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Country Boy IGA on Highway 9 received significant damage during Monday evening’s storms.

At least one dead in rural eastern Cleveland County By Nanette Light and Meghan McCormick Transcript Staff Writers

A fast-moving storm believed to be packing multiple tornadoes moved through southeastern Cleveland County and western Pottawatomie County just after rush hour Monday, To check on ripping roofs from homes, destroying a grocery people in store and leaving a path of damage along SH 9. Norman, call Cleveland County Sheriff Joe Lester con321-0591 firmed at least one death Monday night in an area between 180th and 192nd avenues south of Rock Creek Road. “There may be others. We took three kids to the hospital in pretty bad shape and we haven’t found everybody yet,” Lester said. Lester said his deputies are working 12-hour shifts and a command post has been established in the Country Boy IGA parking lot. Norman Regional Health System spokesperson Kelly Wells said at least 32 people were treated at Norman Regional Hospital for injuries related to the storms Monday night. Doctors treated multiple trauma cases. Wells said five people were treated and released from Norman Regional Hospital. Extra doctors and nurses were summoned to care for the injured, Wells said. “We are fully staffed and running,” she said. Wells said 20 people who suffered cuts and minor injuries sought treatment at Moore Medical Center. Damage was reported to homes and businesses near 24th Avenue SE and Highway 9. At Nichols Marine, shards of glass covered the floor and the closed sign rested on the ground, after a tornado broke down the front glass door. “I was standing right there when it hit,” said Rick Green, manager of the store, pointing to a pile of glass on the floor of the store entrance. “Glass was hitting me in the back as I was running. I couldn’t get away fast enough.” Jordan Nichols, president and owner of Nichols Marine, said he saw the tornado spin toward the business. “We took off running,” Nichols said. “The next thing we knew, the front windows were blown out.” He said the tornado broke out windows and overturned boats. “It was pretty interesting to watch,” Nichols said. Nearby at Perfect Swing, shingles were ripped from the roof, and pieces of the chain-link fence were blown away. South of CrossPointe Church in the St. James neighborhood, residents like Chris Lee were clearing piles of debris after a tornado ripped through her yard, destroying her gazebo, brick fence

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Above, many homes on the east side of Norman were destroyed in the storms. At right, a number of overturned cars were reported and debris from Monday’s tornado was scattered all over the east Norman.

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Oklahoma Highway Patrol dive team searches for guns By Meghan McCormick Transcript Staff Writer

Divers with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol searched Lake Thunderbird Monday for a stash of guns authorities said were taken during a pawn shop burglary in January. Cleveland County Undersheriff Rhett Burnett said deputies received a tip several weeks ago that the weapons were possibly in the lake. Burnett said about 30 guns valued between $12,000 and $13,000 were reported stolen from Bill’s Pawn Shop in Purcell. “They also stole laptops, tools,

DVD players and jewelry,” he said. Burnett said the alleged burglars took $21,600 worth of items from the store. Purcell police began an investigation. A Cleveland County deputy assigned to the District Attorney’s Street Crime Unit also investigated the case. Investigators developed leads that led them to a house in Purcell, Burnett said. Police searched 417 N. 7th St. and found at least $2,800 worth of stolen property police said was taken from the pawn shop. He said investigators questioned Messina Marie Brand, 32, and James Dustin Anderson, 32, both of

Purcell. “Anderson decided to cooperate,” Burnett said. He said Anderson offered information about the stolen guns and traveled with investigators to Lake Thunderbird. “He showed them the area where he allegedly got rid of some of the guns,” Burnett said. Burnett said criminal charges were filed against Anderson and Brand last Thursday in McClain County District Court. According to court records, prosecutors charged Anderson with second-degree burglary. Brand was

charged with knowingly concealing stolen property. Arrest warrants for both are pending, Burnett said. He said investigators had recovered 12 guns authorities said were taken from the pawn shop. Divers searched the lake for the remaining 18 guns and magazines. By Monday, divers had recovered four guns and magazines, Burnett said. The OHP’s dive team was expected to resume its search another day. Meghan McCormick 366-3539 mmccormick@normantranscript.com

Tornado: Norman residents asked to conserve water • Continued From Page A1 and tearing down trees around 5:30 p.m. Lee said she was standing on her gazebo in the back yard watching the storm before it hit her home, thinking it was all clear. “It was light outside. All of a sudden there were real high winds,” Lee said, adding that it was then she ran inside and locked the back door, before she and her husband, a weatherman at the National Weather Center, dived into the laundry room. “I peeked around the edge and saw the gazebo fly by my bedroom window. That’s when I knew it was a tornado,” she said. Additionally, damage was reported at the National Weather Center at Jenkins Avenue and State Highway 9 and at various businesses near Classen Boulevard and Highway 9. Damage was extensive at the Country Boy IGA grocery store near State Highway 9 and 180th Avenue SE. Thousands of customers were without electrical power. The pumps that bring water from Lake Thunderbird to the Norman water treatment plant were knocked out forcing city officials to ask for voluntary water cutbacks. Utilities director Ken Komiske said there is plenty of backup with water wells and limited emergency water from Oklahoma City. Komiske said customers may experience low water pressure today. “We’re asking customers to help conserve,” he said. OG&E System Watch website reported 13,387 customers were without power in Norman at 9:30 p.m. Monday. Patti Rogers, OEC spokesperson, said at 7 p.m., 14,000 people in the eastern part of their coverage area were without power. The Transcript was without power for most of the evening. The Little Axe school administration building and football field reportedly were destroyed. In Moore, the storm hit from just east of Interstate 35 southeast to Sooner Road. Moore police established an emergency post at Broadmoore Elementary, 34th and Eastern. First Baptist Temple, 2501 S. Broadway, sustained damage to its roof, fence and windows, and windows and mirrors to a church

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Okla. prisons struggle to be tough, cheap By Sean Murphy Associated Press Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY — Facing severe budget problems, Oklahoma is one of many states trying to cut its spending on corrections. But Oklahoma legislators also have another priority: they want add more crimes to the statute books and lengthen sentences for others. The imperative to be both cheaper and tougher is bearing down on prisons in a state with the nation’s fourth highest incarceration rate. “We’re primed for something major,” prisons director Justin Jones warned lawmakers recently, saying the prisons are full and 1,500 convicts are waiting in county jails to be transferred in. With wardens now filling exercise rooms and dining halls with inmate beds, “If there is a recipe for disaster, we have all the ingredients cooking right now.” In this legislative session, lawmakers have introduced 26 bills to create new felony crimes and 19 to increase criminal penalties for others. The measures would increase sentences for a wide range of offenses, from assaulting police officers to violating election laws. One would quadruple to 20 years the sentence for sex offenders who violate registration requirements. Another would mandate up to seven years for offenders who escape from a juvenile facility. Many of the measures

are expected to pass. A few bills providing for reduced sentences or alternatives to incarceration were derailed. Meanwhile, confronting a $1.2 billion state budget shortfall, legislative leaders have suggested cutting corrections costs by 7.5 percent. Jones said such reductions would require laying off about 15 percent of the prison work force and furloughing guards and staff members for three weeks. Prisons are now operating at 75 percent of authorized strength. Negotiations with Gov. Brad Henry on a budget reduction plan are expected to conclude within a few weeks. Although corrections budgets are being squeezed nationwide, the challenge to find savings is proving especially difficult in states with strongly conservative legislatures determined to demonstrate a commitment to being tough on crime. This spring, the Oklahoma Legislature’s struggle with the corrections dilemma comes as many members are running for reelection. “They’re so concerned about getting re-elected that they’re losing sight of what really needs to happen in Oklahoma as far as sentencing,” complained state Sen. Richard Lerblance, a Democrat from McAlester, home to the state’s 1908-vintage Oklahoma State Penitentiary. “This is Democrats as well as Republicans.” However, Republican Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee, a self-

described “law-and-order” lawmaker, said the issue of locking up criminals in Oklahoma is not one that should be intertwined with the budget situation. “It’s not a dollars and cents issue with me. It’s a public safety issue, and it’s the first priority of government,” said Coffee, of Oklahoma City. Republicans control both houses of the state legislature. Oklahoma’s prison population has grown 10 percent in the last 10 years, and now numbers 25,700. Fifty-three percent of the inmates were convicted of nonviolent crimes; the top two crimes are drug possession and drug distribution. Unlike other states, Oklahoma has not eased minimum sentencing policies or embraced alternatives to incarceration. Inmates sentenced to a few months are shipped to prison rather than placed in the county work-release programs that are common elsewhere. Oklahoma has few resources for drug and alcohol treatment. “I think the key in Oklahoma is that we don’t pay for a lot of preventive services that will save you on prison costs later on,” Jones said. Jones says he doesn’t know what he’ll do with more prisoners. “When I take them and start putting them on the floors and I start triple-celling, someone is going to lose their life that works for me,” he said. Space used for classrooms and workshops has already been converted to

Blood donors give to benefit Susan G. Komen during May Transcript Staff During May, Oklahoma Blood Institute will support local Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates and those fighting breast cancer through a special campaign. During the month, blood donors have the opportunity to support Susan G. Komen for the Cure Central Oklahoma Affiliate and Susan G.

Komen for the Cure Tulsa Affiliate by forgoing the tote bag offered in appreciation for giving blood. In turn, OBI will make a monetary contribution of similar value, giving donors the chance to doubly give — first, by giving blood and then by allowing OBI to use funds otherwise allocated for a donor-incentive item to support breast cancer treatment

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inmate housing, officials say. The career-tech building at the correctional center in Alva, where inmates had learned trade skills before being released, was filled with beds recently. Several medium security institutions have been on lock-down status for months. Prison guards “feel the world is caving in on them,” said Lerblance, who meets regularly with prison workers in his district. Seven inmates were killed in prison violence last year. This session, in addition to designating new crimes, legislators have proposed adding to the list of crimes for which inmates must serve at least 85 percent of their sentences. The list, which was dubbed the “11 deadly sins” when it was created a decade ago, has now blossomed to nearly two dozen crimes. Even some of the most conservative legislators are worried. “What keeps me up at night is the possibility that we could have some staff that would be seriously injured,” said state Rep. Randy Terrill, a Republican from Moore. While acknowledging there can be options for certain offenders, Coffee said Oklahoma’s prisons are filled with criminals who need to be there. “This argument that we have prisons full of first-time dope smokers is a myth,” Coffee said. “You have to work very hard to get into prison.”

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All Saints students advance to national history competition Transcript Staff Four eighth-graders from All Saints Catholic School placed second in group performance May 4 at the Oklahoma History Day State Competition. Natalie Baker, Sarah

Castillo, Lexy Neira and Maddi Splitt now will advance to the Nationals competition next month in Washington, where they will compete against teams from all 50 states and from all U.S. territories. The students are raising

funds to help defray the cost of the trip. Donations can be mailed to All Saints Catholic School, Attn: Pam Brown, 4001 36th Ave. NW, Norman, OK 73072.

OU Class of 2010 to give stained-glass window Transcript Staff The University of Oklahoma Class of 2010 is giving a stained-glass window to be placed between the ClarkeAnderson and Will Rogers rooms in Oklahoma Memorial Union as its graduation gift to the university. This is the second in a series of four stained-glass windows planned for the union, which was built as a memorial to students, faculty and staff who lost their lives during World War I. Last year’s gift from the Class of 2009 was the first in the series of stained-glass windows to be placed in

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Our view • TIMES SQUARE BOMBER

Pressure builds on Pakistan to take action in lawless area The weekend linkage of the bungled Times Square bomber to Pakistani Taliban adds yet another wrinkle to the role and apparent strength overseas terrorist groups have in plots on U.S. soil. It also adds pressure on Pakistan’s government to draw down on Waziristan, the lawless area near the Afghan border where the Taliban is known to train fighters. The attempted bombing in Times Square last month and the Christmas Day airline bomber show gaps in security. The U.S. government, through the Attorney General and the homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, have said the

alleged bomber, Faisal Shahzad, trained with the Taliban. “They were intimately involved in this plot,” AG Eric Holder told The Associated Press, adding he expects new evidence to show that the Taliban helped to finance it. It’s unlikely that Pakistan would allow American troops to infiltrate the region. But Pakistan’s army, sustained by billions in U.S. aid in the past decade, could move into the region. Pakistan’s strategy in the past few months has been one of planned reconciliation with the ear Norm, Taliban. Why anger I just wanted you to know insurgents who one day we’re still punchin’ cows could be part of the here on the S X. Not much has government and an ally changed. The Beacon well is against India? working again. Its opened up the

Letter to Norm ‘bout spring gather

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A state of many festivals Visitors to Oklahoma often comment on the growing number of festivals that celebrate the state’s diverse heritage. From Native American festivals like Red Earth to Norman’s Jazz in June, tourists and local residents alike can enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of varied cultures. Gov. Brad Henry this past week officially proclaimed June as Folklife Month in Oklahoma. June offerings include Jazz in June in Norman June 24-26; Red Earth in Oklahoma City; OK

Mozart in Bartlesville, the Oklahoma Folklife Festival in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Celtic Music and Heritage Festival in Stillwater, Juneteenth in Tulsa, the American Heritage Music Festival in Grove and the Spirit of Oklahoma Storytellers’ Festival in Seminole. The festivals are family friendly and connected to some part of the state’s fabric. It’s the first such designation and will call attention to fairs and festivals held throughout the year.

Your view

west side for us. We’re trying to get the stragglers all into the Kline pasture to finish branding. This morning three of us rode the Black. I dropped two cowboys at the road gate then drove on to the corrals. I parked far enough back, unloaded Chaco so I could sneak up and maybe catch’em in the trap. No luck. I started west to the old railroad bed, then swung back north. Wind was blowin’ like a banshee outta the west. I think the high temp was 45 degrees. Warm gloves, wool shirt (with rubber bands around wrists to keep wind from blowin’ up my sleeve), scarf, leggin’s and lined canvas brush jacket. I was plenty warm till I turned into the wind. Riding in the big arroyos, it was calmer but the clouds were dark and low on the mountaintops. The sky was the color of the floor in a truck stop shop. Chaco and I made a big circle, never saw a fresh track, except a single day-old bull track headin’ north. At least he was going

Baxter Black

the right direction. Met up with Frank and Pancho at Black corrals. They headed cross country north. I loaded my horse and hauled three miles back to the Kline where I mounted up and rode to the north fence, then back to the east and eventually turned south to the lower drinker. I saw the occasional fresh track, cows and calves moving toward the drinkers. No cows at the lower drinker so I swung west into the brush and eased up on the middle drinker. … Ten of ’em. After five hours in the saddle… 10 of ’em. That’s not a bad bunch when you’re doin’ clean up. I stayed beyond the edge of their nervous zone. Frank called on the walkie-talkie. They were already at

Baxter Black, author, cowboy poet and former large animal veterinarian, lives in Benson, Ariz.

