TulsaPeople September 2015

GAME PLAN

TU’s Coach Philip Montgomery

Q&A with

Signature Symphony’s Andrés Franco

A PARK GROWS IN TULSA September 2015

The Navarro family at their Broken Arrow home

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Q&A: Andrés Franco

Foster care fallout:

Closing doors, asking questions Tulsa’s emergency children’s shelter is scheduled to close by the end of the year, increasing the urgency to find local foster families.

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Game plan

TulsaPeople visits with Signature Symphony’s new conductor and artistic director.

Coach Philip Montgomery begins a new era for University of Tulsa football.

by JANE ZEMEL

by STEVE BERG

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11 Street seen Tulsa streets from an artist’s perspective

53 Lunchtime touchdown Score with Billy Sims Barbecue’s Heisman sandwich.

147 Up, up and away The Gatesway Balloon Festival ignites for its 20th year.

12 Notebook Topics of interest to Tulsans 14 Roots A Tulsan sings the national anthem at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park.

16 Storefront Illuminating Tulsa for decades

18 Applause Susan Harris is recognized for her dedication to education.

20 The way we were An historic schoolhouse has had various uses since closing in the ’70s.

22 Artist in residence Collage artist and college professor Mark Lewis

24 Locker room Coaching Jenks track and cross-country athletes to championships 26 Musings What you ought to do is …

28 A park grows in Tulsa TulsaPeople kicks off its monthly series exploring A Gathering Place for Tulsa.

54 Dining out An evolving downtown calls for a reinvigorated dining concept.

56 Table talk The buzz on Tulsa’s tastiest restaurants, products and events 57 The List Foodie fandom

58 Wine The reign in Spain

The Good Life 67 Gothic glam Give basic black an edge with one of fall’s easy-to-wear trends.

74 Haute topics An affinity for school supplies

148 Agenda This month’s standout events 152 Out & about See and be seen.

154 Benefits Fundraisers and fun happenings 155 Behind the scene ‘Derricks, Diamonds and Dreams’ 156 Get the picture Leader’s legacy 158 Tulsa sound Something from nothing 160 Flashback American pie

Special Sections

76 In the garden Good weeds

59 Restaurant Week A complete listing of participating restaurants, plus select menus.

106 Weekend getaways Eureka moment

79 Remodeled Tulsa Tour Take a sneak peek inside this year’s featured homes in the official 2015 program.

103 Real weddings Tulsa couples tie the knot.

111 Health Two Tulsa specialists balance work and family.

115 Specialty Clinics Profiles on Tulsa physicians

128 Komen Tulsa Race for the Cure While trying to prevent breast cancer, one Tulsan discovered her fight had already begun.

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From the editor

by ANNE BROCKMAN

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GAME PLAN

TU’s Coach Philip Montgomery

Q&A WITH

Signature Symphony’s Andrés Franco

A PARK GROWS IN TULSA September 2015

The Navarro family at their Broken Arrow home

Visit TulsaPeople.com all month long for exclusive content you won’t want to miss, including photo galleries, giveaways and much more.

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ulsa has often been called one of America’s most philanthropic cities. It’s a mission we all take seriously. Whether it is simply helping our senior neighbor with groceries or donating to the annual Tulsa Area United Way campaign, many in our city consider philanthropy a No. 1 priority.

One of the biggest philanthropic efforts we’ve seen in years comes in the form of an iconic new park — A Gathering Place for Tulsa.

This 100-acre green space hits close to home for me. As a bona fide park lover, there is nothing I savor more than Tulsa coming together for a park that will benefit the city in ways we can’t yet even imagine.

This month, TulsaPeople embarks on a twoyear series to explore A Gathering Place (p. 28).

The monthly feature will follow the park’s construction and provide insight into the numerous elements we will see come 2017. We also will visit with the park’s major donors about their decisions to support this unprecedented community effort. The world-class park and recreation area was imagined by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and is being funded by the foundation and private donors in a $350 million community partnership.

While generosity often means financial support, it also refers to hospitality. For Oklahoma children in state custody, this trait is best demonstrated when they are accepted into a loving foster home.

In preparation for the closing of Tulsa’s Laura Dester Children’s Center later this year, our cover story (p. 42) explores what will happen to local children still awaiting foster placements. Plus, we tell the story of three foster families who opened their homes and hearts to children in need. What these Tulsans are doing to help children is nothing short of heroic.

Perhaps we should have dubbed this installment the heroes issue. We catch up with Susan Harris (p. 18) as she receives an award for her dedication to Tulsa education. And Tulsan Lisa Riley made a heroic decision to fight her family’s history of breast cancer (p. 128).

We all have heroes in our life, and Tulsa has them in spades.

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Dr. Woodward knows how special Tulsa’s only children’s hospital is.

As a pediatric neurosurgeon at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Dr. Meredith Woodward cares for children of all ages with specialized needs such as birth defects, head or spinal trauma and neurological conditions. She recently moved from California because she liked what she saw in Tulsa. “I was attracted to Meredith Woodward, M.D.

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rtist Mark Lewis does his best to blend into his surroundings.

But his large easel and oversized perceptual collages can’t help but attract passersby to study his methods on the city streets where he works.

Lewis, who also teaches art at the University of Tulsa, creates his collages by cutting and gluing scraps of paper to a large board. He then shades the paper with graphite.

In the past decade, he has crafted collages of street scenes downtown and along Brookside, East 11th Street and Riverside Drive. He says he prefers to “work in the landscape” rather than from photographs, a process that often takes months.

You can find Lewis working on his latest collage in the Kendall Whittier neighborhood, where his studio also is located.

For more details on Lewis’ art, see Artist in Residence on p. 22.

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Topics of interest to Tulsans

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BOK Center sees record year

An artist’s rendering of the Petroleum Club remodel

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RARE SCHOLAR Ariel Helms, a graduate of Metro Christian Academy, has the rare honor of being named both a Goldwater scholar and a Truman scholar.

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chemistry. By pursuing an M.D./ Ph.D. career track, she hopes to someday conduct biomedical research to develop better treatment options for diabetes. She also plans to teach at the university level.

Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos called Helms personally to deliver the news of her scholarships.

“I have been told that I am the only student in Vanderbilt’s history to be selected for both national scholarships,” Helms says. “I have also been told that historical records reflect only two to three students being selected throughout the United States for both scholarships in previous years.”

The Barry Goldwater Scholar-

ship, which is awarded to students who intend to pursue research careers as scientists, mathematicians and engineers, gifted Helms up to $7,500 for her senior year with the final award determined by need.

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship is awarded to young people committed to public service leadership. As a Truman scholar, Helms will receive $30,000 toward her graduate work and will be given an internship and housing next summer in Washington, D.C. Many Truman scholars go on to become Marshall and Rhodes scholars.

“At this point, I am not sure where my senior year will take me,” she says.

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More than 810,000 fans attended performances at the BOK Center — more than any year since opening in 2008, according to General Manager Jeff Nickler.

Since July 1, 2014, 12 of the Top 30 worldwide tours — and three of the top five tours in the world — performed at the venue.

Ticketmaster data shows that 40 percent of ticket purchasers from the past fiscal year live outside of the Tulsa metropolitan statistical area.

“That means that fans are driving in from Oklahoma City, neighboring states and beyond to see shows at the BOK Center and are spending money at area restaurants, hotels and businesses,” Nickler says.

This year, the BOK Center received its seventh consecutive nomination from the Academy of Country Music as “Arena of the Year.”

Historic building gets update

ConsumerAffairs.com will renovate the 15th and 16th floors of the historic Petroleum Club Building at 601 S. Boulder Ave. to create 17,000 square feet of modern office space, the company announced in late July.

Scheduled to wrap up in November, the renovation is described as “Google meets mid-century modern,” with industrial finishes and high-tech upgrades.

ConsumerAffairs.com, which offers consumer news and product reviews, moved its headquarters to Tulsa five years ago. The company — which currently employs 120 worldwide — says it plans to create more than 100 software, marketing and sales jobs in Tulsa within the next year. tþ

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ROOTS

Checking in with former Tulsans

Acacia Allen Flamm Tulsa native sings the national anthem for the Cincinnati Reds each season.

by JESSICA BROGAN

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How did you end up in Cincinnati?

It was a combination of good friends and good timing. Dennis Moran has been part of our church family in Tulsa for many years.

Dennis had a friend who was the superintendent of a school district in Cincinnati. The district needed someone to handle media relations. I had just finished my journalism degree at Mizzou and had been on the air as a reporter for a TV station in Missouri, so it was a good fit.

That’s how I got to Cincinnati.

When I met my husband and started my career in pharmaceutical research, I decided to stay.

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ia Flamm

Tulsa native Acacia Allen Flamm lives in Cincinnati with her family. She has sung the national anthem for the Cincinatti Reds nine times.

How do you find Ohio versus Oklahoma? Cincinnati is a great place, but I miss Tulsa and love the time I get to spend there every year in the summers and at the holidays. Many of my friends are still there, raising families and getting involved in the local community and politics.

Tulsa will always have a special place in my heart. I may be the only person in Ohio who proudly wears a T-shirt with the Golden Driller on it! I also love my shirt that says “No Place Like ’Homa,” because that’s exactly how I feel about it. I’m the person I am today because of my family and friends in Tulsa, my church community at Yale Avenue Christian Church and my years at Holland Hall. I also like to think my former dance teacher Moscelyne Larkin would be proud of me for passing along the love of ballet to my two daughters.

Tell us about your vocal performances. Singing is just a hobby for me. Friends have occasionally honored me by asking me to sing for their weddings and events. I also sing for a local church with an amazing group of musicians. Something fun I get to do is sing every year for a boat-in church service at the lake where we have a cottage. The minister and I are on the top deck of a large houseboat while dozens of boats come from all over the lake to drop anchor around us! And I have performed the national anthem for the Cincinnati Reds nine times.

Nine times! How did that happen?

The school district where I worked was having a community event at one of the games. The event ended up being canceled, but the marketing team for the Cincinnati Reds liked my audition tape and invited me to sing anyway. Then, I was

fortunate enough to keep coming back for a game every season.

Were you nervous the first time?

What was it like? Singing to 30,000 people in a huge stadium is an amazing experience, especially with a song like the national anthem. You can’t listen to your voice through the loudspeakers because there is a significant delay. So, you have to find the right note to start the song, and then just go from there on your own.

I would have been nervous if not for everything I learned during my years in the incredible music, dance and theater program at Holland Hall. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, choir director Steve Dyer was getting me ready for this kind of opportunity. When the crowd starts to roar every time I get to the “home of the brave” line, I know I have given it my best. tþ

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NOW: Flamm is director of business development at Quintiles, a clinical research organization that services pharmaceutical companies. She is married to Justin Flamm, and they have two children: Madelaine Mary (Lainey), 5, and Sally Katherine (Sally Kate), 2.

Her parents remain in Tulsa; Joann Allen is a professor at Oral Roberts University, and Anthony Allen is a financial advisor.

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ITAL STATS: Acacia Allen Flamm graduated from Holland Hall in Tulsa, where she was involved in various performing and vocal arts and was an active member of Yale Avenue Christian Church. She attended the University of Missouri, where she earned a degree in journalism.

Flamm worked as a reporter for a Missouri TV station before moving to Cincinnati and ultimately making a major career change to “do something that was different.”

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Looking at small businesses

Illuminating Tulsa Family business approaches half a century of creating custom light fixtures.

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green and gold vault door in the basement of the two-story art deco Milady’s Cleaners Building at 1736 E. 11th St. marks the entrance to what was once a fur storage room for Tulsa’s elite. Today, the room houses hundreds of patterns for various light fixtures.

Brothers Chris and Dick Bendel, the owners of La Maison Inc., use the patterns — samples of bobeches, arms and other lighting parts — to create custom chandeliers and other lighting solutions.

The Bendels’ father, Ralph Bendel Sr., and his neighbor Bob Dickson started the business 49 years ago after Dickson moved to Innsbruck, Austria, for a year and shipped back various antique fixtures.

Bendel Sr. took apart the fixtures, made patterns and then reassembled and sold them. Working with brass and making lamps was a hobby he picked up from his own father, Gustav.

When it was time to name the business, Bendel Sr. chose La Maison.

“My father was stationed during World War II in Algiers, North Africa, and he was stationed at a place called Maison Blanche,” says Chris, who is La Maison’s president. “La Maison means the mansion, the house, the big house. He always thought the name was pretty — just a really cool name.”

After a few years in business, Bendel Sr. purchased Dickson’s portion of the company, and La Maison has since been a 46-year Bendel family tradition.

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would come over here and sweep floors after school, and I’m still sweeping the floors.”

La Maison’s first chandelier was made in the Bendels’ garage.

Then, in 1966, an increase in business necessitated renting space at their current location.

The Bendels later purchased the 1930 building, whose exterior has a terra cotta ground floor and a stucco second story. Sculpted flowers, fruit and leaping stags border the windows.

Although La Maison repairs and restores lighting in addition to selling the occasional antique, the business’ trademarks are creating custom light fixtures and high-quality reproductions.

“It’s a niche — not everybody is going to want a custom chandelier for numerous reasons … and our niche is really the more showy locations in a home — the entry, dining room, powder rooms,” Chris says.

In short, the Bendels are artists.

Iron, brass and crystal are their paints, pencils and clay; handmade lamps, sconces and chandeliers are their works of art.

Chris, Dick and their customers work together to create one-of-akind pieces.

“My rule of thumb is, if it’s made, we don’t make it,” Chris says. “If someone is mass producing something, there’s no way I can compete, so why would I want to?”

He recently constructed some sconces for a repeat customer who requested that he sign and date the fixtures.

“She even has some pieces my dad made, and she cherishes the fact that he made them and they’re signed by him,” he says. tþ

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TOP: Brothers Dick and Chris Bendel own La Maison, a lighting business that has been in their family for 46 years. BOTTOM: Some of the pieces used to create La Maison’s custom fixtures.

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Tulsans receive honors and accolades

Dedication to education Susan Harris is honored for her work at the local and state levels.

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hen Susan Harris was a child, there was no doubt about what she would do after high school.

Her father, an aeronautical engineer, was the only one of his siblings to go to college. Her mother was a nurse who also valued education.

“There was never a question of if we were going to college,” Harris says. “The only question was where.”

So, off she went to the University of Kansas, where she majored in biochemistry.

Her love for education continued during her 22-year career at the Tulsa Regional Chamber, where she was hired to analyze education and health care policies. She retired in 2013 as the senior vice president of education and workforce.

This month, she will receive the Tulsa Community College Vision in Education Leadership Award.

One of Harris’ crowning achievements was helping to craft a string of successful public education bond issues from 1996-2013, after two Tulsa Public Schools bonds failed in 1994 and 1995. Harris organized the campaign steering committees and raised $1.7 million from local business leaders to fund the bond campaigns. The result was $898 million in bonds invested in TPS technology, libraries, buildings and textbooks.

She also ensured the chamber’s goal to include higher education in the Vision 2025 package was realized.

“The chamber was convinced that if higher education wasn’t included, the issue wouldn’t pass,” she says.

Chamber leaders relied on Harris’ know-how.

Susan Harris will be honored for her work in education at this month’s Vision in Education Leadership Awards Dinner. She retired from the Tulsa Regional Chamber in 2013.

“Susan has always been known as an icon in education,” says Steve Turnbo, who served as chamber chairman in 2006. “She has great leadership, never met a stranger and has a remarkable work ethic.”

In addition to bond issues, Harris also led an effort to help Tulsa obtain a public university presence.

“Our business leaders cared very deeply about education so that we could bring people to Tulsa and educate their children and, secondly, educate their workforce,” she says.

The fight to bring public university education to Tulsa became the bloodiest battle legislators had ever seen, Harris says, because some in higher education felt ex-

panding into Tulsa would dilute their funding.

She often worked at the Capitol in the spring of 1998, meeting with Tulsa chamber committee members in the evenings and implementing their strategies the next day with the legislature.

In the last 15 minutes of the 1998 session, a bill passed the Oklahoma House and Senate that created Oklahoma State University-Tulsa to offer upper-division undergraduate programs. It also created Rogers State University in Claremore to offer baccalaureate degrees.

Additionally, the bill established a branch of Langston University and authorized the creation of

a branch of Northeastern State University in the Tulsa metropolitan area. Graduate opportunities were enhanced through the University of Oklahoma/OSU Graduate Center in Tulsa.

TCC’s role was protected to provide the first two years of education, she says.

In retirement, Harris continues her life’s work. Appointed by the state Senate, she is a volunteer on the Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Commission, developing policies to implement the new teacher evaluation system statewide.

She recently completed a threeyear term on the KIPP Tulsa Board of Directors and has served on boards of the TCC Foundation and the Signature Symphony.

Despite all her successes in education, Harris gives credit to the chamber’s vision and the guidance of the business community. But those volunteers all point back to Harris.

“She was always my go-to person,” says 2010 chamber Chairman Don Walker, who is the regional executive for Arvest Bank. “There wasn’t anything about Oklahoma education that Susan didn’t know or wasn’t the leader of at the local and state level. We could not have survived without her.” tþ

Sept. 24 — Vision in Education Leadership Awards Dinner 6 p.m. Cox Business Center, Tulsa Ballroom, 100 Civic Center. Susan Harris will be honored for her commitment to education. $250.

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THE WAY WE WERE

A peek into Tulsa’s past

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LEFT: Irving School west of the Inner Dispersal Loop was built in 1909. The schoolhouse is now vacant, though the campus is utilized by Blue Sky Supply Co. TOP: An undated postcard (likely from the 1910s) shows the school when it was called Owens.

Old school An historic schoolhouse has had various uses since closing in the ’70s.

by BRITTANY JACKSON

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ith plants pushing through the walls and bricks crumbling, the property at 18 N. Maybelle Ave. is a ghost of its former glory.

The second Tulsa public school to open outside the downtown area, the four-story Owens School was built in 1909 to honor pioneer merchant and hotel owner Chauncey Owens. It was later renamed Irving School in honor of American writer Washington Irving.

Neal Pascoe, director of education at the Tulsa Historical Society, says the property most likely functioned as an elementary school serving first through sixth graders.

Students continued to run the halls until Irving School closed on May 24, 1974. They were then reassigned to the Johnson, Lombard and Pershing elementary schools, according to Chris Payne, executive director of communications for Tulsa Public Schools.

An alternative school operated in some of the buildings when Cowen Construction took ownership in 1983, says John Cowen, the company’s CEO and owner.

“We originally purchased it with the intention of redeveloping the property into HUD-sponsored housing, which did not materialize,” he says.

When the company received an offer on its main property off East Sixth Street and South Lansing Avenue, and after basic rehab of the former schoolhouse, Cowen Construction moved its offices to Irving School by 1984.

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John Cowen even developed and used two apartment units on the lower level as his personal residence.

Sticking with the school’s spirit, the former gymnasium building housed basketball courts and trampolines for employee use.

“When we left the campus, the primary four-story building was in very good condition, as was the gymnasium,” Cowen says. “The perimeter buildings (likely former classrooms) were in various states of disrepair.”

Nearly 20 years later, the former school appears vacant except for a fleet of vans in the parking lot. In 1995, Cowen Construction sold the property to Buford Properties, which owns Blue Sky Supply Co. The vending machine company has used the campus for office space and warehouse-related storage since the late ’90s.

“We refurbished quite a bit of it and laid concrete down, but in 2006 we vacated the four-story building because we weren’t utilizing it,” says Matt Bingham, Blue Sky general manager. “There was nothing wrong at that point, but we didn’t need it.”

The company has no plans for the former schoolhouse, according to Bingham. Although Blue Sky is considering a new building in west Tulsa, he says the former Irving School site will likely stay in the same hands for the foreseeable future. tþ

Courtesy Tulsa Historical Society

by RACHEL LELAND

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n less than five years, travelers will be able to enjoy Tulsa’s homage to the legendary Route 66 in what city officials have called the Route 66 Experience.

Located in downtown Tulsa near the Arkansas River, the facility will feature interactive exhibits designed to educate and inform visitors about the historic roadway.

Planners and city officials say the facility will resemble a recreational center more than a museum. It will include shops, restaurants, an event center and a soda fountain.

The project is largely funded by private donors and corporations, but the City of Tulsa also will donate funds. Construction begins next year.

$19.5 million

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$4 million

Will be spent on the facility’s interactive exhibits.

2019 12th

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Street and Riverside Drive is the construction site.

41,000 85% 2,400 8

Visitors are predicted to visit the center each year.

Of historic Route 66 still exists.

Miles comprise Route 66.

States and three time zones are included along Route 66. tþ

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Highlighting local talent

Man on the street Mark Lewis teaches local students his crafts: painting, drawing and collage.

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courses every semester — graduate and undergraduate — including all levels of drawing, painting and, recently, a collage course. I’ve also been active as the director of the Alexandre Hogue Gallery for the past seven or eight years.

Have you always been an artist?

Yes, it seems like I was always busy working with my hands — putting a model plane or car together, building a tree house or just drawing. My work has been enriched by many teachers along the way, but one of my first important art teachers was Ms. Crowl at McAlester High School.

Tulsa street scenes seem to be your forté. What draws you to certain streets and areas? I suppose it’s everything — the light in our landscape, the sense of scale (ratio of land to sky), the geometry of the urban landscape, simply observing daily life. The street scenes are like stages that I enjoy observing.

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ulsaPeople didn’t have to look far to find our September Artist in Residence, Mark Lewis. Our creative director, Madeline Crawford, is one of his former students at the University of Tulsa.

This guy gets around. We caught up with him long distance, as he was teaching a summer class at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Pennsylvania. His work is featured in juried exhibits in New York City and Little Rock, Arkansas; in new shows coming up in Tyler, Texas; and at a local show opening in 2017 in the Brady Arts District.

And we just had to know more about a large collage he is creating in the Kendall Whittier neighborhood. Besides all that, he has begun another fall semester at TU with a new round of students.

Mark Lewis creates collages of Tulsa street scenes. He is currently completing a scene in the Kendall Whittier District and says he enjoys observing the urban landscape as he works.

Besides recognizable buildings, what other focal points make the scenes distinctly Tulsa? I’m part of this landscape, the Tulsa landscape, not really any other. I like to discover the places I choose to work. I keep looking, waiting for something to strike me — that’s the starting point. I’m not really a destination painter. I don’t want the collages or paintings to be like travel postcards highlighting a particular novelty in the landscape. I like painting or collaging experiences from daily life in the landscape; the ordinary becomes extraordinary to me.

Do you ever venture outside Tulsa to do any painting? If so, where? I like to paint at the Tallgrass Prairie. I bet I’ve gone there a hundred times. I haven’t been there for a while, but I have been thinking a lot about it lately. I love the open horizon and the transitional skies.

