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Issue 6 • Vol. 3
Inside:P. 12 - Main Attraction
Homeward Bound Pug RescueWhat it’s all about at a pet rescue
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The great band Mumford and Sons once said, “Remember spring swaps snow for leaves.” I think we’re all ready for that exchange to take place! Finally, it’s official! Winter is no more and spring is upon us. The trees are budding out, tulips are sprouting up and the grass is changing back to green. As our state transforms back into a beautiful place full of many vibrant colors, our atmosphere is becoming more and more unsettled. This is the beginning of our storm season in Oklahoma. Severe weather and even torna-does can occur 12 months out of the year, but we see most of our tornadoes between the end of March and the beginning of June. As the cold air gets tucked back up into Northern Canada with the polar jet stream, the subtropical jet stream lifts northward. This allows abundant moisture from the Gulf of Mexico to lift back into OK. As many other atmospheric dynamics come into play, we start to see storms increase in intensity by mid to late spring. We all know what that can mean in the Sooner State, so now is the time to prepare. On days when storms are likely, know where you would go throughout the day to seek shelter whether you’re in class, at home, at a friend’s or out shopping. Have a plan and know how to implement it. For a detailed look at severe weather safety, you can go to news9.com/weathersafety. I know a lot of people want to know if this spring is going to be anything like the last. I wish I could give you that answer. Looking at global-scale influences and many factors can be helpful, but there are so many small scale day-of factors that play a vital role. Seasonal tornado forecasting is not something we can do at this point in time. Hopefully with better technology and computing power, this will get better in the coming years. That being said, the best thing to do now is to prepare and stay alert. The weather in Oklahoma is ever changing and for now getting warmer and more beautiful by the day. Hope you get to get out and enjoy it!
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March 28, 2014 • Issue 6 • Volume 3
CONFECTIONS + COFFEECinnamon roll blondies. (Yes, it’s as great as it sounds.) While we can’t take credit for this great recipe, we hope you give it a shot!
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SPORTS TALKIt’s March Madness! Chris updates us on the Sooner men’s and women’s basketball teams and their progress this season -- and also gives us the scoop on Norman High and Norman North’s basketball teams at the end of the season.
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THE MAN TIPThis issue’s Man Tip begins with the ... “heartwarming” lesson a father instills in his young boy. The young boy would grow, and he would hold on to this invaluable lesson for a lifetime.
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CRUISING MAINWelcome to the cutest cover edition of Main Street magazine. This issue is special to my heart. Homeward Bound Pug Rescue has recently taken in over 20 pugs during a breeder release and is struggling to find foster homes and forever homes for these cute smoosh-faced cuddle bugs. Check out the article written by Kylee for more information on Homeward Bound and see how you can help!
Also in this issue is Confections + Coffee with a sweet treat for any time of day that goes by the name of Cinnamon Roll Blondies, Chris at SportsTalk gives you an update on local sports and T.R. gives you another grand man tip. Have fun!
EdITOR-IN-CHIEF • Kelli Smith
ART dIRECTORKelli Smith
COPy EdITORAshley Roy
PHOTOGRAPHyMark Doescher
Antonio Namwong
CONTRIBUTORSChris JosephKelli Nicole
Kylee GwartneyLacey SwopeT.R. Moorman
AdvERTISING REPRESENTATIvESJoe Wilhite
PUBLISHERJoe Wilhite
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MAIN ATTRACTIONOur article on Norman’s own Homeward Bound Pug Rescue might just be our cutest yet! If you’re interested in a furry companion, this will be your perfect chance. Kylee will educate you on the perks of a cuddly senior, tell you how this organization began and guide you to your own cute little buddy.
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I don’t know how many other people do this, but I love to follow blogs that I really relate to. Most of them are food blogs (imagine that), and I spend my spare time checking up on their recipe-developing and their photography and getting some fresh inspiration to keep my personal food blog running. There are several food blogs that I love to check out at least two or three times a week: I Am Baker, Smitten Kitchen, Cookie and Cups, White on Rice Couple and Sally’s Baking Addiction. These are just a few that I follow on a regular basis.
It’s incredibly hard to be unique on the Internet, with so many people copying other blogs, stealing photography and claiming it as their own, and creating content on your blog that people will want to come back and visit over and over again. That’s why I think Sally’s Baking Addiction is probably one of the most unique blogs I have ever found. She’s very thorough in her explanations of her recipes, she tells you why your butter should be at room temperature or why you shouldn’t substitute a certain ingredient, and her food photography is so simple but so lively!
