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What’s Happening in LGA Free Local Newsletter
Sponsored by the Locust Grove Arts Alliance
No. 40: November 2017
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A noted Cherokee sto-ryteller will lead theTellebration celebration atWonder City Coffee Shopon Nov. 17. Choogie King-fisher is a Kituwah-Chero-kee and a musician whospecializes in flute musicand traditional Cherokeemyths and legends.
This Tellabration eventis sponsored by the LocustGrove Arts Alliance andWonder City Coffee.
In an interview onpowwows.com, Kingfisherexplained the Native waysthat mean the most to him.
“I am full-blooded
Choogie Kingfisher to lead Tellabration
STORYTELLER. . . Choogie Kingfisher will be telling tra-ditional myths and legends of the Cherokees at Wonder CityCoffee Shop Nov. 17, as part of the celebration ofTellabration across the nation, and sponsored by the Lo-cust Grove Arts Alliance.
Cherokee with lineage inthe Kituwah, Natchez,Chickamagua Cherokeebands. I have been taughtby my grandmothers andgrandfathers, as well asother elders, and I havebeen raised to respect alllife and to always look pastthose things that seem tohinder our lives.”
He went on to explain hisnative ways of life: “To givea person a chance at livinglife instead of criticizingand possibly causing thosepeople to stray from theirdestiny.”
Tellabration is an inter-national event that takesplace near Thanksgiving invarious venues all over theworld.
This is the 13th year Lo-cust Grove has had thisstorytelling celebration. Itis the second year for theevent to be held at WonderCity Coffee.
This year the LG Cham-ber is having a differentChristmas Celebration thanin recent years. The paradeand activities will takeplace at night, Dec. 5, Tues-day, starting at 5:30 p.m.
“We wanted to take ad-vantage of the lighting ofthe Christmas tree by hav-ing our celebration atnight,” said Christmas Cel-ebration chairwoman andChamber President AdeleCollette.
The Celebration will in-
clude a 5:30 p.m. Tree-Lighting in the In-N-Outparking lot, along withphotos with Santa Clausfrom 5:30-6:30 p.m. Hotchocolate, apple cider andcookies will be served.
Town businesses candecorate their storefrontsto compete for a Best-Decorated Business prizefrom the Chamber. Also,the Locust Grove Arts Al-liance is once again spon-soring a Window Paintingcontest (see
LGArtsAlliance.com fordetails).
Tickets are on sale nowat local businesses for $1each for a 50/50 Drawingand a drawing for prizes.The winner of the 50/50will get half of the moniesraised from ticket sales.You don’t have to bepresent to win. The draw-ing will take place beforethe parade. The parade willstart at 7 p.m., and theChamber is hoping that any
Christmas Parade at night this year
The soldier aboveall others prays forpeace, for it is the sol-dier who must sufferand bear the deepestwounds and scars ofwarDouglas MacArthur
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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.
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FUMC makes plans for November;youth sets December gift wrappingfundraiser at church
Dear Editor:Congratulations on your excellent newsletter produc-
tion. How good to read about all the interesting eventsin Locust Grove.
Hometown boy Hippy Foreman (Class of 1959 atLGHS) has expressed his delight in reading news abouthis place of raising.
My friend, Wanda Key, sends me the monthly copy.After reading it from cover to cover, I mail it to Hippywho has lived in Australia thirty plus years.
So the newsletter goes “Down Under.”Keep up the good work!Sincerely,Zelda Gates ChandlerClass of 1951Editor’s Note: Zelda lives in Broken Arrow and visits
Wonder City Coffee when she comes to Locust Grove.
Reader obtains
newsletter from
a friend, sends
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Members of the First United Methodist Church’s youthhave activites for the month including a Nov. 5 district-wide hay ride at Camp Egan.
The youth will meet Nov. 15 to get ready for the an-nual Christmas play.
On Nov. 19 a traditional Thanksgiving dinner will beheld after chuch services. The youth group will also gobowling on this day.
Nov. 22 is movie night at the church, and the Christ-mas play will be held Dec. 10 during worship which be-gins at 10:45 a.m.
A youth fund raiser is also planned for the holiday sea-son when they will host a gift wrapping event.
