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Lt Col Kent Guffy urges youth to explore opportunities and people to serve By Yvonne Miller Raised with a huge military influence in his life, Kent Guffy said, “I remember in second grade telling Mrs. Chase that I wanted to be in the army.” No surprise. His dad, the late Wayne Guffy, served in World War II. He has one older brother who was a pilot in Vietnam and another older brother who served in Panama. “I wanted to do something bigger than myself,” Guffy said. His family had instilled a call to service and love of country in him. Now with a distinguished military career that spans over 27 years active duty, the 1989 graduate of Burlington High School returned as the guest speaker for Burlington’s Veterans Day program. His mother Lois was there to hear him as were several of his siblings and family. Now a lieutenant colonel, Guffy is a 1993 West Point graduate where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He later earned a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He told students in the crowd that as a kid he knew lots about farming raised in this rural area. “I didn’t know about all the opportunities out there,” he said. “I
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knew more than I wanted to know about hauling hay,” he said with a laugh. “I wanted to see the world,” Guffy said. He knew joining and staying in the military was his way to travel, get an education, have a job, medical insurance and a retirement. When people ask what they can do to support veterans, Guffy said, “Use your freedom in the right to vote.” He said it’s important to educate yourself on the issues and candidates and vote for those who support the military. Keeping health insurance and retirement is critical to veterans, Guffy said. Referring to the presidential election that occurred earlier in the week, Guffy said, “I appreciate the peaceful change of power.” He urges people “to be the best you can.” Knowing everyone will not serve in the military, he suggests service of your choosing, “maybe at a church or school.” Guffy said he “loved” all his appointments to duty. He said the best was in southeast Asia when he followed a non-traditional military path. He
worked with a company to develop equipment. Guffy said he ran an acquisition section that provided troops with equipment. As an engineer he looks for technical ways to update the equipment. He mentioned numerous research projects in which he’s been involved. One of those is the TALOS (Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit), the military’s next-generation body armor system to protect troops. It’s the same idea as an Iron Man Suit. Referring to the annual Army/Navy football game, Guffy said, “It’s the only game where everyone playing is willing to die for everyone watching.” As he concluded, Guffy thanked Burlington “for laying the groundwork for everything I am today.” He is assigned as the RDECOM Science and Technology Advisor to HQ USSOCOM with duty at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. Guffy and his wife Julie have five children. He plans to retire from the Army June 30, 2017 after his over 27 years of service to America.
1989 Burlington High School graduate Lt Col Kent Guffy is the featured speaker for Burlington School’s Veteran’s Day program. Photo by Yvonne Miller
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My favorites on YouTube By Lynn L. Martin YouTube is a video storage site on the internet. It has become the greatest library of modern content in the world. Amazingly, anyone with some form of a video camera (cell phone, point-and-shoot camera with video, regular video camera, etc.) can place content on YouTube free of charge. It has tons of instructional videos. When we get a new piece of equipment and need a quick lesson in how to operate it, it is probable you’ll find video clips by the equipment’s manufacturer, or you will find user video clips. If you are about to undergo a medical procedure, you probably can view the entire procedure on YouTube before you go under the knife. Want to get a refresher course on how to fly an airplane? Lessons are there on YouTube. Because we videotape almost every event in our community, I have posted over 1,400 titles on YouTube. At the newspaper, we utilize YouTube to host all the news events or concerts we cover. We place a link back to our newspaper website, but it is hosted on YouTube servers because their massive storage is free to us, and also they have incredible bandwidth to feed our videos to viewers smoothly and without hangup. I love listening to music, and YouTube is my jukebox. I can’t stand most of the modern stuff that makes up the Top 100 anymore. I’m going to list a half-dozen of my
favorite musical pieces and their YouTube addresses: 1. The first is an Elvis impersonator. I normally don’t like Elvis clones because most come up short. Not Ben Portsmouth. He may be better than Elvis. At the very least, I would be hard pressed to select who was who if I couldn’t see a picture. In this selection, Portsmouth appears on the David Letterman show performing American Trilogy, a collection of American patriotic songs. The address is https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=xLPpFv8aS6E. 2. Another song I visit frequently is performed by Oklahoman Kristin Chenoweth at the Hollywood Bowl. She invited an audience member she had never met to come to the stage to participate in performing “For Good” from a Broadway play. The unknown audience member, Sara Horn, is a small college vocal teacher in California. She blew Kristin and the audience away with her excellent performance with Kristin. That event was the first time I had ever heard of Kristen Chenoweth, but am now a big fan. At the end of the duet and after Horn had left the stage, Kristen muttered, “Note to self: don’t get anyone better than you up here.” https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=qxKjiJ2qwtU 3. The only really modern song on this list is “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town. It is so simply done. The instrumental accompanists do not play any unnecessary notes and are almost quiet, not overwhelming the vocalist, Karen Fairchild, whatsoever. Several people misunderstood the meaning of the song, thinking it was about two girls in love. No, the topic is one girl who wants to be like the girl who stole her man. Great
recording. Here’s the address: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYZMT8otKdI. 4. Next is Josh Grobran in “You Raise Me Up.” There are dozens of versions of this popular song by performed by Josh on YouTube. I love this one, not only because of his amazing vocal performance, but because of the video editing. It is shot backstage and you can see all the performers go through the rituals of getting ready to perform onstage. Simply mesmerizing: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQ. 5. The organization Playing for Change produced the old favorite “Stand by Me” in an amazing way. They traveled the world with portable recording equipment and combined dozens of performers in perfect sync and then edited them all together. I love the song and I stand in awe of the video production job. An incredible achievement: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=oiPzU75P9FA. 6. Back when I was a young radio DJ, I loved the selection of “House of the Rising Sun” as performed by a Beatles-era rock group, The Animals. Again, I love the economy of the instruments backing up Eric Burden as he performed this hit. This has to be the simplest music video ever made, but it so effective. It looks almost as if a single camera was used and was rolled around on a dolly for some of the views, and the musicians sort of walked around in a circle to complete the performance: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=0sB3Fjw3Uvc. It was hard to restrict this list to six. I might give you my next six in the future.
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South Barber School Board meets at and tours elementary Volleyball team finish `best in school history’; Anna Perez and Bailey Roberts earn All-State volleyball honors; Board conducts superintendent evaluation By Yvonne Miller The South Barber Board of Education held their November meeting at the elementary school Monday night. They met in the classroom of teacher Tiffany Bodemann, which many commented was one of the most attractively decorated classrooms they’d seen. In the absence of board president Steven Allen, Mark Pollock conducted the meeting. All other members attended, including Mike Miller, Deb Helfrich, Mariah Doherty, Melissa Simpson and Dooli Rugg. Superintendent Dr. Andi Williams and Board Clerk Julie Johnson also sat at the table. The board accepted the resignation of junior high assistant volleyball coach Angelia Cunningham. Then the board approved teacher Samantha Nichols as assistant volleyball coach. Superintendent Williams Reports Superintendent Williams presented KASB Leadership Academy Certificates to board members Doherty, Helfrich, Simpson and herself. This is for their attendance at workshops and conferences. The superintendent updated the board on the strategic framework regarding the school’s mission, goals,
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outcomes and accreditation. South Barber USD255 is in the early stages (one year level) of the accreditation process. She said they must follow the five Rs (relationships, relevance, responsiveness, rigor and results) for the accreditation process. Williams said they are aligning science and social studies materials that she said is “much cheaper and simpler than expected.” The superintendent led the board on a tour of the elementary school. They primarily saw plumbing that is crumbling in areas and must be replaced. The board plans to have a special board meeting to review the P1 Investment Grade Audit in midDecember, but have not yet set the date. As planned, the board held a 30-minute executive session and another 20 minutes to conduct the superintendent’s evaluation. No action followed. The board held another fiveminute session to discuss a student issue with no action taken afterward. Payment of current bills totaling $417,091.04 received board approval. Principals Report on Student Accomplishments Brent Shaffer, grade 7-12 principal,
said SB had 37 total students on the honor roll. He congratulated the many who helped make the school’s Veterans Day program successful. He also reported on the success of the drama class play last weekend. Shaffer said they were taking students to a Career Education Day at ESSDACK Tuesday. He said their goal is to teach students about life after high school sooner. Three high school vocalists earned membership into the SWKMEA District Honor Choir. They are Taylor Pollock, Savannah Hughbanks and Joseph Bowden. Grace Cantrell, seventh grade, made the KCDA Honor Choir. The principal said basketball practices began Monday. The high school has 15 girls and 18 boys out for basketball. The junior high boys have eight out and the girls have 10 playing. The boys took sixth place in the Cherokee Tournament and the girls were fifth. Shaffer again congratulated the Chieftains football team for having a 9-2 season, taking both the District and Bi-District titles. High school volleyball ended their season as sub-state champions and fourth in the state. With a record of 366, Shaffer said this volleyball team’s season is “the best finish in school history.” He also commended the junior high Tornado football team that played with eight boys only all season. “I couldn’t have been more proud of them,” Shaffer said and commended their coaches Fred Gillig and Berton Walz. Regarding FFA, Shaffer said seven students attended the national convention. At the Poland Angus Livestock Judging, the A Team took third place with members Cole Coggins, Trevor Rooks and Savannah Hughbanks. The FFA ParLaw Team was fourth
