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Alva Review-Courier Vol. 119 No. 28

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Alva tracksters finish fourth

City donates old ladder truck

RV tour stops at Beadles

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The future of Educating Oklahoma children – the focus of legislation

By Kris Steele Speaker of the House When it comes to ensuring excellence in education, Oklahoma must continually seek ways to raise the bar. Through educational reform strategies such as empowering parents, equipping students and protecting local control, we can boost achievement, increase efficiencies and place a premium on education.

This week, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush visited the State Capitol to discuss best practices and innovative reform measures. Governor Bush pioneered education

reforms that serve as a model to the rest of the nation.

True accountability and high standards prompt student progress and allow young minds to flourish. By raising standards, measuring outcomes, and grading school performance, states can transform the current educational system and greatly improve the achievements of students.

Oklahoma is working to enact meaningful educational reforms. Under House Bill 1456, Oklahoma’s schools would be given an annual grade of “A” to “F” based on student performance, a combination of test scores, achievement in reading and mathematics, and overall academic improvement.

Schools receiving A’s or advancing at least two letter grades from the previous year Alva Review-Courier would be rewarded with greater control over the state funded (USPS 016-180) portion of their budgets.

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In My Corner

Are Organics the foods of the future?

By Arden Chaffee Before all the hype about steroids, herbicides, fertilizer, and genetic engineering, there were natural foods, now called organic.

In an ideal situation, people would grow their own food and understand how difficult it is, but with the need to produce more on fewer acres as the burgeoning world population strains natural resources, organic farmers are destined to fill a niche that some consumers will be comfortable paying a premium for their goods.

Annette Rihard of Oologah serves on the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board and in an article in the Farm Bureau’s Oklahoma Country Magazine states that “Organic foods are those grown and processed in a way that limits or excludes the use of synthetic

materials during production.” Note use of the verb “limits”, as most people would wrongly assume that no synthetic materials are used.

There are actually 3 levels of organics: 100%, 95%, and 70%, at which level the product may only be labeled “made with organic ingredients.” Accounting for only 1-2% of demand worldwide, the market accounted for $52 billion in sales in 2008 and has been growing an average of 20% per year.

Organic products have a perceived attraction of freedom from growth hormones, artificial fertilizer, bacterial contamination, and carcinogens. With developing nations demanding greater amounts of meat, it will become necessary for humans to intervene in every step of production .

Bottom line: is organic safer and healthier than normal production? As is currently the trend, you might just be paying more to get less.

Random Thoughts

The death of Zachary Taylor—Part 2

By Roger Hardaway President Zachary Taylor’s death on July 9, 1850, hastened the enactment of the Compromise of 1850 which was designed to keep slavery from dividing the nation.

Sadly, this did not happen but no one knew that in 1850.

The primary author of this legislation was the great senator from Kentucky, Henry Clay. With Taylor buried and Millard Fillmore sworn in as the new president, the compromise was saved.

Fillmore signed what Taylor had threatened to veto.

Taylor had taken ill on July 4 after eating a second bowl of the District of Columbia’s famous cherries.

Taylor’s family long suspected that he had been poisoned, and their chief suspect was Henry Clay.

In 1991, a literature professor was researching a book on mid-nineteenth-century U.S. history.

After reading statements written by doctors who had attended Taylor, she concluded that his symptoms indicated arsenic poisoning. She See Future Page 4 proposed exhuming his body to prove if he was

the victim of foul play.

While the president’s body would long ago have deteriorated into dust, his hair would still be in his coffin. And tests on hair can prove the presence of enough arsenic to cause death. Twentieth-century technology would accomplish what was impossible in 1850.

Surviving members of Taylor’s family were totally supportive of this action. So, on June 17, 1991, Taylor’s body was removed from his resting place in Louisville, Kentucky, and taken to a morgue where several hairs were plucked from his scalp.

He was re-interred that day, but results of the tests performed on his hair were not available for several weeks.

Historians were abuzz with anticipation.

If Taylor had been poisoned, all the history books would have to be re-written. Our nation would now have five—not four—assassinated presidents.

And Henry Clay would forever have the cloud of suspicion hovering over his reputation.

Finally, the results were in and the verdict was—not guilty! Zachary Taylor was not poisoned on July 4, 1850. The original story was probably true. He died from eating a second bowl of cherries!

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Alva’s ‘David’ battles ‘Goliath’ from here to D.C. … and wins!

Battle over $19,000 goes to U.S. Supreme Court

By Helen Barrett Woods County Assessor Monica Schmidt accepted the biblical role of David against the giant Goliath, members of the oil and gas industry. Like the bible story, Alva’s David won.

This battle began on the plains of Woods County, Oklahoma, instead of the hill country of Old Testament Judah. After 10 long, hard-fought years, it ended in the United States Supreme Court.

In the Beginning In the 1990s, Texaco sued the state of Oklahoma over their being centrally assessed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission (OTC) at a rate twice that available to the county assessors.

Later, OTC informed Woods County that oil and gas companies owned gas in storage that had not been reported.

“Overnight, property values dropped in half,” Schmidt said. “The schools were affected. It was really devastating. We had no training or expertise in this area.”

“It became apparent to us that a lot of these companies weren’t being honest with us,” Schmidt said. “They were not turning in all the property they should have, and some of the property they did report was way undervalued.”

At this point, Schmidt and other assessors felt the need to hire a consulting company. Woods County, along with all the local school districts agreed to share the cost of hiring Visual Lease Services (VLS), a company from Holdenville with established credentials in similar cases now involving approximately 40 counties.

“What they did was come in and physically drive every inch of this county – every road and every cow path. They were looking for every well site. They would GPS that well site, every meter, every road crossing, every pumping station then put the information in their sophisticated computer system and connect the dots,” Schmidt said. “That’s how we discovered all this omitted property that wasn’t being turned

in.”

Over the last 10 years, the VLS efforts resulted in the addition of 58 companies to the tax rolls that had never been assessed before.

“That was $127.8 million dollars of property that had escaped taxation,” Schmidt said. “That amounts to about $1.33 million we weren’t collecting in taxes.”

VLS continues to find companies that are either not reporting their assets or undervaluing them, Schmidt said.

She credits VLS and their specialized expertise for finding all of the unreported property.

“It’s not been an easy task,” Schmidt said. “It’s resulted in a lot of lawsuits, and I’m lucky to say – tapping the wooden podium with her knuckles – we’ve won every single one.”

The Battle Threat Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company created one of the Woods County underground natural gas storage areas, the West Hopeton facility, out of natural underground caverns in the late 1970s. From its opening, PEPL stored gas for other companies for transportation to eastern states during the cold winter months.

Since the Tax Commission told them that gas in storage was taxable, Ms. Schmidt a.k.a. David, armed with figures provided by VLS, sent a bill to the facility’s owner.

The facility owner (PEPL), not wanting to fork over the entire taxable amount out of their profits, told the assessor’s office they did not own the gas, and agreed to present a list of all their customers, their contracts and how much gas each company owned in the facility on January 1.

In 1968 the Oklahoma Legislature passed a law stating specifically that gas in storage was taxable. The law did not specifically include the word “underground” as the state’s assessors interpreted it.

‘Goliath’ disagreed.

Not only did he disagree, the collective ‘he’ filed a protest of their evaluation, represented by Oklahoma City gas and oil attorney Bill Elias.

“They claimed the state had passed an unconstitutional law,” Schmidt said referring specifically to Missouri Gas Energy (MGE).

“It became apparent to us that a lot of these companies weren’t being honest with us. They were not turning in all the property they should have, and some of the property they did report was way undervalued”

First came an informal hearing at which the assessor rejected Elias’ arguments. Next came protests before the Woods County Equalization Board.

Goliath Roars At the equalization board hearings, Elias vehemently argued it was impossible to tell which molecules of gas belonged to which company since they were co-mingled in the storage facility.

This argument prompted the familiar – and somewhat humorous – question of “Whose gas is it?”

Occasionally, angry company representatives walked out of the hearings refusing to shake hands with either the assessor or the board members.

Battle Lines Drawn Unable to convince the Woods County Equalization Board that they shouldn’t be taxed, MGE continued protesting their liability by citing the Freeport Exemption, claiming not all of the gas in storage (which they alleged couldn’t be proven as belonging to them in the first place) came from within Oklahoma’s borders, therefore the Federal Interstate Commerce Clause controlled their tax status.

Elias, sometimes visibly angry, presented several arguments for his clients at repeated hearings – first, that they should be totally exempt: zero taxes with no room for negotiation. When that failed, they added other arguments which eventually challenged not only Oklahoma Statutes but the U.S. Constitution’s control over interstate transportation.

Since Woods County’s assessment was smaller than other counties fighting similar battles, ‘Goliath’ chose to challenge ‘David’ – not on hills in Israel separated by meadows, but in the oak paneled courtrooms at facing tables before the District Judge.

“They actually picked this one Woods County case (to challenge),” Schmidt said. “I think it was because it was one of the smallest values of all the cases, and they thought nobody would fight it.”

Believing the law was on the assessor’s side, ‘David’ accepted the challenge.

Schmidt, along with officials of Grant and Beckham counties agreed to fight.

“It was too big a risk,” Schmidt said. “We had to go through with it. We had nothing to lose.”

The local District Attorneys Ray Don Jackson and Hollis Thorp realized they lacked adequate knowledge or resources needed to battle the complex issues involving federal constitutional law.

See Battle Page 6 The three counties along with

VLS – a vital ‘It was a total Meeting Supreme warrior in the ‘David manipulation’ Court standards Equalization Board member – Goliath’ battle knew both sides of the case

By Helen Barrett No general goes into battle alone. He/she always surrounds himself with proven warriors.

One of those warriors in Alva’s “David vs. Goliath” army was Visual Lease Services Co-Founder Jerry Wisdom.

Wisdom and his cousin, Gary Mask, started VLS as a mapping service for oil field companies who realized they needed maps for their well services.

About that time, Texaco filed suit in the Oklahoma Supreme Court challenging their assessments.

“That’s when all pipelines went from centrally assessed to locally assessed values,” Wisdom said.

Since Wisdom previously sold oil-field equipment, he knew its value. His cousin’s expertise lay more in the tax values of the equipment.

“The first county we did was Roger Mills County,” Wisdom said.

“Where it was rendering about $20 million in ad valorem taxes to the state, when it went to locally assessed, it dropped to $10 million. Somehow we ‘lost’ 100 miles of pipeline in that process.”

In Roger Mills County alone, that one company had over 560 miles of unreported pipelines.

In Stephens County, VLS discovered a 60 million cubic feet per day gas plant, 214 miles of pipeline and compression units owned by Duke Energy Field Services that weren’t on the tax rolls valued at about $10.4 million.

In Garfield County, Exxon reported having a relatively small amount of pipeline that it valued at $885,999, but VLS did a survey and found See Warrior Page 7 an extensive Exxon pipeline

“It’s a good thing for all the local landowners. Everyone pays their fair share making it easier on the little people.”

By Helen Barrett When ‘Goliath’, a.k.a. Missouri Gas Energy challenged Woods County’s ‘David,’ a.k.a. Monica Schmidt, they underestimated the knowledge of their industry by Woods County Equalization Board Chairman Chris Olson.