Gifts can be dropped off Nov. 25, Nov. 29, Dec. 3,Dec. 6, Dec. 13 and Dec. 17, starting at 1 p.m. and last-ing until 5 p.m.
Pickup of the wrapped gifts is from 7-8 p.m. on theday of the drop off.
For those who bring their own wrapping and decora-tive materials, the cost of getting the gift ready for giv-ing is $2 per gift. If the youth provide the wrapping pa-per and bows, the cost is $3 per gift.
Monies earned with go to help provide the activitiesof the Methodist Youth Fellowship.
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The Locust Grove Arts Alliance is sponsoring a gal-lery showing of handmade holiday ornaments created forany holiday that you choose. The entries will begin beingdisplayed in the LGAA/Chamber office art gallery onNov. 13. All entries will be hanging in the gallery untilJan. 3, 2018. They will then be transferred to a tree dis-played in the office.
“Wonder City Coffee will have supplies donated bythe LGAA for people to come and go and create orna-ments on Monday, Nov. 20, from 9 to 6. Entry formswill be available, and the cost is $5 per ornament enteredin the contest,” Roxann Yates, show coordinator, said.
The deadline for entering the contest is Dec. 1.“Ornaments can be created to celebrate any holiday.
They must be suitable for hanging on an indoor tree thatwill be on display in the LGAA/Chamber office after thecontest,” Yates said.
Three artists’ ornaments with the most votes by thepublic on Dec. 5, the day of the Chamber sponsoredChristmas Parade, will win $50 each. Contest categoriesinclude: Best Nature Ornament—one that incorporateselements of Mother Nature; Most Artistic—one that bestincorporates aesthetic, creative, inventive techniques;Most Impactful—one that is the most dynamic, impres-sive, and moving.
“Each entry will be numbered; names will be added tothe entries after the voting is complete. Voting, by thepublic, will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 in theoffice, and winners will be announced at 5 p.m.,” Yatessaid.
Entry forms are available at the LGAA website: https://lgartsalliance.com/holiday-ornament-contest/. Contes-tants may also pick up the forms at the office or at Won-der City Coffee.
LGAA sponsors gallery showingAn ornament for any holidaycan be made, entered in contest
MEMORY ORNAMENT.. One of the ornamentsalready entered in thecontest is this memorylocket adorned with beadsand a picture of two fam-ily members. Any type ofornament can be make forthe gallery showing at theoffice of the Locust GroveArts Alliance. A specialworkshop with all sup-plies available free will beoffered Nov.20.
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(Continued from Page 1)--Christmas Parade--area groups, businesses, organizations or individuals whoare interested will create and enter a float this year. Aspecial challenge went out to all area churches for afriendly competition for the Church Float Winner.
To be a vendor or to participate in the parade, you willneed to fill out the forms at the Chamber website atLocustGroveOklahoma.com. The forms can also bepicked up at Junk Justified or Wonder City Coffee.
The Chamber needs your help to make this celebra-tion extra-special. Please contact Collette at 918-530-8132 or see her at Junk Justified downtown or email herat [email protected] for more information.
Once again the LGAA issponsoring a ChristmasWiindow-Paintiing Contest.We need organizations,groups, businesses, and in-dividuals to paint a businesswindow and beautify thetown for the season—just intime for the Christmas Cel-ebration & Parade on Dec.5.
All windows must bepainted during the month ofNovember to be eligible forthe contest.
An out-of-town judge
will select the 1st and 2ndplace winners, who will re-ceive $75 and $25.
A People’s Choiceaward will also be given.To vote for your favoritewindow, donate anyamount of money from apenny to??? for that spe-cific window. The windowwith the most money willwin this award, and thewinner will receive half ofall the money contributed.The other half will go to theLGAA to fund future
projects.To donate and cast your
vote for the People’sChoice award, put yourmoney in an envelope, sealit, and write the name of thebusiness with the paintedwindow of your choosing.
Bring this envelope byWonder City Coffee or theLGAA office anytime be-fore December 4, at 5:00p.m.
Winners will be an-nounced and prize moneyavailable at the LGAA of-fice on Dec. 5, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
If you are an LG businesswilling to have your
window(s) painted, pleasecontact Shaun Perkins at918-864-9152 [email protected] message her onFacebook.