How many years have you been an art professor at TU? I have been teaching at the University of Tulsa for the past 16 years. I’ve had a lot of wonderful students over the years; I’m not sure how to start counting them. I teach several

Tell us about your interesting collages. You create them on location, right? How long do these take to complete? It’s far more interesting to work in the landscape rather than work from a photograph or drawing in the studio, at least for me. I get to know the place: I become a part of the street community over those months of working on site. I get to know some of the locals and they get to know me — the walkers, the dog walkers or joggers, the window washers and wait staff at restaurants, people that live on the streets and people that work in the buildings that surround me — the list goes on.

The large collage I’m working on now in the Kendall Whittier neighborhood will take months to complete. I usually devote a summer to one of the large collages.

Two of the large Boston Avenue collages and one of the Peoria Avenue collages took a summer and a half. I’m not sure, but I think a couple of those took something like 500 hours to complete, give or take a little. tþ

See Lewis’ completed collages at First Oklahoma Bank in Jenks, the Zarrow Center in downtown Tulsa and the TU McFarlin Library.

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LOCKER ROOM

Getting to know Tulsa’s top athletes and coaches

Steve Patterson Jenks High School track and cross-country coach has a pedigree of state titles.

by DOUG EATON

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PATTERSON’S HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 Tulsa World All-Metro Girls Track Coach of the Year 2014 Inducted into Oklahoma Track Coaches Association (OTCA) Hall of Fame U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) State Cross-Country Coach of the Year USTFCCCA State Track Coach of the Year Tulsa World All-Metro Boys Track Coach of the Year 2007 National High School Athletic Coaches Association National Track Coach of the Year Finalist 2001 OTCA Cross-Country Coach of the Year 1998 OTCA Track Coach of the Year 1996 Daily Oklahoman Track Coach of the Year

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oaching high school track and field can be one of the toughest and most demanding disciplines among high school athletics.

A coach has to be knowledgeable in a number of specific events — sprints, middle distance, long distance, relays, hurdles, jumping (high jump, long jump and pole vault) and throwing (shot put and discus).

An effective coach also must be able to meld a diverse group of teenagers into a team. Then, one must fit the pieces of a puzzle together by putting the right athletes into the right events to maximize the team’s results.

Based on past performance, Jenks’ head track and cross-country coach, Steve Patterson, fits that role. He has led the Trojan teams to multiple state championships.

Patterson himself was a multisport athlete in high school. He played football and basketball and ran track in Marlow, Oklahoma, but always leaned more heavily toward track.

“Being in a small school, I pretty much did whatever they needed for me to do,” he recalls. “I ran sprints, hurdles and relays.”

Patterson also ran track at Oklahoma State University, where his primary events were the 400-meter hurdles and mile relay.

He developed his hurdling skills under the late Jim Bolding, an OSU alum and former world-class hurdler who still holds the world record in the 440-yard hurdles, an event that is no longer contested.

“I was very fortunate to have Coach Bolding and Head Coach Ralph Tate at OSU,” Patterson says.

Participation for Jenks’ track and cross-country has reached record levels since Steve Patterson began coaching the boys’ and girls’ teams.

He leveraged his varied experiences to establish a solid foundation in coaching track and field.

“I actually first thought about coaching during my senior year in high school,” Patterson says.

“We had a new coach, Gary Boxley, who opened up a whole new world of track and field to me and instilled in me a complete love of the sport.”

Since 1994, he has racked up a list of championships as a track coach at three schools, including Edmond North High School and Lincoln Christian in Tulsa.

Patterson has recently enjoyed great success at Jenks High School, where he also coached from 19972007.

In just the past four years, his track teams have accumulated two Class 6A state titles along with three consecutive boys cross-country state championships.

He credits Jenks’ success to a combination of three elements.

“First of all, we have great, hard-working kids willing to sacrifice in order to be successful,” Patterson says. “Secondly, we are fortunate to have highly motivated and successful parents willing to help. And lastly, we have a very supportive administration. All three of these combine to make our program what it is today.”

Under his leadership, participation for track and cross-country hit record levels.

The Trojans have seen 160-200 students come out for track (including boys and girls, freshman through senior) and approximately 110-120 come out for cross-country.

“Success breeds success,” Patterson says. “Students see the level of success and naturally want to be a part of the team.”

But one may be surprised at what Patterson values most from his teams.

“Just today I had a former athlete who had graduated back in 2001 call me, and he just wanted to talk,” he says. “It’s great to be able to watch these kids develop and share in their successes, not just in athletics but in life in general. That’s what makes coaching so worthwhile.” tþ

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MUSINGS

Thoughts about everyday life

What you ought to do is …

by CONNIE CRONLEY

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ere’s a tip: If you want lots of advice, invite your sister to visit.

Some sisters invite themselves.

As in, “I’ll be flying from Minneapolis back to Tucson and thought I’d stop over for a few days.”

My sister doesn’t visit often — more frequently than the biblical seven-year plagues, but about as ferociously. She cannot stay with me because she is allergic to cats and afraid of my dog, so there are respites when she goes back to her lodging.

The rest of the visit is boot camp.

“No wonder you’re tired and run down,” she declared. “You’re not eating right. You’re not eating regularly, and you’re not eating enough.”

So, we went out to eat a lot, at least three solid meals a day. Sometimes more. And we started early.

“You’re not up yet?” She was calling the first morning. “I slept in, until almost 7:30. Let’s go have breakfast.”

And boy, did we — big, field hand breakfasts at Brookside by Day and The Wild Fork. Breakfasts with piles of fried potatoes, sausage, eggs and a side of gravy.

Beverage was another topic she addressed.

“You drink too much coffee. No wonder you don’t sleep well. I have all of my coffee in the morning, then only iced tea the rest of the day. And plenty of water.”

She looked closely at me. “That’s another thing. You don’t drink enough water. You’re probably dehydrated.”

We bought a case of bottled water to take with us in the car.

Since she doesn’t drink alcohol, there was no cocktail hour. No wine with dinner. No nightcap. Instead, we sat in the garden and drank water. Then, we went out for ice cream.

Holding her breath against the danger of cat dander, she made a couple of sprints through my

house to do her laundry. With barely any criticism in her voice, she looked around the laundry room and asked, “Do you have a broom?”

Then she tidied up a bit during the dry cycle. Despite the brevity of her in-house time, she spent the rest of the visit fastidiously picking (imaginary) cat hair off her clothes.

Outside, she looked around the yard and asked, “Don’t you have a blower?” It was so hot, she left that chore to me to handle later, con-

tent that she had brought the oversight to my attention.

Since we couldn’t spend much time in my house and since even we could eat only so many meals a day, we were on the road a great deal.

“You’re not going to watch the bicycle race? You haven’t planned on seeing the exhibit at Philbrook?

You’ve never been to the Hard Rock gift shop? That’s another thing. You’re in a rut. All you do is

work. Remember what happened the last time you overworked and overstressed yourself?”

I drove us at least 400 miles around Tulsa. We went to movies and museums and galleries. We had spa days. We walked around the hopping downtown, drove by the construction of A Gathering Place and cruised through neighborhoods, commenting on the houses. We drank lots more water.

We went to bed early because we had another full day ahead of us.

I tried to limit the number of times I asked her when her flight left.

Like curious chimpanzees, we examined one another’s jewelry and clothes. We exchanged silent looks that said, “What in the world have you done to your hair?” We talked about books, eviscerated old boyfriends, debated the best way to cook potatoes and remembered our father’s regular disasters with backyard barbecues.

We tiptoed around sensitive topics, like the time — and surely it was just once and that was 30 years ago — that I referred to her son and daughter as “the sacred grandchildren.” Not that I was bitter, but nobody drove across the country in a pilgrimage to spend holidays with my cats.

“And another thing,” she volunteered out of the blue. “You ought to get a memory foam mattress cover. That might help you sleep better.”

My sister dropped in like Mary Poppins to sort out my life.

Then, she flew away. I’m feeling much better. 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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A PARK GROWS IN TULSA

QuikTrip President and Chairman Chet Cadieux, center, with a group of QT employees and their children near the model of A Gathering Place for Tulsa. The company is sponsoring the Great Lawn and Lakeside Lawn.

LAWNS OF THE LAND TulsaPeople kicks off its monthly series that explores A Gathering Place for Tulsa.

by MORGAN PHILLIPS

Tulsans who frequent Riverside Drive are seeing progress on what is likely to be one of the country’s most iconic public spaces. When complete, A Gathering Place for Tulsa will be a 100-acre park for all ages along the east side of the Arkansas River from East 27th to 34th streets.

Led by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and funded by more than 50 community foundations and corporations, A Gathering Place represents a $350 million private investment, the largest private gift to a public park in U.S. history.

The park will be completed in three phases with Phase 1 (66.5 acres) set to conclude in late 2017.

THE ELEMENTS: GREAT LAWN AND LAKESIDE LAWN

The centrally located and multi-functional area called the Great Lawn will accommodate nearly 4,500 people for recreational activities, reading or relaxing.

On the west side of Riverside Drive, the waterfront Lakeside Lawn will have a capacity of approximately 2,000. This gently sloped space is one of two park spots to be built out into the river, providing a stellar view of sunsets or Fourth of July fireworks.

“Both of these lawns will be hooked up with electric, video and sound, and they will power concerts or movies in the park,” says Jeff Stava, project manager for A Gathering Place.

The lawns will be connected by two 100-yard land bridges with sculpted landscapes over Riverside Drive that will help shelter visitors from the sights and sounds of the busy street. The bridges were inspired by Central Park in New York City as well as conservation bridges built in Europe and created for some U.S. applications by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the designer of A Gathering Place.

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This month, TulsaPeople begins an exclusive print and video series to explore this groundbreaking project. In every issue published through Phase 1’s completion, find a detailed description of each major park element, the donors making it possible and a monthly construction update.

T H E D O NO R: Q U I K T R IP

QuikTrip President and Chairman Chet Cadieux says his company is uniquely positioned to interact with most Tulsans.

Likewise, the Great Lawn and Lakeside Lawn will connect residents whose paths do not regularly cross. That connection led QT to invest $12.5 million as the named sponsor of both lawns.

“I’ve said before that I think RiverParks is sort of the ‘front porch of Tulsa,’ where everybody gets together and mixes,” Cadieux says. “And that is what we specifically saw the lawns were well suited for.

“We hear from our employees all the time about how lucky they are that they get to interact with all of the community, and this is a great opportunity for others to get to share in that.”

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VIDEO Tour the model of A Gathering Place and see an aerial view of the construction site.

Great Lawn

SITE PROGRESS THIS MONTH Prepare site for addition of Blair Pond.

Begin foundation work for the ONEOK Boathouse and Williams Cos. Lodge.

Build piers and foundations for the land bridges.

Continue site-wide dirt work and landscape contouring.

Renderings courtesy Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates

Demolish the pedestrian bridge stem walls and foundations in and around Riverside Drive and in RiverParks to the first pier in the Arkansas River.

City of Tulsa to continue work on two major stormwater projects on north and east sides of the site.

City of Tulsa to begin upgrading water and sewer lines on west side of Riverside Drive.

City of Tulsa to begin demolition and reconstruction of Riverside Drive from East 24th Street to East 33rd Place.

Editor’s note: Construction plans subject to change.

For more information, visit www.agatheringplacefortulsa.com.

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NEWS FROM OUR ADVERTISERS

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Deborah Gist accepts a donation from TTCU CEO Tim Lyons.

The donation was the combined result of TTCU’s 50/50 Promotion and School Pride Program.

TTCU’s back-to-school giving Each fall, TTCU The Credit Union honors its educational roots. In addition to TTCU employees serving at more than 100 back-to-school events across northeast Oklahoma, the credit union’s 50/50 checking promotion allows its members the opportunity to give back.

Through December, those who open a new TTCU checking account have the opportunity to receive $50 and award the school of their choice $50, as well. In the past four years, more than $245,000 has been donated as a result of the 50/50 promotion.

“As a credit union that was initially established for educators, giving back to schools is a natural

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fit for us,” says Tim Lyons, TTCU CEO. “What’s really great is that our members are the ones who choose which schools get the $50, allowing them to be just as much a part of the donation process as we are.”

Members also have the opportunity to give to schools yearround through the School Pride Card Program. Each time a card is swiped, money is donated back to the school on the card. This program, coupled with the 50/50 promotion, has raised more than a half million dollars for local schools.

A TTCU checking account can be opened online or at any branch.

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Breast cancer patients have another option to help reduce the risk of recurrence and rid the body of cancer cells. Cancer Treatment Centers of America® in Tulsa has added AccuBoost®, a non-invasion breast brachytherapy procedure that allows clinicians to deliver a conformal, targeted radiation field under mammography image guidance for patients with early stage breast cancer.

“We are the first site in Oklahoma to offer this technology,” says Michael S. Payne, M.D., CTCA’s radiation oncologist and medical director of radiation oncology. “Image guidance in radiation is like having a smart missile that zones in on a target versus a cluster bomb that just destroys everything, including good and bad targets.”

AccuBoost provides a boost of radiation that treats the area of greatest risk after a lumpectomy — the margins of tissue at the edge of the surgical site. Because AccuBoost delivers targeted radiation, it reduces risks to the heart and lungs. It also offers a shorter treatment time.

CTCA, which is a national network of five hospitals, recently was ranked fourth out of more than 1,400 companies tracked in the YouGov BrandIndex “Best Brand”

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CTCA offers new treatment, named top brand

survey during the first six months of 2015. CTCA is the only health care company to make it onto the list of top 10 brands, behind Amazon, Netflix and YouTube.

The BrandIndex survey measures consumer sentiment toward brands in 45 categories, with opinions sampled from a national panel of more than 1.2 million adults.

“This ranking reflects both an appreciation for our compassionate Mother Standard® of care and a growing respect for our outstanding clinical excellence in the highly specialized field of cancer care,” says Richard Haldeman, president and CEO at CTCA in Tulsa.

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Construction complete at Tulsa HBA headquarters The Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa reopened its doors at 11545 E. 43rd St. after a $2 million renovation.

First built in 1977, the Tulsa HBA headquarters closed in August 2014 and the 73-year-old organization celebrated its grand reopening in July.

Aimed at establishing the HBA as a destination for key meetings and conferences, as well as personal events, the 4,800-square-foot Mike Fretz Event Center features versatile furniture and room layout options for large and small events.

The Metro Appliances & More Kitchen provides a catering kitchen fully equipped with tray racks, a warming oven, two large refrigerators, stainless steel prep tables, a deep freeze and a large ice machine.

The Metro Outdoor Living Patio provides 1,385 square feet of outdoor living space. It is equipped with a bar, fireplace and heaters so the patio can be used year-round.

The Robson Board Room is a larger meeting space, furnished to host approximately 60 people with a newly renovated kitchen area.

The Jenkins Cos. Business Hub is a newly configured space perfect for small meetings or gatherings for members.

The HBA of Greater Tulsa is a nonprofit, professional trade organization that advocates for the residential housing and remodeling industry in Tulsa.

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Andrés Franco Signature Symphony artistic director and conductor.

by JANE ZEMEL

MARCH 12, THE DATE ANDRÉS FRANCO WAS NAMED THE NEW artistic director and conductor of the Signature Symphony at Tulsa Community College, also was his birthday. Although he considered the timing to be the perfect birthday present, the real gift may be to local music fans.

This Colombian-born pianist and conductor is passionate about everything he does — from conducting to courtship to coffee. And if he infuses that same fire into orchestra members and audiences, TCC’s Signature Symphony is in for quite a ride.

Just two months after his appointment, Franco had already programmed the season and booked a long list of world-class performers that includes his wife, Victoria Luperi. Themed “Awaken the Music,” the season is comprised of five classics concerts and five pops concerts. Franco is a man with a vision. And a man in a hurry. In a discussion over — what else — coffee, he explains.

What does the theme “Awaken the Music” mean? In my work as a conductor, I’m a musician, but I don’t produce any sound. I want to bring out the best in everyone; to awaken the music for the musicians and the audiences.

How do you do that with musicians? Musicians play one part. My job is to see the big picture, how all the parts interact — to unify those energies, experiences and talents.

How do you bring out the best for the audience? Everything we conductors do is visual. When I turn to the violins or single out the woodwind players, it helps to illustrate what’s going on musically. It’s one of the most important things I do that has the most impact.

Andrés Franco takes the baton as Signature Symphony’s new artistic director and conductor.

New to Tulsa, the Colombian-born musician has high hopes for Signature Symphony and Tulsa audiences.

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What’s your goal for Signature Symphony?

To keep growing, to keep orchestral music accessible to the community. We are the symphony for everyone in Green Country. Everyone is welcome. The season is very dynamic with a wide range of music styles. Come to hear your favorites and learn something new.

What’s the secret to attracting new audience members while keeping current ones happy?

When choosing the material, I introduce new music I know audiences will love. I want to show that orchestral music is for everyone by representing a wide range of styles. Anyone can come to all concerts and find something to like.

Before hearing about this job, had you ever been in Oklahoma or Tulsa? I lived in Dallas and Kansas City and had been to Oklahoma City. My first time in Tulsa was during the interview process.

What surprised you the most about this area? Culturally, life here is rich. I was blown away by the Philbrook and Gilcrease museums and the seriousness and drive of the arts leaders in the city.

What else have you discovered about Tulsa?

The coffee scene. There are so many places to get good coffee. Double Shot. Topeca. Shades of Brown. Nordaggio’s. I travel with my own AeroPress and burr grinder. Wine, cheese, dark chocolate and coffee are my food groups. I read books about them. I took my wife to Glacier for an early Valentine’s Day celebration, which was the same day as my second interview concert.

The chocolates were so pretty, it was sad to eat them.

Tell us about your wife, who is a talented musician. We met while I was auditioning for the Fort Worth conductor position.

We dated for six weeks before I proposed.

We were married 10 days later. That was seven years ago. This season, my wife, Victoria Luperi, will be featured during one of the classics concerts because she is incredibly talented on the clarinet.

What instrument(s) do you play? The piano.

What’s your favorite piece of music? The one I’m conducting at the moment.

How does your previous conducting experience benefit Signature Symphony? I have conducted all over the place — in the U.S., South America, Europe — and built personal 38

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relationships with the artists who will be featured performers in the upcoming season. I am able to bring people I’ve worked with before and I know will be huge successes in Tulsa.

What about this job opportunity appealed to you? Being a young conductor and music director is a chance for me to implement my vision for the future of orchestral music — to share great music with everyone. I liked the orchestra’s connection to Tulsa Community College and the emphasis on education and outreach.

What about outreach got your attention?

Kids should be exposed to music, regardless of their socio-economic status. Through a partnership with Tulsa Public Schools, a quartet from the Signature Symphony called Higher Scale teaches music and performs in schools that don’t have music programs. We are planning a drive for new and used instruments. Education outreach has a big impact on students who learn to play instruments. Also, two members of the Higher Scale quartet are young moms who have started a new program, Seedling Symphony, that takes music into early childhood centers around town. They adapted some musical pieces and wrote others that include activities and actions for small children, as well as instruction techniques for teachers.

Do you feel pressure being only the second musical director in the symphony’s 36-year history? No, I feel a sense of relief. The community supports the orchestra. I’d have been worried if there’d been 55 music directors. I am aware that I have big shoes to fill. Dr. Barry Epperly has been inspiring. He wants the best for the orchestra. He came to my first concert (in October 2014). I asked him to conduct the second concert as Darth Vader.

What is the advantage of the orchestra’s TCC connection? I like being a part of a “community” college. It may be the only professional symphony connected to a community college.

It’s a very clever way of doing things. The sponsors support the professional orchestra. The orchestra gets support from the college. The college gets all the symphony business and the best soloists in the world performing on campus.

What can audiences look forward to after this season? The symphony’s 40th anniversary is coming up, and next year is the 20th anniversary of TCC’s VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education. So, we’ll see. tþ

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First-time Head Coach Philip Montgomery comes to Tulsa after seven years as Baylor University’s offensive coordinator.

The Golden Hurricane’s season opener is at home Sept. 5 against Florida Atlantic University.

GAME PLAN Coach Philip Montgomery begins a new era for University of Tulsa football.

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Whatever the case, a few short months after moving here from Waco, new University of Tulsa head football coach Philip Montgomery already has the lingo down.

“You’ve got the downtown area that is a true downtown,” Montgomery says. “New things are popping up. You got the Blue Dome District over there, you got Cherry Street.

There are just so many different avenues of what you’ve got here in Tulsa compared to Waco.”

Montgomery spent the past seven years in Waco as the offensive coordinator at Baylor University, where he, along with his longtime mentor, coach Art Briles, turned the perennial Big 12 doormat into one of the most successful and feared programs, not just in the conference, but in the entire country.

And they did it in an amazingly short amount of time.

Montgomery “is one of the top offensive minds in the country, and we really, really concentrated heavily on talking to offensiveminded coaches,” says TU Vice President and Director of Athletics Derrick Gragg. He says the university looked at two highly regarded head coaches and two very successful former head coaches, but Montgomery’s name kept making its way back to the top of the pile.

The parallels between Baylor and TU — the relatively small size compared to other schools in their respective conferences, the penchant for offensive fireworks and the focus on academics — are not lost on either Montgomery or Gragg.

“Looking at him going into a program like Baylor and helping them build their program into what it is today — and Houston before that, too — I think both those programs were pretty much down and flat at the time that he and Art Briles went into those systems,” Gragg says. “We’re hoping he can infuse that same type of energy and competitive level here.”

But Montgomery will be putting a lot of focus on what happens off the field, too.

For him, education is a top priority for his players, whom he encourages to be a part of the community, perform outreach to elementary schools and positively influence the youth. No matter where his players venture after college — whether that’s the NFL or the professional

“Players make things happen.

I mean, we as coaches, we’re part of it, but it’s the guys in between the lines that are making plays for you.

And you’re just making sure that you’re giving them all the tools and the things they need to be successful on and off the field.”

- University of Tulsa head football coach Philip Montgomery world — Montgomery strives to produce men who will contribute to their commmunity, whether as NFL players or simply as great husbands and fathers.

He’ll echo that same sentiment if you ask him about his successes thus far in life.

Even though his occupation calls for long hours and other rigors, he remains steadfast in his family being his biggest achievement.

“Yeah, we’ve won back-to-back Big 12 championships, we won state championships, when we were coaching in high school, those things are unbelievable … you can’t imagine the feeling that you get at the end of those types of seasons … but when it all comes back around, it’s still about family.”

Montgomery’s own father was a Church of Christ minister, and as a kid growing up in Texas Montgomery moved around a lot, but he says it forced him to be bold and make new friends.