Time travel? Maybe

singularity at the center of a black hole, instead emerged from another mouth, potentially many light-years • OIL SPILL magine that you’re a sciencefrom where he or she started? This fiction writer on a tight schedisn’t as crazy as it sounds. Einstein’s ule. You’d like to play in the vast theory of general relativity — our expanses of the universe, but you current working model for how have too much scientific integrity to gravity and space work — has been Editor, The Transcript: specifically include the conjure up a warp drive or a confirmed with countless experiI have been watching Arctic Ocean. Despite DeLorean out of thin air. You’re also ments. And, as ad hoc as it sounds, the fact that there is no with horror as one of concerned that your audience an Einstein-Rosen bridge is a way to clean up a major would get bored in the thousands of perfectly valid solution to the the worst oil spills in oil spill amid the ArcAmerican history years that it would take for a equations of general relativity. continues unabated and tic’s broken sea-ice spaceship to realistically travel the And it’s not just a shortcut conditions, exploratory distances between stars. What you through space. In 1988, Caltech millions of gallons of drilling is slated to crude oil now threaten really need is a wormhole — a physicist Kip Thorne also showed shortcut through time and space. begin in the Arctic our nation’s vital Gulf something else: If you can build a Best of all, unlike most sciencewormhole, you also can turn it into a Ocean in less than 60 coast ecosystem. This fiction tropes, wormholes might time machine. By dragging one of days. latest national environvery well be real. the mouths of the wormhole around If the oil industry mental crisis reaffirms Seventy-five years ago, Albert space at nearly the speed of light, the oil industry’s history can’t even stop a spill in Einstein and his collaborator, we can create a two-way tunnel of consistently underes- the Gulf of Mexico, Nathan Rosen, submitted a paper to connecting two points in time. Even timating the risks of surrounded by all of its the Physical Review with the goal of better, you don’t need to worry drilling. infrastructure and unifying gravity and electromagnet- about mucking up history. A time In light of the crisis, technology, how will ism. Although they failed to discov- machine built from the laws of President Obama they ever stop one at er a theory of everything, they did general relativity is necessarily selfrecently called for a the top of the world? something arguably more much consistent, and thus your history timeout on new offOlivia Jent, important: By creating the first will remain safely as you left it. However, Einstein’s original Norman theoretical model of a wormhole, shore drilling, but didn’t Einstein and Rosen allowed science- concept had a few flaws. For one fiction writers — including Arthur thing, going through an EinsteinC. Clarke, Madeleine L’Engle and Rosen bridge, later theorists have the writers of “Babylon 5” and concluded, would have to be a oneA LOCALLY OPERATED MEMBER OF “Doctor Who” — to explore vast way trip, since one mouth always Newspaper Holdings, Inc. stretches of space and time in the serves as the entrance and the other blink of an eye. the exit. An even bigger problem From the outside, an Einsteinwith the wormhole Einstein enviRosen bridge, as wormholes were sioned was found in 1962, when originally known, looks a lot like its John Archibald Wheeler demoncousin, the black hole. And I risk strated that an Einstein-Rosen having my official Physics Badge bridge would collapse before Andy Rieger Saundra Morris revoked if I don’t tell you, ideally in anything, even a beam of light, EXECUTIVE EDITOR ADVERTISING DIRECTOR a spooky voice, that “nothing can could travel through. escape from a black hole — not Fortunately, wormhole design Debra A. Parker Ken McEwen even light.” has improved considerably in the EDITOR CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Einstein and Rosen made a very last 75 years. In 1988, Thorne and bold supposition: What if a traveler his students took up the problem of Tammy Griffis Rob Rasor fell into the mouth of something traversable wormholes, in large part BUSINESS MANAGER PRODUCTION MANAGER because of a plea from his friend that looked like a black hole, but Carl Sagan, who was then working rather than being crushed by a

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the Kline corrals with seven head. I told them I’d hold the bunch at the middle drinker. Twenty minutes later the boys rode quietly in. Soon as I saw them I swung wide to the opposite side and we started them up the water line trail. You know how hard it is to keep ’em together on that final drive, specially into a stiff breeze. It makes everybody antsy. But it went as smooth as silk and not a word had been spoken. I’m workin’ with top hands out here. Well, 17 head to the Kline gathered out of 10,000 acres of rough country on a day when stunt doubles and daredevils would have just stayed home. A good day’s work here at the ranch. Only thing missing was you, ol’ friend. But I could see your tracks everywhere I went. You were there in spirit, at least. I thought of ya when that jack rabbit shot out of the brush, spooked ol’ Chaco and slid me sideways far enough I grabbed the horn. I could see ya outta the corner of my eye. You were there alright, keepin’ me on my toes. Take care, amigo, we’re thinkin’ of you.

By Dave Goldberg Los Angeles Times

on the novel “Contact.” Thorne found that it was theoretically possible to construct models of wormholes, but they would require the existence of as-yet-undiscovered “exotic matter” — strange stuff that has less than zero mass — to keep them open. Unlike Einstein-Rosen bridges, Thorne’s model was bidirectional and, more important, stable. This all might seem like good news, but the fine print on wormholes is pretty daunting when you get into it. For one thing, we’ve never discovered anything like the exotic matter needed to prop wormholes open, and for another, we’re not sure how we — or even a supercivilization — could punch a hole through the universe to create one in the first place. Furthermore, the idea of time travel is so anathema to many respectable physicists that some, including Stephen Hawking, have proposed a “chronology protection conjecture,” basically insisting that physics must somehow outlaw time machines in order to keep “the universe safe for historians.” Theoretical physicists have the luxury of being able to invent things that don’t, or perhaps can’t, exist. In the three-quarters of a century since Einstein thought up wormholes, we haven’t come close to observing one, though we’ve gotten some fantastic science fiction in the bargain. It may be that in science fact, if we want to explore the galaxy, it would be much easier to do so without trying to rip up the fabric of space-time in the process. Dave Goldberg is the author, with Jeff Blomquist, of “A User’s Guide to the Universe: Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty.” He is an associate professor of Physics at Drexel University. He wrote this for the Los Angeles Times.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

BP sprays more chemicals into main Gulf oil leak By Harry R. Weber and John Curran Associated Press Writers

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO — A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence BP expects the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf of Mexico for weeks or more. Crews using the deep-sea robot attempted to thin the oil — which is rushing up from the seabed at a pace of about 210,000 gallons per day — after getting approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, BP PLC officials said. Two previous tests were done to determine the potential impact on the environment, and the third round of spraying began early Monday and it will last 24 hours. The EPA said in a statement the effects of the chemicals were still widely unknown.

BP engineers, casting about after an ice buildup thwarted their plan to siphon off most of the leak using a 100-ton containment box, pushed ahead with other potential short-term solutions, including using a smaller box and injecting the leak with junk such as golf balls and pieces of tire to plug it. If it works, the well will be filled with mud and cement and abandoned. However, none of these attempts has been tried so deep — about a mile down. Workers were simultaneously drilling a relief well, the solution considered most permanent, but that was expected to take up to three months. At least 4 million gallons were believed to have leaked since an April 20 drilling rig blast killed 11. If the gusher continues unabated, it would surpass the Exxon Valdez disaster as the nation’s worst spill by Father’s Day. The engineers appear to be “trying anything people can think of”

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to stop the leak, said Ed Overton, a LSU professor of environmental studies. The new containment device is much smaller, about 4 feet in diameter, 5 feet tall and weighing just under two tons, said Doug Suttles, BP PLC chief operating officer. Unlike the bigger box, it will be connected to a drill ship on the surface by a pipe-within-a-pipe when it’s lowered, which will allow crews to pump heated water and methanol immediately to prevent the ice buildup. Back on land, National Guard helicopters ferried loads of 1-ton sandbags to plug gaps in barrier islands that have been lapped at by a sheen of oil. The effort to bolster the islands was meant to safeguard the area’s vulnerable wetlands. Authorities also planned to use south Louisiana’s system of locks and levees to release water to help keep the worst of the oil at sea. “We’re trying to save thousands

of acres of marsh here in this area, where the shrimp lay their eggs, where the fin fish lay their eggs, where the crabs come in and out,” said Chett Chiasson, executive director of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. “We’re trying to save a heritage, a way of life, a culture that we know here in recreational and commercial fishing.” BP — which is responsible for the cleanup — said Monday the spill has cost it $350 million so far for immediate response, containment efforts, commitments to the Gulf Coast states, and settlements and federal costs. The company did not speculate on the final bill, which most analysts expect to run into tens of billions of dollars. Above the oil leak, waves of dark brown and black sludge crashed into the support ship Joe Griffin. The fumes there were so intense that a crew member and an AP photographer on board had to wear respirators while on deck.

Oil — be it a surface sheen, globules or balls of tar — has washed up west of the Mississippi River and as far east as Dauphin Island, three miles off the Alabama mainland at the mouth of Mobile Bay. The blowout aboard the rig, which was being leased by BP, was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to interviews with rig workers conducted during BP’s initial, internal probe. The exact cause remains under investigation. Curran reported from Louisiana. Associated Press writers Ray Henry and Michael Kunzelman in Louisiana, Jay Reeves and Brent Kallestad in Florida, Michael Graczyk in Houston, and Sarah Larimer and AP video journalist Rich Matthews in Alabama contributed to this report.

SEC: Exchanges agree in principle to new rules

James Donald Taylor James Donald Taylor was born to Jim Claude and Dorothy Delois (Hicks) Taylor on December 19, 1949 in Oklahoma City, OK. He departed this life on May 7, 2010 at his home in Lexington at the age of 60 years. Mr. Taylor had been a resident of Lexington for the past 30 years. He attended school at Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City. Mr. Taylor was employed with Santa Fe Railroad for 20 years. On August 16, 1974 he and Robbie LaPach were united in marriage in Oklahoma City. Mr. Taylor enjoyed Fishing, Hunting, water sports and boating. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother Gene Hicks. He is survived by his mother Dorothy Hicks, wife Robbie of the home, one son James S. Taylor of the home many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and many other relatives and friends. Services are 11:00 AM Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Memorial Chapel Funeral Chapel in Noble, Ok. Dr. Cleve Haley will officiate. Burial will follow in Bradley Cemetery in Bradley. Services are under the direction of Memorial Chapel Funeral Service of Noble. Submitted by family

Cecil Berger Cecil Berger, 84, died Saturday, May 8, at his home in Norman. Mr. Berger was born Sept. 11, 1925, to James and Mary Berger in Nebo Community, Carter County, Oklahoma. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Primrose Chapel with Chaplain Harry Smith officiating. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service. Online condolences can be left at primrosefuneralservice.com.

Gwen Dene Hogan Gwen Dene Hogan, 52, of Moore, died Sunday, May 9. Private family services will be held at a later date. She is preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Imogene Kerr and brother, Dale Kerr. She is survived by children Chris Montgomery of Del City, Rhada Smith and husband Mark of Moore, Julie Collins and husband Jason of Wellington, Texas, Tim Roberts and wife Trisha of Claude, Texas, Holly Johnson and husband Vance of Amarillo, B.J. Hogan of Oklahoma City, Ashly Hogan of Norman, Megan Hogan of Claude and Tyler Hogan of Moore. Arrangements are under the direction of the John M. Ireland Funeral Home and Chapel, Moore.

Charlene Edmonds Charlene Edmonds, 67, of Norman, died Saturday, May 8, at the Broadway Living Center in Lexington. She was preceded in death by her parents Charlie and Rachel Edmonds. She is survived by her brother Joe Edmonds and wife Sharon of Norman, niece Amy Edmonds of Norman; nephew Steve Edmonds of Norman. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lebanon Cemetery in Lebanon. Officiating will be Larry Gardner. Arrangements are by Wilson-Little Funeral Home in Purcell.

By Stevenson Jacobs and Daniel Wagner Associated Press

NEW YORK — The major securities exchanges put aside some of their differences Monday and agreed to coordinate trading rules to prevent stock plunges like last week’s historic dive. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the six exchanges agreed in principle during a meeting with regulators to a uniform system of “circuit breakers.” Those are restrictions that would curb trading when the price of a stock or other security rises or falls to a specified level in the course of a trading day. Four days after the plunge that sent the Dow Jones industrials down to a loss of nearly 1,000 points in less than 30 minutes, regulators were still saying publicly that they did not know the exact reason for the drop. But there was a growing belief that the varying trading rules on different exchanges contributed to the intensity of the selling and the size of the market’s slide. People familiar with the situation said regulators believe the disruption was caused by the way different exchanges manage their trades and rapid price swings. A definitive answer could take weeks because regulators are going through information from across the market by hand, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation. The SEC said in a statement that the exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, “agreed on a structural framework, to be refined over the next day” that would more

closely align trading rules. In an effort to calm the market swings Thursday, the NYSE implemented restrictions to slow trading. But many analysts believe the NYSE’s action resulted in orders to sell being sent automatically to other electronic exchanges that had no trading restrictions. Selling continued at a furious pace. The NYSE, Nasdaq and other exchanges already have market-wide circuit breakers. The agreement in principle reached Monday includes three goals to strengthen trading restrictions, said a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter. By today, the person said, the exchanges will submit a joint proposal to: • Update existing marketwide circuit-breakers that halt trading if the Dow drops by a certain percentage. • Create market-wide circuit-breakers for individual stocks. Several big stocks including Procter & Gamble Co. were major contributors to Thursday’s plunge. • Establish clear rules for which trades should be canceled in cases of extreme volatility. After Thursday’s chaos, the exchanges agreed to cancel trades that were called erroneous. Those were trades made during a 20minute window and whose stock prices had fallen 60 percent or more. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other regulators met with the heads of major exchanges Monday. Besides the NYSE and Nasdaq, the exchanges also included BATS Global Markets, DirectEdge, International Securities Exchange and Chicago Board Options Exchange. Officials from

CME Group Inc., which operates the nation’s biggest commodities markets, and IntercontinentalExchange also met with regulators. Regulators and exchanges have been examining data from millions of trades trying to determine what caused Thursday’s computerized sell-off. The Dow later recovered to close the session down 342 points. The SEC is leading the investigation with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Those agencies are ultimately responsible for overseeing markets, but they rely heavily on exchanges to write and enforce their own rules. Investors learned from Thursday’s plunge that the stock market isn’t a monolith. Instead, it is a collection of about 50 competing exchanges and trading networks that work under different rules. As the decades have gone by, computers programmed to buy or sell stock have taken on a greater share of trading. The NYSE for much of its history relied heavily on specialists, people who brought buyers and sellers together. If no buyers could be found, the specialists bought the stock themselves. This helped investors get the price they wanted, and also helped trading to flow. With the growth of computers and the high-speed trading they offered, the NYSE has had increasing competition. Nasdaq is the

most prominent rival. In recent years, the competition has also come from electronic communications networks, or ECNs, trading networks that automatically match buy and sell orders at specified prices, without an exchange acting as a middleman. When the NYSE bought its own ECN, Archipelago, in 2006, it began moving away from specialists. The NYSE floor, which had 2,700 to 3,000 people including specialists and traders 10 to 15 years ago, now has 1,500. Therefore there were fewer people to step in and try to stop Thursday’s plunge. Computers using complex mathematical formulas are able to trade millions of shares in milliseconds. That is what happened on Thursday. This kind of trading is known as high-frequency trading, which accounts for two-thirds of all stock trading in the U.S. Proponents say it makes the stock market run more smoothly by efficiently connecting buyers and sellers. Lawmakers are calling for uniformity among the rules being discussed Monday. “It appears that our fragmented market structure may very well have contributed to the difficulties we experienced last Thursday,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Banking Committee. “Coordination and consistent safeguards between trading venues — and across markets — is essential.”

Lena Horne dies at 92 By Verena Dobnik Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK — Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive, signature song “Stormy Weather” and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92. Horne died Sunday at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin, who would not release details. Quincy Jones, a longtime friend and collaborator, was among those mourning her death Monday. He called her a “pioneering groundbreaker.” “Our friendship dated back more than 50 years and continued up until the last moment, her inner and outer beauty immediately bonding us forever,” said Jones, who noted that they worked together on the film “The Wiz” and a Grammy-winning live album. “Lena Horne was a pioneering groundbreaker, making inroads into a world that had never before been explored by African-American women, and she did it on her own terms,” he added. “Our nation and the world has lost one of the great artistic icons of the 20th century. There will never be another like Lena Horne and I will miss her deeply.”

