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contents
april 2005 volume 6 issue 1
f e a t u r e s
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Come home to Sand Springs
Community Spirit now in Sand Springs
Sign me up for Summer Camp!
9–Camp Loughridge
10–Shepherd’s Fold
11–New Life Ranch
12–FCA
CTCA opens new building, finishing the floors with God’s Word
Daddy’s comforting words
Cancer survivor boldly lives life, remembering
the man who helped her through it
Saddle up for St. Jude western event
Protecting Your Family In Cyberspace
Parenting with “Snicker” Bars
d e p a r t m e n t s
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Loving Home
20–Kitchens: The new living
room
24–Single and a homeowner
26–Floors: The trend leaves
carpet for wood and tile
Heart & Home
Doing Unto Others
Business Focus:
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PUBLISHER Tom McCloud
PRODUCTION MANAGER Steve Trickett
MANAGING EDITOR Tara Lynn Thompson
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Don Kreutzweiser
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AdGraf
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
Allison Albaijes, Gina Lassiter, Stephanie Reall,
Jamie Sweeney
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Dr. Stan Beason, Drew Harris, Dane Tyner
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8835 S. Memorial, Tulsa, OK 74133
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DISTRIBUTION
Community Spirit is distributed to
churches, schools, restaurants, Christian
bookstores, and other businesses.
Call us today to deliver to your church.
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COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Community Spirit is published monthly
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Copyright © 2005 by Equipment
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Claims by advertisers and the opinions of
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Community Spirit or its publisher,
Equipment Publications, Inc.
Shirley Chappell is leaping for joy.
She is cancer free. In 1997 she was
diagnosed with
breast cancer for the
first time. In 2000,
it came back. With a
prayerful heart and
immovable
determination,
Chappell conquered
the cancer with the
mercy of God, the help of Cancer
Treatment Centers of America, and
her optimistic outlook. Read
about her miraculous journey,
page 16. The new Cancer Treatment
Center of America building, 10109
E. 79th St. South, opens to the
public April 28. Special thanks to
Don Kreutzweiser of Kreutzweiser
Photography for his photography
and design for this month's cover.
Don can be reached for senior
pictures, weddings, family portraits,
and other special events, 250-6967.
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To glorify God by telling stories of individual Christians
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Through the telling of these true stories, we pray that...
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Body of Christ will be unified,
and that all will hear the Good News — that God offers
everyone an abundant new life in Jesus.
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Come
home to
Sand
Springs
Community Spirit is pleased to now
be disributing in this wonderful city
There is something about coming home. It’s
a familiar smell – warm and sweet, mingling
with spices of remembrance. Time slows a
skosh. Everyone knows each other, even if
they don’t. And nothing is ever out of place,
unaccepted, or forgotten. It’s a small universe.
You’ll be coming home the moment you
pass Sand Springs city limits. There’s a feeling of family, a sense of hometown pride,
and visitors are welcomed like old friends.
History still lives and breathes inside the
community, wrapped by brilliant limestone
cliffs and bound together by the Arkansas
River. Charles Page, city founder, had a
dream to help orphans and built a town to
safeguard that dream. The historic Sand
Springs Home still embraces orphaned
children behind the winding, pine tree
dotted driveway, and rests upon soil
enriched by philanthropy.
Loyal to the unique history, Sand
Springs protects the landmarks constructing its traditional downtown and
displays the foundations of the city and
the state in it’s cherished museum. The
“Triangle”, formed around a statue of its
founder, houses the city’s heart where
festivals, like Herbal Affair, outdoor concerts, like Tuesdays on the Triangle, and
community gatherings bring visitors and
residents to the meat of downtown.
The bell over the door will ring as customers discover hidden treasures in family
owned businesses, specialty shops, and
restaurants thriving in the small town
atmosphere. The heart of small-town America thumps rapidly through indigenous
storefronts of locally owned businesses. This
is the proud banner for entrepreneurs. This
is their dream come alive.
The rolling plains, jagged scenery, and
historic forests transport drivers to a mecca
of fairytale landscapes and lazy Sunday
afternoon drives. Parks, lakes, and the nearby sparkling waters of Lake Keystone lull you into a summertime haze of warm breezes,
cold lemonade, and hours
spent in the shade. Quality of life is priority.
Take a chance. Take
the drive. Within
minutes from downtown Tulsa, Sand
Springs awaits exploration. Go west and
find home.
The Garden, Broadway
and McKinley, leads visitors
down a brick path off the main
shopping district into quiet reflection
with a rock fountain and sweet flowers.
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Springs flowers
bloom at The
Triangle in Sand
Springs in front of
the old Page
Memorial Library,
now housing the
Sand Springs
Historical Museum.
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Sign me up for
Summer
Camp!
The sun is out, school is out, and your children
can be out too. Christian summer camps are
starting up as a safe, beneficial pastime for your
children. These are camps designed to bring
the fun of canoeing, swimming, rappelling,
mountain biking, and ropes courses with the
learning of survival skills, arts and crafts, and
outdoor appreciation to the study of Jesus
Christ, spiritual encouragement, and selfesteem building.
Your children will flourish in this positive
environment while building lasting relationships with peers. These are the years that last
forever and the memories that never fade.
We’ve selected a few Christian summer camps in the area where
your children can grow and develop. Read and enjoy. For more information, we’ve published contact names and websites. Take a look
and start planning today. Summer is upon us and many of these
camps reservations fill up quickly.
If you don’t have children, consider being a sponsor this year and
make a difference in a child’s future.