“I mean you can’t walk around with your head down and expect people to come talk to you,” he says. “You’ve got to kind of step outside of your little box and open yourself up and just kind of see how it takes you.”

This is Montgomery’s first head coaching gig, and if he feels pressure, he doesn’t show it.

“I mean that’s part of this job, but it’s been a part of a bunch of jobs that I’ve been around,”

he says. “And so you just deal with that part of it.

You don’t let it lead you. It is a driving force, but at the end of the day you put your faith where it needs to be, and you continually grind and you keep working.”

Faith is an important part of his life, and he and his family are members at Park Plaza Church of Christ in Tulsa.

“Usually it takes us a much longer period of time before we kind of settle in on one, and we really found our niche pretty early here. And it’s just been a really easy and nice transition,” he says. “The people are just unbelievable, been very welcoming to myself and my family.”

TU fans are no doubt hoping that he can combine his outgoing personality with his long experience as a big-name coach in the Lonestar State to drill a recruiting pipeline directly into the giant football reservoir that is Texas.

“That’s the plan,” he laughs confidently.

“We’re going to fight those battles with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State on those kids … so we’re expanding our recruiting footprint, if you will.”

That will be crucial to winning, he says.

“Players make things happen,” he says. “I mean, we as coaches, we’re part of it, but it’s the guys in between the lines that are making plays for you. And you’re just making sure that you’re giving them all the tools and the things they need to be successful on and off the field.”

And make no mistake, TU fans. He plans to win.

“My goal is to get this program and this university back where it needs to be from a football standpoint. That’s my No. 1 goal,” Montgomery says. “When I took this job, that’s what I told them we’d get done, and we will.”

Gragg says the excitement showed when nearly 4,000 fans turned out just for TU’s Spring scrimmage game.

“There’s a great deal of excitement surrounding Coach Montgomery,” Gragg says. “It’s been very positive since day one, since the day we announced him. And that’s been several months ago, and I still run into people every week who tell me that it was an outstanding hire. And people can’t wait to see what he’s going to do this fall.”

High-powered, Baylor-style offensive fireworks?

“That’s the plan,” Montgomery laughs.

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FOSTER CARE FALLOUT:

CLOSING DOORS, ASKING QUESTIONS

Tulsa’s emergency children’s shelter is scheduled to close by the end of the year, increasing the urgency to find local foster families.

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By the end of this year, Tulsa’s 5-year-old, $12.4 million emergency children’s shelter will go dark. Doors will be locked, staff will resign or be reassigned and the children who once slept here — some for months at a time — will be gone.

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services houses children awaiting foster homes in two state-run shelters: Laura Dester in Tulsa and Pauline E. Mayer in Oklahoma City.

In 2014, between 53 and 99 children slept at the Laura Dester shelter each night, according to OKDHS. Starting with the Oklahoma City shelter, both will close by Dec. 31

to keep in line with OKDHS’ Pinnacle Plan to improve the state’s child welfare system (see p. 45).

The purpose for closing the shelters is clear: Children are meant for families, not facilities. But many in the community worry about closing the shelters when a significant number of foster families are still needed.

“The timeline is a very aggressive timeline,” says Chris Campbell, executive director of 111Tulsa, an organization seeking to solve the foster family shortage for Tulsa County and the surrounding region. He estimates the Tulsa area alone needs a minimum of 50 more foster families.

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“I want to see the (number) of children in shelters reduced, but I hope that’s done in a way that’s done really well.”

Katelynn Burns, communications coordinator for OKDHS, says the agency has been reducing the number of children admitted to the Oklahoma City shelter for months; no children have been admitted since July. This process has not started yet at Laura Dester, which is a larger facility that houses more children. From September through December, OKDHS hopes to find foster placements for the remaining children still at Laura Dester.

“We definitely do not have enough foster families,” Burns says. “We need more foster parents, period. We need people who are open-minded and will take teens, kids with developmental disabilities and sibling groups.

Those are generally the groups that are hardest to place.”

Despite this urgent need, OKDHS is moving forward to close both state-run shelters.

“The timeline is subject to change, but it looks like we’re on track,” Burns says.

SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES Children enter the foster care system when they are removed from their homes through no fault of their own, often as a result of neglect or abuse, and placed into state custody.

According to OKDHS, most children placed into foster care are reunited with their own parents within a year, but the potential for children to be traumatized during this process is extremely high.

The agency’s research shows that traumatic events can put children and youth at risk for learning difficulties, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, risk-taking behavior and psychiatric and health problems later in life.

Children enter foster care for diverse reasons but sources agree commonalities are poverty, substance abuse and untreated mental health conditions.

These problems, which are frequently generational, often go hand in hand, making a quick solution impossible.

Oklahoma also ranks No. 1 in the nation for female incarceration and No. 2 in incarceration overall. On the other side of these statistics are often children left with no parents to care for them.

The number of Oklahoma children in foster care increased 40 percent from 2011-14. At the end of the state fiscal year 2015, 10,764 children were in foster care.

Burns with OKDHS says the significant spike in children entering state custody was due to a state- and agency-wide fear factor that frequently resulted in the removal of children from their homes.

“There were a series of highly publicized child deaths that kind of put people in a foster care panic,” she says. “People were afraid to keep kids in families if they weren’t sure they were going to be OK.” In the past few years, she says the agency’s focus has shifted to preserving families when it is safe for the child by contracting with private agencies to provide comprehensive home-based services to some families of children at risk for foster care.

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For example, a child living in a filthy environment might previously have been removed from his home due to perceived neglect, Burns says. With the new approach, OKDHS might contract with private agencies to help teach his parents cleaning and organization skills that would allow the child to remain with his family.

Other in-home services might teach basic parenting skills such as cooking or appropriate child supervision. The approaches and results will vary with each situation, Burns says.

Now, OKDHS is collaborating with the state department of mental health to test a federally funded pilot program in southeast Oklahoma that builds on the approach’s success.

Despite its new working relationship with private agencies, Burns denies allegations from some in the foster care community that Oklahoma is moving toward total privatization of its child welfare system, a scenario in which private agencies assume full responsibility for what were formerly public functions.

In some states, such as Florida, privatization has led to better outcomes for children and families, greater accountability and increased efficiencies, according to the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, a national organization dedicated to achieving a healthy society and strong communities for all.

However, other states have fared worse, notes the alliance. Private agencies in Nebraska declared bankruptcy or withdrew their contracts altogether during the state’s transition to semi-privatized foster care.

While OKDHS is dipping its toe into the world of privatization, Burns emphasizes the agency will continue to investigate allegations of

The relatively new, state-of-the-art Laura Dester shelter was built largely with state funds, leading many to question the Oklahoma Department of Human Services’ plans for the facility once the shelter closes.

At press time, Katelynn Burns with OKDHS said the agency could not comment on its specific plans for the building, but she confirmed that OKDHS is working with a group of Tulsa stakeholders to help determine whether it can potentially be reused.

One of those stakeholders is Lynn Sossamon, director of the Tulsa County Child Protection Coalition, who says the group — which originated in 2003 and has been engaged with OKDHS since March in response to the closing — also includes representatives from 13 local agencies, two Tulsa city councilors and several contributors to the privately funded portions of the shelter.

Sossamon says the group presented OKDHS with a list of community concerns about the closing of Laura Dester and the children who will be impacted. It also

abuse and neglect by caregivers and will remove children from homes if and when appropriate.

“We can do as much as we can to prevent behavior, but we can’t always predict human behavior,” she says. “We are not going to leave a child in a situation that’s unsafe. That is not going to change just because we are providing intensive services.”

COMMUNITY CONCERNS Across the local foster care community, the OKDHS timeline and strategy for closing its shelters draws widespread skepticism.

“It will be another disruption for the young people,” says Lupe Ortiz-Tovar, a Tulsan who spent 13 years in foster care in Arizona. She now advocates for former foster youth at the national level. “My hope is that Oklahoma is working to find positive placements, ideally foster homes. But we know that number is low.

“I fear that young people will be institutionalized or put into group homes. That may be a Band-Aid, but it’s not a forever remedy for young people.”

Burns with OKDHS confirms that group homes are one potential solution for children still awaiting foster homes after the state-run shelters close. The teens who live in these facilities often receive intensive, specialized services in a small group setting less rigid than a shelter.

From a logistical standpoint, questions remain about where children in crisis — especially after hours — will stay while OKDHS finds them emergency foster homes. (Previously, children could be taken to the Laura Dester shelter.)

developed a list of ideas for how the facility could be reused to serve the same population: kids in state custody.

Ideas for reuse include an assessment or evaluation center, a medical clinic, a residential facility for teen mothers and their children, and an after-school center for foster children. But OKDHS has the ultimate decision on the facility’s future use.

Foster parent Lyndsey Reyes suggests another meeting place is needed for visitation appointments with biological parents and foster children, who normally meet with caseworkers and foster parents in a sterile OKDHS office or a chaotic restaurant such as

Burns says private shelters like the one operated by Youth Services of Tulsa might serve as emergency shelters for youth needing foster placement. However, she says private shelters “are still going to be considered an absolute last resort.”

Tulsa Police Officer Leland Ashley says the closing of Laura Dester will likely require officers to spend more time with children in crisis while Child Protective Services workers find them an emergency foster placement — time that could be spent responding to other emergencies.

In some cases, this could mean children are waiting in an officer’s patrol car until an emergency foster home is found.

“If we are taking a child out of a home, we have a responsibility for that child until we deem the situation is appropriate,” Ashley says.

Ultimately, OKDHS has a math problem it needs help to solve: too many kids and too few foster families.

“The big thing is that we as a community need to only be content when there are an overflowing amount of options for caseworkers when placing kids in a home,” Campbell says.

Tulsan Clay Finck-Ward, a 23-year specialist in child welfare at the national level, sums up what many expect once the shelters close: “I think it’s going to be chaos for a little bit,” he says.

However, his experience tells him the system and young people quickly adjust to a new norm.

“The thing about this new norm is, we don’t know yet if it will be good or bad, or if it’s a norm we can live with,” he says. “We just don’t know what it will do to outcomes.”

McDonald’s or Chik-Fil-A. Reyes says these places are not always conducive to observing parental engagement.

At this point, Sossamon says “the ball is in DHS’ court” to consider the options and announce its plans for Laura Dester.

“We are truly interested in meeting the needs of the children, more so than what the facility will be used for,” she says, speaking on behalf of the stakeholder group.

“If the facility could be used to address the needs of these kids, I’m all for it.”

For more information on the Tulsa County Child Protection Coalition, visit www.protectioncoalition.org.

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KEEPING BABIES SAFE Lack of communication from caseworkers — who often have significant caseloads — is a chief complaint among foster families. Many also decry the lengthy court process that can tie up reunification and adoptive cases, in particular, for years.

A privately funded pilot program, the Tulsa Safe Babies Court Team, launched in February to help address both issues over the next three years. The program, created by the national nonprofit ZERO TO THREE, focuses on children under age 3 who are in state custody. Tulsa is one of 14 SBCT sites across the country.

Abuse and neglect have been linked to serious developmental issues for infants and toddlers, according to ZERO TO THREE. These consequences can worsen in a foster care system with infrequent parental visitation, multiple placement changes and delays in finding a permanent home.

Sarah Beilke, community coordinator for the Tulsa team, says her role is to provide additional case management support and encourage community collaboration to serve the best interests of each child.

“It’s about helping caseworkers do their jobs more efficiently and effectively,” she says.

Beilke, who is the only Tulsa SBCT staff member, plans on taking up to 25 cases in the program’s first year.

For more information, visit www.zeroto three.org/maltreatment/safe-babies-courtteam.

OKLAHOMA PINNACLE PLAN In light of multiple controversies involving OKDHS and a class-action lawsuit over foster care filed by a children’s advocacy group, in 2012 OKDHS developed the Pinnacle Plan, a five-year blueprint to improve Oklahoma’s child welfare services.

A Pinnacle Plan benchmark on Dec. 31, 2012 prevented children under age 2 from staying in shelters. Instead, these children are now placed immediately into the home of an emergency foster family. By June 30, 2014, emergency shelter placement was reserved only as a last resort for children age 13 and older, and limited to a 30 days (within a 12-month period) while determining the best placement for the child — whether that is back home, to a family member or to a traditional foster home. The next major benchmark is the closing of state-run shelters by Dec. 31, 2015.

Other Pinnacle Plan initiatives include expansion of resource homes, new caseload standards for caseworkers, consistent and timely investigations and reporting of child maltreatment in care and effective and streamlined staff hiring and training.

Visit www.okdhs.org for more information on the Pinnacle Plan.

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FOSTERING H PE A

GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF THREE LOCAL FOSTER FAMILIES .

Joey and Lyndsey Reyes (center) and their children: Marisa Ibarra-Reyes, Ethan Muncy, Baby Z, Isaac Muncy and Ely Muncy.

To donate items or volunteer with James Mission, visit www.jamesmission.org.

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LYNDSEY AND JOEY REYES

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The Reyes founded James Mission to meet the material needs of foster and adoptive families, as well as low-income families and others.

It was born out of the couple’s own needs as new foster parents.

Children placed into emergency foster homes arrive on short notice and often with few personal belongings, the couple explains.

The ministry gets its name from the Scripture James 1:27 — “... to take care of widows and orphans ...” — that led them to open their home to foster children.

“I had the thought that I was 34, and I had done nothing with my life,” Joey says. “I asked God, ‘If we are really here for a purpose, grow us and start showing us that purpose.’”

In the past three years, the couple has cared for 13 foster children. Kids have stayed anywhere from one weekend to, in one difficult situation, 22 months.

In that case, the Reyes let the children’s biological mother visit their home while she worked toward reunification. There, Lyndsey mentored her on basic caregiving such as car seat safety and bathing the kids — skills she had never learned.

“I tried to create a good relationship with the mom so that there was trust on both ends to know that I’m not here to take her children away; I’m here to help her,” Lyndsey says.

Today the Reyes family includes Lyndsey’s three teenage sons from a previous marriage,

the couple’s daughter who was adopted through foster care and a 2-year-old foster daughter they have had since infancy and are working to adopt. Other foster children cycle in and out.

The entire crew helps sort James Mission’s community donations in the family’s formal dining room and garage, where families can shop by appointment. But soon the growing nonprofit — which clothes an average of 50 children per week — will move into a Tulsa warehouse.

At the new location, the family hopes to expand its work and use its experience to provide support, tangible and otherwise, to foster families.

“Sometimes they just don’t know what to do,” Lyndsey says of foster parents. “So, I can help guide or direct them to other resources that are available to foster families or families in need, too.”

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Kenneth and Renee Navarro and their children: Angel, Faith, John, Malk, Ana, Hope, Jacob and Conner.

SHELLEY CADAMY B     , SHELLEY CADAMY’   full of gallery openings, happy hours and traveling. She calls herself a “serial volunteer” who balked when a friend told her she would make a great foster parent.

Cadamy was a single professional who didn’t yearn for children. But in her late 30s, she found herself searching for a greater purpose.

“I just felt like, ‘My God, is this all there is?’” she says.

Her desire to make a difference in the lives of foster children led Cadamy to begin fostering two sisters (ages 6 and 9) seven and a half years ago. Like all foster parents, Cadamy received extensive training before she could take children into her home. But unexpected challenges arose.

Within 24 hours, the 6-year-old had to leave and enter therapeutic foster care for a year. Cadamy received additional training to become a therapeutic foster parent and brought the child home a little more than a year later.

But she still came to feel largely unprepared for the special needs of her foster daughters, who are now ages 13 and 16. Both have reactive attachment disorder (RAD), a serious condition in which young children do not establish healthy relationships with parents or caregivers.

The girls’ conditions are a result of neglect and abuse suffered at a young age, Cadamy says. Her youngest daughter has improved her violent outbursts, while her oldest daughter struggles with self-sabotage. Both exhibit manipulative behavior as a result of their survival instincts.

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“When my kids cried as babies, they were either ignored or beaten, or both, or sometimes they were fed,” says Cadamy, who has had to check in both girls for in-patient psychiatric care at various times. “They didn’t develop a sense of cause and effect.”

Shortly after fostering the girls, Cadamy welcomed the girls’ brother, now 10 years old, who does not exhibit symptoms of RAD. Although many foster parents before her threw in the towel with her children, Cadamy moved forward to adopt the entire sibling group in 2010.

“My kids are pretty phenomenal and resilient,” she says. “They have some perspective that a lot of 40-year-olds don’t have.

“I try to help them see their past as an opportunity to see what kind of people they want to be and to own their story rather than letting it own them.”

Despite the challenges her family has experienced the past seven years, she does not hesitate to say she would do it all over.

“I think it’s why I’m here,” she says. “I feel like I’m more useful in the world.”

Read Cadamy’s blog about foster care, adoption, mental health, race, social justice and more at www.badassamys.com.

KENNETH AND RENEE NAVARRO D M  KENNETH NAVARRO’    V,  made sure no one in his platoon was injured. He, however, took a bullet to the knee.

His approach to foster care is much the same. At age 74, he has taken 33 foster children into his home.

“We have a 100 percent success rate,” he says. “We’ve never lost a child or sent one back.”

Kenneth and his wife, Renee, married 11 years ago. Each had four biological children who were mostly grown.

Three years into their marriage, Renee’s friend asked the Navarros to take her son into their home while she worked on some personal issues. The couple agreed and took the necessary classes to become a kinship foster placement.

After the boy went back to live with his mother, the couple thought, “Well, what now?” Renee recalls.

They prayed about it and became traditional foster parents. Their first placement was trial by fire: 18-month-old triplets. And when they left, the calls from OKDHS — and the kids — kept coming.

“I can’t say no to a child,” explains Kenneth, who is the children’s main caregiver in his retirement. Renee works full time at St. John Medical Center.

Over the past seven years, every foster child leaving the Navarros’ home has been reunified with his or her parents — an uncommon occurrence, according to Kenneth. In addition to caring for the children, Kenneth says he tries to help their parents — even providing them transportation to visitation or court hearings when needed.

“Taking care of the kids isn’t enough for me,” he says. “Every child who comes into the system needs to be back with their parents.”

Saying goodbye to children you’ve cared for is heartbreaking, the couple admits. But they do it anyway to help break what they call the “vicious cycle” of issues that keep generations in the foster care system.

For some of their foster children, reunification with family wasn’t possible. So, Kenneth and Renee recently adopted eight of their former foster kids, who range in age from 2-16.

At a time in their lives when most people are slowing down, the Navarros are as passionate as ever about their calling. They keep the family running with a structured routine, support from their church and friends, and a lot of prayer.

“When you put God first, God takes care of you,” Renee says.

Trinity, Shelley and Milton Cademy.

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BECOME A FOSTER PARENT

Clay Finck-Ward, Lupe Ortiz-Tovar and Bryan Finck-Ward.

To be a foster parent in Oklahoma, one must: • Be at least 21.

• Have healthy relationships, whether married, single, separated or divorced.

• Be able to manage personal and household financial needs without relying on the foster care reimbursement.

• Fulfill the OKDHS policy on criminal background checks for all household members 13 and older. There must be no history of alleged or confirmed child abuse, neglect or sexual abuse.

• Have a working vehicle.

• Provide appropriate sleeping arrangements for each child placed.

• Be in good physical and mental health.

• Provide references.

• Complete required training in a timely manner.

• No smoking in the home or vehicle when the child is present.

• Comply with OKDHS rules on discipline.

• Be able to work as part of a team with social workers and biological parents.

If you are interested in becoming a foster parent, call the OKDHS Bridge Resource Support Center at 800-376-9729 or visit www.okbridgefamilies.com.

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BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS LUPE ORTIZ-TOVAR            W House in May. But she received an even more significant prize four months earlier.

In January, Ortiz-Tovar, who is a former foster child herself, was legally adopted at age 32.

Ortiz-Tovar and her sister entered Arizona’s foster care system as young children. They lived in numerous shelters, foster homes and group homes and were eventually separated. Both aged out of the foster care system.

Despite childhood trauma before entering foster care, Ortiz-Tovar graduated high school and earned a degree in psychology from Arizona State University. She began her career with a nonprofit that connects foster youth to peer mentors, who are former foster children themselves, and also traveled across the country facilitating conferences on independent living for foster youth.

“Having lived the experience of foster care, I have only ever wanted to create more learning opportunities for young people because I know that’s what made the difference in my life,” she says. “So, to be able to do that professionally is just a huge bonus.”

Ortiz-Tovar came to Tulsa in 2010 when she joined the National Resource Center for Youth Development at OU-Tulsa (now defunct). There, she focused on improving child welfare practices under Clay Finck-Ward, who became a mentor and close friend during their frequent work travel.

“We spent lots of time at the airport, lots of time stranded, sometimes without our belongings,” Ortiz-Tovar says. “You bond.”

In summer 2014, the two began working with JBS International Inc. on federal contracts that manage the auditing of foster care on a national level. On a personal level, Ortiz-Tovar grew closer to Finck-Ward and his family, including his husband, Bryan Finck-Ward.

At this point, Ortiz-Tovar was an accomplished young woman making a difference in the lives of other foster alumni. But something was missing. Something had always been missing.

“As a child in the beginning, I was really hopeful for a home,” she recalls. “When that didn’t happen, I thought it was just an unapproachable dream. I was going to be my own safety net because every time I thought I was with a family, I wasn’t good enough or something happened.”

All that changed on Father’s Day weekend 2014, when Ortiz-Tovar was invited to the FinckWards’ family brunch. At that gathering, Bryan announced his plans to legally adopt Clay’s children.

Then, Bryan and Clay announced they also wanted to adopt Ortiz-Tovar.

“That was the farthest thing from my mind,” she says, “and I lost it. Ugly mascara running down the face, face on the table, crying — all day.”

Before she agreed to legally join the family, Ortiz-Tovar called to receive the blessing of her biological sister with whom she had reconnected after high school.

“My sister said, ‘We’ve always had people leave our lives. We’ve never had people ask to stay.’”

And so, in May, when Ortiz-Tovar became one of 12 former foster youth to receive a “Champion of Change” award from the White House, the moment was even bigger than it might have been.

“I had parents in the audience,” she says, beaming. “I was proud and I knew that other people were proud. It was just a beautiful moment.” tþ

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ick off the football season with a sandwich fit for a football great. At Billy Sims Barbecue, try the Heisman — chopped brisket, a hot link and a slice of bologna, piled high atop a toasted bun ($8.99). Add a splash of the signature sauce, and you’ve got a dish you can’t fumble. Try the Baked Potato Salad or mac ‘n’ cheese as your side.

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Dilly Deli has transformed into Dilly Diner, a new concept from the McNellie’s Group incorporating local and organic products to create a diner for all ages.

