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FEBRUARY<br />
2012<br />
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MAGAZINE<br />
Vol. 5, Issue 3 — February 2012<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
BLACK HISTORY MONTH<br />
BY ANIKA LA SHAWN SAFI<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 4<br />
THE FRUGAL COUPON WIFE: SAVING<br />
MONEY MAKES CENTS<br />
BY SHEILA ROBINSON<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 13<br />
BITTER VALENTINE HAIKUS<br />
BY JACKSON HAWKINS<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 18<br />
MEMORIES OF YESTERYEAR<br />
BY ARLIE D. WOOD<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 20<br />
FOOD TRUCKS: A MEAL ON WHEELS<br />
BY MAN ABOUT TOWN<br />
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGE 30<br />
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One must always maintain<br />
one’s connection to<br />
the past and yet ceaselessly<br />
pull away from it.<br />
Gaston Bachelard<br />
-French Philosopher<br />
The hurt of the past<br />
must subside for the<br />
present to be tolerable and the future to be<br />
obtainable. We must forgive those who hurt us in<br />
the past to walk into our future. Old wounds of the<br />
past will never heal if we keep picking the scabs in<br />
the present-- it will set up infection in the future.<br />
We have overcome much adversity. However,<br />
there is still much unresolved animosity. If you<br />
want change, be the change.<br />
Embrace the freedom and<br />
liberty our ancestors did not<br />
have that they fought for,<br />
and thus paved the way for<br />
us to walk in freedom. So<br />
many of us are bound in our<br />
minds we have forgotten the<br />
struggles of the past and<br />
<br />
stood together to change the<br />
course of history, turning a<br />
racist and prejudiced society<br />
to one of acceptance and tolerance.<br />
Maybe because we weren’t there we’ve<br />
forgotten how they were whipped, beat, and<br />
called names. In essence, everything was done<br />
to take their dignity and even their lives. “We shall<br />
overcome.” Or have we as a people forgotten?<br />
If we have we must remember. Yes, the past<br />
hurts. Racism and prejudice still exist, but not with<br />
by Anika La Shawn Safi<br />
the same intensity they<br />
once did. Let’s walk in<br />
our freedom. Let’s enjoy<br />
one another. Let’s not<br />
lose the dignity, honor,<br />
and respect, which those<br />
before us fought for. Let’s<br />
press thru the hate, push<br />
thru the animosity, and<br />
strive to show generosity to our fellow man.<br />
We owe it to them to keep marching in<br />
The Future of Black History<br />
The Adversity of the Past Leads to Triumph in the Future<br />
the victory they began. Let’s keep up their<br />
momentum, close the gap, and heal the wounds<br />
that have plagued us for generations. Let’s<br />
remember our past, embrace our present, and<br />
welcome our future. Let’s not let our past hurts,<br />
hinder our future joy.<br />
If those that have gone on<br />
before us were alive today--<br />
those who walked in the<br />
turbulent times of yesterday--<br />
where the color of their skin<br />
caused them pain, and<br />
<br />
today, what would we want<br />
them to say? I hope they<br />
would say:<br />
“Look at them, they got<br />
it, they understand, that no<br />
matter the adversity, you can triumph over the<br />
<br />
worth it.”<br />
Let’s stand for what is right, regardless of color,<br />
gender, or creed. Acceptance and tolerance is a<br />
must for the advancement of humanity.<br />
I say the only way we can change the world is to<br />
change ourselves.<br />
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Leap<br />
Before I tell you what I’ve<br />
found out about Leap Year<br />
and its history, I’d like to<br />
warn you. When I told my<br />
editor that I’d write about<br />
Leap Year I thought, “This<br />
will be a fun and hopefully<br />
interesting subject for the<br />
<br />
interesting, I learned things<br />
that I’d never known before<br />
<br />
but there were times when I had to stop<br />
reading about it and walk away. I’m going to<br />
try and simplify it as much as possible, but I<br />
won’t feel slighted if you need to put it down<br />
and come back to it. Now that that is out<br />
of the way, let me tell you a little about leap<br />
years.<br />
This year is election year. Wait, let<br />
me start over…this year is a leap year. I<br />
remember when I was growing up that if<br />
it was leap year, then it was election year.<br />
That has nothing to do with the meaning of<br />
leap year, but I thought I throw that in there.<br />
Leap year was instituted for a pretty basic<br />
reason: to keep the calendar even with<br />
the solar year. It takes the earth 365.2422<br />
days to make one pass around the sun. It’s<br />
the 0.2422 of a day that messes with the<br />
calendar. This wouldn’t be a big deal if there<br />
weren’t religious and seasonal celebrations<br />
that need to occur on certain days on the<br />
year. But there are. So, there had to be<br />
some sort of system that could be used to<br />
keep everything relatively close.<br />
Calendar reform came during the time<br />
that the Roman Empire was ruling. Roman<br />
had taken to adding months to the calendar,<br />
Year<br />
by Jim Joplin<br />
wherever they pleased and<br />
for however long, to keep up<br />
with the solar year. It was<br />
sometime between 305 and<br />
30 B.C. that the Egyptians<br />
adopted a leap year system.<br />
Cleopatra introduced the<br />
leap year to her lover, Julius<br />
Caesar, who instituted a<br />
single year that was 445<br />
days long, in order to realign<br />
the calendar with the solar<br />
calendar. The reformed calendar was<br />
organized into 12 month and 365 days with<br />
a leap year every four years, and was called<br />
the Julian calendar.<br />
Here’s where it gets a little bumpy. The<br />
extra day that was added made it so that<br />
every four years there was a discrepancy<br />
of 11 minutes per year. What seems like a<br />
minor issue, was actually making the Julian<br />
<br />
So, Pope Gregory XIII, convinced by his<br />
astronomers that the Christian holidays were<br />
not being celebrated on the correct days,<br />
introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1582.<br />
Pope Gregory decreed that only one out of<br />
every four “century years” would include a<br />
leap year. So, while 2000 and 2400 are leap<br />
years, 2100, 2200, and 2300 are not.<br />
There are three criteria that must be<br />
met for a Gregorian calendar to be a leap<br />
year. First, it must be evenly divided by 4.<br />
Second, if it can be evenly divided by 100,<br />
then it isn’t a leap year, unless – Third, the<br />
year is evenly divided by 400, at which point<br />
the year is a leap year. In the year 2000,<br />
<br />
around the world.<br />
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Community News...<br />
Museum of the Great Plains Celebrates Black History Month<br />
The Museum of the Great Plains will celebrate<br />
Black History Month with an exhibit of composed<br />
portraits and writings by Sarah Janda, Ph.D. of<br />
Cameron University.<br />
The photographs come from glass-plate<br />
negatives which were donated to the Museum of<br />
the Great Plains by Mr. and Mrs. James Julian in<br />
1978. The photographer, Ogle H. McCoy, owned<br />
a studio at 310 C. Avenue. He stored over 1,000<br />
of his glass-plate negatives in his attic at his home<br />
on G. Street. Fortunately, the Julian’s found and<br />
transported the glass to the museum before many<br />
were seriously damaged or broken.<br />
Come visit this exciting exhibit at the Museum<br />
of the Great Plains. If you recognize any of the<br />
<br />
and they will add their names to the collection<br />
record.<br />
The Museum of the Great Plains is located<br />
at 601 NW Ferris Avenue, in Lawton. For more<br />
information, call 580.581.3460 or visit www.<br />
museumgreatplains.org.<br />
The museum is open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.<br />
- 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., and Sunday,<br />
1p.m. - 5 p.m.<br />
Admissions prices are as follows: Senior<br />
Citizens, $5, Ages 12 and older, $6, Ages 7-11,<br />
$2.50, Ages 6 and under (with adult), Free, and<br />
Museum Members, Free.<br />
Lawton and Comanche County Residents<br />
are admitted <strong>FREE</strong> on Sundays with proof of<br />
residence.<br />
Annual Oyster Fry in Frederick<br />
In 1990 the Frederick Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Industry revived the Manitou Oyster Fry,<br />
which had been started by Barnett Johnson in<br />
1952 and was held as a fundraiser for the Manitou<br />
PTA. The annual event fell by the wayside when<br />
seafood prices got too high.<br />
