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GUILTY ON 18 COUNTS Fired police officer is convicted of offenses against eight victims BY KYLE SCHWAB

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Jurors Thursday night found a fired Oklahoma City police officer guilty of sexual offenses involving eight victims and chose punishments that could mean he will never go free. “I didn’t do it!” Daniel Ken Holtzclaw shouted inside the Oklahoma County courtroom as he was handcuffed behind his back after the verdicts were read. Holtzclaw, of Oklahoma City,

Fired Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw cries Thursday as he is led from the courtroom after the verdicts were read against him at the Oklahoma County Courthouse. Holtzclaw was found guilty of 18 of 36 counts. View a breakdown of the verdicts on Page 11A. [PHOTOS BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN ]

was charged with 36 counts that accused him of sexually assaulting 13 black females between December 2013 and June 2014 while a police officer. Holtzclaw was fired in January. He was convicted Thursday of 18 of those counts, including four counts of first-degree rape. Jurors chose punishments ranging from five to 30 years. Prosecutors plan to ask District Judge Timothy Henderson to force Holtzclaw to serve the SEE VERDICTS, PAGE 11A

Supporters of the accusers of fired Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw pray Thursday after the verdicts were read.

Woman can stand trial in deadly OSU parade crash, judge rules BY SILAS ALLEN

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STILLWATER — A driver accused of plowing her car into a crowd of people at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade is mentally competent to face trial, a judge ruled Thursday. District Judge Louis Duel’s ruling was based

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on a competency report compiled by the Oklahoma Forensic Center in Vinita. The report concludes that Adacia Chambers is able to understand the charges against her and can rationally assist in her own defense. Chambers, 25, is accused of driving around police barricades and into a crowd of people on the morning of Oct. 24, during the OSU homecoming parade. Chambers faces four counts of

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second-degree murder and 46 counts of assault and battery by means or force likely to produce death in connection with the crash. All counts carry possible sentences of up to life in prison. Killed in the crash were Marvin Stone, a retired OSU professor; his wife, Bonnie Stone, an OSU employee; and Nikita Nakal,

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In survey, U.S. commandos say ‘no’ to women in special operations jobs MILITARY | MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS BELIEVE WOMEN DON’T HAVE STRENGTH BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The men in the U.S. military’s most dangerous jobs care little about political correctness or gender equality. And they have a message for their political leadership. When they are fighting in the shadows or bleeding on the battlefield, women have no place on their teams. In blunt and, at times, profanity-laced answers to a voluntary survey conducted by the Rand Corp., more than 7,600 of America’s special operations forces spoke with nearly one voice. Allowing women to serve in Navy SEAL, Army Delta or other commando units could hurt their effectiveness and lower the standards, and it may drive men away from the dangerous posts. An overwhelming majority of those who agreed to respond to the RAND survey said they believe women don’t have the physical strength or mental toughness to do the grueling jobs. Some of the broader conclusions of the survey, taken from May through July 2014, were disclosed by The Associated Press earlier this year, but the detailed results and comments had not been released. The Pentagon released the summer survey and other documents when Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced last week that he was opening all combat jobs to women. That decision was based on recommendations by the military service secretaries and the leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations Command. Only the Marine Corps asked to exempt women from certain infantry and frontline positions, but Carter denied that request. Half the men who got

the 46-question survey responded to it, and Rand did not identify any of them. In some cases people who feel most strongly about an issue are more inclined to answer surveys. Some 85 percent of the respondents said they oppose opening the special operations jobs to women, and 70 percent oppose having women in their individual units. More than 80 percent said women aren’t strong enough and can’t handle the demands of the job. And 64 percent said they aren’t mentally tough enough. “I weigh 225 pounds, and 280 pounds in full kit, as did most of the members of my ODA (a 12-man Army Green Beret unit),” one respondent said. “I expect every person on my team to be able to drag any member of my team out of a firefight. A 130 pound female could not do it, I don’t care how much time she spends in the gym. Do we expect wounded men to bleed out because a female soldier could not drag him to cover?” Another said politicians don’t win the covert wars. “Gender equality is not an option when the bullets are flying,” he said. “Most males in the area of the world I work in would rather back hand a female than listen to her speak. There is a reason we send men to do these jobs.” Some saw it as inevitable. “This integration will happen eventually and we might as well embrace it while we have current solid leadership and incoming solid leadership at the top to facilitate the transition,” one said. The deep challenges the survey revealed with integrating women into tightknit commando teams are not lost on the Pentagon. Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, posted a memo and video online last week

Air Force says it will double number of drone squadrons BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Air Force says it plans to more than double the number of squadrons that fly drones, and will spread them out in more locations across the U.S. and overseas. The decision would add about 3,000 personnel, including at least 700 more pilots, 700 sensor operators, and other maintenance and crew. There are currently eight squadrons. Gen. Herbert Carlisle, head of U.S. Air Combat

Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, says adding squadrons to potential sites such as Langley and DavisMonthan Air Force Base in Arizona could help connect drone operations with intelligence-gathering units. He says the Air Force will work with the Pentagon and Congress to get the needed funding. Pentagon officials have repeatedly said they need more unmanned aircraft for intelligence gathering and attack missions.

SETTING IT STRAIGHT WEDNESDAY A story about Oklahoma City University’s Home for the Holidays show listed incorrect times. The correct times for performances are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

In this 2012 file photo, female soldiers train on a firing range while wearing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky. [AP FILE PHOTO]

after Carter’s announcement, explaining the decision and vowing that the qualifying standards for special operations jobs will remain the same. He noted that women have already moved into some special operations jobs, including as helicopter pilots and crew, members of cultural support teams in Afghanistan and in civil affairs and information operations. And he added, “If candidates meet time-tested and scientifically validated standards, and if they have proven that they have the

physical, intellectual, professional, and character attributes that are so critical to special operations — they will be welcomed into the special operations forces ranks.” The Rand report noted that many of the men had little experience working with women in combat. And special operations officials have said they expect the challenges can be overcome with training and direction over time. The services have until Jan. 1 to submit implementation plans that would address such issues.

The bulk of those who responded to the survey were young, white married men. They worry that having women in their small teams could fuel jealousy at home or create problems with sexual harassment or illicit affairs. And they rely on and trust their teams and units as family. Ninety-eight percent agreed that their unit is united in trying to accomplish its missions. But when asked whether men and women in a unit would be united to accomplish a mission only 48 percent said yes. Nearly 33 percent

said no, and almost 20 percent were undecided. And nearly 60 percent said they expected that women assigned to their unit would be “treated unfairly” at least some of the time. Some, however, said they might be willing for women to serve in some, more peripheral special operations jobs. Several suggested that women could be used as attachments or additions to some units, just not as actual members, such as the cultural support jobs they fill now.

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White House sets state forum on opioid abuse BY CHRIS CASTEEL

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WASHINGTON — The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy plans to hold a community forum in Oklahoma on Wednesday about the opioid epidemic. It will be the first of several forums planned across the country on the best ways to treat prescription drug abuse and heroin abuse. Details about the Oklahoma event are expected to be released soon. Michael Botticelli, National Drug Control policy director, will host the forums, which will include perspectives from the public health and safety sectors and people directly affected by the drug abuse, according to the drug control policy office. “The president has made clear that the heroin

and prescription opioid epidemic is a priority for this administration,” he said. “We have tools that we know are effective in reducing drug use and overdose, like evidence-based prevention programs, prescription drug monitoring, medication-assisted treatment and the overdose reversal drug naloxone. “The forums will highlight local examples of how states and communities are using these and other tools, so their efforts can serve as models for others. We have lost too many children, parents, friends and neighbors to delay in making these tools available wherever they are needed.” According to the drug control office: •Each year, more Americans now die from drug overdoses than in motor

vehicle crashes; •Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data from 2014 show continued increases in heroin-involved deaths and an emerging increase in deaths involving synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. •Prescription opioidrelated deaths increased by 16 percent, or 2,658 deaths, compared to 2013 data. There were 18,893 overdose deaths involving prescription opioids. •Prescription opioidrelated overdose deaths are increasing in part because deaths involving synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and tramadol, increased by 79 percent from 20132014. About 5,544 people died from overdoses involving synthetic opioids in 2014. •Heroin-related death rates increased 28% from 2013-2014, totaling 10,574 deaths in 2014.

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METRO | STATE State per-student funding decreases 24% BY ANDREA EGER

analysts found that Oklahoma’s state aid to schools is 24.2 percent less for the current fiscal year than it was in 2008 — and that the margin between Oklahoma and the second-worst state has widened in the last year to 6.9 percentage points. “Instead of investing in Oklahoma children, Oklahoma lawmakers are giving them teacher shortages, growing class sizes, and disintegrating textbooks,” said Gene Perry, policy director for the Oklahoma Policy Institute, who noted that Oklahoma’s total state appropriations for the support of schools is $173 million below what it was in fiscal year

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A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows Oklahoma’s cuts to per-pupil funding for public schools are nearing 25 percent, by far the deepest in the nation since the economic recession struck in 2008. Oklahoma is one of only a dozen states that continued to cut general support for schools this year even as the national economy recovered, according to the new analysis of state aid data. After adjusting for inflation,

2008, even before accounting for inflation and enrollment growth of more than 45,000 students. “That will make it harder for the next generation of Oklahomans to compete for jobs, and it will deprive local businesses of a well-trained workforce and a strong customer base,” he said. Thirty-five states raised general funding per student in 2016, after adjusting for inflation. Leading the United States in per-pupil increases are North Dakota at 25.9 percent, Alaska at 18.2 percent, Washington at 16.5 percent, Connecticut at 13.4 percent and Pennsylvania at 13.2 percent.

Councilman, owner are charged following police raid on pipe shop BY JENNIFER PALMER Staff Writer jpalmer@oklahoman.com

NORMAN — A Norman city councilman facing a felony drug charge over his employment at a pipe shop said the case against him is “erroneous and very likely politically motivated.” Councilman Stephen Tyler Holman was charged Thursday with a single count of acquiring proceeds from drug activity, a felony, and six counts of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. Holman is the general manager of The Friendly Market, 1100 E Constitution, which sells glass pipes and smoking accessories. Robert Winston Cox, 62, the store’s owner, faces the same counts. The case follows a police raid on Dec. 1, in which investigators seized glass pipes, rolling papers, cash and miscellaneous merchandise. Holman, 31, who has served Ward 7 since 2013, said he has received an outpouring of support from the community. “Right now, the response is making me more popular and wellknown than ever before,” he said. “I’ve actually got more people wanting me to run for mayor this week than last week. But (the charges) could be a prob-

lem … that remains to be seen.” Arrest warrants were issued Thursday for Holman and Cox. Attorney Brecken Wagner said they plan to turn themselves in Friday afternoon. A police investigation into The Friendly Market included visual surveillance, an undercover buy on Nov. 12 and a purchase made by a confidential informant on Dec. 1. Detective Rick Newell led the investigation, court records show. From August 2014 to April, Newell investigated several businesses suspected of selling drug paraphernalia, resulting in raids at McCloud’z Pipes in Norman and Fatt Hedz locations in Norman and Oklahoma City. Both Norman stores closed, and both stores’ owners face felony charges. After the raids, Cox called detective Newell and was informed his store was the police department’s “next stop,” according to a search warrant affidavit. Cox removed the pipes from his store shelves. But he started selling pipes again after retaining Wagner as his attorney. Wagner defended owners of The Funky Munky, a similar retailer in McAlester, in a civil forfeiture proceeding.

Wagner, Cox and Holman all strongly believe the items sold at The Friendly Market are within the law. Oklahoma statute defines drug paraphernalia as “objects used, intended for use, or fashioned specifically for use in ingesting, inhaling or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine, hashish or hashish oil into the human body. The store has restocked its pipes and smoking accessories since the raid and reported its biggest sales day ever on Wednesday, Holman said. “The only substances we sell in the store are tobacco and vape juice, which they did not take,” he said. “There are no illegal substances in the store.” Holman in August spoke at a city council meeting about civil forfeiture regarding the Norman police chief’s request to purchase a $280,000 armored vehicle using seized funds. The proposal was postponed indefinitely. Holman said the council would look at both the vehicle purchase proposal and the city’s use of seizure funds more closely. He has considered running for mayor; Cindy Rosenthal announced she will not seek a fourth term. CONTRIBUTING: STAFF WRITER ANDREW KNITTLE

STATE BRIEF CHICKASAW CULTURAL CENTER PLANS HOLIDAY EVENTS The Chickasaw Cultural Center kicks off holiday celebrations Saturday. Visitors can enjoy pictures with Santa, the Festival of Trees, cultural demonstrations, a stomp dance demonstration, and story time and letters with Santa. Children can create gifts in “Santa’s Workshop” and watch a holiday film

in the Anoli’ Theater. For more information about upcoming events at the Chickasaw Cultural Center, 867 Cooper Memorial Drive in Sulphur, OK 73086, call (580) 622-7130, or visit chickasawculturalcenter.com FROM STAFF REPORTS

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New in this year’s Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report is an examination of states’ total funding for education, including funds for transportation, teacher health benefits and other funds for specific purposes. After inflation, it showed that Oklahoma’s total state funding for education is down by 15.3 percent per student since 2008, making Oklahoma better than only five other states. Local funding to schools has increased, but not by enough to make up for state cuts. Oklahoma’s combined state and local funding for schools per student has dropped 10.1 percent after

inflation since 2008, a bigger cut than in all but eight other states. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which works at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income individuals and families, says reducing investment in schools weakens the overall economy over the long term. To prosper, businesses require a well-educated workforce. State schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister is expected to present the Oklahoma Department of Education’s next budget request before the state Senate on Dec. 15.

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Flowers hang Thursday on a traffic pole at the intersection of Main Street and Hall of Fame in Stillwater. Adacia Chambers is accused of driving her car into the crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring dozens of others.

Tony Coleman, an attorney representing Adacia Chambers, arrives Thursday for her competency hearing in the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater. [PHOTOS BY STEVE GOOCH, THE OKLAHOMAN]

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student who had attended the parade with friends. A 2-year-old boy, Nash Lucas, later died of injuries he had suffered in the crash. Dozens more were injured. Chambers appeared in Payne County District Court on Thursday wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and with her wrists and ankles shackled. She appeared not to react when family members waved as she walked into the courtroom. She sat stone-faced and silent throughout the hearing. After Thursday’s hearing, Chambers will be held in the Payne County jail, where she awaits trial. Thursday’s ruling deals only with whether Chambers can understand the charges against her and assist in her defense. It does not determine whether she knew right from wrong at the time of the offense. The ruling also doesn’t close the window on a possible plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. Tony Coleman, Chambers’ attorney, wouldn’t say whether Chambers might enter such a plea. Duel is a Logan County district judge who took over the case after Payne County District Judge Katherine Thomas removed herself because she is personally acquainted with one of the victims.

Mental evaluation During the hearing, Coleman reserved the right to revisit the question of Chambers’ competency later. Coleman said after the hearing that he wasn’t surprised by the ruling, even though it contradicts an earlier psychological evaluation that concluded Chambers was not competent to stand trial. Shortly after the crash, forensic psychologist Shawn Roberson performed a psychological evaluation on Chambers at Coleman’s request. In a report released last month, Roberson wrote that he found Chambers wouldn’t be able to consult with her attorney and assist in the preparation of her defense. Roberson said he thought Chambers is likely suffering from bipolar disorder and said she could harm herself or others if released without treatment. In his report, Roberson wrote that Chambers’ emotional state during the evaluation “ranged from uncontrollable sobbing to inappropriate, hysterical laughter.” She seemed not to understand why she was under arrest and thought the current year was 2016, Roberson wrote. Many of Chambers’ statements were nonsensical, irrelevant references. She told Roberson she was “talking to Jesus,” at one point offering that Roberson was Jesus. Although he said Chambers’ mental state “remains the same,” Coleman said it isn’t unusual for a psychological evaluation performed weeks after

Adacia Chambers, defendant in the OSU parade crash, has been declared competent to stand trial.

an incident to produce different results from one performed in the immediate aftermath. “We anticipated that,” Coleman said. “That’s quite common for that to occur.” Payne County First Assistant Attorney Kevin Etherington didn’t make himself available for comment after the hearing. Chambers’ preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 7.

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OK Medicaid agency votes to cut provider rates BY JACLYN COSGROVE

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In response to a looming state budget shortfall, the state Medicaid agency’s board approved measures Thursday that leaders say will save the agency money in the coming state fiscal year. What happened: Leadership at the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, which administers the state’s Medicaid program SoonerCare, gave their proposal for how the agency can save money in fiscal year 2017. Early estimates have shown that the

state could face a budget shortfall between $600 million and $1 billion. In response, the authority proposed cutting provider rates by 3 percent. What this means: Doctors, nurse practitioners, dentists and other medical professionals will receive less money for the care they provide to patients covered by Medicaid. The rate cut excludes services financed through money to other state agencies; services provided

under a waiver; and services where a reduction “could severely limit access or not cover costs.” Estimated savings: In the 2017 state fiscal year, the authority anticipates the state will save $20 million. Rate reductions go into effect Jan. 1. Notable quote: “The legislative budget leaders asked us to not bring a budget request that required additional dollars,” said authority CEO Nico Gomez. “Well, in the last two fiscal years, we’ve asked this board to cut a significant amount out of this program, including provider

rate cuts, so we’ve been down this road before, but just looking ahead, I think it’s a very clear signal that there’s not going to be additional funds for the program. This is an effort to get us to where we’re asking the Legislature for a no-growth budget, or flat budget.” Also at the meeting: The board approved these measures: cutting the Medically Fragile waiver rate by 3 percent; cutting the rate the agency pays nursing homes for Medicare Part A coinsurance from 75 percent to 20 percent; and creating a billing code for women with high-risk

pregnancies to receive noninvasive prenatal testing. They also voted to create a billing code for telemedicine and approved a rate to pay providers who deliver those services. Board Chairman Ed McFall noted the change would essentially help rural providers. The agency anticipates it will save money, thanks to this change. What’s next: Gomez will present the agency’s budget needs at 10:30 a.m. Monday at a Senate health and human services appropriations committee meeting in Room 419-C of the Capitol. It is a public meeting.

OKC School Board member changes mind, won’t run for re-election BY TIM WILLERT

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Three days after filing candidacy papers, Oklahoma City School Board member Laura Massenat said Thursday she will not seek re-election. Massenat will withdraw from contention to “focus on other endeavors” and throw her support behind Paula Lewis, who filed papers Wednesday to run for Massenat’s District 4 seat. “It was my honest intention to run when I filed on Monday, but I had a change of heart,” Massenat said. “I didn’t feel right about starting a term that I wasn’t sure to complete. Since I have a good replacement, I felt OK about withdrawing my candidacy.” Lewis, an occupational therapist and business owner, is the only candidate to succeed Massenat. “I was a huge supporter of Laura in the original

campaign,” Lewis said Thursday. “It was my understanding all along that she intended to run and maintain her position.” The filing period for school board candidates in 18 Oklahoma County school districts ended Wednesday. The election is Feb. 9. Massenat, who filed candidacy papers Monday, has until 5 p.m. Friday to withdraw her name or it will remain on the ballot. “I am supporting Paula Lewis for my seat and will withdraw my candidacy before Friday to let her run unopposed,” Massenat said. “I will be happy to offer my support and guidance as she prepares to join the school board.” Massenat said she is ready to focus on other endeavors and believes the time is right for her to leave the school board. She declined to elaborate. “Nothing that I care to announce or disclose at this time,” she said. “I’m

exploring my possibilities.” Lewis, the mother of two, including one who attends school in the Oklahoma City district, works with children who have “problems functioning” that prevent them from “reaching their best potential.” “I’m not necessarily a political person,” she said. “I’m a therapist, and I’m a mom, and I believe in the public school system, and I want to support it.” Massenat said she is confident Lewis will “step up to the challenge.” “She will carry on the work of the wellness committee, on which I still hope to serve, and she will be a big support to the discipline reform being carried on in the district.” Massenat, the mother of four, is co-owner of Elemental Coffee in Midtown. Since joining the board in 2012, Massenat has made health and wellness a priority, and voted to discontinue services with a food contractor so the

district could have more control over serving nutritious meals. That included preparing school lunches in-house, rather than

heating up meals prepared off-site. “This is a huge decision that I do not take lightly, nor without mixed feel-

ings,” Massenat said. “I remain a supporter of OKCPS and its efforts to create a world-class school system in Oklahoma City.”

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Deputy won’t face charges in deadly force case BY SAMANTHA VICENT

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TAHLEQUAH — A Cherokee County deputy will not face criminal charges after using deadly force when fatally shooting a man wielding a knife in October, the district attorney’s office announced Wednesday. District Attorney Brian Kuester said in a release that deputy Bryan Qualls had adequate reason to believe he would have been seriously injured or killed if he didn’t use deadly force against 30-year-old Daniel Nole

of Beggs the evening of Oct. 30. He said Qualls tried unsuccessfully to use a Taser to keep Nole from coming toward him with the weapon before firing “several times,” striking him twice in the chest. Deputies responded to the Faith Based Therapeutic Community Corp. near Norwood around 7:15 p.m. that day on a report that a man, allegedly Nole, had stabbed four patients at the drug rehabilitation facility and set a barn on fire. Deputies said at the time that Nole was a patient at the center. Kuester said an inquiry by

the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation revealed that authorities found Nole in an outbuilding with a knife in his hand. Qualls and Hulbert Police officer Anthony Torix identified themselves as law enforcement and commanded Nole to drop the knife, but he refused, Kuester said. “When Nole failed to do so, deputy Qualls used his Taser, deploying it and pulling its trigger three times,” Kuester wrote. “The Taser, however, had no apparent effect and Nole continued toward deputy Qualls with the knife in his hand.”

Qualls moved backward to put more distance between himself and Nole but fell to the floor while doing so, Kuester said. “... Nole continued forward and was within a step of Qualls with the knife being held up in an aggressive fashion,” he said. “Despite commands by Qualls and Torix throughout this interaction, Nole continued toward Qualls.” After Qualls shot Nole, who died at the scene, Kuester said deputy Charlie Dreadfulwater entered the building and took the knife from Nole’s hand. “At the time that Deputy

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Armed man is arrested at Arkansas State University BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

JONESBORO, Ark. — An armed man who had posted on Facebook that he was homicidal drove onto the Arkansas State University campus Thursday, sparking a lockdown before police took him into custody without any shots fired, university and police officials said. Jonesboro Police Chief Rick Elliott said Brad Kenneth Bartelt, 47, of Jonesboro, had a 12-gauge shotgun and containers of gasoline and propane with him when he drove his truck onto a plaza east of the student union. University spokesman Bill Smith said the man, once a student at a remote campus, was taken into custody about an hour after the incident began. The university lifted a lockdown for most of the campus but still canceled final exams set for Thursday afternoon and evening. Campus activities are to resume Friday, and a graduation ceremony set for Saturday will go on. Campus police chief Randy Martin said Bartelt had formerly attended classes at Arkansas State’s Newport campus, 45 miles away. In a Facebook post Wednesday, Bartelt had complained about a recent decision in a Social Security case. Police didn’t offer details about the case. Elliott said at a Thursday news conference that Bartelt never pointed a weapon toward officers. “He was pointing the gun at himself. He wanted to do harm to himself,” Elliott said. The chief said that, when he arrived, Bartelt was sitting in the truck with his foot out

In this photo provided by Jason Penry, a truck is parked on the lawn in front of the student union Thursday at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark. [AP PHOTO]

the window and the shotgun visible, yelling something inaudible. He said from “timeto-time” Bartelt would get out of the truck and slosh gasoline on the truck or hold the shotgun to his chin.

Charges are likely Elliott said investigators were still interviewing Bartelt to learn more about his reasons and he would be screened by mental health professionals. He said charges were

likely but did not know what they would be. A day earlier, officers had gone to Bartelt’s home after receiving a call about a Facebook post where he said he was “suicidal and now homicidal.” In the post, Bartelt referred to the Social Security Administration, according to a police report that also noted Bartelt was seeking medical attention. The school sent an alert early Thursday afternoon, urging everyone to leave the student union amid reports of an active shooter. City police spokesman Paul Holmes said a negotiator went to the scene to talk with Bartelt. It wasn’t clear what was said in discussions, but Bartelt eventually threw the shotgun down and surrendered, Elliott said. John Miller, a junior at Arkansas State, told the Arkansas Democrat Gazette in a phone interview that he was taking a test in the humanities building when he saw through a window a green pickup drive onto the lawn in front of the union. About five minute later, after finishing his test, Miller said “people came running and screaming freaking out.” At that point, Miller ran with several women to the library as police and SWAT team officers began descending on the campus, he said. The university is in Jonesboro, about 130 miles northeast of Little Rock. Its enrollment is more than 13,000, but not all students were on campus Thursday because it was the second day of final exams. Jonesboro is also home to Westside Middle School, where an 11-year-old and 13-yearold fatally shot four students and a teacher in 1998.

Qualls discharged his weapon, Nole was making an apparent attempt to seriously harm or kill Deputy Qualls and had the ability, with the knife in his hand and in close proximity to his intended victim, to do so,” he said. “Oklahoma law justifies the use of deadly force in circumstances such as these.” Qualls has been on administrative leave since shooting Nole. Although the Medical Examiner’s report on Nole’s death is not yet finalized, Kuester said he expects the findings will be “consistent with the scene investigation.”

Police arrest Ramona couple following death of 4-year-old BY KYLE HINCHEY

Tulsa World kyle.hinchey@tulsaworld.com

RAMONA — A Ramona woman and her boyfriend have been arrested in connection with the death of her 4-year-old daughter, according to the Washington County sheriff’s office. Courtney Hansche, 26, and Michael Nordbye, 27, were booked Wednesday night into the Washington County Jail on accusations of first-degree murder, first-degree rape and child abuse. Nordbye and Hansche reportedly took Hansche’s daughter, Jaydenn Hansche, to the St. John Medical Center in Owasso on Nov. 15 after the girl became unresponsive, Undersheriff Steve Johnson said. The child was later pronounced dead at the hospital. The sheriff’s office, along with the Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, conducted an investigation on the girl’s death, resulting in the arrests of Nordbye and Hansche.

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Firefighter Tracy Alberty, left, and District Chief Cathy Hayes encourage women to consider firefighting as a career. [PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Oklahoma City Fire Department wants more female firefighters BY JOSH WALLACE

Staff Writer jwallace@oklahoman.com

The Oklahoma City Fire Department is looking to bolster its ranks with more women by holding a recruitment seminar Saturday in conjunction with the police department. District Chief Cathy Hayes, a 19-year member of the fire department, said they will showcase careers women might not have considered. “What we’re trying to look at is to try and get, especially women and minorities, to think about these type of careers,” Hayes said. “We want to try and match the community and let, especially women, know that these jobs are available and they’re out there.” Hayes, the department’s first female district chief of operations, said she became interested after taking a couple of basic firefighter training courses in high school. “And then after college I got out, they were hiring, the fire department was hiring, so I said, ‘Let’s check it out,’” she said. Firefighter Tracy Alberty said everything was up in the air after she graduated from college, but she found her way to the fire department for a job she described as the best in the world. She first worked as a 911 dispatcher in Edmond, Alberty said, but “realized I’m

way too physical of a person to sit in a basement in a chair.” Of the nearly 1,000 people employed by the department, Hayes and Alberty are among only 20 women. “When I first came on there weren’t very many women on the job, and there still really isn’t a lot,” Hayes said. “I just went in there and did what my officer told me to do and they showed me how to become a good firefighter, and that’s basically what I did.” Alberty said through the recruiting process and in the year since she’s been with the department she’s always felt welcomed. “As long as you’re willing to put in hard work, I mean you can belong anywhere, even if someone doesn’t necessarily agree with it,” she said. “I never personally have seen any ill feelings or anyone thinking that I didn’t belong.” Alberty said women from any career field are welcome to apply. “Even someone who is five years into another career ... put in an application, give it a try, and if you get in, it’s the best job in the world, absolutely.” The Women in Public Safety seminar is from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Metro Tech Business Center, 1900 Springlake Drive. For more information about firefighter requirements, training and testing call 297-3473 or go to okc.gov/fire/.

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New interim prison warden is named BY GRAHAM LEE BREWER Staff Writer gbrewer@oklahoman.com

Warden Jerry Chrisman

MCALESTER — An interim warden has been named at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, weeks after the previous warden retired amid a grand jury investigation. Jerry Chrisman, Warden at the nearby Jackie Brannon Correctional Center, will take over as interim warden of the state penitentiary effective immediately,

Man gets five more months in prison for email threats BY CURTIS KILLMAN

Tulsa World curtis.killman@tulsaworld.com

TULSA — A Tulsa man sentenced in January to a one-month prison term for sending threatening emails to government officials was sentenced to serve a five-month term in federal prison Wednesday after a judge determined he had violated the terms of his supervised release. Charles Jason Moreland, 33, apologized to the judge before his sentencing, attributing his actions to “mistaken behavior.” Moreland was initially indicted in August 2014 on allegations he had sent life-threatening emails to former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other public officials. An affidavit filed at the time in support of a warrant to search Moreland’s residence indicated an individual identified as Moreland sent an email to the White House that indicated he would travel to Washington, D.C., “and start killing people if the monitoring of his Internet and cellphones did not stop.” The affidavit also indicated someone using the same email address as Moreland sent angry and threatening messages to U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Tulsa, between September 2013 and June 2014. Moreland pleaded guilty Sept. 9, 2014, to a one-count misdemeanor charge related to the

emails. He was sentenced in January to a one-month prison term with an additional year of supervised release. Moreland was arrested Nov. 2 in connection with claims that he had violated the terms of his supervised release. An assistant U.S. Attorney told U.S. Magistrate Frank McCarthy during the Wednesday hearing in Tulsa federal court that Moreland has continued to send threatening emails, including one that stated Hillary Clinton should be treated as an “enemy combatant.” “This pattern of behavior is unacceptable,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said.

Frustrated and jobless Moreland told the judge he has never harmed anyone or thought about harming anyone, attributing his actions in part to frustration while he was unemployed. “A lot of this is a couple of years of frustration and not being able to voice it,” Moreland said. He indicated he has since gotten a job which has kept him busy and that he doesn’t “have time to worry about what’s on the news or legislation.” But McCarthy, while saying Moreland was one of the “most articulate” persons to come before him, said his conduct was “simply not acceptable.” “There is a real harm to people to receive such messages,” McCarthy said.

Tulsa council approves $8M payout to former inmate BY JARREL WADE

Tulsa World jarrel.wade@tulsaworld.com

TULSA — The Tulsa City Council passed a resolution Thursday authorizing $8 million to be paid out of the city’s sinking fund as settlement to a case involving a wrongfully convicted man. Sedrick Courtney, 43, spent 16 years behind bars for the wrongful conviction. He filed a lawsuit against the city in 2014 alleging that city officials manufactured evidence to convict him on robbery and burglary charges and then obstructed his exoneration efforts. Courtney was convicted of robbing a woman at her Tulsa apartment in February 1996 and was sentenced to 60 years in prison. He was paroled in 2011. His lawsuit against the city claimed that evidence

was planted by police. It also alleged that Courtney requested access to evidence that would show his innocence but was told the evidence had been destroyed. It wasn’t until September 2011, after being asked a third time, that Tulsa police said they had located hair evidence from ski masks believed to have been worn during the robbery. Subsequent DNA testing that was not available when Courtney was convicted excluded his connection with the hairs, according to court filings. The Tulsa City Council voted unanimously to approve the $8 million settlement Oct. 22. Thursday’s resolution, along with the mayor’s signature, is the final step in the $8 million settlement, one of the largest settlements the city has paid to an individual.

state Corrections Director Robert Patton said in a Thursday news release. Since Jackie Brannon and the state penitentiary are within a half of a mile of each other, Chrisman will be able to act as warden of both facilities simultaneously, the release said. The Oklahoma Board of Corrections has yet to announce when it will begin searching for a permanent replacement for former warden Anita Trammell, who stepped

down in October. Trammell’s retirement came one week after she testified before a multicounty grand jury in Oklahoma City on a last-minute drug mix-up that caused Gov. Mary Fallin to halt the Sept. 30 execution of Richard Glossip. A moratorium on executions in Oklahoma has been put in place until the investigation is complete. Earlier this month, Patton, who also testified before the grand jury, announced he would resign

from his position at the end of the year. Chrisman, who is from Stuart, has been working at the state Corrections Department since 1989, when he took a job as a correctional officer at the state penitentiary. The Oklahoma State Penitentiary houses nearly 800 of the state’s most violent offenders, including those on death row. Jackie Brannon houses about 750 minimum security inmates.

Bartlesville councilor belittles police, resigns BY LAURA SUMMERS Tulsa World

BARTLESVILLE — A Bartlesville City Councilor has resigned after admitting to making disparaging remarks about local police that apparently were recorded without her knowledge. Doann Nguyen on Thursday submitted a letter of resignation to the city of Bartlesville and her constituents announcing she is leaving the post she has held since 2014 representing Ward 4 amid controversy over comments she made in April in which she called local police officers “uneducated” and “violent perverts.” “By these statements coming to light this past week, I understand the damage is irreparable, and I sincerely apologize to the city of Bartlesville, its police officers, and its citizens,” Nguyen stated in her letter. “With my resignation, I wish to take responsibility for my disparaging comments and in doing so, I hope to

dissociate those comments from the city of Bartlesville and my constituents.” Nguyen indicated she was unknowingly recorded making the statements to a constituent with whom she was trying to sympathize. The recording was posted to YouTube on Tuesday, exposing what Nguyen described as her own “embarrassingly ignorant statements about the police.” Bartlesville City Manager Ed Gordon issued a statement in support of the municipal police department, which was released to the media along with Nguyen’s resignation letter. “Ms. Nguyen has submitted her resignation from the Bartlesville City Council effective immediately,” Gordon stated. “While it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the circumstances surrounding Ms. Nguyen’s resignation, as administration, we are in full support of our police officers, as we are all city of Bartlesville employees.”

Nguyen, an IT auditor with Phillips 66, in November was honored as one of the “most innovative people of her generation” by iON Oklahoma digital magazine, which selected her as a recipient of the 30 Under 30 Next Gen award. A Bartlesville resident since 2009 and active local volunteer, she stated in a news release the importance of her work in municipal government declaring “my involvement in the community is anchored by my role in Bartlesville City Council as a representative of Ward 4.” Nguyen was appointed to Ward 4 in 2014. A 2008 graduate of Oklahoma State University with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering, she had served on the Frank Phillips Club board of directors, Ghost Walk Committee, Christmas Crawl Committee, Red White and Blue Stars Committee and was a Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America mentor, according to a Tulsa World story at the time.

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Gayland Gieger, center, Oklahoma County assistant district attorney, takes notes Thursday as Daniel Holtzclaw, second from left, cries as the verdicts are read in his trial in Oklahoma City. Holtzclaw was convicted on 18 counts. [AP PHOTO]

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prison time consecutively — for a total of 263 years. The verdicts came on his 29th birthday and after jurors had deliberated 45 hours over four days. Formal sentencing was set for Jan. 21. “Justice was done,” District Attorney David Prater told reporters afterward. “To the African-American community, I’ll say this … I appreciate you trusting us and standing down and making sure nothing foolish happened during the investigation of this case and during the trying of this case,” Prater said. “You trusted us, and we appreciate that. The Oklahoma City Police Department did the right thing, and so did we. And you trusted us to do it. And I hope you know we will continue to do that.” Holtzclaw was convicted of firstdegree rape, second-degree rape by instrumentation, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy and procuring lewd exhibition. As the judge read the first guilty verdict, on the first count, Holtzclaw, his supporters and family began to cry. Holtzclaw lowered his head and visibly trembled as the judge read the rest of the 36 verdicts. Holtzclaw breathed heavily and stared the jurors down as sheriff’s deputies escorted him from the courtroom. The victim who initiated the police investigation was in the courtroom for the reading of the verdicts. Jurors agreed Holtzclaw forced her to perform a sex act during a traffic stop. “I was afraid for my life,” she testified. The woman, a grandmother, hugged others beside her in the courtroom and cried with her supporters. Outside the courtroom, a prayer circle formed. “Thank you for justice, Heavenly Father,” one woman said. After the prayer circle, two women began singing the “Happy Birthday” song. “Happy birthday, dear Daniel. Happy birthday, to you!” they sang.

Appeal is expected Jurors began deliberating shortly after 5:20 p.m. Monday after more than five hours of closing arguments. The judge read the jury’s verdicts about 8:25 p.m. Thursday. The packed courtroom remained mostly calm as the verdicts were read. The judge had warned the audience not to make any loud outbursts. Holtzclaw’s attorney, Scott Adams, declined comment. An appeal is

expected. The youngest victim testified she was 17 at the time of the attack. Jurors found Holtzclaw guilty of raping her on her mother’s front porch. Her DNA was found on the inside and outside of Holtzclaw’s pants. It was the only DNA evidence from a victim in the case. Holtzclaw denied the allegations. His attorney throughout the trial attempted to damage the accusers’ credibility by referencing past criminal or drug activity. Holtzclaw did not testify in his own defense. The case gained national attention early on when an all-white jury was selected. Court records describe Holtzclaw as “Asian or Pacific Islander.” After the verdicts, Prater addressed why the jury of eight men and four women ended up being all white. He said defense attorneys kicked off the only jury candidates who were black. “We objected to that, hoping we would have a good cross-section of the community,” he said. He also said the not guilty verdicts involving five victims does not mean the jurors didn’t believe those women. He said it may mean prosecutors didn’t prove those counts beyond a reasonable doubt. In a statement, the Oklahoma City Police Department thanked jurors for their service. “It was a long and difficult trial and deliberation process for all involved. It is obvious the jury took their responsibilities very seriously and considered every piece of evidence presented to them,” the police department said. “We are proud of our detectives and prosecutors for a job well done. “We are satisfied with the jury’s decision and firmly believe justice was served.” Oklahoma City Councilman John Pettis also said Thursday night that justice was served. “However, I had hoped the jury would have found him guilty of all the charges. My prayers go out to all of the victims,” Pettis said. The trial began Nov. 2 and lasted 21 days. At least three times, protesters chanted, “Black women matter! All women matter!” outside the courthouse. On one occasion, the chanting of “We want life!” from outside briefly interrupted an accuser’s testimony. Several of the women have sued Holtzclaw and the city. Those cases are pending.

Daniel Ken Holtzclaw verdicts

Guilty verdicts highlighted in red Counts shown in the order read by the judge. Not all counts are organized by accuser. Accusers’ initials included.

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Sexual battery Procuring lewd exhibition Burglary in the first degree Procuring lewd exhibition Procuring lewd exhibition Stalking Sexual battery Forcible oral sodomy Rape in the first degree Forcible oral sodomy Rape in the first degree Forcible oral sodomy Sexual battery Sexual battery Procuring lewd exhibition Forcible oral sodomy Forcible oral sodomy Procuring lewd exhibition Procuring lewd exhibition Rape in the first degree Sexual battery Sexual battery Sexual battery Forcible oral sodomy Rape in the second degree Indecent exposure Forcible oral sodomy Rape in the first degree Rape in the first degree Sexual battery Rape in the second degree Rape in the first degree Sexual battery Sexual battery Procuring lewd exhibition Procuring lewd exhibition

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Above: Oklahoma County District Judge Timothy Henderson talks to the jury Thursday as the verdicts are returned in the trial of Daniel Holtzclaw, a fired Oklahoma City police officer, who was facing 36 counts alleging he sexually assaulted 13 females while on duty. Holtzclaw was found guilty on 18 counts. [AP

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Left: Daniel Holtzclaw cries Thursday as the verdicts are read in his trial.

Eric Holtzclaw, left, holds his wife, Kumiko Holtzclaw, as the verdicts are read Thursday in the trial of their son, Daniel Holtzclaw.

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Feeling like a Grinch? At least it won’t shorten your life BY MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer

LONDON — There’s good news for grumpy women: Being happy apparently has no effect on how long you might live. That’s the conclusion of the latest attempt to find out if happy people live longer. Previous studies have linked happiness to longevity but researchers now say there’s no such scientific connection. So while being sick makes you unhappy, just being grouchy isn’t enough to make you ill or shorten your life. The results are based on questionnaires from more than 715,000 British women aged 50 to 69 who were enrolled in a national breast cancer screening program in the late 1990s. The women were asked things like how often they felt happy and how healthy they were. Nearly 40 percent of the women said they were happy most of the time while 17 percent said they were unhappy. After a decade of tracking the women, 4 percent had died. Scientists found the death rate among

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unhappy women was the same as those who were happy. The research was published online Wednesday in the medical journal Lancet.

‘Focus on the real issues’ “It’s such a common belief that stress and unhappiness causes death and disease but it’s actually the other way around,” said Richard Peto, a professor at the University of Oxford who was one of the study’s authors. “People should focus on the real issues that shorten their lives, like smoking and obesity.” In an accompanying commentary, French scientists suggested that the results might not be the same in men, since “men and women probably define happiness differently.” The researchers said the latest paper was the biggest-ever to evaluate happiness and noted it accounted for potential confounding factors. Some previous studies among older adults have found that women were grumpier than men. Peto said the pursuit of happiness is still worthwhile, even if it doesn’t extend your

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ADA Harrison, Esther, 69, bookkeeper, died Dec. 8. Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday (Martin-Dugger, Elk City).

ALTUS Blackstone, Ruby, 94, died Dec. 9. Services pending (Lowell-Tims, Altus). Cohn, Helen Louise, 73, died Dec. 9. Celebration of life 11 a.m. Monday (Kincannon, Altus).

APACHE Stafford, Judy, 67, died Dec. 10. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church (Crews, Apache).

ATOKA Steer, Annie Shirley, 67, seamstress, died Dec. 8. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, General Assembly and Church of God (Atoka, Atoka).

BETHANY Brooks, Keith Martin Sr., 79, died Dec. 7. Private services (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City). Wilkerson, Ronald B., 90, oil company accountant, died Dec. 9. Services 10 a.m. Saturday (McNeil’s Mustang, Mustang).

BINGER Lopez, Nora I., 82, homemaker, died Dec. 9. Graveside services 10 a.m. Saturday, Binger Cemetery (Kiesau-Lee, Clinton).

CARNEY White, Beverly Jean, 67, licensed practical nurse, died Dec. 6. Memorial services 11 a.m. Saturday (Palmer Marler, Cushing).

Coburn, Barbara, 77, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church (Greer, Mangum).

salesman, died Dec. 2. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Unity Baptist Church (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee). Lawson, Kevin R., 56, died Dec. 5. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday (Hibbs, Choctaw). Miller, Barbara Rose, 89, homemaker, died Dec. 1. Memorial services 1 p.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Belle Isle (Corbett, Oklahoma City). Porter, H. Wayne, 78, retired from Tinker Air Force Base, died Dec. 9. Services pending (Vondel L. Smith & Son South, Oklahoma City). Watkins, Jasmine Lynn, 24, died Dec. 9. Services pending (Heritage, Oklahoma City).

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Dickinson, Jonathan Carrol, 57, corrections officer, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Henninger-Hinson, Enid). Judd, Raymond Anthony “Randy,” 63, roofer, died Dec. 7. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, West Willow Community Church (Anderson-Burris, Enid). Shumate, Paul William, 53, wrecker service driver, died Dec. 4. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Henninger-Hinson, Enid).

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Anoil, James Michael, 64, died Dec. 9. Graveside services 2 p.m. Monday, Memory Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery (Community, Guthrie). Rose, Sharon Marie, 45, homemaker, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday (Community, Guthrie).

MAUD Martin, Bois Buel Jr. “Tex,” 72, oil-field production pumper, died Dec. 10. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Swearingen, Seminole).

MIDWEST CITY Dickson, Larry Allen Sr., 70, Oklahoma City Zoo giraffe caretaker, died Dec. 9. Memorial services 3 p.m. Sunday (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City). White, Brian, 48, retired from military, died Nov. 28. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City).

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Watkins, Joe P., 66, died Dec. 8. Services 5 p.m. Friday (Hutchins Maples Matherly, Bristow).

Carlile, Lloyd LaVerne “Rusty,” 80, Safeway warehouse worker, died Dec. 7. Graveside services 2 p.m. Saturday, Moore Cemetery (John M. Ireland, Moore).

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Rogers, Robert Wesley “Wes,” 52, cabinet maker, died Dec. 10. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday, Blanchard Church of Christ (Eisenhour, Blanchard).

DURANT Brown, Lela Kathryn, 80, died Dec. 10. Services 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Bokchito Church of Christ, Bokchito (Brown’s, Durant).

EDMOND Bisher, Bill, 83, died Dec. 1. Memorial services 2 p.m. Friday (Matthews, Edmond). Cheatwood, Orman M. “Chet,” 94, auto repair shop owner, died Nov. 27. Services pending (John M. Ireland, Moore). Estes, Charles C., 84, retired photographer, died Nov. 30. Services pending (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma City). Freeman, Gerri, 95, died Dec. 3. Services 1 p.m. Saturday (Crawford Family, Edmond). Nickson, Janice, 80, died Dec. 9. Services pending (Crawford Family, Edmond). Streit, Michael Eugene, 55, died Dec. 7. Memorial services 2 p.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel (Memorial Park, Oklahoma City).

EL RENO Adams, James J., 94, died Dec. 9. Graveside services 11 a.m. Saturday, El Reno Cemetery (Huber-Benson, El Reno). LaFollette, Harvey Lee, 70, died Dec. 3. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Huber-Benson, El Reno).

Records MARRIAGES Rebekah Lynn Murray and Derrance Charles Turner Quantina Chanika Ross and Darrel Andre Warren Sarah Dawn Scerri and Dustin A. Wright Abbey Gail Jackson and Corby Lee Cartwright II Affoue Annick-Arlette Nelly Kouame and Jimmy Dean Hill Rebeca Elise Estrada and Trevor J. Houchin Kathryn Lamoyne Kerr and Matthew Ryan Burch

Pope, Lesley, 86, died Dec. 9. Services 1 p.m. Saturday (Wilson-Little, Purcell).

NINNEKAH Stephens, Gene, 73, died Dec. 9. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, Ninnekah First Baptist Church (Sevier Chickasha, Chickasha).

NORMAN Calvert, Michael Stephan, 58, worked for Southwestern Wire, died Nov. 25. Memorial services 3 p.m. Friday (John M. Ireland, Moore).

OKLAHOMA CITY Alexander, Rashee, 36, died Dec. 10. Services pending (Temple and Sons, Oklahoma City). Beatty, Carolyn Mae, 66, died Dec. 10. Services pending (Temple and Sons, Oklahoma City). Blalock, Barbara, 89, died Dec. 7. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Fairview Baptist Church, Edmond (Bill Eisenhour NE, Oklahoma City). Butler, Terry H., 78, died Dec. 4. Private services (Heritage, Oklahoma City). Hamilton, Edith Margaret, 94, died Dec. 4. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, St. James Methodist Episcopal Church, Arcadia (Baggerley, Edmond). Harris, DeAndra, 42, died Dec. 6. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Unity Baptist Church (Howard-Harris, Oklahoma City). Hawkins, Vinita Lieuana, 97, cook for Oklahoma City public schools, died Dec. 10. Services pending (John M. Ireland, Moore). Jones, Shawn Ray Jr., 51, car

Lauren Paige Shoemaker and Matthew Karel Fisser Patricia Mae Owens and Jeffrey S. Teal Misty Ruchelle Depel and Kyle Dwayne Cooper Stephanie Brooke Currey and Benjamin Samuel Aaron Anna Elizabeth Van Alstine and Jason Gunnwoong Moon Angela Marie Sikatie Marie Hufnagel and George Michael Gust Charis Ann Beasler and Casey Lee Davenport Nadine Rochelle Zantt and Leon Charles Tuggle Jr. Brianna Harrison and Ronald Scott

life. “Happiness is very nice,” said Peto, who was relieved to have finished the study after two decades. “I had some of it myself when I was young.” But not everyone was convinced by the study’s conclusions. Hazel Newton, 69, said she believed having a positive attitude was instrumental to her recovery from a stroke several

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Ronald B. Wilkerson March 23, 1925-December 9, 2015

BETHANY Ronald B. Wilkerson, age 90, died on Wednesday December 9, 2015. He was a retired accountant for Champlain Oil Co. He is survived by 1 son Gene Ray Wilkerson of Enid, OK and 1 sister Lavon Mangus of Bethany, OK. Funeral services will be held at 10am Saturday, December 12, 2015, at McNeil’s Funeral Service, Mustang, OK with a 2:30pm interment in the Roselawn Cemetery, Okeene, OK.

Stone, Christy Ann, 35, Seminole Nation Headstart teacher’s aide, died Dec. 9. Wake 6 p.m. Monday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday (Swearingen, Seminole).

SNYDER Greear, James E., 87, roofer, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Saturday (Becker-Rabon, Lawton).

TECUMSEH Lacey, Linda Marie, 61, law office manager, died Dec. 8. Memorial services 9 a.m. Saturday, Highland Church of Christ (John M. Ireland, Moore).

TULSA Chaney, Nathaniel D., 85, director of food services, died Dec. 7. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Metropolitan Baptist Church (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee). Garrett, Leelee Arman, 38, sales professional, died Dec. 3. Services 11 a.m. Saturday, Real Church (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee). Osborne, Randy D., 59, floor technician at Spirit Aerosystems, died Dec. 8. Services 11 a.m. Thursday (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee). Rosa, Raymond, 26, died Dec. 6. Services pending (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee).

WEATHERFORD Adler, Eldon H., 89, service station owner, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Zion Church (Lockstone, Weatherford).

WELEETKA Fixico, Lou Jean, 64, nutrition director for elderly, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Monday, Creek Chapel Church (Parks Brothers, Okemah).

WEWOKA DeLozier, Levon, 64, police dispatcher, died Dec. 9. Services 2 p.m. Monday (Smith-Phillips, Ada).

YALE Gates, Patricia, 73, homemaker, died Dec. 10. No services (Palmer Marler Carberry, Yale).

YUKON Kendall, Wanda F., 85, licensed practical nurse, died Dec. 10. Memorial services 10:30 a.m. Monday, First Christian Church (Yanda and Son, Yukon). Sims, Brenda, 63, elementary schoolteacher, died Dec. 8. Memorial services 4 p.m. Friday, Northwest Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (Mercer-Adams, Bethany).

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DIVORCES ASKED Alexander, Amber Lynn v. Stanton Shea Blanco-Santizo, Deivi E. v. Blanco, Miguel H. Davis, Shawn Adam v. Jessica Rena

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EDMOND Michael Eugene Streit was born October 28, 1960 in Enid, OK. He passed away on December 7, 2015. Memorial services will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, December 12, 2015, at Memorial Park Historic Cemetery Chapel (13400 N. Kelley Ave., OKC, OK). Burial will be at a later time at Oakland Cemetery, Crescent, OK.

Timothy Jon Baade

January 21, 1958 - December 4, 2015

Crawley, Allen Ray Sr. “Pete,” 62, retired senior supervisor, died Dec. 7. Graveside services 3 p.m. Saturday, Savanna Cemetery (Chaney-Harkins, McAlester).

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years ago. “I’ve always been a glass half-full kind of person and I think that helps keep you healthy,” Newton said while enjoying a day of shopping in London with her sister. The Sheffield native said it’s important to consciously decide to be happy. “You always have to enjoy every day,” she said. “You never know what’s coming.”

Bob Watts

Jean Evelyn Blackwell

February 6, 1929 - December 8, 2015

MIDWEST CITY Jean Evelyn Blackwell, born on September 1, 1930 went home to be with the Lord on December 6, 2015. She was born in Carroll County, Tennessee to Waldo C. and Rosemary Nevil. She began her life’s love of caring for children by helping raise her two younger brothers, Myrle and Clint. She was a Pre-School and Sunday School teacher for over 30 years at First Baptist Church of Midwest City. In 1947, she met and married the love of her life W.W. “Pepper” Blackwell. A chance meeting at a basketball game would propel them both into 68yrs. as husband and wife. She is survived by her husband W.W. “Pepper” Blackwell, sons Tom Blackwell and David Blackwell, brother Clint Nevil and many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Services will be conducted by Ford Funeral Service at 1:30pm Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Midwest City.

OKLAHOMA CITY Bob, 86, departed this earthly life on Dec. 8, 2015. He was born Feb. 6, 1929 in Kansas City, MO to Burdett & Evelyn Maude (Spokes) Watts. After serving his country in the U.S. Navy he returned to Oklahoma, where he started his career & most importantly his family. Bob was a Master Tool & Die Maker for several companies including Western Electric, and AT&T. He enjoyed fishing, golfing, & spending time with his grandchildren. Preceded in death by his parents; 2 brothers, Bill & John “Bud” Watts; 1 sister, Mary Evelyn Watts. He is survived by his wife, Jean Watts; 2 sons, Bob & wife Carolyn Watts, & Barry Hall; 3 daughters, Kathy Wester & husband Bobby, Cindy Cash, & Koni Robberson; and a multitude of loving family & friends. Viewing will be from 4-8 PM Friday with the family receiving friends from 5-7 PM. Services will be 11:00 AM Sat., Dec. 12, 2015, at S. Walker Church of Christ, 5217 S. Walker, OKC with burial following at Resthaven Memory Gardens. vondelsmithmortuary.com

Sept. 1, 1930 - Dec. 6, 2015

Brenda Joyce Sims

October 8, 1952 - December 8, 2015

YUKON Brenda passed into the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, December 8, at the age of 63, following a two year battle with melanoma cancer. Memorial service will be held at Northwest Baptist Church, 3030 NW 23rd St., at 4:00pm on Friday, December 11, 2015. Memorial gifts may be given to Northwest Baptist Church Children’s Ministry. To read the full obituary or share a memory or condolence, visit: www.mercer-adams.com

Norma Lovelace

March 2, 1928 - Dec. 8, 2015

OKLAHOMA CITY Norma Jeanne Carmack Lovelace died peacefully on Dec. 8, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born in Oklahoma City on March 2, 1928 to Etta and Lester Tinsley. She graduated from Britton High School. Norma married LeRoy Carmack on Sept. 26, 1947. LeRoy’s passing in Sept. 1997 was only 25 days before their 50th wedding anniversary. Norma later married Albert Lovelace. Norma was a longtime member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, husbands LeRoy Carmack & Albert Lovelace, & brother Lester Jr. She is survived by daughter, Carla Raines; sons, Jerry & wife Debbi, & Michael Carmack of OKC; grandchildren, Todd Raines of OKC; Tiffany & Arnold Rupp of Arlington, TX; Tabitha Raines of OKC; Jennifer & Kevin Sonntag of Colorado Springs, CO; Stefanie & Rusty Appleton of OKC; great-grandchildren, Brittany, Courtney & Garrett Rupp; Kate Raines; Evie & Mack Sonntag. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Chapel Hill United Methodist Church or a charity of your choice. Services will be 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, 2717 W. Hefner Rd.

BAL HARBOUR, FLORIDA Tim Baade entered a new life on December 4, 2015. He will be greatly missed by every life he touched. Tim had a wonderfully joyful, thoughtful, kind spirit and shared laughter and fun freely with friends and family. He was a gifted planner, organizer, designer, and collector and loved the beautiful things in life. He gave generously to many organizations. Tim began at a young age working and studying hard to create his future. He attended St. James and Pleasant Hill Elementary Schools in Oklahoma City and Maur Hill Preparatory Academy in Atchison, Kansas for high school. He attended Oklahoma City University and graduated from Notre Dame University where he received a B.A. in Political Science. He later earned a J.D. from American University. His career began on the United States Senate Budget Committee in Washington, D.C. where he worked under Henry Bellmon and Pete Domenici. While there, he met his lifelong partner, Victor Kamber, with whom he has built a life together for thirty-four years. His association with the Kamber Group in Washington, D.C. continued for twenty years. He has been with American Income Life Insurance Company for the last seven years. Tim loved animals and in his lifetime had numerous companions which varied from monkeys to macaws, and always his beloved Persian cats. He worked and lived near Washington, D.C., but spent his winters in Southern Florida because he preferred the warmth and sun. He is survived by his mother, Dena Baade, of Oklahoma City, and three siblings, Joel, Karen and Dan; two nieces, Amanda and Elizabeth, and a nephew, Conrad. Services will be held at Resurrection Cemetery Chapel in Oklahoma City on Saturday, December 12, at 2:00 p.m. with graveside service following. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the National Humane Society, Washington, D.C.

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Highlighting the day’s trending stories:

End-of-session spending, tax measures in Congress The White House and top lawmakers are struggling to wrap up a year’s worth of budget work and let Congress adjourn next week for 2015. At issue are a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill and a sprawling renewal of tax breaks for businesses and individuals that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade. Here are some of the top issues in play:

Overall spending

Guided by a bipartisan deal struck in October, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans have settled most of their differences over 2016 spending by government agencies. With Republicans dominating bill details, the departments of Veterans Affairs, Justice and Defense will get the healthiest increases, while Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency won’t do as well.

Government shutdown?

