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Quorum of three chooses bank for school bonds By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff UMB Bank of Kansas City, Mo. will carry the note for a $445,000 school bond issue passed by Cherokee voters in May. Three Cherokee Board of Education members – Ken Girty, T.J. Allison and Daylon Caruthers – barely formed a quorum Monday to choose the bid for best net interest cost and interest rate. Board President Cheryl Washburn and member Amber Wilhite could not attend the 1 p.m. special meeting in the school library. Matt Reichert, who is handling the paperwork for the bond issue through Stephen H. McDonald and Associates of Norman, said all five bids received were lower than he anticipated. “We were forecasting a rate on these bonds at 3 percent,” Reichert said. He also told the board that he figured the net interest cost to be around $37,400. UMB Bank submitted a net interest cost of $22,910.50 with an average interest rate of 1.450032 percent. Incoming Superintendent Cory Ellis said the interest cost will be paid through the school’s General Fund. The $445,000 that will buy two new buses, two new Suburbans, a new pickup for the agriculture department, and fund numerous building upgrades and repairs will be deposited into the school’s Sinking Fund on or near Aug. 11. Other bids received were as follows: • BOSC Inc., Oklahoma City – Net interest cost, $24,925. Average interest rate, 1.577531 percent. • Farmers Exchange Bank, Cherokee – Net interest cost, $25,137.50. Average interest rate, 1.590981 percent. • Country Club Bank, Prairie Village, Kan. – Net interest cost, $23,872.50. Average interest rate, 1.510918 percent. • D.A. Davidson & Co., Denver, Colo. – Net interest cost, $28,406.30. Average interest rate, 1.797.
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Monday may be the night the city and county reach an agreement regarding where a new Enhanced 911 center will be housed. The third special joint public meeting of the Cherokee City Commission and Board of Alfalfa County Commissioners will begin at 7 p.m. at the Baker Building. “It’ll be the same format as before,” County Commission Chairman Doug Murrow said. “They (city commissioners) are supposed to present a proposal that night.” Murrow said hopefully
the two bodies can reach an agreement. The city has offered to run the call center, while county officials proposed to let Woods County take over E-911 dispatching. Murrow and Commissioner Chad Roach said in a May special meeting that if City Manager Don Bowman can present an economically feasible proposal that county officials will support it. Details about the meeting will be printed in next week’s edition of the Cherokee Messenger & Republican.
SPRUCING UP Ira A. Hill Park before the annual Fourth of July celebration are inmates from James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena. City Manager Don Bowman said city crews and inmates have improved landscaping and painted grills and picnic benches at Ira A. Hill Park and painted the swimming pool bathhouse at Cherokee Municipal Park. Cemetery Sexton Ryan Hoggard said both parks and the cemetery will be mowed and looking spiffy for locals and visitors who come to town for the annual Fourth celebration. A schedule of events will appear in next week’s paper. PREPARING FOR THE FOURTH of July celebration in Cherokee, city worker April Rinkines loads trees from the city park into a chipper Monday afternoon. Rinkines helps supervise inmates from James Crabtree Correctional Center of Helena who have played a vital role in cleaning up city parks before Independence Day.
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GEORGIA WILSON answers the phone last week at the Cherokee Post Office. Wilson will complete almost 30 years with the postal service at the end of this month.
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By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Georgia Wilson will receive a first-class sendoff as her time with the Cherokee Post Office comes to an end. Friends and family can wish Wilson well during a retirement party from 2 to 4 p.m. June 30 at the post office. Wilson’s postal career began when she answered a want ad. “I just saw an ad in the paper and thought, ‘I think I’ll go apply for that,’” Wilson said. Almost 30 years later, she has experienced almost every aspect of delivering the mail. “I started out as a part-time flex clerk carrier,” Wilson said. She delivered mail when she was needed, mostly part-time, but she never knew what each week would bring.
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“Sometimes you worked over 40 hours even though you were part-time,” she said. “I’d have to carry the full-time (route) when the full-time person was off. The full-time route was like 12 miles, and the other one (part-time route) was like seven miles.” She enjoyed her time as a carrier, although it definitely had its ups and downs. “When I was a carrier I liked walking and seeing everybody and kind of knowing what was going on all over town,” she said. “The thing I liked the least was cold rain and extremely hot weather.” Wilson said she remembered stopping at the late Gilmer Bahm’s house once to warm up during a cold and rainy day. “He gave me a dry shirt, and that was all I needed to finish the route,” Wilson said. “Every Saturday, he also had a cold drink waiting for me when it was hot.” Customers like Bahm and longtime coworkers made Wilson’s job enjoyable. “They are very conscientious,” she said of See WILSON Page 3
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Kenneth Failes appointed to Wheat Commission.
TOP POP Contest winner Shane Miller and 9-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, who nominated him for the honor, prepare to go on a bike ride. Farmers Exchange Bank sponsors the annual contest.
Shane Miller is ‘Top Pop’ Ellis, Parr leave lasting impressions By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff Although by far the youngest of the three winners of this year’s Pop’s Tops Fathers’ Day Contest sponsored by Farmers Exchange Bank, 9-year-old Kaitlyn Miller of Cherokee charmed judges with her obvious affection for her father, Shane. “We eat big bowls of cereal together,” she wrote. “That is another reason I love him.” Shane Miller will receive a prize of $50 for Kaitlyn’s ability to explain how “He always tells me to do what is right.” Second place and $30 goes to Kim Ellis, formerly of Cherokee and now a resident of Winfield, Kan. Chero-
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kee’s new superintendent of schools, Cory used prose in a tribute to his father. Cheryl Washburn penned the third place letter, which wins $20 for her father, Jack Parr of Cherokee. FIRST PLACE This is why I think my dad is the best dad in the world. Because he rides bikes with me. He takes me boating and he bought me and my friend Frontier City year passes and rides all the rides with us. I just love that. I don’t have a brother or sister so he is like my brother. He teases me, wrestles with me on the floor and watches TV with me. We eat big bowls of cereal See POP Page 3
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‘First white man’ to see Salt Plains gets due credit Free hamburgers, hot dogs at Saturday dedication By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff It’s been a long time coming, but the first white man credited with visiting the Great Salt Plains will now receive proper recognition for his 1811 adventure. Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge officials will dedicate a newly built George C. Sibley monument and observation tower at 5 p.m. Saturday. The public is invited. Free hamburgers and hot dogs will be served. The monument and new tower are easy to spot alongside SH 11, about a mile east of the entryway to the refuge headquarters. Friends of the Salt Plains Refuge volunteers have spent the past few weeks erecting the tower. Also lending a hand were members of this year’s Youth Conservation Corps and Student Conservation Association, who worked Tuesday morning to help build the monument. “The tower’s pretty much done,” said Park Ranger Debbie Pike. “We just need to get some handrails on it.” The new observation tower does not have an official name yet, but Pike said it was built at the location where historians believe Sibley first visited.
HELPING BUILD the new George C. Sibley monument in honor of the explorer who is credited as the first white man to visit the Great Salt Plains are (from left) Youth Conservation Corps member Cody Roach, Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Director Greg Birkenfeld, Interim President for Friends of the Salt Plains Refuge Kim Dale, YCC member Carli Richmond, YCC member Kelli Spade and Student Conservation Association member Loren Dunham. The new observation tower, built by YCC members and Friends of the Salt Plains Refuge volunteers, is seen in the background. At right is the original monument, dedicated by the Oklahoma Historical Society in 1959 just west of the new site.
“It’s pretty much where he overlooked the Great Salt Plains when he first came,” Pike said. Dedication ceremonies will take place exactly 200 years after Sibley discovered what he called the “Grand Saline.” A monument honoring Sibley’s discovery was dedicated in 1959 about a quarter mile west of the new location. However, the placard was hard to find and could not be seen from the road. “We wanted to put it somewhere accessible to public, so we put it by the tower,” Pike said. George Champlin Sibley was a trader and explorer who lived from 1782 to 1863. In May 1811, he set out from Fort Osage, Mo. on a two-month expedition with the purpose of improving relations between the Kansa and Pawnee Indian tribes. He also wanted to examine the hunting grounds of the Osage. During the expedition, Sibley traveled with Osage scouts and interpreters. His discovery of the Great Salt Plains led to numerous disputes over the land and its commercial value. Although the land never developed into a private commodity, it remains Alfalfa County’s most unique treasure and is protected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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POP together and that is another reason I love him. He takes my mom and me to Tony’s to get a pop and visit my papa. Sometime when I don’t have school he will take me to work with him. He calls me sometimes and acts like he is someone else to tease me. He takes me and my mom camping. When I am gone he really tells how he misses me. He got me my dog named Sugar and plays with us. He helps me with math and homework. He always tells me to ride my bike on the right side of the road cause he does not want anything to happen to me. That is because he loves me. He always tells me to do what is right. This is why my dad should win. I love you Dad. Kaitlyn Miller Written for her dad, Shane Miller of Cherokee SECOND PLACE Got the pedal to the metal, racing down I-35
District reps set lunch date State Rep. Jeff Hickman, R-Fairview, along with state Sens. David Myers, RPonca City, and Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, will be at The Farmers Table at noon Monday to review with constituents the recently completed legislative session. Hickman will be able to give insight into his first session as the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House. For Myers, it may be his last visit to Cherokee as the District 20 state senator. Cherokee is no longer in District 20 after legislative boundaries were redrawn during the redistricting process. Anderson will now represent Cherokee and Alfalfa County as the state senator from District 19. Following their review of the legislative session, Hickman, Myers and Anderson will take questions from the audience. Cherokee Main Street is the official sponsor for the reviews attended by local lawmakers.
Trying to leave behind the tears that have swelled up in my eyes. Driving, figuring out the reality that one day boyhood superheroes evidently have to die. Screaming out “What am I supposed to do?” Trapped in the car’s cabin silence, when he is gone... Do you all understand the importance of this Father/son bond? Glancing at the mirror of the cars left behind. Time has seemed to stop, as childhood memories flood my mind. He’s always been there for me, as a tot picking me up when I fell down, watching me grow up with those graduation gowns. Always, successes or failures, through thick and thin, giving me his approval through his cheesy grin. Sitting on the plane... it dawns on me what I have to do. To the friends I’ve made you
mean a lot, but my Dad does too. Recent trips home have made my heart want to burst. It’s time for me to practice what my dad always preached, that family comes first! Farewell Georgia, it’s back to Oklahoma where I belong. Rolling down the by-ways singing the State song. Taking the new appointment of Cherokee Public Schools, Dad taught me how to be successful in any business with the following tools. Work ethic, diligence, integrity to name a few. Consistency, character, faith and the importance of living it, not just sitting in a pew. Whether announcing those Friday night football games, or waiting for the most opportune time during absolute silence at basketball games, where his voice echoed through whatever gymnasium, “hustle” or “that-aboy.” Everyone knew he was my
biggest supporter. He has always been my foundation, my brick and mortar. Dad, words can’t express all the things you have done. Just wanted to take this opportunity to say “I love you” and thanks for all the fun. Cory Ellis Written for his dad, Kim Ellis of Winfield, Kan. THIRD PLACE This 49-year-old daughter has wanted to send her dad’s name in as “Top Pop” since she was “knee-high to a grass-hopper.” As each year passes by, he just keeps adding to the reasons why she thinks he is “The Top Pop.” He has instilled his values, pride, work ethic, beliefs, and morals into all of us, and that includes his grandkids. He has worked hard all of his life and provided well for his family. His support is unending and that has certainly been the case while Collin and his classmates
with the Oklahoma City office trying to unlock the machines. McEachern said he just tried to keep up with customers as best as possible. “That was one of the worst days we ever had,” he said. Current Post Master Rhonda Mast did not remember a bad day with Wilson but knows Wilson’s spot will be hard to fill. “Georgia was here when I first started my postal career back 19 years ago,” Mast said. “We’ll miss her, that’s for darn sure.” Vern Clark transferred from the Amorita Post Office to Cherokee and has appreciated Wilson’s patience and kindness for the last 17 years. “I think Georgia was the most tolerant of me,” Clark said. “There was a learning curve. It took me a while, and she was very patient.” That’s the way she always has been. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen her in a bad mood,” Clark said. “She never has a cross word.” Wilson will take her patience and kindness into a new job completely unrelated to the postal service. She plans to work with her daughter-in-law, Lydia Wilson, at Little Leaps Daycare in Cherokee.
