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By Sally aSher
General Assignment Reporter
He took his first steps on the day after Thanksgiving.
Anthony Jones, 25, is a Tulsa native who grew up in Guthrie and is a sergeant in the Army National Guard. Jones spent nine months in Iraq during 2009 and 2010, following patrols to docu-
ment the common soldier’s story. He returned home in the spring
of 2010 and enrolled in strategic communication at Oklahoma State University.
Life was uneventful until 2012.On Sept. 27, at 8:30 p.m., Jones
and a friend, Megan Wright, were driving on a gravel road northeast of Stillwater in Wright’s Jeep. It was dark and they could only see the headlights of an oncoming truck. As they passed, the Jeep’s headlights caught a huge gray
blob coming toward them. The blob was a trailer carrying
a wrecked car. The trailer crushed the hood of the Jeep and pushed the engine and dashboard into the passenger seat.
“The genius that I am, I was riding with my feet on the dash-board,” Jones said. “Depending on who you talk to, (that) either saved me or messed me up re-ally bad… The engine could have
sally asher/O’COllegianAnthony Jones shows the scars on his ankles. In his accident, his left leg broke through his skin. Firefighters had to cut him out of the vehicle he was in using a chainsaw.
sally asher/O’COllegianJones puts on his walking boot on his bed.
Student, veteran recovers
step by step
By Sally aSher
General Assignment Reporter
Oklahoma technologies will get to the market faster than ever.
i2E Inc, a non-profit organization dedicated to growing technology-based companies in Oklahoma, has teamed up with Oklahoma State University, The University of Okla-homa and Cowboy Technologies, LLC, to increase jobs and increase the number of new technologies that emerge from university laboratories into the marketplace.
The team also plans to acceler-ate the number of technology-based ventures in Oklahoma, according to a press release from i2E.
Rex Smitherman, interim CEO of i2E, said there was a federal grant to allocate funds to agencies to pro-mote economic development under different topics, and proof of concept centers was this season’s topic.
“A proof of concept center take technologies and determines if there is a market for that technology, and tries to find a potential customer,” Smitherman said.
OSU, OU, Cowboy Technologies, LLC and i2E applied for the grant and were denied, but they decided they had too good of an idea to let it go, Smitherman said.
The four groups came together to form the Oklahoma Proof of Concept Center, which will work
to “identify compelling technolo-gies discovered on OU and OSU campuses and help successfully spin them out into startup or existing companies,” according to the press release.
OSU President Burns Hargis said the alliance will bring the state to-gether.
“This collaboration offers the op-portunity to join forces and enter the marketplace with technologies that create new and exciting solutions that benefit our state and the world,”
OU President David Boren said the alliance will allow Oklahomans to create technology-based jobs and grow the state’s economy with the commercialization of Oklahoma in-novation.
“It is more important now than ever that our state’s universities and state agencies work together to pro-vide greater access to resources for our students,” Boren said.
While a university-based proof-of-concept center is not unique, the Oklahoma Proof of Concept Cen-ter takes an innovative cross-state approach that includes multiple re-gional entities working together, ac-cording to the release.
To find out more about i2E Inc visit www.i2E.org. To find out more about the proof of concept center, visit www.i2E.org/tag/oklahoma-proof-of-concept-center/.
By Catherine Sweeney
City Reporter
Santa Claus came to town last night, stopping by the Atherton Ho-tel for cookies, milk and a photo op-portunity.
The lobby was decorated with mul-tiple Christmas trees, twinkling lights, glittery pinecone garland and wreaths.
A table sitting under a large, or-nate mirror played host to the snack spread. A gold-edged, clear beverage dispenser held milk. Chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies covered a shiny black, round tray.
Families poured in wearing festive red, white and green clothes. They carried their small children over to the line in front of the big man in red.
The children met Mr. Kringle with wide eyes and smiles. After the pic-tures, they would excitedly hop off of his lap, running back to their parents to recount the event.
One toddler turned around mid-stride to hug Santa’s leg.
Most of the youngsters enthusias-tically shared their Christmas wishes with Saint Nick, who would reply happily but vaguely.
“Star Wars!” Tobin Rapley cheered.Tobin’s father, Eric Rapley, is an
accounting graduate student. He de-cided to attend the event after receiv-ing an email from the university. His wife, Laura, said that their children were very excited to see Santa.