As someone whose career involved not only farming, but also the oil and gas industry as both a landowner and a producer, Olson could see ‘Goliath’s’ argument from all sides.

“What was so interesting to me, these people that are storing the gas, they buy it from a producer somewhere at a low price and put it into storage. They know what they’ve got,” Olson said.

“They are actually a profit making center.”

Olson said a lot of companies have to sell the gas they produce whether the gas is low or high in order to sustain their operations.

“They (MGE) manipulate it,” he said.

“They put it in storage at the low point, sell it at the higher price. There is no shrinkage when they go in.

— Chris Olson They put so many million (cubic feet) in, and take so many million out. They’re not like the producer that has expenses of paying for the cost of processing and storage.”

Olson said, “If they were going to be a marketing center, they should be paying their fair share of taxes on that product. They’re just like anybody else, they have to pay.”

“They had a bird’s nest in the ground,” Olson said.

“They didn’t like someone coming in and See Manipulation Page 7

“They had a bird’s nest in the ground.

They didn’t like someone coming in and make them cough up part of their profit.”

By Helen Barrett In Alva’s now legendary battle of “David and Goliath,” officially filed as Missouri Gas Energy vs. Monica Schmidt, Woods County Assessor, Schmidt had no hint of what an education awaited her.

One can’t just appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on a whim. There are numerous steps to be taken prior to a case’s hearing before the highest court.

For instance, Schmidt quickly discovered that every document they filed in response to “Goliath’s” roaring must be filed according to prescribed rules.

Forty (40) copies of every document were required.

They could just not be printed out on the office copy machine and put in a binder. The copies had to be properly printed and bound by a Supreme Court approved printing company, with specified fonts and paper sizes.

“We found a company in Lincoln, Nebraska, that we used,” Schmidt said.

Lawyers also must go through a stringent process before being certified to present a case before the Court. A petition must be filed before the court, they check “everything,” and “it costs money,” Schmidt said.

“We were able to get our lawyer, Mart Tisdal, admitted to argue before the Supreme Court,” Schmidt said. “For him that was probably the highest honor of his career. We were so proud of that.”

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City donates old ladder truck, helps airport, stalls oil leases Asks 3-D Geo-Physical for town halls

Maynard and Katharina Arndt celebrating 60 years

Arndts celebrate th 60 Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Arndt celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family and close friends in the home of their daughter and son-in law Tena and Mike Martin. The couple was married on March 29th , 1951 in Alva, Oklahoma, attended by the bride’s sister and brother-in-law Helen and Jr. Houston and the groom’s sister and brother-in-law Thelma and Cleo Tavis.

Maynard has farmed and ranched northwest of Alva his entire life, from 1965-1976. He also worked as a brick mason. In addition to being a farm wife and mother of four, Katharina, worked at Dorothy’s Flowers as a floral designer for over thirty years.

An accomplished wedding cake

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designer and caterer, her creative abilities have given the finishing touch to many special occasions.

Maynard and Katharina attend the Cedar Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church and are avid Goldbug fans. Their favorite pastime involves watching grandchildren and greatgrandchildren participate in sporting events.

The couples four children are Rita and Miles Peterson, Tena and Mike Martin, Leroy and Glenda Arndt, and Teresa and Ed Sutter all of Alva, thirteen grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.

Maynard and Katharina still reside on the original homestead of his father and mother, D.D. and Pearl Arndt, northwest of Alva.

Future

to release ineffective instructors results in reassignment rather than without a cumbersome court trial. dismissal.

The current method protects poor School administrators and performing teachers and often school boards are best suited to determine employment issues for local districts. HB 1380 provides an important tool which will allow limited resources to be spent in the classroom, not the courtroom.

Improving the quality of education for students is one of the greatest responsibilities of our time. We must work together to increase opportunities and provide a solid foundation of learning for all students. Our future depends on it.

By Jim Stout Alva’s City Council Monday night gave away an old fire truck, helped the airport buy some carpet and listened to an explanation of the 3-D Geo-Physical Survey planned for the city.

Those items were among business and reports during their regular monthly meeting with Mayor Arden Chaffee and all council members present.

The old ladder truck had needed expensive and timeconsuming repairs after 28 years of faithful service to the city. But the community had rallied behind Fire Chief Kirk Trekell to purchase a new, larger one needed because of the larger structures and projected growth for the city. Carmen had no ladder truck at all and the funds they had raised fell short to buy one. However, those funds would be enough to repair Alva’s old truck and put it back in service.

Trekell said Carmen frequently sent equipment to mutual aid events, therefore, the old ladder truck would be called back to assist in Alva. The council agreed, and the truck was donated to Carmen Fire Department. Carmen Fire Chief Bud Jackson and his wife, Cheryl, picked it up Tuesday.

Airport Business Council members confirmed Mayor Chaffee’s appointment of Paul Kinzie to the airport board following the resignation of Phil Prigmore whose growing pilot’s license instruction business was interfering with his ability to attend board meetings. Kinzie is the founder of Plane Plastics and has been a regular member of the audience at the most recent meetings.

Also on the agenda was a plan to help the Airport Commission replace the flooring ruined by a broken water pipe in last February’s sub-zero temperatures.

Insurance money would replace the flooring with the same items, but since they had failed to do so, the commissioners wanted something better. The problem was, it was not in the budget and could not be done until after June 30.

The city council agreed to use their funds to upgrade the flooring and accept whatever funds come

in from the insurance settlement as payment in full. Pettit’s House of Carpets received the bid with the council’s request to have it completed before a large fly-in planned for mid-May. Geo-Physical Survey Following a fascinating and informative PowerPoint presentation by Kevin Werth of Dawson Geo-Physical Survey, council members voted to have Werth schedule two “town hall” presentations for local mineral rights owners to see and ask questions. Once the public has had a chance to evaluate the proposals, the council will then decide whether to approve the activity.

Werth showed 3-D projections of the various layers that locate the deposits of energy-producing minerals. The heavy equipment would do all its work from public rights-of-way streets and alleys,

Werth said, and he showed charts indicating the sound waves they generated were a tiny fraction of those produced by trains and semi-trucks. A 15-minute video of Werth’s presentation is available on our web site: www. alvareviewcourier.com The advent of the 3-D equipment means an incredible success rate for drilling rigs according to Werth.

The success rate has gone from four producing wells out of 10 drilled to nearly 100 percent. One company reported 19 out of 19 wells were successful and those were the new horizontal drilling operations that had multiple production sources from a single bore.

While they were on the subject, the council authorized City Business Manager Steven Brown to negotiate for the best possible rate on an offer to lease Oil and Gas minerals on city-owned properties including economic development and utility authority land.

Alva by the numbers Here is a quick look at some of the expenditures approved Monday night by the Alva City Council.

Claims approved totaled $311,944.07. Notable amounts included: McNeilus Truck and Mfg. Co. 2010 Freightliner garbage truck Sunflower RC&D Area, Inc H20 Coalition

$159,753.00 $9,000.00

Claims approved for Alva Utility Authority were $23,258.92.

Notable amounts included: J&J appliance Refrigerator for Homestead

$499.00

Pettit’s House of Carpets Flooring for Apt A5 at Homestead

$1,600.42

Tom G. Evans C6A Engineering evaluation and appraisal

$2,500.00

Dub Ross Company Pipe for sewer line at Industrial site.

$1,706.63

Claims for the Economic Development Authority totaled $13,114.58. Notable amounts included: Lynn’s T-Shirt Factory $1,886.00 Youth Soccer Shirts and Adult League Championship Shirts Sights and Sounds New security camera system

$3,274.99

Martin Marietta Materials Rock for Parking Lot at ARC

$843.26

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FIRE TRUCK GIFT – City Business Manager Steven Brown hands the title of the old Alva Fire Department ladder truck to Cheryl and Bud Jackson of the Carmen Fire Department. The city council authorized the gift Monday night after Alva Fire Chief Kirk Trekell spoke of the close cooperation between Alva and Carmen Fire Departments. At far left is Bryan Miller and far right is Tony Reed, both of the Alva Fire Department. Photo by Jim Stout

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Annie’s Mailbox®

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Click and Clack Talk Cars

Dealing with adult children Recommended services are recommended for a reason Dear Annie: My sister-in-law, “Cathy,” has been a widow for more than 18 months. Before her husband passed, they lost a young son in a tragic accident.

Cathy recently met a divorced man through a church site for singles and is the happiest I’ve seen in a long time. The problem is her adult children. They are attacking her on Facebook with snide remarks, calling her crazy and saying she needs to be committed.

We have told them their mother is happy and they should let her move on with her life, but it falls on deaf ears.

I feel it is no one’s business (including these children) what Cathy chooses to do. She is anxious for the family to meet this gentleman, and he is so taken with her that he is ready to get married after six months of church preparations.

When her husband died, Cathy was in a sad situation, financially and emotionally. She is heartbroken about her children’s attitude and disrespect. What do you think? – Hoping She Finds Happiness and a Companion Dear Hoping: Unfortunately, it is not unusual for adult children to object to a parent remarrying.

Children can grieve for a deceased parent forever and still go on with their lives. But it is horrendously unfair to expect the surviving spouse to remain locked in a mourning period that does not allow future happiness with someone else. Cathy’s children are

being particularly nasty by publicly deriding her.

However, please urge Cathy not to rush into anything. She is lonely and vulnerable to marrying for the wrong reasons. She should take her time to get to know this man better, allow her children and family members to understand his character, and make every effort to let all of them accept him. Of course, the final decision about marriage should be hers.

Dear Annie: My brother recently retired. For months, I planned to surprise him at his office with a special cake I designed for the occasion. However, I ended up having major emergency surgery.

I called a friend, a professional cake designer, who made the cake and delivered it to “Bennie” on his special day.

That evening, Bennie called to tell me how much he appreciated the cake. I mentioned that I would love to have a piece to commemorate his special day. He replied, “There was a bit left, so I will be able to enjoy it for a few days.”

Bennie has never come to see me in the weeks since surgery although he lives only 15 minutes away. He did not even think to share a small piece of cake with my husband and me to commemorate this major turning point in his life. Am I wrong to feel hurt? – Not All About the Cake Dear Not: It would have been nice for Bennie to share a piece of cake with you, but it was his to do with as he pleased. More important

Dear Margo

is why he hasn’t been inclined to see his sister, who recently recovered from major surgery. Men often respond to a more direct approach.

Instead of being resentful, tell Bennie you miss him and wonder why he hasn’t come to see you.

Dear Annie: You should tell “Ms. Frustrated” that the reason her parents are dressed the way they are is not only because they are comfortable in their “old” clothes, but because for women there are no clothes on the market that we old folks would be seen in.

I am 72 years old and wear a size 8. The things that fit me are too young by 40 years and don’t go with my gray hair. I would look silly in that stuff. If my daughter doesn’t like it, it’s her problem, not mine. – Skinny Old Lady Dear Skinny: We think you should dress as you please, but an occasional update can do wonders for attitude. There are appropriate clothes for older shoppers, but you might need to look a little further afield.

Annie’s Mailbox is written

by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

By Tom and Ray Magliozzi Dear Tom and Ray: I own a 2008 Honda Civic with 33,000 miles. I have regularly changed the oil and rotated its tires. I also have replaced the air filter on one occasion.