Sally just published her own cookbook from which this recipe comes from today. Her cookbook is 160 pages of delicious recipes, beautiful photography and tips and tricks to help you make your recipes a success every time! I bought her cookbook on pre-order and have read through it twice, trying to figure out which recipes to make first. So, to launch my Sally’s Baking Addiction Cookbook Bake-Off, I decided to go with her cinnamon roll blondies -- sweet cinnamon-sugar-topped blondie drizzled in a simple vanilla glaze. It took me 15 minutes to put together and 25 minutes to bake, and I was good to go!
So go check out Sally’s Baking Addiction online or go buy her cookbook on Amazon. You won’t regret it!
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line the bottom and sides of an 8x8in baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving an overhang on all sides.
2. MAKE THE BLONDIES: In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and 1 tsp of the cinnamon and the nutmeg together. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, brown sugar, and 1/4 C. granulated sugar. Add the egg and vanilla extract, whisking vigorously until combined. Slowly add the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, stirring with a large spoon or rubber spatula until combined. Do not overmix. The batter will be thick.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan. In a small dish, mix the remaining 1/4 tsp cinnamon and 1 tbsp granulated sugar together. Sprinkle over the batter. Bake for 25 minutes or until light golden brown on top. Allow the blondies to cool completely in the pan set on a wire rack.
5. MAKE THE GLAZE: While the blondies are cooling, mix all of the glaze ingredients together in a small bowl, making sure there are no lumps of confectioners’ sugar. Drizzle the glaze ofver the cooled blondies.
6. Lift the foil out of the pan using the overhang on the sides and cut into squares. The blondies will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for 1 week.
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Blondies 1 C. all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder pinch baking soda 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon pinch ground nutmeg 5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted 3/4 C. light brown sugar 1/4 cup +1 tbsp gran. sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla extract
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March Madness begins, and the Oklahoma Sooner men’s and women’s teams are ready to make the charge for a title. For coach Lon Kruger and Sheri Coale, the seasons could not have been more different.
The Sooners women’s team was picked to win the Big 12 title this year and finished at a disappointing sixth place. Injuries again plagued the Sooners and inconsistent play led to the poor finish. The Sooners had seniors Morgan Hook, Nicole Griffen, Portia Durrett and Aaryn Ellenberg.
Hook played with intensity and Griffen continued to improve on her game. Ellenberg battled concussions and inconsistent play. There were times the Sooners looked like the team that was to contend for the Big 12 crown … and then there were games in which the Sooners looked disinterested in playing the game.
The Sooner women should make the field of 64, but will probably be a 10 or an 11 seed in the tournament. If the Sooners do not make the field of 64 and end up with an invite to the NIT, many people might see the season as a failure.
Coach Coale and the Sooners should get that birth to the big dance. No matter
what tournament they end up in, the Sooners should take full advantage of the opportunity to continue to play in the postseason.
The Sooner men’s team knows they will be in the big dance. A 5 seed should be awaiting the Sooners, and that is a seeding they have never earned in the history of the program.A disappointing loss to the Baylor Bears in the Big 12 Tournament, after beating the Bears in the previous two meetings, has Sooner fans asking if the men will be ready.
This Sooner team has made its mark all year as one of the best three-point shooting teams in the country, not just the Big 12. A poor shooting night and a tough Baylor zone helped the Bears race out to a 21-point lead. The Sooners did cut it to within four late in the game, but another couple of missed threes let Baylor secure the win.
Buddy Hield and Cam Clark are the guys that need to lead the team in scoring. Hield has had a tendency to be very streaky, but when he is hot, watch out! Clark has had two games of 32 points against the likes of Kansas and Michigan State. Clark, just like Hield, can get hot, and the tournament is as
good of a time as any for the both of them to be on. Ryan Spangler, who led the Big 12 in rebounding, has fallen off a bit since the start of Big 12 play. If the Sooners want to advance, they need him to be big on the boards. Jordan Woodard is a true freshman and has played well all year in regards to assist to turnover ratio.
Woodard, Hield, Clark and Spangler will need to shake off the Big 12 loss to Baylor and get ready for the big dance. At a 5 seed the Sooners should have favorable matchups for a solid chance to make a Sweet 16 run or deeper -- again, if they are on.
