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VOL 22 ISSUE 11
November 2015
TULSA
NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
North South East and Western Wear Do You Choose to Help? Choices for Life Foster Care in Sapulpa provides therapeutic foster care services for children with unique needs.
Drysdales has 100,000 pairs of jeans and 45,000 pairs of boots in stock, as well as a huge variety of leisure apparel. By Duane Blankenship If you live in northeastern Oklahoma you’ve certainly heard the phrase, “North South
East and Western Wear®.” The effective advertising slogan is undeniably Drysdales® of Tulsa.
The thing many may not have realized is that Drysdales’ catalog (continued on page 24)
By Jim Butcher How large is your heart? Not physically, but its capacity to love and care for children? What about for children with special needs? Bringing a child into your home to live is a truly benevolent act, but it can be especially challenging when the child has special needs. Choices for Life Foster Care in Sapulpa specializes in therapeutic foster care for children with unique needs. Having contracted with the Department of Human
Services, the agency places children from traumatizing households into homes with foster parents who are willing to go above and beyond usual expectations and provide loving environments that encourage healing, learning and growth. “We get referrals daily from DHS about children who need our services, but we simply do not have enough foster parents and homes,” explains Christine Hamner, MS, LPC, LADC, (continued on page 24)
President and CEO Jim McClure and Vice President Sigmund Schwier were part of the team that founded Drysdales in September 1981.
97 and Going Strong William E. Miller is a Tulsa veteran who has personal experiences with major historical events in our country, including the search for Amelia Earhart and the battles of World War II. By Sheryl Sowell
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In honor of Veterans Day, we are proud to share the story of a local veteran, Mr. William E. Miller (also known as Bill). At 97 years old, Bill’s life is brimming with personal experiences rooted in major historical events of our country. In 1936, after graduating from Central High School in Tulsa, Bill Miller joined the United States Navy at the age of 18. He boarded a World War William E. Miller in his original Navy uniform, at his home filled I destroyer ship of the Asiatic with the accolades and mementos he collected during his service (continued on page 24) in World War II.
Christine Hamner, MS, LPC, LADC, clinical supervisor of Choices for Life Foster Care in Sapulpa.
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