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By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff AMORITA – Citizens in Amorita are rallying to keep their local post office alive.

A representative from the U.S. Postal Service will pay a visit next week to Alfalfa County to gather input from local residents who benefit from the Amorita Post Office, among other area post offices.

The Amorita meeting will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Amorita Senior Citizens’ Building, 105 W. Main St. A Postal Service representative will be on hand to hear from residents who think the post office should remain open.

The U.S. Postal Service announced in August that officials plan to study 3,700 facilities across North America – 100 in Oklahoma – and determine whether or See AMORITA Page 3 WINNERS in this year’s Miss Cherokee Pageant are (from left) Linzie Castro, Congeniality Award; Ashley Stocking, Talent Award; Taylor Highfill, second runner-up; Sabrina

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Wilber, Miss Cherokee 2011-2012; and Katelyn Roberts, first runner-up.

Sabrina Wilber wears Miss Cherokee tiara; Katelyn Roberts takes runner-up honors An Indian chief costume, a humorous monologue, a flashy pink gown and an interview with this year’s judges were enough to seal the win for this year’s Miss Cherokee Sabrina Wilber.

Wilber competed against six other contestants Sept. 1 in the Cherokee High School Auditorium.

She will compete for the crown of Miss Cinderella at 7:30 p.m. each night Sept. 29 and 30 in Herod Hall Auditorium at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. Wilber, along with other area winners, also will ride in Northwestern’s Homecoming Parade, which begins at 10 a.m. Oct. 1 and takes place around the downtown square in Alva.

In the event that Wilber cannot compete for the Cinderella crown, Miss Cherokee First Runner-Up Katelyn Roberts will take her place. Roberts won the runner-up title with a musical monologue.

Securing the second runner-up title with a piano solo was Taylor Highfill.

Ashley Stocking was the night’s talent winner with her ren-

BURLINGTON – School District voters here will go to the polls Tuesday to decide the fate of a $410,000 bond issue.

Votes will decide whether the school needs new transportation equipment, specifically three 47-passenger buses, a bus with a wheelchair ramp, a new Suburban and a new pickup for the ag department.

Precincts 110, the Burlington Fire House Office, and 120, the Amorita Community Building – will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

dition of Trisha Yearwood’s “She’s in Love with the Boy.” Linzie Castro won the title of Miss Congeniality. Castro performed a dance and lip-syncing number for the talent portion of the competition.

Each contestant endured an interview with judges Connie Weber, Alexa Humphries and Lacy Toews prior to the night’s contest. Each senior girl competing in the annual show also modeled formal wear for the audience.

Also competing for the crown were Samantha Lovely, who performed a dance number for her talent, and Lindzey Ducotey, who sang “Bound to You.” Cherokee Pride representatives from the Pre-K and Kindergarten Dance Team opened the show with a number performed with each Miss Cherokee contestant.

Senior boys brought the crowd to hysterics with their rendition of synchronized swimming, Chiefs style, prior to a short intermission before the night’s winners were announced.

Cherokee alum Aaron Hoggard emceed the festivities.

By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff Even with highs expected to be in the low- to mid-80s this week and the low temperatures predicted to drop into the 40s and 50s during the night and early morning hours, area residents are reluctant to believe that the summer's record-setting heat wave is over.

The first three days of September went over 100 degrees and added to the 67 days during the climatological summer, gave Cherokee 70 days of century plus temperatures.

Data from the Oklahoma Mesonet site in Alfalfa County, located one-half miles southwest of Cherokee, shows the high temperature during the months of June, July and August was on July 9 when the high was 112 degrees. Thermometers climbed to 111 on Aug. 2 and reached 110 degrees on three occasions – July 27, Aug. 24 and Aug. 31.

The longest stretch of 100 degree plus weather was 15 days – from July 26 through Aug. 9.

The brutally hot weather took its toll on the county's No. 1 industry – agriculture – but combined with a record drought caused even more suffering for farmers.

Since October 2010, only 11.46 inches of precipitation has been measured at the Mesonet site. June, July and August produced 5.28 inches of moisture at that site. That compares to 13.75 inches of rain during the same three months in 2010.

MONTH, YEAR PRECIPITATION October, 2010...................................0.61 November, 2010...............................2.24 December, 2010...............................0.04 January, 2011...................................0.36 February, 2011.................................0.58 March, 2011......................................0.96 April, 2011........................................0.75 May, 2011.........................................0.64 June, 2011........................................2.57 July, 2011..........................................0.53 August, 2011....................................2.18

Don Coppock leaves legacy of service to nation

DONALD COPPOCK

By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff Don Coppock served as chief of the U.S. Border Patrol for 14 years, leading the agency through the tumultuous 1960s when Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson used the Border Patrol to enforce civil rights laws throughout the south.

Following his death on Sept.

1, the Border Patrol displayed its ultimate tribute to the Cherokee native's service to the nation by standing guard over

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Congressman Frank Lucas holds a Town Hall meeting in Cherokee.

his casket at Goodwin Funeral Home until his funeral service and burial in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery late Wednesday morning. (See the complete obituary on Page 7.)

Coppock retired from the Border Patrol on July 1, 1973, after 32 years of serving in remote outposts in Texas to the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Even after his retirement, Coppock served as the chief administration officer and public information officer for the U.S.

House of Representatives committee looking into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

But to those who knew him after he and his late wife, Shirley, moved back to Cherokee, Don Coppock was better known as one of the regulars who played dominoes come rain or come shine.

He seldom spoke of his days in Washington, D.C., where his influence as head of one of the nation's premier law enforcement agencies was consider-

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able.

Coppock was front and center when James Merideth, the first African-American to enroll at the University of Mississippi, was escorted into the institution. He and the Border Patrol played a role in the investigation of the Rev. Martin Luther King's assassination, as well as the bombing of a Baptist church in Birmingham, Ala., where four young girls died.

He also was involved in the negotiation for the return of American prisoners after the

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Cherokee and Timberlake open the 2011 football season with victories.

failed invasion of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.

In 1968, U.S. Attorney Ramsey Clark presented Coppock the Department of Justice Distinguished Service Award for his many accomplishments.

The Cherokee native never strayed far from his life's work with the Border Patrol. He helped establish the U.S. Border Patrol Museum and Library Foundation in 1980 and was the longest serving chairman of the organization's National Board See SERVICE Page 3

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Lucas wants new farm bill to president early in 2012

By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Congressman Frank Lucas hasn’t had any fun this year, but with a rollercoaster ride antici-

pated for the spring, he said he expects bigger thrills in 2012.

Lucas spoke Wednesday, Aug. 31, to an audience of about 30 at the Alfalfa County Farm

Bureau Office in Cherokee.

At the top of audience members’ concerns was the country’s Farm Bill, up for an overhaul in 2012.

CONGRESSMAN Frank Lucas speaks to a crowd of about 30 on Aug. 31 at the Alfalfa County Farm Bureau office in Cherokee.

Lucas said the United States is working on trade agreements with three major players: Panama, Columbia and South Korea.

“Some of those markets are tremendous in potential, specifically with beef and with pork,” Lucas said. He called Columbia the “biggest challenge” because of labor issues, which the congressman did not specify.

“Our European friends have established trade agreements and are ahead of us right now,” Lucas said.

He hopes to have a copy of the revised Farm Bill in the hands of the president by early next year.

“I’d like to give him the Farm Bill before he goes and sees my neighbors,” Lucas said, referring to President Barrack Obama’s annual trek across the United States to visit rural areas.

Jim Buck of Cherokee was curious about welfare reform and how welfare affects the Farm Bill.

“If you added in every program, I don’t know what the percentage would be,” Lucas said, “but 74 percent of all the Farm Bill has gone into school lunch and welfare programs.

Eight percent goes to conservation. In the Farm Bill, we’re going to look at the Food Stamp program.”

David Collins of Cherokee asked about budget cuts.

“As Ag Committee chair,

I have to be careful with my statements,” Lucas said. “But I will say this, we’re going to have less.”

Lucas guessed that Congress will look at $30 billion in cuts, and one of the areas being examined are direct payments to farmers who maintain land in the Conservation Reserve Program.

A solution to cutting direct payments may be to look at adjusting crop insurance premiums according to weather patterns.

STATE OF THE ECONOMY Lucas opened his town meeting with a recap of this year’s budget woes and how Congress will handle a $1.5 trillion shortfall in 2012.

“This is not a typical year,” Lucas said. “This is not a normal set of circumstances.”

He said a new committee consisting of 12 members, half Democrats and half Republicans, has been established to review a “multitrillion dollar list” of budget concerns.

Committee members will meet for two weeks and should emerge before Dec. 24 with a proposal to reduce the nation’s monumental deficit.

“They don’t have to make any changes based on what we think, but they do have to listen to us,” Lucas said.

Part of the discussion will center around raising the nation’s debt ceiling.

“If the committee cannot

Today’s youngsters have their own heat wave stories

By GARY McMANUS Associate State Climatologist Oklahoma Climatological Survey To get a sense of the state’s legendary heat waves of its past, Oklahoma’s youngest generation would normally turn to the stories of parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.

Tales of those summers from the 1930s, 1950s and even 1980 seemed as dated as rotary phones or changing the television channel by hand. They will no longer need to ask older generations about harsh summers, however. They now have their own stories to tell and theirs will be from the hottest of them all – the summer of 2011.

According to data from the Oklahoma Mesonet, the state’s climatological summer – June 1 through Aug. 31 – ended with a statewide average of 86.8 degrees, obliterating the previous state record of 85.2 degrees from the summer of 1934.

In fact, that previous 1934 mark was the warmest summer on record for any state since records began in 1895.

While Texas’ final summer statistics are still preliminary, it is known that they also surpassed that 1934 record. It may take weeks before the new record holder is known, however.

The statewide average high temperature through the summer was 100.5 degrees, topped by southwestern Oklahoma’s average high of 104 degrees.

The highest temperature during this summer was 115 degrees, recorded in June at Erick and Hollis and in August at Wilburton and Wister.

Oklahoma City smashed its record for hottest summer with an average of 87.5 degrees, besting the previous mark of 85.9 degrees set in 1934 and 1980.

Grandfield’s three-month average of 92 degrees led the state with Kenton the coolest at 79.5 degrees.

August put the final touches on the momentous 2011 summer. The statewide average temperature was 87.7 degrees, 7.3 degrees above normal and the warmest August on record for Oklahoma. The previous record was 87.2 degrees from

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Southwest Oklahoma, the area hit hardest by the drought and heat, had an average temperature of 91 degrees, 9.2 degrees above normal. That tops

the previous warmest summer for that region by nearly 3 degrees. The average high temperature for the month in that corner of the state was 105 degrees.

CRP emergency haying is extended to Sept. 30 Dwight Richmond, Alfalfa County Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director, announced this week that the FSA is modifying its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) policies to help those affected by sustained drought conditions.

Emergency haying normally lasts through Aug. 31, however, FSA is permitting farmers and ranchers in drought stricken states – who have been approved for emergency haying, including those in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas – to extend their emergency haying period to Sept. 30, 2011.

This 30-day extension applies to existing and new emergency haying requests.

To file a request one must visit the county FSA office, file the necessary paperwork and receive written approval from FSA prior to haying specified CRP acres.

Only one cutting of hay may be taken from the acreage.

Due to this extension, hay must now be in a windrow by Sept.

30, 2011 and removed from the field by Oct. 31, 2011. The hay may not be stored on any CRP acreage.

Producers also have until Nov. 18, 2011 to report all emergency haying and grazing activities.

Producers will be assessed a 25 percent reduction of their annual CRP rental payment for each acre hayed.

Complete details concerning the haying and grazing of CRP can be obtained by contacting the Alfalfa County FSA Office at (580) 596-2625, extension 2. The Alfalfa County FSA Office is located at 401 West Cherokee Ave., Suite A, in Cherokee and is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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The heat has not been confined to the climatological summer’s boundaries. The Oklahoma Mesonet site at Grandfield recorded a high temperature at or above 100 degrees an astounding 97 times for the year – from April 18 through Sept. 1.

The previous high count for one year was 86 days by Hollis during the summer of 1956.

Several other locations have exceeded the previous record this year. Oklahoma City surpassed its own record of 50 days at or above 100 degrees with 59 days through Sept. 1.

The heat has been fed by extreme drought that began nearly a year ago. The statewide average precipitation from Oct. 1, 2010 through Aug. 31, 2011, finished at 18.59 inches, 14.29 inches below normal and the third driest period on record.

That 11-month period was the driest on record for the Panhandle, north central, west central and southwestern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Mesonet sites at Boise City, Grandfield, Goodwell and Hooker all recorded less than 6 inches of rainfall since October 1.

August saw relief for some but a continuation of desperate times for others. The northeastern quarter of the state led the way with 4-6 inches of droughtrelieving rainfall. Much of the state saw at least 1-2 inches but high temperatures and sunny skies made short work of that

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As for the southwest and parts of south central Oklahoma, they were left high and dry once again. The Oklahoma Mesonet site at Tipton saw a miserable one-hundredth of an inch of rain during the month.

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agree or if both houses cannot accept (the proposal), the president has the ability to say he needs more credit,” Lucas said.

“At that point there’s a set of automatic cuts that kick in. Almost everything is on the table, and those cuts will begin just shortly after the beginning of the year.”

Lucas supports an increase in the president’s line of credit.

“The president needs that $1.5 trillion line of credit to do what he’s doing,” the congressman said. “We will drive our Democrat friends to approve that. If he’s going to get the credit he needs to get him through the end of the year, he’s going to have to persuade people.”

Bringing troops home from Iraq is one way the country could save money next year.

Lucas said he believes progress has been made in Iraq and that the Iraqi government eventually will be able to stand on its own.

“I won’t be the least bit disappointed if they tell us to go home on time,” Lucas said.

As for the troops being sent to Afghanistan, Lucas said, “Afghanistan is a hot war.”

Members of the Oklahoma National Guard are deployed in “some of the toughest places, which is why we’ve seen so many casualties,” said the congressman.

The place that has created the most discussion in Washington, D.C., however, is Libya.

