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Four victims of Sunday apartment fire identified

BY ROBERT MEDLEY AND SILAS ALLEN Staff Writers

Guthrie school officials on Monday identified the woman and three children who were killed Sunday in an apartment fire in northwest Oklahoma City.

Paisley Evans, Bentley Evans and Carson Nyte, along with their aunt, Melissa Evans, died in a fast-moving apartment fire that was reported about 2:50 a.m. Sunday at Quail Ridge

Melissa Evans, 34

Bentley Evans, 7

Apartments in Oklahoma City, where Melissa Evans lived.

Paisley and Bentley attended

Charter Oak Elementary School in Guthrie, school officials said. Carson was a sixth-

Paisley Evans, 4

Carson Nyte, 12

grader at Guthrie Upper Elementary School.

“Our hearts go out to the

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A family’s journey into grief and guilt

BY CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer

The Benedictine monks of St. Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee will retain land that they put up as collateral for a loan to keep St. Gregory’s University afloat. [PHOTO BY THERESA BRAGG]

St. Gregory’s Abbey monks retain property

BY CARLA HINTON Religion Editor chinton@oklahoman.com

SHAWNEE — The Benedictine monks at St. Gregory’s Abbey will retain 480 acres of land they put up as collateral for a loan to keep St. Gregory’s University afloat.

When the university closed in December 2017 and filed for bankruptcy, the fate of that land was in question, but the Rev. Lawrence Stasyszen said there’s no more uncertainty.

“The land has been redeemed,” said Stasyszen, St. Gregory’s abbot.

“We literally bet the farm. What we

LA QUINTA, CALIF. — There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug Biggers settles into his recliner and braces for his daughter’s voice to echo through his head.

“Keep going, Daddy,” she’s saying.

It’s been months since they knelt over his 20-year-old son on the bedroom floor. But in these quiet moments, those words haunt him.

“Don’t give up,” Brittaney had said as he thrust down on his son’s chest — his skin already blue, his hands already clenched. The 911 operator counted out compressions, so he’d pushed and pushed, trying not to cry or be sick, trying not to imagine his son as a little boy, before his addiction turned their lives into a series of crises like this one: sheer terror and futile thrashing to save him.

The paramedics arrived and shook their heads. Brittaney glanced at the clock on the stove to record the moment hope was lost: 11:43 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2017.

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have is for the glory of others but I’m glad that it was in God’s plan that we get to keep what we have.”

Stasyszen said the school’s creditors were satisfied with proceeds from the sale of university property and assets. Bryan Wells, one of the SEE ABBEY, 2A

Skirvin ghost tales may get a Hollywood treatment Steve Lackmeyer slackmeyer@ oklahoman.com

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he Skirvin Hilton Hotel and Effie, the fabled ghost who supposedly haunts the historic landmark, may soon be featured a Hollywood movie based on tales told by NBA players who say they’ve had encounters

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with the tragic and sometimes amorous apparition.

Such ghost stories have long made the rounds on ESPN, magazines and sports sections across the country since the hotel’s opening coincided with the temporary placement of 8A 6A 9A 1B

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optioned an upcoming Players’ Tribune oral history article on the Skirvin with the movie set to star Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics and “Uncle Drew” fame.

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The film is set to be produced by Imagine Entertainment co-chairman Brian Grazer and Bobby Cohen.

“There are different ways to tell a story,” Cohen told ESPN. “You could do a comedy version of this like ‘Ghostbusters.’

But what interested me more is what I refer to as the roller coaster horror movies, like ‘Poltergeist,’ where it’s scary but it is also rich with wit and satire. So, we won’t be doing a straight-up comedy, but it won’t be hard-core horror like ‘The Conjuring.’”

The reports do not indicate whether the studio will be filming at the historic hotel, but based on past response by the hotel’s current owners, Marcus Hotels and Resorts, film crews may find themselves unwelcome guests.

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Fellow Oklahoman writer Jack Money and I authored an exhaustive history on the Skirvin shortly after it’s opening in 2007. We were quite aware of Effie, who legend says was a former maid impregnated by the hotelier and oil wildcatter W.B. Skirvin and then locked in the room on the 10th floor until she gave birth.

Once the baby was born, the tale goes, Effie jumped, baby in her arms, to her death.

Repeat after me: It never happened.

Oh sure, plenty of wickedness took place on the 10th floor, which

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was designed as large salesman suites in an age when hotels were used for mobile product displays.

These rooms also were used for gambling, “loose women” and spirits that were definitely illegal during the state’s Prohibition era.

W.B. Skirvin was absolutely a man who liked to have a good time, who drank liberally and chased younger women.

I suspect the original hotel operator might have been murdered, maybe even at the orders of W.B. Skirvin. I wouldn’t be surprised if Skirvin was having an affair with his executive secretary who provided alibis after the manager’s mysterious death.

People jumped to their deaths from the 10th floor.

But not Effie. We saw not even a hint of anything close to the story told about the fictional Effie.

But the ghost stories continue, and they’ve

been a frequent topic among NBA players like Irving who have blamed Effie for restless nights.

The hotel is still the main host for NBA teams, though some also stay at the Sheraton, the Colcord and the 21c Museum Hotel.

While doing research for our book, Jack and I learned the front desk was at one point writing guests’ ghost tales in a book. We asked the manager at the time if we could see it and we were told it had been discarded.

Management did not want to see the ghost tales perpetuated.

During planning for the hotel’s centennial ball in 2011, a pitch was made for employing actors to portray Skirvin, his famous daughter, Perle Mesta, and of course, Effie. The entire idea went nowhere after a different manager said he, too, did not want to promote the ghost story.

When a reality show on A&E contacted me to fly

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abbey’s attorneys, said secured creditors were paid in full and that portion of the bankruptcy filing has been successfully resolved.

Oklahoma City-based craft retailer Hobby Lobby purchased the school property for $8 millionlast month and is leasing it to nearby Oklahoma Baptist University.

The abbot said there was never any question that the actual Abbey church and monastery or the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art would go under because they are separate corporations. Because the university corporation filed for bankruptcy, that property (the university) had to be sold. The only reason the Abbey corporation stood to lose land was because some of the land was used as loan collateral, he said.

Good news for program With retention of the land, the monks at St. Gregory’s Abbey are now in a better position to help one of their own.

They recently donated $60,000 to the nonprofit National Institute on Developmental Delays (NIDD) and its program called Home Integration Inc. The institute for chil-

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this tragedy,” said Guthrie Superintendent Mike Simpson. “This is truly a sad day in Guthrie.”

Firefighters had not determined the cause of the fire Monday. About 20 people were displaced by the blaze at the complex, which is located near W Memorial Road and N May Avenue. The fire caused about $494,000 damage.

When firefighters arrived at the scene Sunday morning, they could see flames coming through the roofs of four upper-level apartments,

Benedictine monks walk through the halls of St. Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee. [PHOTO BY THERESA BRAGG]

dren and adults with special needs was started at the university in the 1960s by the Rev. Paul Zahler, a monk and ordained priest who is part of St. Gregory’s monastic community.

The institute was effectively displaced in November as the sale of the university loomed.

However, on Monday, the monks decided to contribute more than money to Zahler’s program.

“The monks have voted to assist Home Integration in a significant way with land to help them get to where they want to be,” Stasyszen said.

Zahler now will be able to build a new home for the institute’s programs on the donated land, he said.

“It was the natural thing to do, the right thing to do,” Stasyszen said of the monks’ decision.

Former Gov. Brad Henry, a Shawnee native and one of Zahler’s biggest cheerleaders, hailed the land contribution as a huge win for the monk, his staff and all the individuals and families who have been helped over the years through his programs.

“This is very exciting news and I am so pleased that the monastic commu-

nity has been completely supportive of Father Paul and his mission,” Henry said. “They’ve done a really good thing here.”

said Deputy Chief Mike Walker, of the Oklahoma City Fire Department. Fire had also reached the four units immediately below those apartments and was igniting cars in the parking lot.

Evans’ boyfriend, whose name was not released, jumped off a balcony and survived, firefighters said. He was treated for burn injuries at a hospital and released.

During a news conference Monday afternoon, Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Fire Department, said Evans’ boyfriend told firefighters that he expected her to

pass the children down to him after he jumped to the ground. But none of the four victims made it to the balcony, Fulkerson said.

After the fire was extinguished, firefighters found three of the victims’ bodies in the apartment’s bedroom, Fulkerson said.

A fourth body was found in the hallway, he said.

In Guthrie, school officials hosted an open house Sunday afternoon

at Charter Oak Elementary School for a moment of silence for the victims, school officialssaid. Extra counselors were available for students and teachers Monday, officials said.

Another Guthrie student, Saul Bernal, 14, died in a December apartment fire. He was an eighthgrader at Guthrie Junior High School.

Four people have died in Oklahoma City fires this

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A man was found dead in a southwest Oklahoma City home Sunday, police reported Cesar Lopez, 33, of Oklahoma City, was found unresponsive at 533 SW 68 about 11:30 a.m., Sunday, police reported. Lopez suffered injuries consistent with a homicide.

No one has been arrested in the case.

Police think two other people were at the home when an altercation started, which resulted in Lopez' death. Lopez did not live at the house.

The death is the eighth homicide of the year in Oklahoma City.

Anyone with information should call police at 405-297-1200.

Fundraising will move forward The need for land to construct new facilities for Zahler’s programs was a fundraising “obstacle” that has now been overcome, Henry said.

He said a $10 million fundraising campaign to build a home for the monk’s institute soon will begin in earnest.

Henry said the Green

to California and film a segment about the ghost tales, I declined and told them I do not believe in ghosts. But I have seen weird things I can’t explain.

The power box to the hotel was pulled in the early 1990s after the building was virtually abandoned by an out-ofstate owner. Yet for more than a dozen years a single lightbulb in the lobby chandelier stayed on .

Based on our research, it was over the spot where Skirvin would sit in his chair, giving thumbs up or down on which visitors would be allowed a room.

The tale of Effie follows two different themes.

Some guests report hearing a woman pushing a stroller with a crying baby in the hallways only to look out from their rooms to see nothing. Others report a naked Effie joining them in the shower.

A week before the Skirvin opened in 2007, my wife and I were treated to a tour of the

finished rooms. One set of rooms had been cleaned and locked down with access restricted to the manager and owners. Yet when we entered, the big screen television was on, a soft-core porn movie airing for no one … other than an amorous ghost if one is to believe in that.

Based on experience, I do not think movie makers will get any inside access to the hotel. Calls to Mayor David Holt and others in the local entertainment and event community lead me to think this is an idea hatched in Hollywood with little effort made to see if this is something that might be welcome by the hotel or the community.

Locals would likely cheer such a production. Holt and others see a chance the hotel would become a popular destination nationwide with such publicity, but the Skirvin’s operators have indicated time and time again they would prefer this tale no longer be told.

family and Hobby Lobby have been helpful to Zahler in the transition that began with the university’s sale.

“Father Paul has helped so many people over the last number of decades that it would be a shame if his legacy and his mission would not continue,” he said.

For his part, Zahler said he welcomed the $60,000 donation from his fellow monks and the land was an added surprise.

The monk founded the institute to introduce youths with disabilities to activity-based programs designed to spur growth and help them make their way in mainstream society. The nonprofit institute has moved its popular monthly Benedictine Camp for individuals with special needs to a temporary home at a Christian campground in Pink.

A temporary site for the institute’s child development center is being sought.

Stasyszen said Zahler’s program always has been an extension of the monastic community and fits within the Benedictine mission.

“I really pray that out of this they (Zahler and his staff) will come into a situation that is better for them, that the program will emerge stronger than ever and reach more people,”Stasyszen said.

Facing ‘new realities’

year. In 2018, 22 people died in Oklahoma City fires, including 12 people who died in January.

Fulkerson encouraged residents to exercise precautions to avoid fire. Although some are sparked by lightning strikes, most house fires are caused by cooking, discarded cigarettes or electrical issues, all of which are preventable, he said.

Families should have a fire evacuation plan that includes two possible exits, Fulkerson said. He encouraged residents to have working smoke alarms in their homes.

The fire department offers free smoke alarms and installation to Oklahoma City residents.

For more information, call 316-2337 or go to smokealarmsokc.com or gratisalarmasokc.com.

The abbot said the latest development was important because Zahler’s institute was vulnerable because it was on the St. Gregory’s campus. He said the abbey church/monastery and the museum will remain on the campus at 1900 W MacArthur.

Stasyszen said the abbey’s founders not only started the university but founded the Catholic Church in Oklahoma. The monks established Sacred Heart Abbey in what is now Konawa in the late 1800s. After that abbey burned down, the monastic community was moved to Shawnee in 1901, where the monks established St. Gregory’s high school and college.

The abbot said the monks now face “new realities” in the aftermath of the university’s sale and the new tenancy of OBU. He said the abbey and university had a good relationship with the Southern Baptist-affiliated school and he sees that goodwill continuing.

The university was a major part of the monks’ lives so they are working to create programs to move their mission forward and ways to use the land they have retained.

“We have to somehow believe that God’s plan can flow out of this,” Stasyszen said. “We move on.”

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Spencer community reacts to closure plans

BY TIM WILLERT Staff Writer twillert@oklahoman.com

SPENCER — Not surprisingly, supporters of schools in this city of about 4,000 are taking pending school closures and consolidations personally.

A meeting hosted by Oklahoma City Public Schools on Monday night to explain the district’s proposed realignment project produced hard feelings similar to those expressed at a community meeting in November.

Several who addressed Superintendent Sean McDaniel, including Mayor Earnest Ware, questioned whether the district can be trusted to deliver on a promise to serve all students equitably.

“I have a definition for equity,” Ware said during the meeting at Star Spencer High School that drew about 150 people. “As far back as I can remember we have operated under destruction by neglect.

“You’re not telling me how it’s going to be any different ... you didn’t address that in your presentation.”

McDaniel has pledged to reinvent the state’s largest district by aligning facilities and resources with instructional needs.

He said the district will use money saved from closing schools to add more art, music and physical education teachers along with academic programs, support staff and counselors.

“We are not delivering to our kids, I know that,” McDaniel said. “My intent is to work tirelessly with

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Former Atlanta mayor is featured speaker Andrew Young will be the featured speaker this year for “History Speaks,” an annual event at Oklahoma Christian University that features leaders who have impacted race and culture in America.

Young, a Georgia pastor who was a member of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s inner circle and who served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982 to 1990, will speak at 7 p.m. Monday in the Garvey Center on campus, 2501 E Memorial Road.

The lecture is free, but tickets are required.

To reserve tickets, go online to www.oc.edu/ student-life/diversity/history-speaks.

Within the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Young coordinated desegregation efforts throughout the South, including the May 3, 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, march against segregation during which participants were attacked by police dogs and pushed back using the force of fire hoses.

Young helped draw up the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On April 4, 1968, Young looked on as King was shot and killed on a balcony at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

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School Superintendent Sean McDaniel goes over the plans at a community meeting hosted by Oklahoma City Public Schools to get input on district’s plan to close schools at Star Spencer High School on Monday. [PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN]

this team and this board to bring you these things.

“It’s a matter of taking steps and executing the plan, which is what we intend to do.”

A minimum of 13 district schools would be closed, five elementary schools would be converted into middle schools, four charter schools would be relocated, and the district’s mid-high model would be disbanded under whatever plan the school board considers in early March.

McDaniel will recommend one of three proposals to the board next month. Regardless of the proposal, the district will close and find another use for Green Pastures Elementary in Spencer.

At least one other local school — Spencer Elementary, Telstar Elementary or Rogers Middle School — would also be closed depending on the

path the superintendent takes.

Under one scenario, Spencer would be closed, with students from that school and Green Pastures attending Willow Brook Elementary for prekindergarten through first grade, Telstar for grades two and three, Rogers for grades four through six, and Star Spencer High for grades seven through 12.

A second scenario would close Rogers, with students from Green Pastures attending Willow Brook for prekindergarten through first grade, Telstar for grades two and three, Spencer for grades four and five, and Star Spencer for grades seven through 12.

A third scenario would close Telstar, with students from that school and Green Pastures attending Willow Brook for prekindergarten through first

grade, Spencer for grades two and three, Rogers for grades four through eight, and Star Spencer for grades nine through 12.

Speaker Victor Guyton questioned why a school like Green Pastures, which has been recently upgraded, is on the closure list but other schools with buildings in disrepair are not.

“It’s like a shell game,” he said. “What’s the guarantee that we will get the upgrades here?”

Some who spoke Monday night applauded McDaniel.

“I really like that you are keeping the Spencer area together,” parent Debbie Fisher said. “You really did focus and hit on a lot of key points that could help the children.”

Another community meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Douglass Mid-High.

Contemporary ballet performance is Thursday The Missouri Contemporary Ballet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Davis Hall Little Theatre at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

Contemporary ballet is a dance style that combines elements of classical ballet and modern dance. The company will present “Intersections,” an original performance celebrating contemporary dance through six works by five choreographers.

Tickets are $15 for the public and $10 for students and adults 60 and older. They can be purchased online at www.usao.edu/dwpas or by calling 405-574-1213.

For more information, call Katie Davis at 405-5741310 or email kdavis@usao.edu.

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most of them killed by opioids. As the crisis barrels into its third decade, opioids alone have claimed more than 400,000 lives.

Each left behind a family like this one.

In an instant, the yearslong cycle of treatment centers and jail cells, late-night phone calls, holes punched in walls, emptied 401(k)s — it was all over. And a father, mother and sister were left, tormented over what they should have done differently or better or sooner.

Cullen told Doug he’d have to wait; her organization doesn’t let parents begin support groups for at least a year after losing a child. Her own son died 10 years ago, and for that first year after she sat alone in the dark, just staring.

It’s usually not until the second year that parents realize how bad the grief can get, she says.

As this past Nov. 21 approached, they dreaded going from the first after to the second. They struggled over what to call it.

“Anniversary” seems celebratory.They considered going out of town but chose instead to pretend it was just another day.

Brittaney went to work, and Mollie kept herself busy trying to calculate where her son’s name would fall in a chronological list of the 70,237 dead in 2017: Some 62,400 died before him and some 7,600 after. She thought if she could turn it into a math problem, maybe it might make some sense, but it didn’t.

Doug carted the box of Landon’s ashes around with him. He sat it on his desk as he worked in his home office and put it in the passenger seat as he tooled around town running errands.

“I hung out with Landon today,” he told his family, before he put the box back on its shelf, in the living room, close by.

‘I couldn’t save him’ There are hundreds of thousands of families like them, and dozens more made each day, as the country continues struggling to contain the worst drug crisis in its history.

They suffer in solitude, balancing sorrow with relief, shame with perseverance, resentment with forgiveness.

“I couldn’t save him,” Doug cries now, four words he’s repeated again and again.

His wife, Mollie, is on the couch, watching a video of her son shouting at her just to hear his voice again. Brittaney, 28, flops down next to her, having just worked up the will to get out of bed, a hopeful step because some days she can’t.

Brittaney used to worry

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Doug Biggers, whose son, Landon, died of opioid overdose in 2017, pauses in his home office next to a framed photo of his son wearing his favorite jersey, in La Quinta, Calif..

For months, Doug sat silently. He pretended when he could that it wasn’t real. He nailed two coat hooks to the wall in his home office and hung Landon’s jackets there, as though his son had just stopped by. [AP PHOTOS]

that her father would die from the stress of Landon’s addiction. Now she worries he will die from grief.

For months after Landon died, Doug sat mostly silently, staring at the box of his son’s ashes they store on a shelf above the television, so he’d be here with them.

“I’m scared to lose you,” Brittaney would tell him.

“I’m not going anywhere, sweetie,” he’d say.

The family had thought for years that they must be the only ones living this nightmare. Mollie dreaded her own house. She’d turn the corner into their subdivision and her throat would be on fire. She swallowed antacid tablets by the handful. So much had happened that anything seemed possible.

There were arrests, car accidents and armed

drug dealers that broke into the house. Landon had punched and fought when he was desperate for drugs, so they installed locks on their bedroom doors. He stole from them, so they bought a safe. They tried psychiatrists, medications. Their mission to save him had been so allconsuming, they realized only after it ended that they were just one part of a disaster unfolding all around them.

Brittaney stormed into the house one recent morning.

She’d just learned that another friend had overdosed and died, and now she has to count on her fingers how many people she’s lost. Her brother, seven friends.

Doug imagines those parents staying up all night, like he did, desperately trying to manage a system that seemed incomprehensibly broken.

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Lonely struggle

Brittaney Biggers, whose 20-year-old brother, Landon, died of opioid overdose in 2017, smells a football jersey her brother used to wear. “It still smells like him,” she says.

She had moved in with her parents to save money for her own apartment and planned to stay a couple months. Then her brother died, and she picked up a second job at a bar so she could work six days a week and be so tired on the seventh she wouldn’t have to face it.

sis that had this many people dying from it, this entire country would be up in arms,” he says. “But so many people still view addiction as a moral issue: You’re not strong, or you don’t have self-control.”

“Or you have bad parents,” his wife moans.

Becoming angry Now he reads everything he can find about the epidemic, and his shame is morphing into anger.

He can’t watch the news, because it reminds him that the world is marching on in the face of calamity.

The vastness of it overwhelms him, but it also provides cold comfort: They aren’t alone, not even close.

Doug had a dream one night that jolted him out of bed. They were all at the beach. Landon was sitting on the ground, facing

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the water. He kept calling Landon’s name, but he wouldn’t turn around. He never saw his face.

Was he forgetting his own son?

He realized when he awoke that his great fear is that Landon is nowhere, just gone, doomed by his addiction to leave no legacy.

“I can’t keep doing nothing,” Doug thought, and he climbed out of bed that morning and started searching the internet.

He called Denise Cullen, who runs an organization called GRASP, for parents of the dead from addiction. He said he needed to do something so that his son’s life might not be meaningless.

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Ex-lawmaker, minister dies at 85

BY CARLA HINTON Religion Editor chinton@oklahoman.com

The Rev. Jeff Hamilton, a former state legislator and metro minister, died Saturday. He was 85.

Hamilton, of Midwest City, represented District 101 in the state House, serving four terms before retiring in 1994.

During the Democrat's time in the Legislature, he served as chairman of the health-mental health committee and

Deaths ALTUS Smith, Ute, 76, died Jan. 28.

Graveside services 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Altus City Cemetery (Kincannon, Altus).

APACHE Orf, Agnes Marie, 82, died Jan. 24. Memorial services 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church (Whitt, Duncan).

BRISTOW Stubblefield, Gina, 59, died Jan. 25. Memorial services 11 a.m.

Saturday, First Christian Church (Hutchins Maples Matherly, Bristow).

CALUMET Evans, Thomas Jack, 80, died Jan. 27. Services 10 a.m.

Wednesday, Calumet School Gymnasium (Wilson, El Reno).

CARNEGIE Woodruff, Gary L., 68, died Jan. 20. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church (Ray and Martha’s, Carnegie).

CASHION Collier, Tisha Kay, 41, died Jan. 25. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Cashion First Baptist Church (Matthews, Edmond).

CHICKASHA Bush, Gwendene, 79, died Jan. 26. Services 1 p.m. Thursday (Sevier Chickasha, Chickasha).

CHOCTAW Davis, Stephen Kyle, 32, died Jan. 27. Wake 7 p.m. Wednesday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Artussee Indian Baptist Church, Eufaula (Hunn Black & Merritt, Eufaula).

DUNCAN Copper, Dorothy, 97, died Jan. 27. Graveside services 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Duncan Cemetery (Whitt, Duncan).

Shelby, Willie Sue, 88, died Jan. 25. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday (Whitt, Duncan).

Jeff Hamilton

co-authored the "living will" bill with Sen. Cal Hobson, D-Lexington. At the time that he signed House Bill 1983 into law, then-Gov. David Walters said it

MULDROW

Gordon, Timothy Roosevelt, 52, died Jan. 26. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday (John M. Ireland, Moore).

Roberts, Elizabeth Jean, 75, died Jan. 26. No services (McNeil’s, Mustang).

OKLAHOMA CITY Chesnut, Samuel Joseph, 70, died Jan. 26. Services 2 p.m.

Friday, Bethany First Church of the Nazarene, Bethany (MercerAdams, Bethany).

Cox, Wilma Grace, 88, died Jan. 27. Celebration of life 2 p.m.

