Running from Tomorrow
Many people, when growing up, have dreams of becoming rock stars. They even manufacture entire lines of video games based around this fact. Of these people, though, very few take the time to actually hone their musical skills and develop a style that reflects a part of them. All they see is the money, the [...]
A Part of Ada’s History: Goose Hill
Many times, while driving down Highland, I would often see the beautiful red brick mansion on the hill and wonder. What was it? Did it belong to the school? How does one even get there? It always seemed to me as if it was something out of a book—there, yet unreal. When I would ask [...]
The Right Fit
In cozy communities where Main Street still thrives as a center of business, long standing stores like Brown’s Shoe Fit Company are as American as apple pie. The 100 year old full service shoe company company will celebrate 40 years in Ada. Owner Gunar Matheny is optimistic about the future. Driven to offer the best [...]
Stump Carver
Adam was born in Ada in 1983 to his parents, Tim and Paula Hall. He grew up in Stonewall where he attended school, then moved on to East Central where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. As a teen, Hall had watched his dad take ordinary tree stumps and turn them into art [...]
Running from Tomorrow
Many people, when growing up, have dreams of becoming rock stars. They even manufacture entire lines of video games based around this fact. Of these people, though, very few take the time to actually hone their musical skills and develop a style that reflects a part of them. All they see is the money, the [...]
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A Part of Ada’s History: Goose Hill
Many times, while driving down Highland, I would often see the beautiful red brick mansion on the hill and wonder. What was it? Did it belong to the school? How does one even get there? It always seemed to me as if it was something out of a book—there, yet unreal. When I would ask [...]
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The Right Fit
In cozy communities where Main Street still thrives as a center of business, long standing stores like Brown’s Shoe Fit Company are as American as apple pie. The 100 year old full service shoe company company will celebrate 40 years in Ada. Owner Gunar Matheny is optimistic about the future. Driven to offer the best [...]
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Stump Carver
Adam was born in Ada in 1983 to his parents, Tim and Paula Hall. He grew up in Stonewall where he attended school, then moved on to East Central where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts. As a teen, Hall had watched his dad take ordinary tree stumps and turn them into art [...]
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Accomplishing Your New Year’s Resolutions!
I’m glad to see my readers made it safely into 2012, which I’m hoping is a year that brings everyone much joy and happiness. Those of us, that don’t believe the hype or the Mayan calendar that the world is ending in 2012, are probably in the process of setting New Years Resolutions right now. [...]
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MOMs
An eleven year old child in America without an ipod or cell phone would claim to be living in poverty, and they would be right according to the definition we have of poverty. pov-er-ty: the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions (Merriam- Webster). Poverty looks [...]
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Ada’s Own Pecan Butter
Sometimes, when we need it most, the world changes for us, offering a new path toward happiness. Kelly and Gaytha Ziegelmeier are living proof of this. In January of 2010, they were seeking a new direction. Kelly wanted a new job that would utilize his degree in management and, as Gaytha stated, “We wanted to [...]
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Chicken Genius
Church’s Chicken has been around since 1952 and was started by George W. Church, Sr. in San Antonio across the street from the Alamo. It didn’t find it’s way to Ada, Oklahoma until July of 2009. New growth was happening on the north side of town and a need for more fast food choices was [...]
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Play with your food
We all grew up hearing this familiar phrase, “Stop playing with your food!”, and as a parent, I am even guilty of letting those words roll off my tongue. Karrie Flanagan has tossed this way of thinking to the wayside and now encourages her son, Keaton, to have some fun with his grub. Kids are [...]
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Sincerely Edy Hendrix
With Christmas quickly approaching, everyone is preparing for the rush that comes with the holiday season. Though many dread the chaos found in department stores and grocery lines, it is also a time that causes people to remember holiday cheer, Christmas spirit and the importance of giving. Edy Hendrix is one woman, who has found [...]
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