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Camille Blystone-Rutkauskas and her
husband David are the founders of an amazing success story -
Camille's Sidewalk Cafe which began as a single location in
Tulsa at Woodland Hills Mall in 1995.
Just ten years later, Camille's Sidewalk Cafe
operates in over 100 locations in 35 states. They are also
franchising Camille's all over the world with over 900 franchise
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VIDEO
CLIP:
KOTV News on 6 features
the opening of Camille's 100th Cafe |
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Tulsa Business 1/5/2007
Coney Beach, a Tulsa-based
franchisor of beach-inspired, fast-casual, gourmet hot dog and
burger restaurants has signed its first two franchisees.
The agreement includes the development of four
Coney Beach restaurants within the Tulsa metro area.
Coney Beach menu offerings include: 100
percent Black Angus beef hamburgers, 100 percent all beef
natural casing hot dogs, polish sausages, bratwurst and freshly
cut loaded fries. Other highlights of the menu include fresh
buns and over 40 toppings to choose from. Coney Beach will also
include an ice-cold beverage bar with old fashioned bottled
sodas and unique bottled beers from the region as well as fresh
squeezed lemonade and classic ice cream floats and shakes. With
Coney Beach’s unique build your own style, customers will be
able to make the perfect combination for a gourmet hot dog or
burger.
The first Coney Beach will be corporately
owned and is expected to open in April 2007 in Tulsa.
Coney Beach is one of two concepts held
privately by Beautiful Brands International (BBI). BBI was
founded under the leadership of David and Camille Rutkauskas and
is responsible for the launch of worldwide, franchised brands
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Wesley Gamble, Jr., a young man with a
mandate, a mission, and a ministry, is a native of Tulsa, OK. He
is the youngest son of the late Pastor Wesley Gamble, Sr. and
Evangelist Dorothea Gamble.
Being a "PK" (Preachers Kid), Wesley and his
seven siblings learned to effectively function in various areas
of ministry as needed, as most PK's do around the age of twelve,
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Wesley preached his first sermon at the age
fifteen at Bibleway COGIC in Okmulgee, OK. He remembered being
fearful, to the point of tears, but did not allow that to stop
him from conveying God's Word. From that moment on, the
fire and the gift stirred within him to follow in his father's
footsteps, to be an Evangelist - to blow in, to blow up, and
blow out! Wesley has established N.EX.T.:
an organization designed to specifically minister to Youth and
Young Adults - those dealing and battling with drugs, alcohol,
teenage promiscuity and other abusive situations.
To learn more about his ministry and youth
organization, visit their web site:
www.newexcitingtruth.com |
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John Russell is the lead
guitar & vocalist
for the popular Tulsa band
Admiral
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We intended to have information on the web site
about
Safari's Sanctuary, in Broken Arrow, OK early last
summer, when we found out that it was owned by Class of '86
alumnus, Lori Ensign.
Unfortunately, the sanctuary is in the news these days because
some VERY misguided person or persons have been poisoning some
of the defenseless animals by giving them meat laced with rat
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The animals in this sanctuary
have been rescued. They are not violent or a threat to any
human.
Lori and her volunteer staff
do wonderful work with the animals, and provide many
opportunities for educational field trips, tours, private
parties, etc.
Here is a link to the
story about the animal poisonings that appeared in the
Broken Arrow Daily Ledger on Oct 27, 2006.
There is currently a $900 reward offered for information leading
to an arrest in this case.
Please visit the
sanctuary's web site
to read about the work that they do. Then, if you would
like to do something to help, there are always openings for
volunteers, docents, internships and apprentices.
You can donate cash in person,
by mail or through a PayPal link on the web site. Here are a
couple of special immediate needs:
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Donate to
our veterinary bill. With all the extensive blood work,
tissue sampling, autopsy’s… Donate directly to Dr Dan
Danner, Animal Medical & Surgical Hospital, Tulsa, OK
and he’ll deduct from our bill – but please your send
name and address, so the sanctuary can send you a tax
receipt and thank you.
www.drdandanner.com
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Donate toward the Solutions
Boxes surveillance system. They cannot afford to buy
the system. They are so thankful to the company for
going to the trouble to set it all up for free, even if
its just for a month or so. We're hoping for the
donations to be able to keep the system!
(Ed Note: Solutions Boxes Inc is located at 5455 S
Mingo, in Tulsa. Their phone number is
918-622-8115, if you like to discuss making a donation
towards the purchase of the surveillance system that is
currently on loan to the sanctuary.)
Want to give something other
than cash? Here is a list of ongoing needed items.
Please help where you can.
Basic daily supplies:
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Paper towels, bleach, large
animal food bowls, scrubber brushes, liquid dishwasher
soap, Pedigree can dog food, Can cat food, Large trash
bags 35 gal or more. Sponges, Laundry soap, liquid
fragrance free, or dry tub soaps. Downey liquid and/or
dryer sheets.
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Fresh fruit; apples,
bananas, peaches, plums, nectarines, grapes.
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Vegetables; cabbage,
romaine lettuce, carrots, collard greens, dark greens.
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Old towels, blankets, for
winter bedding.
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Aspen, or pine bedding
–need lots in winter.
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Square bales of hay
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Cabinet freezer, one of our
freezers just died.
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Welder, we have supplies
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Electrician, plumber
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Bird treats – hanging play
toys –so they don’t get too bored in winter months.
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Zupreme Parrot & Conure
large bags of pellet food.-use 1-2 bags month.
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Mazuri Primate Biscuits
Dry.-use 1-2 bags month.
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Zupreem exotic can cat food
– use a couple cases per month.
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Ferret diet, Guinea Pig
Harvest
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All of the above animal
foods can be purchased at Southern Agriculture
71st & Sheridan or 71st & Lynn Lane
Safari's Sanctuary is a
501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donations are
used to help the animals and are tax deductible.
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Tom Funk is the
VP/Operations of his family-owned Tulsa business,
Unique Stitches, Inc. which does embroidery, custom
sewing, patches, emblems and embroidery machine repair.
Tom brings a thorough education in
technology along with experience in both engineering and sewing to
Unique Stitches. He holds 3 degrees in mechanical engineering,
manufacturing technology, and airframe and power plant technology.
Before joining Unique Stitches Inc., he worked
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for 9 years as a design engineer in the
heavy equipment industry. He is proficient with drafting and design
software as well as Wilcom Embroidery Design Digitizing software.
Tom’s mechanical aptitude and versatility strengthen Unique Stitches’
core business and help it expand into related areas.
Tom was born in Charleston, SC and moved
to Tulsa in 1971. He and Cheryl have been married for over 8 years. They
own 2 Miniature Schnauzers. In his spare time, he enjoys
backpacking, kayaking, camping, rock climbing, metalworking and
electronics. Tom is one of 12 Eagle Scouts in the Funk family.
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Ross (Craig) Hight
Mosaic Co., Director of
Development
Ross Hight is The Mosaic
Company's Director of Development and Senior Software Architect.
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His responsibilities include providing
technical leadership on e-Learning solutions and managing the development
of training and process solutions. Ross manages a team of highly skilled
programmers that produce innovative solutions for a wide range of business
needs. Before coming to The Mosaic
Company, Ross was the Director of Tools and Technologies at Catapult, a
subsidiary of IBM Learning Services. While there, he managed a team of
developers who created the HTML-based help system used in Catapult's award
winning System One - PBT software. Prior to that, Ross served in the
United States Air Force as a Software Engineer and Vietnamese Linguist. |
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