Natural selection An evolving downtown called for a reinvigorated dining concept.

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T REVOR T ACK      distinction. Dilly Deli wasn’t simply remodeled or rebranded.

“It’s a brand-new restaurant,” he says.

When Dilly Deli opened six years ago, it was an oddity — a quirky, fun place to grab breakfast or a sandwich at the edge of the downtown scene.

Today, it’s in the heart of all that’s happening downtown. And just as downtown Tulsa is standing taller and prouder, so is Dilly Diner.

“We evolved with downtown. We saw a hole in the dining needs of Tulsa, and we filled it,” says Tack, corporate executive chef of the McNellie’s Group.

That gap, as envisioned by Tack and Elliot Nelson, was for a diner. Not an ironic diner, but a legitimate breakfast, lunch and dinner diner

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with homemade pies cooling on the counter, pancakes as big as platters and blue-plate special-style dinners.

But, there are surely differences. I bet you’ve never been to a diner — at least not in Oklahoma — where your hamburger bun was homemade, where the grilled cheese is served on brioche or where every member of the waitstaff can properly pronounce quinoa gremolata (yes, it’s on this diner menu).

Dilly Deli was my kids’ favorite restaurant, so I wondered if Dilly Diner would be as kid-friendly. It is. Parents who’ve brought their kids to Dilly Deli will be glad to know the kids’ playhouses on the patio remain, so kids can have fun running around until the food arrives.

For a recent weekday lunch, we ordered a few things, splitting between my husband and

me and the kids. The kids were happy to have pancakes for lunch — and so was I. The griddle cakes ($4.95 for a short stack) are crepe-like with a paper-thin edge and fluffy center.

A turkey sandwich is one of the default foods for my three little ones, but I’ll gladly take the default with Dilly Diner’s turkey and avocado sandwich ($10.95) with turkey, bacon, avocado, tomato, arugula, Havarti cheese and chipotle aioli on house-made wheat berry bread. The Havarti is made locally from Lomah Dairy.

I could close my eyes and be happy choosing anything on Dilly Diner’s breakfast menu.

Green eggs and ham, bagel and salmon lox, chicken and waffles. And on the sweet side, it would be hard to choose between a chocolate chip waffle, Bananas Foster French toast and cinnamon sticky rolls.

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McNellie’s Group Corporate Executive Chef Trevor Tack, Chef Memo Zavala and Pastry Chef Chase Hammontree Turkey and avocado sandwich

Meatloaf

Dinner at Dilly Diner is a bit of a different scene. You’ll still find lots of families, but also couples on dates and friends having drinks or coffee and dessert. The dinner menu is smaller, but the lunch and breakfast menus are served all day.

We shared a rib-eye ($17.95) served with a toasted baguette, cherry tomatoes, basil and red onion with a balsamic reduction. The perfectly cooked rib-eye would have been good enough on its own, but was perfectly complemented with the tart aged balsamic and fresh bursts from the tomatoes.

The meatloaf ($11.95) became a customer favorite as soon as Dilly Diner opened its doors. It’s served with creamy mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy, crispy onions and green

402 E. Second St. | 918-938-6382 | www.dillydiner.com Hours: 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday-Thursday; 7 a.m.-1 a.m., Friday and Saturday; 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday.

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beans — or whatever vegetable is in season. If you’re generally on the fence about meatloaf, give this one a try.

It’s not typical diner food, but the Chicken Manh Di ($10.95) with grilled chicken, peanut cilantro slaw, cucumber and garlic aioli is great for lunch or dinner. Our waiter suggested trying it with the house-made chips and dip.

The crisp chips are served with an addictive blue cheese horseradish.

Desserts change every day at Dilly Diner.

With a full-service bakery, you can order from the table or drop in to pick up cookies, brownies, cakes and pies by the slice or house-made soft-serve ice cream.

We tried the devil’s food cake ($4 a slice), which was like the best chocolate cake you re-

member from your childhood, but covered in a rich, smooth chocolate ganache. It was perfect with the vanilla milkshake. If you’re a sweets person, you’ll love that the desserts are all on display.

Tack noted the original dream was for everything coming out of the Dilly Deli kitchen to be organic or local. That was much more difficult six years ago than it is today. Tack uses as many local farms and vendors as possible. Perhaps more impressive than that is that nearly everything is made in-house.

“We’re homemade, top to bottom,” he says.

“From the corned beef and pastrami to the soft-serve, we make it all.”

Memo Zavala is chef, Jillian Vandaveer is general manager and David Robuck is McNellie’s Group executive pastry chef. tþ TulsaPeople.com

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GRILLED SQUASH PASTA SALAD Serves 8

S      locavores.

The heydays of Bixby corn, Arkansas peaches and backyard tomatoes practically falling off the vine are slowly fading. What takes their place isn’t as flashy, but it’s nothing to scoff at. It’s squash.

September is prime time for squash. The best squash comes from the farmers’ markets, or even better, your own backyard. But even grocery store squash is good — and inexpensive — this time of year.

Squash is one of those vegetables we tend to pass on in favor of more dramatic veggies like asparagus and eggplant. Take a second look at squash this season. Try one of these recipes that might just turn you into a fan.

I’ve loved this recipe since I found it on The Kitchn site. It’s great as a side but could easily be a vegetarian meal.

8 ounces bowtie pasta ½ pound yellow summer squash, cut into 1-inch chunks ½ pound zucchini, halved lengthwise and cut into 1-inch chunks ¼ cup olive oil, divided Salt 1 tablespoon Champagne vinegar ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano ¼ cup toasted pine nuts 2 tablespoons chopped pitted kalamata olives

POTATO, SQUASH AND GOAT CHEESE GRATIN Serves 6 2 medium yellow squash, about ½ pound total 4 small to medium red potatoes, about 1 pound 3 tablespoons olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 ounces goat cheese ¼ cup whole milk ⅓ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1 tablespoon thinly sliced basil or thyme leaves (optional) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly grease a 1 ½- to 2-quart casserole dish with a drizzle of olive oil.

Use a mandoline or chef ’s knife to slice the squash and potatoes into very, very thin slices, ⅛-inch or less. In a large bowl, toss the sliced vegetables with the 3 tablespoons olive oil.

Place a third of the squash and potato slices in the bottom of the dish — no need to layer them squash-potato-squash; just spread evenly — then season with salt and pepper. Top with half of the goat cheese, scattered evenly in large chunks. Repeat with another third of the vegetables, seasoning again with salt and pepper and topping with the other half of the goat cheese. Finish by layering on the final third of the vegetables and seasoning with salt and pepper.

Pour the milk over the entire dish. Top with the Parmesan cheese. Bake, covered, for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake 15 more minutes, until the top browns. Scatter on the fresh herbs, if using.

IT’S RESTAURANT WEEK! My kitchen will be closed Sept. 12-20. It’s Restaurant Week, and that means a chance to sample food from Tulsa’s best restaurants — all for a great price and a good cause.

Restaurant Week is a fun chance to try a restaurant you’ve never been to. Participating restaurants will offer prix-fixe menus for lunch, brunch or dinner. That’s two courses for $12.95 or three courses for $15.95 for lunch and a three-course dinner for $25, $35 or two for $35.

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In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain and rinse thoroughly under cold water until completely cool.

Prepare a gas or charcoal grill for medium heat. Thread squash and zucchini chunks onto metal skewers and place on a baking sheet.

Brush vegetables with olive oil on all sides, and sprinkle with salt to taste. Transfer to grill and cook 10-15 minutes, turning occasionally, or until vegetables are very tender.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together remaining olive oil, vinegar and pepper.

With a fork, push vegetables off skewers back onto baking sheet and toss them in oil left there. In a large bowl, toss together pasta, vegetables, oregano, pine nuts and olives. Add dressing and salt and pepper to taste; toss. Serve warm or cold. 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.

It’s a good deal for diners and for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, which receives 10 percent of Restaurant Week menu sales for the week.

A bonus this year: Restaurant Week kicks off 7-10 p.m., Sept. 11, with Pie Night at Antoinette’s Baking Co., 3305 S. Peoria Ave. For a complete list of the 50 participating restaurants, see p. 64. Find menus online at TulsaPeople.com/ restaurantweek.

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Die-hard football fans set their schedules by who’s playing when. And if they’re going to be out when the game is on, they know to go to the best spots in town where they can eat satisfying food and root for their teams.

Lefty’s on Greenwood Since opening earlier this year, Lefty’s has been a go-to place for drinks with friends, late-night dinners and all things sports.

Lefty’s also has a good mix of salads, including a hearty Caesar with a creamy dressing ($4.99). Also popular is the Hawk Eye, a triple-breaded pork tenderloin sandwich ($10.99).

10 N. Greenwood Ave., 918-794-0017, www.leftysongreenwood.com Fassler Hall Bratwurst, kraut burgers and legit pretzels are just what you want while watching football. And you can’t beat the beer selection, including hard-to-find bottles and European drafts.

Order Fassler’s famous duck fat fries ($5) — handcut potatoes fried in duck fat.

304 S. Elgin Ave., 918-576-7898, www.fasslerhall.com Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fat Guy’s stays true to its name. Here, the basic burger is a double-meat. If you want a single patty, you’ll have to order a kid’s burger. The Black and Blue ($7.29) is one of the best, stuffed with bits of butter and blue cheese.

And if double meat isn’t enough, there’s the Jumbo Triple Bacon Cheeseburger ($8.99).

140 N. Greenwood Ave., 918-794-7782; 7945 S. Memorial Drive, 918-893-2232; www.fatguysburgers.com Leon’s Leon’s has more than 20 TV screens, including a huge 80-inch screen where everyone — even when it’s packed — has a good view of the game.

Sliders and brick-oven pizzas are the stars here. If you’re there for a morning game, check out the brunch menu, with favorites like biscuits and gravy, brisket hash and Bloody Marys.

3301 S. Peoria Ave., 918-933-5366, www.eatatleons.com The Brook There’s no shortage of football food at The Brook. Both the original and south Tulsa locations are stocked with TV screens, so everyone, whether seated at the bar or booths, can see the game. The cheese fries ($9.95) are legendary. Fries are loaded with melted cheese and served with homemade ranch. Tip: Add bacon bits, chives and jalapeños for $3.

3401 S. Peoria Ave., 918-748-9977; 7727 E. 91st St., 918-392-9977; www.brookrestaurant.com

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SPIRITS

The reign in Spain

Albariño and Tempranillo wines prove Spain is a worldwide wine mecca.

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T    I   S    that is surprising wine critics daily — the reign of terrific wines capturing worldwide attention from the Iberian Peninsula. Spain has a plethora of grape varieties but the two most popular are Tempranillo and Albariño.

Quality levels have never been as high as they are now in a country that has shaken the destruction from Francisco Franco’s fascist regime since his death in 1975 and turned the wine industry around. Toward the end of the 1990s, Spain saw more money from within and outside the country being poured into the wine industry.

Winemakers strived to improve standards in temperature control, vineyard management practices and use of French barrique. They also allowed wines to spend less time in oak barrels in general. All of this started the ball rolling, and the reign of quality wines began to explode in Spain.

The most notable red grape is Tempranillo, coming from the word “temprano” meaning “early.” This refers to the fact this grape ripens several weeks earlier than most Spanish red grapes. Tempranillo is known by other synonyms throughout Spain — Cencibel and Tinto Fino in several regions, Tinta del Pais in Ribera del Duero, Tinta de Toro in Toro, Ull de Llebre in Catalonia, plus others. This grape makes full-bodied red wines and is often blended with Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano in the Rioja region.

The wines exude flavors of red and black fruit, leather and tobacco and come across as a little “rustic” sometimes, which only adds to their charm. tþ *Wine columnist Randa Warren is a Master Sommelier; Certified Wine Educator; Associate Member of the Institute of Wines and Spirits; and is a Certif ied Specialist of Spirits.

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Laxas 2014 Albariño, Rias Biaxas, Spain — $12.99 Bursting with stone fruit flavors of white peaches and apricots, this wine is laced with higher acidity and racy mineral notes. It finishes very dry and is a perfect late summer wine.

Cubo Tempranillo 2011, La Mancha, Spain — $8.99 Robert Parker loves this wine and gave it a 90-point rating. It is jammed to the cork with flavors of blackberry and black plums. It is inky black and very full-bodied but oozes with rich, ripe fruit flavors and a wallop of tannin.

Lan Reserva 2008, Rioja, Spain — $20.99 Rioja is Spain’s most popular region for red wine. Tempranillo is at its finest in the Lan Reserva — aged for a longer period of time in oak barrels, the wine shows complexity with layers of vanilla, fruit and earth and will continue to improve in the bottle for 7-10 years.

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Pizzaiolo Mike Bausch Andolini’s Pizzeria crafts pizza and libations “Tulsa Style” – honest, made from scratch and delicious.

We serve award-winning pizzas and amazing cocktails, beers and wines with genuine Oklahoma friendliness. No freezers, no microwaves, no kidding. At Andolini’s Pizzeria, real food has never been a gimmick; it is how we put the customer first.

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $12.95 Lunch for 2 courses $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses LUNCH Appetizers Garlic Knots Bruschetta Small Signature Salad Entrees Two slices of pizza Sausage/pepperoni/cheese/or Slice of the Day Desserts Oreo Cheesecake Brownie Italian Butter Cake

Andolini’s Pizzeria 1552 E. 15th St. 918-728-6111 www.AndoPizza.com

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU Choose one selection for each course

$15.95 Brunch for 3 courses $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses $35 Dinner BRUNCH

Appetizer Fresh Fruit Bowl Cup of Seasonal Soup Chef’s Seasonal Bruschetta Entrée House-Battered Chicken over Belgium Waffles Short Rib Hash Avocado, Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Dessert The Chalkboard White Chocolate Bread pudding Homemade New York Cheese Cake

LUNCH

Appetizer Small House Arugula and Spinach Salad Cup of Seasonal Soup Chef’s Seasonal Bruschetta Entrée Eggplant Primavera Avocado, Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato Organic Spring Mix Dessert The Chalkboard White Chocolate Bread pudding Homemade New York Cheese Cake

DINNER

Appetizer Small House Arugula and Spinach Salad Cup of Seasonal Soup Chef’s Seasonal Bruschetta Entrée Pan-roasted Bone-in Breast of Chicken Eggplant Primavera Moroccan Braised Short Rib Dessert The Chalkboard White Chocolate Bread pudding Homemade New York Cheese Cake

The Chalkboard 1324 S. Main St. • 918-582-1964 www.TheChalkboard-Tulsa.com

SuShi Chef JoSeph oh SuShi Chef Cody Stell RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses • $35 Dinner LUNCH Appetizer Miso Soup Edamame ½ ITR Salad Entrée Fusion Rice Bowl with Chicken Cabo Tacos with Chicken Choice of Two Rolls: BOK, California or Veggie Dessert Chocolate Euphoria Vanilla or Chocolate Brûlée

DINNER Appetizer Miso Soup and ½ ITR Salad Mini Sampler Entrée Teriyaki Rice Bowl Fusion Fried Rice Choice of ITR Raw Combo, Not Raw Combo, Spicy Roll Combo or Volcano Dessert Chocolate Euphoria Vanilla or Chocolate Brûlée

in the raw sushi

3321 S. Peoria Ave. • 918-744-1300 6151 S. Sheridan Road • 918-524-0063 www.intherawsushi.com TulsaPeople.com

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Chef DaviD Bailey RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $12.95 Lunch • $35 Dinner for Two LUNCH Bento Box Small order of Miso Soup Small order of ITR Salad Small order of Chicken Teriyaki ½ order of either Dunwell Roll or Candy Roll

DINNER

Chef De Cuisine Ben West RESTAURANT WEEK MENU Choose one selection for each course

$15.95 Lunch LUNCH First Course Amuse Bouche A selection of mixed canapé Second Course Tomato Basil Soup Strawberry Kale Salad

Chef/Owner Matt Kelley Lucky’s Restaurant on Cherry Street is smart, stylish and upscale dining. We go to great lengths to procure the highest quality products, from local produce and meats to sustainable seafood. Most of the wines on our wine list are small, family owned vintners with the same focus, passion and beliefs that we share.

We know it makes a difference!

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU

Appetizer (Choose One) ½ ITR Salad ½ Pork Gyoza

Third Course Grilled Salmon With Citrus reduction. Served with roasted potato and vegetables.

Choose one selection for each course

Entrée (Choose Two) Choose Two: Candy Roll, Dunwell Roll, Restless Ribbon Roll or Cody Roll

Turkey Medallions With a white wine turkey Jus. Served with roasted potato and vegetables.

Choose One: Chicken or Shrimp Fried Rice, or Chicken or Shrimp Teriyaki Bowl

Dessert Lemon Tart Chocolate Tart

Appetizer Signature Salad Grilled Chicken and Hominy Soup Black Eyed Pea Cakes

Desserts (Choose One) Vanilla or Chocolate Brûlée

$35 Dinner DINNER

Entrée House-made Fettuccine Chicken Fried Steak Trimbach Riesling Chicken Dessert Buttermilk Biscuit Bread Pudding Turtle Brownie Seasonal Sorbet

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2727 S Rockford Rd 918-748-5367 www.LaVillaPhilbrook.com

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At The Melting Pot Restaurant, we offer a unique, interactive dining experience creating memorable moments with family and friends.

You’re the chef! Tailor your visit with a four-course dining experience including cheese fondue, salad, entrée and dessert paired with a perfect glass of wine from our extensive selection.

Choose one selection for each course

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $35 Dinner

$12.95 Lunch for 2 courses $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses $35 Dinner

DINNER Appetizer Bacon and Jalapeño Cheese Fondue Gruyère, Raclette and fontina cheeses, jalapeños, garlic, shallots, bacon and cracked black pepper.

Served with artisan bread and seasonal vegetables for dipping plus choice of freshly prepared salad.

Entrée The Classic Certified Angus Beef sirloin, Memphis-style BBQ pork medallion, Pacific white shrimp, herb-crusted, all-natural breast of chicken and teriyaki-marinated sirloin served with fresh vegetables and Seasoned CourtBouillon cooking style.

Dessert Banana Split Chocolate Fondue Who needs ice cream when you have fondue? We’ve combined all the flavors of this classic dessert into our decadent milk chocolate fondue.

The Melting Pot 300 Riverwalk Terrace, Suite 190, Jenks 918-299-8000 www.MeltingPot.com

Chef

MiChael Minden RESTAURANT WEEK MENU

LUNCH Appetizer Lobster Bisque Soup of the Day Caesar Salad Entrée Chicken Michael’s Salad Pork Loin Sandwich Quiche and Salad Dessert Baked Fudge Coconut Cream Pie

DINNER Appetizer Michael’s Signature Salad Caesar Salad Soup of the Day

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU Choose one selection for each course

• $12.95 Lunch for 2 courses • $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses • $35 Dinner for Two LUNCH First Course Bruschetta Hummus Second Course Choice of any small Flatbread or Pizza Third Course Mini-brownie Sundae

DINNER First Course Choice of any one Appeteaser to share Second Course Choice of any two Flatbread, Pasta or Entrée Third Course Choice of any one dessert

Entrée Mango Tilapia Chicken Oscar Pork Chop Dessert Chocolate Bread Pudding Baked Fudge Coconut Cream Pie

Michael V’s 8222 E. 103rd, Suite 137 918-369-0310 www.MichaelVsRestaurant.com

Naples Flatbread 201 S. Denver Ave. W. #107 918-879-1990 www.NaplesFlatbread.com

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Chef Paul Wilson Chef Jeff Dunnigan At Oliveto Italian Bistro, our guests can enjoy a delicious, made-from scratch Italian meal in a relaxed bistro setting. From our signature appetizers to our scrumptious desserts, we’ve got a menu that will please the whole family! Don’t forget to take a peek at our fabulous wine list! Let our friendly staff serve you as you “Meet, Eat and Unwind”.

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $35.00 Dinner for Two DINNER Appetizers (Choose one) Bruschetta Sundae Asiago Spinach Dip Entrées (Choose two) Chicken Marsala Shrimp Scampi Eggplant Parmesan Chicken Parmesan Desserts (Choose one) Dulce de Leche Bread Pudding Eight Chocolate Brownie Bliss

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James shrader RESTAURANT WEEK MENU Choose one selection for each course

$15.95 Lunch • $35 Dinner LUNCH Appetizer Soup du Jour Shrimp Shiitake Pot Sticker ½ Fried Green Tomato Salad Entrée 1/3-Pound Turkey Burger Fried Chicken ½ Reuben Sandwich Dessert Milk and Cookies Fresh Beignets Brioche Bread Pudding

DINNER Bento Mini Crab Cake ½ Grilled Caesar ½ Fried Green Tomato Caprese Entrée Grilled Salmon Steak Frites Mushroom Ravioli Dessert Milk and Cookies Fresh Beignets Brioche Bread Pudding

Palace Café 1301 E. 15th St. 918-582-4321 www.PalaceTulsa.com

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $12.95 Brunch for 2 courses $15.95 Brunch for 3 courses $12.95 Lunch for 2 courses $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses $35 Dinner BRUNCH LUNCH Appetizer Spinach and Artichoke Caesar Salad Seafood Gumbo Entrée Eggs Sardou Over-Easy Po Boy Grits and “Grillades” Dessert Bananas Foster Chocolate Bread Pudding Pan Purdue

Appetizer Fried Okra Caesar Salad Seafood Gumbo Entrée Chicken Fricassee French Fry Po Boy Shrimp Creole Dessert Bananas Foster Chocolate Bread Pudding Pan Purdue

DINNER Appetizer Fried Okra NoLa Hot Tamale Caesar Salad Entrée Crawfish Étouffée Chicken Fry Gator Linguini Zydeco Dessert Bananas Foster Chocolate Bread Pudding Pan Purdue

S&J Oyster Bar 308 E. 1st St. 918-938-7933 www.SJOyster.com

Chef erik reynolds RESTAURANT WEEK MENU

Chef Renoo Jansala RESTAURANT WEEK MENU Choose one selection for each course

Choose one selection for each course

$35 Dinner

$12.95 Lunch • $25 Dinner

DINNER

LUNCH Entrée Grilled Romaine Smoke Burger Pulled Pork Tacos Dessert Buttermilk Panna Cotta Ganache Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich

RESTAURANT WEEK MENU $12.95 Lunch for 2 courses $15.95 Lunch for 3 courses

Appetizer Tropical Lettuce Wrap Crispy rice with fresh herbs, glass noodles, peanuts and a twist of lime.

Choose one selection for each course

Chicken Curry Puffs Deep-fried pastry stuffed with chicken, potato, curry powder and savory ingredients. Served with sweet and sour cucumber salad.