Probably not this year. With agency money running out Saturday, the Senate approved legislation financing government through next Wednesday to give negotiators time to craft a final deal. House passage was expected Friday.

Policy fights

Battles over an array of issues have become the biggest obstacles to finishing the spending package.

Not happening

Facing an Obama veto threat, Republicans will not include language unraveling the president’s 2010 health care overhaul or halting federal payments to Planned Parenthood. Other disputes include:

Environment

Republicans want to block new Obama administration emissions standards for power plants, thwart a rewrite of clean water rules, prevent curbs on “fracking” on federal lands and limit new regulations on ozone.

Cuba

A senior Cuban-American lawmaker wants to block Obama from loosening travel restrictions to Cuba, part of administration efforts to improve ties with the island nation.

Trucking

Industry lobbyists want to allow longer tandem trucks and block rules requiring added rest for drivers.

Financial services

The industry wants to relax tighter regulations imposed by a 2010 law in response to the Great Recession.

• NEWTOWN SHOOTING-ACTS OF KINDNESS: In remembrance of victims of Newtown massacre 3 years ago, 26 acts of kindness.

At left: Lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol building, which is covered in scaffolding for ongoing restoration of the Capitol dome. [AP FILE PHOTO]

Campaign spending

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seems likely to win a change in campaign finance law to lift spending limits by party committees of behalf of candidates for federal office.

Syrian refugees

Following last month’s Paris attacks, Republicans want to include a House-passed bill making it harder for Syrian refugees to enter the U.S. Faced with an Obama veto threat, that may be replaced by a measure, approved with bipartisan support by the House, restricting visa-free entry into the U.S. by many foreigners.

alternative energy sources. This issue could play out in the spending measure or in a major tax bill.

Tax legislation

Entwined with the spending measure is a separate bill that would renew around 50 expiring tax breaks for individuals and businesses. A bare bones version could cost around $100 billion over the next decade, but talks are underway to add additional tax breaks that could swell its cost, perhaps to $700 billion or more. It would be paid for by government borrowing, meaning federal deficits would grow.

Businesses

Sickened 9/11 emergency responders

Republicans and some Democrats would like to permanently renew expiring tax breaks for business costs for research and development, and purchasing equipment.

Food

Democrats want to make some tax credits permanent for college students and families with children, and earned income tax credits for lower-earning married couples and families with more than two children. Without congressional action, those tax breaks become less generous in 2018. Republicans and some Democrats also want to permanently allow people in states without income taxes to deduct local sales taxes on their federal tax returns.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told colleagues the bill will provide benefits for such workers. An existing program is expiring.

Efforts include repealing a law requiring that meat be labeled with its country of origin, renewing nutrition standards for school lunches and blocking mandatory labels for genetically modified foods. Also possible: easing proposed regulations on e-cigarettes and other new tobacco products.

Guns

House Democrats were demanding an end to long-running restrictions against gun violence research by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Energy

Republicans want to end the fourdecade-old ban on U.S. oil exports. Democrats want a permanent extension of tax breaks for solar and other

Individuals

Health law taxes

Republicans and some Democrats would like to delay taxes from Obama’s health care overhaul on high-cost health insurance policies, which don’t take effect until 2018, and the current 2.3 percent tax on some medical devices.

DEATH VIRGINIA | RICHMOND — A car crash victim who became known as “Grateful Doe” because of two Grateful Dead ticket stubs in his pocket has been identified more than 20 years after he was killed, authorities said Thursday. DNA evidence confirmed that the man whose identity remained a mystery for two decades is Jason Callahan of Myrtle Beach, S.C., said Arkuie Williams, a spokesman for the Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office. Callahan was 19 when he was killed in southern Virginia in 1995. His injuries made him unrecognizable and his body was never claimed. In recent years, the “Grateful Doe” mystery captured the attention of Internet sleuths. Above: This photo provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation shows a mudslide on Wednesday near Barview, Ore. Torrential rains pummeled parts of the Pacific Northwest for another night. At right: A Columbia County sheriff drives through a low point on the road Wednesday while others line up in Portland, Ore. [AP PHOTOS]

• BERGDAHL-SERIAL PODCAST: Former POW Bergdahl describes leaving Afghanistan base, capture in “Serial” podcast.

• CITADEL-PHOTOGRAPHS-KKK: South Carolina’s military college The Citadel is investigating after pictures surfaced on social media this week of cadets dressed in white with pillowcases over their heads, images similar to the Ku Klux Klan. • RACEHORSE MIX-UP: 3 suspended in Ohio after longshot winner turns out to be a horse of another name, sex.

COURTS CALIFORNIA | SANTA ANA — A federal judge has ordered a California man suspected of trying to aid the Islamic State group to eat dinner tonight or be force-fed. The order from Judge David O. Carter was given Thursday to 24-year-old Muhanad Badawi, who has been refusing to eat for three weeks. Carter said at a hearing in Orange County that

Above: In this Dec. 1 photo, slips of paper listing acts of kindness hang on the wall of the Pleasant Valley Elementary School in South Windsor, Conn. The school is one of many across the country asking children to perform 26 acts of kindness on the third anniversary of the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary school that took 26 lives. The children at Pleasant Valley, many of whom are too young to remember the shooting, are not being told about the origin of the program. [AP PHOTO] • TEENS-DRUNKEN DRIVING: A government survey shows fewer teens and young adults say they drive drunk. • EL NINO FORECAST: This year’s El Nino is staying unusually strong, and forecasters say it’s still expected to bring a wet winter to drought-stricken California. • DRIVERLESS TRAIN: Train carrying 50 — but no operator — travels through 4 Boston stations before being stopped.

• YAHOO CEO-TWINS: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gives birth to twin girls, a day after unveiling plans to hatch a new company to control Yahoo’s Internet business. • VINTAGE CAR AUCTION: A 1956 Ferrari is poised to sell for more than $28 million at an auction that also features Janis Joplin’s psychedelic Porsche and a 1963 Pontiac owned by Roy Rogers. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Badawi looks emaciated and is down to 110 pounds from a previous 140.

GUN LAWS CONNECTICUT | HARTFORD — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed Thursday to use an executive order to ban gun sales to those on federal no-fly watch lists. The Democratic governor said state officials are working with the federal government to get access to the lists. The legislature and Malloy previously enacted gun limits that expanded the state’s assault weapons ban and barred the possession and sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines following the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

IMMIGRATION TEXAS | DALLAS — A new spike in unaccompanied Central American minors crossing illegally into the United States is pushing federal officials to open shelters in Texas and California. A total of 10,588 unaccompanied children crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in October and November, more than double the 5,129 who crossed during the same two months last year, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

• CHIPOTLE FOOD SAFETY: Chipotle founder and co-CEO Steve Ells says he is “deeply sorry” about customers who were sickened after eating at the chain in recent weeks.

ASIA SOUTH KOREA | SEOUL — North and South Korea on Friday held high-level talks at a North Korean border town, a small step meant to improve ties battered by a military standoff in August and decades of acrimony and bloodshed. No major breakthrough was expected at the meeting of vice-ministerial officials in Kaesong, but analysts see even these relatively low-level talks as meaningful because they seek to carry out previously agreed reconciliation efforts, something the rivals have often failed to do in the past.

AMERICAS CUBA | GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE — A military judge refused Thursday to lift an order barring female guards at Guantanamo from having physical contact with five men charged

in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, at least for now. Army Col. James Pohl denied a request by prosecutors to lift a temporary order he imposed in January. Their request followed three days of testimony by Guantanamo Bay detention center officials who said the rule interfered with prison operations and discriminated against women soldiers.

EUROPE FRANCE | LE BOURGET — Negotiators from China, the U.S. and other nations haggled into the early morning Friday over how to share the burden of fighting climate change and paying for a trillion-dollar transition to clean energy on a global scale. Some delegates said an elusive climate pact was in sight heading into the final scheduled day of talks outside Paris. FROM WIRE REPORTS

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OPINION OUR VIEWS | KEEP REGULATIONS TO A MINIMUM

School choice policies should offer alternatives A

S lawmakers debate policies giving Oklahoma students greater education choice, including the use of taxpayer funds for private schools, it’s important to keep regulation of those programs to a minimum. Counterproductive red tape only drives providers away and robs students of opportunity. This was highlighted by Jay P. Greene, head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, during a recent Oklahoma appearance. For example, some argue that any private school accepting students with state-funded scholarships should be required to administer state-mandated tests and report results. Yet that requirement can dramatically limit participation of quality private schools. Greene noted state tests can impact a school’s curriculum and instruction. “A lot of private schools don’t teach the state curriculum — on purpose,” Greene said. “They have their own vision of what an educated person is, and that’s what they’re teaching. That’s why they’re private schools. They’re alternatives. They’re something different.” Similarly, requiring private schools to accept all applicants in order to receive state funds can change a school’s culture and mission. In theory, Greene noted participating Catholic schools could be required to accept students who are virulently anti-Catholic. How does that make sense? Imposing the aforementioned regulations would ensure that only the worst private schools participate in choice programs. “The only schools who are willing to do whatever the state tells them they must do are the schools that are most desperate for money,” Greene said. “If you don’t have enough kids in your private school and your finances are in bad shape, you’re in danger of closing — probably because you’re not very good — then you’re willing to do whatever the state says.”

Louisiana has a statewide school choice program, but also imposes the aforementioned regulations. Just onethird of Louisiana private schools participate. Greene noted such regulations also exceed what traditional public schools face. “This is actually holding private schools to a standard even public schools aren’t held to.” Public schools don’t accept all comers. Districts typically serve students in a limited geographic area. Since many of the better public schools are in upper-income areas with more expensive housing, this means many schools are effectively off-limits to low-income families. Public schools also routinely decline to serve students with significant special needs. Those students are sent elsewhere. Greene noted that many other education programs face less onerous regulation. “In preschool and higher ed, we don’t demand test score results.” Greene argues parents, even those of modest financial means and limited education, are capable of making informed decisions regarding a child’s education. “We let everyone vote. I mean, we don’t think people can make decisions about where their kids would go to school, but they can choose the leader of the free world? We clearly think they’re capable of making decisions that are important,” Greene said. “This doesn’t mean people aren’t going to make mistakes. They’re going to make lots of mistakes. But right now, we make a lot of mistakes for other people.” Some public school administrators will object that they should also be exempt from testing and accountability requirements. If lawmakers give parents the power to freely use taxpayer funds to put a child in any school, that’s a point worth debating down the road. But for now, school choice policies should give parents true alternatives — not force private schools to become another version of the status quo.

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VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECT CURRENT GOVERNMENT

Election results in Venezuela offer timely lesson on socialism V

ENEZUELA held legislative elections last week- stanched oil production, and more recently oil prices end and the results are heartening for anyone who plunged. The government suddenly found itself unable believes in freedom. to provide basic services such as public safety (crime has Not since the late Hugo Chavez took power in 1999 skyrocketed), and the health care system was thrown had his United Socialist Party of Venezuela lost an elec- into crisis, too. tion. This time, though, the opposition party won a The regime printed money to cover expenses, trigtwo-thirds majority in the congress, and gering triple-digit inflation, to which it will have the ability to challenge the rule responded by imposing price controls. These of Nicolas Maduro, Chavez’s successor as in turn caused massive shortages that made president. it impossible to find basic items in stores. This was a result Maduro and his In short, Venezuela was a textbook examsocialist government feared. In the ple of socialist mismanagement. Maduro, run-up to the election, he jailed oppohowever, borrowed Soviet propaganda and sition leaders on flimsy pretexts, and blamed an elaborate conspiracy of sabotage banned others from running for office. by business interests. He began arresting His allies put a sham third party on the store owners for the long lines that his own ballot with a similar name to that of the policies had created. opposition in hope of confusing voters Shortages and crime created popuand winning by splitting the vote. Mad- Venezuela President lar unrest and widespread protests that uro rejected international monitoring of Nicolas Maduro exploded in spring 2014. The government the election, raising fears that he would responded with violent repression, deputizsteal it. Even now, it’s hard to say for sure he didn’t try. ing red-shirted street gangs to beat up and shoot proBut despite all of this chicanery, and perhaps partly testers. This fall, even former Spanish prime minister because of it, Maduro’s United Socialist Party was bur- Felipe Gonzalez (a member of his own nation’s socialist ied in an electoral landslide. The reasons for the public’s party) felt moved to state frankly that Augusto Pinodiscontent with Chavism are plain enough, and rooted chet’s dictatorship in Chile had been more respectful of in the nature of socialism, a system that always and human rights than had the Maduro regime. everywhere attempts to govern by thwarting human It is heartening to see any nation’s voters turn back nature through state control of economic life. socialism in a free vote. But the failure of yet another Chavism survived so long because Venezuala has oil socialist state brings with it a timely lesson. riches. The country’s governmental system was nickToday in the United States, in the Occupy protests and named “petro-socialism.” One of Chavez’s first acts in the presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders, one sees power was to expropriate oil companies’ operations. For undiminished vigor in the belief that the free exchange of a time this allowed Chavez to buy the votes of the poor goods and services as the enemy of prosperity. The past with a massive program of food aid and health care. But 100 years is replete with examples of the folly expecting those programs, the basis of Chavez’s and then Madu- state-imposed egalitarianism to produce prosperity. ro’s popularity, had only mixed results for the health and It is a poisonous idea with an uninterrupted track nutrition of Venezuelans. record of failure. — Washington Examiner Then government mismanagement gradually

Adele revealed the meaning behind her song ‘Hello’ in a new interview. It turns out it’s about not being able to get a good cell signal in the woods.” SETH MEYERS “LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS”

Why take Trump stunt seriously? WASHINGTON — So how exactly does this work, Donald Trump’s plan to keep America safe from Islamic terrorism by barring entry to all Muslims? He explained it Tuesday on TV. The immigration official will ask the foreigner if he’s a Muslim. “And if they said, ‘yes,’ they would not be allowed in the country?” Trump: “That’s correct.” Brilliant. And very economical. That is, if you think that bloodthirsty terrorists — “people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life,” as Trump describes them — will feel honor-bound to tell the truth to an infidel immigration officer. They kill wantonly but, like George Washington, cannot tell a lie. On this logic hinges the great Maginot Line with which Trump will protect America from jihad. I decline to join the chorus denouncing Charles the Trump proposal Krauthammer as offensive and un-American. That’s too obvious. What I can’t get over is its sheer absurdity. COMMENTARY Here’s a suggestion (borrowed from my Fox News colleague Chris Stirewalt) to shore it up. At every immigration station at every airport in America, we will demand that every potential entrant — immigrant, refugee, student or tourist — eat a bacon sandwich. You refuse? Back home you go! True, the Stirewalt Solution casts the net a bit wide, snaring innocent vegetarians and Orthodox Jews. But hey, as Trump said Tuesday, “We’re at war — get it through your head.” Can’t get squeamish about collateral damage. Dozens of others have already pointed out how strategically idiotic is Trump’s exclusion principle. Absent a renewed Christian crusade against radical Islam, the war on terror will only be won in alliance with moderate Muslims. Declaring them anathema is not the best beginning to coalition-building. To take but the most obvious example: Our closest and most effective allies on the ground in the Middle East are the Kurds. Trump would turn them back at the Orlando airport. Or does he not know that they are Muslim? To treat “no Muslims allowed” as a serious idea is to give credit to what is little more than a clever stunt by a man who saw Ted Cruz beating him for the first time in the Iowa Monmouth poll and five hours later decided it was time to seize the stage again. This got the thinkers going again. National Review’s Andrew McCarthy spent 1,000 words trying to tart up the ban in constitutional and statutory livery, stressing that he is dealing with the Trump proposal “in its final form.” As if anything Trump says about anything is ever final. Take his Syria policy. In September, he said we should wash our hands and just let Russia fight the Islamic State. Having, I assume, been subsequently informed that Vladimir Putin’s principal interest — and target — is not the Islamic State but the anti-Assad rebels, Trump now promises to “bomb the s---” out of the Islamic State. Whatever the outcome, Trump’s campaign has already succeeded, indelibly affecting this race and the Republican future. At a time of economic malaise at home and strategic collapse abroad, Trump has managed to steer the entire GOP campaign into absurdities, like mass deportation of 11 million illegal immigrants, and impossibilities, like the exclusion of Muslims from our shores. “No Muslims allowed” is the perfect example. President Obama’s Oval Office address on Sunday night marked a new low in his presidency. The shopworn arguments, the detached tone, the willful denial that there might be anything wrong with his policy was deeply unsettling for left, right and center. Even The New York Times had to admit “Obama’s Plans to Stop ISIS Leave Many Democrats Wanting More,” which is Timesese for Democrats Stunned by Vacancy in the Oval Office. Here was an opportunity for the Republican field to launch an all-out takedown of the Obama (and Hillary Clinton) foreign policy. Within less than a day that opportunity was wiped out. Once again, it’s the Donald Show. WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP

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More alternative slots needed in OKC district BY JOHN THOMPSON

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Not the time for glib talk The president struck a familiar chord (Sunday night) when he emphasized that we shouldn’t blame all Muslims for the actions of a few. How many people have you heard blaming all Muslims? Even if 90 percent of all Muslims are fine people, and we admit 10,000 refugees from the Middle East, does that mean that we need not be concerned about adding a thousand potential terrorists — even after we have seen in San Bernardino what just two terrorists can do? The first responsibility of any government is to protect the people already in the country. Even in this age of an entitlement mentality, no one in a foreign country is entitled to be in America if the American people don’t want them here. Obama’s talk about how we should not make religious distinctions might make sense if we were talking about handing out entitlements. But we are talking about distinguishing between different populations posing different levels of danger to the American people. When it comes to matters of life and death, that is no time for the kind of glib, politically correct rhetoric that Barack

Obama specializes in. Obama may think of himself as a citizen of the world, but he was elected president of the United States, not head of a world government, and that does not authorize him to gamble the lives of Americans for the benefit of people in other countries. The illusion that you can take in large numbers of people from a fundamentally different culture, without jeopardizing your own culture — and everything that depends on it — should have been dispelled by many counterproductive social consequences in Europe, even aside from the fatal dangers of terrorists. Most refugees in the Middle East can be helped in the Middle East, and many Americans would undoubtedly be willing to financially help Muslim countries like Jordan or Egypt to care for these refugees in societies more compatible with their beliefs and values. The history of millions of European immigrants who came here in centuries past was fundamentally different from what is happening in our own times. — From a column Tuesday by Thomas Sowell.

YOUR VIEWS

Sane policy needed

OPEC has decided to stay the course. After losing market share three years in a row to the horizontal drillers based in the U.S., Saudi Arabia made a conscious decision to drive domestic drillers out of business and recapture lost market share. Oil production is the only industry in Saudi Arabia. They’re producing and exporting at record highs while our domestic industry shuts down. The Saudis are not being benevolent. Once the supply/demand curve balances in favor of demand, OPEC will hit with a vengeance. It will take the domestic drillers two to three years to ramp up and get wells drilled and producing again. Meanwhile, the citizens of this country will experience wild price swings and the media will blame the domestic oil companies. I have heard politicians and Wall Street types proclaim Saudi has attempted to cripple the domestic production industry and has failed. This could not be further from the truth. Our domestic industry is akin to a stool with one leg sawed off and Saudi Arabia is sawing on the second leg. What happens next? Ask yourself, where is the money coming from to finance the evil going on around the world and in the Middle East? We need our politicians to pass a sane policy that keeps domestic drillers drilling and our money out of the Middle East. Craig Blankenship, Edmond

FUNDING SUGGESTION There have recently been several good suggestions regarding increased funding for Oklahoma’s educational system. I would like to include one more for consideration. Ad valorem taxes are one of education’s main revenue sources yet we exempt a significant portion of real estate. I’m referring to “nonprofit” hospitals such as Mercy, Integris, St. Anthony, St. John’s, St. Francis, etc., and “nonprofit” retirement

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villages, assisted living facilities, etc. Nonprofit seems to be a misnomer as they’re one of the fastest-growing segments of our economy. Consideration should also be given to adding private schools, colleges and universities to the tax rolls. These entities should be happy to do their part in helping Oklahoma’s future through a quality education system. I estimate the ad valorem tax on these structures, plus sales tax that is now being exempted on construction materials, would annually provide $150 million to $200 million and would go a long way in closing our funding gap for public education. Jim Fulmer, Edmond

PERPETUAL MOURNING

One can’t help but notice lately all the flags around the city flying at half-staff in apparent honor of victims of recent mass killings, first for the ones murdered in Paris, and now commemorating those shot in California. As often as such attacks are occurring, there’s hardly time to raise our flags to full flight between the rampages. Our president, Justice Department and federal law enforcement agencies can hardly bring themselves to even acknowledge such incidents as terrorist-related when they involve Islamic extremists, much less do anything to combat them. With that kind of approach, along with the frequency of such acts, we might as well get used to living full time as a nation under half-staff flags. Kevin Burley, Piedmont

Downplaying disruptions means ignoring the pain that kids bring to school. In Conflict over the Oklahoma City Public our 90 percent low-income system, an School System’s new code of conduct has unconscionable number of kids endure become extremely angry. Yes, the district extreme trauma. When a critical mass of has grown too reliant on suspensions and children suffer to the point where their punitive policies feed the “school-to- cognitive processes have been altered, prison pipeline.” And Superintendent Rob a tipping point is crossed and engaging Neu correctly says that high-stakes test- instruction undermined. ing has undermined teaching and learnA small number of troubled students ing; also misbehavior is a problem in all produce a disproportionate amount of big school districts. disturbances. Willert reported When serving on the that 29 percent of Webbipartisan MAPS for Kids ster’s nearly 900 students are steering committee, a major responsible for 40 percent of urban district’s chief of staff the school’s infractions. Simwarned that discipline was ilarly, at John Marshall on the not “a problem” that can be eve of MAPS, the big majoraddressed. It was instead “a ity of the school’s infractions predicament” that can’t be were committed by 96 sturectified. No district would dents. Had we enforced the touch the unsolvable predicarules, 36 of our 1,300 students ment of disorder and violence. John Thompson would have been eligible for He spoke too much truth. long-term suspensions. Today’s debate is “deja vu all over again.” MAPS learned that the district needed Teachers get so frustrated by chronic dis- another 1,200 alternative school slots. We order that we often sound like we want emphasized that interventions could not punishment. The district cites supports be seen as punitive and proposed “Rolls that are available after students face long- Royce-quality” alternatives. The voters term suspension, but it sidesteps the key agreed with our affirmation that “no child issue. Teachers need disciplinary backing should perpetually disrupt class merely when classroom instruction is under- because alternative schools were full.” mined by misbehavior. When disruptive The district expanded alternative edustudents are robbing their classmates of cation and John Marshall saw an immean education, teachers and students can’t diate difference. We improved more than wait. Interventions must be quick so the any other district high school and within class can regain its momentum. three years we were posting outcomes The Oklahoman’s Tim Willert recently comparable to Northwest Classen’s. described a success at Webster Middle Alternative schools were derailed by budSchool. More short-term suspensions get cutbacks, however. were assessed but long-term suspenThe district needs far more alternasions dropped. That is consistent with my tive slots, with most being in-school. We experience at John Marshall High School. don’t need a continuing battle over who’s When principals felt empowered to to blame for suspensions. Above all, our enforce the school’s rules in a timely man- kids need safe and orderly schools where ner, more consequences were assessed at teaching and learning for mastery is posfirst. Once credibility was established, sible. suspensions dropped. Students want to behave with dignity. Thompson taught 18 years in the Oklahoma City school district. Chronic misbehavior is a cry for help.

IT’S ABOUT RESPONDING TO LIFE’S CHALLENGES

‘Creed’ is much more than a boxing movie In the new movie “Creed,” Rocky Balboa once again mounts the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In the original “Rocky,” the climb up those stairs was the climax of a training montage that has since become iconic. With the gladiatorial horns and sweeping strings of Bill Conti’s soundtrack pumping full out behind him, Rocky takes those stairs at a celebratory run, dancing and shadowboxing when he reaches Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, left, and Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Johnson, in a scene the top. from “Creed.” [AP PHOTO] But that was 39 years ago. In “Creed,” Rocky walks. He needs help. He has to take a your quickness and strength. But that’s breather. It is a soulful juxtaposition to just physicality. Time takes more. It takes his run up those same stairs when he was the places you used to go and things you young, a moment of almost unbearable you used to do. It takes memory. It takes tenderness that reminds you just how loved ones. Eventually, it takes you. long — and how short — is 39 years. Life — and “Creed” — are about how I occasionally find myself wishing I you respond as time does those things. could see “Rocky” again for the first time. When “Rocky” was released, writer I wish I could experience again that first and star Sylvester Stallone was 30 years surge of Wow! and can do! old. Almost 40 years later, that came when Rocky “Creed” finds Stallone’s Balboa, this unheralded signature character aged, Leonard club fighter nobody ever ailing and alone. Adrian, Pitts Jr. heard of, tagged preening the wife who loved him, champion Apollo Creed Mickey, the manager who with an up-from-nowhere trained him, Apollo, the left that dropped him like opponent who befriended COMMENTARY an ex-boyfriend. People in him, Paulie, the brotherthe theater were yanked to in-law who exasperated their feet, cheering. I was one of them. him, all are gone. It is axiomatic that there are moments And on some level, Rocky is simply when art imitates life. But there are also marking time until he joins them. Enter moments, rare though they are, when art Adonis Johnson, the out-of-wedlock impinges life, when it affects you and you son of his old opponent. Unheralded like find yourself different after the experiRocky was, underdog like Rocky was, ence than you were before. “Rocky” was fighting for respect as Rocky did, he one of those moments for me. cajoles the old pug into training him. In It was a battle cry for underdogs, losers the process, he also cajoles him back into and misfits, a Bronx cheer to convenlife. tional wisdom and long odds. It was a It’s not simply that Rocky finds a reminder that the secret of success is surrogate son or even renewed purpose in ultimately pretty simple: Get knocked readying Adonis for the ring. Rather, it’s down, but keep getting up. that he rediscovers the thing that made “Creed” is all those things, too. But it is him, him. also, subtly, something more: a reminder So much of what time steals, we have to “rage against the dying of the light.” no choice about. Your legs are going to go, You sometimes hear athletes and TV your loves are going to go, whether you commentators speak of how Father Time acquiesce to it or not. But to watch Rocky is undefeated — and he is. You need struggle up those steps he once cononly look at 37-year-old Kobe Bryant quered by leaps and bounds is to know struggling through his final season of that the thing inside that makes you get professional basketball to know how true up from every knockdown is different. Its that is. You need only note how abruptly loss is not predetermined by age. Rather, mediocrity landed on Bryant, the fieriest it’s a choice. You decide to let time take combination of will and skill this side of that thing away from you. Michael Jordan, to understand that time Or not. is a thief. TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY Yes, it steals your legs and stamina,

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NEWS

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Painkillers, heroin drive increase in overdose deaths BY MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK — Drug overdoses rose again last year, driven by surges in deaths from heroin and powerful prescription painkillers, according to new federal statistics. Overdose deaths in the U.S. surpassed 47,000 — up 7 percent from the previous year. Many of the deaths were due to a group of powerful opioid painkillers, long the leading cause of fatal overdoses. But the number had been stable recently while heroin deaths grew. Experts have speculated that addicts migrated from painkillers to cheaper and easier-to-get heroin. But last year, the opioid toll rose to nearly 19,000 deaths, an increase of 16 percent. Heroin deaths continued to climb, by 28 percent to about 10,500. The new government statistics also indicate upticks in deaths from sedatives and cocaine, but those numbers are less than the deaths from the opioids and heroin. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week posted the tally, which is based on death certificates. The federal agency is analyzing the drug numbers to determine what’s behind last year’s increases, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden. But clearly, he added, the nation’s drug overdose problem “is not getting better.” Opioid pain relievers, including methadone, OxyContin and Vicodin, have been the focus of a

Fewer teens are driving drunk, national survey says BY MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK — A government survey shows fewer teens and young adults say they drive drunk. Last year, nearly 7 percent said they’d recently driven while under the influence of alcohol. That figure has been steadily going down. It was 16 percent a dozen years earlier. The numbers are for people ages 16 to 20 who participated in a large government survey focused on alcohol, tobacco and illegal drug use. Drunken driving by people in their early 20s is more common but also is falling. The survey also asked about driving under the influence of marijuana. Three percent of teens and young adults said they’d done that recently. That statistic has held about steady since 2002. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the report Thursday.

government campaign. The CDC has urged doctors to limit their use to the most serious forms of pain, such as cancer patients and end-of-life care. But the vast majority of prescriptions written in the U.S. are for more common ailments like arthritis and back pain. The CDC is working on new guidelines for doctors

for prescribing such drugs. CDC officials believe at least some of the increase in painkiller deaths last year may be due to illegally-made fentanyl, which is a synthetic form of morphine. Fentanyl may also be contributing to the heroin numbers, in cases in which heroin is laced with fentanyl, Frieden added.

This file photo shows OxyContin pills at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. In a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in December 2015, drug overdoses in the U.S. rose again in 2014, driven by surges in deaths from heroin and powerful prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin. [AP FILE PHOTO]

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OSU FOOTBALL

They meet again

A CLOSE ONE

In 2013, Laquon Treadwell was the top-rated wide receiver coming out of high school. OSU wanted him — bad. And though he had an ofﬁcial visit with the Cowboys, Treadwell decided to take his talents to Ole Miss, whom the Cowboys will play in the Sugar Bowl.

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KNIGHT GRANTED FULL RELEASE NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has granted quarterback Trevor Knight a full release to pursue transfer opportunities, according to a SoonerScoop.com report. Knight, who has started 15 career games for the Sooners and was the 2014 Sugar Bowl MVP, lost the starting quarterback job to Baker Mayfield before this season. Mayfield has flourished, become an

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OU FOOTBALL All-American and led the Sooners to the College Football Playoff. Despite losing the starting quarterback job, Knight was still elected a captain by

his teammates. In his career, Knight has completed 57.1 percent of his pass attempts for 3,424 yards, 25 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. He’s also rushed for a career 853 yards and eight scores. According to the SoonerScoop. com report, Knight has already been in contact with other programs including OU’s Big 12 rival Kansas State, Oregon, Georgia and

SMU. Stoops has never placed any restrictions on outgoing transfer players. Without such limits, Knight could potentially start for the Wildcats when they play at Oklahoma next season. Knight would not be subject to the NCAA’s typical rule requiring transfers to sit out one year if he graduates with his bachelor’s degree.

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Durant, Westbrook pass Thunder to victory

Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook celebrates after a dunk during a game between the Thunder and the Atlanta Hawks at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on Thursday. It was the first time in franchise history that two players, Westbrook and Kevin Durant, scored 20-plus points with 10-plus assists. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

evin Durant can shoot most anytime he wants to, and nobody credible will utter a discouraging word. Durant worked hard for that privilege. He earned it. But sometimes, Durant doesn’t have to shoot to impact a game. Same with Russell Westbrook, his long-time sidekick who also can create a shot, often a good one, upon demand. Which explains Thursday night, when Durant and Westbrook took the court and didn’t feast on

SEE THUNDER, PAGE 5B

THUNDER JOURNAL: DONOVAN STICKS WITH STARTING FIVE, SEFOLOSHA BACK IN OKC ON PAGE 6B.

OSU coach Travis Ford

HE’S OUTTA THERE Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach Travis Ford was kicked out of a high school boys’ basketball game between Stillwater and Bartlesville on Thursday night. Ford’s son, Brooks, plays for Stillwater. SEE PAGE 2B

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Cashion short on players, not talent CASHION — It’s not unusual for a Class A football team to only dress 22 players on game day. It’s incredibly unusual, however, for a team to do it in December. Yet that’s how many players Cashion coach Lynn Shackelford suited up for his team’s semifinal victory over Ringling last week. And it was just

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HIGH SCHOOLS 21 the week before against Hollis. Conversely, Hollis brought 45 players to Cashion, and Ringling was

in the mid-30s. “Coach always tells us he’d take our 22 and go face anybody,” quarterback Matt Harman said. The only team left to face is No. 1 Stratford, which will suit up nearly 40 for the Class A title game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Choctaw High School. “It speaks a lot to what kind of heart our kids

have,” Shackelford said. “We’ve had the injury bug a little bit, but not as bad as some people. If we were to lose two or three, we’d get pretty thin in a hurry. “It’s a war of attrition to play 15 weeks to win a gold ball. At this point, it’s about who has the best 11 who are still upright.” SEE CASHION, PAGE 7B

Patrick Hoffman and the Cashion Wildcats only dress 22 players heading into the Class A title game. [PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN]

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OSU’s Ford ejected from prep hoops game

TUNING IN

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Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford was ejected for yelling at an official Thursday night during Stillwater High’s game in the Bixby Tournament. Ford’s son, Brooks, is a sophomore on the Stillwater team. Ron Holt, longtime journalist and weekly columnist for the Stillwater News Press, told The Oklahoman that Ford said, “Blow your whistle,” in response to physical play underneath the basket, prompting one of the game officials to turn and ask him to leave the gymna-

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sium. Holt said that Ford again said, “Blow your whistle,” and, “Do your job,” before being escorted out of the

gym by Bixby athletic director Mark Chambers. “There was a possible foul underneath the goal as a Stillwater player went in for a layup,” Holt said, “which caused Stillwater coaches and fans to voice displeasure with the no-call. “The ref never warned him, he just looked at him and said, ‘You’re gone.’” Stillwater lost the game 63-51. Brooks Ford, after scoring 12 points off the bench, was named Player of the Game by the Stillwater radio crew calling the game. Efforts to contact Travis Ford failed. Bill Van Ness, calling the game for KSPI Sports, said he saw Ford being escorted

out and reported it on air. “It’s just an unfortunate situation,” Van Ness said. “It’s out there. I said what I said on the air. I said, ‘It appeared from this perspective that he was escorted out of the arena.’ That’s what it looked like to me. “The thing about Travis, if it’s a regular parent, I don’t say a word about it, except somebody got kicked out. But if I don’t report on it, I’m not doing my job.” Holt, who was standing nearby, taking pictures, said Ford left the gym peacefully. “It really wasn’t that big of a deal and I certainly heard much worse from both sides,” Holt said.

FORMER OKC DODGERS BRITTON, MCGUIRE SIGN ELSEWHERE

The highly anticipated film “Concussion” will be shown in the Oklahoma City metro during a special screening next week. Concussion Connection and the Oklahoma Athletic Trainers’ Association is co-hosting the event at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Warren Theaters in Moore. After the film is shown, there will be a discussion about concussion education and awareness led by Concussion Connection co-founder Lauren Long and members of the executive committee of the Oklahoma Athletic Trainers’ Association. Tickets are $10 per person, and because seating is limited, people are encouraged to RSVP with the number of tickets needed by emailing Long at lauren@concussionconnection.com. “Concussion” chronicles the story of Dr. Bennett Omalu, a forensic pathologist who discovered the first case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in former NFL players. The degenerative brain disorder has been linked to the deaths and suicides of dozens of football players in recent years.

The Oklahoma City Dodgers’ roster continues changing. Infielder Buck Britton and pitcher Deck McGuire both signed minor league contracts with other teams Wednesday. McGuire signed with the St. Louis Cardinals, while Britton signed with the Minnesota Twins. McGuire was famous last season for driving from Double-A Tulsa to OKC during the Dodgers’ 19-inning win over Iowa and pitching in the second game of the doubleheader. McGuire split the season between OKC and Tulsa. With the Dodgers, he went 5-4 with a 3.84 ERA with 65 2/3 innings. Britton was an every-day player for the Dodgers, starting in 106 games primarily at second base and third base. He hit .262 with seven home runs and 49 RBIs. FROM STAFF REPORTS

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Campbell recovered. “To be able to have this type of dream situation, fourth quarter, game on the line, it’s kind of like ninth inning, two outs,” Freeney said, “one of situations for a defensive lineman, and I was able to make a play.” Chandler Catanzaro’s 47-yard field goal with 1:23 to go was the winning score as Arizona (11-2) won its seventh in a row. Bridgewater passed for 335 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings (8-5), who were playing without four defensive starters but made it close after being embarrassed at home by Seattle 38-7 on Sunday. Carson Palmer threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns for the Cardinals, who will win the NFC West if Seattle is beaten Sunday at Baltimore. Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson wanted more carries than the eight he got (for 9 yards) against the Seahawks. He got them,

carrying 23 times for 69 yards, but had only 31 yards on 19 attempts after his 9-yard touchdown run on the Vikings’ first possession of the night. Palmer connected on scoring plays of 65 yards to John Brown and 42 to Michael Floyd. His 30th and 31st touchdowns broke the franchise record of 30 set by Kurt Warner in Arizona’s 2008 Super Bowl season. Floyd caught five passes for 102 yards. David Johnson, the rookie who stepped in when the Cardinals’ top two backs were hurt, rushed for 92 yards in 19 attempts. After Walsh’s 54-yard field goal cut the Arizona lead to 20-13 and the Cardinals failed to convert on third-and-1, the Vikings went 88 yards in 11 plays, tying it 20-20 on Bridgewater’s third-down, 7-yard touchdown pass to Mike Wallace with 4:50 remaining. Arizona moved downfield and left guard Mike

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Chicago Bears and former Oklahoma wide receiver Jalen Saunders reportedly has been suspended 10 games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com and NFL Network. Saunders played at OU from 2010-13, finishing his career with 203 receptions for 3,085 yards and 26 touchdowns. He also returned 31 punts for 465 yards and three touchdowns. Saunders went on to become a fourth round pick by the New York Jets in 2014. He has played in nine games in his career — three with the Jets and six with New Orleans — primarily as a kick returner. He also spent time with the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks practice squads before joining the Bears’ practice squad on Sept. 7.

DEMARCO MURRAY DENIES HE’S UPSET ABOUT PLAYING TIME DeMarco Murray says he loves playing for the Philadelphia Eagles and wants to return next year. Murray, a former OU standout, has been a bust after leaving Dallas and signing a $40 million, five-year contract with $21 million guaranteed. He played just 14 of 61 offensive snaps in a stunning upset at New England last week, and coach Chip Kelly said the 2014 NFL rushing champion was unhappy with his role. Murray says he’s frustrated with the team’s 5-7 record and not his personal stats. He also denied complaining about his playing time to owner Jeffrey Lurie on the plane ride home following the 35-28 win over the Patriots. Murray

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RUSHING—Minnesota, Peterson 23-69, Bridgewater 1-3. Arizona, D.Johnson 19-92, Palmer 3-3, K.Williams 6-2, Taylor 1-0. PASSING—Minnesota, Bridgewater 25-36-0335. Arizona, Palmer 25-35-0-310. RECEIVING—Minnesota, Rudolph 6-67, Wright 5-51, Wallace 3-42, Pruitt 2-36, Asiata 2-30, Diggs 2-12, Ellison 1-41, Line 1-24, Peterson 1-17, McKinnon 1-8, Thielen 1-7. Arizona, Floyd 5-102, Fitzgerald 5-41, D.Johnson 5-31, Jo.Brown 4-78, Fells 3-43, Iupati 1-10, Taylor 1-4, Ja.Brown 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Iupati caught a deflected pass for 11 yards in the drive to the decisive field goal.

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Freeney’s defensive play saves win Freeney joined the Cardinals a month into the season to help boost Arizona’s troubled pass rush off the edge. He helped it a whole lot on Thursday night with a game-clinching play. Freeney stripped the ball from Teddy Bridgewater with 5 seconds remaining to deprive the Vikings a chance at the tying field goal, and the Cardinals clinched a playoff berth with a 23-20 victory over Minnesota. “That’s why I came back, because moments like this, you can’t duplicate those in life,” Freeney said. Bridgewater moved the Vikings to the Arizona 31-yard line, well within the range of Blair Walsh. But Freeney hit the quarterback’s arm as Bridgewater tried to pass. The ball came loose and Calais

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says he sat next to Lurie by coincidence. Murray is averaging 3.5 yards per carry with four touchdowns. He has one TD receiving.

RAVENS’ SCHAUB STILL SIDELINED; CLAUSEN LIKELY TO START SUNDAY Ravens QB Matt Schaub remained out of practice Thursday, a development that increases the chances that Jimmy Clausen will start Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. There’s still a chance that Schaub plays, but that probably hinges on his ability to practice Friday. The Ravens listed Schaub with a chest injury on Wednesday’s report, but the veteran is dealing with general soreness as well after he was knocked around in Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins. Clausen, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Chicago Bears on Nov. 24, two days after Joe Flacco went down with a season-ending knee injury. If the former Notre Dame standout starts on Sunday against Seattle, he’d become the sixth quarterback in NFL history to start against the same team while a member of two teams in the same season, according to Stats, Inc. While with the Bears, Clausen completed 9 of 17 passes for 63 yards in a Sept. 27 meeting against the Seahawks. Chicago punted on all 10 possessions and was shut out by the Seahawks for the first time in 195 games. “Losing doesn’t help but just going in there and preparing for them and practicing all week to get ready for them,” Clausen said Wednesday. “I think it is definitely going to help if I have to go in there.”

JETS’ REVIS EXPECTS TO RETURN FROM CONCUSSION SUNDAY Cornerback Darrelle Revis, who has missed the last two games because of a concussion, said on Thursday he expects to be cleared to rejoin the Jets on Sunday against the Titans. “I practiced,” Revis said, “so I’ll be ready.” Revis returned to the practice field on Thursday, though he did not face any contact. He must be examined by a doctor and released from the NFL’s concussion protocol before he can be cleared to play on Sunday. The Jets hope that will happen on Friday. “It was good to be back on the field after two weeks,” Revis said. “The last couple weeks has just been following what the training staff tells me to do and just trying to get though the concussion.”

HOUSTON’S WATT HAS BROKEN HAND BUT WILL PLAY SUNDAY Houston star defensive end J.J. Watt broke his left hand in practice on Wednesday but says he’ll play Sunday. Watt, who leads the NFL with 13 1/2 sacks, had a black cast covering his left hand and wrist on Thursday. But both Watt and coach Bill O’Brien say they don’t expect the injury to hamper last year’s Defensive Player of the Year. The Texans host the New England Patriots on Sunday night. Watt wouldn’t say exactly how he suffered the injury other than to say it was in practice playing football. He says he knew as soon as it happened that it was broken. FROM WIRE REPORTS

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

SOONERS FOOTBALL JOURNAL

Riley ‘not in a hurry’ to leave OU First-year Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley said earlier this week that he does aspire to be a head coach someday, but also that “I’m not in a hurry to do it and I’m certainly not in a hurry to leave this place.” Riley — who spoke to the Tulsa World’s Eric Bailey before the Broyles Award presentation Tuesday in Little Rock, Ark. — has completely transformed the Oklahoma offense in just one year on the job. He’s already been connected with head coaching openings, the most prominent of which was South Carolina. The Gamecocks ended up hiring Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. Riley spent several years on Mike Leach’s staff at Texas Tech before 2010, when he became East Carolina’s offensive coordinator. He held that job until last January when he came to OU. “Caitlin (his wife) and I aren’t people that go jump off to the next thing every now and then,” Riley told the Tulsa World. “You can see that in the two stops in my career that we were there in coaching years for a pretty long time. “We love Oklahoma, we love the people here and we want to be a part of this program for a long time.” The Sooners this season rank third in the country in scoring offense (45.8 points per game) and seventh

in total offense (542.9 yards per game).

FLIPPER THE DOLPHIN PICKS SOONERS Flipper has spoken. The dolphin at the Miami Seaquarium has correctly picked the last five winners of the Orange Bowl and on Thursday morning, jumped out of the water and touched a ball with the OU logo on it. Flipper correctly picked Stanford to beat Virginia Tech in 2011, West Virginia to beat Clemson in 2012, Florida State to beat Northern Illinois in 2013, Clemson to beat Ohio State in 2014 and Georgia Tech to beat Mississippi State last year. Las Vegas oddsmakers currently list the No. 4 Sooners as a slight favorite over the top-ranked and undefeated Tigers. The winner of this year’s Orange Bowl gets a spot in the College Football Playoff national championship game Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz.

MAYFIELD, STRIKER EARN SI ALL-AMERICA HONORS Mayfield and senior linebacker Eric Striker were both named first-team All-Americans by Sports Illustrated on Thursday. Mayfield was chosen over Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was invited to this weekend’s Heisman Trophy ceremony in New

York. Mayfield was not invited, and the two quarterbacks will meet in the Dec. 31 Orange Bowl, which also serves as a College Football Playoff semifinal. Running back Samaje Perine, wide receiver Sterling Shepard, center Ty Darlington, defensive end Charles Tapper, cornerback Zack Sanchez and punter Austin Seibert were all listed as honorable mentions.

SOONERS PICK UP 2017 WR COMMIT Oklahoma’s recruiting momentum continued Thursday when the Sooners picked up a commitment from 2017 wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. Lamb (6-foot-1, 170 pounds) announced his commitment on Twitter. The junior had more than 1,000 yards receiving this season for Richmond (Texas) Foster. Lamb is the fourth commitment in the 2017 class for the Sooners and the first wide receiver. Since Nov. 28, the day of its Bedlam win to clinch the Big 12 title, Oklahoma has picked up five commits—two for the 2016 class, two from the 2017 class and one from 2018. Lamb’s other offers included Oklahoma State, Houston, Illinois and Kansas. BY JASON KERSEY AND RYAN ABER, STAFF WRITERS

From left, OU’s Bob Stoops, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, Alabama’s Nick Saban and Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio pose with the College Football Playoff championship trophy in Atlanta.

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ATLANTA — Each of the four College Football Playoff coaches was asked to talk about his team’s ability to recover from a loss. Only three had an answer. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney grinned as he was skipped on that question in Thursday’s news conference. Top-ranked Clemson (13-0) stands alone as the only undefeated team in the playoff. The Tigers will face Oklahoma in the Dec. 31 Orange Bowl playoff semifinal. Later that night, Alabama and Michigan State meet in the Cotton Bowl. Clemson hasn’t won a national championship since 1981, but now the Tigers have their chance to end the drought. Swinney was prepared when asked if the Tigers are ready for the big stage. “They’re 13-0,” Swinney said. “We played on a big stage all year.” “It’s been a fun group. They’ve responded to every challenge. If we get beat it won’t be because they got overwhelmed by the big stage,” he said. The coaches took a break from their recruiting schedules for a news conference at the College Football Hall of Fame before Thursday night’s awards show. Oklahoma (11-1) has won seven straight since a

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24-17 loss to Texas. Michigan State (12-1) won four straight following a loss to Nebraska. Alabama (12-1) lost to Mississippi in its third game of the season before recovering to win the Southeastern Conference championship. “They had their backs to the wall early in the season losing a game and they responded time and time again,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “The players responded extremely well. We didn’t do anything different, but I could tell the players had much more intensity to prove that they were going to do to get better.” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio told similar stories of newfound resolve from their players following a loss. “The message that was sent was this is an opportunity to grow also,” Dan-

tonio said. Stoops said he saw an immediate sign in practice that his players wouldn’t let the loss to Texas spoil their season. “What I noticed immediately was as much energy as any practice we had,” Stoops said. “Guys had all kind of energy. You could tell there was a determination they were going to do something about it. There was a determination to improve.” Clemson has won 10 or more games in five straight seasons. The Tigers beat Oklahoma 40-6 in last season’s Russell Athletic Bowl. Clemson beat Ohio State in the Orange Bowl following the 2013 season and beat LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl after the 2012 season. The Tigers won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 2011 for the first time since 1991.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK TEXAS A&M QUARTERBACK KYLE ALLEN TO TRANSFER Texas A&M quarterback Kyle Allen is transferring from the school immediately. The Aggies granted his release on Thursday. The school didn’t say where Allen would be going. The sophomore appeared in 10 games for the Aggies this season and threw for 2,210 yards with 17 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Allen won the starting job out of camp but was benched in favor of freshman Kyler Murray after throwing three interceptions, all of which were returned for touchdowns, in a loss to Alabama in October. Allen received only sporadic playing time after he was benched. He played in 10 games as a freshman last season after Kenny Hill was benched after his struggles. Overall, Allen went 9-5 in 14 career starts.

OHIO STATE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN CITED FOR SOLICITATION Ohio State officials say defensive lineman Adolphus Washington has been cited by police for solicitation and is due in court Dec. 17. Buckeyes spokesman Jerry Emig said Columbus police cited Washington on Wednesday night with a first-degree misdemeanor. Emig says coach Urban Meyer will discipline Washington once he gets back in town next week from a recruiting trip. Washington issued an apology Thursday through the university to his team, family and friends. He says he’s disappointed in himself and will learn from his mistake. Washington is a senior who has played in one game this season after starting in 14 games last season. Ohio State plays Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.

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Swinney was selected the Home Depot Coach of the Year on Wednesday. The Tigers will take a 16-game winning streak into the playoff, the nation’s longest active streak. Swinney said Clemson deserves its place with the game’s elite teams. “There’s no question Clemson belongs,” he said. “We’ve been as consistent as anybody out there in the county and then you’ve got to step out of your conference and be able to win big games and we’ve done that.” This year’s bowl trip provides a new challenge. The four teams are playing to advance to the national championship game, but Swinney said he’s still keeping the focus on one game. “It’s not about planning for another game,” Swinney said. “It’s about winning this game.”

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn isn’t saying who will run Auburn’s defense against Paxton Lynch and Memphis, much less next season. It’s a pretty big challenge for whoever handles the duties in the Birmingham Bowl on Dec. 30 after Will Muschamp left to become head coach at South Carolina. Muschamp took assistant Travaris Robinson with him as defensive coordinator and Bobby Bentley as running backs coach. Malzahn said Thursday he hasn’t offered the defensive coordinator job to anyone but declined to give further details. He said he expects to announce plans for the defense in the bowl game on Monday when Auburn returns to practice.

PITTSBURGH EXTENDS NARDUZZI’S CONTRACT THROUGH 2021 Pittsburgh’s promising first season under Pat Narduzzi has earned the energetic football coach a contract extension. The school announced Thursday it has extended Narduzzi’s contract through the 2021 season. Narduzzi led Pitt to an 8-4 record and a second-place finish behind North Carolina in the ACC Coastal Division. Pitt will face Navy in the Military Bowl on Dec. 28. Athletic director Scott Barnes said Narduzzi “adrenalized” the program after replacing Paul Chryst last December. Narduzzi said he is “humbled” by the support from Barnes and the rest of the athletic department. The Panthers were picked to finish sixth in the Coastal Division but thrived under Narduzzi despite losing reigning ACC Player of the Year James Conner to a knee injury in the season opener.

CAL AGREES TO CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH DYKES California has agreed to a contract extension with coach Sonny Dykes. The school announced the deal on Thursday to extend the coach who led the Golden Bears to their first bowl game since 2011. Dykes had two years remaining on his original five-year deal and both sides had been looking to extend it. Dykes interviewed for the opening at Missouri that was eventually filled by Barry Odom and also had his name linked to openings at South Carolina and Virginia. But with those jobs also filled, he ended up back where he started. Dykes has a 13-23 record in three seasons at Cal. Cal has shown improvement each season going from one win in Dykes’ first year in 2013 to five last year to a 7-5 record this season and a berth in the Armed Forces Bowl against Air Force later this month.

Iowa’s King wins Jim Thorpe Award as nation’s top defensive back BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Iowa’s Des-

mond King has won the Jim Thorpe Award for the nation’s best defensive back. The award was presented Thursday night. King, a junior cornerback, led Iowa with eight interceptions, including one he returned for a touchdown, this season. He is the first Iowa player to win the honor. He became the Big Ten’s seventh winner, tying the Southeastern Conference for the lead. King was selected over Duke’s Jeremy Cash and Florida’s Vernon Hargreaves III. Louisville’s Gerod Holliman won the award last year. Alabama running back Derrick Henry was the biggest star of college football’s awards night, as he won the Maxwell Award,

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given to the college player of the year, and the Doak Walker Award given to the nation’s top running back. The awards were presented for the first time at the College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday. Also Thursday, Henry was chosen as the Walter Camp National Player of the Year. Henry joined Trent Richardson, who won in 2011, as the only Alabama players to win the Doak Walker Award. Some other recent winners include Darren McFadden, Montee Ball and 2014 winner Melvin Gordon. “This list is legend-

ary,” Henry said. “I’m just thankful to be a part of it.” Henry, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson were the finalists for the Maxwell Award and also are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy, to be presented on Saturday. Watson won the Davey O’Brien Award given to the nation’s top quarterback. Other award winners Thursday were: Stanford’s Joshua Garnett (Outland Trophy, given to the top interior lineman); Temple’s Tyler Matakevich (Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the nation’s defensive

player of the year); UCLA’s Ka’imi Fairbairn (Lou Groza Award for the nation’s top kicker); Iowa’s Desmond King (Jim Thorpe Award for the nation’s best defensive back); Baylor’s Corey Coleman (Biletnikoff Award for nation’s outstanding receiver); Utah’s Tom Hackett (Ray Guy Award for nation’s top punter. Also, former Marine hero Hank Goff of Concordia won the Sports Spirit Award. Former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer won the NCFAA Contribution to College Football Award. On Wednesday, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney won the Home Depot Coach of the Year and Hunter Henry of Arkansas won the John Mackey Award for the nation’s outstanding tight end. Also, Georgia receiver Malcolm Mitchell won the AFCA Good Works Team captain award for his com-

munity service and offfield contributions and the Campbell Trophy for academic success was presented to Oklahoma center Ty Darlington. Henry rushed for 1,986 yards to break Herschel Walker’s Southeastern Conference single-season record and lead Alabama to the College Football Playoff. He ran for 189 yards and was picked as MVP in Alabama’s SEC championship game win over Florida.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARD WINNERS

Walter Camp National Player of the Year — Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama Maxwell Award (best all-around player) — Derrick Henry, RB, Alabama Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award — Deshaun Watson, Clemson Doak Walker Award (outstanding running back) — Derrick Henry, Alabama Fred Biletnikoff Award (outstanding receiver) — Corey Coleman, Baylor Chuck Bedarnik Trophy (best defensive player) — Tyler Matakevich, LB, Temple Outland Trophy (outstanding collegiate interior lineman) — Joshua Garnett, G, Stanford Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back) — Desmond King, Iowa Lou Groza Award (outstanding placekicker) — Ka’imi Fairbairn, UCLA Ray Guy Award (best punter) — Tom Hackett, Utah Sports Spirit Award — Hank Goff, Concordia (Saint Paul, Minn.) Coach of the Year — Dabo Swinney, Clemson NCFAA Contribution to College Football Award — Barry Switzer

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

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Revisiting OSU’s recruitment of Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell STILLWATER — He flew into Oklahoma from Illinois on a brisk January morning and made a short drive to a football program that so desperately wanted his signature. The top-rated receiver prospect in the nation from the class of 2013 had his choice of blue-blood programs for a final official visit. He chose Oklahoma State. And when he stepped on campus, a former walk-on Cowboy running back was among the smiling faces who laid out the red carpet. Laquon Treadwell, meet Caleb Muncrief. “I already knew what caliber of a recruit he was,” Muncrief said. They toured Stillwater and the football facilities. They played basketball at the Colvin. They relaxed in Muncrief’s apartment with fellow teammates. And Treadwell would later tell Rivals.com the “coaches were even better than I thought they would be.” Treadwell boarded a plane back home to mull over his college decision and there was reasonable hope he was the next NFLready wideout to pass through OSU. It never happened. The Cowboys’ Sugar Bowl matchup serves as a fitting reminder. Treadwell — now a 6-foot-2, 210-pound, All-American junior Ole Miss wideout — will play what is likely his last collegiate game before declaring for the NFL Draft against the team that nearly landed his commitment. “He was real close in our opinion,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said, “maybe not in his.” Treadwell emerged on the national recruiting landscape at Crete-

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OSU FOOTBALL Monee High School, about 40 miles south of Chicago, after posting nearly 1,400 yards receiving and 18 touchdowns as a junior. OSU assistant coach Kasey Dunn took the lead on Treadwell’s recruitment entering his senior year, and by October 2012, Treadwell had named OSU among his top-five schools — joining Oklahoma, Michigan, Michigan State and Ole Miss. Treadwell’s great uncle, Ricky Young, was an AllBig Eight defender for OSU in the early 1980s and had two brothers who lived in Stillwater. The trio accompanied Treadwell around town on his official visit. “I wanted him to come to OSU,” Young said. “I really did.” It also appeared Treadwell’s mother, Tami, was on board. Gundy and Dunn reportedly made an in-home visit within a week of his official visit. “My mom had a great vibe with them,” Treadwell told Rivals, “and liked what they were trying to do.” But Treadwell’s decision wasn’t so clear cut during his time spent in Stillwater. “There was some thought that yes, he was going to commit,” Muncrief said. “Then there was some thought that we didn’t know where he was going to commit, honestly. He didn’t throw up any red flags. He didn’t throw up anything to let us know that he was going to commit to us. He just kind of played it cool and enjoyed his time.” However, Treadwell made his choice known

just six days later during a press conference inside an auditorium at his high school. With cameras rolling, Treadwell ducked down beneath a podium on the stage and emerged wearing an Ole Miss hat. Somewhere in Oxford, Miss., second-year Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze smiled. The Rebels would go on to sign the nation’s seventh-ranked recruiting class, according to Rivals. Treadwell joined two more consensus five-star prospects — defensive end Robert Nkemdiche and offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil — to lay a foundation that propelled the Rebels into instant SEC contention. “(Freeze) is changing the culture,” Treadwell told reporters, “and I want to be a part of changing the Rebel culture.” These days back in Stillwater, it’s a decision that doesn’t sting all too much. OSU sophomore wideout James Washington enters the Sugar Bowl with just five less total receiving yards than Treadwell. He’s also tallied two more receiving touchdowns and averages nearly six more yards per reception. It’s a gratifying statistical comparison for the Cowboys, considering each player’s background. Unlike Treadwell’s blue-chip pedigree, Washington completed his high school career in Stamford, Texas, with just two Division-I scholarship offers: OSU and Texas State. “I’m very happy with the fact that we ended up with James Washington,” Muncrief said. “I don’t think there’s any receiver in the nation that compares to James.”