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

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Be prepared for some unique developments to take place where your work or career is concerned, in the year ahead. What occurs could be extremely beneficial and quite exciting, to boot! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Your best possibilities for achieving your goals today could come from one or two progressive contacts, even though, ironically, their methods may be based upon traditional procedures. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Dealings you have with persons who are foreigners or who were born somewhere quite a distance from your birthplace are likely to have a strong but good influence on your thinking and/or ideals today. CANCER (June 21-July 22) An opportunity might present itself that would enable you to produce a second source of income. Whether or not you take advantage of it will depend upon how much you want to do today. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) - Having to make a snap decision isn’t likely to rattle you one bit. You trust that your judgment is keen enough to evaluate all alternatives quickly and make a beneficial call. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Thanks to your wisdom and experience, you can analyze things quickly when necessity demands. You’ll come up with the answers and wrap things up while your competitors are still trying to define the dilemma. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) - Circumstances today could bring you even closer together with a friend with whom you already enjoy a strong bond. The relationship is destined to be one of your strongest and most powerful alliances. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Don’t hesitate to put into play some ideas for a better method or procedure to handle something you have to do all the time. Chances are you’ll improve productivity considerably. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) - If you get a strong hunch today regarding a game of chance and decide to play it, be sure you are able to handle a loss just in case it proves to have been just wishful thinking. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Your prospects are encouraging regarding a financial matter, and some sort of profit is possible today. It’s likely you’ll pick up something of value that’s been overlooked by many others. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) - Because you will know when to stop talking and how to start listening, you’re apt to pick up on information being passed on that others are missing. Use it to your advantage. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) - Timing and positioning is everything today, and if you’re hip to her signals, Lady Luck will help you out today. Be alert for an unusual opportunity being dumped in your lap. ARIES (March 21-April 19) Much can be accomplished today because you can be extremely resourceful and ingenious when it comes to advancing your ideals, whether they be work-related or personal.

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WEATHER TRIVIA In 2005, a significant ice storm struck the state Jan. 4 and 5, hitting the northwestern onethird of the state the hardest. 8,400 businesses and residences lost power and 10 fatalities occurred on Oklahoma roads. Woodward and Alva reported total ice accumulations of 4 inches and lows fell into the single digits.

NORMAN ALMANAC MONDAY High: 62 Low: 54 Precipitation: NA For the Month: 0.12

NORMAN AND AREA FORECAST: Today, partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Warmer. Tonight, highs upper 70s to lower 90s southwest. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.

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Kansas lawyer is architect of many immigration laws By John Hanna Associated Press Writer

TOPEKA, Kan. — When politicians and police across the county want to crack down on illegal immigration, they often reach out to the same man: a littleknown Kansas attorney with an Ivy League education who is the architect behind many of the nation’s most controversial immigration laws. Kris Kobach could not attend West Point because of diabetes, but he regards his efforts on immigration as a substitute for military service. “They can’t call him trailer park trash, which is the kind of comment you hear about advocates on our side,” said Michael Hethmon, director of the Washington-based Immigration Reform Law Institute. Kobach helps draft proposed laws and, after they are adopted, trains officers to enforce them. If the laws are challenged, he goes to court to defend them. His most recent project was advising Arizona officials on a new law that empowers police to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. Critics say it violates the Constitution’s provisions against unreasonable search and seizure by allowing police to engage in racial profiling. But Kobach insists an officer stopping a crowded van for a traffic violation has

a reasonable suspicion its occupants are illegal immigrants if none of them has an ID, the van is traveling a known smuggling route and the driver is evasive. “I could not care less whether they come from Mexico or Germany or Japan or China,” said Kobach, who speaks with the affable air of a college professor, even when making cutting political remarks. “An alien who also is here with terrorist intentions can carry any passport. This isn’t about race or national origin.” Before the law was passed last month, Kobach spent several years consulting with its main sponsor. And he has a $300-an-hour contract to teach deputies in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, to enforce immigration policies. Detractors are not impressed by Kobach’s degrees from Harvard, Oxford and Yale, or the coveted White House fellowship he served during George W. Bush’s first term. While at the White House, he created a post9/11 Justice Department program requiring immigrants from 25 mostly Muslim nations who were already in the U.S. to re-register with the federal government. Civil libertarians argued that it led to unwarranted detentions of lawabiding immigrants. “He promotes himself as

“They can’t call him trailer park trash, which is the kind of comment you hear about advocates on our side.” Michael Hethmon, director of the Washington-based Immigration Reform Law Institute absolutely, positively being a constitutional scholar on these issues, and he’s just wrong,” said Bill Brewer, a Dallas attorney who has faced off with Kobach in court over immigration laws in Farmers Branch, Texas. Kobach, a 44-year-old lifelong Republican with movie-star good looks, learned as a Topeka teenager that diabetes would keep him from a desired appointment to West Point. His focus on immigration developed after Sept. 11, when as an aide to Attorney General John Ashcroft, he and other Justice Department officials learned some of the 9/11 attackers had lived in the U.S. illegally. “It was a missed opportunity of tragic dimensions,” Kobach said. “That realization struck home with me. People were saying, ‘How could we have prevented this?”’ After leaving Washington, he returned to Kansas and to a job on the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school faculty that he’d had since 1996, then launched a campaign for Congress. He lost. But Kobach drew attention by challenging a Kansas

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law that reduced tuition rates for illegal immigrants. The law survived, but frustrated conservatives took note of his work. Mayor Lou Barletta, of Hazleton, Pa., called Kobach in 2006 to discuss a proposal to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and to deny permits to businesses hiring them. Kobach later defended the law in federal court. The mayor said he contacted Kobach after a news report quoted him saying Hazleton had the authority to enact such an ordinance, contradicting other legal scholars. “It really only took one conversation to realize that he truly knew what he was talking about,” Barletta recalled. Kobach largely wrote and then defended a similar ordinance in Valley Park, Mo., that was upheld by a federal appeals court. Last year, he defended Farmers Branch, Texas, in a federal lawsuit targeting its landlord law. And this year, he represented residents of Fremont, Neb., outside Omaha, as they forced a vote on their own immigration proposals.

On the Net: Kris Kobach’s campaign: www.kriskobach.org/ Immigration Reform Law Institute: www.irli.org/ Migration Policy Institute: www.migrationpolicy.org/

Federal judges struck down the Farmers Branch and Hazleton ordinances, but both are on appeal. Kobach also wrote sections of a 2008 Missouri law cracking down on illegal immigration and this year drafted an unsuccessful proposal in Idaho requiring employers to screen workers. Kobach said he’s consulted with legislators in at least six other states on various measures. “I would say he is the brain behind most of them,” said Muzaffar Chishti, director of the Migration Policy Institute’s office at the New York University School of Law. Kobach, elected Kansas state GOP chairman in 2007, quit early last year to launch a campaign for secretary of state. His first proposal for legislators: require new voters to prove citizen-

ship when they register and make all voters show photo IDs at the polls. “You can take steps to address the national security issues and still be left with the problem of millions of people here illegally taking jobs in a recession from lawful residents,” he said. Critics suggest Kobach’s immigration work is designed to boost his political career. A “Krazy Kris Kobach” website features an anonymous blogger who exhorts followers to end Kobach’s career. Arizona state Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, a Phoenix Democrat and attorney who voted against her state’s new law, said Kobach is not to be underestimated. “What I’m concerned about,” she said, “is there are all these legislators in all these states who think he’s a good guy and want to take his advice.”

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Senior Driving helpers for aging drivers and concerned families D Savvy ear Savvy Senior, What types of resources are available to help elderly drivers and their families? My 84-year-old mother still drives fairly well but her driving skills have diminished some over the past few years and I know the day is soon coming where she’ll need to quit. Backseat Son

assessment is a good way to start. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has some great resources on their Web site to help with this. Just go to seniordrivers.org and download “Roadwise Review,” a free screening tool that will test your mom’s physical and mental abilities that are important for safe driving. Then click on the “DriveSharp Calculator,” another short test, created by Posit Dear Backseat, Science that will rate her With more and more Americans driving well into crash risk. AAA also offers an online self-survey called their 70s, 80s and beyond, there are lot’s of programs, the “Drivers 55-Plus Self Rating Quiz” that she can tools and resources that take at exist today to help older aaafoundation.org/quizzes, drivers and their conor call 800-305-7233 and cerned family members. have them mail you the Here are some good ones brochure. Also see aaaseto check out along with a niors.com and safedrivingfew tips. foralifetime.com, two new sites dedicated to helping Still driving older drivers. To help keep your mom safe while she’s still Get refreshed driving, see to it that she Another option that can gets her eyes checked help tune-up your mom’s every year to ensure her vision is up to par, and that driving skills is a driver refresher course. AAA and she isn’t taking any AARP both offer inexpenmedications that could sive older driver courses impair her driving. that also may earn her a A few simple driving discount on her auto adjustments also can go a insurance. To locate a long way in keeping her nearby class contact your safe, such as not driving local AAA (aaa.com) or after dark or during rush hour traffic, avoiding major AARP (aarp.org/drive, 888227-7669). Most courses highways or other busy can be taken in the roads, and not driving in classroom or online. poor weather conditions. It’s also good to know the older driver’s license Find a pro renewal laws in your If you feel your mom mom’s state, which you can could use some extra help, get by calling her nearby get a professional assessdriver’s license office or at ment done by a driver iihs.org/laws/olderrehabilitation specialist — drivers.aspx. they can cost several hundred dollars up to Self-assess $1,000. They will evaluate her driving skills along To help you and your with how well she and her mom evaluate her driving car fit together, and provide abilities, a do-it-yourself

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recommendations and solutions based on her needs. To locate a trained professional, contact the Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (driver-ed.org, 866-6729466) or the American Occupational Therapy Association (aota.org/olderdriver).

Another good resource to check out is CarFit, a free assessment program that will help your mom adjust her vehicle for a better fit, making it easier and safer to drive. See car-fit.org to find an event near you.

Keeping watch If you’re concerned about your mom’s driving, a good way to keep an eye on her without impeding her driving is through the howsmydriving.com Senior Driving Program. This program puts a big How’s My Driving ID sticker on her back windshield so other

drivers on the road can report improper driving, which can be e-mailed to you. A similar service is available at backseatguardian.com.

Time to quit If you find that your mom’s driving is not safe anymore and she needs to give it up, the Hartford Financial Services Group and MIT AgeLab has a resource that can help called “Family Conversations with Older Drivers.” At thehartford.com/talkwitholderdrivers you can find worksheets for evaluating your mom’s

driving, tips for talking to her about quitting driving and what to do if she refuses to stop.

Alternative transportation When your mom does quit driving, the Area Agency on Aging (call 800677-1116 to get your local number) is your best resource for locating available alternative transportation options. Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

What’s going on? Plenty

Class 6A State Golf Tournament

North in mix

• Prep sports year screaming toward a conclusion By Clay Horning Transcript Sports Editor

The first two rounds of the Class 6A state golf tournament, Class 6A soccer state played Monday semifinals at the Jimmie Q Norman High Austin OU Golf at Jenks, 7 p.m. Club, was just Q Tulsa Union the beginning of at North, 7 p.m. the biggest and most important Wednesday: week on the Class 6A high school baseball sports calendar. tournament, running through State champiSaturday. onship Saturday Friday: is four days State track and away and much field meet, state will happen, tennis much of it tournament involving Tranbegins. script area high Saturday: schools, before Baseball, track and field, tennis the week’s comall conclude; plete. soccer state For instance. championship. Q In addition to the Class 6A golf tournament, which concludes today, with Norman North right in the thick of things, high school boys tennis regionals were played Monday to determine the entrants in the state tennis tournament, which begins Friday at Will Rogers Tennis Center in Oklahoma City. Q Today marks the semifinals of the state soccer draw with the Norman High and Norman North boys

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Norman North’s Jett Johnson stares down a tee shot Monday at the Class 6A state golf tournament at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. North was six strokes back after 18 holes.

• T-Wolves believe they were gaining ground in 2nd round By John Shinn Transcript Sports Writer

The Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club wasn’t designed to be kind to golfers. The field in the Class 6A state golf tournament found out just how rude it could be on Monday, the event’s first day. High winds made any round near par exceptional and only two players made it under during the event’s first round. But the club does have

an underground cart barn, which came in very handy when the threat of a tornado forced those in attendance to seek shelter around 6 p.m. Play had been halted about an hour earlier with no players completing all 36 holes scheduled for Monday, but nearly all had completed 27. Norman North was alone in third place after a first-round 307. It had hoped to do better and began to prove why during

• It’s becoming commonplace in major leagues By Ben Walker AP Baseball Writer

Ron Washington flips the pages of his three-ring notebook, filled with inside info on the other team’s pitchers and hitters. The Texas manager gets to the back of the black binder, reaches into the pocket and pulls out another scouting report — on that night’s home plate umpire. It’s a color-coded computer printout showing his strike zone — how he tends to call balls and strikes — and whether he usually gives the pitcher a break if the ball sails just off the corner of the plate. In this ump’s case, the calls on the edges are too inconsistent to be predictable. • See UMPS Page B3

• See STATE Page B3

Notable Q Norman High’s Kyle Raberding may be right in the middle of the individual race. The Tiger opened in 75 but was even par in Round 2 and in position to reach the par 5 eighth hole in two when play was stopped Monday.

Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Par 72 After 18 holes Team 1. Edmond North 2. Edmond Santa Fe 3. Norman North 4. Edmond Memorial 5. Union

• See WEEK Page B3 301 305 307 310 312

Individuals Taylor Moore, EMHS 70 Austen Fuller, ESF 71 Bryce Barnard, North 73 Cody Reed, ESF 73 Tate Williamson, BA 74 Jett Johnson, North 74 Dillon Moreland, Shawnee 74

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the second round. “We were really starting to turn things around,” the Timberwolves’ Jett Johnson said. “We had some guys that were putting some good rounds together.” Johnson started the day with a 74. Teammate Bryce Barnard paced North in the first round with a 73. It could have been better for North, but Drew Wright, Alex Newell and

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Magic finish off Hawks • Orlando’s been dominant ever since playoffs began Atlanta’s Joe Smith drives to the basket Monday during the Orlando Magic’s Game 4 victory over the Hawks. The Magic swept the Hawks to reach the Eastern Conference final.

