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May storm losses likely to top $1B industry representatives said Wednesday. The May 10 storms bearing hail and tornadoes that swept through central Oklahoma will cost insurance companies about $595 million, according to an estimate by ISO’s Property Claim Services unit, which tracks cata-
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Insurance companies likely will pay out more than $1 billion to cover damage from last month’s back-to-back storms that spawned tornadoes and large hail,
strophic insured losses. However, that estimate does not include damage from a major hailstorm that battered the metro area May 16. Losses from the hail likely will exceed those of the May 10 storms, said Marc Young, Oklahoma assistant insurance commissioner.
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If the hailstorm damage approaches that of the May 10 storms, the combined losses would top $1 billion. Some insurance companies have been processing more than 700 hail-damaged vehicles per SEE DAMAGE, PAGE 3A
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Central Oklahoma is sweating out the earliest heat alert on record. The season’s first heat alert began Sunday after an ambulance raced an overheated metro-area mother and baby to a hospital, hitting the Emergency Medical Services Authority heat alert benchmark of at least five heatrelated calls over 24 hours. Until Sunday, the earliest alert issued was on June 19, 2002. “You look at the forecast, and it’s ominous,” EMSA spokeswoman Lara O’Leary said. O’Leary said she just hopes temperatures and EMSA calls will drop enough to lift the alert before it drags on beyond the record longest alert of just over a week. The temperatures are running about seven degrees hotter than normal for this time of year. The average high is 84 degrees, and the low should be 63 degrees, said Rick Smith, forecaster with the SEE HEAT, PAGE 3A
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Hector Ochoa, an employee at All Pro Roofing and Remodeling, takes a water break Wednesday after working on a roof in Oklahoma City. Temperatures were in the lower 90s Wednesday in the metro area and are expected to be so again today. PHOTO BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Edmond card fraud cases have global ties BY DIANA BALDWIN Staff Writer dbaldwin@opubco.com
EDMOND — Susan Brown
had to come up with almost $1,000 after someone used her debit card number in The Bronx in New York City. “I hope they catch them,” said Brown, of Edmond. “I think it happens a lot, and the store clerks are lazy. It makes me mad.” Hershell O’Donnell, also of Edmond, couldn’t use his
debit card after dining out in Edmond over the weekend. He had a phone call when he got home: His debit card had been canceled because someone had used his card number in New Jersey at a Walmart to purchase $532.86 worth of merchandise. They aren’t alone. Reports of credit and debit card fraud from as far away as Spain and Pakistan have ties to Edmond victims. Edmond police have been busy filling out information
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reports about expensive purchases being made in a number of places, including New York, Florida and Arizona. The reports are being turned over to the U.S. Secret Service, the federal agency charged with investigating these types of crimes. This is the second time since November 2008 that SEE FRAUD, PAGE 3A
State sees big rise in gaming revenue [ PAGE 2A ] The tremendous growth in tribal casinos — both in number and in design — the past five years is leading to another year of record gaming fees coming into the state. By June 30, the end of this fiscal year, tribal gaming revenue is expected to have generated about $120 million for public schools, state Treasurer Scott Meacham said Wednesday. Original estimates projected the fee would bring in about $70 million annually. Some of the key people involved in writing the gaming compacts five years ago talked Wednesday about the compacts, with a former legislator saying the state could see annual collections from the fee reach $300 million as the casinos continue to grow in size and in popularity. MICHAEL MCNUTT,
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Prom helps seniors feel young at heart Charles and Dolores Crist, of Guthrie, dance together Wednesday during the Young at Heart senior prom at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 3A
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Five years after the state signed its first tribal gaming compact, money from Oklahoma’s 30 gaming tribes is on target this fiscal year to raise nearly twice the amount expected, Oklahoma Treasurer Scott Meacham said Wednesday. Tribal gaming fees have contributed $107.5 million to the state coffers so far this fiscal year, Meacham said. It’s expected tribal gaming fees will bring in about $120 million by the end of this fiscal year, June 30, he said. It was estimated when the state signed the first gaming agreement in January 2005 that the fee would bring in about $70 million a year, said William R. Norman Jr., an attorney who worked on behalf of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, the first tribe to sign the gaming compact. Tribes last fiscal year paid about $105 million to the state and $81 million the year before that, records show. The gaming fee brought in $46 million in the 2007 fiscal year. Clay Pope, a former member of the state House of Representatives who supported tribal gaming, said the quick growth of American Indian casinos since then makes it likely tribal gaming fees could bring in as much as $300 million a year to the state. “It’s the growth of the existing casinos,” Pope said. “New machines ... additional traffic coming in — talk about The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, the model of going just from having a casino to having one of the entertainment venues.” Pope said tribal gaming fees to the state will continue to grow especially if neighboring states “are foolish enough” not to work with tribes to develop gaming compacts. It’s believed a large number of out-of-state visitors come to Oklahoma’s casinos, especially along the Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri borders. Pope and Cal Hobson, who in 2004 was president pro tempore of the state Senate, said they had no idea tribal gaming would be this successful based on the opposition the issue faced in the Legislature. Legislators struggled for
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Oklahoma City University will host a candidate forum for governor and state schools superintendent candidates. The free event is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. June 16 at the Meinders School of Business. The forum is sponsored by the Oklahoma Academy, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that encourages public discussions of state policies. Gubernatorial candidates invited to participate are Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Attorney General Drew Edmondson — both Democrats — state Sen. Randy Brogdon, R-Owasso, U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City, and businessman Roger Jackson, a Republican. Invited state schools superintendent candidates are Republican Janet Barresi, Democrat Jerry Combrink and state Sen. Susan Paddack, D-Ada. MICHAEL MCNUTT, CAPITOL BUREAU
ATTORNEY GENERAL FORUM PLANNED The Oklahoma City University School of Law will host a forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday for candidates running this year for attorney general. The free event will be in the Homsey Family Moot Courtroom of Sarkeys Law Center. Republicans Ryan Leonard and Scott Pruitt, and Democrat Jim Priest have been invited to attend. Attorney General Drew Edmondson, a Democrat, is not seeking a fifth term because he is running for governor. Seating is limited. Visit the Oklahoma Lawyers Association website at www.oklawyers.org to reserve a seat. MICHAEL MCNUTT, CAPITOL BUREAU
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more than a year on the issue and finally revised a measure that sent it to a vote of the people in November 2004. Nearly 60 percent of the voters approved it. “It’s one of the best moves that we made,” Pope said. “The way that those numbers have continued to grow and economic activity continued to grow pans that out.” Meacham, Pope, Hobson, Norman and fellow attorney Kirke Kickingbird talked about the status of the tribal compacts as part of the annual Sovereignty Symposium. About 600 are attending the event, which concludes today at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City.
Fee benefits schools Meacham said most of the tribal gaming fee goes to public schools; $250,000 is set aside each year for problem gambling assistance through the Mental Health and Sub-
stance Abuse Services Department. The state receives a percentage of each tribe’s revenue from card games and Las Vegas-style gaming machines under the terms of gaming compacts negotiated with tribal officials. The present compact expires in 2020. The tribes pay 4 to 6 percent of the adjusted gross revenue of the games covered in the compact, Norman said. The agreement allows gaming to tribes and licensed horse tracks, which are limited to having no more than 750 games. Some of the larger casinos have more than 2,000 games. While the state received a new source of money, the tribes achieved a more stable gaming environment that resulted in traditional lenders getting involved in projects, Norman said. Also, the tribal revenue sharing payments to vendors were reduced about 10 percent, which more than covered the fees being paid
Oklahoma ranks second, behind California, in revenue generated from tribes’ gaming enterprises, according to the Indian Gaming Industry Report for 2009-2010. The state surpassed Connecticut in 2008, the latest date numbers were available. “Oklahoma has really become a center for tribal gaming across the whole country as a direct result of this compact and the stability that this compact introduced into Oklahoma,” Meacham said. Oklahoma tribal casinos drew in almost $2.9 billion in gaming revenue in 2008, behind California’s $7.3 billion, an 18 percent growth from the previous year, according to the industry report conducted by Alan Meister, an economist with Nathan Associates Inc. Meacham said the percentage fee assessed by the state was determined by looking at what comparable states were receiving in 2004. The Interior secretary had to approve the agreement. “You can’t just charge whatever you want,” he said. “What this payment is is an exclusivity payment so the tribes cannot and do not pay tax to the state of Oklahoma. They pay a fee so they have a protected market for this economic activity.” Hobson said the main economic engine in Oklahoma is the combined efforts of the tribes. They have succeeded in getting casinos and resorts, which often result in attracting other business, being built in rural areas, he said; they have been much more successful than the state’s tax credit program to entice economic development. “Five years ago, if you had said in a corn field south of Norman, Oklahoma, you could see over a number of months B.B. King, Diana Ross, Tony Bennett, Earth Wind & Fire — people would have locked you up in a mental hospital,” Hobson said. “There’s a hell of a lot more to this entity than just the machines and the card games. It’s driving the economy of this state in a very positive way.”
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The ever-trusty Wes Alexander at Marshall Brewing sent me an e-mail the other day to alert me to a great event coming up at The Melting Pot. I know this event will be great because it includes two things near and dear to my heart: craft beer and fondue. Enough said, right? Since you are likely now quite intrigued, allow me to provide you with some details. The Melting Pot restaurants in Oklahoma City and Tulsa are hosting weeklong Father’s Day specials June 14-20. For $50, plus tax and tip, you get a three-course fondue paired with beer. Course 1: Cheddar cheese fondue with Old Pavilion Pilsner. Course 2: Garlic chili chicken, citrus pork tenderloin, spicy shrimp and spinach-Gorgonzola ravioli with a sriracha aioli sauce with Atlas India Pale Ale. Course 3: White chocolate butterscotch fondue with McNellie’s Pub Ale. Wes and Marshall brewmaster Eric Marshall will attend special dinner presentations from 6 to 8 p.m. June 16 at the Oklahoma City location and June 17 at the Tulsa location. Diners are invited to visit with Wes and Eric to talk about the beers and the pairings. Reservations are recommended for the June 16 and 17 dinners. If you’re interested, call 235-1000 in Oklahoma City or (918) 299-8000 in Tulsa.
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Average temperatures June 2-3: High 84 ›degrees, low 63 degrees. temperatures June 2: High 92 degrees, ›lowActual 72 degrees.
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Cleveland County Health Department Administrative Director Shari Kinney said heat precautions are advised for children and people with heart, lung or kidney problems, as well as people who work outdoors. To reduce the potential for heatrelated illnesses, the Cleveland County Health Department offers these prevention tips: Drink more fluids, regardless of your activity ›level. Don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink. If
your doctor generally limits the amount of fluid you drink or has you on water pills, ask how much you should drink while the weather is hot. Don’t drink liquids that contain alcohol or large amounts of sugar; these actually cause you to lose more body fluid. Also, avoid very cold drinks, because they can cause stomach cramps. Stay indoors and, if at all possible, stay in an air-conditioned place. If your home does not have air conditioning, go to a shopping mall or public library. Even a few hours spent in air conditioning can help your body stay cooler when you go back into the heat. Electric fans may provide comfort, but when the temperature is in the high 90s, fans will not prevent heat-related illness. Taking a cool shower or bath, or moving to an air-conditioned place is a much better way to cool off.
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Above: Oklahoma County sheriff’s Lt. Charles Avery dances Wednesday with Shirley Wilson during the Young at Heart Senior Prom at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. The prom was sponsored by Integris Third Age Life Center and Oklahoma County Triad.
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National Weather Service in Norman. But Wednesday’s high was 92 degrees, and the low was 72 degrees. The hot, dry weather pattern looks like it will be around for the next week, Smith said. But the heat index, or how hot it feels based on temperature and humidity, would have to reach about 105 degrees and the nighttime temperatures would have to be no lower than 75 or 80 degrees before the weather service would issue a weather alert. “We haven’t gotten to the point yet where we have even come close to the criteria for issuing a heat alert,” Smith said. The EMSA heat alert seemed the furthest thing from roofer Johan Orzco’s mind as he tossed pieces of old shingles in a bin in The Village area. The 21-yearold worked quickly in jeans and a black T-shirt with the sleeves pushed above his elbows. “Every day is hot,” he said. “At maybe 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., the sun is low, and that’s when it is good to be on the roof.” He said he combats the heat by drinking four to six liters of water or energy drinks during the day. “I don’t care,” Orzco shot over his shoulder as he hurried back to work. “I like it.”
Heat hits kids hard Adults who work outside get acclimatized to the heat. But young children especially can be at risk on hot days, said Dr. Mark Fergeson, a pediatrician with OU Health Sciences Center. “The fact that it has been hotter earlier and especially combined with the humidity, we certainly see an increased risk,” Fergeson said. “Children can’t sweat as easily when it’s humid, and so sweating is one of the ways we get rid of heat. When it’s humid, our bodies don’t do that as efficiently, and we’re at greater risk for
heat-related problems.” But children’s risk is even higher. They don’t typically stay hydrated as well as adults because they may not think about it and can’t get to liquids as readily, the doctor said. “The heat index is important to pay attention to and know that in the 90s and certainly above 100, that’s a high-risk time,” Fergeson said. “Make sure they have the ability to come in out of the heat easily and have free access to liquids to stay hydrated.” He said children who won’t drink a lot of water, should be offered sports drinks rather than sugary drinks or caffeinated sodas. Children should wear loose, light-colored clothing when they go outside to play in the heat. And parents need to be aware of the signs their children have gotten too hot, Fergeson said. If the child is flushed or feels dizzy, the child is likely too hot and should go inside to rest. A trip to the doctor is in order if the child isn’t feeling better soon. “The more serious signs would be nausea, vomiting, confusion, elevated body temperatures. Get them to an emergency room immediately or even call 911 if their body temperature is elevated above normal of 99.6. Anything 100 or above certainly would be a reason to take it very seriously,” Fergeson said. The silver lining in the early heat wave and current weather pattern is that Oklahomans may not have to run to the storm shelter anytime soon. But Smith said Oklahomans can’t become complacent because tornadoes have hit the state in every month of the year. “Storms don’t have a calendar and don’t care what month it is,” he said. “It could be the second week in July and all the ingredients could come together for damaging winds and tornadoes.” “We can never say the threat is gone.”
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day, Young said. Other companies have assessed northwest Oklahoma City neighborhoods where more than 90 percent of the roofs needed to be replaced, he said. “There was a very serious series of storms, and the insured losses continue to rise,” Young said. “We had an absolutely horrendous month of May.” Jerry Johns, president of Southwestern Insurance Information Service, said insurance companies doing business in Oklahoma “will consider this a major catastrophe,” John said. “It was an amazing amount of damage.” Oklahoma’s most damaging storm of recent years was the May 3, 1999, outbreak that killed 44 people, destroyed more than 300 homes and caused $1.41 billion in total damage — which includes more than just insured losses, according to the Insurance Information Institute. It’s not clear whether the damaging storms will produce higher premiums. Most insurance companies evaluate losses in a geographic area over a number of years to determine premiums, and catastrophic losses may be assessed based on a period of up to a decade, Young said. Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said state-based companies will be harder hit by the May storm losses than regional or national insurance companies that collect premiums in states that haven’t been hit by damaging weather. Many companies also balance claims losses with investment gains, Holland said.
ALSO ... ROOFING BILL As Oklahomans deal with storm repairs, a bill passed by the Legislature last week would require roofing companies to carry liability and workers’ compensation insurance to receive a state-issued registration. The Roofing Contractor Registration Act would levy a fine of up to $500 to roofing companies failing to register with the state. If signed by Gov. Brad Henry, the law would take effect Nov. 1.
Oklahomans already pay among the nation’s highest average premium for personal property insurance, mainly because of damage from high winds and hail, Holland said. “Our storms are really something here,” said Holland, who recently bought an Oklahoma City home that was severely damaged by the May 16 hailstorm. A state law bars insurance companies from dropping homeowners’ coverage after a single claim, and Holland said the state’s “robust market” allows consumers to shop around for providers. The estimated insured losses from the May 10 storm includes about $475 million in personal property damage, $40 million in commercial losses and $80 million in vehicle damage. These damage estimates do not include losses involving such as uninsured publicly owned properties and utilities or agricultural, homes and businesses insured through the National Flood Insurance Program, Johns said. ISO reported the average claim from the May 10 storms for personal losses was $9,500, for commercial losses was $8,888 and for auto damage was $2,285.
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Edmond was at the center of a credit and debit card fraud ring. The last series of frauds was tied to Ted’s Cafe Escondido, 801 E Danforth Road. Fraud cases reported at Ted’s still are being investigated, said Adrian Andrews, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge in Oklahoma. “We don’t see any connection,” Andrews said.
Andrews refused to release details about either investigation. “We have had numerous reports” of credit and debit card fraud in the last week, said Glynda Chu, Edmond police spokeswoman. “This is similar to Ted’s, but more widespread. It is not just in the United States, but in Pakistan and Spain.” The actual credit and debit cards have not been stolen, but their numbers are being used, Chu said.
Police and federal officials would not say whether this round of fraud is tied to any particular Edmond business or restaurant. A number of the incidents occurred on cards issues at local credit unions. Susan Brown and her husband, Larry, suspect their card may have been compromised at a restaurant. “It is ridiculous with all the technology,” Susan Brown said. “You would think it would be safer.”
Relatives remember veteran from Grove BY TIM STANLEY Tulsa World tim.stanley@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — Spc. Mark Harding was cradling a machine gun while riding in a convoy near Baghdad before his arms were called to a higher duty — holding a dying friend. Harding, 21, from Grove, was in a Humvee behind one that was carrying Spc. Micheal Phillips, of Ardmore, on Feb. 24, 2008. Phillips’ Humvee hit a roadside bomb. “It was Mark who pulled Micheal out of the wreckage. He died in his arms,” said Will Harding, Mark Harding’s brother. Harding wasn’t hurt in that incident. And he did make it home. But Friday, the former soldier from Grove died at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa of complications from a cranial injury. His death has not been officially declared servicerelated, although he had been treated for a traumatic brain injury while in the service, a Veterans Affairs Department spokesman said. A funeral service, with military honors, is set for 10:30 a.m. today at First Baptist Church in South
West City, Mo. Harding and Phillips, 19, were good friends. They often went on leave together, Will Harding said. A graduate of Thunderbird Youth Academy in Pryor, a military-style school for troubled teens, Mark Harding already had succeeded once in putting his life back on track. Hopeful it would help him put some bad choices behind him, his parents supported his decision to attend the academy, which is affiliated with the Oklahoma National Guard and combines class work with physical training, counseling and discipline. Mark Harding’s postgraduation plan was to go into the military. He chose the Army and served a 14month tour in Iraq with the 101st Airborne before returning to Fort Campbell, Ky. Harding’s naturally jolly nature survived despite losing his close comrade. But it wasn’t easy, and he underwent counseling, family members said. While readjusting to civilian life, Harding was living with his brother, Will, in Tulsa. He recently had begun working at Owasso’s Home Depot.
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Study finds more teenagers are using the rhythm method BY JEANNINE STEIN Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — Today’s teenagers are increasingly likely to use the rhythm method to prevent pregnancy and to have relaxed attitudes about unwed motherhood, a new government teen sex survey has found. The results, released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that 17 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds (sexually active or not) used periodic abstinence, or the calendar rhythm method, as a form of contraception in the period from 2006 to 2008. In 2002, 11 percent of teens used that method. “The rhythm method is associated with a pretty high failure rate — on average, 25 percent of women will become pregnant during the first year of using
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into a teaching hospital because of the influx of inexperienced residents, University of California, San Diego, researchers reported Wednesday. The rate of fatal medical errors spikes in July, increasing by 10 percent compared with the average in other months, they reported in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The increase occurred only in counties with teaching hospitals. MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES
that method. It’s not a welcome development, especially in combination with the fact that overall, contraceptive use hasn’t changed significantly from the last survey,” said Joyce Abma, lead author of the study and a demographer with the center. The poll of 2,767 teens, which was part of the National Survey of Family Growth, also found that
more teens than in years past said they agreed or strongly agreed with the statement: “It is OK for an unmarried female to have a child.” Among teen boys in the current survey, 64 percent agreed or strongly agreed, while in 2002 only 50 percent did. Among teen girls that number was 71 percent, not significantly different from 2002. In other significant dif-
ferences, among male teens who had not yet had sex, 12 percent said the reason was that they didn’t want to get a girl pregnant. In 2002, 25 percent of male teens who had not yet had sex cited that reason. However, condom use among male teens is up — 81 percent of nevermarried males in the current survey said they used them at first intercourse, compared with 71 percent in 2002. Sex-oriented messages aimed at teens may need to be refocused, Abma said: “In addition to making the means to avoid pregnancy available, we may need to go one step back and emphasize the motivations to avoid pregnancy, such as providing programs that give teens goals that are not compatible with early parenthood.” MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A lightning
strike in Yellowstone National Park injured nine people waiting to see Old Faithful geyser erupt and one man hit by the bolt on Tuesday was hospitalized until Wednesday. The park identified him as Harlan C. Idell Jr., 57, of Leesburg, Fla. Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash said Wednesday he didn’t know the type of injuries Idell suffered. The others suffered minor injuries. Nash said the lightning struck about 4 p.m. Tuesday in an asphalt area near the Old Faithful Inn. Idell was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nash said some bystanders performed CPR on the man. Seven others complaining of shortness of breath, tingling or numbness were treated and released from Old Faithful Clinic, while a ninth person who was struck did not seek medical attention.
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FEDS ADD WEAPONS CHARGES IN MICHIGAN-BASED MILITIA CASE DETROIT — Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed additional weapons charges against several Midwest militia members who are accused of conspiring to wage war against the United States. The new indictment alleges possession of illegal machine guns or short-barrel rifles by the group’s leader, David Stone, sons David Stone Jr. and Joshua Stone, and a fourth man, Joshua Clough. The weapons were seized March 27 during a series of raids and arrests in southern Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Nine members of the group, called Hutaree, have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit sedition. The government claims the Michigan-based group planned to kill a police officer and then attack law enforcers who attend the funeral. Defense attorneys say the group engaged in stupid and hateful speech but that it was not criminal. In the new indictment, prosecutors charged the nine with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction.
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Brooklyn Bridge getting a $500M makeover BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Bridge has been through a lot in its 127 years, and now the New York icon needs a facelift. The famous 1.1-mile suspension bridge is getting a $500 million makeover, a project that includes a complete repainting and the repair of elements that were part of its original construction. Vice President Joe Biden joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday to mark the beginning of the rehab, which is set to be com-
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pleted in four years. The federal economic recovery act provided $30 million for the effort; the rest of the funding comes from the city and other federal sources. Standing in front of an access ramp where huge swaths of peeling paint exposed patches of rusted steel, Biden said the makeover was “badly needed.” The bridge, with its two neo-Gothic towers and elegant steel cables, is one of New York City’s most revered pieces of architecture. Designed by engineer John Augustus Roebling, it opened May 24, 1883, after 13 years of building at a
cost of $15 million. The East River span — the subject of several books, a Ken Burns documentary and countless songs — helped spur the growth of the city’s outer boroughs. It also has played an important role in major events throughout city history, including on Sept. 11, 2001, when a flood of people fled lower Manhattan by walking across the bridge. The structure has been spruced up many times over the years, but not recently. Bloomberg said it will be the first major work on the bridge in 10 years.
officials announced plans Wednesday to move ahead with a long-delayed performing arts center to help revitalize the late singer’s hometown, drawing cautious optimism from residents who say they’ve heard this song many times before. Work on the $300 million museum and performing arts center could begin as early as next year, said Gary Mayor Rudy Clay. Jackson left Gary as a child and visited just once, in June 2003, to announce plans for the center. Clay said money to build the Jackson Family Museum and Hotel and the Michael Jackson Performing Arts and Cultural Center and Theaters would come from the Jackson Family Foundation, investors and donations. FROM WIRE REPORTS
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Calif. police seek former JonBenet suspect COURT | MAN’S AQUAINTANCE ALLEGES SHE RECEIVED E-MAILS CONTAINING THREATS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Police are seeking the whereabouts of the man who once falsely claimed to have murdered JonBenet Ramsey after a former acquaintance told authorities that he threatened to kill her if she revealed his attempts to form a cult of little girls to have sex with him. Samantha Spiegel, 19, claimed in a request for a restraining order against John Mark Karr that he made “ongoing death threats” and “threats of sexual exploitation to children” in e-mails and instant messages. The order was granted April 19, but Spiegel’s attorney said Karr has not been served because he could not be found.
In this photo provided by NBC Universal, Samantha Spiegel talks Wednesday with Ann Curry on NBC’s “Today” show, in New York. AP PHOTOS
In this Sept. 14, 2006, file photo, John Mark Karr appears in court in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Officer Alberto Esparza, a department spokesman, said Wednesday that Karr’s “whereabouts are unknown.” “Our primary concern is the victim’s safety,” he
day” show that she had known Karr since she was 9, when he was a teacher at her school in San Francisco. She said they later became engaged. Karr is now living as a
said. “San Francisco police takes these threats very seriously and we’re doing everything we can to continue the investigation and bring it to a close.” Spiegel told NBC’s “To-
woman. Her attorney, Robin Sax, told The Associated Press that Spiegel reached out to Karr after he confessed to the death of 6-year-old child beauty queen JonBenet, whose body was found in 1996 in her parents’ home in Boulder, Colo. “She sought him out trying to reconnect, wanting to find out what happened to him,” Sax said. Things moved quickly to Karr contacting her hundreds of times a day, Sax said. Spiegel also said Karr told her to help him recruit children and that she thought about letting him meet her niece. Spiegel now says she was brainwashed and that she’s speaking out to help other potential victims. “I think this is something I would have liked
someone to do for me when I was in his grip,” Spiegel said. Karr drew international attention in 2006 with his arrest in Thailand over his bizarre, detailed confession into JonBenet’s death, but DNA tests failed to put him at the crime scene. He legally changed his name in Washington state to Alexis Valoran Reich in 2008, according to court documents. Messages sent to the email from which the messages came were not immediately returned. Sax said she believes Karr is running a website that includes his writings, but it could not be confirmed that he was involved with the site. A hearing on whether to extend Spiegel’s restraining order was postponed Wednesday until June 23.
Federal workers’ same-sex ‘MICHELLE’ IS SUNG TO FAMOUS MICHELLE partners see more benefits BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ordered government agencies Wednesday to extend additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, including child care services and expanded family leave. The moves come a year after Obama signed a memorandum giving federal workers’ same-sex partners a first round of benefits including visitation and dependent-care rights. At the same time he asked federal agencies to determine what other benefits could be given to domestic partners without Congress acting, and those announced Wednesday resulted from that review.
They include child-care services and subsidies; more flexibility to use family leave to attend to the needs of domestic partners and their children; relocation benefits; giving domestic partners the same status as “family members” when federal appointments are made; and access to credit union and other memberships when those are provided to federal workers. As with Obama’s memo a year ago, this one covers only benefits that can be extended under existing law, without congressional action. Legislative action would be required for a full range of health care and other benefits. Health care benefits are the ultimate goal for many activists,
and Obama supports them as well. In a statement he called on Congress to act on legislation to extend health benefits to samesex partners. It’s the president’s latest step to further gay rights in the United States. The White House recently backed a compromise on the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on gays in the military that would move ahead on repeal but still allow the Pentagon time to implement new policies. In April, he moved to grant same-sex partners full visitation rights in hospitals. Obama’s approach on gay rights has been criticized as too cautious by gay activists, particularly on “don’t ask don’t tell.”
S.C. hopeful denies claims of affair BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Paul McCartney plays “Michelle” in front of President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday in the White House in Washington. AP PHOTO
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WASHINGTON — If the first British invasion of the White House ended with the house afire, the latest had Barack and Michelle Obama and their kids rocking out in their seats Wednesday night at a tribute concert for former Beatle Paul McCartney. The setting was the ornate East Room, chandeliers overhead, George and Martha Washington portraits on the walls and an all-star lineup of performers cranking out some of McCartney’s greatest hits. Stevie Wonder had the Obamas clapping to “We Can Work It Out.” The Jonas Brothers did “Baby You Can Drive My Car.” Corinne Bailey Rae slowed
things down with “Blackbird.” And Faith Hill stroked “Long and Winding Road.” It was McCartney himself who brought down the house by belting out “Michelle,” aiming his words straight at a first lady named Michelle. He said he’d been “itching” to perform it at the White House, and asked the president’s forgiveness in advance. The first lady was soon mouthing the words along with McCartney and the president was swaying in his seat. After serenading the first lady with the lyrics “I love you, I love you, I love you,” McCartney joked that he just might be the “first guy ever to be punched out by a president.”
Attorney claims late actor, wife received divorce in ’08 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — Former child TV actor Gary Coleman and his wife were divorced in 2008, an attorney for the late “Diff’rent Strokes” star said Wednesday. Randy Kester told The Associated Press that Coleman and Shannon Price divorced in August 2008, and Coleman never told him the two had remarried. Coleman died Friday at the age of 42 after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was taken off life support, but it’s not clear who made
that decision. Kester said he does not know. “Now issues are being raised about whether or not Shannon had authority to terminate the life support,” he said. A spokeswoman with Utah Valley Regional Medical Center told AP she cannot release any additional information about Coleman’s death. Utah divorce decree documents list only a John Doe and Jane Doe as parties, but the last page lists Price’s name and address, saying a copy of the decree was mailed to her.
The whole night was built around Obama’s presentation to McCartney of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library of Congress. McCartney volunteered to make it a regular gig. “Lunchtimes, we could come around,” he offered. “We’re cheap.” Among others performing were Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, White Stripes singer and guitarist Jack White, Lang Lang and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. Those not lucky enough to snag tickets to the East Room gig can catch the concert July 28, when it’s televised on PBS’ “In Performance at the White House.”
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lobbyist resigned from a rival political campaign on Wednesday and became the second man to claim he had a tryst with a Republican lawmaker trying to become the state’s first female governor. Lobbyist Larry Marchant admitted he had no proof to back up his allegation of a one-night stand with state Rep. Nikki Haley in 2008 and her campaign vehemently denied
the allegation. The claim became the latest political drama for a state that was roiled when Gov. Mark Sanford made a tearful confession last summer to sneaking out of the country to rendezvous with an Argentine woman. Earlier in the day, Marchant resigned from the campaign of Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who is competing with Haley for the GOP nomination in the June 8 primary. “It never happened. Absolutely not,” Haley said
emphatically about Marchant’s claim during a debate with Bauer and the two other Republican candidates in Charleston. Marchant’s claim is the second leveled at Haley in as many weeks. Political blogger Will Folks said he and Haley had an “inappropriate physical relationship” in 2007. Despite dribbling out days of innuendo on his website, Folks has yet to prove his claims. He was not married at the time of the alleged relationship.
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HE White House and Senate Democrats hailed passage of financial reform legislation last week as a big deal, but it’s clear the main objective was to pass something and claim victory. We say that because the reform package doesn’t address a number of the contributors to the 2008 near-meltdown of the financial services sector. “Too big to fail” remains a problem, and the same government agencies that didn’t head off the problems in ’08 still are in charge of preventing future crises. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two governmentsponsored entities whose reckless dealing in bundled mortgages played a major role in the near-collapse, were simply ignored in the legislation. One of the biggest frustrations for U.S. taxpayers was a sense some of the big boys on Wall Street were gambling with other people’s money when the system broke down — then were deemed too big to fail and were bailed out with public funds. It’s still a problem, with the five largest firms (JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and Bank of America) controlling more than half of the banking system’s assets, former FDIC Chairman William Isaac writes for Forbes. The government (read: taxpayers) remains trapped in a backstopping role because the bill does little to change it. Reuters’ economics columnist James Pethokoukis
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says breaking up the big banks or creating hard, market-based triggers for regulatory policing or a resolution process would allay risk to taxpayers, but neither is in the reform bill. Meanwhile, the same regulatory cast of characters that watched as the system nearly imploded on their watch two years ago still is tasked with oversight. These include the Securities and Exchange Commission, which Isaac writes was “one of the principal culprits” in the ’08 panic. The Senate bill is silent on SEC reforms as well as the need to subject Financial Accounting Standards Board accounting pronouncements to systemic risk review, he writes. As for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, nothing was done. They were major drivers of risky speculation because their activities were implicitly backed by the U.S. government. Though they’ve cost taxpayers more than $100 billion in bailouts — by the way, Fannie Mae needs another $8.4 billion; Freddie Mac $10.6 billion — the reform train somehow left the station without them. There’s more, but the main point is the taxpayers were badly let down by this legislation. They can’t be blamed for wondering whether anything was done to protect them from the next crisis. The answer: Not much — but that won’t stop the bill’s backers from calling it a landmark achievement anyway. Change in Washington? No, just more of the same.
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Book ’em: Savings plan: Ruling helps police, Comp reform bills leaves Miranda intact deserve approval With the plethora of past and present cop dramas on television, it would take some work to find someone who isn’t familiar with their Miranda rights. Most school children probably can recite the spiel police must give people when placing them under arrest: the right to remain silent, the right to have an attorney present during questioning and the warning that anything they say can be used against them in court. Miranda is so ubiquitous it’s news when the Supreme Court fiddles with it, as it did this week in a 5-4 decision that said criminal defendants must specifically invoke the right to remain silent during questioning in order to avoid self-incrimination. It’s a subtle change. The ruling didn’t alter Miranda’s basic requirement that suspects be told of their rights, especially the right not to talk. But justices said trial courts don’t need to suppress statements from defendants who’ve been Mirandized, didn’t expressly waive their rights and spoke only after being silent through hours of questioning. “After giving a Miranda warning, police may interrogate a suspect who has neither invoked nor waived his rights,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the majority. The ruling will help police in situations where a defendant is ambiguous about talking to interrogators, a circumstance that law enforcement officers often face. Once suspects have been Mirandized, Kennedy said, they can simply refuse to talk and/or clearly invoke their Miranda rights to end questioning. That seems reasonable.
At the end of a session in which ideology often drove the GOP agenda, Republicans sent to the governor a package of bills that could really help the state by further reforming our workers’ compensation system. The latest iteration comprises four bills that figure to save Oklahoma businesses about $60 million and make the process more efficient for injured workers, says Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Tulsa. Those savings are important because work comp costs take a major toll on businesses large and small. The number of work comp claims filed in Oklahoma has fallen in the past several years but payouts have increased. Judges’ rulings have played a role in that trend. One of the bills now on Gov. Brad Henry’s desk deals with judges. It would shrink the comp court to eight judges instead of 10, place three judges in Tulsa (only one is permanently assigned there now), require that judges have at least five years’ experience with the work comp system, and limit them to one eightyear term. In addition, the Senate would need to OK those nominated to the court. That’s a problem for reform opponents. Rep. Mike Shelton, D-Oklahoma City, argued it would only serve to inject politics into the process — as if politics weren’t already part of it. The Judicial Nominating Commission does good work providing the governor with possible candidates but it’s not asking too much to have another check in place for one of the most important courts in the state. Henry should sign these difference-making measures.
banality as strategy
WASHINGTON — American troops in Afghanistan spent their Memorial Day securing routes into Kandahar and engaging local tribal leaders in preparation for a major offensive. I spent part of my Memorial Day reading President Obama’s recently released National Security Strategy (NSS), a document that concedes the importance of the military but emphasizes the security imperatives of “affordable health care” and “redeveloping our infrastructure.” America, we are told, requires “a broad Michael conception of what Gerson constitutes our national security,” which happens to coincide with the administration’s legislative COMMENTARY priorities. It is commonplace to assert that there are economic foundations of national power. It is shameless to use a national security document to advance a debatable domestic agenda that shows scant understanding of how economies actually grow stronger. And it is doubly shameless for this administration to assert “responsible management of our federal budget” as a national security priority. In most areas, the 2010 NSS expresses unobjectionable continuity. America frowns on nuclear proliferation. America likes democracy. America will act along with its allies — except when it needs to act alone. Portions are admirable. But it is not surprising that nearly everyone can find something to like in the NSS, since it reads like a State of the Union without space constraints. Much that is old in the NSS is obvious. Much that is new is not actually new. The contention that health entitlements, infrastructure construction and education spending are really national security priorities is a repolished version of an argument made for decades on the isolationist left. “How many schools could we build for the price of an aircraft carrier?” has become the claim that domestic spending is the national security equivalent of building an aircraft carrier. Another emphasis of the 2010 NSS is multilateralism. America must construct “a new international architecture,” building “partnerships with new centers of influence,” working in “multilateral fora,” breaking down “old habits of suspicion,” to “synchronize our actions,” in “shaping an international order,” that will “modernize the infrastructure for international cooperation.” It would be nice to have a United Nations Security Council that was not hobbled by Russian and Chinese vetoes; a U.N. Human Rights Council that was not an unfunny joke; a NATO alliance that was not exhausted by minimal exertions. Effective, muscular multilateralism spreads burdens and increases legitimacy when action is required. But how does the NSS propose to achieve such wonders? The administration claims credit for expanding the G-8 to the G-20 and paying up America’s United Nations dues. In the future, America will “invest in strengthening the international system” and work “from inside international institutions,” and build “frameworks to face their imperfections head on and to mobilize transnational cooperation.” This type of writing is a net subtraction from public understanding.
New international infrastructure Nearly all of the policy weight of the NSS rests on the project of creating a new international infrastructure to replace the current one. But the document provides no actual strategy in this area. The cover of multilateralism also has been employed by the isolationist left. On issues such as proliferation and genocide, multilateralism can become a way to rationalize inaction. The most reluctant member of a coalition is granted a veto. This approach to multilateralism allows a government to express concern on everything while accepting responsibility for nothing. The national security doctrine of a president is difficult to implement but often simple to state. Harry Truman would contain threats. Ronald Reagan would roll back threats. George W. Bush would pre-empt threats. Barack Obama will outcoordinate threats in multilateral fora. In practice, Obama has been more resolute than this vision would indicate, especially in Afghanistan. And diplomacy often consists of deploying banalities with a straight face. But it is only the strength and bravery of its armed forces that allow America the luxury of such banality. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
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LONDON — A taxi driver fatally shot at least 12 people and injured 25 while driving from one village to another in Britain’s coastal West Cumbria region, before apparently shooting himself, police said. Authorities said the body of 52-year-old Derrick Bird was found in a wooded area a few miles inland several hours after the shooting began in Whitehaven, but they did not describe any injuries. A shotgun was next to the man’s body. Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Hyde said late Wednesday that authorities were trying to determine whether the shootings were “a premeditated or a random attack.” They were investigating 30 crime scenes and had recovered two guns, he said. Police had not released the names of victims. Kevin Clarkson, deputy chief executive of West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, said three victims at West Cumberland were in critical condition and five others remained in serious condition. Others injured were taken to hospitals in Carlisle and Newcastle. Local media reports described Bird, who lived in the village of Rowrah, as a self-employed taxi driver and a divorced father of two. Michael Peugh, a taxi driver who told a local newspaper he knew Bird, reportedly said three of the shooting victims were also taxi drivers. “I didn’t think he was a
Sinkhole’s source still unknown A sinkhole covers an intersection Wednesday in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Authorities blamed heavy rains caused by tropical storm Agatha as the cause of the crater that swallowed a a three-story building but now say they will be conducting further studies to determine the cause. In April 2007, another giant sinkhole in the same area killed three people. AP PHOTO
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bad man,” Peugh told the News & Star newspaper. “I would never have thought he was capable of something like this.” The shootings apparently began about 10:30 a.m. after an alleged argument at a taxi stand in Whitehaven in Britain’s Lake District, a popular tourist area, according to police and media reports. Bird reportedly is believed to have fatally shot at least one of his colleagues, also said to be a friend. He drove off in a Citroen Picasso and zigzagged through several villages, stopping to shoot people on his way. Bird abandoned the Citroen for a second vehicle, which he then crashed and left by the roadside. Police warned people to stay indoors and keep away from windows. The local nuclear power station of Sell-
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afield was temporarily locked down. Whitehaven resident Barry McLeavy told the BBC he saw one bloodied victim, seemingly a taxi driver, run away from his taxi with a woman passenger. “You just don’t expect anything like this here; it’s such a quiet town,” he said. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was
Suspect in disappearance sought in Peruvian slaying BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LIMA, Peru — A young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway is the prime suspect in the weekend murder of a Peruvian woman, police said Wednesday. Joran van der Sloot is being sought in connection with Sunday’s killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in a Lima hotel, police chief Gen. Cesar Guardia told a news conference. He said the suspect crossed into Chile the next day by bus. The Dutch government said Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for van der Sloot. Guardia said the 22year-old Dutchman, in Peru for a poker tournament, appears with the woman in a video taken at a Lima casino early Sunday. The two later were seen entering the hotel by one of its employees. The victim’s father, cir-
Joran van der Sloot, Seen in 2007
cus empresario and former race car driver Ricardo Flores, says his daughter dropped off some girlfriends at 2:35 a.m. then apparently returned to the casino. She and van der Sloot were seen entering the hotel room about 5 a.m., said Guardia, and the Dutchman departed alone about four hours later. “We have an interview with a worker at the hotel who says she saw this foreigner with the victim enter his room,” he said. Stephany Flores’ body was found face down on
the hotel room floor on Wednesday, abrasions on her face and body, and signs of trauma, the police general said. He said she was clothed. Guardia said he was awaiting autopsy results for the cause of death. The killing occurred exactly five years after the May 30, 2005, disappearance of Holloway in Aruba, a Dutch Caribbean island. Van der Sloot left Peru on Monday by land, Guardia said, his exit registered at the Santa Rosa border crossing. He had been staying at the hotel since May 14, the police general added. An attorney for van der Sloot in New York City, Joe Tacopina, said he did not know his client’s whereabouts and has not been in touch with him since the Peru allegations emerged. Van der Sloot was twice arrested but later released in the 2005 disappearance of Holloway, who was on a high school graduation trip to Aruba.
Flow of Mexican drug money is elusive BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — A firstever study targeting the exorbitant wealth of Mexico’s drug lords shows more than half the money smuggled out of the U.S. each year is cash that never passes through a bank, making it nearly invisible to law enforcement. That cash is either stashed away or directly spent in Mexico, where 75 percent of business is done in cash. Drug moguls can buy real estate, cars, airline tickets and just about everything else in cash, allowing their powerful businesses to easily laun-
der the estimated $19 billion to $29 billion they earn each year selling cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana in the U.S. “Now that we see what a cash-based economy there is here, we can see why it’s going to be important for Mexico to have restrictions on how cash can be used, or to require that large purchases are accompanied with notary certificates reported to the Treasury,” said U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual. In the United States, by contrast, just 20 percent of all transactions are con-
ducted in cash. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton unveiled some of the findings Wednesday in Mexico City, saying that neither country has done enough to get at the money that’s been supporting Mexico’s drug cartels. The study, which was conducted by U.S. and Mexican government agencies, suggests law enforcement agents target cartel treasurers in Mexico, who supervise the movement of the cash as it’s carried from street dealers in U.S. cities to safe houses in Mexico.
“alarmed and shocked” at the events in Cumbria. “When lives and communities are shattered in this way our thoughts should be with all those caught up in these events,” he said. Jamie Reed, a member of parliament and a native of Whitehaven, told Sky News about the tight-knit communities of western Cumbria. “It’s a place where people still leave their doors unlocked,” Reed said. “It’s a community where people trust each other, where if you hurt one of us, you hurt all of us.” Queen Elizabeth II, in a statement from Buckingham Palace, said she passed on heartfelt sympathy to the families of those killed or injured. “I share in the grief and horror of the whole country,” she said.
says a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has rattled the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. No casualties or damage was immediately reported. The U.S. Geological Survey statement said the quake struck Wednesday evening under the northwest island of New Britain.
DEATH TOLL RISES AFTER COLLAPSE DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from a building collapse in the Bangladesh capital rose to 20 as rescuers pulled more bodies from the rubble Wednesday, officials said. Rescuers traced four more bodies under the collapsed building but could not retrieve them, the official said, adding that the rescue operation might continue today. The five-story Dhaka building collapsed late Tuesday on an adjacent three-storey tin-roofed house where more than 200 poor people lived.
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THREE DIE TRYING TO DISARM BOMB BERLIN — Three experts working to defuse a
bomb from World War II were killed when the device exploded, injuring six others, police said Wednesday. About 7,000 residents from around the area in the central German town of Goettingen, where the 1,100-pound bomb was found, were still being evacuated when it blew up late Tuesday. Construction workers had found the 65-year-old explosive device about seven yards below the ground on an empty lot where the city is building a sport arena. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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Taliban bombard conference on peace MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE INFORMATION SERVICES
KABUL, Afghanistan — Standing before the country’s power brokers and tribal elite Wednesday morning, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was about 10 minutes into his nationally televised appeal for peace when the Taliban responded with a rocket that slammed into a nearby hillside. “Don’t worry,” Karzai coolly told the gathering before the attack escalated. “We’ve heard these kinds of things before.” Assailants with suicide vests, rockets and machine guns disrupted the opening ceremonies of a national peace assembly by attacking the cavernous meeting tent at Kabul’s Polytechnic University campus. Even with thousands of Afghan police and troops protecting the city, the attackers fought for more than 45 minutes. Amid the gunfire and explosions, the 1,600 Afghan delegates to the three-day assembly carried on. “The president was really brave,” said Shukria Barakzai, an independent lawmaker who’s part of the gathering. “Usually when there is a threat or an attack he leaves the hall, and this time he said, ‘We don’t care if there are rockets or missiles.’ ” The Taliban said the attack was meant as a message that the national gathering was a useless fig leaf for Karzai and the U.S.-led international military coalition that backs him. Unfazed, the president reiterated his appeal for Taliban insurgents and their militant allies to lay down their weapons. “Make peace with me and there will be no need for foreigners here,” Karzai said in a direct appeal to the Taliban as the attack unfolded. The rare gathering, known as a jirga, is meant to boost the president’s nascent efforts to launch substantive peace talks with Afghan insurgents. On the same university campus eight years ago this month, Karzai was tapped as the president of the first post-Taliban government during a grand assembly, or loya jirga. By Friday, Karzai expects the specially selected assembly delegates to give him a national mandate for his plan to end the nearly 9-year-old war, which has caused the deaths of at least 10,000 Afghan civilians, thousands of Afghan soldiers and nearly 1,800 members of the international military coalition, more than 1,000 of them Americans. “They cannot stop the jirga,” said Safiya Sidiqi, a lawmaker from eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. However, Sidiqi said there were already indications in the gathering of troubling fissures as Afghan warlords staked out hard-line positions against offering the Taliban any significant concessions. Sidiqi said the divisions were a worrying sign that it would be difficult for the nation’s most powerful leaders to put aside their own rivalries to back Karzai’s push for peace. “I think it smells bad,” she said. Karzai has made it clear that he’s willing to talk with any Taliban leaders who distance themselves from al-Qaida, renounce violence and accept the country’s constitution. After Karzai sped away from the event in an armored convoy, a second, more powerful explosion rattled the meeting tent. Soon thereafter, the participants took an extended break while police brought the attack to an end.
ALSO ... JUDGE SAW TERROR LINK PARIS — The Turkish
Islamic charity behind a flotilla of aid ships that was raided by Israeli forces on its way to Gaza had ties to terrorism networks, including a 1999 al-Qaida plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, France’s former top anti-terrorism judge said Wednesday. The Istanbul-based Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief had “clear, longstanding ties to terrorism and Jihad,” former investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere told The Associated Press. Bruguiere, who led the French judiciary’s counterterrorism unit for nearly two decades before retiring in 2007, didn’t indicate whether the group now has terror ties. The foundation vehemently denies ties to radicals. In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters Wednesday that the U.S. could not “validate” that the foundation has connections to al-Qaida. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hotly rejected calls to lift a blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza on Wednesday, insisting the ban prevents missile attacks on Israel and labeling worldwide criticism of his navy’s bloody raid on a pro-Palestinian flotilla as “hypocrisy.” “This was not the ‘Love Boat,’ ” Netanyahu said in an address to the nation. “It was a hate boat.” Shortly after his address, planes carrying hundreds of activists detained after the raid on the six-boat flotilla started leaving for Turkey and Greece. Also on the airplanes were the bodies of nine activists killed in the Israeli raid. While Israeli officials spent most of the day trying to contain the flood of diplomatic condemnation of the raid, Netanyahu was anything but conciliatory in his first nationally broadcast comments since Monday’s military action. “Israel is facing an attack of international hypocrisy,” he said, asserting that the Jewish state is the victim of an Iran-backed campaign to arm the Hamas rulers of Gaza with missiles that could hit Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
From his Jerusalem office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement Wednesday concerning the Israeli naval commando raid on a flotilla attempting to break the blockade of Gaza. AP PHOTO
Netanyahu said the aim of the flotilla was to break the blockade, not to bring aid to Gaza. If the blockade ended, he warned, hundreds of ships would bring in thousands of missiles from Iran, to be aimed at Israel and beyond. The result, he said, would be an Iranian port on the Mediterranean.
Some activists remain Seven planes were being used to deport 527 activists to Turkey and Greece, Israeli Interior Ministry spokeswoman Sabine Haddad said. Seven other activists remained in Israeli hospitals for treatment of wounds suffered during the raid, she said. After all the planes took off, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said three activ-
ists remained in detention over “documentation and other issues,” without elaborating. The three were from Ireland, Australia and Italy. About a dozen female activists scuffled with security officers at the airport but were quickly subdued by authorities, Israeli officials said. Officials said no charges will be filed and the women were to be deported as planned.
Harsh criticism The U.N., Europe and others harshly criticized Israel after its commandos stormed the six-ship flotilla in international waters, setting off the clashes. About 700 activists — including 400 Turks — were trying to break the Israeli and Egyptian naval
blockade of the Gaza Strip by bringing in 10,000 tons of aid. Turkey’s parliament urged its government to review all ties with Israel as the country prepared to welcome home Turkish activists who had been detained after the raid. Israel rejects claims that Gaza — which has been under an Israeli and Egyptian blockade since the Islamic militant group seized power in 2007 — is experiencing a humanitarian crisis. Israel says it allows more than enough food, medicine and supplies into the territory. As Netanyahu rebuffed calls to lift the blockade, Cabinet Minister Isaac Herzog indicated Israel would oppose calls from the U.N. and others for an independent investigation of the raid. “We are the last nation (that) you can say doesn’t check itself,” he told The Associated Press, while acknowledging that Israel was facing serious diplomatic trouble. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the U.S. is “working to improve the humanitarian conditions” in Gaza, but he also stressed the Obama administration was “greatly supportive” of Israel’s security and “that’s not going to change.”
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Diploma dilemma
Water bird rookery is intriguing sight
A judge has let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma.
A grove of trees near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City is the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America.
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MISDEMEANOR DUI CASE IS RESOLVED, BUT FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT REMAIN
Eufaula mayor pleads guilty BY VALLERY BROWN Staff Writer vbrown@opubco.com
EUFAULA — Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith appeared before two judges Wednesday on cases involving a drunken driving arrest and allegations he used his office to embezzle city money. Smith pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container of alcohol and failing to obey a traffic signal. District Judge Thomas Bartheld gave him a oneyear deferred sentence, a $900 fine and orders to undergo drug and alcohol assessments. No deal was made with prosecutors for the guilty plea.
Associate District Judge James Pratt ordered Smith to stand trial on four felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer. Smith was accused in 2009 of using his office to obtain about $200 in city money by using a city credit card to buy gasoline and later being reimbursed. His next court date is July 1. “It’s been a very unfortu-
nate situation for both me and the city, as I have dedicated over 15 years in public office to my community,” Smith said. “I have learned many things about the justice system and the politics of a small town.” City councilman Greg Anderson said the mayor’s problems with the law haven’t slowed the city council and haven’t been
discussed in city meetings. “Were going to let it run its course and go on with business as usual,” Anderson said. Smith suspended Police Chief Don Murray in September 2009, one day after embezzlement charges were filed against Smith. Murray has said his offiSEE MAYOR, BACK PAGE
METRO-AREA CITIES GET READY FOR SUMMER WATER DEMANDS Bonnie McBride Principal investigator of the Early Foundations Project in the pediatrics department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Autism program targets littlest
Miguel Monarrez, 25, an illegal immigrant who was serving two life sentences for murder, was found hanging in his cell about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. The death is an apparent suicide, Massie said. Monarrez pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to two counts of firstdegree murder in the strangling of Magaly Estrada, 25, in her Oklahoma City home, and the death of her unborn child. AARON CRESPO, STAFF WRITER
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HIKER DROWNS IN CAVE POOL Searchers found the body of Joseph Rolands, a 31-yearold hiker, in a 10foot-deep pool of water in a cave near Fort Gibson. Cherokee County Undersheriff Jason Chennault said the body was found about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 12 hours after the search began. Chennault said Rolands had drowned. Rolands’ family said he had experience exploring caves but always returned from previous trips within 24 hours.
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INMATE FOUND DEAD IN CELL
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BY SONYA COLBERG
The signs that Blaine Davis wasn’t quite like other toddlers came early. Even more than the fact that he didn’t play well with others, he lacked the skill to point to what he wanted. That inability to express his wants and needs meant that he would follow his mother around and cry in frustration. “He was in his own world,” said his mother, Jennifer Davis. “He had no way of communicating with us and he would try to communicate by crying and pushing and shoving, not in a mean way, but trying to show us what he wanted.” But Oklahoma’s Early Foundations researchers identified Blaine’s autismtype behaviors and got him started in an early intervention program that Steve Davis said has gener-
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An automatic sprinkler waters a lawn in Edmond. Residents have been asked to follow the city’s voluntary water conservation plan until Oct. 1. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Staff Writer jwilliams@opubco.com
As higher temperatures roll into the metro area, several cities have taken steps to avoid a summer drought. Piedmont City Manager Clark Williams said there are no plans for water rationing this summer. In 2008, Piedmont put a 400,000-gallon tank on line, increasing the city’s water storage capacity. “Right now, we don’t have any plans for water rationing unless we have damage to our system,” Clark said. “Since we buy a lot of our water from Oklahoma City, we would pass on a ban accordingly.” Williams said the city had struggled in recent
years to keep up with the water demand because of population growth. In Bethany, the city’s water supply comes completely from wells, City Manager John Shugart said. “We have a sufficient supply with our well system to carry us through,” he said. “We do rely on Oklahoma City for backup water, so if they’re rationing water, we’d have to ration water ourselves or not take water from them.” Shugart said Bethany made a $10 million upgrade to its water treatment operation in 2006. “Most of our lines are in pretty good shape,” Shugart said. “The only thing we are really trying to work on is to improve our well field to provide an even
greater source of water.” Midwest City Environmental Services Director Bill Janacek said the city has not asked its residents to ration water in the 21 years he’s been on the job. “I don’t anticipate having to this summer,” he said. Midwest City, like Del City and Norman, draws water from Lake Thunderbird and 23 active wells. “I can shut down my Thunderbird water in the dead of summer, and my citizens never notice the difference,” Janacek said. In Edmond, a voluntary watering schedule has been in effect from June 1 to Oct. 1 since 2002. Fred Rice, Edmond’s water resources superintendent, said, “We are asking residents to pay at-
tention to what hours they water their lawns to help us meet our peak demands.” Residents are asked to voluntarily use the outdoor watering schedule based on the last number of their home or business address. Residents also are asked not to water lawns between 7 p.m. and midnight. Edmond’s water is supplied from Arcadia Lake and 56 wells. Treated water is bought from Oklahoma City during periods of high demand in summer months. “We have a 50-year agreement to buy up to 15 million gallons a day from them,” Rice said. The biggest demand day so far this year was 13.5 million gallons, Rice said.
Park rangers are looking for an Oklahoma City man who went missing in Yellowstone National Park during the weekend. A car rented by Peter Kastner, 25, was found parked at the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern portion of the park Monday morning, rangers said in a news release. The car had been parked overnight and was not associated with a backcountry permit. Kastner rented the car several days earlier. Kastner is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Kastner can call (307) 344-7381. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
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Nominations are sought for hall of fame inductees
Wayne and Beverly Bishop, of Harrah, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
DEL CITY — The Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for hall of fame inductees. Inductees will be announced at the Del City High School Academic Awards Assembly on Nov. 12. Former Del City High School students will be selected based upon criteria exemplifying accomplishments in education, military service, professional/business career, community/public service and continued involvement with Del City High School and/or the Del City community. The committee will accept nominations through Sept. 1. Nominations may be submitted online or a nomination form can be printed at www.dchs alumni.org and mailed to Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee, P.O. Box 15445, Del City, OK 73155.
Jimmie and Virginia Burns, of Moore, were married June 4, 1950, in Seminole.
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Carlene and Don Coyle, of Oklahoma City, were married May 20, 1960, in Sherman, Texas.
Lynn and Ludy Fry, of Midwest City, were married June 3, 1950, in Swink.
Don and Mary Graves, of Yukon, were married June 3, 1950, in Dill City.
Mary Lou and Vernon Hewitt, of Norman, were married May 27, 1950, in Waldron, Kan.
James and Madalyn Long, of Oklahoma City, were married June 9, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Nancy and Steve Martin, of Oklahoma City, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Mary and Billy Overall, of Oklahoma City, were married May 28, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Garold and Ina Belle Reed, of Cushing, were married June 2, 1946, in rural Payne County.
Jim and Willa White, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960, in Tulsa.
Arlie and Loretta Wilson, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960.
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Send an e-mail to tpemberton@opubco .com with anniversary in Glenn and Shirley the subject line. Wright, of Piedmont, Send mail to: The were married June 3, Oklahoman, attn: Tricia 1950, in Van Buren, Pemberton, P.O. Box Ark. 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Call 475-3309.
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Calendar
Oklahoma State Fiddlers Monthly Show Jam and Dance, 1 p.m., Country Western Museum and Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29, Del City, 733-8688.
Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, 603-3576. McEvoy Toastmasters, 6:30 p.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 6316 N Tulsa Ave., 787-1598. Bethany School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 6721 NW 42. Kingfisher School Board, 7 p.m., school administration building, 11th and Chisholm. Moore City Council, 6:30 p.m., city hall, 301 N Broadway. Oklahoma City School Board, 5:30 p.m., school administration building, 900 N Klein. Tecumseh City Council, 6 p.m., city hall, 114 N Broadway. Putnam City School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 5401 NW 40, Warr Acres. Yukon School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 600 Maple.
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TODAY Scrabble Club, 3 p.m., Game HQ, 1620 SW 89, 691-0509.
FRIDAY Tai Chi, 2 p.m., Yukon Senior Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, 603-3576.
SATURDAY Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma City Farmers Market, 8 a.m., 400 N Portland Ave.
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Del City Council, 6 p.m., city hall, 3701 SE 15, 677-5741. Tai Chi, 2 p.m., Yukon Senior
Midwest City Council, 7:10 p.m., city hall, 100 N Midwest Blvd.
Sydna Yellowfish, American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District, shows several awards she’s recieved in her classroom at Boulevard Academy. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Educator gets award from cultural group
For June 7-11 Monday — Chicken-fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, wheat bread, butterscotch pudding, milk. Tuesday — Baked chicken salad, sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat bread, orange gelatin, milk. Wednesday — Confetti beans and ham, pickled beets, coleslaw, corn bread, applesauce, milk. Thursday — Chicken salad, potato soup, carrots, wheat bread, pineapple, milk. Friday — Spaghetti and meat sauce, green peas, green salad, Italian bread, peach crisp, milk.
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EDMOND — Sydna Yellowfish has had an embarrassment of riches lately. The American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District was named the Oklahoma Native American Woman of the Year by the Changing Winds Cultural Society earlier this year. In 2008, Yellowfish was named the Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. In April, she was invited to Washington to share ideas with American Indian educators from other states. “It really means a lot,” Yellowfish said. “It gives me a humbling feeling to be selected by my peers, parents and others involved in Indian education. I was very pleased and happy when I received the call.” Yellowfish has dedicated much of her life to American Indian education. She has worked for the Edmond School District for 25 years, teaching American Indian expressions and Indian literature in the classroom for 13 years and also overseeing about 1,100 American Indian students in the district in various academic and cultural concerns. “This goes back to my parents, my grandparents and the elders of our tribe, teaching me those traditions that our tribes do, and wanting to educate the next generation and the general public about Native American people and our culture,” she said.
Yellowfish, an OtoeMissouria Tribe member who also has ties to the Osage, Pawnee and Sac and Fox tribes, on Wednesday talked of her career and her awards in her classroom at Edmond’s Boulevard Academy, surrounded by hundreds of books and other materials devoted to American Indian culture. Spread out on a table in front of her was a traditional Pendleton Indian blanket, engraved with her name and her Native American Woman of the Year designation. On her wrist was a silver engraved bracelet given to her by her parent committee members during an Indian Student Honors Society awards banquet in May. One of her most precious awards, however, is not in her room — an eagle feather given to her by a student she’d worked with from kindergarten who graduated this year. The feather’s shaft was beaded by the student’s grandfather. “The eagle feather is the most honored and sacred gift in our society,” Yellowfish said. “I am so humbled by that gift.” It will go alongside Yellowfish’s other eagle feather, one given to her by her father and the grandfather after whom she is named, Sidney Moore, when she graduated from college. The full-circle nature of the gifts is not lost on Yellowfish “For me, I feel like family is the most important thing,” she said. “Then education for all students, and wanting to share about our tribes and the revitalization of our languages.”
ACTIVITIES Activities are available daily at Will Rogers Senior Activity Center, 3501 Pat Murphy Drive, and at Woodson Park Senior Activity Center, 3401 S May. For a schedule, call Will Rogers at 942-4339 or Woodson Park at 681-3266.
Request for Qualifications (Sealed Bid) Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town is seeking Design/Build services for a 5,500 square foot Senior Activities Center construction project. The project will include both facilities and parking. The scope of the designbuild services includes, but is not limited to: surveying, design, site development and construction of this facility. The successful respondent will be responsible for surveys, securing all permits, verifying zoning criteria and compliance will all Federal Regulation. Indian owned (51% or greater) Construction Contractors only, may apply for this project. Selection of an Indian Owned Design/Build construction firm will be based on evaluation of the following in descending order: Firm Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Staff Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Availability to meet Schedule of 200 days, with points available from 0-15; Past experience working with Tribes, with points available from 0-15; Firm Past Design/Build Performance, with points available from 0-15; Firm meets Tribes membership requirements, with points available from 05. This project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 12 U.S.C. 1701u and 24 CFR Part 135 which implement the Act. These regulations will be incorporated into all contracts and sub-contracts. Offeror's can be a partnership, corporation, association, and/or other legal entity which will have contractual responsibility for the project. A proposed joint venture should provide profiles for all firms in the joint venture. Provide four Qualification packets, including all items as stated above, for selection. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will review all aspects of this project. Qualification packets must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Friday, CSDT, June 15, 2010, at the Tribal Headquarters in 101 East Broadway, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Attn: Mr. Percy Harrell, ICDGB Coordinator. Further information may be obtained from Mr. Harrell at (405) 220-6139.
NOTICE Notice is hereby given by G S & T Energy & Exploration LLC 2417 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK 74105 that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR 165:10-5-4, 165:10-5-5 and RP 165:5-7-27 authorize the approval of the following commercial disposal well: APPLICATION NO: 1007890021 WELL: GS&T SWD #1 LOCATION: SW NE SE SW 18-11N-17E McIntosh Co. FORMATION: FIRST SIMPSON, UPPER MCLISH, LOWER MCLISH, OIL CREEK AND ARBUCKLE 3054-4568 ft. RATE & PRESSURE: 35,000 BPD @ 500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within 15 days of this notice. Saleem Nizami - Regulatory Petroleum Geologist American Petroleum & Envir. Cons. APEC, Inc. 2236 NW 164th Street Edmond, OK 73013 PH: 405-513-6055
OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007640139 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 50; C-NWN -NWN , of Sec 29-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5150’ BOTTOM: 5184’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007540008 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 16A; Location: S2, N2, NW1/4, SW1/4 of Sec 21-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5140’ BOTTOM: 5178’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007210029 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Creek County, Oklahoma:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Rick Pulliam Oil and Gas, Inc. P.O. Box 292 Bristow, OK 74010, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Graham #3 C-SW SW SE 09-16N08E Creek, County *NOTE: (Lease name, well number and location of well to nearest 10 acre spot OR footages from section line) NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Jones and Hogshooter 1160 (H) (H) 1163 TOP: 1525(J) BOTTOM: (J) 1538 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 500 Bbs/day VAC Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000
PUBLIC AUCTION ABANDONED PROPERTY IN UNPAID STORAGE UNITS SATURDAY, JUNE 05, 2010 11:00AM AT HARVEY SELF STORAGE 5300 N HARVEY AVE, OKLA CITY, OK 73118 405-842-0558 CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNITS SCHEDULED FOR SALE. #111 AMBER BROOKS 721 NE 31ST ST OKC, OK 73105 MISC ITEMS #269 REGGIE ROBINSON 1207 NW 33RD OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #336 & 366 ELDONIA M HICKS PO BOX 11744 OKC, OK 73136 MISC ITEMS #253 CHRISTINA SISSENSTEIN 2805 NW 64TH OKC, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #291 JERRY MCCUTCHEON 3508 NE 115TH OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #261 VINCENT/MARY TRENT 1419 NW 20TH ST OKC,OK 73106 MISC ITEMS #342 MICAH C MAGNESS 1203 BELFORD AVE NICHOLS HILLS, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #256 DOUG HANCOCK 533 NW 30TH ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #181 AMBER N MORRISON 4857 N BLACKWELDER APT 139 OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #10 LEE WILSON 4116 PARK LANE OKC, OK MISC ITEMS #162 TERI RICE 9315 S SHARTEL APT 104 OKC, OK 73139 MISC ITEMS #254 ALBERT SCHUNEMAN 924 W HILL ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS Notice is hereby given that on 6/19/10, at 9:00 a.m. at Sir, Llc, 4321 SE 33rd, Del City, OK, the undersigned, Sir, Llc will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: Space Number: 137 Cynthia Harwell 4221 Oakbrook Del City, OK 73115 Space Number: 175 Christopher Martin 4317 S.E. 40th St. Del City, OK 73114
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I-35 introduces state to ‘monotube’ sign design BY JAMES S. TYREE Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The state’s first “monotube” overhead interstate sign posts were installed recently in Norman, and the state Transportation Department plans to use more at other locations, including the Crosstown Expressway project under way in Oklahoma City. The curved overhead design debuted recently as the northern half of the Interstate 35 widening project in Norman is wrapping up. David Meuser, a Transportation Department spokesman, confirmed the sign posts in Norman are the first in the state. He said the design has fewer structural parts, which means less maintenance, yet is as durable as traditional overhead posts. “They’re referring to them as ‘monotubes,’ ” Meuser said Wednesday. “The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means less possibility for wear and tear and fractures. They are made with galvanized steel and can withstand the
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IN BRIEF MUSTANG APPROVES BUDGET MUSTANG — Police, fire and city personnel are getting slight raises under the 2010-11 fiscal year budget approved at Tuesday night’s council meeting. The new police and fire contract provides a 4 percent cost-of-living raise for those departments, said City Manager Mike Rutledge. Nonunion members of the city staff are getting a 2.5 percent raise. Rutledge said he is not taking a raise. The city’s budget for fiscal year 2010-11 is $47.2 million, up slightly from the current year, Rutledge said. No furloughs, layoffs or pay reductions are planned for the year, he said. The budget was approved during a 15-minute meeting. The city had scheduled a public hearing on the budget, but no members of the community asked to speak, Rutledge said. BY CHRIS SCHUTZ, STAFF WRITER
STUDENTS TO WALK FOR CHARITY
This new wind-resistant design for sign posts on Interstate 35 recently was installed between Main and Robinson streets. The sign posts in Norman are among the first of their kind in the state. The state Transportation Department will install more throughout Oklahoma. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
same wind force as the current design.” The Transportation Department also plans to install the overhead sign structures along the southern half of I-35 in
Norman from Main Street to the Canadian River. That phase of the I-35 widening project, which could take several years and up to $200 million to complete, is still in its
planning phase. The overhead monotubes should pop up in other parts of the metro area and state, Meuser said, though plans are not finalized at this point.
ACHIEVERS SCOUTING Three Boy Scouts from Troop 4 at Westminster Presbyterian Church recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. The recipients are Cole Gillum, Michael Monroe and Michael Wilson, all of Oklahoma City. For their Eagle Scout projects, Gillum planned and built a redwood bench and large flower bed at First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Okla-
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homa City; Monroe planned and installed a landscape side yard at
First Lutheran Church in Oklahoma City; and Wilson designed and built
storage units in the basement of Civic Center Music Hall.
Students from several metro-area schools will join forces this weekend in a global charity walk to eradicate childhood hunger and malnutrition. Walk the World will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the state Capitol. Last year’s walk, which took place in 24 time zones, raised enough funding to provide meals to 20,000 children in the world’s poorest countries. Schools taking part include Casady School, Heritage Hall, Putnam City High School and Mercy School. Other groups collaborating for the walk include United Nations Association of Greater Oklahoma City, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Respect Diversity Foundation, Peace House and Peace Education Institute. To register for the walk or for more information, go to www.una-okc.org/walk2010.html. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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Judge upholds diploma decision BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — A judge on Wednesday let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma. Tulsa County District Court Judge Linda Morrissey made her ruling after hearing about 90 minutes of pleadings from Sperry School District attorney Stephen F. Bulleigh and attorney Perry Newman, who represented former Sperry student Oanh “Annie” Pham, 18, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Morrissey on Wednesday denied an emergency motion by Bulleigh to vacate her judgment on May 20, when she ruled Pham should be allowed to receive a Sperry diploma based on a state law permitting an exception to
graduation requirements. The Sperry School Board voted 2-1 on May 13 against making that exception. Pham, who was hosted in the United States by Newman’s family, participated in graduation ceremonies on May 22 but has not received her diploma. “We knew all along what the law said and to have a judge confirm every argument that we made to the board, every position that we took, every authority that we presented to the board is wonderful,” Newman said after the Wednesday ruling. “A member of the board of education made a comment that he wanted a judge to decide the issue. And a judge has now.” Morrissey deliberated in chambers about 45 minutes before rendering her decision. Bulleigh declined to comment on the ruling
and whether he thought the district would appeal. Newman said he anticipated an appeal. Pham returned to Vietnam earlier this week and is expected back in Oklahoma in midAugust to attend Oklahoma State University. Pham enrolled in the Sperry district as a senior in August and received straight A’s, taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 26 on her ACT exam. Accepted to Tulsa and Oklahoma universities and Oklahoma State, she was selected to receive a scholarship of more than $8,000 a year from OSU. “We’re really thrilled for Annie that this chapter of her life is over and she can look forward to continuing on with college,” Newman said. According to the Oklahoma Education Code, the state Board of Education
shall adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer from out of state after their junior year shall not be denied, because of differing graduation requirements, the opportunity to receive a standard diploma. The law allows Oklahoma school boards to make exceptions to graduation requirements on an individual basis. Bulleigh argued Wednesday that the phrase “out-of-state” refers to the transfer of students from state-to-state. Morrissey disagreed. The judge said the statutory language “from outof-state must be taken as its plain and ordinary meaning, as applying to any student who came to Sperry from any location outside the state of Oklahoma.” Bulleigh wrote in his motion about the May 13 vote that “such an act is
Oanh Kim Pham, center, with host parents Perry and Angie Newman. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD
wholly within the discretion of Sperry. Thus, Plaintiff cannot establish she has the right to a diploma.” Morrissey found that a Sperry transcript certified in November 2009 showed that Pham had earned 39 credits. The judge said the only written evidence to
the contrary is an undated, unsigned and uncertified graduation checklist that indicated that Pham had eight credits. “The court finds that the petitioner has earned and exceeded the necessary requirements for graduation,” the judge said.
Details emerge in abduction, shooting of man BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com
A cattle egret takes flight near NW 10 and Council in Oklahoma City.
PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
DON’T HAVE REGRETS, SEE VISITING EGRETS The great egrets are the first to arrive, and they’re the ones that pick the spot. Maybe it’s because they’re so great. Every summer I’m intrigued by a grove of trees just southwest of NW 10 and Council Road. It’s the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America. They all fly north from different places, and eventually they’ll keep flying north to different destinations. But for a few weeks, they’ll all be here. Wildlife experts don’t know why the birds choose this spot. Sometimes it will vary a bit — maybe a little west, maybe a little north. But NW 10 and Council Road seems to be the spot. The great egrets usually come in March, the little blue herons in April and everybody else after that. They hang out in a giant bird festival until the weather turns cool. Then they all leave in different groups until all that’s left is an empty grove. No matter where you live, this is something worth seeing. Here are some tips for visiting the egret colony: Don’t get too close to the birds. They’re protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so no smacking them around either. Don’t try to feed them. They eat insects and such; they’re not
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A man who says he was abducted, shot and left in rural Pottawatomie County is improving at an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said. Larry Cawthon, 56, told police four men abducted him and shot him in the stomach Tuesday morning before dumping him in southwest Pottawatomie County. In a 911 call Cawthon made from his cell phone he said he had kept in his boot, he told a dispatcher, “I’ve just been shot.” Cawthon said he was shot “in the belly.” When asked where he was, he replied, “I don’t have a clue.” He also said, “I was at work. ... A few guys came out where I work at.” Cawthon then struggle
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Great egret: Most stand almost 4 feet tall. They have black legs and a yellowish bill. They primarily eat fish. Cattle egret: About 80 percent of the Council Road colony are these. They have white feathers, yellowish bills and legs and stand about 21⁄2 feet tall. They usually eat grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Little blue heron: Their feathers are a purple-blue color, and the tips of their bills are black. They stand about 3 feet tall. They primarily eat fish. Black-crowned night heron: These white and black birds have red eyes and are mostly nocturnal. They eat fish, frogs, crawfish, snakes and sometimes the young of other herons. Snowy egret: This species is the least common in the Council Road colony. They have white feathers, yellow feet and black bills and legs. They eat mostly crawfish.
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to talk and breathe. Police tracked his cell phone to an area about 10 miles south of Tecumseh, where law officers found him in an open field. He was flown to OU Medical Center. Cawthon’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious, hospital spokeswoman Natalie Scott said. Scott said Cawthon’s family does not want to be interviewed and Cawthon does not want to comment about the incident.
Suspect in shooting surrenders to police BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
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MIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County man charged with shooting at two Miami police officers was taken into custody at a Grove hospital, said Bob Ernst, Ottawa County undersheriff. Kevin Eugene Brownfield, 38, of Miami, surrendered to authorities on Monday, Ernst said. He is charged in Ottawa County District Court with shooting a police officer with intent to kill. He remains in jail on a $500,000 bail. Brownfield had been hospitalized since April 13 in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after he was shot by Miami police officers Michael Brashers and Richard Cummings, who were responding to a domestic violence call. According to the Joplin Globe, Brownfield allegedly came out of an apartment with a shotgun and shot Brashers in the hip. Brashers fired back with a shotgun and hit Brownfield in the arm. Brownfield retreated into the apartment but reemerged moments later and began to raise his gun when Brashers and Cummings both shot him in the abdomen, authorities said. Brashers was not seriously injured.
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A cattle egret in a rookery in June 2008 near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City.
interested in your sandwich. Unless you have an insect sandwich. Go when the temperature is a little cooler. The warmer it is, the more the bird colony smells like, you know, a bunch of birds.
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Cause sought in fatal fire BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
JET — The cause of a Monday night house fire that killed a 7-year-old Alfalfa County boy and his grandmother remains unknown, Sheriff Charlie Tucker said Wednesday. The bodies of Marchaleen Radig, 48, and Gabriel Luna, were found lying on Radig’s bedroom floor. Don Radig told investigators he heard a small explosion or a popping sound right before he noticed the fire, he said. The one-story wooden frame home is thought to be one of the first houses built in the community, 35 miles northwest of Enid, Tucker said.
Radig kicked out an air conditioner unit in a bedroom to escape, he said. When he realized his family hadn’t followed, he got a ladder and tried to go back through the window. Radig suffered minor scratches and bruises. His son, Austin Radig, 22, was taken to Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid with smoke inhalation. A neighbor was taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid with smoke inhalation, Tucker said. Fire and medical personnel were called to the scene about 11:38 p.m., too late to save the house. “The state fire marshal’s hasn’t determined what caused the fire,” Tucker said.
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With the Washita Heights School District out of money and no help on the horizon, Superintendent Steve Richert went before the school board and told its members he needed to lose his job — because the district would have to be shut down. The district’s already precarious financial situation became untenable when state appropriations began to be cut as legislators scrambled to make up a $669 million budget hole for the current fiscal year. Richert worked the numbers and determined his school district — which served the tiny Washita County towns of Corn and Colony — would run out of money by May 1. The western Oklahoma district was able to finish out the school year, barely, and now has been consolidated with neighboring Cordell, leaving Richert to wrap up Washita Heights’ remaining business by June 30. “Technically and legally, Washita Heights is a memory right now,” Richert said last week, sitting in his office. “We no longer exist.”
Similar stories are being told across Oklahoma. Two other districts — Goodland in Choctaw County and Boley in Okfuskee County — have consolidated with neighboring districts. School patrons in Braman in Kay County and White Oak in Craig County voted to eliminate their high schools in an effort to preserve their districts. The culprit in most of the closures and consolidations? A lack of students, which translates to less public funding. Small schools already struggling to maintain instructional standards were pushed over the virtual precipice by state funding cuts. And those cuts aren’t done yet, as lawmakers had about $1.2 billion less to spend for the upcoming fiscal year than for the current one.
How much was cut? A $6.7 billion state budget originally included $2.375 billion for common education, although state education officials say that number dropped by $8.5 million even as the budget agreement worked its way through the Legislature. Although legislative leaders say common edu-
cation received “only” a 2.9 percent budget cut, that was from a revised, $2.446 billion appropriation level determined in March, after the budget crunch hit the state in earnest. When compared to what the Legislature appropriated last May for the current fiscal year — about $2.572 billion — schools will see a budget reduction of about 7.6 percent. And, according to state Education Department officials, it’s really a little worse: 8.9 percent after figuring in other reductions and shortfalls, such as state funding for rising health care costs. “I would say it’s the most devastating cut education has ever taken,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. “It’s a very sad state of affairs, and the more we can do to make our message clear and to not be using a wrong percentage cut … then perhaps folks will start understanding that (the state’s) priorities are misplaced.”
Too many districts? Bell Public School in Adair County lost its accreditation last week. After it is consolidated,
FISSURE LEAVES TULSA WITH SINKING FEELING FROM TULSA WORLD REPORTS
TULSA — Traffic was being diverted off Interstate 44 Wednesday because of a sinkhole that developed in its westbound lanes near Lewis Avenue. The sinkhole is several yards across and covers parts of the westbound traffic lanes, as well as the shoulder. Water could be seen Wednesday in the bottom of the hole. The state Department of Transportation reported that the hole continues underneath the highway’s eastbound lanes. Crews are evaluating the extent of the damage and are bringing in asphalt trucks to fill in the hole. They hope to have the highway reopened by about noon today. “This obviously affects the morning rush,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.
A firefighter looks at a sinkhole Wednesday in Tulsa. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD/AP
George Brown said. “If you routinely travel these roadways, people need to expect delays.” Brown asked that people “be patient with us and let ODOT do their repair.” Eastbound traffic is being diverted as far back as the Peoria Avenue exit, and westbound traffic is being diverted at Lewis
Avenue, according to the the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The department is also shutting down the westbound I-44 exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway and the eastbound I-44 exit from U.S. 75. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area until further notice.
Fletcher superintendent gets top school chief title BY MEGAN ROLLAND Staff Writer mrolland@opubco.com
Superintendent Kathryn Turner with Fletcher Public Schools received top honors for school chiefs Wednesday from the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators for work in the Comanche County district over the past six years. Fletcher was named Superintendent of the Year for a list of accomplishments — particularly for renovations and additions to the district’s buildings and the implementation of an after-school program and a free summer school program, a news release from the association said.
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The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators also named Carla Kimberling, of Norman Public Schools, the Assistant Superintendent of the Year. Kimberling supervises curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through 12th grade in Norman and oversees programs ranging
from Advanced Placement to gifted education. Kimberling has been an administrator for 26 years. Both educators will be honored June 10 during an annual conference hosted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration at the Meridian Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
Plea deal in fatal crash draws prison term BY NOLAN CLAY Staff Writer nclay@opubco.com
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in an Oklahoma prison for a 2008 traffic fatality. Alfredo Enrique Ramos, 21, pleaded guilty May 21 to first-degree manslaughter. He faces deportation to Mexico after his release.
Ramos admitted in court papers he ran a stop sign while speeding in a pickup “and struck a car the victim was in.” The collision was at an intersection in far northwest Oklahoma County about 9 p.m. June 15, 2008. Killed was Wilford Ross Johnson, 82, of Oklahoma City. The victim was a passenger in a Mustang
that was struck. Two others in the Mustang were severely injured. Ramos also admitted his driver’s license had been suspended in 2005 and that he lied to a sheriff’s deputy about who was driving, records show. Prosecutors alleged he was driving drunk. The case was resolved through a plea agreement.
Oklahoma will have 528 districts — four fewer than last year, but a number that some legislators still call excessive. State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, is a vocal critic of what he believes is bloated administration within Oklahoma’s public school system. Russell said Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia combined have fewer school districts than Oklahoma. “How can we justify having more school districts than those four states combined?” Russell asked. “And they’re Southern states with very similar social values that we have here in Oklahoma. They get it, that you cannot have an overadministration and expect dollars to go to teachers in the classroom.” A graduate of Del City High School with two children who attend public schools, Russell said he believes too many highpaid administrators are keeping state dollars for education from going where they’re needed — to teachers and classrooms. “It’s very hard to justify $250,000 salaries for superintendents when the commanding general of all
IN BRIEF RESORT SAYS NO TO POT VAIL, Colo. — Govern-
ment officials in Vail have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within the popular skiing destination. Vail council members who voted for the ban Tuesday say marijuana dispensaries would contradict with the image they’ve tried to set for the town. The Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill includes a provision that allows cities and towns to ban dispensaries.
BLAZE CHARS 1,800 ACRES DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A
human-caused wildfire in the Chirachahua Mountains along the ArizonaNew Mexico border was 16 percent contained Wednesday after charring 1,800 acres. Coronado National Forest officials say the Horseshoe Fire was first spotted on May 26 and is burning in rugged terrain in a remote area. The fire isn’t endangering any structures. Officials say almost 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be fully contained by June 15.
N.M. TO MAKE NUCLEAR FUEL EUNICE, N.M. —
Dignitaries gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a $3 billion uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico, the first major nuclear facility to be licensed in the U.S. in the past three decades. The Louisiana Energy Services plant in Eunice, N.M., currently has more than 1,000 construction and contracting jobs. It is expected to have 308 full-time jobs. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., calls the plant “a unique opportunity for New Mexico and our nation.” He says the first phase of the plant will provide up to 25 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel needs. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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forces overseas doesn’t even make $200,000,” Russell said. “Who has more responsibility — someone in charge of 1,000 students or someone in charge of thousands of soldiers’ lives in life-ordeath situations?” Russell said that, given the state’s massive budget shortfall, he expected education to take deeper cuts. “You cannot put 98 percent of the state’s budget cuts on 45 percent of the budget. It does not work,” he said. “And if you try to take a stand and portray these things to the Oklahoma people, then suddenly you hate teachers and children. “I don’t hate teachers and I don’t hate children, but I do hate waste, and I hate people denying there is a problem.” There was no denying a problem existed before the school year began in Braman, located about five miles south of the Kansas state line. Superintendent
Rustin Clark said because of declining enrollment the district faced potentially major financial issues and that before the budget cuts hit severely, patrons decided in February to try and preserve the district by closing the high school at the end of this school year. While the budget cuts “were not the deciding factor for us,” Clark said that “it certainly validated that we made a good decision.” “Even if the state had not cut, we were going to have to do something,” Clark said. “The community was faced with a tough decision. If they did nothing and they kept the high school, the district would have been completely broke at the end of next year. They would have had to close the whole district. Or, they could cut off the high school and run an efficient K-8 district and maintain it into the foreseeable future.”
Former pastor plans new church BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
— Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 31⁄2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. “This is my resurrection day,” he declared. Haggard said his new venture would not be a megachurch like New Life Church, the congregation he founded in 1985 and then left in 2006 after a male prostitute said Haggard paid him for sex. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others. “I have an incredible heart for broken people,” he said. “I think we’re qualified to hold people’s hands” in times of trouble. Haggard made his announcement outside his home, a two-story, brickfronted structure with a large barn, a swimming pool and white-fenced corrals on Colorado
Springs’ north side, not far from New Life Church. Wearing an open-neck shirt and jeans, Haggard sounded both optimistic and chastened, calling himself a repentant sinner and a broken man who believes he can still provide help for others. “When the crash came in my personal life, it was so incredibly embarrassing and heartbreaking,” he said. “It broke me. And I’m still broken, some.” Haggard said a television documentary on the birth of his new church was a possibility but nothing was certain. At his new church, Haggard said he will teach that God intended marriage to be a monogamous union of a man and a woman. But he said heterosexual marriage was just one ideal in a long list of things God wants people to do, including pray, be healthy and stay monogamous. In an interview with The Associated Press after his announcement, Haggard said he was in counseling from the time of his 2006 downfall until recently, dealing with both his sexual identity and the feelings of shame.
Researchers predict active storm season BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an active hurricane season that could complicate efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers said Wednesday that they expect 18 named storms to develop in the Atlantic, including 10 hurricanes. Five are expected to be major, and there’s an aboveaverage probability of a major storm — one with sustained winds of at least 111 mph — hitting land in the United States or Caribbean. The forecast has worsened since April, when university researchers predicted 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes, because of much warmer tropical Atlantic surface temperatures and cooling Pacific conditions. Researcher William
Gray said storms that hit the Gulf could help or hurt efforts to keep oil away from the coast, depending on the course the storms take and how soon the flow of oil is stopped. While the hurricane season officially started Tuesday, major storms still aren’t likely for another 2½ to 3 months. If a storm develops to the west of the spill, the storm’s counterclockwise rotation could drive the oil to beaches to the north, Gray said. However, he said a storm developing to the east could help drive oil away from the coast. Storms could also churn up the water, causing the oil to sink below the surface and the spill to disperse, spreading its damage along a wider swath, he said. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes.
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Car tag leads officers to arrests in slaying FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people Wednesday in connection with a May 16 shooting outside a convenience store in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Team arrested Spence Nelson, 19, and Cory Nelson, 18, at a home in the 9500 block of NE 42, on complaints of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The two had warrants for their arrest in connection with the shooting death of Edward Yearby, 25, of De Soto, Texas, who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store at Reno Avenue and N Lincoln Boulevard. The shooting stemmed from a disagreement in the parking lot of the CocaCola Bricktown Events Center. According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses saw two cars leave the convenience store with the
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suspects. Witnesses identified one of the cars by the tag number. Two other victims, Brenton Williams, 24, of Ennis, Texas, and Justin Reed, 26, of Grand Prairie, Texas, drove to JRS Travel Center to wait for police. They suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. Another man, Randy Hall II, 19, was arrested on murder and assault complaints in the case. He has not been charged.
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ONLINE Video To watch a video of police talking about the May 16 shooting and the men’s arrests, go to NewsOK.com and search for “Circle K shooting.”
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Poolaw, Lester Gene Jr., 45, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. today, Rock Springs Cemetery (Comanche Nation, Lawton).
ed will be taken to the jail. “The most important thing is nobody gets hurt,” Weaver said. “So far everything is going very smoothly.” Complaints about illegal drug sales led to undercover investigations and illegal drug purchases by agents during the past four months, he said. Weaver said drugs seized include methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription drugs. A meth lab and four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, also were found during the raids, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said. “It’s really a snapshot of everything we see, just a smorgasbord of drugs,” Weaver said.
Marine enters plea in girl’s rape BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
LAWTON — A Marine has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Logan Bryan Combs, 20, of Lawton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape. Formal sentencing is set for July 26. Combs is the second person to enter a plea in the sexual assault of the sixthgrade student. Amy Marie Rivera, 34, of Fletcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to procuring a child for lewdness or other indecent acts, records show. Combs remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other Marines, Jordan Patrick Kinshella, 19, of Maple Valley, Wash.,
and Curtis Grant Dorton, 20, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., are charged in Comanche County District Court in Lawton with first-degree rape. Both Kinshella and Dorton are free on $25,000 bail. The men are accused of assaulting the girl who was used by Rivera to lure Marines to hotels where they engaged in sex games and used alcohol and drugs, according to court records. Rivera and the victim attended six to eight parties at Lawton hotels between March and June 2009, court records state. During that time the victim claimed to have engaged in sex with three Marines and kissed and touched others, all with Rivera’s knowledge, records state. The Marines all said they didn’t know the girl was underage.
Bomb incident prompts warning BY BOB DOUCETTE Staff Writer bdoucette@opubco.com
EDMOND — Call it a harmless prank or
juvenile curiosity. But police call it a felony. Edmond’s bomb squad was called out Tuesday night to investigate the detonation of a plastic bottle chemical bomb after residents in a neighborhood near 15th Street and Coltrane heard the device detonate. The explosion was reported about 11:30 p.m. Police aren’t sure who set it off, and no injuries were reported. “This is actually very serious,” Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said Wednesday. “It’s mostly children
doing it, thinking it’s fun to blow something up.” People often use the Internet to get information on building these small chemical bombs, said Rockie Yardley, an investigator with the city’s bomb squad. The mixture inside the bottle causes pressure and heat to build up, eventually causing the bottle to explode, Yardley said. The resulting explosion can injure people with plastic shrapnel, flames and hot acids, Yardley said. “When we see them, we don’t even approach them,” he said. “We’ll deal with it remotely.” Chemical bombs are illegal. It’s a felony to build, possess, detonate or even have the ingredients to make one, Yardley said.
Aaron Keith Farrow, 28, and Ashley Rose Angleton, 27. Jimmy Lavern Adams, 43, and Grace Renee Craig, 48. Graham Patrick Colton, 28, and Helen Elizabeth Hoehn, 25. Blake Michael Westbrook, 24, and Victoria Anne Willett, 22. Billy Wayne Clark, 36, and Alberta Nicole Swanegan Owens, 29. Bryan Russell Lettenmaier, 35, and Melanie Dawn Seward, 34. Ival J. Hale, 76, and Norma Faith Clark, 72. Ty Nickolas Ray, 24, and Toni Lynn Blagowsky, 24. Kevin Ashley Dunn, 31, and Kevynn Elaine Sanford, 27. Frederick Decarlos Baisden, 30, and Tacara Shimika McKinney, 26. Michael Len Spencer Jr., 31, and Dakin Lenelle Franklin, 30. Jose Franco Gallegos, 28, and Amalia Ivonee Pedroza Jacobo, 27. Jordan Patrick Steger, 21, and Kassidy Leanne Jackson, 21. Aaron Lee Daharsh, 29, and Sara Elizabeth Justice, 25.
Dameon D. Aranda, 35, and Eva Judith Raubert, 27. Mario Roberto Ruiz Espinoza, 34, and Aime Segoviano Zarate, 32. Jason Dwayne Lunsford, 35, and Jeri Ann Austin, 27. Dane Robert Beck, 22, and Kylie Amanda Begarek, 21. Matthew Ryan Blanchard, 23, and Jessica Alene Wilson, 19. Jimmy Wayne Stetler, 43, and Mona Katheryn Lee, 54. Jeffrey Gene Hirsch, 60, and Dana Ann Floyd, 51. Kirk Andrell Gray, 49, and Ingrid Dunn, 49. Shon Sharif Yousif, 23, and Cortney Ann Threadgill, 25. Michael Gary Bryson, 61, and Kimberly Ann Williams, 51. Joshua Dwayne Walker, 27, and Laci Larhea Hood, 24. Austin Chase Ballard, 26, and Gracie Laran Hamper, 21. Jason Edward Schumacher, 24, and Jacqueline Natalia Cope, 24. Danny Lew Glazier, 62, and Rosebel Baisa Mondano, 45. Maurice Clark, 24, and Jeanette
Dutcher, Louise B., 97, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (NeekampLuginbuel, Bartlesville). Nulisch, Marvin E., 74, died Saturday. Services pending (Arnold Moore, Bartlesville).
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Ramsey, Carlial Thomas “C.T.” Jr., 82, retired seismograph shooter, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (McClendon-Winters, Beggs).
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Moore, Beulah I., 93, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany).
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Bertis, Wilson John, 70, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant).
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McGinnis, Earnest “Mac,” 93, retired mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
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Daubert, Jim, 68, deputy, dozer operator and farmer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Hinton (Hinton-Turner, Hinton).
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Matthews, Jeremiah Angel, infant son of Gregory Bufford and Ashley Matthews, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. today, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon ( Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
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Second juvenile escapee captured BY ALTHEA PETERSON
Elias Avila, 23, and Julie Elaine Fraire, 20. Jason Daniel Taylor, 25, and Emily Nicole Haynes, 22. Joshua Eric Bridges, 29, and Mary Christine Aspy, 27. Johnny Monroe Chandler, 29, and Delana Renee Anderson, 29.
Harris, Thomas Jr., 86, retired from state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka). Hess, Dorothy May, 82, died Friday. Mass was Tuesday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
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MCALESTER — More than 100 law officers raided homes in the McAlester area Wednesday after a four-month investigation by undercover officers targeting illegal drug sales. Officers from many law enforcement agencies began serving 44 arrest warrants about 5:30 a.m., said Darrell Weaver, director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control. As of 4:30 p.m., 33 people had been arrested. A temporary booking area has been set up in McAlester to alleviate some of the work for Pittsburg County jailers, Weaver said. Eventually, all those arrest-
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McCane, Alton, 47, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Valliant (Rogan, Hugo).
FROM STAFF REPORTS
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PURCELL — A second escapee from the L.E. Rader Center was captured in central Oklahoma Tuesday night, authorities said. William James, 17, was captured about 10:20 p.m. after he was spotted by an off-duty Purcell police officer, officials with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs reported Wednesday. Police encountered James and Dillon Blair Herzfeld, 15, as the boys were riding bicycles on Interstate 35 north of Purcell about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Officers determined that they were the teens who had escaped last week from the Rader Center, a juvenile lockup in Sand Springs, according to a news release from the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Herzfeld was taken into custody Monday, but James escaped by running across four lanes of I-35, authorities said. Both juveniles have been returned to Rader and will be placed in the Intensive Treatment Program, a more secure unit, a Juvenile Affairs official said. James, whom authorities said is also known as “Tharp,” was sent to the Rader Center after being found delinquent of indecent exposure, concealing stolen property and larceny. Herzfeld was found delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation, the Juvenile Affairs officials said.
Roshelle Carbajal, 23. Joshua John Pendleton, 28, and Selina Ann Ruiz, 33.
DIVORCES ASKED
Arroyo, Juana v. Jose Cadena Trevino, Juan Antonio v. Coly, Ruth Carbone, Ronald Michael v. Lorri L. Collins, Olivia Dyan v. Barrett, Jesse Adam Dunlap, Catherine v. David Fraizer, Crystal M. v. James E. Garrison, Michael D. v. Sherry A. Grant, Tony J. v. Haley M. Hood, Michael James v. Ashleigh Dawn Longeway, Steffani E. v. John S. Morgan, Eufaula L. v. Anthony Naberhaus, Joseph Robert v. Victoria Clare Plodek, David Alan v. Rachele Anne Stouwie, Diane Elaine v. David Allen Thummel, Julee v. David Womack, Mark S. v. Jo A. Woodral, Olivia Jane v. Charles Owen Young, Melvin G. v. Linda
CROMWELL
Hassell, Teresa Kay (Barnes), 46, school cook, died Tuesday. Services 9 a.m. Friday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).
DEL CITY
Harris, Cleo Louie, 94, mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Ford, Del City). Pearson, Lavonna Oleta, 75, hairdresser, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Sunny Lane, Del City).