Is there any reason for me to succumb to the pressures of the Honda dealer that services my vehicle and have the 30,000-mile service, or am I just better off continuing to change the oil and rotate the tires? Thanks. – Seth RAY: I’ve never heard the word “succumb” used to describe getting your car serviced, but I can see that you’re skeptical about the dealer’s intentions, Seth.

TOM: You’re right that the oil and filter change account for most of the actual mechanical work done on this car during the 30,000-mile service. But Honda does call for a number of inspections. And you’d be wise to have those done.

RAY: Honda says that on a 2008 Civic, at 30,000 miles you should inspect the brakes, brake lines, suspension components, steering components and drive boots.

TOM: And while nothing is likely to be wrong with the major components of the car, you might need brake pads, for instance. And it would be good to know that before you gouge the disc rotors and “succumb” to a complete $600 brake job.

RAY: Similarly, your rubber drive boots (we call them constant velocity, or CV, boots) should be fine. But if you happened to have run over a sharp object and torn one of them open, you’d want to get the boot replaced for 75 bucks before all the grease leaked out and you Averse Dear Late: My mother had a “succumbed” to a seized CV joint saying I use to this day: “He who is for several hundred dollars.

TOM: But if you have reason prompt is lonesome.”

Punctuality is, alas, not highly not to trust your dealership, you valued by many people. However, I have never heard of the tardy person having hurt feelings when told someone just could not wait for them. I would suggest you take note of the people who are habitually late and not make plans with them because you can’t count on them. I see nothing wrong with, “You were late. I managed on my own.” If you’re feeling frisky, you could hum Randy Newman’s “Short People,” substituting the word “late” for “short.” – Margo, punctually Dear Margo is written by Margo Howard, Ann Landers’ daughter.

All letters must be sent via e-mail to dearmargo@creators.com. Due Friday: Mostly sunny, with a to a high volume of e-mail, not all high near 82. Calm wind becoming letters will be answered. southeast between 6 and 9 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind between 7 and 11 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. South wind 9 to 12 mph increasing to between 20 and 23 mph. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind between 17 and 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.

Mostly sunny and windy, with a high near 76.

What do you do with bigoted and blinkered friends?

Dear Margo: My good friend “Linda” is a racist. Her granddaughter confided in her mother that she had feelings for an AfricanAmerican boy.

The mother found out that her daughter had two girlfriends who were dating African-American boys.

Here’s what was said that put the “racist” stamp on my friend: “I ordered my daughter to instruct my granddaughter to sever the relationship with the two girls who are dating black boys.”

My jaw dropped. I didn’t know what to say. They are making “rules” for her selection of boys, which include: He must be white, he must be a Christian, and he must not be more than one or two years older. I’m pretty sure the young woman is going to rebel. My bigger problem, though, is that I don’t want to lose her friendship, but by the same token, I’m not a racist. I’m actually very liberal. After all, I am gay. – Fan in South Carolina Dear Fan: Some people would find it difficult to maintain a friendship with someone whose basic values are so different from their own. Only you would know if you are one of those people. On the other hand, I have a few close friends who I regard as right-wing nuts, but ... politics is an entirely different issue than racism.

Because this discovery is new to you (not sure how it never came up before, especially living in

the South), give it some time and observe your response to Linda, knowing what you now know.

The importance of principle might figure into this equation. Do you profoundly care about the issue, or is it just something you disagree with? In any case, it would be useful to tell your friend what is wrong with her position – though I doubt you will change her mind.

Such prejudices are often deeply ingrained. Do remind her that it strikes you as narrow and unChristian, in the extreme, to ban an entire group of people from your life based on the color of their skin.

– Margo, constructively Dear Margo: I have a question about people who are regularly late. If someone is late (and I wait between 10 and 25 minutes, depending on the situation), I simply go without them, take my kids wherever they need to go or whatever. I never mention it to the late person, except to call and say I am leaving (as in the case of a carpool).

For some reason, these late people get upset and tell me their “feelings were hurt” because I went ahead and did whatever it was. I’m tired of it. How about my feelings?

I have to take time out of my day that I wasn’t planning on. What I usually say is, “You were late. I managed on my own.” But when I do say that, they get all defensive and tell me I have hurt their feelings. The only thing that comes to mind is “get over yourself.” Is there anything that can be said that isn’t “be on time and we won’t have this problem”? I’m at a loss. – Late-

don’t have to succumb to it. You can succumb to any mechanic you choose, dealer or independent.

Simply take your Honda owner’s manual with you, and open it to the section in the back where it lists the items that Honda recommends at each service.

RAY: Then ask your mechanic to do all of the things on the 30,000mile list, including the inspections.

And ask him to stamp and sign the book. That way, if you ever have a warranty claim or want to sell the car, you’ll have proof that you kept up with the regular services.

TOM: Just keep in mind that the real value of the regular service to the dealership, and to other shops, is that it gives them the opportunity to sell you other things that you might not need at 30,000 miles, like new transmission fluid, new spark plugs or – oh yeah – that air filter someone talked you into. *** Tom and Ray share secrets on how you can save tens of thousands of dollars on your cars over the next 20 years in their pamphlet “Should I Buy, Lease, or Steal My Next Car?” Send $4.75 (check or money order) to Next Car, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. *** Get more Click and Clack in their new book, “Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk.”

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Woods County Forecast Sunday Night: Partly cloudy and windy, with a low around 43.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

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FATHER-SON – Alva Airport Manager Erik Stewart refuels this King Aire for his dad, Jody Stewart, who landed Tuesday midway HISTORIC FLIGHT, but sad mission. This Challenger owned by Tom Ward of SandRidge was the first between Houston and Sioux Falls, S.D. Their attention is toward the to require the new 5,000-foot runway to land. Sadly, the mission was to bring Tom’s wife Sh’ree to be historic landing of the SandRidge Challenger, the first plane to rewith family on the death of her mother, Karen Kay Ferguson of Waynoka. Photo by Jim Stout quire the new longer runway. Photo by Jim Stout

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Battle

the involved school districts agreed to hire Attorney Mart Tisdal, from Clinton.

“That proved to be the best decision the group made, Schmidt said. “We projected it would take four to five years to settle. We never dreamed that 10 years later we would still be dealing with this.”

‘Goliath’’ offered the option of receiving no taxes – losing all that value and that tax base – not just on that one company, but all the companies in the facility for the three years in question and all future years.

Launching the First Stone From the beginning, Schmidt made sure to document everything connected to the disputed cases.

“We had every ‘I’ dotted and every ‘T’ crossed,” she said. “We had everything in a row, all the spreadsheets, everything.”

With her trusted ‘slingshot’ (Tisdal) by her side, they entered the Woods County District Court with confidence. Depositions were taken in several courts.

“I even had to fly to out of state with my lawyer to face a representative,” she said. “There was a lot of uneasiness, a lot of stress.”

At the Woods County District Court, the issues were divided into two separate cases. At this level, they won all of the issues except one – the question involving Interstate Commerce and the U.S. Constitution.

Judge Linder ruled against the county on that one issue, explaining that the Interstate Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution needed to be decided by a higher court ultimately forcing the county to appeal.

Schmidt a.k.a. David pulled out another stone, and sent the case sailing to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Several years passed before the Oklahoma Court decided to put the case on the fast track which meant skipping several appellate levels.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that MGE did own the gas and taxing that gas did not violate the Interstate Commerce

clause of the U.S. Constitution, and that the assessed value was very reasonable.

“When we started assessing, the value of natural gas stood at $1.98. By this time, it was over $10 or $11 dollars,” Schmidt said, “So it was really hard for them to argue the gas was over valued at this time.”

Schmidt and her partners waited for MGE’s next move. MGE appealed and five months later in March 2009 the Appeals Court denied their case. Elias shot back by filing an appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The reason they could appeal directly to the U.S. Supreme Court instead of going through all the regional courts was because it dealt with one issue – the Interstate Commerce clause.

During all this time, ‘David’ discovered a secondary battle brewing. Oil and gas lobbyists pressed the Oklahoma Legislature to exempt all underground storage from taxation. About three days before the bill faced its final vote, language appeared in the bill exempting all oil and gas related items in all 77 counties. Schools, the Oklahoma County Assessors’ Association, county government officials and nearly every entity involved in receiving revenues from ad valorem taxes descended on the Legislature in full force to defeat the bill.

In the meantime, ‘Goliath’ and his host of ‘Philistines’ started rumors accusing the counties of hiring VLS on a contingency fee.

“They said VLS was working for a percentage of what they found, which was absolutely false,” Schmidt said. “Counties can only sign contracts for ‘X’ amount of dollars on an annual basis.”

That ugly rumor still rears its head occasionally among legislators, she said.

Final Showdown Schmidt received official notification that “Missouri Gas Energy vs. Monica Schmidt, Woods County Assessor, September 3, 2009” had been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

From left are Woods County Clerk Pam Small, Attorney Mart Tisdal, Woods County Assessor Monica Schmidt and Gary Wisdom of Visual Leasing Services during a metting of the Woods County Excise/Equalization Board in June 2005. Photo by Helen Barrett

This battle seemed to be getting personal.

“The U.S. Supreme Court receives approximately 10,000 filings a year, but it only accepts about 100,” Schmidt said.

During the 10-year period, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas offered assistance to the local cause because they were fighting similar issues in their states.

“National gas associations that I’d never heard of joined their side and began filing their briefs,” Schmidt said. “I compared it to a David and Goliath situation. We didn’t know what we were up against.”

The word came that the U.S. Supreme Court had already rejected about 7,500 cases.

“Ours was never rejected or accepted, it was set aside,” Schmidt said. “It was sent to the Solicitor General for an opinion.”

The Solicitor General, a lawyer who looks at cases in behalf of the entire country, studies the issue to see how it would affect the public, Schmidt said. MGE argued this decision would affect 42 states.

“We were getting a little deeper in how far it could go,” Schmidt said.

The Solicitor General at that time happened to be Elena Kagan, now Supreme Court Justice Kagan following her recent appointment by President Obama.

“On January 25, 2010, six lawyers including Kagan and a lawyer for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recommended to the Supreme Court that this case be rejected,” Schmidt said. “With FERC in our favor, we felt that we had a very good shot.”

This recommendation immediately caused ‘Goliath’ to file yet another argument to which ‘David’ and company had to file a response. Since only Supreme Court Approved attorneys may argue before the high court, MGE hired a Washington, D.C. attorney to represent them. They hired Harriet Miers, former White House Counsel during the Bush Administration, and an unsuccessful nominee by President Bush to the Supreme Court.

The Oklahoma contingency held off on hiring a D.C. attorney, choosing instead to file for a petition to allow Tisdal to argue their case before the Court.

“We were able to get our lawyer, Mart Tisdal, admitted to argue before the Supreme Court,” Schmidt said. “For him that was probably the highest honor of his career. We were proud of that fact.”

Once the Solicitor General made her decision, she would then act as ‘David’s’ lawyer for free – representing Schmidt on behalf of the entire United States of America.

On January 26, 2010, Schmidt received the Solicitor General’s recommendation that the petition be denied. Jubilation reigned in the Woods County Courthouse, the local school administrations’ offices as well as at the VLS office.

