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January 2010contents

features 6 GivinG Back

13 Skylor’S Journey

17 rollinG with the puncheS

21 Shawnee’S weiGht loSS challenGe

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Shawnee is a city of which to be proud! while many of us show this pride by supporting local sports teams or contributing to an array of fundraisers, we often forget about working for the good of the city itself, the place many of us call home.

Financial contributions are not always possible or convenient and many times money is not what is needed to make a difference. Giving back in more active ways is sometimes overlooked. with a little team effort, however, one local group is showing us how to rebuild Shawnee in the areas of economy, ecology and equity.

Sustainable Shawnee, our local chapter of the okla-homa Sustainability network, began in 2005. today, the organization is made up of about 40 active members with a president, a vice president, a secretary, a treasurer and a past president serving in leadership roles.

Shawna k. turner, 2009 SS president, said members are all volunteers who contribute in various ways. while the group’s focus is on local foods, water conservation, recycling and environment awareness and education, they work with local businesses to promote community involvement. The overall goal of SS is “to engage and in-volve the citizens of Shawnee” on these issues. turner explained that many members serve on one of three standing committees—water conservation, recycling and environmental education.

“others contribute their time to specific projects such as the annual local Foods Dinner or event recycling ac-tivities,” she said.

Sustainable Shawnee is a big advocate of event re-cycling. in the past, turner said civic groups and other organizations have asked for help in designing recycling programs for events such as the Junior Service league’s ragin’ cajun Dinner, Shawnee’s summer youth baseball

program and the downtown art and wine festival.to help with the event recycling program, the Junior

Service league provided a grant for the purchase of easy to use recycling bins that can be set up quickly and moved from one location to the next. turner said SS hopes to make the equipment available at even more upcoming lo-cal events.

“we hope to work with Shawnee high School in 2010 to place recycling bins at the football games,” turner said. “it takes a lot of education because people are used to throwing everything away without a thought but we hope young people will lead the way in an overall societal behavior change. we hope to continue outreach to civic groups and their members who are active in many aspects of the community.”

organizers pay a refundable deposit of $100. in re-turn, they are given five specialized plastic bags with a Secure lock Feature. extra bags are available for $1 each. turner hopes the ease of use of the equipment will en-courage groups to consider recycling at their functions. aluminum cans and plastic bottles will most likely be the focus of the recycling campaign, but turner said the final decision on what will be offered at each event will be up to organizers.

“we would like to see recycling available at all major city and expo events as well as the major sporting facili-ties. while this likely will not all be accomplished in 2010, we’d like to work towards the goal,” turner said.

also this year, Sustainable Shawnee looks forward to reaching out to local restaurants with the Farm to res-taurant program. The idea is to encourage independently owned restaurants to serve fresh, locally grown produce and meats.

in this way, local farmers and ranchers benefit by hav-

ing an outlet for their crops. restaurants benefit with lower shipping prices. consumers benefit by knowing where their food is grown. Shawnee’s economy receives a boost as con-sumers are able to buy from their friends and neighbors. in this scenario, everyone wins.

also new this year is the message, “water: use it wise-ly,” which the organization will share with fourth graders at Sequoyah school. The plan is to teach students how clean water makes its way to their homes. Sustainable Shawnee will use money from a grant awarded last year to help fund this program, which will include conservation methods that youngsters and their families can practice daily.

in the coming year, Sustainable Shawnee will be pro-moting conservation to civic groups, businesses, city gov-ernment and the public through presentations, billboards and other forms of mass communication. turner said the group’s education committee works with teachers and col-lege students in an effort to prepare and present age-ap-propriate information. SS has also created a curriculum on sustainable living that is available to schools in the Shaw-nee area.

Sustainable Shawnee, a 501(c)3 non-profit organiza-tion, is always on the lookout for volunteers. The group meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at university Baptist church. Dues are $25 a year. turner said the group attempts to address issues that are important to a wide range of Shawnee residents, so new ideas and ap-proaches are always welcome.

For more information, visit sustainableshawnee.org or contact Shawna k. turner at [email protected].

