What’s Happening in LGA Free Local Newsletter

Sponsored by the Locust Grove Arts Alliance

No. 36: July 2017

LGAA’s Ray Grass at book signing. Page 9

ROYALTY NAMED. . . Sydney Schwichtenberg, 18, right,was named Miss Liberty, and Kylee Tugman, 7, was namedLittle Miss Liberty at the Independence Day celebration heldat Jerry Koelsch’s outdoor market area. Pictures of othercelebration winners can be found inside today’s issue.

The middle of August means Hot Summer Nights,which is what will be going on at Bob Davis Field, whenthe LG Chamber sponsors a coed softball tournament.

Hot August Nights Co-Ed Softball Tournament, Aug.11-12, will be a single elimination tournament open toany teams. The entry fee is $100 per team, and winnerswill receive t-shirts.

The deadline to enter is Wed., Aug. 9, by signing arelease form and filling out the entry form.

Entry forms are available for pick up at Junk Justifiedor Wonder City Coffee downtown or by going to theChamber website at locustgroveoklahoma.com.

The games will start at 6 p.m. on Friday and run Sat-urday until the winner is announced.

For more information, contact Chamber Vice-Presi-dent Adele Collette at 918-530-8132, or see her at JunkJustified when it is open.

‘Hot Nights’ softballtourney set in LG

Painting party to benefitEarly Learning Center

Honey Hush Creations will host a painting party tobenefit the LG Early Learning Center at 5 p.m. on July24 at the ELC.

Painters can use an apple or a pencil cutout for thebacking for their painting and they may choose any waythey want to paint them, but Honey Hush Creations per-sonnel will be on hand to help when help is needed.

Cost of the workshop is $25 per person. Cost must bepaid by Monday, July 21. Payments can be made onlinethrough PayPal or in person at Honey Hush Creations onEast Highway 412.

For more information, call (918) 557-4408, or go onlineat honeyhushcreations.com.

Meetings:The Locust Grove Area Chamber of Commerce will

meet from noon to 1 p.m., July 20, at the VFW Hall at116 North Broadway. This is a general meeting witheveryone welcome.

The Locust Grove Arts Alliance will next meet at5:30 p.m., Aug. 9 at the Wonder City Coffee Shop onMain Street. Everyone is welcome and encouraged toattend either of these meetings.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: While this newsletter is producedby the LGAA and will contain that organization’s news, wealso want to publish information about any activities in Lo-cust Grove that our community might be interested in.

Please contact Betty Perkins at blperkins@sstelco.comor 918-479-5617 (leave a message if no answer), if youhave news on LG events, places, or people for inclusion infuture issues, or want to place an ad in the newsletter. AsLGAA is a nonprofit organization and the newsletter is pro-vided free to everyone, advertising must support the publi-cation of this newsletter. Your support is greatly appreci-ated.

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Church News

First United Methodist schedulesVacation Bible School July 16-20

The First United Methodist Church plans its VacationBible School, “Cave Quest,” from 5:30 to 7:30, July 16-20. The church is located on Highway 82, north.

Lighthouse Assembly of Godrummage sale Aug. 3-5

The Lighthouse Assmbly of God Church will host aninside sale just in time for back-to-school on Aug. 3-5.

The church is located at 412 Peach Street.The indoor sale will have good, clean used clothing

with emphais on children’s clothing, furniture, appliances,and more.

This is an annual sale sponsed by the Women’s Minis-try of the church.

Silent movie nightplanned by PAAHC

A Sunday afternoon silent movie is planned by thePryor Area Arts and Humanities Council at 2 p.m., July23, at the Graham Community Center, 6 N. Adair, Pryor.

Featured will be the 1928 full-length movie classic“Steam Boat Bill Jr,” starring Buster Keaton.

In true silent movie vibe, Bill Rowland will accom-pany the film on the piano.

Buster is the long-lost son of Steamboat Billl, and heshows up being nothing like what his old man expected.Full-size riverboats, a cyclone, a flood and all the re-membered Keaton stunts are all a part of this movie

Also showing will be a short silent cartoon from 1924starring Felix the Cat.