March 3, 2010 the Supreme Court denied MGE’s petition.

They immediately appealed for a rehearing, then on April 22, 2010 the Supreme Court denied their rehearing for a petition.

Attorneys for both sides agreed this ruling was the final play, closing 41 cases.

On August 9, Woods County Treasurer David Manning was allowed to release the $1.3 million held in escrow to the schools and the county.

Schmidt received notification on April 4, 2011, that the final release was back in the Woods County District Court to be signed Monday.

‘Goliath’ finally fell with a thud. $19,000...?

“By the way,” Schmidt said, “back in the 1998, 1999, 2000 cases (being protested), their liability was a mere sum of $19,000!

They never thought we would fight it. We were fighting over hundreds of thousands of dollars (in future revenues).”

The settlement allowed Beckham County to recover approximately $3.5 million, and almost $5 million in Grant County. Not all of Grant County’s issues have been resolved at this time.

“We had the maps of the pipelines to show all of this was in our county so all of it was ours,” Schmidt said.

Not all of the paperwork has been signed on its way back through the courts, but those signatures could come at any moment.

Clearly, the elegant, tall, thin and tenacious ‘David’ a.k.a. Woods County Assessor Monica Schmidt, again prevailed over the modern day ‘Goliath’ disguised as Missouri Gas Energy.

That revenue stream for local schools will remain in place, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Attorney Richard Denny, representing BP Energy, Kansas Gas Services, Missouri Gas Energy and Produce Energy, listens to discussion during a June 2005 Woods County Excise/Equalization Board meeting. He presented arguments for the Freeport Exemption. Photo by Helen Barrett

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RV tour stops at Beadles to lobby for more funding

By Jim Stout Scott Proctor visited Beadles Nursing Home Tuesday to encourage Alva residents to lobby state lawmakers to increase funding for Long Term Care facilities.

Proctor was hit hard by Long Term Care funding cuts by the State Legislature.

So hard, in fact, he had to close his nursing home in Ryan, southeast of Lawton on US81 beside the Red River.

So he set out in his RV motor home to visit 36 nursing homes in 20 Oklahoma counties. That trip included Alva and Beadles, the oldest nursing home in Oklahoma BEADLES TESTIMONIAL Ruth Rader was one of several residents still in operation.

Proctor expressed his feelings to share their joy at the excellent care and friendships they have found in closing his home, but opened the at Beadles Nursing Home. At left is Scott Proctor of Ryan, Okla., who is conducting a tour of 20 counties and 36 facilities to lobby for more See Funding Page 13 state funding for nursing facilities. Photo by Jim Stout

Wisdom gifts return art minor to college After more than 20 years, Northwestern Oklahoma State University again will be offering courses leading to a minor in art.

Thanks to two generous donations from the Wisdom Family Foundation to create endowed chairs in art, requirements for an art minor have been established, a fulltime instructor has been hired, and four classes have been added to the fall 2011 schedule.

“We sincerely appreciate the vision of Dr. Peggy Wisdom and the Wisdom Family Foundation in resurrecting an academic program in visual arts at Northwestern,” said Dr. Mike Knedler, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.

“Their generosity will help us fill a significant void in providing cultural and artistic experiences not only to our students but to the communities we serve.”

Enrollment for fall semester classes currently is underway.

Students may enroll in Fundamentals

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Warrior

system that the county assessor ultimately valued at more than $23 million.

There were also issues of rightof way not being assessed.

While the many county assessors greeted VLS with exuberant enthusiasm, the oil companies exhibited great disdain.

The “Goliaths” complained that VLS used “grossly overvalued taxable property and improper valuation methods.

Then, the Oklahoma Tax Commission notified the counties that gas in storage hadn’t been

Jerry Wisdom

of Two-Dimensional Art on Tuesdays from 2 to 4:55 p.m.; Art History Survey on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.; Life Drawing on Wednesdays from 2 to 4:55 p.m.; and Oil Painting on Thursdays from 2 to 4:55 p.m. All four classes on the fall schedule carry three credit hours and will take place in either Jesse Dunn Annex 324 or 327.

Currently eight, three-credithour classes are planned for students to satisfy the 21 hours required for the minor. Other class titles are Natural History Drawing, Illustration, Drawing Into Painting and Advanced Drawing and Painting Studio.

Art in Life must be taken as a directed elective under “Communication and Humanities” of the general education requirements. Although the course is required, it may not be counted in the minimum total for a minor.

Hired to teach the art courses is

assessed. When counties like Woods realized their schools and other county government entities were being denied their rightful revenues, they contracted with VLS to map this area.

“We found the gas in storage at the Hopeton facility,” Wisdom said, “but we also found another storage facility that was unreported as well.

We put it on the tax rolls and picked up that stored gas as well through the process.”

Locating the unreported – or under-reported storage facilities and pipeline – caused other counties to realize they had the same issues.

Now VLS works for approximately 40 counties in Oklahoma as well as entities in Louisiana, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.

At every step of the process from informal hearings, equalization board protests, and eventually into court, the trusty warrior sat right beside his “general” with computer in hand. With every argument presented, Wisdom had the answer ready to pull up on his laptop screen at the touch of a keystroke.

Battles raged over production vs. transportation, as did the Woods County case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Everybody knows now, and companies know what to do now,”

Brandice Gonzalez-Guerra, assistant professor of art. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art in painting and drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Master of Fine Art in painting and drawing from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. She has served as a teaching assistant at Illinois State University and at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

The art program at Northwestern was suspended in 1987 when its instructor, Don Bellah, retired.

“We are very excited about the visual arts program returning to campus,” Knedler said. “We are so grateful for those who have been diligent to keep the interest in visual arts alive, but now we will have an academic component. I know that we have a number of students who are interested in this program, and I expect that interest to grow.”

To learn more about the art minor, contact Knedler at (580) 3278590 or jmknedler@nwosu.edu.

Brooklyn Marie Durbin Brooklyn Marie Durbin was born, Monday, March 21st in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She weighed 7 lbs 9 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is the daughter of Drew Durbin and Andrea (Logsdon) Durbin.

Maternal grandparents are Dale and Vicki Logsdon of Alva.

Paternal grandparents are Marshall and Lisa Durbin of Guymon, Oklahoma. Great grandparents are Dorthy Logsdon, Robert and Mildred Martin and Darrell and Sally Shelton, all of Alva.

Alva Library observes National Library Week

The Alva Public Library will celebrate National Library Week on April 10-16.

This year’s National Week’s theme is “Create Your Own Story at the Library.”

Today’s libraries can help you discover a new and exciting world. Take advantage of the free access to books and computers, homework help, assistance with resumes and job searches,

accurate financial information, adult education courses, support for new Americans, CD’s, DVD’s and much more. Don’t forget, your librarian is information smart and can help you find the right answer at your library.

During National Library Week come in and visit your public library. Sign up for free books and get free bookmarks and receive a free plastic book bag.

Texas Tech accepts Nida into Doctorate program

Haley Nida, daughter of Rob and Pat Nida was accepted into the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program this spring at Texas Tech University at Amarillo in the summer of 2011.

Nida graduates in May of 2011 with a bachelor’s of science in Biology and a minor in Spanish.

While at NWOSU she qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) two years in a row, and currently holds the role of assistant coach for the team, under head coach Shannon Frascht.

She was voted top female athlete at NWOSU in 2008 by her peers. Through rodeo, she has won numerous awards throughout the Central Plains Region, professionally (WPRA), and as a student athlete.

Nida has been recognized for her academics in college by being named an Academic All-American Wisdom said. “We’ve reached in 2009 and 2010. She has agreements on what we can do on repeatedly achieved a spot on the values. Now, we can move forward on that.”

“They (the oil and gas companies) always have tax reps doing their job. They always have some sort of spin on the issues, trying to divert the light to some make them cough up part of their other thing,” Wisdom said. “We try profit. It was a total manipulation. to bring them back to the facts at They were using the Interstate hand, instead of all the other things Commerce rule, to say they didn’t they want to distort the information own it. They obviously do – they from. We just bring them back to contract it in, contract it out. Just the problem at hand.” like a retail store, you pay a tax on Wisdom said it gets a little bit your profit and on your inventory. tougher each year with the big You’re paying an assessment on companies trying to do new things that inventory.” with their evaluations.

Olson said he’s glad of the U.S. But,Wisdom, a fun loving Supreme Court decision in the person when not on duty, is always Woods County case. deadly serious when it comes to the “I think it was a good decision,” job at hand.

Olson said. “These people were “As far as dollar amounts, Monica’s case is right up there because Grant County and some southern counties profited from this case as well,” Wisdom said.

“When we put all the properties on the mil levies, it lowers the burden to each one of the people who own houses.”

“It’s a good thing for all the local landowners,” Wisdom said.

“Everyone pays their fair share making it easier on the little people.”

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president’s honor roll throughout college. Nida credits her parents for a strong work ethic as a result of supporting her in rodeo and says she is very excited to attend Texas Tech University after working at Alva’s Human Performance Center over the past five years.

Haley Nida

Manipulation making a nice fat profit. Since I knew they were buying it at a depressed part of the market in off season, they knew they had a locked in profit. Nobody was winning in that situation except themselves.”

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Alva tracksters finish fourth at Goldbug Invitational

By Roger McKenzie Alva’s boys and girls track teams each finished in fourth place at the Goldbug Invitational Track Meet held here on April 1. It was the second meet in as many years held on the newly refurbished high school track after years of not being able to hold a meet in Alva.

Last year’s meet in Alva was the 89er Conference Meet. This year,

the Goldbug Invitational was just one of several track meets held either at the end of March or beginning of April that attracted area schools.

Because of the competition from meets held in Fairview, Oklahoma Bible Academy, and Kingfisher, for instance, and due to the newness of the meet itself, the Goldbug Invitational attracted six boys teams and five girls’ teams in

addition to the hosting Goldbugs and Ladybugs.

Track coaches Ryan Laverty and Lucien Bliss are hoping that Alva High School can, with time and good experiences provided by a well-run meet, attract more and more schools to re-establish the Alva High School track meet as one of the area’s biggest and best meets.

Bouziden leads Goldbugs The Alva boys scored 62 points.

They were led by an outstanding dual performance from senior Colby Bouziden who finished first in the high jump and the 110-meter high hurdles. Bouziden cleared 5’10” in the high jump, six inches higher than Okeene’s second place jumper. In the hurdles race, Bouziden was more than half a

second faster than the second place finisher.

Joby Allen, Aaron Fallis, and Jacob Ellis each placed in two events. Allen, a freshman, took second in the discus (124’8”) and was sixth in the shot put (36’11”).

Also in placing in those events was Fallis. The senior threw the shot

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Alva’s Aimee Slaughter crosses the finish line first in the 200-meter dash. She had a time of 27.12 seconds. Photo by Roger McKenzie

Top Photo: Rylie Swanson shows off the form that earned her first place in the pole vault event at the Goldbug Inviational Track Meet here on April 1. Swanson cleared a height of nine feet.

Bottom Photos: DOUBLE TROUBLE — Colby Bouziden took first in two events here last week.