“The free milk and cookies didn’t
hurt either,” Eric said.Tobin asked his parents and his
sister, Dorothy, if they thought Santa came through a chimney in the Stu-dent Union or just walked through the door.
Dorothy did not seem to want the answer to that question. She refused to sit in Santa’s lap and did not speak much after she walked away from him.
“She has issues with mascots,” her father said.
This is the first year the Atherton has held the event.
Chelsea Johnson, a guest services representative for the hotel, inspired the event, said Josh Barnard, the gen-eral manager.
Johnson said her boyfriend had a Santa Claus outfit and the idea “sprung from there,” Barnard said.
The Rancher’s club wanted to get involved, so they baked the cookies.
Monica Casey, the groups coor-dinator, got the word out with Face-book, Twitter and OSU Headlines.
Because it was the first time the hotel has had the event, they didn’t want to advertise too much.
“We had no idea what to expect,” Casey said.
She said that everything was going according to plan.
“Santa’s here. Milk and cookies are here. People came. We’re good!”
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By KIerAn SteCKley
Sports Reporter
There is an old cliché in sports that states when a team gets knocked down, it has to get up again. The No. 23 Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-1) took its first blow of the season when it suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of Virginia Tech.
Whether it gets up will be determined Wednesday when South Florida (5-2) takes a visit to Gallagher-Iba Area.
Despite the loss to VT, Cow-boys coach Travis Ford said he won’t be making any major ad-justments to his game plan.
“Had we had one or two shots go down, we would have won the game,” Ford said. “It was that small of error. They made a few more winning plays than we made.”
Ford has characterized this year’s squad as a jump shooting team, and with that will come games where the team goes cold from the floor. The Cowboys put in by far their worst shoot-
ing performance of the season at Virginia Tech. OSU shot just 42.4 percent from the floor and 17.4 percent from three point range.
Those kinds of numbers would be more concerning to Ford is his team took bad and forced shots, but that wasn’t the case.
“After watching the tape, I saw we had a lot of great looks but missed some open shots,” Ford said. “We missed so many good shots that it becomes very deflating for the team.”
When a jump shooting team struggles, it needs to find other means of getting the win. Sat-urday’s game indicated to Ford what the winning element will be — defense.
“We had some breakdowns but for the most part, our de-fense was where it should have been,” Ford said. “We played winning defense but we just didn’t rebound the basketball.”
The Cowboys also got their first taste of playing at another team’s gym this season.
By all accounts, the crowd at Virginia Tech was hostile. Ford liked the way his team was able to minimize the influence the crowd.
“It was a tough environment, maybe as tough as we’ll see all year, except Kansas,” Ford said. “But I don’t think it hurt us as much as it helped them.”
Ford has stated that it’s just as important to handle losing as well as winning.
“We’ll see how they respond,” Ford said. “We have some guys on our team that aren’t used to losing so that will help us.”
To that effect, Ford tested his teams resolve following the Vir-ginia Tech loss.
“We had film session at 8 a.m. Monday because I wanted to see
how they responded,” Ford said. “They came in and were pretty attentive. It’s not something I normally do I just wanted to see how they look.
“They were disappointed in losing.”
How OSU responds versus South Florida will be telling, but Ford said his money is on a quick bounce back from his team.
“It was a tight game (at VT) that they pulled it out at the end and hopefully we can learn from it,” Ford said. “You should feel bad when you lose. It’s not fun.”
Starting center Michael Cob-bins is slowly recovering from a big toe injury he suffered in the team’s opening exhibition. Cob-bins was on the floor for seven minutes at Virginia Tech, but the effects of his injury were ap-parent.
Here is what Ford had to say on the status of Cobbins.
“He just wasn’t ready. He tried, it wasn’t his fault. He’d been out four weeks and prac-ticed two days. He was wild in there and it was going a little fast for him. He didn’t have any timing. He was trying and he did a couple decent things but it was way out of his element. I saw that pretty quickly. Hope-fully he’ll play a little bit more Wednesday.”
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Brittney Martin came to Oklahoma State with plenty of expectations.
So far in her six-game col-lege career, Martin has met every challenge throw her way.
Last year, the freshman guard was ranked the No. 19 overall prospect by ESPN HoopGurlz, making her the highest-rated women’s hoops recruit to ever sign with Oklahoma State.
“She’s big, she’s strong, she’s got some athleticism,” coach Jim Littell said. “She’s got some grit to her.”