Park Plaza PreSchool
is Enrolling for Fall
A quality preschool program
promoting self-esteem, Christian
values and Kindergarten readiness
* Hands-on learning centers
* Academic curriculum
* Fine Arts Program
Ages 18 months - Pre-K
Tuesday - Thursday 9:30-2:30
Wednesday Option for 4's and 5's
5925 E. 51st
Street
627-3209
Call
for more
information
or to arrange
for a tour
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Summer Camp!
Camp Loughridge
Day camp with a kick
Summers were made for Camp Loughridge. Or perhaps it
is the other way around. Nestled in your own backyard, this
expansive, rustic, Christian retreat sends children into what
summers
were
designed for
– fun, education, activity,
and lasting
relationships.
Camp
Loughridge,
4900 W.
71st Street,
hosts Day
Camps
throughout
the summer
at their 147acre wellcoordinated
and charming campus
in rolling
hills. “Mom
and Dad
need an
alternative
for kids in
the summer,” said John I. Blair, program director. “Here the kids can be
around a lot of other kids and other counselors.”
Designed to not only keep the kids active but provide educational
activities, the Day Camps offer programs from canoeing, archery,
challenge course, and arts and crafts, to mountain biking, mountain
man survival skills, drama and music, and publication – a camp
newspaper.
“There’s not a lot of sitting around. They stay very active,” John
said.
The camp is very Christ oriented and children spend time every
day in the chapel or in a bible study, giving them time for biblical
instruction, teachings on biblical principles, as well as down time
from the vigorous activities.
Every evening the children go back home giving the opportunity
for the counselors at the camp and the parents at home to reinforce
and instill the same self-esteem building values.
Programs offered include the Summer Day Camp, for six to 10year-olds, Adventure Day Camp, for 11- to 13-year-olds, and Leadership Development Program entitled Crew 3:17 (based on Colossians 3:17) for 14- to 16-year olds.
For more information, contact John I. Blair or Lori L. Combs at
(918) 446-4194.
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Loughridge
A CLASSIC TRADITION IN CHRISTIAN CAMPING
Classic Summer Camp Experiences in a Day Camp Setting
Music
Nature
Canoeing
Sports
Archer y
Awards
Skits
Summer Day Camp
(age 6-10)
Adventure Day Camp
(age 11-13)
Leadership Camp
(age14-16)
Crafts
Games
Swimming
Campouts
Challenge
Course
FUN!
Great Counselors • Accredited Camp • Christ-Centered Program
Camp Loughridge is 140
acres of beauty on West
71st Street just 2.5 miles
west of Highway 75
Call for Brochure: 446-4194
or Visit us at
www.camploughridge.org
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Summer Camp!
Shepherd’s Fold
Campers discover
spiritual fun
Shepherd’s Fold Ranch is “A Place Called Home.” With 30 years of
Christian Camping, the camp in the breathtaking country of Avant has
been training young disciples and working with youth for a spirit filled
life. This is about learning the Gospel of Jesus Christ, developing new
relationships, having fun, and of course, eating good food.
With activities from swimming to canoeing to horseback riding and
hiking, the campers enjoy every aspect of the outdoors. They are also
taught crafts, archery, rappelling, low and
high ropes courses, and fishing. And in the
quiet times, as the evening descends,
campers get active with night games,
stargazing, or simply enjoy the setting sun.
Five camp programs ensure a nearly
personalized spot for every child. The Day
Camp welcomes campers from five- to 10years-old with a focus on relationships and
God’s love. Treehouse Village for children
eight- through 12-years-old teaches the
campers about the understanding and
enjoyment of God’s love while in their
cabin groups with counselors. Western
Camps use horses to teach God’s gentle
training for campers ages 10- to 16years-old. Ranch Camp, geared
exclusively for teenagers 13- through
15-years-old, attend workshops on
the “how to’s” of ministry and pray
for others in a ministry setting. Forerunner Training Camp is the Leadership Training Camp designed to prepare
campers ages 16 and 17 to make the transition into leadership roles on the summer staff.
For more information call (918) 263-3622 or visit them at
www.SFRCAMPS.com on the web.
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Mission:“To proclaim the gospel
of Jesus Christ and to equip
believers for ministry.”
New Life
Ranch
A peaceful
place
When founders
of New Life
Ranch, Willard
and Ruth Heck,
were called by
God to start a
camp ministry,
they had no idea
what to expect.
On a family
vacation in
1957, Willard
felt he was being
led into camp
ministry. New
Life Ranch
came to life in
northeastern
Oklahoma.
The ranch is fully equipped
with comfortable bunk houses, a
huge indoor gymnasium, a
stocked lake perfect for canoe
rides, stables,
football/soccer/baseball fields,
and a beautiful chapel. New Life
offers the perfect combination
7 incredible weeks of summer
camp for 3rd - 12th graders.
Activities: swimming,
horsemanship, archery,
riflery, Mt. Biking, Climbing,
Rappelling, Canoeing, Drama,
Arts & Crafts, and much more.
Register online at:
of nature and activities.
Making it fun, they
provide cutting edge
programming to create
enthusiasm in their
campers for a personal
relationship with Jesus
Christ. They offer
ropes, swimming,
horses, mountain biking, canoeing, archery,
riflery, and lots of
other activities. They
also host their world
famous Morning
www.newliferanch.com
or call
918-422-5506
Located 1 hour 15 minutes
East of Tulsa
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Summer Camp!
“Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind
FCA
and with all your strength.”
