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PLANTING its roots in Enid Canola plant officials looking to locals for help to grow By Robert Barron Staff Writer

Enid has been chosen as the site of a new canola plant, and company officials are reaching out to Enid and area residents to make use of the plant for storage. “We want to engage with the agriculture community, elevator managers and grain dealers, especially reference the canola plant,” said Neil Juhnke, president of Northstar Agriculture, which owns the plant. Juhnke hopes the area will develop up to one to two million acres of canola in the area.

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lons of water per day and return 100,000 gallons of wastewater. The plant also will manufacture dry product and have an oil seed process. Enid was selected primarily because of its proximity to the majority of canola production in the area. That area extends into Kansas and southwest Oklahoma. A secondary reason is water availability in the area. “Outside of Oklahoma City not many communities have it,” Juhnke said. Another reason is Enid’s access to transportation, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe main rail line. The city of Enid passed a tax increment finance district to help plant construction, which Juhnke said “leveled the playing field.”

Northstar is owned by PICO Industries, which is the major investor. Northstar Founders A part of a community group owns 12 percent of the plant. The original group is from North Dakota and South Dakota. Along with the canola plant there is the PICO invited the Northstar Founders to invest, potential for other tenants that would benefit and they are asking Oklahoma farmers and ranchers to also consider inWe want to engage with the agriculture community, vesting, as well. elevator managers and grain dealers, especially The plant in reference the canola plant.” Enid will be the Neil Juhnke, president of Northstar Agriculture company’s second; Northstar also has a canola plant in Minnesota. Juhnke said there are between 12 from the loop railroad track that will be on and 14 canola processing plants operated by the property. Part of the company strategy is companies in the United States and Canada, and to interest area investors. If an individual has that number is growing. the opportunity to invest in a product, it creHe said canola is growing in popularity ates a unifying factor, he said. Juhnke said he because its main product, canola oil, is is encouraged by the interest expressed. healthy: It is low in saturated fat and even His philosophy is to partner with canola lowers the risk of cancer, according to some growers and investors. For example, recent studies. Some large cities in California AdancePierre Foods exclusively uses canola and New York passed ordinances banning oil in its products. Juhnke hope to develop an trans fats — which contribute to heart disease agreement with them for purchase of canola. — in foods, helping bring about the growth Canola’s price has made it the No. 1 crop of canola oil in cooking. in Canada, he said. As a broadleaf plant, “It’s driven by health,” Juhnke said. canola uses moisture efficiently, and farmers can grow it with the same equipment they use Water, water everywhere ... for wheat. They also can use different herbiDesigned as a low water consumption cides and clean up weed problems in their plant, projections are it will use 500,000 gal- fields.

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Canola grows in a field near Enid, which has been chosen as the site of a new canola plant, and company officials are reaching out to Enid and area residents to make use of the plant for storage. (Staff File Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

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UNDERGROUND movement

Conservation ... and months of normal rainfall ... the best solution to area water woes, experts say By James Neal Staff Writer

As rain falls over Enid on a cold day in April, it’s hard to concentrate on worries about surface moisture, but way below ground the story is a little drier, and the trend in available water supply in northern Oklahoma aquifers is decline.

Source of water Enid was built atop its own water source: Enid Isolated Terrace (EIT), a roughly 80square-mile aquifer below central Garfield County. The city has long since outgrown the capacity of this aquifer and now relies predominantly on water pumped from wells fed by Cimarron Alluvial Aquifer. Noel Osborn, a hydrologist with U.S. Geological Survey Oklahoma Water Science Center, told the Enid News & Eagle last summer both aquifers were formed by ancient rivers. “They’re both related to streams and river deposits,” Osborn said of Enid’s two major water sources. “Rivers and streams carry sediment with them, and over thousands and millions of years you can accumulate fairly thick deposits of sands, gravels and clays that can hold water.” Water, from rainfall, river flow and irrigation, seeps down through the soil into this permeable layer — the aquifer — where it is stored. Osborn said Enid Isolated Terrace is so-named because it, at some point in ancient

history, became cut off from the river that deposited its permeable layer of rock, sand and clay. She said the Enid aquifer likely once was connected to the Cimarron aquifer or Salt Fork of the Arkansas River to the north, or possibly both. Osborn said the EIT has much less capacity than the Cimarron for two reasons: it is much smaller in area, allowing for less capture of precipitation from the surface, and the layer of permeable rock and soil in the EIT is much thinner than that in the Cimarron aquifer. Osborn said the “saturated thickness” of an aquifer is a major factor in its water storage capacity. The EIT is little more than 17 feet in thickness, while the Cimarron aquifer ranges as thick as 110 feet and averages a thickness of 28 feet. That greater thickness, paired with the Cimarron aquifer’s much larger area, stretching from Woods County to the southeast across Major and Kingfisher counties and into Logan County, gives the Cimarron much greater storage capacity: 4.47 million acre-feet in the Cimarron compared to 470,000 acre-feet in the EIT, according to USGS surveys from the 1980s. According to OWRB records, most of the city’s wells in the EIT, excluding private wells and rural water districts, date back to the 1950s. Newer wells, beginning in the 1970s, are on the Cimarron, clustered west of Drummond, in the Ames area,

near Ringwood and west of Cleo Springs, all in Major and Woods counties.

still declining relative to last year and previous years,” Murray said. OWRB records show the Cimarron aquifer peaked at above-average water levels in

monitored only once per year, and the most recent readings were taken in February, before recent precipitation. But, even if the measurements had been taken after

meable the soil is. I doubt we would see that yet.” Murray said it would take months of normal precipitation levels to not only lift the drought but to begin

Rain falls over northwest Oklahoma. Officials say it will take months of normal precipitation to not only lift the drought but recharge aquifers. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

According to OWRB figures, 87 percent of Enid’s permitted water production now comes from the Cimarron.

