what s happening no. 51: november 2018 in lg

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No. 51: November 2018

LG MEETINGS

Nov. 12: LG Town Council, Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 12: LG School Board, Admin. Bldg., 6:30 p.m.Nov. 14: LGAA, 114 E. Main, 5:30 p.m.Nov. 20: LG Chamber, 114 E. Main, 6 p.m.

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Locust Grove nativeDemos Glass will present anartist talk at Wonder CityCoffee on Nov. 9 from 5:30-6:30 p.m., when he will sharephotographs and describe hispast and future projects.

Demos was born inTahlequah and raised in ru-ral Locust Grove. He gradu-ated from Locust Grove HighSchool and went on to gradu-ate from Southern IllinoisUniversity which he attendedon a wrestling scholarship. Itwas there that he entered afine arts program.

“It wasn’t hard for me tofind my place once I saw

Fish Dreams by local artist Demos Glass

LG native to speakabout art projects

what was happening at the artdepartment, and I couldn’tstay away,” Demos said in anarticle for the Native Arts ofAmerican website.

Demos also graduatedfrom the North East Okla-homa Training Center wherehe chose the study of weld-ing. That talent has contrib-uted to his art as well as toprojects which he has workedon with his father, Bill Glass.Both are noted Cherokee art-ists, and both have receivedthe honor of being named aCherokee National Treasure.

Demos has used his expe-


The LG OK Area Cham-ber of Commerce is onceagainst hosting a ChristmasCelebration downtown thisyear. The event will start at5:30, with the parade at 7:00p.m. on Dec. 4, Tuesday.

Activities include pictureswith Santa Claus, the light-ing of the town tree, vendors,entertainment and the parade.This year’s theme is O HolyNight, and the Chamber hasissued a challenge to all areachurches to enter a float orparticipate in some way in theparade.

In addition to the festivi-ties taking place outside,Hometown Shirt Shack willhave a Christmas at theShack event starting at 4:00p.m. The business will havespecial sales, prize give-aways and treats for the kidsand adults. There will also bea Christmas tree, and every-one is invited to bring an or-nament to add to it.

At Wonder City Coffee,Mrs. Claus will appear toread her book Mrs. Claus’sNight Before Christmas to

Christmas celebration Dec. 4

Mrs Claus will appear at 2 p.m.Dec. 4, at Wonder City Coffeeto read her book, “Mrs Claus’sNight Before Christmas.” Shewill also be available for pho-tos from 4-7 p.m.

Kingfisher to highlight Tellabration

Choogie Kingfisher

Choogie Kingfisher willcelebrate the history of oralstorytelling when he comesto help celebrate a nationalevent, Tellabration, on Nov.16 from 6-7 p.m. at WonderCity Coffee.

Starting locally in 2006 atthe Rural Oklahoma Mu-seum of Poetry when storieswere told around a campfireat the country museum, thevent has moved to WonderCity Coffee in recent years.

Traditionally celebratedthe first weekend before

Thanksgiving, Tellabration isa worldwide evening of storytelling.

The celebration began in1988, when originator J.G.Pinkerton envisioned this in-ternational event as a meansof building community sup-port for storytelling.

Kingfisher is not only astoryteller, but he is also amusician, playing the flute, apowwow singer and dancer,as well as a powwow emcee.

He has appeared in theTrail of Tears production at

Tahlequah, and in 2002 wasvoted Favorite Local Actor inthe Tahlequah Daily Press’sBest of the Best Issue.

Proud of his Cherokeeheritage, Choogie stands out.

What’s Happening in LG November 2018

ONCE UPON A TIME

EDITOR’S NOTE: While this newsletter is producedby the LGAA and will contain that organization’s news,we also want to publish information about any activitiesin Locust Grove that our community might be interestedin.

If you have news on LG events, places, or people, orwant to place an ad in the newsletter, please contact BettyPerkins at [email protected] or 918-479-5617 (leavea message if no answer). The newsletter can also beviewed at lgartsalliance.com. As LGAA is a nonprofitorganization and the newsletter is provided free to ev-eryone, advertising must support the publication of thisnewsletter. Your support is greatly appreciated.

About What’s Happening in LG

A new deadline for gettingstories and advertising into“What’s Happening in LG”is the third of each month.