If you want to paint awindow, please contactShaun to find out whichbusiness you can do.
NOTE: This year, busi-nesses are responsible forcleaning their own windowafter the event, and paint-ers are responsible for pro-viding their own paint andbrushes.
Last year’s contest reallymade the town look awe-some. Let’s do it again!
Window decorating contest set again
Special ThanksWithout the generosity of
the following individualsand businesses, the In AnInstant Photo Art Showwouldn’t have been possible:
Anchor Stone, Bob Tay-lor, Wonder City Coffee, Ru-ral Oklahoma Museum ofPoetry, Sarah Coday, BettyPerkins, Justin and LindaCowan, Bryon Totty, DeanMajors, Jerry Yates and Tay-lor Fleming.
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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
3 Operators:
Tracie Wilkinson, owner
Kenley Burns
Sandy Burford
New Location Downtown
Locust Grove
918-479-6414
Tracie’s Beauty Shop
CANDY FISTFULS. . . Tony Mounce hands out candy onHalloween in front of Tracie’ Beauty Shop.
--Photo by Rebecca Mounce
ROMP Rummage Storeclosed at the end of Octo-ber at its old location so itcould move to a new one.On Nov. 18, the store willhave a Grand Re-Openingat 105 E. Main, next to DJ’sDiner.
The event will run dur-ing normal store hours, 10-4, and will feature doorprizes and a drawing for abig special prize (not deter-mined at press time).
ROMP Rummage is op-erated by volunteers DorisRable, Betty Perkins andShaun Perkins. At the newlocation and with the addi-tion of a new volunteer,Virginia Bayless, the storewill also be open one extra
day, Wednesday, from noonto 4 p.m. The store willcontinue its regular days/hours of business: Thurs-day-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4p.m.
ROMP Rummage is anonprofit thrift store thatfunds the work of the Ru-ral Oklahoma Museum ofPoetry, a 501(c)(3) charityorganization. The storeruns solely on donationsand is the primary sourceof revenue for the museum.All donations are tax-de-ductible.
For more information,visit ROMPoetry.com orcall/email Shaun at 918-846-9152 [email protected].
ROMP Rummage Storeplans Grand Re-Opening
Be ThankfulBe thankful for what you have; you’ll end up
having more. If you concentrate on what youdon’t have, you will never, ever have enough.
--Oprah Winfred
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918-479-2677Rowland’sQuick Shop
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Smoked BolognaPulled Pork
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For the Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry’s firstHalloween Haiku Contest, there were 73 entries. Thewinners were announced at a Halloween Haiku partyon Oct. 27.
The Best Poem was written by Meredith Reeder, theBest Costume was won by the Yates’ sisters—Isabel,Eleanor and Adeline, and the Best Reading was byHayley Goodman as Godzilla. Each winner received a$50 prize.
Other winners who received gift cards included 2nd
and 3rd place for their poetry—Lora Collier and SheriGourd, and 2nd place for costume to Hayley Goodman.
Here is the winning poem by Reeder:Fright Takes FlightDark skies kiss strange flightWitches, clowns and elves delightNightmares now abound.–Meredith Reeder To see all the winning entries, go to ROMPoetry.com.
Haiku contest winners named
HALLOWEEN HAIKU contest winner was MeredithReeder. She is shown with her poem and the postcard whichinspired it.
MORE HAIKU WINNERS. . . Hayley Goodman, left, wasnamed best reader of her haiku, and the Yates girls, Isabel,Eleanor and Adeline, shown with their mother, Kim, wonthe contest for best costume.
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JUICE BOX JAMS. .Kristopher Thom, left,won a remote controlboat as the winner of thebest costume at the JuiceBox Jams meeting Oct.30, hosted by SarahSpurrier.
FIREFIGHTERS 50/50 CONTEST. . . Larry Savage wonthe drawing when the Locust Grove Fire Department helda 50/50 drawing Oct. 14. Savage donated his winnings backto the department which provided $291 to the firefighters.The fire department wanted to thank everyone who donatedto the fundraiser.
LGAA, Chamber seek volunteersThe LGAA and the
Chamber are looking forvolunteers to man their newjoint office at 114 E. Main.Volunteers are needed whocan be there 3-4 hours aweek. The office will ide-ally be open Mondaythrough Friday from 9-4and on Saturday from 9-Noon.