Appetizer Kale Caesar Chef’s Salad Spinach and Apples

Appetizer House Salad with Sherry Vinaigrette Fire Roasted Tomato Bisque Manchego Fritters

Entrée KaPrao Shrimp Stir-fried shrimp, chili, garlic, bell peppers, green onions, yellow onions, fresh basil in our signature Kaprao sauce. Served with jasmine rice.

Entrée Grilled Salmon Wood Grilled Pork Brisket Goats Cheese Gnocchi

Trout Pad Ped Crispy trout filet coated with a special sweet and spicy red curry sauce and kefir lime leaves. Served with jasmine rice.

Dessert Buttermilk Panna Cotta Flourless Chocolate Torte

Crab Fried Rice Traditional Thai fried rice with tomatoes, yellow onions, green onions and chunks of crabmeat. Topped with a fried egg.

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Dessert Tropical Mango Crisps Deep-fried Ice Cream

$35 Dinner LUNCH

Entrée Any item off of our seven dollar lunch menu Dessert Key Lime Pie Marshall’s IPA Brownie

DINNER Appetizer Kale Caesar Chef’s Salad Spinach and Apples Entrée Rib Eye Pan Fried Portobello Aphrodite Salmon Dessert Key Lime Pie Marshall’s IPA Brownie

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The Tropical

1542 E. 15th Street 918-949-4440 www.SmokeTulsa.com

The Vault

8125 E. 49th St. 918-895-6433 www.TropicalTulsa.com

620 S. Cincinnati Ave 918-948-6761 www.VaultTulsa.com TulsaPeople.com

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THE BEST TASTING WEEK OF THE YEAR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 12!

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Restaurant Week is a delicious opportunity to experience the Tulsa area’s best restaurants at a great price and help fight hunger in Oklahoma!

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Neely Phelan horn and druzy earrings, $150, Miss Jackson’s; black leather braided bracelets, $25 each, Joseph Ribkoff black dress, $172, Frank Lyman black and gun nickel knit belt, $42, and Frank Lyman black knit belt with silver detail, $44, all from Donna’s.

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HAUTE TOPICS

My affinity for school supplies

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Playing with glue? Totally got — squeezing tiny bits from the Elmer’s bottle onto your fingertips and letting it dry before peeling it off like zombie flesh. Good times.

Each August, right before school started, Mamaw would usually bring up the story about how some snotty kid in grade school ate her paste and how it traumatized her. Reliving the moment with Mamaw via storytelling was traumatizing for me, too, quite frankly.

Anyway, I wasn’t the biggest fan of school, but I did love procuring new school supplies — more than once on the night before the first day of school along with other procrastinating families on the school supply aisle of the K&B. Through sixth grade, the list always seemed to be the same: crayons, pencils, colored pencils, colored markers, loose-leaf paper, notebooks, a compass and a protractor. In all my years of buying a protractor, I can’t recall ever using it — which may be the root of the reason I reach for a calculator when dividing anything other than the numbers 1 or 2 into any other number that doesn’t end in 0.

Finding the appropriate Trapper Keeper was stressful, as I was more concerned with finding one that other kids found cool than I was with actually liking it myself. The problem was I didn’t know what was cool — hence the purple-edged Trapper Keeper with a tropical sunset on the cover. It was less “This kid is awesome!” and more “Would you like to retire here when you turn 65 next week?” It wasn’t well received.

Neither was my Voltron lunchbox in sixth grade at Immaculate Conception School. I vetoed buying a school lunch because I’d rather

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eat something my mom made me than stand in line with other kids and have food slopped on a slotted plastic tray. It was just all too reminiscent of a prison movie I saw as a kid.

School supplies weren’t nearly as fun in high school, as it was mostly just pens, pencils and a notebook for each class. But college was cooler because I at least got to pick out my backpack — hunter green, which matched my late ’80s/ early ’90s decorating palette of navy, burgundy and — surprise! — hunter green.

My affinity for school supplies hasn’t waned as an adult. Sometimes I stroll past the school supplies aisle and look at different notebooks, pens and related accoutrements.

“Awww, are you shopping for your little one?” one woman asked at Walgreens.

“Umm … Yes, ma’am,” I lied. So if you hear a rumor that I have a child somewhere in Tulsa, don’t freak out. Or laugh too hard in the person’s face, although I’d probably be tempted to do that myself.

I’ve even slipped up at work and called office supplies school supplies. We have a little supply closet with legal pads, pens and Post-it notes, which I’ve been known to steal off people’s desks. Not like pens, which I take completely by mistake. No, I deliberately thieve sticky pads from people’s desks because I want them. I’m not proud of it. This is more of an admission of guilt to assuage my conscience.

I also have an inordinate fondness for multi-colored pushpins, paperclips and stress balls. My current collection includes a squishy planet Earth, an airplane, a bus and a hard hat.

Oh! And those black clippy things, which is a stupid school sup- … I mean office supply to collect considering I don’t know the names for them. Not paper clips but … Words fail me. Apparently, dictionaries weren’t as important as protractors on my teachers’ back-to-school lists. 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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IN THE GARDEN

Good weeds

Weeds get a bad rap, but some have their benefits in a garden.

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But, what are weeds?

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, they are “a plant whose virtues have not been discovered.” The American Heritage Dictionary defines them as “a plant considered undesirable, unattractive or troublesome,” especially those growing where they are not wanted, as in a garden.

When colonists came to North America, they were faced with countless unfamiliar New World plants without English names. New plants had to be learned and named, and they often attached the word “weed” to their name.

For example, Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureaum) from eastern North America is derived from the name Jo Pi, a Native American healer who used Eupatorium to treat a variety of ailments. Folklore says that Jo Pi used it to cure fevers and the American colonists used it during a typhus outbreak. His association with the plant resulted in its name, and today it is one of the well-known garden perennials to attract pollinators.

The showy Orange Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is known for attracting Monarch butterflies and other pollinators to our gardens. In addition to providing nectar for the butterflies, the Monarchs lay eggs on the foliage, and their caterpillars eat the leaves and ingest the toxins of the milkweed. In turn, this makes them distasteful to their predators.

The yellow and orange Jewel Weed (Impatiens pallida and I. capensis) are our native impatiens and are named for the appearance of water droplets that bead up like jewels on the foliage. These annuals grow in damp, wet shady spots and provide food for hummingbirds and insects. Mashed leaves and soap made with their leaves is reputed to be a natural remedy for poison ivy rash.

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) is a native perennial that is collected in spring, twice boiled and eaten as an early spring green like spinach. Billy Joe Tatum’s “Wild Foods Guide and Cookbook” has many recipes for pokeweed. Its summer berries attract native songbirds.

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story and photos by RUSSELL STUDEBAKER

Native Butterfly Milkweed is a summer blooming perennial that attracts Monarch butterflies for feeding and reproduction.

Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale) was named such because its leaves were once used to make snuff. This perennial only became a popular garden plant after Europeans created new cultivars.

A member of the deadly nightshade family, Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium) also is known as thorn apple, moonflower, devil’s weed and James Town weed. The name comes from Jamestown, Virginia, where British soldiers consumed it while attempting to suppress an early colonial rebellion in 1676. Those soldiers spent 11 days in altered mental states from its tropane alkaloid.

Native to Europe and western Asia, Bishop’s weed (Aegopodium podagraria) was introduced

to England by the Romans as a food plant and to northern Europe by monks as a medicinal plant. It was used in antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages as a spring vegetable and as a medicinal herb to treat gout and arthritis.

There are many other “good weeds,” but just as we can’t judge a book by its cover, gardeners should not be too quick to judge unfavorably a plant with the name of weed. tþ

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

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FEATURED PROJECTS: Nine stunning Tulsa homes and one commercial project will be open to the public, showcasing a variety of remodeling projects from the area’s finest remodelers, including everything from an outdoor living space and master suites, to whole home renovations and commercial restaurant makeovers.

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History and Mission The Lindsey House provides families a safe, supportive place to call home while they work to stabilize their situation. Lindsey House staff teach families the skills they need to succeed financially, reduce housing-related debt and save money for the future. More importantly, families heal from the trauma of homelessness and poverty.

Lindsey House’s mission is to support families as they transition from homelessness, learn important life skills and regain the confidence to become self-sufficient. Every child deserves a place to call home. Every mother should feel good about her ability to meet the basic needs of her children.

Families live at the Lindsey House up to 18 months. The facility, located in downtown Tulsa, was built in the 1920s. As Lindsey House continues to improve its facility, the staff recognize the importance of ensuring an energyefficient facility to keep operational costs as low as possible.

REMODELED TULSA TOUR SILVER SPONSOR:

REMODELED TULSA TOUR BRONZE SPONSOR: Tulsa Habitat for Humanity

EVENING OF GIVING SILVER SPONSORS:

EVENING OF GIVING BRONZE SPONSORS: All American Remodel CounterTop Solutions Oklahoma Natural Gas Tulsa Energy Control

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September 12 & 13, 2015 | Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. • Sunday, Noon-5 p.m.

Presented By:

Your Home. Our Profession.

Love Where You Live

On Sept. 12 and 13, the Remodelers Council of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa will present the 2015 Remodeled Tulsa Tour, a showcase of Tulsa’s best remodeling projects.

The event will feature 10 beautiful renovations throughout Tulsa.

Remodeling activity is on the rise and so are home values in Tulsa. As a result, many homeowners are opting to start renovation projects now to take advantage of competitive interest rates and stay in their current location. This event is a unique opportunity to explore a variety of options and companies.

During the Tour, you can walk through some of Tulsa’s finest newly remodeled homes and see the latest trends in design and construction. In addition, you can get advice and tips from some of the area’s top remodeling professionals, who will be available inside each home during the event to answer your questions. Featured projects include an outdoor living space, master suites and whole home remodels.

The event also serves as a fundraiser for Lindsey House. A portion of ticket proceeds benefit the organization, as well as donations raised during the fundraising gala, the Remodeled Tulsa Tour Evening of Giving.

Thank you to all of the remodeling companies, homeowners, sponsors and committee members for making this event possible. For more information on remodeling in Tulsa, or to request a free Remodeling Directory of reliable area companies, visit the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa website at www.TulsaHBA.com or call 918-663-5820.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

2014 HBA SPIRIT AWARD WINNER JEFFREY SMITH CedarRock Homes, LLC

Jeffrey Smith, of CedarRock Homes LLC, was chosen as this year’s Spirit Award honoree in recognition of a 3,100-square-foot custom home project recently completed in Owasso’s Stone Canyon. CedarRock utilized more than 50 Associate member companies on this one project.

This is the second time Smith has been awarded the coveted Spirit Award by the HBA. Smith is a past president of the Tulsa HBA and a member of its board of directors. In addition, he currently sits on the executive board of directors at the National Association of Home Builders and holds a Certified Professional Builder designation.

CedarRock Homes has been fulfilling the dreams of homebuyers since summer 2006. The company has been the recipient of multiple awards through the Home Builders Association, including six-time Builder of the Month and fivetime Parade of Homes Winner. As custom builders, it helps design floor plans with architects, and the company works hand-in-hand with its homebuyers.

When you combine attention to detail and customer service through its direct builder interaction, CedarRock Homes knows it will provide you with the dream home you’ve been waiting for.

CEDARROCK HOMES LLC 918-857-5470 WWW.CEDARROCKHOMES.COM

Grant Homes Remodel and Restoration

228 W. Victoria St. N., Oak Terrace PROJECT: Whole house remodel

A view to thrill

Enter this hidden gem and prepare yourself for a unique and rare perspective of Tulsa’s downtown skyline. Thirty-one years after initial construction, this modern-style home on historic Reservoir Hill had become dated, allowing Grant Homes to put its masterful and creative touch on updating the home while maintaining the ambiance of the original build. The entire top level, including the kitchen, dining and living room, as well as the home’s exterior, has been renovated into a true 2015 contemporary masterpiece. A must-see on this year’s tour. Don’t miss this home!

REMODELER BIO: Grant Homes Remodel and Restoration is a Tulsabased firm providing extraordinary construction services in the midtown and surrounding areas for more than two decades. Quality craftsmanship and integrity have earned the company the reputation for being one of the city’s premier remodeling companies.

Peter Grant, 918-744-8487, peter@granthomestulsa.com, www.granthomestulsa.com

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: L.L. Tisdale North and West Pine Street. Take L.L. Tisdale North to West Pine Street. Head east on Pine one block to North Denver Avenue. Turn right on North Denver Boulevard. Turn left on West Victoria Street.

SUPPLIERS: M&M Lumber Company, Hahn Appliance Warehouse, Drywall Repair Specialists Inc., Spiral Electric LLC, Natural Stone Interiors, W Design LLC, Locke Supply *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

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601 S. Elgin Ave., East Village PROJECT: Lindsey House

Charitable makeover This organization is near and dear to HBA members who have generously donated their services over the past few years to rehabilitating the 1920s vintage apartment building. Grant Homes Remodel & Restoration reconfigured and updated the laundry facilities as well as renovated the Child Enrichment Center. Powers Design & Build overhauled the staff workroom and bath.

The newly added courtyard for children’s play was created by Jackson Construction Group. This facility has seen many improvements in the past year, but there is still room for more.

Tiffany Egdorf, 918-933-5222, tiffany@tlcok.org, www.lindseyhouse.org

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East Sixth Street and South Elgin Avenue. Located on the southeast corner.

BIO: Lindsey House helps mothers and children as they transition from homelessness, learn important life skills and regain the confidence to become selfsufficient.

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All American Remodel, LLC

DIRECTIONS:

PROJECT: Two-story addition

Major Intersection: East 21st Street and South Peoria Avenue. Head east on 21st Street. Home is on the north side of the road.

The more the merrier

SUPPLIERS:

1511 E. 21st St., Swan Lake

The homeowners retained All American Remodel to complete a project they had contracted with another company. The structure had been framed and exterior sheathing installed with roofing complete and a portion of the electrical and plumbing roughed-in. All American began with completion of the stucco finish and rock exterior and paint to get the addition completely dried-in. The remodeler worked closely with the homeowners to finish all the mechanicals and proceeded with sheetrock, trim, cabinets, paint and final finishes throughout the new portion. Along with the addition, the exterior fencing, security gate and driveway were coordinated to complete the landscaping.

Drywall Repair Specialists, Inc., Southwest Stone, Inc., Woodmaster’s Cabinetry and Millwork Co., R&R Carpet & Tile Company, Hudson Plumbing, Houchin Electric *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

REMODELER BIO: All American Remodel, LLC has served the Tulsa area doing kitchen and bath renovations, as well as room additions and small home repairs, for over 25 years. The remodeler’s ability to listen to the customers’ desires and make them come to pass in their new project is what sets it apart.

Ken Saltink, 918-663-1549, allamericanremodel@yahoo.com, www.allamericanremodel.com RTT10

All-American Remodel, LLC

A New Alternative to Granite & Marble Dekton® is an exciting and exceedingly elegant product. Made in Spain by Cosentino, Dekton® is a revolutionary product because it is exceedingly durable and resistant to scratches, abrasions, and stains. It also combats freezing temperatures, heat, and UV rays without cracking or fading. This durability and resilience makes Dekton® unique among manmade stone and enables its use in countertops, flooring, and cladding, both outdoors and inside homes. It is especially apt in bathrooms because it does not absorb moisture. Dekton is also available in thin slabs, expanding its design possibilities and making it an attractive option where weight is an issue.

Best of all, it’s available at a very attractive price point. Granite and marble are timeless, but Dekton® is an elegant and resilient addition to the range of options available in the stone world today. Come see it in our showroom.

South 161st & Hwy 75 Glenpool, OK 918-322-5500 www.EuroCraftLtd.com

Introducing A New Line of Premium Stones…

Tulsa’s oldest masonry supplier is proud to announce the offering of the high-quality EarthWorks, Inc. line of products from raw block to flagstone, to pavers to interior/exterior tile, to the most detailed cut stone.

From raw quarried blocks to finished dimensional cut stone, to standard landscape products, Earthworks delivers premium stones for residential and commercial projects.

Independent Material Co. and Earthworks share foundations built upon the skill and dedication of our people. We each take pride in our premium products and the customer-focused service we deliver each day. We will appreciate every opportunity to serve you.

Come see us at the same location that has been our home for over 90 years in Tulsa, 34 North Owasso Avenue, just west of Peoria and north of Admiral Place.

INDEPENDENT MATERIAL CO. EST. 1924

34 NORTH OWASSO AVENUE TULSA, OK 74120 918.582.0196 INDEPENDENTMATERIAL.COM RTT11

Grant Homes Remodel & Restoration

2642 S. Boston Ave., Riverside Drive Addition PROJECT: Whole house

A gathering place

Located literally steps from Tulsa’s upcoming park, A Gathering Place, this Riverside home also has become a true gathering place for family and friends of the homeowner. After moving into this 1993 build, the owner wanted to personalize it to her own tastes and worked hand-in-hand with Grant Homes’ talented design team to create a beautiful, comfortable and unique setting that reflected her own style. The renovation included a stunning new kitchen, cozy den, living and dining room, as well as a fabulous master suite featuring a luxurious bathroom rivaling any five-star spa.

Another incredible design/build from Grant Homes Remodeling.

REMODELER BIO: Grant Homes Remodel and Restoration is a Tulsabased firm providing extraordinary construction services in the midtown and surrounding areas for more than two decades. Quality craftsmanship and integrity have earned the reputation for being one of the city’s premier remodeling companies.

Peter Grant, 918-744-8487, peter@granthomestulsa.com, www.granthomestulsa.com

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 21st Street and South Boston Avenue. Travel south on South Boston Avenue until reaching a T at East 26th Place. Turn left at 26th Place. Turn right on Boston Avenue.

The home is on the right.

SUPPLIERS: M&M Lumber Company, Hahn Appliance Warehouse, Drywall Repair Specialists, Inc., Spiral Electric, LLC, Natural Stone Interiors, Locke Supply *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

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Powers Design & Build, LLC 2649 S. Columbia Place, Woody Crest PROJECT: Kitchen and dining room reconfiguration

Open to new ideas The owners of this home purchased it after the previous owners had remodeled extensively. Although they have enjoyed much of the remodeling, the kitchen and dining spaces were in need of updating. After reviewing the space and adjacent areas, the plan was a “breakout” group of ideas to transform, first and foremost, the kitchen space. The idea was to position it for maximum function and entertaining, along with open concept features. Also, the formal eating area was relocated to better serve the kitchen and traffic patterns. The boring and confining front entry was enhanced and tied all this together to view and access the extensive outdoor living spaces. With Powers Design’s guidance throughout the selection process and expert execution of the work, the home was transformed from a 1930s vintage layout to a modern design with traditional features.

REMODELER BIO: Bill Powers has 35 years in the building industry and is a Certified Professional Builder, as well as a Certified Project Manager. Powers Design and Build, LLC has been voted Best of the Best by a variety of publications and websites.

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DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 31st Street and South Lewis Avenue. Travel east on 31st Street from Lewis to South Columbia Place. Turn north on Columbia Place. Home is two blocks ahead on the right.

SUPPLIERS: Surfaces/Natural Stone Creations, Building Solutions, Crestwood Cabinetry, McGehee Electric, Woodpro Hardwood Floors, John Fulton Painting *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

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The Buckingham Group, Inc. 4250 S. Oswego Ave., Patrick Henry PROJECT: Outdoor living space

An entertainer’s paradise The goal of this design-build project was to have a space for entertaining family and friends, a place for relaxation and, most importantly, to create a retreat using carefully selected structural and landscape modifications that were unified as well as complementary to this 1958 home.

This outdoor living space features a large, covered ground-level patio, soaring roof supporting brick columns, an outdoor kitchen, granite eating bar, flat screen TV and a view of the expansive backyard. LED lights tucked into the ceiling provide a light source that extends patio use to the evening hours. A concrete stairway with an ornamental iron railing connects the interior of the home to the patio so both interior and exterior are linked as one continuous entertainment environment.

REMODELER BIO: Residential remodeling is the Buckingham Group’s only business. The company offers a unique combination of 35 years of construction experience coupled with an award-winning in-house design capability.

Ed Kaplan, 918-624-2666, kaplan-bgi@tulsacoxmail.com, www.bgtulsa.com RTT16

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 41st Street and South Yale Avenue. Travel west on 41st Street. Turn south on Pittsburgh Avenue. Head west on 41st Place and follow it to Oswego Avenue. Home is on the west side of the street.

SUPPLIERS: M&M Lumber Company, Turner Roofing and Sheet Metal, Heatwave Supply Inc., Hahn Appliance Warehouse, Midwest Marble Company, Graves Concrete *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

(918) 495-1466 91st & Sheridan

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Re-Bath of Tulsa & 5 Day Kitchens of Tulsa 1569 E. 41st Place

PROJECT: Kitchen and bath remodel

Refreshing luxury

During design consultation with the homeowners, Re-Bath of Tulsa and 5 Day Kitchens of Tulsa discussed with the homeowners how they wanted their new kitchen to function and what special features they would like to incorporate. With that information they were able to give this 1950s ranch a beautiful new kitchen with all the modern touches the homeowners wanted. They began the remodel by removing a wall between the kitchen and dining room to really open up the space. The upper and lower cabinetry was finished in a soft cream with a walnut glaze, while the island was finished in a rich gray graphite color with tan ebony glaze. Granite countertops were used throughout, can lights were installed, and a tumbled tile backsplash and a black sink also were added. The custom hutch/desk was finished in cherry wood with a russet stain and ebony glaze.

And lastly, the homeowners chose a relatively new tile product for the floors, which has the look of wood plank flooring but has the durability of tile.

REMODELER BIO: Re-Bath of Tulsa specializes in beautiful, hassle-free bathroom renovations. The company offers a wide selection of quality products and an expert design team to help homeowners bring their vision to life. 5 Day Kitchens™ started in 2008 as a fast, affordable, high-quality option for consumers to remodel their kitchen. The difference with 5 Day Kitchens™ starts when the consumer works with only one company; not several subcontractors.

Glenn Simms, 918-488-0600, info@rebathoftulsa.com, www.rebathoftulsa.com, www.5daykitchensoftulsa.com RTT18

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 41st Street and South Peoria Avenue. Travel east on 41st Street and turn south on St. Louis Avenue. At the stop sign, turn left. The home is three houses on the left.

SUPPLIERS: CounterTop Solutions, ShowPlace Wood Products, Perfection Flooring *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

Kleinco Construction, LLC The Hamlet, 9107 S. Sheridan Road

PROJECT: Commercial remodel and addition

Bon appetit!

