WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.080 Tremendously helpful as we strive for spiritual growth. Why are we the way we 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:08.960 are? Curiosity drove me to examine myself because my behavior seemed to prove that 3 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:12.320 I was a very different person than what I thought I should be. God 4 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:15.960 knows who we really are. When he said let us make man in our 5 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:19.960 image, he unveiled his purpose for all of creation. We often think of 6 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.839 our spirit as being our true identity as human beings, but being a person 7 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:28.160 means a whole lot more than having to endure a physical body before our spirit 8 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:32.119 is cut loose to inhabit eternity with God. Man is a complex mixture of 9 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:37.079 body, soul, and spirit. Anything less simply means being less than human. 10 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:40.679 We are none other than the pinnacle of God's created order, and his 11 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.079 plan demanded that we be fashioned in a specific way, since he could accomplish 12 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:49.359 his eternal purpose by no other means. Listen again to this message and others 13 00:00:49.439 --> 00:01:07.120 at Communing with good dot Org and good morning. It is fifty nine degrees 14 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:11.760 outside eight forty one. Nathan Thompson here with you. It's time for our 15 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:18.040 community connection today and we have a repeat guest today, but we have a 16 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.799 really big something coming up tomorrow, So I think we really want to talk 17 00:01:23.200 --> 00:01:29.400 a lot about that. Dane Warner, who is the creator between behind the 18 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:34.439 ken Zacher story that we'll be making its premiere here in Bartlesville tomorrow. Dane, 19 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:38.079 good morning, how are you? I'm great, Nathan, Thank you 20 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:41.799 again for everything you're doing to help promote this. Absolutely, it is our 21 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:46.840 pleasure. This is an important story and we are so lucky to be able 22 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:53.560 to have the facilities available here in Bartlesville to allow for this locally focused movie, 23 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:57.799 this documentary to make its premiere. Sure. Yeah, so let's talk 24 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.480 about first of all, for those who I don't know how they wouldn't know 25 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:07.239 about it. But let's talk about the movie itself, okay, and what 26 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:12.560 the kN Zacker story. Hardcore press, right, hardcore, full core court 27 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.919 press. Sorry, it's right. I've been up for a while, full 28 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:21.759 court press to Kinzacker story. What's the background on this movie, Dane? 29 00:02:21.879 --> 00:02:24.120 Well, I'll try to summarize it pretty quick, because you're right, we've 30 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:29.960 had a really good media blitz on this. If you really want to read 31 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:34.960 more in depth on the story effect on the Barsel Radio, your website's there. 32 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.039 We had a big article two Months in a row and B monthly magazine, 33 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:42.039 The Bartical Community Center. You can go there and read about it. 34 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.520 Of course, you can go to our Facebook page, Into the Road Productions, 35 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:50.080 my personal Facebook page, Dane Mortar, all kinds of things about it, 36 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.599 you know, yes, but real quick in a nutshell, my hometown 37 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:00.400 Nowada. In sixty eight hired a phenomenal basketball coach, young man, and 38 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:06.680 he did great things for our program. He also did a great thing for 39 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:10.879 race relations, like a lot of coaches were doing back then. But we 40 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.960 had an incident over there and you can read about it. It did get 41 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:22.120 national coverage and it's something that needed healing still fifty years later, and we've 42 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.879 done a lot of that already with this film. So we have that element. 43 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:30.199 But the coach suffered from mental illness his whole life, and that was 44 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:37.240 kept under wraps, and the family is finally shared now what went on behind 45 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:42.800 closed doors, hoping they might could get somebody else to find strength to reach 46 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:49.000 out. The coach committed suicide at age thirty six, and so it's a 47 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:53.639 heart touching. It's an entertaining film from a basketball point of view if you 48 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:58.919 like sports. But we do have a mission that we're trying to accomplish with 49 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:03.520 this to get awareness for a lot of things that are very relevant to our 50 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:09.000 country today. So you know, I don't want to you know, not 51 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.639 really talk deep, but there's a lot of things. A lot of people 52 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.120 have already heard about this, but you can go read about it. But 53 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:17.160 the main thing I like talking without this morning is the premiere itself, because 54 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:25.519 it has absolutely been mind boggling the response we've got. The original we thought 55 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.439 we was going to have it at a Circle Centamon, Tulsa, because they 56 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:30.000 do a lot of premiers, but we wanted to have it here in town. 57 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.399 But they really pushed to have it down there, but we quickly outgrew 58 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.759 that facility, and I'm so glad we did because they only hold two hundred 59 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:41.319 people, and they said, well, for independent filmmakers, you know, 60 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:44.759 one hundred and fifty maybe hundred and seventy five is a typical turnout for a 61 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:48.399 premiere. Right now, we're looking at probably between eight and nine hundred people 62 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:53.000 it's going to be at this event. And so the