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Compensation case not simple ••The state has a limit of $175,000, and a federal case is hard to prove.

exonerated Michelle Murphy: She spent 20 years in prision in the death of her son before recently being exonerated.

By ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor

and CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writer

seeking compensation for the 20 Attorneys for a woman recently years she spent in prison. exonerated in the murder of her But if Michelle Murphy hopes to infant have taken the first step in recover more than the state’s maxi-

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city of Tulsa have exchanged letters placing each other on notice Tim Harris: The to preserve evidence in the case, Tulsa County disin expectation of a tort claim to be trict attorney was filed soon, records show. the prosecutor on Murphy’s attorney, Richard Murphy’s case. O’Carroll, said: “We are going to seek justice as much as it can be found in a monetary form for Miss Murphy.” Though Murphy served nearly mum of $175,000, she will have to 20 years in prison before she was get over a high legal bar in federal exonerated in her baby’s death, court, experts say. See case A10 Attorneys for Murphy and the

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State execs get big pay raises Dozens of directors for state agencies have quietly received hefty pay raises in the last two fiscal years, according to records requested by the Tulsa World. The raises total more than $750,000 and average more than $16,000 per person. One director received a 58-percent increase — a raise of more than $46,000 a year. Find out who got the biggest raises and what the governor had to say about them.

Education initiative offers new model

A Gathering place: 4,300 to be planted

By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer

ImpactTulsa is launching with a specific end in mind: improving educational outcomes for students across the metro area. But it’s the method that sets this new initiative apart. The idea, which came from a national network called Strive Together, is to harness expertise, resources and a variety of perspectives from across an entire region to collectively set goals, work to achieve them and measure progress. ImpactTulsa already counts the leaders of 10 school districts, See goals A9

Hurbano Esparza (center) feeds a log into an industrial wood chipper with Richard Schmidt (left) and Adam Bennett at the future site of A Gathering Place for Tulsa on Wednesday. The trimming makes room for park features and for new trees. Photos by MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

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Arborist helping decide what stays, what goes By KEVIN CANFIELD

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ill Preaus stopped in the middle of the swath of trees and pointed to the hackberry. It was a hackberry stump, actually, no more than 5 inches in diameter. But what a story it told. “It was growing basically in the shade,” Preaus said after marking off the years, ring by ring, with a black marker. “So it was really struggling to survive. Had it been out in the full

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Arborist Bill Preaus discusses the tree-removal plan for A Gathering Place for Tulsa on Wednesday. “There is a reason for every tree we’re taking out,” Preaus said. “It isn’t just hodgepodge.”

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NORMAN — At 12:34 a.m. Oct. 9, a post went up on 19-year-old freshman Alan J. Hruby’s Twitter account appearing to indicate he was in his dorm at the University of Oklahoma. “Home. @headington hall,” reads the post, accompanied by a picture of the state-of-the-art residence hall that opened in 2013. Seven minutes later, another post went up, this one including a photograph of the university’s nearby football stadium, apparently taken from Hruby’s sixth-floor dorm room. “You could say we have a good view,” the post reads. Just 20 minutes later, police pulled Hruby over in Duncan, about 70 miles away. See Hruby A6

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Tulsa couple wed at Oktoberfest

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Oktoberfest The 2014 Linde Oktoberfest wraps up from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the River West Festival Park. Admission is $6. Church services will take place from 12:10 to 1 p.m. at the amphitheater. The Dachshund Dash begins at 1 p.m. in the Linde Courtyard. More than a dozen bands also are slated to perform during the six hours. For more information, visit tulsaoktoberfest.org.

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The bride and groom toasted each other with a clink of their steins and then kissed, turning toward the crowd assembled on the dance floor to raise their German beers high. The 60 or so people standing with them cheered for the happy couple, who were dressed in German garb along with the rest of the bridal party. The unique ceremony took place within the Lufthansa BierGarten tent Saturday at Linde Oktoberfest at the River West Festival Park. The Tulsa couple, Nick Beals and Amour Wolfe, were the first two to be married during the annual Oktoberfest celebration in more than a decade — and the pair wouldn’t have it any other way. The two, who have been together close to six years, attend the festival every year, and Wolfe has even deeper ties to the festival with family roots that trace back to Elmstein, Germany. “I’ve got some German heritage, and my German grandfather is the only one who is no longer here,” Wolfe said. “So it was kind of like we were honoring him.” Wolfe, 27, said one of her bridesmaids was wearing her grandfather’s Oktoberfest hat in the wedding. She said a great-aunt told her she has

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distant relatives who still live in Germany in a home that has been in the family for more than 700 years. “They used to keep cows in the basement during the winter,” Wolfe said. Beals, 33, said they decided a couple of years ago after their engagement that Oktoberfest would be a great venue for matrimony. “It went well; it was great,” Beals said of the wedding. “There was a lot of people, and I enjoyed myself — they seemed to enjoy themselves.” Ray Barham, a groomsman and native Tulsan who now lives in Plano, Texas, said the wedding was great.

Barham, who grew up with Beals, said he had never been to a themed wedding. “It was carefree but intimate,” Barham said. Courtney Spohn, a bridesmaid from Tulsa, has known the couple for the length of their relationship. Spohn said it was the “ideal kind of wedding” for those two. The ceremony took place in a half hour between band performances on the stage. The wedding reception had a private skybox within the tent to continue the revelry as Oktoberfest chugged on. Jesse Boudiette, Oktoberfest

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tulsaworld.com Amour Wolfe (left) of Tulsa and her new husband, Nick Beals, toast each other after getting married by Pastor Vernon Howard (center) from Sapulpa during the Linde Oktoberfest at River West Festival Park in Tulsa on Saturday.

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spokesman, said the Beals-Wolfe wedding was the first since 2002, when a longtime festival volunteer tied the knot. The original Oktoberfest in Germany was a royal wedding with festivities in the early 1800s, which spawned subsequent celebrations that have grown tremendously in size. The Oktoberfest in Tulsa has done other weddings in the past, which Boudiette said isn’t unusual but doesn’t happen often. Corey Jones 918-581-8359 corey.jones@tulsaworld.com

Big move When the Kansas City Royals traded for James Shields, Alex Gordon says he knew the Kansas City Royals were serious about winning. B1

Rivals meet The Dallas Cowboys hope to keep rolling on Sunday, as the New York Giants try to bounce back from a loss. B1

Scene ‘Cinderella’ The star of the Tulsa Opera has put on the slipper twice already this year. D1

WHAT TO DO? YOUR CALENDAR

We round up area eateries’ weekly specials. D3

Come downtown to the Cox Business Center, formerly the Tulsa Convention Center, and see hundreds of home products and service providers displaying an array of solutions to your needs. Get great Christmas gift ideas and enjoy a day packed with new ideas for your home and family. The event is set for Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For a full list of community events, and to submit your event, go online to: tulsaworld. com/ calendar For more events in Tulsa, visit: tulsaworld. com/scene

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Guests at this year’s event take in the festivities at the Linde Oktoberfest courtyard. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World

Sunday: Guthrie Green

Sunday: Linde Oktoberfest

Spend a beautiful fall day at a variety of events at Tulsa’s downtown park, Guthrie Green. The Sunday Market starts at 10 a.m., followed by the Sunday Concert, this week featuring the bluegrass tunes of Cornmeal, Grazzhopper and Coyote Hill Bluegrass. Music starts at 2 p.m. All events at Guthrie Green, 111 E. M.B. Brady St., are free to attend. Daily fitness events are also scheduled, with a full calendar at guthriegreen.com.

Linde Oktoberfest ends Sunday with lots of food, family activities and, of course, chicken dancing throughout the day. Oktoberfest runs from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at River West Festival Park, 2100 S. Jackson Ave. Admission is $6. More information, including free shuttle maps and stops, is at tulsaoktoberfest.org.

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The NBA visits Tulsa on Sunday when the Oklahoma City Thunder takes on Minnesota at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Sunday for the preseason game, set to start at 6 p.m. Find more information about the game at bokcenter.com or nba.com/thunder.

OKC Thunder guard Andre Roberson (left) blocks shot by Denver center Timofey Mozgov, earlier this month. DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP

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Paisley Skeith, 13, works at the A&D Shanks booth at the Guthrie Green at Sunday Market last year. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World file

WAY BACK WHEN: TODAY IN HISTORY The development of a new “thinking machine” that could beat human brains was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Mathematical problems too complex for the human brain to master can be fed into this mechanical mind and it will promptly grind out the answer,” the announcement said. “The product integraph might be called an adding machine carried to an extreme,” inventor Vannevar Bush said. MIT described the machine as “virtually a man-made brain which transcends human reasoning and readily plots the answer to problems that cannot now be solved by formal mathematics.”

1960 — Cuban exports banned The export of all U.S. goods

except medical supplies and food was banned in what a government spokesman said was an action to defend American businesses “against the discriminatory, aggressive and injurious economic policies of the Castro administration.” The Cuban government had failed to pay $150 million owed to U.S. businesses. During the long debate in Washington on the proposed embargo, the Castro government began stockpiling such things as automobile parts.

This country is getting so big that no matter what it is, it don’t bother us any more. We just struggle along in spite of ourselves.” — June 8, 1930

1987 — ‘Black Monday’ crash A selling panic that rivaled the Great Crash of 1929 pushed the Dow Jones average down more than 500 points and sent shock waves around the world. The day became known as “Black Monday” after the value of stocks plunged by more than $500

billion in the busiest day on the New York Stock Exchange. As a result of the crash, regulators developed new rules allowing exchanges to halt trading temporarily in instances of exceptionally large price declines.

2000 — Dome statue chosen The Capitol Preservation Commission chose a statue of an American Indian by Enoch Kelly Haney for the top of the Capitol’s dome. Six Oklahoma artists had been asked to submit sculptures of American Indians for the dome. Haney, a Seminole-Creek, is the grandson of Willie Haney, Seminole chief in the 1940s. Enoch Haney served in the state Legislature in the 1980s. “The Guardian,” a threeton, 17½-foot-tall bronze statue, was placed atop the dome in 2002.

TOMORROW IN YOUR WORLD Dozens of directors of state agencies have quietly received hefty pay raises in the last two fiscal years. News Get full coverage of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Tulsa football. Sports Find out what’s trending for Halloween for kids and adults this year. Scene >>> Experts at the Motley Fool help protect you from foolish financial mistakes. Business

Nani Barton, 6, and her mother, Kari Barton, check out costumes at Ehrle’s Party Supply in Tulsa. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World

CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS A Saturday Tulsa World story incorrectly reported where a late September fatal car crash occurred. The crash occurred along 71st Street west of Harvard Avenue. Report a correction to editors when you see inaccurate content at tulsaworld.com/corrections.

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“The Guardian” stands atop the Oklahoma Capitol dome. Tulsa World file

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Mission unaccomplished: containing Ebola in Africa ••Waiting too long, spending too little are some reasons for the spread. By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press

Looking back, the mistakes are easy to see: Waiting too long, spending too little, relying on the wrong people, thinking small when they needed to think big. Many people, governments and agencies share the blame for failing to contain Ebola when it emerged in West Africa. Now they share the herculean task of trying to end an epidemic that has sickened more than 9,000, killed more than 4,500, seeded cases in Europe and the United States, and is not even close to being controlled. Many of the missteps are detailed in a draft of an internal World Health Organization report obtained by The Associated Press. It shows there was not one pivotal blunder that gave Ebola the upper hand, but a series of them that mounted. Nearly every agency and government stumbled. Heavy criticism falls on the World Health Organization, where there was “a failure to see that conditions for explosive spread were present right at the start.” WHO — the United Nations’ health agency — had some incompetent staff, let bureaucratic bungles delay people and money to fight the virus, and was hampered by budget cuts and the need to battle other diseases flaring around the world, the report says. In a statement, WHO said the draft document has not been checked for accuracy and that the agency would not comment until it was finished. WHO’s chief, Dr. Margaret Chan, did not respond to AP requests for comment but told Bloomberg news service that she “was not fully informed” as the disaster evolved. “We responded, but our response may not have matched the scale of the outbreak and the complexity of the outbreak,” she said. “By the time we recognized

this was serious, the genie was already out of the bottle,” said Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota publichealth expert. “Nobody is to blame because everybody is to blame.” Ebola had caused two dozen smaller outbreaks elsewhere in Africa before it appeared in the western part of the continent earlier this year, “so people were caught off guard” by its rapid spread, said Dr. Irwin Redlener, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University. “We thought we would do what we usually do and that this would come under control, but that didn’t turn out to be the case.” Early blunders: The first mistake came Jan. 11 at a hospital in Gueckedou, Guinea, where the grandmother of the first two children known to have died in this outbreak sought care. It was a rare opportunity — most people just seek help from traditional healers. But instead of detecting and stopping the disease, the hospital compounded the problem: Two new chains of transmission began, among patients and health workers, and in another village. On Jan. 27, local health officials and Doctors Without Borders missed a chance to diagnose Ebola after seeing bacteria in blood samples — they concluded cholera might be the culprit. Ebola wasn’t confirmed until March 21. By the end of the month, it had spread to Liberia. In April, Doctors Without Borders warned that the outbreak was out of control, but a WHO spokesman insisted it wasn’t. In May, the funeral of a traditional healer in Sierra Leone spread the virus to hundreds of people. “It was a turning point. It refueled the epidemic in Guinea and it was the start of major epidemics in Liberia and Sierra Leone,” said Dr. Peter Piot, co-discoverer of the Ebola virus and director of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Little went smoothly. WHO’s Guinea office was accused of not helping a team of experts get visas to that country. Some $500,000 in aid was held up by red tape.

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Success of idea to ban travel questioned By ERICA WERNER Associated Press

A Nigerian health official uses a thermometer on a worker at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. Ebola has killed more than 4,500 people in West Africa and wreaked havoc on the region. Sunday Alamba/Associated Press file

In early July, Piot “called for a state of emergency to be declared and for military operations to be dePiot ployed,” he said. It didn’t happen. How countries fell short: In Guinea, the ministry of health at first would give WHO information only on lab-confirmed Ebola cases, hampering the investigation. Messages to the public about the lethal nature of the disease discouraged people from seeking treatment. When masked teams arrived to disinfect hot zones, people thought they were spraying toxic chemicals and attacked them. Early international aid was mishandled. Guinean President Alpha Conde set up a panel with the ministers of health, communications and social affairs to fight the disease, but the minister of health couldn’t formulate an effective strategy and little money was dispersed. Finally, a new committee of independent experts was appointed and funds began to flow. In Liberia, early government messages stressed that Ebola had no cure, so sick people saw

little reason to go to a hospital, and the disease spread even more. In August, the government quarantined a Monrovia slum, sparking clashes with security forces that killed a teen. Ultimately, health officials realized they couldn’t track or limit Ebola spreading in the slum. Many bodies were dumped into nearby rivers. In Sierra Leone, the government sent politicians to warn people about Ebola rather than relying more on charitable groups and medical professionals, said Joseph Smith, a community activist in the capital city of Freetown. Some feared it was a government conspiracy to use Ebola to wipe out opposition supporters ahead of a national census planned for December. In Spain, where a nurse got Ebola after taking care of a patient who died of it, debate raged over whether protective gear protocols were being followed. Health workers protested about a lack of training; the government overhauled it and adopted new equipment standards. Ebola comes to the U.S.: On Sept. 20, Ebola made a 5,700mile trip to the United States, when a Liberian man, Thomas Eric Duncan, flew to Dallas. His infection was confirmed on Sept. 30. Two nurses who cared for him before he died now have the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been harshly criticized by many who say it offered shifting advice on protective gear to hospitals and failed to assess correctly what risk Duncan’s infection posed and to whom. In fact, the CDC had been among the earliest responders when Ebola surfaced in Africa, sending five people to Guinea in late March and two more to Liberia in April. In late May, the situation seemed in hand and WHO advised CDC that its staff could leave. But cases surged in June and five CDC workers returned to Guinea. In July, more went to Liberia and Sierra Leone, and to Nigeria after an Ebola death occurred there. By late August, 100 CDC staffers were tracing contacts, educating health workers, communicating with the public and training officials on how stop sick passengers from getting on planes. Gregg Mitman, a University of Wisconsin medical historian who was in Liberia in June, said the response by CDC and others was slow, but noted that WHO and CDC had tight budgets. Redlener, at Columbia University, agreed. “It shouldn’t just be WHO that we blame,” he said. “Nobody else, no other countries, were really rushing in to help.”