Now, Frederick, Oklahoma, continues this<br />
traditional Oyster Fry on March 31, 2012 at the<br />
Prather Brown Center, located at 211 South 13th<br />
Street.<br />
Ticket numbering begins at 3 p.m, with serving<br />
starting at 4 p.m., beginning with ticket number<br />
one. The menu includes homemade cole slaw,<br />
<br />
course, oysters! Some hardy visitors choose to<br />
eat their oysters raw, but most would rather have<br />
them breaded in Manitou’s original special recipe<br />
and fried to perfection!<br />
Other activities include the Arts & Crafts Show,<br />
starting at 11 a.m. There are two craft show<br />
locations: First United Methodist Chruch at 12th<br />
and Grand, and at the Gray Gish Event Center at<br />
126 N Main St. Admission to the Arts and Crafts<br />
show is free and open to the general public.<br />
Come early to do some shopping, antiquing,<br />
grab some lunch at a local restaurant, visit<br />
Hackberry Flat Wetland, and then tour the Pioneer<br />
Heritage Townsite Center. Some even stay<br />
<br />
Advance Purchase Tickets can be purchased<br />
by phone at 580.335.2126, or by mail from the<br />
Frederick Chamber of Commerce, 100 South<br />
Main Street, Frederick, OK 73542. We accept<br />
credit card orders by phone or mail. Tickets will<br />
also be available at several business locations in<br />
Frederick.<br />
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Beautiful Day:When Rock Meets Broadway!<br />
Every year the Friends of the Lawton<br />
Community Theatre join together to present a<br />
<br />
This year’s show, produced by Neil West and<br />
Tracy Mayweather, with musical direction by<br />
Charlotte Gagliardi-Oates and choreography<br />
by Amanda Richey, highlights the rock music<br />
composers who have made the leap to Broadway.<br />
Songs by U2, ABBA, Billy Joel, Elton John and<br />
<br />
musical talent.<br />
Performance Times<br />
The Friday February 3 and Saturday, February<br />
4 performances are at 8:00 PM<br />
The Sunday, February 5 show is a matinee that<br />
begins at 2 PM.<br />
There will be a pay-as-you-go wine bar at<br />
intermission and a reception following each<br />
performance.<br />
Tickets are $22, $20, and $14 and may be<br />
<br />
1600.<br />
New Exhibit Opening at Leslie Powell Gallery<br />
Three artists will be featured in the newest<br />
exhibit at the Leslie Powell Gallery, located at 620<br />
SW D Avenue, in Lawton.<br />
The exhibit will open on Saturday, March 10 at<br />
7 p.m. and hang through April 29, 2012. The public<br />
is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served<br />
and it is <strong>FREE</strong> of charge.<br />
Artists in this showing will be Jessica Bellamy<br />
Pullings of Denton, TX with her mixed media<br />
showing, Continuum; mixed media artist Donna<br />
Merkt of Norman, OK, showing Palimpsest; and<br />
Barbara Scott of Oklahoma City, OK with her<br />
sculptural forms, Earthborn, Starbound.<br />
For more information on this exhibit or the<br />
Leslie Powell Gallery and Foundation, contact<br />
Nancy Anderson, Director at 580.357.9526 or visit<br />
the gallery’s web page at www.lpgallery.org, or<br />
<br />
How Can I Help? Give The Gift of Time<br />
You don’t need us to tell you that times are hard.<br />
The economy is not good, people are out of work<br />
and many of them are lonely or depressed. You<br />
might be thinking “So what? I’ve got it rough too.”<br />
That may be true, but even if you can’t contribute<br />
<br />
can give the gift of -- your time.<br />
<strong>OKIE</strong> would like to share some ideas for ways<br />
that you can help without giving money.<br />
Volunteer! There are many local organizations<br />
<br />
Food Bank, Mobile Meals, local hospitals,<br />
churches, and civic organizations are always<br />
looking for someone who can lend a helping<br />
hand.<br />
Spend a day helping a senior citizen or<br />
someone less fortunate by doing household<br />
chores and minor home repairs for them. Often<br />
a simple task like changing a lightbulb can be<br />
too much for an elderly or disabled person.<br />
Spend a few hours with an elderly person<br />
or hospice patient. They would welcome a<br />
friendly face, a pat on the hand and someone<br />
to talk to. They would enjoy you lending an ear<br />
while they share thoughts and memories.<br />
Grab the kids and spend an hour or two at a<br />
nearby park or creek picking up trash. This is<br />
easy to do, teaches the kids about helping out,<br />
and is great exercise.<br />
We don’t all have a lot to give, but giving what<br />
you can may just touch many more lives than you<br />
thought possible.<br />
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Bethlehem Baptist Church has an amazing<br />
history that predates our city and even our state.<br />
<br />
November<br />
16, 1907,<br />
Bethlehem<br />
Baptist<br />
Church was<br />
established in<br />
1901. Outside<br />
their four walls<br />
this church<br />
has seen the<br />
best and worst<br />
of times, the<br />
good and<br />
the bad of<br />
American<br />
History,<br />
and more<br />
<br />
Oklahoma History.<br />
<br />
shepherds, but the spirit of Bethlehem Baptist<br />
remains the same—strong and powerful. There is<br />
a resounding strength within their walls, and the<br />
entire church knows their strength comes from<br />
Heaven; the power comes from God.<br />
110 years shows a church that is resilient and<br />
a congregation with fortitude of human spirit. The<br />
only way this church is still standing after all those<br />
years is their faith and trust in a higher power.<br />
That faith has carried them thru the adversity and<br />
heartache of society to a peaceful knowledge that,<br />
no matter what, they will still stand.<br />
Since March 2009, Bethlehem Baptist Church<br />
has been under the leadership of Dr. Willie B.<br />
Smith, Jr. He is leading Bethlehem on a mission<br />
of fellowship, evangelism, and discovery (F.E.D.),<br />
<br />
<br />
the Body of Christ, so that when everyone is in<br />
position, the Body is in proper alignment.<br />
Pastor Smith is a superb leader who operates<br />
in a spirit of<br />
excellence. You<br />
can tell his faith<br />
is strong and it<br />
is necessary for<br />
it to be if he is<br />
going to pastor<br />
God’s people.<br />
<br />
strength to lead<br />
<br />
acknowledging<br />
that they are not<br />
“his people,” but<br />
God’s children.<br />
And if he<br />
follows God’s<br />
direction, God<br />
will see them through.<br />
Bethlehem does not believe in keeping their<br />
<br />
They have a strong community involvement that<br />
keeps getting stronger. They are family strong and<br />
unity driven. In fact, Pastor Smith says, “We do it<br />
better when we do it together.”<br />
The progress is evident. Bethlehem Baptist<br />
Church has withstood the test of time and have<br />
come so far there is no turning back now. And for<br />
110 years old, they are moving forward quite well.<br />
Fellowship, Evangelism, and Discipleship<br />
Bethlehem Baptist Church, The House of Bread<br />
where souls are F.E.D<br />
602 NW Arlington Avenue<br />
Lawton, OK 73507<br />
580.355.7818<br />
Web: bethlehembaptistchurchlawton.org<br />
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FEBRUARY 2012<br />
calendar of events<br />
Area Events<br />
Stephens County Coin Show<br />
February 10-12<br />
Stephens County Fairgrounds, Duncan<br />
580.255.3231<br />
Be My Valentine Dinner & Dance<br />
February 10, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Simmons Center, Duncan<br />
Reservations 580.252.2900 x 240<br />
Pre-Valentine Parent’s Night Out<br />
February 12, 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.<br />
Geronimo Elementary School Gym, Geronimo<br />
<br />
Contact HeatherGomez@martineer.net.<br />
Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma<br />
February 21, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Lawton Public Library<br />
Crime & Comedy: The Lighter Side of<br />
Murder & Misdemeanor<br />
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich with<br />
scholar Dr. Judy Neale.<br />
580.581.3450<br />
Funky Junk Flea Market<br />
February 25, 9 a.m.<br />
Great Plains Coliseum Annex, Lawton<br />
www.montagefestivals.com<br />
Lincoln: The Constitution and The Civil War<br />
Civil War NationalTraveling Exhibit<br />
February 29 - April 13, 10 a.m.<br />
Lawton Public Library<br />
580.581.3450<br />
Annual Oyster Fry<br />
March 31, 4 p.m.<br />
Prather Brown Center, Frederick<br />
580.335.2126<br />
Health & Wellness<br />
Give it a Tri Triathalon<br />
February26, 6 a.m.<br />
Simmons Center, Duncan<br />
580.251.8844<br />
Local Flavor<br />
Heart of OK Youth Rodeo<br />
February 4 & 5, 10 a.m.<br />
Grady County Fairgrounds, Chickasha<br />
405.213.7790 or www.hoyra.com<br />
Oklahoma Horse Fair<br />
