Burn ban won’t slow down Cherokee’s Fourth Oppressive heat causes change in schedule for evening activities at football field Cherokee’s annual Fourth of July celebration will not be affected by a countywide burn ban, but it will be adjusted for extreme heat. “We’re pushing everything (in the evening) back by 30 minutes to let everything cool down,” said Main Street Program Manager Susie Koontz. “All the morning activities are remaining the same.” With that said, let the festivities begin at 9 a.m. at the Cherokee City Park with the annual horseshoe tournament, sponsored by Cherokee Lions Club. Boys and girls – infant through age 5 – will take center stage at 10 a.m. for the Tiny Tot Revue, sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 910. Anyone wanting to enter a child may call
Amber Wilhite at (580) 304-4036. At 10:30 a.m., Alfalfa County EMS Service will judge the best-dressed dog and most unusual pet on the west lawn. Sack races and the egg toss will begin at 11 a.m. under the shade trees on the east side of the park. The annual events are sponsored by Cherokee Roundup Club. Girl Scout Troop 910 will pass out balloons at 11:30 a.m. for a balloon toss, open to any child age 6 to 13. Cherokee Main Street will feed hungry participants from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $5, which will buy a hamburger, baked beans, chips and a drink. Also during the morning activities, Ministerial Alliance members
will serve cold drinks, and Cherokee High School cheerleaders will offer face painting. The City of Cherokee and Cherokee Main Street invites everyone to take a free swim from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Municipal Swimming Pool. Evening activities, which traditionally begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Cherokee Football Field, will start at 6:45 p.m. with the opening of the Cherokee Rotary Club’s concession stand, featuring homemade ice cream, hot dogs and cold drinks. PeeWee’s Sound Machine will provide music throughout the evening. Girl Scout Troop 910 will lead the flag ceremony at 7 p.m., and the annual Carp Catch – sponsored by See FOURTH Page 3
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DEDICATING A NEW monument Saturday in honor of Col. George C. Sibley, the first white man credited with viewing the Great Salt Plains, included (in front from left) Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Park Ranger Debbie Pike, Cherokee Mayor Karen Hawkins, State Rep. Jeff Hickman and National Wildlife Refuge
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Director Greg Birkenfeld. Others attending the dedication included refuge supporters and members of Friends of the Great Salt Plains. Also dedicated just 15 feet west of the monument was a new watchtower built by Friends volunteers. The monument is located 3 miles north of Cherokee and 6 miles east on State Highway 11.
By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Love is patient, love is kind. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs – except when a neighboring property stinks to high heaven and is infested with rats and creepy rodents. “Bill Sanborn is my cousin and I love him dearly,” Jimmy Joe Sanborn told Cherokee city commissioners at their Thursday, June 23, meeting. Commissioners were considering a proposal to declare four of Bill Sanborn’s properties dilapidated. One of the vacant properties sits eight feet away from Jimmy Joe’s house in the 200 block of South Massachusetts Ave. Another vacant house is located across the street. Two
more homes are one block south and are occupied by Bill and his family members. All are surrounded by junk and trash that neighbors refuse to tolerate any longer. “I’ve killed rats, possums. I’ve been bitten by two bullheads (snakes),” said neighbor Michael West. “I just want to see it gone. We have so many rodents now... raccoons. I’ve found rats in my yard.” Jimmy Joe and neighbor Betty Cutright fear – to the point that Cutright is prepared to declare “war” – the abandoned properties will burn to the ground and take the rest of the neighborhood with them. “If it catches on fire and my house burns down, there will be war,” Cutright said. “...And if See FINE Page 3
County relents; city will dispatch E-911 By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff After three months of expressing doubt that the City of Cherokee can afford to fund the county’s future Enhanced 911 dispatching service, Alfalfa County Commissioner Doug Murrow took a chance. He motioned to allow the city to run the service. Fellow commissioners Chad Roach and Toby Walker hesitated to back him, but following about a 30-second pause, Roach seconded the motion and Walker backed both by giving a nod of approval. The unanimous vote to approve the motion came after an hour-long meeting between county and city officials who listened to public comments regarding the request made two months
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ago. City Manager Don Bowman presented figures as to how the city could afford to run the call center. Most of the money needed to run the center – $135,000 for dispatcher salaries – is already a part of the city budget. The $200,000 needed to buy new equipment by 2014 also is in the budget. The $30,000 needed to renovate City Hall to accommodate the equipment is in the budget, as is the $10,000 a year needed to train dispatchers on how to properly take 911 calls for the entire county. “In the last two years, the city’s coffers were drained. Since then, we’ve cut things to the bone,” Bowman said. “The city is very sound right now. If we had an emergency to the tune of $200,000
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right now, it could be covered.” Bowman based the budget of the E-911 call center on last year’s revenues – the worst for the city in 20 years. Even though sales tax monies from a recent oil and gas industry boom in the county are lining the city’s accounts more and more each month, Bowman said he will not count on those monies to fund the system. “These figures don’t include any monies from any oil field (activity),” Bowman said. “We’re where we can do this even with some hiccups along the way. The dollar amount doesn’t worry me one bit.” Of the 14 citizens who attended the special Monday meeting, only one expressed a desire to let Woods County run the center. Others wanted the
center at home, where they said it belongs. Carmen Firefighter Bud Jackson said he wants to see the county’s money stay in the county. When voters approved phone tariffs last year to support the E-911 system, they did it with the understanding that monies would be used in the county, he said. “I think Alfalfa County will take better care of its people than Woods County,” said Cherokee Dispatcher Sally Kerfoot. Goltry Emergency Medical Technician Gene Keupfer said he understands the county commissioners’ financial concerns, but he believes the center would better serve the county if it is located within the county. See DISPATCH Page 3
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County okays burn ban, but will allow fireworks to celebrate the Fourth By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff A burn ban is on... but so is the Fourth of July. Alfalfa County commissioners passed a burn ban during their regular meeting Monday, but the ordinance allows residents to still light fireworks and communities to celebrate Independence Day with a bang. “We’re not going to ruin Fourth of July for anybody,” said Commission Chairman Doug Murrow. The burn ban prohibits any person to set fire to any “forest, grass, grass range, crop or other wild lands, or to build a campfire or bonfire, or to burn trash or other material that may cause a forest, grass range, crop or other wild lands fire.” Commissioners Murrow, Chad Roach and Toby Walker discussed stipulations of the ordinance before passing it. Murrow said four conditions must be met before a burn ban can be placed into effect. He went through each criteria one at a time. The county must experience extreme dry conditions. “We’re past extreme,” Murrow said. No more than a half-inch of rain can be predicted for the next three days. “There is no rain predicted for the next three days,” he said. Fire occurrence must be slightly greater than prior seasons. “We have had a lot of fires this season, so I think we fall under that,” Murrow said. Fire department officials must agree with the ban. “I contacted five of the nine,
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and they all say yes,” he said. Although commissioners warned of the extreme fire danger, the ordinance also allows exceptions to the ban. Road construction equipment, which uses propane or other controlled-type burners, is allowed to continue operating. Welding, cutting torch and commercial grinding activities are not banned. Campfires and outdoor cooking at designated sites within state parks are allowed as is LPG, natural gas and charcoal grilling on private property. Receptacles must be placed on non-flammable surfaces at least five feet from flammable vegetation. Public and private fireworks are allowed, in accordance with city ordinances, which vary. Anyone caught violating the county ordinance may be charged with a misdemeanor and fined $500, up to a year in jail, or both. The ordinance will remain in effect for 30 days or until sufficient rains are received to lift the ban.
City okays budget, pay-down plan By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff More than $380,000 in extra income from the Cherokee Development Authority (CDA) fund will be spent on nothing extravagant. It will help make up shortfalls and pay down long-term debts for the City of Cherokee. City commissioners passed 2011-12 budgets for the CDA, along with the city’s general, special revenue and capital projects funds Thursday following a budget hearing open to the public. City Manager Don Bowman presented a $456,689 budget for the CDA – a total of $388,312 more than last year’s budget of $68,377. Bowman said the increase is due to sales tax monies flowing into the county from oil and gas activities, but he’s not planning to use the boost for anything out of the ordinary. Funds will be used to pay off debt incurred more than six years ago when the city installed water meters at every residence and business in town. “If we can accumulate that (money), we can start paying off those meter notes a lot faster,” Bowman said. The city borrowed more than $500,000 on a 20-year note to pay for the meters, which are not anticipated to outlast the loan itself.
“Those meters will last seven years,” Bowman said. Meters were installed to help keep track of water usage, which in turn helps pay for the city’s reverse osmosis water plant. The plant was installed about the same time as the meters to meet water quality standards set by the Department of Environmental Quality. “Before (meters were installed) you just paid $25 a month and you got all the water you wanted,” Bowman said. The city had two choices back then – pay massive fines day after day or fix the tainted water flowing through its pipes. Since the $25 a month from each resident could not produce the revenue needed to fix the city’s water woes, citizens voted to borrow money to pay for a new plant. Payments for the plant run about $150,000 to $160,000 each year. In the last 18 to 20 months, however, the city has spent more than that getting the plant up and running to code. “We put over $250,000 into it, so hopefully it’s running correctly,” Bowman said. The city is ready to move on to debt reduction and putting its new money to good use. Bowman is hopeful the new sales tax revenues will take some of the bite out of writing those monthly checks, which are paid
strictly from the CDA budget, for the reverse osmosis plant. “If the RO plant doesn’t blow up and go kaput, that ($456,689) will be a realistic number,” Bowman said. “In the last two years, we haven’t borrowed a dime. (The money) just comes from cutting everything to the bone.” A notable individual line item for this year’s CDA budget includes an increase from $35,000 to $97,000 under “other” revenues. Monies from renting bunk houses in the Cherokee RV Park to oil and gas firms for $500 to $1,000 a month have fattened that account. Revenue totals for the city’s other accounts fluctuated but not as dramatically as the CDA budget. The city’s general fund balance totaled $69,400, down $37,649 from last year’s $107,049 total. A $20,000 line item for tourism (increased by $17,000 from last year) will build a new pavilion, complete with restrooms, showers and a grill, at the RV park. Special revenue funds to-
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tal $94,769, an increase of $26,157 from the 2010-11 total of $68,612. An increase of $15,000 in the Parks and Recreation Capital Outlay Fund will pay for a new half-ton pickup. Capital projects totaled $18,272, which is $8,113 less than the $26,385 total for last year. An extra $10,000 in the capital improvements plan will go toward new granite row markers at the cemetery. Bowman told commissioners following the approval of the new budget that line items can be adjusted and changed as needed. “Nothing is set in stone,” he said. The budget may be scrutinized by the public at Cherokee City Hall.
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Carmen, Aline to host FINE blood drives during July Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) has announced blood drives in Carmen and Aline during the month of July. OBI will team with the Carmen community for a blood drive from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, July 5, at the Carmen Fire Department, 421 East Main Street. The visit to Carmen will coincide with that community's annual Fourth of July celebration. Aline's First United Methodist Church will play host to the Blood Institute from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at 414 North 5th Street. Anyone who is healthy and 16 years or older is encouraged to donate blood. All blood donors will receive a voucher for two tickets to the Oklahoma City Zoo, a “feel strong” T-shirt and health screenings. For more information or to make an appointment at either Carmen or Aline, contact the Oklahoma Blood Institute at (877) 340-8777 or visit www. obi.org.
DISPATCH Continued from Page 1 “I am an Alfalfa County citizen too, and I think Alfalfa County citizens are interested in keeping it in Alfalfa County,” said Cherokee Mayor Karen Hawkins. Dale Duggins was more blunt. “I just can’t understand why Alfalfa County commissioners can’t be with city commissioners and keep it here,” Duggins said. “Don’t you see people are going to be losing their jobs?” Roach said the issue is not a matter of county versus city. “I think saying we don’t want it here is greatly misunderstood,” Roach said. “I think we’re concerned with the financial situation but that’s because ...we don’t want to sink the city.” Roach said he would love to see the center located in the Alfalfa County Courthouse, but that is not a feasible option. “Financially, I see no way Alfalfa County can swing it,” Roach said. “That’s why we’re working with the city here.” Following the vote to allow the City of Cherokee to run the center, Bowman said an E-911 board will be formed to include representatives from fire departments and ambulance services within the county. Board members will have an advisory role with the Cherokee City Commission. Bowman said the board will be formed probably within a month. The center will be partly funded through phone tariffs approved in November 2010 by a vote of the people. Landline phones provide the E-911 fund with a 15 percent tax on basic telephone service and cell phone owners pay 50 cents per phone each month. County funds will provide $60,000 to map the county – or give each residence a GPS coordinate and physical address, and the county also will pay for new signage on county roads. Some signs already have been
FOURTH Continued from Page 1 Alfalfa County Commissioner Doug Murrow – will begin at 7:15 p.m. Turtle race registration kicks off at 8 p.m. with the Rotary Club. Water and mud turtles are prohibited. At 9:30 p.m., raffle prize drawings will begin and will lead into the fireworks show that will conclude the evening. Activities at the annual Fourth of July celebration are free and everyone is invited to enjoy the fun.
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Continued from Page 1 anyone ever gets my little dog, there will be war.” She also would like to enjoy her yard and turn on her air conditioner without having to wear nose plugs. “I’m tired of not being able to run my air conditioner because of the stink,” Cutright said. “I couldn’t sell my house right now if I wanted to move out of town. I open my front door and all I see is trash. I don’t even go outside anymore.” LeVere Cash, who lives east of one of the properties, tries to keep the neighborhood looking nice and she would like to walk her dog in peace. “I have mowed that piece of property (beside one of Bill Sanborn’s houses) for 40 years. I am getting tired of it not getting cleaned up,” Cash said. “I was walking my dog the other day and a snake crawled out into the street.” City Manager Don Bowman admits the negligence has gone on long enough. The house beside Jimmy Joe’s property was condemned years ago, but city crews have not gotten it torn
down yet. “We’ve been talking for six years,” Jimmy Joe said. “It’s time for immediate action. This is affecting human health.” Commissioner Rachel Hager asked why police officers are not issuing fines. “Why can’t we fine him?” she said. “If he’s breaking city ordinance, why can’t we fine him?” Bowman said citations have been issued, but with no effect. He said he placed a citation on every vehicle in Bill Sanborn’s yard a few months ago and by the time he drove around the block, Sanborn had removed all the tags and was tearing them up. “We can write the tickets,” Bowman said. “...but at the same time, buy more chairs for this place,” meaning the commissioners’ meeting room. Commission members Hager, Diana Williamson, Jack Custer, Donna Irvin and Mayor Karen Hawkins all agreed that tickets should continue to be written until the mess is cleaned up. “Every car there will be fined $200,” Bowman said. Irvin motioned to start the
process to declare the two vacant properties in the 200 block of South Massachusetts dilapidated. “The one they live in and the one their daughter lives in (in the 300 block of South Massachusetts) we’ll ask to be cleaned up,” Bowman said. Jimmy Joe Sanborn said Tuesday that a representative from the neighborhood will attend every city commission meeting until the properties are cleared. Other items discussed or approved included: •Approved the use of the workers compensation escrow account to offset the city’s pre-
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10 a.m.: For boys and girls ages birth through 5. Call Amber Wilhite, (580) 304-4036. Sponsored by Girl Scout Troop 910.
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7:00 p.m.: By Girl Scout Troop 910.
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7:15 p.m.: Sponsored by Doug Murrow, Alfalfa County Commissioner Dist. #1. Lots of prizes sponsored by Richard Ritter.
