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Aaron Oliver’s music cannot be pigeonholed into any one genre. It doesn’t quite fit into acoustic rock, folk, or country.

But I believe the distinction he puts forth, that of “Oklahoma Country,” provides the most insight into both himself and his music. He was raised listening to Southern Gospel and “old-school” country artists like Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Sr., and Tammy Wynette, but his particular passions change from day to day, just as the Oklahoma weather.

Just as his passions may change, so do his inspirations. Aaron Oliver is not simply a musician. “The guitar is a vehicle for the songwriting process.” He is, first and foremost, a songwriter. While some of his songs are intensely personal, dealing with tragedies and heartaches within his own life, others are completely random story ideas. “One minute there’s nothing and the next minute there’s something.” These random stories are the exact opposite of his intensely personal work in the sense that they have no real personal connection to him. They might be about

people, places, or experiences he’s never known. He doesn’t always know where these ideas come from—they just do.

Once Oliver develops his story idea, the next step is to put music to it. The melody always comes after the words, and is never the part of music given near as much credence. One lyric might have many lifetimes, as Oliver has shown us through his work. However, the melody must fit to the lyric, and not the other

way around. The primary goal of this musician is to connect with his audiences. This connection is both a mental and an emotional connection, and Oliver does acknowledge the importance that the musical aspect of songwriting plays in this. In his view, “If you can catch them with the music, you

can get them to listen to the words.” For him this is the most important part. It is, after all, the audience that dictates how the particular show is going to go.

Aaron Oliver performs at many local venues, including Vintage 22 and Papa Gjorgjio’s North Lounge, but it seems like no matter where he performs, many

of the same people follow. When he first starts, Oliver just wanted someone to give him a chance to play. When asked about his newfound success as a musician, he says simply, “It baffles me.” Since much of his work is very personal, it almost seems surreal that anyone, other than those personally involved, could truly like it. However, perhaps Oliver captures something greater than a singular personal experience in his songs. Perhaps these are experiences not of the personal variety, but the human variety, which does help his work become something that all can understand and enjoy.

Even though the specifics of his passions might change daily, the general daily aspects remain the same; he loves spending time with his toddler son and making music. If he could not be a musician, he would still have to do something artful or creative. “If nothing else, then drawing stick figures!” he laughs. For Aaron Oliver, the need to create is not an external stimulus, but rather an internal momentum. “I gotta write. If I’m not writing I feel like I should be writing.”

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Not every liquor store is the same. For 11 consecutive years, Ada has voted Townsend’s Bottle Shop as the number one wine and spirit shop in town. Owner, Richard LeRoy Townsend, known by most as LeRoy, took the reins of the over 30 year old shop 11 years ago. In 2009, he married his wife Johnna who helps him maintain the store.

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going to happen.“Jake said their on-court chemistry was

also something special, even more so than chemistry normally shared by teammates.

“Usually, on a team, you kind of know where everyone else is supposed to be, but with us, it’s a little different,” Jake said. “We’ve been playing together so long that I don’t have to think about it, because I just know where he’s going to be and we kind of have this connection on the court that I think gives us an advantage.”

After playing for the Ada Cougars throughout high school, Mike went straight to ECU to play, while Jake spent a year in junior college before joining the Tigers. Both enjoy the opportunity to attend school, play college basketball and still have the chance to live at home.

“It’s awesome, going to college but getting to live at home and sleep in your own bed and still eat Mom’s cooking every night,” Mike said. “I know a lot of guys can’t wait to move away and live away from home for the first time in college, and I guess that’s something we missed out on. But I’ll take what we’ve got because there are a lot of good things about it.”

Jake said the chance to play in front of his family and friends is a tremendous advantage to playing for his hometown college team.

“It’s really cool to have all the guys I played with in high school be able to come to the games and see us play,” Jake said. “And it’s great for Mom and Dad because they get to see just about all our games -- especially the ones at home. That’s something really nice, because a lot of

guys don’t ever get to play in front of their folks, or their families have to travel a long way to watch them. Ours doesn’t have to do that because we live about five minutes from the Dome.”

A business entrepreneur major, Mike said he hopes to run his own chain of gas and convenience stores after graduation. Jake, an English and PE major, hopes to become a coach after he leaves ECU. Both realize their days of competitive basketball won’t last much longer, and both said they’ve thoroughly enjoyed their time at ECU playing for Redmond.

“Coach Redmond is intense and very knowledgeable, and he’s a man that commands the respect of everyone who plays for him,” Mike said. “He’s always teaching and always pushing us to be better and to become better players and better people.”