February 10-12<br />
Stephens County Fairgrounds, Duncan<br />
405.344.7298 or http://www.okhorsefair.com<br />
Jr. Livestock Show, Dinner & Silent Auction<br />
February 11, 6 p.m.<br />
Grady County Fairgrounds, Chickasha<br />
405.224.2704<br />
Southwest District Livestock Show<br />
February 15 - 18<br />
Grady County Fairgrounds, Chickasha<br />
405-222-3398<br />
http://oklahomashowsteer.com/<br />
swdistlivestockshow/index.html<br />
Grady County Jr Livestock Show<br />
February 27 - March 1<br />
Grady County Fairgrounds, Chickasha<br />
405.224.2704 or www.gradycountyfairgrounds.com<br />
Stephens County Jr. Livestock Show<br />
February 27 - March 3<br />
Stephens County Fairgrounds, Duncan<br />
580.255.3231<br />
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FEBRUARY 2012 calendar of events<br />
Music<br />
Cameron University presents<br />
a Guest Concert with Pepe Romero<br />
February 10, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Cameron University Theatre, Lawton<br />
580.581.2440<br />
Buddy & Beyond<br />
Johnny Rogers as Buddy Holly<br />
February 11, 7 p.m.<br />
Historic Ramona Theatre, Frederick, OK<br />
580.335.2126<br />
Singing with Spirit<br />
Lawton ProMusica<br />
February 21, 7 p.m.<br />
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Lawton<br />
Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner at 5 p.m.<br />
<strong>FREE</strong>, but donations are always welcome.<br />
580.512.3840<br />
Cameron University Choir and<br />
Centennial Singers<br />
February 23, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Cameron University Theatre, Lawton<br />
580.581.2440<br />
Cameron/ Lawton Community Band and Civic<br />
Chorale Concert<br />
February 26, 3 p.m.<br />
Cameron University Theatre, Lawton<br />
580.581.2440<br />
Theatre<br />
The Dixie Swim Club<br />
February 3, 4, 10 & 11, 8 p.m.<br />
Blue Moon Productions, 923 Hilltop Dr., Lawton<br />
580.591.6730<br />
The Music Man<br />
February 17, 18, 24 & 25, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Simmons Center, Duncan<br />
580-252-3251 or www.duncanlittletheatre.com<br />
<br />
February 16, 17 & 18, 7:30 p.m.<br />
February 19, 2 p.m.<br />
Cameron University Theatre, Lawton<br />
580.581.2478<br />
The Cemetery Club<br />
February 24, 25, March 1, 2 & 3, 8 p.m.<br />
February 26 & March 4, 2 p.m.<br />
Lawton Community Theatre, Lawton<br />
580.355.1600<br />
Hound/Black Comedy Auditions<br />
February 27 - 28, 7 p.m.<br />
Lawton Community Theatre, Lawton<br />
580.355.1600<br />
Doubt<br />
February 27, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Te Ata Auditorium, Chickasha, OK<br />
405.574.1213<br />
Film<br />
Magic Lantern Film Society<br />
February 10, 7:30 p.m.<br />
CETES Conference Center, Room B, Lawton<br />
The Apartment (1960)<br />
580.581.2329<br />
Lunchbag Lecture<br />
Interesting War Stories from Marketing a<br />
Small Budget Movie<br />
Dr. Matt Jenkins<br />
February 16, 12:15 p.m.<br />
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton<br />
580.357.9526 or www.lpgallery.org<br />
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Art<br />
<br />
Cultural Awards<br />
February 3, 12 p.m.<br />
Best Western Hotel, Lawton<br />
580.248.5384<br />
What Would Home Feel Like: Poems to Love<br />
February 12, 7 p.m.<br />
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton<br />
580.357.9526 or www.lpgallery.org<br />
Artist’s Lecture with Keith Murray<br />
February 25, 7 p.m.<br />
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton<br />
580.357.9526 or www.lpgallery.org<br />
Arts and Crafts Show<br />
March 31, 11 a.m.<br />
First United Methodist Church and Gray Gish<br />
Event Center, Frederick<br />
580.335.2126<br />
Seniors<br />
Beginner’s Painting Class<br />
Each Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.<br />
Center for Creative Living, Lawton<br />
580.248.0471<br />
Basic Beginner’s Basket Weaving<br />
Each Monday, 10 a.m.<br />
Center for Creative Living, Lawton<br />
Call Eleanor @ 580.248-0471<br />
Seniors Quilting Bee<br />
Each Tuesday, 10 a.m.<br />
Medicine Park Community Center<br />
Lunch provided!<br />
580.529.2739<br />
Art Class with Pat Pittman<br />
Tuesdays, 10 a.m.<br />
Center for Creative Living, Lawton<br />
580.248.0471<br />
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Lawton Pro Musica Proudly<br />
Presents<br />
Exultate<br />
A concert for<br />
reflection, renewal,<br />
and uplifting the spirit.<br />
Tuesday, February 21, 2012<br />
7 p.m.<br />
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,<br />
1313 SW D Avenue, Lawton<br />
There will be a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper<br />
sponsored by St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at<br />
5 p.m. preceeding the concert.<br />
Both the supper and concert are <strong>FREE</strong>, but<br />
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I’m an Army wife, mother, and grandmother.<br />
When my children were little I used coupons and<br />
rebates, but somewhere down the line I stopped.<br />
One night my husband and I were watching<br />
TV and saw the extreme couponing show. He<br />
<br />
wasn’t interested in doing it, but I started thinking<br />
back to when I did use coupons and how much<br />
money I used to save. Who doesn’t love to save<br />
money? So, I thought, what better way to start<br />
than by cutting my grocery bills in half?<br />
I began<br />
researching the<br />
Internet and saw<br />
how other people<br />
were cutting their<br />
grocery bills in<br />
half (or even<br />
more) simply by<br />
learning the ropes<br />
of couponing. I<br />
learned quickly that<br />
couponing takes<br />
time and educating<br />
yourself on the ins<br />
and outs does not<br />
happen overnight.<br />
There are three<br />
basic things you need to do to each week:<br />
<br />
and print internet coupons.<br />
<br />
through your store quicker.<br />
<br />
like to shop.<br />
Once you have mastered these steps, you<br />
will develop your own routine which will become<br />
second nature and cut your time in half. And when<br />
<br />
The Frugal Coupon Wife:<br />
Saving Money Makes Cents<br />
by Sheila Robinson<br />
the amount of money you save, it will be well worth<br />
it.<br />
Using coupons has become a way of life for<br />
me and I want to share what I know with others,<br />
and help them learn to save as well. Couponing<br />
led me to start my own web site at www.<br />
FrugalCouponWife.com. On the site I list the ad<br />
matches for local stores, Sunday coupon insert<br />
previews, articles and printable coupons.<br />
Coupon tips: I suggest that if you are just<br />
starting to use coupons, do your research. Read<br />
articles, watch<br />
You Tube<br />
videos, go to<br />
coupon meetups<br />
and talk<br />
with other<br />
coupon users.<br />
You will soon<br />
develop your<br />
own system<br />
to plan out<br />
your shopping<br />
trips, noting<br />
what you are<br />
shopping for,<br />
gathering<br />
ad matches,<br />
organizing your coupons and making your<br />
shopping list. You may want to put your coupons<br />
in order according to your store layout. Once you<br />
have planned everything and prepared yourself<br />
for the excitement, it’s time to shop.<br />
Happy Couponing!<br />
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Point Loma Rocks Lawton<br />
by Amanda Herrera<br />
Everything about the Lawton-based rock band<br />
<br />
and that’s because it is. And though it would be a tad<br />
too long and complicated to explain how each of the<br />
band members are related, it’s evident after getting<br />
to know them—they are a family, an extremely<br />
talented one.<br />
<br />
Dunshee. He’s been a professional musician for<br />
more than 40 years and has groomed every other<br />
member of the band, teaching each of them the<br />
fundamentals of their instruments. Frank composes<br />
much of the band’s original rock/metal music and<br />
plays guitar and drums in rotation with the other<br />
much younger members. Those members are Tyler<br />
Neal, 19, on guitar and bass; James Hayes, 14, on<br />
drums, guitar, and bass; Donovan Bourgoin, 14, on<br />
guitar, drums, and bass; and, of course, the band<br />
wouldn’t be complete without the lead vocals of<br />
Donovan’s mother, Angela Farmer.<br />
Point Loma in its current lineup has been together<br />
playing shows in and around Lawton for the past four<br />
years, and has played more than 100 shows. Most<br />
<br />
see teenagers, so they must show up prepared—in<br />
more ways than one.<br />
<br />
commission, and has all the necessary paperwork<br />
and approvals to enter 21-and-up establishments<br />
as entertainment. However, to prove themselves as<br />
talented musicians who can hold their own on stage,<br />
they must put on a rocking show—and they do.<br />
Frank says, of all the musicians he’s played with<br />
