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Community Calendar Wednesday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities.

Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m.

Transportation provided upon request.

Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at Champs Restaurant.

1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s meeting is held every Wednesday.

Thursday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities.

Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m.

Transportation provided upon request.

At 12:30 p.m. Dr. Irene Messolaras, NWOSU choir director, will speak.

Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at Champs Restaurant.

1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

3-6 p.m. Food distribution every Thursday, Alva Wesleyan Food Bank, 818 Lane St. 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) in Alva every Monday and Thursday.

Friday 8 a.m. Alva Community Coffee and

Legislative Breakfast will be held at McDonald’s in Alva.

9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities.

Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request.

1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

6:30 p.m. A Singles covered dish dinner will be held at the Woods County Senior Citizens Center in Alva.

7 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets every Friday at the Wheatheart Nutrition site, 122 1/2 E. Second, Cherokee.

New heavy equipment coming for Alfalfa County roads

By Roger McKenzie Two new pieces of heavy road construction equipment costing over $390,000 were approved for purchase at Monday’s Alfalfa County commissioners’ meeting. The low bids on each item – 2013 grader for District 2 and a 2013 excavator for District 1 – were received from Enid’s Yellowhouse Machinery.

The John Deere grader bid was for $211,252. Warren Cat of Oklahoma City submitted a grader bid of $223,252. Kirby-Smith of Oklahoma City declined to bid.

District 1’s excavator low bid was The Alva Review-Courier / Newsgram is published Wednesday by Martin Broadcasting Corp.

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Yellowhouse’s $179,750. Higher bids from Kirby-Smith ($188,902) and Warren Cat ($187,188) were submitted.

When financed for 84 months at three percent interest, the total cost to the county will be almost $435,000 for both pieces of equipment if they are kept that long. Since the warranty on them is five years (60 months), they could be traded in before final payoffs are made if the county so chooses.

More heavy equipment is coming since the commissioners approved letting County Clerk Laneta Unruh advertise for bids for one or more new belly dump trailers for District 2.

Thirty road-crossing permit requests were approved by the commissioners, with $34,000 in total fees. Eight different companies made the requests. District 1 had a total of 12 requests, totaling $18,000 in fees. District 2 had two requests, with a total of $5,000 in fees.

District 3 had 16 permit requests, with fees totaling $11,000.

Two private property easements in District 1 were approved. The sites are east and northwest of Burlington.

Commissioners approved the

monthly alcoholic beverage tax allocation. Ten county communities will share $10,372.17 in monthly alcoholic beverage tax revenues.

Also given approval were minutes of the commissioners’ previous meeting, maintenance and operations warrants, blanket purchase orders, and monthly officers reports.

Annual School Election Results

Unofficial results have been reported in the annual school election Feb. 12.

Alva School Board, Office No. 3 Tiffany L. Slater Woods County: 288 (5 of 6 precincts) Alfalfa County: 29 ReJeana Wiebener Woods County: 90 (5 of 6 precincts) Alfalfa County: 8 Waynoka School Board, Office No. 3 Andy Ferguson: 184 Don Blalock: 156 Waynoka Mayor, unexpired term Andy Bowen:102 Joshua Taylor: 36 Greg Scioli: 68 Both Waynoka propositions passed

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SouthBarberadministratorcontractsrenewed, capital improvement funds approved Board to move forward with drug testing policy

By Yvonne Miller The South Barber Board of Education held their regular February meeting Monday night in the high school library instead of at the central office.

That’s because prior to the 6 p.m. regular meeting, board held a 5 p.m. public meeting in the auditorium regarding implementation of a random drug testing policy for students and staff. Under 20 district patrons attended the meeting in addition to board members including President Kent Swartz, Michael Anderson, Deb Helfrich, Jeff Black, Bob Schrock, Dana Roark, Janet Robison and Superintendent Brad Morris.

After nearly an hour of discussion, when asked if the guests at the meeting favor the board implementing a random drug testing policy, the majority raised their hand to indicate yes. Numerous angles regarding the cost of testing ($50 per test), funding for counseling of students who test positive, consequences of first positive test and much more were discussed.

One patron’s question to the board was regarding a recent incident that involved a high school student caught smoking a joint in the restroom. The question was whether that student was punished. Administration said the student was suspended. Principal Brent Shaffer said the punishment was harsher than some schools give students. However, the principal said South Barber

policy doesn’t have a set number of suspended days established for such a violation.

Principal Shaffer later told the board, “I can assure you we’re doing our best to detour this.”

The drug testing policy discussion continued at the regular meeting as it was an agenda item. Schrock took a straw poll of board members with the general consensus being to proceed with finalization of a policy. One idea he proposed is testing all students and staff at the first of school and then randomly thereafter with adults and students in two separate pools.

At both meetings, discussion included the parking lot as a privilege for students just like participation in extracurricular activities.

Because so many gray areas remain, Swartz suggested forming a committee to get more details finalized in the next month. He favors the El Dorado School Policy and the committee will use that as a guide. Committee members are board members Swartz and Anderson, Superintendent Morris and Principal Shaffer.

Sheriff Rugg Talks Drug Dogs Barber County Sheriff Justin Rugg was on the agenda to discuss how trained drug dogs search and the frequency of visits to SBHS. Sheriff Rugg said there is no charge whatsoever to the school for a drug dog check of the school. “You call – we

come.”

He said a drug dog’s nose is approximately 1,000 times better than a human’s nose on detecting smells.

“What do you smell when you walk into Sideline?” Rugg asked. “Pizza. Our drug dogs smell the pepperoni, cheese, black olives – the individual ingredients.” Drug dogs are trained to find meth, marijuana, cocaine and heroine.

“We want to be a deterrent,” Rugg said of impromptu drug dog visits. “We need to visit the school more often.”

Board and administrators agreed. Rugg and Principal Shaffer will organize more impromptu visits.

The sheriff said he recently had to retire his personal drug dog due to health problems, “not a nose issue.” The Sheriff’s Department has access to some good canines, he said.

He said in court cases drug dogs are often challenged. “But more often they are right,” Rugg said.

Board later reviewed the drug dog policy.

Superintendent and Principal’s Contracts Renewed Following over an hour of executive sessions, the board approved the contract of Superintendent Morris for the 2013-14 school year.

Board also approved the contracts of K-6 Principal Marcia Cantrell and 7-12 Principal Brent Shaffer for the 2013-14 school year.

The other executive sessions were to discuss non-elected personnel matters and negotiations. No action was taken on either subject upon return to open session.

Board Acquires Capital Improvement Funds Steve Shogren with George K. Baum and Co. of Wichita made a presentation to the board about borrowing against the district’s capital outlay fund to raise money to finish the elementary school’s $1.4 million project. This is the boardapproved improvement project by P1 Group that still includes installation of an HVAC system, new windows, lighting, etc.

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Lynn Says

The little things sometimes have amazing influence

By Lynn L. Martin Former Alva Police Chief Arlo Darr and his wife Verlene dropped by our 50th wedding anniversary reception last Saturday at the College Hill Church of Christ.

Our daughter Marisa told us about six months ago that she would arrange the reception and it would be her gift to us. So, of course, she was there.

She ran into the Darrs and told Arlo that he was responsible for her contracting a lifelong disease. He looked startled so she explained he caused her to contract “horse-itis.” He was the one who propelled her to a career in horses when she was probably about six years of age.

Arlo was shaking his head over this, because he didn’t even recall the incident. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University homecoming parade was happening in about 1981. Arlo was among many horse riders who participated in the parade.

I’m not sure how it happened but Arlo picked up Marisa and hoisted her to his saddle and together they rode around the entire downtown square. He

was familiar with Marisa because his daughter provided babysitting services for Marisa when she was an infant.

Unbeknownst to me, that one fifteen minute ride made enough of an impression on Marisa that she vowed she was going to get a horse of her own.

A few years later she got involved in 4-H. One of the categories a member could choose had to do with horses.

This choice was not logical. We were city dwellers. We had no farm. No place for a horse. It was not appropriate.

When she was about ten, we agreed to pay for riding lessons. I believe Machelle Tomberlin was her initial instructor and Marisa borrowed her horse.

Then Tanya Phillips gave her lessons.

Somehow, Marisa got wind of a horse that Jennifer Newlin had for sale for $600 and asked if we would buy it for her.

Not wanting to be a mean Dad and merely say “No,” I figured out a plan where “logical consequences” would defeat the idea. I told Marisa that if she would raise half the money then we’d pay the other half.

I thought this was very shrewd parenting. There was no way a ten year old girl who got a couple of bucks for mowing the lawn every two weeks could raise $300 before she forgot about the horse idea.