bart of the Community 63 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.759 Center was perfect for it. You know, it's right here in our town. 64 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:00.439 This is where we should have had it. All along anyway, great 65 00:05:00.480 --> 00:05:04.279 turnout. The excitement that's been buzzing since we set the premiere and especially this 66 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:11.079 past week, has brought the excitement back to what we were why we did 67 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:14.879 this to start with. The amount of guests that we have coming in are 68 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.439 staggering. They're coming in from all over the country. Some people that leave 69 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.319 the story back then, but other people that just caught the vision of the 70 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:28.800 mission. And so we've The film itself is going to be great, but 71 00:05:29.160 --> 00:05:32.079 activities start at six o'clock. It's twenty five dollars for a ticket, but 72 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:35.439 it's for a full night of activities. It's not just the film. We've 73 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:42.079 got a red carpet arrival with the limousines, which is going to be really, 74 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:45.160 really fun. We're not playing big Hollywood, but we're all going to 75 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:49.920 have fun with that, you know. And the after the film, we're 76 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.879 going to have a question answer session. We've got some guest speakers. It's 77 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:58.120 going to speak briefly. One one that we just confirmed a few days ago 78 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.279 we were really excited about is the basketball coach head coach of the University of 79 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:08.199 Kansas for nineteen years back in the sixties and seventies, Ted Owens and he's 80 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:11.879 an absolute legend. He is in our documentary because he has had a part 81 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:15.040 in this story. But he's gonna he finally confirmed that he will be here. 82 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:21.399 And so even if you don't know anything about the people in the story, 83 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:27.439 it's going to be a very very entertaining night. And we promised this, 84 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:29.839 you're going to get your money's worth it if you can come out. 85 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:32.360 You know, we're selling tickets is not to put money in our pocket. 86 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:35.560 We have a place to try to fund this project. Sure as we try 87 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:42.040 to push it across the country, trying to get distribution so we can reach 88 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:46.759 more people with our message. And what an incredible message that this film is 89 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:48.639 going to bring. And we are so lucky, as you said, Dane, 90 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:56.439 to have these facilities here in our hometown. You know, this is 91 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.519 not going to be in the community hall. This is going to be in 92 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:04.639 the big auditorium at the community center that's seats what eleven hundred people and eighteen 93 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:11.519 hundred see I underreguated it. Well, you know what an incredible facility we 94 00:07:11.600 --> 00:07:15.000 have. And it's so great to bring this movie home because I think you're 95 00:07:15.079 --> 00:07:18.959 right, Dane, this movie is going to touch a lot of people, 96 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:24.759 and not only do you get to watch the movie, but that that question 97 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:30.959 and answer session with some mental health professionals during after the movie. I think 98 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.639 it is going to really change some lives here. You're right, and we're 99 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:42.360 we're very serious and passionate about why we did this. We have several mental 100 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:47.360 illness agencies on board with this, we have several churches that came on board. 101 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:51.240 That's going to you know, not to give too much away, but 102 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:56.160 we feel like that we are going to touch people. We've been told to 103 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:01.319 make sure there's plenty of tissues around that. We had a private screening a 104 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.040 couple of weeks ago to trying to get some feedback and and uh, they 105 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:07.480 said, we we did it right. So we we're going to have professional 106 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:11.319 counselors on site, you know, whether or not just to pass out literature, 107 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:13.800 but you know, we're gonna have there's a plea at the end of 108 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.839 the film to get help, you know, if you're struggling, and we 109 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.279 want to make sure that if we touch somebody, you know, we've been 110 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.839 told that if we have five hundred people in a building, the statistics show 111 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:28.399 one person is possibly considering suicide in that building right then, So we want 112 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:35.559 to start the motey and whether it's mental illness, whether it's issues that's divided 113 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.679 us through the years, maybe our family has been divided. Because we do 114 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:43.440 have other elements of the film. We're going to have prayer teams. Uh, 115 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.960 they're available, We've you know, the tables will be there. Basically, 116 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:50.279 you're not alone. If we can touch one more person, that's what 117 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.039 we're after. So we're that's that's the mission we're going to have for people. 118 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.639 They're ready to talk to people just in case we can touch home. 119 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.320 Other than that, we just want people to show up. The more people 120 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.559 in the building, the more people is going to spread the word absolutely, 121 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:07.440 and maybe they have somebody that they know they need to go talk to and 122 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.480 say, I know you're struggling, let's get some help. I think that 123 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:16.039 this movie, I haven't seen it yet, I plan to that this movie 124 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:20.320 really is going to touch so many lives in a positive way. I think, 125 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:26.399 and thank you so much for bringing this story not only to our hometown, 126 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.639 but to the world. I mean, you're right things that are going 127 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.960 on in this nation, that there is a mental health crisis. There really 128 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:41.120 is. Dane and I think it's important not to stigmatize that we need to 129 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:48.759 have those open conversations about mental health and really understand some of the warning signs. 