That morning, Good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome
in time. Now we're our community connection right here on K one, the
one you trust, and our program today is being brought to you by Arnold
mourn iCAMP Funeral Home in tall Grass Motors. Tim Hells with us from Arnled
mourn the Caamp Funeral Home Incremation Service. But we're talking about a very poignant
day that comes up on Monday. I don't think anyone has to wonder what
nine to eleven is all about. We all remember it vividly. We all
remember where we were that fateful day. And this is our third year to
offer our first responder luncheon and it will be served at the funeral home.
We set out tables and have quite a spread. This is our third year
to partner with Dinks Barbecue, and I think everybody just pretty much likes Dinks
Barbecue. They yeah. And it started that way because the first year we
did this, we had everything set up and then the person that was working
with me had it set up resigned suddenly and we found out that nothing was
set up. So the good folks that thinks had three days notice put it
all together for us and we've you know, we're pretty low. When someone
does a good turn for us, we stick with them. And indeed,
now this on nine to eleven, from what eleven to one thirty eleven to
one, eleven to one, we're going to be serving our first responders and
that includes even the game warden. Yes this year, because the gals.
Guys run into trouble too. Guys and gals they do well. And of
course I ran into check Opery though this if you're coming are and she said,
what's its first respond to you? You're you're the animal control officer.
You're the first guy I call when there's a stray dog. So now we
just want to share with everybody who who puts it on the line for the
community, just our way of giving back to them. And as a former
dispatcher, I did that during one of those no compete wait outs. You're
in the business, you know what I'm talking about. Uh, Those people
who operate the radios and clear the lines of communication, they're just as vital
as the ones right up there facing the danger too. Absolutely, And I'll
name one. Tammy Huitt, for instance, came and picked up for all
the dispatchers last year. And and we want we want the folks to know
they can do that. I know the EMTs sometimes they're very busy and don't
have time to and and well all the first responders are very busy, don't
have time to sit down and enjoy each other's fellowship. That's the that's the
game plan. But you know, we keep those little styrofoam boxes so they
can grab them and go and get back because their job calls for that.
Now, what prompted this idea? Well, I mean, I mean,
I know that we all remember historically what happened on nine to eleven and just
the sacrifices a lot of people made. Is this something that just kind of
stuck with you? Well, No, to be perfectly honest, four years
ago, Legacy Funeral Services out of Houston, Texas purchased seven funeral homes that
were owned by Jack Luganville. And Michael Soaper is a Houston boy and he's
a very patriotic gentleman, and he owns about one hundred and sixty two or
so funeral homes, and he says, we want to do something to give
back to the community, and these these people are on the front lines of
what transpires in the community. I've worked several different locations with a lot of
these people that were feeding is kind of interest. But he was the impetus,
you know, he said, I want all of my places to do
this. We do it, you know. I think last year we did
it after nine to eleven on nine twelve, because they had some things planned
that we didn't want to interfere with. We always try to call police,
fire and shareff and make sure we're not interfering with something they're doing on nine
to eleven. It's kind of nice to be in a position where one of
the first people I met when I came to Bartlesville ten years ago was Kevin
Eakleberry. We've shared lunch together at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Sterlings and got
to know him and glad to see him being Chief David Topping. As a
young man, I remember being a teenager pulling calves with our local veterinarian Curley
Williams and Noah. And now he's gone on up to be the fire chief
here. And then on the other side we've got Scott Owens, and Scott
might be as good a fiddle player as he is a sheriff. And I
always tell people my sheriff can outsing yours, that's true after they see him
perform. And I went through school with his wife, so I've known that
family. So it's nice to have those personal connections. But also to all
the guys and gals that do this, we know we can't thank them enough.
There's just not enough hours in the day to do that. When my
grandson had to have some brain surgery, they did a fifty fifty pot for
the at the golf tournament at the police department puts on gave my grandson's family
a thousand dollars to offset bills and lost wages and things. And just of
course he got to go up to the police station and shake hands with the
policemen and women and he thought that was kind of a keen deal and gave
him a badge. And so, yeah, he has a very good opinion
of police. He's not afraid of police. He thinks very highly of They're
all his friends. Now, so very good, very good. Now,
once again, this is coming up on Monday. It's going to be from
eleven to one, and you're right there on South doing different right, I
mean downtown, you turn off Adams and you go south half a block as
the door. Yeah, I mean you're right there. We have plenty of
parking. It's not unusual to see the fire trucks and the ambulances pulled on
the sidelot there where they have a little more room and it we've increased our
attendants every year. We hope to be feeding a couple of hundred down the
road here. We may have to switch facilities to do that, but if
we're around the block. They got a little community center they might help.
