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Oklahoma Today Editors End NOV/DEC 2017 $4.95 11> 7825274 66717 Contents NOVEMBER • DECEMBER 2017 | VOLUME 67, NUMBER 6 Local for the Holidays High Lonesome Sound 41 What do you get your favorite foodie that 66 Chet Baker’s life was one of profound musical will fill her heart with delight on Christ- talent and self-destruction; deep love and dev- mas morning? Or the artist, bookworm, or astating loss; worldwide fame and a premature outdoorsy type? The Oklahoma Today editors end. Nearly thirty years after his death, the jazz have driven hundreds of miles across the trumpeter from Yale is remembered all over the state to bring you the ultimate guide for world for his tragedies and triumphs. almost every type of person on your list. By Preston Jones Photography by Lori Duckworth Illustrations by JJ Ritchey Poet for the People Throughout her career, Jeanetta Calhoun Wade in the Water 72 Mish has been many things: published author, 58 They are a source of recreation, inspiration, Oklahoma Book Award winner, Red Earth and life itself for Oklahomans whether Creative Writing MFA program director. As minnow, bird, or human. Following the of 2017, she can now add “Oklahoma’s twenty- Canadian and Kiamichi rivers, writer Susan second poet laureate” to her résumé. Penny Dragoo and illustrator Debby Kaspari Candy Books publisher Chad Reynolds delves looked into the depths of the water and into the mind of one of the state’s greatest examined how they reflect us all. talents in a revealing interview. By Susan Dragoo By Chad Reynolds Illustrations by Debby Kaspari Portrait by John Jernigan The Shelter of the Most High 76 Religions are shaped in part by the places in which their practitioners gather. But more than simply meeting places, these churches, Explore some of Oklahoma’s most beautiful places of temples, synagogues, and centers have be- worship in “The Shelter of the Most High” on page 76. come beloved members of the communities Seen here is the First United Methodist Church OKC in to which they belong. downtown Oklahoma City. Photography by Mark W. Nault OklahomaToday.com 3 MARK W. NAULT MARK W. Contents Yale One of jazz’s greatest began his journey in Aline this town. PAGE 66 44 How to make an American quilt 35 PAGE 89 Poteau Head east for 40 hopping shops. 6 pt 40 PAGE 19 Duncan 44 Great Gifts Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus here. We scoured the state Durant PAGE 31 35 Outfit your kitchen at the to find dozens of Kopper Kettle. PAGE 42 presents for every 59personality. PAGE 41 JOHN JERNIGAN JOHN JERNIGAN SUZANNE STRONG Lawrence Naff, page 16 Luke Dick, page 26 Pesto & sausage bites, page 34 15 Routes 25 Roots 33 The Menu Oklahoma City artist Lawrence Naff Luke Dick of Cogar is writing his They’ve come from all over to claim elevates the rhinestone into something way to musical glory in Nashville a taste of victory. For the third sublime; charming downtown Poteau and beyond; as the weather cools, year in a row, the Oklahoma Today has the perfect gift for just about these new releases heat things up; Oklahoma Pride Cooking Contest anyone; The Curbside Chronicle works a new mural is creating a scene and at the State Fair has brought out the to wrap up homelessness with help celebrating the Sam Noble Museum’s state’s best amateur chefs, whose from local artists; one of the world’s long history; and here comes Santa dips, soups, cakes, and more were rarest trees—the seaside alder—grows Claus, a.k.a. Michael Harris of better than ever. Plus: Apple Pie in Oklahoma; and a poem by Regan Duncan, in the final installment of Time at the Bethany library is full of Wilds gets to the “Core” of things. Trisha Bunce’s “Y’all” column. helpful tips for making the perfect pie. ON THE COVER: Our In Every Issue holiday shopping guide brings together fifty-nine 6 Contributors gifts from nearly forty Oklahoma stores to turn 8 Point of View your holiday shopping excursion from dreaded 10 Welcome chore to Sooner State road trip. Illustrations 12 Feedback by JJ Ritchey. 87 To-Do List 96 Lost and Found 4 November/December 2017 A new bronze sculpture, OWWATTA “THEY’RE HUNTING” by James Blackburn The of the Explore a world-class A RT collection of sculpture, paintings, pottery and more. HUNT Join us for a day of discovery immersed in Chickasaw heritage and culture. Tour the campus of this award- winning attraction – its gardens, art and architecture. Plus the one-on-one sharing of ancient skills, tools and secrets of the hunt. Catch the action of Enjoy Chickasaw specialties a Stickball game! at Aaimpa' Café! ChickasawCulturalCenter.com • Sulphur, OK • 580-622-7130 UNI_17-CNC-100 OK Today Nov_Dec.indd 1 9/26/17 9:32 AM Contributors S THE AUTHOR of six Achapbooks—three in 2015 alone—the co-founder of Penny Since 1956 Candy Books, and one of the MARY FALLIN, Governor minds behind Short Order Poems, Oklahoma City resident