DEWEY
Groomes, Bessie Melvinia, 67, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). Wilcox, Doris Lee, 86, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Town and Country House (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
EDMOND
Van Stavern, Nicholas, 13, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Smith-Kernke, N May, Oklahoma City).
ENID
Ferreira, Dolores A., 58, office administrator, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Florence, the Rev. Robert G., 78, minister, died May 27. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Parrish, Sara E., 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Private services (HenningerHinson, Enid). Smith, Florence W., 88, died Tuesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
EUFAULA
Potter, Jimmie, 69, security guard, died May 23. Private services (Hunn, Black & Merritt, Eufaula).
FREDERICK
Holbrook, Tommy Wayne, 64, accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday (Jackson, Frederick).
HENRYETTA
Buring, James Dodge, 52, form-setter, died Tuesday. No services (Integrity, Henryetta).
HOOKER
Lynch, Johnny, 75, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church (Roberts Brothers, Hooker).
IDABEL
Jones, Lila, 52, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (White Family, Idabel).
KINGFISHER
Lankard, Betty M., 81, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kingfisher Cemetery (Sanders, Kingfisher).
MADILL
Gaylor, Ricky Lee “Rick,” 56, died Tuesday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Watts, Madill).
MIDWEST CITY
Barrientez, Santos, 75, retired from Air Force, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Barnes-Frederich, Midwest City). Day, Sherry Lynn, 63, waitress, died Tuesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland (Barnes-Friederich).
MOORE
Lee, Gordon A., 59, printer, died Friday. Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
MUSKOGEE
Collins, Lena F., 63, machine operator, died Wednesday. Private services (Bradley, Muskogee). Hutton, Wilbert, 70, crane operator, died Sunday. Services pending (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Shores, Junior Ray, 76, Navy veteran, died May 21. Graveside services noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Stebbins, Ruth, 104, telephone operator, died Wednesday. Services pending (Bradley, Muskogee).
NICOMA PARK
Norris, Vernon E., 92, painter, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today (Ford, Del City).
NOBLE
Matthews, Harold Ray, 62, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).
NORMAN
Parks, Nona B., 81, retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Francis (Criswell, Ada). Walton, Flora Ward, 65, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Primrose, Norman).
OKLAHOMA CITY
Abernathy, Charles, 58, died May 29. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Adams, Fines Joe Jr., 79, business owner, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Barnes, Mary E., 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Bellamy, Norma Jean, 81, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Braxton, James W., 48, died Tuesday. No services (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Button, Allen Dale, 59, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Cornell, Lois J., 95, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Hill Funeral Home (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Cotton, Jack Delbert, 90, masonry contractor, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Freeman, William “Bill,” 91, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son North, Oklahoma City). Garcia, Mariana, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Griffith, Albertine Leard, 89, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hall, Delores E., 90, died May 22. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Hoffman, Ruthie M., 61, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hooks, Leroy T. Sr., 70 died Monday. Services noon Friday, People’s Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Johnson, Donnie Mae, 88, died May 24. Eastern Star service 6 p.m. Friday, Rolfe Memorial Chapel. Services noon Saturday, Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Malone, Joshua DeQuan, 19, died Friday. Services pending (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Newsom, Linda Lee, 80, died Friday. Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Pendarvis, Mildred, 95, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Ramsey, Kathleen, 86, died May 27. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, True Vine Ministries (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Rivers, Yvonne J., 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall 9100 N Eastern (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Sampson, Andrea, 30, died Saturday. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Stewart, Louise, 91, died Saturday. Services Friday in San Angelo, Texas (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Stinnett, Lorene, 83, item manager at Tinker Air Force Base, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Sunny Lane, Del City). Thomas, James H., 72, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, GAP Restoration Chapel (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Valliant, Lucille, 77, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Wagner, Larry Reginald, 57, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Wilson, K. Nick, 67, attorney, died Tuesday. Services 3 p.m. Monday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Smith & Kernke N May, Oklahoma City). Young, Harold, 79, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
PAWNEE
Nelson, Tanner Kelly, 23, mechanical drafter, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Poteet, Pawnee).
POTEAU
Corr, Jerelyn Claxton, 73, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Evans & Miller, Poteau).
SALLISAW
Bateman, Lisa Ilene, 41, homemaker, died May 29. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Temple Church (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw). Robertson, Hubert Anderson Sr., 52, general laborer, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). Snow, Willard Mays, 86, farmer, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Agent, Sallisaw).
SEILING
Wills, Max W., 68, contract pumper, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday (Redinger, Seiling).
SPENCERVILLE
Watts, Sheila Marie, 45, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Rattan High School Gymnasium (Mills & Coffey, Antlers).
TAHLEQUAH
Audd, Robert Lewis, 60, framer, died May 18. Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). Ward, Ruth E., 82, nursery worker, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Parks, Harrah).
TONKAWA
Lee, Faye Cora, 92, died Tuesday. Services pending (Blackwell, Blackwell).
WAPANUCKA
Reed, Joey D., 28, landscaper, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Wapanucka School Auditorium (Clark, Tishomingo).
WELLSTON
Collier, Duranda M., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Lehman, Wellston).
WYNNEWOOD
Anderson, Kenneth Paul, 78, pipeline welder, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Sooner Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (DeArman, Wynnewood).
YUKON
Root, Mark Allen, 52, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (McNeil’s, Mustang). Organ donor
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Child advocate dies FROM STAFF REPORTS
Linda Reece, of Edmond, who dedicated her life to working with children, died Wednesday. She was 65. Reece was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1945 and met her husband, Robert, in 1963 while in college in Missouri. They were married in 1964. Reece devoted much of her time to children. She was involved in the CARE Center, which helps abused children, and was known as the “toy cart lady” at Children’s Hospi-
BUTTON Allen Dale Button, age 59, passed away May 30, 2010, in OKC, OK. He was born on June 12, 1950 to Clifton and Ima Jean Button of OKC. Allen graduated from Capital Hill H.S. in 1968 and married Judy Goodwin on October 11, 1968 in OKC. He received an Honorable Discharge after serving in the U.S.A.F, between Oct. 28, 1969 to Aug. 17, 1973. He was a retiree from Tinker Field AFB. He touched the lives of many with his wit, wisdom, and his generosity. He enjoyed fishing, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Judy Button of OKC, his children, daughter Stephanie Montgomery and her husband Clint of OKC, and son Ray Button of OKC, three sisters Beverly Fitzgerald, Debbie Johnston, and Diane Button, two granddaughters, and many nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends. Service will be held Friday June 6, 2010 at 10 am at Advantage Funeral Service 7720 S. Pennsylvania, OKC, OK 73159.
CAMP REID Loyce, died Saturday May 29, 2010 from complications of a heart attack. She is survived by her beloved partner, Rudolfo Cruz; children, Kim Camp & husband, Bill Velotta, Brian Camp & wife, JoLynne, Karen Minor & husband, Scott; step-son, Russell Reid; & her grandchildren, Madisson, Cassidy, & Mackenzie Camp, Allison & Cameron Minor. She was born in 1939 in Guthrie, OK where she lived until her senior year in high school. She then moved to Chickasha & graduated high school in 1958. Loyce stayed in touch with many of her childhood friends & frequently told funny stories of her life in Guthrie. She loved spending time with her family & took great pleasure in cooking for them. She was one heck of a bridge player and enjoyed traveling the world. Donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 4, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27th St. in Moore, OK. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.vondelsmithmor tuary.com
tal at OU Medical Center, where she pushed a cart of toys to give to children hospitalized there, Robert Reece said. She was also involved with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church and other organizations. Reece is survived by her husband; their three children, Kimberly KemballCook, David Reece and Elizabeth Reece; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland Ave. CORNELL Lois Jean Cornell was born on September 16, 1914 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to her parents Evan H. McConnell and Elsa B. (O’Keefe) McConnell. She was raised in Ohio and Michigan. Lois spent many years of her adult life working as a legal secretary for several Oklahoma City law firms during which time she formed close bonds with several of her co-workers. She was a fiercely independent woman and loyal employee. Lois was an avid cat lover and provided a home and food to several of the neighborhood kitty-cats. She leaves behind her best buddy “Annie,” who always seemed to be in her lap or close by. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, son Billie Longanecker, granddaughter Kathy Longanecker, her stepson Dahl Cornell, and her very close friend Faye Carter. She is survived by her family members in Florida, Cheryl Jones, Donna Cornell Moore, and Curtis Cornell and their children. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Ruth Longanecker and her children. Special thanks are offered to her loyal and loving caregivers, Cindy Hibbs and Lynda Blair, and her friend Linda Leemaster who assisted her frequently over the years, as well as the entire Valir Hospice staff who made her last few months very comfortable. A funeral service will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A Viewing will be held Friday at Bill Merritt Funeral Home from 8am-9pm.
GRIFFITH Albertine Griffith, 89, was welcomed into Heaven on May 30, 2010 after complications from a common medical procedure. Albertine was born September 3, 1920, in Durant, Oklahoma to Albert and Ina Leard. Albertine worked as a bookkeeper for the family business and as a homemaker. Abby, as her friends called her, was an exceptional artist and seamstress and was very creative in many ways. Abby served the Lord at Olivet Baptist Church with her husband Harold L. Griffith where they were married in 1941. Albertine was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joe Leard. She is survived by her husband Harold, brother Eugene Leard of Oklahoma City, 3 children David and wife, Tish, of Tulsa, Tom and wife Darla, of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Davis and husband Steve of Tulsa, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren with 2 more expected soon. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bill Merritt Funeral Home, Bethany, OK. Interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please contribute to: Heart and Hand Ministries, Inc., 7901 NW 23, Bethany, OK 73008.
METRO | STATE DOTSON James M., age 69, died Friday 5/28/10. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday 6/4/10 in the Earl M. Temple Memorial Chapel. Interment will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, OK.
GARCIA Alfred Cano Garcia “Taco” went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2010. A.C. was born on January 22, 1947 to Dorothy Cano and Jose Garcia in Victoria, Texas. A.C. loved life and helping people. He worked for the Salvation Army for twenty-four years. His mission in life was to make a difference in the lives of the hungry and the homeless, and he achieved that goal. Taco loved to play golf on Sundays and watch softball everyday. “Taco” we will all miss you dearly. He is preceded in death by his father Jose Garcia, mother Dorothy Cano, his brother Tony Garcia, sister Carol Heffley. He is survived by his wife Stella Garcia, daughters Tanya Clark, Tina Alvarez, Teresa Exinia and Jo Garcia, sons-in-law Richard Clark, and George Exinia, grandchildren Ricky and Raeven Clark, Tate and Hope Alvarez and Jorge and Marcella Exinia, Alexander, Alayna, step-daughters Tammy, Vickie and step-grandchildren John, Evan, Kayla, Karesha, and Josh. He is also survived by brothers Joe Garcia, Albert Garcia, Johnnie Garcia, sisters Rose Cramer, Anita Holstein, Linda Stewart, Janie Cockrill, and Mary Garcia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to: The Salvation Army, 300 SW 5, OKC, OK 73102. A memorial service will be held 6:00PM, Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 2808 SE 44, OKC, OK.
GRAY Annie Marie Swarb Gray was born on November 9, 1918, in Maud, OK, to Arthur and Myrtle Swarb. On July 19, 1937 she married Leon Dewey Gray in Norman, OK. They were married for 40 years before his death in 1977. Marie passed away in Houston, TX, on May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, Montez Brown and husband Dennis, Clarksville, TX, Michael and wife Connie, Orange, TX, Cheryl Shine and husband Michael, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Winona VanMeter, Tecumseh, OK; three brothers, J.S. Swarb, Dumas, TX , Joe Swarb, Roff, OK, and Ronald Swarb, Midwest City, OK. She served our country during World War II as a “Rosie the Riveter”, working on C-47 airplanes at Douglass Field and worked fourteen years for Mid-Del Schools in food service. She was a longtime member of Ridgecrest Church of Christ. She will be remembered as an expert cook, seamstress, quilter, and painter. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family, most especially her grandchildren and grand dogs. And an enthusiastic Sooner fan to the end. Funeral services will be held June 5, 2010, 1:00pm, at Ridgecrest Church of Christ, Midwest City, OK, with the burial to follow at the City of Tecumseh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123, www. houstonhospice.org
COBB Vernie V. Cobb, 83, departed this life and went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2010 in Baraboo, WI after a long battle with heart disease. Vernie was born in Alex, OK to Lynn and Nettie(Clark) Cobb and was 1 of 12 children. He grew up in OKC and attended Capitol Hill H.S. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and was a part of World War II abroad the USS Mullany in 1943. After returning home from the Navy he became a truck driver and worked for various companies in OKC and eventually started his own trucking co. He later retired in 1984. One of his many great adventures in life was starting the first ever truck driving academy in OKC. He met and married his first wife Norma Dean (Gray) in 1953. Together they created a wonderful family. One son Carl B. Salyer (C.B.) and wife Maryvonne of Fulton, N.Y., their children Michelle Silva, husband Jorge and their children Carlos and David, Brian Salyer and wife Michelle and their children Ian and Adam; two daughters Valerie (Cobb) Lee and husband Kenny and her daughter Sheila Hensley and husband Gavin and their children Mackinsey and Jace. Valgetti (Cobb) Thompson, her son Shane and his daughter Shyanne all of Oklahoma. He was a longtime member of the 32nd Degree Mason's. He was also a Shriner and was affiliated with the Nomads of OKC. In more recent years he was a part of the Eastern Star and served as the Worthy Matron in Natchitoches, LA and was a member of Nakatosh Azar. Vernie was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, brothers Roy, Clyde, Robert, and Claude Cobb and one sister Nettie Lou Johnson. He is survived by his children and their families along with his wife, Anne, of the home and her children Alexis Rebman and Todd Allen and their families, brothers Lewis of Norman, Jerry( Buster) of CA, Don of Mustang, sisters Leoda Winters, Lola (Snapper) Myers, and Doris Scott all of Mustang, many other loving family members and friends. He was a wonderful daddy, grandpa, poppy, brother, uncle and friend to all and will be missed greatly. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at Walnut Hill Cemetery (Redlin Funeral Home) Baraboo, WI. MELTON Cathy F. Melton was born in Oklahoma City August 16, 1956 and left this earth May 26, 2010. She leaves behind her husband of thirty-nine years, Joe and three children, Bryan, Jarad and April, of Oklahoma City; thirteen grandchildren and a special friend, Carol Harris. She was a member of LifeChurchSouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Williams and Geraldine Hayes; and two brothers, Billy and David Williams. Services for Cathy were June 3, 2010 at Life Church- South. NIBLETT Mack A. Niblett, 83, died 5/29/10. He was born in Troy, Oklahoma to Jasper and Ina (Day) Niblett. He grew up in Troy where he attended school. He was a spot welder for Capital Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers LD, Tommy, Chester and Otis, one sister Imogene, wife Dorothy, son Larry and step-son, Albert. Survivors include wife Sally, son Roger Glenn, brothers Tal and Mat, sister Edna, step-children Cathy and Marilyn, and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Thursday, 10:00 A.M. at Sunny Lane Family Church, 4221 S. Sunnylane, Del City, OK, with interment Saturday, 3 P.M. at Sunny Lane Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfu neral.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 KRAMER Graveside services for Carllene Loretta Kramer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are set for 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton. Rev. Stewart Malloy will be officiating. Mrs. Kramer passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her home in Oklahoma City. Carllene was born February 1, 1935 in Belton, Texas to Carl and Loretta (Johnson) Boney. Survivors include two sons, Foster Kramer and Steven Kramer, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; two daughters, Karen Poth of Temple and Peggy Kramer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Faye Bickley of Austin and Wanda Nordgren of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of arrangements. RAMSEY Kathleen C. Ramsey, 86, Okla. City, OK, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She is survived by 8 children, David Ramsey, Yvonne Gaddis, Coy Ramsey, Saundra Marshall, Mark Ramsey, Larry Ramsey, Quinnita Crowder, and John Ramsey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Truevine Ministries, Inc. Rolfe Funeral Home ROOT Mark Allan Root, age 52, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his home in Yukon. He was born February 2, 1958 in St. Louis, MO to Billy and Marjorie (Kinkeade) Root. Mark came to Mustang in 1966. He was a 1976 graduate of Mustang High School where he played football and was an All-State Wrestler. He served in the US Air Force and owned and operated Mark’s Mechanical for over 20 years, and recently worked in sales. He was a member of Uriah Masonic Lodge in Wheatland and was a Methodist. Preceded in death by his father Billy, one son Robert and one sister Renee. He is survived by his mother Marjorie Root of Yukon, one daughter Jessica Root and her mother Carla of Mustang, two brothers Brian Root and wife Carol of Marlow and Billy Root of Yukon. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, June 4, 2010 in the Chapel of The Good Shepherd at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, OK. Interment with Military Rites as well as Masonic Rites will follow at the Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.mcneilsmus tangfs.com THOMAS Ann Marie Thomas, age 82, passed away May 27, 2010 in Oklahoma City, surrounded by her family. Ann was born March 16, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA to Ketty and Alvan Thomas. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Bishop John Carroll High School in 1946. When she was 23 Ann moved to San Francisco. She worked as a budget analyst for the Univ. of California-SF for 32 years and returned to Oklahoma City upon her retirement in 1989. Ann is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike. Ann is survived by her sisters, Grace Fox of Okla. City, Toni Eads of Omaha, NE, and Christine Sheldon of Tulsa; brothers, Buster and David, both of Okla. City; many nieces, nephews and other close relatives and dear friends. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Mac, who brought her much joy. A burial service for Ann will be Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, OK 73083.
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IVERY Charles H. Ivery, 69, formerly of Oklahoma City, departed this life on June 1, 2010 at 5:35 p.m. at his home in Peoria, IL. He was born September 18, 1940 in Harlan, KY to Fannie Mae and Roy Ivery. Charles was a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK where he served as a Deacon. He was co-founder of Exodus Foundation, Inc. He also served as a JCI Senator and received many awards. He married Alice Marie Allen on March 12, 1999 in Memphis. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Dane Ivery of Ruskin, FL, Brandon Allen of Oklahoma City, Christopher Allen of Ames, IA and Jonathan Allen of Wichita, KS; two daughters, Cathryne Ivery-Dodd and Sherri IveryMitchell, both of Atlanta, GA; one brother, Thomas Ivery of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. Charles was preceded in death by one daughter, Tania Marie. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010, 11 a.m., at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City with Pastor Willie Joe McLemore officiating. WHITAKER Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Bob” Whitaker was born on October 31, 1918 in Dallas. He found eternal peace on May 31, 2010, following a fall and complications. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Verda and his beloved wife, Dosha. He is survived by his daughter Leta Rostochil, her husband Joe, three grandchildren Leslie Jefferson, Brett Rostochil, and Shawn Gable and their spouses, Ron, Shari, and Darrell. He had 8 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. He is also survived by his sister Margret White residing in California and many friends. He was a World War II Veteran having served in North Africa and flew 48 missions. He retired from the Air Force in 1961. He was a Mason for 50 plus years and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Bob loved family gatherings, history, sports, and our special Tuesdays. He was a man who was admired by many for his character, kindness, and his ability to make lifelong friendships. He was indeed an officer and a gentleman. Funeral services for Bob will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Home, 6600 Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City.
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Autism: Early action is urged
Sutton’s hearing delayed
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ated unbelievable progress in his son. One day after Blaine attended the playgroup at a local church, the teachers said he’d told teacher Seth Kastner that he loved him. “I’d only heard him say, ‘I love you,’ one other time, that was to me,” Steve Davis said. “Being a parent of a 3-year-old child and not hearing ‘I love you’ is incredibly difficult.” Now, Blaine has learned to point, use sign language and even allows his parents to touch him. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s pilot project is designed to identify the autism spectrum disorders in toddlers like Blaine. Like Blaine, one in every 110 children has been diagnosed with the disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that autism is being reported at higher rates than ever before. “It’s a pretty significant increase in the last 10 years,” Bonnie McBride, principal investigator for the Early Foundations Project, said during a news conference Wednesday at the center. Though children are often 2 years old by the time
Sean Sutton BY JOHN ESTUS Staff Writer jestus@opubco.com
Jennifer and Steve Davis of Oklahoma City speak about their 3-year-old son’s autism as Dr. Laura McGuinn looks on during a news conference. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
ONLINE Video To see video on the challenges of autism and a pilot program designed to help, go to NewsOK.com and search for “autism.”
Dr. Kathleen Combs Yukon pediatrician
their autism is identified, she said the earlier an autistic child is diagnosed the better the outcome.
About the program The Autism Workforce Initiative is Oklahoma’s response to the needs of children, their families and
pediatricians. The initiative features components such as a physician training program, along with the early intervention program for young children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Children enrolled in the program receive 17 hours per week of help through activities such as play groups, intensive teaching
involving behavioral techniques, weekly home visits and monthly parent education nights. “It’s awesome. It’s changed our lives, it really has,” Steve Davis said. Services are provided through Oklahoma’s Early Intervention system and the model site serving roughly 10 families in Oklahoma City is funded using federal dollars
through the state Department of Education. Along with developing an intervention model through its pilot site in Oklahoma City, the project is intended to provide outreach support to other communities statewide. The project also is operating in Cleveland and Canadian counties. The program is offered free to families of all income levels through SoonerStart, the state’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. For more information on the SoonerStart program, call 522-5167 or go to www.okdhs.org/programs andservices/dd/ss.
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cers had turned over evidence to prosecutors in that case.
Smith requested the city council review Murray’s employment that October. City council members reinstated him.
They were “totally different issues,” Smith told The Oklahoman in 2009 about the investigations into his actions and his
move to discipline Murray. Smith was elected to the city council in 1997. He was appointed interim mayor in 1998 after then-
Mayor Joe Johnson was convicted on corruption charges. Smith was elected to the post later in 1998.
STILLWATER — Former Oklahoma State University basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was postponed Wednesday. A judge postponed the hearing because Sutton remains in a drug treatment program, Payne County District Attorney Rob Hudson said. Sutton, 41, was to have appeared for the hearing Monday. He is now set to appear Aug. 13. Sutton faces four felonies for alleged attempts to illegally obtain pharmaceutical drugs. Sutton admitted a painkiller addiction upon his arrest in Stillwater in February, according to court records. Sutton’s wife, Trena, spoke at the state Capitol in April about the dangers of prescription drug addiction, saying she and her husband want to help others avoid the plight he has faced. Sean Sutton spent two years as OSU’s men’s basketball coach after his father, Eddie Sutton, resigned following a drunken driving accident in 2006. The elder Sutton had battled alcoholism throughout his coaching career.
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Diploma dilemma
Water bird rookery is intriguing sight
A judge has let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma.
A grove of trees near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City is the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America.
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MISDEMEANOR DUI CASE IS RESOLVED, BUT FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT REMAIN
Eufaula mayor pleads guilty BY VALLERY BROWN Staff Writer vbrown@opubco.com
EUFAULA — Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith appeared before two judges Wednesday on cases involving a drunken driving arrest and allegations he used his office to embezzle city money. Smith pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container of alcohol and failing to obey a traffic signal. District Judge Thomas Bartheld gave him a oneyear deferred sentence, a $900 fine and orders to undergo drug and alcohol assessments. No deal was made with prosecutors for the guilty plea.
Associate District Judge James Pratt ordered Smith to stand trial on four felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer. Smith was accused in 2009 of using his office to obtain about $200 in city money by using a city credit card to buy gasoline and later being reimbursed. His next court date is July 1. “It’s been a very unfortu-
nate situation for both me and the city, as I have dedicated over 15 years in public office to my community,” Smith said. “I have learned many things about the justice system and the politics of a small town.” City councilman Greg Anderson said the mayor’s problems with the law haven’t slowed the city council and haven’t been
discussed in city meetings. “Were going to let it run its course and go on with business as usual,” Anderson said. Smith suspended Police Chief Don Murray in September 2009, one day after embezzlement charges were filed against Smith. Murray has said his offiSEE MAYOR, BACK PAGE
METRO-AREA CITIES GET READY FOR SUMMER WATER DEMANDS Bonnie McBride Principal investigator of the Early Foundations Project in the pediatrics department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Autism program targets littlest
Miguel Monarrez, 25, an illegal immigrant who was serving two life sentences for murder, was found hanging in his cell about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. The death is an apparent suicide, Massie said. Monarrez pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to two counts of firstdegree murder in the strangling of Magaly Estrada, 25, in her Oklahoma City home, and the death of her unborn child. AARON CRESPO, STAFF WRITER
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HIKER DROWNS IN CAVE POOL Searchers found the body of Joseph Rolands, a 31-yearold hiker, in a 10foot-deep pool of water in a cave near Fort Gibson. Cherokee County Undersheriff Jason Chennault said the body was found about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 12 hours after the search began. Chennault said Rolands had drowned. Rolands’ family said he had experience exploring caves but always returned from previous trips within 24 hours.
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The signs that Blaine Davis wasn’t quite like other toddlers came early. Even more than the fact that he didn’t play well with others, he lacked the skill to point to what he wanted. That inability to express his wants and needs meant that he would follow his mother around and cry in frustration. “He was in his own world,” said his mother, Jennifer Davis. “He had no way of communicating with us and he would try to communicate by crying and pushing and shoving, not in a mean way, but trying to show us what he wanted.” But Oklahoma’s Early Foundations researchers identified Blaine’s autismtype behaviors and got him started in an early intervention program that Steve Davis said has gener-
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An automatic sprinkler waters a lawn in Edmond. Residents have been asked to follow the city’s voluntary water conservation plan until Oct. 1. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Staff Writer jwilliams@opubco.com
As higher temperatures roll into the metro area, several cities have taken steps to avoid a summer drought. Piedmont City Manager Clark Williams said there are no plans for water rationing this summer. In 2008, Piedmont put a 400,000-gallon tank on line, increasing the city’s water storage capacity. “Right now, we don’t have any plans for water rationing unless we have damage to our system,” Clark said. “Since we buy a lot of our water from Oklahoma City, we would pass on a ban accordingly.” Williams said the city had struggled in recent
years to keep up with the water demand because of population growth. In Bethany, the city’s water supply comes completely from wells, City Manager John Shugart said. “We have a sufficient supply with our well system to carry us through,” he said. “We do rely on Oklahoma City for backup water, so if they’re rationing water, we’d have to ration water ourselves or not take water from them.” Shugart said Bethany made a $10 million upgrade to its water treatment operation in 2006. “Most of our lines are in pretty good shape,” Shugart said. “The only thing we are really trying to work on is to improve our well field to provide an even
greater source of water.” Midwest City Environmental Services Director Bill Janacek said the city has not asked its residents to ration water in the 21 years he’s been on the job. “I don’t anticipate having to this summer,” he said. Midwest City, like Del City and Norman, draws water from Lake Thunderbird and 23 active wells. “I can shut down my Thunderbird water in the dead of summer, and my citizens never notice the difference,” Janacek said. In Edmond, a voluntary watering schedule has been in effect from June 1 to Oct. 1 since 2002. Fred Rice, Edmond’s water resources superintendent, said, “We are asking residents to pay at-
tention to what hours they water their lawns to help us meet our peak demands.” Residents are asked to voluntarily use the outdoor watering schedule based on the last number of their home or business address. Residents also are asked not to water lawns between 7 p.m. and midnight. Edmond’s water is supplied from Arcadia Lake and 56 wells. Treated water is bought from Oklahoma City during periods of high demand in summer months. “We have a 50-year agreement to buy up to 15 million gallons a day from them,” Rice said. The biggest demand day so far this year was 13.5 million gallons, Rice said.
Park rangers are looking for an Oklahoma City man who went missing in Yellowstone National Park during the weekend. A car rented by Peter Kastner, 25, was found parked at the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern portion of the park Monday morning, rangers said in a news release. The car had been parked overnight and was not associated with a backcountry permit. Kastner rented the car several days earlier. Kastner is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Kastner can call (307) 344-7381. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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Edmond educator receives ‘Woman of the Year’ honor BY TRICIA PEMBERTON
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To watch a video of Sydna Yellowfish talking about her career and her awards, go to News OK.com and search “Sydna Yellowfish.”
EDMOND — Sydna Yel-
lowfish has had an embarrassment of riches lately. The American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District was named the Oklahoma Native American Woman of the Year by the Changing Winds Cultural Society earlier this year. In 2008, she was named the Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. In April, she was invited to Washington to share ideas with American Indian educators from other states. “It really means a lot,” Yellowfish said. “It gives me a humbling feeling to be selected by my peers, parents and others involved in Indian education. I was very pleased and happy when I received the call.” Yellowfish has dedicated much of her life to American Indian education. She has worked for the Edmond School District for 25 years, teaching American Indian expressions and Indian literature in the classroom for 13 years and also overseeing about 1,100 American Indian students in the district in various academic and cultural concerns. “This goes back to my parents, my grandparents and the elders of our tribe, teaching me those traditions that our tribes do, and wanting to educate the next generation and the general public about Native American people and our culture,” she said. Yellowfish, an OtoeMissouria Tribe member
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Sydna Yellowfish, American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District, shows several awards she’s recieved in her classroom at Boulevard Academy. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
who also has ties to the Osage, Pawnee and Sac and Fox tribes, on Wednesday talked of her career and her awards in her classroom at Edmond’s Boulevard Academy, surrounded by hundreds of books and other materials devoted to Indian culture. Spread out on a table in front of her was a traditional Pendleton Indian blanket, engraved with her
name and her Native American Woman of the Year designation. On her wrist was a silver engraved bracelet given to her by her parent committee members during an Indian Student Honors Society awards banquet in May. One of her most precious awards, however, is not in her room — an eagle feather given to her by a student she’d worked with from kindergarten who gradu-
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TUESDAY Central Oklahoma Woodturners, 6 p.m., Metro Technology Center, 4901 S Bryant Ave., 942-3818. Oklahoma City Council, 8:30 a.m., city hall, 200 N Walker Ave. Choctaw City Council, 7 p.m., city hall, 2500 N Choctaw Road. Midwest City Council, 7:10 p.m., city hall, 100 N Midwest Blvd. Nichols Hills City Council, 5:30 p.m., city hall, 6407 Avondale Drive.
WEDNESDAY OSU-OKC Summer Farmers Market, 2:30 p.m., Glenbrook Centre East, 1120 NW 63.
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Nominations are sought for hall of fame inductees DEL CITY — The Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for hall of fame inductees. Inductees will be announced at the Del City High School Academic Awards Assembly on Nov. 12. Former Del City High School students will be selected based upon criteria exemplifying accomplishments in education, military service, professional/business career, community/public service and continued involvement with Del City High School and/or the Del City community. The committee will accept nominations through Sept. 1. Nominations may be submitted online or a nomination form can be printed at www.dchs alumni.org and mailed to Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee, P.O. Box 15445, Del City, OK 73155. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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ated this year. The feather’s shaft was beaded by the student’s grandfather. “The eagle feather is the most honored and sacred gift in our society,” Yellowfish said. “I am so humbled by that gift.” It will go alongside Yellowfish’s other eagle feather, one given to her by her father and the grandfather after whom she is named, Sidney Moore, when she graduated from college. The full-circle nature of the gifts is not lost on Yellowfish — receiving one feather for her own accomplishments and a second for the accomplishments of one of her students. “For me, I feel like family is the most important thing,” she said. “Then education for all students, and wanting to share about our tribes and the revitalization of our languages.”
SENIOR MENUS OKLAHOMA COUNTY For June 7-11 Monday — Chicken-fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, wheat bread, butterscotch pudding, milk. Tuesday — Baked chicken salad, sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat bread, orange gelatin, milk. Wednesday — Confetti beans and ham, pickled beets, coleslaw, corn bread, applesauce, milk. Thursday — Chicken salad, potato soup, carrots, wheat bread, pineapple, milk. Friday — Spaghetti and meat sauce, green peas, green salad, Italian bread, peach crisp, milk. Menus are subject to change without notice. For more information, call 949-2709.
ACTIVITIES Activities are available daily at Will Rogers Senior Activity Center, 3501 Pat Murphy Drive, and at Woodson Park Senior Activity Center, 3401 S May. For a schedule, call Will Rogers at 942-4339 or Woodson Park at 681-3266.
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Students from several metro-area schools will join forces this weekend in a global charity walk to eradicate childhood hunger and malnutrition. Walk the World will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the state Capitol. Last year’s walk, which took place in 24 time zones, raised
Scott McGehee, right, and Jason Bennett with Red Land Survey use a surveying instrument to make sure the foundation for new Interstate 35 sign posts are correctly placed near Main Street in Norman. The sign posts in Norman are among the first of their kind in the state. The state Transportation Department will install more throughout Oklahoma. PHOTOS BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
I-35 introduces state to new sign BY JAMES S. TYREE Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The state’s first “monotube” overhead interstate sign posts were installed recently in Norman, and the state Transportation Department plans to use more at other locations, including the Crosstown Expressway project under way in Oklahoma City. The curved overhead design debuted recently as the northern half of the Interstate 35 widening project in Norman is wrapping up. David Meuser, a Transportation Department spokesman, confirmed the sign posts in Norman are the first in the state. He said the design has fewer structural parts, which means less maintenance, yet is as durable as traditional overhead posts. “They’re referring to them as ‘monotubes,’ ” Meuser said Wednesday. “The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means less possibility for wear and tear and fractures. They are made with galvanized steel and can withstand the same wind force as the current design.” The Transportation De-
Workers put new signs on newly styled wind-resistant poles along a widened stretch of Interstate 35.
The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means less possibility for wear and tear and fractures.” DAVID MEUSER TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
partment also plans to install the overhead sign structures along the southern half of I-35 in Norman from Main Street to the Canadian River. That phase of the widening project, which could take several years and up to
$200 million to complete, is still in its planning phase. The overhead monotubes should pop up in other parts of the metro area and state, Meuser said, though plans are not finalized at this point.
This new wind-resistant design for sign posts on Interstate 35 recently was installed between Main and Robinson streets.
WALK THE WORLD To register for the walk or for more information, go to www.una-okc.org/walk2010.html.
enough funding to provide meals to 20,000 children in the world’s poorest countries. Schools taking part include Casady School, Heri-
tage Hall, Putnam City High School and Mercy School. Other groups collaborating for the walk include Peace House and Peace Education Institute.
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
Wayne and Beverly Bishop, of Harrah, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Jimmie and Virginia Burns, of Moore, were married June 4, 1950, in Seminole.
Carlene and Don Coyle, of Oklahoma City, were married May 20, 1960, in Sherman, Texas.
Lynn and Ludy Fry, of Midwest City, were married June 3, 1950, in Swink.
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CLASSIC CARS, FANS CRUISE TO EDMOND’S E.C. HAFER PARK
Auto enthusiasts enjoy the line of classic cars during the Cruise to the Park Car Show on Saturday at E.C. Hafer Park in Edmond. PHOTOS BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN
Don and Mary Graves, of Yukon, were married June 3, 1950, in Dill City.
Mary Lou and Vernon Hewitt, of Norman, were married May 27, 1950, in Waldron, Kan.
Classic car fans look at the motor of a 1957 Chevrolet. James and Madalyn Long, of Oklahoma City, were married June 9, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Mary and Billy Overall, of Oklahoma City, were married May 28, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Nancy and Steve Martin, of Oklahoma City, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Garold and Ina Belle Reed, of Cushing, were married June 2, 1946, in rural Payne County. Jeff Jones polishes his 1932 Ford Roadster during the Cruise to the Park Car Show.
Jim and Willa White, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960, in Tulsa.
Arlie and Loretta Wilson, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960.
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Mustang approves 2010-11 year budget BY CHRIS SCHUTZ Staff Writer cschutz@opubco.com
MUSTANG — Police, fire and city personnel are getting slight raises under the 2010-11 fiscal year budget approved at Tuesday night’s council meeting. The new police and fire contract provides a 4 percent cost-of-living raise for those departments, said City Manager Mike Rutledge. Nonunion members of the city staff are getting a 2.5 percent
raise. Rutledge said he is not taking a raise. The city’s budget for fiscal year 2010-11 is $47.2 million, up slightly from the current year, Rutledge said. No furloughs, layoffs or pay reductions are planned for the year, he said. The budget was approved during a 15-minute meeting. The city had scheduled a public hearing on the budget, but no members of the community asked to speak, Rutledge said.
Request for Qualifications (Sealed Bid) Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town is seeking Design/Build services for a 5,500 square foot Senior Activities Center construction project. The project will include both facilities and parking. The scope of the designbuild services includes, but is not limited to: surveying, design, site development and construction of this facility. The successful respondent will be responsible for surveys, securing all permits, verifying zoning criteria and compliance will all Federal Regulation. Indian owned (51% or greater) Construction Contractors only, may apply for this project. Selection of an Indian Owned Design/Build construction firm will be based on evaluation of the following in descending order: Firm Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Staff Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Availability to meet Schedule of 200 days, with points available from 0-15; Past experience working with Tribes, with points available from 0-15; Firm Past Design/Build Performance, with points available from 0-15; Firm meets Tribes membership requirements, with points available from 05. This project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 12 U.S.C. 1701u and 24 CFR Part 135 which implement the Act. These regulations will be incorporated into all contracts and sub-contracts. Offeror's can be a partnership, corporation, association, and/or other legal entity which will have contractual responsibility for the project. A proposed joint venture should provide profiles for all firms in the joint venture. Provide four Qualification packets, including all items as stated above, for selection. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will review all aspects of this project. Qualification packets must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Friday, CSDT, June 15, 2010, at the Tribal Headquarters in 101 East Broadway, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Attn: Mr. Percy Harrell, ICDGB Coordinator. Further information may be obtained from Mr. Harrell at (405) 220-6139.
NOTICE Notice is hereby given by G S & T Energy & Exploration LLC 2417 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK 74105 that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR 165:10-5-4, 165:10-5-5 and RP 165:5-7-27 authorize the approval of the following commercial disposal well: APPLICATION NO: 1007890021 WELL: GS&T SWD #1 LOCATION: SW NE SE SW 18-11N-17E McIntosh Co. FORMATION: FIRST SIMPSON, UPPER MCLISH, LOWER MCLISH, OIL CREEK AND ARBUCKLE 3054-4568 ft. RATE & PRESSURE: 35,000 BPD @ 500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within 15 days of this notice. Saleem Nizami - Regulatory Petroleum Geologist American Petroleum & Envir. Cons. APEC, Inc. 2236 NW 164th Street Edmond, OK 73013 PH: 405-513-6055
OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007640139 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 50; C-NWN -NWN , of Sec 29-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5150’ BOTTOM: 5184’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007540008 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 16A; Location: S2, N2, NW1/4, SW1/4 of Sec 21-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5140’ BOTTOM: 5178’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007210029 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Creek County, Oklahoma:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Rick Pulliam Oil and Gas, Inc. P.O. Box 292 Bristow, OK 74010, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Graham #3 C-SW SW SE 09-16N08E Creek, County *NOTE: (Lease name, well number and location of well to nearest 10 acre spot OR footages from section line) NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Jones and Hogshooter 1160 (H) (H) 1163 TOP: 1525(J) BOTTOM: (J) 1538 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 500 Bbs/day VAC Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000
PUBLIC AUCTION ABANDONED PROPERTY IN UNPAID STORAGE UNITS SATURDAY, JUNE 05, 2010 11:00AM AT HARVEY SELF STORAGE 5300 N HARVEY AVE, OKLA CITY, OK 73118 405-842-0558 CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNITS SCHEDULED FOR SALE. #111 AMBER BROOKS 721 NE 31ST ST OKC, OK 73105 MISC ITEMS #269 REGGIE ROBINSON 1207 NW 33RD OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #336 & 366 ELDONIA M HICKS PO BOX 11744 OKC, OK 73136 MISC ITEMS #253 CHRISTINA SISSENSTEIN 2805 NW 64TH OKC, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #291 JERRY MCCUTCHEON 3508 NE 115TH OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #261 VINCENT/MARY TRENT 1419 NW 20TH ST OKC,OK 73106 MISC ITEMS #342 MICAH C MAGNESS 1203 BELFORD AVE NICHOLS HILLS, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #256 DOUG HANCOCK 533 NW 30TH ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #181 AMBER N MORRISON 4857 N BLACKWELDER APT 139 OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #10 LEE WILSON 4116 PARK LANE OKC, OK MISC ITEMS #162 TERI RICE 9315 S SHARTEL APT 104 OKC, OK 73139 MISC ITEMS #254 ALBERT SCHUNEMAN 924 W HILL ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS Notice is hereby given that on 6/19/10, at 9:00 a.m. at Sir, Llc, 4321 SE 33rd, Del City, OK, the undersigned, Sir, Llc will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: Space Number: 137 Cynthia Harwell 4221 Oakbrook Del City, OK 73115 Space Number: 175 Christopher Martin 4317 S.E. 40th St. Del City, OK 73114
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Future tennis stars get into the swing Left: Avery Nield, 6, hits a ball over the net during Junior Tennis Camp at Kickingbird Tennis Center in Edmond. Summer tennis camps for age 6 and older run weekly through Aug. 14. Pee wee camps, for ages 4 and 5, run through July 2. Weeklong junior camps cost $100 and run throughout the summer.
Scott Sritharan, 8, takes a break from training to stack tennis balls on his racket during Junior Tennis Camp at Kickingbird Tennis Center in Edmond. PHOTOS BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN
Left: Erica Wantland practices her swing and stance.
Amanda Elimian, 10, practices her swing.
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Judge upholds diploma decision BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — A judge on Wednesday let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma. Tulsa County District Court Judge Linda Morrissey made her ruling after hearing about 90 minutes of pleadings from Sperry School District attorney Stephen F. Bulleigh and attorney Perry Newman, who represented former Sperry student Oanh “Annie” Pham, 18, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Morrissey on Wednesday denied an emergency motion by Bulleigh to vacate her judgment on May 20, when she ruled Pham should be allowed to receive a Sperry diploma based on a state law permitting an exception to
graduation requirements. The Sperry School Board voted 2-1 on May 13 against making that exception. Pham, who was hosted in the United States by Newman’s family, participated in graduation ceremonies on May 22 but has not received her diploma. “We knew all along what the law said and to have a judge confirm every argument that we made to the board, every position that we took, every authority that we presented to the board is wonderful,” Newman said after the Wednesday ruling. “A member of the board of education made a comment that he wanted a judge to decide the issue. And a judge has now.” Morrissey deliberated in chambers about 45 minutes before rendering her decision. Bulleigh declined to comment on the ruling
and whether he thought the district would appeal. Newman said he anticipated an appeal. Pham returned to Vietnam earlier this week and is expected back in Oklahoma in midAugust to attend Oklahoma State University. Pham enrolled in the Sperry district as a senior in August and received straight A’s, taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 26 on her ACT exam. Accepted to Tulsa and Oklahoma universities and Oklahoma State, she was selected to receive a scholarship of more than $8,000 a year from OSU. “We’re really thrilled for Annie that this chapter of her life is over and she can look forward to continuing on with college,” Newman said. According to the Oklahoma Education Code, the state Board of Education
shall adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer from out of state after their junior year shall not be denied, because of differing graduation requirements, the opportunity to receive a standard diploma. The law allows Oklahoma school boards to make exceptions to graduation requirements on an individual basis. Bulleigh argued Wednesday that the phrase “out-of-state” refers to the transfer of students from state-to-state. Morrissey disagreed. The judge said the statutory language “from outof-state must be taken as its plain and ordinary meaning, as applying to any student who came to Sperry from any location outside the state of Oklahoma.” Bulleigh wrote in his motion about the May 13 vote that “such an act is
Oanh Kim Pham, center, with host parents Perry and Angie Newman. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD
wholly within the discretion of Sperry. Thus, Plaintiff cannot establish she has the right to a diploma.” Morrissey found that a Sperry transcript certified in November 2009 showed that Pham had earned 39 credits. The judge said the only written evidence to
the contrary is an undated, unsigned and uncertified graduation checklist that indicated that Pham had eight credits. “The court finds that the petitioner has earned and exceeded the necessary requirements for graduation,” the judge said.
Details emerge in abduction, shooting of man BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com
A cattle egret takes flight near NW 10 and Council in Oklahoma City.
PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
DON’T HAVE REGRETS, SEE VISITING EGRETS The great egrets are the first to arrive, and they’re the ones that pick the spot. Maybe it’s because they’re so great. Every summer I’m intrigued by a grove of trees just southwest of NW 10 and Council Road. It’s the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America. They all fly north from different places, and eventually they’ll keep flying north to different destinations. But for a few weeks, they’ll all be here. Wildlife experts don’t know why the birds choose this spot. Sometimes it will vary a bit — maybe a little west, maybe a little north. But NW 10 and Council Road seems to be the spot. The great egrets usually come in March, the little blue herons in April and everybody else after that. They hang out in a giant bird festival until the weather turns cool. Then they all leave in different groups until all that’s left is an empty grove. No matter where you live, this is something worth seeing. Here are some tips for visiting the egret colony: Don’t get too close to the birds. They’re protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so no smacking them around either. Don’t try to feed them. They eat insects and such; they’re not
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A man who says he was abducted, shot and left in rural Pottawatomie County is improving at an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said. Larry Cawthon, 56, told police four men abducted him and shot him in the stomach Tuesday morning before dumping him in southwest Pottawatomie County. In a 911 call Cawthon made from his cell phone he said he had kept in his boot, he told a dispatcher, “I’ve just been shot.” Cawthon said he was shot “in the belly.” When asked where he was, he replied, “I don’t have a clue.” He also said, “I was at work. ... A few guys came out where I work at.” Cawthon then struggle
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Great egret: Most stand almost 4 feet tall. They have black legs and a yellowish bill. They primarily eat fish. Cattle egret: About 80 percent of the Council Road colony are these. They have white feathers, yellowish bills and legs and stand about 21⁄2 feet tall. They usually eat grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Little blue heron: Their feathers are a purple-blue color, and the tips of their bills are black. They stand about 3 feet tall. They primarily eat fish. Black-crowned night heron: These white and black birds have red eyes and are mostly nocturnal. They eat fish, frogs, crawfish, snakes and sometimes the young of other herons. Snowy egret: This species is the least common in the Council Road colony. They have white feathers, yellow feet and black bills and legs. They eat mostly crawfish.
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to talk and breathe. Police tracked his cell phone to an area about 10 miles south of Tecumseh, where law officers found him in an open field. He was flown to OU Medical Center. Cawthon’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious, hospital spokeswoman Natalie Scott said. Scott said Cawthon’s family does not want to be interviewed and Cawthon does not want to comment about the incident.
Suspect in shooting surrenders to police BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
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MIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County man charged with shooting at two Miami police officers was taken into custody at a Grove hospital, said Bob Ernst, Ottawa County undersheriff. Kevin Eugene Brownfield, 38, of Miami, surrendered to authorities on Monday, Ernst said. He is charged in Ottawa County District Court with shooting a police officer with intent to kill. He remains in jail on a $500,000 bail. Brownfield had been hospitalized since April 13 in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after he was shot by Miami police officers Michael Brashers and Richard Cummings, who were responding to a domestic violence call. According to the Joplin Globe, Brownfield allegedly came out of an apartment with a shotgun and shot Brashers in the hip. Brashers fired back with a shotgun and hit Brownfield in the arm. Brownfield retreated into the apartment but reemerged moments later and began to raise his gun when Brashers and Cummings both shot him in the abdomen, authorities said. Brashers was not seriously injured.
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A cattle egret in a rookery in June 2008 near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City.
interested in your sandwich. Unless you have an insect sandwich. Go when the temperature is a little cooler. The warmer it is, the more the bird colony smells like, you know, a bunch of birds.
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Cause sought in fatal fire BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
JET — The cause of a Monday night house fire that killed a 7-year-old Alfalfa County boy and his grandmother remains unknown, Sheriff Charlie Tucker said Wednesday. The bodies of Marchaleen Radig, 48, and Gabriel Luna, were found lying on Radig’s bedroom floor. Don Radig told investigators he heard a small explosion or a popping sound right before he noticed the fire, he said. The one-story wooden frame home is thought to be one of the first houses built in the community, 35 miles northwest of Enid, Tucker said.
Radig kicked out an air conditioner unit in a bedroom to escape, he said. When he realized his family hadn’t followed, he got a ladder and tried to go back through the window. Radig suffered minor scratches and bruises. His son, Austin Radig, 22, was taken to Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid with smoke inhalation. A neighbor was taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid with smoke inhalation, Tucker said. Fire and medical personnel were called to the scene about 11:38 p.m., too late to save the house. “The state fire marshal’s hasn’t determined what caused the fire,” Tucker said.
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Cuts lead some schools to combine EDUCATION | SMALL, STRUGGLING DISTRICTS PUSHED OVER EDGE BY LACK OF FUNDING BY MURRAY EVANS The Associated Press
With the Washita Heights School District out of money and no help on the horizon, Superintendent Steve Richert went before the school board and told its members he needed to lose his job — because the district would have to be shut down. The district’s already precarious financial situation became untenable when state appropriations began to be cut as legislators scrambled to make up a $669 million budget hole for the current fiscal year. Richert worked the numbers and determined his school district — which served the tiny Washita County towns of Corn and Colony — would run out of money by May 1. The western Oklahoma district was able to finish out the school year, barely, and now has been consolidated with neighboring Cordell, leaving Richert to wrap up Washita Heights’ remaining business by June 30. “Technically and legally, Washita Heights is a memory right now,” Richert said last week, sitting in his office. “We no longer exist.”
Similar stories are being told across Oklahoma. Two other districts — Goodland in Choctaw County and Boley in Okfuskee County — have consolidated with neighboring districts. School patrons in Braman in Kay County and White Oak in Craig County voted to eliminate their high schools in an effort to preserve their districts. The culprit in most of the closures and consolidations? A lack of students, which translates to less public funding. Small schools already struggling to maintain instructional standards were pushed over the virtual precipice by state funding cuts. And those cuts aren’t done yet, as lawmakers had about $1.2 billion less to spend for the upcoming fiscal year than for the current one.
How much was cut? A $6.7 billion state budget originally included $2.375 billion for common education, although state education officials say that number dropped by $8.5 million even as the budget agreement worked its way through the Legislature. Although legislative leaders say common edu-
cation received “only” a 2.9 percent budget cut, that was from a revised, $2.446 billion appropriation level determined in March, after the budget crunch hit the state in earnest. When compared to what the Legislature appropriated last May for the current fiscal year — about $2.572 billion — schools will see a budget reduction of about 7.6 percent. And, according to state Education Department officials, it’s really a little worse: 8.9 percent after figuring in other reductions and shortfalls, such as state funding for rising health care costs. “I would say it’s the most devastating cut education has ever taken,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. “It’s a very sad state of affairs, and the more we can do to make our message clear and to not be using a wrong percentage cut … then perhaps folks will start understanding that (the state’s) priorities are misplaced.”
Too many districts? Bell Public School in Adair County lost its accreditation last week. After it is consolidated,
FISSURE LEAVES TULSA WITH SINKING FEELING FROM TULSA WORLD REPORTS
TULSA — Traffic was being diverted off Interstate 44 Wednesday because of a sinkhole that developed in its westbound lanes near Lewis Avenue. The sinkhole is several yards across and covers parts of the westbound traffic lanes, as well as the shoulder. Water could be seen Wednesday in the bottom of the hole. The state Department of Transportation reported that the hole continues underneath the highway’s eastbound lanes. Crews are evaluating the extent of the damage and are bringing in asphalt trucks to fill in the hole. They hope to have the highway reopened by about noon today. “This obviously affects the morning rush,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.
A firefighter looks at a sinkhole Wednesday in Tulsa. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD/AP
George Brown said. “If you routinely travel these roadways, people need to expect delays.” Brown asked that people “be patient with us and let ODOT do their repair.” Eastbound traffic is being diverted as far back as the Peoria Avenue exit, and westbound traffic is being diverted at Lewis
Avenue, according to the the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The department is also shutting down the westbound I-44 exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway and the eastbound I-44 exit from U.S. 75. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area until further notice.
Fletcher superintendent gets top school chief title BY MEGAN ROLLAND Staff Writer mrolland@opubco.com
Superintendent Kathryn Turner with Fletcher Public Schools received top honors for school chiefs Wednesday from the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators for work in the Comanche County district over the past six years. Fletcher was named Superintendent of the Year for a list of accomplishments — particularly for renovations and additions to the district’s buildings and the implementation of an after-school program and a free summer school program, a news release from the association said.
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The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators also named Carla Kimberling, of Norman Public Schools, the Assistant Superintendent of the Year. Kimberling supervises curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through 12th grade in Norman and oversees programs ranging
from Advanced Placement to gifted education. Kimberling has been an administrator for 26 years. Both educators will be honored June 10 during an annual conference hosted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration at the Meridian Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
Plea deal in fatal crash draws prison term BY NOLAN CLAY Staff Writer nclay@opubco.com
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in an Oklahoma prison for a 2008 traffic fatality. Alfredo Enrique Ramos, 21, pleaded guilty May 21 to first-degree manslaughter. He faces deportation to Mexico after his release.
Ramos admitted in court papers he ran a stop sign while speeding in a pickup “and struck a car the victim was in.” The collision was at an intersection in far northwest Oklahoma County about 9 p.m. June 15, 2008. Killed was Wilford Ross Johnson, 82, of Oklahoma City. The victim was a passenger in a Mustang
that was struck. Two others in the Mustang were severely injured. Ramos also admitted his driver’s license had been suspended in 2005 and that he lied to a sheriff’s deputy about who was driving, records show. Prosecutors alleged he was driving drunk. The case was resolved through a plea agreement.
Oklahoma will have 528 districts — four fewer than last year, but a number that some legislators still call excessive. State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, is a vocal critic of what he believes is bloated administration within Oklahoma’s public school system. Russell said Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia combined have fewer school districts than Oklahoma. “How can we justify having more school districts than those four states combined?” Russell asked. “And they’re Southern states with very similar social values that we have here in Oklahoma. They get it, that you cannot have an overadministration and expect dollars to go to teachers in the classroom.” A graduate of Del City High School with two children who attend public schools, Russell said he believes too many highpaid administrators are keeping state dollars for education from going where they’re needed — to teachers and classrooms. “It’s very hard to justify $250,000 salaries for superintendents when the commanding general of all
IN BRIEF RESORT SAYS NO TO POT VAIL, Colo. — Govern-
ment officials in Vail have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within the popular skiing destination. Vail council members who voted for the ban Tuesday say marijuana dispensaries would contradict with the image they’ve tried to set for the town. The Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill includes a provision that allows cities and towns to ban dispensaries.
BLAZE CHARS 1,800 ACRES DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A
human-caused wildfire in the Chirachahua Mountains along the ArizonaNew Mexico border was 16 percent contained Wednesday after charring 1,800 acres. Coronado National Forest officials say the Horseshoe Fire was first spotted on May 26 and is burning in rugged terrain in a remote area. The fire isn’t endangering any structures. Officials say almost 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be fully contained by June 15.
N.M. TO MAKE NUCLEAR FUEL EUNICE, N.M. —
Dignitaries gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a $3 billion uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico, the first major nuclear facility to be licensed in the U.S. in the past three decades. The Louisiana Energy Services plant in Eunice, N.M., currently has more than 1,000 construction and contracting jobs. It is expected to have 308 full-time jobs. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., calls the plant “a unique opportunity for New Mexico and our nation.” He says the first phase of the plant will provide up to 25 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel needs. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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forces overseas doesn’t even make $200,000,” Russell said. “Who has more responsibility — someone in charge of 1,000 students or someone in charge of thousands of soldiers’ lives in life-ordeath situations?” Russell said that, given the state’s massive budget shortfall, he expected education to take deeper cuts. “You cannot put 98 percent of the state’s budget cuts on 45 percent of the budget. It does not work,” he said. “And if you try to take a stand and portray these things to the Oklahoma people, then suddenly you hate teachers and children. “I don’t hate teachers and I don’t hate children, but I do hate waste, and I hate people denying there is a problem.” There was no denying a problem existed before the school year began in Braman, located about five miles south of the Kansas state line. Superintendent
Rustin Clark said because of declining enrollment the district faced potentially major financial issues and that before the budget cuts hit severely, patrons decided in February to try and preserve the district by closing the high school at the end of this school year. While the budget cuts “were not the deciding factor for us,” Clark said that “it certainly validated that we made a good decision.” “Even if the state had not cut, we were going to have to do something,” Clark said. “The community was faced with a tough decision. If they did nothing and they kept the high school, the district would have been completely broke at the end of next year. They would have had to close the whole district. Or, they could cut off the high school and run an efficient K-8 district and maintain it into the foreseeable future.”
Former pastor plans new church BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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— Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 31⁄2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. “This is my resurrection day,” he declared. Haggard said his new venture would not be a megachurch like New Life Church, the congregation he founded in 1985 and then left in 2006 after a male prostitute said Haggard paid him for sex. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others. “I have an incredible heart for broken people,” he said. “I think we’re qualified to hold people’s hands” in times of trouble. Haggard made his announcement outside his home, a two-story, brickfronted structure with a large barn, a swimming pool and white-fenced corrals on Colorado
Springs’ north side, not far from New Life Church. Wearing an open-neck shirt and jeans, Haggard sounded both optimistic and chastened, calling himself a repentant sinner and a broken man who believes he can still provide help for others. “When the crash came in my personal life, it was so incredibly embarrassing and heartbreaking,” he said. “It broke me. And I’m still broken, some.” Haggard said a television documentary on the birth of his new church was a possibility but nothing was certain. At his new church, Haggard said he will teach that God intended marriage to be a monogamous union of a man and a woman. But he said heterosexual marriage was just one ideal in a long list of things God wants people to do, including pray, be healthy and stay monogamous. In an interview with The Associated Press after his announcement, Haggard said he was in counseling from the time of his 2006 downfall until recently, dealing with both his sexual identity and the feelings of shame.
Researchers predict active storm season BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an active hurricane season that could complicate efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers said Wednesday that they expect 18 named storms to develop in the Atlantic, including 10 hurricanes. Five are expected to be major, and there’s an aboveaverage probability of a major storm — one with sustained winds of at least 111 mph — hitting land in the United States or Caribbean. The forecast has worsened since April, when university researchers predicted 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes, because of much warmer tropical Atlantic surface temperatures and cooling Pacific conditions. Researcher William
Gray said storms that hit the Gulf could help or hurt efforts to keep oil away from the coast, depending on the course the storms take and how soon the flow of oil is stopped. While the hurricane season officially started Tuesday, major storms still aren’t likely for another 2½ to 3 months. If a storm develops to the west of the spill, the storm’s counterclockwise rotation could drive the oil to beaches to the north, Gray said. However, he said a storm developing to the east could help drive oil away from the coast. Storms could also churn up the water, causing the oil to sink below the surface and the spill to disperse, spreading its damage along a wider swath, he said. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes.
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Car tag leads officers to arrests in slaying FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people Wednesday in connection with a May 16 shooting outside a convenience store in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Team arrested Spence Nelson, 19, and Cory Nelson, 18, at a home in the 9500 block of NE 42, on complaints of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The two had warrants for their arrest in connection with the shooting death of Edward Yearby, 25, of De Soto, Texas, who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store at Reno Avenue and N Lincoln Boulevard. The shooting stemmed from a disagreement in the parking lot of the CocaCola Bricktown Events Center. According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses saw two cars leave the convenience store with the
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suspects. Witnesses identified one of the cars by the tag number. Two other victims, Brenton Williams, 24, of Ennis, Texas, and Justin Reed, 26, of Grand Prairie, Texas, drove to JRS Travel Center to wait for police. They suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. Another man, Randy Hall II, 19, was arrested on murder and assault complaints in the case. He has not been charged.
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Poolaw, Lester Gene Jr., 45, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. today, Rock Springs Cemetery (Comanche Nation, Lawton).
ed will be taken to the jail. “The most important thing is nobody gets hurt,” Weaver said. “So far everything is going very smoothly.” Complaints about illegal drug sales led to undercover investigations and illegal drug purchases by agents during the past four months, he said. Weaver said drugs seized include methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription drugs. A meth lab and four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, also were found during the raids, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said. “It’s really a snapshot of everything we see, just a smorgasbord of drugs,” Weaver said.
Marine enters plea in girl’s rape BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
LAWTON — A Marine has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Logan Bryan Combs, 20, of Lawton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape. Formal sentencing is set for July 26. Combs is the second person to enter a plea in the sexual assault of the sixthgrade student. Amy Marie Rivera, 34, of Fletcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to procuring a child for lewdness or other indecent acts, records show. Combs remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other Marines, Jordan Patrick Kinshella, 19, of Maple Valley, Wash.,
and Curtis Grant Dorton, 20, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., are charged in Comanche County District Court in Lawton with first-degree rape. Both Kinshella and Dorton are free on $25,000 bail. The men are accused of assaulting the girl who was used by Rivera to lure Marines to hotels where they engaged in sex games and used alcohol and drugs, according to court records. Rivera and the victim attended six to eight parties at Lawton hotels between March and June 2009, court records state. During that time the victim claimed to have engaged in sex with three Marines and kissed and touched others, all with Rivera’s knowledge, records state. The Marines all said they didn’t know the girl was underage.
Bomb incident prompts warning BY BOB DOUCETTE Staff Writer bdoucette@opubco.com
EDMOND — Call it a harmless prank or
juvenile curiosity. But police call it a felony. Edmond’s bomb squad was called out Tuesday night to investigate the detonation of a plastic bottle chemical bomb after residents in a neighborhood near 15th Street and Coltrane heard the device detonate. The explosion was reported about 11:30 p.m. Police aren’t sure who set it off, and no injuries were reported. “This is actually very serious,” Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said Wednesday. “It’s mostly children
doing it, thinking it’s fun to blow something up.” People often use the Internet to get information on building these small chemical bombs, said Rockie Yardley, an investigator with the city’s bomb squad. The mixture inside the bottle causes pressure and heat to build up, eventually causing the bottle to explode, Yardley said. The resulting explosion can injure people with plastic shrapnel, flames and hot acids, Yardley said. “When we see them, we don’t even approach them,” he said. “We’ll deal with it remotely.” Chemical bombs are illegal. It’s a felony to build, possess, detonate or even have the ingredients to make one, Yardley said.
Aaron Keith Farrow, 28, and Ashley Rose Angleton, 27. Jimmy Lavern Adams, 43, and Grace Renee Craig, 48. Graham Patrick Colton, 28, and Helen Elizabeth Hoehn, 25. Blake Michael Westbrook, 24, and Victoria Anne Willett, 22. Billy Wayne Clark, 36, and Alberta Nicole Swanegan Owens, 29. Bryan Russell Lettenmaier, 35, and Melanie Dawn Seward, 34. Ival J. Hale, 76, and Norma Faith Clark, 72. Ty Nickolas Ray, 24, and Toni Lynn Blagowsky, 24. Kevin Ashley Dunn, 31, and Kevynn Elaine Sanford, 27. Frederick Decarlos Baisden, 30, and Tacara Shimika McKinney, 26. Michael Len Spencer Jr., 31, and Dakin Lenelle Franklin, 30. Jose Franco Gallegos, 28, and Amalia Ivonee Pedroza Jacobo, 27. Jordan Patrick Steger, 21, and Kassidy Leanne Jackson, 21. Aaron Lee Daharsh, 29, and Sara Elizabeth Justice, 25.
Dameon D. Aranda, 35, and Eva Judith Raubert, 27. Mario Roberto Ruiz Espinoza, 34, and Aime Segoviano Zarate, 32. Jason Dwayne Lunsford, 35, and Jeri Ann Austin, 27. Dane Robert Beck, 22, and Kylie Amanda Begarek, 21. Matthew Ryan Blanchard, 23, and Jessica Alene Wilson, 19. Jimmy Wayne Stetler, 43, and Mona Katheryn Lee, 54. Jeffrey Gene Hirsch, 60, and Dana Ann Floyd, 51. Kirk Andrell Gray, 49, and Ingrid Dunn, 49. Shon Sharif Yousif, 23, and Cortney Ann Threadgill, 25. Michael Gary Bryson, 61, and Kimberly Ann Williams, 51. Joshua Dwayne Walker, 27, and Laci Larhea Hood, 24. Austin Chase Ballard, 26, and Gracie Laran Hamper, 21. Jason Edward Schumacher, 24, and Jacqueline Natalia Cope, 24. Danny Lew Glazier, 62, and Rosebel Baisa Mondano, 45. Maurice Clark, 24, and Jeanette
Dutcher, Louise B., 97, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (NeekampLuginbuel, Bartlesville). Nulisch, Marvin E., 74, died Saturday. Services pending (Arnold Moore, Bartlesville).
BEGGS
Ramsey, Carlial Thomas “C.T.” Jr., 82, retired seismograph shooter, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (McClendon-Winters, Beggs).
BETHANY
Moore, Beulah I., 93, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany).
BOSWELL
Bertis, Wilson John, 70, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant).
CLINTON
McGinnis, Earnest “Mac,” 93, retired mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
CORN
Daubert, Jim, 68, deputy, dozer operator and farmer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Hinton (Hinton-Turner, Hinton).
COYLE
Matthews, Jeremiah Angel, infant son of Gregory Bufford and Ashley Matthews, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. today, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon ( Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
William James
Second juvenile escapee captured BY ALTHEA PETERSON
Elias Avila, 23, and Julie Elaine Fraire, 20. Jason Daniel Taylor, 25, and Emily Nicole Haynes, 22. Joshua Eric Bridges, 29, and Mary Christine Aspy, 27. Johnny Monroe Chandler, 29, and Delana Renee Anderson, 29.
Harris, Thomas Jr., 86, retired from state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka). Hess, Dorothy May, 82, died Friday. Mass was Tuesday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
BARTLESVILLE
MCALESTER — More than 100 law officers raided homes in the McAlester area Wednesday after a four-month investigation by undercover officers targeting illegal drug sales. Officers from many law enforcement agencies began serving 44 arrest warrants about 5:30 a.m., said Darrell Weaver, director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control. As of 4:30 p.m., 33 people had been arrested. A temporary booking area has been set up in McAlester to alleviate some of the work for Pittsburg County jailers, Weaver said. Eventually, all those arrest-
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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McCane, Alton, 47, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Valliant (Rogan, Hugo).
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PURCELL — A second escapee from the L.E. Rader Center was captured in central Oklahoma Tuesday night, authorities said. William James, 17, was captured about 10:20 p.m. after he was spotted by an off-duty Purcell police officer, officials with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs reported Wednesday. Police encountered James and Dillon Blair Herzfeld, 15, as the boys were riding bicycles on Interstate 35 north of Purcell about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Officers determined that they were the teens who had escaped last week from the Rader Center, a juvenile lockup in Sand Springs, according to a news release from the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Herzfeld was taken into custody Monday, but James escaped by running across four lanes of I-35, authorities said. Both juveniles have been returned to Rader and will be placed in the Intensive Treatment Program, a more secure unit, a Juvenile Affairs official said. James, whom authorities said is also known as “Tharp,” was sent to the Rader Center after being found delinquent of indecent exposure, concealing stolen property and larceny. Herzfeld was found delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation, the Juvenile Affairs officials said.
Roshelle Carbajal, 23. Joshua John Pendleton, 28, and Selina Ann Ruiz, 33.
DIVORCES ASKED
Arroyo, Juana v. Jose Cadena Trevino, Juan Antonio v. Coly, Ruth Carbone, Ronald Michael v. Lorri L. Collins, Olivia Dyan v. Barrett, Jesse Adam Dunlap, Catherine v. David Fraizer, Crystal M. v. James E. Garrison, Michael D. v. Sherry A. Grant, Tony J. v. Haley M. Hood, Michael James v. Ashleigh Dawn Longeway, Steffani E. v. John S. Morgan, Eufaula L. v. Anthony Naberhaus, Joseph Robert v. Victoria Clare Plodek, David Alan v. Rachele Anne Stouwie, Diane Elaine v. David Allen Thummel, Julee v. David Womack, Mark S. v. Jo A. Woodral, Olivia Jane v. Charles Owen Young, Melvin G. v. Linda
CROMWELL
Hassell, Teresa Kay (Barnes), 46, school cook, died Tuesday. Services 9 a.m. Friday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).
DEL CITY
Harris, Cleo Louie, 94, mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Ford, Del City). Pearson, Lavonna Oleta, 75, hairdresser, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Sunny Lane, Del City).
DEWEY
Groomes, Bessie Melvinia, 67, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). Wilcox, Doris Lee, 86, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Town and Country House (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
EDMOND
Van Stavern, Nicholas, 13, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Smith-Kernke, N May, Oklahoma City).
ENID
Ferreira, Dolores A., 58, office administrator, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Florence, the Rev. Robert G., 78, minister, died May 27. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Parrish, Sara E., 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Private services (HenningerHinson, Enid). Smith, Florence W., 88, died Tuesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
EUFAULA
Potter, Jimmie, 69, security guard, died May 23. Private services (Hunn, Black & Merritt, Eufaula).
FREDERICK
Holbrook, Tommy Wayne, 64, accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday (Jackson, Frederick).
HENRYETTA
Buring, James Dodge, 52, form-setter, died Tuesday. No services (Integrity, Henryetta).
HOOKER
Lynch, Johnny, 75, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church (Roberts Brothers, Hooker).
IDABEL
Jones, Lila, 52, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (White Family, Idabel).
KINGFISHER
Lankard, Betty M., 81, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kingfisher Cemetery (Sanders, Kingfisher).
MADILL
Gaylor, Ricky Lee “Rick,” 56, died Tuesday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Watts, Madill).
MIDWEST CITY
Barrientez, Santos, 75, retired from Air Force, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Barnes-Frederich, Midwest City). Day, Sherry Lynn, 63, waitress, died Tuesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland (Barnes-Friederich).
MOORE
Lee, Gordon A., 59, printer, died Friday. Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
MUSKOGEE
Collins, Lena F., 63, machine operator, died Wednesday. Private services (Bradley, Muskogee). Hutton, Wilbert, 70, crane operator, died Sunday. Services pending (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Shores, Junior Ray, 76, Navy veteran, died May 21. Graveside services noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Stebbins, Ruth, 104, telephone operator, died Wednesday. Services pending (Bradley, Muskogee).
NICOMA PARK
Norris, Vernon E., 92, painter, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today (Ford, Del City).
NOBLE
Matthews, Harold Ray, 62, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).
NORMAN
Parks, Nona B., 81, retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Francis (Criswell, Ada). Walton, Flora Ward, 65, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Primrose, Norman).
OKLAHOMA CITY
Abernathy, Charles, 58, died May 29. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Adams, Fines Joe Jr., 79, business owner, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Barnes, Mary E., 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Bellamy, Norma Jean, 81, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Braxton, James W., 48, died Tuesday. No services (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Button, Allen Dale, 59, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Cornell, Lois J., 95, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Hill Funeral Home (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Cotton, Jack Delbert, 90, masonry contractor, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Freeman, William “Bill,” 91, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son North, Oklahoma City). Garcia, Mariana, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Griffith, Albertine Leard, 89, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hall, Delores E., 90, died May 22. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Hoffman, Ruthie M., 61, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hooks, Leroy T. Sr., 70 died Monday. Services noon Friday, People’s Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Johnson, Donnie Mae, 88, died May 24. Eastern Star service 6 p.m. Friday, Rolfe Memorial Chapel. Services noon Saturday, Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Malone, Joshua DeQuan, 19, died Friday. Services pending (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Newsom, Linda Lee, 80, died Friday. Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Pendarvis, Mildred, 95, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Ramsey, Kathleen, 86, died May 27. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, True Vine Ministries (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Rivers, Yvonne J., 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall 9100 N Eastern (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Sampson, Andrea, 30, died Saturday. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Stewart, Louise, 91, died Saturday. Services Friday in San Angelo, Texas (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Stinnett, Lorene, 83, item manager at Tinker Air Force Base, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Sunny Lane, Del City). Thomas, James H., 72, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, GAP Restoration Chapel (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Valliant, Lucille, 77, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Wagner, Larry Reginald, 57, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Wilson, K. Nick, 67, attorney, died Tuesday. Services 3 p.m. Monday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Smith & Kernke N May, Oklahoma City). Young, Harold, 79, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
PAWNEE
Nelson, Tanner Kelly, 23, mechanical drafter, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Poteet, Pawnee).
POTEAU
Corr, Jerelyn Claxton, 73, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Evans & Miller, Poteau).
SALLISAW
Bateman, Lisa Ilene, 41, homemaker, died May 29. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Temple Church (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw). Robertson, Hubert Anderson Sr., 52, general laborer, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). Snow, Willard Mays, 86, farmer, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Agent, Sallisaw).
SEILING
Wills, Max W., 68, contract pumper, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday (Redinger, Seiling).
SPENCERVILLE
Watts, Sheila Marie, 45, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Rattan High School Gymnasium (Mills & Coffey, Antlers).
TAHLEQUAH
Audd, Robert Lewis, 60, framer, died May 18. Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). Ward, Ruth E., 82, nursery worker, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Parks, Harrah).
TONKAWA
Lee, Faye Cora, 92, died Tuesday. Services pending (Blackwell, Blackwell).
WAPANUCKA
Reed, Joey D., 28, landscaper, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Wapanucka School Auditorium (Clark, Tishomingo).
WELLSTON
Collier, Duranda M., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Lehman, Wellston).
WYNNEWOOD
Anderson, Kenneth Paul, 78, pipeline welder, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Sooner Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (DeArman, Wynnewood).
YUKON
Root, Mark Allen, 52, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (McNeil’s, Mustang). Organ donor
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Child advocate dies FROM STAFF REPORTS
Linda Reece, of Edmond, who dedicated her life to working with children, died Wednesday. She was 65. Reece was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1945 and met her husband, Robert, in 1963 while in college in Missouri. They were married in 1964. Reece devoted much of her time to children. She was involved in the CARE Center, which helps abused children, and was known as the “toy cart lady” at Children’s Hospi-
BUTTON Allen Dale Button, age 59, passed away May 30, 2010, in OKC, OK. He was born on June 12, 1950 to Clifton and Ima Jean Button of OKC. Allen graduated from Capital Hill H.S. in 1968 and married Judy Goodwin on October 11, 1968 in OKC. He received an Honorable Discharge after serving in the U.S.A.F, between Oct. 28, 1969 to Aug. 17, 1973. He was a retiree from Tinker Field AFB. He touched the lives of many with his wit, wisdom, and his generosity. He enjoyed fishing, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Judy Button of OKC, his children, daughter Stephanie Montgomery and her husband Clint of OKC, and son Ray Button of OKC, three sisters Beverly Fitzgerald, Debbie Johnston, and Diane Button, two granddaughters, and many nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends. Service will be held Friday June 6, 2010 at 10 am at Advantage Funeral Service 7720 S. Pennsylvania, OKC, OK 73159.
CAMP REID Loyce, died Saturday May 29, 2010 from complications of a heart attack. She is survived by her beloved partner, Rudolfo Cruz; children, Kim Camp & husband, Bill Velotta, Brian Camp & wife, JoLynne, Karen Minor & husband, Scott; step-son, Russell Reid; & her grandchildren, Madisson, Cassidy, & Mackenzie Camp, Allison & Cameron Minor. She was born in 1939 in Guthrie, OK where she lived until her senior year in high school. She then moved to Chickasha & graduated high school in 1958. Loyce stayed in touch with many of her childhood friends & frequently told funny stories of her life in Guthrie. She loved spending time with her family & took great pleasure in cooking for them. She was one heck of a bridge player and enjoyed traveling the world. Donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 4, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27th St. in Moore, OK. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.vondelsmithmor tuary.com
tal at OU Medical Center, where she pushed a cart of toys to give to children hospitalized there, Robert Reece said. She was also involved with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church and other organizations. Reece is survived by her husband; their three children, Kimberly KemballCook, David Reece and Elizabeth Reece; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland Ave. CORNELL Lois Jean Cornell was born on September 16, 1914 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to her parents Evan H. McConnell and Elsa B. (O’Keefe) McConnell. She was raised in Ohio and Michigan. Lois spent many years of her adult life working as a legal secretary for several Oklahoma City law firms during which time she formed close bonds with several of her co-workers. She was a fiercely independent woman and loyal employee. Lois was an avid cat lover and provided a home and food to several of the neighborhood kitty-cats. She leaves behind her best buddy “Annie,” who always seemed to be in her lap or close by. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, son Billie Longanecker, granddaughter Kathy Longanecker, her stepson Dahl Cornell, and her very close friend Faye Carter. She is survived by her family members in Florida, Cheryl Jones, Donna Cornell Moore, and Curtis Cornell and their children. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Ruth Longanecker and her children. Special thanks are offered to her loyal and loving caregivers, Cindy Hibbs and Lynda Blair, and her friend Linda Leemaster who assisted her frequently over the years, as well as the entire Valir Hospice staff who made her last few months very comfortable. A funeral service will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A Viewing will be held Friday at Bill Merritt Funeral Home from 8am-9pm.
GRIFFITH Albertine Griffith, 89, was welcomed into Heaven on May 30, 2010 after complications from a common medical procedure. Albertine was born September 3, 1920, in Durant, Oklahoma to Albert and Ina Leard. Albertine worked as a bookkeeper for the family business and as a homemaker. Abby, as her friends called her, was an exceptional artist and seamstress and was very creative in many ways. Abby served the Lord at Olivet Baptist Church with her husband Harold L. Griffith where they were married in 1941. Albertine was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joe Leard. She is survived by her husband Harold, brother Eugene Leard of Oklahoma City, 3 children David and wife, Tish, of Tulsa, Tom and wife Darla, of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Davis and husband Steve of Tulsa, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren with 2 more expected soon. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bill Merritt Funeral Home, Bethany, OK. Interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please contribute to: Heart and Hand Ministries, Inc., 7901 NW 23, Bethany, OK 73008.
METRO | STATE DOTSON James M., age 69, died Friday 5/28/10. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday 6/4/10 in the Earl M. Temple Memorial Chapel. Interment will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, OK.
GARCIA Alfred Cano Garcia “Taco” went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2010. A.C. was born on January 22, 1947 to Dorothy Cano and Jose Garcia in Victoria, Texas. A.C. loved life and helping people. He worked for the Salvation Army for twenty-four years. His mission in life was to make a difference in the lives of the hungry and the homeless, and he achieved that goal. Taco loved to play golf on Sundays and watch softball everyday. “Taco” we will all miss you dearly. He is preceded in death by his father Jose Garcia, mother Dorothy Cano, his brother Tony Garcia, sister Carol Heffley. He is survived by his wife Stella Garcia, daughters Tanya Clark, Tina Alvarez, Teresa Exinia and Jo Garcia, sons-in-law Richard Clark, and George Exinia, grandchildren Ricky and Raeven Clark, Tate and Hope Alvarez and Jorge and Marcella Exinia, Alexander, Alayna, step-daughters Tammy, Vickie and step-grandchildren John, Evan, Kayla, Karesha, and Josh. He is also survived by brothers Joe Garcia, Albert Garcia, Johnnie Garcia, sisters Rose Cramer, Anita Holstein, Linda Stewart, Janie Cockrill, and Mary Garcia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to: The Salvation Army, 300 SW 5, OKC, OK 73102. A memorial service will be held 6:00PM, Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 2808 SE 44, OKC, OK.
GRAY Annie Marie Swarb Gray was born on November 9, 1918, in Maud, OK, to Arthur and Myrtle Swarb. On July 19, 1937 she married Leon Dewey Gray in Norman, OK. They were married for 40 years before his death in 1977. Marie passed away in Houston, TX, on May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, Montez Brown and husband Dennis, Clarksville, TX, Michael and wife Connie, Orange, TX, Cheryl Shine and husband Michael, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Winona VanMeter, Tecumseh, OK; three brothers, J.S. Swarb, Dumas, TX , Joe Swarb, Roff, OK, and Ronald Swarb, Midwest City, OK. She served our country during World War II as a “Rosie the Riveter”, working on C-47 airplanes at Douglass Field and worked fourteen years for Mid-Del Schools in food service. She was a longtime member of Ridgecrest Church of Christ. She will be remembered as an expert cook, seamstress, quilter, and painter. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family, most especially her grandchildren and grand dogs. And an enthusiastic Sooner fan to the end. Funeral services will be held June 5, 2010, 1:00pm, at Ridgecrest Church of Christ, Midwest City, OK, with the burial to follow at the City of Tecumseh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123, www. houstonhospice.org
COBB Vernie V. Cobb, 83, departed this life and went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2010 in Baraboo, WI after a long battle with heart disease. Vernie was born in Alex, OK to Lynn and Nettie(Clark) Cobb and was 1 of 12 children. He grew up in OKC and attended Capitol Hill H.S. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and was a part of World War II abroad the USS Mullany in 1943. After returning home from the Navy he became a truck driver and worked for various companies in OKC and eventually started his own trucking co. He later retired in 1984. One of his many great adventures in life was starting the first ever truck driving academy in OKC. He met and married his first wife Norma Dean (Gray) in 1953. Together they created a wonderful family. One son Carl B. Salyer (C.B.) and wife Maryvonne of Fulton, N.Y., their children Michelle Silva, husband Jorge and their children Carlos and David, Brian Salyer and wife Michelle and their children Ian and Adam; two daughters Valerie (Cobb) Lee and husband Kenny and her daughter Sheila Hensley and husband Gavin and their children Mackinsey and Jace. Valgetti (Cobb) Thompson, her son Shane and his daughter Shyanne all of Oklahoma. He was a longtime member of the 32nd Degree Mason's. He was also a Shriner and was affiliated with the Nomads of OKC. In more recent years he was a part of the Eastern Star and served as the Worthy Matron in Natchitoches, LA and was a member of Nakatosh Azar. Vernie was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, brothers Roy, Clyde, Robert, and Claude Cobb and one sister Nettie Lou Johnson. He is survived by his children and their families along with his wife, Anne, of the home and her children Alexis Rebman and Todd Allen and their families, brothers Lewis of Norman, Jerry( Buster) of CA, Don of Mustang, sisters Leoda Winters, Lola (Snapper) Myers, and Doris Scott all of Mustang, many other loving family members and friends. He was a wonderful daddy, grandpa, poppy, brother, uncle and friend to all and will be missed greatly. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at Walnut Hill Cemetery (Redlin Funeral Home) Baraboo, WI. MELTON Cathy F. Melton was born in Oklahoma City August 16, 1956 and left this earth May 26, 2010. She leaves behind her husband of thirty-nine years, Joe and three children, Bryan, Jarad and April, of Oklahoma City; thirteen grandchildren and a special friend, Carol Harris. She was a member of LifeChurchSouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Williams and Geraldine Hayes; and two brothers, Billy and David Williams. Services for Cathy were June 3, 2010 at Life Church- South. NIBLETT Mack A. Niblett, 83, died 5/29/10. He was born in Troy, Oklahoma to Jasper and Ina (Day) Niblett. He grew up in Troy where he attended school. He was a spot welder for Capital Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers LD, Tommy, Chester and Otis, one sister Imogene, wife Dorothy, son Larry and step-son, Albert. Survivors include wife Sally, son Roger Glenn, brothers Tal and Mat, sister Edna, step-children Cathy and Marilyn, and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Thursday, 10:00 A.M. at Sunny Lane Family Church, 4221 S. Sunnylane, Del City, OK, with interment Saturday, 3 P.M. at Sunny Lane Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfu neral.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 KRAMER Graveside services for Carllene Loretta Kramer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are set for 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton. Rev. Stewart Malloy will be officiating. Mrs. Kramer passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her home in Oklahoma City. Carllene was born February 1, 1935 in Belton, Texas to Carl and Loretta (Johnson) Boney. Survivors include two sons, Foster Kramer and Steven Kramer, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; two daughters, Karen Poth of Temple and Peggy Kramer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Faye Bickley of Austin and Wanda Nordgren of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of arrangements. RAMSEY Kathleen C. Ramsey, 86, Okla. City, OK, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She is survived by 8 children, David Ramsey, Yvonne Gaddis, Coy Ramsey, Saundra Marshall, Mark Ramsey, Larry Ramsey, Quinnita Crowder, and John Ramsey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Truevine Ministries, Inc. Rolfe Funeral Home ROOT Mark Allan Root, age 52, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his home in Yukon. He was born February 2, 1958 in St. Louis, MO to Billy and Marjorie (Kinkeade) Root. Mark came to Mustang in 1966. He was a 1976 graduate of Mustang High School where he played football and was an All-State Wrestler. He served in the US Air Force and owned and operated Mark’s Mechanical for over 20 years, and recently worked in sales. He was a member of Uriah Masonic Lodge in Wheatland and was a Methodist. Preceded in death by his father Billy, one son Robert and one sister Renee. He is survived by his mother Marjorie Root of Yukon, one daughter Jessica Root and her mother Carla of Mustang, two brothers Brian Root and wife Carol of Marlow and Billy Root of Yukon. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, June 4, 2010 in the Chapel of The Good Shepherd at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, OK. Interment with Military Rites as well as Masonic Rites will follow at the Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.mcneilsmus tangfs.com THOMAS Ann Marie Thomas, age 82, passed away May 27, 2010 in Oklahoma City, surrounded by her family. Ann was born March 16, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA to Ketty and Alvan Thomas. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Bishop John Carroll High School in 1946. When she was 23 Ann moved to San Francisco. She worked as a budget analyst for the Univ. of California-SF for 32 years and returned to Oklahoma City upon her retirement in 1989. Ann is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike. Ann is survived by her sisters, Grace Fox of Okla. City, Toni Eads of Omaha, NE, and Christine Sheldon of Tulsa; brothers, Buster and David, both of Okla. City; many nieces, nephews and other close relatives and dear friends. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Mac, who brought her much joy. A burial service for Ann will be Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, OK 73083.
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IVERY Charles H. Ivery, 69, formerly of Oklahoma City, departed this life on June 1, 2010 at 5:35 p.m. at his home in Peoria, IL. He was born September 18, 1940 in Harlan, KY to Fannie Mae and Roy Ivery. Charles was a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK where he served as a Deacon. He was co-founder of Exodus Foundation, Inc. He also served as a JCI Senator and received many awards. He married Alice Marie Allen on March 12, 1999 in Memphis. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Dane Ivery of Ruskin, FL, Brandon Allen of Oklahoma City, Christopher Allen of Ames, IA and Jonathan Allen of Wichita, KS; two daughters, Cathryne Ivery-Dodd and Sherri IveryMitchell, both of Atlanta, GA; one brother, Thomas Ivery of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. Charles was preceded in death by one daughter, Tania Marie. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010, 11 a.m., at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City with Pastor Willie Joe McLemore officiating. WHITAKER Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Bob” Whitaker was born on October 31, 1918 in Dallas. He found eternal peace on May 31, 2010, following a fall and complications. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Verda and his beloved wife, Dosha. He is survived by his daughter Leta Rostochil, her husband Joe, three grandchildren Leslie Jefferson, Brett Rostochil, and Shawn Gable and their spouses, Ron, Shari, and Darrell. He had 8 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. He is also survived by his sister Margret White residing in California and many friends. He was a World War II Veteran having served in North Africa and flew 48 missions. He retired from the Air Force in 1961. He was a Mason for 50 plus years and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Bob loved family gatherings, history, sports, and our special Tuesdays. He was a man who was admired by many for his character, kindness, and his ability to make lifelong friendships. He was indeed an officer and a gentleman. Funeral services for Bob will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Home, 6600 Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City.
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Autism: Early action is urged
Sutton’s hearing delayed
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ated unbelievable progress in his son. One day after Blaine attended the playgroup at a local church, the teachers said he’d told teacher Seth Kastner that he loved him. “I’d only heard him say, ‘I love you,’ one other time, that was to me,” Steve Davis said. “Being a parent of a 3-year-old child and not hearing ‘I love you’ is incredibly difficult.” Now, Blaine has learned to point, use sign language and even allows his parents to touch him. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s pilot project is designed to identify the autism spectrum disorders in toddlers like Blaine. Like Blaine, one in every 110 children has been diagnosed with the disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that autism is being reported at higher rates than ever before. “It’s a pretty significant increase in the last 10 years,” Bonnie McBride, principal investigator for the Early Foundations Project, said during a news conference Wednesday at the center. Though children are often 2 years old by the time
Sean Sutton BY JOHN ESTUS Staff Writer jestus@opubco.com
Jennifer and Steve Davis of Oklahoma City speak about their 3-year-old son’s autism as Dr. Laura McGuinn looks on during a news conference. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
ONLINE Video To see video on the challenges of autism and a pilot program designed to help, go to NewsOK.com and search for “autism.”
Dr. Kathleen Combs Yukon pediatrician
their autism is identified, she said the earlier an autistic child is diagnosed the better the outcome.
About the program The Autism Workforce Initiative is Oklahoma’s response to the needs of children, their families and
pediatricians. The initiative features components such as a physician training program, along with the early intervention program for young children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Children enrolled in the program receive 17 hours per week of help through activities such as play groups, intensive teaching
involving behavioral techniques, weekly home visits and monthly parent education nights. “It’s awesome. It’s changed our lives, it really has,” Steve Davis said. Services are provided through Oklahoma’s Early Intervention system and the model site serving roughly 10 families in Oklahoma City is funded using federal dollars
through the state Department of Education. Along with developing an intervention model through its pilot site in Oklahoma City, the project is intended to provide outreach support to other communities statewide. The project also is operating in Cleveland and Canadian counties. The program is offered free to families of all income levels through SoonerStart, the state’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. For more information on the SoonerStart program, call 522-5167 or go to www.okdhs.org/programs andservices/dd/ss.
Mayor: Council handles business as usual FROM PAGE 9A
cers had turned over evidence to prosecutors in that case.
Smith requested the city council review Murray’s employment that October. City council members reinstated him.
They were “totally different issues,” Smith told The Oklahoman in 2009 about the investigations into his actions and his
move to discipline Murray. Smith was elected to the city council in 1997. He was appointed interim mayor in 1998 after then-
Mayor Joe Johnson was convicted on corruption charges. Smith was elected to the post later in 1998.
STILLWATER — Former Oklahoma State University basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was postponed Wednesday. A judge postponed the hearing because Sutton remains in a drug treatment program, Payne County District Attorney Rob Hudson said. Sutton, 41, was to have appeared for the hearing Monday. He is now set to appear Aug. 13. Sutton faces four felonies for alleged attempts to illegally obtain pharmaceutical drugs. Sutton admitted a painkiller addiction upon his arrest in Stillwater in February, according to court records. Sutton’s wife, Trena, spoke at the state Capitol in April about the dangers of prescription drug addiction, saying she and her husband want to help others avoid the plight he has faced. Sean Sutton spent two years as OSU’s men’s basketball coach after his father, Eddie Sutton, resigned following a drunken driving accident in 2006. The elder Sutton had battled alcoholism throughout his coaching career.
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Diploma dilemma
Water bird rookery is intriguing sight
A judge has let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma.
A grove of trees near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City is the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America.
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MISDEMEANOR DUI CASE IS RESOLVED, BUT FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT REMAIN
Eufaula mayor pleads guilty BY VALLERY BROWN Staff Writer vbrown@opubco.com
EUFAULA — Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith appeared before two judges Wednesday on cases involving a drunken driving arrest and allegations he used his office to embezzle city money. Smith pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container of alcohol and failing to obey a traffic signal. District Judge Thomas Bartheld gave him a oneyear deferred sentence, a $900 fine and orders to undergo drug and alcohol assessments. No deal was made with prosecutors for the guilty plea.
Associate District Judge James Pratt ordered Smith to stand trial on four felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer. Smith was accused in 2009 of using his office to obtain about $200 in city money by using a city credit card to buy gasoline and later being reimbursed. His next court date is July 1. “It’s been a very unfortu-
nate situation for both me and the city, as I have dedicated over 15 years in public office to my community,” Smith said. “I have learned many things about the justice system and the politics of a small town.” City councilman Greg Anderson said the mayor’s problems with the law haven’t slowed the city council and haven’t been
discussed in city meetings. “Were going to let it run its course and go on with business as usual,” Anderson said. Smith suspended Police Chief Don Murray in September 2009, one day after embezzlement charges were filed against Smith. Murray has said his offiSEE MAYOR, BACK PAGE
METRO-AREA CITIES GET READY FOR SUMMER WATER DEMANDS Bonnie McBride Principal investigator of the Early Foundations Project in the pediatrics department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Autism program targets littlest
Miguel Monarrez, 25, an illegal immigrant who was serving two life sentences for murder, was found hanging in his cell about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. The death is an apparent suicide, Massie said. Monarrez pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to two counts of firstdegree murder in the strangling of Magaly Estrada, 25, in her Oklahoma City home, and the death of her unborn child. AARON CRESPO, STAFF WRITER
FORT GIBSON
HIKER DROWNS IN CAVE POOL Searchers found the body of Joseph Rolands, a 31-yearold hiker, in a 10foot-deep pool of water in a cave near Fort Gibson. Cherokee County Undersheriff Jason Chennault said the body was found about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 12 hours after the search began. Chennault said Rolands had drowned. Rolands’ family said he had experience exploring caves but always returned from previous trips within 24 hours.
ALSO ... RANGERS SEEK MAN FROM OKC YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK —
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INMATE FOUND DEAD IN CELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY SONYA COLBERG
The signs that Blaine Davis wasn’t quite like other toddlers came early. Even more than the fact that he didn’t play well with others, he lacked the skill to point to what he wanted. That inability to express his wants and needs meant that he would follow his mother around and cry in frustration. “He was in his own world,” said his mother, Jennifer Davis. “He had no way of communicating with us and he would try to communicate by crying and pushing and shoving, not in a mean way, but trying to show us what he wanted.” But Oklahoma’s Early Foundations researchers identified Blaine’s autismtype behaviors and got him started in an early intervention program that Steve Davis said has gener-
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An automatic sprinkler waters a lawn in Edmond. Residents have been asked to follow the city’s voluntary water conservation plan until Oct. 1. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Staff Writer jwilliams@opubco.com
As higher temperatures roll into the metro area, several cities have taken steps to avoid a summer drought. Piedmont City Manager Clark Williams said there are no plans for water rationing this summer. In 2008, Piedmont put a 400,000-gallon tank on line, increasing the city’s water storage capacity. “Right now, we don’t have any plans for water rationing unless we have damage to our system,” Clark said. “Since we buy a lot of our water from Oklahoma City, we would pass on a ban accordingly.” Williams said the city had struggled in recent
years to keep up with the water demand because of population growth. In Bethany, the city’s water supply comes completely from wells, City Manager John Shugart said. “We have a sufficient supply with our well system to carry us through,” he said. “We do rely on Oklahoma City for backup water, so if they’re rationing water, we’d have to ration water ourselves or not take water from them.” Shugart said Bethany made a $10 million upgrade to its water treatment operation in 2006. “Most of our lines are in pretty good shape,” Shugart said. “The only thing we are really trying to work on is to improve our well field to provide an even
greater source of water.” Midwest City Environmental Services Director Bill Janacek said the city has not asked its residents to ration water in the 21 years he’s been on the job. “I don’t anticipate having to this summer,” he said. Midwest City, like Del City and Norman, draws water from Lake Thunderbird and 23 active wells. “I can shut down my Thunderbird water in the dead of summer, and my citizens never notice the difference,” Janacek said. In Edmond, a voluntary watering schedule has been in effect from June 1 to Oct. 1 since 2002. Fred Rice, Edmond’s water resources superintendent, said, “We are asking residents to pay at-
tention to what hours they water their lawns to help us meet our peak demands.” Residents are asked to voluntarily use the outdoor watering schedule based on the last number of their home or business address. Residents also are asked not to water lawns between 7 p.m. and midnight. Edmond’s water is supplied from Arcadia Lake and 56 wells. Treated water is bought from Oklahoma City during periods of high demand in summer months. “We have a 50-year agreement to buy up to 15 million gallons a day from them,” Rice said. The biggest demand day so far this year was 13.5 million gallons, Rice said.
