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August 2011contents

features13 Youth takes on Big tobacco: sWAt

17 Artist Douglas gordon

21 shawnee’s Conservation District

22 Empowering Future Native Leaders

25 Rethinking the Impossible

29 The united Way Race

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Most of us have heard the phrase, “life long learner.” Does that still apply in a rapidly changing global economy? Experts on that subject all across the globe say that being a “life long learner” applies even more so. As our global and local workplace evolves, so should the skills and knowledge of those who are actively engaged in our economy.

Competition in the world market isn’t just about who makes the best and less costly products but also about competing for who will have that great job. For our money we believe those who possess more skills, are better trained and understand the importance of education, will most likely be the winners in the job market. While “Better, Cheaper and Faster” applies to products and services, equal-ly important are individuals who are “smarter, Flexible and Innova-tive.”

That’s why we think shawnee has a leg up on most of our competi-tion, because we have three great local educational institutions offer-ing more knowledge, skills development and training. In turn that will help those “learners” to position themselves to meet the needs of our local businesses and, equally important, prepare themselves for the jobs at the top of the demand occupations.

shawnee’s educational institutions offer not only hand on skills training, but develop individuals who have marketable and transfer-able skills. What in the daylights is that, you may ask? skills that can be used in another career or occupation, hence transferrable, are vital to anyone who hopes to enhance their career or try a differ-ent occupation. Those with more skills can offer or market those talents to more businesses. today’s jobs may not be tomorrow’s, so developing skills that are re-useable are vital to employment longev-ity and those type individuals will be what businesses all over the world are seeking.

so what makes us tHE place to develop new or enhanced tal-ents? The answer of course is gordon Cooper technology Center, st. gregory’s university and Oklahoma Baptist university. Those three educational establishments can provide to you a wide range of knowledge, which ties directly to the workplace of today and to-morrow. Each one of these outstanding organizations can help you launch your career into a new stratosphere or simply help you be more prepared for the unknown of tomorrow’s economy.

The range of educational programs they offer is more detailed and varied than space in this publication permits. By all means don’t take our word for it. If you are interested in learn-ing more, then we urge to visit their websites or campuses to expand your knowledge of what all three can offer to you. www.gctech.org www.stgregorys.edu www.okbu.edu

If you’re looking for a job you might not have to look very far at all to find one. August 23rd Workforce Oklahoma and Citizen Po-tawatomi Nation will host a job fair at the Culture Heritage Center from 10am to 3pm. Last year’s gathering brought forty-nine insti-tutions seeking employees but this year they’re planning to see as many as sixty.

so far the list of potential employers includes manufacturing, nursing, clerical or secretarial, gaming, private institutions and tin-ker Air Force Base. “tinker has registered to attend this year,” said Mindee Duffell, Workforce specialist.” Because of CPN’s continued growth they will also fill positions as well.

The job fair is sponsored by CPN. “It gives us an opportunity to reach out into the community,” said Kelly Francen, Human Resources training Manager. Because CPN is hosting the event free of charge, Duffell said, “more businesses are likely to turn out for an opportu-nity that’s no cost to them.”

Because Workforce Oklahoma’s services are free to businesses looking for employees, often job postings are not listed anywhere else except Workforce. The Workforce Center is comprised of several partner agencies, primarily The Oklahoma Employment security Commission and Workforce Dynamics, offering services not found with other employment agencies. “The staff here gives people the opportunity to discover their skills, get help with a resume or inter-viewing skills,” said David Voyles, Local Veterans Employment Rep-resentative. “They go beyond the call of duty. If someone wants a job, they’ll find it for them.”

Voyles specializes in helping veterans find employment and up-grading skills. “I see them come in from age nineteen to seventy-five. some of them are just getting out of the military and don’t know what they should do next. We help them find employment or educa-tional opportunities. We also help veterans get physical or rehabilita-tion services if needed to secure employment.”

Duffell said the manufacturing market is showing promise. “It made the curve at the end of last year and even though it’s slow going it’s still moving forward.” Robin Young, Workforce specialist agreed. “We’ve seen an increase across the board in job orders from the man-ufacturing sector since last year, so it’s definitely growing.”