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hello friends! i hope you all had a festive holiday season! one thing i do love about the holidays is get-ting to see old friends. over Thanksgiving i got to spend some time with one of my longest and dearest friends, alex Greenwood. alex came to see us, along with his lovely wife Stephanie, and their beautiful little girl caroline. alex, in addition to being one of my oldest friends, is also an accomplished public re-lations man and author. anyhoo, we were discussing my articles, and i told him how i would love to be able to get more feedback. alex, being the genius pr man, said “why don’t you just set up an e-mail address for your articles?” So i did! if you would like to comment on any of my articles, or perhaps even give sugges-tions of what i could write about, e-mail me at [email protected]. however, if you think i stink as an author, please don’t write- my tender ego probably couldn’t handle it.

By the time you read this, December 31st will have come and gone. This year’s new years eve was significant, because my wife and i celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary on that date. Fifteen years! i can’t believe she stayed married to me for 15 minutes! Because of these wonderful years together, i want to dedicate this entire article to her, and what she means to me. Those of you that know me know that i’m not a gushy, sappy, lovey-dovey kinda guy. So i feel that by making this my love letter to cindy, maybe she’ll know somewhat how i feel about her.

The story of Scott and cindy goes way back. we actually started at oBu together back in the fall of 1986. and i believe we even had a class together

our freshman year. i remember thinking “Man- who is that smokin’ hot babe?” of course, not being the ladies man, i made no effort to talk to her. it wasn’t until years later that i actually got to know her. i left oBu a few years later to move to hollywood and be-come a famous actor. (we all know how that turned out.) So when i came back to oBu in 1991, cindy was working as an admissions counselor. and her young-er sister, lisa, was a student there. i got to know lisa through mutual friends, and i’m sure we wasted much time together sitting in the Gc.

well, one day in the fall of 1992, lisa and i were talking about her sister. lisa told me that cindy was single, and not currently dating anyone, so i should call her up and ask her out. it took me a while to actu-ally work up the nerve to call her, because i didn’t re-ally know her. (cindy swears that back when we were students together, she and a group of friends came to my apartment one time to study for something. i have no recollection of this, but i’m sure it happened, because everything she says is right.) So in January of 1993, i called her up and asked her out. on our first date, i pulled out all the stops. we went to see a movie at the theatre where i worked, so we had free admis-sion. i also brought my own bags and cups for free drinks and popcorn. and we saw the Jack nicholson movie hoffa- nothing says romance like hoffa. i did buy her a cup of coffee at Deem’s Bean Scene after-wards, so i did shell out a little cash.

For some reason she liked me, and we continued to date. But about three months into it, i started the typical immature-boy-freak-out, and i broke up with

her. and unlike many couples who break up, we actu-ally became pretty good friends after that. we were friendly for about a year, and then i said one day- “Do you want to date again?” against her better judgment, she said “ok”, and we were a couple again. For a few months. Then i graduated (finally!) and moved to ar-lington, texas to get a job. we kept in touch over the summer, and we arranged for her to come down and visit. During this time, i was miserable, and decided on a bold move- i was going to propose. So i put on my big boy underwear, bought a ring, and when she came down, i took her to dinner, and asked for her hand. her immediate response was not really what i expected- she kept saying “are you serious? are you serious??!!??” and then she said she’d have to let me know. Great! But she did decide the next day, and she said “yes”. we got married six months later on new years eve 1994.

These fifteen years have been incredible for me. i can’t imagine another person that i would have wanted to spend my life with. She really is my great-est friend, and the one i want to share everything with. we’ve shared a lot over these last 15 years, some good, and some bad. we’ve seen career changes, gone exciting places, and added members to our little fami-ly- my beautiful girls, Sabrina and Marilyn. we’ve also lost some loved ones during this time- our twin boys, and cindy’s dad, Dr. robert todd. But the majority of this time has been wonderful. cindy- i love you, i’m so happy you agreed to be my wife. These fifteen years have been great, and i can’t wait to grow old with you. Just try and be patient with me, ok?

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Debbie hoag, owner of rising Star Gymnastics, is excited about Shawnee’s fu-ture gymnasts. ralph and Debbie hoag moved here from the east coast two years ago to start a ranch for their horses and are now located in the coca-cola building where they opened their gym august 17th.

hoag, former competitive gymnast, owned a gymnastics company for fourteen years. with nearly forty years experience, hoag is certified through the uSaG (uSa Gymnastics), taking students from begin-ner to advanced, levels one through ten and from bronze through platinum in the united State association of independent Gymnastics clubs. hoag is a professional member of the uSaG, the organization responsible for run-ning the olympics.