Wednesday (Resthaven, Oklahoma City).

DeCordova, Nancy Ann, 85, died Jan. 26. Memorial services 2 p.m.

Friday, Westminster Presbyterian Church (Hahn-Cook/Street & Draper, Oklahoma City).

Hernandez, Petra, 87, died Jan. 26. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Demuth, Oklahoma City).

Oliver, Vandelia “Van,” 66, died Jan. 27. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday (Vondel L. Smith & Son at South Lakes, Oklahoma City).

Zeldenthuis, Carolina Sophia, 95, died Jan. 26. No services (Cremation Society, Oklahoma City).

OKMULGEE McVeigh, Edna Mae, 88, died Jan. 26. Services 3 p.m. Thursday (Parks Brothers, Okemah).

PAOLI Dunn, Donny, 69, died Jan. 28.

Memorial services 10 a.m. Thursday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).

QUINTON Shelton, Robert Lee, 90, died Jan. 28. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday (Hunn Black & Merritt, Eufaula).

Johnson, Tracy W., 77, died Jan. 25. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday (Jones-Harkins, Wilburton).

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ENID

Garcia, Joel, 45, died Jan. 26. Celebration of life 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Waurika Depot, Waurika (Dudley, Waurika).

GUTHRIE Norton, Jordin Ray, 29, died Jan. 24. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).

HULBERT Hendrickson-Faglie, Karen Renee, 54, died Jan. 23. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Reed Culver, Tahlequah).

KONAWA Lowry, Ricky Wayne, 66, died Jan. 27. Services 11 a.m.

Wednesday (Swearingen, Konawa).

LAHOMA Grapes, Roger Lee, 66, died Jan. 21. Celebration of life 10 a.m.

Thursday, Zion Lutheran Church (Anderson-Burris, Enid).

MAUD Pine, James L., 61, died Jan. 26.

Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Tecumseh First Baptist Church, Tecumseh (Cooper, Tecumseh).

MCALESTER Miller, Peggy Faye, 86, died Jan. 26. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Free Will Baptist Church (Bishop, McAlester).

MIDWEST CITY Compton, Gaylon Jolene, 67, died Jan. 26. Memorial services 3 p.m. Friday (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).

Jones, Mildred Ilene, 90, died Jan. 24. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Barnes Friederich, Midwest

at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

He is survived by his wife Wanda Fisher Hamilton, four children, many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church-Oklahoma City, 3700 N Walker. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Barnes Friederich Funeral Home of Midwest City.

Jan. 19, 1934 - Jan. 26, 2019

MUSTANG

Sherman, Noel Henry Jr., 81, died Dec. 31, 1969. Graveside services were Jan. 28, 2019 (Martin-Dugger, Elk City).

Wolf, Richard DeLon, 60, died Jan. 26. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, United Methodist Church (Fort Cobb, Fort Cobb).

oning the religious liberties of the state's minority faith communities.

He also was active in the metro community, helping start a program for homeless high school students called Supporting Kids in Independent Living or SKIL, which is now known as Pivot.

Hamilton earned degrees from Phillips University in Enid and Yale University. He also spent one year studying

Jeff Hamilton

Crawford, Melba LaVern, 84, died Jan. 26. Services 10 a.m.

Monday (Agent Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw).

Sagely, Arthur “Gene,” 71, died Jan. 26. Memorial services noon Jan. 31, Rudy, AR (Agent Mallory-Martin, Sallisaw).

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homa City (Disciples of Christ) and served as the church's associate pastor for more than 20 years.

He served in other ways as well.

Hamilton served as president of the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma for eight years.

He was well known in the Oklahoma interfaith community for promoting greater understanding among people of all faiths and for champi-

City).

ELK CITY

Beckner, Manuel M., 69, died Jan. 26. Celebration of life 2 p.m.

Thursday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid).

Nance, Inez, 89, died Jan. 26.

Celebration of life 2 p.m. Friday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid).

was a recognition of a patient's right to control his own medical care by establishing the legal validity of a living will executed prior to a person being diagnosed as having a terminal condition.

Hamilton was chairman of the Oklahoma County Democratic Party for eight years.

He also was a longtime member of First Christian Church of Okla-

SENTINEL Martens, Mavis, 97, died Jan. 27.

Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First United Methodist Church (Ray and Martha’s, Hobart).

STILLWATER Berry, Tammy Ann, 41, died Jan. 21. No services (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City).

SULPHUR Chandler, William A. Jr. “Bud,” 73, died Jan. 26. No services (DeArman, Sulphur).

Honeycutt, Wilma F., 77, died Jan. 25. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Hale’s, Davis).

TONKAWA McGlone, Wilma, 79, died Jan. 27. Services 10 a.m. Friday (Trout, Ponca City).

TULSA Woods, Janet Marie, 60, died Jan. 25. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Gary Kelley’s Add’Vantage, Tulsa).

TUTTLE Campbell, Michael Edward, 49, died Jan. 25. Memorial services were Monday (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City).

WEATHERFORD Webb, Vernon D. “Shorty,” 81, died Jan. 26. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Lockstone, Weatherford).

Linda McGee Seikel Dec. 18, 1947 - Jan. 24, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY Linda McGee Seikel was born in Wichita Falls, TX to Jennie and Master Sergeant Charles Hartney on Dec. 18, 1947. After receiving a degree in sociology from The University of Oklahoma, Linda’s life took an unexpected turn when she was hired as an interior designer at Cunningham Interiors. Her mentor and lifelong friend, Lyle Cunningham, encouraged her keen sense of style. Her natural talent and tenacity led her to a design career that brought her recognizable style to homes and offices throughout Oklahoma and around the country. Eventually, she opened Linda McGee Designs and developed many meaningful client relationships.

In 1983, Linda married Paul Seikel, and together, they built the successful Pearl’s Restaurant Group. Noted for their “fun, fresh and affordable” dining, Linda’s influence could be felt in every restaurant. Her fine attention to all details of the dining experience, from the choice of décor, the presentation of the food and the attentiveness of the staff, established the Pearl’s Restaurant Group as an enduring success.

Linda assisted many other restaurateurs with their design, both locally and nationally.

Linda was known as a hardworking businesswoman, a loyal friend, but most importantly, as a loving mother. She had great pride in her two sons. Linda is survived by Brian and Whitney McGee and their son, Garrett, of Flower Mound, TX; Paul “Beep” Seikel Jr., of Denver, CO; Beep’s father, Paul Seikel, of Oklahoma City; her stepbrother and sister-in-law, Doug and Alice Hines, of Grapevine, TX; and her stepbrother, Gary Hines, of Wichita Falls, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Greg; and stepmother, Autavee Hartney.

She leaves behind many friends, employees and extended family, all who grieve her unexpected death after a short illness.

Services will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 2 p.m. at Smith & Kernke, located at 14624 N. May Avenue.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Habitat for Humanity, a cause that Linda supported.

WEWOKA Oguinn, Ollie May, 95, died Jan. 28. Services 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Joseph Baptist Church (StoutPhillips, Wewoka).

WYNNEWOOD Caldwell, Glen, 90, died Jan. 26.

Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Wooster, Pauls Valley).

Jackie McEwin

Aug. 21, 1936 - Jan. 27, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY Jackie, 82, died Jan. 27, 2019. Viewing: 4-8 p.m.

Tuesday and Wednesday at the funeral home.

Services at 10 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at Apostolic Worship Center at 3221 North Porter Avenue in Norman, Friends may leave their condolences for family at vondelsmithmortuary.com

Wilma Cox

Jan. 27, 1931 - Jan. 27, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY Jan. 27, 2019, brought to a close the full life for Wilma G. Cox on her 88th birthday.

Wilma was born Jan. 27, 1931, in Pampa, TX to Audrey E. and Irvin M. Fleming.

At the age of 18, she met the love of her life, Wilbur Cox, and they began the journey of a lifetime. During her working life, Wilma owned Fleming Tax Service, working to prepare income taxes. Her true joy came from time spent with family and her church. Wilma was very involved with the Christian Women’s Fellowship. Wilma’s beloved friend was her little dog, Cuddles. She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Lavelle.

Wilma is survived by children, Linda Whaley, Raymond Cox and wife Katherine; brotherin-law, Kenneth Cox and wife Nancy; grandchildren, Brian Whaley and Melissa Bialowas (Kris); great-grandchildren, Emma and Tyler; numerous nieces, nephews, other family and friends.

Services to Celebrate Wilma’s Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in The Chapel at Resthaven. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Funeral Home.

At the request of the family, donations may be made to New Hope Christian Church, 12323 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73170; or the Oklahoma Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

MIDWEST CITY Jeff Hamilton made his transition on Jan. 26, 2019.

He was born Jan. 19, 1934, the only child of Walker J. & Floriene Hooten Hamilton in Dallas, TX. He grew up in Kansas City, MO. He attended Phillips University and Yale University Divinity School, where he received his professional degree in theology. He subsequently studied at St. Andrews University, Scotland. His professional career included service as a campus minister during the 1960s in New York, West Virginia and Ohio; retail management with Langston’s Department Stores 1973 to 1986; four terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from Midwest City 1986 to 1994; and over 20 years as Associate Minister at First Christian Church, OKC. Hamilton was active in the OKC community, serving as chair of the Oklahoma County Democratic Party, President of the Interfaith Alliance Foundation of Oklahoma and Chair of the SKIL Advisory Committee at Youth Services for Oklahoma County. He is survived by his wife, Wanda K. Fisher; and her son, Bobby Fisher. He is also survived by his three children, Debra Havenar, Chris Hamilton, and Dr. Stephen Hamilton; numerous grandchildren and great- grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Pivot or the Interfaith Alliance Foundation. The Memorial Services to remember Jeff will be held Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 3700 N. Walker, Oklahoma City.

Linda D. Rodriguez April 3, 1947 - Jan. 27, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY Linda D. Rodriguez was born April 3, 1947, and passed on Jan. 27, 2019. She is survived by three daughters, Sherri Hunt, of Maui, HI; Stacey Leonard, of OKC; and Amber Rodriguez, of NYC. She was the proud grandmother of Nicole, Allie, April, Austin, and Alohalani and greatgrandmother to six with one on the way. Linda devoted her years to philanthropic work at St. James Church for 13 years. She spent her free time crafting, gardening, and cooking. Her talent, humor and grace will be missed by all. Memorial service Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Vondel Smith, 6934 S. Western. Mass Thursday, Jan. 31, 10:30 a.m., St. James Church, 4201 S. McKinney Ave.

Ronald L. Bastianelli April 30, 1946 - Jan. 26, 2019

NORMAN Ronald Lee “Bosco” Bastianelli, 72 of Norman, OK, left us Jan. 26, 2019.

Born April 30, 1946, in Eveleth, MN to Rolland & Adeline Bastianelli.

Ron served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He then ran many successful businesses in the Oklahoma City area for approximately 50 years. Ron had a way with people and enjoyed to sit, drink coffee, and share stories. He loved and worked hard for his big family. He is survived by his daughter, Orlanda (David) Huston; sons, Rolland (Melissa), Ryan (Katherine), and Joseph (Ashley) Bastianelli; sister, Melodee (Roland) Ramponi; nine grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren; and nephew, Steven Ramponi. He was preceded in death by his parents; and sons, Mark and Michael Bastianelli.

Services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, 10 a.m. at Sunny Lane Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to Oklahoma Hospice Care.

Vernon D. Smith

Sept. 23, 1936 - Jan. 26, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY Vernon D. Smith, 82, was born to Dugar Hugh Smith and Margaret Mosher Smith Sept. 23, 1936, in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Capitol Hill High School and then attended Central State University (now UCO). In Jan. 1959, he saw what he knew was the love of his life, Eldeana (Deana) Starnes, formerly from Cushing. After a short courtship, they were married May 16, 1959.

After marriage, Vernon embarked on a career with National Cash Register (NCR) and embraced the birth of their children, Vernon Craig Smith and Dana Michelle Smith.

A 19-year career with NCR took the family from Oklahoma City to Dallas, TX and eventually, to New Orleans, LA, going from a Service Technician to Regional Sales Manager.

Predeceasing him were his parents and stepfather, Eldon Conaway; several aunts, uncles and many friends. Surviving him are his brother, Cliff (Kathy); sister, Debijan Smith; his wife of 59 years, Deana; son, Vernon Craig (Jennifer), of Edmond; daughter, Dana Michelle Kennemer (Mike), of Yukon; grandchildren, Whitney Michelle Charles (Andy), Springdale, AR; and Dathan Kennemer (Macy), of Yukon; Vernon Harrison Smith, Cole Smith and Carson Smith, Edmond; greatgrandchildren, Zyan Charles, Zaydee Charles, and Kayd Kennemer; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Vern was a very generous and loving man and always looked for the best in everyone he met. He was a spiritual mentor to the younger members of the churches he attended. He enjoyed outdoor activities of all kinds, watching Thunder games with Deana and time spent with family and friends.

Visitation will be at Buchanan Funeral Service, 8712 N. Council, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, 3-8 p.m. with family being in attendance 6-8 p.m. The Service Honoring Vern’s Life will be 2 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 30 at Okarche Light Your World. In lieu of flowers, if desired, contributions will be greatly accepted in his honor by Light Your World Building Fund, 4550 Northwest Expy., Okarche, OK 73762; or the Sparks Dream Project, P.O. Box 13179, Oklahoma City, OK 73113.

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MONOLOGUE A billionaire just bought a $238 million penthouse overlooking Central Park. But since it’s New York, he’s still going to live with three roomies.”

OUR VIEWS | FREEZE ON CLASSIFIED POSITIONS

State worker reform a worthwhile pursuit G

OV. Kevin Stitt has made government reform a priority, and this includes grappling with a “merit protection” system that hamstrings sensible employee management at agencies.

“To really move the needle and give our agency heads the ability to transform their agencies and be customer-focused and make sure we can innovate and that we can deliver services for Oklahoma, we’ve got to make sure that we don’t grow those classified positions,” Stitt said last week.

In an executive order, he granted agency leaders the ability to hire additional “unclassified” workers, who are effectively “at will” employees, but maintained a freeze on “classified” positions that involve significant red tape.

Oklahoma’s Merit Protection System, created in 1954 and last significantly updated in 1982, began with good intentions. Supporters wanted state jobs given to the best qualified applicant, not the politically connected. Under the system, numerous criteria must be met to hire or fire merit-protected employees. Roughly 67 percent of state employees work in classified positions.

But good intentions don’t guarantee good results.

Stitt noted the system makes it difficult to eliminate jobs that have become obsolete. The system is notorious for making it cumbersome to fire ineffective employees. And Stitt noted it makes it harder to promote employees.

“We just don’t have any flexibility with how we pay, with how we change them or get rid of a classified position that we don’t need that anymore in state government,” Stitt said.

To cite just one example of the system’s flaws, in 2012 the head of the Oklahoma Department of Con-

sumer Credit said the agency struggled to hire examiners because the merit-protection system locked in salaries below market rates.

The executive director of the Oklahoma Public Employees Association objects to Stitt’s comments, saying the merit system protects employees “against retaliation for doing their jobs.” He cited social workers at the Department of Human Services as an example.

Yet it’s notable the only time anyone seems to get fired at DHS is aftera child suffers harm while in the system.

The merit system has also failed to prevent nepotism. Most Department of Health jobs have been classified positions, yet the agency had a “ghost employee” scandal in 2000. At least five ex-legislators and 21 relatives of former or then-legislators were on the agency’s payroll.

Meanwhile, several agencies’ workforces are mostly at-will positions, including the Banking Department, Office of the State Auditor and Inspector, and Department of Wildlife Conservation. In contrast, most Oklahoma Department of Libraries’ jobs are meritprotected. Does anyone believe librarians face more potential political retaliation than bank inspectors?

Stitt notes ending the merit protection system would not leave workers defenseless.

“In the private sector, if you wrongfully terminate someone, there’s definitely a course of action,” he said. “They go to the Department of Labor. They can bring an action against their employer if they’re wrongfully terminated. There’s all kinds of protections.”

State agencies should be able to hire the best people, promote good workers and fire underperforming employees. Lawmakers should support the governor in pursuing this goal.

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YOUR VIEWS Where’s the evidence?

Send letters to your-

views@oklahoman.com Regarding recent or to Your Views, P.O. letters to the editor: Box 25125, Oklahoma The left is spewing vile City, OK 73125. Word names at President limit is 250. Include Trump like “racist,” a postal address and “Islamophobe” and telephone number. For many others. I have other guidelines, go a question for those to www.newsok.com/ writers. Where is your voices/guidelines or evidence? People who call 405-475-3205. are suffering extreme, terminal Trump derangement have no use for evidence, facts or truth, only ungrounded accusations. In our society, as it was during the Spanish Inquisition, accusation is all that is necessary.

Richard Reames, Oklahoma City

The annoying streetcar I work in a building on the southwest corner of NW 11 Street and Robinson Avenue.

Throughout the day, the streetcar rings its annoying bell every time it goes through the intersection. The noise is disrupting.

Many times the streetcar is 100 percent empty; sometimes it has around four passengers.

This is a waste of tax dollars and it makes our streets even more unsafe. I only wish that the city put the $136 million into street lighting and street striping. At nighttime, Oklahoma City has among the most dangerous streets in the nation.

Bulbs are burnt out, sections of lighting are off, and at night the striping between lanes is almost invisible.

This is a “pipe dream” gone awry!

Irving Cohn, Oklahoma City

Short memories Regarding the Gary Varvel cartoon of Jan. 24, which depicted the Democratic Party’s logo as a donkey of “No”: Does not anyone remember the last six years of Barack Obama’s presidency, when the Republicans had control of Congress and they chose not to enact anything Obama wanted? They even came out publicly saying they would not pass any legislation that Obama put forward. My mother used to say, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”

Donald Baxter, Oklahoma City

Waiting will be painful

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A JUSTICE REFORM MEASURE

Repealing Pell Grant ban an idea worth considering O KLAHOMA is among the many states that have approved criminal justice reform legislation in recent years, and continue to pursue it. Congress has an opportunity to help advance these efforts by reinstating federal Pell Grants for prisoners.

The grants were banned in 1994 as part of a crime bill signed by President Bill Clinton. Four years ago, the Obama administration created a pilot program that made Pell grants available to 12,000 prisoners.

Results are encouraging.

In a recent article in USA Today, the heads of the Michigan and Pennsylvania departments of correction wrote about their states’ experiences as beneficiaries of the pilot program.

“We’ve watched people who have cycled in and out of prison become immersed in textbooks and seen people who carry a deep shame from the stigma of incarceration gain a sense of self-respect and confidence for the first time in their lives,” wrote Heidi Washington and John Wetzel.

They cited a 2013 RAND Corporation study that showed when prisoners get some form of education help, such as postsecondary courses, they were 43 percent less likely to reoffend than prisoners who don’t. That figures: Finding work is a vital piece in keeping ex-convicts from re-offending, and education is vital to finding work.

Washington and Wetzel also noted that, combined, their states spend more than $3 billion per year operating their prison systems. Meantime, they wrote, RAND estimated that every dollar invested in prison education generates savings of $4 to $5 in reduced recidivism rates.

Making Pell grants available again to prisoners makes sense in another way — about nine out of 10 inmates will eventually be released. Why not provide them the opportunity to improve their chances once they re-enter society?

The Vera Institute of Justice, which has helped guide justice reform efforts in Oklahoma County, teamed with the Georgetown Center on Inequality and Poverty to study the benefits of postsecondary education behind bars. They found that, in Oklahoma, repealing the Pell Grant ban would increase employment rates among formerly incarcerated female students by 4.4 percent and male students by 4.8 percent.

Combined earnings among all formerly incarcerated people in Oklahoma would increase by nearly $1 million during the first year of release, their report found.

The two organizations estimated Oklahoma would save $2.4 million per year in prison costs as the result of a lower recidivism rate.

And, they noted that a parent’s postsecondary education improves the likelihood that his or her children will seek a degree or certificate, disrupting cycles of poverty and incarceration within families.

“What no report or data can truly capture, however,” their study said, “is how postsecondary education in prison can empower people and provide them with a newfound sense of hope and confidence, which positively impacts the communities within prison and those outside of prison to which many will return.”

Congress recently approved the First Step Act, a worthwhile criminal justice reform bill. Restoring Pell Grant eligibility for inmates would be a good followup.

The longer we wait to address the problems facing the Social Security system, the greater the pain of the fix will be. First, let’s define the problem. Put simply, it is demographics. Our children and grandchildren are not having as many kids as we and our parents did.Social Security has a cash flow problem.

Currently, about 96 percent to 97 percent of money coming into the system from the payroll tax, interest from the trust fund and taxes on benefits goes right back out as benefit checks. Less that 1 percent goes to administration and the tiny remainder has been going into the Social Security trust fund. The trust fund is invested in U.S. Treasury bonds. In the next year or so when outgo starts to exceed inflow, those bonds will start to be cashed and once they’re exhausted in about 2034, under current law, there will be an across-the-board-benefit reduction of about 20 percent to make inflow and outflow equal.

That’s not gonna happen. Congress will finally take action at the point, when not doing something becomes more politically damaging than doing something. But again, the longer they wait the more painful the fix will be.

Don Crow, Oklahoma City

A simple concept The letter by Lowell Adams (Your Views, Jan. 26) seems to be a well-written diatribe designed to denigrate President Trump rather than any serious appeal for dialog on the immigration issue.Adams ignores the difference between controlling lawful entry to this country (i.e. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island entry point) and eliminating illegal border crossings, which is the purpose of building a barrier between the designated legal entry points on the southern border.

There’s nothing about a “skin-color” test to decide who does or doesn’t get in, contrary to Adams’ thinly veiled assertion of discrimination. It’s a simple enough concept that would allow this country to screen who crosses our border. Does he have locks on the designated entry points (doors) to his home, or can anyone come and go as they please?Apparently, there’s some part of “illegal” that he doesn’t understand!

John Turnbull, Wellston

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NATION | WORLD Acting AG says Mueller’s probe is ‘close to being completed’

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign is “close to being completed,” the acting attorney general said Monday.

Speaking at an unrelated news conference in Washington, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said he had been “fully briefed”

on the special counsel’s investigation. He began overseeing the probe after former Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at President Donald Trump’s request in November.

“The investigation is, I think, close to being completed, and I hope that we can get the report from Director Mueller as soon as possible,” Whitaker said.

He said he was looking forward to Mueller delivering his report. The

investigation is looking at Russian interference in the 2016 election and ties to Trump’s campaign.

Whitaker has drawn criticism over his decision not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation even though a top Justice Department ethics official advised him to step aside out of an “abundance of caution.”

His past criticism of the Russia investigation has raised questions about whether he can oversee it fairly.

Trump has nominated William Barr to serve as the next attorney general.

His confirmation hearing was held this month and he’s awaiting a vote in the Senate.

So far, 34 people, including six Trump associates, have been charged by Mueller.

Those charged include Trump’s former national security adviser, his campaign chairman, his former personal lawyer and two other campaign aides.

Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker speaks at the Justice Department on Monday in Washington. [AP PHOTO]

Federal employees return to backlog of work

BY LISA REIN, TRACY JAN AND JULIET EILPERIN The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of federal employees across the country returned Monday to offices they vacated in a hurry days before Christmas - and began the long slog to dig out from mounds of piled-up work.

Several senior leaders personally welcomed their employees back after 35 days on furlough or working without pay as maintenance staffs turned the lights back on. It was back to official business at nine Cabinet agencies and dozens of smaller ones from Agriculture to the Peace Corps.

Employees’ biggest concern besides the work they have fallen behind on was when they would receive the two paychecks the government owes them.

Agencies planned to disburse the pack pay on different days, depending on their payroll provider, and in many cases with two separate checks, the second of which may not hit their bank accounts until February.

“Agencies work with various different payroll providers so it’s not fully consistent across the board, but what is consistent is that all employees will all receive their backpay as soon as possible,” a senior administration official said in an email Monday morning.

The National Aeronau-

tics and Space Administration and Justice Department told their employees that they would receive two retroactive payments no later than Thursday.

The State Department, which called back all its furloughed employees a week ago, is following its own schedule. It has accelerated the payment of retroactive salaries, with the first payment coming Monday, followed by a second payment on Thursday. That will catch them up, and they will return to a regular pay schedule by Feb. 14, the agency said.