MARK 12:30
The Fellowship of Christian
Athletes has been leading
the way in Christian
sports camps for over 50
years. Often labeled a
week of perspiration and
inspiration, FCA camps
work to improve the total athlete mentally, physically and spiritually. Using the platform and interest in athletics as the open door to young athletes’
hearts, the FCA ministry incorporates top
notch high school, college and even professional coaches to train campers on and off
the field. The heart of the FCA camping
ministry is evident in the small group times
established at each week of camp. Campers
break down into these groups called “hud-
dles” which are lead and
facilitated by quality college athletes willing
to give of their time to inspire campers in
their athletics and walk with the Lord.
Over $30,000 each summer is given
towards providing camp scholarships to
one FCA Summer Camp in Northeast
Oklahoma alone. This scholarship
money is donated by individuals and
businesses within this region.
Please consider
a Camp Scholarship donation
to FCA.
Remember such
a gift is 100 percent taxdeductible and
you will be
receipted for
your donation.
Chuck Swindoll
Please send
Dennis Rainey
scholarship
donations to
Dr. James Dobson
FCA, P.O. Box
Kerby Anderson
700401, Tulsa,
Crown Financials
OK 74170 .
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Oklahoma FCA offers five different camp
opportunities for junior high and high
school ages students.
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2005 OKLAHOMA FCA CAMPS
TULSA INNER-CITY
SPORTS CAMP
Geared towards high risk and
underprivileged youth aged
11-14 in Tulsa.
First United Methodist
Church - Tulsa
June 13-16
FCA LEADERSHIP CAMP
Provides leadership training
for high school students wanting to make a
impact for Christ on their
school campus.
Horseback riding, rappelling,
ropes course and water sports
highlight this
camp.
Kingston, OK - Lake Texoma
June 19-23
OU CO-ED HIGH-SCHOOL
SPORTS CAMP
A sports intensive camp using
the finest facilities on the OU
campus.
Norman, OK - OU CAMPUS
June 28- July 1
OU JH GIRLS SPORTS
CAMP
A sports intensive camps
specifically for junior high
aged females.
Norman, OK - OU CAMPUS
June 28- July 1
OU JH BOYS SPORTS CAMP
A sports intensive camps
specifically for junior high
aged males.
Norman, OK - OU CAMPUS
June 28- July 1
For information and/or registration forms for the above
camps call the Oklahoma FCA
Camp Office at (405) 8411048 or visit our website at
www.okfca.org.
LIVE AT THE MABEE CENTER
Thursday, April 14 - 7:00 p.m.
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Mark Bishop,
Legacy Five, Jeff & Sheri Easter, Aaron Wilburn
Friday, April 15, 2005-7:00 p.m.
McKameys, Talley Trio, Perrys, Brian Free & Assurance,
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Scripturally sound
foundation
CTCA opens new building,
finishing the floors with God’s Word
The chaplain stepped to the microphone
that Sunday afternoon and began singing,
“Surely the presence of the Lord is in this
place.” The crowd joined in. Arms lifted up
in praise. Tears fell. And behind the crowd a
hallway echoed back with words, healing
words, words of power, words of strength,
words inspired by God and repeated by
these men and women of faith.
Inside the Cancer Treatment Center of
America’s new building, every inch of that
foundation is sacred, touched by the hand of
God, covered in scripture. For six weeks
Rev. Michael A. Langham, director of the
hospital’s pastoral care department, has
kneeled onto the cold concrete floor, taken
his black permanent marker, and written
scripture across 195,000 square feet of the
unfinished floor. Taking groups of patients
and doctors to help, the project has covered
every hallway, every corner, every step. “In
no area in this hospital has this foundation
not been laid,” said Rev. Langham.
Recently, CTCA hosted a “Spiritual Floor
Signing” event inside the new building,
10109 E. 79th St. South. Shuttles transported approximately 250 cancer patients, hospital staff, and Tulsa area clergy to kneel down
in the main lobby hallway, take up their pen,
and write. When the hospital opens to the
public April 28 the scripture will not be
seen, but organizers of the event know the
power of those words remain.
“These words are intended to bless the
hospital and all who enter it, enabling their
power to serve as part of the foundation of
our new home,” said Rev. Langham.
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“On this day we want
to lay a foundation
that never fails, a
foundation that never
falters, a foundation
that withstands the
test of time…”
REV. MICHAEL A. LANGHAM
The idea came
from Lois Dinsmore,
a long-time hospital
volunteer. “I’m sure
the Holy Spirit
prompted me,”
she said. Lois
had the idea of
writing scripture on the
unfinished floors
and presented it to
CTCA. They took the
idea to fruition. “It’s kind of
awesome,” she said, standing in front of a
hallway with scripture as far as the eye can
see. “I never dreamed it would turn into anything this big.”
For cancer survivor Richard Ogg, the
scripture signing event was a chance to tell
his story and praise God for his delivery
from prostate cancer.
In March 2004, Richard
heard the news. “I couldn’t
believe it,” he said. As a
biomedical equipment
specialist, he was the man
maintaining the instruments used to diagnose
cancer. He never imagined
they would one day diagnose his. “To come in as a
patient, to be hooked up to
the equipment I usually
take care of…” he shook
his head.
With wife Darnell at his
side, they sought God’s
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direction. He led them to
CTCA. “When we walked out of
there, we knew God had taken us
there. There was peace,” said Darnell. One
year later Richard has no trace of cancer.