We are currently in needof volunteers during thesedays and times:
Wednesday-Thursday,9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Friday, 9:00 a.m.—Noon
If you can volunteer afew hours on one of thosedays, let us know. Pleasecontact Roxann Yates at918-530-5321 [email protected].
Volunteers now areShelley Horton, CarrolynFoster, Roxann Yates,Betty Perkins, PamQuantie, Virginia Bayless.
Business owners andorganization members arealso invited to come bywith brochures and flyersabout events happening attheir business or sponsoredby a church or organiza-tion.
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Oct. 14activitiesvariedA vintaage car comes outof a cloud of smoke below,Boy Scouts sell items, anda row of cars from the Out-law Car Club line up.
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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
Car Cruise, Burn Out,yard sale, art show pics
FUN FILLED DAY. . . Oct. 14 was a day of entertainmentfor Locust Grove and area citizens when a car cruise, aburn out, an art show and yard sales throughout the townwere happening.
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Wonder City announces entertainmentOn November 17, Locust Grove will participate in the
international event which is called TELLABRATION!™which is a worldwide evening of storytelling, usually heldthe third Saturday in November.
Tellabration, as its website describes, “creates a net-work of storytelling enthusiasts bonded together in spiritat the same time and on the same weekend.”
The Wonder City Tellabration will feature ChoogieKingfisher, acclaimed storyteller and fluteplayer. King-fisher is a Kituwah-Cherokee storyteller and musicianwho specializes in flute music and traditional Cherokeemyths and legends.
Kingfisher will tell stories from 6-7 p.m. Come earlyto get a seat and a drink/dessert, if you would like. Thefree event is good for all ages, and it will be a greatstorytelling night.
WCC does not have entertainment scheduled for BlackFriday, Nov. 24, but you can take a break from shoppingor if you have family in town, you should bring them infor a coffee or tea, dessert or lunch.
December starts with a new act at WCC, Clint Harper,a local singer/musician, who will play a solo acoustic actfrom 6-7:30 p.m. on Dec. 1.
Harper plays a variety of 90’s rock music and more,with a strong liking for Pearl Jam.
Another first in December will be the 1st DavidFishinghawk Memorial Foosball Tournament on Dec. 8.
On the tournament quality Tornado foosball table,WCC will have a single-elimination DYP (Draw-Your-Partner) competition open to 16 players of any age orskill level.
Players need to put their names in the hat to play by5:15 p.m., and the tournament will start at 5:30 p.m. Play-ers can sign up earlier than 5:15 p.m., but they must be
there by that time to participate.Names will be drawn out of the hat and placed on the
brackets in the order they are drawn.The entry fee is $10, with the team that wins getting
half of the entry fee money and the other half going tostart a scholarship account for David Fishinghawk’sdaughter Madison.
Any monetary donations for the scholarship accountwill be accepted outside of the tournament money, also.
Keep up-to-date on WCC events by liking the Won-der City Coffee Facebook page. Call 918-479-2885 formore information.
PUMPKIN PAINTERS . . . More than 40 people, youngand old, turned out for the last painting workshop led byPam Quantie at Wonder City Coffee and sponsored by theLocust Grove Arts Alliance. This was the second workshopQuantie has presented, and both have been more than theroom available, and painters have turned out some qualitypieces of art to take home.
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By Wanda KeyMarch 3, 1944, in Yon-
kers, OK, it was a beauti-ful spring day. Mayes Keywas celebrating his 18th
birthday with family. Lifewas good; he didn’t have aworry in the world. Sum-mertime was spent workingin the field and helping JoeYoung at the grocery store.
The best times wereSunday afternoons when15 to 20 boys would swimin Grand River.
Winters were spent hunt-ing coons and possums. Apossum hide could be soldfor 25 cents. With his cous-ins, the Ketchers, Hollands,and Youngs, Key enjoyedhis youth in Yonkers.
By the end of March1944, Key received a“greeting from UncleSam.” Before the monthwas over, Key was on atrain to Wagoner.
He met 40 other youngmen at the court house—some his age, and someolder. They went by char-tered bus to Fort Sill.