Jake also admires his coach, and said it is Redmond who has helped foster the strong team chemistry that exists on this year’s Tiger team.

“That’s the kind of guy he is,” Jake said. “And I have to say this team, more than any other team I’ve ever been around, is close, really close. We’ve got a chemistry that is awesome. These guys aren’t just our teammates. They’re our brothers, too. It’s like Mike’s not the only brother I have out there. We all watch out for one another, and that’s really something special.”

You can catch the Rudds and the rest of the 2010-2011 ECU Tiger men’s basketball team in action at the Kerr Activities Center on January 6 and January 8. ■

A lot of athletes develop close relationships with teammates, growing close because of all the hours they spend together. It’s

not uncommon to hear basketball, football or baseball players refer to members of their team as “family” when those teammates really aren’t related in any way.

But for former Ada High School and current East Central University basketball players Mike and Jake Rudd, there actually is a connection -- both on and off the court. The Rudd brothers, sons of Bill and Tami Rudd of Ada, have another season and a half playing together in the orange and white of ECU before Mike graduates.

That graduation will bring an end to the on-court relationship of Rudds, who openly admit to being “extremely competitive” with one another.

“Oh, yeah, it’s been going on our whole lives,” said Mike, who at 22 is the older of the two. “We’ve spent thousands and thousands of hours playing against one another in the driveway, in the house, in high school and now in college. Sometimes he wins, and sometimes I win, but I don’t think it will ever end.”

Mike is in his third year with coach Joe Redmond’s ECU men’s team, while Jake, a sophomore, has been with the Tigers for a little over a year. Mike, at six feet, five inches, is the older and taller of the two, and plays forward or center for the Tigers. Mike missed an entire year of competitive basketball two years ago after being involved in a motorcycle accident, but is thrilled to be healthy and back on the court, playing about ten minutes a game for ECU.

“Little brother” Jake, a six-foot guard, doesn’t “see” eye to eye with his older sibling because of the height difference, but joked he’s never backed down from an athletic challenge between the two. Despite their extremely competitive relationship, Jake said the two compliment each other’s playing styles and said he’d be the first one to defend his brother if a problem came up on or off the court.

“I’d be there for him, and I know he’d be there for me,“ Jake said. “You know, I can give him a hard time, and he gives me plenty of grief. But we don’t let anyone else push the other one around. That’s just not

“We’ve spent thousands and thousands of hours playing against one another in the driveway, in the house,

in high school and now in college. Sometimes he wins, and sometimes I win, but I don’t think it will ever end.”

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It’s Saturday afternoon on a beautiful day in Ada, a few years from now. There are families, couples and individuals walking along the sidewalks surrounded by trees and flowers and some are sitting on benches watching others. The street is busy with people visiting small retail shops and art galleries while others enjoy lunch outside at restaurant patios and sidewalk cafes. An annual festival is in full swing at the Centennial Plaza and in the evening, there is a show at the local theater.

For the artist entrepreneur, imagine an area where you can both live in and open a studio or gallery; where the focus is to create an environment centered on art and culture while maintaining a neighborhood feel. For those living in the area, they can enjoy convenient access to unique stores, dining, entertainment and improved quality of life. As a result, your property values increase and all your neighbors take care of their homes and businesses.

This has been the dream of many

people in the Ada community. Over three years, through public planning meetings and community forums, hundreds have shared their ideas to create an Arts District in Ada. Currently, in area where many people call home, there is a mix of property conditions. Some are eyesores, have rowdy parties on weekends and piles of trash at the curb. Others are homes carefully maintained by people who want to see their neighborhoods improved. The Arts District of Ada has been a vision to transform the area based on the community ideas and stimulate the local economy and protect the residents currently living within the boundaries.

Creating an arts district will have a positive impact in the community. Ada is not unique in this effort. There are 90 such districts across the US. The oldest ones began 20 years ago. One of the highly successful ones is in Paducah, Kentucky, also a small community. After 10 years in Paducah, along with artists’ incentives from the City, their arts district had 20 arts related businesses and their district

covers 21 city blocks. Ada’s proposed Arts District is 15 blocks between Mississippi and Francis and East 9th Street and East 14th Street. The concept maintains the architectural characteristics of the bungalow style homes and the art deco and Spanish revival style commercial properties currently in the area. Towns that strive to preserve their historic characteristics have seen property values increase over 7% versus just over 4% for non-specific properties.