Beyond trampolines and tumbling, coach hoag teaches the kind of gymnastics americans enjoy on tv. “i teach artistic and rhythmic gymnastics or ‘real gymnastics.’ artistic gymnastics is the high bars, pom-mel, parallel bars, floor exercise, balance beams, uneven bars, rings, vault and then rhythmic gymnastics is the ribbon, the hoop, rope, clubs, and the ball.”

according to hoag, gymnastics begins with conditioning the body. “you have to teach skill progression and parents sometimes don’t understand why their child isn’t learning a back handspring the first lesson. Safety is first. until a child is stretched and strong enough to do that move, i will not do it. i teach the skills the right way, in an order where children learn it safely.”

hoag offers a Junior olympics program for parents who prefer a recreational approach to the sport but will soon offer competitive teams as the program grows. as for training for an olympic medal, that depends on the parents. “training for the olympics is a seven days a week, six or seven hours a day commitment. That’s a big commitment for busy families so right now we’re focusing on the Jo program which is how all the elite gymnasts begin.”

in addition to the obvious health benefits, hoag says gymnastics gives kids a head start on life lessons and improves their skills in other sports. one parent who also had her child in soccer got feedback from the coach. “his soccer coach noticed a difference in his performance and asked what other sport he was playing. when he found out she had him in gymnastics he told her to keep it up. i’ve heard parents tell me things like that many times. ‘Gymnastics training does carry over to other sports.”

admirers of the sport also notice it comes with some risks. Flipping, flying and twisting through the air, fearless gymnasts are upside down in mid air. Get-ting them to that point means overcoming fear, building confidence, and reaping the benefits of hard work. “when they have to work through that fear now while they’re younger, they’ll get through those moments in life when they’re older. we like to think in the gymnastics world, ‘start here and you can go anywhere.’” They also learn how to get along, work together and set goals. priceless lessons for life in the real world.

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when David little decided to make his way in life he was barely seventeen. like many ambitious young men in the 1940’s, he sought a brave new world with almost nothing. he left his parent’s farm in an old car and a brown paper sack for a job working in construction for his uncles in oklahoma city.

he learned the construction business and developed exceptional skills in his trade. when he came to Shawnee, the commu-nity took notice of his efficient craftsmanship and he started Shawnee construction company.

today it is westchester Development, a third generation business that spans commercial and resi-dential real estate with westchester real estate and Management company, home design through l& l Design, foundation repair with westchester Founda-tion repair, and more. David’s sons, Mike and Bryan little, run the day to day operations of the business-es. Mike’s son Matthew little works in the estimation department.

Mike little grew up working alongside his father David and uncles who invested their lives in their business and their community. They built most of the new housing additions since the sixties and Mike remembers his dad built the first public housing addition in Shawnee followed by housing for the elderly and other community projects. his family follows that tradition of community investment in partnerships with the local housing authorities and organizations like project heart, youth & Family resource center, Faith Seven and South central.

while they develop all across the state, their primary focus is Shawnee. They are responsible for the development of northridge, Smoking oaks, high-land Farms, harbour estates, and more recently unity health center’s new

office park, and The timbers. Mike, his brother Bryan and uncle Bill little

own The timbers, inc., an addition meeting new needs in the community. “we have a lot of single women, young married couples, people from oBu and St. Greg’s who wanted smaller but nice, new homes but at a lower price. people are excited to find out they can still buy a new home in the $130’s,” said Mike.

while Mike admitted that business is good in spite of a tough national economy, he noted that a third generation business doesn’t come easy. “My dad was always positive about Shawnee and taught us how to ride out the ups and downs; and why it’s important to do a good job, hire quality subcontractors, and pay our bills on time. we’ve never had a law-suit or a lien filed against us. we strive to be consistent.”

Mike said they are proud to be a part of Shawnee’s generous and grow-ing community where good old oklahoma principles are alive. “Shawnee is a wonderful place. we’ve been fortunate here and hopefully we’ve added to the community as well.”

Mike little remains optimistic about Shawnee’s future and certain that the same opportunities his dad enjoyed sixty years ago are here for the next generation.