As to tips for landing a job August 23rd, Robin advised, “Come interview ready. Be appropriately dressed, have several copies of your resume and bring any information needed to complete applica-tions.”

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Boy oh boy, it is one hot mamma-jamma outside. I don’t remember it being this hot, this long, before. Anyone else got a case of the Heat Blues? You just don’t wanna do anything when it’s like this. OK- enough crying. Here we are, beginning of August, and all the good little boys and girls will soon be heading back to school. This is a big year for my oldest girl, because she’s starting Middle school. Holy guacamole- when did she get that old?? I’m not worried though- we have told her she is strictly for-bidden to speak to any boys, so she should be OK.

Luckily, my sensitive, pleasing-on-the-eyes wife and I enjoyed a brief respite from the heat this summer when we spent a week in New York City. That’s right- I fi-nally got to go back to the city that never sleeps after a 7 year hiatus. And let me tell you folks- it was worth the wait. We went with a fun group of friends, and spent six days watching fabulous theater, and eat-ing fabulous food. And eating. And eating. Have I mentioned the food? I’ll try to give you a quick day by day synopsis:

tuesday: We arrive in the city around noon and immediately get a huge slice of NY pizza. That night we saw “How to suc-ceed in Business”, starring Daniel Radcliffe- yup, Harry Potter himself. And let me tell you- that boy could sing and dance! And he didn’t even use a wand! The night was

topped off with cheesecake from Junior’s.Wednesday: saw two shows this day.

Matinee of “Catch Me if You Can” which was good- but I didn’t love it. Dinner at the Carnegie Deli, where the wife and I split a ginormous sammich, and straw-berry cheesecake. It is my belief that Car-negie Deli has the greatest cheesecake in the world, and I am moved to tears every time I eat it. That night we saw “Billy El-liott”, and I think this was the best show I saw this year. We loved it- it was emo-tional, and highly entertaining- I highly recommend it.

Thursday: Had lunch at Bryant Park, watching Broadway performers sing and dance. We were also accosted by a surly individual who refused to leave our table until we coughed up the correct amount of change. Never a dull moment!! Had a wonderful seafood dinner at City Lobster, and then watched “spider Man”. You may have read something about the show- peo-ple getting injured, most expensive show ever, etc. It appealed to the comic book aficionado in me- and spider-Man fighting villains while swinging over my head was really cool.

Friday: Went to Harlem for lunch at a place called “sylvia’s”- I had Chicken and Waffles. Holy shmoley- food was spec-tacular. I was not hungry again for hours. That night saw “Priscilla- Queen of the

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saturday: spent some time in Central Park. Did not see a show tonight, but ended up back at Carnegie for more cheesecake. Which meant more weeping.

sunday: Last day. Had brunch, walked around in the Village, and flew home that night.

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There’s a new jewel shining in downtown shaw-nee and in less than two months since it opened, it’s becoming a popular venue for creative fun and unique gifts. Your HeARt’s Design is a “paint your own pottery and glass fusion art studio,” that owner Jo Ann smith says is for the artist and non-artist alike.

“I have no art background,” laughed smith, “we can take projects that look complicated and make them so simple that anyone can enjoy them.” smith decided to open the studio after a friend in Norman told them that she was getting business from shawnee in her studio, Be Wild For Art. “I went through the training and opened in June. I chose to be downtown because I think it’s impor-tant that it be revitalized. It has so much potential and people are interested in this area’s success.”

The “paint your own pottery” process begins with a wide selection of ceramic pieces, also called bisque. Once someone chooses their piece it’s time to design it, either by drawing with a pencil or trac-ing an image, followed by paint and glazing which is fired in a kiln. “People can even purchase their pieces, some paint tins and brushes and work on them at home if they want to.” OBu art graduate, taunia Logan also features her stoneware in the studio and will soon offer pottery wheel classes.