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Obituaries GOLDIE GUFFY CHEROKEE, Oklahoma – Funeral services for Goldie Guffy, 90, were held on Monday, November 14, 2016, at 10 a.m. at Prairie Valley United Methodist Church south of Cherokee with Rev. Kaela Burdge officiating. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Memorials may be given to Cherokee Fire Department through the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Goldie Tyler Guffy, lovingly known to so many as Grandma Goldie, was born in Elbert, West Virginia, on March 2, 1926, to Joseph and Esther Kiraly. She was one of 11 children. She went home to be with Jesus on November 9, 2016. Goldie was raised in Akron, Ohio, and moved to Cherokee, Oklahoma, in 1944. She married Lawrence Tyler on November 28, 1946, and the couple made their home in Cherokee where they raised their daughter, Dawn Ann. Lawrence served in World War II and was mobilized for the Korean War. He came home to Cherokee, where he was a lineman and volunteer firefighter and eventually dispatched for the City of Cherokee until he retired. Lawrence passed away in 1981. After his passing,
Goldie became a member of Prairie Valley United Methodist Church, and it goes without saying her favorite times spent there were watching J.D. and Jace in the Christmas programs and attending the wonderful church dinners followed by the Singspirations. Goldie married Lester Guffy in 1988. Together, they split their time between Goldie’s home in Cherokee and Lester’s home north of the Great Salt Plains Fish Hatchery until Lester’s death in 1999. Many local people remember Goldie’s time working at the Max Theatre in Cherokee where she must have sold thousands of tickets over the years. Following her movie theatre days, she began working for Smith Drug Store, where she worked for nearly 60 years. The Eash and Hawkins family drug store became much like her home away from home, and so enjoyed those years with everyone there. Grandma Goldie’s life revolved around her grandsons, J.D. and Jace. Whether it was a ball game, track meet, stock show or anything in between, she was always there to cheer them on as their number one fan. And regardless of the holiday or where they were, she never failed to send cards for every holiday, which most often contained her signature gift: the $2 bill. Goldie was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Lawrence Tyler of Cherokee; her infant son, Kevin of Cherokee; her five brothers; two sisters of Byron; and her late husband, Lester Guffy, of Byron. She is survived by her daughter Dawn Ann and husband Jeff White of Cherokee; her grandson J.D. his wife Lisa and son Parker of Enid; her grandson Jace and his wife Randi of Oklahoma City; her sister Eleanor Harn of Palm Desert, California; her sister Margaret Savarese of Port St. Lucie, Florida; her sister Esther DeGraff of Cleveland, Ohio; her sisterin-law Rosa Gillette and husband Fred of Forney, Texas; her sister-in-law Eva Jack of Sacramento, California; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Grandma Goldie, you touched so many lives over the years. You were very loved and will be missed by all.
BETTY LAVERNE JEWELL Betty Laverne Jewell, 91, of Byron, Oklahoma passed away November 14, 2016. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Driftwood Christian Church, Cherokee, Oklahoma. Burial will follow in ByronAmorita Cemetery. Memorials may be made to A & D Firefighters Association. JOE WESLEY WENZEL MULVANE, Kansas – Joe Wesley Wenzel, age 74, retired real estate and mortgage loan owner, Carson Bank board member, active United Methodist Church member, and volunteer in many community activities, passed away November 12, 2016. Wes was a great outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish and play golf. He lettered in all sports at Mulvane High School, attended Baker University on a basketball and tennis scholarship, and completed his B.S. in science at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He was a decorated officer for his service in Vietnam. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. with the family to receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Smith Mortuary in Mulvane, Kansas. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 17, 2016, at Mulvane United Methodist Church. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. in Alva Municipal Cemetery in Alva, Oklahoma. Wes was preceded in death by his parents, Burt and Marion Wenzel. He is survived by his wife Kay Wenzel; children, Brent Wenzel (Julie) and Wendy Pletz (Corey); six grandchildren, Emma and Riley Pletz, Remington, Sutton, Harrison and Bowen Wenzel and sister Jane Wieker (Richard). Memorials may be made to Mulvane United Methodist Church, 107 S. Central Ave., Mulvane, KS 67110 or Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 709 Oklahoma Blvd, Alva, OK 73717. Online condolences may be made at www.SmithFamilyMortuaries.com.
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Need warm clothes for your family? No one in Alva should be cold this winter. The Alva community has joined with the College Hill Church of Christ in donating clothes.
This building is where you go! 1102 6th St. The hours are 10 am to 1 pm with a free soup and chili lunch that day also.
The 28th Annual Warmth for Winter free clothing give-a-way will be this coming Saturday at the College Hill Church of Christ.
Clothing, coats, blankets, purses, shoes for children, women and men. Thanks to the dozens of Alva businesses and individuals who have donated clothing . . . one day only, Nov. 19, 2016.
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Cherokee school board votes on 9-year-bond election By Stephanie Lambert The Cherokee Public Schools Board met for its regular November board meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. The meeting mainly consisted of policy changes and financial discussion. Several policies were approved, including:the Fiscal Internal Control Policy 304.R3; the Conflict of Interest Policy 304.R4; the Title I, ESEA Complaint Resolution; the Title I, ESEA Title I Investigation Report; the Title I, Comparability Report; and the Title I, School Wide Plan. The board approved a “pay application #2” from Cedar Ridge General Contracting LLC, as well as a change to the meeting dates of 2017. The board will now meet for its regular meetings on the first Monday of every month. Consent agenda items A-C, which were the minutes of Oct. 10 regular board meeting, Oct. 19 special board meeting, and Nov. 10 special board meeting were
tabled until the next board meeting. The rest of the consent agenda items (D-J) were approved. The board approved a proposed executive session to discuss the employment of a support staff member for the remainder of the 2016-2017 school year. After the board reconvened, it voted to employ Debbie Boothby as support staff on a temporary contract for the remainder of the 2016-2017 school year. The main agenda item of the night was the discussion of a nine-year-series bond that would allow the school system to raise its bonds to $7,635,000. The board approved a resolution authorizing a special election to be held to authorize the bond. The election will be held on Feb. 14, 2017. Benefits of the bond were discussed, including: the use of new facilities, etc., that the plan could pay for, borrowing ahead of inflation, and being able to bor-
row higher than their current bond limit. In the principals’ reports, Jeremy Hickman, principal, went over the State Report Card that Cherokee Schools received. Grades pre-K – 5 received a B, grades 6 – 8 received a C-, and grades 9 – 12 received a B-. Hickman stated that although some testing was low, many variables contribute to the scores received that could negatively affect the scores and isn’t indicative of how the school is doing overall. He also spoke of the excellent quality of the school’s recent Veterans Day assembly. Donna Anderson, superintendent, concluded the meeting with her report. On the subject of the school’s report cards, Anderson said, “They’re not statistically sound if you want a good indicator of school performance.” She stated further “Whether they are wrong or right, the test has been the same, and it does show that our scores are increasing.”
Walk With Ease program offered to Woods County residents The Woods County OSU Extension Office is offering the Walk With Ease Program, an Arthritis Foundation program that can reduce pain and improve overall health, to Woods
County residents. This class will meet 10 – 11 a.m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday through Dec. 16. If you can be on your feet for 10 minutes without increased pain, you can
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have success with Walk With Ease. Walk With Ease will help motivate individuals to get in great shape, walk safely and comfortably, improve flexibility, strength and stamina, and reduce pain. Please contact the Woods County OSU Extension Office at 580-327-2786 to reserve your spot. There is no charge to participate in the class. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Holliday, Extension educator for family and consumer science/4-H, at susan. holliday@okstate.edu or 580-327-2786.
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Barber County team represents Kansas at the National 4-H Meat Judging contest By Tim Marshall, county agent A journey that began four years ago for the Barber County 4-H meat judging team reached a pinnacle in 2016. This journey has led the group to places like Laramie, Wyoming; Denver, Colorado; Stillwater, Oklahoma; Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska; and a million little places along the way before ultimately arriving at the National 4-H Meat Judging Contest awards ceremony at the American Royal (an annual livestock show and rodeo) in Kansas City on Oct. 19. The countless miles traveled and the many hours spent learning under the expert direction of Dr. Tom Carr resulted in the Barber County team winning the Kansas State 4-H Meat Judging Contest in August. Cade Lonker, Taylor Paxson, Madie Marshall and Tyce Lonker made up the senior division team that won the right to represent Kansas in the National Contest at the American Royal in October. The team had a solid day at the national contest that resulted in them being the third high team overall with Taylor Paxson having an exceptional day and bringing home awards for being sixth high individual overall, third in pork judging, sixth in retail cut ID and third overall in reasons.
From left: Madie Marshall, Taylor Paxson, Cade Lonker and Tyce Lonker. Standing are Tim Marshall, Barber County Extension agent, and Dr. Tom Carr, team coach.
