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MESSENGER & REPUBLICAN Vol. 109 No. 50 – 18 Pages, 2 Sections

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DA declines charge for taking computer

Walking across Oklahoma

By STEVE BOOHER When Pitt, who has been battling health probMessenger & Republican Staff lems submitted his resignation from the board, JET – District Attorney Hollis Thorp will Crossette followed suit rather than give Blacknot file any criminal charges against Jet Mayor ledge and member Lindeen Evans the majority Jim Blackledge for removing the town's business of a three-member town board. computer from city hall and storing it for several On the advice of town attorney Bill Shaw of days at the Jet Motel, where a former city clerk Enid, who cited state statutes allowing Blackmade entries into the device. ledge and Evans to Blackledge took conduct routine busi“It’s not my job to run the Jet the computer from ness in the interim, an the office at night, afelection was called for ter terminating Keli city government. At some point Feb. 14, 2012, to elect Hopkins as city clerk. they’re just going to have to grow three new board memHopkins had been bers. employed by a three- up...”

Thorp assigned his member faction of town office's investigator to – District Attorney look into the matter board members – Hershel Kiser, David Pitt Hollis Thorp and told the Messenand Carolyn Crossette ger & Republican last – as a replacement for week in a telephone Donna Keller. interview that nothing was uncovered that might Keller resigned her post in mid-July when result in charges being filed. her mother-in-law, Jacquetta Jenkins, did not The investigator, Thorp said, confirmed that have her contract renewed as the town's admin- Blackledge had indeed removed the computer, istrator. Jenkins owns the Jet Motel. had taken it home to "work on some things."

Kiser cited the district attorney's reluctance "He (the investigator) said he didn't find anyto get involved in the controversy as his reason thing criminal there," said the district attorney. for resigning from the town board in September.

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DANNY WASHINGTON traveled through Alfalfa County this week on a “missionary journey” that has taken him all around Oklahoma’s border. He started more than 190 days ago and figures it will take another two years to complete his walk.

T’lake bond proposals fall short

Wearing out soles to save souls ‘I’m led by God’s spirit, one day at a time’ – Danny

By STEVE BOOHER give away tracts of Scripture. I'm led by God's Messenger & Republican Staff spirit, one day at a time. I always try to make His odometer is located within the soles of contact with a church leader at every commuhis shoes, but it's the souls of those he comes nity I visit." in contact with every day that he counts.

At the very smallest towns – like DriftThirty-three-yearwood – he makes conold Danny Washing“I wouldn’t have gotten this tact and moves on. ton is on the final lap "But at towns of his walk around the far without God’s help. I’ve with populations of border of Oklahoma. spent the night in storm cel150 or more, I like to He started more than spend the day," he ex190 days ago and lars, church vans... and even in plained. along the way he's visSunday evening, ited 232 communities. a concession stand – but alhe spoke to the First Washington calls ways with permission.

Baptist Church youth his trek a "missionary group and spent the – Danny Washington night at the Cherokee journey," and told the Messenger & RepubliInn. can Monday morning A native of Barnthat he figures his walk will last another two sdall who graduated from high school there in years.

1997, he calls Bartlesville home. He said he's "Most of my ministry is done outside the also a graduate of Victory Bible Institute in walls of the church," said the soft-spoken Tulsa. He served as a substitute teacher at young man who walked through the doors of Bartlesville Public School for nine years. the newspaper folding up an umbrella used Washington said he is headed east from to protect him from Monday's rain shower. "I See SOULS Page 3

Timberlake patrons narrowly defeated two bond issues Tuesday totaling $925,000. Proposition No. 1 to spend $690,000 for a new roof on the high school, air conditioning units at the high school, lights for athletic fields, new gym seating, a greenhouse cooling system, new doors on the high school, a utility tractor, repairs to the auditorium and install security cameras at the high school failed with 176 voting yes, 138 no. Yes votes equaled 56.05 percent, but required 60 percent for passage.

Proposition No. 2 to spend $235,000 for a 65-passenger bus, an activity bus, a suburban and a pickup for the vocational-agriculture department received 186 yes votes, 59.42 percent, to 127 no votes, 40.58 percent.

Results are unofficial until certitied by the Election Board.

Turnip racers!

CARVED TURNIP CARS of all shapes and sizes wait to hear their numbers called for the Turnip Festival races held Saturday in Cherokee.

Vets special guests Friday at Cherokee, T’lake assemblies Veterans' Day observances are planned Friday at Cherokee and Timberlake schools to honor veterans and their familes.

Timberlake's celebration will begin at 10 a.m. in the high school auditorium in Helena, while Cherokee's assembly is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. in its high school auditorium.

Both observances are being sponsored by their respective student councils.

Timberlake's kindergarten class will sing “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and students from Timberlake have been asked to invite family members who have been a part of the armed services

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to share one of their special memories with those in attendance. All veterans in attendance will be recognized.

Refreshments will be served to veterans in the Cherokee auditorium lobby at 10 a.m. and all vets are encouraged to register by 10:15 a.m.

Cherokee Elementary students, grades first through fifth, will sing patriotic songs during the program as they salute veterans.

Student Council members

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will recognize all veterans and their branches of service, as well as pay tribute to those service men and women who are currently serving at this time.

The guest speaker at the Cherokee Veteran’s Day assembly will be Brian Mitchell.

Mitchell was deployed with the 45th Fires Brigade to Kuwait from August 2008 to August 2009.

While overseas, he

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served as chief of military justice for Area Support Group in Kuwait, prosecuting military criminal cases. He later served as command judge advocate for Area Support Group in Qatar.

Mitchell, his wife, Alicia, and three children, Anna, Alex and Evan, reside in Cherokee. Mitchell has served as the assistant district attorney in Alfalfa and Woods counties since 2003.

Both schools are inviting all surrounding community residents to their assemblies as they remember the millions of Americans, past and present, whose military service has kept America safe and strong.

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Caruthers quits Cherokee BOE; big changes ahead for school

By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Through tear-filled eyes and a somber expression, Cherokee Board of Education Clerk Daylon Caruthers submitted his letter of resignation Monday during the regular monthly board meeting.

Nearly a minute passed before Vice President Ken Girty motioned to accept the letter and he did so only at the prompting of President Cheryl Washburn.

“He’s leaving,” Washburn said.

“He has to go.”

Girty made the motion to accept Caruthers’ resignation.

Member Amber Wilhite seconded and each member, except Caruthers and T.J. Allison, gave a nod of approval. Allison was unable to attend the meeting.

“We don’t want to (accept your resignation), but we know you need to (go),” Washburn said after Superintendent Cory Ellis read Caruthers’ letter of resignation aloud.

Caruthers said the decision to leave Cherokee was not an easy one. He and his family will move to Enid, where he has found employment and his wife, Jessica, already works.

Caruthers said serving on the Cherokee Board of Education has been one of his greatest accomplishments.

“It breaks my heart to type this letter,” he wrote.

Caruthers said he has enjoyed working alongside his fellow board members through good times and bad.

“While some ventures were tough and not always popular,” the work accomplished by the board has brought pride back into Cherokee Public Schools, where he received his own education.

Caruthers thanked the public for allowing him to serve and thanked Washburn for her guidance. He called her a “great leader” with a passion for education and said he admires her strong sense of family and love for children.

He concluded with a tribute to fellow CHS alumni: “In the words of Principal Jeremy Hickman, ‘It’s a great day to be a Chief.’”

“We will miss you, Daylon, and we wish you the best,” Washburn said. “And you’ve done a good job on the board.”

CHIEF PRIORITIES Big changes for the school are on the horizon, according to Ellis, who explained his purpose for creating a task force, guiding principles for school improvement and a timeline to complete school improvements since his term began in July.

Washburn said whatever Ellis is doing is working.

“I ran into three teachers (downtown Sunday),” Washburn said. “They are very, very excited about changes going on. They feel like they finally have direction and someone to lead them, and they can say nothing bad.”

Ellis said he formed a task force at the beginning of the school year to configure and approve a school improvement plan.

The committee consists of four community members and two teachers.

Ellis declined to name the task force members but said he would announce them later in an address to the community, “kind of a state of the school address,” which he plans to publish either December or January 2012 in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican.

“I’d really like to announce it then and not right now,” Ellis

said Tuesday morning.

Members of the task force have been looking at the school’s mission statement, revising it and reviewing data to see where the school needs to improve academically. All changes and improvements will be recorded and kept for future reference.

“We should have documents that show and support what we’re doing,” Ellis said. “There’s no way to prove what we’ve been doing in the grand scheme of things.”

Task force members and Ellis placed a timeline on improvements, which will guide teachers in planning calendars, program development and how staff members are hired.

“There are going to be protocols in place no matter what happens,” Ellis said. “So that everybody knows what their roles and responsibilities are.”

MEETING WILLY-NILLY TO END In other business, board mem-

bers set a Feb. 14, 2012 election to fill Seat 2 of the board. Wilhite was appointed to the seat earlier in the year following the resignation of Jim Moncrief, who moved to Enid. If a run-off election is necessary, it will take place April 3, 2012.

Board members also discussed dates for board meetings in 2012.

Ellis said he would like to pinpoint regular meeting dates that precede county commission meetings instead of follow them willynilly like they have this year.

“This is the first time I’ve dealt with school board meetings where they’re not a set day,” Ellis said.

He said the board could eliminate several special meetings, which they’ve had in the past to sign payroll, if meetings coordinated with the county’s schedule.

County commissioners sign off on the school’s budgets.

Ellis said setting regular meeting dates also will allow for more

community participation because it will be easier for constituents to remember meeting dates set on certain days of the month, like the third Thursday of each month or the first Monday of each month.

Under Ellis’ administrative report, he said he has been working to meet several deadlines this month.

“It’s been a busy month since the last board meeting,” he said.

“We’ve just been going crazy.”

In addition to filing mandatory annual state reports, Ellis said he and volunteers have continued making improvements to school buildings.

“The back of the auditorium is painted,” Ellis said.

He hosted two “Cherokee Pride” days to finish painting the exterior of the auditorium with paint donated by Cookie Irvin.

Also painted was the front of the elementary school. Jeremi-

David Parker promoted by DOC HELENA – Crabtree Correctional Center Warden David Parker has been promoted to deputy director of institutions, Division III, and was reassigned to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections headquarters in Oklahoma City.

Parker, who began his DOC career in 1986 as a correctional officer at Crabtree, has been the warden at the Helena prison since 2006.

Janet Dowling, Crabtree's deputy warden, has been named acting warden until a replacement for Parker is named. It hasn't been announced whether a warden at another institution will be assigned to Crabtree or if the position will be opened for a promotion of eligible DOC employees.

Parker climbed steadily through the DOC ranks and in October 1997 was named investigator for the DOC's Northern Region. He was promoted to administrative assistant for the

West Central Region in February 1998.

In June 2001, Parker was promoted to deputy warden at the Joseph Harp Correctional Center. That was followed by his assignment to Helena as Crabtree's warden.

Parker currently serves as a committee chair for the Southern States Correctional Association and is an active member of the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, and the Northwest Oklahoma Law Enforcement Association.

He is also a member of Oklahoma Corrections Professionals.

A graduate of Ringwood High School in 1981, Parker received his bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1996.

He and his wife, Teresa, have two married daughters – Mrs. Michael (Jennifer) Goddard of Goltry and Mrs. Chad (Michelle) Work of Waukomis. The Parkers

have three grandchildren – Kora and Keegan Goddard and Moriah Work.

ah Smith and Principal Jeremy Hickman painted most of the auditorium’s back exterior wall.

City crews and inmates finished painting the top of the wall during fall break. Several volunteers and teachers began improvements at the grade school.

“We’re not close to being done, but it’s a start,” Ellis said.

Some of the improvements at the elementary school include brighter exterior paint and a new fence in the front of the school.

Also under school improvements, Ellis said he is looking to bring back a foreign language class and add other subjects during second semester to accommodate the influx of students.

Currently, 30 students are enrolled in keyboarding, but the computer lab can only accommodate 20 students at a time.

Prior to a recent donation of 10 computers from Chesapeake, the computer lab could only accommodate 10 students per class period.

Cherokee’s student body has increased by 41 students since August. Ellis hopes to bring in a part-time instructor to teach science, humanities and music.

“I didn’t say band, but I did say music,” Ellis said.

He also said he is starting to send teachers to more workshops, a practice past administrators did not enforce.

Ellis said because of the school’s new improvement initiatives, he wants to show that teachers are working to improve education at both schools.

“The big push will be master teachers from here on out,” Ellis said.

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Main Street CNG meeting brings 60 to fairgrounds

By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Americans have a dilemma: they need full gas tanks but have empty wallets.

Not a person in the crowd of more than 60 county residents could argue with that fact Tuesday at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds during a presentation about the growing popularity of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas.

Chesapeake Manager of Corporate Development James Roller estimated the cost to fuel up a half-ton pickup to be at least $100, if not more.

“A CNG truck costs $10 to fill up the tank and will go 180 miles on one tank of gas,” Roller said.

Ears perked up as Roller explained that vehicles that run on CNG save drivers thousands of dollars each year and are better for the environment.

As the “new natural gas renaissance” takes the state by storm, Chesapeake has introduced its Energy Independence Campaign, making nearly $1 billion worth of investments in its new power fuel.

“It’s more of us putting our money where our mouth is,” Roller said. “We know the technology works.”

He presented three levels of dedication to the technology during the noon-hour workshop, sponsored by Cherokee Main Street, Alfalfa County Farm Bureau and Croft Chevrolet.

The campaign concentrates on declaring energy independence in America, investing in Sundrop Fuels – a renewable

advanced biofuels company from Colorado – to make “green” gasoline with domestic resources and making a $150 million investment in Clean Energy, owned by T. Boone Pickens, which aims to establish operations across the nation. One of Clean Energy’s goals is to provide fueling stations for truckers across the United States.

“We know natural gas vehicles work,” Roller said.

More than 1,000 vehicles travel Oklahoma roads each day, and the trend is growing.

Chesapeake is not only striking deals with chains such as OnCue and Love’s, they also are helping to create technology to power every kind of vehicle available.

The company recently used

months ago,” Roller said. “That means double the people have come on board with natural gas.

Every new natural gas fueling station we have in the state means large corporations like AT&T are contributing.”

Stations are popping up across Oklahoma in towns as nearby as Enid, Stillwater and Waynoka. Establishments in Alva and Fairview also are considering taking the leap.

Pumps are a little different than normal gas pumps, but anybody can manage them.

“If anyone’s ever connected an air gun, you can probably connect a CNG pump,” Roller said.

And virtually any vehicle can be converted to CNG. A company in Okarche is helping to fill

the demand.

OEM Systems Owner Lisha Oshman talked about benefits to conversion, which costs about $10,000 on vehicles not already equipped with the technology but saves thousands in the long run.

Her company converts thousands of vehicles each year and recently began converting vehicles for companies such as Federal Express and Coco-Cola.

“OEM employs 95 people,” Oshman said. “And that number is directly affected by the demand for CNG.” OEM Systems General Manager John Luber explained the safety factors of the new gas.

He said one of the most common questions he answers is, what will happen if the tank

blows up?

The tanks, Roller later explained, are so heavy duty that virtually nothing can damage them.

“If you do happen to puncture a tank,” Luber said, “(the gas) goes right up into the air. If I was in a wreck or something, I’d rather be in a CNG vehicle, without a doubt.”

As for tax incentives and positive results on pocketbooks, CNG vehicles merit a $4,500 tax credit and save an additional $2,772 per truck annually.

Savings are based on traveling 30,000 miles per year in a halfton pickup with annual fuel consumption of 2,310 gallons averaging 15 miles per gallon.

The net life cycle savings over a five-year period is $10,500.

$1,000 United shopping spree holiday grand prize Is a $1,000 shopping spree at United Supermarket incentive enough to shop at home?

That’s what Cherokee Main Street board members are hoping as they kick off this year’s annual Christmas promotion.

The promotion begins Nov. 24, the day after Thanksgiving, and winds up Dec. 17 with a parade that will travel from Southgate Addition to The Pool Store.

Area businesses sponsor the local program, but Cherokee Main Street members make some of the magic happen.

“We are trying to encourage shopping at home,” said Chero-

JET Continued from Page 1 However, the Messenger & Republican was given documents several weeks ago, signed by the owner of an Enid firm that indicates he was called to the Jet Motel to advise Keller on how to make changes to correct "problems" with the town's utility billing.

"Donna (Keller) was able to resolve most of these problems after I pointed out what had been done wrong and how to go about correcting incorrect entries," said Don Ransom of Sand Creek Solutions Inc. in his letter.

Information in that letter indicated Keller, who was no longer employed by the town, keyboarded information into the computer at the motel, rather than Blackledge at his home.

Thorp and his assistants in the DA's office are no strangers to the controversy at Jet. Someone from his office has attended town board meetings more than once to admonish town officials to adhere to the Oklahoma Open Meeting and Open Records Acts.

"It's not my job to run the Jet city government," said Thorp last week. "At some point, they're just going to have to grow up and start running it like it should be."

While Thorp ruled out any charges against Blackledge for removing the computer, he said an audit of the town could be forthcoming.

the television show Orange County Choppers to promote CNG by building a motorcycle that runs on the fuel.

“It runs extremely well,” Roller said. “We operate in an industry and can’t afford to stop. We are working on technology today to move tractors to natural gas. Today we have an RV that runs on natural gas. It also cooks a good steak if you plug into the tanks. (CNG) works on every application that we’ve tried it on.”

Chesapeake workers regularly fuel up at a station in Kingfisher, where CNG is sold for $1.39 a gallon and powers trucks for both Chesapeake and AT&T. “That station today does double the fuel volume it did six

"If I do anything else, it probably will be to request an audit," he said. "That's just going to cost them money that they need to spend in other places."

If Thorp asks for the audit, it will be made within the next few weeks.

The deciding factor, he indicated, would be whether or not Jet citizens demand further investigation.

"If I continue to receive complaints, that would be the deciding factor," said the DA. "I did (hear complaints) for a while, but I haven't recently. It's been probably about a month.

"It's just a mess. I hope for the good of the people in Jet they'll get it straightened out on their own."

kee Main Street Program Manager Susie Koontz.

Drawing tickets will be distributed to local business owners and then handed out to shoppers for nearly a month as they make purchases in local shops.

The event will wrap up Dec.

17, beginning with the annual Alfalfa County Santa Shop at 2 p.m. in the Baker Building, last minute shopping beginning at 7 p.m. at local businesses and a parade at dark.

Three lucky shoppers will win baskets of merchandise valued at $250 to $300 each.

Winners of the baskets must be present to win. The drawing will take place at 5:30 p.m. at Southgate Addition.

One grand prize winner of a $1,000 shopping spree to United Supermarket also will be chosen. That winner does not have to be present.

pair of shoes," he explained, pointing to his feet, "but they got so beat up I switched to these. I had a pair given to me in Durant, so I have two pairs of shoes now.

"I wouldn't have gotten this far without God's help. I've spent the night in storm cellars, church vans, parsonages, student unions, state parks and even a school gymnasium and a concession stand – but always with permission. A person bought me a tent in Hugo.

"I'm eating the best food of my life. People give me food, and I also eat at cafes and convenience stores. It's all by faith.

I don't worry about finances."

Upon completion of his journey around the state, Washington said he plans to complete his college education, become a teacher and a wrestling coach, and continue his ministry.

"I'd like to teach Oklahoma history," he said. "I've learned a lot about Oklahoma history on my journey. There's more to Oklahoma than I realized."

Before walking out the door and back into the rain, Washington was asked if he was married.

"I've never been married. I have my eyes open though," he said with a smile.

SOULS Continued from Page 1 Cherokee – with Bartlesville his eventual destination.

"I've already completed the walk around the east, south and west borders of the state," he said. "After I get back to Bartlesville, I'll make my way to the middle of the state, kind of like Oklahoma City is a bull's-eye."

Washington speaks with what sounds like an accent, but he explained that his work with foreigners probably accounts for that.

"I think it (voice) changed at age 20, when I was working at Camp Sonshine in Silver Spring, Maryland (as a fourth grade boys' counselor)," Washington said. "I worked there in the summer of 2009. That's when God gave me the vision (to walk around Oklahoma). The Lord actually put the idea in my heart while visiting Washington, D.C." When asked if he hitchhikes from town to town, Washington emphatically said he's "never lifted a thumb," but relies on the kindness of others.

"I started with a really good

The spectacular prize is one of many given away throughout the years. “In the past, we’ve had a hot tub, a recliner and big screen TV and a wood pellet grill,” Koontz said.

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Cherokee Publishing Co. • P.O. Box 245 • Cherokee, OK 73728 E-mail: chermessenger@att.net "If by a 'liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties – someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a “liberal.”

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Jet audit expensive, but owed to town District Attorney Hollis Thorp's decision not to file any criminal charges against those involved in the removal of the Town of Jet's business computer from the Jet Town Hall isn't too surprising, but we question how thorough the investigation was that lead to Thorp's conclusion.

The DA says his office's investigator determined Mayor Jim Blackledge took the computer home "to work on some things."

That may be true, but the town's utility billing software designer, in a letter obtained by the Messenger & Republican, verifies he was called to the Jet Motel to advise former Town Clerk Donna Keller on keyboarding corrections to the town's utility bills.

The Jet Motel is owned by Jacquetta Jenkins, the administrator whose contract was not renewed in a split vote by town board members. Keller is Jenkins' daughter-in-law, who resigned in protest when the trio of then-board members – Carolyn Crossette, Hershel Kiser and David Pitt – cast the deciding votes to not renew Jenkins' contract.

We do not question the accuracy of the information keyboarded into the computer, but we do have serious concerns about removal of the computer by the mayor. That computer contains the records of every Jet citizen, and to protect their privacy any information keyboarded into it or removed, should be confined within the office of the Town Hall.

It shouldn't happen at the Jet Motel, by former town employees, or even at the mayor's residence.

We seriously doubt the district attorney would condone taking a business computer from the Alfalfa County Clerk's Office, or the Court Clerk's Office, so that current and certainly not former county employees could keyboard information. Removal of the computer from the Jet Town Hall is just as wrong.

Like the district attorney, we would like to see the problems within the Jet municipal government resolved – and without great expense to its citizens.

However, it doesn't appear that will be the case. For any number of reasons, and particularly because the computer and its information was compromised by its removal from the Jet Town Hall, an audit appears called for.

Yes, it will be expensive – perhaps as much as $10,000 or more, money the Town of Jet doesn't have and citizens shouldn't have to finance – and it will be time consuming. We won't speculate on the outcome, although at this point we don't suspect any foul play.

We continue to refrain from taking sides in the Jet controversy, but we would have liked for District Attorney Thorp to have been more critical of the decision to take the computer from its natural location at town hall and transport it to the Jet Motel.

Criminal action? Maybe not, but certainly a serious breach of trust.

Jet's electorate will have an opportunity to voice their opinion on Feb. 14, 2012, when they go to the polls to elect three new town board members.

It's highly unlikely an audit – if called for by the DA – could be concluded before that election, but we believe one is warranted in this case. The sanctity of the personal information within the town's computer demands it.

Steve Booher Publisher

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County’s not immune to quakes

By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Quakes, twisters and gullywashers. Most individuals experience at least one natural disaster in a lifetime, but some Oklahomans now have experienced all three – in one day.

Last week, farmers across the state were kicking up dust.

This week, they were throwing out sandbags, seeking shelter from tornadoes, protecting equipment from hail and even hanging on to handrails through earthquakes.

Alfalfa County was not immune to the forces of Mother Nature that caused a national stir, and a ton of confusion.

“I thought a truck had hit the house. I thought someone was breaking in. I told my husband to stop shaking the bed.”

Those are just a few com-

ments heard in town this weekend following two of three quakes that shook the earth from Oklahoma to Texas and as far northeast as Wisconsin.

Others swore the mystical quaking was a ghost who showed up late for Halloween.

Some blamed their pets. Many slept right through all three tremblers and swore everyone else was just plain crazy.

Earthquakes in Oklahoma?

Get real!

Believe it, say officials from the Oklahoma Geological Survey, who pinpointed the first quake about six miles north of Prague in the Wilzetta fault, also known as the Seminole uplift. The shaker measured 4.7 magnitude and occurred about 2:12 a.m. Saturday.

The vibration was a foreshock to a record breaker that

Parents can lend hand at school Prepared parent assistants can have big impact in classroom As states continue to slash education budgets to accommodate declining tax revenues, schools respond by trying to squeeze even more out of their beleaguered teachers: class sizes grow, planning periods are cut, each student gets less attention.

What can we do? Project Appleseed, a non-profit public education advocate, is asking parents across the country to lend a hand in their child’s school on Nov. 17, its 18th annual National Parent Involvement Day. Not coincidentally, it falls during American Education Week, Nov. 13-19.

