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VOL 22 ISSUE 6
June 2015
ROGERS COUNTY NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Goodwill = Jobs
Goodwill Industries of Tulsa celebrates 2014 accomplishments with Annual Awards Presentation Luncheon.
By Duane Blankenship Goodwill Industries of Tulsa provides work opportunities, job training and support services for people with disabilities or other employment barriers and envi-
sions a community where all people have the training and opportunities they need to be successful in the workplace, regardless of the barriers to employment they must overcome. “In 2014,” says Goodwill President David Oliver,
“our Community invested nearly $21 million in Goodwill, and Goodwill invested nearly $21 million back into the Community. The total economic impact of all Goodwill pro(continued on page 22)
The Price of Depression… The clock is ticking. Don’t lessen your odds of recovery. By Duane Blankenship Dr. Jeff McIlroy has served Strength of Mind as Chief of Psychiatry since its founding in 2004. The group’s purpose is to provide a ready response to those in need of outpatient behavioral health care and their goal is to make psychiatry innovative, effective and accessible. “By using diverse, personalized and comprehensive treatment methods,” says Dr. McIlroy, “Strength of Mind meets a variety of patients’ needs at any age.” Strength of Mind was the first in Tulsa to provide TMS (Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation). TMS therapy is an FDA approved, non-invasive medical treatment for major depression. The treatment gives direct MRI strength magnetic pulse stimulation to the frontal lobe of the brain compelling neurons to start firing which leads to restoring the brain to normal functioning levels while elevating moods and encouraging ambition. Insurance companies that currently cover TMS treatment at Strength of Mind include Blue Cross Blue Shield, Federal, Anthem, BCBS-OK, Medicare, (continued on page 22)
Goodwill Annual Awards Winners are (l-r): Achiever of the Year Mary Park, Graduate of the Year Kevin Anderson, awards presenter and emcee Kristen Dickerson/KTUL Evening News Anchor, and Employee of the Year Robert Mayfield.
2015 Great Race to Travel Route 66 Claremore will host a stop for one of the country’s most amazing automobile spectacles. By Lisa Rogers
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Claremore will host a lunch stop on the 2015 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty Sunday, June 21, race organizers have announced. The Great Race, the world’s premiere old car rally, will bring 120 of the world’s finest antique automobiles to the Claremore Expo Center for the $150,000 event. The race will start June 20 in Kirkwood, Mo., and finish June 28 at the Santa Monica Pier in California traveling along historic Route 66. Along the 2,400-mile route, competitors will travel parts of The Mother Road in all eight states it originally ran through – Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The Great Race, which began 32 (continued on page 22)
Dad’s Day Out at the Claremore Expo Center, featuring the Great Race Vintage Car Rally.
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Dr. Jeff McIlroy, Chief of Psychiatry for Strength of Mind, says their TMS treatment is a three-pronged approach to treating and recovering from depression.
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