“I love kids,” Wilson said. “I think I’m going to enjoy it. I’m ready for the next chapter.” Wilson has four grandchildren and has raised three children with her husband Carl. Their children are Carl Jr., who lives in Jay with his wife Korie; Chad, who is married to Lydia and lives in Cherokee; and Cory, who is married to Ashley and lives in Wichita.
have been in school. It has given me great joy to watch and listen, as my dad, Jack Parr, has been the one his grandkids have gone to for words of wisdom and encouragement. My dad loves his family very much and you can tell that in how close we are and how important family time is for us. Dad has taught us so many of life’s lessons and I am so glad for that. He has shown me through his example to stand
up for what I think is right and to be strong in my thoughts. I love my dad and appreciate everything he has done for us. As each year goes by in my life, my dad not only keeps getting smarter, but he keeps getting more and more special to this daddy’s girl... and that is why I think he should certainly earn the “Top Pop” award. Cheryl Washburn Written for her dad, Jack Parr of Cherokee
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WILSON her coworkers. “I will miss it out here. It went fast.” Wilson worked with former Post Master Dorsey Redd for 17 years. She also worked with Albert Dorton and David Woods for more than 10 years. “After so many years working together, they’re like family,” Wilson said. “I worked with John McEachern 26 and a half years.” McEachern said that was plenty of time to get to know his fellow employee and swap lots of stories. “I worked with her all my life,” he said. The one story that stuck out in McEachern’s mind was when a customer along Wilson’s route offered her a cold drink one hot day. “Georgia took a drink, and it was Clorox,” McEachern said. “She was trying to talk, and she couldn’t. She thought that was the end.” He also remembers the time when just he and Wilson were manning the post office together, and both postal machines locked up. “We were manually writing down everything,” McEachern said. Customers kept piling in while Wilson was on the phone
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Send Letters to the Editor to... Cherokee Publishing Co. • P.O. Box 245 • Cherokee, OK 73728 E-mail: chermessenger@att.net "If by a 'liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties – someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a “liberal.” – President John F. Kennedy
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Reasons aplenty for Boren to quit A sign Obamacare is working – From the Claremore Progress By RANDY COWLING “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” Robert Frost wrote some 90 years ago. “And sorry I could not travel both; And be one traveler, long I stood; And looked down one as far as I could; To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair.” (The Road Not Taken 1920). On a slow news day last week U. S. Congressman Dan Boren shocked many of his constituents, even those within his congressional office, by announcing he would not seek re-election come 2012. Shocking because Boren only just won re-election last November. It was a tough fought political battle when most Democrats were sent packing. But Boren, the lone Democrat in the Oklahoma delegation, survived his District 2 race to an unknown veterinarian, who ran primarily on a Tea Party platform. Boren at 37 years of age has royal political lineage, son of a senator and governor and the grandson of a congressman. His destiny might have been etched in the granite found in Little Dixie, which he represented for the past six years. As a young Blue Dog Democrat, Boren’s appeal was his ability to work both sides of the aisle, while still representing the best interests of District 2. Since being elected Boren’s family has blossomed. He and his wife, Andrea, now have two children – a daughter who is three and an 8-month-old son. When word hit the streets that Boren was not going to seek re-election many speculated to the reasons. Could it be he has read the tea leaves of a 2012 Republican takeover? Could he be laying the ground work for a potential run for one of Oklahoma’s senatorial seats? Or since his father once was governor and he sees being governor as his dream job, would Boren prepare to face off with current Gov. Mary Fallin in 2014? Maybe it was the drudgery of constant campaigning? The very moment the final vote of November’s election was certified, Boren began campaigning, raising money for the 2012 election. As much as $1 to $2 million could be needed to mount an effective campaign for the congressional seat. That isn’t mixing in how redistricting of the state might or might not impact how one campaigns. Another consideration is how polarized politics has become. No more is there an atmosphere of serving and doing what is best for the country, but only a what is right and wrong attitude, whether it is or not. And if a politician does not join the bandwagon they can be demonized for their opinion. Why put up with such a system. All could be reasoned. Why speculate on the base reason for returning to Oklahoma as to further his political career? Earlier this year in a telephone interview with the Congressman from his home, he asked me to hold for a moment. When he came back on the line he said “I had to shift the baby.” Apparently, he was feeding his newborn son a bottle as he chatted with me about the news of Washington. Coming from such a political family, Boren has seen the impact of a parent or grandparent’s political aspirations causing him to lose out on quality family moments. This dad of two had experience only talking to his father by telephone rather than seeing him in person. For no other reason than this, Boren has likely taken the road less traveled by any modern politician. One may disagree with his politics and positions, but no one can disagree with his perspective on being a father. Whatever Boren does in the future following his term, we know he will be a great example for his two children and the rest of us as well.
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Good news for those writing checks monthly for health insurance – From Forbes magazine By RICK UNGAR Public Policy Page Recent data provided by the nation’s largest health insurance companies reveals that a provision of the Affordable Care Act – or Obamacare – is bringing big numbers of the uninsured into the health care insurance system. And they are precisely the uninsured that we want– the young people who tend not to get sick. The provision of the law that permits young adults under 26, long the largest uninsured demographic in the country, to remain on their parents’ health insurance program resulted in at least 600,000 newly insured Americans during the first quarter of 2011. ...The Health & Human Services Department had estimated that the changes in the law would result in about 1.2 million new enrollees in 2011. However, according to Aaron Smith, the executive director of a Washington based nonprofit that advocates for the young, it now looks as if that number will be exceeded. This is very good news – particularly for those in the individual and small group markets that tend not to ‘self-insure’ as the larger corporations tend to do. It is also very good news for those of us who write a large check every month for our health coverage. For starters, every one of the young immortals we add to the rolls of the insured is one less young adult who will turn to the emergency room to fix a broken leg and then find themselves unable to pay the bill – leaving it to the rest of us to pay the tab. And it gets better. Because the under 26 crowd tends not to get sick, adding them to the insurance pools helps bring the very balance that was intended by the new law. The more healthy people available to pay for those in the pool who are ill (translationthe older people), the better the system works and the lower our premium charges should go. One cannot help but notice that the health insurance companies turned in record profits for the first quarter of 2011 due, according the insurance companies, to fewer people seeking medical treatment. When you add into their customer base a large number of people who are paying premiums but are less likely to get sick (the young adult demographic), this would be the expected result. The question now is whether we allow the health insurance companies to hold onto the benefits of this reform by keeping the extra money they are pocketing or force them to hold the line on premiums as a result of their good fortune.
I’m betting that the policyholders, with the help of both state and federal governments, will win this battle. Meanwhile, things continue to improve on the small business front where business owners are being heavily incentivized to offer health care benefits to employees. ...There has been a significant uptick in small businesses taking advantage of the tax benefits offered by the ACA to provide health insurance to employees where they previously did not do so. According to a Kaiser survey, there has been a 46% uptick in businesses with less than 10 employees offering health benefits as compared to last year. That is a big number. ...Included in IRS guidelines are provisions that clarify that the tax credit will not be reduced by a state health care tax credit or subsidy (except in limited circumstances to prevent abuse of the credit); that small businesses can receive the credit not only for traditional health insurance coverage but also for add-on dental, vision, and other limited-scope coverage; and detailed guidance on how a small business can determine whether it is eligible and how large a credit it will receive. Health care reform is working, folks – and we have yet to get to the really big benefits which kick in come 2014. Now that we are seeing some decidedly positive results, I am reminded of the GOP criticism that was leveled at the health care reform effort back when the issue was on the front burner of the national consciousness. Once we get past the August 2009 era of the townhall meetings where the Republicans were pitching the false “death panel” narrative to great effect, we see that there are two primary challenges lodged against the law – the cuts to Medicare and the health insurance mandates. Today, the GOP is pursuing the Ryan budget plan that would destroy Medicare as we know it, turning it into a voucher program that has no chance of keeping up with the rising costs of medical care and leaving seniors to face a future of inadequate and unavailable health care. It is no secret that polling reveals that Americans are very much not in favor of Ryan’s plan. ...The time has arrived for even the most critical to take another look at health care reform. Facts and figures don’t lie – if accurately presented. And while the full jury won’t be in for a few more years, maybe the time has come for average Americans more interested in what is best for their country rather than grinding a political axe, to reconsider their views.
...The time has arrived for even the most critical to take another look at health care reform. Facts and figures don’t lie – if accurately presented.
Tell your legislators what you think State Sen. David Myers – 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Rm. 414, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Oklahoma City Phone: 405-521-5628. Ponca City Phone: 580-765f-4057. E-mail: mott@oksenate.gov Web: www lsb. state.ok.us/senate/senators/myers_bio.html State Rep. Jeff Hickman – 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Rm. 440, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Phone: 405557-7339. E-mail: jwhickman@okhouse.gov
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Seldom do I make the mistake of comparing cities and towns. Every community – and for that matter county and state – usually has some feature that distinguishes them from their neighbor. That said, I’ll now cross the line and compare the Sooner State with the Sunflower State. Sonya and I drove to Emporia, Kan. last week to pick up our granddaughter, Sandra, from track camp there and then drive her to a track camp at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. The drive to Emporia was pleasant enough, thanks to Mother Nature and the obvious rainfall that area of Kansas has enjoyed. I’ve never seen the Flint Hills pastures more lush than they were last week as we zipped by them at 70 miles per hour. Upon leaving Emporia for Manhattan, we traded the Interstate for state highways – some of them with wide, comfortable shoulders, but most featuring narrow two-lane roads. But they all had something in common... they were all in excellent condition. The comparison between Oklahoma and Kansas highways is like night and day. Oklahoma’s roads – particularly the two-lanes like U.S. 64 between Cozy Curve and Jet – travel more like cow paths when compared to those in Kansas. Not only were the highways clean and free of potholes, they were smooth and a joy to drive. The drive – about two hours worth – is one Oklahoma lawmakers, the Department of Transportation director and Oklahoma Highway Commissioners should be required to make. Better yet, Oklahoma taxpayers ought to travel Kansas highways and then ask their state representatives and senators why there is such a discrepancy in the quality of the two states’ highway systems. Either the State of Kansas is spending considerably more on its highway infratructure than Oklahoma, or Oklahoma taxpayers aren’t getting much bang for their buck. I’m a native of Kansas – grew up in Arkansas City – but left the state in 1969 and have lived and worked in the Sooner State for the past 42 years. Make no mistake... I’m no longer a Jayhawk, I’m an Okie through and through. I traded famous Kansans like Amelia Earhart, William Allen White and Dwight D. Eisenhower for legends like Will Rogers, the 101 Ranch and George Nigh. Okay, so I got a little sidetracked there, but the point is that while I love Kansas and the relatives I have living there, my allegiance these days is to Oklahoma. But my Sooner Pride has been bruised. We can field one of the nation’s best football teams – one any university should be proud of – but we can’t keep our highways repaired and paved? Come on, Oklahoma, quit bragging about low taxes while I dodge potholes!
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Fire danger Wheat Commission seat won’t let up goes to Kenneth Failes anytime soon
LEARNING HOW TO TURN (above) while using proper hand signals is Baylee Oister of Cherokee, who signed up for a bicycle safety course offered Monday by the Alfalfa County Extension Office. Extension Director Tommy Puffinbarger taught the class. BICYCLE SAFETY COURSE graduates receive new flags for their bicycles at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds.
Officials with the Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS), a division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, want the public to be aware of the critical fire danger west of I-35. Portions of western Oklahoma are now classified as having extreme to exceptional drought conditions. Fuel conditions are critical and any fuel fire comes in contact with will combust. “There is the potential for large fires to occur throughout much of Oklahoma,” said George Geissler, Oklahoma State forester. “With the continued high temperatures and gusty winds, wildland fuels have dried dramatically and can be easily ignited by a spark. This situation does not look to improve in the near future.” Any fire starting under the forecast conditions has the potential to spread rapidly and burn large areas. Citizens are urged to be vigilant with outdoor activities and are asked to report any suspicious smoke or fire to their closest fire department. Homeowners can also make their homes more defensible by moving trash, debris and other flammable items like firewood piles or portable propane tanks a safe distance away from their homes. This week’s weather forecast calls for temperatures in the lower to upper 90s with very low relative humidity.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. mote Oklahoma wheat. Mary Fallin has appointed Failes received his BachKenneth Failes, a wheat pro- elor of Science and Master of ducer from Cherokee, to a five- Science degrees in Agronomy year term on the Oklahoma from Oklahoma State UniverWheat Commission. sity. Failes will represent Dis“Kenneth has been instrutrict I, which includes Alfalfa, mental in helping producers Garfield, Grant and Major with crop quality and concounties. cerns within the “We are excited Northwest District that Kenneth Failes of the state. It will has been appointed to be beneficial to have the Oklahoma Wheat his knowledge on a Commission board,” national level when said Mike Schulte, making decisions on Wheat Commission new scientific wheat CEO. “His knowltraits to study for edge and experience increased yield and with wheat producquality” Schulte tion as a farmer, and said. his previous roles as Failes and his KENNETH an agronomist and wife, Marcia, curFAILES crop advisor will lend rently run Failes him well to be a leader for our Family Farm L.L.C. They farm industry, which is what Okla- approximately 1,040 acres with homa needs in this position.” 600 acres in wheat production. Failes’ responsibilities as a He joins current commiswheat commissioner will in- sion members Tom Stephens, clude working with the other Guymon; Tom Glazier, Loyal; members to develop and over- Jeff Krehbiel, Hydro; and Don see the implementation of Schieber, Ponca City. policy and programs, approve The Wheat Commission budget expenditures, direct promotes greater utilization the funding of research, mar- of wheat in both domestic and ket development and public international markets through education, represent district research, market development producer interests and pro- and public education.
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Lifestyles
Carmen prepares for July 5 By MARGARET GOSS
Carmen Correspondent CARMEN – The 11th annual Carmen 5th of July fireworks display will be held Tuesday, July 5 at the Carmen City Park. Fire Chief Bud Jackson said, “another great year of fun, food, and entertainment is planned as a grand finale to the Independence Day activities.” There will be swimming available at the Carmen Swimming Pool at the park. The fire department will once again have a BBQ dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. at the new park pavilion by donation. Donations help support the fire department. They will
also have homemade ice cream available for purchase. The Oklahoma Blood Institute will hold a blood drive from 4:30 to 9 p.m. in the park. Everyone that can is encouraged to give blood. There will be a Jump-a-Thon inflatable for the children and also entertainment during the evening. The Jake Bowers band will begin playing at 9 p.m. and will conclude around midnight. The Fire Department will hold the fireworks at dusk. Everyone is encouraged to bring lawn chairs and bug spray and come enjoy the evening entertainment in Carmen park.