By Paul Newberry AP Sports Writer

ATLANTA — The Orlando Magic are playing like a team that will settle for nothing less than its first NBA championship. Vince Carter scored 22 points to lead another dominating performance by the Magic, which finished off its second-straight playoff sweep with a 98-84 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Orlando won the four games by an average of 25 points — a total blowout that no one could have expected in a matchup between the teams that finished second and third in the Eastern Conference. But the Magic, who lost to the Lakers in last year’s NBA Finals, are playing better than anyone at the most important time of the season. They have won 14 in a row — the last eight in the playoffs — and 28 of 31 games. The Magic are off to the Eastern Conference finals for

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the second year in a row. They will face either Boston or a rematch with Cleveland, the team they upset for last year’s conference title before losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals. Orlando barely broke a sweat

against the Hawks, and Game 4 was more of the same. Atlanta held Dwight Howard to 13 points and eight rebounds, but the Magic had plenty of other options. • See MAGIC Page B3

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Playing with heavy heart • Virginia women honor slain teammate Associated Press Virginia women’s lacrosse coach Julie Myers said Monday her players were emphatic about continuing the season to honor slain teammate Yeardley Love, and that she encouraged coach Dom Starsia to have the men play on also. “Lacrosse brought us together, and lacrosse is their common theme,” Myers said a week after 22year-old Love was found dead in her apartment. Cavaliers men’s lacrosse player George Huguely faces murder charges in her death. Both coaches have declined to discuss the relationship between Huguely and Love because of the ongoing police investigation. Since the tragedy, Myers said any time the teams spend together “can be really helpful.” The women’s players were asked whether they wanted to continue the season during a gathering at a player’s family home in Charlottesville last Tuesday, Myers said. “The girls were pretty emphatic that if we could, they wanted to” keep playing, Myers said. “They really thought it was going to be important in their healing and just doing it with Yeardley in their mind and Yeardley in their heart.” Starsia said he asked Myers last Tuesday what her team’s intentions were, which seemed to surprise her, as though there was no question they would play on.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Around the Horn FOOTBALL • Cowboys make trade: ST. LOUIS — The Cowboys and Rams have swapped underachieving former firstround picks, with offensive tackle Alex Barron going to Dallas and linebacker Bobby Carpenter headed for St. Louis. Carpenter made only two starts in four seasons for the Cowboys, one in the regular season and one in the playoffs, and was a backup inside linebacker in a 3-4 defense last season. The Rams have a 4-3 defense and the 250-pound Carpenter could start alongside fellow Ohio State products James Laurinaitis, a second-round pick last year, and Na’il Diggs. A fourth St. Louis linebacker, Larry Grant, also played for the Buckeyes. “That’s kind of an anomaly there,” Carpenter said. “It’s going to be great to come in and play with those guys.” Carpenter was the 18th pick of the 2006 draft and Barron was the 19th choice in 2005. The trade was finalized Monday and Carpenter welcomed a fresh start.

The Suns have been stunning surprise. After all, the Suns are 36-9 since Jan. 28, 22-4 since March 14. PHOENIX — Coach Dallas and San Antonio Alvin Gentry calls it “synerwere supposed to be the big gy,” a word that means, threats to the Los Angeles essentially, something Lakers in the West, not this greater than the sum of its undersized band of sharpparts. shooters. But the Suns are That’s perfect for these not the 7-seconds or less, upstart Phoenix Suns. They defenseless bunch of Mike are, in simpler terms, a lot D’Antoni. It’s not really a better than anyone expected fastbreak team, Gentry them to be. keeps repeating, but what The Suns have won six he calls “a rhythm team,” an playoff games in a row, a offense based on unselfish franchise record, dispatchpassing and the devastating ing their longtime nemesis pick and roll of Steve Nash San Antonio with a fourand Amare Stoudemire. game sweep to advance to “We aren’t the most the Western finals. talented team,” Nash said, “I’m just so proud of these “but we believe in each guys and what they’ve done other and enjoy playing and how they’ve gotten it together. It’s a pleasure to done,” Gentry said. “I just play with this group.” have a ton of respect for our Nash looked like a beatup prize fighter as he spoke team and what they after Sunday’s series represent.” clincher. His performance Maybe this playoff success shouldn’t be such a will go down as one of his

By Bob Baum AP Sports Writer

BASKETBALL • Next Hornet coach? NEW ORLEANS — A person familiar with the meeting says Portland Trail Blazers assistant Monty Williams is traveling to New Orleans to interview for the Hornets’ vacant head coaching position. The interview is today. The person told The Associated Press on Monday on condition of anonymity because the team had not yet announced it. Williams will be the sixth candidate interviewed by the Hornets, who began meeting with candidates on May 4. The Hornets also have met with former Dallas coach Avery Johnson, current Mavericks assistant Dwane Casey, former NBA coach Mike Fratello, former NBA player Mark Jackson and current Boston assistant Tom Thibodeau.

GOLF • Tour member dies: LAS VEGAS — Police and an agent for 25-year-old Erica Blasberg say the LPGA Tour golfer has died. Henderson police spokesman Keith Paul said Monday that authorities were investigating Blasberg’s Sunday death. It was not immediately clear whether foul play was involved. Blasberg’s agent, Chase Callahan, confirmed her death but declined to provide details because of the investigation. A message left with the coroner’s office was not immediately returned. Blasberg played her only LPGA Tour event this year two weeks ago in Mexico and tied for 44th. She found greater success in college, winning six times in two years at the University of Arizona.

EXTREMEE SPORTS • Sport growing: Sacramento Kings co-owner Joe Maloof is expanding his skateboarding extravaganza to South Africa next year. Maloof says the first Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championships will be held in Kimberley, South Africa, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2011. The world’s top skateboarders will compete for a purse of just under $400,000, with $100,000 going to the winner of the street competition and $75,000 to the vert winner. Maloof and his brother, Gavin, have already staged two Maloof Money Cups in Costa Mesa, Calif., and the third is scheduled for August. — Wire Reports

defense, aspects that had been sorely missing in playoffs past. “It was really our defense that won the series,” the Suns’ Jason Richardson said. Now Phoenix has a week before it plays again, muchneeded time for Nash’s wound to heal and maybe enough to get 7-footer Robin Lopez ready to supply at least a few minutes in the conference finals. The Suns know they will be big underdogs in the conference finals, too. “A lot of people doubted us in October and a lot of people doubted us in this series,” Stoudemire said after Phoenix wrapped up the sweep with a 107-101 win in San Antonio on Sunday night. “I’m sure the next series will start with the same doubt.” The Suns, remember, almost traded Stoudemire at the All-Star break. When they

didn’t, he was as dominant as anyone in the NBA the remainder of the season. “During the trade deadline, we didn’t know if I was going to be in Phoenix or not,” he said. “I feel great about not leaving.” The players give credit to Gentry, who took over as interim coach after Terry Porter was fired at last season’s All-Star break. Gentry got the team to buy into playing defense and he used the talent he had on his bench, going with a 10deep rotation. The hustling second unit of Jared Dudley, Channing Frye, Goran Dragic, Leandro Barbosa and Lou Amundson clearly outplayed its San Antonio counterparts. “Alvin has done a great job of building confidence in each player,” Stoudemire said. “Every player has helped us win. We can count on our second team.”

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TRACKK & FIELD • Reduction won: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A hammer thrower had her two-year drug suspension reduced to four months, handing the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency a rare loss in arbitration. An arbitration panel ruled Monday that it found Jessica Cosby’s explanation about taking a “water pill” to help her urinate to be believable and that it wasn’t taken to enhance her performance. Cosby’s positive test came shortly after she finished seventh at worlds last year. Her mother gave her the pill containing banned diuretics. The next day, she failed a random drug test. Cosby said her problem stemmed from depression that set in after her fiance cheated on her and she lost her coaching job at UCLA.

most memorable, and that’s saying something for the two-time MVP. He left in the third quarter after catching an inadvertent elbow from Tim Duncan, causing a cut above his right eye that required six stitches. When he returned, the eye was swollen virtually shut. The Suns, Nash included, couldn’t help but think “here we go again.” But one good eye was enough. The 36-year-old point guard made a 3pointer and two tough runners, and added an assist to Stoudemire for a thunderous dunk, as the Suns put the game away. “Steve has taken us to a good place and it all started in training camp,” Gentry said. “He’s just a determined person. I thought he had a better year this year than the years he won the MVPs.” Phoenix dispatched San Antonio with depth and

sports@normantranscript.com BASEBALL American League Glance East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 22 9 .710 — New York 21 10 .700 1 Toronto 19 14 .576 4 1 Boston 16 16 .500 6 ⁄2 1 Baltimore 9 23 .281 13 ⁄2 Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 21 11 .656 — Detroit 18 14 .548 3 Chicago 13 19 .406 8 1 Cleveland 11 18 .379 8 ⁄2 Kansas City 11 21 .344 10 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 18 14 .563 — Oakland 17 15 .531 1 1 Los Angeles 14 19 .424 4 ⁄2 Seattle 12 19 .387 51⁄2 Sunday’s Games Cleveland 7, Detroit 4 Toronto 9, Chicago White Sox 7 Minnesota 6, Baltimore 0 Texas 6, Kansas City 4 Oakland 4, Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 8, L.A. Angels 1 Boston 9, N.Y. Yankees 3 Monday’s Games Tigers 5, Yankees 4 Boston 7, Toronto 6 Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, late Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 1-3) at Detroit (Porcello 2-3), 6:05 p.m. Seattle (Cl.Lee 0-1) at Baltimore (D.Hernandez 0-4), 6:05 p.m. Toronto (Eveland 3-1) at Boston (Matsuzaka 1-1), 6:10 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 1-1) at Texas (C.Lewis 31), 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 1-2) at Minnesota (Slowey 4-2), 7:10 p.m. Cleveland (Westbrook 0-2) at Kansas City (Bannister 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Niemann 2-0) at L.A. Angels (Kazmir 2-2), 9:05 p.m. AL Leaders G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 32 122 22 46 .377 AJackson Det 31 136 26 49 .360 Cano NYY 31 119 26 42 .353 Mauer Min 24 88 13 30 .341 Guerrero Tex 31 115 16 39 .339 Morneau Min 30 109 22 37 .339 Butler KC 32 126 14 42 .333 Gardner NYY 29 96 24 32 .333 VWells Tor 34 131 25 43 .328 ISuzuki Sea 31 129 15 42 .326 RUNS—Longoria, Tampa Bay, 28; Cano, New York, 26; AJackson, Detroit, 26; Damon, Detroit, 25; VWells, Toronto, 25; Youkilis, Boston, 25; Gardner, New York, 24; OHudson, Minnesota, 24. RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 33; AleGonzalez, Toronto, 27; Konerko, Chicago, 27; Guerrero, Texas, 26; VWells, Toronto, 25; Swisher, New York, 24; JBautista, Toronto, 23; Cuddyer, Minnesota, 23; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 23; Pedroia, Boston, 23. HITS—AJackson, Detroit, 49; MiCabrera, Detroit, 46; VWells, Toronto, 43; Butler, Kansas City, 42; Cano, New York, 42; ISuzuki, Seattle, 42; Pedroia, Boston, 41. DOUBLES—VWells, Toronto, 14; AleGonzalez, Toronto, 13; MiCabrera, Detroit, 12; Pedroia, Boston, 12; BAbreu, Los Angeles, 11; Crawford, Tampa Bay, 11; Hunter, Los Angeles, 11; Inge, Detroit, 11; Markakis, Baltimore, 11; Rios, Chicago, 11. TRIPLES—AJackson, Detroit, 3; Maier, Kansas City, 3; Span, Minnesota, 3; 13 tied at 2. HOME RUNS—Konerko, Chicago, 13; AleGonzalez, Toronto, 10; Wigginton, Baltimore, 10; Cano, New York, 9; AnJones, Chicago, 9; VWells, Toronto, 9; JBuck, Toronto, 8; JGuillen, Kansas City, 8. STOLEN BASES—Pierre, Chicago, 15; Gardner, New York, 14; Andrus, Texas, 13; RDavis, Oakland, 12; Podsednik, Kansas City, 11; Rios, Chicago, 9; ISuzuki, Seattle, 9. PITCHING—Garza, Tampa Bay, 5-1; 14 tied at 4. STRIKEOUTS—JShields, Tampa Bay, 49; RRomero, Toronto, 47; JerWeaver, Los Angeles, 47; Morrow, Toronto, 46; Lester, Boston, 44; CLewis, Texas, 44; Verlander, Detroit, 42. SAVES—Gregg, Toronto, 9; Valverde, Detroit, 9; Papelbon, Boston, 9; NFeliz, Texas, 9; RSoriano, Tampa Bay, 8; Aardsma, Seattle, 8; Rauch, Minnesota, 8. National League Glance East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 19 12 .613 — New York 17 14 .548 2 Washington 17 14 .548 2 Florida 14 17 .452 5 Atlanta 13 18 .419 6 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 20 12 .625 — Cincinnati 17 15 .516 3 Milwaukee 15 16 .484 41⁄2 1 Pittsburgh 14 17 .452 5 ⁄2 Chicago 14 18 .438 6 Houston 10 21 .323 91⁄2 West Division W L Pct GB San Diego 19 12 .613 — San Francisco 18 12 .600 1⁄2 Colorado 15 16 .484 4 Los Angeles 14 17 .452 5 Arizona 14 18 .438 51⁄2 Monday’s Games Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1 Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2

Florida 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta at Milwaukee, late Philadelphia at Colorado, late L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, late Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati (Cueto 1-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 1-5), 6:05 p.m. Washington (Olsen 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-1), 6:10 p.m. Florida (Nolasco 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 3-1), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (T.Hudson 2-1) at Milwaukee (Bush 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Myers 1-2) at St. Louis (Penny 3-2), 7:15 p.m. Philadelphia (Halladay 6-1) at Colorado (Cook 1-3), 7:40 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ely 0-1) at Arizona (Haren 4-1), 8:40 p.m. San Diego (LeBlanc 2-0) at San Francisco (Zito 5-0), 9:15 p.m. NL Leaders G AB R H Pct. Ethier LAD 29 107 20 41 .383 Braun Mil 32 128 31 46 .359 Werth Phi 31 109 25 38 .349 Byrd ChC 32 128 21 44 .344 ASoriano ChC 30 103 17 35 .340 Theriot ChC 32 142 20 47 .331 AMcCutchen Pit 31 123 20 40 .325 Headley SD 31 123 20 40 .325 CRuiz Phi 26 77 10 25 .325 Freese StL 29 103 12 33 .320 RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 31; Utley, Philadelphia, 29; Kemp, Los Angeles, 27; Werth, Philadelphia, 25; Reynolds, Arizona, 24; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 24; Weeks, Milwaukee, 24. RBI—Ethier, Los Angeles, 32; McGehee, Milwaukee, 30; Cantu, Florida, 29; Braun, Milwaukee, 28; Reynolds, Arizona, 27; Heyward, Atlanta, 26; Werth, Philadelphia, 26. HITS—Theriot, Chicago, 47; Braun, Milwaukee, 46; Byrd, Chicago, 44; Ethier, Los Angeles, 41; Prado, Atlanta, 41; Headley, San Diego, 40; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 40. DOUBLES—Werth, Philadelphia, 16; Byrd, Chicago, 13; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 11; Zimmerman, Washington, 11; Braun, Milwaukee, 10; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 10; Prado, Atlanta, 10; Pujols, St. Louis, 10; ASoriano, Chicago, 10. TRIPLES—Morgan, Washington, 5; AEscobar, Milwaukee, 4; Bay, New York, 3; SDrew, Arizona, 3; Fowler, Colorado, 3; Pagan, New York, 3; Venable, San Diego, 3. HOME RUNS—Ethier, Los Angeles, 10; KJohnson, Arizona, 10; Reynolds, Arizona, 10; Barajas, New York, 9; Heyward, Atlanta, 8; Utley, Philadelphia, 8; 10 tied at 7. STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Houston, 11; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 10; Headley, San Diego, 9; Braun, Milwaukee, 8; Furcal, Los Angeles, 8; Morgan, Washington, 8; JosReyes, New York, 8; Stubbs, Cincinnati, 8; Venable, San Diego, 8; DWright, New York, 8. PITCHING—Clippard, Washington, 6-0; Halladay, Philadelphia, 6-1; Jimenez, Colorado, 6-1; Zito, San Francisco, 5-0; Wainwright, St. Louis, 5-1; 10 tied at 4. STRIKEOUTS—Lincecum, San Francisco, 64; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 50; Haren, Arizona, 50; Hamels, Philadelphia, 49; Jimenez, Colorado, 49; Halladay, Philadelphia, 48; JoJohnson, Florida, 47; Carpenter, St. Louis, 47. SAVES—Capps, Washington, 13; Cordero, Cincinnati, 11; Bell, San Diego, 8; BrWilson, San Francisco, 7; Franklin, St. Louis, 7; Qualls, Arizona, 6; Nunez, Florida, 6; Lindstrom, Houston, 6; Dotel, Pittsburgh, 6. Baseball America Top 25 DURHAM, N.C. — The top 25 teams in the Baseball America poll with records through May 9 and previous ranking (voting by the staff of Baseball America): Record Pv 1. Virginia 40-9 1 2. Texas 41-8 2 3. Arizona State 39-5 3 4. Florida 33-12 4 5. Florida State 36-12 5 6. Coastal Carolina 41-6 7 7. Texas Christian 36-10 8 8. South Carolina 36-11 6 9. Louisville 40-8 9 10. Cal St. Fullerton 30-14 10 11. UCLA 34-10 12 12. Arkansas 37-11 14 13. Miami 36-11 13 14. Mississippi 34-15 11 15. Virginia Tech 34-15 16 16. Georgia Tech 39-9 17 17. Oklahoma 35-13 18 18. Auburn 33-15 19 19. San Diego 30-16 22 20. Connecticut 37-10 20 21. Rice 30-17 25 22. Oregon 30-18 15 23. Vanderbilt 35-13 NR 24. Pittsburgh 34-12 NR 25. Stanford 25-18 NR Collegiate Baseball Poll TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball poll with records through May 9, points and previous rank. Voting is done by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors: Record Pts Pv 1. Texas 41-8 494 1 2. Arizona St. 39-5 493 2 3. Virginia 40-9 492 3 4. Coastal Carolina 41-6 487 5 5. Miami, Fla. 36-11 484 7 6. Florida 33-12 481 6 7. South Carolina 36-11 479 4 8. Georgia Tech 39-9 478 9 9. CS Fullerton 30-14 476 12 10. Florida St. 36-12 474 8 11. Louisville 40-8 472 10

