Tulsa Wizard Periodical

Power Moves

Issue #1

Y‘Ike’s : Calm After The StormPage 7

Greetings Tulsans, From The Galveston WizardPage 3

Live Life UnusuallyPage 5

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Greetings Tulsans, From The Galveston Wizard G’Wiz, Tulsa readers! It’s nice to meet you. We have been through much to reach you, and we appreciate your time. The G’Wiz: Galveston Wizard Periodical enjoyed much success and growth on the magical island of Galveston, near Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, until Hurricane Ike, and the deluge that it brought with it, has returned us to the town from which we hailed. There is much to discover and re-discover here! The Galveston Wizard has returned after 5 long years, to find the city of Tulsa enjoying immense growth and prosperity. The areas of South Tulsa, Bixby, Jenks and Broken Arrow appear to be booming, with it’s citizens ripe and ready to increase and share their wisdom through experi-ence and relation with an edutainment guide such as the G’Wiz. We hope to grow and serve as an inspirational guide to the people, places, things and ideas making a difference in Greater Tulsa, allowing relation and understanding to help us along the way towards prosperity, happiness and peace. Consider that at least 4,999 other readers are reading these very words as well. The Galveston Wizard, with your help, hopes to become a wizardly tool to help you discover, through proactivity and involvement, all of the things and people available to help you on your own quests, and to share insights of their own, in Tulsa and beyond. We are neither pagan, de-monic, closed-minded, or sheet-ruining misguided, but consider ourselves more Merlin, Gandalf, Moses, or Potter, if anything. Our job is to help get you to others, and others to you. We can only work if you get actively in-volved with us. We want to organize, uplift, and edify the community that has been so accepting to us on our return from our island adventures. It is free to you, funded by advertisers...namely, businesses, organizations, and people seeking to be of service to you. (ie, advertisers, left page, or Good-man Concrete, back cover.) Show them your support, and encourage the support of others for our shared cause. You are encouraged to browse previous volumes of our Galveston edutainment guide edition online at www.galvestonwizard.com. We look forward to growing with you, Tul-sans. Help us become Tulsa Wizards once more, serving both you and the community in which we share. Take care, we’ll see you out there.

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Have you ever a p p r o a c h e d one of your birthdays with the feeling that “This year is going to be a great year in

my life!” or “This is the year that all the crap that’s been dumped upon me over the last few years gets karmically neutralized and the universe thanks me for being patient with it.”? That was my approach to my 33rd birthday in July of this year. I could feel it in my bones, with all certainty, that this was my year. This was not what the universe had in store, however, and it made quick work of whatever I had in mind. On the night of July 27th my mom and

dad, cousin and his girlfriend, and my wife and I celebrated my birthday, an evening that was simple, relaxing and perfect. In the early morning hours of July 28th my father passed away in his sleep. He had a history of medical issues, but nothing seemed dire. There were no major warning signs that something was imminent, he was just gone. My mother, having a laundry list of medical issues and complete dependency upon my father in every aspect of her life, needed help immediately. An unfathomable task that none of us were prepared for. Within a few weeks of returning to my workplace after the funeral, I was informed that the Tulsa office of the company I work for was being shut down and that we would all be looking for jobs within a year and a

half. A short time after that my good friend and editor of this very periodical had to relocate back home to Tulsa when Hurricane Ike unleashed hell on Galveston, Texas. Finally as a cherry atop this inedible cake of poor fortune, a neighbor shot and killed my dog after she strayed onto his property a few weeks ago.