Mary Dowdy Graveside service for Mary Lola Dowdy was at 10 a.m. Friday, June 17, 2011, at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Rev. Tom Cooksey officiated. Arrangements were by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Mary was born Oct. 7, 1927, in Denton, Mo. to James and Alphia Woodward Dunn and died in Oklahoma City June 15, 2011. She was a homemaker who came to Cherokee in 1983 to make her home. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Cherokee. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Paul Dowdy; two brothers, Joe Dunn and Roby Dunn; two sisters, Daphane Ginn and Lloyd Swindle. She is survived by three sons, Jimmy Graham of Caruthersville, Mo., Terry Dowdy of Mobeetie, Texas, Gary Dowdy of Woodward; two daughters, Karen Parker and Linda Lavicky, both of Cherokee; 16 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Freda Scott of Hayti, Mo. and Golda Fowler of Steele, Mo. Memories may be shared at www.lanmanmemorials.com. more obits on page 7
CODY BOYER in concert
First Baptist Church to host Cody Boyer gospel concert STACIE NEWTON - KEENAN HOFFMAN
Newton and Hoffman to wed Dr. and Mrs. Carl Newton of Cherokee are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stacie Elizabeth, to Keenan Matthew Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hoffman of Byron. Newton is the granddaughter of Corrilla Clark, Mooreland, the late Tom Clark, Rev. Charles Newton of Waynoka and the late Jessie Newton. Hoffman is the grandson of the late Wayne and Verna Hoffman of Canton and Paul Hill of Vici and the late Linda Hill.
Newton is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and is currently seeking a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Colorado State University. Hoffman is employed at First Baptist Church, Cherokee, as a youth minister intern and will continue his education at Colorado State University. The wedding will take place Aug. 27 at the Newton Ranch near Waynoka. The Rev. Charles Newton will officiate. The couple will make their home in Fort Collins, Colo.
At the young age of 10, Cody Boyer was inspired by the gospel quartet, The Cathedrals. While still in school he began singing with his father and uncle at churches and music halls around Oklahoma. Shortly after graduating, he became the minister of music at a church in El Reno. It was only eight months later that he was offered a job with the gospel
group the Weatherfords. While with the Weatherfords Boyer traveled over 200 days a year through 37 states and Canada. After four years with the group, he stepped on the platform as a soloist in February, 2011. Boyer and his wife, Mandy now work as a team in ministry.
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Dean L. Jones Jefferson City, Mo. – Funeral service for Dean L. Jones, 90, of Jefferson City, Mo. was at 11 a.m. Monday, June 20, 2011, at First Christian Church. Reverend Larry Veatch officiated. Graveside service and entombment with military honors followed at the Mausoleum of Hawthorn Memorial Gardens. He was born Feb. 14, 1921 to David Jonathan and Esther (Murlin) Jones in Cherokee and died Thursday, June 16, 2011. He married Beverly Harden Sept. 29, 1946. Prior to World War II, he served with an artillery battery in the Oklahoma National Guard. Upon the declaration of war, he joined the Army Air Corps and served as a ground crew chief in England and France with the 642nd Squadron under the 409th Bombardment Group (Light) with the 9th Air Force. He was awarded the Bronze Star. After being honorably discharged, he was employed as a meat cutter in Waynoka. He was a Beltone Hearing Aid field representative. He and his wife moved to Jefferson City in 1956 to start their own Beltone practice, Beltone Hearing Service,
CHEROKEE CHURCHES First United Methodist Pastors: Paul Calkin Jeni Markham Clewell Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. CHUMYouth Classes: 6:30 p.m. Wed. Evening Choir Chime:6:30 Choir Practice: 7:30 p.m. New Life Assembly of God Interim Pastor: Robert Stewart Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Bible Study & Prayer: 6:30 p.m. Wed. Prayer & Bible Study: 7p.m. Prayer line: (580) 596-2155 Bethel Baptist Church Pastor: Rev. Ed Jones Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Wednesday Youth: 7 p.m. Adult Bible Study, Wed.: 7 p.m. First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Pastor: Dr. Ron Hansen Youth Minister: Barbara James Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:50 a.m. Youth Meet: 5:30 p.m. KREJ Radio Wed: 8:20, 12:55, 5:25 First Baptist Church Pastor: Tom Cooksey Assoc. Pastor: Brandon Holloway Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. Discipleship Training: 6 p.m. Evening Worship: 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer: 7 p.m. St. Cornelius Catholic Church Pastor: Father Lawrence Mass Every Sunday: 11:15 a.m. Friends Church Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Living Vine Community Church Pastors: Matthew & Tamara Yoder Sun.Worship: 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
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now known as Jones Beltone Hearing Center. He earned several awards from Beltone over the years, including the President’s Cup for the Outstanding North American Dealer in 1976. He is survived by his children, Missy Frink of Hermann, Mo., David Jones of Hallsville, Mo., and Jim Jones of Jefferson City, Mo.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife; three half brothers, Paul, Kenneth, and Charles Bodine; and one daughter, Rebecca Jones. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army; Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; or First Christian Church of Jefferson City. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Freeman Mortuary. Julius Daniel Weigand Graveside service for Julius Daniel Weigand, 82, was at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Short Springs Cemetery. Dr. Ron Hansen officiated. Arrangements were by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Julius was born May 29, 1923, at Ingersoll to P.A. and Matilda Schwab Weigand and died June 16, 2011 in Cherokee. He served in the U.S. Navy. He was a lifelong resident of the Cherokee area and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Cherokee. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, R. J. Weigand and two twin infant brothers, Darrell and Carroll Weigand. He is survived by three brothers, Marvin Weigand of Alva, Norman Weigand of Arkansas City, Kan. and Emanuel Weigand of Farmington, N.M.; and two sisters, Ella May Batt and Virginia Harvey, both of Liberal, Kan.. Memorials may be given to First Christian Church through the funeral home.
Bible Study: 7 p.m. Men’s: 2nd & 4th Mon., Women’s: 2nd & 4th Wed. BURLINGTON CHURCHES Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Pastor: Dr. Richard Duckworth Church School: 10 a.m. Worship: 11 a.m. Church of Christ Riverside Preacher: Jeffrey Keele Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:50 a.m. Evening Worship: 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Service: 7:00 p.m.
married December, 28, 1950 in Bentonville, Ark. She preceded him in death in 2004. He continued to live on the farm, retiring in 2010. In addition to farming he was a carpenter. He and his two sons helped build the fellowship hall at the Bethel Baptist Church where he was a charter member, deacon and trustee. For relaxation he enjoyed fishing and hunting. Surviving are his two sons, James of rural Burlington and Albert and wife, Ellen, also of rural Burlington; two stepgrandchildren, Christy Kerfoot and John Kerfoot and wife, Ashley; numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters. Memorials may be given in his honor to the Bethel Baptist Church through Goodwin Funeral Home. (paid)
Aristides Edgar “Bud” Knopf BURLINGTON – Funeral service for Aristides “Bud” Knopf, 89, were at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at the Bethel Baptist Church in Cherokee. Reverends Ed Jones and Fran Bruce officiated. Burial followed in Keith Cemetery under the direction of Goodwin Funeral Home of Cherokee. Bud was born November 9, 1921, in Southey, Saskatchewan Canada, the son of Albert and Kate Schumann Knopf, and passed away June 17, 2011, at Share Hospital in Alva. Bud lived in several cities in Texas, Ohio and Kansas before moving to Oklahoma as his father was a minister and was pastor of German Baptist Churches. When his father’s health failed, he bought a farm in the Burlington area and served the Bethel Baptist Church in Ingersoll. Bud attended school in Burlington and graduated from high school in 1940. After graduation he enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He served for a short time, then returned to help his father with their farming operation. He and Ruth Myrick were
Louis Albert Meyer Jr. Memorial service for Louis Albert Meyer Jr. will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the First Christian Church in Cherokee with Dr. Ron Hansen officiating. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee.
AMORITA CHURCHES Amorita Community Pastor: Guy Phillip Harris Morning Worship: 10 a.m. Sunday School: 11 a.m.
GOLTRY CHURCHES St. Michael’s Catholic Church Pastor: Father Larry Kowalski Sun. Morning Mass: 7:30 a.m. Except for Special Occasions
Prairie Valley United Methodist Pastor: Mary Irby Morning Worship: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Community Bible Church Pastor: Bryan Baldwin Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Evening Worship: 6 p.m. Wed. Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.
DRIFTWOOD CHURCH Driftwood Christian Minister: Greg Schmidt Bible School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.
Church of Christ Pastor: Bill Springer Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship: 5:30 p.m.
BYRON CHURCH Ridin’ 4 Him Cowboy Church Sunday Learnin’: 9:00 a.m. Sunday Preachin’: 10:00 a.m. Communion 1st Sun. of Month Fellowship Potluck 1st Sun./Mo.
Nazarene Church Pastor: Dean Holt Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Evening Worship: 7 p.m. Wednesday Service: 7:30 p.m.
JET CHURCHES Nazarene Church Pastor: Dean Holt Worship Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Helena United Methodist Pastor: Joel Thompson Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Youth Group: 6 p.m.
Vining Community Church Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. Wed. Prayer Mtg: 7:30 p.m. Fellowship & Communion last Sunday of the month
First Baptist Church Pastor: Scott Hofen Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Bible Study: 6 p.m.
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New Covenant Fellowship Pastor: Dale Cummins Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m. Wed. Yth Grp, Bible Study: 7 p.m.
Zoar Mennonite Pastor: Gary Eastin Sunday School: 9:40 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Sun & Wed Evening Serv: 6 p.m.
HELENA CHURCHES First Christian Church Pastor: Jay Drawbridge Wednesday Bible: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:20 a.m.
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First Congregational Church Pastor: Jane Ho Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Family Meal: 1st Sunday, Noon Ladies Aid:1st Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Last Sunday: Holy Communion
Pleasant View Mennonite Pastors: Dennis Koehn, Randy Schmidt, & Patrick Koehn Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship: 7:30 p.m. Ladies Aid: 1st & 3rd Thursday
Green Valley Free Methodist Church Pastor: David Keller Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 10:45 a.m.
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Louis Albert Meyer, Jr., was born March 29, 1939, to Louis Albert Meyer, Sr. and Gertrude Beatrice Hockman Meyer in St. Louis, Mo., and died May 31, 2011, at the family home in Cherokee, Okla. Mr. Meyer attended Western Military Academy in Alton, Ill. and later graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis, Mo. He attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. and received a Bachelors of Science from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Meyer was an entrepreneur at a young age and throughout his life, founding and serving as CEO and President of Meyer Labs, Inc. in St. Louis, Mo. before moving to Cherokee. In 1979 Mr. Meyer moved to Cherokee where he spent more than 30 years as a businessman and devoted uncle to his nieces and nephew, as well as all of their friends. His eleven grand nieces and nephews remember him fondly as “Uncle Glue” or “Uncle Lou, the Great”. Until his death, Mr. Meyer was the CEO and President of Wheel Corrals, Inc. of Cherokee. Mr. Meyer is survived by his five nieces and nephew and their families, Shelley Hickey of McKinney, Texas; Retired Commander Kristi (Hickey) Depperman and husband, Dave and son, Andrew, and daughter, Sara, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Amy (Hickey) Copeland and husband, James and son, Jason, and daughter, Erin, of McKinney, Texas; Commander Brad Hickey and wife, Janelle (Means) Hickey and sons, Sean, Ryan and Kian, who are currently stationed in Atsugi, Japan, and Megan (Hickey) Young and husband, Marty, and sons, Jacob, Graham and William, and daughter, Addison, of Gilmer, Texas. Mr. Meyer was preceded in death by his father, Louis Meyer, Sr. in 1983, his mother, Beatrice Meyer in 2005, sister,
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Coila June Wells Wichita, Kan. - Coila June Wells, 91, passed away Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Funeral service was at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 47th Street Church of Christ, Wichita. Burial was at 2 p.m. at ByronAmorita. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph L. and Anna Smith; husband, Leland Wells; siblings, Lester Smith, Eula Lee Allen, LaVada Parker and Ralph G. Smith. She is survived by her sister, Lois Bonham of Anthony, Kan. and numerous nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Carpenter Place, 1501 N. Meridian Wichita, KS 67203. www.smithfamilymortuaries.com. Delmar Dotterer Services are pending for Delmar Dotterer with Goodwin Funeral Home of Cherokee. more obits on page 6
Jet United Methodist Church Pastor: Mary Irby Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. UMW: Every 3rd Wed. 7 p.m. CARMEN CHURCHES Carmen Christian Church Pastor: Kirk Board Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Carmen United Methodist Pastor: John Bizzell Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Assembly of God Pastor: Rev. Mike Wiles Morning Worship 11 a.m. Sunday School: 10 a.m. Carmen Baptist Church Pastor: Jerry Stafford Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m. ALINE CHURCHES Methodist Church Pastor: Scott Heusel Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m. Bible Study: 5:00 p.m. Pleasant Plain Church of the Brethren Pastor: Elsie Koehn Sunday School: 10 a.m. Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Sunday Eve Service: 7:30 p.m. 3rd Sunday Fellowship following Church Service First Christian Church Pastor: Polly Young Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m. Youth Group: 4 p.m. CYF: 5 p.m. Wildwood Chapel River RoadNon-Denominational Sunday: 830 p.m.