Would you believe within six-weeks she had raised her share?

So we made a deal with Jennifer to buy “Rebel,” a registered Appaloosa about the same age as Marisa, but board him at the Newlin farm. Well, Marione is the one who had to make the trip

to Alfalfa County too often so Marisa could visit and ride her horse. Jennifer gave both of them lessons on caring for and handling horses.

The next thing I know, they wanted to host the horse at the Woods County Fairgrounds. I discovered this involved over-the-roof expenses: a horse trailer, a vehicle to pull the horse trailer, saddles, feed, veterinarians, farriers (horseshoe guys). This was all Arlo Darr’s fault.

Marisa was very faithful at making daily visits to the fairgrounds to clean out the stalls and pour new feed. She and her mom traveled to a few 4-H and barrel race events but soon discovered that a $600 horse could not compete with the $20,000 horses also in the arena.

One nice thing about Rebel is he was an incredibly gentle horse. So Marisa was able to give a few riding lessons of her own. Along the way she purchased a pony and later a young quarterhorse filly that Max Wanger helped her train to ride.

Eventually as high school graduation neared and college came along, the horses had to go away.

Many years later in Ponca City, Marisa and her husband Darrel purchased a home about three miles out of town that had about ten acres suitable for horses. She eventually started giving riding lessons and developed a pretty sizable business of something like 40 kids a week. I helped her build a web-site to promote it, I recall.

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Letter to the Editor

Learn to share the road To the editor: There are two or more sides to every story and after completing the truck driving school at Northwest Tech, I’ve become one of the rock truck drivers wending my way up 281/64/Oklahoma Boulevard.

First, people need to be aware that trucks deliver everything they touch, wear, eat or see including all buildings built in the past 100 years along with the cars they are driving, the pavement they’re driving on and the newsprint or computer screen they are reading. The rock we are hauling is being used to build platforms to drill for the oil they are using to power their automobiles and generate electricity. Even the “green” windmills were delivered by and are serviced by diesel trucks.

Put simply, we must learn to share the road.

Speeding semis are rare. Because they are big and noisy, they appear to be going much faster than they actually are. But auto drivers need to understand that empty trucks take twice the distance to stop as the average passenger car. Full, they take a dangerously greater distance to stop.

An empty truck is as big as ten passenger cars. A full truck is as heavy as 25 cars.

It’s dangerous to be in front of them, but because truck drivers must leave two to three times as much following distance as auto drivers, the auto drivers constantly dart into that space.

In Alva, the autos zip around me, then nail their four-wheel disc brakes to dive into the Sonic, Subway, Love’s. or make a left turn into AmPride or some other destination. Those drivers are risking their life for what? A saving of two or three seconds?

Rural drivers need to observe the “Go with the Flow” principle. On SH11/US64

between Alva and Blackwell, if I drive 65 or slower (car or truck) I’ll have other drivers dogging my back bumper. If I drive 67.5, they’ll follow at a comfortable distance. The biggest problem is drivers who drive 55 or 60 with a long line of pickups, cars and semis following unable to pass with traffic volume up tenfold with the oil boom.

But auto drivers aren’t the only ones who don’t respect the needs of truckers.

ODOT (Oklahoma Department of Transportation) is derelict in accommodating the truly GIANT trucks now allowed on the road. These include the rock trucks I’m driving now, the tankers used to service the new oil wells and those trucks with 53’ vans like the one I drove from coast to coast and back my first month after truck driving school.

In Alva, it’s inexcusable for ODOT to not have cut the curb at the southeast corner of Oklahoma and College. Turning there requires semis to use three and a half of the available lanes to keep from running over that curb or interfering with traffic in the westbound lanes of the Boulevard.

Ditto for improvements to the intersection at Harper Road and 281 … right beside ODOT! All the livestock trucks with their gooseneck trailers and bullwagons have to use two lanes of 281 and intrude into the oncoming lanes of eastbound Harper Road to keep from falling off the narrow culvert.

The very worst, though, is the curb at AmPride, one of only two places on the boulevard accessible to transient trucks.

Turning westbound trucks have pulverized that curb. To avoid that curb while turning, a truck with a 53’ trailer must straddle both lanes of westbound Oklahoma and use the oncoming traffic lane

of Seiling Street to make the turn. That maneuver has to be started blind because of trees, a utility pole and structures at the corner. If another truck is stopped on Seiling Street waiting for a backlog at the diesel pumps at AmPride or if there’s oncoming traffic, the incoming truck is forced to stop, blocking all traffic on both streets.

However, most of the trucks don’t need to be on Oklahoma Boulevard.

ODOT simply MUST provide a truck route for 281. Don’t tell me it will cause any “loss of business.” The only two places transient trucks can stop on the boulevard are AmPride and Love’s, both within a block of 281 North where the obvious bypass route must go using CR450 and Harmon Road.

Conducting any business downtown while in a truck is out of the question.

Even trucks making deliveries downtown have to park straddling the centerline of Barnes or Flynn, but do you think it would be okay for me to park my rock truck on the centerline of Flynn while I get a haircut, do my banking at BancCentral of Alva or eat at the Sandwich Shoppe? Could I straddle the line on Barnes in front of R&R while I eat at the Senior Center or pick up an accessory for my phone at the wireless store? I’m sure Holders would love to see my rock truck in their drive-through, but once in, I couldn’t get out! I like to buy fuel at the new Alva Co-op station, but could I park my semi there while I go to the doctor’s office?

So, get real ODOT. Accommodate the trucks with a much-needed truck bypass and improve those intersections so trucks can turn without intruding on other traffic.

Jim Stout

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eral Obligation Temporary Notes Series 2013. He said it’s a good time because the interest rate is about one percent – at historic lows.

The papers show the school district’s 2012 assessed valuation of $80,527,353 and the authorized eight mills. The estimated annual taxes generated are $644,218.82. The district still has an estimated $300,000 tax distribution due in June.

Morris said the bottom line is this move will bring $925,000 for the elementary school project. The district’s existing Capital Outlay Fund balance is currently $1,104,000. Morris said some of that money will be used with the $925,000 to complete the elementary school project.

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Then after August, the school’s capital improvement fund can be replenished. After that more projects, like the high school parking lot, can be redone.

Board approved Resolution 20131 to borrow capital outlay funds from George K. Baum and Co. Other SB Board Business Board received information on purchases made by the Monty Thompson Continuing Educational Foundation grants. The gifts range from field trips for elementary students to equipment and materials for teachers to use in the classroom. Since beginning in February 2010 through October 2012, the gifts totaled $14,215.43.

Board members selected Dana Roark as their representative to serve on the

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business when the weather was good.

But when weather was bitter, the students drifted away. With a family of six kids (now seven), the money needed to be steady. So she changed direction and obtained an alternative teaching certificate in English and got a job at Ponca City High School. Here’s a little parental bragging, but I think it was the third year she was named “Teacher of

the Year” at her site. She now teaches junior English at Owasso High School and has no space for horses.

Owasso is an up-scale community with lots of discretionary income. I’ve heard Marisa and Darrel talk how ripe Owasso is for a large horse-riding facility. Don’t think it’s going to happen, but that Arlo Darr horse ride memory is still there.

Thompson Foundation.

• A three-year proposal for audit services from Busby, Ford and Reimer was approved. There is a fee increase each of the years ending June 30, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

• Monthly bills totaling $369,232.16 were approved.

Student Achievements and Events Both the South Barber Junior High Tornadoes boys and girls teams are now 15-0. That’s after winning their semifinals games in the HOPL Tournament at Fairfield Monday night. Both teams play in the championship games Thursday night – girls at 6:30 p.m., boys at 7:45 p.m. Amanda Corr coaches the girls and Bret Mott is the boys coach.

The SBHS Lady Chieftains were 14-3 and the Chieftains were 9-8 as of Monday night. The last home game is Friday, which means it’s Parents Night as SBHS hosts Burrton.

SBHS hosts the Sub-State Basketball Tournament in Kiowa Feb. 25 to March 2.

The high school Scholar’s Bowl Team placed second at the South Barber meet. They competed at state last weekend. Members were Jace Thurman, Mikala Gillig, Lane Hess and Cierra Houlton. The alternate was Bryce Roberts.

Next Monday, Feb. 18, there is no school. Parent/teacher conferences are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

National FFA Week is Feb. 18 to Feb. 22. Junior High Cheer Tryouts are March 2 at 3 p.m.

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First State Bank of Kiowa sells to Grace Investment Company of Alva

By Yvonne Miller Generations of the Stevens and McIlree families have operated the First State Bank of Kiowa, Kan., for nearly 75 years.