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WASHINGTON — A ban on travel from West Africa might seem like a simple and smart response to the frightening Ebola outbreak there. It’s become a central demand of Republicans on Capitol Hill and some Democrats, and is popular with the public. But health experts are nearly unanimous in saying it’s a bad idea that could backfire. The experts’ key objection is that a travel ban could prevent needed medical supplies, food and health-care workers from reaching Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the nations where the epidemic is at its worst. Without that aid, the deadly virus might spread to wider areas of Africa, making it even more of a threat to the U.S. and the world, experts say. In addition, preventing people from the affected countries from traveling to the U.S. could be difficult to enforce and might generate counterproductive results, such as people lying about their travel history or attempting to evade screening. “If we know anything in global health it’s that you can’t wrap a whole region in cellophane and expect to keep out a rapidly moving infectious disease. It doesn’t work that way,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor and global-health expert at Georgetown University Law Center. “Ultimately people will flee one way or another, and the more infection there is and the more people there are, the more they flee and the more unsafe we are.”

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Toll in Nepal blizzard, avalanches rises to 38 A rescue helicopter spotted nine more bodies Saturday on a trekking trail in northern Nepal, bringing the death toll to 38 from this week’s series of snowstorms and avalanches in the worst hiking disaster in the Himalayan nation. The bodies were seen in a remote mountainous area, but the steep terrain made it impossible for the helicopter to land, said Yadav Koirala from the Disaster Management Division in Katmandu. The snowstorms were whipped by the tail end of a cyclone that hit the Indian coast a few days earlier. The weather has since improved and sunny skies and calm wind conditions were helping the rescue efforts.

4 McKeesport, Pa.

Burned survivor of fatal fire lost his new family The sole survivor of a deadly house fire in western Pennsylvania lost his new wife, her four young children and his disabled father in the Saturday morning blaze after the recently married couple tried to save their loved ones, family members said. The fire in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport claimed the lives of Hope Jordan and four children ages 2 to 7, as well as the surviving victim’s paralyzed father, according to family members. Keith Egenlauf and Jordan, whose Facebook page indicated they were married Dec. 7, initially escaped the flames but went back into the burning two-story house to try to save Jordan’s children and Egenlauf’s 56-year-old father, Ronald Edward Egenlauf, Ackerman said.

5 Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Russian ship drifting again in rough seas A disabled Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel is adrift again but officials said Saturday there is no immediate risk of it reaching shore, hitting rocks and causing a spill. Royal Canadian Navy Lt. Greg Menzies said a tow line

A look at some key national and foreign developments

Bishops scrap welcome to gays 1 Vatican City

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from the Coast Guard ship Gordon Reid got detached, but he noted that the Russian vessel is now 24 nautical miles away from shore. The Russian container ship Simushir lost power off Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, as it made its way from Everett in Washington state to Russia.

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Lawmakers OK interior, defense ministers Iraqi lawmakers approved Prime Minister Haider alAbadi’s remaining Cabinet nominees on Saturday, including for the critical defense and interior portfolios, completing the formation of a government that will strive to push the Islamic State extremist group out of the sprawling territory it has seized in recent months. Control over the two powerful security ministries has long been a source of tension among Iraq’s feuding political factions. Khaled al-Obeidi, a Sunni lawmaker from Mosul, was selected for the post of defense minister. Mohammed Salem alGhabban, a Shiite lawmaker with al-Abadi’s State of Law political bloc, was approved as minister of interior.

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U.S.-led strike on gas facility in Syria kills 8 A U.S.-led coalition airstrike on a gas-distribution facility in a stronghold of the Islamic State group set off a series of secondary explosions and killed at least eight people in eastern Syria, activists said Saturday. The airstrike targeted a distribution station in the town of Khasham in the oilrich province of Deir el-Zour late Friday, Deir el-Zour Free Radio, an activist collective, said on its Facebook page. The collective named four of those killed and said another four charred bodies were placed in a nearby mosque. It said the slain men were mostly fuel tanker drivers. The incident was also reported by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a network of activists inside Syria. — From wire reports

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Catholic bishops scrapped their landmark welcome to gays Saturday, showing deep divisions at the end of a twoweek meeting sought by Pope Francis to chart a more merciful approach to ministering to Catholic families. The bishops failed to approve even a watered-down section on ministering to homosexuals that stripped away the welcoming tone of acceptance contained in a draft document earlier in the week. Rather than considering gays as individuals who had gifts to offer the church, the revised paragraph referred to homosexuality as one of the problems Catholic families have to confront. It said “people with homosexual tendencies must be welcomed with respect and delicacy,” but repeated church teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman. The paragraph failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass. Two other paragraphs concerning the other hot-button issue at the synod of bishops — whether divorced and civilly remarried Catholics can receive Communion — also failed to pass. The outcome showed a deeply divided church on some of the most pressing issues facing Catholic families. It appeared that the 118-62 vote on the gay section might have been a protest vote by progressive bishops who refused to back the watered-down wording. The original draft had said gays had gifts to offer the church and that their partnerships, while morally problematic, provided gay couples with “precious” support. New Ways Ministry, a Catholic gay rights group, said it was “very disappointing” that the final report had backtracked from the welcoming words contained in the draft. Nevertheless, it said the synod’s process “and openness to discussion provides hope for further development down the road, particularly at next year’s synod, where the makeup of the participants will be larger and more diverse, including many more pastorally oriented bishops.”

Pope Francis talks to prelates as he arrives at the morning session Saturday of a twoweek synod on family issues at the Vatican. Andrew Medichini/Associated Press

The draft had been written by a Francis appointee, Monsignor Bruno Forte, a theologian known for pushing the pastoral envelope on ministering to people in “irregular” unions. The draft was supposed to have been a synopsis of the bishops’ interventions, but many conservatives complained that it reflected a minority and overly progressive view. Francis insisted in the name of transparency that the full document — including the paragraphs that failed to pass — be published along with the voting tally. The document will serve as the basis for future debate leading up to another meeting of bishops next October that will produce a final report to be sent to Francis. “Personally, I would have been very worried and saddened if there hadn’t been these ... animated discussions ... or if everyone had been in agreement or silent in a false and acquiescent peace,” Francis told the synod hall after the vote. Conservatives had harshly criticized the draft and proposed extensive revisions to restate church doctrine, which holds that gay sex is “intrinsically disordered,” but that gays themselves are to be respected, and that marriage is only between a man and woman.

“We could see that there were different viewpoints,” said Cardinal Oswald Gracis of India, when asked about the most contentious sections of the report on homosexuals and divorced and remarried Catholics. German Cardinal Walter Kasper, the leader of the progressive camp, said he was “realistic” about the outcome. In an unexpected gesture after the voting, Francis approached a group of journalists waiting outside the synod hall to thank them for their work covering the synod. “Thanks to you and your colleagues for the work you have done,” he said. “Grazie tante.” Conservative bishops had harshly criticized journalists for reporting on the dramatic shift in tone in the draft, even though the media reports merely reflected the document’s content. Francis’ gesture, and his words inside the synod hall chastising bishops who were overly wed to doctrine and were guided by “hostile rigidity,” as well as those bishops who showed a “destructive goody-goodiness,” indicated that he was well aware of the divisions the debate had sparked. His speech received a four-minute standing ovation, participants said.

Cops: Remains may be those of missing student ••The University of Virginia sophomore has been missing since Sept. 13. By STEVE HELBER Associated Press

Searchers found human remains on Saturday that could be those of a University of Virginia sophomore who has been missing since Sept. 13, police said. Further forensic tests are needed to confirm whether the remains are those of Hannah Graham, Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo told a news conference. The remains were found on an abandoned property in southern Albemarle County by a search team from the Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office, Longo said. Thousands of volunteers

2 Charlottesville, Va. had searched for the 18-yearold Graham in the weeks since her disappearance. Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr., 32, has been charged with abduction with intent to defile Graham. A week after Graham went missing, Longo publicly described Matthew in detail without naming him, saying investigators wanted to talk to the “person of interest” and had Graham searched his apartment because he was the last person to see her. Matthew then showed up at police headquarters, asked for a lawyer, and then sped

away, according to a police account. His exit prompted a warrant for “reckless driving,” a charge that Longo cited as he named the suspect and appealed for information from anyone who saw him with Graham the night she disappeared. Matthew was arrested a few days later in Galveston, Texas. While Matthew was a fugitive in Texas, Virginia police added a charge of abduction with intent to defile, a violent felony that under Virginia law compels suspects to submit to DNA testing. Very quickly thereafter, Virginia State Police announced a “forensic link” to the 2009 killing of Morgan Harrington, whose body was found in a hayfield three months after she vanished. That case, in turn, has been linked by DNA evidence since

2012 to the rape of a woman in Fairfax, Virginia, who survived after a passer-by startled her attacker, the FBI has said. Following his arrest, Christopher Newport University released a statement noting that Matthew was named in a police file involving a Sept. 7, 2003, sexual assault on the Newport News campus. Matthew was a student there from January 2003 through Oct. 15, 2003. Matthew had transferred to CNU after three years at Liberty University, where he also was briefly on the football team. When he was at Liberty University, he was accused of raping a student on campus. That charge was dropped when the person declined to move forward with prosecution, Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Doucette said.

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Authorities now question whether the Twitter posts that night might have been an attempt by Hruby to create a digital alibi. Later that day, authorities say, he would kill his mother, father and sister in the kitchen of the family’s home in Duncan, a city of about 23,400 residents about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. How long Hruby plotted the killings is unknown. His alibi would unravel in days, tripped up by incriminating mistakes he would make along the way. “I think it was completely planned, and I think it was something he thought about,” Stephens County District Attorney Jason Hicks said. “He did plan this, and he did intend to do this.” His motive, authorities say, was greed. Hruby had developed a taste for the finer things in life: Rolex watches, Louis Vuitton shoes, flying first class and traveling to pricey destinations such as Rome, Paris, London and New York, his social media presence shows. He used the hashtag “#expensive” when showcasing designer goods he coveted or had obtained. He disliked the lowpriced instant noodles that serve as a food staple for many college students, tweeting Oct. 6 “how can you willingly eat Ramen?” Hruby’s materialism set him apart from his family, those who knew him said. It also estranged him. He’d misused a relative’s credit card. Two years ago, he’d assaulted his mother in an argument over money. The family recently had cut off his finances because he couldn’t control his spending. He owed $3,000 to a Norman loan company and was being investigated for having stolen and forged $17,500 worth of checks belonging to a friend of his grandmother, Hicks said. Investigators say Hruby later told them he committed the homicides to become the sole heir to the family’s money. Hruby’s father, John Hruby, 50, was part of a newspaper dynasty in southwest Oklahoma, the third generation of his family to run The Duncan Banner before the daily publication was sold in 1997. John Hruby left the industry after the sale but returned in 2007 with the purchase of The Marlow Review, a weekly newspaper in a town of about 4,600 people about 11 miles north of Duncan. In 2013, he and his wife, Joy “Tinker” Hruby, 48, bought The Comanche County Chronicle in Elgin. Tinker Hruby grew up in south Texas. Friends recalled her sarcasm, love of animals and always being the first to show up with a casserole in times of need. At times, she covered crime for the newspaper, including the 2013 shooting death of Australian baseball player Christopher Lane. The couple’s daughter, Katherine Hruby, 17, was a junior at Duncan High School, where she played volleyball and was an outstanding student, a school official said. After the slayings, Alan Hruby traveled to Dallas, where OU and the University of Texas were playing their annual rivalry game. Friends reported that Hruby was laughing and joking throughout the weekend and gave no indication that anything might be amiss. On Saturday night, he stayed at The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Dallas. He was taken into custody Monday and was charged Wednesday with three counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty. “The only remorse we’ve seen

Memorial service today A memorial service for three family members shot to death in Duncan has been set for Sunday. The service for John Hruby, 50, Joy “Tinker” Hruby, 48, and Katherine Hruby, 17, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church, 2300 N. Country Club Road, Duncan. John and Tinker Hruby owned The Marlow Review and the Comanche County Chronicle. Authorities believe Alan Hruby, John and Tinker’s 19-year-old son, killed his family sometime after 8 p.m. Oct. 9.

ally people are asking detailed questions. He didn’t ask any questions.” That afternoon, Hruby was jailed on a probation violation complaint in an earlier fraud case in which he stole his grandmother’s identity and racked up almost $5,000 on a credit card in Europe in 2013. Hruby’s father called police to report the unauthorized charges; the younger Hruby was sentenced to probation and ordered to complete drug and alcohol counseling and a cognitive behavioral program. Hruby violated the probation by leaving the state and drinking alcohol, among other things. While detained, Hruby spent some time trying to convince detectives he hadn’t committed the killings, said Hicks, the district atThe newspaper owned by the Hrubys went to press on time amid the turmoil of learning about the homicides. John torney. Hruby trained the staff well, said news and sports editor Todd Brooks. Courtesy Meanwhile, at Duncan High School, news of Katherine’s death out of him is that he’s been caught,” had parked his Jeep in a neighbor- changed plans. “I thought he’d left town, Brooks spread on social media. That evehood a few blocks from his parHicks said. As Duncan grapples with the ents’ home. He’d entered the house said. “Your first thought is not ‘Oh ning, students hosted a candlelight deaths of three well-known, well- through a back door carrying the no, something terrible has hap- vigil at the school. loved people with deep community weapon he’d stolen earlier. He ap- pened.’ You don’t think of worstTuesday, Oct. 14 ties, investigators continue to piece proached his mother and fired once. case scenario.” together a timeline of events lead- She fell, still alive. He fired another Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 11-12 By Tuesday morning, the newsround. ing up to and after the homicides. paper box outside The Marlow The state medical examiner reThursday, Oct. 9 After the killings — authorities Review became a makeshift flowerported that Tinker Hruby died of aren’t sure exactly when — Alan covered memorial. two gunshot wounds to the head. It’s unclear whether Alan Hruby Inside, employees wrestled with Outside, Katherine Hruby was Hruby headed to Dallas. already had stolen his father’s pis- washing her car in the home’s driveAccording to friends and Hruby’s the loss of a couple they had loved tol when Duncan police pulled him way. When she entered the kitchen, posts to social media, Hruby sold working with while working to over in his 2014 Jeep Wrangler at her brother killed her with a single his OU-Texas game ticket and spent meet a noon Wednesday deadline 1:05 a.m. in the 300 block of West gunshot to the neck, records state. the weekend partying. Saturday for that week’s edition, whose top Plato Road, about a mile from his He then waited about an hour for night, he stayed at The Ritz-Carlton story would be news of the family’s parents’ home. Investigators say his father to come home. When John in Dallas, whose website lists the murder. Hruby later admitted to making the Hruby walked into the kitchen, his lowest-priced room at $439 a night. Judy Keller, the newspaper’s adsecret trip solely to steal the Wal- son fired a round into his head. He At 3:16 a.m. Sunday he posted an- vertising director, prayed the killther PPS 9 mm handgun from the heard his father say “ouch” before other picture to his Twitter account ings were a random act. She loved console of his father’s pickup. he fell to the ground, still alive. His that appears to show two friends working for John and Tinker HruDuring the traffic stop, Hruby told son fired a second round into his sitting on a bed in a hotel room. by, she said. Everyone who met the officer he didn’t have his driver’s head, records state. “College wouldn’t be half as great them adored them. license and provided a fake name She didn’t want to consider the Alan Hruby then fled, taking with out these two peaches,” he and date of birth. He was let go with the gun and a surveillance record- wrote in a message with the photo. possibility that Alan Hruby was a a ticket. It was the first of two trips ing from the home to a Stephens He tagged the location of the photo killer. that investigators later would con- County lake, where he told authori- as being taken at The Ritz-Carlton. “It’s easier thinking that a strangclude Hruby made to Duncan that ties he disposed of them. No one in er could do this,” she said. “There is day, although he initially told police the neighborhood reported hearing Monday, Oct. 13 no way you can fathom a son doing he hadn’t been home for days. that to his family. I can’t even picgunshots. Just before 9 a.m., housekeeper ture that. That is not anything we At one point, Hruby told investiThe family’s two miniature Ausgators he’d left his cellphone in Nor- tralian shepherd dogs were left in Rose Marie Chavez arrived for work need to think about in this world.” at the Hrubys’ home, like she has for man in case authorities later tried the home unharmed. At the family’s 4,300-square-foot the past 20 years. to use it to track his movements. brick home, the only sign of life She entered to find a bloody were chickens roaming in the backBut authorities located Pikepass re- Friday, Oct. 10 scene. cords that indicate Hruby used the yard. Inside, a childhood picture of On most days, the thump of a In a shaky, breathless voice, she Alan Hruby and his sister hung over turnpike to travel from Norman to Duncan and back during his first back-office door signaled John told a 911 operator, “I need you to a white fireplace mantle. Volleyball Hruby’s arrival at the The Marlow come to 1217 Bent Tree. I think gear sat on a chair by the front door. trip home. Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford Review. He usually got to work at they’ve been murdered. Yes, the At the Duncan Police Department, said investigators wonder whether the tiny newspaper office on Main Hrubys, hurry, please.” Alan Hruby was breaking. He conNot long after authorities arrived, fessed to the killings, officials said. the Twitter posts emanating from Street between 9 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., his dorm room were part of a pre- said news and sports editor Todd Chavez’s daughter called Alan Hru- He even offered a motive: money. by to tell him there was a problem meditated plan. Investigators are Brooks. Brooks didn’t think much when at the house. Hruby drove to his Wednesday, Oct. 15 examining whether Hruby scheduled his tweets to post automatical- John Hruby didn’t show up that parents’ house, where investigators Authorities filed charges against ly without his being present. More Friday. He was the boss; maybe he’d met him outside and asked him to will be known when police secure gone out of town and not told any- come to the police station. Investi- Alan Hruby in the deaths of his sisgators were still trying to pin down ter and parents. He remains in custelephone records and surveillance body. At Duncan High School that Hruby’s movements Monday, said tody. videos, Ford said. For many in Duncan and Marlow, John Hruby noticed that the gun morning, Katherine Hruby’s ab- Jay Evans, a captain with the police was gone on his drive to work. He sence was noted. Administrators department’s criminal investigation it’s hard to picture life without the Hruby family. reported it stolen to police that af- tried unsuccessfully to reach the division. At a news conference, Hicks, the family. At the police station, when notiternoon. That night, Brooks found it pe- fied of his parents’ death, Hruby district attorney, described Hruby About 5 p.m., Tinker Hruby stood as having no remorse. in her kitchen texting with a friend culiar when his boss didn’t show wailed and hyperventilated. “This kid is an evil person,” Hicks Authorities now believe it was all when the conversation suddenly up at the high school football game. told the assembled media. Brooks wrote the game stories. part of an act. stopped, Ford said. “You need tears, first of all,” said According to police reports and John Hruby always took the phojkeeping@opubco.com court records, by then Alan Hruby tos. Hruby usually texted when he Ford, the Duncan police chief. “Usu-