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Jane Hickey in 2003 and greatnephew, Bradley Curtis Hickey in 2009. Condolences may be shared online at www.lanmanmemorials.com. (paid)
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Cherokee Police Department Log
JUSTIN SCHANBACHER
BRAYDEN NIXON
CHASE WALLACE
By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff MIAMI, Okla. – When 8-man all-stars from across the state take the field here Saturday night for the annual Oklahoma 8-Man Coaches Association All-Star football game, Alfalfa County will be well represented. Three all-stars from Cherokee and one from Timberlake make up the 36-player Gold team being coached by Cherokee's Bryce Schanbacher. Justin Schanbacher, Chase Wallace and Brayden Nixon were key players last season for the Chiefs, who won the Class B state title under the direction of Bryce Schanbacher. Timberlake's Logan Latta, who played on the 2009 Class C state championship team and was a force for the Tigers last season, is also playing for the Gold squad. While the Gold team is comprised of players and coaches from odd-numbered districts – nearly all of northwest Oklahoma – the Green team is made up of players and coaches from even-numbered districts from around the state. Tickets for the event are $6 for adults and $3 for students. They can be purchased at the gate, shortly before the game, which kicks off at 7 p.m. on the campus of Northeastern A&M Junior College. A total of $10,000 in scholarships will be awarded before and after the game by the 8-Man Coaches Association. Watch next week's Messenger & Republican for a follow up on the contest and how area players fared.
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1:15 a.m. – Caller could see flames from residence. Fire went out soon after that. 10:12 p.m. – Possible theft. June 17 1:01 a.m. – Girlfriend hitting boyfriend in face. Advised to stay calm and walk away. 9:17 a.m. – Suspicious person. 2:54 p.m. – Dog found. Took to vet. 4:15 p.m. – Goats out on 2nd Street and Illinois Avenue. 5:11 p.m. – Possible stolen combine. 5:42 p.m. – Accident in front of Dairy Mart. June 18 8:16 a.m. – Water leak by locker. 10:42 a.m. – Donkey near four-way stop has hoof grown up and curved and is lying down. Caller concerned donkey
could not walk. 12:53 p.m. – Man who had combine stolen would like to press charges. 7:27 p.m. – Broken window on school vehicle.
June 19 9:33 a.m. – Someone got gas at Jiffy Trip and said he forgot his debit card. Had been 30 minutes, and he had not returned. Man came back later and paid.
Sixty-three attend Amorita school alumni reunion AMORITA – Amorita School Alumni held their reunion in the Amorita Senior Citizen Center May 28. George Smith of Kiowa was the oldest attending, graduating in 1938. Alan Alexander, Salem, Ore. and his sister Jeanette Alexander, Charleston, S.C. shared the title for travel-
ing the farthest. Officers elected were president, Jack Parr, vice-president, Glenn Clepper, and secretary, Neva Polson. Sixty-three alumni attended from eight states, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Georgia, California, Oregon, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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4 county players, 1 coach at 8-Man All-Star contest
Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STAT OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 32, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Cause CD No. 201103033 NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the following: Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Carroll H. Smith; Margaret Jack Smith Powell, deceased; Deborah Brown; Jack D. Brown; Eric E. Ludeman Revocable Trust, and Eric E. Ludeman, as Trustee of such trust; Evelyn Brown; Jack D. Brown; Fleischaker Mineral Company, L.L.C.; Georgiana J. Alexander, deceased; Janette Alexander; G & S Smith Limited Partnership; Helen S. Jack; Jack Jack; Janet L. Jack; Janice N. Jack; Rex A. Jack, Deceased; Karol L. Jack; Kathryn Michelle White, a/k/a Kathryn M. White; Dorothy Jack Cleveland; Kay Beauchamp; Marilee Hines; Kenneth A. Jack; Marvel E. Jack Trust, and Joyce Read and Norman Harrington, as Co-Trustees of such trust; Peggy Smith Ranew; Larry Smith; Ray Smith Real Estate, LP; Rex A. Jack, Deceased; Rex Allen Jack; Richard A. Telck; Marion Roberta Kildow, a/k/a Marion R. Kildow, a/k/a Roberta Kildow; Samuel G. Jack, Jr.; Sydnee Denise Jack; Tamira P. Jenlink; Triad Energy Inc.; Willard Holderby Living Trust, a Revocable Trust, dated 2-171994, and Stephen Holderby, as Trustee of such trust; if any of the above-named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the above-named parties is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; and if any of the above-named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) amending Order No. 562991 to enlarge and extend the boundaries of the Upper Tonkawa Sandstone, Lower Tonkawa Sandstone, True Layton, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply of gas so as to cover and include the N½ of Section 32, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma;
June 13 8:20 a.m. – Tree limb in road. 10:06 a.m. – Cat needs picked up by animal control. 12:03 p.m. – Mailbox has been run over. 6:27 p.m. – Goats out, eating caller’s garden. Owner called. 8:20 p.m. – Missing red heeler puppy named Rambo. 8:57 p.m. – Two individuals walking down 5th Street. One threw firecracker at truck. No one found. June 14 8:18 p.m. – Aaron’s of Enid pushed daughter’s air conditioning unit in and were banging on door yelling, “Police. Open up.” 8:49 p.m. – Son fell on car trailer and leg was split open but not bleeding. Called ambulance. June 15
Legal notice (ii) amending Order No. 562991 so as to reform the 320-acre drilling and spacing units previously formed for the Upper Tonkawa Sandstone, Lower Tonkawa Sandstone, True Layton, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply in the S½ of said Section 32 into 320-acre drilling and spacing units for such separate common sources of supply in and covering the W½ of said Section 32, and forming 320-acre drilling and spacing units for such separate common sources of supply in the E½ of said Section 32, with all of such 320-acre drilling and spacing units to be formed by a line running north-south through the center of said Section 32 and with the permitted well location tolerances for such units to be established in the NE¼ and the SW¼ of such section, not less than 660 feet from the boundary of the applicable governmental quarter section; and (iii) granting such other and further relief as may be proper based upon the evidence presented at the hearing herein. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the application in this cause requests that the order to be entered in this matter be made effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto and seeks to amend Order No. 562991 with respect to the Upper Tonkawa Sandstone, Lower Tonkawa Sandstone, True Layton, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply in the manner set forth above. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this
Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C. RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION EXCEPTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 9 TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 12 WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA Cause CD No. 201102929 NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the application on file in this cause, and, if any of the named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the named entities is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of the named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee; if any of the named parties designated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the unknown successor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the
cause is set for hearing before an administrative law judge on the Conservation Docket at the Western Regional Service Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 11th day of July, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their names and telephone numbers. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, attorney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telephone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC., 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telephone: (405) 429-5788. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, Chair JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED this 17th day of June, 2011. BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary
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Legal notice named entities are corporations which from the west line of the unit comprising do not continue to have legal existence, said Section 9, Township 25 North, Range the unknown trustees or assigns of such 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklaparties. homa, with a tolerance of 100 feet from NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe proposed completion interval, and to be plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and completed in and produce hydrocarbons Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed from the above-named separate common an application in this cause requesting sources of supply; (ii) providing for the rethe Corporation Commission to enter an opening of the cause at such time as the order, as follows: (i) authorizing and perbottom hole location of the well proposed mitting an exception to the permitted well hereunder has been determined; and (iii) location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling establishing a proper allowable with no and spacing unit comprised of Section 9, downward adjustment made thereto. Township 25 North, Range 12 West of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the application in this cause requests that the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Hogshooter, order be entered in this matter be made Cleveland, Big Lime, Cherokee, Chester, effective as of the date of the execution Mississippi Lime and Oswego separate thereof or as of a date prior thereto and common sources of supply, so as to allow that the authorization and permission rea well to be drilled as follows: quested herein run in favor of one or both Surface location: of the Applicants, including Chesapeake No closer than 200 feet from the south Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through line and no closer than 660 feet from the its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., west line of the unit comprising said Secor some other party recommended by tion 9, Township 25 North, Range 12 West Applicants. of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, LocaNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the tion of Wellbore at Completion Interval: legal descriptions for the land sections The casing will be cemented along the adjacent to said Section 9 are Sections entire length of the lateral. The proposed 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 15, 16 and 17, Township 12 location of the end points of the completion North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa interval will be no closer than 165 feet from County, Oklahoma. the south line and no closer than 660 feet NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that from the west line of the unit comprising this cause will be referred to an Adminsaid Section 9, Township 25 North, Range istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Okla- evidence and reporting to the Corporation homa, and no closer than 165 feet from Commission. the north line and no closer than 660 feet NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this
cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 11th day of July 2011, and that this notice will be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicants and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. An interested party who wishes to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide his or her name and phone number. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer to Cause CD Number. DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 14th day of June 2011. CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, Chair JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary
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Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department Log June 6 3:51 p.m. – Careless driver, hauling rock through Jet. 5:41 p.m. – Girl harassing another girl by stalking her on Facebook. Father’s wife spoke with other girl’s mother, who was rude and no help. 6:26 p.m. – White Ford van with trailer parked by caller’s house west on SH 11. Caller thought it was strange. 8:34 p.m. – One red cow out three miles south of Cozy Curve. Owner was notified. 9:30 p.m. – Peeping tom at home near Jet. 11:27 p.m. – Car following too closely on SH 8 near Aline. June 7 9:15 p.m. – Thirty-five gallons of fuel stolen two miles south of Jet. June 8 12:44 p.m. – Truck broken down at old flashing light. 12:58 p.m. – Wheat field fire outside Amorita. Amorita-Byron Fire Department paged. Burlington Fire Department paged for mutual aid. 5:58 p.m. – Trailer came off truck and ran into fence at Corona Cemetery south of Goltry. Oklahoma Highway Patrol was notified. 6:36 p.m. – Mutual aid requested on fire two miles north of Alva. Cherokee, Burlington, Amorita-Byron departments paged. June 9 3:44 a.m. – Male having trouble breathing in Aline. First responders paged. 9:13 a.m. – Two underage girls driving moped and Trailblazer in Carmen. 11:06 a.m. – Black calf out north of Cherokee on SH 11. Left message with person who takes care of cattle at location. 11:36 a.m. – Someone drained 7,000 gallons of water out of storage water tank two miles west of Helena. 2:59 p.m. – Field on fire on Latimer Road and County Road
740. Amorita-Byron and Burlington fire departments called out. 7:10 p.m. – Four calves out on SH 45 between Goltry and Carmen. Owner contacted. 7:42 p.m. – Fireman in need of breathing treatment. Transported to St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid. June 11 8:08 a.m. – Horses out west of prison in Helena. Owner notified. 7 p.m. – Tin in ditch close to road east of four-way stop. June 12 12:07 a.m. – Fire east of Goltry on SH 45. Bale on fire. Goltry Fire Department dispatched. 3:02 p.m. – Hitchhiker near the Alfalfa-Woods County line. Deputy could not locate. 3:23 p.m. – Accident four miles east of Carmen turnoff. Oklahoma Highway Patrol advised. 5:26 p.m. – Grass fire two miles north of Byron Blacktop and Fish Hatchery Road. Burlington, Amorita-Byron fire departments responded. June 13 7:35 p.m. – Semi rollover with injury on SH 11, west of Kiowa, Kan. turnoff. Burlington Rescue paged. June 14 1:06 p.m. – Cow out two and a half miles south of Cozy Curve. Owner notified. 1:48 p.m. – Caller receiving threatening text messages. He was located two miles west of Jet on construction site. 8:37 p.m. – Aaron’s Rental was pounding on door claiming to be police and attempting to repossess refrigerator at residence in Aline. June 15 7:58 a.m. – Harvester hit pickup along US 64. 8:45 a.m. – Calf out north of Cherokee. 12:45 p.m. – Possible burglary in Goltry. 3:15 p.m. – Cattle on wrong property north of McWillie. Own-
Alfalfa County Court Docket Criminal Misdemeanor Matilda Domingo Rodriguez has been charged with driving while impaired, driving while license is under suspension. Criminal Felony Perry Allen Sciara Jr., Kiowa, Kan., has been charged with obtaining cash and/or merchandise by bogus check. Small Claims Ruby Ream Estate, Enid, has sued Marlin Monte Yoder and Martha Yoder, both of Cherokee, for an amount less than $6,000. Civil Credit Acceptance Corporation has sued Tony Luttrell and Crystal Luttrell, both of Cherokee, for an amount less than $10,000. Educap Inc. has sued Harry Johnson, Jet, for an amount of more than $10,000. Traffic Charged with failure to wear seat belt, $20: Victory Lamar Jones, Cherokee; Derek Lee Martin, Cherokee; Cody William Gilchrist, Woodward; Brandon Curtis Newman, Cherokee; Lorenzo Maya Ladezma, Altus; Scott Terrell Ryan, Woodward; John Shane Witschi, Sharon;
Michael W. Vest, Cherokee. Charged with speeding 1-10 mph over speed limit, $188.50: Alyson Shea Blair, Oklahoma City; Roy David Rehbine, Oklahoma City; Gregg Short, Burbank, Ohio; Tyler James White, Silver Lake, Kan. Charged with speeding 11-14 mph over speed limit, $226.50: Felix Ramos Pesina, Altus; Ryan Scott Bohnet, Fairview; Anthony Joseph Donaruma, Jones. Charged with speeding 16-20 mph over speed limit, $281.50: Susan Marie Wagner, Edmond. Charged with failure to carry insurance verification: Clay Matthew Boehs, Ringwood; James Warren Kingcade, Alva. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without equipment required by law, $211.50: Nicholas Ramirez-Sigala. Charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license, $256.50: Charlyn Ann Stary, Spencer; Lance Edward Heaton, Alva; Robert Lee Gonzales Jr., Medford. Charged with inattentive driving, $211.50: Lance Edward Heaton, Alva.
er could not be contacted. 4:43 p.m. – Cow stuck in rightof-way on US 64. Owner called. 4:47 p.m. – Tree across road, blocking roadway, one mile west and three miles north of Ingersoll. 10:05 p.m. – Fire mutual aid six miles south of Freedom. Paged Amorita-Byron, Burlington and Nescatunga fire departments. June 17 12:38 a.m. – Noise complaint. Neighbors yelling and screaming at each other. Male stated he was going to burn house down in Carmen. Nothing found. 9:02 a.m. – Damaged bridge one and a half miles west on 5th Street. Commissioner Chad Roach notified.