throughout the years, the current lineup is the most<br />
talented, despite their young ages. He refers to them<br />
as prodigies, in fact.<br />
“Donovan won’t make one mistake at practice or<br />
when we play. He’s the most perfect player we’ve<br />
got.” Frank said. “James is such a natural on stage;<br />
he owns the stage. Tyler is the mad musician; he’s<br />
extremely creative. And Angela, I found out a long<br />
time ago to just let her go. She is an amazing singer<br />
and songwriter. This band is a very special, gifted<br />
band.”<br />
Angela, singer and mother, said while some<br />
<br />
might have on the guys at their tender ages, it’s<br />
actually great exposure to show the teens they don’t<br />
<br />
<br />
being in a serious band has done nothing but helped<br />
each and every one of the boys.<br />
“They are motivated,” she said. They study and<br />
share books and they practice on their own. They’ve<br />
all earned it.”<br />
Performing about two gigs each month and<br />
currently working on a new album, one that<br />
promises to be more hard and edgy, the young<br />
members of Point Loma say they mostly play in the<br />
band because of how music makes them feel, and<br />
that they thoroughly enjoy the positive feedback<br />
from audiences.<br />
“After I get done playing and everyone comes up<br />
to me and says ‘you did a good job,’ it makes me feel<br />
good,” Donovan said.<br />
“It’s fun because I like playing drums and guitar<br />
<br />
and it makes me feel good when people tell me that<br />
I’m raw,” James said.<br />
Frank and Angela share that passion for music<br />
with the younger members of the band, and say they<br />
make time to bond in other ways as well, such as<br />
participation in water sports and motorcycles. And,<br />
just as real parents and families must think about the<br />
future, when asked where they see themselves in<br />
<br />
<br />
now we’re showing them the ropes,” Angela said.<br />
For now, they all agree, they will continue being<br />
the unconventional rock band that’s more of a family<br />
than anything else.<br />
For more information on Point Loma, visit their<br />
page on Facebook.<br />
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Football, Improved<br />
Nobody seems willing to state the obvious, so<br />
I guess that responsibility falls to me. As usual.<br />
Football has peaked. The only direction left to go<br />
is down.<br />
There.<br />
I said it.<br />
Now, I realize that there are proponents of<br />
conventional wisdom-- wisdom that posits this:<br />
“Football is<br />
thriving. It is the<br />
most watched,<br />
most lucrative,<br />
<br />
smartest of the<br />
four sports, and<br />
its audience is<br />
beginning to grow<br />
internationally.”<br />
And these<br />
proponents are<br />
correct. Football<br />
is certainly the<br />
biggest American<br />
sport. The NFL is,<br />
without a doubt,<br />
the dominant<br />
big league in<br />
the nation. But<br />
football has<br />
begun to rest on<br />
its laurels. It has<br />
gotten content.<br />
Lazy. Complacent. Football, continually touted<br />
as the most liberal and progressive of American<br />
sports, the NFL, the socialistic league that brought<br />
<br />
sporting organization technologically progressive<br />
enough to entrust an entire season’s outcome to<br />
<br />
by Keaton Lamle<br />
misunderstand the mechanisms of the BCS<br />
computers.) have all become stagnant. And as<br />
Darwin taught, anything that does not change,<br />
dies This is why, in light of the Super Bowl that will<br />
take place this month, I have outlined a few simple<br />
steps (rule changes, etc...) that will carry our most<br />
watchable of sports into the brave new world of<br />
tomorrow.<br />
THE FATHER-SON FIELD GOAL RULE<br />
This improvement is so simple and obvious<br />
that it is truly shocking that it has not already been<br />
implemented into the game. The thinking behind<br />
the rule is as follows: Field goals are too easy.<br />
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They are usually all but uncontested. This could<br />
<br />
<br />
clearing the uprights.<br />
Have you seen those “rides” that cost $20 and<br />
is basically two bungie ropes that attach to a<br />
<br />
enabling the “rider” to bounce 10-15 feet in the<br />
air. Imagine combining this harness with a small<br />
trampoline section of turf just in front of the goal<br />
posts, and positioning a defensive “blocker” at this<br />
station. The acrobatics that would inevitably follow<br />
would be transcendent. But we can’t have just<br />
<br />
has to be the head coach’s oldest (surviving) son.<br />
Look me in the eye and tell me that this wouldn’t<br />
make football more entertaining. You can’t.<br />
Imagine a world where Bobby Bowden and<br />
Tommy Bowden were forced to schedule all of<br />
their games around the fact that 57 year-old<br />
Tommy will be suiting up and taking his place in<br />
the bungie harness for dad’s night game. Think<br />
about the excitement of trying to guess which<br />
Ryan twin would jump for their father’s (Buddy<br />
Ryan) 1980s Philadelphia Eagles teams. Dallas<br />
Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob? Or famous<br />
foot fetishist and New York Jets head coach Rex?<br />
This change alone would save the NFL.<br />
<strong>FREE</strong> THROWS<br />
I watch soccer once every four years, and when<br />
I do I usually don’t pay attention until the penalty<br />
kicks. The sport itself isn’t all that great, but that<br />
doesn’t mean it is wholly deplorable. It has some<br />
real innovative features to bring to the table:<br />
<br />
and shin guards are all wonderful. But soccer’s<br />
real contribution is the penalty kick. Penalty kicks<br />
and late game free throws are the pinnacles of<br />
sporting drama, so why not add a post-game<br />
scoring option to modify “American Football” for<br />
the better?<br />
The system would basically work like free<br />
throws: Any personal foul-type penalty results<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
yard line (making it a 22 yard attempt). Rough the<br />
passer, and said quarterback gets a chance to<br />
exact his revenge via the scoreboard. And don’t<br />
you DARE rough the kicker. This could solve so<br />
many problems, the NFL’s (still) putrid overtime<br />
<br />
stay at that restaurant longer, etc... Who wouldn’t<br />
enjoy watching Chad Ochocinco attempt to line up<br />
<br />
AN ALTERNATIVE LEAGUE<br />
Football players are basically criminals. This<br />
fact is provable. Plaxico Burress took an illegal<br />
<br />
leg. Ben Roethlisberger claims to have never<br />
sexually assaulted anyone, but is continuously<br />
accused of doing that very thing! Rae Caruth killed<br />
someone. Ray Lewis might have killed someone.<br />
I’m not even convinced that Donovan McNabb is a<br />
human being. This mountain of evidence leads me<br />
to believe that there is a vast market of untapped<br />
potential talent in America’s prison system.<br />
Why not start a prison league? After all, The<br />
Longest Yard was so popular they made it twice!<br />
Republicans and democrats alike constantly<br />
bemoan the fact that our detention system is<br />
<br />
year. Like the NCAA, the revenue generated by<br />
each team in the Prison League could be used to<br />
fund basic expenses of each correctional facility.<br />
Problem solved! And if the Prison League would<br />
<br />
the NCAA in popularity almost immediately.<br />
Imagine the possibilities if we allowed the<br />
franchises to name themselves! We could even<br />
grant each year’s MVP a full pardon, giving the<br />
players incentive to play every game as if their<br />
lives depended on it. This seems like a win for<br />
society and a win for those who society seeks to<br />
reform.<br />
That solves football. Don’t even ask about<br />
baseball. It isn’t salvageable.<br />
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You do not know how<br />
my heart broke when I changed my<br />
status to “single.”<br />
“Singles Awareness”<br />
lacks the je ne sais quoi of<br />
“Happy Valentine’s!”<br />
Red is everywhere:<br />
on cards, on fresh roses and<br />
on his shirt collar…<br />
Being single now<br />
means no obligatory gifts;<br />
I’ll save some cash!<br />
He found a new love,<br />
but I found two new lovers<br />
named Ben and Jerry.<br />
As the days go by,<br />
I wonder what may have been.<br />
To Facebook I go!<br />
Bitter<br />
Valentine<br />
Haikus<br />
by Jackson Hawkins<br />
When I cry at night,<br />
some company cheers me up:<br />
my two dozen cats.<br />
Commiserating<br />
isn’t necessary, but<br />
I do need a drink.<br />
I can understand<br />
if you want to break up now,<br />
but your timing sucks.<br />
You can keep your ring;<br />
I will keep my dignity,<br />
or what’s left of it.