A major interior and exterior “facelift” and the addition of a huge covered patio transformed the Hamlet from a sandwich shop in an old QuikTrip building into one of south Tulsa’s favorite gathering and dining spots. The timber-framed covered dining area, with its vaulted ceilings, ceiling fans and beautiful wood-burning fireplace, create an inviting year-round space. The new front facade, finishes, booths and counters in the original restaurant and bathrooms make this commercial renovation one you will want to replicate at home.

REMODELER BIO: Kleinco’s reputation for integrity has been built upon a history of outstanding service, superior craftsmanship and solid customer relationships.

With a wide array of commercial and residential experience, the firm’s team delivers exceptional craftsmanship and the builder know-how you can depend upon.

Kristin Daffern, 918-493-3406, kdaffern@kleincobuilds.com, www.kleincobuilds.com

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 91st Street and South Sheridan Avenue. Project is located in Heatherridge Shopping Center on southeast corner of intersection.

SUPPLIERS: Elliott Roofing, Mill Creek Lumber, W Design, LLC, Broken Arrow Painting, Cuellar Concrete *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

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The Buckingham Group, Inc.

10321 S. Braden Ave., Wexford PROJECT: Kitchen, powder room and master bath renovation

The triple play After searching for a new residence, these clients elected to stay in their home and to transform the first level into a space with the functionality and aesthetics they envisioned by taking it down to the studs. Along with updating the layout of the kitchen, new amenities were installed to lighten the load of the home cook, including a dual range with steam oven, a drawer microwave, 6-foot sink with twin faucets, a pot filler and much more. The transformation continues into the master suite, where the space was reconfigured for better functionality. Not a detail was overlooked in the making of this at-home spa, but you simply have to see for yourself.

REMODELER BIO: Residential remodeling is the Buckingham Group’s only business. The company offers a unique combination of 35 years of construction experience coupled with an award-winning inhouse design capability.

Ed Kaplan, 918-624-2666, kaplan-bgi@tulsacoxmail.com, www.bgtulsa.com

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 101st Street and South Yale Avenue. Travel south on Yale. Turn east on 103rd Street. Head south on Braden Avenue and follow to house on east side of the road.

SUPPLIERS: Heatwave Supply, Inc., Midwest Marble Company, Jay Rambo Cabinets, Broken Arrow Woodworks, Mike Loper Painting, Gilley Electric, Corner Plumbing *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

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Renovations by Helms, Inc. 10209 S. Braden Ave., Wexford PROJECT: Master bath remodel

Suite success This master bath re-do was taken down to the studs and the existing layout used as a blank canvas for this modern renovation. Using popular materials like a claw-foot soaker tub and flat pebble stone shower floor, the once outdated bathroom was transformed into a therapeutic oasis. Other amenities include porcelain tile planks with wood grain look, large tile in the shower and travertine marble countertops.

REMODELER BIO: From design to final cleanup, Renovations by Helms has served the Tulsa area since 1977 with awardwinning workmanship at a fair price. Renovations by Helms specializes in product design, universal design, whole house remodeling, room additions, kitchens and baths, historical restoration, interior and exterior remodeling, repair services and custom home building.

Barry Helms is a certified graduate remodeler (CGR), certified green professional (CGP), one of two graduate master builders (GMB) in Oklahoma and is EPA lead base paint certified. Helms is a three-time president of the Remodelers Council. He was named the 2007 and 2005 Remodeler of the Year and the Home Builders Association 2005 Spirit Award winner. His company has won numerous awards, been named to TulsaPeople’s A-List and has been featured nationally on HGTV.

DIRECTIONS:

Major Intersection: East 101st Street and South Yale Avenue. Travel south on Yale. Turn east on 103rd Street. Head north on Braden Avenue and follow to house on east side of the road.

SUPPLIERS: Heatwave Supply, Inc., Natural Stone Interiors, LLC, M&M Lumber Company, Whitacre Glass Works, ProSource Wholesale Flooring, Addco Electric, Omega Plumbing, J. Steven Vogler Interiors *Companies in bold are members of the Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa

Barry Helms, 918-369-5545, remodel@olp.net, www.renovationsbyhelms.com RTT21

HOME RESOURCE GUIDE DIRECTORY

featuring Home Builders Association Remodelers Council members

A&R Mechanical 11244 E. 55th Place • 918-250-6500

Closets of Tulsa 10910 S. 77th E. Ave. • 918-625-2463

Home Innovations, LLC 1023 N. Forest Place, Jenks • 918-282-9213

A Best Roofing P.O. Box 1259 • 918-587-1426

CounterTop Solutions 313 N. Redbud Ave., Broken Arrow • 918-259-1076

Hunter Homes 10051 S. Yale Ave., Suite 200 • 918-299-5544

All American Remodel, LLC 7627 S. Quebec Ave. • 918-663-1549

D.E.S. 3336 E. 32nd Place • 918-289-2371

Impressions in Stone 1415 S. Joplin Ave. • 918-828-9745

American Overhead Door, Inc. 3829 E. Apache St. • 918-834-5795

Deckit, Inc. P.O. Box 386, Broken Arrow • 918-809-3456

Jackson Construction Group, LLC P.O. Box 521118 • 918-760-6601

Arcadia Printing 7039 E. 40th St. • 918-622-1875 Arvest Bank 502 S. Main St. • 918-631-1435 B. Judd Construction P.O. Box 2183, Claremore • 918-342-5833 Barron & McClary Gen. Contractors, Inc. 1424 S. Harvard Ave. • 918-749-7904 Blue Speed Audio Video 10020 S. Mingo Road • 918-926-3785 Boral Bricks 225 N. Aspen Ave., Broken Arrow • 918-258-7533 Brian D. Wiggs Homes, Inc. P.O. Box 280, Jenks • 918-518-5678 Burnett Windows & Siding, Inc. 11202 E. 61st St. • 918-286-7600 Carpet Direct 9503 E. 55th St. • 918-813-0092 Christian Interests, Inc. 10017 E. 46th Place • 918-622-4455 Classé Homes 6528 E. 101st St., Suite D-1 • 918-231-7170

(as of 08/01/15)

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DRYWALL REPAIR SPECIALISTS INC. 1611 S. Utica Ave., Suite 264 918-437-9255 www.drywall-repair-tulsa.com EuroCraft, Inc. 16052 S. Broadway St., Glenpool • 918-322-5500 Fredrick Construction Company 16638 E. 109th St. N., Owasso • 918-272-1677 Garage Innovations, Inc. 8323 S. Memorial Drive • 918-872-7990 Garbe Industries 4137 S. 72nd E. Ave. • 918-627-0284 Grant Homes Remodel & Restoration 2845 S. Florence Ave. • 918-760-6011 Harp Service Company 5009 W. 62nd St. • 918-445-1600 Hawkins Bros. Construction 8117 E. 15th St. • 918-836-1321 HEATWAVE SUPPLY, INC. 6529 E. 14th St. 918-838-9841 • www.heatwavesupply.com

Jim Fieszel General Contracting, LLC 1442 E. 54th St. • 918-740-2322 Kelsey Company 8022 S. Memorial Drive, Suite 204 • 918-286-1303 Ken’s Painting 1211 S. Quebec Ave. • 918-838-1731 KLEINCO CONSTRUCTION, LLC. 1660 E. 71st St., Suite J 918-493-3406 • www.kleincobuilds.com M&M LUMBER CO. 4711 S. Mingo Road Lumber Co 918-627-1926 • 918-627-2726 www.mmlumberco.com

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Marvin Krueger CPA, CMA 10707 E. 76th St. S. • 918-250-7610 METRO APPLIANCES & MORE 5313 S. Mingo Road 918-622-7692 • www.metroappliancesandmore.com Natural Stone Interiors, LLC 611 W. Breckenridge Ave., Bixby • 918-851-3451 Pacific Shore Stones 11401 E. 27th St. N., Suite C • 918-234-8400

*Boxed listings feature program advertisers or members who have purchased an enhanced listing.

Palmer Custom Homes, Inc. 23750 E. 148th St., Coweta • 918-645-0821 Permastone, Inc. 700 W. 158th St., Glenpool • 918-322-6036 POWERS DESIGN & BUILD LLC 8810 S. Yale Ave., Suite D 918-645-6509 • www.billpowers.org Premier Hardware Concepts, Inc. 1410 W. Kenosha St., Broken Arrow • 918-694-4448 R&R Carpet & Tile Company 9528 E. 51st St. • 918-664-8923 Re-Bath of Tulsa 6570 E. 41st St. • 918-488-0600 Renovations by Fred 11330 S. 26th W. Ave., Jenks • 918-298-1551

RENOVATIONS BY HELMS INC. 17 E. Dawes Ave., Bixby • 918-369-5545 www.renovationsbyhelms.com ROBINSON GLASS 7240 E. 46th St. • 918-664-7904 www.robinsonglass.com Rosser Midwest Stone 10324 E. 50th St. • 918-663-3131 Sharon Combs Interiors, Inc. 4833 S. Sheridan Road, Suite 410 • 918-398-7515 Stonemen Granite & Marble 9323 E. 100th St. S. • 918-851-3400 The Buckingham Group, Inc. 4727 S. Memorial Drive • 918-624-2666

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Jennifer Nelson and Dan Mailath APRIL 4, 2015 Mailath bought Girl Scout cookies from Nelson’s niece, sparking a matchmaking idea for Nelson’s sister.

“He purchased cookies and just by talking to him, she knew he’d be perfect for me,” Nelson says. “She worked with his parents to bring us together.”

A year later the two finally had their first date, and the rest is history.

“We were invited to the family holiday photo session in the park,” she says. “During the session, Dan proposed in front of my family.”

The couple married in a small family ceremony April 4 in the gardens at Philbrook Museum of Art. An elegant family dinner followed on the museum’s terrace.

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After meeting at a friend’s wedding, love blossomed over Skype conversations for Gibson, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and Susman. Each visited the other in their hometown and eventually, Gibson moved to Oklahoma to further the relationship.

“Frank surprised me with a picnic one morning in May at Natural Falls State Park,” Susman says. “I complained during the entire picnic until he got down on one knee in front of the waterfall to propose.”

The couple married at First United Methodist Church and blended several Scottish traditions into the ceremony.

After nights of steak dinners and crossword puzzles during shifts at Doe’s Eat Place, friendship grew into love for Slyter and Jeff ries.

In celebration of her 30th birthday, a road trip to Santa Fe and stunning sunsets inspired Jeff ries to propose.

The couple had an intimate morning ceremony and downtown brunch reception.

“We are both fairly private people and don’t relish being the center of attention,” she says. “We decided that a small ceremony with just family and a few close friends would be perfect for us.”

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Elaine Davis and Chris Jackson MAY 16, 2015

Kaitlyn Nicholson and Sterling Schneider APRIL 25, 2015

Tulsan Davis and Oklahoma City native Jackson met while working at Devon Energy.

While vacationing in Seaside, Florida, the couple rode bikes to the Natchez Pavilion to watch the sunset.

“After a couple glasses of Champagne, Chris handed me a card,” Davis says.

“I was suddenly nervous. The card had a picture of our chocolate lab wearing a sign that said ‘Say Yes!’” They married in Seaside at the Seaside Interfaith Chapel, a unique site they found on a visit to the Gulf Coast community.

“I was never one of those girls who dreamed about my wedding day,” Davis says, “but at that very moment I knew.”

These Charles Page High School graduates dated for nearly six years before becoming engaged in July 2014.

Prior to leaving for a vacation to St. Louis, Schneider asked Nicholson’s father for his blessing.

“We had a little vacation planned to see her brother graduate Army basics and watch a Cardinals game,” he says. “When everyone was gathered around I surprised her in front of her whole family and asked the big question.”

She is a teller with Oklahoma Central Credit Union, and he works for Geek Squad in home theater installation. The couple volunteers with “Search and Rescue,” a downtown Tulsa ministry.

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

Lake Leatherwood City Park

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Eureka moment Eureka Springs is a natural choice for rest and relaxation.

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Founded in 1879, the resort village quickly became the destination for Victorians who heard about the “miraculous” healing properties of the waters for which it was named.

The magical scenery of well-preserved, turnof-the-century hotels and spas tucked away in the beauty of northwest Arkansas continues to draw visitors today. The National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized the town as one of America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations.

Just three hours from Tulsa, Eureka Springs is a charming destination for both short and extended vacations.

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The Crescent Hotel and Spa Fifteen acres of enchanting woodlands encircle the 19th-century resort hotel. The Crescent Hotel and Spa offers a variety of amenities, including hiking trails and romantic gardens complete with light dining, a swimming pool, a hot tub and a spa. Since renovations in 1997, $10 million has been directed toward the maintenance and restoration of the resort. The 1886 Steakhouse is open 5-9 p.m., Monday-Friday. Saturday dining is available if a prior event isn’t scheduled. Sunday brunch is served weekly in the Crystal Ballroom, where guests enjoy a delicious banquet and frequent live performances.

Call 479-253-9652 for reservations.

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Balcony Bar and Restaurant Located in the historic 1905 Basin Park Hotel, the Balcony Bar and Restaurant offers a one-of-a-kind view for your lunch or dinner in Eureka Springs. Visitors can find burgers and lunch entrees during the day, and return in the evening for barbecue ribs and the Balcony Sirloin. Catch a live performance while sipping drinks and watching the movement on the city streets below. On Fridays, diners can join in on the famous War Eagle Fish Fry. The Balcony is open 11 a.m-9 p.m., Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m., FridaySaturday. Breakfast is served 8 a.m.-11 a.m., Saturday-Sunday.

12 Spring St., Eureka Springs, 877-456-9679, www.basinpark.com/balconybarrestaurant Jazz Eureka Jazz enthusiasts visiting the Ozarks Sept.

11-12 will be lucky enough to catch the annual Jazz Eureka festival. The free Friday concert in downtown’s Basin Spring Park will include rhythms from Latin jazz, swing and world beat music with Beto and the Fairlanes. Saturday’s free park concerts will feature the 18-piece Fayetteville Jazz Collective, Rodney Block and Tulsan Grady Nichols. Purchase tickets online for Saturday’s main event showcasing Joey DeFrancesco and the Joe Cartwright Band featuring Molly Hammer at The Auditorium, 32 S. Main St. www.jazzeureka.org

Lake Leatherwood City Park Nature lovers will find beauty and adventure in Eureka Spring’s Lake Leatherwood City Park. Tucked away in 1,600 acres of lustrous scenery is the 85-acre Lake Leatherwood.

Constructed in the early 1940s as part of the Works Progress Administration, Lake Leatherwood was created by a hand-cut limestone dam and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hikers and bikers will find miles of trails covering diverse terrains. The park also includes a paved boat ramp and handicappedaccessible kayak and canoe launch for fishing and boating enthusiasts. Cabins and camping are available from March through November.

1303 County Road 204, Eureka Springs, 479-253-7912, www.lakeleatherwoodcitypark.com

Treehouse Cottages Treehouse Cottages will conjure memories from your childhood with rooms that are more than 20 feet above the ground. Established in 1990, the treehouses were hand crafted by owners Terry and Patsy Miller. Guests can choose from one of two locations for their weekend nest — in town or in the “Hidden Forest.” Unlike your backyard treehouse, these cottages are luxurious dwellings complete with Jacuzzis, chandeliers and spacious, high-vaulted ceilings. The Treehouse Cottage Gift Shop is a perfect place to pick up souvenirs made by local artisans.

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Drs. Ashwini and Atul Vaidya, two Tulsa specialty physicians who balance demanding practices with the rigor of everyday family life.

THE DOCTORS ARE IN

A local physician couple balances demanding specialty practices and family.

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One local couple, Dr. Atul and Dr. Ashwini Vaidya, answers with a resounding “yes.”

With the help of friends, family and encouraging work environments, both are able to fulfill their dreams of helping people through medicine while raising a family.

“We both grew up in medical households,” Atul says. “Both of my parents were physicians. As much as you can understand it as a child, you can see how rewarding it is from a very early age.”

Ashwini also saw the positive impact of a career in medicine.

“We lived in small communities growing up, and we realized how much being a physician made our parents feel like an integral part of the community,” she says.

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Ashwini and Atul met while attending medical school at the University of Oklahoma.

“We met when we were in our early 20s,” Ashwini says. The couple met at Ashwini’s medical school interview and began dating when she started classes. They married in 1999 after she graduated.

Realizing they both wanted to pursue specialties that involved patient interaction as well as surgical procedures, Ashwini completed her dermatology residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Atul received his ear, nose and throat specialty training at Loyola University in Chicago. It was persistence, hard work and a little bit of luck that both landed in Chicago, she says.

“I was definitely drawn toward surgery more, but I also like talking to people,” says Atul, who pursued a specialty where he could have both.

Ashwini also values patient interaction, in conjunction with clinical and surgical procedures, and enjoys the opportunity to see people of all ages in her field of dermatology. The stability of her schedule proved to be another attractive benefit when she chose her specialty.

Knowing early in their relationship that “Atul was going to have a more demanding schedule, we did think about those things,” she says. “Luckily, this is what I wanted to do.”

Fortunately, working at Tulsa Dermatology Clinic, Ashwini is able to maintain a stable, part-time schedule that allows her to spend more time with their two children, Mira (9) and Nikhil (7). Depending on the time of year, Ashwini says her kids are either at school, with their babysitter, at camps or with family when she’s at work.

“From my aspect, I’m pretty lucky to be in a practice that allows me to work part time,” Ashwini says.

As an ear, nose and throat specialist, Atul doesn’t have the same luxury. Eastern Oklahoma Ear, Nose and Throat takes calls at three major hospitals in town, which means at any moment he may have to drop what he’s doing and tend to an emergency.

“I would imagine my job puts a fair amount of stress on everybody,” Atul says. “It’s very unpredictable.”

Both agree it’s especially hard on the their children.

The Vaidyas and their children, Nikhil (7) and Mira (9).

“It’s hard to plan stuff as a family when he has to go to an emergency,” Ashwini says. “It’s harder on the kids because they don’t always understand why he’s leaving.”

Although there are constant obstacles, both Ashwini and Atul work diligently to maintain a healthy balance of family and work.

“It’s a constant juggling act,” Atul says, “but we both feel you can never get your time back with your family.”

To compensate for the demands of their daily life, they love to travel and spend time with family and friends.

They acknowledge that having two physicians in the family requires a network of assistance. The couple credits the kindness of others as the key to their success.

“There are a couple of things that allow us to both be working and to have a good balance at home — one, having great work places that are understanding of family needs and two, we’ve had great people that have helped out with our kids,” Ashwini says. “We have family near by, and I think without those things it would’ve been incredibly hard.” tþ

FINDING A SPECIALIST

Medical specialists are doctors who have received extensive training in a particular specialty field by completing clinical practicum and advanced certification, if desired, in a specific area of medicine.

The American Board of Medical Specialties has 24 Member Boards, including the American Board of Dermatology and American Board of Otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), that develop and implement educational and professional standards for certifying doctors in medical specialties, according to the ABMS website.

Finding a specialist can be confusing, especially since the stipulations and requirements from insurance companies vary. Fortunately, most hospitals in Tulsa offer assistance.

Hillcrest Healthcare Systems offers a physician referral line, according to Angela Peterson, Hillcrest’s media and public relations manager. A trained operator helps the caller find a primary care physician or specialist based on the patient’s needs and preferences, such as insurance type, location and languages spoken.

“These physician referral services are fantastic because they can help tailor the experience to exactly what the consumer needs,” says Joy McGill of St. John Health System media relations.

St. John’s patient referral and information hotline is called PulseLine. In addition to the call-in option, individuals can access the Pulseline page on St. John’s website for a full roster of physicians, classes, events and information.

Saint Francis also has a referral system that assists current and future patients.

“Not only can Saint Francis Health Link representatives help people find a physician or specialist, they can help them locate other services such as finding their closest Warren Clinic Urgent Care facility, a Saint Francis draw lab, imaging services and much more,” says Lauren Landwerlin of Saint Francis Health System’s communications department.

The referral line takes into consideration a patient’s location, a provider’s availability, access and providing a minimal wait time.

Oklahoma Surgical Hospital also has several ways for patients to connect with specialists, including a website form and a referral line, according to Carolyn Dodson, director of government affairs and strategic development for the hospital. “Patients don’t need to see a primary care physician before they see a specialist if they know what their chief complaint is,” says Dodson.

Hillcrest Healthcare Systems Physician referral line: 918-579-3627 (available 24 hours a day, seven days a week) www.hillcrest.com

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St. John PulseLine 918-744-0123 (7:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday) www.stjohnhealthsystem.com/ pulseline

Saint Francis Health Link 918-488-6688 (available 24 hours a day, seven days a week) www.saintfrancis.com

Oklahoma Surgical Hospital Specialist referral line: 918-477-5900 (9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday) oklahomasurgicalhospital.com

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SPECIALTY CLINICS 2015 Working with primary care physicians, specialists focus on a specific area of care to help patients lead a healthy life. The following medical specialists and their practices contribute to the Tulsa medical landscape.

Dr. Stephen M. Paulsen

Established plastic surgeon to lead 40-year-old practice Dr. Stephen M. Paulsen will now take the helm of Plastic Surgery Associates of Tulsa, an aesthetic and plastic surgery practice serving Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma for more than Dr. Stephen M. Paulsen 40 years. A partner for the past 10 years, Paulsen will continue the legacy of excellent surgery and patient care while embracing Juvederm education faculty. He uses Botox and fillers alone or proven innovation. with surgery to address patient concerns and meet their personal With a fully contained in-office operating suite that meets nagoals. Paulsen is a board certified plastic surgeon and member of tional standards for safety, Paulsen offers the full complement of both the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American surgical options to restore and to improve the body. From facelifts Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. He and eyelids to breast enhancement and body contouring, he tailors looks forward to helping patients look as Plastic Surgery Associates of Tulsa surgery to the individual. This, combined with compassionate care, good as they feel.

6585 S. Yale Ave., Suite 1020 is his plan for success.

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Dr. Lars Freisberg, Dr. Stephanie Cooper and Dr. Thomas Finley

Tulsa Retina Consultants Joining forces for better care Tulsa Retina Consultants is setting the bar for retina care in Tulsa. Dr. Lars Freisberg, Dr. Thomas Finley and Dr. Stephanie Cooper formed Tulsa Retina Consultants with an emphasis on compassionate, patient-centric care. Tulsa Retina Consultants treats all conditions and diseases of the retina. Specific focus areas include macular degeneration, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy and flashers and floaters.

Freisberg is a board-certified ophthalmologist who completed his ophthalmology residency at New York University School of Medicine. He then proceeded with a fellowship in medical and surgical retina at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Finley is also a board-certified ophthalmologist who attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham completing a three-year residency in ophthalmology. Following residency he pursued a two-year vitreoretinal surgical fellowship with Retina Consultants of Alabama. Cooper is a board-certified optometrist. Additionally, she completed an ocular disease residency and then went on to complete one of the nation’s first optometric retina fellowship programs.