It's not are it's not far, just around the block. But but this
is fun to do. You know. We've got all of our staff talking
about it today. Of course, we have to go to a funeral at
ten o'clock there. That's what we do. But you know, all the
staff has got their line items to take care of before Monday. And I
think I better get online too before I think you got a football game to
call too, don't you. Well, I'm not doing that this year.
I've stepped away from the microphone this year. Kevin called me the first year
I came to Bartlesville in twenty thirteen and said I need a favor, And
for ten years I did that favor and enjoyed it greatly and just needed a
little time away this year. Got some grandkids performing in things, and I
understand how that goes. You know, you missed those. You don't get
those back. And Kevin has been gracious enough to understand. And and Evin's
speaking to me again, So I think we're all good there. We're gonna
take a break and we're gonna be back with more with Tim Howell here with
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This is Tim how with Arnold Moore and the Camp Funeral Home. First of
all, so let me say I'm very sorry we're having to have this conversation
right now. And to the nth degree, those people always appreciate you taking
a moment to just Paul and say I'm aware that someone you care about very
much has just left you, and I'm sorry that we have to do this,
but we have to do this. And if it's three o'clock in the
morning, I try to be brief but concise and say do you have any
questions or anything I can do for you right now before we meet at our
arrangement conference. And sometimes I say, you know, can you call my
priest? Can you call my pastor? And I don't mind doing that.
It'll be all right. We'll walk through this together, Arnold Moore and Knee
Camp Funeral Home, seven ten Dewey, Bartlesville. We will walk through this
together. And walking through this community connection together with me is Tim Helliman who
starred on the commercial, and we are talking about Arnold Lauren knee Camp Funeral
Home in the big First Responders Luncheon coming up on Monday, absolutely eleven am
to one pm. You can stay in fellowship with all the men and women
that are there, or you can take to go if if the need arises
to do that. And it's again being helped out by Dens Barbecue, and
they do a great job bringing everything we need to set up. And it's
just it's, like I said's grown each year and we're looking forward to more
growth this year. And we can't thank these folks enough. This is a
very, very small thank you for what they do. They do a big
job. You know. When I was reading the news story, somewhere in
there it said and there will be a very first responder worthy prize given away
at the event. What do you have there? Well, this is a
Leatherman raptor emergency shears. You go back there where we can see it.
May and one lucky member who has lunch with us that day. We take
all their names that come in and what organization they're with, and we'll draw
at the end of the day. Somebody will win this and I'm sure they
have something very much like but hey, you can never have too much.
But oh yeah, just a little token of our appreciation for one lucky winner
is so cool. And Tom, I want to say that I have worked
in several different locales and the men and women that I worked with here in
emergency situations are some of the most courteous and professional. They do a great
job, and of course our scenes are about keeping dignity because there's someone who's
deceased. That's the reason I'm there, obviously, And the men and women
on these staffs here, and the sheriff, fire and police and the e
mts, they just do a fantastic job, and most do some don't.
But I can tell you what I've been here ten years and have had very
professional experience. I can't call them great experiences because of the involved exactly and
the traumas and things, but as far as the professionalism involved, their groups
here and Bartles were very blessed. We have a big enough town that we
can have a lot of talent that can do that, but it's also a
small enough town that we all know each other back and we treat each other
with respect and in dignity. It's just a natural courtesy just who we are.
Well, I think it's where we're from. I think this part of
the country has some of the best people. In this little four state area,
there's some of the best people in the world. They treat people with
respect and kindness. They have manners which is a dying art, and they
come together in a time of tragedy. I think the world saw that when
the Murrow Building was bombed and saw all of the things that went on with
that, And we just care about our neighbors here still tell everybody where they
can find you, Tim Well. They can find us at seven ten South
Dewey Avenue here in Bartlesville. It's just a half a block off of Adams
Boulevard, which is one of the main drags. If you will. Our
phone number is three three six five two five. You can find us online
at www dot Honoring Memories Bartlesville dot com. You can google Arnold Moore and
we pop up and some most folks use our website to check out obituaries,
but a lot of them go on there just to see what we offered.
That talks about resources for grief, talks about planning your service, and if
I can get on my soapbox for a moment. I just wish everyone would
take care of their service ahead of time. It's the nicest thing you can
do for your family. Takes out a lot of the trying to answer questions,
what would what color cast it? Would mom want? Would Dad like
wood or metal? As dad wanted to be creamate or bear? Those days
you're already decided and you can do it to the point where your kids just
have to say we want at two o'clock on Friday at our church. Everything
else has been done, and that I encourage everyone. It's three steps,
write it down, pick it out, tell us how you're gonna pay for
it. There you go, and you can You can do that in time
as well. You're bet all right, Tim, Thank you very much,
always the pleasure, Donald Moore, And you can't funeral home with us here,
And don't forget first responders. Lunch on. Tim