The new CTCA hospital features a capacity of 36 in-patient rooms, six ICU rooms,
surgery suites, state-of-the-art radiation
therapy and infusion departments, a full
kitchen and dining facilities, an on-site clinic, rehabilitation and therapy, on-site resident accommodations for outpatients and
their families and this was exactly how Rev.
Langham wanted the center to begin – in
prayer.
“On this day we want to lay a foundation
that never fails, a foundation that never falters, a foundation that withstands the test of
time…” he said, during the scripture signing.
CTCA’s Southwestern Regional Medical
Center in Tulsa is Oklahoma’s only major
hospital totally focused on cancer. Currently
located at 81st Street and Lewis, the hospital embraces an integral approach to cancer
care, combining traditional treatment
options with complementary therapies under
one roof. The new building opens to the
public April 28.
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Stopping the Pain
Pain Medicine Specialist Discusses Managing Cancer Pain and other Painful Conditions.
Successful
treatment of a
chronic pain or
neurological
condition
begins with
expanding your
knowledge and
exploring your
Stephen T. Lester, M.D.,
options. There
are many different medicines and methods available to
control cancer pain. Pain is best
relieved when treated early. You may
hear some people refer to this as “staying on top” of the pain. Pain may get
worse if you wait, and it may take
longer, or require larger doses, for your
medicine to give you relief.
pain and also give you medicine to relieve the pain. If you receive
treatments for the compression soon after the pain occurs, complications such as bladder or bowel problems can usually be avoided.
Treatments usually involve radiation therapy to shrink the tumor, surgery to remove the tumor followed by radiation, or vertebroplasty to
stabilize the vertebra. In vertebroplasty, a needle
is placed into the backbone while you are sedated. An epoxy cement is then placed into the vertebra where it solidifies and stabilizes the bone.
For many patients, a nerve block may provide significant relief of their pain. A nerve block is a procedure where a local anesthetic, which may be
combined with a steroid, is injected into or
around a nerve or into the spine to block pain.
After the injection, the nerve is no longer able to
relay pain so the pain is temporarily relieved. For
longer lasting pain relief, phenol or alcohol can
be injected.
If you or someone you care about has been living
with chronic pain, spinal cord stimulation (SCS)
may provide new hope. Spinal cord stimulation is
a medical therapy for people who suffer from certain types of chronic neuropathic pain. SCS is
not a cure for pain. The objective with this
therapy is to reduce a patient’s pain to a manageable level, so the patient can return to a
more normal lifestyle.
Addiction is a common fear of people taking pain medicine. Such
fear may prevent people from taking the medicine. Or it may
cause family members to encourage you to “hold off” as long as
possible between doses. Addiction is defined by many medical
Spinal cord stimulation is actually part of a
societies as uncontrollable drug craving, seeking, and use. When
broader category of therapies called neuopioids (also known as narcotics) — the strongest pain relievers
rostimulation, which includes peripheral
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available — are taken for pain, they rarely cause addiction as
nerve stimulation. Neurostimulation therapies
defined here. When you are ready to stop taking opioids, the doctor
are used for pain relief or symptom relief from certain types of chronic
gradually lowers the amount of medicine you are taking. By the time
pain and neurological disorders.
you stop using them completely, the body has had time to adjust.
Spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation use an
Pain should be treated early. It is important to take whatever medicine
implanted device—a spinal cord stimulator (sometimes called a paceis needed at the time. You do not need to save the stronger medicines
maker for pain)—to deliver low levels of electrical energy directly to
for later. If your body gets used to the medicine you are taking, your
nerve fibers. This direct approach to treating pain at its source can be
medicine may not relieve the pain as well as it once did. This is called
very effective.
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Daddy’s
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Cancer survivor boldly lives life,
remembering the man who helped
her through it
“This is not
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going to get me.
Shirley Chappell woke up every morning at
3 a.m. to milk the cows. Then she came
home right after school and did it again. She
hauled hay in the summer right beside her
father – a dairymen and farmer, a hard
worker, a father of four, and the center of his
oldest daughter’s heart. “As my daddy put it,
I was his shadow,” Shirley said.
He taught her to work hard, to play hard.
And when she was diagnosed with breast
cancer in 1997, he gave her a simple confirmation she banked her life on. “He said,
‘You’re going to be okay.’” That was it. Simple. But everything she needed.
With a four-year marriage, a three-yearold daughter, and years of living left, Shirley
said this wasn’t going to take her. “I decided
I’m going to beat this, I’m going to survive
this,” she said, over a mixed fruit smoothie at
Café Bona. “This is not going to get me.”
Her pale blue eyes sparked under her simply
cut bangs, “I have too much to live for.”
She takes life with her and spreads it
around. When Shirley walks into a room,
everyone knows it. She’ll tease you without
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I have too much
life to live.”
self-consciousness, smile for
her own pleasure, and shrug
off all the small
things, even
most of the big
things. To say
the battle was
easy, it wasn’t.
To say it hasn’t
changed her, it
has. With her
iron inner
strength and
concise outlook,
Shirley said,
“I’m flat chestShirley Chappell, 1990, with best friend King Tut.
ed, I’m healthy,
and I don’t care.”
could this happen? I take care of myself,
Breast cancer became a reality in May
what caused this? After researching her fam1997 while she was in the shower.
ily tree, Shirley realized this was hereditary,
“I felt it myself. It was a strange
though it had skipped three generations.
tumor the size of an orange.”