Ole Miss receiver Laquon Treadwell, once an Oklahoma State recruit, was a finalist for the 2015 Biletnikoff Award. [AP PHOTO]

COMPARING LAQUON TREADWELL AND JAMES WASHINGTON

Oklahoma State and Ole Miss enter their Sugar Bowl matchup on Jan. 1 in New Orleans with dynamic playmakers at receiver. For the Rebels: junior Laquon Treadwell. For the Cowboys: sophomore James Washington. Here’s how the pair stacks up. High School Treadwell: Class 6A Crete-Monee (Crete, Ill.). Washington: Class 1A Stamford (Stamford, Texas). Recruiting rankings Treadwell: Rivals five-star, Scout four-star, ESPN four-star. Washington: Rivals three-star, Scout three-star, ESPN three-star. Scholarship offers Treadwell: Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame,

Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Tennessee, ULCA, USC and Vanderbilt. Washington: Oklahoma State and Texas State. Height Treadwell: 6-foot-2 Washington: 6-feet Weight Treadwell: 210 pounds. Washington: 200 pounds 2015 receptions Treadwell: 76 Washington: 52 2015 receiving yards Treadwell: 1,082 Washington: 1,077 2015 yards per catch Treadwell: 14.2 Washington: 20.7 2015 receiving touchdowns Treadwell: 8 Washington: 10

BOWL SCHEDULE Saturday, Dec. 19 Celebration Bowl Atlanta NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m. New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque Arizona (6-6) vs. New Mexico (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl BYU (9-3) vs. Utah (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Camelia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (9-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. San Jose State (5-6) vs. Georgia State (66), 6 p.m. (CBSSN) New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Tech (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 21 Miami Beach Bowl South Florida (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (11-2), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Akron (7-5) vs. Utah State (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl

Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego Northern Illinois (8-5) vs. Boise State (8-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) GoDaddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Georgia Southern (7-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs. Western Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Cincinnati (7-5) vs. San Diego State (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Miami (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) Heart of Dallas Bowl Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Central Michigan (7-4) vs. Minnesota (4-7), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBA) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Louisville (6-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (11-1) vs. Florida State (10-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semiﬁnal) Miami Gardens, Fla.

Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semiﬁnal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (120-3), noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. Notre Dame (120-2) vs. Ohio State (121212), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m.

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Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona State (6-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game

Glendale, Ariz. Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 5 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 30 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. (NFLN)

NATIONAL FINALS RODEO NATIONAL FINALS RODEO WEDNESDAY’S LATE RESULTS At Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas Seventh Performance Bareback Riding

1. Kaycee Feild, Spanish Fork, Utah, 82.5 points on Rafter H Rodeo Livestock's Storm Cloud, $26,231. 2. Tim O'Connell, Zwingle, Iowa, 82.0, $20,731. 3. Seth Hardwick, Laramie, Wyo., 81.0, $15,654. 4. Steven Peebles, Redmond, Ore., 80.0, $11,000. 5. Austin Foss, Terrebonne, Ore., 78.5, $6,769. Steer Wrestling

1. Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La., 3.2 seconds, $26,231. 2. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 3.4, $20,731. 3. Tanner Milan, Cochrane, Alberta, 3.9, $15,654. 4. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas, 4.1, $11,000. 5. Dakota Eldridge, Elko, Nev., 4.3, $6,769. Team Roping

1. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Patrick Smith, Lipan, Texas, 3.6 seconds, $26,231. 2. Colby Lovell, Madisonville, Texas/Kory Koontz, Stephenville, Texas, 4.0, $20,731 each. 3. (tie) Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla./Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, and JoJo LeMond, Andrews, Texas/Junior Nogueira, Scottsdale, Ariz., 4.1, $13,327 each. 5. Chad Masters, Cedar Hill, Tenn./Travis Graves, Jay, Okla., 4.2, $6,769. 6. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas/Kollin VonAhn, Blanchard, Okla., 4.3, $4,231. 8. Coleman Proctor, Pryor, Okla./Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan., 4.7. 9 Saddle Bronc Riding

1. Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah, 83.0 points on Frontier Rodeo's Tip Off, $26,231. 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 81.5, $20,731. 3. CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah, 79.5, $15,654. 4. (tie) Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas, and Isaac Diaz, Desdemona, Texas, 79.0, $8,885 each. Tie-down Roping

1. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 6.7 seconds, $26,231. 2. (tie) Marty Yates, Stephenville, Texas, and Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 6.9, $18,192 each. 4. Sterling Smith, Stephenville, Texas, 7.2, $11,000. 5. Caleb Smidt, Bellville, Texas, 7.5, $6,769. 9. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 8.1. 12. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla., 9.4. 1 Barrel Racing

1. Sarah Rose McDonald, Brunswick, Ga., 13.67 seconds, $26,231. 2. Callie duPerier, Boerne, Texas, 13.87, $20,731. 3. Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas, 13.95, $15,654. 4. Jana Bean, Fort Hancock, Texas, 14.01, $11,000. 5. Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas, 14.09, $6,769. Bull Riding

1. Ty Wallace, Collbran, Colo., 88.0 points on Andrews Rodeo's Hard Knox, $26,231. 2. Cody Teel, Kountze, Texas, 87.0, $20,731. 3. Shane Proctor, Grand Coulee, Wash., 86.0, $15,654. 4. Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla., 85.5, $11,000. 5. Brett Stall, Detroit Lakes, Minn., 82.5, $6,769.

K.C. Jones competes in the steer wrestling event during the seventh go-round of the National Finals Rodeo, Wednesday in Las Vegas. [AP PHOTO]

SPORTS | SCOREBOARD

THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM BASKETBALL NBADL

East Conference Iowa Sioux Falls Fort Wayne Grand Rapids Canton Westchester Maine Delaware Raptors Erie

Central Division W

6 6 7 4 2

2 2 4 6 6

7 5 5 3 2 West Conference

3 4 5 6 6

Atlantic Division W

Southwestern Division W L

Pct GB

.750 — .750 — .636 ½ .400 3 .250 4 Pct GB

.700 — .556 1½ .500 2 .333 3½ .250 4 Pct GB

Austin Texas Rio Grande Valley Oklahoma City

7 5 5 1

Los Angeles Santa Cruz Bakersﬁeld Reno Idaho

6 4 .600 — 5 4 .556 ½ 5 5 .500 1 5 5 .500 1 3 9 .250 4

Paciﬁc Division W

2 3 4 9

.778 — .625 1½ .556 2 .100 6½

Pct GB

Thursday’s Game

Grand Rapids 106, Westchester 100 Friday’s Games

Saturday’s Games

Delware at Westchester, noon Maine at Erie, 6 p.m. Canton at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Iowa at Fort Wayne, 6:30 p.m. Sant Cruz at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Sioux Falls at Texas, 7 p.m. Bakersﬁeld at Idaho, 9 p.m. Wednesday’s Results

Delaware 128, Fort Wayne 124 (OT) Raptors 101, Erie 80 Iowa 106, Canton 101 Texas 102, Idaho 96 Reno 137, Rio Grande Valley 133 (OT)

Conference W-L Pct. Iowa State 0-0 .000 Oklahoma 0-0 .000 Baylor 0-0 .000 West Virginia 0-0 .000 Kansas 0-0 .000 Kansas State 0-0 .000 Texas Tech 0-0 .000 Oklahoma State 0-0 .000 Texas 0-0 .000 TCU 0-0 .000

NORMAN NORTH 41 NORMAN 26

106: Houston, NN, pinned Orisaki, 3:16; 113: Scott, Norman, pinned Lupin, 5:43; 120: Suter, Norman, pinned Buckley :44; 126: Suter, Norman, dec. Harmon, 2-1; 132: Adams, Norman pinned Spears 2:54; 138: Avants, NN, maj. dec. Kovelda 13-0; 145: Brown, NN, dec. Miller 5-2; 152: Messer, NN pinned Henry :13; 160: Stanbeck NN dec. Townshend 2-1; 170: Smith, NN, dec. Hardesty 6-3; 182: Boren, NN, dec. Wright 9-1; 195: Bowles, Norma, pinned Wetherington 1:27; 220: Whiney, NN, pinned Piper 1:27; Hwt: Johnson, NN, pinned McGil 3:16.

TUTTLE 55 PIEDMONT 3

106: Johnson, Tuttle, dec. Mazroy; 113: Golwenski, Tuttle, dec. Chappell; 120: McQuigg, Tuttle, dec. Lance; 126: Potts, Tuttle, dec. Appleton; 132: Litterell, Tuttle, maj. dec. Sparks; 138: Filippo, Tuttle, tech. fall Johnson; 145: Cardenas, Piedmont, dec. Loard; 152: Guffey, Tuttle, tech. fall Lewis; 160: Garrett, tuttle, maj. dec. Brown; 170: Johnson, Tuttle, tech. fall, Brooke; 182: Duke, Tuttle, dec. Meador; 195: Fox, Tuttle, dec. Banks; 220: Berryhill, Tuttle, pinned Banks, :50; Hwt: Mason, Tuttle, by forfeit.

PONCA CITY 55 MIDWEST CITY 22

Maine at Raptors, 10 a.m. Iowa at Canton, 6 p.m. Santa Cruz at Texas, 7 p.m. Bakersﬁeld at Idaho, 8 p.m. Austin at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Big 12 Men

dec., Meadows, 12-3; 152: Heger, MHS, win by fall, Borrego; 160: Aryion, HH, ult. tiebreaker, McBride, 3-2; 170: Dickson; MHS, win by fall, Brown; 182: Walker, HH, dec. Denby 7-2; 195: Truelove, MHS, forfeit; 220: Nichols, MHS, forfeit; Hwt: Conely, HH, forfeit.

All Games W-L Pct. 8-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 7-1 .875 7-1 .875 7-1 .875 7-1 .875 6-1 .857 5-3 .625 5-3 .625 4-4 .500

Thursday’s Game Iowa State 83, Iowa 82 Friday’s Game Prairie View A&M at TCU, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Game Oral Roberts at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Texas, 4:15 p.m. Kansas State at Texas A&M, 4:30 p.m. Oregon State at Kansas, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma State, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Results Kansas State 83, Coppin State 58 Kansas 92, Holy Cross 59 Texas Tech 68, Tennessee-Martin 49

Women

Conference All Games W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Baylor 0-0 .000 9-0 1.000 Oklahoma State 0-0 .000 7-0 1.000 Texas 0-0 .000 7-0 1.000 Oklahoma 0-0 .000 8-1 .888 Kansas State 0-0 .000 7-1 .875 Texas Tech 0-0 .000 6-1 .857 TCU 0-0 .000 7-2 .777 West Virginia 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 Iowa State 0-0 .000 4-3 .571 Kansas 0-0 .000 4-4 .500 Thursday’s Game

Missouri-Kansas City 47, Kansas 44 Friday’s Game

Iowa at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Notre Dame at TCU, 11 a.m. Texas Tech at Santa Clara, 4 p.m. Wednesday’s Results

Texas Tech 78, Idaho 62 Oklahoma 75, Tulsa 62 TCU 88, Stephen F. Austin 55

Thursday’s Results College Men

STATE College of the Ozarks 100, St. Gregory’s 87 Southwestern 84, Southwestern Christian 57 EAST Boston U. 80, Mass.-Lowell 60 NJIT 92, St. Francis Brooklyn 86, OT Penn St. 81, Canisius 67 Seton Hall 78, Troy 69 SOUTH ETSU 98, Milligan 47 FAU 72, Ave Maria 59 Lipscomb 83, Cumberland (Tenn.) 53 MIDWEST Iowa St. 83, Iowa 82 Kent St. 73, Louisiana-Monroe 62 Missouri St. 88, IUPUI 74 FAR WEST Idaho 78, Washington St. 74 San Diego St. 84, Nicholls St. 47 Southern U. 68, Wyoming 58

Women

STATE Arkansas 65, Oral Roberts 50 College of the Ozarks 81, St. Gregory’s 65 Lubbock Christian 83, Oklahoma City 39 EAST E. Michigan 78, Monmouth (NJ) 68 Georgetown 61, Delaware 50 SOUTH Ball St. 72, Lipscomb 60 Kentucky 72, Louisville 54 UNC Asheville 95, UNC-Greensboro 52 Vanderbilt 97, Troy 43 MIDWEST Florida 91, Wisconsin 75 Milwaukee 82, E. Illinois 71 Purdue 95, Incarnate Word 27 UMKC 47, Kansas 44 FAR WEST Arizona 77, Louisiana Tech 67 BYU 68, Weber St. 51 Colorado St. 75, Montana 43 Loyola Marymount 92, San Diego St. 65 Utah St. 76, Utah Valley 72

Thursday’s Games College Men SOUTHWESTERN 84 SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN 57

Southwestern Christian ................. 27 30 — 57 Southwestern ................................. 40 44 — 84 SWC —Scott 15, Laurent 13, Love 13, White 8, Parish 6, K. Sileikis 2. SWOSU — Champion 16, Collins 15, Jennings 12, Shoemaker 12, Lewallen 10, Ojo 7, Battisti 5, Wells 3, Willis 2, Franklin 2.

COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS 100 ST. GREGORY’S 87

College of the Ozarks ................... 50 50 — 100 St. Gregory’s ................................. 40 47 — 87 CO — Murray 34, Paschke 17, Young 11, Starbird 10, Smith 8, Burland 7, Frazier 5, Carmichael 4, Hall 2, Davidson 2. SGU — Smith 20, Walter 19, Gordon 14, Ritchie 13, Hawkins 6, Mattox 5, Bickers 4, Arvie 4, Morris 2.

Women COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS 81 ST. GREGORY’S 65

College of the Ozarks ........... 20 21 18 22 — 81 St. Gregory’s ......................... 17 19 14 15 — 65 CO — McMenamy 20, Cleeton 16, Uchtman 11, Simmerman 11, Wisdom 7, Johnson 5, Roberts 5, Graham 4, Bovard 2. SGU — Harrison 17, Tatum 16, Sparks 8, Leach 7, Richard 5, Lundy 4, Howgard 4, Garrett 2, Dickerson 2.

LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN 83 OKLAHOMA CITY 39

Oklahoma City ........................ 4 10 17 8 — 39 Lubbock Christian ................. 21 20 22 20 — 83 OCU — Kruschke 16, Frey 10, Ingram 6, Cheney 4, Renner 2, Stallbaumer 1. LC — Haist 15, Hampton 14, T. Bruffey 13, Szabo 9, Harris 6, Schneider 6, Robertson 4, Chitsey 4, Fowler 3, C. Bruffey 3, Buttram 3, Iroko 2, Taylor 1.

WRESTLING Thursday’s Results High School

CITY AREA Edmond North 76, Southmoore 3 Edmond Santa Fe 34, Putnam North 33 Deer Creek 65, Southmoore 12 Lawton MacArthur 45, Moore 36 Mustang 48, Heritage Hall 22 Norman North 41, Norman 26 Ponca City 55, Midwest City 22 Sulphur 72, Little Axe 12 Tuttle 55, Piedmont 3 STATE Barnsdall 69, Perkins-Tryon 12 Catoosa 61, Miami 6 Clinton 52, Elgin 19 Duncan 66, Marlow 12 Fort Gibson 38, McAlester 26 Hinton 45, Hobart 22 Jay 54, Salina 12 Pawhuska 36, Cleveland 35 Sapulpa 45, Cascia Hall 27 Tulsa East Central 38, Tulsa McLain 30 Tulsa Edison 66, Tulsa Rogers 15 Tulsa Webster 60, Tulsa Hale 24

Thursday’s Duals High School MUSTANG 48 HERITAGE HALL 22

106: Park, HH, dec. Picklo, 7-0; 113: Lupton, MHS, win by fall, Cooper; 120: Clark, MHS, forfeit; 126: Johnson, HH, win by fall, Bird; 132: Edwards, MHS, dec. West, 6-2; 138: Gfeller, HH, win by fall, Slocum; 145: Denny, HH, major

106: Brady Bristow, PC, forfeit; 113: Taylor Holman, MWC, major dec. Lane Bristow, 12-3; 120: Dylan Schickrom, PC, forfeit; 126: Drew Wilson, MWC, pinned Cody Winn, 1:10; 132: Marquez Edwards, MWC, pinned, Gunner McKinney, 2:58; 138: Grayson White, PC, pinned Cade Gattuso, 2:24; 145: Brody Perciful, PC, forfeit; 152: RJ Walker, MWC, pinned Payton Malcolm, 1:08; 160: Zeke Rubio, PC, forfeit; 170: Lane Newlin, PC, forfeit; 182: Austin Fry, PC, pinned Jordan Jones, 3:37; 195: Bradyn Pressnau, PC, forfeit; 220: Ben Rauiston, PC, dec. Markeylo Cavers, 2-1 (OT); 285: Brett Bridges, PC, dec. Ryan Tillbury, 4-3.

DEER CREEK 65 SOUTHMOORE 12

106: Double forfeit; 113: Presley, DC, pinned SanAntonio, 1:51; 120: Cole, DC, tech. fall Collins, 26-10; 126: Robinson, DC, pinned Bell SM, 4:42; 132: Bailey, DC, pinned Hernandez, 3:00; 138: Mack, SM, pinned Massad, 3:29; 145: Garcia, SM, pinned Savage, :48; 152: Knowles, DC, pinned McDonald, 1:04; 160: P. Cates, DC, pinned Elam, 2:19; 170: Barclay, DC, Ivey, :49; 182: McCall, DC, pinned Watts, 4:45; 195: O’Brien, DC, pinned Stow, :55; 220: Cooper, DC, pinned Fields, 1:09; Hwt: Winfield, DC, by forfeit.

EDMOND NORTH 76 SOUTHMOORE 3

106: T. Higginbotham, EDN, by forfeit; 113: Paxton Rosen, EDN, pinned Grant SanAntonio SM, 1:47; 120: Brandon Bright, EDN, pinned Kamran Collins SM, 1:36; 126: Matt Ashcraft, EDN, pinned Conor Bell SM, 1:45; 132: Drew Pappadopolous, EDN, pinned Balmore Hernandez SM, 1:35; 138: Kruz Simons, EDN, tech. fall Marshall Mack SM, 18-2; 145: Hunter Walsh, EDN, pinned Alex Garcia SM, 3:44; 152: Cooper Hopkins, EDN, pinned Jacob McDonald SM, 1:26; 160: Brady Sifford, EDN, pinned Kolby Elam SM, 1:55; 170: Cooper Coil, EDN, tech. fall Raymond Haynes SM, 19-3; 182: Noah Hooks, EDN, pinned Caleb Watts SM, 1:45; 195: Tommy Gore, EDN, pinned Josh Stow SM, 3:56; 220: Jakobe Walker, SM, dec. Ashraf Mohamad EDN, 3-2; Hwt: Richard Hunter, EDN, pinned Donovan Fields SM, :28.

BASEBALL Free Agents Signings

AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Matt Wieters, c, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer. BOSTON (2) — Signed Chris Young, of, to a $13 million, two-year contract signed David Price, lhp, Toronto, to a $217 million, seven-year contract. CHICAGO (2) — Signed Alex Avila, c, Detroit, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract signed Dioner Navarro, c, Toronto, to a $4 million, one-year contract. DETROIT (4) — Signed Jordan Zimmermann, rhp, Washington, to a $110 million, five-year contract signed Mike Pelfrey, rhp, Minnesota, to a $16 million, two-year contract signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia, c, Arizona, to a $507,500, one-year contract signed Mark Lowe, rhp, Toronto, to an $11 million, twoyear contract. HOUSTON (1) — Colby Ramus, of, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer. KANSAS CITY (1) — Re-signed Chris Young, rhp, to an $11.5 million, two-year contract. LOS ANGELES (2) — Signed Cliff Pennington, ss, Toronto, to a $3.75 million, two-year contract signed Geovany Soto, c, Chicago White Sox, to a $2.8 million, one-year contract. OAKLAND (1) — Signed Rich Hill, rhp, Boston, to a $6 million, one-year contract. SEATTLE (3) — Re-signed Franklin Gutierrez, of, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract signed Chris Ianetta, c, Los Angeles Angeles, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract signed Nori Aoki, of, San Francisco, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract. TORONTO (2) — Re-signed Marco Estrada, rhp, to a $26 million, two-year contract signed J.A. Happ, lhp, Pittsburgh, to a $36 million, three-year contract. NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA (1) — Signed Zack Greinke, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $206.5 million, six-year contract. ATLANTA (3) — Re-signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, to a $3 million, two-year contract signed Bud Norris, rhp, San Diego, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract signed Gordon Beckham, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract. CHICAGO (2) — Signed John Lackey, rhp, St. Louis, to a $32 million, two-year contract signed Ben Zobrist, inf, Kansas City, to a $56 million, four-year contract. COLORADO (2) — Signed Jason Motte, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $10 million, two-year contract signed Chad Qualls, rhp, Houston, to a $6 million, two-year contract. LOS ANGELES (2) — Brett Anderson, lhp, accepted $15.8 million qualifying offer re-signed Chase Utley, 2b, to a $7 million, one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA (1) — Signed David Hernandez, rhp, Arizona, to a $3.9 million, one-year contract. ST. LOUIS (2) — Signed Brayan Pena, c, Cincinnati, to a $5 million, two-year contract re-signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, to a $7.5 million, two-year contract. SAN FRANCISCO (1) — Signed Jeff Samardzija, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $90 million, five-year contract. Remaining Free Agents AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTMORE (5) — q-Wei-Yin Chen, lhp q-Chris Davis, 1b Darren O’Day, rhp Gerardo Parra, of Steve Pearce, of. BOSTON (1) — Craig Breslow, lhp. CHICAGO (2) — Matt Albers, rhp Alexei Ramirez, ss. CLEVELAND (4) — Mike Aviles, inf-of Gavin Floyd, rhp Ryan Raburn, dh Ryan Webb, rhp. DETROIT (5) — Rajai Davis, of Tom Gorzelanny, lhp Joe Nathan, rhp Alfredo Simon, rhp Randy Wolf, lhp. HOUSTON (4) — Scott Kazmir, lhp Oliver Perez, lhp Tony Sipp, lhp Joe Thatcher, lhp. KANSAS CITY (7) — Johnny Cueto, rhp Jonny Gomes, of q-Alex Gordon, of Jeremy Guthrie, rhp Ryan Madson, rhp Franklin Morales, lhp Alex Rios, of. LOS ANGELES (7) — David DeJesus, of David Freese, 3b Matt Joyce, of Mat Latos, rhp David Murphy, of Shane Victorino, of Wesley Wright, lhp. MINNESOTA (4) — Blaine Boyer, rhp Neal Cotts, lhp Brian Duensing, lhp Torii Hunter, of. NEW YORK (2) — Chris Capuano, lhp Stephen Drew, 2b. OAKLAND (2) — Edward Mujica, rhp Barry Zito, lhp. SEATTLE (2) — Joe Beimel, lhp q-Hisashi Iwakuma, rhp. TAMPA BAY (3) — Asdrubal Cabrera, ss John Jaso, dh Grady Sizemore, of. TEXAS (6) — q-Yovani Gallardo, rhp Colby Lewis, rhp Mike Napoli, 1b Ross Ohlendorf, rhp Drew Stubbs, of Will Venable, of. TORONTO (5) — Mark Buehrle, lhp Jeff Francis, lhp Maicer Izturis, 2b LaTroy Hawkins, rhp Munenori Kawasaki, inf. NATIONAL LEAGUE ATLANTA (3) — Ross Detwiler, lhp Edwin Jackson, rhp Peter Moylan, rhp. CHICAGO (7) — Trevor Cahill, rhp Chris Denorfia, of q-Dexter Fowler, of Dan Haren, rhp Tommy Hunter, rhp Austin Jackson, of Fernando Rodney, rhp. CINCINNATI (4) — Burke Badenhop, rhp Sean Marshall, lhp Manny Parra, lhp Skip Schumaker, inf-of. COLORADO (2) — Kyle Kendrick, rhp Justin Morneau, 1b. LOS ANGELES (5) — Bronson Arroyo, rhp q-Howie Kendrick, 2b Joel Peralta, rhp Jimmy Rollins, ss. MIAMI (3) — Don Kelly, 3b Jeff Mathis, c Casey McGehee, 3b. MILWAUKEE (1) — Kyle Lohse, rhp. NEW YORK (9) — Jerry Blevins, lhp Yoenis Cespedes, of Tyler Clippard, rhp Bartolo Colon, rhp Kelly Johnson, of q-Daniel Murphy, 2b Eric O’Flaherty, lhp Bobby Parnell, rhp Juan Uribe, 3b. PHILADELPHIA (5) — Chad Billingsley, rhp Jeff Francoeur, of Aaron Harang, rhp Cliff Lee, lhp Jerome Williams, rhp. PITTSBURGH (7) — Antonio Bastardo, lhp Joe Blanton, rhp A.J. Burnett, rhp Corey Hart, 1b Aramis Ramirez, 3b Sean Rodriguez, inf-of Joakim Soria, rhp. ST. LOUIS (5) — Matt Belisle, rhp Randy Choate, lhp q-Jason Heyward, of Mark Reynolds, 1b-3b Carlos Villanueva, rhp. SAN DIEGO (6) — Clint Barmes, ss Josh Johnson, rhp Shawn Kelley, rhp q-Ian Kennedy, rhp Brandon Morrow, rhp q-Justin Upton, of. SAN FRANCISCO (8) — Jeremy Affeldt, lhp Marlon Byrd, of Alejandro De Aza, of Tim Hudson, rhp Mike Leake, rhp Tim Lincecum, rhp Marco Scutaro, 2b Ryan Vogelsong, rhp. WASHINGTON (7) — q-Ian Desmond, ss Doug Fister, rhp Casey Janssen, rhp Nate McLouth, of Denard Span, of Matt Thornton, lhp Dan Uggla, 2b.

GOLF

13 Gold Nightlinger-120 14 Makalak-123

PGA Franklin Templeton Shootout

HOCKEY NHL

GA 69 74 87 76 71 66 76 82 GA 61 60 70 64 69 80 87 90 GA 75 72 76 75 64 89 85 GA 57 82 76 89 68 99 85 for

HORSE RACING Friday’s Races Remington Park

McNeil B Loveberry J

3-1 12-1

FISHING REPORT

At Ritz-Carlton Resort (Tiburon GC) Naples, Fla. Purse: $3.1 million Yardage: 7,288; Par: 72 First Round Harris English & Matt Kuchar.......................58 Billy Horschel & Hunter Mahan......................59 Graeme McDowell & Gary Woodland ...........59 Daniel Berger & Charley Hoffman ................60 Cameron Tringale & Camilo Villegas ............60 J.B. Holmes & Patrick Reed ..........................61 Jason Dufner & Brandt Snedeker .................61 Charles Howell III & Rory Sabbatini...............62 Retief Goosen & Danny Lee ..........................63 Zach Johnson & Patrick Rodgers ..................64 Sean O’Hair & Mike Weir ..............................65 Kenny Perry & Steve Stricker .......................65

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 30 19 8 3 41 97 Detroit 29 16 8 5 37 76 Ottawa 29 15 9 5 35 91 Boston 27 15 9 3 33 88 Florida 29 14 11 4 32 75 Tampa Bay 29 14 12 3 31 70 Toronto 28 10 13 5 25 64 Buffalo 29 11 15 3 25 70 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 27 19 6 2 40 83 N.Y. Rangers 29 18 8 3 39 81 N.Y. Islanders 29 16 8 5 37 82 Pittsburgh 27 15 10 2 32 65 New Jersey 28 14 10 4 32 71 Philadelphia 29 12 11 6 30 61 Carolina 28 10 14 4 24 64 Columbus 30 11 17 2 24 72 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Dallas 28 21 5 2 44 99 St. Louis 29 16 9 4 36 74 Nashville 29 15 9 5 35 78 Chicago 29 15 10 4 34 79 Minnesota 26 14 7 5 33 70 Winnipeg 29 14 13 2 30 82 Colorado 29 12 16 1 25 79 Paciﬁc Division GP W L OT Pts GF Los Angeles 27 18 8 1 37 71 Vancouver 30 11 11 8 30 79 San Jose 28 14 13 1 29 75 Arizona 28 13 14 1 27 75 Anaheim 28 11 12 5 27 55 Calgary 28 12 14 2 26 73 Edmonton 29 12 15 2 26 75 Note: Two points for a win, one point overtime loss. Thursday’s Games Detroit 3, Montreal 2 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 1 Florida 4, Washington 1 Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 2 Nashville 5, Chicago 1 Winnipeg 6, Columbus 4 Calgary 4, Buffalo 3 Friday’s Games Detroit at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Arizona, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Saturday’s Games Florida at Boston, noon Los Angeles at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 6 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 6 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 7 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 9 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Results Boston 3, Montreal 1 Edmonton 4, San Jose 3, OT Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 2 Vancouver 2, N.Y. Rangers 1

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

FIRST RACE Purse $19,800, Claiming $15,000, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs 1 Internet Success-120 Berry M 3-1 2 Lingerlonger-120 Birzer A 20-1 3 Yukonrun-120 Quinonez L 6-1 4 Makoshika-120 Parker D 12-1 5 Ventures Galore-123 Vazquez R 5-2 6 Denali Thunder-120 Loveberry J 9-2 7 You’re The Boss-120 Medina J 20-1 8 Time Iz Flyin-120 McMahon C 10-1 9 Man of Stature-117 Cabrera D 12-1 10 Salt Lake Flyer-120 Santana, Jr. R 30-1 SECOND RACE Purse $14,025, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), Five And A Half Furlongs 1 Panena Tornai-123 Quinonez B 10-1 2 Lightninginabottle-120 Vazquez R 8-1 3 Clock Her Now-120 Loveberry J 3-1 4 Track That Cat-123 McNeil E 20-1 5 Diamondbedazzler-123 Wade L 8-5 6 Ou FunnyValentine-120 Kimes C 20-1 7 Chablis-120 Berry M 15-1 8 City Thunder-123 Cabrera D 30-1 9 Catzilla-123 Parker D 20-1 10 Sistah’s Sister-120 Johnstone C 15-1 11 Miss Cat Dancing-120 McMahon C 6-1 12 Gotta Temper-120 Laviolette S 30-1 THIRD RACE Purse $12,650, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, Six And A Half Furlongs 1 Waffle House Kid-123 Cabrera D 20-1 2 Baby Trump-120 Wethey, Jr. F 20-1 3 Big Foot Ben-120 Laviolette S 30-1 4 Jump and Go-120 Loveberry J 20-1 5 Fesstune-120 Birzer A 12-1 6 Kipper Key-120 Vazquez R 9-5 7 Music Row-120 Hamilton Q 30-1 8 Hollywood Ice-120 Quinonez B 8-1 9 Rhetorical-120 Berry M 5-1 10 S C Redslegacy-120 Parker D 20-1 11 Big Sugarush-123 McMahon C 2-1 FOURTH RACE Purse $44,880, Allowance, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile Seventy Yards 1 Polar Dust-120 Hamilton Q 9-2 2 Self Destruct-122 Medina J 20-1 3 Hanslow-120 Birzer A 3-1 4 NaturallyCharming-122 Diego I 7-2 5 Erlenmeyer-120 Berry M 5-1 6 J S Nightlinger-120 Parker D 8-1 7 Preachattheriver-122 McNeil E 30-1 8 The Jeckle-120 Quinonez L 15-1 9 Gospel Abe-120 Vazquez R 8-1 10 Bendeano-122 Wade L 12-1 11 Makin Mischief-120 Johnstone C 20-1 FIFTH RACE Purse $10,450, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles 1 Cavalero-119 Berry M 5-2 2 Stratocruiser-119 Laviolette S 12-1 3 Nev’s Cat-119 Quinonez L 20-1 4 Exothermic-122 Loveberry J 3-1 5 Seven Slews-119 Quinonez B 15-1 6 Wranglin’ Okie-119 Vazquez R 12-1 7 Tale Be Told-119 Cabrera D 30-1 8 Cheese Biz-119 Sorenson D 20-1 9 Viva Outlaw-119 Diego I 10-1 10 Dead On-119 Santana, Jr. R 6-1 11 Corporate Chapel-119 Wethey, Jr. F 30-1 12 Cajun Don-122 McMahon C 4-1 SIXTH RACE Purse $44,000, Allowance, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs 1 Okie Ride-123 Quinonez L 5-2 2 Chifforobe-120 Wade L 20-1 3 Bruvver Max-123 Vazquez R 10-1 4 Johnny Whip-123 McMahon C 3-1 5 Holiday Mischief-120 Hamilton Q 20-1 6 Imahit-120 Loveberry J 2-1 7 Perfect to Please-120 McNeil B 15-1 8 Fire Mission-120 Berry M 5-1 SEVENTH RACE Purse $13,750, Maiden Claiming $20,000$15,000, 2 yo, One Mile Seventy Yards 1 Ice de La Thorn-120 Corbett G 30-1 2 Striking Force-120 Landeros B 50-1 3 Ohforsix-120 Medina J 30-1 4 The Rouge Diesel-118 Diego I 20-1 5 Papasquiaro (MEX)-120Wade L 7-2 6 Nathan O’Blue-120 Quinonez B 30-1 7 Expect Greatness-120 Loveberry J 4-1 8 Osiotto-120 Parker D 30-1 9 Afleet Whitegold-120 McNeil E 50-1 10 Valentine Day Deal-120 Cabrera D 15-1 11 Poor O Rod-120 Hamilton Q 12-1 12 Torn-120 Santana, Jr. R 6-5 EIGHTH RACE Purse $33,000, Maiden special weight, 3, 4, & 5 yo’s, F & M (fillies and mares), Six Furlongs 1 Blushing Bella-120 Wethey, Jr. F 20-1 2 Gingermore-120 Hamilton Q 9-2 3 Minnie Ruth-123 Quinonez B 15-1 4 Sweet Whitney-120 Diaz C 50-1 5 Lajolla Sun-123 Turner N 30-1 6 Skee Ball-120 Quinonez L 6-1 7 Gospel Gail-120 Cabrera D 8-1 8 Dancing Spirit-120 Johnstone C 30-1 9 Carocuore (ARG)-120 Santana, Jr. R 7-5 10 U V A Law School-120 Laviolette S 15-1 11 Bern Baby-123 Manrrique F 10-1 12 May We Prosper-120 Loveberry J 10-1 NINTH RACE Purse $9,350, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), One And One Sixteenth Miles 1 Jaco Ia-123 Quinonez B 20-1 2 Capture a Rainbow-123 Turner N 30-1 3 How’s the View-120 Vazquez R 20-1 4 Sis Boom Bah-123 Landeros B 8-1 5 Serving Time-123 Diego I 3-1 6 Afleet Abaco-123 McMahon C 7-2 7 Yokohama Mama-123 Medina J 50-1 8 Easy Nights-123 Hamilton Q 20-1 9 Devil in My Heart-123 Parker D 6-1 10 BehindCloseddoors-123 Johnstone C 12-1 11 Awesome Tale-123 Loveberry J 5-2 12 Bella Gedes-123 Kimes C 20-1 13 Gotcha Okie-123 Wethey, Jr. F 30-1 TENTH RACE Purse $12,623, Maiden Claiming $7,500, 3, 4, & 5 yo’s, Six Furlongs 1 Turner Burner-123 Laviolette S 5-2 2 Woods Diamond-120 Johnstone C 20-1 3 My Big Reward-120 Wethey, Jr. F 20-1 4 Imperishable-120 Diego I 20-1 5 Newchance-120 Landeros B 30-1 6 G H Armenia-120 Medina J 6-1 7 ImmaBeFromJones-120 McNeil E 30-1 8 Nobodys Business-120 Diaz C 20-1 9 Ramona’s Boy-120 Cabrera D 30-1 10 Mike’s Dream-123 Collier T 20-1 11 Big Sugar-120 Parker D 4-1 12 Jitterbug Son-123 Turner N 20-1

CENTRAL Hefner: Elevation rising, water 46-52 and murky. Crappie good on jigs and nymphs at 20-25 ft. along riprap and the dam. White bass, striped bass hybrids and walleye fair on grubs and gay blades along riprap. Channel catfish fair on cut bait along riprap. Overholser: Elevation below normal, water murky to muddy. Blue and channel catfish fair on live bait and cut bait in the main lake, around points and along shorelines. All other fishing slow. NORTHEAST Ft. Gibson: Elevation above normal, water 52 and murky. Blue catfish good on cut bait, worms and shad along the river channel and creek channels. All other fishing slow due to rising waters. Kaw: Elevation 4 ft. above normal, water stained. Crappie good at 20 ft. along riprap and bridge pilings. Keystone: Elevation above normal, water 53. Blue catfish good on cut bait below the dam. Lower Illinois: Elevation normal, water 55 and clear. Trout fair on worms, PowerBait and in-line spinnerbaits below the dam and in the tailwater. Perry CCC: Elevation normal, water murky. Trout slow on PowerBait, small lures and spinnerbaits along shorelines. Sooner: Elevation normal, water clear. Striped bass hybrids and striped bass fair on live shad and sassy shad in the discharge and the main lake. Tenkiller: Elevation 10 ft. above normal, water 58 and clear. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fair on plastic baits and crankbaits at 5-15 ft. in the main lake and around brush structure. Crappie fair on minnows, jigs and tube jigs at 10-15 ft. around docks and brush structure. SOUTHEAST Arbuckle: Elevation 5 ft. above normal, water 54 and stained. Water is being released at 976 cfs which has caused the lake to become stained and made fishing slow. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fair on crankbaits, spinnerbaits, sassy shad and jigs in brown/orange at 5-12 ft. around brush structure, rocks, the main lake and upper creek channels. Crappie and sunfish slow on minnows and jigs at 24 ft. around docks. Eufaula: Elevation 5 ft. above normal, water murky. Largemouth bass slow on plastic baits at 5-10 ft. around docks. White bass fair on jigs at 4-10 ft. below the dam. Blue catfish fair on cut bait and shad at 4-15 ft. along flats and river channel. Crappie good on minnows and jigs at 5-15 ft. around docks and riprap. Hugo: Elevation above normal, water muddy. Blue catfish good on cut bait and shad at 5-15 ft. below the dam. Robert S. Kerr: Elevation normal, water clear. Blue and channel catfish good on juglines baited with shad and shrimp at 10 ft. along flats and the river channel. Crappie fair on pink and black jigs at 12 ft. around brush structure, creek channels and standing timber. Largemouth bass fair on jerk baits and spinnerbaits at 14 ft. in the main lake and around rocks. Texoma: Elevation above normal, water 62 and murky in the north and clear in the south. Largemouth and smallmouth bass fair on plastic baits and crankbaits at 5-20 ft. along channels, coves and riprap. Channel catfish good on worms, stinkbait and ghost minnows at 10-20 ft. below the dam, along riprap, creek channels and active cleaning stations. Crappie, white bass and sunfish fair on minnows and tube jigs at 5-15 ft. around brush structure, docks and riprap. Paddlefish good at 10-20 ft. below the dam. SOUTHWEST Foss: Elevation 7 ft. below normal with gates closed, water low 50s. Striped bass hybrids good drifting slabs. Catfish fair on stinkbait. Walleye fair on live bait. White bass slow to fair on live bait. Waurika: Elevation normal, water 63. Crappie fair on jigs around brush structure. White bass fair on grubs and sassy shad along riprap and shorelines.

TRANSACTIONS Thursday’s Deals

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Claimed LHP Edgar Olmos off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. Designated OF Junior Lake for assignment. BOSTON RED SOX — Traded INF-OF Garin Cecchini to Milwaukee for cash considerations. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with OF Craig Gentry on a one-year contract. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with OF James Jones on a minor league contract. Acquired RHP Myles Jaye from the Chicago White Sox for LHP Will Lamb. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Traded RHP Luis Perdomo to San Diego for a player to be named or cash considerations. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Juan Nicasio on a one-year contract. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Acquired OF Jabari Blash from Oakland to complete an earlier trade. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreeed to terms with RHP Jonathan Broxton on a two-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed LB AJ Tarpley from the practice sqaud. Placed LB Tony Steward on injured reserve. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed TE Gary Barnidge to a contract extension. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed RB Mack Brown to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed F Travis Zajac on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 3. Recalled F Joseph Blandisi from Albany (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer PHILADELPHIA UNION — Traded D Ethan White to New York City FC for a 2017 fourthround SuperDraft pick. Declined contract options on G Zac MacMath, D Steven Vitoria, Ms Fred, Eric Bird, Danny Cruz and Jimmy McLaughlin, and Fs Dzenan Catic, Conor Casey and Antoine Hoppenot. COLLEGE CALIFORNIA — Agreed to terms with football coach Sonny Dykes on a contract extension. PITTSBURGH — Signed football coach Pat Narduzzi to a contract extension through the 2021 season. RUTGERS — Named Vince Okruch special teams coordinator.

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Oklahoma City coach Billy Donovan said after the Thunder’s 107-94 win against Atlanta on Thursday that the team’s passing was key in the win. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

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the Hawks. Durant and Westbrook served the feast. Durant had four assists before he took his first shot. He had five assists in the first 7:12 of the game. Westbrook had four assists in the first 9½ minutes, during which he launched one shot. Good things happen when superstars share the ball. The Thunder beat Atlanta 107-94 Thursday night, and the air in Chesapeake Arena was alive not only with sharp passes from the last two NBA scoring champs but with the excitement that OKC seems to be rounding into form. Durant and Westbrook finished with 10 assists each, just the second time in their long partnership that both reached double-digit assists in the same game. That’s 20 of the Thunder’s 24 assists from two guys averaging almost 54 points a game combined. “Kevin and Russell, I think they set a great tone,” said Billy Donovan. “Both of them are really trying to do the right thing.” We’re slowly seeing the Thunder play differently. More spacing. More passing. Less one-on-one. Lessen the scoring load on the bell cows. Get others involved, and eventually things will grow easier for Durant and Westbrook. The Thunder, 14-8, has won three straight. Durant’s shot attempts in those games: 13, 14, 14. Westbrook’s shot attempts in those three games: 13, 7, 17. Both have averaged 19 shots a game for their career. “I just tried to play the game and make it simple for myself,” said Durant. “It is fun. It’s fun seeing the game slow down for you. That’s when things started to get really fun.” And don’t think Durant

and Westbrook didn’t score. Westbrook scored nine points in the final 4:09 of the first quarter and finished with 23 points. Durant finished with 25 points and carried the Thunder late, with 10 fourth-quarter points. Donovan said such passing “helps Kevin and Russell be efficient players. Now you’ve got to account for some other people on the floor. Both those guys want to win. They understand in order to do that, they’ve got to make the other people around them better.” Durant’s triple double was achieved, fittingly enough, with a nifty pass to Westbrook for a 3-pointer with 1:14 left that ended all Hawk hopes. Durant broke into a wide smile, shook with his signature shimmy and seemed as pleased with the direction of this team as he did with the seventh triple double of his career. Donovan’s stamp is starting to appear on this team. “I think we’re getting closer and closer offensively to seeing us play how I’d like to see us play,” Donovan said. The effects of Westbrook’s and Durant’s passing are obvious. Serge Ibaka got open shot after open shot, some from his comfortable 17-foot spot and some at the rim. Steven Adams scored the Thunder’s first three baskets, the first two off Westbrook feeds, the latter off a Durant pass, and Adams finished with 11 points. When Ibaka and Adams combine for 34 points, the Thunder is going to be difficult to beat. Same can be said for 20 assists from Durant and Westbrook, who entered the game ranked fourth and sixth in NBA scoring but beat the Hawks more with their passes than with their shots. Berry Tramel: Berry can be reached at (405) 760-8080 or at btramel@ oklahoman.com. He can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:405:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including FM-98.1. You can also view his personality page at newsok.com/berrytramel.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

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THUNDER 107, HAWKS 94

Ibaka has big night in win against Hawks THUNDER 107 HAWKS 94

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FG 3P FT Min M-A M-A M-A Sefolosha ............ 34:51 5-8 0-2 1-4 Millsap ...................33:28 2-5 0-1 3-8 Horford..................32:38 3-14 1-4 2-2 Korver.....................34:32 4-8 4-7 0-0 Teague ...................32:20 8-14 1-2 1-1 Muscala ................20:22 4-8 0-2 0-0 Bazemore ...........27:36 7-12 4-7 4-4 Schroder ..............18:43 7-12 4-7 4-4 Patterson ............. 3:49 0-0 0-0 0-0 Holiday.....................1:40 0-1 0-1 0-0 Totals .................240 35-78 10-28 14-23

THUNDER Serge Ibaka hit a 16-foot jumper, a 12-foot jumper and a 19-foot jumper for six quick points. Then Kevin Durant finally took his first shot of the game. Ibaka followed with a 3-pointer from the left wing and a rim attack that earned him two free throws. Eleven points in the first nine minutes. Then Russell Westbrook finally took his first shot of the game. In the Thunder’s impressive 107-94 win over the Hawks on Thursday night, Westbrook’s and Durant’s table-setting was key. Both finished with 10 assists. And Ibaka served as the biggest benefactor. “It makes everything easy,” Ibaka said. “On both ends of the floor.” Ibaka is already in his seventh NBA season. But this is his first under a coach not named Scott Brooks. Billy Donovan arrived with a new offensive system. From Day 1, he’s preached better ball movement. Radical changes weren’t expected, but Donovan needed his bigs to catch, pass and swing with more fluidity. That’s never been among Ibaka’s strengths. For much of the first

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FG 3P FT Min M-A M-A M-A Durant ....................36:49 8-14 2-2 7-7 Ibaka ........................36:01 9-14 1-3 4-4 Adams ...................30:47 5-7 0-0 1-3 Roberson .............20:49 0-1 0-1 1-2 Westbrook .........38:28 8-17 3-4 4-6 Waiters .................30:35 4-14 1-4 0-0 Morrow ................. 14:29 3-6 2-3 0-0 Collison...................11:18 0-1 0-0 0-0 Kanter .....................10:31 2-6 0-0 0-0 Augustin ................8:51 0-0 0-0 3-4 Payne ......................... :41 0-0 0-0 0-0 Singler ....................... :41 0-0 0-0 0-0 Totals .................240 39-80 9-17 20-26

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Serge Ibaka had 23 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in the Thunder’s win against the Hawks on Thursday. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

20 games, he’s struggled to consistently produce. His scoring and rebounding numbers are down from last season. Which were down from the season before that. Just as he’s entering his supposed prime, his stats signal a decline. “Some ups and downs,” Ibaka said. “Long seasons. Some days you have trouble.” Last year, when both Durant and Westbrook had early injuries, some expected Ibaka, the Thunder’s third most important player, to shoulder to load.

But instead of an uptick, Ibaka trended downward. Without his assist men, he looked lost on offense. Because creativity has never been his game. Ibaka doesn’t orchestrate plays or set up teammates. He’s a robotic finisher, his standstill jumper constantly drilled, effective and without mechanical change. Through 22 games this season, Ibaka has made 133 shots. Of those, 84.2 percent have been assisted — the third-highest in the NBA among 30-minute per night players, behind only Kyle Korver and Jae

Crowder. Which brings us back to Thursday night. Durant and Westbrook came out with the clear strategy to get others involved. It led directly to Ibaka’s big night. His first three jumpers were all set up by a Durant assist, drawing the defense on an Ibaka screen and then pitching it back to him on the pop. “All our bigs set great screens and make themselves available afterward,” Durant said. “Serge is different from the rest of our bigs because he can shoot

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out to the 3-point line.” Ibaka’s fourth make, that 24-foot three from the left wing, was set up by Westbrook. At that point, the stars had combined for seven assists and only one attempted shot. Suddenly Ibaka was engaged and emotional, pumping his fist after makes and hounding Paul Millsap (3-of-14 shooting) on the defensive end. “Of course (that helps),” Ibaka said. “When your two superstars trust you, they play unselfish basketball, that gets you going.”

In all, Ibaka finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds and both of the Thunder’s blocks. He made nine shots. Eight of them were assisted by either Durant or Westbrook. “Tonight, I was on fire,” Ibaka said. It was only his third double-double of the season. His 23 and 10 still didn’t climb those averages up to years past. His consistency remains in question. But so much of that seems to be dictated not on his ability, but rather how much his stars use him.

THUNDER JOURNAL

OKC notches fourth-quarter closeout against Hawks Did Billy Donovan ever consider going to a different starting lineup against the smaller lineup of the Atlanta Hawks? “No,” Donovan said followed by a long pause. “... I think that we have a pretty good rhythm right now.” The starters finished in rhythm against the Hawks, winning 107-94 against one of the Eastern Conference’s best teams, and doing what hasn’t been done enough in this early season: Closing in the fourth quarter. Last week in Atlanta, the Thunder couldn’t quite come back from a 79-74 deficit entering the fourth quarter. On Thursday, they led by eight entering the final period and outscored the Hawks 24-19 in the fourth. On a night when Atlanta started hot from the 3-point line, Atlanta started to slip down the stretch, which played into the Thunder’s success as well. The Hawks started 10-of-21 from the 3-point

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THUNDER line, but shot 0-of-7 in the fourth quarter. “We happened to make some shots down the stretch, they didn’t make some shots,” Donovan said. “I thought we got the ball to the right areas of the floor.” The closeout came with Russell Westbrook, Andre Roberson, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka and Steven Adams on the floor, and when two Durant free throws pushed the Thunder lead to 11 with 40 seconds left, the Thunder went small — not out of necessity, but via substitutions with the game in hand.

SEFOLOSHA BACK IN OKC Roaming the halls of

Chesapeake Energy Arena on Thursday night, Thabo Sefolosha was confused. The former Thunder guard passed his old locker room, pushed through double doors, then for a moment couldn’t locate the visitor’s locker room. “I was kinda lost,” Sefolosha said laughing. “I wasn’t sure where to go.” Sefolosha played six seasons with the Thunder before joining the Hawks in free agency two years ago. The 31-year-old had 11 points and three rebounds in his first game playing in Oklahoma City with the Hawks. The Oklahoman: How does it feel coming back and being able to see some of the people you used to play with and work around? Sefolosha: “It’s cool. I was here for a really long time, building relationships with the people. It’s just nice to come here and shake hands and ask people ‘How are you doing?’” Your leg was broken

earlier this year. How do you feel health-wise? “I feel like I’m making progress. I’m playing a little bit more minutes now, and increasing the regularity of (playing) the game.” Do you plan on moving forward with any more legal action against the NYC Police Department? “We’ll see. To be honest, I don’t look forward too much. At the moment, I’m happy what needed to be taken care of was able to go the way it went.”

MCGARY: ‘I CAN HELP THIS TEAM’ Mitch McGary hasn’t seen the floor for the Thunder in more than two weeks, but the second-year forward has put in work in the D-League to work back into the Thunder rotation. McGary was recalled to the Thunder for Thursday’s game, but was inactive. In four D-League starts, he’s averaged 13.3 points, 9.5

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Miami at Indiana, 6 p.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Orlando, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Golden State at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Washington at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Saturday's Games

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Indiana at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 7 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Golden State at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. New York at Portland, 9 p.m.

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Away

10-1 10-3 6-4 6-3 8-3 10-4 7-4 8-4 7-3 8-3 4-7 5-7 7-5 6-4 1-9

4-6 3-5 8-5 6-5 4-5 2-4 6-5 6-6 5-7 4-8 5-4 5-6 2-9 1-11 0-13

Conf

11-6 9-6 7-3 9-3 6-5 6-7 9-6 7-5 5-5 5-5 7-7 6-9 7-10 4-8 0-13

NETS 100, 76ERS 91 FG

Covington Noel Okafor Wroten Canaan McConnell Grant Holmes Stauskas Thompson Totals

26:52 20:57 31:16 16:54 25:17 24:10 24:19 16:59 28:10 25:05

3-10 3-9 7-15 3-5 2-10 6-9 4-10 5-6 1-8 0-5

O-T A PF PTS

0-0 0-2 0 6 6 0-0 2-5 1 3 6 8-8 4-10 2 2 22 3-6 1-4 2 0 9 0-0 1-3 3 2 4 2-2 0-1 1 1 17 0-0 4-8 0 2 9 4-4 1-1 1 3 14 0-0 0-2 5 2 2 2-2 0-2 2 1 2

239:59 34-87 19-22 13-38 17 22 91

Percentages: FG .391, FT .864. 3-Point Goals:

4-31, .129 (McConnell 3-4, Grant 1-4, Wroten 0-1, Thompson 0-3, Canaan 0-6, Covington 0-6, Stauskas 0-7). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 11 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Grant 2, Okafor 2, Canaan, Covington). Turnovers: 10 (Okafor 3, McConnell 2, Wroten 2, Canaan, Holmes, Noel). Steals: 14 (Noel 4, McConnell 3, Covington 2, Canaan, Grant, Holmes, Thompson, Wroten). Technical Fouls: None. BROOKLYN

Johnson Young Lopez Jack Bogdanovic Robinson Larkin Bargnani Ellington Reed

FT Reb

Min M-A M-A

33:16 3-9 32:54 6-13 19:03 2-3 27:05 2-7 32:37 4-7 6:43 1-2 26:43 5-10 23:15 8-15 9:27 1-1 12:39 3-4

O-T A PF PTS

0-0 0-0 2 1 7 6-9 2-11 0 2 18 3-5 2-7 1 5 7 0-0 1-6 8 2 5 0-0 1-3 3 1 10 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 4-4 0-4 6 1 14 7-9 3-6 1 0 23 0-0 0-2 0 1 3 0-0 0-3 0 1 6

Golden State San Antonio

23 18

L.A. Clippers Memphis Dallas Utah Houston Phoenix Minnesota Portland Denver Sacramento New Orleans L.A. Lakers

13 13 13 10 11 10 9 9 8 8 5 3

Oklahoma City

Brown

FT Reb

PHILADELPHIA Min M-A M-A

Wednesday’s Games

Boston 105, Chicago 100 Houston 109, Washington 103 Charlotte 99, Miami 81 Toronto 97, San Antonio 94 Memphis 93, Detroit 92 Minnesota 123, L.A. Lakers 122, OT L.A. Clippers 109, Milwaukee 95 Utah 106, New York 85 Phoenix 107, Orlando 104 Atlanta 98, Dallas 95

• When: 8 p.m. Friday • Where: Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah • TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma (Cox 37/HD 722; Dish 416; DirecTV 676-5; U-verse 751/1751) • Radio: WWLS-AM 640/98.1 FM Three things to know • Jazz center Rudy Gobert will miss his fifth consecutive games with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. Gobert is third in the NBA in blocks (2.64 per game). • Russell Westbrook is

rebounds, 2.0 steals and a block in 27.7 minutes per game. “I know I can help this team, so whatever I can do,” McGary said of his D-League starts. “It’s in my best interest and the team’s best interest for me to go down there and get an opportunity to play, make strides and hopefully

the only player in the NBA currently ranked in the Top 10 in points (sixth), assists (second) and steals (second). • In its last meeting against Utah, a 111-89 win in Salt Lake City, the Thunder recorded its only game this season of double-digit blocks (10) and steals (12). Projected Starters

Thunder (14-8)

Player Ht. G Russell Westbrook 6-3 G Andre Roberson 6-7 G Kevin Durant 6-11 F Serge Ibaka 6-10 C Steven Adams 7-0

Jazz (10-10)

Player G Raul Neto G Rodney Hood F Gordon Hayward F Trey Lyles C Derrick Favors

Ht. 6-1 6-8 6-8 6-10 6-10

Pts. Reb. Ast. 26.4 7.4 9.9 4.9 3.6 0.7 27.9 7.9 3.8 13.1 7.0 0.9 5.9 5.8 0.8 Pts. Reb. Ast. 4.7 1.4 2.4 11.9 2.5 2.9 18.9 5.0 3.3 2.6 2.7 0.3 17.4 8.9 1.6

come back and make an impact.”

QUOTABLE Durant when asked if he knows he currently has career highs in field goal percentage and 3-point percentage: “Yeah, I know. I know that might sound bad, but it’s what I do.”