Jet woman accused of stabbing her son during altercation By Marione Martin A confrontation between mother and son resulted in charges being filed against a Jet woman. Bonnie Haworth, 50, of Jet has been charged with felony assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. According to court records, Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call about 10:33 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from Alicia Price. The caller said her husband, Josh Price, was just stabbed by her mother-in-law, Bonnie Haworth. She requested an ambulance and a deputy at her residence in Jet. When Deputy Gary Mast arrived at the Price residence, he saw Josh Price sitting in front of his house in a lawn chair. He saw that Price had a bleeding wound about a half inch long on his left shoulder. Price told the deputy that he and his wife had borrowed his mother’s Tahoe to take their child trick or treating the night before in Medford. Because it was so late, he did not return the vehicle until the next morning, Nov. 1. He said his mother started to argue with him. He said
she was mad about something else and needed someone to be mad at. Price said he and his mother were arguing outside, and his mother was pulling on his shirt. He told her she ripped it so he was going to rip one of her shirts. He went inside to get one of her shirts. Price told Deputy Mast he saw Haworth go into the kitchen and return waving a knife while yelling she was going to kill him. Price said he ran from the house trying to get away. He said when they got to the porch his mother swung the knife in a downward motion and stabbed him on his arm just below he left shoulder. Price was taken by Alfalfa County EMS to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. A ripped shirt with blood on the left shoulder was recovered from his residence. Mast spoke to Alicia Price and then went to meet with a witness who saw the altercation outside the Haworth residence. Mast then interviewed Haworth at her home.
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SHOWING THEIR AMERICAN HEART – At South Barber’s Veteran’s Day program in Kiowa, this choir of fourth – sixth graders sing with an “American Heart” as directed by vocal teacher Boram Shin. Students are: (from left) Juan Castro, Miranda Thornburge, Camron Dorsey, Jaden Allen, Grace Leone, Tristan Watts, Cash Tomberlin, Jayden Michel; (second row) Autumn Drake, Jayten Davis, Xander Myers, Bryce Duvall, Lindsey Wilbur, Easton Rector; (third row) Jayden Murray, Bryson Rathgeber, Max Quinlan, JD Baysinger; (top) Aydan Bryan, Jessica Jahay and Brent Duncan. Photo by Yvonne Miller
THANK YOU VETERANS – These are just some of the veterans that were honored at the South Barber Veteran’s Day program in Kiowa. A variety of ages and branches of service they represented, these veterans are extremely aware that freedom is not free. Front, from left: Greg Robison, Roger Robison, Tom Traylor, Jake Newton, Bud Ruggia, Linda Holt, Dennis Christensen, Mike Hiltner, Mike Miller, Mike Mayberry, Bob Drake and Steve Johnson; (back) Don Kuenzi, Buddy Anderson, Lometa Rathgeber, hidden: Lenora Dodds and Brandy Johnson, Tena Ruggia and Rosie Vannaman. Photo by Yvonne Miller
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THE SWEETEST PART OF FREEDOM – Steven Johnson beams whenever he holds his sweet little Kathryn that he and his wife Brandy were able to adopt to join their family of three sons. She joins her daddy and is dressed appropriately in camo and red, white and blue at the South Barber Veteran’s Day program in Kiowa. Johnson is a veteran who served in many places including Iraq as a combat engineer. He came to Kiowa about four years ago as police chief, a position he continues. Photo by Yvonne Miller
POSTING OF COLORS – Representing Kiowa’s American Legion Post No. 146, these veterans post the colors at South Barber’s Veteran’s Day program in Kiowa: (from left) Mike Miller, Mike Mayberry and Bud Ruggia. Photo by Yvonne Miller
A PATRIOTIC ‘DO – South Barber student Maddison Dotts looks especially patriotic with her updo entwined with a stars and stripes wrap. This is during a performance of the choir during South Barber’s Veterans Day program in Kiowa. Photo by Yvonne Miller
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Back row, from left: Kailyn Mattingly, Lindsay Olson, Jayla Moore, Summer Finney, Taylor Powell, Kendra Lunak and Autumn May. Middle row: Karleigh Decker, Brooke Bowers, Bethany Fesmire, Marlee Pecha and Henzley Thomas. Front: KaLynn Leforce as Annie.
Timberlake drama and music departments collaborate on musical production Timberlake schools are excited to produce the musical “Annie Jr.� on Monday, Dec. 5, at the Helena Auditorium. This is the first time in over a decade for the drama and music departments to collaborate on a production, and with a cast of 47, it is sure to be
a fun evening. Timberlake FCCLA is hosting a baked-potato dinner by donation from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the new all-purpose building. The musical will begin at 7 p.m. with tickets sold at the door.
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The US Center for Disease Control
Help your child avoid some cancers later in life with a vaccination at age 10-12. Jennifer Nichols, APRN at Share Medical Center, recommends that all girls and boys be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV) between the ages of 10 and 12, before they become sexually active. “HPV is the highest sexually transmitted disease across the nation by about an 80 percent rate,” Nichols said.
Jennifer Nichols, APRN Caring and kind service in Urgent Care and also in her own Clinic office at the hospital. She has previously worked in a women’s health care clinic in Enid.
Research links the virus to diseases like genital warts, vaginal and penile cancer and most significant cervical cancers. Gardisil, the most commonly prescribed HPV vaccine for girls and boys, carries coverage for nine different strains of the virus where other vaccines only cover four strains. “Gardisil and these vaccinations are probably the most researched vaccines in history,” Nichols said. “There were legitimate concerns at the beginning, but as time went on, more physicians are getting on board with it.” “Researchers developed this to protect against the strains that cause the outbreak of the cancers and warts,” Nichols said. “If we can prevent you from getting HPV, we can prevent you from getting the diseases associated with those strains of HPV.” Some media reports of unexplained pain and infertility have been attributed to the vaccine. However, Nichols said nothing in research substantiates those fallacies. More than 100 known strains of the HPV virus exist. Nichols said most cervical cancers, but not all, can be linked to HPV. So pap smears are always recommended. When asked if the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks, Nichols quickly answered, “Yes.” “The problem with HPV, you’re exposed at such an early age, but you don’t see the devastating results for 20 to 30 years later,” she said. “Once you have the virus, we can’t take it back. I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to prevent it.” Nichols said research on the virus continues to evolve. Eventually, vaccines will be developed to cover more strains of the virus. For adult women, physicians routinely screen for HPV during annual Pap tests. The vaccine requires a series of three injections. The second vaccination occurs two months later. The third dose is given four months later, six months after the first.
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Airport pushes ahead on turf runway project By Lynn L. Martin The Alva Airport Board decided Monday night that they want to make a priority of rebuilding the east-west turf runway. The runway was accidentally left out of the drawing when the new longer runway was submitted for FFA approval by the architect. The problem vexing the airport board is if this grass runway is “engineered,” and goes through all the bureaucratic steps, the cost will be over $300,000. Board member Terry Turner commented, “I think it is unconscionable for a grass runway we initially built ourselves to cost that much. Yet, I think we must have it because there is no other east-west runway in the area.” Joe Don Dunham, city manager, estimated the dirt work and forming of the turf runway could be done for about $40,000. However he would not recommend a do-it-yourself approach because of liability dangers. A representative of the city’s Garver engineering firm, Curtis Brown was present, He echoed the liability concern. He said that if a crash
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occurred on the turf runway, and it had not been properly engineered and approved by the FAA, the city, the airport board, and the board members individually could be first in line to be liable if the runway contributed to the crash. Dale Logsdon said, “The FAA has an advisory circular that’s not too lengthy that tells how to build a turf runway. If we follow that, we should be okay. If an engineering firm is hired, they will take that same circular and print it on their letterhead and charge us lots of money. I think we should do it ourselves and not accept any federal money.” Cory Washburn, board chairman, concurred. He said, “I just hate spending over $300,000 on a turf runway.” The board ended up voting unanimously to use local people and not ask for federal money. He continued, “We can use Garver Engineering on other on some of the other projects such as the concrete apron and taxiway work that needs to be done.” The board accepted a bid from
James Lee for $142,275 for concrete work around new hangars and their approaches. A lower bid was offered by D & M but no references were supplied as requested. The board has had good experience with previous work by James Lee. Airport Manager Greg Murray said fuel sales for October totaled $14,227.46, split almost equally between Jet-A and 100 LL. Sales in the previous month totaled $16,675.52. In other work, the manager reported the lighting for the wind-sock and the tetrahedron wind indicator is repaired, however a circuit board is still needed for the approach lights. He also mentioned five leaking windows have been repaired in the terminal building. Board members present were Paul Kinzie, Dale Logsdon, Terry Turner and Cory Washburn. One city council position is still vacant after the resignation of Wes Miller. Mayor Kelly Parker, who was in attendance, told the board he hopes a new member for Ward 1 of the city council can be appointed at the next council meeting.
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Haworth gave a similar description of the altercation. However, she said she directed Price to leave, and he pushed her back. She said she pushed him out of the door. When Price returned to the house saying he would tear up her things, she said, she picked up the remote and ordered him out of the house. When Price went to get his things
from the vehicle, she said he was hyper-extending the door the wrong way. She was able to get the keys and lock the doors. She said Price was trying to get back in the house and she said no. She said he grabbed her right hand and thumb and bent her thumb backward. She said she had just had major reconstructive surgery on her right hand and is not completely healed.
