A group of teens and young adults recently walked the streets of Claremore barefoot with a cause.
Last month, an annual international event called “One Day Without Shoes” raised awareness for the serious need for shoes for children around the world in developing countries.
In fact, one shoe company takes this mission so seriously, it was founded on the premise that the company will donate one pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair of shoes that is purchased. A local teen, Northeast Technology Center student Kristofer Kotoff, organized the Claremore event as a project in his NTC Environmental & Spatial Technology (EAST) class.
One Day Without Shoes is an annual event in which students, friends, parents, strangers, and co-workers host or join barefoot events. Some go barefoot for an hour, some for the whole day, but all become a part of a greater movement toward change. Several celebrities have also gotten on board with the movement, including a group of college basketball coaches who will coach one game every year barefoot on the bench.
The group from Claremore walked along the sidewalks on SH 88, beginning at NTC’s Claremore campus and winding up downtown. Students, parents, and siblings from Claremore, Claremore-Sequoyah, Rogers State University, NTC, and Locust Grove marched down to raise awareness in the Claremore area. There were about 100 people supporting the cause.
Fourth annual “Old Fashioned Picnic” 10:30 a.m. Will Rogers Round-Up Club. Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club and Blue Star Mothers hosting live music, hog fry, story telling, Cherokee cultural activities, and more. Items needed to be donated to troops. Cost $10, adults, $5, children. More information, contact Ollie Starr at 283-1588 or Thelda Boen at 341-0298.
A.B.A.T.E. of Rogers County Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner, 6 p.m., at Claremore VFW, 1717 W. Dupont. Three-way chili dinner will be served, with dessert auction. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12. A Wii game will be raffled for $1 per ticket or six tickets for $5.
Harmony Star Reunion, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Claremore Senior Citizens Center. Covered dish luncheon at noon.
Paws with a Cause pet portraits to benefit Claremore Animal Shelter. $15 donation for photo session and 5×7 print. Call for an appointment: York Event Photography, 341-8361 or 510-9261.
Claremore Soccer Club Registration 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for 4 years to adult. For more information go to claremoresoccer.com
Mother’s Day and spring planting are fast approaching and the students and faculty at Roosa Elementary School have just the gift for you to give to your mother, wife, or grandmother — or for yourself to complete those home flowerbeds.
The first Roosa Plant Sale will be held Friday, May 7 — the Friday before Mother’s Day — from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the school located at 2100 North Sioux. Students will sell a variety of flowers and herbs. The proceeds from the sale will help fund the Roosa Outdoor Science Lab as well as a yearly environmental “green” project voted on by the entire student body.
The plant sale is a way to raise funds, but it is also intended to give students the opportunity to be entrepreneurs. “The students get experience in earning money, spending money, and selling product,” said Mary Legan, second grade teacher.
Students learn about horticulture, planting and other science-related projects. Each grade level is responsible for a different part of the plant sale. Second graders will hold the signs that help promote the plant sale, third graders will assist customers with their purchases, and fourth graders will be the cashiers.
“Every year as the student’s skills increase their job responsibility increases. And every child from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade helps with the gardening in the Roosa Outdoor Science Lab. It’s a true school-wide effort,” Legan said. In addition to the students’ work, parents and grandparents also help in the Science Lab. Currently volunteers are constructing a green house — the latest addition to the Science Lab.
Principal Glen Abshere says the volunteer effort and support of the upcoming plant sale are important to the students and faculty at Roosa. “If not for the help of our volunteers and the success of our plant sale, we will be limited in funds to continue this amazing project that is available to our students.” Legan added, “The plant sale is a great learning experience for the students, and the continuation of a hands-on learning environment is key to our science curriculum.” Roosa Elementary students and faculty are hoping the plant sale will become an annual community event.
Over the past several years, Facebook has grown to be much more than just a place to meet-up with old friends and gain new ones. Rather, Facebook has become a place for people and communities to band together to influence major corporations. Recently, a group of Claremore residents created the Facebook page: “Bring a Chick-Fil-A to Claremore, OK”. This page was started around the middle of January and already has over 2,500 fans. Who knows, if Claremore gets enough people behind this movement, this could be the next big factor in helping to achieve Economic growth.
Earth Angel Minerals announced earlier that they have been invited to participate in the 2010 Academy Awards Luxury Lounge at the “W” Hotel at Beverly Hills to honor the OSCAR Nominees & Presenters for this years’ Awards Show. This celebrity event will be held on March 5-6, 2010 during the Oscar Week Festivities & is being produced by GBK Productions, a fund-raising & event specialist located in Los Angeles, CA. The Academy Awards will be televised from Beverly Hills, CA on March 7, 2010. Earth Angel Minerals has created an exclusive 5pc Limited Edition Color Collection, The Hollywood Starlet Collection, which will be included in gift bags that will be distributed in official Academy Awards Luxury Lounge Gift bags presented to Oscar Nominees & Presenters; Entertainment, Beauty & News Media invited to attend the 2010 Academy Awards Luxury Lounge.