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Arlie at 15, ready to graduate from<br />
ninth grade.<br />
Humpty Dumpty; the most modern<br />
grocery store and meat market in<br />
Lawton in 1942. Crew left to right<br />
is Arlie Wood, Bill Richardson, and<br />
Market Manager, Jimmy Johns.<br />
Lawton High<br />
School, 1942<br />
Memories of Yesteryear<br />
Split second timing was not all important when I was growing up in<br />
Lawton, Oklahoma. Clocks had to be wound at least every twenty four<br />
hours and re-set every three or four days. Since no satellite signal link to<br />
<br />
was necessary. All you needed to do was pick up a phone and say, “time<br />
please’ or you could say, “Hi, Pauline. You sure were beautiful last night.<br />
Oh, Honey, what time is it?”<br />
There was a problem. Only a few people had a telephone. That’s where<br />
<br />
engine that powered the cottonseed oil mill on Railroad Street south of I<br />
avenue. On the wall of the engine room a pendulum type clock hung near<br />
a very long pipe hanging from the ceiling. About halfway up this pipe was<br />
awire that ran through the wall to the boiler room and there connected to a<br />
lever that opened a valve.<br />
Atop the boiler room was a steam whistle similar to the ones on the old<br />
steam railroad locomotives but larger. It’s voice made a fog horn sound like<br />
soprano. At 6 a.m. and 7 a.m., noon and 1 p.m., and at 5, 6 and 7 p.m. My<br />
Dad would watch the pendulum type clock on the wall and on the hour, he<br />
would pull that long black lever and send the vibrations of that huge whistle<br />
to every building in Lawton. People grabbed their clocks and set the time.<br />
That worked pretty well except for the speed of sound and how quickly<br />
folks could set their clock. People out on 11th and Ferris were always just<br />
a little behind folks on the south side of the Frisco tracks. (Of course they<br />
would never admit it). Everything in Lawton, OK, was always on time; give<br />
or take a minute.<br />
Arlie D. Wood, 2011<br />
This is the house where I<br />
grew up. No telephone or<br />
inside bath until after I was<br />
gone. The power pole brought<br />
lights, refrigerator, and radio<br />
when I was twelve. When my<br />
parents died they had bult<br />
nine houses on this city block.<br />
I liked it better when we had<br />
orchard and garden, Mules<br />
and a cow, hens, rabbits,<br />
and pigeons. Yes, that funny<br />
looking drive and road is<br />
genuine Oklahoma Mud.<br />
by Arlie D. Wood<br />
Arlie(Sonny). Mom,<br />
Pauline (Sis), Reu<br />
(Buzz), and Lelon. My<br />
Dad, Arvel Lelon Wood,<br />
took this picture with a<br />
Kodak 110 box camera.<br />
Pauline’s husband was<br />
in the Army and Buzz<br />
was leaving (Pre-war<br />
draft). Lelon and Arlie<br />
followed. We were all<br />
together again in this<br />
spot in 1946. Thank God
THE DOMESTIC DIVA<br />
My Healthy Valentine<br />
I’m not much of a Valentine’s gal. I believe that we<br />
should celebrate life and love every day – not once a<br />
year because a card company says so. But, I happen<br />
to be raising a few sweet children that insist we shower<br />
the classroom with Valentine’s Day treats. Valentine’s<br />
gal or not, I love my kids and will do just about anything<br />
they ask (as long as they say please).<br />
As many of you may know, I have a rather large<br />
group of children in my home and that can get very<br />
costly when there is always a class party around the<br />
<br />
crafts for each and every classroom gala. I’ve done<br />
lollipops and cards, foam stickers and bubbles,<br />
bagged candy, store bought cards, etc. But, this year, I<br />
think I have found a real winner. (Thank you Pinterest!)<br />
Fruit Valentines. I really think that my kids are going<br />
<br />
anyone who receives a sweet and delicious piece of<br />
fruit will complain. Teachers will surely be thrilled to<br />
pass out a healthy treat in the midst of all the candy<br />
and card chaos. And, I think you will agree that most<br />
parents will welcome the lower-in-sugar treat for their<br />
little loves.<br />
You could buy one type of fruit or provide a variety.<br />
It’s your world. I’ll be checking prices to see which way<br />
will be the most practical since I will be sending them<br />
to four classrooms.<br />
Here are some ideas for conversation tags:<br />
You are the apple of my eye.<br />
I love you berry much.<br />
I’m bananas for you.<br />
Orange you glad you’re my Valentine?<br />
You can buy sticker paper and print the conversation<br />
tags or handwrite your messages on hole-punched<br />
cardstock remnants attaching them to the fruit using<br />
rubber bands. If you choose to give berries, get the<br />
cookie bags in the cake decorating section. They’re the<br />
perfect size for a few bites and they come with silver<br />
twisty ties.<br />
I think you’ll spend less on this than you would on<br />
those boxes of conversation hearts – that no one eats.<br />
This is a very simple craft that your children can enjoy<br />
making with you and they will be so proud to give a gift<br />
that they had a hand in making. No matter how<br />
<br />
Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love,<br />
thou art every day my Valentine!<br />
-Thomas Hood<br />
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It is February and love is in the air and on our TVs.<br />
Love, as in other narratives, plays a common<br />
theme in several games in today’s industry. In some<br />
games, the love is the most prominent part of the<br />
story. In others, it’s just another path that players can<br />
choose.<br />
Whether it comes from pure lust or that deep click<br />
that happens when you least expect it, the idea of<br />
love can pop from any point of a story.<br />
However, we must remember that the idea<br />
of love spans further than just couples. Love<br />
may be the catalyst for both protagonists and<br />
antagonists in the games, with the<br />
character’s endeavors rooted in<br />
love for friends, family and other<br />
relationships.<br />
Here are a few games that have<br />
dived into the theme and left their<br />
mark in the gaming community:<br />
Final Fantasy VIII<br />
“I’ll be waiting for you, so if you<br />
<br />
Characters: Squall and Rinoa<br />
With one of the most exciting<br />
intro cinematic of any games,<br />
<br />
moments of the game, with a video foreshadowing<br />
the struggles of the heroes that may not see each<br />
other at the end.<br />
While the series is known mostly for the fantasy<br />
aspects (magic, monsters, etc.), this entry goes<br />
beyond the traditional broad stories of doom and<br />
destruction, putting the theme of love as an integral<br />
factor of the story.<br />
From the story’s theme song to the logo of lead<br />
characters Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartilly<br />
embracing, love is the driving force that plays the<br />
central theme from beginning to end.<br />
At one point even, our hero Squall travels above<br />
the earth to save Rinoa. His intentions go beyond<br />
the mission, making sure that he saves the one that<br />
he cannot live without.<br />
by Elijah Morlett<br />
Love and Gaming<br />
Heavy Rain<br />
“Everything I did- I did for love”<br />
Characters: Ethan Mars and Madison Paige<br />
A murder mystery that plays out unlike any other<br />
game, Heavy Rain is a story completely based how<br />
far would you go as a father to save your son.<br />
Beginning with a happy family and ending in<br />
<br />
horror, suspense, drama and action, giving a movielike<br />
experience with a narrative to back it up.<br />
The love from the two characters comes during<br />
the hardships that Ethan and Madison experience<br />
together. Through this experience, they feel the<br />
need to become cared by one another. How<br />
intimate they become is also up to<br />
the player.<br />
In the end, she could be just<br />
another person that passes by, or<br />
the next partner for life. How far will<br />
you go for love?<br />
Dragon Age<br />
“You are my dearest friend and my<br />
love…”<br />
Characters: You and...everyone<br />
else<br />
Dragon Age is a game where you<br />
can really focus on creating your own story. From<br />
the moment you create your character’s appearance<br />
<br />
happens in the game and the eventual outcome.<br />
Relationships are a part of this story. The choices<br />
<br />
romances to happen at will.<br />
So, if the player wishes to be straight or gay,<br />
it is an option. If the player wants to have one<br />
relationship or mess with every available option on<br />
the team, that’s an option too.<br />
The choice is yours. Enjoy whatever chapter you<br />
decide to open.<br />
View these games and more on www.<br />
Okie<strong>Magazine</strong>.com.<br />
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This month’s article took the Man About Town<br />
