The Morgan Report THE MORGAN REAL ESTATE GROUP, LLC 2200 N. W 50th Street, Suite 127E Oklahoma City, OK 73112 Phone: 405-842-1070 Email: [email protected]WEB: www.okcmls.com Inside This Issue…CoffeeHappy Birthday/An niversary Houses for SaleWe Appreciate our Clients Father’s DayAnd other fun info………... Nan’ s Ne ws Shortly after we moved in to our new office, I walked into the break room and thought it odd that the waste basket by t he door was nearly f ull of water. There didn‘t appear to be any water anywhere else. I called the property manager and maintenance was there in a flash —it was an AC condensation leak. A couple w eeks ago when I arrived in the office and stepped into the break roo m, water was all over the floor-BIG condensation leak. Thank goodness for responsive property managers and maintenance personnel. The winter of 2009 got the best of our magnolia tree. I talked with Cousin Linda of TLC Greenhouse and Nursery to see if it could be brought back to lif e. She told me to water it and feed it eve ry week and afterabout 2 years, it will revive. Well I watered and fed and then one day Jack cal led me to report that I would not be happy when I got home —the guy who mows our lawn —had —you guessed it —cut down the dead tree. Happy, I was not! So after a conversation with Samuel I starte d watering the stump —now I have a magnolia bush —and it is blooming. I‘m s o happy!Jack and I played golf a couple weeks ago. Had a pretty good round —was so excited that on a par five I was on the green in two —I won‘t tell the rest of the story…I have come to the place with my game, that I enjoy playing but I don‘t spend the time pract icing which for me is what is needed to hav e a low score. I appreciate what Jack says ―it‘s my ball, I can hit it as many times as I want‖ and since it is my scorecard, I can write down whatever I want as well. I like this kind of golf...a lot! Our surrogate son, Brian, was home f rom Rochester a few days last month. I enjoyed lunch at Ted‘s with him. I am so proud of him. He looks great and he is happy that he wi ll be working in the Physics Department doing research on….It‘ll come to me...sounds interest- ing. It is ha rd to believe that he i s already a junior. Seems like he just left for college yesterday. Hopefully he‘ll be home a couple weeks between summer session and the fall semester and I‘ll be able to spend more time with him. Wishing all you Dad‘s a wonderful Father’s Day! May your day be special!! Nan
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Nan’s News
Shortly after we moved in to our new office, I walked into the break room and thought it odd that thewaste basket by the door was nearly full of water. There didn‘t appear to be any water anywhere else. I calle
the property manager and maintenance was there in a flash — it was an AC condensation leak. A couple weekago when I arrived in the office and stepped into the break room, water was all over the floor-BIG condensatioleak. Thank goodness for responsive property managers and maintenance personnel.
The winter of 2009 got the best of our magnolia tree. I talked with Cousin Linda of TLC Greenhouseand Nursery to see if it could be brought back to life. She told me to water it and feed it every week and afterabout 2 years, it will revive. Well I watered and fed and then one day Jack called me to report that I would nobe happy when I got home — the guy who mows our lawn — had — you guessed it — cut down the dead tree.Happy, I was not! So after a conversation with Samuel I started watering the stump — now I have a magnoliabush —and it is blooming. I‘m so happy!
Jack and I played golf a couple weeks ago. Had a pretty good round — was so excited that on a par fivewas on the green in two —I won‘t tell the rest of the story…I have come to the place with my game, that I enjo
playing but I don‘t spend the time practicing which for me is what is needed to have a low score. I appreciate
what Jack says ―it‘s my ball, I can hit it as many times as I want‖ and since it is my scorecard, I can write dow
whatever I want as well. I like this kind of golf...a lot!Our surrogate son, Brian, was home from Rochester a few days last month. I enjoyed lunch at Ted‘s
with him. I am so proud of him. He looks great and he is happy that he will be working in the Physics
Department doing research on….It‘ll come to me...sounds interest-ing. It is hard to believe that he is already a junior. Seems like he just left for college yesterday. Hopefully he‘ll be home a couple
weeks between summer session and the fall semester and I‘ll be able
to spend more time with him.
Wishing all you Dad‘s a wonderful Father’s Day! Mayyour day be special!!
Mark & Sarah WoehrerKevin & Karissa O’Shields Justin & Lindsey HarperJames & Sue Robinson
Fred & Marilyn RobinsonSteven & Amy Cozens
Keller & Sandra StewartArt & Jennifer HollinsRyan & Natalie SmithMike & Leslie ClugstonRobert & Lori Varney
Brett & Sammi NeeleyBob & Joyce Antoine
Erich & Lauren WendtJeff & Jennifer Thompson
Congratulations!!!
Fathers Day, June 19The world ―father‖ comes from the Old English
word ―foeder‖, and ―dad‖ is believed to be a variation of the Welsh word ―tad‖, which also means ―father‖. Ac-
cording to a survey by the Public Broadcasting System,79 percent of kids call the father figure in their lives―dad‖ or ―daddy‖; 3 percent call them by their firstname; 1 percent call them ‗father‖.
