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Skipping 

Stones from 

Heaven 

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Lesser 

Apocalypses: 

A Review 

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Movin’ On 

but the Music 

Continues 

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DIGGING UP THE ROOTS OF YOUR 

FAMILY TREE 

BY JIM JOPLIN 

 

YOU KNOW IT’S GETTING CLOSE TO 

 

BY RANDY PENNINGTON 

PAGE 15 

CHEERS: A BEVERAGE AND CIGAR 

EXPERIENCE 

BY TRAVIS STORCK 

PAGE 25 

SET PHASERS TO SYNTH 

A REVIEW OF THE KILLERS 

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It’s been best described as 

a love revolution-- the random 

acts of kindness 

felt around 

the world in 

memory of 

Tucker Wade 

Johnson. 

There has been 

a scholarship 

for a student 

in the Ukraine, 

 

Afghanistan, a tire 

changed, snow 

 

tolls paid, a smile, 

a helping hand, 

the list goes on and 

on-- all in the name 

of love for a little boy 

who touched the 

hearts of everyone 

who knew him. 

Tucker had just 

graduated from 

kindergarten and was 

looking forward to being 

a 1st grader at Mountain 

View-Gotebo Elementary. 

He loved John Deere 

tractors, anything that had 

 

going to the lake, skipping 

 

woof-woof and baa-baa. 

Tucker was a live out loud, 

laugh out loud, and dance like 

no one is watching kind of kid. 

He was not yet seven years old 

when 

he lost his life 

in a tragic go-cart accident on 

July 1st, 2011. 

A year of incredible grief and 

sadness for his tight-knit family 

and their extended communities 

of Mountain View, Gotebo and 

by Debbie McDonald 

Sterling began. According 

to Misty Johnson, Tucker’s 

mother, the support, love and 

the kindness of others that 

would carry them through 

 

lives began immediately. 

Before they even got 

home from the hospital on 

that heartbreaking day, 

dozens of people had 

gathered to wait, support 

and be there for them. 

 

as she thinks about the 

love that continues to 

surround their family 

and how words seem 

inadequate to express 

what her grateful 

heart feels. It would 

have been easy to 

be consumed by 

that dark world of 

depression and 

grief without so 

many people 

around to make 

sure they were all 

okay. 

Early this 

 

anniversary of Tucker’s death 

approached, Misty’s sister, 

Ronita Bridges, decided to 

take a proactive approach to 

the feelings she knew that date 

would inevitably provoke. 

A Facebook challenge was 

issued. The task was simple-- 


perform a random act of 

kindness in Tucker’s memory 

 

post the experience back to the 

wall. 

The result was like that of 

skipping a stone. Within hours 

the ripple of good deeds began 

to appear, friends of friends were 

creating a wallpaper of kindness 

on Tucker’s wall. 

The family had requested a 

week and little did they realize 

the die of kindness had been 

cast and with each new post 

their message was being carried 

to people 

all over 

the world. 

It would 

continue 

far longer 

than they 

could have 

imagined. 

Misty 

says her 

family 

has been 

comforted 

by the love 

RAK4T has 

brought out 

in people, 

“RAK4T is 

not really 

about us, it’s about the way you 

make someone feel and the 

way you feel about yourself after 

you’ve performed one”. 

During October, in honor 

of Breast Cancer Awareness 

month, Sterling Schools FCCLA 

and RAK4T have partnered 

together to bring some random 

acts of kindness to area cancer 

patients. 

On November 9th they will 

 

home basketball game and the 

proceeds of a cancer awareness 

T-shirt being sold during October 

will be donated to several area 

patients through random acts of 

kindness in memory of Tucker. 

You can purchase your 

PEACE, LOVE, RAK4T cancer 

awareness T-shirt for $12.00 

by calling 580.365.4303 and 

asking for Ginger Seibold or 

Ronita Bridges at Sterling Public 

Schools. You can also follow the 

love on Facebook on Tucker’s 

page, RAK4T. 


Digging Up the Roots 

of Your Family Tree by Jim Joplin 

Have you ever wondered 

where you came from – past 

your mother and father? If you 

answered “Yes” then you’re 

among millions of people who 

have researched their family 

genealogy. October is National 

Genealogy Month, and in an 

 

a little easier, I’ve compiled a 

handful of places to begin your 

search. 

Before I turn out a list of 

web sites (that you’ve probably 

heard commercials for) I’d like 

to touch on a place to start. If 

you’re from around the area, 

and even if you’re not, the 

Public Library is a great place 

to start your search. There 

are volumes upon volumes 

of material for researching 

your genealogy. You may be 

thinking, “I have no idea where 

to start.” That’s okay. There are 

friendly folks who are eager to help 

you on your journey. 

I’ll be honest, one of the reasons 

I wanted to help with this piece 

was because my genealogy had 

already been done. One of my 

great aunts compiled and created 

the family tree for several of the 

Joplin branches. 

If you’ll indulge me, I’ll share her 

info for my branch here (starting 

with me along with birth years, 

going back nine generations): Me 

(1971), Glen I. (1946), Delbert G. 

(1909), John B. (1885), Levi L. 

(1845), William C. (1819), Silas M. 

(1796), William M. (1768), Ralph II 

(1691), and Ralph Jopling (no birth 

year provided). By the way, that’s 

not a typo; at some point between 

Ralph I and myself, the G was 

dropped from our last name. Other 

branches of the family tree kept the 

G. 

 

 

information about what they did, 

where they settled, and maybe 

even the coat of arms for your 

family. It seems the Joplins and 

Joplings descended from a Finnish 

knight who was born sometime 

in the mid 16th century. When 

they settled in the new world, 

they chose Virginia as their home. 

But, enough about me and my 

 

discover your family’s beginnings. 

If you’re searching online, 

Ancestry.com is the leader in 

online genealogy searching. 

Ancestry.com is extensive and 

comprehensive. They boast as 

the largest genealogy website 

in the world. Membership 

 

days, and the continuing fees 

are very competitive, ranging 

from $19.95 per month to 

an annual membership of 

$12.95 per month for the 

US Deluxe Membership and 

$29.95 per month to an annual 

membership of $24.95 for the 

World Deluxe Membership. 

 

membership are that you can 

search all over the world. This 

could come in handy if you 

want to go back before North 

America was settled. 

The second highest rated 

genealogy site is Archives. 

com which is relatively new, 

but still boasts a catalog of 

over 2.1 billion entries. The 

biggest advantage that I can 

see is the membership costs. 

After a 7-day free trial, a three 

month membership is $19.95. If 

you’re serious about using the 

site, I would suggest the annual 

membership at $39.95 (that’s $3.33 

per month). 

Rounding out the top three 

is Genealogy.com (which is a 

sister site of Ancestry.com) and 

as such, has access to the vast 

resources of that site. This site has 

 

have – actually two somethings: 

US Census Information and 

International Passenger records. 

These two items are under the 

Gold membership, and the cost is a 

little prohibitive at $199.99 annually. 

But, if you’re very serious about 

 

 


When I picked up the phone one 

spring day in 1997 I never expected 

to hear the trembling voice of an 

older gentleman on the other end of 

the line. 

His voice was thick with emotion 

as he repeatedly asked me, “The 

pictures you sent me, 

where did you get them? 

This is my family.” 

And so began a 

journey that would 

take me through Nazioccupied 

Poland, 

through the Jewish 

ghettos of Grodno, 

through the horrors of the 

 

the peace of knowing. 

My mother lost her 

father in 1946 when she was just 8 

years old. He was 50 when he died 

and had said nothing of where he 

came from and what had happened 

there during World War II, though 

I’m certain he knew. 