130 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:54.519 Sometimes there's not any warning signs, but just understand that people struggle. 131 00:09:54.919 --> 00:10:01.279 They struggle, and learning and talking to folks about this openly something that's been 132 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:09.600 a taboo subject for us so many years. It just makes an incredible difference 133 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.720 in communities across the country, across the world. Absolutely. And again, 134 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:18.960 you know, the other element is a rachel equality that we're shore because of 135 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:26.559 the incident that happened over Nowada, and we just you know, there there's 136 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.320 it seemed like that at one point, about three or four years ago, 137 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:31.200 I felt like our country was going backwards a little bit in some of these 138 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.799 areas. Yeah, people were just angry with each other, and you know, 139 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:41.720 we I've had several get togethers with some were large numbers, you know, 140 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:43.919 twenty thirty people in a room, and I knew they were coming to 141 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:48.279 duke it out, but as it turned out, they just end up loving 142 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:52.399 each other and talking it out, realizing we're all in this world together, 143 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:56.519 and you know, it's and you know, that's another thing I can't give 144 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:00.840 that away. There's some things that's going to go on in the reception hall, 145 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.759 the community hall after the film, and we were laying out that, 146 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.799 laying that out last night, and yeah, we've got some great things that's 147 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:13.519 gonna happen, and it's we're just excited. I'm you know, I don't 148 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:16.080 blame you for being excited. I mean that this is great. I drove 149 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.200 by the Community Center last night as well, and I saw a bunch of 150 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:22.759 trucks coming in and doing all kinds of things. I was assuming getting ready 151 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:30.519 for this premiere tomorrow at the Community Center. Why what just incredible. I'm 152 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.279 I'm excited to see the differences that we're gonna you're gonna be baking in people's 153 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:41.080 lives, not only for mental health, but also race relations. You're You're 154 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:48.679 right, it's it's been it's been tough here recently, and and it's just 155 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:54.440 not even a black white issue. It's not my My my two nephews are 156 00:11:54.480 --> 00:12:00.559 bi racial, and I even saw it whenever they're going in to school, 157 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:07.559 and it's just heartbreaking that there were still in this mess. Oh that, 158 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:11.879 yeah, that's something we've said, you know, we talked about some of 159 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:15.480 this stuff happened fifty years ago, and I've used this as a teaser as 160 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:16.519 I've talked to people and I said, thank goodness, we don't have those 161 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:20.799 issues today, and everybody just looks at me and like I said, I 162 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:22.720 know, I led you into that, so let's talk about it. You 163 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:28.600 know, it's real quickly, the production level of this, of this project. 164 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.120 You know, when I first started this, you know, I bought 165 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.159 a camera in a black drape. I didn't know what I was going to 166 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:35.320 do. I was going to go around start interviewing people. Chuck Price, 167 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:41.080 our director that came on board very early. He had other obligations. He 168 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:48.080 would have been here this morning almost twenty years experience in Hollywood working under Ridley 169 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:54.000 Scotton associates and other big boys out there. That's it's just a blessing that 170 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:56.519 when he came on board, this thing elevated to a high level production, 171 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:03.919 not a homemade looking film. The reenactments that we did, which I hadn't 172 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.200 plan on doing that because I'm not a filmmaker. Right with Chuck coming on 173 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:16.519 board and some of the actors, local actors, you'll recognize them, absolutely 174 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:24.039 phenomenal, phenomenal job they did, and it's a I couldn't be prouder. 175 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.759 I'm happy, all right. Well, The ken Zacher Story premiere tomorrow the 176 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:31.480 Bartisow Community Center. Tickets twenty five dollars. Get out there six six thirty 177 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.480 or six o'clock, can't six o'clock, six o'clock, all right, six 178 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:39.720 o'clock. Get out to the community Center and witness this movie. You've been 179 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.720 listening to Community Connection. Nathan Thompson here with Dane Warner. We'll be back 180 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.679 with Alan Croun's forecast here just a moment. Our culture as zipping through NORTHI 181 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:52.879 in Oklahoma, southern Kansas. Strong northwest twins now at twenty to thirty miles 182 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:56.519 per hours, some clouds sticking around, but we'll have sunshine mid morning through 183 00:13:56.559 --> 00:14:01.320 early afternoon. Highs today upper sixties and near seventy. Tomorrow morning starts in 184 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:05.000 the mid forties, increasing clouds. Tomorrow highs will be in the lower sixties 185 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.960 and a stout north wind at fifteen to thirties.