“My conservative friends are fired up because the War Pact of 1974 says it’s unconstitutional,” Lucas said. “My liberal friends are even madder, but they’re madder for different reasons.”

Lucas said his liberal friends are upset because they voted “for a guy to get us out of Iraq and Afghanistan” who then sent troops to Libya.

“The president seems to be... following his predecessor’s strategy,” Lucas said. “Will it work? I don’t know.”

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Voter ID law in effect for Burlington election The so-called "voter ID" law, approved by 74 percent of Oklahoma voters on Nov. 2, 2010, went into effect on July 1, said Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein, and will be in effect for Tuesday's $410,000 Burlington School District bond issue election.

"This new law requires all registered voters to show proof of identity in order to vote at the polling place on election day, or to vote early at the county Election Board office," she said.

According to Stein, the law is very specific about the kind of document that can be used for proof of identity.

"Any item used for proof of identity for voting must have been issued by the federal government, the State of Oklahoma, or a federally recognized tribal government," she said.

In addition, the proof of identity must show the name of the person to whom it was issued, a photograph of the person and must include an expiration date that is after the election date.

The law also states that the person's name on a proof of identity document must "substantially conform" to the person's name in the precinct registry.

Some documents that may be presented as proof of identity for voting include an Oklahoma driver license, a state identification card, a passport or a military identification.

"Voters also may use the voter identification card they received by mail when they registered to vote," Stein said.

These cards are allowed even though they do not include a photograph or an expiration

date.

"The voter identification card is provided to every voter free of charge when they register to vote. Replacement cards are also free of charge," she added.

By law, state identification cards issued to persons who are 65 years old or older do not have

expiration dates but are valid proof of identity for voting.

A voter who does not have proof of identity that meets the requirements of the new law still may vote by provisional ballot. A provisional ballot is sealed inside an envelope instead of being inserted into the

proof of identity problems at the polling place by ensuring now that the name on their voter registration matches the name on their driver license or other proof of identity document, or by always using the voter identification card issued by the county Election Board.

County Fair under way, In-person absentee voting for Burlington bond issue runs through Saturday open Friday and Monday Entries for this year’s Alfalfa County Free Fair were turned in and tagged Wednesday, but plenty of time remains for everyone to enjoy the attractions at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds.

Judges will award ribbons today (Thursday) for the swine show, Create-a-Souper-Dish and Death by Chocolate contests, the bottle kid, goat and sheep shows and the annual Homemade Ice Cream Contest.

Scoops of frozen treats will go on sale at 6:30 p.m. for $1 a cup.

Friday’s activities include the 4-H and FFA Livestock Judging Contests, which begin at 9 a.m.

The Open Class and OHCE Evaluation takes place from 10 a.m. to noon.

All exhibits and commercial booths will be released by 1 p.m. Friday. Until then, entries from Wednesday’s and Thursday’s contests will remain on display.

Some of Wednesday’s competition includes garden products, cookie jar contest, crops and horticulture exhibits, Decorated Cookie Sandwich Contest, bucket calf and heifer and steer shows. Other livestock shows include lambs, rabbits and goats, which take place throughout the day.

Saturday will feature the horse show beginning at 9 a.m. in the indoor arena.

Fair books, featuring a complete list of times and activities, are available in the Alfalfa County OSU Extension Office, located on the first floor of the Alfalfa County Courthouse in Cherokee.

AMORITA Continued from Page 1 not the offices are worthy of keeping the doors open.

The Amorita Post Office was established in 1902. William T. Drake was the first post master.

Besides the Amorita Post Office, the Goltry Post Office also is being considered for closure in Alfalfa County.

Goltry residents attended a joint meeting Aug. 31 at Hillsdale Christian School to discuss the possible closings of the Goltry, Hillsdale and Carrier post offices. No determinations have been made from that meeting, according to Goltry Town Clerk Mary Page.

U.S. Postal Service officials also will review the feasibility of keeping open the Dacoma Post Office in neighboring Woods County and Manchester Post Office in Grant County.

Postal representatives will be at the Dacoma Post Office from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday to receive input from citizens.

Manchester residents will meet at 3 p.m. Sept. 13 at that community’s Town Hall.

Questionnaires were mailed to area residents regarding the impact that closing the facilities might have on citizens.

The U.S. Postal Service is asking those who received questionnaires to turn them in at their respective meetings or

voting device.

Information provided by the voter on an affidavit is investigated by election officials in the days following the election, and the ballot is either approved for counting or is rejected based on that investigation.

Stein said voters can avoid

hand deliver them by Sept. 18 to their local post offices.

Questionnaires also can be mailed to District Discontinuance Coordinator, Oklahoma PFC, 4025 W. Reno Ave., Oklahoma City OK 73125-9800.

Anyone with questions re-

garding the feasibility study can call Kathy Hottel, district discontinuance coordinator contact, at (405) 815-2524. A call to Hottel Tuesday to inquire about meetings that have taken place already was not returned by press time.

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Registered voters in Alfalfa County who want to vote by mail absentee ballot in Tuesday’s Burlington School District $410,000 transportation bond election have missed the application deadline of Sept. 7, county Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said this week.

However, voters who want to cast in-person absentee ballots still can do so at the Election Board office on Friday or Monday. A two-member, bipartisan Absentee Voting Board will be on duty each day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to assist absentee voters.

"In-person absentee voters fill out an application form when they get to the office," explained Stein. "They are not required to give a reason for voting absentee. They are required to swear that they have not voted a regular mail absentee ballot and that they will not vote at their polling places on Election Day." According to Stein, the Absentee Voting Board verifies a voter’s registration information, and then issues a ballot.

Voters mark their ballot in a voting booth and then put it in a voting device.

"It is very much like voting at a precinct polling place," said Stein.

Contact the county Election

Board, located on the second floor of the Alfalfa Cunty Courthouse in Cherokee for more information. The telephone number is (580) 596-2718.

Pshigodas take in 50th family reunion Guymon GUYMON – More than 100 descendants of William and Florentine Pshigoda, representing the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, California, Colorado, Washington, Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona and Mississippi, gathered in Guymon on Aug. 5, 6 and 7 to celebrate the 50th Pshigoda Reunion.

Ted and Marie Pshigoda of Cherokee, members of the John Danial and Mary Pshigoda family – one of the five sibling families represented at the reunion – attended the event.

A 51st reunion will be held on the first Sunday in August, 2012, at a site to be determined.

SERVICE Continued from Page 1 of Trustees at the time of his retirement from that body.

Coppock was born Dec. 8, 1910, and graduated from Cherokee High School. He attended Oklahoma State University one year before transferring to thenNorthwestern State College at Alva, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941.

Local friends and relatives said goodbye to Coppock at the funeral home, his funeral service at the Friends Church and during his graveside service at the cemetery.

Commander Jose Delagarza, supervisor for the 24-person Border Patrol contingent in Cherokee for Coppock's service, was in charge of the agency's farewell to its former leader.

He helped organize the honor guard at the funeral home, along with the 21-gun salute dedicated to Coppock, a tribute reserved only for retired Border Patrol personnel and agents who die in the line of duty.

To Border Patrol colleagues, Coppock was an institution; to his friends and neighbors in Cherokee he was an excellent historian and domino partner.

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Funding FEMA is not a joke

By MIKE JONES The Tulsa World There was an earthquake and hurricane on the East coast last week. People died, and the damage is already estimated in the billions. That is sure to rise.

Out here in the middle of the country, we understand.

We put up annually with tornadoes and floods. This year Oklahoma and Texas are experiencing the worst drought since the 1930s. That drought has caused numerous wildfires, crop failures and livestock deaths. The only thing missing is a cloud of dust five miles wide and a mile high.

Before the drought, Oklahoma was still reeling from a record snowstorm in February.

In Joplin, people are still trying to rebuild from a devastating spring tornado. Although not a neighbor, Alabama also is trying to recover from a similar storm. Louisiana is still feeling the effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. All are in need of help.

Who do states, cities and their people turn to in such times, other than their neighbors and groups such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army? The federal government, of course.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is a key player in government help during such disasters. FEMA has received a lot of criticism, especially in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Some of that criticism was well-deserved. Now, however, it's not simply criticism but budget-cutting that threatens not only FEMA but those the agency is duty-bound to help.

Despite what Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann might say, this is no joke.

Minnesota U.S. Rep. Bachmann, during a campaign swing through Florida recently, tied the East Coast earthquake and hurricane to President Obama's administration when she quipped: "You'd think by now they'd get the message, an earthquake, a hurricane, are you listening? The American people have done everything they possibly can.

Now it's time for an act of God and we're getting it!"

Bachmann tried to pass the joke off as merely her sense of humor. It might – might – be funny if delivered by David Letterman or Conan O'Brien, but they are professional comedians. Bachmann is running for the most important post in the world. The gaffe queen continues to reign.

However, I don't think she was joking. I think she really believes it was God sending a message to the president. And that is even scarier than the joke.

And there certainly is nothing funny about the crisis in the country or at FEMA. The agency is running dangerously low on funds. That is causing it to shut down, temporarily I hope, some of the projects that were helping Joplin, Tuscaloosa, Oklahoma, Texas and even Louisiana recover.

There is an ironic twist here. Those states, other than maybe Missouri, are solidly Republican states. They are states with Republican governors and legislatures who have been elected and re-elected on the "federal government is bad" platform. Those who decry and even refuse stimulus funds now clamor for federal help buying hay or rebuilding schools.

Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., one of those in Congress leading the economic battle against government spending, has said that if FEMA is to receive at least $1 billion in additional funding to get the country out of this crisis, then Congress will have to find $1 billion to trim elsewhere.

This from Cantor, of Virginia, where the earthquake and Hurricane Irene left a trail of damage.

Not to be outdone in rhetoric, ever, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, a Libertarian in Republican clothing, said the nation would be better off without FEMA. He even voted against a bill that would have funneled billions of dollars into Texas and his district following the destruction caused

by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Since then, Texas has received more than $3 billion in federal funding.

The fact is, despite all the talk about the evil big government, Americans need help sometimes. The federal government is in a position to help, at least for now. In a perfect world, neighbors, cities and states could all join hands and dig themselves out of droughts, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and wildfires, to name a few natural disasters. We could simply have a good old-fashioned barn-raising.

That, however, is a dream. Bad things happen. We are all one nation, one people. Should we help one another?

Certainly. Our tax dollars raise the barn. And, despite what some anti-government folks say, there is nothing wrong with that.

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Proud to have known Don Coppock Same Don Coppock who knew presidents, played dominoes Years ago, in my earlier days of reporting called in after the bombing of the Baptist for the Duncan Banner, Editor Callaway BuckChurch in Birmingham, Ala., where four young ley explained to me the fine art of writing an girls died. He and the agency were called on obituary. when Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

"Everyone's done something that deserves He was on the scene during two of the biggest a mention in their obituary," he liked to tell his civil rights marches in the history of this nation young reporters. Of course, he meant something – the Poor Peoples' March on Washington, D.C. noteworthy, whether it be elected to office or an and the walk from Selma to Montgomery. exceptional homemaker.

He even had a hand in the negotiations that "Everyone's done something," he'd say when returned prisoners after the Bay of Pigs fiasco in I turned in a ho hum funeral story.

Cuba.

Well, I've done some backsliding since then, After his retirement from the Border Pabut when I got trol, Don was word that Don appointed the Coppock had chief adminisdied I knew his tration officer would be one of and public those obituarinformation

By STEVE BOOHER ies; you know, officer for the the kind that's U.S. House of so full of lifeRepresentatime achievements that you're sure to overlook tives Inquiry Committee for the impeachment of the something Cal Buckley expected.

President Richard Nixon.

Most folks know Don Coppock was chief of Yessir, this is the same Don Coppock who the Border Patrol, but how many know that he spent the last 25 years of his life holding court led the agency during the tumultuous 1960s at the local domino parlor. when Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon This is the same Don Coppock who called Johnson called upon the Border Patrol to enme to task when I strayed off base in my facts force civil rights statutes? for an editorial or column.

When you mentioned Border Patrol in the This is the same Don Coppock who was born '60s, you were more than likely talking as much and died in Cherokee, Okla.; the same Don Copabout its leader – Don Coppock – as you were pock who graduated from Cherokee High School about the agency itself. That's not the impresand received his B.A. at Northwestern State sion Don gave the public, but those in the know College in Alva in 1941. say the agency and Don Coppock were practiThis is the same Don Coppock who was cally one and the same. trusted by presidents of the United States. This Don and the patrol were charged with keepis the same Don Coppock who came home to rub ing the peace when James Meredith became elbows with friends and neighbors after serving the first African-American to enroll at Ole Miss. his nation during one of its most trying times.

That alone would be a career accomplishment This is the same Don Coppock who made for anyone in law enforcement. his hometown, his state and his nation proud to But there's more. Don and the patrol were know him.

From this corner...

Safe bet... rural energy upgrade

By JOHNATHAN HLADIK Center for Rural Affairs Rural communities received welcome news in August with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of a $900 million loan package to help rural electric cooperative utilities upgrade, expand and replace rural America's electric infrastructure.

Funding will be divided among utilities in Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. The initiative, managed by the USDA Rural Development program, eclipses the $376 million distributed in April and will benefit more than 19,000 rural consumers.

By providing the capital necessary to build nearly 1,500 miles of new transmission and improve more than 1,700 miles of lines already in

existence, this investment will lead to job creation and economic growth by enabling many rural communities to better realize their economic potential.

Our most abundant renewable energy resources are found in remote regions that aren’t well connected to the existing transmission network.

Up to 300,000 MW of wind projects, enough to meet twenty percent of our annual, national electricity demand, are tied up in interconnection queues due to inadequate transmission capacity.

In order to utilize the tremendous potential associated with the development of renewable energy, it’s critical that we find a way to connect these projects to the existing grid network. The health of our rural communities depends on our ability to create opportunity. Providing entrepreneurs the tools necessary to develop the resources right in our back yard moves us one step closer to making our clean energy future a reality.

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By TRISHA GEDON OSU Communications Specialist STILLWATER – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) wanted to see $4 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years in the United States’ budget, but the new debt deal that was signed into law Aug. 2 called for only $2.4 trillion in cuts. It also expressed concern over whether an extremely divided Congress could decide on how to implement the spending cuts.