Park rangers are looking for an Oklahoma City man who went missing in Yellowstone National Park during the weekend. A car rented by Peter Kastner, 25, was found parked at the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern portion of the park Monday morning, rangers said in a news release. The car had been parked overnight and was not associated with a backcountry permit. Kastner rented the car several days earlier. Kastner is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Kastner can call (307) 344-7381. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
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Nominations are sought for hall of fame inductees
Wayne and Beverly Bishop, of Harrah, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
DEL CITY — The Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for hall of fame inductees. Inductees will be announced at the Del City High School Academic Awards Assembly on Nov. 12. Former Del City High School students will be selected based upon criteria exemplifying accomplishments in education, military service, professional/business career, community/public service and continued involvement with Del City High School and/or the Del City community. The committee will accept nominations through Sept. 1. Nominations may be submitted online or a nomination form can be printed at www.dchs alumni.org and mailed to Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee, P.O. Box 15445, Del City, OK 73155.
Jimmie and Virginia Burns, of Moore, were married June 4, 1950, in Seminole.
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Carlene and Don Coyle, of Oklahoma City, were married May 20, 1960, in Sherman, Texas.
Lynn and Ludy Fry, of Midwest City, were married June 3, 1950, in Swink.
Don and Mary Graves, of Yukon, were married June 3, 1950, in Dill City.
Mary Lou and Vernon Hewitt, of Norman, were married May 27, 1950, in Waldron, Kan.
James and Madalyn Long, of Oklahoma City, were married June 9, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Nancy and Steve Martin, of Oklahoma City, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Mary and Billy Overall, of Oklahoma City, were married May 28, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Garold and Ina Belle Reed, of Cushing, were married June 2, 1946, in rural Payne County.
Jim and Willa White, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960, in Tulsa.
Arlie and Loretta Wilson, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960.
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Calendar
Oklahoma State Fiddlers Monthly Show Jam and Dance, 1 p.m., Country Western Museum and Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29, Del City, 733-8688.
Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, 603-3576. McEvoy Toastmasters, 6:30 p.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 6316 N Tulsa Ave., 787-1598. Bethany School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 6721 NW 42. Kingfisher School Board, 7 p.m., school administration building, 11th and Chisholm. Moore City Council, 6:30 p.m., city hall, 301 N Broadway. Oklahoma City School Board, 5:30 p.m., school administration building, 900 N Klein. Tecumseh City Council, 6 p.m., city hall, 114 N Broadway. Putnam City School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 5401 NW 40, Warr Acres. Yukon School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 600 Maple.
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TODAY Scrabble Club, 3 p.m., Game HQ, 1620 SW 89, 691-0509.
FRIDAY Tai Chi, 2 p.m., Yukon Senior Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, 603-3576.
SATURDAY Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma City Farmers Market, 8 a.m., 400 N Portland Ave.
SUNDAY
Del City Council, 6 p.m., city hall, 3701 SE 15, 677-5741. Tai Chi, 2 p.m., Yukon Senior
Midwest City Council, 7:10 p.m., city hall, 100 N Midwest Blvd.
Sydna Yellowfish, American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District, shows several awards she’s recieved in her classroom at Boulevard Academy. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
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For June 7-11 Monday — Chicken-fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, wheat bread, butterscotch pudding, milk. Tuesday — Baked chicken salad, sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat bread, orange gelatin, milk. Wednesday — Confetti beans and ham, pickled beets, coleslaw, corn bread, applesauce, milk. Thursday — Chicken salad, potato soup, carrots, wheat bread, pineapple, milk. Friday — Spaghetti and meat sauce, green peas, green salad, Italian bread, peach crisp, milk.
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EDMOND — Sydna Yellowfish has had an embarrassment of riches lately. The American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District was named the Oklahoma Native American Woman of the Year by the Changing Winds Cultural Society earlier this year. In 2008, Yellowfish was named the Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. In April, she was invited to Washington to share ideas with American Indian educators from other states. “It really means a lot,” Yellowfish said. “It gives me a humbling feeling to be selected by my peers, parents and others involved in Indian education. I was very pleased and happy when I received the call.” Yellowfish has dedicated much of her life to American Indian education. She has worked for the Edmond School District for 25 years, teaching American Indian expressions and Indian literature in the classroom for 13 years and also overseeing about 1,100 American Indian students in the district in various academic and cultural concerns. “This goes back to my parents, my grandparents and the elders of our tribe, teaching me those traditions that our tribes do, and wanting to educate the next generation and the general public about Native American people and our culture,” she said.
Yellowfish, an OtoeMissouria Tribe member who also has ties to the Osage, Pawnee and Sac and Fox tribes, on Wednesday talked of her career and her awards in her classroom at Edmond’s Boulevard Academy, surrounded by hundreds of books and other materials devoted to American Indian culture. Spread out on a table in front of her was a traditional Pendleton Indian blanket, engraved with her name and her Native American Woman of the Year designation. On her wrist was a silver engraved bracelet given to her by her parent committee members during an Indian Student Honors Society awards banquet in May. One of her most precious awards, however, is not in her room — an eagle feather given to her by a student she’d worked with from kindergarten who graduated this year. The feather’s shaft was beaded by the student’s grandfather. “The eagle feather is the most honored and sacred gift in our society,” Yellowfish said. “I am so humbled by that gift.” It will go alongside Yellowfish’s other eagle feather, one given to her by her father and the grandfather after whom she is named, Sidney Moore, when she graduated from college. The full-circle nature of the gifts is not lost on Yellowfish “For me, I feel like family is the most important thing,” she said. “Then education for all students, and wanting to share about our tribes and the revitalization of our languages.”
ACTIVITIES Activities are available daily at Will Rogers Senior Activity Center, 3501 Pat Murphy Drive, and at Woodson Park Senior Activity Center, 3401 S May. For a schedule, call Will Rogers at 942-4339 or Woodson Park at 681-3266.
Request for Qualifications (Sealed Bid) Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town is seeking Design/Build services for a 5,500 square foot Senior Activities Center construction project. The project will include both facilities and parking. The scope of the designbuild services includes, but is not limited to: surveying, design, site development and construction of this facility. The successful respondent will be responsible for surveys, securing all permits, verifying zoning criteria and compliance will all Federal Regulation. Indian owned (51% or greater) Construction Contractors only, may apply for this project. Selection of an Indian Owned Design/Build construction firm will be based on evaluation of the following in descending order: Firm Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Staff Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Availability to meet Schedule of 200 days, with points available from 0-15; Past experience working with Tribes, with points available from 0-15; Firm Past Design/Build Performance, with points available from 0-15; Firm meets Tribes membership requirements, with points available from 05. This project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 12 U.S.C. 1701u and 24 CFR Part 135 which implement the Act. These regulations will be incorporated into all contracts and sub-contracts. Offeror's can be a partnership, corporation, association, and/or other legal entity which will have contractual responsibility for the project. A proposed joint venture should provide profiles for all firms in the joint venture. Provide four Qualification packets, including all items as stated above, for selection. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will review all aspects of this project. Qualification packets must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Friday, CSDT, June 15, 2010, at the Tribal Headquarters in 101 East Broadway, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Attn: Mr. Percy Harrell, ICDGB Coordinator. Further information may be obtained from Mr. Harrell at (405) 220-6139.
NOTICE Notice is hereby given by G S & T Energy & Exploration LLC 2417 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK 74105 that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR 165:10-5-4, 165:10-5-5 and RP 165:5-7-27 authorize the approval of the following commercial disposal well: APPLICATION NO: 1007890021 WELL: GS&T SWD #1 LOCATION: SW NE SE SW 18-11N-17E McIntosh Co. FORMATION: FIRST SIMPSON, UPPER MCLISH, LOWER MCLISH, OIL CREEK AND ARBUCKLE 3054-4568 ft. RATE & PRESSURE: 35,000 BPD @ 500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within 15 days of this notice. Saleem Nizami - Regulatory Petroleum Geologist American Petroleum & Envir. Cons. APEC, Inc. 2236 NW 164th Street Edmond, OK 73013 PH: 405-513-6055
OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007640139 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 50; C-NWN -NWN , of Sec 29-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5150’ BOTTOM: 5184’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007540008 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 16A; Location: S2, N2, NW1/4, SW1/4 of Sec 21-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5140’ BOTTOM: 5178’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007210029 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Creek County, Oklahoma:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Rick Pulliam Oil and Gas, Inc. P.O. Box 292 Bristow, OK 74010, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Graham #3 C-SW SW SE 09-16N08E Creek, County *NOTE: (Lease name, well number and location of well to nearest 10 acre spot OR footages from section line) NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Jones and Hogshooter 1160 (H) (H) 1163 TOP: 1525(J) BOTTOM: (J) 1538 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 500 Bbs/day VAC Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000
PUBLIC AUCTION ABANDONED PROPERTY IN UNPAID STORAGE UNITS SATURDAY, JUNE 05, 2010 11:00AM AT HARVEY SELF STORAGE 5300 N HARVEY AVE, OKLA CITY, OK 73118 405-842-0558 CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNITS SCHEDULED FOR SALE. #111 AMBER BROOKS 721 NE 31ST ST OKC, OK 73105 MISC ITEMS #269 REGGIE ROBINSON 1207 NW 33RD OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #336 & 366 ELDONIA M HICKS PO BOX 11744 OKC, OK 73136 MISC ITEMS #253 CHRISTINA SISSENSTEIN 2805 NW 64TH OKC, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #291 JERRY MCCUTCHEON 3508 NE 115TH OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #261 VINCENT/MARY TRENT 1419 NW 20TH ST OKC,OK 73106 MISC ITEMS #342 MICAH C MAGNESS 1203 BELFORD AVE NICHOLS HILLS, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #256 DOUG HANCOCK 533 NW 30TH ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #181 AMBER N MORRISON 4857 N BLACKWELDER APT 139 OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #10 LEE WILSON 4116 PARK LANE OKC, OK MISC ITEMS #162 TERI RICE 9315 S SHARTEL APT 104 OKC, OK 73139 MISC ITEMS #254 ALBERT SCHUNEMAN 924 W HILL ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS Notice is hereby given that on 6/19/10, at 9:00 a.m. at Sir, Llc, 4321 SE 33rd, Del City, OK, the undersigned, Sir, Llc will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: Space Number: 137 Cynthia Harwell 4221 Oakbrook Del City, OK 73115 Space Number: 175 Christopher Martin 4317 S.E. 40th St. Del City, OK 73114
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I-35 introduces state to ‘monotube’ sign design BY JAMES S. TYREE Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The state’s first “monotube” overhead interstate sign posts were installed recently in Norman, and the state Transportation Department plans to use more at other locations, including the Crosstown Expressway project under way in Oklahoma City. The curved overhead design debuted recently as the northern half of the Interstate 35 widening project in Norman is wrapping up. David Meuser, a Transportation Department spokesman, confirmed the sign posts in Norman are the first in the state. He said the design has fewer structural parts, which means less maintenance, yet is as durable as traditional overhead posts. “They’re referring to them as ‘monotubes,’ ” Meuser said Wednesday. “The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means less possibility for wear and tear and fractures. They are made with galvanized steel
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IN BRIEF STUDENTS TO WALK FOR CHARITY Students from several metro-area schools will join forces this weekend in a global charity walk to eradicate childhood hunger and malnutrition. Walk the World will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the state Capitol. Last year’s walk, which took place in 24 time zones, raised enough funding to provide meals to 20,000 children in the world’s poorest countries. Schools taking part include Casady School, Heritage Hall, Putnam City High School and Mercy School. Other groups collaborating for the walk include United Nations Association of Greater Oklahoma City, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Respect Diversity Foundation, Peace House and Peace Education Institute. To register for the walk or for more information, go to www.una-okc.org/walk2010.html.
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This new wind-resistant design for sign posts on Interstate 35 recently was installed between Main and Robinson streets. The sign posts in Norman are among the first of their kind in the state. The state Transportation Department will install more throughout Oklahoma. PHOTOS BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
and can withstand the same wind force as the current design.” The Transportation Department also plans to install the overhead sign
Workers put new signs on newly styled wind-resistant poles along a widened stretch of Interstate 35.
structures along the southern half of I-35 in Norman from Main Street to the Canadian River. That phase of the I-35 widening project, which could take several years and up to $200 million to
complete, is still in its planning phase. The overhead monotubes should pop up in other parts of the metro area and state, Meuser said, though plans are not finalized at this point.
The Miss Black Oklahoma 2010 pageant will be at 7 p.m. June 19 at Douglass High School, 900 Martin Luther King Ave. This year’s theme is Strength, Courage and Honor, a tribute to Clara Luper for her 41 years of service to the pageant. She’s the state promoter for the pageant and the pageant’s creator. Pageant organizers are looking for any past Miss Black Oklahoma winners to participate in the ceremony. Tickets are $25. To order tickets, send a check to 730 W Britton Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73114, or e-mail missblackoklahoma@gmail.com. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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Judge upholds diploma decision BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — A judge on Wednesday let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma. Tulsa County District Court Judge Linda Morrissey made her ruling after hearing about 90 minutes of pleadings from Sperry School District attorney Stephen F. Bulleigh and attorney Perry Newman, who represented former Sperry student Oanh “Annie” Pham, 18, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Morrissey on Wednesday denied an emergency motion by Bulleigh to vacate her judgment on May 20, when she ruled Pham should be allowed to receive a Sperry diploma based on a state law permitting an exception to
graduation requirements. The Sperry School Board voted 2-1 on May 13 against making that exception. Pham, who was hosted in the United States by Newman’s family, participated in graduation ceremonies on May 22 but has not received her diploma. “We knew all along what the law said and to have a judge confirm every argument that we made to the board, every position that we took, every authority that we presented to the board is wonderful,” Newman said after the Wednesday ruling. “A member of the board of education made a comment that he wanted a judge to decide the issue. And a judge has now.” Morrissey deliberated in chambers about 45 minutes before rendering her decision. Bulleigh declined to comment on the ruling
and whether he thought the district would appeal. Newman said he anticipated an appeal. Pham returned to Vietnam earlier this week and is expected back in Oklahoma in midAugust to attend Oklahoma State University. Pham enrolled in the Sperry district as a senior in August and received straight A’s, taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 26 on her ACT exam. Accepted to Tulsa and Oklahoma universities and Oklahoma State, she was selected to receive a scholarship of more than $8,000 a year from OSU. “We’re really thrilled for Annie that this chapter of her life is over and she can look forward to continuing on with college,” Newman said. According to the Oklahoma Education Code, the state Board of Education
shall adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer from out of state after their junior year shall not be denied, because of differing graduation requirements, the opportunity to receive a standard diploma. The law allows Oklahoma school boards to make exceptions to graduation requirements on an individual basis. Bulleigh argued Wednesday that the phrase “out-of-state” refers to the transfer of students from state-to-state. Morrissey disagreed. The judge said the statutory language “from outof-state must be taken as its plain and ordinary meaning, as applying to any student who came to Sperry from any location outside the state of Oklahoma.” Bulleigh wrote in his motion about the May 13 vote that “such an act is
Oanh Kim Pham, center, with host parents Perry and Angie Newman. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD
wholly within the discretion of Sperry. Thus, Plaintiff cannot establish she has the right to a diploma.” Morrissey found that a Sperry transcript certified in November 2009 showed that Pham had earned 39 credits. The judge said the only written evidence to
the contrary is an undated, unsigned and uncertified graduation checklist that indicated that Pham had eight credits. “The court finds that the petitioner has earned and exceeded the necessary requirements for graduation,” the judge said.
Details emerge in abduction, shooting of man BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com
A cattle egret takes flight near NW 10 and Council in Oklahoma City.
PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
DON’T HAVE REGRETS, SEE VISITING EGRETS The great egrets are the first to arrive, and they’re the ones that pick the spot. Maybe it’s because they’re so great. Every summer I’m intrigued by a grove of trees just southwest of NW 10 and Council Road. It’s the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America. They all fly north from different places, and eventually they’ll keep flying north to different destinations. But for a few weeks, they’ll all be here. Wildlife experts don’t know why the birds choose this spot. Sometimes it will vary a bit — maybe a little west, maybe a little north. But NW 10 and Council Road seems to be the spot. The great egrets usually come in March, the little blue herons in April and everybody else after that. They hang out in a giant bird festival until the weather turns cool. Then they all leave in different groups until all that’s left is an empty grove. No matter where you live, this is something worth seeing. Here are some tips for visiting the egret colony: Don’t get too close to the birds. They’re protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so no smacking them around either. Don’t try to feed them. They eat insects and such; they’re not
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A man who says he was abducted, shot and left in rural Pottawatomie County is improving at an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said. Larry Cawthon, 56, told police four men abducted him and shot him in the stomach Tuesday morning before dumping him in southwest Pottawatomie County. In a 911 call Cawthon made from his cell phone he said he had kept in his boot, he told a dispatcher, “I’ve just been shot.” Cawthon said he was shot “in the belly.” When asked where he was, he replied, “I don’t have a clue.” He also said, “I was at work. ... A few guys came out where I work at.” Cawthon then struggle
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Great egret: Most stand almost 4 feet tall. They have black legs and a yellowish bill. They primarily eat fish. Cattle egret: About 80 percent of the Council Road colony are these. They have white feathers, yellowish bills and legs and stand about 21⁄2 feet tall. They usually eat grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Little blue heron: Their feathers are a purple-blue color, and the tips of their bills are black. They stand about 3 feet tall. They primarily eat fish. Black-crowned night heron: These white and black birds have red eyes and are mostly nocturnal. They eat fish, frogs, crawfish, snakes and sometimes the young of other herons. Snowy egret: This species is the least common in the Council Road colony. They have white feathers, yellow feet and black bills and legs. They eat mostly crawfish.
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Audio To hear the 911 call, go to NewsOK. com and search for “Larry Cawthon.”
to talk and breathe. Police tracked his cell phone to an area about 10 miles south of Tecumseh, where law officers found him in an open field. He was flown to OU Medical Center. Cawthon’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious, hospital spokeswoman Natalie Scott said. Scott said Cawthon’s family does not want to be interviewed and Cawthon does not want to comment about the incident.
Suspect in shooting surrenders to police BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
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MIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County man charged with shooting at two Miami police officers was taken into custody at a Grove hospital, said Bob Ernst, Ottawa County undersheriff. Kevin Eugene Brownfield, 38, of Miami, surrendered to authorities on Monday, Ernst said. He is charged in Ottawa County District Court with shooting a police officer with intent to kill. He remains in jail on a $500,000 bail. Brownfield had been hospitalized since April 13 in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after he was shot by Miami police officers Michael Brashers and Richard Cummings, who were responding to a domestic violence call. According to the Joplin Globe, Brownfield allegedly came out of an apartment with a shotgun and shot Brashers in the hip. Brashers fired back with a shotgun and hit Brownfield in the arm. Brownfield retreated into the apartment but reemerged moments later and began to raise his gun when Brashers and Cummings both shot him in the abdomen, authorities said. Brashers was not seriously injured.
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A cattle egret in a rookery in June 2008 near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City.
interested in your sandwich. Unless you have an insect sandwich. Go when the temperature is a little cooler. The warmer it is, the more the bird colony smells like, you know, a bunch of birds.
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Cause sought in fatal fire BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
JET — The cause of a Monday night house fire that killed a 7-year-old Alfalfa County boy and his grandmother remains unknown, Sheriff Charlie Tucker said Wednesday. The bodies of Marchaleen Radig, 48, and Gabriel Luna, were found lying on Radig’s bedroom floor. Don Radig told investigators he heard a small explosion or a popping sound right before he noticed the fire, he said. The one-story wooden frame home is thought to be one of the first houses built in the community, 35 miles northwest of Enid, Tucker said.
Radig kicked out an air conditioner unit in a bedroom to escape, he said. When he realized his family hadn’t followed, he got a ladder and tried to go back through the window. Radig suffered minor scratches and bruises. His son, Austin Radig, 22, was taken to Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid with smoke inhalation. A neighbor was taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid with smoke inhalation, Tucker said. Fire and medical personnel were called to the scene about 11:38 p.m., too late to save the house. “The state fire marshal’s hasn’t determined what caused the fire,” Tucker said.
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Cuts lead some schools to combine EDUCATION | SMALL, STRUGGLING DISTRICTS PUSHED OVER EDGE BY LACK OF FUNDING BY MURRAY EVANS The Associated Press
With the Washita Heights School District out of money and no help on the horizon, Superintendent Steve Richert went before the school board and told its members he needed to lose his job — because the district would have to be shut down. The district’s already precarious financial situation became untenable when state appropriations began to be cut as legislators scrambled to make up a $669 million budget hole for the current fiscal year. Richert worked the numbers and determined his school district — which served the tiny Washita County towns of Corn and Colony — would run out of money by May 1. The western Oklahoma district was able to finish out the school year, barely, and now has been consolidated with neighboring Cordell, leaving Richert to wrap up Washita Heights’ remaining business by June 30. “Technically and legally, Washita Heights is a memory right now,” Richert said last week, sitting in his office. “We no longer exist.”
Similar stories are being told across Oklahoma. Two other districts — Goodland in Choctaw County and Boley in Okfuskee County — have consolidated with neighboring districts. School patrons in Braman in Kay County and White Oak in Craig County voted to eliminate their high schools in an effort to preserve their districts. The culprit in most of the closures and consolidations? A lack of students, which translates to less public funding. Small schools already struggling to maintain instructional standards were pushed over the virtual precipice by state funding cuts. And those cuts aren’t done yet, as lawmakers had about $1.2 billion less to spend for the upcoming fiscal year than for the current one.
How much was cut? A $6.7 billion state budget originally included $2.375 billion for common education, although state education officials say that number dropped by $8.5 million even as the budget agreement worked its way through the Legislature. Although legislative leaders say common edu-
cation received “only” a 2.9 percent budget cut, that was from a revised, $2.446 billion appropriation level determined in March, after the budget crunch hit the state in earnest. When compared to what the Legislature appropriated last May for the current fiscal year — about $2.572 billion — schools will see a budget reduction of about 7.6 percent. And, according to state Education Department officials, it’s really a little worse: 8.9 percent after figuring in other reductions and shortfalls, such as state funding for rising health care costs. “I would say it’s the most devastating cut education has ever taken,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. “It’s a very sad state of affairs, and the more we can do to make our message clear and to not be using a wrong percentage cut … then perhaps folks will start understanding that (the state’s) priorities are misplaced.”
Too many districts? Bell Public School in Adair County lost its accreditation last week. After it is consolidated,
FISSURE LEAVES TULSA WITH SINKING FEELING FROM TULSA WORLD REPORTS
TULSA — Traffic was being diverted off Interstate 44 Wednesday because of a sinkhole that developed in its westbound lanes near Lewis Avenue. The sinkhole is several yards across and covers parts of the westbound traffic lanes, as well as the shoulder. Water could be seen Wednesday in the bottom of the hole. The state Department of Transportation reported that the hole continues underneath the highway’s eastbound lanes. Crews are evaluating the extent of the damage and are bringing in asphalt trucks to fill in the hole. They hope to have the highway reopened by about noon today. “This obviously affects the morning rush,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.
A firefighter looks at a sinkhole Wednesday in Tulsa. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD/AP
George Brown said. “If you routinely travel these roadways, people need to expect delays.” Brown asked that people “be patient with us and let ODOT do their repair.” Eastbound traffic is being diverted as far back as the Peoria Avenue exit, and westbound traffic is being diverted at Lewis
Avenue, according to the the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The department is also shutting down the westbound I-44 exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway and the eastbound I-44 exit from U.S. 75. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area until further notice.
Fletcher superintendent gets top school chief title BY MEGAN ROLLAND Staff Writer mrolland@opubco.com
Superintendent Kathryn Turner with Fletcher Public Schools received top honors for school chiefs Wednesday from the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators for work in the Comanche County district over the past six years. Fletcher was named Superintendent of the Year for a list of accomplishments — particularly for renovations and additions to the district’s buildings and the implementation of an after-school program and a free summer school program, a news release from the association said.
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The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators also named Carla Kimberling, of Norman Public Schools, the Assistant Superintendent of the Year. Kimberling supervises curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through 12th grade in Norman and oversees programs ranging
from Advanced Placement to gifted education. Kimberling has been an administrator for 26 years. Both educators will be honored June 10 during an annual conference hosted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration at the Meridian Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
Plea deal in fatal crash draws prison term BY NOLAN CLAY Staff Writer nclay@opubco.com
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in an Oklahoma prison for a 2008 traffic fatality. Alfredo Enrique Ramos, 21, pleaded guilty May 21 to first-degree manslaughter. He faces deportation to Mexico after his release.
Ramos admitted in court papers he ran a stop sign while speeding in a pickup “and struck a car the victim was in.” The collision was at an intersection in far northwest Oklahoma County about 9 p.m. June 15, 2008. Killed was Wilford Ross Johnson, 82, of Oklahoma City. The victim was a passenger in a Mustang
that was struck. Two others in the Mustang were severely injured. Ramos also admitted his driver’s license had been suspended in 2005 and that he lied to a sheriff’s deputy about who was driving, records show. Prosecutors alleged he was driving drunk. The case was resolved through a plea agreement.
Oklahoma will have 528 districts — four fewer than last year, but a number that some legislators still call excessive. State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, is a vocal critic of what he believes is bloated administration within Oklahoma’s public school system. Russell said Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia combined have fewer school districts than Oklahoma. “How can we justify having more school districts than those four states combined?” Russell asked. “And they’re Southern states with very similar social values that we have here in Oklahoma. They get it, that you cannot have an overadministration and expect dollars to go to teachers in the classroom.” A graduate of Del City High School with two children who attend public schools, Russell said he believes too many highpaid administrators are keeping state dollars for education from going where they’re needed — to teachers and classrooms. “It’s very hard to justify $250,000 salaries for superintendents when the commanding general of all
IN BRIEF RESORT SAYS NO TO POT VAIL, Colo. — Govern-
ment officials in Vail have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within the popular skiing destination. Vail council members who voted for the ban Tuesday say marijuana dispensaries would contradict with the image they’ve tried to set for the town. The Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill includes a provision that allows cities and towns to ban dispensaries.
BLAZE CHARS 1,800 ACRES DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A
human-caused wildfire in the Chirachahua Mountains along the ArizonaNew Mexico border was 16 percent contained Wednesday after charring 1,800 acres. Coronado National Forest officials say the Horseshoe Fire was first spotted on May 26 and is burning in rugged terrain in a remote area. The fire isn’t endangering any structures. Officials say almost 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be fully contained by June 15.
N.M. TO MAKE NUCLEAR FUEL EUNICE, N.M. —
Dignitaries gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a $3 billion uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico, the first major nuclear facility to be licensed in the U.S. in the past three decades. The Louisiana Energy Services plant in Eunice, N.M., currently has more than 1,000 construction and contracting jobs. It is expected to have 308 full-time jobs. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., calls the plant “a unique opportunity for New Mexico and our nation.” He says the first phase of the plant will provide up to 25 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel needs. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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forces overseas doesn’t even make $200,000,” Russell said. “Who has more responsibility — someone in charge of 1,000 students or someone in charge of thousands of soldiers’ lives in life-ordeath situations?” Russell said that, given the state’s massive budget shortfall, he expected education to take deeper cuts. “You cannot put 98 percent of the state’s budget cuts on 45 percent of the budget. It does not work,” he said. “And if you try to take a stand and portray these things to the Oklahoma people, then suddenly you hate teachers and children. “I don’t hate teachers and I don’t hate children, but I do hate waste, and I hate people denying there is a problem.” There was no denying a problem existed before the school year began in Braman, located about five miles south of the Kansas state line. Superintendent
Rustin Clark said because of declining enrollment the district faced potentially major financial issues and that before the budget cuts hit severely, patrons decided in February to try and preserve the district by closing the high school at the end of this school year. While the budget cuts “were not the deciding factor for us,” Clark said that “it certainly validated that we made a good decision.” “Even if the state had not cut, we were going to have to do something,” Clark said. “The community was faced with a tough decision. If they did nothing and they kept the high school, the district would have been completely broke at the end of next year. They would have had to close the whole district. Or, they could cut off the high school and run an efficient K-8 district and maintain it into the foreseeable future.”
Former pastor plans new church BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
— Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 31⁄2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. “This is my resurrection day,” he declared. Haggard said his new venture would not be a megachurch like New Life Church, the congregation he founded in 1985 and then left in 2006 after a male prostitute said Haggard paid him for sex. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others. “I have an incredible heart for broken people,” he said. “I think we’re qualified to hold people’s hands” in times of trouble. Haggard made his announcement outside his home, a two-story, brickfronted structure with a large barn, a swimming pool and white-fenced corrals on Colorado
Springs’ north side, not far from New Life Church. Wearing an open-neck shirt and jeans, Haggard sounded both optimistic and chastened, calling himself a repentant sinner and a broken man who believes he can still provide help for others. “When the crash came in my personal life, it was so incredibly embarrassing and heartbreaking,” he said. “It broke me. And I’m still broken, some.” Haggard said a television documentary on the birth of his new church was a possibility but nothing was certain. At his new church, Haggard said he will teach that God intended marriage to be a monogamous union of a man and a woman. But he said heterosexual marriage was just one ideal in a long list of things God wants people to do, including pray, be healthy and stay monogamous. In an interview with The Associated Press after his announcement, Haggard said he was in counseling from the time of his 2006 downfall until recently, dealing with both his sexual identity and the feelings of shame.
Researchers predict active storm season BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an active hurricane season that could complicate efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers said Wednesday that they expect 18 named storms to develop in the Atlantic, including 10 hurricanes. Five are expected to be major, and there’s an aboveaverage probability of a major storm — one with sustained winds of at least 111 mph — hitting land in the United States or Caribbean. The forecast has worsened since April, when university researchers predicted 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes, because of much warmer tropical Atlantic surface temperatures and cooling Pacific conditions. Researcher William
Gray said storms that hit the Gulf could help or hurt efforts to keep oil away from the coast, depending on the course the storms take and how soon the flow of oil is stopped. While the hurricane season officially started Tuesday, major storms still aren’t likely for another 2½ to 3 months. If a storm develops to the west of the spill, the storm’s counterclockwise rotation could drive the oil to beaches to the north, Gray said. However, he said a storm developing to the east could help drive oil away from the coast. Storms could also churn up the water, causing the oil to sink below the surface and the spill to disperse, spreading its damage along a wider swath, he said. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
Car tag leads officers to arrests in slaying FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people Wednesday in connection with a May 16 shooting outside a convenience store in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Team arrested Spence Nelson, 19, and Cory Nelson, 18, at a home in the 9500 block of NE 42, on complaints of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The two had warrants for their arrest in connection with the shooting death of Edward Yearby, 25, of De Soto, Texas, who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store at Reno Avenue and N Lincoln Boulevard. The shooting stemmed from a disagreement in the parking lot of the CocaCola Bricktown Events Center. According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses saw two cars leave the convenience store with the
Spence Nelson
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suspects. Witnesses identified one of the cars by the tag number. Two other victims, Brenton Williams, 24, of Ennis, Texas, and Justin Reed, 26, of Grand Prairie, Texas, drove to JRS Travel Center to wait for police. They suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. Another man, Randy Hall II, 19, was arrested on murder and assault complaints in the case. He has not been charged.
Randy Hall II
ONLINE Video To watch a video of police talking about the May 16 shooting and the men’s arrests, go to NewsOK.com and search for “Circle K shooting.”
ANADARKO
Poolaw, Lester Gene Jr., 45, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. today, Rock Springs Cemetery (Comanche Nation, Lawton).
ed will be taken to the jail. “The most important thing is nobody gets hurt,” Weaver said. “So far everything is going very smoothly.” Complaints about illegal drug sales led to undercover investigations and illegal drug purchases by agents during the past four months, he said. Weaver said drugs seized include methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription drugs. A meth lab and four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, also were found during the raids, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said. “It’s really a snapshot of everything we see, just a smorgasbord of drugs,” Weaver said.
Marine enters plea in girl’s rape BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
LAWTON — A Marine has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Logan Bryan Combs, 20, of Lawton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape. Formal sentencing is set for July 26. Combs is the second person to enter a plea in the sexual assault of the sixthgrade student. Amy Marie Rivera, 34, of Fletcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to procuring a child for lewdness or other indecent acts, records show. Combs remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other Marines, Jordan Patrick Kinshella, 19, of Maple Valley, Wash.,
and Curtis Grant Dorton, 20, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., are charged in Comanche County District Court in Lawton with first-degree rape. Both Kinshella and Dorton are free on $25,000 bail. The men are accused of assaulting the girl who was used by Rivera to lure Marines to hotels where they engaged in sex games and used alcohol and drugs, according to court records. Rivera and the victim attended six to eight parties at Lawton hotels between March and June 2009, court records state. During that time the victim claimed to have engaged in sex with three Marines and kissed and touched others, all with Rivera’s knowledge, records state. The Marines all said they didn’t know the girl was underage.
Bomb incident prompts warning BY BOB DOUCETTE Staff Writer bdoucette@opubco.com
EDMOND — Call it a harmless prank or
juvenile curiosity. But police call it a felony. Edmond’s bomb squad was called out Tuesday night to investigate the detonation of a plastic bottle chemical bomb after residents in a neighborhood near 15th Street and Coltrane heard the device detonate. The explosion was reported about 11:30 p.m. Police aren’t sure who set it off, and no injuries were reported. “This is actually very serious,” Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said Wednesday. “It’s mostly children
doing it, thinking it’s fun to blow something up.” People often use the Internet to get information on building these small chemical bombs, said Rockie Yardley, an investigator with the city’s bomb squad. The mixture inside the bottle causes pressure and heat to build up, eventually causing the bottle to explode, Yardley said. The resulting explosion can injure people with plastic shrapnel, flames and hot acids, Yardley said. “When we see them, we don’t even approach them,” he said. “We’ll deal with it remotely.” Chemical bombs are illegal. It’s a felony to build, possess, detonate or even have the ingredients to make one, Yardley said.
Aaron Keith Farrow, 28, and Ashley Rose Angleton, 27. Jimmy Lavern Adams, 43, and Grace Renee Craig, 48. Graham Patrick Colton, 28, and Helen Elizabeth Hoehn, 25. Blake Michael Westbrook, 24, and Victoria Anne Willett, 22. Billy Wayne Clark, 36, and Alberta Nicole Swanegan Owens, 29. Bryan Russell Lettenmaier, 35, and Melanie Dawn Seward, 34. Ival J. Hale, 76, and Norma Faith Clark, 72. Ty Nickolas Ray, 24, and Toni Lynn Blagowsky, 24. Kevin Ashley Dunn, 31, and Kevynn Elaine Sanford, 27. Frederick Decarlos Baisden, 30, and Tacara Shimika McKinney, 26. Michael Len Spencer Jr., 31, and Dakin Lenelle Franklin, 30. Jose Franco Gallegos, 28, and Amalia Ivonee Pedroza Jacobo, 27. Jordan Patrick Steger, 21, and Kassidy Leanne Jackson, 21. Aaron Lee Daharsh, 29, and Sara Elizabeth Justice, 25.
Dameon D. Aranda, 35, and Eva Judith Raubert, 27. Mario Roberto Ruiz Espinoza, 34, and Aime Segoviano Zarate, 32. Jason Dwayne Lunsford, 35, and Jeri Ann Austin, 27. Dane Robert Beck, 22, and Kylie Amanda Begarek, 21. Matthew Ryan Blanchard, 23, and Jessica Alene Wilson, 19. Jimmy Wayne Stetler, 43, and Mona Katheryn Lee, 54. Jeffrey Gene Hirsch, 60, and Dana Ann Floyd, 51. Kirk Andrell Gray, 49, and Ingrid Dunn, 49. Shon Sharif Yousif, 23, and Cortney Ann Threadgill, 25. Michael Gary Bryson, 61, and Kimberly Ann Williams, 51. Joshua Dwayne Walker, 27, and Laci Larhea Hood, 24. Austin Chase Ballard, 26, and Gracie Laran Hamper, 21. Jason Edward Schumacher, 24, and Jacqueline Natalia Cope, 24. Danny Lew Glazier, 62, and Rosebel Baisa Mondano, 45. Maurice Clark, 24, and Jeanette
Dutcher, Louise B., 97, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (NeekampLuginbuel, Bartlesville). Nulisch, Marvin E., 74, died Saturday. Services pending (Arnold Moore, Bartlesville).
BEGGS
Ramsey, Carlial Thomas “C.T.” Jr., 82, retired seismograph shooter, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (McClendon-Winters, Beggs).
BETHANY
Moore, Beulah I., 93, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany).
BOSWELL
Bertis, Wilson John, 70, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant).
CLINTON
McGinnis, Earnest “Mac,” 93, retired mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
CORN
Daubert, Jim, 68, deputy, dozer operator and farmer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Hinton (Hinton-Turner, Hinton).
COYLE
Matthews, Jeremiah Angel, infant son of Gregory Bufford and Ashley Matthews, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. today, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon ( Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
William James
Second juvenile escapee captured BY ALTHEA PETERSON
Elias Avila, 23, and Julie Elaine Fraire, 20. Jason Daniel Taylor, 25, and Emily Nicole Haynes, 22. Joshua Eric Bridges, 29, and Mary Christine Aspy, 27. Johnny Monroe Chandler, 29, and Delana Renee Anderson, 29.
Harris, Thomas Jr., 86, retired from state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka). Hess, Dorothy May, 82, died Friday. Mass was Tuesday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
BARTLESVILLE
MCALESTER — More than 100 law officers raided homes in the McAlester area Wednesday after a four-month investigation by undercover officers targeting illegal drug sales. Officers from many law enforcement agencies began serving 44 arrest warrants about 5:30 a.m., said Darrell Weaver, director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control. As of 4:30 p.m., 33 people had been arrested. A temporary booking area has been set up in McAlester to alleviate some of the work for Pittsburg County jailers, Weaver said. Eventually, all those arrest-
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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McCane, Alton, 47, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Valliant (Rogan, Hugo).
FROM STAFF REPORTS
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McAlester raids target illegal drug operations
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PURCELL — A second escapee from the L.E. Rader Center was captured in central Oklahoma Tuesday night, authorities said. William James, 17, was captured about 10:20 p.m. after he was spotted by an off-duty Purcell police officer, officials with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs reported Wednesday. Police encountered James and Dillon Blair Herzfeld, 15, as the boys were riding bicycles on Interstate 35 north of Purcell about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Officers determined that they were the teens who had escaped last week from the Rader Center, a juvenile lockup in Sand Springs, according to a news release from the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Herzfeld was taken into custody Monday, but James escaped by running across four lanes of I-35, authorities said. Both juveniles have been returned to Rader and will be placed in the Intensive Treatment Program, a more secure unit, a Juvenile Affairs official said. James, whom authorities said is also known as “Tharp,” was sent to the Rader Center after being found delinquent of indecent exposure, concealing stolen property and larceny. Herzfeld was found delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation, the Juvenile Affairs officials said.
Roshelle Carbajal, 23. Joshua John Pendleton, 28, and Selina Ann Ruiz, 33.
DIVORCES ASKED
Arroyo, Juana v. Jose Cadena Trevino, Juan Antonio v. Coly, Ruth Carbone, Ronald Michael v. Lorri L. Collins, Olivia Dyan v. Barrett, Jesse Adam Dunlap, Catherine v. David Fraizer, Crystal M. v. James E. Garrison, Michael D. v. Sherry A. Grant, Tony J. v. Haley M. Hood, Michael James v. Ashleigh Dawn Longeway, Steffani E. v. John S. Morgan, Eufaula L. v. Anthony Naberhaus, Joseph Robert v. Victoria Clare Plodek, David Alan v. Rachele Anne Stouwie, Diane Elaine v. David Allen Thummel, Julee v. David Womack, Mark S. v. Jo A. Woodral, Olivia Jane v. Charles Owen Young, Melvin G. v. Linda
CROMWELL
Hassell, Teresa Kay (Barnes), 46, school cook, died Tuesday. Services 9 a.m. Friday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).
DEL CITY
Harris, Cleo Louie, 94, mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Ford, Del City). Pearson, Lavonna Oleta, 75, hairdresser, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Sunny Lane, Del City).
DEWEY
Groomes, Bessie Melvinia, 67, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). Wilcox, Doris Lee, 86, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Town and Country House (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
EDMOND
Van Stavern, Nicholas, 13, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Smith-Kernke, N May, Oklahoma City).
ENID
Ferreira, Dolores A., 58, office administrator, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Florence, the Rev. Robert G., 78, minister, died May 27. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Parrish, Sara E., 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Private services (HenningerHinson, Enid). Smith, Florence W., 88, died Tuesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
EUFAULA
Potter, Jimmie, 69, security guard, died May 23. Private services (Hunn, Black & Merritt, Eufaula).
FREDERICK
Holbrook, Tommy Wayne, 64, accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday (Jackson, Frederick).
HENRYETTA
Buring, James Dodge, 52, form-setter, died Tuesday. No services (Integrity, Henryetta).
HOOKER
Lynch, Johnny, 75, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church (Roberts Brothers, Hooker).
IDABEL
Jones, Lila, 52, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (White Family, Idabel).
KINGFISHER
Lankard, Betty M., 81, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kingfisher Cemetery (Sanders, Kingfisher).
MADILL
Gaylor, Ricky Lee “Rick,” 56, died Tuesday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Watts, Madill).
MIDWEST CITY
Barrientez, Santos, 75, retired from Air Force, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Barnes-Frederich, Midwest City). Day, Sherry Lynn, 63, waitress, died Tuesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland (Barnes-Friederich).
MOORE
Lee, Gordon A., 59, printer, died Friday. Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
MUSKOGEE
Collins, Lena F., 63, machine operator, died Wednesday. Private services (Bradley, Muskogee). Hutton, Wilbert, 70, crane operator, died Sunday. Services pending (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Shores, Junior Ray, 76, Navy veteran, died May 21. Graveside services noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Stebbins, Ruth, 104, telephone operator, died Wednesday. Services pending (Bradley, Muskogee).
NICOMA PARK
Norris, Vernon E., 92, painter, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today (Ford, Del City).
NOBLE
Matthews, Harold Ray, 62, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).
NORMAN
Parks, Nona B., 81, retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Francis (Criswell, Ada). Walton, Flora Ward, 65, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Primrose, Norman).
OKLAHOMA CITY
Abernathy, Charles, 58, died May 29. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Adams, Fines Joe Jr., 79, business owner, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Barnes, Mary E., 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Bellamy, Norma Jean, 81, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Braxton, James W., 48, died Tuesday. No services (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Button, Allen Dale, 59, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Cornell, Lois J., 95, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Hill Funeral Home (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Cotton, Jack Delbert, 90, masonry contractor, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Freeman, William “Bill,” 91, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son North, Oklahoma City). Garcia, Mariana, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Griffith, Albertine Leard, 89, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hall, Delores E., 90, died May 22. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Hoffman, Ruthie M., 61, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hooks, Leroy T. Sr., 70 died Monday. Services noon Friday, People’s Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Johnson, Donnie Mae, 88, died May 24. Eastern Star service 6 p.m. Friday, Rolfe Memorial Chapel. Services noon Saturday, Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Malone, Joshua DeQuan, 19, died Friday. Services pending (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Newsom, Linda Lee, 80, died Friday. Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Pendarvis, Mildred, 95, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Ramsey, Kathleen, 86, died May 27. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, True Vine Ministries (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Rivers, Yvonne J., 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall 9100 N Eastern (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Sampson, Andrea, 30, died Saturday. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Stewart, Louise, 91, died Saturday. Services Friday in San Angelo, Texas (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Stinnett, Lorene, 83, item manager at Tinker Air Force Base, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Sunny Lane, Del City). Thomas, James H., 72, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, GAP Restoration Chapel (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Valliant, Lucille, 77, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Wagner, Larry Reginald, 57, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Wilson, K. Nick, 67, attorney, died Tuesday. Services 3 p.m. Monday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Smith & Kernke N May, Oklahoma City). Young, Harold, 79, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
PAWNEE
Nelson, Tanner Kelly, 23, mechanical drafter, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Poteet, Pawnee).
POTEAU
Corr, Jerelyn Claxton, 73, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Evans & Miller, Poteau).
SALLISAW
Bateman, Lisa Ilene, 41, homemaker, died May 29. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Temple Church (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw). Robertson, Hubert Anderson Sr., 52, general laborer, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). Snow, Willard Mays, 86, farmer, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Agent, Sallisaw).
SEILING
Wills, Max W., 68, contract pumper, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday (Redinger, Seiling).
SPENCERVILLE
Watts, Sheila Marie, 45, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Rattan High School Gymnasium (Mills & Coffey, Antlers).
TAHLEQUAH
Audd, Robert Lewis, 60, framer, died May 18. Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). Ward, Ruth E., 82, nursery worker, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Parks, Harrah).
TONKAWA
Lee, Faye Cora, 92, died Tuesday. Services pending (Blackwell, Blackwell).
WAPANUCKA
Reed, Joey D., 28, landscaper, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Wapanucka School Auditorium (Clark, Tishomingo).
WELLSTON
Collier, Duranda M., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Lehman, Wellston).
WYNNEWOOD
Anderson, Kenneth Paul, 78, pipeline welder, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Sooner Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (DeArman, Wynnewood).
YUKON
Root, Mark Allen, 52, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (McNeil’s, Mustang). Organ donor
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Child advocate dies FROM STAFF REPORTS
Linda Reece, of Edmond, who dedicated her life to working with children, died Wednesday. She was 65. Reece was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1945 and met her husband, Robert, in 1963 while in college in Missouri. They were married in 1964. Reece devoted much of her time to children. She was involved in the CARE Center, which helps abused children, and was known as the “toy cart lady” at Children’s Hospi-
BUTTON Allen Dale Button, age 59, passed away May 30, 2010, in OKC, OK. He was born on June 12, 1950 to Clifton and Ima Jean Button of OKC. Allen graduated from Capital Hill H.S. in 1968 and married Judy Goodwin on October 11, 1968 in OKC. He received an Honorable Discharge after serving in the U.S.A.F, between Oct. 28, 1969 to Aug. 17, 1973. He was a retiree from Tinker Field AFB. He touched the lives of many with his wit, wisdom, and his generosity. He enjoyed fishing, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Judy Button of OKC, his children, daughter Stephanie Montgomery and her husband Clint of OKC, and son Ray Button of OKC, three sisters Beverly Fitzgerald, Debbie Johnston, and Diane Button, two granddaughters, and many nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends. Service will be held Friday June 6, 2010 at 10 am at Advantage Funeral Service 7720 S. Pennsylvania, OKC, OK 73159.
CAMP REID Loyce, died Saturday May 29, 2010 from complications of a heart attack. She is survived by her beloved partner, Rudolfo Cruz; children, Kim Camp & husband, Bill Velotta, Brian Camp & wife, JoLynne, Karen Minor & husband, Scott; step-son, Russell Reid; & her grandchildren, Madisson, Cassidy, & Mackenzie Camp, Allison & Cameron Minor. She was born in 1939 in Guthrie, OK where she lived until her senior year in high school. She then moved to Chickasha & graduated high school in 1958. Loyce stayed in touch with many of her childhood friends & frequently told funny stories of her life in Guthrie. She loved spending time with her family & took great pleasure in cooking for them. She was one heck of a bridge player and enjoyed traveling the world. Donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 4, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27th St. in Moore, OK. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.vondelsmithmor tuary.com
tal at OU Medical Center, where she pushed a cart of toys to give to children hospitalized there, Robert Reece said. She was also involved with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church and other organizations. Reece is survived by her husband; their three children, Kimberly KemballCook, David Reece and Elizabeth Reece; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland Ave. CORNELL Lois Jean Cornell was born on September 16, 1914 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to her parents Evan H. McConnell and Elsa B. (O’Keefe) McConnell. She was raised in Ohio and Michigan. Lois spent many years of her adult life working as a legal secretary for several Oklahoma City law firms during which time she formed close bonds with several of her co-workers. She was a fiercely independent woman and loyal employee. Lois was an avid cat lover and provided a home and food to several of the neighborhood kitty-cats. She leaves behind her best buddy “Annie,” who always seemed to be in her lap or close by. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, son Billie Longanecker, granddaughter Kathy Longanecker, her stepson Dahl Cornell, and her very close friend Faye Carter. She is survived by her family members in Florida, Cheryl Jones, Donna Cornell Moore, and Curtis Cornell and their children. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Ruth Longanecker and her children. Special thanks are offered to her loyal and loving caregivers, Cindy Hibbs and Lynda Blair, and her friend Linda Leemaster who assisted her frequently over the years, as well as the entire Valir Hospice staff who made her last few months very comfortable. A funeral service will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A Viewing will be held Friday at Bill Merritt Funeral Home from 8am-9pm.
GRIFFITH Albertine Griffith, 89, was welcomed into Heaven on May 30, 2010 after complications from a common medical procedure. Albertine was born September 3, 1920, in Durant, Oklahoma to Albert and Ina Leard. Albertine worked as a bookkeeper for the family business and as a homemaker. Abby, as her friends called her, was an exceptional artist and seamstress and was very creative in many ways. Abby served the Lord at Olivet Baptist Church with her husband Harold L. Griffith where they were married in 1941. Albertine was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joe Leard. She is survived by her husband Harold, brother Eugene Leard of Oklahoma City, 3 children David and wife, Tish, of Tulsa, Tom and wife Darla, of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Davis and husband Steve of Tulsa, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren with 2 more expected soon. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bill Merritt Funeral Home, Bethany, OK. Interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please contribute to: Heart and Hand Ministries, Inc., 7901 NW 23, Bethany, OK 73008.
METRO | STATE DOTSON James M., age 69, died Friday 5/28/10. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday 6/4/10 in the Earl M. Temple Memorial Chapel. Interment will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, OK.
GARCIA Alfred Cano Garcia “Taco” went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2010. A.C. was born on January 22, 1947 to Dorothy Cano and Jose Garcia in Victoria, Texas. A.C. loved life and helping people. He worked for the Salvation Army for twenty-four years. His mission in life was to make a difference in the lives of the hungry and the homeless, and he achieved that goal. Taco loved to play golf on Sundays and watch softball everyday. “Taco” we will all miss you dearly. He is preceded in death by his father Jose Garcia, mother Dorothy Cano, his brother Tony Garcia, sister Carol Heffley. He is survived by his wife Stella Garcia, daughters Tanya Clark, Tina Alvarez, Teresa Exinia and Jo Garcia, sons-in-law Richard Clark, and George Exinia, grandchildren Ricky and Raeven Clark, Tate and Hope Alvarez and Jorge and Marcella Exinia, Alexander, Alayna, step-daughters Tammy, Vickie and step-grandchildren John, Evan, Kayla, Karesha, and Josh. He is also survived by brothers Joe Garcia, Albert Garcia, Johnnie Garcia, sisters Rose Cramer, Anita Holstein, Linda Stewart, Janie Cockrill, and Mary Garcia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to: The Salvation Army, 300 SW 5, OKC, OK 73102. A memorial service will be held 6:00PM, Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 2808 SE 44, OKC, OK.
GRAY Annie Marie Swarb Gray was born on November 9, 1918, in Maud, OK, to Arthur and Myrtle Swarb. On July 19, 1937 she married Leon Dewey Gray in Norman, OK. They were married for 40 years before his death in 1977. Marie passed away in Houston, TX, on May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, Montez Brown and husband Dennis, Clarksville, TX, Michael and wife Connie, Orange, TX, Cheryl Shine and husband Michael, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Winona VanMeter, Tecumseh, OK; three brothers, J.S. Swarb, Dumas, TX , Joe Swarb, Roff, OK, and Ronald Swarb, Midwest City, OK. She served our country during World War II as a “Rosie the Riveter”, working on C-47 airplanes at Douglass Field and worked fourteen years for Mid-Del Schools in food service. She was a longtime member of Ridgecrest Church of Christ. She will be remembered as an expert cook, seamstress, quilter, and painter. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family, most especially her grandchildren and grand dogs. And an enthusiastic Sooner fan to the end. Funeral services will be held June 5, 2010, 1:00pm, at Ridgecrest Church of Christ, Midwest City, OK, with the burial to follow at the City of Tecumseh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123, www. houstonhospice.org
COBB Vernie V. Cobb, 83, departed this life and went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2010 in Baraboo, WI after a long battle with heart disease. Vernie was born in Alex, OK to Lynn and Nettie(Clark) Cobb and was 1 of 12 children. He grew up in OKC and attended Capitol Hill H.S. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and was a part of World War II abroad the USS Mullany in 1943. After returning home from the Navy he became a truck driver and worked for various companies in OKC and eventually started his own trucking co. He later retired in 1984. One of his many great adventures in life was starting the first ever truck driving academy in OKC. He met and married his first wife Norma Dean (Gray) in 1953. Together they created a wonderful family. One son Carl B. Salyer (C.B.) and wife Maryvonne of Fulton, N.Y., their children Michelle Silva, husband Jorge and their children Carlos and David, Brian Salyer and wife Michelle and their children Ian and Adam; two daughters Valerie (Cobb) Lee and husband Kenny and her daughter Sheila Hensley and husband Gavin and their children Mackinsey and Jace. Valgetti (Cobb) Thompson, her son Shane and his daughter Shyanne all of Oklahoma. He was a longtime member of the 32nd Degree Mason's. He was also a Shriner and was affiliated with the Nomads of OKC. In more recent years he was a part of the Eastern Star and served as the Worthy Matron in Natchitoches, LA and was a member of Nakatosh Azar. Vernie was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, brothers Roy, Clyde, Robert, and Claude Cobb and one sister Nettie Lou Johnson. He is survived by his children and their families along with his wife, Anne, of the home and her children Alexis Rebman and Todd Allen and their families, brothers Lewis of Norman, Jerry( Buster) of CA, Don of Mustang, sisters Leoda Winters, Lola (Snapper) Myers, and Doris Scott all of Mustang, many other loving family members and friends. He was a wonderful daddy, grandpa, poppy, brother, uncle and friend to all and will be missed greatly. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at Walnut Hill Cemetery (Redlin Funeral Home) Baraboo, WI. MELTON Cathy F. Melton was born in Oklahoma City August 16, 1956 and left this earth May 26, 2010. She leaves behind her husband of thirty-nine years, Joe and three children, Bryan, Jarad and April, of Oklahoma City; thirteen grandchildren and a special friend, Carol Harris. She was a member of LifeChurchSouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Williams and Geraldine Hayes; and two brothers, Billy and David Williams. Services for Cathy were June 3, 2010 at Life Church- South. NIBLETT Mack A. Niblett, 83, died 5/29/10. He was born in Troy, Oklahoma to Jasper and Ina (Day) Niblett. He grew up in Troy where he attended school. He was a spot welder for Capital Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers LD, Tommy, Chester and Otis, one sister Imogene, wife Dorothy, son Larry and step-son, Albert. Survivors include wife Sally, son Roger Glenn, brothers Tal and Mat, sister Edna, step-children Cathy and Marilyn, and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Thursday, 10:00 A.M. at Sunny Lane Family Church, 4221 S. Sunnylane, Del City, OK, with interment Saturday, 3 P.M. at Sunny Lane Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfu neral.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 KRAMER Graveside services for Carllene Loretta Kramer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are set for 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton. Rev. Stewart Malloy will be officiating. Mrs. Kramer passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her home in Oklahoma City. Carllene was born February 1, 1935 in Belton, Texas to Carl and Loretta (Johnson) Boney. Survivors include two sons, Foster Kramer and Steven Kramer, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; two daughters, Karen Poth of Temple and Peggy Kramer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Faye Bickley of Austin and Wanda Nordgren of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of arrangements. RAMSEY Kathleen C. Ramsey, 86, Okla. City, OK, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She is survived by 8 children, David Ramsey, Yvonne Gaddis, Coy Ramsey, Saundra Marshall, Mark Ramsey, Larry Ramsey, Quinnita Crowder, and John Ramsey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Truevine Ministries, Inc. Rolfe Funeral Home ROOT Mark Allan Root, age 52, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his home in Yukon. He was born February 2, 1958 in St. Louis, MO to Billy and Marjorie (Kinkeade) Root. Mark came to Mustang in 1966. He was a 1976 graduate of Mustang High School where he played football and was an All-State Wrestler. He served in the US Air Force and owned and operated Mark’s Mechanical for over 20 years, and recently worked in sales. He was a member of Uriah Masonic Lodge in Wheatland and was a Methodist. Preceded in death by his father Billy, one son Robert and one sister Renee. He is survived by his mother Marjorie Root of Yukon, one daughter Jessica Root and her mother Carla of Mustang, two brothers Brian Root and wife Carol of Marlow and Billy Root of Yukon. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, June 4, 2010 in the Chapel of The Good Shepherd at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, OK. Interment with Military Rites as well as Masonic Rites will follow at the Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.mcneilsmus tangfs.com THOMAS Ann Marie Thomas, age 82, passed away May 27, 2010 in Oklahoma City, surrounded by her family. Ann was born March 16, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA to Ketty and Alvan Thomas. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Bishop John Carroll High School in 1946. When she was 23 Ann moved to San Francisco. She worked as a budget analyst for the Univ. of California-SF for 32 years and returned to Oklahoma City upon her retirement in 1989. Ann is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike. Ann is survived by her sisters, Grace Fox of Okla. City, Toni Eads of Omaha, NE, and Christine Sheldon of Tulsa; brothers, Buster and David, both of Okla. City; many nieces, nephews and other close relatives and dear friends. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Mac, who brought her much joy. A burial service for Ann will be Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, OK 73083.
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IVERY Charles H. Ivery, 69, formerly of Oklahoma City, departed this life on June 1, 2010 at 5:35 p.m. at his home in Peoria, IL. He was born September 18, 1940 in Harlan, KY to Fannie Mae and Roy Ivery. Charles was a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK where he served as a Deacon. He was co-founder of Exodus Foundation, Inc. He also served as a JCI Senator and received many awards. He married Alice Marie Allen on March 12, 1999 in Memphis. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Dane Ivery of Ruskin, FL, Brandon Allen of Oklahoma City, Christopher Allen of Ames, IA and Jonathan Allen of Wichita, KS; two daughters, Cathryne Ivery-Dodd and Sherri IveryMitchell, both of Atlanta, GA; one brother, Thomas Ivery of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. Charles was preceded in death by one daughter, Tania Marie. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010, 11 a.m., at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City with Pastor Willie Joe McLemore officiating. WHITAKER Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Bob” Whitaker was born on October 31, 1918 in Dallas. He found eternal peace on May 31, 2010, following a fall and complications. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Verda and his beloved wife, Dosha. He is survived by his daughter Leta Rostochil, her husband Joe, three grandchildren Leslie Jefferson, Brett Rostochil, and Shawn Gable and their spouses, Ron, Shari, and Darrell. He had 8 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. He is also survived by his sister Margret White residing in California and many friends. He was a World War II Veteran having served in North Africa and flew 48 missions. He retired from the Air Force in 1961. He was a Mason for 50 plus years and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Bob loved family gatherings, history, sports, and our special Tuesdays. He was a man who was admired by many for his character, kindness, and his ability to make lifelong friendships. He was indeed an officer and a gentleman. Funeral services for Bob will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Home, 6600 Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City.
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Autism: Early action is urged
Sutton’s hearing delayed
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ated unbelievable progress in his son. One day after Blaine attended the playgroup at a local church, the teachers said he’d told teacher Seth Kastner that he loved him. “I’d only heard him say, ‘I love you,’ one other time, that was to me,” Steve Davis said. “Being a parent of a 3-year-old child and not hearing ‘I love you’ is incredibly difficult.” Now, Blaine has learned to point, use sign language and even allows his parents to touch him. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s pilot project is designed to identify the autism spectrum disorders in toddlers like Blaine. Like Blaine, one in every 110 children has been diagnosed with the disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that autism is being reported at higher rates than ever before. “It’s a pretty significant increase in the last 10 years,” Bonnie McBride, principal investigator for the Early Foundations Project, said during a news conference Wednesday at the center. Though children are often 2 years old by the time
Sean Sutton BY JOHN ESTUS Staff Writer jestus@opubco.com
Jennifer and Steve Davis of Oklahoma City speak about their 3-year-old son’s autism as Dr. Laura McGuinn looks on during a news conference. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
ONLINE Video To see video on the challenges of autism and a pilot program designed to help, go to NewsOK.com and search for “autism.”
Dr. Kathleen Combs Yukon pediatrician
their autism is identified, she said the earlier an autistic child is diagnosed the better the outcome.
About the program The Autism Workforce Initiative is Oklahoma’s response to the needs of children, their families and
pediatricians. The initiative features components such as a physician training program, along with the early intervention program for young children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Children enrolled in the program receive 17 hours per week of help through activities such as play groups, intensive teaching
involving behavioral techniques, weekly home visits and monthly parent education nights. “It’s awesome. It’s changed our lives, it really has,” Steve Davis said. Services are provided through Oklahoma’s Early Intervention system and the model site serving roughly 10 families in Oklahoma City is funded using federal dollars
through the state Department of Education. Along with developing an intervention model through its pilot site in Oklahoma City, the project is intended to provide outreach support to other communities statewide. The project also is operating in Cleveland and Canadian counties. The program is offered free to families of all income levels through SoonerStart, the state’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. For more information on the SoonerStart program, call 522-5167 or go to www.okdhs.org/programs andservices/dd/ss.
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cers had turned over evidence to prosecutors in that case.
Smith requested the city council review Murray’s employment that October. City council members reinstated him.
They were “totally different issues,” Smith told The Oklahoman in 2009 about the investigations into his actions and his
move to discipline Murray. Smith was elected to the city council in 1997. He was appointed interim mayor in 1998 after then-
Mayor Joe Johnson was convicted on corruption charges. Smith was elected to the post later in 1998.
STILLWATER — Former Oklahoma State University basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was postponed Wednesday. A judge postponed the hearing because Sutton remains in a drug treatment program, Payne County District Attorney Rob Hudson said. Sutton, 41, was to have appeared for the hearing Monday. He is now set to appear Aug. 13. Sutton faces four felonies for alleged attempts to illegally obtain pharmaceutical drugs. Sutton admitted a painkiller addiction upon his arrest in Stillwater in February, according to court records. Sutton’s wife, Trena, spoke at the state Capitol in April about the dangers of prescription drug addiction, saying she and her husband want to help others avoid the plight he has faced. Sean Sutton spent two years as OSU’s men’s basketball coach after his father, Eddie Sutton, resigned following a drunken driving accident in 2006. The elder Sutton had battled alcoholism throughout his coaching career.
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WILDLIFE
Diploma dilemma
Water bird rookery is intriguing sight
A judge has let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma.
A grove of trees near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City is the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America.
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MISDEMEANOR DUI CASE IS RESOLVED, BUT FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT REMAIN
Eufaula mayor pleads guilty BY VALLERY BROWN Staff Writer vbrown@opubco.com
EUFAULA — Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith appeared before two judges Wednesday on cases involving a drunken driving arrest and allegations he used his office to embezzle city money. Smith pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container of alcohol and failing to obey a traffic signal. District Judge Thomas Bartheld gave him a oneyear deferred sentence, a $900 fine and orders to undergo drug and alcohol assessments. No deal was made with prosecutors for the guilty plea.
Associate District Judge James Pratt ordered Smith to stand trial on four felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer. Smith was accused in 2009 of using his office to obtain about $200 in city money by using a city credit card to buy gasoline and later being reimbursed. His next court date is July 1. “It’s been a very unfortu-
nate situation for both me and the city, as I have dedicated over 15 years in public office to my community,” Smith said. “I have learned many things about the justice system and the politics of a small town.” City councilman Greg Anderson said the mayor’s problems with the law haven’t slowed the city council and haven’t been
discussed in city meetings. “Were going to let it run its course and go on with business as usual,” Anderson said. Smith suspended Police Chief Don Murray in September 2009, one day after embezzlement charges were filed against Smith. Murray has said his offiSEE MAYOR, BACK PAGE
METRO-AREA CITIES GET READY FOR SUMMER WATER DEMANDS Bonnie McBride Principal investigator of the Early Foundations Project in the pediatrics department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Autism program targets littlest
Miguel Monarrez, 25, an illegal immigrant who was serving two life sentences for murder, was found hanging in his cell about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. The death is an apparent suicide, Massie said. Monarrez pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to two counts of firstdegree murder in the strangling of Magaly Estrada, 25, in her Oklahoma City home, and the death of her unborn child. AARON CRESPO, STAFF WRITER
FORT GIBSON
HIKER DROWNS IN CAVE POOL Searchers found the body of Joseph Rolands, a 31-yearold hiker, in a 10foot-deep pool of water in a cave near Fort Gibson. Cherokee County Undersheriff Jason Chennault said the body was found about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 12 hours after the search began. Chennault said Rolands had drowned. Rolands’ family said he had experience exploring caves but always returned from previous trips within 24 hours.
ALSO ... RANGERS SEEK MAN FROM OKC YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK —
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INMATE FOUND DEAD IN CELL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY SONYA COLBERG
The signs that Blaine Davis wasn’t quite like other toddlers came early. Even more than the fact that he didn’t play well with others, he lacked the skill to point to what he wanted. That inability to express his wants and needs meant that he would follow his mother around and cry in frustration. “He was in his own world,” said his mother, Jennifer Davis. “He had no way of communicating with us and he would try to communicate by crying and pushing and shoving, not in a mean way, but trying to show us what he wanted.” But Oklahoma’s Early Foundations researchers identified Blaine’s autismtype behaviors and got him started in an early intervention program that Steve Davis said has gener-
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An automatic sprinkler waters a lawn in Edmond. Residents have been asked to follow the city’s voluntary water conservation plan until Oct. 1. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS Staff Writer jwilliams@opubco.com
As higher temperatures roll into the metro area, several cities have taken steps to avoid a summer drought. Piedmont City Manager Clark Williams said there are no plans for water rationing this summer. In 2008, Piedmont put a 400,000-gallon tank on line, increasing the city’s water storage capacity. “Right now, we don’t have any plans for water rationing unless we have damage to our system,” Clark said. “Since we buy a lot of our water from Oklahoma City, we would pass on a ban accordingly.” Williams said the city had struggled in recent
years to keep up with the water demand because of population growth. In Bethany, the city’s water supply comes completely from wells, City Manager John Shugart said. “We have a sufficient supply with our well system to carry us through,” he said. “We do rely on Oklahoma City for backup water, so if they’re rationing water, we’d have to ration water ourselves or not take water from them.” Shugart said Bethany made a $10 million upgrade to its water treatment operation in 2006. “Most of our lines are in pretty good shape,” Shugart said. “The only thing we are really trying to work on is to improve our well field to provide an even
greater source of water.” Midwest City Environmental Services Director Bill Janacek said the city has not asked its residents to ration water in the 21 years he’s been on the job. “I don’t anticipate having to this summer,” he said. Midwest City, like Del City and Norman, draws water from Lake Thunderbird and 23 active wells. “I can shut down my Thunderbird water in the dead of summer, and my citizens never notice the difference,” Janacek said. In Edmond, a voluntary watering schedule has been in effect from June 1 to Oct. 1 since 2002. Fred Rice, Edmond’s water resources superintendent, said, “We are asking residents to pay at-
tention to what hours they water their lawns to help us meet our peak demands.” Residents are asked to voluntarily use the outdoor watering schedule based on the last number of their home or business address. Residents also are asked not to water lawns between 7 p.m. and midnight. Edmond’s water is supplied from Arcadia Lake and 56 wells. Treated water is bought from Oklahoma City during periods of high demand in summer months. “We have a 50-year agreement to buy up to 15 million gallons a day from them,” Rice said. The biggest demand day so far this year was 13.5 million gallons, Rice said.
Park rangers are looking for an Oklahoma City man who went missing in Yellowstone National Park during the weekend. A car rented by Peter Kastner, 25, was found parked at the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern portion of the park Monday morning, rangers said in a news release. The car had been parked overnight and was not associated with a backcountry permit. Kastner rented the car several days earlier. Kastner is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Kastner can call (307) 344-7381. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
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Nominations are sought for hall of fame inductees
Wayne and Beverly Bishop, of Harrah, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
DEL CITY — The Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations for hall of fame inductees. Inductees will be announced at the Del City High School Academic Awards Assembly on Nov. 12. Former Del City High School students will be selected based upon criteria exemplifying accomplishments in education, military service, professional/business career, community/public service and continued involvement with Del City High School and/or the Del City community. The committee will accept nominations through Sept. 1. Nominations may be submitted online or a nomination form can be printed at www.dchs alumni.org and mailed to Del City High School Alumni Hall of Fame Committee, P.O. Box 15445, Del City, OK 73155.
Jimmie and Virginia Burns, of Moore, were married June 4, 1950, in Seminole.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Carlene and Don Coyle, of Oklahoma City, were married May 20, 1960, in Sherman, Texas.
Lynn and Ludy Fry, of Midwest City, were married June 3, 1950, in Swink.
Don and Mary Graves, of Yukon, were married June 3, 1950, in Dill City.
Mary Lou and Vernon Hewitt, of Norman, were married May 27, 1950, in Waldron, Kan.
James and Madalyn Long, of Oklahoma City, were married June 9, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Nancy and Steve Martin, of Oklahoma City, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Mary and Billy Overall, of Oklahoma City, were married May 28, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Garold and Ina Belle Reed, of Cushing, were married June 2, 1946, in rural Payne County.
Jim and Willa White, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960, in Tulsa.
Arlie and Loretta Wilson, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960.
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Send an e-mail to tpemberton@opubco .com with anniversary in Glenn and Shirley the subject line. Wright, of Piedmont, Send mail to: The were married June 3, Oklahoman, attn: Tricia 1950, in Van Buren, Pemberton, P.O. Box Ark. 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Call 475-3309.
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Calendar
Oklahoma State Fiddlers Monthly Show Jam and Dance, 1 p.m., Country Western Museum and Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29, Del City, 733-8688.
Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, 603-3576. McEvoy Toastmasters, 6:30 p.m., Grace United Methodist Church, 6316 N Tulsa Ave., 787-1598. Bethany School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 6721 NW 42. Kingfisher School Board, 7 p.m., school administration building, 11th and Chisholm. Moore City Council, 6:30 p.m., city hall, 301 N Broadway. Oklahoma City School Board, 5:30 p.m., school administration building, 900 N Klein. Tecumseh City Council, 6 p.m., city hall, 114 N Broadway. Putnam City School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 5401 NW 40, Warr Acres. Yukon School Board, 6 p.m., school administration building, 600 Maple.
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TODAY Scrabble Club, 3 p.m., Game HQ, 1620 SW 89, 691-0509.
FRIDAY Tai Chi, 2 p.m., Yukon Senior Center, 1200 Lakeshore Drive, 603-3576.
SATURDAY Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma City Farmers Market, 8 a.m., 400 N Portland Ave.
SUNDAY
Del City Council, 6 p.m., city hall, 3701 SE 15, 677-5741. Tai Chi, 2 p.m., Yukon Senior
Midwest City Council, 7:10 p.m., city hall, 100 N Midwest Blvd.
Sydna Yellowfish, American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District, shows several awards she’s recieved in her classroom at Boulevard Academy. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Educator gets award from cultural group
For June 7-11 Monday — Chicken-fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, spinach, wheat bread, butterscotch pudding, milk. Tuesday — Baked chicken salad, sweet potatoes, green beans, wheat bread, orange gelatin, milk. Wednesday — Confetti beans and ham, pickled beets, coleslaw, corn bread, applesauce, milk. Thursday — Chicken salad, potato soup, carrots, wheat bread, pineapple, milk. Friday — Spaghetti and meat sauce, green peas, green salad, Italian bread, peach crisp, milk.
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EDMOND — Sydna Yellowfish has had an embarrassment of riches lately. The American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District was named the Oklahoma Native American Woman of the Year by the Changing Winds Cultural Society earlier this year. In 2008, Yellowfish was named the Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. In April, she was invited to Washington to share ideas with American Indian educators from other states. “It really means a lot,” Yellowfish said. “It gives me a humbling feeling to be selected by my peers, parents and others involved in Indian education. I was very pleased and happy when I received the call.” Yellowfish has dedicated much of her life to
American Indian education. She has worked for the Edmond School District for 25 years, teaching American Indian expressions and Indian literature in the classroom for 13 years and also overseeing about 1,100 American Indian students in the district in various academic and cultural concerns. “This goes back to my parents, my grandparents and the elders of our tribe, teaching me those traditions that our tribes do, and wanting to educate the next generation and the general public about Native American people and our culture,” she said. Yellowfish talked of her career and her awards in her classroom at Edmond’s Boulevard Academy, surrounded by books and materials devoted to American Indian culture. “For me, I feel like family is the most important thing,” she said. “Then education for all students, and wanting to share about our tribes and the revitalization of our languages.”
ACTIVITIES Activities are available daily at Will Rogers Senior Activity Center, 3501 Pat Murphy Drive, and at Woodson Park Senior Activity Center, 3401 S May. For a schedule, call Will Rogers at 942-4339 or Woodson Park at 681-3266.
Request for Qualifications (Sealed Bid) Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town is seeking Design/Build services for a 5,500 square foot Senior Activities Center construction project. The project will include both facilities and parking. The scope of the designbuild services includes, but is not limited to: surveying, design, site development and construction of this facility. The successful respondent will be responsible for surveys, securing all permits, verifying zoning criteria and compliance will all Federal Regulation. Indian owned (51% or greater) Construction Contractors only, may apply for this project. Selection of an Indian Owned Design/Build construction firm will be based on evaluation of the following in descending order: Firm Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Staff Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Availability to meet Schedule of 200 days, with points available from 0-15; Past experience working with Tribes, with points available from 0-15; Firm Past Design/Build Performance, with points available from 0-15; Firm meets Tribes membership requirements, with points available from 05. This project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 12 U.S.C. 1701u and 24 CFR Part 135 which implement the Act. These regulations will be incorporated into all contracts and sub-contracts. Offeror's can be a partnership, corporation, association, and/or other legal entity which will have contractual responsibility for the project. A proposed joint venture should provide profiles for all firms in the joint venture. Provide four Qualification packets, including all items as stated above, for selection. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will review all aspects of this project. Qualification packets must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Friday, CSDT, June 15, 2010, at the Tribal Headquarters in 101 East Broadway, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Attn: Mr. Percy Harrell, ICDGB Coordinator. Further information may be obtained from Mr. Harrell at (405) 220-6139.
NOTICE Notice is hereby given by G S & T Energy & Exploration LLC 2417 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK 74105 that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR 165:10-5-4, 165:10-5-5 and RP 165:5-7-27 authorize the approval of the following commercial disposal well: APPLICATION NO: 1007890021 WELL: GS&T SWD #1 LOCATION: SW NE SE SW 18-11N-17E McIntosh Co. FORMATION: FIRST SIMPSON, UPPER MCLISH, LOWER MCLISH, OIL CREEK AND ARBUCKLE 3054-4568 ft. RATE & PRESSURE: 35,000 BPD @ 500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within 15 days of this notice. Saleem Nizami - Regulatory Petroleum Geologist American Petroleum & Envir. Cons. APEC, Inc. 2236 NW 164th Street Edmond, OK 73013 PH: 405-513-6055
OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007640139 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 50; C-NWN -NWN , of Sec 29-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5150’ BOTTOM: 5184’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007540008 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 16A; Location: S2, N2, NW1/4, SW1/4 of Sec 21-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5140’ BOTTOM: 5178’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007210029 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Creek County, Oklahoma:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Rick Pulliam Oil and Gas, Inc. P.O. Box 292 Bristow, OK 74010, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Graham #3 C-SW SW SE 09-16N08E Creek, County *NOTE: (Lease name, well number and location of well to nearest 10 acre spot OR footages from section line) NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Jones and Hogshooter 1160 (H) (H) 1163 TOP: 1525(J) BOTTOM: (J) 1538 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 500 Bbs/day VAC Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000
PUBLIC AUCTION ABANDONED PROPERTY IN UNPAID STORAGE UNITS SATURDAY, JUNE 05, 2010 11:00AM AT HARVEY SELF STORAGE 5300 N HARVEY AVE, OKLA CITY, OK 73118 405-842-0558 CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNITS SCHEDULED FOR SALE. #111 AMBER BROOKS 721 NE 31ST ST OKC, OK 73105 MISC ITEMS #269 REGGIE ROBINSON 1207 NW 33RD OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #336 & 366 ELDONIA M HICKS PO BOX 11744 OKC, OK 73136 MISC ITEMS #253 CHRISTINA SISSENSTEIN 2805 NW 64TH OKC, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #291 JERRY MCCUTCHEON 3508 NE 115TH OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #261 VINCENT/MARY TRENT 1419 NW 20TH ST OKC,OK 73106 MISC ITEMS #342 MICAH C MAGNESS 1203 BELFORD AVE NICHOLS HILLS, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #256 DOUG HANCOCK 533 NW 30TH ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #181 AMBER N MORRISON 4857 N BLACKWELDER APT 139 OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #10 LEE WILSON 4116 PARK LANE OKC, OK MISC ITEMS #162 TERI RICE 9315 S SHARTEL APT 104 OKC, OK 73139 MISC ITEMS #254 ALBERT SCHUNEMAN 924 W HILL ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS Notice is hereby given that on 6/19/10, at 9:00 a.m. at Sir, Llc, 4321 SE 33rd, Del City, OK, the undersigned, Sir, Llc will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: Space Number: 137 Cynthia Harwell 4221 Oakbrook Del City, OK 73115 Space Number: 175 Christopher Martin 4317 S.E. 40th St. Del City, OK 73114
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This new wind-resistant design for sign posts on Interstate 35 recently was installed between Main and Robinson streets in Norman. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
which means less maintenance, yet is as durable as traditional overhead posts. “They’re referring to them as ‘monotubes,’ ” Meuser said Wednesday. “The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means less possibility for wear and tear and fractures. They are made with galvanized steel and can withstand the same wind force as the current design.” The Transportation Department also plans to in-
stall the overhead sign structures along the southern half of I-35 in Norman from Main Street to the Canadian River. That phase of the widening project, which could take several years and up to $200 million to complete, is still in its planning phase. The overhead monotubes should pop up in other parts of the metro area and state, Meuser said, though plans are not finalized at this point.
Pageant to honor Clara Luper The Miss Black Oklahoma 2010 pageant will be at 7 p.m. June 19 at Douglass High School, 900 Martin Luther King Ave. This year’s theme is Strength, Courage and Honor, a tribute to Clara Luper for her 41 years of service to the pageant. She’s the state promoter for the pageant and the pageant’s creator. Pageant organizers are looking for any past Miss Black Oklahoma winners to participate in the ceremony.
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New sign design pops up over I-35 NORMAN — The state’s first “monotube” overhead interstate sign posts were installed recently in Norman, and the state Transportation Department plans to use more at other locations, including the Crosstown Expressway project under way in Oklahoma City. The curved overhead design debuted recently as the northern half of the Interstate 35 widening project in Norman is wrapping up. David Meuser, a Transportation Department spokesman, confirmed the sign posts in Norman are the first in the state. He said the design has fewer structural parts,
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homa City, OK 73114, or email missblackoklahoma @gmail.com.
Students from several metro-area schools will join forces this weekend in a global charity walk to eradicate childhood hunger and malnutrition. Walk the World will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the state Capitol. Last year’s walk, which took place in 24 time zones, raised enough funding to provide
WALK THE WORLD To register for the walk or for more information, go to www.una-okc.org/walk2010.html.
meals to 20,000 children in the world’s poorest countries. Schools taking part include Casady School, Heritage Hall, Putnam City High School and Mercy School.
Other groups collaborating for the walk include United Nations Association of Greater Oklahoma City, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and Respect Diversity Foundation.
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Judge upholds diploma decision BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — A judge on Wednesday let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma. Tulsa County District Court Judge Linda Morrissey made her ruling after hearing about 90 minutes of pleadings from Sperry School District attorney Stephen F. Bulleigh and attorney Perry Newman, who represented former Sperry student Oanh “Annie” Pham, 18, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Morrissey on Wednesday denied an emergency motion by Bulleigh to vacate her judgment on May 20, when she ruled Pham should be allowed to receive a Sperry diploma based on a state law permitting an exception to
graduation requirements. The Sperry School Board voted 2-1 on May 13 against making that exception. Pham, who was hosted in the United States by Newman’s family, participated in graduation ceremonies on May 22 but has not received her diploma. “We knew all along what the law said and to have a judge confirm every argument that we made to the board, every position that we took, every authority that we presented to the board is wonderful,” Newman said after the Wednesday ruling. “A member of the board of education made a comment that he wanted a judge to decide the issue. And a judge has now.” Morrissey deliberated in chambers about 45 minutes before rendering her decision. Bulleigh declined to comment on the ruling
and whether he thought the district would appeal. Newman said he anticipated an appeal. Pham returned to Vietnam earlier this week and is expected back in Oklahoma in midAugust to attend Oklahoma State University. Pham enrolled in the Sperry district as a senior in August and received straight A’s, taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 26 on her ACT exam. Accepted to Tulsa and Oklahoma universities and Oklahoma State, she was selected to receive a scholarship of more than $8,000 a year from OSU. “We’re really thrilled for Annie that this chapter of her life is over and she can look forward to continuing on with college,” Newman said. According to the Oklahoma Education Code, the state Board of Education
shall adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer from out of state after their junior year shall not be denied, because of differing graduation requirements, the opportunity to receive a standard diploma. The law allows Oklahoma school boards to make exceptions to graduation requirements on an individual basis. Bulleigh argued Wednesday that the phrase “out-of-state” refers to the transfer of students from state-to-state. Morrissey disagreed. The judge said the statutory language “from outof-state must be taken as its plain and ordinary meaning, as applying to any student who came to Sperry from any location outside the state of Oklahoma.” Bulleigh wrote in his motion about the May 13 vote that “such an act is
Oanh Kim Pham, center, with host parents Perry and Angie Newman. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD
wholly within the discretion of Sperry. Thus, Plaintiff cannot establish she has the right to a diploma.” Morrissey found that a Sperry transcript certified in November 2009 showed that Pham had earned 39 credits. The judge said the only written evidence to
the contrary is an undated, unsigned and uncertified graduation checklist that indicated that Pham had eight credits. “The court finds that the petitioner has earned and exceeded the necessary requirements for graduation,” the judge said.
Details emerge in abduction, shooting of man BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com
A cattle egret takes flight near NW 10 and Council in Oklahoma City.
PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
DON’T HAVE REGRETS, SEE VISITING EGRETS The great egrets are the first to arrive, and they’re the ones that pick the spot. Maybe it’s because they’re so great. Every summer I’m intrigued by a grove of trees just southwest of NW 10 and Council Road. It’s the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America. They all fly north from different places, and eventually they’ll keep flying north to different destinations. But for a few weeks, they’ll all be here. Wildlife experts don’t know why the birds choose this spot. Sometimes it will vary a bit — maybe a little west, maybe a little north. But NW 10 and Council Road seems to be the spot. The great egrets usually come in March, the little blue herons in April and everybody else after that. They hang out in a giant bird festival until the weather turns cool. Then they all leave in different groups until all that’s left is an empty grove. No matter where you live, this is something worth seeing. Here are some tips for visiting the egret colony: Don’t get too close to the birds. They’re protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so no smacking them around either. Don’t try to feed them. They eat insects and such; they’re not
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A man who says he was abducted, shot and left in rural Pottawatomie County is improving at an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said. Larry Cawthon, 56, told police four men abducted him and shot him in the stomach Tuesday morning before dumping him in southwest Pottawatomie County. In a 911 call Cawthon made from his cell phone he said he had kept in his boot, he told a dispatcher, “I’ve just been shot.” Cawthon said he was shot “in the belly.” When asked where he was, he replied, “I don’t have a clue.” He also said, “I was at work. ... A few guys came out where I work at.” Cawthon then struggle
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Great egret: Most stand almost 4 feet tall. They have black legs and a yellowish bill. They primarily eat fish. Cattle egret: About 80 percent of the Council Road colony are these. They have white feathers, yellowish bills and legs and stand about 21⁄2 feet tall. They usually eat grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Little blue heron: Their feathers are a purple-blue color, and the tips of their bills are black. They stand about 3 feet tall. They primarily eat fish. Black-crowned night heron: These white and black birds have red eyes and are mostly nocturnal. They eat fish, frogs, crawfish, snakes and sometimes the young of other herons. Snowy egret: This species is the least common in the Council Road colony. They have white feathers, yellow feet and black bills and legs. They eat mostly crawfish.
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to talk and breathe. Police tracked his cell phone to an area about 10 miles south of Tecumseh, where law officers found him in an open field. He was flown to OU Medical Center. Cawthon’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious, hospital spokeswoman Natalie Scott said. Scott said Cawthon’s family does not want to be interviewed and Cawthon does not want to comment about the incident.
Suspect in shooting surrenders to police BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
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MIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County man charged with shooting at two Miami police officers was taken into custody at a Grove hospital, said Bob Ernst, Ottawa County undersheriff. Kevin Eugene Brownfield, 38, of Miami, surrendered to authorities on Monday, Ernst said. He is charged in Ottawa County District Court with shooting a police officer with intent to kill. He remains in jail on a $500,000 bail. Brownfield had been hospitalized since April 13 in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after he was shot by Miami police officers Michael Brashers and Richard Cummings, who were responding to a domestic violence call. According to the Joplin Globe, Brownfield allegedly came out of an apartment with a shotgun and shot Brashers in the hip. Brashers fired back with a shotgun and hit Brownfield in the arm. Brownfield retreated into the apartment but reemerged moments later and began to raise his gun when Brashers and Cummings both shot him in the abdomen, authorities said. Brashers was not seriously injured.
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A cattle egret in a rookery in June 2008 near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City.
interested in your sandwich. Unless you have an insect sandwich. Go when the temperature is a little cooler. The warmer it is, the more the bird colony smells like, you know, a bunch of birds.
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Cause sought in fatal fire BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
JET — The cause of a Monday night house fire that killed a 7-year-old Alfalfa County boy and his grandmother remains unknown, Sheriff Charlie Tucker said Wednesday. The bodies of Marchaleen Radig, 48, and Gabriel Luna, were found lying on Radig’s bedroom floor. Don Radig told investigators he heard a small explosion or a popping sound right before he noticed the fire, he said. The one-story wooden frame home is thought to be one of the first houses built in the community, 35 miles northwest of Enid, Tucker said.
Radig kicked out an air conditioner unit in a bedroom to escape, he said. When he realized his family hadn’t followed, he got a ladder and tried to go back through the window. Radig suffered minor scratches and bruises. His son, Austin Radig, 22, was taken to Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid with smoke inhalation. A neighbor was taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid with smoke inhalation, Tucker said. Fire and medical personnel were called to the scene about 11:38 p.m., too late to save the house. “The state fire marshal’s hasn’t determined what caused the fire,” Tucker said.
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With the Washita Heights School District out of money and no help on the horizon, Superintendent Steve Richert went before the school board and told its members he needed to lose his job — because the district would have to be shut down. The district’s already precarious financial situation became untenable when state appropriations began to be cut as legislators scrambled to make up a $669 million budget hole for the current fiscal year. Richert worked the numbers and determined his school district — which served the tiny Washita County towns of Corn and Colony — would run out of money by May 1. The western Oklahoma district was able to finish out the school year, barely, and now has been consolidated with neighboring Cordell, leaving Richert to wrap up Washita Heights’ remaining business by June 30. “Technically and legally, Washita Heights is a memory right now,” Richert said last week, sitting in his office. “We no longer exist.”
Similar stories are being told across Oklahoma. Two other districts — Goodland in Choctaw County and Boley in Okfuskee County — have consolidated with neighboring districts. School patrons in Braman in Kay County and White Oak in Craig County voted to eliminate their high schools in an effort to preserve their districts. The culprit in most of the closures and consolidations? A lack of students, which translates to less public funding. Small schools already struggling to maintain instructional standards were pushed over the virtual precipice by state funding cuts. And those cuts aren’t done yet, as lawmakers had about $1.2 billion less to spend for the upcoming fiscal year than for the current one.
How much was cut? A $6.7 billion state budget originally included $2.375 billion for common education, although state education officials say that number dropped by $8.5 million even as the budget agreement worked its way through the Legislature. Although legislative leaders say common edu-
cation received “only” a 2.9 percent budget cut, that was from a revised, $2.446 billion appropriation level determined in March, after the budget crunch hit the state in earnest. When compared to what the Legislature appropriated last May for the current fiscal year — about $2.572 billion — schools will see a budget reduction of about 7.6 percent. And, according to state Education Department officials, it’s really a little worse: 8.9 percent after figuring in other reductions and shortfalls, such as state funding for rising health care costs. “I would say it’s the most devastating cut education has ever taken,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. “It’s a very sad state of affairs, and the more we can do to make our message clear and to not be using a wrong percentage cut … then perhaps folks will start understanding that (the state’s) priorities are misplaced.”
Too many districts? Bell Public School in Adair County lost its accreditation last week. After it is consolidated,
FISSURE LEAVES TULSA WITH SINKING FEELING FROM TULSA WORLD REPORTS
TULSA — Traffic was being diverted off Interstate 44 Wednesday because of a sinkhole that developed in its westbound lanes near Lewis Avenue. The sinkhole is several yards across and covers parts of the westbound traffic lanes, as well as the shoulder. Water could be seen Wednesday in the bottom of the hole. The state Department of Transportation reported that the hole continues underneath the highway’s eastbound lanes. Crews are evaluating the extent of the damage and are bringing in asphalt trucks to fill in the hole. They hope to have the highway reopened by about noon today. “This obviously affects the morning rush,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.
A firefighter looks at a sinkhole Wednesday in Tulsa. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD/AP
George Brown said. “If you routinely travel these roadways, people need to expect delays.” Brown asked that people “be patient with us and let ODOT do their repair.” Eastbound traffic is being diverted as far back as the Peoria Avenue exit, and westbound traffic is being diverted at Lewis
Avenue, according to the the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The department is also shutting down the westbound I-44 exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway and the eastbound I-44 exit from U.S. 75. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area until further notice.
Fletcher superintendent gets top school chief title BY MEGAN ROLLAND Staff Writer mrolland@opubco.com
Superintendent Kathryn Turner with Fletcher Public Schools received top honors for school chiefs Wednesday from the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators for work in the Comanche County district over the past six years. Fletcher was named Superintendent of the Year for a list of accomplishments — particularly for renovations and additions to the district’s buildings and the implementation of an after-school program and a free summer school program, a news release from the association said.
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The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators also named Carla Kimberling, of Norman Public Schools, the Assistant Superintendent of the Year. Kimberling supervises curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through 12th grade in Norman and oversees programs ranging
from Advanced Placement to gifted education. Kimberling has been an administrator for 26 years. Both educators will be honored June 10 during an annual conference hosted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration at the Meridian Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
Plea deal in fatal crash draws prison term BY NOLAN CLAY Staff Writer nclay@opubco.com
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in an Oklahoma prison for a 2008 traffic fatality. Alfredo Enrique Ramos, 21, pleaded guilty May 21 to first-degree manslaughter. He faces deportation to Mexico after his release.
Ramos admitted in court papers he ran a stop sign while speeding in a pickup “and struck a car the victim was in.” The collision was at an intersection in far northwest Oklahoma County about 9 p.m. June 15, 2008. Killed was Wilford Ross Johnson, 82, of Oklahoma City. The victim was a passenger in a Mustang
that was struck. Two others in the Mustang were severely injured. Ramos also admitted his driver’s license had been suspended in 2005 and that he lied to a sheriff’s deputy about who was driving, records show. Prosecutors alleged he was driving drunk. The case was resolved through a plea agreement.
Oklahoma will have 528 districts — four fewer than last year, but a number that some legislators still call excessive. State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, is a vocal critic of what he believes is bloated administration within Oklahoma’s public school system. Russell said Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia combined have fewer school districts than Oklahoma. “How can we justify having more school districts than those four states combined?” Russell asked. “And they’re Southern states with very similar social values that we have here in Oklahoma. They get it, that you cannot have an overadministration and expect dollars to go to teachers in the classroom.” A graduate of Del City High School with two children who attend public schools, Russell said he believes too many highpaid administrators are keeping state dollars for education from going where they’re needed — to teachers and classrooms. “It’s very hard to justify $250,000 salaries for superintendents when the commanding general of all
IN BRIEF RESORT SAYS NO TO POT VAIL, Colo. — Govern-
ment officials in Vail have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within the popular skiing destination. Vail council members who voted for the ban Tuesday say marijuana dispensaries would contradict with the image they’ve tried to set for the town. The Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill includes a provision that allows cities and towns to ban dispensaries.
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human-caused wildfire in the Chirachahua Mountains along the ArizonaNew Mexico border was 16 percent contained Wednesday after charring 1,800 acres. Coronado National Forest officials say the Horseshoe Fire was first spotted on May 26 and is burning in rugged terrain in a remote area. The fire isn’t endangering any structures. Officials say almost 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be fully contained by June 15.
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Dignitaries gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a $3 billion uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico, the first major nuclear facility to be licensed in the U.S. in the past three decades. The Louisiana Energy Services plant in Eunice, N.M., currently has more than 1,000 construction and contracting jobs. It is expected to have 308 full-time jobs. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., calls the plant “a unique opportunity for New Mexico and our nation.” He says the first phase of the plant will provide up to 25 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel needs. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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forces overseas doesn’t even make $200,000,” Russell said. “Who has more responsibility — someone in charge of 1,000 students or someone in charge of thousands of soldiers’ lives in life-ordeath situations?” Russell said that, given the state’s massive budget shortfall, he expected education to take deeper cuts. “You cannot put 98 percent of the state’s budget cuts on 45 percent of the budget. It does not work,” he said. “And if you try to take a stand and portray these things to the Oklahoma people, then suddenly you hate teachers and children. “I don’t hate teachers and I don’t hate children, but I do hate waste, and I hate people denying there is a problem.” There was no denying a problem existed before the school year began in Braman, located about five miles south of the Kansas state line. Superintendent
Rustin Clark said because of declining enrollment the district faced potentially major financial issues and that before the budget cuts hit severely, patrons decided in February to try and preserve the district by closing the high school at the end of this school year. While the budget cuts “were not the deciding factor for us,” Clark said that “it certainly validated that we made a good decision.” “Even if the state had not cut, we were going to have to do something,” Clark said. “The community was faced with a tough decision. If they did nothing and they kept the high school, the district would have been completely broke at the end of next year. They would have had to close the whole district. Or, they could cut off the high school and run an efficient K-8 district and maintain it into the foreseeable future.”
Former pastor plans new church BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
— Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 31⁄2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. “This is my resurrection day,” he declared. Haggard said his new venture would not be a megachurch like New Life Church, the congregation he founded in 1985 and then left in 2006 after a male prostitute said Haggard paid him for sex. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others. “I have an incredible heart for broken people,” he said. “I think we’re qualified to hold people’s hands” in times of trouble. Haggard made his announcement outside his home, a two-story, brickfronted structure with a large barn, a swimming pool and white-fenced corrals on Colorado
Springs’ north side, not far from New Life Church. Wearing an open-neck shirt and jeans, Haggard sounded both optimistic and chastened, calling himself a repentant sinner and a broken man who believes he can still provide help for others. “When the crash came in my personal life, it was so incredibly embarrassing and heartbreaking,” he said. “It broke me. And I’m still broken, some.” Haggard said a television documentary on the birth of his new church was a possibility but nothing was certain. At his new church, Haggard said he will teach that God intended marriage to be a monogamous union of a man and a woman. But he said heterosexual marriage was just one ideal in a long list of things God wants people to do, including pray, be healthy and stay monogamous. In an interview with The Associated Press after his announcement, Haggard said he was in counseling from the time of his 2006 downfall until recently, dealing with both his sexual identity and the feelings of shame.
Researchers predict active storm season BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an active hurricane season that could complicate efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers said Wednesday that they expect 18 named storms to develop in the Atlantic, including 10 hurricanes. Five are expected to be major, and there’s an aboveaverage probability of a major storm — one with sustained winds of at least 111 mph — hitting land in the United States or Caribbean. The forecast has worsened since April, when university researchers predicted 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes, because of much warmer tropical Atlantic surface temperatures and cooling Pacific conditions. Researcher William
Gray said storms that hit the Gulf could help or hurt efforts to keep oil away from the coast, depending on the course the storms take and how soon the flow of oil is stopped. While the hurricane season officially started Tuesday, major storms still aren’t likely for another 2½ to 3 months. If a storm develops to the west of the spill, the storm’s counterclockwise rotation could drive the oil to beaches to the north, Gray said. However, he said a storm developing to the east could help drive oil away from the coast. Storms could also churn up the water, causing the oil to sink below the surface and the spill to disperse, spreading its damage along a wider swath, he said. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes.
