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What’s Happening in LGA Free Local Newsletter
Sponsored by the Locust Grove Arts Alliance
No. 37: August 2017
Bird story by Wanda Key: Page 9
Yearbook staffmakes plansfor new edition
High school yearbookteacher Jess Stipes and hisstudents gathered in the li-brary room at the WonderCity Coffee Shop recentlyto make plans for the 2017-2018 edition of The Trea-sure Chest.
Stipes and ten membersof the staff were looking fortheme ideas for the award-winning yearbook’s newestissue. They also discussedphotography and advertis-ing.
They were getting readyfor a yearbook workshoplast week.
John Coday, senior edi-tor, said he is looking for-ward to being editor andcreating this year’s year-book with the staff andteacher.
MAKING PLANS . . . Yearbook teacher Jess Stipes, front center, is shown with membersof the yearbook staff, from left, Grant Rogers, Brynlee Holman, Hope Ables, KaitlynnMartinez, Kileigh Rodriquez, Molly Sharp, Alex Bailey, Kara Walker, John Coday andShawna Siam.
It’s back to school on Aug. 10Students, teachers, and
other school personnel willstart the new school year onAug. 10.
Teachers will attend a
professional developmentworkship for a total of 12hours on Aug. 8-9.
Open house at allschools will be on Aug. 8,and a luncheon is plannedfor Aug. 8, at the FirstUnited Methodist Churchon Hightway 82 north.
The Locust Grove Arts
Alliance will also have doorprizes which teachers canwin at the luncheon thatday.
The teachers and otherschool personnel will beginthe day Aug. 8 with break-fast provided by the LocustGrove Area Chamber ofCommerce.
Newsletter to change publicationBeginning in September, the “What’s Happening in
LG” newsletter will be published at or around the 15thof each month. Deadline for news events will be changedto the 6th of each month.
To get your news item in future editions of the news-letter, send an email with all the details [email protected] by the 6th of each month.
August 2017 What’s Happening in LG Page 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: While this newsletter is producedby the LGAA and will contain that organization’s news, wealso want to publish information about any activities in Lo-cust Grove that our community might be interested in.
Please contact Betty Perkins at [email protected] 918-479-5617 (leave a message if no answer), if youhave news on LG events, places, or people for inclusion infuture issues, or want to place an ad in the newsletter. AsLGAA is a nonprofit organization and the newsletter is pro-vided free to everyone, advertising must support the publi-cation of this newsletter. Your support is greatly appreci-ated.
About What’s Happening in LG
School supply sign up by Aug. 3Sign up for school supplies is available through Aug. 3.
Sign up is available Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church on northHighway 82. Students in Pre-K through 5th grade at a Lo-cust Grove school are eligible.
Distribution of the supplies will be on Aug. 6 at the churchduring regular office hours.
Church to host teacher luncheonThe First United Methodist Church will host a back-to-
school luncheon at 11 a.m. for teachers in preparation forthe start of school on Aug. 8.Also assisting with the lun-cheon are the First Baptist Church and the Free Will BaptistChurch. Several door prizes from the Locust Grove ArtsAlliance will be given away during the luncheon.
The Locust Grove Area Chamber of Commerce willsponsor a workshop on making a paver for a path onSept. 8
The Chamber will provide all the materials to make aconcrete paver for the eventual pocket park near theChamber office at the Wilma Cowan Building.
However, if a participants want to make a paver fortheir home, they should bring the materials they wantwith which they will top the paver.
The workshop will be a come-and-go from 5-7 p.m.Three new board members were named at the July 20meeting of the chamber: Bo Collette (class of 2018);AprilBarker and Karen Darby (Class of 2020). Jennifer Hensonwas voted in as chairman of the board, and Jerry Yatesas president of the chamber.