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Bishops scrap welcome to gays 1 Vatican City

••Even a watered-down version from an earlier draft saw deep division. By NICOLE WINFIELD and DANIELA PETROFF Associated Press

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Pope Francis talks to prelates as he arrives at the morning session Saturday of a twoweek synod on family issues at the Vatican. Andrew Medichini/Associated Press

Cops: Remains may be those of missing student ••The University of Virginia sophomore has been missing since Sept. 13. By STEVE HELBER Associated Press

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A Gathering Place for Tulsa Phase 1 of A Gathering Place will stretch from approximately 27th Street to 31st Street on the east side of Riverside Drive and from 27th Street to 34th Street along the west side of Riverside. Construction is expected to begin in October and be completed in late 2017. The $350 million park is being paid for by the George Kaiser Family Foundation and other local donors.

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sun — a tree like this, this old — I would have expected it to be 15 to 18 inches in diameter. Maybe more, maybe 20.” That’s why Preaus, owner of Preaus Landscape of Tulsa, cut it down. And that is one reason why his crews will be removing many more trees from the former Blair Mansion site over the next four months as construction of A Gathering Place for Tulsa park gets underway. “There is a reason for every tree we’re taking out,” Preaus said. “It isn’t just hodgepodge.” Some of the trees are simply old. Others are diseased. Some are where elements of the park will be constructed. And many, as Preaus noted, are robbing their neighbors of the sunlight and soil nutrients they need to grow to their full potential. “It’s complicated,” said Jeff Stava, who is managing construction of the park for the George Kaiser Family Foundation. “When we purchased this property, we realized the value the trees have on this site, and we realized when you try to build something into the site that there is going to be some encroachment. “But the truth of the matter is, we have spent 2½ years with Bill surveying all the good trees and designing the park to fit around as many of those as we can.” The foundation has spent at least that long finding new trees for the park — more than 4,300, of which 2,000 will be planted on the Blair Mansion property. In all, there will be more than 80 species of trees in the park. The plantings will take place in the fall of 2015 and the spring and fall of 2016. “In order to have an exciting and vibrant landscaped park, you need varied trees, shrubs, plantings and wildflowers,” Stava said. Stava said he did not know exactly how many trees will be coming down, but plans are to preserve at least 400 to 500, many of which are 150 to 200 years old. The trees — which run primarily along the east edge of the property — are varied: sweet gums, walnuts, oaks, dogwoods, sycamores and dozens of other species. Thirty preservation areas will be fenced in to protect trees from the hazards of a construction site; wood

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ABOVE: Jose Duran fells a tree at the future site of A Gathering Place for Tulsa on Wednesday. Crews are now clearing trees from an overgrown section of the Blair Mansion property. LEFT: Arborist Bill Preaus (left) and Jeff Stava, project director of A Gathering Place for Tulsa, discuss the plan for felling trees at the park site. Many trees will be removed from an overgrown section of the Blair Mansion property. Photos by MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World

chips from felled trees will be used as mulch. Trees do better in a more natural environment, Preaus said, and they definitely want nothing to do with the kind of heavy machinery common to a construction site. “We are trying to create a little more of a natural environment in here the next couple of years, like you would see in a natural wooded area, because trees do a lot better in that environment than they do in a

sterile lawn environment,” Preaus said. “Just one pass with a heavy piece of equipment causes a huge amount of compaction in the soil that creates all kinds of problems.” The one tree Stava said “can’t die” is the park’s tallest, an approximately 120-foot-high cottonwood that sits where the open free-play area of the park will be near the Adventure Playground. Look 20 feet up the trunk of the tree, and you will see a camera star-

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ing back at you. And that is the idea. “We are going to turn it into the personality of the park,” Stava said. “The tree is going to report on the construction (using) the time-lapse camera for the duration of construction.” They’re calling it The Reading Tree. Look for it soon on social media. “What we envision is taking some of the trees that we take down, and we’ll have little tables that we will build all around here,” Stava said. “This will be a place where we’ll have a stage and a storyteller come, so it will be actively programmed as kind of The Reading Tree.” That area of the park won’t be the

Beginning in November, the berm just to the east of the pedestrian bridge over Riverside Drive will be removed to allow construction vehicles access to the park site. Also in November, Manhattan Construction will begin building its temporary office building at 31st Street and Boston Place. In January and February, the Sundance and Legacy apartments will be demolished to make room for a construction staging area. At the end of February or early March, 31st Street from Riverside Drive to South Boston Place will be closed until the park is completed. Utility work at the park site will also take place at this time.

only place where felled trees are reused. Stava said sections of trees will be used for artwork and benches in other parts of the park as well. “We have an artist who is going to strip off the bark and dry the tree, and we are going to use them,” he said. “We’ve even thought that if we do have some large pieces, we can get some of the furniture makers to make some of the furniture out of it.” Amid all the chopping down and planting of trees over the next few years, a park will be built. That will require some careful planning — and a couple of really tall cranes. “That’s because near all of the tree-preservation areas, we need to actually crane in all of the really large playground equipment and all of the building materials,” Stava said. “Because you can’t drive up to every one of the sites because of the trees.” Kevin Canfield 918-581-8313 Kevin.canfield@tulsaworld.com

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Report: Ferguson officer says he feared for his life WASHINGTON — The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old in a St. Louis suburb last summer has told investigators that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as they struggled over his gun, The New York Times reported. Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson has

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CareerTech, higher education, and dozens of business, philanthropic, nonprofit, civic and faith entities as lead partners. “This is really an unprecedented way to share best practices and resources, and it’s very data-driven,” said CEO Kathy Taylor, former Tulsa mayor and Oklahoma secretary of commerce, tourism and workforce development. ImpactTulsa began with support from the Schusterman Family Foundation, and since has added funding from Tulsa Area United Way, Tulsa Regional Chamber, and Tulsa Community Foundation. This new initiative — not program — began in April and will release its first formal data report and initial recommendations at an event Tuesday. “We don’t want to use data as a hammer, but use common measurements — relevant data — as a flashlight. That’s kind of our motto,” Taylor said. ImpactTulsa’s initial recommendations are: ••Establish a universal kindergarten readiness standard and measurement tool for use by the ImpactTulsa partner schools by the end of the 2015-2016 school year. ••Identify and share best practices to increase reading proficiency by third grade. ••Increase the percentage of students graduating from high school ready for postsecondary education and careers. The 10 school districts that have joined the initiative represent 90 percent of the 170,000 area students. Taylor said the other five area districts — Berryhill, Glenpool, Keystone, Liberty and Sperry

told authorities that Michael Brown reached for the gun during a scuffle, the Times reported in a story posted on its website Friday night. The officer’s account to authorities did not explain why he fired at Brown multiple times after emerging from his vehicle, according to the newspaper. The Times reported that

the account of Wilson’s version of events came from government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation into the Aug. 9 shooting that sparked racial unrest and weeks of protests, some of which turned violent. Wilson is white and Brown was black. Wilson confronted Brown and a friend while they were

walking back to Brown’s home from a convenience store. After the shooting, Brown died at the scene. Some witnesses have told authorities and news media that Brown had his hands raised when Wilson approached with his weapon and fired repeatedly. An independent autopsy commissioned by the

family says that Brown was shot at least six times, including twice in the head. Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Brown’s parents, said Saturday that the officer’s account of what happened was “self-serving.” “The officer is going to say whatever he has to say to try to justify killing an unarmed

teenager,” Crump said. Crump also said that because there were reports that Michael Brown was shot while he ran away, it “doesn’t matter” what happened in the car beforehand. “He was definitely not in fear of threat when Michael Brown was running away from him,” Crump said.

Key findings from ImpactTulsa’s initial report ••There is a 180-point difference in reading scores between free/reduced-price lunch-eligible students and their paid-lunch peers. That is more than one full grade level. ••Only 28 percent of Tulsa-area eighth-graders are on track for college, according to the ACT standards. Thirty-eight percent of white students meet the standard, which is double the 19 percent rate for students of color.

— simply don’t have the capacity to do the student data collection needed to participate. ImpactTulsa found that most participating schools lack a way to measure their youngest students’ kindergarten readiness. Leaders say that data is critical so that early-intervention resources can be directed appropriately to at-risk students. The first report also aims to calculate the reading proficiency levels among all thirdgraders in the region, using the Lexile scoring system. So many schools rely on the Lexile system to track student progress in reading achievement that many retail booksellers have begun to use the scores to sell children’s books so parents are sure to make good purchases. While some Tulsa-area schools already had Lexile data to examine, ImpactTulsa had to convert state readingtest results for other schools to come up with comparable data. “What is unmistakably clear is the connection between economic disadvantage and reading proficiency,” the report states. “There is a 180-point difference in reading scores between those with free/reduced-price lunch-eligible students and their paid lunch peers. That is more than

••At the current rate, more than 20,000 Tulsaarea students will drop out over the course of a decade. ••The Tulsa area’s on-time graduation rate is 70 percent — eight percentage points below the statewide average. ••52 percent of graduates from Tulsa-area high schools attend in-state, public institutions for postsecondary education.

one full grade level.” ImpactTulsa also reports that Tulsa County has the sixth-lowest high school graduation rate out of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Only Hughes, Seminole, Kay, Cherokee and Muskogee counties were worse. Union Superintendent Kirt Hartzler is one of nearly 30 individuals on the ImpactTulsa leadership council. He said contrary to political rhetoric, most public schools embrace accountability and want not only to improve, but also to produce the kinds of graduates local employers seek. “The school grading system is not valid or reliable. It doesn’t make sense to me — this is not a competition,” Hartzler said. “It should not be about Union versus Jenks or Broken Arrow or Tulsa or Bixby or Owasso. This is all of us saying here are some com-

mon measurements and then leverage our resources in the community. “If we are all moving in the same direction, then ultimately, over time, we are going to see some greater things happen with academic performance and school and community engagement.” Hartzler said the ImpactTulsa initiative has a lot of potential. “In terms of making sure we do have a viable workforce and preparing students who are ready for college and career, we have got to do better. It’s not any different in Tulsa than it would be in Indiana or any other place in the nation,” he said. “The other cities that have implemented this collective impact philosophy have had great success.” Andrea Eger 918-581-8470 andrea.eger@tulsaworld.com

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she can collect a maximum of $175,000 under state law. “Frankly it’s a pittance,” O’Carroll said. Rebecca Brown, director of state policy for the Innocence Project in New York, said Oklahoma is one of 30 states that have a law compensating the wrongfully convicted. While some states allow payment for each year the person spent in prison, Oklahoma is among those that have a flat amount: up to $175,000. “Having that cap certainly prevents people who have served long periods of time from receiving a package that would be able to provide for them,” Brown said. “Another troubling provision in the Oklahoma law is that anyone who pled guilty to a crime will be barred from getting compensation. ... Of our 318 DNA exonerations, we know that 10 percent of our clients pled guilty,” she said. Texas’ state law is the most generous, paying $80,000 per year spent in prison and other benefits for those later found innocent of their crimes, Brown said. Such laws do not compensate people whose convictions are tossed out on a legal technicality and are not found innocent, she said. Wrongfully convicted people can win far more money than state laws allow if they prevail in a federal civil rights lawsuit. However, such plaintiffs must prove that civil rights violations were caused by official misconduct such as failure to supervise and train officers involved in the case. Murphy told police she awoke Sept. 12, 1994, to find her 3-month-old son, Travis Wood, with his throat slashed in a pool of blood on her kitchen floor. Murphy was arrested and charged before police found out who made an anonymous 911 call reporting the crime. The caller, who became the prosecution’s star witness, was a troubled 14-yearold boy who repeatedly lied to police. He accidentally hanged himself before trial, preventing defense attorneys from introducing evidence he had attacked a teacher and made disturbing statements about Murphy. Harris implied to jurors that Murphy’s blood had been found at the scene, based on a Tulsa Police Department lab test later found to be inaccurate. O’Carroll described TPD’s lab as “a playground for the police to get magic evidence.” A Tulsa World investigation found Harris did not tell the jury about a state lab report that contradicted the Tulsa Police Department report.

Michelle Murphy talks to the press after being released from jail after 20 years. Murphy’s family and friends waited eagerly to greet her. JACKIE DOBSON/ Tulsa World

Harris also told the World he never saw results of a 2005 DNA test in Murphy’s case and would have moved to vacate the conviction nine years earlier if he had. Records show a judge ordered those test results sent to Harris and they were addressed to him at the DA’s office. Harris said an assistant prosecutor handled Murphy’s 2005 application for post-conviction relief. While sloppy lab work and oversights by prosecutors may appear to increase a plaintiff’s odds of winning a federal civil rights suit, Brown said prevailing in such lawsuits is “incredibly difficult.” “You’d really have to show deliberate and reckless conduct on the part of officials. It’s not enough to say they didn’t really do a great job of investigating the case. ... It’s an extremely high bar and litigation takes years and there’s still no guarantee.” One federal civil rights lawsuit that met that standard was filed by Arvin McGee Jr. in 2003. McGee was released from prison in 2002, after his convictions connected to the 1987 rape and kidnapping of a Tulsa woman were overturned because DNA evidence had proved his innocence. He filed a civil rights lawsuit in October 2003, alleging that the city’s actions during its investigation of the attack caused him to be unfairly tried and convicted. In March 2006, a Tulsa federal jury returned a $14.5 million verdict in McGee’s favor. The city of Tulsa agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle the case. A civil rights lawsuit currently pending against the city and several Tulsa police officers involves the wrongful conviction of Sedrick Courtney, convicted in 1996 of burglary and armed robbery. Courtney served 15 years in prison before DNA testing

exonerated him in 2012. Courtney’s suit claims Tulsa police and the TPD lab conspired to fabricate evidence against him and that lab employees told him for years the evidence had been destroyed, delaying the tests that would eventually free him. In court filings, the city of Tulsa has denied violating Courtney’s civil rights.

notes during his interrogation, without noting the time of day. The only statement Cook included on Murphy’s arrest

affidavit and attributed to her appears on the final page. “I could have been so angry, I needed to take it out on somebody and ended up hurting my son,” the notes read. “I think that might be what happened.” Other than the last page of Cook’s handwritten notes, there is no recorded proof of Murphy actually saying the words touted as her confession. Four years earlier, a confession allegedly obtained by Cook in a separate homicide investigation was thrown out by a judge before trial, due to what the judge called “several severe problems.” In 1990, police had questioned 18-year-old LaRoye Hunter III in the burning death of his father. A 32-page transcript of the initial police interview showed that when questioned by two other detectives, Hunter denied killing his father. But after a 40-minute delay in the taping of the confession, Cook got the teen to confess to setting

Prior confession tossed In Murphy’s case, a large part of the evidence against her hinged on what prosecutors deemed a confession she made to a Tulsa police detective. Hours after Travis Wood was found slain, Detective Michael Cook arrested Murphy based on an incriminating statement she allegedly made to him during an interrogation lasting more than seven hours — only 26 minutes of which was recorded. In that statement, she repeatedly denies involvement. Murphy says she remembers getting hit on the head or the baby getting dropped, and mentions a knife that could have accidentally cut her baby when she leaned over him. Records show Cook took five pages of handwritten