“Volunteers and adult assistants in classrooms make a huge difference, especially with schools and teachers under so much stress,” says Paddy Eger, a veteran teacher, parent trainer and volunteer, and author of Educating America 101: Strategies for Adult Assistants in K-8 Classrooms (www.paddyeger.com).

“With a little training and a handful of strategies, most adults can effectively assist both teachers and students," Eger says. “One hour a month or a week helping students is a small investment of time that has big returns.”

Sometimes, however, the best-intentioned volunteers become yet another pair of hands tugging for attention on the teacher’s sleeve. Volunteers working with small groups of students, such as tutoring sessions, also risk wasting precious instructional time if they’re not prepared and don’t know how to manage the group.

In more than 20 years as a primary and intermediate grade teacher, Eger has developed a number of simple strategies that allow volunteers to both maximize their usefulness and minimize distractions to the teacher. Her suggestions don’t replace training provided by the school, since that’s tailored to the teachers’ needs, but they will greatly enhance time spent working directly with students.

They include: If you have questions for the teacher: Schedule a meeting that’s not at a time when students are in the classroom. Do not expect to meet with the teacher unannounced for “just a minute.” Also, if the

teacher provides materials for an activity, don’t expect him or her to walk you through it. Take time to read the directions and gather supplies days before your classroom visit.

Establish a consistent meeting place: If your group will meet regularly, ask the teacher before your first visit to help you establish a place that you can use every time you visit. Nothing kills an activity faster than spending valuable time looking for a place to work.

Choose your seat wisely: Don’t sit at one end of a rectangular table. Sitting in the middle seat along one side allows you to see all of the students and reach out to touch their work. It also makes you part of the group, and allows you to speak in a softer voice. For round tables, sit so you – not the students – face nearby tables or other distractions.

To help children become active listeners, don’t repeat questions: If the student says he doesn’t understand the question, ask him to repeat what he thinks he heard. If the student is still confused, ask another student to rephrase the question. Once again, ask the first student to repeat what he just heard.

Be prepared for a change in plans: Have a “pocket activity” ready in case a schedule change means you’ll have less time with the children. This is a simple game, such as a math or spelling game, or a book or news article that can be started or stopped at any time without losing its value.

Assistants, especially those who’ve taken the time to prepare, can have a big impact in a classroom, Eger says.

“Assistants provide the extra hands and help to gather materials, lead small groups, prepare enriching activities and manage day-to-day tasks,” Eger says. “While they can’t solve all of the problems associated with drastic budget cuts, they can help ensure students feel as little of the sting as possible.”

(Paddy Eger is a 20-year teacher from Washington State. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in elementary education.)

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hit about 10:53 p.m. Saturday in about the same location. The second shock measured a 5.6 magnitude – the largest ever recorded in Oklahoma.

Just as residents were settling in Monday night for bed, getting used to the end of Daylight Savings Time and convincing themselves that earthquakes in Oklahoma are a rare occurrence and a thing of the past, lampshades began to rattle once more. A third aftershock, hailing from the same location, with a magnitude of 4.7 rocked Oklahoma and surrounding states again.

REALLY NOTHING NEW Although many reported that the tremors felt during the weekend were their first, Oklahoma actually experiences earthquakes on a regular basis.

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servatory in rural Tulsa County, the Oklahoma Geological Survey south of Leonard records 50 to 167 earthquakes in the state each year. It also records at least seven earthquakes worldwide each and every day.

According to the OGS Web site, Oklahoma has one known surface expression of an active fault, which is visible from the sky and located in southwestern Oklahoma.

“The last slip on this fault is estimated to be about 1,300 years ago and may have been equivalent to a magnitude 6.5 or 7.0 earthquake,” the site says. “This fault is known as the Meers Fault.”

In 2010, OGS recorded 1,047 earthquakes, and of those, individuals reported feeling 103.

The largest was a 4.7 magnitude quake on Oct. 13 near Norman. Individuals reported feeling the quake from Kansas City to Dallas.

The location near Prague also experienced a 4.1 magnitude earthquake, felt in Oklahoma and Kansas, on Feb. 27, 2010.

“We have not discovered a cause for the dramatic numbers of earthquakes but continue to examine the data,” the OGS site reports.

HEALTH RISKS, PRECAUTIONS Earthquakes certainly present their fair share of dangers.

Emergency experts recommend establishing evacuation plans and taking cover under interior doorways or sturdy pieces of furniture, like a desk or table, for anyone experiencing an earthquake indoors. Those outdoors should find an area away from trees and tall structures, including buildings, streetlights and utility poles and wires, and stay put.

Drivers in moving vehicles should pull over as soon as it is safe to do so in an area away from bridges, overpasses and structures and stay in the vehicle. The radio should remain on in order to hear emergency information. Once the earthquake has stopped, drivers can proceed with caution, watching for damage on roadways.

Although the physical dangers of earthquakes are apparent, health risks also accompany earthquakes.

“There have been a number of instances (especially in Europe) in which vibration and/ or sound from relatively small earthquakes, have precipitated heart attacks,” according to the OGS. “Some of these attacks have been fatal. …When something goes boom in the night, try not to be startled. It may only be a small earthquake. Even if it is an explosion, it is over by the time you hear it.”

WEATHERING THE WEATHER In addition to surviving record-breaking tremors, Alfalfa County residents spent a good part of Monday under severe weather warnings, while other parts of the state experienced hail, lightning and tornadoes.

Alfalfa County only received a little more than a half-inch of rain Monday and Tuesday, but it was enough to wet the streets and muddy county roads. Not a complaint was muttered about the moisture, but three instances of shakes, rattles and rolls got people talking.

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Area contestants take titles at NWOSU pageants ALVA – Carrie Bowers, a sophomore from Cherokee, was named Miss Northwestern Oklahoma State University during the annual Miss Northwestern Pageant on Sunday. This year, the Miss Northwestern Outstanding Teen title was awarded to Kenzie Kraft of Burlington.

Bowers also received the Fitness Award. Steve Clausen of One Healthy Bod in Oklahoma City will provide nutrition and fitness counseling to her for winning this category.

She sang “So Much Better,” and her platform is “Self-Confidence and Self-Worth in Young Women.”

To become a member of Northwestern’s Outstanding Teen pageant, participants must be at least 13 years of age and not older than 17 by the National Pageant in August.

Contestants cannot turn 18 before July 31, 2012.

Kraft performed a lyrical ballet to “GIitter in the Air” and will work to promote her platform, “YOGOWYPI – You Only Get Out What You Put In.” Bowers will receive a tuition scholarship and a cash scholarship as Miss Northwestern.

When Kraft attends college at Northwestern, she will receive a tuition scholarship.

Carson Schanbacher, the 2012 Miss Northwestern Star of Cherokee, will accompany Bowers to the Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant at Tulsa in June.

Madison Bird, a freshman from Alva, was named first runner-up, and Chelsay Adams, a freshman from Mooreland, was

chosen as the second runnerup in the Miss Northwestern portion of the pageant. Each runner-up winner will receive tuition and cash scholarships.

Victoria Kimbrell of Enid was named the first runner-up in the Teen portion of the pageant, and Kelsey Castle of Jet was second runner-up. Each runner-up in the Teen category will receive a tuition scholar-

ship if they choose Northwestern as their school of choice for college.

Contestants in the pageant were judged in talent, interview, fitness in a swimsuit and onstage questions categories. Each contestant in both the Miss Northwestern and Miss Teen categories will receive cash participation scholarship awards.

Rachel Ruble, Mooreland freshman, and Olivia Yandel, Kiowa (Kan.) freshman, also participated in the Miss Northwestern Pageant. Teen contestants also included Savanna Eshleman, Cherokee; Cheney Bird, Alva; Harlie Taylor, Woodward; and Carolyn Koepping, Enid.

Contestants for the Miss Northwestern star program in-

cluded Izabella O’Bleness, Alva; Teagyn Baker, Fairview; Breya

MISS NORTHWESTERN 2012 Carrie Bowers and her Northwestern Star 2012 Carson Schanbacher will travel together to the Miss Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant in June.

MISS OUTSTANDING TEEN 2012 Kenzie Kraft (center) is pictured with the teen first runner-up Victoria Kimbrell (left) and second runner-up Kelsey Castle (right).

Opera performs Nov. 17 at Cherokee Elementary Tulsa Opera will perform Malcolm Fox’s “The Silence Tree” at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 17 for students at Cherokee Elementary.

“The Silence Tree” is a gentle, magical 40-minute children’s opera with subtle humor and audience participation and is being given its second U.S. production by Tulsa Opera through the Opera on Tour! initiative.

Prior to the performance teachers received lesson plans and a student newsletter from Tulsa Opera to assist in preparing their students for the show.

With the help of music teacher Claudia Cooksey, students have learned a song from the opera and will sing along with Tulsa Opera’s professional performers.

“The Silence Tree” is performed in agreement with Fox & Fox Music International, Selkirk, U.K. The performers include Stephanie Washington, a so-

prano and native Tulsan, who received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. She went on to complete her studies at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and has spent the past two summers as an apprentice with the Santa Fe Opera.

Sara Louise Petrocelli is a mezzo-soprano from New Jersey and is beginning her second season with Tulsa Opera as a studio artist. She recently performed with Opera Company of Middlebury (Vermont) and was a 2006 young artist for EPCASO in Italy. She holds a Master of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

James Callon, tenor, has spent the past two seasons on the main stage for Los Angeles Opera, Rogue Opera and Tulsa Opera, where he begins his second year of residency as a studio artist. A native of Lakewood, Calif., he received his Bachelor

Claudia Cooksey studies with renowned artists OKLAHOMA CITY – This fall, Cherokee Elementary School educator Claudia Cooksey studied with nationally renowned artists at the Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain.

The institute is a series of professional development workshops in the literary, visual and performing arts, including workshops for special needs, physical education and core curriculum teachers.

Oklahomans have an opportunity to study with nationally renowned artists without traveling far from home. Winners of the Pulitzer Prize and the Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards have taught at Oklahoma Arts Institute programs.

All Oklahoma public school educators automatically receive full scholarships to attend the institute, including tuition, room and board. Cooksey was sponsored by the Oklahoma State Department of Education and ConocoPhillips, with additional support from the Oklahoma Arts Council and various private donors. In conjunction with her scholarship, Cooksey also received a $250 stipend for classroom materials provided

by ConocoPhillips.

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of Music degree from the University of California.

Wayne Hu, baritone, recently finished his coursework at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and will receive a Master of Music Degree upon successful completion of exams. He has served as a resident opera artist with Pine Mountain Music Festival (2006) and with Opera North (2004).

Whitney Hollis, piano, is a Tulsa resident and a member of the Tulsa Opera Chorus. She joins Opera on Tour! as this season’s tour manager and pianist.

Each season Tulsa Opera

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Lifestyles

Farmerettes discuss Fall Fun Festival, great places to visit in Oklahoma

Sewing roots

HANDSTITCHED QUILTS line tables and chairs Saturday at the City-County Public Library during the 2nd annual Turnip Festival.

Collins featured on Channel 4’s ‘Great State’

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Carmen Correspondent CARMEN – Theobelle Collins, Oklahoma's oldest mayor, was interviewed by Galen Culver of KFOR-TV for the "It's a Great State" segment.

She will be featured on the show Wednesday or Friday during the 5 o'clock news.

We are proud of her for her effort and vision to help the town and other interests such as the library!

EARTHQUAKES After the worst drought in history this past summer, we have felt earthquakes in the area this past week.

The strongest earthquake in the history of Oklahoma was centered in the Shawnee area Saturday at 11:53 p.m.

We are proud of the nice rain this week and we are thankful we missed the fall tornadoes that hit other areas!

WELCOME BABY Rod and Sasha McNary welcome their new baby girl, Charlotte Marie, who was born Nov. 1 in Enid. She has a brother, Colton, and sister, Emily. Her grandparents are Lori and Bobby Perryman of Carmen.

Sympathy Sympathy to the Lyle Schanbacher family. Lyle married Doris Harvey of Carmen. There were a number of local and area nephews and nieces.

COMING EVENTS After 55 Luncheon will be held Nov. 17.

Methodist Monthly Family Dinner will be held this Sunday

Betas celebrate Thanksgiving with meal Beta Sigma Phi members met at the Cherokee Station for their Thanksgiving meal on Nov. 3. Plans were made for the Christmas party at 10 a.m., Dec. 1 at the Civic Room at the Courthouse.

A history of Thanksgiving was presented by Trudy Lancaster. Members present were Ruth Polson, Wilda Flaming, Donna Wessels, Marian Goodwin, Joan McDaniel, Evelyn Stout and Lancaster.

following service Rook Club will be held Nov. 21 at Earlene Mosers'.

Happy birthday Happy birthday to Megan Brown Hutcherson, Eddie Bruner, and Nelletta Johnson Happy Fall, Yall!

Wheatheart Menu Menu is subject to change due to availability of foods.

Monday, Nov. 14 - Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, winter mix with cheese sauce, roll, chilled fruit.

Tuesday, Nov. 15 - Dinner franks, sauerkraut, potato salad, bun, easy chocolate cake.

Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Ham and beans with onion, tomato relish, seasoned greens, cornbread, double orange gelatin.

Thursday, Nov. 17 - Fish krispies with tartar sauce, pineapple slaw, Harvard beets, hush puppies, cinnamon apple muffin.

Friday, Nov. 18 - Closed.

For reservation, call 580596-2792 Cherokee, or 580-8523248 Helena, by noon the day before.

Farmerettes met on Nov. 3 at the Courthouse Civic Room. President Nancy Lambert called the meeting to order and led the flag salute. Carolyn Passwater gave the devotion on Matthew 25.

Pauline Trissell and Loretta Sharp gave the lesson on “Things to do in Oklahoma� and each member named a place in Red Carpet country where they had a good experience. Salt Plains Lake, Canton, Keystone and Grand Lakes were a few named, as well as the Marland Mansion in Ponca City and the Music Center at the Knox Building in Enid.

Each member received a packet with information on Red Carpet country.

The Kids Fall Fun Festival was a great success with over 300 attending. Sharp gave the report on the blood drive. They far exceeded the goal of 70 units.

The Farmerettes served a hot lunch at the Turnip Festival on Nov. 5. Each member brought pie and another dessert. Volunteers included Carolyn and Cyndi Passwater, Sharon LaRue, Sharp, Jean Carpenter and Trissell.

Cranberry salad and other salads were provided for the 4-H dinner last Sunday. There was a big turnout for the event.

Members were asked to consider what they would like our club to do for the Gettin’ Home Ministry in Helena.

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Election of a secretary was tabled until a later meeting. It was voted to make a donation to the HeadStart children for winter clothing.

LaRue and Lambert served refreshments to guest Sandra Hutton, and members Wynona Puffinbarger, Trissell, Lois Walk-

er, Carpenter, Elisa Crowder, Dana Wimpee, Passwater, Corkey Batterton, Sharp and Terri Woods, hostess.

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Funerals

Lyle G. Schanbacher Funeral service for Lyle G. Schanbacher, 86, was at 10 a.m.

Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at the United Methodist Church in Cherokee. Rev. Mary Irby officiated. Burial followed at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee. www.lanmanmemorials.com.

Lyle G. Schanbacher was born Sept. 29, 1925, on the family farm northeast of Carmen to Edna Mae Wade Schanbacher and Murray Guy Schanbacher, the fourth of seven siblings. He passed from this life Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011, to a Heavenly Homecoming.

Lyle attended East Clay Elementary School, then Lambert High School, graduating in 1944. Following graduation, he farmed with his parents under the Farm Exemption Act until brother Duane returned from the war.

In 1945 Lyle entered the Army and trained at Fort Ord and Camp Roberts in California, receiving an Honorable Discharge in 1946.

On December 8, 1946, Lyle married his Carmen sweetheart, Doris Harvey, in the home of her aunt and uncle in Alva. To their union of nearly 65 years three children were born, Marlene, Dorlene and Rocky.

Lyle is survived by his loving wife, Doris; his three children, Marlene Buck and husband, Jim of Cherokee, Dorlene Walker of Tulsa, and Rocky Schanbacher and wife, Michele of Cherokee; his grandchildren, Chris Parker and husband, Shane of Cherokee, Angie Buck of Cherokee, Jamie Beisel and husband, Joe of Duncan, Brandon and Lauren Walker of Tulsa, Justin, Landon and Katie Schanbacher of Cherokee; great-grandchildren Hailey, Joel and Wyatt Parker; sister, Lois Walker of Cherokee, brother, Gene Schanbacher and wife, Priscilla of Murray, Ky.; sister-in-law, Verna Ruth Schanbacher of Cherokee; and a host of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Hazel Means and husband, Bob; brothers, Delbert Schanbacher and wife, Glendola, Duane Schanbacher, Bobby Schanbacher, and brother-in-law, Wayne Walker.

Memorials may be given to Prairie Valley United Methodist Church, Alfalfa County – Cherokee EMS or Cherokee High School Track Fund through the funeral home. [paid] Kelly Wyman HELENA – Memorial service for Kelly Wyman will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18 at the Helena Christian Church, Helena.

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Stanley M. Owen A private service will be held for Stanley M. Owen. Arrangements are by Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva. At his request, the casket will not be opened.

He was born Feb. 6, 1944, in Kansas City, Mo. to Opal Leona (Maddox) and Ira Claire Owen and died at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Enid, Nov. 4, 2011.

He attended Capron School System and graduated with the class of 1962. During school, he was active in FFA. He received his BS and his master’s degree at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

In 1972, he started teaching 6th grade and coaching in Burlington. In 1975, he left his teaching career to work with his dad on the family farm, raising pigs, cattle, wheat and alfalfa until his death.

On Nov. 30, 1963, he married Beverly Alexander in Kiowa, Kan. Over the years, he drove the activity bus for the school district.

He married Linda Wilcox April 20, 2006, in Newkirk, and made their home in Alva.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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She was born to Cornelius James and Rebecca Enola (Nordyke) Harrington Jan. 5, 1930, on a farm southwest of Alva and died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, in Alva.

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DRIFTWOOD CHURCH Driftwood Christian Church Minister: Greg Schmidt Bible School: 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

New Life Assembly of God Interim Pastor: Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Sun. 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.

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.

BURLINGTON CHURCHES Christian Church 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.

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

Worship: 10:45 a.m.

HELENA CHURCHES First Christian Church Pastor: Jay Drawbridge Wednesday Bible: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:20 a.m.

Nazarene Church Pastor: Dean Holt Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship: 11 a.m.

Evening Worship: 7 p.m.

Wednesday Service: 7:30 p.m.

Helena United Methodist Pastor: Joel Thompson Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Youth Group: 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church Pastor: Scott Hofen Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Bible Study: 6 p.m.

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

Sunday School: 11 a.m.

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

Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

GOLTRY CHURCHES St. Michael’s Catholic Church Pastor: Father Larry Kowalski Sun. Morning Mass: 7:30 a.m.

Community Bible Church Pastor: Bryan Baldwin Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Evening Worship: 6 p.m.

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

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

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Family Meal: 1st Sunday, Noon Ladies Aid: 1st Sunday, 1:30 p.m.

Last Sunday: Holy Communion New Covenant Fellowship Pastor: Dale Cummins Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

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Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.

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Pleasant View Mennonite Pastors: Dennis Koehn, Randy Schmidt & Patrick Koehn Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

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Sigma Alpha.

She and her husband owned and operated a pipeline construction company for several years.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ray; son, Jess Terence “Terry” Shafer; two brothers, Irvin Leo and James Wesley Harrington; and two sisters, Maxine Rader and Hazel Dowling.

She is survived by her son, Randall Gene Shafer of Pond Creek; daughter, Cheryl Jeannette Murrow of Alva; son, Ronald Ray Shafer of Cherokee; five grandchildren; and 12 greatgrandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to Alva First Baptist Church.

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She attended Manila Rural School, Horace Mann Elementary and Alva High School.

In 1946, she married Jesse Shafer.

In 1948 she began work for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. as an operator and later as supervisor, where she continued until Alva went dial and the office closed on June 16, 1963.

In November 1964, she joined Riggs Advertising and Supply Co., serving as bookkeeper, office manager and sales representative.

On July 21, 1954, she and Ray Gourley were married in Woodward.

She was baptized as a member of Alva First Baptist Church. She was also a member of Nescatunga Humanities Council Inc., Red Hat Society, and lifetime member of Epsilon

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Page 8 • Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011

Chiefs crush Canton, 56-38; off to Fox for playoffs

By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff CANTON – A pesky Canton ball club jumped out to an 18-8 lead in the first quarter before the more physical Cherokee Chiefs outscored their Blaine County opponents 28-6 in the second quarter and 20-8 in the third on the way to a 56-38 District B-1 victory.

The win moved the Chiefs into a three-way tie with Seiling and Pond Creek-Hunter for second in the district. Each team was 7-2 in district play and 8-2 overall.

Laverne won the district title at 8-1 and 9-1 overall. Using the tie-breaking point system, Seiling (a team Cherokee defeated) finished in second place, with the Chiefs third. Pond CreekHunter (a team that defeated Cherokee on the last play of the game), was awarded fourth.

Because Laverne won the district title, it will be rewarded with two home games in postseason play, while Seiling will have the home field advantage in the first round. Both Cherokee and Pond Creek-Hunter will make long road trips for their first round contests.

For the Chiefs, it will mean a four and one-half hour bus trip to Fox to play Class B's fourth ranked Foxes. Cherokee, the defending Class B state champion, is ranked No. 9.

Fox finished the season as the runner-up in District B-2.

The Foxes were 8-1 in district play and 9-1 overall.

They average 46.7 points per game on offense and give up an average of only 8 points per contest.

That compares with Cherokee's 37.6 points per game on offense versus the Chiefs' 21.4 average they give up on defense.

RUNNING, BLITZING FOX FOXES "We'll have a little size advantage up front," said Cherokee Coach Bryce Schanbacher of the matchup with the Foxes.

"But they have some good looking athletes, including two or three running backs with good size and speed.

"They'll line up in the I (formation) one time and the next send everybody out. They like to run to the outside; use their speed to get to the corners. They have two or three running backs with good size and speed."

Defensively, he said Fox runs a 3-1 and "blitzes someone on almost every play; if not six people."

So, what will the Chiefs need to do to come away with the road win?

"We'll need to slow down their running backs," explained Schanbacher. "We'll have to wrap up and make tackles.

"Our offense will need to establish the run game. I think (their blitzes) will give us some opportunities to throw, but we'll have to pick up their blitzes.

"If we can run the ball and control the clock, we'll have a good opportunity to get a win and move on to the next round."

Should the Chiefs upset Fox, it likely won't get any easier in the quarterfinals, where they would play either No. 1 Caddo on the road, or unranked South Coffeyville.

TIGERS GET CHIEFS' ATTENTION If Cherokee had the playoffs on their minds when they ran onto the field at Canton Friday night, it didn't take the Tigers long to get the Chiefs' attention.

Two quick first quarter touchdowns by Canton – the first a 50-yard TD run by quarterback Chad Miller and the second a 35-yard run by running back Shelby Schoonmaker – put the Tigers up 12-0.

Cherokee answered with an 8-yard run by quarterback Henry Washington, who would score four times before the contest ended, to make it 12-8. But Canton came right back with a

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TDs; Argraves 16-133, 2 TDs; Castro 5-62; Bowman 8-57, 1 TD Passing: Washington 6-12, 1 TD Receiving: Austin Huckabee 3-55; Argraves 2-35, 1 TD; Hawkins 1-25 Tackles: Tanner Ducotey 13, Castro 10, Derek Richmond 9, Landon Schanbacher 8 Sacks: Schanbacher 3, Jerran Waugh 2, Zach James 1 Interceptions: Washington 2, Richmond 1 Scoring Summary First Quarter Canton: Miller 50 run (Pass failed) Canton: Schoonmaker 35 run (Run failed) Cherokee: Washington 8 run (Argraves run) Canton: Haigler 3 run (Run failed) Second Quarter Cherokee: Argraves 5 run (Run failed) Cherokee: Washington 55 run (Bowman run) Canton: Schoonmaker 24 run (Run failed) Cherokee: Argraves 2 run (Pass failed) Cherokee: Argraves 32 pass from Washington (Argraves run) Third Quarter Cherokee: Washington 48 run (Pass failed) Cherokee: Bowman 8 run (Castro run) Canton: Schoonmaker 39 pass from Miller (Pass good) Cherokee: Washington 32 run (Run failed) Fourth Quarter Canton: Howell 8 pass from Miller (Run failed)

HENRY WASHINGTON (20, above) runs for one of his four touchdowns against Canton in Cherokee’s 56-38 victory last Friday. Alex Castro (23, right) runs behind the blocking of big Wesley Gilchrist and Alex York.