Her questions led to serious fear. “I was devA mammogram didn’t find it.
astated. I thought it was the end of the
An ultrasound did. It was maligworld.”
nant, it had to be removed, and
Devastation turned to hope and all she
once the biopsy was taken, she had could hear was her father’s voice comforting
10 days to make a decision before
his little girl. Everything was going to be
the cancer spread. The next day
okay.
she had her right breast removed.
Shirley underwent a right radical mastecShe turned to Cancer Treatment tomy and was in her flower garden pulling
Centers of America and found a
weeds the next day. Nurses and doctors both
staff she knows by first name. In
commented – she was not your average
fighting to understand, she
patient. She didn’t complain, she took no
combed through all the questions
pain medication, she endured six months of
– Why me? I eat healthy, how
chemotherapy never missing a day of work.
During the diagnosis and
treatment is seemed to hit her
Shirley's father at a Sperry High School
husband harder. “I told him,
football game. He never missed a game for
‘I’m going to get through this.
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You’re not going to get rid of
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Benny Hinn, and their fellow parishioners at Victory Christian
Center to pray.
Shirley pulled through, but cancer wasn’t done with her yet. In
April 2000, she found a lump in her left breast. It was what they
expected - cancer the size of a quarter. “They were going to do a
lumpectomy, but I told them, ‘I don’t want to go through this every
time I find a lump.” Instead, she opted for a left mastectomy.
After four months of chemotherapy, the loss of her hair yet again,
Shirley was back to life, back to quilting, back to her two jobs, back
to her daughter’s softball practices, and back to gripping everyday
with gutsy perseverance.
“My outlook in life is real cheerful. I never
let it get me down,” Shirley said, her southern twang just another charming personality
trait.
It’s been eight years since her initial diagnosis. Since that time Shirley has undergone
two mastectomies, 10 months of chemotherapy, mourned the loss of her father – killed in
a burn accident, the loss of her father-in-law,
and the loss of two uncles. Through it all, she
knows God has been her unfailing foundation.
“He’s there keeping a close eye on me. I
praise Him everyday. I thank Him everyday
to get to see another beautiful sunrise,”
Shirley said. “He is the reason I’m alive. I’m
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Introducing
a new section that will offer practical tips
and expert advice for beautifying your
home.Watch as this section expands to
include helpful ideas for improving both
your home and your lifestyle.
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Kitchens
The new living room
Lighting is everything. Take the kitchen
and make a usable statement. This isn’t the
untouchable steels and blacks of yester
year. This is lived in, vintage, laid back, and
earthy. Today’s kitchen is usable.
Old Tyme Quality Kitchens took the
home of Donald and Jacquelyn Cohn into
the new altered depths, aged wood, and
neutral colors of today. Everything was
maximized for appearance, practicality, and
space. Drawers can be pulled out to store
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pots and pans out of the way but in easy
access. Trash cans are mounted behind
cabinets and can also pull-out. Lighting
gives soft expressions to the most lived-in
room of the house. Altered cabinet depths
give pleasing lines and various uses. Hidden pantries give busy families room to
store appliances without leaving them on
the counter. This is the built-in, “furniture”
appearance that makes today’s kitchen
organized and serene.
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Spice holder pullouts. Once again,
the ingenuity of pullout comes to save
the day. Spinning
spice racks can
finally get
equilibrium, this rack
pulls out. Stationed
on both sides of the
stove, the racks hold
everything you need
from thyme to
seasoning salt and
the racks allow for
various sizes of
bottles. Get the king
size salt shaker and
stress less.You have
room to spare.
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Built-in
microwave.
It’s furniture
kitchen style.
This microwave has
a floor to stand on
and a roof over its
head. It's homey
inside usable
storage space and
built to give that
easy living look.You
don't have to find a
place for the
microwave, a place
has found the
microwave.
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Pull-out trays. Rummaging around in
darkened cabinets for your cast iron skillet is a
thing of the past. Each pan, dish, and cooking bowl
has a place. Pull the shelves out instead of letting
the shelves pull you in.The easy glider system
makes the effort not effort at all. Putting dishes
back where they belong will be so fun, the kids
will want to do it.When the shelves are pushed
back into place, the cabinet doors close. Presto.
No more stacking pans to keep them close to
you and not utilizing all the space you have. Pullout trays could make life just too easy.
Tilted tray.
Sponges no
longer need to
sit idly alone
next to the
faucet.They now
have a home.The
tilting tray gives
sponges, scrub
brushes, sink
plugs, all those
nifty necessities
a place to huddle
until playtime. It
angles toward
you easily with a
durable, metal
pocket inside to
handle even the
toughest of
scrub brush
characters.Then
when needed, it's
there in a hurry.
No need leaving
it out in the
open or shoving
it under the sink
to be dominated
by dishwasher
soap and
disinfectant
spray.
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Hidden cabinet. Take your appliances and hide them.Those dangling plug-in cords,
various electronic wonders—toasters, can openers, waffle makers—don’t need to greet
your company.They can stay locked away inside this hidden treasure and brought out
into the light when needed.The cabinet keeps a neat appearance while allowing the
functionality of having electronic appliances there at the ready. Cabinets can stretch their
legs and have room to breath.
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Single and a
homeowner
No, it’s not
an oxymoron
Single people can buy homes. It’s true. I’ve
seen it on TV. They don’t always live in
apartments and downtown flats. And they, if
“they” are women, don’t always have cats. I
plan on having a dog.
As a matter of fact, the rate of single people buying homes is increasing, said Dan
Newberry, president of Homeland Federal
Mortgage. People are waiting later to marry,
they want stability or an investment, and
they’re making that one commitment. In
fact, their “fluid” ability to pack up and move
could make them the prime focus for the
house buying market.