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his father on fire, according to police. Hunter claimed Cook threatened him and used racial slurs during the unrecorded portion of the interrogation. The judge cited that gap and a psychologist’s assessment of Hunter having a low IQ in his decision to prohibit the confession as evidence at trial. The case was eventually dismissed when a witness for the prosecution failed to show up to testify at trial. Cook has not responded to numerous interview requests from the World. The World requested Cook’s personnel records under the Oklahoma Open Records Act from the Tulsa Police Department on Oct. 1. The department has not provided the records or explained reasons for the delay. Cary Aspinwall 918-581-8477 cary.aspinwall@tulsaworld.com Ziva Branstetter 918-581-8306 ziva.branstetter@tulsaworld.com

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High court balks at last-minute voting changes ••The justices are concerned about timing in four voter ID cases. By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in the November election after a federal judge said the law was the equivalent of a poll tax and threatened to deprive many blacks and Latinos of the right to vote this year. Like earlier orders in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin, the justices’ action before dawn on Saturday, two days before the start of early voting in Texas, appears to be based on their view that changing the rules so close to an election would be confusing. Of the four states, only Wisconsin’s new rules were blocked, and in that case, absentee ballots already had been mailed without any notice about the need for identification. Texas has conducted several low-turnout elections under the new rules — seven

forms of approved photo ID, including concealed-handgun licenses, but not college student IDs. The law has not previously been used in congressional elections or a highprofile race for governor. The Supreme Court’s brief unsigned order, like those in the other three states, offers no explanation for its action. In this case, the Justice Department and civil rights groups were asking that the state be prevented from requiring the photo ID in the Nov. 4 election, where roughly 600,000 voters, disproportionately black and Latino, lack acceptable forms of ID. The challengers said that the last time the Supreme Court allowed a voting law to be used in a subsequent election after it had been found to be unconstitutional was in 1982. That case from Georgia involved an at-large election system that had been in existence since 1911. Republican lawmakers in Texas and elsewhere say voter ID laws are needed to reduce voter fraud. Democrats contend that such cases are extremely rare and that voter ID measures are thinly veiled attempts to keep eligible voters, many of them minorities supportive of Democrats,

away from the polls. The details of the laws appear to be less important than the timing of court rulings. In Wisconsin, half as many voters — 300,000 — did not have the required ID. Wisconsin also would accept photo ID from a four-year public college or a federally recognized American Indian tribe, while Texas does not. In a sharply worded dissent for three justices in the Texas case, Ruth Bader Ginsburg said her colleagues in the majority were allowing misplaced concerns about chaos in the voting process to trump “the potential magnitude of racially discriminatory voter disenfranchisement.” Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor joined the dissent. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged the proximity to the election, but said that did not excuse the use of a law found unconstitutional by a federal judge. “It is a major step backward to let stand a law that a federal court, after a lengthy trial, has determined was designed to discriminate.” Ginsburg leaned heavily on the findings contained in the 143-page opinion of U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales

An election official checks a voter’s photo identification at an early voting polling site in Austin, Texas, in February. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an emergency request to stop Texas’ voter identification law. ERIC GAY/AP file

Ramos, who called the law an “unconstitutional burden on the right to vote” and the equivalent of a poll tax. Ramos, an appointee of President Barack Obama, blocked the law, but a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans said her ruling came too close to the start of voting. Richard Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California at Irvine law school, has written extensive-

ly about the Supreme Court’s reluctance to allow potentially disruptive changes to take effect at the last minute. “The idea that courts should not impose a new set of voting rules just before an election is not a new one,” Hasen said after the court earlier this month ordered a halt to the Wisconsin law. That same motivation appeared to be behind orders allowing restrictions on early voting, same-day registra-

tion and provisional ballots in Ohio and North Carolina to be in force for this election. The partisan divide over the laws has been reflected on the court itself. Ginsburg and Sotomayor would have blocked the laws in all four states. Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas would have allowed them to be used in each state. None of the orders issued by the high court in recent weeks is a final ruling on the constitutionality of the laws. The orders are all about timing — whether the laws can be used in this year’s elections — while the justices defer consideration of their validity. But civil rights groups are leery about the long-term prospects for challenges to these laws about voting access because of the Supreme Court’s track record in this area in recent years. By a 5-4 vote in June 2013, the justices decided to remove from federal law the most effective tool for fighting voting discrimination. The court’s ruling in a case from Shelby County, Alabama, eliminated an ability the Justice Department had under the federal Voting Rights Act.

Colo. candidate’s town is contrast in immigration views ••Yuma, Cory Gardner’s home, has a sizable population of Hispanic voters. By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

YUMA, Colo. — Andrea Hermosillo rode for hours to protest at her neighbor’s office. The high school junior lives only a few blocks from GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner in Yuma, a small town on Colorado’s high plains. But this summer, Hermosillo went to the congressman’s main office, in a city

closer to Denver in Gardner’s sprawling eastern Colorado district, for a sit-in to demand that he support granting citizenship to many of the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. “It was kind of weird, but it felt we had to be there,” Hermosillo said. “It’s important he know that it’s people in his town who feel this way.” Bill Breithauer also lives in Yuma. The 72-year-old retired farmer has known Gardner since the two-term congressman was a child. As Breithauer nursed a coffee at Yuma’s central gathering spot, a restaurant called The Main Event, he made it clear that he thinks what Her-

mosillo wants is an outrage. “How are they going to give them citizenship if they don’t speak the language and they’re up to no good?” Breithauer asked. “Cory’s all right. He knows what’s what.” This is the riddle for Gardner in his race against Democratic Sen. Mark Udall in the only state among the dozen or so in play this year with both a competitive Senate race and a sizable population of Hispanic voters. Yuma is Colorado in a microcosm. The town, like the state, has been transformed by Latin American immigrants who have arrived to open businesses, labor in fields and hog

farms, and take seats in public school classrooms. They have been welcomed — the Yuma town council in 2010 urged Congress to pass the kind of legislation Hermosillo demands — and met with suspicion. Udall has called on President Barack Obama to limit deportations of people living illegally in the U.S., and he voted for a Senate bill that eventually would have granted them citizenship. Gardner has straddled the fence. He opposes the Senate bill but speaks warmly of immigrants. It’s an indication of how he has been shaped by his town and his place in a

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party where supporting an immigration overhaul is a political risk. Gardner regularly tells a story of meeting a high school valedictorian who was waiting tables at a small-town diner in his district. He told her she had a bright future; she told him she was brought into the country illegally and couldn’t go to college. The following year, Gardner passed through the town again. The girl was still there, still waiting tables. “If you’re looking at the way our criminal justice system works, we don’t charge a 2-year-old or a 3-yearold with the same crime as adults,” Gardner said. “I have

known them for a very long time, whether it’s just the people I’ve gotten to know through living in the community or it’s people my daughter goes to school with.” Gardner opposed legislation that would have let those young immigrants live in the U.S. legally. He did change course this summer and voted against efforts to repeal a program that lets some who came to the U.S. illegally as children stay in the country. He has called for increased border security, a guest worker program and citizenship for people brought here illegally who serve in the military, but hasn’t gotten more specific.

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DC report In the money: Third District Rep. Frank Lucas’ career in leadership will be taking a new direction when the next Congress meets in January. House Republican rules limit members to six years as chairman or ranking member of a committee, and Lucas’ time as the top-ranking member of the Agriculture Committee is up. He’ll remain a member of the committee, and he says agriculture will continue to be central to him, but in terms of leadership he’ll be moving on. Lucas said last week he is angling to become chairman of Financial Services in four years, when chairman Jeb Hensarling of Texas is termed out. Hensarling is considered a possible successor to Speaker John Boehner. Lucas outranks Hensarling in seniority, and is working on getting a subcommittee chairmanship in the next Congress. At least one current chairman, John Campbell of California, will not be returning next term. Surprisingly to most people, the Ag Committee is heavily involved in the financial sector because it oversees the commodity markets and futures trading. So, Lucas’ shift to leadership in Financial Services would not be as random as it might appear. Lucas is perhaps most interested in repealing or modifying provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, the bill passed by the Democratcontrolled Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse. Speaking in Sapulpa on Thursday, Lucas said the act intended to stop or curtail “too big to fail” financial institutions has done just the opposite. He said small lenders such as community banks have gotten out of the home mortgage business because of Dodd-Frank’s compliance issues. The result, he said, has been to make big lenders bigger. Road rage: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is so determined to get a long-term highway spending bill through Congress he’s willing to tap general revenue, more or less permanently, to pay for it. The federal government supplies about one-third of all money spent on roads and bridges in the United States. That share is paid through the Highway Trust Fund, which is supported mostly by federal fuel taxes. Lesser amounts come from a variety of transportation-related excise

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taxes and occasional general revenue infusions. But Inhofe, during an appearance in Tulsa last week with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, said he’s ready to take $15 billion or so a year from the general fund to guarantee a steady highway revenue stream. “What we have to do is use the general fund until we find a solution,” Inhofe said. But, as Inhofe then said, such a solution looks less and less likely. The problem is that fuel tax revenue has flattened out as Americans drive less and their vehicles become more efficient. Highway costs, on the other hand, continue to rise — about 60 percent over the past decade. Proposals to raise the fuel tax, or to base it on value of fuel sales rather than volume, seem to be going nowhere. That means roads and bridges are going to be in there fighting for money from the general fund. That’s okay with Inhofe. “There are a lot of things in the general fund that shouldn’t be there,” he said. Dots and dashes: Fifth District Rep. James Lankford, expected to win election to the U.S. Senate next month, told the World News Organization that foreign policy is “far and away” the leading issue in Oklahoma. — Randy Krehbiel, World Staff Writer

Campaign trail: Democratic challenger Matt Silverstein called U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s sponsorship of a West African travel ban a “political gimmick” designed to get his and other Republicans’ names in the news Silverstein ahead of the Nov. 4 general election. “While Senator Inhofe and the rest of Congress have been on vacation, customs and health officials at airports across America have stepped up the Ebola screening program,” said Silverstein. “In America, more veterans died this week from suicide than people who were infected with Ebola.” Silverstein said he was “embarrassed at the media in Oklahoma” for playing up Inhofe’s co-sponsorship of a proposed ban on travelers from the Ebola “outbreak zone” in West Africa. “Mr. Inhofe is once again going to accomplish precisely nothing,” Silverstein said. “His proposal isn’t serious and has no chance of going into effect. Wouldn’t it be nice if the Oklahoma press just said precisely that?” Gov. Mary Fallin will spend Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-

day campaigning in the state. Included is a 1 p.m. Tuesday stop at Dixie’s Cafe, 127 S. Broadway in Fallin Coweta. Fallin’s campaign released a new television ad last week attacking Democratic challenger Joe Dorman for his “liberal ideology and his lockstep support of the Obama administration.” Just how “liberal” and “lockstep” is debatable, but Dorman does support expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidates Joy Hofmeister and John Cox will appear in a televised debate at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Metropolitan Baptist Church, 1228 W. Apache St. The event will be televised by KTUL on channel 8.3 and streamed live at KTUL. com. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn is headlining a private fundraiser for his likely successor, Fifth District Rep. James Lankford, in Tulsa on Monday night. Lest anyone think nonpartisan elections are really nonpartisan, the Republican Women’s Club of Tulsa County sent out a request

this week for volunteers to help City Councilor Arianna Moore and judicial candidates Caroline Wall and Doug Drummond. The Republicans aren’t alone in keeping the “partisan” in “nonpartisan.” Tulsa Democrats were told last week the party has a chance to pick up some seats on the city council. Tulsa County activist Ronda Vuillemont-Smith was rounding up volunteers last week to help embattled state Sen. Josh Brecheen, R-Coalgate. Brecheen is up against a strong Democratic opponent, Joe B. Hill, and the rarely combined efforts of both the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO. ACT v. EOI: State Sen. John Ford, R-Bartlesville, and chairman of the Senate education committee, said last week the state should consider using the ACT instead of end of instruction tests, commonly called EOIs. “A vast Ford majority of Oklahoma students already take the ACT annually,” said Ford. “It’s one of the most significant factors in a college or university admission policy. I’ve had many parents and educators ask us to

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look at this possibility, so in the coming weeks, I’ll be reaching out to these groups to get additional input as I consider legislation for the 2015 session. Our ultimate goal must be to do everything we can to prepare Oklahoma students for success.” Other legislators have advocated using ACT products, which they say would be cheaper, more reliable and more meaningful than the current tests. Water world: Drought and resource management will be themes of the 35th annual Governor’s Water Conference and Research Symposium Tuesday and Wednesday in Oklahoma City. Fallin will deliver a keynote address, and the featured speaker will be Patricia Mulroy, former general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Mulroy is expected to address Las Vegas’ dwindling water supply and intensifying water shortage in the southwestern U.S. One-liners: The Creek County Democratic Party is offering two $750 scholarships for 2015 high school graduates who are Creek County residents and are registered Democrats or have a parent or guardian who is also a Democrat. Email creekcountydemocratscholarship@hotmail. com for details. — Randy Krehbiel, World Staff Writer

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Another year, another small Social Security bump

••This year’s costof-living increase for retirees will be less than 2 percent. By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — For the third straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits come January. Preliminary figures suggest the annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, will be less than 2 percent. That translates to a raise of about $20 a month for the typical Social Security beneficiary. The government is scheduled to announce the COLA on Wednesday, when it releases the latest measure of consumer prices. By law, the COLA is based on inflation, which is well below historical averages so far this year. For example, gas prices are down from a year ago, and so is the cost of clothing. Prices for meat, fish and eggs are up nearly 9 percent, but overall food costs are up less than 3 percent, according to the government’s inflation report for August. Medical costs, which disproportionately affect older people, are only 1.8 percent higher. But good news at the pump means bad news for benefit increases. Many older people who rely on Social Security are feeling the pinch of tiny benefit increases year after year. “You lose that increase, not only in the short-term, you lose the compounding over time,” said Mary Johnson of The Senior Citizens League. “For the middle class, for people that don’t qualify for low-income programs, they are dipping into savings or they are borrowing against their homes.” The Senior Citizens League projects the COLA will be 1.7 percent, which is in line with other estimates. Economist Polina Vlasenko, a research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, projects the COLA will be between 1.6 percent and 1.8 percent. Congress enacted automatic increases for Social Security beneficiaries in 1975, when inflation was high and there was a lot of pressure to regularly raise benefits. For the first 35 years, the COLA was less than 2 percent only three times. If the COLA is less than 2 percent next year, it would be the fifth time in six years. This year’s increase was 1.5 percent, the year before it was 1.7 percent. Susan Gross gets hit twice by the small COLA. She cares for both her disabled son and her 89-year-old mother, both of whom get Social Security benefits. A 1.7 percent increase comes to $12.60 a month for her son, said Gross, who lives in rural Barboursville, Virginia. “That won’t even pay for his prescription program,” she said. Gross, who works in an accounting office, said her family makes due by growing and canning much of their own food, which they can do because they live in the country. “It makes our grocery bills less,” she said. More than 70 million people receive benefits affected

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by the annual COLA. About 59 million retirees, disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security benefits. The average monthly payment is $1,191. A 1.7 percent raise would increase the typical monthly payment by about $20. The COLA also affects benefits for about 4 million disabled veterans, 2.5 million federal retirees and their survivors, and more than 8 million people who get Supplemental

Security Income, the disability program for the poor. By law, the cost-of-living adjustment is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W, a broad measure of consumer prices generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It measures price changes for food, housing, clothing, transportation, energy, medical care, recreation and education. The COLA is calculated by

comparing consumer prices in July, August and September each year with prices in the same three months from the previous year. If prices go up over the course of the year, benefits go up, starting with payments delivered in January. This year, average prices for July and August were 1.7 percent higher than they were a year ago, according to the CPI-W. The September report — the final piece of the

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puzzle — is scheduled to be released Wednesday. Once it is released, the COLA can be announced. It would take a dramatic increase in consumer prices for September to nudge the COLA above 2 percent. “In general I don’t think there was a huge increase in prices in September,” said Vlasenko, the economist. “Fuel prices probably dropped and they have a ripple effect.” According to AAA, the

average price of a gallon of regular gasoline is $3.14. A month ago, it was $3.37. Advocates for seniors say the government’s measure of inflation doesn’t accurately reflect price increases faced by older Americans because they tend to spend more of their income on health care. The rise in medical costs has slowed in recent years, but that may be little comfort to someone who is suddenly hit with a serious illness.