NBA NOTEBOOK

EASTERN CONFERENCE GB L10 Str

— 1 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 3 4½ 5 6 7½ 14

THUNDER AT JAZZ

Totals

16:19

Pct

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10 10 10 10 12 13 12 14 14 15 16 19

2-3

0-0

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7-3

10-3

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0-0 1 4

240:01 37-74 20-27 9-43 22 20 100

Percentages: FG .500, FT .741. 3-Point Goals: 6-14, .429 (Bogdanovic 2-4, Ellington 1-1, Brown 1-2, Jack 1-2, Johnson 1-4, Larkin 0-1). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 19 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Lopez). Turnovers: 19 (Lopez 5, Young 4, Jack 3, Larkin 2, Bogdanovic, Brown, Johnson, Reed, Robinson). Steals: 5 (Young 2, Brown, Ellington, Larkin). Technical Fouls: None. Philadelphia Brooklyn

13 24

31 28

30 18

17 — 91 30 —100

A—13,266 (17,732). T—2:20. Ofﬁcials—Sean Wright, Kevin Cutler, Rodney Mott.

BULLS 83, CLIPPERS 80 FG

FT Reb

L.A. CLIPPERS Min M-A M-A

Mbah a Moute21:28 2-9 Grifﬁn 24:45 7-14 Jordan 36:31 4-7 Paul 30:49 5-16 Redick 29:24 2-11 Crawford 22:05 1-5 Rivers 17:11 1-6 Johnson 15:21 3-6 Smith 18:44 3-8 Pierce 5:16 0-2 Stephenson 18:26 2-4 Totals

O-T A PF PTS

0-0 4-6 1 2 5 4-4 1-11 2 3 18 2-3 6-14 0 2 10 0-0 0-0 5 3 12 4-5 0-2 4 0 8 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0-0 2-5 1 1 3 0-0 2-4 0 0 9 0-0 0-7 3 2 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0-3 4 2 5

240:00 30-88 10-12 15-52 22 15 80

Percentages: FG .341, FT .833. 3-Point Goals:

10-22, .455 (Johnson 3-4, Smith 2-3, Paul 2-4, Mbah a Moute 1-2, Rivers 1-2, Stephenson

10-0 8-2

W-23 L-1

6-4 6-4 4-6 5-5 6-4 3-7 4-6 5-5 2-8 4-6 4-6 1-9

L-1 W-1 L-1 W-1 W-1 W-2 W-1 L-2 L-1 W-1 L-1 L-4

10-0 11-0

W-3

Away

15-0 9-2

4-5 6-5 8-6 5-6 5-5 4-8 6-3 4-9 5-7 2-8 1-10 2-13

10-7 9-8 9-7 4-5 7-6 7-8 4-6 8-9 5-11 3-11 4-10 0-10

4-5

9-5 7-5 5-4 5-4 6-7 6-5 3-9 5-5 3-7 6-7 4-6 1-6

Conf

13-0 7-5

8-2

1-2, Crawford 0-1, Griffin 0-1, Pierce 0-1, Redick 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 13 (15 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Griffin 2, Jordan, Smith). Turnovers: 13 (Paul 4, Smith 3, Griffin 2, Crawford, Mbah a Moute, Rivers, Stephenson). Steals: 4 (Jordan 2, Paul, Stephenson). Technical Fouls: None. Flagrant Fouls: Griffin, 5:59 third. Ejections: Griffin, 5:59 third. CHICAGO

Snell Gibson Gasol Rose Butler Noah Hinrich McDermott Brooks Mirotic Totals

FT Reb

Min M-A M-A

22:09 1-3 28:36 4-9 32:49 10-19 27:32 5-11 37:27 4-14 20:08 1-5 19:49 1-4 16:20 0-5 20:43 3-9 14:27 2-8

O-T A PF PTS

0-0 1-4 0 3 2 4-4 3-8 2 0 12 1-1 0-6 0 2 24 0-0 0-3 2 0 11 6-8 1-5 8 0 14 0-0 6-13 2 3 2 0-0 1-2 3 1 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 3-3 1-2 2 1 10 0-0 0-11 1 1 5

240:00 31-87 14-16 13-54 20 12 83

Percentages: FG .356, FT .875. 3-Point Goals:

7-23, .304 (Gasol 3-3, Brooks 1-3, Rose 1-3, Hinrich 1-4, Mirotic 1-5, Snell 0-1, Butler 0-2, McDermott 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 11 (5 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Butler 2, Gasol 2, Noah 2). Turnovers: 11 (Noah 3, Rose 3, Snell 2, Brooks, Gasol, Hinrich). Steals: 8 (Butler 2, Gasol 2, Hinrich, Mirotic, Noah, Rose). Technical Fouls: None. L.A. Clippers Chicago

24 23

11 21

19 20

26 — 80 19 — 83

A—21,491 (20,917). T—2:12. Ofﬁcials—Marc Davis, David Jones, Karl Lane.

HALL OF FAMER DOLPH SCHAYES DIES AT 87 Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes, a 12-time All-Star who refined the big man’s role in the infancy of the National Basketball Association, has died. He was 87. Schayes was diagnosed with terminal cancer six months ago and died Thursday after being stricken with a severe infection, his son Danny Schayes said. Dolph Schayes was the franchise player for the old Syracuse Nationals from 1948-1963 and was voted one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history. He revolutionized the post position, always in perpetual motion instead of just planting himself in the paint.

KYRIE IRVING COULD RETURN FROM INJURY Cavaliers All-Star guard Kyrie Irving could make his season debut on the team’s upcoming road trip. Coach David Blatt said that Irving, who has been out since breaking his left kneecap in last season’s NBA Finals, may play either Friday in Orlando or Tuesday in Boston. Starting guard Iman Shumpert is also close to a return after missing Cleveland’s first 21 games with a wrist injury sustained before training camp. Irving and Shumpert both made it through their third full practices Thursday and will accompany the team on the trip. COMPILED BY CODY STAVENHAGEN FROM WIRE REPORTS

SPORTS

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HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD Thursday’s Results Girls

Barnsdall 61, Wesleyan Christian 39

Tournaments

Adair Invitational Westville 50, Salina 48 Seq. Claremore 39, Ketchum 34 Seq. Claremore 38, Ketchum 34 (girls) Salina 51, Westville 44 (girls) Afton Classic Chouteau 47, Wyandotte 38 Kansas 73, Afton 59 Kansas 60, Mounds 45 (girls) Afton 61, Chouteau 58 (girls) Agra Invitational Agra 58, Carney 42 Wellston 72, Shidler 45 Okla. Christian Aca. 70, Mulhall-Orlando 31 Yale 41, Olive 34 Yale 35, Agra 25 (girls) Wellston 66, Shidler 24 (girls) Mulhall-Orlando 53, Carney 39 (girls) Okla. Christian Aca. 51, Olive 24 (girls) Altus Lady Bulldog Classic Lawton Ike 55, Iowa Park, Texas 42 (girls) Altus 38, Lawton Ike JV 24 (girls) Wichita Falls 45, Lawton Mac 43 (girls) Enid vs. Dallas HSAA (girls) Bennington Tournament Moyers 63, Milburn 46 Thackerville vs. Wapanucka Victory Life vs. Colbert Bennington vs. Colbert JV Wapanucka vs. Moyers (girls) Milburn vs. Thackerville (girls) Caddo JV vs. Colbert (girls) Bennington vs. Victory Life (girls) Bethel Classic Riverside 65, Lexington 32 Lone Grove 49, Perkins 45 Stroud 51, Bethel 45 Santa Fe South vs. Tecumseh Perkins 53, Lexington 30 (girls) Lone Grove 46, Riverside 44 (girls) Stroud 35, Tecumseh 29 (girls) Bethel 66, Santa Fe South 8 (girls) Best in the Southwest At Granite Sweetwater vs. Mangum Blair vs. Duke-Olustee loser Olustee vs. Duke (girls) Sweetwater vs. Blair (girls) Binger-Oney Tournament Okarche 84, Geary 39 Gracemont def. Corn Bible Fletcher def. Mt. View-Gotebo Binger-Oney vs. Cyril Okarche def. Geary (girls) Cyril def. Corn Bible (girls) Gracemont vs. Mt. View-Gotebo (girls) Fletcher vs. Binger-Oney (girls) Bishop Kelley Invitational Holland Hall 55, Tulsa McLain 49 Skiatook 61, Cascia Hall 45 Sapulpa 59, Shawnee 45 Tulsa Kelley 67, Tulsa Webster 48 Claremore 51, Edison 31 (girls) Sand Springs 59, Cascia Hall 37 (girls) Norman North 40, Memorial 28 (girls) Shawnee 40, Kelley 27 (girls) Bixby Invitational Tulsa East Central 65, Del City 40 Putnam City 72, Tulsa Edison 56 Bartlesville 63, Stillwater 51 Bixby vs. Deer Creek Owasso vs. Collinsville (girls) Deer Creek 38, Glendale 30 (girls) Southmoore 37, Stillwater 27 (girls) Bixby vs. Midwest City (girls) Burns Flat-Dill City Invitational Hollis 66, Tipton JV 19 Cordell 76, Tipton 30 Clinton JV vs. Grandﬁeld Taloga vs. Burns Flat-Dill City Hollis vs. Burns Flat JV (girls) Cordell JV vs. Fort Cobb-Broxton (girls) Cordell vs. Tipton (girls) Burns Flat-Dill City vs. Grandﬁeld (girls) Canton Tournament Cimarron 79, Arnett 43 Okeene vs. Canton Fargo vs. Canton (girls) Okeene vs. Cimarron (girls) Chattanooga SW Shootout Carnegie 59, Alex 50 Chattanooga 82, Indiahoma 51 Erick 48, Snyder 20 (girls) Carnegie 44, Chattanooga 20 (girls) Durant Lion Classic Westmoore 82, Newcastle 46 Southeast 71, Norman 55 Midwest City 67, Hugo 50 Yukon 63, Durant 52 Newcastle 59, Norman 46 (girls) Westmoore 56, Hugo 17 (girls) Springdale, Ark. 55, U.S. Grant 10 (girls) Mustang 52, Durant 25 (girls) Edmond Open At Edmond North Edmond Santa Fe 69, Piedmont 47 Edmond North 78, Jenks 56 Putnam North 55, Lawton Ike 49 Edmond Memorial 60, Casady 40 At Edmond Santa Fe Putnam North 37, Tulsa Union 36 (girls) Edmond Memorial 85, Piedmont 31 (girls) Anadarko 51, Edmond North 46 (girls) Edmond Santa Fe 79, Jenks 25 (girls) 5-County Conference At Leedey Leedey 64, Hammon 45 Canute 55, Merritt 47 Merritt 49, Cheyenne 47 (girls) Leedey 45, Canute 44 (girls) Frontier Shoot-Out Regent Prep 53, Coyle 13 Tonkawa 59, Frontier 49 Newkirk 43, Coyle 41 (girls) Garber vs. Frontier (girls) Harrah Panther Classic Star Spencer 73, Weatherford 71, OT Harrah 73, Byng 33 El Reno 92, Ponca City 36 Northeast 44, Choctaw 37 Choctaw 77, Star Spencer 37 (girls) Weatherford 52, Del City 51 (girls) Harrah 59, Ponca City 39 (girls) Putnam City 53, Carl Albert 41 (girls) J.T. Dixon Memorial At Haskell Keys 51, Porter 15 Bristow 53, Tulsa Webster JV 29 Wagoner 63, Haskell 41 Catoosa 71, Vinita 54 Wagoner 53, Bristow 33 (girls) Glenpool 55, Haskell 39 (girls) Porter 40, Tulsa Webster 27 (girls) Keys vs. Catosa (girls) Jerry Oquin Tournament At Inola Pryor 62, Fort Gibson 51 Victory Christian vs. Siloam Springs, Ark. Siloam Springs, Ark. 42, Victory Christian 38 (girls) Fort Gibson 46, Bartlesville 31 (girls) Jim Elliot Classic At Chr. Heritage Luther 52, SW Covenant 39 Chr. Heritage 64, Little Axe 30 Crossings Christian 63, Crooked Oak 52 Destiny Christian 79, Watonga 53 Chr. Heritage 67, SW Covenant 42 (girls) Luther 70, Little Axe 31 (girls) Watonga 81, Crooked Oak 8 (girls) Crossings Christian 59, Destiny Christian 50 (girls) Little River Conference At Seminole State Strother 74, Bowlegs 26 New Lima 68, Varnum 38 Paden vs. Earlsboro Varnum 60, Strother 24 (girls) Bowlegs 50, Mason 42 (girls) Madill Winter Classic Yukon JV vs. Roff Marietta 66, Gunter, Texas 47 Dickson 55, Pilot Point, Texas 48 Madill vs. Boswell Stonewall vs. Marietta (girls) Dickson vs. Gunter (girls) Pilot Point, Texas vs. Boswell (girls) Madill vs. Westbury (girls) Maysville Shoot Out Fox 51, Springer 24 Mill Creek 62, Bray-Doyle 50 Verden 34, Cement 31 Maysville 58, Paoli 38 Bray-Doyle 30, Paoli 25 (girls) Maysville 41, Fox 34 (girls) Mill Creek 37, Cement 33 (girls) Springer 42, Verden 27 (girls) Minco Bulldog Classic

Lookeba-Sickles 52, Dibble 42 Hydro-Eakly 65, Lookeba-Sickles JV 48 Union City 64, Apache 49 Minco 65, Hinton 38 Dibble 40, Union City 38 (girls) Hydro-Eakly 52, Hinton 28 (girls) Cashion 73, Apache 23 (girls) Minco 65, Lookeba-Sickles 44 (girls) Mooreland Holiday Classic Waukomis 56, Vici 39 Mooreland 72, Sharon-Mutual 38 Beaver 62, Sayre 58 Ringwood 57, Fort Supply 36 Vici 56, Fort Supply 23 (girls) Waukomis 55, Sharon-Mutual 49(girls) Sayre 32, Mooreland 20 (girls) Ringwood 56, Beaver 53 (girls) NWOSU Prep Classic Aline-Cleo def. South Barber, Kan. Waynoka def. Burlington South Central, Kan. def. Medford Cherokee 49, Drummond 38 Burlington 57, Waynoka 11 (girls) South Barber, Kan. def. Waynoka (girls) South Central, Kan. def. Medford (girls) Cherokee def. Drummond (girls) OBU Bison Invitational Harding Prep def. Chandler Dale 58, McLoud 55 Ada 79, Meeker 53 Kingston 71, Washington 57 Dale vs. OKC Knights (girls) Chandler vs. McLoud (girls) Washington vs. Harding Prep (girls) Kingston 51, Meeker 44 (girls) Oilton Invitational Davenport 74, Prue 36 Pawnee 92, Cushing JV 33 Depew 55, Woodland 40 Hominy 67, Oilton 25 Davenport 72, Cushing JV 29 (girls) Pawnee 56, Prue 12 (girls) Depew 51, Oilton 34 (girls) Woodland 37, Hominy 19 (girls) Okemah Invitational Wewoka 56, Classen 39 Moore 50, Community Chr. 38 Latta 49, John Marshall 42 Okemah 55, Beggs 41 Classen 86, Wewoka 31 (girls) Community Chr. 64, John Marshall 36 (girls) Moore 40, Latta 18 (girls) Beggs 68, Okemah 37 (girls) Pick & Shovel Classic At Hartshorne Wilburton 45, Oktaha 44 Crowder 52, Canadian 47 Wilburton 51, Wister 37 (girls) Tushka 63, Oktaha 43 (girls) Pond Creek Invitational Glencoe 75, Covington-Douglas 25 Alva 52, Kremlin-Hillsdale 27 DC-Lamont 42, Timberlake 37 Pond Creek-Hunter 93, South Haven, Kan. 30 Glencoe 82, Alva JV 31 (girls) Kremlin 44, Covington-Douglas 32 (girls) Timberlake 56, DC-Lamont 35 (girls) Pond Creek vs. South Haven, Kan. (girls) Pontotoc Conference Tournament At Tupelo Vanoss 56, Roff 35 Stonewall vs. Allen Roff vs. Allen (girls) Stonewall vs. Asher (girls) Porum Invitational Porum 67, Gore 58 Hulbert 67, Webbers Falls 58 Panama 74, Cave Springs 48 (girls) Porum 61, Webbers Falls 44 (girls) Quinton Hardwood Tournament Silo 68, Weleetka 27 Holdenville 58, Warner 34 Okay 84, Wetumka 32 Caddo 56, Quinton 31 Caddo 60, Weleetka 51 (girls) Warner 75, Wetumka 21 (girls) Okay 49, Holdenville 41 (girls) Quinton 42, Silo 21 (girls) Southern Oklahoma Classic At Plainview Ardmore vs. Comanche Noble 53, Muldrow 52 Cache 58, Broken Bow 46 Blanchard 68, Plainview 52 Comanche 52, Ardmore 42 (girls) Broken Bow vs. Blanchard (girls) Cache vs. Muldrow (girls) Plainview 71, Noble 23 (girls) Tahlequah Invitational Tulsa Memorial vs. Tulsa NOAH McAlester 64, Enid 61 Southmoore vs. Muskogee JV Seq. Tahlequah vs. Tahlequah Seq. Tahlequah vs. Tulsa NOAH (girls) Yukon 69, McAlester 66, OT (girls) Van Buren, Ark. vs. Tulsa McLain (girls) Tahlequah vs. Rogers, Ark. Heritage (girls) Tournament of Champions At Fort Smith Northside Northside 71, Millwood 43 (girls) Vinita Big Dawg Shoot-Out Miami vs. Holland Hall (girls) Bentonville, Ark. vs. Skiatook (girls) Vinita 72, Locust Grove JV 27 (girls) Velma-Alma Comet Classic Walters 69, Wynnewood 30 Amber-Pocasset 43, Rush Springs 36 Empire 45, Wayne 42 Velma-Alma 87, Turner 18 Rush Springs 37, Wynnewood 33 (girls) Amber-Pocasset 36, Walters 34 (girls) Turner 44, Empire 21 (girls) Velma-Alma 67, Wayne 24 (girls) Wilson Tiger Classic Riverﬁeld vs. Hanna Dewar vs. Midway-Wilson winner Midway-Hanna winner vs. Wilson-Riverﬁeld winner (girls) Graham vs. Schulter-Dewar winner (girls)

Thursdays’ Games Boys PUTNAM CITY 72 EDISON 56

Putnam City ............................21 14 21 16 – 72 Tulsa Edison............................18 12 5 21 – 56 PC – Hudson 17, Jenkins 13, Wright 12, Dickerson 9, Hester 8, Anyabolu 6, Golden 5, Brown 2. TE – Edwards 17, Richardson 15, Armstrong 11, Isreal 5, Hay 4, Caldwell 2, Williams 2.

MOORE 50 COMMUNITY CHR. 38

Moore ....................................... 9 13 18 10—50 Community .............................. 9 9 9 11—38 Moore--Watkins 14, Archer 11, Dockins 7, Stanley 6, Hankins 5, Jones 4, Walker 2, H. Smith 1. CCS--Abernethy 13, Baker 11, Abrahamen 6, Hawkins 4, Anderson 2, Aberahamsen 2.

WEWOKA 56 CLASSEN 39

Wewoka ................................ 16 13 18 9 — 56 Classen ..................................... 9 4 9 17 — 39 Wewoka--Bruner 12, Darien Roberts 11, Hamilton 10, T. Roberts 9, Brinﬁeld 5, Deere 5, Darius Roberts 2, Scott 2. Classen--King 12, Sergeant 8, Norman 6, Pons 4, Purvey 4, Vong 2, Fields 2, Atwood 1.

WELLSTON 72 SHIDLER 45

Shidler ..................................... 6 14 9 16—45 Wellston.................................. 15 20 21 16—72 Shidler—Nash 11, Carlisle 9, Updegrass 8, Stephenson 5, Holland 4, Sharp 3, Smith 3, Doler 2. Wellston—Ross 17, Johnson 11, Coulson 9, Goggin 9, Parker 7, Danker 4, Osborne 4, Swafford 3, Gray 2, Swindell 2, Shaffer 2, Mitchell 2.

STAR SPENCER 73 WEATHERFORD 71 (OT)

Weatherford ..................... 5 14 24 24 3—71 Star Spencer ................... 15 18 19 15 6—73 Weatherford—Kirk 35, Haugen 16, Butler 10, Fuller 6, Ard 4. SS—Kelley 16, L. Smith 14, Harrison 13, Hobby 12, Lee 8, Streeter 6, J. Smith 2, Robinson 2.

HARRAH 73 BYNG 33

Byng ....................................... 4 5 10 14—33 Harrah .................................. 20 21 17 15—73 Byng—Hendricks 6, Williams 6, B. Wall 5, G. Wall 4, Piaz 4, Birdshead 3, Blue 2, Galvin

2, Smith 1. Harrah—B. Manek 21, K. Manek 11, G. Pearson 8, Saxton 8, Winters 7, J. Pearson 6, Slaughter 6, Jennings 5, Wilson 1.

LATTA 49 JOHN MARSHALL 42

10, Wolford 6, Roach 2. Ada – Burgess 28, Pruitt 14, Appleman 13, Carpitcher 8, Lawson 7, Gilliam 5, Garvin 4.

RIVERSIDE 65 LEXINGTON 32

John Marshall ...................... 17 9 5 11—42 Latta....................................... 9 6 18 16—49 JM—Maleke Hall 10, Smith 9, Mekall Hall 6, Knight 5, Young 4, Covington 3, Edwards 3, Calter 2. Latta—Kissinger 15, Ott 11, Henderson 9, Albert 5, King 5, West 4.

Lexington ................................. 7 14 8 3—32 Riverside .................................. 8 21 16 20—65 Lexington—Sullivan 14, Resendiz 7, Ganin 4, McAfee 2, Jones 2, Prevost 2, Olson 1. Riverside—T. Whatoname 11, K. Stands 11, J. Whatoname 9, Solomon 8, Ramirez 7, Casey 6, Powskey 6, J. Stands 4, Howlingcrane 3.

MIDWEST CITY 67 HUGO 51

LONE GROVE 49 PERKINS 45

Hugo ....................................... 7 13 14 18—51 Midwest City ....................... 10 24 19 17—67 Hugo—Brown 11, Freeman 11, Ortega 10, Yandell 6, Church 5, Holloway 4, Adamson 2, King 1. MWC—Embrey 19, Redmond 14, Rivers 8, Ray 7, Walker 7, D. Hopkins 5, Walter 4, S. Hopkins 2, Brown 1.

CHR. HERITAGE 64 LITTLE AXE 30

Little Axe .................................. 4 3 11 12—30 Chr. Heritage........................... 31 19 7 7—64 LA—Fool 15, McDowell 9, Huff 3, Bunting 2, Crouse 2. CHA—Littlejim 14, Hale 12, Pruitt 9, Bullard 7, Clark 3, Thomas 3, Wright 3, Hendrickson 2, Stark 2, Stringfellow 2, Buchanan 2, Ergenbright 2, Cargill 2, Cortesio 2.

OKARCHE 84 GEARY 39

Geary ......................................... 6 11 10 12—39 Okarche ................................... 30 26 10 18—84 Geary—Beltran 18, Swigart 12, Birdshead 3, Mireles 2, Ashcraft 2, Sontag 2. Okarche (5-1)—Bomhoff 12, Pfaff 11, Banﬁeld 10, Krittenbrink 10, Ernstring 9, Kroener 7, Flatt 6, G. Schwarz 5, Hunt 4, Brueggen 3, Harris 2, Wittrock 2, Stover 2, Gleichman 1.

DESTINY CHRISTIAN 79 WATONGA 53

Watonga .................................15 14 17 7 – 53 Destiny Christian.....................24 20 18 17 –79 WHS – Sparett 12, Casper 8, Garman 8, Mathis 7, Bruner 7, Lafferty 5, Coffey 4, Rentria 2 DCHS – Sanchez 21, Moore 19, Haynes 13, Jossell 7, Street 6, Smotherman 4, Robinson 3, Dimichael 2, Killman 2, Youell 2

EDMOND SANTA FE 69 PIEDMONT 47

Edmond Santa Fe ................... 17 15 21 16—69 Piedmont................................. 16 15 8 8—47 ESF—Knight 11, Morrison 10, Hayden 9, Johnson 7, Adkins 7, Bagwell 6, Williams 6, Mays 5, Scott 2, Gamble 2, Knight 2, Sellers 2. Piedmont—Iyaye 12, Bailey 10, Quinn 8, Owens 7, Todd 3, Eck 3, Laub 2, Valentine 2.

EDMOND NORTH 78 JENKS 56

Jenks .................................... 18 12 12 14—56 Edmond North ..................... 21 24 16 17—78 Jenks—Washington 22, Leitao 9, Marshall 7, Gilton 5, Lucas 3, Goad 3, McGregory 3, Epps 2, Surrett 1, Pumiter 1. EN—Wilson 19, Anderson 12, Stoddart 9, Carllson 8, Boyd 7, Evans 6, Butler 5, Peterson 4, Stuman 2, Turner 2, Milburn 2, Holmes 2.

PUTNAM NORTH 55 LAWTON EISENHOWER 49

Putnam North ........................ 5 10 22 18—55 Lawton Ike ........................... 17 12 13 13—49 PN—Speight 13, Thomas 11, Kelley 11, Braggs 10, Thomas 4, Parks 4, Abernathy 2. LE—Roy 12, Harvey 12, Graham 9, Sims 6, Bateast 6.

EDMOND MEMORIAL 60 CASADY 40

Casady ................................... 10 13 7 10—40 Edmond Memorial ................ 13 13 16 18—60 Casady—Boone 23, Williams 11, Levingston 4, Wariboko 2. EM—Doolittle 24, Depp 18, Dobson 6, Tennial 5, Graves 3, Lidia 2, Howard 2.

LOOKEBA-SICKLES 52 DIBBLE 42

Dibble ..................................... 12 14 6 10—32 Lookeba-Sickles ..................... 12 11 9 20—52 Dibble—Hayes 17, Baker 7, Hearon 4, J. Lewis 4, Burr 3, Harwick 3, H. Lewis 2, Reyes 2. LS—Bahlenburg 13, Lierle 12, Rico 10, Bautista 8, Cooper 6, Tellez 2, Squires 1.

OKLA. CHRISTIAN ACA. 70 MULHALL-ORLANDO 31

OCA ......................................... 20 17 17 16—70 Mulhall-Orlando........................ 8 1 8 14—31 OCA—Yager 14, C. Kingsley 11, Gregg 10, Gordon 9, Gee 6, Farris 6, Garner 5, Jack Goodin 5, Jon Goodin 2, A. Kingsley 2. MO—Day 13, Thompson 8, Riggs 6, Cameron 4.

CROSSINGS CHRISTIAN 63 CROOKED OAK 52

Crooked Oak ............................. 18 9 9 16—52 Crossings Christian ................. 10 23 9 19—63 CO—Oats 15, Hudson 11, Whitley 11, Johnson 10, Curley 5. CC—Grifﬁth 24, Pennington 9, Dennis 12, Cox 7, Pham 6, Hooper 4, Reid 3.

DESTINY CHRISTIAN 79 WATONGA 53

Watonga ................................. 15 14 17 7—53 Destiny Christian.................... 24 20 18 17—79 Watonga—Mathis 13, Bruner 12, Gospel 11, McSperrit 7, Garman 7, Lafferly 6, Coffey 6, Renteria 2. DC—Sanchez 21, Moore 19, Haynes 13, Jossell 7, Street 6, Smothermon 4, Do. Robinson 5, Dr. Robinson 2, Yowell 2, Killmon 2.

LUTHER 52 SW COVENANT 39

SW Covenant ......................... 5 12 11 11—39 Luther..................................... 9 12 16 15—52 SWC—Webb 15, Hams 14, Young 6, Ross 4. Luther—Wright 21, Cole 8, Gibson 6, Anderson 6, Grisley 4, Pridemore 5, G. Pridemore 2.

EL RENO 92 PONCA CITY 37

El Reno ...................................29 19 27 17 – 92 Ponca City ..............................11 11 9 5 – 37 ER – Haydon 30, D. Wassana 21, C. Wassana 18, Hileman 5, Shockley 4, Kouba 4, Evans 4, Sioux 3, Owen 2, White 2. PC – Birnbaum 14, Matson 6, Roubedeaux 4, Neisen 3, Robertson 3, McDougal 2, Locke 2, Parr 2.

NORTHEAST 44 CHOCTAW 37

Northeast..............................13 6 15 10 – 44 Choctaw ..................................2 11 11 13 – 37 NE – Seward 11, Gray 10, Edwards 8, Woodard 7, Norton 6, Harrison 2. Choctaw – Myrick 10, Peak 6, Jackson 5, Burris 5, Schriener 4, Dawson 3, Crusoe 2, Hicks 2.

BLANCHARD 68 PLAINVIEW 52

Blanchard ................................27 19 10 12 – 68 Plainview ................................13 14 15 10 – 52 Blanchard – Brooks 21, Bittipo 16, T. Long 16, Hacker 12, Kiker 3. Plainview – Jones 16, Spencer 13, Clark 12, Ross 6, Yak 2, Harris 2, Elliot 1.

ADA 79 MEEKER 55

Meeker ...................................9 11 17 14 – 53 Ada .......................................25 14 20 20 – 79 Meeker – Ellis 19, Whitﬁeld 15, McKissick

Lone Grove ............................... 7 14 8 20—49 Perkins ................................... 14 9 11 11—45 LG—Thierry 17, McClennahan 11, Norman 11, McGee 5, Harris 2, Sophis 2, Brown 1. Perkins—Waitt 15, Arnold 9, Wells 7, Springer 4, Black 4, Garris 3, Shelton 3.

Girls YUKON 69 MCALESTER 66, OT

McAlester .........................12 17 17 14 6--66 Yukon ................................18 12 12 18 9--69 McAlester--Nix 18, Fassino 18, Howard 10, Cable 7, Leonard 4, Compton 4, Gunion 3, Vaughan 2. Yukon--Anderson 26, Waibel 15, Basler 10, Cammon 9, Martin 7, Dechant 2.

PUTNAM NORTH 37 TULSA UNION 36

Tulsa Union ..............................9 10 11 6 – 36 Putnam North ........................10 7 7 13 – 37 TU – McGee 12, Burdick 7, Bethel 7, Denton 3, Collins 3, Miller 2, Thomas 2. PCN – Archer 10, Crawford 9, Hill 5, M’droh 5, Motte 3, Williams 3, Gross 2.

PUTNAM CITY 53 CARL ALBERT 41

Carl Albert ...............................9 13 15 4 – 41 Putnam City ...........................16 11 9 17 – 53 CA – Smith 18, Price 10, Weary 10, Flowers 3. PC – Small 25, Orr 10, Reither 8, Hammons 6, Jones 4.

SOUTHMOORE 37 STILLWATER 27

Stillwater ....................................7 4 9 7 – 37 Southmoore ..............................14 13 2 8 – 27 Stillwater--Fix 8, Littell 7, Reuter 6, Blakey 4, Springer 2. Southmoore--Eaves 10, Sheppard 8, J. Starwalt 7, Petty 4, Young 3, Maciel 3, Bean 2.

WESTMOORE 56 HUGO 17

Hugo ..........................................8 3 0 6 – 17 Westmoore ..............................20 7 18 11 – 56 Hugo--Patterson 7, Brau 2, Jackson 2, Bills 2, Jones 2, McGee 2. Westmoore--J. Murcer 22, Chastain 9, Gomez 5, Smith 4, Richardson 4, Stonebreaker 3, Mahan 2, Cole 2, Zilajaza 2, Outon 2, K. Murcer 1.

MOORE 40 LATTA 18

Moore ......................................11 15 8 6 – 40 Latta..........................................5 2 9 2 – 18 Moore--Shaver 15, Robinson 14, Michaelson 4, Taylor 3, Saenz 2, Gipson 2. Latta--Priest 10, Brinley 4, LaFever 2, Senkel 2.

CHOCTAW 77 STAR SPENCER 37

Star Spencer ..........................11 4 9 13 – 37 Choctaw .................................19 16 25 17 – 77 SSHS – Bryson 19, Stephens 8, Fary 4, Hill 4, Tramble 2 CHS – An. Llanusa 12, Fairley 12, Vessells 12, White 10, Saxton 10, Schultz 9, Al. Llanusa 4, Hurley 4, Golden 2, Payne 2

WEATHERFORD 52 DEL CITY 51

Weatherford ...........................14 11 16 11 – 52 Del City ...................................17 14 13 7 – 51 DCHS – Ozoani 14, Goodlow 11, Davis 8, Lorne 7, Wilson 6, Warlard 3, Petit 2 WHS – Harvey 17, Stewart 10, Koper 7, Winn 6, Roberson 6, Helton 3, Cummins 3

HARRAH 59 PONCA CITY 39

Ponca City .................................8 8 7 16 –39 Harrah .....................................14 15 17 13 – 59 PCHS – Lyons 13, Crowder 7, Freeman 5, McCormick 4, Redwine 4, Jennings 4, Goodno 2 HHS – A. Brzozowski 23, Visnieski 15, G. Brzozowski 7, M. Collyer 6, King 3, Herring 2, L. Collyer 1

CLASSEN 86 WEWOKA 31

Classen ................................... 26 27 15 18—86 Wewoke ................................... 8 6 10 7—31 Classen--Roberts 33, Vickers 26, Bradford 18, Williams 6, Diaz 2, Tracteneerg 1. Wewoka--Roberts 10, Gaines 10, Barnheart 4, Coursey 2, Davidson 2, Warrior 2, Stafford 1.

COMMUNITY CHR. 64 JOHN MARSHALL 36

Community ..............................18 13 19 14--64 John Marshall ............................6 9 6 15--36 CC--Boyles 21, Wood 15, Martin 11, Grizzle 6, Bautista 4, Apel 4, Ohffeldt 2, Agee 1. JM--Mullin 15, Spencer 6, Walter 4, Manous 4, Pickett 3, Williams 2, McCauley 2.

WELLSTON 66 SHIDLER 24

Shidler ....................................10 9 3 2 – 24 Wellston.................................24 12 21 9 – 66 Shidler – Holland 10, Anderson 6, Fields 2, Murphy 2, York 2, Ghram 2. Wellston – Danker 12, Wallace 11, Johnson 10, Neely 9, Coulson 8, Perkins 4, Humphrey 4, Dinse 3, Baird 2, Green 2, Nagy 1.

STROUD 35 TECUMSEH 29

Tecumseh .................................6 7 7 9 – 29 Stroud ......................................3 14 5 13 – 35 Tecumseh – Chaﬁn 9, Hull 6, Spybuck 5, Johnson 4, Martinez 3, Williams 2. Stroud – A. Young 11, Bucktrot 10, Gooch 7, K. Young 3, Hyde 2, Naneato 2.

CASHION 73 APACHE 23

Apache ..................................... 7 6 10 0—23 Cashion .................................. 20 19 17 17—73 Apache—Toles 7, Beavers 7, Williams 6, Toahty 2, Turner 1. Cashion—Maple 16, Payahsape 11, Cable 9, Jenkins 8, McClendon 7, Broadbent 6, Robison 6, Maroney 4, Pickle 3, George 3.

EDMOND MEMORIAL 85 PIEDMONT 31

Piedmont.................................. 6 9 13 3—31 Ed. Memorial ......................... 35 15 21 14—85 Piedmont—Reasonier 9, Sperle 8, Green 4, Detar 3, Clowus 3, Attala 2, Kirkpatrick 2. EM—Serup 12, Ogle 12, Norman 12, Webb 11, Huelskamp 11, Levings 9, Laskey 6, Sievert 5, Talbott 4, Judie 2, Foster 1.

ANADARKO 51 EDMOND NORTH 46

Anadarko............................... 15 13 11 12—51 Edmond North ...................... 12 8 10 16—46 Anadarko—White 24, Johnson 13, Williams 5, Smith 4, Horton 3, Quetone 2. EN—Harjo 23, Dilks 6, Heath 6, Burdge 5, Hoffman 4, Hankins 2.

KINGSTON 51 MEEKER 44

Kingston................................12 19 8 12 – 51 Meeker ....................................4 13 16 11 – 44 Kingston – Reaves 16, Bailey 11, Wakely 8, Spence 6, Damron 5, Bryce 5 Meeker – Van Schuyver 10, Jennings 10, Hildron 9, Kauley 5, Morrow 4, Evans 3, Hammontree 3

EDMOND SANTA FE 79 JENKS 25

Jenks ......................................... 7 8 4 6—25 Edmond Santa Fe ................... 23 19 17 20—79 Jenks—Mealis 5, Watson 4, Brass 4, Hill 3, Church 3, Nickles 2, Ellis 2, Norman 1, Brinton 1. ESF—Cooper 15, Brown 12, Nero 11, M. Jones 9, S. Jones 7, Mack 7, Johnson 6, Taplin 5, Foy 4, Chambers 2, Duke 1.

OKLA. CHRISTIAN ACA. 51 OLIVE 24

Olive ........................................... 9 5 8 1—24 OCA .......................................... 13 14 6 18—51 Olive—Apple 14, Gower 5, Huff 3, Green 3. OCA—Crawford 21, Yager 13, Goodin 6, Miller 6, Duncan 3, Paparusi 2.

BETHEL 66 SANTA FE SOUTH 8

Santa Fe South ........................ 2 2 4 0— 8 Bethel...................................... 26 13 16 11—66 SFS—Lovelace 4, Vasquez 2, Smith 2. Bethel—Whitten 18, Baker 11, Fropkin 8, Delsigne 6, Robinson 5, Miller 4, Rooker 3, Evans 3, Freeman 2, Winters 2, Mohr 2.

CHR. HERITAGE 67 SW COVENANT 42

SW Covenant .......................... 15 8 12 7—42 Chr. Heritage........................... 19 12 24 12—67 SWC—Cook 18, Anduss 9, Brown 6, Betts 4, Lessman 2, McMurtney 2, Bales 1. CHA—Curtis 22, Frolich 13, Chandler 10, Olive 8, Hendrickson 6, Nuthman 4, Souza 2, Davidson 2.

LUTHER 70 LITTLE AXE 31

Little Axe .................................. 8 10 8 5—31 Luther...................................... 12 23 17 18—70 LA—Isaacs 11, English 6, Hall 5, Marshal 3, Lankford 2, Schneider 2. Luther—Greenhoward 19, Orange 16, Wright 14, Anderson 8, Allen 6, Hufnagel 4, Bailey 3, Price 2.

WATONGA 81 CROOKED OAK 9

Crooked Oak .............................. 4 0 0 5— 9 Watonga ................................. 24 21 21 15—81 CO—Webb 5, Evans 4 Watonga—McKinsey 15, Jones 12, Gauer 12, Schenk 10, Richey 9, Burks 7, Garcia 6, Baker 2, McCrary 4, Dyenns 2, Johnson 2.

CROSSINGS CHRISTIAN 59 DESTINY CHRISTIAN 50

Destiny Christian.................... 11 8 15 16—50 Crossings Christian ................ 14 10 13 12—59 DC—Majors 18, Sutton 14, Bennett 7, Ferguson 6, Staley 5. CC—Johnson 21, Sauer 14, Ashworth 9, Cline 5.

FORT SMITH NORTHSIDE 71 MILLWOOD 43

Millwood .................................14 6 5 18 – 43 Northside ................................18 20 19 14 – 71 Millwood – Hines 21, Murray 6, Ransom 6, Jordan 5, Rogers 2, Gooden 2, Pickett 1 Northside – Jackson 18, Terry 8, Kissman 7, Hardesty 6, Henshaw 6, Carey 5, Hawkins 4, Kinnard 4, Wester 3, Vandimere 3, Evans 2

DEER CREEK 38 GLENDALE, MO. 30

Deer Creek ................................12 10 14 2--38 Glendale ..................................... 8 7 7 8—30 DC--Manning 12, Brinksa 9, Carrethers 6, Rehl 4, Wade 3, Mouser 3, Blackburn 1.

STROUD 35 TECUMSEH 29

Tecumseh ................................... 6 7 5 9—29 Stroud ........................................ 3 14 5 13—35 Tecumseh—Chaﬁn 8, Sybuck 6, Hull 6, Johnson 5, Curtwood 4, Williams 2. Stroud—Young 11, Bucktrot 10, Gooch 7, Young 3, Hunter 2, Naneato 2.

LONE GROVE 46 RIVERSIDE 44

Lone Grove .............................. 11 13 16 6—46 Riverside ................................. 12 5 14 13—44 LG—Howard 15, Nail 13, Coll 5, Day 5, Epley 4, McMurtry 2, Cobb 2. Riverside—Charlie 18, Diwayan 8, Tubby 5, Swiftwater 4, Hundley 3, Cannon 2, Villagecenter 2, Cooya 2.

Friday’s Games Tournaments

Adair Invitational Boys: 6—Adair vs. Jay; 9—Colcord vs. Dewey Girls: 4:30—Colcord vs. Dewey; 7:30—Adair vs. Jay Afton Classic Boys: 5:30—South Coffeyville vs. Mounds; 8:30—Fairland vs. Quapaw Girls: 4—South Coffeyville vs. Fairland; 7— Wyandotte vs. Quapaw Agra Invitational Boys: 12:20—Carney vs. Olive; 3—Shidler vs. Mulhall-Orlando; 5:40—Agra vs. Yale; 8:20— Wellston vs. OCA Girls: 11 a.m.—Shidler vs. Agra; 1:40—Carney vs. Olive; 4:20—Wellston vs. Yale; 7—Mulhall -Orlando vs. OCA Bethel Classic Boys: 11:45 a.m.—Perkins vs. Santa Fe South-Tecumseh loser; 2:35—Riverside vs. Bethel; 5:25—Lone Grove vs. Santa Fe South-Tecumseh winner; 8:15—Riverside vs. Stroud Girls: 10:20 a.m.—Tecumseh vs. Lexington; 1:10—Santa Fe South vs. Riverside; 4—Stroud vs. Perkins; 6:50—Bethel vs. Lone Grove Best in the Southwest At Granite Boys: 5:20—Hobart vs. Granite; 8—Navajo vs. Duke Girls: 4—Mangum vs. Granite; 6:40—Navajo vs. Hobart Binger-Oney Tournament Boys: 12:20—Okarche-Geary loser vs. Mt. View-Fletcher loser; 3—Gracemont-Corn Bible loser vs. Binger-Cyril loser; 5:40—OkarcheGeary winner vs. Mt. View-Fletcher winner; 8:20—Gracemont-Corn Bible winner vs. Binger-Cyril winner Girls: 11 a.m.—Okarche-Geary loser vs. Gracemont-Mt. View loser; 1:40—Fletcher-Binger loser vs. Corn Bible-Cyril loser; 4:20—OkarcheGeary winner vs. Gracemont-Mt. View winner; 7—Fletcher-Binger winner vs. Corn Bible-Cyril winner Bishop Kelley Invitational Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Shawnee vs. Cascia Hall; 2:30—Tulsa McLain vs. Tulsa Webster; 5:30— Sapulpa vs. Skiatook; 8:30—Holland Hal vs. Tulsa Kelley Girls: 10 a.m.—Cascia Hall vs. Tulsa Memorial; 1—Tulsa Kelley vs. Tulsa Edison; 4—Sand Springs vs. Norman North; 7—Shawnee vs. Claremore Bixby Invitational Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Bixby-Deer Creek loser vs. Del City; 2:30—Tulsa Edison vs. Stillwater; 5:30—Putnam City vs. Bartlesville; 8:30—Bixby-Deer Creek winner vs. Del City Girls: 10 a.m.—Stillwater vs. Owasso-Collinsville loser; 1—Bixby-Midwest City loser vs. Glendale; 4—Southmoore vs. Owasso-Collinsville winner; 7—Bixby-Midwest City winner vs. Deer Creek Canton Tournament Boys: 5:45—Lomega vs. Fairvew; 8:15—Calumet vs. Fargo Girls: 4:30—Calumet vs. Fairview; 7—Lomega vs. Arnett Chattanooga SW Shootout Boys: 6:20—Marlow JV vs. Snyder; 9—Frederick vs. Erick Girls: 5—Chattanooga JV vs. Indiahoma; 7:40—Frederick vs. Alex Durant Lion Classic Boys: 12:20—Hugo vs. Norman; 3—Newcas-

tle vs. Durant-Yukon loser; 5:40—Midwest City vs. Southeast; 8:20—Westmoore vs. Durant-Yukon winner Girls: 11 a.m.—Hugo vs. Norman; 1:40—Durant-Mustang loser vs. U.S. Grant; 4:20— Westmoore vs. Newcastle; 7—Durant-Mustang winner vs. Springdale, Ark. Edmond Open At Edmond North Boys: 3:30—Casady vs. Jenks; 5—Lawton Ike vs. Piedmont; 6:30—Edmond Memorial vs. Edmond North; 8—Putnam North vs. Edmond Santa Fe At Edmond Santa Fe Girls: 3:30—Jenks vs. Putnam North-Tulsa Union loser; 5—Piedmont vs. Edmond North; 6:30—Edmond Santa Fe vs. Putnam North-Tulsa Union winner; 8—Edmond Memorial vs. Anadarko 5-County Conference At Leedey Boys: 5:20—Canute JV vs. Arapaho; 8—Sentinel vs. Cheyenne Girls: 4—Cheyenne vs. Hammon; 6:40—Sentinel vs. Arapaho Frontier Shoot-Out Boys: 5:20—Crescent vs. Garber; 8—Morrison vs. Newkirk Girls: 4—Regent Prep vs. Tonkawa; 6:40— Morrison vs. Crescent Harrah Panther Classic Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Byng vs. Weatherford; 2:30—Choctaw-Northeast loser vs. Ponca City-El Reno loser; 5:30—Choctaw-Northeast winner vs. Ponca City-El Reno winner; 8:30— Harrah vs. Star Spencer Girls: 10 a.m.—Star Spencer vs. Del City; 1—Carl Albert vs. Ponca City; 4—Choctaw vs. Weatherford; 7—Putnam City vs. Harrah Jerry Oquin Tournament At Inola Boys: 5:30—Verdigris vs. Tulsa Union JV; 8:30—Fort Gibson JV vs. Inola Girls: 4—Tulsa Washington JV vs. Pryor; 7— Verdigris vs. Inola Jim Elliot Classic At Chr. Heritage Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Crossings Christian-Crooked Oak loser vs. Destiny Christian-Watonga loser; 2:30—Chr. Heritage-Little Axe loser vs. Luther-SW Covenant loser; 5:30—Crossings Christian-Crooked Oak winner vs. Destiny Christian-Watonga winner; 8:30—Chr. Heritage-Little Axe winner vs. Luther-SW Covenant winner Girls: 10 a.m.—Watonga-Crooked Oak loser vs. Crossings Christian-Destiny Christian loser; 1—Chr. Heritage-SW Covenant loser vs. Luther-Little Axe loser; 4—Watonga-Crooked Oak winner vs. Crossings Christian-Destiny Christian winner; 7—Chr. Heritage-SW Covenant winner vs. Luther-Little Axe winner Little River Conference At Seminole State Boys: 6:15—Strother-Bowlegs winner vs. New Lima-Varnum loser; 8:45—Moss vs. Macomb-Mason winner Girls: 5—Sasakwa vs. Varnum-Strother loser; 7:30—Moss vs. New Lima Madill Winter Classic Boys: Noon—Gunter, Texas vs. Yukon JV-Roff loser, 3—Madill-Boswell loser vs. Pilot Point, Texas-Boswell loser; 6—Marietta vs. Yukon JV-Roff winner; 9—Madill-Boswell winner vs. Pilot Point, Texas-Boswell winner Girls: 10:30 a.m.—Gunter, Texas vs. Stonewall JV; 1:30—Madill-Westbury loser vs. Pilot Point, Texas-Boswell loser; 4:30—Dickson vs. Marietta; 7:30—Madill-Westbury winner vs. Pilot Point, Texas-Boswell winner Minco Bulldog Classic Boys: 12:20—Lookeba JV vs. Dibble; 3— Apache vs. Hinton; 5:40—Hydro vs. Lookeba; 8:20—Union City vs. Minco Girls: 11 a.m.—Apache vs. Dibble-Union City loser; 1:40—Lookeba vs. Hydro-Hinton loser; 4:20—Cashion vs. Dibble-Union City winner; 7—Minco vs. Hydro-Hinton winner OBU Bison Invitational Boys: 12:15—Harding Prep-Chandler loser vs. Washington-Kingston loser; 2:45—Dale-McLoud loser vs. Ada-Meeker loser; 6—Harding Prep-Chandler winner vs. Washington-Kingston winner; 9—Dale-McLoud winner vs. Ada-Meeker winner Girls: 11 a.m.—Dale-OKC Knights loser vs. Meeker-Kingston loser; 1:30—Chandler-McLoud loser vs. Washington-Harding Prep loser; 4:30—Chandler-McLoud winner vs. Washington-Harding Prep winner; 7:30—Dale-OKC Knights winner vs. Meeker-Kingston winner Oilton Invitational Boys: 12:20—Pawnee-Cushing JV loser vs. Depew-Woodland loser; 3—Hominy-Oilton loser vs. Davenport-Prue loser; 5:40—Pawnee-Cushing JV winner vs. Depew-Woodland winner; 8:20—Hominy-Oilton winner vs. Davenport-Prue winner Girls: 11 a.m.—Davenport-Cushing JV loser vs. Depew-Oilton loser; 1:40—Woodland-Hominy loser vs. Pawnee-Prue loser; 4:20—Davenport-Cushing JV winner vs. Depew-Oilton winner; 7—Woodland-Hominy winner vs. Pawnee-Prue winner Okemah Invitational Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Wewoka-Classen loser vs. Latta-John Marshall loser; 2:30—Okemah-Beggs loser vs. Community Chr.-Moore loser; 5:30—Wewoka-Classen winner vs. Latta-John Marshall winner; 8:30—Okemah-Beggs winner vs. Community Chr.-Moore winner Girls: 10 a.m.—Moore-Latta loser vs. John Marshall-Community loser; 1—Classen-Wewoka loser vs. Okemah-Beggs loser; 4— Moore-Latta winner vs. John Marshall-Community winner; 7—Classen-Wewoka winner vs. Okemah-Beggs winner Pick & Shovel Classic At Hartshorne Boys: 5:50—Howe JV vs. Wister; 8:30—Tushka vs. Hartshorne Girls: 4:30—Howe JV vs. Hartshorne; 7:10— Crowder vs. Canadian Pontotoc Conference Tournament At Tupelo Boys: 7:20—Tupelo vs. Wanette, cons. Girls: 6—Vanoss vs. Calvin, cons. Porum Invitational Boys: 5:50—Panama vs. Cave Springs; 8:30— Kinta vs. Oaks Girls: 4:30—Gore vs. Kinta; 7:10—Oaks vs. Hulbert Southern Oklahoma Classic At Plainview Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Ardmore-Comanche loser vs. Muldrow; 2:30—Plainview vs. Broken BowCache loser; 5:30—Ardmore-Comanche winner vs. Noble; 8:30—Blanchard vs. Broken BowCache winner Girls: 10 a.m.—Noble vs. Broken BowBlanchard loser; 1—Cache-Muldrow loser vs. Comanche-Ardmore loser; 4—Cache-Muldrow winner vs. Comanche-Ardmore winner; 7— Plainviewvs. Broken Bow-Blanchard winner Tahlequah Invitational Boys: 11:30 a.m.—Tulsa Memorial-Tulsa NOAH loser vs. McAlester-Enid loser; 2:30— Seq. Tahlequah-Tahlequah loser vs. Southmoore-Muskogee JV loser; 5:30—Tulsa Memorial-Tulsa NOAH winner vs. McAlester-Enid winner; 8:30—Seq. Tahlequah-Tahlequah winner vs. Southmoore-Muskogee JV winner Girls: 10 a.m.—Yukon-McAlester loser vs. Van Buren, Ark.-Tulsa McLain loser; 1—Seq. Tahlequah-Tulsa NOAH loser vs. Tahlequah-Rogers, Ark. Heritage loser; 4—Yukon-McAlester winner vs. Van Buren, Ark.-Tulsa McLain winner; 7—Seq. Tahlequah-Tulsa NOAH winner vs. Tahlequah-Rogers, Ark. Heritage winner Vinita Big Dawg Shoot-Out Girls: 4:30—Skiatook vs. Locust Grove JV; 6—Bentonville, Ark. vs. Miami; 7:30—Vinita vs. Holland Hall Velma-Alma Comet Classic Boys: 12:20—Amber-Rush Springs loser vs. Wynnewood-Walters loser; 3—Velma-Turner loser vs. Empire-Wayne loser; 5:40—Amber-Rush Springs winner vs. Wynnewood-Walters winner; 8:20—Velma-Turner winner vs. Empire-Wayne winner Girls: 11 a.m.—Rush Springs-Wynnewood loser vs. Wayne-Velma loser; 1:40—Turner-Empire loser vs. Walters-Amber loser; 4:20—Turner-Empire winner vs. Walters-Amber winner; 7—Rush Springs-Wynnewood winner vs. Wayne-Velma winner Wilson Tiger Classic Boys: 5:45—Graham vs. Schulter; 8:15—Butner vs. Wilson (Henryetta) Girls: 4:30—Butner vs. Schulter; 7—Hanna vs. Wilson (Henryetta)

Cashion: Overcoming obstacles en route to Class A title game FROM PAGE 1B

Stratford is 14-0, its best season in school history. The previous best was a 12-3 season in 2010 in which the Bulldogs played for the state title. Before that, Stratford had only won more than 10 twice since it started football in 1966. Cashion (12-2) is playing for the state title for the second consecutive year, following a 28-0 loss to Thomas last year. The Wildcats have three state titles, in 1977, 1979 and 1981 — all at the eight-man level. After a 1-2 start, it began to look less likely that a

return to the finals was possible for Cashion. Harman has powered an offense that has scored 40 points or more 11 times this season. The junior has thrown for 3,241 yards and 48 touchdowns with 10 interceptions, completing 71.5 percent of his passes. He says the roster size has actually benefitted the team’s chemistry down the stretch. “We’ve become such a tight-knit group of guys, and that makes it real special,” Harman said. “We’ve really developed since those losses, and we’re a completely new team now.” A small roster isn’t the

High School Playoffs Class 3A Championship At Stillwater, 1 p.m. Saturday Heritage Hall (14-0) vs. Lincoln Chr. (14-0)

Class 2A

Championship At Owasso, 1 p.m. Saturday Adair (13-1) vs. Haskell (13-1)

Class A

Championship At Choctaw, 1 p.m. Saturday Stratford (14-0) vs. Cashion (12-2)

only size issue Cashion has had to overcome this year, either. “If you look at us, we’re tiny out there,” Shackelford said. “But man, they play hard and they want to win. And more than anything, they kind of believe they’re pretty good right now. And a lot of times, that’s 90 percent of it.”

Cashion’s Matt Harman, center, has powered an offense that has scored 40 points or more 11 times this season. [PHOTO BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN]

SPORTS

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Edmond North High School’s Joe Short adds a bit of confidence to the team as one of its most dangerous swimmers. [PHOTO BY PAUL HELLSTERN, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Edmond North’s Short brings confidence to team EDMOND — Joe Short radiates confidence. A senior swimmer for Edmond North, he didn’t hesitate at The Oklahoman’s Winter Sports Media Day to predict the Huskies’ season outcome. “The boys are going to win state this year,” Short said. “I’m confident in that.” After falling to third last season, Edmond North has reason to be that optimistic behind Short with the addition of several young swimmers to the mix. Short, though, makes the team dangerous. He won gold medals in the 100 butterfly (50.20) and the 200 individual medley (1:54.59). He was also the anchor on two fourth-place relay teams. “He’s very versatile,” Edmond swim coach Steve Riggs said. “He can swim every stroke. He swims different strokes at our meets just to help our team. “He’s definitely gotten better over the years. His motivation for wanting to work hard had continued

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HIGH SCHOOLS to increase and improve.” The Huskies are currently ranked second behind Bartlesville on OSSAARankings.com. Edmond North returns experienced swimmers like Alan Tran, who finished third in the 500 freestyle. It also brings in young, talented swimmers like Luke Davis, the son of Olympic gold medal swimmer Josh Davis. “We have such a good group this year,” Short said. “All of the guys, especially the younger guys, I feel like they’re just willing to put so much into it. We haven’t had the opportunity that we have currently this year in the past.” Short recently committed to Drexel University in Philadelphia. He said he wanted to make a decision quickly to relieve stress once the swim season gets

Here are some swimmers to watch around the Oklahoma City area: Boys Jacob Barber, Southmoore: Barber is chasing Edmond North’s Joe Short in the 100 butterfly, but he’s gained experience each season at the state swim meet that could help his chase. Luke Davis, Edmond North: Davis is unproven as a freshman, but he is the son of Olympic gold medal swimmer Josh Davis, who won three golds in the 1996 Olympics. Alex Lawrence, Carl Albert: The senior finished second in the 200 freestyle last year, the fastest time in the event from the area. Jonathan Ye, Edmond Memorial: The senior had a strong showing in the state meet, finishing second in the 200 IM and third in the 100 freestyle. Girls Dewi Blose, Stillwater: The sophomore was a key member of two relay teams that won state and is a big reason Stillwater is a top team in Class 5A. She also finished second in the 100 backstroke. Rylee Linhardt, Edmond North: Linhardt was dominant as a junior, breaking two state records in the 100 backstroke and the 200 freestyle. She is verbally committed to Rice. Bridgette Longest, Shawnee: The junior won the Class 5A 50 freestyle last year, and is poised to make another run at the gold medal. Tiffany Wu, Norman North: Now a junior, Wu has gradually improved since her freshman season. She won the 100 butterfly last season and competed in three other events for the stout team.

going. Riggs said the opportunity to swim in college has driven Short even more.