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11:40 a.m. – Wheat stubble fire six miles north of Burlington. Burlington, Amorita-Byron, Kiowa, Kan. fire departments called. 4:44 p.m. – Stolen combine five and a half miles west of Cherokee on 5th Street. June 18 1:01 a.m. – People fighting and screaming in Carmen. Unable to locate. 10:47 a.m. – Donkey lying on ground, possibly injured, two miles west of four-way stop. 12:46 p.m. – High lines down northeast of Goltry. Alfalfa Electric Cooperative notified. June 19 9:30 a.m. – Cow out at fourway stop north of Cherokee. Owner notified.
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & comprising said Section 23, Township 26 Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa BEFORE THE CORPORATION County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of COMMISSION 100 feet from the proposed completion OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA interval, and to be completed in and proAPPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE duce hydrocarbons from the above-named OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE separate common sources of supply; (ii) EXPLORATION, L.L.C. providing for the re-opening of the cause RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION at such time as the bottom hole location EXCEPTION of the well proposed hereunder has been LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 23 determined; and (iii) establishing a proper TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH RANGE 12 allowable with no downward adjustment WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, made thereto. OKLAHOMA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Cause CD No. 201102989 application in this cause requests that the NOTICE OF HEARING order be entered in this matter be made STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All effective as of the date of the execution persons, owners, producers, operators, thereof or as of a date prior thereto and purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and that the authorization and permission reall other interested persons, particularly in quested herein run in favor of one or both Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuof the Applicants, including Chesapeake larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through attached to the application on file in this its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., cause, and, if any of the named individuals or some other party recommended by be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exApplicants. ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the and assigns, both immediate and remote, legal descriptions for the land sections of such deceased individual; if any of the adjacent to said Section 23 are Sections named entities is a dissolved partnership, 13, 14, 15, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 27, Township corporation or other association, then the 26 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa unknown successors, trustees and as- County, Oklahoma. signs, both immediate and remote, of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that dissolved entity; if any of the named parties this cause will be referred to an Admindesignated as a trustee is not presently istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of acting in such capacity as trustee, then the evidence and reporting to the Corporation unknown successor or successors to such Commission. trustee; if any of the named parties desigNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently cause will be heard before an Administraacting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at then the unknown successor or successors the Corporation Commission, First Floor, to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, named entities are corporations which Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 11th day do not continue to have legal existence, of July 2011, and that this notice will be the unknown trustees or assigns of such published as required by law and the rules parties. of the Commission. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and the Applicants and interested parties may Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed present testimony by telephone. The cost an application in this cause requesting the of telephonic communication shall be paid Corporation Commission to enter an order, by the person or persons requesting its as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting use. An interested party who wishes to an exception to the permitted well location participate by telephone shall contact the tolerances in the in the proposed -acre Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. the hearing date, and provide his or her 201102988 as to the Douglas, Cottage name and phone number. Grove, Cleveland, Big Lime-Oswego and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Cherokee separate common sources of interested persons may appear and be supply and in the proposed horizontal heard. For information concerning this ac640-acre drilling and spacing unit in Cause tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) CD No. 201102989 as to the Mississippian 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA common source of supply underlying SecNo. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake tion 23, Township 26 North, Range 12 West Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer to allow a well to be drilled as follows: to Cause CD Number. Surface location: DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 15th No closer than 200 feet from the south day of June 2011. line and no closer than 760 feet from the CORPORATION COMMISSION west line of the unit comprising said SecOF OKLAHOMA tion 23, Township 26 North, Range 12 West DANA L. MURPHY, Chair of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, LocaJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman tion of Wellbore at Completion Interval: BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner The casing will be cemented along BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: the entire length of the lateral. The pro- PEGGY MITCHELL, posed location of the end points of the Commission Secretary completion interval will be no closer than 165 feet from the north line and no closer than 660 feet from the west line of the unit comprising said Section 23, Township 26 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and no closer than 165 feet from the south line and no closer than 660 feet from the west line of the unit
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & and spacing unit for the Douglas, Cottage Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t Grove, Cleveland, Big Lime-Oswego and BEFORE THE CORPORATION Cherokee separate common sources of COMMISSION supply underlying such section and as a OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA horizontal 640-acre drilling and spacing APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE unit for the Mississippian common source OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE of supply underlying such section, with the EXPLORATION, L.L.C. permitted well for the unit to be located not RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING less than 1320 feet from the unit boundary AND HORIZONTAL SPACING for the Douglas, Cottage Grove, Cleveland, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 23, Big Lime-Oswego and Cherokee separate TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH RANGE 12 common sources of supply and 660 feet WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, from the unit boundary for the MississipOKLAHOMA pian common source of supply; and (iii) Cause CD No. 201102988 granting such other and further relief as NOTICE OF HEARING may be proper based upon the evidence STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All presented at the hearing herein. persons, owners, producers, operators, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and application in this cause requests that the all other interested persons, particularly in order to be entered in this matter be made Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particu- effective as of the date of the execution larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” thereof or as of a date prior thereto. attached to the application on file in this NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that cause, and, if any of the named individuals this cause will be referred to an Adminbe deceased, then the unknown heirs, existrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees evidence and reporting to the Corporation and assigns, both immediate and remote, Commission. of such deceased individual; if any of the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that named entities is a dissolved partnership, this cause will be heard before an Admincorporation or other association, then the istrative Law Judge on the Conservation unknown successors, trustees and as- Docket at the Corporation Commission, signs, both immediate and remote, of such First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 dissolved entity; if any of the named parties North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, designated as a trustee is not presently Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 11th day acting in such capacity as trustee, then the of July 2011, and that this notice will be unknown successor or successors to such published as required by law and the rules trustee; if any of the named parties desigof the Commission. nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, the Applicants and interested parties may then the unknown successor or successors present testimony by telephone. The cost to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the of telephonic communication shall be paid named entities are corporations which by the person or persons requesting its do not continue to have legal existence, use. An interested party who wishes to the unknown trustees or assigns of such participate by telephone shall contact the parties. Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe hearing date, and provide his or her plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and name and phone number. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all an application in this cause requesting interested persons may appear and be the Corporation Commission to enter an heard. For information concerning this acorder, as follows: (i) Amending Order No. tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) 70440 to delete said Section 23, Township 935-82457, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, 26 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa OBA No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, ChesaCounty, Oklahoma, from the purview of the peake Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oswego common source of supply and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. to vacate the -acre drilling and spacing Please refer to Cause CD Number. unit previously formed by such order for CORPORATION COMMISSION such common source of supply in such OF OKLAHOMA lands; (ii) Extending Order No. 585072 to DANA L. MURPHY, Chair enlarge and extend the boundaries of the JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman Douglas, Cottage Grove, Cleveland, Big BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and Mississip- DONE AND PERFORMED this 15th day pian separate common source of supply of June, 2011 of gas so as to cover and include Section BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 23, Township 26 North, Range 12 West of PEGGY MITCHELL, the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which Commission Secretary section should be formed as a -acre drilling
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Page 10 • Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, June 23, 2011 Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & in this cause requesting the Corporation Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t Commission of Oklahoma to enter an BEFORE THE CORPORATION order, to be effective as of the date of the COMMISSION OF THE STATE execution thereof or as of a date prior OF OKLAHOMA thereto, amending the applicable orders APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE of the Commission, including Order No. EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, 576303, to authorize and permit another LLC well in the oversized drilling and spacing RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED unit formed for the Mississippian common DENSITY source of supply in fractional Section LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Fractional 17 and Section 20, Township 29 North, Section 17 and Section 20, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Township 29 North, Range 10 Oklahoma, so as to produce hydrocarbons West of the IM, Alfalfa County, from such common source of supply, with Oklahoma such authorization and permission runCause CD No. 201103045 ning in favor of Applicant or some other NOTICE OF HEARING party recommended by Applicant, and to STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perestablish proper allowables for such well sons, owners, producers, operators, and such unit. purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all other interested persons, particularly the application in this cause requests in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the that the order to be entered in this matter following: Billy Ferrell Revocable Trust (amending the applicable orders of the dated 12/29/1999, and Ruth Evelyn Ferrell, Commission, including Order No. 576303) as Trustee of such trust; Brenda Brown; be made effective as of the date of the exWilson Brown; Brenda Jean Clark; Charles ecution thereof or as of a date prior thereto T. Clark, Jr.; Brent Dean Gordon; Cari Jo and that the authorization and permission Patterson a/k/a Cari Jo Base; Chesapeake requested herein run in favor of Applicant Exploration, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Oper- or some other party recommended by ating, Inc.; David Lynn Varnum; Jewell Applicant. Hooker; Keith Hooker; Judie Kay Varnum NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this a/k/a Judy Kay Varnum; Larry L. Smith; cause is set before an administrative law Marcella G. Patterson; Phillip Patterson; judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Michael Alan Varnum; Neal Alan Gordon; reporting to the Commission. Linda Gordon; R. A. MacDonnell CompaNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this ny; Randall Dean Patterson; Richard Keith cause will be heard before an administraVarnum; Robert E. Dumler Trust dated tive law judge on the Conservation Docket 4/1/1992, and Brenda Clark, Neal Gordon, at the Western Regional Service Office of and Kelly Stewart, as Trustees of such the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe trust; Ronald Lee Patterson; Ruth Ferrell Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Revocable Trust dated 12/29/1999, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. Ruth Evelyn Ferrell, as Trustee of such on the 11th day of July, 2011, and that this trust; S. H. Davis Company; RJ & CS St. notice be published as required by law and Germain Partnership, Ltd., a Texas family the rules of the Commission. partnership created by an agreement datNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that ed 12/30/1996, and Raymond James St. Applicant and interested parties may Germain and Charlotte Sloan St. Germain, present testimony by telephone. The cost as General Partners; Tammy Kay Baker; of telephonic communication shall be Teddy S. Ferrell; Marjorie Ferrell; Wilbur Oil paid by the person or persons requesting Company, a Delaware LLC; William Glen its use. Interested parties who wish to Varnum; Judie Kay Varnum a/k/a Judy Kay participate by Varnum; Wilson Brown; W. N. Smith Comtelephone shall contact Applicant or pany; Yvonne Miller Testamentary Trust Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing No. 1, and the Trustee of such trust; Larry date, and provide their names and teleDon Miller; Larry Don Miller, as Trustee phone numbers. of the Yvonne Miller Testamentary Trust NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that No. 1; Cathy Sue Patterson; Christie Jan all interested persons may appear and Mackey now Chambers; Rocky Dee Pat- be heard.For information concerning this terson; Highland Oil and Gas, LLC; Huston action, contact John R. Reeves, AttorEnergy Corporation; BHH Investments, ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two LLC; Deep Blue, LLC; if any of the aboveLeadership Square, 211 North Robinson, named individuals be deceased, then the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleunknown heirs, executors, administrators, phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, devisees, trustees and assigns, both im- SandRidge Exploration and Production, mediate and remote, of such deceased LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma individual; if any of the above-named parCity, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: ties is a dissolved partnership, corporation (405) 429-5788. or other association, then the unknown CORPORATION COMMISSION successors, trustees and assigns, both OF OKLAHOMA immediate and remote, of such dissolved DANA L. MURPHY, Chair entity; and if any of the above-named parJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman ties designated as a trustee is not presently BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner acting in such capacity as trustee, then DONE AND PERFORMED this 20th the unknown successor or successors to day of June, 2011. such trustee. BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PEGGY MITCHELL, Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Commission Secretary Production, LLC, has filed an application Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & portion or lateral and from any point on or Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t along such completion interval, and to be BEFORE THE CORPORATION completed in and to produce hydrocarbons COMMISSION OF THE STATE from the above-named separate common OF OKLAHOMA sources of supply, with such authorization APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE and permission running in favor of AppliEXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, cant or some other party recommended LLC by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION allowable for the proposed well involved EXCEPTION herein as to the separate common sources LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Fractional of supply covered hereby, which allowable Section 17 and Section 20, Applicant requests be established as a full Township 29 North, Range 10 allowable with no downward adjustment West of the IM, Alfalfa County, made thereto. Oklahoma NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Cause CD No. 201103046 application in this cause requests that the NOTICE OF HEARING order to be entered in this matter be made STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All pereffective as of the date of the execution sons, owners, producers, operators, thereof or as of a date prior thereto and that purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and the authorization and permission requested all other interested persons, particularly in herein run in favor of Applicant or some Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the folother party recommended by Applicant. lowing: Highland Oil and Gas, LLC; and if NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the the above-named party is a dissolved part“land sections adjacent to the area within nership, corporation or other association, the location exception” requested herein in then the unknown successors, trustees said fractional Section 17 and said Section and assigns, both immediate and remote, 20 in the State of Oklahoma in regard to of such dissolved entity. the subsurface location tolerance areas NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applidescribed above are fractional Section 16, cant, SandRidge Exploration and ProducSection 21, Section 28 and Section 29, tion, LLC, has filed an application in this Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the cause requesting the Corporation ComIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other mission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to “land sections” surrounding said fractional