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Car tag leads officers to arrests in slaying FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people Wednesday in connection with a May 16 shooting outside a convenience store in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Team arrested Spence Nelson, 19, and Cory Nelson, 18, at a home in the 9500 block of NE 42, on complaints of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The two had warrants for their arrest in connection with the shooting death of Edward Yearby, 25, of De Soto, Texas, who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store at Reno Avenue and N Lincoln Boulevard. The shooting stemmed from a disagreement in the parking lot of the CocaCola Bricktown Events Center. According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses saw two cars leave the convenience store with the
Spence Nelson
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suspects. Witnesses identified one of the cars by the tag number. Two other victims, Brenton Williams, 24, of Ennis, Texas, and Justin Reed, 26, of Grand Prairie, Texas, drove to JRS Travel Center to wait for police. They suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. Another man, Randy Hall II, 19, was arrested on murder and assault complaints in the case. He has not been charged.
Randy Hall II
ONLINE Video To watch a video of police talking about the May 16 shooting and the men’s arrests, go to NewsOK.com and search for “Circle K shooting.”
ANADARKO
Poolaw, Lester Gene Jr., 45, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. today, Rock Springs Cemetery (Comanche Nation, Lawton).
ed will be taken to the jail. “The most important thing is nobody gets hurt,” Weaver said. “So far everything is going very smoothly.” Complaints about illegal drug sales led to undercover investigations and illegal drug purchases by agents during the past four months, he said. Weaver said drugs seized include methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription drugs. A meth lab and four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, also were found during the raids, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said. “It’s really a snapshot of everything we see, just a smorgasbord of drugs,” Weaver said.
Marine enters plea in girl’s rape BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
LAWTON — A Marine has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Logan Bryan Combs, 20, of Lawton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape. Formal sentencing is set for July 26. Combs is the second person to enter a plea in the sexual assault of the sixthgrade student. Amy Marie Rivera, 34, of Fletcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to procuring a child for lewdness or other indecent acts, records show. Combs remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other Marines, Jordan Patrick Kinshella, 19, of Maple Valley, Wash.,
and Curtis Grant Dorton, 20, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., are charged in Comanche County District Court in Lawton with first-degree rape. Both Kinshella and Dorton are free on $25,000 bail. The men are accused of assaulting the girl who was used by Rivera to lure Marines to hotels where they engaged in sex games and used alcohol and drugs, according to court records. Rivera and the victim attended six to eight parties at Lawton hotels between March and June 2009, court records state. During that time the victim claimed to have engaged in sex with three Marines and kissed and touched others, all with Rivera’s knowledge, records state. The Marines all said they didn’t know the girl was underage.
Bomb incident prompts warning BY BOB DOUCETTE Staff Writer bdoucette@opubco.com
EDMOND — Call it a harmless prank or
juvenile curiosity. But police call it a felony. Edmond’s bomb squad was called out Tuesday night to investigate the detonation of a plastic bottle chemical bomb after residents in a neighborhood near 15th Street and Coltrane heard the device detonate. The explosion was reported about 11:30 p.m. Police aren’t sure who set it off, and no injuries were reported. “This is actually very serious,” Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said Wednesday. “It’s mostly children
doing it, thinking it’s fun to blow something up.” People often use the Internet to get information on building these small chemical bombs, said Rockie Yardley, an investigator with the city’s bomb squad. The mixture inside the bottle causes pressure and heat to build up, eventually causing the bottle to explode, Yardley said. The resulting explosion can injure people with plastic shrapnel, flames and hot acids, Yardley said. “When we see them, we don’t even approach them,” he said. “We’ll deal with it remotely.” Chemical bombs are illegal. It’s a felony to build, possess, detonate or even have the ingredients to make one, Yardley said.
Aaron Keith Farrow, 28, and Ashley Rose Angleton, 27. Jimmy Lavern Adams, 43, and Grace Renee Craig, 48. Graham Patrick Colton, 28, and Helen Elizabeth Hoehn, 25. Blake Michael Westbrook, 24, and Victoria Anne Willett, 22. Billy Wayne Clark, 36, and Alberta Nicole Swanegan Owens, 29. Bryan Russell Lettenmaier, 35, and Melanie Dawn Seward, 34. Ival J. Hale, 76, and Norma Faith Clark, 72. Ty Nickolas Ray, 24, and Toni Lynn Blagowsky, 24. Kevin Ashley Dunn, 31, and Kevynn Elaine Sanford, 27. Frederick Decarlos Baisden, 30, and Tacara Shimika McKinney, 26. Michael Len Spencer Jr., 31, and Dakin Lenelle Franklin, 30. Jose Franco Gallegos, 28, and Amalia Ivonee Pedroza Jacobo, 27. Jordan Patrick Steger, 21, and Kassidy Leanne Jackson, 21. Aaron Lee Daharsh, 29, and Sara Elizabeth Justice, 25.
Dameon D. Aranda, 35, and Eva Judith Raubert, 27. Mario Roberto Ruiz Espinoza, 34, and Aime Segoviano Zarate, 32. Jason Dwayne Lunsford, 35, and Jeri Ann Austin, 27. Dane Robert Beck, 22, and Kylie Amanda Begarek, 21. Matthew Ryan Blanchard, 23, and Jessica Alene Wilson, 19. Jimmy Wayne Stetler, 43, and Mona Katheryn Lee, 54. Jeffrey Gene Hirsch, 60, and Dana Ann Floyd, 51. Kirk Andrell Gray, 49, and Ingrid Dunn, 49. Shon Sharif Yousif, 23, and Cortney Ann Threadgill, 25. Michael Gary Bryson, 61, and Kimberly Ann Williams, 51. Joshua Dwayne Walker, 27, and Laci Larhea Hood, 24. Austin Chase Ballard, 26, and Gracie Laran Hamper, 21. Jason Edward Schumacher, 24, and Jacqueline Natalia Cope, 24. Danny Lew Glazier, 62, and Rosebel Baisa Mondano, 45. Maurice Clark, 24, and Jeanette
Dutcher, Louise B., 97, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (NeekampLuginbuel, Bartlesville). Nulisch, Marvin E., 74, died Saturday. Services pending (Arnold Moore, Bartlesville).
BEGGS
Ramsey, Carlial Thomas “C.T.” Jr., 82, retired seismograph shooter, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (McClendon-Winters, Beggs).
BETHANY
Moore, Beulah I., 93, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany).
BOSWELL
Bertis, Wilson John, 70, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant).
CLINTON
McGinnis, Earnest “Mac,” 93, retired mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
CORN
Daubert, Jim, 68, deputy, dozer operator and farmer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Hinton (Hinton-Turner, Hinton).
COYLE
Matthews, Jeremiah Angel, infant son of Gregory Bufford and Ashley Matthews, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. today, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon ( Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
William James
Second juvenile escapee captured BY ALTHEA PETERSON
Elias Avila, 23, and Julie Elaine Fraire, 20. Jason Daniel Taylor, 25, and Emily Nicole Haynes, 22. Joshua Eric Bridges, 29, and Mary Christine Aspy, 27. Johnny Monroe Chandler, 29, and Delana Renee Anderson, 29.
Harris, Thomas Jr., 86, retired from state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka). Hess, Dorothy May, 82, died Friday. Mass was Tuesday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
BARTLESVILLE
MCALESTER — More than 100 law officers raided homes in the McAlester area Wednesday after a four-month investigation by undercover officers targeting illegal drug sales. Officers from many law enforcement agencies began serving 44 arrest warrants about 5:30 a.m., said Darrell Weaver, director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control. As of 4:30 p.m., 33 people had been arrested. A temporary booking area has been set up in McAlester to alleviate some of the work for Pittsburg County jailers, Weaver said. Eventually, all those arrest-
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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McCane, Alton, 47, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Valliant (Rogan, Hugo).
FROM STAFF REPORTS
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McAlester raids target illegal drug operations
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PURCELL — A second escapee from the L.E. Rader Center was captured in central Oklahoma Tuesday night, authorities said. William James, 17, was captured about 10:20 p.m. after he was spotted by an off-duty Purcell police officer, officials with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs reported Wednesday. Police encountered James and Dillon Blair Herzfeld, 15, as the boys were riding bicycles on Interstate 35 north of Purcell about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Officers determined that they were the teens who had escaped last week from the Rader Center, a juvenile lockup in Sand Springs, according to a news release from the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Herzfeld was taken into custody Monday, but James escaped by running across four lanes of I-35, authorities said. Both juveniles have been returned to Rader and will be placed in the Intensive Treatment Program, a more secure unit, a Juvenile Affairs official said. James, whom authorities said is also known as “Tharp,” was sent to the Rader Center after being found delinquent of indecent exposure, concealing stolen property and larceny. Herzfeld was found delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation, the Juvenile Affairs officials said.
Roshelle Carbajal, 23. Joshua John Pendleton, 28, and Selina Ann Ruiz, 33.
DIVORCES ASKED
Arroyo, Juana v. Jose Cadena Trevino, Juan Antonio v. Coly, Ruth Carbone, Ronald Michael v. Lorri L. Collins, Olivia Dyan v. Barrett, Jesse Adam Dunlap, Catherine v. David Fraizer, Crystal M. v. James E. Garrison, Michael D. v. Sherry A. Grant, Tony J. v. Haley M. Hood, Michael James v. Ashleigh Dawn Longeway, Steffani E. v. John S. Morgan, Eufaula L. v. Anthony Naberhaus, Joseph Robert v. Victoria Clare Plodek, David Alan v. Rachele Anne Stouwie, Diane Elaine v. David Allen Thummel, Julee v. David Womack, Mark S. v. Jo A. Woodral, Olivia Jane v. Charles Owen Young, Melvin G. v. Linda
CROMWELL
Hassell, Teresa Kay (Barnes), 46, school cook, died Tuesday. Services 9 a.m. Friday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).
DEL CITY
Harris, Cleo Louie, 94, mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Ford, Del City). Pearson, Lavonna Oleta, 75, hairdresser, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Sunny Lane, Del City).
DEWEY
Groomes, Bessie Melvinia, 67, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). Wilcox, Doris Lee, 86, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Town and Country House (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
EDMOND
Van Stavern, Nicholas, 13, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Smith-Kernke, N May, Oklahoma City).
ENID
Ferreira, Dolores A., 58, office administrator, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Florence, the Rev. Robert G., 78, minister, died May 27. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Parrish, Sara E., 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Private services (HenningerHinson, Enid). Smith, Florence W., 88, died Tuesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
EUFAULA
Potter, Jimmie, 69, security guard, died May 23. Private services (Hunn, Black & Merritt, Eufaula).
FREDERICK
Holbrook, Tommy Wayne, 64, accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday (Jackson, Frederick).
HENRYETTA
Buring, James Dodge, 52, form-setter, died Tuesday. No services (Integrity, Henryetta).
HOOKER
Lynch, Johnny, 75, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church (Roberts Brothers, Hooker).
IDABEL
Jones, Lila, 52, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (White Family, Idabel).
KINGFISHER
Lankard, Betty M., 81, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kingfisher Cemetery (Sanders, Kingfisher).
MADILL
Gaylor, Ricky Lee “Rick,” 56, died Tuesday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Watts, Madill).
MIDWEST CITY
Barrientez, Santos, 75, retired from Air Force, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Barnes-Frederich, Midwest City). Day, Sherry Lynn, 63, waitress, died Tuesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland (Barnes-Friederich).
MOORE
Lee, Gordon A., 59, printer, died Friday. Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
MUSKOGEE
Collins, Lena F., 63, machine operator, died Wednesday. Private services (Bradley, Muskogee). Hutton, Wilbert, 70, crane operator, died Sunday. Services pending (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Shores, Junior Ray, 76, Navy veteran, died May 21. Graveside services noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Stebbins, Ruth, 104, telephone operator, died Wednesday. Services pending (Bradley, Muskogee).
NICOMA PARK
Norris, Vernon E., 92, painter, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today (Ford, Del City).
NOBLE
Matthews, Harold Ray, 62, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).
NORMAN
Parks, Nona B., 81, retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Francis (Criswell, Ada). Walton, Flora Ward, 65, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Primrose, Norman).
OKLAHOMA CITY
Abernathy, Charles, 58, died May 29. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Adams, Fines Joe Jr., 79, business owner, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Barnes, Mary E., 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Bellamy, Norma Jean, 81, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Braxton, James W., 48, died Tuesday. No services (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Button, Allen Dale, 59, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Cornell, Lois J., 95, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Hill Funeral Home (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Cotton, Jack Delbert, 90, masonry contractor, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Freeman, William “Bill,” 91, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son North, Oklahoma City). Garcia, Mariana, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Griffith, Albertine Leard, 89, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hall, Delores E., 90, died May 22. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Hoffman, Ruthie M., 61, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hooks, Leroy T. Sr., 70 died Monday. Services noon Friday, People’s Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Johnson, Donnie Mae, 88, died May 24. Eastern Star service 6 p.m. Friday, Rolfe Memorial Chapel. Services noon Saturday, Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Malone, Joshua DeQuan, 19, died Friday. Services pending (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Newsom, Linda Lee, 80, died Friday. Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Pendarvis, Mildred, 95, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Ramsey, Kathleen, 86, died May 27. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, True Vine Ministries (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Rivers, Yvonne J., 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall 9100 N Eastern (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Sampson, Andrea, 30, died Saturday. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Stewart, Louise, 91, died Saturday. Services Friday in San Angelo, Texas (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Stinnett, Lorene, 83, item manager at Tinker Air Force Base, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Sunny Lane, Del City). Thomas, James H., 72, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, GAP Restoration Chapel (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Valliant, Lucille, 77, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Wagner, Larry Reginald, 57, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Wilson, K. Nick, 67, attorney, died Tuesday. Services 3 p.m. Monday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Smith & Kernke N May, Oklahoma City). Young, Harold, 79, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
PAWNEE
Nelson, Tanner Kelly, 23, mechanical drafter, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Poteet, Pawnee).
POTEAU
Corr, Jerelyn Claxton, 73, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Evans & Miller, Poteau).
SALLISAW
Bateman, Lisa Ilene, 41, homemaker, died May 29. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Temple Church (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw). Robertson, Hubert Anderson Sr., 52, general laborer, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). Snow, Willard Mays, 86, farmer, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Agent, Sallisaw).
SEILING
Wills, Max W., 68, contract pumper, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday (Redinger, Seiling).
SPENCERVILLE
Watts, Sheila Marie, 45, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Rattan High School Gymnasium (Mills & Coffey, Antlers).
TAHLEQUAH
Audd, Robert Lewis, 60, framer, died May 18. Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). Ward, Ruth E., 82, nursery worker, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Parks, Harrah).
TONKAWA
Lee, Faye Cora, 92, died Tuesday. Services pending (Blackwell, Blackwell).
WAPANUCKA
Reed, Joey D., 28, landscaper, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Wapanucka School Auditorium (Clark, Tishomingo).
WELLSTON
Collier, Duranda M., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Lehman, Wellston).
WYNNEWOOD
Anderson, Kenneth Paul, 78, pipeline welder, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Sooner Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (DeArman, Wynnewood).
YUKON
Root, Mark Allen, 52, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (McNeil’s, Mustang). Organ donor
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Child advocate dies FROM STAFF REPORTS
Linda Reece, of Edmond, who dedicated her life to working with children, died Wednesday. She was 65. Reece was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1945 and met her husband, Robert, in 1963 while in college in Missouri. They were married in 1964. Reece devoted much of her time to children. She was involved in the CARE Center, which helps abused children, and was known as the “toy cart lady” at Children’s Hospi-
BUTTON Allen Dale Button, age 59, passed away May 30, 2010, in OKC, OK. He was born on June 12, 1950 to Clifton and Ima Jean Button of OKC. Allen graduated from Capital Hill H.S. in 1968 and married Judy Goodwin on October 11, 1968 in OKC. He received an Honorable Discharge after serving in the U.S.A.F, between Oct. 28, 1969 to Aug. 17, 1973. He was a retiree from Tinker Field AFB. He touched the lives of many with his wit, wisdom, and his generosity. He enjoyed fishing, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Judy Button of OKC, his children, daughter Stephanie Montgomery and her husband Clint of OKC, and son Ray Button of OKC, three sisters Beverly Fitzgerald, Debbie Johnston, and Diane Button, two granddaughters, and many nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends. Service will be held Friday June 6, 2010 at 10 am at Advantage Funeral Service 7720 S. Pennsylvania, OKC, OK 73159.
CAMP REID Loyce, died Saturday May 29, 2010 from complications of a heart attack. She is survived by her beloved partner, Rudolfo Cruz; children, Kim Camp & husband, Bill Velotta, Brian Camp & wife, JoLynne, Karen Minor & husband, Scott; step-son, Russell Reid; & her grandchildren, Madisson, Cassidy, & Mackenzie Camp, Allison & Cameron Minor. She was born in 1939 in Guthrie, OK where she lived until her senior year in high school. She then moved to Chickasha & graduated high school in 1958. Loyce stayed in touch with many of her childhood friends & frequently told funny stories of her life in Guthrie. She loved spending time with her family & took great pleasure in cooking for them. She was one heck of a bridge player and enjoyed traveling the world. Donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 4, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27th St. in Moore, OK. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.vondelsmithmor tuary.com
tal at OU Medical Center, where she pushed a cart of toys to give to children hospitalized there, Robert Reece said. She was also involved with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church and other organizations. Reece is survived by her husband; their three children, Kimberly KemballCook, David Reece and Elizabeth Reece; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland Ave. CORNELL Lois Jean Cornell was born on September 16, 1914 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to her parents Evan H. McConnell and Elsa B. (O’Keefe) McConnell. She was raised in Ohio and Michigan. Lois spent many years of her adult life working as a legal secretary for several Oklahoma City law firms during which time she formed close bonds with several of her co-workers. She was a fiercely independent woman and loyal employee. Lois was an avid cat lover and provided a home and food to several of the neighborhood kitty-cats. She leaves behind her best buddy “Annie,” who always seemed to be in her lap or close by. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, son Billie Longanecker, granddaughter Kathy Longanecker, her stepson Dahl Cornell, and her very close friend Faye Carter. She is survived by her family members in Florida, Cheryl Jones, Donna Cornell Moore, and Curtis Cornell and their children. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Ruth Longanecker and her children. Special thanks are offered to her loyal and loving caregivers, Cindy Hibbs and Lynda Blair, and her friend Linda Leemaster who assisted her frequently over the years, as well as the entire Valir Hospice staff who made her last few months very comfortable. A funeral service will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A Viewing will be held Friday at Bill Merritt Funeral Home from 8am-9pm.
GRIFFITH Albertine Griffith, 89, was welcomed into Heaven on May 30, 2010 after complications from a common medical procedure. Albertine was born September 3, 1920, in Durant, Oklahoma to Albert and Ina Leard. Albertine worked as a bookkeeper for the family business and as a homemaker. Abby, as her friends called her, was an exceptional artist and seamstress and was very creative in many ways. Abby served the Lord at Olivet Baptist Church with her husband Harold L. Griffith where they were married in 1941. Albertine was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joe Leard. She is survived by her husband Harold, brother Eugene Leard of Oklahoma City, 3 children David and wife, Tish, of Tulsa, Tom and wife Darla, of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Davis and husband Steve of Tulsa, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren with 2 more expected soon. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bill Merritt Funeral Home, Bethany, OK. Interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please contribute to: Heart and Hand Ministries, Inc., 7901 NW 23, Bethany, OK 73008.
METRO | STATE DOTSON James M., age 69, died Friday 5/28/10. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday 6/4/10 in the Earl M. Temple Memorial Chapel. Interment will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, OK.
GARCIA Alfred Cano Garcia “Taco” went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2010. A.C. was born on January 22, 1947 to Dorothy Cano and Jose Garcia in Victoria, Texas. A.C. loved life and helping people. He worked for the Salvation Army for twenty-four years. His mission in life was to make a difference in the lives of the hungry and the homeless, and he achieved that goal. Taco loved to play golf on Sundays and watch softball everyday. “Taco” we will all miss you dearly. He is preceded in death by his father Jose Garcia, mother Dorothy Cano, his brother Tony Garcia, sister Carol Heffley. He is survived by his wife Stella Garcia, daughters Tanya Clark, Tina Alvarez, Teresa Exinia and Jo Garcia, sons-in-law Richard Clark, and George Exinia, grandchildren Ricky and Raeven Clark, Tate and Hope Alvarez and Jorge and Marcella Exinia, Alexander, Alayna, step-daughters Tammy, Vickie and step-grandchildren John, Evan, Kayla, Karesha, and Josh. He is also survived by brothers Joe Garcia, Albert Garcia, Johnnie Garcia, sisters Rose Cramer, Anita Holstein, Linda Stewart, Janie Cockrill, and Mary Garcia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to: The Salvation Army, 300 SW 5, OKC, OK 73102. A memorial service will be held 6:00PM, Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 2808 SE 44, OKC, OK.
GRAY Annie Marie Swarb Gray was born on November 9, 1918, in Maud, OK, to Arthur and Myrtle Swarb. On July 19, 1937 she married Leon Dewey Gray in Norman, OK. They were married for 40 years before his death in 1977. Marie passed away in Houston, TX, on May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, Montez Brown and husband Dennis, Clarksville, TX, Michael and wife Connie, Orange, TX, Cheryl Shine and husband Michael, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Winona VanMeter, Tecumseh, OK; three brothers, J.S. Swarb, Dumas, TX , Joe Swarb, Roff, OK, and Ronald Swarb, Midwest City, OK. She served our country during World War II as a “Rosie the Riveter”, working on C-47 airplanes at Douglass Field and worked fourteen years for Mid-Del Schools in food service. She was a longtime member of Ridgecrest Church of Christ. She will be remembered as an expert cook, seamstress, quilter, and painter. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family, most especially her grandchildren and grand dogs. And an enthusiastic Sooner fan to the end. Funeral services will be held June 5, 2010, 1:00pm, at Ridgecrest Church of Christ, Midwest City, OK, with the burial to follow at the City of Tecumseh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123, www. houstonhospice.org
COBB Vernie V. Cobb, 83, departed this life and went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2010 in Baraboo, WI after a long battle with heart disease. Vernie was born in Alex, OK to Lynn and Nettie(Clark) Cobb and was 1 of 12 children. He grew up in OKC and attended Capitol Hill H.S. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and was a part of World War II abroad the USS Mullany in 1943. After returning home from the Navy he became a truck driver and worked for various companies in OKC and eventually started his own trucking co. He later retired in 1984. One of his many great adventures in life was starting the first ever truck driving academy in OKC. He met and married his first wife Norma Dean (Gray) in 1953. Together they created a wonderful family. One son Carl B. Salyer (C.B.) and wife Maryvonne of Fulton, N.Y., their children Michelle Silva, husband Jorge and their children Carlos and David, Brian Salyer and wife Michelle and their children Ian and Adam; two daughters Valerie (Cobb) Lee and husband Kenny and her daughter Sheila Hensley and husband Gavin and their children Mackinsey and Jace. Valgetti (Cobb) Thompson, her son Shane and his daughter Shyanne all of Oklahoma. He was a longtime member of the 32nd Degree Mason's. He was also a Shriner and was affiliated with the Nomads of OKC. In more recent years he was a part of the Eastern Star and served as the Worthy Matron in Natchitoches, LA and was a member of Nakatosh Azar. Vernie was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, brothers Roy, Clyde, Robert, and Claude Cobb and one sister Nettie Lou Johnson. He is survived by his children and their families along with his wife, Anne, of the home and her children Alexis Rebman and Todd Allen and their families, brothers Lewis of Norman, Jerry( Buster) of CA, Don of Mustang, sisters Leoda Winters, Lola (Snapper) Myers, and Doris Scott all of Mustang, many other loving family members and friends. He was a wonderful daddy, grandpa, poppy, brother, uncle and friend to all and will be missed greatly. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at Walnut Hill Cemetery (Redlin Funeral Home) Baraboo, WI. MELTON Cathy F. Melton was born in Oklahoma City August 16, 1956 and left this earth May 26, 2010. She leaves behind her husband of thirty-nine years, Joe and three children, Bryan, Jarad and April, of Oklahoma City; thirteen grandchildren and a special friend, Carol Harris. She was a member of LifeChurchSouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Williams and Geraldine Hayes; and two brothers, Billy and David Williams. Services for Cathy were June 3, 2010 at Life Church- South. NIBLETT Mack A. Niblett, 83, died 5/29/10. He was born in Troy, Oklahoma to Jasper and Ina (Day) Niblett. He grew up in Troy where he attended school. He was a spot welder for Capital Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers LD, Tommy, Chester and Otis, one sister Imogene, wife Dorothy, son Larry and step-son, Albert. Survivors include wife Sally, son Roger Glenn, brothers Tal and Mat, sister Edna, step-children Cathy and Marilyn, and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Thursday, 10:00 A.M. at Sunny Lane Family Church, 4221 S. Sunnylane, Del City, OK, with interment Saturday, 3 P.M. at Sunny Lane Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfu neral.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 KRAMER Graveside services for Carllene Loretta Kramer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are set for 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton. Rev. Stewart Malloy will be officiating. Mrs. Kramer passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her home in Oklahoma City. Carllene was born February 1, 1935 in Belton, Texas to Carl and Loretta (Johnson) Boney. Survivors include two sons, Foster Kramer and Steven Kramer, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; two daughters, Karen Poth of Temple and Peggy Kramer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Faye Bickley of Austin and Wanda Nordgren of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of arrangements. RAMSEY Kathleen C. Ramsey, 86, Okla. City, OK, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She is survived by 8 children, David Ramsey, Yvonne Gaddis, Coy Ramsey, Saundra Marshall, Mark Ramsey, Larry Ramsey, Quinnita Crowder, and John Ramsey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Truevine Ministries, Inc. Rolfe Funeral Home ROOT Mark Allan Root, age 52, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his home in Yukon. He was born February 2, 1958 in St. Louis, MO to Billy and Marjorie (Kinkeade) Root. Mark came to Mustang in 1966. He was a 1976 graduate of Mustang High School where he played football and was an All-State Wrestler. He served in the US Air Force and owned and operated Mark’s Mechanical for over 20 years, and recently worked in sales. He was a member of Uriah Masonic Lodge in Wheatland and was a Methodist. Preceded in death by his father Billy, one son Robert and one sister Renee. He is survived by his mother Marjorie Root of Yukon, one daughter Jessica Root and her mother Carla of Mustang, two brothers Brian Root and wife Carol of Marlow and Billy Root of Yukon. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, June 4, 2010 in the Chapel of The Good Shepherd at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, OK. Interment with Military Rites as well as Masonic Rites will follow at the Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.mcneilsmus tangfs.com THOMAS Ann Marie Thomas, age 82, passed away May 27, 2010 in Oklahoma City, surrounded by her family. Ann was born March 16, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA to Ketty and Alvan Thomas. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Bishop John Carroll High School in 1946. When she was 23 Ann moved to San Francisco. She worked as a budget analyst for the Univ. of California-SF for 32 years and returned to Oklahoma City upon her retirement in 1989. Ann is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike. Ann is survived by her sisters, Grace Fox of Okla. City, Toni Eads of Omaha, NE, and Christine Sheldon of Tulsa; brothers, Buster and David, both of Okla. City; many nieces, nephews and other close relatives and dear friends. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Mac, who brought her much joy. A burial service for Ann will be Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, OK 73083.
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ated unbelievable progress in his son. One day after Blaine attended the playgroup at a local church, the teachers said he’d told teacher Seth Kastner that he loved him. “I’d only heard him say, ‘I love you,’ one other time, that was to me,” Steve Davis said. “Being a parent of a 3-year-old child and not hearing ‘I love you’ is incredibly difficult.” Now, Blaine has learned to point, use sign language and even allows his parents to touch him. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s pilot project is designed to identify the autism spectrum disorders in toddlers like Blaine. Like Blaine, one in every 110 children has been diagnosed with the disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that autism is being reported at higher rates than ever before. “It’s a pretty significant increase in the last 10 years,” Bonnie McBride, principal investigator for the Early Foundations Project, said during a news conference Wednesday at the center. Though children are often 2 years old by the time
Sean Sutton BY JOHN ESTUS Staff Writer jestus@opubco.com
Jennifer and Steve Davis of Oklahoma City speak about their 3-year-old son’s autism as Dr. Laura McGuinn looks on during a news conference. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
ONLINE Video To see video on the challenges of autism and a pilot program designed to help, go to NewsOK.com and search for “autism.”
Dr. Kathleen Combs Yukon pediatrician
their autism is identified, she said the earlier an autistic child is diagnosed the better the outcome.
About the program The Autism Workforce Initiative is Oklahoma’s response to the needs of children, their families and
pediatricians. The initiative features components such as a physician training program, along with the early intervention program for young children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Children enrolled in the program receive 17 hours per week of help through activities such as play groups, intensive teaching
involving behavioral techniques, weekly home visits and monthly parent education nights. “It’s awesome. It’s changed our lives, it really has,” Steve Davis said. Services are provided through Oklahoma’s Early Intervention system and the model site serving roughly 10 families in Oklahoma City is funded using federal dollars
through the state Department of Education. Along with developing an intervention model through its pilot site in Oklahoma City, the project is intended to provide outreach support to other communities statewide. The project also is operating in Cleveland and Canadian counties. The program is offered free to families of all income levels through SoonerStart, the state’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. For more information on the SoonerStart program, call 522-5167 or go to www.okdhs.org/programs andservices/dd/ss.
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cers had turned over evidence to prosecutors in that case.
Smith requested the city council review Murray’s employment that October. City council members reinstated him.
They were “totally different issues,” Smith told The Oklahoman in 2009 about the investigations into his actions and his
move to discipline Murray. Smith was elected to the city council in 1997. He was appointed interim mayor in 1998 after then-
Mayor Joe Johnson was convicted on corruption charges. Smith was elected to the post later in 1998.
STILLWATER — Former Oklahoma State University basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was postponed Wednesday. A judge postponed the hearing because Sutton remains in a drug treatment program, Payne County District Attorney Rob Hudson said. Sutton, 41, was to have appeared for the hearing Monday. He is now set to appear Aug. 13. Sutton faces four felonies for alleged attempts to illegally obtain pharmaceutical drugs. Sutton admitted a painkiller addiction upon his arrest in Stillwater in February, according to court records. Sutton’s wife, Trena, spoke at the state Capitol in April about the dangers of prescription drug addiction, saying she and her husband want to help others avoid the plight he has faced. Sean Sutton spent two years as OSU’s men’s basketball coach after his father, Eddie Sutton, resigned following a drunken driving accident in 2006. The elder Sutton had battled alcoholism throughout his coaching career.
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Diploma dilemma
Water bird rookery is intriguing sight
A judge has let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma.
A grove of trees near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City is the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America.
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MISDEMEANOR DUI CASE IS RESOLVED, BUT FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT REMAIN
Eufaula mayor pleads guilty BY VALLERY BROWN Staff Writer vbrown@opubco.com
EUFAULA — Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith appeared before two judges Wednesday on cases involving a drunken driving arrest and allegations he used his office to embezzle city money. Smith pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container of alcohol and failing to obey a traffic signal. District Judge Thomas Bartheld gave him a oneyear deferred sentence, a $900 fine and orders to undergo drug and alcohol assessments. No deal was made with prosecutors for the guilty plea.
Associate District Judge James Pratt ordered Smith to stand trial on four felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer. Smith was accused in 2009 of using his office to obtain about $200 in city money by using a city credit card to buy gasoline and later being reimbursed. His next court date is July 1. “It’s been a very unfortu-
nate situation for both me and the city, as I have dedicated over 15 years in public office to my community,” Smith said. “I have learned many things about the justice system and the politics of a small town.” City councilman Greg Anderson said the mayor’s problems with the law haven’t slowed the city council and haven’t been
discussed in city meetings. “Were going to let it run its course and go on with business as usual,” Anderson said. Smith suspended Police Chief Don Murray in September 2009, one day after embezzlement charges were filed against Smith. Murray has said his offiSEE MAYOR, BACK PAGE
EDMOND BRACES TO CONSERVE WATER DURING THE SUMMER Bonnie McBride Principal investigator of the Early Foundations Project in the pediatrics department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Autism program targets littlest
Miguel Monarrez, 25, an illegal immigrant who was serving two life sentences for murder, was found hanging in his cell about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. The death is an apparent suicide, Massie said. Monarrez pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to two counts of firstdegree murder in the strangling of Magaly Estrada, 25, in her Oklahoma City home, and the death of her unborn child. AARON CRESPO, STAFF WRITER
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HIKER DROWNS IN CAVE POOL Searchers found the body of Joseph Rolands, a 31-yearold hiker, in a 10foot-deep pool of water in a cave near Fort Gibson. Cherokee County Undersheriff Jason Chennault said the body was found about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 12 hours after the search began. Chennault said Rolands had drowned. Rolands’ family said he had experience exploring caves but always returned from previous trips within 24 hours.
ALSO ... RANGERS SEEK MAN FROM OKC YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK —
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An automatic sprinkler waters a lawn in Edmond. Residents have been asked to follow the city’s voluntary water conservation plan until Oct. 1. PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN
The signs that Blaine Davis wasn’t quite like other toddlers came early. Even more than the fact that he didn’t play well with others, he lacked the skill to point to what he wanted. That inability to express his wants and needs meant that he would follow his mother around and cry in frustration. “He was in his own world,” said his mother, Jennifer Davis. “He had no way of communicating with us and he would try to communicate by crying and pushing and shoving, not in a mean way, but trying to show us what he wanted.” But Oklahoma’s Early Foundations researchers identified Blaine’s autismtype behaviors and got him started in an early intervention program that Steve Davis said has gener-
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Edmond rolls out its voluntary water conservation plan for the summer, several metro-area cities have taken steps to avoid a summer drought. Edmond’s voluntary watering schedule has been in effect from June 1 to Oct. 1 since 2002. Fred Rice, the city’s water resources superintendent, said, “We are asking residents to pay attention to what hours they water their lawns to help us meet our peak demands.” Residents are asked to voluntarily use the outdoor watering schedule based on the last number of their home or business address. Residents are also asked not to water lawns between 7 p.m. and midnight. “Our intent is to at all times ensure that we have an adequate supply of both potable water use and fire
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JWilliams@opubco.com safety,” Rice said. In Piedmont, City Manager Clark Williams said there are no plans for water rationing this summer. In 2008, Piedmont put in a new 400,000-gallon tank, increasing the city’s water storage capacity. “Right now we don’t have any plans for water rationing unless we have damage to our system,” Clark said. “Since we buy a lot of our water from Oklahoma City we would pass on a ban accordingly.” Williams said the Piedmont had struggled in recent years to keep up with the water demand because of population growth. In Bethany, the city’s
water supply comes completely from wells, City Manager John Shugart said. “We have a sufficient supply with our well system to carry us through,” he said. “We do rely on Oklahoma City for backup water so if they’re rationing water, we’d have to ration water ourselves or not take water from them.” Shugart said the city of Bethany made a $10 million upgrade to its water treatment operation in 2006. “Most of our lines are in pretty good shape,” Shugart said. “The only thing we are really trying to work on is to improve our well field to provide an even greater source of water.” Midwest City Environmental Services Director Bill Janacek said the city has not asked its residents to ration water in the 21 years he’s been on the job. “I don’t anticipate having to this summer,” he said.
Midwest City, like Del City and Norman, draws water from Lake Thunderbird and 23 active wells. “I can shut down my Thunderbird water in the dead of summer and my citizens never notice the difference,” Janacek said. Meanwhile, the city of Edmond’s water is supplied from Arcadia Lake and 56 wells. Treated water is purchased from Oklahoma City during periods of high demand in summer months. “We have a 50-year agreement to buy up to 15 million gallons a day from them,” Rice said. “Through extended periods of heat we may be producing all we can produce, about 22 million gallons of water a day.” The biggest demand day so far this year was 13½ million gallons, Rice said. For more about the Edmond watering schedule and conservation plan levels, go to edmondok. com.
Park rangers are looking for an Oklahoma City man who went missing in Yellowstone National Park during the weekend. A car rented by Peter Kastner, 25, was found parked at the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern portion of the park Monday morning, rangers said in a news release. The car had been parked overnight and was not associated with a backcountry permit. Kastner rented the car several days earlier. Kastner is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Kastner can call (307) 344-7381. FROM STAFF REPORTS
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To watch a video of Sydna Yellowfish talking about her career and her awards, go to News OK.com and look for Sydna Yellowfish.
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lowfish has had an embarrassment of riches lately. The American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District was named the Oklahoma Native American Woman of the Year by the Changing Winds Cultural Society earlier this year. In 2008, she was named the Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. In April, she was invited to Washington to share ideas with American Indian educators from other states. “It really means a lot,” Yellowfish said. “It gives me a humbling feeling to be selected by my peers, parents and others involved in Indian education. I was very pleased and happy when I received the call.” Yellowfish has dedicated much of her life to American Indian education. She has worked for the Edmond School District for 25 years, teaching American Indian expressions and Indian literature in the classroom for 13 years and also overseeing about 1,100 American Indian students in the district in various academic and cultural concerns. “This goes back to my parents, my grandparents and the elders of our tribe, teaching me those traditions that our tribes do,
awards banquet in May. One of her most precious awards, is not in her room — an eagle feather
Sydna Yellowfish, American Indian education coordinator for the Edmond School District, shows several awards she’s recieved in her classroom at Boulevard Academy. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
and wanting to educate the next generation and the general public about Native American people and our culture,” she said. Yellowfish, an OtoeMissouria Tribe member who also has ties to the Osage, Pawnee and Sac and Fox tribes, on Wednesday talked of her career and her awards in her classroom at Edmond’s Boulevard Academy, surrounded by hun-
dreds of books and other materials devoted to American Indian culture. Spread out on a table in front of her was a traditional Pendleton Indian blanket, engraved with her name and her Native American Woman of the Year designation. On her wrist was a silver engraved bracelet given to her by her parent committee members during an Indian Student Honors Society
Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, 216-7600, $3 per class or $25 per month. Friday Night Worship and Fellowship, 6:30 p.m., Acts 2 United Methodist Church, 4848 W Covell Road, 359-2287. Ashley Windham concert, 7 to 9 p.m., Allaus Coffee and Gelato, 1333 N Santa Fe, 285-5353. Edmond Junior Rodeo, 8 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday, Edmond Round Up Club, 300 N Kelly, 2643685. David Wilcox, 8 p.m., University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab, 100 E Fifth St., 340-8552. Act Casual, 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Cee Gee’s Club, 309 S Coltrane, 3487555. “Smokey Joe’s Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller,” 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through June 26, The Pollard Theatre, 120 W Harrison, Guthrie, 282-2800.
Edmond Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays and Wednesdays through Sept. 29, Festival Market Place, Second and Broadway, 359-4630. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Dream Home Open House, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, through June 16, 4417 Roundup Road, Iron Horse Ranch, www.stjude.org. Children’s Story Time, 11 a.m., Best of Books, 1313 E Danforth, 340-9202. Pet adoption, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., PetSmart, 1921 S Broadway, 330-4079. Dog and Cat Fun Days, 1 p.m. first and third Saturdays, Free to Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, 282-8617. 1889 Territorial Schoolhouse tours, 1 to 4 p.m., first and second Saturdays, 124 E Second St., 340-0078. Edmond Art Association Spring Indoor Art Show opening reception, 2 to 5 p.m., show runs through June, Edmond Library, 10 S Boulevard. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, 3 p.m., Edmond Library, 10 S Boulevard, Room A, 330-0642 or 286-9370.
CALENDAR TODAY Breakfast on Boulevard, 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, First Christian Church, Boulevard entrance between First and Second streets, 3413544. Early Risers exercise class, 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, 216-7600, no cost. “Sculpture: African Masterpieces,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Owens Arts Place Museum, 1202 E Harrison Ave., Guthrie, 260-0204. “A Dose of His-tory Exhibit,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, through June 10, Edmond Historical Society & Museum, 431 S Boulevard, 340-0078. Basic Woodcarving, noon, Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, 216-7600. Pet adoption or reclaiming, 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, Guthrie Animal Shelter, 415 W Commerce Blvd., 282-1776. Yoga/Pilates, 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, 216-7600, $20 per month. Caregiver Support Group, 6:15 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, 1001 S Rankin, 341-3602. Pool Tournament, 7 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, The Wolftrap, 1109 S Broadway, 340-7075. The Groove Merchants, 7:15 p.m., E.C. Hafer Park, 1034 S Bryant, 359-4630.
FRIDAY Edmond Toastmasters, 7 a.m., Denny’s restaurant, 1100 E Second St., 2260638. Weekly devotional, 10 a.m., Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, 216-7600. Cheryl Steele Book Signing: “A Mouse in God’s House,” 10:30 a.m., Bradford Village, 906 N Boulevard. Tap Dance Practice, 1 p.m., Fridays, Edmond Senior Center, 2733 Marilyn Williams Drive, 216-7600. Christian Wellness Series, 1:15 to 2:15 p.m., First Friday, Wellstates, 1019 Waterwood Parkway, Suite E, reservations required, 471-5260. Jazzercize Lite for seniors, 2:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
SATURDAY All American Kid’s Fishing Derby, 7:30 a.m. to noon, Arcadia Lake, Spring Creek Park, 7900 E Second St., 216-7471.
given to her by a student she’d worked with from kindergarten who graduated this year. The feather’s shaft was beaded by the student’s grandfather. “The eagle feather is the most honored and sacred gift in our society,” Yellowfish said. “I am so humbled by that gift.” It will go alongside Yellowfish’s other eagle feather, one given to her by her father and the grandfather after whom she is named,
Sidney Moore, when she graduated from college. The full-circle nature of the gifts is not lost on Yellowfish — receiving one feather for her own accomplishments and a second for the accomplishments of one of her students. “For me, I feel like family is the most important thing,” she said. “Then education for all students, and wanting to share about our tribes and the revitalization of our languages.”
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Edmond forms council to help with fundraising BY DIANA BALDWIN Staff Writer dbaldwin@opubco.com
EDMOND — A new group
called Council of Civic Organizations is forming in Edmond to help fund the senior meals program and other major needs in the city. Edmond nonprofits and civic organizations are joining forces to make up the Council of Civic Organizations. The group hopes to help raise money for projects that affect a lot of people in the community, said Charlotte Nutt, an organizer. The idea came about after Mayor Patrice Douglas talked to Nutt, Jennifer
Miller and Elizabeth Kerr about helping raise money for Edmond’s senior meal program, which feeds a minimum of 65 people, and as many as 115 people, a day. Money for the Edmond program was eliminated because of state budget cuts. “We feel the seniors are so special, we felt like we needed to step forward and do something,” Nutt said. The Areawide Aging Agency slashed Edmond’s entire budget of $53,000 for the senior meals in October. The original goal was to raise enough money to keep the program going for the rest of the year. Their plan is turning into something more.
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“We want to get everyone in the community interested,” Nutt said. “Our intent is to have someone from all the organizations, like the Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, AMBUCS and the schools. We thought we could get more done if we had 200 people instead of 10 people.” The remaining donations will be put into an endowment fund that will be use to fund other community-wide projects, Miller said.
Fundraising efforts are just starting. Six board members have agreed to adopt a day to provide $250 for all the senior meals for one day. Organizers are looking for other people or groups for the adoption program, Nutt said. “We are just starting,” Nutt said. “I think it will be interesting to see where we will go.” Miller said, “It is really growing. It is starting to snowball.”
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
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IN BRIEF STUDENTS TO WALK FOR CHARITY Students from several metro-area schools will join forces this weekend in a global charity walk to eradicate childhood hunger and malnutrition. Walk the World will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the state Capitol. Last year’s walk which took place in 24 time zones, raised enough funding to provide meals to 20,000 children around the world in the world’s poorest countries. Schools taking part include Casady School, Heritage Hall, Putnam City High School and Mercy School. Other groups include United Nations Association of Greater Oklahoma City, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, Respect Diversity Foundation, Peace House and Peace Education Institute. To register for the walk or for more information, go to www.una-okc.org/ walk2010.html.
RETAILER SETS OPEN HOUSE EDMOND — The Gourmet Gallery, 1532 S Boulevard,
will have a summer open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 12. Vendors will be on site with recipes and sample products. Metro Appliances will give an outdoor kitchen grilling demonstration. For more information, call 715-3663.
EDMOND HAS OLYMPIC DAY EDMOND — Mayor Patrice Douglas has proclaimed
June 23 as Olympic Day in Edmond. The day will recognize the Endeavor Games and the Sitting Volleyball Championship this summer. The U.S. Olympic Committee celebrates Olympic Day annually with events at its Olympic training centers and official training sites.
AUTHOR TO SIGN BOOKS GUTHRIE — Author Sherry Porter will sign copies of her Christian fiction novel “His Grace is Enough” from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. June 12 at Heritage Collection, 118 W Oklahoma Ave. FROM STAFF REPORTS
Wayne and Beverly Bishop, of Harrah, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Jimmie and Virginia Burns, of Moore, were married June 4, 1950, in Seminole.
Carlene and Don Coyle, of Oklahoma City, were married May 20, 1960, in Sherman, Texas.
Lynn and Ludy Fry, of Midwest City, were married June 3, 1950, in Swink.
Don and Mary Graves, of Yukon, were married June 3, 1950, in Dill City.
Mary Lou and Vernon Hewitt, of Norman, were married May 27, 1950, in Waldron, Kan.
James and Madalyn Long, of Oklahoma City, were married June 9, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Nancy and Steve Martin, of Oklahoma City, were married June 4, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Mary and Billy Overall, of Oklahoma City, were married May 28, 1960, in Oklahoma City.
Garold and Ina Belle Reed, of Cushing, were married June 2, 1946, in rural Payne County.
Jim and Willa White, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960, in Tulsa.
Arlie and Loretta Wilson, of Oklahoma City, were married June 3, 1960.
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Edmond summer program sessions to begin Monday FROM STAFF REPORTS
EDMOND — KaleidEscape, a summer activity program for children ages 4 to 11, is scheduled at St. Mary’s Episcopal School, 505 E Covell Road. The weeklong summer program will be from 8:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day, with sessions beginning
Monday and June 14, 21and 28. Each session is $130. Children are eligible to attend more than one weeklong session, said Connie Westoff, KaleidEscape director. Openings are available on a first-come, firstserved basis. For more information, call 341-9541, ext. 114 or go to www.smes edmond.org.
Request for Qualifications (Sealed Bid) Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 The Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town is seeking Design/Build services for a 5,500 square foot Senior Activities Center construction project. The project will include both facilities and parking. The scope of the designbuild services includes, but is not limited to: surveying, design, site development and construction of this facility. The successful respondent will be responsible for surveys, securing all permits, verifying zoning criteria and compliance will all Federal Regulation. Indian owned (51% or greater) Construction Contractors only, may apply for this project. Selection of an Indian Owned Design/Build construction firm will be based on evaluation of the following in descending order: Firm Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Staff Experience/Qualifications, with points available from 025; Availability to meet Schedule of 200 days, with points available from 0-15; Past experience working with Tribes, with points available from 0-15; Firm Past Design/Build Performance, with points available from 0-15; Firm meets Tribes membership requirements, with points available from 05. This project is subject to Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 12 U.S.C. 1701u and 24 CFR Part 135 which implement the Act. These regulations will be incorporated into all contracts and sub-contracts. Offeror's can be a partnership, corporation, association, and/or other legal entity which will have contractual responsibility for the project. A proposed joint venture should provide profiles for all firms in the joint venture. Provide four Qualification packets, including all items as stated above, for selection. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will review all aspects of this project. Qualification packets must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. Friday, CSDT, June 15, 2010, at the Tribal Headquarters in 101 East Broadway, Wetumka, Oklahoma, Attn: Mr. Percy Harrell, ICDGB Coordinator. Further information may be obtained from Mr. Harrell at (405) 220-6139.
NOTICE Notice is hereby given by G S & T Energy & Exploration LLC 2417 E. Skelly Dr. Tulsa, OK 74105 that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR 165:10-5-4, 165:10-5-5 and RP 165:5-7-27 authorize the approval of the following commercial disposal well: APPLICATION NO: 1007890021 WELL: GS&T SWD #1 LOCATION: SW NE SE SW 18-11N-17E McIntosh Co. FORMATION: FIRST SIMPSON, UPPER MCLISH, LOWER MCLISH, OIL CREEK AND ARBUCKLE 3054-4568 ft. RATE & PRESSURE: 35,000 BPD @ 500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within 15 days of this notice. Saleem Nizami - Regulatory Petroleum Geologist American Petroleum & Envir. Cons. APEC, Inc. 2236 NW 164th Street Edmond, OK 73013 PH: 405-513-6055
OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007640139 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 50; C-NWN -NWN , of Sec 29-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5150’ BOTTOM: 5184’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Jim Thorpe Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007540008 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Linn Operating, Inc., 600 Travis Street, Suite 5100, Houston, Texas 77002, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:105-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-27 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: NECU 16A; Location: S2, N2, NW1/4, SW1/4 of Sec 21-T27N-R10W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Cherokee TOP: 5140’ BOTTOM: 5178’ DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 2500 Bbs/day 1500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 Application No. 1007210029 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Creek County, Oklahoma:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Rick Pulliam Oil and Gas, Inc. P.O. Box 292 Bristow, OK 74010, is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Graham #3 C-SW SW SE 09-16N08E Creek, County *NOTE: (Lease name, well number and location of well to nearest 10 acre spot OR footages from section line) NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH Jones and Hogshooter 1160 (H) (H) 1163 TOP: 1525(J) BOTTOM: (J) 1538 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 500 Bbs/day VAC Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000
PUBLIC AUCTION ABANDONED PROPERTY IN UNPAID STORAGE UNITS SATURDAY, JUNE 05, 2010 11:00AM AT HARVEY SELF STORAGE 5300 N HARVEY AVE, OKLA CITY, OK 73118 405-842-0558 CONTENTS OF STORAGE UNITS SCHEDULED FOR SALE. #111 AMBER BROOKS 721 NE 31ST ST OKC, OK 73105 MISC ITEMS #269 REGGIE ROBINSON 1207 NW 33RD OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #336 & 366 ELDONIA M HICKS PO BOX 11744 OKC, OK 73136 MISC ITEMS #253 CHRISTINA SISSENSTEIN 2805 NW 64TH OKC, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #291 JERRY MCCUTCHEON 3508 NE 115TH OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #261 VINCENT/MARY TRENT 1419 NW 20TH ST OKC,OK 73106 MISC ITEMS #342 MICAH C MAGNESS 1203 BELFORD AVE NICHOLS HILLS, OK 73116 MISC ITEMS #256 DOUG HANCOCK 533 NW 30TH ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #181 AMBER N MORRISON 4857 N BLACKWELDER APT 139 OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS #10 LEE WILSON 4116 PARK LANE OKC, OK MISC ITEMS #162 TERI RICE 9315 S SHARTEL APT 104 OKC, OK 73139 MISC ITEMS #254 ALBERT SCHUNEMAN 924 W HILL ST OKC, OK 73118 MISC ITEMS Notice is hereby given that on 6/19/10, at 9:00 a.m. at Sir, Llc, 4321 SE 33rd, Del City, OK, the undersigned, Sir, Llc will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding, the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by: Space Number: 137 Cynthia Harwell 4221 Oakbrook Del City, OK 73115 Space Number: 175 Christopher Martin 4317 S.E. 40th St. Del City, OK 73114
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CRIMETRACKER EDMOND WOMAN ARRESTED ON DRUG FRAUD COMPLAINT EDMOND — A woman was arrested at an Edmond
drug store after police said she altered a prescription for pain killers. Jennifer Ann Dixon, 31, of Edmond, shown right, was arrested on a complaint of attempting to obtain drugs by fraud. She was being held Wednesday in the Oklahoma County jail with bail set at $5,000. The reported incident happened Tuesday at Walgreen’s, 1400 E Second St. A pharmacist said he became suspicious when the prescription was for 60 Lortab pills, so he called the doctor, who said it was supposed to be for six pills. The doctor said he wrote the prescription earlier in the day at the Mercy Hospital emergency room, a police report shows. DIANA BALDWIN, STAFF WRITER
Workers put new signs on wind-resistant poles along a widened stretch of Interstate 35. PHOTOS BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
State installs new I-35 sign design BY JAMES S. TYREE Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The state’s first “monotube” overhead interstate sign posts were installed recently in Norman, and the state Transportation Department plans to use more at other locations, including the Crosstown Expressway project under way in Oklahoma City. The curved overhead design debuted recently as the northern half of the Interstate 35 widening project in Norman is wrapping up. David Meuser, a Transportation Department spokesman, confirmed the sign posts in Norman are the first in the state. He said the design has fewer structural parts, which means less maintenance, yet is as durable as traditional overhead posts. “They’re referring to them as ‘monotubes,’ ” Meuser said Wednesday. “The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means
less possibility for wear and tear and fractures. They are made with galvanized steel and can withstand the same wind force as the current design.”
More locations The Transportation Department also plans to install the overhead sign structures along the southern half of I-35 in
Norman from Main Street to the Canadian River. That phase of the widening project, which could take several years and up to $200 million to complete, is still in its planning phase. The overhead monotubes should pop up in other parts of the metro area and state, Meuser said, though plans are not finalized at this point.
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EDMOND KIDS BOUNCE AT PARACHUTE PLAY
Above: Melissa Perry, of Edmond, helps her son Joe Perry, 2, at the Edmond Library. Right: Lily Boyd, 5, of Edmond, sits in the middle of a parachute.
Children bounce balls on a parachute during a session of Parachute Play at the Edmond Library. PHOTOS BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
Children sit under a parachute Wednesday during Parachute Play.
Jasmine Urena, 3, of Edmond, bounces a parachute.
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Front Desk Clerk, F/T Experience preferred. Computer skills helpful. Apply in person Ramada Inn 6800 S I-35 631-3321
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WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE Vans Cars & PUs 7 Days/Wk
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NEW ACCOUNTS CLERK Financial planning comp. in Edmond. Must be able to work in a demanding environment & be able to multi-task. Fax 340-5611 or, charlottec@shaw financialinc.com
Secretary
The Bair Foundation, a Christian non-profit foster care organization, has immediate opening for a Part Time and Full Time Secretary. An exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, people-oriented individuals to provide clerical support. Good organizational and computer skills with working knowledge of Micro soft Word & Excel are required. Send resume including current rate of pay to okc@staffserve.com or fax to 888.412-6050. EOE
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800-782-6038 x26 Great job for retired & semi-retired persons. FT & PT Motor Coach Drivers needed. Applicants should apply in person at Red Carpet Charters, 6800 Camille St., OKC, OK. A valid CDL, people friendly attitude and willingess to work flexible hours are a must. EOE
Armed Security Officers Daytime posts & night patrol positions. Also Dispatchers-Eve/wkend. 111 Harrison Ave.
PATIENT FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR Watonga Municipal Hospital has an immediate opening for a PFS Director to manage Registration, Billing, Collections. Candidate must possess knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance Billing & Collections. Director will manage a staff of ten employees. Position reports to CFO. Candidates shall possess 3-5 years PFS management experience in an acute care setting. Email resume to: Human_Resources@ watongahospital.com fax resume to: 580-623-7405
Antiques, Art, Collectibles 501 Old Country Roses China Service for 12 plus extra pcs. Some in orig. boxes never used. Matching silverware w/chest. all $750 cash firm. 818-7022
Microwave Magic Chef 0.9 cu ft, 900 watt microwave. Call after 6pm and on weekends. $125. 752-0149
RN/DON Experience a must. Immediate opening. 80 bed home. No deficiencies. Great staff. Salary negotiable. 25 miles SW of OKC. Send resume to: P.O. Box 843 Tuttle, OK 73089
COLLECTORS with experience needed for growing NW OKC call center. Salary/bonus/ benefit pkg. Spanish a plus Email resume to jobs@mfgokc.com Credit Union accepting resume for experienced HR/COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR. Apply in person at 8812 S. Walker Ave. or submit resume by fax to 813-3007 Only experienced applicants need apply.
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Airedale Terrier Puppies I have a breeding between two of the best hunting lines of Airedale Terriers in the country. These dogs were bred to hunt boar, coyote and bear. This was an accidental breeding and I am not a professional breeder. I am looking for loving homes for these pups first and foremost. Airedales have loving personalities and are great with children. These are the Redline/Sierra performance type. I expect 65-75lbs when mature.Very hardy and healthy breed. 5 males and 1 female left. They are ready to go. $200. (405)513-2232 Dachshund Puppies Adorable AKC shorthair minis, 6 wks, 2F, 2M, s/w; 2 red, 2 B&T, pop, vet ckd $300 820-1979 or 412-5008 English Bulldog Puppies (Miniature) Born 4/2/10 3-male/2-fem Dam reg.ACA-46#.Sire reg.ICA-50# www.heavensentbabies.com New pics avail. $1800. 316-708-2131 German Shepherd Puppies, AKC, POP, Large, 9wks $225 405-420-1297 Lab Pups, AKC very nice, s/w, choc & blk, $325. 405-640-1153 McLoud Pappillon Puppy A beautiful AKC tri-color small male Papillon. vaccinations and de-wormed $425. 619-562-0784 cell
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Judge upholds diploma decision BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — A judge on Wednesday let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma. Tulsa County District Court Judge Linda Morrissey made her ruling after hearing about 90 minutes of pleadings from Sperry School District attorney Stephen F. Bulleigh and attorney Perry Newman, who represented former Sperry student Oanh “Annie” Pham, 18, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Morrissey on Wednesday denied an emergency motion by Bulleigh to vacate her judgment on May 20, when she ruled Pham should be allowed to receive a Sperry diploma based on a state law permitting an exception to
graduation requirements. The Sperry School Board voted 2-1 on May 13 against making that exception. Pham, who was hosted in the United States by Newman’s family, participated in graduation ceremonies on May 22 but has not received her diploma. “We knew all along what the law said and to have a judge confirm every argument that we made to the board, every position that we took, every authority that we presented to the board is wonderful,” Newman said after the Wednesday ruling. “A member of the board of education made a comment that he wanted a judge to decide the issue. And a judge has now.” Morrissey deliberated in chambers about 45 minutes before rendering her decision. Bulleigh declined to comment on the ruling
and whether he thought the district would appeal. Newman said he anticipated an appeal. Pham returned to Vietnam earlier this week and is expected back in Oklahoma in midAugust to attend Oklahoma State University. Pham enrolled in the Sperry district as a senior in August and received straight A’s, taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 26 on her ACT exam. Accepted to Tulsa and Oklahoma universities and Oklahoma State, she was selected to receive a scholarship of more than $8,000 a year from OSU. “We’re really thrilled for Annie that this chapter of her life is over and she can look forward to continuing on with college,” Newman said. According to the Oklahoma Education Code, the state Board of Education
shall adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer from out of state after their junior year shall not be denied, because of differing graduation requirements, the opportunity to receive a standard diploma. The law allows Oklahoma school boards to make exceptions to graduation requirements on an individual basis. Bulleigh argued Wednesday that the phrase “out-of-state” refers to the transfer of students from state-to-state. Morrissey disagreed. The judge said the statutory language “from outof-state must be taken as its plain and ordinary meaning, as applying to any student who came to Sperry from any location outside the state of Oklahoma.” Bulleigh wrote in his motion about the May 13 vote that “such an act is
Oanh Kim Pham, center, with host parents Perry and Angie Newman. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD
wholly within the discretion of Sperry. Thus, Plaintiff cannot establish she has the right to a diploma.” Morrissey found that a Sperry transcript certified in November 2009 showed that Pham had earned 39 credits. The judge said the only written evidence to
the contrary is an undated, unsigned and uncertified graduation checklist that indicated that Pham had eight credits. “The court finds that the petitioner has earned and exceeded the necessary requirements for graduation,” the judge said.
Details emerge in abduction, shooting of man BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com
A cattle egret takes flight near NW 10 and Council in Oklahoma City.
PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
DON’T HAVE REGRETS, SEE VISITING EGRETS The great egrets are the first to arrive, and they’re the ones that pick the spot. Maybe it’s because they’re so great. Every summer I’m intrigued by a grove of trees just southwest of NW 10 and Council Road. It’s the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America. They all fly north from different places, and eventually they’ll keep flying north to different destinations. But for a few weeks, they’ll all be here. Wildlife experts don’t know why the birds choose this spot. Sometimes it will vary a bit — maybe a little west, maybe a little north. But NW 10 and Council Road seems to be the spot. The great egrets usually come in March, the little blue herons in April and everybody else after that. They hang out in a giant bird festival until the weather turns cool. Then they all leave in different groups until all that’s left is an empty grove. No matter where you live, this is something worth seeing. Here are some tips for visiting the egret colony: Don’t get too close to the birds. They’re protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so no smacking them around either. Don’t try to feed them. They eat insects and such; they’re not
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A man who says he was abducted, shot and left in rural Pottawatomie County is improving at an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said. Larry Cawthon, 56, told police four men abducted him and shot him in the stomach Tuesday morning before dumping him in southwest Pottawatomie County. In a 911 call Cawthon made from his cell phone he said he had kept in his boot, he told a dispatcher, “I’ve just been shot.” Cawthon said he was shot “in the belly.” When asked where he was, he replied, “I don’t have a clue.” He also said, “I was at work. ... A few guys came out where I work at.” Cawthon then struggle
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Great egret: Most stand almost 4 feet tall. They have black legs and a yellowish bill. They primarily eat fish. Cattle egret: About 80 percent of the Council Road colony are these. They have white feathers, yellowish bills and legs and stand about 21⁄2 feet tall. They usually eat grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Little blue heron: Their feathers are a purple-blue color, and the tips of their bills are black. They stand about 3 feet tall. They primarily eat fish. Black-crowned night heron: These white and black birds have red eyes and are mostly nocturnal. They eat fish, frogs, crawfish, snakes and sometimes the young of other herons. Snowy egret: This species is the least common in the Council Road colony. They have white feathers, yellow feet and black bills and legs. They eat mostly crawfish.
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to talk and breathe. Police tracked his cell phone to an area about 10 miles south of Tecumseh, where law officers found him in an open field. He was flown to OU Medical Center. Cawthon’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious, hospital spokeswoman Natalie Scott said. Scott said Cawthon’s family does not want to be interviewed and Cawthon does not want to comment about the incident.
Suspect in shooting surrenders to police BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
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MIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County man charged with shooting at two Miami police officers was taken into custody at a Grove hospital, said Bob Ernst, Ottawa County undersheriff. Kevin Eugene Brownfield, 38, of Miami, surrendered to authorities on Monday, Ernst said. He is charged in Ottawa County District Court with shooting a police officer with intent to kill. He remains in jail on a $500,000 bail. Brownfield had been hospitalized since April 13 in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after he was shot by Miami police officers Michael Brashers and Richard Cummings, who were responding to a domestic violence call. According to the Joplin Globe, Brownfield allegedly came out of an apartment with a shotgun and shot Brashers in the hip. Brashers fired back with a shotgun and hit Brownfield in the arm. Brownfield retreated into the apartment but reemerged moments later and began to raise his gun when Brashers and Cummings both shot him in the abdomen, authorities said. Brashers was not seriously injured.
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A cattle egret in a rookery in June 2008 near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City.
interested in your sandwich. Unless you have an insect sandwich. Go when the temperature is a little cooler. The warmer it is, the more the bird colony smells like, you know, a bunch of birds.
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If you want to avoid the smell and crowded nesting area, go out to Lake Hefner or Lake Overholser for a more peaceful view of birds searching for food. Take your camera. And insect sandwich.
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SOURCE: STATE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
Cause sought in fatal fire BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
JET — The cause of a Monday night house fire that killed a 7-year-old Alfalfa County boy and his grandmother remains unknown, Sheriff Charlie Tucker said Wednesday. The bodies of Marchaleen Radig, 48, and Gabriel Luna, were found lying on Radig’s bedroom floor. Don Radig told investigators he heard a small explosion or a popping sound right before he noticed the fire, he said. The one-story wooden frame home is thought to be one of the first houses built in the community, 35 miles northwest of Enid, Tucker said.
Radig kicked out an air conditioner unit in a bedroom to escape, he said. When he realized his family hadn’t followed, he got a ladder and tried to go back through the window. Radig suffered minor scratches and bruises. His son, Austin Radig, 22, was taken to Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid with smoke inhalation. A neighbor was taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid with smoke inhalation, Tucker said. Fire and medical personnel were called to the scene about 11:38 p.m., too late to save the house. “The state fire marshal’s hasn’t determined what caused the fire,” Tucker said.
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With the Washita Heights School District out of money and no help on the horizon, Superintendent Steve Richert went before the school board and told its members he needed to lose his job — because the district would have to be shut down. The district’s already precarious financial situation became untenable when state appropriations began to be cut as legislators scrambled to make up a $669 million budget hole for the current fiscal year. Richert worked the numbers and determined his school district — which served the tiny Washita County towns of Corn and Colony — would run out of money by May 1. The western Oklahoma district was able to finish out the school year, barely, and now has been consolidated with neighboring Cordell, leaving Richert to wrap up Washita Heights’ remaining business by June 30. “Technically and legally, Washita Heights is a memory right now,” Richert said last week, sitting in his office. “We no longer exist.”
Similar stories are being told across Oklahoma. Two other districts — Goodland in Choctaw County and Boley in Okfuskee County — have consolidated with neighboring districts. School patrons in Braman in Kay County and White Oak in Craig County voted to eliminate their high schools in an effort to preserve their districts. The culprit in most of the closures and consolidations? A lack of students, which translates to less public funding. Small schools already struggling to maintain instructional standards were pushed over the virtual precipice by state funding cuts. And those cuts aren’t done yet, as lawmakers had about $1.2 billion less to spend for the upcoming fiscal year than for the current one.
How much was cut? A $6.7 billion state budget originally included $2.375 billion for common education, although state education officials say that number dropped by $8.5 million even as the budget agreement worked its way through the Legislature. Although legislative leaders say common edu-
cation received “only” a 2.9 percent budget cut, that was from a revised, $2.446 billion appropriation level determined in March, after the budget crunch hit the state in earnest. When compared to what the Legislature appropriated last May for the current fiscal year — about $2.572 billion — schools will see a budget reduction of about 7.6 percent. And, according to state Education Department officials, it’s really a little worse: 8.9 percent after figuring in other reductions and shortfalls, such as state funding for rising health care costs. “I would say it’s the most devastating cut education has ever taken,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. “It’s a very sad state of affairs, and the more we can do to make our message clear and to not be using a wrong percentage cut … then perhaps folks will start understanding that (the state’s) priorities are misplaced.”
Too many districts? Bell Public School in Adair County lost its accreditation last week. After it is consolidated,
FISSURE LEAVES TULSA WITH SINKING FEELING FROM TULSA WORLD REPORTS
TULSA — Traffic was being diverted off Interstate 44 Wednesday because of a sinkhole that developed in its westbound lanes near Lewis Avenue. The sinkhole is several yards across and covers parts of the westbound traffic lanes, as well as the shoulder. Water could be seen Wednesday in the bottom of the hole. The state Department of Transportation reported that the hole continues underneath the highway’s eastbound lanes. Crews are evaluating the extent of the damage and are bringing in asphalt trucks to fill in the hole. They hope to have the highway reopened by about noon today. “This obviously affects the morning rush,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.
A firefighter looks at a sinkhole Wednesday in Tulsa. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD/AP
George Brown said. “If you routinely travel these roadways, people need to expect delays.” Brown asked that people “be patient with us and let ODOT do their repair.” Eastbound traffic is being diverted as far back as the Peoria Avenue exit, and westbound traffic is being diverted at Lewis
Avenue, according to the the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The department is also shutting down the westbound I-44 exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway and the eastbound I-44 exit from U.S. 75. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area until further notice.
Fletcher superintendent gets top school chief title BY MEGAN ROLLAND Staff Writer mrolland@opubco.com
Superintendent Kathryn Turner with Fletcher Public Schools received top honors for school chiefs Wednesday from the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators for work in the Comanche County district over the past six years. Fletcher was named Superintendent of the Year for a list of accomplishments — particularly for renovations and additions to the district’s buildings and the implementation of an after-school program and a free summer school program, a news release from the association said.
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The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators also named Carla Kimberling, of Norman Public Schools, the Assistant Superintendent of the Year. Kimberling supervises curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through 12th grade in Norman and oversees programs ranging
from Advanced Placement to gifted education. Kimberling has been an administrator for 26 years. Both educators will be honored June 10 during an annual conference hosted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration at the Meridian Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
Plea deal in fatal crash draws prison term BY NOLAN CLAY Staff Writer nclay@opubco.com
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in an Oklahoma prison for a 2008 traffic fatality. Alfredo Enrique Ramos, 21, pleaded guilty May 21 to first-degree manslaughter. He faces deportation to Mexico after his release.
Ramos admitted in court papers he ran a stop sign while speeding in a pickup “and struck a car the victim was in.” The collision was at an intersection in far northwest Oklahoma County about 9 p.m. June 15, 2008. Killed was Wilford Ross Johnson, 82, of Oklahoma City. The victim was a passenger in a Mustang
that was struck. Two others in the Mustang were severely injured. Ramos also admitted his driver’s license had been suspended in 2005 and that he lied to a sheriff’s deputy about who was driving, records show. Prosecutors alleged he was driving drunk. The case was resolved through a plea agreement.
Oklahoma will have 528 districts — four fewer than last year, but a number that some legislators still call excessive. State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, is a vocal critic of what he believes is bloated administration within Oklahoma’s public school system. Russell said Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia combined have fewer school districts than Oklahoma. “How can we justify having more school districts than those four states combined?” Russell asked. “And they’re Southern states with very similar social values that we have here in Oklahoma. They get it, that you cannot have an overadministration and expect dollars to go to teachers in the classroom.” A graduate of Del City High School with two children who attend public schools, Russell said he believes too many highpaid administrators are keeping state dollars for education from going where they’re needed — to teachers and classrooms. “It’s very hard to justify $250,000 salaries for superintendents when the commanding general of all
IN BRIEF RESORT SAYS NO TO POT VAIL, Colo. — Govern-
ment officials in Vail have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within the popular skiing destination. Vail council members who voted for the ban Tuesday say marijuana dispensaries would contradict with the image they’ve tried to set for the town. The Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill includes a provision that allows cities and towns to ban dispensaries.
BLAZE CHARS 1,800 ACRES DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A
human-caused wildfire in the Chirachahua Mountains along the ArizonaNew Mexico border was 16 percent contained Wednesday after charring 1,800 acres. Coronado National Forest officials say the Horseshoe Fire was first spotted on May 26 and is burning in rugged terrain in a remote area. The fire isn’t endangering any structures. Officials say almost 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be fully contained by June 15.
N.M. TO MAKE NUCLEAR FUEL EUNICE, N.M. —
Dignitaries gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a $3 billion uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico, the first major nuclear facility to be licensed in the U.S. in the past three decades. The Louisiana Energy Services plant in Eunice, N.M., currently has more than 1,000 construction and contracting jobs. It is expected to have 308 full-time jobs. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., calls the plant “a unique opportunity for New Mexico and our nation.” He says the first phase of the plant will provide up to 25 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel needs. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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forces overseas doesn’t even make $200,000,” Russell said. “Who has more responsibility — someone in charge of 1,000 students or someone in charge of thousands of soldiers’ lives in life-ordeath situations?” Russell said that, given the state’s massive budget shortfall, he expected education to take deeper cuts. “You cannot put 98 percent of the state’s budget cuts on 45 percent of the budget. It does not work,” he said. “And if you try to take a stand and portray these things to the Oklahoma people, then suddenly you hate teachers and children. “I don’t hate teachers and I don’t hate children, but I do hate waste, and I hate people denying there is a problem.” There was no denying a problem existed before the school year began in Braman, located about five miles south of the Kansas state line. Superintendent
Rustin Clark said because of declining enrollment the district faced potentially major financial issues and that before the budget cuts hit severely, patrons decided in February to try and preserve the district by closing the high school at the end of this school year. While the budget cuts “were not the deciding factor for us,” Clark said that “it certainly validated that we made a good decision.” “Even if the state had not cut, we were going to have to do something,” Clark said. “The community was faced with a tough decision. If they did nothing and they kept the high school, the district would have been completely broke at the end of next year. They would have had to close the whole district. Or, they could cut off the high school and run an efficient K-8 district and maintain it into the foreseeable future.”
Former pastor plans new church BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
— Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 31⁄2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. “This is my resurrection day,” he declared. Haggard said his new venture would not be a megachurch like New Life Church, the congregation he founded in 1985 and then left in 2006 after a male prostitute said Haggard paid him for sex. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others. “I have an incredible heart for broken people,” he said. “I think we’re qualified to hold people’s hands” in times of trouble. Haggard made his announcement outside his home, a two-story, brickfronted structure with a large barn, a swimming pool and white-fenced corrals on Colorado
Springs’ north side, not far from New Life Church. Wearing an open-neck shirt and jeans, Haggard sounded both optimistic and chastened, calling himself a repentant sinner and a broken man who believes he can still provide help for others. “When the crash came in my personal life, it was so incredibly embarrassing and heartbreaking,” he said. “It broke me. And I’m still broken, some.” Haggard said a television documentary on the birth of his new church was a possibility but nothing was certain. At his new church, Haggard said he will teach that God intended marriage to be a monogamous union of a man and a woman. But he said heterosexual marriage was just one ideal in a long list of things God wants people to do, including pray, be healthy and stay monogamous. In an interview with The Associated Press after his announcement, Haggard said he was in counseling from the time of his 2006 downfall until recently, dealing with both his sexual identity and the feelings of shame.
Researchers predict active storm season BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an active hurricane season that could complicate efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers said Wednesday that they expect 18 named storms to develop in the Atlantic, including 10 hurricanes. Five are expected to be major, and there’s an aboveaverage probability of a major storm — one with sustained winds of at least 111 mph — hitting land in the United States or Caribbean. The forecast has worsened since April, when university researchers predicted 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes, because of much warmer tropical Atlantic surface temperatures and cooling Pacific conditions. Researcher William
Gray said storms that hit the Gulf could help or hurt efforts to keep oil away from the coast, depending on the course the storms take and how soon the flow of oil is stopped. While the hurricane season officially started Tuesday, major storms still aren’t likely for another 2½ to 3 months. If a storm develops to the west of the spill, the storm’s counterclockwise rotation could drive the oil to beaches to the north, Gray said. However, he said a storm developing to the east could help drive oil away from the coast. Storms could also churn up the water, causing the oil to sink below the surface and the spill to disperse, spreading its damage along a wider swath, he said. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes.
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Car tag leads officers to arrests in slaying FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people Wednesday in connection with a May 16 shooting outside a convenience store in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Team arrested Spence Nelson, 19, and Cory Nelson, 18, at a home in the 9500 block of NE 42, on complaints of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The two had warrants for their arrest in connection with the shooting death of Edward Yearby, 25, of De Soto, Texas, who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store at Reno Avenue and N Lincoln Boulevard. The shooting stemmed from a disagreement in the parking lot of the CocaCola Bricktown Events Center. According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses saw two cars leave the convenience store with the
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suspects. Witnesses identified one of the cars by the tag number. Two other victims, Brenton Williams, 24, of Ennis, Texas, and Justin Reed, 26, of Grand Prairie, Texas, drove to JRS Travel Center to wait for police. They suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. Another man, Randy Hall II, 19, was arrested on murder and assault complaints in the case. He has not been charged.
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ONLINE Video To watch a video of police talking about the May 16 shooting and the men’s arrests, go to NewsOK.com and search for “Circle K shooting.”
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Poolaw, Lester Gene Jr., 45, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. today, Rock Springs Cemetery (Comanche Nation, Lawton).
ed will be taken to the jail. “The most important thing is nobody gets hurt,” Weaver said. “So far everything is going very smoothly.” Complaints about illegal drug sales led to undercover investigations and illegal drug purchases by agents during the past four months, he said. Weaver said drugs seized include methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription drugs. A meth lab and four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, also were found during the raids, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said. “It’s really a snapshot of everything we see, just a smorgasbord of drugs,” Weaver said.
Marine enters plea in girl’s rape BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
LAWTON — A Marine has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Logan Bryan Combs, 20, of Lawton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape. Formal sentencing is set for July 26. Combs is the second person to enter a plea in the sexual assault of the sixthgrade student. Amy Marie Rivera, 34, of Fletcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to procuring a child for lewdness or other indecent acts, records show. Combs remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other Marines, Jordan Patrick Kinshella, 19, of Maple Valley, Wash.,
and Curtis Grant Dorton, 20, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., are charged in Comanche County District Court in Lawton with first-degree rape. Both Kinshella and Dorton are free on $25,000 bail. The men are accused of assaulting the girl who was used by Rivera to lure Marines to hotels where they engaged in sex games and used alcohol and drugs, according to court records. Rivera and the victim attended six to eight parties at Lawton hotels between March and June 2009, court records state. During that time the victim claimed to have engaged in sex with three Marines and kissed and touched others, all with Rivera’s knowledge, records state. The Marines all said they didn’t know the girl was underage.
Bomb incident prompts warning BY BOB DOUCETTE Staff Writer bdoucette@opubco.com
EDMOND — Call it a harmless prank or
juvenile curiosity. But police call it a felony. Edmond’s bomb squad was called out Tuesday night to investigate the detonation of a plastic bottle chemical bomb after residents in a neighborhood near 15th Street and Coltrane heard the device detonate. The explosion was reported about 11:30 p.m. Police aren’t sure who set it off, and no injuries were reported. “This is actually very serious,” Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said Wednesday. “It’s mostly children
doing it, thinking it’s fun to blow something up.” People often use the Internet to get information on building these small chemical bombs, said Rockie Yardley, an investigator with the city’s bomb squad. The mixture inside the bottle causes pressure and heat to build up, eventually causing the bottle to explode, Yardley said. The resulting explosion can injure people with plastic shrapnel, flames and hot acids, Yardley said. “When we see them, we don’t even approach them,” he said. “We’ll deal with it remotely.” Chemical bombs are illegal. It’s a felony to build, possess, detonate or even have the ingredients to make one, Yardley said.
Aaron Keith Farrow, 28, and Ashley Rose Angleton, 27. Jimmy Lavern Adams, 43, and Grace Renee Craig, 48. Graham Patrick Colton, 28, and Helen Elizabeth Hoehn, 25. Blake Michael Westbrook, 24, and Victoria Anne Willett, 22. Billy Wayne Clark, 36, and Alberta Nicole Swanegan Owens, 29. Bryan Russell Lettenmaier, 35, and Melanie Dawn Seward, 34. Ival J. Hale, 76, and Norma Faith Clark, 72. Ty Nickolas Ray, 24, and Toni Lynn Blagowsky, 24. Kevin Ashley Dunn, 31, and Kevynn Elaine Sanford, 27. Frederick Decarlos Baisden, 30, and Tacara Shimika McKinney, 26. Michael Len Spencer Jr., 31, and Dakin Lenelle Franklin, 30. Jose Franco Gallegos, 28, and Amalia Ivonee Pedroza Jacobo, 27. Jordan Patrick Steger, 21, and Kassidy Leanne Jackson, 21. Aaron Lee Daharsh, 29, and Sara Elizabeth Justice, 25.
Dameon D. Aranda, 35, and Eva Judith Raubert, 27. Mario Roberto Ruiz Espinoza, 34, and Aime Segoviano Zarate, 32. Jason Dwayne Lunsford, 35, and Jeri Ann Austin, 27. Dane Robert Beck, 22, and Kylie Amanda Begarek, 21. Matthew Ryan Blanchard, 23, and Jessica Alene Wilson, 19. Jimmy Wayne Stetler, 43, and Mona Katheryn Lee, 54. Jeffrey Gene Hirsch, 60, and Dana Ann Floyd, 51. Kirk Andrell Gray, 49, and Ingrid Dunn, 49. Shon Sharif Yousif, 23, and Cortney Ann Threadgill, 25. Michael Gary Bryson, 61, and Kimberly Ann Williams, 51. Joshua Dwayne Walker, 27, and Laci Larhea Hood, 24. Austin Chase Ballard, 26, and Gracie Laran Hamper, 21. Jason Edward Schumacher, 24, and Jacqueline Natalia Cope, 24. Danny Lew Glazier, 62, and Rosebel Baisa Mondano, 45. Maurice Clark, 24, and Jeanette
Dutcher, Louise B., 97, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (NeekampLuginbuel, Bartlesville). Nulisch, Marvin E., 74, died Saturday. Services pending (Arnold Moore, Bartlesville).
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Ramsey, Carlial Thomas “C.T.” Jr., 82, retired seismograph shooter, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (McClendon-Winters, Beggs).
BETHANY
Moore, Beulah I., 93, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany).
BOSWELL
Bertis, Wilson John, 70, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant).
CLINTON
McGinnis, Earnest “Mac,” 93, retired mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
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Daubert, Jim, 68, deputy, dozer operator and farmer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Hinton (Hinton-Turner, Hinton).
COYLE
Matthews, Jeremiah Angel, infant son of Gregory Bufford and Ashley Matthews, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. today, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon ( Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
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Second juvenile escapee captured BY ALTHEA PETERSON
Elias Avila, 23, and Julie Elaine Fraire, 20. Jason Daniel Taylor, 25, and Emily Nicole Haynes, 22. Joshua Eric Bridges, 29, and Mary Christine Aspy, 27. Johnny Monroe Chandler, 29, and Delana Renee Anderson, 29.
Harris, Thomas Jr., 86, retired from state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka). Hess, Dorothy May, 82, died Friday. Mass was Tuesday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
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MCALESTER — More than 100 law officers raided homes in the McAlester area Wednesday after a four-month investigation by undercover officers targeting illegal drug sales. Officers from many law enforcement agencies began serving 44 arrest warrants about 5:30 a.m., said Darrell Weaver, director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control. As of 4:30 p.m., 33 people had been arrested. A temporary booking area has been set up in McAlester to alleviate some of the work for Pittsburg County jailers, Weaver said. Eventually, all those arrest-
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McCane, Alton, 47, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Valliant (Rogan, Hugo).
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PURCELL — A second escapee from the L.E. Rader Center was captured in central Oklahoma Tuesday night, authorities said. William James, 17, was captured about 10:20 p.m. after he was spotted by an off-duty Purcell police officer, officials with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs reported Wednesday. Police encountered James and Dillon Blair Herzfeld, 15, as the boys were riding bicycles on Interstate 35 north of Purcell about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Officers determined that they were the teens who had escaped last week from the Rader Center, a juvenile lockup in Sand Springs, according to a news release from the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Herzfeld was taken into custody Monday, but James escaped by running across four lanes of I-35, authorities said. Both juveniles have been returned to Rader and will be placed in the Intensive Treatment Program, a more secure unit, a Juvenile Affairs official said. James, whom authorities said is also known as “Tharp,” was sent to the Rader Center after being found delinquent of indecent exposure, concealing stolen property and larceny. Herzfeld was found delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation, the Juvenile Affairs officials said.
Roshelle Carbajal, 23. Joshua John Pendleton, 28, and Selina Ann Ruiz, 33.
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Hassell, Teresa Kay (Barnes), 46, school cook, died Tuesday. Services 9 a.m. Friday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).
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Harris, Cleo Louie, 94, mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Ford, Del City). Pearson, Lavonna Oleta, 75, hairdresser, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Sunny Lane, Del City).
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Groomes, Bessie Melvinia, 67, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). Wilcox, Doris Lee, 86, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Town and Country House (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
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Van Stavern, Nicholas, 13, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Smith-Kernke, N May, Oklahoma City).
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Ferreira, Dolores A., 58, office administrator, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Florence, the Rev. Robert G., 78, minister, died May 27. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Parrish, Sara E., 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Private services (HenningerHinson, Enid). Smith, Florence W., 88, died Tuesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
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Potter, Jimmie, 69, security guard, died May 23. Private services (Hunn, Black & Merritt, Eufaula).
FREDERICK
Holbrook, Tommy Wayne, 64, accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday (Jackson, Frederick).
HENRYETTA
Buring, James Dodge, 52, form-setter, died Tuesday. No services (Integrity, Henryetta).
HOOKER
Lynch, Johnny, 75, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church (Roberts Brothers, Hooker).
IDABEL
Jones, Lila, 52, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (White Family, Idabel).
KINGFISHER
Lankard, Betty M., 81, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kingfisher Cemetery (Sanders, Kingfisher).
MADILL
Gaylor, Ricky Lee “Rick,” 56, died Tuesday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Watts, Madill).
MIDWEST CITY
Barrientez, Santos, 75, retired from Air Force, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Barnes-Frederich, Midwest City). Day, Sherry Lynn, 63, waitress, died Tuesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland (Barnes-Friederich).
MOORE
Lee, Gordon A., 59, printer, died Friday. Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
MUSKOGEE
Collins, Lena F., 63, machine operator, died Wednesday. Private services (Bradley, Muskogee). Hutton, Wilbert, 70, crane operator, died Sunday. Services pending (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Shores, Junior Ray, 76, Navy veteran, died May 21. Graveside services noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Stebbins, Ruth, 104, telephone operator, died Wednesday. Services pending (Bradley, Muskogee).
NICOMA PARK
Norris, Vernon E., 92, painter, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today (Ford, Del City).
NOBLE
Matthews, Harold Ray, 62, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).
NORMAN
Parks, Nona B., 81, retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Francis (Criswell, Ada). Walton, Flora Ward, 65, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Primrose, Norman).
OKLAHOMA CITY
Abernathy, Charles, 58, died May 29. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Adams, Fines Joe Jr., 79, business owner, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Barnes, Mary E., 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Bellamy, Norma Jean, 81, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Braxton, James W., 48, died Tuesday. No services (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Button, Allen Dale, 59, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Cornell, Lois J., 95, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Hill Funeral Home (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Cotton, Jack Delbert, 90, masonry contractor, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Freeman, William “Bill,” 91, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son North, Oklahoma City). Garcia, Mariana, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Griffith, Albertine Leard, 89, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hall, Delores E., 90, died May 22. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Hoffman, Ruthie M., 61, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hooks, Leroy T. Sr., 70 died Monday. Services noon Friday, People’s Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Johnson, Donnie Mae, 88, died May 24. Eastern Star service 6 p.m. Friday, Rolfe Memorial Chapel. Services noon Saturday, Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Malone, Joshua DeQuan, 19, died Friday. Services pending (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Newsom, Linda Lee, 80, died Friday. Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Pendarvis, Mildred, 95, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Ramsey, Kathleen, 86, died May 27. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, True Vine Ministries (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Rivers, Yvonne J., 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall 9100 N Eastern (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Sampson, Andrea, 30, died Saturday. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Stewart, Louise, 91, died Saturday. Services Friday in San Angelo, Texas (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Stinnett, Lorene, 83, item manager at Tinker Air Force Base, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Sunny Lane, Del City). Thomas, James H., 72, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, GAP Restoration Chapel (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Valliant, Lucille, 77, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Wagner, Larry Reginald, 57, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Wilson, K. Nick, 67, attorney, died Tuesday. Services 3 p.m. Monday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Smith & Kernke N May, Oklahoma City). Young, Harold, 79, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
PAWNEE
Nelson, Tanner Kelly, 23, mechanical drafter, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Poteet, Pawnee).
POTEAU
Corr, Jerelyn Claxton, 73, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Evans & Miller, Poteau).
SALLISAW
Bateman, Lisa Ilene, 41, homemaker, died May 29. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Temple Church (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw). Robertson, Hubert Anderson Sr., 52, general laborer, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). Snow, Willard Mays, 86, farmer, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Agent, Sallisaw).
SEILING
Wills, Max W., 68, contract pumper, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday (Redinger, Seiling).
SPENCERVILLE
Watts, Sheila Marie, 45, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Rattan High School Gymnasium (Mills & Coffey, Antlers).
TAHLEQUAH
Audd, Robert Lewis, 60, framer, died May 18. Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). Ward, Ruth E., 82, nursery worker, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Parks, Harrah).
TONKAWA
Lee, Faye Cora, 92, died Tuesday. Services pending (Blackwell, Blackwell).
WAPANUCKA
Reed, Joey D., 28, landscaper, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Wapanucka School Auditorium (Clark, Tishomingo).
WELLSTON
Collier, Duranda M., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Lehman, Wellston).
WYNNEWOOD
Anderson, Kenneth Paul, 78, pipeline welder, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Sooner Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (DeArman, Wynnewood).
YUKON
Root, Mark Allen, 52, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (McNeil’s, Mustang). Organ donor
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Child advocate dies FROM STAFF REPORTS
Linda Reece, of Edmond, who dedicated her life to working with children, died Wednesday. She was 65. Reece was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1945 and met her husband, Robert, in 1963 while in college in Missouri. They were married in 1964. Reece devoted much of her time to children. She was involved in the CARE Center, which helps abused children, and was known as the “toy cart lady” at Children’s Hospi-
BUTTON Allen Dale Button, age 59, passed away May 30, 2010, in OKC, OK. He was born on June 12, 1950 to Clifton and Ima Jean Button of OKC. Allen graduated from Capital Hill H.S. in 1968 and married Judy Goodwin on October 11, 1968 in OKC. He received an Honorable Discharge after serving in the U.S.A.F, between Oct. 28, 1969 to Aug. 17, 1973. He was a retiree from Tinker Field AFB. He touched the lives of many with his wit, wisdom, and his generosity. He enjoyed fishing, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Judy Button of OKC, his children, daughter Stephanie Montgomery and her husband Clint of OKC, and son Ray Button of OKC, three sisters Beverly Fitzgerald, Debbie Johnston, and Diane Button, two granddaughters, and many nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends. Service will be held Friday June 6, 2010 at 10 am at Advantage Funeral Service 7720 S. Pennsylvania, OKC, OK 73159.
CAMP REID Loyce, died Saturday May 29, 2010 from complications of a heart attack. She is survived by her beloved partner, Rudolfo Cruz; children, Kim Camp & husband, Bill Velotta, Brian Camp & wife, JoLynne, Karen Minor & husband, Scott; step-son, Russell Reid; & her grandchildren, Madisson, Cassidy, & Mackenzie Camp, Allison & Cameron Minor. She was born in 1939 in Guthrie, OK where she lived until her senior year in high school. She then moved to Chickasha & graduated high school in 1958. Loyce stayed in touch with many of her childhood friends & frequently told funny stories of her life in Guthrie. She loved spending time with her family & took great pleasure in cooking for them. She was one heck of a bridge player and enjoyed traveling the world. Donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 4, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27th St. in Moore, OK. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.vondelsmithmor tuary.com
tal at OU Medical Center, where she pushed a cart of toys to give to children hospitalized there, Robert Reece said. She was also involved with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church and other organizations. Reece is survived by her husband; their three children, Kimberly KemballCook, David Reece and Elizabeth Reece; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland Ave. CORNELL Lois Jean Cornell was born on September 16, 1914 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to her parents Evan H. McConnell and Elsa B. (O’Keefe) McConnell. She was raised in Ohio and Michigan. Lois spent many years of her adult life working as a legal secretary for several Oklahoma City law firms during which time she formed close bonds with several of her co-workers. She was a fiercely independent woman and loyal employee. Lois was an avid cat lover and provided a home and food to several of the neighborhood kitty-cats. She leaves behind her best buddy “Annie,” who always seemed to be in her lap or close by. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, son Billie Longanecker, granddaughter Kathy Longanecker, her stepson Dahl Cornell, and her very close friend Faye Carter. She is survived by her family members in Florida, Cheryl Jones, Donna Cornell Moore, and Curtis Cornell and their children. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Ruth Longanecker and her children. Special thanks are offered to her loyal and loving caregivers, Cindy Hibbs and Lynda Blair, and her friend Linda Leemaster who assisted her frequently over the years, as well as the entire Valir Hospice staff who made her last few months very comfortable. A funeral service will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A Viewing will be held Friday at Bill Merritt Funeral Home from 8am-9pm.
GRIFFITH Albertine Griffith, 89, was welcomed into Heaven on May 30, 2010 after complications from a common medical procedure. Albertine was born September 3, 1920, in Durant, Oklahoma to Albert and Ina Leard. Albertine worked as a bookkeeper for the family business and as a homemaker. Abby, as her friends called her, was an exceptional artist and seamstress and was very creative in many ways. Abby served the Lord at Olivet Baptist Church with her husband Harold L. Griffith where they were married in 1941. Albertine was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joe Leard. She is survived by her husband Harold, brother Eugene Leard of Oklahoma City, 3 children David and wife, Tish, of Tulsa, Tom and wife Darla, of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Davis and husband Steve of Tulsa, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren with 2 more expected soon. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bill Merritt Funeral Home, Bethany, OK. Interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please contribute to: Heart and Hand Ministries, Inc., 7901 NW 23, Bethany, OK 73008.
EDMOND | STATE DOTSON James M., age 69, died Friday 5/28/10. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday 6/4/10 in the Earl M. Temple Memorial Chapel. Interment will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, OK.
GARCIA Alfred Cano Garcia “Taco” went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2010. A.C. was born on January 22, 1947 to Dorothy Cano and Jose Garcia in Victoria, Texas. A.C. loved life and helping people. He worked for the Salvation Army for twenty-four years. His mission in life was to make a difference in the lives of the hungry and the homeless, and he achieved that goal. Taco loved to play golf on Sundays and watch softball everyday. “Taco” we will all miss you dearly. He is preceded in death by his father Jose Garcia, mother Dorothy Cano, his brother Tony Garcia, sister Carol Heffley. He is survived by his wife Stella Garcia, daughters Tanya Clark, Tina Alvarez, Teresa Exinia and Jo Garcia, sons-in-law Richard Clark, and George Exinia, grandchildren Ricky and Raeven Clark, Tate and Hope Alvarez and Jorge and Marcella Exinia, Alexander, Alayna, step-daughters Tammy, Vickie and step-grandchildren John, Evan, Kayla, Karesha, and Josh. He is also survived by brothers Joe Garcia, Albert Garcia, Johnnie Garcia, sisters Rose Cramer, Anita Holstein, Linda Stewart, Janie Cockrill, and Mary Garcia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to: The Salvation Army, 300 SW 5, OKC, OK 73102. A memorial service will be held 6:00PM, Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 2808 SE 44, OKC, OK.
