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So Much to Do and See
Johnston County boasts many festivals, fishing derbies, sporting events and activities. All four seasons have a special feel as locals and guests take in all there is to do. Many people find their time well spent on Main Street ducking in and out of a variety of specialty shops. Others come for the down home good cookin' found at our local eateries. Some live for the world-class music offered at one of the local music venues. And still others wouldn't think about coming for anything other than fishing on Blue River or a day exploring the Tishomingo Wildlife Refuge. If history is your bag, we have plenty of that too! Tishomingo is the Chickasaw Nation Historical Capital and provides an experience you just cannot find anywhere else.
Points of Interest
Member Spotlight Blue Acres Ranch
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Blue Acres Ranch! Owned by William and Whitney Overby and located just southeast of Harbert Ranch, Blue Acres Ranch is the perfect place for a relaxing weekend away. With access to 160 acres and four ponds, there is something for everyone. Whether you enjoy relaxing in a hammock by…
Member Spotlight Blue River RV Park
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Blue River RV Park, located between Tishomingo and Milburn. This business just recently opened and has several great people working to make it succeed. Armand “Buck” and Carolyn Edelman are the owners, and they have Ashley Salem as the office manager and Charles “Ray” Kent as camp host. The…
Member Spotlight Boom-A-Rang Diner
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Boom-A-Rang Diner! The sole proprietorship is owned by Debbie Ritchie and opened May 5, 2014 – we’re almost to it’s 5th anniversary! When asked why she opened a Boom-A-Rang, Ritchie responded that she loved the food and there was nothing like it in Tishomingo at the time. She saw…
Member Spotlight Cedar & Stone Bed and Breakfast
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Cedar & Stone Bed and Breakfast, owned by Luther and Vicki Harbert! Luther has lived on Harbert Ranch since he was three years old, and now he and his bride of 46 years enjoy entertaining and bringing new people to see the beauty that they have admired all these…
Member Spotlight CJ’s Dispensary
This week’s Member Spotlight is on CJ’s Dispensary, owned by Jeremy and Charllotte Pope! Medical marijuana is truly in its infancy in the state of Oklahoma, and within less than one year of its legalization by the residents of our great state, CJ’s Dispensary was founded. They opened their doors on May 1, 2019. After…
Spotlight Dr. Smith Tire and Auto Clinic
This week’s Spotlight is on Dr Smith Tire and Auto Clinic. As a couple, David and Rana Smith decided to step out in faith by opening a business. The decision came after Rana was diagnosed with breast cancer in July of 2019. David retired from the Michelin Plant in Ardmore shortly after her diagnosis, so…
Member Spotlight Gonzalez Mexican Restaurant
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Gonzalez Mexican Restaurant. When the restaurant first opened, they saw a small community in need of a good Mexican food establishment. The Gonzalez family had been looking for a place to call home and Tishomingo gave them just what they needed. It was a struggle at first, the building…
Member Spotlight Houser Furniture
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Houser Furniture! This business is currently owned by Troy and Carrie Golden and has been in business since 1978. Houser’s has proudly served Tishomingo, Johnston County and the greater Texoma area, starting out with just one building selling new and used furniture, appliances, and books. The company now works…
Member Spotlight Hwy 22 RV Park
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Hwy 22 RV Park, a business member at 1551 W. Main Street in Tishomingo. Annetta and Rick Kelley opened the Park in March 2014 with only 6 spaces available and have since added 8 spaces with full connection to include water, sewer, and 20/30/50 amp electric. Amenities include WIFI,…
Member Spotlight INCA Community Services
This week’s Member Spotlight is on INCA Community Services. I have worked with Wanda Gray on community activities since getting started here at the Chamber. Some of our board members are INCA-RSVP volunteers – anyone 55 or older can sign-up. Our organizations have something in common in that we see the relationship between healthier, active…
Member Spotlight It’s Worth It Nutrition
This week’s Member Spotlight is on It’s Worth It Nutrition! Sara Ford and her husband, Jarred, opened the nutrition shop in August 2018 at 106 W. Main Street in Tishomingo, former location of the JCCC. It’s Worth It offers a wide selection of flavors for their nutritional shakes and teas, and services such as nutrition…
Member Spotlight the Johnston County Industrial Authority
This week’s Member Spotlight is on the Johnston County Industrial Authority (JCIA)! JCIA has been in operation since 1968, formed under a Title 60 Trust, with Johnston County designated as the beneficiary of the Trust. The board is made up of nine active members and up to three ad hoc members from across the county,…
Member Spotlight the Johnston County Sentinel
This week’s Member Spotlight is on the Johnston County Sentinel. The Johnston County Sentinel is the successor publication to the Johnston County Capital-Democrat, which makes it both a new and old publication. The original publication was established over 119 years ago on June 4, 1901, in Tishomingo, Indian Territory. After the death of Ray Lokey,…
Member Spotlight Kedford Boutique
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Kedford Boutique, owned by Kelly & Cris Thetford. I met Kelly when she was the store manager at the Pink Pistol and I was working across the street at The Ladysmith B&B. When the store closed in 2016, Kelly began her own venture as a retailer with a home-based…