Short has his eye on a title first. “I think this year is our year,” he said.

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Heritage Hall’s Kaden Gfeller looks to defend his state title this season. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

kids feed off those qualities.” Gfeller already has a pair of Class 3A state titles to his name, and he wants to add another kind of championship this year. “I already have two individual titles. I want a dual state title and a team state title this year,” he said. “Those are two of my biggest goals this season.” Lorne sees the potential in his team as well. “If we can keep everyone healthy, I think we can make a run for the state title,” he said. “Last year, we fell apart right after Christmas break, and it messed up our chances to win a state championship. “This year, these guys are making good decisions, they’re training hard and putting in the work. If we can stay healthy, I feel like we’re one of the favorites to win it.”

Here are some Oklahoma City-area wrestlers to watch this season: Triston Cortez, Sr., Kingfisher: Cortez and Maddy Roney are both coming off standout junior seasons for the Yellowjackets. Jaryn Curry, So., Choctaw: Despite his youth, Curry has risen in the national rankings at 145 pounds. Dalton Duffield, Sr., Westmoore: Nationally ranked in an incredibly tough 126-pound class, Duffield and teammate Canon Randall give the Jaguars high hopes this season. Beau Guffey, Sr., Tuttle: Guffey is nationally ranked at 145 pounds, but the truth is, you could put most of the Tuttle lineup on this list. Ten Tigers advanced to state finals matches last year, and nine of them are back. Garrett Rowe, Sr., Choctaw: Rowe went 34-4 in a competitive 113-pound division, finishing as a state champion last year. Brey Walker, So., Southmoore: The 6-foot-6, 315-pound football star who is verbally committed to Oklahoma as an offensive lineman is also a nationally ranked heavyweight. Aryion Young, Sr., Heritage Hall: Kaden Gfeller isn’t the only Heritage Hall star worth knowing. Young went 36-3 on his way to a state title at 152 last year.

MEDIA NOTES

A letter to John Marshall Lenard Levistan III’s pass to London Matthews in the corner of the end zone on the last play of the game was ruled out of bounds, and John Marshall’s season was over. The Bears lost to Sulphur 35-34 in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs. And only then did the story start. The Bears, coached by former OSU star Rashaun Woods, finished 10-2 and staged a remarkable turnaround from a few years ago, when John Marshall went 0-10 in Woods’ first season. The Bears walked off the field in disappointment and went about their lives. But football official Rick Morales, the man who was in the corner and ruled Matthews out of bounds, added a layer to the story. He recently sat down and wrote a letter to Woods, John Marshall principal Aspasia Carlson and Oklahoma City public schools athletic director Keith Sinar. Here is the letter: “My name is Rick Morales and I am on the officiating crew that worked the Bears’ playoff game with Sulphur, and, I’m also a product of the Oklahoma City Public School system having graduated from U.S. Grant in 1976. The reason for this email is to convey some thoughts on

In the first two years of his high school career, Kaden Gfeller took the mat 64 times in his Heritage Hall gear. And 64 times, he walked off a winner. Halfway to an unbeaten career, Gfeller has made that one of his goals as his junior season begins. “That’s one of the things that keeps me motivated,” Gfeller said. “I want to go through high school without losing. I’m striving to be the best.” Gfeller was once ranked No. 1 in the nation at 106 pounds, but as he has moved up in weight class, the competition has increased. While he’s ranked in the top five nationally at 126 pounds now, he’s not currently the highest ranked Oklahoman on the list. Sand Springs’ Daton Fix is third and has been as high as No. 1. Gfeller took him to double-overtime before losing at a national tournament last month in North Carolina. “Kaden makes my job easy,” Heritage Hall coach Floyd Lorne said. “He’s self-motivated and dedicated to winning. He thrives on new challenges. He’s a champion at heart and a good leader, and the other

the game and the outstanding sportsmanship of the coaches and most importantly the players. “Being a graduate of OKCPS and sometimes hearing or reading about some negative thoughts about the schools of the system, I felt it necessary to let you know it was a pleasure working this very exciting game and watching how well the coaches let us officiate the game and the players’ respectful interaction with the opposing players by helping them up, patting them on the helmet, etc. “As we know, there was a very tight call on the last play of the game that was ruled out of bounds and the game ended with a Sulphur win. I was the official that made that call. A Bears’ player was close to me immediately afterwards and respectfully said, ‘Ref?!’ and I said, ‘Son, he was out of bounds when he caught it, I’m sorry.’ With his head down in disappointment with the loss, he said, ‘Thank you.’ I’ll never forget that very short but meaningful moment with that player! “I’ll always be a General, but I’m a Bears fan now!” Sincerely, Rick Morales What a cool letter. What a cool experience.

Woods said Thursday he wasn’t even sure which of his players interacted with Morales. The entire Bear offense sprinted down to the end zone to find out the call, and it was on the other side of the field from Woods “Man, you know, the guys did a good job handling that,” Woods said. “I thought it was really a devastating loss. I was concerned how our kids would handle that situation. They handled it really well. Didn’t say anything, didn’t complain about anything, really just took it in stride.” Woods said he was proud of the Bears. Remain humble in victory, remain humble in defeat. “It was a breath of fresh air,” Woods said of the letter. “It was nice. Really fantastic that he wrote that. Pretty refreshing. When we took over and were 0-10, we wanted to win games, but success is actually, I wouldn’t say it’s premature, but it definitely happened at a fast pace. I knew it was going to be a big-time rebuilding, so my initial thought was, hey, let’s learn how to play the game, let’s compete, let’s play with pride. Now recently, now we’ve got a good enough team, if we do things right, we can win.” BY BERRY TRAMEL, STAFF COLUMNIST

FSOK TO BROADCAST CLASS 3A FINAL BETWEEN HERITAGE HALL AND LINCOLN CHRISTIAN Fox Sports Oklahoma plans to air the Class 3A football championship between Heritage Hall and Lincoln Christian at 1 p.m. Saturday at Stillwater High School. Mike Ziegenhorn, Mark Rodgers and sideline reporter Chris Callahan will call the game. To accommodate coverage of the 3A game, the University of Oklahoma men’s basketball game against Oral Roberts, originally scheduled at 1 p.m. on FSOK, has been moved to Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus. FSOK will stream the Class 2A title game between Adair and Haskell at 1 p.m. Saturday at Owasso High School on the free FOX Sports GO mobile app and online at FOXSportsGO.com. Fans can access the FOX Sports GO 2A game stream via FoxSportsOklahoma.com. Al Jerkens and Deer Creek football coach Grant Gower will be the announcers. The NFHS Network will stream the Class A final between Stratford and Cashion at 1 p.m. Saturday at Choctaw High School. Visit www.nfhsnetwork.com for more information.

BOWL ANNOUNCER ASSIGNMENTS No. 4 OU will have a familiar crew calling its game against No. 1 Clemson in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Brad

Nessler, Todd Blackledge and sideline reporter Holly Rowe will broadcast the game for ESPN. It will be their third Sooner telecast this season after having called the Tennessee and TCU games. ESPN’s No. 1 team of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and sideline reporter Heather Cox have been assigned to the Cotton Bowl Classic between No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Michigan State on New Year’s Eve. In the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl, Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard and sideline reporter Shannon Spake will call the No. 16 Oklahoma State-No. 12 Ole Miss game for ESPN. Wischusen and Huard broadcast OSU’s 33-26 overtime victory over West Virginia.

SHORT TAKES •TNT has signed studio analyst Charles Barkley to another game telecast, working the lackluster New York Knicks at Sacramento Kings game at 9:30 p.m. Thursday with Marv Albert, Chris Webber and sideline reporter Rachel Nichols. In TNT’s opener, the Los Angeles Clippers play at the Chicago Bulls at 7 p.m. (Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller and sideline reporter David Aldridge). •KOKH-25 has the Sunday NFL doubleheader with Washington at Chicago at noon and Dallas at Green Bay at 3:25 p.m. KWTV-9 will air San Diego at Kansas City at noon. BY MEL BRACHT, STAFF WRITER

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Volkswagen engineers began working as early as 2005 on emissions cheating software after they were unable to find a technical solution to U.S. emissions controls, executives said Thursday.

the U.S. government for failing to report safety data. The fine is in addition to a $105 million penalty levied against Fiat Chrysler earlier this year for its mishandling of 23 recalls involving 11 million vehicles. The company must pay $140 million in cash and an additional $35 million if it fails to make required changes.

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FEDERAL DATA SHOW OKLAHOMA RANKS LAST AMONG ALL STATES IN GDP GROWTH IN SECOND QUARTER

Energy’s decline slams state economy BY DON MECOY

Business Editor dmecoy@oklahoman.com

In terms of Oklahoma’s economy, the sky is not falling, but it’s getting pretty dark. Oklahoma’s economy shrank in the second quarter, ranking dead last among all states, according to data issued Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Energy losses triggered by persistently low oil prices accounted for

more than a 4 percentage point reduction in Oklahoma’s gross domestic product, a measure of the output of the state’s goods and services, the agency said. Oklahoma was one of only four states that registered a decline in GDP, and at minus-2.4 percent was the worst performer. It was a major reversal for Oklahoma’s economy, which grew a robust 6.5 percent in the first quarter. Chad Wilkerson, Federal Reserve regional economist in Okla-

homa City, said the weak second-quarter GDP figures were not surprising. “The personal income in the state also was among the weakest in the country in the second quarter, and employment started falling in about February,” Wilkerson said. “We’re also coming from a period of very strong growth in the last four or five years, so some cooling is not unexpected. “Now if things continue on this way, that’s not very good,” he said.

More recent economic numbers suggest that Oklahoma’s economic standing could improve in the third quarter, but Wilkerson said another decline likely could show up when the final numbers are in for the last three months of 2015. University of Oklahoma Economist Robert Dauffenbach said the GDP numbers wouldn’t look as bad if the Bureau of Economic Analysis compared SEE GDP, PAGE 6C

Sharply reduced activity in the oil patch has slowed Oklahoma’s economy, which was the worst performer among all states in the second quarter. [AP FILE PHOTO]

ROCKTOWN ROCKED Love’s Travel Stops on Thursday opened a new truck stop at I-35 and State Highway 33 in Guthrie, its second facility in the city. [PHOTO BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Love’s opens second complex in Guthrie as new strategy evolves COMPANY CATERS TO SPECIFIC DEMANDS OF ITS VARIOUS TRAVELING CUSTOMERS BY ADAM WILMOTH

Energy Editor awilmoth@oklahoman.com

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores this week celebrated the opening of its 301st truck stop, a sprawling, 10,000-square-foot complex that boasts two restaurants, a gift shop and 106 truck parking spaces. The new store is off Interstate 35 in Guthrie, across the highway from Love’s existing 3,000-square-foot basic travel stop that has been on the site since 1999. Love’s plans to operate both locations, highlighting the Oklahoma Citybased retailer’s growing and evolving strategy of catering to the specific demands of its various customers. “That location does extremely well, but it has no truck fueling,” CEO Tom Love said of the existing location. “We’ll probably cannibalize the older store a bit with gasoline, but not much. We’re all set up to take care of a lot of traffic at the older store. We don’t think that will change very much.” Part of the reason the company plans to operate both locations so close together is because the twin Love’s stops are far from identical, targeting very different customer bases.

“The gasoline traffic, the four-wheelers, are a critically important part of our business, but trucks present such a big challenge,” Love said. “They’re big, heavy and bulky, so you have to build with them in mind. Everything has to be stressed that much more for the truck traffic.” Also, convenience store industry data shows that 70 percent to 80 percent of traffic to a gas station on one side of a highway comes from drivers traveling in that direction. “Stores directly across from each other often are not considered competition because of the inconvenience of taking a left-hand turn,” said Jeff Lenard, spokesman for the National Association of Convenience Stores. “One store will get one traffic pattern, and the other will get an entirely different traffic pattern. One can be strong in the morning, while the other is strong in the evening.”

Evolving focus When Love’s began in 1964, the company concentrated only on selling fuel. Less than a decade later, the oil embargo nearly forced the fledgling company out of business. “The oil embargo in 1973 hit us like a dose of cold water,” Love said. “We SEE LOVE’S, PAGE 2C

Steven Charles is facing an uncertain future for the Rocktown Climbing Gym following notice his lease will not be renewed. [PHOTOS BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN]

CLIMBING GYM IN FORMER GRAIN ELEVATOR TO CLOSE; OWNER WON’T RENEW LEASE BY STEVE LACKMEYER

Business Writer slackmeyer@oklahoman.com

The Rocktown Climbing Gym south of Bricktown is set to close next month following a decision by the property owner not to renew the gym’s lease. Steven Charles, who runs Rocktown and an associated nonprofit, Rocktown Youth, said he was informed this week the property owner, Mark Ruffin, was not willing to renew the lease after Jan. 1. The future of the property was not publicly known Thursday. Charles said he was not given a reason for the eviction. Ruffin did not respond Thursday to inquiries by The Oklahoman. “We’ve paid our bills. We’ve had no trouble. We’ve been model tenants,” Charles said, adding he was willing to consider a rent increase but was not given the chance. Charles said the closure will hurt his work with Rocktown Youth, which

provides mentoring to 100 kids and cycling programs with teens at Emerson Alternative School (which is set to expand this spring to F.D. Moon Elementary). “Rocktown Climbing Gym, starting a year and a half ago, began giving the nonprofit an infusion of funding,” Charles said. “It helped us increase our program and start the schoolbased cycling program. The whole operation is in some sort of jeopardy. We lose our home. And that was our largest funding source.” The rock climbing gym, originally known as OKC Rocks, was heralded as an innovative reuse of the long abandoned yet visually prominent grain elevator when it opened in 1999. The former mill can be seen from the new Interstate 40, Bricktown and the Oklahoma River. The north side of the mill is painted with a mural created by artist Rick Sinnett. Plans by Sinnett to create a mural on the south

Steven Charles stands outside the Rocktown Climbing Gym, which has a large mural on its north-facing side.

Steven Charles shows off one of the rock climbing walls.

side of the mill were vetoed by Ruffin shortly after

completion of the north side mural.

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ENERGY INDEX CONTINUES ITS SLIDE The pain keeps coming for the energy sector as the latest Oklahoma Energy Index continues its downward trend. The index of oil and natural gas activity fell to 200.9 in October, down almost 4 percent from September and a 24 percent drop from a year ago. “The index contraction shows the industry continues to wrestle with a challenging market and increasing concerns about a broader ripple effect in the state,” said Chris Mostek, senior vice president of energy lending for Bank SNB. The index has contracted in 12 of the last 13 months. Index components for employment, natural gas prices and active rigs all tracked deeper into negative territory. “The Oklahoma economy now faces the uneasy reality that expectations for 2016 are quickly deteriorating from what is already a very challenging 2015,” said Russell Evans, executive director of the Steven C. Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute. “The ability of the state’s economy to hold the adverse economic forces at bay is quickly receding, making it very likely indeed that the worst is yet to come for the state.” The index is a joint project of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Bank SNB and the Agee Economic Research and Policy Institute.

WIND FARM STARTS NEAR GOODWELL

The new Love’s Travel Stop at I-35 and State Highway 33 in Guthrie features 10,000 square feet of retail space, including racks of windshield washer and other products especially for truck drivers. [PHOTOS BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN]

Love’s: Locations are far from identical FROM PAGE 1C

realized how vulnerable we were with handing just one commodity. That’s when we starting building small convenience stores. Very few people were doing that. We made them self-service, which wasn’t being done in Oklahoma.” Fuel now is a small part of the Love’s empire, although the many pieces are closely related to the fuel and convenience store business. “Our core business is our highway store, but we wind up with five or six profit scenarios under one roof,” Love said. The newer stations boast two or three branded restaurants. The company this year added hotels to several of its locations. Four hotels are operational now and another eight are under construction. Five years ago, the company began selling heavytruck tires and providing tire service. “That’s grown like top seed,” Tom Love said. “It’s a piece of diversification that’s worked for us. We’re pushing pretty hard on that.” The company has more than 200 truck tire sales locations and plans to expand to more than 250 next year. The locations also include areas for the sale of electronics and apparel. “Truck drivers can’t shop at Walmart. They have to park their big trucks someplace,” Love said. “Drivers will do their Christmas shopping with us for the same reasons. We do everything but help them wrap.” Lenard said conve-

Lenard said. “In the ’40s and ’50s, you would often see someone own a gas station, hotel and restaurant together. They even had tire repair and batteries.”

Fuel diversification

Love’s Travel Stops will continue to operate its 3,000-square-foot location across the highway from its new 10,000-square-foot truck stop.

The new truck stop in Guthrie is part of Love’s effort to serve truck-driving customers with a larger store that includes restaurants and more retail space.

nience store and truck stop operators throughout the country are looking for new ways to boost revenue as profit margins on gasoline have dropped over the past several years. Gasoline and diesel typically represent about 70 percent of a convenience store’s sales, but only 30 percent of its profits, he said. Credit card companies often make about as much on fuel sales as the retailer. “You make your profits

inside the store,” Lenard said. “No matter how big the tank is, if a trucker comes in, gets gas and puts it on a credit card, you’re making some money, but not much. But if that customer comes in, sits down, gets a meal, stocks up on other items and maybe even stays the night, then you have money coming in.” The trend in some ways is a return to the industry beginnings. “It’s back to the future,”

While increasing the sales opportunities inside and around a convenience store, Love’s also has diversified its fuel offerings and delivery systems. The company has installed compressed natural gas filling at several stations, including a fast-fill pump designed to fuel tractortrailers and other large engine vehicles at a rate closer to diesel filling. Love’s has developed a rail system boasting more than 2,400 tanker cars used initially to carry diesel to isolated areas west of the Rocky Mountains and more recently to move crude from North Dakota. While increasing its diversification, Love’s also is quickly growing its main business, planning to add more than 40 truck stops each year for the next five to seven years. In growing quickly, Love’s executives say they are focused on not growing too quickly and becoming too spread out. “That’s a concern if you lose focus, but so far that hasn’t happened,” Love said. “Our core business is the highway stop. Everything else is adjusting to opportunities right next door. Finding adjacent opportunities the best way to grow. It’s close enough to your core that what makes it successful is the same stuff that made the core successful.”

Oil’s low price brings hard choices to patch As oil industry analysts increasingly point to prices staying lower for longer, companies and communities throughout the oil patch are bracing for the continued fallout. Oil prices tumbled to their lowest levels in nearly seven years Thursday as global production continues to increase even as some indicators show demand is slowing in China and other parts of the world. “The prospect of an oversupplied crude oil market continuing in the near term weighed on prices,” the U.S. Energy Information Administration said this week in its short-term energy outlook. While domestic production has slowed since summer, the agency has raised its total year 2015 estimates for each of the past three months. At the same time, oil production in Russia recently hit a post-Soviet record high,

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ENERGY EDITOR and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said it would continue production at or above current levels. “While U.S. monthly onshore oil production is expected to continue declining through most of next year, oil output in the Gulf of Mexico is on track to steadily rise,” EIA administrator Adam Sieminski said in a statement Wednesday. “Energy companies have cut back on their onshore oil exploration and drilling activities in response to low crude prices, but oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is less sensitive to shortterm movements in crude prices as companies are committed to completing

more complex and costly offshore oil projects once they begin.” Domestic benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell another 40 cents, or 1 percent, Thursday to close at $36.76 a barrel, its lowest level since early 2009. Low commodity prices continue to weigh on energy companies as they prepare their 2016 budgets. The downturn has created a growing number of companies that are making minimum debt payments, while investing little or no money into other areas such as production and research and development. For 2015, most Oklahoma companies have continued spending on all parts of the business, although at much lower levels than in the previous year. For 2016, however, it will be worth noting how much companies

plan to allocate for those resources. For some companies, falling prices and tumbling revenue could force companies to make even more difficult choices. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service this week warned that half of the country’s energy companies with junk bond status are “distressed,” meaning they are at high risk of default. Throughout the broader economy, about $180 billion of total debt is distressed, marking the highest level since 2009, S&P said. “The wave of energy defaults looming in the wings could make for some very bumpy roads ahead in 2016,” Bespoke Investment Group wrote in a recent report. Oil companies generally have junk bond ratings if they carry too much debt. Slashed revenues only make those situations more difficult.

Enel Green Power North America said this week it has begun operations at its 200-megawatt Goodwell wind farm in Texas County. The company, a unit of Italy’s Enel Green Power, said it invested $310 million in the project, which will generate enough electricity to power 73,000 homes. “Oklahoma is one of the best places in the world for wind resources,” said Francesco Venturini, CEO and general manager of Enel Green Power. “The Goodwell facility is the fifth wind farm that EGP has brought into operation since entering the Oklahoma market in 2012. The project underscores EGP’s ongoing investment in the state and in the U.S. renewable energy market. We are rapidly progressing on our capacity expansion targets coupled with community initiatives including infrastructure and education to ensure that we deliver truly sustainable development in every region in which we are present.” The Goodwell wind farm will supply electricity to Public Service Co. of Oklahoma under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

PANHANDLE REPORTS ON ITS QUARTER Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $888,000, or a loss of 5 cents per share, in earnings reported Thursday. The company had revenue of $13.5 million in the fourth quarter. For the full year, Panhandle reported net income of $9.3 million, or 56 cents per share. That was down from net income of $25 million, or $1.49 per share, in fiscal 2014. Revenue for the 2015 fiscal year was $70.9 million, down 16 percent from fiscal 2014. Michael Coffman, the company’s president and CEO, said 2015 was challenging year. “We have positioned Panhandle not only to survive this current down price cycle, but to be in a position to take advantage of opportunities that may be available should this downturn continue for an extended time,” Coffman said. “As always, we will continue to follow our proven conservative operating strategies and, coupled with patience, believe our long-term outlook is bright.” Panhandle shares rose 2 percent to close at $16.96 in Thursday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

OMPA SIGNS POWER AGREEMENT EDMOND — Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority said this week it has signed an agreement for 41.4 megawatts of electricity from Grant Plains Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Apex Clean Energy. Grant Plains, which will have total capacity of 150 megawatts, is expected to come online in 2016. “The addition of this 41.4 megawatts of wind-generated power allows OMPA to continue to grow our renewable energy portfolio for our 42 member cities across Oklahoma,” said David Osburn, OMPA’s general manager. He said the agreement will boost OMPA’s wind portfolio to 141.6 megawatts by 2020. “Through this transaction, OMPA will be saving its customers money, while supporting important economic development in rural northeastern Oklahoma,” said Mark Goodwin, president of Apex. “Just like its neighboring Grant Wind project to the east, Grant Plains Wind will create hundreds of new construction jobs, foster a new round of economic activity in Grant County and generate millions in property taxes for the county and local school districts.”

MIDSTATES OFFICIAL TO RESIGN TULSA — Midstates Petroleum Co. Inc. said Thursday that Mark E. Eck, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will resign from his position effective Jan. 4 to pursue other opportunities. Midstates said his duties and responsibilities will be assumed by other members of the company’s management team. “The company appreciates Mark’s contribution to Midstates, providing leadership and guidance during a very critical time for the company,” CEO Jake Brace said. “Mark was a key member of the management team whose 2015 successes included a significant corporate debt restructuring, building a strong team as part of the transition of our corporate offices from Houston to Tulsa, and helping to effectively manage the company’s assets in a volatile commodity price environment.” FROM STAFF REPORTS

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WOLFSBURG, Germany —

A small group of Volkswagen engineers began working as early as 2005 on emissions cheating software after they were unable to find a technical solution to U.S. emissions controls as the automaker pushed into the North American market, executives said Thursday. The company in September admitted to have cheated on U.S. diesel emissions tests with the help of software installed in engines. The software was built into 11 million cars globally, about 500,000 of which in the U.S., from 2009 to 2015. It has confirmed so far to have cheated only on the U.S. tests, which are more rigorous than European ones for the polluting emission nitrogen oxide. In an update on the company’s investigation in the case, Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said engineers in 2005 were unable to find a technical solution to U.S. nitrogen oxide emissions within their “timeframe and budget” and came up with the

Hans Dieter Poetsch, chairman of the board of directors of Volkswagen, left, and Matthias Mueller, CEO of Volkswagen, address the media during a news conference Thursday in Wolfsburg, Germany. [AP PHOTO]

software that manipulated results when lab testing was done. Later, when a technical solution became available, it was not employed, Poetsch said. “We are not talking about a one-off mistake, but a whole chain of mistakes that was not interrupted at any point along the time line,” he told reporters at Volkswagen

headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Poetsch did not say if any VW models from before 2009 had the cheating software in the U.S. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would not immediately comment on whether any more model years were under investigation. VW sold some diesel models

in the U.S. during the 2005 and 2006 model years but suspended sales in 2007 and 2008 after the EPA imposed stricter pollution standards. Volkswagen is “relentlessly searching for those responsible” for the software, Poetsch said. “We still do not know whether the people who were involved in this issue from 2005 to the present day

were fully aware of the risks they were taking and of the potential damage they could expose the company to, but that’s another issue we will find out,” he said. CEO Matthias Mueller said the investigation so far had revealed that “information was not shared. It stayed within a small circle of people who were engineers.” Poetsch confirmed the company had suspended nine managers for possible involvement in the scandal. He said there are so far no indications that board members were directly involved, but the company’s inquiry is ongoing and broad. “This is not only about direct, but overall responsibility,” he said. He said the investigation has so far analyzed data from laptops, phones and other devices from 400 employees. More than 2,000 have been informed in writing that they cannot delete any data in case it becomes relevant to the investigation, he said. External auditors have already gone through 102 terabytes of data, which he said was the equivalent of 50 million books.

“I’m not saying all of those people are under suspicion, but what it means is that on computers, SIM cards, or USB sticks there might be information that could be important,” he said. “We still believe that only a comparatively small number of employees was actually actively involved in the manipulations.” Mueller said that the scandal had so far not caused the massive slump in business that some had feared earlier. “The situation is not dramatic, but as expected it is tense.” Sales in the U.S. fell nearly 25 percent in November, the first month to show the full impact of the scandal. Figures for the European Union are due next week. “We are fighting for every customer and every car.” He suggested that the company was not considering any cuts to fulltime jobs, but that it might have to shed some workers with fixed-term contracts. “Temporary jobs are a tool of ensuring flexibility, that is not new,” he said. “If changes come to our production, then this may have an impact on the number of temporary workers.”

Walmart begins testing app as its own mobile pay system BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer

NEW YORK — The mobile payment wars are heating up. Walmart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said it’s launching its own mobile payment system that will allow shoppers to pay with any major credit or debit card or its own store gift card through its existing smartphone app at the cash register. It started testing the new payment feature Thursday at its stores in the Bentonville, Ark., area, where the retailer is based. It plans to launch the payment system called Walmart Pay in all 4,500plus U.S. stores in early next year. It’s part of Walmart’s overall mobile strategy to making shopping easier and faster, but the launch is the latest salvo in the battle for mobile payments that’s in the early stages. Walmart has moved into the field as Apple’s one-year-old tap-and-pay system is being expanded to other merchants like Best Buy and KFC and several months after Google launched the Android Pay mobile wallet app and Samsung came out with Samsung Pay. They’re all trying to get a piece of what could be a very lucrative business, but none of them have cracked the market so far. The move signals that Walmart believes it’s best to build its own system to better serve its customers, even as it backs a retail industrywide mobile payment program that is in test phase. “We are creating a seamless shopping experience that includes payment,” Neil Ashe, president and CEO of Walmart’s global eCommerce, told reporters on a conference call on Wednesday. “It’s fast. It’s simple, and it’s a secure way for customers to use their smartphone.” Twenty-two million customers use the Walmart app each month, and more than half of Walmart’s online orders are now coming from a mobile device. This holiday season, Walmart added new features like allowing online shoppers to check in once they get to the parking lot so they could have their online orders ready for pickup. Walmart executives said that after evaluating var-

Realtor Stephan Marshall, bottom, walks with potential buyer Sasha Martinez at a home for sale in Pacifica, Calif. A rising stock market and climbing home prices boosted Americans’ net worth to a new high in the first quarter of the year, according to a Federal Reserve report. [AP

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Household wealth in Q3 fell for first time in four years BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer

A worker pushes shopping carts in front of a Walmart store in La Habra, Calif. The world’s largest retailer said it’s testing its own mobile payment system. [AP FILE PHOTO]

HOW IT WORKS Walmart’s new mobile payment systems works this way: Shoppers download the Walmart app and then select a payment method. At the register, they open up the app and then they activate the camera function to scan a QR code on the reader. That connects the phone to the basket of items they’re checking out. Customers can put the phone away and an e-receipt application will be sent to the app.

ious mobile options, they found that they had different constraints, working only on certain devices or payment types. Apple Pay requires iPhones. But Google’s own tap-and-pay services, Android Pay and Samsung’s Samsung Pay require Android phones. However, Ashe and Daniel Eckert, Walmart’s senior vice president of services, told reporters the system is designed to integrate with other payment applications like Apple Pay — if the retailer decides to include them. Walmart’s move could be a blow to Merchant Customer Exchange, or MCX, set up a few years ago by a consortium of retailers and restaurants to create an industrywide mobile payment system. Walmart has been a key player. But Walmart executives told reporters they remain excited about the MCX pilot program for the payment system called “CurrentC.” A pilot test is being conducted in Columbus, Ohio, and it involves

Walmart and 10 other retailers. Nevertheless, Eckert noted, “We are listening to the needs of the customer. We are looking at innovating the checkout experience and using payment to do that.” Mobile-payment services from Apple, Google and Samsung all rely on wireless technology called NFC. The customer merely taps the phone next to a payment machine at the store and authorizes the purchase, usually with a fingerprint ID. But it works only in stores with newer, NFC equipment. Samsung goes further in offering a backup: The phone can mimic the old-school magnetic signals produced by card swipes and work with most existing equipment. JPMorgan Chase, meanwhile, is working on its own system for mobile payments. But Chase Pay won’t use NFC when it debuts next year. Rather, it will rely on QR that can be scanned by a register. All of these services offer security benefits: They store

and transmit an alternate card number that’s generated by the card issuer. The merchant never gets the real card number, so it remains safe even if the store’s system gets hacked. With Walmart Pay, the company says no card information is stored on the phone, but the real card number is still stored at what it says is a secure data center. The retail consortium’s CurrentC system is similar to Apple — but customers don’t use a fingerprint, and it doesn’t use NFC technology. Customers scan a QR code on the reader. Apple and others have faced some challenges to change the behavior of shoppers accustomed to just taking out their wallets to pay. Technology at the stores also has not kept pace with the efforts of the like of Apple. When Apple launched in the U.S., the U.S. had 200,000 tap-capable machines. That’s expected to surpass 1.5 million this year. The growth includes about 100,000 small to medium-size merchants each month, Apple said. Apple has said that Cinnabon will add Apple Pay to all its U.S. locations next year, while Domino’s company-owned pizza stores will get it by year’s end. Apple also is conducting a pilot program with Starbucks, with a broader rollout next year, while KFC will launch next spring.

WASHINGTON — The stock market’s sharp decline in August and September took its toll on Americans’ finances in the third quarter. Household net worth fell for the first time in four years. The Federal Reserve said Thursday that Americans’ stock and mutual fund portfolios plunged $2.3 trillion in the July-September quarter. That far outweighed a $482 billion increase in home values. Overall, household net worth fell to $85.2 trillion from $86.4 trillion in the second quarter. Less household wealth can cause consumers to pull back on spending to rebuild savings. That can slow growth since consumer spending drives more than two-thirds of economic activity. Americans were cautious about spending in October when retail sales barely rose and savings rates climbed. Still, stock markets have mostly rebounded since September and there are few signs that consumers are sharply cutting back. Americans’ net worth has grown 2.9 percent in the past year. That rise may have left many Americans feeling wealthier, even with last quarter’s decline. Consumer spending rose at a healthy pace in the third quarter, when it was 3.2 percent higher compared with a year earlier. Steady job gains in the past three years are starting to finally boost paychecks a bit and fuel more shopping and car-buying. Americans also are willing to take out more debt, which can be a sign of confidence in the economy, though the increase slowed from the second quarter. Consumer credit, which includes auto loans, student loans, and credit cards, increased at a solid 7.2 percent annual rate. Outstanding mortgage debt rose 1.6 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 9 percent in August and September as fears intensified that China’s economy was slowing more sharply than economists had anticipated. The dollar also continued to rise in value compared with overseas currencies, making U.S. exports overseas more expensive and imports cheaper. The Fed’s figures aren’t adjusted for population growth or inflation. Household wealth, or net worth, reflects the value of homes, stocks and other assets minus mortgages, credit cards and other debts.

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Business, civic leaders urge city to keep moving forward

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BY STEVE LACKMEYER

Business Writer slackmeyer@oklahoman.com

David Rainbolt started the first year of his twoyear term as Greater Oklahoma City Chamber chairman in late 2014 noting he was taking the reins as oil had dropped from more than $100 to $60 per barrel. In retrospect, Rainbolt joked Thursday, the $60 per barrel looks pretty good compared with the current price of $37. “It is a stark reminder for us all that our continuing effort of economic diversification is vital and the critical mass we have in nonenergy sectors must be expanded even further,” Rainbolt said at the chamber’s annual meeting, attended by about 1,200 business and civic leaders. “The work of this organization is broad — and our accomplishments in a year, which might otherwise be remembered only for tough energy prices, are impressive,” Rainbolt said. The visitor and tourism industry continues to thrive, Rainbolt said, pumping $2.8 billion (as measured in travel receipts) into the local economy and supporting 33,000 jobs. The aerospace industry is continuing to grow, with Tinker Air Force Base hiring 1,000 jobs over the next 100 days and Boeing hiring 800 to 1,000 people by next summer. Following a chamber-led effort for the city to help acquire a railway yard for Tinker’s growth, the base is now a candidate for adding maintenance of a new long-range strategic bomber. “This could be the tip of the iceberg,” Rainbolt said. He said the decision by the Brookings Institution to name Oklahoma City as one of two cities to develop “innovation districts” was a big accomplishment in 2015 that will build upon next year’s opening of the GE Global Oil & Gas Research Center.

OIL AND GAS PRICES Oklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Thursday:

Oklahoma Sweet: Sunoco Inc. — $33.25

Oklahoma Sour:

Sunoco Inc. — $21.25 Oklahoma oil and gas drilling activity posted Nov. 25:

COMPLETION Canadian: Devon Energy

Production Co. LP; R Gordon 36-14N-10W No. 8H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 36-14N-10W; 2,057,000 cu-ft gas per day, 27 barrels oil per day; TD 17,262. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; R Gordon 36-14N-10W No. 9H Well; SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 36-14N10W; 1,485,000 cu-ft gas per day, 44 barrels oil per day; TD 17,163. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; R Gordon 36-14N-10W No. 9H Well; SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 36-14N10W; 1,485,000 cu-ft gas per day, 44 barrels oil per day; TD 17,163. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; R. Gordon 36-14N-10W No. 6H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 36-14N10W; 2,248,000 cu-ft gas per day, 52 barrels oil per day; TD 17,424. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; R. Gordon 36-14N-10W No. 7H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 36-14N10W; Horizontal Hole TD 17,170. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Thompson 33-14N-9W No.

David Rainbolt

We’re a tough stock. We know that to be alarmed is not productive.” DAVID RAINBOLT GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY CHAMBER CHAIRMAN

“We have long known that the Oklahoma Health Center is an important employment niche in our region, in addition to the life-changing research taking place,” he said. “We have seen the addition of the GE Global Research facility and the growth of emergent technology companies in and around that geography. We have the elements in place that make it an ideal candidate for the Brookings Institution to help us create a unique lifestyle that will make the Health Center ever more attractive to young talent.” Challenges, however, remain. He said the chamber must take a lead role in addressing inadequacies with the Oklahoma County jail and the local criminal justice system, education and employment. “The shortcomings of our county’s jail facility are well documented, and we are aware that it does not meet the standards expected by the Justice Department,” Rainbolt said. “But simply building another jail facility does not address the factors that lead to overcrowding and the high cost of operation. … We will not find a perfect solution easily,

but we intend to present an exceptional solution plan that the rest of the country will take notice of.” The current tough economy, he said, does not excuse not moving forward on such challenges. “We’re a tough stock,” Rainbolt said. “We know that to be alarmed is not productive.” Rainbolt invited former Gov. Frank Keating, former Mayor Ron Norick and Devon Energy Executive Chairman Larry Nichols to draw lessons from the last serious downturn that stretched from the mid1980s to the early 1990s. “In the ’80s, I couldn’t find anyone under their 50s here,” said Norick, who was mayor from 1987 to 1998. “Everyone was leaving. What I see here, the population is younger. And that’s what we wanted.” It was during that time, Norick said, that the chamber and City Hall launched MAPS. “When I first came into City Hall, people were down,” Norick said. “They did not want to admit they were from Oklahoma City. Now, as you travel the world and you say you are from Oklahoma City, they know who we are. They know who Kevin Durant is, they know who the Thun-

5H Well; SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 33-14N-09W; 1,451,000 cu-ft gas per day, 3 barrels oil per day; TD 16,788. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Thompson 33-14N-9W No. 6H Well; SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 33-14N-09W; 897,000 cu-ft gas per day, 16 barrels oil per day; TD 16,675. Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Thompson 33-14N-9W No. 7H Well; SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 33-14N-09W; 857,000 cu-ft gas per day, 16 barrels oil per day; TD 16,683. Dewey: Devon Energy Production Co. LP; Judith Ann No. 1H-2 Well; SE1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 02-19N16W; 248 barrels oil per day, 2,348,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 15,134. Mewbourne Oil Co.; Prostar 28 SWD No. 1 Well; E1/2 E1/2 W1/2 SE1/4 of 28-16N-17W; TD 11,715. Kingfisher: Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP; Bollenbach 1705 No. 2-27 MH Well; NW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 (SL) of 27-17N05W; 237 barrels oil per day, 226,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 12,005. Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP; Bollenbach 1705 No. 4-21MH Well; SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 21-17N05W; 381 barrels oil per day, 724,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 12,207. Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP; Oswald 1705 No. 4-28MH Well; SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 21-17N05W; 384 barrels oil per day, 1,800,000 cu-ft gas per day;

TD 11,895. Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP; Oswald 1705 No. 5-28MH Well; SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 21-17N05W; 463 barrels oil per day, 577,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 12,108. Pawnee: Tarka Energy LLC; Crump No. 1-10 Well; C SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 of 10-20N-05E; 142 barrels oil per day; TD 4,094. Seminole: D & J Oil Co. Inc.; Lane 0505 No. 1-12V Well; E1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 of 12-05N-05E; 3 barrels oil per day, 14,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 3,153. Woods: Midstates Petroelum Co. LLC; Wilson 2614 No. 2H-11 A Well; SW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 10-26N14W; 33 barrels oil per day, 283,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 11,477. Sandridge Exploration & Production LLC; Schupbach Trust 2815 No. 1-18H Well; NW1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 (BHL) of 18-28N-15W; 164 barrels oil per day, 1,077,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 11,080.

State Grains

CASH WHEAT 8 to 18 cents higher. 4.04-4.44 Alva . . . . . . . . . 4.28 Banner. . . . . . . 4.36 Buffalo. . . . . . . 4.28 Cherokee . . . . 4.36 Clinton . . . . . . . 4.25 Davis . . . . . . . . 4.10 El Dorado . . . . 4.44 El Reno . . . . . . 4.31 Frederick. . . . . 4.04 Geary . . . . . . . . 4.31 Hobart . . . . . . . 4.20 Hooker. . . . . . . 4.35 Keyes . . . . . . . . 4.17 Lawton . . . . . . 4.09 Manchester . . . . 4.27 Medford . . . . .4.40 Miami. . . . . . . . N/A Okarche . . . . . 4.31 Okeene . . . . . . 4.32 Perry . . . . . . . . 4.39 Ponca City . . . . 4.39 Shattuck. . . . . 4.39 Stillwater . . . . 4.39 Temple . . . . . . 4.20 Watonga . . . . 4.31 Weatherford . . . 4.30 Gulf. . . . . . . . . . . . 5.64 FEED GRAINS MILO Alva . . . . . . . . 5.76 Buffalo. . . . . . 5.76 Hooker. . . . . . 5.69 Keyes . . . . . . . 5.66 Manchester. 5.69 Medford . . . . .5.91 Miami. . . . . . . .N/A Ponca City . . . 5.87 Shattuck. . . . 6.05 Weatherford . . 5.60 Gulf. . . . . . . . . .N/A

Larry Nichols

Ron Norick

SOYBEANS Alva . . . . . . . . .8.16 Buffalo. . . . . . .8.16 Hooker. . . . . . 7.82 Medford . . . . .8.13 Miami. . . . . . . .N/A Ponca City . . . .8.13 Shattuck. . . . 7.88 Stillwater . . . 8.20 Gulf. . . . . .9.41 1/4 CORN $3.43-$3.87 per bushel. COTTON Grade 41, Leaf 4, Staple 34 cotton in southwestern OK 61.00 cents per pound, FOB rail car or truck. KANSAS CITY GRAIN Wheat, No.2 Hard, bu................$ N/A-$ N/A Corn, No. 2 yellow.........................$ N/A-$ N/A Milo...........................................................$ N/A-$ N/A Soybeans, No. 1 ..............................$ N/A-$ N/A

INTENT TO DRILL Blaine: Continental

Resources Inc.; Watson South No. 1-20-29XH Well; NE1/4

der is. And we get to be proud to say we are from Oklahoma City.” Keating applauded the chamber and city for being steady, reliable partners in the city and state’s economic development, especially during downturns. Nichols said his company has done well doing its acquisitions during downturns, noting the company’s recent $2.5 billion in acquisitions. “You have to take a long-term view,” he said. “We know these cycles are cycles. We play the long term, not get too bogged down in the problems of the day. It doesn’t go up forever and it doesn’t go down forever.” That logic, Nichols said, explains why the company proceeded with construction of its 50-story headquarters just as the national recession and a plunge in oil prices hit in 2008. At the time, it was the only high-rise being built in the country. Nichols recalls the city took similar gambles when it launched the original MAPS in 1993, which is widely credited with the city’s ongoing revival. “This city was totally depressed,” Nichols said. “To think about thinking long term, proposing a tax, and voters would approve that in a conservative city? That was nuts. But they did it. … When times are bad is an ideal way to do things. You may get beat up at the time. But then later they say they were with you all along. But it won’t be immediately popular.”

NW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 (SL) of 20-14N-13W; TD 21,501. Continental Resources Inc.; Yocum No. 1-35-26XH Well; N1/2 NW1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 (BHL) of 26-14N-12W; TD 23,225. Canadian: PayRock Energy LLC; Broderson 1307 No. 2-25MH Well; NE1/4 NE1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 (SL) of 25-13N07W; TD 14,371. Dewey: Orca Operating Co. LLC; Betty No. 34-1H Well; NW1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 33-20N-17W; TD 13,848. Grady: Vitruvian II Woodford LLC; Joyce No. 1-5X8H Well; W1/2 NW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 (SL) of 05-03N-05W; TD 25,500. Vitruvian II Woodford LLC; Joyce No. 2-5X8H Well; SW1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 (SL) of 05-03N-05W; TD 25,500. Payne: American Energy Woodford LLC; Drake USA 4-17N-4E; SW1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 NE1/4 (SL) of 04-17N04E; TD 9,500. SOURCE: OIL-LAW RECORDS CORP.

Agri Markets

Open High Low Settle CORN (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

Chg.

Dec 15 372.50 379.25 371.75 Mar 16 373.75 379.75 372.25 May 16 379.25 385 378 Jul 16 384.25 389.50 383 Est. sales 430,040 Wed’s. sales 260,546 Wed’s open int 1,284,180 up 3495.00

377.25 379.25 384.25 388.75

Mar 16 238.25 238.75 236.25 May 16 235 236 235 Jul 16 238 238 236.25 Est. sales 646 Wed’s. sales 606 Wed’s open int 8,265 off 28.00

237.50 235.25 236.25

Dec 15 279.00 280.00 274.20 Jan 16 277.40 278.40 273.50 Mar 16 278.90 280.00 275.40 May 16 281.20 282.60 278.20 Est. sales 235,703 Wed’s. sales 118,935 Wed’s open int 422,326 up 1067.00

274.20 273.80 275.70 278.40

-4.60 -3.20 -2.80 -2.60

Dec 15 31.25 31.60 31.24 Jan 16 31.03 32.06 30.86 Mar 16 31.25 32.29 31.10 May 16 31.43 32.44 31.25 Est. sales 229,149 Wed’s. sales 148,926 Wed’s open int 415,473 off 4428.00

31.51 31.79 32.03 32.18

+.65 +.68 +.69 +.68

Jan 16 877 886.50 872.75 878.25 Mar 16 879.50 889.50 875.75 881.25 May 16 884.75 895.50 881.75 887.50 Jul 16 892.25 902.25 888.25 894 Est. sales 371,864 Wed’s. sales 229,825 Wed’s open int 700,967 up 2500.00

+1.50 +1.50 +1.75 +1.75

Dec 15 Mar 16 May 16

+6.50 +5.75 +5.50

OATS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

SOYBEAN MEAL (CBOT) 100 tons- dollars per ton

SOYBEANS (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel

WHEAT (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel 487.75 498 503.50

476.75 485.50 491.50

-.75 -.75 -.50

High

Low

Settle

Chg.

505

489.75 500 510.25 524.25

+9.25 +8.75 +8.25 +8

121.55 126.52 127.65 119.12

+1.70 +2.37 +2.03 +1.35

153.05 150.85 152.15 153.17

+2.43 +2.33 +2.43 +2.37

56.22 59.22 63.25 70.65

-.53 -.03

WINTER WHEAT (CBOT) 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Mar 16 479.25 491.75 477.75 May 16 490.50 501.75 488 Jul 16 500.75 512.50 499.25 Sep 16 516 525.50 514.50 Est. sales 21,546 Wed’s. sales 20,859 Wed’s open int 189,934 off 295.00

CATTLE (CME) 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb.

SOYBEAN OIL (CBOT) 60,000 lbs- cents per lb

478.50 489 495.50

+5.50 +5.50 +5 +4.50

Open

Jul 16 500 507.50 496 Est. sales 147,922 Wed’s. sales 83,884 Wed’s open int 347,334 off 2459.00

484.50 495.50 501

Dec 15 121.90 122.35 118.10 Feb 16 123.62 127.05 122.37 Apr 16 124.95 128.35 124.05 Jun 16 117.17 119.85 116.35 Est. sales 56,034 Wed’s. sales 61,873 Wed’s open int 251,733 up 672.00

FEEDER CATTLE (CME) 50,000 lbs.- cents per lb. Jan 16 149.87 153.90 147.75 Mar 16 150.92 151.77 145.52 Apr 16 148.67 152.95 146.85 May 16 153.15 153.77 148.00 Est. sales 14,743 Wed’s. sales 14,628 Wed’s open int 35,320 up 685.00

HOGS-Lean (CME) 40,000 lbs.- cents per lb. Dec 15 56.25 56.65 56.17 Feb 16 58.82 59.55 58.82 Apr 16 62.92 63.50 62.92 May 16 70.57 70.65 70.50 Est. sales 25,599 Wed’s. sales 28,738 Wed’s open int 178,548 off 455.00

-.17

Q: Modern times bring new categories of who to tip in the holiday season, with home computer pros, nail techs, personal trainers and others, atop the traditional baby sitters, housekeepers, hair stylists, letter carriers and paperboys. Who should consumers tip? A: Start with the above suggestions and add other people you think deserve a special thank Carey Sue you for helping you throughVega is out the year. principal of Expeditions In Q: Who should consumers Etiquette. not tip? A: You don’t need to tip your banker, attorney, doctor/dentist or financial planner. Also, steer clear of tipping your kiddos’ teachers in cash; you don’t want it to look like you’re bribing them for good grades! Q: What should consumers tip service providers? A: Consider tipping your baby sitter or dog groomer one night’s pay or service fee; housekeeper, up to one week’s pay; and yard workers, $20 to $50. If you regularly tip your hair stylist or other service provider, consider something a little more creative for the holidays. Though cash always is a great gift, you could get them a gift card to their favorite restaurant or to their favorite movie theater. Q: What if money is tight this year, can consumers cut back on tips? A: You don’t want to avoid giving a gift to someone you’ve historically gifted; that might send the wrong message. Instead, give something a bit scaled down. Be sure to include a sincere handwritten note, focusing on why specifically you’re grateful for them. Q: What are some creative ways to give? A: Swing by your local bank and get new, clean, crisp bills. If you’re giving gift cards, wrap them and add a nice bow. If you’re writing a note, use nice paper and a good pen. PAULA BURKES, BUSINESS WRITER

STATE BRIEFS BYLINER AWARDS NOMINEES SOUGHT The Oklahoma City Chapter of the Association of Women in Communications is accepting nominations of noteworthy Oklahoma women for its 58th annual Byliner Awards. Nomination forms, which may be downloaded at awcokc.org, must be submitted by Dec. 18 to Jana Gridley, 2013 Cardinal Circle, Edmond, OK 73013. Proceeds from the event fund the AWC scholarship program for women pursuing a communications degree at an Oklahoma college. The 2016 Byliner Awards Luncheon will be March 31 at the Petroleum Club.

DODGERS TO SHOW EVENT SPACES The Oklahoma City Dodgers and Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark will showcase their event spaces during an open house for event planners and industry professionals Jan. 21. The complimentary Events and Design Showcase will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, and attendees are asked to RSVP online at bitly.com/OKCDodgersEvents by Jan. 18. Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark includes the concourse-level Legends Lounge, second-floor Diamond Lounge, and OKC Dodgers clubhouse. Each will be decorated to highlight the variety of potential uses, including meetings, weddings, socials, receptions, celebrations and parties. Professional Sports Catering, the exclusive catering partner of the OKC Dodgers and Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, will provide a complimentary food tasting and wine tasting at the Events and Design Showcase. For additional information about the Events and Design Showcase or to schedule an event, contact Carolyn Gadboys at carolyn. gadboys@okcdodgers.com or at 218-2115.

WORKERS PRAISE QUIKTRIP, PAYCOM Two Oklahoma companies were ranked among the best large businesses to work for in Glassdoor’s Employee Choice awards. Tulsa-based QuikTrip came in No. 24, and Oklahoma City-based Paycom ranked No. 28. Paycom also was ranked among Oklahoma’s best large companies to work for in The Oklahoman’s Top Workplaces 2015. Award winners are determined using feedback employees have shared on Glassdoor throughout the past year. Employees complete an anonymous company review that captures their overall job and company satisfaction, as well as qualitative insights into the best reasons to work at the company, along with what needs improved, Glassdoor said.

EDMOND BANK CEO HONORED Jill Castilla, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond, was ranked as one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in banking by Bank Innovation, a financial services media company. Bank Innovation noted the bank’s aggressive social strategy instituted under her direction (@ jillcastilla has more than 8,300 followers on Twitter). She also was lauded for her “strong voice for diversity as a much-needed asset in what can be seen as an extremely white male industry,” Bank Innovation wrote.

SMC RECEIVES SAFETY AWARD Midwest City-based SMC Technologies, specializing in cooling towers and boilers, this month received its 11th Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) Certification Award. Only 15 Oklahoma companies have achieved SHARP certification. The program was designed by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to encourage and recognize excellence in occupational safety and health. SMC Technologies specializes in cooling towers and boilers, waste water treatment, oil-field production chemicals, specialty cleaners for all applications, metal cleaning and automatic feed systems.

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DALLAS Â â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The three largest U.S. airlines are banning hoverboards because of the potential fire danger from the lithium-ion batteries that power the devices.

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The government will release its monthly report on prices charged by farmers, manufacturers and other producers today. The Producer Price Index measures the price of goods before they reach consumers. Analysts expect that prices held steady in November, which is actually an improvement over the last couple of months. Prices have dropped sharply over the last year, and retailers have had trouble raising prices because wage growth has been weak.

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said applications for unemployment benefits rose last week, but applications for aid are still near historic lows. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates next week for the first time in nine years. YUM Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG

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management shuffle. And they have plunged 63 percent since the beginning of the year. Analysts say the changes are painful and necessary, and may not pay off for a long, long time. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney says the company is making some positive moves, like playing down lower-profit goods such as electronics, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more work to be done on its core e-commerce business. Wells Fargo analyst Trisha Dill says the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategy of ramping up customer acquisition via heavier marketing might work, but â&#x20AC;&#x153;in our view the stock will tread water for the next 12 months.â&#x20AC;?

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users stand on. They have been a hot gift item at some retailers. United said its ban took effect immediately, Deltaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ban takes effect Friday, and Americanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Saturday. Southwest Airlines prefers that passengers with anything using lithium batteries to carry them on the plane.

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Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines said Thursday they are banning hoverboards in checked or carry-on luggage. JetBlue Airways has already prohibited them. Hoverboards are motorized, twowheel, skateboard-size scooters that

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

WEATHER Mostly sunny

THE OKLAHOMAN | NEWSOK.COM

ACROSS THE U.S.

Very warm conditions for early December will persist today south of a stalled frontal system across the central Plains. Plenty of sun can be expected. Winds: SSW 10-20 mph.

For the latest weather updates, go to NewsOK.com/weather.

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Sunday 54/37

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Monday 63/43

Tuesday 60/32

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Major lake levels

For the record

Arkansas: Fog in the morning; otherwise, warm with periods of sun today. A shower in spots in the east. Texas: Partly sunny today, but sunnier in the north and central areas. Mostly cloudy tonight with a shower in places. New Mexico: Partly sunny and windy today; cooler in the western mountains and north. Kansas: Partly sunny and warm today; pleasant in the southwest. Mostly cloudy tonight, but partly cloudy in the south. Missouri: Warm today with intervals of clouds and sun; a passing shower in the north and east. Mainly cloudy tonight. Colorado: Snow today, 1-3 inches in the north and highest elevations; showers in the west. Sun in the south and central parts. Sunshine in the east.

As of 7 a.m. yesterday

Yesterday in Oklahoma City:

Yesterday’s pollen

Normal 1,559.0 872.0 1,006.0 599.5 1,615.4 710.0 585.0 1,342.0 554.0 2,004.0 1,642.0 745.0 619.0 733.0 1,009.1 460.0 723.0 638.0 1,125.0 714.0 632.0 615.0 1,039.0 490.0 478.0

Current 1,551 873.84 1,006 611.05 1,612 712.70 586.96 1,342 558.13 2,004 1,635 744.00 619.55 732.54 1,015 460.19 727.66 643.04 1,125 714.06 641.33 621.78 1,038 489.13 487.00

Total Precipitation

Source: Oklahoma Allergy and Asthma Clinic

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H Amsterdam 46 Baghdad 66 Calgary 32 Dublin 45 Frankfurt 39 Geneva 43 Hong Kong 70 Kabul 45 London 54 Madrid 57 Manila 93 Mexico City 71 Montreal 50 Moscow 34 New Delhi 78 Paris 41 Rio 100 Riyadh 66 Rome 61 Stockholm 50 Sydney 78 Tokyo 55 Toronto 49 Vancouver 51

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Jan. 1 - This date in 2015 ........................ 51.99 Normal Jan. 1 - This date ........................ 35.29 Oklahoma City annual precip. is ....... 35.85

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PERCENT CHANGE IN GDP, SECOND QUARTER Top five Washington: 8.0 percent South Dakota: 5.8 percent Delaware: 5.7 percent Nevada: 5.5 percent Utah: 5.2 percent United States 3.8 percent Bottom five Alaska: 0.4 percent North Dakota: -1.2 percent West Virginia: -2.0 percent Wyoming: -2.3 percent Oklahoma: -2.4 percent

percent; West Virginia, minus-2 percent; and North Dakota, minus 1.2-percent. Washington, with 8 percent GDP growth, was the best performer in the second quarter. Overall, U.S. real GDP by state grew at an annual rate of 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2015 after increasing 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2015. Thursday’s report was the first time the BEA released quarterly GDP numbers for states. It reports quarterly figures nationally and had previously reported annual GDP figures for the states.