GRAY Annie Marie Swarb Gray was born on November 9, 1918, in Maud, OK, to Arthur and Myrtle Swarb. On July 19, 1937 she married Leon Dewey Gray in Norman, OK. They were married for 40 years before his death in 1977. Marie passed away in Houston, TX, on May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, Montez Brown and husband Dennis, Clarksville, TX, Michael and wife Connie, Orange, TX, Cheryl Shine and husband Michael, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Winona VanMeter, Tecumseh, OK; three brothers, J.S. Swarb, Dumas, TX , Joe Swarb, Roff, OK, and Ronald Swarb, Midwest City, OK. She served our country during World War II as a “Rosie the Riveter”, working on C-47 airplanes at Douglass Field and worked fourteen years for Mid-Del Schools in food service. She was a longtime member of Ridgecrest Church of Christ. She will be remembered as an expert cook, seamstress, quilter, and painter. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family, most especially her grandchildren and grand dogs. And an enthusiastic Sooner fan to the end. Funeral services will be held June 5, 2010, 1:00pm, at Ridgecrest Church of Christ, Midwest City, OK, with the burial to follow at the City of Tecumseh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123, www. houstonhospice.org
COBB Vernie V. Cobb, 83, departed this life and went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2010 in Baraboo, WI after a long battle with heart disease. Vernie was born in Alex, OK to Lynn and Nettie(Clark) Cobb and was 1 of 12 children. He grew up in OKC and attended Capitol Hill H.S. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and was a part of World War II abroad the USS Mullany in 1943. After returning home from the Navy he became a truck driver and worked for various companies in OKC and eventually started his own trucking co. He later retired in 1984. One of his many great adventures in life was starting the first ever truck driving academy in OKC. He met and married his first wife Norma Dean (Gray) in 1953. Together they created a wonderful family. One son Carl B. Salyer (C.B.) and wife Maryvonne of Fulton, N.Y., their children Michelle Silva, husband Jorge and their children Carlos and David, Brian Salyer and wife Michelle and their children Ian and Adam; two daughters Valerie (Cobb) Lee and husband Kenny and her daughter Sheila Hensley and husband Gavin and their children Mackinsey and Jace. Valgetti (Cobb) Thompson, her son Shane and his daughter Shyanne all of Oklahoma. He was a longtime member of the 32nd Degree Mason's. He was also a Shriner and was affiliated with the Nomads of OKC. In more recent years he was a part of the Eastern Star and served as the Worthy Matron in Natchitoches, LA and was a member of Nakatosh Azar. Vernie was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, brothers Roy, Clyde, Robert, and Claude Cobb and one sister Nettie Lou Johnson. He is survived by his children and their families along with his wife, Anne, of the home and her children Alexis Rebman and Todd Allen and their families, brothers Lewis of Norman, Jerry( Buster) of CA, Don of Mustang, sisters Leoda Winters, Lola (Snapper) Myers, and Doris Scott all of Mustang, many other loving family members and friends. He was a wonderful daddy, grandpa, poppy, brother, uncle and friend to all and will be missed greatly. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at Walnut Hill Cemetery (Redlin Funeral Home) Baraboo, WI. MELTON Cathy F. Melton was born in Oklahoma City August 16, 1956 and left this earth May 26, 2010. She leaves behind her husband of thirty-nine years, Joe and three children, Bryan, Jarad and April, of Oklahoma City; thirteen grandchildren and a special friend, Carol Harris. She was a member of LifeChurchSouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Williams and Geraldine Hayes; and two brothers, Billy and David Williams. Services for Cathy were June 3, 2010 at Life Church- South. NIBLETT Mack A. Niblett, 83, died 5/29/10. He was born in Troy, Oklahoma to Jasper and Ina (Day) Niblett. He grew up in Troy where he attended school. He was a spot welder for Capital Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers LD, Tommy, Chester and Otis, one sister Imogene, wife Dorothy, son Larry and step-son, Albert. Survivors include wife Sally, son Roger Glenn, brothers Tal and Mat, sister Edna, step-children Cathy and Marilyn, and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Thursday, 10:00 A.M. at Sunny Lane Family Church, 4221 S. Sunnylane, Del City, OK, with interment Saturday, 3 P.M. at Sunny Lane Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfu neral.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 KRAMER Graveside services for Carllene Loretta Kramer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are set for 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton. Rev. Stewart Malloy will be officiating. Mrs. Kramer passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her home in Oklahoma City. Carllene was born February 1, 1935 in Belton, Texas to Carl and Loretta (Johnson) Boney. Survivors include two sons, Foster Kramer and Steven Kramer, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; two daughters, Karen Poth of Temple and Peggy Kramer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Faye Bickley of Austin and Wanda Nordgren of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of arrangements. RAMSEY Kathleen C. Ramsey, 86, Okla. City, OK, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She is survived by 8 children, David Ramsey, Yvonne Gaddis, Coy Ramsey, Saundra Marshall, Mark Ramsey, Larry Ramsey, Quinnita Crowder, and John Ramsey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Truevine Ministries, Inc. Rolfe Funeral Home ROOT Mark Allan Root, age 52, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his home in Yukon. He was born February 2, 1958 in St. Louis, MO to Billy and Marjorie (Kinkeade) Root. Mark came to Mustang in 1966. He was a 1976 graduate of Mustang High School where he played football and was an All-State Wrestler. He served in the US Air Force and owned and operated Mark’s Mechanical for over 20 years, and recently worked in sales. He was a member of Uriah Masonic Lodge in Wheatland and was a Methodist. Preceded in death by his father Billy, one son Robert and one sister Renee. He is survived by his mother Marjorie Root of Yukon, one daughter Jessica Root and her mother Carla of Mustang, two brothers Brian Root and wife Carol of Marlow and Billy Root of Yukon. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, June 4, 2010 in the Chapel of The Good Shepherd at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, OK. Interment with Military Rites as well as Masonic Rites will follow at the Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.mcneilsmus tangfs.com THOMAS Ann Marie Thomas, age 82, passed away May 27, 2010 in Oklahoma City, surrounded by her family. Ann was born March 16, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA to Ketty and Alvan Thomas. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Bishop John Carroll High School in 1946. When she was 23 Ann moved to San Francisco. She worked as a budget analyst for the Univ. of California-SF for 32 years and returned to Oklahoma City upon her retirement in 1989. Ann is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike. Ann is survived by her sisters, Grace Fox of Okla. City, Toni Eads of Omaha, NE, and Christine Sheldon of Tulsa; brothers, Buster and David, both of Okla. City; many nieces, nephews and other close relatives and dear friends. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Mac, who brought her much joy. A burial service for Ann will be Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, OK 73083.
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IVERY Charles H. Ivery, 69, formerly of Oklahoma City, departed this life on June 1, 2010 at 5:35 p.m. at his home in Peoria, IL. He was born September 18, 1940 in Harlan, KY to Fannie Mae and Roy Ivery. Charles was a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK where he served as a Deacon. He was co-founder of Exodus Foundation, Inc. He also served as a JCI Senator and received many awards. He married Alice Marie Allen on March 12, 1999 in Memphis. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Dane Ivery of Ruskin, FL, Brandon Allen of Oklahoma City, Christopher Allen of Ames, IA and Jonathan Allen of Wichita, KS; two daughters, Cathryne Ivery-Dodd and Sherri IveryMitchell, both of Atlanta, GA; one brother, Thomas Ivery of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. Charles was preceded in death by one daughter, Tania Marie. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010, 11 a.m., at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City with Pastor Willie Joe McLemore officiating. WHITAKER Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Bob” Whitaker was born on October 31, 1918 in Dallas. He found eternal peace on May 31, 2010, following a fall and complications. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Verda and his beloved wife, Dosha. He is survived by his daughter Leta Rostochil, her husband Joe, three grandchildren Leslie Jefferson, Brett Rostochil, and Shawn Gable and their spouses, Ron, Shari, and Darrell. He had 8 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. He is also survived by his sister Margret White residing in California and many friends. He was a World War II Veteran having served in North Africa and flew 48 missions. He retired from the Air Force in 1961. He was a Mason for 50 plus years and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Bob loved family gatherings, history, sports, and our special Tuesdays. He was a man who was admired by many for his character, kindness, and his ability to make lifelong friendships. He was indeed an officer and a gentleman. Funeral services for Bob will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Home, 6600 Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City.
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THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM
Autism: Early action is urged
Sutton’s hearing delayed
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ated unbelievable progress in his son. One day after Blaine attended the playgroup at a local church, the teachers said he’d told teacher Seth Kastner that he loved him. “I’d only heard him say, ‘I love you,’ one other time, that was to me,” Steve Davis said. “Being a parent of a 3-year-old child and not hearing ‘I love you’ is incredibly difficult.” Now, Blaine has learned to point, use sign language and even allows his parents to touch him. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s pilot project is designed to identify the autism spectrum disorders in toddlers like Blaine. Like Blaine, one in every 110 children has been diagnosed with the disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that autism is being reported at higher rates than ever before. “It’s a pretty significant increase in the last 10 years,” Bonnie McBride, principal investigator for the Early Foundations Project, said during a news conference Wednesday at the center. Though children are often 2 years old by the time
Sean Sutton BY JOHN ESTUS Staff Writer jestus@opubco.com
Jennifer and Steve Davis of Oklahoma City speak about their 3-year-old son’s autism as Dr. Laura McGuinn looks on during a news conference. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
ONLINE Video To see video on the challenges of autism and a pilot program designed to help, go to NewsOK.com and search for “autism.”
Dr. Kathleen Combs Yukon pediatrician
their autism is identified, she said the earlier an autistic child is diagnosed the better the outcome.
About the program The Autism Workforce Initiative is Oklahoma’s response to the needs of children, their families and
pediatricians. The initiative features components such as a physician training program, along with the early intervention program for young children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Children enrolled in the program receive 17 hours per week of help through activities such as play groups, intensive teaching
involving behavioral techniques, weekly home visits and monthly parent education nights. “It’s awesome. It’s changed our lives, it really has,” Steve Davis said. Services are provided through Oklahoma’s Early Intervention system and the model site serving roughly 10 families in Oklahoma City is funded using federal dollars
through the state Department of Education. Along with developing an intervention model through its pilot site in Oklahoma City, the project is intended to provide outreach support to other communities statewide. The project also is operating in Cleveland and Canadian counties. The program is offered free to families of all income levels through SoonerStart, the state’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. For more information on the SoonerStart program, call 522-5167 or go to www.okdhs.org/programs andservices/dd/ss.
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cers had turned over evidence to prosecutors in that case.
Smith requested the city council review Murray’s employment that October. City council members reinstated him.
They were “totally different issues,” Smith told The Oklahoman in 2009 about the investigations into his actions and his
move to discipline Murray. Smith was elected to the city council in 1997. He was appointed interim mayor in 1998 after then-
Mayor Joe Johnson was convicted on corruption charges. Smith was elected to the post later in 1998.
STILLWATER — Former Oklahoma State University basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was postponed Wednesday. A judge postponed the hearing because Sutton remains in a drug treatment program, Payne County District Attorney Rob Hudson said. Sutton, 41, was to have appeared for the hearing Monday. He is now set to appear Aug. 13. Sutton faces four felonies for alleged attempts to illegally obtain pharmaceutical drugs. Sutton admitted a painkiller addiction upon his arrest in Stillwater in February, according to court records. Sutton’s wife, Trena, spoke at the state Capitol in April about the dangers of prescription drug addiction, saying she and her husband want to help others avoid the plight he has faced. Sean Sutton spent two years as OSU’s men’s basketball coach after his father, Eddie Sutton, resigned following a drunken driving accident in 2006. The elder Sutton had battled alcoholism throughout his coaching career.
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Diploma dilemma
Water bird rookery is intriguing sight
A judge has let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma.
A grove of trees near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City is the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America.
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MISDEMEANOR DUI CASE IS RESOLVED, BUT FOUR COUNTS OF FELONY EMBEZZLEMENT REMAIN
Eufaula mayor pleads guilty BY VALLERY BROWN Staff Writer vbrown@opubco.com
EUFAULA — Eufaula Mayor Dean Smith appeared before two judges Wednesday on cases involving a drunken driving arrest and allegations he used his office to embezzle city money. Smith pleaded guilty to
misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence, transporting an open container of alcohol and failing to obey a traffic signal. District Judge Thomas Bartheld gave him a oneyear deferred sentence, a $900 fine and orders to undergo drug and alcohol assessments. No deal was made with prosecutors for the guilty plea.
Associate District Judge James Pratt ordered Smith to stand trial on four felony counts of embezzlement by a public officer. Smith was accused in 2009 of using his office to obtain about $200 in city money by using a city credit card to buy gasoline and later being reimbursed. His next court date is July 1. “It’s been a very unfortu-
nate situation for both me and the city, as I have dedicated over 15 years in public office to my community,” Smith said. “I have learned many things about the justice system and the politics of a small town.” City councilman Greg Anderson said the mayor’s problems with the law haven’t slowed the city council and haven’t been
discussed in city meetings. “Were going to let it run its course and go on with business as usual,” Anderson said. Smith suspended Police Chief Don Murray in September 2009, one day after embezzlement charges were filed against Smith. Murray has said his offiSEE MAYOR, BACK PAGE
I-35 IN NORMAN INTRODUCES STATE TO ‘MONOTUBE’ SIGN Bonnie McBride Principal investigator of the Early Foundations Project in the pediatrics department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Autism program targets littlest
Miguel Monarrez, 25, an illegal immigrant who was serving two life sentences for murder, was found hanging in his cell about 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Corrections Department spokesman Jerry Massie said. The death is an apparent suicide, Massie said. Monarrez pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to two counts of firstdegree murder in the strangling of Magaly Estrada, 25, in her Oklahoma City home, and the death of her unborn child. AARON CRESPO, STAFF WRITER
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HIKER DROWNS IN CAVE POOL Searchers found the body of Joseph Rolands, a 31-yearold hiker, in a 10foot-deep pool of water in a cave near Fort Gibson. Cherokee County Undersheriff Jason Chennault said the body was found about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, about 12 hours after the search began. Chennault said Rolands had drowned. Rolands’ family said he had experience exploring caves but always returned from previous trips within 24 hours.
ALSO ... RANGERS SEEK MAN FROM OKC YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK —
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INMATE FOUND DEAD IN CELL
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BY SONYA COLBERG
The signs that Blaine Davis wasn’t quite like other toddlers came early. Even more than the fact that he didn’t play well with others, he lacked the skill to point to what he wanted. That inability to express his wants and needs meant that he would follow his mother around and cry in frustration. “He was in his own world,” said his mother, Jennifer Davis. “He had no way of communicating with us and he would try to communicate by crying and pushing and shoving, not in a mean way, but trying to show us what he wanted.” But Oklahoma’s Early Foundations researchers identified Blaine’s autismtype behaviors and got him started in an early intervention program that Steve Davis said has gener-
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Workers have put new signs on wind-resistant poles along Interstate 35. BY JAMES S. TYREE Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The state’s first “monotube” overhead interstate sign posts were installed recently in Norman, and the state Transportation Department plans to use more at other locations, including the Crosstown Expressway project in Oklahoma City. The curved overhead design debuted recently as the northern half of the Interstate 35 widening project in Norman is wrapping up. David Meuser, a Transportation Department spokesman, confirmed the sign posts in Norman are the first in the state. He said the design has fewer structural parts, which means less maintenance, yet is as durable as traditional overhead posts.
“They’re referring to them as ‘monotubes,’ ” Meuser said Wednesday. “The advantage is there are fewer pieces, which means less possibility for wear and tear and fractures. They are made with galvanized steel and can withstand the same wind force as the current design.” The Transportation Department also plans to install the overhead sign structures along the southern half of I-35 in Norman from Main Street to the Canadian River. That phase of the widening project, which could take several years and up to $200 million to complete, is still in its planning phase. The overhead monotubes should pop up in other parts of the metro area and state, Meuser said, though plans are not finalized at this point.
PHOTOS BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Park rangers are looking for an Oklahoma City man who went missing in Yellowstone National Park during the weekend. A car rented by Peter Kastner, 25, was found parked at the Hellroaring Trailhead in the northern portion of the park Monday morning, rangers said in a news release. The car had been parked overnight and was not associated with a backcountry permit. Kastner rented the car several days earlier. Kastner is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 185 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Kastner can call (307) 344-7381. FROM STAFF REPORTS
INDEX Scott McGehee, right, and Jason Bennett with Red Land Survey assess the foundation for new sign posts.
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Norman council discusses sanitation, water rate hikes BY JAMES S. TYREE Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The city council plans this month to propose water and sanitation rate increases and to place the proposals on the ballot in August. Council members discussed water and sanitation utility rates during a study session Tuesday. A first reading of the proposed hikes will be placed on the city council meeting agenda for its meeting next Tuesday. Council members plan to ask for an election on the utility rate increases on Aug. 24. The current sanitation pickup residential rate is $14.50 per month, which includes a $3 curbside recycling fee.
IN BRIEF POET TO READ AT DEPOT NORMAN — Fred
Alsberg, a 2008 Oklahoma Book Award finalist for poetry, is scheduled to read some of his works at 2 p.m. June 13 at the Santa Fe Depot, 200 S Jones Ave., as part of The Performing Arts Studio’s Second Sunday Poetry Reading. Alsberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Language and Literature at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. His chapbook, “Reassembling Dust,” was one of four finalists for the Oklahoma Book Award for poetry. For more information, call 307-9320 or go to thepas.org. FROM STAFF REPORTS
One proposal calls for raising the monthly rate to $15.50 for next year, $16.25 for the second year and $17 for the third year and beyond; another proposal would have $1 increases each year up to $17.50 in fiscal year 2013. The regular sanitation rate was last raised in July 2004 to $11.50 per month, though the recycling fee was added in March 2008. Norman Utilities Director Ken Komiske said that since 2004, fuel has gone up 41 percent for gasoline and 55 percent for diesel, landfill fees have increased 25 percent, costs have increased for insurance, wages and benefits, and the cost of front-end loader trucks has gone from $147,000 to $222,000. Regarding water rates, the base fee would remain at $4 per month for all customers and rates beyond that
would continue to be based on usage; those who use less pay lower rates per 1,000 gallons. The water fee was last raised in 2006, Komiske said. A rate increase would help pay for water treatment plant improvements and projects involving water lines and quality. Customers pay between $2 and $2.75 per 1,000 gallons depending on their monthly usage. The rate shoots to $4.95 per 1,000 gallons for customers who use more than 20,000 gallons in a month. Rates would increase by 15 cents per 1,000 gallons in each of the next three fiscal years if voters approve the rate increases. “This plan encourages conservation and it allows customers to plan and budget for an increase they can see coming,” Komiske said.
Exhibit sheds new light on banjos FROM STAFF REPORTS
NORMAN — “Instrumen-
tal Art,” a visual band of banjos created by Norman painter Dixie Erickson, will be on display June 11-July 31 at The Performing Arts Studio inside the Santa Fe Depot, 200 S Jones Ave. An opening reception for Erickson is scheduled 6 to 10 p.m. June 11, in conjunction with the Second Friday Circuit of Art. The exhibition and reception are free. Erickson has shown in group exhibits throughout the United States. She also has had solo exhibits in Dallas, Oklahoma City, Chickasha, Ada and Norman. “Instrumental Art” began with an old banjo rescued from her father-inlaw’s attic. “The skin was torn, it was dirty and scratched; but the strings were still attached and it could still
make a sound,” she said. “There it was in the bedroom leaning against the wall, and ultimately it began to speak to me — how it looked now and how it used to be, all the music it had made, how many musicians had strummed it, all the different styles of playing.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information about The Performing Arts Studio and its programs, go thepas.org or call 307-9320.
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CALENDAR TODAY Free admission through Labor Day for military members and their families, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua, 325-4712, and Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave., 3253272. Toddler Story Time, 9:30 a.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster Ave., 701-2620. Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster Ave., 7012620. Summer Feeding Program, Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, 11:30 a.m., Little Axe Community Center, 1000 168th Ave. NE, 292-9770. Scrabble Club, 3 p.m., Game HQ, 1620 SW 89, Oklahoma City, 6910509. Town Hall Meeting, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, 6 p.m., National Weather Service Radar Operation Center, 120 David L. Boren Blvd.
Women’s Small Business Series, 6 p.m., Moore Norman Technology Center, 13301 S Pennsylvania, 319-8190. Advanced Bicycle Maintenance and Repair, 6 p.m., Moore Norman Technology Center, 4701 12th Ave. NW, 364-5763. Thursday Bicycle League of Norman Ride, 6 p.m., Reaves Park, 2501 S Jenkins, 872-0711. Nuts and Bolts of Starting a Business, 6:30 p.m., OG&E Building, 301 E Comanche. Science Cafe Norman, 7 p.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster Ave, 701-2620. Sooner Toastmasters, 7 p.m., McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church, 419 S University, 210-7831. Melody Hounds Music Class, 7 p.m., Norman Public Library, 225 N Webster, 701-2620. John Houser and Chase Overstreet, 7 p.m., Othello’s Italian Restaurant, 434 Buchanan, 360-2353.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
CAR WASH TO BENEFIT TEAM
Staff Writer jtyree@opubco.com
NORMAN — The Norman School District will proceed with a $3.5 million budget cut for next school year, which is expected to lead to more than 80 job cuts. The Norman School Board approved the proposal Tuesday during a special meeting. Superintendent Joe Siano expects 35 administrators and first-year teachers to be laid off, along with 52 to 54 support employees. A contract with Sodexo that cuts $400,000 from last year is expected to cost an additional 16 custodial employees contracted through that company. Siano said last week that the district will need to cut about $3.5 million due to reduced state appropriations this year coupled with a 2.9 percent state funding decrease in 201011. Between the two years, Siano said, the Norman School District will lose about 10 percent of its state funding for general operations compared to the 2008-09 school year.
Right: Irving Middle School softball players Riley Munoz, front, and Peyton Osborne participate in a car wash fundraiser Saturday. PHOTOS BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
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Above: Kyla Kay Gibson, left, Nicholette Mosley, center, and Xandria Hoahwah, members of the Irving Middle School softball team, wash cars Saturday to raise money for their team in the Homeland parking lot at Alameda Street and 12th Avenue NE.
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The Norman School Board is expected to adopt its budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year, which begins July 1, during its next regular meeting scheduled June 21. The proposed budget will be about $89 million, down from about $94 million two years ago. The board also discussed progress on capital improvement items from 2007 and 2009 bond issues. Siano said while those projects will benefit students for years to come, he wished some of the bond money could be used on personnel, which state law prohibits. Among other matters, the board accepted board member Brooks Hull’s resignation, effective June 30. Hull accepted a job opportunity in Texas. The board will appoint someone to take the Office No. 4 seat on an interim basis July 1 and then call for an election Feb. 8 for the remainder of the term. Anyone from Hull’s district interested in becoming an interim board member may contact Betty Gatewood at 366-5961 or bgatewood@norman.k12. ok.us by June 11.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES The Oklahoman will publish free anniversary announcements for couples celebrating 50 years or more of marriage. To contribute information: Send an e-mail to tpemberton@opubco .com with anniversary in the subject line. Send mail to: The Oklahoman, attn: Tricia Pemberton, P.O. Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125. Call 475-3309.
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Old Country Roses China Service for 12 plus extra pcs. Some in orig. boxes never used. Matching silverware w/chest. all $750 cash firm. 818-7022
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
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Judge upholds diploma decision BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com
TULSA — A judge on Wednesday let stand a court ruling that entitles a former Vietnamese exchange student to a Sperry High School diploma. Tulsa County District Court Judge Linda Morrissey made her ruling after hearing about 90 minutes of pleadings from Sperry School District attorney Stephen F. Bulleigh and attorney Perry Newman, who represented former Sperry student Oanh “Annie” Pham, 18, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Morrissey on Wednesday denied an emergency motion by Bulleigh to vacate her judgment on May 20, when she ruled Pham should be allowed to receive a Sperry diploma based on a state law permitting an exception to
graduation requirements. The Sperry School Board voted 2-1 on May 13 against making that exception. Pham, who was hosted in the United States by Newman’s family, participated in graduation ceremonies on May 22 but has not received her diploma. “We knew all along what the law said and to have a judge confirm every argument that we made to the board, every position that we took, every authority that we presented to the board is wonderful,” Newman said after the Wednesday ruling. “A member of the board of education made a comment that he wanted a judge to decide the issue. And a judge has now.” Morrissey deliberated in chambers about 45 minutes before rendering her decision. Bulleigh declined to comment on the ruling
and whether he thought the district would appeal. Newman said he anticipated an appeal. Pham returned to Vietnam earlier this week and is expected back in Oklahoma in midAugust to attend Oklahoma State University. Pham enrolled in the Sperry district as a senior in August and received straight A’s, taking Advanced Placement courses and scoring a 26 on her ACT exam. Accepted to Tulsa and Oklahoma universities and Oklahoma State, she was selected to receive a scholarship of more than $8,000 a year from OSU. “We’re really thrilled for Annie that this chapter of her life is over and she can look forward to continuing on with college,” Newman said. According to the Oklahoma Education Code, the state Board of Education
shall adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer from out of state after their junior year shall not be denied, because of differing graduation requirements, the opportunity to receive a standard diploma. The law allows Oklahoma school boards to make exceptions to graduation requirements on an individual basis. Bulleigh argued Wednesday that the phrase “out-of-state” refers to the transfer of students from state-to-state. Morrissey disagreed. The judge said the statutory language “from outof-state must be taken as its plain and ordinary meaning, as applying to any student who came to Sperry from any location outside the state of Oklahoma.” Bulleigh wrote in his motion about the May 13 vote that “such an act is
Oanh Kim Pham, center, with host parents Perry and Angie Newman. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD
wholly within the discretion of Sperry. Thus, Plaintiff cannot establish she has the right to a diploma.” Morrissey found that a Sperry transcript certified in November 2009 showed that Pham had earned 39 credits. The judge said the only written evidence to
the contrary is an undated, unsigned and uncertified graduation checklist that indicated that Pham had eight credits. “The court finds that the petitioner has earned and exceeded the necessary requirements for graduation,” the judge said.
Details emerge in abduction, shooting of man BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com
A cattle egret takes flight near NW 10 and Council in Oklahoma City.
PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
DON’T HAVE REGRETS, SEE VISITING EGRETS The great egrets are the first to arrive, and they’re the ones that pick the spot. Maybe it’s because they’re so great. Every summer I’m intrigued by a grove of trees just southwest of NW 10 and Council Road. It’s the temporary home for about 10,000 birds from Central and South America. They all fly north from different places, and eventually they’ll keep flying north to different destinations. But for a few weeks, they’ll all be here. Wildlife experts don’t know why the birds choose this spot. Sometimes it will vary a bit — maybe a little west, maybe a little north. But NW 10 and Council Road seems to be the spot. The great egrets usually come in March, the little blue herons in April and everybody else after that. They hang out in a giant bird festival until the weather turns cool. Then they all leave in different groups until all that’s left is an empty grove. No matter where you live, this is something worth seeing. Here are some tips for visiting the egret colony: Don’t get too close to the birds. They’re protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so no smacking them around either. Don’t try to feed them. They eat insects and such; they’re not
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A man who says he was abducted, shot and left in rural Pottawatomie County is improving at an Oklahoma City hospital, authorities said. Larry Cawthon, 56, told police four men abducted him and shot him in the stomach Tuesday morning before dumping him in southwest Pottawatomie County. In a 911 call Cawthon made from his cell phone he said he had kept in his boot, he told a dispatcher, “I’ve just been shot.” Cawthon said he was shot “in the belly.” When asked where he was, he replied, “I don’t have a clue.” He also said, “I was at work. ... A few guys came out where I work at.” Cawthon then struggle
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Great egret: Most stand almost 4 feet tall. They have black legs and a yellowish bill. They primarily eat fish. Cattle egret: About 80 percent of the Council Road colony are these. They have white feathers, yellowish bills and legs and stand about 21⁄2 feet tall. They usually eat grasshoppers, crickets and beetles. Little blue heron: Their feathers are a purple-blue color, and the tips of their bills are black. They stand about 3 feet tall. They primarily eat fish. Black-crowned night heron: These white and black birds have red eyes and are mostly nocturnal. They eat fish, frogs, crawfish, snakes and sometimes the young of other herons. Snowy egret: This species is the least common in the Council Road colony. They have white feathers, yellow feet and black bills and legs. They eat mostly crawfish.
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Audio To hear the 911 call, go to NewsOK. com and search for “Larry Cawthon.”
to talk and breathe. Police tracked his cell phone to an area about 10 miles south of Tecumseh, where law officers found him in an open field. He was flown to OU Medical Center. Cawthon’s condition has been upgraded from critical to serious, hospital spokeswoman Natalie Scott said. Scott said Cawthon’s family does not want to be interviewed and Cawthon does not want to comment about the incident.
Suspect in shooting surrenders to police BY SHEILA STOGSDILL
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MIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County man charged with shooting at two Miami police officers was taken into custody at a Grove hospital, said Bob Ernst, Ottawa County undersheriff. Kevin Eugene Brownfield, 38, of Miami, surrendered to authorities on Monday, Ernst said. He is charged in Ottawa County District Court with shooting a police officer with intent to kill. He remains in jail on a $500,000 bail. Brownfield had been hospitalized since April 13 in a Joplin, Mo., hospital
after he was shot by Miami police officers Michael Brashers and Richard Cummings, who were responding to a domestic violence call. According to the Joplin Globe, Brownfield allegedly came out of an apartment with a shotgun and shot Brashers in the hip. Brashers fired back with a shotgun and hit Brownfield in the arm. Brownfield retreated into the apartment but reemerged moments later and began to raise his gun when Brashers and Cummings both shot him in the abdomen, authorities said. Brashers was not seriously injured.
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A cattle egret in a rookery in June 2008 near NW 10 and Council Road in Oklahoma City.
interested in your sandwich. Unless you have an insect sandwich. Go when the temperature is a little cooler. The warmer it is, the more the bird colony smells like, you know, a bunch of birds.
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If you want to avoid the smell and crowded nesting area, go out to Lake Hefner or Lake Overholser for a more peaceful view of birds searching for food. Take your camera. And insect sandwich.
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SOURCE: STATE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT
Cause sought in fatal fire BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
JET — The cause of a Monday night house fire that killed a 7-year-old Alfalfa County boy and his grandmother remains unknown, Sheriff Charlie Tucker said Wednesday. The bodies of Marchaleen Radig, 48, and Gabriel Luna, were found lying on Radig’s bedroom floor. Don Radig told investigators he heard a small explosion or a popping sound right before he noticed the fire, he said. The one-story wooden frame home is thought to be one of the first houses built in the community, 35 miles northwest of Enid, Tucker said.
Radig kicked out an air conditioner unit in a bedroom to escape, he said. When he realized his family hadn’t followed, he got a ladder and tried to go back through the window. Radig suffered minor scratches and bruises. His son, Austin Radig, 22, was taken to Integris Bass Baptist Hospital in Enid with smoke inhalation. A neighbor was taken to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid with smoke inhalation, Tucker said. Fire and medical personnel were called to the scene about 11:38 p.m., too late to save the house. “The state fire marshal’s hasn’t determined what caused the fire,” Tucker said.
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Cuts lead some schools to combine EDUCATION | SMALL, STRUGGLING DISTRICTS PUSHED OVER EDGE BY LACK OF FUNDING BY MURRAY EVANS The Associated Press
With the Washita Heights School District out of money and no help on the horizon, Superintendent Steve Richert went before the school board and told its members he needed to lose his job — because the district would have to be shut down. The district’s already precarious financial situation became untenable when state appropriations began to be cut as legislators scrambled to make up a $669 million budget hole for the current fiscal year. Richert worked the numbers and determined his school district — which served the tiny Washita County towns of Corn and Colony — would run out of money by May 1. The western Oklahoma district was able to finish out the school year, barely, and now has been consolidated with neighboring Cordell, leaving Richert to wrap up Washita Heights’ remaining business by June 30. “Technically and legally, Washita Heights is a memory right now,” Richert said last week, sitting in his office. “We no longer exist.”
Similar stories are being told across Oklahoma. Two other districts — Goodland in Choctaw County and Boley in Okfuskee County — have consolidated with neighboring districts. School patrons in Braman in Kay County and White Oak in Craig County voted to eliminate their high schools in an effort to preserve their districts. The culprit in most of the closures and consolidations? A lack of students, which translates to less public funding. Small schools already struggling to maintain instructional standards were pushed over the virtual precipice by state funding cuts. And those cuts aren’t done yet, as lawmakers had about $1.2 billion less to spend for the upcoming fiscal year than for the current one.
How much was cut? A $6.7 billion state budget originally included $2.375 billion for common education, although state education officials say that number dropped by $8.5 million even as the budget agreement worked its way through the Legislature. Although legislative leaders say common edu-
cation received “only” a 2.9 percent budget cut, that was from a revised, $2.446 billion appropriation level determined in March, after the budget crunch hit the state in earnest. When compared to what the Legislature appropriated last May for the current fiscal year — about $2.572 billion — schools will see a budget reduction of about 7.6 percent. And, according to state Education Department officials, it’s really a little worse: 8.9 percent after figuring in other reductions and shortfalls, such as state funding for rising health care costs. “I would say it’s the most devastating cut education has ever taken,” state schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said. “It’s a very sad state of affairs, and the more we can do to make our message clear and to not be using a wrong percentage cut … then perhaps folks will start understanding that (the state’s) priorities are misplaced.”
Too many districts? Bell Public School in Adair County lost its accreditation last week. After it is consolidated,
FISSURE LEAVES TULSA WITH SINKING FEELING FROM TULSA WORLD REPORTS
TULSA — Traffic was being diverted off Interstate 44 Wednesday because of a sinkhole that developed in its westbound lanes near Lewis Avenue. The sinkhole is several yards across and covers parts of the westbound traffic lanes, as well as the shoulder. Water could be seen Wednesday in the bottom of the hole. The state Department of Transportation reported that the hole continues underneath the highway’s eastbound lanes. Crews are evaluating the extent of the damage and are bringing in asphalt trucks to fill in the hole. They hope to have the highway reopened by about noon today. “This obviously affects the morning rush,” Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt.
A firefighter looks at a sinkhole Wednesday in Tulsa. PHOTO BY JAMES GIBBARD, TULSA WORLD/AP
George Brown said. “If you routinely travel these roadways, people need to expect delays.” Brown asked that people “be patient with us and let ODOT do their repair.” Eastbound traffic is being diverted as far back as the Peoria Avenue exit, and westbound traffic is being diverted at Lewis
Avenue, according to the the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. The department is also shutting down the westbound I-44 exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway and the eastbound I-44 exit from U.S. 75. Officials are urging drivers to avoid the area until further notice.
Fletcher superintendent gets top school chief title BY MEGAN ROLLAND Staff Writer mrolland@opubco.com
Superintendent Kathryn Turner with Fletcher Public Schools received top honors for school chiefs Wednesday from the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators for work in the Comanche County district over the past six years. Fletcher was named Superintendent of the Year for a list of accomplishments — particularly for renovations and additions to the district’s buildings and the implementation of an after-school program and a free summer school program, a news release from the association said.
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The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators also named Carla Kimberling, of Norman Public Schools, the Assistant Superintendent of the Year. Kimberling supervises curriculum and instruction for prekindergarten through 12th grade in Norman and oversees programs ranging
from Advanced Placement to gifted education. Kimberling has been an administrator for 26 years. Both educators will be honored June 10 during an annual conference hosted by the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration at the Meridian Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
Plea deal in fatal crash draws prison term BY NOLAN CLAY Staff Writer nclay@opubco.com
A man has been sentenced to 10 years in an Oklahoma prison for a 2008 traffic fatality. Alfredo Enrique Ramos, 21, pleaded guilty May 21 to first-degree manslaughter. He faces deportation to Mexico after his release.
Ramos admitted in court papers he ran a stop sign while speeding in a pickup “and struck a car the victim was in.” The collision was at an intersection in far northwest Oklahoma County about 9 p.m. June 15, 2008. Killed was Wilford Ross Johnson, 82, of Oklahoma City. The victim was a passenger in a Mustang
that was struck. Two others in the Mustang were severely injured. Ramos also admitted his driver’s license had been suspended in 2005 and that he lied to a sheriff’s deputy about who was driving, records show. Prosecutors alleged he was driving drunk. The case was resolved through a plea agreement.
Oklahoma will have 528 districts — four fewer than last year, but a number that some legislators still call excessive. State Sen. Steve Russell, R-Oklahoma City, is a vocal critic of what he believes is bloated administration within Oklahoma’s public school system. Russell said Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia combined have fewer school districts than Oklahoma. “How can we justify having more school districts than those four states combined?” Russell asked. “And they’re Southern states with very similar social values that we have here in Oklahoma. They get it, that you cannot have an overadministration and expect dollars to go to teachers in the classroom.” A graduate of Del City High School with two children who attend public schools, Russell said he believes too many highpaid administrators are keeping state dollars for education from going where they’re needed — to teachers and classrooms. “It’s very hard to justify $250,000 salaries for superintendents when the commanding general of all
IN BRIEF RESORT SAYS NO TO POT VAIL, Colo. — Govern-
ment officials in Vail have voted to ban medical marijuana dispensaries from operating within the popular skiing destination. Vail council members who voted for the ban Tuesday say marijuana dispensaries would contradict with the image they’ve tried to set for the town. The Colorado Legislature passed a bill this year to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries. The bill includes a provision that allows cities and towns to ban dispensaries.
BLAZE CHARS 1,800 ACRES DOUGLAS, Ariz. — A
human-caused wildfire in the Chirachahua Mountains along the ArizonaNew Mexico border was 16 percent contained Wednesday after charring 1,800 acres. Coronado National Forest officials say the Horseshoe Fire was first spotted on May 26 and is burning in rugged terrain in a remote area. The fire isn’t endangering any structures. Officials say almost 800 firefighters were battling the blaze, which is expected to be fully contained by June 15.
N.M. TO MAKE NUCLEAR FUEL EUNICE, N.M. —
Dignitaries gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a $3 billion uranium enrichment plant in southeastern New Mexico, the first major nuclear facility to be licensed in the U.S. in the past three decades. The Louisiana Energy Services plant in Eunice, N.M., currently has more than 1,000 construction and contracting jobs. It is expected to have 308 full-time jobs. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., calls the plant “a unique opportunity for New Mexico and our nation.” He says the first phase of the plant will provide up to 25 percent of U.S. nuclear fuel needs. FROM WIRE SERVICES
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forces overseas doesn’t even make $200,000,” Russell said. “Who has more responsibility — someone in charge of 1,000 students or someone in charge of thousands of soldiers’ lives in life-ordeath situations?” Russell said that, given the state’s massive budget shortfall, he expected education to take deeper cuts. “You cannot put 98 percent of the state’s budget cuts on 45 percent of the budget. It does not work,” he said. “And if you try to take a stand and portray these things to the Oklahoma people, then suddenly you hate teachers and children. “I don’t hate teachers and I don’t hate children, but I do hate waste, and I hate people denying there is a problem.” There was no denying a problem existed before the school year began in Braman, located about five miles south of the Kansas state line. Superintendent
Rustin Clark said because of declining enrollment the district faced potentially major financial issues and that before the budget cuts hit severely, patrons decided in February to try and preserve the district by closing the high school at the end of this school year. While the budget cuts “were not the deciding factor for us,” Clark said that “it certainly validated that we made a good decision.” “Even if the state had not cut, we were going to have to do something,” Clark said. “The community was faced with a tough decision. If they did nothing and they kept the high school, the district would have been completely broke at the end of next year. They would have had to close the whole district. Or, they could cut off the high school and run an efficient K-8 district and maintain it into the foreseeable future.”
Former pastor plans new church BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
— Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said Wednesday that he will launch a new church from his Colorado Springs home, 31⁄2 years after he resigned from his ministry amid an embarrassing and devastating sex scandal. “This is my resurrection day,” he declared. Haggard said his new venture would not be a megachurch like New Life Church, the congregation he founded in 1985 and then left in 2006 after a male prostitute said Haggard paid him for sex. Haggard said he doesn’t know how many people will attend his new church, but he said the ordeal he and his wife, Gayle, went through has prepared them to help others. “I have an incredible heart for broken people,” he said. “I think we’re qualified to hold people’s hands” in times of trouble. Haggard made his announcement outside his home, a two-story, brickfronted structure with a large barn, a swimming pool and white-fenced corrals on Colorado
Springs’ north side, not far from New Life Church. Wearing an open-neck shirt and jeans, Haggard sounded both optimistic and chastened, calling himself a repentant sinner and a broken man who believes he can still provide help for others. “When the crash came in my personal life, it was so incredibly embarrassing and heartbreaking,” he said. “It broke me. And I’m still broken, some.” Haggard said a television documentary on the birth of his new church was a possibility but nothing was certain. At his new church, Haggard said he will teach that God intended marriage to be a monogamous union of a man and a woman. But he said heterosexual marriage was just one ideal in a long list of things God wants people to do, including pray, be healthy and stay monogamous. In an interview with The Associated Press after his announcement, Haggard said he was in counseling from the time of his 2006 downfall until recently, dealing with both his sexual identity and the feelings of shame.
Researchers predict active storm season BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Forecasters at Colorado State University are predicting an active hurricane season that could complicate efforts to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The researchers said Wednesday that they expect 18 named storms to develop in the Atlantic, including 10 hurricanes. Five are expected to be major, and there’s an aboveaverage probability of a major storm — one with sustained winds of at least 111 mph — hitting land in the United States or Caribbean. The forecast has worsened since April, when university researchers predicted 15 named storms, including eight hurricanes, because of much warmer tropical Atlantic surface temperatures and cooling Pacific conditions. Researcher William
Gray said storms that hit the Gulf could help or hurt efforts to keep oil away from the coast, depending on the course the storms take and how soon the flow of oil is stopped. While the hurricane season officially started Tuesday, major storms still aren’t likely for another 2½ to 3 months. If a storm develops to the west of the spill, the storm’s counterclockwise rotation could drive the oil to beaches to the north, Gray said. However, he said a storm developing to the east could help drive oil away from the coast. Storms could also churn up the water, causing the oil to sink below the surface and the spill to disperse, spreading its damage along a wider swath, he said. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 14 to 23 tropical storms this year, including up to seven major hurricanes.
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Car tag leads officers to arrests in slaying FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department arrested two people Wednesday in connection with a May 16 shooting outside a convenience store in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Team arrested Spence Nelson, 19, and Cory Nelson, 18, at a home in the 9500 block of NE 42, on complaints of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. The two had warrants for their arrest in connection with the shooting death of Edward Yearby, 25, of De Soto, Texas, who was shot to death in the parking lot of a Circle K convenience store at Reno Avenue and N Lincoln Boulevard. The shooting stemmed from a disagreement in the parking lot of the CocaCola Bricktown Events Center. According to a probable cause affidavit, witnesses saw two cars leave the convenience store with the
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suspects. Witnesses identified one of the cars by the tag number. Two other victims, Brenton Williams, 24, of Ennis, Texas, and Justin Reed, 26, of Grand Prairie, Texas, drove to JRS Travel Center to wait for police. They suffered wounds that were not life-threatening. Another man, Randy Hall II, 19, was arrested on murder and assault complaints in the case. He has not been charged.
Randy Hall II
ONLINE Video To watch a video of police talking about the May 16 shooting and the men’s arrests, go to NewsOK.com and search for “Circle K shooting.”
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Poolaw, Lester Gene Jr., 45, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. today, Rock Springs Cemetery (Comanche Nation, Lawton).
ed will be taken to the jail. “The most important thing is nobody gets hurt,” Weaver said. “So far everything is going very smoothly.” Complaints about illegal drug sales led to undercover investigations and illegal drug purchases by agents during the past four months, he said. Weaver said drugs seized include methamphetamine, marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription drugs. A meth lab and four weapons, including a sawed-off shotgun, also were found during the raids, bureau spokesman Mark Woodward said. “It’s really a snapshot of everything we see, just a smorgasbord of drugs,” Weaver said.
Marine enters plea in girl’s rape BY SHEILA STOGSDILL State Correspondent
LAWTON — A Marine has pleaded guilty to raping a 12-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday. Lance Cpl. Logan Bryan Combs, 20, of Lawton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree rape. Formal sentencing is set for July 26. Combs is the second person to enter a plea in the sexual assault of the sixthgrade student. Amy Marie Rivera, 34, of Fletcher, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to procuring a child for lewdness or other indecent acts, records show. Combs remains free on $30,000 bail. Two other Marines, Jordan Patrick Kinshella, 19, of Maple Valley, Wash.,
and Curtis Grant Dorton, 20, of Twentynine Palms, Calif., are charged in Comanche County District Court in Lawton with first-degree rape. Both Kinshella and Dorton are free on $25,000 bail. The men are accused of assaulting the girl who was used by Rivera to lure Marines to hotels where they engaged in sex games and used alcohol and drugs, according to court records. Rivera and the victim attended six to eight parties at Lawton hotels between March and June 2009, court records state. During that time the victim claimed to have engaged in sex with three Marines and kissed and touched others, all with Rivera’s knowledge, records state. The Marines all said they didn’t know the girl was underage.
Bomb incident prompts warning BY BOB DOUCETTE Staff Writer bdoucette@opubco.com
EDMOND — Call it a harmless prank or
juvenile curiosity. But police call it a felony. Edmond’s bomb squad was called out Tuesday night to investigate the detonation of a plastic bottle chemical bomb after residents in a neighborhood near 15th Street and Coltrane heard the device detonate. The explosion was reported about 11:30 p.m. Police aren’t sure who set it off, and no injuries were reported. “This is actually very serious,” Edmond police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said Wednesday. “It’s mostly children
doing it, thinking it’s fun to blow something up.” People often use the Internet to get information on building these small chemical bombs, said Rockie Yardley, an investigator with the city’s bomb squad. The mixture inside the bottle causes pressure and heat to build up, eventually causing the bottle to explode, Yardley said. The resulting explosion can injure people with plastic shrapnel, flames and hot acids, Yardley said. “When we see them, we don’t even approach them,” he said. “We’ll deal with it remotely.” Chemical bombs are illegal. It’s a felony to build, possess, detonate or even have the ingredients to make one, Yardley said.
Aaron Keith Farrow, 28, and Ashley Rose Angleton, 27. Jimmy Lavern Adams, 43, and Grace Renee Craig, 48. Graham Patrick Colton, 28, and Helen Elizabeth Hoehn, 25. Blake Michael Westbrook, 24, and Victoria Anne Willett, 22. Billy Wayne Clark, 36, and Alberta Nicole Swanegan Owens, 29. Bryan Russell Lettenmaier, 35, and Melanie Dawn Seward, 34. Ival J. Hale, 76, and Norma Faith Clark, 72. Ty Nickolas Ray, 24, and Toni Lynn Blagowsky, 24. Kevin Ashley Dunn, 31, and Kevynn Elaine Sanford, 27. Frederick Decarlos Baisden, 30, and Tacara Shimika McKinney, 26. Michael Len Spencer Jr., 31, and Dakin Lenelle Franklin, 30. Jose Franco Gallegos, 28, and Amalia Ivonee Pedroza Jacobo, 27. Jordan Patrick Steger, 21, and Kassidy Leanne Jackson, 21. Aaron Lee Daharsh, 29, and Sara Elizabeth Justice, 25.
Dameon D. Aranda, 35, and Eva Judith Raubert, 27. Mario Roberto Ruiz Espinoza, 34, and Aime Segoviano Zarate, 32. Jason Dwayne Lunsford, 35, and Jeri Ann Austin, 27. Dane Robert Beck, 22, and Kylie Amanda Begarek, 21. Matthew Ryan Blanchard, 23, and Jessica Alene Wilson, 19. Jimmy Wayne Stetler, 43, and Mona Katheryn Lee, 54. Jeffrey Gene Hirsch, 60, and Dana Ann Floyd, 51. Kirk Andrell Gray, 49, and Ingrid Dunn, 49. Shon Sharif Yousif, 23, and Cortney Ann Threadgill, 25. Michael Gary Bryson, 61, and Kimberly Ann Williams, 51. Joshua Dwayne Walker, 27, and Laci Larhea Hood, 24. Austin Chase Ballard, 26, and Gracie Laran Hamper, 21. Jason Edward Schumacher, 24, and Jacqueline Natalia Cope, 24. Danny Lew Glazier, 62, and Rosebel Baisa Mondano, 45. Maurice Clark, 24, and Jeanette
Dutcher, Louise B., 97, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Sneed Chapel, First United Methodist Church (NeekampLuginbuel, Bartlesville). Nulisch, Marvin E., 74, died Saturday. Services pending (Arnold Moore, Bartlesville).
BEGGS
Ramsey, Carlial Thomas “C.T.” Jr., 82, retired seismograph shooter, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (McClendon-Winters, Beggs).
BETHANY
Moore, Beulah I., 93, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany).
BOSWELL
Bertis, Wilson John, 70, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant).
CLINTON
McGinnis, Earnest “Mac,” 93, retired mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Church of Christ (Stanley-Lee, Clinton).
CORN
Daubert, Jim, 68, deputy, dozer operator and farmer, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Hinton (Hinton-Turner, Hinton).
COYLE
Matthews, Jeremiah Angel, infant son of Gregory Bufford and Ashley Matthews, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. today, Tryon Cemetery, Tryon ( Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
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Second juvenile escapee captured BY ALTHEA PETERSON
Elias Avila, 23, and Julie Elaine Fraire, 20. Jason Daniel Taylor, 25, and Emily Nicole Haynes, 22. Joshua Eric Bridges, 29, and Mary Christine Aspy, 27. Johnny Monroe Chandler, 29, and Delana Renee Anderson, 29.
Harris, Thomas Jr., 86, retired from state Department of Transportation, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stout-Phillips, Wewoka). Hess, Dorothy May, 82, died Friday. Mass was Tuesday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).
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MCALESTER — More than 100 law officers raided homes in the McAlester area Wednesday after a four-month investigation by undercover officers targeting illegal drug sales. Officers from many law enforcement agencies began serving 44 arrest warrants about 5:30 a.m., said Darrell Weaver, director of Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control. As of 4:30 p.m., 33 people had been arrested. A temporary booking area has been set up in McAlester to alleviate some of the work for Pittsburg County jailers, Weaver said. Eventually, all those arrest-
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McCane, Alton, 47, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Valliant (Rogan, Hugo).
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PURCELL — A second escapee from the L.E. Rader Center was captured in central Oklahoma Tuesday night, authorities said. William James, 17, was captured about 10:20 p.m. after he was spotted by an off-duty Purcell police officer, officials with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs reported Wednesday. Police encountered James and Dillon Blair Herzfeld, 15, as the boys were riding bicycles on Interstate 35 north of Purcell about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Officers determined that they were the teens who had escaped last week from the Rader Center, a juvenile lockup in Sand Springs, according to a news release from the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Herzfeld was taken into custody Monday, but James escaped by running across four lanes of I-35, authorities said. Both juveniles have been returned to Rader and will be placed in the Intensive Treatment Program, a more secure unit, a Juvenile Affairs official said. James, whom authorities said is also known as “Tharp,” was sent to the Rader Center after being found delinquent of indecent exposure, concealing stolen property and larceny. Herzfeld was found delinquent of rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation, the Juvenile Affairs officials said.
Roshelle Carbajal, 23. Joshua John Pendleton, 28, and Selina Ann Ruiz, 33.
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Arroyo, Juana v. Jose Cadena Trevino, Juan Antonio v. Coly, Ruth Carbone, Ronald Michael v. Lorri L. Collins, Olivia Dyan v. Barrett, Jesse Adam Dunlap, Catherine v. David Fraizer, Crystal M. v. James E. Garrison, Michael D. v. Sherry A. Grant, Tony J. v. Haley M. Hood, Michael James v. Ashleigh Dawn Longeway, Steffani E. v. John S. Morgan, Eufaula L. v. Anthony Naberhaus, Joseph Robert v. Victoria Clare Plodek, David Alan v. Rachele Anne Stouwie, Diane Elaine v. David Allen Thummel, Julee v. David Womack, Mark S. v. Jo A. Woodral, Olivia Jane v. Charles Owen Young, Melvin G. v. Linda
CROMWELL
Hassell, Teresa Kay (Barnes), 46, school cook, died Tuesday. Services 9 a.m. Friday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).
DEL CITY
Harris, Cleo Louie, 94, mechanic, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Ford, Del City). Pearson, Lavonna Oleta, 75, hairdresser, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Sunny Lane, Del City).
DEWEY
Groomes, Bessie Melvinia, 67, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). Wilcox, Doris Lee, 86, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Town and Country House (Stumpff, Bartlesville).
EDMOND
Van Stavern, Nicholas, 13, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Smith-Kernke, N May, Oklahoma City).
ENID
Ferreira, Dolores A., 58, office administrator, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Florence, the Rev. Robert G., 78, minister, died May 27. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Parrish, Sara E., 94, homemaker, died Sunday. Private services (HenningerHinson, Enid). Smith, Florence W., 88, died Tuesday. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Faith Lutheran Church (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).
EUFAULA
Potter, Jimmie, 69, security guard, died May 23. Private services (Hunn, Black & Merritt, Eufaula).
FREDERICK
Holbrook, Tommy Wayne, 64, accountant, died Tuesday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday (Jackson, Frederick).
HENRYETTA
Buring, James Dodge, 52, form-setter, died Tuesday. No services (Integrity, Henryetta).
HOOKER
Lynch, Johnny, 75, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, United Methodist Church (Roberts Brothers, Hooker).
IDABEL
Jones, Lila, 52, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (White Family, Idabel).
KINGFISHER
Lankard, Betty M., 81, died Monday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Kingfisher Cemetery (Sanders, Kingfisher).
MADILL
Gaylor, Ricky Lee “Rick,” 56, died Tuesday. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Watts, Madill).
MIDWEST CITY
Barrientez, Santos, 75, retired from Air Force, died Wednesday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Barnes-Frederich, Midwest City). Day, Sherry Lynn, 63, waitress, died Tuesday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, Cumberland Cemetery, Cumberland (Barnes-Friederich).
MOORE
Lee, Gordon A., 59, printer, died Friday. Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City).
MUSKOGEE
Collins, Lena F., 63, machine operator, died Wednesday. Private services (Bradley, Muskogee). Hutton, Wilbert, 70, crane operator, died Sunday. Services pending (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Shores, Junior Ray, 76, Navy veteran, died May 21. Graveside services noon Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson (Ragsdale, Muskogee). Stebbins, Ruth, 104, telephone operator, died Wednesday. Services pending (Bradley, Muskogee).
NICOMA PARK
Norris, Vernon E., 92, painter, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. today (Ford, Del City).
NOBLE
Matthews, Harold Ray, 62, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).
NORMAN
Parks, Nona B., 81, retired heavy equipment operator, died Tuesday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Francis (Criswell, Ada). Walton, Flora Ward, 65, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Primrose, Norman).
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Abernathy, Charles, 58, died May 29. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Adams, Fines Joe Jr., 79, business owner, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Southern Hills Baptist Church (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Barnes, Mary E., 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Bellamy, Norma Jean, 81, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Braxton, James W., 48, died Tuesday. No services (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Button, Allen Dale, 59, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Advantage South, Oklahoma City). Cornell, Lois J., 95, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Chapel Hill Funeral Home (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Cotton, Jack Delbert, 90, masonry contractor, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. today (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Freeman, William “Bill,” 91, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son North, Oklahoma City). Garcia, Mariana, 67, died Wednesday. Services pending (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Griffith, Albertine Leard, 89, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hall, Delores E., 90, died May 22. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Hoffman, Ruthie M., 61, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hooks, Leroy T. Sr., 70 died Monday. Services noon Friday, People’s Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Johnson, Donnie Mae, 88, died May 24. Eastern Star service 6 p.m. Friday, Rolfe Memorial Chapel. Services noon Saturday, Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Malone, Joshua DeQuan, 19, died Friday. Services pending (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Newsom, Linda Lee, 80, died Friday. Private services (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Pendarvis, Mildred, 95, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Ramsey, Kathleen, 86, died May 27. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, True Vine Ministries (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Rivers, Yvonne J., 61, homemaker, died Monday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall 9100 N Eastern (Pollard, Oklahoma City). Sampson, Andrea, 30, died Saturday. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Stewart, Louise, 91, died Saturday. Services Friday in San Angelo, Texas (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Stinnett, Lorene, 83, item manager at Tinker Air Force Base, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Sunny Lane, Del City). Thomas, James H., 72, died May 29. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, GAP Restoration Chapel (Temple & Sons, Oklahoma City). Valliant, Lucille, 77, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Wagner, Larry Reginald, 57, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m., Carnegie Cemetery, Carnegie (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Wilson, K. Nick, 67, attorney, died Tuesday. Services 3 p.m. Monday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Smith & Kernke N May, Oklahoma City). Young, Harold, 79, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John Missionary Baptist Church (Rolfe, Oklahoma City).
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Nelson, Tanner Kelly, 23, mechanical drafter, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Poteet, Pawnee).
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Corr, Jerelyn Claxton, 73, retired teacher, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Evans & Miller, Poteau).
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Bateman, Lisa Ilene, 41, homemaker, died May 29. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Temple Church (Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw). Robertson, Hubert Anderson Sr., 52, general laborer, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Greater New Bethel Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). Snow, Willard Mays, 86, farmer, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (Agent, Sallisaw).
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Wills, Max W., 68, contract pumper, died Tuesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday (Redinger, Seiling).
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Watts, Sheila Marie, 45, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Rattan High School Gymnasium (Mills & Coffey, Antlers).
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Audd, Robert Lewis, 60, framer, died May 18. Services pending (Green Country, Tahlequah). Ward, Ruth E., 82, nursery worker, died Tuesday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Parks, Harrah).
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Lee, Faye Cora, 92, died Tuesday. Services pending (Blackwell, Blackwell).
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Reed, Joey D., 28, landscaper, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Wapanucka School Auditorium (Clark, Tishomingo).
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Collier, Duranda M., 87, homemaker, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Lehman, Wellston).
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Anderson, Kenneth Paul, 78, pipeline welder, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Sooner Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (DeArman, Wynnewood).
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Root, Mark Allen, 52, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. Friday (McNeil’s, Mustang). Organ donor
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Linda Reece, of Edmond, who dedicated her life to working with children, died Wednesday. She was 65. Reece was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, in 1945 and met her husband, Robert, in 1963 while in college in Missouri. They were married in 1964. Reece devoted much of her time to children. She was involved in the CARE Center, which helps abused children, and was known as the “toy cart lady” at Children’s Hospi-
BUTTON Allen Dale Button, age 59, passed away May 30, 2010, in OKC, OK. He was born on June 12, 1950 to Clifton and Ima Jean Button of OKC. Allen graduated from Capital Hill H.S. in 1968 and married Judy Goodwin on October 11, 1968 in OKC. He received an Honorable Discharge after serving in the U.S.A.F, between Oct. 28, 1969 to Aug. 17, 1973. He was a retiree from Tinker Field AFB. He touched the lives of many with his wit, wisdom, and his generosity. He enjoyed fishing, riding his Harley Davidson, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Judy Button of OKC, his children, daughter Stephanie Montgomery and her husband Clint of OKC, and son Ray Button of OKC, three sisters Beverly Fitzgerald, Debbie Johnston, and Diane Button, two granddaughters, and many nephews and nieces, and other relatives and friends. Service will be held Friday June 6, 2010 at 10 am at Advantage Funeral Service 7720 S. Pennsylvania, OKC, OK 73159.
CAMP REID Loyce, died Saturday May 29, 2010 from complications of a heart attack. She is survived by her beloved partner, Rudolfo Cruz; children, Kim Camp & husband, Bill Velotta, Brian Camp & wife, JoLynne, Karen Minor & husband, Scott; step-son, Russell Reid; & her grandchildren, Madisson, Cassidy, & Mackenzie Camp, Allison & Cameron Minor. She was born in 1939 in Guthrie, OK where she lived until her senior year in high school. She then moved to Chickasha & graduated high school in 1958. Loyce stayed in touch with many of her childhood friends & frequently told funny stories of her life in Guthrie. She loved spending time with her family & took great pleasure in cooking for them. She was one heck of a bridge player and enjoyed traveling the world. Donations may be made to the American Lung Assoc. A memorial service will be held 2:00 PM Friday, June 4, 2010 at First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27th St. in Moore, OK. To leave condolences for the family, please visit www.vondelsmithmor tuary.com
tal at OU Medical Center, where she pushed a cart of toys to give to children hospitalized there, Robert Reece said. She was also involved with the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church and other organizations. Reece is survived by her husband; their three children, Kimberly KemballCook, David Reece and Elizabeth Reece; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 11a.m. Saturday at Crossings Community Church, 14600 N Portland Ave. CORNELL Lois Jean Cornell was born on September 16, 1914 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio to her parents Evan H. McConnell and Elsa B. (O’Keefe) McConnell. She was raised in Ohio and Michigan. Lois spent many years of her adult life working as a legal secretary for several Oklahoma City law firms during which time she formed close bonds with several of her co-workers. She was a fiercely independent woman and loyal employee. Lois was an avid cat lover and provided a home and food to several of the neighborhood kitty-cats. She leaves behind her best buddy “Annie,” who always seemed to be in her lap or close by. Lois was preceded in death by her parents, son Billie Longanecker, granddaughter Kathy Longanecker, her stepson Dahl Cornell, and her very close friend Faye Carter. She is survived by her family members in Florida, Cheryl Jones, Donna Cornell Moore, and Curtis Cornell and their children. She is survived by a daughter-in-law Ruth Longanecker and her children. Special thanks are offered to her loyal and loving caregivers, Cindy Hibbs and Lynda Blair, and her friend Linda Leemaster who assisted her frequently over the years, as well as the entire Valir Hospice staff who made her last few months very comfortable. A funeral service will be held at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. A Viewing will be held Friday at Bill Merritt Funeral Home from 8am-9pm.
GRIFFITH Albertine Griffith, 89, was welcomed into Heaven on May 30, 2010 after complications from a common medical procedure. Albertine was born September 3, 1920, in Durant, Oklahoma to Albert and Ina Leard. Albertine worked as a bookkeeper for the family business and as a homemaker. Abby, as her friends called her, was an exceptional artist and seamstress and was very creative in many ways. Abby served the Lord at Olivet Baptist Church with her husband Harold L. Griffith where they were married in 1941. Albertine was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Joe Leard. She is survived by her husband Harold, brother Eugene Leard of Oklahoma City, 3 children David and wife, Tish, of Tulsa, Tom and wife Darla, of Oklahoma City, and Cindy Davis and husband Steve of Tulsa, 8 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren with 2 more expected soon. Services will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bill Merritt Funeral Home, Bethany, OK. Interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers please contribute to: Heart and Hand Ministries, Inc., 7901 NW 23, Bethany, OK 73008.
NORMAN | STATE DOTSON James M., age 69, died Friday 5/28/10. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday 6/4/10 in the Earl M. Temple Memorial Chapel. Interment will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, OK.
GARCIA Alfred Cano Garcia “Taco” went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2010. A.C. was born on January 22, 1947 to Dorothy Cano and Jose Garcia in Victoria, Texas. A.C. loved life and helping people. He worked for the Salvation Army for twenty-four years. His mission in life was to make a difference in the lives of the hungry and the homeless, and he achieved that goal. Taco loved to play golf on Sundays and watch softball everyday. “Taco” we will all miss you dearly. He is preceded in death by his father Jose Garcia, mother Dorothy Cano, his brother Tony Garcia, sister Carol Heffley. He is survived by his wife Stella Garcia, daughters Tanya Clark, Tina Alvarez, Teresa Exinia and Jo Garcia, sons-in-law Richard Clark, and George Exinia, grandchildren Ricky and Raeven Clark, Tate and Hope Alvarez and Jorge and Marcella Exinia, Alexander, Alayna, step-daughters Tammy, Vickie and step-grandchildren John, Evan, Kayla, Karesha, and Josh. He is also survived by brothers Joe Garcia, Albert Garcia, Johnnie Garcia, sisters Rose Cramer, Anita Holstein, Linda Stewart, Janie Cockrill, and Mary Garcia, and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to: The Salvation Army, 300 SW 5, OKC, OK 73102. A memorial service will be held 6:00PM, Thursday June 10, 2010 at the Salvation Army Chapel, 2808 SE 44, OKC, OK.
GRAY Annie Marie Swarb Gray was born on November 9, 1918, in Maud, OK, to Arthur and Myrtle Swarb. On July 19, 1937 she married Leon Dewey Gray in Norman, OK. They were married for 40 years before his death in 1977. Marie passed away in Houston, TX, on May 30, 2010, at the age of 91. She is survived by her three children, Montez Brown and husband Dennis, Clarksville, TX, Michael and wife Connie, Orange, TX, Cheryl Shine and husband Michael, Houston, TX; nine grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Winona VanMeter, Tecumseh, OK; three brothers, J.S. Swarb, Dumas, TX , Joe Swarb, Roff, OK, and Ronald Swarb, Midwest City, OK. She served our country during World War II as a “Rosie the Riveter”, working on C-47 airplanes at Douglass Field and worked fourteen years for Mid-Del Schools in food service. She was a longtime member of Ridgecrest Church of Christ. She will be remembered as an expert cook, seamstress, quilter, and painter. She was a devoted wife and mother who loved her family, most especially her grandchildren and grand dogs. And an enthusiastic Sooner fan to the end. Funeral services will be held June 5, 2010, 1:00pm, at Ridgecrest Church of Christ, Midwest City, OK, with the burial to follow at the City of Tecumseh Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123, www. houstonhospice.org
COBB Vernie V. Cobb, 83, departed this life and went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 31, 2010 in Baraboo, WI after a long battle with heart disease. Vernie was born in Alex, OK to Lynn and Nettie(Clark) Cobb and was 1 of 12 children. He grew up in OKC and attended Capitol Hill H.S. He joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and was a part of World War II abroad the USS Mullany in 1943. After returning home from the Navy he became a truck driver and worked for various companies in OKC and eventually started his own trucking co. He later retired in 1984. One of his many great adventures in life was starting the first ever truck driving academy in OKC. He met and married his first wife Norma Dean (Gray) in 1953. Together they created a wonderful family. One son Carl B. Salyer (C.B.) and wife Maryvonne of Fulton, N.Y., their children Michelle Silva, husband Jorge and their children Carlos and David, Brian Salyer and wife Michelle and their children Ian and Adam; two daughters Valerie (Cobb) Lee and husband Kenny and her daughter Sheila Hensley and husband Gavin and their children Mackinsey and Jace. Valgetti (Cobb) Thompson, her son Shane and his daughter Shyanne all of Oklahoma. He was a longtime member of the 32nd Degree Mason's. He was also a Shriner and was affiliated with the Nomads of OKC. In more recent years he was a part of the Eastern Star and served as the Worthy Matron in Natchitoches, LA and was a member of Nakatosh Azar. Vernie was preceded in death by his parents and first wife, brothers Roy, Clyde, Robert, and Claude Cobb and one sister Nettie Lou Johnson. He is survived by his children and their families along with his wife, Anne, of the home and her children Alexis Rebman and Todd Allen and their families, brothers Lewis of Norman, Jerry( Buster) of CA, Don of Mustang, sisters Leoda Winters, Lola (Snapper) Myers, and Doris Scott all of Mustang, many other loving family members and friends. He was a wonderful daddy, grandpa, poppy, brother, uncle and friend to all and will be missed greatly. Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 4, 2010, at Walnut Hill Cemetery (Redlin Funeral Home) Baraboo, WI. MELTON Cathy F. Melton was born in Oklahoma City August 16, 1956 and left this earth May 26, 2010. She leaves behind her husband of thirty-nine years, Joe and three children, Bryan, Jarad and April, of Oklahoma City; thirteen grandchildren and a special friend, Carol Harris. She was a member of LifeChurchSouth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Williams and Geraldine Hayes; and two brothers, Billy and David Williams. Services for Cathy were June 3, 2010 at Life Church- South. NIBLETT Mack A. Niblett, 83, died 5/29/10. He was born in Troy, Oklahoma to Jasper and Ina (Day) Niblett. He grew up in Troy where he attended school. He was a spot welder for Capital Steel. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers LD, Tommy, Chester and Otis, one sister Imogene, wife Dorothy, son Larry and step-son, Albert. Survivors include wife Sally, son Roger Glenn, brothers Tal and Mat, sister Edna, step-children Cathy and Marilyn, and many nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Thursday, 10:00 A.M. at Sunny Lane Family Church, 4221 S. Sunnylane, Del City, OK, with interment Saturday, 3 P.M. at Sunny Lane Cemetery. Condolences may be offered at www.eisenhourfu neral.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 KRAMER Graveside services for Carllene Loretta Kramer, 75, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are set for 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Rest Haven Cemetery in Belton. Rev. Stewart Malloy will be officiating. Mrs. Kramer passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at her home in Oklahoma City. Carllene was born February 1, 1935 in Belton, Texas to Carl and Loretta (Johnson) Boney. Survivors include two sons, Foster Kramer and Steven Kramer, both of Edmond, Oklahoma; two daughters, Karen Poth of Temple and Peggy Kramer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Faye Bickley of Austin and Wanda Nordgren of Georgetown; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 to 8 at Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton. Heartfield Funeral Home in Belton is in charge of arrangements. RAMSEY Kathleen C. Ramsey, 86, Okla. City, OK, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She is survived by 8 children, David Ramsey, Yvonne Gaddis, Coy Ramsey, Saundra Marshall, Mark Ramsey, Larry Ramsey, Quinnita Crowder, and John Ramsey. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Truevine Ministries, Inc. Rolfe Funeral Home ROOT Mark Allan Root, age 52, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at his home in Yukon. He was born February 2, 1958 in St. Louis, MO to Billy and Marjorie (Kinkeade) Root. Mark came to Mustang in 1966. He was a 1976 graduate of Mustang High School where he played football and was an All-State Wrestler. He served in the US Air Force and owned and operated Mark’s Mechanical for over 20 years, and recently worked in sales. He was a member of Uriah Masonic Lodge in Wheatland and was a Methodist. Preceded in death by his father Billy, one son Robert and one sister Renee. He is survived by his mother Marjorie Root of Yukon, one daughter Jessica Root and her mother Carla of Mustang, two brothers Brian Root and wife Carol of Marlow and Billy Root of Yukon. Services will be held at 10am on Friday, June 4, 2010 in the Chapel of The Good Shepherd at McNeil’s Mustang Funeral Service, Mustang, OK. Interment with Military Rites as well as Masonic Rites will follow at the Mustang Cemetery, Mustang, Oklahoma. Online condolences may be made at www.mcneilsmus tangfs.com THOMAS Ann Marie Thomas, age 82, passed away May 27, 2010 in Oklahoma City, surrounded by her family. Ann was born March 16, 1928, in Philadelphia, PA to Ketty and Alvan Thomas. She grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated from Bishop John Carroll High School in 1946. When she was 23 Ann moved to San Francisco. She worked as a budget analyst for the Univ. of California-SF for 32 years and returned to Oklahoma City upon her retirement in 1989. Ann is preceded in death by her parents and brother, Mike. Ann is survived by her sisters, Grace Fox of Okla. City, Toni Eads of Omaha, NE, and Christine Sheldon of Tulsa; brothers, Buster and David, both of Okla. City; many nieces, nephews and other close relatives and dear friends. She also leaves behind her beloved cat, Mac, who brought her much joy. A burial service for Ann will be Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Free To Live Animal Sanctuary, P.O. Box 5884, Edmond, OK 73083.
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IVERY Charles H. Ivery, 69, formerly of Oklahoma City, departed this life on June 1, 2010 at 5:35 p.m. at his home in Peoria, IL. He was born September 18, 1940 in Harlan, KY to Fannie Mae and Roy Ivery. Charles was a member of Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK where he served as a Deacon. He was co-founder of Exodus Foundation, Inc. He also served as a JCI Senator and received many awards. He married Alice Marie Allen on March 12, 1999 in Memphis. She survives. Also surviving are four sons, Dane Ivery of Ruskin, FL, Brandon Allen of Oklahoma City, Christopher Allen of Ames, IA and Jonathan Allen of Wichita, KS; two daughters, Cathryne Ivery-Dodd and Sherri IveryMitchell, both of Atlanta, GA; one brother, Thomas Ivery of Oklahoma City; and four grandchildren. Charles was preceded in death by one daughter, Tania Marie. Memorial services will be held Saturday, June 5, 2010, 11 a.m., at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City with Pastor Willie Joe McLemore officiating. WHITAKER Lieutenant Colonel Robert “Bob” Whitaker was born on October 31, 1918 in Dallas. He found eternal peace on May 31, 2010, following a fall and complications. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Verda and his beloved wife, Dosha. He is survived by his daughter Leta Rostochil, her husband Joe, three grandchildren Leslie Jefferson, Brett Rostochil, and Shawn Gable and their spouses, Ron, Shari, and Darrell. He had 8 great grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. He is also survived by his sister Margret White residing in California and many friends. He was a World War II Veteran having served in North Africa and flew 48 missions. He retired from the Air Force in 1961. He was a Mason for 50 plus years and a member of Grace United Methodist Church. Bob loved family gatherings, history, sports, and our special Tuesdays. He was a man who was admired by many for his character, kindness, and his ability to make lifelong friendships. He was indeed an officer and a gentleman. Funeral services for Bob will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper Funeral Home, 6600 Broadway Extension, Oklahoma City.
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Autism: Early action is urged
Sutton’s hearing delayed
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ated unbelievable progress in his son. One day after Blaine attended the playgroup at a local church, the teachers said he’d told teacher Seth Kastner that he loved him. “I’d only heard him say, ‘I love you,’ one other time, that was to me,” Steve Davis said. “Being a parent of a 3-year-old child and not hearing ‘I love you’ is incredibly difficult.” Now, Blaine has learned to point, use sign language and even allows his parents to touch him. The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center’s pilot project is designed to identify the autism spectrum disorders in toddlers like Blaine. Like Blaine, one in every 110 children has been diagnosed with the disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that autism is being reported at higher rates than ever before. “It’s a pretty significant increase in the last 10 years,” Bonnie McBride, principal investigator for the Early Foundations Project, said during a news conference Wednesday at the center. Though children are often 2 years old by the time
Sean Sutton BY JOHN ESTUS Staff Writer jestus@opubco.com
Jennifer and Steve Davis of Oklahoma City speak about their 3-year-old son’s autism as Dr. Laura McGuinn looks on during a news conference. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN
ONLINE Video To see video on the challenges of autism and a pilot program designed to help, go to NewsOK.com and search for “autism.”
Dr. Kathleen Combs Yukon pediatrician
their autism is identified, she said the earlier an autistic child is diagnosed the better the outcome.
About the program The Autism Workforce Initiative is Oklahoma’s response to the needs of children, their families and
pediatricians. The initiative features components such as a physician training program, along with the early intervention program for young children suspected of having an autism spectrum disorder. Children enrolled in the program receive 17 hours per week of help through activities such as play groups, intensive teaching
involving behavioral techniques, weekly home visits and monthly parent education nights. “It’s awesome. It’s changed our lives, it really has,” Steve Davis said. Services are provided through Oklahoma’s Early Intervention system and the model site serving roughly 10 families in Oklahoma City is funded using federal dollars
through the state Department of Education. Along with developing an intervention model through its pilot site in Oklahoma City, the project is intended to provide outreach support to other communities statewide. The project also is operating in Cleveland and Canadian counties. The program is offered free to families of all income levels through SoonerStart, the state’s early intervention program for infants and toddlers with disabilities and developmental delays. For more information on the SoonerStart program, call 522-5167 or go to www.okdhs.org/programs andservices/dd/ss.
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cers had turned over evidence to prosecutors in that case.
Smith requested the city council review Murray’s employment that October. City council members reinstated him.
They were “totally different issues,” Smith told The Oklahoman in 2009 about the investigations into his actions and his
move to discipline Murray. Smith was elected to the city council in 1997. He was appointed interim mayor in 1998 after then-
Mayor Joe Johnson was convicted on corruption charges. Smith was elected to the post later in 1998.
STILLWATER — Former Oklahoma State University basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was postponed Wednesday. A judge postponed the hearing because Sutton remains in a drug treatment program, Payne County District Attorney Rob Hudson said. Sutton, 41, was to have appeared for the hearing Monday. He is now set to appear Aug. 13. Sutton faces four felonies for alleged attempts to illegally obtain pharmaceutical drugs. Sutton admitted a painkiller addiction upon his arrest in Stillwater in February, according to court records. Sutton’s wife, Trena, spoke at the state Capitol in April about the dangers of prescription drug addiction, saying she and her husband want to help others avoid the plight he has faced. Sean Sutton spent two years as OSU’s men’s basketball coach after his father, Eddie Sutton, resigned following a drunken driving accident in 2006. The elder Sutton had battled alcoholism throughout his coaching career.
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Orienting the tastebuds From boba to pho, the tastes and culture of Asian American customers continue to influence the shops at South Penn Plaza shopping center, SW 89 and Pennsylvania Avenue.
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COMPANY’S ORIGINAL BID FOR TULSA-BASED ARENA RESOURCES WAS $1.6 BILLION
SandRidge increases offer BY JAY F. MARKS Business Writer jmarks@opubco.com
SandRidge Energy Inc. has upped the ante in its bid to acquire Tulsa-based Arena Resources Inc., the companies announced today. SandRidge increased its cash offer for Arena shares
to $4.50 each, along with 4.7771 of its own shares. The original $1.6 billion deal, announced in April, was for $2.50 in cash for each share. The amended deal also allows Arena to solicit other offers for 30 days, while lowering the termination fee from $50 million to $39
million if the company accepts another proposal. “This amendment should enable Arena shareholders to receive maximum consideration for their shares,” said Tim Rochford, Arena’s chairman and co-founder. “We are confident that upon completion of this period,
we will be able to close the transaction.” SandRidge CEO Tom Ward expressed optimism about the new deal, as well. “We continue to believe the combination realizes numerous synergies and creates a stronger platform from which to grow production across a balanced
and concentrated West Texas asset base,” he said. The merger proposal would see Arena folded into SandRidge, a company that would have significant holdings in west Texas’ oil-rich Permian Basin. Stockholders must approve the deal at July 16 meetings.
WORKERS GET AID NASA space shuttle workers will receive $15 million from the federal government to help them search for new jobs once the program ends. BACK PAGE
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Airlines may face bumping penalty WASHINGTON — Airline passengers would receive as much as $1,300 for being bumped from a flight and would have 24 hours to cancel reservations without penalty, among other protections proposed Wednesday by the Obama administration. Currently, airlines must pay up to $800 for each time passengers are involuntary bumped. The new rules, which will likely go into effect later this year, also would require airlines to fully and prominently disclose baggage fees, as well as refunds and expense reimbursement when bags are not delivered on time, and provide special notice any time baggage fees are increased. Price increases after a ticket is purchased also would be prohibited under the proposal. The proposal would extend a requirement to foreign airlines that they have contingency plans for returning passengers to terminals if they’ve been kept waiting on tarmacs for prolonged periods. A rule requiring U.S. carriers have contingency plans for international flights stuck on runways went into effect in April. A flat prohibition on waits that last longer than three hours also was imposed on domestic flights at that time. “This administration believes consumers are entitled to strong and effective protections,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. James May, president of the Air Transport Association, which represents major carriers, said airlines would evaluate the proposals “with a focus on minimizing potential passenger inconvenience.”
Petroleum engineer Henry Crichlow, of Norman, talks about what must be done to stem the Gulf of Mexico oil leak.
JOBLESS RATES ARE IMPROVING Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, testifies Wednesday before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. AP PHOTO
BILLIONAIRE DEFENDS RATING AGENCIES FOR MISSING CRISIS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Wednesday defended credit rating agencies that gave overly positive grades to mortgage-related investments before the housing bust. He said the agencies were among many who missed warnings signs of the crisis. “They made the wrong call,” he acknowledged. But he said he counted himself among those who failed to foresee the collapse of the housing bubble. Buffett called it the “greatest bubble” he had ever seen. “The entire American public was caught up in a belief that housing prices could not fall dramatically,” Buffett told a congressionally chartered panel investigating the financial crisis. Had he known how bad it would get, Buffett said he would have sold his company’s stake in rating agency Moody’s Corp. Buffett’s investment firm is Moody’s largest shareholder. He testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission alongside Moody’s CEO Raymond McDaniel. The FCIC is a bipartisan group created by Congress to examine a range of issues surrounding the crisis. Rating agencies have been criticized for giving high ratings to complex investments backed by risky mortgages. When home-
owners defaulted, the agencies downgraded billions of dollars of investments at once. That helped spark the crisis. Lawmakers have accused the industry of having a conflict of interest because the agencies are paid by the banks whose investments they rate. Congress is considering new rules for the industry as part of the broader regulatory overhaul. Legislation by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., would get rid of requirements that businesses obtain credit ratings. His proposal would make many business transactions less reliant on rating agencies’ involvement. In addition, it would force credit raters to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and allow investors to sue them for assigning recklessly high ratings. Sen. Al Franken, DMinn., wants to let a new regulatory board choose the rating agencies that analyze each bank deal. His proposal was included in the Senate bill. House and Senate negotiators still must reconcile differences between the two financial overhauls. McDaniel told the panel that “Moody’s is certainly not satisfied with the performance of these ratings” and is taking steps to improve its rating process. Still, McDaniel said in written testimony that in-
Raymond McDaniel Chairman and CEO of Moody’s
vestors should use ratings as a tool, “not a buy, sell or hold recommendation.” Despite his company’s stake in Moody’s, Buffett said he doesn’t rely on credit ratings when making investment decisions. He makes his own judgments on companies. “What we hope for is mis-rated securities because that would give us a chance to make a profit if we disagree with the ratings agencies,” Buffett told the panel. The FCIC subpoenaed Buffett after he declined to testify voluntarily. Buffett looked relaxed during the hearing and jokingly thanked the panel for the order to appear. But the Berkshire Hathaway CEO later took pointed questions from the commissioners about whether he should have done more to hold Moody’s accountable as its largest shareholder.
“If we can’t count on corporate shareholders, who can we count on?” FCIC Chairman Phil Angelides asked Buffett. Buffett replied that Berkshire invests in many companies and can’t know everything that goes on inside them. Asked if the rating agencies model poses risks today, Buffett voiced concern over their ability to grade the debt being issued by state and municipal governments. “I don’t think Moody’s or S&P or I can come up with anything terribly insightful about how state and municipal finances will be five years from now,” he said. Angelides noted during his opening remarks that Moody’s profited greatly from rating mortgagebacked securities. Revenue soared from $600 million in 2000 to $2.2 billion in 2007, just as the housing bubble peaked. But as the company profited, “the investors who relied on Moody’s ratings didn’t do very well,” Angelides said. Asked why Moody’s ratings failed leading up to the housing crisis, the company’s former managing director Eric Kolchinsky blamed a “factory mentality.” Resource-strapped employees were pressured to rate as many deals as possible in order to grow the company’s market share, he said.
The Oklahoma City area’s unemployment rate dipped below 6 percent in April, another signal the state is emerging from the economic downturn. About 35,000 people — or 5.9 percent of residents — were jobless last month in the Oklahoma City metropolitan statistical area, according to a report Wednesday by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. That is down from 6.1 percent in March and the lowest rate since April 2009, when it was 5.4 percent. Oklahoma City was slow to enter the recession but will be among the first to emerge, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said at the Oklahoma Aerospace Summit in downtown Oklahoma City. “Oklahoma City appears to be heading in the right direction.” The lowest rates were in Beaver County, 3.2 percent; Harper County, 3.6 percent; and Dewey County, 3.7 percent. Hughes, Latimer and McCurtain counties tied for the highest with jobless rates of 9.9 percent in April. FROM STAFF REPORTS
GAS PRICES AAA’s average for regular unleaded: Nation State $2.567 Week ago $2.771 $2.611 Month ago $2.895 $2.784 Year ago $2.525 $2.437 Record $4.114 $3.955 (set) 7-17-08 7-16-08 Wednesday $2.723
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DEATH PROMPTS RECALL OF SLINGS WASHINGTON — The death of a 10-day-old boy in Texas has prompted the recall of some handmade baby slings. The Consumer Product Safety Commission urged parents Wednesday to immediately stop using the infant slings from Sprout Stuff in Austin, Texas — saying the slings pose a suffocation risk. The boy died in Round Rock, Texas, in 2007, the agency said. About 40 of the Sprout Stuff infant ring slings were sold directly to consumers between October 2006 and May 2007. They are made of cloth that threads through a ring. “Sprout Stuff” is printed on the back side of the tail’s hem. Commission Chairman Inez Tenenbaum has previously warned of a suffocation risk for babies in slings, which wrap around parents’ chests so they can carry their babies or just “wear” them to stay close. The agency has investigated at least 13 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers over the last 20 years, including the Texas boy. One other fatality is still being investigated. In the Sprout Stuff recall, the company is trying to contact people who bought its ring slings. Consumers can call Sprout Stuff at (877) 319-3103. FROM WIRE REPORTS
WINDOW SHOPPING Nikole Pham, wife of Cafe Bella owner Bo Pham, with a latte and slice of cheesecake inside the restaurant in the South Penn Plaza shopping center. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Southside mall caters to a variety of tastes BY JENNIFER PALMER Business Writer jpalmer@opubco.com
With its ethnic blend of retailers, South Penn Plaza gives shoppers a place to savor a spicy Asian meal, pick up exotic seafood at the grocery store and top it off with a European dessert or coffee drink. From boba to pho to octopus, the shopping center at SW 89 and Pennsylvania Avenue offers a shopping experience attractive to people of many different cultures. Many of the customers at Saigon Taipei, an Asian market, are Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Mexican, Indian, American, African, West Indian or Latin American, said Quan Nguyen, who owns a portion of the shopping center. The market attracts many people to the shopping center who are searching for food items not commonly found at other grocery stores, such as teas and exotic seafood, he said. And the restaurants there serve up Vietnamese pho, Thai food, Mexican dishes and more. European, American and Asian influences are present on the menu at Cafe Bella, which features sandwiches, smoothies, coffees and desserts. It’s most well known for its boba bar and bubble teas, a sweet Taiwanese beverage with tapioca balls, which attracts many Asian customers, said
The Disney Store in Quail Springs Mall will be hosting children’s activities through the month of June to coordinate with the release of the movie “Toy Story 3.” On Saturday, there will be crafts and a photo opportunity from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the store. Other planned activities include bingo games at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. June 12, a scavenger hunt from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 19, and a Toy Story 3 Adventure from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 26. Participants must be at least 3 years old.
SHOPPING CENTERS GROW SLIGHTLY The U.S. shopping-center industry grew slightly last year despite sluggish growth at the start of both 2009 and 2010, according to statistics from research firm CoStar Group Inc. on behalf of the International Council of Shopping Centers. The total number of shopping centers inched up to 104,919 in 2009 from 104,148 in 2008. Total leasable area per millions of square feet also edged higher. Unlike industrial and office properties, which are still facing rental declines as leases turn over, many retail landlords already renegotiated and dropped rents for existing tenants, said Norm Miller, vice president of analytics for CoStar.
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South Penn Plaza, SW 89 Street and S Pennsylvania Avenue. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
owner Bo Pham. But because of the foot traffic coming in for sandwiches and coffee, Cafe Bella’s customers are primarily non-Asian, he added. “It’s hard for us to market (ourselves) sometimes because we are so complex,” he said. Cafe Bella’s location in South Penn Plaza has been beneficial, with some customers stopping in for a coffee or dessert after eating a meal at one of the nearby restaurants. Pham said he is considering opening a second location, but plans to keep his original store open. “It fits in well with its neighbors and has a steady traffic flow,” he said.
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A view from inside Cafe Bella. PHOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
Marc Weinmeister, with Commercial OKC real estate, said the eclectic group of retailers at South Penn Plaza has been fairly
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Dave McTague, executive vice president of Liz Claiborne’s “partnered brands” division, is shown with items from the Fall 2009 Collection. AP PHOTO
Fashion Group’s “Get Lucky” clothing line. Swain’s ruling does not prevent Liz Claiborne from
OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 40 major retailers and apparel makers have agreed to limit the use of lead in handbags and other fashion accessories, an environmental group said Wednesday. The companies will set new industry standards for lead use in their products as part of a $1.7 million legal settlement filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court. The agreement settles a lawsuit filed against the companies last year by the Oakland-based Center for Environmental Health. The environmental advocacy group found high levels of lead when it tested dozens of vinyl and faux leather women’s handbags, purses and wallets it bought at major retail outlets in the San Francisco Bay area. The retailers that signed the settlement include Macy’s, Target, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney, Guess, Sears and Victoria’s Secret. FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
stable. He currently has two vacancies for lease and is hoping to attract more ethnic businesses, such as an Indian restaurant.
Suit verdict not so ‘Lucky’ for Liz Claiborne NEW YORK — A federal judge said Liz Claiborne Inc.’s popular denim line Lucky Brand Dungarees infringes on a Miami, Fla., company’s trademark and ordered the clothier to pay $300,000 in damages. The ruling, signed Friday and filed Tuesday, could create a hurdle for the clothing line that’s in the midst of a turnaround. In the decision, Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled Lucky Brand’s name, along with its use of the phrase “get lucky” and other references to “lucky” violate a trademark for Marcel
DISNEY STORE FETES NEW MOVIE
continuing to use the Lucky moniker. But Ann Schofield Baker, an attorney who repre-
sented Marcel in the case, said if Liz Claiborne continues to use the name and slogan it would be a continued violation of Marcel’s trademark. Representatives from Liz Claiborne did not immediately comment Wednesday. Marcel’s Get Lucky line debuted in 1985. The first trademark for Lucky Brand was recorded in 1991. The ruling stems from a lawsuit by Liz Claiborne against Marcel. Earlier this spring, a jury ruled that Marcel’s line didn’t infringe on Lucky Brand’s. The damage award came in a countersuit by Marcel.
Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says its railroad service unit will spend $820 million cash to acquire locomotive maker ElectroMotive Diesel. Caterpillar says that its Progress Rail Services division has agreed to buy EMD from private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group. In 2009, EMD generated $1.8 billion revenue. The deal is expected to close by yearend.
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TOMORROW IN BUSINESS ENERGY Could oil and gas activity near Wiley Post Airport be threatening the water supply for Oklahoma City and other cities in the metro area? One petroleum geologist active in the area insists that is the case.
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UNLIMITED USAGE ABOUT TO BECOME A THING OF THE PAST FOR NEW CUSTOMERS
AT&T plans to change users’ data plan rates BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Just in time for the release of a new iPhone, AT&T will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads and charge more for users who hog the most bandwidth. AT&T hopes to ease congestion on its network, which has drawn complaints, particularly in big cities. But the approach could confuse customers unfamiliar with how much data it takes to watch a YouTube video or fire up a favorite app. Current subscribers will be able to keep their $30per-month unlimited plans, even if they renew their contracts. But starting Monday, new customers will have to choose one of two new data plans. Subscribers who use little data will pay slightly less every month than they do now, while heavy users will be dinged with higher bills. The move takes effect in time for the expected unveiling of Apple’s new iPhone next week. Analysts said they expect other
An Apple customer displays the new iPad, left, next to his iPhone in Palo Alto, Calif. In time for the widely expected launch of a new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads. AP PHOTO
phone companies to follow. With no caps on consumption, data use could swamp networks while revenue remains flat. One of the new AT&T plans will cost $25 per month and offer two gigabytes of data per month, which AT&T says will be enough for 98 percent of its smart phone customers. Additional gigabytes will cost $10 each. A second plan will cost $15 per month for 200 megabytes of data, which AT&T says is enough for 65
percent of its smart phone customers. If they go over, they’ll pay another $15 for 200 more megabytes. A gigabyte is enough for hundreds of e-mails and Web pages, but it’s quickly eaten up by Internet video and videoconferencing. The 200 megabytes offered under the $15 plan is enough for about 20 minutes of streaming video, AT&T says. With the smaller plan and voice service, a smart phone could cost as little as $55 per month before
taxes and add-on fees, down from $70 now. Ralph de la Vega, head of AT&T’s consumer business, said smart phones would become accessible to more people. “Customers are getting a good deal, and if they can understand their usage, they can save some money,” de la Vega said in an interview. Figuring out which plan to choose may not be easy, because many people have only a hazy notion of the size of a gigabyte and how many they use now. By contrast, a minute spent talking on the phone is easy to understand, and many people have learned roughly how many minutes they use every month. The limits will apply only on AT&T’s cellular networks. Data usage over Wi-Fi networks, including AT&T’s public Wi-Fi “hot spots,” will not count toward the limits. For the iPad, the tablet computer Apple released a few months ago, the new $25-per-month plan will replace the $30 unlimited plan. IPad owners will be able to keep the old unlimited plan, AT&T said.
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
BUSINESS BRIEFS NATION
INSURANCE RULES DELAYED INDIANAPOLIS — An
association charged with shaping a key insurance regulation as part of health care reform is telling the Obama administration it needs some more time. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners says it will provide final recommendations on the rules behind minimum medical loss ratios, or MLRs, later this summer. MLRs measure the percentage of premiums an insurer spends on health care. Reform establishes minimum MLRs of 80 percent for individual and small group health insurance and 85 percent for large group coverage. Insurers that fail to meet these minimums, which start next year, will have to provide customer rebates.
SEC CHARGES 3 EX-OFFICIALS WASHINGTON — The
Securities and Exchange Commission is pursuing fraud charges against three former executives of ATM maker Diebold Inc. after reaching a $25 million settlement with the company on Wednesday. The SEC filed civil charges against former Diebold executives Gregory Geswein, Kevin Krakora and Sandra Miller, alleging they manipulated the company’s books to meet earnings forecasts from 2002 through 2007. Geswein was a chief financial officer, Krakora was a controller and finance chief, and Miller was director of corporate accounting. Attorneys representing Geswein and Krakora disputed the SEC’s charges. Miller’s lawyer wasn’t available for comment.
IDEA FOR IPHONE CAME AFTER IPAD RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Apple Inc. CEO
The discount available is written on the windshield of an unsold 2009 Mustang GT coupe at a Ford dealership in east Denver. AP PHOTO
AUTOMAKERS SEE MAY SALES POST DOUBLE-DIGIT INCREASES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT — Drivers snapped up new models and rental-car companies and governments expanded their fleets in May, leading to big U.S. sales gains for most automakers. The exception was Toyota, whose tepid results showed that the company’s discounts are losing their luster. The industry’s overall jump in sales shows that automakers are benefiting from a fragile but improving economy. Credit is thawing for cars loans and gas prices are stable. Consumers even shrugged off an 8 percent decline in the stock market last month. Ford Motor Co. will boost production through the fall, a sign that it thinks shoppers will keep buying. Detroit automakers Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC saw double-digit sales gains over the same month last year, when GM was headed into bankruptcy protection and Chrysler was already there. Several Japanese, South Korean and European car makers also saw increases of 20 percent or more. If the trend holds for most automaker, May would be the seventh straight month of year-over-year
AT A GLANCE Other automakers who reported May sales Wednesday:
› Chrysler sales surged 33 percent in
May, marking the first month in more than two years it sold more than 100,000 vehicles. Honda Motor Co. said its sales climbed 19 percent. South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. had its best May ever, with sales up 33 percent. Nissan Motor Co.’s May sales rose 25 percent. Subaru’s sales rose 35 percent. South Korea’s Kia Motor said sales rose 21 percent.
and a weak Memorial Day last year — which came just a day before GM filed for bankruptcy protection — helped make sales comparatively stronger during last weekend’s holiday. Ford’s sales rose 22 percent, boosted by strong demand for the F-Series pickup and new Ford Mus-
tang. Sales to rental, government and commercial fleets rose 32 percent. But sales fell at Ford’s Lincoln, Volvo and Mercury brands, with Mercury down 11 percent. The company is expected to announce later Wednesday that it’s phasing out the mid-range brand.
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A 1950s Mercury Montclair is seen on College Street in New Haven, Conn. AP PHOTO
Mercury autos face the end of the road BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
sales increases for the industry. But consumers backed away from Toyota Motor Co., whose sales rose just 7 percent over last May, even though the company said Memorial Day was its best-selling weekend of the year. Paul Taylor, chief economist with the National Automobile Dealers Association, said good weather
DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. says it will end production of its Mercury brand by the end of 2010. Wednesday, Ford’s board of directors approved ending the brand. Ford plans to make up for lost sales by expanding its luxury Lincoln brand. Mercury sold more than 92,000 vehicles last year. Ford has 1,712 dealer-
ships selling Mercurys. Some will continue selling Lincolns and Fords. Ford didn’t say how much it expects to pay to close the dealerships. But Americas President Mark Fields said the closure doesn’t affect the company’s forecast that it will be solidly profitable in 2010. Ford says it doesn’t plan to lay off any workers at its Dearborn, Mich., headquarters.
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Steve Jobs shared a secret with his audience at a technology conference outside Los Angeles Tuesday: The idea for the iPad came before the iPhone. The idea to ditch the keyboard for what Jobs calls a multi-touch display came about in the early 2000s, although the company was working on a telephone at the time, he said. That’s when a prototype was brought to him that used the device’s now famous scrolling mechanism. But the tablet product was put on the shelf, the iPhone went into development for several years before making its debut in 2007 and Apple only started selling the iPad tablet computer in April.