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8:00 p.m.: Register your turtles. Terrapins only. No water or mud turtles. Turtle races start at 8 p.m. Cash prize. Sponsored by Cherokee Rotary Club.
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11 a.m.: Three age groups (grades 1-6, teens, adults). Prizes awarded. Sponsored by Cherokee Roundup Club.
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9:30 p.m. or conclusion of Turtle Races: Drawing for dozens of prizes donated by local merchants. Great prizes! Tickets on sale at United Supermarket, Farmers Exchange Bank, Smith Drug, ACB Bank, Phyllis’ Wonder World, Farmers Table and at the park in the morning and at the football field in the evening.
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mium payment. •Turned down a resolution to appoint Evans Stands Insurance Agency as agent of record for the City of Cherokee. The approval would have cost the city an extra $4,000 a year. •Discussed an offer from a resident to buy city-owned property – a triplex on 11th Street – for $1,000. Commissioners voted to make a counteroffer of $1,500 with the stipulation that the buyer either renovate the properties or tear them down and clean up the lot within 90 days. •Approved Justin Goss and David Failes as new members of the Cherokee Fire Department..
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You’ve got mail... but for how long? By BRIAN DEPEW Center for Rural Affairs In response to declining revenues, the U.S. Postal Service has proposed another round of post office closures, overlooking other potential cost savings. There is little doubt the Postal Service needs to restructure, but care must be taken not to leave rural communities without services crucial to businesses, news delivery, and, in some communities, a link to prescription drugs and other services. We should maintain rural Americans’ ability to send and receive goods and connect with others by keeping service locations open and by increasing remote service options. The cost to serve rural communities can be reduced by keeping a full-service window open within another local business like a grocery store or bank, eliminating the cost of maintaining a separate office. Moreover, the Postal Service can offer more remote service options than ordering stamps by mail. Equipping postal carriers to process packages and even make in-person stops at businesses would help preserve services in areas where brick-and-mortar offices cannot be maintained. We should also increase public investment in rural broadband internet access. The digital revolution is the root cause of declining mail volume, but quality and affordable broadband service is still badly lacking in much of rural America. It is important to ensure rural people are not left without access to both the internet and postal services. Innovative strategies such as these could make it possible for the Postal Service to adjust to a new reality of reduced revenues while maintaining quality service for rural people. (The Center for Rural Affairs was established in 1973 as an unaffiliated nonprofit corporation under IRS code 501(c)3. The Center for Rural Affairs was formed by rural Nebraskans concerned about family farms and rural communities, and we work to strengthen small businesses, family farms and ranches, and rural communities.)
Sarah Palin’s math – From the Oklahoma Observer The media goes gaga over Sarah Palin and her mystery tour of the country in a hugely expensive bus. This crazy woman said she “loves the smell of emissions” and refuses to answer media questions – is she running for president? Republicans wouldn’t nominate her because of her low numbers among the voting public – both Republicans and Democrats. What she is really doing is making money, autographing her new book. She had dinner with Donald Trump, which tells you about her social skills. Later, she sat down with Fox News and immediately tossed out a lie about President Obama. She claimed the president has increased the national debt by “more than all other presidents combined.” That’s a lie. When Obama came into office the debt was $10.6 trillion and it’s increased $3.7 trillion since – mostly as a result of policies of the worst president in history – George W. Bush. That leaves Palin’s claim off by $7 trillion – which for her is close.
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‘Protect’ education promise lost in the shuffle to balance budget – From The Tulsa World By DAVID AVERILL Throughout the recent legislative session, House and Senate leaders and Gov. Mary Fallin constantly repeated their ostensible intention to "protect" education and other core state services in the budget-making process. As the session neared its end last month and they crafted a $6.5 billion state budget for fiscal 2012 – $218 million less than 2011 – the leaders celebrated and proclaimed that they had accomplished just that. But the fact is, not only does the 2012 budget not protect public education, it hammers it. While the overall budget was cut 3.2 percent, common education sustained a reduction of 4 percent, or $97.4 million; career tech, 6 percent, or $8.2 million, and higher education, 6 percent, or $58.2 million. Another way to put it is this: Public education accounted for $167.4 million of the total $218 million in budget cuts. Still another way is this: Public schools, colleges and universities, which together account for 52 percent of all state appropriations, sustained three-fourths of the cuts. SLASH AND BURN No matter how you state the numbers, this is not a budget that "protects" public education. Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Keith Ballard said that the cuts to common education would mean another $1.3 million reduction on top of the $6.3 million lost over the past two years – cuts that already forced the district to jettison teachers and close neighborhood schools. The latest budget reductions (along with expiration of federal stimulus funds) are a big part of the reason why the Tulsa district last week was forced to cut 65 special education employee positions and slash student counseling services provided by mental health agencies. "The Legislature is determined to have smaller government," Ballard said. "This is what smaller government looks like." The sad fact is that the cuts didn't have to be this bad. Yes, Oklahoma experienced severe revenue declines over three years because of the nation's Great Recession. But while revenues were dropping as the economy tanked, and for a few years previous to that, legislators were busily and steadily chopping the state income tax top rate, which once stood at 7 percent, to 5.25 percent. Cutting the income tax rate, along with raising the standard deduction, costs the state an estimated $600 million a year. TAXES AND WEALTH Lawmakers could have eased this year's
education reductions by eliminating some tax credits and incentives or by delaying the effective date of the latest income tax top rate reduction. Or, God forbid, they could have raised taxes. Oklahoma voters in March 1992 approved State Question 640, which essentially makes it impossible to increase taxes without a vote of the people. But even a couple of years before that, legislators were terrified by the very idea of raising taxes. So there has not been a general state tax increase in more than 20 years. Any increase in state taxes, such as the cigarette tax hike, was limited and approved by voters. The Legislature's recent tax-cutting efforts, taken together with the drastic steps that schools and other state agencies are taking to deal with them, paint a troubling picture. Education cuts are the largest, but certainly not the only part of a transfer of wealth in Oklahoma from middle and lower income families to the wealthiest taxpayers. Consider just a few of the steps that state agencies are taking to deal with budget cuts: School districts across the state are laying off teachers, cutting programs, even shortening their school year; colleges are considering tuition increases; the Department of Tourism and Recreation is closing seven state parks; the Department of Human Services is cutting child-care subsidies for low-income families and trimming other services. The list goes on and on. ECONOMIC CLASSES The beneficiaries of public education, student mental health counseling, the state park system, child-care reimbursement and other disappearing state services are by and large middle and lower income families. Those families are now faced with paying for the services themselves, or going without – or in the case of education, accepting less. Meanwhile, state income rate reductions that helped make these budget cuts necessary are mostly enjoyed by the wealthiest Oklahomans – the top 5 percent (those making $176,000 a year and up) will take home 43 percent of the tax cut; the top 20 percent will realize 73 percent of it. I'm not suggesting that Oklahoma's political leadership is deliberately waging war on the middle and lower economic classes. (The leadership did strive this past session to protect some other services – mental health, substance abuse and health care, for example.) I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and just say that they probably haven't thought about it in those terms.
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A little bit about a lot... Get ready for an all-day party when Cherokee throws its annual Fourth of July celebration on Monday. The traditional games that morning – everything from the sack races to the egg toss to the horse shoe pitching tournament – attract several hundred visitors from near and far. And don’t forget the hamburger fry. It’s one of the big money-raisers for the fireworks show. Yeah, it promises to be hot that day, but hey – it got hot early this spring and it stayed that way. We can adapt with plenty of water and shade. Cherokee Main Street Program Manager Susie Koontz was in the office the other day and said the festivities that evening – again, everything from a carp catch to the Rotarians’ turtle races – will begin 30 minutes later than usual in an effort to let the heat of the day subside and provide a little more comfort to revelers before the big fireworks show. Party like it’s the Fourth! But remember we’ve all got to go to work on Tuesday. Sorry for the downer. – ftc – There’s been a fuss brewing over at Jet for quite some time now – years to be exact, and we’ve not done our job by ignoring it. Paul Blackledge persists in asking the Jet Town Board that its public records be sent to him by email so that he can post them online. Jet officials – sometimes not too diplomatically through their attorney Bill Shaw of Enid – have declined. We’re going to withhold judgment on the fuss until we’ve had a chance to talk to all sides, but I’ll tell you up front that unless town officials don’t keep their records on a computer, there’s few excuses not to meet his requests. We understand Mr. Shaw’s response has been, “We don’t have to.” Technically, there’s no law that requires cities and towns to provide their records electronically – unless that’s the way they store them. Our intention is to get both sides of the story and let the chips fall where they may, something we should have done a long time ago. – ftc – Last week, the Cherokee City Commission approved its budget after several weeks of fine tuning the numbers. No big deal, except the city never really gave the public an opportunity to see in print where they planned to spend their money. It’s called an Estimate of Needs and it’s designed to give the public a heads up on the city’s financial situation so that they can intervene if they have a problem – BEFORE it’s approved by the city. A “budget hearing” is then scheduled to obtain public input before the commission’s official vote on the budget. City Manager Don Bowman said Monday he’ll make sure the Estimate of Needs gets published prior to that vote – next year.
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County sales tax up $229,482 over June 2010 By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff Same song, eighth verse. But county entities aren't tired of hearing it. Alfalfa County's sales collection continued their remarkable climb in June. Over the eight-month period beginning October, 2010, the county has collected $1,102,454 more in sales tax than during the same eight month period a year ago. It takes the Oklahoma Tax Commission approximately 60 days to collect the sales and use taxes from around the state and then disburse them to cities and towns, meaning that the June
disbursement is actually from business conducted in April. The county realized $310,200 in the June sales tax report – $229,482 more than the $80,718 collected in June, 2010. Although not as dramatic as the county growth, Cherokee's sales tax receipts are still on the rise. Tax Commission figures show the city received $45,190 in the June report, compared to $37,137 in June, 2010 – an increase of $8,053. Over the eight-month period since October, 2010, Cherokee has collected $95,726 more in sales taxes than during the same eight months a year ago.
It's now considered a given that the dramatic growth in county sales tax receipts can be attributed to the search for oil and gas. Every city and town in the county – with the exception of Goltry and Jet – showed an increase in sales tax receipts. Goltry was down considerably – $1,783 – while Jet's decline amounted to only $101. Statewide, the Tax Commission returned $114,620,238 in sales taxes to 508 cities and towns in June. That compared to $109,840,041 distributed to 505 cities and towns in June of 2010 – an increase of $4,780,197.
Accompanying this story are charts for the month of June, indicating sales and "use" taxes distributed to all municipalities within the county, as well as several surrounding communities. It also details sales tax collections by not just Alfalfa County, but also Grant, Major and Woods counties. "Use" taxes are those collected upon purchases made out of state for use in the county by firms using those materials to conduct business here. Use taxes are collected by not only the county, but also most municipalities within the county.
Bailey earns position on Kansas Rodeo team HELENA – Timberlake sophomore Stacey Bailey has earned a position on the Kansas State High School Rodeo team. She will travel with teammates to Gillette, Wyo. to compete July 13-23 at the 63rd Annual National High School Finals Rodeo in the barrel racing, pole bending and cutting competitions. Bailey recently competed on the state level and earned the title of All-Around Cowgirl and State Pole Bending Champion. She also received third in barrel racing and fourth in cutting, as well as sixth in goat tying and ninth in breakaway roping. She will serve as student
tion bond for the purchase of new buses. A list of computer equipment was declared surplus and will be disposed. A resolution to the State Board of Education to fully fund the flexible benefit allowance, Oklahoma Teachers Retirement offset credit and federal free school lunch matching program was approved. Board members were updated on building projects and the little gym renovation.
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I would like to thank A-B Fire Dept., Cherokee Fire Dept., Burlington Fire Dept., TJ Allison, Stan Crowder’s crew, Littlefields, Bo Ginder, Don Coffman and anyone else I may have overlooked for helping with the fire in my field. Your Help is greatly appreciated. Tim Hague
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STACEY BAILEY (right) accepts the champion pole bending award from Kansas High School Rodeo Association Queen Jade Kruse. Bailey is a sophomore at Timberlake High School.
Kids’ Cooking School Aug. 1-5 at Fairgrounds Alfalfa County OSU Extension Office will host a Kids’ Cooking School from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 1 through 5 at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds. Cost is $25 and is due in the Extension Office by July 22. Space is limited. Hands-on classes will be organized in a progression series according to skills learned daily. During the final class, students will prepare a mystery meal, utilizing their skill levels.
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Feely resigns principal’s post; BOE eyes transportation bond BURLINGTON – The Burlington Board of Education met for a special meeting at 8 p.m. June 20 in the superintendent’s office. Members present were James Maltbie, Roger Allen, Beth Guffy and Allison Armbruster. Member Terry Graham arrived at 8:15 p.m. Others present were Superintendent Glen Elliott, Assistant Principal Aaron Randall and Minutes Clerk Jan Hill. Clark Bittle of Baker, Harris & Hopkins Insurance Agency, Enid, for Oklahoma School Risk Management Trust and Brad Mennem of Mennem Insurance Agency, Medford, for Oklahoma Schools Insurance Group were in attendance to present Insurance quotes. A quote from Oklahoma Schools Property & Casualty Cooperative for 20112012 was also discussed and compared. The board convened in executive session at 9:25 p.m. to discuss the resignation of Principal Joe Feely and employment of an elementary teacher. Returning to open session at 9:50 p.m., the board accepted Feely’s resignation and thanked him for his years serving the school. Elliott will begin interviewing for an elementary position. Board members discussed the possibility of a transporta-
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Lifestyles
Manor celebrates July with ice cream; plans cookbook
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Submit your recipes to Marva Fallis at Manor Cherokee Manor will be hosting several events in July starting with an ice cream social at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 3. The community is invited to join us. Choose your favorite flavor of ice cream and toppings. Entertainment will be provided by locals Doug Murrow, Debbie Hoggard, Aaron Hoggard, Ed Jones and Lahoma Cain. The Manor will celebrate Independence Day at 2 p.m. with a resident party. The residents will participate in a “Make It Yourself” Ice Cream Sundae Day at 2 p.m. July 23. Resident’s sundaes will be judged as the prettiest, most delicious, wackiest and best gourmet flavor combination.
Menu is subject to change due to availability of foods. Monday, July 4 - Closed. Happy 4th of July. Tuesday, July 5 - Beef macaroni casserole, mixed vegetables, tossed salad with tomatoes, cornbread, bakers choice dessert. Wednesday, July 6 - Chicken salad, English pea cheese salad, carrot raisin salad, crackers, red Jell-o poke cake. Thursday, July 7 - Western sandwich, cucumber, tomato, onion salad, baked beans, chocolate chip cookie. Friday, July 8 - Closed. For reservation, call 580596-2792 Cherokee, or 580852-3248 Helena, by noon the day before.
Marva Fallis, S.S./Activities Director, is compiling a Cherokee Manor Cookbook to be completed in time for the County Fair. If you have recipes you would like to include, please contact Marva at 596-2141. Fallis and Administrator Tami Lindsey will be participating in the cotton candy booth at the Cherokee July 4th Celebration at the Park. Cherokee Manor welcomes all volunteers. If you would be interested in singing, playing music, helping with games, reading, telling stories, painting fingernails or any other contribution, please call or come by to visit with Marva or Tami.