That tradition is coming to a close as the families decided it’s time to sell. The Grace Investment Company of Alva is the buyer, subject to regulatory approval. Grace Investment also owns Alva State Bank in Alva and the First National Bank in Okeene.

Completion of the sale is expected in March or April.

First State Bank will retain its name and maintain existing employees, retiring bank president Walter Fry confirmed.

First State will operate as a stand-alone bank, not as a branch, Fry said.

With the Stevens and McIlree families principal owners of First State Bank since 1938, the tradition began when Lawrence Stevens bought a controlling interest in the bank. He invited his sonin-law Clarke McIlree to join him in running the bank. At the time of purchase, the Clark family of Hardtner retained ownership of some share of stock in the bank. Kyle Clark, who died several years ago, was a longtime director of First State Bank.

Through the years, four members of the two families were bank presidents: Lawrence Stevens, Clarke McIlree, DeWitt Stevens (son of Lawrence) and Charles “Chuck” McIlree (son of

Clarke). Following Charles’ death in 2002, there were no surviving family members prepared to step into the role of president. That’s when Fry became president.

The Stevens and McIlree families remained active with the bank these last 10 years. They serve as bank directors and also on the board of First Kiowa Bancshares, the holding company that owns the bank. Both boards meet regularly and family members routinely travel from Virginia, California and Texas to attend.

Barbara Stevens (wife of the late DeWitt) and president of First Kiowa Bankshares, said it was a difficult decision to sell the bank.

“The bank has been a part of our lives for so many years,” Barbara said.

“One of our current directors, Jim McIlree, represents the fourth generation of family members involved with the bank.

We recognize that some of our board members are getting older and travel is more difficult. It seemed the time had come to sell.”

About Grace Investment Company Selling to Grace Investment made the decision easier, Stevens said. She complimented Grace for knowing the Kiowa area, understanding the farming business and recognizing the importance of a bank to the community it serves.

Grace Investment Company is owned by the family of (the late C.W.,

and Grace) Wisdom. Their daughter Dr. Peggy Wisdom, the surviving member of the family, is chairman of the Wisdom Family Foundation. Dr. Wisdom is a neurologist at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

The Wisdom Family Foundation has made numerous generous gifts in the Alva area and beyond. One of those was a $250,000 contribution to Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s agriculture education program. At the time of that gift, Dr. Wisdom said in an interview that her father, “believed in investing in rural communities to ensure that farmers had opportunities to develop their farming operations and sell their products.”

First State Bank Employees First State Bank currently has 13 employees, most of whom have been with the bank many years. Officers are President Walter Fry; Senior Vice President Kelly Stewart; Vice President Martha Bogner; Chris Tharp, loan officer; Justin Binder, ag representative/loan officer; Ronda Rhodes, cashier; Janice Bahr, assistant cashier.

Director Barbara McIlree Griffin said, “We are grateful for the loyalty, knowledge and skill of our employees.

The bank would not have flourished as it has without them.”

“We are especially grateful to Walter Fry and Kelly Stewart,” Griffin said. “At a time he had been planning for retirement, Walt has taken on an extra burden of work required by the transition. His efforts have been invaluable in helping make the change in ownership go smoothly.

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Obituaries

Ashley Beckwith

Aline-Cleo January Student of the Month Ashley Beckwith, a sophomore, has been chosen as January Student of the Month at Aline-Cleo High School.

Her inspiration comes from teachers, parents, friends and family.

She enjoys playing basketball and softball as well as participating in FFA, 4-H and student council activities.

She plans to attend college and get her degree in the medical field.

Ashley is the daughter of Alan and Carla Beckwith of Cleo Springs.

DEAN RICHARD DUBBS Funeral services for Dean Richard Dubbs, 73, of Cherokee were held Friday, Feb. 8, at 11 a.m. at the Friends Church in Cherokee with the Reverend Mary Irby officiating. Burial followed in Maple Grove Cemetery with military honors by the Army Honor Guard. Arrangements were under the direction of the Goodwin Funeral Home of Cherokee.

Dean was born Aug. 22, 1939, in Byron to Carl and Minnie (Kasterke) Dubbs and died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Enid.

He is survived by one son and wife, one sister and one brother.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be to the Ronald McDonald House through the Goodwin Funeral Home.

DOROTHY M. FUGIT Dorothy M. Fugit, 86, homemaker, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses – Santa Fe Congregation, 2700 S. Richmond, Wichita, Kan. Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband Neal L. Fugit and parents Roy and Margarite Bonner.

Survivors include her sons Calvin (Julia) Fugit, Wayne (Necy) Fugit, and Dave (Xiping) Fugit; sister Virginia Reitz of Cherokee; grandchildren Tracy Brandon, Joseph Fugit, Kari Wilson, John Fugit, Conan Fugit and Jared Fugit; and great-grandchildren Tabor Brandon, Rachel Brandon, Dawson Wilson, Katie Wilson and Madison Wilson.

Condolences may be shared at www.

CozineMemorial.com. Broadway Mortuary, Wichita, Kan., is in charge of arrangements.

DORIS FAYE SUMMERS HILL Doris Faye Summers Hill was born Aug. 20, 1920, in rural Woods County and passed from this life on Feb. 7, 2013, at the Kiowa (Kan.) Hospital District Manor. Faye was one of four children born to parents, Joseph and Gladys Elmore Summers. She graduated from Hardtner High School in 1937 and then resided in Wichita, Kan., where she attended business school. On Aug. 10, 1940, she and Archie (Bud) Hill were united in marriage in Wichita, and then established their home in Alva. Three sons – Kent, Mike and Ron – were born to this union. The family resided in Alva until they moved to Kiowa in 1950, where Faye and Bud owned and operated Hill Funeral Home. Upon Bud’s death in 1970, Faye continued to run the business until her retirement in 1971. She remained active as a long time member of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women’s organization, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Sew and Sew Club. She also enjoyed attending her grandchildren’s school events and hosting family holiday gatherings.

Faye was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Archie, son Kent, sister Lucille Shank, brother Jimmie and infant brother,Wesley.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law Mike and Janice Hill of Kiowa, Ron and Mary Hill of Medicine Lodge, Kan., and Venita Hill of Kiowa; eight grandchildren Kendra Miller and husband Johnny of Chandler, Krista Pollock and husband, Mark of Kiowa, Kathy Shilling and husband Nate of Olathe, Kan., Lesley Hill of Overland Park, Kan., Jed Hill, Ryan Hill and Tyson Hill all of Medicine Lodge, Brian Hill and wife, Tami of Kiowa; seven great-grandchildren Taylor and Clare Pollock of Kiowa, Isaac, Leah and Luke Shilling of Olathe, Weston and Cortlyn Hill of Topeka, Kan. Funeral service was held on Monday, Feb. 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Kiowa. Burial followed in the Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery.

Arrangements were by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com Memorials may be made to the Kiowa District Hospital, Kiowa Manor or United Methodist Church and given to the funeral home.

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Buffalo Soldiers: African American troops in the American West

In conjunction with the celebration of February as Black History Month, Dr. Roger Hardaway will speak on “Buffalo Soldiers: African American Troops in the American West” at the Sod House Museum, Saturday, Feb. 16, at 10 a.m.

The history of the buffalo soldiers dates back to the American Civil War when the United States government reluctantly allowed almost 200,000 African Americans to volunteer to serve in the army. Many governmental and military leaders assumed that black men were incapable of being good soldiers, but those who fought in the Civil War dispelled that myth. Consequently, in 1866 Congress passed a law allowing African Americans to serve in both infantry and cavalry units in the post-war army. These regiments were commanded primarily by Caucasian officers, but were otherwise segregated. The government stationed most black troops in isolated outposts on the western frontier.

American Indians gave black troops the name “buffalo soldiers” because the men’s hair (which was sometimes worn fairly long) looked like a bison’s mane.

Black troops comprised about ten percent

of the U.S. army’s forces during the late nineteenth century, their desertion rate was lower than that of white troops, and several buffalo soldiers received the military’s highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor. As in the Civil War, by their service on the late nineteenthcentury western frontier, black soldiers proved that they were worthy of serving in the army.

Hardaway is professor of history at Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) in Alva where he has been a member of the faculty since 1990. Prior to coming to NWOSU, he was on the faculty at Eastern New Mexico University. He has also taught at the University of North Dakota and the University of Missouri – St. Louis.