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professional environment. To do so, we pride ourselves on being accessible to our patients and our referring physicians at all times.

Tulsa Retina Consultants has two convenient locations: Finley is located at 220 W. 71st St. and Freisberg and Cooper are located at 9343 S. Mingo Road.

When asked about the reason for forming Tulsa Retina Consultants, the doctors stated, “We have the highest regard for each other’s skills and our approach to patient care with retinal problems is very much in alignment. Combining our practices will improve the care we give our patients and that is the most important objective of our practice.”

For more information call 918-949-4577 or visit www.retinatulsa.com.

Tulsa Retina Consultants Dr. Freisberg & Dr. Cooper Dr. Finley 9343 S. Mingo Road 220 W. 71st St. 918-949-4577 www.retinatulsa.com

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Prostate cancer survivor Steven Olson, with family.

Inset: Michael Kayser, D.O.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa Genetic testing reveals link between breast and prostate cancer When Steven Olson found out he had prostate cancer, his first thought was about his family. “I recently lost my sister to ovarian cancer, so I knew I needed to be proactive,” Olson says. Last year, Olson came to Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in Tulsa to seek treatment and find answers for his family. “I have four children,” says Olson. “And I wanted to know if I could pass my risk of cancer to them.”

Under the care of Michael Kayser, D.O., clinical geneticist at CTCA, Olson learned he was positive for the BRCA 1 mutation. “Inherited risk testing can help patients detect their risk for recurrence as well as test the patient’s family members for associated risk,” Kayser says.

Recent clinical developments in BRCA testing indicate a link between cancers of the prostate, pancreas, breast and ovaries. “Traditionally, the medical community believed that the risk for breast or ovarian cancer lies solely on the mother’s side,” says Kayser. “However, recent information has shown that men with prostate or pancreatic cancer who have two or more family members with certain types of cancer could test positive for BRCA mutations.”

“This means a man could potentially pass his genetic risk along to his daughters, thereby increasing their risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer,” says Kayser. “Knowing your risk is critical because it empowers your family to take preventative measures.”

Olson has three sons and one daughter. “My children need to know their risk,” says Olson. “You have to be proactive when it comes to the health of your children and their children. As their father, I owe them that.”

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Obstetrician Corey Babb, D.O., and obstetrics resident Bailey Runkles, D.O., examine a patient.

Oklahoma State University Medicine Meeting the health care needs of Tulsa and Oklahoma Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine provides vital health care services to patients in the Tulsa area. OSU Medicine helps to ensure the health and well-being of Oklahomans while training the next generation of physicians. One of our primary care focuses is to provide women with high-quality obstetrics and gynecology care.

OSU Medicine has two Tulsa obstetrics and gynecology clinics, one at Houston Center, 717 S. Houston Ave., Suite 200, and another at Blessed Mother Theresa Medical Center, 2450 N. Harvard Ave. in Tulsa. For appointments, you may reach the Houston Center at 918-586-4500 or the Harvard Avenue location at 918-508-7100.

Patients served through our clinics may plan to give birth at our main teaching hospital at Oklahoma State University Medical Center managed

by Mercy, 744 W. Ninth St. or at our affiliated teaching hospitals.

The clinics are staffed by caring faculty physicians, 19 medical residents and two advanced registered nurse practitioners. Joseph R. Johnson, D.O., OSU-COM clinical associate professor and program

director for the obstetrics and gynecology residency program says, “Our residents are high in technology and gentle in care.�

In addition to Dr. Johnson, other obstetrics and gynecology faculty are clinical professor William D. Po, M.D., clinical associate professor Lance T. Frye, M.D., and clinical assistant professor Corey Babb, D.O. The community-based clinics serve as a teaching model for medical students at the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine. The clinics are part of OSU Center for Health Sciences, which trains osteopathic physicians, research scientists and health care professionals with an emphasis on serving rural and underserved Oklahoma.

OSU Medicine Obstetrics/Gynecology 717 S. Houston Ave., Suite 200 918-586-4500 www.healthsciences.okstate.edu

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Dr. Vic Trammell, Dr. Greg Segraves, Dr. Larry Lander, Dr. Todd Johnson, Dr. Heath Evans

Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Northeastern Oklahoma’s largest and most established oral surgery group Eastern Oklahoma Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (EOOMS) is committed to providing comprehensive oral surgery care. They practice the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Common procedures include wisdom teeth and dental extractions with intravenous anesthesia for patient comfort. They specialize in all aspects of dental implant surgery, bone grafting and jaw reconstruction. As a group they offer 24-hour practice coverage and take trauma calls for local hospitals.

EOOMS is comprised of five experienced oral surgeons: Larry Lander, D.D.S. MS.; Vic Trammell, D.M.D.; Todd Johnson, D.D.S.; Gregory Segraves, D.D.S.; M.S. Heath Evans, D.D.S. All EOOMS surgeons hold memberships in numerous dental societies including the Tulsa County Dental Society, Oklahoma Dental Association, American Dental Association, Southwest Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

For patients’ convenience, most of the group’s services are provided in the EOOMS offices. The offices are board certified for office IV anesthesia to

ensure patient comfort. Quality of care and patient safety are always the group’s primary concern.

The EOOMS staff is a committed group of employees who strives to achieve the highest standard of care. Their surgical team has specialized training in oral surgery and anesthesia assisting, which provides for a more comfortable and safe oral surgery experience.

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MastersMD – Metabolic Medicine Patients offered alternative to traditional “one-size-fits-all” medicine Leslie Masters, M.D., has opened Tulsa’s first comprehensive metabolic medicine clinic, giving Tulsa area residents an evidenced-based alternative to impersonal, rushed, drug- and surgery-based traditional medicine.

Most experts acknowledge the current health system is failing people with chronic illness.

“The majority of my clients present with common symptoms, including fatigue, stress, depression, anxiety, high blood pressure and a range of other issues from hormones, diabetes and cardiovascular problems,” says Masters.

Traditional medicine is reactionary. Metabolic medicine doesn’t wait for disease, but rather seeks to prevent the disease altogether and deal directly with the underlying causes of the symptoms.

Say, for instance, that a patient suffers from insomnia. An appointment with a typical doctor would likely be brief and end with a prescription for pharmaceuticals. “You need to explore what is giving rise to the sleeplessness,” says Masters. “Conventional practitioners will diagnose you with insomnia based on your symptoms, but they never investigate the causes of your insomnia.” In other words, they can give a patient medication to force sleep, but they cannot tell why the patient isn’t sleeping.

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But with a metabolic medicine practitioner, patients complete an extensive questionnaire about possible triggers, including diet, digestive and elimination patterns; sleep and stress levels; and exercise and lifestyle choices. Next, the physician orders a variety of highly specialized lab tests to explore any issues the health history turned up. From there the patient receives specifically formulated physician-grade nutraceuticals, which give the body precisely what it needs to be healthy.

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We accept most private insurance plans, Medicaid (SoonerCare) and Medicare. We also serve individuals who are uninsured or underinsured by offering a sliding fee scale to those who meet certain requirements.

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With a family history of breast cancer and confirmation of the BRCA1 mutation, Lisa Riley decided to undergo a double mastectomy. That choice led her doctors to find an aggressive cancer that is receptive to chemotherapy.

Against all odds A preventative double mastectomy turns into a cancer fight.

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LISA RILEY     . W was supposed to be preventative double mastectomy turned into a phone call saying they found breast cancer.

She was 39 and didn’t have any lumps in her breasts, but she had family history and the BRCA1 gene mutation (see sidebar).

Her mother had breast cancer twice and her grandmother had it three times.

Because Riley had the gene mutation, her odds of being diagnosed with breast cancer were 90 percent by the time she turned 44.

A double mastectomy dropped her odds to 5 percent. She knew surgery was the smart thing to do.

Leading up to the mastectomy, Riley had three scans and says everything was fine. Her surgery was Sept. 15, 2014, and she received the call from her doctor on Sept. 19.

“I thought she was calling me to remind me of my post-op appointment the next morning,” Riley says.

It was a “freaky shock” as her doctor explained the lab found breast cancer in her tissue.

“I asked, ‘How does this happen?’”

Riley had triple negative breast cancer, which is an aggressive cancer but receptive to chemotherapy.

“Even though I was considered healthy when she did my mastectomy, she on accident got all my cancer,” Riley says. “It was like a miracle. You never really know if you’re going to catch all the cells because they’re so microscopic, but for the most part I was considered cancer-free.”

Riley looked to her surgeon for the next step and asked what she thought she should do, knowing the type of cancer, Riley’s age and her genetics. The answer was 21 weeks of chemotherapy, which Riley started the week of her 40th birthday.

“I was told, ‘It’s going to suck but you can do this,’” Riley says. “So, I put my warrior hat on and my head down.”

Riley’s previous experience with chemotherapy was through her mother who became extremely ill during treatments. She didn’t want her 4-year-old son, Keaton, to see her deal with chemo symptoms.

“The first thing my oncologist said to me was, ‘If you get sick one time, I’m not doing my job,’” Riley says. “That was comforting to me because I only had the experience of helping my mom.”

Riley describes herself as a Type A personality who likes to have a plan and execute it perfectly. She arranged for chemotherapy to be on Mondays — her day off. So, every Monday she had chemo and two to three doctor’s appointments, working the rest of the week even if she was sick. Riley is the owner of three local Pinot’s Palette locations and a mobile franchise.

, Riley says her husband, Ben ing ent par re mo e had to assum underwent responsibilities while she treatment.

Doing so helped her release negativity and allowed her a few minutes to be angry.

Riley completed chemo March 23 and had a huge celebration. Every week following she felt better and better. She’s now involved with Komen Tulsa and spoke at the group’s survivor luncheon.

“I really do have the coolest story,” she says. “I went for a preventative mastectomy and woke up a cancer survivor.”

BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes Dr. Scott Cole, of Tulsa Cancer Institute, says in general, cases like Riley’s are pretty rare.

“Despite a MRI and mammogram, they found cancer,” Cole says. “That’s a pretty unusual event in the world of breast Ben, Keaton and Lisa cancer. I haven’t seen a whole lot like that.

Riley It does happen, just not often.

“She did everything right. She was on top of it and did everything she could do in her control. She was fortunate enough to find her breast cancer really early. Surgery and chemotherapy were enough.”

Cole says Riley’s story parallels Angelina Jolie’s story. Jolie also had a genomic mutation and underwent a preventative double mastectomy. The difference was they found cancer with Riley.

In 2013, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling opened up testing for mutations on BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

A woman’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer greatly inThe side effects of chemotherapy usually hit creases if she inherits one of these mutations. around day three or four, which were Thursdays Prior to the ruling, only one company could or Fridays. test for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are “That way I knew if I felt really bad on Thursgenes that produce tumor suppressor proteins, day or Friday, I could take off and stay home,” according to the National Cancer Institute.

Riley says. “But I don’t think I did one time afThat company was trying to patent the testing ter the 21 weeks. Saturday and Sunday I would process, limiting the ability of many potential just rest.” at-risk patients to have the tests done. The court Riley says her husband, Ben, went through it ruled that isolating human genes cannot be as much as she did. patented.

“He kind of had to be the parent,” Riley says.

Because of the ruling, more laboratories can “Even though I was in the house, I just felt bad provide genetic testing, and Cole says they’re enough I couldn’t help. I would come home now finding more hereditary cancers. from work and I would just collapse.”

Things to consider are: She dealt with treatment knowing her mindset and attitude were important. She re• What’s my real risk of breast cancer? membered her mother’s response when a friend • Do I have a strong family history I’m worasked how she dealt with cancer: Allow yourself ried about? to cry in the shower every morning.

• Do I have a BRCA mutation?

Riley would let herself be mad at the world for as long as she was in the shower.

If someone is considering genetic testing, first “I would cry, think all my horrible thoughts check if health insurance covers the procedure. (and) I would allow myself to feel the anger and The Affordable Care Act considers BRCA1 and the negative,” she says. “But the minute I turned BRCA2 mutation testing for high-risk individthat shower off, I had to be positive from here uals a covered preventative service, according to going forward.” the National Cancer Institute. tþ TulsaPeople.com

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SEPTEMBER 12 – Last day to postmark and mail in paper registration forms or drop off forms at the Komen Tulsa office at 1560 East 21st Street, Suite 202

More than 2,500 parking spaces are available for Race participants in city and privately-owned lots. We recommend you park on the campus of Oklahoma State University-Tulsa at 700 N. Greenwood Avenue. It’s an easy walk to ONEOK Field, but a shuttle courtesy of River Spirit Casino is also available for transportation to and from the Race site for your convenience. Visit komentulsa. org for a parking map and more details.

SEPTEMBER 18 (NOON) – Last day to register online AND receive your packet in the mail SEPTEMBER 23-24 – Packet Pickup and In-Person Registration at Junior League of Tulsa. Sept 23 – 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sept 24 – 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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I AM THE CURE® is a breast health program designed to educate, encourage and motivate Race participants. Cure Leaders will cheer walkers and runners on with simple, actionoriented chants that Race participants can take home and put into action. Race participants will also have the opportunity to make a “curemitment” – a personal promise – to take steps in the fight against breast cancer. Visit iamthecure.org for more information. The i AM THE CURE® booth will be located inside Oneok Field near the Oil Derrick entrance at the corner of Archer Street and Elgin Avenue.

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Race participants who register for the Race and indicate they would like to be recognized as a survivor will receive their Race participant T-shirt and bib, plus a special pink survivor T-Shirt and speciallydesigned survivor pin.

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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

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

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. $203,000

5929 E. 106th - 17,314 sf. Off 111th & Sheridan Area. Jenks Schools. Very few lots remain in this exclusive area. $275,000.

Beautiful home in Southern Woods!

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. $350,000 138

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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

4508 S. Hawthorne - 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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11733 South Sandusky Avenue - $512,250 Best of Midtown in South Tulsa! Charles Faudree designed, one owner on lush corner in Jenks SE gated Wind River!

Extensive hardwoods, moldings and architectural arches. Stunning granite and stainless steel Kitchen with huge island/Breakfast Bar, custom cabinets and granite Butler’s pantry. Open Family Room with surround sound, built-in bookcases and fireplace. View of covered patio and private backyard from lovely wall of windows let in lots of light. Elegant Formal Dining Room includes chair rail, crown moding and recessed lighting. Two Bedrooms down plus three additional Bedrooms, Pullman Bath, Game Room and Seating area up. Lavish Master Bath with TV in mirror! Three-car, side entry Garage. Reinforced Storm Shelter. Lot backs to greenbelt. Gated access to neighborhood with clubroom, pool and trails available.

6861 East 125th Place - $450,000 Beautiful Transitional Design with Pond Views in Bixby North! Extensive hand scraped hardwoods by Renaissance, rustic beams, faux finishes by Carolyn Finch, covered outdoor living, fire pit and over 25K in upgrades and landscaping! Granite and glass tile Kitchen with stainless steel appliances, open Great Room, Formal Dining, Study, vaulted Master and Guest Suite down! Huge Game Room, Theater Room, Wet Bar, two Bedroom Suites and walkout attic up.

Four full and one half bath. Three-car Garage and generator hookup.

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6010 E. 117th St. Beautiful new listing in the prestigious South Tulsa neighborhood of River Oaks. This English Estate has every amenity possible to make easy. kitchen 6519 S. Gary ave. living - Located on aOpen culdesac behind and familyroom hasSouthernHills. granite and stainless appliances.

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Inground pool. Call for more details.

3126 E. 87th PL Gated Wellington 4942 E. 103rd St. Custom Built in Wexford 10520 S. 91st E. Ave. Magnificent home in South has view of the pond. Recently by Murphy has been nicely updated. Formal Legacy Park II built by Bill Haynes Homes. The ave. attention Modern twist with a great floorplan 6423 S. indianapoLiS 11413floorplan e. 132nd pLis. Custom with attention to 59th pLKitchen . Gated Garden Parkbacksplash, with hardwoodopen remodeled with grabbing living2117 and e.dining. has tile great built for home entertaining with make this in house one ofroom. a kind. Gated courtyard with2koi granite pond floorscounters detail inroom every room.

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McGraw Realtors 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, Master Suite w/FP and Sitting Area. 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 and Luxury Granite Bathroom. Great View From Deck Overlooking Breathtaking Landscaped Backyard with Waterfall. Circle Drive. Offered at $549,000.

6212 East 105th Street - Exclusive Gated Rockhurst! Stately Brick on 1/2 Acre Wooded Lot with Five Car Garage. Three Level with Spacious Rooms, 10’ Ceilings, Hardwood Floors. Granite, Island Kitchen Open to Family Room with Fireplace. Large Master Suite Down with His/Her Closets. Gentlemen’s Study with Built-ins. Curved Stairway Up to Game Room, 5 Beds and 3 Baths. Third Level is Huge Home Theater w/102” Screen, Guest Apartment Above Garage. Gated Driveway. Circle Drive. Jenks Schools. Offered at $950,000.

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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

2540 E. 30 th S t . Classic midtown stone home on large private lot. Custom kitchen. Marble floors, numerous fireplaces. Exquisite master suite has beamed and vaulted ceiling and his and hers baths and closets. Two other large bedrooms suites. Many gracious living areas. 2000 sq. ft. of finished basement. $2,250,000

3462 S. a tlanta P l . Extraordinary custom 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

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

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

2470 E. 29 t h S t r E E t Recently renovated transitional style. Huge first floor master suite with fireplace and his and hers closets. Kitchen opens to family room.

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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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7411 E. 109th Street - $650,000 Custom home exquisitely designed and built by Biltmore Homes. Theater room on main level. Outdoor living with large deck/grill. In-ground gunite pool, hot tub and pool bath. 20’ ceiling in great room, hardwoods, custom cabinets, wood beams, extensive crown, wood wrapped windows, etc. Gorgeous greenbelt lot. 4 bed, 4.5 baths, 3 car garage.

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1205 E. Dover - Carriage Crossing - Broken Arrow Schools.

Formal Living could be used as office; oversized 2 car w/work space (similar to tandem size) Kitchen w/wrap around breakfast bar and Lg. eating area. All open to very Large Family room.

Newer flooring, appliances, paint and fixtures.4BDRM, 2.5BTH $225,000 Call Judy 918-671-4914

7519 E. 84th Street - Chimney Hills - Union Schools.

This home with 4 bdrms, 2+ car garage, 2.5 bath, 2 large living and eat-in-kitchen. Also comes with a backyard retreat of a large diving pool and waterfall all encased in flagstone. $239,000.

Call Judy 918-671-4914

9611 E. 108th Street - Legends - Bixby Schools.

Custom Built Home on corner lot w/many upgrades. Dream kitchen-oversized stainless refrigerator and freezer built in, double ovens w/convection and seperate warming tray. Wine cooler and refrigerator in wet bar of game room. Most of 1st floor is hardwoods. $485,000 Call Judy 918-671-4914

18763 E. 81st Street North- Timber Gate - Owasso Schools.

Your Own Resort Living at it’s Best! Complete with a fully loaded outdoor kitchen and beautiful pool. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 3 car oversized garage and work room. MUST SEE! $389,000 Call Bill 918-671-7471

5329 South Delaware Avenue - Lee-Mack - Tulsa Schools.

MIDTOWN BEAUTY! Two living areas, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car garage, hardwoods, new granite kitchen and remodeled baths, plus a fenced yard and storage building. This home has it all! $184,000 Call Bill 918-671-7471

2306 East 151st Street - Bixby Schools.

BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM HOME IN A COUNTRY SETTING COMES W/2.5 ACRES! Many wonderful amenities. Each bedroom has it’s own bath. Outdoor living w/fireplace. Banquet size formal dining overlooks grounds. Extra large game room made for a party or big family! $429,000 Call Bill 918-671-7471 TulsaPeople.com

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5411 E. 80th Street - Holland Lakes gated community. This one has it all!

Large living/dining areas, two fireplaces. Kitchen opens to clubroom. Master bedroom down with remodeled bath. Gorgeous library downstairs. Three bedrooms up with private baths, plus bonus room and game room with pool table. Landscaped yard has gorgeous pool with fountain. Smart Home Technology. Four-car garage. Close proximity to Holland Hall. $639,000.

5333 E. 115th Place - Country quiet in Fieldstone Farm. Single-level, four bedrooms, three full baths, one half bath. Great Room with stone fireplace and vaulted wood ceiling. Formal dining room. Master has private entrance to library. New Pella windows. Rear-entry garage. Freshly painted and new carpeting. Jenks Schools. Low $300’s.

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New interior, exterior paint and vinyl windows. Attached two-car garage. $159,000

219 E. 28th Street - Desirable Sunset Terrace. Designed and built by Jack Arnold. Masterful updates and renovations. Master down, two bedrooms up with charming study. Gunite pool and koi pond with waterfall in backyard. $553,000.

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7035 E. 118th Street 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.

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1414 E. 19th Street Adorable Swan Lake cottage. Completely remodeled in 2015! Gorgeous granite, subway tile & 2 updated full baths!

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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.

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Master with private full bath. All bedrooms have walk-in closets. Interior laundry. Newer windows & A/C unit. Large private fully fenced backyard. $138,000.

507 N. 83rd Place - Wellstone 1 at Forest Ridge Over $100,000 in upgrades since 2011. Movein-ready, freshly painted inside and out. Two living areas. Huge walk-in closets in master suite with walk-in shower and two-sided gas fireplace from master to bath. Four bedrooms, three full and one half baths. New pool with custom iron fence and outdoor kitchen with storage. Theater room with wet bar. Three car garage. Broken Arrow Schools. $429,000 TulsaPeople.com

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 FOR AN ENCHANTED MID-SUMMER NIGHT CELEBRATION

Green Country’s largest Wine Tasting and Tulsa’s Best Restaurants Benefiting the Tulsa Garden Center

PREMIER TASTING

Tulsa Garden Center Mansion 2435 S. Peoria Ave. 6-7:30 p.m.

GARDEN TASTING Woodward Park Municipal Rose Garden 7-9:30 p.m.

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short drive to Claremore for the Gatesway Balloon Festival will quench your adventurous spirit and yield worthy awareness to the Gatesway nonprofit that provides opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities.

Balloons of intriguing design and color will gather from all over the country to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the free festival. You don’t want to miss the takeoff of up to 35 balloons or the evening balloon glow. Flights and tethered rides also are available for a $15 fee.

The event runs 4-11 p.m., Friday, and 7 a.m.-11 p.m., Saturday, at Will Rogers Downs, 20900 S. 4200 Road, Claremore.

Visit www.gatesway.org.