Amorita holds Memorial Day luncheon AMORITA – Amorita held its annual Memorial Day Luncheon May 30 at the community building. Attending were Sherry Lowden, Manchaca, Texas; Cecil and Karen Cutbirth, Aurora, Mo.; David Cutright, Spearville, Kan.; George Cutright, St John, Kan.; Ruth and Bill Wilkinson, Megan Kraft, Sherry Dawson, Justin Dawson, Malia Jacobs, and Emily and Kyle Jacobs, all of Wichita, Kan.; Richard and Mary Alice Sperry, Clearwater, Kan.; Tom and Maureen Reeves, Derby, Kan.; Butch and Sharon Girty, Kiowa; Elvin and Dorothy Graham, Claremore; Charles and Doris Prichard, Lawton; Bobbie Barnes, Stillwater; Ray and Clifford Cutright, Jones; Barbara and Marion Beach, Sands Springs; and Dale Graham, Enid. Locals included Waneta Bostick and Phyllis Puffinbarger, Cherokee; James, Janet, Wil-
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Barbara Ann White Funeral service for Barbara Ann White, 78, was at 10 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2011, at Prairie Valley United Methodist Church. Rev. Mary Irby officiated. Burial was at Auburn Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., Cherokee. www.lanmanmemorials.com. Barbara Ann White, born April 28, 1933, was the daughter of Dr. Harold and Clara Barnes of Hutchinson, Kan. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1951. She attended college at Kansas University, home of her beloved Jayhawks, and graduated in 1955 with a major in music education. During her years at K.U., she was a member of the K.U. Chorale, a choral group that traveled throughout the United States to many musical events. After graduation, Barbara taught music for two years in Phillipsburg, Kan. In February of 1957, she married John White Jr. of Cherokee. They moved to Beaver,
where they both taught school and started a family. During their time in Beaver, they had two sons, Jeff and Joe. In 1962, they relocated to Burlington, where the couple had another son, Jay in 1963. While in Burlington, John taught high school science, and Barbara was active in the community as a Cub Scout leader and church music director. For those who remember, these were the years in which Barb organized the “infamous” Fourth of July Celebrations along with the Bolt, Barnes, Pfuetze and White families. In 1970, John and Barb built a home south of Cherokee where they continued to raise their family and farm on a full time basis. Barb was extremely active in all of her children’s activities. It’s certain that everyone who knew her can remember her enthusiasm for the Cherokee Chiefs as well as the sound of her cow bell that she brought to each and every game. She was a member of Prairie Valley Church, where she taught Sunday School and lead the singing for many years. Barb, along with Inez Judd, packed a full house at many “Singspirations” held over the years at Prairie Valley. Barb had confidence and conviction in the way she lived her
life, and she never stopped loving her Lord, family, and friends. She will be deeply missed. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Richard Barnes. Survivors include her husband, John; her children, Jeff White and his wife, Dawn Ann of Cherokee, Joe White of Cherokee, Jay White and his wife, Tina of Oxford, Kan.; four grandchildren, J.D. White and his wife, Lisa of Enid, Jace White of Cherokee, Amy White and Sarah White of Oxford, Kan.; and one sister, Sue Pfuetze of Raleigh, N.C. Memorials may be given to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. (paid) DELMER DOTTERER Graveside funeral services for Delmer Lee Dotterer, 74, were at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, 2011, at the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Rev. Tom Cooksey officiated. Arrangements were under Goodwin Funeral Home of Cherokee. He was born March 22, 1937 in Cherokee, to Joe and Elma Harvey Dotterer and died June 21, 2011, in Pauls Valley General Hospital. He grew up in Cherokee and graduated from Cherokee High School in 1957. After graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He then served in the National
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Guard, retiring in 1997 as Sgt. E5. He lived in Cherokee and Enid before moving to Elkins, Ark. While living in Cherokee he was employed at Farmers Co-op. Surviving are two sons, Tim of Norman and Gary of Oologah; daughter, Angela Koehn of Noble; two brothers, Charles of Mustang and Glen of Oklahoma City; sister, Deloris Barrett of Cherokee; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Mark; two brothers; and an infant sister. Memorials may be given in his honor to the Cherokee Track Fund through Goodwin Funeral Home.
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Darrell Hankey, Amorita; Louise Kirkpatrick, Danny, Amber, Abby and Gavin Guffy, Jim and Carol Guffy, all of Byron.
No July meeting for Alfalfa county Democrat Women The Alfalfa County Democrat Woman met June 6 in the Civic Room of the Alfalfa County courthouse. Kay Gorden led the group in Flag salute and introductions were made. Special guests were State President Christie Breedlove and State Member Anita Norman. Doris Armbruster gave a brief outline of the May meeting which was held in Helena. John Harold, Alfalfa County president, discussed the state meeting held in Oklahoma City
in May. It was voted to cancel the July meeting in Carmen. The program was presented by Breedlove. She spoke about the state association and members had a discussion. She presented the new guideline notebook for the group. Cards were signed for members who were absent. Refreshments were served by Corder and Armbruster. Next meeting will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 6 at the civic room. All democrats welcome.
Mother’s Self-Culture Club elects officers at luncheon By Theobelle Collins Mothers' Self-Culture Club met in the Fellowship Hall of the Cherokee Methodist Church June 22 for its annual pot-luck luncheon. Glenda Norwood hosted the event. After a sumptuous meal, Mary Alice McLeod, president, presided over the election of officers and other business.
New officers include Jeanne Pelter, president; Mary Alice McLeod, vice president; Theobelle Collins, secretary-reporter; Joquietta Hodgson, treasurer; and Carolyn Kramer, parliamentarian. Others present were Vaudene Hiller, Ramona Herren and Shirley Hurst. The next meeting will be held in September.
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Green All-Stars halt coach’s streak, upset Gold, 28-26 By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff MIAMI – It had been 15 games since Cherokee Coach Bryce Schanbacher had tasted defeat – 14 during the regular season last year, including the Class B championship game, and the K101 Bowl played earlier this month. And it looked like the Chiefs' mentor was going to go undefeated through the summer and into the start of the 2011-12 regular season, which kicks off on Friday, Sept. 2. After all, Schanbacher's Gold team led at halftime of the annual 8-man Football Coaches Association All-Star game 20-8 and looked in command of the contest played Saturday night at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College. The Gold had amassed 251 yards in offense to the Green’s 105. But thanks to the special rules implemented for the contest, the Gold team's best offense was left on the sideline for most of the third quarter and the East squad – behind an inspirational effort by Ryan's Trevor Bettis and Watts' Dillon Edens – pulled off a 28-26 comeback victory. "The rules called for us to have two offensive groups and alternate them every other series," explained Schanbacher. "My group had Justin (Schanbacher) and Pond Creek-Hunter quarterback Cody Coats. "Justin ran for 81 yards on nine carries in the first half, but I couldn't get him on the field in the third quarter (when the Green team stole the momentum). "They (Green) played 'three yards and a cloud of dust' in the third quarter and our second offensive group got off only six plays in that quarter. "I was disappointed I didn't get to use our athletes like I wanted to. That's just the way the game is structured." The Gold team finally sur-
CHEROKEE CHURCHES First United Methodist Pastors: Paul Calkin Jeni Markham Clewell Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. CHUMYouth Classes: 6:30 p.m. Wed. Evening Choir Chime:6:30 Choir Practice: 7:30 p.m. New Life Assembly of God Interim Pastor: Robert Stewart Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Bible Study & Prayer: 6:30 p.m. Wed. Prayer & Bible Study: 7p.m. Prayer line: (580) 596-2155 Bethel Baptist Church Pastor: Rev. Ed Jones Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Wednesday Youth: 7 p.m. Adult Bible Study, Wed.: 7 p.m. First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Pastor: Dr. Ron Hansen Youth Minister: Barbara James Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:50 a.m. Youth Meet: 5:30 p.m. KREJ Radio Wed: 8:20, 12:55, 5:25 First Baptist Church Pastor: Tom Cooksey Assoc. Pastor: Brandon Holloway Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Discipleship Training: 6 p.m. Evening Worship: 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer: 7 p.m. St. Cornelius Catholic Church Pastor: Father Lawrence Mass Every Sunday: 11:15 a.m. Friends Church Pastor: Joe Woods Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.
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rendered its lead for the first time in the contest when Edens scored on a 12-yard run with 33 seconds left on the clock to go ahead, 28-26. It looked like the Gold might still pull off the win when it marched down the field and completed a hook and ladder play that saw Justin Schanbacher take a pitch from a team-
mate with clear sailing ahead. But game officials ruled the "hook" portion of the play had a knee on the ground when he pitched to Schanbacher, the "ladder," and the play was called back. Even then, with the athletic Schanbacher on the field, the Gold had time for one more play. Quarterback Ross Britt of
Dewar tossed a 15-yard strike to Schanbacher on a crossing route, but the Cherokee star was stopped a half-yard from the goal line as time expired. Coach Schanbacher wasted little time lamenting the loss. Instead, he turned his attention to the play of the four 8-man All-Stars from Alfalfa County and how well they performed in
Cheers for the cheerleaders!
CHEROKEE HIGH School cheerleaders attended an NCA Varsity Cheer Camp last week at the University of Oklahoma and brought home several awards. The camp consisted of cheers, chants, stunting, jumps and technique. The team received one excellent ribbon, three superior ribbons, an NCA Spirit Stick, a trophy for Most Improved Squad and a bid to go to Nationals to compete. Front row, left to right are Brianna Wilhite, Courtney Hiller, Kaitlin Ductotey and Kristen Shepard. Back row, left to right are Sam Lovely, Ashleigh Evans, KyLee Corr and Taryn Caruthers. Ducotey and Hiller were nominated for All American Cheerleader honors.
Living Vine Community Church Pastors: Matthew & Tamara Yoder Sun.Worship: 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Bible Study: 7 p.m. Men’s: 2nd & 4th Mon. Women’s: 2nd & 4th Wed. BURLINGTON CHURCHES Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Pastor: Dr. Richard Duckworth Church School: 10 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Church of Christ Riverside Preacher: Jeffrey Keele Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:50 a.m. Evening Worship: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Service: 7:00 p.m.
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GREEN 28, GOLD 26 Score by Quarter Green 0 8 6 14 –28 Gold 8 12 6 0 –26 Scoring Summary First Quarter Gold: Ross Britt of Dewar, 70-yard run, 2-point conversion good, 5:50 Second Quarter Gold: Matt Kennedy of Geary, 2-yard run, conversion failed, 10:02 Green: Dillon Edens of Watts, 1-yard run, 2-point conversion good, 4:02 Gold: Cody Coats of Pond CreekHunter, 21-yard run, conversion failed, 0:32 Third Quarter Green: Trevor Bettis of Ryan, 1-yard run, conversion failed, 6:33 Gold: Britt to Dalton McCarroll of Dewar, 24-yard pass, conversion failed, 3:33 Fourth Quarter Green: Edens, 2-yard run, 2-point conversion good, 10:14 Green: Edens, 12-yard run, conversion failed, 0:33
Fellowship & Communion last Sunday of the month Jet United Methodist Church Pastor: Mary Irby Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. UMW: Every 3rd Wed. 7 p.m. CARMEN CHURCHES Carmen Christian Church Pastor: Kirk Board Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Carmen United Methodist Pastor: John Bizzell Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Assembly of God Pastor: Rev. Mike Wiles Morning Worship 11 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a.m. Carmen Baptist Church Pastor: Jerry Stafford Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m. ALINE CHURCHES United Methodist Church Pastor: Rachel Parrott Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Bible Study: 5:00 p.m. Pleasant Plain Church of the Brethren Pastor: Elsie Koehn Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday Eve Service: 7:30 p.m. 3rd Sunday Fellowship following Church Service First Christian Church Pastor: Polly Young Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Youth Group: 4 p.m. CYF: 5 p.m. Wildwood Chapel River RoadNon-Denominational Sunday: 830 p.m.
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Goodwin Funeral Home
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ball to him a couple of times. I just didn't think my offense was out there often enough to get everyone involved. "Logan's a great kid to be around. He's a lot of fun and he kept it interesting. We'd go back and forth on the CherokeeTimberlake rivalry... all in good fun." Schanbacher said the chance for players who saw each other only on the field to become good friends over the week-long AllStar game experience was rewarding. "It was a great week and a great game," he said. "Our (coaches) association does a real good job making something like that happen." Justin Schanbacher has another game on his schedule this summer, the 11-man All-State game on Friday, July 29. He is one of only two 8-man players named to the elite 11-man allstar squad, which will be played at Broken Arrow High School.
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Pleasant View Mennonite Pastors: Dennis Koehn, Randy Schmidt, & Patrick Koehn Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship: 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid: 1st & 3rd Thursday
Green Valley Free Methodist Church Pastor: David Keller Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 10:45 a.m.
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the contest. "The kids had a great time," he said. "That was the fun part for me. Brayden (Nixon) started at safety and played outstanding." Nixon had six individual tackles and two assists, which earned him Defensive Most Valuable Player of the game honors for the Gold. "Chase (Wallace) got to play quite a bit at linebacker," said the Cherokee coach. "But I was sure disappointed that we weren't able to get Justin involved more in the game in the second half." Coach Schanbacher said Justin touched the ball only twice in the second half – once on a 5-yard run and again on the last play of the game. "We just couldn't get him involved in the offense in the second half," said Coach Schanbacher, who obviously felt the Cherokee standout could have made a difference in the outcome of the contest had he had more touches in the third and fourth quarters. Justin Schanbacher, who is headed to Northwestern to play for the Rangers this fall, ended the game with nearly 90 yards rushing and caught several passes for positive yards. Britt picked up Most Valuable Offensive Player of the game honors for the Gold. He carried seven times for 119 yards and scored once. Edens was the easy selection as the Green Most Valuable Offensive Player of the game. He rushed 15 times for 137 yards and three touchdowns. Defensive Most Valuable Player of the game honors for the Green squad went to Kevin Rice of Duke, who had nine tackles. "Logan Latta (Timberlake All-Star) started at tight end for us and we tried to throw the
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HONOR AMERICA
HONOR AMERICA
WORDS OF FREEDOM We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed; if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men. -Theodore Roosevelt
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WORDS OF FREEDOM New methods and new ideas are the outgrowth of the spirit of adventure, of individual initiative, and of individual enterprise. Without adventure there is no progress. -Herbert Hoover
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Sponsors help buy fireworks Thanks to the 21 sponsors of this year’s Honor America series, the Cherokee Main Street Fireworks Fund will receive an additional $105. Each year, the 21 sponsors agree to feature the patriotic messages which appear on these two pages. They also agree to contribute to the Fireworks Fund, which will help pay for next year’s fireworks show at the high school football field. This year ’s Honor America theme is “Words of Freedom” and features patriotic quotes from many of America’s most famous leaders.
HONOR AMERICA
HONOR AMERICA
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WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
On the first day of January, in the year of Our Lord 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth, and forever free!
Freedom of religion; freedom of the press; freedom of person under protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selectedthese principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
-Abraham Lincoln
-Thomas Jefferson
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WORDS OF FREEDOM
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Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. It would be strange indeed of so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated.
I was born an American, I will live an American; I will die an American; and I intend to perform the duties incumbent upon me in that character to the end of my career! No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in the defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country.
-Tom Paine
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WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving just powers from the consent of the governed.
-Daniel Webster
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-George Washington
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HONOR AMERICA
HONOR AMERICA
HONOR AMERICA
HONOR AMERICA
WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the world go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans- born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage. -John F. Kennedy
As we peer into society’s future, we- you and I, and our Government- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our ease and convenience, the previous resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.
In the spirit of that America, which lies hidden in some form in the aspirations of us all; in the spirit of that America for which our young men are at this moment fighting, and dying; in that spirit of liberty and of America I ask you to rise and with me pledge our faith in the glorious destiny of our beloved country.
We can remember the past with flags and parades and fireworks as President Adams envisioned in the first summer of our independence, but to honor the past, we must hand this magnificent experiment in self-government on to future generations, free and strong.