If you are considering buying a home, do
not apply for preapproval, do not figure what
you can afford, do not find a realtor. You
should get in your vehicle and just drive
around aimlessly for hours. Case neighborhoods. Drive slowly until your empty tank
light comes on. Cause traffic jams while you
the advice of Dan, I started calling Mortgage Brokers. Do not only talk to one. I urge
you to call several. Find at least two. Meet
with them. Swap funny stories. Talk about
the latest weather trends and then get down
to business. Be honest, be up front. If you
have bad credit, no assets, bad eating habits,
crow’s feet, tell them everything they need to
know. And don’t be afraid to draw the line.
You don’t want to pay anything over $625
per month? Tell them.
When you have this confab, get all the
information you can. They may rattle off
something like, “I can get you an 80, 15 with
five for 3.4.” They do this all day long. Make
them speak English. I said something like,
“OK. Sounds good. What does that mean?” It
means an 80 percent loan at 3.4 percent interest, with 15 percent of the loan at a higher
rate, and five percent of the total loan as a
down payment. It got lost in the translation.
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rummage for scrap pieces of paper to write
down addresses. Then lose the paper. Or you
could do what I didn’t do. Start smarter. But
how much fun is that?
Five weeks ago I crawled inside my Jeep
heading to the laundry mat and instead
stalked neighborhoods for three hours. Once
you start it’s an addiction, a rush, a gamble.
There could be the perfect house just around
the corner. One more block. One more turn.
It’s there, I know it.
I didn’t know it and contacted a realtor.
Enter Dan Kirby. He’s tall, dark, handsome,
and a great realtor associate. Actually, he’s a
good friend so here’s his shameless plug:
(call Dan Kirby for all your real estate needs,
496-2252). Dan asked all the right questions
and went to work.
Meanwhile, on my “do it yourself ” planet,
I continued to drive around. It felt like I was
doing something. I wasn’t. So instead, with
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Dan Newberry, our mortgage man extraordinaire, advises everyone to check things
out thoroughly. There are programs with no
down payment, help with closing costs
through lenders, and fixed rates. We are
experiencing 30- and 40-year interest rate
lows, so variable interest rates could cost
more in the long term. Think it through.
Then, once you’ve cleared the mortgage
company to check your credit, let them
work. Don’t sign anything you are not comfortable signing. In fact, don’t sign anything
during your first visit. Get comfortable with
this mortgage linguistic. And do not pay any
money for this service. This is part of their
business expense. If they ask for money, walk
out. They know better. Newberry agrees
with me here, so write that down.
Hunt for any assistance you can find.
First-time homebuyer? I told my mortgage
brokers I wanted any free money they found.
I thought there should be a grant for single
women over 25. We deserve something. For
years we’ve been taking out our own trash,
carrying our own groceries, killing our own
spiders, that should count for something
from Uncle Sam. It didn’t.
And now, drum roll please, it’s househunting time. Dan sent me emails of homes
for me to peruse, scrutinize, debate over and
diagnose. I also did my own searches on the
Internet, similar to my driving around technique but I could eat, talk on the phone, sort
paperwork, apply lipstick and drive the
information super highway simultaneously.
However, I’ll give you this Dan, you found
the good stuff.
I picked seven homes based on their
appearance, price range, and location, and
then Dan and I set a date. I also invited my
mother, father, best friend, and when Dan
asked if I was taking everyone I knew, I
replied matter-of-factly, “Yes.” He was a
good sport.
There is no recommendation from this
minor leaguer shopper on what home to
choose. I can tell you what finally sent me to
a cozy brick home off 51st Street; I liked it.
Complicated equation. I encourage you to
pray heavily. In fact, pray constantly. I wanted a purchase worth my money, but I didn’t
want to be “house poor”, another real estate
lingo for you. Write that down. Think about
it every time you tour a home. Does it have
good resell? What will the utility bills be?
Will it need any work? How much will that
work cost you? Are the homes in the neighborhood more expensive? (This is an important one, write it down too) Do you get to
keep the backyard grill?
On a Friday afternoon I placed my bid.
Enter the paper trail that is now my life. On
my bid it read, Tara Lynn Thompson, a single person. “What’s that about?” I asked
Dan. “Is that really necessary? Am I to be
branded?” I signed the papers anyway. For
two and a half days we bantered back and
forth – the seller and his “a single person”
buyer – with offers. This is not the highlight
of the evening. Sleep was useless. Food, no
comfort. Dan was forced to carry his cell
phone all weekend to either send me hourly
updates or answer my impatient calls (Yes, I
even called him while he was on a date.)
We finally settled and I’m not shy about
telling you I was on my knees in prayer
before giving each new bid. I recommend
you write that down too. God comforts the
feeble minded, King James Version. In the
NIV the verse actually says, God comforts
Tara when she’s panicking about making a
major commitment.
This is an investment, everyone kept saying.
I kept thinking about that closet space and all
was right with the world. God bless your own
endeavor. He said he would always provide
shelter, he didn’t mention in what style.
Personally, I am now entering the second phase—a paint/moving party. Invite
your friends. Make it sound like fun. Use
them for unpaid manual labor. Pepperoni
pizza and paint fumes. Sounds like home
to me.
If they’re
not paying
rent, you
should
evict them.
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The trend leaves carpet for wood, tile, stone
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In the 60s, new manufacturing techniques
opened the door to lower carpet prices.