Trend in levels “The trend is still downward,” said Kyle Murray, a hydrogeologist with Oklahoma Geological Survey. Murray said Oklahoma Water Resources Board monitors 16 wells annually in the water fields that supply Enid — 13 in Cimarron Alluvial Aquifer and 3 in Enid Isolated Terrace. “If you look at that data for any one of those wells, it’s

2009, then went into sharp decline as the drought set in. Murray provided OWRB records for five wells in the Cimarron — wells he said are representative of Enid’s primary water source. Those five wells saw decreases in water level of nine to 17 feet on measurement scales of 13 to 22 feet. All five wells were well below average for the last 30 years, and one was at an alltime low since measurements first were taken in 1976. Murray said the levels are

recent precipitation, Murray said it is unlikely the aquifers would have shown any appreciable increase in water level due to the volume needed to recharge an aquifer and the amount of time it takes for water to travel through the ground to reach aquifer storage. “I do think there’s going to be a delayed response if we do indeed have recharge from the rainfall,” Murray said. “We might not see it for months, if not longer than that, depending on how per-

recharging aquifers. When the aquifers do begin recharging, Murray said the Cimarron aquifer would recharge faster than EIT. While aquifer levels likely will eventually recharge, Murray said water conservation still is the best answer for addressing water needs. “Conservation is an important response by the public and consumers in times of drought,” Murray said, “and water use restrictions should be implemented by water supply companies.”

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WEALTH

Oil play in Oklahoma continues to fuel growth in local economy By James Neal Staff Writer

New exploration and drilling for oil and gas in north central Oklahoma is expected to taper off in the next three years, but that doesn’t spell the end of play in the area. Industry forecasts and local economic development officials are predicting continued production and service activity to remain strong through the foreseeable future. Drilling activity in north central Oklahoma continued to pick up pace in 2012, with the intent to drill and completed wells increasing in comparison to 2011, according to figures provided by Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Intents filed with OCC for Garfield County were up more than 82 percent in 2012 over the previous year, with 115 filed in 2012 compared to 63 in 2011. OCC data for 2012 drilling completions still is being collected, but those already in the books for 2012 show a corresponding increase — 63 wells completed in Garfield County in 2012 compared to 27 in 2011. Grant County, in the heart of the Mississippi Lime play, also showed strong growth in intents-to-drill and completions in 2012, with 276 intents filed in 2012, compared to 162 in 2011, and 201 completions already filed for 2012, compared to 99 for 2011. Moving away from the Mississippi Lime play, some counties showed only modest growth in oil and gas activity in 2012 as compared 2011. Kingfisher County registered 69 intents-to-drill in 2012, up six percent over 2011, and 35 completions in 2012, down about 32 per-

cent from 2011. The state as a whole showed growth in the oil and gas industry in 2012, at rates lower than individual counties involved in the Mississippi Lime play. OCC registered 4,214 intents-todrill in 2012, compared to 3,732 for 2011 — an increase of about 13 percent. Completions also were up in 2012 for the state, with 2,978 already filed, compared to the complete figure of 2,600 for 2011. Rig counts also were up in 2011 — the most recent annual report complete from OCC — with a monthly average of 180 rigs operating in the state in 2011, compared to 128 in 2010, 94 in 2009 and a 20year peak of 200 in 2008. Total production figures provided by OCC show significant statewide growth in natural gas production in 2012, and a decrease in oil production. The year-to-date figures for October 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, showed an 87 percent increase in the state’s natural gas production and a 20 percent reduction in oil production. The major players in the Mississippi Lime area showed corresponding growth in their activity in 2012, and don’t show signs of slowing down in the immediate future. Chesapeake Energy, the largest leaseholder in the Mississippi Lime play, reported 273 horizontal producing wells in the Mississippi Lime play in the company’s most recent report to investors. Chesapeake’s fourth quarter 2012 net production averaged 32.5 thou-

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February report to investors. The report listed Sandridge’s total 2012 production from the sand barrels equivalent per day Mississippian at 17.4 million barrels (mboe/d), and 41.6 gross operated of oil equivalent in 2012, up 72 permboe/d, up 208 percent year over cent over 2011. While production and investment year. Other companies are buying their in the Mississippi Lime play continway into the Mississippi Lime play, ue to increase, new lease acquisitions have slowed over the last year. and its future production. The pace of signing new oil field Chesapeake in February signed a joint venture agreement with leases in the Mississippi Lime play Sinopec International Petroleum peaked in 2011, with 12,540 new Exploration and Production Corp., leases in the Oklahoma portion of the play, according to figures provided by Enid Regional Development Alliance. That pace slowed in 2012 with 3,642 new leases, the lowest level since a 10-year low of 1,414 leases inked in 2009. A majority of the active leases in the There is still a lot of wealth moving Mississippi Lime play to the area right now, and I expect are set to expire in that to continue.” 2015-16, according to ERDA executive Brent Kisling, executive director, director Brent Kisling. But, Kisling said a Enid Regional Development Alliance slowing pace of new leases doesn’t neceswhereby Sinopec purchased an sarily signal a slowing of the boominterest in 425,000 acres in the ing pace in Enid’s economic growth. Kisling said even once the majorMississippi Lime play — half of Chesapeake’s lease area in northern ity of exploration and drilling is complete, the wells still will require Oklahoma. Sinopec agreed to pay $1.02 bil- more service than operating wells lion in cash for the purchase, and the have in the past, since the new prototal area is estimated to hold 140 duction is being completed by million barrels of oil equivalent in hydraulic fracturing, which requires reserves, according to a February more ongoing service. That ongoing service will keep press release from Chesapeake. Sandridge Energy also reported service companies operating in strong growth in its Mississippi Garfield County and surrounding Lime production in the fourth quar- areas for the foreseeable future, ter of 2012. The company reported a Kisling said. He said ERDA still is getting 35.9 mboe/d production from the play in the fourth quarter of 2012, up calls from service companies and 19 percent from the same quarter in larger production companies looking 2011, according to the company’s for facilities from which to stage

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operations in the Mississippian, “and that’s an indication there’s still a lot of work to be done in that play.” Kisling said the focus now needs to be not so much on when or if the oil play will slow down, but rather on how to capitalize on the increased activity. “It is still our role at Enid Regional Development Alliance to make sure we capitalize on this golden age in our local economy, and to help figure out what’s next, because there will be something that’s next,” Kisling said. He said Vance Air Force Base and agriculture likely will remain the second- and third-highest contributors to the local economy behind oil and gas, but added the local economy is becoming more diverse. He said the local economy experienced a significant benefit in 2012 from the presence of construction crews building the Chisholm View Wind Project, and will experience a similar benefit in 2014 from crews building the planned Northstar Agri Industries canola processing plant. The local area also continues to see increased investment from crews working in the railroad and pipeline industries, Kisling said. Enid’s economy also will continue to expand in the retail sector, Kisling said, as national retailers take note of local investment and record sales tax returns. “When you set a record for retail sales in 2011, and then turn around and beat that by 13 percent in 2012, that’s going to get a lot of attention from the retail industry,” he said. Kisling said Enid’s economy is poised to continue its growth, through the oil boom and beyond. “There is still a lot of wealth moving to the area right now,” Kisling said, “and I expect that to continue.”