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-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Gerald R. Ford
-Judge Learned
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Here muster, not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity. Men’s hearts wait upon us; men’s lives hang in the balance; men’s hopes call upon us to say what we will do. Who shall live up to the great trust? Who dares fail to try? I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all foward-looking men, to my side.
Rebuffed, but always persevering; self-reproached, but ever regaining faith; undaunted, tenacious, the heart of man labors toward immeasurably distant goals. Discouraged not by difficulties without, or the anguish of ages within, the heart listens to a secret voice that whispers: ‘Be not dismayed; in the future lies the promised land.’
I think the true discovery of America is before us. I think the true fulfillment of our spirit, of our people, of our mighty and immortal land, is yet to come. I think the true discovery of our own democracy is still before us. And, I think that all these things are certain as the morning, as inevitable as noon.
Yesterday the greatest question was decided that was ever debated in America; and greater, perhaps, ever was or will be decided among men. ‘That these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.’ The day is passed. The Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history of America.
-Woodrow Wilson
-Helen Keller
-John Adams
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WORDS OF FREEDOM
WORDS OF FREEDOM
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The things that the Flag stand for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The Flag is the embodiment, not sentiment, but of history. It represents the experiences made by men and women, experiences of those who do and live under that Flag.
We also rededicate ourselves to the responsibilities of America. We do not insist that we are perfect, but we must strive for perfection as long as there is an American nation. For only by honoring America’s promise do we Honor America itself.
The name of American which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. . . you have in a common cause fought and triumphed together. The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts, of common dangers, sufferings, and successes.
In the future days, which we seek to make more secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential freedoms: Freedom of speech and expression, freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, freedom from want, freedom from fear. That is no vision of a distant millenium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time.
-George Washington
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Woodrow Wilson
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-Lyndon B. Johnson
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Alfalfa County District Court Docket Criminal Misdemeanor Randall Michael Robair, Enid, has been charged with driving with a suspended license. Brandon Martin Christianson, has been charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of paraphernalia. Danielle Louise Mongold, Aline, has been charged with use of language calculated to arouse anger or cause breach of peace. Criminal Felony Marlin Monte Yoder, Cherokee, has been charged with cruelty to animals. Small Claims
Tamara Yoder, Cherokee, has been sued by Yoder Gas Company, Jet, for an amount less than $6,000. Dave Beckwith, Cleo Springs, has been sued by Yoder Gas Company, Jet, for an amount less than $6,000. Civil Leah Haines, Cherokee, has been sued by Midland Funding, Richmond, Va., for an amount less than $10,000. Tasha Ramirez, Cherokee, has been sued by Creditors Recovery Corp. for an amount less than $10,000. Traffic Charged with failure to wear seat belt, $20, are Michael
W. Vest, Cherokee; Robert Edward Wilson, Enid; Zachary Stephenson Cunningham, Choctaw; Shane Glendon Callison, Alva; Patrick Joe Martin, Cherokee; Joshua Reigh Longhurst, Alva; Nickolas Wayne Hendricks, Alva; Lucinda Gayle Eldringhoff, Jet. Charged with failure to stop at stop sign, $211.50, Steven Lavern Hale, Inola; Donna Faye Johnson, Piedmont. Charged with speeding 1-10 mph over speed limit, $188.50, Jesse Roy Galvan, Duncan; Samuel Glenn Keith, McLoud; Scott Frederick Holder, Bixby; Loretta Fawn Wheeler, Cherokee; Oscar Hermosillo Jr.,
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Odessa, Texas; Randolph A. Jackson, Choctaw; Mark Edwin Miller II, Oklahoma City. Charged with speeding 11-14 mph over speed limit, $226.50, Justin Todd Taylor, Lahoma. Charged with speeding 16-20 mph over speed limit, $241.50, is Wynn Leroy Wade, Alva. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid (expired) driver’s license is Jennifer Christine Roach, Cherokee. Charged with transporting an open container of beer, $316, is Jerry Lynn Bowles, Oklahoma City.
Cherokee Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department logs police logs June 20 4:23 p.m. – Caller has dog chained up. Needed the dog catcher. 8:44 p.m. – Unwanted person at residence. 8:45 p.m. – Someone put female yorkie with pink collar in back yard. June 21 1:31 p.m. – Semi with flat trailer hauling another flat load. Load shifted and is hanging off both sides, now an extra wide load. 2:25 p.m. – Officers requested veterinarian to look at horses. Vet in surgery. Will be in later. 3:28 p.m. – Little blood on deep end of pool. Does pool need to be closed? 4:50 p.m. – Dog keeps coming in Express Stop. Requested dog catcher pick up. 8:57 p.m. – Odor on 3rd Street, between Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Requested police drive by. Officer said it smells like sewer but could be natural gas. Advised fire chief. June 22 8:31 a.m. – Advised of strong odor of sewer from earlier call the night before on 3rd Street, between Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. June 23 7:59 a.m. – Woman from Jet needed animal control. 9:07 a.m. – Black dog and yellow dog tried to bite someone on bicycle between 9th Street and Oklahoma Avenue. Dog could not be found. 1:35 p.m. – Need police officer to go to horse pen. Horses scattered on 5th Street and three bales of hay were stolen, fence taken down. June 24 2:05 p.m. – Brown shepherd dog with wrinkly face getting in people’s trash. Believes owner moved and left dog. 10:58 p.m. – Someone tried to break into apartment. Photos taken. June 25 12:05 p.m. – Caller heard noise that sounded like gun shots. Could have been fireworks. June 26 9:26 p.m. – Large fire in grill under trees in Ira A. Hill Park. Grill was in back yard, not park, and was not under trees. No danger. 9:42 p.m. – Fire now three feet tall. Fire chief said he would drive by. Door slammed at residence. June 27 1:36 a.m. – Resident believes someone turned on outside faucet and flooded her back yard and basement. 7:36 a.m. – Dead cat in gutter on Oklahoma Avenue.
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June 21 6:58 p.m. – Fire three miles north of Jet. Called Jet Fire Department and Nescatunga, Goltry, Hawley, Cherokee, Nash fire departments for mutual aid. 4:17 p.m. – Request for animal control. Male subject put cat on a snake. Snake bit cat, which is the family pet. Vet said to watch cat for 10 days, if reaction, take to vet. 5:33 p.m. – Neglected horses in No Hope. 5:42 p.m. – Vandalism to equipment two miles west of Jet. 7:34 p.m. – Vehicles sideswiped mirrors two miles west of Jet. No officer needed. 7:56 p.m. – Snake on porch in Helena. Requested someone remove it. June 22 2:32 p.m. – Fire north of railroad tracks in McWillie. Aline, Goltry, Jet, Cherokee and Carmen fire departments called. 5:39 p.m. – Fire one mile east of SH 281 and 11 junction in Woods County. Electric line down in ditch. 8:03 p.m. – Grass fire four miles north of Kiowa, Kan. turnoff. Burlington Fire Department called. 9:16 p.m. – Intrusion alarm at
Pot found in March warrants charges pressed in June Brandon Martin Christianson has been charged with two misdemeanor crimes three months after police found marijuana in his bedroom. Christianson, 19, of Cherokee was charged June 22 in Alfalfa County District Court with unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of paraphernalia. An affidavit filed by Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Agent Kyle Candida said he arrested Christianson March 25 at his home after finding four glass jars containing a green residue and “a strong odor of green marijuana.” The jars were labeled “Blue Dream 29,” “Diesel 10-24-10 18,” “O.G. Crush” and “Blue Dream 17.” According to the affidavit, Christianson lives with his parents who gave permission for law enforcement officials to search his bedroom. The parents called Christianson to come home after the items were found and he cooperated with officers. Penalty for both crimes is up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both.
United. All was OK. 9:30 p.m. – Herd of black cattle out on SH 58. In Major County. Owners contacted. June 23 8:01 a.m. – Stray dog tied to tree in Jet. Requested someone come release it. Caller was afraid of dog. Referred caller to local resident who handles matters in Jet. 12:24 p.m. – Possible burglary. Son took television. 8 p.m. – Possible drinking at Carmen pool. People trying to get into pool. 8:22 p.m. – Tree on fire north of Jet. Jet Fire Department dispatched. 8:54 p.m. – Fire north of Jet, lightning strike. Jet Fire Department dispatched. 9:04 p.m. – Fire at rig south of Jet, possible lightning strike. 9:09 p.m. – Fire south of Jet. Goltry Fire Department dispatched. 10:02 p.m. – Fire northeast of McWillie. Helena Fire Department paged. June 24 4:18 a.m. – Attempt to locate female involved in a kidnapping and stolen vehicle case. Had 72-year-old
male and 5-year-old child in 1997 white Dodge Ram pickup. 1:13 p.m. – Grass fire near Aline. Aline Fire Department paged. 1:46 p.m. – Fire nine miles west of Cleo Springs. Carmen, Dacoma fire departments called. 7:05 p.m. – Cows out near McWillie. Owner contacted. 8:06 p.m. – Cows out northeast of Jet. Left message with owner. June 25 1:30 p.m. – Identification card found at Ira A. Hill Park. Address from Blackwell. 6:04 p.m. – Red steer out three miles west of McWillie. Owner contacted. 8 p.m. – Calf out one mile north of Carmen turnoff. Owner advised. 8:06 p.m. – Horse out south of Cherokee sale barn. Advised possible owner. 9:01 p.m. – Cow out east of Cherokee. 8:34 p.m. – Children walking in ditch north of Sod House. One child looked 2 or 3 years old. Nothing found. 8:47 p.m. – Children shooting BB gun in Carmen. One shot went by caller’s head. Spoke with parents.
Sheriff seizes horses, charges owner with cruelty to animals Seven malnourished horses will be boarded at Salt Plains Veterinary Clinic until authorities decide whether the animals received suitable amounts of food and water from their owner. Marlin Montie Yoder, 39, of Cherokee was charged with seven counts of cruelty to animals after Sheriff Charlie Tucker found six horses and a colt looking “very skinny with ribs showing” in a pen at 3rd Street and Florida Avenue. Tucker discovered the animals June 21 during a routine drive in the neighborhood. He called Cherokee Police Chief Mike Andrews to look at the horses. The officers found five brown horses and a colt in one pen, and a white adult horse in a separate pen with a water trough that contained “five or six inches of dirty water.” Another trough in the pen with the other horses was “totally dry, and it had dry dirt and dry hay in the bottom.” According to the affidavit, the temperature was 91 degrees at the time Andrews and Tucker were at the location. City records showed that water to the property was shut off April 13. Neighbors said they had seen Yoder haul water to the horses on occasion. Andrews had a city worker turn on the water, and he and Tucker filled the empty trough. They also
called Dr. Ronnie Steadman, veterinarian and owner of Salt Plains Veterinary Clinic north of Cherokee. Steadman examined the horses and concluded that each appeared to be malnourished and dehydrated. The horses were taken to the Salt Plains clinic and will remain there until a judgment is made on the case. Yoder was scheduled to appear in court at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & to be located not less than 1320 feet from Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t the unit boundary; and (ii) granting such other and further relief as may be proper BEFORE THE CORPORATION based upon the evidence presented at COMMISSION OF THE STATE the hearing herein. OF OKLAHOMA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE the application in this cause requests OPERATING, INC. AND that the order to be entered in this matCHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, ter be made effective as of the date of L.L.C. the execution thereof or as of a date RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING prior thereto and seeks to amend the LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 15 following set out order with respect to TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 10 WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, the following named separate common sources of supply: OKLAHOMA Common Source of Supply: Tonkawa, Cause CD No. 201103097 Cottage Grove, Kansas City, Big LimeNOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All per- Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian Order Number Being Extended sons, owners, producers, operators, purFrom Adjacent or Cornering Lands: chasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in 584079 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” this cause will be referred to an Adminattached to the application on file in this istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of cause, and, if any of the named individu- evidence and reporting to the Corporation als be deceased, then the unknown heirs, Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate this cause will be heard before an Adminand remote, of such deceased individual; istrative Law Judge on the Conservation if any of the named entities is a dissolved Docket at the Corporation Commission, partnership, corporation or other asso- First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 ciation, then the unknown successors, North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, trustees and assigns, both immediate Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day and remote, of such dissolved entity; if of July 2011, and that this notice will be any of the named parties designated as published as required by law and the a trustee is not presently acting in such rules of the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee; the Applicants and interested parties may if any of the named parties designated as present testimony by telephone. The cost an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting of telephonic communication shall be in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then paid by the person or persons requesting the unknown successor or successors its use. An interested party who wishes to to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the participate by telephone shall contact the named entities are corporations which Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to do not continue to have legal existence, the hearing date, and provide his or her the unknown trustees or assigns of such name and phone number. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that parties. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ap- all interested persons may appear and plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and be heard. For information concerning Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have this action contact Nathan Cook, landfiled an application in this cause request- man, (405) 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, ing the Corporation Commission to enter attorney, OBA No. 20805, (405) 935an order, as follows: (i) amending Order 8203, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., P.O. No. 584079 of the Commission so as to Box 18496, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma enlarge and extend the boundaries of the 73154-0496. Please refer to Cause CD Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Kansas City, Number. DONE AND PERFORMED THIS Big Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of 22nd day of June 2011. CORPORATION COMMISSION supply of gas so as to cover and include OF OKLAHOMA Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 10 DANA L. MURPHY, Chair West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman which section Applicants request be BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner formed as an irregular 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for such separate com- BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: mon sources of supply underlying such PEGGY MITCHELL, section, with the permitted well for the unit Commission Secretary
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Thursday,
Auction Location: Women’s Building at the Woods County Fairgrounds, Alva Oklahoma This 1/4 section is located from the Alva Municipal Airport, 4 miles South on 281 and 1 mile West OR from Hopeton, OK, go 1 1/2 miles North and 1 mile West. It has currently been planted to wheat and appears to be desirable for winter wheat pasture grazing. According to the Woods County FSA there are 157.7 acres of cropland and 165.3 acres of wheat base with a 28 bushel yield. This farm should be a nice addition to your farming and/or cattle operation. Legal: SE/4 2-26N-14W, Woods Co., OK. Taxes: Will be prorated to closing. Minerals: Do not sell. Possession: Upon payment in full of the purchase price and transfer of title. Terms: 10% down with balance due upon delivery of merchantable title. Announcements made day of auction take precedence. Contact Jeff Crissup, Auction Manager at 580-541-9246 for any additional information you may need & visit www.wigginsauctioneers.com for pictures. Can’t attend the auction? Register at www.proxibid.com/wiggins to bid from the comfort of your home or office.