To ensure that commercial development complements the neighborhood feel and maintains the art and culture focus, a proposed ordinance sets limits on the kinds of commercial uses that can develop. The Arts District already has nine art-related businesses such as the Ada Music Center, 9th Street Studio, Mazen’s Greek House, OG’s Salon, Vintage 22, True Embroidery, Red Earth Art Supply, a sculpture garden and the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.

To become involved, or for more information about the Arts District, you can contact Bridget Forshay at 559-5296. ■

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While non-profit and charity groups across America struggle to keep their doors open because of funding shortfalls and a lack of volunteer labor, the Compassion Outreach Center in Ada is thriving and growing as its seven-year anniversary nears.

Ed Pobleti, clinic director and minister at Central Church of Christ, said he’s been pleasantly surprised that the local clinic has managed to grow and expand its services while other outreach programs across Oklahoma have struggled during these difficult economic times.

“I can completely understand why a lot of these facilities are struggling,” Pobleti said. “Times are hard, very hard, and it has become increasingly difficult for a lot of people in America to find the extra money and extra time to donate -- even to some very worthy organizations.

“We’ve been so incredibly blessed here at the Outreach Center,” he said. “We’ve added volunteers and we’ve expanded our medical services to include a lot of other ministries, and it’s all because of Christ-like attitudes of our volunteers and sponsoring groups.”

Open the second and fourth Tuesday every month for the past six years, the Compassion Outreach Center offers a free medical clinic for uninsured and economically

challenged residents of Pontotoc and surrounding counties. Thanks to more than a dozen volunteer physicians, seven optometrists, two dentists, three pharmacists and 15 nurses, the Outreach Center sees as many as 35 patients every other Tuesday evening, and the list of potential new patients continues to grow.

Overseen by Central Church of Christ, the Outreach Center is also sponsored by numerous other area religious organizations, all working to better the lives of hundreds of area residents.

“In the past six years, we’ve seen thousands of patients here at the clinic, as many as 600 different people in any given year totaling as many as 1,600 patient visits,” Pobleti said. “And all that is made possible by financial contributions from churches and individuals, the donated time and services of our medical professionals and a growing list of other people who have found their own way to volunteer their time and efforts.”

Although Pobleti points out that Compassion Outreach Center is not an urgent care facility, he said clinic organizers work extremely hard to make sure all qualified people have the chance to utilize the clinic’s services.

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without health insurance, and cannot be eligible for benefits at the Indian health facility,” Pobleti said. “Other than that, they just have to call the church, go through the process to make sure they qualify, and then wait for an opening. Right now, we are staying so busy, it’s taking about two to three months to get new patients in, and we expect that need to continue to grow.”

Thanks to donations of medicine samples from pharmaceutical companies, glasses donated by the Lions Club of Ada, and other financial considerations from various groups, the clinic’s volunteers have had the resources the need to continue their work for the first six years. Pobleti also the enormous amount of assistance given by Valley View Regional Hospital, as well as assistance of the Big 5 Community Services and the donated lab work made available by Labcorp of Ada.

“We have basically had everything we’ve needed provided for us because

of the enormous amount of generosity,” Pobleti said. “But some of that has been scaled back -- like the amount of prescription samples donated by the pharmaceutical companies. That has been cut back, I guess because of the economy, so we have noticed a little reduction in some of our necessities.”

And so, despite the wealth of volunteer labor the clinic has enjoyed, there is a bit of a reason to be concerned about the future, according to Pobleti.

“We’ve been blessed, tremendously, and I certainly don’t mean to complain because there are so many other groups and facilities that have struggled much more than we have,” he said. “But we have been hit hard in some areas by the economy, and it comes as our need for services is at an all-time high, and I have reason to think our demand is going to only increase over the next three years before the new health care reform measures come into play sometime in 2014.”

Despite those concerns, Pobleti and other clinic officials say they’re thrilled at the success they’ve enjoyed the first six years, especially in the area of volunteer hours.

“We simply couldn’t ask any of these people to do more than they have,” Pobleti said. “We put the clinic in motion and helped bring the patients here, and our medical staff and other volunteers have gone way beyond anything we could have ever expected.

“They’re here sometimes five or six hours every other Tuesday night, they’re doing a lot of other things on their own time to help us on days when the clinic is not even open. It’s just been so wonderful to be a part of something that has involved so many people from so many different parts of the community,” Pobleti said.

For more information, or to inquire about clinic services, phone the Central Church of Christ offices, at 580-332-6411. ■

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