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VOL 22 ISSUE 9
September 2015
TULSA
NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Dental Care for All Ages White Smile Cosmetic & Family Dentistry focuses on excellent care for the young and older.
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 Dr. White If you believe the advertising today, one would think there are only a few places you can go to get certain dental services. The fact is, many “general practice” or “family practice” dental
offices offer a variety of services that enable most families to have all their dental needs taken care of at one location. Dr. Steve White at White Cosmetic & Family Dentistry
Rolling Thunder Dragster Available to Local Charities
has been treating patients of all ages for over 30 years and offers a full range of services. Dr. White and his team of friendly and caring professionals are (continued on page 24)
Dr. Steven White of White Smile Cosmetic & Family Dentistry.
Focus on Success and It Will Come Children learn lifelong skills through martial arts.
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 fiber automotive bodies over a custom fabricated chassis, giving them an appearance similar to manufacturers’ showroom models. They have forward-mounted engines, placed in front of the driver, as opposed to dragsters, which place the engine behind the driver.” Rolling Thunder is a funny car based out of Sapulpa with an 18-gallon tank holding an exotic mixture of alcohol, but is truly powered by love. It can hit 100 miles an hour in 60 feet with 16inch wheels screaming down the quarter-mile drag strip. The super-charged, highly modified Chevy engine produces 2,500 horse power. Let’s go back to the four-letter word that motivates the MaeHem Racing Team. L-O-V-E not only powers the car, but is the strong bond that holds the
Owasso family and friends together. Mark DeMaro is the heart and soul behind the three and half-year project that designed and created Rolling Thunder. The team name, MaeHem, is named in honor of his late mother, Mae. The primary purpose of the car is to “(1) keep the family together while (2) serving the Lord and (3) giving back to the community and helping kids,” says DeMaro. “My mother was our biggest fan.” Mark’s life has been entwined in the automotive field since 1973, when he began drag racing. His first car was a modified ’65 Plymouth Valiant with a Barracuda front end. Car owners and team founders are Scott and Kris Demauro and Mark DeMaro, along with their wives. Scott DeMauro, Mark’s nephew, and the entire crew of Rolling Thunder can’t say enough about the support they and the funny car project receive from their wives. Scott, one of two drivers, admitted the project requires him to spend a lot of time away from home and family. “But this is very (continued on page 24)
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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 (L to R): Taylor Carrell, Assistant Instructor, 1st Degree Black Belt; kids realize their potential in Chris Velez, Senior Chief Instructor, 5th Degree Black Belt; Eric life,” says the man who everyone Buckendorf, Chief Instructor, 2nd Degree Black Belt; and Tara (continued on page 24) Modrell, Instructor’s Assistant, 1st Degree Black Belt
The MaeHem Racing Team poses with Rolling Thunder, a funny car dragster designed and hand-built over three and half years. The team consists of Paul Bridgewater, Michael Newman and family members, Mark DeMaro and his two nephews, Kris and Scott DeMauro. (Not pictured are driver David Summerton and crew members George Stabler, Will Summerton, and Scott DeMaro.)
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