Committees for upcoming events include Bo and AdeleCollette and Jerry Yates for the Hot Summer Nights Soft-ball Tournament; Jennifer Henson, Karen Darby, TheresaMennecke and Annissa Fleming on the teacher breakfastcommittee; April Barker, Karen Darby, Jennifer Henson,Calleigh Henson, and Jerry Yates on the Cruise Night/Scenic 412 Garage Sale committee; and Marsha Evans,Jerry Yates, Karen Darby and April Barker on the Christ-mas Committee.
More committee members are needed. Call any mem-ber of the chamber to volunteer.
Sarah Van Horn volunteered to make two banners forthe front of the Wilma Cowan Building.
Church News
RIBBON CUTTING. . .Those taking part in theJunk Justified GrandOpening ribbon cuttingceremony were, from left,Miss Liberty SydneySchwichtenberg, RebaTugmon, Lacy Presley,Carolyn Foster, ChamberPresident Jerry Yates, K.C.Cade, store owner AdeleCollette, Bo Collette, LittleMiss Liberty Kylee Tugmon,Michelle, Nicole Sitsler,Sharon Forest and CaraSchwichtenberg.
Join Chamber to makepavers for pocket park
August 2017 What’s Happening in LG Page 3
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410 E. Main Locust Grove, OK 74352Phone: 918-479-5273 Fax: 918-479-5809
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Owner: Movita Turner
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Bob Taylor is a man of many talents
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State wrestling champ of1956 at 135 pounds fromTulsa Central High School,former bounty hunter, andaccordion instructor, BobL. Taylor, is a man of manytalents who appreciates thetalents of others.
Taylor recently donatedthe cost of an art galleryhanging system for the newLGAA/Chamber office.
“I’m glad to do this forthe community,” Taylorsaid.
Currently, Taylor is a bailbondsman for O’Leary BailBonds of Pryor.
“Of all the jobs I’ve had,I enjoy this one the most,and I try not to judge
people,” he said.After graduating from
high school, Taylor, at-tended Oklahoma Univer-sity on full scholarship andjoined the wrestling team.
“I had always been anOU fan; Bud Wilkinsontalked me into going toOU,” he said.
“The love bug bit mewhile at OU,” so Taylordropped out and droppedin to other opportunities.
Humble and personable,this 79-year-old, is the fa-ther of three, grandfather ofsix, and great grandfatherof seven. Taylor likes toshare pictures of his family
BOB TAYLOR enjoys a bowl of taco soup at Wonder CityCoffee. The bail bondsman from Locust Grove recently do-nated a substantial sum for the LGAA to purchase a hang-ing system for the offices at the Wilma Cowan Building.
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Dr. Clinton Moore - Chiropractor
Stacy Moore - Massage Therapist
413 E. Main StreetP.O. Box 1471Locust Grove,
OK 74352
and talk about their accom-plishments
“I served in the marines,and two of my grandkidsdid too. My two brotherswere also service men,”Taylor said.
Taylor modeled suits andcoats for Brown-DunkinDepartment Store in Tulsawhen he was in his earlytwenties.
“Back then, I posed fornewspaper ads, and I’dhave a cigarette in my handwhile modeling,” he said.
Taylor was elected presi-dent of the Tulsa CreditAssociation for a time, and,later he served as presidentof the Oklahoma CreditAssociation.
Working in finance formany years, Taylor wasemployed at Dial FinanceCompany, in Tulsa, whenhe was assaulted by awould-be robber.
“ A man, demandingmoney, came in with a gun.I told him, ‘You won’t begetting no cherry on top,’and he shot me in themouth,” Taylor said.
The man was later ar-rested and is a serving a 50-year prison sentence.
“ The company wasgood enough to clean mytie,” Taylor said.
He has a small scar onhis lip, and he makes smallof the dramatic event and
of being dramatic in gen-eral.
He’s had to kick in somedoors in his bounty hunterdays, but there’s been nomachismo in his experi-ences—unless, of course, itwas absolutely necessary.
In fact, he opened doorsin his working life by start-ing a collection agency—Innovative Collection Ser-vice in Tulsa.