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Television TUESDAY National Basketball Association 8 p.m. — Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, game 5, Boston at Cleveland (TNT-31) National Hockey League 9:30 p.m. — Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, game 6, Chicago at Vancouver (VS-251)

TENNIS Mutua Madrilena Masters/ Open Results Monday At Caja Magica Madrid, Spain Purse: Men, $4.5 million, (WT1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men First Round Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., Ukraine, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Gael Monfils (12), France, def. Stephane Robert, France, 6-2, 7-5. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-7 (9), 7-5, 6-4. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-3. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-1, 7-6 (3). Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Carlos Moya, Spain, 6-0, 6-2. Women First Round Peng Shuai, China, def. Victoria Azarenka (10), Bulgaria, 3-0, retired. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Zheng Jie, China, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nadia Petrova (16), Russia, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-2. Patty Schnyder, Switzerland, def. Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 5-2, retired. Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, def. Virginia Ruano Pascual, Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Li Na (13), China, def. Beatriz Garcia Vidagany, Spain, 6-0, 6-2. Sam Stosur (8), Australia, def. Gisela Dulko, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 7-5. Flavia Pennetta (14), Italy, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1. Caroline Wozniacki (2), Denmark, def. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, def. Dinara Safina (3), Russia, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3). Second Round Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). Francesca Schiavone (15), Italy, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-2, 6-1. Venus Williams (4), United States, def. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.

GOLF Golf World Golf Ranking 1. Tiger Woods USA 2. Phil Mickelson USA 3. Steve Stricker USA 4. Lee Westwood Eng 5. Jim Furyk USA 6. Ian Poulter Eng 7. Ernie Els SAf 8. Paul Casey Eng 9. Rory McIlroy NIr 10. Anthony Kim USA 11. Martin Kaymer Ger 12. Robert Allenby Aus 13. Padraig Harrington Irl 14. Camilo Villegas Col 15. Geoff Ogilvy Aus 16. Retief Goosen SAf 17. Hunter Mahan USA 18. Luke Donald Eng 19. Henrik Stenson Swe 20. Tim Clark SAf 21. Y.E. Yang Kor 22. Lucas Glover USA 23. Sean O’Hair USA 24. Charl Schwartzel SAf 25. Kenny Perry USA 26. Angel Cabrera Arg 27. Sergio Garcia Spn 28. Nick Watney USA 29. Stewart Cink USA 30. Dustin Johnson USA 31. Robert Karlsson Swe 32. Zach Johnson USA 33. Alvaro Quiros Spn 34. Matt Kuchar USA 35. Ross Fisher Eng 36. K.J. Choi Kor 37. Edoardo Molinari Ita 38. Miguel Angel Jimenez Spn 39. Francesco Molinari Ita 40. Ryo Ishikawa Jpn 41. Yuta Ikeda Jpn 42. Ben Crane USA 43. Adam Scott Aus 44. Louis Oosthuizen SAf

10.98 9.67 7.82 7.66 7.02 6.10 5.85 5.78 5.35 5.14 4.99 4.85 4.47 4.41 4.17 4.15 4.08 4.03 3.91 3.86 3.83 3.83 3.72 3.56 3.55 3.47 3.43 3.40 3.37 3.31 3.17 3.17 3.16 3.14 3.03 2.90 2.80 2.65 2.65 2.63 2.53 2.52 2.50 2.43

45. Kevin Na 46. Vijay Singh 47. Thongchai Jaidee 48. Michael Sim 49. Oliver Wilson 50. Soren Hansen 51. Graeme McDowell 52. J.B. Holmes 53. Rickie Fowler 54. Ryan Moore 55. Soren Kjeldsen 56. Anders Hansen 57. Mike Weir 58. Stephen Marino 59. Scott Verplank 60. David Toms 61. Stephen Ames 62. Heath Slocum 63. Hiroyuki Fujita 64. Brian Gay 65. Jason Bohn 66. Justin Rose 67. Rory Sabbatini 68. Peter Hanson 69. Simon Dyson 70. Davis Love III 71. Bo Van Pelt 72. Ross McGowan 73. Bubba Watson 74. Rhys Davies 75. Jason Dufner

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PGA Tour Statistics Scoring Average 1, Anthony Kim, 69.26. 2, Ernie Els, 69.66. 3, K.J. Choi, 69.71. 4, Phil Mickelson, 69.83. 5, J.B. Holmes, 70.00. 6, Steve Stricker, 70.01. 7, Robert Allenby, 70.02. 8, Tim Clark, 70.13. 9, Matt Kuchar, 70.18. 10, 2 tied with 70.20. Driving Distance 1, Bubba Watson, 306.4. 2, Angel Cabrera, 302.5. 3, Dustin Johnson, 302.2. 4, Phil Mickelson, 300.4. 5, Graham DeLaet, 299.3. 6, J.B. Holmes, 297.5. 7, Andres Romero, 297.1. 8 (tie), D.J. Trahan and Lucas Glover, 294.6. 10, Jason Day, 294.3. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Heath Slocum, 74.54%. 2, Omar Uresti, 74.46%. 3, Tim Clark, 74.37%. 4, Brian Gay, 74.29%. 5, Jay Williamson, 74.10%. 6, Justin Leonard, 73.49%. 7, Chris DiMarco, 73.18%. 8, Nick O’Hern, 71.55%. 9, Ben Crane, 71.12%. 10, Jim Furyk, 70.70%. Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Kevin Sutherland, 72.64%. 2, D.J. Trahan, 71.94%. 3, Troy Matteson, 71.18%. 4, Nick Watney, 71.03%. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 70.89%. 6, Adam Scott, 70.63%. 7, Kevin Stadler, 70.61%. 8, Billy Mayfair, 70.53%. 9, Hunter Mahan, 70.37%. 10, 2 tied with 70.06%. Total Driving 1, Y.E. Yang, 63. 2 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Ryan Moore, 69. 4, Hunter Mahan, 70. 5, Kenny Perry, 80. 6, John Rollins, 85. 7, Chris Couch, 97. 8, Adam Scott, 98. 9, Tom Gillis, 100. 10, Justin Rose, 101. Putting Average 1, J.P. Hayes, 1.686. 2, Tim Clark, 1.695. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 1.705. 4, Ryuji Imada, 1.720. 5, Brian Gay, 1.723. 6, Chris Couch, 1.724. 7, Paul Casey, 1.728. 8, George McNeill, 1.731. 9, Mike Weir, 1.734. 10, Charles Howell III, 1.735. Birdie Average 1, Anthony Kim, 4.25. 2, Kevin Streelman, 4.21. 3, Paul Casey, 4.20. 4, Phil Mickelson, 4.18. 5, Dustin Johnson, 4.15. 6, Nick Watney, 4.14. 7, Bo Van Pelt, 4.11. 8 (tie), Ernie Els and Y.E. Yang, 4.09. 10, 2 tied with 4.08. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Dustin Johnson, 65.5. 2, Paul Casey, 72.0. 3, Matt Bettencourt, 82.0. 4, Scott Piercy, 85.5. 5, John Daly, 86.4. 6, Kevin Stadler, 87.8. 7, 5 tied with 90.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 80.65%. 2, Chris Riley, 66.67%. 3, Trevor Immelman, 63.64%. 4, Mark Wilson, 63.46%. 5 (tie), Mike Weir and Rory Sabbatini, 63.01%. 7, Carl Pettersson, 60.53%. 8, Ricky Barnes, 60.23%. 9, Vijay Singh, 59.62%. 10, Jason Day, 58.93%. All-Around Ranking 1, Robert Allenby, 185. 2, Matt Kuchar, 247. 3, Chris Couch, 304. 4, Y.E. Yang, 306. 5, K.J. Choi, 333. 6, Bo Van Pelt, 351. 7, Phil Mickelson, 355. 8, Anthony Kim, 371. 9 (tie), Paul Casey and Bubba Watson, 379. PGA TOUR Official Money Leaders 1, Ernie Els (10), $3,143,141. 2, Phil Mickelson (10), $2,677,719. 3, Jim Furyk (10), $2,588,070. 4, Tim Clark (11), $2,559,158. 5, Anthony Kim (8), $2,518,521. 6, Robert Allenby (12), $2,394,057. 7, Camilo Villegas (9), $2,118,415. 8, Steve Stricker (8), $2,033,714. 9, Dustin Johnson (12), $1,915,665. 10, Matt Kuchar (13), $1,909,688.

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LPGA Tour Statistics Scoring 1 (tie), Song-Hee Kim and Suzann Pettersen, 70.1500. 3, Ai Miyazato, 70.1667. 4 (tie), Cristie Kerr and Yani Tseng, 70.3750. 6, Jiyai Shin, 70.6875. 7, Michelle Wie, 70.8500. 8, Maria Hjorth, 70.8750. 9, Na Yeon Choi, 71.0000. 10, Karrie Webb, 71.1250. Rounds Under Par 1 (tie), Cristie Kerr and Song-Hee Kim, .750. 3 (tie), Maria Hjorth and Yani Tseng, .688. 5 (tie), Karen Stupples and Ai Miyazato, .667. 7 (tie), Suzann Pettersen and In-Kyung Kim, .650. 9, Jiyai Shin, .625. 10, Na Yeon Choi, .600. Eagles 1, In-Kyung Kim, 4. 2 (tie), Brittany Lincicome, Se Ri Pak, Helen Alfredsson, Jee Young Lee, Alena Sharp, Yani Tseng, Momoko Ueda and Cristie Kerr, 3. 10, 13 tied with 2. Greens in Regulation 1, Brittany Lang, .731. 2, Inbee Park, .722. 3, Karen Stupples, .708. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .701. 5, Katherine Hull, .694. 6 (tie), Song-Hee Kim and Anna Nordqvist, .688. 8, Michelle Wie, .681. 9, Brittany Lincicome, .676. 10, Catriona Matthew, .674. Top 10 Finishes 1, Song-Hee Kim, 1.000. 2, Suzann Pettersen, .800. 3 (tie), Cristie Kerr, Jiyai Shin and Yani Tseng, .750. 6, Karen Stupples, .667. 7, Ai Miyazato, .600. 8 (tie), Maria Hjorth, Karrie Webb and Inbee Park, .500. Driving Distance 1, Michelle Wie, 272.8. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 272.3. 3, Maria Hjorth, 267.1. 4, Suzann Pettersen, 267.0. 5, Karen Stupples, 266.7. 6, Vicky Hurst, 264.1. 7, Sophie Gustafson, 263.1. 8, Amy Yang, 262.8. 9, Gwladys Nocera, 262.4. 10, Yani Tseng, 262.3. Sand Saves 1, Jiyai Shin, .867. 2 (tie), Shanshan Feng and Helen Alfredsson, .750. 4, Na On Min, .727. 5, Mi Hyun Kim, .700. 6, In-Kyung Kim, .692. 7, Juli Inkster, .667. 8, Louise Friberg, .625. 9 (tie), Soo-Yun Kang and Katie Futcher, .600. Birdies 1 (tie), Na Yeon Choi and Michelle Wie, 79. 3 (tie), Amy Yang and Suzann Pettersen, 78. 5 (tie), Song-Hee Kim and Jee Young Lee, 76. 7, Lorena Ochoa, 73. 8, In-Kyung Kim, 72. 9 (tie), Ai Miyazato and Anna Nordqvist, 70. Driving Accuracy 1, Seon Hwa Lee, .821. 2, Mi Hyun Kim, .786. 3 (tie), Kristy McPherson and Jiyai Shin, .768. 5, Morgan Pressel, .759. 6, In-Kyung Kim, .750. 7, Cristie Kerr, .723. 8 (tie), Karrie Webb, Maria Hjorth and Meena Lee, .714. Putting Average Per Round 1, Shanshan Feng, 27.00. 2, Mi Hyun Kim, 27.50. 3, Morgan Pressel, 27.75. 4, Jiyai Shin, 28.00. 5 (tie), Seon Hwa Lee and Stacy Prammanasudh, 28.13. 7, Soo-Yun Kang, 28.20. 8 (tie), Amy Yang and Momoko Ueda, 28.25. 10, 2 tied with 28.50. Putts Per Green (GIR) 1, Shanshan Feng, 1.70. 2, Janice Moodie, 1.71. 3, Sherri Steinhauer, 1.72. 4 (tie), Kristy McPherson and Amy Yang, 1.73. 6 (tie), Sophie Gustafson and Yani Tseng, 1.75. 8, 4 tied with 1.77.

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL National League FLORIDA MARLINS—Activated LHP Dan Meyer from the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Activated RHP Ross Ohlendorf from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Brian Bass for assignment. BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association SEATTLE STORM—Waived G-F Lindsey Wilson and F Devanei Hampton. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS—Announced the retirement of WR-CB Markus Howell. HOCKEY American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Signed F Tyler Murovich. SOCCER Major League Soccer PHILADELPHIA UNION—Named Jim McDonald director of operations at PPL Park. COLLEGE ST. ANDREWS—Named Rohan Naraine women’s soccer coach. UNC WILMINGTON—Named Cynthia Cooper-Dyke women’s basketball coach.