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Sand has become new wheat for Enid, for WB Johnston Grain storage facility By Cass Rains Staff Writer

Drought conditions not seen since the days of the Dust Bowl might have driven some agribusiness into dry dirt, but others are making a comeback with sand. Brent Kisling, executive director of Enid Regional Development Alliance, said Enid is seeing the amount of fracking sand brought into the area and taken out into the oil fields growing steadily. He expects more than 500,000 tons of the fracking sand to be offloaded in Enid this year. “Last year, we had 175,000 tons offloaded,” Kisling said. “I think it’s going to continue to grow. Some of the biggest players in frack sand have contracts in Enid.” He said there are a lot of businesses from the oil industry that are readily seen in the community, but fracking sand is not as visible to the public. “The frack sand industry is one that sits a bit more behind the scenes,” Kisling said. “It’s a huge contributing factor to what’s going on in Enid right now.” The bulk of the fracking sand coming into Enid from areas along the Mississippi River. The round sand makes it a perfect medium for fracking because of its size and uniformity.

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Fracking sand is moved in the storage area of WB Johnston Grain. When the agricultural market began to open storage space at the Enid company, Johnston turned to fracking sand, used in oil field work that has seen an upsurge in recent years. (Staff File Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

The sand is brought into Enid by rail and sent by trucks into the nearby oil fields. “We have a great rail infrastructure in Enid because Enid has more dry-grain storage capacity than any other city in America,” Kisling said. “The same equipment used to offload grain can be used to offload frack sand. We already have the infrastructure in place to support it.”

Oklahoma’s largest privately owned grain elevator business, Johnston Grain operates 20 elevators in Oklahoma and Texas. It also operates five ports in Louisiana, West Virginia and Oklahoma. Meibergen said drought and farming policies saw declines in grain storage, and the company was looking at other industrial bulk commodities to offset loss of grain. “Oklahoma production in acres planted continues to go down,” he said. “We’re trying to find out what the new norm is.”

The entire grain industry is a volume industry. It has certainly helped make up for where agriculture has lacked.” Joey Meibergen, executive vice president of WB Johnston Grain

WB Johnston Grain has transitioned from grain to fracking sand after a decline in wheat production because of the resources the company already had in place. “Really, because of how devastating the impact of the drought has been on our industry, we started searching for other alternative uses for our elevator infrastructure and, more importantly, the real estate structure and our real estate along the rail,” Joey Meibergen executive vice president of WB Johnston Grain, said. “Our elevators, their proximity to the rail and being able to be serviced by the railroad was the No. 1 reason.” He said other companies have transitioned from grain storage to fracking sand, and WB Johnston in Shattuck is doing it as well.

Most of the sand being brought into Johnston is from Wisconsin and Minnesota. “What makes frack sand unique is its shape, purity and ability to withstand pressure,” Meibergen said. The sand is brought to Enid via a special hoppered rail car, half the size of a grain car because the sand weighs twice as much as the grain, he said. “The entire grain industry is a volume industry. It has certainly helped make up for where agriculture has lacked.” Both sand and grain cannot be handled at the same time. If grain production were to increase, Johnston could switch back, Meibergen said. “If sand ever went away we could go back to grain,” he said. “We’ve taken advantage when those opportunities provided themselves in the past.”

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for the future WINDFALL Turbines have power to deliver to state coffers By Robert Barron Staff Writer

The State of Alabama is receiving power from wind farms in Garfield and Grant counties after a multi-million-dollar investment in the area. The farms produce electrical power through a purchase agreement with Alabama Power. TradeWind Energy built the farms and later sold its interest to Enel Green Power North America, of Boston. General Electric has a 49 percent interest in the system. Brent Kisling, executive director of Enid Regional Development

Alliance, said there are 141 turbines with a maximum capacity of 235 megawatts. The project took about 12 months for completion, starting in November 2011 and ending just before Christmas 2012. To qualify for the federal production tax credit, the project had a deadline of Dec. 31. TradeWind Energy of Lenexa, Kan., was the developer. The company started leasing land three years ago, Kisling said. “They set up MET towers all around northwest Oklahoma. They put them on the tops of buildings and on the top of cell towers to check the wind speed at 300 feet,” Kisling said.

The company then began leasing land, starting quietly, but it soon became public. Two projects eventually were funded, one between Enid and Garber and one by Covington. A third project near Hunter was not funded, he said. The farms bring in approximately $5 million annually between royalties paid and ad valorem taxes. Joel Quinn, superintendent of schools at Pond-Creek Hunter, said the wind farm will affect the school funding formula, which will keep between $500,000 and $600,000 out of his funding for six months. “It should be beneficial in the future, but we won’t get any money this year. They took a five-year manufacturer’s exemption. The state will reimburse us the same amount we

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were receiving, but we will get it at the end of the year,” Quinn said. Quinn said he has known the money is coming and is working to make sure the school system remains solvent. Most of the wind turbines are in the Pond CreekHunter district, but there also are a few in the Hillsdale district and one in the Billings school district, he said. Garfield County Assessor Wade Patterson said the wind farm has not yet been valued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. He said that probably will occur in May or June. Patterson anticipates the value will be between $300 million and $375 million and, if so, will generate approximately $4 million in taxes.