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Once in million years: Comet will fly past Mars on Sunday ••Robotic explorers will have the best seats in the house. By MARCIA DUNN Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The heavens are hosting an event this weekend that occurs once in a million years or so. A comet as hefty as a small mountain will pass mindbogglingly close to Mars on Sunday, approaching within 87,000 miles at a speed of 126,000 mph. NASA’s five robotic explorers at Mars — three orbiters and two rovers — are being repurposed to witness a comet named Siding Spring make its first known visit to the inner solar system. So are European and Indian spacecrafts circling the red planet. The orbiting craft will attempt to observe the incoming iceball, then hide behind Mars for protection from potentially dangerous dusty debris in the comet tail. Shielded by the Martian atmosphere, the Opportunity and Curiosity rovers may well have the best seats in the house, although a dust storm on Mars could obscure the view. “We certainly have fingers

crossed for the first images of a comet from the surface of another world,” NASA program scientist Kelly Fast said. Spacecraft farther afield, including the Hubble Space Telescope, already are keeping a sharp lookout, as are ground observatories and research balloons. “We’re getting ready for a spectacular set of observations,” said Jim Green, head of NASA’s planetary science division. Named for the Australian observatory used to detect it in January 2013, Siding Spring will approach Mars from beneath and zoom right in front Sunday afternoon. On Earth, the best viewing, via binoculars or telescope, will be from the Southern Hemisphere — South Africa and Australia will be in prime position. In the Northern Hemisphere, it will be difficult to see Siding Spring slide by Mars. The comet — with a nucleus estimated to be at least a half-mile in diameter — hails from the Oort Cloud on the extreme fringe of the solar system. It formed during the first million or so years of the solar system’s birth 4.6 billion years ago and, until now, ventured no closer to the sun than perhaps the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune. It comes around every

one or more million years. It will be the first Oort Cloud comet to be studied up close and in detail. For comparison, the flyby distance of 87,000 miles is about one-third of the way from here to the moon. Siding Spring’s tail could extend from Earth all the way to our moon. Its gaseous coma, the fuzzy head surrounding the nucleus, might stretch halfway to the moon. No comet has come anywhere near this close to Earth in recorded history. “We can’t get to an Oort Cloud comet with our current rockets ... so this comet is coming to us,” said Carey Lisse, senior astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University’s applied physics laboratory. By studying Siding Spring’s composition and structure, scientists hope to learn more about how the planets formed, according to Lisse. Scientists also are keen to spot any changes to the comet or Mars due to the close approach. NASA’s newly arrived Maven spacecraft, for instance, will compare the upper atmosphere before and after it passes. “Think about a comet that started its travel probably at the dawn of man and it’s just coming in close now,” Lisse said. “

Skywatch the moon will block out about Over the next two and half min30 percent of the sun at around utes the ISS climbs higher, before 5:50 p.m., when the moon will be slipping into Earth’s shadow, 46 Sunday: Tomorrow morning, eight degrees above the horizon. degrees above the north-northJupiter is easily visible high in the The pair will set at 6:36 p.m., just west horizon. southeast sky. The planet is about before sunset. Remember that Saturday: This evening, the thin 10 degrees to the upper right of even though some of the sun’s crescent moon is near Saturn. At a backwards question mark that light is blocked by the moon, the 7:15 p.m., look for the moon eight forms the head of Leo the Lion. eclipse is too bright to view. degrees above the south-southCurrently, Jupiter is the only easFriday: The International Space west horizon. Four degrees to the ily visible planet in the morning lower right of Jupiter is Saturn. Station makes a bright but brief sky and, along with Mars, the appearance tonight. At 8:15 p.m., Binoculars aimed towards this second planet easily located in area of the sky will aid in finding the spacecraft is 10 degrees the sky today. the ringed planet. above the northwest horizon. Monday: The Orionids meteor shower reaches its peak today and into tomorrow. The radiant (the point in the sky where the meteors seem to originate) for this shower is about 10 degrees north of Orion’s red star, Betelgeuse. The new moon is in a few days, so the sky will be dark when the radiant is visible. Shortly after midnight, the radiant is above the horizon. As the radiant climbs higher, more meteors will become visible, reaching a peak of 20-25 per hour under dark skies. Tuesday: Mars is near the large grouping of stars that forms a teapot. At 8:30 p.m., the teapot and the planet are low in the southwestern sky. Mars is to the right of the teapot and looks as if it was poured out of the pot. Wednesday: Without the moon, this is a good night to look for ad 100035948-01 the Trangulum Galaxy. High in the east, above the constellation Aries, is the constellation Andromeda, which resembles the letter “V.” Moving down to the second pair of stars from the apex of the V, are Andromeda’s hip stars, which are separated by about four degrees. From these stars, move seven degrees down to the Triangulum Galaxy. Binoculars will reveal the galaxy as a faint oval, but a telescope on low magnification will give you the best view. Thursday: A partial eclipse of the sun begins at 4:42 p.m. when the moon starts to pass in front of the sun, 20 degrees above the western horizon. At its maximum,

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EXTENDED 5-DAY FORECAST

TODAY'S FORECAST

73° 56°

MONDAY

80°

Partly sunny. Partly cloudy tonight.

Wind: S 7-14 mph Chance of precip: 15% RealFeel®: 72°/54° MORNING

46°

AFTERNOON

EVENING

64°

71°

TUESDAY

56°

Sunshine and patchy clouds

WEDNESDAY

78° 54°

Sunny and nice

THURSDAY

78°

FRIDAY

71°

53°

52°

Partly sunny with a shower in places

Partial sunshine

72° 47°

Nice with sunshine and patchy clouds

Wind: SSW 6-12 mph

Wind: NE 6-12 mph

Wind: SE 6-12 mph

Wind: S 7-14 mph

Wind: SSW 4-8 mph

Chance of precip: 25%

Chance of precip: 10%

Chance of precip: 40%

Chance of precip: 20%

Chance of precip: 5%

RealFeel®: 80°/57°

RealFeel®: 77°/52°

RealFeel®: 71°/54°

RealFeel®: 73°/45°

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Precipitation

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National high: 93° in Thermal, CA National low: 17° in Bodie State Park, CA National extremes are for the 48 contiguous states.

AIR QUALITY TODAY Yesterday's rating

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0 50 100 150 200 300 500 What it means: 0-50: Good; 51-100: Moderate; 101-150: Unhealthy for sensitive people; 151200: Unhealthy; 201-300: Very Unhealthy; 301500: Hazardous Source: airnow.gov

TULSA TEMPERATURES 24 hours ending 5 p.m. Saturday 6 p.m. 74° 2 a.m. 54° 10 a.m. 7 p.m. 67° 3 a.m. 53° 11 a.m. 8 p.m. 65° 4 a.m. 51° Noon 9 p.m. 61° 5 a.m. 52° 1 p.m. 10 p.m. 59° 6 a.m. 51° 2 p.m. 11 p.m. 57° 7 a.m. 50° 3 p.m. Midnight 56° 8 a.m. 50° 4 p.m. 1 a.m. 54° 9 a.m. 53° 5 p.m.

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Source: Allergy Clinic of Tulsa

WORLD CITIES Today City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bahrain Bangkok Beijing Berlin Bermuda Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Caracas Copenhagen Dubai Dublin Frankfurt Geneva Havana Hong Kong Islamabad Kabul

Sunrise today ................... 7:34 a.m. Sunset tonight ................. 6:43 p.m. Total daylight ............ 11 hr., 09 min. Moonrise today ................. 3:34 a.m. Moonset today ................. 4:28 p.m.

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Lubbock 74/54 SKYWATCH The thin but reliable Orionid meteor shower is at its best the next couple of nights. The view is best in the wee hours of the morning, when you might see a dozen or so "shooting stars" per hour. Source: McDonald Observatory

Carthage 68/52 Bartlesville Miami Ponca City 72/53 Enid 70/54 76/56 Woodward 76/58 78/57 Claremore 69/51 Springdale Sand Springs Stillwater 72/55 68/52 Seiling 76/55 Tulsa 76/59 73/56 Sapulpa Guthrie 73/55 76/58 Muskogee Edmond 72/52 Fort Smith 75/58 Oklahoma 70/50 Okmulgee Clinton Shawnee City 74/56 72/52 75/58 76/58 Sayre Norman 75/57 McAlester Chickasha 72/55 72/52 74/55 Ada Altus 72/54 Lawton Duncan 78/55 77/55 75/56 Ardmore 76/54 Durant Vernon Idabel 74/52 79/58 73/48 Wichita Falls Gainesville Sherman 78/58 74/55 75/55 NATIONAL CITIES

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Rise 7:06 a.m. 7:27 a.m. 12:25 p.m. 2:07 a.m. 9:41 a.m. 6:09 p.m.

Set 6:23 p.m. 6:42 p.m. 9:53 p.m. 3:48 p.m. 8:07 p.m. 6:43 a.m.

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Hi/Lo/W 86/56/s 102/74/pc 83/64/pc 60/53/pc 79/53/pc 69/54/t 50/39/pc 42/38/i 91/67/s 56/45/pc 62/49/r 76/61/s 83/52/s 65/55/r 84/67/c 67/56/sh 70/57/r 76/60/pc 54/44/sh 72/55/pc 63/47/r 69/56/pc

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice

Coffeyville 70/55

Arkansas City 73/55

Measures above unless denoted by minus. Statistics as of 7 a.m. yesterday. Beaver ........... -4.94 Keystone ....... -1.00 Broken Bow ... -6.42 McGee ........... -3.04 Bull Shoals ..... 0.59 Oologah .......... 6.94 Copan ............. 1.47 Pine Creek ..... -4.37 Eucha ............. 0.30 Salt Plains ..... -0.02 Eufaula .......... -2.30 Sardis ............. 0.41 Fort Gibson ..... 4.78 Skiatook ...... -15.59 Grand ............ -0.36 Spavinaw ........ 0.46 Heyburn ......... -1.46 Table Rock .... -2.79 Hudson ........... 1.82 Tenkiller ......... -0.94 Hulah ...................... Texoma .......... -6.20 Kaw ............... -1.16 Wister ............ 8.52 LATER INFO: Call 918-669-7521

24 hours ending 5 p.m. yest. .............. none Record precipitation ............... 1.94" (1960) Month to date ................................... 3.71" Normal month to date ........................ 2.26" Year to date ..................................... 24.42" Normal year to date ......................... 33.96"

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

National Summary: Blustery and chilly conditions are in store for the Northeast today, with spotty showers of rain and wet snow over the high ground in the northern Appalachians. Much of the area from the Dakotas to Florida and in much of the West will be dry and sunny. Showers and storms will affect southern and western Texas and southern New Mexico.

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79/60/pc 72/52/pc 42/32/c 70/49/pc 83/59/pc 56/36/pc 71/35/s 77/51/s 53/38/pc 49/40/c 48/32/sh 73/51/s 55/37/pc 68/39/s 56/47/s 57/44/pc 51/42/pc 49/28/pc 77/58/s 72/43/pc 67/49/pc 52/45/pc 78/56/t 66/37/pc 70/39/s 85/77/r 82/62/pc 57/45/s 74/46/s 76/57/s 67/50/pc 84/77/s 86/63/s 70/48/pc 79/63/pc 61/46/s

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Jay Cronley jay.cronley @tulsaworld.com 918-581-8362

You can judge a TV show by its cover

V has a big problem with reality. And here’s how to tell inside a few minutes if a new TV show is going to be horrific. Most perfect-looking people can’t act. It’s that simple. The average workplace is comprised of a couple of greatlooking people, half a dozen nice-looking people, three or four fine-looking people, a couple with potential, with a majority of the rest coming across as average. Those with average appearances on TV are apt to be cast in comic roles, as though viewers must develop crushes to stay tuned to the dramas. Most people who have been perfect-looking for as long as anybody can remember probably haven’t had to work hard enough at their craft. Perfect-looking cops on new TV shows probably couldn’t escape a pillow fight but are shown flinging around maniacs on a weekly basis. There’s one exception to the beauty trumps all TV angle: late-bloomers. Late-bloomers turn beautiful or handsome one year before the 10-year reunions and show up all smart and perfect-looking. Many of those who appear at reunions resembling pageant winners were gangly with strange hair in high school. “Who’s that?” is a common reunion question asked of late-bloomers you sat next to in algebra. Outside of James Bond, whose attractiveness is part of each plot, the British know how to cast actors for maximum effectiveness: Ability is favored over looks. British TV cops and attorneys and doctors and nuts look like the real things. Standards so low: Another surefire way to tell that a TV show is terrible is by its sex content. Private parts and graphic sex are discussed on TV situation comedies like the characters were talking about last night’s football game. The singular mention of a sex part will trigger the average laugh track. There’s a simple reason why sex on TV has bullied its way into the gloaming: The writers and producers can’t think of anything else to put on the screen. It’s sex talk or write witty and original dialog. Sex is easier. One problem with running sex out into the open on TV is it diminishes the occasion and lowers standards. When might sex be funny? When the situation is creative and the acting is good; in other words, ten or 15 years ago when imaginations were active. What is funny anyway? A clever use of words, or, with physical comedy, clever thoughts. Since few know how to work the language, it’s no wonder people laugh at sex words. TV standards are so low, you couldn’t trip over them. But you might stub a toe.

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Tower transport draws a crowd By SAMANTHA VICENT

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More photos Check out more photos from Saturday’s tower transport.

BROKEN ARROW — The Houston Street intersections at Oklahoma 51 and 177th E. Avenue were flooded with onlookers Saturday to catch a view of, as Broken Arrow resident Gene Tate called it, “a gigantic feather in Broken Arrow’s hat.” Broken Arrow, Bixby, Glenpool, Sapulpa and Cushing officials had been planning for weeks to make Oklahoma history in the form of successfully transporting a 535,600-pound, 11-footby-186-foot demethanizer tower from Exterran through the state. It is one of the largest objects

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Crowds watch as a 17-storylong demethanizer tower makes its turn west onto 101st Street from 177th East Avenue in Broken Arrow on Saturday, as it began its trip to Colorado.

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facing fears: living without limitations

Dressed in a Superman costume, Brandon Stone jumps out of a plane during a tandem jump with Skydive Airtight instructor Dave Catteeuw in Skiatook on Saturday. Stone, who is paraplegic, raised more than $10,000 for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation before his jump. Stephen Stewart/Skydive Airtight

Sky’s the limit

Paralyzed man skydives for charity By NOUR HABIB

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See Brandon jump

“I feel like I’m on death row,” Brandon Stone said, only halfjokingly, on Saturday morning. Stone, 33, was about two hours from his first skydive. The Broken Arrow resident was at Skiatook Municipal Airport, getting ready to jump from 10,000 feet, a stunt he was completing to help raise money for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

Watch a video of Brandon Stone’s jump from Saturday.

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The foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for paralysis caused by spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders, as See dive A20

Brandon Stone gets a hug from his friend Sara Gaines, who convinced him to skydive, after they jumped together at Skydive Airtight in Skiatook on Saturday. JOHN CLANTON/Tulsa World

Rerouted Tulsa Run to be more scenic ••It will also be more challenging as it winds through midtown.

in recent years because two-thirds of the course has been rerouted to avoid construction of A Gathering Place for Tulsa along Riverside Drive. Race director Heath Aucoin By COREY JONES said the 9.3-mile course takes on a World Staff Writer historic feel with a route through midtown, harkening back to prior Tulsa Run participants can ex- layouts in the famed run’s 37-year pect more elevation changes than history. Aucoin said the more chal-

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lenging but more scenic path will lead runners through Cherry Street and Veterans Park, and along Maple and Woodward parks. Runners also will go by the Tulsa Historical Society, pass under the Route 66 Bridge and traverse the Arkansas River twice. “We have a lot of runners who like running through midtown,” Aucoin said, noting a lot of feedback he

has received has been positive. While the increase in hills will up the run’s difficulty, Aucoin said he hopes to show off more of Tulsa to out-of-towners in the route that took organizers eight months to solidify. He said participants from at least 36 states are signed up. Organizers highlighted the See run A20

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St. John Medical Center Lindsey and Christopher Baker, boy. Malissa and Trevor Hughes, boy. Jessica and Joseph Mann, Kiefer, twin girls. Emily and Adam Neighbors, Bixby, girl. Kham Nem and Philip Mang, girl. Lisa and Terry Rogers, Claremore, boy. Natasha and Frankie Williams, Drumright, boy. Jantzen Yoakley and Corey Litton, boy.

