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Earthquake rattles state OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered in northern Oklahoma has shaken the state, with reports of it being felt hundreds of miles away. The U.S. Geological Survey reported Monday’s quake happened at about 3:20 p.m., with the epicenter located about 9 miles east of Cherokee near the Kansas border. People reported feeling the quake in several states, including Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office said there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. According to the Oklahoma Geological Survey, a 4.4 earthquake would be among the top 10 strongest earthquakes recorded in the state. The strongest Oklahoma earthquake on record is a 5.6 quake centered in Prague in November 2011.

6 potential grand jurors excused TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Six potential grand jurors called to investigate an Oklahoma sheriff and his agency have been excused by a judge after expressing concerns they couldn’t serve on the panel. District Judge Rebecca Nightingale met privately in court with 26 residents Monday who expressed concerns they couldn’t serve. Nightingale later released for the day a pool of nearly 60 jurors called to consider whether Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz neglected his duties and whether reserve deputies were afforded special treatment after donating to the sheriff’s office. A bailiff for Nightingale says the judge will begin questioning potential jurors Tuesday. A petition drive calling for the grand jury began after ex-deputy Robert Bates fatally shot Eric Harris on April 2. A memo that was leaked weeks later questioned Bates’ training.

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The parents of a Shawnee teen seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect driver. Jacob Williams, 17, remains

hospitalized at OU Medical Center with numerous injuries, including a broken pelvis, said his father, Jim Williams. Jacob was walking home that night, but when he didn’t show up at home by 10 p.m., his parents became worried and began calling and texting him.

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Judge honored; tribal item fails By Lindsey Allen

Shawnee City Commission approved a name change of the Municipal Courtroom at the Monday night meeting. The new identifier honors departing Judge Robert H. Jones. Unanimous support of the resolution also led to Jones being named “Judge Emeritus.” A string of leaders and community members commended the judge. After the Oklahoma Municipal League issued a Certificate of Special Recognition, Attorney Robert Butler took to the podium. Butler had been appointed to temporarily fill the position. “Big shoes to fill,” he said of Jones’ service. “What an accomplishment, 49 years on the bench.” Mayor Wes Mainord emphasized the integrity and dedication of the judge, before Jones himself stood before the room of supporters. Jones relayed a story he said he heard last week, of a Texas judge and a shoplifter. A man had pleaded guilty to stealing a can of five peaches, Jones said, so the judge sentenced him to one week in prison for each peach. The shoplifter, Jones continued, had nothing to say about the five-week sentence. “But his wife jumped up and said, ‘Judge, he also stole a can of peas,’” Jones finished with a smile. When the laughter finally faded, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Douglas Combs noted Jones had “touched so many lawyers” and “kids that became lawyers.” “He had a unique way, like the peas, of making his

Kate Blain and Morene Lowden are pictured at Sunset Estates in Tecumseh Monday as flower bouquets were delivered to residents as part of “Make Someone Smile Week.

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As part of Teleflora’s annual “Make Someone Smile Week,” residents at Tecumseh’s Sunset Estates were surprised Monday with Be Happy® Bouquets. Shawnee Floral is among hundreds of florists around the U.S. making deliveries this week to those most in need of a smile. The program runs through July 25 with local Teleflora florists volunteering their time to create and delver the arrangements with bright yellow daisies and white roses. The Shawnee florist

will distribute nearly 600 bouquets in the area, including Rose Manor, Belfair of Shawnee, Primrose Senior Living Community, Shawnee Care Center, Brookdale Shawnee (formerly Sterling House of Shawnee), and Avonlea Cottage of Shawnee. The florist works with local wholesalers and growers to secure donations of the flowers. In 2014, the program spanned 150 cities and 300 facilities throughout the United States and Canada, with more than 30,000 floral arrangements delivered.

Patsy Reeves and Jill Tipton are pictured at Sunset Estates in Tecumseh Monday as flower bouquets were delivered to residents as part of “Make Someone Smile Week.”

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OKLAHOMA HISTORY AND CULTURE

More than $1M spent on Fallin’s inaugural events OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A report filed this month shows that Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin spent more than $1 million on events for her second inauguration earlier this year. The committee behind Fallin’s inauguration reported July 10 that it raised almost $900,000 from donations and nearly $120,000 from event sales. It also used more than $89,000 left over from Fallin’s first inauguration to help cover

expenses. Oklahoma Ethics Commission rules give committees formed for special events up to six months to report contributions and expenditures, The Oklahoman reported. Fallin spokesman Alex Weintz said her backers worked hard to make the January inauguration a celebration of Oklahoma history and culture. “We were able to make it a memorable and fun series of events, thanks to a lot of generous support-

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ers,” Weintz said. The report shows that much of the money went to the Maryland production company Showcall Inc. that put on the events. The firm was paid more than $501,000. Hanson performed their pop rock hit “MMMBop” at the inaugural ball, which had buffet tables featuring shrimp, chicken, beef, fried okra and fried tomatoes, among other food. They were paid $17,030, the most of any of the entertainers, ac-

cording to the report. Around $179,300 was paid to the Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center Hotel. More than $70,000 was spent at an Oklahoma City company on printing. Fallin also spent more than $1 million on her initial inauguration and her transition into office. Former Gov. Brad Henry spent almost $800,000 on his first inauguration and around $800,000 again on his second inauguration.

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His father was getting ready to go out and look for him when they received a call from police. A Shawnee police report shows Williams was struck along East Kirk Street at Union Street Wednesday night. Pieces of a headlight found at the scene appear to be from a 1999 to 2002

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Concurrent enrollment program advances New Lima valedictorian

Even though he recently graduated from New Lima High School, an incoming freshman at Seminole State Wind: 4 mph at 7:00 p.m. College will need only three semesters to earn his Associate Degree and graduLake Levels Weather Trivia™ ate. Shawnee Twin Lakes What are hurricanes in the westYesterday's Level ...... 1075.08 ft. ern Pacific called? Dan Gomez, 18, will beAs of 7:00 a.m. gin fall classes in August. Sun and Moon Gomez earned 23 hours of Sunrise today ............... 6:28 a.m. college credit by attendSunset tonight .............. 8:40 p.m. ing concurrent classes at Moonrise today........... 11:39 a.m. Weather History SSC during his junior and Mooonset today.......... 11:50 p.m. A tornado killed two people in sepasenior years at New Lima rate mobile homes near Hartly, Del., Moon Phases on July 21, 1980. These were the first School. New Full First Last tornado-related deaths in Delaware Because he took those since Aug. 21, 1888. college courses and was pre-enrolled to begin as Jul 23 Jul 31 Aug 6 Aug 14 a full-time student this fall, he was eligible to seek office in the SSC Student Government Association. “I ran unopposed and won the position of Secre215 N. Bell, Shawnee, OK 74801 tary,” he said. www.news-star.com Gomez lives with his parCIRCULATION DEPARTMENT: (405) 214-3945 ents near Sasakwa in SemiCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT: (405) 214-3937 nole County and attended NEWS/BUSINESS DEPARTMENT: (405) 273-4200 New Lima schools beginTOLL FREE: 1-800-332-2305 ning in the fifth grade. Gomez maintained a 4.0 FAX: (405) 273-4207 grade point average in high BUSINESS HOURS: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday school and was the class CORRECTIONS: The Shawnee News-Star corrects errors of fact valedictorian. He said in when they occur. If you spot an error, please call 273-4200. the 23 hours of college credit he’s earned so far Home Delivery Rates he also has a 4.0. Tuesday-Sunday Gomez plans to major in *EZ 3 6 engineering and become PAY MONTHLY MONTHS MONTHS a mechanical engineer to CITY $15.79 $16.93 $49.91 $95.67 pursue a career as an auRelative Humidity: 66% at 7:00 p.m.

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“I’m a kid who never grew out of liking Hot Wheels. My interest is in designing cars, not working on them.” – DAN GOMEZ Talented classes. Once he begins fall classes, he plans to carry a full load for all three semesters. “Twelve hours a semester is required for full time but I will take more than that,” he stated, saying, “I am taking 16 hours this semester.” Gomez plans to graduate from SSC in December of 2016, then attend Oklahoma State University. “I figure it will take three years at the most at OSU before I earn my degree in mechanical engineering,” he explained. Gomez has earned a Valedictorian Scholarship, an Alumni Scholarship

from his high school and a scholarship from Security State Bank to help pay for college at SSC. Gomez acknowledges he likes math courses best. He said, “During my senior year in high school, which is supposed to be easy, I took three math classes in addition to my concurrent college enrollment.” Dan’s parents are Al and Dina Gomez. They operate a home improvement materials ministry in Holdenville called Ok to Share Ministry. His dad is also pastor of the Zion Baptist Church in Seminole and his mother is a Sunday school teacher.

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Pardon and Parole Board announces hiring of new director

Lloyd Nunns of Hutchinson; Greggory Krause of Hutchinson; Steven Tallman of Owasso, Okla.; and Fredie Hembree of Hutchinson.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has announced the hiring of a longtime state employee as its new director. The five-member board announced Monday the hiring of DeLynn Fudge as the agency’s new executive director. Fudge has spent the last 14 years as federal grants division director for the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council. Before that, she helped train professionals on domestic abuse and child abuse and neglect for the Oklahoma Department of Health’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention. Fudge will begin her new position on Aug. 10. She replaces Van Guillotte, who resigned in May. Gov. Mary Fallin applauded Fudge’s hiring, calling her a “skilled manager who will provide guidance and stability to the agency.”

Police: Man arrested in Tulsa after kidnapping ex-girlfriend

2 suspects arrested in shooting death OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say two suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man on the city’s northeast side. Capt. Paco Balderrama said Monday that two men were arrested for first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the death of 23-year-old Jalen Jawun. Balderrama says Jawun was driving Friday night when several people began shooting at him in what detectives believe was an attempted robbery. Investigating officers found Jawun bleeding from a gunshot wound and he died later at a local hospital.

Judge dismisses charges in alleged $132 million scam WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the indictment against seven men accused in 2012 of cheating investors out of $132 million. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten granted on Monday the request from prosecutors to dismiss the case. Its end comes nearly three years after the government announced the indictment, alleging at the time that investors were bilked with false promises and phony reports about companies that leased drilling rigs and related businesses. Prosecutors did not explain their decision in the filing, nor respond to email and phone messages seeking comment. The order dismisses charges that had been filed against Michael McNaul, formerly of Hutchinson; Dale Lucas of Wichita; Russell Kilgariff of Preston;

Zarrow Foundation gives $5M for Alzheimer’s research TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation has donated $5 million to the Alzheimer’s Association Oklahoma Chapter for research. The Tulsa World reports that the recent gift is the largest research donation ever given to the Alzheimer’s Association. The money will be used to fund Zenith Fellows — researchers with a proven track record of success who have received money from the Alzheimer’s Association before. Mark Fried, the president and CEO of the association’s Oklahoma chapter, says the donation will be divided among a dozen separate projects that have shown promise. Henry Zarrow died last year. Anne, his wife of 63 years, died in 2005. Their namesake foundation gives primarily to Jewish causes and social services in Tulsa.

Tulsa man drowns in Holdenville City Lake HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man has drowned and a Holdenville man was injured trying to rescue him at Holdenville City Lake. The Ada News reports that 27-year-old Marcus Watkins drowned Saturday while swimming in the lake. The newspaper says a 56-year-old Holdenville man jumped from a boat into the lake to try to help Watkins, but became tired and eventually swam to shore where began to have heart trouble and was later taken to an Oklahoma City hospital in stable condition.

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July-August 2015

The Spinning Spools Quilt Guild will have a “piecing a quilt” day from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. at the Senior Center, located at 401 N. Bell just north of 10th and bell. At lunch, the group enjoys eating together t the many eating places close to the downtown area. The event is open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Come for the entire time, or just drop in for a short time. Quilt guild members would love to answer any questions, give any advice, or just visit about quilting. For more information, call 642-7865.

July 23 Shawnee Little Theatre’s annual meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the theater, 1829 Airport Rd. The business meeting with yearly reports and election of board members will be followed by a special memorial tribute to longtime SLT founding member and Artistic Director Pat Snider. The tribute will include photos and memories of Snider’s years of service to SLT. Refreshments will follow the presentation. There will be a centralized enrollment day and health fair from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Alumni Center at Tecumseh High School. This enrollment day and health fair will be for students of all grades in the Tecumseh Public School System. All students who pre-enrolled in the spring will be asked to review and correct their enrollment information.

July 24 Redeemer Lutheran Church, 39307 W. MacArthur, Shawnee, will host a free movie night at 7 p.m. The movie will be “Dolphin Tale,” a movie for all ages. Everyone is invited, and there will be free popcorn and pop. For more information, call 405-273-6286.

The Shawnee High School Class of 1955 will be in town for their 60th class reunion. Come welcome them at the Shawnee High School Alumni Museum from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 25.

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Overeaters Anonymous meets on Thursday and Monday at 11 a.m. at the First Christian Church, located at 1625 N. Broadway in Shawnee. It is free, and all are welcome.

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August 19 The Spinning Spools Quilt Guild will have a “piecing a quilt” day from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. at the Senior Center.

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Central Oklahoma Human Resource Association (COHRA) will be hosting Oklahoma’s women’s basketball coach, Sherri Coale on at 11:30 a.m. at the Firelake Arena in Shawnee for a free Business Leader Workshop. Sherri will be presenting “What Winners do to Win.” Please note Due to NCAA restrictions: Recruitable students in the 9th through 12th grades are not allowed to attend this session. For more information please visit the COHRA website www.cohra.shrm.org. Please RSVP by July 31.

August 12 Wesley United Methodist Church will hold its Free Clothes Closet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 302 E. Independence.

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The Spinning Spools Quilt Guild’s monthly meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Senior Center at 401 N Bell, just north of 10th and Bell. All persons who might be interested in learning the art of piecing quilts or quilting quilts are welcome. For further information, telephone Debbie Newell at 405 275-9612.

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At lunch, the group enjoys eating together t the many eating places close to the downtown area. The event is open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Come for the entire time, or just drop in for a short time. Quilt guild members would love to answer any questions, give any advice, or just visit about quilting. For more information, call 642-7865.

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The Shawnee High School 1958 Reunion committee will meet at 6 p.m. at Van’s on East Highland.