be effective as of the date of the execution Section 17 and said Section 20 in the thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as State of Oklahoma are fractional Section follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an 18, Section 19 and Section 30, Township exception to the permitted well location 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa tolerances in the oversized drilling and County, Oklahoma. spacing units formed in fractional Section NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this 17 and Section 20, Township 29 North, cause is set before an administrative law Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage reporting to the Corporation Commission Grove, Big Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and of Oklahoma. Mississippian separate common sources NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled cause is set for hearing before an adminfrom a surface location being not closer istrative law judge on the Conservation than 4500 feet from the north line and not Docket at the Western Regional Service closer than 660 feet from the east line of Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim the above-described oversized drilling and Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Bouspacing units to subsurface locations of levard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 such well’s entry into and such well’s exit A.M. on the 11th day of July , 2011, and from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, that this notice be published as required by Big Lime-Oswego and Cherokee separate law and the rules of the Commission. common sources of supply being and to a NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that subsurface location of such well’s entry into Applicant and interested parties may presthe Mississippian common source of supent testimony by telephone. The cost of ply being as follows: not closer than 4500 telephonic communication shall be paid by feet from the north line and 660 feet from the person or persons requesting its use. the east line of the above-described overInterested parties who wish to participate sized drilling and spacing units, with the by telephone shall contact Applicant or first perforation in the horizontal portion or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing lateral of the borehole of such well being as date, and provide their names and telefollows: not closer than 4500 feet from the phone numbers. north line and 660 feet from the east line of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all such oversized drilling and spacing units, interested persons may appear and be and with the last perforation in the horizonheard. For information concerning this tal portion or lateral of the borehole of such action, contact John R. Reeves, attorwell being as follows: not closer than 330 ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two feet from the south line and 660 feet from Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, the east line of such oversized drilling and Oklahoma City, spacing units, and with the terminus or end Oklahoma 73102, Telephone: (405) point of the horizontal portion or lateral of 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, SandRidge the borehole of such well and such well’s Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robpotential exit from the separate common ert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma sources of supply involved herein being 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-5788. as follows: not closer than 200 feet from CORPORATION COMMISSION the south line and 660 feet from the east OF OKLAHOMA line of such oversized drilling and spacing DANA L. MURPHY, Chair units, and with a “tolerance distance” for JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman the above-described subsurface locations, BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner horizontal portion or lateral and completion DONE AND PERFORMED this 20th day interval of such well being as follows: a of June, 2011. distance of not more than 100 feet in an BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: easterly direction and in a westerly direcPEGGY MITCHELL, tion from any such subsurface location, Commission Secretary from any point on or along such horizontal
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & comprising said Section 34, Township 26 Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa BEFORE THE CORPORATION County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of COMMISSION 100 feet from the proposed completion OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA interval, and to be completed in and proAPPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE duce hydrocarbons from the above-named OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE separate common sources of supply; (ii) EXPLORATION, L.L.C. providing for the re-opening of the cause RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION at such time as the bottom hole location EXCEPTION of the well proposed hereunder has been LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 34 determined; and (iii) establishing a proper TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH RANGE 12 allowable with no downward adjustment WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, made thereto. OKLAHOMA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Cause CD No. 201102680 application in this cause requests that the AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING order be entered in this matter be made STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All effective as of the date of the execution persons, owners, producers, operators, thereof or as of a date prior thereto and purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and that the authorization and permission reall other interested persons, particularly in quested herein run in favor of one or both Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuof the Applicants, including Chesapeake larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through attached to the application on file in this its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., cause, and, if any of the named individuals or some other party recommended by be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exApplicants. ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the and assigns, both immediate and remote, legal descriptions for the land sections of such deceased individual; if any of the adjacent to said Section 34 are Sections named entities is a dissolved partnership, 26, 27, 28, 33 and 35, Township 26 North, corporation or other association, then the Range 12 West of the IM, and Sections 2, 3 unknown successors, trustees and as- and 4, Township 25 North, Range 12 West signs, both immediate and remote, of such of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that designated as a trustee is not presently this cause will be referred to an Adminacting in such capacity as trustee, then the istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of unknown successor or successors to such evidence and reporting to the Corporation trustee; if any of the named parties desigCommission. nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, cause will be heard before an Administrathen the unknown successor or successors tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the the Corporation Commission, First Floor, named entities are corporations which Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, do not continue to have legal existence, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 11th day the unknown trustees or assigns of such of July 2011, and that this notice will be parties. published as required by law and the rules NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apof the Commission. plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have the Applicants and interested parties may filed an application in this cause requestpresent testimony by telephone. The cost ing the Corporation Commission to enter of telephonic communication shall be paid an order, as follows: (i) authorizing and by the person or persons requesting its permitting an exception to the permitted use. An interested party who wishes to well location tolerances in the 640-acre participate by telephone shall contact the drilling and spacing units comprised of Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Section 34, Township 26 North, Range 12 the hearing date, and provide his or her West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, name and phone number. for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Red Fork, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Mississippi Solid and Oswego separate interested persons may appear and be common sources of supply, so as to allow heard. For information concerning this aca well to be drilled as follows: tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Surface location: 935-8257, or Freda L. Williams, attorney, No closer than 200 feet from the north OBA No. 16338, (405) 935-9485, Chesaline and no closer than 660 feet from the peake Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, west line of the unit comprising said SecOklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. tion 34, Township 26 North, Range 12 West Please refer to Cause CD Number. of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, LocaCORPORATION COMMISSION tion of Wellbore at Completion Interval: OF OKLAHOMA The casing will be cemented along the DANA L. MURPHY, Chair entire length of the lateral. The interval JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman from the first perforation to the last perfoBOB ANTHONY, Commissioner ration will be no closer than 165 feet from DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 15th the south line and no closer than 660 feet day of June 2011. from the west line, and no closer than BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION 165 feet from the north line and no closer PEGGY MITCHELL, than 660 feet from the west line of the unit Commission Secretary Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & in and to produce hydrocarbons from the Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t above-named separate common sources BEFORE THE CORPORATION of supply, with such authorization and COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF permission running in favor of Applicant OKLAHOMA or some other party recommended by APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, allowable for the proposed well involved LLC herein as to the separate common sources RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION of supply covered hereby, which allowable EXCEPTION Applicant requests be established as a full LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The E½ of allowable with no downward adjustment Section 32, Township 29 North, made thereto. Such application further Range 10 West of the IM, states that there is currently pending Alfalfa County, Oklahoma before the Commission an application of Cause CD No. 201103034 Applicant to form 320-acre drilling and NOTICE OF HEARING spacing units in the E½ of said Section STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All per32 for the Upper Tonkawa Sandstone, sons, owners, producers, operators, Lower Tonkawa Sandstone, True Layton, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian all other interested persons, particularly separate common sources of supply. in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following: Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; application in this cause requests that the Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Triad Energy, order to be entered in this matter be made Inc.; and if any of the above-named par- effective as of the date of the execution ties is a dissolved partnership, corporation thereof or as of a date prior thereto and or other association, then the unknown that the authorization and permission successors, trustees and assigns, both requested herein run in favor of Applicant immediate and remote, of such dissolved or some other party recommended by Applicant. entity. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and “land sections adjacent to the area within Production, LLC, has filed an application the location exception” requested herein in this cause requesting the Corporation in the E½ of said Section 32 in regard to Commission of Oklahoma to enter an the subsurface location tolerance areas order, to be effective as of the date of the described above are Sections 28, 29 and execution thereof or as of a date prior 33, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and per- the IM, and Sections 4 and 5, Township mitting an exception to the permitted well 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, all in location tolerances in the 320-acre drilling Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land and spacing units to be formed in the E½ sections” surrounding the E½ of said Secof Section 32, Township 29 North, Range tion 32 is the W½ of said Section 32. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Upper Tonkawa Sandstone, cause is set before an administrative law Lower Tonkawa Sandstone, True Layton, judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian reporting to the Corporation Commission separate common sources of supply, so as of Oklahoma. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 200 feet from cause is set for hearing before an adminthe north line and not closer than 660 feet istrative law judge on the Conservation from the east line of the E½ of said Section Docket at the Western Regional Service 32 to subsurface locations of such well’s Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim entry into and such well’s exit from each Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Bouof the Upper Tonkawa Sandstone, Lower levard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 Tonkawa Sandstone, True Layton, Oswego A.M. on the 11th day of July, 2011, and that and Cherokee separate common sources this notice be published as required by law of supply and to a subsurface location of and the rules of the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that such well’s entry into the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: Applicant and interested parties may presnot closer than 200 feet from the north line ent testimony by telephone. The cost of and 660 feet from the east line of the E½ telephonic communication shall be paid by of said Section 32, with the first perforation the person or persons requesting its use. in the horizontal portion or lateral of the Interested parties who wish to participate borehole of such well in the Mississippian by telephone shall contact Applicant or common source of supply being as follows: Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing not closer than 300 feet from the north line date, and provide their names and teleand 660 feet from the east line of the E½ of phone numbers. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all said Section 32, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the interested persons may appear and be borehole of such well in the Mississippian heard. For information concerning this common source of supply being as follows: action, contact John R. Reeves, Attornot closer than 300 feet from the south line ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two and 660 feet from the east line of the E½ Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, of said Section 32, and with the terminus Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleor end point of the horizontal portion or phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, lateral of the borehole of such well in the SandRidge Exploration and Production, Mississippian common source of supply LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma being as follows: not closer than 200 feet City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: from the south line and 660 feet from the (405) 429-5788. CORPORATION COMMISSION east line of the E½ of said Section 32, and OF OKLAHOMA with a “tolerance distance” for the aboveDANA L. MURPHY, Chair described subsurface locations, horizontal JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman portion or lateral and completion interval BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly DONE AND PERFORMED this 17th direction and in a westerly direction from day of June, 2011. any such subsurface location, from any BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: point on or along such horizontal portion or PEGGY MITCHELL, lateral and from any point on or along such Commission Secretary completion interval, and to be completed
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 30, 2011. 1t COUNTY commissioners MAY 13, 2011 The Alfalfa County Commissioners met in the Civic Room at 10:00 AM with Chairman Murrow calling the meeting to order with members Roach and Walker and County Clerk Martin present. As required by Oklahoma State Statutes 1991, Title 25, Section 311, Notice was given of this regularly scheduled meeting by posting the Agenda in the North Entrance (Handicapped Entrance) of the Courthouse and in the County Clerk’s office at 9:56 AM, May 10, 2011. Murrow moved to approve the minutes of June 6. Roach seconded. All voted aye. Murrow moved to approve the blanket purchase orders. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the following M & O Warrants for payment. Walker seconded. All voted aye. ASSESSOR VISUAL INSPECTION cash 18..........County Records Inc................................$200.00.................................... Books General Fund 1098......Bank of America.......................................262.66.................................... Travel 1099......Carmen Farmers Coop...............................40.50.................................. Service 1100.......Pioneer Enid Cellular................................290.81...................................Utilities 1101.......Department of Public Safety.....................350.00.................................. OLETS 1102.......AT&T........................................................536.64...................................Utilities 1103.......Dish Network..............................................67.99.................................. Service 1104.......Dacoma Coop............................................89.65................................ Supplies 1105.......AT&T........................................................147.59...................................Utilities 1106.......Alco..............................................................1.99................................ Supplies 1107.......Rogers Lumber, TH....................................34.09................................ Supplies 1108.......ALCO............................................................5.98................................ Supplies 1109.......Jack’s Automotive.......................................22.22................................ Supplies 1110.......AT&T........................................................151.38...................................Utilities 1111.......Dirks Copy Products.................................204.70.........................Copier Lease 1112.......AT&T........................................................123.50...................................Utilities 1113.......Dirks Copy Products.................................124.49.........................Copier Lease 1114.......Dirks Copy Products................................. 111.34.........................Copier Lease 1115.......AT&T........................................................153.60...................................Utilities 1116.......Postmaster...............................................220.00................................. Postage 1117.......NWNC Dist Co Assess Assn....................105.00........................... Registration 1118.......Hampton Inn & Suites..............................308.00........................... Registration 1119.......Western Plains Youth & Family Svc.........176.10.................................. Service 1120.......Carmen Farmers Coop...............................39.14................................ Supplies 1121.......Rogers Lumber, TH....................................42.98................................ Supplies 1122.......Jack’s Automotive.......................................23.07................................ Supplies 1123.......SPC..........................................................440.00................................ Supplies 1124.......SPC..........................................................488.00................................ Supplies 1125.......Unifirst Corporation....................................53.60....................................Rental 1126.......AT&T..........................................................33.00...................................Utilities 1127.......AT&T........................................................152.53...................................Utilities HIGHWAY CASH 1714......Wayman, Steve........................................500.00..................................... Shale 1715......Burlington Farmers Coop.........................338.00................................ Supplies 1716......Rogers Lumber, TH..................................128.66................................ Supplies 1717......Dirks Copy Products.................................152.71................................ Supplies 1718......Kiowa Auto Parts........................................96.52......................................Parts 1719......Western Equipment....................................46.99......................................Parts 1720......United Brake & Electric..............................93.95....................................Repair 1721......K&O Construction.....................................913.62....................................Repair 1722......Lampton Welding Supply.........................219.24................................ Supplies 1723......Mike’s Truck Farm & Welding Rep...........125.00....................................Repair 1724......Rogers Lumber, TH....................................29.37................................ Supplies 1725......Yellowhouse Machinery Co........................87.69................................ Supplies 1726......Munn Supply..............................................13.80....................................Rental 1727......Alva Concrete, DBA..................................814.50................................Concrete 1728......Dirks Copy Products...................................30.77................................ Supplies 1729......Horne Oil Co...........................................9195.18....................................... Fuel 1730......Southwest Truck Parts Inc............................5.50......................................Parts 1731...... Yellowhouse Machinery co......................258.34....................................Repair 1732......D&S Diesel Svc, DBA.............................3511.97....................................Repair 1733......Flaming Auto Supply..................................13.89......................................Parts 1734......AT&T........................................................153.05...................................Utilities 1735......P&K Equipment Co..................................468.45................................ Supplies 1736......Yellowhouse Machinery Co......................102.08................................ Supplies 1737......Flaming Auto Supply................................671.25................................ Supplies 1738......Farmers Exchange.................................1556.08................................ Supplies 1739......Sunbelt Equipment...............................18860.32....................................... Pipe 1740......AT&T........................................................187.17...................................Utilities 1741......Pioneer Telephone.....................................38.96...................................Utilities 1742......ONG.........................................................135.33...................................Utilities 1743......Western Equipment................................3400.00............................. Equipment 1744......Railroad Yard Inc....................................3773.12................................Materials 1745......Alva Concrete, DBA................................1028.20.................................. Service SALES TAX - FAIRGROUNDS 117.........City of Cherokee.......................................300.83...................................Utilities 118.........AEC..........................................................766.41...................................Utilities 119.........ONG.........................................................196.94...................................Utilities SALES TAX - HEALTH 288........Cherokee Publishing Co.............................30.50...........................Publications 289........Alva Review Courier...................................81.20...........................Publications 290........Enid News & Eagle...................................321.36...........................Publications 291........Boehs Building Supply...............................27.67................................ Supplies 292........Flaming Auto Supply..................................16.78................................ Supplies 293........Total Communications Inc......................3680.20............................. Equipment 294........Shepherd Key Pump................................313.83....................................... Fuel 295........Carmen Farmers Coop.............................498.12....................................... Fuel 296........AEC............................................................29.95...................................Utilities 297........Town of Helena.........................................100.00.......................................Rent 298........Helena PWA...............................................11.50...................................Utilities 299........Munn Supply..............................................77.05................................ Supplies 300........Page Plus Inc...........................................104.30...................................Utilities 301........Lehrs Auto................................................419.21.................................. Service 302........ALCO..........................................................83.61................................ Supplies 303........Pioneer Enid Cellular..................................84.40...................................Utilities 304........AT&T..........................................................75.16...................................Utilities 305........Pioneer Telephone...................................205.52...................................Utilities 306........Pioneer Telephone.....................................50.76...................................Utilities 307........Atwoods......................................................61.20................................ Supplies Roach moved to approve the following Appropriations: Highway Cash, 185,276.18, 18,341.52; Assessor Visual Inspection Cash, 749.65; Treasurer Cash, 75.00; County Clerk Cash, 3,226.05; County Clerk Preservation Cash, 3,438.48; Fairgrounds Sales Tax, 62,938.20; Health Sales Tax, 136,935.53; Sheriff Revolving Cash, 4,408.74; Sheriff Cash, 3,964.96; Enhanced 911 Cash, 2,836.75; R-9, 42.24. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the alcoholic beverage tax report. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Murrow moved to approve the Maximum Highway Expenditures Resolution. Roach seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the Consumables Report. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the following Treasurer’s monthly report. Murrow seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the transfer of $371.72 from E-1b and 2,458.00 from E-1c to E-2a. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Murrow moved to approve 5 road crossing permits for Crescent Services (2 in Dist #1, 1 in Dist #2, and 2 in Dist #3). Roach seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve 3 road crossing permits in Dist #2 for Eagle Energy. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Walker moved to approve a private property access easement on the SE/4 of Section 31, Township 25, Range 10. Roach seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to appoint Murrow as the NODA board member. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Murrow moved to approve the resolution to execute the agreement establishing the self insurance fund for ACCO. Roach seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the letter of intent to participate with ACCO SIF with option 1. Murrow seconded. All voted aye. Murrow moved to approve the disclaimer agreement for house redistricting office and appoint Roach as the contact person. Walker seconded. All voted aye. Roach moved to approve the chairman to sign letters seeking a certified administrator the CDBG grant. Walker seconded. Roach moved to approve the resolution and contract agreement for the renewal of the Emergency and Transportation Revolving Fund. Murrow seconded All voted aye. Murrow moved to approve the surface settlement, easement, and right of way agreement for Eagle Energy along Section 7, Township 25, Range 12 in Dist #2. Walker seconded. Roach explained that he was waiving the road crossing permit fees for Eagle to provide and haul rock that mile and the county would spread it. The following bidders submitted 6-month bids: Pinnacle Materials, Circle S Paving, Albert Knopf, Reggie Hague, B&H Supply, Sunbelt, Kirby-Smith, Alva Concrete, Asphalt & Fuel Supply, Jana Ricke, Caruthers, Tin Horns are Us, Hercules Tire, Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Dub Ross, K&O, RR Yard, Enid Concrete, Steve Wayman, Dietz Welding, Dolese, Allied Custom Gypsum, Logan County Asphalt, K&S Tire, Luther Sign, Marie Alder, US Gypsum, Cummins Const, Jack Rich & Assoc, and Franklin Murrow. Roach moved to accept all bids. Murrow seconded. All voted aye. The commissioners moved to the 3rd floor of the courthouse to review what the DA’s office was wanting to do in the law library as to constructing a sound proof interview room with recording monitors and computers. After some discussion, Roach moved to proceed to obtain written quotes for the materials and sub contractors. Murrow seconded. All voted aye. Murrow moved to adjourn. Roach seconded. All voted aye. /s/ Doug Murrow Doug Murrow, Chair /s/ Chad Roach Chad Roach, Member /s/ Ray Walker Ray Walker, Member ATTEST:/s/ Bruce Martin Bruce Martin, County Clerk
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LEGAL NOTICES Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & that the Court waive the preparation and Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t filing of a General Inventory and AppraiseIN THE DISTRICT COURT ment herein. OF ALFALFA COUNTY Pursuant to an Order of this Court STATE OF OKLAHOMA made on June 15, 2011, notice is hereby PB-2011-18 given that said Petition will be heard in the In the Matter of Jerry Shaklee, De- District Courtroom, Alfalfa County Courtceased. house, City of Cherokee, Oklahoma, on NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION July 12, 2011 at the hour of 10:00 o’clock FOR PROBATE OF WILL, a.m., at which time all persons interested APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL may appear and show cause, if any they REPRESENTATIVE, DETERMINATION have, why the prayer of said Petition OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES should not be granted. AND FOR ORDER WAIVING Witness my hand this 15th day of INVENTORY AND APPRAISEMENT June, 2011 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all /s/Loren E. Angle heirs, legatees and devisees of Jerry Ray Judge of the District Court Shaklee, Deceased, that on June 15, Kelli J. Schovanec, OBA #21349 2011, there was produced and filed in this Elliott, Enabnit, Shovanec & Kelly, PLLC Court a Petition praying that a probate 114 East Broadway, Suite 500 be opened, that Letters Testamentary, P.O. Box 5589 requiring no bond, issue to Shirley Joyce Enid, OK 73702-5589 Shaklee, as Personal Representative, and (580) 234-9300 that the heirs, beneficiaries, legatees and (580) 233-1177 (facsimile) devisees be determined by the Court, and Attorney for Petitioner Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 16, 2011. 1t legal notice The Town of Carmen, Oklahoma will accept sealed bids until 4:30pm., July 13, 2011 for cash or rent on approximately 25.4 acres of farm land. This lease will be for three (3) years. The Town of Carmen reserves the right to refuse any and all bids received. Please send sealed bids to: Town of Carmen, Attn: Cemetery Land Bid, P.O. Box 98, Carmen, OK. 73726. Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t alfalfa County commissioner’s minutes for special e-911 meeting date: may 23, 2011 time: 7:00 p.m. Baker Building, Cherokee, OK Board Members Present: Chair Doug Murrow, Commissioner Chad Roach, Commissioner Ray Walker. Call to Order: Doug Murrow. Chairman Doug Murrow called the meeting to order and stated the purpose of the meeting was to discuss funding, system costs, dispatching and location of Enhanced 911 Services for Alfalfa County. Chairman Murrow stated it would be open discussion and the first item would be funding. Murrow told those in attendance that the county was not able to fund a system on its own. Murrow asked the City of Cherokee if they could present more specific information and cost figures on their proposal from the April 29th meeting. Don Bowman, Cherokee City Manager said the proposal was the same as last meeting and had no additional information at this time. Commissioner Chad Roach and Murrow stressed the need to know the City of Cherokee has the funds and future funds to install, maintain and operate an E-911 system. Roach stressed he does not want the City to be blindsided by the hidden cost involved in such a system. Murrow stated he would call for another special meeting and requested the City of Cherokee to bring more specific cost information and figures to the next meeting. Murrow made motion to table any decision on the E-911 system and call another meeting for Monday, June 27, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Baker Building. Ray Walker seconded. No other action was taken in the meeting. Motion to adjourn: Doug Murrow. Seconded: Ray Walker. Vote: 2-ayes. Adjourned. Phoebe Angle Serving as secretary for Special Meeting CLXCL LPXLP
Follow Us on Facebook! Cherokee Messenger & Republican Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 23, and Thursday, June 30, 2011. 2t in the district court of alfalfa county state of oklahoma cause no. pb-11-19 In the Matter of the Summary Administration of the Estate of Joan M. Dorr, Deceased. ALIAS combined notice to creditors; notice of hearing petition for admission of will to probate, petition for summary administration, hearing on the final account, and the petition for determination of heirs at law, distribution of estate and discharge Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the Estate of Joan M. Dorr, Deceased, that on this date, Major L. Dorr, Jr., whose residence is 3007 Bent Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001, filed a Petition for Summary Administration in the District Court of Alfalfa County, State of Oklahoma, Attaching thereto the original of an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament (“Will”) of said Decedent, praying for probate of said Will, that Letters of Special Administration be issued to Major L. Dorr, Jr., without hearing, and that Letters Testamentary be issued, only if necessary, to the same individual, the named Personal Representatives in said Will and entitled to serve as the sole Personal Representative according to law. Said Petition further prays that the heirsat-law, devisees and legatees of the said Decedent be determined; that the Final Account be approved, the property of the Decedent subject to the jurisdiction of this Court be distributed, and that the Personal Representative/Special Administrator be discharged, and for other relief as prayed for in said Petition, which Petition you may refer to for further particulars. TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE ABOVE NAMED DECEDENT: All creditors having claims against the above named Decedent are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests or other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the Estate of Joan M. Dorr, Deceased, at the offices of Sam L. Stein, Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C., 305 South Grand, P.O. Box 223, Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728, attorneys for
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 16, 2011. 1t NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION Application No. 1107750012 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, is requesting that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OAC Rules 165:10-5-5 , 165:10-5-6 and 165: 5-7-27, administratively authorize the approval of disposal of saltwater and associated deleterious substances into a Commercial disposal well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Allison SWD 1-22, SE4, SW4, SW4, NW4, Sec. 22-T29N-R12W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Arbuckle, TOP – 5677’, BOTTOM – 6775 TD DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 60,000 BPD, 2000 PSI Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Dept., Jim Thorpe Bldg., P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 June 16, 2011
the Petitioner on or before the following presentment date: the 18th day of July, 2011, or the same will be forever barred. The above named Decedent, Joan M. Dorr, died on the 16th day of May, 2005, at which time the residence address of the Decedent was 3007 Bent Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001. The total value of the Estate of the Decedent as per property located in the state of Oklahoma and as set forth in the Petition is $107,500.00. Unless filed as a part or parcel of the Petition for Summary Administration, the date by which the Final Accounting and the Petition for Distribution will be filed will be: on or before the 23rd day of July, 2011. Pursuant to an Order of Said Court, notice is hereby given that the 12th day of August, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a.m. in the Courtroom of the undersigned Judge, or the Judge to whom this cause is assigned on said date, in the Alfalfa County Courthouse in the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, State of Oklahoma, has been appointed as the time for hearing said Petition, proving said Will, and considering all relief prayed for in the Petition presented to the Court on said date. All persons interested may appear at said hearing. All objections to the Petition and/or any relief requested must be made in writing not less than 10 days before the hearing date, with such objection to be filed herein, with a copy being sent to the Petitioner and the attorney for the Petitioner, and if an objection is not made within the allowed time, all persons will be deemed to have waived any obligation(s) to the Petition and the relief prayed for. If an objection is filed at least 10 days before the hearing date, on the hearing date the Court will determine whether the summary proceedings are appropriate, and, if so, whether the Estate will be distributed and to whom the Estate will be distributed. Dated this 16th day of June, 2011. s/Loren E. Angle Judge of the District Court Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498 Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C. 305 South Grand Ave. P.O. Box 223 Cherokee, OK 73728 Tel. (580) 596-3000 Fax (580) 596-3004 Attorney for the Petitioner
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 16, Thursday, June 23, and Thursday, June 30, 2011. 3t INVITATION TO BID EASEMENT #8924 The Commissioners of the Land Office, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, offers for sale by sealed bid, a 20 year easement for a 6” natural gas pipeline in the NW/4 Section 36-T29N-R11WIM, Alfalfa County, subject to all rules and regulations of the Land Office. Appraised value is $1,100.00. Bids less than the appraised price will not be considered. Successful bidder must pay all advertising costs prior to issuance of the easement. Sealed bids must be received in our office by 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Outside of envelope must be marked “SEALED BID FOR EASEMENT #8924”. Mail to Commissioners of the Land Office, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1000W, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Proceeds of sale benefit the school children of Oklahoma. Additional information may be obtained from the Real Estate Management Division of the Commissioners of the Land Office by calling (405) 521-4136 or email james.spurgeon@ clo.ok.gov.