A new printer for thenewsletter has shifted thedeadline to a more firm dateeach month.

Most have probably no-ticed a new look in the pub-lication as it shifted to news-print paper when the movewas made to the MuskogeePhoenix.

New deadline setfor publication

HISTORIC LG BUILDING. . . The George and Margaret McMullen family stand in front of thehome and business which they constructed in 1912 to serve as an overnight inn for travelersfrom the new railroad which was being directed through the middle of town. The house stillstands today, but it is empty, following the relocation of the Locust Grove Funeral Home todifferent quarters. It is on the corner of Ross and North Wyandotte. At one time the building wasalso converted to separate apartments which were rented out.

VFW DONATION . . . Members of the local VFW have donateda check for $300 to the family of Ladena Cobler who recentlylost her home to fire. From left to right: Steve Garrison, GrantMennecke, Robert Henson, Josh Butler, Ladena Cobler and hergrandchildren, Jerrod Estes, Stephen Bell, Dugie Phillips, SteveCole and Elwood Purcell.

VFW responds to need afterfire that destroys home

Recently a devastating Locust Grove house fire left thedaughter of a veteran and her grandchildren homeless.

The Locust Grove VFW Post 3573 donated $300 toLadena Cobler to pay for food and clothes; plus, they alsodonated three bicycles to the children.

“Steve Garrison, our veteran’s service officer, was quickto respond to a family of a veteran in their time of need,”said Stephen Bell, VFW Post Commander.

Ladena’s father, Melvin Cobler was a WWII veteran serv-ing with the Army. He was also a former member of thelocal VFW unit.

November 2018 What’s Happening in LG

By Marea BreedloveLocust Grove Librarian

More than 70 people filedinto the library for the annualHalloween costume contestsponsored by the Friends ofthe Locust Grove Public Li-brary on Oct. 31.

Ribbons and cash prizeswere awarded for the scari-est, most adorable, most cre-ative and best overall cos-tume.

Thank you to everyonewho braved the weather andendured the cramped quar-ters of the library.

Ordinarily, the contest isheld outside, but Mother Na-ture had other plans. Also, ahuge shout out to our judges

and the ladies of the Friendsof the Library. We appreciateyou!

In other news…The li-brary has a new self-servicescanner. The HP Sprout Prois an overhead scanner thatscans open books, singledocuments, loose photos, flatart work and more.

Scans can be saved as asearchable PDF, JPEG, PNG,Rich Text and MP3 Audio.

plete with emojis and bordersif desired.

Every time I sit down touse it I find something new.Come in to the library andask to see a demonstration.We would love to help youlearn how to use it.

This project is fundedthrough the Oklahoma Dept.

The software allows pa-trons to save items to a flashdrive, a device such as alaptop, phone or tablet, cre-ate a QR code or print to awireless black and whiteprinter.

Loose photos can beturned into photo pages on acolorful background com-

Library Halloween winners, new scanner available

COSTUME WINNERS . . .Callyn Connor, front center,was the overall winner at theLocust Grove Public LibraryHalloween Costume Contestwith her chicken costume.Others pictured are, in back,Dani Cook, Sophie Ruther-ford, Graisyn Floyd and DierkWalker, and in front, BrielleBeavers, Connor, and IsaacBaker.

of Libraries with funds fromthe Library Services andTechnology Act. (LSTA), aFederal source of libraryfunding provided by the In-stitute of Museum and Li-brary Services.

The scanner is available tothe public free of charge.

OVERALL WINNER. . Tak-ing first place in the LG Li-brary Halloween CostumeContest was Callyn Connor, inher chicken costume.

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By Shaun PerkinsFor many years, my grand-

mother (Gangy or RubyWilkinson) and I wrote lettersto one another. In one she toldme the story of a relative fromthe 1930’s who died in a waythat I could never get out ofmy head.

Over the years I wrote po-ems, stories, a play, and evenbased a novel manuscript onthis girl’s life and death. It isone of those stories that writ-ers say haunt them until theyhave finally written about itenough that the ghost goesaway.

I’m not sure the ghost hasgone away, but the girl’s storyhas once again found its wayinto a book of mine, my lat-est detective story in verse“The Book with the BrokenLocket.” I changed the girl’sname and fictionalized partsof the story, but I includedeverything I have been ableto learn about her in the story,also.