She said she got away and ran into the house and grabbed the first utensil she could find then ran out of the house chasing him. She said afterward, she ran back into the house and threw the utensil on the floor in the kitchen. Mast recovered a steak knife on the floor in the kitchen. Haworth was arrested and taken to the Alfalfa County Jail.
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`Never Forget Their Service’ theme of Burlington’s Veterans Day program By Yvonne Miller Lots of red white and blue overflowing with patriotism filled Burlington School’s auditorium on Veterans Day. Also seen were camouflage uniforms worn by soldiers who are serving or served their country in recent years. Burlington is fortunate to have a few World War II veterans who are still able to attend the school’s program to honor them and all who fought for their country through the generations. Numerous Vietnam veterans stood during recognition as did soldiers from about all the wars and conflicts since then. Directed by Kiley Feely, the junior/ senior high choir performed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which was as beautiful as the sunny weather outside. Dressed in patriotic colors, the kindergarten through third-grade choir happily saluted veterans during their singing of the “Armed Forces Medley.” Touching videos reminded the crowd that freedom is not free. For all the veterans sitting in the crowd – they needed no reminder. Lt. Col. Kent Guffy, a Burlington and West Point graduate, spoke about his lifelong military career. His comments are featured in a separate article. Patriotism and love of God in this rural community was evident as the 4th – 12th grade choir ended the program with “God Bless America.”
Veterans attending Burlington School’s Veterans Day program are: (front, fro left) Bob Kraft, Bob Wright, Glenn Bevel, Sam Otis, Roger Hill and Skeeter Bird; (back) Wayne S. Guffy Jr., Kristen Guffy-Tidaback, Mark Guffy, Lt Col Kent Guffy (featured speaker for the program), Latasha Olson and Tony Barnett. Photo by Yvonne Miller
Dressed respectfully for Veterans Day, Burlington’s choir sings “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America” with their director Kiley Feeley: (front, from left) Kayli Stewart, Jackson Feely, Gatlin Jewell, Silvery Kiwia, Ethan Barron; (second row) Jazmine Vest, Caitlin Flackman, Paden Allen, Kade Wright, Caleb Cox; (third row) Jacobi Cox, Rory Olson, Brenner Clark; (top) Kelsi Smith, Gabe Stewart, Jonathan Armbruster, Stanley Klippenstein, Marshall Burnet. Photo by Yvonne Miller
Many youngsters dressed as patriotically as the acts of the men and women they salute. Burlington School kindergarteners through third graders perform the Armed Forces Medley: (front, from left) Lauren Thomason, Abrianna Thorlton, Ellie Pray, Nick Hiebert, Owen Bellamy; (second row) Morgan Matzke, Isaac Angle, Patience Thorlton, Abe Loewen, Lizzie Hiebert; (third row) Tyson Holt, Cornelius Reimer. Photo by Yvonne Miller
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Oklahoma drivers must move over to save lives OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Insurance Department is joining forces to spread a life-saving message to drivers: “Move over. It’s the law.” The message is part of an initiative by the Oklahoma Traffic Incident Management Steering (TIMS) Coalition. The coalition also includes representatives from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Sheriffs Association, Oklahoma Emergency Management and many more. “As the holidays approach and more people will be on the road, we’re asking Oklahoma drivers to be more mindful behind the wheel,” said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak. “Not only is moving over the law, it will help save the lives of first responders and lower the number of costly traffic delays.” According to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 52 law enforcement officers were killed in traffic-related incidents last year. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Nicholas Dees was hit and killed last year along I-40. His mother is featured in a new public service announcement that began airing this month. It can also be viewed here. “Half of me died because of one man that did not move over for emergency vehicles,” said Shelley Russell, Dees’ mother. Oklahoma’s Move Over law requires drivers approaching a parked emergency vehicle with flashing lights, including wreckers, to move over to the next lane. If the driver cannot move over, he or she is required to slow down. Troopers suggest drivers reduce speed to 15-20 mph or slower. The penalty for failing to slow down or change lanes is a ticket with a fine of
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more than $200. Another benefit of drivers abiding by the Move Over law is a reduction in the number of costly traffic delays. According to the Texas Transportation Institute, for each hour a vehicle is stuck in traffic $21 is wasted per vehicle in time and fuel. One way to ease the burden of traffic is for drivers to move over if they are involved in a non-injury car accident. This allows drivers to safely exchange insurance information and not block the flow of traffic. “Many drivers seem to think that moving over is just an optional courtesy when they see flashing lights or have a minor wreck,” Doak said. “It’s not optional. Move over. It’s the law.” For more information on the Oklahoma TIMS Coalition, go to oktim.org.
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and goes to Kansas State Universityfor a February competition with members Dale Hoch Spencer Kimmell, Anna Perez, Emily Rugg, Kacee Hostetler and Cody Jahay. When asked, Shaffer said the ag farm is in the process of building pens. The FACS class with sponsor Cheryl Swartz is working on a STAR event and started a buddies program with thirdd graders. PK -6th Principal Eric Stoddard told
the board he is improving security of their building. People now sign in and out and are visitors are to enter and exit by the office. It’s an effort to keep students safer. He said administration and teachers are working to make things “positive, positive, positive!” Stoddard reported on the success of the school’s Friday morning assemblies that are fun with games and rewards for someone caught doing something good.
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Southwest Airlines worker dead in Oklahoma airport shooting By Sean Murphy OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Southwest Airlines employee was shot outside Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport on Tuesday and died after police closed the sprawling complex to search for his killer. Oklahoma City police identified the victim as Michael Winchester, 52, a former University of Oklahoma football player whose son James is a player for the Kansas City Chiefs. A hometown wasn't listed. The airline said it was helping police officers with their investigation. Police have not detained a suspect. "It is with great sorrow that Southwest Airlines confirms that a Southwest Employee who was injured during a shooting incident today at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City has died from injuries," the airline said in a statement. It said it would cancel flights out of the city for the remainder of the day even if the rest of the terminal reopens. Hundreds of people were stranded inside the terminal for more than three hours before officers began letting them leave slowly. Police have not detained a suspect. "Investigators have several leads
of a possible suspect," Oklahoma City Police Capt. Paco Balderrama said. Police and airport officials closed the complex about 1 p.m., diverting incoming flights and preventing those ready for takeoff from leaving. The airport handles between 7,000 and 8,000 passengers daily for Alaska, Delta, Southwest and United airlines and has a separate terminal that serves as a transfer center for federal inmates. A jet carrying inmates to the transfer site was allowed to land while the rest of the airport was shuttered. Video from a television station helicopter showed what appeared to be a pool of blood about 100 feet from the airport's employee parking area — and about 100 yards from the airport's ticket counters and departure area. Two ambulances and a firetruck stood by. Balderrama initially said police had received reports of a possible second victim, but no one had been located by late afternoon. No other details of the shooting were immediately available. After the airport suspended operations, maps posted at the air-
port tracking website FlightAware showed that one plane was diverted to the Wiley Post Airport in the northwestern part of the city while two commercial flights from Chicago's O'Hare Airport were directed to Tulsa, about 100 miles away. "There are going to be some delays for flights until we have further information," airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said. She referred other questions to police. All streets were blocked off surrounding the airport. As people left the terminal area, police checked their IDs and their vehicles. Carney said that police believe the shooting was an isolated incident, but that precautionary measures were still appropriate. Michael Winchester was a punter on the University of Oklahoma's 1985 national championship team. "Our hearts are truly heavy for the entire Winchester Family. Mike was a former Sooner student athlete as was his son James/daughter Carolyn," the school's athletic director, Joe Castiglione, tweeted Tuesday afternoon.
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Fliers left on Dallas college campus condemn biracial dating Fliers telling white women not to date black men have been found on the campus of a Dallas university. Southern Methodist University said in a statement Tuesday that the fliers were found at a residence hall and were reported to university officials.
The fliers were discovered Sunday and are titled "Why White Women Shouldn't Date Black Men." The fliers include several incendiary claims including calling black men abusive and saying biracial children lack intelligence. The same leaflet was also found
this week at the University of Oklahoma and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and in September at the University of Michigan. Southern Methodist University condemned the message as "hateful" and says there's no justification for hostility toward others.
Second new abortion clinic opens in Oklahoma City area By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood opened an abortion clinic in the Oklahoma City area on Tuesday, becoming the second provider in the last two months to open one in or near Oklahoma's largest city. The new Planned Parenthood Great Plains clinic is in Warr Acres, a suburban enclave in northwestern Oklahoma City. Although Planned Parenthood operates several health
clinics in Oklahoma, this new facility is the first that will offer abortion services. "PPGP opened its new health center so that patients have one more trusted option in Oklahoma City and we will continue providing the excellent care patients have come to know and trust, in spite of some of the toughest medically unnecessary restrictions against abortion providers in the nation," the chapter's president and CEO, Laura McQuade, said in a
statement. A Kansas-based foundation, Trust Women, opened an abortion clinic on the city's south side in September, becoming the first new abortion provider in the state in 40 years. At the time, the organization said Oklahoma City was the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. without an abortion provider, and that the state's last clinic opened in 1974. The only other abortion clinics operating in Oklahoma are in Norman and Tulsa. Dr. Naresh Patel performed abortions for decades at his clinic in Warr Acres before he gave up his license last year as part of a plea deal to fraud charges alleging he sold abortion-inducing drugs to women who weren't actually pregnant. Oklahoma's Republican-led Legislature has passed some of the country's most far-reaching anti-abortion legislation. At least five anti-abortion measures approved in recent years face legal challenges, including mandatory waiting periods, requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and bans on various methods of abortion. Most of the proposed new laws have been temporarily halted while the lawsuits are pending. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, about 4,330 abortions were performed in Oklahoma last year, the fewest number since 2002.