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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Police say a woman was rescued in Tulsa after being kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend. According to Tulsa police, Broken Arrow police attempted to pull over a vehicle with two occupants early Sunday, but the driver refused to stop. After a pursuit, authorities say the vehicle crashed on a highway on-ramp within Tulsa city limits. A 23-year-old man was arrested and the victim was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Police say the woman told officers she had kidnapped. The suspect is being held in the Tulsa Jail on complaints of kidnapping after a former conviction of a felony, three counts of domestic assault and battery by strangulation, and larceny.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has been recognized with the 2015 Beacon Award in recognition of its services to military veterans. Four years ago, the Oklahoma-based tribe joined Veterans Airlift Command, a nonprofit organization that provides free air transportation to wounded veterans and their families.

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Lillian Juanita (Housdon) Anderson., age 90 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away surrounded by family and friends Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Rose Manor Nursing Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A family memorial service will be planned at a later date, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Lillian was born March 10, 1925 in St. Louis, Oklahoma to Orlia Housdon and Lucille (Dement) Housdon. She lived most of her life in Maud, St. Louis, and Konawa. She married Evert Anderson on September 11, 1942 in Konawa. Lillian was a member of the Church of Christ. She is survived by one daughter, Glenda Terry of Konawa; grandchildren, Tina Moon of Shawnee, Oklahoma, Karrie Bailey of Maud, Oklahoma, Kristi Ginn of Catoosa, Oklahoma, Lindsey Bailey of Seminole, Oklahoma and Ted Bailey of Colorado; triplet nieces and nephew, Keith Patterson, Karolyn Hannah, and Kathryn Boivin of Arizona, niece Saundra Borisch of Michigan; cousin, Maxine Tolson of Oklahoma City; great grandchildren Eric and Cortney Powell, Britni Ginn, Kenneth Hernandez, Jr., Keisha and Jason Wolf, Alyssa Lindsey, Lakin and Dax Henley, Tazz and En’vee McKee, Tyler and Jackson Moon; and great-great grandchildren, Bryar, Genesis, Lyric, and Liberty. She was preceded in death by her parents, Orlia and Lucille Housdon; her husband of seventy-two years, Evert Anderson; one daughter, Nelda Bailey; one grandson, Steve Moon; the grandparents who raised her, Ella and Sanford Dement; one sister, Reta Patterson; one sonin-law, Jack Terry, one grandson-in-law, Rex Ginn; and niece Shirley Curran.

James “Jim” John Miller, 94, died peacefully in his sleep on Friday, June 19, 2015 at his home in Shawnee. Memorial services were Monday, July 20, 2015 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with Father Bill Carroll officiating. Jim’s ashes were interred at the Columbarium at the church. Donations in Jim’s memory may be made to the Emmanuel Outreach ministry. Jim was born on August 27, 1920 in Cresco, Iowa, to John Henry Miller and Teresa Mary Devery Miller. He joined the Army in 1940 and then served in the Merchant Marines from 1942 to 1945. After his military service he went to work for the Santa Fe Railroad and retired as station agent from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1985. Jim married Janice Wilson on July 15, 1978 and enjoyed 37 happy years. They enjoyed traveling, fishing, and dancing. Jim was a ham radio operator for many years, a skilled carpenter and electrician. He was dedicated to his family and a loyal friend who was always there to lend a hand. Jim was preceded in death by his parents; a brother Joseph and his sisters Nell, Ann, Ursula and Margaret. Survivors include Janice Miller of the home; children: James Alan Miller, wife Joan of Port Angeles, Washington; Lorrie MacKenzie of Shawnee and Lisa Campbell Troxell, husband Mark of Guthrie; Betty Norton of Shawnee; Debbie Bourbonnais, husband Larry, of Shawnee; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two great-greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

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Lana Bodard Hathcock 64 Lana Bodard Hathcock, age 64, of Denison, TX passed away on Friday July, 17, 2015 in Denison, TX. Arrangements are under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home in Sherman, TX. She was born in Shawnee, OK on December 4, 1950 the daughter of Don Bodard and Marie Henderson. Lana loved traveling, taking tropical vacations, and most of all she loved it when her family came to visit. She is survived by her daughter and son in law, Holly and Bill Miko as well as her grandson Liam, all of Scottsdale, AZ. She is also survived by grandchildren, Kristopher and Hunter Hathcock, Sydney Cleveland, son in law Dematures Cleveland all of Denison, TX; as well as her sister and brother in law Dona and Mike Adcock and three nephews Todd, Jon-Mark, and Taylor of Shawnee, OK. She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter, Rachelle Cleveland. Private family services will be held. The online register book may be signed at Waldofuneralhome.com

Barbara N. Alexander Shawnee resident Barbara N. Alexander died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at her home. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 23, 2015, at Tecumseh Cemetery. Other information is pending with Walker Funeral Service.

Shawnee resident Jack Lee Johnson, 66, died Sunday, July 19, 2015, at a Midwest City hospital. Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 24, 2015, at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Other information is pending with Walker Funeral Service.

Anthony ‘Boots’ Lasley 83

Anthony “Boots” Lasley, 83, Shawnee, died Sunday, July 19, 2015. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Immanuel Baptist Church with Mark Wright officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park. Walker Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements. The family will be at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. to visit with friends and family.

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Reta J. (Lucas) McCarty, age 63 of Shawnee, OK passed away peacefully on July 14, 2015, in Topeka, KS. A celebration of her life is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2015, at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Chad Brodrick of Tecumseh First Assembly of God Church officiating under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home. To share memories, or to sign the guest book on-line, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.

BIBLE VERSE For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes. Hebrews 12:6

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Planned Parenthood: Video part of harassment WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood told Congress Monday that a secretly recorded video released last week by an anti-abortion group is fraudulent and part of a years-long pattern of illegal harassment aimed at prohibiting abortion. In a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Planned Parenthood said it fell victim to a fake company called Biomax Procurement Services that posed as a buyer of human tissues. It was actually created by David Daleiden, an official of the group that released the video, and was engaged in “a campaign of corporate espionage” targeting Planned Parenthood, the letter said. “A group of extremists who have intimidated women and doctors for years — in their agenda to ban abortion completely — are not ‘documenting’ misdeeds; they are trying to create them, quite unsuccessfully,” Planned Parenthood wrote to lawmakers. In a show of defiance — at least for now — Planned Parenthood also told the House committee that it has not yet decided whether it will honor lawmakers’ request for a briefing by Dr. Deborah Nucatola, who speaks at length in the video about obtaining fetal tissue for research. Nucatola is the organization’s senior director of medical services. Planned Parenthood’s letter represents its fullest response so far to that video, which was released last week by the Center for Medical Progress. Biomax activities included try-

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ing to induce Planned Parenthood centers to sell fetal organs for up to $1,600, the letter said, which would likely violate laws banning commercial fetal tissue sales. Those efforts were rejected, according to the letter. In addition, the letter says Daleiden was involved in secretly recording Planned Parenthood staff and patients at least 65 times over the last eight years. That could yield thousands of hours of recordings that Daleiden could heavily edit to make false charges, the letter said. Daleiden did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. But in a statement on its website, the center said Planned Parenthood’s initial decision against sending Nucatola to the House committee shows “contempt for the law against selling baby parts.” It said the center “follows all applicable laws” in its investigations and said it plans to release “more clear evidence” that Planned Parenthood profits from selling fetal organs. Planned Parenthood wrote that Daleiden launched Biomax three years ago, even setting up exhibits at Planned Parenthood conferences. The group wrote that it still doesn’t know “the full extent of Biomax’s illicit conduct.” Biomax’s activities included entering an area where fetal tissue is processed, where any recording would be “an extremely serious invasion of our patients’ privacy and dignity,”

the letter said. In last week’s video, Nucatola discusses how the group sometimes provides tissue from aborted fetuses for medical research. That conversation, over wine and lunch, was with two actors posing as purchasers of fetal organs and was recorded last July, according to the center. A nine-minute excerpt the center posted online shows Nucatola saying her organization charges $30 to $100 for such procedures. But in the full version lasting more than two hours, she repeatedly says those prices only cover the procedures’ costs, are not for profit and are only performed with the patient’s consent. Anti-abortion groups, members of Congress and some Republican presidential hopefuls have used the recording to assail Planned Parenthood, including accusing it of possible illegal activity such as harvesting fetal organs for profit. Planned Parenthood says it has done nothing illegal. The Energy and Commerce Committee is one of three Republican-led congressional panels that has begun looking into the video. That panel has asked for a briefing this month by Nucatola. But Planned Parenthood’s letter says it would send a team headed by a different official. Citing GOP politicians’ allegations of possibly illegal activity, the group said it was consulting attorneys about letting Nucatola appear and is “still assessing this aspect of your request.”

Menendez assails feds in filings over indictment NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez launched a wideranging attack on the corruption charges against him Monday, accusing Justice Department prosecutors of misconduct and setting the stage for what is likely to be a confrontational and heated court fight. The Democrat’s attorneys filed a series of motions to dismiss the 22-count indictment against him and the Florida eye doctor who allegedly bought the senator’s influence with luxury vacations and campaign donations. Among other claims, the motions accuse the government of intimidating witnesses and presenting false testimony to a grand jury. They claim prosecutors skirted a federal appeals court ruling and presented evidence to the grand jury that should have been off-limits under laws governing legislators’ activities. Lawyers for Menendez suggest the indictment attempts to criminalize ordinary acts of citizens who endeavor to secure access or influence to a politician. “Officials frequently sell access by spending time with those who pay to attend fundraising events, and they are quick to answer the phone and lend an ear when major donors call,” one of the motions said. “Even presidents have been known to invite major donors to the White House for coffee or dinner, or even to stay the night in the Lincoln bedroom.” Prosecutors also “advanced salacious allegations of sexual misconduct, intimidated and coerced witnesses in the Dominican Republic with threats of criminal and immigration sanctions, intimidated Senator Menendez’s own family members, harassed and abused staff members and other witnesses before the grand jury by asking inflammatory questions designed to infect the grand jury process,” according to one filing. Peter Carr, a Justice Department spokes-

man, didn’t comment on the specific accusations but said the government “will file a response at the appropriate time with the court.” Menendez, a congressman for more than 20 years and a member of the Senate since 2006, is charged in 14 counts of the indictment with accepting gifts and donations totaling about $1 million from ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen in exchange for political favors. The gifts included flights aboard a luxury jet to the Dominican Republic and a Paris vacation. In return, Menendez is accused of advocating for Melgen in a Medicare billing dispute and trying to get the State Department to intervene in a contract dispute involving a business Melgen owned that had a contract to install and operate X-ray equipment to inspect shipping containers at Dominican Republic ports. Menendez has claimed he and Melgen have been friends for years and that he did nothing illegal. Monday’s briefs characterized Melgen’s generosity as “hospitality” and Menendez’s actions as protected under the “speech and debate” clause of the Constitution. That provision protects elected officials from being questioned by prosecutors, among others, about their legislative work, and has been invoked by other members of Congress seeking to be shielded from prosecution. “Contrary to the indictment’s skewed narrative, Dr. Melgen’s hospitality began long before his friend became ‘Senator’ Menendez,” one filing claimed. “The alleged ‘official acts’ were simply actions that Senator Menendez took consistent with long-standing policy positions that have characterized his entire career.” Melgen also is charged in a separate indictment in Florida accusing him of multiple counts of Medicare fraud. A federal judge in Newark has set a trial date for October.

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Cost of insurance force many to ‘drive dirty’ DETROIT (AP) — Like most Americans, the drivers of Detroit are required to carry auto insurance whenever they get behind the wheel, but many lawabiding residents can’t afford the Motor City’s highest-in-the-nation auto premiums, which top $5,000 a year in some neighborhoods. So fully half of Detroit drivers do what’s known locally as “driving dirty” — taking to the streets without any coverage. It’s practically a tradition here. Now Mayor Mike Duggan is trying to do something about the high insurance costs based on concerns that they are deterring new residents and investment from coming to Detroit as it rebuilds after emerging from bankruptcy last year. The chief reason for the high rates: Michigan is the only state that requires auto insurance policies to come with unlimited lifetime personal-injury protection, meaning that people who are hurt in car crashes get 100 percent of their medical expenses covered, sometimes for years or even decades. The protection applies regardless of who was at fault. “Every doctor in every hospital in this state understands ... that if you schedule an MRI for a rehab case for somebody who fell off a ladder and has Blue Cross, you get paid a certain amount,” Duggan said. “If that person got hurt in a car accident, you get reimbursed triple.” The mayor wants to bring down insurance premiums by capping medical expenses tied to motorists’ policies. When the Michigan insurance law was adopted in 1972, the intent was to save money by reducing lawsuits resulting from crashes. But rising medical costs have steadily pushed costs up. Medical expenses now make up about 30 percent of total insurance premiums, said Nicole Bradshaw, a research associate at the Citizens Research Council of Michigan and author of a 2013 report on medical costs associated with so-called no-fault auto insurance. Detroit’s insurance rates are higher than those in the suburbs or in rural Michigan because urban areas tend to have more claims, and those claims are often more expensive.

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taxpayer money,” acting Medicare Administrator Andy Slavitt said in a celebratory statement touting the larger figure. A former tech executive, Slavitt has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs health insurance programs for more than 100 million U.S. residents. Fraud costs the health care system tens of billions of dollars each year, and countering it is a top priority. The fraud prevention computer system was meant to elevate Medicare’s game, putting it in the same league as major credit card companies that can freeze accounts proactively. It’s not the first time there’s been less than meets the eye to upbeat health care numbers from the Obama administration. Last year, officials acknowledged they had overcounted the number of people signed up for private insurance under the Affordable Care Act. That discrepancy was uncovered by Republican investigators for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as they scrutinized signup spreadsheets. “I don’t think there’s anybody misleading the public,” Shantanu Agrawal, Medicare’s director of program integrity, said of the fraud prevention numbers. The administration’s higher figure also serves as an indicator of the system’s preventive potential, he said. The anti-fraud system “is more than paying for itself and is showing improvement year over year,” Agrawal said. But the inspector general also raised questions

about whether Medicare’s computer system is getting more credit than it is due for some investigations. The audit cited a case in which other sources had already identified service providers whose billing patterns appeared suspicious. Then, the computer system came up with an additional two providers linked to that investigation. Medicare identified a total of $16 million in potential savings or recoveries overall. The high-tech system got credit for the entire amount. Medicare pays more than 4 million claims a day, worth about $1 billion. Partly because of a congressional mandate to pay promptly, the agency has often been steps behind the fraudsters, a self-defeating situation that investigators call “pay and chase.” That seems to be changing, with stronger, more coordinated enforcement and heavier penalties. The fraud prevention system is supposed to be a linchpin of the new approach. But it has involved a learning curve. One of the advantages of the system is that it can “see” across different Medicare payment pathways, from hospitals and nursing homes, to doctors and home health providers. It also facilitates booting unscrupulous service providers out of the program. The inspector general’s office is optimistic about the system, saying in its report that it “enhances and should continue to enhance (Medicare’s) efforts to prevent fraud, waste and abuse.” It’s just that results don’t seem to be as impressive as the administration claims.