All that was left behind of his 

history were faded photographic 

postcards of stern looking people 

in well made clothing, which had 

writing on the back that no one 

could read. 

I’d always been interested in 

genealogy, so I did some research 

and had the Russian and Yiddish 

on the back of the cards translated 

so that we were able to learn the 

names of some of these distant 

A Genealogical Journey 

Through the Holocaust 

relatives and learn that one of them 

was his sister Sonya, another, her 

daughter Raya. 

After encountering some 

incredibly kind and generous 

people on the Jewish Genealogy 

website (jewishgen.org) I was 

able to continue putting the pieces 

together. I learned my grandfather’s 

real name, when he came through 

Ellis Island and more. One 

man contacted me to see if my 

mother’s family was related to the 

Freydowicz family written about in 

Dr. Felix Zandman’s book, Never 

the Last Journey. I had no idea and 

the book was no longer available. 

This wonderful man went to Strand 

Books in NYC where he lived, 

bought me a copy of the book, 

mailed it to me and would accept 

no payment from me. 

When the book arrived, what I 

found inside would both change me 

and haunt me. The pictures in the 

center matched those of the family 

on the post cards. And as I read, I 

learned the fate of many of them. I 

read about Cousin Rebecca, shot 

in the head by the Nazis. I tried to 

comprehend how they hid behind 

a false wall in an apartment, still 

 

by Becky Parks 

their mothers tried desperately to 

keep their cries silent. I read how 

Felix’s grandfather, Nochum, my 

grandfather’s brother sat outside 

that wall with the little ones until 

they were taken away, never to be 

seen again. 

The lovely woman from the 

photos, my mother’s Aunt Sonya 

was beat in the head by a Nazi with 

a bead tipped whip until her scalp 

split open. She was later killed in 

the Treblinka concentration camp. 

A cousin, Rebecca, was shot point 

blank in the head. 

But the most 

remarkable thing I took 

away from this book was 

the survival of Felix and his 

uncle, Sender. Enclosed 

in a small black hole with a 

husband and wife couple 

he remained hidden 

 

the Puchalski’s bedroom, 

 

 

long, and four feet deep 

for a year and a half. In the pit, 

in total darkness, Felix learned 

mathematics by heart from his 

uncle. 

Felix and Sender survived the 

Holocaust when the rest of their 

family didn’t. Felix went on to the 

Sorbonne in Paris and earned a 

doctorate in physics. He became 

the CEO of a multi-million dollar 

corporation. He passed away 

last year, but his story will live on. 

Genealogy provided my family 

with a glimpse into the past, which, 

while it was unpleasant, still gave 

us the peace of knowing the story 

behind those postcards sent from 

Belarus so many, many years ago. 


Humane Society Fall Garage Sale 

The Humane Society of 

Lawton - Comanche County 

will be having their Fall Garage 

Sale on Friday, October 13, from 

8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturday, 

October 14, from 8 a.m. - 3 

p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal 

Church, 1313 SW D Avenue in 

Lawton. 

The Humane Society is in 

need of quality, gently used 

items to sell. No items are too 

big or too small. 

Donations will be accepted 

on Thursday, October 11, from 

8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at St. Andrews 

Episcopal Church at the C 

Avenue entrance. 

There will be treasures for 

everyone at the sale and baked 

items will be sold both days. 

All proceeds from the sale will 

 

For more information on the 

upcoming garage sale, please 

contact Donna at 580.695.0206. 

Musical Moments at CU 

 

with all kinds of great musical 

shows at Cameron University. 

 

the Cameron University Theatre 

with a performance by David 

Kim, violinist and Hyunsoon 

Whang, pianist at 7:30 p.m. 

On October 9, the Cameron 

University Civic Symphony 

will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the 

McCutcheon Recital Hall. 

The Cameron/Lawton 

Community Band will be 

showcased on October 14, at 3 

p.m. in the Cameron University 

Theatre. 

On October 16, at 7:30 p.m. 

the Cameron University Choir 

Concert/Centennial Singers 

will be singing in the University 

Theatre. 

The CU Percussion 

Ensemble has 2 upcoming 

performances. One is a 

Children’s Concert on October 

30, at 10 a.m. in University 

Theatre. They will also perform 

againat 7 p.m. that same 

evening. 

Looking forward to 

November, on the 1st, the CU 

Country Jazz Fusion will be 

 

University Theatre at 7:30 p.m. 

For more information on 

these, or other performances at 

Cameron University, visit www. 

cameron.edu. 

Trail of Fear Supports Lawton Food Bank 

Located in Lawton, Oklahoma, 

the Trail of Fear, starting in 1998, 

is now in it’s 15th season of chills, 

thrills and terror. Today the Trail 

of Fear is the largest haunted 

attraction in Oklahoma and is 

growing to be one of the top 

haunted attractions in the United 

States. This year they have chosen 

to partner with the Lawton Food 

 

community. The Lawton Food Bank 

provides a vital community service 

in our local area. Their goal is to 

raise $10,000.00 for the Lawton 

Food Bank. It would be one of the 

largest single donations in the 

history of the food bank. 

 

 

which will be a central part of their 

fundraising. They are asking local 

businesses and service providers 

 

The three levels of prize values are: 

$25, $50 and $100 or more. The 

drawings will be held on the 31st of 

October. 

If you have questions concerning 

this event, please contact Patti 

Bowden or Jeri Mosiman at the 

Lawton Food Bank at (580) 353- 

7994. For donation or questions, 

please contact Sheila Robinson at 

214.789.4778 or e-mail 

 


Gateway to the Wichitas Fall Festival 

CCIA is proud 

to sponsor the 

 

the Wichitas Fall 

Festival in Cache, 

OK on October 20. 

The schedule 

of events is as 

follows: 

October 19th 

5 p.m. – Early 

Check in for 

Brisket Smokers (if 

desired) 

October 20th 

8 a.m. – All Brisket Smokers 

must be checked in (East side of 

City Hall) 

8:30 a.m.– Vendors set up 

9 a.m. – Burrito Breakfast 

(Sponsored by Cache Masonic 

Lodge) 

10 a.m. – Parade Line up at City 

Park (Hwy 115) 

11a.m. – Parade 

12 p.m. – Indian Taco Lunch 

 

Brethren Church Open from 10 

a.m. – 5 p.m. at 

501 S. 10th) 

1 p.m. – Native 

American Dancing 

1:45 p.m. – 

Arm Wrestling 

Tournament 

2:30 p.m. – 

Horseshoe 

Tournament 

3:30 p.m. – Kung Fu 

Demonstration 

4:15 p.m. – Gun 

Fight 

4:30 p.m. -5p.m. – 

Brisket Judging 

Karaoke/Music 

5:30 p.m. – Doors Open for 

concert at auditorium featuring 

Seventh Day Slumber, Blank 

Pages and Beautiful Refrain. 


OCTOBER 2012 

calendar of events 

Community 

OCTOBER 2 

Huntington’s Disease Support Group 

1st Tuesday of each month 

Westminster Presbyterian Church 

7 p.m. 

OCTOBER 5 

Fabulous Female Friday Womens Expo 

Scarlet Event Center, Chisholm Mall, Duncan 

2 p.m. 

580.255.1350 

OCTOBER 6 

Praise in the Parking Lot 

Fundraiser for Lawton Food Bank 

Salt Cellar, Cache Road Square, Lawton 

12 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

580.357.5443 

Bark in the Park 

Fuqua Park, Duncan 

11 a.m. 

580.641.0667 

SW Oklahoma Home Builders Tour of Homes 

 

Cache, Elgin, Lawton 

12 p.m. 

580.355.2490 or www.swokhomebuilders.com 

OCTOBER 8 

8th Annual Charity Golf Tournament 

The Territory Golf ourse, Duncan 

8 a.m. 