Above left, he finished first in the high jump by clearing 5’10”. At right, he clears a hurdle on the way to first place in the 110-meter high hurdles. Photos by Steve Ward

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Lady Rangers rally twice in doubleheader split with SGU

By Roger McKenzie As the season winds down, the Northwestern softball team is in a battle with St. Gregory’s University for a chance to advance to the Sooner Athletic Conference post-season tournament. The Lady Rangers came oh so close to a sweep of their doubleheader with the Lady Cavaliers on Tuesday, April 5, that would have helped their cause tremendously. A Pack the Park with Purple crowd here in Alva, who wore purple in support of cancer research, watched the

Lady Rangers stage two last inning rallies. The first one produced a 9-8 win, but the second fell short in a 4-3 loss.

St. Gregory’s 8, NWOSU 9 SGU opened with three hits and three first inning runs off Kellie Mason, but Northwestern answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning. After Jasmine Braxton and Therese Beeler singled to open the inning, Mason hit a three run home run to send Lady Cavalier pitcher Adrianna Avril to the bench in favor of Monica Barbsa. Two more runs,

an error, and two more hits were recorded before the inning ended.

Northwestern increased its lead to 7-3 with three hits and two runs in the second inning.

Neither team scored in the third inning. Kallie Neal, who was 157, coming into the game, relieved Barbsa to start the third inning.

The Lady Cavaliers got a run back in the fourth. In the fifth, two SGU hits had runners at second and third with no outs. Mason retired the next two batters appeared to have the better of Kristen Wehmeyer

before the third baseman unloaded a sudden three-run home run that tied the game at 7-7.

The Lady Rangers got an important run and retook the lead at 8-7. Mason’s ground out scored Heather Brewer with the go ahead run. Brewer had reached after being hit by a pitch and advanced to third on Jasmine Braxton’s single and Therese Beeler’s sacrifice bunt.

Catcher Cortney Reynaga’s home run in the top of the seventh tied the game again, but the Lady Rangers ended it with a run of their own in their last at-bat. It came after Neal struck out the first two Northwestern batters. Neal hit Meagan Lack and Megan Burditt singled to left. After both runners advanced, shortstop Heather Brewer delivered a walk-off RBI double to win the game.

Northwestern had 13 hits in the game. The lineup’s first four batters—Braxton, Beeler, Mason, and Thomas—as well as Brewer, who batted ninth, each had two hits. Mason helped her cause with four RBIs. Mason improved to 7-8 on the year. She pitched her eighth complete game and scattered nine hits while striking out four and walking just one. Neal took the loss for SGU. St. Gregory’s 4, NWOSU 3 “We just started too late.”

Those words by Northwestern Coach Cody Hooper summed up his disappointment at losing a game the Lady Rangers needed in the day’s second game against St. Gregory’s.

The Lady Rangers trailed 4-1 after Northwestern’s Kellie Mason pitched two complete games against St. Gregory’s on April 5 in Alva. The six innings, but rallied in their final Lady Rangers won the first game 9-8 behind Mason’s pitching and her four RBI’s at the plate. The at-bat. They scored two runs on Northwestern women fell 3-4 in the second game. Also in the picture, first baseman Stephanie Hines Cheyenne Harper’s pinch hit onewaits for the pitch by Mason. Photo by Roger McKenzie out double. On the play, however,

a base running error resulted in the inning’s second out and Heather Brewer, the nine-hole hitter, could not duplicate her game ending hit from game one. She struck out to end the rally and the game.

The game probably should not have been as close as it was. The Lady Cavaliers out-hit the Lady Rangers 12-5. SGU left seven base runners stranded, including three in the second, one in the third, and two in the fourth.

Kallie Neal started on the mound for St. Gregory’s, picking up where she left off in game one.

She allowed just three hits through the first six innings, and ended up with a five-hitter. She struck out four and walked two.

Kellie Mason pitched another complete game for Northwestern.

She allowed 12 hits while striking out three and walking one. Only two of St. Gregory’s runs were earned, as the Lady Rangers committed three errors.

The split gave the Lady Rangers their second SAC win. But they are in ninth place with a 2-12 conference record and needing to move past either St. Gregory’s or Rogers State to advance in to the conference tournament. Both of those teams are tied, three games ahead of Northwestern.

Overall, the Lady Rangers are 19-17 on the year.

Game 1

Score by innings RH E SGU 300 130 1 – 8 9 1 NWOSU 520 001 1 – 9 13 0

Game 2

Score by innings RH E SGU 001 120 0 – 4 12 0 NWOSU 000 010 2 – 3 5 3

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Gale leads ACU in final spring Lady Rangers threaten 8th-ranked practice game on Saturday OKC before dropping doubleheader

By Roger McKenzie After leading Abilene Christian University’s Wildcats to an undefeated 11-0 regular season, Alva’s Mitchell Gale has been back on the field this week leading his team in spring drills that will culminate in Mitchell Gale the Spring Game this Saturday morning (10 a.m.) at Shotwell Stadium in Abillene.

Gale threw for a school record 38 touchdowns and over 3,500 yards last year as a redshirt sophomore. He has the full confidence of ACU Head Coach Chris Thomsen not only in his physical ability as a quarterback, but in his leadership ability.

In a published local report, Coach Thomsen said of Gale, ““Mitchell has really taken his leadership of this team to a different level. He’s done an outstanding job leading this team through the off-season and into

spring training. I’m very confident in not only his on-field ability, but also in his ability to lead this team. He’ll be very critical to the success of this team next fall.”

Whether or not the Wildcats can return for their sixth consecutive NCAA Division II play-off appearance this season will depend in large part on Coach Thomsen and his staff getting good play from players expected to fill several large holes on both offense and defense created by departing players.

Some of those holes will impact Gale and how successful the offense will be this season.

The biggest hole on offense is in the receiving corps where only one experienced receiver returns. Both wide receivers were lost and with the other departed offensive players, the receiving losses include 163 receptions, 28 touchdowns, and over 2,300 receiving yards. Two offensive line starters are gone, as well as a three-year starter at fullback.

The Wildcats Purple and White Spring Game on Saturday concludes spring practices that began on Mar. 26.

By Roger McKenzie The struggling Lady Rangers led eighth-ranked Oklahoma City University 2-1 going into the Stars final at-bat, but the home team came up with two runs to take a 3-2 first game win over Northwestern in their doubleheader on Mar. 31.

In game two, Northwestern could only manage two hits and fell 9-0.

NWOSU 2, OKC 3 Northwestern pitcher Kelly Mason out-dueled OKC’s A.J. Woodward on the mound for six innings. Through that time, she allowed only four hits and a single run in the fourth inning. The Lady Rangers led 2-1 on the strength of two runs scored in the third inning.

But the Stars came up with three hits in their final at-bat to score two runs. Catcher Natalie Timmermans, who had doubled in OKC’ fourth inning run, provided the walk-off hit, another RBI double with one out in the inning.

Mason struck out six batters and walked four. If she gave the Stars a tough time, Woodward was equally tough on Northwestern. The game winner limited the Lady Rangers to six hits in the game, while striking

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out six and walking three.

The two Northwestern third inning runs against her came when she loaded the bases with two outs on a single by Therese Beeler, a walk to Katie Thomas, and a plunking of Meagan Lack. Woodward then forced in Beeler when she hit Mason with a pitch. Katie Wilson walked to bring in the second run.

Mason lost for the seventh time. She has six wins. Woodward improved to 8-3.

Jasmine Braxton and Beeler each had two hits in the game to lead the Lady Rangers. The other hits came off the bats of Mason and Kylie Wilson.

NWOSU 0, OKC 9 Kellie Mason also pitched game two for Northwestern. She was not as effective in the second game, giving up 10 hits and nine runs.

However, just five of them were earned, thanks to two Lady Ranger errors: and Northwestern was still very much in the game at 0-3 after five innings.

Lily Lavelle took the mound for

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Score by innings RHE NWOSU 002 000 0 – 2 6 0 OKC 000 100 2 – 3 7 0

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Score by innings RHE NWOSU 000 000 – 0 2 2 OKC 020 106 – 9 10 1

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39’6”, good for fourth place. He was also fifth in the discus throw with a toss of 103’1”.

Ellis’ two places were fourth in the 200-meter dash and fifth in the 400-meter run. The senior’s times were 25.02 seconds and 59.78 seconds, respectively.

The other places belonged to the Alva 400-meter relay team and Josh Ramos and Tanner McGehee in the 400-meter dash. The relay team finished third in a time of 47.53 seconds. Ramos and McGehee joined Ellis in the 400-meter dash in the top six. Ramos was fourth (59.78 seconds) and McGehee sixth (60.83 seconds) in that race.

Slaughter, Swanson post top finishes for Ladybugs Aimee Slaughter and Rylie Swanson posted first place finishes to lead the Ladybugs to 95 points and a fourth place finish. Slaughter finished first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.12 seconds.

Swanson cleared a height of nine feet to take first in the pole vault.

Teammate Lydia Thompson took second in the pole vault after clearing 8’6”.

The team’s other second place finish individually came from Darian Carothers. She took second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.69 seconds. Also placing

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the Stars. She earned her 13th win with a two-hit shutout that ended in the sixth inning due to the run rule when OKC scored six runs.

The Stars scored two runs in the second inning and one in the fourth.

Then in the sixth inning, OKC ended the game with six runs including a walk-off grand slam home run by Magean De La Torre.

Therese Beeler and McKenna Wilson had the only hits for Northwestern.

With the sweep, the Stars improved to 22-7 on the season and 10-2 in the Sooner Athletic Conference. The Lady Rangers dropped to 7-16 and 1-11.

Northwestern sits in ninth place in the SAC, leading only 0-14 MidAmerica Christian University.

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(Published in the Alva ReviewCourier Friday, April 1, 2011, and Friday, April 8, 2011.)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WOODS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA In The Matter of The Estate of Ella Louise Cook, Deceased.

Case No. PB-2011-8 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All creditors having a claim against Ella Louise Cook, deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of

in that event for Alva was Emily Moorman, who had a time of 13.92 seconds.

Lindsey Bellah placed twice individually. She finished third in both hurdles events. In the 100-meter hurdles, she had a time of 18.1 seconds. In the 300-meter hurdles, her time was 54.9 seconds.

In the long jump, the Ladybugs had two leapers in the top six.

Megan Beard and Itzel Marquez placed fifth and sixth with leaps of 13’9” and 13’7”, respectively.

The Ladybugs also placed second in two relay races. The Alva girls finished in 53.8 seconds in the 400-meter relay and in 1:58.16 seconds in the 800-meter relay.

How they finished Boys finish..........Points 1 Okeene................197 2 Woodward............132 3 Fairview.................87 4 Alva.......................62 5 Timberlake.............34 6 Fort Supply............33 7 Prue.........................1 Girls 1 Timberlake...........259 2 Fairview............... 116 3 Okeene................101 4 Alva.......................95 5 Woodward..............21 6 Fort Supply............20 all security interest and other collateral (if any), held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the Personal Representative, Edward E. Sutter, 401 College Avenue, P. O. Box 213, Alva, Oklahoma, 73717, on or before the presentment date: May 31, 2011, or the same will be forever barred.

Dated this 28th day of March, 2011.