The glass fusion process begins with a pre-cut selection of night lights, picture frames and jew-elry, but they also make a lot of hand imprinted glass pieces. “We offer crosses but not pre-cut because no one cross fits everyone so if you want different lengths, widths, colors, and thickness we can cut it for them.” smith also offers glass fusion classes and when clients receive a pass they are free to cut their own and only pay for the glass.

glass fusion is gaining popularity, even though it looks more complicated than painting pottery, smith said it’s fool proof. “It’s actually way easier than painting pottery. The glass is much more for-giving in the design because once it melts together with all the colors, it’s going to be beautiful no matter what.” Wineries have also responded to the

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The studio was buzzing with business during the summer with day care groups, summer camps, birthday parties, and even a ladies’ luncheon. “People can plan their own parties or we also have pre-planned parties and events. We also offer a “pottery to go” party package. We can drop off and set up the supplies with instructions or they can pay a little extra and we stay to help.”

Other events have even won over a male audi-ence. “When husbands come in with their wives or do a project with their child you can see them really having fun. I don’t know if they would admit it,” she laughed, “but they really have a good time too.”

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Did you know that 16 Oklahomans die each day due to tobacco re-lated illness? If that’s news to most adults, it won’t be to local

area teenagers, if sWAt has anything to say about it. students Working Against to-bacco (sWAt) is a statewide team of middle and high school students who are raising awareness about the dangers of tobacco use and exposing the aggressive marketing tac-tics being used by big tobacco companies.

We’re not talking just about “cool” ciga-rette billboard signs and grandpa’s spicy snuff anymore. Holly gordon is a tobacco prevention coordinator for gateway to Prevention and Recovery. she said tobacco companies are marketing “kid appealing” products. Candy-like packaging, fruit-fla-vored cigars and chewing tobacco, micro-sized flavor bottles that add candy taste to ordinary cigarettes and even flavored “spit-

less” snuff are just a few intuitive attempts to hook kids on tobacco. “I don’t know any 40- year-old man who’s going to ask for cot-ton candy flavor on his cigarettes. There’s a lot of blatant tactics being used and many convenient stores make these products vis-ible to kids and easily accessible.”

The youth-led, youth driven effort, is a grass-roots effort against the Big tobacco Company’s lies, throughout Pottawatomie County and Oklahoma. The groups range from 6th to 12th grade students who meet twice a month with an adult partner spon-sor. Their mission is, “to Empower and unite Youth to Resist and Expose Big to-bacco’s Lies while Changing Current Atti-tudes about tobacco.” One of the key proj-ects, is to pass 24/7 smoke free policies for their schools.

students raise awareness through edu-cation and advocacy in their schools and communities through many communica-tion avenues; social media, portable graffiti

walls, speaking to adult groups, mentoring to younger students, picking up cigarette butts on the school grounds, or even dra-matic skits. sWAt youth identify areas of concern in their school and community en-vironments, and with the help of the Adult Partner, create a strategic plan to address those areas.

sWAt teams are seeing successes in Pottawatomie County, with Pleasant grove Elementary; tecumseh Public schools; shawnee Public schools and Earlsboro Pub-lic schools all adopting 24/7 tobacco Free policies. Many adults are unaware that the state laws prohibits tobacco on school grounds from 7am to 4pm on week days, but after hours and weekends, tobacco is allowed. “tobacco is allowed at games and other events,” said syharath. “We take our sWAt teams to the school board meeting to try to pass those policies. Our goal this grant year is to have a sWAt team in every school in Pottawatomie County. shawnee

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High school and Pleasant grove, have very strong teams, and we’re trying to start one in McLoud and hope to start one this year at shawnee Middle school.”

gordon and syharath continue to build relationships with schools that have passed policies. “We can’t do this without them,” said gordon. Because of these strong re-lationships, many youth have come to ex-pect a tobacco-free school campus and are pleased that OBu, st. gregory’s university, gordon Cooper technology Center, have joined the ranks of other leading institu-tions of higher learning in becoming tobac-co-free.