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Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, June 30, 2011 • Page 11 Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & and spacing unit involved herein under a plan of development and have proposed Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t to commence such plan of development BEFORE THE CORPORATION of such unit by an initial well in the lands COMMISSION covered hereby, and that Applicants have OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA been unable to reach an agreement with APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE the owners of drilling rights named as reOPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE spondents herein with respect to such proEXPLORATION, L.L.C. posed plan of development of the separate RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING common sources of supply in the drilling LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 15 and spacing unit covered hereby. TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 10 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, application in this cause requests that one OKLAHOMA or both of the Applicants, including ChesaCause CD No. 201103098 peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and NOTICE OF HEARING through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perInc., or some other party recommended sons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and by Applicants be designated as operaall other interested persons, particularly tor under the order to be entered in this in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the cause of the separate common sources following: SandRidge Exploration and of supply in the drilling and spacing unit Production, LLC; and, if any of the named involved herein, including the proposed individuals be deceased, then the unknown initial well and any subsequent wells under heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, Applicants’ proposed plan of development trustees and assigns, both immediate and of such unit. Applicants may request up to remote, of such deceased individual; if one year from the date of the order to enter any of the named entities is a dissolved in this cause, within which to commence partnership, corporation or other assothe initial well. ciation, then the unknown successors, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that trustees and assigns, both immediate this cause will be referred to an Adminand remote, of such dissolved entity; if istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of any of the named parties designated as evidence and reporting to the Corporation a trustee is not presently acting in such Commission. capacity as trustee, then the unknown NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this successor or successors to such trustee; cause will be heard before an Administraif any of the named parties designated as tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in the Corporation Commission, First Floor, such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, unknown successor or successors to such Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named of July 2011, and that this notice will be entities are corporations which do not conpublished as required by law and the rules tinue to have legal existence, the unknown of the Commission. trustees or assigns of such parties. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe Applicants and interested parties may plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and present testimony by telephone. The cost Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed of telephonic communication shall be paid an application in this cause requesting the by the person or persons requesting its Corporation Commission to enter an order use. An interested party who wishes to pooling the interests of the oil and gas ownparticipate by telephone shall contact the ers, and adjudicating the rights and equiApplicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to ties with respect thereto, in the proposed the hearing date, and provide his or her irregular 640-acre drilling and spacing name and phone number. unit in Cause CD No. 201103097, for the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Kansas City, Big interested persons may appear and be Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and Mississip- heard. For information concerning this acpian separate common sources of supply, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) underlying Section 15, Township 29 North, 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Oklahoma, with respect to the develop- Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma ment of such separate common sources City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer of supply in such unit. The interests of the to Cause CD Number. oil and gas owners involved herein and the DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 22nd rights and equities in respect thereto are day of June 2011. sought here to be pooled and adjudicated CORPORATION COMMISSION pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section OF OKLAHOMA 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling DANA L. MURPHY, Chair and spacing unit covered hereby, and not JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner in this cause states that Applicants have BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: proposed the development of the separate PEGGY MITCHELL, common sources of supply in the drilling Commission Secretary
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & of the separate common sources of supply Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t in the drilling and spacing unit involved BEFORE THE CORPORATION herein under a plan of development and COMMISSION have proposed to commence such plan OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA of development of such unit by an initial APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE well in the lands covered hereby, and that OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE Applicants have been unable to reach an EXPLORATION, L.L.C. agreement with the owners of drilling rights RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING named as respondents herein with respect LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 3 to such proposed plan of development of TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 12 the separate common sources of supply WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, in the drilling and spacing unit covered OKLAHOMA hereby. Cause CD No. 201103072 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the NOTICE OF HEARING application in this cause requests that one STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All peror both of the Applicants, including Chesasons, owners, producers, operators, peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, all other interested persons, particularly Inc., or some other party recommended in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the by Applicants be designated as operafollowing: Michael W. Brown; Ceja Cortor under the order to be entered in this poration; D & B Production, LLC; Eagle cause of the separate common sources Energy Production, LLC; Kevin Foxx; of supply in the drilling and spacing unit Kevin Foxx; Fractalsoft, LLC; Millbrae involved herein, including the proposed Natural Gas, LLC; Ophir Energy Corporainitial well and any subsequent wells under tion; SCM Development, LLC; Wayne M. Applicants’ proposed plan of development Thorndyke; U. S. Oil and Gas Holdings, of such unit. Applicants may request up to LLC; Greg Wallace; and, if any of the one year from the date of the order to enter named individuals be deceased, then the in this cause, within which to commence unknown heirs, executors, administrators, the initial well. devisees, trustees and assigns, both imNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that mediate and remote, of such deceased this cause will be referred to an Adminindividual; if any of the named entities is a istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of dissolved partnership, corporation or other evidence and reporting to the Corporation association, then the unknown successors, Commission. trustees and assigns, both immediate NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this and remote, of such dissolved entity; if cause will be heard before an Administraany of the named parties designated as tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at a trustee is not presently acting in such the Corporation Commission, First Floor, capacity as trustee, then the unknown Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, successor or successors to such trustee; Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day if any of the named parties designated as of July 2011, and that this notice will be an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in published as required by law and the rules such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the of the Commission. unknown successor or successors to such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named the Applicants and interested parties may entities are corporations which do not conpresent testimony by telephone. The cost tinue to have legal existence, the unknown of telephonic communication shall be paid trustees or assigns of such parties. by the person or persons requesting its NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apuse. An interested party who wishes to plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and participate by telephone shall contact the Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to an application in this cause requesting the the hearing date, and provide his or her Corporation Commission to enter an order name and phone number. pooling the interests of the oil and gas NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all owners, and adjudicating the rights and interested persons may appear and be equities with respect thereto, in the 640heard. For information concerning this acacre drilling and spacing unit comprised of tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Section 3, Township 25 North, Range 12 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Red Fork and Mississippi Solid separate City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer common sources of supply with respect to to Cause CD Number. the development of such separate comDONE AND PERFORMED THIS 22nd mon sources of supply in such unit. The day of June 2011. interests of the oil and gas owners involved CORPORATION COMMISSION herein and the rights and equities in reOF OKLAHOMA spect thereto are sought here to be pooled DANA L. MURPHY, Chair and adjudicated pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman Stat., Section 87.1 within and on the basis BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner of the drilling and spacing unit covered BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: hereby, and not limited to a single wellbore. PEGGY MITCHELL, The Applicants in this cause states that ApCommission Secretary plicants have proposed the development
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & 1320 feet from the unit boundary; and (ii) Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t granting such other and further relief as BEFORE THE CORPORATION may be proper based upon the evidence COMMISSION presented at the hearing herein. OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE application in this cause requests that the OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE order to be entered in this matter be made EXPLORATION, L.L.C. effective as of the date of the execution RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING thereof or as of a date prior thereto and LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 7 seeks to amend the following set out order TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH RANGE 10 with respect to the following named sepaWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, rate common sources of supply: OKLAHOMA Common Source of Supply: Tonkawa, Cause CD No. 201103070 Cottage Grove, Oswego, Red Fork, MisNOTICE OF HEARING sissippi Chat and Mississippi Lime STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perOrder Number Being Extended sons, owners, producers, operators, From Adjacent or Cornering Lands: purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and 386572 all other interested persons, particularly in NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuthis cause will be referred to an Adminlarly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of attached to the application on file in this evidence and reporting to the Corporation cause, and, if any of the named individuals Commission. be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees this cause will be heard before an Adminand assigns, both immediate and remote, istrative Law Judge on the Conservation of such deceased individual; if any of the Docket at the Corporation Commission, named entities is a dissolved partnership, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 corporation or other association, then the North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, unknown successors, trustees and as- Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day signs, both immediate and remote, of such of July 2011, and that this notice will be dissolved entity; if any of the named parties published as required by law and the rules designated as a trustee is not presently of the Commission. acting in such capacity as trustee, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that unknown successor or successors to such the Applicants and interested parties may trustee; if any of the named parties desigpresent testimony by telephone. The cost nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently of telephonic communication shall be paid acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, by the person or persons requesting its then the unknown successor or successors use. An interested party who wishes to to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the participate by telephone shall contact the named entities are corporations which Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to do not continue to have legal existence, the hearing date, and provide his or her the unknown trustees or assigns of such name and phone number. parties. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apinterested persons may appear and be plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and heard. For information concerning this acChesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) filed an application in this cause request935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA ing the Corporation Commission to enter No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake an order, as follows: (i) amending Order Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma No. 386572 of the Commission so as to City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer enlarge and extend the boundaries of the to Cause CD Number. Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Red DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 22nd Fork, Mississippi Chat and Mississippi day of June 2011. Lime separate common sources of supply CORPORATION COMMISSION of gas so as to cover and include Section OF OKLAHOMA 7, Township 26 North, Range 10 West of DANA L. MURPHY, Chair the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman section Applicants request be formed as BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: such separate common sources of supply PEGGY MITCHELL, underlying such section, with the permitted Commission Secretary well for the unit to be located not less than Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & line and no closer than 2200 feet from the Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t west line of the unit comprising said SecBEFORE THE CORPORATION tion 3, Township 25 North, Range 12 West COMMISSION of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, with OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA a tolerance of 100 feet from the proposed APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE completion interval, and to be completed OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE in and produce hydrocarbons from the EXPLORATION, L.L.C. above-named separate common sources RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION of supply; (ii) providing for the re-opening of EXCEPTION the cause at such time as the bottom hole LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 3 location of the well proposed hereunder TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 12 has been determined; and (iii) establishWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, ing a proper allowable with no downward OKLAHOMA adjustment made thereto. Cause CD No. 201103073 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the NOTICE OF HEARING application in this cause requests that the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, order be entered in this matter be made owners, producers, operators, purchasers effective as of the date of the execution and takers of oil and gas, and all other interthereof or as of a date prior thereto and that ested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, the authorization and permission requested Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set herein run in favor of one or both of the out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the apApplicants, including Chesapeake Exploraplication on file in this cause, and, if any of tion, L.L.C. acting by and through its agent the named individuals be deceased, then Chesapeake Operating, Inc., or some other the unknown heirs, executors, administraparty recommended by Applicants. tors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediate and remote, of such deceased the legal descriptions for the land sections individual; if any of the named entities is a adjacent to said Section 3 are Sections 2, dissolved partnership, corporation or other 4, 9, 10 and 11, Township 25 North, Range association, then the unknown successors, 12 West of the IM and Sections 33, 34 and trustees and assigns, both immediate and 35, Township 26 North, Range 12 West of remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. the named parties designated as a trustee NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this is not presently acting in such capacity as cause will be referred to an Administrative trustee, then the unknown successor or sucLaw Judge for hearing, taking of evidence cessors to such trustee; if any of the named and reporting to the Corporation Comparties designated as an attorney-in-fact mission. is not presently acting in such capacity as NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this attorney-in-fact, then the unknown succescause will be heard before an Administrasor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the and if any of the named entities are corpoCorporation Commission, First Floor, Jim rations which do not continue to have legal Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, existence, the unknown trustees or assigns at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day of July 2011, of such parties. and that this notice will be published as NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aprequired by law and the rules of the Complicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and mission. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application in this cause requesting the the Applicants and interested parties may Corporation Commission to enter an order, present testimony by telephone. The cost of as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting telephonic communication shall be paid by an exception to the permitted well location the person or persons requesting its use. An tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacinterested party who wishes to participate ing unit comprised of Section 3, Township by telephone shall contact the Applicants 25 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the hearCounty, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Coting date, and provide his or her name and tage Grove, Oswego, Red Fork and Misphone number. sissippi Solid separate common sources NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled interested persons may appear and be as follows: heard. For information concerning this acSurface location: No closer than 165 tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) feet from the south line and no closer than 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA 2200 feet from the west line of the unit No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake comprising said Section 3, Township 25 Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer County, Oklahoma, to Cause CD Number. Location of Wellbore at Completion DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 22nd Interval: The casing will be cemented along day of June 2011. the entire length of the lateral. The proposed CORPORATION COMMISSION location of the end points of the completion OF OKLAHOMA interval will be no closer than 165 feet from DANA L. MURPHY, Chair the south line and no closer than 2200 feet JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman from the west line of the unit comprising said BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner Section 3, Township 25 North, Range 12 BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, PEGGY MITCHELL, and no closer than 165 feet from the north Commission Secretary
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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & supply in the drilling and spacing units Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t covered hereby. Such application further BEFORE THE CORPORATION requests up to 365 days within which to COMMISSION OF THE STATE commence operations on or in connection OF OKLAHOMA with such initial well under such plan of APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE development. EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that LLC the application in this cause requests that RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING SandRidge Exploration and Production, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 9, LLC, or some other party recommended Township 28 North, Range 12 by Applicant be designated as operator West of the IM, Alfalfa County, under the order to be entered herein of Oklahoma the separate common sources of supply Cause CD No. 201103148 in the drilling and spacing units covered NOTICE OF HEARING hereby, including the initial well and any STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persubsequent well or wells drilled under or sons, owners, producers, operators, otherwise covered by Applicant’s proposed purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and plan of development of such units. all other interested persons, particularly NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the cause is set before an administrative law following: Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Devon Enreporting to the Corporation Commission ergy Corporation; Central National Bank of Oklahoma. of Alva; and if any of the above-named NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this parties is a dissolved partnership, corporacause will be heard before an administration or other association, then the unknown tive law judge on the Conservation Docket successors, trustees and assigns, both at the Western Regional Service Office of immediate and remote, of such dissolved the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe entity. Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and on the 18th day of July, 2011, and that this Production, LLC, has filed an application notice be published as required by law and in this cause requesting the Corporation the rules of the Commission. Commission of Oklahoma to enter an NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that order pooling the interests of oil and gas Applicant and interested parties may presowners, and adjudicating the rights and ent testimony by telephone. The cost of equities in connection therewith, in the telephonic communication shall be paid by 640-acre drilling and spacing units formed the person or persons requesting its use. in Section 9, Township 28 North, Range 12 Interested parties who wish to participate West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, by telephone shall contact Applicant or for the Douglas, Tonkawa, Lansing-Kansas Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing City, Desmoines and Mississippi separate date, and provide their names and telecommon sources of supply in respect to phone numbers. the development of such separate comNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all mon sources of supply in such units. interested persons may appear and be The interests of the oil and gas owners heard. For information concerning this involved herein and the rights and equiaction, contact John R. Reeves, attorties in respect thereto are sought herein ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two to be pooled and adjudicated pursuant Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, to 52 O.S. §87.1 within and on the basis Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleof the drilling and spacing units covered phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, hereby as a group or unit, and not limited SandRidge Exploration and Production, to a single wellbore. The application in this LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma cause states that Applicant has proposed City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) the development of the separate common 429-6344. sources of supply in the drilling and spacCORPORATION COMMISSION ing units involved herein under a plan of OF OKLAHOMA development and has proposed to comDANA L. MURPHY, Chair mence such plan of development of such JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman units by an initial well in the lands covered BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner hereby. Such application further states DONE AND PERFORMED this 27th that Applicant has been unable to reach day of June, 2011. an agreement with the owners of drilling BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: rights named as respondents herein with PEGGY MITCHELL, respect to such proposed plan of develop- Commission Secretary ment of the separate common sources of