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“you’ve got to do something now or he’s going to end up on medication for the rest of his life,” warned Skylor’s doctor. the results from the blood work were bad all across the board. his mother Jamie was stunned as she tried to force out thoughts of her son on permanent medication or worse, a premature heart at-tack. But she couldn’t. it was a wake-up call. it was time to take a hard look at his life-style.

he was only eigh-teen but the weight her son steadily gained each year put him topping the scales at 300 pounds. “exercise was not a part of his lifestyle whatso-ever,” said Jamie. “we tried different kinds of di-ets like everyone else does but finally it was my husband who got us started when he said, ‘Jamie

we’ve got to get him moving.’”Skylor loved video games. in fact he was a ten

hour day gamer, so gradually his parents cut him back to one hour every other day. having a few

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yMca and showed him the ropes. a former ath-lete in college, Jeff knew how to eat properly and exercise. “he put Skylor on the treadmill at first for forty-five minutes and then showed him how

to use weights,” said Jamie. “i think one of the big-gest things that helped him were the tv’s in front of the treadmills,” said Jeff. “he would get lost in what he was watching and could have walked for hours as long as he was into something.”

next came the adjustments in his diet. Ja-mie admitted that also brought dynamic changes to their home. “Jeff knew how to eat right but i did not. it was hard because when Jeff was home we ate right but when i was home with Skylor we didn’t. it wasn’t consistent and i had to make changes and educate myself. you think you know how to diet but it’s about changing your life. i went out and bought all the Biggest loser books. i taught myself how to eat six small meals a day and incorporated it into his lifestyle.”

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to be. Switching from burgers and fries to turkey and whole wheat seemed to take the joy out of eating at first. “as a mom, i still looked at him as my baby. i felt like i was depriv-ing him. i resisted Jeff on Skylor’s diet at first and he had to make me understand that i wasn’t depriving him, i was help-ing him. we were keeping him from a heart attack.”

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Jamie credit’s her son’s drive to succeed to faith as well. “Faith has been a huge part of this. i had to pray that God would give Sky-lor the endurance. i asked him to give him the drive to do this and for Jeff and

i to be encouraged to help him stay with it.”with his eating habits under control and his

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the most encouraging results for Skylor was the day he won second place for running the track in Special olympics earlier this year. Stu-dents and teachers from Meeker who had not seen him in a year were awed by his dramatic weight loss. “that was a big deal to be able to ac-complish that,” said Jamie. “we’re so proud.”

Jamie said the best results came from the doctor’s office. “his doctor was just amazed and she was so proud. he has a clean bill of health and that’s the biggest gift.”

as for Skylor, he is continuing to reach for more goals with some extra confidence. he is working part time and received his driver’s per-mit. when asked about how he feels today, he said, “i feel like a superstar.” everyone in his life agrees he looks like one too.

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lonnie McDaniels understands the word determination. in fact, those who know him might say he lives and breathes it. By day, McDaniels works the lunch scene at paul’s place. By night, he works the dinner crowd at Santa Fe cattle co. Before, between, during and after shifts he is a professional boxer and a dad to six-year-old son trace.

McDaniels lived in washington state and in ponca city before moving to Shawnee in 1990. after graduating from Shawnee high School in 1993, he attended oklahoma Bap-tist where he played baseball. McDaniels went on to play Frontier league baseball with the Springfield capitals in il-linois for a short time.

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in May of 2009, McDaniels achieved another milestone. he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business from St. Gregory’s, showing that his sense of determination ex-tends into more than one area of his life.

one day, McDaniels would like to combine the degree he worked so hard to earn with the sport he loves so much. he hopes to open a sports bar and grill complete with box-ing memorabilia. he would also like to have a gym where he could introduce the sport and discipline of boxing to local kids, but first, he has something to prove.

in June of 2009, McDaniels began training with vernon woodward of Thunder Boxing in Mcloud. The two decided it was time for McDaniels to take a big step in his career, mov-ing from the semi-pro world of the toughman to profession-al boxing. This change would mean using 10-ounce gloves and no headgear. instead of tournament-style, fights would

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“My main goal is to be champ,” McDaniels said. “i want my son to look up to me—to say ‘my dad went back to school and got his degree and is now the champ.’”