Soon, nearly every American homeowner
began covering up their hardwood floors
with wall-to-wall carpet. In the 70s, shag
was the rage and in the 80s and 90s, everything went “thick pile” or “Berber.” Proving
the adage history and fashion always repeat
themselves, it is not too hard to imagine
Americans are now pulling up the carpet
and returning once again to wood and tile.
It is a trend that has sent carpet dealers
into a frenzy. Adapting to the change, they
are replacing inventory and devoting more
and more showroom space to displaying a full array of tiles, hardwoods, and
stone.
Local interior designers have
embraced the change as well. Tom
Roberts of Roberts Fine Interiors confirmed hard surface floors are increasingly being used more and encourages
his clients to choose hard surfaces that will
be in concert with carpet.
“Simple is best. It can be too confusing
when multiple styles are used in one area.
Having too many changes breaks up the
room, making it seem smaller. It is normally
best to choose flooring that creates the illusion of making the room larger,” explained
the 30-plus year design veteran.
Tom is pleased with the many beautiful
choices of colors and types of flooring available. However, he sees even more of a need
to acquire a good designer. Explaining it is
difficult and expensive to make the wrong
flooring decision, Tom said this is one decision that proves it costs less to do it right the
first time.
Sharon Combs of Accent Interiors agrees
and encourages her clients to do lots of talking before redecorating. “Think about your
habits and lifestyle, about the amount of
traffic, and about how the house is used the
majority of the time. How often do you
entertain? How much time do you have to
maintain your home? And, be sure to think
ahead. The flooring is going to be there a
while. How will your needs change in the
coming years?”
Sharon agrees hard surfaces are gaining
popularity and sees most of her clients opting for carpet mainly in the bedrooms and
closets. Scored and specially stained concrete
is growing, but wood is the more popular
choice because it is thought to be warmer
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remark with encouraging them not to think
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heart & home
Doing Unto
Others
N. DANE TYNER
The major world religions share
several similar values. One such
shared value is known as “the
Golden Rule” in Christendom.
A significant difference exists
between the rule as expressed by
Jesus and that expressed by
other religious leaders. The difference is noteworthy. In other
religions the rule is expressed
something like this: “Don’t do to
others what you don’t want
them to do to you.” Jesus said it
this way: “Do to others as you
would have them do to
you”(MT 7:12). The difference
represents polar opposites. One
is negative, the other positive.
The first addresses half the
issue, the latter addresses the
whole.
According to the wisdom of
other religious leaders, you and I
could do nothing at all and satisfy their “golden rule.” Jesus, on
the other hand, calls us to do
some things. Many people erroneously imagine they are satisfying the moral requirements of
the Maker when they abstain
from doing evil. That is certainly
admirable and preferable by far
to being engaged in evildoing.
Still, God calls us to go beyond
this - far beyond this. He wants
us to do good.
Numerous times Scripture
instructs us to “turn from evil
and do good” (Examples, PS
34:14; 1 Pet 3:4). Similarly, the
Apostle Paul encouraged Christians saying, “. . . as we have
opportunity, let us do good to all
people, especially to those who
belong to the family of believers” (Gal 6:10).
Again, the Apostle Paul
rebuked the church in Thessalonica because he had heard that
some of them had become idle.
He makes this unflattering
observation, ”They are not busy;
they are busybodies” (2Thess
3:11). A few verses later he tells
them, “. . . never tire of doing
what is right.”
One very effective way to
keep ourselves from evil is to fix
our focus on doing good. If we
keep ourselves busy doing good
and thinking about how to do
more good, our minds will have
fewer opportunities to even consider doing evil.
Since this “Golden Rule” represents a cardinal value of the
Christian faith, we ought to seek
ways to build this value into our
family lifestyle. This should be a
salient feature of the Christian
home.
Consider a couple of suggestions to this end. First, regularly
assess and plan activities for
yourself that fit the “doing
good” criteria. For maximum
training effectiveness, your children need to know this is a part
of your lifestyle that will outlive
their being a part of your household. Second, have some regular
family meetings to engage your
children in the planning process.
Brainstorm about whom you
might do good to as a family
and specifically how you might
do it. Finally, these two suggestions will work best if made
matters of personal and family
prayer. Scripture assures us we
were “created in Christ Jesus to
do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”
(Eph 2:10). So, we can ask God
to reveal the good works He has
prepared for us and for which
He has prepared us.
Now, let’s go do something
good. Something good is about
to happen through you!
Dane Tyner is founder and director of
Home Improvement Ministry in Tulsa.
Contact the ministry at 918-492-4811.
The ministry website is
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Representatives bring these aspects and
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they have the advantage of seeing inside the
home. As a result, customers simplify the
decorating process, make decisions with
confidence and have the security of knowing the consultant is based in an established
retail location if future needs arise.
The at-home service may signal a new
trend in home improvement industry. Seeking ways to add value to their products and
separate themselves from increasing competition, companies like Mill Creek are thinking “outside the box” to service the 21st
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Mill Creek Carpet and Tile is owned by
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but have little time to shop. Customers make appointments at times
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“Mohawk Design at Home takes the
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Today’s lifestyles were the driving force
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Thanks to specialized training, the
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To schedule a free in-home
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participating in or attending the
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its ongoing fight against childhood catastrophic diseases.
The funds will be raised in
several different ways this year.
First, the trail ride fees paid
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Parenting With “Snicker” Bars
B Y D R . S TA N B E A S O N
“I’d like to see my daughter, Faith Beason,
please m’am,” I said to the lady in the elementary school office.