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Oklahoma man arrested for Laramie crash that killed 2
Authorities: Man accused in Somali bomb plot is escape risk
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — An Oklahoma man is facing vehicular homicide charges in connection to a crash near Laramie that killed two. The Laramie Boomerang reports (http:// bit.ly/2fSG8vc ) that 58-year-old Charles Gibson of Midwest City, Oklahoma, was not injured, but was arrested by the Wyoming Highway Patrol and taken to the Albany County Detention Center after the crash on Thursday. Gibson's semi-truck struck a Chevrolet Uplander van head-on on U.S. Highway 287, killing 46-year-old Dawn Wight and her husband, 57-year-old Robert Wight. Two juvenile male passengers in the back seat of the van were airlifted from the scene to medical facilities in Laramie and Denver. The family is from Sandy, Utah. Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper Rick Colling says troopers are investigating if driver fatigue was a contributing factor in the crash.
By Roxana Hegeman WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man accused in a bomb plot targeting Somali immigrants in western Kansas tried to use another inmate to sneak a letter out of jail that identified the confidential informant in his case, law enforcement authorities testified Tuesday. Searches of Patrick Stein's cell at the Butler County Detention Facility also turned up papers that referenced plans for "a small man team" overtaking the jail and cutting power to the facility, said Deputy U.S. Marshall Troy Oberly. Authorities also found detailed maps of the jail along with a list of correction officers that included their work schedules and a ranking for each, Oberly said. Authorities contend Stein is an escape risk. The details emerged in a hastily called hearing amid defense attorney Ed Robinson's concerns that the searches may have scooped up confidential attorney-client communications. The government says Stein is one of three men who conspired to detonate truck bombs at an apartment complex where 120 Somali immigrants live in the meatpacking town of Garden City. The plot was never carried out. Stein and the other men have pleaded not guilty. Among the items authorities said they found were love letters written to guards at the jail. "What concerns me is when you have an inmate trying to write letters to guards, they are trying to gain influence," Oberly testified. Some maps were so detailed that the
streets were labeled and showed how many streetlights there are from the jail to the outskirts of El Dorado, said Chris Roubideaux, a Kansas Highway Patrol officer serving on the FBI task force investigating the alleged plot. Roubideaux said he went to the jail to examine the papers, including one that had the name of another member of the task force and the name of an FBI special agent with his hometown listed. The list included the names of jailers, the confidential informant and a federal prosecutor handling the case. Some names had email addresses or partial phone numbers. U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren said the real issue raised at Tuesday's hearing was the protection of confidential attorney-client communications, which he called "of paramount concern in our constitutional system of litigating cases." He ordered agents who had reviewed material that might have contained confidential attorney-client communications to disassociate themselves from the case, but declined to step into the management of the jail. The two sides agreed to have a team look over the seized material and return any privileged items to the defense. Prosecutors say Stein, 47, Gavin Wright, 51, and Curtis Allen, 49, were part of a militia group called The Crusaders. They allegedly planned the attack on the apartment building, which also contained a mosque, for the day after the election.
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Man arrested for driving 208 mph on Oklahoma turnpike
5 Utah students stabbed in boy’s locker room, teen detained
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a state trooper arrested a driver after clocking his speed at more than 200 mph. The patrol says Trooper Ryan Smith pulled over the man Saturday on the Kilpatrick Turnpike in Oklahoma City. Authorities say the man was driving a Ford Mustang and the trooper's radar clocked the car at 176 mph and then 208 mph. Authorities say the driver attempted to elude the state trooper — turning off his headlights and brake lights at one point — but he was eventually pulled over at a red light. The highway patrol says the driver stopped his car and dropped his keys out of the window. The highway patrol says the driver was arrested on complaints of reckless driving and felony eluding.
By Brady Mccombs and Lindsay Whitehurst OREM, Utah (AP) — As a group of boys at a Utah high school changed Tuesday morning into gym clothes for physical education class, a straight-A student pulled out a knife in the locker room and stabbed five of his classmates, sending the injured running for their lives and covered in blood, police said. The 16-year-old suspect with no record of disciplinary trouble also stabbed himself in the neck and was cornered by school workers until a police officer assigned to Mountain View High School got to the locker room and subdued him with a Taser shot. The five victims are all expected to survive, hospital officials said Tuesday afternoon. The two most seriously injured were in critical but stable condition, according to Utah Valley Hospital. The suspect was treated and released following the attack that spread fear and panic among students who described a gruesome scene immediately after the stabbings. Police said the knife used in the attack had a 3-inch blade but they did not identify the suspect who remained in custody by name because of his age. School district spokeswoman Kimberly Bird said the suspect was a new sophomore student who was previously homeschooled. There were no indications he was having problems or being bullied, she said. Investigators are talking to students who witnessed the attack and who knew the suspect as they try to determine a motive, said Gary Giles, the police chief in the city of Orem about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City where the attack happened. "Is it a fight? Is it somebody who is upset with somebody? Is there more to it than that?" Giles said. "I don't have those answers." In the mayhem immediately after the attack, Junior Karen Martinez said she saw three victims run from the locker room toward the school's central office, one suffering from a head wound and another with a neck injury. One had blood running down
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the back of his shirt, she said. "It was awful," said Martinez, her eyes filled with tears. "It was so terrifying. I didn't know any of the kids but still it was like an awful feeling to see all those kids getting hurt." Eduviges Sanchez had just dropped her son off at the school when she saw a student outside with a blood gushing from a large cut in the side of his neck. Student Paxton Ransom was in the locker room when it happened. He saw blood on the floor and thought it was fake until he looked around the corner and saw someone on the ground who had been stabbed. He ran away and hid with other students in the school's the weight room, texting his mother "There's been a stabbing but I'm ok." She joined hundreds of parents who rushed to the school to find out if their children were safe, letting him go back to classes after giving him a hug. The school, which has 1,300 students, was put on lockdown after the stabbings for about an hour until police determined there was no danger for students. Some parents took their children home and others allowed them to finish the school day. The school has a large Latino population and is the most diverse among Alpine School District's nine high schools, Bird said. Orem is a city of about 94,000 residents with a higher portion of Latinos than the state average. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's children attended the school years ago, and he tweeted that "It's a community close to our hearts. My prayers are with the students and staff." The school plans to investigate if the suspect had had been acting in a way recently that should have been addressed by school officials prior to the attack, Bird said. The school bans weapons, but doesn't have metal detectors or other security procedures to check students each day, she said. It's unlikely they'll implement any of those now, either, because they don't want to make the school feel like a prison, Bird said.
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Mayor in West Virginia resigns after racist Obama post By John Raby CLAY, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia mayor resigned Tuesday following a backlash after she posted a response to a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama on Facebook. The Clay Town Council accepted Mayor Beverly Whaling's resignation in a meeting late Tuesday afternoon and said it would act quickly to name a replacement for the remaining three years of her term. The resignation came after another woman whose racist post Whaling responded to was placed on leave as director of the Clay County Development Corp. Council member Jason Hubbard issued a brief statement condemning the "horrible and indecent" post and said racism and intolerance "isn't what this community is about." He apologized on behalf of the town to Michelle Obama and anyone who was offended. "This community is a helpful, hopeful, empathetic and God-loving community," Hubbard said. "Please don't judge the entire community for one or two individual acts."
Clay County Development director Pamela Ramsey Taylor made the post following Republican Donald Trump's election as president, saying: "It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I'm tired of seeing a Ape in heels." Whaling responded: "Just made my day Pam." Town council member Joyce Gibson said that after news of the post circled the globe, the small office's voicemail system quickly filled to capacity with irate callers. An online campaign calling for Taylor and Whaling to resign drew tens of thousands responses. Gibson wants anyone who judges the town to "come see us. Spend a day with us." The nonpartisan town council has five members, plus the town recorder and mayor. Whaling's seat was empty during the meeting in a small office attended by a few local residents along with several journalists and some people from outside the area who wanted to see justice served. Annie Thacker of Barrackville drove
117 miles to the meeting. "I saw what was happening in small town West Virginia," she said. "I'm from small town West Virginia. I wanted to see hate put down in West Virginia, especially after this election cycle. Everyone's watching." Lish Greiner of Belpre, Ohio, said she had volunteered during flood cleanup in West Virginia over the summer and returned for the town council meeting because "I will not tolerate hate in my home and in my area." Whaling earlier issued a written apology to news media outlets saying her comment wasn't intended to be racist. "I was referring to my day being made for change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may have caused! Those who know me know that I'm not in any way racist!" Taylor, who told WCHS-TV on Monday night that she was put on leave, did not return a call seeking comment. The nonprofit Clay County Development Corp. provides services to elderly and low-income residents in Clay County. It is funded through state and federal grants and local fees. It is not affiliated with the town of Clay, which is about 50 miles east of Charleston. The uproar occurred as the town of about 500 residents is still trying to recover from severe flooding in late June along the nearby Elk River. Clay County also has been hit by hundreds of layoffs in the coal industry this decade. Gibson was asked what was worse, the flood or the backlash from the Facebook post. "I'll have to think about that," she said. "This (backlash) will go away." Last week in Kentucky, Republican Dan Johnson won state House of Representatives seat from Bullitt Count despite a series of posts he put on Facebook depicting President Barack Obama and his wife as monkeys. And last month in West York, Pennsylvania, the town council accepted the resignation of Republican Mayor Charles Wasko after an uproar over racist posts on his Facebook page, including two depicting apes with captions referring to Barack Obama and his family.