“That’s just speculative,” he said. He does not track royalty payments. Former state representative Curt Roggow, who is a lobbyist for Oklahoma Wind Coalition and also for the city of Enid, said there have been a number of policy changes locally and federally, but Oklahoma continues to maintain production tax credits. Some states have dropped those credits, causing a drop in wind farm projects in parts of the U.S. and a slowdown in ordering wind turbine parts. The company that developed Chisholm View Wind Project has been recognized by American Wind Energy Association for innovating the means to deliver Oklahoma wind energy to customers in the southeastern United States.

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BURNING up an opportunity Officials would like to see invasive red cedar used in some way, instead of just destroyed By Jeff Mullin Senior Writer

The Eastern red cedar tree is many things to many people. To those with allergies it is a source of misery. To landowners it reduces productivity and land value. To wildlife conservationists it represents a threat to bird and animal habitat, as well as to native plants. And to rural homeowners, it is a fire hazard. But to Craig McKinley, professor and extension forester with the Oklahoma State University department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management, it represents something of potential value. “I think we should utilize the resource,” said McKinley. “To me there is something sad about burning up good, solid wood.” Eastern red cedar is categorized as an invasive species, but McKinley points out it is a native species that has become invasive because it is so prolific. Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) is native in all but four of Oklahoma’s 77 counties, according to Oklahoma Forestry Services. “The reason we have a problem now is, as humans, we have controlled fire,” McKinley said. “And with the control of fire came the elimination of the natural environmental control of Eastern red cedar.” In terms of ground cover, McKinley said, Eastern red cedar is most prevalent in what he called the “second tier” of Oklahoma counties, those on a rough line from Woodward County to Osage County. “That is where you have the highest degree of ground cover,” he said. A red cedar task force formed in 2002 by Oklahoma Secretaries of Agriculture and Environment to study the problem estimated that, by this year, annual state economic losses resulting from the proliferation of the Eastern red cedar would total $447 million.

“The problem becomes encroachment on land that people want to use for something else,” McKinley said. “There is simply too much red cedar.” Eastern red cedar also robs the land of a commodity becoming more and more scarce in these times of drought: water. Research by OSU found one cedar tree can take up to 30 gallons of water per day from the soil, while one acre of cedars can absorb 55,000 gallons of water in a year. Dan Stidham, area forester with Oklahoma Forestry Services, is concerned about the impact of Eastern red cedars in riparian zones, ecosystems that occur between land and rivers or streams. “Red cedars take over and limit the natural regeneration of pioneer species like cottonwood and willow,” he said. “They come into the area and reduce those trees’ ability to regenerate naturally.” Another negative impact of the Eastern red cedar, Stidham said, is the “loss of habitat for wildlife that utilize those tree species.” Cottonwoods are water-loving trees themselves, Stidham said, and they often lose out in competition with Eastern red cedars. “They (cedars) intercept that water as it starts to be absorbed into the soil profile,” Stidham said. “They use a considerable amount of water each day before cottonwood trees can use it.” Take a drive along the Cimarron River, Stidham said, and you’ll see the effects of the Eastern red cedar on cottonwoods. “You’ll see a decline in the size and number of large cottonwood trees,” he said. “They can’t compete with the cedars.” Controlling the Eastern red cedar is easier when they are small, Stidham said, “waist-high or shorter.” Then they can be controlled by clipping or prescribed burning. “Fire controlled it early in our

history,” McKinley said. “That’s the best way to cheaply and effectively control red cedar.” Burning the Eastern red cedar is best done “under the right conditions and managed by the right people,” McKinley said. “You have to have a burn plan. Just to go out and strike a match, you need to stay away from that process.” The trees also can be controlled mechanically, cutting them down with chainsaws or knocking them down with bulldozers. “Once they get taller than four or five feet high, they are not controlled by fire, then you have to turn to mechanical removal,” said Stidham. “Some folks out of Texas use a chipper and chip it up right where it is,” he said. “If you are going to use a chipper to chip it up, you might as well collect the chips and use them as mulch.” The trees also can be treated with herbicides, McKinley said, but that is a costly, time-consuming process. “It involves individual tree treatment in most cases,” he said. “Some are used. My dad went at them with herbicides, but he was retired, he had the time.” Oklahoma Forestry Services estimates the cost of controlled burns to eradicate Eastern red cedar at $20 to $25 per acre, while mechanical removal methods can cost hundreds of dollars per acre. The inherent problems with the Eastern red cedar has attracted the attention of one state legislator, Rep. Richard Morrissette, D-Oklahoma City, who introduced three measures relating to the tree in this year’s legislative session. One, HB-1513, would provide training for non-violent state inmates to harvest the trees. That passed the House and has gone to the Senate. Other measures introduced by Morrissette would further eradication efforts, while another would use harvested Eastern red cedar trees to supply power to state-run facilities. McKinley is all for using the Eastern red cedar, rather than simply knocking them down or burning them up. “One of the more popular ways is mulch,” he said. “There are no

mulch manufacturers in the state, however.” Eastern red cedar shavings also can be used in the oil patch, as a lost circulation material, used to slow the loss of drilling mud in fractures or permeable soil formations. “It is utilized as a component of drilling mud, placed down the oil well hole through a pipe,” said McKinley. Cedar wood is aromatic and repels moths, so it often is used as a lining in cedar closets or cedar chests. It also resists rot, so is often

red cedar oil from shredded trees, then turn it into jet fuel or diesel. That project is presently on the back burner, said Brent Kisling, executive director of Enid Regional Development Alliance. “We have been working with them the past several months on setting up a plant in Enid,” Kisling said. “We were very close to making an announcement about the plant, but there were several fatal flaws in their analysis of the logistics of transporting the trees to Enid.” Kisling said he expects the com-

Fire (top) and mechanical devices (above) are two ways to eradicate eastern red cedar that is invasive in northwest Oklahoma. Officials, however, would like to see the trees harvested for some use rather than just destroyed. (Photos provided) used in fence posts. McKinley said he heard of one man who fashioned a casket from red cedar wood. OSU researchers are developing a particle board made from Eastern red cedar, McKinley said. “It has a similar quality as southern pine,” he said. “It is a possibility.” Eastern red cedar oil, McKinley said, makes up about “2 to 3 percent of the weight of the tree,” which is used in medicines and cosmetics. “Those are some opportunities,” he said. “What we have to do is match up the resource with someone willing to invest in a commercial facility.” McKinley said he has talked to several companies about turning Eastern red cedar into wood pellets to be used as heating fuel. Last fall an Oklahoma City firm, Sun Rays 2 Oil, proposed building a $200 million plant in Enid to extract

pany to announce it is going to build its plant in another Oklahoma city, but he is hopeful it will build a secondary plant here. “That is definitely a project we continue to work very closely on,” he said. Sooner or later, however, Kisling said he expects some sort of facility that utilizes the Eastern red cedar to locate here. “That is one of those industries that I have no doubt that someday there will be some kind of conversion plant in Enid,” he said. “When you’ve got a tree that is claiming over 700 acres a day in the state, you’ve got to find a way to control it, and adding value to it is the best way to do it.” McKinley agrees. “Most people just try to get rid of them,” McKinley said. “It would be better if we can control them and utilize them.”