So, what have we learned here? What could one possibly glean from this woeful tale? I don’t know. I’m still a little dazed from everything. I know that my father’s service was a nice tribute to a wonderful man who was instrumental in making me who I am today. I know that together as a family we have been able to tend to all of my mother’s financial and medical needs and that she has since moved into a

senior living apartment where she is getting to experience independence for the first time in several decades. I know that Ivory went from being a stray destined for misery to being a beloved family member who got to experience a much better life while she was here than she ever would have had our paths never crossed. And I know that jobs will come and go and even in the current economy there will be opportunities, like writing in a paper created by a friend who got moved by a hurricane. Life is a series of beat downs and build ups. That’s how everything grows. In the end you just have to keep digging yourself out of the rubble and try to enjoy the process of creating new things when you have the opportunity. I would also recommend wearing a helmet.

by G.W. Collins

The Year of The Helmet


by David TorkelsonLive Life Unusually

“You’re doing it!” encour-aged Jamie on the phone. Still, my eyes

began to water as the voyage ahead had officially begun that late Sunday Night while driving up I-45 towards Houston from Galveston. My car was packed to just-be-low-eye level, with a laundry basket of clothes, laptop, guitar, all G’Wiz Bind-ers and notes, and approximately 700 G’Wiz: Galveston Wizard Periodicals, to be distributed along the way.My lease was up at my former resi-

dence, and I’d spent the past few days consolidating my entire home

and office into a 10’ x 10’ storage unit. My plan was to take the month of Sep-

tember to refresh and renew my-self, overcoming underlying feel-ings of rejection by visiting friends and family that I had not seen for a long, long time. My roommate Paul was settling in to a

new apartment, all the utilities had been shut off, and I had said my “Farewell For Now”s to my friends on Galveston Island. I needed to get away, I needed fresh mate-rial. I needed to look at the increasingly popular Edutain-ment Guide for Galveston Is-

land with new eyes. I wanted to polish the parts, and refresh and renew my soul with a fresh perspective. My plan involved making the trip off-Island, up through Houston, into Dallas, and then north again to my hometown of Tulsa. I’d arranged to have several advertisers from Lucky #13 of the Galveston Wizard send their checks to Tulsa, where I had planned to go west to California, where I’d prom-ised friends and family there a visit as well. I had planned to document the trip, returning to the island with insights and observations from the growing world around us. My time with Kyle and Carlie in northwest Houston was most relaxing. Kyle works as a vending and coffee dis-tributer in the area, and his wife Carlie is working towards courtroom stenogra-phy certification. Wise and patient, these two have been great friends, and were quick to offer a cheap rent if I decided that Houston would be a good home. Kyle got an XBox 360 and GTA as an early birthday present, and we played that while I spent time crashing his re-mote controlled helicopter in the room until a propellor was lost. Part-crazy cat Emma, and unique camping gadgets like the “shewee” added uniqueness to the visit. “You’ve got gumption.” said Carlie, “any place would be glad to have you.” The next stop in fast-paced Dal-las was exciting. College Roommate Chris and his wife Jennifer were most hospitable. Meet-up with other former college roommate Collin was fun, he’s now pursuing his MBA at night school. Life sure happens fast. While handing out Galveston Wizard Periodicals, one bar patron reported “I’ve seen this be-

fore!” Word was spreading about the G’Wiz. Chris got me a ticket and some vouchers for snacks at the Dr Pepper Stadium the next day, where he works for the Rough Riders baseball team. Patience is wildly important in life, noth-ing happens overnight, I was learning. The next stop was a Wagoner detour, where friend Joel and his fam-ily had invited me to come relax in the country for a few days. I actually had to urinate in a cup on the drive, as there were no rest stops for miles on end. Didn’t spill a drop. Cell phone died, but I made it. “Good to have you back, man.” Finally I’d arrived in Tulsa, where I was born and raised. I quickly found out that Hurricane Ike was sched-uled to arrive at Galveston in a few short days. Then it hit. Total devasta-tion. Everything is going to be different, I thought to myself. I spent the next sev-eral days working to see where every-one evacuated to, and how they were doing, with my cell phone increasingly dropping calls. Checks never came in the mail, all of the readers, advertisers, businesses and organizations I was working to promote were now faced with a different challenge than getting exposure. The storm surge had flooded everything. No answer at Storage facil-ity. Went to “American Idols” at BOK Center with mom as “Ike” rains finally reached the Tulsa area. Ok, I’ve got to be patient, calm, and ready to get to work. G’Wiz Tulsa Wizard has a nice ring to it. Are the people here ready to be edutained? Our success depends on your support and active participa-tion in relation of your own wisdom and experiences to others, along with your support of the advertisers that help us reach you. Thank you so much for your warm welcome, and we’ll see you again soon, Galveston Island.