Coffee: Good for more
than waking up earlyThat cup of coffee that gets
you going in the morning — or keepsyou energetic in the afternoon — mayhave some positive health benefits.Though no one is recommending mas-sive does of caffeine, coffee in mod-
eration may be good for more than justkeeping you awake and alert. Here‘s alook at some of the research:
Gallstones. Some scientists believe that drinking cof-fee may reduce a person‘s risk of developing gall-
stones by stimulating gallbladder contractions andlowering concentrations of cholesterol in bile.
Kidney stones. Studies have suggested that coffeeconsumption (caffeinated or decaf) cuts a person‘schances of developing kidney stones by as much as 10 percent.
Diabetes. Research involving more than 450,000 pa-tients indicates that drinking four cups of coffee or teaa day may reduce one‘s risk for Type 2 diabetes by 2535 percent.
Parkinson’s Disease. Men who don‘t drink coffeeare apparently five times as likely to develop Parkin-son‘s Disease as those who consume lots of coffee— though the link between coffee and Parkinson‘s hasn‘t
been definitely established. Studies with women have been inconclusive.
Just don‘t go overboard. Doctors recommend
drinking no more than 24 ounces of coffee a day. That‘sfour 6-oz cups (bet you didn‘t know that—— duh!)
Eating Out...interesting facts from National Restaurant
Association: There are 925,000 restaurants in the United States; annual revenues
are $511 billion
The restaurant industry employs 12.5 million people, making it one of the largest employers, second only to the government.
Flag Day, June 14Flag Day was established in the 1800‘s to recognize the
importance of this cherished symbol. One of the most powerful images following the terrorist attacks of Septe ber 11, 2001, was a photograph of three fire fighters raian American flag amid the ruins of the World Trade Ceter. Many people assume the flag was one that had flow
on the building‘s observation deck and was recovered fthe rubble, but it was actually from a yacht docked in thHudson River marina at the time of the tragedy.
One of the New York city fire fighters spied theflag and carried it (and its pole) back to Ground Zero.There, two others helped him raise it. The fire fighters it to raise moral after digging for six hours withoutfinding survivors.
A photographer from a New Jersey newspaper caught the scene. Many papers and magazines ran the photo, which became a symbol of America‘s resolve in
face of calamity. The flag itself is now on display at thAmerican History Museum, part of the Smithsonian Instution in Washington, D.C.
A Bridge to Success...In the 19th century, engineer
doubted they‘d ever be able to build a bridge across the Niagara Falls. The problem: They couldn‘t see any wa
get a line from one side of the great gorge to the other sthat they could begin the project. No boat could cross triver without being pulled over the powerful falls. Theother common method, shooting a line from one shore tthe other with a bow and arrow, was impossible becausthe gap was too wide.
An engineer named Charles Ellet had an idea: Hsponsored a kite-flying contest. The prize was $5 to whever could maneuver a kite across the gorge and lower a height where someone on the other side could grab thstring and use it to secure a line that joined the two sideWith that line in place, he could begin building the brid
Great ideas connect dreams with achievement —often do so with simple tools.
“We’ve always done it that way” A management consultant was hired by a
manufacturer in Britain to help improve its generaloperating efficiency. At one plant near London, shespent weeks reviewing daily reports that tracked pro-ductivity, absenteeism, machine failure, etc.
The reports were filled out by hand (the plantwas small) on a photocopied form. At the top of the
form the consultant noticed a small box that was al-ways filled out with the number zero. The form had been photocopied from the original so many times thatshe couldn‘t make out the instructions beneath the
box.When she asked, the plant manager shrugged.
―There‘s always been a zero in that box,‖ he said.
―That‘s what they told me to put there when I started.
I don‘t really know why, but there must be a good rea-
son for it.‖ As the consultant finished her work, she was
checking some file cabinets when she discovered whatlooked like the original form, dating back to WorldWar II. Intrigued, she looked at the box to see whatimportant data it was meant to track, and how it wasrelevant to the plant‘s current operations.
Then she realized the flaw in ―We‘ve always
done it that way.‖ Underneath the box were the words: ―Number
of air raids today.‖
Questions for you… 1. Throw me off the highest building and I will not
break; put me in the ocean and I fall apart. Whatam I?
2. You use a knife to slice me but then weep when Iam cut. What am I?
3. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket and I make it lighter. What am I?
4. I‘m where yesterday follows today and tomor-
row‘s in the middle. What am I? 5. I go all around the world but stay in the corner.
What am I?6. I have holes in the top and bottom, on the left and
right, and in the middle, but I still hold water.What am I?
7. No sooner spoken than broken. What am I?8. You throw away the outside and eat the inside.
Then you eat the outside and throw away the in-side. What am I?