Edward E. Sutter Edward E. Sutter, Personal Representative 401 College Avenue P. O. Box 213 Alva, OK 73717 (580) 327-1511

April 8, 2011 LEGAL NOTICE

(Published in the Alva ReviewCourier Friday, April 8, 2011.)

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: CHAPARRAL ENERGY, L.L.C. RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION EXCEPTION JOACHIM #2H-14 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST, WOODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA CAUSE CD NO. 201101628 NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant in this cause is requesting that the Commission enter an order amending Order No. 119355 for the Cherokee (Red Fork) and Mississippi common sources of supply, to permit a well for such common sources of supply at the following location: SURFACE LOCATION: No closer than 200 feet to the north line and no closer than 500 to the west line of Section 14, POINT OF ENTRY: No closer than 250 feet to the north line and no closer than 500 feet to the west line of Section 14, FIRST PERFORATION: No closer than 330 feet to the north line and no closer than 500 feet to the west line of Section 14, LAST PERFORATION: No closer than 330 feet to the south line and no closer than 500 feet to the west line of Section 14, BOTTOMHOLE (TERMINUS) LOCATION: No closer than 250 feet to the south line and no closer than 1320 feet from the west line of Section 14, All in Township 25 North, Range 13 West, Woods County, Oklahoma.

Same to be a well for the unit consisting of said Section 14, a 640-acre unit by said order which requires the well to be located not less than 1,320 feet from the unit boundary. The legal descriptions of the land sections adjacent to the area within which the location exception lies are Sections 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 22, 23 and 24, Township 25 North, Range 13 West, Woods County, Oklahoma. Applicant further requests that Applicant or some other party be authorized the right to drill said well. Applicant further requests that it be permitted to produce said well at said location from all common source of supply covered hereby without any downward allowable adjustment.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, at 8:30 a.m., on April 25, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the event this cause is uncontested, Applicant, its Attorney, representatives, witnesses and other proponents of Applicant may appear and conduct the hearing by telephone from the Tulsa office facility, 440 S. Houston, Suite 114, Tulsa, Ok 74127.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action contact Bailey Benham, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., 701 Cedar Lake Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73114, Telephone: 405/426-4509, and/or Gregory L. Mahaffey, Attorney, 300 N.E. 1st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 731044004, Telephone: 405/236-0478.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, CHAIR JEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN BOB ANTHONY COMMISSIONER DONE AND PERFORMED ON April 5, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION

LEGAL NOTICE

(Published in the Alva ReviewCourier Friday, April 8, 2011.)

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: EAGLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, LLC RELIEF SOUGHT: HORIZONTAL SPACING LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST, WOODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA CAUSE CD 201101522-T NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To all

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THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Steven Bruce Stewart, deceased, or if deceased, their heirs, devisees and legatees, and unknown successors.

YOU WILL TAKE NOTICE that you have been sued in the District Court of Woods County, State of Oklahoma, by the above-named Plaintiff, who in his Petition filed in said Court on the 1st day of April, 2011, in Case No. CV-201113, alleges that it is the owner of the following-described real property to-wit: An undivided 1/3-remainder interest to-wit: Northeast Quarter (NE/4) of Section 15, Township 23 North, Range 13 W.I.M., Woods County, Oklahoma; East Half of Northwest Quarter (E/2 NW/4) of Section 15, Township 23 North, Range 13 W.I.M., Woods County, Oklahoma; Undivided 1/5 oil, gas and mineral interest in and under Lots Six (6) and Nine (9) and the East Half of the Northeast Quarter (E/2 NE/4) of Section 23, Township 22 North, Range 12 W.I.M., Major County, Oklahoma; Undivided 46/160 oil, gas and mineral interest in and under the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section 19, Township 22 North, Range 11 W.I.M., Major County, Oklahoma; Undivided 23/160 oil, gas and mineral interest in and under the West Half of the Northeast Quarter (W/2 NE/4) and the East Half of the Northwest Quarter (E/2 NW/4) of Section 19, Township 22 North, Range 11 W.I.M., Major County, Oklahoma; Undivided 23/160 oil, gas and mineral interest in and under the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section 18, Township 22 North, Range 11 W.I.M., Major County, Oklahoma; Undivided 23/80 oil, gas and mineral interest in and under the East Half of the Northeast Quarter (E/2 NE/4) of Section 30, Township 22 North, Range 11 W.I.M., Major County, Oklahoma. and that each of you claim some interest in or lien upon said real estate adverse to Plaintiff, which in fact you do not possess; the object and prayer of Plaintiff’s Petition being to have the Court distribute this interest free and clear of any interest you might claim and to quiet and confirm Plaintiff’s title against you, and each of you, as to all of the described property, and for such other and further relief as the Court deems just and equitable in the premises.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that you must answer the Plaintiff’s Petition filed in Case No. CV-2011-13 on or before the 13th day of June, 2011, or said Petition will be taken as true and a Decree quieting Plaintiff’s title to the above property will be entered.

DATED this 1st day of April, 2011.

Court Clerk LEGAL NOTICE Woods County Oklahoma (Published in the Alva Review/s/Della Dunnigan Courier Friday, April 8, 2011; April 15, Bryce Hodgden, OBA #4253 2011; and April 22, 2011.)

HODGDEN, HALLREN & IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HODGDEN, P.L.L.C. WOODS COUNTY P. O. Box 529 STATE OF OKLAHOMA LEGAL NOTICE Woodward, OK 73802 (Published in the Alva Review- William Stewart, a/k/a Bill Stewart, (580) 256-5517 Courier Friday, April 8, 2011.)

Plaintiff, Attorney for Plaintiff BEFORE THE CORPORATION vs.

COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF All unknown Successors in interest of OKLAHOMA Steven Bruce Stewart, deceased, APPLICANT: THE LESLIE FAMILY Defendants.

TRUST Case No. CV-2011-13 RELIEF SOUGHT: DRILLING & NOTICE BY PUBLICATION SPACING UNITS STATE OF OKLAHOMA, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION COUNTY OF WOODS. ss.

24, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, 13 WEST, WOODS COUNTY, OK CAUSE CD NO. 201101253 AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING The Dow Jones Industrial Average was dn 17.26 to CLOSE at THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: 12,409.49. The NASDAQ Composite Index was dn 3.68 to All persons, owners, producers, operators, CLOSE at 2,796.14. The Transportation Average was dn 27.44 purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons particularly in to CLOSE at 5,316.54 and Utilities CLOSED dn 1.77 at 415.28.

Section 24, Township 26 North, Range Volume was approx 800 million shares. Gold fell 55¢ to LEGAL NOTICE 13 West, Woods County, Oklahoma, $1,459.15, and Silver CLOSED at $39.62, up 7¢. Crude oil (Published in the Alva Review- and more particularly as follows: Seven prices rose $1.32 to $110.15 per barrel. Wheat Price was 8.38, dn Courier Friday, April 8, 2011.)

Horses, L.L.C; Sweetwater Exploration, 17¢. Prime Rate is 3.25% BEFORE THE CORPORATION LLC; B-C Resources, LLLC; Maxine COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF Cochran; Dannan Oil Corp.; Phyllis Ann Stocks of Local Interest — Courtesy Pat Harkin OKLAHOMA Goss; Donald C Hughes; James Stone, Name Close Change Volume APPLICANT: D & J OIL Inc.; Joe David Johnson; Lena Elizabeth COMPANY, INC. Lohmann; Carl Wayne Murrow; Patricia OGE Energy 50.87 -0.18 266,502 RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL Porter; The Prospect Company; M. ONEOK Inc 65.71 -0.57 780,834 LOCATION EXCEPTION Scott Rund; and if any of the above are Duke Energy 18.38 -0.18 5,932,634 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 27 NORTH, RANGE WilliamsCo 31.02 +0.34 5,991,363 15 WEST, WOODS COUNTY, Chesapeake Energy 34.49 +0.81 13,363,418 OKLAHOMA Wal-Mart 53.00 +0.02 12,174,319 CAUSE CD NO. 201101635 ConocoPhillips 80.40 -0.03 6,196,433 NOTICE OF HEARING STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All SandRidge Energy 12.85 -0.03 10,794,557 persons, owners, producers, operators, 30 Yr. U.S. Treasury Bond 4.61% purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly Insured AAA Tax Free Muni. Bond 3.99-4.56% in Woods County, Oklahoma, and more Yield to Maturity particularly to Rhino Energy, LLC, and 5 Year C/D, Annual Pct Yield 2.10% if any of the individuals are deceased, or Money Market - 7 Day Avg Rate 0.01% if any of the companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, Stock Market Report — for April 7, 2011 administrators, devisees, trustees,

persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Woods County, Oklahoma; and if any of the named individuals or entities be deceased or a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, successors, trustees and assigns of any such deceased individual or dissolved partnership, corporation or other association.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief and special relief from the Commission: [a] Establish 640 acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit for the Mississippian common source of supply underlying Section 34, Township 26 North, Range 13 West, Woods County, Oklahoma. A review of the record indicate the Mississippi Lime and Chester formations are currently spaced on 640 acre drilling and spacing units underlying Section 34 by Order No. 111969. There is one producing well [Redland Resources P&G Farms No. 34-11 well] in the Mississippi Lime formation. For this reason, Applicant request the horizontal spacing established by this order will supersede Order No. 111969 as to the Chester and run concurrent as to the Mississippi Lime common sources of supply. [b] To possibly providing that the order be made effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior to the date of execution of the order.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

IT IS ORDERED AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Eastern Regional Service Office of the Corporation Commission, Room 114, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 26th day of April, 2011, and that this Notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT any person interested or protesting the application please advise the Attorney of record and the Court Clerk’s Office of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission five (5) days before the hearing date above.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person and persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT this cause, if protested, may be subject to a prehearing or settlement conference pursuant to OCCRP 165:511-2.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Mark Hambric (918) 583-7733 or Michael D. Stack, Attorney for Applicant, 943 East Britton Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114; Tele (405) 286-1717; Fax (405) 286-2122.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, CHAIR JEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN BOB ANTHONY, COMMISSIONER DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 30TH DAY OF MARCH, 2011.

ATTEST: PEGGY MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION

successors and assigns, immediate and remote, of the named parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the Commission grant a well location exception for a well to be drilled and produced from the Mississippi Lime common source of supply underlying Section 22, Township 27 North, Range 15 West, Woods County, Oklahoma, as an exception to the Order to issue in Cause CD No. 201101506, said well to be located: no closer than 660 feet from the south line and no closer than 660 feet from the east line of Section 22, Township 27 North, Range 15 West, Woods County, Oklahoma.