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Amid signs of transition trouble, Trump huddles with Pence By Ken Thomas And Julie Pace NEW YORK (AP) — Hidden from the public in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he tried to fill out key posts in his Cabinet. But the transition team appeared to be straining under the enormous challenge of setting up a new administration. Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a respected Republican voice on national security issues, announced he was quitting the transition effort. And an apparent clerical oversight effectively halted the Trump team's ability to coordinate with President Barack Obama's White House. With Trump out of sight for several days, his allies engaged in an unusual round of public speculation about his potential appointments — including their own futures — as the president-elect and his aides weighed the nation's top national security posts. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed to be angling for secretary of state. But Trump's transition team was reviewing Giuliani's paid consulting work for foreign governments, which could delay a nomination or bump Giuliani to a different position, according to a person briefed on the matter but not authorized to speak publicly about it. Giuliani founded his own firm, Giuliani Partners, in 2001, and helped businesses on behalf of foreign governments, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. He also advised TransCanada, which sought to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, and helped the maker of the painkiller drug OxyContin settle a dispute with the Drug Enforcement Administration. A Trump official said John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, remained in contention for secretary of state. Bolton has years of foreign policy experience, but he has raised eyebrows with some of his hawkish stances, including a 2015 New York Times op-ed in which he advocated bombing Iran to halt the
country's nuclear program. Businessman Carl Icahn disclosed on Twitter, based on conversations with the president-elect, that Trump was considering Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker, and Wilbur Ross, a billionaire investor, to lead the Treasury and Commerce departments. Pence, now running the transition team, ignored questions from reporters both as he entered Trump Tower, a thick binder tucked under his arm, and as he left six hours later. He took over from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who spent months running transition operations before his demotion last week. The switch has slowed Trump's ability to coordinate with the White House. Pence has yet to sign a memorandum of understanding facilitating interactions between his team and Obama administration officials. Christie had signed the document, but Pence's promotion makes it invalid. A person familiar with the transition efforts said different factions in Trump's team "are fighting for power." Indeed, Trump effectively created two power centers in his White House even before taking office. He named Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as his chief of staff and flame-throwing media mogul Steve Bannon as his chief strategist, but called them "equal partners." Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is also deeply involved in the transition, creating another layer of uncertainty about who is making decisions. "That organization right now is not designed to work," according to the person close to the efforts, who like others involved in the transition, insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the internal process. Former GOP national security official Eliot Cohen blasted Trump's team on Twitter, calling them "angry, arrogant." Cohen opposed Trump during the campaign, but in recent days, he said those who feel duty-bound to work in a Trump administration should
do so. But he said Tuesday that after an exchange with Trump's team, he had "changed my recommendation." Meanwhile, Trump made time to call New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to pass on his sympathies for the powerful earthquake there that killed two people. In the call, which was announced not by Trump's office but by Key's, the two also discussed New Zealand's economy and trade issues. With Trump's team divided, emboldened Republicans on Capitol Hill moved forward with a united front. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a lukewarm Trump supporter during the campaign, unanimously won his GOP colleagues' votes for another term at the helm of the House. He told fellow Republicans he had Trump's support, and heralded "the dawn of a new, unified Republican government." Democrats, reeling from sweeping defeats in the election, focused their ire on Bannon, a man celebrated by the white nationalist movement. "If Trump is serious about seeking unity, the first thing he should do is rescind his appointment of Steve Bannon," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said. "As long as a champion of racial division is a step away from the Oval Office, it would be impossible to take Trump's efforts to heal the nation seriously." Trump's team has defended Bannon and tried to put its focus on filling the top national security jobs. Trump's selections will be the first signals to anxious international allies about the direction he plans to take U.S. foreign policy. Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a loyal Trump ally and immigration hard-liner, is said to be a contender for defense secretary. Trump also is considering Richard Grenell as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, which would bring some experience and diversity to his nascent administration. Grenell, who served as U.S. spokesman at the U.N. under President George W. Bush, would be the first openly gay person to fill a Cabinet-level foreign policy post.
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Do you really think a billboard in Alva will get the message out to the people in a distant town?
Actually, billboards are very appropriate for immediate reaction services such as drive-in restaurants or motels.
But the town like that above no longer has a newspaper or an electronic billboard. That’s why the Newsgram has become their newspaper. They get it every week.
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When the family comes home for the holidays, it’s a perfect time to freshen up the family portrait.
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Facebook’s fake news problem: What’s its responsibility? By Barbara Ortutay NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is under fire for failing to rein in fake and biased news stories that some believe may have swayed the presidential election. Its predicament stems from this basic conundrum: It exercises great control over the news its users see, but it declines to assume the editorial responsibility that traditional publishers do. On Monday, Facebook took a minor step to address the issue, clarifying its advertising policy to emphasize that it won't display ads on sites that run information that is "illegal, misleading or deceptive, which includes fake news." The company said it was merely making explicit a policy that was already implied. Its move followed a similar step by Google earlier on Monday, after the search giant acknowledged that it had let a false article about the election results slip into its list of recommended news stories. In the case of both companies, the aim is to discourage fake-news sites by depriving them of revenue. Facebook is also said to be facing brewing internal turmoil over its influence and what it can and should do about it. Employees have expressed concern over Facebook's role in spreading misinformation and racist memes largely associated with the alt-right, according to The New York Times and BuzzFeed. Some have reportedly formed an unofficial task force to investigate the role the company played in the election. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, however, insists that Facebook remains a neutral technology platform where its users can share anything they want, with only a tiny fraction of it fake or problematic. Last week, Zuckerberg called the idea that voters might have been influenced by what they saw on Facebook — fake, uber-partisan stories, such as a false one about Pope Francis endorsing Donald Trump for president — "pretty crazy." FACEBOOK CONTROL People update to Facebook so frequently that the company has no choice
but to filter what everyone sees in their news feeds — the main artery through which users see posts from their friends, family, businesses, news sources and celebrities they follow. The company's secret algorithms are designed to deliver the posts from friends and other sources that will draw people in and lead them to read and click and "like" and share — "maximizing their engagement," in Facebook's jargon. Facebook frequently tweaks its algorithm to improve engagement. Various changes have been aimed at shutting out sites that promote clickbait and other garbage that users say they don't want to see, even as they click on it and share away. When users are surrounded by posts they want to see, they're more likely to stick around. That's key to Facebook's advertising business. But it can be problematic when it comes to false but highly interesting posts. Facebook's news feed "maximizes for engagement. As we've learned in this election, bulls--t is highly engaging," former Facebook product designer Bobby Goodlatte wrote in an Election Day post . "Highly partisan, fact-light outlets" on both the right and the left, he wrote, "have no concern for the truth, and really only care for engagement. ... It's now clear that democracy suffers if our news environment incentivizes bulls--t." Social media companies today have to acknowledge that they are news organizations, said Jeffrey Herbst, president and CEO of the Newseum, a journal-
ism museum in Washington. "Not like news companies of the 20th century," he added. "But not just pipes where people get their news. They determine what is news." In a post Saturday night, Zuckerberg rejected that idea. "News and media are not the primary things people do on Facebook, so I find it odd when people insist we call ourselves a news or media company in order to acknowledge its importance," he wrote. "Facebook is mostly about helping people stay connected with friends and family." FACEBOOK AS NEWSPAPER — NO, SCRATCH THAT Back in 2013, Zuckerberg said he wanted Facebook to be people's "own personal newspaper," one that delivers the stories most interesting and important to them. That's still the company's goal — though minus any reference to itself as a media company of any kind. Of course, fake stuff has existed on the internet long before Facebook. And under the law, Facebook is no more responsible for what appears on its site than "the paper mills that print newspapers are responsible for their content," said Steve Jones, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago who studies communication technology. At the same time, Jones said he thinks the broader issue of Facebook's responsibility is one that's going to be "debated forever." "Even the notion of truth is something that's highly contested at this point," he said.
