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Official Newspaper of Roger Mills County

VOLUME 114, NUMBER 6

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2013

RMC Cattlemen's Meeting It is time for the annual meeting of the Roger Mills County Cattlemen's Association. The meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, October 21, 2013 at the Cheyenne Ag Pavilion. Dinner will be served at the meeting. Annual dues will be collected at the meeting. Dues for 2014 will be $15 per person or $20 per

family. Dues can be mailed to RMCCA, PO Box 611, Cheyenne, OK 73628. The meeting will cover election of officers and directors, the 2013 Bull Sale, 2013 financial statement and the 2014 Bull Sale. Andrea Chain Hutchison of the Chain Land & Cattle Company will be the guest speaker. Andrea is an

active member of many organizations and she continues to ranch on the same ranch that was homesteaded by her great grandfather in 1893. She will give a brief history of the Chain Ranch operations and will discuss her involvement in the beef industry and with organizations. She will also discuss the different advocacies in which she is involved.

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Keeping Up with the Library!

ADULT FACEBOOK SAFETY CLASS Don from Western Plains Library System in Clinton will be giving a free adult training on Facebook safety on Thursday, October 10 at 6:00 PM in the Minnie R. Slief Library. Make plans now to attend. CRAFT TIME AT THE LIBRARY Thursday, October 10 is Craft Time day for children ages 8-11 at 3:45. FIRST ANNUAL ROGER MILLS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ART CONTEST The Minnie R. Slief Library is sponsoring the first of a planned annual contest for county high school students. The competition 14. Deadline for submissions is opens on October 14 (which coin- November 8. cides with Teen Read Week) and 10. Judging will take place runs through Nov. 8. The contest, November 21, 2013 during the next the judging and the exhibition have Library Board Meeting. planned around basketball season 11. Exhibition of all entries making it easier for students to and open house Thursday night, participate and for parents to attend December 5 from 6:00-8:00 the exhibition. Students do not SLIEF LIBRARY IS INSTIhave to be enrolled in an art class TUTIONAL MEMBER OF THE to compete. Here are the contest OKLAHOMA LIBRARY FOR details. THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY 1. Must be a high school HANDICAPPED student in Roger Mills County The Oklahoma Library for the (Cheyenne, Hammon, Reydon) in Blind and the Physically Handigrades 9-12 capped has a service that provides 2. Homeschooled high school free audio books and players to students are eligible patrons with vision difficulties. 3. Subject: Life in Roger The Minnie R. Slief Library has Mills County (scenery, animals, partnered with that library to etc.) provide services to county res4. Size: No larger than 16x20 idents. The audio books are on (not counting mat and frame) cassette, and the state library has 5. Submissions should be sent a cassette player for use in unframed and matted in white the library. Currently, we have 6. Medium: Oil, acrylic, 12 books on cassette, and they watercolor or pastel will send 12 at a time to us. When 7. Judging: The Minnie R. we are finished with these 12, we Slief Library Board and Librarian will receive another shipment of Charlotte Nance will be judging 12. Titles available: Rethinking the entries Thin: The New Science of Weight 8. Paintings earning a place Loss; Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler; of 1st-3rd will be hung in the Min- Nightwalkers by P.T. Deutermann; nie R. Slief Library Meeting Room An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Lobby for 1 year Taylor; Valkyrie by Philipp F. 9. Contest opens October Von Boeselager, When You Are

Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris; Mistress of the Monarchy the Life Katherine by Alison Weir; Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert; Breath and Bone by Carol Berg; President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman by William Lee Miller; Life After Life by Kate Atkinson; and Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book by Jack Canfield and others. This service is also available through the postal service for patrons who wish to have the materials and machines sent directly to their home. The library has applications for receiving the services available. For more information, please call Librarian Charlotte Nance at 580497-3777. TEEN READ WEEK OBSERVED The week of October 14-18 is Teen Read Week sponsored by the American Library Association. This year’s theme is Into the Unknown. The Slief Library will be showing a movie on Thursday night, October 17 at 6:00 pm to students currently enrolled in grades 7-12. Our movie license requirements prohibit us from announcing the title in any place ex-