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & horizontal well unit to be formed in Section Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t 11, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of BEFORE THE CORPORATION the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the COMMISSION OF THE STATE Mississippian common source of supply, OF OKLAHOMA in respect to the development of such APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE common source of supply in such unit. EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, The interests of the oil and gas owners LLC involved herein and the rights and equiRELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING ties in respect thereto are sought herein LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section to be pooled and adjudicated pursuant to 11, Township 28 North, Range 9 52 O.S. §87.1 within and on the basis of West of the IM, Alfalfa County, the horizontal well unit covered hereby as Oklahoma a group or unit, and not limited to a single Cause CD No. 201103129 wellbore. The application in this cause NOTICE OF HEARING states that Applicant has proposed the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perdevelopment of the common source of sons, owners, producers, operators, supply in the horizontal well unit involved purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and herein under a plan of development and all other interested persons, particularly have proposed to commence such plan in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the of development of such unit by an initial following: Beatrice Evelyn Coover; Bernice well in the lands covered hereby. Such McCullough; Betty Willer; Beverly Hildebapplication further states that Applicant randt; C.E. Denman; Carole J. Drake; has been unable to reach an agreement Cascade Royalty Fund, LP; Charles A. with the owners of drilling rights named Sell; Charlie Stanley; Chase Properties, as a respondents herein with respect to Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, LLC; such proposed plan of development of the Chesapeake Operating, Inc; Craig B. Tiney common source of supply in the horizontal Family Ltd. Prtnshp; Cynthia Alper; David well unit covered hereby. Such application A. Garrett; Dean Evans; Dennis Hawkes; further requests up to 365 days within Dorce Jukkola; Douglas C. Cook; Enda which to commence operations on or in Ellis; Erlene Warford; Faerie W. Denman, connection with such initial well under such Denman Family Rev Trust, and the Trustee plan of development. Such application furof such trust; Faerie W. Denman as Trustee ther states that there is currently pending of the Denman Family Rev Trust; Flo before the Commission an application of Welch; Florence Coover, deceased; FlorApplicant to form a 640-acre horizontal well ence Coover Estate Trust, and the Trustee unit in said Section 11 for the Mississippian of such trust; Maurice Dean Coover and common source of supply. Mary Elaine Storely, as Trustees under NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Last Will and Testament of Florence the application in this cause requests that Coover; Florence M. Arms; Ford Royalty SandRidge Exploration and Production, Company, LLC; Frank A. Sell; Frank J. LLC, or some other party recommended by Sell; Garrett R. Hanson; Gary Hawkes; Applicant be designated as operator under George Warford; Grace A. Anderson; the order to be entered herein of the comGrace Edenfield; Greenstar Resources, mon source of supply in the horizontal well LLC; Hazel M. Cassingham Revocable unit covered hereby, including the initial Trust, and the Trustee of such trust; Henry well and any subsequent well or wells to H. Gungoll Associates; Herbert Ackley be drilled under or otherwise covered by Arms; Irene Siebrands; James Thon; Jane Applicant’s proposed plan of development Arms Smidt; Jennie G. Hawkes; Jimmie of such unit. C. Nielson; Linda Murphy; LMR RoyalNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this ties, LLC; M.B. White; Mabel G. Barglof; cause is set before an administrative law Marchant Family Trust u/t/a 11/22/93, and judge for hearing, taking of evidence and the Trustee of such trust; Marchant Famreporting to the Corporation Commission ily Trust u/t/d 11/29/93, and the Trustee of of Oklahoma. such trust; Margaret S. Frakes Revocable NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Trust, and the Trustee of such trust; Mark cause will be heard before an administraWarford; Marshall D. Burnet Share of the tive law judge on the Conservation Docket James D. Burnet Trust No. 1, and the at the Western Regional Service Office of Trustee of such trust; Martha V. Kerstens; the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Millspaugh Investments, LLC; Minnesota Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Conference Association of Seventh Day Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. Adventists; Minnie DeNeui; Myra B. Ward; on the 18th day of July, 2011, and that this Nancy Jo Mason; Nancy LeForce; Noris notice be published as required by law and Elmer Brightbone; Patricia Albert; Pearl the rules of the Commission. Elizabeth Welle; Raymond Sell; Richard NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that A. Sell; Richard Hawkes; Robert Hawkes; Applicant and interested parties may presRoger L. Beavers; Ronald LeRoy Arms; ent testimony by telephone. The cost of Ruth Tirel; Sally Sell Houk; Sinclair Oil telephonic communication shall be paid by and Gas Company; Susan J. DeGandi; the person or persons requesting its use. Susan Jean Conway; University of OklaInterested parties who wish to participate homa Foundation, Inc.; Wayne A. Bissett; by telephone shall contact Applicant or Wendell H. Hawkes; William (Bill) Phillips; Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing William Dinwiddle and Ann Dinwiddle, as date, and provide their names and teleCo-Trustees; William E. Gould; William R. phone numbers. Sell; Zola Zook Garrett; if any of the aboveNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all named individuals be deceased, then the interested persons may appear and be unknown heirs, executors, administrators, heard. For information concerning this devisees, trustees and assigns, both imaction, contact John R. Reeves, attormediate and remote, of such deceased ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two individual; if any of the above-named parLeadership Square, 211 North Robinson, ties is a dissolved partnership, corporation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleor other association, then the unknown phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, successors, trustees and assigns, both SandRidge Exploration and Production, immediate and remote, of such dissolved LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma entity; and if any of the above-named parCity, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) ties designated as a trustee is not presently 429-6344. acting in such capacity as trustee, then CORPORATION COMMISSION the unknown successor or successors to OF OKLAHOMA such trustee. DANA. L. MURPHY, Chair NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner Production, LLC, has filed an application DONE AND PERFORMED this 27th day in this cause requesting the Corporation of June, 2011. Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: pooling the interests of oil and gas owners, PEGGY MITCHELL, and adjudicating the rights and equities Commission Secretary in connection therewith, in the 640-acre
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LEGAL NOTICES Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & above-named separate common sources Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t of supply, with such authorization and BEFORE THE CORPORATION permission running in favor of Applicant COMMISSION OF THE STATE or some other party recommended by OF OKLAHOMA Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE allowable for the proposed well involved EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, herein as to the separate common sources LLC of supply covered hereby, which allowable RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION Applicant requests be established as a full EXCEPTION allowable with no downward adjustment LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 9, made thereto. Township 28 North, Range 12 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the West of the IM, Alfalfa County, application in this cause requests that the Oklahoma order to be entered in this matter be made Cause CD No. 201103126 effective as of the date of the execution NOTICE OF HEARING thereof or as of a date prior thereto and STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perthat the authorization and permission sons, owners, producers, operators, requested herein run in favor of Applicant purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and or some other party recommended by all other interested persons, particularly in Applicant. Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that “land sections adjacent to the area within Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and the location exception” requested herein in Production, LLC, has filed an application said Section 9 in regard to the subsurface in this cause requesting the Corporation location tolerance areas described above Commission of Oklahoma to enter an are Sections 4, 5, 8, 16 and 17, Townorder, to be effective as of the date of the ship 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, execution thereof or as of a date prior Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and sections” surrounding said Section 9 are permitting an exception to the permitted Sections 3, 10 and 15, Township 28 North, well location tolerances in the 640-acre Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, drilling and spacing units formed in Section Oklahoma. 9, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the cause is set before an administrative law Douglas, Tonkawa, Lansing-Kansas City, judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Desmoines and Mississippi separate com- reporting to the Corporation Commission mon sources of supply, so as to allow a well of Oklahoma. to be drilled from a surface location being NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this not closer than 200 feet from the north cause is set for hearing before an adminline and not closer than 660 feet from the istrative law judge on the Conservation west line of said Section 9 to subsurface Docket at the Western Regional Service locations of such well’s entry into and such Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim well’s exit from each of the Douglas, TonkaThorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Bouwa, Lansing-Kansas City and Desmoines levard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 separate common sources of supply and A.M. on the 18th day of July, 2011, and that to a subsurface location of such well’s this notice be published as required by law entry into the Mississippi common source and the rules of the Commission. of supply being as follows: not closer than NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 200 feet from the north line and 660 feet Applicant and interested parties may presfrom the west line of said Section 9, with ent testimony by telephone. The cost of the first perforation in the horizontal portion telephonic communication shall be paid by or lateral of the borehole of such well in the person or persons requesting its use. the Mississippi common source of supply Interested parties who wish to participate being as follows: not closer than 330 feet by telephone shall contact Applicant or from the north line and 660 feet from the Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing west line of said Section 9, and with the date, and provide their names and telelast perforation in the horizontal portion phone numbers. or lateral of the borehole of such well in NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all the Mississippi common source of supply interested persons may appear and be being as follows: not closer than 330 feet heard. For information concerning this from the south line and 660 feet from the action, contact John R. Reeves, Attorwest line of said Section 9, and with the ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two terminus or end point of the horizontal Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, portion or lateral of the borehole of such Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telewell in the Mississippi common source of phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, supply being as follows: not closer than SandRidge Exploration and Production, 200 feet from the south line and 660 feet LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma from the west line of said Section 9, and City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: with a “tolerance distance” for the above(405) 429-6344. described subsurface locations, horizontal CORPORATION COMMISSION portion or lateral and completion interval OF OKLAHOMA of such well being as follows: a distance DANA L. MURPHY, Chair of not more than 100 feet in an easterly JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman direction and in a westerly direction from BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner any such subsurface location, from any DONE AND PERFORMED this 24th day point on or along such horizontal portion or of June, 2011. lateral and from any point on or along such BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: completion interval, and to be completed PEGGY MITCHELL, in and to produce hydrocarbons from the Commission Secretary
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & than 660 feet from the east line of the unit comprising said Section 15, Township 29 Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa BEFORE THE CORPORATION County, Oklahoma, and no closer than COMMISSION 165 feet from the north line and no closer OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA than 660 feet from the east line of the unit APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE comprising said Section 15, Township 29 OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa EXPLORATION, L.L.C. County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION 100 feet from the proposed completion EXCEPTION interval, and to be completed in and proLEGAL DESCRIPTION: duce hydrocarbons from the above-named SURFACE LOCATION: SECTION 22 separate common sources of supply; (ii) TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 10 providing for the re-opening of the cause WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, at such time as the bottom hole location OKLAHOMA of the well proposed hereunder has been BOTTOMHOLE LOCATION: SECTION determined; and (iii) establishing a proper 15 TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 10 allowable with no downward adjustment WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, made thereto. OKLAHOMA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Cause CD No. 201103099 application in this cause requests that the NOTICE OF HEARING order be entered in this matter be made STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All pereffective as of the date of the execution sons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and thereof or as of a date prior thereto and that the authorization and permission reall other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particu- quested herein run in favor of one or both of the Applicants, including Chesapeake larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the application on file in this Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., cause, and, if any of the named individuals or some other party recommended by be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees Applicants. and assigns, both immediate and remote, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the of such deceased individual; if any of the legal descriptions for the land sections named entities is a dissolved partnership, adjacent to said Section 15 are Sections corporation or other association, then the 14, 16, 21, 22 and 23, Township 29 North, unknown successors, trustees and as- Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, signs, both immediate and remote, of such Oklahoma. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that designated as a trustee is not presently this cause will be referred to an Adminacting in such capacity as trustee, then the istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of unknown successor or successors to such evidence and reporting to the Corporation trustee; if any of the named parties desigCommission. nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, cause will be heard before an Administrathen the unknown successor or successors tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the the Corporation Commission, First Floor, named entities are corporations which Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, do not continue to have legal existence, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day the unknown trustees or assigns of such of July 2011, and that this notice will be parties. published as required by law and the rules NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apof the Commission. plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have the Applicants and interested parties may filed an application in this cause requestpresent testimony by telephone. The cost ing the Corporation Commission to enter of telephonic communication shall be paid an order, as follows: (i) authorizing and by the person or persons requesting its permitting an exception to the permitted use. An interested party who wishes to well location tolerances in the proposed participate by telephone shall contact the irregular 640-acre drilling and spacing Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to unit in Cause CD No. 201103097, for the the hearing date, and provide his or her Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Kansas City, name and phone number. Big Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and MisNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all sissippian separate common sources of interested persons may appear and be supply, underlying Section 15, Township heard. For information concerning this ac29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA be drilled as follows: No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Surface location: Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma No closer than 200 feet from the north City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer line and no closer than 660 feet from the to Cause CD Number. east line of the unit comprising said Section DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 22nd 15, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of day of June 2011. the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, CORPORATION COMMISSION Location of Wellbore at Completion OF OKLAHOMA Interval: DANA L. MURPHY, Chair The casing will be cemented along the JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman entire length of the lateral. The proposed BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner location of the end points of the comple- BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: tion interval will be no closer than 165 PEGGY MITCHELL, feet from the south line and no closer Commission Secretary
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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t herein as to the common source of supply BEFORE THE CORPORATION covered hereby, which allowable Applicant COMMISSION OF THE STATE requests be established as a full allowOF OKLAHOMA able with no downward adjustment made APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE thereto. Such application further states EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, that there is currently pending before the LLC Commission an application of Applicant to RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION form a 640-acre horizontal well unit in said EXCEPTION Section 11 for the Mississippian common LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section source of supply. 11, Township 28 North, Range 9 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the West of the IM, Alfalfa County, application in this cause requests that the Oklahoma order to be entered in this matter be made Cause CD No. 201103130 effective as of the date of the execution NOTICE OF HEARING thereof or as of a date prior thereto and STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, that the authorization and permission requested herein run in favor of Applicant purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly or some other party recommended by Applicant. in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; and if “land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in any of the above-named parties is a dissaid Section 11 in regard to the subsurface solved partnership, corporation or other location tolerance areas described above association, then the unknown successors, are Sections 1, 2, 13 and 14, Township trustees and assigns, both immediate and 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa remote, of such dissolved entity. County, Oklahoma. The other “land secNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applitions” surrounding said Section 11 are cant, SandRidge Exploration and ProducSections 3, 10, 12, and 15, Township 28 tion, LLC, has filed an application in this North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa cause requesting the Corporation ComCounty, Oklahoma. mission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as cause is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an reporting to the Corporation Commission exception to the permitted well location of Oklahoma. tolerances in the 640-acre horizontal well NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this unit to be formed in Section 11, Township cause is set for hearing before an admin28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa istrative law judge on the Conservation County, Oklahoma, for the Mississippian Docket at the Western Regional Service common source of supply, so as to allow Office of the Corporation Commission, a well to be drilled from a surface location Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln being not closer than 200 feet from the north line and not closer than 880 feet Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 18th day of July, 2011, and from the east line of said Section 11 to a subsurface location of such well’s entry that this notice be published as required by into the Mississippian common source of law and the rules of the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that supply being as follows: not closer than Applicant and interested parties may pres200 feet from the north line and 880 feet ent testimony by telephone. The cost of from the east line of said Section 11, with telephonic communication shall be paid by the first perforation in the horizontal porthe person or persons requesting its use. tion or lateral of the borehole of such well Interested parties who wish to participate being as follows: not closer than 330 feet by telephone shall contact Applicant or from the north line and 880 feet from the Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing east line of said Section 11, and with the date, and provide their names and telelast perforation in the horizontal portion or phone numbers. lateral of the borehole of such well being as NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all follows: not closer than 330 feet from the interested persons may appear and be south line and 880 feet from the east line heard. For information concerning this of said Section 11, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or action, contact John R. Reeves, attorney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two lateral of the borehole of such well in such Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the south line Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleand 880 feet from the east line of said Sec- phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, SandRidge Exploration and Production, tion 11, and with a “tolerance distance” for LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma the above-described subsurface locations, City, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: horizontal portion or lateral and completion (405) 429-6344. interval of such well being as follows: a CORPORATION COMMISSION distance of not more than 100 feet in an OF OKLAHOMA easterly direction or in a westerly direcDANA L. MURPHY, Chair tion from any such subsurface location, JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman from any point on or along such horizontal BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner portion or lateral and from any point on or DONE AND PERFORMED this 24th day along such completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons of June, 2011. BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: from the above-named common source of supply, with such authorization and PEGGY MITCHELL, permission running in favor of Applicant Commission Secretary or some other party recommended by