At NWOSU he teaches classes on the American West, Native American history, African American history, and courses in U.S. history from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Hardaway has master’s degrees in history from New Mexico State University and the University of Wyoming. His doctorate is from the University of North Dakota, where his

Dr. Roger Hardaway dissertation topic was African Americans in the American West. He has published three books on that subject, and each one has included a chapter on the buffalo soldiers. His articles have appeared in books edited by others as well as such journals as Annals of Wyoming, the Journal of Arizona History, and the Negro History Bulletin (now known as the Black History Bulletin). His most recent journal article is “Oklahoma’s African American Rodeo Performers,” which appeared in the Summer 2011 issue of Chronicles of Oklahoma.

The Sod House Museum is located southeast of Aline on State Highway 8 and open Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call Renee at (580)463-2441 or email sodhouse@okhistory.org

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Freedom High School hosts community blood drive The surge in the flu and other common winter illnesses has Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) ready for ‘double trouble.” “If you’re well, you are needed to stand in the gap for those who aren’t, at the Freedom High School community blood drive,” said John Armitage, M.D., president and chief executive officer.

“With more hospitalized, the need for blood often increases,” said Armitage. “At the same time, some regular blood donors are coming down with viruses or the flu and temporarily can’t give. It can be a real challenge.”

Anyone who is 16 years and older and healthy can donate Monday, Feb. 25, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 701 Eagle Pass. Each blood donor at the drive will receive an OBI T-shirt, free health screenings and Donor Rewards points.

Blood donors can choose to forgo the donor appreciation items. Then, funds designated for these items will be directed to Global Blood Fund (GBF), a charity whose mission is to make safe blood available in the world’s poorest countries.

Although all blood types are needed to maintain OBI’s typical three-day sup-

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the needs of our loan customers and has become the bank’s primary loan officer – carrying responsibility for the majority of the bank’s loans.”

Director Jim McIlree said he and other directors feel a special debt of gratitude to bank board member Dean Brintnell who began his service in 2003. “We have benefited enormously from Dean’s experience in banking and agriculture – his insight and wisdom.”

Through the years the Stevens and McIllree families have supported community projects and activities with

Call the American Lung Association of Oklahoma Vehicle Donation Program at 800-577-5864 or visit us on the Web at www.oklung.org

ply, those with O-negative type blood are especially encouraged to donate.

According to the American Association of Blood Banks, those with O-negative blood type make up only nine percent of the national population. However, Onegative blood can be used by anyone in an emergency situation, regardless of their type.

Donors with OBI provide every drop of blood needed by patients in all area hospitals. Appointments to donate are not required but are available by calling 877-340-8777 or visiting www. obi.org.

financial gifts, service on boards and more.

Director Kay Stevens Carlson, daughter of Dewitt and Barbara, said, “Although the Stevens and McIlree families will no longer own the First State Bank, members will continue to care about and support the Kiowa community. In addition to family members who live in Kiowa, those of us who grew up in Kiowa feel fortunate to have had that experience. We want to see the town flourish and be able to offer the same experience to future generations.”

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The Timberlake FFA and 4-H Livestock Judging teams recently placed at area livestock judging contests. At NOC Tonkawa on January 23 the FFA Team won 2nd high team in the intermediate division and 4-H also 2nd highest placing team in Jr. Division. At the NW District contest in Enid on January 30 the FFA team won 2nd high team in the Jr. FFA Division and Jr. 4-H team won 3rd highest placing team. Members of the teams from Left to Right窶認ront row - Joel Pecha, Jaden Severin, Cade Jenlink, Kate Birkenfeld. Back Row - Kamber LeForce, Cheyenne Gaff, Jamie Thorp, Jake Thorp.

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South Barber FFA members helped collect and prepare 145 pairs of shoes to be donated to the Soles 4 Souls charity. From left to right are Montana McCullough, Lauren Hitchcock, Paige Koblitz and Paige Lambert

Parentingthroughseparationanddivorce Divorcing parents are often faced with many new problems during this difficult time for the entire family. Although their marriage is ending, their role as parents continues through their lives. To help make this transition easier, Northwest Family Services Inc. staff member Nicole Martens, M.S., LPC, will be teaching their Parenting Through Separation and Divorce class Monday night, February 18, 2013.

The class will be in Fairview from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Northwest Technology Center, southwest of Fairview. To enroll,

please call 580-744-1248. Participants must pre-enroll; the class will be canceled if there is inadequate pre-enrollment. The class costs $30.00 per person.

This class was designed at the request of the courts to help divorcing couples understand the problems their children may experience during and after a divorce or separation. It will fulfill the court order for all divorcing parents.

Parents will learn skills to parent cooperatively, even though they are divorced.

In the class, parents will learn how to effectively communicate with their

children and with their former spouse.

They will practice reflective listening skills and will study various active communication techniques and non-verbal communications. They will also practice workable negotiation styles for dealing with conflict and rules for effective expressions.

Recognizing and avoiding Pain Games is another topic of consideration.

Parents will learn to recognize and cease games like I-Spy, Set-up and Wishbone, which are likely to hurt the children.

Class members will also discuss various options for parenting, such as joint custody and mediation.

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Governor supports local rights for communities to decide to be smoke-free

Local coalition rallies support in Woods County Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin in her State of the State address Feb. 4 called for the restoration of local rights for Oklahoma communities, which would allow Oklahoma communities to determine their own ordinances for smokefree businesses, restaurants, bars and other areas.

The Woods County Coalition works on the local level to prevent and help eliminate tobacco use in the community.

“Ten cities in Oklahoma have already stepped forward with resolutions that ask for the return of local control to determine our own 100 percent smokefree workplace ordinances and the governor is standing with us,” said Jolena

Graves, health educator, Woods County Coalition. “We are at the tipping point of being able to make our communities healthier and more competitive by being smoke-free. We hope cities in Woods County will join the effort by passing resolutions and showing support for the return of this right to our communities.”

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in Oklahoma. It costs more than 6,000 Oklahomans their lives each year and the financial burden from tobacco use falls on every Oklahoma business and citizen.

“Not only is tobacco use taking a personal toll in increasing preventable disease and early death among Okla-

homans, but its associated costs will endanger the economic growth of our communities and our state regionally if we fall further behind,” said Tracey Strader, Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) executive director.

“From individuals, to communities, to our businesses, each of us has a role to play to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco. Ultimately, this will improve the lives and livelihoods of all Oklahomans.”

Currently, Oklahoma law prohibits municipalities from making smoking laws stronger than the state law. States that have passed locals laws and ordinances have experienced a decline in tobacco use rates and have saved millions of dollars and thousands of lives.

NewOkla.DHSdirectorlaysoutplanforfuture

By Dan Holtmeyer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s embattled Department of Human Services has the opportunity to remake itself, its new director said Monday, outlining a broad vision for the future.

In a talk at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City, Director Ed Lake said he wants to increase staff on the ground, improve communication with providers and other agencies and reorganize the child welfare system.

Lake accepted the DHS director post in November as the dust settled from a class action lawsuit against the department over several high-profile deaths of children under the state’s watch.

Though he acknowledged some members of the department made clear mistakes, Lake told The Associated Press, “I wouldn’t want to blame people inside the system for failures of the system.”

Following the lawsuit’s settlement and the voter-approved Pinnacle Plan, the department is set to be completely reworked. It has begun converting its leadership to governor-appointed panels, changing its child welfare system’s workings and hiring more social workers to make individual workloads manageable.

“We can’t PR ourselves to a better image,” he told a crowd of dozens of social workers, DHS partners and other Oklahoma residents. “We have to perform our way there, and that is a process that isn’t going to happen in six or seven months by any stretch of the imagination.

“We are trying to reinvent ourselves.”

Lake said he spent most of January talking with DHS employees, management teams and other stakeholders to develop more areas of potential improvement. He said he repeatedly heard about aging computer systems and facilities, a need for customer service training and a need for more money — not only for

contracted partners, but for DHS employees.

“When many, many employees have not had raises for six or seven years straight, I can understand why that becomes a critical issue,” Lake said, though he noted state employee salaries were beyond his control. “With the recession and budget cuts and staffing cuts, we really are having to make do with fewer employees in many areas.”

That’s why hiring more people is part of the Pinnacle Plan and will be a top priority for whatever funding the department gets this year, Lake said.

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Vatican sends message: Pope’s retirement for real

By Nicole Winfield and Victor L. Simpson VATICAN CITY (AP) — The papal ring will be destroyed, along with other powerful emblems of authority, just as they are after a papal death. The retiring pope will live in a monastery on the edge of the Vatican gardens and will likely even give up his beloved theological writing.

The Vatican went out of its way Tuesday to declare that for Pope Benedict XVI, retirement means just that: Retirement.