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The Glenpool Fire Department teamed up with Explorer Pipeline and Williams Fire and Hazard Control for training in putting out petroleum fires at Explorer’s Glenpool holding facility. BRITT GREENWOOD/for the Tulsa World

Firefighters train for oil tank fires in Glenpool By BRITT GREENWOOD World Correspondent

GLENPOOL — With more than a million barrels of petroleum running through Explorer Pipeline’s piping system and dozens of holding tanks storing the crude, the company must consider the worst-case scenario — a fire. Explorer Pipeline partnered with the Glenpool Fire Department on Saturday to hold an all-day safety training to prepare 30 firefighters and Explorer operation employees for petroleum holding tank fires. The training was conducted by Williams Fire and Hazard Control, an organization who responds to fires on land and sea. Training consisted of a morning portion of classroom time at the fire station and hands-on training at 1 p.m. at Explorer’s Glenpool Tank Farm located near 121st Street and U.S. 75. In 2006, the worst-case scenario happened when a holding tank at the Glenpool facility was struck by lightning. “The Glenpool Fire Department was on it admirably,” said James Sieck, director of engineering and safety for Explorer said. “They did a great job. In addition to that, we called in Williams Fire and Hazard. They are the big boys.” Between the two of them, they were successful in put-

ting out the tank and keeping it from spreading to other tanks. Sieck said Explorer’s goal with the training was to bring back Williams Fire and Hazard Control and the Glenpool Fire Department to train them on some additional equipment and to practice the procedures. A main focus of the training was the application of foam on a petroleum fire. Sieck said foam is the choice method to putting out petroleum fires, and the foam itself is stored on large totes in various places around the country. Sieck said the city of Glenpool does have foam stored for emergency needs. At the tank farm, firefighters used a 30,000-barrel water tank with an attached hose spraying 1,000 gallons per minute. For the fire department, some were simply going through a refresher course while the new firemen were learning new information. “I’ve been on the fire de-

partment 15 years,” Deputy Fire Chief Terrell Ogilvie said. “We have always had a real strong relationship with Explorer, and I have been to a lot of training out here. If something happens, they are going to call us.” Without proper training or a quick response, “It would be a major catastrophe,” Ogilvie said. “The quicker we can get to it, the quicker we can isolate it.” Sieck added that isolation is key: “If it ever happens again, we want to keep it isolated to one tank like last time.” Ogilvie compared it to a house fire. “The whole neighborhood could burn down if no one shows up to fix it,” he said. “Our job in a house fire isn’t necessarily to put it out but keep it from getting bigger — isolate it.” The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation encourages this type of training.

death notices

Adams, Patsy Ann, 66, homemaker, died Tuesday. Visitation 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, both at Rose Hill Funeral Home. Archer, Sue A., 75, legal secretary, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Wednesday, Freeman Harris Funeral Home Chapel. Barnett, Paul S., 61, mechanic, died Thursday in Sand Springs. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery, Sand Springs. Schaudt-Teel. Bell, Donald E., 88, Realtor, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow. Bergstrom, Dennis Lee, 70, teacher, died Saturday. Services pending. Cremation Society. Bresin, Alexander N., 94, Westinghouse and CBS field service engineer, died Friday. Services pending. Moore’s Southlawn. Broach, Clayton, 85, business owner, died Saturday. Services pending. Moore’s Southlawn. Caldwell, Jack, 90, aerospace industry commercial artist, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Moore’s Southlawn Funeral Home. Crandall, Lora, 52, homemaker, died Thursday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Moore’s Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel. Diment, Dean Henry, 82, obstetrician and gynecologist, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Boston Avenue Methodist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow. Green, Junior, 84, retired warehouseman, died Thursday. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Monday, Ninde Brookside Funeral Home, and service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Yale Avenue Christian Church. Graveside service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford. Jones, Jerry Ann, 81, retired teacher, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Moore’s Eastlawn Funeral Home, and service 1 p.m. Tuesday, Eastwood Baptist Church. Lambeth, John Wayne, 51, auto detailer, died Tuesday. No local services planned. Add’Vantage. Nelson, James Herbert, 65, pipefitter, died Thursday. No local services planned. Add’Vantage. McComb, Garland, 69, retired Dillard’s certified technician, died Saturday. Services pending. Dillon & Smith, Sand Springs. Napier, Artie, 89, retired medical records clerk, died Friday. Services pending. Jack’s. Padavic, Anthony, 74, automobile sales worker, died Saturday. Services pending. Add’Vantage. Perkins, Lonnie Edgar, 79, Tulsa Beef Co. loader, died Oct. 13. Service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Morning Star Baptist Church. Jack’s. Pyles, Norma T., 80, cosmetology instructor, died Thursday. No services planned. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow. Rhiner, Larry John, 77, plumber, died Friday. No local services planned. Add’Vantage. Rowe, Richard T., 84, industrial engineer, died Thursday. Service 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.

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Barnsdall Whinery, Paul, 82, retired from Bareco Petrolite, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Lighthouse Family Worship Center. Stumpff. Broken Arrow Beair, Carolyn J., 81, artist, died Friday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home and service 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church. Taylor, Doilis J., 67, engineer, died Wednesday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel. Claremore Hazelwood, Herbert, 72, carpenter, died Saturday. Services pending. MMS-Payne. Haskell Ford, Billy Ray, 67, truck driver, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Sperry. Hominy Sykes, Opal Mae, 97, homemaker, died Friday. Visitation 1-5 p.m. Sunday and service 11 a.m. Monday, both at Powell Funeral Home. Inola Patterson, Michael D., 64, court reporter, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 11 a.m. Tuesday, Calvary Baptist Church, Okmulgee. McClendon-Winters, Okmulgee. Kenwood Abbs, Judy Arlene (Bluebird), 65, homemaker, died Thursday in Tulsa. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Euwasha Baptist Church. Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove. Muskogee Blair, Violet Mignon, 98, retired chief deputy county clerk, died Tuesday. Graveside memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Greenhill Cemetery. Lescher-Millsap. Coppin, Roberta Sue, 62, cafe owner, died Wednesday. Memorial graveside service 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Greenlawn Cemetery, Checotah. Add’Vantage, Tulsa. Hyer, Jimmy Wayne, 66, retired Marines river boat pilot, died Thursday. Memorial graveside service 2 p.m. Friday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson. Add’Vantage, Tulsa. Jackson, Gary B., 74, retired Indian Capital Technology Center and Sequoyah Fuels industrial specialist, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Grace Bible Church. Cornerstone. Okmulgee Cunningham, Milton Codford Jr., 78, died Thursday. Services pending. Jackson. Payne, Billy John, 86, roofing contractor, died Friday. Visitation 1-7 p.m. Monday and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at Crosstown Pentecostal Holiness Church. Add’Vantage, Tulsa.

Oktaha Fanning, Julie Renee, 25, physical therapist, died Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Timothy Baptist Church, Muskogee. LescherMillsap, Muskogee. Pawhuska Garcia, Ernest Anthony, 61, draftsman, died Thursday in Tulsa. Private family services. Kennedy-Midtown, Tulsa. Peggs Palmer, Dee A., 89, retired steel worker, died Saturday in Fort Gibson. Services pending. Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove. Pryor Wilson, Jean H. (Halbrook), 86, former Green-Wilson Cunningham Funeral Homes owner, died Sunday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Monday and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at First United Methodist Church. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook. Rose Ward, Gloria Jean, 68, convenience store clerk, died Wednesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Locust Grove Funeral Home, Locust Grove, and service 10 a.m. Monday, Jubilee Ministries, Locust Grove. Sallisaw Watts, James V. “Jelly,” 98, retired city of Sallisaw water superintendent, died Friday. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Calvary Temple. Agent Mallory Martin. Sand Springs Moore, Louis Wilbur, 78, Postal Service mail handler, died Thursday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow. Spavinaw Fuchs, Grace, 67, cook, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Luginbuel South Grand Lake Funeral Home, Langley and service 2 p.m. Monday, First Christian Church, Langley. Sperry Flatt, Bobby Ray, 74, Southwestern Bell cable repairman, died Tuesday. Private family services. Sien-Shelton, Skiatook. Stillwater Bell, David Lee, 52, laborer, died Friday. No services planned. Strode. Miller, Helen, 89, customer service representative, died Wednesday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Golden Oaks Assisted Living Center. Strode. Wagoner Deaton, Billy J., 63, maintenance supervisor, died Oct. 3. Celebration of life noon Saturday, The Clubhouse. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow. Vinita Sprague, Earl William, 54, BNSF Railway welder, died Wednesday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church. Add’Vantage, Tulsa. Yale Smith, Marty James, 58, oil field worker, died Friday in Tulsa. Services pending. Davis, Cushing.

State Department of Education to hold town hall meetings in Owasso, Pryor The Oklahoma State Department of Education is holding a series of town hall meetings for parents, educators and other interested residents across the state to discuss education. The next two are in the Tulsa area, with the first being at 6 p.m. Monday at Tulsa Technology Center-Owasso Campus and the second being Tuesday at Northeast Technology Center-Pryor. The meetings are intended to provide information

about the Priority Academic Student Skills, the Oklahoma academic standards that public school classrooms will use over the next two years until new standards are developed, and also about how the recent loss of the federal No Child Left Behind Act waiver could affect local schools. Representatives from the Oklahoma State Department of Education will be on hand to answer questions and gather input about the

new academic standards for reading and math that will be developed over the next two years. Other scheduled town hall meetings are Oct. 27 at Weatherford High School, Oct. 28 at Southwest Technology Center in Altus, Nov. 10 at Pioneer Technology Center in Ponca City, Nov. 11 at Green Country Technology Center in Okmulgee, and Nov. 17 at First Baptist Church in Kingfisher. — Andrea Eger, World Staff Writer

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transported here by land, but officials were set back a week after a rain delay. At 7  a.m. Saturday, Northwest Logistics Heavy Haul finally began driving the tower from Oklahoma 51 and East Houston Street to Fort Lupton, Colorado — with escorts from the Broken Arrow Police Department and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol leading the way. The demethanizer tower will go to the Anadarko Petroleum Corp., where it will be part of a cryogenic gas plant that will aid in separating liquid components from natural gas, officials previously told the Tulsa World. “I figured it was all one long thing and I could not figure out how they were going to turn the wheels,” Tate said of the total load, which weighed about 1.2 million pounds, was 427 feet long and had 224 tires. “But they were independently controlled wheels, and that was genius.” Broken Arrow Police Sgt. Ed Ferguson said despite a few early delays the transport went smoothly and caused minimal issues for motorists. The city, home to five manufacturing plants, routinely arranges for oversize load transport, he said. “Getting the load across Highway 51 took a little longer than we expected,” Ferguson said. “We were also a little bit surprised by the turnout of people that came to watch this, but it’s also good for people to see what goes on in Broken Arrow.” Bixby Police Cpl. Jared Lowe had similar sentiments after the tower traveled from 101st Street and Mingo Road to 151st Street and Harvard Avenue in the city Saturday afternoon. “(Spectators) were one thing we had not planned for,” he said. “The

Crowds watch Saturday as a 17-story-long demethanizer tower is transported along 81st Street through Broken Arrow as it begins its trip to Colorado. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

majority of people (on the roads) were stopping to video (the transport). ... Once we heard through Broken Arrow police that they were having quite a few spectators, we had to change our (traffic control) game plan.” The trek that moved at around 15 mph had no hiccups outside of a 20-minute stop to adjust a trailer on 151st Street, and no one called in any traffic complaints, Lowe said. Sperry resident Danna Malone was part of the group that gathered at an intersection in Broken Arrow, arriving around 7:30 a.m. A Northeastern State University student

studying risk management, Malone said she wanted to see how the drivers would deal with risky maneuvers such as turning. Ferguson said officials planned the route with the goal of minimizing the need for turns, as the tower’s length was what was most unusual about the load. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” Malone said. “I thought, ‘Oh, I’m going to be the only lookylou’, but it looks like the community came out for this company and wanted to see the things they’re doing.” Johnny Mefford, operations man-

ager for Northwest Logistics Heavy Haul, was with the drivers as the tower moved on hydraulic suspension specialty trucks across Broken Arrow, Bixby and Glenpool. He said the company transported a similar tower from Pocatello, Idaho, to the same Colorado plant last year, so he “knew what to expect.” “We have to travel Highway 75 tomorrow morning,” Mefford said after the company stopped in Glenpool just before 2 p.m. “But we’ve got the toughest part of the trip out of the way. We could have made it to Sapulpa, but ... we would have to travel against opposing traffic

to get on (Oklahoma) 117, and (the Oklahoma Department of Transportation) requested we do that on Sunday morning between 7 and 9 a.m.” The demethanizer remained parked on the side of a Highway 75 on-ramp in Glenpool on Saturday night, which Mefford said would not be a hindrance to thru traffic. Northwest Logistics will next travel through Sapulpa and Mannford, expecting to be just outside Cushing on Sunday night, he said.

Runners begin the 5k 2013 Tulsa Run race.

Here are five things you should know before the 37th annual Tulsa Run on Saturday. ••During packet pickup on Thursday and Friday, you may pick up a packet for another runner. However, you need to bring either their ID or a copy of it. That person also must have signed their online waiver. ••Out-of-town runners are allowed to pick up packets from 6:30 to 8 a.m. on race day at 5th Street and Boulder Avenue in the Arvest Bank parking lot. ••Street, parking lot and valet parking will be available throughout downtown Tulsa on race day. ••Spectators are allowed to watch the race from anywhere along its route. Organizers say many choose to gather near the Finish Line Fest along Boston Avenue from 4th to 9th streets. ••The 5k and 2k start times are earlier than in years past. Organizers recommend showing up a half hour before your start time to ensure ample time for parking and race prep.

Brandon Stone parachutes to the ground with Skydive Airtight instructor Dave Catteeuw in Skiatook on Saturday. Stone became a paraplegic almost 10 years ago when a car accident left him with a spinal cord injury. Photos by JOHN CLANTON/Tulsa World

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Brandon Stone celebrates a successful skydive with Skydive Airtight instructor Dave Catteeuw in Skiatook on Saturday. He hopes to inspire others to push past their fears and to inspire people with disabilities to live their lives without limitations.

Sitting in his Superman suit, which he bought specifically for the jump, Stone confessed that he considered getting a stunt double. “My brain is just like, ‘Why? Why? Why are we doing this?’” As his tandem jump instructor put the gear on Stone and helped him onto the plane, Stone said, “Here goes nothing.” The plane revved, and the gathered crowd began cheering. Fifteen minutes later, Stone was soaring through the air. “My brain doesn’t know what just happened,” he said after landing. “It was indescribable,” he said, taking deep breaths. As he got back into his

wheelchair, he addressed it: “I’ve never been so happy to see you.” Stone said the scariest part was immediately before the jump. “In my head I was saying, ‘Go back in, go back in!’” But getting over his fear was what this dive was about. He hopes to inspire others to push past their fears and to inspire people with disabilities to live their lives without limitations. After landing, Stone received a “First Jump Certificate.” His tandem skydiving instructor, Dave Catteeuw, congratulated him. “Welcome to the skies,” he said. Nour Habib 918-581-8369 nour.habib@tulsaworld.com

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downtown start/finish lines and any of the aforementioned scenic areas as good places for spectators to gather. With the emphasis on midtown, organizers also encourage families, friends and neighbors to set up in their front yards to cheer for the thousands who will pass by. “That’s what people like to get you through that next half a mile — when they see a neat sign that makes them laugh,” Aucoin said. Online registration closes at 9 p.m. Wednesday. Before then, entry fees are $50 for the 15k, $40 for the 5k and $15 for the 2k. A final registration period will take place during packet pickup from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center. Fees for the 15k and 5k will jump $15. Aucoin encourages 15k competitors to sign up sooner given there is a “good possibility” that race will sell out.

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well as improving the quality of life for people living with disabilities. Stone became a paraplegic almost 10 years ago when a car accident left him with a spinal cord injury. “It crushed my car like a can,” Stone said of the other car that rammed into him as he was driving home from work in Philadelphia in 2005. He broke nine ribs and three vertebrae, and all his internal organs got shoved up into a chest cavity. It took a 14-hour surgery by a highly skilled cardiac surgeon to repair his badly damaged aorta. Twenty more surgeries followed in the years since. But Stone does not let his wheelchair confine him. Sara Gaines, a friend he met at the Center of the Universe festival this summer, convinced him to skydive. “Something about his energy just really drew me to him,” Gaines said. She remembers telling him, “Something tells me you need this in your life.” Gaines went skydiving for the first time two years ago. “To me, skydiving is very Zen,” she said. “You’re completely in the moment.” After Stone agreed to do it, he decided to use it as a way to raise money for the foundation. He surpassed his goal of $10,000, and people can still donate at helpmewalk.com. “I thought, if I’m going to do it, I might as well make a big deal out of it,” he said. On Saturday, Stone’s family and friends gathered at Skydive Airtight, the company that was taking Stone on his first jump. They all wanted to know how he was feeling. “Nervous,” was the repeated response. “I just hope that I don’t pass out or die of a heart attack,” he said.