580.251.8844 

OCTOBER 11 

Goodwill Industries 2nd Annual Fashion Show & 

Art Exhibit 

McCasland Ballroom, Cameron University, Lawton 

6 p.m. 

580.355.2163 

OCTOBER 25 

Our Wurst is the Best Bratfest 

Proceeds go to Stephens Co. Backpacks for Kids 

and Duncan Community Residence 

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Duncan 

Lunch 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Dinner 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. 

580.641.2974 or lutheransonline.com/gslcduncan 

OCTOBER 30 

DRH Health Foundation 

Halloween Bash 

Simmons Center, Duncan 

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. 

580.251.6640 

Area Events 

OCTOBER 5 

Fort Sill Oktoberfest 

Patriot Club, Fort Sill 

580.442.1799 

OCTOBER 6 

India Night 

McCasland Ballroom, Cameron University, Lawton 

6 p.m. 

Guest Speaker: Dr. Amit Gupta, Performance by Nritya 

Sangam 

afranks@cameron.edu 

OCTOBER 20 

Cache Gateway of the Wichitas Fall Festival 

Downtown Cache, OK 

7:45 a.m. 

www.facebook.com/GatewayOfTheWichitasFallFestival 

OCTOBER 27 

Family Fun Fall Fest 


9 a.m. 

580.252.2900 

Boo Review- Safe Trick - or - Treating 

Mainstreet Duncan, Duncan, OK 

580-252-8696 or mainstreetduncan.net 


7th Annual Halloween Safe-House 

Trunk or Treat 

Best Western Hotel, Lawton 

12 p.m. 

580.353.0200 

OCTOBER 27 

580 Rollergirls 

Great Plains Coliseum, Lawton 

2 p.m. 

580.357.1483 

Health and Wellness 

OCTOBER 27 

Oklahoma Vision 5K 

Elmer Thomas Park, Lawton 

10 a.m. 

580.591.2582 

Local Flavor 

WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS 

Lawton Farmer’s Market 

Great Plains Coliseum Parking Lot 

7:30 a.m. 

http://swokgrowers.org 

OCTOBER 6 

Bugling Elk Tours 

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, West of Lawton 

October 6 & 20, 6:30 a.m. 

Reservations 580.429.2151 

OCTOBER 12 

Stars Over the Wichitas 


October 12 & 13, 30 minutes after sunset 

580.429.2151 

OCTOBER 18 

PRCA Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo 

Stephens County Arena, Duncan 

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 6:30 p.m. 

 

OCTOBER 25 

 


11 a.m. 

580.355.3541 

Art & Crafts 

OCTOBER 5 

34th Annual Quilt Show 

Stephens County Historical Museum 

Fuqua Park, Duncan 

Friday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

580.439.2468 or 580.252.0717 

OCTOBER 12 

Visiting Writer Series: Constance Squires 

Cameron University, Lawton 

7 p.m. 

580.581.2400 

OCTOBER 18 

Leslie Powell Lunch Bag Lecture 

Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton 

Speaker: Dr. Vivian Thomlinson 

Newman and Huxley: Outmoded Concepts for Today’s 

University 

580.357.9526 

OCTOBER 20 

Kealii’s 10th Annual Polynesian Spectacular 

McMahon Auditorium, Lawton 

6:30 p.m. 

580.581.3472 

Music 

OCTOBER 2 

David Kim, Violinist and Hyunsoon Whang, Pianist 

Cameron University Theatre, Lawton 

7:30 p.m. 

580.581.2440 

OCTOBER 5 

An Evening with Mark Schultz and 

Anita Renfroe 

McMahon Auditorium, Lawton 

7 p.m. 

580.581.3472 

OCTOBER 7 

Ronald Radford in a Solo Recital 

Cameron University, Theatre 

3 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

580.531.5043 


OCTOBER 9 

Cameron University Civic Symphony 

McCutcheon Recital Hall, Cameron University, Lawton 

7:30 p.m. 

580.581.2440 

OCTOBER 12 

Ivan Parker In Concert 

Central Baptist Church, Lawton 

7 p.m. 

580.353.6750 

OCTOBER 14 

Cameron/Lawton Community Band Concert 


3 p.m. 

580.581.2440 

OCTOBER 16 

Cameron University Concert/Centennial Singers 


7:30 p.m. 

580.581.2440 

calendar of events 

OCTOBER 25 

Kylie Morgan in Concert 


7:30 p.m. 

580.252.4160 

OCTOBER 28 

Cameron Percussion Ensemble Fall Concert 


7 p.m. 

580.581.2440 

Theatre 

OCTOBER 5 

The Sound of Music 

Lawton Community Theatre, John Denney Playhouse, 

Lawton 

October 5, 6, 11, 12, 8 p.m. 

October 7, 14, 2 p.m. 

580.355.1600 

Lawton Farmer’s Market 

Fall Festival October 27! 

From late spring through early fall, the Wednesday 

and Saturday Market sets up at the Great Plains 

Coliseum grounds from 7:30 a.m. - Noon. Here 

shoppers will find the very best Oklahoma growers 

who produce the best products the state has to 

offer! 

Lawton Farmers Market 

920 South Sheridan Road 

Lawton, OK 73505 

www.swokgrowers.org

TRAVELOK.COM 

GREATPLAINSCOUNTRY.COM

Picture it: You’ve just eaten a big 

meal; so big that you have to undo 

the top button on your pants, then 

the question of dessert comes up. 

What do you do? Well, believe it 

or not, your brain overrides the 

stomach and says, 

“Yes, let’s have 

dessert.” Ever 

wonder 

why that 

happens? 

Well, this 

month 

I’ll tackle 

that very 

question. 

What 

better month 

then National 

Dessert Month to 

discuss the question of whether or 

not to have dessert with your meal? 

It doesn’t matter where to eat out, 

every restaurant – whether fast food 

or sit-down restaurant – everyone 

 

could be something small like 

Applebee’s Dessert Shooters which 

are a scaled down version of some 

classic desserts served in actual 

shot glasses. Or perhaps their 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Sundae 

which, by the way, is the most 

calorie-laden, saturated-fat-packed 

dessert of all the chain restaurants 

(it boasts more saturated fats than 

Wendy’s Baconater Triple Burger). 

Maybe, somewhere in between 

these two is something that you call 

your favorite. 

So why, even though we may be 

full, do we say, “yes” to the dessert 

question? Well, believe it or not, it’s 

all in your head. Literally. 

Permit me to throw a little biology 

at you: When you eat enough to 

push your stomach past 

a certain threshold, 

chemical and 

neural signals 

are sent to 

the brain 

to tell us 

to stop 

eating. 

Now, 

the brain 

knows the 

stomach 

is full, but 

the pleasure 

center also knows 

that something sweet (especially 

chocolate) is going to trigger 

pleasure, so the stomach overrides 

the chemical and neural signals 

and tells you to go for it. 

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the 

National Institute of Drug Abuse 

in Maryland (and someone who 

obviously has way too much free 

time on her hands), has done 

extensive research on why we eat 

dessert when we are already full. 

Dr. Volkow has determined that 

the original balance, between the 

stomach’s chemical and neural 

impulses and the pleasure center 

of the brain, which helped control 

calorie intake, and therefore 

weight, in check, has been altered 

by recent history’s cornucopia of 

desserts and junk food which we 

are surrounded by on a daily basis. 

Dr. Volkow has concluded that 

an imbalance has occurred making 

the want for endorphins from the 

brain’s pleasure center so strong 

that it overrides the stomach’s 

impulses. 

Lora Brody, author of Growing 

Up on the Chocolate Diet wrote, 

“Don’t wreck a sublime chocolate 

experience by feeling guilty. 