Nevada governor outlines $335M deal to draw $1B electric carmaker BY KEN RITTER AND MICHELLE RINDELS Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Nevada plans to offer $335 million in state tax incentives and infrastructure upgrades to an upstart, Chinese investor-backed electric carmaker that wants to build a $1 billion production plant in a Las Vegas suburb — an agreement Gov. Brian Sandoval called a good bet for Nevada’s future. The Republican gover-

nor formally announced a tentative deal Thursday with Faraday Future, and projected the overall economic impact on the local and state economy would be $85 billion over 20 years. “Is this good for Nevada? The answer (is) a resounding yes, yes, yes,” Sandoval told applauding public officials, state lawmakers and union members at a ceremony in Las Vegas. The governor didn’t set a date, but made it clear he

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GDP: Energy prices have dropped near 7-year lows the data to those of a year ago, rather than to the previous strong quarter. Oklahoma also suffers from comparison to its own previous growth, which was much stronger here than in much of the country in the depths of the Great Recession and the years immediately following, said Dauffenbach, director of OU’s Center for Economic and Management Research. But the numbers aren’t good. “Nobody’s doubting we’re going to take a hit because of low oil prices,” he said, while suggesting that oil prices could improve within the next year. “There’s blood in the streets now, and that’s generally the time to be positioned for the trend to reverse.” Oil prices have fallen to near seven-year lows in the past week, and activity in Oklahoma’s oil patch has declined sharply over the past year. The number of active drilling rigs in the state is down more than 60 percent since September 2014. In the GDP figures, mining, which includes the energy sector, decreased 17.9 percent and subtracted from growth in 49 states in the second quarter of 2015. It subtracted more than two percentage points from real GDP growth in Oklahoma, North Dakota, West Virginia, Texas and Wyoming. The other shrinking state economies were recorded in Wyoming, minus-2.3

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plans to convene Nevada lawmakers before Christmas for a short special session for the Legislature to authorize the agreement. Faraday hopes to break ground on a 3-million-square-foot facility in North Las Vegas in January. The Gardena, Calif.based company offered few details about its product, but plans to unveil a concept car before the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

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I listened to 28 days’ worth of music in 2015. Spotify calculated my yearly intake in a detailed report that tallied my hours on the streaming music website. You can check my math, but almost every day an Okie artist entered the mix. There’s a lot to love. My music-savvy co-workers Matt Carney and Becky Carman are no different in their dedication to artists who call Oklahoma their home. Here are our favorite Okie albums of the year, in alphabetical order. — Nathan Poppe, Entertainment Writer

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John Calvin Abney, “Better Luck” “Better Luck” is a rollicking rock ’n’ roll record at its loudest and lonely folk music when it settles down. For Abney, it’s as much the first chapter in his career as a songwriter as it is the eulogy of the guitar-slinging folkie we pegged him as in the past. It is, as Abney put it, “about love, loss, life, death. Good decisions, bad decisions.” Notably, it bears the trademarks of producer John Moreland en masse: sparse, subtle instrumental accents, first-take vocals in some instances and an allowance for empty space. It’s subtly experimental, an all-around complete but ephemeral portrait of the artist as a young man. — Becky Carman

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Annie Oakley, “Thought of You a God” They aren’t sharpshooters, but Annie Oakley’s second EP aims straight for your head and heart. Twin sisters Grace and Sophia Babb front the folk project, and their latest recordings show so much songwriting promise. With “Thought of You a God,” the ladies aimed high and nailed their mark. — NP

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Paul Benjaman Band , “Sneaker” If you get real quiet on Sunday night in Tulsa, you’ll faintly hear Paul Benjaman Band’s songs in the breeze. Head to The Colony for his weekly residency, and the sound’s even better. Benjaman’s new album “Sneaker” is about as good as it gets. It’s all the live energy of a rowdy night at the bar without any of the hangover. — NP Rachel Brashear, “Songs From a Cave” I first caught Rachel Brashear playing grungy rock tunes in a smoky bar. She traded a guitar for a piano on “Songs From a Cave,” and her transformation made for a lush, poetic jazz album. She employed her wide array of ACM@UCO connections and made something that punches harder than any “Rocky” reboot. — NP Kaitlin Butts, “Same Hell, Different Devil” Kaitlin Butts tells great stories, and her debut has 11 charming, warm tales that show off her raw

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country talent. Her clever phrasing lives in the same world as that of Kacey Musgraves, and that’s some great company. Butts isn’t making country pop music. She’s making country that pops. — NP Samantha Crain, “Under Branch and Thorn and Tree” There’s little more exciting than getting to listen along as a great local talent hones her craft. For Shawnee’s Samantha Crain, that craft is in her voice and SEE ALBUMS, PAGE 6D

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Whale of a challenge Ron Howard’s ‘Sea’ cast faced harsh conditions and painful attention to detail BY DENNIS KING For The Oklahoman

Director/producer Ron Howard on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure “In the Heart of the Sea.” [PHOTO PROVIDED BY JONATHAN PRIME]

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NEW YORK — It has been a To watch a trailer for long, eventful voyage from “In the Heart of the Sea,” go to Opie to Ahab for Oklaho- Oklahoman.com and enter the ma-born actor-turned-di- Go Code above. rector Ron Howard. After growing up on camera in such iconic acting roles as little Opie Taylor in “The Andy Griffith Show” and wholesome Richie Cunningham in “Happy Days,” Howard has charted a distinguished directing career that includes the Oscar-winning true-life tale “A Beautiful Mind” and four other films drawn from real-life material (“Apollo 13,” “Cinderella Man,” “Frost/Nixon” and “Rush”). For his sixth based-on-fact movie, Howard has selected a Great White Whale of a project called “In the Heart of the Sea,” based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 National Book Award-winning work of that title that charts the true 1820 voyage of the Nantucket whaling vessel Essex. At sea, the ship was mysteriously attacked and scuttled by a rogue, 80-foot sperm whale, leaving the crew struggling for survival. It was a stirring adventure tale that 30 years later inspired

author Herman Melville to pen his classic novel “Moby-Dick.” During a press conference with Howard and his cast, hosted by Warner Bros. at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Central Park South, the filmmaker — known behind the camera for his acute attention to detail and passion for historical accuracy — discussed some of the physical rigors of shooting on the open seas near the Canary Islands. “I had long had an interest in doing a movie set in the ocean,” said Howard, a boyish 61 and still sporting the soft drawl of his Duncan-born roots. “I don’t love the ocean; it’s not a place I go for recreation. I’m a pale-skinned redhead, and I get sunburned out there. I’m a little frightened of the ocean, in fact. But there’s something about the power and mystery of it that’s always drawn me to the potential drama of it. Years ago I was trying to get a movie made about the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior, but I couldn’t get the resources together. Later I came very close to adapting Jack London’s story ‘The Sea Wolf,’ but that didn’t come together. “But this one embodied everything those two movies offered to me as drama and cinematic potential,” he said. “The screenplay was really strong. But probably most SEE HOWARD, PAGE 4D

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NORMAN — Norman Americana act Mama Sweet will per-

form at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Deli, 309 White. Both shows are for ages 21 and older; Friday’s is a nonsmoking performance. For details, go to www.mamasweet.com or www.thedeli.us.

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SATURDAY Byron Berline Band, 7:30 p.m., Double Stop Music Hall, 121 E Oklahoma, 282-6646. (Guthrie) Centennial Rodeo Opry, 7:30 p.m., Rodeo Opry, 2221 Exchange. Foster Wishes Benefit with Taddy Porter and Brandon Clark, Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan. 601-6276. Greater Oklahoma Bluegrass Music Society Concert with Good Friends Bluegrass, Larry Ford Bluegrass Band and Greystone Bluegrass Revival, 6:30 p.m., Oklahoma Cuntry-Western Museum & Hall of Fame, 3925 SE 29, 677-7515 or 308-3595. (Del City) John Fullbright and Buffalo Rogers, 8 p.m., Mitchell Hall at University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N University Drive, (866) 966-1777. (Edmond) Leeland: A Night of Worship, 7 p.m., Heartland Community Church, 8309 S Santa Fe . Legends, 9 p.m., Old Number 7 Stage at Remington Park, 1 Remington Place, 424-1000. Nate Nebergall and Jay Cooper present the 8th Annual Tacky Sweater Party, 8 p.m., The Vanguard, 222 N Main. (Tulsa) “Naughty & Nice and a Little Bit Nuts,” 7:30 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E Fifth, 974-3375. (Edmond) Rana McCoy Studio Recital, 9:30am, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History, 702 S Duncan St. (Stillwater) Reckless Kelly, Uncle Lucius, Derek Paul and the Handsome Devils, 8 p.m., Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern, (866) 977-6849. Ronnie Milsap: The Legend In My Time Farewell Tour with Risa Binder, 7 p.m., Sugar Creek Casino, 5304 N Broadway, (800) 522-4700. (Hinton) Salon Series, 7 p.m., The Depot, 200 S Jones. (Norman)

SUNDAY Central Community Music School Fall Recital, 2 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 300 E Fifth. (Edmond) Festival of Lessons and Carols, 5 p.m., St. Gregory’s Abbey Church, 1900 W MacArthur. (Shawnee) Mike Hosty One Man Band, 7 p.m., The Deli, 309 White. (Norman) Oklahoma City Symphonic Band’s Christmas Festival, 5:30 p.m., Cherokee Hills Baptist Church, 5700 NW 63, 822-9550. OU School of Music presents Sutton Concert Series with Christmas, 3 p.m., Sharp Concert Hall, 500 W Boyd, 325-4101. (Norman) Sheridan Road Christmas Concert, 5 p.m., Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 111 E First St. (Tulsa) Winter Wind Concert and Jazz in June Concert with Sisters of Swing, 7 p.m., The Depot, 200 S Jones. (Norman)

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CRACK UP TULSA — Tulsa Ballet’s presentation of “The Nutcracker” opens at 7 p.m. Friday at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E 2. The holiday classic gets a uniquely Tulsa update but retains the magical qualities that make the production timeless. Artistic Director Marcello Angelini said in a press release, “ ‘The Nutcracker’ is an American tradition. Our production is both traditional and updated, as I felt the two qualities are part of the personalities of Oklahomans. ... In an effort to modernize it a bit, I moved it to the early 1920s in Paris, as I love the look of the Art Deco time. I also wanted to celebrate the history of our city, as I believe we are the second municipality in the country for the quantity and quality of Art Deco architecture.” The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra provides the soundtrack, and a $100 VIP offering includes autographs and meet-and-greets. For tickets, which start at $25, call (918) 749-6006 or go to www.tulsaballet.org.

BARTLESVILLE — The Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve, 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, lights up the holiday night with its Wonderland of Lights from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday through Dec. 20. Each year, the Woolaroc grounds are transformed into a holiday wonderland with more than 750,000 lights. “This is truly one of those wonderful family traditions for so many people,” said Woolaroc CEO Bob Fraser. “We have families who meet here at Woolaroc each year to celebrate their ‘family Christmas’ during our lights.” Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for children 11 and younger. For more information, call (918) 336-0307, ext. 10 or 11, or go to www.woolaroc.org.

THIS LAND IS THEIR LAND Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley Ave., will host its annual Woody Guthrie tribute concert at 8 p.m. Sunday. John Fullbright will perform, as well as a host of other artists paying tribute to the Okemah legend — a tradition carried on for more than 20 years. For more information, go to www.bluedoorokc.com or call 524-0738.

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THE OTHER SIDE OF EVERYDAY NORMAN — The Norman Arts Council’s Second Friday Art Walk will include a photo exhibition tribute to late landscape photographer Marvin Lee, from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Shevaun Williams & Associates Commercial Photography, 221 E Main. Lee captured “the ‘other side’ of everyday images,” with focus on shadows, reflections and edginess. Said Lee before he passed away in August, “It’s not something I go around looking for. It’s just something I’ve always noticed. I see the beauty and mystery of everything around me and try to convey that view through the lens of the camera.” The exhibition also features new work by Norman artist Marcy Cordell and photos by host Shevaun Williams. For more information on this and other Second Friday exhibitions, go to www.2ndfridaynorman.com. Wink Burcham and Jacob Tovar, 10 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 1747 S Boston Ave. (Tulsa)

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Art Moves Presents St. Paul Handbell Choir, noon, Leadership Square, 211 N Robinson, 270-4848. Invent, Animate, Bring Your Finest and Earth Falls Before Me, 6 p.m., 89th Street Collective, 8911 N Western.

Art Moves presents the Mistletones, 11:30 a.m., Devon Rotunda, 333 W Sheridan, 602-4848. Edge Christmas with Monsters and Men, 6:30 p.m., Brady Theatre, 105 W Brady. (Tulsa) Future of Forestry Advent Christmas Concert, 7 p.m., Bridgeway Church, 228 W Hefner. John Moreland, 8 p.m., Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 5240738.

After the Burial, King Cold and Within All Reason, 6 p.m., 89th Street Collective, 8911 N Western. Art Moves presents Shade of Blue, noon, The Homeless Alliance, 1724 NW 4, 270-4848. Jingle Bell Jam with Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road, 7 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E Fifth. (Edmond) Joe Nichols,, 7 p.m., Osage Event Center, 951 W 36th St N. (Tulsa)

Evan Felker, Crystal Theater. (Okemah) Penn and Teller, WinStar World Casino. (Thackerville) Gift Raps 2 featuring Jabee, Beetyman, 51st Street Speakeasy. Midtown Songwriters Series featuring Audra Mae, Chase Kerby, M. Lockwood Porter, City Pres. “Suedehead” movie premiere, Oklahoma Contemporary. John Fullbright, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) Hosty, The Deli. (Norman) Steve Reynolds Program, Opolis. (Norman) Tweezer, Blue Note.

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Terror, Code Orange, Take Offense, Malfunctiion and Blistered, 6 p.m., 89th Street Collective, 8911 N Western.

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MUSIC The Capital Why’s, Bury the Doubt, Roots of Thought, The Young Vines and Dad The Band, 7 p.m., Vanguard Music Hall, 222 N Main. (Tulsa) Ian Moore, 8 p.m., The Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 5240738. Legends, 9 p.m., Old Number 7 Stage at Remington Park, 1 Remington Place, 424-1000. “Naughty & Nice and a Little Bit Nuts,” 7:30 p.m., UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E Fifth, 974-3375. (Edmond) University of Oklahoma School of Music presents Sutton Series with Holiday Pipes, 8 p.m., Sharp Concert Hall, 500 W Boyd, 325-4101. (Norman) Tyler Farr, 7 p.m., Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main, (918) 5842306. (Tulsa) Wade Bowen, Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan, 6016276.

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UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E Fifth. (Edmond) City of Yukon presents “Sounds of the Season,” 7:30 p.m., Yukon Fine Arts Center, 850 Yukon Ave. (Yukon) The Electric Church, White Mule and Little Fuss, 9 p.m., The Deli, 309 White. (Norman) Frenchy, 9:30 p.m., Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan, 601-6276. Jason Eady, 8 p.m., The Blue Door, 2805 N McKinley, 5240738. John Moreland, 10 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 1747 S Boston Ave. (Tulsa) Mt. Eden, Noizmekka and Nomad, 8 p.m., Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main, (918) 584-2306. (Tulsa) Stillwater Community Band Holiday Concert, 7:30 p.m., Stillwater Community Center. (Stillwater) The Sword , 7 p.m., ACM @ UCO, 329 E Sheridan.

DANCE FRIDAY Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker! An Interactive Ball, Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker.

SATURDAY IDance Social, 8:30 p.m., International Dance Studio, 3001 NW 73. Oklahoma City Ballet: “The Nutcracker,” 2 and 7 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker. Rusty Brooks Band, 7:30 p.m., 40&8, 3100 SW 119, 691-4267.

SUNDAY Oklahoma City Ballet: “The Nutcracker,” 2 p.m., Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker.

MONDAY West Coast Swing Dance Lessons, 7 p.m., Oklahoma City Swing Dance Club, 4361 NW 50, Suite 400. SEE WEEKAHEAD, PAGE 3D

Hangover Ball featuring Cody Canada, Evan Felker, Mike McClure, Cain’s Ballroom. (Tulsa) Samantha Crain, Will Johnson, Blue Door. Tool, Primus, BOK Center. (Tulsa) Surfer Blood, 89th Street Collective. Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy, Civic Center Music Hall. Kacey Musgraves, Diamond Ballroom. Tank featuring. Ginuwine, Riverwind Casino. (Norman) Janet Jackson, BOK Center. (Tulsa) Shooter Jennings, Diamond Ballroom. Europe, Firelake Grand Travel Plaza. (Shawnee)

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“Taffeta Christmas,” 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday, Gaslight Theatre, 221 N Independence. (Enid) “Territorial Christmas Carol,” 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday, 8:p.m. Thursday, Pollard Theatre, 120 W Harrison. (Guthrie) “Home for the Holidays,” 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Sooner Theatre, 101 E Main. (Norman) City Cabaret’s “A Very Cabaret Christmas,” 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, 2920 Paseo. “I Love Christmas with Lucy,” 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, The Boom, 2218 NW 39. “Out Comes Butch,” 8 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, The Paramount OKC, 701 W Sheridan.

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“Ragtime: The Musical,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oklahoma City Community College, 7777 S May.

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Bianca Del Rio’s Rolodex of Hate, 8 p.m., Rose State College Hudiburg Chevrolet Center, 6420 SE 15. (Midwest City) Andy Woodhull, 10:30 p.m., Loony Bin Comedy Club, 8503 N Rockwell, 239-9242.

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Andy Woodhull, ll, 8 p.m., Loony Bin Comedy Club, ub, 8503 N Rockwell, 239-9242.

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Karaoke Night at Cimarron Casino, 6:30 p.m., m., Cimarron Casino, 821 W Freeman Ave. (Perkins) Gabriel Rutledge, ge, 8 p.m., Loony Bin Comedy edy Club, 8501 N Rockwell, ell, 2399242.

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Gabriel Rutledge, ge, 8 p.m., Loony Bin Comedy Club, d Cl b 8501 N Rockwell, 239-9242.

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“Orion: The Man Who Would Be King,” 5:30 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. “The Forbidden Room,” 8 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.

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“Orion: The Man Who Would Be King,” 8 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.

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“Orion: The Man Who Would Be King,” 5:30 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.

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“Hitchcock/Truffaut,” 5:30 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive. “Sabotage,” 8 p.m., Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive.

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Chanukah Table Talks | Chief Bill John Baker, 6 p.m., The Synagogue, 1719 S Owasso Ave. (Tulsa) Christmas Traditions, 7:30 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 13112 N Rockwell. Living Christmas Tree, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 501 SW B Ave. (Lawton) OKC Nav20s Christmas Party!, 6 p.m., 2344 NW 121. Winterfest, downtown. (Tulsa) World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity, 8 a.m. , Fair Park, NW 10 and May, 9486700. The Heart of Christmas, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1001 S Rankin. (Edmond) Christmas Journey, 7 p.m., McSwain Theatre, 720 Pennsylvania Ave. (Ada)

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A Cowboy Christmas in Lights, 6 p.m., 101 E Dewey. (Sapulpa)

Around the World with Santa, 2 p.m., Windsor Hills Shopping Center. Christmas Toy Drive , 10 a.m. , Hope Chest OKC, 701 S R Ranchwood. (Yukon) Christmas Traditions, 4 p p.m., First United Methodist Ch Church, 201 S Washington. (Hoba (Hobart) Parade, 3 Duncan Christmas Parad p.m., main street. (Dunc (Duncan)

Ha Handel’s Messi Messiah, 8 p.m., Cameron Cam University, 28 2800 W Gore Blvd. (Law (Lawton) Henryetta Christ Christmas Parade of Lights Lights, 6:30 p.m., Main Stree Street. (Henryetta) Lighted Holida Holiday Parade, 6:30 p p.m., downtown. (F (Fairview) Living Christm Christmas Tree, 7 p.m., Fi First Baptist Church, Church 501 SW B Ave. (Lawton) Main Street Christmas Holiday Parade, 10 a.m., Downtown. (Norman) Parade of Lights, 6 p.m., Main Street. (Coalgate) Santa’s Adventures on the Oklahoma River, 1 p.m., Boathouse District, 725 S Lincoln. Saturdays with Santa, 10 a.m. , Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno Ave. Victorian Walk, 5 p.m., Downtown Historical District. (Guthrie) World Championship Barrel Racing Futurity, 8 a.m., fair park, NW 10 and May, 948-6700.

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Fort Reno Christmas Guns, 2 p.m., Historic Fort Reno, 7107 W Cheyenne. (El Reno) Santa’s Adventures on the Oklahoma River, 1 p.m., Boathouse District, 725 S Lincoln Blvd. The Heart of Christmas, 4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 1001 S Rankin. (Edmond)

ONGOING Chickasha Festival of Light, 6 p.m. daily, Shannon Springs Park, 2400 N 9th St, Chickasha. Christmas in the Village, daily, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid. Downs Family Christmas Lights, 6 p.m. daily, 2900 72nd Ave. SE, Norman. Festival of Angels, 6 p.m. daily, citywide, Ponca City. Holiday Lights Spectacular, 6 p.m. daily, Joe B. Barnes

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015 Regional Park, 2516 N Towry Drive, Midwest City. Lights on the Hill, 6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Chandler Park, 6500 W 21st St., Tulsa. Snowman Wonderland, 6 p.m. daily, Magnolia Park, 1001 E Strother, Seminole. Storyland Christmas, noon daily, Charles J. Johnson Central Park Town Center, Midwest City. North Pole Adventure, noon daily, Plaza Mayor at the Crossroads, 7000 Crossroads Blvd. Red Earth Treefest, 10 a.m. Mondays-Fridays, Red Earth Art Center, 6 Santa Fe Plaza, 4275228. Holiday Pop-Up Shops at Midtown, 10 a.m. Thursdays-Sundays, Midtown, NW 10 and Hudson Avenue.

Winter Shoppes at Myriad Gardens, 11 a.m. Thursdays-Sundays, Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W Reno Ave.

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MOVIE REVIEW ‘ORION: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING’ Not rated 1:26 3 1/2 stars Documentarian Jeanie Finlay tells one of the oddest tales of music history in “Orion: The Man Who Would Be King.” The film will be shown at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, at 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday. It also is available on video on demand services. Following Elvis Presley’s death in 1977, his original record label, Sun Records, released an album by a man called Orion, who performed wearing a mask, and whose voice was a near-double for Presley’s. The singer, though, wasn’t an exhumed King of Rock ’n’ Roll, Jimmy Ellis as Orion from as much as the record the album “Fresh” as seen in company may have Jeanie Finlay’s documentary wanted you to believe “Orion: The Man Who Would that. He was Alabama’s Be King.” [SUNDANCE SELECTS Jimmy Ellis, a talented PHOTO] singer who sounded too much like Elvis to get a break. Ellis wasn’t an impersonator — his natural speaking and singing voice was just that close to Elvis’. Producer Shelby Singleton came upon the idea of masking Ellis and promoting him as a mystery singer who just might be Elvis. The name Orion and the backstory came from a then-unpublished manuscript by Georgia writer Gail Brewer Giorgio, who wrote of a singer called Orion, who had been the biggest star in the world before faking his own death. As a character, her Orion was clearly based on Elvis — and now, Ellis would step into the role and become Orion, a mystery character whose voice had many believing maybe, just maybe, he was their hero in a new guise. Finlay follows the tale of Orion’s original success, and Ellis’ growing frustration with the concept, in her film. “Orion: The Man Who Would Be King” looks at the music industry, fame and the masks all of us sometimes wear in pursuing our dreams. — Matthew Price, The Oklahoman

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APRIL 13 BEN FOLDS TO PLAY LIMITED OKC ENGAGEMENT Multitalented singer, songwriter, musician and producer Ben Folds will continue his extensive tour with Brooklyn-based chamber sextet yMusic in a series of spring dates, including an April 13 show at the Chevy Bricktown Events Center, 429 E California Ave. Tickets to the limited-seating engagement go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at Buy For Less locations in OKC, Reasor’s and Starship Records in Tulsa, by phone at (866) 977-6849 and at www.protix.com. Tickets are $59.50 for the VIP balcony (ticketholders must be 21 or older), $39.50 for orchestra seats and $29.50 for the upper orchestra. For more information, go to www.dcfconcerts.com.

FEB. 13-14 MONSTER JAM ROLLING INTO CHESAPEAKE ARENA The popular Monster Jam tour will roll into Oklahoma City Feb. 13-14 for three shows at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W Reno. Featuring monster trucks Grave Digger, Prowler, Predator and more, the tour promises more racing, more freestyle, more wheelies and more action. Tickets start at $20 for adults or $10 for children’s seats. Tickets are available at the arena box office, by phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at Ticketmaster.com. For more information, go to www.chesapeakearena.com.

‘In the Heart of the Sea’ goes for action over depth in ship drama Call it Ishmael’s “origin story.” That ubiquitous comic-book term, suggesting a genesis that doesn’t quite live up to the ultimate work of American literature that it inspired, is the narrative hook of Ron Howard’s uneven, waterlogged adventure “In the Heart of the Sea.” “Moby-Dick,” Herman Melville’s brooding, metaphysical novel of human frailty and obsession, is the lyrical literary interpretation of a fated 1820 sea voyage of the Nantucket whaling ship Essex. “In the Heart of the Sea” is based on Nathanial Philbrick’s award-winning 2000 nonfiction book, the true-life account of the good ship Essex and its life-or-death tangle with a humongous and preternaturally angry white whale. So it’s somehow fitting that Howard’s earnest, craftsman-like movie comes across as far more prosaic than Melville’s mighty, existential opus (or for that matter than John Huston’s stormy 1956 screen adaptation of the novel, with Gregory Peck as the mad Captain Ahab). Howard’s film pays a nod to Melville with a framing story set in 1850 in which the inquisitive young author (Ben Whishaw) is interviewing gnarly old

MOVIE REVIEW “IN THE HEART OF THE SEA” PG-13 2:01 2 stars Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson. (Intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence and thematic material)

From left, Sam Keeley as Ramsdell and Chris Hemsworth as Owen Chase star in “In the Heart of the Sea.” [PHOTO PROVIDED BY JONATHAN PRIME]

salt Thomas Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), the last living survivor of the Essex disaster. Flash back 30 years, and Howard ably lays the story’s groundwork with vibrant images of bustling Nantucket village life, details of the lucrative whaling industry and of the Essex’s arduous voyage around Cape Horn into Pacific waters in search of elusive prey. The director, working from a script by Charles Leavitt (“Blood Diamond”), paints vivid portraits of the salty crew, which includes Tom Holland (the new Spider-Man) as a scrappy younger Nickerson, Benjamin Walker as

the greenhorn captain and buff Chris Hemsworth (star of Howard’s “Rush”) as headstrong first mate Owen Chase, the essential hero of the piece. The early scenes, setting up the voyage and issuing arcane and damning details of the whaling trade, are workmanlike and interesting. But it’s in the second act, with the Essex chasing rumors of a “demon” whale, that the first cry of “Blow!” rings out and the story’s action-movie mechanics grind into action. That’s when we first glimpse the 2,000-pound monster — a splotchy gray-and-white behemoth with a Godzilla roar — that dispatches the Essex with

an angry swipe of its massive fluke and sends the swamped crew scuttling for their pitiful lives. The rest is a grueling survival tale of depravity, heroism and sordid hints of cannibalism that’s mildly thrilling, but only in a Saturday matinee fashion. Occasionally, Howard hints at the deeper themes Melville found in the story (the fine line between obsession and madness, civilization versus raw nature, man’s defiance of God and other existential matters). But mainly, “In the Heart of the Sea” hews closely to standard action-movie conventions (with tons of clanking CGI effects) and trolls the surface more for stolid realism than for deeper metaphysical soundings. — Dennis King, for The Oklahoman

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important was that Chris Hemsworth brought it to me. We had such a good experience on ‘Rush,’ I knew I liked working with him, and he was really born to play (the film’s stalwart first mate) Owen Chase.” In his quest for historical accuracy, Howard organized a rigorous regimen of sailing lessons for his crew of actors (along with Hemsworth, they included Tom Holland, Cillian Murphy, Ben Walker and Brendan Gleeson) to familiarize them with the arcane crafts and customs of 19th-century seafaring men. “The authenticity of

this movie was as important to me as it had been on others like, for example, ‘Apollo 13,’ where part of transporting the audience was to get the details right,” Howard said. “And whether audiences know right from wrong, they can kind of sense it. So, sailor school was just as important as astronaut school in ‘Apollo 13’ or the boxing training in ‘Cinderella Man.’ ”

Making it real Perhaps the most punishing aspect of Howard’s drive for accuracy was his requirement that cast members become as close to resembling starving crew members as possible. To achieve this,

the director had his stars on a strict diet that gradually cut their caloric intake to 500 calories per day. “When we were on the ocean, every day I would apologize to everybody and say, ‘I know this is tough.’ But they would say, ‘Well, first of all, this is just a fraction of what the real guys that we’re playing went through, and secondly, it’s good for the performances. This is what we’re trying to play.’ “But in fact I did see that the life was kind of draining out of these guys day by day,” Howard said. “I remember one time saying to Ben Walker, ‘Ben we’re going to have to shoot this

scene again,’ and Ben was just staring down, just lost and forlorn. “By the end of the shoot, when we were doing the stuff on the desert island, there were pathetic little snacks that would come out twice a day, maybe a cucumber with some olive oil and an almond on it,” he said. “But everybody was so ravenous. They’d get really quiet and would take it and go over and hunch down and eat it silently and kind of savor it. Like starving men. “I felt both terrible and fabulous about it,” Howard said with a mock-diabolical laugh that would do the hard-bitten Captain Ahab proud.

JUNE 4

VINCE GILL TO PLAY ENID ANNIVERSARY SHOW ENID — Oklahoma native and Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill will play the third anniversary show for the Enid Event Center and Convention Hall June 4 at the venue, 301 S Independence Ave. Fellow country music star Lee Ann Womack will open the show. Tickets are priced at $45 and $65 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday. Tickets can be purchased by phone at (855) 8493643, at www.EnidEventCenter. com or at the Enid Event Center administration offices.

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DEAR ABBY: I made a big mistake three years ago. When I found out my husband was cheating on me, I sought revenge. I ended up sleeping with my sister-in-law’s boyfriend to get back at my husband and at her for some things she did in the past. It took my pain away — for a bit. Abby, I am not this kind of person. I’m not an evil, conniving tramp. I regret what I did every day, and I feel like garbage. My sister-in-law and I haven’t spoken since I decided to tell her the truth. My husband and I (miraculously) were able to work through our problems, and our relationship is stronger than ever. My sister-in-law and her boyfriend have remained together, and I don’t speak to him anymore either. What can I do to earn forgiveness? Is this even forgivable? How can I mend this family I helped tear apart? — Only Human in Houston DEAR ONLY HUMAN: You might start by apologizing to your sisterin-law for the pain you caused her. But after that, the decision about whether she can forgive you or wants anything more to do with you will be up to her. DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter “Becca” just turned 6. One of her favorite things to do is role-play, which includes the prince (me) kissing her, sometimes at the end of a wedding ceremony. Becca also likes to sit on my lap.

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My wife thinks I shouldn’t allow her to sit there and that the interaction isn’t appropriate. She says I may be mistaken for some kind of predator. It hurts me and Becca when I tell her we must find some other playtime scenario. I think it’s harmless. Who’s right here? My wife or me? Is there an age a granddaughter reaches when this kind of interaction becomes taboo? What about giving her a goodbye kiss when she departs? — Baffled Grandpa in El Paso DEAR BAFFLED: Do Becca’s parents agree with your wife? I would be more concerned with whether they consider your playing Prince Charming to be inappropriate. At 6, I see no harm in it. When Becca is 8 or 9, your wife may have a point. Of course, by then she may prefer to be Supergirl rather than a princess and have other objectives than being a bride. As to kissing your granddaughter hello or goodbye, that’s perfectly appropriate regardless of her age. And when you do, I seriously doubt anyone will mistake you for a predator. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

If you think you see an error in today’s diagram, please do not e-mail in; all will be revealed in a moment. Victor Mollo, who was born in Russia but lived most of his life in London, wrote many stories about bridge-playing fauna. Mollo died in 1987, but some years later, a cache of unpublished articles was found, enough for four books. The final collection, “Last Call in the Menagerie” (Master Point Press), appeared earlier this year. All of these books feature unusual deals with some instructive elements and humorous narrative. The main character is the acerbic Hideous Hog, who knows how to get the best out of his partners and worst out of his opponents. In this deal, the Hog sat North, and his partner was the Rueful Rabbit, a very weak player who was born under a lucky star. In this rubber-bridge deal, the Rabbit ended in five hearts. How did he plan the play after West led the spade king? The Hog had carefully hidden his spade ace between the four and five. He was worried that East would be void in spades and did not want the Rabbit to waste the ace. So, West took the first trick and continued with the spade queen. Then, as the Rabbit pulled the four into the middle of the table, the ace jutted out. The Rabbit ruffed, cashed his heart ace, played a heart to the queen, discarded a club on the spade ace, ruffed the third round of clubs in his hand, returned to the dummy with a trump, and discarded a diamond on the club eight -- the only way to make the contract.

There are many strategies to solving Sudoku. One way to begin is to examine each 3x3 grid and ﬁgure out which numbers are missing. Then, based on the other numbers in the row and column of each blank cell, ﬁnd which of the missing numbers will work. Eliminating numbers will eventually lead you to the answer.

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in her songwriting, both of which reached new levels of depth and nuance on her 2015 record “Under Branch and Thorn and Tree,” a collection of 10 songs that grapple with betrayal, heartbreak, mortality and loneliness, set amid a bleak, rural Oklahoma landscape of dusty taverns and boom-or-bust oil towns. But for the hardscrabble descriptions in Crain’s songs, the production here is often chipper and lush, a soothing balm of pedal steel guitar and rousing violin play. “Elk City” stands out as one of the album’s best songs, capturing a decisive moment in the life of a woman who wants out of the town along I-40. — Matt Carney

DEERPEOPLE, “There’s Still Time for Us to Die” It was years in the making but well worth the wait. Oklahoma City-via-Stillwater sextet DEERPEOPLE makes pop music so party-ready that it makes Andrew W.K. look like a docile, sleeping puppy. The band has successfully bottled its bombastic live show into something you can blast on repeat. — NP

Electric Rag Band, “My Side” Father-son Tulsa duo Electric Rag Band is in its 21st year, and “My Side” offers something from popular music over that spectrum of time and beyond. Album opener and title track “My Side” is a ’90s rock-influenced garage blues tune that quickly gives way to the finger-picked punk vibe of “Do This to Me.” The record is an exhausting exercise in genre-hopping and offers more twists than you can count on a single listen. “My Side” is a good allaround album pick for fans of blues or bluegrass, rock or rockabilly. — BC

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, “The Battle for Earth” Need to add some more weird to your music diet? Call up the hooded jazz miscreants of JFJO. Chris Combs, Josh Raymer and Brian Haas make jazz sound anything but boring on this energetic live album that’s paired with a supernatural comic book. — NP

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Beau Jennings, “The Verdigris” Some incarnation of Beau Jennings, whether solo, with his band the Tigers, or as frontman of now-defunct band Cheyenne, has released a record every couple of years since 2005, but “The Verdigris” came on slow. It’s fantastical, with multiple narrators and styles (owing in part to the timeline of its construction), and all songs were inspired in some form by Will Rogers, the record a companion to Jennings’ documentary film of the same name. But you can ignore the existence of the film and still think this is Jennings’ best album to date. “The Verdigris” is complete: Beau Jennings poignant and weighted, somehow more honest than its fiction would imply and without any of the tongue-in-cheek humor present on many of Jennings’ other recordings. At times it’s like looking through the window at Rogers’ life as it happened, and others, it sounds like exactly what it is: the story of someone’s boyhood hero. — BC

Johnny Polygon, “I Love You, Goodnight”

Rapper L.T.Z. presents as a sort of Oklahoma City Johnny Polygon is a parental advisory sticker with legs. everykid. His north-side family is tight-knit, he’s The Tulsa-rooted rapper name checks dead rock stars hyper-cognizant of peer pressure, church is a big part and his affinity for psychedelics with the power of a poet of his life — perhaps more so socially than spiritually — and the wit of a comedian. Polygon will make you laugh, and so are poverty, death and loss. Like Kendrick Lamar’s cry and, most importantly, dance all night. — NP debut “good kid, m.A.A.d. city,” “Barcelona ’92” capSardashhh, “ok.keys” tures what it’s like to grow up in a commuSardashhh’s hip-hop instrumentals put nity that’s at odds with you. forth a warmth that can only really result It’s also smoothly produced; a gorgeous, Go Code from his production method’s analog roots. old-school production that’s full of warm backing vocal samples, subtle saxophone KTWL Any given song results from hours of scouring thrift stores for records, sampling bits and groans and crisp, sizzling guitar licks, the pieces that catch his ear, and then weaving kind of stuff that UGK favored in the late for more music, go to instrumentation throughout in a layering pro’90s when the Texas duo had hit its stride. Oklahoman.com and cess until a complete beat takes shape. Press Between that and the universal subject mat- enter the Go Code play, then smile and nod along until you’re ter, “Barcelona ’92” will prove as timeless as above. jolted by a calculated shift in beat or dissothe basketball team it’s named for. — MC nant piano jangle. “ok.keys” is soulful and Dan Martin, “Hoka Hey” keyboard-driven, at times evocative of moments from your Dan Martin’s tunes would be at home on any Mayberry favorite R&B albums, but less definable in its attractiveness. radio station. The Tulsa artist is one of Oklahoma’s best- It’s a fine example of what a capable producer-composer kept secrets, and I couldn’t get enough of his laidback with respect for what his medium can do. — BC folky tunes. “Hoka Hey” is full of the kind of tender balSex Snobs, “Pop Songs and Other Ways to Die” lads that could shut up everyone at a campfire. — NP From the ashes of the great hard-core band C.H.U.D. JD McPherson, “Let the Good Times Roll” rises Sex Snobs, Oklahoma City’s latest, greatest noisy If you let it, “Let the Good Times Roll” cuts deeper rock band. When it’s not busy pounding away like Nirwith every listen, touching on vana on its 2015 release “Pop Songs vintage homages and complex and Other Ways to Die,” the band production, all laced with bitcasually reveals a mischievous ing insults, paranoid confessions slacker charm that’s evocative of and power struggles. All the clasother great ’90s bands like Butsic rock ’n’ roll elements are here thole Surfers and Pavement. Stick but presented in a way that makes around for the whole thing and you them startling. Come for the Little even get a Weezer-style alt-rock Richard-esque vocals, but stay for ballad, “Horrible Youth,” tucked the unexpected depth and moodiaway as a pleasantly surprising ness cloaked in a party. On “Let the wishy-washy penultimate track. — Good Times Roll,” McPherson is MC Oklahoma music’s happiest malSports, “Naked All The Time” content. — BC “Naked All the Time” caught John Moreland, me by surprise. It’s a floral, funny “High on Tulsa Heat” and earnest record of funky bass Sports play and delicate guitar lines that You can check Pitchfork, Amersounds, well, like no first effort I’ve ican Songwriter, The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal for high praise of “High ever heard from a band of young locals. And while some may hear kitsch in its many luxurious on Tulsa Heat.” Or you can listen to it yourself. Better yet, see Moreland live, and let your own tears tell you what synthesizer tones and programmed drumbeats, “Naked you need to know 30 seconds in. The hype is real: “Tulsa All the Time” has held up really well for me after months Heat” has as many lyrical shots to the heart as a person of listening. I think thie is mostly due to its exceptional songwriting, which focuses on relationships in their can take in 41 minutes. — BC most precarious moments, when all the possibilities are Native Lights, “Native Lights” there but nothing’s for certain. Oh, and did I mention? The guitar riff that opens Tulsa’s Native Lights’ self-ti- The whole thing sounds as good in your car and at a party tled debut scratches right at your bones. Not far behind it, as it does in your headphones. — MC another one comes in, this time more like a not-so-faraway alarm, quickly approaching. The song “Black Wall Tallows, “Waist Deep” Tallows made a stellar sophomore record. “Waist Street” not only is about the terror and doom inflicted by the Tulsa Race Riot, it actually tries to evoke such Deep” is mathy and glitchy but also organic, composed feelings within the listener. On both levels, it succeeds. and completely listenable and coherent from start to finWith the exception of the groaning, dour ambient track ish. It’s difficult to pinpoint sonic actualization in an era “Abuse Arcade,” the band’s first long player mostly deals where everyone makes records all the time, but “Waist in a steadily trudging, broad-backed post-rock Deep” shifted Tallows, for me, from a young buzz band that’s spiked with sweet Jesus and Mary Chain- with a familiar premise (that of early Modest Mouse and style vocal melodies sung by Bryce Chambers of the tougher origins of emo and indie rock) to one of the the band Ester Drang. It’s powerful, deeply satis- most interesting and diverse bands in the state, delivering fying comfort music from dudes with a little dark its own concept with confidence. — BC side to ’em. — MC

Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps, Self-titled

Other Lives, “Rituals” Other Lives tours out of necessity. How else do you hit venues around the world? That travel impacted frontman Jesse Tabish’s songwriting and made for the band’s most immediate, cerebral album to date. Who knows where the band is headed next? I can’t wait to listen. — NP

Pilgrim, “Easy People” There are so many stellar singer-songwriters based in Tulsa, and Pilgrim’s Beau Roberson should sit near the tip top. You couldn’t add any more heart to an album without contacting a surgeon. “Easy People” is an easy listen, and it’s as welcoming as the canine that graces the album’s cover. — NP

Pilgrim

Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps do the dance hall more justice than any other Oklahoma band right now, by leaps and bounds. Tovar’s debut album is a tribute to classic and outlaw country, to be sure — it even opens with a cover of Willie Nelson’s “If You’ve Got the Money.” But Tovar’s original songs and, more importantly, his devastatingly charming vocal delivery, make the whole album an unabashed joy, respectful of its roots while standing on its own. Irresistible, and no two-stepping required. — BC

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Ford promises an older, wiser Han Solo BY DERRIK J. LANG

Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver represent.” Despite embodying the intergalactic scoundrel in three films, the “Indiana Jones” star didn’t feel the need to provide “Force Awakens” filmmakers with much insight into Solo, who is back alongside shaggy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). “They wanted to know if I didn’t like something, and we would talk about ways to fix it,” Ford said. “That’s what we do. It’s a collaborative process. There wasn’t much. (Lawrence) Kasdan was back. He was one of the writers from the original films. He has a keen understanding on how the beast works, so I think they produced a script that — in my mind — was very easy to work with.”

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LOS ANGELES — When speaking about “Star Wars,” there are few topics that inspire a twinkle in Harrison Ford’s eyes. The 73-year-old actor is matter-of-fact about almost everything involving the sci-fi series’ latest episode — from his reunion with Carrie Fisher (“It was no big deal.”) to the franchise’s unwavering popularity (“For me, it’s old news.”).

A new hope However, when Ford brings up his new co-stars, he lights up like the Millennium Falcon charging through hyperspace. “The new, young actors Daisy Ridley and John Boyaga were well cast, well directed and are huge talents,” he said, his gritty voice lifting, during a recent interview. “They come off really well in the movie. They carry the movie.” After more than 30 years, Ford is reprising his role as smart-aleck smuggler Han Solo in director J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” out Dec. 18. The iconic character, who hasn’t been seen on screen since celebrating the fall of the Galactic Empire in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi,” serves as an unlikely mentor to scavenger Rey (Ridley), defector Finn (Boyega) and pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) as they team up to take on masked adversary Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and his minions.

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Actor Harrison Ford poses for a photo in front of the opera House in Sydney, Australia. Harrison Ford was in Australia to promote his latest film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” [AP PHOTO]

Ford said. “He’s not selling real estate now. He’s the same guy — only with the passage of 30 years. “While we do not sit down and describe what he’s been doing for those years, we do discover in the context of the story what

Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion. The studio is planning to release a stand-alone film about a young Solo in 2018. “If you make a huge investment in a product

and it pays off, there’s wisdom in seeing whether the well has run dry,” Ford said. “If the well has run dry, (expletive) admit it and go on to something else. This well has not dried, especially when you introduce new discoveries, which

Once he was back in a galaxy far, far away, Ford’s reprisal was stopped short on the second day of production last year when a door on the Millennium Falcon set outside London fell on him. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The unexpected time off proved more frustrating than fruitful. “I had been ready,” he said. “I didn’t have much to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.” After his work on the postponed production eventually wrapped up, Ford endured another mishap involving a flying machine. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif. The accidents haven’t stopped Ford from returning to the sky. “Oh, (expletive) no, I fly all the time,” said Ford, with his eyes glowing again. “I want to spend more time flying. That’s what I want to do.”

Digging up sand-covered secrets of ‘Star Wars’ BY LORRAINE ALI

of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority and production facility, twofour54. According to reports from regional papers, a “whole world” was erected in the desert and it included a “shuttle-like” spacecraft, “fast buggies” powered by jet engines, and giant craters made with explosives.

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Just 2 ½ hours

outside this ultra-modern Arab city the terrain is so alien you might as well be on another planet. Martian-red sand dunes tall as skyscrapers roll out as far as the eye can see and a fine mist of copper dust hangs in the air like low-lying fog. The Arabian Peninsula’s Rub’ al Khali desert is the stuff of fantasy, which is precisely why “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was shot here. In early 2014, director J.J. Abrams and nearly 800 cast and crew trekked into the largely uninhabited region known as the Empty Quarter to build, film and blow things up.

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The hand of Daisey Ridley as Rey reaches out to John Boyega as Finn in a scene from the new film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.J. Abrams. [DISNEY/LUCASFILM PHOTO]

Presumably lured by the planet Jakku-like landscape — and the 30 percent cash-back rebate the government offers to those who shoot in the emirate — the “Star Wars” crew spent six months filming key scenes on a secretive closed set that was said to resemble a small city. From Abu Dhabi, a 17-hour flight from Los Angeles, the “Star Wars” crew would have been shuttled past the city’s

modern high rises, its suburbs’ pristine Mediterranean McMansions, the outskirts’ shabby workers’ quarters, then desolate salt flats, an occasional goat herder taking refuge under a makeshift tent and grazing camel herds. In the company of a guide from the Abu Dhabi film authority, I am making a similar three-hour journey by SUV to the Empty Quarter. A dead, shriveled camel on the side of a sand

dune is just one reminder that even the hardiest of creatures is no match for the Rub’ al Khali. The guide finally stops our vehicle in an area of the desert known as Liwa, adjusting his head scarf before stepping out of the air conditioning and into the heat. “See this hill?” he asked, pointing off into nowhere. “Behind that is where ‘Star Wars’ was shot. Now maybe you will know us

for something more than camels and sand. Stormtroopers and sand,” he said, laughing. The “Star Wars” set was off-limits to press and visitors, and those who worked on the movie during filming were sworn to secrecy about everything having to do with the production. “We used the code Avco in everything we did in relation to ‘Star Wars,’” said Noura Al Kaabi, CEO

Crews from Bollywood’s film industry accustomed to working in challenging terrain were flown in from nearby India to help build sets. Cast and crew from the U.S. were given detailed packets on how to survive shooting in such brutal, albeit beautiful, surrounds. “The heat was so — ahh, my God — so intense,” said actress Daisy Ridley, who plays the fighter pilot Rey, by phone. “Like sweaty and gritty, we were filthy in it.” Still, she added, “It was amazing to start on location, everyone was together, everyone was bonding.” TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

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Reduxion Theatre celebrates holidays with second annual interactive ‘Cracker’ GOING ON

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‘JANE AUSTEN’S CHRISTMAS CRACKER!’ When: 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Thursday and Dec. 18-19, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Where: Civic Center Music Hall’s Joel Levine Rehearsal Hall, 201 N Walker. Information and tickets: 297-2264 or www. reduxiontheatre.com.

David Bricquet and Jessa Schinske, who play Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet of “Pride and Prejudice,” lead their cast mates in a Regency-era dance during the 2014 production of Reduxion Theatre Company’s “Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!” [PHOTO PROVIDED]

to bring even more guests to the ball. The yuletide production opens Friday for the first of six soirees inside the Civic Center’s mezzanine-level Joel Levine Rehearsal Hall. “It’s a large, large space. Wood floors, big windows all along the south wall. So, it’s really lovely and very conducive for a ball,” said Tyler Woods, Reduxion’s artistic director, who is directing this year’s Christmas production. “This is so unusual. We’re throwing a party that happens to have scripted material in it. It is so interactive to the audience, they’re really coming to a ball.”

Immersive Austen The family-friendly production is part Regencyera holiday party, part theatrical performance, part

improvisational theater and part historical re-enactment. Erin Woods said she envisioned the production as a sort of cross between a Jane Austen Society function and the well-known interactive play “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,” which treats the audience members as guests at a big ItalianAmerican wedding. As with last year’s show, audiences at “Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!” are treated as guests at a ball hosted by Jane Austen (Claudia Fain), her sister Cassandra (Mariah Warren) and their young niece Fanny (Nicole Hartwig). Patrons are encouraged to dress in Regency-era garb or festive clothing, and Braum’s will provide holiday treats ranging from eggnog and ice cream to cakes and cookies.

In retirement, Joe Sears remains true to Tuna, Texas BY BRANDY MCDONNELL Features Writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.com

Joe Sears may have returned to his hometown of Bartlesville, but a piece of his heart will always reside in Tuna, Texas. “I never expected to live in Oklahoma again. I was going to be buried here, but I was expecting to live my life out in Texas. I’m from Austin, I was there for 38 years … but I had to move back here to be with family, (to) live a little slower. And I have a beautiful home, so I’m happy here being at home,” Sears said in a phone interview this week from Bartlesville. “I just redistributed myself. I didn’t have to reinvent myself, but I have redistributed myself into other areas.” The co-star and cocreator of four wildly popular two-man plays set in the fictional third-smallest city in Texas — “Greater Tuna,” “A Tuna Christmas,” “Red, White and Tuna” and “Tuna Does Vegas” — Sears may have retired from acting, but he remains a busy theater writer and director with projects going in Bartlesville, Dewey and Tulsa. But the Tonynominated actor maintains his ties to Tuna by occasionally donning the flower-print dress of one of the town’s most beloved residents, Pearl Burras, for charity events like this weekend’s Aunt Pearl’s Cookie Project.

Special shows Also this weekend, Sears and his brother, state Rep. Earl Sears, will travel to the state Capitol to attend a special performance in their honor of “A Tuna

GOING ON ‘A TUNA CHRISTMAS’ When: 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: Oklahoma Judicial Center, 2100 N Lincoln Blvd. Admission: Free and open to the public with advanced registration. To register: Send requested performance date, first and last name, phone number Joe Sears and number of requested tickets (limit six per e-mail address) to Sovereignty.Symposium@oscn.net.

Christmas.” It will take place in the restored auditorium at the Oklahoma Judicial Center. Kyle Shifflett, staff attorney for Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Kauger, will play the 11 roles Joe Sears took on in the holiday comedy, while Seth Phillips, marketing strategist for Cox Communications, will take on the 11 characters portrayed by “Tuna” series co-creator and performer Jaston Williams. Along with Saturday’s invitation-only performance in honor of the Sears brothers, Shifflett and Phillips will give performances that are free and open to the public (with advanced registration) at 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Support for the arts While the popularity of the “Tuna” series has helped Joe Sears become a big name in theater, his brother Earl also is known for his support of the arts. Last week, Gov. Mary Fallin honored Rep. Sears with the George Nigh Public Service in the Arts Award at the 40th Annual

Governor’s Arts Awards. “He’s very dedicated to the arts. He’s my greatest fan, and Earl has watched me go through the arts all my life,” Joe Sears said. “I made him participate in it when we were younger. We would go see movies, and I’d come home and make him re-enact them with me. I would make him play the Mexicans at the Alamo; he had to fall dead. We re-enacted ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’ We had so much fun. ‘Mutiny on the Bounty,’ I made him walk the plank several times,” Joe Sears said with a laugh. “We’re both lovers of creativity, and even though Earl didn’t make a living in it, he has an appreciation for it because he knows what an Oklahoma boy like his brother went off and he did, and Earl wants that opportunity to happen for anybody.” On Saturday morning, Joe Sears will again play one of his most famous characters for the fourth annual Aunt Pearl’s Cookie Project, a Bartlesville community cookie swap that will benefit the Lighthouse Outreach Center for the homeless.

Along with audience members, characters from some of Austen’s most beloved novels will be in attendance, including Col. Brandon (Tyler Woods), Marianne Dashwood (Mariah Webb) and Elinor Dashwood (Gracie Lewis) from “Sense and Sensibility” and Anne Elliot (T.K. Morrison) and Capt. Wentworth (Shelby Button) from “Persuasion.” Elizabeth Bennet (Jessa Schinske) and Mr. Darcy (David Bricquet) from “Pride and Prejudice” also will return to the party

this year but play different scenes from one of Austen’s most well-known works. Although the exchanges between the fictional characters come from the books, Erin Woods said she again based the show’s dialogue between the reallife members of the Austen clan on published letters between the sisters and their family. This year’s show is set in 1796, the year after the debut production’s time frame. “We wanted to get the feel of really being at a Regency-style Christmas … and this year three or four major books have come out that are like ‘A Jane Austen Christmas,’ ” Erin Woods said. “It’s suddenly become an interest, and it’s on the hearts and minds of lots of people all the sudden.”

Interactive festivities The production will introduce a new selection of Regency-era carols as well as different dances

to go along with the ones that were popular last year. Audience members again will be invited to join the cast and learn the dances and songs at different points during the shows. “It’s got a lot of surprises and twists and turns,” Tyler Woods said. This year’s production also will add live music and Regency-era parlor games, and patrons will get to play along with the latter. “One of them is called Squeal, Piggy, Squeal, and it involves a farmer, a blindfold, a pillow and lots of sitting on laps and making people squeal like farm animals,” Tyler Woods said. Woods said the popularity of the production proves that Oklahoma City is ready for interactive theater experiences. “It’s such a participatory world nowadays … and I think we’ve now plugged into some things that we can offer in a unique way that the city is clearly hungry for.”

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Reduxion Theatre celebrates holidays with second annual interactive ‘Cracker’ GOING ON

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BAM Reduxion Theatre Company is dancing into the holidays again with its second annual “Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!” “We had talked about doing a Christmas show a long time and wanted to do something different … but we weren’t sure who would be into this, because Christmas shows are really popular around town. There are some standards and some favorites, and they are beloved — and I love them, too,” said Erin Woods, Reduxion’s managing director. “We did not know it would sell out like it did.” Along with Reduxion season ticketholders and hard-core Austen fans, the interactive show’s 2014 debut drew many other patrons eager to participate in the Regency-era dances, sing period Christmas carols and watch scenes play out from the beloved author’s books. All six performances sold out last year, she said, which is remarkable for a new, original production. “Opening night, we said, ‘We’re going to dance now,’ and people flooded the stage like it was a rock concert,” Woods, the show’s writer, recalled with a laugh. In its second year, the “Christmas Cracker” will offer a different sampling of period dances and carols, new scenes from Austen’s venerable stories and a much larger venue to bring even more guests to the ball. The yuletide production opens Friday for the first of six soirees inside the Civic Center’s mezzanine-level Joel Levine Rehearsal Hall. “It’s a large, large space. Wood floors, big windows all along the south wall. So, it’s really lovely and very conducive for a ball,” said Tyler Woods, Reduxion’s artistic director, who is directing this year’s Christmas production. “This is so unusual. We’re throwing a party that happens to have scripted material in it. It is so interactive to the audience, they’re really coming to a ball.”

Immersive Austen The family-friendly production is part Regencyera holiday party, part theatrical performance, part improvisational theater and part historical re-enactment. Erin Woods said she envisioned the production as a sort of cross between a Jane Austen Society function and the well-known interactive play “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,” which treats the audience members as guests at a big ItalianAmerican wedding. As with last year’s show, audiences at “Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!” are treated as guests at a ball hosted by Jane Austen (Claudia Fain), her sister Cassandra (Mariah Warren) and their young niece Fanny (Nicole Hartwig). Patrons are encouraged to dress in Regency-era garb or festive clothing, and Braum’s will provide hol-

iday treats ranging from eggnog and ice cream to cakes and cookies. Along with audience members, characters from some of Austen’s most beloved novels will be in attendance, including Col. Brandon (Tyler Woods), Marianne Dashwood (Mariah Webb) and Elinor Dashwood (Gracie Lewis) from “Sense and Sensibility” and Anne Elliot (T.K. Morrison) and Capt. Wentworth (Shelby Button) from “Persuasion.” Elizabeth Bennet (Jessa Schinske) and Mr. Darcy (David Bricquet) from “Pride and Prejudice” also will return to the party this year but play different scenes from one of Austen’s most well-known works. Although the exchanges between the fictional characters come from the books, Erin Woods said she again based the show’s dialogue between the reallife members of the Austen clan on published letters between the sisters and their family. This year’s show is set in 1796, the year after the debut production’s time frame. “We wanted to get the feel of really being at a Regency-style Christmas … and this year three or four major books have come out that are like ‘A Jane Austen Christmas,’ ” Erin Woods said. “It’s suddenly become an interest, and it’s on the hearts and minds of lots of people all the sudden.”