Airport security lines began to move more conventionally after extended absences during the shutdown that sidelined 10 percent of the workforce, which was working without pay and called in sick in protest.

“Things are returning to normal,” said TSA spokesman Jim Gregory, who said Sunday’s noshow rate was 6.6 percent of the checkpoint workforce, well below the 10 percent level of one week ago. “I can tell from preliminary reporting that it’s going to be lower for [Monday], likely back to historical normals.”

Based on reports from TSA that compared shutdown rates with those posted one year ago, normally about 3 percent of the agency’s checkpoint workers are unable to report for duty at this time of year.

DATELINES OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO

Gunmen kill 14 in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region Gunmen have killed at least 14 people in Burkina Faso’s volatile Sahel region in the past two days, attacking a marketplace and military base, officials said Monday.

Nearly a dozen gunmen opened fire on civilians at a Sunday market in the Soum province, killing at least 10 people and injuring two others, said security minister Ousseni Compaore. The attack on Sikire in the northern Sahel region took place in the middle of the day while the market was full, he said, adding that investigations into the attack are ongoing.

Early Monday, gunmen attacked a base of antiterrorist forces further west in the Soum province in Nassoumbou, burning tents and equipment and killing four people, said

the director of the local national television, Bouma Nebie.

Gary Verstegen clears a sidewalk Monday in Little Chute, Wis., as a winter storm moves through the state. [WILLIAM GLASHEEN/THE POST-CRESCENT VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS]

Heavy snow hits Midwest; dangerous cold coming

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MILWAUKEE — Heavy snow and powerful wind created blizzard-like conditions Monday across parts of the Midwest, prompting officials to cancel about 1,000 flights at Chicago’s airports and close hundreds of schools.

But forecasters warn the most dangerous weather is yet to come: frigidly low temperatures that the region hasn’t seen in a

quarter century.

Snowplow drivers had trouble keeping up with the snow in Wisconsin and Minnesota, where up to 14 inches was expected.

Chicago-area commuters woke up to heavy snowfall, with more than 5 inches already on the ground. In Michigan, non-essential government offices were closed, including the Capitol.

But the snow is only “part one, and maybe even the easier part” because

temperatureswillplummet over the next three days, said Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center.

Wednesday is expected to be the worst. Wind chills in northern Illinois could fall to negative 55 degrees Fahrenheit, which the National Weather Service called “possibly life threatening.” Minnesota temperatures could hit minus 30 degrees with a wind chill of negative 60.

“That’s quite danger-

ous. You’re talking about frostbite and hypothermia issues very quickly, like in a matter of minutes, maybe seconds,” Hurley said.

The potentially recordbreaking low temperature forecast in Milwaukee is negative 28 degrees, with a wind chill as low as negative 50. The current record of minus 26 degrees was set in 1996.

“That’snotjustunusual.

That’s 40 degrees below normal,” Hurley said.

Houston police: 5 officers hurt in shooting, 2 suspects dead

CARACAS, VENEZUELA

BY JUAN A. LOZANO

Amid mass arrests, Maduro won’t touch rival Guaido More than 700 opponents of President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested during the latest push by Venezuela’s opposition to oust the socialist leader.

But there’s one anti-government activist security forces notably haven’t touched: Juan Guaido, the lawmaker who declared himself interim president in a direct challenge to Maduro’s rule.

Maduro’s refusal, at least so far, to order Guaido’s arrest reflects mistrust in his own security forces as well as the Trump administration’s warning that any harm to the man the U.S. recognizes as Venezuela’s legitimate leader would be crossing a dangerous red line.

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HOUSTON — Two suspects are dead after a shooting on Monday that injured five Houston police officers, including four who were hit by gunfire as they attempted to serve a search warrant at a home where drug selling was suspected, the police chief said.

A group of about a dozen officers with the Houston police department’s narcotics unit were attempting to serve the warrant when they forced open the home’s front door and immediately faced gunfire from one or two individuals, said Police Chief Art Acevedo.

Police targeted the southeast Houston home following an investigation that began after officers got a tip from a neighbor

Police investigate the scene where several Houston Police officers were shot Monday in Houston.

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that black tar heroin was being sold from the house, Acevedo said.

“Once the officers breached the door and the gunfire began from the suspects, one of the suspects actually retreated momentarily to the back of the room and then that suspect came back and

again engaged the officers in gunfire,” Acevedo said at a Monday evening news conference.

It was not immediately known how many officers returned fire but the two suspects were later found dead after SWAT officers used two robots to go into the home and determine

that it was safe to enter after the gunfire stopped.

All the officers were taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, with two of them transported by helicopter.

Four officers were shot, with two being hit in the neck. Those two officers underwent surgery and were in critical but stable condition, Acevedo said.

“We’re hopeful that they will recover,” Acevedo said of the two critically injured officers.

The other two officers who were shot were in stable condition and were able to walk around, Acevedo said. They were expected to remain hospitalized for at least 24 hours.

A fifth officer suffered a knee injury during the shooting and was also in stable condition.

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HEALTH NOTES Workshops offered A Chance to Change, a counseling center in The Village, will offer two workshops over the next week.

Both classes will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. and cost $20, with scholarships available.

The first class, on Tuesday, will discuss mindfulness techniques like meditation and yoga, and will include some hands-on practice. The second, on Feb. 5, will discuss healthy communication for couples.

For more information or to sign up, go to AChance ToChange.org/ MonthlyWorkshops.

Risky rides?

ABOVE: People ride Bird electric scooters in August at the Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. [OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES PHOTO]

The Oklahoma Behavioral Health Association will meet at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 11 at NorthCare, 2617 General Pershing.

Cost is $40 for nonmembers and includes lunch. To register, go to okbha. org or email kate@ okbha.org.

UCO named healthy campus

Electric scooters send more people to hospital than bicycles and walking, new study finds

BY PETER HOLLEY The Washington Post

Over a one-year period in two Los Angeles emergency departments, more people were injured while riding standing electric scooters than by riding bicycles or traveling on foot, according to the results of a groundbreaking new study.

Documenting injury statistics from September 2017 to August 2018, the study published this week in the medical journal JAMA Network Open found that many of those injuries were serious in nature, if not severe.

Of the 249 patients who received treatment for scooter-related injuries, nearly 28 percent suffered contusions, sprains and lacerations.

About 30 percent had fractures, and just over 40 percent were treated for head injuries, the study found. Nearly all the patients were discharged from the emergency departments, but 15 were admitted to a hospital, including two with severe head injuries who were placed in the intensive care units.

During the same period at the two emergency departments, researchers identified 195 visits for bicyclist injuries and 181 visits for pedestrian injuries.

“The Riders share roads with fast-moving vehicular traffic but appear to underestimate hazards; we found that 94.3% of observed riders in our community were not wearing a helmet,” the study said of scooter users. “While riders of electric scooters in California are required to be at least 16 years old by state law and 18 years old by company rental agreements, we found that 10.8% of electric scooter injuries were in patients younger than 18 years.”

The study added, “Although California law required helmet use while operating electric scooters during the entire study period, only 4.4% of injured scooter riders were documented to be wearing a helmet.”

As electric scooters companies like Bird and Lime began dumping tens of thousands of the scooters in dozens of cities across the country this past summer, injured riders began pouring into emergency rooms, according to trauma doctors. Ever since, those doctors— many of them shocked by the severity of their patients’ injuries— have been documenting the injuries to get a better SEE SCOOTERS, 10A

A group of people Jan. 18 walk around a scooter parked in the middle of the sidewalk in Oklahoma City. [PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN]

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ryant and Jenni McGill are cofounders of Media Network and their emails arrives five days a week in my inbox. There is always a thought for the day and featured articles.

A recent thought for the day: This January, why not start the year with an empty jar and

The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund recognized the University of Central Oklahoma as a certified healthy campus for the seventh year in a row.

The designation recognizes colleges that have tried to improve student and faculty health by prohibiting smoking on campus and offering programs to encourage physical and mental wellbeing. UCO was recognized for its prevention efforts related to suicide and addiction and for its physical activity offerings.

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Bird motorized scooters are parked Aug. 2 on W Sheridan, in front of the Devon Tower and Myriad Botanical Gardens in Oklahoma City. [PHOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]

Oklahoma ties Dockless electric scooter companies Lime and Bird in September began distributing scooters downtown Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma City Council soon adopted regulations, which became effective Jan. 17. The regulations require scooter companies to get an annual license for $302 and pay $30 per scooter, per year. Fleets initially can be up to 250 scooters, but companies can add up to 100 scooters at a time if they show their existing vehicles are being rented at least three times a day. The scooters can be ridden on the streets, but not on sidewalks.

Within the first few weeks of the scooters arriving, police received complaints from business owners and residents about scooter riders nearly running into doors or barely missing pedestrians as they drove down the sidewalk.

“That’s one of the reasons why we don’t want them on the sidewalks,” Oklahoma City police Maj. Dexter Nelson said. “Sidewalks aren’t made for that type of thing. They’re made for people to walk on. You don’t expect to come around the corner and there’s somebody moving at 11 mph.”

Practice gratitude, focus on the good things Charlotte Lankard

Providers set meeting

fill it with notes about GOOD THINGS that happen. Then, on New Year’s Eve 2019, empty it and see what awesome stuff happened this year. Good way to keep things in perspective!

As I’ve said before, the glass is never half full or half empty, it is always both, but it is also easier to remember the not-so-good moments and lose track of the ones that bring a smile to our faces and leave a warm place in our hearts.

Most of us have made countless new year’s resolutions over our lifetime, or at least we’ve

given them a passing thought. This idea, however, of keeping track of the good things through the year seems like an easy thing to do.

Studies have shown we benefit physically, psychologically and socially when we practice gratitude.

• Physically we will be less bothered by aches and pains, our blood pressure will lower, we will sleep longer and feel more refreshed upon waking, andwe may even find ourselves exercising more.

• Psychologically, we will be more alert, alive and awake,

experience more joy and pleasure, and more optimism and happiness.

• Socially we will be more helpful, generous and compassionate, more forgiving, more outgoing and feel less lonely and isolated.

All of the above appeals to me!

How about you? I invite you to join me in keeping track of the good things that come our way this new year.

Charlotte Lankard is a licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice. Contact her at clankard@oklahoman.com.

• Oklahoma ABLE Tech, a state program to provide free or low-cost medical equipment to people with disabilities, reported 362 people were waiting for assistance as of the start of January. The program runs on donations of gently used equipment.

For more information or to arrange a donation, call 405-523-4810 or go to OKAbleTech.org.

• Integris Hospice is recruiting volunteers to run errands, spend time with patients and assist hospice staff. Volunteers must complete training before working with families. For more information, call Carol Prewitt, 405-848-8884.

• The Oklahoma branch of the American Lung Association will hold its annual Fight for Air stair climbing fundraiser at Valliance Bank Tower on March 2.

The climb raises money for research on lung diseases and local educational programs. To sign up, go to https:// tinyurl.com/yajfbjwn or call 405-896-8725.

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He or she may be on another business call or away from the office. The voicemail message is not being addressed to you personally.

You ARE old-fashioned. You also appear to be overly sensitive, and I think, for your own sake, you should get over it.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Oscar Wilde said, “Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”

If you play at Bridge Base Online against the robots, you notice that their opening leads tend to be imaginative -- fourth-highest from the longest and strongest is not in their code. But they can be consistent; for example, refusing to lead low away from a king. (On one deal, I did receive a lead away from a king. I immediately knew who held the other two kings I was missing!)

Sometimes, the robots play very well; at others, bizarrely. In this deal, what do you think West led against my contract of three no-trump?

Suppose West guesses to open with the club six.

How should South proceed?

In general, not using Stayman with a 4-3-3-3 hand is right.

After winning the first trick in hand, South should play three rounds of hearts ending on the board. Here, he cashes the heart 10 (discarding a spade) before running the spade queen. If West resists the temptation to cash the diamond ace, the contract will be made with only one overtrick.

Against me, West led the diamond ace! This was not so silly if he was going to get in with his spade king before I had taken nine tricks. At trick two, West continued with the diamond queen, and East (another robot) carefully unblocked the jack. However, I won that trick and ran my hearts, West discarding one spade and one club. Since I had nine tricks available now, I continued with the spade queen and put up my ace ... and West threw the king despite also having the six! Now I took 12 tricks.

There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and figure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, find which of the missing numbers will work.

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DEAR ABBY: I work at a job that requires I call several businesspeople each day.

Often I need to leave a voicemail message. It has become more and more common for voicemail greetings to say, “I will call you back at my earliest convenience.” I find this very off-putting and rude, as if my call is an intrusion and they will call back “whenever.” I think the word “convenience” is best used when offering it to someone else, as in, “Call me at your earliest convenience.”

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should have owned up to what happened and offered to pay for having your couch professionally cleaned rather than try to cover it up. If you are 100 percent sure it was one particular couple, not inviting them to more gatherings would absolutely guarantee that it won’t happen again.

P.S. Covering your furniture in waterproof slipcovers when you entertain a crowd may be something you might want to consider in the future.

DEAR ABBY: I am a boarding school student, and I absolutely hate it here! I worked hard to get in, and I realize how lucky I am to have been accepted, but I just want to go home and go to school at my public high school with all of my friends and my brother.

My friends understand, but my parents think I’m over-exaggerating. I am sad all the time, and I cry at least once a day.

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DEAR ABBY: We need some advice. Recently we hosted our annual holiday party and invited all of our neighbors and friends. Our invitation stated that the party would run between 5 and 11:30 so our guests could also attend other parties that might be going on at the same time.

As our party was winding down, it was noticed that one of our guests — who had been at a previous party — had wet themselves on our sofa and covered the spot up with throw pillows. We served wine, punch, etc. at our party, but this couple arrived pretty tipsy already. In the future, should we just not invite these neighbors? We are very distressed about this. What do you suggest?

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20): Helping others is admirable, but don’t take on or promise more than you can deliver. It’s best to say less and do more than to fall short.

Protect your reputation.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Concentrate on what you can do and aim to make improvements not only for you, but for causes you care about. Offering your services will lead to greater opportunities.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t lose sight of your goal, regardless of what others do or say. You will feel better if you are physically productive. Trying to reason with someone will end in a dispute.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Personal and professional changes can be made if you take action and make things happen.

Look for innovative ideas, and collaborate with people who have something worthwhile to offer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t be fooled by someone trying to dump his or her responsibilities in your lap. A partnership will be challenged if you aren’t specific regarding what you will and will not do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Discuss your ideas and plans with interesting people. A relationship will develop with someone who has similar plans and life goals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Live up to your promises at home or you will be faced with criticism and complaints. Being productive will encourage others to pitch in and help. Avoid indulgent situations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Focus on implementing doable changes instead of wasting time on something that will never happen. Physical fitness and proper diet will improve your health and attitude.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22): Don’t let someone mess with you. Listen to what’s being said and question anything that doesn’t sound right. Your intuition will not let you down. Follow your gut when dealing with emotional matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21): Consider the goals you have yet to complete, and do something that will get you moving in a direction conducive to fulfilling your dreams, hopes and wishes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Problems with institutions or government agencies will crop up if you neglect to file paperwork on time. Walk away from situations that appear to be unstable.

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The JAMA study appears to be the first and most comprehensive study of injury patterns associated with e-scooter injuries to date, offering a window into how people are using a new form of technology.

In recent months, numerous riders have reported being injured by scooters that malfunction, throwing riders off the vehicles at high speed. Last year, Lime— one of the world’s largest scooter companies— was forced to issue two recalls after The Post reported that some of their scooters carried batteries capable of catching fire and others included baseboards that split in half while people rode them.

In a statement emailed to The Post, Lime said the safety of riders and the community is the company’s “number one priority.” Lime said it has upgraded

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SCOOTERS sense of how e-scooters have affected cities.

Some health professionals have referred to the wave of injuries as a “public health crisis.” Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans to study the health risks associated with the two-wheeled vehicles by analyzing injuries to riders and pedestrians in Austin over two months.

E-scooters are not only injuring riders. This month, Wally Ghurabi, medical director of the Nethercutt Emergency Center at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, told The Washington Post that e-scooters pose significant dangers to elderly pedestrians and the disabled.

“I’ve seen pedestrians injured by scooters with broken hips, multiple bone fractures, broken ribs and joint injuries and soft tissue injuries like lacerations and deep abrasions,” Ghurabi said, estimating he sees several people injured by e-scooters each week.

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— Discouraged Donna DEAR DONNA: Age discrimi-

nation can happen to anybody over age 40, but it’s difficult to prove. With that said, here are the steps you’ll need to take to fight this growing problem if you think you’ve been treated unlawfully in the workplace.

ADEA protection

A Lime scooter is parked Aug. 30 on a sidewalk in downtown in Oklahoma City. [PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]

its scooters with better wheels and suspension, as well as additional braking and improved balance.

“We believe continued government investment in protected bike lanes and paths is critical,” the statement added.

“Lime supports the AMA’s study recommendations to further innovate helmet designs and for the industry to continue focusing on safety.”

Paul Steely White, Bird’s director of safety policy and advocacy, said the company hopes for an opportunity to have a “collaborative conversation” with the study’s authors focused on “proven preventative measures and education.”

“While the report importantly highlights the parity in safety between bicycles and e-scooters, it fails to take into account the sheer number of e-scooter trips taken— the number of injuries reported would amount to a fraction of one percent of the total number

of e-scooter rides,” White said.

“Moreover, the report fails to put e-scooter injuries into context as they relate to the high number and severity of injuries and deaths caused by motorcycles and automobiles.”

The study does not discount the appeal of electric scooters and calls them an “innovative” form of transportation with the potential to alleviate traffic congestion. In a commentary included in the study, Frederick P. Rivara, a professor of pediatrics and adjunct professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington, said researchers are not “troglodytes trying to stuff the genie back in the bottle” Two-wheeled rental vehicles, he said, are “here to stay.”

He added, “The companies renting both motorized and unmotorized 2-wheeled vehicles should make appropriate helmets available; failure to do so is like a car rental company renting cars without seat belts.”

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is your first defense against age discrimination. This is a federal law that says an employer cannot fire, refuse to hire or treat you differently from other employees because of your age.

The ADEA protects all workers and job applicants age 40 and over who work for employers that have 20 or more employees — including federal, state and local governments as well as employment agencies and labor unions.

If your workplace has fewer than 20 employees, you may still be protected under your state’s anti-age discrimination law.

What to do If you think you are a victim of employment age discrimination, you may first want to talk to, or file a grievance with your company’s human resources department.

If that doesn’t resolve the problem, you should file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 300 days from the date of

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the alleged violation. In some states, it’s 180 days. You can do this by mail or in person at your nearest EEOC office, or call 800-669-4000.

Once the charge is filed, the EEOC will investigate your complaint and find either reasonable cause to believe that age discrimination has occurred, or no cause and no basis for a claim. After the investigation, the EEOC will send you its findings, along with a “notice-of-right-tosue,” which gives you permission to file a lawsuit in a court of law.

If you decide to sue, you’ll need to hire a lawyer who specializes in employee discharge suits. To find one, see the National Employment Lawyers Association at NELA.org, or your state bar association at FindLegalHelp.org.

Another option you may want to consider is mediation, which is a fair and efficient way to help you resolve your employment disputes and reach an agreement. The EEOC offers mediation at no cost if your current or former employer agrees to participate. At mediation, you show up with your evidence, your employer presents theirs and the mediator makes a determination within a day or less.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or go to SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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New Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson is known for his strong work-ethic and competitive drive.

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STILLWATER — James Perry liked Sean Gleeson so much, he recruited him twice.

Gleeson, who is leaving his post as the offensive coordinator at Princeton to take the same position at Oklahoma State, was playing football, hockey and baseball at TrinityPawling School, an allboys prep school in Pawling, New York, in 2002.

Perry, then the offensive coordinator at Division III Williams College, wanted the 6-foot-4

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Gleeson to be his quarterback.

“Sean was an immense competitor, one of those quarterbacks who is the most competitive guy on the field,” said Perry, now the head coach at Brown University. “His coach recommended him

as the toughest, most competitive kid on the team.”

Gleeson had the grades to get into Williams, a highly selective liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and the maturity to handle the academic workload while being a twosport athlete — he gave up hockey, but played first base for the baseball team.

“He was a big, athletic guy,” said Mike Whalen, Gleeson’s head coach at

Williams who is now the athletic director at Wesleyan University. “You could just tell his passion for football. He loved to watch film. He’s a gym rat.

“He was always asking good questions and you could tell he had a good football mind.”

Gleeson was the bigarmed drop-back passer in a successful twoquarterback system his last two seasons at SEE OSU, 3B

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PARTY CRASHER Durant looking out for himself with Collison celebration Kevin Durant wants to return to Oklahoma City, if only for a day.

Durant’s people called the Thunder a couple of weeks ago and said he’d like to attend Nick Collison Night at Chesapeake Arena on March 20.

The Thunder basically said, it’s a free country.

So Durant plans to be here as Mr. Thunder’s jersey is retired.

But Durant isn’t coming to honor Collison.

Durant is coming to help himself.

If Durant cared about his old pal, Durant would stay away from OKC. Would not even think of commandeering the spotlight from the man he calls his friend.

Durant’s presence would turn Collison’s night into a circus.

Fans, media, even some of their old teammates, would lose focus on the task at hand— honoring Collison’s 15 seasons with the orga-

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nization. Is that what Durant wants? Is he really that narcissistic?

Who knows anymore?

Wouldn’t surprise me if Durant’s handlers never had any intention of him attending Collison’s night but merely wanted to launch a public relations salvo in trying to rebuild Durant’s image.

Ask the Thunder for permission to attend, maybe the Thunder says you’ve got to be kidding, Durant leaks it to the press and claims the moral high ground. See, I’m trying to be nice. It’s those guys that harbor a grudge.

I don’t know if that was Durant’s play. But he’s definitely worried SEE TRAMEL, 5B

Kevin Durant, then with the Thunder and out due to an injury, watches Nick Collison take a 3-point shot against the Hawks at Chesapeake Energy Arena on March 20, 2015. [PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]

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Oklahoma City’s Nerlens Noel, right, strips the ball from New York’s Frank Ntilikina in a Jan. 21 win at Madison Square Garden. Noel has been an invaluable fill-in for Steven Adams this season, especially on defense. [AP PHOTO]

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If Jerami Grant wasn’t there, there was Nerlens Noel.

Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo went to spin on Grant in the paint and he turned right into a turnover.

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tried again later, this time thinking he had an easy layup against the 6-foot-7 Terrance Ferguson in the post.

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ounmpo’s shot away.

“I think we did a wonderful job,” Ferguson said. “Everywhere Giannis went, he saw a crowd.”

Sometimes, the Thunder doesn’t need a crowd. Only Noel.

Relative to the first 2½ months of the season, the Thunder’s defense has suffered a slump in January. It’s no coincidence it’s been better with Noel back to his pre-concussion form, SEE THUNDER, 4B

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Travis Barbary’s reoccurring dream has caused restless nights of late.

He is sitting in his new office at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark around 3 p.m., Thursday, April 4, freaking out. He can't use the computer program to design the Oklahoma City Dodgers’ opening day lineup card. He can’t get dressed because of the panic.

“It’s full panic mode,” Barbary said.

Never fear, though. With more than two months to prepare, Barbary has been assured he’ll learn the program in time for his TripleA managing debut with the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

Barbary was introduced Monday afternoon as the organization’s third manager in five seasons and 33rd overall manager in Oklahoma City history.

A lifelong Dodger, Barbary has spent 25 years in the organization, including the past 12 years as the organization’s catching coordinator. He last man-

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New Oklahoma City Dodgers manager Travis Barbary talks to the media after being introduced Monday at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. [PHOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN]

aged in 2006 with Low-A Columbus.

Now 47, Barbary’s return to managing has been a long time coming, often mentioned in passing around the organization.

He was approached during instructional league this winter about managing. With two of his four children on their own, he felt it was time to come back.

“I think more about that they asked to me to do it in Triple-A,” Barbary said.

“I just didn’t foresee that coming.

“I had never thought something like this would

have happened 25 years ago signing as a free agent with the Dodgers and not sure if you’re going to even make it through spring training.

It’s an amazing opportunity.”