Chocolate isn’t like premarital sex. 

It will not make you pregnant. And it 

always feels good.” 

There have been countless 

research projects devoted to 

chocolate. An article in issue 

9, volume 124 of the Oxford 

Journal of Medicine speaks to the 

 

 

Believe me when I tell you that to 

really understand it, you need to 

have several letters behind your 

name. 

A similar article published by the 

University of Texas Health Science 

Center at San Antonio made it 

much easier to understand: Dr. 

Bankole A. Johnson, the William 

and Marguerite S. Wurzbach 

Distinguished Professor in the 

departments of psychiatry and 

pharmacology, tells us that 

chocolate contains certain 

chemicals which stimulate the 

pleasure centers of the brain. 

So, what does it all mean? I 

suppose it means that if you can 

control the pleasure centers of the 

brain, and override the override, 

you don’t necessarily have to eat 

dessert. But, why wouldn’t you 

want to?? 


You Know It’s Getting Close to Halloween 

Wal-Mart has 

two aisles 

already 

dedicated to 

Easter supplies. 

You start seeing 

advertisements 

for things like 

“pumpkin tacos”. 

Your shares 

in sugar and 

candy corn split 

and increase in 

value. 

There’s a 

Halloween 

Superstore 

opening in every 

vacant building. 

Every sitcom in 

prime time has a 

“costume chaos” episode. 

The teenagers at the mall 

strangely start to blend in. 

Every neighborhood starts 

to look like a Spiderman 

cloning experiment. 

You realize that on 

November 1st, there will 

be a shortage of Wal-Mart 

bags. 

Your favorite candy is 

suddenly 300% higher in 

price. 

By October 10th, the 

simple smell of pumpkin 

causes you to feel like 

Superman in a Kryptonite 

When... 

By Mortimor Oullouitious Snerkleschwartz 

sauna. 

Those orange pumpkin 

cupcakes look 

suspiciously like last 

month’s OSU tailgate party 

treats. 

Everybody decides they 

look cooler in fake fangs. 

The “Twilight” series is 

re-released at the reduced 

price of 40% higher than 

you paid for it originally. 

Your neighbors 

compliment you on your 

decorations, and you 

realize you have cobwebs. 

On Halloween night, you 

suddenly realize why 

spandex should be 

outlawed. 

Looking at the 

popular costumes, 

you realize you 

 

your denial of the 

existence of “Honey 

Boo Boo”. 

20-year-olds, 

wearing cologne, 

start showing up 

to your door with 

pillow cases saying, 

“Trick or Treat”. 

The guy in the 

gorilla mask in the 

next lane realizes 

he can’t see, but 

rather than pull 

over, he slows 

down, so that you will 

still think it’s a real gorilla 

driving a car. 

You start hearing things 

like, “No, really, it’s fake! I 

don’t really have a rash!! 

Come back!!” 

You realize the person 

who invented the $2.99 

pumpkin carving kit was 

the smartest person who 

ever lived, as you return to 

the store to buy 3 more, in 

case those break, too. 

 

get rid of all that left-over 

Christmas candy. 


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October was an interesting t ti IIn the th daytime, d ti t it wasn’t ’t rub b bear b grease that th Sid Biles had 

time in the earlier days of Lawton. necessary for mother to pause given my dad into the leather to 

in her routine work to look while keep the rain and melting snow 

but students just suddenly dropped listening to the love story Betty and out. 

out of attending school for about Bob with that sweet waltz theme I Potatoes, onions, yams, turnips, 

two weeks. It was cotton picking Love You Truly. At noon it was The and beets from the garden were 

time and money for a winter coat Lightcrust Doughboys from the loaded onto skids and pushed into 

and new boots had to be earned. It Burris Mills. You might know them the crawl space under our house 

was mostly the rural kids, but many better as Bob Wills and the Texas where they would be available all 

who lived in the city also depended Playboys. Ma Perkins came next winter long. Fruit from our orchard 

on that source of income. 

running her lumber yard with the was gathered and canned by 

Employment 

my mother while she 

picked up because 

listened to the radio. 

of the cotton crop. 

The canned goods 

Both the cotton gin 

were stored in the dug 

and the cotton seed 

out storm cave where it 

oil company began 

couldn’t freeze. 

operation after months 

Did I mention that it 

of idleness. This meant 

was 1935 and I was 

about three hundred 

twelve when we got 

jobs. 

electric lights, radio, 

The warm days and 

refrigerator, and electric 

evenings of Indian 

iron? 

summer brought an 

It wasn’t cold enough 

end to the neighbors 

in October for hog 

gathering on a porch 

butchering but we 

to hear the one radio 

had three sources of 

in the neighborhood. 

meat. We had pigeons, 

There was the First 

rabbits, and chicken. 

Nighter Theater 

on Wednesday 

night with two 

 

Of course the 

Family of J. M. Payne, Lawton, OK. Mrs. Payne and her four children picking cotton. Mart, 5 years, picks 

from 10 to 20 pounds a day; Harley, 7 years, picks 40 pounds a day; Grandison, 10 years, picks 75 pounds hens kept us 

supplied with 

school much, but he kin pick his 20 pounds a day. “ Location: Comanche County, Oklahoma. Creator(s): eggs. 

run play. At Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940, photographer.Date Created/Published: 10 October 1916. 

Hallowe’en 

intermissions, 

was quite 

Little Johnny would go all through 

the theater shouting “Call for Philip while she solved all of life’s “Trick or Treat” until I had children. 

Morris.” 

problems. I must not forget One We might buy a 10¢ mask or 

On another night we listened to Man’s Family that carried over into make up a disguise. Sometimes 

that tall invincible, Lone Ranger, the days of television. 

a masquerade party but, mostly, 

topple the bad men right and left. For the coming winter, I had a our Hallowe’en consisted of tricks 

When television came along, he water proof sheep lined coat and and some tricks were rather rough. 

became the ‘Fat Man’ in Jake and a genuine Colonel Roscoe Turner Many people had outhouses 

the Fat Man. Then that mysterious aviator helmet with goggles. Dad that required being returned to a 

laugh would be followed by “Who would get out the shoe last and vertical position after Hallowe’en. 

knows what evil lurks in the hearts put new half soles and heels on Unfortunately, a few were occupied 

of men? Only The Shadow knows.” my worn out shoes, then we would when they toppled. 



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Ashton’s Pumpkin 

Better Than... Cake 

Ingredients: 

1 box yellow cake mix 

1 small can pumpkin puree 

1 - 14 oz. can sweetened condensed 

milk 

1 - 8 oz. tub cool whip 

1/2 bag Heath Bits 

Caramel Sundae Sauce 

Directions: 

In a large bowl, mix together the 

cake mix and pumpkin puree until a 

smooth batter forms. 

Pour batter into a well greased 9x13 

baking dish. Bake at 350º according to 

the directions for a 9x13 cake on the 

cake mix box. 

Let cool for about 10 minutes after 

baking. Using the bottom of a wooden 

spoon, poke holes all over the top of 

the cake. 

Pour the sweetened condensed 

 

Refrigerate for 30 minutes. 

Spread the cool whip over top of 

cake. Sprinkle on the heath bits, and 

drizzle caramel over top (just to your 

liking). Refrigerate for 3-4 hours, or 

overnight (best). 

Pumpkin 

Chai Latte 

Use your preferred milk alternative to 

make this dairy free. 

Ingredients: 

1 cup milk 

2 tablespoons pumpkin puree (not 

 

1 tablespoon maple syrup 

1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom 

pinch ground cinnamon 

pinch ground ginger 

small pinch ground cloves 

crack of freshly ground black pepper 

(or a small pinch of pre-ground pepper) 

1 black tea bag 

Directions: 

Mix together all ingredients, 

except for tea, in a small saucepan. 