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Russia announces major operation in Syria By Sarah El Deeb And Vladimir Isachenkov BEIRUT (AP) — Russian missiles pounded opposition targets in Syria on Tuesday, the start of a much-anticipated offensive, while activists reported the resumption of bombing in rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo for the first time in nearly a month, apparently by Syrian government warplanes. The Russian blitz began hours after President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump discussed Syria in a phone call and agreed on the need to combine efforts in the fight against what the Kremlin called their No. 1 enemy — "international terrorism and extremism." Russia said its offensive, using longrange missiles and its carrier-borne jets in combat for the first time on opposition areas in Syria, focused on rebel-held
northern Idlib province and parts of the central province of Homs. It didn't mention the besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo. The new offensive was a sharp snub to the Obama administration and its policy toward Syria, and augurs a major escalation in the coming days that would put tens of thousands of civilians in serious danger. Months of negotiations between Moscow and the Obama administration have failed to cement a long-term ceasefire in Aleppo, which has become the focus of the war between President Bashar Assad and rebels fighting to topple him, some of whom receive U.S. aid. Al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate is fighting alongside the rebels, but the Islamic State group has no presence in Aleppo. In announcing the start of what he called "a major operation," Russian
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said it would target positions of the Islamic State group and al-Qaida's Syrian affiliate in Idlib and Homs provinces. Appearing alongside Putin, Shoigu said Su-33 jets from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov were involved in the operation, marking the carrier's combat debut in Syria. A Russian navy frigate was also launching long-range Kalibr cruise missiles at militant targets, he said. The Russian strikes were aimed at ammunition depots, training camps and armaments factories, Shoigu said, adding that before launching the attacks, military intelligence had thoroughly identified and selected targets, including factories producing toxic chemical agents.
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Carmike shareholders approve sale to AMC Theatres NEW YORK (AP) — Shareholders of Carmike Cinemas approved the movie theater operator's sale to Chinese-owned AMC Theatres, cementing the buyer's stature as the largest movie theater operator in the world. The deal includes $585 million in cash and $250 million in AMC's
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Class A common stock. AMC is also assuming about $367 million in debt in the deal. Carmike shareholders can take $33.06 per share or 1.0819 AMC shares for each share of Carmike. The cash offer is $3.06 more per share than AMC's prior bid in March. AMC, based in Leawood, Kansas,
was bought by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group in 2012. AMC bought European movie theater operator Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group in July, making it the world's largest movie theater operator. Carmike, based in Columbus, Georgia, expects the deal to close late this year or early next year.
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"It's a well-developed, industrial-scale production," he said, adding that the strikes will continue. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau criticized Russia for launching the strikes and failing to facilitate aid deliveries to opposition-held areas of Aleppo. "We strongly condemn the resumption of airstrikes in Syria by the Russians as well as the Syrian regime," she told reporters in Washington. "We've consistently pushed for the provision of humanitarian aid to these civilians suffering under siege. Instead of joining us constructively to reach that goal, Russia again has backed the Assad regime in their ruthless war against the Syrian people." Trudeau also condemned reports of attacks on hospitals and a mobile clinic in Syria, saying Washington believes they are a violation of international law. Hours before the start of the Russian offensive on Tuesday, opposition groups said at least three hospitals in rural parts of Aleppo province controlled by the
rebels were knocked out of service following direct airstrikes. Russian Defense Ministry Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov denied any airstrikes on hospitals or any other target in Aleppo, calling the allegations and the "public rhetoric by the State Department ... blatant lies." "The Russian and Syrian air forces haven't conducted any strikes on Aleppo for 28 days," Konashenkov said. Opposition activists said strikes Tuesday on opposition-held areas of Aleppo included helicopter-borne barrel bombs like the ones used by the Syrian government in the past, and targeted multiple neighborhoods throughout the day. "People are scared. The bombardment is intense," activist Baraa al-Halaby, who is based in eastern Aleppo, said via text message. By late afternoon, Ibrahim al-Haj, of the Syrian Civil Defense in Aleppo city, said his group had counted 72 air raids in nine neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo. Initial reports said at least seven people were killed and 32 were wounded in attacks that mostly hit residential areas in the besieged city, he said. Sounds of warplanes flying at low altitude could be heard over the phone as he spoke. A resident of rebel-held eastern Aleppo reported more Syrian ground troops were being deployed on the city's edge, saying he feared a major ground operation was looming. Some 275,000 residents are estimated to be trapped in that part of Aleppo.
"There is real preparation (for an offensive) now," Wissam Zarqa, an English teacher, said by telephone. Meanwhile, a reporter for Syrian state TV, speaking from government-held western Aleppo, said Syrian troops were preparing to attack eastern parts of the city from nine directions. Four weeks ago, Russia said it would halt weeks of deadly airstrikes to allow rebels and supporters to leave eastern Aleppo. The rebels refused to take up the offer and the United Nations failed to negotiate the delivery of aid into the besieged area. No aid has entered the area since July, and the U.N. and aid groups have warned of depleting supplies. Besides the reported strikes on hospitals in Aleppo province on Tuesday, the U.S.-based Physicians for Human Rights said another hospital east of the city of Idlib was hit by an airstrike on Sunday. Since Syria's conflict started in 2011, the group said it has recorded 382 attacks on medical facilities and hospitals throughout Syria. Of those, 293 were carried out by government forces and 16 were by Russian warplanes, it said. "Over and over again, hospitals and emergency rooms are placed in the crosshairs of a conflict that seems endless and unyielding in its cruelty," said Elise Baker, research coordinator for the rights group. "As long as Syria and Russia continue their scorched earth strategy across the country, there are no safe havens."
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Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office log Tuesday, November 8, 2016 8:27 a.m. Controlled burn at County Road 630 and Kay Road. 11:30 a.m. Officer had a traffic stop. 11:48 a.m. Officer had a traffic stop on Massachusetts. 5:44 p.m. Deputy had a traffic stop at County 560 and Greer Road. 8:49 p.m. Deputy en route to Woods County to pick up an inmate. 11:45 p.m. RP (reporting party) advised an ambulance and deputy was needed in Carmen. A woman was beat up by her boyfriend. Medic and deputy en route. Medic with patient en route to Bass Hospital. Wednesday, November 9, 2016 10:36 a.m. Possible drunk driver just north of the Carmen turn off. Advised OHP and deputies. RP advised there were two other men in the car and they were all over the road. OHP was in Major County and could not make it up. 4:22 p.m. RP stated her 9-year-old son was missing. He was last seen leaving school. Officer was notified. RP called back and advised she had found her son. 4:56 p.m. RP advised a parent was belligerent and advised her 7-year-old daughter could sit outside without supervision even though it was against the policy of the business. She had been there by herself as late as 7:30 p.m. alone. Advised officer. 8:24 p.m. RP made a complaint against
the people who lived across the street. Their dogs have been running loose for the last three days and that night. They knocked over her trash can and scattered her trash everywhere. Officer was notified. The owner of the dogs refused to answer the door and shut off her lights when officer knocked on the door. Officer has no place to put the dogs. Thursday, November 10, 2016 7:44 p.m. RP advised they needed an ambulance for a male with stomach and back pain. RP will meet medic at Vinning Church. Paged medic. Medic with patient en route to St. Mary’s’ Hospital. 8:22 p.m. RP advised they needed an ambulance for a 56 year old who was having a diabetic seizure. Medic paged. 8:59 p.m. Officer at Fifth Street and Kansas with a pit bull that tried to bite a male. Subject was walking down the street. Subject was not injured. 9:48 p.m. RP reported 30 head of cattle were out. Called three possible owners and they didn’t have any cattle. 9:54 p.m. Jet Fire Department paged out for smoke coming from vent of Cadillac Jack restaurant. It was not engulfed yet but wanted the fire department. Advised to call Goltry Fire Department. 10:56 p.m. Deputy had a traffic stop 4 miles south of Cherokee on state Highway 8. 11:06 p.m. Deputy had a traffic stop south of Cherokee on state Highway 8. 11:46 p.m. RP advised his wife had fallen and needed help. Advised medic. Deputy en route. No transport. Friday, November 11, 2016 6:54 a.m. RP advised cows out west of the Four Corners north of the road. Possible owner contacted. 7:22 a.m. RP advised he was missing 80 head of cattle north of Yewed elevators. 8:31 a.m. RP advised an unwanted person was at his house threatening his family with a crowbar and would like an officer. RP called back and advised the subject was back and circling his house on a four-wheeler. Deputy verbally warned both parties to stay away from each other. 8:59 a.m. Central Control Security Company advised an alarm was going off at the business’s front door. Called the keyholder. Owner called and advised a employee had made a mistake getting into the business. Everything was okay. 9:27 a.m. RP wanted a civil stand by when she picked up her granddaughter at Jet Grade School, the granddaughter’s
mother had been texting her and advised her not to come get her. RP wanted an officer to be there. Deputy advised to get them to meet at the courthouse. Tried to call RP but no answer. Advised RP what the deputy said. RP still wanted to pick up at the school because that is what the papers ordered. Advised we do not do civil standby unless court ordered. Advised to look at what the papers say. RP called back and advised her papers ordered an officer to be there if needed. Advised the principal of the Jet school and he does want an officer. Advised deputy. 4:53 p.m. RP advised she was preheating her oven for supper and when she lit the oven, the heating element was sparking and thought she needed the fire department. She then advised it went out and not to send the fire department, everything was okay. 4:53 p.m. Officer at the laundromat checking on a suspicious person. Officer advised everything okay, it was just someone doing laundry. 7:29 p.m. Officer advised both dogs are loose. Officer advised when he tries to catch the one dog, it takes off running. Officer advised the dogs are secured in a kennel behind house the neighbor will have owner to get ahold of the police department. 7:53 p.m. James Crabtree Correctional Center called for ambulance for a 74-yearold male who had labored breathing and was nonresponsive. Medic paged and en route. Medic with patient and en route to Bass Hospital. Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:22 a.m. RP advised of a small brown calf west of the junction of U.S. Highway 64 and state Highway 58. Called possible owner. 9:54 a.m. RP advised of a controlled burn 4 miles south of Goltry. 1:04 p.m. RP advised of a controlled burn on Grant Road. 1:47 p.m. RP advised of a drug drop at the prison. Advised deputy. Helena officer to see if he needed any help. 4:29 p.m. RP advised five colts are out. Called several possible owners. 5:34 p.m. RP advised of a controlled burn by Goltry. 7:39 p.m. RP advised she had hit a deer south of Cherokee. Advised she was okay but worried about the deer. The car was drivable. Advised wildlife officer about deer and advised OHP about the wreck.