As a result, on Aug. 5, S&P took action and announced it was downgrading the United States’ debt from an AAA rating to an AA+ rating. So what does this mean to the general public?

Eileen St. Pierre, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension personal finance specialist, said the public first needs to understand what the credit rating represents.

"A credit rating is essentially a grade that tells investors the probability that the organization, whether it be a government, corporation or nonprofit, issuing the debt will pay it back according to the terms of the agreement," St. Pierre said.

"The higher the credit rating, the lower the probability there is of default.

"By downgrading U.S. debt, S&P is telling investors that it believes there is an increased risk that the U.S. won’t be able to pay its debt on time in the future. The other two major rating agencies, Moody’s and Fitch, have kept the U.S. credit rating at AAA for now but have warned they also may lower it in the future."

The public needs to realize that a rating of AA+ is still a great rating. A credit rating is similar to an individual’s credit score. A person with a credit score of 830 out of 850 would have AAA credit. If this score were to drop to 805, some financial institutions may now consider you to have AA+ credit.

St. Pierre said individuals with a credit score of 805 still have a score that is higher than just about everyone else. However, how a financial institution interprets your credit score can be subjective, just like the S&P decision to downgrade U.S. debt.

"If the risk of default increases, the interest rate on U.S. debt (Treasury bonds) should increase. This means the government would have to pay more interest, which would negate a lot of the spending cuts," she said. "This would make it harder to reduce the budget deficit. In turn, the interest rates on other financial instruments that use the Treasury bond rate as a base, such as mortgages, would go up. This is something that could happen over the longterm."

However, in the short-term, interest rates on Treasury bonds have actually gone down.

What we are seeing is what financial experts call "a flight to quality."

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Miss Cherokee 2011-12 Photos by Korina Dove

PARTICIPATING in the 2011-12 Miss Cherokee Pageant (clockwise from top left): Mike Roberts escorts daughter and First Runner-Up Katelyn Roberts in the formal wear competition; Second Runner-Up Taylor Highfill plays a piano solo for her talent; David Wilber crowns this year’s Miss Cherokee, daughter Sabrina Wilber; Aaron Hoggard sports his Dallas Cowboys cap as part of the entertainment he provided as emcee; Pre-K and Kindergarten students dance with contestants to open the show; Ashley Stocking performs a solo for her talent; Principal Jeremy Hickman (right) saves the day as Superintendent Cory Ellis welcomes the audience to this year’s Oscars … er, ESPYs … er, some big event; Samantha Lovely shows her Cherokee Pride; Lindzey Ducotey sings for the talent portion of competition; Linzie Castro waves to the audience during the Cherokee Pride contest; Senior boys perform their version of synchronized swimming.

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Lifestyles

Curry featured speaker for Carmen Chamber meeting

By MARGARET GOSS

Carmen Correspondent CARMEN – Carmen Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Sept. 12 at the bank building. Bill Curry, Native American Marketing, will be the featured speaker.

Please call Marcia or Robert Brown to reserve the meal.

WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS Welcome Lee and Helen McDowell of Norman. They have purchased the Mulkey (Sterba) home on North Grand. Lee's mother was part of the Thomas family who lived in the home years ago. They will retire here in the future.

SYMPATHY Condolences to the Teresa Frey family. Teresa passed away Friday in Alva.

Sympathy is extended to the James Watkins family. He passed away Aug. 30 in Oklahoma City.

Obituaries can be read on page 7.

BABY NEWS Congratulations to Brandon and Tiffany Harvey of Enid on the birth of their son, James Bruce Harvey. He was born Aug. 31 at Integris Bass in Enid.

He has a big sister, Jersey. His grandparents are Suzie Harvey and the late Bruce Harvey.

HERE AND THERE Anna, Brooke, and Sophia Baker spent the weekend with Terry and Cindy Baker while their parents, Brandon and Erin, attended the OU game in Norman.

Bill and Dennis Delano have been in Arizona to help their sister, Glenda, who has been ill.

Glenda returned to this area to recover from shoulder injuries.

The Carmen Methodist Church has begun their chicken dinner on Tuesdays at the new building.

Serving begins at 11:30 a.m.

Carmen Fire and Rescue had a program with Diane Phillips, Emergency and Safety Director for Alfalfa County, who explained that grants are available to build storm shelters. There are also grants available for churches and schools for safe rooms or shelters. Grant information is available at ok.gov/oem.

Bob and Margaret Goss met sisters, Doris Jones and Becky Baker, at Quartz Mountain Lodge at Lone Wolf and celebrated Doris' birthday. They also attended the Bobbi Parker trial in Mangum.

Shelly and Randy Robinson were in Camargo over the weekend to visit Christa and Dale Boren and boys and participated in the town celebration.

Farmerettes talk salsa, fairs, booths and turnip festival Farmerettes OHCE met Sept. 1 in the Civic Room at the Alfalfa County Courthouse.

President Nancy Lambert called the meeting to order and led the flag salute.

Marguerite McMurtrey gave the devotion.

Members answered roll call with “Have you ever made salsa?

What is your favorite kind?”

Tammi Cotton gave the lesson on salsa, and members enjoyed chips and eight different flavors of salsa.

Members read and approved minutes from the last meeting.

Pauline Trissell gave the treasurer’s report.

Discussion was held on the Cookie Jar Contest and Homemade Ice Cream Contest at the fair, and a progress report was given on the educational booth.

Family Fun Fair will be Oct. 22. The Turnip Festival will be

in November. Further discussion was tabled until the October meeting.

Corkey Batterton suggested Farmerettes donate to the school track fund. Members voted to donate $500 to the fund.

Dana Wimpee reported on the fair project booth and finalized plans with members. Jean Carpenter, Carolyn Stands, Terri Woods, Nancy Lambert and Sharon LaRue will furnish pies on Sept. 8.

Hostess Loretta Sharp served refreshments to the following members: Lambert, Wimpee, Carpenter, Elisa Crowder, Trissell, LaRue, Batterton, Stands, McMurtrey, Carol Montalvo, Sharp, Lois Walker, Wynona Puffinbarger and Cotton.

Trissell won the door prize.

Lesson leader for October will be Carpenter, and Montalvo will have the devotion.

Burlington BOE talks concrete BURLINGTON – Burlington Board of Education members met for a special meeting at 8 p.m. Sept. 1 in the superintendent’s office.

Members present were Terry Graham, Beth Guffy, Roger Allen and Allison Armbruster.

Member James Maltbie was absent. Others present were Superintendent Glen Elliot, Assistant Principal Aaron Randall

and Minutes Clerk Jan Hill.

After calling the meeting to order and calling roll, the agenda was approved as part of the minutes. The board discussed payment for and examined concrete work done around the new construction and then approved payment to A-Z Construction for the work.

The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

CHEROKEE PUBLIC SCHOOL’S new activity bus arrived on campus Aug. 31, just in time for the Chiefs to travel to their first game of the season against Southwest Christian Academy in Del City. The 74-passenger bus was purchased with a $445,000 bond issue passed by voters in May.

Democrat Women attend evening with Frosty Troy at Symphony Hall Eight members of the Alfalfa County Democrat Women attended An Evening with Frosty Troy last month in Enid.

The women first had dinner at Golden Corral and then listened to Troy, columnist and founding editor of The Oklahoma Observer, speak at Symphony Hall.

The Democrat Women will meet again at 6 p.m. Monday in the Civic Room on the first floor of the Alfalfa County Courthouse.

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Donald Roy Coppock Donald Roy Coppock died at home Sept. 1, 2011. He was born in Cherokee on Dec. 8, 1910.

He graduated from Cherokee High School, studied one year at Oklahoma State University (OSU) and received his B.A. at Northwestern State College, Alva, in 1941.

On Aug. 28, 1940 he married Shirley Sheridan Meeker, Colorado.

Donald entered the U.S. Border Patrol on Feb. 7, 1941 and was promoted and reassigned to numerous offices. In 1957 he became the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for the U.S. Border Patrol located in Washington, D.C. He was later promoted and served 14 years as the head of the U.S. Border Patrol, retiring July 1, 1973.

During his career as the Border Patrol Chief, the Border Patrol was regularly called upon to enforce civil rights statutes during the 1960’s.

He was involved in the Civil Rights strife at Old Miss when the first African American, James Merideth, was enrolled at the University, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Poor People’s March on Washington, D.C., the Selma to Montgomery march, the negotiations that brought about the

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: 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 Pastor: Joe Woods Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

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return of prisoners after the Bay of Pigs war in Cuba and other enforcements.

After his retirement as the Border Patrol Chief, Donald was engaged as the Chief Administration Officer and the Public Information Officer for the U.S. House of Representatives Inquiry Committee for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. Later, he was the Administration Officer for the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, D.C. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Border Patrol Museum in El Paso, Texas.

He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Fraternal Order of Retired Border Patrol Officers.

He was preceded in death on April 29, 2011, by his wife, Shirley Sheridan Coppock.

He is survived by one daughter, Mary-Blue Ster and her husband, John, of Neptune Beach, FL.; grandchildren Mary Elizabeth Ster-Molnar of Los Angeles, Calif., Donald Ster of Jacksonville, FL.; Virginia Blue Hughes of Asheville NC; and two great-grandchildren, Sophia Blue and Donovan Ster of Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services were held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, at the Friends Church in Cherokee. Interment was in the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery under the direction of the Goodwin Funeral Home.

Memorials may be given to the Border Patrol Museum or Share Hospice through Goodwin Funeral Home. [paid obit] Teresa Paulette Frey CARMEN – Funeral service for Teresa Paulette Frey, 56, will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept.

9, 2011 at the Nazarene Church in Helena with Pastor Dean Holt officiating. Burial will follow at Eagle Chief Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena.

Viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today (Thursday) with the family present from 6-8

Living Vine Community Church Pastors: Matthew & Tamara Yoder 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.

p.m.

She was born Aug. 13, 1955 in Broken Arrow to Paul Gene and Ila Mae Britton Stevens and died Sept. 2, 2011 in Alva.

She married Gail Frey May 15, 1987.

She received her BS degree in accounting at NWOSU in Alva.

She was a member of the Helena Nazarene Church, but attended the First Baptist Church in Mooreland on occasion.

She was preceded in death by her father, Paul; mother, Illa; and her grandparents, Harry and Rose Stevens.

She is survived by her husband, Gail. www.lanmanmemorials.com EVERETT D. WEATHERS Funeral services for Everett D. Weathers, 57, of Cherokee were held at 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011 at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield, Kan. Private inurnment will take place at a later date.

He was born April 7, 1954 in Winfield of Everett and June I. (Goodwin) Weathers and died Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 in Woods County Oklahoma.

He was raised and received his education in Winfield. As a young man he helped his father in the carpentry and stone masonry business.

He married Angela Belew Nov. 10, 1973. The couple later divorced.

Everett worked in the oil field as a pumper, drove trucks for 18 years and had also been a mill hand.

He moved to Cherokee in 1981 and had recently taken a job with Brianís Hot Oil & Water Service as a truck driver.

He was a Christian.

His family includes son, Jason Weathers of Fairview; daughters, Laura Brinkley of Alva; Christie Cunningham of Avard; and Jennifer Coursen of Cherokee; brother, Wesley Weathers of Winfield; sisters, Loretta King of Wichita, Kan., Lucretia Mobley of Florida, Caroline Nichols of Missouri and Sherry Miller

of Winfield; and ten grandchildren.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Charles F. Weathers.

Online condolences may be made at www.milesfuneralservice.com.

Gary Morrison WAKITA – Funeral service for Gary Morrison, 69, was at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at Wakita Christian Church. Rev. Jeff Enabnit and Rev. Bob Smith officiated.

Burial followed in Wakita Cemetery under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home, Pond Creek.

He was born Aug. 11, 1942, in Lufkin, Texas, to Ray and Betty (Schurman) Morrison and died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, after losing his battle with cancer and hepatitis.

He graduated from Baxter Springs, Kan. High School in 1962. He began his career in funeral service while in high school, working at his uncle’s funeral home.

He later moved to Oklahoma, where he served his apprenticeship in the funeral business and later enrolled in Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, graduating in 1967.

In 1969 he moved to Santa Fe, N.M., and was employed as manager of a large funeral home.

He married Kathleen Gail Davis April 4, 1970.

In July 1971 they moved to Wakita and purchased the Thomas Funeral Home and Furniture Co., later changing the name to Morrison Funeral Service.

Gary and Kathy divorced in 1983 and later reconnected when Gary’s health deteriorated due to his hepatitis.

In 1983 they sold the business so Gary could pursue his other goal of becoming an independent funeral contractor for different funeral homes in and out of the state of Oklahoma.

He recently had been employed as funeral director in

AMORITA CHURCHES Amorita Community Pastor: Guy Phillip Harris Morning Worship: 10 a.m.

Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Pastor: Father Larry Kowalski Sun. Morning Mass: 7:30 a.m.

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Prairie Valley United Methodist Pastor: Mary Irby Morning Worship: 9:45 a.m.

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Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Evening Worship: 6 p.m.

Wed. Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

First Congregational Church Pastor: Jane Ho Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Green Valley Free Methodist Church Pastor: David Keller Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

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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.

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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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charge at Goodwin Funeral Home in Cherokee and assisted Wilson Funeral Home in Pond Creek. He also was the holder of an electrical apprentice license and worked with Ken Frech Electric, formerly of Medford.

He was past president of Wakita Lions Club, past secretary and member of Wakita Volunteer Fire Dept., past member of Wakita Community Health Center Board and Wakita Town Board of Trustees.

He was baptized in the Assembly of God religion.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one halfbrother.

Survivors include sister, Vonnie Stoia of Menlo Park, Calif.; daughter, Victoria Gail Chivers of Drummond; two grandsons; ex-wife and companion, Kathy Morrison of Wakita; stepsisters, Trudy Crosswhite, Atchison, Kan., and Susan Hungerford, Arlington, Texas; half-brothers, Gregory Morrison, Atchison, Kan., and Carey Morrison, Elgin; and stepbrother, Michael Green, Atchison, Kan. Memorials may be made to Wakita Cemetery Association.

