Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
What’s Happening in LGA Free Local Newsletter
Sponsored by the Locust Grove Arts Alliance
No. 11: June 2015
Fused glass necklace by Kelly Propst Cook
LGAA workshop set to make little books
FIRE BLOCK BREAKER. . . Allanah Rodriques takes a(Brave) stand to break through four fire blocks during thekarate demonstrations organized by Master DavidFishinghawk. Other Founder’s Day pictures taken duringthe LGAA Art Show are inside. (Photo by Roxann Yates)
Join Roxann Yates, a re-tired teacher and projectlover, in learning how todecorate boxes for trinketsor photos or how to trans-form small, inexpensivebooks into unique photobooks. This LGAA eventwill be held Friday, June 5.Teens and adults are in-vited to create from 5:30 -7 p.m. at Roxann PerkinsYates’ home on PerkinsRoad.
The costis $10. Allm a t e r i a l sand instruc-tion are sup-plied, but par-ticipants arewelcome tobring theirown. Photoscan be broughtf r o mhome to complete a bookduring the workshop. Formore information, contactRoxann [email protected].
Everyone is an artist.Everyone can take the in-tangible and create a tan-gible thing to enjoy. Onesuch activity may be thedecorating of a book to in-clude images of specialtrips and moments in life.Using children’s books,notebooks, notepads, jour-nals, etc. and turning theminto photo books is a wayto create a lasting record
of a favoritevacation orevent in life.
Sometimesa box is thep e r f e c tm e m o r yholder. I re-m e m b e rmy parents
having a blue-sky egg box under their bedthat contained the stories ofthem, of family, of mo-ments captured in snap-shots. They are where Icome from.
Read Yates’ poem, “Where I’m From,” which is re-lated to the capturing of pictures, images, and memoriesinto a concrete form on Page 8. The little memory booksare a unique way to save those memories.
LG Chamber of Commerce
Annual Watermelon Festival
5 p.m., June 27
Story on Page 8
Page 2 What’s Happening in LG June 2015
COWAN INSURANCE AGENCY
Justin Cowan -- Agent
410 E. Main Locust Grove, OK 74352Phone: 918-479-5273 Fax: 918-479-5809
Auto - Home - Farm - Boat -Life - Bonds - Mobile Homes - Commercial
LGAA meets June 10 at VFWMembers of the Locust Grove Arts Alliance will
meet at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 10, when theymake plans for the Sidewalk Chalk Contest to beheld in conjunction with the LG Chamber ofCommerce’s annual Watermelon Festiveal on June27.
Anyone who is interested in getting involved withthe group is invited to attend the one-hour meeting.
The LGAA is actively seeking new members as itgoes into its third year of helping to bring attentionto the arts, and activities which support the arts.
HCE meets third Tuesday at FUMCThe Home and Community Education group meets
at the First United Methodist Church on the thirdTuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Call the churchat 479-6356 for more information.
HONOR FLIGHT. . .Bill and Jim Rogers, Locust Grove,will be making an “Honor Flight” to Washington, D.C. onJune 10. They will overnight in Bixby and then fly out tosee the changing of the guard at Arlington NationalCemetery and numerous monuments in Washington, D.C.They will return the same day. These twin brothers are beinghonored for their service during the Korean Conflict from1952-56. They both served in the U.S. Air Force. Theoctogenarians will be accompanied by Wayne Perego.
FUMC plans film seriesThe Locust Grove First United Methodist Church
will present a film series in conjunction with a newsermon series that begins June 7. The series willexplore how faith and movies connect, accordingto Pastor Matt Franks.
The films, which are open to the public, will beshown on the Saturday before the four sermons onthe topic. Films will begin at 7:30 with the first film,“Big Hero Six,” slated June 6.
Other films in the series include “Frozen,” “TheLorax,” and “The Wizard of Oz.”
Worship on Sunday begins at 10:45 a.m. SundaySchool service is at 9:30 a.m. For more church info,go to www.fumclgok.org.
First United Methodist Churchof Locust Grove
703 N. Hwy. 82 * P.O. Box 218Office: 918-479-6356Cell: 4-5-919-8567
email: [email protected]
What’s Happening in LG June 2015 Page 3
“LGAA Kid
Programs
are great!”