several students have reported that fam-ily and friends have stopped using tobacco products as a result of their involvement in sWAt. “We give them the information they need in case someone they love wants to quit or is even thinking about it. We’re not telling them they have to be the tobacco police. It’s an adult product and that’s their choice. We’re not against the adult tobacco user, but we do want youth to be able to give those persons facts about the dangers

or the toll free number, 1800QuItNOW, for help if they want to quit.” said gordon. Mo-nique tramble, 8th grader at Pleasant grove said, “sWAt inspires me to help other stu-dents stop using tobacco or telling them how bad it is for them.”

gordon said being a sWAt member pro-vides unexpected benefits. “It teaches kids how to express themselves intelligently. to go in front of adults and to have your voice

be heard is very validating for them. The em-powerment they get is phenomenal, especially in rural areas because if you’re not into sports or agriculture, there aren’t a lot of leadership opportunities. For high school students it looks great on a college application that they were in a leadership program.”

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Douglas g. gordon will travel to grand Rapids Michigan for ArtPrize 2011, an international art competition whose exhibitions take place september through October. He is the only artist from Oklahoma accepted and will compete with over 1,500 artists for the grand prize total of $250,000.

Artists spanning 36 countries and 42 states were selected by art venues in downtown grand Rapids where they will be displayed along a three mile stretch. The Amway grand Plaza will feature gordon’s work where more than 200,00 people will see his work. Winners will be determined solely by public vote, giving new meaning to a “people’s choice” award.

gordon applied for the first time last year and was ac-cepted again this year. Although he consistently engaged his love for photography since adolescence, it wasn’t until late 2009 that he began to take his digital abstract art more seriously. using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, he takes

photographs and sees what unassuming objects might be-come. “someone asked me to design some abstract car tags for their teenage sons. They loved them.”

gordon started doing more abstracts and won the atten-tion of local artists like Linda Dixon, Bob Perry, and Mabee gerrer Museum curator, Donna Merkt who all encouraged him to pursue his work. “I participated in Arts trek in 2010 and the response I received encouraged me,” he said. He soon applied for ArtPrize and was placed just two days later. His collection was title “Art Addictions and Oddities.” During a recent trip to Florida gordon secured venues in Clearwater Beach and Dunedin to display and sell his work as well as selling them online.

His love for art and penchant for the rich colors so often found in his work began in glasgow scotland where he grew up. “The glasgow Museum of Art was free and so I spent a >

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ing part time as a communications as-sistant and I believe in the work COCAA does. The way I was brought up, my dad was a Mason and a builder. He helped build a new recreation center in glas-gow to get the gangs out and give people something to do. I grew up with that kind of influence. I was in a service club called the Kinsmen which is much like the Lion’s Club. I’ve also taught CPR and First Aid for the Red Cross. so I believe in giving back to the community.”

gordon will travel to grand Rapids, Michigan in september where his art will be on display at Art Addictions and Oddi-ties. “I’m looking forward to all the differ-ent kinds of art I will see, to meeting great artists and getting a break from the heat,” he laughed. to help cover his expenses, Jason Moery Motors, georgio’s Pizze-ria, and Deadringer tattoo are sponsor-ing his trip. His work will be displayed in sips Dowtown Kafe through October and is available for purchase at The Fifth Ele-ment on Main street and on his website www.douglasggordon.webs.com

lot of time there with my parents when I was a kid,” said gordon. “You notice a lot of bold colors in my work and in England and scotland you see that. Their houses have royal blue doors or rich reds and deep greens. I miss scotland, being near the wa-ter, the mountains and the green grass.”

Although gordon is primarily a digital abstract artist and photographer, acrylic has also captured his imagination. At his first show in shawnee, “Affectionately Yours,” he sold both. “I started doing some acrylics because I was so inspired by Art-Prize last year, all the different art there. I decided I wanted to be able to do some of my abstracts in acrylics. Linda Dixon has encouraged me to paint more.” Also fea-tured at the event were sculptures by Bob Berry and glass fusion pieces by Jo Ann smith of Your Heart’s Design, a pottery and glass fusion art studio.