Tickets are available at the door. Admission is $5 foradults, and $2 for those 12 and younger.

PAAHC Calendar of Events• Aug. 28. . . .Silent movie at 2 p.m.• Aug. 26-Sept. 9 . . . NE OK Art Show• Oct. 14-28 . . . Creative Doll Exhibit• Oct. TBA . . . Block Print Class with Ron Dryden• Nov. 9-24 . . . Korea and Vietnam War Exhibit• Nov. 27-Dec. 15 . . .Mudd & Light Art Exhibit ofpottery, photography and glass• Dec. 16 thru Jan. 1-Gallery closed forChristmas

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Chamber sets CruiseNight, garage sale

The Locust Grove AreaChamber of Commerce issponsoring an event: CruiseNight combined with a city-wide and Scenic 412 yardsale are planned for Satur-day, Oct. 14.

All individuals, busi-nesses and towns that wantto participate in the sale andhave their address listed onthe website, flyers andFacebook page should goto the chamber’s website:

locustgroveoklahoma.comand print out a yard saleparticipation form and mailwith $5 to: Locust GroveChamber of Commerce,P.O. Box 525, LocustGrove, OK 74352 by Mon-day, Oct. 2.

Cruise Night details willbe forthcoming in futureissues of What’s Happen-ing in LG.

AUTHOR SHAUN PERKINS signs a copy of her newestbook, The Book With the Beacon Lights, at the BookExchange in Pryor, during a recent book signing.

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On June 14, the LocustGrove Senior Citizens, theirfamilies, and friends went toBranson for three days. Wehad a wonderful fun-filledtrip.

On the way there westopped at Lambert’s Caféin Springfield for lunch andto catch a few delicious hotrolls. Then off to Branson.

The first night we wentto see Moses at the Sight& Sound Theatre.

The next morning weRode the Ducks. In the af-ternoon we went to see theDixie Stampede and morefood. They sure make sureyou don’t go home hungry.

That evening we went tosee The Presley’s. What atalented family that was.

Lots of good music andthe comedians were hilari-ous. After that long day, wedecided to sleep in a littlebefore we started our lastday.

That morning we went toOld Branson for a littleshopping. Of course, we allhad to go in Dick’s 5 & 10.You can’t hardly walk outof there without buying alittle something that youcan’t live without.

From there on to theBranson Belle for more

Seniors visit Branson attractions

RESTAURANT LINE. . . Members of the Locust Grove Senior Citizens group wait inline to eat at the Lambert’s Cafe, famous for their “tossed” rolls.

food and entertainment.The food was good and theentertainment was loud,too loud for most of us, butthe younger ones enjoyedit.

Then back on the roadagain. Heading home.What a wonderful time wehad!

Many thanks to ourleader, Toni Turner. She setup the bus, the motel andall the shows for us. All wehad to do was show up andenjoy. Great job, Toni.

And we can’t forget ourbus driver, Sam and hislovely wife, Misty. In spiteof all the back seat drivers,Sam did a great job of get-ting us there and back inone piece. We look forwardto more trips in the future.

--Jerry Rogers

SENIORS on the Branson Belle which rounded out theirtrip to Branson, Mo.

WAITING for the Dixie Stampede to begin, Locust Groveseniors enjoy the program.

Three-day tripfull of good fun,food, festivities

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News from the LG Public LibraryThe summer reading

kick-off carnival was a hugesuccess! We counted 75people. The weather coop-erated, except for the wind,but this is Oklahoma! Ourvolunteers signed up 10more kids for the summerreading program puttingour total over 60.

The next summer read-ing day will be Tuesday,July 11 from 5:30 until 6:45pm. In keeping with ourtheme of Build a BetterWorld, we will be makingthings out of recycled items.If you plan on coming,bring an old t-shirt madefrom the heavier t-shirt

material, adult small tomedium size seems to workbest. We’ll show you howto make a book bag out ofit.

