We’re now able to piece together the people, places and events surrounding the race riot,” Place says. “We don’t know of any other similar apps. This program is straight out of Tulsa, and the connections truly are infinite.”

Next, Mooney is fine-tuning a Tulsa art app as an extension of the historical society’s Tulsa Art Deco driving and walking tour. In collaboration with Oklahoma mapmaker Steve Rice, CultureScout will offer the app for exploring commonalities in Tulsa’s art and art deco architecture. A quick search for

a specific Riverside Park sculpture will allow people to discover whether similar statues exist in Tulsa or whether the same artist designed sculptures elsewhere in the world. The Tulsa Art & Art Deco app’s release date is set for later this fall.

“We hope to raise a generation of students who are confident using this technology, so other organizations and museums will implement it, too,” Place says.

“Imagine how they will be able to connect the dots and dig deeper into history.”

The historical society also has hosted several training sessions for local teachers and administrators to become acquainted with the new technology. Director of Education Neal Pascoe says the interactive apps are an effective teaching tool for Tulsa Public Schools, and he encourages all educators to make use of the historical society’s customized resources.

“With the aspect of history, so much of instruction is based on primary sources and self-led exploration,” he says. “These apps are an opportunity to interact with the software and apply technology in the classroom.” tþ

Gail Banzet-Ellis has been fascinated with Tulsa since she was a little girl. It’s a dream come true to write about the city’s magic and charm.

FILM HIGHLIGHTS TULSA HISTORY Beyond the iPad, a fresh take on Tulsa history also is available this month on Rogers State University Public Television.

The Tulsa Historical Society recently collaborated with local filmmaker Kirkpatrick & Kinslow Productions to produce “Boomtown: An American Journey.” The 48-minute documentary features interviews from influential Tulsans about the city and the importance of studying history. From the Trail of Tears to the 1921 Race Riot and the city’s famous oil booms and busts, the film highlights historical elements that define Tulsa and its people. Check local listings for air dates and times.

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ody Brewer has been a staple of the Tulsa music scene for several years now. Fans may have heard him as the guitarist for the genre-bending group The Moai Broadcast or at Easter Island Music & Camping Festival, which the band produces each year in Keetonville, Oklahoma.

But with his bluegrass outfit Grazzhopper, Brewer trades his electric guitar for a banjo and explores a more personal, acoustic sound.

“A lot of it’s about just trying to be a better person, I guess,” he says in a soft country drawl, as he describes the subject matter of his music. “It’s like these self-help songs in a lot of ways. Some of them are about love and girls and that good stuff. But when it comes down to it, my songwriting, it’s about what I’m dealing with, and trying to get that out on paper.”

Music was a prevalent part of Brewer’s young life in his rural hometown of Leonard, Oklahoma.

His father started teaching him the guitar when he was around 10 years old. Early bluegrass greats such as Earl Scruggs, Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe that he heard growing up largely influenced the songs he created for Grazzhopper.

However, it wasn’t until around 2010 that Brewer got really serious about learning the banjo. He occasionally played with his friend Dylan Angleton’s band, Coleslaw.

Before long, Brewer and Angleton started writing songs together that seemed appropriate for a project all their own, and it was in this duo and a handful of tunes that the earliest incarnation of Grazzhopper was formed.

Unfortunately, it was shortlived. In mid-2012, the future of Grazzhopper became uncertain when Angleton moved to Arcadia, California, to pursue his passion

Cody Brewer performs with his band Grazzhopper at Guthrie Green. One of his earliest musical influences was his great-grandfather, who “always had a banjo and some bluegrass around.” for organic farming. Although Brewer was certainly excited to see his friend fulfilling his goals, he also had dreams of his own to pursue.

“I’d just kind of put a lot of effort into this band, so I just wanted to keep it going,” he explains.

So, Grazzhopper pressed on for the next two years in varying configurations comprised of a revolving door of musicians. Sometimes Grazzhopper performed as a solo act, sometimes a duo, trio, quartet — whatever was available.

Eventually, Brewer settled on a solidified lineup of friends consisting of well-established talent from Tulsa’s vibrant music scene, including Cody Clinton (of folk duo Desi and Cody) on guitar, Jordan Hehl on standup bass, Nicholas Foster on drums and Adrienne Gilley providing supporting vocals and tambourine. The latter three musicians are members of Green Corn Rebellion, as well.

The full band lineup debuted during 2014’s Easter Island Festival to a warm reception, and since

then Grazzhopper has only picked up steam, Brewer says. A successful Kickstarter campaign launched last year provided him the funds to finish Grazzhopper’s self-titled, debut EP, which at press time aimed for a mid-July release date.

And Brewer doesn’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. He’s already making moves to put out a sophomore record, which is expected to be the band’s first full-length album. Brewer says that most of the material has already been written, and he’s looking forward to recording it with the full band, as well as composing any additional material for the album as a unit.

In the meantime, Brewer has been scheduling as many shows as possible in the Tulsa area.