“We don’t like to take a student out of
class unless it’s an emergency or something
urgent,” she replied.
“It’s not an emergency, but it is urgent,” I
answered.
I had become annoyed at Faith that
morning as she was getting ready for school,
repeatedly singing the “Brady Bunch” theme
song. I ordered her to quit singing and eat
her breakfast. She obeyed in silence with a
hurt look on her face and then boarded the
school bus.
No matter how hard I tried to concentrate
on the mountain of pastoral burdens I had
that day, I could not get Faith’s sad little face
out of my mind. Besides, I had been doing
extensive study for my counseling ministry
on the importance of the father’s role in a
daughter’s mental and emotional health.
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make his daughter feel loved
and approved. Faith had gone
to her fourth grade class that
morning with her “approval tank” running
low.
Suddenly, I had a strong conviction nothing was more important than repairing the
damage I had done to my darling baby. I had
to apologize and reassure her I cared deeply
for her. But how could I sweep away a 10year-old’s hurts quickly and restore her happiness?
I couldn’t think of a strategy, and time was
important. So, I decided on a simple ploy
until I could devise something better. I went
to a grocery store, bought a Snickers‚ bar and
headed to the school. Faith came to the
office where I greeted her with a grin, hug
and apology. I asked her to sing the entire
“Brady Bunch” theme song, but the attention I had attracted from her passing schoolmates embarrassed her too much to comply.
At that point, I reached into my pocket and
with a flourish, said, “And now I present you
a Snickers bar!” That beautiful, sweet face
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better strategy.
In 1981, our family moved to Tulsa where
Faith and her sister, Carrie, enrolled at
Metro Christian School. The favorable outcome of the Snickers bar presentation convinced me, instead of using them as apologies, I would give Snickers to my girls to
convey my love, approval and an easy-tounderstand expression of their special-ness.
Unexpectedly, I would drive to Metro, ask
someone in the office to summon Carrie and
Faith, and give them Snickers bars in full
view of passers by. When they returned to
their rooms, classmates would ask, “Was
there an emergency?” The girls would reply,
“No, it was our Dad bringing us Snickers
bars!” Invariably, some of the students would
sigh, “Golly, my dad would never bring me a
Snickers bar.”
My counseling practice, first at the City of
Faith Medical Center and later at the First
United Methodist Church of Tulsa, gave me
abundant opportunities to test my Snickers
bar theory as therapy for the thousands of
couples who came to me in marital conflict.
I told them about the Snickers bars (assuring them I had no deal with the company
that makes them) and recommended they
create something (anything) similar, and by
frequent use, establish it as a symbol of their
love for each other and their desire for happiness in their marriages. After studying the
complicated marriage seminars in circulation
that require husbands and wives to fill out
workbooks and understand psychological
theories in the hope of falling back in love,
my counselees found the Snickers bar therapy refreshingly simple (but not simplistic). It
“jump starts” affection and provides an
atmosphere of goodwill for the couple to
begin work on their conflicts.
Since Carrie and Faith’s high school days,
the Snickers bar has remained a symbol of
love from me to them and from them to me.
I receive Snickers bars now and then, and
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far greater than the price paid for them. I
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us. In fact, right now would be a good time
to make a trip to the store for three Snickers‚
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IN CYBERSPACE
BY DREW HARRIS
In the past six years the use of the Internet
has grown exponentially. While the Internet
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there are also risks and dangers.
email scams (commonly called phishing),
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isons, and even where to purchase them. It is
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Inappropriate content is a real danger and is
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Just a few years ago spam was
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50,000 in 50 Days
Feinstein Challenge Helps Fight Hunger in Tulsa
Impoverished families to be touched by the efforts
of a local ministry and its friends.
W
hat does a local ministry along with its partners
and friends have in common? A desire to feed the
hungry. Last Christmas Tulsa’s own Cornerstone Assistance
Network, in partnership with over 70 churches and
ministries, 1170 KFAQ, Reasor’s Food Stores, DoubleTree
Hotel at Warren Place, AB Printing and Kraft Foods fed over
14,000 needy Tulsans in their third annual Turkeys for
Tulsans campaign. Over that three-year period,
approximately 27,600 individuals have
been fed through this event. Now
Cornerstone is taking their desire to
feed the hungry to the next level.
Beginning March 12 through
April 30, Cornerstone is launching the
“$50,000-in- 50-Days-Fill-the-FoodBanks-Challenge.” This effort was
inspired by the Feinstein $1 Million
Challenge to Fight Hunger, which is in
its eighth year of assisting hunger
fighting organizations nationwide.
Cornerstone’s goal is to raise 50,000 food items before
April 30 to pack local food banks and ministries who feed
the hungry. Each food item donated will be counted as
$1.00 by the Feinstein organization. So, the more
donations received, either in cash or cans, the more
Feinstein will add to the donation.
The culmination of this challenge will occur on the
evening of Thursday April 28th, 5:30pm-7:30pm, as
Cornerstone hosts its annual Street Party benefit, where
admittance will be one bag of non-perishable food items.
Anyone in the public is invited to attend to help meet the
50,000 goal by April 30.
Organizations interested in running a food drive
or becoming a donation site for this event may
call Cornerstone at (918) 583-3670.
Cornerstone Assistance Network was formed in Tulsa in 1996 to equip and
connect churches, ministries and other community partners to transform
lives from poverty to purpose. To
date, more than 80,000 men,
women and children have been
directly impacted through the
more than 280 partners involved
in this network.
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