TAX CREDIT SEEN IN HOME SALES WASHINGTON — A rush
of homebuyers aiming to meet a deadline to qualify for a federal tax credit pushed the number of signed sales contracts to the highest level since October. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday its seasonally adjusted index of sales agreements for previously occupied homes rose 6 percent in April from a month earlier to a reading of 110.9. March’s reading was revised upward to 104.6. The rise marked the third consecutive month of increases, all of them aided by federal tax credits of up to $8,000. But the tax credits expired on April 30. Many analysts expect sales to drop in the coming months.
PLASTIC BAG BAN CONSIDERED SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It
could soon cost California shoppers at the checkout aisle if they forget to bring their own bags to the grocery store. Legislation passed Wednesday by the California Assembly would prohibit grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor stores and convenience stores from giving out plastic bags. It would also call for customers to be charged for using storeissued paper bags. If signed into law, California would be the first state to impose such a ban. The goal is to get rid of unsightly plastic bags that often wind up in urban rivers and the ocean, as well as to reduce the number of bags heading for landfills. A spokesman for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he supports a plastic bag ban. The bill, AB 1998, still needs Senate approval.
AIG’S FAILED DEAL DELAYS REFUND WASHINGTON — Trea-
sury Secretary Timothy Geithner is looking past the collapse of an American International Group deal to sell off a subsidiary, saying the insurance giant has other options for paying back its $182 billion government bailout. Geithner was speaking to reporters after Prudential PLC, a British company, said it was backing out of a deal to buy American International Assurance. The deal faltered after Prudential shareholders balked at the $35.5 billion price. AIG refused to accept less money. Private analysts question whether AIG did the right thing in refusing to cut its asking price. Some say they wonder whether the taxpayers ultimately will be repaid.
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RUSSIA REDUCING U.S. BIRD IMPORTS
WASHINGTON — India’s
MOSCOW — Russia says
foreign minister is urging U.S. and Indian businesses to build on links forged by a landmark civilian nuclear deal and deepen business, technology and research ties. S.M. Krishna said Wednesday at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that the more the countries cooperate, the better two-way trade will be. He says stronger ties will allow both economies to grow and help the world as it emerges from financial turmoil. Krishna’s comments come during the inaugural U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue. A small army of high-level Indian and U.S. diplomats and officials are meeting this week in an attempt to boost a relationship that was transformed by the nuclear deal struck by President George W. Bush’s administration.
it will cut U.S. poultry imports by 25 percent and that it will get other countries to fulfill the amount. Russia, a major poultry importer, banned all chlorinetreated poultry imports starting Jan. 1, outlawing the 600,000 tons of poultry allowed from the U.S. under revised quotas. U.S. farmers accounted for 20 percent of the 3.5 million tons of poultry Russia consumed last year. Since the ban, talks on lifting it have been stop-start. A statement posted on the Industry and Trade Ministry’s website late Wednesday says suppliers from any other nation will be allowed to provide the 150,000 tons of poultry this year that the U.S would have supplied. FROM WIRE REPORTS
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FLORIDA PREPARES FOR ARRIVAL OF OIL ON ITS BEACHES
Snagged saw slows BP’s efforts in Gulf BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The BP oil slick drifted perilously close to the Florida Panhandle’s famous sugarwhite beaches Wednesday as a risky gambit to contain the leak by shearing off the well pipe ran into trouble a mile under the sea when the diamond-tipped saw became stuck. The saw had sliced through about half of the pipe when it snagged, and it took BP 12 hours to free it. The company said preparations were being made to resume cutting, but didn’t give a timetable on when it might start. The plan is to fit a cap on the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to capture most of the spewing oil; the twisted, broken pipe must be sliced first to allow a snug fit. “I don’t think the issue is whether or not we can make the second cut. It’s
This image taken from a video shows underwater robots and other equipment swarming the blowout preventer, bottom left, as oil rises at the site of the deepwater horizon oil spill. AP PHOTO
about how fine we can make it, how smooth we can make it,” said Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the government’s point man for the crisis. As the edge of the slick drifted within seven miles of Pensacola’s beaches, emergency workers rushed to link the last in a mileslong chain of booms de-
signed to fend off the oil. They were stymied by thunderstorms and wind before the weather cleared in the afternoon.
Florida arrival Forecasters said the oil would probably wash up by Friday, threatening a delicate network of islands, bays and white-sand
beaches that are a haven for wildlife and a major tourist destination dubbed the Redneck Riviera. “We are doing what we can do, but we cannot change what has happened,” said John Dosh, emergency director for Escambia County, which includes Pensacola. Over the past six weeks, the well has leaked anywhere from 21 million to 45 million gallons by the government’s estimate. The latest attempt to control the leak is considered risky because slicing away a section of the 20inch-wide riser could remove kinks in the pipe and temporarily increase the flow of oil by as much as 20 percent. If the strategy fails — like every other attempt to control the leak 5,000 feet underwater — the best hope is probably a relief well, which is at least two months from completion.
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Oil giant BP needs fewer “mid-level managers” and more people “with mud under their fingernails,” Norman resident Henry Crichlow said. Crichlow, a petroleum engineer with more than 40 years of experience in the industry, has been watching closely for the past month and a half as BP tries to halt the flow of oil from a destroyed drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. He said the company’s efforts don’t seem to be well thought out. For the last couple of days, crews have been using robot submarines armed with diamondtipped saws to cut off a pipe on the blown-out well so a containment device can be put in place. Crichlow, a consultant and former head of the petroleum, natural gas and geological engineering departments at the University of Oklahoma, said he doesn’t believe the plan has better than a 50 percent chance of working. “It’s a very complex, a very large problem,” he said. “I think the BP approach is very limited.”
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Henry Crichlow Petroleum engineer
Crichlow said BP is not using its personnel effectively to address the lingering problem in the Gulf. “I would expect better results from Ph.D. physicists and engineers working on a problem like this. It’s not a difficult problem, it’s a complex problem. There are many parts,” he said. “From what I see and what I’ve heard, they’re accustomed to good, clean-cut solutions or good, clean-cut problems. “This problem is muddy, in a metaphorical sense, plus an engineering sense.” Crichlow said BP should be relying on people who have been “in the trenches” dealing with similar problems. “BP doesn’t have those people,” he said. “They may have some consult-
ants who are capable, but they don’t have on hand the ability to call these people in.” Crichlow said such experts are available to BP, but he doesn’t expect the company to turn to them for help. He said he could put together a team of 10 experts that could come up with a good solution within a week. Crichlow said the only viable solution he can see now is a variation of last week’s “top kill” plan, when BP tried to choke off the flow of oil by pumping tons of mud into the well. Crichlow suggests getting as many pumps as possible to force seawater into the well’s blowout preventer. He estimated it would cost less than $50,000 a day to run those pumps. “I believe we can actually use the Gulf of Mexico to save the Gulf of Mexico,” he said. “It’ll be obvious.
You’ll see the brownish stream go from black to brown to clear. Then you know you’re circulating seawater. “You actually choke it off with the Gulf.” Crichlow said he understands the federal government’s decision to place a moratorium on offshore drilling, but there is no need for it to become permanent. He said there has been a blowout on about one of every 385 wells drilled off the coast of the United States, based on his studies. The majority of those did not lead to any problems. Operators can prevent problems by adhering to safety guidelines. Crichlow also said the industry has to be willing to accept stricter government regulations. “Just look at what happens to your stock if you don’t do it right,” he said, noting the plummeting value of BP stock.
State urged to protect its role in aerospace BY SUSAN SIMPSON Business Writer ssimpson@opubco.com
Aerospace industry leaders Wednesday said “the sky is the limit” for the state’s aerospace industry but acknowledged some challenges for operations here. And as they discussed the future, they touted the industry’s impact on the state at the Oklahoma Aerospace Summit. With more than 400 aerospace-related companies in Oklahoma, the industry employs more than 143,000 people with a $5 OIL AND GAS PRICES Oklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Tuesday: Oklahoma Sweet: Sunoco Inc. — $69.25 Oklahoma Sour: Sunoco Inc. — $57.25 Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity posted May 17: INTENT TO DRILL Carter: Citation Oil & Gas Corp.; Tatums Field Unit No. 40-20 Well; SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 of 23-01S-03W; TD 3,170. Citation Oil & Gas Corp.; Tatums Field Unit No. 40-24 Well; SW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 of 23-01S-03W; TD 3,170. Citation Oil & Gas Corp.; Tatums Field Unit No. 44-32 Well; SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 23-01S-03W; TD 3,250. Citation Oil & Gas Corp.; Tatums Field Unit No. 46-12 Well; SW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 of
billion dollar annual payroll. Aerospace accounts for nearly $12 billion worth of industrial output or 10 percent of the state economy. The largest sector of work is in maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the world’s aging fleets. The American Airlines maintenance and engineering center in Tulsa is the world’s largest MRO, employing about 7,000 Oklahomans, said Jim Fram, vice president of economic development for the Tulsa Metro Chamber. Tinker Air Force Base is the largest military repair site and the state’s largest 23-01S-03W; TD 3,116. Coal: BP America Production Co.; Walkup No. 3-27H Well; SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 (SL) of 27-03N-11E; TD 13,897. Cotton: Brahman Operating LLC; G.G. Priddy No. 25 Well; SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 03-02S-10W; TD 2,499. Brahman Operating LLC; G.G. Priddy No. 26 Well; NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 03-02S-10W; TD 2,499. Brahman Operating LLC; G.G. Priddy No. 27 Well; SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 03-02S-10W; TD 2,499. Brahman Operating LLC; G.G. Priddy No. 28 Well; NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 03-02S-10W; TD 2,499. Ellis: Noble Energy Inc.; Sam B No. 23-4H Well; SE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 of 23-20N-24W; TD 12,493. Grant: Legacy - M&K Corp.; Lebeda No. 1 Well; C SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 07-28N-03W; TD 5,092.
single-site employer with about 26,000 workers. “We’ve seen investment in the aerospace industry pay huge dividends to this community,” Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said. Still, keeping the industry as an economic driver will take continued work on the part of aerospace companies and employers, speakers said. Aging fleets, energy costs and supply chain problems all threaten the industry here. The average age of the Air Force fleet is 42-yearsold, said Debra Tune, Harper: Apache Corp.; J.C. Love No. 3-14 Well; SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 (SL) of 14-26N-24W; TD 10,540. Love: RDT Porperties, Inc.; HDSU-Banks No. 12-7 Well; SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 07-06S-01W; TD 8,794. McClain: Elder Craig Oil & Gas LLC; South Panther Creek No. 2-11 Well; C E1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 11-05N-04W; TD 11,800. Noble: Donray Petroleum LLC; Caiby No. 69 Well; C NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 of 08-23N-02W; TD 5,008. Nowata: R. C. Oil Co. Inc.; Tex Moreland No. 12 Well; SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 36-27N-15E; TD 900. R. C. Oil Co. Inc.; Tex Moreland No. 13 Well; NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 36-27N-15E; TD 900. R. C. Oil Co. Inc.; Tex Moreland No. W-3 Well; NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 36-27N-15E; TD 900. R. C. Oil. Co. Inc.; Tex Moreland No. 11 Well; SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 36-27N-15E; TD 900.
principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics. Supply chain problems also undermine aerospace work in Oklahoma, said Maj. Gen. David Gillett, commander of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center at Tinker Air Force Base. “We have the most complex supply chain imaginable,” he said. “Twenty-five percent of the time a mechanic goes to do a job, the material isn’t there to do that job.” Gillett asked industry partners for help. Pawnee: BO-MC Operating Corp.; Lewis No. 3 Well; N1⁄2 SE1⁄4 NW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 of 32-20N-08E; TD 3,400. Pittsburg: XTO Energy Inc.; Vaughn No. 1-12H Well; NW1⁄4 NW1⁄4 NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 (BHL) of 12-06N-16E; TD 16,553. Pottawatomie: Escher Corp.; Carpenter No. 4SWD Well; SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 NE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 of 19-06N-04E; TD 6,400. Washita: Chesapeake Operating Inc.; Anna No. 1-20H Well; SE1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 (SL) of 20-11N-18W; TD 17,187. Penn Virginia MC Operating Co. LLC; Prophet No. 3-4H Well; S1⁄2 S1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 (SL) of 04-11N-17W; TD 17,424. Penn Virginia MC Operating Co. LLC; Prophet No. 4-4H Well; S1⁄2 1 S ⁄2 SE1⁄4 SE1⁄4 (SL) of 04-11N-17W; TD 17,437. SOURCE: OIL-LAW RECORDS CORP.
T. Boone Pickens speaks Wednesday at the OSUTulsa Helmerich Research Center. PHOTO BY CORY YOUNG, TULSA WORLD
Pickens continues push on energy plan BY ROD WALTON
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TULSA — One of Presi-
dent Barack Obama’s promises on the campaign trail two years ago was to develop an energy policy that would wean Americans from foreign oil within a decade. Nothing has happened since then, says T. Boone Pickens, but he is still taking the president at his word. “He’s two years on the job and not done one thing to fulfill that commitment,” Pickens said during a talk Wednesday at OSUTulsa. But the oilman also predicted, “We’re going to have an energy bill this year.” According to his Pickens Plan, using U.S.-produced natural gas as a replacement for petroleum-based diesel fuel in the key to reducing oil imports. “This is not a multiplechoice question,” he said. “We have only one source.” Pickens was speaking at the Helmerich Research Center on the Oklahoma State University-Tulsa campus as part of a reelection fundraiser for U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, R-Tulsa, who is a sponsor of a bill that includes incentives for researching, building and buying natural gas-powered vehicles. The U.S. currently imports close to 11 million barrels of oil per day, 40 percent of that coming from nations that the State Department advises Americans to avoid. Pickens says that converting heavy-duty fleet vehicles to natural gas from diesel could eliminate the 5 million barrels per day bought from OPEC members. “I don’t consider those to be friendly to us,” he said. Pickens indicated he believes his plan will get support from Obama and Congress. “It’ll happen,” Pickens said. U.S. shale plays, such as the Marcellus, Barnett and Woodford shales, have
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What Pickens told President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain about their commitment to hybrid vehicles: “We’ve got to start with renewables. They’re expensive to start, and let’s ease into it. But it’s coming.” On wind and solar energy supplementing natural gas: “I’ve got a $100 bet with Jim Cramer.” On his wager with the CNBC investment guru who doubts any energy policy will get passed: “I don’t know if there’s a difference between miners and rig hands.”
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pushed domestic natural gas reserves past 4,000 billion cubic feet with no end in sight, reports show. The price of natural gas, currently just over $4 per thousand cubic feet, also is part of its attraction. “Cleaner and cheaper replaces dirtier and foreign,” he quipped. The Holdenville native, oil billionaire and investor has spent the past two years touting the national security benefits of natural gas. Pickens joked that he started this crusade “back when I was rich” and doggedly believes those efforts will pay off. The Gulf of Mexico oil leak could impact offshore drilling for years to come, but Pickens said the best answers will come not from government regulators but from those facing the disaster up close. “Leave the BP people alone,” he said. “They’re the best people to fix the problem.”
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CASH WHEAT Mostly 4 to 5 cents lower. 3.37-3.79 Alva . . . . . . . . . 3.69 Banner. . . . . . . 3.64 Buffalo. . . . . . . 3.64 Cherokee . . . . 3.69 Clinton . . . . . . . 3.64 Davis . . . . . . . . 3.37 El Dorado . . . . 3.74 El Reno . . . . . . 3.64 Frederick. . . . . 3.63 Geary . . . . . . . . 3.61 Hobart . . . . . . . 3.74 Hooker. . . . . . . 3.79 Keyes . . . . . . . . .3.71 Lawton . . . . . . 3.59 Manchester . . . . 3.69 Medford . . . . . 3.70 Miami. . . . . . . . 3.70 Okarche . . . . . 3.58 Okeene . . . . . . .3.61 Perry . . . . . . . . 3.71 Ponca City . . . . .3.71 Shattuck. . . . . 3.69 Stillwater . . . . .3.71 Temple . . . . . . 3.59 Watonga . . . . .3.61 Weatherford . . . 3.64 Gulf. . . . . . . . . . 4.53{ FEED GRAINS MILO Alva . . . . . . . . .4.51 Buffalo. . . . . . .4.51 Hooker. . . . . . 4.89 Keyes . . . . . . . 4.92 Manchester. 4.63 Medford . . . . 4.67 Miami. . . . . . . 5.39 Ponca City . . . 4.98 Shattuck. . . . .5.16 Weatherford . . 4.83 Gulf. . . . . . . 7.29{
SOYBEANS Alva . . . . . . . . 8.48 Buffalo. . . . . . 8.48 Hooker. . . . . . 8.27 Medford . . . . 8.48 Miami. . . . . . . .9.10 Ponca City . . . 8.53 Shattuck. . . . 8.08 Stillwater . . . 8.70 Gulf. . . . . . . . . 9.97 CORN $2.85-$3.32 per bushel. COTTON Grade 41, Leaf 4, Staple 34 cotton in southwestern OK 72.25 cents per pound, FOB rail car or truck. KANSAS CITY GRAIN Wheat, No.2 Hard, bu.........$4.03{-$4.10} Corn, No. 2 yellow.................. $3.36\-$3.46{ Milo...............................................................$5.18-$5.58 Soybeans, No. 1.............................$9.31-$9.46}
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Jul 10 349.25 357.50 347.75 Sep 10 360.50 367.75 357.75 Dec 10 370 378.50 369 Mar 11 385 391.25 382 Est. sales 409,945 Tue’s. sales 242,020 Tue’s open int 1,216,030 off 756.00
348.50 358.75 369.75 383.25
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192 200.25 211 221
Jul 10 270.40 272.20 269.50 Aug 10 263.90 266.00 263.40 Sep 10 258.40 260.40 257.90 Oct 10 251.70 253.60 251.30 Est. sales 59,507 Tue’s. sales 37,316 Tue’s open int 167,756 off 1590.00
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OATS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel
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Aug 10 109.20 110.07 109.20 Sep 10 109.25 109.90 109.25 Oct 10 108.50 109.40 108.50 Nov 10 108.75 109.30 108.75 Est. sales 685 Tue’s. sales 3,160 Tue’s open int 32,501 off 104.00
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Jun 10 81.72 81.80 80.82 Jul 10 82.90 83.00 82.00 Aug 10 83.55 83.62 82.70 Oct 10 75.95 76.17 75.25 Est. sales 12,189 Tue’s. sales 29,208 Tue’s open int 205,114 off 524.00
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Major retailers report their sales results for May. Analysts are expecting a year-over-year increase, but that isn’t saying much. Retailers are up against relatively easy comparisons to May 2009, when consumers cut their spending. Analysts say that cooler weather during the t first half of the month probably kept some shoppers at home, s although althoug sales likely picked up during the Memorial Memor Day weekend.
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Throwing Amgen a Bone Company Spotlight
A recently approved bone drug could bring in billions of dollars for Amgen. In addition, the company is trying to get the medication, Prolia, approved for a secondary use that could further juice sales. The Food and Drug Administration gave its approval late Tuesday, allowing Amgen to market the drug to postmenopausal women who are at high risk of bone fractures, or who cannot take other bone drugs. Amgen plans to launch the drug within the next week. Amgen has also asked the FDA to approve the drug as a treatment for bone damage suffered by cancer patients whose tumors have spread to the skeleton. Robert W. Baird analyst Christopher Raymond said the second approval could make Prolia a top-seller. “We increasingly like this drug’s chances to be one of biotech’s strongest new products in several years,” he wrote. He rates shares “outperform.” Amgen shares rose 10.5 percent, or $5.33, to end at $56.09 on Wednesday. AP
they suffered Tuesday shortly before the close, The stock market rebounded after a strongerwhen the government announced criminal and than-expected increase in pending home sales civil investigations into the Gulf oil spill. The restored investors’ optimism about the economy. upbeat report on home sales provided some hope The Dow rose about 226 points, its third biggest gain of 2010. Major indexes recovered the losses on the nation’s housing market. United Natural Foods UNFI Calavo Growers CVGW Isle of Capri Casinos ISLE Close: $32.75 1.70 or 5.5% The distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods said its thirdquarter net income rose 16 percent as sales grew. $34
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LIGHT SWEET CRUDE (NYMX) 1,000 bbl.- dollars per bbl. Jul 10 73.55 72.86 Aug 10 75.11 74.50
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Est. sales 709,666 Tue’s. sales 704,009 Tue’s open int 1,367,020 up 5077.00
NATURAL GAS (NYMX) 10,000 mm btu’s, $ per mm btu Jul 10 4.396 4.424 Aug 10 4.457 4.484
+.176 +.168
Est. sales 226,625 Tue’s. sales 192,933 Tue’s open int 842,011 up 8204.00
GOLD (COMX) 100 troy oz.- dollars per troy oz. Jun 10 1220.10 1220.60 Jul 10 1221.00 1221.50
-4.20 -4.20
Est. sales 96,323 Tue’s. sales 116,766 Tue’s open int 553,950 up 6425.00
SILVER (COMX) 5,000 troy oz.- cents per troy oz. Jun 10 1837.5 1830.4 -23.6 Jul 10 1830.0 1831.5 -23.6 Est. sales 31,015 Tue’s. sales 35,717 Tue’s open int 122,369 up 1417.00
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CH.
PERCENT RETURN 4WK. 12MO. 3YR. 5YR.
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+14.6 +13.2 +9.2 +8.3 +7.1 +13.9 +13.5 +17.0 +13.1 +13.1 +15.1
-3.5 +2.1 -6.4 -8.1 -7.1 -7.7 -7.1 -5.5 -8.1 -5.6 -9.7
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+.70 -10.2 +12.1 +2.85 -8.4 +20.4
-10.5 -12.4
+3.6 -1.1
+1.33 +.49 +1.94 +.67 +1.65
+19.3 +3.8 +24.2 +22.8 +14.5
-4.1 -12.7 -2.6 -5.3 -9.4
+4.1 +1.5 +4.5 +3.9 -1.0
+.01
-5.9 +21.1
-3.1
+3.5
-.01 -.01 -.01
-0.1 +11.7 +10.0 -0.1 +11.9 +10.2 -0.1 +12.2 +10.5
+6.6 +6.8 +7.1
-5.4 -9.9 -6.5 -7.3 -7.8
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-8.5 -8.6 -8.5 -8.5 -11.0 -7.8 -7.9 -1.6
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/WVWCN(WPF%CVGIQTKGU PERCENT RETURN 1YR 3YR
YTD
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13.84 14.59 18.03 5.03 52.43 26.20
-0.42 -4.04 -3.35 -6.91 -11.22 -2.31
2.62 1.87 2.69 8.45 0.96 3.69
5YR
0.45 -0.22 -0.24
14.08 14.99 14.75
-2.65 -5.05 -5.36
2.43 2.12 1.72
-5.36 -10.97 -4.55 -10.22 -7.92 -5.57 -10.76 -2.45 -5.21
18.35 6.67 14.91 4.80 8.52 15.15 3.79 11.10 12.36
-4.46 -13.93 -11.45 -12.55 -10.63 -11.84 -13.39 -3.39 -9.40
11.28 1.98 3.28 1.67 2.88 4.65 0.95 3.72 1.92
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4.70
53.05
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5.20
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6.34
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13.11
8.07
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10.24
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16.20
5.96
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14.90
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1.64
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51.00
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24.66
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19.49
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42.75
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+.18
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+15.3
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2.03
52-WEEK HIGH LOW 26.08 14.31 10.50 3.79 28.73 23.19 25.18 14.83 4.95 2.01 52.53 34.77 36.86 26.00 3.70 1.74 75.07 40.28 111.00 65.02 3.08 1.50 19.86 11.10 76.00 38.92 11.34 5.93 76.23 25.06 59.45 47.18 60.53 38.62 17.52 11.45 49.99 37.75 25.40 9.90 76.54 58.46 34.55 9.52 63.47 45.39 18.84 9.98 38.24 19.21 35.22 18.11 37.03 22.27 25.14 9.11 48.20 31.59 66.20 54.54 83.00 59.76 87.19 67.39 28.54 18.02 47.75 26.00 45.60 26.95 81.50 51.49 51.70 33.61 90.99 58.67 6.54 3.43 28.49 13.89 60.06 40.01 31.60 21.69 22.98 12.29 21.58 8.31 125.42 55.35 13.97 6.14 5.78 2.78 27.93 12.76 28.71 10.24 32.00 19.51 90.52 56.61 45.50 36.34 70.89 46.41 34.13 26.49 56.27 47.35 49.19 32.87 11.72 5.92
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Millions of gallons of oil are still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. But investors are beginning to return to BP’s stock. Shares rose 3 percent Wednesday to $37.66. And some analysts say that, despite the controversy, shares remain undervalued. JPMorgan analyst Fred Lucas said “we continue to view this event as a one-off that does not materially change the long term underlying earnings power of BP.” Shares have fallen 37.7 percent since the spill occurred April 20. Still, using a variety of data points, such as BP’s 8.8 percent dividend yield, Lucas said shares “scream fundamental value.”
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
LAST 18.87 8.20 24.78 17.74 2.60 48.67 31.85 2.81 44.36 89.04 1.98 15.89 64.34 9.15 78.66 52.41 52.49 13.12 43.96 19.12 60.77 26.21 49.59 11.84 27.95 23.68 33.87 19.76 39.55 59.73 76.58 79.80 24.43 41.58 28.14 60.15 51.39 81.85 4.39 19.29 58.39 29.68 21.46 15.38 84.36 12.62 4.99 26.58 22.01 22.16 78.74 38.72 62.59 27.59 51.72 42.95 9.22 BLEND
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-3.6 11.8 -14.5 -2.0
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-3.1 13.5 -6.7 1.1
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YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR
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SV
4.4 28.7 -7.3 2.9
SB
1.5 20.7 -7.3 1.7
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3.59 3.74 4.97 2.51 2.61 3.39 1.21
12.91 7.50 17.55 24.53 7.74 10.37 3.84
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
WEATHER
THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM
ACROSS THE U.S.
Up-to-date video, forecasts, maps, radar and warnings, go to NewsOK.com
Seattle 66/51
Billings 70/49 San Francisco 69/60
Somesun Guymon
88/68
Altus
89/63
Lawton
Ada
Sunshine, 91
Sunshine, 86
Sunshine, 92
Some sun, 64
Some sun, 70
94/67
Houston 91/70 Miami 90/78
Showers
Some sun, 86
-10s -0s
A t-storm, 87 Sunshine, 89
Some sun, 70
Some sun, 71
Sunshine, 70 Forecasts and graphics provided by Accu Weather.com ©2010
Sunshine, 71
Sunshine, 69 Sunshine, 68
Sunshine, 66
What’s ahead for Oklahoma City Friday 98/74
Saturday 102/75
Sunday 98/73
Monday 100/75
Winds: S 8-16 mph
Winds: S 10-20 mph
Winds: SSW 10-20 mph
Winds: S 15-25 mph
Regional forecast
Major lake levels
For the record
Arkansas: Partly sunny, warm and humid today with a thunderstorm. A thunderstorm in parts of the area tonight, except dry in the north and west. Texas: Sunshine and patchy clouds today; a thunderstorm at the coast, in the east and central areas. Mainly clear tonight. Sunny tomorrow. New Mexico: Mostly sunny today; very warm. Partly cloudy tonight. Kansas: Partly sunny today. A thunderstorm in the southeast; humid in the south and east. A thunderstorm in spots in the north and west tonight. Missouri: Partly sunny and humid today. A couple of showers and a thunderstorm; during the morning in the east, any time in the south. Colorado: Mostly cloudy in the north and central parts today; partly sunny elsewhere. Partly cloudy tonight; a thunderstorm in spots in the east.
As of 7 a.m. yesterday Lake Normal Altus 1,559.0 Arbuckle 872.0 Arcadia 1,006.0 Brok. Bow 599.5 Canton 1,615.4 Copan 710.0 Eufaula 585.0 Ft. Cobb 1,342.0 Ft. Gibson 554.0 Ft. Supply 2,004.0 Foss 1,642.0 Grand 745.0 Hudson 619.0 Hulah 733.0 Kaw 1,009.1 Kerr 460.0 Keystone 723.0 Oologah 638.0 Salt Plains 1,125.0 Skiatook 714.0 Tenkiller 632.0 Texoma 615.0 Thunderbird 1,039.0 Webb. Falls 490.0 Wister 478.0
Yesterday in Oklahoma City:
Yesterday’s pollen Very High High Moderate Low Very Low
Absent Trees Weeds Grasses Mold Mold and pollen counts courtesy of the Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic.
Current 1,552 872.60 1,008 602.57 1,616 710.59 587.45 1,342 553.33 2,004 1,642 744.56 619.93 733.46 1,016 459.91 727.03 642.98 1,126 714.28 632.59 623.45 1,040 489.90 480.38
Total Precipitation
Tuesday 97/73
Yesterday in the state:
Jan. 1 - This date in 2010 ......................... 11.44 Normal Jan. 1 - This date ........................ 14.54 Oklahoma City annual precip. is ....... 35.85
NASA PROGRAM’S END TRIGGERS $15 MILLION IN JOB AID
Federal grant going to shuttle workers BY ANTONIO GONZALEZ Associated Press Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
NASA space shuttle workers will receive $15 million from the federal government to help them search for new jobs once the program ends, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Wednesday. Speaking at Kennedy Space Center, Solis said the emergency federal grant aims to help contractors who work for the shuttle program look for new positions and get additional training after the program ends. The last launch is scheduled in November. Solis said the grant will assist about 3,200 contractors who work on the shuttle program full time, including those from major aerospace companies such as ASRC Aerospace Corp., Boeing and United Space Alliance. As many as 20,000 contract and subcontract workers could be laid off by the end of the shuttle program, according to Labor Department estimates. Two remaining shuttle missions are scheduled this fall, although the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and some members of Congress are pushing for one more flight next June. “By no means are we somehow turning off the spigot and saying we’re going to close shop here,” Solis said. “We’re going to continue to push for more research, more technological breakthrough.” The grant is being awarded to Brevard Workforce Development Board Inc., which will serve as the program’s operator. The funds will help those
Wednesday 93/73
Winds: SW 10-20 mph
H L Prc. 91 69 Trace Midnight 76 Enid 1 a.m. 79 Gage 87 63 .00 2 a.m. 77 Guymon 85 57 .00 3 a.m. 77 Hobart 95 69 .00 4 a.m. 77 McAlester 89 71 .00 5 a.m. 75 Ponca City 91 73 .00 6 a.m. 74 91 75 .00 7 a.m. 73 Tulsa 8 a.m. 75 Chickasha 93 73 .00 Durant 92 71 .00 9 a.m. 78 92 69 .00 10 a.m. 82 El Reno 11 a.m. 85 Guthrie 91 74 .00 Noon 85 Idabel 92 73 .00 1 p.m. 86 Miami 92 71 .00 2 p.m. 90 Norman 89 72 .00 3 p.m. 91 OKC 92 72 .00 4 p.m. 90 5 p.m. 90 Shawnee 87 73 .00 6 p.m. 90 Stillwater 90 74 .00 7 p.m. 87 Woodward 86 66 .00 One year ago in Oklahoma City: 82/66 Normal high/low in Oklahoma City: 84/63 Record high/low: 105 in 1998/46 in 1917 National extremes yesterday: Death Valley, CA, 106; Bodie State Park, CA, 30
Jan. 1 - This date in 2007 ........................ 21.93 Jan. 1 - This date in 2008 ........................ 15.53 Jan. 1 - This date in 2009 ........................ 14.23
Atlanta 85/68
90/69
P/sunny, 89
Some sun, 69
Some sun, 68
Washington 90/73
El Paso 95/68
McAlester
T-storm, 90
6 a.m. tomorrow
New York 88/71
Los Angeles 79/62
Ardmore
92/66
Chicago 74/54
Denver 88/56
Idabel
89/70
91/71
Sunshine, 84
Sunshine, 85
Tulsa
90/70
94/69 95/69
Sunshine, 86
6 p.m. today
Okla. City
Enid
88/65
Detroit 77/59
Kansas City 83/66
Partly sunny and very warm today as a frontal boundary remains to the south. Much warmer air will arrive on Friday. Winds: ENE 6-12 mph.
Woodward
Minneapolis 79/63
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis speaks at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Winds: E 4-8 mph
Yesterday in the world: H Amsterdam 70 Baghdad 117 Calgary 67 Dublin 67 Frankfurt 69 Geneva 66 Hong Kong 78 Kabul 91 London 73 Madrid 87 Manila 88 Mexico City 83 Montreal 81 Moscow 77 New Delhi 112 Paris 70 Rio 73 Riyadh 109 Rome 73 Stockholm 73 Sydney 67 Tokyo 75 Toronto 82 Vancouver 65
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Sun, moon: Sunrise today: 6:16 a.m. Sunset today: 8:41 p.m. Moonset 12:22 p.m. Moonrise 1:22 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:15 a.m. Sunset tomorrow: 8:42 p.m.
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10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Yesterday H L Prec. 87 59 84 61 66 48 86 69 Tr 83 59 74 49 88 69 71 39 69 57 .06 71 60 94 79 Tr 80 56 .02 90 72 .99 88 65 72 48 77 65 .96 86 63 .08 73 51 Tr 89 64 .12 96 75 79 50 80 64 Tr 77 65 .27 67 48 92 71 77 47 88 60 64 44 .01 86 71 93 73 .09 83 66 .05 91 71 92 71 79 62 1.00 96 72 97 73 75 61 89 73 Tr 92 72 90 74 .03 74 65 .49 73 58 .01 88 71 Tr 92 66 .15 87 75 Tr 87 70 76 61 .03 90 70 97 71 84 59 1.50 69 53 65 57 .68 82 65 88 71 Tr 77 52 84 67 .27 77 53 .08 92 75 69 60 71 55 69 54 Tr 62 55 .31 94 72 .03 74 53 59 50 .38 91 75 91 75 89 71 89 68 .20
Today H L Sky 91 62 Sunny 90 62 PtCldy 61 50 Cloudy 85 68 T-Storm 79 66 PtCldy 70 49 Cloudy 88 68 T-Storm 73 50 T-Storm 73 54 PtCldy 81 61 T-Storm 94 79 T-Storm 70 54 Cloudy 88 71 T-Storm 88 67 T-Storm 82 53 Cloudy 74 54 PtCldy 75 59 T-Storm 87 55 PtCldy 79 63 T-Storm 95 74 T-Storm 88 56 Cloudy 81 63 PtCldy 77 59 PtCldy 71 52 PtCldy 95 68 Sunny 75 52 T-Storm 86 64 T-Storm 67 49 Cloudy 87 70 Sunny 91 70 T-Storm 80 63 T-Storm 88 70 T-Storm 91 73 T-Storm 83 66 PtCldy 99 74 Sunny 93 70 T-Storm 79 62 PtCldy 89 69 T-Storm 92 74 T-Storm 90 78 T-Storm 70 54 PtCldy 79 63 PtCldy 85 71 T-Storm 92 69 T-Storm 87 76 T-Storm 88 71 T-Storm 84 65 PtCldy 90 70 T-Storm 100 73 Sunny 78 60 T-Storm 72 56 PtCldy 66 55 Cloudy 82 64 T-Storm 88 70 T-Storm 80 59 PtCldy 85 69 T-Storm 80 64 Cloudy 92 73 T-Storm 71 62 PtCldy 69 60 PtCldy 72 47 PtCldy 66 51 Cloudy 91 71 T-Storm 78 60 PtCldy 61 46 PtCldy 90 77 PtCldy 89 70 T-Storm 90 73 T-Storm 86 68 PtCldy
Tomorrow H L Sky 95 66 Sunny 98 66 Sunny 57 48 Cloudy 86 71 T-Storm 77 67 T-Storm 73 54 Cloudy 88 68 T-Storm 75 48 PtCldy 74 54 Cloudy 72 57 T-Storm 97 81 Sunny 76 61 PtCldy 88 72 T-Storm 86 67 T-Storm 81 54 Cloudy 78 61 T-Storm 82 66 T-Storm 88 56 PtCldy 86 67 T-Storm 100 79 Sunny 88 58 PtCldy 82 60 T-Storm 78 64 T-Storm 69 48 Cloudy 98 70 Sunny 68 49 T-Storm 78 62 T-Storm 69 50 Cloudy 87 72 Sunny 94 74 Sunny 84 67 T-Storm 90 69 T-Storm 88 75 T-Storm 88 68 T-Storm 100 79 Sunny 93 72 Sunny 83 64 PtCldy 88 71 T-Storm 92 75 PtCldy 88 77 T-Storm 72 59 T-Storm 76 59 T-Storm 86 72 T-Storm 90 71 T-Storm 88 76 T-Storm 82 67 T-Storm 84 61 T-Storm 85 68 T-Storm 102 78 Sunny 82 63 T-Storm 70 55 T-Storm 65 51 Rain 77 59 T-Storm 89 71 T-Storm 76 57 Cloudy 88 71 Cloudy 82 64 Cloudy 98 77 Sunny 74 62 PtCldy 70 57 PtCldy 68 49 PtCldy 59 50 Rain 95 74 Sunny 76 50 Cloudy 64 42 Rain 87 79 T-Storm 95 75 PtCldy 84 72 T-Storm 92 72 PtCldy
Plan for disasters, agency says BY SUSAN SIMPSON Business Writer ssimpson@opubco.com
Unexpected events like tornadoes, hail storms and fires can literally wreck a business, but a little planning can make a disaster less disastrous. The U.S. Small Business Administration is urging companies to develop contingency plans to help stay in business after a disaster. A website developed by the SBA and Agility Recovery Systems — preparemybusiness.org — offers educational tools for small business owners. “It’s really important businesses think about this before something happens,” said Dottie Overal, the SBA’s Oklahoma district director. Overal said 90 percent of businesses fail if they can’t resume operations within five days.
ALSO ... Workers in seven Oklahoma counties that lost work or earnings because of storms May 10-13 can apply for federal disaster unemployment assistance, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission said. Eligible are workers in Carter, Cleveland, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. The deadline to apply is June 25. To be eligible, employees must:
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Have worked or been scheduled to work in the disaster area, but because of the disaster no longer have a job or a place to work in the area, or could not get to the place of work because of disaster damage. Have been prevented from working by an injury or illness as a direct result of the disaster. To apply, call 525-1500 or (800) 555-1554.
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Although the SBA offers low-interest loans to help businesses, recovery will go more quickly if businesses have important documents in order. “It can be something as simple as having your insurance policy number, the name of your agent and
phone number,” Overal said. A disaster recovery kit on the website provides a checklist of records to keep offsite, including insurance policies, contracts, employee contact information, payroll data and bank records.
OKLAHOMA BRIEFS
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from entry-level workers to skilled professionals with services including career guidance assistance, job search training, resume review, skills assessment and labor market information. The grant is in addition to $40 million in aid to retrain workers that President Barack Obama promised when he visited Kennedy Space Center in April. Solis said the grant announced Wednesday is the first step to help shuttle workers transition into other jobs as the federal government works to boost the economy around Florida’s so-called Space Coast, which is bracing for a big hit. “Government isn’t the one that’s going to be creating the jobs they stimulate. The rest has to happen so we give incentives to local businesses and corporations to stay here
and make investments,” Solis said. Once the shuttles retire for good, Americans will keep hitching rides to the space station on Russian rockets until U.S. private enterprise is able to take over. That’s all part of the plans set forth earlier this year by Obama, who wants astronauts aiming for asteroids and Mars in the next few decades. The space station is expected to keep operating until 2020. NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver said she remains confident that Kennedy Space Center will continue to be the nation’s most important space launch facility. That sentiment was echoed by business leaders and space officials in attendance. “We’re more likely to emerge out of this now stronger and more diverse than we were going in,” said Space Florida President Frank DiBello.
ALLSTATE SEEKS RECRUITS TO LAUNCH NEW OFFICES
NORTHWEST CHAMBER PLANS ECONOMIC LUNCHEON
Allstate is seeking to recruit about 40 Oklahomans as exclusive agents to open new Allstate offices, particularly in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas. The company will provide training to new agents who don’t need experience in the insurance industry. Interested candidates can apply to become an Allstate agent online at www.allstate.com/careers/Agentopportunity.aspx or by calling (877) 711-1006.
The Northwest Chamber plans to host a luncheon next week that addresses how the current state of Oklahoma’s economy is affecting people and property. The luncheon will feature speakers Bob Sullivan, owner of NAI Sullivan Group, and David Lewis, regional manager for Express Employment Professionals. It will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 10 in the Clarence Page Conference Center at Wiley Post Airport. Cost to attend is $12 for Northwest Chamber members and $15 for non-members. Guests are asked to RSVP by Tuesday by calling 789-1256.
RUSH ENTERPRISES OPENS NEW TRUCK DEALERSHIP Rush Enterprises Wednesday said it plans to open its new commercial truck dealership in Oklahoma City next week. The new Rush Truck Center at 8700 W Interstate 40 opens for business Monday, relocated from its previous location at 5200 W Interstate 40. The 115,000-square-foot facility features a parts showroom, warehouse, 43 service and body shop bays and a sales office. The dealership will sell Peterbilt, Hino and Isuzu heavy- and medium-duty trucks.
BOB MOORE DEALERSHIP STARTS ENGINES IN TULSA TULSA — Bob Moore Auto Group has opened Bob Moore Nissan of Tulsa, its first new dealership outside of the Oklahoma City area. Formerly Riverside Nissan, the dealership at 8190 E Skelly Drive was purchased by the Bob Moore Auto Group from Sonic Automotive. It is the group’s second Nissan sales location and their 12th dealership in the state. FROM STAFF REPORTS
NCAA BASEBALL
ALL-CITY GIRLS SOCCER
New teammates Players of the Year, Edmond North’s Carley Yates, left, and Mustang’s Bailey Boulware will play together next season on OU’s women’s team. PAGE 6C
Unexpected production Durant’s Max White has been a bonus for OU, emerging to provide major production. PAGE 2C
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BIG 12 MEETINGS
NBA FINALS NBA FINALS: GAME 1
Big 12 officials seeking resolution
When: 8 p.m. today Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles TV: KOCO-5 (Cox 8) Radio: WWLS 640-AM, 98.1-FM
BY BRENT ZWERNEMAN
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Among the Big 12’s most powerful, storied schools, Nebraska is at the center of attention concerning possible conference realignment. Tom Osborne, the school’s renowned athletic director and former football coach, can’t quite figure out why — even if reports have linked the Cornhuskers and fellow Big 12 member Missouri with potential inclusion in the Big Ten. “It’s important to understand that I don’t think the Big Ten knows what it’s going to do,” Osborne said Wednesday during the Big 12’s annual meetings. “They may add one, they may add three, they may add five. “We have no indication right now of what’s going to happen. We like the Big 12. We’re not looking to leave.” Osborne said such decisions aren’t up to the athletic directors, anyway. “Your story is going to come when the (school) presidents are here,” he said. “Essentially those are the guys who are going to have to make a decision on what happens.” The league meetings continue today in a Kansas City hotel, with the presidents, chancellors and athletic directors coming SEE BIG 12, PAGE 8C
BOSTON AT LA
More NBA Finals coverage, including The Oklahoman’s staff picks and Okie ties in the Finals. PAGE 5C
BY DARNELL MAYBERRY Staff Writer dmayberry@opubco.com
Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett used the same expletive the last time their teams faced the Oklahoma City Thunder. The two stars used the crass cuss word not maliciously but in the way of marveling at the up-andcoming Thunder.
Garnett’s infamous, “I thought we were playing Michael (expletive) Jordan” line came in reference to Kevin Durant following the Thunder’s 109104 road win in March. And Bryant, following his team’s 95-94 Game 6 escape, assured to Durant and Russell Westbrook, “Ya’ll some bad (expletive). I’m glad we’re done with you.”
As the NBA Finals kick off tonight between Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers and Garnett’s Boston Celtics, the references serve as a reminder at just how much the Thunder has the league’s attention. The question is whether Oklahoma City is ready to compete with the likes of SEE FINALS, PAGE 5C
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
The St. Louis Rams issued a press release announcing that all the team’s 2010 draft picks and undrafted free agents will be in attendance at Busch Stadium Friday night when the Cardinals host the Brewers. The Rams’ rookies will be on the field for batting practice, getting a chance to schmooze with Cardinal players. Both baseball and football fans will get a first glimpse at the arm of No. 1 overall draft pick, QB Sam Bradford. That’s because Bradford is slated to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. FROM ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
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EX-OSU COACH’S HEARING DELAYED Former Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Sean Sutton’s preliminary hearing on drug charges was delayed because he is still in a drug treatment program. STATE, BACK PAGE
The momentum gained by OU’s national title run 10 years ago helped make the Women’s College World Series a success in Oklahoma City. PHOTO FROM THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
The start of it all SERIES REBIRTH | OU’S RUN TO TITLE 10 YEARS AGO PUT WCWS ON NEW PATH
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Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe is not sure about the member schools’ commitment to remain in the conference. AP PHOTO
Does OKC measure up?
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very time the crimson-andcream-clad players stepped foot on the field, the chant began. It started quietly as they entered from the outfield but gained steam quickly as they approached the infield. Long before they reached the dugout, Hall of Fame Stadium vibrated with the sound of Oklahoma fans serenading their team.
“O-U! O-U! O-U!” A decade has passed since the Sooner softball team won the Women’s College World Series. Still, the echoes reverberate. On the day that this year’s World Series opens, the national championship won by OU might seem like a distant memory. So much has changed since then. The stadium has been renovated and expanded. The television coverage has been enhanced. OU has been replaced by the upstart likes of Missouri and Hawaii, Florida and Georgia. But that title the SooSEE CARLSON, PAGE 4C
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
TODAY’S GAMES
vs. Hawaii, noon (ESPN) › Missouri vs. Florida, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) › UCLA vs. Tennessee, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) › Arizona › Georgia vs. Washington, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
ON NEWSOK Mariah Gearhart has faced several teams playing in this week’s Women’s College World Series during her three years playing softball at Oklahoma State. Now, Mariah has joined The Oklahoman and NewsOK and will be breaking down the teams that have made it to Oklahoma City. Log on to NewsOK to see Mariah and Jenni Carlson break down the teams in the series as well as highlights and interviews.
NCAA GOLF
OSU STILL IN THE HUNT Florida State took the advantage in the team competition in the second round of the NCAA Division I men’s golf tournament. Oklahoma State stayed in the hunt, sitting in second place, only five strokes back. PAGE 2C
OU BASKETBALL
CAPEL FILLS TWO SPOTS ON STAFF
Stephanie Ricketts: Hawaii’s star pitcher didn’t want to follow the path of her older sister, an All-American at Oklahoma. Team capsules, notebook and schedule.
Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel filled his two vacant assistant coaching positions from within. Capel has promoted Bryan Goodman and Dionne Phelps. The two replace Oronde Taliaferro and Mark Cline.
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White big surprise for Sooners NCAA BASEBALL | UNHERALDED FRESHMAN TURNS INTO ONE OF TEAM’S TOP HITTERS
Norman Baseball Regional
BY JOHN HELSLEY Staff Writer jhelsley@opubco.com
NORMAN — Max White
showed up at Oklahoma with no clue of what to expect. And with Sooner coaches not knowing what to expect of him, not so soon, anyway. What a bonus then, with White emerging from slight expectations to provide major production for the Sooners, who carry the favorite’s tag into the Norman Regional this weekend. A freshman from Durant, White has provided a jolt to an already stout OU lineup, hitting .318 with 14 home runs and 39 runs batted in out of the No. 2 spot in the batting order. Of his home run total, which ties for second on the team, nine — along with 29 of his RBIs — came in Big 12 play, when he produced 10 multiple-hit games. Who knew? Not White. “I really didn’t know what to think about college,” White said. “I was just going through the motions almost, and I don’t like saying that. “Coming up here was exciting. I didn’t really know what was going to happen. It was a win-win situation. I was coming to OU to play ball. If I play, I play. If I don’t, I’m just a freshman.” Not Sooners coach Sunny Golloway. “It was earlier this season, and I was standing by the batting cage and noticing how quick his hands were to the ball,” Golloway
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TEAMS Oklahoma (44-15); California (29-23); North Carolina (36-20); Oral Roberts (35-25) SCHEDULE Friday: OU vs. ORU, 1 p.m.; Cal vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m. Saturday: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 1 p.m.; Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m. Sunday: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.; Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m. Monday: Game 6 rematch, if necessary, 7 p.m. Tickets: All-session tickets are on sale at SoonerSports.com for $90 reserved box, $60 general admission and $40 outfield/ standing room only. Phone orders will be accepted at (405) 325-2424. If tickets remain, single session tickets will go on sale Friday for $20, $10 and $7. TV: Friday’s Game 1 between OU and ORU will be televised by Cox 3.
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OU’s Max White is hitting .318 with 14 home runs and 39 RBIs. PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
said. “I watched those hands and was like, ‘Those are the quickest hands we have at the plate.’ “And we put him in the lineup and we haven’t budged since.” Not professional scouts. White went undrafted out of high school, where he played three sports — including quarterback and wide receiver in football — and admittedly didn’t go out of his way to put himself on any map to Major League Baseball. And Durant isn’t a major stop on any scouting superhighway. “It’s a small town,” White said. “I really didn’t play much summer ball or any showcases or anything. “And I was a really relaxed person. I didn’t do much in the summers, just lifted weights and tried to improve myself.” The pro people have noticed White now. “He’s getting so much interest right now by Major League Baseball as a freshman,” Golloway said.
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“I laugh about it and say, ‘Oh no, you can’t have him for at least two more years.’ “But it’s not that, they’ve got to get some information on him, because he is one of those guys who truly no one really knew about. And you just don’t see that anymore.” And you don’t see it with a guy who possesses White’s skills, which go well beyond just hitting, which is plenty. “He’s fast,” Golloway said. “He’s got a cannon for an arm. He’s big. He’s strong. He’s ‘Yes, sir. No, sir,’ so attitude would be off the chart.” White is still fundamentally raw. But his bat and his willingness to work made it easy to overlook any minor flaws and find a spot for him in left field, where he’s quickly adapted. “He’s just one of those guys who’s such a raw athlete,” said OU third baseman Garrett Buechele, “you didn’t know what you were going to get until you put him in a game situation. He’s such a good
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athlete, he may not be refined fundamentally, but he can make up for it. “And he does things where you’re, ‘Man, did he just hit a ball into the lights?’ Or, ‘Did he really just make that diving catch in the gap?’ And the more he plays, the better he’s going to get.” Fortunately for the Sooners, White grew up in a family that followed OU. And he yearned to be at OU. Everything to this point, he said, is surreal. “I’m here now,” White said. “It’s been a blast. I can’t describe it even.”
Goodman, Phelps hired to fill vacant jobs Staff Writer jtrotter@opubco.com
NORMAN — Oklahoma men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel filled his two vacant assistant coaching positions from within. Capel has promoted Bryan Goodman and Dionne Phelps, who worked on Capel’s staff the last four years, to assistant coaching positions. Goodman was OU’s director of basketball operations, while Phelps has served as the team’s video coordinator. The two replace Oronde
Taliaferro and Mark Cline. Taliaferro resigned at the outset of an NCAA investigation, which is looking into the relationship he held with a financial adviser that is accused of putting $3,000 into the bank account of former player Tiny Gallon. Cline left to take an assistant’s job at Marshall. “After talking to and interviewing several candidates, I kept coming back to Bryan Goodman and Dionne Phelps,” Capel said in a statement. “They represent everything I wanted in this search for assistant coaches. They have expe-
rience and have experienced success. Also, they will be incredibly invested in what needs to be done. I’m very excited about both hires and look forward to our future together.” Goodman, 37, spent 10 years as an assistant, six at Bucknell before coming to OU. With the two staff departures, Goodman went on the road this off-season and recruited for Capel. “Bryan was an assistant on some really good Bucknell teams,” Capel said. “He has a lot of experience recruiting, teaching and helping student-athletes
achieve success on and off the court. He will be a tremendous asset to our coaching staff.” Phelps, 44, has 16 years of experience as an assistant, most recently at Texas-San Antonio. "Dionne has a lot of coaching experience and is a man of tremendous character," said Capel. "He will have an amazing impact on the lives of our current and future student-athletes. He is also very respected as a recruiter and will be an asset to us in that regard nationally and in surrounding states."
NCAA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
STANLEY CUP FINALS
Cowboys second at NCAA tourney
Flyers beat Blackhawks 4-3 in OT
From Staff and Wire Reports
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Florida State took a commanding advantage in the team competition Wednesday in the second round of the NCAA Division I men’s golf tournament. The Seminoles were at 14-under 562 after shooting 9 under in the second round. Oklahoma State was second at 567, followed by Georgia Tech (572), Augusta State (575), Florida (576), San Diego (576), Washington (577) and Clemson (577). Heavy rain and lightning prompted a two-hour delay in play during the afternoon and kept 33 players from finishing the second round before dark. Play will resume early today, with the third round to follow. The Cowboys shot 4under 284. “There was no real theme, I just think we played pretty well today”
said OSU coach Mike McGraw. “For a while we were over par, so it was good to get it under par," After today’s third round, the top eight teams will advance to match play, which determines the team title. OSU will begin the third round 10 shots above the cut line. Today’s round also will determine the individual champion. On Wednesday, San Diego’s Alex Ching shot a 6-under 66, tying the course record, for a 9-under 135 total, two strokes ahead of Augusta State’s Henrik Norlander (69) and Oklahoma State’s Peter Uihlein (68). Illinois’ Scott Langley also was tied for second, but had one final hole to play before darkness suspended play. OSU sophomore Morgan Hoffmann fired his second straight 70 and is in a tie for seventh at 140. Junior Kevin Tway is tied for 43rd after posting a 1-under 71 to get to 145.
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NBA 8 p.m.
Washington at Houston L.A. Angels at Kansas City Texas at Chicago White Sox
Boston at L.A. Lakers
GOLF
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French Open Women’s Semifinals
COLLEGE SOFTBALL Noon 2:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Missouri vs. Hawaii UCLA vs. Florida Arizona vs. Tennessee Georgia vs. Washington
SOCCER 7 p.m.
Mexico vs. Italy
FSOK (Cox 37) FSPLUS (Cox 267) FSOK (Cox 37), MLBN (Cox 264), KEBC-AM 1340
KOCO-5 (Cox 8), WWLS-AM 640, 98.1 FM
Wales Open Prince George Open Memorial Tournament
TENNIS
KTOK-AM 1000
GOLF (Cox 60) GOLF (Cox 60) GOLF (Cox 60)
ESPN2 (Cox 28)
ESPN (Cox 29) ESPN (Cox 29) ESPN2 (Cox 28) ESPN2 (Cox 28)
KTUZ-30 (Cox 5)
RATINGS WATCH In a duel of two big auto races Sunday, the NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 edged the Indianapolis 500 in local TV viewership. TNT’s coverage of the Western Conference finals rounded out the top five. Sports events May 25-31 1. Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Sunday, KOKH-25, 5.7. 2. Indianapolis 500, IndyCar series, Sunday, KOCO-5, 5.1. 3. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, NBA playoffs, Thursday, TNT, 4.1. 4. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, NBA playoffs, Saturday, TNT, 3.5. 5. L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, NBA playoffs, May 25, TNT, 3.3.
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Memphis at Oklahoma City
PHILADELPHIA — Twice, the Philadelphia Flyers needed video replay to decide if a goal counted. One did, one didn’t. Claude Giroux didn’t need the officials to check his winner. Giroux scored 5:59 into overtime to give the Flyers a 4-3 overtime victory over Chicago in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Wednesday night, cutting the Blackhawks’ series lead to 2-1. Game 4 is Friday night in Philadelphia. Giroux scored on a deflection off Matt Carle’s pass, beating Antti Niemi to decide the series’ third straight one-goal game. The Blackhawks snapped a seven-game winning streak and a seven-game road winning streak. Giroux ended the game moments after Simon Gagne thought he scored the winner, only to have replay officials rule the puck didn’t cross the goal line. The game kept going — but no for long. It was the second time replay was needed to determine a Flyers’ goal. They went 1 for 2 — but, oh, how huge that one was for the Flyers in their first Stanley Cup home game since 1997. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOOK-ALIKES
OKLAHOMA SCENE
Wrestling Hall induction this weekend The National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater will have its induction activities this weekend. Inductees are all U.S. Olympians — David Auble of Ithaca, N.Y.; Russ Camillieri of Richland, Mo.; Rulon Gardner of Avon, Utah; and Lincoln McIlravy of Iowa City, Iowa. A reception and presentation is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. The Hall of Fame banquet is 7 p.m. Saturday. The Hall will also present awards for: Outstanding American, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith of Tahlequah; Order of Merit, Dr. Bernard Feldman of Palos, Park, Ill.; Medal of Courage, Rick Yarosh of Windsor, N.Y.; Lifetime Achievement for Officials, Jim Ramirez of Arkansas City, Kan.; and Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Logan Stieber of Monroeville, Ohio.
BRIEFLY Tickets go on sale to the public on Tuesday for the first and second rounds of the 2011 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championships, including games to be played Friday, March 18 and Sunday, March 20, 2011 at the BOK Center in Tulsa. Tickets are $237 each and provide a reserved seat for six games played in three sessions. Each ticket is an all-session ticket. No single-session tickets are being offered for sale at this time and it is anticipated that this event could sell out on the basis of the all-session ticket. Tickets may be purchased through ticketmaster.com. No tickets will be sold at the BOK Center box office through bokcenter.com or by telephone. ... The American Sprint Car Series will have a Sooner Region points race at 8 p.m. Saturday at Lawton Speedway. Broken Arrow driver Nick Smith leads the standings by four points over Tony Bruce Jr. of Liberal, Kan. Defending Sooner Region champion Joe Wood Jr. of Oklahoma City is fourth in points, 41 shy of Smith. ... Tulsa Shock guard Alexis Hornbuckle has been suspended for two games by the WNBA on Wednesday, a day after pleading guilty to a charge of driving while impaired by alcohol. The incident took place last year in Detroit, where the franchise played in nearby Auburn Hills, Mich. FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
MORNING ROUNDUP
Wittels gets call from Ventura Florida International’s Garrett Wittels finally hooked up with the guy he’s been chasing for most of this college baseball season. Wittels takes a 54-game hitting streak into this weekend’s NCAA regional tournament and needs to hit in four more games to tie Robin Ventura’s NCAA Division I record of hitting in 58 straight games. Wittels said he took a call Tuesday night from Ventura, the former Oklahoma State standout who set the NCAA record in 1987. Wittels said he didn’t know much about Ventura “except that he played a long time in the majors.” He said it was “a great conversation with Mr. Ventura,” and that the two talked about the pressures that come with such a streak. “He’s a great guy,” Wittels said. “Just very honored to be mentioned in the same sentence as him.”
GIFT TO KANSAS AD UNDER REVIEW The University of Kansas’ chancellor has ordered a university review of a gift of exercise equipment given to athletic director Lew Perkins. But Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said people should avoid a “rush to judgment” about allegations surrounding Perkins. A former employee of a company called Medical Outfitters said Perkins accepted $15,000 in equipment in exchange for giving company officials access to premium basketball tickets. A company official denied that, saying there were no strings attached to the gift. Perkins later returned the equipment.
SERENA BOUNCED AT FRENCH OPEN No. 1-ranked Serena Williams dropped 17 consecutive points during one stretch, climbed all the way back to within a point of victory, then faded late and lost to No. 7 Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-2, 6-7 (2), 8-6 in the French Open quarterfinals. Stosur takes on No. 4 Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals. No. 5 Elena Dementieva will face No. 17 Francesca Schiavone in the other. Garrett Wittels Baseball hit maker
Shia LaBeouf Acts in hit movies
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No. 1 pick in 2010 NFL Draft?
Taylor Schlopy Georgia Jr. CF
Washington Sr. P
Danielle Lawrie
Megan Langenfeld UCLA Sr. P
Missouri Sr. P
Jana Hainey
K’Lee Arredondo Arizona Sr. SS
Hawaii Fr. CF
Kelly Majam
Francesca Enea Florida Sr. LF
Tennessee Jr. CF
Jimmy Clausen
Alabama player
Sam Bradford
Bradford
Arizona TE Rob Gronkowski
Colt McCoy
Sam Bradford
Oklahoma quarterback
OKC mayor
Country singer
UCLA alum with Thunder
My uncle
MLB player
Horse racing jockey
Oklahoma governor
NBA player
Baseball, tennis
Cross country, golf
Tennis, golf
Softball, track
Swimming, football
Gymnastics, soccer
Soccer, swimming
Women’s basketball, lacrosse
The Wedding Date
The Sandlot
A League of Their Own
Remember the Titans
The Blind Side
Ever After
Love and Basketball
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Mother’s chicken enchiladas
Sushi and Thai
Mashed potatoes
Strawberries
Spaghetti
Mom’s cake cookies
Fruity Pebbles
Chicken quesadillas
Can’t pick just one
Yukiko Ueno
Danielle Lawrie
Chelsea Thomas
Monica Abbott
Danielle Lawrie
Angela Tincher
Monica Abbott
Third Day
James Taylor
Temptations
Lil Wayne
Kenny Chesney
Rascal Flatts
R. Kelly
Nickelback
Who is Russell Westbrook? Two sports in which OSU owns a combined 44 NCAA titles? Favorite movie?
Favorite food? Most dominant pitcher you’ve faced? Favorite singer/ music group?
Kelly Grieve
Note: The correct answers to the three Oklahoma questions are: No. 1 pick (Sam Bradford), Russell Westbrook (Thunder point guard) and 44 OSU combined national titles (wrestling and golf).
WCWS NOTEBOOK
On the road again As of Thursday, Bob Coolen and his Hawaii squad have now been on the road for 24 straight days. The team began its cross-country trip on May 10 with the WAC championship in New Mexico before traveling to Stanford (Calif.) for NCAA regionals. The next stop was Alabama for a May 29 series against the Tide to decide who would advance to Oklahoma City for the World Series. The hardest part of the travel was the time adjustment, outfielder Kelly Majam said. “I only packed one suitcase, and I’ve been wearing a lot of the same clothes,” she said. “But anywhere you are playing softball is playing softball.”
IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCE There is a vast disparity in the level of experience between the eight remaining teams. On one end of the spec-
Hawaii practices at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Wednesday. The team has been on the road for 24 straight days, starting May 10 with the WAC championship in New Mexico. PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN
trum is UCLA, which will try for its 12th national championship; and then there’s Florida, which is in the Series for the third straight year. On the other end is Hawaii, making its first appearance. Missouri coach Ehren Earleywine, who will lead his squad in its second straight and fifth overall Series appearance, said experience is a huge factor.
“It was too much of a whirlwind for us. We forgot we had to play a softball game,” he said. “No matter how much you prepare, you can’t duplicate that experience until you’ve been here.”
CHANGES TO THE STADIUM ASA Hall of Fame Stadium features a few changes. The wall has been pushed
back 10 feet down the baselines, expanding the park to 200 feet from home plate. The fence has also been raised to 6 feet from its previous 4, and a warning track has been added. Changes in the college softball game necessitated the updates, said Robin Petrini, NCAA softball committee member. “It’s more realistic for
what our game is now,” she said. “There was also a safety issue with having a short fence and no warning track.”
MISSOURI RESERVE INJURED Missouri outfielder Katy Koontz was hit in the jaw by a stray line drive during the team’s practice Wednesday. Koontz was
taken to the hospital for tests, but she was not seriously hurt. Koontz is not on the team’s active roster due to a previous wrist injury.
STRANGE FEELING Arizona, a program with eight NCAA softball titles and 22 WCWS appearances, in an unusual role: underdog. “We just want to prove everyone wrong,” Wildcats senior infielder K’Lee Arrendondo said. The Wildcats enter today’s first round on a fourgame losing streak in WCWS action after going two-and-out in 2008 and 2009. “The sophomores and juniors don’t know what it’s like to win a game at the World Series,” said Arrendondo, who enters the WCWS on an 11-game hitting streak. “I know everyone has a different mindset because everyone is sick of losing.” BY CORBIN HOSLER AND BRANDON CHATMON
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Women’s College World Series
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Stephanie Ricketts wanted to be different. The University of Hawaii pitcher didn’t want to follow the path already blazed by older sister Samantha, an All-American at Oklahoma. It’s the same path that younger sister, Keilani, appears well on her way to matching as Oklahoma’s ace pitcher as a true freshman this season. Stephanie chose a different route. And she can now lay claim to being the only family member with a Women’s College World Series appearance on her resume. “When I was looking at schools, I knew I needed to get away from home,” Stephanie Ricketts said. “If I went somewhere close to my sister, it would be like going home. I’d always be at her house. I needed to grow up. I needed to go far away.” Said Hawaii coach Bob Coolen: “Stephanie just wanted to make sure she could go somewhere and make a name for herself. She wanted to be her own
Stephanie Ricketts has made a name for herself at Hawaii. PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN
person.” Hawaii was the choice because Ricketts is part Samoan and, well, it’s Hawaii after all. “Who wouldn’t want to go to Hawaii?” she asked with a smile. The Rainbow Wahine couldn’t be happier about the choice as Ricketts, a sophomore pitcher from San Jose (Calif.) Archbishop Mitty, is 29-8 with a 2.54 ERA and 153 strikeouts. She has helped Hawaii make its first WCWS appearance by upsetting top-seeded Alabama in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional last week.
“Sam had all the recognition as an All-American, and Keilani had all the hype as a high school AllAmerican,” Coolen said. “Stephanie was there, working hard and had all the accolades but wasn’t really looked at the same (as her sisters).” That’s no longer the case. Stephanie earned 2010 WAC Pitcher of the Year honors this season after rising from the No. 3 pitcher spot to become Hawaii’s ace as a freshman in 2009. She’s been a key to Hawaii’s run to the WCWS, earning both wins
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Double Elimination Thursday, June 3 Game 1: Missouri (51-11) vs. Hawaii (49-14), noon Game 2: UCLA (45-11) vs. Florida (48-8), 2:30 p.m. Game 3: Arizona (48-11) vs. Tennessee (4713), 6 p.m. Game 4: Georgia (48-11) vs. Washington (50-7), 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 4 Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m. Game 6: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m. Saturday, June 5 Game 7: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 11 a.m. Game 8: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m. Game 9: Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 winner, 6 p.m. Game 10: Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 winner, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 6 Game 11: Game 5 winner vs. Game 9 winner, noon Game 12: Game 6 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2 p.m. Game 13: Game 11 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 6 p.m.* Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser, 8 p.m.* Note: If only one game is necessary, it will be played at 6 p.m.
Championship Series
(Best-of-3) Monday, June 7: Game 1, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8: Game 2, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 9: Game 3, 7 p.m.*
No. 9. Record: 51-11 › Seed: Ehren Earleywine (236-119) › Coach: appearances: 5. Best finish: Fifth › WCWS to watch: Pitcher Kristin Nottelmann (25-7), who ›hasPlayer won each of the Tiger’s five tournament games this season while posting a .087 ERA.
Reason to believe: The team will be better prepared in ›their second-straight WCWS appearance, and Nottelmann
has pitched four straight complete games coming into the tournament. Cause for concern: Their first-round opponent, Hawaii, is on a roll after upsetting top-seeded Alabama in the Super Regional.
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HAWAII RAINBOW WAHINE
No. 16. Record: 49-14 › Seed: Bob Coolen (758-495-1) › Coach: appearances: First. Best finish: N/A › WCWS Player to watch: Center fielder Kelly Majam leads the ›nation in home runs, with 30 of her 82 hits leaving the park.
Reason to believe: The Rainbow Wahine are rolling after ›Jenna Rodriguez’s walk-off home run defeated top-seed Alabama to advance to the WCWS.
Cause for concern: Nerves and a lack of experience could ›work against the team in its first WCWS appearance.
UCLA BRUINS
No. 5. Record: 45-11 › Seed: Kelly Inouye-Perez (178-49) › Coach: WCWS appearances: 24. Best finish: First (11 cham›pionships) Player to watch: Pac-10 Player of the Year Megan La›genfield leads the team with a .500 batting average and 16 home runs.
Reason to believe: The nation’s most decorated softball ›program is looking to return to the summit of the sport with a 12th championship.
against Alabama despite struggling with the flu during the team’s 23-day road journey to Oklahoma City. “She had a lot more rest this year with a bona fide No. 2 pitcher (Kaia Parnaby), and she got stronger as the WAC season went on,” Coolen said. “Sometimes you have the middle sister syndrome, but she’s made a name for herself, just like her two sisters.”
Cause for concern: The Bruins face a possible finals ›matchup with Washington and ace Danielle Lawrie, a team that took the season series against UCLA.
FLORIDA GATORS
4. Record: 48-8 › Seed: Tim Walton (397-129) › Coach: appearances: 2. Best finish: Second › WCWS Player to watch: LF Francesca Enea owns the SEC all›time home run record. She has 61 career homers. Reason to believe: It is Florida’s third straight WCWS ›appearance, and last year, the Gators made the championship before losing to Washington.
Cause for concern: Florida faces a tough road to the ›finals, with 11-time champion UCLA up first, followed by a possible finals rematch against Washington.
ARIZONA WILDCATS
No. 10. Record: 48-11 › Seed: Mike Candrea (1,225-256-2) › Coach: WCWS appearances: 22. Best finish: First (eight cham›pionships) Player to watch: Kenzie Fowler (34-6, 1.27 ERA, 322 ›strikeouts). The freshman is the Wildcats’ ace this season
and, despite being hit in the forearm by a batted ball during Arizona’s Super Regional, she is expected to start in the WCWS. Reason to believe: The Wildcats are rich in tradition and talented. Fowler, one of 10 finalists for the USA Softball Player of the Year, is outstanding. Five Arizona players hit .350 or better. Cause for concern: Fowler is the team ace, but she has had to overcome a bruised forearm — and tightness in the forearm caused by a pinched nerve in her neck. Her health might be a key to Arizona’s success.
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TENNESSEE LADY VOLUNTEERS
No. 15. Record: 47-13 › Seed: Co-Head Coaches: Ralph Weekly (917-316-2) Karen ›Weekly (639-232-2) appearances: 3. Best finish: Second. › WCWS Player to watch: Centerfielder Kelly Grieve. The junior ›brings out her best for big games, hitting safely in 14 of 19
games against ranked teams, including an 11-game hitting streak. Grieve hit .349 against teams that made the NCAA Tournament. Reason to believe: The Vols enter the WCWS after an impressive two-game sweep at No. 2 seed Michigan. Freshman pitcher Ivy Renfroe (18-2, 1.82 ERA, 120 strikeouts) has come on down the stretch, throwing 21 consecutive scoreless innings to begin her first run through the NCAA Tournament. She pitched 6 1/3 no-hit innings against Michigan in the Ann Arbor Super Regional. Cause for concern: Renfroe leads Tennessee in most pitching categories. If she struggles in her first WCWS experience, the Vols’ bats might have to carry the load.
› The UCLA softball team practices Wednesday in preparation for the Women’s College World Series, which begins today at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium. PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN
Carlson: Attendance began to climb FROM PAGE 1C
ners won 10 years ago helped create the World Series that you’ll see this week. “That crowd and the level that the Sooners were playing at ... lifted everything here,” Florida coach Tim Walton said. He would know. Walton was an assistant coach on that OU team. He was in the dugout during the Sooners’ run to the title, but having brought his Gators to the World Series three consecutive years, he has also witnessed the residual effect of OU’s championship. “That only has helped this venue and the level of love in the area,” he said. That title put the growth of the Women’s College World Series into overdrive. The event was heading in this direction of bigger crowds and grander stages. Attendance the first three years that the World Series was in Oklahoma City was less than 20,000 total each year. It increased the next two years with Oklahoma State in the field, and it stayed above 45,000 each of the next four years at Hall of Fame Stadium. There was steady improvement. But attendance spiked in 2000. After never hav-
ing topped 50,000 fans in total attendance, the number that year exceeded 64,000. And it might’ve actually been more. The official attendance for the championship game between OU and UCLA was 8,049. “They recorded eight,” Walton said, smiling. “I remember there was more than eight there.” All of that accelerated the growth of the World Series. When improvements needed to be made at the stadium, city voters and government officials jumped on board. The grassy burms down both lines were replaced by more stadium seating. The so-so scoreboard was upgraded. The concessions were expanded. The bathrooms were renovated. This year, the lack of locker room space has been remedied with a new building beyond the wall in left-center field. Television types have been similarly eager to expand what they’re doing with the World Series. ESPN was already broadcasting the event when OU won the title, but it wasn’t showing every game. It broadcast all but two games the next year, and then in 2002, it started broadcasting every game. Now, the network
broadcasts not only all of the games in Oklahoma City but also all of the games in the super regionals. This year, it even showed two regionals in their entirety for the first time. All of those regional and super regional games build the audience for the World Series. “I don’t know whether you can look to one touchstone moment,” ESPN senior coordinating producer John Vassallo said of the reason for the network’s expanded coverage. “It’s a bunch of them.” One of the big ones has to be that Sooner title. The electric atmosphere throughout the World Series made for good TV. Viewers saw the packed stands and heard the loud roars. That sort of thing not only draws people but also keeps them watching. Who knows how many folks watched those games and decided that they wanted to attend the World Series? Better still, who knows how many little girls dreamed their first World Series dream after seeing those games? The gals starting play today at Hall of Fame Stadium were in elementary school back then. “It is a dream of a lot of
these young ladies to march out on that field and play,” Hawaii coach Bob Coolen said. More gals have that dream nowadays, which has helped fuel the increased diversity in the World Series field. Traditional powers UCLA and Arizona are here, but so are Hawaii, Missouri and Georgia. The Rainbows are making their first appearance while the Tigers and the Bulldogs are both making their second trips. All of them are about to experience something grand. They’ll be playing in front of crowds that are bigger than any they’ve ever seen in their lives. They’ll be on national TV. They’ll be treated like celebrities. A big reason why is that decade-old Sooner title. It doesn’t deserve all the credit for getting the World Series where is today. “But I believe OU winning and making four more consecutive return trips really brought the attention and paved the way,” said Erin Evans, then an OU outfielder, now a North Texas assistant. After those Sooners paved the way, the Women’s College World Series hit the accelerator.
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GEORGIA BULLDOGS
No. 6. Record: 48-11 › Seed: Lu Harris-Champer (709-243-1) › Coach: appearances: 1. Best finish: Third › WCWS Player to watch: Center fielder Taylor Scholpy. The junior ›was first team All-SEC and hit .400 in the Athens Regional as Georgia defeated California to advance to the WCWS.
to believe: The power-hitting Bulldogs account›edReason for 95 home runs this season with five players with 10 or more. Megan Wiggins and Alisa Goler are tied for the team lead with 15. Cause for concern: In a tournament full of teams with elite pitchers, the Bulldogs aren’t even among the NCAA’s top 50 teams in ERA at 2.68.
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WASHINGTON HUSKIES
No. 3. Record: 50-7 › Seed: Heather Tarr (243-110-1) › Coach: WCWS appearances: 9. Best finish: First. Defending ›national champion. Player to watch: Pitcher Danielle Lawrie. The 2010 USA ›Softball Player of the Year, Lawrie was 40-3 with a 1 .00
ERA and 478 strikeouts this season. She added 15 homers and 57 RBI while hitting .311. Reason to believe: Lawrie, Lawrie and Lawrie. The 2009 WCWS Most Outstanding Player while leading the Huskies to the title looks poised to do it again. Cause for concern: The Huskies (.297 team batting average) might struggle manufacturing runs against the elite pitching in the WCWS.
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ortunately for NBA fans who follow the finals on radio, all the weeknight games will begin after 8 p.m., meaning there won’t be any of the dreaded joined-inprogress broadcasts on the Sports Animal Radio Network. Although Oklahoma City has been an NBA market for two seasons, the Sports Animal didn’t treat the conference finals with much respect, joining most games in progress. That’s the treatment the Sports Animal gives to almost any network sports event. Jeff Martindale, ESPN Radio affiliate sales manager, said the Sports Animal plans to pick up the network’s entire NBA package for the finals, including pregame and postgame coverage. “The Sports Animal had been running its local afternoon show in its regular time slot throughout the playoffs,” Martindale said. “We realize stations like to be consistent with their programming, to the benefit of their listeners and business partners, so we know how important that is for them.” Chris Baker, Citadel Broadcasting operations manager, said the advertising sales for the
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NBA FINALS: OKIE CONNECTIONS SHELDEN WILLIAMS
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Sports Animal often is done four to five months in advance, before playoff series schedule are released. “It puts us in a situation to do the best we can for the advertiser as well as the actual game broadcast,” he said. Afternoon drive is a lucrative business for Oklahoma City flagship stations WWLS FM 98.1 and AM 640, which regularly rank No. 1 in men ages 25 to 54. However, ratings drop off later in the evening. Jim Durham will provide the play-by-play with analysts Hubie Brown and Dr. Jack Ramsey. Ric Bucher will serve as reporter.
KOCO develops weather plan KOCO-5 has received approval to switch ABC’s finals telecasts to its 24hour weather channel — 5.2 over-the-air and Cox 222 — if the station goes into extended weather coverage, station president and general manager Brent Hensley said. “If we’re going to be off the air for 15 minutes or so, maybe I wouldn’t do that,” Hensley said. “But if I know that I’m going to be wall-to-wall (in weather coverage) for an extended period of time, we would move it over. We will be sensitive to our viewers across the state.” Hensley said the weather channel is available to only about 55 percent of the market, 40 percent on Cox and 15 percent over-the-air.
Local connection: Midwest City High. 2009-10 stats: 3.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.4 bpg, 11.1 mpg. 2010 playoffs: 2.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 0.2 spg, 6.5 mpg. Expected role: With Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett, Rasheed Wallace and Glen Davis rotating in the middle, there is little playing time remaining for Williams. But Williams could be called upon to add a defensive presence against Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum in the even foul trouble sets in for the Celtics, or if Boston loses Perkins to a suspension should he receive one more technical foul. Of note: Williams is playing for his fourth team in four years after being drafted fifth overall by Atlanta in 2006...This is Williams’ first season in the playoffs...He scored a season-high 14 points against Phoenix on Dec. 30. His 10 rebounds against Chicago on Oct. 30 were a seasonhigh.
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TONY ALLEN
Local connection: Okla›homa State stats: 6.1 ppg, ›2.72009-10 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.1 spg, 16.5
mpg. v2010 playoffs: 5.9 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.1 spg, 0.8 apg, 16.9 mpg. Expected role: Defensive stopper. Throughout this series, expect Celtics coach Doc Rivers to assign Allen to Kobe Bryant in an attempt to slow down the Lakers star guard. Allen’s defense on Miami’s Dwyane Wade and Cleveland’s LeBron James in the first two rounds were key to the Celtics advancing. Look for Allen to continue to provide a spark off the bench with his athleticism and allaround hustle plays. Of note: Allen was a member of the 2008 championship Celtics team. ...This is his fourth year in the postseason...In the two regular-season meetings against Los Angeles, Allen averaged nine points, two rebounds and one steal in 16 minutes.
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the coaching of Scott Brooks and to the intensity, passion and IQ of the Oklahoma City Thunder players. I do think any team can use more shooting when you’re trying to surround your best players, and I do think eventually they are going to need someone that they can throw the ball to in the low post and get a quality shot against . Jackson: You can’t buy the experience that they had in the playoffs. The thing that was glaring was they need more shooting, shooters around Kevin Durant. They are explosive athletically. I think they need some more size.
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Finals: OKC might need post player CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER?
FROM PAGE 1C
the Lakers and Celtics. If you rewind to March 31, when the Thunder outlasted the Celtics in a game that featured 12 ties and 25 lead changes, the answer is yes. Fast forward to the events of April 30, when the Lakers needed a missed box out and a chance put-back by Pau Gasol to avoid Game 7 against the eighth-seeded Thunder, and the answer transforms into a resounding yes. Then again, one quick perusal of the Finals rosters demonstrate just how far off the Thunder might still be. Garnett and fellow Celtics Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace and Rajon Rondo have combined for 35All-Star Games. Bryant and fellow Lakers Pau Gasol and Ron Artest have combined for 16 AllStar appearances. In Oklahoma City, Durant completes the Thunder’s tally at one. On the Thunder, there are no seasoned veteran contributors outside of wily bruiser Nick Collison. And, last time we checked, there certainly isn’t a stable of future Hall of Fam-
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How the Thunder compares to the Celtics and Lakers in select statistical categories. TEAM Celtics Lakers Thunder
OPP PPG (rk) 95.56 (5th) 96.97 (9th) 98.0 (11th)
OPP FG% (rk) 45.1% (9th) 44.6% (5th) 44.8% (7th)
ers. But despite what seems to be a widespread belief around town that OKC isn’t championship caliber as currently constructed, the Thunder appears to be on the right track and the right train. “You just have to give the GM (Sam Presti) and (coach) Scott Brooks great credit,” said Chris Webber on Tuesday during an NBA TV national conference call with reporters to discuss the Finals. “You don’t really get young teams that you can identify roles right away with. And this team, everybody has a role...They really have a good nucleus and it seems like the guys all buy into it. “I think if they need anything, maybe it would be a big man that can work in that post, somebody they can go to late in the game. When Durant was having a bad game against the Lakers that first game,
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Our predictions The Oklahoman staff makes its NBA Finals predictions. Boston appears to have a slight edge.
BERRY TRAMEL, COLUMNIST Boston in 6: On Christmas Day, Boston beat Orlando to raise its record to 23-5, matching the Lakers for the NBA’s best. But Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett sat out a stretch of games due to injury after that, and the Celtics came back to Earth, eventually landing with 50 wins. But Boston was on cruise control. When they have all their players, the Celtics are the best team in the NBA. The Celtics have all their players.
MIKE SHERMAN, SPORTS EDITOR Boston in 6: The Artest-Pierce matchup is the biggest difference from the 2008 Finals, next to the development of Rajon Rondo. He’s been the best Celtic in the postseason. If Kobe draws that defensive assignment, will Kobe have anything left to make the big shots?
DARNELL MAYBERRY, NBA BEAT WRITER Lakers in 7: Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom are much tougher now than they were when they were bullied in 2008. And L.A. added the league’s toughest player in Ron Artest. Combine that trio with a hungrier-than-ever Kobe Bryant and the Lakers should prevail.
MIKE BALDWIN, NBA BEAT WRITER Lakers in 7: The Celtics were mentally and physically tougher two years ago, but the Lakers, owning homecourt advantage, won’t be intimidated this time. Boston’s impressive playoff run is proof it can win. Both teams will win one game on the road. A size advantage inside, the game’s ultimate closer (Kobe Bryant) and homecourt allows LA to close the title gap to 17-16.
JENNI CARLSON, COLUMNIST
ADVICE FOR THE THUNDER In a conference call this week, ABC analysts Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy said they were impressed with how well the Oklahoma City Thunder played the Los Angeles Lakers in the first-round series. They pointed out areas the Thunder needs to improve: Van Gundy: They couldn’t have a better year. They are a rarity in that they became a very, very good defensive team while being so young. And that’s basically unheard of. And they did it with not a lot of size. To be that good defensively being that young and rather small for NBA standards I think says a lot to
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RPG (rk) 38.59 (29th) 44.32 (2nd) 43.50 (3rd)
BPG (rk) 4.90 (15th) 4.87 (16th) 5.86 (1st)
hind the Celtics or Lakers in any one category was six spots in opponent points per game. OKC actually ranked ahead of Boston in opponent field-goal percentage, opponent 3-point percentage and rebounding. Webber, meanwhile, also contends that the Thunder could use another 3-point specialist. “If they have a guy that can kind of trail the break and slide to that 3-point area...the type of player that comes in and is just known to light it up, I think that the sky’s the limit,” Webber said. “But, I’ll tell you what, they’ve shown me that even with this team that they have, next year if they come in and work the way that they worked and play together like that, I see them doing some great things.”
Boston in 6: The Celtics are hot. They took out the Cavaliers and the Magic, the two Eastern Conference teams that everyone picked to be in the finals. They took care of LeBron. They took care of Superman. No reason to think the Celtics can’t do the same with Kobe and Gasol. Plus, Rajon Rondo might go for 60 against Derek Fisher.
NBA NOTEBOOK
Bynum: Draining didn’t help knee Four years into his NBA career, Andrew Bynum is still trying to make it through his first full postseason. The oft-injured Los Angeles Lakers center went through a limited practice Wednesday for the first time since having his balky right knee drained on Monday. “It didn’t really help,” he said. “As soon as I drained it, about 12 hours later all the fluid came back.” As a result, the swelling that has plagued Bynum throughout the playoffs isn’t any better, either. His big black knee brace remains a constant companion, as does the pain in his knee. Bynum said he’s determined to play tonight in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. “He’s going to give everything he’s got again just like he’s been doing,” fellow 7-footer Pau Gasol said.
CARLESIMO JOINS RAPTORS’ STAFF The Toronto Raptors hired former Oklahoma City Thunder coach P.J. Carlesimo as an assistant. Carlesimo joins assistants Alex English, Marc Iavaroni, Micah Nori, Eric Hughes and Alvin Williams on coach Jay Triano’s staff with the Raptors. Carlesimo was fired by the Thunder on Nov. 22, 2008, after the team started 1-12 in its first season since the franchise moved from Seattle. He spent three years with Portland from 1994-97, leading the Trail Blazers to the playoffs each season, and then coached Golden State from 1997-2000. Carlesimo also was an assistant with San Antonio from 2002-07 when the Spurs won three NBA titles. He was also the head coach at Seton Hall for 12 seasons.
IRON CHEF HOPING TO SERVE LEBRON One of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ most famous fans is hoping the way to LeBron James’ heart is through his stomach. Cleveland native Michael Symon, one of Food Network’s Iron Chefs, has offered to go to James’ house once a month and cook a meal for the MVP’s family and friends if he re-signs as a free agent with the Cavaliers. Symon posted a letter to James on his Facebook page. Symon thanked James for all he has done for the city and urged him to follow his heart when making his decision. Symon also pointed out that some legendary athletes — Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jim Brown, Bill Russell and Michael Jordan — created their legacies primarily with one team. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
POSTSEASON STATS Boston Celtics Player FGM-FGA Pierce ...... 104-238 R. Allen ... 98-214 Rondo...... 107-229 Garnett ... 104-213 Davis ....... 41-85 Wallace... 37-84 T. Allen.... 39-74 Perkins.... 37-75 Robinson 12-34 Williams . 4-7 Daniels.... 4-11 Finley ...... 5-19 TEAM
3M-3A FT% RPG APG AVG
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6.2 3.6 19.1 3.6 3.0 16.8 5.3 10.0 16.7 8.2 2.3 14.9 4.1 0.4 7.5 2.3 0.2 6.5 2.0 0.8 5.9 6.4 0.9 5.6 0.6 0.5 3.7 1.5 0.0 2.2 1.0 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.3 0.9
592-1283 106-276 .749 39.6 21.7 96.6
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Player FGM-FGA Bryant .... 168-348 Gasol....... 122-216 Artest..... 75-182 Fisher ..... 61-133 Odom ...... 68-147 Bynum .... 61-107 Brown ..... 33-87 Farmar.... 29-66 Morrison 4-9 Vujacic.... 4-7 Mbenga .. 2-5 Walton ... 6-20 Powell..... 3-6 TEAM
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ALL-CITY GIRLS SOCCER The Oklahoman’s high school sports coverage is sponsored by MTM Recognition
Soccer stars teaming up Soccer standouts Carley Yates, left, of Edmond North and Bailey Boulware of Mustang will play for OU. Yates and Boulware play club soccer for the Hurricane in Tulsa.
BY JUSTIN HARPER Staff Writer jharper@opubco.com
PHOTO BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN
Sooners’ early signees. “Carley signed before me, so I started getting a lot of text messages about OU all of a sudden,” laughed Boulware. “I liked the program and the coaches anyway at OU, but it made it really cool to know I would have a friend like Carley there.” Actually, the star tandem already has an idea of how well it will work together. They both play club soccer for the Hurricane in Tulsa. Still, now they’ll be doing it on the next level. And that’s appropriate because in their careers, both were integral in taking their high school programs to a higher level. In short, both Edmond North and Mustang were among the upper echelon of westside girls soccer teams when Yates and Boulware appeared on the scene. But
as they leave, the Huskies and Broncos are among the state elite on an annual basis. Yates helped make Edmond North just the third west-side team in history other than Norman or Edmond Memorial to win the girls soccer crown in the largest class. Boulware guided Mustang into a heretofore unseen realm as the Broncos began beating traditional powers such as Norman, Edmond Memorial, Norman North and Putnam City North. “I’m proud of what we did,” said Boulware, who scored a total of 39 goals to go with 20 assists in the past two seasons as Mustang went a combined 26-4. “We reached a different level of confidence. We know where we are now. We know people see us as one of the best teams there is.”
As for Yates, who also is an All-State golfer, she was part of an Edmond North uprising that not only saw three berths in the state final, but a record of 41-4 in the past three seasons. “I feel like we’ve always been a really good team, but people didn’t give us the same respect they did those other teams,” said Yates, who scored three goals and added five assists. She also fueled a back line that featured two other Division I signees (defender Camille Sanders, OU, and keeper Hayley Harryman, Oklahoma State) which allowed just 15 goals in the last two seasons combined. “By winning the championship, we proved to everyone that we’re no joke. I feel like (the title) has really improved our program. It’s put us up with the best.”
ALL-CITY GIRLS SOCCER ROSTER FIRST TEAM
HONORABLE MENTION
Bailey Boulware, Sr.; Mustang; F Carley Yates, Sr.; Edmond North; D Madison Hillis, Sr.; Edmond Memorial; F Chandler Murphy, Sr.; Norman; D Abbey Akin, Jr.; McGuinness; F Camille Sanders, Sr.; Edmond North; D Meghan McMahon, Sr; Putnam City North; MF Rochelle Bohuslavicky, Sr.; Edmond Memorial; D Abby Hodgen, Jr.; Mustang; F Alexa Gonce, Jr; McGuinness; F Hayley Harryman, Sr.; Edmond North; GK Offensive player of the year: Bailey Boulware, Mustang Defensive player of the year: Carley Yates, Edmond North Coach of the year: Mike Mason, Mustang
SECOND TEAM Alissa Jones, Jr.; Mustang; MF Lauren Vabolis, Jr.; Westmoore; D/F Mia Vabolis, Jr.; Westmoore; F Ciara Mitchell, So; Carl Albert; MF Sherri Collins, Sr.; Edmond North; MF Meredith Mellegaard, So.; Newcastle; F Hannah Elrod, Fr.; Chickasha; MF/F Courtney Dike, Fr.; Edmond North; F Kathryn Perry, Sr; McGuinness; D Anna Frost, So; Santa Fe South; F Elyse Hight, So.; McGuinness; GK COACH OF THE YEAR
MIKE MASON, MUSTANG In his 18th season as a head coach and 13th at Mustang, Mason solidified the Broncos as a perennial power. Mason has taken Mustang to a higher level. The Broncos were 14-2 this year and 12-2 in 2009. The Broncos advanced to the 6A semifinals this season before falling to state runner-up Tulsa Union.
Mike Mason
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
BAILEY BOULWARE, MUSTANG
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GIRLS SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: CARLEY YATES AND BAILEY BOULWARE
Having been fully aware of each other’s soccer skills since the age of 10, Carley Yates and Bailey Boulware had to wonder what it would be like to play together rather than against each other. Come next fall, Yates, The Oklahoman’s All-City Defensive Player of the Year, and Boulware, the Offensive Player of the Year, will find out. Opponents of the University of Oklahoma soccer team will also find out, although they likely won’t be nearly as excited. “We’ve always kept up with each other since we started playing club soccer, but we’ve been really close the last three years,” said Yates, a four-year force for Edmond North, who led the Huskies to the Class 6A championship in May. Yates was so good so soon (in her four seasons, she helped Edmond North to the state final three times), OU offered a scholarship after her sophomore campaign. Boulware, meanwhile, was also making headlines as early as her freshman season and lifted Mustang from a solid program to an annual title contender. That caught OU’s attention — as well as one of the
GIRLS ALL-CITY SOCCER FIRST TEAM
Bethany: Caitlyn Biggers, So., F; Macy Redwine, Jr., D; Jessica Hopkins, Sr. Capitol Hill: Mayra Balderos, Sr. Carl Albert: Angelica Daggs, So., F; Jamie White, Jr., F; Taylor Ellis, Sr. D; Sarah Zeckser, Jr., D; Taylor Files, So., GK. Chickasha: Kelsey Taylor, Fr., MF/F; Kylie Williams, So., F.; Kayla Brown, Sr., D. Classen SAS: Ava Puckett, Sr. Deer Creek: Arianna Pugliese, Jr., MF; Ashleigh Story, Jr., D; Gina Mengswasser, Sr., GK; Madi Smith, So., F; Emily Hartshorn, Jr., MF; Roman Edwards, So., D; Allison Worsham, So., F. Edmond Memorial: Lisa Robinson, Fr., MF; . Edmond North: Brittny Dike, So., F; Meredith Farley, So., D; Cassidie Cargill, So., D. Edmond Santa Fe: Allie Glazner, Jr., MF; Allison Bonner, Sr., D. Harrah: Camila Carranza, Sr.; Ashlee Cunningham, Sr. Heritage Hall: Katie Portman, Sr., F; Carson Mathis, Jr., MF; Perrye Waldron, So., D; Meredith Harris, Sr., D; Vandrea Davis, Sr., GK. Kingfisher: Sita Alarcon, Sr. McGuinness: CC Guzman, Jr., MF; Rachel Tonseth, Jr., MF/D; Nicole Voss, Fr., D; Ali Vaughan, Sr., MF. Midwest City: Lindsay Roberts, So., F. Moore: Kelsey Visor, Sr., F; Meagan Shelton, Sr., F; Kayla Thompson, Sr., MF. Mount Saint Mary: Emily Lee, Jr., F. Mustang: Taylor Jester, So., D; Kasey Phipps, Sr., D; Tyler Barajas, So., F; Emily Witty, Jr., F; Natasha Fuentes, So., GK. Newcastle: Jordan Billington, So., F; Laiken Knight, Jr., D; Marcedes Bigham, Jr., GK. Noble: Jordan Brittian, Sr. Norman: Ally Renfroe, So., MF; Lauren Goodman, Fr., F; Jordan Taylor, Sr., GK, Lauren Mullins, Sr. D; Katie Koonce, So., D. Norman North: Kenzi Sublett, So., F; Mariah Bernhardt, Sr., F; Rachel Hare, Jr., F; Olivia Raiber, So., MF; Abby Tiedeman, So., D; Sky Mason, So., GK; Katelyn Howard, Sr., D. Northwest Classen: Amy DeLeon, Sr.; Michelle Hidrogo, Sr. Oklahoma Christian: Mackenzie Barnes, Sr., MF. Putnam City North: Macey Coppenbarger, So., MF; Ailee Pruitt, So., F; Lisa Hinkle, Sr., D; Ashley Bechtold, Sr., GK. Santa Fe South: Stephanie Borjas, Sr., F; Elizabeth Balderos, Sr., D. Shawnee: Caycee McKee, Sr.; Jordan Parsons, Sr. Southmoore: Alex Macias, So., MF; Alyssa Glitzke, Fr., F; Haley Boetter, Sr., F; Courtney Bone, Fr., GK. Westmoore: Jennifer Wallace, Sr., D; Allison Swyden, Sr., MF. Yukon: Somer Helms, Sr., F; Elizabeth Wardlow, Sr., MF.
Sr., Forward College: Oklahoma Four-year starter led Mustang to a 14-2 record and the Class 6A semifinals. One of the state’s top scorers for the past two seasons, Boulware led the Broncos with 23 goals and was second in assists Bailey Boulware with nine as a senior. DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
CARLEY YATES, EDMOND NORTH
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Sr., Defender College: Oklahoma Tremendous athlete who was All-State in soccer and golf. The dominating defender led Edmond North to the 6A championship this season and helped the Huskies reach the title game three Carley Yates times in her four seasons as a starter.