Ultimately, he hopes to take Grazzhopper to the masses.

“The touring aspect of it is really where I’m trying to get to — really branch out of Tulsa and try to bring more of that back here, just kind of spread that Tulsa roots music,” he says. tþ

8/30 Punch Brothers, Cain’s Ballroom Virtuoso mandolinist Chris Thile formed the earliest iteration of Punch Brothers to record his 2006 album “How to Grow A Woman from the Ground” amidst the dissolve of his famed folk trio Nickel Creek. Since then, the acoustic quintet has toured almost continually, while managing to release three albums and an EP in between. This month, the band brings its unique blend of bluegrass, jazz and classical to Tulsa in support of its fourth record, “The Phosphorescent Blues.” Singer/songwriter and composer Gabriel Kahane will open the show. The concert starts at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7.

8/31 GWAR, Cain’s Ballroom The Scumdogs of the Universe were a group of interstellar warriors banished to our mudball planet by their cosmic master eons ago. To us puny humans, they are known as GWAR, “the sickest metal band in history,” and their main goal is to destroy the human race as well as reality itself. Needless to say, a performance from GWAR — featuring grotesque costumes and an abundance of fake blood — must be seen to be believed. Fellow metal bands Butcher Babies and Battlecross share the opening duties. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7.

Wyndham Wyeth grew up hearing his mother sing John Denver tunes, so he will always have a soft spot for “Poems, Prayers and Promises.”

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The local literary scene

These ‘Boots’ are made for reading

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s vacation-mode comes to an end, we often look for ways to prolong the feeling of those long, leisurely days of summer. One of the best strategies is an upbeat novel.

“Home Is Where Your Boots Are” is one such book — a lighthearted but compelling story that will draw the reader in with its quirky characters, memorable surprises and reminders of the charm and sacredness of small-town life.

The novel follows main character Lilly, who lives in a fictional but entirely believable small town called Brooks, Oklahoma. Author Kalan Chapman Lloyd, a Tulsa attorney, says the setting is modeled after her experiences and memories of life back home in Tahlequah.

In the book, Lilly flees her hometown as soon as she can — as many small-town-raised youth do — making off for the big city of Dallas.

There, she creates a successful career as an attorney, becomes engaged to the “right” man — and one afternoon finds him cheating.

Her life in great upheaval, she returns to the open arms of her home and family.

Once back in Brooks, however, life is anything but calm. In an almost “Gilmore Girls”-esque series of escapades, Chapman Lloyd introduces us to one vibrant character after another — and the workings of the small-town gossip-mill.

Lilly opens up shop as an attorney in her old hometown. While trying to come to terms with her new life, she stumbles upon a surprisingly sinister and macabre trail of crime which, unfortunately, involves a former love interest.

Although Chapman Lloyd calls Lilly “probably the least interesting person in town,” her character is clearly defined. She takes the reins on the case, bringing the reader

The self-published “Home Is Where Your Boots Are” is the first novel by Tulsa attorney Kalan Chapman Lloyd. In June, “These Boots Are Made for Butt-Kickin’” hit shelves as the second in her series called “The Misadventures of Miss Lilly.” along with her as she pursues the clues to this bizarre and disturbing mystery.

The tone of the book is cheerful and reminiscent of the popular series “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.”

There’s even an eyebrow-raising escapade involving a gang of kindred sisters, who retaliate against one local cheating husband. The cast of characters is colorful and deeply thought out.

There is, of course, a love story. No homecoming tale would be complete without it. However, Chapman Lloyd has enough depth

as a writer to complicate the element, leaving the reader torn: Do we love or hate him?

Setting up the reader to battle emotions over a character’s nature is the mark of better-than-average storytelling skills.

The book’s best trait is that the writing itself mimics the best qualities of small-town life: razor-sharp wit; a can-do, get-over-it approach to life; and a roaring sense of humor.

Chapman Lloyd recently followed her debut with the next installment in the series, “These Boots are Made for Butt-Kickin,’” which continues the storyline of

the “Where Your Boots Are” characters. The author calls these characters “endearingly inappropriate ... they’re openly imperfect, but always pick themselves up, dust themselves off and take another go at it.” tþ

Jessica Brogan is a freelance writer, photographer and creative entrepreneur. She has lived all over the world and is ecstatic to now call Tulsa home.

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The “Dairy Princess Parade” on June 28, 1961, marches past First National Auto Bank. The bank building is now home to The Vault restaurant.

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trip to Dairy Queen is the closest most young Tulsans will get to a dairy. But from the 1900s into the mid-century, neighborhood dairies were a consistent part of local culture.

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Lewis Avenue, Hawk Dairies purchased milk from as many as 600 area dairy farmers in 1947.

Although most of Tulsa’s dairy processing plants are closed, Borden remains at 215 S. Denver Ave. Many small dairy producers, such as Swan Brothers in Claremore and Lomah in Wyandotte, continue to operate in northeast Oklahoma. tþ

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