Class B Playoffs CLASS B FIRST ROUND Alex (5-5) at Laverne (9-1) Wetumka (8-2) at Welch (9-1) South Coffeyville (7-3) at Caddo (10-0) Cherokee (8-2) at Fox (9-1)

School out early for trip to Fox

Pond Creek-Hunter (8-2) at Davenport (10-0) Depew (7-3) at Gans (9-1) Dewar (6-4) at Kiefer (9-1) Paoli (8-2) at Seiling (8-2)

Class B Scoreboard

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Game time is 7:30 p.m.

3-yard TD run by Reid Haigler, giving the Tigers an 18-8 advantage heading into the second quarter.

That's when Cherokee's size advantage began to show, as the Chiefs' powered their way to four touchdowns.

Josh Argraves scored on a 5-yard run, followed by a 55-yard Washington TD run.

Schoonmaker stopped the bleeding with a 24-yard scoring run, but Cherokee answered with an Argraves 2-yard run and a 32-yard touchdown pass from Washington to Argraves.

QUICK TDs PUT GAME AWAY The Chiefs went to the locker room with a 36-24 advantage on the scoreboard and then came out in the third stanza with two quick scores to put the game

away. The first was a 48-yard TD run by Washington, followed by an 8-yard scoring run by freshman Tanner Bowman to make it 50-24.

A Miller to Schoonmaker 39yard touchdown pass trimmed Cherokee's lead to 50-32, but the Chiefs turned right around and lit up the scoreboard again with a 32-yard run by Washington to make it 56-32.

A Miller to Caleb Howell 8-yard touchdown pass closed out the scoring and left the Tigers on the short end of an 18-point win by Cherokee.

WASHINGTON SHINES "I thought Henry Washington played really well," said Schanbacher of his junior signal caller and defensive back. "In addition to his 191 yards rushing

(on only 16 carries), he threw for 115 yards and had two pass interceptions on defense.

"I also thought our offensive line, as a whole, did a good job.

When we lined up in the I (formation), they did a really good job."

Washington, who saw little or no action at quarterback the first two games of the season, now has 1,501 yards rushing over the 10-game regular season.

Defensively, Cherokee kept the pressure on Canton's offense. Landon Schanbacher had three quarterback sacks for the Chiefs, while teammates Jerran Waugh and Zach James had two and one, respectively.

The Chiefs went to a hurry up offense two weeks ago against

Merritt and stayed with that style at Canton.

"We'll stick with that," Schanbacher said. "It gives us a little wrinkle to what we're doing, and we get more done in practice in a shorter amount of time. Plus, the kids enjoy it."

CHEROKEE 56, CANTON 38 Score by Quarter Cherokee 8 28 20 0 –56 Canton 18 6 8 6 –38 The Yardstick Cherokee First Downs Canton 453 Yds. Rushing 235 115 Yds. Passing 100 6-12 Passes Comp.-Att. 8-19 3 Passes Int. By 0 3-25 Punts-Ave. Yds. 4-35 1 Fumbles Lost 0 11-114 Penalties-Yds. 6-50 Individual Statistics Rushing: Washington 16-191, 4

Final District B-1 Standings School Dist.

All PF PA x-Laverne (+116) 8-1 9-1 467 109 x-Seiling (+82) 7-2 8-2 413 232 x-Cherokee (+58) 7-2 8-2 376 214 x-PC-Hunter (+55) 7-2 8-2 425 261 Canton (+4) 4-5 5-5 357 311 Ringwood (-15) 4-5 4-6 305 303 Garber (-20) 4-5 4-6 260 331 Merritt (-81) 2-7 3-7 166 324 Geary (-64) 2-7 2-8 184 365 K-Hillsdale (-135) 0-9 0-10 82 523 x–Qualified for playoffs First round playoffs: Cherokee at Fox, Alex at Laverne, Pond Creek-Hunter at Davenport, Paoli at Seiling

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CHEROKEE CHIEFS FOOTBALL 2011

Cherokee Chiefs 2011 Football roster

CHEROKEE CHIEFS (8-2) VS. Fox Foxes (9-1)

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T’lake punishes Pats; hosts Maud in battle of Tigers

By STEVE BOOHER Messenger & Republican Staff YUKON – Timberlake's Tigers made quick work of the Southwest Covenant Patriots here last Friday, piling up 30 first quarter points and 22 in the second to end the District C-3 contest at halftime under the so-called mercy rule.

How dominant were the Tigers? How about 223 yards rushing by senior running back Stetson Buller? On only four carries. That's right, he averaged 55.75 yards per carry... more than half a football field every time he touched the ball.

MAUD WON'T BE PUSH OVER If Buller can post even half those totals on Friday, when Timberlake hosts the Maud Tigers in the first round the Class C playoffs, Coach Brian Severin will be happy.

"We're not going to be able to fool around with them much, like you can with some of the eastern (Oklahoma) schools," said Severin. "Thank goodness we're at home (Ray Troutt Field), although we've played better on the road than at home."

Maud comes into the game with a 4-3 third place finish in District C-4 and 5-5 overall.

Maud averages 33.5 points a game, but gives up an average of 35.5 on defense.

That compares with Timberlake's runner-up 6-1 finish in District C-3 and an overall record of 9-0. Timberlake's Tigers average 46.7 points per outing, while

STETSON BULLER giving up an average of 15.4.

MAUD "PRETTY YOUNG" "Maud is pretty young, with a lot of freshmen and sophomores," said Severin, "but they're going to be well coached by Bruce Harrell. He does a good job with them. These guys will know how the game of football should be played."

Maud's quarterback, said Severin, is the key to the Tigers' offense.

"He's a good athlete, a good ball player," the Timberlake mentor said. "They'll run a lot of leads and sweeps with him."

Fans should expect Maud to run more often than they put the

ball in the air.

"They'll be bigger than us," said Severin. "They have some kids up front with good size."

Maud will operate out of the I-formation and the veer on offense, according to Severin, and line up in a 3-2 defense.

Defense was something the Tigers didn't see much of against Southwest Covenant's Patriots.

3 OF 4 BULLER RUNS TDs Of Buller's four carries, three were for touchdowns runs of 30 yards, or more.

It was that 30-yarder that put Timberlake on the scoreboard for the first time in the inti al quarter. He also ran in the extra points to make it 8-0 Minutes later, Buller intercepted a Patriot pass and returned it 25 yards for a score.

Mitchell Ballard ran in the conversion points to make it 16-0 and the rout was on.

Ballard then went into touchdown mode, hauling in a 34yard pass from quarterback Coy Troutt. When Troutt passed to Logan Campbell for the two extra points the Tigers went up by a score of 24-0.

Shortly before the first quarter ended, Buller got loose for a 77-yard touchdown jaunt. The conversion pass failed, but Timberlake enjoyed a 30-0 lead heading into the second quarter.

Buller tacked on his third rushing TD of the evening in the second stanza, scoring on a 68yard run. Troutt passed to Sage

Powers for the extra points to make it 38-0.

Troutt got into the scoring column midway through the second quarter, scoring on a 9-yard run.

Campbell ran for the extra points and the scoreboard went to 46-0.

Late in the second quarter, Campbell ripped off a 35-yard run to make it 52-0. A kick for the extra point failed.

"Stetson played well and ran strong," said Severin of his senior running back. "Campbell did a good job lead-blocking for him."

All totaled, the Tigers racked up 338 yards in the first half.

If Timberlake's offense clicks like that Friday, look for the Tigers (Timberlake variety) to waltz into the Class C quarterfinals.

The Tigers' likely opponent?

Temple, 9-0, opens Class C playoff action Friday against Balko, 5-4. Unless Balko pulls off the upset, there could be another Tiger vs. Tiger matchup next Friday.

T'LAKE 52, SW COVENANT 0 Score by Quarter Timberlake 30 22 x x –52 SW Covenant 0 0 x x –0 The Yardstick Timberlake SW Covenant 9 First downs 3 299 Yds. Rushing 66 39 Yds. Passing 16 3-4 Passes Comp.-Att. 2-15 2 Passes Int. By 0 0-00 Punts-Ave. Yds. 4-25 1 Fumbles Lost 0

2-15

Penalties-Yds. 3-15 Individual Statistics Rushing: Buller 4-223, 3 TDs; Campbell 6-77, 1 TD Passing: Troutt 3-4 for 39 yards, 1 TD Receiving: Buller 2-23, Ballard 1-16, 1 TD Tackles: Campbell 8, Buller 6, Casey Carson 6, Powers 5 Interceptions: Campbell 1; Buller 1, 1 TD Scoring Summary First Quarter Timberlake: Buller 30 run (Buller

run) Timberlake: Buller 25 pass interception (Ballard run) Timberlake: Ballard 34 pass from Troutt (Campbell pass from Troutt) Timberlake: Buller 77 run (Pass failed) Second Quarter Timberlake: Buller 68 run (Powers pass from Troutt) Timberlake: Troutt 9 run (Campbell run) Timberlake: Campbell 35 run (Kick failed)

Final District C-3 Standings School Dist.

All PF PA x-DC-Lamont (+102) 7-0 9-0 388 68 x-Timberlake (+72) 6-1 8-1 420 139 x-Cov-Douglas (+39) 5-2 8-2 336 194 x-Coyle (+27) 4-3 6-3 378 190 Medford (-15) 3-4 4-5 292 296 SW Covenant (-46) 2-5 2-7 89 367 Waukomis (-74) 1-6 2-7 158 384 Carney (-105) 0-7 1-9 152 472 x–Qualified for playoffs First round playoffs: Maud at Timberlake, Covington-Douglas at Arkoma, Midway at Deer Creek-Lamont, Coyle at Webbers Falls

Class C Playoffs, First Round Thackerville (5-5) at SharonMutual (8-2) Covington-D (8-2) at Arkoma (9-1) Midway (4-5) at DCLA (9-0)

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Timberlake Tigers 2011

T’lake Tigers (8-1) vs Maud Tigers (5-5) 7:30 PM Friday, Nov. 11

1st Round Class C Playoffs First row (from left): H2O Tech Kylee Severin, Kashen Jackson, Mitchell Ballard, Brock Buller, Jordan Nichols, Braden Seaman, Allen Jenlink, H2O Tech Bailee Clift. Second row: Film Tech Karly LeForce, Adrian Carson, Layne Flemming, Logan Campbell, Jacob Henderson, Taylor Valentiner, Drake Young. Third row: Coach Brian Severin, Dakota Jantz, Coy Troutt, Aaron Parks, Casey Carson, Brandon Daniels, Kacey Reinhart, Coach Nate Ross, Coach Garett Powell. Fourth row: Sage Powers, Brandon Severin, Cameron Weaver, Stetson Buller. Not pictured Coach Chad Greb.

Timberlake Tigers 2011 Football roster No. Name Ht Wt. Class 1 Braden Seaman 5-5 115 So. 5 Jordan Nichols 5-5 115 So. 10 Stetson Buller 5-10 180 Sr. 11 Jacob Henderson 5-8 130 So. 14 Allen Jenlink 5-5 110 So. 17 Coy Troutt 6-3 190 Sr. 20 Brandon Severin 5-11 220 Sr. 21 Mitchell Ballard 5-9 145 Sr. 28 Kashen Jackson 5-6 110 Fr. 32 Adrian Carson 5-7 200 Fr. 33 Logan Campbell 5-11 190 Sr. 42 Layne Flemming 5-8 140 Fr. 47 Dakota Jantz 5-11 270 So. 50 Taylor Valentiner 5-9 250 So. 55 Brock Buller 5-8 180 Jr. 56 Aaron Parks 6-4 300 Jr. 76 Brandon Daniels 6-0 220 So. 80 Sage Powers 5-11 195 Sr. 82 Casey Carson 6-3 175 Sr. 88 Drake Young 5-7 230 So. 94 Cameron Weaver 5-10 230 So. 97 Kacey Reinhart 5-9 250 So. Head Coach: Brian Severin Asst. Coach: Nate Ross, Garett Powell, Chad Greb, Tyler Severin Film Tech: Karley LeForce Cheerleaders: Ashton Blewitt, Kayla Castle, Stacey Bailey, Kelsey Castle, Haley Blewitt, KaytlynnFrech, Kate Birkenfeld, Matti Hopkins, Delany Anderson

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Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 • Page 11

FSA committee election under way Dwight Richmond, executive director for Alfalfa County Farm Service Agency (FSA), said this week that the 2011 FSA county committee election ballots were mailed to eligible voters on Nov. 4. Deadline for voters to return ballots to their county FSA offices is Dec. 5.

"The FSA county committee system is unique because it allows producers to make important decisions concerning the local administration of federal farm programs," said Richmond. "I urge all eligible farmers and producers, especially minorities and women, to get involved."

Committee members apply their

FRIENDS SAY “hello” at Cole’s Flowers during Sunday Holiday Open House. Hundreds of shoppers visited retail stores to get ideas for Christmas or purchase early gifts during the holiday season.

Commissioners okay 36 road cross permits

By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff Alfalfa County Commissioners Doug Murrow and Toby Walker signed off on 36 more road crossing permits Monday during the board’s regular meeting. The record number of approvals was made without Commissioner Chad Roach, who was unable to attend the meeting.

District 1 will receive the bulk of the action with four permits approved for SandRidge, five for Crescent Services, four for Atlas Pipeline, one for new company in town Brickman Fastline, two for Caprock and a whopping 16 for Mid-American Midstream Gas Services, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy.

The remainder of the permits – three for Crescent Services and one for SandRidge – were approved for District 3.

Also approved was the October Alcoholic Beverage Tax, totaling $6,780.47 and allotted as follows: Aline, $337.79; Amorita, $60.38; Burlington, $248.05; Byron, $57.12; Carmen, $579.32; Cherokee, $2,444.56; Goltry, $406.34; Helena, $2,289.53; Jet, $347.59; Lambert, $9.79.

Commissioners tabled bids for a new grader in District 1. Bids were opened from Kirby-Smith of Oklahoma City, which submitted no bid; YellowHouse of Enid, $199,459 for a John Deere model; Van Keppel of Oklahoma City, $245,000, Volvo; Warren CAT, Enid, $223,953, Caterpillar.

Royal Printing Company of Oklahoma City was the only company to submit an annual bid for ballot printing services.

The company will print the county’s regular, absentee and sample ballots at a cost of 21 to 26 cents apiece, depending on the type of ballot.

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & 1, Township 25 North, Range 12 West of Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which BEFORE THE CORPORATION section Applicants request be formed as COMMISSION a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA such formation underlying such section APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE with the permitted well for the units to OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE be located not less than 1320 feet from EXPLORATION, L.L.C. the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING other and further relief as may be proper LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 1 based upon the evidence presented at the TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 12 hearing herein.

WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the OKLAHOMA application in this cause requests that the Cause CD No. 201105939 order to be entered in this matter be made NOTICE OF HEARING effective as of the date of the execution STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perthereof or as of a date prior thereto. sons, owners, producers, operators, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and this cause will be referred to an Adminall other interested persons, particularly in istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuevidence and reporting to the Corporation larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” Commission. attached to the application on file in this NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that cause, and, if any of the named individuals this cause will be heard before an Adminbe deceased, then the unknown heirs, existrative Law Judge on the Conservation ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees Docket at the Corporation Commission, and assigns, both immediate and remote, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 of such deceased individual; if any of the North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, named entities is a dissolved partnership, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day corporation or other association, then the of November 2011, and that this notice will unknown successors, trustees and asbe published as required by law and the signs, both immediate and remote, of such rules of the Commission. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that designated as a trustee is not presently the Applicants and interested parties may acting in such capacity as trustee, then the present testimony by telephone. The cost unknown successor or successors to such of telephonic communication shall be paid trustee; if any of the named parties desigby the person or persons requesting its nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently use. An interested party who wishes to acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, participate by telephone shall contact the then the unknown successor or successors Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the the hearing date, and provide his or her named entities are corporations which name and phone number. do not continue to have legal existence, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all the unknown trustees or assigns of such interested persons may appear and be parties. heard. For information concerning this acNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aption contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake an application in this cause requesting the Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Corporation Commission to enter an order, City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer as follows: (i) amending Order No. 154681 to Cause CD Number. to delete Section 1, Township 25 North, CORPORATION COMMISSION Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, OF OKLAHOMA Oklahoma, from the purview of the MissisDANA L. MURPHY, Chair sippi Solid common source of supply and BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman to vacate the -acre drilling and spacing unit PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner previously formed by such order for such DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of common source of supply in such lands; November, 2011 (ii) establishing the initial boundaries of the

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Mississippian common source of supply PEGGY MITCHELL, of gas so as to cover and include Section Commission Secretary

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 3, and Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 2t in the district court in and for alfalfa county state of oklahoma case no. cv-11-24 Myrna Jo Nelson, Plaintiff, vs. The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, Sucessors and Assigns of Mary M. Owen and Dalys Ford, Deceased, and the Unknown Successors of Mary M. Owen and Dalys Ford, Deceased, Defendants.

Notice by publication The State of Oklahoma to Defendants: The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, Sucessors and Assigns of Mary M. Owen and Dalys Ford, Deceased, and the Unknown Successors of Mary M. Owen and Dalys Ford, Deceased.

You and each of you, are hereby notified that Plaintiff has filed a Petition in the District Court of Alfalfa County, State of Oklahoma, Case No. CV-11-24, against you, and each of you, alleging that she is the fee simple owner of the following described real property situated in Alfalfa County, State of Oklahoma, to-wit: Lots Thirteen (13), Fourteen (14), Fifteen (15), Sixteen (16), Seventeen (17), Eighteen (18) and Nineteen (19), in Block Thirty-one (31) of First Addition to Aline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

That the Defendants, and each of them, be adjudged to have no right, title, claim, estate or interest in and to the real property involved in this cause of action and that they, and each of them, be perpetually barred and enjoined from setting up or asserting any right, title, claim, estate, or interest in and to said property.

That said Defendants, and each of them, must answer the Petition filed herein

by Plaintiff on or before the 15th day of December, 2011, or said Petition will be taken as true and correct and judgment rendered accordingly decreeing that said Plaintiff is the owner of the property described in said Petition.

Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of October, 2011. s/Lori Irwin, Court Clerk Deputy [seal] Francis “Fritz” McGee, OBA #5985 McGee Law Firm, P.L.L.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 111 1/2 South Grand Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728 (580) 596-3550

knowledge and judgment to make decisions on disaster and conservation payments, establishment of allotments and yields, producer appeals, employing FSA county executive directors and other local issues.

To be an eligible voter, farmers and producers must participate or cooperate in FSA programs. A person who is not of legal voting age, but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm, can also vote. Agricultural

producers in each county submitted candidate names during the nomination period held last summer.

Eligible voters who do not receive ballots can obtain ballots at the County FSA office. Dec. 5, 2011, is the last day to submit ballots in person to the county FSA office.

Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than Dec. 5.

Newly elected committee members and alternates take office Jan. 2.

For more information visit the Alfalfa County FSA office.

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & to cover and include Section 35, TownRepublican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t ship 24 North, Range 11 West of the IM, BEFORE THE CORPORATION Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which section COMMISSION Applicants request be formed as a -acre OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA drilling and spacing unit for such formations APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE underlying such section, with the permitted OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE well for the unit to be located not less than EXPLORATION, L.L.C. 1320 feet from the unit boundary; and (iii) RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING AND granting such other and further relief as HORIZONTAL SPACING may be proper based upon the evidence LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 35 presented at the hearing herein.

TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 11 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, application in this cause requests that the OKLAHOMA order to be entered in this matter be made Cause CD No. 201105862 effective as of the date of the execution NOTICE OF HEARING thereof or as of a date prior thereto and STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All seeks to amend the following set out orders persons, owners, producers, operators, with respect to the following named compurchasers and takers of oil and gas, and mon source of supply: all other interested persons, particularly in Common Source of Supply: MissisAlfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particusippian larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” Order Number Being Extended From attached to the application on file in this Adjacent or Cornering Lands: 584198 cause, and, if any of the named individuals NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exthis cause will be referred to an Adminecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of and assigns, both immediate and remote, evidence and reporting to the Corporation of such deceased individual; if any of the Commission. named entities is a dissolved partnership, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that corporation or other association, then the this cause will be heard before an Adminunknown successors, trustees and asistrative Law Judge on the Conservation signs, both immediate and remote, of such Docket at the Corporation Commission, dissolved entity; if any of the named parties First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 designated as a trustee is not presently North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, acting in such capacity as trustee, then the Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day unknown successor or successors to such of November 2011, and that this notice will trustee; if any of the named parties desigbe published as required by law and the nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently rules of the Commission. acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that then the unknown successor or successors the Applicants and interested parties may to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the present testimony by telephone. The cost named entities are corporations which of telephonic communication shall be paid do not continue to have legal existence, by the person or persons requesting its the unknown trustees or assigns of such use. An interested party who wishes to parties. participate by telephone shall contact the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApApplicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and the hearing date, and provide his or her Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have name and phone number. filed an application in this cause requestNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all ing the Corporation Commission to enter interested persons may appear and be an order, as follows: (i) amending Order heard. For information concerning this acNo. 584198 of the Commission so as to tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) enlarge and extend the boundaries of the 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Mississippian common source of supply No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake of oil so as to cover and include Section Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma 35, Township 24 North, Range 11 West of City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which to Cause CD Number. section Applicants request be formed as CORPORATION COMMISSION a horizontal 640-acre drilling and spacing OF OKLAHOMA unit for such common source of supply DANA L. MURPHY, Chairman underlying such section, with the permitBOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman ted well for the unit to be located not less PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner than 660 feet from the unit boundary; DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd day of (ii) establishing the initial boundaries of November, 2011 the Tonkawa, Lansing-Kansas City, Big

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Lime, Oswego and Cherokee separate PEGGY MITCHELL, common sources of supply of gas so as Commission Secretary

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Alfalfa County District Court docket Criminal Misdemeanor Jason Maynard Spooner, Cherokee, has been charged with driving while under the influence.

Carla Renea Lovely, Enid, has been charged with violation of protective order.

Criminal Felony Thomas Lynn Danielson, Burlington, has been charged with second-degree rape, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

Small Claims Wesley Scot Gardiner, Car-

men, has been sued by Cleo State Bank, Carmen Branch, for small claims in an amount less than $6,000.

Evan Mitchell Wofford, Enid, has been sued by Cleo State Bank, Carmen Branch, for small claims in an amount less than $6,000.

Civil Cunningham Grain Inc., Bolivar, Mo., has been sued by Carl Shaum, Manchester, for personal injury.

Marriage Licenses Jeremy Allen Fuller and Joh-

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & unit; with the permitted well for the unit to Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t be located not less than 1320 feet from BEFORE THE CORPORATION the unit boundary; (iii) establishing the COMMISSION initial boundaries of the Douglas, LansingOF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Kansas City, Big Lime, Cherokee and MisAPPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE sissippian separate common sources of OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE supply so as to cover and include Section EXPLORATION, L.L.C. 18, Township 24 North, Range 10 West of RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL OF section Applicants request be formed as SECTION 18 TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for RANGE 10 WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA such formations underlying such section COUNTY, OKLAHOMA with the permitted well for the units to Cause CD No. 201105881 be located not less than 1320 feet from NOTICE OF HEARING the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perother and further relief as may be proper sons, owners, producers, operators, based upon the evidence presented at the purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and hearing herein. all other interested persons, particularly in NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuapplication in this cause requests that the larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” order to be entered in this matter be made attached to the application on file in this effective as of the date of the execution cause, and, if any of the named individuals thereof or as of a date prior thereto. be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees this cause will be referred to an Adminand assigns, both immediate and remote, istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of of such deceased individual; if any of the evidence and reporting to the Corporation named entities is a dissolved partnership, Commission. corporation or other association, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that unknown successors, trustees and asthis cause will be heard before an Adminsigns, both immediate and remote, of such istrative Law Judge on the Conservation dissolved entity; if any of the named parties Docket at the Corporation Commission, designated as a trustee is not presently First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 acting in such capacity as trustee, then the North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, unknown successor or successors to such Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day trustee; if any of the named parties desigof November 2011, and that this notice will nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently be published as required by law and the acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, rules of the Commission. then the unknown successor or successors NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the the Applicants and interested parties may named entities are corporations which present testimony by telephone. The cost do not continue to have legal existence, of telephonic communication shall be paid the unknown trustees or assigns of such by the person or persons requesting its parties. use. An interested party who wishes to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apparticipate by telephone shall contact the plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed the hearing date, and provide his or her an application in this cause requesting name and phone number. the Corporation Commission to enter an NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all order, as follows: (i) amending Order No. interested persons may appear and be 21771 to delete Section 18, Township 24 heard. For information concerning this acNorth, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa tion contact Deidre Barnett, landman, (405) County, Oklahoma, from the purview of 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA the Meramec section of the Mississippi No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Lime common source of supply and to Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma vacate the -acre drilling and spacing unit City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer previously formed by such order for such to Cause CD Number. common source of supply in such lands; (ii) CORPORATION COMMISSION amending the order set forth in paragraph OF OKLAHOMA 2.3, above, so as to reform the -acre drilling DANA L. MURPHY, Chair and spacing units previously formed for the BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman Oswego common source of supply in all PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner of Section 18, Township 24 North, Range DONE AND PERFORMED this 3rd day of 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, OklaNovember, 2011 homa, into a proper drilling and spacing

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: unit in such section, which unit should be PEGGY MITCHELL, reformed into a -acre drilling and spacing Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & drocarbons from such common source of Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t supply, with such authorization and permisBEFORE THE CORPORATION sion running in favor of Applicant or some COMMISSION OF THE STATE other party recommended by Applicant, OF OKLAHOMA and to establish proper allowables for such APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE well and such unit.