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For the Norman Tigers boys and girls basketball teams, the season did not end as any of the coaches or players wanted. However, that doesn’t mean the next few years won’t be good for both the boys and the girls.
The Norman High girls will lose the leadership of Taylor Ely and Chandler Coale, but the cupboards are not bare for Coach Nicole Copeland. The Lady Tigers’ season ended with a loss to Southmoore in the first round of the regionals, 61-46.
A slew of freshmen, or soon-to-be sophomores, will help the Lady Tigers move forward next year. They are led by Bethany Franks, just one of five young Lady Tigers that will make it tough for Copeland and Norman High to oust them from the playoffs.
On the boys team, Cooper Clark will return for his senior season. In a subpar year for the Tigers, they had the biggest upset in the regionals. The Tigers knocked out the number four seed Edmond Santa Fe Wolves
Clark can do anything he wants on the court, but he will need help from another scorer. The Tigers also have to find a big man to play more consistently and give Clark the break he needs.
The Norman North Timberwolves boy and girls teams promised to be tough outs in the playoffs, and they proved to be just that. The girls made it to the state tournament and the boys came just one game short of the same feat.
The Lady T-Wolves lost to a very tough number one-ranked Broken Arrow team in the State Quarter Finals. Injuries to key players probably affected the T-Wolves and some chemistry down the stretch. Haley Woodard will be back to help lead the Timberwolves – which should make another run at the state tournament next year.
On the boys team, a hobbled Lindy Waters III may have slowed the young T-Wolves down, but they will be loaded again next year. Payton Prince will be gone, but Waters III, Marcus Dickinson and Trae Young will make the Timberwolves guards a tough matchup for anyone in the state.
If the T-Wolves can find a low post player, they could be a pre-season favorite to make the run at the gold ball. Young has already been offered to play basketball at Texas Tech University. Offers for Dickenson and Waters III will start to roll in. Three division one players on the roster will make the T-Wolves a threat to win it all.
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Thomas Richard MoormanThe Man Tip
The Man Tip 3: Winning or quittingINTRODUCTION
Growing up in rural Oklahoma, my father was a well-respected man who kept to himself. He didn’t have much patience for people, and as I grow older, I can understand why. People, in general, are awful. No question about it. I have one very distinct memory of my father. I was young, probably nine or 10 or 12 years old. I don’t recall what I was in trouble for, but I do recall that I was in trouble. Most of the time that I spent with my father in my youth was somehow related to disciplinary action, and that was fine with me because he wasn’t exactly pleasant to be around. Not that I blame him. I don’t blame him for his bad attitude because I don’t want to be blamed for mine. The world is an awful place, and my father did a fine job considering the circumstances. That doesn’t mean we got along. Our problem was that we were both from the south end of the magnet. We repulsed each other because we were the same, but a father must discipline his son from time to time. We both accepted our fate because, underneath it all, there was always an understanding of one another that ran deeper than any reality ever could.
THE MEMORY
It’s a memory that comes back to me often because it has to do with two of life’s primary themes: winning and quitting. It was also an important moment to me because it was one of the few moments when my father unleashed a bold philosophy into my young mind. He told me to put on my shorts and sneakers and come with him. He ran several miles daily, and my punishment would be to join him. The final half-mile, as my body gave out from lack of motivation, he made me chant along with him: “Winners never quit, and quitters never win.” Over and over again.
“Louder.” He pushed me.
“Winners never quit and quitters never win.”
It felt stupid at the time because it was definitely stupid, but my father properly intimidated me, so I went along with it, and eventually it came to an end.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Sometimes when I’m alone I have flashbacks to that moment. It was a lesson that I would never forget.
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
I thought about it for a long time and wondered what it meant. Winners never quit and quitters never win. I think for my father it had something to do with the little league baseball team I was a part of at the time, but I didn’t care about any of those people. I despised the coaches and I was losing my interest in sports all together. In hindsight, I was probably losing my interest in people. To make it more confusing, our team didn’t have a winning record, so quitting the team wouldn’t make me a winner any more than staying on the team had. The true importance of the maxim didn’t occur to me until much later in my life. I was on a date. “Why don’t you quit smoking cigarettes?” she asked.
“Winners never quit, and quitters never win,” I told her. She invited me to stay at her house that night, and later I made her my wife.