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Exceedingly high temperatures in Oklahoma have some residents wondering how local farm-ers are surviving this heat. However, the shawnee Conservation District has provided education to-wards prevention of soil erosion and water conser-vation for many years. Mike Rooker, a member of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission for four years, is the Area II Commissioner and a mem-ber of the shawnee Conservation District since 1994. He shared, “We educate farmers about the benefits of ‘no till’ drilling as a means of soil and water conservation.” traditional tilling involves turning over soil prior to seeding. ‘No till’ drilling keeps forage material on top of the ground which prevents soil from blowing away and traps mois-ture in. “Many farmers are beginning to ‘no till’ or ‘minimum till’ instead of plowing due to the high cost of fuel. Also with these drought conditions, ‘no till’ drilling is the best thing. If we hadn’t done this for the past five or six years, we’d be having dust storms like they’re having in Phoenix, Ari-zona,” said Rooker.

A Cost-share Program funded by the Oklaho-ma Conservation Commission is administered lo-cally through the shawnee Conservation District. According to Julie gordon, District Office Ad-ministrator, “When funding is available, we have a yearly meeting with local farmers and ranchers. We invite them to tell us how we can benefit them the most. We have an approved list of practices and we choose two or three items from it that work in this area. The greatest request has been

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Another avenue for education is through the Outdoor Learning Center on highway 177. The cen-ter has provided an educational outreach opportu-nity for school children since 2002. Public, private or home education facilities can reserve the learn-ing center to teach students about Oklahoma’s natural resources.

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The FireLodge tribal Youth Program empowers teens from surrounding tribes with the tools for great-er success. Fun activities provide an education in every-thing from health and wellness, financial planning, and college preparation to ecological awareness, tutoring, and job skills. They provided summer camps and will continue throughout the school year to serve middle and high school students. The council is run primarily by Linsday Wilkins, tribal Youth Program Manager; Jeff Foresee, MsPI Manager (methamphetamine sui-cide prevention initiative) and B. J. trousdale is coordi-nator of both programs.

There was no such thing as a boring summer for par-ticipants this year. Program staff kept kids busy with hands on learning and inspirational speakers. trips to Frontier City, Bricktown, sulphur and even out of state trips provided plenty of fun and new experiences. The program was funded in 2008 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and The Indian Health service, allowing free access to all activities, with some event funds raised by youth. “We’re creating a positive learning environment that’s fun and educa-tional to keep them out of trouble,” said Wilkins

With the belief that knowledge is power, education was targeted to stem the tide of unhealthy trends. guest speakers like sonya McDaniel demonstrated healthy eating habits for middle schoolers and two mornings a week enjoyed exercise like swimming and sports. High schoolers got a taste of healthy eating with breakfast and lunch everyday and enjoyed wellness activities twice a week hosted by CPN’s wellness center staff.

The council kept a focus on culture as well, inviting CPN’s tribal language director to talk about the history

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Both summer camps also offered financial literacy. “We partnered with First National Bank to show them why it’s smart to save money, the basics of asset build-ing and investing, the dangers of bad credit,” said Fore-see. As school approached, high school students also learned about college preparation, financial aid and scholarships in addition to necessary job skills for to-day’s market.

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The staff find their work rewarding and are excited about the fall. “Knowing we’re providing skills that will build a better life for them in the future is inspiring,” said Foresee. Wilkins agreed, “It’s very rewarding. Kids these days can’t have too many adults in their lives who care about them.

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In spite of a work related accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down eleven years ago, Moore is living a lifelong dream of owning a professional recording studio. Accomplished song writer, musician, and singer, his experience in the recording and music industry provided him with the knowledge he needed to create Meadow Brook Records in shawnee’s south Rock Creek area.

In spite of physical limitations, Moore complet-ed the 2,000 square foot facility’s plumbing, floor-ing and most of the drywall and electrical work alone. “A lot of friends and family came together on this project and helped me out,” said Moore. His experience as a highly skilled millwright came in handy when construction launched last May and finished last month. The studio offers the highest quality microphones and instruments plus isolation rooms for vocals, acoustic special-ties, drums and enough space for simultaneous band recording. He uses widely trusted Roland recording equipment and software.