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Demo FurnitureIt was a mini golf course, then a Frontline Youth Group from what we remember. Regardless, the 81st and Garnett corner was undergoing a facelift. We gave a few copies of Volume #13 to brothers Dale and John there, and were invited to an L & M Office Furniture Gathering on September 30th. Great people and quality office furnishings. We even won a door prize! Call them at 918.664.1010 for your office furniture needs! Proactivity leads to good things.

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Turning “NO”s into “KNOWS”

and “Yes’s” into Possibilities.

This isn’t our first rodeo. It’s actually our second, if creating a popular edutainment guide for the benefit of the community in which we share were being compared to rodeos, that is. Lord knows we’ve dealt with our fair share of bull in our days. A lot can happen in time. Since Page 5 of this very issue, we’ve collected and compiled information and met with more than 130 local businesses, people, and playmakers in our efforts to reach you with the premiere issue of the Tulsa Wizard you hold in your world-changing hands.Since the realization that a fresh start in a new community was obviously necessary, we’ve doubled our efforts to find cool businesses, people, and ideas to help this publication grow to serve you in our hometown.We’ve been reunited with friend’s of years gone by, seeing just how Pow-erful they’ve been with Moves of their own. We danced the chicken at Oktoberfest, pitcher in hand. We’ve watched our hometown football teams reign supreme, we’ve met and introduced ourselves to the Chamber of Commerce’s in the four quadrants of the ever-growing realm of Greater Tulsa. We’ve retuned our radio presets to the K-Hits, FreshJams, Edges and other stations we’ve known. We’ve even paid the extra quarter to fur-ther explore the Tulsa World as often as we can. We’re working tirelessly to gain access to the possibilies of promoting to you all of the exciting events, places, and sporting events that we see that are available to you. We are knocking at your door. And here is the pudding, packed with proof.Our efforts are not in vain, we believe. Our search to share our vision for our edutainment guide is finally complete in our first South Tulsa effort, “Power Moves.” Judging by the fact that you are reading this means we’ve even found you! Be receptive and open to the possibilities we can all share, if we work together, communicate viewpoints and ideas, share our insights and are receptive to the benefits of proactivity and openmindedness.Store this premiere issue in a protective sleeve as a collector’s item, or give it to a friend, but do not throw this collector’s item away! This is the first step of many, and we look forward to sharing our quests with you.


Y‘Ike’s: Calm After the Storm by Calvin Werhle. View his photography and other work online at www.clphoto.com

View pics of graphic designer, artist, and friend Isaac Al-maguer’s home after Ike at www.ilovetherain.com/Ike

Almost as suddenly as it be-came calm, the hurricane’s back wall winds hit doubly-hard as it breached the eye’s still silence, making it clear the worst was yet to come. Your dim flashlight easily picks up the rapidly-rising water in your one-story house, watching as it reaches tabletop height. Although it sounds and feels like a hundred demon-driven steam locomotives ripping by and over your house, threatening with wailing screams to eventually go through your house, you stand in pitch blackness on your kitchen counter, feeling not fear, but white-knuckled anxiety. You have made this decision. It is your choice, not someone else’s. When hurricane Rita threatened you, you deserted your 2 7-year-old cats and fled the island on a bus, a cattle-truck nightmare you wished not to repeat. Now you are here, with your cats beside you as the water threatens to force you into the attic. Only you cannot get into the at-