This book is the second inan ongoing series called The

Finding mysteries in the margins

Book With, and next year, thethird book will be comingout: “The Book with theGood Intentions,” which isalso based on a true story, al-though the story of totalstrangers. Let me explain.

I am a book-lover. I am alover of old books. I am par-ticularly a lover of old booksthat people have written in.The main character in myseries is a used book storeowner who is fascinated withbooks people have written in.Sometimes she finds intrigu-

ing mysteries in thatmarginalia, and she wants tosolve them.

In “The Book with theBroken Locket,” the mysteryis how (and to a lesser ex-tent—why) the girl died. Thisgirl, who is my first cousintwo times removed, is buriedin Hogan Cemetery west oftown. Her gravestone merelysays her name, birth anddeath dates and the phrase“Our Darling.” She was four-teen when she died.

The fictional town in thesebooks is called Shatubby andis an amalgam of LocustGrove and Tahlequah, so youmight see people or places

that seem familiar to you inthem. Of course, names havealways been changed.

“Good Intentions” is astory that grew out of the fas-cination with an old OgdenNash book of poetry I foundin a Lawton thrift store. Awoman had written her fullname and those of her boy-friend and their children fromprevious marriages in it. Shealso wrote in red ink throughthe whole book, pleadinglove messages to the boy-friend, who was a drug ad-dict, as she also became,which I easily discoveredwith a few Internet searches.

The first book in this se-

ries was not based on a truecrime but on marginaliafound in an old English text-book. “The Book with theBeacon Lights” came out in2017. I intend to publish onebook a year in this series un-til I get tired of it. I am con-tinually on the lookout forbooks that people have writ-ten in so bring one by thecoffee shop if you have oneto donate!

Both of my books makegreat Christmas gifts and areillustrated by Ray Grass andBetty Perkins. They are onsale at the coffee shop or atthe website:TheBookWith.com.

“It is one of those stories that writers sayhaunt them until they have finally writtenabout it enough that the ghost goes away.”

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Join the LGAA for theopening of the new exhibitArtistic Creations by AdeleCollette on Nov. 14, from5:30-6:30 p.m. at the LGAAGallery at 114 E. Main. Adelewill be displaying a wide va-riety of artwork in the gallery.You can meet the artist andenjoy free treats.

“I have been a crafter andhobbiest my whole life witha great desire for painting. Iwill paint on whatever isavailable at the time, whetherit be wood, furniture, saws,tin or canvas. I do not con-sider myself an artist, but anartistic crafter I am,” she said.

Locust Grove High Schoolart teacher Shaney O’Dellintroduced one of her stu-dents, Makenzie Newton,who is the featured artist cur-rently in the Locust GroveArts Alliance’s gallery onMain Street, when the LGAAmet Oct. 10.

A reception for Newton’sopening was held followingthe meeting. The exhibit willbe on show until Nov. 13.

The group discussed theChristmas window decorat-ing contest which the LGAAhas sponsored for three years.Shaun Perkins, who is head-ing up this project again thisyear, suggested that businessowners be allowed to deco-rate their windows in anyfashion they wish, includingthe painting that has beendone previously.

After the loss of the town’shistorical mural in the Aug.27 fire, a discussion was heldon another possible spot to

begin anew. Ray Grass, whorefurbished the original mu-ral a couple of years ago, saidthat he is willing to paint one.Some discussion was heldabout the east side ofForeman’s Parts which is justacross Broadway from wherethe previous mural was lo-cated.

It is hoped that the highschool art students and alter-native education students willbe able to take part in thisnew mural, as the latter groupdid in the past.

LGAA member LindaStone Callery said that theWillard Stone family is work-ing on reopening the museumin a downtown area. TheStone Museum was locatedeast of Locust Grove at thehome where Willard and hiswife, Sophie, lived.

Callery indicated that thehistoric old bank building onthe corner of Broadway andRoss, is available, and that

the family was looking intopossibly purchasing it for themuseum.

“That is great news for thetown of Locust Grove,” saidLGAA vice president MareaBreedlove.