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Jacob was walking in the grass when he saw headlights approaching from behind, so he moved over even more onto the grassy area. After Jacob was struck, he couldn’t figure out why he couldn’t move and was crawling across the ground, screaming. Other cars drove by but didn’t stop, his father said. Finally someone stopped and called 911 while others arrived to help. Williams, who will be a junior this fall

at Shawnee High School, faces a long road of recovery. He could be transferred in coming days to a rehabilitation hospital, his father said, but it could be months before he can even stand on his own. Frustrated about what has happened, Jim Williams has been trying to find out more on his own. He said he’s even been knocking on doors in the area to see if residents saw or heard anything that night. Anyone with information should call Shawnee police, 273-2121. Jim Williams said he also can be reached by e-mail at: obsyan@att.net.

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point,” Combs said. Following an executive session regarding the municipal judge position, commissioners, with the exception of Commissioner Lesa Shaw, voted to approve Attorney Randall Wiley for the part time position. Also on the agenda was consideration for an ordinance that would close to the public Kimberly Street, located in the Sac & Fox addition. City staff recommended approval. Harrod made a motion to table the item for 30 days, so Sac & Fox might “come to the table” in a separate issue regarding the Bryan Street exit. He labeled the motion a “last ditch effort.” With support for that motion from only Harrod, Mainord and Commissioner Keith Hall, the item was not tabled. During time allotted for commissioner comments, Shaw said the city should not leverage its position when individuals ask for approval of an ordinance. “I, for one, am very displeased with the certain elected officials here today that would try to stop [Sac & Fox] from development,” Shaw said. Commissioner Linda Agee mirrored that sentiment. “I’m a little disappointed,” she explained, “that we the commission would give the appearance of holding a request for an ordinance as kind of a hostage, to force somebody to the table to negotiate with us on an entirely different matter.” Harrod responded that funding would be lost “if we don’t do something,” and added the exit issue was five years old. “I don’t apologize for it,” Harrod said, expressing he had exhausted all other options. “I thought, ‘I’ll give this a shot.’” The ordinance to close the street to the public did not pass, with supporting votes from only Shaw, Agee and Commissioner Micheal Dykstra.

Franklin Avenue will be closed today on the east side of Kickapoo Street due to construction for approximately one week.

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Sketchy claims for high-tech health fraud buster WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare says its computerized fraud prevention system worked like a cybercharm last year, identifying $454 million in problematic payments and generating a financial return for the taxpayer of $10 for every dollar spent. But you can’t take that to the bank: Most of the savings claimed by the Obama administration are unlikely to be realized, the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said in its own recent analysis. A more realistic estimate, the department’s watchdog said, is that $133.2 million in bogus payments may be recovered or stopped before money goes out. That would put the actual return to taxpayers at about $3 per dollar spent. That return-on-investment calculation is based on the cost of operating Medicare’s high-tech Fraud Prevention System, now in its fourth year. The huge difference between the numbers is because the administration takes credit for all problem payments identified by the system. The inspector general doesn’t dispute the bigger number but calls it “unadjusted,” and only gives credit for payments likely to be recovered or stopped. The higher estimate of $454 million includes actual and projected savings that “may not be recovered,” said the inspector general’s report. The lower estimate of $133 million represents savings that “reasonably can be expected,” based on historical patterns. Such caveats haven’t dampened the administration’s exuberance. “Very few investments have a 10-to-1 return on

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Bills help education By Sen. Jason Smalley

uly 1st was the beginning of the new fiscal year and we had 50 bills go into effect. Many will help students in the classroom as well as provide financial assistance to certain qualifying students wanting to pursue a higher education. SB 20 will help address Oklahoma’s historic teacher shortage (around 1,000 open positions at the end of April) by allowing the State School Board of Education to issue teaching certificates to anyone who holds a valid out-ofstate certificate and is considered “highly qualified.” The teaching certificates will only be issued for those subject areas and grade levels most closely aligned to the subject areas and grade levels recognized on the out-of-state certificates. It also provides a financial incentive to out-of-state teachers if they have been a certified teacher in an accredited school for at least five years. Additional competency, subject area or other applicable exams will not be required nor payment of any additional fees for certification. The other two new laws I’d like to mention will help our military personnel and veterans be able to better afford a college degree. SB 138 will provide in-state status at Oklahoma colleges and universities to active duty and reserve military personnel who are stationed in the state or whose home of record is Oklahoma as well as their spouses and children. Anyone participating in or who has received a partial or full scholarship from the Air Force, Army or Navy/Marines ROTC will also qualify for in-state status. Texas, Arkansas, Kansas and Colorado have similar programs or scholarships available to students that are enrolled in ROTC. Just as an example, providing in-state status will save OU and OSU military students over $6,000 per semester. They can focus on their studies and their military career instead of worrying about how they’re going to pay for school. The new law will bring Oklahoma in compliance with the federal Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act (Choice Act), which required all states, starting in July 2015, to offer in-state tuition prices to military veterans and their families. Another great bill for our military families was SB 137. It modifies the financial qualifications of the state’s free tuition program, the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP). Previously, in order to qualify for OHLAP, a student’s family income, both taxable and nontaxable, couldn’t exceed $50,000 per year. Now the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education will be allowed to review cases involving special financial situations such as nontaxable military (including combat pay, hazardous duty pay and active duty basic allowance for housing benefits among other payments) and Social Security payments from the disability or death of one or both of a student’s parents. If the family’s income is found to be less than $50,000 excluding those benefits, the student will be eligible for the OHLAP program. This will ensure that all Oklahoma students who have a financial need can take advantage of this free state tuition program. Speaking of OHLAP, the deadline to apply was earlier this month but applications for the next round of students will be available in mid-August. To qualify for the program, students must be entering the 8th, 9th or 10th grade. Along with the family income requirement, OHLAP also requires the applicant to maintain a minimum 2.5 cumulative G.P.A., complete a specific 17-unit high school core curriculum and stay out of trouble. Don’t miss out on this tremendous opportunity. Helping your child get a college degree is the best gift you can give them and one that will positively impact the rest of their lives. For more information, email okpromise@osrhe.edu or call 1800-858-1840.

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It is time for the GOP to fire Donald Trump

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usually don’t hold political beliefs against people. I know why I favor the candidates I do. I assume others have their reasons for supporting someone. Even if we differ, we can still have a Diet Coke and a friendly debate. But if you think Donald Trump is a good candidate – or a good person – our debate won’t be as friendly and you’ll have to buy your own Diet Coke. People who consider Trump for anything more serious than a rodeo clown either became a fan of his ridiculous accent saying, “You’re fired” to contestants on a goofy game show or they buy in to his idea that all illegal immigrants are rapists and murderers. After the initial backlash against his obviously racist stereotyping of around 13 million people, Trump was able to find a few people who can tell horror stories about how their family members were victims of crimes committed by people who should never have been inside our borders. However, illegal immigrants hardly have the market cornered on rape and murder. It is hard to find reliable statistics that prove that illegal immigrants commit more violent crimes than any other group in the lowest socio-economic levels. Score that as one attempt to blow a dog whistle for Republicans on the racist fringe of the party. You also can point to a number of government tax breaks this faux conservative’s companies have received and or the fact that four of his corporations have gone through bankruptcy proceedings to see what kind of business he does. Last weekend, this man who successfully dodged the draft for the Vietnam War four times

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took the cheapest of shots against a real hero. I have never been a huge John McCain fan politically. I felt bad for him when George W. Bush’s henchman Karl Rove smashed him in 2000 by insinuating something was up with his marriage because he had a black child. Of course, that child is actually the daughter he and his wife adopted from Bangladesh. McCain is the reason I voted for a Democrat for President for the first time ever in 2008. I wasn’t a huge fan of Barack Obama, but when McCain picked Sarah Palin as a running mate simply because Obama hadn’t chosen Hillary Clinton, I lost interest in him. Palin was completely unvetted. McCain’s people loved her resume so much that they never took time to make sure the guntoting momma grizzly had any real substance to accompany her obvious style. That decision came back to haunt him and probably still keeps him up at night. But the one thing everyone can agree on about John McCain is his status as a war hero. For more than five years while Trump was dodging the draft in college and for “health” reasons, McCain was tortured as a prisoner of war. He wasn’t tickled or made to listen to loud country music, McCain was brutally attacked so often that he still walks with a limp and can’t raise his arms above his head.

But despite that unique display of toughness and valor, Trump said McCain was no war hero. In fact, he insinuated that being captured in war was less than admirable. “He’s not a war hero,” Trump said. “He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured.” Trump attacked McCain because the Arizona Senator had called Trump on the carpet for his immigration stance and statements. He said Trump wasn’t participating in a debate but rather, “stirring up the crazies.” Trump said he was offended by McCain’s comments and that is why he launched his attack. The problem Trump has is that every word McCain said was true and, like most things out of the mouth of the human combover, his brash comments were patently false. McCain isn’t a war hero because he was captured. He is a hero because he answered the call when his country needed him and didn’t hide behind deferments and a rich father. Fortunately, all of the other Republican candidates blasted Trump for his comments and several said they were so offensive that they should disqualify him as a candidate. Unlike the Confederate Flag and same-sex marriage issues, there was unanimity among Trump’s competitors regarding how ignorant and incendiary his comments were. Hopefully, this exchange will reveal Trump for the horrible person and worse candidate that he is and he can be erased from the 2016 field. John McCain deserves better. Our veterans deserve better. The Republicans deserve better. It is time to look Donald Trump in the eye and say, “You’re fired.”

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State Senators Sen. Ron Sharp 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. – Room 411A Oklahoma City OK 73105 Senate office: 521-5539 Sharp@oksenate.gov Cindy Sullivan/Executive assistant Sen. Jason Smalley 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Room 514 A Oklahoma City OK 73105 Office: 521-5547 Smalley@oksenate.gov

Representatives Rep. Josh Cockroft 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. – Room 329B Oklahoma City OK 73105 Office: 557-7349 Josh.Cockroft@okhouse.gov Rep. Justin Wood 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. — Room 202 Oklahoma City OK 73105 Phone: 557-7345 Justin.Wood@okhouse.gov Lindsay Casaway, assistant Rep. Tom Newell 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. — Room 328B Oklahoma City OK 73105 Phone: 557-7372 tom.newell@okhouse.gov Rep. Todd Thomsen 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. — Room 338 Oklahoma City OK 73105 Phone: (405) 557-7336 todd.thomsen@okhouse. gov

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Food donor programs help hungry children Donors are sought to help make this a hungerfree summer for children in Pottawatomie County. Top of the World, David Gorham and two anonymous families have issued a $100,000 matching gift challenge to support the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in fighting childhood hunger in Oklahoma. Every childhood hungerrelief gift made between now and August 31 will be matched, up to $100,000. “We’ve been supporting the Regional Food Bank for many years and feel it’s a great organization doing amazing thing to help Oklahoma,” said Scott Shule with Top of the World. “We love that every dollar we donate goes to help people in Oklahoma. We have a soft spot in our heart for the kids and the Food for Kids programs are spot on and run very well.” The Regional Food Bank provides enough food to feed 110,000 people each week, 37 percent of whom are children. Last school year, the Regional Food Bank also provided millions of meals for chronically hungry children through its Food for Kids childhood hunger programs, which includes Summer Feeding, the Backpack Program, and School Pantries. The Summer Feeding program provides meals to children 18 and under over the long summer months when free and reduced price meals are not available at school. This summer, more than 90 sites in 23 counties are participating in the program, including: • The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of Shawnee, operating May 26 through July 31, located at 200 E. 9th in Shawnee. Dinner is served from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Snack is served from 3 to 3:15 p.m. To find another Summer Feeding locations visit http://www.fns.usda.gov/ summerfoodrocks.

Backpack Program Through the Backpack Program, children receive a backpack full of kid-friendly, non-perishable and nutritious food on Friday to sustain them over weekends and school holidays. During the 2013 - 2014 school year in Pottawatomie County, 619 children participated in the program. Schools included: Asher Elementary School, Barnard Elementary School, Bethel Elementary School, Cross Timbers Elementary School, Horace Mann Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, Krouch Early Childhood Center, Macomb Elementary School, Maud Elementary School, McLoud Elementary School, North Rock Creek School, Pleasant Grove Public School, Sequoyah Elementary School, Shawnee Early Childhood Center, South Rock Creek School, Wanette Public School and Will Rogers Elementary School.

Oklahoma Baptist University concluded its annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Summer Institute Friday, July 17. The event is a 10-day camp featuring hands-on learning for middle school and high school students from Pottawatomie and Lincoln counties. Twenty-five students attended the two-week camp. Pictured, students apply science and math principles while constructing a rollercoaster as a team. For more information on the STEM Summer Institute, visit http://www.okbu.edu/summerinstitute.