Bring to just barely a simmer, stirring 

occasionally. Remove from heat, drop 

in tea bag and let steep for 4 minutes. 

Remove teabag and serve immediately. 

Garnish with a sprinkling of cinnamon, 

if desired. 

The 

Domestic 

Diva 

Pumpkin Stew 

Ingredients: 

2 pounds beef 

stew meat, 

cut into 1-inch 

cubes 

3 tablespoons 

canola oil, 

divided 

1 cup water 

3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 

1-inch cubes 

4 medium carrots, sliced 

1 large green pepper, cut into 1/2-inch 

pieces 

4 garlic cloves, minced 

1 medium onion, chopped 

2 teaspoons salt 

1/2 teaspoon pepper 

2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules 

1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, 

undrained 

1 pumpkin (10 to 12 pounds) 

Directions: 

In a Dutch oven, brown meat in 2 

tablespoons oil. Add water, potatoes, 

carrots, green pepper, garlic, onion, 

salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 

2 hours. Stir in bouillon and tomatoes. 

Wash pumpkin; cut to 6 to 8 in. circle 

around top stem. Remove top and set 

 

from inside. 

Place pumpkin in a shallow sturdy 

baking pan. Spoon stew into pumpkin 

and replace top. Brush outside of 

pumpkin with remaining oil. Bake 

at 325° for 2 hours or just until the 

pumpkin is tender (do not overbake). 

Serve stew from pumpkin, scooping 

out a little pumpkin with each serving. 

Recipe from Donna Mosher. 


Queen of the house 

by Beth Sanchez 

My granny is 100% responsible 

for my love affair with 

chocolate. Here is one of my 

favorite recipes out of her 

old recipe box. I love that her 

best friend’s name and phone 

number are on the back of the 

card. 

Mary Lee’s Brownies 

I’m going to give you the same instructions I received 

and wish you good luck. 

Cream together 2 softened sticks of butter and 2 Cups 

of sugar. 

8 Tablespoons of Cocoa (1/2 cup) 

4 eggs 

 

1 Teaspoon Vanilla 

2 Cups of Pecans 

Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees. 


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Cheers! 

After receiving some good 

feedback from readers, I’m going 

to continue with free form reviews 

of grabbing things I enjoy and 

sharing them with you. So until 

that changes, enjoy! To start, 

I’ve been wanting to try the St. 

Bernardus family of brews for 

a bit and as luck would have it, 

my favorite package store had 

a sampler pack. For the sake of 

space and to be able to include 

this month’s wine and cigar-- I’m 

only sharing two of them with you, 

but know the other two were tasty 

as well! 

St. Bernardus Tripel - 

Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV 

Pours a 

murky 

amberorange, 

lots 

of residual 

yeast, with 

a foamy 

 

 

traces of thin lace through to 

the end. Aromas of ripe tropic 

 

Flavor begins with candied 

fruits, apple and apricot, some 

banana. The spices are complex 

and herbal. Loads of yeasty 

goodness. Finishes clean and 

dry, well balanced, smooth. Nice 

boozy bite, more noticeable as it 

 

feels prickly on the tongue. Solid 

example of the style. 

St. Bernardus Abt 12 - 

Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV 

Cloudy 

hazedbrown 

color with 

a smallish 

 

head. 

Patches 

of sticky 

lacing. Loads of dark fruit in the 

nose, sweet malts, caramel, and 

alcohol esters. Tastes of fresh 

dough and caramel sweetness 

up front, with a wash of alcohol 

 

raisins, molasses and brown 

sugar. Some clove and other light 

spices come through in the end 

 

carbonation lends to a creamy 

and thick mouthfeel. Higher 

alcohol content brings a very 

nice warming sensation, so I’ll be 

enjoying more of these as it gets 

colder for sure. 

Campo Viejo Rioja Tempranillo 

2010 

This little 

beauty 

comes 

from 

Rioja, 

Spain. 

I’ve had 

several 

Tempranillos and this one doesn’t 

A Beverage and 

Cigar Experience 

by Travis Storck 

disappoint. Aromas of dark red 

fruits, faint spice, and notes of 

vanilla. The smells carry over 

 

cherries and blackberry, earthen 

spices, and faint traces of oak. 

Has just enough sweetness to not 

classify as dry, but it’s not sweet 

enough to be called sweet (if that 

makes sense). Medium body with 

 

for just around $10. 

Undercrown - Drew Estate 

I’ve had 

this 

resting 

in my 

humidor 

for a few 

months 

and 

decided it was time to give 

it a go. The appearance is a 

dark oily maduro, with minimal 

veining. Good feel, almost like 

velvet. Amount of smoke from 

this cigar was incredible. First 

 

 

second, earth and wood begin 

 

sweetness that’s more akin 

to cocoa. Last third develops 

 

 

superb smoke. Clean, slow, cool 

burn all the way that needed 

no corrections with a solid ash. 

Highly recommend, but you’ll 

drop $8 a stick. 


CITY OF LAWTON 

CITYWIDE BULK 

CLEANUP 

HELP KEEP LAWTON BEAUTIFUL 

The October 2012 bulk cleanup will be completed 

once again by areas. Please refer to the area 

 

out your bulk items. Items will be collected the 

following week. 

All bulk items must be placed out at the street 

side of the residence. No bulk items will be 

collected in the alleys. Bulk items should be 

stacked next to 

the curb with all small items in disposable 

containers. Brush must be cut to a maximum of 5 

feet long and stacked in a pile. Please stack bulk 

items clear of any overhead lines or objects and 

at least 5 feet away from your City trash cart, 

mail boxes, gas meters, etc. Any items around 

these type of obstructions will be left. 

Area 1 

Residents between West 97th Street and West 

38th Street can put out their bulk items on 

September 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th. 

Area 2 

Residents between West 38th Street and Rail 

Road Street can put out their bulk items on 

October 4th,5th, 6th, and 7th. 

Area 3 

Residents between Rail Road Street and East 60th 

Street can put out their bulk items on October 

11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th. 


Place a digit from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so every row, every 

column, and every 3 x 3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. 

Solution on page 35 

Coming in October 

to the 

Lawton - Fort Sill Art 

Council 

October 5: 

Encaustics Workshop, 6 p.m. 

October 19: 

Digital Weave: Hank Poppe Art Show 

November 2: Soldier “Boots” Reception starting at 7 p.m. 

The boots will be a silent auction and the proceeds will be 

donated to the medical fund of local soldier, Brian Jergens. 

The Lawton-Fort Sill Art Council’s mission is to promote the 

appreciation, enjoyment, education and distribution of the visual 

arts with the Lawton-Fort Sill community. 

LFSAC meets every third Thursday of the month for a General 

Meeting at 7:00 pm to include an artist demonstration and /or 

lecture. Refreshments are provided. The demo is FREE and open to 

the public. Hand-on workshops the first Friday of every month for 

LFSAC members from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. 

1701 Ferris Ave 

Lawton, OK 

580.591.0454 

www.lfsac.org 

http://www.facebook.com/ 

lawtonfortsillartcouncil 

 

Visit us on Facebook and 

 

 


For the past fourteen years, Hank Poppe 

has been a professional 3-D artist and 

animator. 

“I got a late start in the art world,” said 

Poppe. “But when retiring from the Army 

I made myself a promise to do something I 

had a passion for. 

In 1997 Poppe started work at the US 

Army Field Artillery School as a Computer 

Based Training developer creating various 

technical courses for the Army. 