And even though it’s been a dozen years since he last managed, Barbary feels he’llbeabletoconnectwith his players and regain his groove with the flow of the game.

“I think you just let them know you love them, spend time with them, get to know them and their families, and let you know you care about them,” Barbary said. “I think when you do

those things everything else takes care of itself.”

OKC also announced a series of renovations and improvements to The Brick that costs approximately $2.5 million and are funded by the 10-year general obligation bond approved in 2017 or by the city-instituted facility fee on event tickets.

Upgrades include the new playing surface — including a new irrigation system — as well as a new LED lighting system, a BaselinePatioinSection115 as a new hospitality space and new smart screens along the concourse.

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H I G H S C H O O L AT H L E T E S O F T H E W E E K

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Jaylen O’Conner

Darianna Littlepage-Buggs

Josh Heindselman

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Jaylen O'Conner, Edmond Santa Fe

Darianna LittlepageBuggs, Classen SAS

Josh Heindselman, Piedmont

Edmond Santa Fe coach Josh Williams thinks his team is still surprising people.

But Jaylen O'Conner's defense should not shock anyone.

O'Conner, a 6-foot-4 forward, helped lead Edmond Santa Fe to the Jenks/Union Invitational title this past week.

Edmond Santa Fe beat Class 4A No. 7-ranked Holland Hall, Class 6A No. 11 Tulsa Union and Class 6A No. 2 Tulsa Washington to win the tournament.

O'Conner averaged more than 15 points per game and 6.3 rebounds over the stretch of the week.

But it was O'Conner's defense, especially against Tulsa Washington guard Bryce Thompson, that led him to winning tournament MVP honors.

"He always draws the other team's best guy," Williams said. "He has really improved his offensive output this year and is playing really well right now."

First-year Classen SAS coach Jim Perinovic expected a big weekend from Darianna LittlepageBuggs, his star freshman.

And she exceeded expectations.

Littlepage-Buggs was the consistent force on a young team that continues to win against bigger, more established opponents. Class 4A No. 3-ranked Classen SAS beat three Class 6A foes, including No. 16 Ponca City and No. 15 Tulsa Washington for a second time.

“She’s been very consistent all year,” Perinovic said. “That’s what’s most impressive with all of our freshmen, but her ability to stay calm and do what’s needed for her team to win.

She takes that on herself.

She does what’s needed for us to be successful.”

Littlepage-Buggs was named the MVP of the Jenks/Union Invitational.

The Comets are now 6-1 against Class 6A teams.

Trailing by half a point and facing off with a defending champ, Piedmont's hopes were on the shoulders of its undersized heavyweight.

Like always, Josh Heindselman delivered.

Heindselman won a major decision against Montana Phillips, a twotime defending state champion from Lawton MacArthur.

The match gave Piedmont the team win at Chickasha High School Tournament.

"Josh usually weighs in around 220 to 225," Piedmont coach Erik Ford said.

"He's taking on guys that weigh as much as 285, but he's deceivingly strong.

"When he gets his hands on you, you know it."

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Carlynn Fast, Putnam City Carlynn Fast keeps winning and setting school records.

Carlynn Fast

NASCAR has banned all drivers and team members from betting on its races as part of new gambling guidelines established in this season’s rulebook.

NASCAR employees are prohibited from disclosing confidential information and from requesting insider information that could potentially help “their own gain or for the gain of others.” They are allowed to participate in fantasy sports relating to the three national touring series, Cup, Xfinity and Truck, but may not accept prizes with a value of more than $250 in any games.

Dover International Speedway opened an on-site betting kiosk last fall, becoming the only track to allow sports gambling on its property.

Royals reach four-year deal with Merrifield

And she’s only a freshman.

Fast helped the Pirates finish third in the annual Big 10 Conference swim meet.

She helped Putnam City win the 200-yard medley relay and then she won the 100yard butterfly.

Fast now holds school records in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 100yard backstroke.

She also holds records in the 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 400meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and the 200-meter IM. Fast has lost just once individually all season, and that came on a false start.

The Kansas City Royals and second baseman Whit Merrifield agreed Monday to a $16.25 million, fouryear contract.

The 30-year-old was a late bloomer who didn’t break into the big leagues until 2016, when he was 27 years old. He hit .304 with an American Leagueleading 192 hits and 45 stolen bases last season.

He also hit 12 homers and with 60 RBIs while playing a solid second base defensively, and he’s capable of playing first base, third base and all three outfield positions.

Kirk Gibson gets new job with Tigers The Detroit Tigers have hired former star Kirk Gibson as a special assistant to the general manager, and the team says he’ll also remain in his role as a commentator for Fox Sports Detroit.

The Tigers announced the move Monday, saying Gibson will assist in on-field duties at the major league and minor league levels, and be involved in personnel meetings.

Gibson was born and raised in Michigan. Gibson played 12 years with the Tigers and was on the team that won the World Series in 1984.

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ADAM KEMP AND JACOB UNRUH, STAFF WRITERS

HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK

OCA All-State football teams announced The Oklahoma Coaches Association announced Monday the rosters for the annual All-State football game scheduled for late in the summer.

The game will be played at 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Tulsa Union High School's Union Tuttle Stadium.

The West will be coached

by Ardmore’s Mark Linney, Fairview’s Robert Bernard, Hobart’s Colt Allison and Edmond Santa Fe’s Chris Rose. The East will be coached by Okemah’s Joe Turner, Gore’s Brandon Tyler, Seminole’s Wade Rigney and Tulsa Union’s Jeff Brown.

There is one change to the roster. Each team has designated one player as an athlete, allowing him to be the only player

allowed to play offense and defense.

For the full rosters, check page 5B.

Norman senior named Gatorade Runner of the Year Sophia Maag rounds out her varsity cross country career with another honor.

The Norman senior was named the Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year for Oklahoma.

Maag placed first in the Class 6A state meet with a time of 18:49.9. Maag was also The Oklahoman's All-City Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year after winning four races her senior year.

As a junior, Maag helped

lead Norman to its first girls cross country championship in more than 35 years.

Newcastle girls upset Edmond Santa Fe for tournament title With up to four freshmen in the starting lineup, Newcastle girls basketball coach Brett Sanders wanted growth last weekend.

Twice, the Racers lost tournament championship games that they led in the fourth quarter. Even Saturday night they squandered a seven-point lead to Class 6A power Edmond Santa Fe in the final three minutes.

But this time, Newcastle survived.

Class 4A No. 6-ranked Newcastle upset No. 10

Edmond Santa Fe 51-50 to win the Otho “Sweet Pea” Curtis Newcastle Invitational title.

“We’re lucky to get by,” Sanders said. “It’s really good because of how young we are.”

Freshman point guard Karley Johnson was named the tournament MVP. She scored 23 against Edmond Santa and 19 points apiece in the previous two games.

And now with the playoffs nearing, Newcastle can move past the fourthquarter collapses against Norman and Ardmore in other tournament championships.

Talented junior running backs gain recruiting attention

Kingfisher’s Jett Sternberger, left, was named to the Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State team on Monday.

[PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Three in-state running back prospects gained more recruiting attention over the weekend.

Sevion Morrison of Tulsa Edison, Dominic Richardson of Bishop McGuinness and Isaiah Jacobs of Owasso all announced scholarship offers from Power 5 schools.

Richardson received his seventh offer from TCU. Morrison announced he had received an offer from Kansas State, and Jacobs announced he had received an offer from Arkansas.

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Oklahoma’s Aaron Calixte, left, shoots in the first half of Monday’s game against Baylor at Lloyd Noble Center.

Baylor won the game, 77-47. [PHOTO

Miami player going pro after NCAA ruling For Miami Hurricanes junior Dewan Hernandez, the season that never started is over.

The 6-foot-11 forward must sit out the remainder of this season and 40 percent of next season because of his dealings with an agent, the NCAA said Monday.

Hernandez responded by saying he'll turn pro this year rather than remaining at Miami to play part of the Hurricanes' 2019-20 season.

Hurricanes athletic director Blake James called the ruling disappointing and unfair.

The NCAA said Hernandez agreed to receive monthly payments from the agent and accepted other benefits from him.

Hernandez sat out the first 19 games of the season awaiting the ruling.

"I do not believe that the NCAA treated me fairly, and it is with a heavy heart that I have decided to withdraw from the University of Miami to prepare for the 2019 NBA draft," Hernandez said in a statement.

BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Volunteers remain top team in men's poll Tennessee handled its first week at No. 1 in more than a decade well enough to stay on its AP Top 25 perch.

The Volunteers received 48 of 64 first-place votes in Monday's poll to extend the program's first stint at No. 1 since February 2008.

Tennessee (18-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) has won 14 straight games — the program's longest run since the 1922-23 season and one shy of the school record — since suffering a neutral-court loss to Kansas in November.

The top six teams in the poll remained unchanged, with Duke sitting at No. 2, followed by Virginia,

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Baylor blows out OU, drops Sooners to 3-5 in Big 12 Rashard Odomes sensed hope with 15 minutes to go.

The Oklahoma senior flapped his arms up and down to energize what had been a lethargic crowd. His Sooners were still down 17 points, but they had produced a brief surge.

Baylor didn’t care. The Bears continued their barrage.

Oklahoma was trounced 77-47 Monday night at Lloyd Noble Center.

The Sooners couldn’t solve Scott Drew’s zone defense. Kristian Doolittle and his teammates repeatedly tried to crack the zone by battering their way toward the rim. It seemed the only option on a night when Oklahoma shot 4 of 20 from the 3-point line.

But Baylor capitalized off Oklahoma’s one-dimensional attack, stuffing the Sooners in NORMAN

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL THE AP TOP 25 POLL The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and last week’s ranking: RECORD PTS. LWR 1. Tennessee (48) 18-1 1,575 1 2. Duke (12) 17-2 1,527 2 3. Virginia (4) 18-1 1,473 3 4. Gonzaga 19-2 1,382 4 5. Michigan 19-1 1,381 5 6. Michigan St. 18-3 1,235 6 7. Kentucky 16-3 1,226 8 8. Nevada 19-1 1,158 7 9. North Carolina 15-4 1,065 11 10. Marquette 18-3 973 12 11. Kansas 16-4 972 9 12. Virginia Tech 16-3 858 10 13. Houston 20-1 795 17 14. Villanova 16-4 734 18 15. Louisville 15-5 658 23 16. Texas Tech 16-4 561 14 17. Purdue 14-6 532 — 18. Buffalo 18-2 468 14 19. LSU 16-3 435 25 20. Iowa St. 15-5 327 24 21. Maryland 16-5 280 13 22. Mississippi St. 15-4 236 22 23. NC State 16-4 203 21 24. Wisconsin 14-6 179 — 25. Florida St. 15-5 141 — Others receiving votes: Auburn 85, Cincinnati 76, Washington 75, Kansas St. 73, Oklahoma 41, Iowa 28, Wofford 10, Hofstra 9, Mississippi 7, TCU 7, Nebraska 6, Davidson 5, Syracuse 3, Minnesota 1.

BAYLOR 77 OKLAHOMA 47 Baylor (14-6, 5-2)) FG 3PT FT Min M-A M-A M-A Reb A PF PTS Kegler f 21 4-5 1-1 2-3 4 0 2 11 Vital f 25 3-8 1-3 1-2 11 1 1 8 Mason g 29 5-9 1-3 1-4 1 4 1 12 Butler g 28 4-9 2-3 0-0 4 5 2 10 McClure g 24 3-8 2-4 0-0 3 2 3 8 Thamba 11 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 4 4 Gillespie 20 4-6 0-0 0-0 7 0 2 8 Okeke 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 3 Allen 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 2 Bandoo 17 3-5 1-3 0-0 1 2 2 7 Mayer 21 1-3 1-2 1-2 3 2 1 4 Totals 200 31-57 10-20 5-11 39 17 19 77 Oklahoma (15-6, 3-5)) FG 3PT FT Min M-A M-A M-A Reb A PF PTS Doolittle f 32 5-12 0-0 2-4 6 1 1 12 Manek f 27 1-4 1-3 0-0 5 0 1 3 Bieniemy g 30 0-6 0-4 0-0 3 6 2 0 James g 31 2-9 1-7 3-4 7 2 1 8 Odomes g 19 2-8 0-1 2-3 1 2 0 6 Freeman 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Geha 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 McNeace 14 1-5 0-0 0-0 4 0 3 2 Polla 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Reynolds 13 3-7 1-3 4-4 1 0 3 11 Calixte 24 1-3 1-2 2-2 2 0 3 5 Totals 200 15-55 4-2013-17 32 11 14 47 Baylor Oklahoma

39 38 -- 77 21 26 -- 47

Steals— Baylor 9 (Mayer 4), OU 3 (Reynolds, Calixte, McNeace 1). Turnovers— Baylor 12 (Butler 4), OU 14 (Doolittle 3). Blocks— Baylor 5 (Gillespie, Vital 2), OU 3 (Doolittle 2) A—6,701.

ing scorer and one of two Sooners to reach double digits.

Somehow, things were worse for Oklahoma on the other end. OU's top-15 defense was shredded by a balanced Baylor offense that shot 54 percent and made half their 3-point attempts.

Two days after beating Bryce Drew’s Vanderbilt squad by 31 points, Oklahoma fell to Scott Drew’s Baylor bunch by 30.

Oklahoma has lost backto-back Big 12 home games by double digits. OU fell to 3-5 in Big 12 play.

The Sooners are off until Saturday when they travel to West Virginia for an 11 a.m. matchup against the last-place Mountaineers.

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the paint. Doolittle, with 12 points, was OU's lead-

Team Conf. Pct. Overall Kansas 5-2 .714 16-4 Kansas State 5-2 .714 15-5 Baylor 4-2 .667 13-6 Texas Tech 4-3 .571 16-4

THE AP TOP 25 RESULTS

MONDAY’S RESULTS

Saturday’s Games No. 1 Tennessee 83, West Virginia 66 No. 2 Duke 66, Georgia Tech 53 No. 3 Virginia 82, Notre Dame 55 No. 8 Kentucky 71, No. 9 Kansas 63 No. 10 Virginia Tech 78, Syracuse 56 No. 12 Marquette 87, Xavier 82 Illinois 78, No. 13 Maryland 67 No. 14 Texas Tech 67, Arkansas 64 No. 22 Mississippi St. 92, No. 16 Auburn 84 No. 24 Iowa State 87, No. 20 Mississippi 83 No. 21 N.C. State 69, Clemson 67 No. 23 Louisville 66, Pittsburgh 51 No. 25 LSU 86, Missouri 80, OT Sunday’s Games Purdue 73, No. 6 Michigan State 63 No. 17 Houston 77, Tulsa 65 No. 18 Villanova 80, Seton Hall 52 Minnesota 92, No. 19 Iowa 87 Monday’s Games No. 2 Duke 83, Notre Dame 61 No. 16 Texas Tech vs. TCU, late Today’s Games No. 1 Tennessee at South Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

No. 3 Virginia at No. 23 N.C. State, 6 p.m.

No. 5 Michigan vs. Ohio State, 8 p.m.

No. 7 Kentucky at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Nevada at UNLV, 10 p.m.

No. 9 North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.

No. 11 Kansas at Texas, 6 p.m.

No. 18 Buffalo vs. Ball State, 6 p.m.

No. 21 Maryland vs. Northwestern, 6 p.m.

No. 22 Mississippi State at Alabama, 7:30 p.m.

No. 24 Wisconsin at Nebraska, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games No. 10 Marquette at Butler, 5:30 p.m.

No. 12 Virginia Tech at Miami, 6 p.m.

No. 14 Villanova at DePaul, 7 p.m.

No. 15 Louisville at Wake Forest, 7 p.m.

No. 19 LSU at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

No. 20 Iowa State vs. West Virginia, 6 p.m.

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SOUTH Coppin St. 95, Bethune-Cookman 91 Howard 72, Md.-Eastern Shore 57 NC Central 82, Savannah St. 78 Florida A&M at Morgan St., late Southern U. at Alabama St., late Texas Southern at MVSU, late Alcorn St. at Alabama A&M, late MIDWEST Duke 83, Notre Dame 61 SOUTHWEST Prairie View at Ark.-Pine Bluff, late TCU at Texas Tech, late Baylor at Oklahoma, late FAR WEST N. Arizona 80, S. Utah 77, OT

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL THE AP TOP 25 POLL The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: RECORD PTS. LWR 1. Baylor (24) 17-1 695 2 2. UConn (2) 18-1 670 3 3. Louisville (2) 19-1 630 4 4. Oregon 19-1 606 5 5. Notre Dame 19-2 604 1 6. Mississippi St. 19-1 565 7 7. NC State 20-0 541 8 8. Stanford 17-2 488 6 9. Oregon St. 17-3 460 9 10. Marquette 18-3 452 10 11. Maryland 18-2 427 11 12. Texas 17-3 374 12 13. Iowa 16-4 338 17 14. Utah 18-1 282 21 15. Gonzaga 19-2 269 18 16. South Carolina 13-5 265 19 17. Rutgers 16-4 256 14 18. Syracuse 16-4 253 13

Iowa State 4-3 .571 15-5 .750 TCU 3-3 .500 15-4 .789 Oklahoma 3-4 .429 15-5 .750 Texas 3-4 .429 11-9 .550 Oklahoma State 2-5 .286 9-11 .450 West Virginia 1-6 .143 9-11 .450 Monday’s Games Texas Tech 84, TCU 65 Baylor 77, Oklahoma 47 Tuesday’s Game Kansas at Texas, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Game West Virginia at Iowa State, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Oklahoma at West Virginia, 11 a.m.

Texas at Iowa State, 1 p.m.

Texas Tech at Kansas, 3 p.m.

Kansas State at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m.

TCU at Baylor, 7 p.m.

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Baylor 7-0 Texas 7-2 West Virginia 6-3 Iowa State 5-3 TCU 4-4 Kansas State 4-4 Oklahoma State 3-4 Kansas 1-6 Oklahoma 1-6 Texas Tech 1-7

Pct. Overall 1.000 17-1 .778 17-4 .667 15-5 .625 15-5 .500 14-5 .500 13-7 .429 12-6 .143 11-7 .143 5-13 .125 10-9

Pct. .944 .810 .750 .750 .737 .650 .667 .611 .278 .526

Monday’s Game West Virginia 64, Texas 58 Tuesday’s Game Texas Tech at Iowa State, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games TCU at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Baylor at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma at Kansas, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Iowa State at Kansas State, 1 p.m.

Texas Tech at Baylor, 1 p.m.

Texas at Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Oklahoma State at TCU, 2 p.m.

Kansas at West Virginia, 2 p.m.

19. Kentucky 17-4 222 15 20. Texas A&M 16-4 142 24 21. Arizona St. 14-6 127 16 22. Michigan St. 15-5 109 23 23. Iowa St. 15-5 106 20 24. Florida St. 17-3 73 22 25. BYU 17-3 47 — Others receiving votes: Miami 34, Drake 30, South Dakota 10, DePaul 7, Missouri 7, New Mexico 4, California 2, Clemson 2, Minnesota 1, Rice 1, UCF 1.

THE AP TOP 25 RESULTS

Saturday’s Games No. 12 Texas 78, Texas Tech 71 No. 18 Gonzaga 78, Santa Clara 61 No. 20 Iowa State 84, Oklahoma State 71 Sunday’s Games North Carolina 78, No. 1 Notre Dame 73 No. 2 Baylor 74, Oklahoma 53 No. 3 UConn 93, Central Florida 57 No. 4 Louisville 70, Pittsburgh 42 No. 5 Oregon 76, Washington 57 No. 21 Utah 75, No. 6 Stanford 68 No. 7 Mississippi State 80, Mississippi 49 No. 8 North Carolina State 68, Georgia Tech 60 No. 9 Oregon State 52, Washington State 35 No. 10 Marquette 87, Butler 58 No. 11 Maryland 76, Indiana 56 No. 13 Syracuse 64, Duke 55 No. 14 Rutgers 69, Penn State 61 No. 24 Texas A&M 73, No. 15 Kentucky 71 No. 16 Arizona State 68, Southern Calif. 59 No. 17 Iowa 72, Purdue 58 No. 22 Florida State 56, Virginia Tech 54 No. 23 Michigan State 77, Michigan 73 No. 25 Missouri 74, Auburn 65 Monday’s Games West Virginia 64, No. 12 Texas 58 No. 16 South Carolina 80, Vanderbilt 69 Today’s Game No. 23 Iowa State vs. Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Game No. 1 Baylor at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

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Williams, particularly during an undefeated season in 2006.

“Whether he was starting that week or not, he would prepare like he was the starter,” Whalen said.

“It really speaks volumes of the quality of person Sean is, because he was talented enough that (he) could’ve gone to a lot of other schools, even in our league, and never come off the field.”

“He loved Williams and loved his time there, and contributed any way possible.”

Growing up as part of a large family in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Gleeson learned a blue-collar work ethic from his father, watching him provide for Gleeson and his siblings after his mother died.

“I’m the youngest of seven, and Sean is from a big family, too,” Perry said. “He’s a very bluecollar kid, and we really connected through some of those shared traits.”

As time wound down on his playing career at Williams, it became apparent that coaching was in Gleeson’s future.

“You knew he was always into the mental part of the game,” Whalen said. “As a player, even from the sidelines, he could see things that most players didn’t see.

You could tell he was heading in that direction.”

He started at Delbarton School, a Catholic prep school in Morristown, New Jersey, about 30 minutes from Glen Ridge, where he spent four years as a teacher while coach-

Gonzaga, Michigan and Michigan State. The Spartans stayed put despite suffering their first Big Ten loss at Purdue in a game that helped lift the Boilermakers back into the poll.

Nevada slid a spot to No. 8, while North Carolina and Marquette each rose two spots to round out the top 10.

Baylor takes over No. 1 spot in women's poll Kim Mulkey and Baylor returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll on Monday for the first time nearly six years.

The Lady Bears (17-1) ascended to the top spot after then-No. 1 Notre Dame lost to unranked North Carolina on Sunday.

Baylor, which received 24 of 28 first-place votes from a national media panel, last was No. 1 in the final poll of the 2012-13 season. The team was the top choice among voters for the final 11 weeks of that season.

The Fighting Irish fell to fifth, with UConn, Louisville and Oregon following Baylor.

No. 2 Duke rolls past Notre Dame Zion Williamson scored 26 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked four shots, and fellow freshmen RJ Barrett and Cam Reddish combined for another 30 points as No. 2 Duke rolled to an 83-61 victory over Notre Dame on Monday night.

Williamson made 10 of 12 shots from the field for the Blue Devils, who were in control all the way.

Duke (18-2, 7-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its fourth straight game while sending the Fighting Irish (11-10, 1-7) to their sixth straight loss.

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ing football, baseball and bowling.

Yet he was drawn to college ball, and Perry — who had become the offensive coordinator at Princeton — had begun his second recruitment of Gleeson.

“He had a lot of traits that I wanted in the football program at Princeton,” Perry said. “So I kept trying to get him to come to Princeton.”

Gleeson became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Division III Fairleigh Dickinson University, and after two seasons, Perry’s recruitment paid off. He hired Gleeson as his running backs coach in 2013.

Gleeson added special teams coordinator duties in 2016, then became offensive coordinator a year later, when Perry took a head coaching job at Bryant University.

Perry worked alongside Gleeson for four seasons, producing some of the best offenses at the FCS level. But it didn’t take anywhere near that long for Perry to see the type of coach Gleeson was going to become.

“He’s very bright, and he brings his intelligence in a very usable way,” Perry said. “He’s a wizard when it comes to analytics and how that plays into his game-planning.

“A year into working with him at Princeton, I started telling everybody he was gonna be the head coach at Notre Dame,” said Perry, who considered Notre Dame the pinnacle of college coaching.

“I believed he was gonna become an FBS head coach.

“He was that good.

Five years ago, I was telling people he was gonna be a major success, so I’m glad to see him do well.”

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THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM THUNDER JOURNAL

Anthony Davis has asked the New Orleans Pelicans for a trade. Davis wants to be on a consistent winner with a chance to win a championship.

Could OKC be a destination? He is good friends with Oklahoma City star Russell Westbrook. [AP

Why clock violation was Billy Donovan’s favorite possession

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Assessing the Thunder’s (long) shot at Davis Ready to dream?

Thank Anthony Davis.