To this point, Martin has lived up to the hype. She is quickly becoming known for filling every category of the box score, averaging more than 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals per game.
“She’s got a lot of good tools for us,” Littell said. “When she gets the ball off the glass and takes off she’s a really good passer in tran-sition and very unselfish in that.”
Recently, Martin has proved her worth by answer-ing Littell’s call for her to step up on defense.
Martin held Texas State’s Diamond Ford — who was averaging 23 points per game — to just 1-14 from the field in the Cowgirls 90-55 win on Nov. 28.
In Sunday’s contest against Texas Southern, Martin was again a force on the defensive side.
“With my defense, I think it’s the thing I’ve worked on the most,” Martin said. “I’m not where I want to be yet, but I think I’ve gotten a lot better on the defense end. I’ve really been taking in what the coaches say more and just try-ing to do my best. “
Despite Martin’s incred-ible talent, she has worked
for every bit of success she has achieved thus far. The transition to the college game did not come natural for the freshman out of Syracuse High School in Utah.
“It’s been mind blowing for her—all the drills we do and offenses we run,” Littell said. “She came from a pro-gram where they ran about two plays and did about three or four drills in practice. Her head is spinning sometimes.”
Still, Littell said he expects Martin to eventually do much more than she already is.
“When she gets adept to everything we’re doing, she’s going to be a special talent,” Littell said. “She will become an outstanding player in this league.”
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I am writing this column in response to Trenton Sperry’s column “Lincoln’s Vision for America Remains.” Many re-gard Abraham Lincoln as the greatest president in America’s history; well I am going to be bold and refute that claim, no matter the backlash. I feel the truth about Abraham Lincoln needs to be spread.
I could very well argue that Lincoln was in fact one of the worst presidents in our history. Everyone operates on the pre-text that Lincoln was some great humanitarian, especially when it came to race. This simply isn’t true.
Lincoln was, in fact, outspo-ken in his approval of coloniza-
tion. In this circumstance, colo-nization refers to the sending of all blacks back to Africa. Don’t believe me? Here are a couple of quotes from Lincoln:
“I cannot make it better known than it already is, that I favor colonization.” Lincoln in a message to Congress December 1, 1862.
“Send them to Liberia, to their own native land.” Once again, our beloved Lincoln speaking of atrocities no one today would even think possible of a man as noble as himself.
Many do not understand how racist Lincoln really was. Here is another rather long quote that speaks for itself,
“I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to in-termarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference be-tween the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living to-
gether… I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race,” Lincoln said.
Public schools would never teach these things, because pub-lic schools are run by a govern-
ment who has its own interests to look out for. Government would never speak ill of a presi-dent that sought to expand central powers beyond what the Constitution intended. It would be counter-productive.
The idea that the Civil War, or more correctly, the War for Southern Secession, was fought on the pretext of slavery is a widely accepted fallacy.
In the words of Command-ing General of the Union Army Ulysses S. Grant, “If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side.”
Further, Lincoln stated, “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it…”
The war was fought over states’ rights that were being in-fringed upon by the central gov-ernment. A big reason for the fighting was the unfair taxation for the benefit of the north and the north only. Unfortunately I do not have room to elaborate, perhaps in a future column.
Lincoln was a terrible presi-dent due to his willingness to kill 600,000 (or up to 800,000 as some newer studies suggest) Americans as opposed to let-ting the South use their right of secession; as well as his blatant disregard of the Constitution. There is no document that pro-hibits secession; in fact, the right
to do so is a right given to the states under the 10th amend-ment.
Actually, secession was a tool Thomas Jefferson saw as a nec-essary component to a sovereign nation.
“If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers sepa-ration… to a continuance in union… I have no hesitation in saying, “let us separate”.” Thom-as Jefferson wrote this in a letter on June 20, 1816.
It is interesting to note Lin-coln had to be pushed into be-ing an advocate of the 13th Amendment, and there is abso-lutely no evidence surrounding the myth Spielberg based his most recent film on.
Perhaps we should cite our founders instead of opponents to our country’s constitution when discussing the country’s current crisis.
(Note: I attribute most of my discovery of this information to Thomas DiLorenzo, author of “The Real Lincoln”)
Jake Park is a psychology sophomore.