about town. I’d like to share my thoughts on<br />
the establishments that are on wheels. In other<br />
words, Truck Food.<br />
First, since we’re talking about a mobile food<br />
establishment, I’m sure there a more than a few<br />
of my readers who are thinking, “Is this sanitary?”<br />
Of course, they are. In fact, when I spoke with<br />
Dan Brown, a representative of the Comanche<br />
County Health Department, he told me that the<br />
same regulations that govern<br />
all restaurants regulate<br />
the mobile establishments<br />
– with the addition of three<br />
requirements. One has<br />
to do with the mobile unit<br />
being able to connect to a<br />
potable water system, another<br />
requires that there be an onsite<br />
waste disposal system, and the<br />
last stipulates that the service<br />
window must have a screen,<br />
an air curtain, or have sliding<br />
windows over the openings.<br />
After doing a little<br />
digging, I can see why<br />
people would want to take the<br />
mobile route when starting a food establishment.<br />
The initial cost of opening a restaurant could be<br />
staggering – so much so, that it could thwart the<br />
idea altogether. But, with a mobile version of the<br />
business, the cost would come down dramatically.<br />
Entrepreneur.com actually has six ideas that<br />
fall into six tiers of expense, but each still cheaper<br />
<br />
Trucks fall right in the middle, more costly than<br />
food kiosks and food carts, but cheaper than<br />
gourmet food trucks, mobile catering businesses,<br />
and bustaurants – which, as the name implies, is<br />
like a food truck, but in a bus – typically a double-<br />
Food Trucks:<br />
A Meal on Wheels<br />
decker with the kitchen and food prep in the<br />
bottom with the upper level reserved for seated<br />
customers. It is estimated by entrepreneur.<br />
com that one could start their own mobile food<br />
business for as little as $50,000. That is if you<br />
<br />
food truck will run right around $100,000; still<br />
cheaper than opening a new restaurant.<br />
There are probably more than two mobile<br />
eateries in the Lawton/Ft. Sill<br />
area, but the two that I’ve chosen<br />
to let you know about are John<br />
and Cook’s Barbeque and<br />
Tamale Joe’s Taco Truck. As<br />
luck would have it, both of these<br />
folks have closed up shop for<br />
the winter season. I’d been<br />
wondering why I hadn’t seen<br />
Tamale Joe’s truck on Ft. Sill<br />
Boulevard across from the<br />
Subway. Perhaps they’ve<br />
moved to a warmer climate<br />
for the winter months<br />
of Oklahoma. A huge<br />
advantage to a restaurant…<br />
you can pick up and move to wherever<br />
the business happens to be.<br />
As for John and Cook’s, they have taken a<br />
break from the “mobile barbeque” for the winter<br />
season. Every year since Lonzo Gaines and Troy<br />
<br />
of ownership of John and Cook’s, opened their<br />
second location located “anywhere in Lawton”<br />
<br />
I happen to have some insider information on<br />
where they will be setting up their second location<br />
in March; look for them on Post. I couldn’t get a<br />
more pin-point location than that.<br />
See you around town…MAT<br />
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Queen of the House<br />
by Beth Sanchez<br />
I’ve been a lover of Jell-O (without whipped<br />
cream – gross) since childhood. Bill Cosby had me<br />
at hello when he introduced us to the Jell-O pudding<br />
<br />
time I could not wait to dance around merrily with my<br />
<br />
As I grew older, I learned that this magical jelly<br />
could also house shots of liquor. Fun for all ages?<br />
Yes, indeed! While I’ll admit that this is not my<br />
favorite way to consume Jell-O, and I have only tried<br />
it once, it’s still awesome.<br />
Recently, I stumbled across a new take on Jell-O<br />
<br />
the recipe since February 12-18 is Jell-O Week. Who<br />
knew?<br />
Ingredients<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
little more if you want it sweeter<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
volume = 3 tablespoons) silicone ice cube trays will<br />
work too<br />
Jello-O:<br />
Not Just for<br />
Kids<br />
Directions<br />
1. Pour the lemonade into a small saucepan and<br />
sprinkle with gelatin. Allow it to soak for a bit.<br />
2. On low heat, stir constantly, until the gelatin is<br />
dissolved.<br />
3. Remove from heat, stir in vodka and sweetened<br />
condensed milk.<br />
4. Pour 1/2 cup portions into 6 bowls. Use liquid<br />
food coloring for rainbow colors (in this case: red,<br />
orange, yellow, green, blue, violet). (4 drops of liquid<br />
food coloring for each color.)<br />
5. Prepare the silicone pans by spraying lightly<br />
with cooking spray and then wiping clean with a paper<br />
towel. (This will leave a slight residue which will assist<br />
<br />
of the jelly shots.)<br />
6. Spoon 3/4 teaspoon of the red gelatin mixture<br />
<br />
<br />
minutes or so, subsequent layers less.) Repeat with<br />
remaining colors.<br />
7. Refrigerate overnight to allow the layers to fully<br />
bond.<br />
8. To serve, loosen around the edges of each<br />
<br />
9. Just before serving, garnish with pretty swirl of<br />
frosting and sprinkles if you like.<br />
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Did you know that Oklahoma has several<br />
<br />
masses? I do! And over the next few issues, I’ll<br />
<br />
us so we can bring more visibility and support<br />
to them and continue to help them grow and<br />
producing great products. This month I’m enjoying<br />
some quality brews from Choc Beer Company of<br />
Krebs, OK. Check out their story and beer line-up<br />
at www.chocbeer.com.<br />
Pietro Piegari<br />
(Amber Ale)<br />
In case you’re<br />
curious, Pietro<br />
Piegari is the name<br />
of the man responsible<br />
for bringing Choc to life prior to<br />
changing his name<br />
to Pete Prichard<br />
when he was 14yrs<br />
old. Read more<br />
history on their site<br />
as it’s quite a great<br />
story. This amber ale<br />
pours a cloudy light<br />
<br />
head that dissipated<br />
slowly but eventually left leaving little lacing. Wafts<br />
<br />
hops greet your nose. Flavors open up to more<br />
caramelized sweetness, hints of nutty grain, and<br />
wisps of a grapefruit like hop tartness, lending to a<br />
<br />
hooked me as a Choc fan.<br />
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A<br />
1919<br />
(American<br />
Wheat)<br />
Beverage<br />
This pours a<br />
hazy golden<br />
straw color with<br />
a small white<br />
head that fades<br />
Experience!<br />
by Travis Storck<br />
rather quick leaving some<br />
patchy lacing behind.<br />
The aroma is grain,<br />
citrus notes, and<br />
very faint spice.<br />
Taste brings more<br />
of the same, citrus<br />
tartness with a light afterthought<br />
of apple. Wheat grain<br />
and slight sweet malt, with not too much bitter hop<br />
<br />
<br />
become a quick favorite of mine, even though I’m<br />
not a big wheat fan, so that’s saying something!<br />
Miner Mishap (Black Lager - Schwarzbier)<br />
Deep black overall<br />
showing dark brown<br />
around the edges<br />
with an almost one-<br />
<br />
fades to a nice cap<br />
of lace through to the<br />
end. Dark chocolate,<br />
malty sweetness,
urnt grain and faint bitterness are in the nose.<br />
The brew is smooth and almost creamy despite it<br />
high carbonation. Very enjoyable black lager and<br />
will be a staple in my fridge.<br />
Bière De Garde (Signature Series)<br />
This is an award winning brew picking up the<br />
Bronze in ‘07 and ‘08<br />
at the North American<br />
Beer Awards. It pours a<br />
murky orange copper<br />
<br />
<br />
cap. It smells of apple<br />
and pear, bready malt<br />
sweetness, and touch of<br />
earthen spice. Flavors<br />
follow the nose with the<br />
apple and pear fruitiness<br />
with balanced toasted bread and caramel malts<br />
and cloves. This brew is very well balanced,<br />
despite the assertive use of malts. Large bottle<br />
simply equals more to enjoy. The awards this<br />
brew has earned were well deserved.<br />
Belgian-Style Dubbel (Signature<br />
Series)<br />
This is another award winner that grabbed Gold<br />
at the 2009<br />
Great American<br />
Beer Festival<br />
in the Belgian<br />
style abbey<br />
ale category.<br />
Good overall<br />
retention, but faded to little, almost no lacing.<br />
<br />
<br />
hitting with sweet malts and caramel, leading to<br />
<br />
<br />
carbonation makes this surprisingly refreshing for<br />
a dubbel. It will certainly be an instant favorite.<br />
<br />
Take a look at what they’ve got. You won’t be<br />
disappointed. Be it a year round or seasonal<br />
release, Choc continues to pump out quality<br />
brews and I look forward to trying them all.