Work wasn’t alwayseasy. Those not payingtheir debts would oftencause a ruckus.
“I’d bring them into myoffice, and they’d startthreatening me. So, I’d slapmy hand on my desk andtell them how the cow atethe cabbage. Then Iwouldn’t have any moreproblems with them,” Tay-
lor said.Taylor knows how to
deal with new ventures andproblems.
“When I decided to teachaccordion to young kids, Ididn’t know how to.
“I’d take a lesson andthen give one. The onlyproblem I had is when par-ents wanted me to play forthem.
“I’d just tell them, ‘Oh,I’ll have to get my biggerone to play for you some-time,’” he said.
One lesson at a time andon to life’s bigger adven-tures, Taylor has met themand continued to find thegood in life and people.
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LGAAProfile
Bob Taylor continues tales . . .
NEW DIRECTOR. . . IanHutchinson has been namedthe new president of the Lo-cust Grove Creative Com-munity group.
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“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
Quantie Auto SupplyHarold Jr. & Georgeann Quantie - Owners
Family Owned & Operated for over 40 Years
Phone (918) 479-8797 Fax (918) 479-8796
Hwy 82 South, P.O. Box 428Locust Grove, OK 74352
Rural OklahomaMuseum of Poetry
6603 S. 438 - Locust Grove
Visit us atrompoetry.com
News from the LG Public LibraryThroughout the year, we
keep track of a lot of num-bers. For example, the to-tal number of patrons thatcome into the library. Morethan 8,000 (8101) peoplevisited the Locust GrovePublic Library last year. Fora library our size in a com-munity our size, that’s quitea few people. Nearly 4,000(3,983) items were checkedout and 860 items wereadded. Also, more than4,400 people accessed theinternet at the library eitherthrough one of the 6 publiccomputers or via a Wi-Fiaccess point.
The library would like to
thank AEP/PSO for grantmoney which was used bythe Langley Public Libraryto purchase Leap Start Sys-tems for several smallercounty libraries, LocustGrove being included. Wereceived 2 Leap Start Sys-tems and a Leap Readerwith interactive books.These items are geared to-ward young readers Pre-Kthrough 1st grade. Alsoavailable are 4 Leap Padsfor children 3-9 years of
age. Children are welcometo come and use these itemsany time the library is open.
Summer reading update:Our back to school bashwith Senator Wayne Shawhas been moved to Satur-day, August 12 at 10 a.m.in hopes that more peoplewill be able to attend. Thesenator will have T-shirtsfor those who completedtheir 25 hours of readingover the summer. Therewill be drawings for severalprizes along with goodiebags for the kids and ofcourse, food.
Friend’s news: TheFriends of the Locust
Grove Public Library areplanning to have the fallbook sale on October 14th.There is an ongoing booksale in the back of the li-brary that is open to thepublic year round. Hard-backs are $1 and paper-backs are 50 cents.
The Friends are alwayslooking for new members.Being part of the Friendsdoesn’t require much time.They don’t have monthlymeetings so the commit-ment isn’t huge. They are,however, a vital part of thelibrary. Stop by the libraryand find out how you canhelp. --By Marea Breedlove
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Breakfast & Lunch
Open: 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
918-479-2677Rowland’sQuick Shop
“Your HometownConvenience Store”
Open: 4 a.m.-10 p.m.
Smoked BolognaPulled Pork
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. . . Johnny and Carol Holman will celebrate their 50th weddinganniversary with a reception from 2-4 p.m., Aug. 6, at the First United Methodist Church.They were married on Aug. 6, 1967, at the church and have been life-long Locust Groveresidents. They have three sons: John Eric Holman, Brannon and Tanya Holman, andDerrick and Stephanie Holman. They also have four grandchildren: Bailey, Austin, Coleand Trenton. Johnny, an Army veteran, is affiliated with Homan Company and he andCarol own Holman Car Wash. Carol taught first grade students for 30 years, two at SandSprings, and 28 years at Pryor.
