I was recently was in our small town library and came across a book that got my full attention. The book is The Gentlemen, The Life of Joseph A. LaFortune (1979). There is a park in Tulsa named after this man and the previous mayor was a member of the Lafortune family.
I love bios. I had to check out the book so I can figure out the question, What made this man a success? It’ll be fun discovering the answer.
Here are 27 other famous successful energy pioneers of Tulsa’s past:
(Taken from Energy Advocates website)

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2003:
On this day in 2003, American entrepreneur and domestic lifestyle innovator Martha Stewart was indicted on criminal charges in relation to a stock sale, and in 2004 she was convicted and sentenced to five months in prison.
1970:

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Here’s a great devotional from OnePlace.com and Daily Living For Seniors.
They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green. –Psalm 92:14

1953: Elizabeth II crowned queen
On this day in 1953, 27-year-old Elizabeth II, the elder daughter of King George VI, was crowned queen of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey, having taken the throne upon her father’s death in February 1952.
1997: A jury in Denver, Colorado, found Timothy McVeigh of the militia movement guilty of murder and conspiracy in the deaths of 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, and he was executed in June 2001.
1946: In the aftermath of World War II, the people of Italy passed a referendum to replace the governing monarchy with a republic.
1940: Constantine II, king of Greece from 1964 to 1974, was born in Psikhikó, near Athens.
1886: Frances Folsom, age 21, married U.S. President Grover Cleveland in the White House and became the youngest first lady in American history.
1865: Confederate soldiers yielded to Federal troops in Galveston, Texas, marking one of the final land operations of the American Civil War.
1840: English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, who set much of his work in Wessex, an imaginary county in southwestern England, was born.

Taken from First magazine, June 2008 Issue
There are 4 Superfoods that are usually affordable and common. They should fit into our diet . . . everyday! . They are natural and needed for our body anyway. They cause the body to lose excess stomach fat:
1. berries~(dark rich colors) blueberries, blackberries, strawberries (and mulberries)
2. green tea~ contains antioxidants and a little bit of caffeine, several cups a day are good but no sugar, hot or cold
3. spinach~ and other dark leafy greens, I plan to buy a bag of baby spinach for $2 and snack on it a little everyday of the week
4. broccoli~ uncooked, also cauliflower, brussel sprouts and cabbage, all these are cancer fighters too. I can buy a couple of broccoli “trees” and snack on 3 or 4 florets for the day.

It’s what I look forward to all week long . . . the simple pleasure of buying groceries with my husband! We leave early in the morning to avoid Wal-mart shopper traffic. When we went today there were more shelf stockers than customers.
Early this morning on the way the sun had already risen above the horizon. But then I saw it peek it’s bright face out from behind a big cloud. An old Beatles song surfaced in my thoughts, “Here comes the sun” so I just sang it out and then I did it some more and then it started bumping around in my husband’s head and he sang it too. (I love to control him in this way. He loves music and I can get him hooked on a song if I know he likes it . . . tee-hee).

The Roman Road has been around it seems like all my life. Christians use it to help explain God’s way to go to Heaven through verses found in the book of Romans. It is an easy-to-understand explanation of how to become a Christian. Here’s a website dedicated to it. I told my children that we need to memorize the 6 Bible verses it contains. I’ve had a deal going with my kids that if they memorize a Bible verse they can have a quarter. Here are the verses used:
Romans 3:23~
for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23~
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 5:8~
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 10:13~
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:9~
that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (This is the first verse I seriously memorized)
Romans 12:1-2~
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

I’ve always heard that students forget alot of what they learned in school during the summer months. I don’t want my kids to do that. So here are a few educational tidbits to us through the summer months.
This day in history from Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Geography question of the day from National Geographic’s GeoBee. Google maps may be of assistance also.
Daily Grammar

Taken from Tulsa Kids magazine
This recipe uses Pace Tequila Lima Salsa. Personally, I plan to make this recipe with my favorite basic salsa and a hint of lime added.
Prep: 15 minutes
Makes: 4 wraps
1 cup of Pace Tequila Lime Salsa, divided
2 cups of diced, cooked chicken
1 large red pepper, diced (about 1 cup)
1 large ripe avocado, diced (about 1 cup)
1/2 cup sour cream
4 flour tortillas (10-inch), warmed
2 cups of shredded lettuce
1. Stir 1/2 cup salsa, chicken pepper and avocado in large bowl. Stir remaining slasa and sour cream in small bowl.
2. spread 1/4 cup sour cream mixture onto each tortilla. Top each with 1 cup chicken mixture and 1/2 cup lettuce. Fold sides of tortillas over filling and then fold up ends to enclose filling. Cut each wrap in half before serving.
**This recipe would even be healthier with whole wheat Pita bread.

I saw an ad, milk in a 1 pint container for the cost of 45 cents. I usually buy milk at a price of 4 dollars or a little higher for one gallon. Here are some questions:
How many of these pint size containers would I have to buy to make a gallon?
Could I save money on a gallon of milk buying several of the milk pints?
What is the final amount of money I would pay for a gallon of milk (before taxes) if I bought the pint size milk containers?
Here’s a site that discusses capacity. It is @ Athens.edu.