WINNING AND QUITTING
It all makes sense to me now. You can be a winner, or you can be a quitter, but you can’t be both. My father was telling me that I had a choice. That was the last year that I ever played baseball, and I never spent time with those awful people again.
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Homeward Bound Pug RescueIt’s all about finding forever homes at this pet rescue!With love in their hearts, Homeward Bound Pugs has been dedicated to helping pugs find their “forever homes” since 2003. Over the past 11 years, the Norman-based, volunteer-run organization has saved over 1,500 furry lives – giving them the second chance they deserve.
“My mother gave me my first pug, Rambo, for my birthday in 1996,” says Gail Tucker, founder of Homeward Bound Pugs. “When my mother died in 2000, I wanted to do something that would honor her and also give me something positive to do to help me deal with the grief. By that time I had two pugs and had fallen in love with the breed and their fun, loving personalities. So I decided to begin a nonprofit pug rescue. We found homes for about 70 pugs the first year and things have continued growing.”
What makes this organization so special is that they never turn a pug away, regardless of age or special needs. The pugs often come from high-kill shelters or breeders, or have been abused or abandoned before making their way into the rescue. Once they are taken in, the pugs receive veterinary care and are placed into the hands of volunteers who lovingly open both their hearts and their homes. Homeward Bound Pugs frequently receives senior pets, which are a bit harder to place despite their sweet nature.
“Homeward Bound often gets older pugs,” says volunteer Sherri Henderson. “Sometimes their people take them to the shelter when they get older, or their owners may not be able to care for them anymore. It’s really sad that these guys are almost never adopted -- they just stay in foster care for the rest of their lives because so many people want younger dogs. But older dogs are so calm and loving and have years of happiness and gratitude to give. Adopting an older pug, who will be blissful on the sofa next to you, is a real pleasure.”
Currently, Homeward Bound Pugs has 75 dogs available for adoption. This is a higher number than usual for the rescue, which typically has 50 to 60 dogs available. Over the past couple of months they have taken in two large groups of pugs: a group of 21 (including three pregnant females) and a group of 11, both of which were surrendered by breeders. Though the pugs arrived with terrible dental problems, ehrlichia (bacterial infection caused by parasites) and fear issues, they are now receiving the love and patience that they need. The pug moms recently had their puppies, including proud pug mom Luna, who has her paws full with eight adorable schnauzer-pugs (“schnugs”).
In order to help all of the pugs find their perfect families, Homeward Bound Pugs holds adoption events every two months. The next event is Saturday, May 4 from noon to 4 p.m. at A-1 Pet Emporium in Oklahoma City. This will allow potential owners to get up close and personal with the pugs in a large, rescue-friendly area. They also hold a “Puggerfest” party in Oklahoma City each fall at the Stars and Stripes Park. The event features a silent auction with contests such as Curliest Tail and Best Costume, as well as a cookout-style lunch. In 2013, 500 pugs and people attended this fun-filled event to help Homeward Bound rescue efforts.
There are also several other ways the community can get involved with this cause. While foster homes and adoption are a necessity, the rescue could also use a committee head, a photographer, a coordinator for volunteers/fosters or even people who are willing to transport pugs to and from the vet. Donations and purchases for the rescue pugs can be made through their website, www.homewardboundpugs.com, as well as the wish list that is set up on Amazon. Additionally, Homeward Bound Pugs has a Facebook page where people can follow what’s going on and help out when different needs arise.
“I can’t think of an important life lesson that pugs can’t teach us!” adds Henderson. “They show us how to love one another, forgive, persevere, play, learn, grow, have fun, find joy in just waking up and the importance of taking a walk and a nap. Pugs do all of those things every day; they’re furry little Zen masters. Adopting a pug also gives people the opportunity to love and help another creature that may be scared and hurt, and to watch that dog become happy and confident with time and patience. That’s a real gift – a way to do just a little bit of good in the world.”
Jake & Jenna- Come as a pair
- Love stuffed animals- Jake (left) has a double coat
- Jenna loves to smile
All four of these pugs pictured above are up for adoption! Check out their profiles (left to right) below and see if one of these cuties is right for you! You can also find more pugs up for adpotion at www.homewardboundpugs.com.
yoda- 2 to 3 years old
- Loves to sleep on your lap- Enjoys playing with toys and
other energetic pups
Mr. Toad- 8 to 9 years old- Calm and sweet
- Loves to sprawl across your lap- Needs a human companion
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