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that LLC the application in this cause requests RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED that the order to be entered in this matter DENSITY (amending the applicable orders of the LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 26, Commission, including Order No. 586925) Township 29 North, Range 11 be made effective as of the date of the exWest of the IM, Alfalfa County, ecution thereof or as of a date prior thereto Oklahoma and that the authorization and permission Cause CD No. 201105958 requested herein run in favor of Applicant NOTICE OF HEARING or some other party recommended by STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perApplicant. sons, owners, producers, operators, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and this cause is set before an administrative all other interested persons, particularly law judge for hearing, taking of evidence in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the and reporting to the Commission. Notice following: Atinum MidCon I, LLC; Betty is further given that the application in this Ragains; Hershal Ragains; Bob R. Hill; cause may be amended at such hearJulie Hill; Cecil Oren White 2002 Revoing in accordance with the rules of the cable Trust, and Cecil Oren White & Kay Commission and the laws of the State of C. Campbell, as Trustees of such trust; Oklahoma.

Charles F. Doornbos Revocable Trust, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this and Charles F. Doornbos, as Trustee cause will be heard before an administraof such trust; Chesapeake Exploration, tive law judge on the Conservation Docket L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; EG at the Western Regional Service Office of Energy, L.L.C.; Emma Corine White 2002 the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Revocable Trust, and Craig C. White & Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Kay Celeste Campbell, as Trustees of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on such trust; Isaacs Family Limited Liability the 29th day of November, 2011, and that Partnership; Isaacs Family Limited Liability this notice be published as required by law Company a/k/a Isaacs Family L.L.C.; Quail and the rules of the Commission.

Creek Royalty, L.L.C.; Sand Creek PetroNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that leum Co.; Steven V. Redgate; Connie S. Applicant and interested parties may presRedgate; 3 BG L.L.C.; XTO Energy, Inc.; ent testimony by telephone. The cost of Stockbridge Consulting, Inc.; if any of the telephonic communication shall be paid by above-named individuals be deceased, the person or persons requesting its use. then the unknown heirs, executors, adInterested parties who wish to participate ministrators, devisees, trustees and asby telephone shall contact Applicant or signs, both immediate and remote, of such Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing deceased individual; if any of the abovedate, and provide their names and telenamed parties is a dissolved partnership, phone numbers. corporation or other association, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all unknown successors, trustees and asinterested persons may appear and be signs, both immediate and remote, of such heard. For information concerning this dissolved entity; and if any of the aboveaction, contact John R. Reeves, Attornamed parties designated as a trustee is ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two not presently acting in such capacity as Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, trustee, then the unknown successor or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telesuccessors to such trustee. phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that SandRidge Exploration and Production, Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma Production, LLC, has filed an application City, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: in this cause requesting the Corporation (405) 429-5788.

Commission of Oklahoma to enter an CORPORATION COMMISSION order, to be effective as of the date of the OF OKLAHOMA execution thereof or as of a date prior DANA. L. MURPHY, Chair thereto, amending the applicable orders BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman of the Commission, including Order No. PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner 586925, to authorize and permit another DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of well in the 640-acre drilling and spacing November, 2011. unit formed for the Mississippian common BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: source of supply in Section 26, Township PEGGY MITCHELL, 29 North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa Commission Secretary County, Oklahoma, so as to produce hy-

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nette Lullabye Burleson, both of Alva, have applied for a marriage license. Judge Loren Angle performed a marriage ceremony.

James Matthew Sanborn and Heather Joann Owen, both of Cherokee, have applied for a marriage license. Judge Loren Angle performed a marriage ceremony.

Protective Order Sonja Dionne Kiwia, Burlington, Harvey Lee Baker, Silvery Kiwia, Snoe Kiwia and Alfred N. Obiero II have filed for a protective order against Richard Lee

Fischer, Kiowa, Kan. Traffic Charged with failure to wear seat belt, $20: Thomas Andrew Klier, Galatia, Kan.; Michael Lynn Beaston, Copan.

Charged with failure to carry insurance verification, $211.50: Damon Ray Sharrock, Enid; Robert Andrew Sliger Long, Ada. Charged with speeding 1-10 mph over speed limit, $188.50: Steven Lane Barrett, Cherokee; Christopher Blake Ganz, Pond Creek; Scott Michael Pendergraft, Newcastle; Shanicha Cor-

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & lands; (iii) establishing the initial boundarRepublican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t ies of the Douglas, Lansing-Kansas City, BEFORE THE CORPORATION Big Lime, Oswego, Cherokee and MisCOMMISSION sissippian separate common sources of OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA supply of gas so as to cover and include APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE Section 22, Township 29 North, Range OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, OklaEXPLORATION, L.L.C. homa, which section Applicants request be RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING formed as a 640-acre drilling and spacing LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 22 unit for such formations underlying such TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 12 section with the permitted well for the units WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, to be located not less than 1320 feet from OKLAHOMA the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such Cause CD No. 201105859 other and further relief as may be proper NOTICE OF HEARING based upon the evidence presented at the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perhearing herein. sons, owners, producers, operators, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and application in this cause requests that the all other interested persons, particularly in order to be entered in this matter be made Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particueffective as of the date of the execution larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” thereof or as of a date prior thereto. attached to the application on file in this NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that cause, and, if any of the named individuals this cause will be referred to an Adminbe deceased, then the unknown heirs, existrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees evidence and reporting to the Corporation and assigns, both immediate and remote, Commission. of such deceased individual; if any of the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that named entities is a dissolved partnership, this cause will be heard before an Admincorporation or other association, then the istrative Law Judge on the Conservation unknown successors, trustees and asDocket at the Corporation Commission, signs, both immediate and remote, of such First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 dissolved entity; if any of the named parties North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, designated as a trustee is not presently Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day acting in such capacity as trustee, then the of November 2011, and that this notice will unknown successor or successors to such be published as required by law and the trustee; if any of the named parties desigrules of the Commission. nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, the Applicants and interested parties may then the unknown successor or successors present testimony by telephone. The cost to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the of telephonic communication shall be paid named entities are corporations which by the person or persons requesting its do not continue to have legal existence, use. An interested party who wishes to the unknown trustees or assigns of such participate by telephone shall contact the parties.

Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe hearing date, and provide his or her plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and name and phone number.

Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all an application in this cause requesting interested persons may appear and be the Corporation Commission to enter an heard. For information concerning this acorder, as follows: (i) amending Order No. tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) 148489 to delete Section 22, Township 29 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake County, Oklahoma, from the purview of Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma the Mississippi Chat common source of City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer supply and to vacate the 80-acre drilling to Cause CD Number. and spacing units previously formed by CORPORATION COMMISSION such order for such common source of OF OKLAHOMA supply in such lands; (ii) amending Order DANA L. MURPHY, Chair No. 210281 to delete Section 22, Township BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman 29 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner County, Oklahoma, from the purview of the DONE AND PERFORMED this 2nd day of Tonkawa, Cherokee and Mississippi Lime November, 2011 separate common sources of supply and

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: to vacate the 40-acre drilling and spacing PEGGY MITCHELL, units previously formed by such order for Commission Secretary such common sources of supply in such Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & and spacing unit involved herein under a Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t plan of development and have proposed BEFORE THE CORPORATION to commence such plan of development COMMISSION of such unit by an initial well in the lands OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA covered hereby, and that Applicants have APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE been unable to reach an agreement with OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE the owners of drilling rights named as reEXPLORATION, L.L.C. spondents herein with respect to such proRELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING posed plan of development of the separate LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 22 common sources of supply in the drilling TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 12 and spacing unit covered hereby.

WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the OKLAHOMA application in this cause requests that one Cause CD No. 201105861 or both of the Applicants, including ChesaNOTICE OF HEARING peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perthrough its agent, Chesapeake Operating, sons, owners, producers, operators, Inc., or some other party recommended purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and

by Applicants be designated as operaall other interested persons, particularly tor under the order to be entered in this in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the cause of the separate common sources following: Sandridge Exploration and of supply in the drilling and spacing unit Production, LLC and, if any of the named involved herein, including the proposed individuals be deceased, then the unknown initial well and any subsequent wells under heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, Applicants’ proposed plan of development trustees and assigns, both immediate and of such unit. Applicants may request up to remote, of such deceased individual; if one year from the date of the order to enter any of the named entities is a dissolved in this cause, within which to commence partnership, corporation or other assothe initial well. ciation, then the unknown successors, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that trustees and assigns, both immediate this cause will be referred to an Adminand remote, of such dissolved entity; if istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of any of the named parties designated as evidence and reporting to the Corporation a trustee is not presently acting in such Commission. capacity as trustee, then the unknown NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this successor or successors to such trustee; cause will be heard before an Administraif any of the named parties designated as tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in the Corporation Commission, First Floor, such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, unknown successor or successors to such Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named of November 2011, and that this notice will entities are corporations which do not conbe published as required by law and the tinue to have legal existence, the unknown rules of the Commission. trustees or assigns of such parties.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe Applicants and interested parties may plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and present testimony by telephone. The cost Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed of telephonic communication shall be paid an application in this cause requesting by the person or persons requesting its the Corporation Commission to enter an use. An interested party who wishes to order pooling the interests of the oil and participate by telephone shall contact the gas owners, and adjudicating the rights Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to and equities with respect thereto, in the the hearing date, and provide his or her proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing unit name and phone number. in Cause CD No. 20115859, comprised of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Section 22, Township 29 North, Range 12 interested persons may appear and be West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, heard. For information concerning this acfor the Douglas, Lansing-Kansas City, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Big Lime, Oswego, Cherokee and Mis935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA sissippian separate common sources of No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake supply with respect to the development of Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma such separate common sources of supCity, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer ply in such unit. The interests of the oil to Cause CD Number. and gas owners involved herein and the DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd rights and equities in respect thereto are day of November 2011. sought here to be pooled and adjudicated CORPORATION COMMISSION pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section OF OKLAHOMA 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling DANA L. MURPHY, Chair and spacing unit covered hereby, and not BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner in this cause states that Applicants have

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: proposed the development of the separate PEGGY MITCHELL, common sources of supply in the drilling Commission Secretary

rell Campbell, Enid.

Charged with speeding 11-14 mph over speed limit, $226.50: Charles Andrew Flanery, Woodward.

Charged with driving 16-20 mph over speed limit, $241.50: Matthew Ryan Columbus, Yukon.

Charged with driving 21-26 mph over speed limit, $281.50: Brandon Antonio Anthony, Oklahoma City.

Charged with driving left of center in no passing zone, $211.50: David Troy Hobbs, Enid.

Charged with failure to keep to right on road of sufficient width, $211.50: Jeffrey Craig Rice, Cameron, Mo. Charged with transporting open container – beer, $316: Jason Maynard Spooner, Cherokee.

Charged with overweight on group of 2, $666.50: Albert Warren Pierce, Longdale.

Charged with overweight on group of 5, $766.50: Bryson Keith Schmidt, Helena.

Charged with violation special permit, $706.50: Earl Marten Ritterhouse, Woodward.

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & common source of supply in such lands; Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t (iii) establishing the initial boundaries of the BEFORE THE CORPORATION Mississippian common source of supply COMMISSION of gas so as to cover and include Section OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 West of APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE section Applicants request be formed as EXPLORATION, L.L.C. a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING such formation underlying such section LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 16 with the permitted well for the units to TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH RANGE 12 be located not less than 1320 feet from WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such OKLAHOMA other and further relief as may be proper Cause CD No. 201105901 based upon the evidence presented at the NOTICE OF HEARING hearing herein.

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the sons, owners, producers, operators, application in this cause requests that the purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and order to be entered in this matter be made all other interested persons, particularly in effective as of the date of the execution Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuthereof or as of a date prior thereto. larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that attached to the application on file in this this cause will be referred to an Admincause, and, if any of the named individuals istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exevidence and reporting to the Corporation ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees Commission. and assigns, both immediate and remote, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that of such deceased individual; if any of the this cause will be heard before an Adminnamed entities is a dissolved partnership, istrative Law Judge on the Conservation corporation or other association, then the Docket at the Corporation Commission, unknown successors, trustees and asFirst Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 signs, both immediate and remote, of such North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, dissolved entity; if any of the named parties Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day designated as a trustee is not presently of November 2011, and that this notice will acting in such capacity as trustee, then the be published as required by law and the unknown successor or successors to such rules of the Commission. trustee; if any of the named parties desigNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently the Applicants and interested parties may acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, present testimony by telephone. The cost then the unknown successor or successors of telephonic communication shall be paid to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the by the person or persons requesting its named entities are corporations which use. An interested party who wishes to do not continue to have legal existence, participate by telephone shall contact the the unknown trustees or assigns of such Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to parties. the hearing date, and provide his or her NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apname and phone number. plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed interested persons may appear and be an application in this cause requesting the heard. For information concerning this acCorporation Commission to enter an order, tion contact Deidre Neal, landman, (405) as follows: (i) amending Order No. 106740 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA to delete Section 16, Township 27 North, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Oklahoma, from the purview of the MissisCity, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer sippian Lime common source of supply and to Cause CD Number. to vacate the -acre drilling and spacing unit CORPORATION COMMISSION previously formed by such order for such OF OKLAHOMA common source of supply in such lands; DANA L. MURPHY, Chair (ii) amending Order No. 140433 to delete BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman Section 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, DONE AND PERFORMED this 3rd day of from the purview of the Mississippian November, 2011 Chat common source of supply and to BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: vacate the -acre drilling and spacing unit PEGGY MITCHELL, previously formed by such order for such Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & herein under a plan of development and Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t have proposed to commence such plan BEFORE THE CORPORATION of development of such unit by an initial COMMISSION well in the lands covered hereby, and that OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Applicants have been unable to reach an APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE agreement with the owners of drilling rights OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE named as respondents herein with respect EXPLORATION, L.L.C. to such proposed plan of development of RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING the separate common sources of supply LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 26 in the drilling and spacing unit covered TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 12 hereby.

WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the OKLAHOMA application in this cause requests that one Cause CD No. 201105776 or both of the Applicants, including ChesaNOTICE OF HEARING peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perthrough its agent, Chesapeake Operating, sons, owners, producers, operators, Inc., or some other party recommended purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and

by Applicants be designated as operaall other interested persons, particularly tor under the order to be entered in this in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the cause of the separate common sources following: Prize Energy Resources, LP; of supply in the drilling and spacing unit SandRidge Exploration and Production, involved herein, including the proposed LLC; and, if any of the named individuals initial well and any subsequent wells under be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exApplicants’ proposed plan of development ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees of such unit. Applicants may request up to and assigns, both immediate and remote, one year from the date of the order to enter of such deceased individual; if any of the in this cause, within which to commence named entities is a dissolved partnership, the initial well. corporation or other association, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that unknown successors, trustees and asthis cause will be referred to an Adminsigns, both immediate and remote, of such istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of dissolved entity; if any of the named parties evidence and reporting to the Corporation designated as a trustee is not presently Commission. acting in such capacity as trustee, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this unknown successor or successors to such cause will be heard before an Administratrustee; if any of the named parties desigtive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently the Corporation Commission, First Floor, acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, then the unknown successor or successors Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the of November 2011, and that this notice will named entities are corporations which be published as required by law and the do not continue to have legal existence, rules of the Commission. the unknown trustees or assigns of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that parties. the Applicants and interested parties may NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Appresent testimony by telephone. The cost plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and of telephonic communication shall be paid Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed by the person or persons requesting its an application in this cause requesting use. An interested party who wishes to the Corporation Commission to enter an participate by telephone shall contact the order pooling the interests of the oil and Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to gas owners, and adjudicating the rights the hearing date, and provide his or her and equities with respect thereto, in the name and phone number. proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing unit NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all in Cause CD No. 201105774, comprised of interested persons may appear and be Section 26, Township 29 North, Range 12 heard. For information concerning this acWest of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) for the Tonkawa, Lansing-Kansas City, 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Des Moines and Mississippian separate No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake common sources of supply with respect Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma to the development of such separate comCity, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer mon sources of supply in such unit. The to Cause CD Number. interests of the oil and gas owners involved DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 1st herein and the rights and equities in reday of November 2011. spect thereto are sought here to be pooled CORPORATION COMMISSION and adjudicated pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla.

OF OKLAHOMA Stat., Section 87.1 within and on the basis DANA L. MURPHY, Chair of the drilling and spacing unit covered BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman hereby, and not limited to a single wellbore.

PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner The Applicants in this cause states that ApBY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: plicants have proposed the development PEGGY MITCHELL, of the separate common sources of supply Commission Secretary in the drilling and spacing unit involved

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t in this cause states that Applicants have BEFORE THE CORPORATION proposed the development of the separate COMMISSION common sources of supply in the drilling OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA and spacing unit involved herein under a APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE plan of development and have proposed OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE to commence such plan of development EXPLORATION, L.L.C. of such unit by an initial well in the lands RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING covered hereby, and that Applicants have LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 13 been unable to reach an agreement with TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH RANGE 11 the owners of drilling rights named as reWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, spondents herein with respect to such proOKLAHOMA posed plan of development of the separate Cause CD No. 201105726 common sources of supply in the drilling NOTICE OF HEARING and spacing unit covered hereby.

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the persons, owners, producers, operators, application in this cause requests that one purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and or both of the Applicants, including Chesaall other interested persons, particularly peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, following: Bacon Royalties, LLC; The KenInc., or some other party recommended neth and Dorothy Baird Trust, dated May

by Applicants be designated as opera12, 1989; Fairway Resources Partners II, tor under the order to be entered in this LLC; The First Baptist Church of Cherokee; cause of the separate common sources J & M Investment, Co.; Mitchell Royalty; of supply in the drilling and spacing unit PetroCorp, Incorporated; Phillip R. Thompinvolved herein, including the proposed son and Cheryl Thompson; Patsy Valeninitial well and any subsequent wells under tine, a/k/a Patsy Lou Pollock and Lloyd Applicants’ proposed plan of development Valentine; Patsy Valentine, a/k/a Patsy Lou of such unit. Applicants may request up to Pollock and Lloyd Valentine; and, if any of one year from the date of the order to enter the named individuals be deceased, then in this cause, within which to commence the unknown heirs, executors, administrathe initial well. tors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediate and remote, of such deceased this cause will be referred to an Adminindividual; if any of the named entities is a istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of dissolved partnership, corporation or other evidence and reporting to the Corporation association, then the unknown successors, Commission. trustees and assigns, both immediate NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this and remote, of such dissolved entity; if cause will be heard before an Administraany of the named parties designated as tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at a trustee is not presently acting in such the Corporation Commission, First Floor, capacity as trustee, then the unknown Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, successor or successors to such trustee; Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day if any of the named parties designated as of November 2011, and that this notice will an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in be published as required by law and the such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the rules of the Commission. unknown successor or successors to such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named the Applicants and interested parties may entities are corporations which do not conpresent testimony by telephone. The cost tinue to have legal existence, the unknown of telephonic communication shall be paid trustees or assigns of such parties. by the person or persons requesting its NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apuse. An interested party who wishes to plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and participate by telephone shall contact the Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to an application in this cause requesting the the hearing date, and provide his or her Corporation Commission to enter an order name and phone number. pooling the interests of the oil and gas NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all owners, and adjudicating the rights and interested persons may appear and be equities with respect thereto, proposed heard. For information concerning this ac640-acre drilling and spacing unit in Cause tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) CD No. 201105724, for the Tonkawa, Cot935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA tage Grove, Oswego, Basal Pennsylvanian No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake (Cherokee) Sand, Big Lime and MississipOperating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma pian separate common sources of supply, City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer underlying Section 13, Township 27 North, to Cause CD Number.

Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 27th Oklahoma, with respect to the developday of October 2011. ment of such separate common sources CORPORATION COMMISSION of supply in such unit. The interests of the OF OKLAHOMA oil and gas owners involved herein and the DANA L. MURPHY, Chair rights and equities in respect thereto are BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman sought here to be pooled and adjudicated PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling PEGGY MITCHELL, and spacing unit covered hereby, and not Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & in such lands; (iv) amending Order No. Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t 587385 of the Commission so as to enlarge BEFORE THE CORPORATION and extend the boundaries of the Tonkawa, COMMISSION Cottage Grove and Oswego separate comOF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA mon sources of supply so as to cover and APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE include Section 13, Township 27 North, OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, EXPLORATION, L.L.C. Oklahoma, which section Applicants reRELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING quest be formed as a 640-acre drilling and LEGAL DESCRIPTION: N/2, S/2 AND spacing unit for such separate common ALL OF SECTION 13 TOWNSHIP 27 sources of supply underlying such section, NORTH RANGE 11 WEST OF THE with the permitted well for the units to be IM ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA located not less than 1320 feet from the Cause CD No. 201105724 unit boundary; (iii) establishing the initial NOTICE OF HEARING boundaries of the Basal Pennsylvanian STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All per(Cherokee) Sand, Big Lime and Mississons, owners, producers, operators, sippian separate common sources of purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and supply so as to cover and include Section all other interested persons, particularly in 13, Township 27 North, Range 11 West of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuthe IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” section Applicants request be formed as attached to the application on file in this a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for cause, and, if any of the named individuals such formations underlying such section be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exwith the permitted well for the units to ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees be located not less than 1320 feet from and assigns, both immediate and remote, the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such of such deceased individual; if any of the other and further relief as may be proper named entities is a dissolved partnership, based upon the evidence presented at the corporation or other association, then the hearing herein. unknown successors, trustees and asNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the signs, both immediate and remote, of such application in this cause requests that the dissolved entity; if any of the named parties order to be entered in this matter be made designated as a trustee is not presently effective as of the date of the execution acting in such capacity as trustee, then the thereof or as of a date prior thereto. unknown successor or successors to such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that trustee; if any of the named parties desigthis cause will be referred to an Adminnated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, evidence and reporting to the Corporation then the unknown successor or successors Commission. to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that named entities are corporations which this cause will be heard before an Admindo not continue to have legal existence, istrative Law Judge on the Conservation the unknown trustees or assigns of such Docket at the Corporation Commission, parties.

First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApNorth Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed of November 2011, and that this notice will an application in this cause requesting be published as required by law and the the Corporation Commission to enter an rules of the Commission. order, as follows: (i) amending Order No. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 271178 to delete all of the N/2 of Section the Applicants and interested parties may 13, Township 27 North, Range 11 West present testimony by telephone. The cost of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, from of telephonic communication shall be paid the purview of the Mississippi Chat, Misby the person or persons requesting its sissippi Lime, Tonkawa, Cottage Grove use. An interested party who wishes to and Oswego separate common sources of participate by telephone shall contact the supply and to vacate the -acre drilling and Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to spacing units previously formed by such the hearing date, and provide his or her order for such separate common sources name and phone number. of supply in such lands; (ii) amending OrNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all der No. 353838 to delete all of the S/2 of interested persons may appear and be Section 13, Township 27 North, Range 11 heard. For information concerning this acWest of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) from the purview of the Mississippi Chat, 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Mississippi Lime, Tonkawa, Cottage Grove No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake and Oswego separate common sources of Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma supply and to vacate the -acre drilling and City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer spacing units previously formed by such to Cause CD Number. order for such separate common sources CORPORATION COMMISSION of supply in such lands; (iii) amending OF OKLAHOMA Order No. 37123 to delete all of the S/2 of DANA L. MURPHY, Chair Section 13, Township 27 North, Range 11 BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner from the purview of the Basal PennsylvaDONE AND PERFORMED this 27th day nian (Cherokee) Sand common source of of October, 2011 supply and to vacate the -acre drilling and

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: spacing units previously formed by such PEGGY MITCHELL, order for such common source of supply Commission Secretary

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & and extend the boundaries of the Tonkawa, Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Cottage Grove, Oswego, Cherokee and BEFORE THE CORPORATION Mississippian separate common sources COMMISSION of supply of gas so as to cover and include OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA said Section 6 and to form proper drilling APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE and spacing units in such section for such EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, separate common sources of supply, LLC which units Applicant requests be formed RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING as 640-acre drilling and spacing units; and LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 6, (iii) granting such other and further relief as Township 27 North, Range 9 may be proper based upon the evidence West of the IM, Alfalfa County, presented at the hearing herein.