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Magic: Hawks had no chance • Continued from Page B1

• Continued from Page B1 Matt Krutz all opened with rounds of 80. The second round was going better. Newell and Krutz had both made the turn and were hovering around even par when play was halted. Barnard and Johnson were also in striking distance of it. “We were making up some shots in the second round,” said Barnard, who opened with a 73 and was 4over for the tournament when play was halted. “I wish we could have finished.” That will happen today. The course sustained some wind damage. Officials at the club said tree limbs had been blown down on holes Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8. They were going to try to remove some of the damaged limbs Monday night, but will have to do more work this morning. They must decide what can be removed and what can be marked “ground under repair.” The plan is to complete the second round beginning at 9 this morning. Once the second round’s in the books, the final round can begin. The Timberwolves are chasing Edmond North, which claimed the first-

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Norman North’s Kyle Raberding putts during the first round of the Class 6A state golf tournament Monday at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. round lead with a 301. Edmond Santa finished the first round four strokes off the leader’s pace. Edmond Memorial was alone in third after firing 310. Tulsa Union rounded out the top five of the 12-team race at 312. Edmond Memorial’s Taylor Moore opened with a 70 to take the lead in the individual competition. Edmond Santa Fe’s Austen Fuller fired a 71. Those were the only rounds under par. Barnard was tied with Edmond Santa Fe’s Cody Reed for third. Johnson joined Broken Arrow’s Tate

Williamson and Shawnee’s Dillon Moreland at 2-overpar following the first round. Norman High’s Kyle Raberding was one of three players to open with a 75. Raberding is one of five local players who qualified for the event as individuals. Westmoore’s Garrett Cooley opened with an 83. Fellow Jaguar Cory Montgomery fired an 85. Moore’s Ryan Harris shot an 84 and Southmoore’s Iain Tesney shot a first-round 86. John Shinn 366-3536 jshinn@normantranscript.com

Jameer Nelson was unstoppable, baffling the Hawks with his now-yousee-him, now-you-don’t quickness as the Magic raced out to a quick lead in the first half. He finished with 16 points and nine assists. Rashard Lewis scored 17 points, knocking down four 3-pointers. Mickael Pietrus scored 12 points — all of them from beyond the arc. The Magic shot 55 percent from the field and never trailed during either game in Atlanta. Hawks star Joe Johnson finished a miserable series by scoring only 14 points on 5-of-15 shooting. He was booed by the home crowd at the start of the game and got the same treatment when he went to the bench with 3:51 to play. The fans were still miffed that he said he didn’t care if they “showed up or not” after they heckled the team in a 30-point loss on Saturday. Orlando didn’t stand pat after losing to the Lakers, trading for Carter in hopes that he would be the final piece needed for a title. So far, so good. The Magic blew through Charlotte in the opening round, then thoroughly dominated the team that finished just behind them in the East.

Umps: It’s all about getting an edge • Continued from Page B1 “We do have their tendencies in the dugout on the wall. The name of the umpire and his tendencies, what they call and what part of the zone they call strikes,” Washington said. “When I was playing, we just knew he was a high-ball umpire or a low-ball umpire, whether he was a pitcher’s umpire or a hitter’s umpire,” he said. The difference now? “Technology,” Washington said. For years, baseball teams have scouted the opposition — which pitch is most effective against a certain batter, which catcher has a strong throwing arm, and the like. Now teams are taking it to a different level by scouting the umpires — compiling information on how consistently they call balls and strikes, how quick they are to eject someone arguing a call, where the crew comes from, the next time they’re next in town. The Rangers aren’t the only ones taking advantage, either. Several teams track umpires on a daily basis and provide their players with the detailed reports.

Here’s how one team assessed Hunter Wendelstedt: “Inconsistent zone, both in-game and from game-togame, seemingly losing focus at times by balling pitches over middle and calling strikes on pitches well off plate. Seems to want hitter to put ball in play.” Or this look at Gerry Davis: “Hesitates to punch hitters out. Towards the top of the league in umpire ERA in 2009, with low K and low BB rate in 2009 and has continued in 2010. Need to earn strikes with him behind the plate.” In other words, the report says Davis is reluctant to call strike three when a batter doesn’t swing. Some teams attach headshots of the crew, along with a short bio about each of the four umpires. Such as this nugget on Marty Foster: “Attends as many Wisconsin Big Ten football games as possible.” And this about Ed Hickox: “Is a sworn police officer in offseason, working as a detective for the Daytona Beach Shores Police Dept.” “It’s just more of a reference to get to know them better, a communication tool,” Oakland manager Bob

Geren said. “We like to get the players to know who’s going to be there, get to know them and give them a little bit of background, so the players can say hello.” “We keep umpire media guides in the dugout. Guys feel uncomfortable if they go out and don’t know who they are — and we have a lot of young players,” he said. Advance scouts sometimes prepare the reports. Other clubs rely on watching video. Stat services and websites also compile the numbers. “There’s so much more data on umpires and it’s much easier to track their balls-strikes calling. Guys have more specific reputations because the data is better,” Oakland director of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said. Exactly how many teams do it is hard to say — at least a couple of clubs declined to directly answer whether they scout umpires, or they dodged the question. At Fenway Park last week, longtime crew chief John Hirschbeck shook his head when shown a team’s scouting report on a different set of umpires. “I’m surprised, but I guess

I’m not surprised,” he said. “Everyone is looking for an edge.” “We try to call every pitch the same way. The stats, those can depend on the matchup, who’s pitching that day,” he said. “Luck of the draw.” Even though baseball’s rule book precisely defines the strike zone, umpires could vary in how they interpret it — not easy in a game where the pitch frequently comes in at more than 90 mph and can dip several inches at the last split second. To James Hoye, the personal tidbits and pictures made more sense than the strike zone tendencies. He’s working his first full season as a major league umpire, with Wally Bell and Laz Diaz on Hirschbeck’s crew. “Instead of asking Wally the name of the guy who’s at second base, they can see for themselves,” Hoye said. Atlanta manager Bobby Cox said the Braves don’t chart the umps. But he could understand why a team would: “If it helps to win one ballgame a year, it’s not a waste of time. Might get you to the playoffs.”

Week: One of the busiest of the year • Continued from Page B1 crowned Saturday. three-game non-conference L. Dale Mitchell Park. 3 In addition to the state set with Memphis Friday at Talk about a wild week. still playing. NHS is at Jenks tennis tournament, the state at 7 tonight. Union is at Nor- track and field meet for all man North at the same time. classes also begins Friday. The state title game comes Slated for a two-day run at Saturday afternoon. Tulsa’s East Central High 3 Wednesday marks the School, several Transcript beginning of the Class 6A area athletes were crowned state baseball tournament in regional champion Saturday. Claremore, where Norman Them, and other high North, off an heroic run regional meet finishers through the losers’ bracket should be in the thick of of last weekend’s regional things. tournament, begins play 3 For Sooner fans, the against Owasso. offerings don’t end with the The winner of that open- preps. Oklahoma begins ing game is through to play in the Big 12 softball Thursday. The loser will tournament Saturday in turn around and immediate- Oklahoma City at Hall of ly play an elimination game. Fame Stadium and the SoonPlumbing Cont. #1964 • Merchant Cont. #5248 The champion will be ers baseball teams begins a

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Tiger Woods speaks during a press conference Monday about the neck injury that caused him to withdraw Sunday from the Players Championship.

Tiger speaks: Accident has no connection By Dan Gelston AP Sports Writer

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Tiger Woods insists there’s “zero connection” between the neck spasms playing havoc with his golf swing and his Nov. 27 car accident. Woods said during a news conference Monday that his neck started bothering him two weeks before the Masters, his first competition in five months. He brushed it off as “no big deal” and believed he could play through the pain. That changed on Sunday at The Players Championship, where Woods’ creaky neck locked up. That prevented him from making his usual forceful turn on the ball on even a routine shot, and he was forced to withdraw after six holes. “I’m at a point now where I just can’t go anymore,” he said. “I want to practice, I want to play, I want to compete, but this is not allowing me to do the things that I need to do on my golf swing to hit the proper shots. I need to get to where I can do that again.” Woods said he’s been taking anti-inflammatory drugs, but they have not helped. He plans to have an MRI when he returns to Orlando, Fla. In November, Woods was briefly hospitalized after he crashed his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his home, resulting in a sore neck and

a cut lip. On Monday, Woods insisted he can deal with the sharp, shooting pain, which he feels in the right side of his neck, but cannot deal with the spasms that affect his ability to turn his head. “For me not to play all 18 holes, that was as angry and as frustrated as I’ve been in a long time,” Woods said of Sunday’s abbreviated round. It was his first withdrawal from a tournament since the Nissan Open at Riviera in 2006. Woods said it wasn’t until this weekend that he felt he needed more serious treatment. “It’s possible one of the reasons I think this thing flared up is because I wasn’t conditioned to it,” he said. “I’d been away from the game for such a long time, then came back and ramped up really quickly in order to try and play the Masters. The body wasn’t quite ready for that.” After tying for fourth in the Masters, Woods looked lost on the course as he missed the cut at Quail Hollow on April 30 with the highest 36-hole score of his career. Woods has played little like the golfer who collected his 82nd title worldwide in Australia six months ago, just before his personal life became a national punchline. “I think it’s just once I’m able to do the work on the range and get comfortable, then all shots are fine,” he said. “But I need to do the work.”

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0950

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1550

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1890

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0430

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3070

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3090

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B 1Bd/1Bth, 2Bd/1Bth B Stove, DW, Frig, All Bills Paid Except Elec Close to Shopping & Schools • Sec 8 OK • 364-8439

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animals 364-3603 Service No Pets accepted 8:30-5:30 M-F, 10-5:30 Sat 2073 W. Lindsey

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2-3 Bth, 2 Car w/Opener, Gas Heat, Hot Water, Fireplace, Yards Maintained, Swimming Pool Starting $895/Mo & Up O O O O 360-4445 O O O O

Quorum Condo’s 3Bd/2Bth • $700/Mo + 300/Dep • Call 364-0860 Nottingham Condo for Lease 2Bd/2Bth, W/D, FP, All Appls Very Close to Law School Min 1 Yr Lse + Dep Req 405-245-0927 The Edge Condo’s • Close to OU Starting @ $350/Mo Private Bed & Bath, Furnished & Unfurnished (303)550-5554

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6000

Duplex Close to OU 1Bd/1Bth $425/Mo + 250/Dep 2Bd/1Bth $525/Mo + $300/Dep

Call Amy (405)249-2405 Spacious 2/Bed Westside Townhome. Well maintained. New Black Appl’s. Call Now $700/mo.1/Yr• LS + dep. 360-0317

121 W Frank 1Bd/1Bth Duplex • $395/Mo 329-6070 for more info Dana Rieger Principle Group LLC

207 Creekdale 3Bd/2Bth/2Car • Range, DW, W/DHkUps $895/Mo • RJH Realty 364-4801 www.rjh-realty.com

2702 Shoreridge 2Bd/2Bth/2Car CH/A, W/D HkUps, Fenced Yd, Kitchen Appls • $750/Mo + 600/Dep Available 6/1 Sooner Traditions Realty LLC 329-7143

1217 Clearwater Dr 2Bd/2Bth/2Car, All new Flr/Carpet & Paint. $650/mo + $650/dep 615-5163 or 360-3789 “Rent or Sell, Nice, remodeled 3bd/2bth, within 1/mile to campus. Contact Trevor Shettron of Century 21 Mark V @ 509-1001”

1221 Kingston • 3Bd/2Bth/2Car 1500SF W/D HkUps • Frig & Stove! $900/Mo • Call Carol @ 706-2767

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Nice Quiet 1 Bed CH/A • NO W/D HkUps All Appliances incl $375 - 400/Mo • 209-7154 2 Bd / 2 Ba • FP • W/D • Ceiling Fans, LARGE Closets Well Lit & Secured. Covered Parking. $695/Mo 360-4107

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108 S. Main Noble $350/mo + $350/dep Call Courtney 210-4734

Condominiums For Rent 5900 NOTTINGHAM CONDOS * * * CLOSE TO CAMPUS * * * 1 Bedroom • Move-In Special 417-861-9439 • 405-308-8470 Condo at the Edge. 3BD/3BH or 4BD/4BH. Avail. Immediately! Ask for Incentives. $1000/mo - $1200/mo. All Appl’s Close to OU. Free Wi Fi 413-9611

Jenkins & Boyd •2Bd/1Bth W/D • CH/A • Totally Renovated! 764 Jenkins • $575/Mo + bills

Georgian Townhomes 1 bd 1 ba 675 SF $425 2 bd 1 ba 875 SF $485 Apartments 1 bd 1 ba 748 SF $420 2 bd 1 ba 900 SF $485 3 bd 1 ba ABP 1000SF $670

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Near Campus Across from Duck Pond

360-7744 Eff, 1 & 2 Bed Apartments M-F 8:30-6:00 10-6 Sat From $263/mo No Pets - Service 333 E. Brooks one block West of OU. *No Pets animals accepted *Effective rent allows for comp. with apts. that are not all bills paid

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1326 Ann Arbor 3Bd/1.5Bth/1Car, W/D Hookups, CH/A, Kitchen Appls, Fenced Yard, 700/Mo + 600/Dep • Avail 6/1 Sooner Traditions Realty LLC 329-7143

1329 Cedar Creek 3Bd/3Bth/2Car, Gated Neighborhood, W/D HkUps, CH/A, Kitchen Appls, Fenced Yard, 1400/Mo + 1000/Dep • Avail 6/1 Sooner Traditions Realty LLC 329-7143

1522 Farmington Ave 2Bd/1Bth/1Car, W/D Hookups, CH/A, Kitchen Appls, Fenced Yard, 650/Mo + 500/Dep • Avail 6/15 Sooner Traditions Realty LLC 329-7143

1603 Franklin 3Bd/1.5Bth/1Car, Close to Campus 900/Mo + 800/Dep Sooner Traditions Realty LLC 329-7143

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Mobile Homes For Rent

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3 Bed, 2 Bath Singles & Doubles Clean & Ready! $300-$500 a Mo. Owner Finance Available

www.midstatehousing.com (405)-527-6819 2Bd/2Bth Mobile Home • $425/Mo 3Bd/2Bth Mobile Home • $550/Mo Incl Water/Sewer • Rent/RTO

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Roommates

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Homeowner Seeks Housemate. 3Bd/ 2Bth, SE Norman. $348/Mo/Dep. Incl Util, Cable/Internet • 405-321-5680

Townhouses For Rent

6650

2376 Heatherfield W off of SE 24th • 2Bd/1.5Bth CH/A, FP, W/D HkUps • $550/Mo + $300/Dep References • Call Pat 329-4564

WESTSIDE • 209 Hal Muldrow 2Bd/1.5Bth • $500/mo + electric 1Bd also Avail. $390/mo CH/A • Pool • Laundry 364-8399

Real Estate Sales Acreages For Sale

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7000 120th SE • 10ac’s Noble Schools, 10/miles to Norman, 2Bd house with guess house & workshop. $130,000. Dillard Group Real Estate CALL PEGGY 405 642-0549 5 Acreages FSBO 2.5 to 5 Acre Lots Located In E Moore & E Norman Call 321-2157 5 - 10 20acre tracts, well septic electric, storm cellar, east of Norman, Trees, Owner Finance. 10% down. 329-2208

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Houses for Sale

7000

BUILT FOR EMPTY NESTERS! Buy this one or build your own. West Norman. Starting @ $200K John 641-2651

CHARMING DUPLEX • CH&A W/D HkUps • Pets Welcome! 1Bd/1Bth • $465/Mo - $325/Dep

694-1200 2012 Twisted Oak, 3Bd/2Bth, FP, W/D hkups, $650/mo + $350/dep Call Rob with Cunningham RE @ 360-8808 2Bed/1.5 Bth • Avail Now! 2 in Norman & 1 in Noble $595/mo + $595/dep 210-4734 West Side Norman • Close to I-35 2/1.5 • $625/400Dep Fen • Pets OK 3/1 • $675/400Dep Fen • Pets OK By OU,Call Amy 405-249-2405

Houses Furnished

6150

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810 Beaumont Sq Newer 3Bd/2Bth/2Car Furnished ($1000/mo) Unfurnished ($950/mo) Neg. 366-1111

Houses Unfurnished

6200

SPACIOUS 3/2/2 Custom Home! Nice Floor Plan, FP, Study, 12 x 12 Storage, Covered Patio, Fenced Yrd. $875/mo • 1921 Inglewood 364-3935