Reel<br />
World<br />
by Jim Joplin<br />
Every year around the end of February, for the<br />
past 80+ years, the Academy of Motion Picture<br />
Arts and Sciences has come together to honor<br />
<br />
Until recently, I wasn’t aware of how everything<br />
worked with the Oscars. Before we jump into<br />
all of this year’s nominations, I thought I’d bring<br />
you some history and information on how things<br />
work before the big show.<br />
<br />
Louis B. Mayer (of M-G-M) and his three<br />
dinner guests: Conrad Nagel, Fred Niblo and<br />
Fred Beetson (an actor, director and producer<br />
respectively) began discussing the idea of<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
meeting on January 11, 1927 with 36 people<br />
in attendance. The “International” didn’t even<br />
<br />
of incorporation in mid-March. A few of the<br />
attendees were Mary Pickford, Cecil B. DeMille,<br />
Douglas Fairbanks, and many more. In the<br />
articles of incorporation, Douglas Fairbanks was<br />
named as the president of the Academy.<br />
<br />
banquet was held at the Biltmore Hotel. There<br />
were 300 guest in attendance; 230 joined<br />
the Academy (each paying $100). That very<br />
<br />
membership…to Thomas Edison. In the<br />
years since, the total number of members is<br />
somewhere in the neighborhood of 6000.<br />
Since I just learned how the process works,<br />
I thought I’d give you an insider’s glimpse as<br />
well. For the purposes of this adventure we’re<br />
going to cover the Academy Award for best<br />
Original Score. There are two other categories<br />
under the Music awards umbrella (Best Original<br />
Song, Best Original Musical), but to cover all<br />
three would take more than the space that I’m<br />
allowed.<br />
<br />
governors. They decide which Scores are<br />
eligible for the given year. In 2011, there were<br />
96 original scores that were deemed eligible<br />
for the Award. The eligible scores are listed<br />
in alphabetical order according to Film Title,<br />
and are listed with the composer(s). This list<br />
is then mailed to the 6000 members of the<br />
Academy. The members are given two weeks<br />
<br />
to the Academy for tabulation. At the end of<br />
<br />
on the primary voting ballot and sent back to<br />
the members. At this point, they are given three<br />
weeks to return the ballots to the Academy. The<br />
votes are counted, and the winner is placed in<br />
a sealed envelope, not to be opened until the<br />
night of the Oscars.<br />
As for the award…the gold-plated statuette<br />
is given to the composer of the score. If there<br />
are two composers who composed the score<br />
equally, they will both receive a statuette.<br />
Two awards is pretty commonplace, but very<br />
rarely do you see three awards. In the 84 year<br />
history there have never been more than three<br />
statuettes given for one Best Music Score<br />
Award.<br />
Now that we’ve covered the when’s, how’s,<br />
and why’s, let’s take a look at some of the<br />
nominations for the 84th Annual Academy<br />
Awards:<br />
Actor in a Leading Role: Demián<br />
Bichir (A Better Life), George Clooney (The<br />
Descendants), Jean Dujardin (The Artist), Gary<br />
Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Brad<br />
Pitt (Moneyball) – my prediction: Gary Oldman<br />
in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.<br />
Actor in a Supporting Role: Kenneth<br />
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Branagh (My Week with Marilyn), Jonah Hill<br />
(Moneyball), Nick Nolte (Warrior), Christopher<br />
Plummer (Beginners), and Max von Sydow<br />
(Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) – my<br />
prediction: Jonah Hill in Moneyball.<br />
Actress in a Leading Role: Glenn Close<br />
(Albert Nobbs), Viola Davis (The Help), Rooney<br />
Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Meryl<br />
Streep (The Iron Lady), and Michelle Williams<br />
(My Week with Marilyn) – my prediction: Meryl<br />
Streep in The Iron Lady.<br />
Actress in a Supporting Role: Bérénice<br />
Bejo (The Artist), Jessica Chastain (The Help),<br />
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Janet Mcteer<br />
(Albert Nobbs), and Octavia Spencer (The<br />
Help) – my prediction: Jessica Chastain in The<br />
Help.<br />
Animated Feature Film: A Cat in Paris,<br />
Chico & Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots,<br />
Ringo – my prediction: Ringo<br />
Cinematography: The Artist (Guillaume<br />
<br />
Croneweth), Hugo (Robert Richardson), The<br />
Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki), War Horse<br />
(Janusz Kaminski) – my prediction: War Horse<br />
Directing: The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius),<br />
The Descendants (Alexander Payne), Hugo<br />
(Martin Scorsese), Midnight in Paris (Woody<br />
Allen), The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick) – my<br />
prediction: Hugo (Martin Scorsese)<br />
Music (Original Score): The Adventures<br />
of Tintin (John Williams), The Artist (Ludovic<br />
Bource), Hugo (Howard Shore), Tinker Tailor<br />
Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias), War Horse (John<br />
Williams) – my prediction: Hugo (Howard Shore)<br />
Best Picture (producer[s]): The Artist<br />
(Thomas Langman), The Descendants (Jim<br />
Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor), Extremely<br />
Loud & Incredibly Close (Scott Rudin), The<br />
Help (Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael<br />
Barnathan), Hugo (Graham King & Martin<br />
Scorsese), Midnight in Paris (Letty Anderson &<br />
Stephen Tenenbaum), Moneyball (Michael De<br />
Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt), The Tree of<br />
Life (to be determined), and War Horse (Steven<br />
Spielberg & Kathleen Kennedy) – my prediction:<br />
The Help<br />
Yes, you read that right; there are nine<br />
nominees for Best Picture this year. For the full<br />
list of nominations, point your browser to http://<br />
www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/<br />
nominees.html where you can see nominees by<br />
category or by picture. Don’t forget to tune in<br />
on Sunday, February 26th at 6:00 p.m. (CST) on<br />
ABC for the full awards show. Until next time, I’ll<br />
see you at the movies!<br />
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Men vs. Women<br />
The Valentine’s Day Difference<br />
FLOWERS<br />
<br />
male counterpart. Although when it does happen,<br />
she will do extensive online research months in<br />
advance, and even go so far as to talk to the man’s<br />
grandmother to determine if he is allergic to any<br />
particular type of shrubbery; she will choose a foliage<br />
that compliments his lifestyle, and spend hours<br />
<br />
and is metaphorically symbolic of their relationship.<br />
The man? Paper roses purchased on February<br />
13th from the check-out counter of the convenience<br />
store…and the clerk was not from here, so they’re<br />
<br />
that giving dead vegetation sends the wrong<br />
message.<br />
CANDY<br />
The woman will<br />
undoubtedly already know<br />
what the man’s favorite<br />
candy is, and if possible, she<br />
will order custom-designed<br />
treats of the same in the<br />
shape of hearts; She may<br />
even go to the trouble of<br />
spending hours in the kitchen<br />
baking his favorite sweet<br />
delight complete with toppings<br />
and sprinkles in the shapes<br />
of memories of events in their relationship.<br />
The man will show up with the heart-shaped<br />
box of “assorted” chocolates (forgetting that you’re<br />
allergic), but in his defense, he did make sure not to<br />
get one of the “crushed” boxes. There’s nothing like<br />
cheap, fat-saturated sugar products to say “I love<br />
you.”<br />
CARDS<br />
The woman will spend hours browsing the<br />
greeting card sections of SEVERAL stores,<br />
searching for that one special saying, that one<br />
certain poem, that one picture that is perfectly in<br />
sync with their relationship and the feelings she<br />
<br />
$100 at the craft store buying the materials, and then<br />
stay up all night assembling the “perfect” card, made<br />
