62nd Keetoowah Cherokee Celebration October 5 - 6, 2012 Tahlequah, Oklahoma Schedule of Events Friday, October 5 8:30 am-5 pm Arts and Crafts, Food Venders Set up - Grounds 5-7 pm Pow Wow registration - Grounds 5 pm Dinner for Gospel Singing - Wellness Center 6 pm Softball Tournament - Sequoyah H.S. Fields 6:30 pm Gospel Singing - Wellness Center 7 pm Pow Wow Grand Entry Saturday, October 6 7 am 5K Run - begin at NSU/Downtown 7 am Kid’s Fishing Derby - Pond 8 am Dignitaries Breakfast - Go Ye Village 9 am Softball Tournament - Sequoyah H.S. Fields 10 am Parade - Downtown Tahlequah 11 am-10 pm Arts and Crafts, Food Venders Blowgun competition 11:45 am Posting of Colors 2-3 pm Gourd Dance (Honor Guard) - Pavilion 3 pm Grand Entry State of the Nation Address (Chief) 3 pm-10pm Pow Wow Introduction of Tradition Keepers 3:30 pm Free Bingo - Pavilion Introduction of Miss and Jr. Miss 4 pm Stickball Noon Entertainment 5 pm Cash Giveaway - Pavilion Noon-3 pm Pow Wow Registration - Grounds 11 pm Stomp Dance Noon-5 pm Make & Take Crafts - Shed at Grounds Basic Art Lesson - Museum Other Activities: Vintage Photo Identification - Museum Miss Keetoowah Date: Sept 13 12:15 pm Volleyball Tournament Location: Tahlequah Municipal Armory 12:15 pm Children’s Activities 1-3 pm Cultural Demonstrations - Shed at Grounds Golf Tournament Date: Sept 28/29 1 pm Marbles Location: Cherry Springs Golf Course Traditional Indian Meal - Pavilion 1:30 pm Cornstalk Shoot 2 pm Children’s Turtle Races For more information: Horseshoe Tournament 918-458-6708 or 918-431-1818 All events are at the Keetoowah Cherokee Celebration Grounds unless otherwise specified. 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Rick Wall Dakota Jones - Carol Marie Merritt Trent McDaniel Tulsa Staff Photographer: Deb Bayton Wagoner Produced by Pod Publications Washington © All rights reserved 2012 Page 2 - October 2012 - The Pulse WWW.MYPULSEMAG.COM View The Heartbeat of Green Country October 2012 - Vol. 1, Issue 6 Our Communities 8 Tulsa’s dancing & dining in new ways Halloween 10 SAVE you October/Whales in Catoosa 4 Happenings 11 Creek gets autumnal Where to get 15 Craig County goes crazy your scare on in 16 Mayes County rocks October Green Country 17 Nowata news/Adair gives 18 Rogers County is rarin’ to go 20 McIntosh moves into some serious fun 21 Sequoyah fishes for fun and money 22 Ottawa oughtta be your destination 23 Delaware does it again 24 Osage in October Keetoowah 25 Fall fun in Pawnee County 26 Washington warms up for the holidays 12 Celebration 27 Okmulgee’s October opportunities Cherokee County 28 More merriment in Muskogee chomps at the bit 30 Wagoner is whipping up the wonderful with fun Going Out/Staying In 31 Rodeo Roundup/Powwows near you 32 Shopping opps abound 34 Pulse Pro - Breast Cancer 35 Movies Homegrown 36 Art 37 Theater 43 Heroes 38 Music BACA brings 40 Dining Out - Best Places for Burgers the care 44 Lost City Magic 46 Real Haunted Houses 47 Halloween’s beginnings 48 Recipe Corner - foods to cause fright Month at a Glance 50 A calendar listing of fun stuff to do The Pulse - October 2012 - Page 3 Halloween Hauntings Ghosties and ghoulies grab Green Country By Amy Addams The temperatures are dropping and hopefully the leaves will Ready to make a drive worth your trip? Then check out The give us a color show, but we all know that this means that Hal- Asylum in Nowata and get ready to get afraid. This isn’t Dracula loween is coming. We will do our best to give you a detailed and Frankenstein stuff; this is your mental institution fears come rundown of what’s going on in Green Country so you can plan to life and they ain’t playing! No one jumps out and makes you your weekends accordingly. jump; no this is being in a scary movie with no exit. Find out more at www.okasylum.com. They should be open Fri. – Sat. 6 pm – 11 It starts at the Castle at Muskogee with the Haunted Castle pm and Sun. 7 pm - 11 pm but we