“I pioneered the use of digital 3-D and 

Animation at Fort Sill to meet the course 

requirements while cutting the costs of 

development,” said Poppe. 

After a decade away from the art community, 

Poppe began once more to create works 

of art. Poppe is currently preparing for a 

joint art show with Shane Walker at the 

Lawton Fort Sill Art Council on October 

19 at 6:30p.m. 

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Digital 

DIGITAL 

Weave 

WEAVE 

by b Jordan J d Godlewski G dl d ki 

“December Lights” 

Medium: Computer generated image 

Dimensions: 4800x2700 pixels 

“Dry Gulch” 


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“Days Gone By” 


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For four years, patrons have come from all 

over to enjoy the Medicine Park Flute Festival 

and Art Walk. 

Artist Sandra Dunn explains the impact of the 

event on the community. 

“It is wonderful meeting new people and 

getting them interested in art,” said Dunn. 

“The art walk creates a lot of exposure for 

local artists. It is a great activity for children 

and families. Between the art and the music, it 

is a nice cultural event.” 

The two day event filled main street of 

Medicine Park. Patrons can find handmade 

instruments, arts & crafts, a juried art show 

and live performances. 

Left & Above - 

Pottery by 

Patty Ferguson 

Right - Native 

American Art by 

Myron Beeson 

Artist Sandra Dunn creating custom 

origami earrings. 

Above - 

Photography by 

Clark Brown

Reel 

World 

SCREAM QUEENS 

When I think about Scream 

 

to mind is Janet Leigh in the shower 

scene in Psycho (1960). Actually, 

Scream Queens have been around 

for much longer, and although 

the genre may have changed, 

somewhat, the fact remains that 

Scream Queens are still making 

noise in the horror movies of today. 

Back in 1927, Joan Crawford 

 

to grace the silver screen, starring 

in The Unknown. One of her more 

notable roles was alongside Bette 

Davis, another Scream Queen, 

in What Ever Happened to Baby 

Jane? (1962); the pair would also 

work together on another horror 

Hush…Hush Sweet Charlotte 

(1964). 

 

to look up Bette Davis, Joan 

Crawford, and Janet Leigh, the 

list of Scream Queens throughout 

the ages has continued to grow. It 

 

actress who was labeled the “The 

Queen of All Scream Queens” was 

Barbara Steele. Her breakout role 

was in Black Sunday (1960), which 

she landed at the young age of 21. 

Although relatively young and fairly 

new to acting, she was blessed with 

a beautiful face, sensuous lips, and 

long, dark hair. The Internet Movie 

Database describes her beauty as 

“strikingly lovely.” She wasn’t a very 

 

 

her career. I guess what matters 

most is quality, not quantity. 

As for names you might 

recognize (I’ll confess, I’d never 

heard of Barbara Steele before 

researching for this article), let’s 

run down some of the more famous 

 

them famous: Mia Farrow in 

Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Linda 

Blair in The Exorcist (1973), Lee 

Remick in The Omen (1976), Sissy 

Spacek in Carrie (1976), Shelley 

Duvall in The Shining (1980), 

Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3 (1992), 

Drew Barrymore in Scream (1996), 

Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween 

H2O (1998), Jennifer Love Hewett 

in I Still Know What You Did Last 

Summer (1998), Sarah Michelle 

Gellar in The Grudge (2004), and 

Christina Ricci in Cursed (2005). 

There are many, many more but 

there just isn’t enough room. 

The genre is still running as 

strong as ever. It has even been 

invaded by Reality TV. In 2008, 

VH1 premiered “Scream Queens”, 

a reality show pitting several 

unknown actresses competing for a 

role in the Saw franchise. Tanedra 

 

landing a role in Saw VI. If you’re 

a fan of the series like I am, you’ll 

 

 

 

cleaver. 

Evidently, the ladies had to deal 

with bugs, gore, and stunts while 

they were put through “an intense 

horror-acting boot camp”. The 

second season winner, Gabby 

West, won a role in Saw 3D: The 

Final Chapter (2010). Coincidently, 

when I searched for her on IMDB 

she appears as “Miscellaneous 

Crew” in 3:10 to Yuma. I guess 

her role wasn’t as spectacular as 

she’d hoped, or perhaps she didn’t 

scream loud enough. 

That’s okay, because there are 

plenty of good actresses who are 

screaming for your nerves. You 

might check out one of the movies 

that I’ve mentioned, or search for 

 

the genre isn’t going anywhere, it 

will only continue to grow and get 

stronger…and probably louder. 

Until next time, I’ll see you at the 

movies! 


Lesser 

Apocalypses: 

A REVIEW 

Shell-shocked survivors 

populate the fallen world Bayard 

Godsave constructs in Lesser 

Apocalypses, his debut short-story 

collection, but the author renders 

these characters subservient to the 

literal and personal destruction that 

ensues throughout the work. 

In fact, the reader should 

instead consider the vague and 

futuristic dystopian setting and 

the all-powerful protagonist that 

binds these 

characters and 

their stories 

together in one 

work. 

Godsave 

divulges how 

these disparate 

stories found 

shelter within 

one collection, 

a work has 

been forming 

since 

“Making 

these 

characters 

respond and 

behave in a 

certain way 

explains why 

these stories wound up together 

in the book. I was seeing all 

these stories where characters 

were responding to this big thing, 

whether it was a literal apocalypse 

or the collapse of a marriage,” 

Godsave said. 

Each vignette in Lesser 

Apocalypses treads with its 

own perspective toward its 

own epiphany. For example, 

in Predictable Trajectories, 

the narrator is woman who 

contemplates leaving her lover, a 

man devastated after launching a 

missile from inside a silo. She then 

BY SARAH BREWER 

delineates that guilt compels her 

 

greater force, an illustration, like 

the falling apple making known the 

existence of gravity,” and considers 

empathy “the real killer, the real 

force behind guilt.” 

This ending illuminates an 

otherwise bleak and barren 

landscape like the revelation Irish 

modernist writer James Joyce lays 

bare at the end of The Dead,his 

short story from 

Dubliners. 

Despite its 

similarities 

to modernist 

 

formation of 

his novel was 

 

the zeitgeist 

Godsave 

experienced 

earlier in his life. 

“When I 

was a kid, I was 

really afraid 

of nuclear 

holocaust. That 

was in the mid 

to late 1980s, 

and on the news every night, the 

weapon stockpiles were building 

up. I think for a long time that 

 

even though I was an adult. It still 

lingered, it was there and I think 

that is where these stories come 

from,” Godsave said. 

The Gas Mask is one story that 

simultaneously comments on the 

fear that epitomized this era while 

exposing the terror that drives 

its characters. The title refers to 

a simple, yet disturbing birthday 

request one young boy makes: 

He asks his parents for a German 

M41M gas mask and survival gear. 

 

on neutron bombs and radiation 

 

present because it seems like it 

would be a useful item to have 

 

the entire world. Meanwhile, his 

parents withhold details about 

him from each other and raise him 

as separate entities as they go 

through a divorce. This overruling 

secrecy is eerily similar to the lie 

that examines the duality of human 

nature in Heart of Darkness by 

Joseph Conrad. 

Godsave continues to imbue 

nightmarish qualities in the 

italicized vignettes that serve as 

interludes and form its own standalone 

story. 

“I would write these vignettes, 

and I would try to get as creepy as 

I could and write about putting a 

 

Godsave said. 

The creepy details are in this 

untitled story, characters conspire 

to murder each other, but never 

make their reasons and motives 

explicit; the reader must conjure 

 

blanks and participate in the plot 

as it transpires. They describe 

a severe blow to the skull as 

“soft, warm and welcoming,” and 

compare humans to “cannibal 

cockroaches.” Godsave evokes 

and controls the mood with such 

imagery, but then employs it to 

shatter tension and incur a series of 

disjointed feelings that precede the 

denouement. 