In other news, LGAApresident Jennifer Hensonsaid she and Marcia WeaverPayne are teaming up to pro-vide a Thanksgiving dinnerfor those in need or those whodo not have a family to enjoythe day with. LGAA voted todonate $100 to help defraythe cost of the meal.

The next meeting of thegroup will be Nov. 14 andwill coincide with the open-ing of Adele Collette’s artexhibit in the LGAA Gallery.A reception will follow themeeting.

LGAA’s meetings are opento the public, and all artistsand those who love art areinvited to attend.

LGAA meeting highlights plans

Adele,an LGAA memberand the LG Chamber Presi-dent, is an active citizen inpromoting Locust Grove andhelping the town grow. Sheowned Junk Justified indowntown LG and now runsher craft business from homeand also does videos andworkshop instruction.

See Junk Justifed CraftyCreations on Facebook tolearn more about her. Hershow will run from Nov. 14-Dec. 7. You can visit anytimethe gallery is open or if it isnot open, see someone atWonder City Coffee to letyou in.

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HALLOWEEN PARTY . . . An early Halloween party was heldat the Senior Citizens Center on Oct. 6. Jim and Jane Rogerswere just two of the group who dressed to fit the occasion. Thegroup also enjoyed “ghoulash” wuth a salad and roll and home-made desserts by the Locust Ladies. The group just celebratedThanksgiving with a dinner and dance with music by the Holein the Wall Band. The next dinner dance will be Dec. 1, andcost of the meal and entertainment is $6. The dance is held thefirst Saturday of each month.

The First United Method-ist Women (UMW) of LocustGrove is hosting its annual“Festival of Trees” Nov. 30through Dec. 2, at the churchlocated on Highway 82 north.

The festival offers an op-

To celebrate Halloweenand the opening of the newRural Oklahoma Museum ofPoetry (ROMP) exhibit Inthe Bones, the museum re-cently had two poetry con-tests. The winners receivedcash prizes and ROMP pinsat the awards event Dark &Scary at Wonder City Coffeeon Oct. 26.

The epitaph poem contestrequired poets to write abouta real or imaginary personwho is speaking from thegrave or being described af-ter death. Two categorieswere 6th-12th grade and adult.

The winners in the 6th-12th

grade category were ReeceWilson, 1st; AlexisCopeland, 2nd; and RylieWagner, 3rd. The winners in

the adult category were TiaStein, 1st; Angela Loyd, 2nd,and Tristin Brunner, 3rd. Allof these winners were fromLocust Grove.

For the Halloween limer-ick competition, poets wrotea 5-line limerick on a Hal-loween theme. The winnersin the K-5th grade categorywere Natalie Van Horn, 1st,Adeline Yates, 2nd, andHolley Brown, 3rd. The win-ners in the 6th-12th grade cat-egory were Abigail Cotner,1st, Erin Bendabout, 2ndand Rylee Estes and EmmaLeigh Bailey, tie for 3rd. Allwinners were from LocustGrove, except Holley Brown,Edmond.

The adult winners in theHalloween limerick contest

were Kaitlyn Bendabout, 1st,Locust Grove, Buddy Stacy,2nd, Tahlequah, and TiaStein, Locust Grove, tie forsecond, and Nancy Thornton,Locust Grove, third.

Three special awards weregiven for the best perfor-mance of a Halloween poem.These winners were BuddyStacy, 1st, Emma LeighBailey, 2nd and Adeline,Eleanor and Isabelle Yates,3rd, all from Locust Grove.

Visitors to the museumcan see the epitaph poemwinners and other entries inthat contest, as they are dis-played there. The In theBones exhibit will runthrough 2019, and the mu-seum is open daily fromdawn to dusk.

Festival of Trees planned at First United Methodistportunity for the communityto shop locally for uniqueChristmas decorations andgifts. Many items are hand-made and include themedecorated Christmas trees,wreaths, floral arrangements

and other gifts.Several items will be sold

in a silent auction that willend on Sunday. Many otheritems will be ready to pur-chase and take away. Pro-ceeds from the festival sup-

port the UMW’s missionprojects.

Cider and cookies will beserved. Hours are from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov.30, and from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1.

In other UMW news: Lo-cust Grove’s UMW will behosting area UMW groups atthe cluster meeting on Satur-day, Dec. 1, at 9:30 a.m.