Oklahoma NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Cause CD No. 201105954 application in this cause requests that the NOTICE OF HEARING order to be entered in this matter be made STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, effective as of the date of the execution owners, producers, operators, purchasers thereof or as of a date prior thereto and and takers of oil and gas, and all other interseeks to amend the above-named order ested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, in the manner set forth above and Order Oklahoma, including the following: Atinum No. 588939 with respect to the Tonkawa, Midcon I, LLC; Carroll Bonto; Clytice Bulter, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Cherokee and and Laura F. Ryel as Attorney-in-Fact; David Mississippian separate common sources Earl Allen; Elaine Conkey Godin; Ethel Alin the lands covered hereby. len; Gardiner Family Living Trust dated 11NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 12-96, and the Trustee of such trust; Georthis cause is set before an administrative gia Lee Hadden; James T. Kliewer; Laura F. law judge for hearing, taking of evidence Ryel; Linda Licklider; Mary Frances Hughey and reporting to the Commission. Notice Revocable Living Trust, and the Trustee of is further given that the application in this such trust; Michael Regan; Mary Regan cause may be amended at such hearf/k/a Mary Ellen Conkey; Michael Vaughn ing in accordance with the rules of the Butler; Nina Joyce Hoffman, now Christie; Commission and the laws of the State of Ruby Jean Cormack Revocable Trust dated Oklahoma.

April 19, 1991, and the Trustee of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this trust; Shawn Roshek; Scott Jason Roshek; cause will be heard before an administraSusan Conkey Rhea; Terry J. Ryel; Sandra tive law judge on the Conservation Docket K. Ryel; USA Bureau of Land Management; at the Western Regional Service Office of Walter L. Butler; if any of the above-named the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe individuals be deceased, then the unknown Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on trustees and assigns, both immediate and the 28th day of November, 2011, and that remote, of such deceased individual; if this notice be published as required by law any of the above-named parties is a disand the rules of the Commission. solved partnership, corporation or other NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that association, then the unknown successors, Applicant and interested parties may prestrustees and assigns, both immediate and ent testimony by telephone. The cost of remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of telephonic communication shall be paid by the above-named parties designated as the person or persons requesting its use. a trustee is not presently acting in such Interested parties who wish to participate capacity as trustee, then the unknown sucby telephone shall contact Applicant or cessor or successors to such trustee; and Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing if the above-named party designated as an date, and provide their names and teleattorney-in-fact is not presently acting in phone numbers. such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all unknown successor or successors to such interested persons may appear and be attorney-in-fact. heard. For information concerning this NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that action, contact John R. Reeves, AttorApplicant, SandRidge Exploration and ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Production, LLC, has filed an application Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, in this cause requesting the Corporation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, TeleCommission of Oklahoma to enter an orphone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, der, to be effective as of the date of the exSandRidge Exploration and Production, ecution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma as follows: (i) amending Order No. 379726 City, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: to delete Section 6, Township 27 North, (405) 429-6344.

Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, CORPORATION COMMISSION Oklahoma, from the purview and boundarOF OKLAHOMA ies of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, CheroDANA L. MURPHY, Chair kee Sand, Mississippi Chat and Mississippi BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman Lime separate common sources of supply PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner and to vacate the 160-acre drilling and DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of spacing units previously formed by such November, 2011. order for such separate common sources

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: of supply in said Section 6; (ii) amending PEGGY MITCHELL, a prior order of the Commission to enlarge Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & spacing units formed for the Mississippi Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Chat and Mississippi Lime separate comBEFORE THE CORPORATION mon sources of supply in Section 9, TownCOMMISSION ship 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to produce APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE hydrocarbons from such separate common EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, sources of supply, with such authorization LLC and permission running in favor of AppliRELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED cant or some other party recommended DENSITY

by Applicant, and to establish proper alLEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 9, lowables for such well and such units.

Township 28 North, Range 10 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that West of the IM, Alfalfa County, the application in this cause requests Oklahoma that the order to be entered in this matter Cause CD No. 201105955 (amending the applicable orders of the NOTICE OF HEARING Commission, including Order No. 558306) STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perbe made effective as of the date of the exsons, owners, producers, operators, ecution thereof or as of a date prior thereto purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and and that the authorization and permission all other interested persons, particularly in requested herein run in favor of Applicant Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the folor some other party recommended by lowing: Carol Parr Living Trust, and Carol Applicant.

Parr as Trustee of such trust; Chesapeake NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Exploration, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operatthis cause is set before an administrative ing, Inc.; G D – L G Turybury Living Trust law judge for hearing, taking of evidence dated 4/12/10, and Gary D. Turybury and and reporting to the Commission. Notice Linda G. Turybury, as Trustees of such is further given that the application in this trust; Linda Turybury; Harland Ray Maltbie; cause may be amended at such hearIvy I. Maltbie; Jack Parr Living Trust dated ing in accordance with the rules of the 3/12/92, as amended 9/25/00, and Jack Commission and the laws of the State of Parr, as Trustee of such trust; James Floyd Oklahoma.

Berry; Susan Faye Berry; James Howard NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Parr Marital Exemption Trust, a Sub-Trust cause will be heard before an administraof the Revocable Trust of James Howard tive law judge on the Conservation Docket Parr, a/k/a Howard Parr, UA dated 4/29/93, at the Western Regional Service Office of and Juanita Parr as Trustee of such trust; the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Ray N. Smith Trust No. 1 dated March 1 Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, 1994, and the Trustee of such trust; Jamie Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on Lynn Moser-McAlister; James F. Berry; the 28th day of November, 2011, and that Jason Lee Berry; Jay D. Smith; Becky this notice be published as required by law Jan Smith; Juanita Parr Trust dated April and the rules of the Commission.

29, 1993, and Juanita Parr, as Trustee of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that such trust; Larchmont Resources, L.L.C.; Applicant and interested parties may presMaltbie Family Trust dated 6/14/2010, and ent testimony by telephone. The cost of James Maltbie, as Trustee of such trust; telephonic communication shall be paid by Ray Smith Real Estate, LP; SandRidge the person or persons requesting its use.

Mississippian Trust I, and the Trustee of Interested parties who wish to participate such trust; Triad Energy Inc.; if any of the by telephone shall contact Applicant or above-named individuals be deceased, Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing then the unknown heirs, executors, addate, and provide their names and teleministrators, devisees, trustees and asphone numbers. signs, both immediate and remote, of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all deceased individual; if any of the aboveinterested persons may appear and be named parties is a dissolved partnership, heard. For information concerning this corporation or other association, then the action, contact John R. Reeves, Attorunknown successors, trustees and asney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two signs, both immediate and remote, of such Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, dissolved entity; and if any of the above- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telenamed parties designated as a trustee is phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, not presently acting in such capacity as SandRidge Exploration and Production, trustee, then the unknown successor or LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma successors to such trustee.

City, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that (405) 429-5788.

Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and CORPORATION COMMISSION Production, LLC, has filed an application OF OKLAHOMA in this cause requesting the Corporation DANA L. MURPHY, Chair Commission of Oklahoma to enter an BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman order, to be effective as of the date of the PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner execution thereof or as of a date prior DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of thereto, amending the applicable orders November, 2011. of the Commission, including Order No. BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 558306, to authorize and permit another PEGGY MITCHELL, well in each of the 640-acre drilling and Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Lime, Oswego and Cherokee separate Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t common sources of supply will be no closer BEFORE THE CORPORATION than 330 feet from the north line and no COMMISSION closer than 660 feet from the east line and OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA no closer than 330 feet from the south line APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE and no closer that 660 feet from the east OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE line of the unit comprising said Section EXPLORATION, L.L.C. 18, Township 24 North, Range 10 West RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, with EXCEPTION a tolerance of 100 feet from the proposed LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 18 completion interval, and to be completed TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 10 in and produce hydrocarbons from the WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, above-named separate common sources OKLAHOMA of supply; (ii) providing for the re-opening of Cause CD No. 201105882 the cause at such time as the bottom hole NOTICE OF HEARING location of the well proposed hereunder STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, has been determined; and (iii) establishowners, producers, operators, purchasers ing a proper allowable with no downward and takers of oil and gas, and all other interadjustment made thereto. ested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set application in this cause requests that the out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the aporder be entered in this matter be made plication on file in this cause, and, if any of effective as of the date of the execution the named individuals be deceased, then thereof or as of a date prior thereto and the unknown heirs, executors, administrathat the authorization and permission retors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both quested herein run in favor of one or both immediate and remote, of such deceased of the Applicants, including Chesapeake individual; if any of the named entities is a Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through dissolved partnership, corporation or other its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., association, then the unknown successors, or some other party recommended by trustees and assigns, both immediate and Applicants. remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the the named parties designated as a trustee legal descriptions for the land sections adis not presently acting in such capacity as jacent to said Section 18 are Sections 7, 8, trustee, then the unknown successor or suc17, 19 and 20, Township 24 North, Range cessors to such trustee; if any of the named 10 West of the IM and Sections 12, 13 and parties designated as an attorney-in-fact 24, Township 24 North, Range 11 West of is not presently acting in such capacity as the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. attorney-in-fact, then the unknown succesNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that sor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; this cause will be referred to an Adminand if any of the named entities are corpoistrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of rations which do not continue to have legal evidence and reporting to the Corporation existence, the unknown trustees or assigns Commission. of such parties.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apcause will be heard before an Administraplicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed the Corporation Commission, First Floor, an application in this cause requesting the Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Corporation Commission to enter an order, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting of November 2011, and that this notice will an exception to the permitted well locabe published as required by law and the tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre rules of the Commission. drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 201105881, for the Douglas, Lansing-Kanthe Applicants and interested parties may sas City, Big Lime, Oswego, Cherokee and present testimony by telephone. The cost Mississippian separate common sources of telephonic communication shall be paid of supply, underlying Section 18, Township by the person or persons requesting its 24 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa use. An interested party who wishes to County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to participate by telephone shall contact the be drilled as follows: Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Surface location: No closer than 200 the hearing date, and provide his or her feet from the south line and no closer name and phone number. than 660 feet from the east line of the unit NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all comprising said Section 18, Township 24 interested persons may appear and be North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa heard. For information concerning this acCounty, Oklahoma, tion contact Deidre Barnett, landman, (405) Location of Wellbore at Completion 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Interval: The casing will be cemented No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake along the entire length of the lateral. The Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma proposed location of the end points of the City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer completion interval for the Mississippian to Cause CD Number. common source of supply will be no closer DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd than 165 feet from the north line and no day of November 2011. closer than 660 feet from the east and no CORPORATION COMMISSION closer the 165 feet from the south line and OF OKLAHOMA no closer than 660 feet from the east line of DANA L. MURPHY, Chair the unit comprising said Section 18, TownBOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman ship 24 North, Range 10 West of the IM, PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and the location

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: of the end points of the completion interval PEGGY MITCHELL, for the Douglas, Lansing-Kansas City, Big Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t COUNTY commissioners october 31, 2011 The Alfalfa County Commissioners met in the Civic Room at 10:00 AM with Chairman Murrow calling the meeting to order with members Roach and Walker and County Clerk Martin present.

As required by Oklahoma State Statutes 1991, Title 25, Section 311, Notice was given of this regularly scheduled meeting by posting the Agenda in the North Entrance (Handicapped Entrance) of the Courthouse and in the County Clerk’s office at 10:00 A.M., October 28, 2011.

Murrow moved to approve the minutes of October 24. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to approve the Payroll Warrants for payment. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve the following M & O Warrants for payment. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Prior Year GENERAL FUND 1221......Legal Directories Publishing.....................$67.75.................................... Books Current Year Assessor visual inspection cash 16..........County Records Inc................................$350.00.................................... Books general Fund 398........Bay West..................................................$30.00................................Uniforms 399........OK Sheriff’s and Peace Officers’ Assn.....$35.00................. Membership Dues 400........Dirks Copy Products.................................$11.69................................ Supplies 401........Rogers Lumber, TH....................................$8.59................................ Supplies 402........Williamson, Diana L..................................$62.16.................................... Travel 403........Dirks Copy Products...............................$149.99................................ Supplies 404........Unifirst Corporation..................................$57.21....................................Rental HIGHWAY CASH 689........Angle, Phoebe J.......................................$96.57.................................... Travel 690........Sanders, Vernon R.................................$116.00.................................... Travel 691........Horne Oil Co........................................$1,237.50..........................................Oil 692........United States Gypsum........................$1,802.40...................................... Rock 693........Circle S Paving....................................$1,383.20.................................. Asphalt 694........Circle S Paving....................................$9,382.80.................................. Asphalt 695........Circle S Paving....................................$7,930.16.................................. Asphalt 696........Hercules Tire Sales................................$726.50...................................... Tires 697........Sunbelt Equipment..............................$4,200.00....................................... Pipe 698........Western Equipment..................................$73.58......................................Parts 699........Southwest Truck Parts Inc......................$355.85......................................Parts 700........Pettits House of arpet.............................$873.25.................. Labor & Materials 701........Lowes Home Center...............................$256.96................................ Supplies 702........K&O Construction...................................$348.00................................ Supplies 703........Alco..........................................................$99.99................................ Supplies 704........ONG.........................................................$93.63................................ Supplies 705........P&K Equipment Co................................$784.69................................ Supplies 706........Dirks Copy Products.................................$89.16................................ Supplies 707........United States Gypsum...........................$396.73...................................... Rock 708........Sunbelt Equipment..............................$6,212.50............................. Equipment 709........Sunbelt Equipment.................................$170.00................................ Supplies SALES TAX - FAIRGROUNDS 45..........City of Cherokee.....................................$315.05...................................Utilities 46..........AEC.....................................................$1,099.28...................................Utilities 47..........ONG.......................................................$125.73...................................Utilities SALES TAX - HEALTH 121........Munn Supply............................................$70.25................................ Supplies 122........Lehrs Auto...........................................$1,470.00....................................Repair 123........Lehrs Auto...........................................$1,530.00.................................. Service Roach moved to approve the appointment of the county treasurer to complete and submit the financial statement to the state auditor. Murrow seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 9 road crossing permits for SandRidge in Dist #1. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to approve 8 road crossing permits for RiteWay Construction, 2 in Dist #1 and 6 in Dist #2. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 1 road crossing permit for Select Energy in Dist #1. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Walker moved to approve 3 road crossing permits for Mid-America Midstream, 1 in Dist #2 and 2 in Dist #1. Murrow seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to authorize the county clerk to advertise for bids for miscellaneous emergency equipment for the Sheriff’s office. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to adjourn. Roach seconded. All voted aye. /s/ Doug Murrow Doug Murrow, Chair /s/ Chad Roach Chad Roach, Member /s/ Ray Walker Ray Walker, Member ATTEST:/s/ Bruce Martin Bruce Martin, County Clerk

Page 14 • Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t NOTICE APPLICATION NO.: 1202670047 Notice is hereby given by Eagle Energy Production LLC 9 E. 4th Street, Suite 200, Tulsa, OK 74103 that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OCC-OGR 165:10-5-4, 165:10-5-5 and RP 165: 5-7-27 authorize the approval of the following Disposal well: WELL: Tumbleweed 1-33 LOCATION: E/2 E/2 W/2 1320 FNL 1420 FEL. 33-26N-12E Alfalfa County FORMATION: Hunton, Arbuckle 64847286 ft.

RATE & PRESSURE: 70,000 BPD at 1500 PSI Objections if any may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, within 15 days of this notice.

Saleem Nizam Regulatory Petroleum Geologist American Petroleum & Envir. Cons.

APEC, Inc. 2236 NW 164th Street Edmond, OK 73013 Phone: 405-513-6055

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED DENSITY LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 22, Township 29 North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma Cause CD No. 201105957 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: Atinum MidCon I, LLC; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Darcy L. Kisling & Kent J. Kisling, as Trustees of the Darcy L. Kisling Trust No. 1 dated 12-19-2002; Ricky

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & establishing the initial boundaries of the Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Mississippian common source of supply BEFORE THE CORPORATION of gas so as to cover and include Section COMMISSION 26, Township 29 North, Range 12 West of OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE section Applicants request be formed as OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for EXPLORATION, L.L.C. such formation underlying such section RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING with the permitted well for the units to LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 26 be located not less than 1320 feet from TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 12 the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, other and further relief as may be proper OKLAHOMA based upon the evidence presented at the Cause CD No. 201105774 hearing herein.

NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perapplication in this cause requests that the sons, owners, producers, operators, order to be entered in this matter be made purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and effective as of the date of the execution all other interested persons, particularly in thereof or as of a date prior thereto.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” this cause will be referred to an Adminattached to the application on file in this istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of cause, and, if any of the named individuals evidence and reporting to the Corporation be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exCommission. ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that and assigns, both immediate and remote, this cause will be heard before an Adminof such deceased individual; if any of the istrative Law Judge on the Conservation named entities is a dissolved partnership, Docket at the Corporation Commission, corporation or other association, then the First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 unknown successors, trustees and asNorth Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, signs, both immediate and remote, of such Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day dissolved entity; if any of the named parties of November 2011, and that this notice will designated as a trustee is not presently be published as required by law and the acting in such capacity as trustee, then the rules of the Commission. unknown successor or successors to such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that trustee; if any of the named parties desigthe Applicants and interested parties may nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently present testimony by telephone. The cost acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, of telephonic communication shall be paid then the unknown successor or successors by the person or persons requesting its to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the use. An interested party who wishes to named entities are corporations which participate by telephone shall contact the do not continue to have legal existence, Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the unknown trustees or assigns of such the hearing date, and provide his or her parties. name and phone number.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and interested persons may appear and be Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed heard. For information concerning this acan application in this cause requesting the tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Corporation Commission to enter an order, 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA as follows: (i) amending Order No. 579987 No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake of the Commission so as to enlarge and Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma extend the boundaries of the Tonkawa, City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer Lansing-Kansas City and Des Moines to Cause CD Number. separate common sources of supply of CORPORATION COMMISSION gas so as to cover and include Section OF OKLAHOMA 26, Township 29 North, Range 12 West of DANA L. MURPHY, Chair the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman section Applicants request be formed as PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner a 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for DONE AND PERFORMED this 1st day of such separate common sources of supply November, 2011 underlying such section, with the permitBY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: ted well for the units to be located not less PEGGY MITCHELL, than 1320 feet from the unit boundary; (ii) Commission Secretary Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & in the drilling and spacing unit involved Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t herein under a plan of development and BEFORE THE CORPORATION have proposed to commence such plan COMMISSION of development of such unit by an initial OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA well in the lands covered hereby, and that APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE Applicants have been unable to reach an OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE agreement with the owners of drilling rights EXPLORATION, L.L.C. named as respondents herein with respect RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING to such proposed plan of development of LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 27 the separate common sources of supply TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 10 in the drilling and spacing unit covered WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, hereby.

OKLAHOMA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Cause CD No. 201105899 application in this cause requests that one NOTICE OF HEARING or both of the Applicants, including ChesaSTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perpeake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and sons, owners, producers, operators, through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and Inc., or some other party recommended all other interested persons, particularly by Applicants be designated as operain Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the tor under the order to be entered in this following: Concho Land Co., LLC; Sancause of the separate common sources dRidge Exploration and Production, LLC; of supply in the drilling and spacing unit and, if any of the named individuals be involved herein, including the proposed deceased, then the unknown heirs, exinitial well and any subsequent wells under ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees Applicants’ proposed plan of development and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such unit. Applicants may request up to of such deceased individual; if any of the one year from the date of the order to enter named entities is a dissolved partnership, in this cause, within which to commence corporation or other association, then the the initial well. unknown successors, trustees and asNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that signs, both immediate and remote, of such this cause will be referred to an Admindissolved entity; if any of the named parties istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of designated as a trustee is not presently evidence and reporting to the Corporation acting in such capacity as trustee, then the Commission. unknown successor or successors to such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this trustee; if any of the named parties desigcause will be heard before an Administranated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, the Corporation Commission, First Floor, then the unknown successor or successors Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day named entities are corporations which of November 2011, and that this notice will do not continue to have legal existence, be published as required by law and the the unknown trustees or assigns of such rules of the Commission. parties.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe Applicants and interested parties may plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and present testimony by telephone. The cost Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed of telephonic communication shall be paid an application in this cause requesting by the person or persons requesting its the Corporation Commission to enter an use. An interested party who wishes to order pooling the interests of the oil and participate by telephone shall contact the gas owners, and adjudicating the rights Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to and equities with respect thereto, in the the hearing date, and provide his or her proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing name and phone number. units in Cause CD No. 201105898, for NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all the Douglas, Lansing-Kansas City, Big interested persons may appear and be Lime, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississipheard. For information concerning this acpian separate common sources of supply, tion contact Deidre Barnett, landman, (405) underlying Section 27, Township 24 North, 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Oklahoma, so as to with respect to the Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma development of such separate common City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer sources of supply in such unit. The interto Cause CD Number. ests of the oil and gas owners involved DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd herein and the rights and equities in reday of November 2011. spect thereto are sought here to be pooled CORPORATION COMMISSION and adjudicated pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla.

OF OKLAHOMA Stat., Section 87.1 within and on the basis DANA L. MURPHY, Chair of the drilling and spacing unit covered BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman hereby, and not limited to a single wellbore.

PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner The Applicants in this cause states that ApBY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: plicants have proposed the development PEGGY MITCHELL, of the separate common sources of supply Commission Secretary

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Schrock; Harold W. Wenzel, as Trustee of the Harold W. Wenzel Trust; Floyd Knopf; Misti Faye Ragains a/k/a Misti Faye Knopf; Bradley Leon Ragains; EG Energy, L.L.C.; Stockbridge Consulting, Inc.; XTO Energy, Inc.; Quail Creek Royalty, LLC; Isaacs Family L.L.C.; 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

Legal notice execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, amending the applicable orders of the Commission, including Order No. 580513, to authorize and permit another well in the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit formed for the Mississippian common source of supply in Section 22, Township 29 North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to produce hydrocarbons from such common source of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant, and to establish proper allowables for such well and such unit.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the application in this cause requests that the order to be entered in this matter (amending the applicable orders of the Commission, including Order No. 580513) 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 this cause is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission. Notice is further given that the application in this cause may be amended at such hearing in accordance with the rules of the Commission and the laws of the State of Oklahoma.

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 28th day of November, 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 BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of November, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t application in this cause requests that the BEFORE THE CORPORATION order to be entered in this matter (amending COMMISSION OF THE STATE the applicable orders of the Commission, OF OKLAHOMA including Order No. 586107) be made effecAPPLICANT: SANDRIDGE tive as of the date of the execution thereof EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, or as of a date prior thereto and that the auLLC thorization and permission requested herein RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED run in favor of Applicant or some other party DENSITY recommended by Applicant.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The W½ NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that of Section 31, Township 29 this cause is set before an administrative North, Range 10 West of the IM, law judge for hearing, taking of evidence Alfalfa County, Oklahoma and reporting to the Commission. Notice Cause CD No. 201105956 is further given that the application in this NOTICE OF HEARING cause may be amended at such hearSTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All pering in accordance with the rules of the sons, owners, producers, operators, Commission and the laws of the State of purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and Oklahoma. all other interested persons, particularly in NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the folcause will be heard before an administralowing: Atinum MidCon I, LLC; Jeffrey Alan tive law judge on the Conservation Docket Dye; Lisa Dye a/k/a Lisa A. Blau; Loretta at the Western Regional Service Office of Jean Hamm; Robert Hamm; Patricia Broce the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Dye; Jimmy Wayne Dye; Patricia Ann Dye; Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Wanetta Fern Dowell; Robert Dowell; Triad Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on Energy, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, the 29th day of November, 2011, and that L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Husthis notice be published as required by law ton Energy Corporation; BHH Investments, and the rules of the Commission.