With speculation swirling about his future role, the Vatican’s chief spokesman explicitly stated that Benedict will not influence the election of his successor.

And the Rev. Frederico Lombardi deepened the sense of finality by saying that after his Feb. 28 abdication, “objects strictly connected” with the papal ministry will be “terminated.” Among these is the papal ring, used as a seal for documents, which is smashed upon a pope’s death.

And while the first papal resignation in 600 years has left behind a vast uncharted territory to navigate — how does one address or even dress a retired pope? — the church sought to send a clear message that Benedict will not be pulling strings from behind the scenes.

“The pope will surely say absolutely nothing about the process of the election,” Lombardi told reporters at a briefing. “He will not interfere in any way.”

The Vatican has already picked out the pope’s future home: A four-story building attached to a monastery on the northern edge of the Vatican gardens where cloistered nuns used to live. It

has been under renovation for several months, although only a handful of Vatican officials knew that it would one day be Benedict’s retirement home.

On Tuesday, construction materials littered the front lawn of the house and plastic tubing snaked down from the top floor to a cargo container.

From a new name to this new home to the awkward reality of having a reigning pope and a retired one, the 85-year-old Benedict has plenty of decisions to make as he becomes the first pontiff in six centuries to retire.

Benedict said Monday he was stepping down because he simply no longer had the strength in mind or body to carry on. On Tuesday, Lombardi revealed for the first time that the pope has had a pacemaker for years and just had its battery replaced a few months ago.

Although no date for a conclave to choose the next pope has been announced, it must begin within 20 days of his Feb. 28 retirement. That means a new pope will likely be elected by the College of Cardinals by Easter — March 31 this year.

The decision immediately raised questions about what Benedict would be called, where he would live — and how that might affect his successor.

The Vatican’s senior communications adviser, Greg Burke, said Tuesday the fact that Benedict had chosen to live in a monastery is significant.

“It is something that he has wanted to do for a while,” Burke said. “But I think it also suggests that his role is going to be a very quiet one, and that is important so you don’t have a situation of ... two different popes at the same time, and one

influencing the other.

“I think the obvious thing is when he says retirement, it really means retiring,” he said.

The pope’s brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, told reporters in Germany on Tuesday that Benedict was planning to stay out of the public eye and will probably even stop writing — one of the favorite pursuits of the brainy theologian.

As for the pope’s new name, Burke said Benedict would most likely be referred to as “Bishop of Rome, emeritus” as opposed to “Pope Emeritus.” Lombardi also said Benedict would take some kind of “emeritus” title.

Other Vatican officials said it would probably be up to the next pope to decide Benedict’s new title, and wouldn’t exclude that he might still be called “Your Holiness” as a courtesy, much as retired presidents are often referred to as “President.” It was not even clear whether the retired pope will retain the name Benedict, or revert to being called Joseph Ratzinger again.

Benedict had been widely expected to issue his fourth encyclical, concerning faith, before Easter. Lombardi said the encyclical would not be ready before Benedict’s retirement.

Already, Benedict was changing his schedule to take into account his new circumstances. He had been scheduled to go to a church on Rome’s Aventine hill for the annual Ash Wednesday service starting the church’s Lenten season this week; the service will take place in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome instead.

Lombardi said a larger space was needed to accommodate the throngs expected to greet the outgoing pope — but observers suspect the Vatican may have also wanted to spare a tiring Benedict from the crowds along the hill.

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Tugs tow disabled cruise ship toward Alabama

By Michael Graczyk HOUSTON (AP) — A second tug boat reached a disabled cruise ship that had been drifting without power in the Gulf of Mexico since a weekend fire and was helping tow it Tuesday toward an Alabama port, the Coast Guard said.

On Tuesday morning, the vessel was about 270 miles south of Mobile, Ala., and weather permitting, the ship should reach the city by Thursday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm said.

There were no reported injuries caused by Sunday’s engine room fire aboard the Carnival Cruise Lines ship Carnival Triumph, which knocked out power and crippled the ocean liner’s water and plumbing systems.

The ship was about 150 miles off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula when the fire occurred, but after currents pushed it northward, a decision was made to tow it to Mobile, instead of Progreso, Mexico, in order to make it easier for passengers without passports to return home.

The ship left Galveston, Texas, last Thursday on a scheduled four-day cruise with 3,143 passengers and a crew of 1,086.

Besides the two tugs, at least two other Carnival cruise ships have been diverted to the Triumph to leave supplies and a 210-foot Coast Guard cutter was at the scene, Brahm said.

“If they do need any help, we’re there,” he said. “But that’s kind of it, to make sure everything is OK.” Carnival spokeswoman Joyce Oliva said Tuesday that a passenger with a pre-existing medical condition was transferred to one of those ships, the Carnival Legend, “as a precautionary measure.”

Carnival hasn’t determined what caused the fire or how it caused the electrical problems that have crippled the ship’s water and plumbing systems, Oliva said.

“We’re going to have to send this question around and see what we can find out,” she said.

Passengers have limited access to bathrooms, food and hot coffee, but some described miserable conditions aboard the ship.

Carnival Cruise Lines President and CEO Gerry Cahill said in a statement Monday that the Carnival Triumph had drifted so far north of its original position that it made more sense to tow it to Mobile, allowing for less complicated reentry for passengers without passports.

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system. The ship has been operating on backup generator power since the incident, the statement said.

When another Carnival cruise ship, the Legend, rendezvoused with the stranded vessel Monday, Texas resident Brent Nutt was able to briefly chat with his wife, Bethany, who could draw a cellphone signal from the visiting cruise line.

Without power, the ship’s stabilizers are apparently not working, Nutt told The Associated Press, and the massive liner had been leaning to one side Sunday. By Monday afternoon, the ship seemed more upright, he said.

“She sounded a whole lot better today than she did yesterday,” Nutt said about two hours after chatting with his 32-year-old wife.

Oliva said the “very slightly” 4.5-degree list was caused by the 25knot winds from the south-southeast, a condition not unexpected “given the wind speed and posed no safety risk.”

It wasn’t immediately certain if the list had been corrected with the ship under tow.

Nutt said his wife told him passengers were also given food and some of the bathrooms are working. But the ship is dirty, he said his wife told him.

“There’s water and feces all over the floor,” Nutt relayed. “It’s not the best conditions. You would think Carnival would have something in place to get these people off the ship.”

Passengers also are getting sick and throwing up, he said, adding that his wife told him: “The whole boat stinks extremely bad.”

A similar situation occurred on a Carnival cruise ship in November 2010.

That vessel was also stranded for three days with 4,500 people aboard after a fire in the engine room. When the passengers disembarked in San Diego they described a nightmarish three days in the Pacific with limited food, power and bathroom access.

Carnival said in a statement that it had cancelled the Triumph’s next two voyages scheduled to depart Monday and Saturday. Passengers aboard the stranded ship will also receive a full refund, the statement said.

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start to warm up and he should be able to enjoy the gardens and feed the goldfish in a pond near a statue of the Madonna where he often liked to visit.

If he’s interested, he can do some star gazing; The Vatican Observatory is located inside the palazzo, complete with a telescope and a world-class collection of meteorites.

Lombardi said Benedict would eventually return to the Vatican and live at a monastery inside the Vatican gardens. Asked if he might like to go

somewhere else, Lombardi said the pope would feel “much safer” inside the Vatican walls.

The Mater Ecclesiae monastery was built in 1992 on the site of a former residence for the Vatican’s gardeners.

Pope John Paul II had wanted a residence inside the Vatican walls to host contemplative religious orders, and over the years several different orders have come for spells of a few years, said Giovanni Maria Vian, editor of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.

The last such order of nuns left the residence in October, and renovation work began immediately afterward, Vian told The Associated Press. He said Benedict had decided to retire last April after his taxing but exhilarating trip to Mexico and Cuba in March.

“Many people thought they were doing the renovations for new sisters, but it was for the pope,” Vian said. He said

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only a few people knew of the pope’s plans, yet the secret didn’t get out.

“That shows the seriousness and loyalty of the few senior Holy See officials who were aware,” he said — a reference to the 2012 scandal over leaked papal documents by the pope’s own butler.

Benedict has visited the monastery, with its own chapel on the grounds, a handful of times over the years.

There’s a garden right outside the front door, where the nuns living there would tend to the lemon and orange trees as well as the roses, which are used in liturgical ceremonies or sent as gifts to the pope. No chemical fertilizers are used, just organic fertilizer sent straight from the gardens at Castel Gandolfo.

Georg Ratzinger confirmed that his brother has no intention of returning to live in his native Bavaria.

“You don’t transplant an old tree,” Ratzinger said.