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LG Upper Elementaryhosts ‘Mummy & Me’LEFT: Matt Tatum and his daughter Jessie Fields dressed upfor the Oct. 25 Mummy & Me Dance at the Locust Grove UpperElementary School. ABOVE: Kathy Stephens, LGUE librarian,and Nicole Oldham, third grade teacher, worked the conces-sion stand at the dance. The dance is a fundraiser for the school,and the dance provided nearly $1,400 this year. TOP RIGHT:first grader Ginny Roach and her dad Gerrad were dressed assuper heroes for the event. BOTTOM RIGHT: Nevaeh Maherand her mother Laura also attended the yearly costume dance.

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(Continued from Page 1)rience in welding to combinewood and metal in severalpieces, one of which is “FishDreams,” shown with this ar-ticle.

In the same online article,Demos says that both woodand metal offer different chal-lenges, but when properlycombined, “the outcome canbe something that is quiteunique.”

–Demos–

pre-school kids at 2:00 p.m.that day and will also read itagain and be available tomeet and take photos from4:00-7:00 p.m.

Also the coffee shop ishosting a Christmas Extrava-ganza Pop-Up Shop withitems from local artists,crafters and vendors for sale.Everyone can find a perfectChristmas present here,while shopping local andsupporting area smallbusinesspeople. Items forsale include soaps, bath

bombs, jewelry, books, Avonand much more.

More details and an up-dated schedule for the eventwill be coming soon to theChamber website atLocustGroveOklahoma.com.To become a vendor or to par-ticipate in the parade, fill outthe forms at the Chamberwebsite. The forms can alsobe picked up at the Chamberoffice or Wonder City Coffee.

For more information,contact Chamber PresidentAdele Collette at 918-530-8132.

–Mrs. Claus–

Less mowing and morecleanup are needed to helpflooding problems in town

Assistant Director with theOklahoma Water Survey-OUJeri Fleming (an LGHSgraduate) gave a talk withphotos at the Oct. 18 LGChamber meeting. Flemingspoke about the challenges oftown stream management.

The main problem thatmany towns encounter is thatdevelopment causes flooding.The increasing use of con-crete surfaces and the reduc-tion of natural grasses andtrees both lead to water prob-lems.

Fleming pointed out someof the places in town wherethe Crutchfield Relief, which

runs throughout town andeventually empties into theGrand River, has beenhandled successfully andplaces where improvementsneed to be made.

One of the first things shesaid that the town could dois to encourage less mowingalong the ditches at the LittleLeague fields and a return to

more natural grasses there.Also, if trash was routinelykept out of the relief, thatwould help with water flow.

More thought about greeninfrastructure needs to gointo future property changesanywhere in the town be-cause they can affect thewhole town during times ofheavy rainfall.

Speaker suggests solutionsto town flooding problems

The LG Lighthouse Assembly of God will have its 6th

annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner on Nov. 22, from11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The meal will consist of turkey, ham,dressing, dessert and all the fixings.

Donations will be accepted but the meal is free of charge.For directions or more information, call 598-3972 or 316-3252 and ask for Serina.

Church offers Thanksgiving meal

On Nov. 3, VFW membersand relatives, plus volunteersfrom the First United Meth-odist Church, participated ina Field Day Clean-Up at theVFW Hall on Broadway.

Post Commander StephenBell hopes to begin some

CLEAN UP CREW . . . Members of the VFW and its auxiliaryplus Methodist Church volunteers who took part in the cleanup at the VFW Hall were Sharon and Chuck Allen, StephenBell, Steve Cole (kneeling), Elwood Purcell, Gerald Lacy andPaula Duncan.

VFW field day clean up heldrenovations at the VFW Hallsoon and to invite the com-munity back for events in thenear future.


Painting with coffeeThirty-two people participatedin an art class led by AlyshaLittle on painting with instantcoffee Nov. 2 at Wonder CityCoffee. Using only coffee andwater, those taking part in theclass created unique paintings.This free Locust Grove ArtsAlliance workshop produced awealth of creative paintingsfrom people of all ages. Pic-tures shown were done by LeeBreshear, top left, who didn’twant to be pictured, but whoproduced a unique painting ofa bumble bee and a sunflower;Rylee Rogers, top right, whoproduced an abstract drawing;Nacole Rogers with a farmbarn; and Tia Stein with a sty-listic seahorse.