C of C Watermelon Fest June 27
“A Community Bank With Roots, Not Branches”
Established 1949
Online Banking: www.banklg.comVoice Banking: 1-877-479-5225
Phone: 918-479-5225FAX: 918-479-8787
Member FDIC
Toni Turner, currentlypresident-elect, will takethe reigns as president ofthe Locust Grove Chamberof Commerce July 1. Work-ing with Turner will be aslate of officers who wereelected at a May 27 meet-ing.
New president-elect isJerry Yates, an employee ofAmerican Airlines who has
The Locust GroveChamber of Commercewill have its annual Water-melon Festival beginning at5 p.m., June 27, on the va-cant lot just west of theLocust Grove Family Phy-sicians’ building on MainStreet.
Watermelon will be sold for $1 a slice in this fundraiserfor the chamber. Families can also buy whole melons.In addition, hotdogs and/or barbeque sandwiches withchips will be available for $5 a sandwich, according toToni Turner, president of the chamber come July 1, andalso the originator of the festival three years ago. Sheand her husband, Jason, serve as co-chairmen of theevent.
Live music and old-fashioned games will also be apart of the festival with youngsters and anyone else whowants to get into the spirit being able to enter 3-leggedraces, sack races, seed spitting contests, spoon races,and hoola hoop contests. Small prizes will be awarded
to the winners in eachevent.
In addition to thechamber’s activities, theLocust Grove Arts Alliancewill be hosting a sidewalkchalk contest to take placeon the sidewalk from thecorner of Delaware and
Main Street east to the Locust Grove Public Library.Chalk will be provided and everyone who wants to drawis invited to end. Small prizes will also be awarded inthis contest.
Turner said final plans for the festival would be madeduring the noon meeting June 10. Everyone is encour-aged to take part in this meeting and the festival. Sheadded that the July meeting of the chamber would havethe Christmas lights on the agenda.
Chamber elects officersrecently moved back to Lo-cust Grove after graduatingfrom high school here. JeffKerr, who has worked withchamber for 16 years willremain as treasurer, andsecretary Marsha Evanswill also return to that po-sition.
Newly elected boardmembers are Vickie Herr,owner of Sisters Sweets;Theresa Mennecke, educa-tor; Betty Perkins, educa-tor; Deborah Perry, busi-ness background; andRoxann Perkins Yates,former educator and cur-rent ad manager for the Lo-cust Grove Arts Alliance’snewsletter.
Serving as director ofthe board is Wayne Perego,past president of the cham-ber.
Page 4 What’s Happening in LG June 2015
Founder’s Day 2015
AMBER MATHIS breaks through a stack of fire blocks duringthe Founder’s Day demonstration coordinated by DavidFishinghawk, owner of a local martial arts studio. At left, MichelleFishinghawk breaks through the fire blocks. Below and belowleft, David Fishinghawk and Gary Thompson walk barefoot downa bed of coals. Both are master martial arts instructors, as well as,Steve Place who also took part in the firewalking demonstration.The guides on the firewalk are Lance Cole and Jared Parker.
FOOT ACTION. . . Lance Colebreaks through a fiery massusing his foot to break the fireblocks. About 50 people were onhand to view the martial artsdemonstration which was heldbehind Fishinghawk’s KarateStudio on Founder’s Day inconjunction with the LocustGrove Arts Alliance’sFounder’s Day Art Show whichsaw more than 200 visitors.
What’s Happening in LG June 2015 Page 5
DONUT EATERS. . . April Stone’s LGAA Summer Camp began Monday with doughnutmaking at the Free Will Baptist Church. Kids had the help of Bailey and Mollie fromSister Sweets. From left, are Jocelyn Willis, Kyndrah Vernon, Keith Blair, Danny Stone,April Stone, Danielle Bates and Kaden Parker.
PERSONALITY PROFILE. . .Pirate football quarterback MasonFine stands in front of his profile created by Roxann Yates at theFounder’s Day Art Show. The display featured ten local residentsin story and concrete form. Mason brought the trophies he wasawarded this year to enhance his display.