On Monday, Davis’ agent, Rich Paul, informed the New Orleans Pelicans that he would not sign a contract extension this summer and has requested a trade. Naturally, every team in the league has interest in adding a 25-year-old,five-timeAllStar.

So, what are the Thunder’s realistic chances of acquiring Davis? Let’s look at what we know and how the Thunder qualifies or doesn’t in the race for Davis: The positives • Davis’ agent told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski that he “wants to be traded to a team that allows him a chance to win consistently and compete for a championship.” The Thunder has the second-best winning percentage in the NBA behind the Spurs since it started in Oklahoma City in 2008.

• Davis and Russell Westbrook have a good relationship. Before Davis switched representation to Klutch Sports this past offseason (the agency which represents Lakers forward LeBron James), Davis was represented by Thad Foucher of Wasserman

approaching on Feb. 7, the Thunder doesn’t possess the assets of other teams. The two teams

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Media Group, who represents Westbrook. The connection between Davis and Westbrook was apparent at the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans, when the two attended multiple events together and Davis expanded on their relationship to the media.

"Russell's one of my closest friends in the league," Davis said. "Me andhim haveabond. We're the same agency. Both of our parents are extremely close, so me and him are very close.”

• The Thunder was successful in trading for George and selling him on Oklahoma City.

In one season after the Thunder traded for him in 2017, George connected with Westbrook on and off the court. He signed a fouryear, $137 million max contract with the Thunder last summer and has emerged as an MVP candidate playing alongside Westbrook.

The negatives • With the trade deadline

heavily connected with acquiring Davis — Boston and the Los Angeles Lakers — are loaded with picks and young, promising players. Boston can’t trade for Davis until July 1 because of an NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement rule that prohibits teams from having two players who have received max contract extensions via making an All-Star or All-NBA team.

The Lakers can conceivably pull a deal off before Feb. 7 if New Orleans likes what Magic Johnson and Co. are offering. Despite being hindered by the CBA, the Celtics can still talk to New Orleans and convince them to hold off on making a decision until the summer.

“Relative to specific talks of a trade, we will do this on our timeline — one that makes sense for our team — and it will not be dictated by those outside of our organization,” the Pelicans said in their statement.

Translation: No rush.

That’s a plus for the Thunder, in theory, since it cannot trade its 2019 firstround pick in a trade until draft day because teams cannot trade first-round draft picks back-to-back

seasons.

• The Thunder won’t have the assets of other teams on draft day, either. Teams projected

to have high-lottery picks such as the Knicks, Suns or Hawks may have a shot at selecting Duke’s Zion Williamson with the No. 1 overall pick. The chance to draft Williamson packaged with a collection of expiring contracts or additional players (Kristaps Porzingis?), may be more appealing to the Pelicans. Yahoo!

Sports’ Chris Haynes reported Monday afternoonthat the Knicks and Lakers were preparing trade offers, and that Boston is not Davis’ preferred destination. Regardless of where Davis wants to be, those teams have either young talent on controllable contracts (Lakers, Celtics), the promise of a high draft pick (Knicks) or both (Celtics, Knicks).

Matching salaries via hypothetical trades is one thing, but what the Pelicans want and what the Thunder and 28 other teams are willing to part with to acquire Davis is another entirely. For the Thunder, it’s not impossible, but highly unlikely.

Then again, Paul George happened.

NBA NOTEBOOK

Harden continues torrid scoring pace James Harden has been scoring at a pace not seen since Wilt Chamberlain in the 1960s. He doesn't want to talk about it, of course. He never does, whether things are going well or not. But it is clear he is enjoying this because his scoring outburst has coincided with Houston climbing the standings, back among the top teams in the Western Conference after an early-season slump.

"I love to hoop," he said. "I love to just be out there and the grind."

He scored 40 points in Houston's win over Orlando on Sunday night to extend his stretch of consecutive 30-point games to 23, the fourth-longest streak in NBA history behind three such

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Heat's Jones out for six weeks Derrick Jones Jr. of the Miami Heat is out for at least six weeks with a pair of bone bruises in his right knee.

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streaks by Chamberlain. In 13 games this month, last season's MVP is averaging 44.1 points.

He has scored at least 40 points in eight games in January, including two 50-point games and a franchiserecord 61 in a win over the Knicks.

"It's remarkable," teammate Eric Gordon said. "I've been around a lot of big-time players and he's for sure the best scorer I've ever been around and he does it so easily."

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Utah 125, Minnesota 111 Miami 106, New York 97 L.A. Lakers 116, Phoenix 102 Monday’s Games Charlotte 101, New York 92 Golden State 132, Indiana 100 Boston 112, Brooklyn 104 Denver at Memphis, late Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, late

WARRIORS 132, PACERS 100

GOLDEN STATE (132) Durant 7-21 1-1 16, Bell 4-5 0-0 8, Cousins 7-12 7-9 22, Curry 10-13 0-0 26, Thompson 7-16 0-1 16, McKinnie 0-1 0-0 0, Derrickson 2-5 0-0 5, Looney 6-7 3-3 15, Cook 3-8 0-0 7, Livingston 2-3 0-0 4, Iguodala 2-2 2-2 6, Lee 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 53-98 13-16 132.

INDIANA (100) Bogdanovic 5-13 2-2 15, Young 5-10 0-0 11, Turner 7-12 2-2 16, Collison 5-9 1-2 13, Sumner 1-10 0-0 2, McDermott 2-7 1-1 6, Sabonis 3-8 0-0 6, Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Leaf 4-7 0-1 8, O’Quinn 1-1 0-0 2, Joseph 2-6 2-2 6, Holiday 4-8 0-0 12, Reed 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 40-94 8-10 100.

the injury could have been worse. Jones was injured Sunday in Miami's win over New York. He was driving toward the basket when his knee buckled. He left the court in obvious pain, and was unable to put any weight on the leg.

But tests performed in Miami on Monday showed no structural damage, only the bone bruising. He will be reevaluated in mid-March and the Heat are hopeful he plays again this season.

Jones has appeared in 37 games for the Heat this season, averaging 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds on 51 percent shooting.

Tip-ins • Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie had surgery Monday to fix torn ligaments GOLDEN STATE 40 29 32 31 —132 INDIANA 22 26 31 21 —100 3-Point Goals—Golden State 13-31 (Curry 6-8, Thompson 2-6, Lee 1-2, Cousins 1-2, Derrickson 1-4, Cook 1-4, Durant 1-5), Indiana 12-30 (Holiday 4-5, Bogdanovic 3-6, Collison 2-3, Reed 1-1, McDermott 1-3, Young 1-3, Johnson 0-1, Leaf 0-1, Turner 0-2, Joseph 0-2, Sumner 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Golden State 48 (Cook, Iguodala, Curry, Cousins 6), Indiana 38 (Young 7). Assists—Golden State 39 (Iguodala 8), Indiana 29 (Collison 8).

Total Fouls—Golden State 19, Indiana 18.

Technicals—Bell, Indiana coach Dan Burke.

A—17,923 (20,000).

HORNETS 101, KNICKS 92

NEW YORK (92) Knox 7-16 2-3 19, Thomas 1-5 3-4 5, Vonleh 2-7 1-2 5, Burke 4-11 0-0 9, Hardaway Jr. 7-12 1-2 17, Hezonja 4-11 1-2 9, Robinson 4-5 2-4 10, Allen 4-8 0-0 8, Trier 0-7 7-8 7, Dotson 1-3 0-1 3. Totals 34-85 17-26 92.

CHARLOTTE (101) Batum 2-6 1-2 6, Williams 3-12 0-0 7, Biyombo 2-3 2-2 6, Walker 5-16 2-2 14, Lamb 6-12 2-2 15, Bridges 4-5 2-3 11, KiddGilchrist 1-4 0-0 2, Hernangomez 5-12 1-2 11, Parker 6-13 2-3 15, Monk 5-12 0-0 14.

Totals 39-95 12-16 101.

NEW YORK 24 29 18 21 — 92 CHARLOTTE 30 24 17 30 —101 3-Point Goals—New York 7-23 (Knox 3-4, Hardaway Jr. 2-4, Dotson 1-1, Burke 1-2, Allen 0-1, Hezonja 0-2, Trier 0-3, Thomas 0-3, Vonleh 0-3), Charlotte 11-34 (Monk 4-7, Walker 2-6, Bridges 1-1, Parker 1-3, Batum 1-3, Lamb 1-4, Williams 1-8, Hernangomez

in his right thumb. It is unknown when he can return to play. The 6-foot-6 guard is averaging 17.2 points, mostly coming off the bench.

• Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving missed Monday night's game against the Brooklyn Nets because of a hip injury.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens said the guard "woke up stiff and sore" and thought he suffered the injury in a first-half fall during a loss to Golden State on Saturday night.

Stevens didn't think Irving's injury would sideline him for long.

• Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo underwent surgery for the ruptured quad tendon in his right knee on Monday. He will miss the rest of the season.

FROM WIRE REPORTS 0-1, Kidd-Gilchrist 0-1). Fouled Out—KiddGilchrist. Rebounds—New York 45 (Vonleh 12), Charlotte 53 (Hernangomez 11).

Assists—New York 19 (Hardaway Jr. 4), Charlotte 25 (Walker 5). Total Fouls—New York 15, Charlotte 20. Technicals—Charlotte coach Hornets (Defensive three second) 2, Williams. A—13,963 (19,077).

CELTICS 112, NETS 104 BROOKLYN (104) Kurucs 1-9 2-2 5, Hollis-Jefferson 7-19 0-0 14, Allen 3-6 0-0 6, Russell 10-20 1-1 25, Harris 2-8 0-0 5, Creek 2-5 2-2 6, Carroll 4-10 2-3 12, Davis 3-5 2-2 8, Napier 6-16 4-6 20, Pinson 1-5 0-0 3. Totals 39-103 13-16 104.

BOSTON (112) Tatum 3-9 0-0 6, Morris 6-13 2-2 15, Horford 6-11 2-2 14, Rozier 6-15 0-0 14, Smart 7-15 3-4 21, Ojeleye 0-1 0-0 0, Hayward 1-6 0-0 2, Brown 9-16 0-0 21, Baynes 6-11 2-2 16, Wanamaker 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 45-100 9-10 112.

BROOKLYN 26 24 38 16 —104 BOSTON 32 28 29 23 —112 3-Point Goals—Brooklyn 13-34 (Russell 4-8, Napier 4-8, Carroll 2-5, Kurucs 1-3, Pinson 1-4, Harris 1-4, Allen 0-1, Hollis-Jefferson 0-1), Boston 13-40 (Smart 4-10, Brown 3-5, Baynes 2-5, Rozier 2-8, Wanamaker 1-1, Morris 1-4, Horford 0-1, Ojeleye 0-1, Tatum 0-1, Hayward 0-4). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Brooklyn 48 (Davis 11), Boston 52 (Horford 11). Assists—Brooklyn 20 (Napier 5), Boston 29 (Smart, Rozier 7). Total Fouls—Brooklyn 20, Boston 16.

Technicals—Horford. A—18,624 (18,624).

“This is going to sound crazy,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan said.

He was about to describe his favorite offensive possession of OKC’s 118-112 win over the Bucks on Sunday.

The Thunder not only didn’t get any points out of the play, but also lost the ball.

So why in the world would Donovan pick a turnover as his favorite offensive sequence? Ball movement.

“We were really trying to play unselfishly,” he said.

“We can’t lose that. That’s something that you don’t want to take for granted because it takes a lot of work.”

The Thunder is often better in transition than it is in half-court offense, but OKC’s second unit (plus Paul George) caught its coach’s attention with its first possession of the fourth quarter.

Point guard Dennis Schroder took the ball up the left side and scanned the court.

George cut across the baseline, and Schroder found him as he reached the corner.

George drove, receded, and drove again. But when he reached the basket, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo slid over to help.

Instead of trying to draw a foul or force a layup, George slung a pass out to Terrance Ferguson, who immediately swung it to Schroder at the top of the arc. Schroder pump-faked and drove before kicking it out to George. The buzzer sounded on the catch.

Shot clock violation.

“We were moving the ball so well,” Donovan said, “I wish we would have put a little more time on the clock for us.”

The Thunder is averaging 25.5 assists per game in

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punctuated by his performance against the Bucks.

“It’s something that — credit to the coaches, as well — we took care of yesterday in practice, how we’d be guarding that,” said Noel on the timing of his defensive rotations on Antetokounmpo. Noel will get another tough test in Orlando center Nikola Vucevic on Tuesday.

A couple of weeks ago, the Thunder sorely missed the 6-11, 225-pounder shot blocker. In the three full games Noel missed after suffering a concussion Jan. 8 against Minnesota, the Thunder’s defense was gashed for 121.4 points per 100 possessions and 57.3 points per game in the paint,bothlastintheleague in that week-long stretch.

When Noel returned to the lineup on Jan. 17 against the Lakers, he understandably didn’t look like his normal self. He was tentative, not throwing his body around the way he typically has en route to some of the best per-36 minute defensive numbers in the league (11.7 rebounds, 3.5 blocks).

All it took was a game, though, for the defensive stopper to return to form.

During the Thunder’s fivegame winning streak, it’s allowed only 88.1 points per 100 possessions with Noel in the game.

Even when Noel isn’t the primary defender, he’s an imposing presence.

“Nerlens wasn’t on (Antetokounmpo) a couple of times in that first half, but came over and had a couple of great shot blocks, and altered some shots around the basket,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan said after Sunday’s 118-112 win against the Bucks.

Noel has been an invaluable fill-in for Steven Adams this season. When

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STAFF WRITER January, an improvement on its season average of 23.2.

That increase is partly due to an improvement in the team’s shooting this month but can also be attributed to sharing the ball. OKC has logged over 25 assists in each of its past four games, including 29 Sunday night.

Injury update Andre Roberson sent the tweet after the Thunder’s win Sunday, four words commemorating a momentous anniversary in his career.

“Year to date!! Crazy! #TheGetBack,” the post on his verified Twitter account read.

Sunday marked exactly a year from the day Roberson ruptured his left patellar tendon in a game against the Pistons. Monday is the one-year anniversary of his surgery to repair that tendon.

He has since undergone arthroscopic surgery to relieve swelling in his left knee and an operation to alleviate discomfort caused by a suture from his original surgery. He also suffered an avulsion fracture in November. According to Donovan, the Thunder still does not have a timetable for his return.

“I think he’s making strides and getting better,” Donovan said Sunday afternoon, “but to be able to say what’s the target date for him to be back, I wouldn’t be able to say that right now.”

Adams used to come out of the game, like he did Sunday after tweaking his right ankle, the backside of the Thunder’s defense was in danger. Noel has helped solidify the Thunder’s second-unit rim protection.

“Coach trusted me with theextendedminuteswhen Steve-O went down,” Noel said. “I wanted to do my bestjobinjustchangingthe game. Regardless of what side of the ball it’s on, I do what I do as a player and just play recklessly. ”We’ve been trying to get back to being that defensive-first team.”

In just half of a season, Noel has made himself a crucial part of that identity.

THUNDER AT MAGIC • When: 6 p.m., Tuesday • Where: Amway Center, Orlando • TV: FS Oklahoma (Cox 37/HD 722, Dish 412, DirecTV 675, U-verse 751/1751) • Radio: WWLS-AM 640/98.1 FM

Three things to know • Even though last season Orlando finished second to last in the Eastern Conference, and the Thunder claimed the No. 4 seed in the West, the teams split the regular-season series 1-1.

• The Thunder’s defense, which ranks No. 3 in defensive rating (104.5), averages the most deflections in the NBA (16.2).

• Orlando’s Jerian Grant and OKC’s Jerami Grant are brothers. Their father, Harvey Grant, played for the University of Oklahoma before an 11-year NBA career.

PROJECTED STARTERS Thunder (31-18) Player Ht. G Russell Westbrook 6-3 G Terrance Ferguson 6-7 F Paul George 6-9 F Jerami Grant 6-9 C Steven Adams 7-0 Magic (20-30) Player Ht. G D.J. Augustin 6-0 G Evan Fournier 6-7 F Jonathan Isaac 6-10 F Aaron Gordon 6-9 C Nikola Vucevic 7-0

Pts. Reb. Ast. 21.6 10.8 10.7 6.5 1.9 0.7 27.1 8.1 4.0 12.9 4.9 1.0 15.4 10.0 1.8 Pts. Reb. 11.6 2.1 14.8 3.0 8.1 5.0 15.9 7.7 20.6 12.0

Ast. 4.7 3.5 1.0 3.4 3.8

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019

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TRIBUTES

Patterson was All-American for Tulsa A farewell to people with Oklahoma ties who enjoyed the game day experience: Patterson, 86, •Bob of Tulsa. A first-team All-America basketball player at the University of Tulsa. He was the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year for the 1954-55 season, averaging a conference-record 30.5 points per game.

Patterson was the first basketball player added to the TU Athletic Hall of Fame.

The retired CEO of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Tulsa coached many boys and girls basketball teams over the years.

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•Don Padgett, 62, of Holdenville. The specialeducation teacher was a football, wrestling and track coach at Holdenville, Comanche, Duncan, Velma-Alma and Bray-Doyle.

Padgett was a martial arts instructor for 40 years and earned his Grand Master 10th degree. He was inducted into the U.S. Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2018.

•Clarice Roads, 95, of Edmond. She played basketball at Byng High School under legendary coach Bertha Frank Teague.

Roads was a librarian.

•Steve Richards, 77, of Crescent. The Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Famer led Davenport to Class B state football championships in 1972, '73 and '74. He then guided his alma mater, Crescent High School, to the Class A state title in 1990.

Richards was The Oklahoman's All-State Coach of the Year in 1974 and Little All-City Coach of the Year in 1990.

During a career that

included coaching stops at Hennessey, Hinton, Cushing and Pioneer, Richards had nine AllState football players, four All-Staters in track and field and one AllState power lifter.

As a high school athlete, he played quarterback and halfback, earning all-district and honorable mention AllState honors.

•Tom Rowland, 84, of Oklahoma City. The McGuinness High graduate played baseball at Oklahoma, where he earned three degrees.

Rowland liked to play golf.

•Jim Kienholz, 78, of

Edmond. He had Oklahoma State football season tickets for more than 50 years. The Army veteran was a banker.

•Richard Wright III, 78, of Tulsa. The estate attorney spent free time working with Little League Baseball and playing golf.

He had a hole-in-one in 1976, and played courses around the country.

Wright looked forward each year to playing in the Tulsa Junior League Pro-Am Tournament.

•Leroy Cook, 79, of Edmond. The Luther High graduate attended Oklahoma A&M on a baseball scholarship. He

retired as vice president of EMSCO Electric Supply.

•Stephanie Kouri Simon, 54, of Oklahoma City.

She was a member of the pom squad at Wichita Southeast High School in her native Kansas.

•Bob Robinson, 92, of LaQuinta, California.

The University of Oklahoma graduate and retired Oklahoma City accountant loved golf. He had a 2-handicap at age 65 and won several club championships.

•Charles Ferguson, 88, of Oklahoma City. He was a former heavyweight Golden Gloves boxer.

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MIAMI — Junior F Dewan Hernandez announced he will enter the NBA Draft.

NORTH CAROLINA — Named Billy High director of football recruiting and assistant athletics director.

France, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4.

Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, def. Conny Perrin, Switzerland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Dayana Yastremska (8), Ukraine, def.

Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, 6-0, 6-3.

Peng Shuai, China, def. Chloe Paquet, France, 6-2, 6-3.

Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-2, 6-0.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Hsieh Suwei (3), Taiwan, 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Magda Linette, Poland, def. Priscilla Hon, Australia, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2.

Women’s Doubles First Round Kurumi Nara, Japan, and Zheng Saisai, China, def. Nudnida Luangnam and Peangtarn Plipuech, Thailand, 6-1, 7-5.

Han Xinyun, China, and Darija Jurak, Croatia, def. Sabine Lisicki, Germany, and Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-4, 1-6, 12-10.

Kevin Tway (10), $21,158 70n-71s-72-70—283 Emiliano Grillo (7), $16,557 67n-74s-70-73—284 Sungjae Im (7), $16,557 72s-68n-72-72—284 Chris Stroud (7), $16,557 66s-71n-74-73—284 Chris Thompson (7), $16,557 74s-66n-70-74—284 Braden Thornberry, $16,557 71s-67n-72-74—284 Cameron Davis (5), $15,762 72s-69n-72-72—285 Bill Haas (5), $15,762 67n-72s-70-76—285 Beau Hossler (5), $15,762 67n-70s-74-74—285 Adam Schenk (5), $15,762 72n-69s-74-70—285 John Senden (5), $15,762 68n-73s-72-72—285 Grayson Murray (4), $15,123 68n-72s-71-75—286 Ben Silverman (4), $15,123 68s-71n-72-75—286 Brandt Snedeker (4), $15,123 68n-73s-71-74—286 Shawn Stefani (4), $15,123 67n-74s-70-75—286 Rickie Fowler (4), $14,555 73s-66n-74-74—287 Brandon Hagy (4), $14,555 66s-71n-74-76—287 Stephan Jaeger (4), $14,555 70s-71n-72-74—287 C.T. Pan (4), $14,555 64n-75s-71-77—287 Ryan Blaum (3), $14,129 71n-70s-75-72—288 Rory Sabbatini (3), $14,129 72s-68n-76-72—288 John Chin (3), $13,703 66n-71s-77-75—289 Sebastián Muñoz (3), $13,703 68n-72s-75-74—289 Joaquin Niemann (3), $13,703 66n-73s-70-80—289 Nick Watney (3), $13,703 72s-68n-74-75—289 Sean O’Hair (2), $13,348 71n-69s-77-73—290 Morgan Hoffmann (2), $13,206 70n-70s-79-72—291

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Monday's Results Boys City Area Chr. Heritage Aca. 64, OKC Storm 41 Southeast 65, Capitol Hill 52 State Cement 69, Gracemont 53 Hobart 72, Hollis 34 Quinton 83, Cave Springs 42 Sasakwa 69, Mason 53 Snyder 60, Grandfield 39 Thomas 43, Seiling 35 Tyrone 56, Felt 50 Girls City Area Okla. Chr. Aca. 60, Hennessey 19 Southeast 63, Capitol Hill 27 SW Covenant 53, ASTEC 24 State Boise City 52, Guymon JV 18 Chelsea 50, Foyil 18 Dewar 69, Wilson-Henryetta 31 Geary 41, Aline-Cleo 30 Hollis 58, Hobart 26 Mt. View-Gotebo 36, Sentinel 32 Quinton 42, Cave Springs 37 Seiling 79, Thomas 38 Snyder 49, Grandfield 40 Tipton 54, Temple 24 Tyrone 53, Felt 31 Monday's Games Boys CHR. HERITAGE ACA. 64, OKC STORM 41 OKC Storm 11 8 5 17 -- 41 Chr. Heritage Aca.22 17 20 5 -- 64 OKCS—Dobbins 8, Farris 8, Shelton 6, Willingham 5, Dobbs 4, Collins 4, Gabriel 3, Major 3 CHA—Winslow 13, B. Bullard 11, Langerman 9, Hale 6, Canty 6, C. Bullard 5, Thomas 3, Johnson 3, Nuthman 3, French 3, Kufahl 2 SOUTHEAST 65, CAPITOL HILL 52 Capitol Hill 12 12 9 19 -- 52 Southeast 15 8 20 22 -- 65 CH—Warner 12, Steele 9, Garden 7, Fancher 6, Cavers 6, Jeffries 5, Jones 5, Ibarra 2 SE—Perry 22, Allen 18, Counter 13, Hines 5, Coulter 4, K. Freeman 3 Girls OKLA. CHR. ACA. 60, HENNESSEY 19 Okla. Chr. Aca. 16 17 15 12 -- 60 Hennessey 4 2 10 3 -- 19 OCA--S. Duncan 22, Yager 14, T. Duncan 12, Miller 12 Hennessey--Millis 6, Manreal 4, Simurek 2, Orozco 2, Dungan 2, McNutly 2, Macey 1 SOUTHEAST 63, CAPITOL HILL 27 Capitol Hill 6 3 11 6 -- 27 Southeast 26 18 12 7 -- 63 Capitol Hill – Johnson 22, Bailey 2, Miller 2, Gonzalez 1.

