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VOL 22 ISSUE 9
September 2015
OWASSO COLLINSVILLE
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Focus on Success and It Will Come Receive Your Full Children learn lifelong skills through martial arts. Retirement Benefits Linda Rainwater will host a free seminar, “Social By Deanna Rebro
Security: Your Questions Answered” on September 21, 2015. By Sheryl Sowell Linda Rainwater is an Edward Jones Financial Advisor who believes in investing her time to understand what her clients are working toward before investing their money. “Working closely with you and your CPA, attorney, and other professionals, I can help determine the most appropriate financial strategy for you and your family. I can also help with your retirement savings strategy so you have more options when you retire, regardless of what you decide to do,” she explains. Linda offers free seminars explaining the many facets of Social Security. The next seminar will be held Monday,
September 21 at 5 p.m. at the Owasso Community Center, located at 301 S. Cedar. Please RSVP in advance to Deborah McClain at (918) 274-7044 with your sandwich selection. As you approach retirement, it is more important than ever to understand the role that Social Security benefits can and should play in your overall retirement plan. The free seminar will last approximately one hour and will explain how Social Security benefits work for you and your spouse, when and how to start receiving Social Security benefits, and opportunities to increase your benefits through retirement. (continued on page 24)
(L to R): Taylor Carrell, Assistant Instructor, 1st Degree Black Belt; Chris Velez, Senior Chief Instructor, 5th Degree Black Belt; Eric Buckendorf, Chief Instructor, 2nd Degree Black Belt; and Tara Modrell, Instructor’s Assistant, 1st Degree Black Belt
Within the world of clicking for an answer and multi-tasking, getting plugged in has a totally different meaning at Martial Arts Academy; it means “focus.” Very simply, use your brain and concentrate on the task at hand in the moment. Educators, pediatricians and parents agree that children today have difficulty focusing or concentrating on what they are doing. Many adults do, too. But children as young as five are going through rigid drills that prove they are doing it at his school, according to Chris Velez, senior chief instructor and academy owner. “My goal is to help these kids realize their potential in life,” says the man who every(continued on page 24)
Rolling Thunder Dragster Available to Local Charities The MaeHem Racing Team is proud to present its super-charged Chevy for charities including Folds of Honor, Hydrants of Hope, and Tulsa Youth Services. By Jim Butcher When someone says, “funny cars,” do you think of your neighbor’s car? How about your son’s jalopy always needing gas? Wikipedia describes funny cars as “a type of drag racing vehicle and a specific racing class in organized drag racing. Funny cars are characterized by having tilt-up fiberglass or carbon The MaeHem Racing Team poses with Rolling Thunder, a funny car dragster fiber automotive designed and hand-built over three and half years. The team consists of bodies over a Paul Bridgewater, Michael Newman and family members, Mark DeMaro and custom fabricated his two nephews, Kris and Scott DeMauro. (Not pictured are driver David (continued on page 24) Summerton and crew members George Stabler, Will Summerton, and Scott DeMaro.)
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