DHS

that when he arrived at the department, it gave him a list of needs that would have cost more than $150 million to address.

Instead, Gov. Mary Fallin allocated only an extra $50 million to the department in her executive budget, which serves as a detailed starting point for legislators to craft an official state budget.

“The resources provided are never going to match what you see the need to be,” Lake said. “In some of these other areas, if we don’t get the funding, we’re going to have to continue to figure out

ways to meet the needs with the resources we have. And it just becomes increasingly difficult.”

Several attendees asked questions about specifics, but most seemed supportive of Lake’s ideas — none voiced opposition.

“Thank you, director, for what I’ve seen today,” said Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes, to applause from the crowd. “Sounds like you’re on the right track and doing the right things and we wish you the best success.”

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Obama stressing jobs, Afghan war troop withdrawal

By Julie Pace, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Still hampered by the vulnerable economy, President Barack Obama is using his State of the Union address to appeal for new spending to create jobs while also pledging to cut the federal deficit, in part by raising taxes — issues Republicans are likely to oppose.

Speaking before a divided Congress Tuesday night, Obama also will announce a major reduction in U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, withdrawing 34,000 troops within a year, half the total deployed there. And he’ll sharply rebuke North Korea for defying the international community and launching a nuclear test hours before Obama’s remarks.

But it’s the economy at center stage, as it has been each time Obama has stood before lawmakers and a national TV audience for the annual address. Despite marked improvements since he took office four years ago, the unemployment rate is still hovering around 8 percent and consumer confidence has slipped.

White House officials said Obama would offer the public an outline for job creation, though much of his blueprint will include elements Americans have

heard before, including spending more money to boost manufacturing and improve infrastructure. Getting that new spending through Congress appears unlikely, given that it would require support from Republicans who blocked similar measures during Obama’s first term.

The president is expected to be uncompromising in his calls for lawmakers to offset across-the-board spending cuts that are scheduled to begin March 1 with a mix of tax increases and targeted budget cuts.

The president hasn’t detailed where he wants lawmakers to take action, though he and his aides often mention as examples of unnecessary tax breaks a benefit for owners of private jets and tax subsidies for oil and gas companies.

Such measures are modest, however.

Ending the corporate plane and oil and gas breaks would generate about $43 billion in revenue over 10 years.

That appeal for new revenue is getting stiff-armed by Republicans, who reluctantly agreed at the start of the year to increase tax rates on the wealthiest Americans in exchange for extending Bush-era tax rates for the rest of taxpayers.

“He’s gotten all the revenue he’s going to get,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said. “Been there, done that.”

Still, buoyed by re-election, the president and his top aides are confident that Americans back their vision for the economy. Immediately following his speech, Obama will hold a conference call with supporters to urge them to pressure lawmakers to back his agenda.

He’ll also seek to rally public support

with trips this week to North Carolina, Georgia and Illinois.

Also Tuesday night: — The president will press Congress to overhaul immigration laws and tackle climate change.

— His wish-list will include expanding early childhood education and making it easier for voters to cast ballots in elections.

— Obama is expected to make an impassioned plea for stricter gun laws, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons.

First lady Michelle Obama will sit with the parents of a Chicago teenager shot and killed just days after she performed at the president’s inauguration.

Twenty-two House members have invited people affected by gun violence, according to Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., who helped with the effort. And Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas says he’s invited rocker Ted Nugent, a long-time gun control opponent who last year said he would end up “dead or in jail” if Obama won re-election.

Though Obama is devoting less time to foreign policy this year, his announcement on the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan is highly anticipated and puts the nation on pace to formally finish the protracted war by the end of 2014.

On North Korea, the White House said Obama would make the case that the impoverished nation’s nuclear program has only further isolated it from the international community. North Korea said Tuesday that it successfully detonated a nuclear device in defiance of U.N. warnings.

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Giant-breed owners see having dogs as living large

By Jennifer Peltz NEW YORK (AP) — Life with Suzzane Kelleher-Duckett’s dogs has required a few adjustments. Getting rid of the coffee table, for one.

Stashing things in the microwave or on top of the refrigerator if she wants to keep them out of the dogs’ reach, since they can easily grab items off the counter and stove. Buying a minivan — and taking out the middle seat so they can fit.

But after 16 years of owning Great Danes, Kelleher-Duckett wouldn’t live without one.

“As big as they are, they love that big,” the Santa Clarita, Calif.-based breeder said Tuesday as one of her two Danes, a 3-year-old, 134-pound female named Vendetta who’s 34 inches tall at the shoulder, eyed her owner’s sandwich after the breed’s competition at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

Whatever dog wins America’s most prestigious canine competition, giant breeds can’t help but make a big impression on spectators who snap pictures of small children reaching up to pet huge dogs and ping the owners with queries: How much does he weigh? How much does she eat? What’s it like to live with one?

Here’s what it’s like for Chris Boltrek and Ashley Erlitz, who share their Sound Beach, N.Y., home with Huxley, a 190-pound mastiff who’s nearly 2. He plays with tree branches, not sticks, and

with balls designed as horse toys.

He eats 10 to 12 cups of food a day, he’ll get spit on the walls if he shakes his head, and he outweighed the petite Erlitz when he was 9 months old and has knocked her over on walks a few times.

Take the imposing-looking mastiff on a walk, and “either people gravitate toward him because of the anomaly of a large dog . or otherwise they walk on the other side of the street,” Boltrek said as Huxley lazed in his grooming area, accepting pets from passers-by, after his breed’s contest.

But for all the challenges — which can include health considerations — particular to massive dogs, their owners say they’re drawn to animals that can inspire both awe and awwwww.

The Irish wolfhound is considered the tallest among the 175 breeds currently recognized by the American Kennel Club, but the lanky hound isn’t necessarily the heaviest breed. (The Guinness World Record for the individual world’s tallest dog belongs, at the moment, to a Michigan-dwelling great Dane named Zeus, who measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder — and 7-foot-4 when he stands on his hind legs.)

A Scottish deerhound, a breed similar to the Irish wolfhound, won at Westminster in 2011, but there have been fairly few giant winners in the show’s 100-year-long history. (Doberman pinschers, which are large, have won several times.) The diminutive Pekingese was top dog last year.

Lynne Hamilton would be the first to admit that good dogs can come in small packages. Her pets include a miniature dachshund and two medium-sized dogs, a smooth fox terrier and a springer span-

iel.

But the moment she saw a college roommate’s Newfoundland, “I fell in love with the big breed,” said Hamilton, who has since owned Newfoundlands for 32 years. Her latest, 2-year-old Ares, was in his breed’s competition at Westminster on Tuesday.

Caring for the 130-pound, heavycoated Ares involves dealing with “lots of hair, lots of slobber” and keeping her Enola, Pa., home at 58 degrees yearround, she said, “because you don’t want that panting in your face.”

Many dog breeds, big and small, are susceptible to certain health problems.

Giant breeds can be prone to orthopedic troubles, heart problems and what’s known as bloat, a dangerous stomach condition. And in general, smaller dogs tend to live longer than huge ones.

Also, temperament and training are perhaps even bigger priorities for giant dogs than others because the big breeds’ size and appearance can be off-putting if they’re not well-behaved.

“You want to be able to look them in the face and have it be inviting,” said dog handler Melody Salmi, who showed the St. Bernard best-of-breed winner, Aristocrat (or, formally, Jamelle’s Aristocrat V Elba), Tuesday at Westminster.

He’s owned by Linda and Edward Baker of Hopewell, N.J. Afterward, Aristocrat snoozed placidly in his crate.

Oftentimes, “I sell a puppy to people, and they say, ‘Oh, it’s so big,’” said Aristocrat’s breeder, Michele Mulligan of Diamond Bar, Calif. But a year later, the same owners will say fondly, “They’re not so big,” she said.

“They just grow on you.”

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Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Log February 4, 2013 10:21 a.m. Medical call to Fifth and Colorado, request ambulance to Head Start building, a child has been injured, advised Cherokee Police Department.

5:32 p.m. Cattle out on Fifth St, advised possible owner, no answer, haven’t gotten any return calls from owners.

6:10 p.m. Possible suicide in Carmen, respondent advised that a girl called her saying she was going to kill herself, didn’t know her address but knew where she worked, deputy in Carmen, 10-12 x 1 white female to Share Medical, request a call to Northwestern Mental Health and have them meet him at the hospital, request to get a female ride along to go with him to take individual to OKC. February 5, 2013 12:05 a.m. Possible rollover on Burlington blacktop, Barber County advised of a possible rollover, Woods County advised of a possible fatality accident, advised deputy and Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), it is in Kansas, they will contact Kansas Highway Patrol, deputy was going on up and check out if they needed help.