LLC; Deep Blue, LLC; Three Amigos Oil NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that and Gas, LLC; if any of the above-named Applicant and interested parties may presindividuals be deceased, then the unknown ent testimony by telephone. The cost of heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, telephonic communication shall be paid by trustees and assigns, both immediate and the person or persons requesting its use. remote, of such deceased individual; and Interested parties who wish to participate if any of the above-named parties is a disby telephone shall contact Applicant or solved partnership, corporation or other Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing association, then the unknown successors, date, and provide their names and teletrustees and assigns, both immediate and phone numbers. remote, of such dissolved entity.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that interested persons may appear and be Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and heard. For information concerning this Production, LLC, has filed an application action, contact John R. Reeves, Attorin this cause requesting the Corporation ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Commission of Oklahoma to enter an Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, order, to be effective as of the date of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleexecution thereof or as of a date prior phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, thereto, amending the applicable orders SandRidge Exploration and Production, of the Commission, including Order No. LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma 586107, to authorize and permit another City, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: well in the 320-acre drilling and spacing (405) 429-5788. unit formed for the Mississippian common CORPORATION COMMISSION source of supply in the W½ of Section 31, OF OKLAHOMA Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the DANA. L. MURPHY, Chair IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman produce hydrocarbons from such common PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner source of supply, with such authorization DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of and permission running in favor of AppliNovember, 2011. cant or some other party recommended

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:

by Applicant, and to establish proper alPEGGY MITCHELL, lowables for such well and such unit.

Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & to cover and include Section 27, Township Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t 24 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa BEFORE THE CORPORATION County, Oklahoma, which section AppliCOMMISSION cants request be formed as a 640-acre OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA drilling and spacing unit for such formations APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE underlying such section with the permitted OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE well for the units to be located not less than EXPLORATION, L.L.C. 1320 feet from the unit boundary; and (iii) RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING granting such other and further relief as LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ALL OF may be proper based upon the evidence SECTION 27 TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH presented at the hearing herein.

RANGE 10 WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the COUNTY, OKLAHOMA application in this cause requests that the Cause CD No. 201105898 order to be entered in this matter be made NOTICE OF HEARING effective as of the date of the execution STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perthereof or as of a date prior thereto. sons, owners, producers, operators, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and this cause will be referred to an Adminall other interested persons, particularly in istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuevidence and reporting to the Corporation larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” Commission. attached to the application on file in this NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that cause, and, if any of the named individuals this cause will be heard before an Adminbe deceased, then the unknown heirs, existrative Law Judge on the Conservation ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees Docket at the Corporation Commission, and assigns, both immediate and remote, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 of such deceased individual; if any of the North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, named entities is a dissolved partnership, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day corporation or other association, then the of November 2011, and that this notice will unknown successors, trustees and asbe published as required by law and the signs, both immediate and remote, of such rules of the Commission. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that designated as a trustee is not presently the Applicants and interested parties may acting in such capacity as trustee, then the present testimony by telephone. The cost unknown successor or successors to such of telephonic communication shall be paid trustee; if any of the named parties desigby the person or persons requesting its nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently use. An interested party who wishes to acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, participate by telephone shall contact the then the unknown successor or successors Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the the hearing date, and provide his or her named entities are corporations which name and phone number. do not continue to have legal existence, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all the unknown trustees or assigns of such interested persons may appear and be parties. heard. For information concerning this acNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aption contact Deidre Barnett, landman, (405) plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake an application in this cause requesting the Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Corporation Commission to enter an order, City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer as follows: (i) amending Order No. 201477 to Cause CD Number. to delete all of Section 27, Township 24 CORPORATION COMMISSION North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa OF OKLAHOMA County, Oklahoma, from the purview of the DANA L. MURPHY, Chair Manning common source of supply and to BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman vacate the -acre drilling and spacing units PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner previously formed by such order for such DONE AND PERFORMED this 3rd day of common source of supply in such lands; November, 2011 (ii) establishing the initial boundaries of the

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Douglas, Lansing, Kansas City, Big Lime, PEGGY MITCHELL, Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian Commission Secretary separate common sources of supply so as

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & in this cause states that Applicants have Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t proposed the development of the separate BEFORE THE CORPORATION common sources of supply in the drilling COMMISSION and spacing unit involved herein under a OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA plan of development and have proposed APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE to commence such plan of development OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE of such unit by an initial well in the lands EXPLORATION, L.L.C. covered hereby, and that Applicants have RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING been unable to reach an agreement with LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 35 the owners of drilling rights named as reTOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 11 spondents herein with respect to such proWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, posed plan of development of the separate OKLAHOMA common sources of supply in the drilling Cause CD No. 201105864 and spacing unit covered hereby.

NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perapplication in this cause requests that one sons, owners, producers, operators, or both of the Applicants, including Chesapurchasers and takers of oil and gas, and peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and all other interested persons, particularly through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the Inc., or some other party recommended following: Concho Land Co, LLC; Maguby Applicants be designated as operaire Oil Company; SandRidge Exploration tor under the order to be entered in this and Production, LLC; and, if any of the cause of the separate common sources named individuals be deceased, then the of supply in the drilling and spacing unit unknown heirs, executors, administrators, involved herein, including the proposed devisees, trustees and assigns, both iminitial well and any subsequent wells under mediate and remote, of such deceased Applicants’ proposed plan of development individual; if any of the named entities is a of such unit. Applicants may request up to dissolved partnership, corporation or other one year from the date of the order to enter association, then the unknown successors, in this cause, within which to commence trustees and assigns, both immediate the initial well. and remote, of such dissolved entity; if NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any of the named parties designated as this cause will be referred to an Admina trustee is not presently acting in such istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of capacity as trustee, then the unknown evidence and reporting to the Corporation successor or successors to such trustee; Commission. if any of the named parties designated as NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in cause will be heard before an Administrasuch capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at unknown successor or successors to such the Corporation Commission, First Floor, attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, entities are corporations which do not conOklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day tinue to have legal existence, the unknown of November 2011, and that this notice will trustees or assigns of such parties. be published as required by law and the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aprules of the Commission. plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed the Applicants and interested parties may an application in this cause requesting the present testimony by telephone. The cost Corporation Commission to enter an order of telephonic communication shall be paid pooling the interests of the oil and gas ownby the person or persons requesting its ers, and adjudicating the rights and equiuse. An interested party who wishes to ties with respect thereto, in the proposed participate by telephone shall contact the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit in Cause Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to CD No. 201105862, comprised of Section the hearing date, and provide his or her 35, Township 24 North, Range 11 West of name and phone number. the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Tonkawa, Lansing-Kansas City, Big Lime, interested persons may appear and be Oswego and Cherokee separate common heard. For information concerning this acsources of supply, as well as the proposed tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) horizontal 640-acre drilling and spacing 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA unit in Cause CD No. 201105862, comNo. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake prised of Section 35, Township 24 North, Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer Oklahoma, for the Mississippian common to Cause CD Number. source of supply, with respect to the develDONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd opment of such separate common sources day of November 2011. of supply in such unit. The interests of the CORPORATION COMMISSION oil and gas owners involved herein and the OF OKLAHOMA rights and equities in respect thereto are DANA L. MURPHY, Chair sought here to be pooled and adjudicated BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: and spacing unit covered hereby, and not PEGGY MITCHELL, limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & proposed the development of the separate Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t common sources of supply in the drilling BEFORE THE CORPORATION and spacing unit involved herein under a COMMISSION plan of development and have proposed OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA to commence such plan of development APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE of such unit by an initial well in the lands OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE covered hereby, and that Applicants have EXPLORATION, L.L.C. been unable to reach an agreement with RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING the owners of drilling rights named as reLEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 18 spondents herein with respect to such proTOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 10 posed plan of development of the separate WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, common sources of supply in the drilling OKLAHOMA and spacing unit covered hereby.

Cause CD No. 201105883 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the NOTICE OF HEARING application in this cause requests that one STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All peror both of the Applicants, including Chesasons, owners, producers, operators, peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, all other interested persons, particularly Inc., or some other party recommended in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the

by Applicants be designated as operafollowing: John Couch, R. E. Gano, & tor under the order to be entered in this Walter T. Werner as Trustees of Helena cause of the separate common sources Township; David Edwin Johnsen; John of supply in the drilling and spacing unit Olav Johnsen; Kristin Dagmar Noble, a/k/a involved herein, including the proposed Kristin D. Noble; SandRidge Exploration initial well and any subsequent wells under and Production, LLC; Darlene Woodring; Applicants’ proposed plan of development Guy Roy Woodring; and, if any of the of such unit. Applicants may request up to named individuals be deceased, then the one year from the date of the order to enter unknown heirs, executors, administrators, in this cause, within which to commence devisees, trustees and assigns, both imthe initial well. mediate and remote, of such deceased NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that individual; if any of the named entities is a this cause will be referred to an Admindissolved partnership, corporation or other istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of association, then the unknown successors, evidence and reporting to the Corporation trustees and assigns, both immediate Commission. and remote, of such dissolved entity; if NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this any of the named parties designated as cause will be heard before an Administraa trustee is not presently acting in such tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at capacity as trustee, then the unknown the Corporation Commission, First Floor, successor or successors to such trustee; Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, if any of the named parties designated as Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in of November 2011, and that this notice will such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the be published as required by law and the unknown successor or successors to such rules of the Commission. attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that entities are corporations which do not conthe Applicants and interested parties may tinue to have legal existence, the unknown present testimony by telephone. The cost trustees or assigns of such parties. of telephonic communication shall be paid NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apby the person or persons requesting its plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and use. An interested party who wishes to Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed participate by telephone shall contact the an application in this cause requesting Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the Corporation Commission to enter an the hearing date, and provide his or her order pooling the interests of the oil and name and phone number. gas owners, and adjudicating the rights NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all and equities with respect thereto, in the interested persons may appear and be proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing heard. For information concerning this acunit in Cause CD No. 201105881, for the tion contact Deidre Barnett, landman, (405) Douglas, Lansing-Kansas City, Big Lime, 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake separate common sources of supply, unOperating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma derlying Section 18, Township 24 North, City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, to Cause CD Number.

Oklahoma, with respect to the developDONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd ment of such separate common sources day of November 2011. of supply in such unit. The interests of the CORPORATION COMMISSION oil and gas owners involved herein and the OF OKLAHOMA rights and equities in respect thereto are DANA L. MURPHY, Chair sought here to be pooled and adjudicated BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: and spacing unit covered hereby, and not PEGGY MITCHELL, limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants Commission Secretary in this cause states that Applicants have

Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 • Page 15 Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Oswego, Basal Pennsylvanian (Cherokee) Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Sand and Big Lime separate common BEFORE THE CORPORATION sources of supply will be no closer than 330 COMMISSION feet from the north line and no closer than OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1320 feet from the east line and no closer APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE than 330 feet from the south line and no OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE closer than 1320 feet from the east line of EXPLORATION, L.L.C. the unit comprising said Section 13, TownRELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION ship 27 North, Range 11 West of the IM, EXCEPTION Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 13 of 100 feet from the proposed completion TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH RANGE 11 interval, and to be completed in and proWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, duce hydrocarbons from the above-named OKLAHOMA separate common sources of supply; (ii) Cause CD No. 201105725 providing for the re-opening of the cause NOTICE OF HEARING at such time as the bottom hole location STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, of the well proposed hereunder has been owners, producers, operators, purchasers determined; and (iii) establishing a proper and takers of oil and gas, and all other interallowable with no downward adjustment ested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, made thereto.

Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the apapplication in this cause requests that the plication on file in this cause, and, if any of order be entered in this matter be made the named individuals be deceased, then effective as of the date of the execution the unknown heirs, executors, administrathereof or as of a date prior thereto and tors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both that the authorization and permission reimmediate and remote, of such deceased quested herein run in favor of one or both individual; if any of the named entities is a of the Applicants, including Chesapeake dissolved partnership, corporation or other Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through association, then the unknown successors, its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., trustees and assigns, both immediate and or some other party recommended by remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of Applicants. the named parties designated as a trustee NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the is not presently acting in such capacity as legal descriptions for the land sections trustee, then the unknown successor or sucadjacent to said Section 13 are Sections cessors to such trustee; if any of the named 11, 12, 14, 23 and 24, Township 27 North, parties designated as an attorney-in-fact Range 11 West of the IM and Section 7, 18 is not presently acting in such capacity as and 19, Township 27 North, Range 10 West attorney-in-fact, then the unknown succesof the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. sor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that and if any of the named entities are corpothis cause will be referred to an Adminrations which do not continue to have legal istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of existence, the unknown trustees or assigns evidence and reporting to the Corporation of such parties.

Commission.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and cause will be heard before an AdministraChesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at an application in this cause requesting the the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Corporation Commission to enter an order, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day an exception to the permitted well locaof November 2011, and that this notice will tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre be published as required by law and the drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. rules of the Commission.

201105724, for the Tonkawa, Cottage NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Grove, Oswego, Basal Pennsylvanian the Applicants and interested parties may (Cherokee) Sand, Big Lime and Mississippresent testimony by telephone. The cost pian separate common sources of supply, of telephonic communication shall be paid underlying Section 13, Township 27 North, by the person or persons requesting its Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, use. An interested party who wishes to Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to be participate by telephone shall contact the drilled as follows: Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Surface location: No closer than 200 the hearing date, and provide his or her feet from the south line and no closer than name and phone number.

2200 feet from the east line of the unit NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all comprising said Section 13, Township 27 interested persons may appear and be North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa heard. For information concerning this acCounty, Oklahoma, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Location of Wellbore at Completion 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Interval: The casing will be cemented No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake along the entire length of the lateral. The Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma proposed location of the end points of the City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer completion interval for the Mississippian to Cause CD Number. common source of supply will be no closer DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 27th than 165 feet from the north line and no day of October 2011. closer than 1320 feet from the east line CORPORATION COMMISSION and no closer than 165 feet from the south OF OKLAHOMA line and no closer than 1320 feet from the DANA L. MURPHY, Chair east line of the unit comprising said Section BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman 13, Township 27 North, Range 11 West of PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and the BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: location of the end points of the completion PEGGY MITCHELL, interval for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & interval for the Douglas, Lansing, Kansas Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t City, Big Lime, Oswego and Cherokee BEFORE THE CORPORATION separate common sources of supply will COMMISSION be no closer than 330 feet from the north OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA line and no closer than 1320 feet from the APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE east line and no closer than 330 feet from OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE the south line and no closer than 1320 feet EXPLORATION, L.L.C. from the east line of the unit comprising RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION said Section 27, Township 24 North, Range EXCEPTION 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, OklaLEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 27 homa, with a tolerance of 100 feet from TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 10 the proposed completion interval, and to be WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, completed in and produce hydrocarbons OKLAHOMA from the above-named separate common Cause CD No. 201105900 sources of supply; (ii) providing for the reNOTICE OF HEARING opening of the cause at such time as the STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perbottom hole location of the well proposed sons, owners, producers, operators, hereunder has been determined; and (iii) purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and establishing a proper allowable with no all other interested persons, particularly in downward adjustment made thereto.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” application in this cause requests that the attached to the application on file in this order be entered in this matter be made cause, and, if any of the named individuals effective as of the date of the execution be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exthereof or as of a date prior thereto and ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees that the authorization and permission reand assigns, both immediate and remote, quested herein run in favor of one or both of such deceased individual; if any of the of the Applicants, including Chesapeake named entities is a dissolved partnership, Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through corporation or other association, then the its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., unknown successors, trustees and asor some other party recommended by signs, both immediate and remote, of such Applicants. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the designated as a trustee is not presently legal descriptions for the land sections acting in such capacity as trustee, then the adjacent to said Section 27 are Sections unknown successor or successors to such 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, 33, 34 and 35, Township trustee; if any of the named parties desig24 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently County, Oklahoma. acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that then the unknown successor or successors this cause will be referred to an Adminto such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of named entities are corporations which evidence and reporting to the Corporation do not continue to have legal existence, Commission. the unknown trustees or assigns of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this parties. cause will be heard before an AdministraNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aptive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, an application in this cause requesting the Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day Corporation Commission to enter an order, of November 2011, and that this notice will as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting be published as required by law and the an exception to the permitted well locarules of the Commission. tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. the Applicants and interested parties may 201105898, for the Douglas, Lansing, Kanpresent testimony by telephone. The cost sas City, Big Lime, Oswego, Cherokee and of telephonic communication shall be paid Mississippian separate common sources by the person or persons requesting its of supply, underlying Section 27, Township use. An interested party who wishes to 24 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa participate by telephone shall contact the County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to be drilled as follows: the hearing date, and provide his or her Surface location: No closer than 200 name and phone number. feet from the south line and no closer than NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all 1980 feet from the east line of the unit interested persons may appear and be comprising said Section 27, Township 24 heard. For information concerning this acNorth, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa tion contact Deidre Barnett, landman, (405) County, Oklahoma, 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Location of Wellbore at Completion No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Interval: The casing will be cemented Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma along the entire length of the lateral. The City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer proposed location of the end points of the to Cause CD Number. completion interval for the Mississippian DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd common source of supply will be no closer day of November 2011. than 165 feet from the north line and no CORPORATION COMMISSION closer than 1320 feet from the east line OF OKLAHOMA and no closer than 165 feet from the south DANA L. MURPHY, Chair line and no closer than 1320 feet from the BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman east line of the unit comprising said Section PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner 27, Township 24 North, Range 10 West of

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and the PEGGY MITCHELL, location of the end points of the completion Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & for the Tonkawa, Lansing-Kansas City and Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Des Moines separate common sources BEFORE THE CORPORATION of supply will be no closer than 330 feet COMMISSION from the north line and no closer than 660 OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA feet from the east line and no closer than APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE 330 feet from the south line and no closer OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE than 660 feet from the east line of the unit EXPLORATION, L.L.C. comprising said Section 26, Township 29 RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa EXCEPTION County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 26 100 feet from the proposed completion TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 12 interval, and to be completed in and proWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, duce hydrocarbons from the above-named OKLAHOMA separate common sources of supply; (ii) Cause CD No. 201105775 providing for the re-opening of the cause NOTICE OF HEARING at such time as the bottom hole location STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perof the well proposed hereunder has been sons, owners, producers, operators, determined; and (iii) establishing a proper purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and allowable with no downward adjustment all other interested persons, particularly in made thereto.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” application in this cause requests that the attached to the application on file in this order be entered in this matter be made cause, and, if any of the named individuals effective as of the date of the execution be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exthereof or as of a date prior thereto and ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees that the authorization and permission reand assigns, both immediate and remote, quested herein run in favor of one or both of such deceased individual; if any of the of the Applicants, including Chesapeake named entities is a dissolved partnership, Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through corporation or other association, then the its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., unknown successors, trustees and asor some other party recommended by signs, both immediate and remote, of such Applicants. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the designated as a trustee is not presently legal descriptions for the land sections acting in such capacity as trustee, then the adjacent to said Section 26 are Sections unknown successor or successors to such 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 34, 35 and 36, Township trustee; if any of the named parties desig29 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently County, Oklahoma. acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that then the unknown successor or successors this cause will be referred to an Adminto such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of named entities are corporations which evidence and reporting to the Corporation do not continue to have legal existence, Commission. the unknown trustees or assigns of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this parties. cause will be heard before an AdministraNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aptive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, filed an application in this cause requestOklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day ing the Corporation Commission to enter of November 2011, and that this notice will an order, as follows: (i) authorizing and be published as required by law and the permitting an exception to the permitted rules of the Commission. well location tolerances in the proposed NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 640-acre drilling and spacing unit in Cause the Applicants and interested parties may CD No. 201105774, for the Tonkawa, present testimony by telephone. The cost Lansing-Kansas City, Des Moines and of telephonic communication shall be paid Mississippian separate common sources by the person or persons requesting its of supply, underlying Section 26, Township use. An interested party who wishes to 29 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa participate by telephone shall contact the County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to be drilled as follows: the hearing date, and provide his or her Surface location: No closer than 200 name and phone number. feet from the south line and no closer NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all than 660 feet from the east line of the unit interested persons may appear and be comprising said Section 26, Township 29 heard. For information concerning this acNorth, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) County, Oklahoma, 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Location of Wellbore at Top of ProducNo. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake ing Common Source of Supply: The casing Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma will be cemented along the entire length of City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer the lateral. The proposed location of the to Cause CD Number. end points of the completion interval for DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 1st the Mississippian common source of supday of November 2011. ply will be no closer than 165 feet from the CORPORATION COMMISSION north line and no closer than 660 feet from OF OKLAHOMA the east line and no closer than 165 feet DANA L. MURPHY, Chair from the south line and no closer than 660 BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman feet from the east line of the unit comprisPATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner ing said Section 26, Township 29 North,

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, PEGGY MITCHELL, Oklahoma, and the proposed location of Commission Secretary the end points of the completion interval

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Lansing-Kansas City, Big Lime, Oswego Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t and Cherokee separate common sources BEFORE THE CORPORATION of supply will be no closer than 330 feet COMMISSION from the south line and no closer than 660 OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA feet from the east line and no closer than APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE 330 feet from the north line and no closer OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE than 660 feet from the east line of the unit EXPLORATION, L.L.C. comprising said Section 22, Township 29 RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa EXCEPTION County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 22 100 feet from the proposed completion TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 12 interval, and to be completed in and proWEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, duce hydrocarbons from the above-named OKLAHOMA separate common sources of supply; (ii) Cause CD No. 201105860 providing for the re-opening of the cause NOTICE OF HEARING at such time as the bottom hole location STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All of the well proposed hereunder has been persons, owners, producers, operators, determined; and (iii) establishing a proper purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and allowable with no downward adjustment all other interested persons, particularly in made thereto.

Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particuNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” application in this cause requests that the attached to the application on file in this order be entered in this matter be made cause, and, if any of the named individuals effective as of the date of the execution be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exthereof or as of a date prior thereto and ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees that the authorization and permission reand assigns, both immediate and remote, quested herein run in favor of one or both of such deceased individual; if any of the of the Applicants, including Chesapeake named entities is a dissolved partnership, Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through corporation or other association, then the its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., unknown successors, trustees and asor some other party recommended by signs, both immediate and remote, of such Applicants. dissolved entity; if any of the named parties NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the designated as a trustee is not presently legal descriptions for the land sections acting in such capacity as trustee, then the adjacent to said Section 22 are Sections unknown successor or successors to such 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 26, 27 and 28, Township trustee; if any of the named parties desig29 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently County, Oklahoma. acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that then the unknown successor or successors this cause will be referred to an Adminto such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of named entities are corporations which evidence and reporting to the Corporation do not continue to have legal existence, Commission. the unknown trustees or assigns of such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this parties. cause will be heard before an AdministraNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aptive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, an application in this cause requesting the Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day Corporation Commission to enter an order, of November 2011, and that this notice will as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting be published as required by law and the an exception to the permitted well locarules of the Commission. tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. the Applicants and interested parties may 201105859, for the Douglas, Lansing-Kanpresent testimony by telephone. The cost sas City, Big Lime, Oswego, Cherokee and of telephonic communication shall be paid Mississippian separate common sources by the person or persons requesting its of supply, underlying Section 22, Township use. An interested party who wishes to 29 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa participate by telephone shall contact the County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to be drilled as follows: the hearing date, and provide his or her Surface location: No closer than 200 name and phone number. feet from the north line and no closer NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all than 660 feet from the east line of the unit interested persons may appear and be comprising said Section 22, Township 29 heard. For information concerning this acNorth, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) County, Oklahoma, 935-8527, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Location of Wellbore at Completion No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Interval: The casing will be cemented Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma along the entire length of the lateral. The City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer proposed location of the end points of the to Cause CD Number. completion interval for the Mississippian DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd common source of supply will be no closer day of November 2011. than 165 feet from the south line and no CORPORATION COMMISSION closer than 660 feet from the east line and OF OKLAHOMA no closer than 165 feet from the north line DANA L. MURPHY, Chair and no closer than 660 feet from the east BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman line of the unit comprising said Section PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner 22, Township 29 North, Range 12 West BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and PEGGY MITCHELL, the proposed location of the end points of Commission Secretary the completion interval for the Douglas,

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section 87.1 within and Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t on the basis of the drilling and spacing unit BEFORE THE CORPORATION covered hereby, and not limited to a single COMMISSION wellbore. The Applicants in this cause OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA states that Applicants have proposed the APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE development of the separate common OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE sources of supply in the drilling and spacing EXPLORATION, L.L.C. unit involved herein under a plan of develRELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING opment and have proposed to commence LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 1 such plan of development of such unit by an TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 12 initial well in the lands covered hereby, and WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, that Applicants have been unable to reach OKLAHOMA an agreement with the owners of drilling Cause CD No. 201105941 rights named as respondents herein with NOTICE OF HEARING respect to such proposed plan of developSTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perment of the separate common sources sons, owners, producers, operators, of supply in the drilling and spacing unit purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and covered hereby. all other interested persons, particularly in NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the application in this cause requests that one following: Brinkman Family Revocable or both of the Applicants, including ChesaTrust; Lena T. Coopman; Carol S. Dougpeake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and lass Revocable Trust; Ramona K. Douglas through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, Revocable Trust; Bernice Elaine Dreyfus Inc., or some other party recommended Survivors Trust; Ronald Rex Green; Anne

by Applicants be designated as operator Marleen Douglass Henderson Revocable under the order to be entered in this cause Trust; Alto S. Hendrick; William Hendrick; of the separate common sources of supply Euna B. Perkins; David R. Santizo; Jorge in the drilling and spacing unit involved A. Santizo, Jr.; Mitchell Trotter III; WCT herein, including the proposed initial well Resources, LLC; and, if any of the named and any subsequent wells under Applicants’ individuals be deceased, then the unknown proposed plan of development of such unit. heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, Applicants may request up to one year from trustees and assigns, both immediate and the date of the order to enter in this cause, remote, of such deceased individual; if any within which to commence the initial well. of the named entities is a dissolved partnerNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this ship, corporation or other association, then cause will be referred to an Administrative the unknown successors, trustees and asLaw Judge for hearing, taking of evidence signs, both immediate and remote, of such and reporting to the Corporation Comdissolved entity; if any of the named parties mission. designated as a trustee is not presently NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this acting in such capacity as trustee, then the cause will be heard before an Administraunknown successor or successors to such tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the trustee; if any of the named parties desigCorporation Commission, First Floor, Jim nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day of November then the unknown successor or succes2011, and that this notice will be published sors to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of as required by law and the rules of the the named entities are corporations which Commission. do not continue to have legal existence, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the unknown trustees or assigns of such the Applicants and interested parties may parties. present testimony by telephone. The cost of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Aptelephonic communication shall be paid by plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and the person or persons requesting its use. An Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed interested party who wishes to participate an application in this cause requesting the by telephone shall contact the Applicants Corporation Commission to enter an order or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the hearpooling the interests of the oil and gas ing date, and provide his or her name and owners, and adjudicating the rights and phone number. equities with respect thereto, in the 640NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all acre drilling and spacing unit comprised of interested persons may appear and be Section 1, Township 25 North, Range 12 heard. For information concerning this acWest of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA Red Fork, Hogshooter, Checkerboard, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Cleveland and Big Lime separate comOperating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma mon sources of supply, as well as in the City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer Mississippian common source of supply in to Cause CD Number.