Lincoln: an enemy of equality and the Constitution
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
By Randi EldEvik
I appreciated Evan Wood-son’s column on Monday pointing out some things that were objectionable about Jake Park’s column “Ameri-cans should shrink the federal government.” Allow me to supplement Mr. Woodson’s ex-cellent points with a few more.
Conservatives are defined as people who dislike change and want to hold onto the way things have always been done in the past. Since public edu-cation has existed for a very long time in America, “conser-vative” isn’t the right word for people (such as Mr. Park) who want to abolish public educa-tion; even if people who are against public education call themselves conservatives, the accurate word for such people is actually “radicals.” Radicals of Mr. Park’s kind have an ad-ditional characteristic: their
insistence on minimization or complete elimination of go ve r n m e n t action -- even action for the worthy pur-pose of enforc-ing justice -- is so strong they will always contend that problems caused by racism will somehow take care of themselves in the ab-sence of government action.
Thus Mr. Park contends that in his dream-world of no public schools, a private school that has racist policies will go out of business because people will naturally choose other schools instead. But what if there are numerous racist par-ents who purposefully seek out schools with racist policies -- schools that have, for example, whites-only admissions poli-
cies? This isn’t just hypotheti-cal; in fact, after the Brown v. Board of Education S u p r e m e C o u r t d e c i s i o n in 1954,
which led to integration of public schools, private schools with just such policies began multiplying in number.
1964 presidential candi-date Barry Goldwater, the most libertarian candidate ever nominated by a major party, had some good qualities. For example, he had nothing against gay people and he said so plainly. He also said he was not a racist. However, he op-posed the anti-racism Civil Rights Act that was proposed in the early 1960s and finally
voted into law in 1965. Gold-water opposed it because he found government action dis-tasteful even it if was for the purpose of enforcing the rights and freedoms that the Consti-tution and the Bill of Rights guarantee to Americans. To me this is illogical and self-contradictory. Goldwater’s America would have been an America in which racism would run rampant, because there would be nothing to stop it.
Years later, people such as Mr. Park still adhere to the same pseudo-conservative, radical-libertarian reasoning. History shows this reasoning is flawed.
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By Nancy BlackTribune Media Services(MCT)Today’s Birthday (12/05/12). Home is your magnet this year. In-vestments, wellness and socializing are themes. Romance heats up the first half of 2013, and sparks shift to career and finances after June. Stay organized, and get a second opinion on big decisions.To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- The pace is pick-ing up. Accept your greater good. Your workload’s getting more intense, as the excellence attracts attention. Release something or someone who’s leading you astray.Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 5 -- Stay out of someone else’s argument, and get into relaxation mode for the next two days. You’re gaining support. Somebody nearby sure looks good. Seduction suffuses the ambiance.Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 9 -- Stick with the facts at work. Don’t go too far too fast. Fix up your home today and tomorrow. Use water imagery. Have the party at your house.Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- A voracious learning phase begins. Practicing something you love to do goes well now. Save enough to get a special treat, after paying bills. Resolve confusion.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Work now; play in a few days. Avoid distractions. You can earn extra cash now. Glamorize your appearance. Ground a vision in reality, and resist temptation.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- Assertiveness works well now, so avoid distractions. You’re more powerful than usual for the next few days, which is useful with a difficult job. Take first things first.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Slow down and contem-plate potential outcomes. Postpone a private meeting. Wrap up details today and tomorrow. Listen at keyholes. There may be a conflict of interests. Revise later.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 9 -- It’s getting fun now (and public). Ponder party possibilities, and enjoy planning music, food and diversion. Give up a fantasy, especially under pressure. Pass along what you’ve learned.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- The upcom-ing days require patience, as there may be a disagreement about priorities or delayed correspondence. Research the best deal. Wait for new orders. Consider assuming more authority.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 9 -- Consider attending a business seminar. Plan your agenda. Build a picture of wealth in your mind. Doubts may rise. Imagine doing what you love.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Keep it practical. Figure out finances today and tomorrow, but wait until overnight to sign. Pay bills. Changes necessitate budget revisions. Bide your time. Your assumptions get challenged.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Review the instruc-tions again. Share the load today and tomorrow, but hold on to the responsibility. Avoid backtracking. What you get isn’t what you expected. Stay pragmatic.
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By Saleah Blancaflor
Student Union Reporter
With finals coming up, stu-dents all need a way to relieve some stress.