Moore began playing instruments and sing-ing as a young child, moving quickly from brass instruments to guitar, fiddle, mandolin, piano and drums. songwriting came naturally and he was fascinated by recording. He was playing full time by seventeen and eventually performed as a studio musician in major studios. His own songs were recorded by famous artists like Marty Hag-gard (Merle Haggard’s son) “If This Old House Could talk,” Hank Thompson “too Bushed to

Boogie” and Richochet “seeya.” He traveled with a band and later performed as MC and lead vocal-ist two seasons for show Palace in Branson Missouri, with a gruel-ing schedule of two shows a day Monday through Friday and three shows a day on weekends.

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“At that point the project was over,” said Moore soberly. “Doctors told me I would require full care or live in a nursing home. I came back to shawnee and my dad built a handicapped accessible addi-tion to their house.”

Moore went through a painful recovery pro-cess but with his parents encouragement and an ever growing faith in god, he made some deci-sions. “I decided there was still too much I wanted to do. After I realized this isn’t as good as it’s going to get, it’s go to get better from here I decided to do whatever it takes for my life to get better. I started working with my body however I could to improve my standard of living.”

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As he defied more limitations, his dream of a studio was never far from his thoughts. “I’ve always recorded with small machines like any other artist but I became fascinated with process while working in major studios and I wanted to share that with other people. studios like those in Dallas, Wichita and even OKC are unionized and charge hundreds of dollars but I’m not. I wanted to make it afford-able for anyone who wants recording services. From bands who want a professional record to people who just want to record a song they’ve written for family and friends, I’m keeping the cost low.”

As to his own music, Moore has recorded nu-merous albums and written hundreds of songs. While his focus is now the development of others talent, he continues to write. “If I can feel it and write it then it’s gold. If I have to force it and search for rhymes then it’s not worth writing for me be-cause it doesn’t feel right. There are writers who can do that and I’ve done it but I’d much rather feel it.”

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In 2010 America fell in love with two cowboys from Oklahoma, Cord McCoy from tupelo and his brother Jett from Ada who competed in the “The Amazing Race,” a real-ity tV show. The down to earth, enigmatic team scored second place in the contest and first place in the hearts of viewers all over the county. This year unity Health Center again planned united Way of Pott. County’s theme and snagged Cord McCoy to kick off their fundraiser.

september 15th McCoy will share his story at the Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center and encourage teams of six to eight people to embark on their own amazing adventure. McCoy viewed his appearance as opportuni-ty to do the right thing. “I don’t have to look far to count my blessings and this is a way to do my part and give back.”

team members will participate in eight weeks of races. starting september 17th they will race to check points, past road blocks and decipher cryptic clues as they ac-cumulate points for the treasured prize. The games incorporate the Emmy award wining tV series theme but also tie in the twenty two different human service agencies that united Way of Pott. County supports. “We want to educate people about the agencies we serve and services available in the com-munity. Last year our eight week long cam-paign produced a momentum shift, I think because it kept everyone’s mind on this goal to raise funds for our partner agencies,” said Audrey seeliger, Executive Director of Potta-watomie County.

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President of Vision Bank, Carl Pack-wood is this year’s drive chair for united Way of Pott. County and with seeliger has been spreading the vision to “live united,” that the power of all starts with one per-son. “We were at one of the plants locally and running the numbers,” said Packwood. “The amount of one hour of pay per month at $8 an hour from 100 employees would be $800 a month, $9,600 a year out of that one facility if they just gave that 1 hour of pay. We show them how their one contribu-tion adds up and goes to the big goal. They can pool their money to do the most good in their community.”

Packwood is no stranger to the needs of others, having served on the boards of sev-eral human service agencies, he knows first-hand how critical a role the organization plays. “unfortunately there’s always going to be a need for these agencies. The way they survive is partially through this fund-ing but for some it’s a significant amount of money to meet the needs they serve.”

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seeliger said that up to 89% of contri-butions come from manufacturer workers, teachers, bank tellers, nurses or those who aren’t necessarily earning high level in-comes. “A man approached me recently and when he realized I represented united Way he said, ‘You’re the people who support the Red Cross. Thank you. When my home blew away in the tornado last year, you helped me.’ People realize how important united Way is to a community,” said seeliger.

tollet said that people get creative about participation, both in the games and dona-tions. “People who work in the city can desig-nate their funds to go to united Way of Pott. County and we see that a lot. small business-es who don’t have a lot of people are forming a team with other businesses or an agency to compete. It’s a lot of fun for girlfriends to get together, sunday school classes, or em-ployees who want to learn team building.”