Stone reveals summer camp scheduleLocal youngsters, ages 8
to 18, will have opportuni-ties to learn and have funat April Stone’s summercamps which began thisweek.
A photography andvideo camp will be heldJune 8-11, where partici-pants will be able to useseveral different types ofcameras and learn tech-niques in taking qualityphotos and video. Cost is$50 per child.
The LG Children’sCommunity Theater work-shop will run for threeweeks, June 15-18, June22-25, and June 29-July 3,and will culminate in astage performance on July3 at 8:30 p.m. at PipeSprings Park.
The performance will berelated to the Battle of Lo-cust Grove which wasfought on this site in 1862.
A sewing class will also
be offered July 6-10 at acost of $50 per child.
Those attending willlearn basic hand-sewingskills; pressing garmentsusing an iron; removingmistakes (the seam ripperis your friend), and learn-ing how to use a sewingmachine while sewing witha pattern and sewing guide.
A free lunch is providedfor campers at the LG Boysand Girls Club on GradeSchool Hill.
The camps will meetfrom 1-5 p.m. and will belocated in rooms adjacentto the Boys and Girls. Formore information, call ortext Stone at 918-729-0487or by email ata p e n s u @ y a h o o . c o m
ART SHOW SHOTS. . .Below,Cliff Yoder reads one of thePersonality Profiles in RoxannYates display, Pam Quantie sitsbeside her two table display ofvisual art and jewelry, andDean Majors visites withJimmie Tramel in front of thetable that displayed his photo-graphs.
Page 6 What’s Happening in LG June 2015
Sisters SweetsDonuts
Breakfast & Lunch
Open: 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
918-479-2677
Quantie Sales has served LG 41 years
Rowland’sQuick Shop
“Your HometownConvenience Store”
Open: 4 a.m.-10 p.m.
BaitIce
(Continued on Page 7)
By Roxann Perkins Yates“It ain’t all a bed of
roses,” Connie Quantiesaid about being a businessowner. She and her hus-band Harold have beenselling auto, farm, andhome supplies for a longtime.
“Everybody should be inbusiness at least one time.You aren’t your own boss.Everybody that comesthrough the door is yourboss,” she said.
Quantie Sales and Ser-vices has been serving thepublic for 41 years and theQuantie family has spentmuch of their time at work.
“We sleep fast. We sleepa little. We don’t have timeto sleep slow,” Harold said.
Their work ethic haspaid off.
“Connie and I expect alot out of each other. It’slike being a teacher andteaching your own kids.
You expect more fromthem,” Harold said.
Customers keep comingback because they knowthey’re getting quality helpand products.
“A lot of good peoplecome in here. At first mendidn’t want a woman help-ing them. But women cando more than wash dishes,”Connie said.
Connie has a myriad ofduties—selling parts, do-ing paperwork, cleaningthe bathroom, whateverhas to be done—but shedoes not turn a wrench.
“I leave that to Harold.Never start a job you don’twant for the rest of yourlife,” she said.
The Quanties’ sonHarold, Jr. and daughter-in-law Georgeann work forthe successful business too.It’s a family thing. Theyspend a lot of time together
BUSINESS REVIEW
READY TO ROLL. . . A long row of bright orange Kubota equip-ment is just part of a list of farm and road workhorses that areavailable at Quantie Sales and Service. The Quanties have beenin business in Locust Grove for 41 years and are located south onHighway 82.
What’s Happening in LG June 2015 Page 7
Hard work provides for time to play
Hometown Shirt Shack111 E. Main
Locust Grove, OK 74352918-479-5331
Custom Vinyl, Tees & Embroidery
Builders Wholesale &Hardware Supply
505 E. MainP.O. Box 639Locust Grove, OK
918-479-5214FAX:
918-479-3217
M-F 7:00-5:30 Sat. 7:00-2:30:Closed Sunday
(Continued from Page 6)
working, but they knowhow to play too.
“The best part of work-ing here is that I can bringour daughter Katie towork,” Georgeann said.
Katie, skates, scoots,and uses her stilts to navi-gate the large store. Butshe’s a business person too.She buys the supplies forthe pop and candy ma-chines.