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Studies: Better sleep may be important for Alzheimer’s risk WASHINGTON (AP) — To sleep, perchance to... ward off Alzheimer’s? New research suggests poor sleep may increase people’s risk of Alzheimer’s disease, by spurring a brain-clogging gunk that in turn further interrupts shut-eye. Disrupted sleep may be one of the missing pieces in explaining how a hallmark of Alzheimer’s, a sticky protein called betaamyloid, starts its damage long before people have trouble with memory, researchers reported Monday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. “It’s very clear that sleep disruption is an underappreciated factor,” said Dr. Matthew Walker of the University of California, Berkeley, who presented data linking amyloid levels with people’s sleep and memory performance. “It’s a new player on the scene that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease.” Sleep problems are treatable — and a key next question is whether improving sleep can make a difference in protecting seniors’ brains. “Sleep is a modifiable factor. It’s a new treatment target,” Walker said. Enough sleep is important for good health generally — seven to eight hours a night are recommended for adults. When it comes to the brain, scientists have long known that people who don’t get enough have trouble learning and focusing. And anyone who’s cared for someone with dementia knows the nightly wandering and other sleep disturbances that patients often suffer, long thought to be a consequence of the dying

brain cells. The new research suggests that sleep problems actually interact with some of the disease processes involved in Alzheimer’s, and that those toxic proteins in turn affect the deep sleep that’s so important for memory formation. “It may be a vicious cycle,” said Dr. Miroslaw Mackiewicz of the National Institute on Aging, who wasn’t part of the new work. Walker’s team gave PET scans to 26 cognitively healthy volunteers in their 70s to measure build-up of that gunky amyloid. They were given words to memorize, and their brain waves were measured as they slept overnight. The more amyloid people harbored in a particular brain region, the less deep sleep they got — and the more they forgot overnight, Walker said. Their memories weren’t transferred properly from the brain’s short-term memory bank into longer-term storage. What’s the risk over time? Two sleep studies tracked nearly 6,000

School Pantry The School Pantry program provides chronically hungry middle and high school students with food to sustain them after school and over the weekends. During the 2013 - 2014 school year in Pottawatomie County, 52 children at three schools participated in the program. Schools included: Maud Public Schools, McLoud Jr. High School and Shawnee Middle School. To make a tax-deductible donation visit regionalfoodbank.org or call 405.600.3136. Connect online with the Regional Food Bank at twitter.com/rfbo or facebook. com/regionalfoodbank.

people over five years, and found those who had poor sleep quality — they tossed and turned and had a hard time falling asleep — were more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment, early memory problems that sometimes lead to Alzheimer’s, said Dr. Kristine Yaffe of the University of California, San Francisco. Sleep apnea — brief interruptions of breathing that repeatedly awaken people without them realizing — caused a nearly two-fold increase in that risk, Yaffe said. She recommended that people at risk of Alzheimer’s be screened for sleep disorders, especially apnea, which has effective treatment.

“There’s a lot of evidence that we need to pay more attention” to sleep in seniors, she said. Animal studies give clues to the biology behind these changes. Dr. David Holtzman of Washington University in St. Louis reported a series of mice experiments that found amyloid production is highest during waking hours and lowest during deep sleep. Depriving mice of sleep spurred toxic amyloid build-up and, intriguingly, once those deposits began, the mice stayed awake longer on their own. Holtzman also checked Alzheimer’s other bad actor, the protein tau that forms tangles in the brain, and found the same

effect on deep sleep. Another hint came a few years ago, when University of Rochester scientists reported that the brain uses sleep to flush out toxic debris. They injected mice brains with amyloid and watched it clear faster while they slept. The work comes as researchers hunt ways to prevent a coming wave of Alzheimer’s as the population ages, driven by the baby boomer generation that begins turning 70 next year. More than 5 million Americans already have Alzheimer’s, a number expected to more than double by 2050. Changes that lead to Alzheimer’s can begin 20 years before memory lapses.

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Greeks wake up to open banks, higher taxes on basic goods; cash restrictions still in place ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek banks reopened Monday for the first time in three weeks, but strict limits on cash withdrawals and higher taxes on everything from coffee to diapers meant the economic outlook for the recessionbattered country was far from back to normal. There were hopeful developments: The cash-strapped nation got a short-term loan from European creditors to pay more than 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) owed to the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank. Non-payment of either would have derailed Greece’s latest bailout request. But for most Greeks, already buffeted by six years of recession, Monday was all about rising prices as tax hikes demanded by creditors took effect. Dimitris Chronis, who has run a small kebab shop in central Athens for 20 years, said the higher tax rates could push his business over the edge. “I can’t put up my prices because I’ll have no customers at all,” lamented Chronis, who said sales have already slid by around 80 percent since banking restrictions were imposed on June 29.

Grievances linger as Cuba, US mark start of new relations WASHINGTON (AP) — The Cuban national flag fluttered in the Washington sun Monday as the U.S. and Cuba formally ended more than a half-century of estrangement, formally re-establishing relations severed at the height of the Cold War. But the symbolism of an embassy ceremony could not conceal deep, lingering conflicts between the nations. In the sweltering July heat and humidity of America’s capital, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez presided over the flag-raising ceremony just hours after an agreement to restore diplomatic ties broken in 1961 took effect at the stroke of midnight. He later met with Secretary of State John Kerry, becoming the first Cuban foreign minister to set foot in the State Department since 1958. Kerry announced that he would make a reciprocal visit to Cuba to dedicate the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Aug. 14. He spoke of a need to move beyond the enmity that was spawned as President John F. Kennedy grappled with Fidel Castro’s revolution and Soviet expansionism and that hardened over the 54 years that followed. Despite pledges of goodwill and mutual respect, ghosts of past animosity hung over the events. At the reopening of the Cuban embassy and again at a joint news conference with Kerry, Rodriguez repeated demands for the U.S. to end its 53-year embargo, return the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, stop efforts to change or reform Cuba’s communist government and pay compensation for damage done to the island and its

people over the past five decades.

UN Security Council ends sanctions UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the landmark deal to rein in Iran’s nuclear program and authorized measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions, but also approved a provision that would automatically reinstate the harsh measures if Tehran reneges on its promises. European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels immediately followed suit, endorsing the agreement between Iran and six major powers and taking the first step to lift EU sanctions. President Barack Obama told reporters he hopes the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress, where there is strong opposition to the deal, will pay attention to the “broad international consensus,” stressing that the deal is “by far our strongest approach to ensuring that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon.” But House Speaker John Boehner accused Obama of “ignoring the concerns of the American people” by allowing “such a consequential vote” to go ahead in the U.N. just 24 hours after submitting the agreement to Congress, which has 60 days to consider it. “This is a bad start for a bad deal,” he said. While sharp differences remain between the United States and Iran, ambassadors from both countries called the agreement an important achievement for diplomacy.

With no donor pressure, Trump enjoys rare freedom WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump faced an avalanche of fresh criticism Monday for questioning Sen. John McCain’s heroism. But he’s getting no pressure at all from the one community that could push a candidate out of the 2016 presidential race: political donors. The billionaire businessman is paying for his own campaign, and that means Republicans may have him around far longer than some party leaders would like. “Nobody leaves a race because they get tired, or because they think they don’t have the votes. They leave the race because they run out of money,” said Frank Luntz, a GOP pollster. “Donald Trump will never run out of money, and that makes him incredibly powerful.” Indeed, Republican operatives suggest that Trump enjoys a rare freedom.

Because he doesn’t need tens of millions of dollars from wealthy donors — a notoriously risk-averse crowd — the standard rules of politics simply don’t apply. He can afford, literally, to continue dropping the verbal bombs that have defined his presidential campaign since the day he joined the 2016 contest in June.

Turkey suspects IS behind bombing ISTANBUL (AP) — Authorities suspected the Islamic State group was behind an apparent suicide bombing Monday in southeastern Turkey that killed 31 people and wounded nearly 100 — a development that could represent a major expansion by the extremists at a time when the government is stepping up efforts against them. Turkish officials vowed to strike back at those behind the attack in the city of Suruc targeting a group of political activists who wanted to help the shattered Syrian city of Kobani, a bombing that turned a moment of hope into a scene of horror. “We are face to face with a terrorism incident,” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. “We have the willpower to find and certainly punish those who are responsible.” There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but a senior government official told The Associated Press that Turkey suspected the IS group was behind the blast as retaliation for Turkey’s steps against the militants. The midday explosion took place as the Federation of Socialist Youths was wrapping up a news conference on plans to help rebuild Kobani, a witness said.

Lawyers may try to use Cosby’s own words against him in court Bill Cosby’s lurid, decade-old testimony about his philandering could do more than damage what’s left of his fatherly image — it could very well be used against him in court by some of the women who accuse him of sexual assault. Rocco Cipparone, a defense lawyer in New Jersey who is not connected to any of the legal action surrounding Cosby, said Monday that what the comedian said under oath could wind up hurting him in civil or criminal cases if judges can be persuaded to rule the testimony admissible. For Cosby to avoid being damaged by his own words, Cipparone said, “you’d have to navigate a virtual minefield.”

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Dozens of women have accused Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them over four decades, though few of the accusations have begun to play out in court, largely because the statute of limitations for criminal charges has run out in most instances. Authorities have said one accusation is under criminal investigation in California, and three others are part of a defamation lawsuit against Cosby in Massachusetts by women who say they were slandered by his representatives.

Shelton, Lambert ask for privacy NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After years of tabloid gossip claiming marital troubles, country music’s top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage. The news was confirmed in a statement by the couple to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives Monday. “This is not the future we envisioned,” the former couple said in the statement. “And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy and compassion concerning this very personal matter.” The two multiplatinum stars came together just as their careers were hitting their peak, but the couple had to constantly deny rumors that their superstar careers were taking a toll on their marriage. Although sometimes they joked about competing against each other for awards, publicly they were constantly championing each other’s successes and

there were no obvious signs of trouble when the couple appeared at the Academy of Country Music Awards together in April.

First half of 2015 breaks old records by far as Earth keeps heating up WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth dialed the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year. Off-the-charts heat is “getting to be a monthly thing,” said Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June was the fourth month of 2015 that set a record, she said. “There is almost no way that 2015 isn’t going to be the warmest on record,” she added. NOAA calculated that the world’s average temperature in June hit 61.48 degrees Fahrenheit (16.33 Celsius), breaking the old record set last year by 0.22 degrees (.12 degrees Celsius). Usually temperature records are broken by one or two one-hundredths of a degree, not nearly a quarter of a degree, Blunden said.

Johnson delivers clutch moments for claret jug ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Zach Johnson cradled the silver claret jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spirited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to go in the British Open, right after making

a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday, but only as a spectator. The slam gone, Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse to watch Johnson finish off a sterling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff, and he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open. Johnson described himself as a “normal guy” from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he won the Masters in 2007.

French teen’s HIV controlled for 12 years without using AIDS drugs An 18-year-old French teen born with the AIDS virus has had her infection under control and nearly undetectable despite stopping treatment 12 years ago — an unprecedented remission, doctors are reporting. The teen might have some form of natural resistance to HIV that has yet to be discovered. But her case revives hope that early, aggressive treatment can limit how strongly the virus takes hold, and perhaps in rare cases, let people control it without lifelong drugs. A few years ago, doctors reported a similar case: a Mississippi girl who kept HIV in check for 27 months without treatment. But then her virus rebounded, dashing hopes that early treatment might have cured her.

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SHS golf boosters host tournament The Shawnee High School Golf Booster Club will be holding their seventh annual tournament on Saturday, July 25 at the Shawnee Country Club. Proceeds from the tournament will go the Shawnee High School golf programs. The four-person scramble begins at 9 a.m. and a lunch will be served afterwards. Individual player entry is $100 and includes green fees, cart rental and lunch. Team entries are $400 and a corporate team entry, which includes a sponsor’s banner, is available for $500. Sponsor’s banners are available by themselves for $300, while hole sponsorships are $100. Players from both the boys’ and girls’ teams will be on hand to provide “help” to the competing teams. Registration for the tournament is due by July 20. For more information, contact Tim Barrick at 740-2898, Kristee Gentry at 585-3209, Randy Epperly at 203-6567 or Kelly Parsons at 255-2980.

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Johnson wins British Open in playoff ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Zach Johnson cradled the silver claret jug in his arms. Jordan Spieth let it slip through his fingers. Spieth was right where he wanted to be in his spirited bid for the Grand Slam — tied for the lead with two holes to go in the British Open, right after making a 50-foot birdie putt that made it feel as though he were destined to

win at St. Andrews for his third straight major. And he was still there at the very end Monday, but only as a spectator. The slam gone, Spieth graciously returned to the steps of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse to watch Johnson finish off a sterling performance of his own. Johnson rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that got him into a three-man playoff, and

he outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman to win the British Open. Johnson described himself as a “normal guy” from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when he won the Masters in 2007. And now? “I’m a normal guy from Cedar Rapids ... with a green jacket that has something that most guys don’t get to drink out of right now,” Johnson said,

smiling as he looked at golf’s oldest trophy with his name etched alongside most of the game’s greatest players. Spieth was close to having his name on that jug. No one ever came closer to the third leg of the Grand Slam. He fought back from taking four putts for a double bogey on No. 8 with backto-back birdies. He rolled in that long birdie putt on

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Shock owner plans move to Dallas-Fort Worth TULSA (AP) — Amid 100degree heat and energysapping humidity, a small group of volunteers stood on a corner across from the BOK Center and handed out “Save Our Shock” T-shirts before their team’s WNBA showdown with the Minnesota Lynx over the weekend. It could be all for naught: Shock majority owner Bill Cameron announced plans Monday to move the franchise to the Dallas-Fort Worth market as early as next season. Cameron said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that he hoped the WNBA Board of Governors would vote as soon as possible on the relocation, though the team will finish this season in Tulsa. He said he was proud of the effort from community since the team moved from Detroit before the 2010 season. “This is a very difficult decision, and I know it is particularly difficult for the Tulsa investors,” Cameron said. “From a business perspective, it was necessary to evaluate options to place the team and the organization in the best position to achieve financial success. After a thorough review, I believe the Dallas-Fort Worth area holds the greatest potential to achieve our long-term business objectives.” There’s still hope for Tulsa — the league’s 12-member board needs to approve the request by majority vote. And not all the team’s owners want to leave. Cameron holds a majority stake, as does David Box, and there are 11 minority owners as well. “The minority owners want to keep this franchise in Tulsa because we invested in our community,” Pat Chernicky, a member of the ownership group, said Sunday. “It’s added a lot to the community, and we want to keep it here.”

the 16th for a share of the lead. After missing an 8foot par putt on the tough 17th hole, Spieth needed a birdie on the closing hole to join the playoff. “Up and down for a playoff,” was the last thing Spieth said to caddie Michael Greller from about 90 yards away. It was too far right and quite hard enough, and it rolled to BRITISH OPEN, Page 2B

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EDMOND – Shawnee golfers Daniel Langley and Jack Barrick both lost in the first round of the Oklahoma Golf Association’s State Amateur Championship at Oak Tree National in Edmond on Thursday. Langley, who graduated from Shawnee High School in 2014 and currently plays collegiate golf at Palm Beach Atlantic, fell 8 and 6 to Justin Ary of Quinton. Barrick, who will be a senior at SHS, lost 3 and 2 to Dalton Daniel of Newcastle.