The cost per team is $100 and the races will be held weekly from noon to 12:45 every Friday starting september 17th at unity’s Creek Area, just northwest of the main cam-pus. The public is welcome to attend, admis-sion for adults is $6 and for children $3. For more information about the races or to vol-unteer, contact united Way of Pott. County at 273-6833 or visit www.unitedwaypottco.org

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A few days ago we emptied a storage unit we’ve rented for almost ten years. We are making a major transition and decided that it would be easier to move if we lightened our load by going through the stuff we’ve been carrying with us for years. In the storage unit we found several cardboard boxes that were yellowed and brittle with age. The word “papers” were written in magic marker on a couple of the boxes.

I sat down in my garage on a hot saturday afternoon and cautiously opened the boxes. I didn’t want to surprise a spider or other critter that might have made a home in my stuff. taking a screwdriver I split the tape on the top of the first box and was shocked by what I found inside. I found letters and cards my wife and I had written to each other when we were dating. Our marriage license was in there as were old photographs. But there was more.

In that box was a 1986 Missouri state income tax guide with my name, address and social security number printed right on the mailing label. Ah, the days when we didn’t have to worry about identity theft! I had been carrying that tax guide around for twenty-five years, toting it from Missouri to Wisconsin, then to Lawton and finally, shawnee.

Once I finished that box I moved on to the second. The top layer of the box was old photos and books, but at the bottom of the box were bank statements. Old bank state-ments. How old? They dated back to 1980-81, our first year of marriage. I had been carrying these statements for thirty years.

Before anyone calls the A&E network to try to get us on the reality show “Hoarders,” you need to understand that there is a perfectly good explanation for our collection. When we’ve moved in the past we’ve often moved quickly, usually doing the job in two or three weeks. There wasn’t time to go through boxes, sort old papers, and toss out the ones we no longer needed. It was much easier to throw the boxes on the truck with the furniture and other stuff

thinking we’ll sort out everything once we land in the new place. But then we unload the boxes into the attic of our new home and forget about them until the next move.

With this move, however, we’ve lightened our load. We’ve shredded a lot of papers and thrown out even more, and dramatically reduced the mounds of worthless stuff that clutters up our life and weigh us down.

Finding all the stuff that we’ve carried for years re-minds me of a deeper truth.

Many people carry a heavy burden of old, unnecessary, cumbersome stuff that weighs them down, wears them out, and depletes them.

some people carry a load of guilt. I’ve known people who are burdened by the memory of something they said or did years ago. There is a profound sense of personal unworthiness that make real joy and satisfaction almost impossible.

Other people are weighed down by resentment. The baggage they carry isn’t something they’ve done but the memory of something done to them. There is a smoldering anger they bear that makes deep, meaningful relationships difficult.

There are people who have been on the receiving end of unjust criticism or ridicule and now carry boxes of self-doubt. Instead of realizing their full potential they settle for what they think they deserve, which is often far below their true value.

Are you weighed down by something like I’ve just de-scribed? Is it time to lighten your load, to clean house, to get out the shredder or a trash can and throw out the junk that has cluttered your life, the old wounds and worries that have blocked your way to the joy and richness life has for you? The only way I know to deal with this kind of stuff is to come clean with it. Find a trusted friend, a counselor, your minister, and tell them your story. Let them help lift the burden and set you free.

Bob Searl is a pastor, writer, musician, husband, father, grandfather, and caretaker of two over-indulged poodles. Bob holds a Doctor of Ministry. A Wisconsin native who has lived in Oklahoma long enough for his toes to be gently stained dirt-red, Bob remains a diehard Green Bay Packer fan who still gets excited when there is snow in the forecast. Red-stained toes notwithstanding, he hasn’t yet adjusted to Oklahoma summers. When Bob grows up he wants to be a chaplain at Disney World.

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