strongly recommend you check Halloween Festival going on Sept. 28 - Oct. 27. This is one visit their website as we didn’t see any dates listed as of yet. you need to make, no matter how far the drive. It’s an evening of thrills and chills for everyone, although some of the trails are We found a lot of haunted attractions in and around Tulsa, so adult-oriented, so be sure you have someone to sit with the little we’re just going to give you the details on each and you can ones while you get your wits scared out of you. There’s more than let your conscience be your guide. (Note to our readers: if your haunted trails and paths – they also have pumpkin decorating children seem hesitant, it might be better if you let them do and Halloween décor to purchase, so if you consider yourself a something else. There’s no need to force kids to do something Halloween queen (or king) the Castle needs to be a stop. They that makes them uncomfortable.) also have school outing info on their Website (www.okcastle.com), so check it out for details or visit our Muskogee County pages for First, one of the oldest and most popular attractions is located more. in Sperry (just northwest of Tulsa), called Psycho Path Haunted Attraction and it is happening Sept. 28 - Nov. 3. The folks who Another attraction we found is in Chouteau and put this on are professionals and they do a pretty good job of they call it scaring you pretty good. While we don’t recommend it for kids the Frozen under 12, we did see a lot of smaller children there when we Morgue last visited, so you will have to decide for yourself. We can say (although that their ‘scareages’ were a nice way to visit (they have big the name has golf carts that take 4-6 people out into their woods where you been changed get scared witless while seated) and we also recommend this as since). With a a good visit if you have mobility issues. Find out more at www. haunted hay- psychopathhaunt.com or by calling (918) 288-7685. Tickets ride and the range from $7 to $30 and we have been assured that the Rage Twisted Tales Cage is back for 2012, so what are you waiting for? Psycho Path attraction, is open 7-11 pm Sept. 28-29, Oct. 5-6, 12-13, 17-20, 26-27, how can you Oct. 31 - Nov. 3. miss? This is pretty scary, so if your child is on the fence, maybe they should sit this one out. Tickets are quite afford- able: $6-14 gets you in and their website is quite informative. Go to www.frozenmorgue. Hex House, which takes its story from the finding of a small com for details. The casket found in a Tulsa backyard back in 1944 (it has since Morgue is easy to been moved) but the legend and more lives on. It has quite the find at 1210 South following, so be prepared for lines and a bit of a wait the later Chouteau Avenue but in the month you visit. The Hex House is open Sept. 28 - Oct. be prepared to be 31 and you can find out more at www.thehexhouse.com or at The Castle of Muskogee is sure to scare the toughest of souls. scared. (866) 966-1777. The Hex House is located at 8314 E. 71st St. Page 4 - October 2012 - The Pulse WWW.MYPULSEMAG.COM Halloween Hauntings and they have a variety of ticketing traction, but for all you die-hard haunted options: $15 each attraction or buy a house fanatics, this is a can’t-miss. Find combo pass for $20, but the $27 VIP out more at www.the13thward.com or by Combo pass is worth the price: you can calling (918) 622-5266. Tickets are $13 get every attraction and go to the front or purchase a $20 pass and go to the of the line, which is still cheaper than front of the line. Not recommended for buying individual passes. This house is kids under 12 and kids 11 and younger NOT recommended for children under must be with an adult. 13th Ward is lo- 13 and kids 12 and younger must be cated at 220 South Elm Street in Jenks. with an adult. Hex House is open Sept. 28-29, Oct. 4-6, 11-13, 17-20, 24-27 An attraction that might worth a visit is and 30-31.