Lesser Apocalypses impacts 

and haunts the reader with a 

presence inherent not only in 

 

great works of literature as well. 


It’s shaping up to be a 

career year for the Mormons. 

The media-maligned religious 

 

placing an adherent in the White 

House, as well as a new album 

dropping from its premier (and 

lets face it, only) rock band- 

The Killers. Since their debut 

launched the band into the pop 

music stratosphere in 2005, the 

Killers’ choruses have soared 

their way into shopping malls 

and restaurants. This is because 

vocalist Brandon Flowers and his 

Vegas comrades specialize in 

crafting material that is instantly 

nostalgic, songs that sound 

familiar even as you hear them 

 

After Flowers posted a 

 

interested in starting a rock 

band, he was crestfallen when 

respondent after respondent 

found the his earnest keyboard 

ballads hokey, with one 

particularly vitriolic guitar-playing 

prospect allegedly spitting, 

“Good luck with your little ‘Duran- 

Duran’ project,” at Flowers on 

the way out. If reliving the more 

epic radio moments of the 1980s 

was the band’s early goal then 

they have certainly succeeded 

throughout their career, and 

this year’s Battle Born is no 

exception. 

The record opens with Flesh 

and Bone, which contains what 

amounts to the album’s lyrical 

thesis statement: You are on the 

ropes, but don’t give up. This 

theme is repeated again and 

again throughout the album, with 

strangely encouraging mantras 

and misplaced Christological 

imagery appearing on virtually 

every song. Critics will attack the 

band for this. And deservedly so. 

What critics tend to ignore, 

are the stellar melodies driving 

those lyrics and the pristine 

arena tones that guitarist Dave 

Keuning inserts into instrumental 

breaks. Musically, The Killers 

appreciate what is obvious, and 

consequently their aesthetic 

tends to be diametrically 

opposed to everything that 

hipsters adore (at least this 

year). 

This is the band’s greatest 

strength and most fatal 

weakness, this refusal to let 

fear of vapidity deter them from 

taking every tune to Springsteen 

levels of grandeur. Young people 

only let bands get by with this 

sort of thing when it’s done with 

an accompanying ‘wink’ and 

situated squarely in the ballpark 

of irony and such winks are 

conspicuously absent on Battle 

Born. 

Case in point: Heart of a 

Girl is a power ballad in the 

Tom Petty vein that employs 

 

chorus to new heights of what 

feels like pretension, but is that 

an appropriate term for a band 

SET PHASERS 

TO SYNTH 

by Keaton Lamle 

 

Deadlines and Commitments 

un-ironically features synthesizer 

sounds and concludes with 

reverb-laden runs on roto-toms, 

an instrument unheard from in 

American popular music since 

Pink Floyd’s 1973 hit, Time. 

The problem with all of this 

excess is that like the band’s 

actual hometown, all the glitter 

 

Battle Born sometimes sounds 

like the beginnings of a 

triumphant night on the town, 

but just as often feels like a 

nauseating ride through so much 

blurred neon. Despite some 

legitimately great tunes, there 

are a couple of moments when 

the record drowns in it’s own 

reminiscent exorbitance. 

As is usually the case with 

 

set of remarkably listenable rock 

songs, some of which are very 

good. None of Battle Born’s 

are ultimately fatal, and some of 

the tunes pack legitimate charm. 

The Killers may be derivative, but 

they are so in the most original 

possible way and that is worth 

something. The music press will 

insist that this schtick is getting 

old, but don’t listen to them. 

Listen to the songs. Set reverbs 

to “cathedral”. Set phasers to 

“synth”. If you actually like music 

from the 1980s then don’t let 

anyone guilt you out of enjoying 

this album. 

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ACROSS 

1. Muse of love poetry 

6. Slip 

10. Deliver a tirade 

14. Tightwad 

15. Neat 

16. Arab chieftain 

17. Homeric epic 

18. Is endebted to 

19. Small amount 

20. 100th anniversary 

22. Curved molding 

23. Regret 

24. Mistake 

 

act 

30. What we pay to the govt. 

32. Nursemaid 

33. Declaration 

37. Poop 

38. Noodles 

39. What we eat 

40. Deceiver 

42. Association of craftsmen 

43. Bonkers 

44. Rapids 

45. Existence 

47. Possesses 

48. Oceans 

49. Recover 

56. Near 

57. Biblical kingdom 

58. Lubricated 

59. Leer at 

60. Storage cylinder 

61. Flip over 

62. Noxious plant 

63. Sun 

64. Squalid 

DOWN 

1. Sweeping story 

2. Anger 

3. Analogous 

4. Nipple 

5. Hospital attendant 

6. Rock 

7. Flightless bird 

8. Bright thought 

9. Learning disorder 

10. Repentant 

11. Spanish for “Friend” 

12. Fertilizer ingredient 

13. Tall woody plant 

21. Cashew or almond 

25. Ump 

26. 1/12 of a foot 

27. Not 

28. Break 

29. Rough 

30. Yummy 

Solution on page 35 

31. Initial wager 

33. Principal 

34. Dirt 

35. Lacquered metalware 

36. Probabilities 

38. Advancement 

41. Bamboozle 

42. Vaporish 

44. Dip lightly 

45. Ecru 

46. American symbol 

47. The quality of being funny 

48. Winter precipitation 

50. Modify 

51. Soft drink 

52. Fully developed 

53. Away from the wind 

54. Care for 

55. Countercurrent 


Deadcore: 

Peeling Back the 

Layers 

They’re known for their dramatic 

live show entailing fake blood, 

props and dueling metal vocalists, 

but not many people know what lies 

beneath the masks and makeup. 

One of Lawton’s most popular 

metal bands, DeadCore has built 

its success of eight years on the 

novelty of shocking the average 

audience with costumes seemingly 

 

many people don’t know, however, 

is that the band is actually made 

 

and even a former cheerleader. 

Melissa Tehauno, female covocalist, 

said she went through 

many phases in high school, 

including cheerleading, before she 

 

the metal scene. A mother of three, 

she now spends her days working 

at a local hospital and her nights 

surprising audiences. 

“They see me and they think I’m 

going to be the background singer 

and be some singysingy person, 

and I’m doing the growling,” she 

said. “I like that element of surprise.” 

Other members include her 

husband J.R. Tehauno on drums, 

Dayton Keel on guitar, Wes Morin 

on guitar, Elvis Keel on samples, 

Bear Bennett on bass and new covocalist, 

Scott Golden. 

After parting ways with former 

co-vocalist Josh Katvala a few 

months ago, the band said they had 

to refocus, which is when Golden 

was added to the mix. 

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“We got knocked down,” J.R. 

said. “We found a way to pick up 

and come back stronger.” 

Golden was well-received by the 

band, and fellow members say he’s 

a major contribution to their new 

sound,one they describe as edgier. 

 

jammed with us, you could just see 

the intensity he brought,” Bennett 

said. 

Golden, former vocalist for 

bands Killer Whale and Green 

Hysteria, said he is thriving on the 

live-show theatrics that comes 

with performing as a member of 

DeadCore. He compares his face 

paint on stage to dressing up for 

Halloween as a kid. 

“As a child growing up, every 

kid wants to be Superman or 

Batman,and they get one time 

a year they can dress up and 

be someone else because it’s 

entertaining and fun,” he said. “We 

get to do it all the time.” 

Similarly, Elvis Keel said his 

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costumes help transform his 

personality. 

“When I wear the masks, I feel 

like I’m a character,” he said. 

His band mates say it’s the 

energy his “character” harnesses 

that they cherish, as do the fans. 