MADISON HILLIS, EDMOND MEMORIAL
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Sr., Forward College: Kansas An offensive force for the past three seasons, Hillis led the Bulldogs in goals and assists this year. A threat to score anywhere on the field, she accounted for 34 goals, scoring 22 and assisting on 12 more. Madison Hillis
CHANDLER MURPHY, NORMAN
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Sr., Defender College: Undecided The latest in a long line of Norman stars, Murphy was one of the state’s strongest center defenders and a four-year starter for the perennial power Tigers. Was a unanimous selection for the Chandler coaches All-State team. Murphy
ABBEY AKIN, MCGUINNESS
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Jr., Forward College: Undecided Akin led the Irish to the Class 5A state championship game, accounting for 42 goals. The multi-faceted forward, known for a powerful left foot, scored 21 times and assisted on 21 goals. A two-time All-City selection.
Abbey Akin
CAMILLE SANDERS, EDMOND NORTH
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Sr., Defender College: Oklahoma Sanders was part of a back line that allowed just 15 goals combined in the past two seasons. She helped the Huskies to three state final appearances and scored a goal in the team’s championship game win this season. Camille Sanders
ROCHELLE BOHUSLAVICKY, EDMOND MEMORIAL
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Sr., Defender College: Troy State An elite defender with the ability to score and set up teammates. Bohuslavicky shut down opponents’ top scorers and added 11 goals and five assists for the Bulldogs. Rochelle
Bohuslavicky
MEGHAN MCMAHON, PUTNAM CITY NORTH
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Sr., Midfielder College: OCU Controlled the offensive flow for the Panthers and led the team in goals and assists. Scored 19 goals and fed teammates for 14 more as PC North went 10-4 on the season.
Meghan McMahon
ABBY HODGEN, MUSTANG
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Jr. Forward College: Oklahoma An all-but-unstoppable offensive threat, Hodgen was among the top five in Class 6A in scoring and assists, accounting for a total of 33 goals. She has been represented on the All-City team three times in three seasons.
Abby Hodgen
ALEXA GONCE, MCGUINNESS
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Jr., Forward College: Undecided The top goal-scorer in the state, Gonce scored 27 times for the Irish and helped guide the team to a runner-up finish in Class 5A. The junior also compiled 10 assists. Alexa Gonce
HAYLEY HARRYMAN, EDMOND NORTH
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Sr., Goalkeeper College: Oklahoma St. The tall, strong netminder was tabbed as the Gatorade Girls Soccer State Player of the Year and helped the Huskies win the school’s second state championship. Harryman recorded 12 shutouts this season and had 70 saves, Hayley allowing 10 goals. Harryman BY JUSTIN HARPER
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK
Turner, Thompson on ESPN list Millwood cornerback Josh Turner and Southmoore quarterback Kendal Thompson were the two state players on the ESPNU 150 released earlier this week. The list ranks the top prospects in the class of 2011. Turner came in at No. 87, and Thompson, an OU commitment, was ranked No. 146. Turner will visit OU and Texas soon as well as making a trip to a camp in Nebraska. OU had five other commitments on the list, all from Texas. Wide receiver Trey Metoyer led the way at No. 58. Athlete Danzel Williams (60), running back Brandon Williams (73), defensive end Nathan Hughes (89) and defensive tackle Jordan Wade (102) rounded out the list for OU.
HEALTHY RBS MAKE PANTHERS SCARY Through a game-and-ahalf last season, it looked like Putnam City North had
could be a deadly weapon.” Added Wolfe: “I feel like I’ve got good quickness. Dre has power and speed. With both of us, I like our chances.”
FALL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING TO OU
Midwest City player Trevon Lewis, center, blocks opponents during the Edmond North Football Camp on Wednesday. For thoughts and observations from the first day of the 13-team camp at Edmond North, read Robert Przybylo’s blog at NewsOK.com/Varsity. PHOTO BY JOHN CLANTON, THE OKLAHOMAN
a pretty good running back in junior Sam Wolfe. But a broken collarbone ended his season after rushing for 220 yards in less than six quarters. A couple weeks later, Dre Holman made his varsity debut after missing most of August practice and the first three games with a bad ankle sprain. He turned out to be one of the better
young runners in the state as a sophomore. He ended the season with 942 yards and seven touchdowns in eight games. This spring, the Panthers had a look at their offense with both backs healthy. “It can be real dangerous,” Holman said with a confident smile. “They haven’t gotten a dose of it yet. With both of us healthy, it
The Classes A and B fall baseball championships will be played at OU’s Mitchell Park, said Mike Whaley, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association representative for baseball. Norman and Norman North will be the sites Thursday and Friday with the championships at OU on Saturday. “It just worked out that way this year that OU has an open weekend. There isn’t a home football game, and it’s not OU-Texas week,” Whaley said The Norman Convention and Visitors Bureau splitting the cost was a big reason. Whaley said moving the event has nothing to do with Dolese Park, which has hosted the event for the last several years.
“Dolese is okay with the move,” Whaley said. “This is not about getting rid of Dolese, but this was about finding another site. We did not burn a bridge, and we’ll still be using their facilities in the spring.” It might not work out that way every year. Whaley said it will have to be a year-by-year basis because if OU has a home football game, or if it is OU-Texas week, there is no way the park would have enough staff members for the event.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMMITTEE TO MEET IN AUGUST The public-private schools committee met for three hours in May to get a better understanding of what the OSSAA board of directors is looking for. Bethany superintendent and chairman of the committee, Kent Shellenberger, addressed the board Tuesday and said the publicprivate committee will reconvene Aug. 26. “We were told that there is no rush or timetable,”
Shellenberger said. “We’re taking our time and doing more research.” The committee made six recommendations in March, but the OSSAA board of directors asked for more specifics on some of the recommendations.
OWASSO’S BUNDY NAMED GATORADE PLAYER OF YEAR Owasso’s Dylan Bundy was named Gatorade Oklahoma Baseball Player of the Year on Wednesday for the second consecutive season. The junior was 11-1 with a 1.58 ERA and 164 strikeouts in 79 2/3 innings pitched. He also hit .444 with seven home runs and 51 RBIs. Bundy moved from Sperry after last season. He helped Owasso’s reach the Class 6A championship game this season. Bundy’s brother, Bobby Bundy, won the award in 2008 and Owasso’s Pete Kozma won in 2007. BY ROBERT PRZYBYLO, RYAN ABER AND SCOTT WRIGHT
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AROUND THE MAJORS
Blown call costs Galarraga perfect game
night, ending one of the great careers in baseball history. The 40-year-old Griffey told Seattle team president Chuck Armstrong that he was done playing. ... Texas Rangers designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero was taken to the hospital after a ball he hit in batting practice ricocheted off the cage and struck him above the left eye. The Rangers said he had “significant swelling,” but precautionary X-rays showed no structural damage. He is day-today.
and all of Comerica Park was ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signaled safe. “I just cost that kid a perfect game,” Joyce said. “I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay.” “It was the biggest call of my career,” said Joyce, who became a full-time major league umpire in 1989.
Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew. First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fielded Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and made an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag. The ball was there in time,
BRIEFLY Ken Griffey Jr. retired Wednesday
FROM WIRE REPORTS
MLB SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE W
Texas ................... Oakland ............... Los Angeles......... Seattle.................
28 28 27 20
Minnesota ........... Detroit ................. Chicago ................ Kansas City ......... Cleveland.............
31 27 22 22 19
Tampa Bay........... New York ............. Boston ................. Toronto ................ Baltimore ............
36 33 31 31 15
L
24 26 28 31
W
GB
.538 .519 .491 .392
L
— 1 21⁄2 1 7 ⁄2
GB
.596 .519 .423 .407 .373
L
— 4 9 10 111⁄2
— 51⁄2 7 12
GB
.667 .623 .574 .564 .283
— 21⁄2 5 51⁄2 1 20 ⁄2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L10
Str
4-6 6-4 6-4 5-5
WCGB
— 51⁄2 101⁄2 111⁄2 13
East Division
Pct
18 20 23 24 38
WCGB
Central Division
Pct
21 25 30 32 32
W
West Division
Pct
WCGB
— — 21⁄2 3 18
Home
W-2 L-2 W-1 W-1
L10
18-9 18-9 16-13 13-14
Str
6-4 3-7 4-6 4-6 4-6 L10
10-15 10-17 11-15 7-17
Home
L-1 W-1 L-2 L-1 L-1 Str
4-6 7-3 8-2 6-4 1-9
Away
W-2 W-4 W-4 L-2 L-7
Away
18-9 16-10 11-15 10-16 8-14
13-12 11-15 11-15 12-16 11-18
Home
Away
15-12 18-7 18-13 15-13 9-14
21-6 15-13 13-10 16-11 6-24
Thursday’s Games
Baltimore (Millwood 0-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-3), 12:05 p.m. Cleveland (D.Huff 2-6) at Detroit (Porcello 4-5), 12:05 p.m. Oakland (Bre.Anderson 2-1) at Boston (Wakefield 1-3), 12:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 4-2) at Kansas City (Greinke 1-6), 1:10 p.m. Texas (C.Lewis 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 4-3), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (Pavano 5-5) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 2-4), 9:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 1 Cleveland 3, Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 6 Boston 9, Oakland 4 Kansas City 6, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 9, Chicago White Sox 6 Seattle 7, Minnesota 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tampa Bay
Price W,8-2 R.Soriano
8 1
Toronto
Marcum L,5-2 Frasor S.Downs
H
R
ER
BB
SO
9 2
2 1
0 1
0 0
3 2
81⁄3 10 0 0 2 ⁄3 2
5 1 1
4 1 1
0 1 0
2 0 1
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Tuesday’s Results
RDavis cf Barton 1b RSwny rf KSuzuk c Cust dh M.Ellis 2b Gross lf ARosls 3b Pnngtn ss Kzmnff ph Totals
BOSTON ab r h bi
5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 1
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 1
0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
38 4 12 4
ab r h bi
Scutaro ss Pedroia 2b D.Ortiz dh Youkils 1b J.Drew rf Beltre 3b Hermid lf Hall ph-lf Varitek c DMcDn cf
5 5 2 4 4 4 3 0 4 3
Totals
2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 6 10 6
Oakland .......................... 300 000 001 Boston ............................ 200 020 11x
— —
4 6
Pittsburgh 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Florida 6, Milwaukee 4 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 3 Houston 8, Washington 7 Cincinnati 9, St. Louis 8 N.Y. Mets 4, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 1, Arizona 0 (10) Colorado 2, San Francisco 1 (11)
DP—Boston 1. LOB—Oakland 8, Boston 8. 2B—Barton (15), R.Sweeney (11), Scutaro (11), Pedroia (17), D.Ortiz (10), D.McDonald (6). 3B—J.Drew (1). HR—K.Suzuki (5), Kouzmanoff (4), D.Ortiz (12). SB—Pennington (7), Hall (2), D.McDonald (3).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sheets L,2-4 Ziegler Breslow T.Ross
Wednesday’s Games TIGERS 3, INDIANS 0
Galarraga lost his ›bidArmando for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a disputed call at first base.
CLEVELAND
Crowe cf Choo rf Kearns lf Hafner dh Peralta 3b Branyn 1b Grdzln 2b Rdmnd c Donald ss Totals
4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 0 1 0
ab r h bi
AJcksn cf Damon lf Kelly lf Ordonz rf MiCarr 1b Boesch dh CGuilln 2b Inge 3b Avila c Santiag ss
4 4 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Totals
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 3 9 2
Cleveland........................ 000 000 000 Detroit ............................ 010 000 02x
— —
0 3
E—Choo (3). DP—Cleveland 2. LOB— Cleveland 1, Detroit 4. HR—Mi.Cabrera (15). SB—A.Jackson (8). Cleveland
Carmona L,4-4 Detroit
Galarraga W,2-1
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
8
9
3
2
0
3
9
1
0
0
0
3
Umpires—Home, Marvin Hudson;First, Jim Joyce;Second, Jim Wolf Third, Derryl Cousins. T—1:44. A—17,738 (41,255).
YANKEES 9, ORIOLES 1
CPttrsn lf-cf MTejad 3b Lugo 2b Markks rf Wggntn 1b Scott dh Wieters c AdJons cf Montnz lf SMoore 2b CIzturs ss Totals
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 1 9 1
ab r h bi
Jeter ss R.Pena ss Swisher rf Thams rf Teixeir 1b ARdrgz 3b Russo 3b Cano 2b Posada dh Grndrs cf Cervelli c Gardnr lf
3 1 5 0 5 4 1 4 3 4 3 3
Totals
1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 2
0 1 3 0 0 2 0 3 1 3 0 2
0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1
36 9 15 9
Baltimore ....................... 000 001 000 New York........................ 042 000 21x
— —
1 9
DP—Baltimore 2. LOB—Baltimore 9, New York 7. 2B—M.Tejada 2 (10), Markakis (14), Scott (10), C.Izturis (4), Swisher (11), Granderson (6), Gardner (5). HR—Cano (12). SF—Gardner. Baltimore
Bergesen L,3-4 Hendrickson Albers Mata
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
21⁄3 22⁄3 2 1
7 2 3 3
6 0 2 1
6 0 2 1
2 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
New York
P.Hughes W,7-1 Gaudin
7 2
6 3
1 0
1 0
Boston
Matsuzaka W,4-2 D.Bard H,12 Papelbon S,13-14
1 1
7 0
HBP—by Bergesen (Cervelli). WP—Mata. Umpires—Home, Bill Welke;First, Mike DiMuro;Second, Tim Welke Third, Jim Reynolds. T—2:49. A—44,465 (50,287).
RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 3
Andrus ss MYong dh Kinsler 2b Hamltn lf DvMrp rf Smoak 1b Treanr c ABlanc 3b Borbon cf Totals
Totals
0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
38 7 12 7
FLewis lf A.Hill 2b Lind dh V.Wells cf JBautst rf AlGnzlz ss Overay 1b J.Buck c Encrnc 3b Totals
Tampa Bay ..................... 000 010 006 Toronto ........................... 110 000 001
ab r h bi
4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3
1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
33 3 11 3
— —
E—Crawford (1), B.Upton (3), Brignac (6), J.Buck (1). DP—Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1.
4 1 1 0
1 1 2 0
1 1 1 0
62⁄3 10 11⁄3 0 1 2
3 0 1
3 0 1
0 0 0
7 2 1
4 5 5 5 5 3 4 3 5
1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0
1 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 1
7 3
0 3 0 2 0 0 4 0 0
39 9 12 9
ab r h bi
3 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 1
Totals
Floyd L,2-6 T.Pena Williams Linebrink Jenks
1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 5 8 5
— —
9 5
H
R
ER
BB
SO
8 1
8 0
5 0
5 0
3 1
3 1
22⁄3 21⁄3 2 1 1
8 1 2 0 1
6 2 1 0 0
6 2 1 0 0
3 2 0 0 0
1 1 1 3 1
HBP—by T.Pena (A.Blanco). WP—Feldman, Floyd, Linebrink. Umpires—Home, James Hoye;First, Wally Bell;Second, Laz Diaz Third, John Hirschbeck. T—2:51. A—19,516 (40,615).
ANGELS 7, ROYALS 2
Torii Hunter homered and ›drove in three runs for the Angels.
MIzturs ss HKndrc 2b BAreu rf TrHntr cf HMatsu dh Quinlan pr Napoli 1b JRiver lf Willits lf Frndsn 3b BoWlsn c Totals
ab r h bi
4 5 4 5 4 0 5 2 3 4 4
1 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
0 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1
0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
40 7 14 7
KANSAS CITY ab r h bi
Pdsdnk lf Aviles 2b DeJess rf BBtler 1b JGuilln dh Callasp 3b Betemt ph YBtncr ss Blmqst cf Kendall c B.Pena ph
5 3 3 4 2 2 1 4 4 3 0
Totals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
31 2 7 2
Los Angeles ................... 300 210 100 Kansas City.................... 001 000 001
— —
7 2
E—Aviles (4). DP—Los Angeles 2, Kansas City 1. LOB—Los Angeles 9, Kansas City 8. 2B—B.Abreu (17), Tor.Hunter (15), J.Rivera (8). HR—Tor.Hunter (8). SF—B.Pena.
Davies L,4-4 V.Marte Thompson
GB
— — 61⁄2 81⁄2 81⁄2 111⁄2
— — 21⁄2 3 111⁄2
L10
GB
— 21⁄2 41⁄2 41⁄2 51⁄2
Str
7-3 6-4 6-4 7-3 0-10
WCGB
WCGB
— 21⁄2 41⁄2 41⁄2 51⁄2
L10
Str
3 4 3 1
0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
Totals
Totals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 1 6 1
ab r h bi
Prado 2b Heywrd rf C.Jnes 3b Infante 3b McCnn c Glaus 1b Hinske lf Wagner p YEscor ss McLoth cf D.Lowe p MeCarr ph
4 3 2 2 4 3 3 0 3 1 1 0
Totals
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 2 6 1
Philadelphia................... 001 000 000 Atlanta ........................... 100 000 01x
K.Kendrick Contreras L,2-2 J.Romero
— —
1 2
H
R
ER
BB
SO
7 ⁄3 ⁄3
5 1 0
1 1 0
1 1 0
2 2 0
4 1 0
8 1
6 0
1 0
1 0
1 1
7 1
1
Atlanta
D.Lowe W,8-4 Wagner S,9-11
Umpires—Home, Jeff Kellogg;First, Mark Carlson;Second, Larry Vanover;Third, Angel Campos. T—2:28. A—26,309 (49,743).
DODGERS 1, D-BACKS 0 (14)
Garret Anderson drove in ›Midwest City’s Matt Kemp to score the winning run with two outs in the 14th inning.
ARIZONA ab r h bi
KJhnsn 2b RRorts lf S.Drew ss J.Upton rf AdLRc 1b Ojeda pr-3b Ryal 3b-1b CYoung cf Hester c CJcksn ph Snyder c EJcksn p Heilmn p GParra ph
6 6 5 5 3 2 5 5 2 1 2 3 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rosa p MRynl ph CValdz p
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 8 0
LOS ANGELES ab r h bi
JCarrll ss-2b Kemp cf Ethier rf Loney 1b GAndrs lf Bellird 3b Schlcht p DeWitt 2b JuMillr p MnRmr ph Broxtn p Belisari p Furcal ph A.Ellis c RMartn ph Mnstrs p Troncs p Blake ph Totals
5 5 6 6 6 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 3
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 4
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
45 1 7 1
— —
0 1
Two outs when winning run scored. E—G.Anderson (1). DP—Arizona 2, Los Angeles 2. LOB—Arizona 9, Los Angeles 8. 2B—Loney (15). SB—J.Carroll (3). CS—S.Drew (1). S—Ryal. E.Jackson Heilman Rosa C.Valdez L,1-2
H
R
ER
BB
SO
9 1 2 12⁄3
3 1 0 3
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 1
3 1 0 1
6 1 3 1
5 1 2 1 1 4
2 0 1 1 1 3
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1
3 0 2 0 0 1
Monasterios Troncoso Ju.Miller Broxton Belisario Schlichting W,1-0
HBP—by Ju.Miller (S.Drew, Ad.LaRoche). WP—E.Jackson, C.Valdez. Umpires—Home, Tim Tschida;First, Bob Davidson;Second, Alfonso Marquez;Third, Tim Timmons. T—4:16. A—35,355 (56,000).
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
52⁄3 11⁄3 1 1
5 0 0 2
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
4 0 1 0
2 2 1 1
4 3 2
8 3 3
6 1 0
6 1 0
2 0 1
0 2 0
Davies pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. Umpires—Home, Hunter Wendelstedt;First, Mike Estabrook;Second, Brian Runge;Third, Mike Winters. T—2:54. A—12,718 (37,840).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday’s Games CUBS-PIRATES, PPD.
game at Pittsburgh ›wasThepostponed due to unplayable field conditions along the warning track after a rain
›
JosRys ss Pagan cf Bay lf I.Davis 1b DWrght 3b Francr rf FRdrgz p Carter ph Valdes p Cora 2b HBlanc c JSantn p Felicin p Dessns p MthwsJ rf
Totals
SAN DIEGO ab r h bi
4 5 4 5 5 3 0 1 0 5 3 3 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 1 6 1
ab r h bi
HrstnJr ss Eckstn 2b AdGnzl 1b Headly 3b Hundly c Hairstn cf Salazar lf Venale ph Denorfi rf Gwynn ph Richrd p Zwdzk ph Grgrsn p Adams p H.Bell p Stairs ph R.Webb p Garlnd ph
5 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals
New York.................... 000 100 000 San Diego................... 000 000 001
1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 5 12 5
00 04
— —
1 5
One out when winning run scored. DP—New York 1. LOB—New York 9, San Diego 12. 2B—Pagan (8), Bay (13), Ad.Gonzalez (8), Gwynn (4). HR—Ad.Gonzalez (10). SB—Jos.Reyes (13), Bay (8), Gwynn (9). S—Richard. IP New York
J.Santana Feliciano Dessens H,2 F.Rodriguez BS,3-13 Valdes L,2-2
H
R
ER
BB
SO
7 0 2 ⁄3
5 1 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
5 0 0
3 0 0
21⁄3 1 ⁄3
3 3
1 4
1 4
1 0
4 0
6 1 1 1 2
4 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 0
5 0 1 2 3
San Diego
Richard Gregerson Adams H.Bell R.Webb W,2-1
Feliciano pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP—by Valdes (Eckstein). Umpires—Home, Greg Gibson;First, D.J. Reyburn;Second, Gerry Davis;Third, Mike Muchlinski. T—3:48. A—15,880 (42,691).
HOUSTON
5 4 0 1 4 2 2 4
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lannan L,2-3 T.Walker
Bourn cf Kppngr 2b Brkmn 1b Ca.Lee lf Pence rf P.Feliz 3b Mnzell ss Quinter c
Totals
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 5 9 4
— —
1 5
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
61⁄3 12⁄3
8 1
5 0
2 0
2 0
2 2
5 1 ⁄3 11⁄3 1
5 0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0
3 0 0 0 0
8 2 1 0 2
Houston
W.Rodriguez W,3-7 W.Lopez H,2 Byrdak H,1 Daigle H,1 G.Chacin
2
HBP—by W.Rodriguez (Willingham). WP—W.Rodriguez. Umpires—Home, Bruce Dreckman;First, Paul Emmel;Second, Bill Hohn;Third, Gary Darling. T—2:47. A—26,736 (40,976).
Carpenter beat Cincin›natiChris for the eighth straight start, allowing four hits in eight innings.
CINCINNATI
OCarer ss BPhllps 2b Votto 1b Rolen 3b Bruce rf Gomes lf Stubbs cf CMiller c RHrndz ph-c LeCure p DHerrr p Ondrsk p Rhodes p L.Nix ph DelRsr p Totals
ab r h bi
4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
ST. LOUIS ab r h bi
4 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 1 4 1
ab r h bi
Schmkr 2b Ludwck rf Pujols 1b Hollidy lf Rasms cf Freese 3b YMolin c B.Ryan ss Crpntr p Jay ph McCllln p
3 5 3 2 4 3 3 3 3 0 0
Totals
0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
2 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
29 4 9 4
Cincinnati....................... 000 000 100 St. Louis ......................... 000 102 10x
— —
1 4
DP—Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 1. LOB—Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 10. 2B—O.Cabrera (10), B.Ryan (7). 3B—B.Ryan (2). HR—Holliday (6). SB—Pujols 2 (5), Holliday (4). S—B.Phillips, Jay. SF— Schumaker. Cincinnati
LeCure L,1-1 D.Herrera Ondrusek Rhodes Del Rosario
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
51⁄3 1 ⁄3 1 ⁄3 1 1
6 0 2 0 1
3 0 1 0 0
3 0 1 0 0
4 0 0 0 1
4 0 0 0 0
8 1
4 0
1 0
1 0
0 0
4 1
St. Louis
C.Carpenter W,7-1 McClellan S,1-1
Ondrusek pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. HBP—by LeCure (Y.Molina, Pujols), by C.Carpenter (Gomes, Votto). WP—LeCure. Umpires—Home, Jerry Crawford;First, Brian O’Nora;Second, Scott Barry;Third, Chris Guccione. T—2:39. A—39,295 (43,975).
Connors State product ›George Kottaras hit a two-run homer.
MILWAUKEE
Weeks 2b Axford p Braun lf Fielder 1b McGeh 3b Hart rf Gomez cf Kottars c Gallard p Edmnd ph Villanv p Counsll 2b AEscor ss
FLORIDA ab r h bi
4 0 5 4 5 3 4 4 2 1 0 1 5
0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
38 7 12 7
ab r h bi
Coghln lf GSnchz 1b HRmrz ss Cantu 3b Uggla 2b C.Ross rf RPauln c Maybin cf Sosa p T.Wood p Lamb ph Sanchs p Volstad p Tnkrsly p BCarrll rf
4 5 4 3 2 4 4 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 2
Totals
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 4 7 4
Milwaukee ..................... 000 001 132 Florida............................. 101 000 011
— —
7 4
E—McGehee (7). DP—Florida 1. LOB— Milwaukee 11, Florida 9. 2B—Edmonds (9), Coghlan (7), H.Ramirez (11). HR—Fielder (9), Kottaras (5), Gallardo (2). SB—Gomez (7), Kottaras (2), Coghlan (7). SF—Cantu. Milwaukee
Gallardo W,6-2 Villanueva H,8 Axford S,3-3 Florida
Volstad Tankersley BS,1-1 Sosa L,1-1 T.Wood Sanches
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
7 1 ⁄3 12⁄3
4 1 2
2 1 1
1 1 1
4 1 0
4 0 1
52⁄3 1 ⁄3 12⁄3 1 ⁄3 1
4 1 3 1 3
1 1 3 0 2
1 1 3 0 2
3 0 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 1
Tankersley pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. HBP—by Volstad (Gallardo). WP—Volstad. PB—Kottaras. Umpires—Home, Mike Reilly;First, Eric Cooper;Second, Bill Miller;Third, Chad Fairchild. T—3:26. A—11,468 (38,560).
GIANTS 4, ROCKIES 1
COLORADO
CGnzlz cf S.Smith lf Helton 1b Tlwtzk ss Hawpe rf Iannett c Stewart 3b JHerrr 2b Francis p RFlors p Splrghs ph Daley p FMorls p Totals
ab r h bi
4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 1 4 1
1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
SAN FRANCISCO ab r h bi
Torres rf FSnchz 2b Sndovl 3b Uribe ss BMolin c A.Huff lf Schrhlt rf Posey 1b Rownd cf Cain p BrWlsn p
4 3 3 4 3 3 0 3 3 3 0
Cain W,4-4 Br.Wilson S,13-14
BY RYAN ABER
jors was a curveball that when it was on, it was as good as any in the league from a left-hander. Rich Hill likes the CarThe reason Hill isn’t in dinals organization. the big leagues anymore, But he also likes being a though, is the on-and-off starting pitcher. command of a Those two fastball that was things might not a big reason he be compatible. posted a 7.80 For now, Hill ERA last season is pitching out of in Baltimore. the Memphis But shoulder bullpen, trying injuries also to work his way played into it. back to the maHe missed the jors after four second half of years with the last season and Cubs and a year Rich Hill had surgery in with the Orioles. August to repair “I’m still getting used to a torn labrum. it,” Hill said. “I’m just “It feels pretty good hoping to get some more right now,” Hill said. innings. That’s the only “There are some days way to build any kind of when it feels 100 percent consistency for a pitcher.” and some days it feels a bit In 10 relief appearances, less. But it’s getting better. Hill is 2-1 with a 3.21 ERA “It’s just all part of in 14 innings pitched. building that strength Before going to the bull- back.” pen, Hill was 1-2 with a While Hill isn’t com5.16 ERA in four starts. pletely comfortable with “I don’t think in five the relief role, there is one outings you can really get a big advantage. gauge on how I was doing. He can rely on that curI wasn’t throwing the ball veball even more often. too bad out of the rota“I might face three hittion,” Hill said. “For what- ters, throw 10 curveballs ever reason, they felt it was and only three or four fastmore helpful for me to balls,” Hill said. “Since I’m pitch out of the bullpen.” not going to see them Hill still sees himself as a again, I don’t have to starter, though. switch things up as much.” “Yeah, absolutely,” Hill Soon, Hill has a decision said. “I’d like to get back to make. into the rotation.” When he signed his deal The move was sold to with the Cardinals, inthe 6-foot-4 left-hander cluded was a clause that as a clearer path bath to the would allow him to optbig leagues. out of his contract on June It hasn’t worked out 1 if he hadn’t been called that way, though, as St. up. Louis’ pitching issues have The teams agreed to been with its starting push that decision back. pitchers. Cardinals’ start“I love this team and the ers Kyle Lohse and Brad organization,” Hill said. Penny, a Blackwell native, “But I’m going to have to are both on the disabled make a decision. list. “In the end, it’s my caWhat got Hill to the ma- reer and I still think I can be a starter.” Staff Writer raber@opubco.com
REDHAWKS REPORT
Memphis 5, RedHawks 2 Daniel Descalso scored on Allen Craig’s sixth-inning single to break a 2-2 tie and send Memphis to its fourth consecutive win. Descalso’s run was unearned after a Gregorio Petit throwing error allowed Descalso to advance to second on a fielder’s choice. It was the RedHawks’ third consecutive loss.
BELTRE SETTLES IN It went as Omar Beltre’s fourth loss of the season, but after a tough first inning, Beltre bounced back for his longest outing since moving into the rotation on March 17. Beltre threw six innings, allowing three runs — two earned — and striking out six. The 28-year-old from the Dominican Republic has gone deeper into the game with each start and has a 1.13 ERA since he became a starter for the RedHawks.
RICHARDSON HOMERS Kevin Richardson, starting at catcher in giving Jarrod Saltalamacchia a night off, tied the game with a two-run homer to center in the fifth. It was Richardson’s first home run since May 21. Richardson was 1 for 3 and is now hitting .143 since joining the RedHawks on May 12. He led Oklahoma City last season with 13 homers. Richardson opened this season in Double-A Frisco (Texas).
SHORT HOPS Ryan Garko’s 10-game hitting streak that started with his second game with the RedHawks came to an end with his 0 for 3 night. … The RedHawks bullpen, which has been its strength much of the year, threw three innings, allowing a pair of runs to stretch out Memphis’ lead. … Chris Davis was 2 for 3 with a single and a triple but was thrown out oversliding the base on the triple.
UP NEXT Memphis (LH Ryan Kulik, 0-1, 21.00 ERA) at RedHawks (LH Michael Kirkman, 5-1, 2.85), 7:05 tonight BY RYAN ABER
PCL Standings American Conference North Division
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
29 4 8 4
— —
1 4
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
52⁄3 1 ⁄3 1 1
8 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
4 0 0 0
1 0 0 1
3 0 0 3
8 1
4 0
1 0
1 0
3 0
5 0
Umpires—Home, Tom Hallion;First, Ron Kulpa;Second, Lance Barksdale;Third, Ed Rapuano. T—2:16. A—30,697 (41,915).
L Pct. GB
Nashville (Brewers) ................ 31 Omaha (Royals) ...................... 29 Memphis (Cardinals) .............. 29 Iowa (Cubs) ............................. 27 South Division
21 22 23 24
Oklahoma City (Rangers) ...... Albuquerque (Dodgers) .......... New Orleans (Marlins) ........... Round Rock (Astros)...............
24 25 28 29
W
28 26 23 23
.596 — .569 11⁄2 .558 2 .529 31⁄2
L Pct. GB
.538 — .510 11⁄2 .451 41⁄2 .442 5
Pacific Conference North Division
W
Salt Lake (Angels) .................. 26 Tacoma (Mariners).................. 26 Colorado Springs (Rockies)..... 24 Portland (Padres).................... 19 South Division W
Totals
Colorado ......................... 000 100 000 San Francisco ................ 000 022 00x
San Francisco
Hill hoping to get back to big leagues
W
›
Aaron Rowand hit a goahead two-run double in the fifth inning.
Francis L,1-2 R.Flores Daley F.Morales
›
ab r h bi
Washington
Colorado
Carlos Lee hit a two-run home run for Houston.
Morgan cf CGzmn 2b TWalkr p AlGnzlz ph A.Dunn 1b Zmrmn 3b Wlngh lf Dsmnd ss
2 0 1 0 0 1 0
DP—Colorado 3, San Francisco 1. LOB— Colorado 5, San Francisco 3. 2B—Sandoval (15), Rowand (8). HR—Tulowitzki (7). CS—Uribe (2).
ASTROS 5, NATIONALS 1
WASHINGTON
WRdrg p WLopez p Mchals ph Byrdak p Daigle p Sullivn ph GChacn p
E—Desmond 3 (14), Quintero (1). DP— Washington 1. LOB—Washington 10, Houston 7. 2B—A.Dunn (16), Desmond (8). 3B—Pence (1). HR—Ca.Lee (6). SB—Morgan (12). CS—Morgan (9).
Totals
Adrian Gonzalez hit a grand slam with one out in the 11th inning to win it.
NEW YORK
Away
12-16 15-14 11-12 8-18 12-18
BREWERS 7, MARLINS 4
IP
Los Angeles
Home
19-6 13-10 16-15 19-9 14-10
CARDINALS 4, REDS 1
IP
2
12-12 14-14 10-16 14-15 9-19 8-15
Washington................... 100 000 000 Houston.......................... 002 001 20x
ATLANTA
3 4 4 4 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 0 0
33 1 7 1
Away
19-11 17-9 14-13 8-16 13-12 11-19
W-8 L-4 L-1 L-1 L-2
Morse rf Nieves c Lannan p AKndy 2b
14-9 13-14 9-13 13-16 9-22
Home
L-1 W-1 L-3 W-1 W-2 W-2
8-2 2-8 5-5 6-4 4-6
Away
18-12 18-8 19-11 15-9 11-12
Str
6-4 6-4 5-5 6-4 4-6 4-6
1
Home
W-1 W-4 W-1 L-1 L-10
L10
⁄2 ⁄2 7 9 9 12 1
East Division
Pct
.585 .538 .500 .500 .481
PADRES 5, METS 1 (11)
IP
LOS ANGELES
L
WCGB
Central Division
Pct
.574 .574 .453 .415 .415 .358
22 24 27 27 28
ab r h bi
Arizona
Pierre dh Vizquel 3b Rios cf Konerk 1b AnJons lf Przyns c Quentin rf AlRmrz ss Bckhm 2b Kotsay ph
— 1 31⁄2 4 121⁄2
Arizona .................... 000 000 000 000 00 Los Angeles............ 000 000 000 000 01
CHICAGO ab r h bi
Werth cf WValdz ss Utley 2b Howard 1b BFrncs rf Ibanez lf Victorn ph Dobbs 3b Schndr c Kndrck p Gload ph Contrrs p JRomr p
Totals
DP—Texas 3. LOB—Texas 10, Chicago 4. 2B—Andrus (6), M.Young 2 (16), Treanor (3), Vizquel (3), Rios (14), Pierzynski (12). HR—Treanor (3), Konerko 2 (16). SB—Pierre (20). SF—Treanor.
Kansas City
TORONTO
2 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
4 1 1 0
Texas............................... 321 021 000 Chicago ........................... 200 001 020
TAMPA BAY
1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
7 2 1 0
TEXAS
Los Angeles
›
4 5 5 5 5 4 2 1 0 3 4
6 2 ⁄3 1 1 ⁄3
runs.
Kazmir W,4-5 F.Rodriguez Bulger S.Shields
BUpton cf Crwfrd lf Longori 3b WAyar dh SRdrgz 2b Zobrist 1b-rf Kapler rf Jaso ph C.Pena 1b DNavrr c Brignc ss
SO
Matt Treanor homered and ›drove in a career-high four
David Price became the American League’s first eightgame winner. ab r h bi
BB
RANGERS 9, WHITE SOX 5
Chicago
NEW YORK
5 4 0 4 3 3 4 3 1 4 4
ER
Feldman W,3-5 Strop
bles in the second inning. ab r h bi
R
Texas
Nick Swisher and Curtis ›Granderson hit two-run douBALTIMORE
H
HBP—by Matsuzaka (Barton). Umpires—Home, C.B. Bucknor;First, Doug Eddings;Second, Dana DeMuth;Third, Kerwin Danley. T—2:53. A—37,783 (37,402).
DETROIT ab r h bi
IP Oakland
L
23 23 29 31 31 34
W
Philadelphia
David Ortiz hit a two-run homer to help Boston rally for the second straight game.
OAKLAND
31 28 27 27 26
GB
DP—Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2. LOB— Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 5. 2B—Glaus (5). S—Schneider, Me.Cabrera.
RED SOX 6, ATHLETICS 4
Friday’s Games
Atlanta ................ Philadelphia......... Florida ................. New York ............. Washington.........
W
PHILADELPHIA
Frasor pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. HBP—by Price (Lind), by Marcum (Kapler). Umpires—Home, Paul Schrieber;First, Dan Bellino;Second, Joe West;Third, Angel Hernandez. T—2:55. A—13,517 (49,539).
Cincinnati at Washington, 6:05 p.m. San Diego at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Houston, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 8:40 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.
31 31 24 22 22 19
West Division
.604 .585 .538 .528 .370
lined a two-out, run-scoring single in the eighth inning to win it.
LOB—Tampa Bay 7, Toronto 5. 2B—B.Upton (13), S.Rodriguez (8), Brignac (10), V.Wells (21), Overbay 2 (13). HR—Crawford (5). CS—V.Wells (1), J.Bautista (2). S—D.Navarro. SF—J.Buck. IP
Cincinnati ............ St. Louis .............. Chicago ................ Milwaukee........... Pittsburgh ........... Houston...............
21 22 24 25 34
Omar Infante came in for ›injured Chipper Jones and
Thursday’s Games
Boston at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 9:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.
32 31 28 28 20
Pct
BRAVES 2, PHILLIES 1
Washington (J.Martin 0-1) at Houston (Moehler 0-2), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Capuano 0-0) at Florida (Jo.Johnson 5-2), 6:10 p.m. Atlanta (Medlen 2-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-3), 9:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
San Diego ............ Los Angeles......... San Francisco ...... Colorado .............. Arizona ................
L
delay of 3 hours, 12 minutes. No makeup date was announced.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W
7C
...
L Pct. GB
24 24 28 32
.520 — .520 — .462 3 .373 71⁄2
L Pct.
GB
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Omaha 9, New Orleans 2 Memphis 5, Oklahoma City 4 Iowa 3, Round Rock 2 Nashville 5, Albuquerque 4 Reno 7, Colorado Springs 6 Tacoma 12, Sacramento 3 Las Vegas 15, Fresno 10 Salt Lake at Portland, ppd., rain
Wednesday’s Game REDBIRDS 5, REDHAWKS 2 Memphis
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FOOTBALL
AFL Schedule
Friday’s Games Utah at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Chicago, 7 p.m. Bossier-Shreveport at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Oklahoma City at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Orlando at Tulsa, 7 p.m. Alabama at Iowa, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL
NBA Finals Boston vs. L.A. Lakers
Thursday, June 3: at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 6: at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 8: at Boston, 8 p.m. Thursday, June 10: at Boston, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 13: at Boston, 7 p.m.* Tuesday, June 15: at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.* Thursday, June 17: at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.* *-if necessary
WNBA
Standings Western Conference Seattle ....................................... Phoenix ...................................... San Antonio ............................... Tulsa .......................................... Minnesota.................................. Los Angeles ...............................
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6 2 2 2 2 1
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1 3 3 3 5 4
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Atlanta....................................... 6 1 Connecticut................................ 3 2 Washington ............................... 4 3 New York ................................... 2 2 Indiana ....................................... 2 3 Chicago ...................................... 2 4 Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games San Antonio at Indiana, 6 p.m. Friday’s Games Chicago at Atlanta, 6 p.m. New York at Connecticut, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Tulsa, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Tuesday’s Results Minnesota 92, Phoenix 82 Seattle 90, Atlanta 72
Pct GB
.857 — .400 3 .400 3 .400 3 .286 4 .200 4
Pct GB
.857 — .600 2 .571 2 .500 21⁄2 .400 3 .333 31⁄2
BASEBALL
Texas League Scores and Schedule
Wednesday’s Games Northwest Arkansas 8, Frisco 0 Tulsa 2, Midland 0 Corpus Christi 12, Springfield 11 San Antonio 1, Frisco 0 Thursday’s Games Frisco at Northwest Arkansas, 6:30 p.m. Springfield at Corpus Christi, 7:05 p.m. Midland at Tulsa, 7:05 p.m. Arkansas at San Antonio, 7:05 p.m. Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled
College
NCAA Division I Regionals
Double Elimination At Norwich, Conn. Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Central Connecticut State (33-21) vs. Florida State (42-17), 1 p.m. Game 2: Oregon (38-22) vs. Connecticut (47-14), 6 p.m. At Charlottesville, Va. Davenport Field Friday, June 4 Game 1: Virginia Commonwealth (34-24-1) at Virginia (47-11), 3 p.m. Game 2: St. John’s (40-18) vs. Mississippi (38-22), 7 p.m. At Louisville, Ky. Jim Patterson Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Illinois State (31-22) vs. Vanderbilt (41-17), 1 p.m. Game 2: Saint Louis (33-27) at Louisville (48-12), 5 p.m. At Columbia, S.C. Carolina Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: The Citadel (42-20) vs. Virginia Tech (38-20), 1 p.m. Game 2: Bucknell (25-33) at South Carolina (43-15), 6 p.m. At Myrtle Beach, S.C. BB&T Coastal Field Friday, June 4 Game 1: N.C. State (38-22) vs. College of Charleston (42-17), noon Game 2: Stony Brook (29-25) vs. Coastal Carolina (51-7), 6 p.m. At Atlanta Russ Chandler Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Elon (38-22) at Alabama (37-22), 2 p.m. Game 2: Mercer (37-22) at Georgia Tech (45-13), 6 p.m. At Gainesville, Fla. McKethan Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Oregon State (31-22) vs. Florida Atlantic (35-22), noon Game 2: Bethune-Cookman (35-20) at Florida (42-15), 6 p.m. At Coral Gables, Fla. Mark Light Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Florida International (36-23) vs. Texas A&M (40-19-1), 11 a.m. Game 2: Dartmouth (26-17) at Miami (40-17), 3 p.m. At Auburn, Ala. Plainsman Park Friday, June 4 Game 1: Southern Mississippi (35-22) vs. Clemson (38-21), 2 p.m. Game 2: Jacksonville State (32-24) vs. Auburn (40-19), 6 p.m. At Fayetteville, Ark. Baum Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Kansas State (36-20) vs. Washington State (34-20), 2:05 p.m. Game 2: Grambling State (22-30) at Arkansas (40-18), 7:05 p.m. At Norman L. Dale Mitchell Park Friday, June 4 Game 1: Oral Roberts (35-25) at Oklahoma (44-15), 1 p.m. Game 2: North Carolina (36-20) vs. California (29-23), 7 p.m. At Austin, Texas UFCU Disch-Falk Field Friday, June 4 Game 1: Louisiana-Lafayette (37-20) vs. Rice (38-21), 1 p.m. Game 2: Rider (36-21) at Texas (46-11), 6:30 p.m. At Fort Worth, Texas Lupton Baseball Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Arizona (33-22) vs. Baylor (34-22), 2 p.m. Game 2: Lamar (35-24) at TCU (46-11), 7 p.m. At Fullerton, Calif. Goodwin Field Friday, June 4 Game 1: New Mexico (37-20) vs. Stanford (31-23), 6 p.m. Game 2: Minnesota (30-28) at Cal State Fullerton (41-15), 10 p.m. At Los Angeles Jackie Robinson Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: UC Irvine (37-19) vs. LSU (40-20), 4 p.m. Game 2: Kent State (39-23) at UCLA (43-13), 8 p.m. At Tempe, Ariz. Packard Stadium Friday, June 4 Game 1: Hawaii (33-26) vs. San Diego (36-20), 4 p.m. Game 2: Wisconsin-Milwaukee (33-24) at Arizona State (47-8), 9 p.m. * — if necessary
NAIA World Series
At Lewiston, Idaho Harris Field Tuesday, June 1 Game 13: Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 10, LewisClark State (Idaho) 7 Game 14: Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 8, Oklahoma City 5 Game 15: Cumberland (Tenn.) 11, Lee (Tenn.) 9 Thursday, June 3 Game 16: Cumberland (Tenn.) vs. Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 11 a.m. Game 17: Lee (Tenn.) vs. Embry-Riddle (Fla.), 3 p.m.
NJCAA World Series
Division II At Enid David Allen Memorial Ballpark Wednesday, June 2 Game 14: Paradise Valley CC, Ariz. (42-20) vs. LSU Eunice (49-13) Game 15: Iowa Central CC (50-15) vs. Western (55-5) Thursday, June 3 Game 16: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 15, 3:30 p.m. Game 17: Winner game 15 vs. UCONN Avery Point (39-9), 7 p.m.
GOLF
Wednesday’s Results College Men NCAA Division I Championship At Ooltewah, Tenn. The Honors Course
Partial Second Round Note: Play was suspended at 8:45 p.m. The second round will resume starting at 1 a.m. on Thursday. Team Scoring 1. Florida State........................... 283-279 — 562 2. Oklahoma State.....................283-284 — 567 3. Georgia Tech........................... 290-282 — 572 4. Augusta State........................ 287-288 — 575 T5. Florida..................................... 287-289 — 576 T5. San Diego................................294-282 — 576 T7. Washington............................ 289-288 — 577 T7. Clemson.................................. 286-291 — 577 T9. Oregon.....................................284-294 — 578 T9. Arizona State......................... 286-292 — 578 Top Individuals 135 — Alex Ching, San Diego, 69-66 137 — Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State, 69-68; Henrik Norlander, Augusta State, 68-69 139 — Seath Lauer, Florida State, 69-70; Paul Haley, Georgia Tech, 70-69 Oklahoma State 140 — Morgan Hoffmann, 70-70 145 — Kevin Tway, 74-71 146 — Trent Whitekiller, 70-76 150 — Sean Einhaus, 75-75
OJGT
Trosper Park Summer Challenge Trosper Park Golf Club First Round
Boys
15-18 69 — Alec Heinen, Edmond, 34-35 71 — Jett Johnson, Norman, 32-39 72 — Eli Armstrong, Edmond, 36-36; Sam Humphreys, Edmond, 37-35 74 — Alexander Hall, Edmond, 39-35; Caleb Bills, Marlow, 36-38; Iain Tesney, Oklahoma City, 37-37; Matthew Folsom, Oklahoma City, 37-37; Ryon Fields, Edmond, 37-37 75 — Graham Billeg, Newcastle, 37-38; Luke Flesner, Choctaw, 37-38; Matthew Mangus, Yukon, 38-37 76 — Preston Schaefer, Edmond, 39-37 77 — Jackson Stuteville, Durant, 37-40; Lucas Rollins, Moore, 40-37 78 — Mason Wright, Edmond, 38-40 80 — Tyler Hargus, Shawnee, 40-40 81 — Ben McNeal, Cushing, 41-40; Grant Vanhoose, Edmond, 39-42; Trevor Doctorman, Mustang, 40-41 83 — Gavin Mastell, Oklahoma City, 44-39 84 — Trent Mewbourn, Oklahoma City, 43-41 85 — Carson Yates, Edmond, 41-44; Nathaniel Lauvetz, Stillwater, 42-43; Ryan Forrest, Edmond, 42-43 87 — Michael Brinkley, Oklahoma City, 41-46 88 — Evan Wilson, Edmond, 44-44 90 — Austin Welch, Claremore, 44-46 NS — Joey Lovett, Edmond, NS-NS 12-14 72 — Hayden Wood, Edmond, 37-35; Nick Heinen, Edmond, 35-37 75 — Kyle Story, Edmond, 41-34 76 — Quade Cummins, Weatherford, 38-38 79 — Ty Tamura, Edmond, 38-41 82 — Braden Robertson, Tulsa, 42-40 84 — Cody Troutman, Edmond, 40-44
Girls
15-18 72 — Maci Arrington, Hinton, 37-35 73 — Allison Sell, Edmond, 38-35 75 — Kendra Mann, Newalla, 37-38 77 — Mccandren Lewis, Guthrie, 36-41 84 — Jordyn Altenburg, Edmond, 41-43 87 — Darcy Dean, Mustang, 44-43 88 — Maddisyn Thompson, Midwest City, 41-47 89 — Caroline Goodin, Oklahoma City, 46-43 92 — Emily Folsom, Oklahoma City, 45-47 93 — Jordan Garrett, Edmond, 49-44 NS — Katherine Hall, Edmond, NS-NS
HOCKEY
NHL Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals
Philadelphia vs. Chicago Saturday, May 29: Chicago 6, Philadelphia 5 Monday, May 31: Chicago 2, Philadelphia 1 Wednesday, June 2: Philadelphia 4-3, OT, Chicago leads series 2-1 Friday, June 4: at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 6: at Chicago, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 9: at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.* Friday, June 11: at Chicago, 7 p.m.* * — if necessary
AHL
Playoffs Calder Cup Finals
Texas vs. Hershey Thursday, June 3: at Hershey, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 5: at Hershey, 7 p.m. Monday, June 7: at Texas, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9: at Texas, 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 11: at Texas, 8:30 p.m.* Monday, June 14: at Hershey, 7 p.m.* Wednesday, June 16: at Hershey, 7 p.m.* * — if necessary
MLS Standings Eastern Conference Columbus ......................... New York.......................... Toronto FC........................ New England.................... Chicago............................. Kansas City ...................... Philadelphia ..................... D.C. ...................................
W
6 6 5 3 2 2 2 2
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1 5 4 6 3 5 5 8
3 0 1 2 4 2 1 0
21 18 16 11 10 8 7 6
16 13 15 13 12 9 10 7
10 16 14 17 13 13 17 20
Western Conference Los Angeles ..................... Real Salt Lake.................. San Jose........................... Colorado ........................... Houston ........................... FC Dallas .......................... Seattle ............................. Chivas USA ......................
W
9 6 5 5 5 2 3 3
L T Pts GF GA
0 3 3 3 6 2 5 7
2 1 2 1 1 6 3 1
29 19 17 16 16 12 12 10
18 21 15 10 17 11 9 13
2 11 12 7 15 11 14 17
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday’s Games New York 2, Houston 1 San Jose 2, Columbus 2, tie Saturday, June 5 Columbus at Colorado, 1 p.m. Houston at Los Angeles, 2 p.m. Kansas City at Toronto FC, 3 p.m. Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m. Chivas USA at New York, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. New England at Seattle FC, 9:30 p.m.
TENNIS
Wednesday’s Results French Open
At Paris Stade Roland Garros
Singles
Men Quarterfinals Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro (19), Spain, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-4. Jurgen Melzer (22), Austria, def. Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Women Quarterfinals Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 7-5, 6-4. Sam Stosur (7), Australia, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 8-6.
Doubles
Women Semifinals Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, and Katarina Srebotnik (12), Slovenia, def. Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (2), Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Serena and Venus Williams (1), United States, def. Liezel Huber, United States, and Anabel Medina Garrigues (3), Spain, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
TRANSACTIONS Wednesday’s Deals
BASEBALL National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Promoted RHP Jimmy Barthmaier from Bradenton (FSL) to Altoona (EL). BASKETBALL WNBA TULSA SHOCK—Signed F Ashley Walker. FOOTBALL NFL ST. LOUIS RAMS—Named La’Roi Glover director of player programs. HOCKEY NHL VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Signed G Cory Schneider. COLLEGE NCAA—Suspended Louisville baseball coach Dan McDonnell three games for inappropriate conduct in a Big East tournament semifinal game against St. John’s. CATAWBA—Added women’s lacrosse to its athletic program, beginning in the 2011-12 academic year. GEORGETOWN—Named Douglas Goodwin defensive line coach. HIGH POINT—Named Vici Pate Flesher women’s golf coach. MAINE—Signed men’s hockey coach Tim Whitehead to a three-year contract extension.
ODDS NBA Finals
Thursday’s Game Favorite Pts. LA LAKERS 51⁄2 Home Team in CAPS
NFL
Dez putting on show for Dallas BY JAIME ARON AP Sports Writer
IRVING, Texas — Dez Bryant sat at his locker earlier this week talking about his day — about making a diving catch of a pass from Tony Romo, about cartwheeling into the end zone at the end of a high-stepping punt return, and about being wooed by shoe companies eager to have him wearing their gear. Then came a big smile, and a big understatement. “I’m having a lot of fun out there,” said the former Oklahoma State standout. “I’m having a lot of fun with everything. “I’m enjoying everything. I feel comfortable. I feel like I’ve been here a long time. I haven’t had this feeling in a long time. I feel like I’m 100 percent back.” Bryant is the Dallas Cowboys’ prized rookie, a receiver they thought was among the best handful of guys available in the draft but were able to snag with the 24th pick because of questions about his maturity and background. The Cowboys did their homework and came away convinced everyone else had him pegged wrong. They traded up to get the former OSU standout, then team owner Jerry Jones added to the hype by giving him No. 88, the jersey worn by Hall of Famer Michael Irvin and, a generation earlier, by Drew
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Former Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant makes a catch at the Cowboys’ training facility. AP PHOTO
Pearson. So far, Bryant is living up to expectations. He’s already working out with the first team, getting passes thrown his way in a threereceiver alignment alongside Miles Austin and Roy Williams, plus star tight end Jason Witten. “It’s crazy — just a lot of weapons at one time on the field,” Bryant said. “It’s going to be hard to stop. … It’s exciting to be able to be out there with those guys. I felt like coach put me out there for a reason. They’re
trying to get me to learn everything as soon as possible. I’m doing a good job and it’s just great.” He’s got plenty to learn, and he knows it. Like that diving catch he made; he had to leave his feet because he was in the wrong place. “(Romo) said, ‘Good catch,’ but I ran the route a little deep,” Bryant said. “He just told me to flatten it down. If he wants me to go deeper, he’ll put the ball out there for me to go deep. I’m glad it’s practice
and not the game.” Bryant already has made headlines for struggling to keep down breakfast at his very first practice with the Cowboys, for going home last week with food poisoning and for a slight hip pointer. On Monday, he answered questions about whether he might be jeopardizing his health by dunking in a charity basketball game. “It is surprising,” he said of all the interest surrounding his every move. “It’s like, ‘Are you serious?’ But it’s all right, it’s cool. That’s how it is.” So he’s OK with it? “It’s something that’s not even on my mind,” he said. “It’s not even the last thing — it’s off my mind.” Besides, he has other things to think about, from learning the playbook to deciding which shoe company to represent. His dazzling talent, big smile and projection as a star-in-the-making for America’s Team has several fighting to sign him. Under Armour’s latest pitch came Monday in the form of a visit from Eric Ogbogu, the former Cowboys defensive end best known as the star of the TV commercials during which he proclaims, “We must protect this house!” “It’s a business,” Bryant said, his voice reflecting far less enthusiasm than when he was talking football. “In a way, it’s kind of fun. In a way, it’s kind of not.”
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together as they do every year — only this go-round has much more publicity. “The presidents will probably make some decision by Friday,” Osborne said, when asked if he believes the Big 12 will stay intact. “It may be yes, no or somewhere in between. I think there will be a serious discussion about where people stand.” Even if the presidents announce a show of unity or support for the league, that doesn’t mean one of the schools couldn’t split for another league, even if the Big 12 offers a stiff pen-
alty for doing so. League commissioner Dan Beebe said a school could be penalized for up to 90 percent of its Big 12 revenue, depending on the amount of notice it gives. Meanwhile, Missouri athletic director Mike Alden, a former Texas State athletic director, spoke in generalities concerning the Tigers’ future. “Missouri’s a proud member of the Big 12,” Alden said. “We have been for some time. We look forward to the future.” What that future holds is anyone’s guess, considering the potential moving parts around the country.
Should Notre Dame accept a potential invitation into the Big Ten — giving the league 12 members — the ripples might settle quickly and quietly. If not, all bets are off. The Big Ten reportedly pays out more than $20 million per year to its members, while the Big 12 distributes between $7 million and $12 million to its schools. New television contracts with Fox and ESPN/ ABC in the coming years are expected to bring the Big 12, which is in talks with the Pac-10 for a TV contract alliance, more in line with the likes of the
Big Ten and Southeastern Conference’s payouts, Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw said. Meanwhile Beebe, like many others, is aiming for answers — and the sooner the better. “There’s a lot of interest by a lot of the athletic directors to try and get to the same goal I have — some sort of conclusion on the commitment of all institutions,” Beebe said Wednesday, in response to Osborne’s comments. “I just don’t know if that’s possible or not. The presidents and the board are the ones who have to answer that.”
Patriots’ other dangerous pass catcher. “It’s very impressive to me,” Randy Moss said. “I’m a big fan of Welker’s way before he came here, back when he was in Miami. So I can’t wait to have him back on the field, whenever that day comes.” Welker had surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Feb. 2. The medial collateral ligament also was damaged but did not require surgery.
time will be divided during training camp, when the Steelers will be in the unique position of preparing two starting quarterbacks for the same season. One quarterback must be ready to play during Roethlisberger’s six-game suspension — apparently, Byron Leftwich. Roethlisberger also needs plenty of camp work because he can’t practice while he’s suspended. Third-year quarterback Dennis Dixon and longtime backup Charlie Batch also have to be involved in the mix. “What we really want to do is give Ben quality reps so he can get re-acclimated and improve and work on his game,” Tomlin said. “And we want to continue to give Dennis his reps because he is a young guy. For the
purpose of this week, if there’s a reduction it is going to be at the expense of Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch.”
NFL NOTEBOOK
Welker returns after surgery Wes Welker stretched under the bright sun. He weaved between cones in an agility drill. He caught passes with other Patriots receivers. One of the few signs that the NFL’s top pass catcher over the past three years had major surgery exactly four months earlier was the brace on his left knee. If the former Heritage Hall High School standout is ahead of schedule in his recovery, he’s not saying. He declined to talk with reporters during New England’s organized team activities Wednesday. But with the season opener still more than three months away, the sight of Welker running and cutting was encouraging to the
ROETHLISBERGER TAKING SNAPS Ben Roethlisberger is taking nearly all the snaps with the regulars, and apparently will until the Pittsburgh Steelers’ voluntary practices end next week. What coach Mike Tomlin isn’t saying is how practice
RAMS’ ATOGWE A FREE AGENT St. Louis Rams free safety Oshiomogho Atogwe, the team’s top playmaker the last four seasons, has become an unrestricted free agent after failing to come to an agreement on a multiyear contract. The Rams had a late Tuesday deadline to sign Atogwe, who is coming off shoulder surgery that sidelined him the final four games last season. He was second on the team with 84 tackles last season. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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in college next year. I played basketball in high school and was offered a full scholarship to play
at the college I attend now. I played ball during my freshman year ,
and I not e r to do it a gain n next y ear. a My
heart is no longer in it.
My biggest fear is letting my parents down. I know having my education paid for has helped them out , but don't I have a right to do what makes me happy' ppy ?
Please help me come up
with a way to convince them that I'm makingthe right decision. - Dropping TheBall In Iowa
DEAR DROPPING THE BALL- Before you a final decision ,
you need to know what penalties there may be for dropping your athletic scholarship. You should also check to find out what academic scholarships or loan programs you might qualif y for, and if there are any part-time jobs available in case your parents are unable to foot the entire bill for your You should also keep in mind that , 1n a sense, your athletic scholarship is ajob that's getting you through college, and it doesn 't have to
DEAR ABBY* I am
writing to thank the schoolteachers , librar-
ians and counselors who were kind to me when I was an at-risk child. My mother was mentally ill, my father was absent , and the school
was my haven. I often wish I could tell some of those adults who helped me along the way wa that I did make it, that I turned out OK , and that I 'm so g rateful for the little and big ways they intervened
in my life. To all who serve children: Please know that even very small kindnesses give hope and strength
to the child who doesn't receive them elsewhere. - Turned Out OK
Thanks To You
DEAR TURNED OUT OK: You have written a beautiful letter , one that could have been writ-
ten by many students to the educators and other adults who, by their acts of kindness, made a positive difference in their lives. If we think back , I suspect that most of us have had at least one. I know I have , and I , too , am grateful to them. %V, ,2 D, . , r ?,hD, ; A_n b y.corn or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. To or der a colIcction of Abbys most memorable ind most frequently requested
poems and essays, send a bus,ss-size, self-addressed envelop e Jus ch eck or oney for $6 Dear Abby m Keepers Bookle hD oklet,t, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris , IL 61054-0447.(Post n i, , -dJ LN IVL
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'09 CAD STS, blk/blk, chr whls, lthr, $32,988. 405-749-9000 co
'10 CAD SRX, used, lux lthr, loaded, $37,988. 405-749-9000 co
'09 CAD CTS, auto, lthr, 13K, $28,988. 405-749-9000 co
2009 Cadillac STS 21k mi $28,899 #P27648 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
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2006 BUICK LUCERNE CX, V6, auto, pwr, air, loaded, 23,000 miles. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'09 CAD. STS, inf red/blk, chr whls, lthr, $30,988. 405-749-9000 co
'01 Regal LS auto pwr drvs grt $3981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'09 CAD ESC, wh dia, loaded, navi, roof, $52,988. 405-749-9000 co
'99 LeSabre, all pwr, ac, alarm, garage kept, very nice $3100 obo 312-4573
'10 CADILLAC DTS, navigation, sunroof, low miles, $42,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'09 CAD STS, navi, roof, loaded, $34,988. 405-749-9000 co '09 CAD CTS, lthr, roof, wht diamond, $28,988. 405-749-9000 co '09 CAD ESC AWD, 20K, lthr, rf, nav, $52,988. 405-749-9000 co '09 CTS 3.6L lthr lo mi loaded $28,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '09 CAD SRX, lthr, loaded, sky roof, $27,988 405-749-9000 co '08 CADILLAC DTS, low miles, luxury loaded, $29,977. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '08 CAD CTS DI, blk/blk lthr, navi, loaded, $28,988. 405-749-9000 co '08 CADILLAC EXT, 14K mi, hard loaded! $42,900. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '08 CAD STS, CHROME, LTHR, LOADED, $29,988. 405-749-9000 co '08 CAD ESC AWD, navi, tv's, loaded, $44,988. 405-749-9000 co '08 CAD ESC SPORT, navi, roof, 23K, $44,988. 405-749-9000 co '08 XLR-V, alpine white, Spec. Edition, $54,988. 405-749-9000 co
'08 STS 3.6L nav rf 20k chrmes $27,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '08 CAD ESC, navi, blk/blk, roof, $42,988. 405-749-9000 co '07 CADILLAC EXT AWD, low miles, hard loaded, $37,977. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '07 CADILLAC STS, 3K mi, luxury loaded, $26,900. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '07 CAD STS, hard loaded, low miles, $26,777. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '07 CADILLAC CTS Sunroof, Htd Seats Low Miles $22,888. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '07 CAD DTS, lthr, loaded, 40K, $25,988. 405-749-9000 co '07 CTS SUNROOF GD MILES ALL PWR $20,988 405-749-6000 co '07 CTS Bose leather low mi $19,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '07 CAD ESCALADE SUV AWD, navi, roof, $33,988 405-749-9000 co '07 CAD ESC, navi, roof, 22''s, $36,988. 405-749-9000 co '07 SRX 3rd row nav rf 3.6L $24,488 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '07 CAD CTS, lthr, auto, $20,988. 405-749-9000 co
'08 CAD STS-V, navi, roof, auto, $30,988. 405-749-9000 co
'07 CAD SRX, sky roof, wht dia, loaded, $26,988. 405-749-9000 co
'09 CAD DTS, black, perf., loadd, $29,988. 405-749-9000 co
'08 CAD ESC ESV, navi, tv's, 22's, $46,988. 405-749-9000 co
'09 CAD ESC HYBRID, every opt, 3K, $54,988. 405-749-9000 co
'08 CAD DTS, perfo, lthr, loaded, 21K, $24,988. 405-749-9000 co
2005 Cadillac CTS black beauty, 20'' chrome wheels low miles $14988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'09 CAD ESC, wht dia, hard loaded, $46,988. 405-749-9000 co
'08 CAD ESC, navi, roof, 22's, 18K, $45,988. 405-749-9000 co
'04 Cadillac Deville, 1 Owner, Local Trade, Loaded! $7,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
2000 Cadillac STS Touring loaded to the hill 79K perfect condition records and maintained at Bob Moore Cadillac $9950 Wont last a day like new BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 2000 Catera, 83k, loaded, sunroof, new tires, tan, $4000 firm, 455-3237 1998 DeVille Fleetwood, Platinum, lthr, low miles, 115K, $2800, 886-3718. 1997 Cadillac Deville All the Ooptions $2,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 '97 CADILLAC DEVILLE, only 61K mi, $6995. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
Chevy Impala Local Trade $11,988 #P26932A Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
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'09 MALIBU LT $14,995 A/C auto low miles! EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789
'09 CHEVY CORVETTE loaded all opts 3K $41,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '09 Cobalt LS Cpe 8K mi like new $8488 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '09 Impala LT auto air loaded $12,488 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'08 CORVETTE yellow ZHZ pkg 400hp! $32,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '08 COBALT LT AUTO GD MI LIKE NEW $10,988 405-749-6000 co. 2008 VETTE AUTO ALL PWR GD MILES $32,988 405-749-6000 co '08 VETTE AUTO HUD NAVI $35,988 405-749-6000 co. '08 CHEVY HHR LT, 26K miles, loaded, $12,888. 217-7000 co. '08 VETTE Z-06 1100 MILES NAVI 405-749-6000 co '07 CHEV HHR LT, leather, sunroof, all power, loaded, only 31,000 mi, on sale. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
2004 Chevy Malibu Classic 66k miles auto pw pl cd $6,995 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2003 Chevy Corvette Z06 Bad Boy! custom exhaust gd miles $23,888 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '03 CHEVY VET CONV 30k hds up loaded $25995 Hudiburg 800-917-6269 '03 Cavalier auto cold air grt miles $4981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2002 Corvette Conv. auto, 45k miles, exc cond $20,500. 405-779-1372 2001 CHEVY CAMARO CONVERTIBLE, PW, PL, alloys, $6950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
'98 Malibu, auto, 4dr, all pwr, tint, 6cyl, tagged, 143k, $1600. 651-8743.
'07 Cobalt LS, auto, a/c, 2 drs, 2.2L, silver, 44K mi v-clean, $6550, 816-1705
97 CHEVY MALIBU LS. Rough. Runs good. $1500. 405-417-0613
'06 CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS, leather, roof, only 16K miles, this one is like new! $16,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
1976 Chevy Corvette cpe 9k actual mi $19,386 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
2006 CHEVY HHR, PW, PL, one owner, alloy, won't last, $6950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '05 Impala LS By Owner 3.8L V6 Sandstone metallic leather, sport mirrors rear spoiler 200 watt 8 speaker Enhanced overdrive Runs great! 94K, no hail, $6800, 833-4983 2005 Chevy Cobalt LS 2dr alloys spoiler sporty $7,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2006 Chrysler Sebring Low Miles, Loaded $6,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 '06 CHRYSLER 300C, Hemi, leather, roof, 28K mi, $18,900. 217-7000 co. 2004 Chrysler Concord Leather Loaded Low Miles $5,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 '04 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE 2 DR COUPE, $10,988. 405-749-9000 co
1998 Chevy Corvette auto removable glass top nice car $14,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2007 Corvette Convertible, LT3, black, 13,500 mi, $35,200, 642-2526
2006 Impala, wrecked in front, aluminum wheels, low miles, cost to fix $2100, will take $1800 cash as is. 881-9870.
'07 300 Ltd AWD nav lthr 3.5L lo mi$19988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2010 300 Touring 1K mi like new $21,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '09 300 Touring lthr lo mi loaded $19,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '09 PT Cruiser air lo mi auto $10,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2009 CHARGER SXT ‘ lo mi, loaded, $14,988. BH Automall 936-8800
'09 Sebring LX auto air loaded $11,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'09 DODGE JOURNEY SXT, 14K miles, $18,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'08 300 auto air CD loaded $12,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'09 CHARGER SXT 3.5L low mi $17,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'08 Sebring Conv Ltd lthr V6 lo mi $17,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'09 Charger auto air CD alloys $14,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'08 Sebring Sedan moon at ac pw pl alloy $12,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'09 Avenger SXT auto air CD $11,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2E
THE OKLAHOMAN
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010
'09 Challenger SRT-8 9K mi lthr rf $35988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'06 MUSTANG GT Low Miles Leather All Power $17,988 405-749-6000 co.
'06 Accord SE Sdn auto pwr $13,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'09 Journey SXT AWD 3rd row st $20,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'06 Mustang LX AT AC PWL lthr alloys $12991 BH Nissan 478-5380
2005 CIVIC, auto, power, nice car, $10,950. 217-7000 co.
'09 Charger RT lthr rf chromes $26,988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'05 Focus SE auto cold air 73K $6981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'08 Caliber SXT auto air cd $10,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2001 FORD MUSTANG, alloys, PW, PL, $2950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
2004 HONDA ACCORD EX, V6, local trade, $9900. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444
'07 DODGE CALIBER all power 1 owner 40k $8,995 Hudiburg 800-917-6269
2000 Ford Focus SE auto all power low miles $4,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
'07 CALIBER SXT auto air alloys $9988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com 2004 Dodge Neon pw pl cd 1-owner trade in $4,995 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2004 Dodge Stratus auto low miles $4,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
2010 Ford Fusion SE auto all power low miles $15,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2009 FORD FUSION ‘ lo miles,loaded, SEL, $15,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '09 MUSTANG AUTO ALL PWR GD MILES $16,988 405-749-6000 co. 2008 Ford Focus 2 door auto $9,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 '08 FORD MUSTANG, auto, leather, loaded, 17K mi, $15,888. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 2008 Ford Focus low mi $11,488 #P25753 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2008 Ford Focus SE pw pl auto cd only 39k miles $11,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2008 Ford Taurus SEL. Super clean with just 31k miles. Loaded including leather. $15,900, 919 621 7722 2008 Mustang, torch red, Excellent Condition $14,500 670-2320 '07 FORD EDGE SEL Hard Loaded, 40k Miles $22,888. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 2007 Roush Mustang 427R, black, 15k miles, remainder factory warranty. $29k. 205-8879 2007 Edge SEL, AWD, Exc Cond, Sunroof, Sat. Radio, 72K, $16,500, 831-1360 or 834-6638. '07 Focus auto cold air gas saver$8981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com '06 FORD 500 LIMITED AWD, leather, sunroof, all the options, only 35,000 mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2006 Ford Fusion SEL 55k miles cd fully loaded sale price $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'98 Escort ZX2 Cpe AT AC PWL spoiler $3,691 BH Nissan 478-5380 1994 Ford Thunderbird 2Dr, coupe, 3.8L SC, automatic, 111658 mi, A/C, Needs TLC (minor repair and paint) and a good home where someone can take care of her. Priced to sell AS IS $1000 obo. 405-413-8776
2009 HONDA FIT SPORT, only 6600 miles, $12,969. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '09 Civic EX Sdn auto snrf $17,891 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '09 Accord LXP Sedan pwr $18,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '09 Element EX Moon Nav PWL AT AC $22991 BH Nissan 478-5380 2008 HONDA ACCORD LXP, alloys, power seat, several to choose from, $14,950. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '08 Accord EXL Sdn auto lth snrf $20,981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com '08 Accord Sdn Lthr AT AC PWL 28k mi $18,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '08 Civic EX Sdn auto snrf $16,484 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
2003 HONDA ACCORD EXL, leather, sunroof, low miles, $9900. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 2003 Honda Accord EX V-6 Nav Roof Loaded $7,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 2003 Honda Civic $5,995 Automax Hyundai I-40 1-866-492-0499 2002 CIVIC, 84K, AC, runs great, super nice car, $5950. 217-7000 co. '02 Accord EX Sdn auto snrf $6981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'07 Accord EX V6 Sdn lth auto $18,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '07 CivicEX Sdn auto pwr snrf $14,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '07 Civic LX Sdn auto pwr $11,881 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2008 ELANTRA lo mi ‘ power equip, $10,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '08 SONATA AUTO GD MILES SAVE $10,988 405-749-6000 co. '07 Santa Fe Ltd AWD auto $14,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'05 Hyundai Accent 4Dr GLS Auto 42K! $5,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789
'08 JEEP LIBERTY, auto, power, air, loaded, $17,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '08 Commander Spt 4x4 3rd row $18988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com ’07 JEEP COMMANDER LIMITED 4x4, Hemi, nav, roof, DVD, chrome wheels, every option, only 29,000 miles. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'07 Gr Cherokee Ltd 4x4 Hemi lth $22988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'98 Accord EX V6 Coupe lthr snrf $5981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'03 Elantra GLS, 4 dr, charcoal grey, loaded, $2900 obo 405-623-8550
'98 Honda Civic, 4 door, silver, auto, $2900 OBO. 405-623-8550 1995 HONDA ACCORD, PW, PL, runs good, automatic, $1950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '95 Civic EX Sdn auto pwr $3891 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com 1994 Civic EX 5speed manual, spoiler, body kit, low profile tires/rims. Kudo muffler green & black $1994 627-9274
'09 H-3 LOW MI AUTO ALL PWR $26,988 405-749-6000 co '08 HUMMER H-3, loaded, 4x4, $21,988. 405-749-9000 co '08 HUMMER H-2 SUT, 22's, perfect, $44,988. 405-749-9000 co '07 HUMMER H-2 SUV, Limt. Ed., navi, roof, 3 seat, $48,988. 405-749-9000 co '07 H2 AWD lthr rf lo mi loaded $34,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2006 HUMMER H3 ‘ bright yellow, lo mi, $18,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '06 HUMMER H3, leather, sunroof, chrome wheels, loaded, on sale. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
Automax Hyundai I-40 1-866-492-0499
Infiniti G-35 black bad boy sunroof leather auto $17,900 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'08 INFINITI FX35 $29,995 Loaded, 27K, perfect! EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '07 FX35 AWD Lthr Mn AT AC PWL $26991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '07 G35 Sedan Nav Mn Auto Lthr PWL $24,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'04 INFINITI G-35, leather, roof, low miles, $15,950. 217-7000 co.
'03 Liberty Sport auto air CD $7988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'04 INFINITI FX35 AWD, navi, roof, $17,988. 405-749-9000 co
'02 Gr Cherokee 4wd loaded $7981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'06 JAGUAR S TYPE, V6, leather, auto, power, air, low mi, $18,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '05 X-Type AWD black beauty $14,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '94 XJ12 many extras chrm whl$5981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'09 Liberty Spt Rocky Mtn pkg $17,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'09 KIA SORENTO LX A/C auto 14K! $15,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '09 RIO AUTO GD MILES SAVE $9988 405-749-6000 co '09 SPECTRA AUTO GD MILES SAVE $9988 405-749-6000 co '07 Rondo EX V6 auto rf air alloys$11,988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2004 Lincoln LS V8 nav sunroof chrm whls super low miles $14,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2003 Mercedes Benz SL500 Designo Launch Edtn, designo silver, 25K miles, htd/ac/massage seats, Nav., As New! $36,500 obo 641-2700
'04 LINCOLN TOWN CAR SIGNATURE, leather, loaded, only 9000 mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
2002 Mercedes CLK 320 2dr lthr low miles sunroof $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 CX7 AWD lthr rf 25K mi $17,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '07 Mazda 3 55K Mi AT AC PWL Alloys $12991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'06 Gr Cher Lar4x4 39K mi loaded $15,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'04 Gr Cherokee Laredo auto 4x4 $9988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2004 Mercedes C230 Kompressor snrf lthr 38k mi super clean $16,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2007 Mazda Speed 3 GT Turbo lthr int bose sound hard to find $16,988 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268
'06 Liberty 4x4 all pwr grt mi $13,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'06 G35 Coupe lthr snrf 51K act $19,981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com
'09 Lincoln MKS red 22K mi below NADA $35,795 obo 209-5369, 741-2953
1985 Lincoln Limo, runs great, hail damage, $1000. 886-1223.
'06 Commander Ltd blk lth Hemi$20981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4x4 leather loaded snroof low miles $11,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'06 Mercedes CLK 350 convertible, red/black, 20K, wood trim, alloys, CD/Sirius, beautiful, $26,500 obo, 641-2700
'98 Continental luxury equip $3981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
2006 Jeep Liberty 4x4 Sport pkg fully loaded 31k miles $14,900 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'06 INFINITI G-35, leather, roof, low miles, $18,900. 217-7000 co.
2009 Lincoln MKS Ultimate Nav Pan Rf THX Sound 20'' Whls $31987 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268
2001 Continental, 1 owner, good condition, 123K miles, $5000, 330-6056.
'07 Liberty Spt 4x4 lo mi auto $16,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'09 RANGE ROVER, 4K miles, hard loaded, this is the one, $57,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '01 LAND ROVER DISCO 4x4, $4988. 405-749-9000 co
OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2007 M/B M CLASS ‘ 4matic, lo mi, $29,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '07 MERCEDES CLS550, hard loaded, $32,777. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
2003 Lincoln Town Car leather all power 1 owner $4,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
'07 Commander ltd 4x4 hemi rf $22,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'07 MERCEDES ML350, hard loaded, 45K miles, $32,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'09 LINCOLN MKS, hard loaded, navigation, 14K mi, $33,777. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'08 MKZ 3.5L lthr loaded $21,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'07 Gr Cherokee Laredo 4x4s 7 in stock starting at $15,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2004 Hyundai Tiburon GT $8,995
'09 HUMMER H-3 4x4, sunroof, 14K mi, $26,950 BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'07 Accord EX V6 Cpe auto lth$17,891 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'09 Hyundai Azera 19k below NADA $21,850 obo 209-5369, 741-2953
'01 HONDA ACCORD COUPE, auto, power, air, $8995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
2007 HONDA ACCORD, V6, alloys, loaded, over 30 to choose from, $11,900. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444
'07 Accord SE Sdn auto pwr26K $14,981753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com
'09 SONATA SUNROOF V-6 $13,988 405-749-6000 co
'99 Lexus SC300 Sport Cpe Lded Leather Super Low Mi XCond. $11,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'08 JEEP WRANGLER RUBICON 4x4, hard top, auto, power, air, nav, loaded, low mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'07 Liberty Spt 4x4 air 30k $16988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
1992 Prelude, 176K, $1500 obo; 1998 Montero, $1850; 844-6694.
'07 HONDA CIVIC SI, roof, loaded, priced to sell, $15,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2009 SANTA FE lo mi ‘ loaded, hurry, $16,988. BH Automall 936-8800
'00 Lexus GS300 lthr snrf $5981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'08 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA UNLIMITED 4x4, hard top, auto, power, air, nav, loaded, low mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'04 HYUNDAI SANTA FE, auto, power, air, low mi, $10,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'02 Accord EX Coupe auto pwr $6981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com
2007 HONDA ACCORD EXL, leather, sunroof, $14,969. Over 30 to choose from! ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444
2007 HONDA CIVIC LX, 4 door, PW, PL, 20K miles, $13,921, several to choose. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444
2010 Hyndai Elantra black w/tan interior 9K miles $17,000 OBO 613-3691 » 799-7955
'05 RX8 GT Lthr Auot PWL alloys 40k $15991 BH Nissan 478-5380
2000 Mercedes E320 sunroof leather only 67k miles $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2000 Mercedes C230 Kompressor spr-charged lthr snrf 61k $10,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 » '97 S420, immaculate, 137,000 mi, non smoker, $7,950 obo. 250-2141 »
2004 Mercury Grand Marquis Super Low Miles Lthr Lded $8,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
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2000 Mercury Grand Marquis 70K Miles Lded w/ Lthr All Pwr $8228 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'09 LEXUS IS250, low miles, luxury loaded! $28,977. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
2002 MAZDA PROTEGE, only 40K, sunroof, alloys, $4950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
1999 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 77K Mi Auto Lthr Loaded $7,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 ES350 lthr snrf lux equip $19,881 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '05 SC430 hard top Conv 38K mi $31,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '01 LS430, very low miles 24K, white sedan, $18,500, 691-2061
'10 MB GLK 350 AWD prl wht $34,981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com '09 MERCEDES C-300, low miles, luxury loaded, $27,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'09 Altima 2.5S AT AC PW PL Save Big $14,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '09 Altima 2.5S Coupe AT AC PWL $17,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '09 NISS. ALTIMA, auto, all pwr, 15K, $16,988. 405-749-9000 co '09 NISSAN VERSA SL HATCH, 29K miles, auto, $13,950. 217-7000 co. '09 Versa 5dr HR AC PWL gas saver $10,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '09 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, auto, $14,955. 217-7000 co.
'05 Mini Cooper all pwr X clean $11,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'06 NISSAN SENTRA, 26K miles, auto, $10,777. 217-7000 co. 2005 Nissan Altima leather loaded low miles $10,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '05 NISSAN MAXIMA, roof, auto, cloth, $11,988 405-749-9000 co '05 350Z Roadster ac PW PL alloys 28K $19,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '05 Altima 2.5S all pwr drvs grt $6981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2004 Nissan Maxima Bose sound auto pw door super nice $13,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '04 NISSAN 350Z ROADSTER, 50K miles, loaded, $18,877. 217-7000 co. 2004 MAXIMA SL, leather, loaded, 78K, $10,950. 217-7000 co. '01 NISSAN ALTIMA, PW, PL, auto, won't last, $3995. Hudiburg 800-917-6269
'09 NISSAN SENTRA, auto, low miles, $12,950. 217-7000 co.
1998 Maxima, pearl white beauty, black lthr, 170K, $2800, 886-3718.
'08 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE, 3.5SE, nav, leather, roof, 20K mi, $23,977. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
1995 Maxima SE, auto, a/c, cd, runs great, $2800 obo, 487-7359.
'08 ALTIMA SL $14,995 A/C, Auto, X-Nice! EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789
'08 NISSAN MAXIMA SE, sunroof, 27K mi, $19,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '08 ALTIMA COUPE 2.5S, auto, low miles, $18,900. 217-7000 co. '08 Rogue S AWD PWL AT AC Save $15,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '08 Altima 2.5S snrf lo mi auto $16,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '08 SENTRA S auto pwr fac warr$11,981753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '08 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, auto, low miles, $14,488. 217-7000 co. '08 Altima 2.5 SL Lthr Nav Mn AT AC $23,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '08 NISSAN 350Z, 11K miles, $24,777. 217-7000 co. '07 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, auto, low miles, $13,977. 217-7000 co. '07 NISSAN ALTIMA SE, V6, low miles, $15,950. 217-7000 co.
'08 Eclipse GS, like new, 19K miles, black, sunroof auto, warranty $14,800, 405-946-4371
2006 ALTIMA S, loaded, low miles, $10,950. 217-7000 co.
'09 Maxima SV moon lth AT pw pl ac ps $26,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'08 NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE 2.5S, auto, leather, roof, 24K mi, $19,888. 217-7000 co.
'02 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS, 1 owner, $5995. Hudiburg 800-917-6269
'02 MAZDA MIATA MX-5 CONVERT. SE, loaded, $10,950. 217-7000 co.
'09 NISSAN ALTIMA HYBRID 2.5S, auto, low miles, $16,950. 217-7000 co.
2006 Mercury G-Marq LS lthr dual pwr sts best car for the money $12,987 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268
2002 Mazda Miata, alloys, cold A/C, built for spring, $7785. REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268
2008 LEXUS IS300, leather, sunroof, alloys, one owner, $26,950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
'10 NISSAN VERSA HATCHBACK, auto, 3K miles, $13,950. 217-7000 co.
2008 Nissan Versa only 18k miles $8,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
2001 Mercury Sable leather, only 80k miles $3,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
Only 5kmi! Prem Pkg! Maroon/Tan. 1 owner - As new! $32900
2010 NISSAN CUBE, 2K miles, auto, all power opt, $14,950. 217-7000 co.
2010 Mercury Milan VOGA Ed lthr chrm whls Ltd Ed save thousands REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268
2002 Mazda MX-5 Miata 1800, manual 6 speed, Twilight Blue ext, leather, excellent cond, 56,900 mi, $9,750. Cliff (405) 630-8827
2009 ES350
'10 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, auto, 5K miles, $18,950. 217-7000 co.
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'06 NISSAN MAXIMA, leather, loaded, 49K mi, $16,977. 217-7000 co.
'95 Maxima, fully loaded, runs & drives perfect, $1950, 885-5555
'04 Alero Coupe auto pwr lo mi $4981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2003 Olds Alero auto pw/pl 56k miles $7,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '02 OLDS ALERO 4dr, all power, 90K, $4495. Hudiburg 800-917-6269
2010 PONT. G6 GT, leather, heated seats, sunroof, loaded, only 12,000 mi, on sale! Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2010 G-6 Several to ‘ choose from, $15,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '10 G6 auto low miles like new $15,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'09 Pontiac G5 AC Auto Nice Low Miles! $10,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '09 PONTIAC VIBE, auto, power, air, loaded, $14,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 ’09 PONTIAC G8 GT, V8, leather, loaded, 12,000 miles. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '09 PONT G6, auto, power, air, loaded, $11,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '08 Gr Prix auto air CD $10,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
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'08 Vibe 4dr HB FWD Pwl At ac 19k mi $12991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '08 PONT. G-8, low miles, garage kept, $19,950. 217-7000 co. 2006 Pontiac G-6 2 dr GT sunroof lthr chrome wheels $10,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '05 Sunfire Cpe 62K mi AT AC PWL $7991 BH Nissan 478-5380 2003 Red Pontiac Grand Prix GT, 142k mi, $4200 lots of new parts, radiator, water pump, brakes & trans. in '09 340-2358 '03 Grand Am SE V6 Sdn auto pwr $4981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2002 Grand Am V6 $4,995 Automax Hyundai I-40 1-866-492-0499 '02 Grand Prix auto pwr drvs grt $3981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2001 Pontiac Firebird Ttops pwr st mnrf stereo chrm whls lo mi $8,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '01 Sunfire auto cold air $3581 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'07 CAMRY LE chrome wheels low miles! $13,995. EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '07 TOYOTA SOLARA CON. SLE, loaded, $17,988. 405-749-9000 co
2005 Toyota Camry XLE V6 lthr pwr roof dual pwr sts $15,900 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC MAZDA 1-800-864-5268 2005 Toyota Camry XLE alloys sunroof leather all the goodies $13,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '05 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, roof, 50K mi, $10,950. 217-7000 co. '03 Camry LE Sedan at ac PW PL $8,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '02 TOYOTA MR-2 SPYDER CONVERTIBLE, leather, loaded, low mi, $12,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
2000 Pontiac Sunfire low miles sunroof and ready to go $4,888 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2001 Toyota Camry LE auto pw pl fresh trade $6,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
1999 PONTIAC GRAND AM, super low miles, great gas miles, $4950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
'01 MR2 Spider Convertible Loaded. dk green, perfect cond. 5spd 107K mi $7995 405-761-8358 vaughn1@ou.edu
'08 SAAB 9-3 2.0T CONVERTIBLE, 190 miles, auto, heated seats, loaded, $27,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '03 SAAB 9.3 TURBO, lthr, roof, $5988. 405-749-9000 co
2009 SATURN VUE REDLINE, one owner, fully loaded, low mi, $20,985. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '09 AURA XR LEATHER ALL PWR $14,988 405-749-6000 co '08 Vue XR AWD v6 AT AC PWL alloys $15,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '03 SATURN VUE, rf, auto, PW, PL, 70K, $6995. Hudiburg 800-917-6269 2001 SATURN SC2, auto, power, sunroof, new tires and brakes, $3950. 217-7000 co. 1999 Saturn SC 3 door auto pw pl cd great car $3,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
1988 Mitsubishi Starion 2.6L turbo, manual 5 speed, Blue ext, Black int, leather, 114k mi, A/ C, cruise, PL, PS, PW, tilt, Parts car included. $3000 obo. 405-924-6571
2009 SUBARU WRX IMPREZA, low miles, nice! $22,911. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '07 SUBARU IMPREZA WRX, 28K mi, loaded, $20,950. 217-7000 co.
2000 Toyota Avalon sunroof pw/pl none nicer $9,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '00 Avalon XLS silver/ gray lthr $6981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '00 Celica GTS auto pwr drvs grt $8981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '99 Avalon XLS lthr all opts 74K $7482 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 1998 TOYOTA COROLLA, super great gas mileage, $2995. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 1996 Avalon, 4 door sedan, 2nd owner, fair cond. $3700, 414-6462 '95 Camry, Cold A/C, 167K, Runs Good $1350 885-5555
2002 VW Jetta TDI Diesel $9,995 Automax Hyundai I-40 1-866-492-0499 2001 VW Passat 39k miles auto pw pl cd Super Nice!! BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2000 VW Bug Turbo, 120K, sunroof, leather, exc cond, $4590. 580-704-3157 '00 Jetta 2.0 auto new tires $4981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '00 Jetta auto power gas saver $4981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '00 VW BEETLE SUNROOF AUTO ALL PWR $5988 405-749-6000 co.
2008 Volvo S-40 auto lthr pwr sts alloys hard loaded low miles $18,987 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC MAZDA 1-800-864-5268
'07 S60 Turbo
Blk/Blk Leather/wood Immaculate! 29k Certified. $17,900 405-701-3876
'98 Subaru Forester S, 4 dr, blk, auto, loaded, $2900 obo 405-623-8550
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'07 XL7 auto air CD lo mi $12,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2008 Toyota Yaris 15699 mi $11,586 #N27035 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 '08 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, auto, leather, loaded, $16,950. 217-7000 co.
163.5 2005 Nissan Murano Leather Loaded w/ All the Goodies $14,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '05 Xterra auto off road pwr65K $13,891753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com '03 Xterra XE V6 auato ac pw pl alloys $6988 BH Nissan 478-5380 '02 Pathfinder LE auto power $76981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com
'06 CAMRY LE AUTO ALL PWR GD MILES $9988 405-749-6000 co.
2002 AVALON, leather, sunroof, one owner, low miles, $9950. 217-7000 co.
'02 Porsche 911 Cabriolet, exc. cond., arctic silver w/blk int., fully loaded w/nav., 6spd, 39k $32,000 » 405-388-4000
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'95 Thor GM 19-passenger bus w/ mobility lift. Diesel, automatic, 48k miles. Great for church or school! Must see! Byford Auto Group (405) 381-8139
'06 COROLLA Low Miles All Pwr Auto $8988 405-749-6000 co.
2000 Pontiac Firebird WS6 Ram Air trans AM lthr chrome whls $10988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 Cayman S 10K mi lthr lots extras $39,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
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'03 OLDS BRAVADA, leather, auto, power, air, loaded, $8995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
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1990 GMC TOP KICK REBUILT 3116 CAT DESIEL MOTOR 43,000 MILES,4 SP AUTO TRANS, NEW TIRES, NEW BATTERIES, NEW ALT, 1 REAR DUAL AXEL, STARTS AND RUNS GREAT, WILL DRIVE ANYWHERE $3,950, CALL RK NOW! 405 392 2771 2314 CR 1257 BLANCHARD, OK, 73010
2000 Chevy Sub 4x4 37k mi $12,288 #P27701A www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2000 CHEVY 1500, low miles, PW, PL, clean, $7950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '00 Silverado RC auto 18'' chromes $5988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2005 F350 Crew 4x4 FX4 Pwr Stroke Dsl, Hard to Find, Low Mi $23,998 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268 '09 CHEV CREW CAB 1500 LTZ 4x4, leather, bucket seats, loaded with all the options, $37,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2009 Chevy LWB 10k mi $18,788 #P27928 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 '09 AVALANCHE LTZ 4X4 SUNROOF NAVI $39,988 405-749-6000 co. '09 AVALANCHE LTZ 4x4 snrf navi all buttons $38,988 405-749-6000 co. '09 Silverado XCb LS auto V8 8Kmi $21,988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com ’08 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LTZ, leather, sunroof, loaded, only 9000 miles. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2008 Chevy 1500 Reg Cab 21k miles $15,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '08 Chevy Crew Cab auto 5.3L, pw/pl, no hail damage, $15,500, 386-5261 '08 C-1500 CREW 20 ALLOYS AUTO LOW MILES $20,988 405-749-6000 co. '08 Avalanche LT lthr rf 5.3L $28,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '08 C-1500 CREW AUTO ALL PWR GD MILES $19,988 405-749-6000 co. '07 CHEV SILVERADO LT EXT CAB 2500, auto, power, air, loaded, low mi, $19,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2007 Chevy Aval 4x4 38k $25,468 #P27697 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
'96 Chevy S-10, 130K mi, Runs & Drives Good $1950 885-5555 1984 Chevy K-5 Blazer 29k act mi $16,988 RARE www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 '98 CHEVY C1500 REG CAB, well kept, auto, $4495. Hudiburg 800-917-6269 2010 Ram 1500 Quad V8 20s SLT $22,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '09 DODGE RAM CREW CAB, 18K miles, SLT, $21,977. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222 '08 Dodge Ram Quad Cab SXT V8 pw/pl cd bedliner super low mi $18,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2006 Dodge Quad Cab 4x4 $15,488 #N27175A www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 06 MegaCb Ram 1500 4x4 HemiSLT$20988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'07 Chevy Avalanche LT loded lthr nav bk-up cam 20's new tires $24900 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2005 Dodge Durango Limited lthr tv/dvd all the goodies $10,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 C-1500 CREW CAB AUTO V-8 ALL PWR $15,988 405-749-6000 co OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2006 CREW CAB ‘ Silverado, lo mi $16,988 BH Automall 936-8800 2006 Chevy Colorado Reg Cab 4x4 24k $12,500 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2006 Chevrolet Colorado extended cab, automatic, Tan ext, excellent cond, 95,000 highway mi, $7,999. 405-306-9491 '06 Chevy 2500HD Crew Cab LT Diesel, fiberglass cap, loaded, extra clean 220K miles ‘ $17,200 ‘ 405-823-2917 ‘ '06 Silverado Crew Cab 5.3 V8 $18,981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com '06 C-1500 5.3 V-8 AUTO SWB $14,988 405-749-6000 co 2005 Chevy Crew Cab Silverado LS pw pl cd 20'' whls & tires $14988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '05 CHEV COLORADO, auto, power, air, only 23,000 mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2005 Chevy Colo Reg Cab 4x4 Z-71 $13,988 #27803 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2005 CHEVY K3500 diesel, PW, PL, flat bed 4x4, $12,950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '05 Silverado LS 4x4 XCab V8 $14,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com 2004 Chevy 1500 SWB V8 All Power $8,988 Automax Hyundai I-40 1-866-492-0499
2005 Dodge Ram 1500 Reg Cab Super Low Miles $9,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Reg Cab Hemi SLT hard to find $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
Automax Hyundai I-40 1-866-492-0499 2003 Chevy S-10 Reg Cab Long Bed auto a/c only 19k miles $8,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '03 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 EXT CAB, V8, auto, power, air, $11,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2002 Chevy Silverado Reg Cab LS V8 pw pl low miles auto $11,488 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '01 Silverado 1500 XCab V8 lo mi $7988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2000 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 extended cab, 4WD, 4.8 Litre, automatic, 263,000 highway mi, A/C, PL, PW, $4,200. 405-550-9356
'08 HONDA RIDGELINE 4x4, RTL Pkg, leather, roof, nav, loaded, low mi, $27,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '07 Ridgeline RTL all service $23,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2006 HONDA RIDGELINE RTL, leather, loaded, low miles, $16,921. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '06 Ridgeline RTL lthr snrf $20,981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com 2007 Lincoln LT 4x4 crew chromes only 32k miles $31,687 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268 '07 LINC MARK LT REAR ENT 4X4 28K MI $26,988 405-749-6000 co. '09 TITAN CREW V-8 AUTO LOW MILES $20,988 405-749-6000 co. '09 NISSAN TITAN SE, low miles, $18,950. 217-7000 co. '08 NISSAN TITAN SE CREW CAB, 29K mi, $19,950. 217-7000 co. '08 FRONTIER CREW AUTO ALL PWR 20K MI $18,988 405-749-6000 co.