Arriving during thenight, they were told to goinside the barracks, pick abunk, and be ready to besworn in the next day.
On the top of Key’s bunkrested a beautiful medal-lion. The material was ivorycolored, trimmed in bur-gundy. On the front was theimage of Jesus and a cross
was on the back. He didn’tsee a medallion on anyother bunk, and he said tohimself, “I’m taking youwith me.”
Key journeyed to LittleRock and then on to En-gland, France, Holland,Belguim during the Battleof the Bulge, and acrossthe Rhine River.
On his way to Berlin, hewas captured in a littleGerman town. He walkedfor two days to a Germanprisoner of war camp,Stalag 11.
In a room with a tableand chair, Key was told toempty his pockets. A Ger-man officer inspected theitems, picked up the medal-lion, turned it over andover, looked at it througha magnifying glass, andpushed it across the tableto Key.
The war was over withina year, and Key returnedhome with the medallionstill in his pocket. Later, in
Veteran recalls story of medallion1950, Key served in theKorean War. The medallionand Key traveled to Japanand Korea with the 45th
Division for a year and ahalf.
Seventy-three years ago,Key picked up a medallion,and it was his pocket com-panion during two wars. Itis now worn and fragile andis kept in a special place. Iwill always wonder how it
came to be on his bunk.Many of our veterans
never came home. As wehonor all our veterans, pastand present, take time togive your dad or grandpa abig hug. And, maybe,grandma needs one too.
Don’t forget to pray forall our service men andwomen that are in harm’sway, all over the world, tokeep them safe.
OFFICE CEILING TILE . . . This ceiling tile painted byPatty Jackson is one of the new ones just placed in theLGAA and Chamber office on Main Street. Anyone whowould like to paint a tile is invited to come by Wonder CityCoffee to pick one up. See more tiles on Page 12.
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The office of the Locust Grove Arts Alliance and theLG Chamber of Commerce is getting some beautifyingon its ceiling with a lot of other changes inside and out.
LGAA members and others have been painting theceiling tiles in a large variety of ways and using a largevariety of materials to decorate the tiles.
Tiles shown include those of Ray Grass, top left, SaraO’Dell, top right.
SPICE auction, dinnerset November 11 at theUpper Elementary
The Locust Grove Upper Elementary School will hostthe annual SPICE auction and dinner on Nov. 11.
The silent auction and dinner will begin at 6 p.m., andthe live auction will begin at 7 p.m.
SPICE is a non-profit organization which raises moneyeach year to fund individual teacher’s requests throughits grant program.
Grants for teaching supplies, furniture, educationaltrips, and special materials have been funded in the past.
Sarah Coday was the top winner in the Locust GroveArts Alliance’s “Instant Photo Art Show,” and all of thepictures are still on display at the Alliance’s office onMain Street, for those who were unable to visit the showwhen it opened Oct. 14.
Coday’s picture, “Big City Love,” was a New Yorkscene and she mounted it on a wooden cutout of theUnited States.
Kelly Palmer’s “Which Way” won second place, andSula Robertson’s “Our Lady of Hogan’s,” placed third.
The People Choice award went to Harper Meehan,for a photo she titled A “Doc’s Drive.”
Honorable Mentions went to Kelly Palmer for “Poemin a Minute” and “Garden Grace;” Roxann Yates for“Think Happy,” “Wind and Weeds,” and “Sentinels.”
Coday also received an honorable mention for “NYCStreet Art.” Other honorable mentions went to BettyPerkins for “Banana Book,” to Abby Troyer for “Peek-a-Boo,” to Georgia Rainbolt for “Live, Love, Laugh,”and to Zac Duck for “Sand and Sunset.”
The top awards of $300, $200 and $100 were givenfor first, second and third place.
The tiny art show will be on view through Nov. 18,when the next exhibit, “Holiday Ornaments,” will go ondisplay and run through December.
This next display, also a competition, will include themaking of an ornament for any holiday and using any artform. More details can be obtained with entry forms atWonder City Coffee and ROMP Rummage Store.
In-An-Instant Photo winners
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS. . . Sarah Coday’s first placephoto is at top, followed by Kelly Palmer’ second place atlower left, and Sula Robinson’s winner at bottom right.
Ceiling Tiles added to office