7:44 a.m. Accident seriousness unknown 2-3 miles east of old flashing light on Highway 11, someone called and advised that a semi jack-knifed, advised to take no further action, they got it out, OHP was advised.

4:35 p.m. Bridge guardrail damaged at Sand Creek on Highway 11, has been hit and is lying in middle of the shoulder, also the stop sign has been hit and down at the same area, advised Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).

5:01 p.m. Minor accident between county roads 620 and 630, an elderly woman came over a hill and damaged the adjacent property to the electric company property, they are afraid of getting blamed so they need an officer out there, lady was not hurt, Helena is still trying to find location, cannot figure the directions out.

6:29 p.m. No license plate on truck in Carmen, respondent advised her exboyfriend is driving around in a pickup with no license plate, deputy advised by the time he got there the party would be gone.

6:40 p.m. Trash all over the road on Highway 11, a truck and trailer with no lights is losing trash all over the road, heading west from the four-way, dep-

uty advised he had been west of Ingersoll and could not locate truck, advised Woods County.

7:32 p.m. Calf hit on Crystal Road, calf ran out and he hit it, wanted to make a report on the damage to his vehicle, advised OHP, trooper on scene advised they were not going to do an accident report because the calves were going underneath the electric fence, respondent was going to file on his own insurance.

February 6, 2013 7:00 a.m. Mirror side swiped by semi 1 mile east of Cozy Curve on Highway 64, was side swiped by semi on the bridge, he is now at rest stop and needs to take a report, advised OHP. 8:20 p.m. Someone outside her house in Carmen, thinks it is an individual she knows, the dogs are going crazy, she thinks he is trying to get in, deputies advised and en route, everything was receiving well.

10:43 p.m. Disturbance on west end side of the school, respondent advised her aunt is trying to get a guy out of her house but he won’t leave, deputy advised and en route, active fighting right now, prisoner in custody one white male.

February 7, 2013 12:12 p.m. Alarm going off on Highway 132 and Highway 11, deputy advised and en route, deputy advised everything is receiving well.

12:44 p.m. Medical call to Carmen, need ambulance for individual that has the flu really bad among other sickness, advised Helena Ambulance.

February 8, 2013 8:53 a.m. Welfare check in Carmen, respondent advised that his 19 year old is missing, she has been living with him for the last four days, wants to file a missing persons report, if she is not missing she might be with an individual, going to talk to subject, at location.

2:20 p.m. Cattle out 3 miles west of Carmen, called possible owner.

5:39 p.m. Rock truck is losing rocks going down the highway south of Cozy Curve, several have hit his windshield, advised deputy he is just south of Carmen, deputy made contact with vehicle.

6:06 p.m. Possible fire at Pizza Hut in Cherokee, respondent advised the dishwasher is smoking and sparking and it is stinking up the place, advised Cherokee Police Department, manager checked, not a fire.

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the west side of the road, deputy advised calf back in, request to advise owner the electric fence is down near the yellow barn, owner will check the fence.

6:54 p.m. Medical call in Cherokee, individual is having an asthma or panic attack, has passed out in the street in front of 200 block of S. Texas, advised Cherokee Police Department.

9:04 p.m. Cow out 2 ½ miles east of Helena, standing in the middle of Highway 45, called possible owners, no answer, deputy will check, unable to locate.

9:24 p.m. Dog hit south of Buds Salvage, respondent advised someone hit her dog and killed it, they didn’t even stop, does not have a vehicle description, advised deputy.

10:21 p.m. Two people walking on Highway 64 at Woods/Alfalfa County line, they are sharing a coat red or orange in color, deputy advised and will be en route, at the county line and has not located them, checked to CR 480, unable to locate.

February 9, 2013 1:16 a.m. Drunk driver at Cherokee Jiffy Trip, individual was in the store really drunk, refused to sell any beer to individual, subject left and was headed south out of town, advised deputy.

2:21 p.m. Medical call to 2 miles north of Jet, child rolled a four-wheeler, now has neck pain, request ambulance, Nescatunga is already on scene, truck on highway to lead the ambulance in.

February 10, 2013 12:15 a.m. Smoke across road in McWillie on east side of intersection, a pit burning but no one was there, smoke causing problems for traffic, deputy advised the water hitting the fire is causing steam, no embers flying and no danger just steam, deputy advised there was nothing they could do about the steam.

8:30 a.m. Disturbance on Highway 38, employer may need employee removed from the property, respondent advised subject was starting a little bit of drama over his paycheck saying respondent owed him more money, subject was mad and cussing, told him to get off the property, he was still there but letting him cool off, just wanted to make note of what happened, advised respondent to let us know if he needed subject escorted off property, deputy advised of situation.

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Alfalfa County Court Filings According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper.

Misdemeanor Filings Mitchell Scott Ballard, 18, Goltry: Driving while under the influence ($816).

Don E. Robins, 51, no address listed: Public intoxication ($259).

Civil Filings Hayden Noel Hunton: Name change ($135.70).

KT Investments Inc. vs. Gertrude Jo Myers Et Al: Quiet title, oil and gas lease ($135.70).

Plains Pipeline LP vs. Jana Lea Blue: Eminent domain (acquire property) ($135.70).

Small Claims Filings Cleo State Bank Carmen Branch vs. Terry L. Burkes: Indebtedness in the amount of $2,561.62 ($168).

Marriage Filings James Duel Haight, 33, Alva, and Melissa Dawn BeasonErnst, 33, Wichita, Kan.: Marriage ceremony performed by judge ($60).

Protective Order Filings Amber Genie Labrue and Christopher Alan Bouldin vs.

Sean Ryan Bostwick, Cassandra Nichole Bisel, and Cathy Jo Labrue ($268).

Dawn Marie Sloan vs. Jack Jetton Underwood ($218).

Traffic Filings Kenneth Broughton Gale, 55, Rawlins, Wyo.: Violate terms of special permit ($211.50).

Kenneth Broughton Gale, 55, Rawlins, Wyo.: Operate vehicle with width exceeding 102 inches ($211.50).

William Matthew Failes, 39, Cherokee: Inattentive driving ($211.50).

Levi Garrett Williams, 26, Holden: Operate vehicle on which all taxes due to state have not been paid ($211.50).

Levi Garrett Williams, 26, Holden: Failure to carry insurance verification ($231.50).

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10:50 a.m. 911 call, medical call to three blocks north of post office in Goltry, individual has collapsed and is unconscious, need ambulance, advised Goltry First Responders and Helena Ambulance, Alfalfa County EMS is transporting patient to St. Marys in Enid.

1:04 p.m. Possible domestic in Helena, respondent’s cousin was living with a couple and was moving out, went to get her stuff and they would not let her unless she gave them money that she was raising for her school, woman told them to leave and poured pop on both individuals and pushed the pregnant girl, would have officer meet them at the Helena Jiffy Trip.

1:54 p.m. Alarm going off at Highway 132 and Highway 11, advised deputy of directions, checked out a vehicle that was backed up to the barn, they take care of the place, alarm was going off but did not see anything out of the ordinary, advised respondent to tell his friend to pay better attention to the alarm system.

6:29 p.m. Two hitchhikers headed west out of Burlington, would like an officer to come check things out, deputy advised and en route, needed to know of any more reports on the hitchhikers, was going to stay around to see if he could find them, advised no contact with anyone.

7:05 p.m. Minor accident west of Cherokee on Fifth St., mini van had hit a cow, Cherokee Fire and Rescue is en route, advised deputy and OHP. 7:05 p.m. Cattle out on Highway 8 and Highway 45, two reports of cattle out close to Buds Salvage, called possible owner, they are going to check.

February 11, 2013 6:19 a.m. Medical call to Amorita, need ambulance, individual had pacemaker put in last week and is having chest pains, hard time breathing, advised Amorita/Byron First Responders, deputy on scene, ambulance advised going through Helena.

6:41 a.m. Deer hit on Highway 11 north of Cherokee, deer was still alive and in the roadway, advised deputy and he advised game warden.

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Alfalfa County Real Estate Transactions Start Book 705, page 328 Real Estate Transfers • Darla J. Harris to Frank S. Elliott: a tract to land as described in the Southeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 23 North, Range 12 WIM; quit claim deed.

• L. Mike Elliott and Judy Elliott, Frank S. Elliott and Terry Elliott, Bobby J. Elliott, Pat B. Jefferies and Mark Jefferies, and Darla J. Harris to Darla J. Harris: a tract of land as described in the Southeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 23 North, Range 12 WIM; warranty deed.

