WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.559 --> 00:00:07.080 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:07.639 --> 00:00:10.320 It's time now for our community connection right here on Kate one, the 3 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:14.119 one you trust in. Today it's the good, the Bad, the Barbecue 4 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:18.879 do a benefit, Elder Karon. We've got the chairperson with us, Julian 5 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:21.079 Mercy. How are you doing yet, ladies? Do you? And Gray? 6 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:24.280 We have an exciting event coming up and so I'm happy to share about 7 00:00:24.280 --> 00:00:29.719 that this morning and kind of put the save the date on people's calendars and 8 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.679 and fight everybody out for the good of bad and barbecue this year. And 9 00:00:32.840 --> 00:00:37.119 I got to tell you, this is an annual event and it is one 10 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:42.320 of the darn best you'll ever find yourself involved with. It is so fun. 11 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:46.560 We expect you to show up in your best Western attire and it's rain 12 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:50.159 or shine, so just like if you're working the ranch, you might have 13 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:54.320 to switch to your muck boots instead of your best cowboy boots. But we'll 14 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:57.880 be out there on May eleventh. It's always on Mother's Day weekend. It's 15 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:00.479 rain or shine. We'll be at Hughes Ranch this year again, and that 16 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:04.200 the family is expecting us and inviting us to have a great time. I 17 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.000 was out there last year and I had a blast. It was it was 18 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:12.159 wonderful. It started writing towards the very very very end, but up until 19 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:17.680 that time, people were just they were bidding on things. They were having 20 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:21.519 a fun time, dancing and having a good time. We're going to it 21 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.400 is so so fun, and we're going to add a few things. The 22 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:27.120 iconic Clydesdalees are going to join us this year. Yeah, it's going to 23 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.159 be so fun. They're going to be out there. We're excited to host 24 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:34.159 them and Express has been so gracious to get them there for us. And 25 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.040 then we're going to add a couple of things. We're going to have a 26 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:41.000 great bourbon bar up on the hill. We're going to do a horseshoe toss 27 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:44.319 for some wine and some bourbon. We're going to have a great barbecue. 28 00:01:44.359 --> 00:01:46.799 Of course, that's that's it. And you're going to have to decide this 29 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:48.439 year you're going to be part of the good? Are you going to be 30 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:52.480 part of the bad. I'll be a part of the barbecue. That's perfectly 31 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.400 fine too. But this is going to be an outstanding thing. And this 32 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:00.519 helps to benefit Eldercare and my technistas. What a great resource elder care is 33 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:06.879 in our community. Is they help seniors live independently. They do agent places, 34 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:09.639 they they do even more than that. They have a great physical therapy, 35 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:15.439 occupational therapy, speech therapy group there led you know by some of the 36 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:19.560 best I think in town. I have some personal experience with that. They've 37 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.479 got a community health clinic now that they're expanding and organizing, and so if 38 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:27.960 you're looking for primary care, they're doing that. So it's not just elderly 39 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.120 anymore. Tom. I don't consider myself elderly, but I have had to 40 00:02:32.199 --> 00:02:36.879 use some of their services there, and it's important organization for our entire community. 41 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.240 No, you're far from elderly, but you did. I am in 42 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:43.560 that, in that group, and I probably will be using their services very 43 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:46.520 very soon you And in fact, I'm going to be out there in May 44 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:49.319 thirty. I'm gonna be performing out there. Anyway, that's another story for 45 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:53.400 another day, but let's get back to how they help everybody. You know, 46 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.680 with the Foundation Therapy, they opened a whole new door for you. 47 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:01.960 Really, they really did. And I have some personal experience. They're working 48 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.960 with the speech therapists and physical therapists. When I had a brain injury in 49 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:13.560 twenty nineteen, and so there really weren't the neurological rehab resources outside of Tulsa 50 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:16.280 until I found the elder Care does do that. So excited about their expansion. 51 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:21.280 You know, they do daybreak services, they feed, they do a 52 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:24.759 meal service, and they do a lot of things to find in home care 53 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:30.400 and as well as care for the caregivers because we know as a caregiver of 54 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.759 someone, it's a stressful time and we're never prepared to take care of our 55 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.240 parents or you know, an elderly friend or neighbors sometimes and they assist in 56 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:43.599 that. So anything that a community member might need in terms of support and 57 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:46.960 services, we want them calling Eldercare well. And that's what Eldercare does, 58 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.840 and they do it so well. Been around now for forty years, they 59 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.199 have going through They just had the birthday party just a few months ago. 60 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:58.360 They sure did a Tray County Tech And now here's your chance to make sure 61 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.520 that elder Care stays around well on its way to another forty Yeah. And 62 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:04.879 Christina, the executive director, Christina Bishop, she has a big goal. 63 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.680 I asked her when I sat down, I said, if you could dream 64 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:11.400 big, what would it be, and she really hopes to bring in two 65 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:15.639 hundred thousand dollars. I think she can do now. That is that's a 66 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:19.560 huge responsibility for our entire community to step up and help with that. But 67 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:23.920 I can tell you the dollars are well spent. This is a facility and 68 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:28.759 a place that is very unique. Most communities don't have anything like elder Care. 69 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:32.000 It was unique in its inception, it's unique in the services it provides 70 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.519 now and we need to support it. So whether you come to barbecue or 71 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:41.439 not, we want your financial support too. Now. The tickets are one 72 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:46.519 hundred dollars per person for the dinner in the evening activities and if five hundred 73 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.600 dollars for the VIP experience, and that includes the patron party yeah, bet 74 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:56.079 t shirt, tak nature mug as well as the evening activities. And you 75 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.560 can get a table of eight if you'd like to. And of course there's 76 00:04:59.720 --> 00:05:02.839 everything that you want to know about that you can find it the website. 