tic. You are a 65-year-old woman who has survived a severe stroke. You have no use of one arm and a very weak leg. It will all be ok. It is just a matter of time... a few more hours. The boy who came to check on you while the eye passed over is riding it out in his attic, and he again tries coaxing you to join him.He is obviously scared, and you realize that it is not fear you feel. You have gone 65 years without taking a risk, and there is a cer-tain freedom in having the choice to make your own decisions. In just a few hours the worst will be over, and you will have succeed-ed in walking the edge. This is Nancy Yorks’ Hurricane Ike Experience. She sits on her porch every day now, excited about all the com-motion happening in town. She is very proud that she has survived something of this caliber. One of her 2 cats of ten years ran away after the storm, and she still has no electricity. The city will not turn it on until she has an

electrical inspection, which she probably will not do. The neighbors that helped her af-ter the storm were wiped out and are now gone. I asked a friend to help her, and she is doing all she can. Nancy seems grateful, yet there is a new strength in her that she did not have before the storm. She appreciates the help but she now knows that she can get by. She knows she can now face down her greatest fears, fearlessly. You have electricity. You have food. She now has the realization that she can now pass through the eye of the storm without fear. Nancy would not ask for help, but she needs it. Her electrical problems will be expensive, and all of her furniture was wet and is now either falling apart or moldy. She might be too proud to take a donation, but I would imagine she would enjoy better care and assistance for the abandoned animals in her neighborhood. She can be reached at 1309 53rd. Galveston, Texas, 77550.

They say necessity is the mother of inven-tion. Recent events have us with a lot of time on our hands, and a lot to think about. We felt for sure that a fresh look at “the hurricane” was necessary indeed.Sure, there may be greater global concerns than that of having all of my friends and family displaced, but what are they to them? We’re more than a little determined to hunt this Moby Dick of a hurricane and be ready for her, or him, so when one comes our way next time, we’ll be ready!With over 2 billion dollars of damage done to Galveston Island alone, I figure we can raise a little bit of a defense budget to play with for some preventive measures. How do you get funding support for an endeavor like this? You make it worth an investor’s while. (Department of Energy funding, perhaps?) Please, do read on.So what causes hurricanes? They are an in-credible force of nature that has brought total devastation to an island in the Gulf of Mexico that I called home for over five years, forcing the ultimate makeover there. Hurricanes like Ike, Rita, Katrina, and Alicia before them are proof that these super-powerful forces of na-ture aren’t going anywhere, anytime soon. Jupiter, a gas planet just two planets away from Earth, has a Great Red Spot, a hurricane-like formation that has been going strong for over 300 years. I bet any beach front prop-

erties there have expensive flood insurance. I wonder if they’ve got electricity there to watch TV or eat microwave dinners by light.With everyone looking for eco-friendly, re-newable energy sources, perhaps our idea is ripe for the Pickens. Our initial sketch for the concept of a Hurricane Energy Resourse Sta-tion (HERS) is at left.Harnessing of wind, solar, and wave energy, acting as an oceanographic research station, along with the implementation of hurricane entropy, or harnessing the storm for energy, and finally helping dissipate a hurricane be-fore it hits the coasts, bringing extensive dam-age and loss of life sounds pretty good, huh?Extensive preliminary research online led me through sites dedicated to the explanation and description of alternative energy resources, to breakdowns of the laws of thermodynamics, sidetracking me somehow into the history of the Panama Canal, and finally realizing we’ve run out of room to present this idea fully to you here in this quality edutainment guide. We estimate the need of at least a billion dollar budget, and thousands of brilliant minds and able bodies to start design and production.This idea may be one in a billion, but it may just inspire someone towards presenting a brilliant idea of their own. Your idea may one day change the world for the better, let us help you get it out there. Email or call us today with your ideas and we’ll help you get heard!

The Hurricane Energy Resource Station (H.E.R.S) serves a dual purpose. In non-hurricane season times, this huge retractable structure can act to absorb natural green ener-gies, such as solar, wind, tide and even serve as a desalinization, observation, and research station. During times of hurricane activity, it can be used to increase pressure and cool air at the center (the eye), while forcing warm moist air up at the extremeties, reducing and harnessing a hurricane through friction, dicipation, and dispersal of energy.

Jupiter photo inset, http://www.solstation.com/stars/jupiter.jpg.

Qualifying sketch (main) by David Torkelson.

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