• Darla J. Harris to Frank S. Elliott and L. Mike Elliott: a tract of land as descried in the Southeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 23 North, Range 12 WIM; warranty deed – with reservation to grantor of full benefit and use of premises and all rents, issues and profits there from for and during her natural lifetime.

• Robert M. Ross and Charlotte S. Ross to R & C. Ross Family, LLC.: the Southeast Quarter of Section 12, Township 23 North, Range 11 WIM; quit claim deed.

• Jason Berry and Cassandra Berry to Roberta Berry: all of grantor’s interest in and to Lot 9 in Block 1, Bridges Addition to the City of Cherokee; war-

ranty deed.

• David M. Rose and Norma Rose to Colin Whitley and Jackie Whitley: Lots 1 and 2 in Block 4 in Monroe Addition to the City of Cherokee; warranty deed.

• Kevin Lynn Roberts aka Kevin Roberts and Kari Lynn Roberts aka Kari Roberts to Kyle Cudmore and Lyndee Cudmore: the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 22, Township 25 North, Range 11 WIM; warranty deed.

• Lucinda Jo. Culver and James W. Culver, Mary Lee Gray, Jason Bradley Ives; John Michael Ives and Debbie Ives; Jacob W. Culver and Jennifer Culver, Jalisa Ann Culver; Jocelyn Marie Gray and Gary Seiavitch to Karen Cole Hawkins: Lot 5 in Block 2, Tatro’s First Addition to Cherokee; warranty deed.

• Roberta June Berry to Kevin Lynn Roberts and Kari Roberts: a tract of land as described in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter in Section 20, Township 27 North, Range 10 W|IM; warranty deed.

• Anthony Nardone, Trustee of the Anthony Nardone Revocable Trust dated July 11, 2007, to Anthony Nardone and Judy C. Nardone: the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 25 North, Range 10 WIM less and except a strip, piece, or parcel of land as de-

scribed; warranty deed.

• Shirley Chubb to Donald Hutson: all my interest in Lots 4, 5, and 6 in Block 50 in the Town of Jet, aka New Jet; quit claim deed.

• Jerry Evans and/or Jennifer Evans to Leroy Williams and/or Tammy Williams: Lots 18, 19, and 20 in Block 28 in the Original Town of Cherokee; quit claim deed.

Mortgages • Jason L. Berry and Cassandra L. Berry to Farmers Exchange Bank of Cherokee: Lots 1 and 2 in Block 3, Hadwiger Addition to the City of Cherokee: $200,000.

• Kari Roberts and Kevin Roberts to Bank of Commerce (Yukon.) a tract of land 12 acres more or less, as described in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter in Section 20, Township 27 North, Range 10 W|IM; $250,000.

• Brent J. Deil and Leysa Gay Diel aka Leysa G. Diel to High Plains Farm Credit, FLCA (Pratt, Kan.): the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 29 North, Range 11 WIM; and the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 12 WIM; $300,000.

• Brent J. Deil and Leysa Gay Diel aka Leysa G. Diel to High Plains Farm Credit, FLCA (Pratt, Kan.): the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 29 North, Range 11 WIM; and the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 12 WIM; up to $300,000 in advances as needed for purposes stated in mortgage instrument.

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Barber County Sheriff’s Log 02-05-13 Robert Hyde, Burlington, Okla., driving a 2005 Chevy pickup left Bluestem Road and overturned at Stateline Road. Over $1,000 damage, driver suffered fatal injuries; accident investigated by Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) Lt Quick and Deputy English assisted by Kiowa Rescue Squad and Kiowa Ambulance and Alfalfa County Sheriff Tucker.

02-06-13 Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Drumm Street to Kiowa Hospital.

02-06-13 Kiowa Ambulance transferred patient from Kiowa Hospital to Wichita.

02-06-13n Allen Maze, Medicine Lodge, driving a 2003 Ford pickup struck a deer on U281 about 8 miles

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south of Medicine Lodge. Over $1,000 damage, no injury, accident worked by Deputy Fishgrab.

02-07-13 Sharon Volunteer Fire Department responded to a skid loader fire south of Sharon.

02-08-13 Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Manor to Kiowa Hospital.

02-09-13 Brice Wise, Turon, driving a 1980 Ford pickup struck a cow owned by Chad Cargill, Medicine Lodge, on the Isabel Road north of Ridge Road. Over $1,000 damage, no injury, accident investigated by Deputy English.

02-10-13 Kiowa Rural Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire at K2 and Rattlesnake Trail.

02-10-13 Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Manor to Kiowa Hospital.

During the week officers received two report of cattle out; two reports of goats out; performed 19 public assists; and assisted 5 other agencies.

Arrests 02-07-13 James L. Johnson Jr., Medicine Lodge, W/M, 30. Arrest

by BASO. Charges: Possess Drug Paraphernalia 2. Possess Controlled Substance. Released 02-08-13 on $2,500 Surety Bond.

02-008-13 Nicole A. Bland, Medicine Lodge, W/F, 40. Arrest by MLPD. Charged on Seward County Warrant – Contempt of Court. Released 02-08-13 on $198 Cash Bond.

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okee: Failure to pay all taxes due state ($50).

Sherri Ann Nelson, 48, Carrier: Operating a motor vehicle at a speed not reasonable or proper ($256.50).

Isidro Dominguez, 49, Woodward: Operate vehicle with width exceeding

102 inches ($211.50).

Rita Jo White, 43, Cherokee: Failure to pay all taxes due state ($211.50).

Rita Jo White, 43, Cherokee: Failure to carry insurance verification ($231.50).

The following individuals received a citation for speeding:

Jeremy Michael Engler, 35, Enid: 21-25 over ($281.50); Eddie James Dubois, 24, Youngsville, La.: 15 over ($226.50); Scott Martin Hall, 29, Enid: 26-30 over ($341.50); Justin Leon Jenkins, 29, Keota: 1-10 over ($188.50); Jimmy D. Hubbard, 62, Laverne: 16-20 over ($241.50); Hugh M. Hawthorne: 16-20 over ($321.50); Jessica Elizabeth Alvarez, 23, Enid: 21-25 over ($281.50); Bryan David McMurtray, 47, Clinton: 16-20 over ($241.50); Christopher A. Siller, 23, Alva: 11-14 over ($226.50); Danna R. Danner, no age listed, Enid: 15 over ($226.50); Nathan R. Shepard, 25, Weatherford: construction 21-25 over ($356.50); Thomas Gwen Jordan, 32, Keota: 1-10 over ($228.50).

The following individuals received a citation for failure to wear seatbelt ($20 fine): Charles R. Valgora, 44, Alva; William Matthew Failes, 39, Cherokee; Jason John Heath, 33, Kiowa, Kan.; Marvin Ray Rickey, no age or address listed; Derek Steven Murrow, 28, Cherokee.

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Boy’s postcard mailed in 1967 turns up in Oklahoma PAULS VALLEY, Okla. (AP) — It may have taken 46 years, but one boy’s postcard has made it home to Mom. Bert Jacobson sent the postcard to his mother in Pauls Valley, Okla., in January 1967, when he was 13 years old. The card, from the Old Country Store Museum in Hereford, Penn., arrived last Friday.

Jacobson tells Tulsa television station KOTV (http:// is.gd/5MzAmX ) that he traveled to the East Coast with his fa-

ther and cousins to buy concrete trucks and mixing equipment for the family business.

The postcard was sent with a 4-cent Abraham Lincoln stamp. The card reads: “Mom, Hi. We’ve been having a great time.”

Jacobson’s sister, Marilyn Hubbard, says their mother wasn’t surprised that her son sent a card — only that it took 46 years to arrive.

Okla. woman invited guest to State of Union speech OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An early childhood education teacher in Oklahoma City is one of two dozen guests the White House has invited to sit with the first lady during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address.

Susan Bumgarner will join Michelle Obama and other guests who suggest gun control, education, immigration, jobs and the economy, health care and voting rights as issues the president may highlight.

The Oklahoma City school district says in a news release that Bumgarner has written curriculum, trained Head Start teachers, taught infants and toddlers and prepared parents with readiness classes.

Other invited guests include Kaitlin Roig of Greenwich, Conn., — a first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., that was the scene of a mass shooting in December that killed 20 children and six adults.

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Are you the picture of health? “ You might look and feel fine, but you need to get the inside story.

Colorectal cancer is one cancer you can prevent.”

Katie Couric, Co-Founder EIF’s National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance Photo by Andrew Eccles

If you’re over 50, get screened.

1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) www.cdc.gov/screenforlife

February 13, 2013

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