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for the 35th Annual Christmas all types of horses, ponies, Arts & Crafts Show & Home donkeys and mules. 580- Based Business Expo on Dec. 3, 2016 at the Municipal Hall in 748-0811 Anthony, KS from 9am to 4pm, For Sale For info call 620-842-5456 or Kid Horse & Kid Pony. www.anthonychamber.com 425-870-7710. Great Goltry Craft Show Christmas Gift Nov 19th at 9am. Community Automotive Building. Vendors include Zeal, Pink Zebra, US Borne For Sale Books, Thrive, Younique, 2007 Ford Edge, AWD, baked goods, horsehoe art, well maintained, sunroof, jewelry, back packs, sewing & nicely equipped. Below wood craft & antiques KBB $6995. Also 1997 Notice Ford F150 ext cab, custom wheels, low miles on new Effective January 1, 2017 The motor. $4499. 405-474- Twisted Knot Therapeutic 1567 Massage and Foot Detox is moving from 1016 College For Sale Suite A to 30146 CR 463 Wilson Aluminum Stock Alva, OK. Call or text today Trailer 7 1/2 ‘ x 24’ to schedule your appointment 20,000lb axels. Excellent 580-727-5209. condition. Call 580-327The Elegant Toad 2600 Thrift Store open Wed-Sat Business Services 9:30-5:30. 330 Flynn. 580Katy’s Puppy Cuts 430-5450 Shedding or Shaggy Dog. Treat Yourself Large & Small dog. Full grooms at fair prices. Call to a new soothing, spacious & invigorating Walk-In Katy at 580-748-8063 Shower or Bath Remodel Two Brothers Handyman today. For your free estimate and Home Repair. Free Est. Sr. call Bathroom Headquarters Disc. 580-732-0732 or 580- at 580-732-0296 or 620-213327-0452 2612
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Christmas Craft Show OTR Class A CDL ALVA STATE Driver BANK & Sat, Dec 3rd. 9am-3pm. TRUST COMPANY Booth info contact Melanie Looking for an experienced
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Community Calendar Wednesday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at Champs Restaurant. Noon Narcotics Anonymous meets at The Wesley House, 1027 8th St., Alva (by the college). 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030. Thursday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior
Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at Champs Restaurant. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030. 3-6 p.m. Food distribution every Thursday, Alva Wesleyan Food Bank, 818 Lane St. 7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s meeting is held every Thursday. 7 p.m. La Leche League meets the third Thursday of the month at the Alva
First Baptist Church. LLL is a breastfeeding group supporting pregnant and breastfeeding mothers. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) in Alva every Monday and Thursday. Friday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.
Alfalfa County court filings According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Misdemeanor Filings Danny L. Cofer, 57, Okeene, has been charged with unlawful posses-
sion of controlled dangerous substances without a prescription and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia ($262.75). Beverage License Filings The Gambler, Helena, has filed for a beer license – new ($354.14). Small Claims Filings Shirley J. Case vs. Lewis Duane Dubbs; Donald E. Dubbs; Beverly Daley and Oscar Eugene Dubbs: partition suit ($244.14). Tammy Williams, Carmen, vs. Oklahoma Tax Commission, Oklahoma City: small claims ($68). Reciprocal Child Support Cases State of Arkansas vs. James Patrick Griffin, Jet: incoming reciprocal ($220.78). Priscilla L. Heller vs. Anthony Dean Heller, Cherokee: incoming reciprocal ($154.14). Wildlife Filings
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Danny L. Cofer, Okeene, has been charged with fishing with more than two poles below a fed dam ($235.25). Marriage License Filings Philip Drew Elwell and Laci Lee Davidson, both of Fairview: marriage license (no counselling) ($50). Traffic Filings Benjamin B. Ervin, Alva, has been cited for failure to comply with compulsory insurance law ($255.25). Caleb Daniel Witmore-Jordan, Enid, has been cited for operating a motor vehicle at a speed not reasonable or proper ($280.25). The following individuals were cited for speeding: Ryan David Franklin, Lahoma, has been cited for speeding 21-25 mph over the speed limit ($305.25). Cody Lee Ledbetter, Midwest City, has been cited for speeding 11-14 mph over the speed limit ($250.25).
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Barber County Sheriff’s Office log November 7, 2016 At 7:14 a.m. Thomas James Allen, Sun City, driving a 2014 Dodge Ram, hit a deer on River Road. Unknown damage, no injuries, investigated by Undersheriff Gentry. Undersheriff Gentry and Deputy Nygaard investigated damage to property on Deerhead Road. Deputy Nygaard investigated damage done in Lake City. Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Manor to Kiowa Hospital. Medicine Lodge Fire Department responded to a possible gas leak on Anthony Avenue. Deputy Nygaard investigated possible gunshot on southeast Walstead Road. November 8, 2016 Undersheriff Gentry did a welfare check on southwest Mill Road. Kiowa Fire Department and Kiowa ambulance responded to a structure fire on Seventh Street. November 9, 2016 Medicine Lodge ambulance trans-
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ported patient from Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital to St. Francis Medical Center. At 6:47 a.m. Ronald Edward Westberry, Sun City, driving a 2013 Dodge Ram, hit a deer 4 miles east of Lake City on River Road. Unknown damage, no injuries. Undersheriff Gentry investigated illegal hunting on U.S. Highway 281. Sharon Fire Department responded to a tank battery on fire on Tri City Road. Lake City Fire Department responded to a fire on Highway 160 and Lake City Road. November 10, 2016 Deputy Nygaard and Deputy Arnold investigated theft on Elm Mills. Taylor Ross Paxon, Medicine Lodge, driving a 1997 Chevrolet 1500, hit a deer east of Medicine Lodge on Highway 160. Over $1,000 damage, no injuries, investigated by Deputy Nygaard. November 11, 2016 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Anthony Avenue to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital.
Undersheriff Gentry did a welfare check in Hazelton. November 12, 2016 Deputy Arnold did a welfare check in Hazelton. Kiowa ambulance transported patient to Kansas Heart Hospital in Wichita. November 13, 2016 Deputy Arnold did a welfare check in Hazelton. Kiowa ambulance transported a patient from Kiowa Hospital to Wichita. Deputy Arnold did a welfare check in Hazelton. Kiowa ambulance transported a patient from Kiowa Hospital to Wichita. During the week officers received six reports of cattle out, five reports of hogs out, one report of goats out, performed three pubic assists and assisted one other agency. ARRESTS November 11, 2016 Bryan Gene Rucker, Medicine Lodge, W/M, 46. Arrested by BASO. Charges: court commit. Released Nov. 13, 2016, time served.
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8:23 p.m. RP stated she and her boyfriend were fighting. She needed an officer. Advised deputy. Deputy advised they had been separated for the night. 8:39 p.m. Deputy had a traffic stop at U.S. Highway 64 and county roads 650 and 660. Sunday, November 13, 2016 2:46 a.m. Pioneer Security advised a business alarm was going off. Advised it was the back door. Tried to contact the keyholder several times and made negative
contact. Advised deputy. Sheriff’s office finally got ahold of someone but didn’t know if it was a false alarm or not. Deputy en route. Deputy advised to call the security company back and ask where the keyholder was. Advised the keyholder should be pulling in at any moment. Deputy advised everything was okay but will be in the area. 3:46 a.m. RP advised her gray horse was missing and if anyone finds it they can keep her till she gets off work or can return it to her fence.
6:21 a.m. RP advised an ambulance was needed for 70-year-old female having a seizure. RP advised she also had a broken arm. Paged medic. Medic with patient en route to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. 2:04 p.m. RP advised someone playing loud music and make her apartment vibrate. Advised officer. Officer advised no music was on but they did and they said they will keep it lower during the day. 2:53 p.m. RP advised there were sideby-side racing four-wheelers on Ohio Street. Officer in the area made negative contact. 2;56 p.m. Officer had a traffic stop at Nebraska and Second Street. 6:03 p.m. RP advised his three dogs had gotten out and he was looking for them. They are black lab, blue heeler and a collie mix. 7:54 p.m. RP stated there was a cow on the west side of County Road 710. Called possible owner. Monday, November 14, 2016 6:57 a.m. RP advised his dog got out and he can’t find the dog. Advised officers.
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