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & permission running in favor of Applicant Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t or some other party recommended by BEFORE THE CORPORATION Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper COMMISSION OF THE STATE allowable for the proposed well involved OF OKLAHOMA herein as to the separate common sources APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE of supply covered hereby, which allowable EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, Applicant requests be established as a full LLC allowable with no downward adjustment RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION made thereto. EXCEPTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 6, application in this cause requests that the Township 28 North, Range 9 order to be entered in this matter be made West of the IM, Alfalfa County, effective as of the date of the execution Oklahoma thereof or as of a date prior thereto and Cause CD No. 201103127 that the authorization and permission NOTICE OF HEARING requested herein run in favor of Applicant STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All peror some other party recommended by sons, owners, producers, operators, Applicant. purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the all other interested persons, particularly in “land sections adjacent to the area within Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. the location exception” requested herein in NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that said Section 6 in regard to the subsurface Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and location tolerance areas described above Production, LLC, has filed an application are Section 7, Township 28 North, Range in this cause requesting the Corporation 9 West of the IM; Sections 1 and 12, TownCommission of Oklahoma to enter an ship 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM; order, to be effective as of the date of the Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 10 execution thereof or as of a date prior West of the IM; and Section 31, Township thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and 29 North, Range 9 West of the IM, all in permitting an exception to the permitted Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land well location tolerances in the 640-acre sections” surrounding said Section 6 are drilling and spacing units formed in Sec- Sections 5 and 8, Township 28 North, tion 6, Township 28 North, Range 9 West Range 9 West of the IM, and Section 32, of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for Township 29 North, Range 9 West of the the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big LimeIM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this separate common sources of supply, so as cause is set before an administrative law to allow a well to be drilled from a surface judge for hearing, taking of evidence and location being not closer than 200 feet reporting to the Corporation Commission from the south line and not closer than of Oklahoma. 330 feet from the west line of said Section NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this 6 to subsurface locations of such well’s cause is set for hearing before an adminentry into and such well’s exit from each istrative law judge on the Conservation of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big LimeDocket at the Western Regional Service Oswego and Cherokee separate common Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim sources of supply being as follows and to Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boua subsurface location of such well’s entry levard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 into the Mississippian common source of A.M. on the 18th day of July, 2011, and supply being as follows: not closer than that this notice be published as required by 200 feet from the south line and 430 feet law and the rules of the Commission. from the west line of said Section 6, with NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the first perforation in the horizontal portion Applicant and interested parties may presor lateral of the borehole of such well in the ent testimony by telephone. The cost of Mississippian common source of supply telephonic communication shall be paid by being as follows: not closer than 330 feet the person or persons requesting its use. from the south line and 430 feet from the Interested parties who wish to participate west line of said Section 6, and with the by telephone shall contact Applicant or last perforation in the horizontal portion or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing lateral of the borehole of such well in the date, and provide their names and teleMississippian common source of supply phone numbers. being as follows: not closer than 330 feet NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all from the north line and 430 feet from the interested persons may appear and be west line of said Section 6, and with the heard. For information concerning this terminus or end point of the horizontal action, contact John R. Reeves, Attorportion or lateral of the borehole of such ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two well in the Mississippian common source Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, of supply being as follows: not closer than Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Tele200 feet from the north line and 430 feet phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, from the west line of said Section 6, and SandRidge Exploration and Production, with a “tolerance distance” for the aboveLLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma described subsurface locations, horizontal City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: portion or lateral and completion interval (405) 429-6344. of such well being as follows: a distance CORPORATION COMMISSION of not more than 100 feet in an easterly OF OKLAHOMA direction and in a westerly direction from DANA L. MURPHY, Chair any such subsurface location, from any JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman point on or along such horizontal portion or BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner lateral and from any point on or along such DONE AND PERFORMED this 24th day completion interval, and to be completed of June, 2011. in and to produce hydrocarbons from the BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: above-named separate common sources PEGGY MITCHELL, of supply, with such authorization and Commission Secretary
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & 165 feet from the south line and no closer Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t than 660 feet from the east line of the unit BEFORE THE CORPORATION comprising said Section 7, Township 26 COMMISSION North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE 100 feet from the proposed completion OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE interval, and to be completed in and proEXPLORATION, L.L.C. duce hydrocarbons from the above-named RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION separate common sources of supply; (ii) EXCEPTION providing for the re-opening of the cause LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 7 at such time as the bottom hole location TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH RANGE 10 of the well proposed hereunder has been WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, determined; and (iii) establishing a proper OKLAHOMA allowable with no downward adjustment Cause CD No. 201103071 made thereto. NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perapplication in this cause requests that the sons, owners, producers, operators, order be entered in this matter be made purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and effective as of the date of the execution all other interested persons, particularly in thereof or as of a date prior thereto and Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particu- that the authorization and permission relarly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” quested herein run in favor of one or both attached to the application on file in this of the Applicants, including Chesapeake cause, and, if any of the named individuals Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exits agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees or some other party recommended by and assigns, both immediate and remote, Applicants. of such deceased individual; if any of the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the named entities is a dissolved partnership, legal descriptions for the land sections corporation or other association, then the adjacent to said Section 7 are Sections 5, unknown successors, trustees and as- 6, 8, 17 and 18, Township 26 North, Range signs, both immediate and remote, of such 10 West of the IM and Sections 1, 12 and dissolved entity; if any of the named parties 13, Township 26 North, Range 11 West of designated as a trustee is not presently the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. acting in such capacity as trustee, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that unknown successor or successors to such this cause will be referred to an Admintrustee; if any of the named parties desigistrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently evidence and reporting to the Corporation acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, Commission. then the unknown successor or successors NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the cause will be heard before an Administranamed entities are corporations which tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at do not continue to have legal existence, the Corporation Commission, First Floor, the unknown trustees or assigns of such Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, parties. Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 18th day NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apof July 2011, and that this notice will be plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and published as required by law and the rules Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed of the Commission. an application in this cause requesting the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Corporation Commission to enter an order, the Applicants and interested parties may as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting present testimony by telephone. The cost an exception to the permitted well loca- of telephonic communication shall be paid tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre by the person or persons requesting its drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. use. An interested party who wishes to 201103070, for the Tonkawa, Cottage participate by telephone shall contact the Grove, Oswego, Red Fork, Mississippi Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Chat and Mississippi Lime separate comthe hearing date, and provide his or her mon sources of supply, underlying Section name and phone number. 7, Township 26 North, Range 10 West of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to interested persons may appear and be allow a well to be drilled as follows: heard. For information concerning this acSurface location: tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) No closer than 200 feet from the south 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA line and no closer than 660 feet from the No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake east line of the unit comprising said Section Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma 7, Township 26 North, Range 10 West of City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to Cause CD Number. Location of Wellbore at Completion DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 22nd Interval: day of June 2011. The casing will be cemented along CORPORATION COMMISSION the entire length of the lateral. The proOF OKLAHOMA posed location of the end points of the DANA L. MURPHY, Chair completion interval will be no closer than JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman 165 feet from the north line and no closer BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner than 660 feet from the east line of the unit BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: comprising said Section 7, Township 26 PEGGY MITCHELL, North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa Commission Secretary County, Oklahoma, and no closer than Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & successors, trustees and assigns, both Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t immediate and remote, of such dissolved BEFORE THE CORPORATION entity; and if any of the above-named parCOMMISSION OF THE STATE ties designated as a trustee is not presently OF OKLAHOMA acting in such capacity as trustee, then APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE the unknown successor or successors to EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, such trustee. LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and HORIZONTAL WELL UNIT Production, LLC, has filed an application LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 11, in this cause requesting the Corporation Township 28 North, Range 9 Commission of Oklahoma to enter an West of the IM, Alfalfa County, order, to be effective as of the date of the Oklahoma execution thereof or as of a date prior Cause CD No. 201103128 thereto, as follows: (i) establishing the NOTICE OF HEARING initial boundaries of the Mississippian STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All percommon source of supply of oil so as to sons, owners, producers, operators, cover and include Section 11, Township purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa all other interested persons, particularly County, Oklahoma, and forming a proper in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the horizontal well unit for such common following: Beatrice Evelyn Coover; Bernice source of supply in such section, which unit McCullough; Betty Willer; Beverly HildebApplicant requests be formed as a 640randt; C.E. Denman; Carole J. Drake; acre horizontal well unit; (ii) determining Cascade Royalty Fund, LP; Charles A. that the 640-acre horizontal well unit to be Sell; Charlie Stanley; Chase Properties, formed in this cause for the Mississippian Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, LLC; common source of supply in said Section Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Craig B. 11 will supersede and vacate the existing Tiney Family Limited Partnerships; Cynnon-developed 320-acre non-horizontal thia Alper; David A. Garrett; Dean Evans; drilling and spacing units previously formed Debora A. Neilson Stone; Dennis Hawkes; for the Mississippi Chat and Mississippi Dorce Jukkola; Douglas C. Cook; Enda ElLime separate common sources of suplis; Erlene Warford; Ervin Antone Barglof; ply in the W½ of said Section 11; and (iii) Denman Family Revocable Trust, and the granting such other and further relief as Trustee of such trust; Flo Welch; Florence may be proper based upon the evidence Coover; Florence M. Arms; Ford Royalty presented at the hearing herein. Company, LLC; Frank A. Sell; Frank J. Sell; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Garrett R. Hanson; Gary Hawkes; George application in this cause requests that the Warford; Grace A. Anderson; Grace Edenorder to be entered in this matter be made field; Greenstar Resources, LLC; Hazel effective as of the date of the execution M. Cassingham Revocable Trust, and the thereof or as of a date prior thereto. Trustee of such trust; Henry H. Gungoll AsNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sociates; Herbert Ackley Arms; Irene Siecause is set before an administrative law brands; J. Edward Vardy & Gladys Vardy judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Trust u/t/a dated 8/5/08, and the Trustee of reporting to the Commission. such trust; James Thon; Jane Arms Smidt; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Jennie G. Hawkes; Jimmie C. Nielson; cause will be heard before an administraMarchant Family Trust u/t/d 11/29/93, tive law judge on the Conservation Docket and the Trustee of such trust; Margaret S. at the Western Regional Service Office of Frakes Revocable Trust, and the Trustee the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe of such trust; Linda Murphy; LMR RoyalBuilding, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, ties, LLC; M.B. White; Mabel G. Barglof; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. Mark Warford; Marshall D. Burnet Share on the 18th day of July, 2011, and that this of the James D. Burnet Trust No. 1 (Trust notice be published as required by law and B) dated March 1, 1982, and the Trustee the rules of the Commission. of such trust; Martha J. Bowers; Dwight H. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Bowers; Martha V. Kerstens; Mary Elaine Applicant and interested parties may Storley, Florence Coover Estate Trust; present testimony by telephone. The cost Mary Elaine Storley, as Trustee of the of telephonic communication shall be Florence Coover Estate Trust; Florence paid by the person or persons requesting Coover, deceased; Maurice Dean Coover its use. Interested parties who wish to and Mary Elaine Storely, as Trustees under participate by telephone shall contact Apthe Last Will and Testament of Florence plicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the Coover; Millspaugh Investments, LLC; hearing date, and provide their name and Minnesota Conference Association of Sev- telephone number. enth Day Adventists; Minnie DeNeui; Myra NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all B. Ward; Nancy Jo Mason; Nancy LeForce; interested persons may appear and be Noris Elmer Brightbone; Patricia Albert; heard. For information concerning this Patricia Ann Hess; Pearl Elizabeth Welle; action, contact John R. Reeves, attorRaymond Sell; Reliant Resources, LLC; ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Richard A. Sell; Richard Hawkes; Roger L. Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Beavers; Ronald LeRoy Arms; Ruth Tirel; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, TeleSally Sell Houk; Scot A. Neilson; Sinclair phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, Oil and Gas Company; Susan J. DeGandi; SandRidge Exploration and Production, Susan Jean Conway; University of OklaLLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma homa Foundation, Inc.; Wayne A. Bissett; City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) Wendell H. Hawkes; William (Bill) Phillips; 429-6344. William Dinwiddle and Ann Dinwiddle, as CORPORATION COMMISSION Co-Trustees; William E. Gould; William R. OF OKLAHOMA Sell; Zola Zook Garrett; if any of the aboveDANA L. MURPHY, Chair named individuals be deceased, then the JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman unknown heirs, executors, administrators, BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner devisees, trustees and assigns, both imDONE AND PERFORMED this 24th day mediate and remote, of such deceased of June, 2011. individual; if any of the above-named par- BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: ties is a dissolved partnership, corporation PEGGY MITCHELL, or other association, then the unknown Commission Secretary
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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 16, Thursday, June 23, and Thursday, June 30, 2011. 3t INVITATION TO BID EASEMENT #8926 The Commissioners of the Land Office, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, offers for sale by sealed bid, a 20 year easement for a 6” natural gas pipeline in the SW/4 Section 36-T24N-R11WIM, Alfalfa County, subject to all rules and regulations of the Land Office. Appraised value is $1,300.00. Bids less than the appraised price will not be considered. Successful bidder must pay all advertising costs prior to issuance of the easement. Sealed bids must be received in our office by 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Outside of envelope must be marked “SEALED BID FOR EASEMENT #8926”. Mail to Commissioners of the Land Office, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1000W, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Proceeds of sale benefit the school children of Oklahoma. Additional information may be obtained from the Real Estate Management Division of the Commissioners of the Land Office by calling (405) 521-4136 or email james.spurgeon@ clo.ok.gov.
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 16, Thursday, June 23, and Thursday, June 30, 2011. 3t INVITATION TO BID EASEMENT #8924 The Commissioners of the Land Office, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, offers for sale by sealed bid, a 20 year easement for a 6” natural gas pipeline in the NW/4 Section 36-T29N-R11WIM, Alfalfa County, subject to all rules and regulations of the Land Office. Appraised value is $1,100.00. Bids less than the appraised price will not be considered. Successful bidder must pay all advertising costs prior to issuance of the easement. Sealed bids must be received in our office by 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Outside of envelope must be marked “SEALED BID FOR EASEMENT #8924”. Mail to Commissioners of the Land Office, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1000W, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Proceeds of sale benefit the school children of Oklahoma. Additional information may be obtained from the Real Estate Management Division of the Commissioners of the Land Office by calling (405) 521-4136 or email james.spurgeon@ clo.ok.gov.