206 E Dale St • 2Bd/1Bth/Car CH/A, New Carpet, Fenc/Yd W/D HkUps • $600/Mo + 200/Dep (405)364-4247 • 329-5646 4 bdr, 2 full baths, fireplace, very large fenced yard on cul-de-sac. W/D Hookups, CH/A, Kitchen Appls. Close to Astellas, Hitachi, NOAA and campus. 405-831-3310

730 Clairemont Dr • 3Bd/1.75Bth 2Car, CH/A, Kit Appls, W/D HkUps FP, BkShelves,Fenc/ Yd • 1600 SF

$134,500 • (405)321-4082 503 E Hudson St, Lexington 1050SF • 3Bd/1.5Bth/1Car Blt 1986 CH/A, This home is move in ready! $82,500 • Betty Qualls • KW (405)250-2373 • 691-2556

Washington 3 Bedrm Brick, 1.75 Bath $157,000, 1620 sf mol • 100% Financing • 405-329-5033

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707 Denison Nice 3 Bd Brick Home, Large Living/Dining, Fenced Yard, All Appliances, $675/Mo • 364-3935

READY TODAY! Purcell•Over 1400sf, 2Bd $625/Mo • W/D HkUps Carport • Remodeled • Gwen @ Metro Brokers 820-5454

522 SW 38th Terr, Moore 3Bd/2Bth/2Car, Stove, Frige, W/Dryer HkUps. $1000/Mo + Dep Close to Broadmoore Elementary (405)794-8500 • 317-7678 Houses For Rent On Acreages 3Bd/2Ba/Gar • Noble Schools $750 - $800/mo 329-9697

1260 S.W. 24th half block S. of W. Lindsey, approximately 1500sq’, CH/A, 2/Restrooms. 321-2028

Industrial

7450

Office/Showroom/Warehouse!!! 17401 S. Sunnylane • 3600 sq. ft. including 900' office/show room, $1385/mo Contact: Gentry Rentals (405-329-6278)

311 S Front, Noble 1500 SF Warehouse, $440/Mo + Dep 364-9263 • 623-6691

For LEASE 4000 SF Shop Bldg w/ 16’ Overhead Door, LG Parking Lot, Heated Bldg, AC in Office, Close to Downtown Norman $1500/Mo 405-238-2747• 268-2009 Office / Warehouse 3569 McDonnell @ Tecumseh Rd. 1260 Sq’. • $650/mo 329-1333

Transportation Boats, Equipment

7700

2004 Rinker Captiva 212 Bowrider Ski Boat 21ft Boat w/3ft Extended Swim Platform, w/Fold Down Ladder 260hp Mercury inboard Motor, Bimini Top, Boat Cover, Dual Batteries, Depth Finder, Stereo AM/FM/CD Player w/4 Speakers White w/Blue Trim, Dorsey Trailer w/Custom Wheels, Tandom Axle $17,500 - Call 405-650-1169 1977 15' Kingfisher with 55 HP Evinrude motor Trailer included $1500 See it in the alley behind

820 S Miller Do not disturb tenants Call 201-4116 2/Wave Runners - Tiger Shark 3/Seater & Yamaha, with double trailer, Good condition, Asking $4250. See @ Performance Watercraft Craig Ingrams Owner 329-0772 319 E. Comanche St. Norman

15’ Ski Boat • 70HP Outboard Can Hold 4 People & Pull Skiers or Pull a Tube! Lots of Fun for not Much Money, $1900, 405-830-0022

Motorcycles/ATVs

7750

2008 Yamaha V Star Classic Black With Factory Ghost Flames, After Market Pipes, Lots of Extra Chrome, 3600 miles. Excellent Condition. Price $6,500 Norman • OBO • 568-9509 2005 Roketa Scooter, 533 miles, Garage Kept, Taged, 150cc, Blue, Great MPG, $900.

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405 Highland Parkway 3000 SF Building All or Part • Good Rates! 364-9263 • 623-6691

412 Daybreak Drive 3bed/2bath/3car + study $288,000 760-7554 www.412Daybreak.com

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807 Russell 3/1.5 DPLX.........$575 319 S Cook 2/1.......................$600 1021 Rambling Oaks 2/2 THm$650 1513 Melrose 3/1.5/2..............$780 408 Baker 3/2/2..JUNE...........$950 Edge Condo 4/4..................$1000 1105 Walnut, Moore 3/2/2....$1050 2505 Deer Chase 3/2/2.........$1100 1109 Melisa 3/2/2+Study......$1350

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Close to Andrews Park, Wood Flrs, CH/A, Frig, Stove,Washer & Dryer. $850/Mo • Call 360-4107

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812 University • 2Bd/1Bth

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924 SW 35th, Moore • 3Bd/2Bth 2Car • 1750 SF, NEW Carpet & Paint, All Appls, W/D HkUp, FP, CH/A, Granite Ctr Tops Like New $1,200/Mo +1000/Dep

1613 Creekside Ln. 3Bd/2Bth/2Car CH&A, All Kitchen Appliances, Washer/Dryer, Fenced w/ patio, Close to OU, $1000/mo. 826-2119

Featuring: quiet tree lined street, westside, yards, patios, w/d hookups

Near OU Lease Or Sell 3Bed/3Bath/2Car Garage, Gated Community, FP, Covered Patio. Contact: Leslie (405) 831-5000

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614 Villa Dr. 2 bd, 1.5 bth, Lg detached garage w/d hookups, ch/a, close to campus $700/mo.• $700/dep. 321-2023

4214 Wembleton 2Bd/1Bth, W/D HkUps, $600/Mo + 500/Dep • Avail 6/1 Sooner Traditions Realty LLC 329-7143

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1809 E Lindsey #6 Efficiency • Water Paid

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823 Russell Circle

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571 S University Blvd Efficiency • Close to Campus $375 - 400/Mo

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LG 1 Bdrm w/Pool, Cable, Laundry 10 Minutes South of Norman $350/Mo • 405-527-2008

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6200

Open Houses

7010

OPEN HOUSE May 8 &15 SAT 1-3 1417 Oklahoma Ave 1Bd/1Bth Lot 40X130 mol • $80,000 As Is!

Walk to OU! 405-388-2181

Lots, Building Sites

7100

FSBO • 1 Acre Lot • NW Norman 3726 NW Sterling • Great Bldg Site On a Dead-End Residential Street $65,000 • 579-0383

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7350

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Commercial Rentals Office/Retail

7400

Retail Space • 24th & E. Lindsey Exc. Location on New Hi Traffic 4 Lane Rd. 1300 SF, Bath, Great Parking. $695/mo • Call 364-3935

4 bedroom, 2 full baths, 1 fireplace. Very close to campus. Easy access to Tinker. 808 Night Hawk, Norman Available June 15th Contact: Lisa Burkhart (405-590-2545)

1504 Leslie Ln. 3Bd/2Bth/garage, CH&A, Kitchen Appl’s WD Hookups, Lawn Maintained $1000 /mo •321-2028

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2Bd/1Bth/1Car Garage, W/Dryer HkUps, Kit/Appls • $575/Mo + $400/Dep 317-2551

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Red, 1 of 450, Factory Custom, V & H Pipes, HD Bags, Lots of Extras $10,800 • (405)503-7224 2007 Honda Rebel 250cc Motorcycle, 3,000 miles, windshield, saddle bags, cover, 70mpg. $2,800. 313-7268 Brand New Ridden Once, Honda 125cc, pit/dirt bike, 4spd manuel clutch, high perform Carb, Chain & Sproket, Quick Sale $400 209-2764

Recreational Vehicles

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2005 Allegro Class A Motor Home, 2/Slides, Auto Levelers, Work Horse Chasis, 23,000 miles, Excellent Condition. $62,000. 366-7638 • 820-4145

Must Sell 2005 5th Wheel Outback, 29’ Super Slider: Sleeps 8 w/outdoor grill & shower. Great Condition. (405) 535-4333

Travel Trailers/Campers 7900 Leer Camper Shell • Long Bed Fiberglass, Fits 2004-Present F-150 Trucks • Paid New $1400

Sell $500 obo • 405-473-7799

LEGALS (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 2010, 1t) The Kids Quest Child Care & Learning Center (Name of Institution) announces its participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). All participants in attendance are served meals, at no extra charge to the parents and without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. In accordance with federal law and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20250-94 10 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. This statement applies to the center(s) listed below: Kids Quest III 1219 N. Broadway Moore, OK 73160

(Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC; Plaintiff, VS. CARL EUGENE SMITH; et al. Defendants. Case No. CJ 2009-2404-L Judge Lucas, Tom NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND UNDER EXECUTION THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Notice is hereby given that on the 16 day of June, 2010, at 10:00 o'clock, A.M., (location at Courthouse or Room #), 200, of the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Oklahoma, the undersigned Sheriff will offer for sale and sell for cash to the highest and best bidder, subject to real estate ad valorem taxes, superior special assessments and all interests of record, if any, except the Mortgage and interests foreclosed herein on the following described real property, to-wit: Lot Thirty-four (34), Block Forty-eight (48), of REGENCY PARK SECTION FIVE, to Moore, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof, commonly known as 908 NW 14th Street, Moore, OK 73160 (the "Property") Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution and Order of Sale issued out of the office of the Court Clerk in and for Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and pursuant to said judgment reserving the right of Plaintiff to recall said execution by oral announcement and/or order of the Court, prior to the sale, said judgment entered in the District Court in and for said County, State of Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ 2009-2404-L, entitled GMAC Mortgage, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Carl Eugene Smith and Emma Christine Smith, et al., Defendants, to satisfy: FIRST: The costs of said action accrued and accruing; SECOND: The judgment and first lien of the Plaintiff, GMAC Mortgage, LLC, in the sum of $47,090.69 with interest thereon at the rate of 7.125% per annum from March 1, 2009, as adjusted, if applicable, until paid; advances for taxes, insurance and preservation expenses, accrued and accruing; abstracting expenses, accrued and accruing; bankruptcy fees and costs, if any; and an attorney's fee, plus costs, with interest thereon at the same rate, until paid. Persons or other entities having interest in the property, including those whose actual addresses are unknown and persons or other entities who have or may have unknown successors and such unknown successors are hereby notified are: Carl Eugene Smith; Emma Christine Smith; Occupants of the Premises a/k/a Freda Idell. The property has been duly appraised in the sum of $83,000.00. WITNESS MY HAND this 27 day of April, 2010. Joseph K. Lester By: C. Suttle Deputy KIVELL, RAYMENT AND FRANCIS A Professional Corporation Shannon Taylor, OBA #20116 Triad Center I, Suite 240 7666 East 61st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133 (918) 254-0626 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2009-1634-L Notice is given that on the 16 day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland County Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: A Part of Lot Three (3), in Section Three (3), Township Seven (7) North, Range Two (2) West of the Indian Meridian, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point 732.86 feet West and 283.70 feet South of the Northeast Corner of said Lot 3; thence South a dis-

LEGALS tance of 189.44 feet; thence North 85º 17' 00" West a distance of 535.57 feet; thence North 06º 04' 04" East a distance of 188.85 feet; thence South 85º 17' 00" East a distance of 515.54 feet to the point or place of beginning. AND A Part of Lot Three (3), in Section Three (3), Township Seven (7) North, Range Two (2) West of the Indian Meridian, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point 752.86 feet West of the Northeast Corner of said Lot 3; thence South a distance of 282.05 feet; thence South 85º 17' 00" East a distance of 20.07 feet; thence North a distance of 283.70 feet; thence West a distance of 20.00 feet to the point or place of beginning. subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $55,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2009-1634-L, entitled U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Plaintiff, vs. John W. Alexander III, Spouse, if any of, John W. Alexander III, John Doe, Jane Doe, Communication Federal Credit Union, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for MILA, Inc., DBA Mortgage Investment Lending Associates, Inc., its successors and assigns, Discover Bank (Discover), CitiFinancial Services, Inc., being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property. Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland County, Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY JAMES P. CATES - #13182 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 54393 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 25, 2010, 3t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA FIRST MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff, v. ELLIOTT W. PULLIAM; ETTA MAE PULLIAM; JOHN DOE, OCCUPANT; STATE OF OKLAHOMA EX REL OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION; UNKNOWN HEIRS, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF ELLIOT W. PULLMAN AKA ELLIOT WILLIS PULLMAN, DECEASED, AND MATTHEW PULLMAN Defendant(s). Case No. CJ-2010-195 Judge Tom A. Lucas NOTICE BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TO: Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Elliot W. Pullman aka Elliot Willis Pullman, Deceased, if living or if dead, the names or whereabouts of said Defendant(s)' unknown successors, if any. TAKE NOTICE that you have been sued by First Mortgage Company, LLC, in the District Court of Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, and that you must answer the Petition on or before June 24, 2010, or the allegations of said Petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you awarding Plaintiff a first lien upon the following described real estate, situated in Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, to-wit: LOTS ONE (1) TO SIX (6) BOTH INCLUSIVE IN BLOCK FIFTY-ONE (51) OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF PROPERTY ADDRESS: 103 S.E. 4th Street, Lexington, OK 73051 for the sum of $75,608.75, with interest from August 1, 2009, at 5.75 percent per annum, together with a reasonable attorney's fee, $225.00 for abstracting, advances for taxes, insurance and property preservation, and the costs of this action, and ordering said property sold to satisfy said judgment, and forever barring you and all persons claiming by, through or under you from ever setting up or asserting any right, title, equity or interest in and to said real estate adverse to the right and title of the purchaser at said foreclosure sale, and for such other and further relief to which it may be entitled. WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, this 5th day of May, 2010. Rhonda Hall Court Clerk By: Debbie Baker Deputy (Seal) Shapiro & Cejda, L.L.P. 770 NE 63rd St Oklahoma City, OK 73105-6431 (405)848-1819 File No. 09-105132 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO USE GROUNDWATER Taylor Ranch, L.L.C. c/o James R. Barnett, Kerr, Irvine, Rhodes & Ables, 201 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Suite 600, Oklahoma City, OK 73102 has filed an application, #2010-513, with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (Board) for a permit to use 953 acre-feet of groundwater per year. The groundwater is proposed to be used for municipal and/or rural water use and taken from 476 acres located as follows: 401 acs. in Section 23 and 75 acs. in the S2 NW of Section 24, T8N, R2WIM, Cleveland County, as more specifically described in the application. The water is to be withdrawn from one well in the NE SE NW of same Section 23, previously described. The applicant proposes to use the groundwater in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Use of groundwater is governed by Sections 1020.1 and following of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes and rules of the Board, Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC), Title 785, Chapter 30. Protests to the application must be in writing and received by the Board at the address listed below and by the applicant at the address listed above no later than May 31, 2010, and contain the following: (1) name, address, and telephone number of the interested person; (2) the particular application number to which the protest relates; (3) specific information to show how approval of the application proposed may directly and adversely affect legally protected interests of the person filing the protest; and (4) a statement of the relief sought by the interested person. A person who sends a letter containing only a general objection or comment will not be deemed to be a party, but the letter will be made part of the permanent record. If a protest that meets the requirements listed in the paragraph above is filed with both the applicant and Board, a hearing on this application will be scheduled and the applicant and protestant(s) will be advised of the hearing date. Protestants or their representatives must appear at the hearing and present the protest to be considered. Hearings are governed by Section 309 of Title 75 and Section 1020.8 of Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and the rules of Board, OAC Title 785, chapters 4 and 30. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Nell Brueggen at (405) 530-8800. Board mailing address: Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Planning & Management Division, 3800 N. Classen Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73118-2881. Board fax number: (405) 530-8900. (Published by The Norman Transcript on April 27, May 4, 11, 2010, 3t) IN DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF M.K. (9-25-2008) B.F. (8-22-2009) CASE NO. JDH-08-69 JDH-09-54 DEPRIVED CHILDREN NOTICE BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: MAVERICK FLOWERS: YOU ARE NOTIFIED that the State of Oklahoma through Greg Mashburn, District Attorney, for the 21st District, State of Oklahoma, has filed a Motion to Terminate naming you as the father to the children below:

LEGALS NAME: M.K. DATE OF BIRTH: 9-25-2008 LOCATION OF BIRTH: Oklahoma City, OK MOTHER: Brittany Koassechony FATHER: Maverick Flowers NAME: B.F. DATE OF BIRTH: 8-22-2009 LOCATION OF BIRTH: Oklahoma City, OK MOTHER: Brittany Koassechony FATHER: Maverick Flowers The State has filed a Motion To Terminate Parental Rights requesting that your child be made a ward of the Court and continued to be placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services. You must appear before the District Court, Cleveland County, State of Oklahoma, at the Cleveland County Courthouse, 200 South Peters Avenue, Norman, OK on the 2nd day of June, 2010, at 9:30 o'clock A.M., when the Court will hear the merits of said Motion To Terminate and grant relief as the Court deems necessary. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THIS HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE ADJUDICATION OF THIS CHILD AS A DEPRIVED CHILD AND MAY ULTIMATELY RESULT IN LOSS OF CUSTODY OF THIS CHILD OR THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. DATED this 21 day of April, 2010. Stephen W. Bonner JUDGE By: Meredith Tipton, Assistant District Attorney 201 S. Jones, Suite 300 Norman, OK 73069 405.321.8268 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 2010, 2t) Advertisement for Bid Moore Norman Technology Center, hereinafter called the Owner, will receive sealed bids for a Warehouse Renovation Project at 2 p.m. CST, Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at the Office of the Superintendent, 4701 12th Avenue NW, Norman, OK. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time. No bids will be received later than the time and date above specified. The Bidding documents, including the drawings and specifications, may be obtained by General Contractors from The Stacy Group at 222 East 10th Street Plaza, Edmond, OK, (405) 330-8292, upon deposit of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) per set. Bidders returning drawings and project manuals in good condition will be refunded their deposit. Bidders returning documents later than ten (10) days after the bid opening will not be refunded their deposit. Bids received more than ninety-six (96) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, before time set for opening bids, as well as bids received after time set for opening bids, will not be considered and will be returned unopened. A cashier's check, certified check, or surety bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the base bid, and all alternates, shall accompany the sealed proposal of each bidder. Deposits will be returned to unsuccessful bidders. No bidder may withdraw the bid within sixty days after the date of the bid opening stated above. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding, Bidding documents are available for review at the following locations: F.W. Dodge McGraw Hill Information Services, Southwest Construction News Service, and Bid News Construction Reports. The time period within which a contract will be executed following award to the successful bidder is thirty (30) days. Attention of Bidders is called to the following requirements: * Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference, 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 18,.2010, at 604 Research Park Blvd., Norman, Oklahoma * Non-Discrimination Practices and Anti-Collusion Provisions * Declaration of No Sex Offenders or Felon Workers * Sales Tax Exemption (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2009-2997 Notice is given that on the 16 day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland County Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Lot Five (5), in Block Fifty-four (54), of GREENBRIAR EASTLAKE ESTATES SECTION NINE (9), an Addition to Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof. subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $79,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2009-2997, entitled U.S. Bank National Association, as Successor Trustee to Bank of America, National Association, as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, N.A. as Trustee, Plaintiff, vs. David E. Godfrey; Spouse of David E. Godfrey, if married; John Doe; Jane Doe; Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property. Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland County, Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY MATTHEW J. HUDSPETH - #14613 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 59456 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2010-174-L Notice is given that on the 16 day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland County Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Lot Seven (7A), in Block Two (2), of Amended Plat of BAER'S WESTMORE ADDITION SEC. 1, to the City of Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the Recorded Plat thereof; subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $74,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2010-174-L, entitled BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., Plaintiff, vs. Larry Johnson, Heather Mallow, Spouse, if any, of Larry Johnson, Spouse if any, of Heather Mallow, John Doe, Jane Doe, being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property. Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland County, Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY JAMES H. THIESSEN - #20354 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 60029

LEGALS (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2010-293-BH Notice is given that on the 16th day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland County Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Lot Seven (7), in Block Seven (7), of KENSINGTON PLACE SEC. 2, to the City of Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the Recorded Plat thereof; subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $119,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2010-293-BH, entitled Bank Of America, NA., Plaintiff, vs. Jeremy Q. Russell, Chasity M. Hamilton, Spouse, if any, of Jeremy Q. Russell, Spouse, if any, of Chasity M. Hamilton, John Doe, Jane Doe, being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property. Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland County Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY JAMES H. THIESSEN - #20354 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 60868 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2010-246-BH Notice is given that on the 16th day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland County Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Lot Five (5), in Block Four (4), of Regency Park, to Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof; subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $42,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2010-246-BH, entitled BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. fka Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, L.P., Plaintiff, vs. Kristina R. Ervin, Spouse, if any, of Kristina R. Ervin, John Doe, Jane Doe, being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property. Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland County, Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY JAMES H. THIESSEN - #20354 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 60082 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2009-1463-BH Notice is given that on the 16 day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland County Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Lot Thirty-one (31), in Block Fifty-seven (57), of SOUTH GATE ADDITION, Blocks 41 thru 59, to Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof. subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes, insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $65,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2009-1463-BH, entitled Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. Jeremy A. Stepp, Tiffany Stepp, being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property, Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland County, Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY JAMES P. CATES - #13182 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 53559 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE CJ-2009-2054-BH Notice is given that on the 16 day of June, 2010, at 10:00 am, Cleveland Countv Office Building, 201 S. Jones, Suite 200, in the City of Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, the Sheriff of said County will offer for sale and sell, with appraisement, for cash, at public auction, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain real estate in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, to-wit: Lot Fourteen (14), of Block Two (2), in NORTHMOOR ADDITION, to Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof. subject to unpaid taxes, advancements by Plaintiff for taxes. insurance premiums, and expenses necessary for the preservation of the subject property, if any, said property having been duly appraised at $62,000.00. Sale will be made pursuant to a Special Execution And Order Of Sale issued in accordance with judgment entered in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in Case No. CJ-2009-2054-BH. entitled Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. Jeffrey Kent Vaughn, Krista M. Vaughn, John Doe, Jane Doe, being all of the Defendants and persons holding or claiming any interest or lien in the subject property. Joseph K. Lester, Sheriff Cleveland Count Oklahoma BY: C. Suttle DEPUTY JAMES P. CATES - #13182 BAER, TIMBERLAKE, COULSON & CATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff P.O. Box 18486 Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496 Telephone: (405) 842-7722 Facsimile: (405) 848-9349 BTCC File No.: 55729 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 2010, 1t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM RALPH LANCE, DECEASED. NO. PB-2010-138 NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the estate of William Ralph Lance, deceased, that on Friday the 7th day of May, 2010, Carl W. Young produced in the District Court of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, an instrument in writing purporting to be the Last Will and

LEGALS Testament of William Ralph Lance, deceased, and also filed in said Court his petition, together with a copy of said Will praying for the probate of the Will and asking that Letters Testamentary issue to Carl W. Young as personal representative named in the Will and for a judicial determination of the heirs, devisees and legatees of said decedent. Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on May 7th, 2010 notice is hereby given that Monday, the 7th day of June, 2010, at 8:30 o'clock, a.m., the petition will be heard in the Floor District Courtroom, County Courthouse, Norman, Oklahoma, when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, 2010. S/Stephen W. Bonner Judge of the District Court Attorneys for Petitioner Young & Young, A Professional Corporation 515 S. Santa Fe, Suite 104 Edmond, OK 73003 (405) 340-9200 By: Carl W. Young OBA No. 9959 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 2010, 2t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CHARLOTTE M. OTT Deceased. Case No. PB-2010-137B NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested in the estate of CHARLOTTE M. OTT, deceased, that on the 6 day of May, 2010, VICKIE SEARS, filed in District Court of Cleveland County, her Petition praying that the said estate be admitted to probate and praying that Letters of Administration be issue to VICKIE SEARS as Personal Representative and for a judicial determination of the heirs, legatees and devisees of said decedent. Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on the 6 of May, 2010, notice is hereby given that on the 7 day of June, 2010, at 8:30 o'clock a.m., the Petition will be heard at the District Court, Probate Division, County Courthouse, City of Norman, Oklahoma when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 6 day of May, 2010. S/Stephen W. Bonner JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT David W. Taylor PHILIP A. HURTT, OBA # 16244 JOHN C. BRANCH OBA # 1070 DAVID W. TAYLOR, OBA # 8856 Of Counsel Branch & Hurtt Law Firm, P.C. Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 S.W. 89th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Telephone: (405) 634-7600 Facsimile: (405) 634-9306 (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 11, 18, 2010, 2t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT HILL, DECEASED Case No. PB-2008-274 NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR ALLOWANCE DETERMINATION OF HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that James C. Chandler, Executor of the Estate of William Elliott Hill, Deceased, having filed in this Court his final account of the administration of said estate and Petition for order allowing same, allowance of fees, determination of heirs, and distribution of said estate, the hearing of the same has been set by the Court for the 21st day of June, 2010, at 8:30 o'clock, a.m., at the courtroom of said District Court in the Cleveland County Courthouse at Norman, OK, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the said account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs of said William Elliott Hill, Deceased, determined, said estate distributed. DATED this 7th day of May, 2010. S/Stephen W. Bonner JUDGE STEPHEN W. BONNER APPROVED: James C. Chandler, OBA #1601 LYTLE SOULE’ & CURLEE, P.C. 119 North Robinson, Suite 1200 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 (405) 235-7471 - Telephone (405) 232-3852 - Facsimile Attorneys for Personal Representative (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 2010, 2t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DELLA FAYE SNOW, DECEASED PB- 2010-102 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All creditors having claims against DELLA FAYE SNOW, Deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the named Personal Representative, c/o Charles N. Woodward, 10316 Greenbriar Place, Suite 3, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73159-7649, on or before the following presentment date: July 5, 2010, or the same will be forever barred. DATED this 3rd day of May, 2010. /s/ JIMMY RAY SNOW JIMMY RAY SNOW, Co-Personal Representative Of the Estate of DELLA FAYE SNOW /s/ DONNA GAYLE LOVELACE DONNA GAYLE LOVELACE, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of DELLA FAYE SNOW CHARLES N. WOODWARD, OBA #9871 10316 Greenbriar Place, Suite 3 Oklahoma City, OK 73159-7649 (405) 703-4222 Attorney for Personal Representative (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 2010, 2t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATES of GLEN E. GILBERT, Deceased, & GENEVIEVE F. GILBERT, Deceased, husband and wife Case No.: PB-2010-106-B NOTICE TO CREDITORS All creditors having claims against Glen E. Gilbert and Genevieve F. Gilbert, deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the following named Personal Representative c/o their attorney: Carlton W. Dimery at the below address on or before the presentment date: 6th day of July, 2010, or the same will be forever barred. Glenda A. Dudley Personal Representative of the Estate CARLTON W. DIMERY, OBA # 19081 222 E. Eufaula, Suite 200 Norman, OK 73069 TEL: (405) 321-8067 FAX: (405) 321-2949 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 18, 2010, 3t) NOTICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA RE: MARRIAGE OF SANNER CLEVE SANNER PETITIONER, VS. VIKKI SANNER RESPONDENT, CASE NO. FD -10-572 The State of Oklahoma to the said Respondent, Greeting: You, the said Respondent, will take notice that you have been sued in the above named Court in the above named and numbered cause for a divorce on the grounds of Incompatibility and for ABANDONMENT and you must answer Petitioner's petition filed herein on or before the 17th day of June 2010, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment for said Petitioner will be rendered against you according to prayer of Petitioner's petition. Rhonda Hall Court Clerk Lisa Jorns Deputy Clerk (Seal)

LEGALS (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 2010, 2t) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CLEVELAND COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD L. CLAPP, DECEASED. Case No.: PB-2010-110-B NOTICE TO CREDITORS All creditors having claims against Donald L. Clapp, deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the following named Co-Personal Representatives c/o their attorney: Carlton W. Dimery at the below address on or before the presentment date: 6th day of July, 2010, or the same will be forever barred. Donald L. Clapp, Jr. Co-Personal Representative of the Estate Randy L. Clapp Co-Personal Representative of the Estate CARLTON W, DIMERY, OBA # 19081 222 E. Eufaula, Suite 200 Norman, OK 73069 TEL: (405) 321-8067 FAX: (405) 321-2949 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

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LEGALS (Published by The Norman Transcript on May 4, 11, 2010, 2t) ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals addressed to Norman Public Schools, 131 South Flood, Norman, Oklahoma for the complete construction of the 2009 CLASSROOM/MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AND FINE ARTS BUILDING, NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL, NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, NORMAN OKLAHOMA, will be received at the Curriculum Center, 131 South Flood, Norman, Oklahoma, until 7 p.m. C.S.T., Tuesday, May 25, 2010 and will be opened and read publicly at that time. Bids received more than ninety-six hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays before the time set for the opening of bids, as well as any bids received after that time will be returned unopened. Copies of the bidding documents are on file at the Director of Central Services, 425 12th Avenue, N.E., Norman, Oklahoma, and are open for public inspection. General Contractors interested in submitting a proposal for this Work must pre-qualify as responsible bidders as required by the INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS, prior to obtaining Bidding Documents. Qualified General Contractors may obtain Bidding Documents at the office of Kaighn Associates Architects, Inc., 110 North Mercedes, Suite 200, Norman, Oklahoma 73069. Each General Contractor may obtain one set of the Bidding Documents for which a deposit of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) will be required. The deposit may be in the form of a check drawn on the Contractor's business banking account payable to the Architect, and will be refunded if Plans and Specifications are returned in good condition within seven days of the time of opening of bids. Sub-contractors may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents, and General Contractors may obtain additional copies by paying for the cost of reproduction. Purchased copies of the Bidding Documents remain the property of the Architect and shall be returned after the opening of bids. Each Bidder shall submit with his proposal a certified check, cashier's check, bid bond, or irrevocable letter of credit as required in the INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. Such bond will be payable to the Norman Public Schools, 131 South Flood, Norman Oklahoma in an amount of not less than 5% of largest combination of the base proposal and alternates. There shall be forfeited to the Owner the cost of republication of notice to bidders, all actual expenses incurred by reason of Bidder's default, and the difference between the low bid of the defaulting bidder and the amount of the bid of the bidder to whom the contract is subsequently awarded, but not to exceed the amount of the Bid Bond, in the event that the apparently successful Bidder fails to execute the Contract or fails to provide the required Bonds and Insurance to the Owner. Each Bidder shall submit with his proposal Noncollusion and Business Relationships Affidavits as required by the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 of the State of Oklahoma, as amended. Within a period of thirty calendar days after the opening of bids, a contract shall be executed between the Owner and the successful bidder and all required bonds and insurance shall be provided within that period. Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of thirty calendar days from the date of the Bid Opening. For information concerning any part of the proposed Work, contact: Kaighn Associates Architects, Inc., 110 North Mercedes, Suite 200, Norman, Oklahoma 73069. Telephone: (405) 321-1020. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive any informality or irregularity in any Bid received. By: Norman Public Schools 131 South Flood Norman, Oklahoma 2009 Classroom/Multi-Purpose Room Addition And Fine Arts Building Norman High School Norman Public Schools Norman, Oklahoma KAA JN 60307.13

Tuesday, May 11, 2010