Chad Reynolds is immersed in words on the daily. But his one-on-one with State Poet Laureate Jeanetta Cal- COLLEEN McINTYRE houn Mish (“Poet for the People,” Director of Operations page 72) opened him up to new STEVEN WALKER possibilities. “If Jeanetta needs a WALKER CREATIVE, INC. Art Director sidekick in her travels across the state, someone to fetch her coffee, MEGAN ROSSMAN, Photography Editor NATHAN GUNTER, Managing Editor or introduce her at readings, I’ll KARLIE TIPTON, Associate Editor CAROLINE COHENOUR volunteer for the job,” he says. SARA COWAN, Factchecker BECKY CARMAN, MARCIA PRESTON, and SANDRA SOLI, Copyeditors REBECCA STERKEL, Editorial Intern Contributors NOW OKLAHOMA TODAY’S BROOKE ADCOX, SHANE BEVEL, SHEILAH BRIGHT, director of operations, Colleen TRISHA BUNCE, JACLYN COSGROVE, SUSAN DRAGOO, joined the family in Janu- LORI DUCKWORTH, JOHN JERNIGAN, McIntyre BRIAN TED JONES, PRESTON JONES, DEBBY KASPARI, ary 1997. She served as an intern RANDY KREHBIEL, QURAYSH ALI LANSANA, JIM LOGAN, MELISSA LUKENBAUGH, TOM LUKER, before landing her first post-college JEANETTA CALHOUN MISH, REBEKAH MORROW, job as the magazine’s advertising MARK W. NAULT, JAMES PRATT, ROBERT REID, production manager. But after more JJ RITCHEY, DYRINDA TYSON, and SCOTT WIGTON than twenty years, she still finds new challenges and new joys. “I love my BRIDGETTE SLONE, Production Manager job; every day is different, so it’s DANEKA ALLEN, Advertising Account Executive never boring,” she says. “How cool KERRIE BRINKMAN-WHITE, Advertising Account Executive BLAKE PARKS, Advertising Account Executive is it that I get to spend my work days with people I’m constantly CAMILLE WALLACE, Circulation Manager learning from, people who challenge me to grow, and that we get to make Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department a magazine about Oklahoma?” When DICK DUTTON, Executive Director she’s not at work, Colleen enjoys Tourism and Recreation Commission LT. GOV. TODD LAMB, Chair reading, learning about her Irish GEAN B. ATKINSON, ROBYN BATSON, heritage, and being a bona fide Star RICHARD G. HENRY, GRANT HUMPHREYS, A. XAVIER NEIRA, CHARLES H. PERRY, Trek nerd. She lives in Moore with RONDA R. ROUSH, and MIKE WILT her husband, John, and two sons. JOHN MCINTYRE To contact Oklahoma Today staff by email: [email protected]; [email protected]; and [email protected] Oklahoma Today’s awards include twelve 2016 Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists awards, including Best Magazine; the 2015 STILL REMEMBER BEING Folio: Designer of the Year award; seven 2015 International Regional Magazine Association Awards; seven 2014 IRMA awards; a 2014 Folio: I tucked into a seat inside Austin’s Top Women in Media award; seven 2014 Great Plains Journalism awards; twenty 2014 Oklahoma SPJ awards, including Best Magazine; gorgeous Paramount Theatre, totally a 2013 Western Heritage Wrangler award; 2012 Wilbur award from the Religion Communicators Council; IRMA Magazine of the Year 2012, enraptured by the black and white 2010, 2005, 1996, 1994, 1993, and 1991. images,” says Preston Jones of his Oklahoma Today (ISSN 0030-1892) is published bimonthly: in first-ever viewing of Let’s Get Lost, January, March, May, July, September, and November by the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, 900 the 1988 documentary about Chet North Stiles Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73104. POSTMASTER: PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, Baker, whom Jones profiled for this AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY OFFICES. Send address changes issue (“High Lonesome Sound,” page to Oklahoma Today Circulation, P.O. Box 1468, Oklahoma City, OK 73101. Oklahoma City Advertising Sales Office, P.O. Box 1468, 66). “I hope those who aren’t aware Oklahoma City, OK 73101, (405) 522-9535 or (800) 777-1793. Subscription prices: $24.95 per year in the U.S. U.S. copyright © 2017 of Baker’s Oklahoma roots will take by Oklahoma Today. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Oklahoma Today is not responsible for the care or return of unsolicited a first or second look at the man and materials of any kind. In no event shall submission of unsolicited his music,” he says. “He deserves to material subject Oklahoma Today to any claim or holding fee. Payment is upon publication. Visit OklahomaToday.com. be held up as one of the state’s most notable talents. Though he was es- tranged from Oklahoma for most of CARLA SCOTT JONES his life, he’s still a son of the red dirt.” 6 November/December 2017 ROBBERS CAVE MILITARY OFFER! Former and active military personnel save 25% at state park cabins and lodges. Book online at TravelOK.com/SPDeals. *Restrictions apply. Follow us at Facebook.com/OKStateParks RAYMOND GARY Oklahoma state parks salute America’s heroes with special lodging rates starting at $75.
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