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9/4 First Friday Art Crawl

9/20 “The Price is Right Live”

9/24 Jay Leno

Local flavor is on display at the First Friday Art Crawl, from impressive art exhibits to the street musicians filling their hats.

In its eighth year of operation, the festival has grown from a few galleries opening their doors to a bourgeoning district-wide event with dozens of entertainment options and participating restaurants.

The art crawl isn’t only for adults. Families can find numerous kid-friendly activities, including dancing to live bands at Guthrie Green.

This month, installation art makes a statement. Check out James and Yiren Gallagher’s exhibit at the Hardesty Arts Center. Their work considers mankind’s relationship with nature.

At Living Arts, Mark Wittig’s installation, “Two Room School House,” explores the relationship between education and learning disabilities, while Sarah Engel-Barnett‘s art portrays a 24th-century rural Kansas town stricken by tornados. The First Friday Art Crawl is a free event from 6-9 p.m. on the first Friday of the month in downtown Tulsa. Visit www. thebradyartsdistrict.com.

“Come on down!” Your name soon could be included in the iconic daytime TV phrase. But don’t bother with packing; no longer do you have to travel to California to participate in “The Price is Right.”

A traveling version of the show, “The Price is Right Live,” will make a stop in Tulsa at the BOK Center. It is your chance to play show favorites like Plinko and spin the Big Wheel to win cash, vacations, vehicles and other prizes. The show has already given away $10 million in prizes.

With the basic framework of the broadcasted show, audience members will be called down to bid on prizes, play games, spin the wheel and have a chance to be a contestant in the showcase showdown. The showdown will be at 7 p.m. at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave. Tickets range from $29.50-$59.50 at www. bokcenter.com. Anyone attending the show must purchase a ticket, but people may register as a contestant without one. Contestants must be 18 or older; registration takes place day of show. Visit www.priceisrightlive.com.

Experiencing Jay Leno withdrawals? After he wrapped up 20 years as a staple of late night, it would be no surprise.

Leno’s remarkable career includes titles such as: Emmy award-winning late night host, actor, voice-over star, author and TV show creator with “Jay Leno’s Garage” (which also won an Emmy). But, his most valued contribution and title remains comedian. Joke spinning is where Leno’s path to comedic success began in the mid-’70s.

But his idea of retirement is less relaxing than most. He is going back to his roots and traveling the country doing live routines with new material. You can get your Leno fix when the “Tonight Show” legend comes to Tulsa to perform stand-up and continue his legacy of making people laugh. The man with the most famous chin in the world will be at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, 777 W. Cherokee St., Catoosa. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tickets start at $60. Guests must be 21 or older. See www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com or call 918-384-7625.

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OUT & ABOUT

People, places and events

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority The Alpha Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. hosted its first Helen Adams Rouce Scholarship celebration in June. The chapter awarded scholarships to female high school seniors planning to attend historically black colleges or universities. Pictured are Kathy Bracy, event co-chair; Regina Baker, chapter vice president; scholarship recipients De’Juae Leathers, Arianna Jordan and Chanyce DeMargo Mayes; Delaina Holmes, chapter president; and Lynetria Rhodes-Johnson, event co-chair.

Tulsa Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities TARC recently hosted its 20th annual Shot in the Dark golf tournament at LaFortune Golf Course. Pictured are TARC board members Julie Kenderdine, Jean Cook and Lisa Burlingame, who also was event chairwoman.

Ronald McDonald House Charities The 2015 McDazzle Fun Ball on Oct. 8 will benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tulsa. Pictured are Jean Ann Hankins, the nonprofit’s executive director, and McDazzle Fun Ball 2015 Co-chairs Tammy Fairchild and Kerry Gilbert.

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Tulsa Children’s Museum Jeremy and Becky Stanford and Stephanie and Russel Eckman, 2015 Electric Lime Gala chairs, attended the third annual Electric Lime Gala on May 2 at the Tulsa Children’s Museum Discovery Lab.

Tulsa Fashion Week The fashions of noted Hollywood designer Alexis Monsanto were presented at a Tulsa Fashion Week preview party at Jackie Cooper Imports. Pictured are model Cherokee Pearce, the reigning Miss Teen Oklahoma; Jeff Badley, sales manager of Jackie Cooper Infinity; Alexis Monsanto; event planner Tina Terry; Jon Terry, CEO of SRO Productions of Tulsa; and model Kylie Reece. Tulsa Fashion Week will include free and ticketed events Sept. 15-19, with a Runway Finale on the 19th at Cox Business Center. Visit www.tulsafashionweek.com.

Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma The ninth annual Tulsa Restaurant Week runs from Sept. 12-20 and raises funds for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma’s Food for Kids Backpack Program. Pictured are Katie Lepine, community engagement coordinator with the food bank; Ilana Velazquez, partner in Sisserou’s Caribbean Restaurant, a 2015 Tulsa Restaurant Week participant; and Susie Miller, vice president of communications for TulsaPeople Magazine, founding sponsor of Tulsa Restaurant Week.

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On 52nd Street: The Jazz Photography of William P. Gottlieb

Volunteer Spotlight

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Kim and Alan Souter 2015 co-chairs, Cattle Baron’s Ball

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our years ago, Kim and Alan Souter attended the American Cancer Society’s Cattle Baron’s Ball as guests. But when the son of a close friend was diagnosed with cancer, it prompted them to increase their financial and volunteer support.

For three of the past four years, Alan has served as one of six Executive Barons of the event — business leaders who pledge to generate community support of the ball through sponsorships, table sales and other avenues. The Souters were recently named cochairs of the Sept. 26 ball.

American Cancer Society mission statement: The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.

Kim, on why they support the ball: Through Alan’s involvement, we both became dedicated to the mission of the American Cancer Society. The money raised from Cattle Baron’s Ball helps to fund free services and programs that are provided by ACS for Green Country’s local cancer patients, as well as national research, education and advocacy programs funded by ACS. The need for hope and resources is overwhelming, and Cattle Baron’s Ball helps provide the support and resources patients need.

More than $1.2 million is spent on cancer research right here in Oklahoma. Approximately 3,000 cancer patients are served every year by the American Cancer Society office in Tulsa. There are simply too many people with this disease, and we are just doing our small part to provide hope that cancer will one day be a disease of the past. tþ

Continues through October 11, 2015 Exhibition organized by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Sept. 26 — Ninth annual Cattle Baron’s Ball 7 p.m. Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center. Live entertainment by country artist Jerrod Niemann. Barbecue, silent and live auctions, wine pulls and dancing. $175, general admission; $250, premium tickets. Benefits American Cancer Society and Green Country cancer patients. Call 918-477-5415 or visit www.cancer.org.

Title sponsor of the Gilcrease Museum exhibition season is the Sherman E. Smith Family Foundation. TU is an EEO/AA Institution.

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Fundraisers and fun happenings

September compiled by JUDY LANGDON Sept. 5 — Second annual Sickle Cell 5K Walk, Run or Jog and Community Bazaar Benefits supporters of families with sickle cell disease. www.sicklecell5k.splashthat.com Sept. 10 — Chapters: An Evening of Books, Bards and Bites Benefits Tulsa City-County Library’s Ruth G. Hardman Adult Literacy Service. www.tulsalibrary.org Sept. 11 — 18th annual Tailgate Party and Silent Auction Benefits Berryhill Education Foundation. Email Melissa Armstrong, melzword@gmail.com.

Sept. 11 — Day of Caring Benefits Tulsa Area United Way. www.tauw.org/dayofcaring Sept. 11 — Kaleidoscope Ball Benefits Emergency Infant Services. www.eistulsa.org

9/5 Supporters of Families with Sickle Cell Disease The Sickle Cell second annual 5K Walk, Run and Jog for a Cure and Community Bazaar will kick off at Langston University Tulsa, 914 N. Greenwood Ave. Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder that can cause tissue and organ damage, pain and death. Register at www.sicklecell5k.splashthat.com.

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Sept. 12-20 — Restaurant Week Benefits the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. www.okfoodbank.org

Sept. 18-19 — Gatesway Balloon Festival Benefits Gatesway Foundation. www.gatesway.org

Sept. 26 — Ninth annual Cattle Baron’s Ball Benefits American Cancer Society. www.tulsacattlebaronsball.org

Sept. 13 — Farm to Fork Patron Gathering & Feast Benefits Oklahoma Teen Challenge. www.okteenchallenge.com

Sept. 24 — 2015 Vision in Education Leadership Awards Dinner Benefits Tulsa Community College Foundation. www.tulsacc.edu/visiondinner

Sept. 26 — Susan G. Komen Tulsa Race for the Cure Benefits Susan G. Komen Tulsa. www.komentulsa.org

Sept. 13 — Ramble at The Bramble, Firkin Breaking & Imbibing Benefits Oklahoma Teen Challenge. www.okteenchallenge.com Sept. 14 — Annual Golf Tournament Benefits Restore Hope Ministries. www.golf.restorehope.org Sept. 15 — Western Days Benefits Saint Simeon’s. www.saintsimeons.org

Sept. 25 — An Evening of Wine and Roses Benefits Tulsa Garden Center. www.tulsagardencenter.com Sept. 26 — Million Mutt March Benefits the Oklahoma Alliance for Animals. www.animalallianceok.org Sept. 26 — Mini-Laps Benefits The Little Light House. www.littlelighthouse.org

Sept. 26-27 — Bike MS: The Road Divided Benefits Multiple Sclerosis Society. www.bikeMS.org Sept. 27 — Concours for the Cure Benefits American Diabetes Association. www.concoursforthecure.com Sept. 29 — Champions of Health Benefits Oklahoma Caring Foundation. www.championsofhealth.org Sept. 30 — Circle Dinner Benefits Tulsa Botanic Garden. www.tulsabotanic.org

9/26 American Cancer Society Barons Andy Kinslow, Shane Fernandez and Alan Souter of the American Cancer Society 2015 Cattle Baron’s Ball display plates hand-painted by pediatric cancer survivors. The plates will be auctioned at the event.

9/26-27 Multiple Sclerosis Society Kevin Nelson, captain of Team RICARDOS and the 2014 top fundraising team captain, crosses the Day 1 finish line with his teammates in Chandler, Oklahoma, at the 2014 Bike MS event. The 2015 event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Bike MS.

9/27 American Diabetes Association Concours for the Cure Co-chairs Phil Haney and Jennifer Anthony celebrate the event’s 10th anniversary. Originally hosted at the home of Bill Lobeck and Mayor Kathy Taylor in 2006, the event is now held at Southern Hills Country Club.

Concours for a Cure has raised more than $3.4 million for the American Diabetes Association.

Perspectives on local art and culture

BEHIND THE SCENE

‘Derricks, Diamonds and Dreams’

by GAIL BANZET-ELLIS

Find “Derricks, Diamonds and Dreams: Life and Sports in the Tulsa Oil Patch” in the Apple iTunes store, at www.barnesandnoble.com or on Amazon.

Learn more at www.tulsasportsebook.com.

Elven Lindblad with some of his Tulsa and sports memorabilia. He recently released an eBook that explores Tulsa history, including the city’s athletic teams, art, music and society. mentaries and for the past 12 years has worked as a criminal records researcher for two background screening companies in Tulsa.

“I enjoy the research and details — being able to look at not just what happened but why it happened and how events and people impacted each other,” Lindblad says.

Interviews, Internet research and a “gold mine” of information preserved in the Tulsa CityCounty Library system provided him with valuable content and stories that can’t be found in other history books.

Interesting details include how a minor league baseball player and 1966 Oilers Manager Charlie

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ong before soccer and hockey teams called Tulsa home, there was baseball.

Originally named the Tulsa Oilers (with brief tenures as the Railroaders and the Producers), the city’s club played at four downtown baseball diamonds from 1905-29, often surrounded by young art deco buildings and churches that now are local landmarks.

The team was renamed the Drillers in 1977, and its downtown digs at ONEOK Field are three blocks north of the original stadium, Athletic Park, at East First Street and South Frankfort Avenue.

A lifelong sports fan and native Tulsan, Elven Lindblad set out a few years ago to fulfill his dream of writing a book about Tulsa athletics and the city’s baseball history.

The further he dug into research, the more he realized his book would encompass much more than sports.

Released as an eBook on July 1, Lindblad’s “Derricks, Diamonds and Dreams: Life and Sports in the Tulsa Oil Patch” presents neverbefore-told stories of Tulsa art, sports, music and society.

“It’s like small pieces of a mosaic,” he says. “When they’re put together in the right way, you see this really wonderful, bright and vivid picture of Tulsa.”

Lindblad knows his city like the back of his hand. He graduated from Will Rogers High School and studied communications at the University of Tulsa before working as a sportswriter at the Tulsa World in the 1970s. Much of his 40-year career has centered on print and electronic media as a sports information specialist for five major networks. He served as researcher for ESPN Classic Network docu-

Metro created the first batting tee but never submitted official paperwork for a patent. Lindblad welcomed the contributions of local experts such as John Wooley, who provided details on the city’s music scene.

From the Governor’s Mansion to the halls of Congress, Lindblad’s book discusses how Tulsans have impacted domestic and international politics. Other sections focus on Tulsa’s national influence as one of America’s most philanthropic and charitable cities or how the community is deeply rooted in religious heritage, culture, art and aviation traditions that still exist today.

“I hope people gain a deeper knowledge and appreciation for what Tulsa has to offer,” Lindblad says. “It’s like what Will Rogers once said: ‘Even if Tulsa had not been part of the oil boom, it would be successful because of the unique spirit of its people.’

“Tulsans are industrious, intelligent, caring and more than willing to give a hand up and encourage others to become self-sufficient.”

Lindblad’s three-year literary journey on nights, weekends and holidays is due in part to his main cheerleader and supportive wife, Carole. He chose to publish exclusively in the growing eBook market and, for less than $5, readers can purchase this unique documentation of Tulsa’s evolution as a great American city. 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.

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Notes on local and regional film

Leader’s legacy

by HEATHER KOONTZ

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ABOVE: Wilma Mankiller was the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. She died in 2010. Cherokee director Valerie Red-Horse, inset, and producer Gale Anne Hurd are filming a documentary about Mankiller’s life and legacy.

Gale Anne Hurd, a well-respected Hollywood producer. Known as the “First Lady of Sci-Fi,” Hurd produced “The Terminator” trilogy, “Aliens” and “The Walking Dead.”

Together, the pair began creating documentaries for PBS about Native Americans, including “True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers” and “Choctaw Code Talkers,” which also was filmed in Oklahoma.

When a recent narrative feature about Mankiller titled “The Cherokee Word for Water” began production, it brought to light the life and work of Mankiller. It wasn’t long before PBS looked to Red-Horse and Hurd to create a project with a similar topic.

Funded in part by Vision Maker Media for PBS, the project raised the rest of its funding from a successful Kickstarter campaign begun

by Hurd’s production company.

According to Red-Horse, Hurd’s involvement with “The Walking Dead” resulted in the TV show’s fans playing a huge role in earning the $150,000 the group needed.

Once the funds were raised, the choice to film in Oklahoma was a logical one.

“We’ve always filmed where the story takes place,” Red-Horse says, “which is why we chose Oklahoma.

We’ll also film in Los Angeles and recently filmed in San Francisco, where Wilma was forcefully relocated as a child.”

Mankiller’s widower, Charlie Soap, and her daughters serve as co-producers and played a large role in helping bring her story to life. (Mankiller’s friend and former campaign manager, Kristina Kiehl, also is a producer.)

Despite a thunderstorm interrupting a day of shooting, RedHorse says there is a lot to admire about Oklahoma.

“Everyone from hotel to restaurant staff was so welcoming and helpful,” she says. “The warmth of the people stood out to me.”

Red-Horse says she hopes the documentary will show viewers the strength of Mankiller’s leadership.

“Wilma was an amazing leader, and her life is a testament to hard

work and overcoming obstacles,” Red-Horse says. “I’m excited to show how she was a unifier and organizer who was able to accomplish projects for the people. She didn’t think of herself as a political or divisive label.”

“Mankiller” will likely broadcast on PBS in 2016. While Oklahomans can see the film on OETA, RedHorse says she hopes to distribute the film and maybe even land a theatrical release in the future.

“We want to honor Wilma’s wish to shed light on the Cherokee Nation and her history,” Red-Horse says. “We think this project will be very educational for Oklahoma and the Cherokee people.” tþ

Heather Koontz is a graduate of the University of Tulsa’s Film Studies program. She enjoys spending time with her Westie and French bulldog, as well as remodeling her 100-year-old home with her husband, Byron.

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he late Wilma Mankiller remains one of Oklahoma’s most beloved women.

A documentary currently in production from two southern California-based filmmakers hopes to profile her contributions to the Cherokee Nation and the state of Oklahoma. Produced by Red-Horse Native Productions Inc. and Valhalla Entertainment, “Mankiller” filmed in Oklahoma, California and New York.

During her three terms as the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, Mankiller reinvigorated the Nation through her leadership and involvement in community projects. She brought men and women together for positive causes, such as building a waterline for rural Bell, Oklahoma, and establishing federal small business development grants.

Her impact on history is undeniable, and she is even being considered as a face on redesigned currency in 2020.

“The film is the life story of Wilma Mankiller from start to finish,” says Valerie Red-Horse, owner and founder of Red-Horse Native Productions. “We aimed to honor her memory, legacy and relevancy and shed light on the Cherokee Nation.”

Red-Horse is a director of Cherokee ancestry and says her culture drew her to this project.

“My father was born in Tahlequah, so I wanted to feel a connection with my ancestry and see the places where my father was raised,” she says.

After studying film at UCLA, Red-Horse started her career with projects that earned awards and placements at the Sundance Film Festival. Her company has become a driving force in working with tribal nations and bringing their stories to the big screen.

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The local music scene

Something from nothing

SEPTEMBER’S BEST BETS FOR LIVE MUSIC

by JARROD GOLLIHARE

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ere’s the typical story of an indie rock career: Band X writes some songs and plays a bunch of gigs on the road while trying to work on new material.

Eventually, the group records the best of its songs and releases an independent album. Band X then hits the road again — for a long time — hoping to attract a following, maybe some management and perhaps even a record deal.

(If a deal is reached, of course, the band then promptly breaks up due to “artistic differences.”)

That, however, is not the story of We the Ghost. This Tulsa pop-rock outfit sprang onto the local scene in 2012, quickly garnering a sizable fan base with its energetic live performances, along with a handful of awards (including local honors and two LA Music Awards) and a large repertoire of fantastic recordings.

As lead singer/songwriter Beau Tyler explains it, “We kinda did it backward. We the Ghost has never done long tours. We chose to be in the studio instead, releasing albums and singles as much as possible. In our first three years we released 27 songs. We figured the best route was to write the best songs we could, shop the albums and go on tour later.”

So far, their plan is working. The band recently inked a deal with Spectra Records and will release a new full-length record later this year.

Tyler — whose adoptive parents moved him from Los Angeles to Tulsa early in life — became lifelong friends with future We the Ghost bandmate and percussionist Dain Samuelson in their early teens.

When Tyler turned 18, he moved to

We the Ghost is Matt McHan, guitar; Dain Samuelson, djimbe; Beau Tyler, singer/songwriter; Brad Jones, drums; Jocelyn Rowland, violin; and new member Todd Shaver, bass (not pictured).

Dallas, where a few years later he joined modern rock combo Shoreline’s End, a signed, touring act.

When his father became ill, however, Tyler came back home to Tulsa. While staying at Samuelson’s house (and with his friend’s encouragement) Tyler wrote all the songs for We the Ghost’s first release in two weeks.

“I started We the Ghost as a side project,” Tyler says, “and really, really quickly it became everything to me. So, I dropped being a full-time musician to come back and build something from nothing. It was the best thing I ever did.”

Soon after, with the addition of violinist Jocelyn Rowland, guitarist Matt McHan and drummer Bradley Jones, Tyler and Samuelson began to realize their vision for the band’s sound: catchy pop simplicity mixed with modern rock, classical violin overtones and hip-hop inspired beats.

The band wasted no time implementing its career strategy.

Within a year, it released two EPs, “My Mixtape Summer” and “White Noise,” (the latter garnering it a management and licensing deal).

In 2013 they released “Sinking Suspicion,” which won Rock Album of the Year at the LA Music Awards.

“That took us to another level,” Tyler says. “It’s when labels started calling us back.”

The year 2014 saw the release of “The Kids Can’t Dance,” which led to the band’s Spectra record deal.

Its current single, “Let Me Know,” debuted at No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot Singles Sales chart.

The upcoming album will be a compilation of the band’s favorite songs from everything they’ve recorded up until now — with a few new tracks thrown in for good measure. A U.S. and European tour is in the works. tþ

9/18 Josh Garrels, Cain’s Ballroom For more than a decade, modern folk-rock artist Josh Garrels made music that explores themes of compassion, hope, longing and liberation. Touring in support of his latest release, “Home,” Garrels says, “While writing these songs I was searching for joy, and this pursuit instinctively brought my attention back to the people and places closest to me. These songs have less of an outward, expansive scope, and rather turn the attention inward, to the intimacy of family.” Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8.

9/29 Beach House, Cain’s Ballroom Dream pop duo Beach House acquired a following due to its five mesmerizingly beautiful studio releases. Pitchfork described its 2012 release, “Bloom,” as “luminous, sky-sized songs that conjure some alternate universe where Cocteau Twins have headlined every stadium on Atlantis.”

The band is touring for its latest release, “Depression Cherry.” Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8.

Jarrod Gollihare is one-third of Tulsa power-pop group Admiral Twin. He’s also a music producer and a painter of odd things. He claims to be the true king of Prussia, but no one believes him.

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Bama Pies employees in 1943 outside the company’s original pie plant at East 11th Street and South Delaware Avenue, where Paul and Lilah Marshall also lived.

Today the Bama Cos. owns the entire block between South Columbia and Delaware avenues on East 11th Street. Bama operates three Tulsa locations.

American pie

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weet potato pies and hard work were the key ingredients to a bakery product empire born out of the Great Depression.

When Henry Marshall lost his job, he and his wife, Cornelia Alabama Marshall, sold their Winnsboro, Texas, farm and moved to Dallas. To help support their seven children, she baked her famous pies at a local drugstore. Realizing their potential for a greater profit, Henry began selling the pies door to door.

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The couple’s son Paul and his wife, Lilah, took over their own branch of Bama Pie Co. when they moved to Tulsa in 1935. Paul propelled the company’s growth by developing small fried pies to sell to McDonalds Corp. beginning in the 1960s.

Since 1984, the founders’ granddaughter Paula Marshall has led the Bama Cos., which is now headquartered in Tulsa and has more than 1,000 employees on three continents.tþ

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