The lands offset to said Section 22, are contained within Sections 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 26, 27 and 28, Township 27 North, Range 15 West, Woods County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief: to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit well. Applicant is further requesting that the Order to be entered in this cause be made effective on a date prior to the date of the Order.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 25th day of April, 2011, and that this Notice be published as required by law and the Rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 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 the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and telephone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact RHONDA JANTZEN, D & J Oil Company, Inc., PO Box 10129, Enid, OK 73706, Telephone: (580) 242-3636, OR RICHARD K. BOOKS, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Telephone: (405) 2323722.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA Dana L. Murphy, Chair Jeff Cloud, Vice Chairman Bob Anthony, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: Peggy Mitchell, Secretary

deceased, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above named parties; and if any of the above are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, the unknown trustees or assigns of such parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant requests that the Commission enter an order a) vacating Order No. 98939 as to the Basal Cherokee, Tonkawa, Layton, and Mississippian common sources of supply; b) establishing 80acre laydown units for the production of gas from the Basal Cherokee, Tonkawa, Layton, and Mississippian common sources of supply underlying Section 24, Township 26 North, Range 13 West, Woods County, Oklahoma, and c) designating the existing Cochran 1-24 well as the unit well for the N/2 SE/4 of Section 24. Applicant further requests that the order to be entered in this cause be made effective on some date prior to the date of the hearing.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at 8:30 a.m. on the 26th day of April, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 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 the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Charles B. Davis, 013A #2189, Attorney at Law, 207 West Main, Suite 200, Norman, Oklahoma 73069, Phone: (405) 310-2522, Fax; (405) 3640580.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, Chair JEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 5th DAY OF APRIL, 2011,

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL, Commission Secretary

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Pray for Friends and Family

By Dr. Greg Hook, Pastor First Baptist Church So you’re having trouble talking with close friends and family about Jesus?

That’s not a big surprise. Many people have trouble turning the conversation to Jesus.

The really big problem is the fact that you need to turn the conversation! If Jesus really means everything to you then why is He not the first thought and the first words when you speak to others.

Let your everyday conduct and regular pattern of speech proclaim

Christ is Lord. Paul writes in Philippians 1:27, “Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.

Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel.” If you are living worthy of the gospel of Christ you will be able to take a stand for the gospel.

But because we do have trouble turning the conversation, let me suggest four ways that you can pray for your friends and family to be open and responsive to that conversation when it occurs. First of all, pray for an opportunity to talk about Jesus. Colossians 4:3 says, “Pray that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim Christ.” When you are actively asking God for the opportunity to share about His Son, then He will open the door. When you are diligently searching for the opportunity to invite that neighbor to your small group God will show the way. God will take you serious-

ly and answer your prayer!

Second, pray that God will prepare hearts. Rick Warren sometimes asks, “Do you know how God softens hearts? He sends the rain!”

There are storms in our lives and in all the lives around us. When other are going through a storm, you can be sure God is softening a heart.

People are most receptive during a time of crisis. You must be ready to give real hope in Christ.

A third way you can pray is for God to place a burden on your heart for a lost friend or family member.

When you ask God to give you a burden, He will soften your heart; tenderizing it so to speak so that you are spiritually attuned to the needs of others.

Finally, pray that the gospel will simply take off. In 2 Thessalonians 3:1, Paul asks others to pray “that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you.” When our hearts are tender, our burdens are deep, and our eyes are open then the gospel will take off. Share Jesus with everyone you know.

Church Calendar Alva Church of God Sunday, April 10: Morning Service: Anorexic Christians.

Evening service- 6: p.m. People of Faith- Gideon. Everyone invited!

Alva Friends Church Sunday, April 10: We welcome you and your family to join us for praise and worship at the corner of College Ave. and Center St. for Sunday School at 9:30 a.m and Worship beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Cindy Goss will serve as Worship Leader. Musicians will be Sherry Williams playing the organ and Sally Byrd playing the piano. Mike Throckmorton will lead our time of praising God through song. Cindy Goss will have a time of sharing with our “Little Quakers.”

Barnes Street Church of Christ Sunday, April 10: Sunday worship services will be at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. (7 p.m. during daylight savings time).

Wednesday, April 13: Wednesday evening services will be at 6 p.m. (7 p.m. during daylight

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Visitors are most welcome to attend the worship services. For more information, contact Kevin Fields (327-5485), Landis Trekell (3270865), Andrew Rhodes(327-3368), Brian Gaddy (327-5130), or Gray Fields (327-6676).

Bible Baptist Church Sunday, April 10: Sunday School starts at 10 a.m.. There are graded classes for children, a teen class, a college and career class and an adult class. Route 66 continues this Sunday.

Our Worship Service starts at 11 a.m..

Our Evening service starts at 6 p.m.. Wise Guys starts 6 p.m. Wise Guys is for children Pre-K to 5th grade. Teen Impact meets also at this time and is open to all teens from 6th to 12th grade.

Monday, April 11: The ladies will have their monthly fellowship time at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12: At 7 p.m., Celebrate Recovery will meet.

Celebrate Recovery is a Christ based recovery program to help provide a safe place to discover a Savior who can give freedom from hang ups, hurts, and habits.

Wednesday, April 13: At 7 p.m. is the mid-week Bible Study.

As always, transportation and nurseries are available for all services. We look forward to having you and your family visit us this Sunday!

Capron United Methodist Church Sunday April 10: We invite you to attend services with us.

Worship at 9:15 through singing and preaching of the Word. Pastor Clark’s sermon is entitled “Are You Drifting?” Scripture reference, Hebrews 2:1.

Sunday Study at 10:30. In lesson 9 (Arming for Armageddon) of “What in the World Is Going On?” “we learn about earth’s final war— and how it ends.”

A light lunch will be served following Sunday Study. Hope you can make plans to attend.

Wednesday April 13: Pastor Clark continues to lead the series entitled “Steps to Revival” based on II Chronicles 7:14. This week we will be continuing with the fourth step to revival, “Turn From Your Wicked Ways”. Starting time is 6:00 p.m. followed with finger foods/ snacks and coffee.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list of our newsletter, The Capron Prairie Journal, please send your name and address to Capron UMC; 206819 E. CR 43; Woodward, OK 73801.

For more information about our church, activities or if you have a need, please call 580-254-9781.

Cedar Grove Wesleyan Church Sunday, April 10: Pastor Harold Henson and the entire Cedar Grove family desire to get to know you and your family when you join our loving and caring congregation of all ages, as we discover the truths of Jesus Christ is love, grace, forgiveness, joy, and fellowship through Sunday school at 10 a.m. and at 11 a.m. is the morning worship.

Wednesday, April 13: Hardtner Bible study will be at 2 p.m. at the Hardtner Senior Center. Bible study will also be held at 7 p.m at The Homestead dining room.

Church of the Nazarene Sunday, April 10: Prayer time begins at 8:00 a.m. Worship team practices at 8:30. Breakfast will be served at 9:15. Sunday School for all ages is at 9:30. Our worship service begins at 10:45. Nursery care for

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children under three years old is provided throughout the service.

Children ages 3 - 3rd grade will be dismissed for Children’s Worship prior to the sermon. Stuart Johnson will be our guest speaker. Some of our youth and their leaders will be attending the NYI Conference in Bethany, 4:00-6:00, this evening.

Delegates to District Assembly and Missions Conference will be leaving early this afternoon and returning Tuesday evening. We’ll have a come-and-go prayer meeting in the sanctuary at 6:00 p.m. Also NYI meets at 6:00 p.m.

Monday, April 11: Our Monday morning Ladies Bible Study/Prayer Group will not meet this week because of District Assembly.

Tuesday, April 12: Men’s coffee prayer fellowship is at 7 a.m. in the church library.

Wednesday, April 13: Worship Team practices at 5:30 p.m.

We meet for prayer in the sanctuary at 6:30 p.m.

NYI and Ladies’ Study Group are both at 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 14: We’ll be having NAZ Night at Beadles this evening at 6:30 Friday, April 15: Our Sunday School class at Beadles meets at 3:30 p.m.

College Hill Church of Christ Sunday, April 10: From our family to yours, we sincerely invite you to worship God with us this coming Sunday. Be encouraged and lifted up as we sing songs of praise, lift up our prayers to God, observe the Lord ’s Supper, and hear a portion of His eternal word. You will be sure to enjoy our “no visitor left behind” policy which means that, as a visitor, you will be greeted and we would love the opportunity to get to know you more. Sunday Bible class for all ages begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship begins at 10:30 a.m. with the sermon entitled “Building On the Promises.”

Following our weekly fellowship lunch, the afternoon service will begin at 12:45 p.m with the sermon entitled “Mourning Person” Please do not hesitate to call the church office at 327-0130 if you are in need of assistance or further details.

Weekly events: Tuesday college dinner and devotional at 7 p.m. at the Bible Chair Building Wednesday Bible class at 7 p.m. for adults, college age, and children Events for the month of April: April 8th and 9th at 3:30 PM— College Retreat near Alabaster State Caverns April 9th TAKE 5 Area-wide free seminar @ Woodward Church of Christ 8:45 am April 9th Ladies Day @ Garriott Road Church of Christ 9:00am April 10 at 2:00 pm—Area Wide singing fellowship at Elm and Murrow Church of Christ, Waynoka, OK. First Assembly of God Sunday, April 10: Sunday school will start at 9:30 a.m.

Morning worship will follow at

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10:30 a.m. Sunday evening service will be at 6 pm.

Tuesday, April 12: 10 a.m.

Beadles Bible Study, 8 p.m.

Youth Bible Study at Derrick and Chesnei’s home.

Wednesday, April 13: At 7 pm will be adult Bible study, youth Bible study, and children’s activities. 6:30 p.m. Worship Choir practice Nursery is available at all services.

First Baptist Church Sunday, April 10: Sunday school will begin at 9:30 am and at 10:35 am. the worship service will begin. Pastor Greg will be bringing the message. April greeters are John and Grace Mathes.

Stewardship Committee meets at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12: VBS Clinic in Mooreland 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 16: Open Craft Day First Christian Church Sunday, April 10: At 9:30 a.m. Sunday school. At 10:30 a.m. morning worship will begin. At 6 p.m. Youth group for ages 5th grade and up begins.

Wednesday, April 13:.At 5 p.m. will be the College Fellowship Dinner and at 6:30 p.m. choir practice will meet.

Check us out on the Web at www.fccalva.net.

First Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 10: The adult Sunday school class “God’s Abundant Table” is continuing through Lent. The ushers are Larry & Joy Glass, Robin Clyne and Jane Gaskill. The reader is Larry Glass.

The sermon is “The Bare Bones of Life” based on Ezekiel 37:1-14. The communion worship service begins at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, April 13: Choir practice at 5:30 p.m., Fellowship Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Chime Rehearsal at 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, April 14: Liturgy group meets at 6 p.m.

Saturday, April 16: Work Day at the church beginning at 10 A.M. to assemble Health kits for Japan.

First United Methodist Church Sunday, April 10: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School classes for all ages.

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Terry Martindale’s sermon, “Fearless: The Courage to Question,” is from John 4:5-42. Liturgist is Janice Melton; Children’s Time will be presented by Kyle Hughbanks.

Ushers are Charles & Lola Heaton, Freddie & Marilyn Brown, and Mary Strickland.

Parents of Youth will have a planning meeting in the church basement at 2 p.m.

Homebuilders Sunday School Class will have a party in Fellowship Hall 6 p.m.

Monday, April 11: Sherrill Bell Choir rehearsal 5:30 p.m.

Webelo Scouts meet in Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12: Worship Committee meeting in parlor 10 a.m.

Tiger Cub Scouts meet in Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13: Chancel Choir rehearsal 5:30 p.m.