Southeast – Flowers 12, Curley 10, Staliby 9, White 7, Mitchell 7, Carlie 5, Littlejohn 3, Jackson 3, Carter 2, Villa 2, Slaughter 2, Baker 1.

SW COVENANT 53, ASTEC 24 SW Covenant 16 16 15 6 -- 53 ASTEC 3 2 7 12 -- 24 SWC--Moseley 31, Noland 12, Mitchell 4, Riggs 4, Lessman 2 ASTEC--Arena 12, Dickson 10, Hernandez 2

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Monday's Results City Area Mustang 82, Westmoore 0 State Mannford 55, Bristow 15 Sperry 57, Bristow 18 Sperry 34, Mannford 32

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OCA All-State Rosters 7 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Tulsa Union’s Union Tuttle Stadium.

West QB/Athlete: Jett Sternberger, Kingfisher QB: Carson Berryhill, Tuttle; Kade Dillard, Fairview; Alec Meinert, Hobart RB: Dadrion Taylor, Carl Albert; Conner Carey, Heritage Hall; Miles Davis, Lawton; SemaJ McBride, Tipton WR: Blake Curtin, Oklahoma Christian

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about his image.

Durant seems headed out the door from the Warriors, who have won big with Durant but at the price of the precious chemistry that made them so appealing three summers ago in the Hamptons. Durant has signed a series of one-year contracts with Golden State, holding it over the Warriors’ head that he could leave at any time, and Draymond Green, bless his soul, was willing to say he’s fed up.

Durant burned his OKC bridge. Now he’s burning his Oakland bridge.

Just 30 months ago, Durant was America’s most lovable superstar.

School; Chris Veales, Carl Albert; De’Mariyon Houston, Millwood; Jack Foreman, Del City; Marcellus Owens, Guthrie OL: Tyler Beller, Washington; Brayden Bryant, Ardmore; Charlie Covington, McGuinness; Hector Becerra, Lawton; Layne Grantham, Westmoore; Mitchell Ritter, Elgin; Jalyn Shea, Purcell DL: Sitani Lemeki, Ardmore; Michael Pope, Edmond Santa Fe; Justin Wardlaw, Mustang; Cole Mashburn, Norman North; Reed Lindsey, Clinton; Owen Olsen, Yukon LB: Trey Kiser, Sulphur; Garrett Pride, Altus; Dylan Coffman, Tuttle; Dylan Weiher, Jones; Hunter Bowers, Crescent DB: DK Stevenson, Putnam North; Tramon Jackson, Midwest City; Trevor Stuever, Washington; Zach Hale, Christian Heritage Academy; Gatlin Goodson, Shattuck; Lawson Stout, Bethany East QB: Ian Corwin, Jenks; Beau Teel, Sperry; Stevie Orr, Davenport RB: Noah Cortes, Broken Arrow; Jake Tuttle, Collinsville; Andrew Crow, Rejoice Christian WR: Cade Cavender, Bixby; Ashton Bartholomew, Wagoner; Kanton Washington, Gore; Gunnar Thompson, Poteau; Tanner Loggains, Central Sallisaw OL: Brady Latham, Jenks; Karson Cole, Collinsville; Price Pettit, Tulsa Kelley; Callen Rigney, Seminole; Dallin Hacker, Tonkawa; Hazer Xanders, Stillwater; Riley Teutsch, Catoosa; Brandon Davis, Tahlequah DL: Keegan Martin, Yale; Kody Stanley, Berryhill; Sam Coulon, Cascia Hall; Kyler Baugh, Talihina; Ethan Hall, Bixby; Caymon Severs, Owasso LB: Cole Goodnight, Tahlequah; Elijah Tomlin, Tulsa Union; River Simon, Vian; C.D. Harjo, Okemah; Kejuan Hay, Owasso DB: Jaidan Grayson, Beggs; Deontei Braggs, Spiro; Nate Bryant, Stigler; Kyren Johnson, Bristow; Aaron Stokes, Broken Arrow Athlete: Quintin Owens, Broken Bow K: Alex Felkins, Holland Hall

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Monday's Results OUAZ Spring Invire At Litchfield Park, AZ Men Team Scoring Oklahoma City 285-283--568 Ottawa 290-288--578 Top Individuals 140--David Meyers, OCU, 72-68; Carson Seals, OCU, 72-68 141--Jack Madden, OCU, 68-73;Cody Holck, Morningside, 70-71 Oklahoma City Results 147--Sam Simonsen, 73-74 150--Peri'Don Castille, 75-75 Women Team Scoring Keiser 307-298--605 Embry Riddle, AZ 317-306--623 Oklahoma City 312-322--634 Top Individuals 149--Samantha Fuller, Keiser, 74-75 150--Deeya Aggarwal, Keiser, 78-72 Oklahoma City Results 153--Melissa Eldredge, 77-76 159--Natalie Gough, 78-81 162--Lauryn Pritchard, 78-84 163--McKenzie McCoy, 79-84 169--Arianna Medina, 87-88

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At NC State Northwestern At Texas St. Joseph’s Ohio Missouri St Wisconsin Mississippi St Pittsburgh Ohio State At Vanderbilt At Colorado St At UNLV

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Today FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG At Columbus -173 Buffalo At Boston -145 Winnipeg At NY Rangers -127 Philadelphia

LINE +161 +135 +117

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Super Bowl LIII Sunday, Feb. 3 at Atlanta FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 56½ L.A. Rams New England Pk 2½ Updated odds available at Pregame.com

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Designated RHP Austin Brice for assignment. Claimed INF Jack Reinheimer off waivers from Texas.

DETROIT TIGERS — Named Kirk Gibson special assistant to the general manager.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with INF/OF Whit Merrifield on a four-year contract.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with 2B Emilio Bonifacio and RHPs Ricardo Pinto, Casey Sadler and Luis Santos on minor league contracts.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed INFs Sean Kazmar, Luis Marte, Andres Blanco and Pedro Florimón; and OFs Ryan LaMarre and Rafael Ortega to minor-league contracts.

NEW YORK METS — Designated INF Gavin Cecchini for assignment. Agreed to terms with LHP Justin Wilson on a two-year contract.

American Association CLEBURNE RAILROADERS — Signed OF K.C. Huth.

GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed INF Will Savage.

MILWAUKEE MILKMEN — Traded OF Isaac Benard to Florence (Frontier) to complete an earlier trade. Signed OF Nolan Earley, INF Cesar Valera and LHP Braulio Torres-Perez.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed RHP Tyler Garkow.

Frontier League WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Traded LHP Braulio Torres-Perez to Milwaukee (AA) for a player to be named.

FOOTBALL

National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Re-signed LS Reid Ferguson to a three-year contract.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed K Redford Jones to a reserve/future contract.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed PK Adam Vinatieri to a one-year contract.

Canadian Football League HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Signed WR Brandon Banks to a two-year extension.

PRO HOCKEY NHL All times Central EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT PTS GF GA Tampa Bay 49 37 10 2 76 199 140 Toronto 49 30 17 2 62 174 140 Montreal 51 28 18 5 61 154 149 Boston 49 27 17 5 59 143 128 Buffalo 48 24 18 6 54 140 144 Florida 48 20 20 8 48 152 170 Detroit 51 19 25 7 45 145 172 Ottawa 50 19 26 5 43 156 187 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT PTS GF GA N.Y. Islanders 49 29 15 5 63 147 122 Washington 50 27 17 6 60 171 162 Columbus 48 28 17 3 59 154 146 Pittsburgh 49 26 17 6 58 172 152 Carolina 50 24 20 6 54 140 149 N.Y. Rangers 48 21 20 7 49 139 164 Philadelphia 49 20 23 6 46 142 170 New Jersey 49 19 23 7 45 146 167 WESTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT PTS GF GA Winnipeg 49 31 16 2 64 168 137 Nashville 52 30 18 4 64 161 135 Minnesota 50 26 21 3 55 142 142 Dallas 49 24 21 4 52 126 128 Colorado 50 22 20 8 52 169 162 St. Louis 49 22 22 5 49 139 149 Chicago 51 18 24 9 45 156 190 PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT PTS GF GA Calgary 51 33 13 5 71 190 145 San Jose 52 29 16 7 65 187 167 Vegas 52 29 19 4 62 157 140 Vancouver 51 23 22 6 52 147 161 Anaheim 51 21 21 9 51 120 153 Arizona 50 23 23 4 50 132 142 Edmonton 50 23 24 3 49 144 163 Los Angeles 50 20 26 4 44 114 150 2 points for win, 1 point for overtime loss.

Top 3 teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Saturday’s Games All-Star Games at SAP Center, San Jose Central Division 10, Pacific Division 4 Metropolitan 7, Atlantic 4 All-Star Final: Metropolitan 10, Central 5 Sunday’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s Games New Jersey 6, Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 3, Winnipeg 1 Today’s Games Winnipeg at Boston, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Today FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Washington 6 219 At Cleveland Milwaukee 6½ 220 At Detroit Oklahoma City 5½ 221½ At Orlando At Brooklyn 7 217 Chicago At Houston 9½ 233½ New Orleans At San Antonio Off Off Phoenix At L.A. Lakers Off Off Philadelphia

SOCCER

Major Soccer League COLUMBUS CREW — Named Pat Onstad technical director; and Mike Matkovic, Matt Reis and Pablo Moreira assistant coaches.

NEW YORK CITY FC — Signed G Luis Barraza.

National Premier Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed G Santiago Castano.

ST. PETERSBURG LADIES TROPHY Monday at Sibur Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia. Purse: $823,000 (Premier); Surface: Hard-Indoor Women’s Singles First Round Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-2, 6-4.

Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova, Russia, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 6-0, 6-4.

Women’s Doubles First Round Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Alexandra Panova, Russia, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, and Galina Voskoboeva (2), Kazakhstan, 6-3, 4-6, 10-7.

Daria Mishina and Ekaterina Shalimova, Russia, def. Monique Adamczak and Jessica Moore, Australia, 6-2, 6-4.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Today FAVORITE LINE Tennessee 9 At Arkansas 7 Kent St 2½ Toledo 2 At Cent. Michigan 3 At Buffalo 12 North Carolina 8½

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HOCKEY

National Hockey League PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Traded D Jamie Oleksiak to Dallas for a 2019 fourth-round draft pick.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated F Miles Wood from injured reserve.

UNDERDOG At South Carolina Georgia At W. Michigan At Miami (Ohio) E. Michigan Ball St At Georgia Tech

NCAA — Announced Miami men’s basketball F Dewan Hernandez must sit out the remainder of this season and 40 percent of next season because of dealings with an agent.

HOFSTRA — Named Scott Muggeo women’s golf coach.

LSU — Named Joe Brady passing game coordinator/receivers coach.

Now he’s a villain and doesn’t like it. None of us would. Even NBA royalty like Walt Frazier still express disappointment at Durant’s weak choice to leave for Golden State, and Durant seems on an eternal quest to restore his good name.

Making nice with Oklahoma City is good strategy. Except the state of Oklahoma isn’t all that interested. Tough sell for Russell Westbrook. No way can the Thunder brass trust Durant, though it stays poker-faced on all things Durant. How about the fans? The masses want no part of a Durant reconciliation. That would change, of course, if Durant wanted to sign with OKC, but he doesn’t want to or need to. Just making everyone think it’s possible would be

good for Durant’s image, which is likely part of this Collison strategy.

Durant told ESPN that his time with the Thunder “was so special, that whole group from 2010 until I left there, it was special. It's about time for us to let go of all that extra stuff, and just come together —especially around this time, because it's Nick."

So Durant has gone all Frozen— let it go, let it gooooo— but the ice hasn’t melted on this side of the Rockies. Not because Durant left.

Maybe not even because he went to Golden State, killing whatever parity existed in the NBA. But Durant’s antics since he left have been kindling for this never-ending firestorm.

His constant trolling on social media, ripping

Monday at True Arena Hua Hin, Hua Hin, Thailand. Purse: $226,750 (Intl.); Surface: Hard-Indoor Women’s Singles First Round Ajla Tomljanovic (6), Australia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-1, 7-6 (6).

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Fiona Ferro,

Billy Donovan and the Thunder front office.

His comments in interviews that painted the Thunder as lax or cheap in building. “Where other teams went out and got that veteran guy," he toldRolling Stone, "we kept getting younger."

What a bum, that Sam Presti, building a young, talented roster that could keep getting better. So young and so talented that the Thunder dang near took down the 73-win Warriors in the 2016 West finals, then withstood the departure of the world’s secondbest player, with nothing in return. Check Cleveland’s post-LeBron years to see how rare that is.

Special, Durant says?

His mother, Wanda Pratt, told Rolling Stone that “for nine years, he refused to speak a word

GOLF PGA TOUR

FARMERS INSURANCE OPEN Sunday’s leaders at Torrey Pines GC, San Diego. Purse: $7.1 million. s-South Course: Yardage: 7,698 Par: 72 (36-36). n-North Course: Yardage: 7,258 Par: 72 (36-36) Final Justin Rose (500), $1,278,000 63n-66s-69-69—267 Adam Scott (300), $766,800 70s-66n-65-68—269 Talor Gooch (163), $411,800 69s-68n-67-68—272 Hideki Matsuyama (163), $411,800 66n-66s-73-67—272 Jason Day (100), $259,150 67n-71s-69-67—274 Rory McIlroy (100), $259,150 71s-65n-69-69—274 Jon Rahm (100), $259,150 62n-72s-68-72—274 Billy Horschel (85), $220,100 66n-68s-71-70—275 Scott Brown (73), $184,600 70s-68n-68-70—276 Joel Dahmen (73), $184,600 68s-67n-70-71—276 Cameron Smith (73), $184,600 71n-69s-71-65—276 Gary Woodland (73), $184,600 71s-70n-69-66—276 Bud Cauley (53), $121,714 66n-70s-74-67—277 Matt Jones (53), $121,714 67n-74s-69-67—277 Ryan Palmer (53), $121,714 67s-67n-75-68—277 Sepp Straka (53), $121,714 69n-67s-71-70—277 Tony Finau (53), $121,714 69s-69n-69-70—277 Patrick Reed (53), $121,714 69n-69s-69-70—277 Michael Thompson (53), $121,714 68s-69n-69-71—277 Doug Ghim, $79,804 63n-73s-67-75—278 Charles Howell III (41), $79,804 66s-70n-75-67—278 Sung Kang (41), $79,804 71n-70s-66-71—278 Jason Kokrak (41), $79,804 71n-69s-69-69—278 Tiger Woods (41), $79,804 70s-70n-71-67—278 John Huh (33), $56,623 68s-68n-71-72—279 Trey Mullinax (33), $56,623 70s-71n-68-70—279 Xander Schauffele (33), $56,623 69s-70n-70-70—279 Danny Willett (33), $56,623 71n-68s-70-70—279 Jonas Blixt (26), $45,144 68s-69n-74-69—280 Mackenzie Hughes (26), $45,144 70n-70s-70-70—280 Si Woo Kim (26), $45,144 67n-68s-73-72—280 Robert Streb (26), $45,144 69s-68n-72-71—280 Jim Knous (26), $45,144 70n-71s-70-69—280 Hank Lebioda (26), $45,144 70n-67s-68-75—280 Sangmoon Bae (19), $35,003 68n-67s-71-75—281 Keegan Bradley (19), $35,003 68n-71s-69-73—281 Wyndham Clark (19), $35,003 69s-67n-70-75—281 Jordan Spieth (19), $35,003 65n-72s-72-72—281 Adam Svensson (19), $35,003 70n-67s-69-75—281 Sam Burns (15), $29,110 70s-66n-74-72—282 Luke List (15), $29,110 70s-69n-71-72—282 J.T. Poston (15), $29,110 72s-68n-69-73—282 Julián Etulain (10), $21,158 71s-67n-71-74—283 Russell Knox (10), $21,158 67n-70s-73-73—283 Martin Laird (10), $21,158 73s-66n-69-75—283 Marc Leishman (10), $21,158 68n-73s-70-72—283 Nicholas Lindheim (10), $21,158 71s-69n-70-73—283 Sam Ryder (10), $21,158 69n-69s-72-73—283 Scott Stallings (10), $21,158 69n-71s-71-72—283 Nick Taylor (10), $21,158 71s-68n-72-72—283

against that team — he loved those guys and that city. But this summer, he said, 'Mama, I can’t do it anymore. They’re not in this thing with me, we’re not together like we were — I feel like I need something different.'"

Oh, OK. The Thunder wasn’t in this thing with Durant? Doesn’t sound all that special to me.

The truth is, the Durant days were special.

A glorious run of great and fun basketball, in a new market that didn’t know any better than to cheer like crazy and win a bunch of games. But Durant doesn’t get to call it special after trashing it as justification for leaving.

The truth is, Durant made a decision that backfired on him in the public square, he went from hero to villain in

EUROPEAN TOUR

OMEGA DUBAI DESERT CLASSIC Sunday’s leaders at Emirates GC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Purse: $3.25 million.

Yardage: 7,238. Par: 72 Final Bryson DeChambeau, United States 66-66-68-64—264 Matt Wallace, England 70-64-69-68—271 Sergio Garcia, Spain 66-70-70-66—272 Ian Poulter, England 67-71-70-64—272 Alvaro Quiros, Spain 69-64-71-68—272 Paul Waring, England 67-70-71-64—272 Justin Harding, South Africa 70-68-72-63—273 Lucas Herbert, Australia 69-63-72-69—273 Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 69-67-68-69—273 Jason Scrivener, Australia 67-67-71-68—273 Lee Westwood, England 67-70-69-67—273 Byeong Hun An, South Korea 70-68-68-68—274 Ernie Els, South Africa 68-65-70-71—274 Li Haotong, China 67-67-67-73—274 Shane Lowry, Ireland 69-67-71-67—274 Matthew Fitzpatrick, England 65-70-70-70—275 Tommy Fleetwood, England 68-70-68-69—275 Kalle Samooja, Finland 66-70-68-71—275 Romain Wattel, France 68-70-70-67—275 Also Martin Kaymer, Germany 71-67-72-67—277 Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark 72-68-67-71—278 Tyrrell Hatton, England 69-70-71-69—279 Eddie Pepperell, England 72-67-69-71—279 Kurt Kitayama, United States 71-69-75-74—289

WORLD GOLF RANKING THROUGH JAN. 27 1. Justin Rose 2. Brooks Koepka 3. Dustin Johnson 4. Justin Thomas 5. Bryson DeChambeau 6. Jon Rahm 7. Xander Schauffele 8. Rory McIlroy 9. Francesco Molinari 10. Jason Day 11. Tony Finau 12. Tiger Woods 13. Tommy Fleetwood 14. Rickie Fowler 15. Patrick Reed 16. Marc Leishman 17. Patrick Cantlay 18. Bubba Watson 19. Webb Simpson 20. Jordan Spieth 21. Alex Noren 22. Paul Casey 23. Matt Kuchar 24. Gary Woodland 25. Louis Oosthuizen 26. Hideki Matsuyama 27. Sergio Garcia 28. Cameron Smith 29. Phil Mickelson 30. Adam Scott 31. Tyrrell Hatton 32. Rafa Cabrera Bello

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every port this side of Alameda County and he waffles between caring and not caring.

Now he’s a man without a country. He has no basketball home. Gave up his birthright in Oklahoma City and soon will leave Golden State with three championship rings but without the love afforded Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Green.

Durant wants to make a pit stop in Oklahoma City, trying to build a bridge not back to playing here, but to being loved here. Good luck.

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SandRidge taps industry veteran as new leader

BY JACK MONEY Business Writer jmoney@oklahoman.com

SandRidge Energy Inc. announced Monday it has hired an industry veteran to lead the firm as its next president and CEO. Paul D. McKinney, who most recently was president and chief operating officer of Yuma Energy Inc., begins in his new roles at SandRidge on Tuesday, a SandRidge news release states.

“We are excited to have Paul join the team,” said William M. Griffin, SandRidge’s outgoing president and CEO. “After an extensive search, we are confident we have found a candidate with the leadership skill and experience necessary to maximize value for our shareholders,” said Griffin, who will continue to serve SandRidge as a director.

McKinney has 35 years of industry experience, most recently through roles he held at Yuma, which he joined in 2014. Before that, he held a variety of leadership roles at Apache Corp., including leading its Gulf Coast onshore region unit.

McKinney started his oil and gas career in 1983 at Anadarko Petroleum Corp., where he advanced by holding various engineering and operationsrelated positions.

In Monday’s release, McKinney stated he was excited to join SandRidge’s team.

“The company’s asset base and existing investment opportunities are impressive and have set SandRidge up for organic growth,” he said. “I look forward to developing these exciting assets, as well as pursuing the many opportunities that exist in the market today.”

McKinney relieves Griffin as SandRidge’s president and CEO, roles

Griffin held for about a year.

Griffin agreed Feb. 7 to step in as SandRidge’s top executive, moving from a spot as an independent member of the firm’s board, after the board fired former CEO James Bennett without cause while the company was in the midst of a proxy fight with its largest shareholders.

Bennett’s departure happened after those shareholders spent months blocking SandRidge’s planned $746 million purchase of Colorado-based Bonanza Creek Energy.

Activist investor Carl C. Icahn later demanded SandRidge reshape its board and change its policies, expressing concerns about the firm’s executive compensation plan that had given Bennett bonuses while shareholders lost equity as the firm went through bankruptcy.

Griffin and the board subsequently reviewed the company’s overall plans. In September, they announced

the board had rejected eight offers various bidders had made to buy parts or all of the company and instead said SandRidge would focus on buying properties to expand the Oklahoma City company’s holdings.

That’s also when Griffin announced he didn’t want to permanently serve as SandRidge’s president and CEO. Yuma Energy Inc., based in Houston, also has been experiencing issues.

The company announced in November it had retained Seaport Global Securities LLC, an investment banking firm, to advise it on potential strategic and tactical alternatives, including possible mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as it announced it had sustained a net loss of about $5.5 million in the third quarter of 2018.

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Noble Research Institute US hits Venezuela chooses president with oil sanctions

BY MATTHEW LEE AND DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

An aerial file photo shows The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore. [PHOTOS PROVIDED]

BY JACK MONEY Business Writer jmoney@oklahoman.com

ARDMORE — An Oklahoman who has worked at the Noble Research Institute since 2001 will lead the organization into the future, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation’s board of directors announced Monday.

Steven Rhines is the institute’s newest president and CEO. Rhines, most recently the institute’s general counsel and vice president for public affairs, takes Steven Rhines over the post from Bill Buckner, who retired at the end of 2018.

As general counsel, Rhines led efforts the foundation undertook in 2008 to convince Congress to change U.S. tax code to create a new type of public charity that’s called an agricultural research organization.

Once that work was done in December 2015, The Samuel Rob-

Workers feed sorghum into a mechanical device that presses the sugar content out of it for use as a bioenergy source.

erts Noble Foundation began transitioning into the Noble Research Institute, continuing the organization’s 73-year-history of pursuing work that benefits the industry across the nation.

At the same time, it recreated The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation to provide the institute ongoing funding support, to continue providing grants that

cultivate good health, support education and build stronger communities, and to provide scholarships to deserving students outside of the institute who also are involved in agricultural pursuits.

The foundation’s board oversees the institute and its operations.

“I fell in love with the

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on the state-owned oil company of Venezuela, a potentially critical economic move aimed at increasing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to cede power to the opposition in the South American nation.

Maduro’s increasingly isolated government would lose access to one of its most important sources of income and foreign currency along with around $7 billion in assets of Petroleos De Venezuela S.A. under the sanctions announced by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and national security adviser John Bolton.

The move follows the unusual decision by the U.S. and other nations last week to recognize the opposition leader of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the interim president of Venezuela instead of Maduro, who was re-elected last year in an election widely seen as fraudulent. The once prosperous nation has been in an economic collapse, with several million citizens fleeing to neighboring countries.

“We have continued to expose the corruption of Maduro and his cronies, and today’s action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the Venezuelan people,” Bolton said at a White House news conference.

Bolton said he expects Monday’s actions against PDVSA — the acronym for the state-owned oil company — will result in more than $11 billion in lost export proceeds over the next year.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed that the new sanctions do not target the people of Venezuela and will not affect humanitarian assistance, including medicine and medical devices that are “desperately needed after years of economic destruction under Maduro’s rule.”

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a vocal critic of Maduro who has called for such sanctions, welcomed the move even before it was announced.