77 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:05.319 Yeah, absolutely, the website. I want to make sure I say about 78 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:10.879 Eldercare dot org, forward Slash, bbq that is their website, to make 79 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.600 sure and you can you can order those tickets online but I want to tell 80 00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:15.560 you we're setting up the big white tent and each table is going to be 81 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.959 filled with some really fun people. Will have live music and so a ticket 82 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:25.399 is one hundred dollars for dinner. And then the Hughes family home is beautiful. 83 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:29.360 They have artwork in there that's just really spectacular. So we aren't going 84 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.959 to offer a VIP experience to get a tour into the home. That will 85 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:38.759 include heavywer dirves, catered in drinks for the evening, and some merchandise that 86 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:42.279 we're going to provide while we're there. So it should be that's an experience 87 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.079 that some people really want to be part of. And as well as our 88 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:48.480 big patrons are big donors, they'll be there as well as well as the 89 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.759 board members and some of the directors at Eldercare. It'll be a great time 90 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:55.920 to mingle and just have a really good experience to get to the heart of 91 00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:59.600 Eldercare. You know, I did the patron thing last year, Yeah, 92 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:03.000 and that was out of this world because you got to meet, like you 93 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:06.480 say, a lot of the folks who make the decisions out of elder Care 94 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:11.560 and the folks who work out there. Diligently being in and day out, 95 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.199 and you know, if you had a question, it's a nice open place 96 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:17.240 to ask one. It is becaurse. You can always get them by the 97 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:21.600 phone or make or an appointment any other day. But in that kind of 98 00:06:21.639 --> 00:06:27.319 an atmosphere, it was laid back. There was no tension or anything, 99 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:30.199 and it was just it was just a great way to learn more about the 100 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:36.120 services at the offer and just really what a great, great entity we have 101 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:39.920 here. It's really awesome. And I think they had the patron party in 102 00:06:39.959 --> 00:06:42.560 the party barn last year, so we're going to move it into the home 103 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:45.199 this year. It's been I've done some renovations. We're going to have the 104 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:47.959 porches open, we'll sit outside. There'll be some music, of course, 105 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.040 you got to have a little bit of that, and just like you said, 106 00:06:50.040 --> 00:06:54.680 a really casual time and kind of relational time to get to know the 107 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.600 people that are there. Now, this is pretty easy to find. It's 108 00:06:57.839 --> 00:07:00.199 right out there, right off Highway one. It is. It's on your 109 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:02.639 way to Warrock. We all kind of know it's gonna be on the right 110 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:06.879 hand side. We're gonna have a great banner. I don't think you can 111 00:07:06.959 --> 00:07:11.800 miss it, but we're across the bridge looking for then it's gonna be on 112 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.839 your right hand side as you're headed towards wool Rock, and we will include 113 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.399 directions out to the ranch with every ticket that's purchased, and we'll get those 114 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:23.199 to you and we'll also post those online. Now, Julia, you're the 115 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:27.920 event chairman. This is really a big thing for you, and I know 116 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:31.079 that this is very personal and you know you're putting your heart and soul into 117 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:35.839 it. So folks, I want you to show up and really appreciate all 118 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:41.360 the effort that everybody is putting into this, and of course support our good 119 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:44.879 friends at elder Care. That's right, and you know it's I'm just I'm 120 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.399 just connecting the pieces. There's a fabulous committee of about twenty of us. 121 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:53.680 Claudia Dillbeck is our vice chair and she's amazing. She's worked with the population. 122 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:57.680 It has great connections in the community and you're going to see some other 123 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:01.879 big community leaders as well on that and we all have a heart to really 124 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.639 dig in, kind of freshen up, update, kind of look forward and 125 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.240 what Eldercare looks like over the next you know, maybe decade or so and 126 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.839 continue to help bring those funds in. In the meanwhile, have some fun. 127 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:16.199 Absolutely, put your boots on. We're gonna have We're gonna have a 128 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:20.319 live band there and it's always fun after you're done bidding. Our auctions are 129 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.240 incredible. We'll have a live auction of about ten items Roger Skelley. Of 130 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:28.600 course, we'll work the crowd a little bit and have you open up your 131 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.399 pocketbooks and the silent auction. So that's right, and then we're gonna we're 132 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:39.720 gonna turn up the music and dance and really celebrate what Eldercare does and what 133 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:46.039 what evening looks like. Wow. Once again, the website is about Eldercare 134 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.679 dot org, forward slash BBQ. That's it. And make sure you get 135 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:54.200 your tickets early. You don't want to get left out because sometimes sometimes we 136 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:56.360 get down to the point where it's like this, Yeah, I don't think. 137 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:00.399 I don't think you want to wait too long. You know, get 138 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:03.240 your friends, get a table at eight and just come have a great evening 139 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:07.600 and you know, just celebrate. If it's Mother's it is Mother's Day weekend, 140 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:09.120 so hey, take that's a great Mother's Day gift, right, take 141 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:13.840 it, wife out right right across from us. Last year, we had 142 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:18.480 a nice business woman brought her mom, Oh that's sweet, and brought her 143 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.840 out there, and both of them just had a great I think mom might 144 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:26.320 have had a better time. She might have, but it was It was 145 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:30.080 a lot of fun. We had great conversation and of course great fellowship is 146 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.559 we were bidding on things, Oh yes, please, yes, and then 147 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:37.960 the bid went on and of course, you know, some folks like walk 148 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:41.440 home with something nice and maybe you could be that lucky. I love it, 149 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.080 so mark your calendar's May eleventh, Julie, thank you for being with 150 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:46.399 Thank you, Tom, thanks so much.