James Roy Watkins ENID — Funeral service for James Roy Watkins, 24, of Enid, was at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

6, 2011, at Central Christian Church. Pastor David Jones of Waukomis Christian Church and Rev. Dr. Stephan Hale of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church of Oklahoma City officiated.

Burial followed in Carmen Cemetery, Carmen, under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.

He was born July 25, 1987, in Wichita, Kan., and passed away Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

He grew up in the Carmen area and attended high school in Cherokee. He moved to Alva with his family before moving to Enid in 2009.

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He is survived by his wife, Christine of the home; mother, Shelly Naugle Miller of Fairview; three brothers: identical twin brother, Jesse Watkins, Jacob Lee Watkins of Enid, and Joshua Watkins of Oklahoma City; and grandmother, Norma Naugle.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Lawrence Roy Naugle and aunt, Julie K. Naugle.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been set up for the family at City National Bank with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodians of the funds.

Condolences may be made to the family online at BrownCummings.com.

M. Vanora Eckels Cook Madera, Calif. – M. Vanora Eckels Cook, 81, retired bookkeeper in Madera, Calif., passed away Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 at Elm Grove Estates, Hutchinson, Kan. She was born in Renfrow Dec. 23, 1929, the daughter of Edgar and Vinita Prall. She grew up around Cherokee.

She and her husband, Gordon Cook, loved to travel, loved nature, and shared their love of photography.

Survivors include two daughters, Leanore (Preston) Hughes, Wichita, Kan. and Carolynn Cuellar, Sanger, Calif.; son, Stanley (Cindy) Cook, Portland, Maine; sister, Nada (Jack) Bernard, Cherokee; niece, Wanda (Rick) Calhoun, Parker, Colo.;and six grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Wyoma Percival Parker and Gladys Stallings; brother, Verlin Prall; and her husband, Gordon D. Cook.

Cremation is planned. No services are planned. PenwellGabel Funeral Home and Crematory, Hutchinson, Kan. is in charge of arrangements.

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Chiefs pluck Eagles; face ‘tough’ test at Laverne

By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff DEL CITY – While the strength of the opponent could be argued, Cherokee's offensive production against Southwest Christian Academy (SCA) could not.

The Chiefs opened defense of their Class B state championship by scoring on five of their six first half possessions to claim a 36-0 halftime lead.

Depending on reserves for most of the second half, the Chiefs scored all four times they were on offense in the second half on the way to a 66-20 drubbing of SCA's Eagles here Friday evening.

The contest ended with 8:42 left in the fourth quarter when freshman Tanner Bowman returned an SCA kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown.

"I thought we did alright for a season opener," said Coach Bryce Schanbacher in an obvious understatement. "I was pleased."

Now that nearly every player on the Cherokee bench can claim playing time, the Chiefs will hit the road again this week when they travel to Laverne to play a Tiger squad that was picked in the pre-season to win District B-1.

LAVERNE "TOUGH" PLACE TO PLAY – SCHANBACHER "Laverne's a little different team than in the past," said the Cherokee mentor. "They're more diverse in their offense.

"They'll line up and run right at you, like always, but now they have the athletes and speed to spread it out. They throw the ball more than in the past.

"They have good athletes at the skill positions and good size up front. It definitely will be a tough game for us."

Laverne rolled over Class C Buffalo 56-18 last week and are ranked No. 4 in Class B by both The Oklahoman and CoachesAid Oklahoma. Cherokee is ranked No. 6 by The Oklahoman and is unranked by CoachesAid. "We will have to control the ball on offense and keep their offense on the sidelines," said Schanbacher when asked what it will take for the Chiefs to be

QUARTERBACK Austin Huckabee stiffarms a Southwest Christian defender on his way to a big gain in Cherokee’s 66-20 mercy rule win over the Eagles last Friday. Coach Bryce Schanbacher said Huckabee will start this week at Laverne.

victorious. "We'll have to finish our drives.

"Defensively, we'll have to force some turnovers. We're probably going to have to play a perfect game. It's always a tough place to play and I'm sure they'll be looking for a little revenge after last year (a 26-6 victory for the Chiefs)."

While Laverne will present a balanced attack offensively, the Tigers will line up in a 3-2 defensively, said Schanbacher.

FUMBLES COST EAGLES Cherokee fumbled away the ball at SCA's 19-yard line on its first possession, but the Eagles

returned the favor by putting the ball on the ground on their first offensive play of the game.

Linebacker Alex Castro jumped on the ball at the 19.

After picking up no yardage on first down, quarterback Austin Huckabee tossed a 19-yard pass to tight end Michael Lucas to make it 6-0. The extra point try failed.

SCA fumbled again on their second possession and this time Jerran Waugh recovered for the Chiefs at the Eagles' 21.

Just four plays later, tailback Josh Argraves scored on a 3-yard run and then ran in the

conversion points to put Cherokee up 14-0 with 5:49 left in the first quarter.

After holding SCA on downs at the Eagles' own 37-yard line, the Chiefs put together a sixplay drive that culminated with a 2-yard TD run by Huckabee with a minute left in the opening quarter. Tanner Ducotey ran for the extra points to make it 22-0.

EAGLES ESCHEW PUNT Choosing not to punt, SCA turned the ball over on downs again at their 24-yard line, and again, the Chiefs made them pay.

On the fourth play from scrimmage, Waugh took a handoff and bulled his way into the end zone. The conversion run failed, but the rout was on.

Cherokee led 28-0 at the 10:07 mark of the second quarter.

Once again, rather than trying to pin the Chiefs deep, the Eagles were held on downs inside their own 40.

It took Cherokee a little longer to score this time around, but the Chiefs put together a five-play, 39-yard march that ended with an 11-yard touchdown run by Bowman, Cherokee's reserve quarterback. He passed to Castro for the extra points to make it 36-0 with 1:18 left in the half.

The Eagles finally got on the scoreboard when they returned the second half kickoff 82 yards and then passed for a pair of conversion points. That made it 36-8 at the 11:41 mark of the third quarter.

Cherokee responded with a nine-play, 56-yard drive that ended with a 1-yard TD run by Huckabee, followed by an extra point run by Ducotey to put the Chiefs on top 44-8 with 8:06 left in the third stanza.

After the Eagles offense failed to get untracked and turned the ball over at the SCA 29, Cherokee responded with another short touchdown drive.

Zach James ran in from the 3-yard line for the score. That made it 50-8 with 2:52 left in the quarter following a failed conversion try.

SCA took the kickoff and put together its only sustained drive of the evening, scoring on a seven-play, 70-yard march that ended with a 15-yard TD pass. Although the conversion attempt failed, the Eagles now trailed 50-14 with 11:06 left in the contest.

They had little time to celebrate, as Cherokee set up at its own 47 following the SCA kickoff and needed only two plays to score. Bowman picked up the TD on a 58-yard run. James ran in the two extra points to make it 58-14 with 10:24 to play.

With Schanbacher clearing his bench, SCA took advantage by converting a 72-yard drive

CHS ties homecoming to cancer awareness

TIGHT END Michael Lucas looks for running room after catching a pass in Cherokee’s 66-20 victory over the Southwest Christian Academy Eagles last Friday in Del City. The Chiefs travel to Laverne Friday night in a game that may eventually decide the District B-1 championship.

Cherokee Public Schools will use Homecoming Week to raise awareness about cancer and to compete for another state championship.

The state championship will not come in the form of a gold ball, however. It will come in the form of a trophy awarded by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association for the school that makes the most impact during “Win-Win Week.”

Win-Win Week kicks off Monday in conjunction with Homecoming activities based on this year’s theme, “Unlock the Magic for a Cure/Cherokee Chiefs Tackle Cancer.” Activities and parade entries will focus on the theme based on Walt Disney movie titles.

The school will host a cancer awareness assembly Monday to begin the week’s activities.

Each day during Homecoming Week, FCCLA members will post cancer awareness information throughout the school and also will sell cancer awareness wristbands.

Student council members will host a powder puff football game at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at the football field that will coincide with a pass, punt and kick contest at 8:15 p.m. and a bonfire that will begin at 9 p.m.

Members of the senior class will sell pink cotton candy and snow cones at the powder puff game and bonfire. They also will spell out “CHS Chiefs Tackle Cancer” in the fence near the fieldhouse.

Cherokee football players will collect pledges for points scored and tackles made during the game, which begins at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 16.

The Chiefs will take on Kremlin-Hillsdale following the annual coronation of homecoming queen and king, which begins at 7 p.m. Royalty candidates will be announced in next week’s edition of the Cherokee Messenger

& Republican.

The annual homecoming parade will begin at 2 p.m. in downtown Cherokee, and details regarding entries also will be printed in next week’s paper.

Proceeds raised from next week’s homecoming activities will be donated to the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Care Center and cancer patients in Oklahoma.

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CHEROKEE 66, SW CHRISTIAN 20 Score by Quarter Cherokee 22 14 14 16 –66 SW Christian 0 0 8 12 –20 The Yardstick Cherokee SW Christian 17 First Downs 10 306 Yds. Rushing 80 54 Yds. Passing 104 3-6 Passes Comp.-Att. 15-20 0 Passes Int. By 0 0-00 Punts-Ave. Yds. 0-00 1 Fumbles Lost 2 7-65 Penalties-Yds. 2-10 Individual Statistics Rushing: Bowman, 9-121; Huckabee, 10-60; Argraves, 8-53; Castro, 5-44 Passing: Huckabee, 2-5, 34 yards; Bowman, 1-1, 20 yards Receiving: Lucas, 3 for 54 yards Tackles: Ducotey, 9 Fumbles Recoveries: Castro 1, Waugh 1

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into points, cutting Cherokee's lead to 58-20.

BOWMAN SCORES... AGAIN Again the Chiefs cut into the Eagles' celebration time, as Bowman returned the SCA kickoff 70 yards. James ran in the extra points to put Cherokee up 66-20 and end the contest by way of the 45-point mercy rule.

"I thought Lucas, (Wesley) Gilchrist and Waugh played well along our defensive front," said Schanbacher. "Huckabee and Bowman both played well at quarterback."

HUCKABEE GETS THE NOD Schanbacher said he will go with Huckabee as the starting signal caller against Laverne, but is looking for a way to get both players on the field at the same time.

Asked about the play of Bowman, who led the Chiefs in rushing with 121 yards on only nine carries to go along with his touchdown return on a kickoff, Schanbacher called the freshman "smart" and said he "runs the ball well."

"I knew what he could do if given the chance," said the coach. "We're looking forward to watching him mature and grow. I think he'll be a really good player this year and in the future."

Schanbacher said the Chiefs have depth at the running back position, with Castro and Argraves a threat to score any time. Another running back, junior Landon Schanbacher, was limited to defense only because of an injury, and the Chiefs have yet to see sophomore Henry Washington on the field due to an injury.

"Hopefully, we'll have Henry back for Laverne," said Schanbacher. "He practiced Monday, but he's not 100 percent yet.

He's going to be one day at a time."

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Tigers rip Red Devils; hope to find ‘rhythm’ at S-M

By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff HELENA – Normally, more than 500 yards in offense equates to more than 30 points on the scoreboard. That fact wasn't lost on Timberlake Coach Brian Severin, whose Tigers rushed for 307 yards and passed for 205 more in a 30-0 shutout of the Ringwood Red Devils last Friday.

"Offensively, we're just not in rhythm yet," he said. "We'll keep working on that.

"I hate to win 30-0 and complain."

Severin did see some things he liked from the offense.

"In the second half, Coy (Troutt) finally settled down," said Severin. "On one drive, he stepped up in the pocket and made some pretty good throws.

If we can keep him doing that, we'll do pretty well."

Defensively, the Tiger men-

Class B, C football rankings THE OKLAHOMAN CLASS B 1. Caddo (1), 1-0 2. Wetumka (2), 1-0 3. Davenport (4), 1-0 4. Laverne (7), 1-0 5. Kiefer (3), 0-1 6. Cherokee (8), 1-0 7. Dewar (5), 0-1 8. Fox (10), 1-0 9. Seiling (12), 1-0 10. Garber (6), 0-1 CLASS C 1. Deer Creek-Lamont (1), 1-0 2. Shattuck (2), 1-0 3. Timberlake (3), 1-0 4. Tipton (4), 1-0 5. Temple (5), 1-0 6. Covington-Douglas (6), 1-0 7. Ryan (8), 0-1 8. Sharon-Mutual (9), 0-1 9. Thackerville (12), 1-0 10. Forgan (6), 0-1 COACHES AID CLASS B 1. Wetumka (1), 1-0 2. Davenport (2), 1-0 3. Caddo (3), 1-0 4. Laverne (4), 1-0 5. Fox (6), 1-0 6. Seiling (10), 1-0 7. Kiefer (8), 0-1 8. Dewar (9), 0-1 9. Weleetka (unranked), 1-0 10. Depew (5), 0-1 CLASS C 1. Deer Creek-Lamont (1), 1-0 2. Shattuck (2), 1-0 3. Timberlake (3), 1-0 4. Covington-D. (4), 1-0 5. Tipton (5), 1-0 6. Temple (6), 1-0 7. Sharon-Mutual (7), 0-1 8. Ryan (8), 0-1 9 Tyrone (unranked), 1-0 10. Coyle (unranked), 1-0

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tor felt his ball club played well and hesitated singling out one player over another.

However, he did mention senior cornerback Mitchell Ballard.

"We had been concerned with his (pass) coverage in the scrimmages," said Severin. "But he was right on Friday night and had two interceptions."

"TYPICAL" OUTING, TOO MANY PENALTIES Severin called the Tigers first outing of the season "typical, with way too many penalties."

Timberlake was flagged 13 times and penalized 90 yards.

"We've got to work on that," he said.

The Tigers found themselves on top early in the first quarter, 2-0, thanks to a safety. Stetson Buller scored on an 8-yard run and Timberlake completed a 2-point conversion pass to take a 10-0 lead into the second

quarter.

Timberlake's only points in that quarter came via a 21-yard run by quarterback Coy Troutt.