Thanks to the Student Union Activities Board, students on the Oklahoma State University campus have the opportunity to receive free professional mas-sages in the French Lounge of the Student Union this after-noon from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Madeline Engel, the recre-ation coordinator for SUAB, said this is the first time the or-ganization will be having mas-sages given on campus.
“We will be having three professional massage thera-pists come in and give people massages in five-minute incre-ments,” Engel said. “I think a lot of students will show up to this event because I know that if I heard there were free massages I would be there in a second even if I had to wait in line.
“All the people I’ve men-tioned it to have been really ex-cited about it so that gives me a good feeling about it. We even have snacks for those who are waiting in line.”
Engel said she came up with
the idea to do this because it was the students who wanted it.
“I asked students a while ago what they would like to have come in that would be a stress reliever and massages was the most common answer,” Engel said. “I think it’s a good idea because it will give everyone a chance to relax during an ex-tremely stressful time in the semester.”
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When: Due by Jan. 18 at 5 p.m.Where: Applications at www.osusga.okstate.edu/ap-plicationsPlace: 211Q Student UnionElections: March 5 and 6
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The Oklahoma State Uni-versity Student Government Association is taking applica-tions for next year’s president and vice president, SGA Sen-ate Vice-Chairman Mike Merit announced Tuesday.
Applications are available online at www.osusga.okstate.edu/applications and are due by 5 p.m. on Jan. 18, Merit said. Elections will take place March 5 and 6.
To apply for SGA president or vice-president, candidates must meet the criteria set forth in SGA’s election code, also known as Title IX. The quali-fications are as follows:
Applicants must be either graduate students or full-time undergraduate students and must have a minimum 2.5 cu-mulative grade point average, according to the bylaws. If can-didates are part-time students during the semester they apply, they must show proof of intent to be a full-time student dur-ing their office term, as well as remain enrolled at OSU or at least two semesters following
the election. Also, candidates must have completed at least three semesters as a full-time student, with the last semester finished at OSU’s main cam-pus, according to the bylaws.
Students who miss the ap-plication deadline can run as write-in candidates but must notify the SGA Election Agency in writing by 5 p.m. Jan. 21 and attend an informa-tion session at 7 p.m. that day, Merit said.
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emily nielsen/O’COllegianSGa Senate chairman Stephen rogers and secretary Kelli Grashel listen during an SGa meeting earlier this year.
come in on my lap.”Wright was knocked un-
conscious for a moment but was otherwise uninjured.
Jones was trapped between the seat and the dashboard. He never lost consciousness and immediately knew his legs were broken. Thanks to his Army training, he knew to check himself for other inju-ries. He wiggled his toes and began exploring his legs and feet to discover the extent of the damage.
“I was wearing big green Army socks that came up to my knee, and thank goodness for that because then I would have seen it, and I would have (freaked out),” he said.
His left leg was broken above the ankle and was pro-truding through his skin, and his foot was turned the wrong way. His right leg and pelvis were also broken.
“Later, one of the doctors told me that he doesn’t usually get to talk to people whose pelvis looks like mine,” Jones said. “I guess he meant they were in a coma or like, dead or something.”
The other driver called 911 but couldn’t describe Jones’ wounds, so Jones took the phone and told the dispatcher what had happened and what injuries he had suffered, add-ing that he was trapped in the vehicle and emergency workers would need tools to remove him.
Wright used Jones’ phone to call Matt Zellmer, a friend who almost joined them on their night drive, to come pick her up, but she was so disori-ented she couldn’t tell him how to get to the accident scene.
“I almost didn’t answer be-cause I had been texting him a few minutes before,” Zellmer said. “But I did and it was Me-gan… She was freaking out so much I thought she was the one who was really hurt.”
Jones called Zellmer a few minutes later to tell him they were fine and he didn’t need to come.
“I thought maybe they just hit a tree and they were fine,” he said. “So I went home… Later, one of the cops who showed up called me on An-thony’s phone and told that Anthony really was badly hurt and that I needed to come pick up Megan.”
Jones was the calmest per-son in the accident. Wright and the people from the other vehicle were in a state of con-fusion, so Jones took charge and told them what to do.
“I knew from my military training that I didn’t want to start freaking out,” he said. “I would start losing blood and black out. You need to be able to communicate, and I was doing everything I could to effectively communicate what was wrong with me, what I needed, and what was hap-pening.”
Jones asked someone at the scene for a flashlight to better check his wounds. The person did not have a flashlight but offered a cigarette lighter in-stead.