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The ongoing drought has had an affect on cattle producers, but good herd management and strong prices have averted crisis. Recent snows and rains have sparked some hope the drought is lifting, said Rick Nelson, Garfield County agriculture extension agent. “We have been in the most

intense area of the drought,” Nelson said. “But it’s better than it was a year ago. A year ago there was 65 percent of the continental United States in moderate drought. Now it’s 51 percent.” The entire state of Oklahoma is rated as in “moderate” to “exceptional” drought. Garfield county is rated as “extreme,” Nelson said. A soil probe now can be inserted three feet into the ground to check moisture levels, he said.

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Jerry Nine, owner of Woodward Livestock Auction, said the drought has been tough on cattle producers. “It’s been hard to make any money because they have had to buy so much feed,” Nine said. Cattle producers sold down stock early in the drought to reduce their losses, Nine said. “Other states came in and bought our cattle pretty high in pairs,” Nine said. “Normally in a drought state when you have to sell your cattle, you have to sell them pretty cheap.” Nine estimates herd size has

been reduced about 40 percent overall since the drought began. Nelson pointed to Garfield County numbers recorded the previous year. “In a year’s time, we’ve got 17,700 beef cows, and that’s down 13.66 percent from last year,” Nelson said. Nelson said cattle sales have remained strong, which helps the producers. The lower numbers will drive high prices for beef. “Sales are still good — there’s still beef demand,” he said. “With the lower inventory, it’s going to hang in there until about 2014.”

“Now it’s starting to rain, and that’s good,” Nine said. But Nelson said continued good management will be important. “Even if we come back to a normal situation, we’ve been through two to three years of drought, and it’s going to take the same amount of time to recover,” Nelson said. “You’re going to have to give the pastures time to recuperate.” For best long-term recovery, cattlemen will have to take care not to overgraze the pastures, Nelson said.

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After an ongoing dry spell that has lasted several years, both Congress and northwest Oklahoma need some rain By Robert Barron Staff Writer

When the farm bill was not approved last year the process had to begin again. U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., is chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, and he will lead the ag committee through the process. They are preparing to start markup of the bill, with less money to spend than the last farm bill, Lucas said. “We didn’t get it done last year, and we start all over,” he said. Federal budget cuts kicked in at the first of the year, and the Continuing Funding Resolution extended the previous year’s budget, but it was only approved for half the year. The rest of the year must now be approved, Lucas said. The House will proceed with looking at a budget prepared by Rep. Paul Ryan, RWis. The Senate also approved a budget, and Lucas predicts the two never will be reconciled. “We needed to know how much money we have to spend, and now we know that,” Lucas said. The next step is the House Agriculture Committee taking up the bill. Lucas predicted work on crafting the farm bill will be ongoing through June, and committee members probably will start with the bill that was agreed on last year but never went to reconciliation. Reconciliation is the process of putting the Senate and House bills into one package. There are still issues to be sorted out with the Senate, Lucas said. The previous bill approved by the U.S. Senate cut $23 billion from the farm bill, but the House version cut $35 billion. They never reconciled the bill to reach a final number. “We will start this time with how big do the savings have to be,” Lucas said. President Obama would like to sign a grand bargain for a long-term spending reduction, and if that happens the amount available will be known. The Ryan budget will provide guidance. That budget advocates $31 billion in

commodity portion and also calls for food stamps — the largest portion of the social nutrition program — to be sent as a block grant back to the states for administration. “I don’t see the president signing that or the Senate passing that,” Lucas said. Some policy questions also are to be determined. The Senate is concerned about crop revenue, called shallow loss revenues, which sets a safety net for protection of commodity prices. However, the proposal in the Senate would benefit the Midwestern states, which grow corn. Lucas prefers a choice that will give producers the option of taking the corn program or another aimed at wheat, cotton and other crops. He expects the final bill will have some sort of choice on commodity options. He still needs to determine if there will be a nutrition title in general. Then the committee must get its work done, get the bill to the floor for approval and hopefully sent to the Senate. He hopes the Senate will approve a bill, and it will be sent to a conference committee for reconciliation. Lucas will preside over the conference committee this year, as chairman of the Agriculture Committee. He said the farm bill most likely will have a commodity title and contain food stamp reforms while establishing programs for all farm groups and regions. “It we do all those things and still get a majority of votes in the Senate, it will go to conference committee,” he said. Lucas tried to finish the bill last year, but could not get it done because of a lack of commitment during election year and failure between the leadership. When the farm bill was not passed the current bill continued, extending the 2008 farm bill yet another year. All of that, and the weather, leads to frustration for the Congressman that represents northwest Oklahoma. “Whatever is in the next farm bill will be substantially less money. Plus it needs to rain more this year,” Lucas said.