Troutt amassed 149 yards rushing on 21 carries against the Red Devils. A run for extra points failed and the Tigers went to the locker room at halftime with a 16-0 lead.

In the third quarter, Buller recorded his second TD of the night, this time on a 14-yard pass from Troutt. Troutt hit Ballard with the conversion pass to stretch the Tiger's lead to 24-0.

Timberlake's final points came on Troutt's second touchdown run of the evening, this time a 68-yard jaunt. The extra point try failed.

Buller joined Troutt in gaining more than 100 yards on the ground. He rushed 11 times for 104 yards. Buller also had 119 yards receiving on 11 recep-

tions.

Ballard had three catches for 47 yards and Logan Campbell two for 12 yards.

Defensively, Troutt led the way with 10 tackles. Ballard, Campbell and Casey Carson all had eight stops.

“GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE" Timberlake takes its 1-0 record on the road this week, traveling to Mutual Friday to take on District C-1's SharonMutual Trojans.

Sharon-Mutual dropped a 57-28 decision to Class B Seiling last week after being tied with the talented Wildcats at halftime, 22-22.

"It's going to be a tough one," Severin said of Friday's encounter with the Trojans. "They have good athletes and some big kids. We're going to have our hands full."

Sharon-Mutual likes to operate out of a spread offense, said

Class B, C scoreboard CLASS B Coyle 48, Agra 0 Bowlegs 46, Maud 0 Caddo 20, Kiefer 13 Cherokee 66, SW Christian 20 Cyril 42, Cement 0 Davenport 46, Dewar 36 Fox 22, Ryan 0 Shattuck 58, Geary 12 Oaks 50, Cave Springs 0 Pond Creek-H. 56, Medford 30

Timberlake 30, Ringwood 0 Allen 70, Sasakwa 44 Webbers Falls 62, Watts 0 Weleetka 40, Depew 38 Wetumka 58, Copan 23 CLASS C Moscow, Kan. 88, Balko 48 Welch 59, Bluejacket 14 Springfield, Colo. 45, Boise City 12 Laverne 56, Buffalo 18

Severin, with no huddle. Defensively, they line up in a 4-2.

A pair of brothers – senior Weston Free and sophomore Cooper Free – are interchangeable at quarterback and both are very athletic, Severin said.

"Offensively, we will have to click to beat them," said Severin. "We'll have to score a bunch, I think."

THREE PLAYERS IN LIMBO As of Monday evening, the Tigers were still awaiting a ruling from the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association on the eligibility of two players – junior Aaron Parks and sophomore Drake Young. Both are transfers.

Severin said he is also still waiting on doctors to release senior lineman Sage Powers, who

has been out with an injury.

TIMBERLAKE 30, RINGWOOD 0 Score by Quarter Timberlake 10 6 8 6 –30 Ringwood 0 0 0 0 –0 The Yardstick Timberlake Ringwood 21 First Downs 4 307 Yds. Rushing 101 205 Yds. Passing 0 13-23 Passes Comp.-Att. 0-9 2 Passes Int. By 0 3-38 Punts-Ave. Yds. 7-38 0 Fumbles Lost 0 13-90 Penalties-Yds. 4-27 Individual Statistics Rushing: Troutt 21-149, 2 TDs; Buller 11-104, 1 TD; Campbell 9-35 Passing: Troutt 13-23, 205 yards, 1 TD Receiving: Buller 7-119, 1 TD; Ballard 3-47; Campbell 2-12 Tackles: Troutt 10; Ballard, Campbell, Carson 8; Buller 7 Interceptions: Ballard 2

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Riverfield 52, Claremore Christian 0 Merritt 34, Corn Bible 12 Covington-D. 20, Garber 18 DC-Lamont 54, Kremlin-H. 6 Canton 37, Forgan 22 Gans 58, Midway 8 C. Marlow 48, Mt. View-G. 2 Seiling 57, Sharon-Mutual 28 Temple 74, Alex 26 Tipton 52, Waukomis 12

RINGWOOD SOPHOMORE Sandra Barrett runs away from the field to finish first in the junior varsity division of the Sand Plum Invitational Cross Country Meet at Weatherford Saturday. In her fourth year of cross country competition, Barrett runs without an official coach. She recently placed 17th and medaled at the Chisholm Class 3A and below invitational. Barrett is the daughter of Keith and Amanda Barrett of Lahoma, and granddaughter of Jerry and Deloris Barrett of Cherokee and Steve and Sonya Booher of Burlington.

CHEROKEE running back Tanner Ducotey (24) eludes a Southwest Christian Eagle defender and with a shove from a teammate breaks free for a long gainer in the Chiefs’ 66-20 win over their Oklahoma City opponents.

Cherokee makes another long road trip this week to Laverne to play the Tigers in a critical District B-1 contest. Laverne will attempt to avenge a 26-6 loss to the Chiefs last season .

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Cherokee Police Department logs Aug. 30 7:30 a.m. – Male horse trying to get in with mares.

7:31 a.m. – Six or seven horses out by state department building.

11:25 a.m. – Oriental man with big duffel bag heading south. Hitchhiking from California.

5:52 p.m. – Barn at feed lot is burning. Fire department dispatched.

Aug. 31 9:54 a.m. – Manhole cover has been raised.

11:34 a.m. – Taking red dog, unknown breed, to vet.

One ear sticks up and other flops down. No collar or tags.

Friendly dog.

1:43 p.m. – Two puppies chained in back yard with no water or food.

11:05 p.m. – Dog bit daughter. EMS paged.

Sept. 1 8:49 a.m. – Horse out near county barns.

12:55 p.m. – Lost black lab, five months old, blue collar.

1:58 p.m. – Fender bender on private property. Parties exchanged insurance information.

Sept. 2 5:02 a.m. – Smoke and smell of fire coming from south.

6:08 p.m. – Need officer at auditorium.

7:32 p.m. – Need officer at apartment for problem with boyfriend.

11:09 p.m. – Horse out on

2nd Street.

11:55 p.m. – Sheriff deputy needs assistance with two on foot running east of county line.

Sept. 3 1:43 p.m. – Gas drive-off at Jiffy Trip. Could not locate vehicle.

6:40 p.m. – Horse out and running around on west side of town.

10:03 p.m. – Dog at armory.

Sept. 4 2:19 a.m. – Fire in Nescatunga. Needs someone from Alfalfa Electric Cooperative to turn off power at location.

Tree fell on triplex and started fire.

7:50 p.m. – Using air cannon to scare black birds.

7:58 p.m. – Two goats and a chicken out on 2nd Street.

9:02 p.m. – Domestic in town. Requested officer.

Sept. 5 9:33 a.m. – Car swerved to miss cow on 5th Street. Driver was injured. Dispatched ambulance.

6:04 p.m. – Found small Australian shepherd with Woodward vet tag. Found owner later.

6:46 p.m. – Goats out on 2nd Street. Could not find phone number for owner.

7:24 p.m. – Something has died around house and caller cannot find it.

8:08 p.m. – Sounds like someone is shooting gun on South Pennsylvania Avenue.

Northwestern Homecoming buttons go on sale; available at Cherokee Messenger & Republican ALVA – Sales for buttons designed for Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Homecoming 2011, “Northwestern: Branded for Life,” went on sale Tuesday during a kickoff celebration on the square in downtown Alva.

Northwestern fans on and off campus are encouraged to show their pride by purchasing a button as a way of supporting the annual event, this year scheduled for Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

Dr. Janet Cunningham, university president; Lance Harzman, Alva Chamber of Commerce president; and Mark Bagley, button sales chair, welcomed the crowd, followed by a performance from the Northwestern cheerleaders and band.

Again this year, some local merchants will offer discounts to patrons who wear a Homecoming button into their businesses during the week of Homecoming. A list of discounts and participating merchants is available at www.nwosu.edu/ button-discounts.

“Button purchasers receive benefits worth much more than the $10 price of each button,” Bagley said. “Many visitors come to the town and spend their tourism dollars at Alva businesses.”

The best way to support

Homecoming is to purchase a button, the proceeds of which provide a financial foundation to ensure Homecoming remains a major event for the years to come.

The sale of buttons is the primary funding source for Homecoming and supporters are encouraged to buy buttons even though they will not be able to attend all the events.

“By purchasing a button one can show support for Northwestern, Alva businesses and Homecoming,” Bagley said.

“Homecoming provides a great opportunity to spotlight Alva and Northwestern.”

A homecoming button sells for $10 and is a $26 value, providing admission to the Miss Cinderella Talent Show and the Miss Cinderella Pageant, each of which have a ticket price of $9, and the homecoming football game against Missouri University of Science and Technology, with a ticket price of $8.

Angelia Case, instructional media technician, designed the button.

“Now with the added bonus of receiving a discount at select local businesses, it really does increase the value of the button,” Bagley said.

In addition to Bagley, button salespersons include Bill Marshall, Todd Holder, Peggy

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Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department daily logs Aug. 31 7:16 a.m. – Horses out north of Cherokee. Owner notified.

11 a.m. – Cattle out near Cleo Springs. Notified Major County.

3 p.m. – Gas drive-off in Goltry.

Red Chevrolet pickup. Took report.

3:50 p.m. – Animal neglect in Amorita. Four dogs alive, one dead.

4:20 p.m. – Cattle out south of Carmen. Contacted possible owners.

8:16 p.m. – Disturbance in Jet. Mayor has kicked town clerk out of Town Hall and taken her keys. Put something over windows so no one can see in Town Hall. Board members on scene.

8:30 p.m. – Harassment in Carmen through Facebook and on telephone. Calls coming from Enid.

Asked to contact Enid Police Department.

Sept. 1 10:02 a.m. – Cow out south of Carmen turnoff. Owner notified.

10:56 a.m. – Cow and calves out south of Waldron. Left message with owner.

12:48 p.m. – Grass fires east of Carmen. Carmen Fire Department paged out.

12:53 p.m. – Grass fire east of Helena. Helena Fire Department paged out.

5:33 p.m. – Reckless driver from Woods County. Grey Chevrolet Silverado. Could not catch up with vehicle.

11:44 p.m. – Possible stolen vehicle at Woods-Alfalfa County line.

Officer called for backup, had two guys running.

Sept. 2 1:33 a.m. – White cow out on Dacoma blacktop. Owner notified.

5:12 a.m. – Smell of smoke south of Cherokee. Possibly smoke from Oklahoma City fires or barn fire on SH 11.

8:14 a.m. – Cow in yard north of McWillie turnoff. Owner notified.

9:20 a.m. – Cattle out on Crystal Road. Notified owner.

4:19 p.m. – Suspicious vehicle parked in front of driveway in Carmen. Belonged to salesman. Left later.

7:31 p.m. – Intoxicated lady at Smok Shak in Ingersoll. Woman arrested and taken to jail.

8:14 p.m. – Fifteen head of cattle out south of Waldon, Kan. Owner notified.

9 p.m. – Grey Chevrolet pickup speeding in Carmen. Checked Carmen area.

10:40 p.m. – Several cattle out west of Burlington. Owner notified.

Sept. 3 2:48 a.m. – Juvenile missing. Last seen at Helena Jiffy Trip. Found later.

10:01 a.m. – Cattle out south of Waldron, Kan. Owner notified.

12:13 p.m. – Overweight, speeding trucks on Byron blacktop.

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

9:31 p.m. – Open campfire north of lake. County still under burn ban. Notified Nescatunga Fire Department.

Sept. 4 1:46 a.m. – Fire on Trail Road in Nescatunga. Nescatunga Fire Department paged.

8:42 p.m. – Someone shooting miniature cannon in Jet. Called resident who said he had not heard anything.

9:01 p.m. – Domestic in progress in Cherokee. Neighbors called in.

11:09 p.m. – Someone trying to break in house in Cherokee. Nothing found.

Sept. 5 8:58 a.m. – Cow out on SH 45. Advised owner.

9:34 a.m. – Accident east of Woods-Alfalfa County line. Driver swerved to miss cow. Notified highway patrol.

2:22 p.m. – Bullet in left elbow. Reporting party said it was an accident.

Bullet ricocheted off something. Not fully lodged in elbow.

4:45 p.m. – Unwanted trailer on property east of Cozy Curve.

8:41 p.m. – Vehicle traveling at high rate of speed in Carmen area.

Patrolled the area.

10:09 p.m. – Man asleep in ditch near Alfalfa-Major County line on SH 8. No one found.

Jet Jiffy Trip HWY 38 & 64

Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. • Deli closes at 8 p.m.

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Fried Steak Sand wich - $3.89 •D inner - $4.89 Tuesday: TACO SALAD ONLY Wednesday: HB - $4.79 - $4.70 •CB - $4 .95 Basket w/FF, Thursday: Smal TT or Wedges l Spud - $4.49 •Large Spud - $4 Friday: Open-fac .69 ed BBQ Sandwic h $5.19 Saturday: Hicko ry Burger - $5.1 9 Sunday: Hambu rger Steak Dinn •All dinners incl er - $5.19 ude FF, TT or w edges, small sala d & Texas toast •

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Alfalfa County District Court Docket Small Claims Continental Investments LLC has sued Buddy Clover, Cherokee, for an amount less than $6,000.

Marriage License Cyrus Mitchell Cameron Sr. and Mary A. Garrison, both of Wichita, Kan., have applied for a marriage license. Judge Loren Angle performed a marriage ceremony.

Divorce Shawn Clausing, Cherokee, has filed for divorce from Debrah Ann Clausing, Topeka, Kan. Protective Order James Patrick Griffin, Cherokee, has filed for a protective order against Troy Steven Griffin, Jet.

Traffic Charged with failure to wear seat belt, $20: Gary Edward Gamble III; Elmo Dean Senter III; Freeman H. Schwartz, La Plata, Mo.; Logan John Willemsma, Guthrie; James Andrew Ferguson, Waynoka.

Charged with failure to carry insurance verification, $211.50: Ethan John Martin, Jet; Lisa Janene Lopshire, Waynoka.

Charged with speeding 1-10 mph over speed limit, $188.50: Nathan Wade Harmon, Cyril; Dakota Shane Murch, Oklahoma City; Jeffrey Don Drewry, Spiro; Valentina Ramirez de Aguilar, Ringwood;

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Sept. 1, and Sept.