“She’s earned enoughmoney to pay for the $75tax sticker for the pop ma-chine this year,”Georgeann said.
To take a break from pa-perwork and parts, theQuanties go on yearlytrips.
“For the past four yearswe’ve shut down for aweek and taken the wholefamily on vacation,”Connie said.
Connie recalled a Jamai-can trip in which she triedziplining for the first time.She was dropped quickly,
RACE ENTHUSIASTS. . . Harold and Connie Quantie pose fora picture with their Indy car.
even though, she told theinstructor to let her go easy.
“He said I had to dropyou because yourgrandkids wanted to seeyour reaction,” Conniesaid.
Harold races Indy carswhen he can. Described as
1,000 horsepower cars thatcan be driven at speeds of200 miles per hour, they areraced without refueling in100-mile tracks.
“When I’m in a race,that’s the only thing I thinkabout. I don’t focus on any-thing else,” he said.
Though the Quantieshave maintained a steadyfocus on local business andservice, they do know howto “zip,” “race,” “skate,”and break away from workwhen necessary.
KATIE’s job at the store is tobuy supplies for the pop andcandy machines.
LOCUST GROVE
PACKAGE STORE
Beer * Wine * Spirits
Open: 10-9918-479-6495
Main Street
Page 8 What’s Happening in LG June 2015
by Roxann Perkins Yates
Small Town Matters
“Where I’m From”
Blue box providespoetry inspiration
I am from Pepsi bottles,from clothes mountains andcoin-operated washers.I am from toy-truck sand piles.(Golden granules attacking my eyelids as I squinted in play.)I am from willowy rose of sharonand the mighty oak of my ancestors, whose protec-
tive limbs shaded mefrom blackberry-picking heat.
I am from boxed spaghetti and purple eyeglasses,from Ruby Lee and Montie Pearl.I’m from the always-be-on-timesand the do-your-bests,from straighten up and settle down.I’m from latrine building,sock monkeys,and “Boys are made of icky-gicky gopher guts!”
I’m from Amos and Betty’s arms,fried taters and raspberry Kool-Aid.From the gnarled index fingerGranny crocheted with, fromthe chainsaw smell of Grandpa’ssmudged fingers.
Tucked under Mom and Dad’s bedwas a blue-sky egg carton boxbubbling over with Polaroid histories,spilling into the present asthe lid exposed them.I am from those faces inthose places—caught on paper before I was—from their arms to Mom and Dad’sto mine.
The 1st Mayes CountyPoetry Day, sponsored bythe Rural Oklahoma Mu-seum of Poetry, was heldMay 29 at the GrahamCommunity Center inPryor.
The celebration featureda kids poetry craft and avariety of ways to celebratepoetry.
More than 30 childrenfrom the Boys and GirlsClub of Chouteau, LocustGrove and Pryor partici-pated in a poetry craft dur-ing the day.
They decorated a con-tainer with ribbon, paint,pictures and more and thenwrote a poem to place in-side the container as a gift.
Poetry contest winnersincluded Kyndrah Vernon,Locust Grove and KylaStillion, Locust Grove inthe 4th to 6th grade category.Winners in the 7th to 12th
grade category includedJosie Bell, Salina, andKendall Odle, Pryor.
Each winner received acheck and a book of poetry.
First Mayes County Poetry Dayfound poetry amidst the deluge
Photographs from the dayand winning poems can beread at ROMPoetry.com.
Poetry books were onsale by local poets, in ad-dition to books from thePryor Book Exchange.Pryor poet Sharon Lyonsdistributed over 20 CDs ofher poetry for free duringthe day.
Poet and teacher RoxannYates had a Personalities inProfile display that mixedartwork with poetry forpeople to enjoy.
Because of the flashflood warnings, the sched-uled performance ofROMP director ShaunPerkins’s one-womanshow POEM LIFE wascanceled that night. Hernext performance of theshow will be at the IguanaCafé in Tahlequah on June19.
Tickets for theTahlequah performancecan be bought online atrompoetry.com. Tickets are$5 in advance or $10 at thedoor.