Member Spotlight Latte Da Coffee House & Bistro
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Latte Da Coffee House & Bistro, which just so happened to open 9 years ago this week! Owned by serial entrepreneur, Kristie Robnett, this business came to life with a soft opening on a cold day, November 22, 2010. About 13 years ago, Kristie and daughter, Connor, loved going…
Member Spotlight Murray on Main
This week’s Chamber Member Spotlight is Murray on Main (MOM)! Murray State College, already an anchor and economic driver for the greater Tishomingo area, desired to have a presence on Main Street. They also wanted to make a difference downtown in a time when many buildings sat vacant. When MSC President Joy McDaniel and others…
Member Spotlight Tishomingo Motor Sales
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Tishomingo Motor Sales! This business was started in 1963 by Earl Northcutt and son Sandy Northcutt, the business expanded to Kingston in the 1980’s and opened the Madill store in 1994. A year later, the Kingston store was consolidated with Madill and it has been that way ever since.…
Member Spotlight Nikole’s Country Store
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Nikole’s Country Store in downtown Tishomingo! This store has been a dream for Johnston County Clerk, Kathy Ross, for a long time and is a project she wanted to have during her retirement. Opportunity came knocking at the door about four years earlier than expected and Nikole’s opened in…
Member Spotlight Old Silo Winery
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Old Silo Winery! The Winery is owned and operated by Jim and Michele Reilly and opened in September 2018. The Reillys were living in Dallas, TX when their son, Tom, enrolled at OU in 2006. The various drives through the lovely Oklahoma countryside to visit their son spurred an…
Member Spotlight Our Neighbor’s Cupboard
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Our Neighbor’s Cupboard (ONC), a local food pantry located at 106 N. Burris Avenue in Tishomingo. The 501©3 has been in operation since May of 2017 and is completely volunteer-operated. It is a client-choice pantry which means that clients get to ‘grocery shop’ for the items that they want…
Member Spotlight Remedies+
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Remedies+, owned and operated by Rodney and Wanda Gray. Remedies+ was an idea born in the first month of marijuana legalization in Oklahoma. After Rodney’s battle with cancer and discovering the medicinal uses that cannabis offers, the need to be part of the industry increased even more. Wanda was…
Spotlight Sara’s Heartfelt Flowers & Gifts
This week’s Spotlight is on Sara’s Heartfelt Flowers & Gifts! Sara Holmes took ownership of the business from Oma Dell Burns on March 1, 2019. Holmes mother owned a flower shop when she was young and then she worked with Burns for about a year, learning the trade of floral design and customer care along…
Member Spotlight Scotty’s Blue River One Stop
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Scotty’s Blue River One Stop. Scotty McCarthick bought the business on Bullard Chapel Road from Dean and Debbie Arnold in 1992 and built the store that you see now in 1996. The convenience store, bait shop and restaurant caters to trout fishermen and women with more trout fishing bait…
Member Spotlight Simple Simon’s Pizza
This week’s Member Spotlight is on Simple Simon’s Pizza, owned and operated by Marty & Dana Chaney. The same month she retired from teaching in 2018, Dana and Marty were approached with the opportunity to become owners of the Simple Simons Pizza in Tishomingo. She always knew that after retiring she would be working at…
Sooners Foods Corporation
The Sooners Foods Corporation began in 1954 and has been a family-owned business ever since. It was started by James Ray Howe, who passed in October 2011, and is now owned by his children. Kemper and his three siblings have been wonderful stewards of the business since taking over. The Tishomingo location opened December 12,…
Spa 211
Spa 211 has been open for over five years and was purchased by long-time residents, Mark and Tammy Parish in December of 2018. Spa 211 is a boutique spa and a Main Street destination with resort spa-style amenities. Since purchasing the spa, they have made a few changes. They did renovations to include a med spa…
Spotlight the Southern Workforce Board
This week’s Spotlight is on the Southern Workforce Board (SWB), which is a community based not-for-profit entity. The SWB is operated by a volunteer board of directors that is business-led by members representing the community and who have an interest in workforce and economic development issues throughout the 17-county region. These counties are mainly rural…
Chamber Spotlight the Tishomingo Development Team
This week’s Chamber Spotlight is on the Tishomingo Development Team (TDT). This organization was formed in 2002 as the result of twenty local citizens answering the call to research community priorities and formulate a vision and objectives surrounding the following topics: business development, community image, youth leadership development, community promotion, health and wellness, and Johnston…
Member Spotlight The Closet Ministry and Thrift Store
This week’s Chamber Member Spotlight is on The Closet Ministry and Thrift Store! The store at 204 W. Main Street opened for business in February 2014. The Closet is supported by donations, volunteers, and MAD Ministries. Kim Jones, general manager says she makes no salary working at the shop and some weeks spends over 50…
Member Spotlight The Pennington Inn
This week’s Member Spotlight is on The Pennington Inn, which began with the idea of offering lodging in the heart of historic downtown Tishomingo. If you know anything about Tish, you know we severely lack lodging accommodations. The owners, Seth & Angelie Parish, wanted a business that brought people to stay in our town and…