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SCHOLAR ATHLETE Dale graduate to play basketball at SSC A co-valedictorian from Dale High School has signed to play basketball at Seminole State College this fall and will also be a member of the Presidential Leadership Class. Kamy Walck, 18-year-old daughter of Dr. Brad and Kay Walck of Shawnee, said she had offers from three colleges. She chose Seminole State over Oklahoma Wesleyan at Bartlesville and William Jewel in Liberty, Mo. “At first, I thought I might want to go away to college but that changed my senior year,” Walck said. “I decided I wanted to stay local. I grew up in this community (Shawnee) and people from this area could watch the games.” “I’ve grown up around Rita (SSC women’s basketball coach Rita Story-Schell) all my life and they called me the Region II baby. My dad had been here and he coached the women’s team,” she said. Walck explained that the night she was born, 18 years ago this past March, her dad’s Seminole State College Belles won the Region II tournament in Shawnee and earned a spot in the NCJAA national tournament. “That’s how I got the tag of Region II baby,” she said. “We beat Latta this year in the

state quarterfinals on a buzzer beater and that was my 18th birthday,” Walck said. Her dad, Dr. Brad Walck, worked at Seminole State College for 22 years. He coached for eight, she said, and was Vice President for eight years. He also held division chairmanships and spent a year as athletic director. Her mom, Kay Walck, played at Seminole for two years, from 197880, for Coach Pat Ramsey. In discussing Walck’s decision to play at SSC, Coach Story-Schell said, “We believe Kamy brings another dimension to our program. She shoots three-pointers from a distance consistently and is a very deep shooter. We’ve been lacking that in our program and we believe that Kamy will provide that for us.” The coach continued, “She’s a good student athlete with great grades. She has a high basketball IQ and fits well into our program.” Walck said, “I love Coach Schell. My sister played for her and she’s the kind of coach I want to play for.” Her sister, Randee, now 21, was a walk-on, but Walck said “she played quite a bit.” It took Randee only a year to graduate from SSC because

of the concurrent courses she had taken in high school. Currently, she is a pre-med student at Oklahoma University. Randee was also a member of the Presidential Leadership Class while at SSC. Citing some other reasons she chose Seminole State, Kamy said, “I attended concurrent courses at SSC and I already had friends there. I was Student Council President at my high school for three years and I wanted to continue to be involved in campus activities. Being accepted into PLC was a big part of me coming to SSC.” Walck took 18 hours of concurrent enrollment at SSC her senior year and is taking five hours this summer. She earned a 4.034 grade point average in high school, was ranked seventh in her class and was one of the valedictorians. “We had several valedictorians,” she noted. She said her GPA for her concurrent courses at SSC is 3.75. Walck, at 5-10, played small forward and shooting guard for the Dale Lady Pirates her senior season averaging 12 points a game. She suffered an ankle injury just before the WALCK, Page 2B

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Commissioner doesn’t see need for Big 12 expansion DALLAS (AP) — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby believes the conference has to be constantly improving after getting left out of the first College Football Playoff. That doesn’t necessarily mean making the 10-team league bigger through expansion. “We have to recruit better. We have to develop better. We have to play

better,” Bowlsby said Monday in his annual address to open football media days. “We have to win the big games when we have a chance to win the big games.” But Bowlsby doesn’t see the league at any real disadvantage with only 10 teams, despite Oklahoma President David Boren suggesting in the last month that the Big 12 is

“psychologically disadvantaged” as the smallest of the five power conferences and should strive to again have 12 teams. It would be the presidents and chancellors - not Bowlsby or the athletic directors - who would make any ultimate decisions on possible expansion. “My belief is at this point, the majority of them feel like we ought to

be at 10 and stay there,” Bowlsby said. “At the present time, I don’t think there’s critical mass for expansion. It will continue to be a topic about which we spend at least a little time at every meeting talking about it,” he said. “But until that majority shifts, it’s a purely academic conversation.” BIG 12, Page 2B

DALLAS (AP) — TCU coach Gary Patterson has a completely opposite approach for the Horned Frogs going into their fourth Big 12 Conference season. Expectations others have for them certainly have changed as well. “A year ago, you had to prove people wrong. This year, you have to prove people right,” Patterson said Monday when he was the first coach to take the podium at the league’s football media days. “As a football team, that’s really, from my approach on down, how we’ve tried to handle it.” The Horned Frogs have been tabbed as an overwhelming favorite in the Big 12, a year after going 12-1 and being declared co-champions with Baylor. With senior quarterback Trevone Boykin among 10 returning offensive starters, TCU got 32 of 42 first-place votes in the media preseason poll. A year ago, when they were coming off a 4-8 season in 2013, the Horned Frogs were picked to finish seventh. “It’s a nice feeling, but the bottom line is I’ve been in this business too long to get caught up in it,” said Patterson, going into his 15th season as the Frogs head coach. “If I stay (on an) even keel with how we need to do things, then my team will because it just kind of all reverberates down.” Of the five Big 12 teams that appeared at the first day of media days, TCU was the only program already completely settled on a starting quarterback for this season. Boykin, the preseason Big 12 offensive player of the year, finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting last season. He threw for 3,901 yards and 33 touchdowns to set school records in both categories and was named the league’s top offensive player. Kansas State, whose only Big 12 losses last season were to co-champs TCU and Baylor, has seven quarterbacks on its roster. Three of those quarterbacks competed for the job in spring drills following the departure of two-year starter Jake Waters. Contra Costa College transfer Jonathan Banks signed with the Wildcats in June and will join the competition. “Probably four of them at this particular point in time, in my eyes anyway, should be competitive for the position,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said. “Right now, they’re all on equal footing.” West Virginia has five quarterbacks listed, but the only one with starting experience is junior SkyTCU, Page 2B

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MLB GLANCE American League At A Glance All Times EDT By The Associated Press East Division W L Pct GB New York 50 41 .549 — Baltimore 46 45 .505 4 Toronto 47 47 .500 4½ Tampa Bay 47 48 .495 5 Boston 42 50 .457 8½ Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 55 35 .611 — Minnesota 50 42 .543 6 Detroit 46 46 .500 10 Cleveland 44 47 .484 11½ Chicago 42 48 .467 13 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 51 40 .560 — Houston 51 43 .543 1½ Texas 43 48 .473 8 Oakland 43 51 .457 9½ Seattle 42 51 .452 10 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Seattle 1 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 9, Detroit 3 Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 3, 11 innings Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 10, Texas 0 Oakland 14, Minnesota 1 Boston at Los Angeles, ppd., rain Monday’s Games L.A. Angels 11, Boston 1, 1st game Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 5, Seattle 4 Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Boston at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m., 2nd game Tuesday’s Games Baltimore (W.Chen 4-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 9-2), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Karns 4-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Detroit (Greene 4-7), 7:08 p.m. Boston (B.Johnson 0-0) at Houston (Velasquez 0-1), 8:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 8-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-10), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 13-3) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 5-2), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 10-3) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 0-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 3-10), 8:40 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 8-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-7), 10:05 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 10-5) at Oakland (Graveman 6-5), 10:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Seattle at Detroit, 7:08 p.m. Boston at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. National League The Associated Press East Division

W L Washington 50 41 New York 48 45 Atlanta 43 49 Miami 38 54 Philadelphia 33 62 Central Division W L St. Louis 58 34 Pittsburgh 53 38 Chicago 49 41 Cincinnati 40 49 Milwaukee 41 52 West Division W L Los Angeles 53 40 San Francisco 49 43 San Diego 43 49 Arizona 42 48 Colorado 39 51

Pct GB .549 — .516 3 .467 7½ .413 12½ .347 19 Pct GB .630 — .582 4½ .544 8 .449 16½ .441 17½ Pct GB .570 — .533 3½ .467 9½ .467 9½ .433 12½

Sunday’s Games Cleveland 5, Cincinnati 3, 11 innings L.A. Dodgers 5, Washington 0 Philadelphia 8, Miami 7 Milwaukee 6, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 1, 18 innings San Francisco 2, Arizona 1 Colorado at San Diego, ppd., rain Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta 1 Monday’s Games Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 5, Tampa Bay 3 Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (deGrom 9-6) at Washington (J.Ross 2-1), 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Karns 4-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-4) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-2), 7:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 5-5) at Atlanta (A.Wood 6-6), 7:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 8-4) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-10), 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 13-3) at Kansas City (J.Vargas 5-2), 8:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 10-3) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 3-2), 8:10 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 0-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 3-10), 8:40 p.m. Miami (Latos 3-6) at Arizona (Hellickson 6-5), 9:40 p.m. San Francisco (Heston 9-5) at San Diego (Despaigne 3-6), 10:10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m., 1st game N.Y. Mets at Washington, 12:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m. Texas at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 3:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m., 2nd game Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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PCL GLANCE Pacific Coast League The Associated Press American North Division W L Pct. GB Oklahoma City 59 33 .641 – (Dodgers) Iowa (Cubs) 51 43 .543 9 Omaha (Royals) 51 43 .543 9 Colorado Springs 38 54 .413 21 (Brewers) American South Division W L Pct. GB Round Rock 53 40 .570 – (Rangers) Memphis 49 47 .510 5½ (Cardinals) Nashville (Athletics) 43 52 .453 11 New Orleans 42 53 .442 12 Pacific North Division W L Pct. GB Fresno (Astros) 55 40 .579 – Tacoma (Mariners) 45 50 .474 10 Reno 44 51 .463 11 (Diamondbacks) Sacramento (Giants) 42 53 .442 13 Pacific South Division W L Pct. GB Las Vegas (Mets) 55 40 .579 – El Paso (Padres) 47 47 .500 7½ Albuquerque 43 52 .453 12 (Rockies) Salt Lake (Angels) 38 57 .400 17

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Monday’s Games Memphis 7, New Orleans 1 Round Rock at Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Oklahoma City at Omaha, 8:05 p.m. Nashville at Colorado Springs, 9:05 p.m. Fresno at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Albuquerque at Reno, 10:05 p.m. El Paso at Sacramento, 10:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Omaha, 6:05 p.m., 1st game Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Round Rock at Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Oklahoma City at Omaha, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game Nashville at Colorado Springs, 9:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m. El Paso at Sacramento, 10:05 p.m. Albuquerque at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Fresno at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Omaha, 1:05 p.m. Nashville at Colorado Springs, 2:35 p.m. El Paso at Sacramento, 3:05 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Round Rock at Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Fresno at Las Vegas, 10:05 p.m. Albuquerque at Reno, 10:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Tacoma, 10:05 p.m.

this era of power. Johnson was in tears when he was interviewed off the green. “I’m grateful. I’m humbled. I’m honored,” Johnson said. “This is the birthplace of the game, and that jug means so much in sports.” On a tense afternoon of shadows and showers on the Old Course, Johnson closed with a 6-under 66. He was the first in at 15under 273. Leishman, who considered giving up golf in April when his wife nearly died of a rare respiratory illness, fell out of the lead with a bogey on the 16th hole. He had a birdie putt for the win on the 18th that was wide left and gave him a 66. Oosthuizen made a 10-foot par putt on No. 17 to stay one shot behind, and he delivered a clutch moment of his own with a wedge to 5 feet for birdie and a 69 to join the playoff. It was the first British Open playoff since Stewart Cink beat Tom Watson at Turnberry in 2009, and the first involving more than two players since 2002 at Muirfield, the year Woods failed in his bid for the third leg of the slam. Johnson matched Oosthuizen’s birdie on the first hole and pulled ahead with another birdie on No. 2. Both made bogey on the 17th — Oosthuizen by missing a 5-foot putt to tie Johnson — and the South African had one last chance. Oosthuizen, who won the British Open when it last was at St. Andrews in 2010, had a 12-foot birdie putt to force sudden death.

It touched the left side of the cup and kept going, and Johnson was introduced as the “champion golfer of the year.” Spieth showed guts over the final two hours, and class when his bid was over. He stuck around to hug Johnson before he walked over to get his trophy. Just two weeks ago, Spieth went to Iowa to take part in a charity event for Johnson before playing — and winning — the John Deere Classic. He was questioned for not coming over to St. Andrews to prepare for a rare occasion of attempting the Grand Slam. Spieth put that to rest with a performance that kept him around the lead all week. It was the first British Open to end on Monday since 1988 because of a brief rain delay Friday morning and 10½-hour wind delay on Saturday. But what a show. With 14 players separated by three shots, no one seized control the entire day. Eight players had at least a share of the lead at one point. Most of them fell away. Spieth kept a golfing nation in suspense until the very end. Now, he goes to the PGA Championship with a tiny piece of history left to chase. Woods in 2000 and Ben Hogan in 1953 are the only other players to win three majors in a year, and no one has ever swept the three American majors. At 21, he can only hope he gets another shot at the slam. Palmer, Nicklaus and Woods never did.

“We’ve put in place a tiebreaker that will ensure that not only do all of our schools play each other, but the title isn’t going to be decided by who you didn’t play,” Bowlsby said. The departures of Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and Texas A&M, along with the additions of TCU and West Virginia, got the Big 12 to its current configuration. Asked if the conference keeps tabs of possible expansion candidates, Bowlsby said the league doesn’t have to since it gets “stuff all the time” from schools inquiring about the Big 12. He didn’t reveal any names. “I think it’s because we are different. At the present time, we’re sort of the tar-

get relative to expansion,” he said. “I haven’t asked the other (conference) commissioners, but my guess is they are not getting frequent overtures.”

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the edge of the Valley of Sin short of the green. His birdie attempt up the slope stayed inches left of the cup, and he tapped in for a 69. “We gave it a great effort,” Spieth said. At least he was in elite company. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods — the three biggest names in golf over the last 50 years — were the only other players to capture the Masters and U.S. Open in a bid to sweep the four professional majors in the same year. All came up short in the British Open. Spieth was the only one who had a share of the lead so deep in the final round. “I’m going to go home and reflect,” Spieth said. “It won’t hurt too bad. It’s not like I really lost it on the last hole, and 17 was brutally challenging. I just didn’t hit a great putt there, and I just picked the wrong wedge out of the bag on 18. I made a lot of the right decisions down the stretch and certainly closed plenty of tournaments out. And this just wasn’t one of those. It’s hard to do that every single time. “I won’t beat myself up too bad, because I do understand that.” It took a superlative effort from Johnson, who now has two majors among his 12 PGA Tour victories, an astounding record and a reminder that a good wedge game and a putter can still go a long way in

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The Big 12, going into its fifth season since reducing from 12 to 10 teams, is the only one of the five power conferences with a full round-robin schedule and no championship game. While Bowlsby expects future deregulation to allow the possibility of a championship game, he believes the round-robin schedule is still the best way to determine the league champion. Plus, a new tiebreaker procedure has been put in place after Baylor and TCU were declared co-champions last season — and both one-loss teams got left out of the playoffs.