If it’s been a while sinceyou’ve been in the library,we’ve add four new chairsfor our patrons to relax inand read the paper or justhang out and visit.

Save yourself a dollar ortwo. Come in and read ournewspapers. Currently, wesubscribe to the Tulsa

World and The Paper.The library also subscribes to several magazines. You’ll

find cooking magazines, Prevention, The Smithsonian anda few others. They are kept up front near the circulationdesk.

Please like us on our Facebook page “Locust GrovePublic Library” or check out our website,www.locustgrovelibrary.okpls.org for the latest info. Thelibrary catalog is searchable from our site and you canreserve books if you have a current library card. The li-

brary website is mobilefriendly, making it easy tosearch from yoursmartphone or tablet.

Library hours are Tues-day, noon – 7 p.m., Wed –Fri 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. andSaturday 9 a.m. – noon.

--Marea BreedloveLibrary Director

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Oklahoma Blood Institute brings drive July 27Cowan Insurance Agency and Locust Grove First

Responders are calling for blood donors in a drive July27 at the Dome.

According to a press release from the Oklahoma BloodInstitute, “Donors will provide blood needed to save locallives, like those that fire and law enforcement staffs res-cue every day.”

Anyone 16 years old (some weight restrictions) orolder can donate blood from noon to 7 p.m.

All donors will receive a special edition Guns ‘N HosesT-shirt and a pass for two to Safari Joe’s H20 WaterPark in Tulsa.

Donors can also be designated to the fire departmentor law enforcement as each rallies to top the other in alittle friendly competition.

Cowan Insurance is providing free food and kids’ ac-tivities. Also, one winner will be chosen to receive a $100Wal-Mart gift card.

Although all blood types are needed, donors with O-negative are particularly asked to give, as their blood isthe unversal type, which all people can receive.

BLOOD DONORS can help save lives by giving a pint atthe Guns and Hoses Drive on July 27 at the athletic Dome.

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CHILI COOK-OFF WINNERS. . . From left, Amy Rather,first; Doris Rable, second; and Reba Tugmon, third, tookpart in the Independence Day Celebration sponsored bythe LG Chamber at the Koelsch Outdoor Market place.

HORSE SHOE. . . Winnerof the horse shoe contest wasBilly Bluebird, Jr., receivinghis trophy from AdeleCollette, Chamber VP.

CelebrationWinners

WATERMELON. . Cham-ber vice president AdeleCollette, center, presents tro-phies to Hope Anderson, wa-termelon-eating contest win-ner, left, and to Tierra Will-iams, seed-spitting contestwinner.

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BIG CHECK. . . The Covey Masonic Lodge #460 of Lo custGrove presents a check of $3,000 to Shane Holman, princi-pal of the Locust Grove Early Leawrning Center. The lodge

matched the $1500 raised by the ELC with a spaghetti din-ner and art show. Also pictured, from left, are Dewey Talley,Don Hanna, Holman, and Burt Siewert.

Friends of Library make plansMembers of the Friends of the Library of the LG Pub-

lic Library will discuss a back-to-school bash, the fallbook sale and future library needs when they meet at5:15 p.m., Aug. 1 at the library.

The group’s new cookbook, “Pass the Plate,” is onsale in the library at a cost of $10.

The summer reading continues at 5:30 p.m. July 25and Aug. 8, when Senator Shaw will be present at thisBack-to-School Bash.

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Artist Ray Grass loves LGAA

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LGAAProfile

“I love being a memberof LGAA because I likebeing a part of making Lo-cust Grove look better andhelping it to become a bet-ter community for the citi-zens,” said artist RayGrass.

Retired federal em-ployee, Grass, worked forthe Federal Aviation Ad-ministration several yearsand then for Indian HealthServices, and, now, he en-joys watching his grand-children playing theirsports.

“My son, Rodney Grassand his wife Jenny havetwo children: Sydney andCody. My daughter,Sherrell Grass has twosons: Bobby and JesseKirkwood,” Grass said.