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and he is not being cocky. McDaniels made his pro boxing debut at paradise city club in okla-homa city last october. he and his opponent were the main event for the evening. The fight lasted one minute and twenty-eight seconds and ended with a tko—the technical knock out of the opponent—meaning the referee determined he could no longer protect himself from McDaniels’s punches.

while he fights, McDaniels said he is always thinking and he is always aware. after all, he said, that is why the sport is called the “Sweet Science.” a boxer has to be able to study his opponent, take a hit once or twice and then learn how to react, especially at this stage of the game when the level of competi-tion is going up. McDaniels said his will to win over-comes any lack of skill he may face.

“i feel anxious before but once the bell rings, i don’t feel anything,” he said. “i’m concentrating on winning. The rush for me comes after the fight. That’s what i love about boxing—the accomplish-ment and hard work show in the ring.”

woodward believes McDaniels has the will and the determination to go far in the world of boxing. to make sure he has every opportunity to achieve his dream, McDaniels trains hard every chance he gets, which includes mornings, evenings and between jobs. he runs the airport track several times a week,

works with a heavy bag, shadow boxes with weights, spars with various opponents and jumps rope 10-15 minutes before starting anything. woodward and McDaniels also work on different punching tech-niques and combinations with mitts.

“you’re only as good as your shape. i’ve got to put my work in. it’s just the sacrifice i’ve got to make,” McDaniels said of the time and energy de-voted to such a regimen.

trace, a student at Bethel, is helping his dad train, too. although not yet old enough to compete in the sport, he has learned a few moves of his own and is learning to be a responsible fighter who is proud of his dad.

“i feel real good,” he said. “i tell my friends he’s a pro boxer.”

as a trainer, woodward encourages repetition. he wants to go over and over combinations so that they become natural instincts. timing is another important skill, especially when deciding what to do next and how to counter an opponent. when he watches McDaniels in the ring woodward is think-ing, “i hope he stays in control and uses the tech-niques we worked on.”

as a promoter, woodward explained that clubs want to host fights for boxers with a fan base so why not show a little support?

“any local shows—come out and see them!” woodward said.

woodward, who participated in 13 toughmans and won three, has been training boxers for five years. he trains amateurs and a few professionals and works with boys and girls as well as adults who want to learn more about the sport. when agreeing to train some-one, woodward looks at a person’s well-being. he also looks for someone who has a desire to learn the sport and to perfect it.

woodward sees these traits in McDaniels and plans to step up his training to prepare for the next fight, which he hopes will be near the end of Janu-ary. For this next match, woodward is looking for someone with experience to compete with McDaniels in the light-heavy weight division. McDaniels said he will be posting information about upcoming fights on his Facebook page.

“i’m ready for the challenge,” McDaniels said. “turning pro at 34 seems ridiculous to some, but to me it’s about the challenge and the satisfaction of winning—putting in the hard work and dedication to accomplish a goal. i want my son to look up to his father and understand what it takes to be a winner in life. Things that come easy aren’t valued like they are when you’ve worked your tail off for it.”

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There was a knock at the door of the first house we owned on the first Monday morning after we moved in. i had already gone to work and my wife was doing laundry which she had hung on the clothesline in the backyard. She answered a knock at our front door, and found there a stoop-shouldered old woman wearing a faded cotton dress. her coarse gray hair was pulled into a bun so tight that it smoothed the wrinkles on the forehead of her deeply lined face. My wife described her as a strange cross between emily litella and Ma kettle. She held a long gray root in her hand.

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Dr. Dye entered the United States Air Force as a distinguished graduate from Officer Training School in 1983 after obtaining his undergraduate BS in Biology from the University of South Alabama.

Dr. Dye was honorably discharged from the USAF in August, 1990. He Attended the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, where he accepted an Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship. He re-entered the Air Force as a Captain and physician after graduating in 1994 with his Medical Degree. He completed his first year of residency in General Surgery at the combined Wright State University/Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio residency in 1995, and spent one year as a flight surgeon in the 74th Medical Group.

He became the Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Travis AFB in 2006, and took command of the 60th Surgical Operations Squadron in June of 2008.

Dr. Dye is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Dr. Dye has been married to his wife, Dina for 26 years. They now reside in the Shawnee area and have one daughter Chelsea who is a junior at New College of Florida.

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