A few other topics that Bowlsby addressed Monday, during more than 45 minutes on the podium and then another 30-plus minutes in the hallway after that: — The Big 12 is taking a different approach than some leagues relative to fans storming the field in celebration at the end of games. “We are choosing to manage it rather than prohibit it,” he said. “We think that, properly managed, those kinds of celebrations can be a lot of fun.”

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NCAA to tweak seeding rules INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The committee that puts together the field of 68 for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament will have more flexibility to set the First Four and give No. 2 seeds more favorable matchups. The NCAA announced Monday that the Division I selection committee will now be allowed to slide every team up or down the seed list, including the last four at-large teams selected. Until now, the last four teams voted into the tournament field were locked into the First Four, the eight-team playoff that serves as the tournament’s first round. Going forward, the last four at-large teams on the overall seed list — after the seeds have been tweaked by a process known as scrubbing — will play in the First Four. “It’s a small, yet significant, alteration to the language outlining our seeding process,” said Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione, the chairman of the Division I men’s basketball committee. “Making this change gives the committee the opportunity to properly seed every team, whereas previous procedures did not permit appropriate scrubbing of the last four at-large teams.”

Selecting teams usually involves looking at teams in groups of eight, Castiglione said. Scrubbing is comparing two teams against one another, from their records against each other and common opponents to their wins against tournament teams. “This tweak provides us with the opportunity to scrub teams even more thoroughly,” he said. Last season, the seeding process placed Dayton into the First Four, playing at home. UCLA, another team that was among the last to get into the field, was placed in the main bracket. The old procedures did not allow the committee to switch Dayton and UCLA. The First Four started in 2011 when the field expanded to 68 teams. The last four at-large teams selected to the field are paired off in two games and the last four teams on the overall seed list are matched in two other games played on Tuesday and Wednesday at Dayton’s home arena. A First Four participant has reached the round of 32 each season since, including Dayton last season. The other change allows the committee to move the team seeded fifth overall out of its natural geographic area to avoid

the best No. 2 seed being placed in the same region as the top overall team. The committee nearly was faced with the prospect of having Wisconsin as the No. 2 seed in Kentucky’s bracket last season because of rules regarding geographical advantage. The Badgers ended up as a No. 1 seed and played — and beat — Kentucky in the Final Four before losing to Duke in the championship game. But if Wisconsin had ended up as a 2 seed, and clearly the best team on that line, the rules would have locked the Badgers into the Midwest Region with No. 1 overall seed Kentucky. “This change doesn’t mean we are going to a true S-curve but if we can achieve it, or come closer to having more competitive balance on the top two lines without compromising our existing principles and without putting a team at a great disadvantage, we will consider it,” Castiglione said. The committee also adjusted procedures to prevent a committee member from being present during discussion or participating in a vote involving a team in which an immediate family member is employed by the school’s athletic department, or is an athlete on the basketball team.

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Coaches Association AllStater and got to play with two other SSC signees in the OGBCA State Game in early June. Walck plans to earn an Associate Degree in Psychology at SSC. She plans to follow in her sister’s footsteps and graduate in only one year. She’s scheduled to take 17 hours this fall.

Following graduation from SSC, she wants to be a pre-med student. “I want to go to OBU or William Jewell after SSC,” she said. Walck also has an older sister, Meredith, who is a lawyer in Oklahoma City and a younger sister, Braden, who will be a junior this year at Dale High School.

State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas also are part of the second-day program. Beaty is a first-time college head coach who twice previously was an assistant for the Jayhawks. He spent the past three seasons as a receivers coach at Texas A&M, and his head coaching experience before now was at high schools in Texas. The Jayhawks have gone 17-55 overall and 448 in the Big 12 over the last six seasons. But Beaty knows he can point out to his team how Baylor and TCU have succeeded in the power conference. “What two great examples are there out there for a program like us,” Beaty said. “Art Briles, former Texas high school football coach, one of my coaching heroes coming up. ... Gary Patterson, one of the

finest defensive minds in the country, one of the best head coaches in the country, cares truly about kids.” West Virginia, like TCU, is going into its fourth Big 12 season. Mountaineers coach Dana Holgorsen has nine returning starters on offense and nine more on defense, and he feels confident and comfortable with his team. There are 40 juniors and seniors on the two-deep list, and more than 50 guys who have played in Big 12 games. “So a lot of the guys that are on our team right now are guys that have been there and done that, understand what the Big 12 is all about,” Holgorsen said. “It’s just we’re in a totally different position than we have been in the past.”

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ler Howard, who started twice last season. Kansas has new coach David Beaty, while Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has two quarterbacks (Davis Webb and Patrick Mahomes) who started multiple games last season. “If we name a starter, we’re going to ride with that guy knowing that we have a great insurance policy behind him,” Kingsbury said. “But I wouldn’t expect a quick hook on whoever we name the starter.” Baylor, which got the other 10 first-place votes in the media preseason poll and was picked second, is among the teams appearing Tuesday at the Dallas Omni Hotel. Iowa

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RIGHT TO PRIVACY DEAR SAFEGUARDING: Thank you for your informed response. You are not the only reader who was appalled at what “Concerned” had done. Read on: DEAR ABBY: Like “Concerned’s” husband, I, too, am labeled as high risk for STDs based on a medical survey I completed, although I have had a monogamous 30-year marriage and do not do drugs of any kind. In that survey, they asked how many partners I had in my lifetime. Those few other partners were before I met my wife. “Concerned” indicated that her husband had been treated twice for STDs “some years back.” What does that mean? Were they married then? If not, is he

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labeled high risk due to his previous behavior? Perhaps there is something deeper in the relationship that needs addressing — such as why there are weeks between sexual contact with her husband. It’s ironic that she’s bent out of shape over infidelity concerns, but thinks it acceptable to betray the privacy and ethics rules governing medical professionals. — VINCENT IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR ABBY: “Young at Heart in Texas” (Feb. 9) could have written my story. I am also a 70-yearold man who is sexually dysfunctional. I, too, was lonely, having outlived two of my brides. However, I did find someone who appreciates holding hands and whispering sweet words without more physical contact. Abby, you said: “Not only do I think you can (find companionship), I suspect you may need police protection to control the crowd of applicants. Years ago, my aunt, the late Ann Landers, polled her female readers asking

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DEAR ABBY: “Concerned in Massachusetts” (Feb. 20) used her status as a hospital employee to access her husband’s medical records and found a history of STDs. I’m a registered nurse with 40 years’ experience. Every healthcare organization I know of teaches all their employees about HIPAA violations and that accessing private patient medical information is a criminal offense. It is essential that patients know they can trust us to protect their privacy. We have specific policies against using one’s employee status to access a relative’s medical information. “Concerned” is lucky she still has a job. At my institution, she would be terminated for violating organizational policy and federal law. She wouldn’t have to worry about how to broach the subject with her husband; she’d be explaining why she was fired. He may not be a saint, but neither is she. Her actions were unacceptable and reflect a clear lack of integrity and honesty. — SAFEGUARDING THE

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Horoscopes TUESDAY, JULY 21 CANCER (June 21July 22) — Ignore warnings at your own risk. Focus on doing things the way they’re supposed to be done, even if you have to do them the hard way. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Others are paying more attention to the signs you are being sent than you are. What are you waiting for? Others know what you’re missing. VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — You’ll have the chance to bring others together under a common banner. What you are going for can surely change

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if they would prefer ‘holding and cuddling’ to actually doing ‘the deed.’ The majority of them answered in the affirmative.” My first wife died of a heart attack after 30 years of marriage. My second wife died after eight years of marriage, of kidney cancer. At 71, I married my third wife, a wonderful woman just as you both describe. She was my next-door neighbor. We have been married three years and nine months. (The Bible says, “Love thy neighbor,” so I married her!) We also enjoy cuddling, even without doing “the deed.” So I say to “Young at Heart in Texas”: YES, you can find a woman such as you and Abby describe. And when you do, I suggest you rub her back often. Women love it! — YOUNG AT HEART IN COLORADO DEAR YOUNG AT HEART: I’m glad your story had a happy ending, and I’m crossing my fingers that “Young at Heart’s” will, too. Thanks for writing to encourage him.

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Cruel deals By FRANK STEWART Tribune Content Agency

Every tournament has cruel deals. At the ACBL Spring Championships, today’s deal proved frustrating in the Open and Women’s Pairs. One North-South bid as shown, resting timidly at 6NT. West led an ill-fated jack of spades, and declarer, Bill Pollack, won and cashed the K-Q of hearts. When West discarded a club, Pollack took the A-K of diamonds and overtook his jack with the queen. West threw another club, so South had only 11 tricks. He cashed the ace of hearts, and West threw a spade. Pollack then took his top clubs and exited with a club, and West had to return a spade to the K-Q-9. Making six. STRONG CLUB In the Women’s event, Pamela Granovetter-Yiji Starr quickly got to the second-best matchpoint spot. Starr opened one club (strong), Granovetter bid two hearts, showing a six-card suit with five to seven points, and Starr leaped to seven hearts. Brevity had to be its own reward: Seven hearts failed. But GranovetterStarr overcame that adversity and won the title. DAILY QUESTION You hold: ♠ 2 ♥ A 9 8 6 3 2 ♦ Q 9 7 4 ♣ 8 3. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart

and he bids one spade. What do you say? ANSWER: At matchpoint duplicate, you would have some excuse for rebidding two hearts. If partner has a tolerance for hearts, you could play at a higher-scoring partial. At IMPs or party bridge, bid two diamonds. If partner passes, he will surely be at a contract that will produce a plus. South dealer N-S vulnerable NORTH ♠2 ♥ A98632 ♦ Q974 ♣83 WEST ♠ J 10 7 4 3 ♥ 4 ♦ 82 ♣J9754

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Stewart heads into home stretch at ‘Daily Show’ NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart enters the home stretch of his 16 years on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Monday, with 12 more nights of jokes at the expense of those who make and report the news before he signs off for good on Aug. 6. Stewart’s exit, the latest in a year of upheaval in late-night television, will be felt most acutely over the next 15 months as the U.S. approaches its first presidential election since 1996 without his comic take. Attesting to Stewart’s cultural import, President Barack Obama is booked for his seventh appearance on the show Tuesday. Stewart, who started on “The Daily Show” in 1999, cited restlessness in announcing his exit last February. During a recent appearance on “The Daily Show,” film director Judd Apatow said he sensed that feeling even before the announcement when he interviewed Stewart

by phone for a just-released book. “I think it was that one moment when you were saying, ‘Oh, God, I’m out of gas. What am I going to do?’” Apatow said to Stewart’s laughter. When Seth MacFarlane mentioned that he was feeling burned out, Stewart told him, “Let me tell you my solution. Quit.” An audience member shouted out, “We love you!” “That’s not love,” Stewart shot back. Love is taking soup to a sick friend. “Love is not saying, ‘do more shows! Entertain me!’” he said. Adam Lowitt, an executive producer on “The Daily Show,” said he’s had no sense his boss is second-guessing his decision. “Even around the office, he seems to be relishing the place that he’s in right now and taking in every aspect of the show and the people that work there,” Lowitt said. “He’s aware that time is winding down. Regret is not there.”

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Counselor II in Seminole, OK to work in a community mental health clinic. We offer generous leave time and (no cost to employee) health care and CEUs. Completion of the curriculum requirements of a Master’s degree in a mental health field from an accredited university and two (2) years experience in a professional capacity. Oklahoma State Licensure as a LPC, LBP, LMFT, LCSW or LADC. May underfill with a counselor I. Contact: Tracie Del Torto at 580-223-5070 Administrative Assistant Seeking applicants to fill administrative support position with manufacturer. Position is full time. Applicants must have strong computer skills in word and excel and experience answering multi-line phone. Work experience in bookkeeping or accounting software required. Must have a 2 yr. degree. Company paid benefits available. Send resume to sales@formcrete.com or apply at Formcrete Fiberglass, 1900 Ray Davis, Seminole.

WELDER Local Manufacturer needs immediately a welder with Mig and Stick experience, apply at Mills Machine Co. 201 N. Oklahoma, Shawnee or send resume to chuck@millsmachine.com

WANTED

SALES PERSON For growing car dealership, experience preferred, COMPREHENSIVE PAY PLAN Guaranteed SALARY plus Commision Apply Automax DCJ 4141 N. Harrison Shawnee Ask for Steven

The Seminole Nation Division of Commerce is seeking Part-Time Accounts Receivable Clerk/Receptionist Responsible for completing the daily tasks for all SNDOC facilities related but not limited to, answering and directing phone calls and visitors, maintaining reception area, audit cashier daily paperwork, process coupons, house charges and daily deposits. Position open until filled. Resume' must be submitted to jobs@sndocok.com. To fulfill this responsibility, the AR Clerk must possess excellent customer service, computer skills, strong Microsoft Excel skills, AR experience preferred, Navision experience preferred, accounting degree preferred. *SNDOC will exercise Indian Preference* Wanted: Church Secretary Emmanuel Episcopal Church Shawnee 20 hrs./wk. 9-1 M-F; $11/hr. Duties include reception, word processing, internet communications, and desktop publishing. Computer skills and people skills a must. Friendly, supportive work environment. Criminal background check required. Please submit (by July 22) cover letter, resume, and three, work-related references to Fr. Bill Carroll, frbillcarroll@gmail.com or mail to: 501 N. Broadway Shawnee, OK 74801

Job Opportunity The Absentee Shawnee Tribe is seeking qualified applicants for a

Finance Operations Analyst to assist and support the Finance Department in the daily operations. Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, BS Degree in Finance / Accounting, CPA/MBA preferred. Must have a valid Oklahoma Driver’s License be able to pass a background check and drug screening. To apply or for more information please visit www.astribe.com

NEED A SUPPLEMENT TO YOUR CURRENT INCOME? ~ CARRIER NEEDED ~

Bethel Acres Shawnee Lake Area

$200 Sign-On Bonus EXTRA DROP FEES & STORE CREDITS

Dickson Industries Manufacturer of Highway Construction Equipment now hiring:

MIG WELDER/FITTER MECHANIC/EQUIPMENT BUILDER Must have verﬁable employment experience. We offer excellent pay and beneﬁts package including 401K. Call for appointment

Monday-Friday (405) 598-6547 www.roadproonline.com

Floor Tech We are seeking an experienced floor tech for our evening shift. Exper. with stripping, waxing & buffing hard floors. Competitive salary\benefits. Apply in person. Rose Manor 1610 North Bryan Ave. Shawnee, Ok. Contracting company looking for full-time help performing land clearing and maintenance. Driver’s license required. Background check and drug testing performed. Requires travel. Benefits include health insurance and 401K. Email resume to lagrange@chemweed.com or call 979-968-8780.