Cause CD No. 201105939 comprised of DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 7th Section 1, Township 25 North, Range 12 day of November 2011.

West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, CORPORATION COMMISSION for the Mississippian common source of OF OKLAHOMA supply, with respect to the development of DANA L. MURPHY, Chair such separate common sources of supply BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman in such unit. The interests of the oil and gas PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner owners involved herein and the rights and

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: equities in respect thereto are sought here PEGGY MITCHELL, to be pooled and adjudicated pursuant to Commission Secretary Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Red Fork, Hogshooter, Checkerboard, BEFORE THE CORPORATION Cleveland and Big Lime separate common COMMISSION sources of supply will be no closer than 330 OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA feet from the north line and no closer than APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE 1320 feet from the west line and no closer OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE than 330 feet from the south line and no EXPLORATION, L.L.C. closer than 1320 feet from the west line of RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION the unit comprising said Section 1, TownEXCEPTION ship 25 North, Range 12 West of the IM, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 1 Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 12 of 100 feet from the proposed completion WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, interval, and to be completed in and proOKLAHOMA duce hydrocarbons from the above-named Cause CD No. 201105940 separate common sources of supply; (ii) NOTICE OF HEARING providing for the re-opening of the cause STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perat such time as the bottom hole location sons, owners, producers, operators, of the well proposed hereunder has been purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and determined; and (iii) establishing a proper all other interested persons, particularly in allowable with no downward adjustment Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particumade thereto. larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the attached to the application on file in this application in this cause requests that the cause, and, if any of the named individuals order be entered in this matter be made be deceased, then the unknown heirs, exeffective as of the date of the execution ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees thereof or as of a date prior thereto and and assigns, both immediate and remote, that the authorization and permission reof such deceased individual; if any of the quested herein run in favor of one or both named entities is a dissolved partnership, of the Applicants, including Chesapeake corporation or other association, then the Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through unknown successors, trustees and asits agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., signs, both immediate and remote, of such or some other party recommended by dissolved entity; if any of the named parties Applicants. designated as a trustee is not presently NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the acting in such capacity as trustee, then the legal descriptions for the land sections unknown successor or successors to such adjacent to said Section 1 are Sections 2, trustee; if any of the named parties desig11 and 12, Township 25 North, Range 12 nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, Sections 6 and 7, Township 25 North, then the unknown successor or successors Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the Section 31, Township 26 North, Range 11 named entities are corporations which West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma do not continue to have legal existence, and Sections 35 and 36, Township 26 the unknown trustees or assigns of such North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa parties.

County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and this cause will be referred to an AdminChesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of filed an application in this cause requestevidence and reporting to the Corporation ing the Corporation Commission to enter Commission. an order, as follows: (i) authorizing and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this permitting an exception to the permitted cause will be heard before an Administrawell location tolerances in the 640-acre tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at drilling and spacing unit comprised of the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Section 1, Township 25 North, Range 12 Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, of November 2011, and that this notice will Red Fork, Hogshooter, Checkerboard, be published as required by law and the Cleveland and Big Lime separate comrules of the Commission. mon sources of supply, as well as in the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing unit the Applicants and interested parties may in Cause CD No. 201105939 comprised of present testimony by telephone. The cost Section 1, Township 25 North, Range 12 of telephonic communication shall be paid West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, by the person or persons requesting its for the Mississippian common source of use. An interested party who wishes to supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled participate by telephone shall contact the as follows: Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Surface location: No closer than 200 the hearing date, and provide his or her feet from the south line and no closer than name and phone number.

1320 feet from the west line of the unit NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all comprising said Section 1, Township 25 interested persons may appear and be North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa heard. For information concerning this acCounty, Oklahoma, tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Location of Wellbore at Top of Produc935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA ing Common Source of Supply: The casing No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake will be cemented along the entire length of Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma the lateral. The proposed location of the City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer end points of the completion interval for to Cause CD Number. the Mississippian common source of supDONE AND PERFORMED THIS 7th ply will be no closer than 165 feet from the day of November 2011. north line and no closer than 1320 feet from CORPORATION COMMISSION the west line and no closer than 165 feet OF OKLAHOMA from the south line and no closer than 1320 DANA L. MURPHY, Chair feet from the west line of the unit comprisBOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman ing said Section 1, Township 25 North, PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County,

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Oklahoma, and the proposed location of PEGGY MITCHELL, the end points of the completion interval Commission Secretary

Page 16 • Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & supply in such unit. The interests of the oil Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t and gas owners involved herein and the BEFORE THE CORPORATION rights and equities in respect thereto are COMMISSION sought here to be pooled and adjudicated OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE and spacing unit covered hereby, and not EXPLORATION, L.L.C. limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING in this cause states that Applicants have LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 16 proposed the development of the separate TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH RANGE 12 common sources of supply in the drilling WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, and spacing unit involved herein under a OKLAHOMA plan of development and have proposed Cause CD No. 201105903 to commence such plan of development NOTICE OF HEARING of such unit by an initial well in the lands STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All percovered hereby, and that Applicants have sons, owners, producers, operators, been unable to reach an agreement with purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and the owners of drilling rights named as reall other interested persons, particularly in spondents herein with respect to such proAlfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the posed plan of development of the separate following: The AKKAH/KMH Trust; The common sources of supply in the drilling AKKAH/KMH Trust; David A. Guest; The P. and spacing unit covered hereby.

M. Hackbarth-Oklahoma Revocable Trust; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the The Marital Deduction Trust created under application in this cause requests that one The Last Will and Testament of Claude or both of the Applicants, including ChesaL. Hadwiger, deceased; The Kenneth E. peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and Hadwiger Trust created on June 19, 2008; through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, Mildred B. Lewis; Vernon Means; Mathilda Inc., or some other party recommended Allison McCune; Lois M. Murdoch; C. F. by Applicants be designated as operaPeffley; The Joseph and Robin Schmit Trust tor under the order to be entered in this dated May 24, 2003; Ronald G. Snow; The cause of the separate common sources Louis H. Witwer III Trust, under Trust Agreeof supply in the drilling and spacing unit ment dated August 15, 1994; The Louis H. involved herein, including the proposed Witwer III Trust, under Trust Agreement initial well and any subsequent wells under dated August 15, 1994; The Winston Scott Applicants’ proposed plan of development Witwer Trust, under Trust Agreement dated of such unit. Applicants may request up to November 1, 1988; The Winston Scott one year from the date of the order to enter Witwer Trust, under Trust Agreement dated in this cause, within which to commence November 1, 1988; Lela Howard Wood; the initial well.

The Lela Howard Wood Trust; and, if any NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that of the named individuals be deceased, then this cause will be referred to an Adminthe unknown heirs, executors, administraistrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of tors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both evidence and reporting to the Corporation immediate and remote, of such deceased Commission. individual; if any of the named entities is a NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this dissolved partnership, corporation or other cause will be heard before an Administraassociation, then the unknown successors, tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at trustees and assigns, both immediate and the Corporation Commission, First Floor, remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, the named parties designated as a trustee Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day is not presently acting in such capacity as of November 2011, and that this notice will trustee, then the unknown successor or sucbe published as required by law and the cessors to such trustee; if any of the named rules of the Commission. parties designated as an attorney-in-fact NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that is not presently acting in such capacity as the Applicants and interested parties may attorney-in-fact, then the unknown succespresent testimony by telephone. The cost sor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; of telephonic communication shall be paid and if any of the named entities are corpoby the person or persons requesting its rations which do not continue to have legal use. An interested party who wishes to existence, the unknown trustees or assigns participate by telephone shall contact the of such parties.

Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apthe hearing date, and provide his or her plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and name and phone number.

Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all an application in this cause requesting the interested persons may appear and be Corporation Commission to enter an order heard. For information concerning this acpooling the interests of the oil and gas tion contact Deidre Neal, landman, (405) owners, and adjudicating the rights and 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA equities with respect thereto, in the 640No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake acre drilling and spacing unit comprised of Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Section 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to Cause CD Number. for the Tonkawa, Layton, Des Moines (Big DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd Lime), Oswego and Red Fork separate day of November 2011. common sources of supply, as well as the CORPORATION COMMISSION proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing unit OF OKLAHOMA in Cause CD No. 201105901, comprised of DANA L. MURPHY, Chair Section 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner for the Mississippian common source of

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: supply, with respect to the development PEGGY MITCHELL, of such separate common sources of Commission Secretary Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & the proposed location of the end points of Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t the completion interval for the Tonkawa, BEFORE THE CORPORATION Lansing-Kansas City, Big Lime, Oswego COMMISSION and Cherokee separate common sources OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA of supply will be no closer than 330 feet APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE from the north line and no closer than 660 OPERATING, INC. AND feet from the east line and no closer than EXPLORATION, L.L.C. 330 feet from the south line and no closer RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION than 660 feet from the east line, with a EXCEPTION tolerance of 100 feet from the proposed LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 35 completion interval, and to be completed TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH RANGE 11 in and produce hydrocarbons from the WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, above-named separate common sources OKLAHOMA of supply; (ii) providing for the re-opening of Cause CD No. 201105863 the cause at such time as the bottom hole NOTICE OF HEARING location of the well proposed hereunder STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, has been determined; and (iii) establishowners, producers, operators, purchasers ing a proper allowable with no downward and takers of oil and gas, and all other interadjustment made thereto. ested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set application in this cause requests that the out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the aporder be entered in this matter be made plication on file in this cause, and, if any of effective as of the date of the execution the named individuals be deceased, then thereof or as of a date prior thereto and the unknown heirs, executors, administrathat the authorization and permission retors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both quested herein run in favor of one or both immediate and remote, of such deceased of the Applicants, including Chesapeake individual; if any of the named entities is a Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through dissolved partnership, corporation or other its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., association, then the unknown successors, or some other party recommended by trustees and assigns, both immediate and Applicants. remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the the named parties designated as a trustee legal descriptions for the land sections is not presently acting in such capacity as adjacent to said Section 35 are Sections trustee, then the unknown successor or suc25, 26, 27, 34 and 36, Township 24 North, cessors to such trustee; if any of the named Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, parties designated as an attorney-in-fact Oklahoma and Sections 1, 2 and 3, Townis not presently acting in such capacity as ship 23 North, Range 11 West of the IM, attorney-in-fact, then the unknown succesAlfalfa County, Oklahoma. sor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that and if any of the named entities are corpothis cause will be referred to an Adminrations which do not continue to have legal istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of existence, the unknown trustees or assigns evidence and reporting to the Corporation of such parties.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and cause will be heard before an AdministraChesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at an application in this cause requesting the the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Corporation Commission to enter an order, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day an exception to the permitted well locaof November 2011, and that this notice will tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre be published as required by law and the drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. rules of the Commission.

201105862, for the Tonkawa, Lansing-KanNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that sas City, Big Lime, Oswego and Cherokee the Applicants and interested parties may separate common sources of supply, as present testimony by telephone. The cost well as the proposed horizontal 640-ace of telephonic communication shall be paid drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. by the person or persons requesting its 201105862, for the Mississippian common use. An interested party who wishes to source of supply, underlying Section 35, participate by telephone shall contact the Township 24 North, Range 11 West of the Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to althe hearing date, and provide his or her low a well to be drilled as follows: name and phone number.

Surface location: No closer than 200 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all feet from the south line and no closer interested persons may appear and be than 660 feet from the east line of the unit heard. For information concerning this accomprising said Section 35, Township 24 tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA County, Oklahoma, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Location of Wellbore at Completion Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Interval: The casing will be cemented City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer along the entire length of the lateral. The to Cause CD Number. proposed location of the end points of the DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd completion interval for the Mississippian day of November 2011. common source of supply will be no closer CORPORATION COMMISSION than 165 feet from the north line and no OF OKLAHOMA closer than 660 feet from the east line and DANA L. MURPHY, Chair no closer than 165 feet from the south line BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman and no closer than 660 feet from the east PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner line of the unit comprising said Section

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 35, Township 24 North, Range 11 West PEGGY MITCHELL, of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and Commission Secretary

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & oil and gas owners involved herein and the Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t rights and equities in respect thereto are BEFORE THE CORPORATION sought here to be pooled and adjudicated COMMISSION pursuant to Tit. 52, Okla. Stat., Section OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE and spacing unit covered hereby, and not OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE limited to a single wellbore. The Applicants EXPLORATION, L.L.C. in this cause states that Applicants have RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING proposed the development of the separate LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 10 common sources of supply in the drilling TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH RANGE 11 and spacing unit involved herein under a WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, plan of development and have proposed OKLAHOMA to commence such plan of development Cause CD No. 201105858 of such unit by an initial well in the lands NOTICE OF HEARING covered hereby, and that Applicants have STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All been unable to reach an agreement with persons, owners, producers, operators, the owners of drilling rights named as repurchasers and takers of oil and gas, and spondents herein with respect to such proall other interested persons, particularly in posed plan of development of the separate Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the folcommon sources of supply in the drilling lowing: Frank A. Bender; Frank A. Bender; and spacing unit covered hereby.

Robert A. Bender; BMNW Resources, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the L.L.C.; Linda A. Bunch; Miranda L. Donely; application in this cause requests that one Eagle Energy Production, LLC; Equal or both of the Applicants, including ChesaEnergy US, Inc.; The trust for the benefit peake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and of Irene Schock Holmes created by the through its agent, Chesapeake Operating, William C. Schock Trust Agreement, dated Inc., or some other party recommended August 22, 1986; The trust for the benefit

by Applicants be designated as operaof Irene Schock Holmes created by the tor under the order to be entered in this William C. Schock Trust Agreement, dated cause of the separate common sources August 22, 1986; Ken Kamon; KRK Interof supply in the drilling and spacing unit est, LLC; Gerald C. Means; Noble Royalty involved herein, including the proposed Access Fund I, LLP; Lisa M. Portell; Lisa initial well and any subsequent wells under M. Portell; Susan Russell, a/k/a Susan Applicants’ proposed plan of development Bender; Phoebe Schock; The trust for the of such unit. Applicants may request up to benefit of William Bevis Schock created by one year from the date of the order to enter the William C. Schock Trust Agreement, in this cause, within which to commence dated August 22, 1986; The trust for the the initial well. benefit of William Bevis Schock created NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that by the William C. Schock Trust Agreement, this cause will be referred to an Admindated August 22, 1986; Karri L. Stout; istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of Timothy R. Stout; Stroube Energy Corporaevidence and reporting to the Corporation tion; Windom Royalties, LLC; and, if any of Commission. the named individuals be deceased, then NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this the unknown heirs, executors, administracause will be heard before an Administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at immediate and remote, of such deceased the Corporation Commission, First Floor, individual; if any of the named entities is a Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, dissolved partnership, corporation or other Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day association, then the unknown successors, of November 2011, and that this notice will trustees and assigns, both immediate be published as required by law and the and remote, of such dissolved entity; if rules of the Commission. any of the named parties designated as NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a trustee is not presently acting in such the Applicants and interested parties may capacity as trustee, then the unknown present testimony by telephone. The cost successor or successors to such trustee; of telephonic communication shall be paid if any of the named parties designated as by the person or persons requesting its an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in use. An interested party who wishes to such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the participate by telephone shall contact the unknown successor or successors to such Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named the hearing date, and provide his or her entities are corporations which do not conname and phone number. tinue to have legal existence, the unknown NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all trustees or assigns of such parties. interested persons may appear and be NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Apheard. For information concerning this acplicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA an application in this cause requesting the No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Corporation Commission to enter an order Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma pooling the interests of the oil and gas City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer owners, and adjudicating the rights and to Cause CD Number. equities with respect thereto, in the 640DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd acre drilling and spacing unit comprised of day of November 2011.

Section 10, Township 25 North, Range 11 CORPORATION COMMISSION West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, OF OKLAHOMA for the Douglas, Lansing, Kansas City, DANA L. MURPHY, Chair Big Lime, Cherokee, Mississippian and BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman Oswego Limestone separate common PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner sources of supply with respect to the develBY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: opment of such separate common sources PEGGY MITCHELL, of supply in such unit. The interests of the Commission Secretary Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & the proposed location of the end points of Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t the completion interval for the Tonkawa, BEFORE THE CORPORATION Layton, Des Moines (Big Lime), Oswego COMMISSION and Red Fork separate common sources OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA of supply will be no closer than 330 feet APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE from the north line and no closer than 660 OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE feet from the east line and no closer than EXPLORATION, L.L.C. 330 feet from the south line and no closer RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION than 660 feet from the east line of the unit EXCEPTION comprising said Section 16, Township 27 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 16 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH RANGE 12 County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, 100 feet from the proposed completion OKLAHOMA interval, and to be completed in and proCause CD No. 201105902 duce hydrocarbons from the above-named NOTICE OF HEARING separate common sources of supply; (ii) STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, providing for the re-opening of the cause owners, producers, operators, purchasers at such time as the bottom hole location and takers of oil and gas, and all other interof the well proposed hereunder has been ested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, determined; and (iii) establishing a proper Oklahoma, more particularly the parties set allowable with no downward adjustment out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the apmade thereto. plication on file in this cause, and, if any of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the the named individuals be deceased, then application in this cause requests that the the unknown heirs, executors, administraorder be entered in this matter be made tors, devisees, trustees and assigns, both effective as of the date of the execution immediate and remote, of such deceased thereof or as of a date prior thereto and individual; if any of the named entities is a that the authorization and permission redissolved partnership, corporation or other quested herein run in favor of one or both association, then the unknown successors, of the Applicants, including Chesapeake trustees and assigns, both immediate and Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., the named parties designated as a trustee or some other party recommended by is not presently acting in such capacity as Applicants. trustee, then the unknown successor or sucNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the cessors to such trustee; if any of the named legal descriptions for the land sections parties designated as an attorney-in-fact adjacent to said Section 16 are Sections is not presently acting in such capacity as 8, 9, 10, 15, 17, 20, 21 and 22, Township attorney-in-fact, then the unknown succes27 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa sor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; County, Oklahoma. and if any of the named entities are corpoNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that rations which do not continue to have legal this cause will be referred to an Adminexistence, the unknown trustees or assigns istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of of such parties. evidence and reporting to the Corporation NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ApCommission. plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have filed cause will be heard before an Administraan application in this cause requesting tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the Corporation Commission to enter an the Corporation Commission, First Floor, order, as follows: (i) authorizing and perJim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, mitting an exception to the permitted well Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 28th day location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling of November 2011, and that this notice will and spacing unit comprised of Section be published as required by law and the 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 West of rules of the Commission. the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Tonkawa, Layton, Des Moines (Big Lime), the Applicants and interested parties may Oswego and Red Fork separate common present testimony by telephone. The cost sources of supply, as well as the proposed of telephonic communication shall be paid 640-acre drilling and spacing unit in Cause by the person or persons requesting its CD No. 201105901, comprised of Section use. An interested party who wishes to 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 West of participate by telephone shall contact the the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to Mississippian common source of supply, so the hearing date, and provide his or her as to allow a well to be drilled as follows: name and phone number.

Surface location: No closer than 200 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all feet from the south line and no closer interested persons may appear and be than 660 feet from the east line of the unit heard. For information concerning this accomprising said Section 16, Township 27 tion contact Deidre Neal, landman, (405) North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa 935-2758, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA County, Oklahoma, No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake Location of Wellbore at Completion Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma Interval: The casing will be cemented City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer along the entire length of the lateral. The to Cause CD Number. proposed location of the end points of the DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 3rd completion interval for the Mississippian day of November 2011. common source of supply will be no closer CORPORATION COMMISSION than 165 feet from the north line and no OF OKLAHOMA closer than 660 feet from the east line and DANA L. MURPHY, Chair no closer than 165 feet from the south line BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman and no closer than 660 feet from the east PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner line of the unit comprising said Section

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: 16, Township 27 North, Range 12 West PEGGY MITCHELL, of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and Commission Secretary

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & rights named as a respondents herein with Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t respect to such proposed plan of developBEFORE THE CORPORATION ment of the common source of supply in COMMISSION OF THE STATE the horizontal well unit covered hereby.

OF OKLAHOMA Such amended application further requests APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE up to 365 days within which to commence EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, operations on or in connection with such LLC initial well under such plan of development.

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING Such amended application further states LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section that there is currently pending before the 21, Township 28 North, Range 9 Commission an amended application of West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Applicant to form a 640-acre horizontal well Oklahoma unit in said Section 21 for the Mississippian Cause CD No. 201105756 common source of supply.

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All the amended application in this cause persons, owners, producers, operators, requests that SandRidge Exploration and purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and Production, LLC, or some other party all other interested persons, particularly recommended by Applicant be designated in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the as operator under the order to be entered following: Alvarez Chapin; Champlin Exherein of the common source of supply in ploration, Inc.; Chaparral Energy, LLC; Coit the horizontal well unit covered hereby, Energy, LLC; Dena Lou Ladd; Dynamic including the initial well and any subseProduction, LLC; Margaret Cunningham; quent well or wells to be drilled under or Mona Lynn Rebman; OklaTex Properties, otherwise covered by Applicant’s proposed Inc.; The Hefner Company; Marion Moeller plan of development of such unit.

Living Trust, and the Trustee of such trust; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Forest Oil Corporation; Energysearch cause is set before an administrative law 1984-A Oil and Gas Income Partnerjudge for hearing, taking of evidence and ship; Energysearch 1984-B Oil and Gas reporting to the Corporation Commission Income Partnership; Energysearch 1984 of Oklahoma. Notice is further given that Income Limited Partnership; Johnathan the amended application in this cause may Butcher; Unit Petroleum; NCI Enterprises; be further amended at such hearing in acif any of the above-named individuals be cordance with the rules of the Commission deceased, then the unknown heirs, exand the laws of the State of Oklahoma. ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this and assigns, both immediate and remote, cause will be heard before an administraof such deceased individual; if any of the tive law judge on the Conservation Docket above-named parties is a dissolved partat the Western Regional Service Office of nership, corporation or other association, the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe then the unknown successors, trustees Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, and assigns, both immediate and remote, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. of such dissolved entity; and if the aboveon the 28th day of November, 2011, and named party designated as a trustee is that this amended notice be published not presently acting in such capacity as as required by law and the rules of the trustee, then the unknown successor or Commission. successors to such trustee NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant and interested parties may presApplicant, SandRidge Exploration and ent testimony by telephone. The cost of Production, LLC, has filed an amended telephonic communication shall be paid by application in this cause requesting the the person or persons requesting its use.