Legal notice or the same will be forever barred. Published in the Cherokee Messenger Notice is hereby given that a final ac& Republican Thursday, June 30, and 150 WORDS, 2 TAB 150 WORDS, 2 TAB count and petition for distribution will be Thursday, July 7, 2011. 2t 12P in the district court 12Pherein by the 8th day of August, 2011, filed and all persons interested in the estate of of alfalfa county, oklahoma Thomas D. Keltch, deceased, are hereby PB-2011-5 In the Matter of the Estate of Thomas directed to appear in the Courtroom of the District Court of Alfalfa County, in CheroD. Keltch, Deceased. kee, Oklahoma, on the 17th day of August, notice to creditors and notice of hearing summary 2011, at 10:00 A.M., to show cause, if any administration, final they have, why an order approving final accounting, determination of accounting; determining heirs; decreeing heirship and distribution and distribution; discharging the Personal Repdischarge resentative; and closing this estate should All persons having claims against not be entered. Thomas D. Keltch, deceased, are required In witness thereof, I have hereunto set to present the same, with a description of my hand this 22nd day of June, 2011. all security interests and other collateral s/Loren E. Angle (if any) held by each creditor with respect Judge to such claim, to the named personal repKyle B. Hadwiger, OBA#11329 resentative, Kimberly A. Brzowski, at the Marcus Jungman, OBA#19138 office of Hadwiger & Jungman, P.L.L.C., Hadwiger & Jungman, P.L.L.C. 120 S. Grand, P.O. Box 306, Cherokee, 120 S. Grand, P.O. Box 306 Oklahoma 73728, attorneys for said perCherokee, OK 73728 sonal representative, on or before the fol(580) 596-3591 lowing presentment date: August 5, 2011, Attorney for Petitioner CLXCL LPXLP
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LEGAL NOTICES Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger that the Court waive the preparation and & Republican Thursday, June 23, and filing of a General Inventory and AppraiseThursday, June 30, 2011. 2t ment herein. IN THE DISTRICT COURT Pursuant to an Order of this Court OF ALFALFA COUNTY made on June 15, 2011, notice is hereby STATE OF OKLAHOMA given that said Petition will be heard in the PB-2011-18 District Courtroom, Alfalfa County CourtIn the Matter of Jerry Shaklee, De- house, City of Cherokee, Oklahoma, on ceased. July 12, 2011 at the hour of 10:00 o’clock NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION a.m., at which time all persons interested FOR PROBATE OF WILL, may appear and show cause, if any they APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL have, why the prayer of said Petition REPRESENTATIVE, DETERMINATION should not be granted. OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES Witness my hand this 15th day of AND FOR ORDER WAIVING June, 2011 INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT /s/Loren E. Angle NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all Judge of the District Court heirs, legatees and devisees of Jerry Ray Kelli J. Schovanec, OBA #21349 Shaklee, Deceased, that on June 15, Elliott, Enabnit, Shovanec & Kelly, PLLC 2011, there was produced and filed in this 114 East Broadway, Suite 500 Court a Petition praying that a probate P.O. Box 5589 be opened, that Letters Testamentary, Enid, OK 73702-5589 requiring no bond, issue to Shirley Joyce (580) 234-9300 Shaklee, as Personal Representative, and (580) 233-1177 (facsimile) that the heirs, beneficiaries, legatees and Attorney for Petitioner devisees be determined by the Court, and Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Testamentary issued to Shelley Hickey Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t as Personal Representative and for the in the district court judicial determination of the heirs, legatees of alfalfa county and devisees of said decedent. state of oklahoma Pursuant to an Order of this Court PB-11-20 made on June 22, 2011, notice is hereby In the Matter of the Estate of Louis A. given that on the 11th day of July, 2011, Meyer, Jr., Deceased. at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the Petition will be notice of hearing petition heard at the District Court, Alfalfa County for probate of will, Courthouse, Cherokee, Oklahoma, when appointment of personal and where all persons interested may aprepresentative, issuance pear and contest the same. of letters testamentary In testimony whereof, I have hereunto and determination of heirs, set my hand this 22nd day of June, 2011. devisees and legatees s/Loren E. Angle Notice is hereby given to all persons Judge of the District Court interested in the Estate of Louis A. Meyer, s/Sam L. Stein Jr., deceased, that on the 22nd day of Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498 June, 2011, Shelley Hickey produced and Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C. filed in the District Court of Alfalfa County, 305 South Grand Oklahoma, an instrument in writing pur- P.O. Box 223 porting to be The Last Will and Testament Cherokee, OK 73728 of Louis A. Meyer, Jr., deceased, and also Tel. (580) 596-3000 filed in said Court her Petition, together Fax (580) 596-3004 with said Will, praying that the Will be ad- Attorney for Petitioner mitted to probate and praying that Letters Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger Twenty-nine (29), Township Twenty-four & Republican Thursday, June 23, and (24) North, Range Nine (9) West of the InThursday, June 30, 2011. 2t dian Meridian, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, IN THE DISTRICT COURT Sale will be made pursuant to an OF ALFALFA COUNTY Order of Sheriff’s Sale issued pursuant STATE OF OKLAHOMA to a judgment entered on December 17, CV-2009-12 2010, in the District Court of Alfalfa County, GREGARY S. LAUDERBACK and Oklahoma, in Case No. CV-2009-12, to GENEVIEVE BOUZIDEN, Trustee or the satisfy the judgment in partition and to Successor in Trust under the Genevieve sell the property pursuant to the Order of Bouziden Family Trust dated December Sheriff’s Sale. 2, 2004, Plaintiffs, vs. Notice of sale is hereby given to the MATT EBERL; DAVID ARMSTRONG, following persons and entities having an PAUL ARMSTRONG; BECKY ANDERinterest of record in the above described SON; KATHY ANDREWS; The Unknown property, or claiming a lien or any interest Claimants and Unknown Successors, inin the above described property, those cluding the heirs, executors, administrators persons and entities whose address is and assigns, of POLLY J. ARMSTRONG, unknown, and those whose unknown sucdeceased, cessors are being notified hereby: RUSTIN STURGEON; CAROLYN MATT EBREL; DAVID ARMSTRONG; STANDS, Alfalfa County Treasurer; PAUL ARMSTRONG; BECKY ANDERBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SON; KATHY ANDREWS; The Unknown of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; and STATE Claimants and Unknown Successors, inOF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA TAX cluding the heirs, executors, administrators COMMISSION, Defendants. and assigns, of POLLY J. ARMSTRONG, NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE deceased; RUSTIN STURGEON; CARONotice is hereby given that on the 26th LYN STANDS, Alfalfa County Treasurer; day of July, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. in BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS the middle hall corridor on the first floor of of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; and STATE the County Courthouse of Alfalfa County, OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA TAX Oklahoma, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, the COMMISSION. undersigned Sheriff will offer for sale and Witness my hand this 17th day of sell for cash to the highest and best bidder June, 2011. the following described real estate in Alfalfa /S/CHARLES TUCKER County, Oklahoma, to-wit: CHARLES TUCKER, SURFACE and SURFACE ONLY in and SHERIFF OF ALFALFA COUNTY, to the Southwest Quarter (S1/4) of Section OKLAHOMA
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger application number to which the protest & Republican Thursday, June 30, and relates; (3) specific information to show Thursday, July 7, 2011. 2t how approval of the application proposed Notice of Application may directly and adversely affect legally To Use Stream Water protected interests of the person filing the Notice is hereby given that Select protest; and (4) a statement of relief sought Energy Services c/o Brent Dorsey whose by the interested person. A person who address is PO Box 909, Ft. Smith, AR sends a letter containing only a general 72902-0909 has filed an application, objection or comment will not be deemed #2011-022, with the Oklahoma Water Reto be a party, but the letter will be made sources Board (Board) for a term permit part of the permanent record. to use a total of 39 acre-feet of stream If a protest that meets the requirements water per year at a diversion rate not to listed in the paragraph above is filed with exceed 2,500 gallons per minute from both the applicant and Board, a hearing on one point of diversion on Medicine Lodge this application will be scheduled and the River located in the NW NE NW of Section applicant and protestant(s) will be advised 23, T29N, R11WIM, Alfalfa County. The of the hearing date. Protestants or their water is proposed to be used for mining representatives must appear at the hearing purposes (drilling and primary completion and present the protest to be considered. of oil & gas wells) at various drilling sites Hearings are governed by Section 309 of in Grant and Alfalfa Counties, as more Title 75 and Section 1020.8 of Title 82 of specifically described in the application. the Oklahoma Statues, and the rules of Term permit will expire March 2, 2014. Board, OAC Title 785, chapters 4 and 30. Use of stream water is governed by SecIf you have any questions, please contact tions 105.1 and following of Title 82 of the Mary Nell Brueggen at (405)-530-8800. Oklahoma Statues and rules of the board, Board mailing address: Oklahoma Water Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC), Resources Board, Planning & ManageTitle 785, Chapter 20. ment Division, 3800 N. Classen Blvd., Protests to the application must be in Oklahoma City, OK 73118-2881. Board writing and received by the Board at the fax number: (405) 530-8900. address listed below and by the applicant NOTE: All stream water use permits at the address listed above no later that issued by the Board contain the condition July 25, 2011, and contain the following: and limitation that the use of stream water (1) name, address, and telephone number shall not interfere with domestic uses or of the interested person; (2) the particular existing appropriative rights. Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728, attorneys for & Republican Thursday, June 23, and the Petitioner on or before the following Thursday, June 30, 2011. 2t presentment date: the 18th day of July, in the district court of 2011, or the same will be forever barred. alfalfa county The above named Decedent, Joan M. Dorr, state of oklahoma died on the 16th day of May, 2005, at which time cause no. pb-11-19 the residence address of the Decedent was In the Matter of the Summary Admin- 3007 Bent Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001. istration of the Estate of Joan M. Dorr, The total value of the Estate of the Deceased. Decedent as per property located in the ALIAS state of Oklahoma and as set forth in the combined notice to creditors; Petition is $107,500.00. notice of hearing petition Unless filed as a part or parcel of the for admission of will to Petition for Summary Administration, the probate, petition for summary date by which the Final Accounting and the administration, hearing on the Petition for Distribution will be filed will be: final account, and the petition on or before the 23rd day of July, 2011. for determination of heirs at Pursuant to an Order of Said Court, law, distribution of estate notice is hereby given that the 12th day of and discharge August, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock Notice is hereby given to all a.m. in the Courtroom of the undersigned persons interested in the Estate of Joan Judge, or the Judge to whom this cause is M. Dorr, Deceased, that on this date, assigned on said date, in the Alfalfa County Major L. Dorr, Jr., whose residence is Courthouse in the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa 3007 Bent Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001, County, State of Oklahoma, has been apfiled a Petition for Summary Administra- pointed as the time for hearing said Petition in the District Court of Alfalfa County, tion, proving said Will, and considering all State of Oklahoma, Attaching thereto the relief prayed for in the Petition presented original of an instrument purporting to be to the Court on said date. All persons interthe Last Will and Testament (“Will”) of said ested may appear at said hearing. Decedent, praying for probate of said Will, All objections to the Petition and/or any that Letters of Special Administration be is- relief requested must be made in writing sued to Major L. Dorr, Jr., without hearing, not less than 10 days before the hearing and that Letters Testamentary be issued, date, with such objection to be filed herein, only if necessary, to the same individual, with a copy being sent to the Petitioner and the named Personal Representatives in the attorney for the Petitioner, and if an said Will and entitled to serve as the sole objection is not made within the allowed Personal Representative according to law. time, all persons will be deemed to have Said Petition further prays that the heirs- waived any obligation(s) to the Petition and at-law, devisees and legatees of the said the relief prayed for. Decedent be determined; that the Final If an objection is filed at least 10 days Account be approved, the property of the before the hearing date, on the hearing Decedent subject to the jurisdiction of this date the Court will determine whether Court be distributed, and that the Personal the summary proceedings are appropriRepresentative/Special Administrator be ate, and, if so, whether the Estate will be discharged, and for other relief as prayed distributed and to whom the Estate will be for in said Petition, which Petition you may distributed. refer to for further particulars. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE ABOVE s/Loren E. Angle NAMED DECEDENT: All creditors having Judge of the District Court claims against the above named Decedent Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498 are required to present the same, with a Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C. description of all security interests or other 305 South Grand Ave. collateral (if any) held by each creditor P.O. Box 223 with respect to such claim, to the Estate of Cherokee, OK 73728 Joan M. Dorr, Deceased, at the offices of Tel. (580) 596-3000 Sam L. Stein, Law Office of Sam L. Stein, Fax (580) 596-3004 P.L.L.C., 305 South Grand, P.O. Box 223, Attorney for the Petitioner
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County lawmakers review 2011 legislative session By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Alfalfa County’s newest lawmaker – state Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid – did not have a lot to say about this year’s legislative session, but he was excited about the opportunity to shake hands with a few of his new constituents. Anderson joined current Sen. David Myers, R-Ponca City, and state Rep. Jeff Hickman, R-Fairview, Monday during a legislative luncheon at Farmers Table in Cherokee. Anderson will represent Alfalfa, Grant and Garfield counties in a new Senate District 19 when redistricting takes effect in 2012. Alfalfa County currently lies within Senate District 20, represented by Myers, but figures from the 2010 Census are changing all that. “I’m really thrilled about the way the (redistricting) map has worked out,” Anderson told a roomful of about 30 constituents from around the county. Anderson is an attorney who farms in Garber and works in the trust department at Central National Bank in Enid. He and his wife, Kelly, have two daughters, Katlyn and Lauren. Hickman presented highlights from his first term as Speaker Pro Tempore of the 53rd Oklahoma Legislative Session. At the request of House Speaker Kris Steele, Hickman spearheaded reform of the House Conference Committee process. He said the new process provides transparency and helps stop “those backhand deals” that sometimes occur between legislators. He also tackled state pension reform, raising the retirement age for those on the pension plan from 62 to 65 and passing legislation that will build up pension funds by “billions of dollars” over the next 30 years. On the education front, Hickman said several pieces of legislation passed this year will improve learning for Oklahoma’s students. Schools will be subject to letter grades, just like students, and those letters, along with their number equivalents, will be provided to let parents and the public know how schools are performing. “Social promotion,” which allowed students to be passed to the next grade level even if core standards were not met, has been abolished, said Hickman. New legislation allows social promotion until the third grade. However, if students do not meet grade level reading requirements at that time, they will remain in
million short again next year,” Myers said. “It isn’t going to be a great year.” To offset the shortfall, legislators will look at eliminating several tax exemptions, with the exceptions of farmers’ sales tax exemptions and exemptions for
retired workers. “Those two things are almost sacred. You can’t touch those,” Myers said. “But all other exemptions are going to be looked at. They’re going to be studied. If they don’t produce, we’re going to get rid of them.”
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ALFALFA COUNTY lawmakers (from left) Rep. Jeff Hickman, Sen. Patrick Anderson and Sen. David Myers visited Cherokee Monday to give their wrap-up and take on the legislative session. Hickman served as House Speaker Pro Tempore and Myers as the Senate appropriations chairman – two of the most powerful positions in their respective bodies. Following redistricting, Anderson will replace Myers as the county's state senator. the third grade and receive remedial training. “If you’re not reading at grade level by the end of third grade, you won’t be passed,” Hickman said. Students can catch up while in the third grade and join their former classmates if reading levels are met. Also signed into law was the elimination of a process known as “trial de novo,” which allowed a teacher to appeal his or her termination of employment in district court, a practice that can prove costly to school districts. The new law allows teachers who are fired to appeal to the school board, but the board – not the court – will make the ultimate decision. Myers, who served as the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, touched on the state’s tight budget and the number of bills signed into law this session. More than 2,000 bills were in-
troduced between the House and Senate. The House passed 188 bills, while the Senate passed 194. “That’s about normal – about 400 out of 2,000,” Myers said. As for doling out money to state entities, that process, according to Myers, was “pretty tough.” “We certainly were presented a challenge my first year as appropriations chair, with a $500 million shortfall,” he said. Legislators were able to manipulate monies, however, and modify the budget to fund some state agencies almost fully. One of those agencies was the Department of Corrections (DOC). Money was taken from a revolving fund within the DOC to prevent furloughs at correctional facilities. Health and health services also fared well. “We held those cuts to around 1.5 percent, which should help fund most of the programs out
there without any further cuts,” Myers said. Education suffered cuts, however. “It was a tough year overall for education,” Myers said. Higher education took a 5.8 percent hit but received a $20 million supplement. “Common, career tech and higher (education) makes up almost 53 percent of the budget,” Myers said. “They have to take the biggest hit because they have the biggest amount. It is a balancing act that we do on the budget. It’s not easy. It’s painful.” Next year’s outlook for the state budget is about as bleak. “We’re going to be about $500
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AA Meetings 7 p.m. Tuesday
Senior Citizens Center Behind Baker Bldg. (in alley) Cherokee, Oklahoma
7 p.m. Saturday First United Methodist 400 S. Grand-Cherokee
Dr. Darryle Gibson and Dental Hygienist Joni Puffinbarger Inskeep (left) and Certified Dental Assistant Sarah Murrow (right) stand ready to provide quality dental care with the finest and most modern equipment available.
Happy Birthday America!! In observance of Independence Day, the following bank locations will be closed Monday, July 4, 2011.
Jet state Branch
cleo state Bank
First carmen Branch
Meno Guaranty Branch
of the Cleo State Bank Jet, Oklahoma ~ 580/626-4434 Member FDIC
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Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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