A Lenten Bible Study, “24 Hours That Changed the World,” by Adam Hamilton, will be led by Rev. Terry Martindale at 6:30 p.m., in the church parlor.

Thursday, April 14: Tiger Cub Scouts meet in Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m.

Hopeton Church Hopeton: a non-typical church!

You don’t have to dress in a suit to be accepted; you can wear your jeans, get a cup of coffee, and enjoy contemporary music, great videos, and a relevant message.

We have something for every age: nursery, children, teens, adults, women’s support groups, and adult small H.O.M.E. groups for fellowship.

Hopeton Church meets at 10 a.m. through the summer at its northern campus, The eXtreme, at the corner of College and Barnes Street in Downtown Alva. We have something for every age: nursery, children, teens, adults, women’s support groups, and adult small H.O.M.E. groups for fellowship.

19390 County Road 440, PO Box 7, Hopeton, OK 73746. Phone: 580-435-2400, fax: 580-435-2401, email: hwc@hopetonchurch.org, Web site: www.hopetonchurch.org. eXtreme Youth Center Directors Virgil and Cami Lee invite all middle and high school students to come to this fun place to hang out after school. Winter hours are Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., until October when the Wednesday Kids Clubhouse starts. Ages are 6th grade and up every day, except for Tuesday, which is ages 16 and older. For more information, call 327-5433.

Town and Country Christian Church Sunday, April 10: At 9:30 am.

Sunday school for all ages will begin. Pastor Paul Cole will teach the lesson Remember the warnings from Jude 17-25 to the Adult Sunday School Class. Greeter will be Verna Graybill. At 10:30 a.m. the Sunday Morning Worship Service will start. Cherie Lau will play the piano. Song Leader will be Kim Foster. Arlo Darr, Gary Peterman, Justin Lau and Rodney Vogts will be serving communion. Pastor Rod Rieger will deliver the message.

Fellowship meal will be served at 5 p.m.

Revival begins 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 13: Youth group will meet. 7 p.m.

Zion Lutheran Church Sunday, April 10: At 8 a.m.

Worship with Holy Communion begins. At 9:15 a.m. Sunday School begins. 10:30 a.m. Divine Service.

Monday, April 11: At 5 p.m.

Handbells will meet.

Tuesday, April 12: .Seasoned Saint Mary Martha Group 1 pm.

Wednesday, April 13: Women’s Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Weekday School 3:30 p.m. Children’s Handchimes Practice 4:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 14: Quilt Tying 1:30 pm.

Funding

floor … and the microphone … to residents of Beadles who expressed their pleasure and satisfaction with the services, staff, and closeness of their fellow residents.

Even Mayor Arden Chaffee took time on his re-election day to share his happiness with the treatment his own parents had received at the facility.

After the program, Proctor helped residents sign petitions and prepare e-mail and snail mail communications asking legislators for additional funding.

He also sat down with the press.

His business closure was partially from the decrease in funding, but it followed the twoedged sword of government

regulations attached to its funding.

“I had to remodel my nursing home by creating larger, hospitalsize doors,” he said. “I had folding doors that were easy for residents to use, but [the regulations] made me remove them and replace them with expensive new ones.”

Then the funding cuts made it all for nothing.

Town and Country Digging Deeper in revival Burlington native Rod Rieger, Senior Minister of Newcastle Christian Church in Newcastle will be leading the Alva Town and Country Christian Church in their revival Digging Deeper.

Before joining the ministry Rieger worked as a carpenter and contractor in the Burlington, Alva, Cherokee area.

Throughout his 25 years in the ministry, Rieger has held revivals in much of northwest Oklahoma, as well as in Texas and Missouri.

Rieger’s wife, Peggy who is the assistant director of Newcastle CC Pre-School, will be presenting the special music during the revival.

Schedule for the revival is as follows: Sunday, April 10: 10:30 a.m.

“Dig Deeper” Sunday evening: 6 p.m.: “Who’s #1?”

Monday, April 11: 7 p.m.

“Which Chair Do You Wear?”

Tuesday, April 12: 7 p.m. “How To Really Blow It”

Peggy and Rod Rieger

LEGAL NOTICE

(Published in the Alva ReviewCourier Friday, April 8, 2011) BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA APPLICANT: CHAPARRAL ENERGY, L.L.C. RELIEF SOUGHT: INCREASED WELL DENSITY JOACHIM #2H-14 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 13 WEST, WOODS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA CAUSE CD NO. 201101627 NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant in this cause is requesting that the Commission enter an order amending Order No. 119355 to authorize the drilling of an additional well to test the Cherokee (Red Fork) and Mississippi common sources of supply underlying Section 14, Township 25 North, Range 13 West, Woods County, Oklahoma, same to be a well for the unit consisting of said Section 14, a 640-acre unit, and that Applicant or some other party be authorized the right to drill said well.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief: That the Applicant or some other party be authorized the right to drill said well.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, at 8:30 a.m., on April 25, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the

rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the event this cause is uncontested, Applicant, its Attorney, representatives, witnesses and other proponents of Applicant may appear and conduct the hearing by telephone from the Tulsa office facility, 440 S. Houston, Suite 114, Tulsa, Ok 74127.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action contact Bailey Benham, Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., 701 Cedar Lake Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73114, Telephone: 405/426-4509, and/or Gregory L. Mahaffey, Attorney, 300 N.E. 1st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 731044004, Telephone: 405/236-0478.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA DANA L. MURPHY, CHAIR JEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN BOB ANTHONY COMMISSIONER DONE AND PERFORMED ON April 5, 2011.

BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION

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Action Ads Stearns Horse Training

We train horses of all levels from the first rides to the finished rope horses and barrel horses. We will fix problem horses as well. We have been training horses for the last 15 years and have trained several champions. $500 is for 30 rides and the feed is included.

Call 580-621-3209, 308-764-9018, 308-539-4501 Ask for Colt or Robbie Stearns $15/each.

Colors

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Twisted-Timber

Professional Upholstery Wanted with all types of furniture. Over 55 Working/Sporting breed dog. 12-36 yrs. experience. Goltry 580-496months. Must love to retrieve. Mixes 2351 okay. 580-748-3395 Travis and Bobbie Krob Protect Your Home Tree Trim and cut and Removal + with Fireguard around your property. Stump Grinding. Very Reasonable Also, Belly Dump loads of top Rates. Call anytime. Insured. Travis soil and Bermuda Grass. Delivery 580-747-4256. Bobbie 580-430available. Full line of heavy 7103. House 580-328-5461 equipment. Weeks Blade Services, Computer Plus Inc. Seiling OK 73663. Jay Weeks, Computer Repair, service, virus Owner. 580-922-5412 removal & other computer needs.

Firewood Competitive pricing. Call Adam Don’t want green firewood come next Swallow at 580-327-4449 or 580winter pre-order Premium Blackjack, 748-2349 or come by 1329 Fair 100% split. Call Brady Weeks 580- St. Mon thru Fri. Will do local 922-1256 housecalls Amway Products

If interested contact 580-922-1256

Lawn Mowing

With the warm weather you can still get your Koffee fix with Kold Koffee drinks such as Freezes, Flavored Iced Tea, Kold Lattes or choose your own Kold drink. Mon-Chicken Enchiladas and Peach Cobbler. Tue-Chicken and Noodles. Wed-Pulled Pork or Potato Revil Soup. Thur-Awesome Chicken Salad with Croissant. Fri-Philly Stix and Pasta Salad and Ham and Beans.

Sausage Biscuits and Gravy every morning

Food Distribution

Runnymede Sale Extended

March 9, 8am. Lots of new merchandise. Prices reduced on many items

Want to Buy

If you are interested in selling all or part of your mineral rights call Steve Redgate, Waynoka, OK. 580-8243501

Residential Powerwash

Homes, Sidewalks, Driveways. We come to your location. 580-307-5520

For Sale By Owner

Brick Home 110 Aspen. 3bdrm, 2bth.

CH/A. Fenced Backyard with Sheds.

580-327-8084 or 580-748-1038

For Sale

3bdrm, 2bth, newly remodeled home Help Wanted in Hardtner, KS. Call for details. 620Shop Help and Office Help. Apply in 825-6033 person only. K & S Tire. 400 Okla Blvd. Alva

Accepting all Major Credit Cards and Debit Cards. 580-540-6669 Aaron Help Wanted Gottsch We are looking for hard working individuals for the line groundman If Interested position. Workers will assist in becoming an Amway Independent lineman crews in building overhead Business owner contact 580-922power lines. No industry experience 1256 necessary. Visit www.bloomok.com/ careers for details and to download Carpentry Interior-Exterior improvements. application Room additions. Plaster Repair & Help Wanted Painting. Handicap Upgrades. Will 29 Serious People to work from also accommodate Farm & Ranch.

Home using a computer. Up to 580-307-4598 or 620-825-4285. $1500-$5000 PT/FT. Free info Hourly Rates avail. Mitch Reed www.BDBglobal.com

Kick N Koffee

Help Wanted

Pasture Tree & Brush Clearing. No Part-Time Youth Director at Alva dead trees left to burn or be stacked First United Methodist Church. 580with us. See videos and photos on 327-2571 our web site at twisted-timber.com.

Help Wanted Russel Graves. 620-825-4080 Asphalt paving superintendent and For Your Const Needs foreman, mechanic, equipment From A-Z, New Construction, operators, laborers and CDL drivers Roofing, Additions, Remodeling, with tanker/HazMat plus needed Siding, Windows, Int/Ext, Painting, for Oklahoma projects. Contact All Work Guaranteed. Improve the KansasWorks.com or applications value of your home. Call 580-732- can be faxed to 620-792-7155. Equal Many 1028 Employment Opportunity

Now Hiring

Class A and B drivers for all shifts.

Earn over $1300 weekly/$15-$17.50 hourly. Excellent Benefits. Over 30 years in Business. Come be a valued member of our growing company that takes pride in our equipment and provides extensive oilfield training.

Nicholas Services. 620-930-7511

Help Wanted

Vantage Plane Plastics is accepting applications for production positions. Pick-up an application at 3161 College Blvd. Alva

Alva Wesleyan Church & Okla Regional Food Bank. 2nd Wednesday Help Wanted each month. 3rd & Church St. 2-6pm. Light Duty Mechanic. Full-Time.

We want to feed body and your soul Exc Benefits with 401K. Western Equip. 3126 College Blvd

Pasture Tree Clearing

Save moisture & grass. Let me clear Help Wanted trees in your pasture. Skid Steer & Beadles Nursing Home has an Marshall Tree Saw. Ed Grover. 580- opening for a CNA for 11pm to 7am.

474-2465 or 580-542-0298 The position could be for 2 PartTime people or 1 Full-Time person.

Please apply in person at 916 Noble

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NELSON REAL ESTATE See all our listings at alvaokhomes.com Jeanette Nelson, Broker

Call for Details 580-748-0745 or 580-327-1745

Community Calendar Friday 8:30 a.m. Alva High School will play tennis at Clinton and compete in track at Okeene.

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.

2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

Saturday 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

2-4 p.m. Northwest Oklahoma Genealogy Society will meet at the Alva Public Library. The program is Germans From Russia Migration

by Dr. Eric Schmaltz. Visitors are welcome.

Sunday 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

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