8, 2011. 2t in the district court of alfalfa county state of oklahoma No. pb-2011-10 In the Matter of the Estate of Nadola A. Tucker, Deceased. notice for hearing of final account and petition for final determination of heirs and distribution an discharge Notice is hereby given that Charles R. Tucker, Personal Representative of the

Legal notice Estate of Nadola A. Tucker, deceased, having filed in this court his Final Account of the Administration of said Estate and his Petition for the Determination of Heirs and for Distribution of said Estate and for Final Discharge of said Personal Representative, the hearing of the same has been fixed by the Judge of said Court for the 28th day of September, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock, A.M., at the Court Room of said Court in the County Court House at Cherokee, in the County and State aforesaid, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have,

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 1t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION EXCEPTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 34, Township 27 North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Cause CD No. 201104460 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: Sweetwater Exploration, LLC; Blake Production Company, Inc.; Linn Operating, Inc; and if any of the abovenamed parties is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity.

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) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units to be formed in Section 34, Township 27 North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Red Fork (Cherokee), Mississippi Chat and Mississippi Lime separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 200 feet from the south line and not closer than 660 feet from the east line of said Section 34 to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego and Red Fork (Cherokee) separate common sources of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 34, and to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit and potential exit from each of the Mississippi Chat, Mississippi Lime or both such separate common sources of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the south line and 660 feet

Legal notice from the east line of said Section 34, with the first perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippi Chat, Mississippi Lime or both such separate common sources of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 34, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippi Chat, Mississippi Lime or both such separate common sources of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 34, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well and such well’s potential exit from the Mississippi Chat and Mississippi Lime separate common sources of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 34, and with a “tolerance distance” for the above-described subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and completion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direction from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or along such completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named separate common sources of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the separate common sources of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto. Such application further states that there is currently pending before the Commission in Cause CD No. 201104145 an application of Applicant to form 640-acre drilling and spacing units in said Section 34 for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Red Fork (Cherokee), Mississippi Chat and Mississippi Lime separate common sources of supply.

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 that the authorization and permission requested herein run in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the

James Truitt Rogers, Enid; Arthur Leonard Craig Jr., Leedey.

Charged with speeding 11-14 mph over speed limit, $226.50: Michael Anthony Lario, Monahans, Texas.

Charged with speeding 16-20 mph over speed limit, $241.50: Michael A. Dean Jr., Keota.

Charged with speeding 21-25 mph over speed limit, $361.50: Cheryl L. Flagel, Enid.

Charged with speeding 36-40 mph over speed limit, $411.50: Mary Joyce Pearlman, Cherokee.

Charged with following too closely, $211.50: Adam Parker Heathcott, Wichita Falls, Texas. why said account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs determined, and said Estate distributed and the Personal Representative discharged.

Dated this 24th day of August, 2011.

Loren E. Angle Judge of the District Court s/Ulf R. Heller, OBA #4055 Attorney for Personal Representative 1900 NW Expressway, Suite 507 Oklahoma City, OK 73118 (405) 843-4800 FAX: (405) 843-8611 urheller@hellernet.net

“land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in said Section 34 in regard to the subsurface location tolerance areas described above are Sections 26, 27 and 35, Township 27 North, Range 11 West of the IM, and Sections 2 and 3, Township 26 North, Range 11 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding said Section 34 are Sections 28 and 33, Township 27 North, Range 11 West of the IM, and Section 4, Township 26 North, Range 11 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

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 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 26th day of September, 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 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-5788.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, Chair JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd day of September, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 1t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 14, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Cause CD No. 201104461 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: 212 Operating, Inc.; Beverly Hartman; Breezy Acres, L.C. a/k/a Breezy Acres, L.L.C.; C.L. Barlow; Captain Creek Oil, LLC; Continental Resources, Inc.; Delphi Enterprises, LLC; Dwight and Martha Bowers Revocable Family Trust dated February 17, 2011, and the Trustee of such trust; E. Max Gilpin a/k/a Eris Maxwell Gilpin; Energy Ventures Group, LLC; Episcopal Royalty Company; Glenlake Energy Company; Imogene L. Smith Trust No. 1 dated March 1, 1994, and the Trustee of such trust; Kenneth W. Cory, LTD; L Z Williams Energy, Inc.; Marshall D. Burnet Share of the James D. Burnet Trust No. 1 (Trust B) dated March 1, 1982, and the Trustee of such trust; Martha J. Bowers; Dwight H. Bowers; Mary Sue Wafer Gilpin; Min-Tex Oil Corporation; Ray Smith Real Estate, Ltd Partnership; Ronald R. Hadwiger; Sentinel Resources, LLC; 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 a prior order of the Commission to enlarge and extend the boundaries of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego separate common sources of supply of gas so as to cover and include Section 14, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and forming proper drilling and spacing units in such section for such separate common sources of supply, which units Applicant requests be formed as 640-acre drilling and spacing units; (ii) confirming and establishing the boundaries of the Mississippian common source of supply of oil so as to cover and include said Section 14 and forming a proper horizontal well unit in such section for such common source of supply, which unit Applicant requests be formed as a 640-acre horizontal well unit; (iii) determining that the 640-acre horizontal well unit to be formed in this cause for the Mississippian common source of supply in said Section 14 will supersede the existing non-developed 40-acre drilling and spacing unit previously formed for the Mississippian System common source of supply in the NW¼ SW¼ of said Section 14; and (iv) granting such other and further relief as may be proper based upon the evidence presented at the hearing herein.

NOTICE IS FURTHER 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

toamend Order No. 578632 with respect to the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego separate common sources of supply.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard 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 26th day of September, 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 Luke Roberts, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 731026406, Telephone: (405) 429-6344.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, Chair JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd day of September, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 1t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION EXCEPTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 8, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Cause CD No. 201104459 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 Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Triad Energy, Inc.; Chaparral Energy, LLC; and 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.

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) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units to be formed in Section 8, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 200 feet from the south line and not closer than 880 feet from the east line of said Section 8 to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego and Cherokee separate common sources of supply and to a subsurface location of such well’s entry into the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the south line and 880

Legal notice feet from the east line of said Section 8, he horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the south line and 880 feet from the east line of said Section 8, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the north line and 880 feet from the east line of said Section 8, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the north line and 880 feet from the east line of said Section 8, and with a “tolerance distance” for the abovedescribed subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and completion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direction from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or along such completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named separate common sources of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the separate common sources of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto. Such application further states that there is currently pending before the Commission in Cause CD No. 201104307 an application of Applicant to form 640-acre drilling and spacing units in said Section 8 for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply.

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 that the authorization and permission requested herein run in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the

“land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in said Section 8 in regard to the subsurface location tolerance areas described above are Sections 4, 5, 9, 16 and 17, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding said Section 8 are Sections 6, 7 and 18, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

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 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 26th day of September, 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, 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-5788.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, Chair JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd day of September, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE NW OF NE 22-26-9 PARSONS, WANEVA & HENRY TIDWELL 2010 R 167.00 2t.

A TRACT IN NE CORNER OF NE 36-26-12 NOTICE OF TAX LIEN GAFF, DUSTY D 2010 R 162.00 LOCATED IN ALFALFA COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA W/2 OF SW 16-27-9 Notice is hereby given that under authority and mandatory requirements of Title 68, Sections 3105 FAILES, DAVID ETUX 2010 R 208.00 through 3106 of Oklahoma Statutes, the real estate described below which is located in ALFALFA COUN- S/2 OF SE/4 OF NE/4 14-27-11 2010 R 33.00 TY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, now has a lien for unpaid taxes and/or special assessments. Further, pursu- DAVIS, ANITA ETAL ant to Title 68, Sections 3125 through 3127 of Oklahoma Statutes, if the lien remains unpaid for a period UND 1/6 INT IN E/2 OF E/2 SE OF 17-27-12 ROBERT A 2010 R 65.00 of three years or more, as of the date such taxes first became due and payable, this property will be sold TURNER, UND 1/3 INT IN E/2 OF E/2 OF SE 17-27-12 at public auction to the highest competitive bidder.

SAVELY, RANDY ETUX 2010 R 426.00 This notice may involve a manufactured home which may be subject to the right of a secured party to 4.4 A TRACT IN NW OF NW 27-27-12 2010 R 93.00 repossess. A holder of a perfected security interest in such manufactured home may be able to pay ad DAVIS, ANITA ETAL UND 1/6 INT IN SE 33-27-12 valorem taxes based upon the value of the manufactured home apart from the value of real property.

TURNER, ROBERT A 2010 R 186.00 This notice applies to the following lands, lots, tracts and parcels of real estate, to-wit: UND 1/3 INT IN SE 33-27-12

Year Type Tax Due Fees Pen/Int YearTot NOSSAMAN, LARRY 2010 R 164.00 York, Thomas Doyle, Jr 2010 R 67.00 12.18 8.04 87.22 W/2 OF SE/4 26-28-11 19.28 AC TRACT IN NE OF NE 1-24-9 NOSSAMAN, LARRY 2010 R 82.00 ARMSTRONG, POLLY J 2010 R 134.00 12.18 16.08 162.26 NW/4 OF NE 35-28-11 UND 1/3 INT IN SW 29-24-9 CLARK, KEVIN W ETUX 2010 R 430.00 LAUDERBACK, GREGORY S 2010 R 134.00 12.18 16.08 162.26 SW 9-28-12 UND 1/3 INT IN SW 29-24-9 CLARK, KEVIN W ETUX 2010 R 55.00 GRUBE, SCOTTY W 2010 R 1018.00 12.18 122.16 1152.34 W/2 OF NW, LESS A TRACT 15 .90 A TRACT (151’X260’) IN 25-24-10 2009 R 974.00 23.62 292.20 1289.82 A. TRACT IN NW OF NW 15-29-12 SCHMIDT, SUSAN 2010 R 29.00 12.18 3.48 44.66 CLARK, KEVIN ETUX 2010 R 55.00 1/12 INT IN SE 10-24-11 TRACT LOCATED IN NW OF NW 15-29-12 ANDREWS, JANET 2010 R 207.00 12.18 24.84 244.02 BUTLER, ROBERT L FAM TRUST 2010 R 434.00 TRACT (200’X150’) IN SW 2009 R 199.00 23.62 59.70 282.32 UND 1/2 INT IN W/2, LESS .38 A IN CORNER OF NW 2-24-12 NW CORNER OF NW 17-29-12 PHILLIPS, TERRY L SR ETAL 2010 R 306.00 12.18 36.72 354.90 BUTLER, ELLEN M REV TRUST 2010 R 434.00 A TRACT IN NW 8-25-9 N OF RR UND 1/2 INT IN W/2, LESS .38 A IN & W/2 OF FORMER R.R R.O.W. 8-25-9 NW CORNER OF NW 17-29-12 VEST, MARTHA VIRGINIA 2010 R 2.00 12.18 .24 14.42 BUTLER, ELLEN M REV TRUST 2010 R 173.00 1/3 INT IN 4 A TRACT IN SW 2009 R 2.00 23.62 .60 26.22 UND 1/2 INT IN W/2 OF NW 28-29-12 OF NE 13-25-9 BUTLER, ROBERT L FAM TRUST-A 2010 R 173.00 HIGGINS, CLARA 2010 R 154.00 12.18 27.24 184.66 UND 1/2 INT IN W/2 OF NW 28-29-12 UND 1/3 INT IN NW 28-25-9 BUTLER, ROBERT L FAMILY TRUST 2010 R 410.00 JOBES, PATRICK 2010 R 227.00 12.18 21.96 UND 1/2 INT IN NE 29-29-12 1/2 INT IN SW 9-25-10 12-05 BUTLER, ELLEN M REV TRUST 2010 R 410.00 ARGANBRIGHT, HULDAH I LIFE SET 2010 R 183.00 12.18 21.96 217.14 UND 1/2 INT IN NE 29-29-12 1/2 OF SE 16-25-10 BRAND, DIXIE L ETAL 2010 R 90.00 WINSETT, KIMBERLY E 2010 R 168.00 12.18 20.16 200.34 LOTS 4 & 5, BLK 15 ALINE ORIGINAL 2009 R 86.00 TRACT 200’X300’ 1-26-9 TRACT #13 WALKER, AMY ETVIR 2010 R 1.00 GAFF, DUSTY D 2010 R 66.00 12.18 7.92 86.10 LOT 24, BLK 15 ALINE 2008 R 2.74 UND 1/2 INT IN 49 A. TRACT ORIGINAL 2009 R 1.00 IN SE OF SE 2-69-9 WILLIAMSON, TOBY ETUX 2010 R 161.00 ORINGDERFF, JOHN 2010 R 2.00 12.18 .24 14.42 LOTS 10 THRU 12, BLK 16 TRACT #36 (36’X44.6’) IN SW OF SE 2008 R 3.48 20.54 1.67 25.69 ALINE ORIGINAL 3-26-9 CORBET TRACTS 2009 R 2.00 23.62 .60 26.22 SMITH, BRENDA ETAL 2010 R 111.00 COLEMAN, EUNICE V 2010 R 57.00 12.18 6.84 76.02 E/2 OF LOT 19 & ALL OF LOTS TRACT 60’X99’ IN SW OF SE 3-26-9 20 & 21, BLK 23 ALINE ORIGINAL CORBET TRACT #60 HOOD, HAZEL E 2010 R 23.00 ANDERSON, R.L. LIFE ESTATE 2010 R 129.00 12.18 15.48 156.66 LOTS 13 THRU 15, BLK 28 2009 R 23.00 TRACT OUT OF JOHN FOLTZ TRACT ALINE ORIGINAL IN SW OF SE 3-26-9 TRACT #65 HOPKINS, JERRY G ETUX 2010 R 74.00 12.18 8.88 95.06 Continued on