“The Maduro crime family has used PDVSA to buy and keep the support of many military leaders,” Rubio said.

“The oil belongs to the Venezuelan people, and therefore the money PDVSA

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City traffic guidelines put pedestrians at mercy of drivers

I

’ve spent a quarter century attending meetings at City Hall, listening, taking notes and sharing stories. Last Friday marked the first time I was the one speaking in the City Council chambers, presenting my case for adding stop signs in my neighborhood.

In the past few years, I’ve noted cases that demonstrated how the traffic commission is set up to represent the interests of motorists over pedestrians.

Property owners along NW 23 in Uptown prevailed in their effort to lower the speed limit on this increasingly pedestrian-oriented corridor despite commissioners telling them it was a bad idea because it might lengthen travel times.

When it was my turn, I was faced with a report by the city’s traffic engineer stating he could not recommend the stop signs because there was no history of accidents, injuries or deaths at the intersections and that a three-hour, mid-morning traffic survey did not indicate any speeding or problems with line of sight for drivers.

I was surprised to see, however, that the traffic

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count did top the minimum of more than 1,800 cars a day. Coincidentally, the neighborhood to the west submitted their own stop sign applications, and they were heard at the same meeting.

A long winding street that also connects to a third neighborhood — with not a single stop sign — was our shared concern. Having lived in the neighborhood for more than a decade, I’ve seen cars speeding through with little warning or clear line of sight of kids crossing streets, folks walking their dogs and parents out with their infants in baby strollers.

We were told the stop signs were not warranted and that policy guidelines dictate they should not be used for speed control. That’s silly, and folks in my neighborhood strongly disagree with that approach.

The speeding is what makes safe crossings dangerous for pedes-

trians. But of course, pedestrian safety gets little mention in the report presented to the traffic commission.

The engineering study is all about vehicle counts, speeds and driver line of sight, and not one measure of pedestrian traffic and safety.

In what I find ironic, traffic commissioners argued stop signs are dangerous for pedestrians because they might assume drivers, more distracted than ever, will actually stop. Well, yes, and as drivers, we assume other drivers will stop at red lights. If we’re to avoid traffic control because of those who ignore lights and signs, why not just do away with them altogether?

It’s a silly argument, one that tilts the rules against pedestrians and for drivers.

Also consider this tidbit: the engineering report dictates stop and yield signs should not be used along the heavier volume traffic corridor.

So to summarize, our city traffic guidelines dictate in favor of drivers speeding through long, winding neighborhood streets without having to slow down for stop or yield

signs.

This is great for drivers and terrible for pedestrians.

My neighbors and I accepted not a single one of these arguments, which I reminded the commission date back to an era when the city went decades without building or requiring developers to build sidewalks.

We live in 2019; either we want a healthier city where people walk and are outside interacting with their neighbors, or we can keep following these rules which put vehicular travel over all other concerns.

We prevailed in our effort, even winning over a commissioner who had voted against an almost identical application for the adjoining neighborhood. I applaud them for siding with pedestrians.

But walking out, I wondered how many other neighborhoods will be able to make such an argument? And with the policies and guidelines drawn up to dismiss the interests of pedestrians, when will our city take a serious look at trashing those rules and drawing up rules that can create a healthier, safer community for all of us?

US economy expected to grow despite shutdown

BY JEFF STEIN The Washington Post

The longest-ever government shutdown cost the federal government $11 billion in lost economic activity, although about $8 billion in that will be made up in additional economic activity as back-pay goes out to federal workers, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Monday.

The shutdown is projected to lower America's gross domestic product by $3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018, as well as by $8 billion for the first quarter in 2019, the CBO said. But the economy will grow about $8 billion faster in the next two quarters than it would have without the shut-

down, muting the longrun impact of the shutdown.

As a percentage of the overall economy, the impact of the shutdown is small— just 0.2 percent of GDP for the first quarter of 2019. But, CBO notes, "Underlying those effects on the overall economy are much more significant effects on individuals businesses and workers."

The CBO also projected Monday that the American economy would grow by 2.3 percent in 2019, as the temporary boost from the Republican tax law and other new federal spending begins to fade.

The U.S. economy expanded by 3.1 percent in 2018, in part because of the tax cut and increase in federal spending passed

by Congress that year.

But the impact of the tax cut will be more muted in 2019, according to the CBO, which also projected gross domestic product will only grow by an average of 1.7 percent through 2023.

The report comes amid fears of a global economic slowdown, as well as ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China and the lingering impact of the longest government shutdown in American history.

The CBO projects the economy only growing by 1.7 percent in 2020, the year of a presidential election.

"Growth in business fixed investment, which contributed almost onethird of the GDP growth

in 2018, is expected to slow markedly this year as the effects of the 2017 tax act on investment moderate," CBO's report states.

Last year, the economy grew at an annualized rate of 4.1 percent from April to June in the fastest expansion since 2014. Trump celebrated the news as a victory for his administration's economic policies, though economists warned the jump could prove a temporary blip rather than a new normal.

New trade barriers between the United States and its trading partners are also expected to have a modest downward impact on the overall economy. These new tariffs will reduce GDP by 0.1 percent by 2022, and by 0.1 percent by 2029.

Q&A WITH TANYA S. BRYANT 2019 LABOR ISSUES WILL INVOLVE ADA, MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE & #METOO Q: While there are many labor and employment topics Oklahoma employers should consider as we begin the new year, what stands out?

A: Reports of disabilities in the workplace have increased and will continue to rise. Often times, the employer’s and the employee’s expectations differ on what’s considered to be a reasonable accommodaTanya S. Bryant tion. Examples of reasonable is a Crowe & accommodations include Dunlevy attorney modified schedules and equipand member of ment, leaves of absence, job the firm’s Labor coaches and telecommut& Employment ing. It is important that the Practice Group. employer tailor each accommodation request to the specific employee and that the employer does not jump to conclusions. Some disabilities may not be obvious, such as mental health impairments. Some conditions have varying severity levels, resulting in different limitations for different employees. It is now more common to receive a request for a service dog as an accommodation. Such requests may be for an employee with a physical limitation (guide for the blind) or a mental health impairment (PTSD).

Employers now more than ever should think outside of the box when considering requests for reasonable accommodations.

Q: Of what aspects of the new Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA) should employers be aware?

A: Employers may soon see challenges to terminations from former employees who are medical marijuana license holders. The OMMA allows employers to take action against an employee/ license holder if the employee uses or possesses marijuana at work or during work hours. This provision seems fairly clear, if for example, an employee is caught red-handed. Things get murky when employers take action based on their belief that the employee is under the influence. The OMMA prohibits an employer from taking action against employees solely because they have a license or have tested positive for marijuana. Management should be trained on how to identify impairment (e.g., dilated pupils, delayed reaction, nervousness, paranoia, impaired coordination) and how to prepare proper documentation, which will reflect that the termination was based upon factors other than license holder status and/or a positive test. Taking these steps will provide an employer with a stronger defense to a claim of discrimination.

Q: How will the #MeToo movement continue to impact employers?

A: Public awareness grows as media attention to celebrities and other prominent figures continues to be highlighted in the news. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charges and lawsuits have increased. In fact, the EEOC’s harassment task force has refocused its efforts to combat sexual harassment by reconvening to hear from experts on “Transforming #MeToo into Harassment-Free Workplace.” Legal scholars and employment attorneys discussed issues such as nondisclosure and arbitration agreements, training mandates and proposals for legal reform. Employers should review and revise their policies annually and ensure each employee understands the policy. It is particularly important that the employer make several avenues available for employees to report complaints. The employer also should make clear to the employees that they will not suffer retaliation. A prompt response to a complaint, a fair and thorough investigation, and an unbiased factual conclusion will reflect the organizational leadership’s culture of commitment of enforcing its anti-harassment policies.

OKLAHOMA BUSINESS BRIEFS TULSA

Alliance Resource Partners posts profit Alliance Resource Partners LP on Monday reported a fourth-quarter profit of $50.8 million, or 38 cents a unit, down from $74.2 million, or 55 cents a unit, in the year-ago period.

Revenues increased to $532 million from $483

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organization the first day I walked onto this campus and heard the story of Lloyd Noble,” Rhines said.

“Our focus is land stewardship in livestock production for producer profitability,” he continued, noting that the institute delivers guidance, education and innovations to farmers and ranchers both regionally and nationally.

“Being a part of an

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million one year ago. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) slipped to $136 million from $160 million in the year-ago quarter.

For the full year, the partnership recorded a net income attributable to Alliance Resource Partners of $367 million, or $2.74 a unit, compared to $304 million, or $2.80 a unit, in

2017. Revenue increased to $2 billion, up from $1.8 billion one year ago. EBITDA increased to $687 million from $612 million in 2017.

"ARLP entered 2018 with expectations for strong operating and financial results and continued execution on its strategic objective to generate future growth in cash flow.

Our performance certainly met those expectations,"

organization with a committed governing body, leadership team and employees is a foundation for success,” he said. “It is the greatest job anyone could have.”

Rhines, an Antlers native, earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 and a law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1994.

Rusty Noble, chairman of The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation board and Lloyd Noble’s grandson, said the institute looked across the

nation for a proven leader with vision and personal integrity who possessed a significant understanding of agricultural research to replace Buckner.

“We found all of those qualities in Steve,” Noble said. “He has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to successfully lead critical initiatives, and he has a great passion for agriculture and Oklahoma.”

a pending delisting notice from the New York Stock Exchange American platform, unless it could improve the trading price for its shares by July 4.

SandRidge hasn’t yet announced when it plans

to post its fourth-quarter and annual results for 2018. However, its thirdquarter results showed it was headed in a positive direction.

The company reported its net income for the

CEO Joseph W. Craft III said.

Cypress Energy Partners declares distribution The directors of Cypress Energy Partners LP on Monday declared a fourthquarter cash distribution of 21 cents per unit, payable Feb. 14 to unit holders as of Feb. 7.

A measuring stick keeps track of the height of a Noble Foundation switchgrass test crop. [PHOTO PROVIDED]

period was about $11.7 million, or 33 cents a share, compared to a loss of about $8.5 million during the same quarter in 2017.

It also reported it had generated an operational

earns from its export will now be returned to the people through their legitimate constitutional government.”

The sanctions will not likely affect consumer prices at the gas pump but will hit oil refiners, particularly those on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Venezuelan oil exports to the U.S. have declined steadily over the years, falling particularly sharply over the past decade as its production plummeted amid its long economic and political crisis. The U.S. imported less than 500,000 barrels a day of Venezuelan crude and petroleum products in 2017, down from more than 1.2 million barrels a day in 2008, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Still, Venezuela has consistently been the third- or fourth-largest supplier of crude oil to the United

States, and any disruption of imports could be costly for refiners. In 2017, the most recent year that data were available, Venezuela accounted for about 6 percent of U.S. crude imports.

Valero and Citgo are among the largest importers of Venezuelan crude.

Mnuchin said the Treasury Department also took steps Monday to authorize certain transactions and activities with PDVSA. He said Citgo assets in the United States will be allowed to continue to operate — provided that any funds that would otherwise go to the stateowned oil company be sent to a blocked account in the United States.

Venezuela is very reliant on the U.S. for its oil revenue. The country sends 41 percent of its oil exports to the U.S. Critically, U.S. refiners are among the few customers that pay cash to Venezuela for its oil.

That’s because Venezuela’s oil shipments to China and Russia are usually taken as repayment for billions of dollars in debts.

cash flow of $53 million, up 21 percent compared to the third quarter of 2017, and that it had boosted its daily production to 34,000 barrels of oil equivalent, up 6 percent compared to 2018’s

second quarter and getting the firm’s predicted production levels to the midpoint of guidance for the year.

SandRidge’s stock closed off 25 cents a share Monday, at $8.03.

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Chinese tech giant Huawei, top executive face US charges

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, two of its subsidiaries and a top executive, who are accused of misleading banks about the company's business and violating U.S. sanctions.

The company is also charged in a separate case with stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile, according to federal prosecutors.

Prosecutors are seeking to extradite the company's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, and allege she committed fraud by misleading banks about Huawei's business dealings in Iran. She was arrested on Dec. 1 in Canada.

The criminal charges in Brooklyn and Seattle come as trade talks between China and the U.S. are scheduled for this week.

"As I told high-level Chinese law enforcement officials in August, we need more law enforcement cooperation with China," acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker

said at a news conference with other Cabinet officials, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. "China should be concerned about criminal activities by Chinese companies, and China should take action."

U.S. prosecutors charge that Huawei used a Hong Kong shell company to sell equipment in Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.

Huawei had done business in Iran through a Hong Kong company called Skycom and alleged that Meng misled U.S. banks into believing the two companies were separate, according to the Justice Department.

The announcement Monday includes a 10-count grand jury indictment in Seattle, and a separate 13-count case from prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York.

"As you can tell from the number and magnitude of the charges, Huawei and its senior executives repeatedly refused to respect U.S. law and stan-

The Justice Department on Monday unsealed criminal charges against Chinese tech giant Huawei. [PHOTO BY KRISZTIAN BOCSI, BLOOMBERG]

dard international business practices," said FBI Director Chris Wray.

A Huawei spokesman did not immediately return phone messages seeking comment.

Huawei is the world's biggest supplier of network gear used by phone and internet companies and has long been seen as a front for spying by the Chinese military or secu-

rity services.

Prosecutors also allege that Huawei stole trade secrets,includingthetechnology behind a robotic device that T-Mobile used to test smartphones, prosecutors said. A jury in Seattle ruled that Huawei had misappropriated the robotic technology from T-Mobile's lab in Washington state.

The Huawei case has set

University of Tulsa takes lead in Cyber District vision

eral agency cybersecurity center for excellence, a cybersecurity insurance institute and a consortium of Business Sectors.

All four facilities would be located along Tulsa’s Sixth Street Opportunity Zone Corridor, an area of potential development steeped in new federal tax incentives.

“The country needs 350,000 jobs in cybersecurity,” Clancy said.

“These are jobs in which you need a high level of education. You can’t do this on the certificate level. ... You have to be very strong in computer sciences first, then you move on to cyber.”

The district “is paired with all these different industries beyond the

Department of Defense needing help: banking, retail, health care, transportation, oil and gas, critical infrastructure.

Our feeling is let’s take advantage of that, and let’s lead an economic development push in cyber for Tulsa— let’s give it a name that’s attractive and let’s call it the Cyber District.”

For more than two decades, TU has been a national leader in cybersecurity research and education. TU has been an National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Education since 2000 — one of the first 14 institutions awarded this distinction.

“This cyber district is going to build critical mass,” said John Hale, a computer science professor at TU who has testified three times before Congress as an information security expert. “You get enough talent and ideas in the same general space, and it just sort of mushrooms.

“This is a fantastic moment in time for the city, with the development and resurgence of downtown sort of taking shape over the past 15 to 20 years. The University of Tulsa has steadily built on and capitalized on its cybersecurity reputation.

We’ve produced scores of graduates. This is a great place and a great time to begin this type of initiative.”

Insurance industry leaders applauded the Cyber District idea at a gathering earlier this month, and it also received favorable reviews in December from Oklahoma’s federal delegation.

“The consistent message we heard from everyone in Washington, D.C., was your timing couldn’t be better; let’s go,” Clancy said.

Two companies already are being recruited for the Cyber District, he said.

Clinton 4.71; Buffalo, Hooker, Keyes 4.72; Weatherford 4.74; El Reno, Okarche 4.76; Banner 4.79; Shattuck 4.82; Geary, Perry, Stillwater, Watonga 4.85; Okeene 4.86; Manchester 4.87; Alva 4.88;

Cherokee 4.89; Medford, Ponca City 4.90; Gulf 6.11 ½.

MILO (CWT): Mostly steady.

5.63-6.16.Eldorado, Lawton N/A; Buffalo 5.63; Hobart 5.71; Alva, Manchester 5.79; Medford, Ponca

City 5.80; Keyes, Shattuck 5.89; Hooker 6.07; Weatherford 6.16.

SOYBEANS (BU): .02 lower. 7.788.11.Hooker 7.78; Shattuck 7.86; Buffalo 7.93; Weatherford 7.98; Alva 8.03; Manchester, Medford,

BY RHETT MORGAN Tulsa World rhett.morgan@tulsaworld.com

TULSA — University of Tulsa President Gerry Clancy sees a distinct parallel between a TUled Cyber District and the university’s link to emerging oil about a century ago.

“The University of Tulsa was a big part of the oil boom of Tulsa,” Clancy said last week during an interview at his office. “As Tulsa grew as an industry leader in oil and gas, the University of Tulsa grew, to the point where our petroleum engineering program became No. 1 in the country in 2017 by CEOWORLD magazine.

“So our vision is that there is another boom available to us, and that is in cybersecurity,” he said.

The crux of the proposal is the creation of a Tulsa Enterprise for Cyber Innovation, Talent and Entrepreneurship, which will allow industry, federal agencies and TU to work together to defend information systems.

It would include four cyber centers of excellence: an engineering research center funded by the National Science Foundation, a multi-fed-

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off a diplomatic spat with the three nations, which has threatened to complicate ties between the U.S. and Canada. President Donald Trump said he would get involved in the Huawei case if it would helpproduceatradeagreement with China and told Reuters in an interview in December that he would "intervene if I thought it was necessary."

OIL AND GAS PRICES Oklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Friday:

Oklahoma Sweet: Sunoco Inc. — $50.25

Oklahoma Sour: Sunoco Inc. — $38.25

Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity posted Jan. 16: COMPLETION No posting.

INTENT TO DRILL Alfalfa: BCE-Mach LLC; Pierson 8-25-11 No. 4H Well; SE¼ SW¼ SE¼ SE¼ (SL) of 05-25N-11W; TD 11,105.

Canadian: Paloma Operating Co. Inc.; Pamunkey 14-12N-7W No. 1MH Well; NW¼ NE¼ NW¼ NE¼ (SL) of 14-12N-07W; TD 14,483.

Roan Resources LLC; Tater 27-3411-6 No. 1WXH Well; Parts (Multi) of 24-11N-06W; TD 19,684.

Roan Resources LLC; Tater 27-3411-6 No. 3WXH Well; NW¼ NW¼ NE¼ NE¼ (SL) of 27-11N-06W; TD 19,704.

Roan Resources LLC; Tater 27-3411-6 No. 4WXH Well; NW¼ NW¼

The arrest of Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder at Vancouver's airport, has in particular led to the worst relations between Canada and China since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. China detained two Canadians shortly after Meng's arrest in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release her. A Chinese court also sentenced a third Canadian to death in a sudden retrial of a drug case, overturning a 15-year prison term handed down earlier.

David Martin, Meng's lawyer in Canada, didn't immediately respond to a message seeking comment. Meng is out on bail in Vancouver and is due to back in court Feb. 6 as she awaits extradition proceedings to begin.

Canada arrested Meng at the request of the United States. The Chinese have been furious at Canada ever since and arrested Canadian ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor on Dec. 10 on vague allegations of endangering national security.

NE¼ NE¼ (SL) of 27-11N-06W; TD 19,724.

Grady: Camino Natural Resources LLC; Sandbass 0806 No. 4-33-1MH Well; NW¼ NE¼ NW¼ SW¼ (SL) of 04-08N-06W; TD 19,448.

Johnston: XTO Energy Inc.; Holly No. 2-34H27X22 Well; NE¼ NE¼ NW¼ NE¼ (BHL) of 22-04S-05E; TD 18,700.

XTO Energy Inc.; Holly No. 3-34H27X22 Well; NW¼ NW¼ NW¼ NE¼ (BHL) of 22-04S-05E; TD 18,750.

Marshall: XTO Energy Inc.; Bell No. 1-33H34X35 Well; NE¼ SE¼ SE¼ NW¼ (SL) of 33-04S-05E; TD 21,150.

XTO Energy Inc.; Bell No. 3-33H34X35 Well; NE¼ SE¼ SE¼ NW¼ (SL) of 33-04S-05E; TD 21,500.

McClain: EOG Resources Inc.; Terri 1621 No. 7H Well; NE¼ NE¼ NW¼ NE¼ (SL) of 16-08N-04W; TD 19,900.

Woods: SandRidge Exploration & Production LLC; O’Neil Farms 2816 No. 1-36H Well; SW¼ SW¼ SW¼ SW¼ (SL) of 36-28N-16W; TD 10,096.

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AgriMarkets Open High Low Settle CORN (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 19 379.50 381 378 379.75 May 19 387.75 389.25 386.25 388.25 Jul 19 395.50 397 394 396.25 Sep 19 398 399.25 396.75 398.50 Est. sales 150,527 Fri’s. sales 241,162 Fri’s open int 1,668,822 up 9282.00 OATS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 19 291 294.50 278 285.50 May 19 290.75 291 277.25 285.75 Jul 19 285 Sep 19 276.50 Est. sales 733 Fri’s. sales 210 Fri’s open int 6,291 up 103.00 SOYBEAN MEAL (CBOT) 100 tons- dollars per ton Mar 19 313.20 314.30 310.60 312.20 May 19 317.10 318.20 314.70 316.10 Jul 19 320.80 322.00 318.30 320.00 Aug 19 322.30 323.40 320.00 321.40 Est. sales 59,542 Fri’s. sales 60,572 Fri’s open int 458,268 up 3032.00 SOYBEAN OIL (CBOT) 60,000 lbs- cents per lb Mar 19 30.02 30.32 29.90 30.30 May 19 30.34 30.63 30.21 30.61 Jul 19 30.64 30.93 30.51 30.92 Aug 19 30.76 31.05 30.66 31.04 Est. sales 97,158 Fri’s. sales 125,458 Fri’s open int 498,879 off 1757.00 SOYBEANS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 19 923.50 925 915.75 923.25 May 19 937 938.50 929.50 937 Jul 19 949.50 951.25 942 949.75 Aug 19 954.50 955.50 947.25 954.50 Est. sales 102,673 Fri’s. sales 165,231 Fri’s open int 690,563 off 3353.00

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Feb 19 125.92 126.60 125.57 126.40 +.35 Apr 19 126.75 127.55 126.40 127.37 +.52 Jun 19 116.50 117.20 116.37 117.00 +.30 Aug 19 113.20 113.85 113.15 113.72 +.22 Est. sales 49,617 Fri’s. sales 65,900 Fri’s open int 387,169 off 1360.00 FEEDER CATTLE (CME) 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

Jan 19 143.07 143.85 142.87 143.47 +.10 Mar 19 143.00 144.70 142.95 144.35 +.73 Apr 19 144.22 145.75 144.10 145.60 +.88 May 19 144.62 146.00 144.55 145.92 +.85 Est. sales 10,145 Fri’s. sales 10,803 Fri’s open int 51,374 off 73.00 HOGS-Lean (CME) 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

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Dividend Footnotes: a - Extra dividends were paid, but are not included. b - Annual rate plus stock. c - Liquidating dividend. e - Amount declared or paid in last 12 months. f - Current annual rate, which was increased by most recent dividend announcement. i - Sum of dividends paid after stock split, no regular rate. j - Sum of dividends paid this year. Most recent dividend was omitted or deferred. k - Declared or paid this year, a cumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m - Current annual rate, which was decreased by most recent dividend announcement. p - Initial dividend, annual rate not known, yield not shown. r - Declared or paid in preceding 12 months plus stock dividend. t - Paid in stock, approximate cash value on ex-distribution date. PE Footnotes: q - Stock is a closed-end fund - no P/E ratio shown. cc - P/E exceeds 99. dd - Loss in last 12 months.

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2016 HYUNDAI ELANTRA SE NICE LOCAL TRADE-IN, NONSMOKER, AUTOMATIC, $10,988.

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2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA GT, auto, heated leather seats, sunroof, alloy wheels, $8488.

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We Pay Cash 4 Cars Up to $10,000 Wrecked, Runing or Not Free Tow »» 405-688-7777

CASH FOR CARS

405-512-7278 $100 & up for most non-running vehicles, no title ok. 405-819-6293

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2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID - 1 OWNER, NON-SMOKER, LEATHER, $8988.

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AAA cash car, trk cycle. Run/notfree tow. Some $350+ 850-9696

AFFORDABLE-RELIABLE TRANSMISSIONS 635-0777

2014 CHEVROLET MALIBU LTZ, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $10,000, STK #221938.

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2015 INFINITI Q50 - 3.7 LTR V6, AWD, NAV PKG, 1 OWNER, $20,988.