Office Assistant Needed Collection experience helpful but not necessary. Must have automobile. No phone calls. Apply in person only 10 E. Main Shawnee

Serious inquiries Only! Must have: • Reliable Vehicle & Back Up Vehicle • Valid Drivers License • Valid Insurance • Willing to Work 313 Days a Year, 6 Days a Week

APPLY NOW 215 N. Bell

Shawnee, OK 74801 Dental Assistant needed for busy Dental office Please bring resume by 3 E. MacArthur, Shawnee, OK. 74804

Save here and everywhere! www.RadarFrog.com

RECEPTIONIST Good telephone & Customer Service skills. Some secretarial skills. Send resume to Shawnee News Star P. O. Box 1688 Dept. 350 Shawnee, OK 74802

CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT 405-273-7000 ext. 240

This is a full –time fast-paced management position with a highly-competitive compensation package. The sales staff consists of 3 outside multi-media sales executives and 1 support staff. In addition to our newspaper print product, The Ardmoreite provides multiple platforms for news and advertising information. Driving long-term revenue in print, digital and mobile requires an individual who understands multi-media, the opportunity to grow community businesses in reach and volume and how to motivate salespeople. Being goal driven is a must. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of ﬁve years of successful experience in direct sales, combined with management responsibilities. Excellent people, communication and number skills are required. A high energy level, enjoyment of new products and challenges and the ability to execute and implement are pre-requisites for this position. I’m also looking for an individual who can fold fun into the workday without losing sight of the end goal. This is a base plus commission position. If you have a proven track record of driving sales while creating a positive work environment, please send letter of application, resume and references to Kim Benedict, publisher, The Ardmoreite, PO Box 1328, Ardmore, Okla. 73401, or email to kim.benedict@ardmoreite.com with Ad Manager in the subject line.

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GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR HOME HEALTH CARE FULL TIME/PART TIME/PRN RN'S, LPN'S & HOME HEALTH AIDE'S Health insurance for full time employment Please send resume EMAIL: jjoy@uohhc.com or call (405)878-5289

LifeSpring Home Health Shawnee Looking for full time and part time RN’s . Competitive rates. Contact Tom Hunt RN at: 2102 N. Kickapoo, Ste B Shawnee, OK. 405-273-2733

200 Sign-On Bonus

MED-CORP PLUS, INC. Now Hiring!

PCA For Homemaking Chores, Errands, Etc.

EXTRA DROP FEES & STORE CREDITS

Contact: Laura or Paula

1-405-382-2773

Serious inquiries Only! Must have: •Reliable Vehicle • Valid Drivers License • Valid Insurance • Willing to Work 313 Days a Year, 6 Days a Week

Shawnee Colonial Estates — Come Join Our Team —

DOGS Found dog on Union. Elderly Bird dog w/red spots, wearing collar. Needs his home. Please call to ID and claim. (405)481-6973 Free to good home 2 Male adult Labs (405)415-5867 REWARD MISSING DOG since July 2 from N Union Ave. female black chihuahua/white streak on forehead between eyes. & tip of tail (817)233-9799

Excellent Beneﬁt Package for Full-time employees Looking for motivated, caring and dependable individuals to join our amazing nursing team.

Apply in Person, Monday-Friday or email Resume to lfosterscenh@yahoo.com

Shawnee Colonial Estates

LPN Private Duty

OFFICE &

SECRETARIAL

EXPERIENCED SECRETARY NEEDED FOR INSURANCE OFFICE •30 hour work week

Please send confidential resumes to: Shawnee News Star P. O. Box 1688 Dept. 342 Shawnee, OK 74802

WORK WANTED

Have a business? Want to know every time someone comments about it online? Call me and I can tell you how? 405-214-3972

Large Sale Sat & Sun Lots of furniture. From Firelake Grocery/ Casino-5-miles East, 1/2 south

Up to 15 words and 3 consecutive days. Includes paper, online, and *garage sale map *on Friday and Saturday only for Shawnee residents.

Maud, Meeker, McLoud, Newalla, Wanette, Sasakwa

Only

St. Louis & Konawa Must pass OSBI, have DL, car insurance. No experience necessary.

Ads running Tuesday - Friday, Deadline: 11 am day before. Ads running Saturday &/or Sunday, Deadline: 3 pm Thursday

Call Valerie

(405) 527-3494

Call

MANUFACTURED & MOBILE HOMES

NEW Manufactured 3-Bedroom Home on 1+ acre. NO Down For Veterans. We Pay Closing Costs! Special Financing for member of American Indian Tribes. $114,900 405-631-8121

Summer Clearance Sale!

3Bedroom, 2 Bath. Includes Air Conditioner, Skirting, Steps and More.

SHAWNEE

273-4750

$46,900 Set Up and Delivered. 405-631-8121 for information

MANUFACTURED HOME 1995 - 16X80 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath

Retiring and going out of business Check out our 4 buildings plus for sale prices. ~One piece or all~ Items added daily!

$14,000 Call 405-631-8121

NEW DOUBLEWIDE

Grandma Had It Antiques.

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath on 1-Acre. Call 405-308-3087 for information

Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:00pm Closed Saturday & Sunday

1998 - 16x80, 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath

BURIAL NEEDS

Shawnee, Seminole, Tecumseh, Lexington,

Milburn O/A paulmilburnacreages.com

BRAND NEW DOUBLEWIDE

36700 Old Hwy 270 405-517-3987 405-777-6001

GARAGE SALE

CNAs, CHHAs and Personal Care Aides

275-1695

Spec Gov Programs ZERO DOWN if you own land or have family land lenders offered FREE APPLICATION can do septics/elec and water call 918-437-1870

SHAWNEE

•CSR Insurance license preferred or willing to acquire CSR licensing in Property & Casualty insurance and in Life & Health insurance.

List Your...

Now Hiring

Call today for maps

3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Roman Tub, All Appliances and more on 1-acre SW of Shawnee. Very energy efficient, Low Payments, Low Down Payment, Tribal Financing Available. $0 Down For Veterans. Call 405-631-8121 for information

Personal Nursing Care (405)752-5222

BURIAL NEEDS

MEDICAL

Acreages 15 Locations 160 Beautiful Choices

BRAND NEW MANUFACTURED HOME

Tecumseh days/evenings Norman 3/11p-11p-7am Moore 7p-7am OKC metro all shifts FT/PT wkly pay/$16 hr

MANUFACTURING

MEDICAL

Owner Finance

20630 WALKER ROAD TECUMSEH 3b 2b 3.9 acres m/l BRAND NEW CARPET 405-273-5777 www.property4sale. com

EOE

Manufacturing Production Planner

MEDICAL

405-273-5777 www.property4sale. com

www.property4sale. com

535 W. Federal • Shawnee, OK

We offer Competitive Salaries and Great Benefits. Apply online: www.crossroadsyfs.org email: hrads@crossroadsyfs.com EEOC

Performs the daily scheduling of the manufacture and assembly of molded composite products. Must be highly detailed and analytical. Technical degree required. Full time M-F. Company paid benefits available. Send resume to sales@formcrete.com or apply at Formcrete Fiberglass Products, 1900 Ray Davis, Seminole.

LOTS FOR SALE! 1+ Acre lots for sale Call today for maps!

BRAND NEW MANUFACTURED HOME 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Roman Tub, All Appliances and more!!! on 1-acre near Shawnee. Includes 6 x 28 covered porch. $0 down for Veterans and Native Americans, Financing Available. Call 405-308-3087 for information

• Temporary Classroom Support

MANUFACTURING

ACREAGES & LAND

New Competitive wages!

WORK WANTED

• Head Start Teacher (AA or BA in ECE or Childhood Development) • Early Head Start Teacher (CDA, AA, or BA In ECE or Child Development)

free kitten needs good homes. Friendly, playful and good natured. Please Help! 405-765-4520 405-556-1322 FREE to good home, 9wks old, cute adorable kittens (405)273-7978 Two spayed female kittens 5mons old Free to good home. 795-8261

405-631-7600 or (405)602-4526

215 N. Bell Shawnee, OK 74801

Now hiring immediately in Shawnee

CATS

13916 OAK GROVE CT SHAWNEE 3b 2b on 3 acres m/l Total Electric 405-273-5777

Lenders offering Zero down with land and less than perfect credit programs. Limited time free delivery and set on select homes. $2,000 dollar furniture package with purchase. WAC

A P P LY N OW

Crossroads Youth & Family Services, Inc.

MANUFACTURED & MOBILE HOMES

RN\LPN\CNAs

North Shawnee, Meeker & Prague

Please send resume and examples of work to: kimberly.morava@news-star.com.

MEDICAL

RN for weekends, hours are flexible and open for discussion. LPN 3pm-11pm. CNAs 7am-3pm & 3pm-11pm We offer a competitive salary and benefits. Apply in person. Rose Manor 1610 North Bryan Ave. Shawnee, Ok.

~ CARRIER NEEDED ~

to cover all types of community events and local news. Along with the ability to produce consistent daily stories and other content, other duties will include taking and posting occasional videos to the website, posting stories and other items online as well as using social media to help drive readership. A background in journalism or a related field is required; any experience with page design also would be helpful.

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The Shawnee News-Star has an opening for a REPORTER

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2 Cemetery Spaces at Resthaven Memorial Park, Garden Of Valor, $6180 including vaults. Serious Inquires Only! 580-247-5038 Two Burial Plots at Resthaven Cemetery in the Garden of Meditation: Lot 6-C, spaces 3 and 4. Deed Transfer $3,485.00. 214-280-7372 Reasonably Priced Section 8, Lots 29 space 7 & 8 Resthaven Memorial Park. 940-665-0518 or 940-902-9571 Resthaven Cemetery- 4 lots, (will sell as 2 or 4) Location C. (405)964-7008

Two adjoining burial plots in the Garden of Valor. $3,000. Call for more info. (720)375-2332

FURNITURE China Cabinet, Armoire, 3-pc marble tables, 996-8820

MANUFACTURED HOME $14,000 Call 405-631-8121 for information

REAL ESTATE CITY

1616 N. Minnesota

FOR SALE BY OWNER 1318 E. Main 2BD, 1BD, large livingroom, dining room & kitchen. (405)889-8627

3Bd, 1.5Ba, 2 Living areas, 1949 sq.ft., fenced backyard 2 car garage,

$124,900 Call for details 405-831-1952

FOR SALE Nice Lift Chair, Teal, $135, 273-6262

MISCELLANEOUS 15ft Kingfisher boat 5ft box blade. (405)598-2968

643 N. Main Seminole 2bed 1bath, corner lot, deck. Brand New Roof! $38,950 405-273-5777 www.property4sale.com

2BD 1BA on corner lot in Prague. Newly remodeled. Completely new bathroom. CH&A, Asking $58,000. (405)567-7559 FSBO 3 BR 2BA on 5 ac 18mons old, Bethel Schools Tinker -20min. 405-481-5348 405-434-9520

16ft Razorback Boat, 40hp Evenrud motor, Dilly trailer. ~~ 8ft utility trailer, factory chasses. 273-3932 Cookstove washer, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, A/C Unit, 273-7874

TRADE BLDGS FOR LAND Two Historic buildings in Shawnee 49,000 (MOL) & 93,000 (MOL)sq ft Well below replacement cost at $55 psf, including extra commercial land. Owner desires tax-free exchange for large farm(s) or ranch(es). Owner/Broker 405-414-7277

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BUSINESS PROPERTY

HOMES UNFURNISHED

3 bedrm 1 1/2 bath condo in Shawnee for sale. North Creek Manor between I40 & OBU. New AC, heat, & garbage disposal. Kitchen appliances negotiable. Call 580 220-7313.

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

604 TURTLE CREEK 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick home. Beautiful flooring, new cabinets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, breakfast bar, fireplace, storm cellar, storage buildings, 2 car garage/ 2 car carport on 1 acre. $152,000

Terry O’Rorke 405-823-2408 Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Benchmark Realty

122 Kingsbury, Shawnee 4BD, 4BA, custom built, paved road SRC Schools.

Brenda Kennedy 405-831-9002 Keller Williams Green Meadow 405-741-1900

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

$$ Saved, Updated, Let Us Help You. ANCHOR 275-0690

1BD All Appliances, No pets No Smoking Section 8 OK 273-8856

641 N. Union Apt 2 Downstairs, 1Bd, appliances, AC, No pets/smoking Deposit & Ref. 650-0145

3BD 1 1/2BA 2 story town house. Very nice $700mo $400dep No Smoking 405-550-7133

1 & 2 Bed Apartments for rent. 218 N. Market -1BD 210 W. Georgia-Studio 312 W. Georgia-2BD 326 N. Philadelphia-1 & 2BD 310 W. Ridgewood-1BD

Call 405-641-4621

PLUM CREEK APARTMENTS 1101 W. Seikel McLoud, OK 1-2-3 Bedrooms Rental Assistance may be available to qualiﬁed applicants HUD Section 8 Accepted

405-622-8420 TDD 800-833-7741 This Institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer

2&3 bdrm apts, w/d hookups, pool, playground & clubhouse

THE LINDEN APARTMENTS

315 & 319 S. Kennedy 405-878-0511 www.beacon-mgmt.com

DUPLEXES UNFURNISHED

HOMES UNFURNISHED

1109 E. Parker 2 bedrooom CH&A , W/D hookup, dishwasher, No pets. $500mo (405)820-3922 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Fireplace $595/mo 1-mi east of Harrison on Westech Road 273-4994 2Bd 2Ba, CH&A, Ceramic Tile $600/mo $500/dep Available 8/01/2015 (405)650-8192

1916 Aspen Place (Timbers Addition across from St. Gregory) 3B 2BA, 2 car garage all kitchen appliances, new carpet, fresh paint, $1050mo $600dep (405)878-0107

2BD water paid $495mo 1BD water paid $395mo 273-5432

3BD 1BA, CH&A, dishwasher, fenced yard, attached garage, $700mo (1st & last) 1301 N. Rickey Rd (405)275-6791

Unfurnished 2BD duplex in Tec. with refrigerator & stove provided & utility hookups. No Pets 405-598-5704 for appt.