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DURHAM, KAY 2010 R LOTS 19 THRU 24, BLK 37 ALINE ORIGINAL MURRAY’S TRUCK SERVICE 2010 R LOTS 7 THRU 10, BLK 37 2009 R ALINE ORIGINAL DAVIS, EARL W 2010 R LOTS 11 THRU 14, BLK 47 ALINE ORIGINAL GOSSELIN, ALIENE 2010 R 1ST 25’ OF LOTS 8 THRU 12 2009 R ALINE ORIGINAL GOSSELIN, CHRISTOPHER 2010 R 2ND 25’ OF LOTS 8 THRU 12, 2008 R BLK 27 BURLINGTON ORIGINAL 2009 R GOSSELIN, BRANDON CHARLES 2010 R 3RD 25’ OF LOTS 8 THRU 12 2008 R BLK 27 BURLINGTON ORIGINAL 2009 R AMERICAN ROPE MFG., INC 2010 R LOTS 16 THRU 20, BLK 42 2009 R BURLINGTON ORIGINAL MOORE, CHRIS 2010 R LOTS 9 THRU 12, BLK 12 CARMEN ORIGINAL BLALOCK, DUSTIN M 2010 R LOTS 4 THRU 6, BLK 13 CARMEN ORIGINAL BOWDEN, DARRELL LEE ETUX 2010 R LOTS 5 THRU 8 AND N 20’ OF LOT 9, BLK 18 CARMEN ORIGINAL BROOKS, SHELLE 2010 R 10’ OF LOT 15 & ALL OF LOTS 16 & 17, BLK 19 CARMEN ORIG MOORE, RAY 2010 R LOTS 4 THRU 6, BLK 20 CARMEN ORIGINAL ANDREWS, JANET 2010 R LOTS 1 THRU 4, BLK 23, LESS RR 2009 R CARMEN ORIGINAL KEPHART, KENNETH C JR ETUX 2010 R LOT 9, BLK 28 CARMEN ORIGINAL KELLER, DAVID 2010 R LOT 7, BLK 29 CARMEN ORIGINAL KELLER, DAVID 2010 R LOT 8, BLK 29 CARMEN ORIGINAL JACKSON, WILTON ETUX 2010 R LOT 8, BLK 29 CARMEN ORIGINAL GREGG, PHILLIP D 2010 R LOTS 18 THRU 21, BLK 31 CARMEN ORIGINAL MOSER, RUBY ESTATE 2010 R LOTS 3&4, BLK 33 2008 R CARMEN ORIGINAL 2009 R KEPHART, KENNETH C JR ETUX 2010 R LOTS 13 THRU 16, BLK 39 CARMEN ORIGINAL SCHULER, STEVEN N 2010 R LOTS 17 THRU 23, BLK 39 2008 R CARMEN ORIGINAL 2009 R SCHULER, STEVEN N 2010 R LOT 24, BLK 39 2008 R CARMEN ORIGINAL 2009 R WHITE, ROBERT ETUX 2010 R LOTS 6 THRU 9, BLK 42 CARMEN ORIGINAL STINNETT, CHRISTOPHER K ETAL 2010 R LOT 24, LESS RR, BLK 43 CARMEN ORIGINAL MORRIS, MARCIA R ETAL 2010 R LOTS 1 THRU 3, BLK 48 CARMEN ORIGINAL BROTZMAN, JEAN ANN 2010 R LOTS 6 AND 7, BLK 59 CARMEN ORIGINAL MCGARR, MARY B ESTATE 2010 R LOTS 7 & 8, BLK 155 CARMEN ORIG 2008 R MORRIS, KASIE 2010 R LOTS 3 & 4 BLK 156 CARMEN ORIG MORRIS, LANNIE D ETUX 2010 R LOTS 5 & 6 BLK 156 CARMEN ORIGINAL 9-01 MORRIS, LANNIE ETUX 2010 R LOTS 7&8 BLK 156 CARMEN ORIGINAL 9-01 MOORE, ROCHEL R ETUX 2010 R LOTS 10 THRU 12, BLK 159638.26 CARMEN ORIGINAL LESLIE, TOM W ESTATE 2010 R LOTS 13 THRU 17, BLK 9 2009 R CHEROKEE ORIGINAL ARGANBRIGHT, KENDALL B ETAL 2010 R LOTS 18 & 19 BLK 9 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL HIGHFILL, EUGENE 2010 R LOTS 18 & 19 BLK 9 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL FLOCK, FLOYE M 2010 R LOTS 9 & 10 BLK 10 CHEROKEE 2009 R ORIGINAL REAM, MILTON D 2010 R LOT 7, LESS RR, INC ALLEY 2008 R & LOTS 8 THRU 9 BLK 14 2009 R CHEROKEE ORIGINAL MURPHY, DON ETUX 2010 R LOTS 7&8 BLK 15 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL HICKS, JOAN 2010 R 100’ OF LOTS 13 THRU 18 BLK 19 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL WHEELER, LORETTA F 2010 R LOT 1, BLK 26 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL SANBORN, JIMMY JOE 2010 R LOTS 13 & 14, BLK 28 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL ZAHORSKY, SAMUEL D ESTATE 2010 R LOTS 15 THRU 17, BLK 28 2008 R CHEROKEE ORIGINAL 2009 R ANNAR, EHAB 2010 R LOTS 21 & 22, BLK 32 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC 2010 R LOTS 23 & 24 BLK 37 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL GIBSON, ROZZELLE TAMIKA 2010 R LOTS 23 & 24 BLK 37 CHEROKEE ORIGINAL JONES, SAM ETUX 2010 R LOT 2, BLK CHEROKEE-BRIDGES LOHRDING, STEVE ETUX 2010 R LOT 7, BLK 4 CHEROKEE-DUNCAN SCHROEDER, DARROL D ETUX 2010 R LOTS 1 & 2 AND N 1/2 OF LOT 3 BLK 40 CHEROKEE-EASTSIDE FURROW, CAROLYN 2010 R LOTS 9 & 10, BLK 40 2008 R CHEROKEE-EASTSIDE 2009 R SANBORN, WILLIAM ETUX 2010 R LOTS 11 & 12, BLK 40 CHEROKEE EASTSIDE OWEN, HEATHER J ETAL 2010 R LOTS 23 & 24, BLK 40 CHEROKEE EASTSIDE SANBORN, WILLAM ETUX 2010 R 20’ LOT 9 & ALL LOTS 10 THRU 12 2008 R BLK 41 CHEROKEE-EASTSIDE 2009 R GRAY, JAMES T 2010 R LOTS 8 & 9, BLK 43 2009 R CHEROKEE-EASTSIDE TAX FRANKS, JEFFREY ETUX 2010 R LOT 3, BLK 2 CHEROKEE-FURGUSON EDMONDSON, ROBIN ETAL 2010 R LOT 7, BLK 1 CHEROKEE-GILMORE EDMONDSON, RAY D ETUX 2010 R LOT 8, LESS N 2’, BLK 1 CHEROKEE-GILMORE LONG, LANELL J 2010 R LOT 10, BLK 1 CHEROKEE-GILMORE MARTIN, PEARL 2010 R LOT 12, BLK 3 CHEROKEE-GILMORE VILLARREAL, JOSEPH ETUX 2010 R LOT 2, BLK 7 CHEROKEE-GILMORE CASTRO, MANUELA 2010 R 31.5’ OF LOT 9 & S 31.5’ OF LOT 10 BLK 6 CHEROKEE-MYERS HARPER, VERGIL ETUX LIFE EST 2010 R LOTS 1 THRU 4, BLK 64 CHEROKEE

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/s/Valerie Vetter Valerie Vetter, Alfalfa County Treasurer

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & County Courthouse, 300 S. Grand, CheroRepublican Thursday, Sept. 1, and Thurskee, Oklahoma, and all persons interested day, Sept. 8, 2011. 2t in said estate are notified then and there IN THE DISTRICT COURT to appear and show cause, if any they OF ALFALFA COUNTY have, why the said account should not be STATE OF OKLAHOMA settled and allowed, the heirs of William No. PB-2011-12 Dennis Huff, Deceased, determined and In the Matter of the Estate of William said estate distributed.

Dennis Huff, Deceased IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL REPORT hereunto set my hand this 19th day of NOTICE is hereby given that Michael August, 2011.

L. Huff, Personal Representative of the Loren Angle Estate of William Dennis Huff, Deceased, Judge of the District Court having filed in this Court his Final Report, D. Daryl Lidia, OBA No. 13310 Petition For Order Allowing Final Report, LIDIA LAW FIRM Determining Heirship and Final Decree of 1320 E. 9th Street, Suite 9 Distribution (Final Account Waived), fixed Edmond, Oklahoma 73034 by the Judge of said Court for 1:30 p.m.

(405) 216-8661 on the 13th day of September, 2011. This Attorneys for Personal Representative hearing is set before this Court the Alfalfa Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Oklahoma 73728, attorneys for the CoRepublican Thursday, Sept. 1, and Sept.

Personal Representatives on or before 8, 2011. 2t the following presentment date: the 23rd in the district court day of September, 2011, or the same will of alfalfa county be forever barred. state of oklahoma The above named Decedent died on Cause No. PB-2011-25 the 31st day of March, 1997, at which time In the Matter of the Summary Adminthe residence address of the Decedent istration of the Estate of Wayne M. Thornwas 821 Q Street, Tekamah, Burt County, dyke, Deceased.

Nebraska. combined notice, notice The total value of the Estate of the to creditors; notice Decedent as per property located in the of hearing petition for state of Oklahoma and as set forth in the admission of foreign will to Petition is $104,000.00. probate, petition for summary Pursuant to an Order of Said Court, administration, hearing on the notice is hereby given that the 24th day final account, and the petition of October, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 for determination of heirs at o’clock a.m. in the Courtroom of the law, distribution of estate undersigned Judge, or the Judge to and discharge whom this cause is assigned on said Notice is hereby given to all persons date, in the Alfalfa County Courthouse interested in the Estate of Wayne M. Thornin the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, dyke, Deceased, that on this date, Luanne State of Oklahoma, has been appointed E. Thorndyke, whose residence is 637 as the time for hearing said Petition, Zurich Rd., Hummeltown, PA 17036, and and considering relief prayed for in the Julie M. Thorndyke, whose residence is Petition presented to the Court on said 660 Shellbark Lane, Byrn Mawr, PA 19010, date. All persons interested may appear filed a Petition for Summary Administraat said hearing. tion in the District Court of Alfalfa County, All objections to the Petition and/or any State of Oklahoma, attaching thereto an relief requested must be made in writing instrument purporting to be the Last Will not less than 10 days before the hearing and Testament (“Will”) of said Deceased, date, with such objection to be filed herein, praying for the probate of said foreign Will, with a copy being sent to the Petitioners that Letters of Special Administration be and the attorney for the Petitioners, and if issued to Luanne E. Thorndyke and Julie an objection is not made within the allowed M. Thorndyke and the Letters of Administime, all persons will be deemed to have tration, if necessary, be issued to the same waived any obligation(s) to the Petition and individuals. Said Petition further prays that the relief prayed for. the heirs-at-law of said Decedent be deterIf an objection is filed at least 10 days mined; that the Final Account be approved, before the hearing date, on the hearing the property of the Decedent subject to the date the Court will determine whether the jurisdiction of this Court be distributed, and foreign Will attached to the Petition shall be that the Co-Personal Representatives be admitted to probate, whether the summary discharged, and for other relief as prayed proceedings are appropriate, and, if so, for in said Petition, which Petition you may whether the Estate will be distributed and refer to for further particulars. to whom the Estate will be distributed.

TO ALL CREDITORS OF THE ABOVE Dated this 24th day of August, 2011.

NAMED DECEDENT: All creditors having s/Loren E. Angle claims against the above named decedent Judge of the District Court are required to present the same, with a Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498 description of all security interest of other Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C. collateral (if any) held be each creditor with 305 South Grand Ave. respect to such claim, to the Estate of Mary P.O. Box 223 Lou Thorndyke, deceased, at the offices of Cherokee, OK 73728 Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C., 305 (580) 596-3000 South Grand, P.O. Box 223, Cherokee, Attorney for the Petitioners CLXCL LPXLP

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & der as Personal Representative and for a Republican Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 1t judicial determination of heirs, legatees IN THE DISTRICT COURT and devisees of said decedent.

OF ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA Pursuant to an Order of this Court made PB-2011-27 on August 31, 2011, notice is hereby given In the Matter of the Estate of Mary K. that on the 21st day of September, 2011, Alexander, Deceased. at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the Petition will be NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR heard at the District Court, Probate Division, PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT County Courthouse, Cherokee, Oklahoma, OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE when and where all persons interested may AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, appear and contest the same.

DEVISEES AND LEGATEES In testimony whereof, I have hereNotice is hereby given to all persons inunto set my hand this 31st day of August, terested in the estate of Mary K. Alexander, 2011. deceased, that on the 31st day of August, /s/Loren E. Angle 2011, Helen Alexander produced produced Judge in the District Court of Alfalfa County, OklaBy: /s/Lori Irwin, Court Clerk homa, an instrument in writing purporting to Kyle B. Hadwiger, OBA#11329 be the Last Will and Testament of Mary K. Marcus Jungman, OBA#19138 Alexander, deceased, and also filed in said Hadwiger & Jungman, P.L.L.C. Court her Petition, together with said Will, P.O. Box 306, 120 S. Grand praying that the Will be admitted to probate Cherokee, OK 73728 and praying that Letters of Administration (580) 596-3591 with Will Annexed issue to Helen AlexanAttorneys for Petitioner Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & above-named separate common sources Republican Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 1t of supply, with such authorization and BEFORE THE CORPORATION permission running in favor of Applicant COMMISSION OF THE STATE or some other party recommended by OF OKLAHOMA Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE allowable for the proposed well involved EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, herein as to the separate common sources LLC of supply covered hereby, which allowable RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION Applicant requests be established as a full EXCEPTION allowable with no downward adjustment LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 14, made thereto. Such application further Township 28 North, Range 9 states that there is currently pending West of the IM, Alfalfa County, before the Commission an application of Oklahoma Applicant to form 640-acre non-horizontal Cause CD No. 201104463 drilling and spacing units in said Section 14 NOTICE OF HEARING for Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perseparate common sources of supply and sons, owners, producers, operators, to form a 640-acre horizontal well unit in purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and such section for the Mississippian common all other interested persons, particularly source of supply. in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; application in this cause requests that the Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; and if order to be entered in this matter be made any of the above-named parties is a diseffective as of the date of the execution solved partnership, corporation or other thereof or as of a date prior thereto and that association, then the unknown successors, the authorization and permission requested trustees and assigns, both immediate and herein run in favor of Applicant or some remote, of such dissolved entity. other party recommended by Applicant.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that AppliNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the cant, SandRidge Exploration and Produc“land sections adjacent to the area within tion, LLC, has filed an application in this the location exception” requested herein cause requesting the Corporation Comin said Section 14 in regard to the subsurmission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to face location tolerance areas described be effective as of the date of the execution above are Sections 11, 12, 13, 23 and 24, thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other exception to the permitted well location “land sections” surrounding said Section tolerances in the 640-acre non-horizontal 14 are Sections 10, 15 and 22, Township drilling and spacing units to be formed in 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa Section 14, Township 28 North, Range 9 County, Oklahoma.