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2010 300S V8 Hemi 55K mi

2018 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE, 1 OWNER, $16,988.

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2015 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $27,997, STK #BB01416A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2015 JEEP RENEGADE LATITUDE AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $14,868, STK #BB01365A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2010 CADILLAC CTS, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $8487, STK #JG507907A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $11,994, STK #JJ219599A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2015 CHEVY K2500 CREW, DURAMAX DIESEL, 4x4, RIMS, TOW PKG, TOPPER, $28,988.

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2017 FORD F-250 Crew Cab Lariat diesel 4x4, push button start, moonroof, $57,950, #KF131806C BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2014 RX350 very clean 65,000 mi serviced at Eskridge Lexus. new tires, exc cond. $21,400 255-3819

2014 CHEVROLET C-1500 CREW CAB, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $22,950, STK #BB01435.

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2017 FORD F-150 LARIAT 4WD, 3.5L ECOBOOST, SUNROOF, LOW MILES, $42,988.

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2017 MAZDA MIATA hardtop Convertible, Grand Touring, auto, nav, leather, 14K miles, $26,388.

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1999 Grand Marquis LS

Lt. brownish w/tan leather, 69K miles, very good cond. $3600 or best offer. John, 405-946-7402.

2010 Ford Fusion, Super Clean, 75K miles, $10,000. 405-837-8740

2017 FORD F-150 XL CREW CAB 4X4 ECOBOOST, AUTO, FACT WARR, $31,499, Stk #JG552801B BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2014 LEXUS GS350, LEATHER, SUNROOF, ALL PWR, $18,950, STK #BB01406A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2014 FORD FUSION SE - WHITE PLATINUM, 1.5 LTR ECO BOOST, $10,988.

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2008 Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab, 4x4, $5450, 863-6399.

2015 CHEVROLET C-1500 CREW CAB, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES $24,626, STK #KF146296A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2013 DODGE CHALLENGER SXT, AUTO, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $15,998, STK #KB710548A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165 2015 BUICK ENCLAVE, heated lthr seats, bucket 2nd row seats, nav, Bose, DVD, 47K mi, $23,988.

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2013 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, Non-Smoker, Running Boards, 20" Alum Wheels, 77K, $18,988.

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'02 Ford Escape 5spd standard trans. CD 4wd $2450, 863-6399

2018 CHEVY CAMARO CONVERTIBLE, AUTO, RED HOT, 23K MILES, $23,950, STK #P010681.

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2018 CHEVROLET CORVETTE 3LT, auto, 19K miles, Pre-owned certified, $50,500, Stk #P010683.

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2016 FORD F-150 CREW CAB XLT 4X4, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $28,989, STK #KZ136058A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2019 KIA SORENTO LX AWD, PW & PL, 1 OWNER, 13K MILES, $23,988.

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2018 CHEVROLET CAMARO SS, V-8, ALL PWR, 3400 MILES, LIKE NEW, $30,510, STK #JG623431A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2016 HONDA ACCORD EX-L, SUNROOF, LEATHER, PWR ST, 38K MI, XTRA CLEAN, $19,488.

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2015 TOYOTA COROLLA LE, 4 CYL, GAS SAVER, AUTOMATIC, $8988.

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2010 Crosstour EX-L, lthr, NAV, sunroof, ex cond, $9300, 498-3777

2013 CHEVROLET C-1500, AUTO, ALL PWR, LOCAL TRADE, $12,950, STK #JZ350023A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2016 FORD F-250 CREW CAB Platinum 4x4, auto, all pwr, local trade, $37,879, STK #JR331699B. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2002 Camry 4cyl auto, nice, dependable $2950 863 6399

2016 Ford F150 King Ranch,

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2012 Honda Civic NG 1 owner 63K mi nice $7500 570-5284

2016 KIA SORENTO EX, LEATHER, ALL PWR, GD MILES, $16,480, STK #BB01401A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2014 RAM 1500 BIG HORN QUAD CAB 4x4, wheels & tires, dual exhaust, 66K miles, $22,488.

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2013 RAM 1500 CREW CAB, HEMI, 20'S, POWER SEAT, DUAL EXHAUST, $18,488.

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2015 Lexus ES350 1-Owner 3.5LTR 268hp V6, Auto, 58kmi, Snrf, NAV, Hard Loaded, Current CarFax $20500Firm 405-206-5039

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2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SEL, NAV, SUNROOF, LEATHER, 47K MILES, $12,488.

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2010 Ford F150 Crew Cab,

148,000 mi. Exc cond. $10,000 225-270-0833 Edmond, OK

'05 Ford Ranger Ext cab V6 auto great cond $3750 863-6399

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Unit: 808, Alice Beasley, 10908 Lakeridge Run, Okc, Ok 73170 Contents include: Misc Unit: 811, Alice Beasley, 10908 Lakeridge Run Okc, Ok 73170 Contents include: Misc CITY OF MOORE “Outdoor Fitness Equipment for Little River Park” (Not to Exceed $65,000) RFP # 1900-04

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2018 NISSAN FRONTIER CREW 4WD SV, 1 owner, 26K miles, Certified Pre-Owned, $22,988.

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2014 NISSAN TITAN SV CREW CAB, V8, TOW PKG, PW & PL, BOARDS, $16,988.

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2013 NISSAN FRONTIER SV CREW CAB, 4WD, 1 OWNER, 59,000 MILES, $18,160.

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The City of Moore Parks and Recreation Department is seeking written proposals for an Outdoor Fitness Equipment design, shade, installation and supply of outdoor equipment for Little River Park located at 700 Block SW 4th St. Moore, OK 73160.

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Bid information is available on our website www.cityofmoore.com Proposals should be submitted to: Barbara Furgiani Purchasing Dept.

301 N. Broadway Moore, OK 73160 405 793 5000

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Deadline for proposals is 4:00pm March 7th, 2019.

City of Moore reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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Items Below are guidelines to follow. You are not limited by the amount, type or brand shown.

The quality needs to be equal to or greater than Greenfield Outdoor Fitness Equipment.

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Storage Oklahoma LLC, 201 S. Eastern Ave, Moore OK 73160, announces the intention to sell or dispose of the following storage unit containing personal property to satisfy rent in arrears and/or delinquent storage fees. Disposal will take place via online auction at www.storagetreasures.com and online bidding will close on February 3, 2019 at 9:00 AM. Unit 703, Terri King 1517 Turtle Creek Rd, Moore, OK 73160. Contents: boxes; fishing poles & golf clubs.

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Storage Oklahoma LLC, 201 S. Eastern Ave, Moore OK 73160, announces the intention to sell or dispose of the following storage unit containing personal property to satisfy rent in arrears and/or delinquent storage fees. Disposal will take place via online auction at www.storagetreasures.com and online bidding will close on February 3, 2019 at 9:00 AM. Unit 707, Shonda Hicks 923 Delmar Circle, Moore, OK 73160. Contents: Household goods; bicycle; luggage; child car seats.

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BEFORE THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION In the Matter of the Application of ComApp Technologies LLC for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity To Provide Intrastate Telecommunications Services and Operator Services Within the State of Oklahoma Cause No. PUD 201800127

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2018 TOYOTA TACOMA SR, 4WD, V-6, ALLOYS, ONE OWNER, $28,488.

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SGR2005-1-22 4-Person Pendulum, Abs & Dip Station SGR2005-1-262-Person Cross Country Ski SGR2005-1-42 2-Person Back & Arms Combo) SGR2005-1-48A-W 2-Person Wheelchair Accessible Chest Press SGR2005-1-48C 2-Person Lat Pull-Down & Vertical Press COMBO SHP2009-5-15 Functional Fitness Rig

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant, ComApp Technologies LLC, has filed an Application, pursuant to OAC 165:56-3-1 and OAC 165:57-5-1, seeking a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity authorizing it to provide intrastate interexchange telecommunications services and automated operator services within the State of Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if no objections are timely filed, the Commission, without hearing, shall issue such orders and grant such relief, if any, as it deems fair, just, reasonable, and lawful in the premises, whether or not specifically requested in the Application.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that additional information concerning this Cause may be obtained by contacting Sharon Warren, Consultant for ComApp Technologies LLC, in writing at: Inteserra Consulting Group, LLC, 151 Southhall Lane, Suite 450, Maitland, Florida 32751 or by calling (407) 7408575, or the Office of the General Counsel, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 400, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105, (405) 521-2255.

Storage Oklahoma LLC, 201 S. Eastern Ave, Moore OK 73160, announces the intention to sell or dispose of the following storage unit containing personal property to satisfy rent in arrears and/or delinquent storage fees. Disposal will take place via online auction at www.storagetreasures.com and online bidding will close on February 3, 2019 at 9:00 AM. Unit 725, Anthony Dugger, 769 SW 19th Apt 8305 Moore, OK 73160.

Contents: Household goods; personal belongings.

NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P.O. Box 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 Application NO: 1907400033

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any person desiring to file an objection to the Application must do so within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of this Notice. Objections must be filed with the Court Clerk at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Room 130, Jim Thorpe Office Building, 2101 North Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and served on counsel for Applicant and on any intervenors.

Anyone interested in a 1946 Chev vin# 5DPA10923 call Michael at 405-201-0154 Storage Oklahoma, LLC, 330 S.W. 104th Street OKC, OK 73139,announces the intention to sell or dispose of the following storage units containing personal property to satisfy rent in arrears and/or delinquent storage fees.

Disposal will take place via online auction at www.storagetreasures.com and online bidding will

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owner, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil & gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Kay County, Oklahoma.

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2016 GMC YUKON XL DENALI, GD MILES, FACT WARR, LIKE NEW, $41,852, STK #BB01401.

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2016 HONDA PILOT ELITE AWD,FACT WARRANTY, ALL PWR, $34,897, STK #KJ187125A BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Warcloud Resources, LLC, 4930 East 105th Street, Tulsa, Okla-

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homa, 74137 is requesting that the Commission pursuant to OCC-OGR 165: 10-5-5 and 165: 10-5-6 and ROP 165: 5-7-30 authorize the approval of a Salt Water Disposal Well into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Bersche 1-2 SW/4, SW/4, NE/4, SW/4 Section 2, Township 28N, Range 1W in Kay County DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Layton Top 2876’ and Bottom 2910’ DISPOSAL RATE and PRESSURE: 1500 BPD at 500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within (15) days of this notice, and should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P.O. Box 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 Application No. 1907460027 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators’ purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Canadian County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC, 1000 E. 14th street, Suite 300, Plano, TX 75074 is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCCOGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: CCGU 4-29 (Biehler 29-2), 330’ FSL & 2310’ FWL, C SE SE NE of Sec. 29 T13N R08W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Cottage Grove TOP: 8112 BOTTOM: 8121 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 3000 Bbls/day; 2500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice.

Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 NOTICE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Oil and Gas Conservation Division Jim Thorpe Building P. O. BOX 52000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731522000 Application No. 1907460025 STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators’ purchasers, and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Canadian County, Oklahoma: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC, 1000 E. 14th street, Suite 300, Plano, TX 75074 is requesting that the Commission, pursuant to OCCOGR Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165:10-5-6 and ROP 165:5-7-30 administratively authorize the approval of disposal/injection of saltwater into a well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: CCGU 9-19 (AA&L 19-1), 660’ FSL & 1680’ FWL, C SE SE of Sec. 19 T13N R08W NAME OF DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Cottage Grove TOP: 8176 BOTTOM: 8204 DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 3000 Bbls/day; 2500 Psi/Surface Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after the publication of this notice.

Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P. O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000

2010 Honda Pilot EX-L, like new, DVD, sunroof, $11,700, 498-3777.

2018 NISSAN ROGUE SV - AWD, CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED, 21,000 MILES, $20,988.

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2015 NISSAN MURANO SL, TECH PKG, NAV, ROOF, BOSE STEREO, 49K MILES, $21,994.

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2015 NISSAN ARMADA PLATINUM, 1 OWNER, 2ND ROW CAPTAINS CHAIRS, LOADED, $27,999 BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 217-4460

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2014 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER XLE, V6, 1 OWNER, LOCAL TRADE-IN, $16,398.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019 Cedar wood panels, 6 feet high, 8 feet long, $47.50 each, 405-833-5439.

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Poodles -Standard Puppies $600 620 388 4245

Samsung 55" TV Excellent condition; used ~ 1 month. $500. 405 365-3817

Chihuahua, Teacups, Beautiful, 8wks s/w $350cash 405-546-0574

Great Dane, AKC Pups, DOB 11/25/18, Ready Now, females, $750-$1500. 405-476-8673

John Deere 2040 diesel, 70 hp, high/low range, wheel weights, canopy, PTO, $7500 obo, 651-8248

Rottweiler Puppies, full blood, champion bloodline, 5M, 2F, $800, sell or trade, 405-760-0360.

Home Improvement Center Southern OK, 30 yrs in business, $1.6M annual sales, owner retiring, Larry Aspegren, Aspen Comm'l Realty, 405-213-6473 or aspegrenLL@aol.com

2009 TOYOTA RAV4 LIMITED, NAV, SUNROOF, LEATHER, $8988.

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Seasoned split oak firewood, fast delivery, $150/rick, 405-885-5469.

Chorkies: Teacup & Pocket size $700-$1000 405-777-8701

Firewood: $100/rick mixed wood, $125/rick oak & pecan 946-3369

Great Dane AKC Pups, ready 2/11 DOB 12/17/18, 5F on pink, 2M on blue,$750-$1500.

405-476-8673

Rottweilers, German Registered.

Lrg block heads, black & mahog.

European imp. $600 918-606-0571 Schnauzer mini AKC s/w/chipped hlt guar $400-$600, 405-434-0528

Great Pyrenese Beautiful, neutered all shots 8mos old needs a good home too much dog for this old lady $100 314-0154 COLBY PIT BULLS

$100 ‘ 580-237-1961

For Sale- As Is Great Parts car or Fixer upper 2005 FORD ESCAPE, Very Straight body with great wheels and Tires, Functional Power Window, Power Brakes, Power Steering, Needs battery and Transmission.

BEST OFFER! Call 405-702-0602 for appointment

Shih Tzus, health guarantee, s/w, $450-$500, 405-434-0528.

Wheelchair $175, bedside commode $85, 3 wheel walker $35, 405-208-8032.

Corgie Pem AKC 10wk s/w $850 Stilwell - can meet 918-575-0350

Jazzy Select 14 XL elec wheelchair $525 deliv. 463-0693

Jack Russell Parsons Pups, s/w/t, exc. bloodline, see to appreciate, $300, 940-256-0926, Newcastle.

English Bulldogs, AKC, 1M, 1F,

Lab, AKC, 1 female left,

Pecan Cracker Machine

62+ Senior Apts

+ all equip. $2,300. 405-829-1114

2 BR ‘ $615 Rent

Hope Harbor OKC 2018 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN GT, nav, leather, power seats, dual power doors, $20,988.

BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 217-4460

2002 Dodge Grand Caravan

Scottish Terrier, AKC, Male 10wks, 2nd shots, vet checked, $500. 580-371-8019

New & Used. Financing available.

1233 SE 44th 405-632-8954

405-470-5833

Mayfair Gardens grt loc. secure quiet new remodel! 947-5665

$995 (405) 631-2177 799-6843

PAWN MERCHANDISE KIRKS PAWN SHOP 5015 N. MERIDIAN OKLA CITY, OK IS CLOSING - ALL MERCHANDISE IS 20% OR MORE OFF - TOOLS JEWELRY MAKING & CLEANING EQUIPMENT - CAVALLIN GOLD ROLLER - CALL 405-787-0202 $50.00 AND UP KIRKS PAWN 5015 N MERIDIAN AV OKC

13 weeks old s/w, vet checked, champion bloodline, $1200 each, 405-306-0015 or 405-306-6696

English Mastiff Puppies, AKC, reg., 2M, 6 weeks, s/w, $1000 each, 405-606-9748.

Labradoodle puppies, black, F1, 2 males left, s/w/dc, born 11/13/18, ready now, $800 with full breeding rights, contact Shanna at 580-641-0597

French Bulldog puppies, reg, 10 wks, 3 fawn, 1 brindle, $1250 ea, 918-339-7273, Canadian, OK.

LABRADOODLES READY 2-14-19 F1 male & female. UTD on shots.

Marlow $1,000+ 580-656-5910

Yorkies Black and White Parti $700 Please call or text 4054961107

LABS, AKC PUPPIES,

2010 Tiffin Phaeton 36QSH, diesel, 4 slides, 4 TVs, new tires, exc cond, $130,000. 405-426-5563

German Shepherd Puppies Full blood German shepherd puppies ,2M,Female ,black&tan, home raised,1st shot. $400 each Shelly 580-730-0379

4900 S. Walker Lg 1 to 3 bd Apts $500 & up, dep, elec 631-1115

LABS, AKC PUPPIES,

German Shepherd AKC Puppies Blk w/ tan markings, s&w. $600 405-412-3870/405-326-5428

OKC Gun Show February 2 & 3

German Shepherd Pups 1st shots.

BLACK & TAN. Parents registered $350 each ‘ 405-921-8761.

405-842-3277

German Shepherd, AKC, white Male, $400. 405-387-4813

chocolate, s/w, parents hunters, health guar, $300, 580-841-0841.

Fairgrounds Sat 9-5 & Sun 9-4 $2 Off Coupon w/this ad

Century Hotel, 512 NW 9, OKC; Rooms/Effic; WiFi/Cable; wkly 232-5624; call 8am to 9pm

Yorkies Teacup & regular size $575-$700 ‘ 405-380-8469

chocolate, s/w, parents hunters, health guar, $300, 580-841-0841.

800 N Meridian

1 & 2 Bedroom 946-9506

Beautifully redone line new 3b 2b 2c aprx 1400' fncd bk yd Mustang schools $1000mo 405-634-8888

colors, $650 - $1000. Taking deposits. text 405.802.4415 debbiesdreamhuskies.com

Teddy Bears and purebred Shih Tzus, reg, vet checked, $700-$800, 405-481-5558.

57th/N. May. Crescent Park Apts.

Secure. Remod. Bills pd. 840-7833

2016 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L, LEATHER, QUAD SEATS, LOCAL TRADE, $21,995, #KJ163891A. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

1st shots, vet checked, POP, $300, 405-284-6805.

Siberian Husky pups, AKC all

Maltese & Morkies, happy, pretty puppies, no shed, low odor, $600-$1000, call 918-694-3868

OK’s largest selection of used Golf cars ¡ 800-276-0571 MALTESE PUPS Very Tiny Males. 1st set of shots, dewormed. Vet checked. $600 Call or text 580-362-7166

2 bedroom, ch&a, $600/mo + $500 dep, no pets/no sec 8 » 677-7492

German Shorthair Pointers

AKC liver roan $750 Taking Deposits ‘ 405-395-7526

2bd & 3bd homes $520-$925 Longburk RE 732-7474 Check Our Website!

Saddle and Tack Auction Saturday February 2th 7PM America Legion Hall 5000 SE 24TH ST Oklahoma City 73115 Everybody welcome lots of nice horse equipment at public auction We are liquidating a very nice collection of high end top quality saddlery All must sell, now available for immediate liquidation, to be sold by public auction to the highest bidder without reserve..

Nothing held back you bid you set the price Open bid 405-670-9120

Morkies Extra cute & small $600 ‘ 405-380-5859 Pomeranian, AKC male, beautiful pup, full registration, s/w, $800, 405-880-6360.

Pom pups & adults, 2M pups $450, 5 large adults $1500 for all, (580) 467-8679/(580) 606-7162.

www.longburk.com 2bd 1ba ch/a $595 Accurate Prop 732-3939

GOLDENDOODLE BABIES Mini/Medium~no shed/hypoallergenic~S/W/DC/MC~vet cked~ more info at rubyrundoodles.com $1800-$2500 email rubyrunkennel@yahoo.com 405 320-1198

3/2/2, 1500sf, Little Axe, 1+ acre $1150mo Home & Ranch 794-7777

RECEPTIONIST

F/T for medical office. Computer exp. needed. Exc. benefits. Apply in person: 6501 S. Western, #101

2bd 1ba, ch/a, carport, $550 Accurate Prop 732-3939 2bd 1Kba ch/a 2 story townhouse $600 Accurate Prop 732-3939

Drivers Resistol Services hiring Class A CDL Drivers with tanker endorsement for Kingfisher and Lindsey yards, paid weekly 580-243-9861

Poodle Puppies Grand Champion sired puppies.

Outstanding pedigree. Solid white. Mother is top producer.

Sweet natured and needing loving homes. $2000 Detra Taylor phone (918)991-9626

Goldendoodle Pups, F1 & F1B,

Std & Minis, red, UTD shots & mchips, $1200-$1600. 918-533-7751

Airedale, AKC, 9wks 2M, 2F

2nd shots/wrmd, home raised & pre-spoiled, $600. 405-388-7307

Aussie Mini Puppies, 7wks,

UPTD on shots/worming, ASDR reg, M & F, $400. 580-695-6004 Aussie Puppies, fullblood,

7 wks old, 3M, 3F, s/w, parents farm raised, $400ea 405-414-8889

Golden Retrievers AKC Registered, Males and Female available, will be ready about Feb 10th, located in Piedmont, OK $750 580-736-0077 the4finleys@gmail.com

POODLES, AKC, Teacups, Tiny Toy & Toy, vet chk, health guar, M&F, $800-$1500, 405-481-5558.

Golden Retriever AKC M&F Ready Feb 1st! $800 paypal/cash 580-585-1286lewisporch@aol.com

Poodles, Standard, AKC,

11 Weeks, Many Colors, Ready Now, $600-$800, 405-567-5873.

Aussie Teacup pups parents only 10lbs $1000 405-777-8701

Australian Shepherd Mini shots & wormed $300ea 918-470-6529

Appliance & W A/C service, 27 yrs exper, $50 svc call, 371-3049.

Financing avail. 30day-5yr warr. $125&up 1233 SE 44th 632-8954

Whirlpool free standing electric range stove 4.8cu. ft., black, 1yr old, $100. Samsung dishwasher, black, built-in, 1yr old $100. » » » 405-501-1281

E of OKC, pay out dn.

Many choices mobile home ready. Call for maps TERMS 275-1695 www.paulmilburnacreages.com

Owner Financing 1 to 5 Acres

Many Great Locations

Some Mobile Home Ready Easy Approval - Call For Maps 405-273-5777 www.property4sale.com

Boston Terrier, AKC, 6wks, vaccs & wormed, health guarantee, $600. 405-638-0049 Boston Terrier Pups s/w/chip hlth guar $500-$600 405-4340528

Washer, Dryer, Freezer, Stove, Fridge, $100 ea; can del; 820-8727

Driveway removal & replace.

Give your sweetheart a new drive to park. 40% DISCOUNT. Crews need the work. 405-301-2019

Drives, Patios, All Types,

Impound Auto Auction

Quality Towing Saturday, February 2, at 10am 75+ Cars, Trucks, Vans 4204 Classen Circle, Norman.

Call for list. M-F, 8-5 ¡ 360-1869 www.qualitytowingok.com

SPRING SPECIAL

Lic./Bond./Ins. Free Est. 769-3094 3 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Sweet,loving,raised in our home, held daily,vet-checked,photos, www.bitly.com/CavalierPups $1500. Please text 918.261.7363

SHEPHERD CONCRETE, Free Est, Licensed, Bonded, Ins, 520-4426.

Kevin's Drywall & Painting Free Estimate/Fast service 405.496.4010

ROOFING & REPAIRS, Free Est. Ins lic 800120 722-2226/640-1144

Home Repair & Remodel. Roofing.

Siding. Free Estimate. 410-2495.

A Carpenter & Handyman you can afford. 30yrs exp. 405-620-2623

BUDDY'S PLUMBING, INC.

»GENE’S TREE SERVICE» Insured-Free Est. 682-2100.

L&R Tree Service, Low Prices,

Ins, Free Est, Firewood, 946-3369.

Ask about our gas pressure test.

528-7733, buddysplumbingok.com

TIPTONSPLUMBING.COM No Job Too Large Or Too Small Call Zach - (405) 703-2700

Pro Tree Service - 1/2 off Seniors Free stump removal. 314-1313.

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