Grass loves painting too.“I took an oil painting

class eight years ago andthen volunteered to helpwith the chalkboards atchurch. We have paintedbackdrops for Pryor Free-

dom Fest and for busi-nesses.

“I have painted a lot oflarge scenes for churchevents. We even built theUSS Enterprise at oneevent,” Grass said.

Grass repaired andadded his artistic flair to themural of the town’sfounder, O. W. Killam, onthe building just north ofthe stoplight. He has alsopainted memorial portraitsfor families.

“What brings me themost joy is seeing a smileon someone’s face whilethey are looking at my art,”Grass said.

“What I like about Lo-cust Grove are the people.When I was restoring themural, there was never aday that someone didn’t

stop and talk with me andtell me what it means to thecommunity,” Grass said.

This artist is continuallytaking on new projects.

“I have two paintingsfinished for submission toCherokee Nation’s newclinic in Tahlequah. I planon completing and submit-

ting three more,” saidGrass.

Recently the artist illus-trated a newly publishedbook, The Book with TheBeacon Lights, written byShaun Perkins.

Grass and his artistic cre-ations continue to be a bea-con for this community.

BOOK SIGNING. . . Artist Ray Grass, left front, and au-thor Shaun Perkins get ready for a book signing at Hardy’sBook Exchange in Pryor recently. Grass created the illus-trations in Perkins’ lastest book, “The Book with the Bea-con Lights.” Standing are Jack and Chris Hardy, owner ofthe bookstore. Betty Perkins helped with the book with pho-tographs but was unable to attend the book signing.

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Langley & Blakley Saffell

719 E. Main Locust Grove, OK 918-557-2727

Langley & Blakley Saffell

Congratulations to the Class of 2017

Car Wash & Kool Ice Vending

This is the last article that will mention Wonder CityCoffee Saturday night entertainment . . . but not becausethe entertainment is going away. It is just switching nights.

Starting on Aug. 18, Friday nights will be the happen-ing place to be in Locust Grove, for the free entertain-ment at WCC. The coffee shop is changing its Saturdayhours, closing in the afternoon at 2 p.m. Monday-Thurs-day hours stay the same, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., and the Fridayhours are 8 a.m.-8p.m.

Those who have not already signed up for Paintingwith Pam on July 22, need to do so now. The LGAA issponsoring this event and providing the supplies free ofcharge to anyone who wants to come learn how to painta beautiful tree and moonlight scene, with the help ofinstructor Pam Quantie.

Painting with Pam will run from 5:30-7:00 p.m., andattendees will need to sign up by July 18, so we can besure we have enough canvases. All ages will enjoy thisworkshop, though children will need supervision fromparents.

Those who saw Guiness Book World Record HolderBrian Jackson when he came to Wonder City earlier this

year, will know how great he is. He told wonderful sto-ries, while making custom balloon animals for people inthe audience.

Brian makes a return engagement on July 29, from 5-6:30 p.m. Don’t miss this Oklahoma treasure. Look himup at his website IBelieveGuy.com to find out more abouthim.

The first Saturday of the month is once again 1st Sat-urday Story Hour. This is a fun hour of storytelling frommaster tellers, old-timers and impromptu tellers in theaudience, from 6-7 p.m.

School starts Aug. 11, and to help celebrate (or com-miserate if you weren’t ready), WCC will have a ½ pricehappy hour(s) from 4-7 p.m. Ragland will be playing from6-7:30 p.m. They will do an acoustic set of their original,powerful modern rock.

Wonder City Coffee making changes

PAM QUANTIE will present a painting workshop at Won-der City Coffee on July 22. She is shown above at the LGAAFounder’s Day Art Show in 2015.

Locust Grove Animal Clinic

707 E. Main StreetLocust Grove, OK 74352918-479-5496918-479-8543 FAXDavid Fleming, DVMlganimal clinic@gmail.com

Office Hours:Mon.-Fri. 7:30 am- 5:30 pm

Sat. 8-Noon