West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and cause is set before an administrative law Oswego separate common sources of judge for hearing, taking of evidence and supply and in the 640-acre horizontal well reporting to the Corporation Commission unit to be formed in such section for the of Oklahoma.

Mississippian common source of supply, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this so as to allow a well to be drilled from a cause is set for hearing before an adminsurface location being not closer than 200 istrative law judge on the Conservation feet from the south line and not closer than Docket at the Western Regional Service 700 feet from the east line of said Section Office of the Corporation Commission, 14 to subsurface locations of such well’s Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln entry into and such well’s exit from each of Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego 8:30 A.M. on the 26th day of September, separate common sources of supply and to 2011, and that this notice be published a subsurface location of such well’s entry as required by law and the rules of the into the Mississippian common source of Commission. supply being as follows: not closer than NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 200 feet from the south line and 700 feet Applicant and interested parties may presfrom the east line of said Section 14, with ent testimony by telephone. The cost of the first perforation in the horizontal portion telephonic communication shall be paid by or lateral of the borehole of such well in the the person or persons requesting its use.

Mississippian common source of supply Interested parties who wish to participate being as follows: not closer than 330 feet by telephone shall contact Applicant or from the south line and 700 feet from the Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing east line of said Section 14, and with the date, and provide their names and telelast perforation in the horizontal portion or phone numbers. lateral of the borehole of such well in the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Mississippian common source of supply interested persons may appear and be being as follows: not closer than 330 feet heard. For information concerning this from the north line and 700 feet from the action, contact John R. Reeves, Attoreast line of said Section 14, and with the ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two terminus or end point of the horizontal Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, portion or lateral of the borehole of such Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telewell in the Mississippian common source phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, of supply being as follows: not closer than SandRidge Exploration and Production, 200 feet from the north line and 700 feet LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma from the east line of said Section 14, and City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: with a “tolerance distance” for the above(405) 429-6344. described subsurface locations, horizontal CORPORATION COMMISSION portion or lateral and completion interval OF OKLAHOMA of such well being as follows: a distance DANA L. MURPHY, Chair of not more than 100 feet in an easterly JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman direction and in a westerly direction from BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner any such subsurface location, from any DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd day of point on or along such horizontal portion or September, 2011. lateral and from any point on or along such BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: completion interval, and to be completed PEGGY MITCHELL, in and to produce hydrocarbons from the Commission Secretary

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & to such claim, to the administrator, L. Mike Republican Thursday, September 1, and Elliott, in care of his attorney, William Scott September 8, 2011. 2t Church, Houk & Church, Attorneys at in and for the district court Law, P.O. Box 456, 111 West Broadway, of alfalfa county, Fairview, Oklahoma, 73737, on or before state of oklahoma the following presentment date: October No. PB-2011-26 27, 2011, or the same will be forever In the Matter of the Estate of Frank Dale barred.

Elliott, Deceased.

Dated the 25th day of August, 2011. notice to creditors to present s/L. Mike Elliott, Administrator claims Houk & Church All persons having claims against Attorneys for Administrator Frank Dale Elliott, Deceased, are required P.O. Box 456 to present the same, with a description of Fairview, Oklahoma 73737 all security interests and other collateral (580) 227-4424 (if any) held by each creditor with respect Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & or to Matt J. Sedbrook Law Firm, P.C., AtRepublican Thursday, Sept. 8, and Thurstorney at Law, 114 East Broadway, Suite day, Sept. 15, 2011. 2t 700, Enid, Oklahoma 73701; on or before IN THE DISTRICT COURT the following presentment date: 15th day OF ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA of November, 2011, or the same will be PB-2011-24 forever barred.

In the Matter of the Estate of Lacada DATED this 30th day of August, 2011.

M. Davis, Deceased. /s/ Robbie Parker NOTICE TO CREDITORS Robbie Parker All persons having claims against the Personal Representative estate of Lacada M. Davis, Deceased, /s/Matt J. Sedbrook are required to present the same with Matt J. Sedbrook, OBA# 10125 a description of all security interests Sedbrook Law Firm, P.C. and other collateral, if any, held by each 114 East Broadway creditor with respect to such claims; and Suite 700 the necessary vouchers to the named Enid, Oklahoma 73701 Personal Representative, Robbie Parker, (580) 242-3600 PO Box 213, Carmen, Oklahoma, 73726; Attorney for Personal Representative Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & the units covered hereby. Such applicaRepublican Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. 1t tion further requests up to 365 days within BEFORE THE CORPORATION which to commence operations on or in COMMISSION OF THE STATE connection with such initial well under such OF OKLAHOMA plan of development. Such application furAPPLICANT: SANDRIDGE ther states that there is currently pending EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, before the Commission an application of LLC Applicant to form 640-acre non-horizontal RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING drilling and spacing units in said Section 14 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 14, for Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego Township 28 North, Range 9 separate common sources of supply and West of the IM, Alfalfa County, to form a 640-acre horizontal well unit in Oklahoma such section for the Mississippian common Cause CD No. 201104462 source of supply.

NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perthe application in this cause requests that sons, owners, producers, operators, SandRidge Exploration and Production, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and LLC, or some other party recommended all other interested persons, particularly by Applicant be designated as operator in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the under the order to be entered herein of the following: Captain Creek Oil, LLC; Conseparate common sources of supply in the tinental Resources, Inc.; E. Max Gilpin units covered hereby, including the initial a/k/a Eris Maxwell Gilpin; Energy Ventures well and any subsequent well or wells to Group, LLC; Kenneth W. Cory, LTD; Mary be drilled under or otherwise covered by Sue Wafer Gilpin; Min-Tex Oil Corporation; Applicant’s proposed plan of development if any of the above-named individuals be of such units. deceased, then the unknown heirs, execuNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this tors, administrators, devisees, trustees and cause is set before an administrative law assigns, both immediate and remote, of judge for hearing, taking of evidence and such deceased individual; and if any of reporting to the Corporation Commission the above-named parties that is a partnerof Oklahoma. ship, corporation or other association be NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this dissolved, then the unknown successors, cause will be heard before an administratrustees and assigns, both immediate and tive law judge on the Conservation Docket remote, of such dissolved entity. at the Western Regional Service Office of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Production, LLC, has filed an application Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on in this cause requesting the Corporation the 26th day of September, 2011, and that Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order this notice be published as required by law pooling the interests of oil and gas owners, and the rules of the Commission. and adjudicating the rights and equities in NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that connection therewith, in the 640-acre nonApplicant and interested parties may preshorizontal drilling and spacing units to be ent testimony by telephone. The cost of formed in Section 14, Township 28 North, telephonic communication shall be paid by Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, the person or persons requesting its use.

Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Interested parties who wish to participate Grove, and Oswego separate common by telephone shall contact Applicant or sources of supply and in the 640-acre horiApplicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing zontal well unit to be formed in such section date, and provide their names and telefor the Mississippian common source of phone numbers. supply, in respect to the development of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all such separate common sources of supply interested persons may appear and be in such units. The interests of the oil and heard. For information concerning this gas owners involved herein and the rights action, contact John R. Reeves, attorand equities in respect thereto are sought ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two herein to be pooled and adjudicated pursuLeadership Square, 211 North Robinson, ant to 52 O.S. §87.1 within and on the basis Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleof the units covered hereby as a group or phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, unit, and not limited to a single wellbore.

SandRidge Exploration and Production, The application in this cause states that LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma Applicant has proposed the development City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) of the separate common sources of supply 429-6344. in the units involved herein under a plan CORPORATION COMMISSION of development and has proposed to comOF OKLAHOMA mence such plan of development of such DANA. L. MURPHY, Chair units by an initial well in the lands covered JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman hereby. Such application further states that BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner Applicant has been unable to reach an DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd agreement with the owners of drilling rights day of September, 2011. named as respondents herein with respect BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: to such proposed plan of development of PEGGY MITCHELL, the separate common sources of supply in Commission Secretary

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‘She (Bobbi Parker) was abducted’ – Brenda Hickerson

By MARGARET GOSS Carmen Correspondent MANGUM – My husband, Bob, and I visited the Greer County Courthouse Tuesday, Aug. 30, where testimony continued at the Bobbi Parker trial on the 17th anniversary of the date Parker disappeared from the Oklahoma State Reformatory (OSR) with inmate Randolph Dial.

Dial was a convicted murderer. Parker’s husband, Randy, served as deputy warden at the correctional center.

A longtime family friend, Brenda Hickerson of Granite, testified that day in defense of Bobbi Parker, saying she does not believe the woman would have left her family willingly.

Hickerson said Dial visited her monument and antique shop with Parker, and that he had a bad body odor and was arrogant.

"I was literally sick,” she testified. “I knew she had to be abducted. There was no doubt in my mind. She put all of her love and attention on her family," Hickerson said.

Cynthia Klein of Lawton, Parker’s sister-in-law, also testified and said Parker told her she was afraid Dial would harm her family if she tried to escape.

"She told me she was afraid to escape. She never told me what Dial did," Klein told the court.

Klein said she received a phone call from Parker nine days after she was taken. "I have 30 seconds. They’re treating me well.

Tell the girls I love them and I’ll be home soon."

Klein testified Bobbi began crying hysterically, then the phone was pulled away. Klein called Randy immediately and also wrote down exactly what was said.

She also told about a conversation Dial had with her husband, Jack Klein (Bobbi’s brother), as they were leaving the Parker home two days before Parker disappeared.

Dial came out of the garage and said to Jack, "You ought to spend more time with your sister."

The Kleins believe that was a warning.

"He’s (Jack) lived with this 17 years. It bothers him to this day because he blames himself," she said as the tears streamed down her cheeks.

She also testified that Bobbi had complained to her that Dial was a liar, was not doing his job, and acted "too big for his britches."

Gaylord Inks, the former security chief at OSR, testified he warned former Warden Jack Cowley that Randolph Dial was manipulative and could not be trusted weeks before Dial disappeared with Parker.

"I was trying to protect staff and inmates," Inks said. "He wouldn’t listen to me. I was overridden and he said... there’s the door."

Inks said, “He (Dial) was not to be trusted around women at all. I was very concerned."

Cowley ignored those concerns and reduced Dial’s ranking from medium to minimum security in July, 1994. Inks testified an

Cherokee man dies in Woods county wreck Cherokee resident Everett D. Weathers died Friday, Sept. 2, from injuries he received in an automobile accident in Woods County.

According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports, Weathers, 57, was driving a 2007 Kenworth semi-truck southbound on County Road 370 when he entered a curve at a high rate of speed.

The semi-truck exited the roadway to the right, rolling one and a half times and coming to rest on its top.

The truck was equipped with seat belts, which were not in use. Weathers was pinned in the truck for three and a half hours.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Darrin Lancaster of the Alfalfa County Detachment investigated the accident. Assisting Lancaster were Trooper Randy McCollough, Trooper David White, Alva Fire Department, Alva Emergency Medical Service and the Woods County Sheriff ’s Office.

inmate with Dial’s background and psychological profile should have been classified as medium security, which would have prevented him from going outside the prison.

Ann Brooks, who was Randy Parker’s secretary at the OSR, testified that Dial and prison warden Jack Cowley spoke often inside the prison.

"He was friends with Mr. Cowley. I didn’t trust him. I always called him 'that conniving inmate,'" Brooks said.

Cowley authorized minimum security status for Dial less than two months before he and Parker disappeared. Bobbi Parker and

Dial worked together in a prison pottery program run out of the garage of the Parkers' home on the OSR grounds.

Brooks said Dial was frequently in the deputy warden’s office and even answered the telephone once without authorization.

Brooks recalled Randy Parker became aware something was wrong when one of the girls called about 4:30 p.m. the day Bobbi disappeared, and wanted to know where her mother was.

Bobbi had called Randy’s office at 10 a.m. to tell him she had reservations for a hotel in McAlester, where they planned

to attend the prison rodeo the following weekend.

Brooks thought Bobbi sounded sick. She also testified that Randy Parker felt uncomfortable that Dial was using his garage for the pottery program.

In her testimony, Brooks said Dial once came into her office and asked for a cup of coffee but the pot was empty. She said she would not make another pot.

Cowley later told her that Dial could have coffee whenever he wanted.

"I boxed up my coffee pot and coffee and took them home," said Brooks.

Brooks was also asked about

her files in her office at OSR, which contained a consent form signed by Bobbi Parker.

"I am granting consent to search the trailer house located at 900 CR, Center, TX," it said.

"This is the location where Randolph Dial was arrested and I was rescued. Randolph Dial had absolute control over all my activities, property and my articles in or about my person since August 30, 1994."

The release was dated April 7, 2005, and signed by Bobbi Parker.

Dial maintained until his death in 2007 that he kidnapped Parker at knifepoint, forced her

to drive him from the prison in the family mini-van and threatened to harm her family if she fled.

Dial and Bobbi Parker were the only people who knew the whole story. He died in 2007 at the age of 62.

After 17 years, Bobbi Parker looks forward to this ordeal to finally be over. She waits for the time when she can pick up the pieces of her life and enjoy family, friends and being free.

(Editor's Note: Margaret Goss is a close, personal friend to Bobbi Parker. This story contains not only facts in the case, but may reflect Goss' personal reflections.)