Wheat stands in a field near Enid. Work is beginning again on a farm bill, with U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., leading the committee. (Staff File Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

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“Wheat” and “Oklahoma” go hand-inhand, but what happens during the years when “Oklahoma” and “drought” often are found in the same sentence? “The stands of wheat in northwest Oklahoma are not at the level right now that would be consistent with average or aboveaverage,” said Roger Gribble of Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension’s office in Garfield County. “That is the plants’ response to the drought.” In addition to drought conditions, northwest Oklahoma also saw a hard freeze late in March that could impact the wheat crop. “I’m pretty sure we’re going to see some injury,” said Gribble. “Most of it will proba-

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bly be cosmetic damage to the leaves.” Rick Nelson, extension educator for agriculture programs, is optimistic the freeze hit during the wheat’s first hollow stem growth stage and will have caused little damage. While it will be good news if the freeze didn’t damage the wheat, the fact remains the drought’s impact can’t be reversed. “We were close to 160 million bushels last year,” said Gribble. “This year I expect 100 million bushels or less. People will graze out some wheat. We call it abandonment. I don’t know what the abandonment number will be.” The wheat crop also impacts the cattle industry in Oklahoma. “We didn’t have near the number of stocker cattle that we normally have,” said Gribble.

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Gribble said the effects of the drought on the wheat already have occurred, and there is no turning back now. “We just didn’t have enough rain,” said Gribble. The weather predictions are calling for a repeat, Gribble said, with a warmer, dryer spring and a hot summer. There is still a chance this year’s wheat crop will come up to the average mark. “We’re still in a drought, but my hope is for the average crop,” said Nelson. “With the recent moisture we received, I’m optimistic we’ll get to average.” Nelson said the good news is the wheat has not succumbed to any of the other possible problems that can plague growth. “We haven’t had any observable disease and very little insect issue,” said Nelson.

Wheat is beginning to come up across northwest Oklahoma. Ag officials are predicting a hard year for the area’s staple crop due to a lack of moisture. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

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Education about saving water resources a silver lining to dark cloud that holds no rain for area lakes, wildlife By Bridget Nash Staff Writer

Water flows in an instant when we turn the tap, there are bottles and jugs of it at local supermarkets and of late it has been falling from the sky, so it’s easy to see why it’s hard for some to realize we are in a drought. But northwest Oklahoma is experiencing extreme drought conditions, and it affects more than our ability to water the lawn every day. One easy way to see it is to drive out to countryside ponds or area lakes. The most visible poster child for the drought this year has been Canton Lake. “The drought is affecting us all, but it’s especially affected Canton because of the perpetual water storage contract that has been in effect since 1991,” said Tom Adams, Canton Lake Association board member.

The Canton impact The contract allowed Oklahoma City to use 30,000 acre-feet of water from Canton Lake to help alleviate its own water shortage. “Seeing how it was low to begin with, it has been virtually devastating,” said Adams. Currently there is no water access to the lake’s boat ramps, even though recent precipitation raised the lake about a foot. Adams said the lake’s Canadian Day Use ramp is open but only jon boats (flat-bottomed boats) are able to launch from the ramp. For a community that depends heavily on tourism aspects of a nearby lake, Canton’s economic impact from the loss

of lake traffic can’t be ignored. “The impact that Canton has in a 30-mile radius is annually about 20 million dollars,” said Adams. “Those figures are compiled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.” “These numbers are just staggering,” said Jeff Converse, president of Canton Lake Association. “Canton has 770,000 visits a year.” Converse said 240 jobs are affected by Canton Lake. “You can only make guesses as to what the impact is going to be,” said Converse. Before Oklahoma City drew its water in January, Canton already had been seeing lessthan-encouraging economic numbers due to the impact of the drought. Converse said since fiscal year 2012 began, Blaine County has seen a 67 percent reduction in sales tax revenue and had an 18 percent reduction in population. “Blaine County is kind of getting nailed,” said Converse. Adams said there is one bright side to all the dark news. “The situation is getting better with water education,” said Adams. Adams said cities are starting to take measures to conserve water, and individuals also are taking responsibility for water usage. “Regrettably, we are more likely to have another summer like we had last summer,” said Adams. “It will be especially hard on Canton. If we have another one of those years we could have some devastating effects on fish and wildlife, and it’s those things we would like to protect.”

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Recently, the wildlife department visited Canton to net and tag the walleye fish, said Adams. “There was a lot of fungus on the walleye,” Adams said. “This is a condition that is happening due to low water. Canton supplies the walleye for most of the lakes in Oklahoma. That did not happen this year.” In addition to being part of Canton Lake Association, Adams also owns a boat storage business. “My business is fine for this year,” said Adams whose patrons pay a year in advance. “If we have another summer like we did last year, I can conceivably see my business dropping by half.” Canton Lake may be in the spotlight, but the drought affecting Oklahoma reaches much farther. “You can’t have blinders on. You kind of have to work together,” said Adams. “The only way to combat it, if it’s not going to rain, is to conserve water and recycle water. We just need a long period of rain to recharge our watersheds and aquifers.”

Putting salt back in Plains Salt Plains is another area suffering due to the drought. The area’s wildlife is seeing much of the negative impact. “The main thing is our winter waterfowl population was down quite a bit,” said Salt Plains refuge biologist Glen Hensley. Each year 90-95,000 geese roost overnight at Salt Plains during the winter months. “I believe we maxed out for a short period in November at about 50,000 geese,” said Hensley. “We usually peak in goose numbers in late December, early January.” December 2012 saw about 17,000 geese compared to its usually 95,000 said Hensley. “They moved on. They didn’t stick around.”

Hensley said the 50,000 ducks usually come in during peak time, but this winter only saw about 20,000 ducks. “We maybe had 20,000 tops in about November, a month early,” said Hensley. The migrating waterfowl depend each year on Salt Plains as a place to rest. “Salt Plains is kind of a rest and refueling station along the migration,” said Hensley. Like Canton, Great Salt Plains Lake is suffering a receding shoreline. “The lake is really low,” said Hensley. “There’s really no way to judge how low. The lake elevation gauge is on the dam, and the water isn’t to the dam. The water line is about half a mile from the dam.” The waterfowl aren’t the only birds affected by the drought at Salt Plains. “It’s affected the eagles because they eat ducks and fish,” said Hensley. “The oxygen supply was depleted (in the water) and we had a fish kill. The mid-winter eagle survey was down this year.” The lack of water also prevented the area’s wetlands from flooding, which hinders the reproduction of certain insect species, such as dragonflies, and reduces the amount of available drinking water for other wildlife. Salt Plains hosts a public hunting area, but due to the lack of birds in the area, Salt Plains and other places in the area saw fewer hunters. These hunters usually come from all over the state and other states. “Farmers might have had reduced income because of their hunting leases,” said Hensley. The salt crystal digging area was successful throughout the past year, but the other areas at Salt Plains saw fewer visitors. “We hope it’s going to get better, but I think it’s going to be another bad year,” said Hensley. “We have wet periods and dry periods. Hopefully it gets wet again.”