“I was like, ‘Sweet Jesus, don’t bring an open flame near this accident,’” Jones said. “I could hear liquid dropping all around me, and I was like, ‘The last thing I need is to be on fire.’”
When paramedics and the firefighters arrived, they tried to cut Jones out of the car with a chainsaw, but the way the trailer was sitting on the Jeep made it impossible.
“It took them 30 to 40 minutes to get him out of the car,” Wright said. “His left foot was completely back-ward.”
Jones was loaded onto a helicopter to fly to the Okla-homa University Trauma
Center in Oklahoma City, but the helicopter engine began malfunctioning and they had to land in the LifeChurch.TV parking lot in Edmond and continue to the hospital in an ambulance.
Jones underwent 10 hours of surgery and came out with four screws, two pins and a plate in his legs and two 8-inch screws in his pelvis. The doctors expected him to stay in the hospital for three months but released him five days after the accident.
Jones is staying with his parents, Darrell and Sharon, in Guthrie. His parents adapt-ed his father’s “man cave” to fit his needs, adding a full-sized bed and makeshift ramps over the step up into the kitchen.
“We had to do some modi-fications around the house,” Darrell Jones said. “His grandpa and uncle and cousin and I built a ramp for him in the garage…to get him in the van.”
Jones’ parents gave up their normal routines to help Jones recover.
“It is very different car-ing for a grown person rather than a baby,” Sharon Jones said. “Making sure he eats when he’s supposed to; takes his shot when he’s supposed to; keeping his spirits up when he feels down; and encourag-ing him when he’s not being a total pill... Because he can be
a total pill.” In 2011, a tornado hit Jones’
parents’ house, so everything that had not been unpacked from the remodeling had been put in the man cave. When Jones came home, he stayed in his parents’ bedroom.
“I couldn’t even get in my own room,” he said. “It was two or three days of intensive (cleaning)… My mom and my dad, they did a really good job of getting everything set up for me.”
Jones’ Spanish and photog-raphy teachers allowed him to follow the classes online for a while before he had to drop all of his courses for the fall semester.
“It to got be too much of a hassle, and now that I’m go-ing to start walking and doing physical rehab…” he said. “It was getting too difficult to try to keep up with everything.”
Jones said his photography professor was excited because his condition presented a unique opportunity for a class project.
“It’s a project that doesn’t get done often in that class, and that’s self-documentation of recovery,” he said. “So what I was doing for a long time… was just me taking photos of myself during my recovery process… I’m still working on it for myself.”
Jones spends most of his days playing games on his Xbox, watching TV or playing his puppy, which he got three weeks before the accident.
“My super nerd moment here is the Mass Effect series,” he said. “I had to change out Xboxes, and I lost all my saved files and I… had to go back and play though no. 1, no. 2, and I’m working on no. 3… I feel like it keeps me busy.”
His puppy is a blue heeler/collie mix and Jones doesn’t get to play with him as much as he would like.
“Because he is so ram-bunctious, he can’t be around my legs and stuff,” he said. “I wear my boots when I’m in my wheelchair, and he can be around me a little bit more then. But sometimes he will come in here and jump up on the bed and I can pet him and play with him then.”
Per doctor’s orders, he exer-cises his legs by wiggling his toes and drawing the alphabet with his feet.
His biggest challenge is not being independent. He has to call his mom or dad whenever he needs something to eat or to turn on the Xbox.
“My world right now, aside from when I get in the wheel-chair, is a full-sized bed,” he said.
Normally clean shaven, Jones vowed to grow his beard until he could walk, and his doctors cleared him to take his first steps on the day after Thanksgiving.
On Nov. 23, he took his
first steps with a walker. “I had some trouble with
(the stairs), and I have to go through some doors side-ways,” he said. “As silly as it sounds, I’m actually really excited now that I might be able to go see Skyfall with my
friends.” He shaved his beard but
kept a mustache as a joke. “It keeps catching me by
surprise whenever I see myself in mirrors or pictures,” he said.
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Jones: A former OSU student broke both legs in an accident.
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‘It is very different caring
for a gown person rather than a baby.’Sharon joneS,
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‘‘I was like, ‘Sweet Jesus, don’t bring an open flame near this
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A retirement community in Stillwater aiming to break ground next fall must sell 100 independent units or its con-struction date will be delayed.