“If there is something he can 

swing on or jump on, he’s going to 

do it,” Melissa said. “He is a ball of 

life and, if he’s not there, we really 

notice.” 

With sibling-like bonds, and their 

own small children running around 

at their practices,DeadCore is 

very much a family. And, much like 

families evolve, so does DeadCore. 

This evolution combined with 

some endurance has helped them 

achieve their success locally. 

“Being at the right place at the 

right time and getting to know the 

right people who want to give us a 

chance, and who see something 

 

Melissa said. “And it’s very much 

credited to our fans as well.” 

Interestingly, although the 

band’s name was formed with 

little meaning (i.e., two columns 

of words were randomly thrust 

together until a union was selected) 

it, too, has evolved. 

“I hated the name DeadCore 

 

something.” 

For more information about 

the band DeadCore and their 

upcoming shows, check the 

DeadCore Facebook page. 


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When musicians Tony Bertram 

and Nick Evans partnered to 

perform acoustic rock covers, 

they picked a name to accentuate 

their softer sound, but the duo is 

preparing to part ways and play on 

 

comes to a close. 

Lucille established their 

presence by playing recognizable 

rock at local restaurants, casinos 

and parties, but according to 

the band, their moniker might 

disappear from the marquee after 

Evans moves to New Jersey. 

“We wanted something that 

sounded feminine for two guys 

who play pretty harmonies 

with acoustic guitars,” Bertram 

said. “Some people think it has 

something to do with Lucille Ball 

or B. B. King. I have thought about 

changing the name since we 

got together, so we will probably 

change the name after he moves,” 

Bertram said. 

Bertram and Evans both 

revealed their short-term and 

long-term plans at a downtown 

pub after playing a series of 

90’s radios hits that included If 

You Could Only See by Tonic, 

Interstate Love Song by the Stone 

Temple Pilots and When I Come 

Around by Green Day. 

Bertram said they would like 

to perform as much as possible, 

but they will refrain from booking 

 

another guitarist. 

“We need one badly and we 

Lucille: 

Movin’ On 

but the Music 

Continues 

by Sarah Brewer 

are searching actively,” Bertram 

said. “Hopefully he can play 

better than me because we need 

a lead player and play melodies 

behind my strumming. He does 

not have to sing just yet; we can 

build up his singing.” 

Both sing tenor, but they 

are particular when arranging 

vocals so they each resonate 

independently and still suit the 

vision they had in mind when 

selecting possible set list material. 

“Most of the time, whoever 

brought the song to the table is 

the one who ends up singing the 

lead,” Bertram explained. 

Lucille vacillated between 

verses when performing several 

songs, but sang in unison with 

steady voices and urgency during 

their rendition of Lovesong by 

The Cure. They said this cover is 

one of their oldest and favorites 

to play; their tribute was the 

declaration the lyrics require. 

Evans has a keen sense for 

song structure he exhibited 

when making some of the more 

intricate solos in Like a Stone by 

Audioslave and The Diary of Jane 

by Breaking Benjamin pure and 

strong. 

 

because he adds in the melodic 

parts where they need to be and 

makes it pretty. Two guitars are 

not meant to sound like they are 

chugging along and distorted,” 

Bertram said. 

He continued to reveal how 

they occasionally perform songs 

outside of their genre to surprise 

the crowd, like Proud Mary and 

Forget You by Cee Lo Green. 

“We play everything and try 

to play songs that have been 

embedded in music history unless 

we play our originals,” Bertram 

said. “We have a couple of original 

songs, and we really do not play 

them as much because we are not 

 

“I am moving, too,” Evans 

added. 

“So this complicates things. 

But I would like to do more 

 

“We would like to record an EP 

that contains four to six songs. 

We have our venues where we 

rotate in town, but we would love 

to do festivals. Of course, having 

a full band would be better, and 

that is something that I would like 

to do eventually as well,” Tony 

said. 

Evans said that he will 

continue his endeavors with 

music in New Jersey, but he is 

not opposed to writing, recording 

and sending tracks to Bertram for 

long-distance collaboration-- a 

scenario that has worked well 

for other bands like The Postal 

Service. 

Lucille might be separating 

in Lawton, but these versatile 

musicians will perform and 

continue their evolution as artists 

regardless of their name and 

location. 


of artists: those who have made it, those struggling 

to make it, and those enjoying their careers along the 

way. Every so often, celebrities not known for having 

musical abilities will make an attempt in the recording 

industry. Some of these are seen as novelty projects, 

 

culture legends. 

Paris Hilton, the infamous socialite, pursued 

a singing career with the release of her pop album 

Paris in 2006. The lead single Stars Are Blind was a 

moderate success, with follow-up singles failing to 

 

DJ set during Brazil’s Pop Music Festival, was heavily 

lambasted by professional DJs, including deadmau5 

and Samantha Ronson. 

 

Germany with his biggest hit Looking for Freedom in 

the late ‘80s. He famously performed this song atop 

the Berlin Wall the night it was torn down, signifying 

 

pop career in German-speaking Europe did not last 

long, as he returned to acting in the early ‘90s. He has 

since parodied himself in this regard, most notably 

as coaching the German dodgeball team in 2004’s 

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story. 

Once upon a time, Lindsay Lohan was the 

 

career. Her two pop albums, 2004’s Speak and 

2005’s A Little More Raw (Personal), received mixed 

reviews. Lohan’s weak vocal strength and generic 

pop sound was matched by her seeming ambition, 

with her autobiographical single Rumors being most 

successful. After the failure of her last album, Lohan’s 

career disintegrated into tabloid fodder. 

Scarlett Johansson released an album 

consisting mostly of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay 

My Head, in 2008. Although a commercial failure, it 

did receive critical praise. She would collaborate with 

Pete Yorn a year later with Break Up. Mostly a vanity 

project, Break Up was barely a half-hour in length; 

Yorn’s brother Rick also happens to be Johansson’s 

manager. She has since continued on as an actress, 

most successfully portraying Black Widow in Marvel’s 

The Avengers. 

William Shatner, camp actor extraordinaire, 

never so much had a singing career so much as an 

exaggerated spoken-word career. His debut release, 

The Transformed Man, was considered more as a 

work of comedy than legitimate music. Throughout his 

career, he would perform spoken-word versions of pop 

songs for albums and television appearances, most 

notably Rocket Man by Elton John. His work in this 

 

Other celebrities, including actor Hugh Laurie 

and screenwriter Seth MacFarlane, have been noted 

for their musical abilities apart from that which they 

are best known. Which celebrity singers or performers 

have been forgotten? Who would you like to see pick 

up a microphone? Correspondence may be sent to 

taylorb@okiemagazine.com, or leave a note on OKIE 

Magazine’s Facebook page. 

Taylor B, an Army Brat via Fort Sill, is not a onetrick 

pony. 

PSY, “Gangnam Style” Grade: N/A 

Ciara, “Sorry” Grade: C 

The xx, “Coexist” Grade: B- 

This subversive commentary 

on the materialistic society of 

Seoul’s upper class is likely 

lost on the general American 

audience. Nonetheless, this 

KPop hit has broken through 

the language barrier thanks to 

its “horse dance” and earworm 

melody. 

Sounding remarkably similar 

to Ginuwine’s “My Whole Life,” 

Ciara has a decent chance at 

making a comeback with this 

ballad. She commands her vocal 

abilities just as she always had. 

It’s just a shame she couldn’t 

release something that sounds 

more original. 

England’s best downtempo trio 

mostly retains the sound which 

earned them critical acclaim on 

 

the music shifts into something 

more upbeat while retaining 

the same drowsy vocals. The 

dichotomy doesn’t quite work. 


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