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Recent rain and snowfalls have improved the drought conditions in north central Oklahoma, but local agriculture producers still are left hoping at best for an average harvest this spring. “Wheat, right now, is sitting at an average crop,” said Rick Nelson, agriculture educator with Garfield County Oklahoma State University Extension Office. “At best, we’re hoping for an average crop.” Nelson said moisture received in February and March has helped, but dry conditions when seeds were planted in the fall and continued dry conditions through the majority of winter have stunted the growth of area wheat stands. “The terribly dry conditions in the fall led to some poor growing conditions,” Nelson said. “The plants didn’t set as many tillers as possible, but recent moisture has given us some hope those plants will go ahead and produce.” Nelson said there is a wide disparity in local wheat stands, with some showing good growth and projected to offer average yields, while other stands are far behind schedule and projected to not be harvested. “There are some fields that appear at this time, they’ll make that 30 bushels per acre — they’re probably going to go ahead and fill out and produce an

average crop,” Nelson said. “Those that are late and thin, chances are slim they’ll produce a viable crop.” Some fields laid dormant, Nelson said, until recently. “There are some fields that did not germinate until the last snow,” Nelson said. “The wheat laid there in the ground and did not germinate (or sprout) until March.” Nelson said those fields likely will produce 10 percent of average or less, if they produce at all. “If it’s just germinated in the last month, it’s probably going to be adjusted for crop insurance and rotated out to another crop because the yield won’t be enough for harvesting,” Nelson said. He said the fields are divided largely between no-till and conventional tilling practices. He said the no-till fields are faring better because no-till farming leaves more moisture in the ground. “Having more moisture in the no-till fields led to better emergence,” Nelson said. He said the conventional till fields “were a little drier, and never received any moisture until this spring.” Danny Hole, executive director for the Garfield County Farm Service Agency office, said the no-till fields retained just enough moisture to pull them through until this spring’s rain and snow. “No-till just leaves you a better

moisture profile, because you’re realized the only moisture they right now because of the snow not opening up the soil with a con- were going to get was in that sur- moisture we’ve had,” Sheik said. “But, if it doesn’t rain any more, the ventional till,” Hole said. “Every face moisture,” Sheik said. He said both conventional and no-till fields will do a little better, time you open up that soil you lose moisture, and with no-till the only no-till fields still stand a good but nothing is going to do great.” Long-term forecasts do little to time you open it up is when you chance at an average harvest, if plant the seed.” we receive enough rain between narrow the range of possibilities — the area will either receive rain Hole said crop adjusters now and harvest. “If our days start getting or not. already are out looking at fields Ryan Barns, a meteorologist that likely will not be harvested warmer and our nights start staydue to low yield, “but it’s still too ing on the warmer side, this for National Weather Service in early to tell.” wheat is going to take off like a Norman, said climate prediction forecasts call for equal chances of He said area wheat stands rocket,” Sheik said. above average or below average range from two to precipitation. three weeks behind Still, that’s an improvement from schedule to other long-term forecasts that called solely stands that are much for below-average rainfalls. farther behind schedNorth central Oklahoma ule, and likely not remains in extreme viable. drought condition — “You’re looking at the second-highest fields that, just due to drought level behind drought, are two to No-till just leaves you a better moisture exceptional drought, three weeks behind profile, because you’re not opening up the which is where the what they should be soil with a conventional till. Every time region sat all winter. this time of year,” you open up that soil you lose moisture, The majority of the Hole said, “and then state remains in the there are some that and with no-till the only time you open it up is range of severe to are way behind when you plant the seed.” exceptional drought. because they’re just Danny Hole, executive director, Barns said the coming up.” northern part of the More producers Garfield County Farm Service Agency office state likely will see have shifted to no-till some improvement in farming because of the drought due to the ongoing drought, He said the region needs “two normal spring rains. and even more may shift after this year’s harvest, or lack of harvest. more good rains” before harvest. “There’s going to be some “You need one when the head improvement because you’re Michael Sheik, district conservationist for Garfield County is in the boot, just before it going to see a wetter time of year office of the Natural Resources emerges, and you need one for it with better rain chances,” Barns Conservation Service, said no-till to fill out at maturity, so you get said. “The farther south you get, farming has expanded significant- those good plump grains of the drought might persist or worswheat,” Sheik said. ly in the last several years. en depending on where the moisWhether wheat was planted ture and the storms go.” “People were noticing the guys who got into no-till farming five no-till or conventional till, its sucBarns said Garfield County or six years back, and were kind of cess from here all depends on the likely will see “some improveteetering on it anyway, and then rain, Sheik said. ment, at least through the June “Everything really looks good timeframe.” the drought came along and they

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EXECUTEthe plan Hiland Partners continues to grow in Enid and beyond By Jeff Mullin Senior Writer

In the past year, Hiland Partners has been on the move — in the oil- and gas-rich regions of North Dakota and Montana, as well as right here in Enid. Hiland, a midstream energy company, relocated its headquarters late last summer, moving from the former Continental Tower South across the street north to the building formerly occupied by Continental Resources, a facility now known as Hiland Tower. “That was a big thing for us, moving over here and getting more space,” said Derek Gipson, executive vice president and chief financial officer for Hiland Partners. “We are growing like everybody else here in Enid.” In the past year Hiland has grown from 201 to 245 employees company-wide, while increasing from 55 to 74 employees in Enid. “We just continue to execute our plan on the Bakken play in North Dakota and Montana,” said Gipson, “building critical natural gas and crude oil midstream infrastructure to help all the producers obtain their goals, keep their products moving. “We’ve been adding folks and trying to stay ahead of all of our growth plans up there.”