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The Western Oklahoma Family Care Center Fundraiser Banquet was held October 1, 2013 at the Family Life Center of the United Methodist Church in Elk City. Mardi Gras Magic was this year's theme. Tickets were $25 each and sponsor levels ranged from $500 to $5,000. The meal was catered by Cattle Call. The banquet raised $35,000, which was much less than WOFCC President Tim Bell was expecting. In previous years the event has raised $69,000 and $41,000. All of the funds raised will be used to help with operational funds to keep the organization open. Security State Bank of Cheyenne & Hammon sponsored the Roger Mills County table at the banquet. Those attending were LeighAnn King, Linda Maddux, Kathy Sadler, Carolyn Ford, Denise Parman and Terry Thompson. Services offered at WOFCC include Hope Medical Clinic, Hope Dental Clinic, optometry assistance, utility assistance, financial

Government Shutdown Forces Closure of Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

and life counseling, GED, Help, Inc., and job placement. WOFCC is a Board-governed, volunteer-driven, donor-supported, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, compassionate ministry serving un-

der-privileged individuals and families in Western Oklahoma. The main office is located in the Community Care Center at 609 W Ave E in Elk City.

Government Shutdown Enters Second Week with No End in Sight WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United States was closer to the first default in the nation's history as Speaker John Boehner ruled out any measure to boost borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama. Washington will be closely watching the financial markets on Monday to see if the uncompromising talk rattles Wall Street and worldwide economies just 10 days before the threat of default would be imminent. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned that the budget brinkmanship was "playing with fire" and implored Congress to pass legislation to re-open the government and increase the nation's $16.7 trillion debt limit. Lew reiterated that Obama has no intention to link either bill to Republican demands for changes in the 3-yearold health care law and spending cuts. A defiant Boehner insisted that Obama must negotiate if the president wants to end the shutdown and avert a default that could trigger a financial crisis and recession that would echo 2008 or worse. The 2008 financial crisis plunged the country into the worst recession since the Great Depres-

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Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Cheyenne USDA Office in Sayre & Cheyenne Wa s h i t a N a t i o n a l Wildlife Refuge in Butler Black Kettle National Grasslands Dead Indian Lake Skipout Lake Spring Creek Lake

sion of the 1930s. "We're not going to pass a clean debt limit increase," the Ohio Republican said in a television interview. "I told the president, there's no way we're going to pass one. The votes are not in the House to pass a clean debt limit, and the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us." Boehner also said he lacks the votes "to pass a clean CR," or continuing resolution, a reference to the temporary spending bill

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Weekly Devotion

Cheyenne, Oklahoma -- Because of the shutdown of the federal government caused by the lapse in appropriations, the National Park Service (NPS) has closed all 401 national parks, including Washita Battlefield National Historic Site. All visitor facilities including the visitor center, overlook site and interpretive trails are closed. The park will remain closed until the government reopens.

Nationwide the NPS stands to lose approximately $450,000 per day in lost revenue from fees collected at entry stations and fees paid for in-park activities such as cave tours, boat rides and camping. Gateway communities across the country see about $76 million per day in total sales from visitor spending that is lost during a government shutdown. In Washita Battlefield National

Historic Site, eight employees are on furlough because of the shutdown. Two employees remain on duty, providing security and emergency services. Nationwide the shutdown has also furloughed more than 20,000 National Park Service employees; approximately 3,000 employees remain on duty to ensure essential health, safety and security functions at parks and facilities. About

12,000 park concession employees are also affected. Because it will not be maintained, the National Park Service website will be down for the duration of the shutdown. NPS. gov has more than 750,000 pages and 91 million unique visitors each year. For updates on the shutdown, please visit www.doi.gov/shutdown.

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands. Psalm 18:20 Talking about the Word isn’t enough; we need to do what we say we believe. God will bless us if we are people of integrity. As believers, we need to keep our promises and do what we say we will do. Look for ways to demonstrate integrity today. If you can’t follow through with something you said you would do for someone, at least call or write a letter, saying, “Please forgive me; I was not being led by God, and I just cannot do what I said.” This way you will honor God and keep your steps going in the right direction.


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