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‘That’s what people like to get you through that next half a mile — when they see a neat sign that makes them laugh.’ Heath Aucoin, Tulsa Run director

There were less than 1,000 slots available at midweek of last week. The 5k will start at 7:50  a.m., the 2k at 8:30 a.m., the USA Masters 15k at 8:50 a.m., and the 15k at 9 a.m. “People come out to compete — they can be a 6-minute miler or they walk the 2k — I think we give something for everybody,” Aucoin said. “You feel like you really come together. I think it’s as big a part of the community as some of these other events,” such as Oktoberfest. Aucoin said he hopes to keep the current route configuration through 2017, the projected end date for construction of A Gathering

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Place. Aucoin said about 4,500 people had registered for the open division of the 15k as of Wednesday afternoon. Across all divisions he estimated 7,500 to 8,000 people had registered, though a typical late influx is expected to boost those numbers significantly. The USA Masters 15k Championships will have about 70 runners from across the country competing, Aucoin said. The USATF website indicates the prize purse is $17,000. A Finish Line Fest will feature a disc jockey, inflatables for children and a mobile visitor center with a TV for sporting events. Food trucks and alcohol also will be available. Aucoin said the Tulsa Run will donate $30,000 to six charities, including $25,000 to the Tulsa Boys Home. The other five charities receiving $1,000 each are A New Leaf, CAP Tulsa literacy program, Life Senior Services, The Parent Child Center of Tulsa and The Salvation Army. Corey Jones 918-581-8359 corey.jones@tulsaworld.com

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Five area leaders in social justice will be recognized for their efforts at an upcoming awards ceremony. The inaugural Dan Allen Awards, sponsored by the Dan Allen Center for Social Justice, will be presented Nov. 6 at the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, 1304 N. Kenosha Ave. “The Dan Allen Center created its awards program to encourage those who are working for social justice in our community, to inspire others to join the cause and help educate our community about the need for social justice,” said Ed Rossman, center president. “Tulsa is fortunate to have creative and inspirational leadership by these outstanding individuals and organizations, and we are delighted

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for the opportunity to recognize their work and thank them for all they do.” Joe Worley, retiring Tulsa World executive editor, is being honored with the Dan Allen Award for Social Justice Leadership in News Media for fostering news reporting that highlights social justice needs in the Tulsa area. Other awards include: ••Award for Social Justice — Father Bill Skeehan for his lifelong commitment to justice for all

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••Outstanding Social Justice Program — Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma and its director Eileen Bradshaw for service to needy families in the area ••Local Social Justice Champion — David Blatt, executive director of the Oklahoma Policy Institute, for outstanding work educating the state about social issues ••Social Justice Leadership — Jan Figart and the Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa for sup-

Figart port of social justice issues The Dan Allen Center for Social Justice was created to continue the advocacy of its namesake by fostering social justice through education, outreach, advocacy and demonstration of social justice. For more information, or to reserve tickets to the event, go online to DanAllenCenter.org. Mike Averill918-581-8489 mike.averill@tulsaworld.com

Press Club dinner to honor Headliners From Staff Reports Public relations executive Becky J. Frank and Folds of Honor founder Dan Rooney will be the honorees at the 2014 Tulsa Press Club Headliners dinner. This year’s dinner will be

at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Sky Room of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa. Frank is chairman and chief executive officer of Schnake Turnbo Frank. In 2012, she became the second woman to serve as chairman

of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, and the following year became the only woman to solely lead the Tulsa Area United Way Campaign. Rooney, a retired F-16 fighter pilot in the Oklahoma National Guard, began the Owasso-based Folds of

Honor Foundation to provide educational opportunities to families of wounded and fallen American service members. See tulsapressclub.org or shop. tulsapressclub.org for Headliners information, tickets and sponsorships.

Area’s legislative races generally low-key By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer

It’s hard to imagine a more low-energy general election, at least for legislative seats, than the one approaching on Nov. 4. Twelve state Senate (of a possible 25) and 36 state House of Representatives (out of 101) seats are on the ballot. Few, particularly in the Tulsa area, have generated much excitement. Statewide, the most hotly contested legislative race is in Senate District 6, in southeastern Oklahoma, where Republican incumbent Josh Brecheen is getting a stiff challenge from Democrat Joe B. Hill, a former aide to Congressman Dan Boren. Most of what little drama to be had in the Tulsa area played out in the primaries and runoffs. One minor exception: No legislator representing any part of Tulsa has a general election opponent, and only four races, all in the House, affect Tulsa County. In three of those, the challengers had raised and spent so little money through the last reporting period that they did not have to file with the state ethics commission. The fourth did file, but his only activity was a $2,000 loan to himself. Following are summaries of Tulsa County and some area legislative races of interest. Senate District 8 (Okmulgee, Okfuskee and McIntosh counties — One of the few competitive state Senate races includes the southern edge of the Tulsa metro area. Republican Roger Thompson, an Okemah newspaper publisher, is hoping to add to the GOP majority by capturing a seat being vacated by

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Democrat Roger Ballenger. Ballenger is not seeking reelection. The Democratic candidate is Eufaula Mayor Selina Jayne-Dornan, a former member of the Creek Nation National Council who has also been active in the Oklahoma Municipal League. State Senate 18 (Wagoner and eastern Cherokee counties) — Republican incumbent Kim David is expected to win reelection against Charles Arnall, a Tahlequah educator who has been critical of the Republican-led Legislature’s treatment of public schools. House District 76 (Broken Arrow) — Republican incumbent David Brumbaugh is likely to be re-elected in a heavily GOP district that includes a tiny sliver of Tulsa near 61st Street and Garnett Road. Democrat Glenda Puett, a retired teacher who has slammed Brumbaugh for not doing enough to support public schools, got

about one-third of the vote in 2012. House District 36 (eastern Osage, northwestern Tulsa County) — This 2012 rematch is likely to produce the same result: an easy victory for Republican incumbent Sean Roberts. Democrat Jim Massey, a Sperry firefighter and smallbusiness owner, got 35 percent of the vote two years ago. The district includes Skiatook and most of Sperry, as well as Barnsdall, Pawhuska and Hominy. House District 29 (Creek County, far west Tulsa County) — Republican James Leewright is expected to hold this open seat for the Republicans against 83-year-old Depew Mayor Bobby Talley. The district includes two Tulsa County precincts west of Sand Springs. House District 16 (eastern Okmulgee, western Muskogee, southwest Wagoner and southeast Tulsa counties) — This mostly rural district includes the southeasternmost Tulsa County precinct and four precincts in southwestern Wagoner County. Democratic incumbent Jerry Shoemake of Morris carried every precinct in Okmulgee and Muskogee counties, including the home precinct of challenger James “Bo” Delso of Henryetta, while Delso carried the five Tulsa and Wagoner county

precincts. This will be Delso’s third run at Shoemake. He got 20 percent in 2010 and 39 percent in 2012 after the district was redrawn to include pieces of Tulsa and Wagoner counties. House District 12 (Wagoner County) — Mostly a rural district when Democrat Wade Rousselot was elected in 2004, the district now trends Republican because of rapidly growing areas of Broken Arrow and Coweta. Rousselot, backed by the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce, is challenged for the second straight election by Republican David Tacket, a political consultant, lobbyist and run rights advocate who has been endorsed by 1st District Congressman Jim Bridenstine, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and U.S. Senate nominee James Lankford. House District 14 (eastern Muskogee and western Cherokee counties) — Muskogee businessman George Faught tries to return to the House after two years off for an unsuccessful congressional campaign. He figures to beat Democrat Jack Reavis, a retired teacher who finished third in a threeway Democratic primary two years ago.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A Facebook message a woman sent to her former sex partner announcing she was pregnant was not sufficient legal notice to support terminating the father’s parental rights, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled this week. “This Court does not believe that attempts to provide notice via Facebook comport with the requirements of due process,” Justice Douglas Combs wrote in his majority opinion. The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to overturn two lower court decisions that had upheld the termination of Billy McCall’s parental rights in a Rogers County adoption case. The case will now go back to district court to reconsider whether McCall’s parental rights should be terminated. How much of an obligation a pregnant woman has to seek out and notify an absent father has been a point of contention in some parental rights termination cases. It’s an issue upon which even state Supreme Court justices disagreed. In a minority opinion, Justice James R. Winchester contended it was the father’s responsibility to inform himself of the pregnancy. “The legislature has clearly pronounced its intent,” Winchester wrote. “The duty of the male who has sexual relations with a female is (1) to be aware that a pregnancy might occur and (2) to inform himself. He cannot complacently wait for the female to find him in the event of a pregnancy.” He was joined in his dissent by Justices Steven Taylor and Noma Gurich. In the majority opinion, Justice Combs noted that even though the birth mother sent the father a Facebook message revealing that she was pregnant and planned

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to give the child up for adoption, the father testified he didn’t see the message until sometime after the child’s June 2012 birth. The trial court judge took the position that when the father actually found out about the pregnancy and birth of the child was irrelevant, contending the legal burden was on the father to determine if he might have fathered a child and to exercise his parental rights. The Supreme Court majority disagreed. Combs wrote that the court has consistently ruled that “in Oklahoma, the natural father of a child born out of wedlock is entitled to notice of the existence of the child so that the natural father has a chance to exercise his opportunity interest in developing a relationship with a child.” “Instead of contacting father directly, mother left him a message on Facebook, which is an unreliable method of communication if the account holder does not check it regularly or have it configured in such a way as to provide notification of unread messages by some other means,” Combs wrote. “This court is unwilling to declare notice via Facebook alone sufficient to meet the requirements of the due process clauses of the United States and Oklahoma Constitutions ... .” The couple had sex on several occasions beginning in August 2011, but the “father testified that though they were friends, they were never in a romantic relationship,” the decision said. “The record indicates that the last sexual encounter between father and mother occurred sometime in either September or October of 2011, and the father testified that he made no attempt to contact mother after that event.”

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Police pursue leads in homicide/arson case ••Victim’s cousin is hopeful that tipsters will come forward. By COREY JONES

World Staff Writer

The cousin of a homicide victim found dead after an arson fire Sept. 9 in Tulsa spoke out Saturday, beseeching anyone with information that may help solve the case to step forward. Those pleas follow a renewed interest in the case after recent media attention helped to rustle up potential leads. Desiree Jenkins, a cousin of Christen Crystal Marie Welch, emailed a statement to the Tulsa World in which she remembered Welch as a person who was “far from perfect” but who was “loved and cared about by her family.” Welch, 35, was found dead in a bedroom of a house in the 3600 block of West Easton Street. Someone saw smoke and reported a fire at the residence about 6 a.m., police said. Detectives recently revealed a theory that a group of juveniles unwittingly stumbled across Welch during a break-in and killed her before setting fire to her body. Since the media attention midweek, Tulsa police homicide Sgt. Dave Walker on Saturday said four people have been interviewed who provided information on burglaries. The first Crime Stoppers tip also came in, Walker said. “We are moving forward on those lesser charges in hopes it breaks the case on the murder,” Walker said. “Plus, the kids we are talking about need some supervision.” Walker earlier in the week

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announced that detectives believe a group of preteens and teens broke into Welch’s home thinking it was vacant. The juveniles abuse methamphetamine and are part of a burglary and vandalism ring in neighborhoods west of downtown Tulsa, Walker said. Jenkins said she is hopeful tipsters will help direct authorities to the person or people responsible for the slaying of her cousin. She said Welch was the mother of three boys who are grieving her loss, along with other family members. “Christen had gone down a rough road in life and has made some less-than-perfect decisions, but she was working to get her life back together,” Jenkins said. On the morning of the fire, Tulsa firefighters extinguished the flames and called police after becoming suspicious when they realized the home had no working utilities. Investigators searched the house, finding meth-making materials but no evidence of an active

meth lab. Walker said the house was known to police for its drug activity. After more than a month, police hadn’t identified suspects, determined a concrete motive or received tips on the case, so Walker reached out to the community for help. “I wish they had already found who did this to her, but I understand the complexity of the case,” Jenkins said. Anyone with information may contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 918-596COPS (2677), online at bit. ly/crimestopperstips or via text message at CRIMES (274637). Text tips should begin with “Tip918.”

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Woman sentenced in fatal shooting A Tulsa woman has received a life prison term for a fatal shooting at a Tulsa apartment. Tulsa County jurors on Thursday found Chiquita Bulger, 24, guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Emily Clark, 22, on Feb. 10, 2013. Bulger said she shot Clark because Clark had “snitched,” according to an arrest report. Prosecutor Nalani Ching said Clark was shot once in the head. The shooting occurred at

an apartment building at 10114 E. Admiral Blvd. The murder conviction requires Bulger to remain behind bars for Bulger more than 38 years before becoming eligible for parole. — BILL BRAUN, World Staff Writer

Airplane makes an emergency landing in Tulsa for man needing medical help From Staff Reports A flight bound for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was diverted and made an emergency landing Saturday afternoon in Tulsa because a passenger was experiencing an unknown medical condition soon determined not to be Ebola, officials said. Alexis Higgins, Tulsa International Airport marketing director, said American Airlines Flight 1664 landed at the Tulsa airport so the passenger could receive medical treatment. Given the “uncertainty” of the symptoms the man was

experiencing, Higgins said, medical personnel responded with protective gear. Higgins said the man was determined to be suffering from a pre-existing medical condition unrelated to Ebola. The man, whose name wasn’t released, was taken by EMSA to a Tulsa hospital, Higgins said. His condition wasn’t available. The flight originated from Bradley International Airport in Connecticut, Higgins said. According to flightaware.com, the plane went wheels up again just before 5 p.m. toward its original destination in Texas.

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Cowboys step into NFC East action ••Dallas hopes to keep rolling as Giants try to bounce back from loss. By SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press

Then-Thunder coach P.J. Carlesimo talks with Kevin Durant during Oklahoma City’s first game in Tulsa. Oct. 13, 2008

OKC defeated Houston 110104 • Attendance: 9,549

Miami‘s Michael Beasley tries to get past Durant in 2009. Oct. 14, 2009

OKC defeated Miami 96-91 • Attendance: 10,427

James Harden loses control of the ball during OKC’s loss to Memphis in 2010. Oct. 12, 2010

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OKC defeated Phoenix 107-97 • Attendance: 18,233 (sellout and arena record)

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New Orleans defeated OKC 105-102 • Attendance: 17,778 (sellout)

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n five NBA preseason games played at Tulsa’s BOK Center, Kevin Durant has been watched by more spectators — a combined total of 67,284 — than saw multiple-appearance performers like Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, George Strait and The Eagles. Apparently, Durant is comfortable at the BOK Center. In those five preseason contests, he averaged 24.4 points on 51 percent shooting. However, there will be no Durant buckets Sunday. As the Oklahoma City Thunder plays its annual Tulsa game — facing the Minnesota Tim-

berwolves at 6 p.m. — the NBA’s 2013-14 Most Valuable Player is sidelined because of an injury. Last week, he underwent surgery on his fractured right foot and is not expected to play until at least mid-December. Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks said the team’s adjustmet to the loss of Durant is “ongoing.” “The first part of the process is not making an excuse,” Brooks said. “When you come to grips with that, you have a better chance to have success. We’ve always done that as an organization. Whatever is thrown at us, we control what we can and not worry about the things that we can’t. See okc B4

game details BOK Center capacity: For the Thunder game, the arena can accommodate a maximum crowd of slightly less than 18,000. Tickets: Several hundred tickets remain and are available at bokcenter.com and at the BOK Center ticket office. The national anthem will be sung by Carrigan Bradley, an accomplished vocalist and a student at Fort Gibson High School. At noon Sunday, the Thunder hosts an hour-long program for 200 Tulsa-area Girl Scouts at the BOK Center. The Thunder is donating a portion of its ticket revenue to the Folds of Honor scholarship fund. Fans will be encouraged to text donations. For a $5 donation, the word FREEDOM can be sent to 50555. For a $10 donation, the word HONOR can be send to 27722. The Folds of Honors organization provides scholarships to family members of military members killed or disabled while in active duty.

ONLINE: Stay up-to-date with the Thunder this season at tulsaworld.com/thunder

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••Clark’s eighth-inning single helps Chestnut, Broncos take 6A title. By SHIELA K. HAYNES World Correspondent

SHAWNEE — Karis Clark’s oneout, bases-loaded walkoff single in the eighth inning gave Mustang a 4-3 victory over Broken Arrow in the Class 6A state fastpitch final at The Ballfields at Firelake on Saturday.