HOMES UNFURNISHED $$ Saved, Updated, Also DUPLEXES, Apts. Let Us Help You. ANCHOR 275-0690

HOMES UNFURNISHED 1207 Carol Drive, very nice clean house, 2BR, 1BA, one car garage, fridge, dishwasher, CH&A, W/D, $600mo/$600dep, 405-517-5625 137 S. Eden 2BD 1BA $400dep $475mo 273-7337 1616 N. Minnesota 3Bd, 1.5Ba, 1949 sq.ft. fenced backyard, $1200/mo, $1000dep, 2-yr lease, references 405-831-1952

House for Rent: 602 N. Park-3BD 2BA 232 W. Midland-4BD 1 3/4BA

CLEAN 3 Bedroom CH&A, fenced backyard, $825mo $500dep 2301 Crest Drive 273-3425 642-8658 cell 3bd , 1-1/2ba Townhouse, stove, fridge, dishwasher, W/D hkup, $750mo., 3901 N. Kickapoo #1. 405-973-8086

One to Three Bedroom Apartments SPECIAL TOUCHES INCLUDE:

FIREPLACES

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

NOW LEASING!

TECUMSEH

Ideal Student Rental - 2BD Apt covered parking, No pets $400mo $350dep 405-642-5741 Leave Message Small Efficiency Apt in Tecumseh. All bills paid $400/mo, $200dep 878-6404

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HOMES UNFURNISHED

AUTOMOBILES

2003 Chevy Tahoe

$6495

Zoned C3 located on N. Harrison, near Federal, 1.15 acres, 150 ft. x 333 ft. with 1700 sq.ft. dwelling attached. 417-207-1191

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

news-star.com Shawnee News-Star

556-0048

Commercial Property

Very nice, Furnished, single adult, 1BD, Smoke free No pets, $465mo\ References. 209-7279

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32 Concord Shawnee 3BD/1-1/2ba. $1000mo+dep. CH&A Section-8 approved, References Required Text or Call

3BD 1BA 928 N. Draper (405)323-0835

For Sale By Owner

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

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REAL ESTATE CITY

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On-Site Laundry Private Parking On-Site Management Swimming Pool Total Electric

Get more for your money with our spacious and wellappointed apartments. PLEASE CONTACT OUR SALES OFFICE TO ARRANGE A TOUR!

Ken Del Manor Triplexes & Apartments

Del Dr. • Shawnee & Shawnee Mall) 275-7744 (Near101bothKenUniversities

405 N. Union 2BD 1BA, 1 car garage, $500mo $500dep. (405)642-0222

2009 Chevy Chevy Impala LT $5995

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OFFICE SPACE

In the Historic Masonic Building. Includes Janitorial, Utilities, Conference & Snack Rooms. Starting at $250mo. 476-0321

1330 sq.ft Beautiful Office Space $875/mo, 624 West Independence 275-2970

MOTORCYCLES 2003 Suzuki Burgman 400 current tag, new battery, 1286K miles, sharp, $2100firm, 214-6046

838 “C” North Kickapoo 700 +/- sq ft $325mo Call 275-1695

Transportation 2 Weeks up to 20 words: $40

Prices include bold line and choice of photo, graphic, or border

Quality Used Cars

LEGALS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

TAKE NOTICE that MGA Insurance Company, Inc., a Texas Corporation and Brittainey Spencer have filed an Interpleader action against Stewart Hense, Desiree Nash, and Bryan Perry, among others, in the matter MGA Insurance Com-

pany, Inc., a Texas Corporation and Brittainey Spencer v. Santana Kelly, Stewart Hense, Desiree Nash, Bryan Perry, OU Medical Center, Questcare EM Oklahoma, LLC, The Children’s Center, OU Physicians, Oklahoma Health Care Authority. Plaintiffs have moved for a

“WE BUY CARS!”

Quality Auto Pawn

Anyone having interest in a 1936 Chevy VIN#6FC0420342 Bal $9210.00. Sell date August 5th, 2015, 8am at 33907 St. Louis Rd, St. Louis, OK. Call 405-289-3313 for information. (Published in the Shawnee News-Star on July 21st, 28th & August 4th, 2015)

LEGALS

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

Pawn Your Car Instant Cash

LEGALS

at 273.4200

SANTANA KELLY; STEWART HENSE; DESIREE NASH; BRYAN PERRY; OU MEDICAL CENTER; QUESTCARE EM OKLAHOMA, LLC, THE CHILDREN’S CENTER; OU PHYSICIANS; OKLAHOMA HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY Defendants

FINANCING AVAILABLE Mon-Sat 9-5

Linda Sallaska

06 PONTIAC VIBE..................$2995 01 HONDA CIVIC ..................$3495 01 LINCOLN TOWNCAR..........$3995 05 CHEV MONTE CARLO 89K..$4995 09 SCION XD........................$6995

LEGALS

section, contact

MGA INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. a Texas Corportion AND BRITTAINEY SPENCER Plaintiffs

$2995 to $6995

2000 BMW Z3, This roadster has 67,000 miles, 6cyl, 2.3 Engine runs great. It is yellow w/black interior , new black top. Automatic transmission can also be driven as a manual. Air Conditioning keeps cold. $7,800 464-3582

the classified

Westerman or

TRUCKS & SUVS $1895 to $8995 02 KIA SPORTAGE 4X4...........$1895 00 MERC. MOUNTAINEER.........$2495 97 FORD RANGER ..................$2495 03 FORD ESCAPE ...................$2995 02 BLAZER LS 4DR.................$3495 07 NISSAN MURANO AWD .... $7995 07 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE ..... $7995 08 NISSAN ROGUE AWD...........$8495 05 JEEP CHEROKEE LMT 4X4. $8495 08 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4X4...$8995 CARS

place a legal in

2013 Big John Tree Transplanter truck mount with 400 gallon water tank and cab rack, hydraulic water system, new PTO and pump, mounted on a 2000 Sterling boom truck. Excellent condition $85,000.00 Contact Scott George at (405) 273-2833.

273-9844

273-2300

LEGALS

legals or to

Wanda

Quality Cars & Trucks at Affordable Prices

AUTOMOBILES

LEASE TO OWN Land/Mobile Home Packages/ Tecumseh Move In Ready Call for Specials 405-634-1000

regarding

TRUCKS: COMMERCIAL

914 N. Harrison

LOTS & LAND

4bed 2ba MH on 2 acres East of Town Shawnee $900/mo 405-642-0163

RV spaces w/ fullhookups on small private lake. Nice views. Discounted monthly rates. Minutes from Shawnee (405)221-0446

1 Week up to 20 words: $25

275-0928

MOBILE HOMES UNFURNISHED

For questions

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

Mgmt.

1-2-3 Bedroom Units.

WILL BUY YOUR COMPLETE OLD CAR

If no answer will call back

GORMAN ASSOC.

Tecumseh Remodel duplex partly furnished. Reference. No Pets 598-3670 $325mo 1707 Pecan Grove 3bd, 1.5 ba, garage, NO PETS $700/mo $500/dep 405-760-7623

AUTOMOBILES

$200 AND UP 405-627-9590

OFFICE SPACE

604 W. DEWEY 2BD. 2 Liv Areas, carport & storm shelter. CH&A, No pets/smoking. 650-0145

Extra Nice, 2bd, 1 3/4 ba, CH&A, fridge, range, cellar, detached 2 car garage, not Sec 8, $675/mo, $450/dep 388-9065 In Prague 3BD house, 914 Ayars $550mo $275dep 1(405)567-4211 Nice Properties Tecumseh Shawnee •3Bd, 2Ba, $800/mo •3Bd, 1Ba, $725/mo •2Bd, 1Ba, $550/mo References, deposit, one year lease. 664-6141

405-598-8876 www.NumberNineAuto.com Since 1997

Retail and Office Suites

550 1/2 N. Kickapoo 1Bd, AC, fridge, range, $350/mo, 550-8936

Nice 3Bd 2ba home 717 W. Wood (580)320-7725

2008 Chevy Cobalt LT $3995

LPXLP

LEGALS

DISTRICT COURT OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN RE: The name of: Diana Lynn Black NOTICE OF HEARING ON CHANGE ON PETITION TO CHANGE NAME TO: All interested parties. Take notice that Marshall Garrett Rea has petitioned to change his/her name to Garrett Canaan Black. A Hearing on said petition is set for 9:00 o’clock on the 4th day of August, 2105, before Judge Canavan at 9:00 o’clock in his/her courtroom in the Pottawatomie County Courthouse. Shoud you know of some reason why this change of name should not be allowed you must file a written protest in the above styled and numbered cause prior to the above date with the Clerk of this Court. Should you fail to do so, the petition for change of name will be granted as prayed. Filed in the District Court July 20, 2015 Pottawatomie County, OK /s/ C.Corley Deputy-Published in the Shawnee News-Star on July 21, 2015

Court Order to disburse the sum of $25,000.00 per person and $50,000.00 per occurrence, the amount of automobile liability limits, and pursuant to 12 O.S. § 2202 requests court assistance by interpleader to determine the interests and demands of Defendants, and for assistance in determining whether additional claimants exist. Plaintiffs further pray that Defendants and all other persons or entities claiming an interest in said monies be required to come into Court and present their claims for the Court to determine their entitlement and order the disbursement of the funds accordingly. Plaintiffs further seek discharge and release of any and all liens and claims of any nature brought or to be brought against Plaintiffs arising from a November 14, 2014, automobile accident. Hearing for this matter set for July 23, 2015, at 9:00am. (SEALED) DATE Issued June 22, 2015 /s/ LaDonna Harvey Deputy Clerk Patrick L. Hullum, OBA No 19838 Monical Y. Ybarra, OBA No. 32151 PHILLIPS MURRAH P.C. Corporate Tower, 13th Floor 101 North Robinson Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73102 Telephone: (405) 235-4100 Facsimile: (405) 235-4133 plhullum@philipsmurrah.com myybarra@phillipsmurrah.com Attorney for Plaintiffs MGA Insurance Company, Inc. and Brittainey Spencer (Published in the Shawnee News-Star on July 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 21st, 2015.)

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Owner: Tyre Love

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AUTOMOBILE

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Services Offered • Auto Glass

Window parts

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• Rock-Chip & Leak

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Complete remodel services • Room additions Roof • Windows

FREE Estimates “Home Makeover Specialist”

659-1493

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SAND & GRAVEL

Concrete & Insulation

CONTRACTORS GENERAL

Other Sizes Available

405-642-7157

TRACTOR SERVICES

Green’s Since 1939

Fully Insured

TRACTOR SERVICES

273-4133 25 years in Business • Excellent References FREE Estimates • Licensed - Bonded

273-7578

481-6271

LLC

405-642-0412

TONY KIDWELL’S TRUCK & TRACTOR

TREE SERVICE

HASBELL’S TREE SERVICE

Serving Shawnee, Tecumseh, Meeker, McLoud, & Seminole.

FOUNDATION REPAIR & FLOOR LEVELING

Brush Hogging

backhoe, dozer, box blade, brush hogging, sand, ﬁll dirt & gravel, piering, debri clean-up, storm shelter installation

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TUGGLE DOZER *Ponds *Pads *Scaper Work 382-7225 650-0074

273-4375 CELL 570-6987

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Now doing hedges! Tree Trimming • Brushhogging Professionally done!

TRACTOR SERVICES

Everett Pickard

Lawn Mowing Service

30x40x10 - $11,900

Now Accepting Credit Cards

family business for over 60 years

MAINTENANCE

765-9653

With Bucket Truck STUMP GRINDING

275-1812

LAWN

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Rooﬁng ~ Guttering Siding ~ Remodeling Fully Insured and Licensed Storm Damage Consulting

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Residential & Commercial

* TOP SOIL * Sand, Select, Gravel Brent Vanlandingham 878-6088

B&R FAMILY

Specializing in Post Frame Buildings

TRIMMING & REMOVAL With Bucket Truck Stump Grinding Licensed-Bonded-Insured

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878-0487

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Because Our Customers are important. We Strive for excellance!

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CONTRACTORS GENERAL

• Brush Hogging • Tree Trimming with Bucket Truck & Removal • Stump Grinding Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Tarzans Tree

550-4481

aaacollisionspecialists@gmail.com

Locally owned & Insured

598-6001

Just-Rite

Paint, Carpentry & Sheetrock

RELIABLE PERSON!

596-8527

SUPERIOR CONCRETE & REMODELING SERVICE All Types Over 30+ yr Exp 405-589-0668

Singing Jack Clark

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CONTRACTORS

Interior & Exterior Painting

TREE SERVICE

Tree & Tractor Service

(405) 273-6031

Need Your House Cleaned? Low Rates

CONCRETE

Scott 405-596-3382

TREE SERVICE

PATTERSON & ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION, LLC

•Full Service Collision Repair •Towing Arrangements Industry Standard Training •Storm Damage & Hail Repair

Certified Computer Repair House calls. 598-5796

Smith’s Painting 20yrs Exp. in Res. & Comm. Painting. Interior/exterior Insured. Free estimate

HOUSE CLEANING HOUSE CLEANING

FREE ESTIMATES

COMPUTER SOFTWARE & SERVICE

PAINTING CONTRACTORS

Owners: Danny & Michelle Barton

HAULING AUTOMOBILE

Gutters, Landscaping, Leaves Raked, Misc

(405)432-5202 • (405)765-2139

• Storm Door/

We Service All Makes And Models

Lawn Care Service

Hours M-F 8-6 Sat 8-12 1125 N. Kickapoo • Shawnee, OK

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405.213.5198

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FEED & GRAIN

Rain brings unwanted Weeds, Grasses and Pests Come see us for Grazonext, 2,4,D Amine, Remedy, Generic Roundup, Brash, Pastora, Tordon and more. Also Mosquito Control

S& S FARM CENTER

302 S Beard • 273-6907 Shawnee, OK “We deliver your purchases to your vehicle.”

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