Corporation Commission of Oklahoma Interested parties who wish to participate to enter an order pooling the interests of by telephone shall contact Applicant or oil and gas owners, and adjudicating the Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing rights and equities in connection therewith, date, and provide their names and telein the 640-acre horizontal well unit to be phone numbers. formed in Section 21, Township 28 North, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, interested persons may appear and be Oklahoma, for the Mississippian common heard. For information concerning this source of supply, in respect to the develaction, contact John R. Reeves, attoropment of such common source of supply ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two in such unit. The interests of the oil and Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, gas owners involved herein and the rights Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleand equities in respect thereto are sought phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, herein to be pooled and adjudicated purSandRidge Exploration and Production, suant to 52 O.S. §87.1 within and on the LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma basis of the horizontal well unit covered City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) hereby as a group or unit, and not limited to 429-6344. a single wellbore. The amended applicaCORPORATION COMMISSION tion in this cause states that Applicant has OF OKLAHOMA proposed the development of the common DANA. L. MURPHY, Chair source of supply in the horizontal well unit BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman involved herein under a plan of developPATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner ment and have proposed to commence DONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of such plan of development of such unit by November, 2011. an initial well in the lands covered hereby.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Such amended application further states PEGGY MITCHELL, that Applicant has been unable to reach Commission Secretary an agreement with the owners of drilling Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & supply of gas so as to cover and include Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Section 21, Township 28 North, Range 9 BEFORE THE CORPORATION West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, COMMISSION OF THE STATE and forming a proper horizontal well unit OF OKLAHOMA for such common source of supply in such APPLICANT: SANDRIDGE section, which unit Applicant requests be EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, formed as a 640-acre horizontal well unit; LLC (ii) determining that the 640-acre horizontal RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING well unit to be formed in this cause for the HORIZONTAL WELL UNIT Mississippian common source of supply in LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 21, said Section 21 will supersede the existing Township 28 North, Range 9 non-developed 160-acre non-horizontal West of the IM, Alfalfa County, drilling and spacing units previously formed Oklahoma

by Order No. 250991 for the Mississippi Cause CD No. 201105605 Chat common source of supply in the S½ AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING of said Section 21 and the existing nonSTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All perdeveloped 40-acre drilling and spacing sons, owners, producers, operators, units previously formed by such order for purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and the Mississippi Lime common source of all other interested persons, particularly supply in such lands; and (iii) granting such in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the other and further relief as may be proper following: Alvarez Chapin; Barbara Razook based upon the evidence presented at the Revocable Trust, and the Trustee of such hearing herein. trust; Beverly P. Williams Trust dated NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that July 19, 1990, and the Trustee of such the amended application in this cause trust; Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, requests that the order to be entered in this FL; Cecille Short; Champlin Exploration, matter be made effective as of the date of Inc.; Chaparral Energy, LLC; Coit Energy, the execution thereof or as of a date prior LLC; Dan Hunt; David Hein; Roberta Hein; thereto and seeks to amend, to the extent Dena Lou Ladd; Dynamic Production, LLC; necessary, the order set forth above with Elaine Conkey, now Godin; Frederick H. respect to the separate common sources Bragassa; Gardiner Family Living Trust, of supply involved herein in the lands and the Trustee of such trust; Georgia Lee covered hereby.

Hadden; Greta Marie Healan, now Kimball; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this James Bragassa, Jr.; James T. Kliewer; cause is set before an administrative law Laura B. Calloway; Linda Constantin; judge for hearing, taking of evidence and Linda Licklider; Louis Gregory Healan; reporting to the Commission. Notice is Lowana M. Healan; Margaret Cunningfurther given that the amended application ham; Mary Ellen Conkey, now Regan; Mary in this cause may be further amended at Hughley Family Revocable Trust, and the such hearing in accordance with the rules Trustee of such trust; Mona Lynn Rebman; of the Commission and the laws of the OklaTex Properties, Inc.; Scribner Family State of Oklahoma.

Trust dated November 7, 2005, and the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Trustee of such trust; Sharon Roshek; cause will be heard before an administraScott J. Roshek; Shelly Maxwell; Susan tive law judge on the Conservation Docket Conkey; The Hefner Company; William at the Western Regional Service Office of Puffinbarger; Nikola Puffinbarger; Marion the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Moeller Living Trust, and the Trustee of Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, such trust; Forest Oil Corporation; Palmer Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. G. Kise; Energysearch 1984-A Oil and Gas on the 28th day of November, 2011, and Income Partnership; Energysearch 1984-B that this amended notice be published Oil and Gas Income Partnership; Energyas required by law and the rules of the search 1984 Income Limited Partnership; Commission.

Johnathan Butcher; John C. Kirkpatrick; NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Crestone Energy Corp.; Raymond D. Applicant and interested parties may Danton; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; present testimony by telephone. The cost Gary Eugene Moeller; Monte Dale Moeller; of telephonic communication shall be Gordon Lee Moeller; Unit Petroleum; NCI paid by the person or persons requestEnterprises; Merrick, Inc.; Merco of Oklaing its use. Interested parties who wish homa, Inc.; Joel E. Champlin Rev. Trust, to participate by telephone shall contact and the Trustee of such trust; David L. Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to Meara; Clark L. Young; if any of the abovethe hearing date, and provide their name named individuals be deceased, then the and telephone number. unknown heirs, executors, administrators, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all devisees, trustees and assigns, both iminterested persons may appear and be mediate and remote, of such deceased heard. For information concerning this individual; if any of the above-named paraction, contact John R. Reeves, attorties is a dissolved partnership, corporation ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two or other association, then the unknown Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, successors, trustees and assigns, both Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Teleimmediate and remote, of such dissolved phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, entity; and if any of the above-named parSandRidge Exploration and Production, ties designated as a trustee is not presently LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma acting in such capacity as trustee, then City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) the unknown successor or successors to 429-6344. such trustee.

CORPORATION COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that AppliOF OKLAHOMA cant, SandRidge Exploration and ProducDANA L. MURPHY, Chair tion, LLC, has filed an amended application BOB ANTHONY, Vice Chairman in this cause requesting the Corporation PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner Commission of Oklahoma to enter an orDONE AND PERFORMED this 7th day of der, to be effective as of the date of the exNovember, 2011. ecution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: as follows: (i) establishing the boundaries PEGGY MITCHELL, of the Mississippian common source of Commission Secretary

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, Thursday, Nov. 17, and Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. 3t INVITATION TO BID EASEMENT #8974 The Commissioners of the Land Office, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, offers for sale by sealed bid, a 20 year easement for a electric transmission line in the S/2 Section 36-T24NR11WIM, Alfalfa County, subject to all rules and regulations of the Land Office. Appraised value is $16,700.00. Bids less than the appraised price will not be considered. Successful bidder must pay all advertising costs prior to issuance of the easement. Sealed bids must be received in our office by 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 8, 2011. Outside of envelope must be marked “SEALED BID FOR EASEMENT #8974”. Mail to Commissioners of the Land Office, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1000W, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Proceeds of sale benefit the school children of Oklahoma. Additional information may be obtained from the Real Estate Management Division of the Commissioners of the Land Office by calling (405) 521-4136 or email james. spurgeon@clo.ok.gov

Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & sentment date: December 12, 2011, or the Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, and Thurssame will be forever barred. day, Nov. 17, 2011. 2t Notice is hereby given that a petiin the district court of tion for distribution will be filed herein by Cherokee Cherokee alfalfa County, oklahoma the 13th day of December, 2011, and all 12p pb-2011-27 persons 12p interested in the estate of Mary K. In the Matter of the Estate of Mary K. Alexander, deceased, are hereby directed Alexander, Deceased. to appear in the Courtroom of the Disnotice to creditors and trict Court of Alfalfa County, in Cherokee, notice of hearing summary Oklahoma, on the 21st day of December, administration, determination 2011, at 1:30 P.M., to show cause, if any of heirship and distribution and they have, why an order determining heirs; discharge decreeing distribution; discharging the All persons having claims against Personal Representative; and closing this Mary K. Alexander, deceased, are required estate should not be entered. to present the same, with a description of In witness whereof, I have hereall security interests and other collateral (if unto set my hand this 7th day of any) held by each creditor with respect to November,2011. such claim, to the named Personal RepLoren E. Angle resentative on or before the following preJudge Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & respective of the relief requested by OG&E Republican Thursday, Nov. 3, and Thursin its Application, in this proceeding the day, Nov. 10, 2011. 2t Commission shall not be limited to matBEFORE THE CORPORATION ters described in said Application, but may COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA IN THE inquire into all matters within the jurisdiction MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF of the Commission involving rates, services, OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC practices, earnings and charges of OG&E COMPANY FOR AN ORDER OF and shall exercise its right to make any THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZING and all adjustments in and restructuring of APPLICANT TO MODIFY ITS RATES, rates, classifications and charges deemed CHARGES, AND TARIFFS FOR RETAIL appropriate by it, and in that connection ELECTRIC SERVICE IN OKLAHOMA shall not be limited to any method or means CAUSE NO. PUD 201100087 of effecting the same, but shall prescribe NOTICE OF HEARING such rates and charges as may be just and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on proper and reasonable under the evidence July 28, 2011, Oklahoma Gas and Electric and circumstances.

Company (“OG&E” or (“Applicant”) filed its NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Application and supporting documentation cause shall be set for hearing on the merits seeking to increase its rates and charges before an Administrative Law Judge on the for retail electric service to Oklahoma juris13th day of December, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., diction customers and seeking approval of in Courtroom 301, Jim Thorpe Building, the Commission for the filing of appropriate 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma tariffs reflecting such increases in rates in City, Oklahoma 73105. compliance with the Commission’s MiniNOTICE IS FUTHER GIVEN that all inmum Standard Filing Requirements, OAC terested persons may appear and be heard.

165:70. OG&E notified the Commission For more information concerning this matof its intent to file an Application seeking ter, contact William J. Bullard, Patrick D. changes to its rates and charges on May Shore, Kimber L. Shoop or Stephanie G. 13, 2011, pursuant to OAC 165:70-3-7. On Houle, attorneys for OG&E, P.O. Box 321, June 28, 3011, the Commission granted Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101, phone OG&E’s Motion for Extension of Time to (405) 553-3658. In addition, you may visit File Application, filed on May 27, 2011, the Commission’s website a www.occeweb. extending OG&E’s time to file its Application com or send written comments addressed by thirty (30) days. as follows: OG&E Rate Case Comments, NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in its c/o Office of General Counsel, Oklahoma Application, OG&E proposes to implement Corporation Commission, P.O. Box 52000, a general rate increase of approximately Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000, $73 million. The request is for increased or contact Elizabeth A.P. Cates, Assistant rates to produce sufficient additional revGeneral Counsel, Oklahoma Corporation enue to achieve an 11 percent return on a Commission, at (405) 522-2100.

53.07 percent equity ratio for the test year, OKLAHOMA CORPORATION which Applicant alleges to be a minimum COMMISSION fair, just and reasonable rate. The specifDANA L. MURPHY Chair ics of OG&E’s requests are set forth in the BOB ANTHONY, Vice-Chairman testimony and exhibits filed pursuant to the PATRICE DOUGLAS, Commissioner Commission’s Minimum Standard Filing DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 21st DAY Requirements found at OAC 165:70-1-1, OF OCTOBER, 2011. et seq., all of which are incorporated herein

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Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t Specifications may be obtained from the notice for sealed bids county clerk’s office at 300 South Grand, Sealed bids will be accepted in the Cherokee, Oklahoma. The commissioners office of the Alfalfa County Clerk until 9:30 reserve the right to reject any or all bids. a.m., Monday, November 21, 2011 for the Bruce Martin, County Clerk Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION Application No. 1202750065 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, is requesting that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OAC Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165: 5-7-27, administratively authorize the approval of disposal of saltwater and associated deleterious substances into a non-commercial disposal well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Robyn SWD 1-14, SW4, SW4, SE4, SE4, Sec. 14-T28N-R9W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Arbuckle, TOP – approx. 5735’, BOTTOM – approx. 7450’ TD DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 60,000 BPD, 2000 PSI Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Dept., Jim Thorpe Bldg., P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 November 10, 2011

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 3, Thursday, Nov. 10, and Thursday Nov. 17, 2011. 3t INVITATION TO BID EASEMENT #8971 The Commissioners of the Land Office, an agency of the State of Oklahoma, offers for sale by sealed bid, a 20 year easement for a 5.5” saltwater pipeline in the S/2 Section 36-T24NR11WIM, Alfalfa County, subject to all rules and regulations of the Land Office. Appraised value is $17,600.00. Bids less than the appraised price will not be considered. Successful bidder must pay all advertising costs prior to issuance of the easement. Sealed bids must be received in our office by 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 1, 2011. Outside of envelope must be marked “SEALED BID FOR EASEMENT #8971”. Mail to Commissioners of the Land Office, 120 N. Robinson, Suite 1000W, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Proceeds of sale benefit the school children of Oklahoma. Additional information may be obtained from the Real Estate Management Division of the Commissioners of the Land Office by calling (405) 521-4136 or email james. spurgeon@clo.ok.gov

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION Application No. 1202750068 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, is requesting that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OAC Rules 165:10-5-5 and 165: 5-7-27, administratively authorize the approval of disposal of saltwater and associated deleterious substances into a non-commercial disposal well as follows: WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Presley SWD 1-27, SE4, SW4, SW4, SE4, Sec. 27T27N-R11W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Arbuckle, TOP – approx. 6020’, BOTTOM – approx. 7750’ TD DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 60,000 BPD, 2000 PSI Objections may be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission within fifteen (15) days after publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pollution Abatement Dept., Jim Thorpe Bldg., P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000 November 10, 2011

CARD OF THANKS

Dr. Ron Hansen and Chaplin Gary Miller for officiating; Rev. Ed Jones for helping with the sound system and music at both the church and the cemetary; the ladies at the First Christian Church who prepared a delicious meal for a large family on the day of the service; and to all our friends that called us, came by and saw us, sent cards, flowers, food, and made charitable contributions in memory of Viola.

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Words are inadequate to express the gratitude I have for each person who has expressed their love and concern for me since my recent surgery. I want to thank all of you for the many cards, calls, e-mails, flowers, gifts and words of encouragement showered on me during my most difficult time. It is truly a blessing to live in such a wonderful caring community.

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Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger & No. 590468, which requirement is set forth Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. 1t in Oklahoma Corporation Commission BEFORE THE CORPORATION Rule 165:5-7-6(h).

COMMISSION NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA application in this cause requests that the APPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE order be entered in this matter be made OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE effective as of the date of the execution EXPLORATION, L.L.C. thereof or as of a date prior thereto and RELIEF SOUGHT: WAIVER OF that the authorization and permission reCONSENT REQUIREMENTS OF OCC quested herein run in favor of one or both RULE 165:5-7-6 (h) of the Applicants, including Chesapeake LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 10 Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH RANGE 12 its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, or some other party recommended by OKLAHOMA Applicants.

Cause CD No. 201105873 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that NOTICE OF HEARING this cause will be referred to an AdminSTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: P. Adams; istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of J. Best; R. Bieri; T. Emel; W. Hadwiger; D. evidence and reporting to the Corporation Hesser; D. Jackson; J. Longbottom; B. Commission.

Merrill; OXY USA Inc.; D. Potts; Source NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Production Corp.; A. Sparks; M. T. Sparks this cause will be heard before an AdminTrust; TBK Energy Company; J. D. Wheat; istrative Law Judge on the Conservation and all persons, owners, producers, Docket at the Corporation Commission, operators, purchasers and takers of oil First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 and gas, and all other interested persons, North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 29th day more particularly the parties set out on of November 2011, and that this notice will the Exhibit “A” attached to the application be published as required by law and the on file in this cause, and, if any of the rules of the Commission. named individuals be deceased, then the NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that unknown heirs, executors, administrators, the Applicants and interested parties may devisees, trustees and assigns, both impresent testimony by telephone. The cost mediate and remote, of such deceased of telephonic communication shall be paid individual; if any of the named entities is a by the person or persons requesting its dissolved partnership, corporation or other use. An interested party who wishes to association, then the unknown successors, participate by telephone shall contact the trustees and assigns, both immediate Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to and remote, of such dissolved entity; if the hearing date, and provide his or her any of the named parties designated as name and phone number. a trustee is not presently acting in such NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all capacity as trustee, then the unknown interested persons may appear and be successor or successors to such trustee; heard. For information concerning this acif any of the named parties designated as tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in 935-8257, or Emily P. Smith, attorney, OBA such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the No. 20805, (405) 935-8203, Chesapeake unknown successor or successors to such Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer entities are corporations which do not conto Cause CD Number. tinue to have legal existence, the unknown DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd trustees or assigns of such parties. day of November 2011.

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LEGAL NOTICES Legal notice Published in the Cherokee Messenger The above named Decedent died on & Republican Thursday, Nov. 10, and the 13th day of July, 2011, at which time Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. 2t the residence address of the Decedent in the district court was 915 S. Kansas, Cherokee, Oklahoof alfalfa county ma 73728. state of oklahoma The total value of the Estate of the cause no. pb-11-33 Decedent as per property located in In the Matter of the Summary Adthe state of Oklahoma and as set forth ministration of the Estate of D.W. “Bill” in the Petition is equal to or less than Hughey, Deceased. $72,500.00. combined notice Unless filed as a part or parcel of the notice to creditors: Notice of Petition for Summary Administration, the hearing petition for admission date by which the Final Accounting and of will to probate, petition the Petition for Distribution will be filed will for summary administration, be: on or before the 10th day of Decemhearing on the final ber, 2011. account, and the petition for Pursuant to an Order of Said Court, determination of heirs at law, notice is hereby given that the 30th day distribution of estate and of December, 2011, at the hour of 10:00 discharge o’clock a.m. in the Courtroom of the unNotice is hereby given to all perdersigned Judge, or the Judge to whom sons interested in the Estate of D.W. this cause is assigned on said date, in the “Bill” Hughey, Deceased, that on this Alfalfa County Courthouse in the City of date, Coleen Alward, whose residence Cherokee, Alfalfa County, State of Oklais 10831 SE 68th St., Oklahoma City, homa, has been appointed as the time OK 73150, filed a Petition for Summary for hearing said Petition, and considering Administration in the District Court of Alrelief prayed for in the Petition presented falfa County, State of Oklahoma, attachto the Court on said date. All persons ining thereto an instrument purporting to terested may appear at said hearing. be the Last Will and Testament (“Will”) of All objections to the Petition and/or said Deceased, praying for the probate of any relief requested must be made in writsaid Will, that Letters of Special Admining not less than 10 days before the hearistration be issued to Coleen Alward and ing date, with such objection to be filed the Letters of Administration, if necessary, herein, with a copy being sent to the Petibe issued to the same individuals. Said tioner and the attorney for the Petitioner, Petition further prays that the heirs-at-law and if an objection is not made within the of said Decedent be determined; that the allowed time, all persons will be deemed Final Account be approved, the property to have waived any obligation(s) to the of the Decedent subject to the jurisdiction Petition and the relief prayed for. of this Court be distributed, and that the If an objection is filed at least 10 days Personal Representative be discharged, before the hearing date, on the hearing and for other relief as prayed for in said date the Court will determine whether the Petition, which Petition you may refer to foreign Will attached to the Petition shall for further particulars. be admitted to probate, whether the sumTo all Creditors of the above named mary proceedings are appropriate, and, if Decedent: All creditors having claims so, whether the Estate will be distributed against the above named Decedent are and to whom the Estate will be distribrequired to present the same with a deuted. scription of all security interest or other Dated this 4th day of November, collateral (if any) held by each creditor 2011. with respect to such claim, to the Estate s/Loren E. Angle of D.W. “Bill” Hughey, Deceased, at the Judge of the District Court offices of Law Office of Sam L. Stein, Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA #12498 P.L.L.C., 305 South Grand, P.O. Box 223, Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C. Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728, attorney for 305 South Grand Ave. the Personal Representative on or before P.O. Box 223 the following presentment date: DecemCherokee, Oklahoma 73728 ber 5, 2011, or the same will be forever (580) 596-3000 barred.

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OSU prof explains water laws at Fairgrounds meeting

By KORINA DOVE Messenger & Republican Staff As Oklahoma begins its slow recovery from a statewide drought that enveloped all 77 counties this summer, consumers are beginning to wonder what rights they have to the precious commodity.

Dr. Shannon Ferrell, assistant professor of agricultural law in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University, attempted to answer those questions Oct. 26 during an educational meeting at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds.

About 20 people attended the workshop sponsored by the Alfalfa County Extension Office.

Ferrell announced that Oklahoma’s newest water laws are fresh. In fact, they were just passed by legislators the week before the meeting took place.

“Water is at the top of the legislative agenda,” Ferrell said.

He projected that during the next year, legislators will bring a multitude of water issues to the table. He asked audience members if he could answer any specific questions.

“I tell people what the law is,” Ferrell said. “It’s my job to figure out what they are and tell you.”

He talked about three types of water sources: standing or runoff water, stream water and groundwater.

“Under Oklahoma water law there are three kinds of water,” Ferrell said. “Each of those kinds of water has its own legal universe.”

He defined standing water as water that flows over or under a surface but does not form a definite stream.

“That’s the only kind of water under Oklahoma Law that you actually own,” Ferrell said.

“It’s possible that you can use a stream bed to collect runoff water.”

Landowners may use dams to collect or store waters, as long as they provide for the continued natural flow of the stream from which they are collecting the water.

“Most of our dams don’t have to be regulated,” Ferrell said.

Open Meeting seminar set November 14 WOODWARD – Oklahoma Attorney Gen. Scott Pruitt's office will host a seminar on the Oklahoma Open Meeting and Open Records Acts here on Monday, Nov.14. It is the fourth of six regional seminars being held across the state in partnership with the Oklahoma Press Association and Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation.

The meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Seminar Center (Room 201 A-B) at the High Plains Technology Center, 3921 34th Street, in Woodward.

The meeting will feature Rob Hudson, first assistant attorney general and former Payne County District Attorney, and the attorney general’s Communications Director Diane Clay, who has 20 years of experience working in media and government.

The seminars are designed to answer questions concerning the state’s open meeting and records laws and inform elected or appointed officials about their responsibility under the acts.

Hudson and Clay will also discuss requirements on access to public records and the conduct of public meetings.

There is no cost or registration required to attend. Attorneys can receive three continuing legal education credit hours from the Oklahoma Bar Association for attending the seminar.

School board members and superintendents can get three continuing education credit hours from the Oklahoma State Department of Education, and technology center board members can earn three continuing education credit hours from the state Department of Career and Technology Education. The seminars are open to the public.

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Certain laws apply to larger quantities of water and whether dams affect surrounding properties.

Landowners can build dams to protect their own lands from water damage, but they must consider their neighbors. If the dam causes damage to their neighbor’s property, the landowner cannot keep the dam.

Likewise, if the landowner’s property will suffer without the dam, the neighbor must take that into consideration.

“Basically, we’re allowed to defend each other,” Ferrell said.

“There’s really not a black and white standard.”

Stream water is subject to similar laws. Water in streams can be used by riparian (neighboring) landowners for domestic uses.

According to Oklahoma law, riparian owners can use as much stream water as they need for household purposes, such as cooking and cleaning, or in some cases, even watering livestock and firefighting.

“Aren’t you glad to know that if you have a fire on your place you can put a hose in that stream water to put the fire out, and you don’t have to have a permit for that?” Ferrell said.

Anyone wanting to sell

stream water, such as for a bottled water business, must apply for an appropriation through the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. Applications are available online at www. owrb.ok.gov.

Oklahoma water laws are pretty relaxed and not monitored as closely as they could be.

“Texas doesn’t have one state water board. They have water districts all over the state,” Ferrell said about one of the differences between Oklahoma’s water laws and Texas water laws.

“It’s a very different system than we have here, which is ba-

sically the honor system.”

Groundwater is the third source of water regulated in Oklahoma.

Ferrell defined groundwater as fresh water under the surface of the earth.

“So if it’s salt water, it’s not ground water,” he said. “There is no rule on the use of salt water. If you want to pump up saltwater and use it for whatever you want, go for it.”

The only condition is that anyone using salt water cannot connect fresh water and salt water zones.

He dove into the use of water by oil and gas companies

that replenish drill sites, called fracking, by filling areas with either salt water or fresh water.

“Oil and gas companies want to use fresh water, but some companies use salt water,” Ferrell said. “Some cities are using filters to capture salt and use it for drinking water.

“The process is largely the same for ground water as it is for stream water. If you’ve got water underneath you, you’ve basically got a right to use that water for domestic use.”

In-depth specifics of Oklahoma’s water laws are available on the OWRB Web site.