9. You can catch me but not throw me. What am I?10. I get wetter and wetter the more I dry. What am I?
Paul was majoring in zoology at college. One semeter he took a course in the study of birds. The night be-fore the final exam, Paul studied until he had the text- book nearly memorized. He knew his class notes backward and forward. He was eager to take the exam, cer-tain of getting a good grade.
The morning of the exam, Paul took a seat in thefront row of the big auditorium where the class washeld. Over 100 students were in the class with him. Ona table at the front was arrow of 10 stuffed birds, eachone with sack covering its body so that only the legswere showing.
The professor announced, ―For this test, whichcounts for 80 percent of your final grade, I want you toidentify each bird up here by its legs, and then discussits species, natural habitat, and mating patterns. Youmay begin.‖
Paul stared at the birds. All the legs looked the samto him. After spending half the exam period in growingfrustration as he tried to determine which bird waswhich, he picked up his exam and threw it on the profesor‘s desk,
―This is ridiculous!‖ he shouted. ―I studied the text-
book and my notes all night, and now you‘re asking meto name these birds by looking at their legs? Forget it!‖
The professor picked up the exam booklet andsaw that it was blank. ―What‘s your name, young man‖
With that, Paul yanked on leg of his pants up. ―Whydon‘t you tell me?‖
Mark your calendars….and save the dates 6/16 NW Chamber Brown-Bag (IT Security & online Safe
guards) 12:00-1:00 (Deaconess Medical Offices)
6/20 NW Chamber Golf Tournament/Greens Country Club
6/20 NW Chamber Business After Hours (following golf
tournament)
6/21 OKC Chamber Sunset Reception/Bravo! Cucina Italiana
7/4 Bethany Freedom Festival
7/12 OKC Chamber Memorial Orientation
7/12 OKC Chamber Sunset Reception (Metro Appliances &
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Retail Impacts Regional Economy More than 79,000 people are employed in retail with the
Oklahoma City Metro (MSA) Retail jobs account for $1.95 billion in employee com-
pensation Retail sales in 2010 equaled $11.9 billion for Oklahoma
City MSA Retail sales for the metro have grown by 52% since 2000 Sales tax revenue for the City of Oklahoma City ex-
ceeded $350 million in 2010(stats from OKC Chamber ―The Point‖)
Let’s fly away...for the first time since 2007, the Will Rogers
World Airport has added a new nonstop service. United Airlines can now takOklahoma City passengers nonstop to San Francisco.
Tools such as low unemployment, evidence of companies hiring and a
increase in per capita income helped the airport staff to make this deal possiblThe Chamber‘s economic development staff assisted the airport staff in marke
ing Oklahoma City to United Airlines.―Growing the number of nonstop flights from Oklahoma City is an im
portant part of our economy‘s growth,‖ said Roy H. Williams, Chamber presi
dent and CEO. ―I‘m confident that as our economy continues to improve andour city‘s image gains positive momentum, we will be able to add other major
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Copyright 2011, The Morgan Real Estate Group, LLC. This information is solely advisory, and should not be substituted for medical, legal, financial or tax advice. Any and alldecisions and actions must be done through the advice and counsel of a qualified physician, attorney, financial advisor and/or CPA. We cannot be held responsible to actions you may take with-out proper medical, financial, legal or tax advice.
Summer begins in 2011 on June 21 with the summer solstice, the daywhen the Earth‘s axis tilts our northern hemisphere most prominently
toward the sun. (In the southern hemisphere, the summer solstice willoccur on Dec. 22, 2011.) On this day, the sun will reach its highest poin the sky, and afterward the daylight hours will grow shorter.
The solstice has been a time of celebration and ritual in culturearound the world throughout history. At Stonehenge, a visitor standin
in the center of the stone circle can see the sun rising directly over theHell Stone, located just outside the ring of stones. The Egyptian GreatPyramids were built in such a way that an observer standing near the
Sphinx can watch the sun set directly between two of the Pyramids. Celts and Slavs celebrated the event with bonfires and dancing to help the sun increase its strengths. The Native American Hopi tribe had males dress as dancispirits of rain and fertility known as Kachinas; the Kachinas were messengers between humanity and the gods whleft the villages at midsummer to live in the mountains where they were said to visit the dead.
The ancient Druids‘ belief that the solstice represented the wedding of heaven and Earth is responsible for
the tradition of brides planning a lucky June wedding.
What your father told you is still true...On
Father‘s Day, we remember those words of wisdom that
Dad passed down to us – whether we listened to him or not:
On Intelligence “ Use that thing on your shouldersfor something other than a hat rack!‖
On Pouting ―If you stick that lip out any further, a
bird will come along and poop on it.‖
On Problems ―if you don‘t want the hole to get any
deeper, stop digging!‖ On Life ―Appreciate scenery, art work, and a rainy Sun
day. And always keep your gas tank full.‖ On Success ―I learned a lot from my father, especiallyabout business. Probably the best advice I ever hadcame from him. He had a four step formula for gettingthings done: Get in. Get it done. Get it done right. Anget out.‖ (Donald Trump)