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 16, Thursday, June 23, and Thursday, June 30, 2011. 3t INVITATION TO BID EASEMENT #8926 The Commissioners of the Land Office, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, offers for sale by sealed bid, a 20 year easement for a 6” natural gas pipeline in the SW/4 Section 36-T24N-R11WIM, Alfalfa County, subject to all rules and regulations of the Land Office. Appraised value is $1,300.00. Bids less than the appraised price will not be considered. Successful bidder must pay all advertising costs prior to issuance of the easement. Sealed bids must be received in our office by 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 14, 2011. Outside of envelope must be marked “SEALED BID FOR EASEMENT #8926”. Mail to Commissioners of the Land Office, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1000W, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Proceeds of sale benefit the school children of Oklahoma. Additional information may be obtained from the Real Estate Management Division of the Commissioners of the Land Office by calling (405) 521-4136 or email james.spurgeon@ clo.ok.gov.
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Legal notice Published 12Pan appropriate allowable adjustment 12P in the Cherokee Messenger & with established by the Oklahoma Corporation Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t Commission. BEFORE THE CORPORATION NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT COMMISSION OF THE STATE the Applicant in this cause is requesting the OF OKLAHOMA following special relief: The Commission APPLICANT: EAGLE ENERGY enter an order, to be effective as of the PRODUCTION, LLC date of the execution thereof or as of a date RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION prior thereto, and to authorize the Applicant EXCEPTION or some other party recommended by the LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION Applicant as operator for a well to test, as 9, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE an exception to Order to be entered listed 12 WEST, ALFALFA COUNTY, above for the above common source of OKLAHOMA supply, at the location stated above. CAUSE CD 201103003-T NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To all per- this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence sons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and and reporting to the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; and if any of the this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing named individuals or entities be deceased or a dissolved partnership, corporation or Docket at the Eastern Regional Service other association, then the unknown heirs, Office of the Corporation Commission, 440 executors, administrators, devisees, trust- South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 8:30 ees, successors, trustees and assigns of a.m., on the 19th day of July, 2011 and that any such deceased individual or dissolved this notice be published as required by law partnership, corporation or other associa- and the rules of the Commission. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT tion; and more particularly owners in the following offsetting units: Section 3, 4, 5, 8, any person interested or protesting the application please advise the Attorney of 10, 15, 16 7 17, Township 25 North, Range record and the Court Clerk’s Office of the 12 West, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. a. Heretofore the land described in the Oklahoma Corporation Commission five caption hereof has been established as a (5) days before the hearing date above. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 640 acre drilling and spacing horizontal units for the Mississippi Lime [Order No. the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost 120092] common source of supply. b. The horizontal well shall be located of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person and persons requesting as follows: Surface Location shall be no closer its use. Interested parties who wish to than 220 feet to the north line and no closer participate by telephone shall contact the than 1320 feet to the east line of Section 9, Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name Township 25 North, Range 12 West; Proposed location of the well’s entry and phone number. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT into the top of the Mississippi Lime common source of supply shall be no closer this cause, if protested, may be subject than 220 feet to the north line and no closer to a prehearing or settlement conference than 1320 feet to the east line of Section 9, pursuant to OCCRP 165:5-11-2. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that with the top perforation in the Mississippi Lime formation to be no closer than 330 all interested persons may appear and feet to the north line and no closer than be heard. For information concerning 1320 feet to the east line of Section 9, this action, contact Mark Hambric, (918) 746-1350 or Michael D. Stack, Attorney Township 25 North, Range 12 West. Proposed location of the well’s final per- for Applicant, 943 East Britton Rd., Oklaforation or terminus point in the Mississippi homa City, Oklahoma 73114; Tele (405) Lime common source of supply shall be no 286-1717. CORPORATION COMMISSION closer than 330 feet to the south line and OF OKLAHOMA no closer than 1320 feet to the east line of Section 9, Township 25 North, Range 12 DANA L MURPHY, CHAIR West, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. JEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN The well shall be located no closer than BOB ANTHONY, COMMISSIONER 2640 feet to the west line of Section 9. DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 16TH c. That the Applicant or some other DAY OF JUNE 2011. party named as operator be permitted to ATTEST: PEGGY MITCHELL, produce said well at said location from the SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION common source of supply covered hereby
Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 23, 2011. 1t REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL/ INVITATION TO BID The Oklahoma Economic Development Authority, on behalf of the North Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board, is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified individuals and organizations to provide services identified in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) section 123 along with State and local policy for eligible Title I Youth Program participants. Starting June 27, 2011, interested parties may contact Mike Bostic at 580625-4531 or oedaxdir@ptsi.net to receive a copy of the RFP for the WIA Title I Youth Program. Responses to the RFP are due July 27, 2011 12:00 PM CST. Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, June 23, and Thursday, June 30, 2011. 2t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALFALFA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA CV-2009-12 GREGARY S. LAUDERBACK and GENEVIEVE BOUZIDEN, Trustee or the Successor in Trust under the Genevieve Bouziden Family Trust dated December 2, 2004, Plaintiffs, vs. MATT EBERL; DAVID ARMSTRONG, PAUL ARMSTRONG; BECKY ANDERSON; KATHY ANDREWS; The Unknown Claimants and Unknown Successors, including the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, of POLLY J. ARMSTRONG, deceased, RUSTIN STURGEON; CAROLYN STANDS, Alfalfa County Treasurer; BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; and STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION, Defendants. NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of July, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. in the middle hall corridor on the first floor of the County Courthouse of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, the undersigned Sheriff will offer for sale and sell for cash to the highest and best bidder the following described real estate in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to-wit: SURFACE and SURFACE ONLY in and to the Southwest Quarter (S1/4) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Twenty-four (24) North, Range Nine (9) West of the Indian Meridian, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, Sale will be made pursuant to an Order of Sheriff’s Sale issued pursuant to a judgment entered on December 17, 2010, in the District Court of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CV-2009-12, to satisfy the judgment in partition and to sell the property pursuant to the Order of Sheriff’s Sale. Notice of sale is hereby given to the following persons and entities having an interest of record in the above described property, or claiming a lien or any interest in the above described property, those persons and entities whose address is unknown, and those whose unknown successors are being notified hereby: MATT EBREL; DAVID ARMSTRONG; PAUL ARMSTRONG; BECKY ANDERSON; KATHY ANDREWS; The Unknown Claimants and Unknown Successors, including the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, of POLLY J. ARMSTRONG, deceased; RUSTIN STURGEON; CAROLYN STANDS, Alfalfa County Treasurer; BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; and STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION. Witness my hand this 17th day of June, 2011. /S/CHARLES TUCKER CHARLES TUCKER, SHERIFF OF ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA
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Courthouse elevator hits all-time low By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff The elevator at the Alfalfa County Courthouse has had its share of ups and downs. Alfalfa County commissioners thought it was fixed after months of sitting on the ground floor, but now commissioners are back to square one. American Elevator Co. Representative Tony Fox thought the problem was a leaky seal and fixed it last month for $6,917.55. Soon after the repair, however, the elevator still couldn’t pull its own weight. Commission Chairman Doug Murrow said the elevator is losing oil and Fox is 99 percent sure there is a hole in the jack. “They dumped like 20 gallons (of oil) in it one time, and in less than a week it was empty again,” County Clerk Bruce Martin said. Murrow said Fox estimated the cost to repair the elevator at $30,000 or more. Commissioners Murrow, Chad Roach and Toby Walker will revisit the issue when cost estimates are received.
Minority farmers may qualify for back pay OKLAHOMA CITY – If you are a female farmer/rancher or a Hispanic farmer/rancher and you believe the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) improperly denied farm loan benefits to you for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000 because of your gender or race, you may be eligible to apply for compensation, the USDA State Food & Agriculture Council (SFAC) in Oklahoma announced this week. You might be eligible if: •You sought a farm loan or farmloan servicing from USDA during that period; and •The loan was denied, provided late, approved for a lesser amount than requested, approved with restrictive conditions, or USDA failed to provide an appropriate loan service; and •You believe these actions occurred because you are female or Hispanic. If you want to register your name to receive a claims package in the female and Hispanic farmers claims process, you can call the Farmer and Rancher call center at 1-888-508-4429 or access the website: www.farmerclaims.gov. In 2011, a class administrator will begin mailing claims packages to those who have requested one through the call center or website. The claims package will have detailed information about the eligibility and claims process. In order to participate, you must submit a claim to the claims administrator by the end of the claims period. This process offers an alternative to litigation and provides at least $1.33 billion in compensation, plus up to $160 million in farm debt relief, to those eligible. It provides up to $50,000 for each woman or Hispanic farmer who can show USDA denied them a loan or loan servicing for discriminatory reasons for certain time periods between 1981 and 2000. Hispanic or female farmers who provide additional proof and meet other requirements can receive $50,000. There are no filing fees or other costs to claimants to participate in the program. If you are currently represented by counsel regarding allegations of discrimination against USDA or in a lawsuit claiming discrimination by USDA, you should contact your counsel regarding your claims process. You are not required to hire an attorney to file a claim. Any Native American farmer or rancher who was denied a farm loan or loan servicing by the USDA between Jan. 1, 1981 and Nov. 24, 1999, may be eligible for benefits from a class action settlement. To request a claims package or for more information, call 1-888-2335506, or visit www.IndianFarmClass.com. African-American farmers who submitted a request to file a late claim on or between Oct. 13, 1999 and June 18, 2008 under the 1999 settlement in the earlier class action known as Pigford vs. Glickman (“Pigford”) and who did not receive a merits determination of their discrimination claim should call 1-866-950-5547 or 1-866-472-7826, or visit www.blackfarmercase.com.
AA Meetings 7 p.m. Tuesday
Senior Citizens Center Behind Baker Bldg. (in alley) Cherokee, Oklahoma
7 p.m. Saturday First United Methodist 400 S. Grand-Cherokee
In other business, commissioners approved a statement for the treasurer’s resale property fund. The fund totaled $82,094.60, with a cash balance of $69,843.89. The cash balance included reserves for expenditures and a cost of delinquent tax publications of $8,000; necessary records, supplies, equipment and clerical hire, $45,000; upkeep and repair of unsold resale properties, $8,094.60; rebates allowed by the board of tax roll corrections, $15,000; and refunds on illegal tax role certificates or deeds issued thereon, $6,000. Also approved was a detention transportation claim for the Oklahoma State Office of
Juvenile Affairs for $355.98. Five road crossing permits were approved for SandRidge in District 1, along with one road crossing permit for Rodco Services in District 2 and one road crossing permit for Triad Energy Inc. in District 1. Commissioners also approved four road crossing permits for Crescent Services, two in District 1, one in District 2 and one in District 3, and four road crossing permits for Select Energy Services, two in District 1, one in District 2 and 3 and one in District 3. An Interlocal Governmental Agreement with the contiguous counties of Garfield, Kay, Noble and Alfalfa counties also was signed.
Relay for Life teams start ‘Routin’ Friday ALVA – Billed as a “Routin’ for a Cure,” the annual Alfalfa/Woods County Relay for Life celebration will be held between 6:30 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. Hoping to raise thousands of dollars to help the American Cancer Society find a cure for the dreaded disease, 12 different teams have already held dozens of fund-raisers and will compete in team events to bring awareness to their cause. Teams include the Helena Hooligans, Team AEC, Carmen Cavalry, the Waynoka Cancer Warriors, Walkers for Hope, the Mayday Flyers,
Waynoka FCCLA, the Hope Whisperers, the Cancer Kickers, the Pfeiffer Pfamily, CNB of Alva, and Families for More Birthdays. The event to be held on Alva’s downtown square will come to life at 6:30 p.m. Friday when food sales and fundraisers get under way. At 7 p.m., the opening ceremonies are scheduled, along with the traditional Survivors Lap and a message from a “Celebrate” speaker. A “Live Basket” auction will begin at 8 p.m., with the money raised from the sale of team baskets going to those teams.
A talent show is scheduled for 9 p.m., followed by a “Remember” speaker at 9:45 p.m. At 10 p.m., the “Luminaria Ceremony” – held to commemorate those lost to the disease as well as those still fighting – will be staged. A “Fight Back” speaker will take the stage at 11 p.m. and team games and still more fund-raisers are scheduled between midnight Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday. At 6:30 a.m. Saturday, an Award Ceremony will be held, followed by the final lap around the square at 7 a.m. to signal the conclusion of the event.