The Oklahoma City compa-ny Epworth Living will man-age the construction of The Ranch, a retirement commu-nity that will have a full-time nursing staff.
The Ranch will cover 40 acres at 19th Avenue and Range Road.
The community will have 218 rooms, and 136 of these are independent apartments and cottages. Reservations for the rooms begin in January, and at least 100 of the independent apartments and cottages must be reserved and have a 10 per-cent deposit paid.
Scott Petty, vice president of Community Development at The Ranch, said construction can’t begin until the depos-its are paid. Without enough residents when it opens, The Ranch could lose a consider-able amount of money. The delay ensures the retirement home will have enough money to support itself.
“It could take six to eight months to get 100 people to commit to that 10 percent de-posit,” Petty said.
Perry said he hopes con-struction will begin sometime in the fall, but an exact date has not been chosen. If construc-tion goes as planned, the com-munity should open fall 2015.
Perry said he thinks the 100 rooms will sell in time because The Ranch will be a nice con-tribution to Stillwater’s senior citizen friendly reputation. This will be the city’s first continu-ing care community, which means aging and medical needs can be met in the same location.
“I think it’s a great project, and it’s going to be wonderful for Stillwater because Stillwa-ter has nothing like this,” Perry said. “The amenities and the level of care far exceed anything that Stillwater has to offer.”
Also, many potential resi-dents have expressed interest in living in the community.
“We got over 180 people saying they’re interested, but we really want to get about 200 to 250 on that list because we know not all of those will be ready to move or have plans to move by early 2015,” Perry said.
The project will cost about $70 million. The Ranch will have fundraising opportuni-ties for people to buy wings of the building, Perry said. People who donate money to The Ranch will be allowed to name a part of the building, such as a wing or an elevator. Naming a piece of the building will cost anywhere from $250,000 to several million dollars, depend-ing on the size.
In addition to the indepen-dent apartments and cottages, The Ranch will also have about 20 memory care apartments and 40 assisted living apart-ments, Perry said. A full-time nursing staff will treat and care for the residents living in these rooms. Many of the rooms will have two beds, resulting in about 80 beds total.
Sandra Mauney, a retire-ment counselor at The Ranch, said residents will take com-fort in not having to move to a nursing home as they become older.
“You can start out indepen-dently as a healthy senior citi-zen and never have to move,” Mauney said. “You’ll stay (at The Ranch) for all your levels of care.”
She said most retirement homes do not have proper care for residents as they get older, which can become stressful for the residents and their families.
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have to move at least one time because they may not have nursing home care, and you’ll find another place and have another move for the family member,” Mauney said. “With us, you’ll stay in one campus the whole time, and if you need higher care, you’ll just basically move down the hall.”
Kristin Carter, a marketing assistant, said senior citizens will appreciate they can move in on their terms.
“(Senior citizens) can move in when they’re ready,” Carter said. “They don’t have to leave that decision to a family mem-ber at a later date when a ma-jor medical emergency comes about, and somebody else has to make that decision for them.”
Also, The Ranch will provide many activities for its residents. These activities will change daily, and seniors will be able to choose from up to 15 activities every day, Mauney said.
Line dancing, bingo and quilting are three activities that will happen daily. Barbershop quartets will perform at The Ranch often, and the commu-nity will have an art studio. Ad-ditionally, there will be choir groups for the church residents to either participate in or listen to.
The Ranch will also provide many field trips for the seniors to take. Sometimes seniors can choose to see a concert at the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. Other times, they might visit National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklaho-ma City. The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art is a destination seniors can choose if they do not want to travel to another city.
The age requirement to be-come a resident at The Ranch is 62. If a married couple plans to move in together, only one person must meet the age re-quirement.
The entree fee begins at
about $132,000 for the small-er units. There will also be a monthly fee, which is about $1,900.
The retirement home will have a benevolence fund for residents who run out of money, which will allow them to remain living there for free, Mauney said.
Ronald Beer, a Stillwater resident, said he plans to move in with his wife when The Ranch opens.
“To me, (The Ranch) is a really wonderful edition to the community that I think will provide quality living in a dif-ferent way throughout one’s life,” Beer said. “The issue for
Stillwater is that when people retire, whether it’s from the university or elsewhere, and when they decide to leave their homes, there’s really no place to go where they can stay for the rest of their life. The Ranch will change that.”
Building of community may be delayed