2003 Cadillac Escalade AWD EXT wht srf loaded low mi call for sale price BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2010 GMC ACADIA SLT, leather, roof, nav, DVD, heated & cooled seats, 20’’ chrome wheels, all the options, 8K miles, Save Thousands! Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
2010 Chevy Equinox!! $28,349 #P28188 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2010 Chevy Equinox!! 12K mi $34,533 #P27918 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
'09 CHEV TAHOE LT loaded 19K perfect $29,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 2009 Chevy Suburban 3/4 ton 9k mi $43,862 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2009 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT 4x4, leather, loaded, On Sale Now! Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '09 TAHOE LT Leather Gd Miles All Pwr $26,988 405-749-6000 co. '09 C-2500 SUBURBAN sunroof 4x4 lthr loaded $38,988 405-749-6000 co. '09 TRAVERSE FACT WARR GD MILES SAVE $25,988 405-749-6000 co '08 CHEV EQUINOX LTZ, navi, roof, $22,988. 405-749-9000 co 2007 Chevy Tahoe 4x4 leather loaded $34,600 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 '07 Tahoe LT 2WD Lthr DVD AT AC PWL $22991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '07 TAHOE LT Sunroof quads low miles $27,988 405-749-6000 co. '07 Tahoe LT lthr dvd AT ac pw pl alloys $26,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '07 TAHOE LT GD MILES ALL PWR $22,988 405-749-6000 co. 2006 Chevy Trailblazer LS auto alloys cd pw pl $11,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2010 GMC TERRAINS, low miles, 5 to choose from. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '09 GMC YUKON SLT 4x4, leather, nav, roof, loaded, only 5000 mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2009 GMC Yukon 4x4 11k loaded cert $37,835 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2008 GMC Yukon Denali AWD, Black ext, Black int, leather, great cond, 24K mi, bucket seats, DVD, moonroof, navigation sys, hard to let it go! 43,500, Trey Olson folsoniii@sbc global.net 214-534-4765 '08 YUKON SLE LOW MILES ALL PWR EXTRA CLEAN $27,988 405-749-6000 co. '08 GMC YUKON XL, navi, tv's, $32,988. 405-749-9000 co '08 YUKON ALL PWR GD MILES SAVE $25,988 405-749-6000 co. '08 Acadia SLT lthr Bose snrf $33,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '07 GMC ENVOY DENALI, V8, leather, loaded, low mi, on sale now. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2006 GMC Envoy 3rd row seating $15,786 #P27998 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2003 GMC Yukon XL SLT loaded w/rear entertainment super nice $13,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '01 GMC YUKON XL 4x4 SLT, quad seats, loaded, $9950. 217-7000 co. '01 GMC YUKON XL SLT, loaded, $9950. 217-7000 co.
'02 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SLT 4x4, V8, fac 20's, auto, power, air, $12,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'06 NISSAN TITAN CREW CAB LE, 34K miles, loaded, $20,988. 217-7000 co.
2005 Chevy Tahoe LT 4x4 lthr rear ent 20's loaded $15,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2008 TOYOTA CREW CAB TRD, low miles & sharp! $19,977. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444
2004 Chevy Tahoe LT loaded w/lthr all pwr 20's Low Miles $17,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'08 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 CREW CAB, Bad Boy, $19,950. 217-7000 co.
2004 CHEVY SUBURBAN, leather, 22 inch rear TV, $10,950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
'08 RC Tundra auto V8 PW PL $17,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'04 Trailblazer LS pwl AT AC Alloys $8,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
2007 Mazda CX-9 Sport w/lthr rear dvd 3rd row SUV of the year $23,987 REYNOLDS LINC-MERC 1-800-864-5268
'06 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5 DOUBLE CAB, V8, auto, power, air, low mi, $18,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'01 CHEV BLAZER 4x4, V6, auto, power, air, low mi, $6995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'06 MERC MARINER, premier, leather, loaded, $9995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'97 CHEVY TAHOE 2dr, all power, rare, $5995. Hudiburg 800-917-6269
'97 Mercury Villager, runs good, new tires, DVD TV $1950, 885-5555
'02 Dodge Ram 1500 V8 auto swb $7981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '02 Ram 1500 Quad Cab PS pwl at ac 20s $8,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 2001 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 1500 V8 fully loaded SLT 64k $9,488 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '99 DODGE DAKOTA, AC, GREAT CONDITION $3400 »»» 760-3074 OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2008 FORD LARIAT ‘ Limited, Crew Cab, lo mi, $28,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '08 FORD RANGER REG CAB, Sport Pkg, low mi, $12,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'05 Tundra SR5 Access Cab 54K Mi $12,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '00 Tundra Ext Cab 82K AT AC PWL $10,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'05 Pacifica Touring awd lth snrf $13,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2009 DODGE JOURNEY, DVD, leather, loaded! $16,921. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444
2008 FORD REG CAB, V6, auto, power, air, 12,000 miles, $15,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'97 Dodge Caravan, 142K runs & drives perfect, $1800, 885-5555
'08 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC XLT, 20K mi, $19,950. 217-7000 co.
2008 Ford Explorer 4x4 XLT Nice $18,988 P27910 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2008 Ford Expedition Limited Nav Roof DVD $22,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 '07 Explorer Sport Trac Ltd 4x4 $20,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2007 Ford F-150 King Ranch S-Crew 4x4 none nicer loaded $23,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '07 Ford F150 XLT Ext-C 5.4 V8 auto, blk, 250 mi, Warr. $20,000 922-7236 2006 Ford F350 C-Cab XLT loaded diesel ready to work loaded $19,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2005 Ford F-250 Super Cab $11,700 #N25777 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2005 Ford F350 Super Duty Dually Super Cab Diesel XLT Lded $15988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '04 FORD F350 CREW CAB LARIAT diesel, leather, auto, power, air, loaded, low mi, $17,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 2004 Ford F250 Crew Cab Lariat 4x4 Dsl Auto Sunroof Leather $16988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2004 Ford F-150 Reg Cab STX only 67k mi chrome wheels $9,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2004 Ford F-150 Super Cab XLT V8 auto pw pl alloys $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'96 Chevy Suburban, fully loaded, 4x4, runs perfect, $1950, 885-5555 '07 Pacifica Touring lthr 3rd row at ac $13,988 BH Nissan 478-5380
2008 Ford Escape Limited leather loaded $16,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
'07 FORD F150 SUPER CAB XLT, Sport Pkg, V8, leather, sunroof, loaded, low miles, $19,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
2003 Chevrolet S-10 Auto $5,988
'04 Canyon SEL Crew Cab $10,781 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
2009 GMC Acadia $24,688 #P28005 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
'06 TrailBlazer loaded 54K $13,683 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com
2004 CHEVY 3500 Diesel Crew Cab Flatbed $12,950 M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364
2003 Chevy S-10 Xtream pkg pw pl alloys cd ac 55k miles $9,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2007 GMC Crew low mi $22,988 #P28260 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884
2003 Cadillac Escalade snrf lthr chrm whls 3rd st black beauty! $17,888 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2006 Nissan Titan Crew Cab 4x4 Bad Boy V8 Auto PW PL $16,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'08 F150 CC XLT V8 auto lo mi $20,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'03 CHEV SILVERADO EXT CAB LS 2500 4x4, 6.0 auto, power, air, $12,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
1985 FORD F-150 Pickup, $1250. For details call Shawnee, 273-7874
'02 TOY. HIGHLANDER, super clean, $7988. 405-749-9000 co
2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Reg Cab SLT Hemi Hard to Find only $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2004 Chevy Silverado 2500 Reg Cab LWB pw pl 54k mi $11,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'04 Chevy Ext Cab SB, auto, loaded, a/c, wht/ grey $8000 obo 922-7236
96 FORD RANGER XCAB 4cyl 5sp $3,250 Hudiburg 800-917-6269
2004 GMC Sierra SLE XCab fully loaded super nice $12,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 Chevy 2500 HD Silverado Z-71, 4x4 Duramax, Allison trans, Fully loaded $25,700 381-4117, 831-0483
'07 LTZ EXCAB C-1500 Auto All Pwr Gd Miles $23,988 405-749-6000 co.
» '97 Ford Ranger, 93k, non smoker, exc cond $4,250 obo. 250-2141 »
'08 Ram 1500 Quad V8 20's lo mi$17988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2006 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab V8 Auto TRX Pkg $13,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2005 Toyota Sequoia SR5 V8 Auto $17,888 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
1999 Ford F150, std. dependable work truck $3500 obo, 405-551-5905
'05 GMC Z71, 4x4, 4 dr, exc cond 98K mi $15,700 381-4117, 831-0483
07 2500 RamQuadSLT 6.7 dsl 17K $29,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'06 4Runner SR5 V8 lthr snrf $20,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'01 F150 Crew CAb Lariot AT AC Lthr pwl $9991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'08 RC Ram auto V8 20's lo mi $16,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'07 Ram Quad SLT V8 auto $12,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
2006 Toyota 4Runner SR-5 lthr auto loaded $18,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2003 Ford Ranger Super Cab XLT auto V6 a/c cd bed cover $6,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 GMC Crew Cab 4WD blk alloys at 36k $22991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'07 Ram 1500 Quad SLT 4x4 Hemi$19988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com
'07 FJ CRUISER, alloys, all the goodies, $19,950. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
2003 FORD F-150 CREW CAB LARIAT, 5.4Lt, leather, sunroof, 75K, like new, one owner, $12,950. 217-7000 co.
2008 Dodge Ram 1500 ST 41k mi cd custom whls super nice $14,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
2007 Dodge Ram 1500 Reg Cab auto CD 20's only 24k $15,237 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'07 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER, auto, power, air, loaded, $17,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'04 F250 Lariat diesel 64K mi $21,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
1997 Ford F-150 Ext Cab V8 Auto Only 90k miles $4,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157
'06 FORD EXPLORER XLT, $14,988. 405-749-9000 co '09 BUICK ENCLAVE CXL leather, center buckets, nav, roof, all the options, low mi, on sale now. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '09 BUICK ENCLAVE, leather, loaded, low mi, save thousands. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 ‘08 BUICK ENCLAVE, white diamond, leather, loaded, on sale. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '07 BUICK RAINIER CXL, leather, loaded, only 34,000 mi. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '04 BUICK RAINIER CXL AWD, leather, loaded, low mi, $13,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '07 CADILLAC ESCALADE AWD, leather, loaded, $34,995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033 '07 Escalade Ext awd nav dvd rf $36,988 936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com '05 CADILLAC ESCALADE Hard Loaded, Won't Last! $22,950 Garage Kept. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'06 Explorer EB blk/cashmr lthr $16,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '06 Expedition EB rr ent 43K $20,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2005 Ford Explorer Sport Track XLT V-6 Loaded $8,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 '05 Escape XLT lthr snrf XX clean $9981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com 2004 Ford Explorer XLT Leather, 3rd seat $7,988 REYNOLDS - EDMOND 800-509-4157 2003 FORD EXPLORER 4x4, super clean, loaded, $7950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '02 FORD EXPLORER, auto, all power, $4988. 405-749-9000 co '02 EXPLORER Spt Track 4dr v6 at ac PWL $7991 BH Nissan 478-5380
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2007 HONDA PILOT EX 4x4, loaded, $15,921. 10 to choose from! ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 2007 HONDA PILOT EXL, leather, DVD, $20,921. Several to choose from! ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '04 Navigator Lthr Mn AT AC DVD PWL $16991 BH Nissan 478-5380
'09 ROGUE AWD A/C auto loaded lo mi! $18,995 EDMOND HYUNDAI 866-512-0789 '09 NISSAN XTERRA S, auto, $18,900. 217-7000 co. '09 Murano LE AWD lthr mn AT ac pw pl $31,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '09 NISSAN MURANO S AWD, low miles, $20,888 217-7000 co. '09 NISSAN MURANO SL, loaded, low miles, $25,900. 217-7000 co. '09 Murano AWD pw pl ac save big auto $22,988 BH Nissan 478-5380
'95 Toyota 4-Runner SR5 4x4, auto, loaded, blue 200K mi $3450 691-2061
2008 Chevy Uplander 20k $16,388 #P27322 www.knippelmier.com Knippelmier Chevy 1-888-345-8884 2005 Chevy Venture LT 69k miles rear entertainment & air $10,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '02 CHEVY VENTURE, PW, PL, rear air, $4495. Hudiburg 800-917-6269 '01 Venture Ext LT WB Edtn $4981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com
NEW ACCOUNTS CLERK Financial planning comp. in Edmond. Must be able to work in a demanding environment & be able to multi-task. Fax 340-5611 or, charlottec@shaw financialinc.com 20yr Co looking for FT or PT Personal Asst. w/ experience in H/R, P/R, Advertising and Marketing. Pay is hourly but negotiable depending on experience. Great opportunity to grow within a great company. Please fax your resume to 405-755-7590 or email at ivargas86@van-desteeg.com
Buffalo Wild Wings Now hiring Managers. Restaurant management experience required. Email resume to: bwwken@att.net or fax resume to 261-6215. Hefner Grill Now hiring Servers, Bussers, and Host Staff. Apply in person, Mon.-Fri., 2-4 PM, 9201 E Lake Hefner Parkway. No phone calls! Service Manager for country club. Must have experience, NW OKC, benefits, full time, Call Kevin or Tommy 751-6266
BUS OPERATORS PT Bus Operators needed for transit system in Edmond, OK. Please call 405-509-6370 for an application. Bilingual applicants are encourged to apply. CDL Class A OTR Oilfield Winch Truck Drivers Needed. Flat or Step Deck. Owner/Operators. Also need experienced Gin Truck operators. Experience Required. Good MVR. Call 405-478-1105.
'98 Chev Astro Van cold air 3rd st $2981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '09 T&C LX quads r/ac sto-n-go $15,988936-8857 BobHowardDodge.com OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2007 Town & Country ‘ Touring, buckets, lo miles, $14,988. BH Automall 936-8800 OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2006 T&C Touring Edt ‘ stow & go, lo miles, $12,988. BH Automall 936-8800 '06 Town & Country LX V6 AT AC pw pl $9,994 BH Nissan 478-5380 '05 Town & Country dvd mn lthr pw pl ps $10,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 2002 Chrysler Town & Country pw/pl cd super nice vac ready $8,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '97 T&C LXI all pwr cold AC $3691 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2006 DODGE CARAVAN, PW, PL, luggage rack, $7950. M.Heitz A.V. 866-531-0364 '05 Gr Caravan SXT all opts $7981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2003 Dodge Ram Handicap Equipd Conv Van whl chr lift loaded $6,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 '02 Dodge 15 passenger Van. Great condition $5250 »»» 789-4538 02 Ford E150 pass van, Handicap conversion, w/ hvy duty chair lift, V8, front/rear air, CD, lthr, pwr seats/windows, running boards. 23K mi. $9000. 405-794-7947 '02 Windstar LX all pwr XX clean $4981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com '96 Windstar LX all pwr 3rd st $3981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com '95 Ford 1 ton, Handicap Van w/lift, tie downs, a/c $5500 obo 922-7236 '08 HONDA ODYSSEY EX, loaded, lthr, $25,988. 405-749-9000 co 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL, RES, leather, DVD, sunroof, nice! $17,929. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '07 Odyssey EXL wht tan lthr 32K$23,891 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL, DVD, leather, loaded! Several to choose from, $17,900. ESKRIDGE HONDA 631-4444 '06 Odyssey EXL lthr snrf $16,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
Class A CDL Driver Nabors Well Services, Ltd, a leader in the well services industry since 1948 is hiring CLASS A CDL DRIVERS in our Elk City yard! Oilfield experience preferred, not required. Must have Class A CDL with Tank endorsements and clean driving record. WE HIRE ONLY THE BEST Nabors Well Services, LTD 3408 South Highway 6 Elk City, Oklahoma 73644 EEO/M/F/ D/V Competitive salary and benefits, including: Health/Dental/Life/Paid Vacation and 401k. Email: robert.chafins@ nabors.com Phone: (580) 799-2982 Fax: (580) 225-0244 Class A CDL Drivers Needed. Van Drivers Team & Single. Flat Bed Drivers Single. Immediate openings for all. No Touch. Home Weekly. Ins. & benefits. 237-1300
Class A CDL Needed with 2 years Flatbed experience . Call Jan 224-1333 or 1-800-458-7420
DRIVER NEEDED & ROOF LOADER Local RFG distributor needs CDL Driver. Class B and knowledge of piggyback forklift. Apply at: Spec Bldg Materials, 1342 SW 3rd St ,OKC. DUMP TRUCK DRIVER NEEDED - Class A CDL, 2 Years Experience, Good driving record. Shop Located Cashion, OK. Please call 405-613-5988
2002 Pontiac Montana Family Ready Rear AC $5,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
'09 NISSAN ARMADA LE 4x4, roof, nav, DVD, $37,900. 217-7000 co.
'09 Sienna LE auto rr ent pwr drs $21,893753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'08 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, rear air, low miles, $20,950. 217-7000 co.
TRUCK DRIVER wanted for wheat/milo harvest. Class A CDL-preferred; will train. Self-motivated; strong work ethic. Mandatory drug testing & background check. Wages based on exp. Call (620) 341-1773 if interested.
Driver Trainees
Infant/Toddler Teacher needed. Must be experienced and dependable. Apply at 2820 N. Glenhaven Drive, MWC. Maint. Tech positions available. Experience required. Apply in person at Quail Ridge Apts. 2609 Featherstone Rd. MAINTENANCE Assisted Living facility in NW OKC needs part-time maintenance person. Must have experience in heating/ AC, electrical, plumbing and general maintenance. Ideal for retired individual. Call 495-6870 MEDICAL COLLECTOR Company is seeking experienced third-party medical collector for self-pay and insurance collections. Excellent salary, commission and benefits. Phone 425-0100. Fax 425-0186 or email careers@cacfinancial.com SERVICE DRIVER-CCSI a portable restroom co. now taking apps. Clean DMV, drug test req. IRA & Hlth Ins avail. Apply 2232 NE 4th Warehouse/Counter Sales Helper needed Forklift experience. Call 11am-1pm 947-8700
WAREHOUSE
Building Material Supplier is looking for warehouse workers. Do you have a good mechanical aptitude, the ability to service customers and operate a forklift? Benefits include top pay, vacation , health insurance, profit sharing and 401(k). Apply in person: SPEC BUILDING MATERIALS CORP. 1342 SW 3rd st. OKC 20yr. Roofing Co. looking for canvassers (door knockers) no experience needed. Pays by the hour. Please contact Ben at 405-473-6178. Experienced Gutter Installer needed. Must have valid driver's license & transportation call 350-1501
GUARDSMARK
Hiring a Supervisor in MWC & an Officer in North OKC. Full paid benefits. Minimum age 21. CLEET license required. Apply in person M-F 9a-4p 4801 Classen Blvd
CMA/CNA-MAT Full time position available, apply in person at Forest Glade Retirement Center, 2500 N. Glade, Bethany or call 495-7100 DENTAL HYGIENIST DENTAL ASSISTANT Minimum 1 year experience. Full or part time for beautiful NW office. Excellent pay. Fax Pam at 949-9762.
MEDICAL ASSISTANT Exp. requ. Cert. not nec. Must multi-task. Good comp. skills. Extremely dependable. 36 hr/wk. Near Mercy Hosp. Send resume to off_manager30@live.com
'07 NISSAN MURANO SL Leather, Roof $22,950. 217-7000 co.
MEDICAL ASSISTANT (experienced) needed for busy Norman office. Please email resume to: awood@okoa.org
'07 NISSAN XTERRA, auto, low miles, $13,977. 217-7000 co. '07 Murano SL FWD Lthr Mn AT AC PWL $20,991 BH Nissan 478-5380 '06 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE 4x4, Off Road Pkg, roof, low miles, $20,977. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 329-2222
'06 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, low miles, $17,888. 217-7000 co.
Housekeeper wanted Retirement Community. Apply in person 1515 Kingsridge Dr OKC 73170 •692-8700•
Home Medical Biller with experience for FT position. Compensation based on experience. Call Ann or Jeff at 858-0097.
'07 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE, leather, heated seats, low miles, $22,900 217-7000 co.
'97 Ford Explorer 4x4, runs & drives perfect, $1950, 885-5555
Groundskeeper - FT great benefits. Apply at The Park at Memorial Apts, 4201 W Memorial.
Waterproofer/Caulker OK Waterproofing is seeking field installers. Exp. preferred but not required. Training available Must have truck and able to pass drug test. Call 405.417.0733
'08 Armada LE moon lthr AT ac 4wd cert $28,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
OPEN MEMORIAL DAY HAIL SALE ‘ 2006 PATHFINDER SE‘ 3rd row, lo mi, $16,988. BH Automall 936-8800
Garage Door Installer Immediate opening. Apply within at Trotter Doors. 5601 NW 122 or call 720-7107
www.rptruckin.com
'08 Armada SE 2WD Lthr AT AC PWL $26991 BH Nissan 478-5380
1999 Ford Explorer 4Dr, sport utility, 152,990 mi, New tires 6 mo ago. $3,200. Carrie Reno & Czech Hall, Yukon (405) 323-5536
Apply at 5125 NW 5th Pl. Bring copy of MVR & driver's license.
Property Preservation Co looking for subcontractors in OKC area to do foreclosure cleanouts. NO rehab. 918-630-1678.
Roadmaster Drivers School 877.830.3386
'08 NISSAN PATHFINDER S, pw, pl, $16,995. Hudiburg 800-917-6269
Driver/Warehouse
O/O Hazmat Drivers For expanding fleet. Great pay & home time. Class A CDL required. Apply today
Werner is hiring driver trainees! No CDL? No Problem! Training avail @
'08 Pathfinder SE 2WD Lthr MN AT AC $23,991 BH Nissan 478-5380
Daytime Housekeeper Hard workers only need apply. No Calls National Cowboy & Western Museum
Levinge Freight Lines
Stevens Trucking is looking for full-time & part-time Drivers for oilfield and dry van divisions. Plenty of miles available, excellent benefits. Contact Bill @ 745-2363 ext 224 or apply in person 6600 S.W. 29th street.
'09 NISSAN ROGUE S AWD, 14K mi, $16,900. 217-7000 co.
COUNTER SALES/ CUSTOMER SERVICE Local RFG distributor needs counter sales people to take orders, field phone calls from contractor customers and support the daily operations of the branch. Knowledge of the roofing industry and or distribution operation will be helpful. Apply at: SPEC BUILDING MATERIALS 1342 SW 3rd St, OKC
in Willis, TX now hiring exp. Flatbed drivers to run LTL freight into CA, LA, OK, WV, PA & rocky mountains. Good pay, full benefits pkg. Haz mat & TWIC card a plus Fill out an application at www.levingefreightlines.com or call 1-800-231-4517 xt. 224
'02 HONDA ODYSSEY, leather, loaded, low mi, $9995. Bob Moore Buick - GMC NW Expwy 888-504-5033
'01 NISSAN QUEST, all power, runs great, $3750 Hudiburg 800-917-6269
Desired candidate must be a self starter & highly motivated. Willing to learn and grow with a thriving Corporation. We offer 35-40K Per Yr Earning Potential Plus Full Medical Benefits Apply in person @ 2725 S. Midwest Blvd. or Fax Resume to 809-1687 Call Charles @ 630-6803 or text name, ph #, pos
At least 2 years exp. Excellent benefit package. Drug Free Clean Driving Record Company is employee owned! Silver Star Construction 2401 South Broadway Moore. EOE
580-476-2344
'08 NISSAN QUEST S, low miles, save thousands, $16,950. 217-7000 co.
MANAGERS WANTED
END DUMP DRIVERS
'03 Odyssey EX all pwr 3rd st $10,981 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
'02 Odyssey EX all opts 3rd seat $8381 753-8793 BobHowardHonda.com
COLLECTION/ACCOUNT
COLLECTOR NEEDED For Nationally Known NW OKC law firm. Fax resume to 773-2602.
3rd Shift Maintenance. Banquet setup & floor care exp. Apply in person at the National Cowboy & Western Museum. No calls.
Medical Billing & Collections Manager Seeking an experienced billing & collection manager with the following minimum qualifications: 5 years managerial experience in billing and collections, 5 years of experience in the medical reimbursement and coding environment. All qualified applicants please submit resume and salary history (required) to Breast Imaging of Oklahoma, 2601 Kelley Pointe Pkwy Suite 101, Edmond 73013 or fax to 216-8534 or email to mwild@breastok.com
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Sales
219 2.5 acres wooded, nice schools, mobiles ok 634-4812
Farms, Ranches For Sale, Okla. 308 80ac NW Of Edmond Crescent Area Good grass for cattle $1750/ac OBO 603-4365 818-2939 40ac Tracts E of Norman TBird owner fin. avail. 603-4365 405- 818-2939
Homes For Sale
309.9
Spring Special
LARGE TOWNHOMES & APARTMENTS • Washer, Dryers, pools • PC Schools, fireplaces
Williamsburg 7301 NW 23rd
Owner Financing Builder has houses from $169,000 to $423,000 417-6192 or 417-7294
WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN OWN? Easy financing with no credit needed. Yukon schls Diane 789-4499/388-3491 301 Vickie 3bed 1.5 bath 2car gar, 1270sf. $750 mo $750dep 226-8507
787-1620 Reduced Rates on select Units Plus Move in Savings Up to $640.00! 405-728-3432 MOVE IN SPECIAL!
$250 Visa Card 1 MONTH FREE RENT! MacArthur Apartments 5001 NW 10th St.
WHY RENT WHEN YOU CAN OWN? Easy financing with no credit needed. Yukon schls Diane 789-4499/388-3491 $ FREE RENT 1ST MO $ 2BR $350+, 3BR $495+, MWC NO PETS 427-0627 Rent-to-Own 2&3bd MWC & OKC $325 & Up 390-9777 1.5-5ac w/3bd mobile home Lease Purchase 990-8674
(2) Captive Air Vent Hoods w/ Atomic fire syst. & K-guard (1) 8' 6'' w/ EX Air fan & Make-up Air fan (1) 7' w/ EX air fan $5000/both OBO • (3) Lincoln Impinger II, used 3 yrs. Track 56Lx19W $8500/all or will divide. Call Jim at 405-623-4354 CHAIRS AND TABLES 120 used vinyl metal frame dining restaurant chairs and 25 dining tables. Call for more information. chairs $18 tables $40 each. Ramiro Gutierrez (580) 254-1776 ‘ We Buy & Sell Used ‘ ‘ Restaurant Equip. ‘ Great Prices!¡760-8132 Rest equip-100s -chairs, tables, refrig, grills, fryers, hoods. 417-5310.
405-942-5500 4900 NW 31st $249,900 3beds/3.1baths/3800sq ft ClickHere4Homes.com
$99 Special
Washer/Dryers, Fireplaces PC Schools-Townhouses
PARKLANE
Room for rent in private home, use of the house, $50 week, 210-4233
Highest CASH paid for old coin collections silver dollars & gold 620-7375
TOWNHOMES
8100 N. MacArthur Blvd. »»» 721-5455 »»» FORECLOSED HOME AUCTION 35+ Homes | Auction: 6/6 Open House 5/29, 6/5 & 6/6 REDC | View Full Listings www.Auction.com RE Brkr 157083
Dell Laptop, 15" wifi, DVD, XP, good cond. $200. 405-639-9975
$99 Special
1 & 2 BD & Townhouses •City bus route/Shopping •Washer/Dryer hookups
Valencia Apts
2006 S-300 Bobcat, 705 hours, with 18 foot trailer, grapple bucket, forks, tree digger and bucket, $29,000, Sulphur, OK, 970-846-6743 (cell).
2221 N. Meridian
946-6548
Owner Financing
3325 SW 50th, 3bd, 1ba, approx. 1100sf, remodeled like new $74,900 417-6192 or 417 7294
Professional
216
Part Time Night Shift Truck Driver
Huge Sale/Save $1000’s All display home must go! FREE delivery & set in OK. Some w/FREE furniture FREE 10% rebate 787-5004 DBL Wide Dealer Repo!! 3bd & 2ba $488mo w/ lot Ready to live in 405-787-5004 wac.
Apply online at opubco.com or In Human Resources Mon.- Fri. 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9000 N. Broadway Ext. Oklahoma City
DO YOU LIKE ORGANIZING SOCIAL EVENTS? DO YOU ENJOY SENIOR ADULTS? DO YOU LIKE TO HAVE FUN? Upscale independent retirement community in Oklahoma City is looking for an Activity Director who enjoys being with senior adults, loves to plan social events, is highly organized, is outgoing and enthusiastic. Great benefits, including retirement plan, vacation and holidays. Must have good driving record and be willing to get or have a CDL license. Our motto is “Where the FUN Never Sets, and our slogan is “A Cruise Ship on Land". We provide a fun and vibrant environment for active, independent senior adults. Being a part of our Team will be an exciting adventure! Fax resume to Village On The Park 405-692-8810 or email to Bfinney@ retliv.com
COLLECTOR
Law firm seeking highly experienced 3rd party collector. Bi-lingual a plus. Excellent Salary, Bonuses and benefits. Phone 425-0791, Fax 425-0739 or e-mail to careers@morganand assoc.com COLLECTOR NEEDED For Nationally Known NW OKC law firm. Fax resume to 773-2602. DOG GROOMER needed NW OKC with possibility of purchasing business. Call for more details 405-317-0681 STOCKBROKER/INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISOR POSITIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FIRM. SERIES 7 LICENSE PREFERRED. CALL 732-7577.
Furniture Sales • Earn $2-4K/ month • Paid Training • Health Insurance Apply in Person
BALLENGERS
6410 N. May Ave., OKC Shell Station, just opened, NE 23rd & I-35. Now hiring Assistant Managers & Cashiers. Apply in person.
CAREER MINDED SALES PERSON
WANTED
Must be self motivated, honest and willing to work as a team. We offer $50K plus earning potential and full medical benefits. Rent to own, retail sales or buy here pay here sales a plus. For a stable job with a growing company Apply in person @ 2725 S. Midwest Blvd. or Fax Resume to 809-1687 Call Charles @ 630-6803 or text name, ph #, pos Galleria Furniture is seeking energetic Sales Associates. Please fax resume to (405)806-2001 or apply in person at 3700 W. I-40 service Rd. INSURANCE AGENTS FINAL EXPENSE Join the Nation’s Leader! Great Direct Mail Leads. Average weekly income $1,500 - $2,500 Extensive training program. Great major medical benefits. Daily advanced commissions. Management Opportunities A truly unique product that no one else can offer. LICENSED AGENTS ONLY. Call and get free DVD. 1-888-713-6020 Roofing Sales Person needed for 25 yr old company. Experience preferred, but will train. Possible $5K per month. Call for appt, 410-4255
Rent to Own $650 month kit appl 3bd/2ba 1200 square ft Edmond 3 4 1 - 9 2 0 9 Land/Home Repo SAVE $$$$! Many locations around OK. Easy financing w/ dn payment 470-1330
''EXPANDING OKC BRANCH'' IHR SECURITY looking for Exper. Lic. Security Pros for Sales/ Technical Service, also Installs. Apply online at www.ihrsecurity.com Appliance Repair Technician All around technician. Apply in person at 4600 NW 10th. EOE. No calls.
AUTOMOTIVE TECH WANTED 50K + Earning Potential & Full Medical Benefits. We have a Proven Track Record with corporate growth & State of the Art Equip. Must be knowledgeable of all makes & models & have own tools. Apply in person @ 2725 S. Midwest Blvd. or Fax Resume to 809-1687 Call Charles @ 630-6803 or text name, ph #, pos
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS
Now Hiring ‚ 203-0596 FIRESTONE BODY TECH Needed. Experience required. Apply at 11601 N. Santa Fe. Benefits available. Call for dir. 755-3262. COMMERCIAL PAINTERS & FINISHERS needed. Must have experience. Call 455-2997 »» ESTIMATOR »» with experience needed for high volume collision center in Moore/Norman. Excellent Pay. 200-4540
Mailing Services Specialist
Local Co. is looking for an experienced person for the preparation and mailing of First Class, Standard and Non Profit mailing; utilizing equipment such as inserters, folders, tabbers/labelers, sealer/postage meters and in-jet addressers; person is to be fully knowledgeable regarding postal regulations and applicable mailing software. Please send resume to scott@scottsprinting.org No Phone Calls Please
Beautiful 2300 sf, 4 bed 2bath on 7 acres, wooded call 634-4812
4 Bed/2 Bath Move in ready. Owner may carry. 405-631-3200 3 bd 2 ba Double Wide on acreage, Harrah Schools 405-412-6236 Mobiles ok, wooded acreage pond, water and septic, owner finance 634-4812 3 bd 2 bath on one acres, pond, trees 634-4812
3bd 1ba, 14x70s, $16,900 301-2454/517-5000 PDI Lube & Oil Technician needed. Good pay. Excellent benefits. Apply in person: 13201 N. Kelley Ave, OKC, OK 73131 (405)753-8752
Rent-to-Own 2&3bd MWC & OKC $325 & Up 390-9777
Plumbing Journeymen & Apprentices needed with experience and clean driving record. Call 405-579-3908.
BANK SAYS SELL At below amount owed 140 acres - $79,900
Sales Pros / Telesales M-F 8 am-4:30 $10/hr+ comm. paid weekly, OKC. Send resume to: eanderson@tmsoffice.com
Northern New Mexico. Ideal 6,000 ft elevation. Stunning views, pristine, rolling grassland, ponderosa and rock outcroppings. Abundant wildlife. Call NMRS 888-496-1293
I BUY HOUSES Any condition. No cost to U 495-5100
Don't Sell Until You Get Our Investors Offer. Fast Close. DLemons&Assoc850-3880
At least 2 years exp. Excellent benefit package. Drug Free Clean Driving Record Company is employee owned! Silver Star Construction 2401 South Broadway Moore. EOE
I BUY & SELL HOUSES 27 YRS EXP 650-7667 HOMESOFOKCINC.COM
20 Acs, secluded, 2 wtr supplies, Arbuckle Lake/ Turner Falls area. 3 bd, 2 car detach, 2 story, barn $129k, 580-369-2781
GCI needs Foremen, Journeymen metal stud framers, drywall hangers, EIFS installers, and scaffold erectors. Only qualified applicants should apply. NO phone calls. Apply in person at 13500 Railway Dr., OKC.
Bills pd clean quiet furn eff/1bd $100/wk&up 10& Penn 751-7238/640-9413
THUR - SUN 8-5! ANTIQUES » MISC! 3301 N. ALEXANDER BETHANY.
800 N. Meridian: 1bd, all bills paid & weekly rates available. 946-9506 MAYFAIR GARDENS Historic Area! Secure, wash /dry hardwd flrs 947-5665 •ABC• Affordable, Bug free, Clean » 787-7212» 1 & 2 beds 946-0830 arborglenapts.com
$201 Total Move-In Cost Energy Efficient $1 First Week Rent Weekly Avail: Effic $115 1bd $125, 2bd $165 Disability & Social Security recipients welcome 616 SW 59th, between Western&Walker634-4798 Drug free environment Not all bills paid
Antiques, Art, Collectibles 501 SAVE 60% to 75% OFF Wright's Frame Shop & Art Gallery, Inc. 2126 W. Gore Blvd. Lawton, OK » CLOSING SALE » Art-framed & unframed, frames ready made and stick moulding, equipment, display racks & misc. LARGE SELECTION June 4, 5 & 6- 10am-7pm Fri & Sat. 1-4pm Sunday.
1-MONTH FREE RENT
Studio, 1, 2 & 3 BR *Private Patio, Great Location, Pool 681-5509 select units
FREE RENT 2 bds / Gated / Carports Kentucky Pines 632-5066 MOMENTUM PROP MGMT 4900 S. Walker Large 1, 2 & 3 Bd Apts, Start at $380 + dep + elect, Sec 8 OK. 631-1115 $300-345/month Furnished 1bd & Efficiency 2820 S Robinson 232-1549
$99 Move In Special!!! Lg 1 and 2 Bdr, $325 to $395 mo. 632-9849
Condominiums, Townhouses For Rent 441 EDMOND 2 bed 2 bath 2 car $800 mo + dep. (405)226-9607, 833-3417 1100 SW 77 Terr 2bd 2.5ba TH, $625+dep 692-1325
WHIRLPOOL Stainless Appliances: Quiet Partner I dishwasher, $400; Convection radiant top slide in oven, $1000; Microwave, 30 inch, under cabinet mount, $300; 606-9021.
Microwave Magic Chef 0.9 cu ft, 900 watt microwave. Call after 6pm and on weekends. $125. 752-0149 Daryl's Appliance: W&D $75&up5yr warr. Ref/ Stoves $125&up1yr warr M-F9-6Sat11-5 632-8954 FREE DELIVERY OKC!!! Washer $100 Dryer $100 Free Del/Wrnty Will haul off old appls, 210-2230. GE electric Drop In/Slide in 30" range. Almond/ Black. Great cond. $150. 641-4442 W & D $79 & up. Refrig $99 & up. Stoves $99. warranties 405-420-6137 Washer & dryer, $160 ea; refrigerator, $120. 371-6301. BlowoutSale!All app xtra clean 1yr wnty 732-8503 stevensappliances.com Washer/Dryer $200 Super capacity. Like new 248-4070
Updated 2bd w/gar WD hk $650 310-2222 co ¡Sharp¡
3bd 2ba 2car fireplace $850 by lake longburk.com Longburk RE 732-7474
Houses for rent
NEW GARDEN HOMES 2bd 2K ba study 2car $1350; 3bd, 2ba, 2car, $1550 no yard work, pool Call Doug 820-8890
MOBILE HOME READY Some w/ ponds, TERMS We'll work w/ you, 1N to 10a 100s of choices paulmilburnacreages.com Milburn o/a 275-1695 1-28 acres » All Areas Owner Financing Woodlake Properties 405-273-5777 www.property4sale.com OPEN SUN 2-4 4400 SE 118 3bd, $179K appr 1880sf huge wkshp almost 3/4ac Moore schls CBTR 921-8790 » 4bd home, large shop, 1N to 2K acre TERMS Milburn o/a 275-1695 Paulmilburnacreages.com 4Ac w/2400' triple wide 8mi E of Moore. No city limits $69,500 414-2242, 799-4386
Executive Quail Creek, 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car, lg yd 3200sf, very nice! Avail. June, $1850, 301-2031. CASA BELLA 2 & 3 BR's avail. $399 move-in special, 1 month free. 405-943-7546 2bd 1ba 1-car $500 Accurate Prop 732-3939 1 & 2 BEDROOMS, QUIET! Covered Parking Great Schools! 732-1122 $199 MOVE IN SPECIAL 1 & 2 bedrooms. Spring Tree Apartments. 405-737-8172.
Owner carry 4/3/2 Renov Wash. sch • 417-2176 www.homesofokcinc.com 40ac Tracts E of Norman TBird owner financ avail. 603-4365 405- 818-2939
LARGE 1 2 & 3 beds- EZ access Tinker & Norman Southwind Apt 794-0071
Washer & dryer, $160 ea; refrigerator, $120. 371-6301. Exc Kenmore W/D Set $200 perfect 799-8316
Century Hotel 512 NW 9 rooms& apts, priv ba, a/c $110/up wk Cbl 232-5624
Rent or lease with option, less than 1 yr old. 1665 sq ft 11917 SW 17th $1250mo 417-6192 or 417-7294
WANT TO OWN LAND? pay out dn pmt before 1st pmt starts, Shawnee Harrah, McLoud, Prague 1N -10A for M/Hs,Terms Milburn o/a 275-1695
Whirlpl w/d $200, fridge $100, stove $100, freezer $75, ac $100 275-3419
ARROW IMPOUND AUCTION!!! FRI. June 4th @ 1 PM 700 N VILLA OKC 405-943-1800 OKLA. COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNY DRUG SEIZURE VEHICLES!! 1964 CHEV IMPALA 1983 OLDS CUTLAS 1994 CHEV CAMERO 1996 CHEV IMPALA SS 1996 PONT FIREBIRD 1997 CHEV BLAZER 1998 INFINITY I-30 2000 CHEV S-10 BLAZER 2000 CHEV S-10 BLAZER 2000 CHEV SILVERADO 2000 CHEV SUBURBAN 2002 CHEV TAHOE 2003 CHRY SEBRING 2005 NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE MOTORHOME ALSO ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT: MISC COMPUTERS/LAPTOPS GAME SYSTEMS BIG SCREEN TV'S CAMERA'S CRAFSTMAN RIDING LAWN MOWER AIR COMPRESSOR OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SEE COMPLETE LIST SEE VEHICLE PHOTOS www.arrowwrecker.com
3 bed, 1 ba, appls, 2 car gar w/ba, $650+dep 1308 SW 35th, 405-604-3550
545 Buttermilk Cloud Ridge, 7am June 3rd-5th multi-family sale, tons of kids, adults, and household items.
MOVING SALE 4525 SE 35th 7am-5pm. Furn, tools, auto parts, misc,
MOVING SALE!!!
10005 Gramercy Ave, S Walker to Brookwood, west to Gramercy, Fri & Sat 8-5, Sun 1-5, furn, appliances, antiques, etc. Large Estate Sale 3821 Windscape, June 2,3,4. Sat. 1/2 price 8am-4pm.
809 Turtle Creek Rd, Thurs-Sat, 8am-5pm. Household Goods, Furniture, Lawn Equipment, Collectibles, and more. Furniture, Avon, old collectibles, decor, machinist tools, 1229 SW 78th Terr, Thur & Fri, 7-3. 1320 SW 71st Gigantic Estate/GS. Many clothes, books, toys, household & lots of misc. Lakeridge Adn- Girls stuff, Car Go Cart, & much more Th Fr Sa 8-1 10905 WATERSIDE DR 13600 Legacy Ct. Thurs, Fri, Sat 8-4pm. Toddler toys, clothes, decorations, misc. HUGE Home Staging Designer's Garage Sale! Designer pcs, lamps, etc. Th-Fr, 8-4 9409 S Harvey 12304 Greenlea Chase East. Eastlake Patio Homes, clothes, furn, misc. 9am-3pm
3108 GARDEN VISTA, Fairfax Addition Saturday, June 5, 7:00am-until its gone Large pieces of furniture, toys, baby furniture, clothes,& more
3121 SW 94th St Thurs June 3rd at 8:00am
NEIGHBORHOOD SALE Trails South Between Edmond Rd. & 15th St, W. of Santa Fe Friday-Saturday
3424 SW 48th
Thr Fri & Sat Open 7am! Furniture, household items clothing, etc. 812 GLENMANOR DR.
3108 Bella Vista - MWC June 4th-5th 9am-2pm
June 3rd, 4th & 5th, 8:30am-5:30pm, 10342 Belleview Dr. Lots of everything!
1032 SW Third Thurs, Fri and Sat, 9-5. Some furniture, ranges and quilting fabrics. 2612 Sequoyah 8:00 am Collectibles, books, tools, hardware, misc.
METROPOLITAN LIBRARY SYSTEM RETAIL/GARAGE SALE: Computers, Furniture, Shelving, Equipment & Miscellaneous Items. Retail/Garage Sale will be held Friday, June 4th, Metropolitan Library System Maintenance Center, 1364 N.E. 3rd, OKC, OK 73117 from 8am to 3:30pm.
Tony's Tree Plantation
12425 Steve Dr - OKC
405-642-5183 405-922-5328
Just in time for summer! 11x14 cabana w/deck, spa, & sauna, complete Backyard Package Morgan Spas 405-632-8864 Saunas!!! 2-4 personslowest prices! Free delivery & set up Call Morgan Spas @ 405-632-2337
Big Yard Sale
Steel strge units 8x20 & 8x40new/used/sale/rent al/PioneerEquip745-3036
2424 SW 43rd, Thu-Sat A little bit of Everything!
Skyline Neighborhood Garage Sale Saturday June 5th. Come visit the many sales going on in the neighborhood. One mile west of Piedmont Rd on Washington/164th
3 Family Garage Sale 11845 SW 4th Street Thurs-Fri-Sat, 8-5 pm baby items, household.
Neighborhood Garage Sale, Saturday June 5th 9am-2pm. Bradford Place homes. 9725 E Reno. Huge sale, antiques, collectibles, toys, dishes, misc, Thur/Fri/Sat, 8-5, 2800 Bella Vista Drive.
•Save 100’s •All Jap Maples/Blue Spruce Roses/Crape Myrtles Pines/Cypress/Oak Redbud K price •Select group 1 gal shrubs $1 each •1000’s of trees and shrubs at OK’s guaranteed low price We Deliver•We Plant •We Guarantee •Open Fri-Sun 10 to 4
Huge 5-Family Thu-Fri-Sat 8am
Garage Sale Jun 3, 4 & 5 LOTS OF STUFF! 3316 N HOLMAN CT OFF MIDWEST BLVD.
HUGE SALE
Giant K Price Tree & Shrub Sale
(4)-window AC's, 25,000 BTU, purchased 6/09 for $540 each, sell for $295 each. 5 year warranty. » 329-4321 »
Buy & Sell Pre-Owned Rolexes & fine watches 789-2824 / 800-348-2824
RECOND JD's -3 318s, 320 345, 425, LT133, LT150 STX38. 3 others . From 38-54'' cuts! $575-$3000 641-9932 For Appt Craftsman 42'' riding mower, 16hp, O/H cam v-twin Honda engine, exc cond, $600. 615-2362 1985 JD 850, turf tires, 6ft finish, $6000 obo, 405-615-4612
Got Land? Need more storage? Call Morgan bldgs @ 405-632-8864 Oklahoma Container 8x20, 8x40 405-842-8300
OU Tickets All Sports & Concerts » Local & Nationwide» 405-295-2222 www.totallytickets.com
Any ticket, Anywhere, 405-364-7500 Wanted: OU Season Tickets, no end zone tickets, 405-258-3918
2005 GN 3horse slant. Side door $3500. 28' GN cargo side door, wired 110V. $4500 632-9212 414-2242 Tandem Dual. 21ft deck, plus 4ft dove, air over electric brakes, good tires, $4000 firm. 580759-2637, 580-320-0286 7x12, 76"x16' util, 6x10, 7x18 enclosed, 7x12 concession trlr, nvr used, ac/ elec $1250-$8500 922-7236 18' car hauler, steel floor brakes, new tires, dovetail $2050 405-834-9094 5x8, 5x10, 6x12 w/ gates, like new 16ft tandem $550-850 Cash 670-1850 5x8ut $690 12'x77 $820 16'ut $1225 20'gn. $3795 J&J Trailers 682-2205
Sabre by John Deer, 15.5 hp, 42'' cut, auto, Exc Cond $850 405-778-9229
30%OffEntireShop in June! ANTIQUEHOUSE 4409 N. Meridian
2505 NE 17th St, F & S Indoor & Outdoor 8 am Fans, iron & SS pots, guitars, wheelchairs
1976 IH 886 90HP dsl tractor w/loader, cab, A/C, 5867hrs, good cond Central New Holland OKC 495-6151 Edmond 341-7829
800-256-1638
2390 CASE 160HP cab, air, PTO, 3point. power shift. dual 20.8- 38. Firestone 45˚ tires, original paint. Good cond $8500 405-324-2041 930 Case LP, 80HP. PTO, no 3pt. $1750. Tandem disc, JD drill, chizzel plow, field cultivator $550 ea » Medford OK 580-741-0009
3 Point Boom Sprayer, 100 gallon, $475. Call 405-314-9528 WD Allis-Chalmers Tractor $1950 202-5180 HONDA WATER TRASH PUMP, 4" Never used. $900. 405-314-9528
FENCE SALE 6 ft Chain link $73.00 Wood Fence $20.95 ACME FENCE OKC 232-6361 800-894-5006 4' 11K gauge wire $53; 5' 11K gauge wire $72; 6'x8' Cedar Panels $21.50; 769-2311
Norman Flea Market FREE ADMISSION Fri & Sat. June 4 & 5 8-5 » 615 E. Robinson. Call 360-2581 for info.
Couch & love seat, queen bedroom set, bunk beds, dining table & chairs, full, queen & king mattress & box springs, $80-$400, 405-397-1801 White trundle bed, decorative headboard/footboard, mattresses, bed spread, valance, throw pillow, blankets, linens, $200. 354-8035 MOVING: Near Perfect Cond. Wr. iron kg bed $450; Blk desk/hutch $400 Call 513-1885 BARSTOOLS- 2 or 4 NIB faux black suede, Retail $200 ea. asking $100 ea., call for pics 819-9144 PRFCT COND SOFA/RECLNR WSH/DRYR $400-$450 EA SET 473-4199 4 pc bdrm suite, blk & brown wood, Good Cond. $500 720-6901, 641-0928 35'' ROUND KITCHEN TABLE $25 632-6763 Qn Mattress & box springs Exc $200 Hi-boy chest $200 405-201-7339 Mattress Sets Tw Fl Qn Kg $50-$250 919-5005
HUGE CHURCH GARAGE SALE 13112 N Rockwell, OKC Fri June 4, 8-6, Sat. June 5, 8-3. Furn, H.H. items, electronics, home decor, appl., sport goods, etc. Bake Sale! 50+ families, funds to benefit church missions.
HUGE SALE! 9204 Knightsbridge Rd. Lansbrook Addition. Thurs-Fri.-Sat. 9am-5pm patio chase, collectibles
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Lots Qul. item Th F Sat 8-1:30 6105 Westpark Dr. MacArthur & Westlake Blvd. West follow signs. Will bargain. LARGE GARAGE SALE 4916 NW 18th Terrace. 18th and Ann Arbor. Thursday to Saturday, 8am-4pm. Jewelry, furn., tools, antiques & more. HUGE SALE! Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1800 NW 36th OK City, 6/36/5, 8am-5pm, Computers, Tv's, toys, lots of treasures, low prices! » Downsizing» Lots of Nipon Heisey, Chintz, etc., decor items. Antq. Dealers Welcome. 7242 NW 115th Thurs, Fri & Sat. ESTATE SALE 4100 NW 61st STREET June 4 & 5 from 7-3 Antiques,furniture, tools household items & more. June the 5th Only, 8am-1pm, lots of stuff, Great Deals, 5300 NW 23 No Early Birds!! Furniture, dishes, lamps, jewelry, clothes & misc. 1538 NW 34th Thursday, Friday & Sat. 3 Neighborhood Garage Sale, June 3,4,5, NE, NW & SW from NW 23rd & AnnArbor.
8512 NW 73rd
The sale you don't want to miss! 1000+ treasures
5628 S. Barnes Ave. 7am. fishing equip, men's & women's designer clothes, yard equipment, lots of misc.
Repo Equipment Sale (3) 9k auto lifts, (3) Porta-Cool Evap Coolers, $700-$3000. Steve Harris, 405-823-2917co
Giant K Price Tree & Shrub Sale
•Save 100’s •All Jap Maples/Blue Spruce Roses/Crape Myrtles Pines/Cypress/Oak Redbud K price •Select group 1 gal shrubs $1 each •1000’s of trees and shrubs at OK’s guaranteed low price We Deliver•We Plant •We Guarantee •Open Fri-Sun 10 to 4
Tony's Tree Plantation
12425 Steve Dr - OKC
405-642-5183 405-922-5328
Giant Inventory Reduction Sale
•Pet Vet Supply in MWC for 27 years •savings up to 75% in our dog/cat/ bird/fish reptile/& small animal dept's •look at this super special 175 gal bowfront reef tank including pumps/lights/ & $1000's worth of corals & live rock now only $2500 (save over $11,000)•visit our store/vet clinic/& grooming salon to find out why there is no other pet supply store like us in OK.
Animals R Us Rescue Cats/Kittens, all ages & types, $10-$50 » 317-7593 CFA reg kittens, 2 white, 4 calico, 4 black, 3 Him, $250-$550, 701-4084. FREE KITTENS 3 Males, 3 Females (2) are Manx. 405-921-7284 Himalayan Persian CFA 8wks torti/wht, blue /wht $200. Dilute Calico $350 shots. 632-3257 Himi CFA, tortie, flames, cream pt., 10 wks, shots, $250 cash, 307-8069, www.stefanidelony.com KITTENS, free to good home, calicos, orange & black, 6-10 wks 503-5794
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Giant Inventory Reduction Sale
•Pet Vet Supply in MWC for 27 years •savings up to 75% in our dog/cat/ bird/fish reptile/& small animal dept's •look at this super special 175 gal bowfront reef tank including pumps/lights/ & $1000's worth of corals & live rock now only $2500 (save over $11,000)•visit our store/vet clinic/& grooming salon to find out why there is no other pet supply store like us in OK.
405-733-4648
(4) SUV Tires, 235/65R/16'' $130; (4) Touring Car Tires 225/50R/16'' $100; (2) 8'X7' automatic garage doors w/ fanned glass upper panels $450/both complete. 405-752-7552 Restaurant Equipment 2 walk-ins $5,000. ea; 1400 lb ice maker $1,500.; 200 lb ice maker $400. (580) 248-7249
3906 S. Olie Ave. (1 block E. of Western) Fabulous Sale. Something for Everyone!
Just In ELECT. SINGLE BED Leg & back adjust. 2spd vibrator $275. 922-4068
Bargain Bin Campbell Hausfield Power washer 2200psi. Exc cond $175obo. 344-6616 Longhorn flatseat. Cutting saddle 16'' VGC $650 obo . 344-6616 EXCERCISE BIKE, EDGE GOOD COND $30 340-8561
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Beautiful Lane Coffee Table Walnut top 36'' square $90 340-8561 Glock model 19 45 auto 3 hicap clips, box, ammo $600 obo 344-6616 ANTIQUE TRUNK UPHOLSTERED INSIDE $50 »» 340-8561 INVACARE HANDICAP SHOWER CHAIR adj. legs, nice $65 692-0190
Indoor/Outdoor Sale 1121 SW 25th. Items priced to sell. Fri & Sat. 9-4 pm.
Antique Upright Piano w/ Bench Piano w/bench, solid sound board, all keys work and are present. $800. obo 255-1442
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SUNBEAM ICE BOX for camping or gamerm very nice $50 692-0190 BOOMBOX 15'' Rockford Fosgate $700 obo 255-5942
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3bd 1.5ba 2car f/p $650 Accurate Prop 732-3939
Lg. 3bd, 2ba w/gar, fncd, stove & ref. W/D hk. $595 mo, $300 dep. 227-8202
7921 Michael Ct, 1 blk W off Council on Wilshire, Th & Fri 8-4, Sat 8-1, pictures, candles, books, sewing table, lots misc.
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1bed to 3bed $395-950 www.longburk.com Longburk RE 732-7474
HVAC Journeyman Service Person/Lead Installer needed for 32 yr business in Bethany. Must be capable to do service work & be lead installer. Health ins. & retirement. Pay DOE. 409-9172
K&K Contracting, Inc. has immediate openings for the following positions: •Highway Construction Superindent •Concrete Forman •Concrete Finishers •Equipment Operators •CDL Drivers •Labors Please contact Robyn Lively @ 405-261-6017. (8am – 3pm) K&K Contracting, Inc. participates in the E-Verify Program
$99 Move-In Special 1bd 1ba $295-350, stove, fridge, very clean 625-5200
2 & 3 bd homes $525-650 www.longburk.com Longburk RE 732-7474
HVAC APPRENTICE Good MVR, drug testing required, Apply in person at 532 N. Villa, OKC
HVAC TECH for medium size company in business 37 years. Experience necessary, journeyman preferred. Competitive salary, guaranteed hours, health/life insurance, retirement plan, paid vacations and holidays. Kingfisher or Watonga area. Call 405-368-9344 or 580-623-7344
Huge Estate/Garage 6805 NW 64th Terrace OKC. Thursday-Friday, 8:30-4:30. Saturday, 8:30-noon. Furniture, china/crystal, jewelry, Christmas items, misc.
FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC RANGE, WHITE, EXC COND, $125, 755-2149.
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HVAC Residential Journeymen Service Techs Needed Great pay & benefits. »» Call 417-1829 »»
Color TV's: 27", $65. 19", $40. 13", $35, extra nice. 405-721-1764
Putnam Heights Plaza 1 & 2bd, ch/a, Dishwasher 1830 NW 39th 524-5907
8081 S.Shields,1-2bd dup, Bills Pd. Pets OK, Wkly/Mn -thly rates,dep.632-4467 FORECLOSED HOME AUCTION 35+ Homes | Auction: 6/6 Open House 5/29, 6/5 & 6/6 REDC | View Full Listings www.Auction.com RE Brkr 157083
Dozer, $15,000, Horn Septic Tank going out of business. 405-769-2406, 919-6531.
NICE Quiet Xtra-Lg 1-2bd Walk-in closet, bus line PC Schls $400 787-5885
$99 SPECIAL Lg 1bdr, stove, refrig., clean, walk to shops. $325 mo. 632-9849
I BUY them ol houses843-8900
FITTER-WELDERS / ASSEMBLERS 5-10 years experience. Must be able to read blue prints. Starting pay $12-$15/hour. Benefits include Health Ins, 401K, Paid Holidays, Vacation. Call 405-495-9797.
¡Small dozer, 40 hp with good shape, runs perfect. $13,500. ¡8 ft forks for piling trees, limbs, brush, etc. $1400. 405495-6151, 405-368-8805
DREXEL ON THE PARK Pool, Park, Perfect $199 1st Mo 946-0588 »» ALL BILLS PAID »»
4 Bed, 2 Bath, already set up take over payments 634-4812
DW 28x70 4bd, needs work. Del$25K301-2454/517-5000
Growing Trucking company expanding maintenance shifts. Seeking experienced Technicians for tractor, trailer, tire, and lube positions.Competetive wage & benefit package. Apply in person at 6600 SW 29th Oklahoma City
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New 3bd/2ba Mobile Homes already on land located in Shawnee, Prague, Cromwell & Harrah (price reduced) Owner Financing Woodlake Properties 405-273-5777 www.property4sale.com
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Laminate Flooring ''3 colors'' .79 sq' Call Vickie 232-3578 ask about our sales! Laminate Shingles ''5 colors'', IKO's, Dark Black, $19.67 per bundle 30-35yrs Vickie 232-3578
Volkswagen Engine Building in Shawnee $295K bergmannvw.net
MUSTANG CREEK PLAZA Retail Space For Lease 1000sf-817 S MustangRd 1125sf-845 S MustangRd Call Gretchen M-F/9-5 787-7242 LeasespaceOKC.com FENWICK PLAZA New Retail Lease Spaces Grand Opening Specials FREE RENT NW 164 & Pennsylvania Gretchen M-F 787-7242 www.leasespaceokc.com
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GREAT Space OFFICE Convenient NW Locations: I-40 & Meridian NW Expressway & May Britton/Lake Hefner Parkway 200-6000sf 946-2516
2000' Office/Warehouse 6707 NW 50th Robert Duke 787-0400
THE OKLAHOMAN Manx Mixed Kittens, 6 weeks, $20 each. 405-769-2527 Ragdolls & Siamese kittens, 6 weeks, full blood, all colors, shots, beautiful, $100-$150, 397-8118. Siamese kittens, 4M, 1 applehead snowshoe, 3 applehead Siamese, 7 wks, extremely tame & playful, litterbox trained, $125 obo, 222-0662. Siamese Kittens Registered, Seal, 9 wks, $250. 405-632-7585 Siamese pure bred kittens, 4F, 6 weeks old, wormed, POP, $75 each, »»» 224-3106 »»» I NEED A HOME! Gray and B/W tabby kittens DOB 3/18, 1st shots, litter trained FREE 771-5423 or v4p1c9@hotmail.com FREE KITTENS to good homes. Call 702-1513
Black Polled Lmn Bulls Reg. 1-3 yr, 2- 1 yr. LBW Top Bloodlines, Hi-Liter (580) 618-2066 Angus-Limousin blended bulls. Double black, polled & thick. Many to pick from. 405-258-3616. Brangus Bulls 18-24 mo, very gentle, guaranteed, $1000. Vincent Markes, 580-758-3650 Bison, Ok (40) Big young black cows, 10 calves, balance heavy bred, $1000. »» 580-924-4324 »» 75 Goats boers pygmies dairy, butcher goats $50-$150, 642-5967 Graduating Show Cattle Equipment. Exc. shape, $250-$3K, 580-336-7702
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Boston Terriers, AKC, Cute, 6 weeks, red/white 3 F, 1 M, s/w, $300-$500 OBO. 412-3424
BOXER AKC PUPPIES 9 wks, 3F 1M, brindle & black/flashy brindle $350 cash 580-928-9029 Boxer AKC Puppies 3F Brindle & Rev Brindle DOB 03-10-2010. $250. Amber (405) 818-4726 Boxer AKC Puppies, 6 weeks old, brindle & fawn, $600, 514-0513 BOXER AKC PUPS $350 CASH Meeker, 405-279-2340. Boxer Puppies 6 weeks old, 2 flashy fawn, 4 white with patch over eye $200. 201-9705 or 924-9866 Boxer Puppies POP, 8M-1F, Fawn, Brindle $250. 997-3837 Boxer Pups AKC 3-rev. brindle F 8 wks s/ w/td/dc health guar. $300-$350. Call CD 405392-2384 or 202-8962 BOXER PUPS FLASHY FAWN; AKC; $300.00 PLEASE CALL 405-926-7864 Boxers (AKC) 5 wks 5-f 1-m tails and d/c done. $250. German background. 580-4787337 or 580-478-7338 if no ans. leave a message.
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Puppies, AKC, Large type, Great companions, $200. 918-638-7688 AIREDALE puppies, AKC, 10 weeks, 3 pups, shots, wormed, POP, $100, 580233-4835, 580-977-9782.
AMERICAN BULLDOG PUPS, M/F, NKC Reg, 13 wks old, S/W, $450 918-734-3212/946-0412 American Bulldog Pups, Reg. $200, 580-4814239, 580-471-8212. Anatolian Shepherd 2yr F. AKC, pretty, $550 (405)323-3211, 527-8888 » Aussie's » all colors, mini & toy's, $150-$400, 405-650-4671 Aussie Pups, Minis, 8 weeks osd, tri's, double registered, shots/ wormed, $200. 279-3268 Aussie pups, black tri, non registered, dob 4/1 $100, 405-527-8694. Australian Shepherd Puppies ASCA reg., all colors. Slash V/Hangin' Tree working lines, $300 to $500. (580) 581-7523 or (580) 365-4903 cowboyloveaussies@ hotmail.com
Brussells Griffon, 1F, 3M reg, pop, s/w, $280-$320 370-8223 puppylovefarms.com
Cavalier, AKC, 2M, 2F, tri & blenheim, 9 wks $350 405-638-0049/643-5481 Cavalier King Charles $350. ACA reg. 2 F. 7wks old. Current on shots. 918-246-0736 Chih AKC, 1M, brindle, 13 wks, hm raised, $150 cash 431-9961 Chihuahua, AKC, SC, F, 9w, solid choc., merle/ green eyes, S/W, can email pics, $600. 274-6545
Bichon Poodle mix puppies, 6 weeks, $100 each, 204-4036 BLOODHOUND, 1 yr old, female, AKC, spayed, $175. 405-598-8667 Bloodhound Puppies AKC blk &/or tan, 1 M, 4 F, $100-$175 405-820-4381 Blue & Red Heelers, 6 weeks. Short, stout, gauranteed to work , $150ea, 436-8565. Border Collie Puppies Blk/w Male, 9 wks old, POP, s/w, ABCA reg. $150. 405-527-6914 Border Collies/Aussie r/wht, blk/wht AKC bred 11 wks, vacc, wormed, $100 each, 257-1203 Border Collies, ABCA, 6 wks, b/w, $300, 405275-6205, 405-481-3617 Border Collie Puppies ABCA Reg. wrking bldlns $150-$300. 580-512-9452
German/Dutch Shepherd Puppies 8 weeks old, all shots. Working blood-lines. $400. 580-310-4965 or 580-272-7545
German Shepherd AKC, 11 wks, dark bi-color, s/w, Titled Czech-German, SchH 3, ped. companion guard, health guar, microchip, $500, 405-258-8884
German Shepherd, AKC pups, German bloodline, POP, s/w, white, black & tan, call for pics, $400 288-0134 German Shepherd, AKC 6 wk M, P.O.L.; 6 mo F German pedigree, some training, P.O.P. $400$750 799-7620, 250-8266 German Shepherds AKC Ready 6-4-10, blk/tans, sables, 2 ml/ 3 fml. POP $350 Jennifer 405-9740157, 405-527-1532 German Shepherd Male, 12 wks, blk & tan AKC, $325, 405-527-4333 German Shepherd Puppies, AKC, POP, Large, 9wks $225 405-420-1297 Golden Ret. AKC, 1F 2M, sib nat'l pet of yr, OFA $400. 324-6828
Great Pyrenees Puppy, 9 weeks old. $50. 405-3866397 or 474-7972 Havanese AKC Puppies black & white, sable, $300, 405-324-1201
Chihuahua 1 M Tiny Toy. Will be small, s/w, 6wks $225, 650-3035 Chihuahua AKC, 3 M, 1 F, long coat, choc. $350-$500 ea, 627-0419 Chihuahua Cuties 2 Female 6 months old $150 each; 405-447-3729 Chihuahua Puppies, Very Tiny, 3 Males, 10 weeks, $115. 405-882-5938 or 405-577-6930 Chihuahua teacups, Reg., S/W, apple head, vet ck'd, M & F, $250. Nancy, 405-258-7472 Chinese Pug Puppies, adorable fawn w/black mask, $200 ea. 279-4280
Chow Chow Puppies, AKC reg, 9 wks old, 1 red male, 2 cinn. females, 1st shots & wormed, POP, $325 firm. 405-5389271 eve 405-828-4629 COCKER SPANIEL ACA Registered, 2 males & 2 females, $150, ready to go! 405-248-5874 or 405-248-5876 COCKER SPANIEL AKC AKC 3Blonde 2M/1F 3Blk 2M/1F POP SW Vet Ck $100-$150 obo 949.2879 Cocker Spaniels, AKC, parti pups, tri color & sable & white, shots & groomed, $400, 922-4589 Dachshund, mini, 3F, 5M, long hair, 6-8 wks, s/w, $150-$200, 527-7776. ketchadoxiekennel.com Dachshund, AKC mini 6 & 7 weeks, shots & wormed, $150-$175. 405-620-5228 Dachshund, 2 males, double dapple, 8 weeks, $125 each. 216-0823
Pit Bull Pups, 7.5wks, mostly wht/blue eyes, $100 487-7104, 487-8071
Yorkie Pups, cute, tiny, already pre-spoiled, $300. 580-583-2696
Pomeranian AKC,13 wk, Tiny Black Male $200: ACA, 10 wks, 1 Tan M-$150, 1 Tiny Tan & Gray F $300 CASH 405-663-4047
Yorkies, adorable AKC pups, s/w, $300-$500, 570-9134 or 485-3702.
Poms, 2M, 2F, reg, POP, s/w, $250, 370-8223 puppylovefarms.com Poms, AKC Chocolate F 8wks, Black M 6 mths, Sable F 3 yrs, Blue Merle Parti M 3 yrs. $175-$500 823-3719, 386-3366 OKC
YORKIES ACA, 3F $600, 9 weeks, small, s/w/t/dc, 767-6212.
POODLE, TOYS, AKC registered, puppies of all colors, 9 weeks, $200$400. 405-833-0713
mountolympusboxers White, Brendle, Fawn $200-400. 405-274-6516 mountolympusboxers. com
Poodle small toy, 1 M, 2 F, 1 white, 2 cream, 7wk $150-$200, 405-249-4459 Puggle Puppies! Adorable and very playful! 11 weeks old, all shots and wormed. $75 Gina - 405-495-1836 Pug Puppies, 8 weeks old, 1 female , 2 male $150-$125, 549-5030
LAB AKC PUPPIES
5F,5M, FOX RED, YELLOW, BLK, Shots, D/C's Rmvd, Exc Ped, Vet Checked $250-$500 246-8727 or 246-8726 Lab AKC puppies AKC Lab puppies, 8 wks, first shots/worm, black, 2fem 1male $200obo 580/340-0808 Lab Puppies AKC, silver & charcoal, $600 ea 1 yr old charcoal M. $400 405-517-7911 LAB puppies, 13wks, AKC reg, Chmp/hunt bldln $225, 408-1426
Gray Fox Kits on the bottle very sweet 1 M, 2 F, $450 & $500. 872-8282
SCHNAUZER AKC TOY SZ, PARTI, S/P, CHOC E/S/W, GUAR. 5 F, 5 M $400-$500 » 348-9612 Schnauzer Puppies, ready 6/7, great companions & family pets, intelligent guard dogs, vet checked, wormed, 3 females-$300 ea, 3 males-$200 ea 664-5624 Schnauzers, AKC cuties, black, salt and pepper, chocolate, and partis, $300-$600, 918-399-0178 darlenespuppycentral.com Schnauzers, 8 wks-6yrs, $50-$100, Will deliver to Kingfisher, 580-542-4404
Sheltie AKC Puppies, 8 weeks old, 3 M, $250. 580-917-3210 SHELTIE Pups & Adults. AKC Tri/sbls $100-$400 (405)323-3211 527-8888 Shiba Inu AKC Adults, red/blk, 2-6 yrs $100-$200 (405)527-8888, 323-3211 Shihtese Designer Pups, Cuties! M & F, $500 ea (405)527-8888 323-3211 Shih Tzu & mixes AKC Imperial, okcpoms.com $150-$400 405-609-9241
Shih Tzu, 2 M, Very Small, Cute! Guarantee $175 ’ 405-380-5859
Labradoodles, M&F home raised, vet checked, s/w, $450 obo, 405-306-2878.
Shih Tzu, adorable pups, 6 wks, s/w, small, two females, $250, 386-7918
LABS, champion pedigree-white, sire exc waterfowl & upland hunter, sire/dam obedience trained, block built. Eyes & hip certified, shots/wormed. Males $350, Females, $400, call 405-312-0033 or 405-314-2110
Shih Tzu, CKC Reg., 6 wk Male, S/W, A Cutie! Ready for lots of love, June 8th $200 Cash 485-3007, Blanchard
Labs, full blood puppies, black & goldens, $100-0$125, 405-933-1014
Shih Tzu ACA, 2 Males, 5 mo. $125: 1 AKC Male,3yr. $300 Cash 405-663-4047
Shih Tzu, Imp., 2F, 5M, paper trained, reg, POP, s/w, $175-$250 370-8223 puppylovefarms.com
Dachshunds Minis 6wks many colors SH $150-175. 609-0786
Maltese/Shih Tzu, 6 wks, 3M's, s/w, $325. (405) 501-3947/878-1434
DOBERMAN PUPPIES, reg, warlock bloodlines, s/w/t/dc, 10 weeks old, $200 obo. 405-664-0645
Maltese AKC, 3M, 2F, all small, home raised, 9 wks, $400-$600 cash, 431-9961
Doberman Puppies AKC. Warlock bldlns. $300. 580-467-6427
Maltese AKC 2M,2F 8wk vet ck,microchip 400-500 xtiny 4-7#(405)830-8578
Dobermans, AKC Reg, 1 f/r, 16 wks, $200 ea; 2 white M's w/blue eyes, 17 wks $300ea; tails docked (405)382-8250/604-1095
Maltese AKC, 2 Female, will be tiny, DOB 10/29 $475 ea. 405-356-2376
English Bulldogs, 1 boy 1 girl, fawn & fawn/wht, 9 wks, 1st shots/worm $1600 ea, 405-795-2755
Siberian Husky Pups, 2 F, 3 M, all white, blue eyes $450 each, Call Julie at 405-816-9795 Sib Husky AKC 2 F dark red & wht. Blue eyes S/W » $300. 570-5768 St. Bernards 8 wks old, s/w, 7 F, 1M. $300. Call 580-256-7335 or 580-334-4531
Maltese AKC 4M very small 6 wks champion bldn $350 ea. 627-0419
1995 19.5 ft Celebrity, I/O 250 hp, High Five, Green & White $10,000 580-772-8167 30 ft Carver cabin cruiser twin engines, loaded, vgc $12,500 obo, 651-8248.
Mastiff total Dispersal, health forces sale, AKC Pups, all breeding stock, young bred & open F's, also M's, $200-$1,000 or no money & pay with puppies back, 580-9273603, No answer lv. msg.
English Bulldog Pups AKC 2 F, 2 M, colors, $1000-$1500. 550-0886
Min Pin AKC Puppies (HARRAH) 2m/1f black and tan. dc & tail clipped by harrah vet clinic. 7 wks old. shots/dewormed. very cute!!! POP. $250. (405)5171740 or (405)517-1549
ENGLISH MASTIFF, AKC champion, all colors, 6F, 1M, s/w, $500-$600, 405-643-5021 or 580-515-1409
Pappillon Puppy A beautiful AKC tri-color small male Papillon. vaccinations and de-wormed $425. 619-562-0784 cell
P90X P90X and chin up bar $130.; Total Gym fully assembled $400.; Shadow Boxer Knockout System $30.; Benderball VHS tapes and Ball $25.; Core Secrets Large Exercise Ball $25.; 2 sets of Beach Body exercise bands $20.; Tread climber TC 5000 $300.; Ab Rocket $50.; Leg Magic $30.; call after 6pm and on weekends. $130. 752-0149
Hunting/Fishing Leases 607.0
BAGAINS! 1yr old, 4yr old Reg Appaloosa colts $300 & $500 580-788-2694
2008 Yamaha V-Star 650 Like new with 1300 mi. Must sell. $4900 OBO 405-341-9980 2007 HD Ultra, low miles $10K in extras, chrome, w/Bushtec Roadstar trlr, $22,900 ‘ 405-203-6963 2006 Suzuki Boulevard MG50 Saddle Bags Ready to Ride $5,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2005 Harley Davidson Electra Glide blk saddle bag road ready $15,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 2005 Suzuki Boulevard ready for summer $5,588 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552
Giant Inventory Reduction Sale
•Pet Vet Supply in MWC for 27 years •savings up to 75% in our dog/cat/ bird/fish reptile/& small animal dept's •look at this super special 175 gal bowfront reef tank including pumps/lights/ & $1000's worth of corals & live rock now only $2500 (save over $11,000)•visit our store/vet clinic/& grooming salon to find out why there is no other pet supply store like us in OK.
Giant Inventory Reduction Sale
'05 Yamaha V-Star Silverado saddle bags 11K mi $4981 753-8792 BobHowardHonda.com 05 Honda CBR 600RR Black, 4800 miles, NICE BIKE $4500 CASH OBO 405-663-4047 2005 Harley Softail Springer, factory custom paint, many extras, 6K, $14,000 obo, 249-4467. 03 HD Ultra Classic 15,000 miles. $12,500. Please call 361-1682 2002 Honda Elite Scooter CH80 Red. Very Good Condition. Basket. $1000 405-668-2588 2001 HD FXST, Softail standard, 3000 miles, $10,500, 373-3727
Weimaraner Silver Gray AKC 6Boys 2Girls Born 4-12,Puppies Come With AKC Papers, Parents Pedigree Back Ground, Heath Record,Tails Doc,Dew Claws,Both AKC Parents Are On Site $400. 405-221-1772 WEIMARANER, WKC 4 pups, 5 weeks old, shots, dewclaws, tail. $150. 405-756-7553 Wolf Dog Pups 6M shots dewormed $200 -$400 866-957-5572 lv msg. mshuskies@yahoo.com Yorki-Maltese (Morkie) Adorable, Itty-Bitty $350 Visa/MC 826-4557 Yorkie, 1 M, 1F, S/W, T/DC, 8 weeks, $300$400. Will deliver to Kingfisher, 580-542-4404 YORKIE, ACA, 3 F, 1 M, Small ’ $300-$500 (580) 695-1851/549-6583 Yorkie, » adorable » ITTY BITTY!! $395-$495, Visa/MC, 405-826-4557
"RELOCATION SALE" State is making us move '08 Arctic Cat ATVs priced below dealer invoice. Financing & Local delivery available. Mid America Cycle 405-282-0086
Brittany Pups, AKC, 7 months, 4 males, 3 females, shots & wormed, $50 each. 405-517-5531 B.W. Quail; eggs, $.35 Chicks, $1.50. Adults, $4. 918-917-7018 or 918-617-2446 Ruger Redhawk 44 Mag. 8 inch barrel. SS. $500. (405)802-3134
REDWOOD HOT TUB BUILDING Metal roof. $2500. 405-314-9528
2008 Yamaha Raptor 350 CC, used only 1 season! like new $2900 or best offer 405-219-5411
2001 Chateau Sport Class C, 23' with 7' slide, 19,000 miles, seats 4, new tires, completely self contained, 6 gallon hot water heater, awnings-day/night shades, tv entertainment over driver, 4000 watt generator, plenty of storage, $23,500. 580559-1500, 405-238-0498 40' Motorhome 2008 Tuscany Travel in comfort. Only 9,000 miles. Cummins diesel, Freightliner chasis, 4 slides, king bed. Every upgrade. Located in Guthrie. $165,000. obo Dave 918-314-0990, Chris 405-315-7076. Very nice 2003 27 foot 5th wheel, 1 slide, fiberglass, includes hitch & nose jack, $10,500, 3602762 or 365-0797. AVION 31' 5TH WHEEL 1992 with slide out, upgraded, excellent condition, $9900 OBO. » 405-262-4124 » 2003 Wildcat 5th wheel, by Forest River, 27 foot, large slide, extremely nice, $12,500, 405-6770861 or 928-580-6940. 1993 Ford motor home, 25', less than 19,000 miles, $8,000. Will consider a trade for 5th wheel, 26'-30'. 250-7653 '08 37' Keystone Raptor for Toy Hauler 3 slides just like home $34,988 BRYAN'S Car Corner III 732-9292 919-0552 1990 16' Casita travel trailer. Self contained, good condition, $5,500 793-8285 2007 Travel Trailer 28ft. Excellent Condition. (405) 596-4988. $10,500. Call anytime. '04 Dutchmen Sports TT, $8,200 obo, must sell! exc cond 405-388-1083
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The State of Oklahoma, on behalf of the Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS), wishes to lease approximately 13,365 net usable square feet (NUSF) of office/warehouse space to include a minimum of 20 parking spaces. Office Space should be located within the Oklahoma County limits. Lease term will be twelve (12) months with four optional years to renew. Initial proposals should be submitted in writing by the close of business, Monday, June 18, 2010 to: Department of Rehabilitation Services, Property Management Section, 3535 NW 58th, Suite 300, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 or you may fax your proposal to (405) 9513566. Questions may be directed to Ms. C. M. Pendarvis, (405) 951-3522. Proposals are for consideration only. The State will negotiate with one or more respondents on a possible lease.
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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICATION OF AIRESPRING, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY AUTHORIZING AIRESPRING, INC. TO PROVIDE RESOLD LOCAL EXCHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN OKLAHOMA Cause No. PUD 201000017 NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION AND HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 24, 2010, Airespring, Inc. (AApplicant@), filed an Application, pursuant to OAC 165:55-3-1, with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (AOCC@), seeking a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity authorizing it to provide local exchange services in all the areas presently certificated to AT&T Oklahoma and Windstream Communications Southwest. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person desiring to file an objection to the Application must do so by July 8, 2010. Objections must be filed with the Court Clerk at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 130, Jim Thorpe Office Building, 2101 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and served on counsel for the Applicant and on any intervenors. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause shall be set for hearing before the Administrative Law Judge on the 29th day of July, 2010 at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom B, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard and the Commission shall, after hearing and taking evidence, issue such orders and grant such relief as it deems fair, reasonable, necessary, proper and equitable, whether or not specifically prayed for in the application. For further information concerning this matter contact George M. Makohin, Attorney for Applicant, 1140 N.W. 63rd St., Suite 402, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116, telephone (405) 8587220, or Lenora F. Burdine, Deputy General Counsel, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 400, 2101 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, telephone (405) 522-1010.
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICATION OF CINCINNATI BELL ANY DISTANCE, INC. FOR A CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE RESOLD LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES WITHIN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Cause No. PUD 201000013 NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION AND HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 4, 2010, Cincinnati Bell Any Distance, Inc. (AApplicant@), filed an Application with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (AOCC@), for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity authorizing it to provide local exchange telecommunications services in all the areas presently certificated to AT&T Oklahoma and Windstream Communications Southwest. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person desiring to file an objection to the Application must do so by July 8, 2010. Objections must be filed with the Court Clerk at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 130, Jim Thorpe Office Building, 2101 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and served on counsel for the Applicant and on any intervenors. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Cause shall be set for hearing before the Administrative Law Judge on the 29th day of July, 2010 at 10 a.m., in Courtroom B, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard and the Commission shall, after hearing and taking evidence, issue such orders and grant such relief as it deems fair, reasonable, necessary, proper and equitable, whether or not specifically prayed for in the application. For further information concerning this matter contact George M. Makohin, Attorney for Applicant, 1140 N.W. 63rd St., Suite 402, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116, telephone (405) 8587220, or Lenora F. Burdine, Deputy General Counsel, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 400, 2101 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, telephone (405) 522-1010.
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Hens, Chicks, baby guineas severeal breeds full blood, $1-$15. 405-356-4162
Adorable baby Rabbits, 5 wks old, $10 each. 350-2200 or 812-7188 Baby bunnies & breeding ages- various breeds » $20-$30 »» 823-7848»
AIRE-MEN HEAT/COOL $49 SC BBB accredited Co. Free Est. All makes/models OK76029 996-7779 Beat the heat with Andersons Air Pros Heat & Air, A/C service only $59.95, 532-PROS (7767) Executive Htg. & Air $69 svc call, free est & 2nd opinion 626-4210 lic 75705
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M&R Masonry Sm & Lrg jobs. Reasonable Rates 635-9989, 819-7066
Carpet Clean $10rm Repr Stretch Install 882-4592
Child Care Services Weimaraner Pups, AKC, highest quality, s/w, microchip ID, $250-$500 918-694-3868
Mastiff AKC Puppy AKC Female Mastiff Puppy. $300. 405-761-2525
Livestock or rd. pen panels, 5 ft x 10 ft, 6 rails, $39 each. 405-514-8419
SHIH TZU Pups & Adults AKC, M & F, $100-$300 (405)323-3211 527-8888
Siberian Husky pup, black, white, blue eyes, female, 10 wks, s/w, POP, $200 cash only, 405-997-8902, 997-8810
Mastiff AKC, 6 weeks, show quality, big, champ bldlns, POP, s/w, $1000$1500. 580-421-7976
Out of Ima smokin zipper 4yr old 6mons training in western pleasure $4500. 316-708-4472
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Lab Pups, AKC very nice, s/w, choc & blk, $325. 405-640-1153 McLoud
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19 yr paint gelding, 15 hands, exc kid horse, has been used for 13 yrs at a camp for kids ages 4-12 to teach trail riding & ridden in parades by 10 yr old. Asking $1000. 580-310-8051
Schnauzers, AKC Mini, Pups, 1M 2F, s/w/e/t/dc $100-$150, 405-612-1478
Maltese, AKC, 3 Males 7-10 wks s/w/dc $150 each Cash. 405-527-9231
English Bulldogs AKC reg. 7 weeks 2 female, 3 male $1200$1500. 405-687-0112
2000 GTX & 1999 GSX Seadoos. exc cond, gar kept, trlr, acess. $5950. 550-6049
Pronghorn Antelope Bow Hunt N.W. Oklahoma $500. Call Rick 254-855-1701
Schnauzers Mini, AKC S/W/T/DC ’ $200 405-612-2353 www.cjschnauzers.com
LAB PUPS, AKC 6 weeks, 2 males, 1 female, S/W, $150 cash 580-618-1366
Puppies C.K.C. 3 mths. s/ w POP 1-male $200 2-females $250ea www. alotalhasas.com call Claudina (405)586-2429
C.B. Boas & Pythons. Balls, Alb Burms, Tiger Retics & Red Tail Boas. $50-$250, 202-0974.
Schnauzer, Toy CKC, 2 F, 2 M, chocolate, white, E/T, S/W 8 weeks $350-$550 580-540-6354
Schnauzers, AKC, minis, 10wks, 2M, 1F, black, w/ wht marks, 1M silver t/d $200, Karen, 820-1617 LAB, Blk, AKC, ch bloodlines w/show & hunt titles. Eng. build w/block heads, 1st s/w/dc, $250, 203-3027
RANCH FOX BABIES, 1F; BABY RACCOONS, 1F; $175-$200; 405-226-5444, 627-5739.
BABY POT BELLY PIGS black, blk & whte m&f $100ea »» 823-7848
Dachshunds, 4 weeks old, dapple, 12 to choose from, $125 each, no papers, 474-3715 or gmk3715@gmail.com
English Bulldogs White (90%) with Brindle M&F's - 12 wks - $1300 Adult(s) - 5 yrs - $700 (580) 471-0625
'00 175 Tracker Pro Crappie, 40HP Merc, pwr tilt & trim, loaded, trlr, exc cond. must see $4995. (405) 620-5760 www.fultonmarinellc.com
Young female miniature Donkey, $300. 1 male Muntjac, $150. 3 young Sugargliders, $75 each 580-762-6508
PUGS, 3 M, 1 F, S/W, 6wks old AKC Reg. $250 605-0888 or 921-4100
Siberian Husky Puppies, AKC registered, black & white, blue eyes, 8 weeks old, $450. Clinton, 580-275-9272
English Bulldog Puppies (Miniature) Born 4/2/10 3-male/2-fem Dam reg.ACA-46#.Sire reg.ICA-50# www.heavensentbabies.com New pics avail. $1800. 316-708-2131
2000 Tracker Pro Croppy 1 7', 40HP motor, trailer, spare, 2 fish finders, trolling motor, live wells, bait wells, runs good, fishes real good. $3500 obo, 405-386-4914 Ricky
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MALTESE & YORKIE PUPPIES »» M & F $400-$600 » very small. heartlandpuppiesok.com 580-660-0120 will meet
English Bulldog Champ sired AKC reg Bulldogs. 3M 3F Well socialized. Born 4-28. $1500-$1800 405-694-7715 or 405-387-2364
1975 Honda Goldwing single carb conv kit, runs and drives, pics upon request. $1600. Call Tony. 405-664-7878
YORKIE Puppies AKC 1M, 3F $400 - $450 (405) 919-7773
Pomaranian AKC, parti, $350-$700, okcpoms.com tiny, 405-609-9241
LHASA APSO SHIH TZU MIX, 1 white M, 1 party F, first shots/worming. $125. 580-541-1967
Dachshund Beagle Corgie Mix pups 1m 3f shots. 6wks old. $20ea 579-6282 » 573-0959
Yorkie Puppies 1 M/ 1F Yorkie puppies. AKC, 13 weeks old. Cute, tiny. $300. Lindsey 405-207-3004
POM, ACA, 8 weeks, female, small, $250. ’ 872-7243 ’
SIBERIAN HUSKY AKC 7 WK 5 F & 3 M, BL EYES, B/W & 1 RED F. S/W, INCLUDES STARTER PKG. LIMITED REG $350. FULL REG. $375 405-610-6060
Dachshund/chih/pug mix shots/wormed, 3M, 1F, 6 wks, $50, 686-0843
1977 H.D. Low Rider, 96 cu in. exc cond, $7500. 942-6945
Pits HUGE BLUE Pups DejaBluPitbulls.com $400-$600. 503-4143
Poodles, AKC, 4M, 8 wks, $150 each, s/w, 405-379-3553
Chihuahua, 2 F, 8 weeks, $200 w/papers, 1st shot, 405-886-6252 after 5 pm Chihuahua 1 M, 1F, 7 wks, S/W, $100. Will deliver to Kingfisher. 580-542-4404
Pit Bull Puppies ADBA Beautiful! Reds, Chocolates, Fawn, 3M 1F, 12 wks $250 405.315.1058
1977 Kawasaki KZ1000LTD Great Condition $2800 (405) 659-9300
YORKIE POO TOO CUTE 2M 2F 6wks S/W. $300$350 476-6996 386-6996
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Great Dane CKC pups 6wks, 1m, 1f, s/w, pop, $375. 405-416-3659
Chiweenies, 7 weeks, 1st shots/dewormed, 2M 3F $150-$200 cash only 476-4176 or476-4175
BICHON FRISE, not just a dog, Sale on Males. Pet purpose only. 6M, $150. 214-7857.
French Bulldogs, AKC Cute red/tri $1500-$1800 (405)323-3211, 527-8888
Chihuahua, AKC, 2F $225 each, 2M $175 each 735-3124 or 496-8337
Australian Shepherd AKC & ASCA Reg. 12wks S/W $350 823-7848
Bichon's, AKC puppies, home raised, sweet little balls of fur, $250. ’ 580-537-2439 ’
FRENCH BULLDOG F FRENCH BULLDOG F ALL WHITE 2 YRS, PAPERS & MICRO CHIPPED $375. 405-650-1217
Golden Retrievers 36 avail. Sooner Golden Ret. Rescue $150-$275 ’ 405-749-5700
CHINESE SHARPEI AKC 4M, 2F, Champ Bldlnes. Clrs, $700. 405-326-3208
BEAGLE Adorable Puppies, 9 weeks, vet checked, s/w 4 M, $100 each, 405-213-5266
FRENCH BULLDOGS AKC REG. 8 WKS. 1 BRINDLE, 1 WHITE, 1 BLACK ALL FEMALES. VET CHECKED AND 1ST SHOTS. GREAT BLOODLINES, MOM ON LOCATION. $1000$1300. 405-414-4943
Chihuahua, 6M, 2F, reg, paper trained, s/w, pop, $180-$200, 370-8223 puppylovefarms.com
Australian Shepherds $200-$450, damcofarm.com 405-392-3602
BASSET Neutered, shots, 1yr, $55. 722-9384; 326-2793
French Bulldog AKC, 1 F 1 M, 9 wks, s/w, vet ckd, $800 w/o papers, $1,000 w/papers, 405-796-7070
'98 HD Sportster 1200 custom, 20K miles, $6800, 632-4575
Yorkie male. Will be small cute, adorable POP $250 cash 405-656-2140 or 405-687-0804 Pit Bull, Blue(American), ADBA reg, Razors Edge & Gottiline, 5F, 4M, $400-$600. 405-821-7254
BOXERS, AKC, 1 reverse brindle, 2 fawn, DOB 4/5, $100 each, 405-485-9380/361-0245.
Cairn / Schnauzer Puppy Does your puppy need a playmate? Cute, active girl, 12 wks, black. $45. 405-380-3976
350 ADORABLE PETS AT FREE TO LIVE NEAR EDMOND. ALL DOGS & CATS Shts & neut $60 282-8617 www.freetoliveok.org
English Setter for adoption, 3 year old female, non hunter, $45, 405-923-4690.
Boston Terrier pups & adults, black & white $300. 1 red & white male $500. 580-614-1241 Boston Terrier, 3/4 Mix, $75-$100 ea s/w 1 adult F $30 ‘ CASH 306-7083
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Home Daycare openings available Southside OKC, Call 634-0044
DIRT & GRIME? Don't Have The Time?Call A Fresh Start 326-4332
Wood fence tear-out & haul-off. Only $1 per foot. Call 405-745-3821
Brshhog, boxblade, roto, $38/hr, 3hr min 227-3517
ALL TYPES OF FENCING install & repair, ins, 604-9679.
All Areas Lawn & Tractor Mow: big/small 348-4469
Fences built & repaired and Lawn Care 473-1700
All yard work, rotorilling & more 789-3062/682-6383
Garage Doors & Openers Sales & Service 794-1718 Bills Painting & Repair free estimate 759-2127 Affordable Rain Gutters Seamless Aluminum Repairs/Leaf Guard 405-728-RAIN (7246). Aarons Seamless Guttering New, leaf guards, cleanouts/repairs. Locally owned & operated 405-406-1546
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Backhoe work, sewer line replacement, septic systems, tractor, bobcat, 794-6535.
Able Seamless Inc. New » Clean-Out » Repairs Free Est. » 818-2019
BUDDY'S PLUMBING, INC, Do it all, water, sewer, gas, Ok Lic #3887, 405-528-7733. $75 Drains unstopped, plumbing reprs 990-3826
J & L Handyman & Remodeling. We do it all give us a call. Int/ext, ins (405) 886-0329/886-0289 Call Us First! Fast service, Free est. 371-2299 onedayrealestate.com Mr. Fixit Handyman Service. We do it all for less. Free est. Bond. Ins. Visa/MC 603-6104
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RESIDENTIAL HAULING & CLEANING, 326-9086. »»»»»»»»»»»»
CONCRETE SPECIALIST » ALL TYPES 640-9544»
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Rose Electric LLC Service calls & upgrades Lic. & Ins. 703-4556 SHARPE'S ELECTRIC & Heat & Air » 341-8488» RAY'S ELECTRIC »»» 820-7466 »»»
Jim's Painting/Remodeling int/ext, insured. 366-0722
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HOME IMPROVE. REPAIRS. REMODEL. ROOFING. FREE ESTIMATES. 410-2495
Drywall & Painting Jeney Co. 740-2028
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* We Do It All * Full Lawn & F-bed Srv. Tried the rest? Try the BEST! 824-6617. Lawn Service, trees, clean up & removal, install and repair fences. 365-2600 Cleanup, mow, bushes, trees, f-beds, Free Est, Lopez, 524-0506. Lawn Service. Lrg & small. Andrew, 405-816-9207
Carpenter. Drywall, tile & more. 408-7513
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Pearson Roofing 405-6240202
With over 30 Years experience! Specializing in cedar shake and stone coated steel. We work with all insurance companies and use only experienced crews. Call us today, and we will have one of our experienced salespeople out within 24 hours for your free estimate. 405-624-0202 or visit our website at www.pearsonroofing. com
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Father & Son's Roofing offering up to $1000 off full roofs, up to 50% off roof repairs, up to 20% off full siding, up to 20% off painting & guttering, 30 years experience, licensed & insured, insurance specialists, free est »» 405-924-7143 »» Brandon's A-1 Roofing & Seamless Guttering 24 hr. emergency service We work with all insurance companies & drafts. Need a new roof? Free estimates. Established in 1985 405-354-ROOF (7663) STAPP ROOFING 40+ years experience. Free Estimate & References. Licensed & Insured. All work fully guaranteed. 1-800-232-5776 580-251-1509 Cell 409-382-8776 Cell ROBLES ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION L..L.C. Asphalt shingles, 30-40 Yr & Lifetime! Local • $0 Down! • Insured • Claims Welcome & We Pay Your Deductible! • FREE Est! 361-3952 •• 692-5213 Centemark Construction Locally owned & operated Licensed • Bonded • Insured All types construction work. Residential & Commercial. See us in the Yellowbook 405-745-2348 Roofing & Repairs GARRETT FRAMING & REMODELING. Member OKC BBB & OHBA. In Oklahoma for over 30 years. 405-361-3495 Alferd Garrett Houseman Enterprises Roofing, siding, gutters, free est, local co. since 1974. References Avail
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Adam's Roofing & Remodeling, lic & ins, » 50% off* 405-512-1003 Roof-Siding-Gutters, Insurance Specialist, 405-816-0684 King Roofing 405-605-4545 Rapid Response Team www.kingroofingllc.com Dukes Roofing -Factory Certified, Ins. Claims Specialist 405-821-5407 » Ponces Roofing Co. » Free Estimates » Fully Insured 918-852-6504 Roofing/Carpentry, paint repair, free est 464-7086
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Edmond Tile & Remodel, Custom showers. Guar 4 life. Com'l/res. 203-1600.
R & M's Manure Based Top Soil, Rich Mix, Compost, Sand & Gravel (405) 354-7577 Black Hawk Top Soil, del sand/gravel, 255-0275 I haul topsoil/sand, gravel fill dirt. ¡ Joe 771-4911
Trees-shrubs-brush-trim remove-stump grinding/ haul/clean ups INSURED 921-8970 681-3705 Prof tree util serv. K for seniors, ins, free planting, stump serv. 314-1313 L & R Tree Serv, Low prices, insured, free est, 946-3369. » GENE’S TREE SERVICE» Insured-Free Est. 682-2100.
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