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Interactive festivities The production will introduce a new selection of Regency-era carols as well as different dances to go along with the ones that were popular last year. Audience members again will be invited to join the cast and learn the dances and songs at different points during the shows. “It’s got a lot of surprises and twists and turns,” Tyler Woods said. This year’s production also will add live music and Regency-era parlor games, and patrons will get to play along with the latter. “One of them is called Squeal, Piggy, Squeal, and it involves a farmer, a blindfold, a pillow and lots of sitting on laps and making people squeal like farm animals,” Tyler Woods said. Woods said the popularity of the production proves that Oklahoma City is ready for interactive theater experiences. “It’s such a participatory world nowadays … and I think we’ve now plugged into some things that we can offer in a unique way that the city is clearly hungry for.”

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Halsey knows she’s more than ‘manic pixie dream girl’ BY MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — One of music’s most talked-about new artists, Halsey has come a long way in the four years since she left home at age 17. The singer, known for her confessional yet provocative lyrics, recently passed the million-follower mark on both Twitter and Instagram. She won over Zane Lowe, the influential DJ on Apple’s Beats 1 radio station with her song “New Americana.” And in September, her debut album, “Badlands,” entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 2 with impressive sales of nearly 100,000 copies. In at least one respect, though, Halsey — born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane — still sees herself as the kid who moved out of her parents’ house to live with a boyfriend whose drug problem she thought she could help him beat. “I’m a fixer, unfortunately,” she said. “I’m like, ‘Oh, I can fix you.’ But it’s not just guys I’m dating anymore. It’s this entire legion of young girls who tell me they need me to maintain any sort of sanity or peace.” She laughed wryly. “I’m like a fixer on steroids.” She’s flexing new muscles to prove it too. Having built a fiercely devoted core fan base, Halsey, 21, is making a clear push toward the mainstream with a high-profile duet on the new album by Justin Bieber and an opening slot on the Weeknd’s fall arena tour.

Proud misfit Yet in a sign of how pop now sometimes moves from the bottom up, she’s attempting to get there while preserving the proud-misfit vibe embodied by songs like “Castle,” in which she’s “sick of being poised,” and “New Americana,” about a generation “high on legal marijuana, raised on Biggie and Nirvana.” “You can be accessible without catering to an audience,” she said just hours after flying in from New York following an early morning performance with Bieber on the “Today” show. Wearing a button-down shirt-dress the same color as her icyblond hair, the singer adds that unsettling a listener in this era of media overstimulation — getting a person to feel her thoughts on mental illness or the emptiness of celebrity — is something to strive for, not avoid. “If someone says to me, ‘Your music makes me uncomfortable,’ I say, ‘Thank you.’ ” Halsey experienced that reaction to art early in her own life. Growing up in suburban New Jersey, she spent a lot of time in afterschool programs while her young parents worked, she said. Reading came quickly, and by sixth grade she’d consumed classics from well beyond any elementary curriculum: “The Great Gatsby,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Lolita.” “I got exposed to all this stuff — sex, betrayal, the conditions of life — but had no context for understanding it,” she recalled. So she began devouring psychology textbooks she’d pick up secondhand. Soon she was writing prose and poetry but turned to writing songs

Halsey performs at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. [AP PHOTO]

when she decided she wasn’t getting enough attention. Like many digitally savvy musicians her age, she quickly developed a following on social media, even as she found herself drifting among friends’ couches in Brooklyn. (The boyfriend into hallucinogens didn’t last.) “Ghost,” her first single as Halsey, circulated widely enough that several record labels came calling, including the Capitol Music subsidiary Astralwerks, which signed the singer last year.

Group catharsis Working with a crew of up-and-coming producers, Halsey was meticulous in the creation of “Badlands,” taking care to realize her sonic vision — electronic pop with jagged

edges and “a real sense of place” — and to represent her point of view as the bisexual daughter of a white mother and a black father. The effort paid off: “Badlands” is vivid and bracing, full of would-be anthems that turn personal detail into the stuff of group catharsis. “There’s a reason we have a Taylor Swift, an Ariana Grande, a Beyonce,” she said. “Everyone has to fill these narrow roles, and they can’t overlap.” Halsey’s success is in part because of gatekeepers’ perceived need for a “manic pixie dream girl,” she said, using a popular phrase that describes a quirky, straight-talking female archetype. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

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MTV’s list has Adele at No. 7 BY DAVID BAUDER

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NEW YORK — Hello? MTV is out with its list of 2015’s top musical artists, and Adele only made it to No. 7 despite selling more than twice as many albums as anyone else this year. Fetty Wap, whose songs “Trap Queen” and “My Way” established him as a rapper to watch, was named top artist. Drake’s booty call groove, “Hotline Bling,” was chosen by the network’s staff as the best song of the year. Besides Fetty Wap, MTV judged Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Kendrick Lamar above Adele for best artist. Adele sold nearly 4.5 million copies of her new album, “25,” in the U.S. in just two weeks. The No. 2 album in sales, Swift’s “1989,” has sold just under 1.8 million copies for all of 2015, the Nielsen company said. “There’s a strong argument that (Adele) could be No. 1 and we welcome that back-and-forth,” said Eric Ditzian, MTV’s senior news director. “We wanted to take into context all of 2015.” Adele’s new disc was released Nov. 20, with the “Hello” single out a month earlier. Besides sales, MTV considers streams, impact on pop culture and an artist’s contact with fans through social media in its decision. Adele is relatively low key in social media and, thus far, hasn’t made songs from “25” available for streaming through sources like Spotify. Fetty Wap “just absolutely came out of nowhere and blew us away,” Ditzian said. MTV is impressed with how the rapper, born Willie Maxwell in Paterson, N.J., wasn’t held back by a disability. Fetty Wap

Fetty Wap performs at the Hot 97’s “Busta Rhymes & Friends: Hot For The Holidays” event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. [AP FILE PHOTO]

Adele performs on the “Today” show to promote her latest release, “25.” [AP FILE PHOTO]

lost his left eye to glaucoma as a youngster. Adele’s “Hello” was everywhere for the past month, but ranked No. 2 to Drake for best song. “Hotline Bling” was “inescapable in a very good way,” Ditzian said. Rounding out MTV’s Top Five best songs were

“Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd, Lamar’s “Alright” and “Shut Up & Dance” by Walk the Moon. MTV said the best movies of 2015 were “Furious 7,” ‘’Straight Outta Compton” and “Dope.” Gigi Gorgeous was MTV’s first-ever social media star of the year.

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Ford promises older Digging for sandy secrets and wiser Han Solo of new ‘Star Wars’ film BY LORRAINE ALI Los Angeles Times

BY DERRIK J. LANG

AP Entertainment Writer

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Just 2 ½ hours

LOS ANGELES — When

speaking about “Star Wars,” there are few topics that inspire a twinkle in Harrison Ford’s eyes. The 73-year-old actor is matter-of-fact about almost everything involving the sci-fi series’ latest episode — from his reunion with Carrie Fisher (“It was no big deal.”) to the franchise’s unwavering popularity (“For me, it’s old news.”).

Actor Harrison Ford poses for a photo in front of the opera House in Sydney, Australia. Harrison Ford was in Australia to promote his latest film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” [AP PHOTO]

the complications have been in his life.” Ford, who infamously wanted George Lucas to kill off Solo in “Return of the Jedi,” had a “why not?” attitude about suiting back up as Solo. He wasn’t surprised by Disney’s Death Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion. The studio is planning to release a stand-alone film about a young Solo in 2018. “If you make a huge investment in a product and it pays off, there’s wisdom in seeing whether the well has run dry,” Ford said. “If the well has run dry, (expletive) admit it and go on to something else. This well has not dried, especially when you introduce new discoveries, which Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver represent.” Despite embodying the intergalactic scoundrel in three films, the “Indiana Jones” star didn’t feel the need to provide “Force Awakens” filmmakers with much insight into Solo, who is back alongside shaggy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). “They wanted to know if I didn’t like something, and we would talk about ways to fix it,” Ford said. “That’s what we do. It’s a collaborative process. There wasn’t much. (Lawrence) Kasdan was back. He was one of the writers

from the original films. He has a keen understanding on how the beast works, so I think they produced a script that — in my mind — was very easy to work with.”

Falcon malfunctions Once he was back in a galaxy far, far away, Ford’s reprisal was stopped short on the second day of production last year when a door on the Millennium Falcon set outside London fell on him. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The unexpected time off proved more frustrating than fruitful. “I had been ready,” he said. “I didn’t have much to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.” After his work on the postponed production eventually wrapped up, Ford endured another mishap involving a flying machine. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif. The accidents haven’t stopped Ford from returning to the sky. “Oh, (expletive) no, I fly all the time,” said Ford, with his eyes glowing again. I want to spend more time flying. That’s what I want to do.”

The hand of Daisey Ridley as Rey reaches out to John Boyega as Finn in a scene from the new film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.J. Abrams. [DISNEY/LUCASFILM PHOTO]

17-hour flight from Los Angeles, the “Star Wars” crew would have been shuttled past the city’s modern high rises, its suburbs’ pristine Mediterranean McMansions, the outskirts’ shabby workers’ quarters, then desolate salt flats, an occasional goat herder taking refuge under a makeshift tent and grazing camel herds. In the company of a guide from the Abu Dhabi film authority, I am making a similar three-hour journey by SUV to the Empty Quarter. A dead, shriveled camel on the side of a sand dune is just one reminder that even the hardiest of creatures is no match for the Rub’ al Khali. The guide finally stops our vehicle in an area of the desert known as Liwa, adjusting his head scarf before stepping out of the air conditioning and into the heat. “See this hill?” he asked, pointing off into nowhere.

“Behind that is where ‘Star Wars’ was shot. Now maybe you will know us for something more than camels and sand. Stormtroopers and sand,” he said, laughing. The “Star Wars” set was off-limits to press and visitors, and those who worked on the movie during filming were sworn to secrecy about everything having to do with the production. “We used the code Avco in everything we did in relation to ‘Star Wars,’” said Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority and production facility, twofour54. According to reports from regional papers, a “whole world” was erected in the desert and it included a “shuttle-like” spacecraft, “fast buggies” powered by jet engines, and giant craters made with explosives. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

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In retirement, Joe Sears remains true to Tuna, Texas BY BRANDY MCDONNELL Features Writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.com

Special shows Also this weekend, Sears and his brother, state Rep. Earl Sears, will travel to the state Capitol to attend a special performance in their honor of “A Tuna

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Halsey knows she’s more than ‘manic pixie dream girl’ BY MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times

Halsey performs at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. [AP PHOTO]

Group catharsis Working with a crew of up-and-coming producers, Halsey was meticulous in the creation of “Badlands,” taking care to realize her sonic vision — electronic pop with jagged

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MTV’s list has Adele at No. 7 BY DAVID BAUDER

AP Entertainment Writer

Fetty Wap performs at the Hot 97’s “Busta Rhymes & Friends: Hot For The Holidays” event at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. [AP FILE PHOTO]

Adele performs on the “Today” show to promote her latest release, “25.” [AP FILE PHOTO]

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Ford promises older and wiser Han Solo BY DERRIK J. LANG

AP Entertainment Writer

The hand of Daisey Ridley as Rey reaches out to John Boyega as Finn in a scene from the new film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.J. Abrams. [DISNEY/LUCASFILM PHOTO]

Digging for sandy secrets of new ‘Star Wars’ film BY LORRAINE ALI

Going Solo While the film has been cloaked in an unparalleled level of secrecy, Ford guaranteed that fans can expect the same Solo they fell in love with from the original “Star Wars” trilogy. (Disney declined to screen “Force Awakens” for this story ahead of the Dec. 14 premiere). “The shorthand is that he’s older and wiser, but his bones are the same,” Ford said. “He’s not selling real estate now. He’s the same guy — only with the passage of 30 years. “While we do not sit down and describe what he’s been doing for those years, we do discover in the context of the story what the complications have been in his life.” Ford, who infamously wanted George Lucas to kill off Solo in “Return of the Jedi,” had a “why not?” attitude about suiting back up as Solo. He wasn’t surprised by Disney’s Death Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion. The studio is planning to release a stand-alone film about a young Solo in 2018. “If you make a huge investment in a product and it pays off, there’s wisdom in seeing whether the well has run dry,” Ford said. “If the well has run dry, (expletive) admit it and go on to something else. This well has not dried, especially when you introduce new discoveries, which Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver represent.” Despite embodying the intergalactic scoundrel in three films, the “Indiana Jones” star didn’t feel the need to provide “Force Awakens” filmmakers with much insight into Solo, who is back alongside shaggy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). “They wanted to know if I didn’t like something, and we would talk about ways to fix it,” Ford said. “That’s what we do. It’s a collaborative process. There wasn’t much. (Law-

Los Angeles Times

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Just 2 ½ hours outside this ultra-modern Arab city the terrain is so alien you might as well be on another planet. Martian-red sand dunes tall as skyscrapers roll out as far as the eye can see and a fine mist of copper dust hangs in the air like low-lying fog. The Arabian Peninsula’s Rub’ al Khali desert is the stuff of fantasy, which is precisely why “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was shot here. In early 2014, director J.J. Abrams and nearly 800 cast and crew trekked into the largely uninhabited region known as the Empty Quarter to build, film and blow things up.

Actor Harrison Ford poses for a photo in front of the opera House in Sydney, Australia. Harrison Ford was in Australia to promote his latest film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” [AP PHOTO]

rence) Kasdan was back. He was one of the writers from the original films. He has a keen understanding on how the beast works, so I think they produced a script that — in my mind — was very easy to work with.”

to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.” After his work on the postponed production eventually wrapped up, Ford endured another mishap involving a flying machine. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif. The accidents haven’t stopped Ford from returning to the sky. “Oh, (expletive) no, I fly all the time,” said Ford, with his eyes glowing again. “I want to spend more time flying. That’s what I want to do.”

A sea of sand They had plenty of room to stage intergalactic battles. Rub’ al Khali is the world’s largest contiguous desert, a sea of sand stretching from Oman to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (of which Abu Dhabi is the capital) to Yemen. Presumably lured by the planet Jakku-like landscape — and the 30 percent cash-back rebate the government offers to those who shoot in the emirate — the “Star Wars” crew spent six months filming key scenes on a secretive closed set that was said to resemble a small city. From Abu Dhabi, a 17-hour flight from Los Angeles, the “Star Wars” crew would have been shuttled past the city’s modern high rises, its suburbs’ pristine Mediterranean McMansions, the outskirts’ shabby workers’ quarters, then desolate salt flats,

an occasional goat herder taking refuge under a makeshift tent and grazing camel herds. In the company of a guide from the Abu Dhabi film authority, I am making a similar three-hour journey by SUV to the Empty Quarter. A dead, shriveled camel on the side of a sand dune is just one reminder that even the hardiest of creatures is no match for the Rub’ al Khali. The guide finally stops our vehicle in an area of the desert known as Liwa, adjusting his head scarf before stepping out of the air conditioning and into the heat. “See this hill?” he asked, pointing off into nowhere. “Behind that is where ‘Star Wars’ was shot. Now maybe you will know us for something more than camels and sand. Stormtroopers and sand,” he said, laughing. The “Star Wars” set was off-limits to press and visitors, and those who worked on the movie during filming were sworn to secrecy about everything having to do with the production. “We used the code Avco in everything we did in relation to ‘Star Wars,’” said Noura Al Kaabi, CEO of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority and production facility, twofour54. According to reports from regional papers, a “whole world” was erected in the desert and it included a “shuttle-like” spacecraft, “fast buggies” powered by jet engines, and giant craters made with explosives. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

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In retirement, Joe Sears remains true to Tuna, Texas BY BRANDY MCDONNELL Features Writer bmcdonnell@oklahoman.com

Joe Sears may have returned to his hometown of Bartlesville, but a piece of his heart will always reside in Tuna, Texas. “I never expected to live in Oklahoma again. I was going to be buried here, but I was expecting to live my life out in Texas. I’m from Austin, I was there for 38 years … but I had to move back here to be with family, (to) live a little slower. And I have a beautiful home, so I’m happy here being at home,” Sears said in a phone interview this week from Bartlesville. The co-star and cocreator of four wildly popular two-man plays set in the fictional third-smallest city in Texas — “Greater Tuna,” “A Tuna Christmas,” “Red, White and Tuna” and “Tuna Does Vegas” — Sears may have retired from acting, but he remains a busy theater writer and director with projects going in Bartlesville, Dewey and Tulsa. But the Tonynominated actor maintains his ties to Tuna by occasionally donning the flower-print dress of one of the town’s most beloved residents, Pearl Burras.

Special shows Also this weekend, Sears and his brother, state Rep. Earl Sears, will travel to the state Capitol to attend a special performance in

GOING ON ‘A TUNA CHRISTMAS’ When: 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: Oklahoma Judicial Center, 2100 N Lincoln Blvd. Admission: Free and open to the public with advanced registration. To register: Send requested performance date, first and last name, phone number and number of requested tickets (limit six per e-mail address) to Sovereignty.Symposium@oscn.net.

their honor of “A Tuna Christmas.” It will take place in the restored auditorium at the Oklahoma Judicial Center. Kyle Shifflett, staff attorney for Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Kauger, will play the 11 roles Joe Sears took on in the holiday comedy, while Seth Phillips, marketing strategist for Cox Communications, will take on the 11 characters portrayed by “Tuna” series co-creator and performer Jaston Williams. Along with Saturday’s invitation-only performance in honor of the Sears brothers, Shifflett and Phillips will give performances that are free and open to the public (with advanced registration) at 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Support for the arts While the popularity of the “Tuna” series has helped Joe Sears become a big name in theater, his

brother Earl also is known for his support of the arts. Last week, Gov. Mary Fallin honored Rep. Sears with the George Nigh Public Service in the Arts Award at the 40th Annual Governor’s Arts Awards. “He’s very dedicated to the arts,” Joe Sears said. “I made him participate in it when we were younger. We would go see movies, and I’d come home and make him re-enact them with me. I would make him play the Mexicans at the Alamo; he had to fall dead. We re-enacted ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’ We had so much fun. ‘Mutiny on the Bounty,’ I made him walk the plank several times,” Joe Sears said with a laugh. On Saturday morning, Joe Sears will again play one of his most famous characters for the fourth annual Aunt Pearl’s Cookie Project, a Bartlesville community cookie swap that will benefit the Lighthouse Outreach Center for the homeless.

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Going Solo While the film has been cloaked in an unparalleled

level of secrecy, Ford guaranteed that fans can expect the same Solo they fell in love with from the original “Star Wars” trilogy. (Disney declined to screen “Force Awakens” for this story ahead of the Dec. 14 premiere). “The shorthand is that he’s older and wiser, but his bones are the same,” Ford said. “He’s not selling real estate now. He’s the same guy — only with the passage of 30 years. “While we do not sit down and describe what he’s been doing for those years, we do discover in the context of the story what the complications have been in his life.” Ford, who infamously wanted George Lucas to kill off Solo in “Return of the Jedi,” had a “why not?” attitude about suiting back up as Solo. He wasn’t surprised by Disney’s Death Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion. The studio is planning to release a stand-alone film about a young Solo in 2018. “If you make a huge investment in a product and it pays off, there’s wisdom in seeing whether the well has run dry,” Ford said. “If the well has run dry, (expletive) admit it and go on to something else. This well has not dried, especially when you introduce new discoveries, which Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver represent.” Despite embodying the intergalactic scoundrel in three films, the “Indiana Jones” star didn’t feel the need to provide “Force Awakens” filmmakers with much insight into Solo, who is back alongside shaggy sidekick Chew-

bacca (Peter Mayhew). “They wanted to know if I didn’t like something, and we would talk about ways to fix it,” Ford said. “That’s what we do. It’s a collaborative process. There wasn’t much. (Lawrence) Kasdan was back. He was one of the writers from the original films. He has a keen understanding on how the beast works, so I think they produced a script that — in my mind — was very easy to work with.”

Falcon malfunctions Once he was back in a galaxy far, far away, Ford’s reprisal was stopped short on the second day of production last year when a door on the Millennium Falcon set outside London fell on him. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The unexpected time off proved more frustrating than fruitful. “I had been ready,” he said. “I didn’t have much to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.” After his work on the postponed production eventually wrapped up, Ford endured another mishap involving a flying machine. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif. The accidents haven’t stopped Ford from returning to the sky. “Oh, (expletive) no, I fly all the time,” said Ford, with his eyes glowing again. “I want to spend more time flying. That’s what I want to do.”

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Angeles, the “Star Wars” crew would have been shuttled past the city’s modern high rises, its suburbs’ pristine Mediterranean McMansions, the outskirts’ shabby workers’ quarters, then desolate salt flats, an occasional goat herder taking refuge under a makeshift tent and grazing camel herds. In the company of a guide from the Abu Dhabi film authority, I am making a similar three-hour journey by SUV to the Empty Quarter. A dead, shriveled camel on the side of a sand dune is just one reminder that even the hardiest of creatures is no match for the Rub’ al Khali. The guide finally stops our vehicle in an area of the desert known as Liwa, adjusting his head scarf before stepping out of the air conditioning and into the heat. “See this hill?” he asked, pointing off into nowhere.

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When: 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: Oklahoma Judicial Center, 2100 N Lincoln Blvd. Admission: Free and open to the public with advanced registration. To register: Send requested performance date, first and last name, phone number Joe Sears and number of requested tickets (limit six per e-mail address) to Sovereignty.Symposium@oscn.net.

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NEW YORK — ABC is stepping out with a new production of “Dirty Dancing.” The network said this week it will film a three-hour adaptation of the 1987 film that starred Jennifer Grey. This time, actress-singer Abigail Breslin will play the lead role of Baby. No other cast members were announced, nor did

ABC specify an airdate for the film. “Dirty Dancing” tells the song-anddance story of a young woman in the early 1960s who vacations with her parents in the Catskill Mountains and falls for the resort’s working-class dance instructor, who in the original film was played by Patrick Swayze. The ABC film will be produced by Lionsgate TV.

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LOS ANGELES — Queen Latifah is starring in a new drama pilot from filmmaker Lee Daniels, the co-creator of Fox TV’s “Empire.” The untitled Fox pilot is about three young women trying to make it in the music industry. Latifah plays Carlotta, a beauty salon owner who becomes a surrogate mom to the trio, the network said Monday. After open auditions, three newcomers were cast as the aspiring singers: Jude Demorest and Ryan Destiny, both from Detroit, and Brittany O’Grady from Washington, D.C.

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Musician-actress Latifah starred in NBC’s live production of “The Wiz” recently and played the famed blues singer Bessie Smith in the Emmy-

winning HBO movie, “Bessie.” The pilot, which could be the basis for a series, begins production this month in Atlanta.

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Joe Sears may have returned to his hometown of Bartlesville, but a piece of his heart will always reside in Tuna, Texas. “I never expected to live in Oklahoma again. I was going to be buried here, but I was expecting to live my life out in Texas. I’m from Austin, I was there for 38 years … but I had to move back here to be with family, (to) live a little slower. And I have a beautiful home, so I’m happy here being at home,” Sears said in a phone interview this week from Bartlesville. The co-star and cocreator of four wildly popular two-man plays set in the fictional third-smallest city in Texas — “Greater Tuna,” “A Tuna Christmas,” “Red, White and Tuna” and “Tuna Does Vegas” — Sears may have retired from acting, but he remains a busy theater writer and director with projects going in Bartlesville, Dewey and Tulsa. But the Tonynominated actor maintains his ties to Tuna by occasionally donning the flower-print dress of one of the town’s most beloved residents, Pearl Burras.

Special shows Also this weekend, Sears and his brother, state Rep. Earl Sears, will travel to the state Capitol to attend a special performance in

GOING ON ‘A TUNA CHRISTMAS’ When: 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: Oklahoma Judicial Center, 2100 N Lincoln Blvd. Admission: Free and open to the public with advanced registration. To register: Send requested performance date, first and last name, phone number and number of requested tickets (limit six per e-mail address) to Sovereignty.Symposium@oscn.net.

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he’s been doing for those years, we do discover in the context of the story what the complications have been in his life.” Ford, who infamously wanted George Lucas to kill off Solo in “Return of the Jedi,” had a “why not?” attitude about suiting back up as Solo. He wasn’t surprised by Disney’s Death Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion. The studio is planning to release a stand-alone film about a young Solo in 2018. “If you make a huge investment in a product and it pays off, there’s wisdom in seeing whether the well has run dry,” Ford said. “If the well has run dry, (expletive) admit it and go on to something else. This well has not dried, especially when you introduce new discoveries, which Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver represent.” Despite embodying the intergalactic scoundrel in three films, the “Indiana Jones” star didn’t feel the need to provide “Force Awakens” filmmakers with much insight into Solo, who is back alongside shaggy sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). “They wanted to know if I didn’t like something, and we would talk about ways to fix it,” Ford said. “That’s what we do. It’s a collaborative process. There wasn’t much. (Lawrence) Kasdan was back.

He was one of the writers from the original films. He has a keen understanding on how the beast works, so I think they produced a script that — in my mind — was very easy to work with.”

Falcon malfunctions Once he was back in a galaxy far, far away, Ford’s reprisal was stopped short on the second day of production last year when a door on the Millennium Falcon set outside London fell on him. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The unexpected time off proved more frustrating than fruitful. “I had been ready,” he said. “I didn’t have much to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.” After his work on the postponed production eventually wrapped up, Ford endured another mishap involving a flying machine. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif. The accidents haven’t stopped Ford from returning to the sky. “Oh, (expletive) no, I fly all the time,” said Ford, with his eyes glowing again. “I want to spend more time flying. That’s what I want to do.”

They had plenty of room to stage intergalactic battles. Rub’ al Khali is the world’s largest contiguous desert, a sea of sand stretching from Oman to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (of which Abu Dhabi is the capital) to Yemen. Presumably lured by the planet Jakku-like landscape — and the 30 percent cash-back rebate the government offers to those who shoot in the emirate — the “Star Wars” crew spent six months filming key scenes on a secretive closed set that was said to resemble a small city. From Abu Dhabi, a 17-hour flight from Los Angeles, the “Star Wars” crew would have been shuttled past the city’s modern high rises, its suburbs’ pristine Mediterranean McMansions, the outskirts’ shabby workers’ quarters, then desolate salt flats,

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Joe Sears may have returned to his hometown of Bartlesville, but a piece of his heart will always reside in Tuna, Texas. “I never expected to live in Oklahoma again. I was going to be buried here, but I was expecting to live my life out in Texas. I’m from Austin, I was there for 38 years … but I had to move back here to be with family, (to) live a little slower. And I have a beautiful home, so I’m happy here being at home,” Sears said in a phone interview this week from Bartlesville. The co-star and cocreator of four wildly popular two-man plays set in the fictional third-smallest city in Texas — “Greater Tuna,” “A Tuna Christmas,” “Red, White and Tuna” and “Tuna Does Vegas” — Sears may have retired from acting, but he remains a busy theater writer and director with projects going in Bartlesville, Dewey and Tulsa. But the Tonynominated actor maintains his ties to Tuna by occasionally donning the flower-print dress of one of the town’s most beloved residents, Pearl Burras.

Special shows Also this weekend, Sears and his brother, state Rep. Earl Sears, will travel to the state Capitol to attend a special performance in

GOING ON ‘A TUNA CHRISTMAS’ When: 7 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Where: Oklahoma Judicial Center, 2100 N Lincoln Blvd. Admission: Free and open to the public with advanced registration. To register: Send requested performance date, first and last name, phone number and number of requested tickets (limit six per e-mail address) to Sovereignty.Symposium@oscn.net.

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Above and below: David Bricquet and Jessa Schinske, who play Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet of “Pride and Prejudice,” lead their cast mates in a Regency-era dance during the 2014 production of Reduxion Theatre Company’s “Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!” [PHOTOS PROVIDED]

all along the south wall. So, it’s really lovely and very conducive for a ball,” said Tyler Woods, Reduxion’s artistic director, who is directing this year’s Christmas production. “This is so unusual. We’re throwing a party that happens to have scripted material in it. It is so interactive to the audience, they’re really coming to a ball.”

From left, David Bricquet, Jessa Schinske, Lucianna Maia and Mariah Webb sing Christmas carols during the 2014 production of Reduxion Theatre Company’s “Jane Austen’s Christmas Cracker!”

ball hosted by Jane Austen (Claudia Fain), her sister Cassandra (Mariah Warren) and their young niece Fanny (Nicole Hartwig). Patrons are encouraged to dress in Regency-era garb or festive clothing, and Braum’s will provide holiday treats ranging from eggnog and ice cream to cakes and cookies. Along with audience members, characters from some of Austen’s most beloved novels will be in attendance, including Col. Brandon (Tyler Woods), Marianne Dashwood (Mariah Webb) and Elinor Dashwood (Gracie Lewis)

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from “Sense and Sensibility” and Anne Elliot (T.K. Morrison) and Capt. Wentworth (Shelby Button) from “Persuasion.” Elizabeth Bennet (Jessa Schinske) and Mr. Darcy (David Bricquet) from “Pride and Prejudice” also will return to the party this year but play different scenes from one of Austen’s most well-known works. Although the exchanges between the fictional characters come from the books, Erin Woods said she again based the show’s dialogue between the reallife members of the Austen

clan on published letters between the sisters and their family. This year’s show is set in 1796, the year after the debut production’s time frame. “We wanted to get the feel of really being at a Regency-style Christmas … and this year three or four major books have come out that are like ‘A Jane Austen Christmas,’ ” Erin Woods said. “It’s suddenly become an interest, and it’s on the hearts and minds of lots of people all the sudden.”

and songs at different points during the shows. “It’s got a lot of surprises and twists and turns,” Tyler Woods said. This year’s production also will add live music and Regency-era parlor games, and patrons will get to play along with the latter. “One of them is called Squeal, Piggy, Squeal, and it involves a farmer, a blindfold, a pillow and lots of sitting on laps and making people squeal like farm animals,” Tyler Woods said. Woods said the popularity of the production proves that Oklahoma City is ready for interactive theater experiences. “It’s such a participatory world nowadays … and I think we’ve now plugged into some things that we can offer in a unique way that the city is clearly hungry for.”

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Proud misfit

Yet in a sign of how pop now sometimes moves from the bottom up, she’s attempting to get there while preserving the proud-misfit vibe embodied by songs like “Castle,” in which she’s “sick of being poised,” and “New Americana,” about a generation “high on legal marijuana, raised on Biggie and Nirvana.” “You can be accessible without catering to an audience,” she said just hours after flying in from New York following an early morning performance with Bieber on the “Today” show. Wearing a button-down shirt-dress the same color as her icyblond hair, the singer adds that unsettling a listener in this era of media overstimulation — getting a person to feel her thoughts on mental illness or the emptiness of celebrity — is something to strive for, not avoid. “If someone says to me, ‘Your music makes me uncomfortable,’ I say, ‘Thank you.’ ” Halsey experienced that reaction to art early in her own life. Growing up in suburban New Jersey, she spent a lot of time in afterschool programs while her young parents worked, she said. Reading came quickly, and by sixth grade she’d consumed classics from well beyond any elementary curriculum: “The Great Gatsby,” “Death of a Salesman,” “Lolita.” “I got exposed to all this stuff — sex, betrayal, the conditions of life — but had no context for understanding it,” she recalled. So she began devouring psychology textbooks

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she’d pick up secondhand. Soon she was writing prose and poetry but turned to writing songs when she decided she wasn’t getting enough attention. Like many digitally savvy musicians her age, she quickly developed a following on social media, even as she found herself drifting among friends’ couches in Brooklyn. (The boyfriend into hallucinogens didn’t last.) “Ghost,” her first single as Halsey, circulated widely enough that several record labels came calling, including the Capitol Music subsidiary Astralwerks, which signed the singer last year.

Group catharsis Working with a crew of up-and-coming producers, Halsey was meticulous in the creation of “Badlands,” taking care to realize her sonic vision — electronic pop with jagged edges and “a real sense of place” — and to represent her point of view as the bisexual daughter of a white mother and a black father. The effort paid off: “Badlands” is vivid and bracing, full of would-be anthems that turn personal detail into the stuff of group catharsis. “There’s a reason we have a Taylor Swift, an Ariana Grande, a Beyonce,” she said. “Everyone has to fill these narrow roles, and they can’t overlap.” Halsey’s success is in part because of gatekeepers’ perceived need for a “manic pixie dream girl,” she said, using a popular phrase that describes a quirky, straight-talking female archetype. TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

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Ford promises older and wiser Han Solo BY DERRIK J. LANG

AP Entertainment Writer

Going Solo While the film has been cloaked in an unparalleled

Falcon malfunctions Once he was back in a galaxy far, far away, Ford’s reprisal was stopped short on the second day of production last year when a door on the Millennium Falcon set outside London fell on him. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The unexpected time off proved more frustrating than fruitful. “I had been ready,” he said. “I didn’t have much to think about. I think it gave J.J. some more time to think about some of the scenes.” After his work on the postponed production eventually wrapped up, Ford endured another mishap involving a flying machine. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif. The accidents haven’t stopped Ford from returning to the sky. “Oh, (expletive) no, I fly all the time,” said Ford, with his eyes glowing again. “I want to spend more time flying. That’s what I want to do.”

The hand of Daisey Ridley as Rey reaches out to John Boyega as Finn in a scene from the new film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed by J.J. Abrams. [DISNEY/LUCASFILM PHOTO]

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2014 BMW 328i, BLACK, LEATHER, 24K, NAV, SUNROOF, SPORT PACKAGE, STK #G9047A, $28,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2001 BUICK CENTURY, V6, auto, A/C, PW, PL, very clean, 87K, $4988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

'14 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT, $16,988, Stock #R1944. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2013 CADILLAC ATS, SILVER, LEATHER, SUNROOF, LOADED, STK #G8892B, $21,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080 2008 CADILLAC DTS, leather, loaded, very clean, 67,000 miles, $10,988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401 2008 CADILLAC CTS, leather, sunroof, nav, 80K miles, $13,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 BMW 328i, Loaded! Loaded! Loaded! This is one nice car with only 37K mi! Shazaam! $22,922

1997 BUICK PARK AVE, V6, auto, AC, stereo, leather, nice. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'12 BMW 650i CONVERTIBLE, 1 owner, Stk #RC2207, $50,981. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2013 CADILLAC ATS - Black, chrome wheels, loaded, great deal!! $24,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2013 CADILLAC CTS COUPE Hard to find CTS Coupe, leather, loaded, $26,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2012 BMW 1-Series 2Dr, 6 cyl, Auto, Black ext,exc cond, 18K mi, accident free, garage kept. $19,900. 405-834-0322

'09 M3 Cpe blk/blk 6spd 42K mi loc 1 own FAST! Bauer 751-5200 2008 BMW X5 AWD, leather, sunroof, nav, DVDs, 75K miles, $19,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 CADILLAC CTS, luxury, heated leather, black wheels, sharp, 21K miles, $23,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 2015 CADILLAC SRX, luxury, heated leather, pano-roof, like new, $35,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

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2015 CADILLAC XTS, luxury, leather, nav, 7K miles, $36,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 2015 CADILLAC ATS, auto, leather, loaded, 12K miles, $25,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 CADILLAC XTS, Premium, sunroof, nav, loaded, low miles, $29,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

Chevy Silverado tail gate $115; P225/60R16 tires $10ea; 755-2333 4 new wheels/tires Kia 16" Sport $150, fits most cars 637-8652

2011 BUICK LUCERNE, CXL Package, 3.9L V6, 6 passenger seating, leather w/heated seats & steering wheel, 8 way pwr seats for driver & passenger, keyless entry w/remote start, clean CarFax 1-owner, 40K, $16,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2014 CADILLAC XTS, Platinum, AWD, V-Sport, every option, 5K miles, $47,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

'11 BUICK LUCERNE CXL low low miles, gray with lt gray lthr, on sale now, $12,988, Stk #P190623. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2014 CADILLAC XTS - V-Sport Premium Collection, "Certified Pre Owned", CarFax 1 owner, $42,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2006 ACURA RL, BLACK, V6, LEATHER, NAV, SUNROOF, STK #G8417B, $9999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

1978 AMX Javelin shell, $6,000 obo ยก Les, 519-6984

2015 CHEVY SS CAMARO, BLACK, CONVERTIBLE, V8, LEATHER, NAV, 13K, $33,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2015 CHEVY IMPALA 2LT, FWD, 13K mi, Stock #F92334, $20,400. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

2011 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GRAND SPORT, new rubber, RED, 28K miles, $38,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2011 CADILLAC CTS, luxury, auto, leather, ultra-view sunroof, $18,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 2015 CHEVY CAMARO ZL1 - Only 600 miles!! Hurry! $47,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2014 CADILLAC CTS, 2.0 turbo, heated leather, nav, 7K miles, $34,701. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 AUDI Q7 PREMIUM QUATTRO, loaded, $35,500. 775-7080 co

2005 AUDI A-8 QUATTRO, "Black Beauty", 65,000 miles, $11,988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2012 CADILLAC CTS - Low miles, very nice, $20,999. 405-562-5391 co. 2012 CADILLAC CTS, luxury, AWD, leather, 32K miles, $21,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2011 CHEVY CAMARO 1LT, low miles, Stock #B95544, $17,000. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008 '14 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT, white with grey cloth, priced to sell fast, $12,988, Stk #P190643. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2005 Century in excellent cond. 76,560 miles. $5500. 706-2524

2014 CHEVY CAMARO CONVERTIBLE, $22,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

'14 CADILLAC ATS, 1 owner, only 8900 miles, save thousands from new, on sale now, Stk #P190699. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115 '14 CADILLAC CTS-V, $54,988, Stock #R2100A. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

'11 CHEVY MALIBU, $12,988, Stock #F6314712A. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola 2011 MALIBU LTZ, gold mist, brownstone leather,sunroof, alloys, only 64K miles, Stk #88690A Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2010 CADILLAC SRX, auto, leather, x-nice, $15,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

'09 BUICK LUCERNE CXL Red with Lt gray leather, 6 passenger, 1 owner, only 39,000 miles, on sale now Stk #P190624. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GRAND SPORT, clean CarFax, inferno orange, 3LT package, $38,898. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF GEB13353AA to 313131 '12 CHEVROLET CAPTIVA SPORT, $13,488, Stock #EJ205025A. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2010 CADILLAC CTS, leather, all power, $15,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2011 BUICK LACROSSE, WHITE, CXL, LEATHER, 80K, $14,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2013 CHEVY SONIC, $11,998, Stock #S1853. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2012 CTS COUPE, performance pkg, this is the one you want! 1 owner, leather, nav, 17K miles, only $27,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2012 CADILLAC CTS COUPE, auto, leather, 28K miles, $24,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

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2013 CHEVROLET MALIBU, one owner, LT equipment package, clean CarFax, $14,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51185A to 313131

2013 CHEVY SPARK - mpgs, affordable and under warranty! $9999. 405-562-5391 co.

2013 CADILLAC ATS, 2.5L auto, leather, $19,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

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2014 CHEVY IMPALA LT Limited, leather and roof, $13,500. 775-7080 co

'15 CHEV CAPTIVA LS, silver with grey cloth, like new, only 18,000 miles, on sale now, $16,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2015 CHEVY CORVETTE, SILVER, STINGRAY, LOADED, 3K MILES, STK #G80379A, $58,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080 2006 BMW M3, BLACK, CONVERTIBLE, LEATHER, HARD TO FIND! STK #G8247C, $17,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2014 CORVETTE COUPE Z51, black on black, 1 owner, only 8K miles, Stock #8337AA. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2013 CHEVROLET CAMARO SS CONVERTIBLE, leather, power top, 26K miles, $26,801. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 CADILLAC XTS - Black on black, look at this deal! $26,999. 405-562-5391 co.

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2004 CADILLAC XLR, all the options, fresh service and only 75K miles, $21,298. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF P2636B to 313131

2014 CHEVY CRUZE LS, power windows and doors, auto, nice!! Only $12,336. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

New 2016 and 2015 Z06 IN STOCK NOW! Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2015 CADILLAC SRX LUXURY, Driver Awareness Pkg, leather w/pwr/htd seats, navigation w/Bose stereo, sunroof, pwr liftgate, clean CarFax 1-owner, 21K, $36,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2011 BMW 335i SEDAN, V6, turbo, auto, AC, PW, stereo, nav, leather, sunroof, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'14 CHEVY IMPALA, LOADED! GM certified. $14,998, Stock #FG216515AA. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2009 CADILLAC CTS-V - 556HP, crystal red, low miles, $31,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE 2LT, one owner, perfect CarFax, leather, all power options, $15,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF G5242012A to 313131

2010 CHEVY SS CAMARO, SILVER, LEATHER, CUSTOM WHEELS, V8, 64K, STK #G80141B, $20,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

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2008 HONDA ACCORD, $8998, Stock #F1196842B. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

'10 CHEVROLET CAMARO RS, like new, only 9800 miles, price to move out! BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 CHRYSLER 300, BLACK, LIMITED, LEATHER, LOADED, 30K, STK #B1013B, $18,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

'15 FIAT POP, Blk with gray cloth, priced to sell fast $10,988. Stk #P190675 BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2011 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED, lots of chrome and extras, $21,000. 775-7080 co

2010 INFINITI G37, Black, auto, leather, loaded, 50K, $14,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080 2010 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED 4x4, leather, sunroof, 1 owner, only $14,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2007 HONDA CIVIC, RED, EX, 2DR, AUTO, SUNROOF, GOOD MILES, STK #G9188A, $7999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2010 CHEVROLET CAMARO 2LT, auto, all power, canary yellow, 43K miles, $18,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 '10 CHEVY CAMARO SS, loaded, $18,988, Stock #FF218499A. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2011 CHRYSLER 200 CONVERTIBLE, loaded, only 68K, Winter Special! $9988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2009 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06, 2LZ Package, leather w/pwr/htd seats, navigation w/Bose premium stereo, 7.0L 505hp, heads-up display, bluetooth, clean CarFax w/only 14K miles!!! $42,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2015 FORD FUSION TITANIUM, one owner, certified pre-owned, leather, all the options, $21,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF P2648 to 313131

2008 CHEVROLET CORVETTE, 6.2 V8 auto, 3LT, in gorgeous crystal red metallic! Low miles, $29,728.

'99 Accord 4dr sedan, auto, FWD, tan int. & ext., 189,XXX mi, new tires, $3,250. Serious Inquires Only. 405-613-8842 Please lv msg

2011 FORD TAURUS SEL, leather, loaded, low miles, $13,500. 775-7080 co 2011 FORD EDGE SPORT 22S, leather, roof, loaded, $14,600. 775-7080 co

2010 FORD MUSTANG, V6, auto, only 70K miles, very well kept, alloys, leather, only $14,499. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2009 HUMMER H3, ORANGE, ALPHA, 4X4, V8, SUNROOF, STK #G9121A, $23,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2015 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SPORT, auto, this loaded bad boy only has 4500 miles! $33,748. 2010 FORD MUSTANG - Convertible, auto, all power, $11,599. 405-562-5391 co.

2010 Focus SE blue, 1 owner, only 30K mi Exc cond. $8900 397-0409

2012 HYUNDAI SONATA, loaded, leather, sunroof, nav, 1 owner, $15,991. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2013 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T, Yeah! It's got a Hemi! Babied 1owner! $25,993.

2015 JEEP WRANGLER - Rubicon Unlimited, 6" lift, 37" tires, smittybilt xrc all around, $55,999. 405-562-5391 co. 2007 FORD MUSTANG GT500 SHELBY, been babied for 14K miles, Must see this car!

2006 CHEVY IMPALA, $7998, Stock #FJ3877994A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2011 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, blue diamond, tint, PW, PL, PM, keyless entry, XM radio w/bluetooth, clean CarFax 1-owner, 43K, $11,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165 2010 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE, roof, leather, loaded, $10,900. 775-7080 co

2013 DODGE DART SXT "RALLYE" Ed., gas sippin 2.0 w/low miles, only $9900. 2006 FORD MUSTANG GT, FASSSSST! $9988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401 2003 FORD MUSTANG MACH 1, leather, Mach stereo, manual transmission, custom wheels, $10,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF P2702 to 313131

2005 CHEVY CORVETTE, 6 speed, only 27K, 1 owner, Christmas Special! $26,488. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2010 DODGE NITRO DETONATOR $13,998, Stock #FT747954A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2015 Civic LX, like new, 3100 mi, CVT auto, black, backup camera, bluetooth, $16,250, 405-887-5665.

2008 Dodge Caliber, $5,000 obo, Les ยก 405-519-6984

2013 HONDA CIVIC, GRAY, 2DR, AUTO, GAS SAVER, PW, PL, 31K, STK #G80337A, $13,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

'08 HYUNDAI ACCENT, 1 owner. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2007 HYUNDAI ACCENT SE, automatic, 84K miles, great mpg, $3988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA, GREAT car ready for a new home!!! Very affordable with low down and low monthly payments or a great CASH car!!! A MUST SEE!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2015 KIA SORENTOS, 6 to choose from, starting at $19,988, Stk #P190651. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'15 KIA OPTIMA LX, blk with gray cloth, low, low miles, priced to sell fast $15,988. Stk#. P190637. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'13 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT, blk with blk hard top, low low miles, on sale now, $25,888. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA Arctic Edition, white with black wheels, rare! $27,999. 405-562-5391 co. '15 KIA OPTIMAS, Kia certified, 8 to choose from starting at $15,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2010 HONDA CIVIC, under 100K miles, JUST BROKE IN!!!! SHARP car ready for its new owner!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

'15 KIA SOUL PLUS, low miles, Kia Certified, save thousands from new, $14,888. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2010 INFINITI G37, auto, leather, nice driver, $14,201. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2011 HONDA CIVIC EX, sunroof, auto, Nice!! Only $12,000. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

2013 CHRYSLER 200, SILVER, LIMITED, LEATHER, SUNROOF, V6, NAV, 40K, STK #G8626A, $15,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2014 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SPORT 4x4, only $31,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2015 KIA OPTIMA EX, one owner, leather and all power equipment, clean CarFax, $19,698. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF FKE83831A to 313131

2012 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4, auto, all power, $13,200. 775-7080 co

2012 HONDA ACCORD EXL, leather, sunroof, lots of extras, 67K, $14,988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2012 FIAT 500 ABARTH, one owner, only 15K miles, leather, sunroof, manual transmission, $14,198. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF GGB26422B to 313131

2000 JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA, auto, with only 82K miles! Call now, will not last!

2012 JEEP COMPASS - New tires, all power, local trade in, $11,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2006 DODGE STRATUS, 4cyl, auto, AC, PW, CD, Loaded. Buy Here, Pay Here! CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2015 CHRYSLER 200, $18,998, Stock #S1856. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2006 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4x4, V6, auto, AC, AM-FM CD, PW, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'15 KIA SOUL PLUS, super clean, on sale now, $13,988, Stk #P190697. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'13 DODGE CHARGER RT, grey with grey leather, 5.7 V-8, on sale now, $22,988, Stk #P190696. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

1996 CHEVY CORVETTE, auto, AC, PW, leather, both tops, 73K miles, loaded, nice. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2007 INFINITI QX56, SILVER, LEATHER, SUNROOF, NAV, 4X4, TV/DVD, 3RD SEAT, STK #G9005B, $15,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2013 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE, 1 owner, super clean, only $20,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2014 DODGE AVENGER SE, super clean, all power, $11,500. 775-7080 co 2014 DODGE CHALLENGER RT, 19k miles, like new, $26,000. 775-7080 co

2009 JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED, leather, nav, sunroof, loaded, only $13,374. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599 2008 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT 4WD, V6, 78K miles, $10,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2012 FORD MUSTANG GT500, 550hp, less than 30K miles, one owner, perfect CarFax, $40,698. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF P2700 to 313131

2012 JAGUAR XF, 23k miles, supercharged, like new $34,800. 775-7080 co 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONV., 4 cyl, auto, AC, PW, PL, CD, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2002 CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS, V6, auto, AC, stereo, PW, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2008 INFINITI G37 COUPE, V6, auto, AC, PW, CD, nav, sunroof, leather, fully loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2013 JAGUAR XJL SUPERSPORT, Ultimate, 5.0 supercharged 32V V8, DVDs, all options, $69,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2008 CHEVY CORVETTE, YELLOW, AUTO, LEATHER, REMOVABLE TOP, 49K, STK #G80372A, $24,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2006 CHEVY IMPALA, UNDER 100K miles. This ride is clean inside and out and is ready to hit the road. GREAT trunk space!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2009 JEEP WRANGLER, custom bumpers, winch, lift, wheels and tires in detonator yellow, $17,898. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51163B to 313131

2005 HONDA S-2000, only 54K miles! Must see! Only $17,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2012 FORD FOCUS SEL, auto, all power, loaded, $10,000. 775-7080 co

2004 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, Touring Edition, turbo, auto, AC, PW, stereo, sunroof, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2006 CHEVY IMPALA SS, V8, auto, AC, PW, CD, leather, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2008 INFINITI G37, vibrant red coupe, leather, sunroof, automatic, local trade, $15,398. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF C50270A to 313131

2015 FORD MUSTANG GT, like new, 3K miles, $31,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 '14 FORD FUSION, Stock #R2179, $19,998. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

'10 JEEP LIBERTY, blk with grey cloth, only 42,000 miles, priced to sell fast, $14,988, Stk #P190656. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2007 HONDA ACCORD EX, leather, loaded, sunroof, nice, $9988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

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2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING, very low miles, 57K, auto, AC, clean, $4988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2008 CHEVY COBALT, RED, SS, TURBO, 90K, STK #G80188B, $7999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2010 INFINITI TX35, great deal! Stock #AM0464, $16,900. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

2015 FORDS CLOSE OUT - Need to make room for new inventory! patriotford.com

2006 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER, auto, A/C, only 80K miles, $3988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

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2011 JEEP COMPASS, WHITE, 4X4, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, 55K, $13,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2010 INFINITI G-37, loaded, very well kept, only $15,899. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2011 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT, hard to find, 2 door Jeep, excellent condition, 4x4, auto, only $18,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

'15 KIA SOUL, blk with grey cloth, only 14,000 miles, on sale now, $12,988, Stk #P190704. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

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2009 KIA BORREGO EX, all the options, leather, navigation, sunroof, $15,598. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T50868B to 313131

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2015 MERCEDES C300, black/ black, loaded, like new, $34,900. 775-7080 co

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'14 KIA OPTIMA LX, 1 owner, like new, only 8800 miles, save thousands from new. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

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2008 KIA SORENTO, V6, auto, AC, PW, CD, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'12 MERCEDES SLK, $35,988, Stock #R2158. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

'15 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 4 door, red with gray cloth, low miles, on sale now, only 11,000 miles $10,988. Stk #P190626. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 LAND ROVER LR2 HSE, Alpine stereo, like new $23,800. 775-7080 co 2013 KIA SORENTO EX w/leather, and sunroof! 57K miles! Will Not Last at $15,900. 2009 MERCEDES BENZ C300 Black on black, beautiful car with extra low miles, $17,999. 405-562-5391 co.

'13 KIA RIO 4 door LX, blk with grey cloth, only 26,000 miles, on sale now, $9988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115 2013 KIA SOUL, $10,988, Stock #EZ328106B. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2013 LEXUS RX450H - Pearl white, great condition, don't miss it, $32,499. 405-562-5391 co.

2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, SILVER, XLS, 6 CYL, PW, PL, 60K, STK #G8724A, $14,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

'12 KIA SOUL, 1 owner, low miles, on sale now, $10,988, Stk #19TK16018A. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2011 MITSUBISHI EVO - Extra clean, tasteful mods, extremely rare! $26,999. 405-562-5391 co.

'13 INFINITI QX56, LOW MILES, Stock #R2140. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

'10 LEXUS RX350, $21,488, Stock #1919B. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2007 MERCEDES ML350, WHITE, AWD, LEATHER, SUNROOF, 80K, STK #G8393B, $14,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2008 LEXUS SC430, CONVERTILE, V8, leather w/pwr/htd seats, navigation, premium stereo, Pebble Beach Edition, alloys, tin, keyless, only 47K miles, $28,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2007 MERCEDES C230, this car has the look! Leather, sunroof, custom wheels, only $8999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2005 LEXUS GS300, BLACK, V6, LEATHER, SUNROOF, LOW MILES, STK #G80303B, $9999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2004 MERCEDES C230 SEDAN, auto, AC, PW, sunroof, leather, 91K miles, nice. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'11 KIA SPORTAGE EX, 1 owner, priced to move out, $13,988, Stk #P190653. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, power windows and doors, auto, nice!! Only $12,841. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599 2012 NISSAN SENTRA 2.0, A/C, windows and locks, only $10,000. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

2002 MERCEDES CL600 COUPE, V12, auto, AC, PW, stereo, leather, sunroof, 84K miles, loaded, $9995 Cash! CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, $7998, Stock #FF150724A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

'09 Mercury Grand Marquis LS, white, 72K miles, tan leather, very clean, $8,699. 405-990-8278

2015 NISSAN JUKE S, only 675 miles!!! Wow!!! Only $17,777.

2007 SATURN VUE, BLUE, AWD, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, AUTO, STK #3688XA, $5999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080 2015 NISSAN ALTIMA, certified, starting at $16,999, several to choose from. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 4dr, 4cyl, Auto, AC, PW, stereo, sunroof, 78K miles, nice. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'08 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS GS, white with grey leather, low low miles, on sale now, $9488, Stk #P190698. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2015 NISSAN ALTIMAS, back up camera, power seat. Only $17,999. Several to choose from. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2013 SCION TC, automatic, all power options, great MPG and clean CarFax, $13,798. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF GGB05319B to 313131 2008 SCION TC, low miles, nice, Only $8500. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

2003 NISSAN 350Z - Only 13K miles!! Leather, Touring, new wheels, $13,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2014 NISSAN MAXIMA, 34K mi, FWD, pwr equip, Stk #EC9585, $16,799. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE, one owner, local purchase, sharp, $5988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

'08 SUBARU OUTBACK 5 DOOR, 1 owner, extra clean, on sale now, $9900. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'03 Sable, 126K, all pwr, tint, alloy rims, CD, alarm, nice, runs great, $1,900obo. 905-3379 2014 NISSAN ALTIMA, clean CarFax, all power equipment, automatic, 38mpg, $15,398. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF P2670 to 313131

2013 MAZDA GRAND TOURING HATCHBACK - Auto, AC, PW, CD, nav, leather, sunroof, 15K miles, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2000 PORSCHE BOXSTER S, 6 speed, AC, PW, stereo, power top, 48K miles, extra clean. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2011 NISSAN 370Z, one owner, leather, navigation, automatic, only 50K miles, $21,798. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF G5220477A to 313131

2007 NISSAN 370Z CONVERTIBLE, auto, 54K miles, $14,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

'11 KIA SOUL PLUS, alien with grey cloth, Kia certified, only 45,000 miles, on sale now, $10,988, Stk #19K160040. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'11 KIA SOUL PLUS, blk with grey cloth, on sale now, $9988, Stk #P190652. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2011 PORSCHE CAYENNE, Stock #R2171, $39,981. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2010 NISSAN VERSA NOTE, low miles, auto, all power, window tint, alloy wheels,only $8988. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2005 LINCOLN TOWN CAR, GREAT MILES!!! Average miles are less than 10K a year!!! This ride is extremely clean inside and out. Ready to hit the road!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2014 MAZDA 2, WHITE, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, 9K, STK #G8828A, $12,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA, AS LOW AS $199 DOWN W.A.C. Be the second owner of this stylish ride!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2008 SATURN AURA, SILVER, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, GOOD MILES, STK #G7585B, $6999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2012 LINCOLN MKX, Navi, THX chrome wheels, loaded! $19,900. 775-7080 co 2012 KIA OPTIMA EX, loaded, leather, alloy wheels, bluetooth, only $15,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

1998 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, GRAY, GTP, LEATHER, SUNROOF, LOADED, 90K, STK #B1006A, $3999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2008 MERCEDES BENZ CL550, every option, 39K miles, perfect, $37,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2012 LEXUS RX350 - Pearl white, only 18K miles!! $29,999. 405-562-5391 co.

'12 KIA FORTE EX COUPE, super clean, low miles, Kia certified, on sale now, $11,988, Stk #19K150426A. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'12 NISSAN SENTRA 4 door, blk with grey cloth, low miles, on sale now, $10,988, Stk #P190694A. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2002 MERCURY GR. MARQUIS LS, extra clean, only 69K miles, $5988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2014 NISSAN ALTIMA, auto, all power, 30K miles, $13,900. 775-7080 co

1999 NISSAN MAXIMA, V6, auto, leather, sunroof, clean, $3988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2005 SUBARU OUTLOOK AWD, loaded, nice, $9988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

'94 Cutlass Supr Conv mint cond! 66K orig mi $6500 obo 250-2141

'10 KIA SOUL PLUS, alien with grey cloth, low miles, on sale now, $10,988, Stk #P190654. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2013 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, clean CarFax, all power options, automatic, great MPG, $12,298. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF C50301A to 313131

'12 MAZDA 2, Red with gray cloth, auto trans, priced to move out fast, $8488. Stk #P190674 BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115 2012 MINI COUNTRYMAN - Red with black stripe, fun and functional, $17,499. 405-562-5391 co.