HOLMANS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
The Locust Grove andPryor VFW members wishto thank all sponsors of theirannual golf tournament.
$500 Bronze Sponsors:Rick’s Cleaning and Floors,LLC; American Castings,LLC; VFW District #1.
$100 Hole Sponsors:Condit Quail Farm; Tommyand Donna Thompson;Troyer Weaver Ins. AgencyInc.; Dugie Phillips; Beauand Carol Reed; RAECorp.; Kenwood Grocery;Little Rock Freewill BaptistChurch; Ben Sherrer LawOffice, P.C.; Bank of LocustGrove; Covey MasonLodge; Gibson’s Bait andTackle; Big Electric; FirstPriority Bank.
BLACK DRUGCompounding Pharmacy
412 East Main Street
Kevin Black, D. Ph.
Pharmacist
P.O. Box 669
Locust Grove, OK
74352
918-479-5223918-479-6510 fax
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By Wanda KeyFor the past few years
we have had a pair of beau-tiful northern mockingbirdsliving in our backyard.
The life span of a mock-ingbird is about eight years.They usually mate for life.The male has more grayfeathers than the female.
She goes south for thewinter, but the male birdstays here.
In the summer they don’tsing much. The male canimitate as many as fiftyother birds. I
n early spring he starts tosing all the time, and weknow his “lady” is back.
The middle of May themale comes to the backdoor trying to get in. Hewould fly and hit the glass,go back in the yard andcome back again.
This was unusual behav-ior for the male mocking-bird.
The second day of this,we both said, “Do youthink he is looking for theferns?”
We normally hang twobaskets every year on theporch and they build a nest.We hadn’t bought ferns yetthis year, but we went rightaway to get two plants tosee if we could stop the
male’s attack on our backdoor.
As soon as we hungthem and stepped inside, themale was occupied with thenest. He never came backto the door.
They start to build thenest; the male puts all thetwigs in and she lines thenest.
She will lay two to sixeggs. We have four now.About twelve to thirteendays later, the little babybirds hatch.
Mockingbirds: A true story
FOUR EGGS are laid by thefemale amid the ferns.
Both parents work hardto feed them. We had twosevere wind and rainstorms. I just knew the littlebirds would blow out of thenest.
The mama stayed on thenest with them until thestorm was over. They stayin the nest about twoweeks.
In three or four days theywill fly away. I will be sosad, but how blessed we areto see how the pair tookcare of the babies.
The fern is about fifteenfeet from the door, so wehad a great view. The firstfew days when we steppedout the door, they would flyaway.
It didn’t take long forthem not to pay any atten-tion to us.
If we stop for a momentand look around, we cansee all the wonderful cre-ations that God has givenus to enjoy.
BABY MOCKINGBIRDSoccupy the nest built by theirfather and mother.
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PAINTING WORKSHOP . . . Artist Pam Quantie had more than 40 people attend theworkshop she taught July 24 at the Wonder City Coffee Shop. The event was sponsored bythe Locust Grove Arts Alliance, with the alliance providing all materials for this freeworkshop. Attendees painted a moonlight night with a fall tree glistening in the light of ahuge autumn moon. -- Photo by Roxann Yates
Be a Pirate fan;make Pirate fan
Heather Davis of HoneyHush Creations will presenta craft workshop Aug. 25at Wonder City Coffee.
Participants will make aPirate Fan, see examplebelow.
The workshop is pre-sented by the Locust GroveArts Alliance that will pro-vide the materials free ofcharge.
For more information,call 479-2885, or come bythe coffee shop.
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Locust Grove, OK 74352
Locust Grove Tag Agency216 E. Main St./PO Box 1213
Williams AgencyBrenda Williams
(918) 479-1800(918) 479-1801 FAX [email protected]
New
Summer Heat is Here: AC tune-up $90
WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS. . . Brenda Loring, BillLoring and Maggie Potter display their artwork which theypainted at an LGAA-sponsored workshop and led by artistPam Quanite.