“We are so excited to have been asked to participate in the annual 2010 Academy Awards Luxury Lounge,” said Christine Keeter, President of Earth Angel Minerals. “This is a great honor for our company to be recognized on such a national level like the Academy Awards. We have been given an opportunity to have our products presented during a prestigious event produced by one of the top event specialists in the entertainment industry, GBK Productions. Our exclusive Limited Edition Hollywood Starlet Collection will be reviewed by national beauty magazines, celebrities, TV & Movie makeup artists, and entertainment media associated with the luxury lounge.”
Christine formulated this special limited edition color collection as a tribute to the “Original Hollywood Starlets” from the 40’s. The 2010 Hollywood Starlet Color Collection features colors inspired by such starlets as Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardener, Carol Lombard & Vivien Leigh. Limited Edition colors include Starlet Carol, Starlet Rita, Starlet Ava, & Starlet Vivien. Also included in this collection is Bling, a gorgeous eye & body shimmer that looks like sparkling diamonds! This is the first in the Hollywood Starlet Series by Earth Angel Minerals & will only be available for a limited amount of time. We will introduce a new edition in the color collection during each Oscar Season.
Other National Events Earth Angel Minerals has participated in include the 2009 Think Pink Style Lounge for the 2009 Emmy Awards, benefiting Breast Cancer Research. January 2010 we donated 5 exclusive LEMONADE STAND Color Collections created especially for the 2010 Lemon Ball Auction, benefiting Alex’s Lemonade Stand. American Idol winner Jordan Sparks was the entertainment for the Lemon Ball and received her own LEMONADE STAND COLLECTION as a thank you gift from Earth Angel Minerals for her help in supporting ALSF.
About Earth Angel Minerals Cosmetics:
Earth Angel Minerals is an organic prestige cosmetic & skin care company based in Claremore, Oklahoma. The Company has developed a distinctive formulation of pure minerals & organic color pigments from the earth, rich bio-active botanicals & antioxidants extracted from certified organic flowers, fruits, herbs, & root vegetables. The Company currently sells their products through online shopping, spas & salons. The exclusive retail outlet in Claremore is the Village Salon & Spa.
The City of Claremore partners with the Metropolitan Environmental Trust, which is a regional trust that coordinates and implements recycling and environmental activities. The City has also partnered with the Rogers County Work Training Center to establish free drop-off recycling centers in Claremore.
Products to Recycle:
Newspapers
Cardboard
Office paper
Magazines
Aluminum cans
#1 plastics
#2 plastics
Used cooking oil (Ramm Road location only)
Claremore drop-off recycling centers are located at:
With Valentine’s Day and the Superbowl coming up, there are so many ways to bring in these events with great flavor and style. Below are a few local vendors that you can rely on to help make your Superbowl & Valentine’s Day a Success.
If you are looking for awesome dessert ideas, Kupcakz in Tulsa has some great Valentine’s Day ideas…and you can personalize them for any event you would like! Eat Local!
There are many great things to do around Claremore. A few of them happen at the Claremore Performing Arts Center. Here is a list of upcoming shows in February:
Picture courtesy of Claremore PAC
2/02 – CHS Band – Rogers County Honor Band – Main Theatre – 7:00 PM
2/06 – CHS & WRJH Bands – NBDA Junior High Honor Band Clinic/Concert – Main Theatre – 7:00 PM
2/09 – CHS Student Council – Guest Speaker for student body – Main Theatre – 8:45 AM
2/10 – CHS Junior Class of 2011 ASVAB Test – Main Theatre – 8:30 AM
Picture Courtesy of Claremore PAC
2/13 – “Sweet Dreams” A Patsy Cline Tribute – Main Theatre – 7:00 PM – $45 Lower Orchestra; $35 Upper Orchestra & $25 Balcony – $10 discount per ticket for groups of 10 or more!
2/14 – “Sweet Dreams” A Patsy Cline Tribute – Main Theatre – 2:00 PM – $45 Lower Orchestra; $35 Upper Orchestra & $25 Balcony – $10 discount per ticket for groups of 10 or more!
2/16 – WES Kindergarten Program – Main Theatre – 7:00 PM
Picture Courtesy of Claremore PAC
2/20 – The Taffetas – Main Theatre – 8:00 PM – $45 Lower Orchestra; $35 Upper Orchestra & $25 Balcony – Ask about group discounts!