by hand, to show her love.<br />
The man will give her the dollar-store card he’s<br />
had under his truck seat since last year-- the one that<br />
he forgot to give to his last girlfriend. (And if he’s a<br />
smart man, he’ll white-out the last girlfriend’s name).<br />
By Mortimor Oullouitious Snerkleschwartz<br />
CLOTHING<br />
The woman will take the time to go through the<br />
man’s closet, and search for a jacket or shirt that<br />
compliments his existing wardrobe; she will make<br />
sure it matches his shoes and that he has all the<br />
necessary accessories that match, and insure it’s<br />
something he can wear in a formal setting, or to a<br />
casual event.<br />
The man will buy her sexy lingerie or at least what<br />
he thought was sexy in theory.<br />
JEWELRY<br />
<br />
sleeping to make sure she gets<br />
the right size, and make note of<br />
the style of watch he prefers, and<br />
purchase him an expensive piece<br />
of jewelry that blends perfectly<br />
with his existing attire, but also<br />
shows him that she feels he’s<br />
worth every penny she spent.<br />
The man will avoid jewelry<br />
stores like Superman running<br />
from kryptonite, fearing he may<br />
end up purchasing a ring. So,<br />
invariably, the woman gets the<br />
“Taking Care of Business” Elvis<br />
necklace he got at the Secret<br />
Santa event in December.<br />
Here’s the best advice ol’ Mort can give you;<br />
<br />
Day, simply because, well, women and men are<br />
<br />
Women want expressions of love, caring,<br />
compassion, commitment and understanding. Men?<br />
Well, beer and lingerie pretty much does it.<br />
But know this: While women are much better at<br />
expressing their feelings of love, it doesn’t mean the<br />
men don’t feel the same way. They just don’t know<br />
how to show it without blowing something up, or<br />
bringing home a carcass, thinking that will impress<br />
you. But women have to understand if the man is<br />
trying to impress YOU he doesn’t want to impress<br />
anyone else. That’s as close to an expression of<br />
commitment and love you’re going to get out of some<br />
ol’ boys.<br />
So to survive Valentine’s Day, women have to rely<br />
on that ONE gift that God gave them in abundance-patience.<br />
And men-- men just have to manage to get<br />
through the day without saying the wrong thing or<br />
blowing something up.<br />
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ACROSS<br />
1. Recent events<br />
5. Adhesive strip<br />
9. Frigid<br />
13. Leave out<br />
14. Humiliate<br />
16. Hodgepodge<br />
17. A climbing plant<br />
18. Numbskull<br />
19. Back<br />
20. Fragrant oil<br />
22. Area<br />
24. Arab chieftain<br />
26. France’s longest river<br />
<br />
<br />
33. Fearless<br />
35. Clairvoyants<br />
37. Former boxing champ<br />
38. African virus<br />
41. Take in slowly<br />
42. Lure<br />
45. Car exhaust system part<br />
48. Panic<br />
51. Distended<br />
52. Fertile area in a desert<br />
54. Kind of bean<br />
55. Nonsense<br />
59. An exact duplicate<br />
62. Chocolate cookie<br />
63. Redress<br />
65. Digestive juice<br />
66. Rodents<br />
<br />
68. Diving bird<br />
69. If not<br />
70. Consider<br />
71. Terminates<br />
DOWN<br />
1. Exploded star<br />
2. Send forth<br />
3. The coldest season of the year<br />
4. Paddle-wheeler<br />
5. Little bit<br />
6. Adjoin<br />
7. Discussion group<br />
8. In the trust of a 3rd party<br />
9. Procession<br />
10. Margarine<br />
11. Teller of untruths<br />
12. Small boat<br />
15. Creepy<br />
21. Frost<br />
23. Colored part of an eye<br />
25. Sexual assault<br />
27. Decree<br />
28. Arm of the sea<br />
29. Pen part<br />
31. Vacillation<br />
32. Balderdash<br />
Solution on page 35<br />
34. Point<br />
36. Hurried<br />
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47. Due<br />
49. Academy award<br />
50. Rampaged<br />
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55. Minute opening<br />
56. By mouth<br />
57. Animal companions<br />
58. Leg joint<br />
60. Lummox<br />
61. Female chickens<br />
64. Shade tree<br />
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American history, with political tensions high regarding<br />
<br />
of terrorism. In contrast, pop songs concerned<br />
with politics have been absent for almost as long.<br />
Modern radio does not have the overarching national<br />
consciousness it had a generation ago.<br />
Many popular songs in the 1960’s, an era known<br />
for civil rights and Vietnam, protested the status quo.<br />
Songs such as “The Times They Are A-Changin’”<br />
by Bob Dylan, “Universal Soldier” by Donovan,<br />
and “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater<br />
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with the spirit of rebellion, and the radio played their<br />
hymns.<br />
Pop radio today is largely apolitical, with hits<br />
pertaining to dancing and debauchery as opposed<br />
to controversy and contention. Exceptions to this<br />
standard have been few and far between. The Black<br />
Eyed Peas’ breakthrough single “Where is the Love?”<br />
in 2003 expressed worry towards the government, the<br />
media, and racial tension in American society. The<br />
band has since followed industry trends by releasing<br />
radio hits devoid of substance.<br />
Pink, known for her “bad girl” persona, released a<br />
well-received single titled “Dear Mr. President” in 2006<br />
in Australia, Canada, and Europe. Because the lyrics<br />
lambasted former President George W. Bush, it was<br />
not released stateside to avoid being perceived as a<br />
publicity stunt.<br />
Most political commentary made by bands and<br />
<br />
Natalie Maines, frontwoman for country group The<br />
Dixie Chicks, faced overwhelming backlash after she<br />
criticized George W. Bush during a concert in London.<br />
The comments cost the Chicks their popularity in the<br />
country sphere, and garnered hate mail and death<br />
threats for what was perceived as an “un-American”<br />
comment. Bush later expressed apathy regarding<br />
the statement made against him, and encouraged<br />
freedom of speech.<br />
Kanye West received some scorn when he paid a<br />
visit to the Occupy Wall Street protests with Russell<br />
Simmons in New York City in October 2011. He<br />
was criticized for his uncharacteristic silence and<br />
bourgeoisie appearance at the protest site. West has<br />
not addressed the ongoing protests since that time.<br />
According to Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone,<br />
<br />
Talib Kweli both performed impromptu sets at the site<br />
in [early October].”<br />
Although the early days of popular radio<br />
<br />
of current pop radio largely lacks any political leaning.<br />
If history is any indication, subsequent generations<br />
rebel against the trends of those which came before<br />
them. Thus, if the baby boomers heralded anthems of<br />
social change and outrage, it should be no surprise<br />
that their progeny eschew such a concept.<br />
Taylor B, an Army Brat via Fort Sill, may be a dreamer,<br />
but he’s not the only one.<br />
Sleigh Bells, “Comeback Kid” Grade: A<br />
The Bells retain the<br />
cacophony that separates<br />
them from every other indie<br />
band, but present it in a<br />
more accessible manner<br />
<br />
<br />
comeback is needed for these<br />
hipster darlings, but one is<br />
welcome just the same.<br />
Girls’ Generation , “The Boys” Grade: B-<br />
One of the largest groups in<br />
K-Pop (literally: there are nine<br />
members in this group) swings<br />
and misses with this title track<br />
from their latest album. While<br />
the electronic urban feel is<br />
relevant, the song largely feels<br />
monotonous with separations<br />
in verses made apparent with<br />
cheerleader-style speaksinging.<br />
French Montana ft. Charlie Rock, “Shot Caller”<br />
Grade: C<br />
The latest Bad Boy<br />
<br />
little with this track. Montana’s<br />
uninspired rhymes merely<br />
rehash tired ideas and<br />
phrases. Not even a sample of<br />
“Funky Child” by Lords of the<br />
Underground can redeem this<br />
track<br />
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