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yellow spot intothe sun.”

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KELLY’S TREE . . . The turning of the leaves makes for a beau-tiful sight this time of year. Kelly Palmar took this picture inher yard.. Poet Lynne Howard describes this time of year thisway: “Changing of the season/ A wonder to perceive/ Nature inits splendour/ The turning of the leaves. Poet Robert Frost re-minds us that “Nothing gold can stay” and that this time ofyear is the one that is most fleeting. “Nature’s first green isgold,/ Her hardest hue to hold./ Her early leaf’s a flower,/ Butonly so an hour./ Then leaf subsides to leaf,/ So Eden sank togrief,/ So dawn goes down to day/ Nothing gold can stay.”

OPENS NEW EXHIBIT . . . Aspooky skeleton is illuminatedinside a box at the “In theBones” exhibit new at the mu-seum which is located onCounty Road 438, two mileswest and 1/2 mile north of thehigh school. Many opportuni-ties to interact with poetry areprovided. The museum is opendawn to dusk.

ROMP opens‘In the Bones’

OPENING DAY . . . AdeleCollette reads some poetrywhile visiting the new interac-tive exhibit at ROMP duringthe opening ceremony of “Inthe Bones.”

By Roxann Perkins YatesClean it, pat it, dry it, dress

it; handle it with care becauseit’s the symbol and center-piece of the foodiest holidayof the year. But it’s not theonly favorite.

The towns of Turkey, TXand Turkey, NC establishedtheir name in honor of the bigbird, but people all over theUS enjoy this day of goodeats and good company.

“I am the bread maker formy family. I use my great-grandma’s recipe. This is theBEST bread, hot rolls, andcinnamon rolls. I have madebread that could win a prize,but there were a couple ofyears that the rolls werescorched or rather hard! Butregardless, this is the foodthat the entire family asks forfrom me,” said retiredChouteau high schoolteacher Debbie Evans.

Families and companionsfor the first Thanksgivingcelebrated with a three-dayfestival of eating and hunting

and honoring after the har-vest. In 1621 the Pilgrims andNative Americans choweddown on venison—not tur-key, no pumpkin pie or cran-berry sauce. Potatoes wereforeign to their palates, ac-cording to History.com.

More than two centuriesago, George Washingtonmade Thanksgiving an offi-cial national holiday in 1789.It didn’t become an annualtradition until Sarah JosephaHale campaigned relentlesslyfrom 1827-1857 for its placein America’s history, andAbraham Lincoln declared itso in 1863. Hale is bestknown for composing thepoem/childhood nurseryrhyme “Mary Had a LittleLamb.”

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Whether it’s on a platter,plate or in a loaf pan, aThanksgiving dish can beanything rewarding to cre-ate—especially if it’s re-quested in any other monthof the year.

“Sweet potato casserole isthe dish I’m expected tomake every year. The coco-nut, pecan, oats, and brownsugar topping is so good. Myhusband always asks why wedon’t have it on other days.He says Thanksgiving isn’tenough,” said SommerReider, journalist.

Try other vegetable reci-pes. A vegetable wellingtonloaf consists of olive oil,spinach, bell peppers, goatcheese, among other de-lights, wrapped in a pastry. Itadds color and the wow-fac-tor to a holiday feast. Therecipe is found at

vegetariantimes.com.But it doesn’t have to look

delectable to be delicious.“My most anticipated dish

was always my GrandmaYates’s slimy white breaddressing. It’s unlike any otherdressing I’ve ever eaten in mylife, but it was and still is myfavorite Thanksgiving dish.My mom has since takenover the duty of making it anddoes a superb job. My dadwould always say it remindedhim of snot. He was raised oncornbread dressing. It’s oneof a kind dressing, and it’sperfect,” said Joni Fleming,home business owner.

My sister Kelly has as-sumed the responsibility ofmaking GrandmotherPerkins’ recipe of eggnoodles, not because shelikes to, but because theyevoke favorite memories offamily.