Langley & Blakley Saffell
719 E. Main Locust Grove, OK 918-557-2727
Langley & Blakley Saffell
Car Wash & Kool Ice Vending
On Aug. 19, 2017, theone-woman show PoemLife will take place at theMayes County Cultural ArtCenter, 6 N. Adair, in Pryor,from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Poem Life is an interac-tive, multimedia show de-tailing a unique journeythrough life with and in po-etry. The show involves theaudience in 7 crimes of po-etry, while telling the storyof living a life through writ-ing and exploring poems.
The show stars Shaun
Poem Life coming to PryorPerkins, who also wrote thescript. Storytelling, narra-tive, poetry and audienceinteraction are all a part ofthe show, which is both dra-matic and comic.
The show material issuited for teenage and adultaudiences but not children.Tickets are $10 at the doorand $8 in advance at theROMPoetry.com.
For more information,contact Perkins at 918-864-9152 [email protected].
Rural OklahomaMuseum of Poetry
6603 S. 438Locust Grove, OK
Visit us at rompoetry.com
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Saturday & Friday NightFun is available at WonderCity Coffee
August at Wonder CityCoffee will have some hotentertainment and a changeof date for the free events.Starting Aug. 18, thenightlife will be on Fridaynights instead of Saturday,as the coffee shop will be-gin closing at 2 p.m. on Sat-urdays.
First up in August is the1st Saturday Story Hour, onAug. 5 from 6-7 p.m. Thisis an hour of storytellingfrom master tellers, old-timers and impromptu tell-ers in the audience.
Come try out a story onus or just come to listen.This is a great communityexperience with an old-fashioned art.
Also on Sept. 1, theLGAA will sponsor a work-shop on photography tipsby Betty Perkins, a formerteacher and newspaper andyearbook adviser at LocustGrove High School.
The workshop is planned
from 5 to 5:30 p.m. to helpthose who are planning toenter the LGAA “In an In-stant Photo Contest.” Im-mediately after the work-shop will be the storytellinghour.
Things really heat up onAug. 12, when local bandRagland comes to play fora Back to School acousticset from 6-7:30 p.m.
The band has a new CDout and is playing in ven-ues all over the state andregion.
They play original, pow-erful modern rock, andsinger Autumn Ragland hasa superb voice.
For the first Friday nightentertainment at WCC, onAug. 18, the increasinglypopular Open Mic Night,with a $50 prize for thewinner, will be held. Theevent is from 6-7 p.m., butcontestants are asked tocome a little early to signup.
Sing, dance, do a cardtrick, tell a story or a poem. . . just be creative and en-
tertain us! Or just come tobe entertained and supportthe brave souls who takethe stage and the mic.
On Aug. 25, HeatherDavis, who runs HoneyHush Creations, will be do-ing a fun craft workshop,Pirate Megaphone-Fan.The Locust Grove Arts Al-liance (LGAA) is sponsor-
Locust Grove Animal Clinic
707 E. Main StreetLocust Grove, OK 74352918-479-5496918-479-8543 FAXDavid Fleming, [email protected]
Office Hours:Mon.-Fri. 7:30 am- 5:30 pm
Sat. 8-Noon
OPEN MIC WINNERS . . . Singer Lily Ortiz, right, wonthe $50 first prize at Wonder Coffee’s monthly open miccontest during July. Other winners, from left, were singersSamantha Hunter and Autumn Caywood, fourth; magiciansBennett Brown, Canton Little, and John Coday, second;and in front is Toby Bulllman, third. --Sarah Coday Photo
ing the event by providingthe materials.
Everyone will get tomake a wooden megaphoneand decorate it with PiratePride.
For more informationabout events at WonderCity Coffee, like the coffeeshop’s Facebook page. Youcan also call 918-479-2885.
Free entertainment moves to Friday night