2/25 – CHS & WRJH Band – Mid Winter Jazz Band Festival – Main Theatre – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
2/26 – CHS & WRJH Band – Mid Winter Jazz Band Festival – Main Theatre – 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Roberdes Family Vineyards and Winery in Claremore, OK is now OPEN. Come in for free tastings and a warm welcome from Mark and Teresa Roberdes. See their vineyard of hybrid wine grapes: Chambourcin, Traminette and Frontenac. Here are a few of the wines they offer:
Riesling
California, 2008
Fruity, floral and inviting. From fried chicken to smoked meat or fish to spicy Chinese, a glass of Riesling will pair perfectly $12
Peach
2008
The very best thing about the Livesay Orchards Farmer’s Market is the delicious, juicy and sweet peaches. Grown in Porter, the Peach Capital of Oklahoma, these peaches were pressed to make a sweet, crisp wine $12
Cabernet Sauvignon
California, 2008
A full bodied, tannic wine, with a touch of sweetness. Think big, meaty dishes and skip the fish. Perfect for beef, but any grilled meat will stand up to the myriad of flavors. Also good with cheese made from cows milk such as Gouda or Gorgonzola $15
The Roberdes Family Vineyards & Winery is located at:
20570 E. 460 rd.
Claremore, Okla. 74019
(918) 342-1038
Friday-Sunday from 11:00am to 5:00pm (or by appointment) www.roberdeswine.com
From time to time, the ClaremoreUSA blog will share content from guest editors. This month through Tulsa Food Blog we are fortunate enough to have a restaurant review of Hammet House. We have included the review below in our “20 Things that Make Claremore Great” summer series.
Hammett House, in Claremore, is one of those restaurants that is absolutely worth the drive out to Suburbia. Hammett House has been a Claremore staple since 1969 and remains the ultimate restaurant in the area to get “Down-Home Cooking”. Hammett House is one of those hidden gems in the Tulsa area that you will still be raving about weeks after eating there.
I went to lunch there the other day, simply because I was craving some mind blowing food. I am happy to say that is exactly what I got. The restaurant itself is nothing too exciting, just a simple little country building set just down the road from Roger’s State University. The inside is decorated with family pictures and brings back a nostalgic feeling akin to going to Grandma’s house for a weekend lunch. The first thing that really hits you when you walk in is the amazing smell enveloping the entire restaurant. The smell of warm pie and deep fried goodness slowly wraps around you and makes you think you have died and gone to olfactory heaven.
I started with a bowl of the vegetable beef soup which, I am a little sad to say, blew my Grandma’s vegetable beef soup out of the water. This soup was so rich and flavorful. There were substantial pieces of real roast and vegetables which is generally unheard of in soup. One of my friends had a starter salad that he ordered with both the cilantro lime house dressing and the spicy garlic house dressing, better known as “The Pink Stuff”, on the side. All the salad dressings at Hammett House are homemade and out of this world delicious. While the cilantro lime dressing was very tasty, the real star was The Pink Stuff. I will say right now that I have never been a real fan of salads drenched in dressing, however the spicy garlic dressing is so unbelievably good that I could have easily eaten it with a spoon. The spicy garlic dressing is a secret recipe that is only known to the owners and can only be found at Hammett House.
My guests both ordered the signature chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. This was no ordinary chicken fried steak. It was obviously not a frozen chicken fried steak that you get at so many places. This chicken fried steak was thick with hand breaded goodness and placed on top of the gravy. We later found out that they place the steak on top of the gravy to showcase that the chicken fried steak is in fact homemade. The mashed potatoes were homemade as well and fabulous to say the very least. I was looking to have a little bit lighter lunch than my guests so I ordered the chicken salad. I got a heaping platter of some of the best chicken salad I have ever had. The chicken salad was full of rich flavors and was obviously made with chunks of choice chicken, rather than the canned chicken you get at so many places. It was so much food that I could hardly even finish half of it, but it was certainly tasty.
Now as good as the food is, I think that everyone who has frequented Hammett House would agree that the real reason that you go is for the dessert. The pies at Hammett House are completely out of this world. Many of their pies measure nearly a foot high and are unusual, yet delicious combinations such as Sour Cream Raisin Pie, Lemon Pecan or Peanut Butter Dream. The more traditional pies such as Coconut Cream, Apple Pie and Banana Cream Pie are out of this world as well. My guest ordered the lemon pecan pie which was delicious and a flavor combination I would not have expected to be so tasty. I ordered the Sizzling Apple Delight, the most popular dessert, which was warm apple pie served in a hot skillet and topped with vanilla ice cream. Every time anyone in the restaurant would order one it would leave the entire dining room smelling like warm apple pie and melted caramel. I have always been a sucker for apple pie but this is one of the best pies I have ever had. There is no way that I could have finished it even if it was the only thing that I had ordered. The Sizzling Apple Delight is a must try for anyone visiting Hammett House.
The staff was incredibly friendly and the owners Bill and Linda Biard were both helping out around the restaurant and checking on everyone to ensure that the food and the service was the absolute best. Delicious food and obvious attention to detail really set Hammett House apart from so many restaurants. Hammett House has been a favorite for many years and will continue to “wow” me for years to come.
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