The oil-and-gas rich Bakken play continues to grow, and Hiland is trying to keep up with it, Gipson said. “The producers now are moving to development mode,” said Gipson, “and they are exploring different layers of the play. Production will continue to grow in the basin. We’re just trying to stay in front of it from our end and make sure we’ve got adequate capacity in all our facilities to make sure we give good service to all our customers.” Hiland executives spend a great deal of time planning, and communicating with customers, in order to meet the growing demands of the Bakken play. “Our producers are generally very good at giving us drill schedules that go out into the future, so we can plan, so we can make sure we keep the hydrocarbons moving,” said Gipson. “We spend a lot of time. It’s really a companywide team effort of the financial modeling people modeling out the production curves, engi-

neers looking at our facilities and the operational people coming together to come up with a game plan. “I think you’ll see us continue to add on to our facilities in North Dakota and Montana. As the production grows, so should our midstream assets, to make the best of the opportunity we have in that play.” As a midstream company, Hiland gathers gas through pipelines at the well head and transports it to its processing plants, where the gas is treated for impurities and natural gas liquids like propane and butane are extracted. It then sells the so-called “dry” gas and natural gas liquids. On the crude oil side, Hiland gathers crude at the well head and delivers it to various long-haul pipelines in North Dakota and Montana, as well as rail terminals. Upstream firms locate and drill for petroleum, while downstream companies are involved in refining. Last fall, Hiland announced plans to build a new 440-mile crude oil pipeline from Dore, N.D., to Guernsey, Wyo. There it will connect with the Pony Express pipeline, a former natural gas pipeline being converted to crude oil service by Tallgrass Energy Partners. That line eventually will be extended to Cushing. “That’s a new line of business, long-haul interstate crude oil transportation, that we’re getting into,” said Gipson. “We expect that line to start moving barrels in late 2014. Construction will kick off in the back half of this year. That’s a key project for us to execute on.” Natural gas prices fell below $2 per million British Thermal Units last year, prompting Hiland to begin shifting its focus from natural gas to crude oil. “We’re moving more into the crude oil

Hiland Partners’ Bakken Gathering System in Richland County, Mont., features 375 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines. Enid-based Hiland is a midstream petroleum company that gathers, processes, stores and markets both natural gas and crude oil. (Photo provided) Derek Gipson, Hiland Partners executive vice president and CFO, poses in his Enid office. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

midstream part of the business,” said Gipson. “We still are very active in gas gathering and will continue to be. Last year was a tough year for natural gas prices.” In the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, Gipson said, Hiland has processing capacity for 190 million cubic feet of natural gas per day at four facilities, as well as nearly 1,500 miles of gathering pipelines. Hiland has more than 17,000 barrels per day of natural gas liquid fractionation capacity. On the crude oil side, Hiland has nearly 750 miles of pipelines. Topping the list of Hiland’s core values is safety, a philosophy that was borne out recently when the company won first place in its division of the company safety awards given annually by Gas Processors Association. “It’s the first time in the history of the company that we’ve won it,” said Gipson. “We’re

really proud of that honor. When you think about how many people we’ve added in the company and expanded operations, to win that during that time frame is a big thing.” With most of its assets in North Dakota and Montana, Hiland executives spent much of their time on the road. “We make a concerted effort to get our key folks up there on a regular basis,” said Gipson. “We always have key people on the ground in North Dakota staying on top of everything we’re doing. Our CEO (Joseph Griffin) goes up there every Thursday. He spends the whole day monitoring construction progress with our folks on the ground. “You have to pay attention to it. It’s a long way away from home, but we’ve got a rhythm where we’re able to manage it from here in Enid.” There are advantages to being headquartered in Enid, Gipson said, other than the obvious, that the winters here are much milder than in North Dakota. “There’s good talent from a corporate standpoint to help support our business, and Enid’s a business-friendly community,” he said.

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.$8.99 .$16.89 .$32.99 .$64.99

DRINKS Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.09 Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.29 Large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.69

CHICKEN DINNERS 8 Piece Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12.99 16 Piece Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$23.99 32 Piece Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$47.99 Served with 2 sides-Mashed Potatos and Gravy, Green Beans, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw and 4 rolls Dinners 1 entrée, 2 sides and roll $7.99

Chicken Fry Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . .$4.79 Chicken Fry Steak . . . . . . . . . . . . .$4.79 Pizza Pocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2.29 Corn Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1.39 Mac & Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.99 lb. Chicken Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$0.99 each

BURGERS 1/3 Hamburger. . . $3.99 w/Cheese . .$4.29 w/Fries . . . . . $4.99 w/Fries . .$5.29 Double Burger. . . . $4.99 w/Cheese . .$5.29 w/Fries . . . . . $6.29 w/Fries $6.49 Fried Onion Burgers . . . . . . . . . . . .4/$5.00 w/Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/$6.00 Homemade Onion Rings . . . . . . . . .$2.29 French Fries Sm .$1.00 Lg. . .$1.79

CHICKEN Breast . . . . .$2.49 Leg . . . . . . .$1.39

Thigh . . . . .$1.89 Wing . . . . .$1.19

CATFISH FRIDAY

ALL YOU CAN EAT Catfish, Hushpuppies, Fries or Coleslaw

FRIDAYS ONLY!!! 4-8 PM

$ 99

BLUE BELL ICE CREAM & SHAKES Small Dip Waffle Cone . . . . . . . . . .$2.29 Large Dip Waffle Cone . . . . . . . . . .$2.69 4 Oz. Dip of Ice Cream . . . . . . . . . .$1.69 16 Oz. Milk Shake . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.39 20 Oz. Milk Shake . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.99

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12 Oz. Cans, 12 Pack Limit 4 Please

CORONA EXTRA OR MODELO

3/ 5

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COKE, SPRITE, DR. PEPPER

1 Lb. Container

16 Oz.

CRYSTAL O WATER $ 29

GWALTNEY ALL MEAT HOT DOGS

FAIRGROUND BOLOGNA

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R.C., SUN DROP OR SUNKIST FLAVORS

Lb.

3 Lb. Pkg.

10¢

MONEY ORDERS DAILY

SALE PRICES GOOD Sunday, April 7th to Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

917 East Broadway • 1716 S. Van Buren • Enid, OK

Sold In 10 Lb. Chub

WOW!!

Weekend Specials

Call in Orders 580-234-5899

OLD FASHIONED ONION BURGERS $

SATURDAYS ONLY!!!

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