Eufaula Indian Journal (Newspaper) - September 18, 2008, Eufaula, Oklahoma The Eufaula Indian 1 | A 1 I f 1 75c September 18, 2008 are two tragedies In One is not to get your The other is to get - George Bernard Shaw VOLUME 130, ISSUE 38 261-620 h (i in n lilt ffi 187^ Corps of Engineers visit with LEA guests By Donna Pearce Managing Editor Tulsa District Corps of Colonel Funkhouser didn't make it to the Lake Eufaula Association meeting last Thursday Hurricane Ike demanded his attention In general trumps a said Earl Tulsa District Corps of Engineers Chief of was shipped out to Ft Sam Houston this One of the things the Corps does Is work emergency Groves Introduced the other officials acting lake manager at Tommy acting lead ranger at Eufaula and District Natural Resource Jeff acting lake manager at Oologah who will return to Eufaula In Ron Eastern Area and Aimee Tulsa District Water Supply Specialist Groves opened his presentation with the status of the Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee approved through a 2007 Water Resources U will have 12 members to represent different as water habitat and said will serve two-year terms and will big benefit the will be that It can be used as a communication Groves said a basic charter Photo by Chelsea a senior at Eufaula High Is oue of the top academic students In the She was recently selected as a in the National Merit Scholarship Burris one of top students in nation By Donna Pearce Managing Editor Chelsea a senior at Eufaula High Is one of the top academic students across the Officials with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced last week that Burris is one of 16,000 in the 54th annual National Merit Scholarship Program She will now have the opportunity to continue In the competition for 3ome 8.200 National Scholarships valued at more than 835 million that will be offered in the g of 2009. To be a scholarship must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist See page 2 Buy tickets now for Local Flavor Tickets are selling fast for the 2nd annual scheduled for September 23, at the EufaUla Flavor is your chance to sample signature items from many restaurants around the Lake Eufaula said Kim Board Chair of the Mcintosh County Youth & Family Education The sampling will be available from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that along with the fun of a live 200 tickets are being sold for this fun evening so don't wait until the last minute to purchase said Local Flavor tickets may be purchased from a Center Board member or at the Coalition office for 815 each by calling Jeremy at 918-689-4700. have several new restaurants In our area for you to try as well as some you may have enjoyed for or have been meaning to the same you are helping the many organizations in the See page 2 would be drawn up for the Once the members are a chairman and vice-chairman will be only days away from forming the he The Lake Eufaula Advisory Committee came about through the efforts of Save Our Water members lobbying for better water quality and keeping the lake water at certain Save Our first recommendations for community members going to be asked Karen ident of see that the members are evenly said adding that the Corps would make sure the members came from diversified the meetings be open to the asked We'll keep the public Informed about meetings of the Groves Another guest asked how much authority the committee would Groves said the advisory committee would only be advisory in In other Q and A someone asked if there were different regulations concerning land use around the for burning on Groves said they are different sometimes due to what entity governs any particular People can't burn on land here at Lake but they may be able to at other See page 3 Photo by Donna Merle and Donna Hockman have woven their heritages together to create pieces of functional art. They use pine needles and among other items from nature for their Couple weaves heritage together By Donna Pearce Managing Editor Just as their business is woven Merle and Donna Hockman have woven their heritages together to create beautiful pieces of functional art. The Eufaula couple design and pine needle and cowboy rope Raised in the bayous of Donna is Houma Indian and French of Cherokee was raised in Sand Springs but landed in California after serving as a paratrooper with the 11 th Airborne from December 1947 to December 1951. He is also a Lifetime member of Disabled American He worked for 35 years in the commercial fishing industry off the Pacific coast around the outer islands of The Hockmans married in 1970 and she became his deck hand a couple of years were sometimes on the boat eight months out of the said was difficult for him to get dependable so I became his deck said fished for all California When the Hockmans retired in 1995, they started and spent some time in heard about the pine needle but 1 loved the said I got some collected the pine needles and started making It wasn't long before she started creating her own The pine needle baskets Incorporate pine needles that are from rune to IB Inches black walnut strips and natural and colored collect the pine needles at National Forest In Louisiana so we can get the long said takes a couple of months for the pine needles to dry enough to work She said she uses a drinking straw to feed the needles through during the She uses usually in dyed in different colors to stitch the needles together and as a part of the After Donna puts a shellac coating on Other elements of the pine needle baskets include black walnut shells which the Hockmans collect in I take the hulls off I half the walnuts and use a band saw to slice I get about two slices off each said Other features of the pine needle baskets Include stones for handles or knobs on leather and beads and quail very labor Just making the baskets take about 90 hours Donna doesn't count collection and preparation She has also made the baskets using gourds with the pine elk dried cactus and concho The baskets range in size from 5-lnches to 17 Donna also uses the pine needles to make pendants and hanging While In the Hockmans saw the rope baskets for the first See page 2 Concert to feature reggae City reggae of will play for free fall concert on Sept. 20. By Donna Pearce Managing Editor The Eufaula Area Arts Council's second FREE concert of the year will be held on 20, at Jelly Stone Park's The Fall Concert in the Cove will feature reggae of from Oklahoma The band will play from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. and will feature A versatile vocal artist with more than 50 years of experience In a wide variety of musical Taylor has performed before audiences of as well as in club settings and at private He sings Caribbean and pop music from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Along with doing he plays the guitar and miscellaneous percussion Besides being a member of of Taylor is also the leader of his own jazz band and Is an original founder of the reggae ' Along with playing music venues all over the Oklahoma City area for numerous Taylor has also had a featured role In Chamber to host Pot Luck The Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Pot Luck Dinner night for its September meeting starting at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 18, at the Eufaula Community Chamber will provide the main tea and Bring whatever exciting covered dish you desire to said Jimmy Chamber Karen president of Save Our will be the guest those of you who are not we have partnered with Save Our Water and LEA to clean up the Eufaula Phelan are very proud of this commitment the Chamber has made to this project called Team Op to Clean and we hope you will join Phelan said there are four projects the Eufaula area needs to give attention Clean Recycling and will talk has a wonderful video to show us and some Interesting information to visit with us said am so excited to be a part of this team and I know you will be Hope to see all of you there For more contact the Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce at 918-689-2791 or the Pollard Theatre's production of Duke Ellington's Taylor has been an with the Oklahoma Arts Council and participated in the ArUst invites everyone to come out and enjoy this music on the shores of beautiful Lake The concert is sponsored by the Eufaula Area Arts Council with the assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Food and drink will be for sale before and during the See Page 3 for