2011 MAZDA 6-i, auto, alloy wheels, all power, only $10,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511 2009 KIA SPORTAGE, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, STK #B9052B, $8999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2005 MAZDA RX8, $6998, Stock #GT112214A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2008 MINI COOPER, WHITE, CLUBMAN, 2DR, STK #G9023B, $8999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2013 NISSAN ALTIMA, start saving @ the pump, 1 owner, certified, only $14,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2012 NISSAN JUKE SL, one owner, all power equipment, alloy wheels, leather, nav, sunroof, $13,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51154A to 313131

2010 PONTIAC G6, $9998, Stock #FJ166608A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

'14 TOYOTA VENZA LIMITED, pearl white with tan leather, 1 owner, only 9300 miles, priced to sell fast, $28,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2009 PONTIAC G6 GT, sporty and fun, only $7777. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

2005 PONTIAC VIBE, 4 cyl, auto, AC, PW, CD, 75K miles, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'13 TOYOTA YARIS, slate with gray cloth, priced to sell fast, low miles, on sale now. $9988, Stk #P190668. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115 2013 TOYOTA VENZA XLE, rear ent, heated seats, super clean, $17,900. 775-7080 co

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2012 FORD RAPTOR, loaded! Will not last! $35,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2010 X-CAB SLE, 5.3 V8, silver with ebony cloth, 20 inch chrome wheels, only 64K miles, Stk #94237A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003 2009 CHEVY SILVERADO MAXX, $19,998, Stock #FS655956A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2012 TOYOTA CAMRY SE, 1owner! Looking for fuel savings? This is it! $14,699.

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY SE, one owner, only 83K miles, automatic with sunroof, perfect CarFax, $11,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF FKF15867AA to 313131

2008 CHEVY 3/4 TON, WHITE, CREW, DIESEL, 4X4, GOOD MILES, STK #N2704, $24,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2010 TOYOTA CAMRY LE, power windows and doors, auto, nice!! Only $11,500. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

2008 TOYOTA YARIS, You want to save at the pump? This is the car! Only 55K miles, $4900.

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID Auto, AC, PW, CD, nav, leather, sunroof, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2007 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE, leather, sunroof, PW, PL, P/seat, $5988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401 2004 Toyota Celica 2Dr, Hatchback, 2WD, Automatic, Colbalt Blue ext, Black int, Cloth Interior, great cond, 88,125. mi, A/C, AM/FM stereo, CD, moonroof, PS, PW, rear defrost, rear spoiler, alarm, tinted glass, In great condition. Gets great gas milage, 36 in town and 42 on the highway. Have kept up on regular maintenance. Tires are only 2 years old, less than 15,000 miles. Contact: 405-850-2380 (Kathy) $5200.00 obo '99 Toyota Camry, 4 cyl, clean & runs good, new struts & rims, $1,900obo. 405-441-0858

2015 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LT CC, 4WD, 3 1/2" lift, bad to the bone, custom wheels/tires, 11K miles, $39,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2015 CHEVY 1500, WHITE, LT, LEATHER, CREW CAB, V8, 8K, STK #G8904A, $33,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2008 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, RED in COLOR, SUPER COOL TRUCK, great MILES, A LOT OF LIFE IN THIS ONE!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757 2008 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD CREW CAB 4x4, only $19,988. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

1998 Camry 4 door, runs & drives good, tagged, AC & heat works, new tires, $1850 obo, 885-6115.

2014 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW CAB 4x4, High Country Pkg, driver alert pkg, leather w/pwr/htd/cooled seats, htd steering wheel, 20" chrome wheels, touch screen w/nav/back-up camera, all the goodies!!! Clean CarFax 1-owner, 37K, $42,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2006 CHEVY 1500, BLUE, LT, V8, X-CAB, AUTO, STK #G80280A, $9999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 4x4 LS, 3rd seat, extra clean, $6988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401 '13 CHEV EXT CAB LT, 5.3 V-8, grey with grey cloth, 20" wheels, on sale now, $24,988, Stk #P190701. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2010 VW ROUTAN SE, great family car, well kept, 47K miles, only $13,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2006 VW PASSAT, 4cyl, auto, AC, PW, CD, leather, sunroof, 78K miles, Loaded! CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2008 VOLVO XC70 WAG, AWD, auto, AC, PW, leather, sunroof, 98K miles, fully loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2011 FORD RAPTOR SUPER CREW 4x4, loaded, only $36,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2011 DODGE RAM CC LARAMIE, leather, sunroof, nav, 42K miles, $28,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 GMC 1500, SILVER, X-CAB, 4X4, SLT, LEATHER, 5.3L (V8), STK #G8897A, $24,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2011 FORD F-250 LARIAT, black on black, Lariat Ultimate Package, only 40K miles, custom wheels, $39,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T50764B to 313131

2010 DODGE RAM SLT, all power equipment, Quad Cab, only 57K miles, $19,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T60103B to 313131

2008 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB, leather, loaded, sunroof & more, $12,988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2008 DODGE QUAD CAB TRX, V8, loaded, only 90K, nice, $13,988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2005 DODGE RAM 3500, WHITE, CREW CAB, 5.0L DIESEL, SLT, 80K, $23,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2010 FORD F250 SUPER DUTY LARIAT, loaded! Bad Boy! Will not last! Only $27,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2010 FORD F250 XLT LARIAT CREW CAB, diesel, auto, AC, PW, stereo, leather, loaded, nice! CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

'11 K2500 SIERRA DENALI, wht, tan lthr, 20 in alloys, 1 ownr, #01598A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2010 FORD 150 HARLEY DAVIDSON edition, $23,998, Stock #FJ293209B, WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2011 GMC K2500 CREW CAB 4x4, LTZ, bright red, tan leather, Duramax, 42K miles, Stk #60718A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2009 FORD F-150 PLATINUM, one owner, leather, navigation, sunroof, 4x4, $28,698. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF GEB13356A to 313131

2010 GMC DENALI 1500, BLACK, CREW CAB AWD, SUNROOF, NAV, 50K, STK #G9135A, $29,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2009 GMC 1500, BLACK, SLT, LEATHER, CREW CAB, HTD SEATS, LOADED, STK #G80258A, $14,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2013 CHEVY K2500 X-CAB 4x4 1LT, Silver with ebony cloth, alloys, only 9K miles, Stk #88690A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2002 RAM 1500 CREW CAB, $6998, Stock #FG161283A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2008 FORD RANGER SPORT, V6, automatic, Super Cab, only 70K miles, all power equipment, $12,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51073AA to 313131

'13 K-1500 4x4 X-CAB, 7K miles, bright red, lthr, alloys & more, Stk #36707A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2012 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LT, leather, 20" alloys, all the power equipment, $25,698. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51187A to 313131

2012CHEVYSILVERADOZ71 4WD,only 35Kmiles!Extraclean, $24,999. 405-562-5391co.

2011 CHEVY SILVERADO 3500 LT CREW CAB 4x4, diesel, only $35,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2011 CHEVY SILVERADO CREW CAB, 60K miles, $25,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2005 CHEVY 1500, WHITE, Z71, CREW CAB, V8, PW, PL, GOOD MILES, STK #G8931B, $14,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2009 GMC SIERRA 1500 CREW CAB, leather, chrome alloys, tint, only $21,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

'02 Chevy Silverado Stepside, Excellent $4,250. 326-8855

'12 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT QUAD CAB, V-8, 20" wheels, priced to move out, $21,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115 2001 CHEVY 1500, BLACK, AUTO, SINGLE CAB, STK #G80153B, $4999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2005 FORD F150 XLT CREW CAB, V8, Auto, AC, PW, stereo, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355 2005 FORD F150 SUPER CREW LARIAT, just arrived! Wow! Only $10,999. 2008 GMC SIERRA DENALI AWD, low low miles, black, nav, must see, $27,999. 405-562-5391 co. 2008 GMC SIERRA X-CAB, 5.3 V8, only 68K miles! Bam! $15,995.

2014 FORD F-150 FX4 ROUSH RT570, one owner, supercharged, custom wheels, $44,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T50716C to 313131 '14 CHEV C-1500 LT CREW CAB, 5.3 V-8, 1 owner, 20" wheels, on sale now, $28,988, Stk #P190700. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2015 DODGE RAM 3500 TRADESMAN 4WD CREW with Cummins turbo diesel, save thousands over new, $40,994.

'12 DODGE RAM 3500 QUAD CAB DUALLY 4x4 diesel, priced to sell fast, on sale now, $33,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 GMC XCAB, 5.3 V8, SLE, black with ebony cloth, chrome alloys, only 58K one owner miles, Stk #38531A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003 2011 GMC K2500 CREW CAB 4x4, Duramax, SLT, white/tan, leather, chrome steps, alloys & more, only 32K miles, Stk #30005A. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2008 FORD F350, WHITE, DIESEL, 4X4, CREW CAB, LARIAT, LEATHER, STK #G9054B, $15,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

'01 VW Jetta TDI, 5spd, 45MPG, 275K miles, new Michelin tires, brakes, timing belt & water pump $2,500 » » Lv Msg 405-760-3696

2015 VOLVO S60 T5 Premier, roof, leather, loaded, $24,900. 775-7080 co

2014 GMC SIERRA SLT, She's a Beauty! 1 owner, loaded, low miles, 4x4, only $37,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2012 DODGE RAM, Hemi, lifted, 4x4, great condition, $25,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2005 RAM 1500 CREW CAB, $9998, Stock #EZ384680A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2012 VW BEETLE, 2.0 auto, 20K miles, like new, $13,500. 775-7080 co 2010 VW 4 LINE, $11,998, Stock #S1849. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

'14 GMC SIERRA DENALI! GM Certified, $45,988, Stock #R1897. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2012 RAM 2500 CREW CAB 4x4, 65K mi, must see! Stock #CG1889, $33,900. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

2013 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 CREW CAB SB 4X4, 35K mi, Stock #DG2142, $30,000. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

'13 CHEVY SILVERADO, $31,988, Stock #F6158549B. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2012 VW BEETLE TURBO, 1 owner, great condition, auto, only $16,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

'14 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB 1500 Z-71, Stock #FG296388A, $37,488. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

'13 CHEV EXT CAB LT, 5.3 V-8, 20" wheels, low low miles, on sale now, $26,988, Stk #P190702. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2005 CHEVY SILVERADO CREW CAB Z71, V8, auto, AC, PW, stereo, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2012 VW CC LUX, Turbocharged 2.0 w/6 speed, auto, priced to move, $12,922.

2011 FORD F350 1 TON FX4 4WD LARIAT, powerstroke diesel, with low miles, Call now! Won't last!

'14 GMC 1500 CREW CAB SLE, 5.3 V-8, bucket seats, 20" wheels, only 13,000 miles, save thousands from new, Stk #19TK15108A. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 4WD Z71 CREW CAB, super nice, white diamond paint, $25,899.

2005 CHEVY SILVERADO REGULAR CAB, fresh trade, $6900.

1998 TOYOTA CAMRY, auto, A/C, V6, PW, PL, clean, $3988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

'12 DODGE RAM QUAD CAB SLT 5.7 V8, priced to sell fast, $18,988, Stk #P190672. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2011 F-150 SUPER CREW LARIAT 4x4, hard loaded! Stock #BF1372, $18,749. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

2008 CHEVY 3/4 TON, MAROON, LT, 4X4, 6 LITER (V8), STK #G9006B, $19,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

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2014 FORD RAPTOR - SUPER CREW, Special Edition, won't last long!! $54,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2004 FORD F150, WHITE, CREW CAB, 4X4, LEATHER, V8, AUTO, STK #G8856D, $9999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2008 GMC SIERRA 1500 REG CAB, V8, clean!! Only $11,215. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599

2003 FORD F150 REGULAR CAB, V8, SPORT SIDE 4x4! Only $6994.

2013 FORD RAPTOR SVT, very well kept, local 1-owner, nav and sunroof! Reduced to $44,444.

2013 FORD F150 FX2 - 20" wheels, back up camera, only 5K miles! $31,999. 405-562-5391 co. 2013 FORD F150 FX4 - SUPERCREW FX4, nav, roof, loaded, $33,999. 405-562-5391 co.

'97 Ford F250, 7.3L diesel ext. cab w/toolbox, $3,500. 408-4047

2005 GMC SIERRA SLE CREW CAB, V8, will not last @ $10,900.

'12 GMC SIERRA 3500, $34,988, Stock #R1801. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2014 GMC SIERRA CREW CAB SLE 4x4, Z-71 Pkg, pwr seat, keyless w/remote start, touchscreen w/back-up camera, bedliner, alloys, save $$$ over new, only 19K miles!! $34,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2004 GMC 2500 X-CAB, lifted, nice wheels & tires, V8, auto, AC, PW, stereo, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355 '13 GMC SIERRA 1500, $37,988, Stock #FZ259876B. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

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2014 NISSAN TITAN, Super nice 1-owner with only 42K miles! $18,998.

2015 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE, LT Pkg, keyless w/remote start, rear bucket seats, pwr seat, tint, alloys, clean CarFax 1-owner, 12K, $29,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

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2004 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT, leather, sunroof, TV DVD, 1 owner, $7988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

'11 FORD ESCAPE XLT gray with gray cloth, 1 owner, only 44,000 miles, priced to move out, Stk #19K150127B. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'12 GMC TERRAIN SLT2, white with grey cloth, low miles, on sale now, $18,988, Stk #19K160041. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2007 HONDA CRV - 4 cyl, auto, AC, PW, stereo, sunroof, nice! CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2013 NISSAN TITAN, certified 1 owner, only 3K miles, will not last, only $20,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2015 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ, 21K mi, leather, sunroof, nav, Stock #FR4796, $54,200. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

1997 CHEVY BLAZER 4dr, V6, auto, AC, PW, stereo, leather, new tires, nice. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2011 NISSAN FRONTIER SV 4x4, 1 owner, low miles, automatic, only $17,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2008 FORD EDGE, $7998, Stock #R2203A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA CREW MAX, "1794" Edition, loaded, low miles, only $42,702. 2015 CHEVY TAHOE LT, super clean, only $45,688. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2007 CHRYSLER PACIFICA, 6 cyl, auto, P. seat, PW, PL, clean, $6988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2015 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN LT, leather, nav, great family SUV, $44,701. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2013 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER, 6 cyl, Crew Cab, low low miles, $25,998.

'15 DODGE JOURNEY, 1 owner, low low miles, on sale now, $17,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

'14 CHEVY TRAVERSE LTZ, Stock #RC2208, $33,981. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2012 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4x4 Back up camera, low miles, nice truck! $31,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2012 TOYOTA TUNDRA

black limited leather, very clean 110K mi $17,900 405-831-1655

'13 CHEVY EQUINOX, VERY CLEAN, $17,988, Stock #R2167. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2012 DODGE DURANGO CREW, auto, all power, great family SUV, $19,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2015 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM, certified pre-owned, leather, navigation, sunroof, one owner, $25,798. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF G5237266A to 313131

'15 BUICK ENCLAVE, LOADED! $36,988, Stock #FJ286395A. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

'15 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED, blk with grey leather, priced to sell fast, $28,988, Stk #P190691. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2011 CHEVY TAHOE LT, 20s, rear ent, leather, super clean $22,000. 775-7080 co

2015 CADILLAC ESCALADE LUXURY, loaded!! $69,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 '14 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV PLATINUM, $63,988, Stock #J1844. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2010 CHEVY EQUINOX LT Leather, low miles, nice SUV, $11,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2012 CADILLAC ESCALADE, PLATINUM, AWD, all the goodies, 32K miles, $48,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2015 NISSAN ROGUE SV, certified, 1 owner, loaded, like brand new, only 200 miles, $24,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511 2009 GMC ACADIA, WHITE, 3RD SEAT, REAR AIR, GOOD MILES, STK #G80330C, $11,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2015 GMC YUKON XL, SLT Pkg, 4x4, navigation, sunroof, DVD, leather w/pwr/htd/cooled seats, rear buckets, chrome 20" wheels, tow pkg, assist steps, driver alert pkg, clean CarFax 1-owner, 28K, $54,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2015 GMC TERRAIN SLT2, auto, leather, sunroof, V6, $29,701. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2015 NISSAN PATHFINDER PLATINUM, pearl white, 2 to choose from at only $35,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511 2008 GMC DENALI XP AWD, 6.2 V8, auto, AC, 3rd seat, DVD, nav, leather, sunroof, fully loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2008 GMC YUKON XL SLT, sunroof, DVD, loaded, $14,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2007 GMC YUKON SLE, auto, chrome wheels, X-nice, $15,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583 '14 GMC ACADIA SLE2, white with grey cloth, 4 capt seats, on sale now, $24,988. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2007 CHEVY SUBRBAN 4WD LT, with leather, call now! $15,994. '14 FORD ESCAPE XLT, all wheel drive, priced to sell fast, $21,988, Stk #P190693. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

2013 FORD EXPLORER XLT, 1owner, leather, nav, 20's and lots more! Priced to move @ $18,988.

'13 FORD EDGE, $19,998, Stock #R2166. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola 2007 CHEVY TAHOE, RED, 3RD SEAT, REAR AIR, TOO CHEAP! $13,999, STK #G8910B. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2014 NISSAN MURANO, certified, low miles, 1 owner, several to choose from starting at $19,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2012 FORD EXPLORER XLT, white with tan leather, alloys, only 44K miles, Stk #41195B. Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

2013 NISSAN ARMADA SV, 1 owner, low miles, very clean, only $24,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

'03 GMC Yukon SLE $6900, 1ownr heated leather, seats. 830-4252

'14 GMC YUKON, $57,988, Stock #ER142756. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER PLATINUM 4x4, loaded!! Only $27,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511 2015 HONDA PILOT EX-L, only 9K miles, only $33,992. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2013 NISSAN PATHFINDER SV, silver, only $21,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2013 GMC YUKON SLE , 1 owner, well kept, only 38K miles, priced to move, $28,999.

2010 HONDA PILOT "TOURING", well kept 1-owner with heated leather, nav & sunroof, $16,966.

2009 CADILLAC ESCALADE - 22" chrome wheels, nav, white diamond, $30,999. 405-562-5391 co.

'05 Cad. Escalade diamond white loaded great cond 85K mi 1 ownr $12,000 obo. 405-843-8886

2015 GMC YUKON XL, Denali Pkg, 4x4, leather w/pwr/htd/cooled seats, rear buckets, pwr running boards, 20" chrome wheels, adaptive cruise, HUD, navigation w/back-up camera, sunroof, dual rear entertainment, clean CarFax 1-owner, 10K, Save $$$ over new, $66,995. BOB MOORE BUICK-GMC (888) 378-5165

2015 NISSAN PATHFINDER SV, well equipped, low miles, certified, 2 to choose from, $26,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2010 GMC YUKON SLT 4WD, leather, nav, sunroof, DVD, Xnice, $28,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2012 HONDA CRV EXL, all wheel drive, super clean, $16,500. 775-7080 co

2007 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER, BLACK, LT, LEATHER, 4X,4 90K, $8999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE, AWD, leather, sunroof, DVD, nav, $22,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2010 GMC ACADIA, RED, 3RD SEAT, REAR AIR, 60K, $18,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2015 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED, 1 owner, all power, leather seats, alloys, only $29,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2010 CHEVY EQUINOX LTZ, all the goodies including headrest DVDs, won't last, $12,987.

2010 CADILLAC ESCALADE, luxury, AWD, nav, DVD, 42K miles, $35,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2010 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR, Elite, leather, sunroof, DVD, nav, $18,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2015 GMC YUKON DENALI AWD, black on black,nav, DVD, must see! $62,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2015 FORD ESCAPE SE 4x4, auto, alloys, 1 owner, only $23,881. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2012 CADILLAC ESCALADE, PREMIUM, AWD, DVD, nav, loaded, $37,701. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2010 GMC TERRAIN, WHITE, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, STK #G8393A, $12,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2011 CHEVY TAHOE Z-71, the one you've been looking for, leather, sunroof, 4x4, 1 owner, remote start, only $27,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE, LTZ, 4WD, leather, sunroof, nav, DVD, $27,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GLS, all power, 28 mpg, alloys, very nice, only $15,599. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2015 INFINITI QX80 - Pearl white, hot SUV! $63,999. 405-562-5391 co.

2013 CHEVY SUBURBAN LT, black with tan leather, chrome alloys, only 55K miles, Stk #20723A Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003 2015 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED, loaded and ready for a new owner! Only $30,993.

1994 TOYOTA PICKUP, BLUE, SINGLE CAB, AUTO, 4X4, 103K, HARD TO FIND! STK #G88561A, $3999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2004 FORD EXPEDITION, SUPER CLEAN RIDE!!! This thing is leather and loaded, big enough for the entire FAMILY with THIRD ROW SEATING!!! SE HABLA ESPANOL!!! FINANCING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!!! BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2007 Honda CRV Exc cond. 129K mi. All main, new tires, silver private ownr $8500 405-326-3564

2004 FORD EXPEDITION, Eddie Bauer, $7998, Stock #CR114500A. WE FINANCE! SE HABLA ESPANOLA. BYFORD MOTORS 405-246-9757

2013 TOYOTA TACOMA V6, Crew Cab, 4x4, new tires, $26,500. 775-7080 co

2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX, one owner, all LT equipment options chrome wheels, $15,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF GGB11430A to 313131

2011 GMC ACADIA, leather, navigation, sunroof with rear DVD player, $22,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF GEB13353B to 313131 2005 FORD ESCAPE 4x4, 4 cyl, auto, AC, PW, PL, CD, loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2014 CHEVY EQUINOX, AWD, pwr equip, SAVE! Stock #E63517, $18,400. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

2013 TOYOTA TUNDRA, Grade V8, low miles! Very well kept! $23,992.

2009 FORD EXPEDITION LIMITED, black on black, leather with all the options, recent trade, $16,898. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF P2646 to 313131

2011 GMC YUKON SLT, one owner, local trade, every option with mid captains and rear DVD player, $23,498. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51062B to 313131

2013 GMC YUKON 1500 LST, 47K mi, $39,000. WHEELERCHEVY.COM (405) 542-3008

2008 HONDA PILOT EX-L, leather, sunroof, all power equipment, $11,998. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51159A to 313131 2011 NISSAN CUBE KROM PKG, alloys, auto, navigation, all power, super sporty, only $11,899. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2013 GMC YUKON XL DENALI, loaded and low miles, just arrived! Only $39,993.

'13 GMC YUKON, LOW MILES, Stock #DR191235. BYFORD AUTO GROUP 1-888-795-3159 We Finance! Se Habla Espanola

2011 NISSAN ARMADA PLATINUM - Loaded, leather, nav, roof, DVD, 4x4, 1 owner, only $28,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2007 HONDA CRV, WHITE, EX, 4WD, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, STK #G80117B, $29,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2011 NISSAN ROGUE SL - One owner, leather, nav, low miles, must see, only $17,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511 2011 NISSAN MURANO SV, Pano roof, back up camera, $11,000. 775-7080 co

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2012 TOYOTA SIENNA LE, 1owner and ready for a new home! $14,994.

2010 NISSAN XTERRA - 1 owner, low miles, ready to hit the trails, only $15,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2005 NISSAN MURANO, BROWN, LEATHER, NAV, AWD, GOOD MILES, STK #G8214A, $7999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2007 TOYOTA RAV4, BLUE, AUTO, PW, PL, GAS SAVER, STK #G9113A, $9999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2002 NISSAN FRONTIER - Need a solid work truck? Look no further! $5999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2007 TOYOTA TACOMA PRERUNNER TRD Sport, super clean, $8900. 775-7080 co

2014 TOYOTA 4RUNNER LIMITED, 4WD, leather, sunroof, nav, 17K miles, $39,901. 405-310-0583 co.

2014 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY TOURING, loaded, leather, navigation, 1 owner, only $21,999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

2011 TOYOTA 4RUNNER, RED, LEATHER, 4X4, SUNROOF, 47K, STK #G80223A, $30,999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080

2006 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY, 1 owner, only 56K miles, great family car, soccer mom's dream come true! $9999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

For Mid-Del area, must pass background check, no felonies. Pay is $8.00 per hour. For more info 732-8864 M-F 8:30-2:00pm. Apply at: sodexousa.jobs

The Oklahoman has an opening for Delivery Assistant in the following areas. Applicants must be available to work midnight to 6:00 a.m., 30 hours a week, & math skills are necessary.

EXCELLENT PAY & BENEFITS

Norman Jim Clark 405-919-2274 jclark@opubco.com Equal Opportunity Employer

CASHIERS, AM & PM. SERVERS Don's Alley Restaurant 4601 SE 29th, Del City.

Restaurant Manager

Customer Service Reps-Full time Starting at $10/Hour. ¡ Apply at 13901 N. May, OKC, OK 73134

Pharmcare USA in Oklahoma City has a FT opening in our long term care pharmacy for a

Certified Pharmacy Technician Must have current certification. IV exp. is a plus. May be req. to work some eve hours. We offer competitive pay & benefits, plus a great work environment. Send resume with job title to:

mhart@pharmcarecorp.com

COME JOIN OUR TEAM Sienna Extended Care & Rehab is looking for a licensed Nursing Home Administrator for our beautiful home in Midwest City. Be a part of our terrific team. Send your resume to: Sienna Extended Care & Rehab P. O. Box 638, Gore, OK 74435 918-489-2397 Fax 918-489-2371 cfaircloth@sernallc.net

Diversified Maintenance, LLC Seeking Custodians and Porters in Oklahoma City Call Sergio at (918) 202-3847 Se Habla Espanol. EOE

I BUY HOMES FAST 417-5500 No hassles. No cost to U

Quiet Casady Lg 2bd $595 I BUY & SELL HOUSES 27 YRS EXP 650-7667 HOMESOFOKCINC.COM Call for Maps! See why we sell more acreages than anyone in Okla. E of OKC. o/a 275-1695

Don't Sell Until You Get Our Investors Offer. Fast Close. DLemons & Assoc 850-3880

LAND FOR SALE!

Spacious 2, 3 & 4 bdrm 2ba Apts, All elec. W/D Hook-up 235-4328

800 N Meridian

Commercial Electricians Journeymen and Apprentices

Min 1 year commercial exper. 40 hr week, health, dental, vacation, holiday pay & 401k. Drug screen test. »»» 405-359-9190 »»»

Journeymen Electrician

Requires Experience in Commercial. Great benefits. B&B Elec 787-7081 call for appt.

A Class Drivers needed

Home weekly, Great pay & benefits. Peterbilt & KW, no touch freight. Come join our team at Mid-Con Carriers 405-237-1300 or midconcarriers.com

Buffalo Wild Wings is looking for managers to join our OKC & surrounding area restaurant teams. Manager or shift leader experience is desired but not required. If you’re a high-energy team player that wants to be part of a fast growing concept, we want to hear from you! Benefits of working with us: Salary Based on Experience Paid Vacation • Bonus Program Tremendous Opportunity for Career Growth Health Insurance Apply at: okbwwresumes@aol.com

Class A or B CDL Mixer Drivers with air brakes, good MVR/drug test. An Oklahoma family owned business. 405-692-5247 or email srm3@soonerreadymix.com

Century Hotel, 512 NW 9, OKC; Rooms/Effic; WiFi/Cable; wkly 232-5624; call 8am to 9pm

2519 Lerkim Circle, 3/2/2, approx 1215sf, $1100mo, $1000dep WAC Home & Ranch Realty 794-7777

Attn Class A CDL Driver Mid Central - South Regional. Run between Nebraska and Texas. Stay off both coasts! Home every weekend. 2800 miles a week. FCC was voted 2015 BEST Fleet to Drive For. Call 866-641-6914

$ FREE RENT 1ST MO $ 2BR $450 & up, 3BR $550 & up MWC NO PETS » 427-0627 Elegant 4br home-elite area Walk to lake 2300sf $1285 603-4775

3bd 2ba 2car fp ch/a $975 Accurate Prop 732-3939

1 bed, $395 + $150 dep, no pets, references req'd, 326-3685.

808 Robin Hill in Meadowlakes, 3BR, 1.5Ba, 1Car Gar, $850mo. Avail Now ¡‘¡ 702-277-7553

1213 SW 60th, 2bd apts, $475 mo $200 dep, stove, dishwasher, fridge. Clean! No Sec 8 632-9849

Move in Cost Assistance Avail on some properties. Great 2 & 3bd houses » Longburk RE 732-7474 Check Our Website!

2409 SW 45th Clean & Quiet 1bd 1ba, stove, fridge $375 mo, $200 dep, no sec 8 314-4667

3bd 1K ba carport nice ch/a $795 Accurate Prop 732-3939

8081 S Shields 1 & 2bd Duplex Pets,BillsPd wkly/mthly 632-4467

3bd 1K ba 1car ch/a $700 Accurate Prop 732-3939

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4900 S. Walker Lg 1 to 3 bd Apts $475 & up, dep, elec 631-1115 Ski Island Classy 3bd 2ba 1800sf storm shelter $1085 603-4775

MOVE IN NOW!

2 bed from $595 Try Plaza East • 341-4813

SW I-240 & Western, 2bd, 2.5ba FP, W/D $750 + dep. 692-1325

We Will Pay Cash For

CRESCENT PARK newly remod!!

63rd/May Hdwd flrs secure quiet 1 & 2 beds New owner! 840-7833

Exceptional 3/2/2 brick home 2FP atrium 3000sf $1285 603-4775

By Penn Sq 2bd 1K ba, redec, no pets, fp. Quiet $799 601-446-5354

10x7 HARIS PERSIAN RUG $1200, 10x7 BAKHTIRI $2200 10x13 $1500. 405-439-2449 Department 56/Lemax Christmas Village Collectibles,

4513 SE 50th, close to Tinker, 3bd 2ba, ch/a, fenced yard, $950 T&J Mgmt 537-3169

Effc/all bills pd furnished $450mo off NE Kelly 314-7905/427-7566 2/2/2 $875mo, $850 dep, WAC Home & Ranch Realty 794-7777

GREAT Office Space. Various NW locations, 300-6000sf 946-2516

for Midwest City area. Experienced only. Must have own transportation & tools. 405-760-7916

Warr Acres. 1 bdr All bills paid. $475 mo. No section 8. 470-3535

WE SELL & FINANCE beautiful acreages for mobile homes-Milburn o/a 275-1695

Your Mobile Home 405-417-4594

Brick Layers & Brick Laborers

1 Bedroom 946-9506

130 ac prime hunting land, Atoka County, $2400 ac, 405-659-1201.

Lease to Own: 1 acre with mobile home, package deal, Call for Specials! 405-634-1000.

TELEMARKETING/SALES PROS

Start pay $10-13Hr+comm

Laundry & pool. 751-8088

MAYFAIR Great loc! 1&2 bd W/D hdwd flrs quiet secure 947-5665

1 to 5 Acre tracts Many locations to choose from! Call for maps 405-273-5777 or go online www.property4sale.com

1N to 5A E of OKC, pay out dn. 100's choices, many M/H ready TERMS Milburn o/a 275-1695 www.paulmilburnacreages.com

I BUY RVS & TRAILERS (405) 620-5760

PLUMBER JOURNEYMAN. Commercial & Residential. Current DL. 20 yrs. exp. in hi-rise bldg. Buddy's Plumbing 528-7733.

TREE PROS Now Hiring Crew leaders, estimators & climbers, exp preferred. Top $$ + Hol./Vac Pay. Drug screen req'd. Apply in person only 5803 NW 26th Street Okc OK

AMERICAN CLEANERS

Superintendent For Civil, Industrial & Commercial Jobs. Ranging from $2m-$25m Foreman For concrete crews. Send Resume to Wynn Construction Fax: 405-753-1159 wynn@wynnconstruction.com

(405) 620-5760

DELIVERY ASSISTANT

œ CDL/Non-CDL Drivers œ Inside Sales Support œ Material Handlers SEE MILL CREEK LUMBER ON JOBSOK.COM or go to: millcreeklumber.com

¡‘¡ NIGHT AUDITOR¡‘¡ Best Western - Yukon Must work weekends. Paid vacation. Holiday differential. Apply within; SW corner of I-40 & Mustang Rd. ‘ 405-265-2995

I BUY BOATS

M-F Daytime hours Paid Wkly! 866-652-7760 ext 4020 Ashley

CUSTODIANS F/T - P/T

Accountant

MUST SELL! 2012 43ft Premier 5th Wheel, 2 bed, 1.5 bath, 4 slide outs, dishwasher, washer & dryer hook up, fireplace, great condition $25,000obo » » » 580-374-8302 2015 Keystone Raptor 425TS toy hauler exc cond. non smoking no pets every opt avail. incld W/D Moving must sell Paid over $90K in May asking $75K 405-706-1270

2 Different Posts Available! 1 is $9.50/hr. PT position $10/hr. Unarmed Security Officers. CLEET certified ¡ 405-394-7474

Mid-Del Public Schools is currently accepting applications for Middle & High School Math Teachers. Please go to https://mss.mid-del.net/mss/ to apply. If you have any questions, please call 405-737-4461 Ext. 1218.

2015 YAMAHA YFZ 450R Randy Bowen Chevrolet 1-855-598-4003

'07 Alfa See Ya, 40ft, diesel, 2 slides, full body paint, 16,500 miles, $151,000 take over payments no credit needed. » » » 520-428-6068 » » »

2013 HONDA ODYSSEY TOURING model, only 34K miles, $30,881. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

Mid-Del Public Schools

Local OKC CPA firm wishing to hire a degreed accountant for a permanent position with benefits. 2 years tax and accounting experience required preferably in public accounting. Send resume, references and salary requirements to resume@jdjcpa.net

2005 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED, V6, auto, AC, PW, stereo, leather, sunroof, fully loaded. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

2001 TOYOTA SIENNA, 6 cyl, ato, A/C, PW, PL, 3rd seat, $4488. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

'09 Odyssey Tour slvr loc 1 own 58K mi 3rd row st nav 751-5200co

2005 HARLEY DAVIDSON ULTRA CLASSIC, 19K miles, only $9999. BOB MOORE NISSAN (405) 310-0511

1998 HD Low Rider garage kept. 6,000 mi too much chrome to mention $5000 firm. 341-8338

95 DODGE CARAVAN Red with new wheels, running boards and paint job, $1,500 or best offer. Call cell 405-830-4377

2010 TOWN & COUNTRY, great condition, low miles, $11,379. Bob Moore Dodge Chrysler Jeep 844-300-6599 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER, 4x4, 3rd seat, SE trim, loaded, nice, $6988. WHEELS OF NORMAN 364-1401

2011 TOYOTA SEQUOIA PLATINUM, navi, rear ent, loaded, $25,500. 775-7080 co

2015 DODGE CARAVAN SXT, like new, seats 7, $17,900. 775-7080 co 2010 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, clean CarFax, all power equipment, power sliding doors, $10,798. BOB MOORE FORD 405-679-3122 or Text BMF T51155A to 313131

2009 NISSAN MURANO, BLACK, AWD, PW, PL, AUTO, STK #B9161B, $8999. FERGUSON BUICK GMC 1-855-466-5080 2009 NISSAN MURANO SL, leather, sunroof, great driver, $13,901. BOB MOORE CADILLAC NORMAN 405-310-0583

'15 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SXT, 1 owner, priced to sell fast, $17,988, Stk #P190720. BOB MOORE KIA NW EXPRESSWAY 405-261-3115

39 buildings, 8 animated products, 700 accessories, 2 Lionel trains, & 9 display tables. $7,000 obo 691-2423

3bd 1.5 ba 2car ch/a $650 Accurate Prop 732-3939

Nice brick, 4/2/2, fireplace, storm shelter, fncd, Westmoore School, $1200 mo, no sec 8, 625-2882.

Daryl's Appliance: W&D $100+, limited supply!5yr war. refr/stove $125 & up, 1yr war. 405-632-8954 Washer, Dryer, Dishwashr, Stove Fridge, $100 ea, can del, 820-8727

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Twister Towing Service Saturday, December 12, at 11am 6221 N. Mueller, Bethany, OK 2000 Mercedes, Mazda RX8 and VW's, plus approx 60+ seized and impounded vehicles www.barrysauction.com

Close Out Sale - Ladies African Attire & Accessories. Prices start at $10 up to $39.95. For more info. call 405-424-7403.

Holiday Blowout Sale

Everyone that came and the ones that wasn't able to come to the last sale wanted another one at the low, low, prices.

Please don't miss this one.

European Antiques, used office and nearly new furniture. Mirrors, lots of glass, kitchen items and knick knacks, Tools, Area rugs at cost, 2 refrigs Fri-Sun, Dec 11, 12, 13 - 9am-4pm Check for pics @ Stoutokc.com 911 N.W. 79th & Western Ave Oklahoma City, Okla 73114

Estate Sale

Moving Sale 2501 SW Meadow Cliff Dr. OKC, OK 73159 Saturday Dec. 12th - 7am to 3pm Come see everything from glassware to computer games, figurines to fishing poles, cookware to antique furniture, and much much more.

HUGE ESTATE SALE 12217 S. BROADWAY, EDMOND SATURDAY ONLY 8:00 - 5:00 p.m. Antiques, tools, car parts, furniture, holiday items, sport wheelchair and other medical equipment, name brand clothing. GREAT PRICES!!! Estate Sale 3116 Royce Pl., Yukon Dec. 11 & 12, 9am-3pm. Henredon Sectional, Ashley Bedroom Suite, Lots of Tools, Kitchenware, Knick Knacks, & More! Pics at www.watkinsestatesales.com

Australian Shepherd Puppies ASCA reg., 1 red-tri male left! $500 www.cowboyloveaussies. com, 580-581-7523 Australian Shepherds, POP, can be registered, 3 mos old, $300ea. » » » 405-488-5053 » » »

MOVING FRI-SAT

512 SW 103rd St. Mower/Edger, Living & Dining Furn. Cash Only. 1613 SW 129th St, Fri & Sat, glass yard art, great Christmas gifts, discounted prices.

IRISH SETTERS Dark Mahogany dual registered. Excellent bird dogs or companion only 2 avail. Ready now! $800 620-662-2120

Estate Sale 811 Schooner 12/11, 12/12, 12/13 8am -4pm Furniture, Household , X-Mas items, & Knick Knacks. Tamatha Farley 405-361-6597 1304 Stone Canyon Cir, Edmond Fri & Sat, 9-4. Nice home full of quality items. Pics at www.okcestatesales.com Sale by JD

Busy Bee HUGE Estate Sale Fri 9-4 Sat 9-4, Sun 11-4. 2101 Westridge Dr Edmond, 73013

1990 JD 4455 PS MWFD 3 SCV quick hitch, good paint. new int & seat. Radial tires $38,000. Bill Courtney Ft. Cobb 580-550-0094

W OO D S U N L I M I T E D »» NEW LOCATION »»

2604 S PORTLAND » 73108 » 405-996-6352 » FIREWOOD $125 Rick FAST delivery/stkd or PU $100 » Stovewood $75 Trk Ld

Ladies 2Ct princess cut diamond platinum solitare w/1.5Ct small diamonds 3.50Ct TW. $13,500 608-6860 leave message. Ladies Hamilton Platinum Watch, set with a total of 1.97ct diamonds, enclosed in 14K yellow gold, $2,000. 405-608-1021 Navy Sheared Mink Stroller with Mahogany mink trim, $3,000, replacement cost $7,000, size 12-14. 405-608-1021.

Gunsmith, Toolmaker

Complete Small Shop Machine Tools - Pristine or New Condition 405-360-5864

Kawai studio piano, model CX5H, excellent condition, $1000, 405-664-8891, Edmond area.

ROTTWEILER AKC Quality pups Sires son of Gonzzo Antonius, world champion, great temp. vet ckd $900 OKC 405-205-7685

Boston Terrier, F, 6wks, b/w, pure bred, no papers, $395. Call or text for pics 405-826-9130

LAB PUPPIES » AKC CHOC & BLACKS. S/W/DC Ready to Go! $500 580-257-9617

Rottweiler AKC pups Champion sire. www.toprottweilers.com $1500-$2500 ¡ 481-5558

BOSTON TERRIER, AKC PUPS, 2M, 3F, red & white, dewclaws removed, s/w, $700 ea, 249-8689

LAB Puppies, AKC registered, 7wks, 3 yellow M & 1 black F, s/w $500 580-822-1541/580-822-1540

BOXER, AKC pup, 11 weeks old, champion parents, health tested & agility titles, s/w, fawn M $1000, 405-205-4724.

LABRADOODLES & GOLDENDOODLE Ready Now~S/W/DC/MC~vet chkd~mini/mediums~no shed/ hypoallergenic rubyrunkennel@yahoo.com rubyrunkennel.com 405 320-1198 $1,500-$1,800

Rottweilers 4 Christmas! DOB 11/11 AKC- large, masculine build. +Temperament $800-1200 405.821.7771

pics $450ea 580-574-3243

Boxer Puppies

Full Blood Born Oct. 27th. Flashy fawns and whites available. $275 580-461-1731 BOXER PUPS, AKC registered, 7 weeks old, 4 males, 2 females, fawn & brindle, $450, 580-583-5106 or 580-515-6419. BOXER PUPS FLASHY;AKC; POP; $400.00 Please call (405)926-7864 Chihuahua, TEACUPS, 8wks, TINY, $250 Cash ¡ 405-788-0113

METAL STORAGE BUILDING 18'x20' with 1 rollup door installed on your prep ground $2595. Other sizes available. CharlesWestAuto.com 405-424-3355

WOOD BUILDINGS ON SALE

12x24 - $2,350 ¡ 12x16 - $1,999 10x16 - $1,499 ¡ 501-722-5200

GUN SHOW

LABS, AKC Champion Sired, blk & choc. pups, M & F, $700-$850, soonerlabs.com 405-760-6638

LLEWELLIN SETTER PUPPIES

IPDBA champ bloodlines. Parents love to hunt & are exc family dogs. 3M, 6F, 6 wks on 12/22, vet chkd, s/w, $450 ea, 405-760-6249

6604 NW 38th, 789-8102. Final days of blowout sale. Great presents still available. See us at the store this weekend. Special Firearms Auction For the avid collector or the everyday sportsman. Auction Ends 12/16 - Go to assiter.com Starting Bid: $1 806.655.3900 assiter.com

Holiday Sale! Large selection of gas & elec cars! Hurry! 872-5671.

Chow chow pups, UAB registered, s/w, $500, 405-408-7712. COCKER SPANIEL PUPPIES AKC 2F/3M $350-$500 405-434-7472 Collie AKC- Christmas Puppies! Born on 11/11- first shots, wormed, beautiful puppies, will be ready to go home on Christmas week! Call/text for pictures $600.00 (405)246-8545

M/F, small, no shed, low allergy & odor, easy going & sweet & loving dogs, delivery/show room, $500-$800. 918-694-3868.

MALTESE PUPS, AKC, will be small, will meet, M $350, F $650, 405-742-7266. MORKIES, 8wks, Adorable, s/w, $400-$500 ’ ’ 361-5317 Pit Bulls 7wks ADBA Reg Beautiful Pups, Great Temperament, POP, 1st Shots Blue Fawn and Reg Fawn will text Pic $200. 405-249-2176 Noble, OK

POMERANIANs ACA, 2M, 1F s/w, $300-$500. 580-695-1851

DACHSHUND MINI » ACA 2M, s/w, $250 » 580-695-1851

dachshund minis b/t, red, m/f s/w ready from santa $225-$250 405-589-1037

English Bulldogs Puppies AKC, 9wks, first shots, vet checked, wormed. I do take debit/ credit cards $1500. 405-830-7367 Traci

ENGLISH BULLDOGS, AKC reg, Males & Females, champion sired, $1600-$2000; Will hold till Christmas. Also Champion Stud Service; 405-329-0066. www.cedarlanebulldogs.com

English Bulldog AKC reg,2 female's.DOB 08/10/15 Vet checked,1st shots, Great pedigree and health. Bethany area. $2,000.00 405 924-1728 or 405 503-4170

Seasoned Oak firewood, No delivery in OKC & Moore 405-756-6055

FREE ADMISSION, 8-5, FR & SA Dec 11th & 12th ¡ 615 E Robinson FOR INFO: 6 1 3 - 6 9 9 2

English Mastiff Puppies, AKC reg.

2015

French Bulldogs, ICA, Absolutely Beautiful, Assorted Colors, M & F $1,500-$2,000ea. 405-401-7213

Shell

SIBERIAN HUSKIES, ACA, Christmas Puppies, $400-$600. www.skylimitranch.net

Convenient Loan We want to make you a loan. $145 - $1,410. Call Today (405)733-7100

SIBERIAN HUSKIES »» AKC CHAMPION BLOODLINE, $400-$500 EACH, 405-412-0561

The Oklahoman runs free found ads as a community service.

Call 475-3000

before 2 p.m. Monday through Friday to advertise the item you've found in the next day's edition and online on newsok.com

Sheep found vicinity of 18th & Markwell. 405-787-2983 WESTIES, AKC reg, 4 wks,

Gray Great Dane near NE 122nd & Post Rd, 399-2340/476-2771 to ID

XXL American Pit Bullies ch. ped new litter $600 580-237-1961

Pit bull, white with black, near NW 10th & May, 397-8023 to ID.

s/w, vet chk, health grtd, M $500, ready by Christmas, 580-258-8395

Poodle Pups, 1 AKC reg red F, 1st s/w $475. 387-2333/464-9129

YORKIE AKC Reg. Teacup female. 8wks $750 ’ 405-795-0456

YORKIES, ACA, teddy bears, 1F, 2M, (1M teacup), home raised, $500-$750, 445-2342.

LOST: Small Mini Aussie/Papillon mix. Her name is Miley & she ran away from 708 Wood Hollow Ln in Moore on 12/5/15. Please call if you can help at 541-556-4224. Oval diamond on long gold chain, lost N OKC/Edmond area about 10/23, reward, 405-664-1550.

Yorkies, ACA, F/M, 8 weeks, s/w/dc, pics available, $300-$600, 580-504-7115

POODLES, AKC ’ Tiny Toy, 8wks. 2 males tails/dews/ 1st shots/health guaranteed. $500ea Located in SW OK. 928-916-9950

POODLES, AKC, Teacup, Tiny Toy & Toy Adult $50-$500 Pups $500$1500 481-5558, tinyteacups.com

Yorkies, ACA, 2M, 2F, blk & gold, s/w, $500-$750, 405-627-0419. YORKIES, AKC, tiny, adorable, s/w, $700-$800 ’ ’ 361-5317

YORKIES, Teacup & Toy cuties s/w $500-$800. 405-380-5859

POODLES, Minis, 2 males, silver, $300. 580-307-4256 ’ text or call Poodles, Standard, AKC, 2M, white & cream, born 11/6/15, asking $1000 each, 405-823-9312.

LARGE ROUND BALES OF PRAIRIE HAY, $45 each,

405-771-5716.

Drives, Foundations, Patios

Lic./Bond./Ins. Free Est. 769-3094

Pixie Bobs (Mini Bobcat) reg, 1M 1F, 6 wks, will be XL, parents on site, shots $200 ea, 405-578-2475

40 crossbred cows, 6 new calves, 58 black cows, 3 new calves, remainder all pregnant, $1800 each, 405-401-9587.

2 BLK SIMMENTAL BULLS

$2800EA. 405-964-3732 27 REG. ANGUS BULLS AI Sires $2500&up 405-210-6933 478-8047

FAITH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Dec 11 & 12, 8-6:30, 900 N. MAY AFGHAN HOUND 6yr old F Creme color. Spayed, Shots. very gentle. needs great home $400 596-3093 American Bully, UKC, 3F, $600 obo ’’’ 405-889-1480 Aussie Mini Pups, 7 weeks, up to date on s/w, $500-$700, 580-695-6004.

Bill's Painting & Home Repairs

Quality Work! Free Est. 306-3087.

Tearouts/Repours, Drives, Patios, & More, Lic Ins Free Est 794-8505

KITTEN Fabulous M Tuxedo, 6 mos, bobbed tail. Extremely affectionate! Very playful 405-740-9395

942-5865 No Appliances

1221 NW 44th Street

Full registration, 6 weeks old, 1 white M; 1 white F $700ea. 2 red & white male $600 ea. Blue eyes. S/W, POP, 534-3377.

Poodle Puppies for Christmas AKC Black Toy males ready on Dec. 21st. $850 405.326.1211

Holiday Kittens, litter trained, weaned, $15ea. 405-343-4952

MOVING SALE 424 NW 43 ST. Sun., 12/13 9a - 3p. Furniture, appliances, yard equip., tools, toys

SIBERIAN HUSKIES ‘ AKC

Pom Puppy AKC 1M left s/w POP $475. No texting 918-387-4216

Beautiful Christmas Kittens $20ea. 455-2400

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Shorkie (Shih Tzu/Yorkie), TINY! $495-$550, VISA/MC, 826-4557

Please contact Tammy Leeper, Procurement Officer, with the Osage Nation Purchasing Office @ 918-287-5344 or via e-mail tleeper@osagenation-nsn.gov to request a copy of the detailed Request for Proposal.

born 10/5/15, s/w, $1,200. 606-9748 ¡ 818-3560

$3/lb, Native $1.50/lb, crack & clean extra. Meeker 405-279-2656

WE BUY FURNITURE

will be ready 12-16/15 s/w NAPR Reg. Parents on site. $500 405-712-1892 Atwood OK area.

English Bulldog puppies, AKC grand champion sired, 3M, 9 wks, vet owned, $2000-$2500, jwilsonbulldogs.com 405-878-0128, 405-990-4639

Norman Flea Market Big Sale

10x7 HARIS PERSIAN RUG $1200, 10x7 BAKHTIRI $2200 10x13 $1500. 405-439-2449

Shih Tzu pups 2M dob 10-21-15

Osage Preference will be applied in awarding the contract. The Osage Nation reserves the right to reject any and all responses.

s/w/dc, $450 ‘ 580-334-5292.

Poodle Pups Toy CKC reg, vet chk, 1st s/w $475-$600. 405-788-5011

English Bulldog Puppies Registered English Bulldog Puppies. White, Brown and Tricolored. 5 Males 2 Females. Health Check, all Shots, Microchipped, Papers. Great Holiday Gift! Ready to Go. $1200-2800. 580-370-0561

Split firewood Stacked & delivered $130 ¡ 405-227-0686

The detailed Request for Proposals may be obtained from the Purchasing Office.

Yorkie, ACA, Adorable Babies, $500-$800, 485-3702, 570-5274

GERMAN SHORTHAIRS

5x8, 5x10, 6x12, w/gates;

Schnauzers, Mini, AKC, 1 left, $650. Photos & info at protosite.us 405-473-3275

Westie Female Reg. 13 weeks,

Dachshund, Mini, ACA, shots 2 & wormed, fancy colors, $350 Negotiable. Seiling 580-922-3441

We buy GUNS Mustang Pawn & Gun. Over 1000 guns! 376-GUNS IRISH SETTERS Dark Mahogany dual registered. Excellent bird dogs or companion only 2 avail. Ready now! $800 620-662-2120

like new 16 foot tandem; $650-$1250 Cash. 405-201-6820

Schnauzers Miniature AKC 8 weeks, chocolate or white S/ W/D ears cropped. $1000-$1500 call or text 580-402-2344 or 580-402-2345

The Osage Nation is soliciting proposals from qualified companies to provide higher education assistance and scholarship program management. Responses will be accepted until 4:30 PM on February 4, 2016 at the Purchasing Office of the Osage Nation, 1071 Grandview Lane, Pawhuska, OK 74056.

Siberian Husky Pups Reg. $425ea. s/w, 580-276-7673/580-276-3751

Coton de Tulear, Predominant, 13wk M. Shots, non-allergenic, $400 neg. 405-206-0575.

Dachshund Pups 2blk/tan, 1sable, 1blonde s/w$250 no txt 888-3684

5M, 2F Rawhide Clown $700 ¡‘¡ 580-571-1763 ¡‘¡ WATERFOWL HUNTING LEASE Major Cnty, 480ac w/4 pounds & 80ac downed milo. 405-640-2786 OK’s largest selection of used Golf cars ¡ 800-276-0571

Request for Proposals Schnauzers, Registered, Toy size, Exotic Merles, Black, Black Parti & Chocolate, raised in our home, $1,000-$1,500. Call Lorie 580-210-9127 or 580-210-9575

Maltese (the ideal house pet)

DECEMBER 12 & 13 SAT. 9-5 & SUN. 9-4 OKLAHOMA CITY STATE FAIRGROUNDS OK EXPO HALL BUY-SELL-TRADE RK Shows Info: (563) 927-8176

C&J Sporting Goods

Rottweiler AKC pups true germ. bred. $800-$1000 405-227-4729

Labrador English AKC Puppies White Champion Bloodlines retrieversredriver.blogspot.com $1000 (580)380-6938

Chihuahuas, ACA, 2F, tiny teacup, s/w, $550, 627-0419.

DELIVERED & STACKED. $120 per rick » 405-365-4011

Paper

Rhode Island Red Chickens, $25 each. 405-826-8767

Beagle Pups ’ 3 RARE CHOC, $350, Ready for Christmas, Taking deposit. 748-7130

CHIHUAHUA PUPPIES $200 ’’ 405-924-8479 ’’

Seasoned Oak Firewood

PECANS:

8yo QH Gelding, ranch ridden, chestnut, 14.3h, sound, $1,800. 405-760-3696

Jack Russells 8wks little cuties s/w/t/dc $200. 405-612-6568

3000 Horse Shoe Bend, Edmond Wed-Sat, 9-5. Furniture, tools, saddle, 2 guns, grandfather clock, hunting clothes, freezer, washer, dryer, home decor & vintage jewelry from antique store.

Pug Puppies (Black) 2F, Black, 8 wks old, full CKC registration, 1st round of shots. $750 Hillary Allen 580-399-8737

Lab AKC Registered Chocolate Puppies Akc Registered chocolate lab puppies papers in hand 6 males 3 females have shots and wormed asking 700$ for males and 650$ for females. Call (405)328-4203 or (405) 240-0392

BASSETT HOUND AKC PUPS blk & wht tris also red & whites. Great for Christmas! Will text

Nautilus T616 Treadmill

(top of the line) Reg. purchase msrp $1799 + $299.99 shipping. I bought on sale $1299. Like new with less than 5 hrs of use. Your price $800. A great family Christmas gift call 405-735-5065

4428 Rankin Road Friday and Saturday 8-4, Sunday 1-5. Huge 4 Bedroom Estate Sale, Furniture, Collectables including Coca-Cola, Hallmark, etc. Christmas, Cabinets, Light Fixtures, Household, China, Garden, Unique Vintage & much more. Laura Motley 405-760-5667 ESTATE SALE NE 10th and Harrison 12/11-12/12/2015. Tools, Household Contents, Hot Tub, Power Tools, Furniture, Items too numerous to mention. All Goes! CASH ONLY! NO CHECKS 9:00 to 5:00 Both Days

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

Custom Gutters Inc., New/Repair, warrnty, BBB top rated, 528-4722. FRENCH MASTIFF PUPPIES Ckc registered. Ready Dec 19th. 3M/5F $1000-$1200 Text 405.468.5917

A-1 PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR ¡‘¡ 406-5008 ¡‘¡

GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES M/F Goldendoodle puppies!! black white and choc. They will be ready the week of Christmas. Call or text 405-226-1414 for pics and info $1000

Christmas lights installed! LED or others, free est 405-243-2915.

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES AKC REGISTERED. Shots, dewormed. 4 males, 2 females. Family raised, parents on premises. 9 weeks old. Please, no calls or texts after 9 p.m. $700 580-258-8734 Golden Retriever, AKC CH, 3M 3F Sib Nat'l Pet of Year, OFA, Hips/ Elbows, $800-$1000, 388-3661.

HAVANESE, AKC, 6wks,

2M, 1F, black & white, $600, 405-691-0897 or 405-778-0516

Any Type Plumbing ¡ Hot Water Tanks ¡ Free Est. ¡ 405-243-2915

Garay's Roofing/Construction

Exp. quality work, free est, roof repair & replace, local since 1985, insurance claims okay, 370-3572.

Paint Plbg Sheetrock Storm dam Free est! Any job 405-243-2915 Home Repair & Remodel. Roofing. Siding. Free Estimate. 410-2495.

All Professional Tree Service.

Shrub Care » Senior Discount » Insured »»» 405-885-2572 »

» GENE’S TREE SERVICE» Insured-Free Est. 682-2100.

Appliance & A/C Service, 27 years exper, $40 service call, 371-3049.

Professional Carpet Cleaning, 4 rooms $80, ins, bond, 546-8859.

RESIDENTIAL HAULING AND CLEANING, 765-8843.

Ins, Free Est, Firewood, 946-3369.

Junk & trash removal, appliances, furniture, bedding, etc., 808-9955.

Goodwin's Tree Service, available immediately, 405-448-6692.

L&R Tree Service, Low Prices,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

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