“In my family, we all lookforward to the homemadeegg noodles. It is a tradition

stemming from as far back asGrandma Simpson’s grand-mother. So when I makethem, I can’t help but hopemy grandchildren will con-tinue the tradition. My grand-daughter Zoey loves thenoodles,” said self-employedDonna Carter.

For the sake of the 12 per-cent of Americans who don’teat turkey with their eggnoodles on this holiday, theycan be thankful for the recenttradition of US presidents,beginning with George H. W.Bush in 1989, of pardoninga turkey or two from the maincourse every November.

But if you still prefer toclean it, pat it, dry it and dressit, turkey with stuffing/dress-ing is a favorite for the table.

“I love to make dressing.It’s so time consuming, butonce it’s skillet-browned andthen baked, it’s hard to beat!I’m hungry for it now!Yummy!” said auction em-ployee Cindy Chupp.

My simple crock potblessing of a dressing recipefollows:

One 8" pan of cornbread(I cook in an iron skillet.)

8 slices of any kind ofbread (Use what you preferto eat. I use wheat.)

4 large eggs2 cups of chicken broth2 cans of cream of chicken

or mushroom soup or one of

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–Thanksgiving dishes –

each1 tsp. of sage1 tsp. of ground black pep-

per2 chopped stalks of celery1 large onion chopped1 stick of butterMix all ingredients, except

butter. Put in a greased crockpot. Dot the top with butter.Cook on high 2 hours and onlow 4 hours. If you want itcreamier, add more broth orsoup.

Crock Pot Dressing Recipe

THANKSGIVING ADVOCATE. . . Sarah Josepha Hale cam-paigned for 30 years to have Thanksgiving become an officialholiday. Finally in 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared it so. Itwas not until 1989 that President H.W. Bush pardoned the firstturkey, but it didn’t keep turkey off the Thanksgiving table.


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WCC EntertainmentSchedule

Nov. 9, 5:30 p.m.: Artisttalk w/Demos Glass

Nov. 12, 10:30 a.m.: JuiceBox Jams

Nov. 16, 6 p.m.: WonderCity Tellabration

Dec. 4, 2 p.m.: Mrs. Clausfor Preschool Kids

Dec. 4, 4-7 p.m.: Christ-mas Pop-Up Shop

• Locust Grove’s ownDemos Glass, a CherokeeNational Treasure, will givean artist talk at the coffee

shop on Nov. 9, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Glass will be shar-ing photos and describingpast and future projects.

Glass is known for hiscontemporary art and use ofmixed media, along withwelded steel structures andcollaborations with his fatherBill Glass, Jr., also a Chero-kee National Treasure. Theyhave a studio east of townwhere they do most of theirwork.

• Another noted Cherokeecitizen Choogie Kingfisher, a

Kituwah-Cherokee story-teller, will once again be themain teller at this year’sWonder City TellabrationNov. 16, from 6-7 p.m.Tellabration is an annual in-ternational celebration of oralstorytelling that takes placethe weekend before Thanks-giving in most places.

A Tellabration has beenstaged in Locust Grove ev-

ery year since 2006. King-fisher will tell stories old andnew, mythic and real. This isa free celebration of the artand joy of telling stories andis suitable for all ages.

• On Nov. 12, SarahSpurrier will be back to leadpreschool kids in another funJuice Box Jams. Sarah hastaken a break from the Jamsto have twins, and now thatboth she and they are doingwell, she is eager to be backat 10:30 a.m. with songs andstory fun.

• On Dec. 4, the coffeeshop will feature a ChristmasExtravanaganza, a pop-upshop with items from localartists, craftspeople, and ven-dors, so you can do Christ-

mas shopping and buy local.Items include soaps, bathbombs, Avon, books, jewelry,artwork and much more. Thepop-up shop will run from 4-7 p.m.

• Also, at 2 p.m. that day,for the preschool kids, Mrs.Claus will be at the coffeeshop reading her book Mrs.Claus’s Night Before Christ-mas. Mrs. Claus will alsoread her book again some-time during the 4-7 p.m. timeslot for other children.

The book will be for sale,and kids can get the chanceto meet Mrs. Claus and takea photo with her.

For more informationcheck out the Wonder CityCoffee Facebook page.

Juice Box Jams returns to Wonder City Coffee

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