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Tony Romo was in his first full season as a starter when the Dallas Cowboys last strung together enough wins to have one of the NFL’s best records. The franchise didn’t exist the only other Up next time a running back started a Vs. Giants 3:25 p.m. Sunday season the way DeMarco MurTV: KOKI-5/23 ray has. Radio: KTBZ Speaking of am1430 history, that’s how the New York Giants For more categorize last See previews week’s dud in of this week’s Philadelphia. games, plus NFL The Cowstandings and TV boys (5-1) play listings. B3 their first NFC East opponent on Sunday after winning at Super Bowl champion Seattle. That triggered questions

Mustang’s Zoe Jones was hit by an Ashley Watts pitch to lead off the eighth. University of Oklahoma pitching commit Jayden Chestnut and Alexia Vargas singled to load the bases. Audrie Morrison reached on a fielder’s choice as the runner was forced out at home. Clark then hit a deep drive to center field to win the game. “Two good teams,” said Broken Arrow coach Randall King. “They See Title B5

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••Championship is the ‘best birthday present ever,’ coach Smith says. By BEN JOHNSON

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SHAWNEE — Jenks volleyball coach Tanna Smith has received some memorable birthday presents in the past. None top Saturday night’s. Anabella Pope recorded the final

kill of the season — a soft tap over the net along the left boundary — to send Jenks to a 3-2 (25-14, 14-25, 25-22, 23-25, 16-14) victory over Edmond Memorial and its first state championship since 2006. “Best birthday present ever,” said Smith, who turned 33 on Friday. “My mom and dad gave me a nice diamond ring, and that was wonderful for my 21st birthday. I had a great 30th birthday and went to Aruba. But this tops it.” See jenks B5

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James Shields kisses the ALCS trophy Wednesday after the Royals won and advanced to the World Series. Matt Slocum/AP

Trade for Shields key to K.C. turnaround ••“Big Game James” has lived up to reputation, leading Royals to Series. By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The moment Alex Gordon knew the Kansas City Royals were serious about winning can be traced to a cold December day when his wife heard they had traded for James Shields. The franchise had long suffered through a forgettable cast of starting pitchers, from Jay Witasick to Darrell May to Runelvys Hernandez. Hot prospects flamed out. Free agents fizzled. And every year, the Royals See KC B4 2014 World Series

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Radio: KFaQ am1170 Tickets: 877-255-4678 Web: okstate.com

FOOTBALL

SAT 10-25

SAT 11-1

SAT 11-15

vs. West Virginia, 2:30 p.m., tBd

Tulsa

at Kansas State, tBd

FOOTBALL

SAT 11-8

FRI 11-14

vs. SMU, tBd

Arkansas

at UCF, 7 p.m., espn2- 26

Radio: KCFo am970 Tickets: 800-982-4647 Web: arkansasrazorbacks.com

FOOTBALL

SAT 10-25

SAT 11-1

SAT 11-15

vs. Mississippi State, tBa

Thunder SUN 10-19

vs. Minn. (preseason): 6 p.m., at BoK Center

Live racing 7 p.m.

TUE 10-21

vs. Utah (preseason): 7 p.m.

THUR 10-23 Live racing 7 p.m.

Will Rogers SUN 10-19 Live racing noon

vs. LSU, tBa

Radio: KaKC am1300 Tickets: 800-745-3000 Web: nba.com/thunder

Remington Park WED 10-22

Associated Press

Radio: KrmG am740, fm102.3 Tickets: 918-631-4688 Web: tulsahurricane.com

FOOTBALL

vs. UAB, 11 a.m., seCn-275

By JENNA FRYER

vs. Texas, tBd

FRI 10-31

at Memphis, 7 p.m., espn2-26 or espnU-253

••Earnhardt, Johnson and Keselowski are in must-win situations.

WED 10-29

at Portland: 9:30 p.m., espn-25 Info: 405-424-1000 Web: remingtonpark.com

FRI 10-24 Live racing 7 p.m.

Info: 918-283-8800 Web: cherokeecasino.com

FRI 10-24

SAT 10-25

Live racing noon

Other local sporting events SUN 10-19

MON 10-20

w tennis: oU, osU at ita Central region Championship at stillwater w soccer: orU vs. iUpUi, 1 p.m.

w tennis: osU at ita Central region Championship at stillwater

Television/Radio

AUTO RACING

TV/Radio

1 p.m............. NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 500

25-ESPN

2 p.m............ Boston at Brooklyn 6 p.m........... Oklahoma City vs. Minnesota 7 p.m............ Charlotte at Chicago

256-NBA KAKC-1300am 256-NBA

3 p.m............ Edmonton at Saskatchewan

26-ESPN2

NBA PRESEASON

NFL See Page B3 CFL GOLF

6:30 a.m..... EPGA World Match Play Championship 1:30 p.m...... Champions Greater Hickory Classic 4 p.m........... PGA Shriners Open

66-GOLF 66-GOLF 66-GOLF

7:30 a.m...... Liverpool vs. QP Rangers 10 a.m.......... Swansea at Stoke 7:15 p.m....... Seattle at Los Angeles

251-NBCSN 251-NBCSN 26-ESPN2

Noon............ Men: Maryland vs. Indiana 1 p.m............. Women: Texas Tech vs. TCU 1 p.m............. Women: E. Washington vs. N. Arizona 2 p.m............ Women: LSU vs. Georgia 3 p.m............ Women: Florida vs. Kentucky 7 p.m............ Men: Oregon St. vs. UCLA

280-B10 27-FSOK 273 FCSP 253-ESPNU 275-SECNET 281-PAC12

1:30 p.m...... Texas Home Run Derby 2 p.m............ Incarnate Word vs. Texas

274-LHN 274-LHN

PRO SOCCER

COLLEGE SOCCER

SOFTBALL

Golf roundup

Martin fires 62, leads by 2 shots The Associated Press Ben Martin birdied five consecutive holes on the back nine Saturday and finished with a 9-under 62 to take a two-stroke lead in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas. Winless in 55 career starts on the PGA Tour, the 27-year-old former Clemson player matched his best score on the tour — set last year in the Zurich Classic — to get to 17-under 196 at TPC Summerlin. Scotland’s Russell Knox, tied for the second-round lead with

Andrew Putnam, was second after a 66 Luiten in match play semis: In Ash, England, Dutchman Joost Luiten extended his unbeaten run in the World Match Play Championship, routing Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal 6 and 5 in the quarterfinals. Two tied for lead in LPGA event: In Incheon, South Korea, South Korean’ Hee-Kyung Bae and Kyu Jung Baek both shot 4-under 68 to share the third-round lead in the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship. They were at 5-under 211, a stroke ahead of a logjam of 10 players.

Sports: FYI Football Missouri Southern beats NSU: Northeastern State

lost 34-7 to Missouri Southern at Fred G. Hughes Stadium in Joplin, Missouri. The RiverHawks fell to 0-7, while the Lions improved to 3-4. This was the second-straight week that NSU lost 34-7. Northeastern State controlled the tempo in the first half and held a 222-84 advantage in total offense. NSU also led in passing yards 148-0. The Lions completely flipped the script in the second half, however, as the home team outgained NSU 317-72 in the final 30 minutes. They also led in rushing yards 262-27 and in passing yards 55-45. Missouri Southern led in total yards 401-294 and in rushing offense 346-101. The RiverHawks held a 193-55 advantage in passing yards.

Softball OU crushes 11 home runs in rout: With 11 home runs, Oklahoma blitzed Butler Community College 31-1 Friday night in a fall exhibition game at Marita Hynes Field in Norman. Both teams agreed to play 10 innings before the contest started. The Oklahoma offense pounded out 25 hits in 54 at-bats (.463) and also drew 14 walks. Eight different Sooners got multiple hits, including a

TALLADEGA, Ala. — This magical season for Dale Earnhardt Jr. comes down to one race to save his championship hopes. NASCAR’s most popular driver must win Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway to continue his quest for his first career Sprint Cup title. It’s a pressure-packed situation for Earnhardt, who knows that six-time and defending NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and 2012 champion Brad Keselowski are also in must-win situations Sunday. The three combined for 10 wins during the regular season NASCAR UP but go into this NEXT elimination race Geico 500 ranked at the 1 p.m. Sunday bottom of the 12-driver field. At Talladega, Four drivers Alabama will be cut from TV: ESPN-25 the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship on Sunday, and won’t be eligible to race for the title next month. “I wish we were in a better position to achieve what we want to achieve and be able to move forward,” Earnhardt said Saturday. “I wish we had to finish ‘X’ or better. But we have only one route, and that’s through Victory Lane, and that’s the only way we can get forward into the Chase. “It’s definitely a tall order, but we have nothing to lose.” So Earnhardt is clear about his strategy for Sunday. The five-time Talladega winner — his last victory, though, was in 2004 to give him the championship lead — wants to run at the front of the field and be in position to hold off challenges over the closing laps. Talladega is such a crapshoot race, and the field can be one giant pack of traffic that can be wiped out by the smallest bobble. Most drivers aim to stay out of trouble until about 20 laps to go, then charge toward the front when the win is on the line. But that hurt Earnhardt here in the spring, when he waited too late to make his move and couldn’t pick his way through traffic. So the Daytona 500 winner isn’t leaving anything for chance, and is doing his best to tune out the pressure and simply be ready to go on Sunday “I’m ready to race and ready for some fun. I like the challenge,” he noted. “I feel like I

DALLAS From B1

whether they can live with the sudden — and some would say unexpected — success. After three straight 8-8 seasons and a four-year playoff drought, there’s a pretty simple answer. “Anybody who’s been around here for an extended period of time, you know that humility’s right around the corner,” executive vice president Stephen Jones said. “This team’s been, this organization’s been mediocre the last three-plus years. So no one’s taking anything for granted.” The Giants (3-3) are the team stuck in the .500 rut right now after dropping their first two,

Dale Earnhardt Jr. sits in his car Saturday as he waits to practice for Sunday’s NASCAR Geico 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Rainier Ehrhardt/Associated Press ȕȕ GEICO 500 Lineup

have some fortune and a little bit of luck to still have a shot.” Here’s a look at some of the other drivers with a lot on the line Sunday: Jimmie Johnson: Not since the 2010 season finale has Johnson felt this level of pressure on his championship hopes. Johnson went to the season finale that year trailing Denny Hamlin in the points, and believed he had to win at Homestead to grab his fifth consecutive title. Hamlin had a poor race, though, and Johnson won the championship with a second-place finish. But he knows when he gets in his Chevrolet on Sunday, it’s an absolute must-win situation if he would like a shot at a recordtying seventh championship. “I feel like I have a third opportunity this weekend,” he said. “Granted it’s a tough one and a lofty goal — there are many other guys out there with the same goal, not only from a Chase situation but also trying to win a race this year. I’ve got

a lot of work ahead for myself.” Johnson is a two-time winner at Talladega, in 2006 and 2010. Brad Keselowski: The most dominant driver of the first segment of the Chase is in a deep hole in the second segment because of a blown tire at Kansas and a poor race last week at Charlotte. He faded over the final two laps and forced himself into a must-win situation Sunday. Keselowski’s first career Cup win came at Talladega, and he won here in 2012, as well. He refused to tip his hand on his strategy for Sunday, but crew chief Paul Wolfe said he wants the No. 2 Ford at the front of the field all day. “It’s really important to try to stay up front and be toward the front with track position,” Wolfe said. “It’s a lot harder to get to the front than it used to be.” Matt Kenseth: He won a serieshigh seven races last year and went round-for-round with Johnson in the championship battle, only to fade in the homestretch. Now Kenseth is in a far different position — winless on the season — and fighting hard to stave off elimination on Sunday. He doesn’t need to win to get into the third round, but he needs a strong finish and for drivers ahead of him in the standings to falter. He goes into Sunday trailing eighth-ranked driver Kasey Kahne by just one point. “If we could come here and get a real good finish and finish ahead of a few cars, we could

possibly get all our points back again,” Kenseth said. “Obviously I wish we would have won some races by now. The season we had last year, I never dreamed we would go 12 months without winning a race.”

bouncing back with a threegame winning streak, then losing 27-0 at Philadelphia, co-leader with Dallas in the division. New York also lost receiver Victor Cruz to a season-ending patellar tendon tear in his right knee against the Eagles, and will be without leading rusher Rashad Jennings for the second straight game. “I think we’ve responded well to the losses when we’ve had them or when we’ve had a tough game this year,” said quarterback Eli Manning, who was sacked six times and held to 151 yards passing. “We know we have to play better than we did.” Murray is a big reason the Cowboys are in position for their first six-game winning streak since 2007, when they

were the top seed in the NFC at 13-3. That was the first full season with Romo, and they lost in the playoffs to the Giants. New York went on to beat undefeated New England in the Super Bowl. The fourth-year back can become the first with seven straight 100-yard games to start a season. With 115 yards against Seattle’s then-No. 1 run defense, Murray tied Hall of Famer Jim Brown’s record of six in a row set in 1958 — two years before the Cowboys debuted. Things to consider as Manning goes for his fifth win in six games in the relatively new home of the Cowboys: Romo and the crowd: Romo admitted after Dallas beat Houston two weeks ago that he had to rely heavily on silent counts in his own stadium because of

tens of thousands raucous Texans fans. He said at the time that fans needed to “tighten up selling our tickets a little bit,” but he was quick with unsolicited praise for the home folks this week. “It’s going to be loud,” Romo said. “We’re going to make it very difficult, I think, in the stadium.” New York front: The Giants’ offensive line was so bad against Philadelphia, right tackle Justin Pugh apologized on Twitter. The Giants gave up eight sacks overall, right guard John Jerry was penalized three times, and left guard Weston Richburg had an unnecessary roughness penalty that cost the Giants a touchdown. New York also struggled in the running game after three straight solid outings.

Chase standings Driver 1 Joey Logano 2 Kevin Harvick 3 Kyle Busch 4 Ryan Newman 5 Carl Edwards 6 Jeff Gordon 7 Denny Hamlin 8 Kasey Kahne 9 Matt Kenseth 10 Brad Keselowski 11 Jimmie Johnson 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

game-high four from junior Erin Miller. Five Sooners had at least three RBIs, led by Miller’s seven. Miller and seniors Lauren Chamberlain and Shelby Pendley each hit a pair of home runs.

Soccer Alex Morgan to miss 4-6 weeks: Alex Morgan will be sidelined for four-to-six weeks because of a left ankle sprain and will miss the remainder of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship. Morgan reinjured her left ankle in a group-stage victory over Guatemala on Friday, just four months after returning to action following a long layoff. An MRI on Saturday confirmed the sprain. There was no additional injury, the U.S. Soccer Federation said. NSU women lose Friday: The Northeastern State women’s team lost to Lindenwood 3-2 in double overtime Friday at DeLoache Field in Tahlequah. The RiverHawks (6-7, 3-6 MIAA) got on the board first in the 30th minute. Freshman midfielder Chelsea Martin sent a long cross into the box from the right where Anastasia Robinson was waiting. The sophomore forward headed home her first goal of the season. NSU men beat Lindenwood: The Northeastern State men’s team defeated Lindenwood 2-0 at DeLoache Field. The RiverHawks (11-3, 9-0 MIAA) picked up their second shutout over the Lions (75-3, 5-3-1 MIAA) this season, and they have now won nine of their last 10 matches overall. The goals for NSU were scored within a two-

Points Wins 3088 5 3081 3 3082 1 3077 0 3076 2 3074 4 3073 1 3057 1 3056 0 3038 5 3031 3 3031 3

minute period late in the first half. Freshman forward Austin Dinkel and Paul Samia scored. RSU rally falls short: Blair Thomas and Carley Johnson scored for the Rogers State women’s soccer team but its comeback bid came up short falling 3-2 at Lubbock Christian in Heartland Conference action at LCU Soccer Field in Lubbock, Texas. Hillcats rally falls short: The Rogers State men erased a two-goal deficit in the second half on a pair of goals from Danko Kenjic but allowed two late goals falling 5-3 at Lubbock Christian in Heartland Conference action at LCU Soccer Field in Lubbock, Texas.

Tennis OSU advances 4 singles, 2 doubles: Two Oklahoma

State women’s doubles teams and four singles advanced to Sunday’s action of the USTA/ITA Central Regional at the Michael and Anne Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater. OU’s Melrose advances: Oklahoma senior Abbi Melrose turned a furious comeback into a quarterfinal berth at the USTA/ITA Central Regional Championships in Stillwater. Melrose bounced back from an uncharacteristic first set loss to defeat Gabriela Porubin 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2).

Cross Country OSU sweeps regular season finale: An individual title from Monika Juodeskaite and Shane Moskowitz’s second-place finish in his season debut

After Saturday qualifying; race Sunday At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Car number in parentheses) Ford: F, Chevrolet: C, Toyota: T 1. (55) Brian Vickers, T, 196.129. 2. (48) Jimmie Johnson, C, 195.732. 3. (47) AJ Allmendinger, C, 195.496. 4. (12) Ryan Blaney, F, 194.015. 5. (2) Brad Keselowski, F, 194.007. 6. (95) Michael McDowell, F, 193.693. 7. (33) Travis Kvapil, C, 193.603. 8. (5) Kasey Kahne, C, 193.498. 9. (32) Terry Labonte, F, 193.431. 10. (7) Michael Annett, C, 193.162. 11. (31) Ryan Newman, C, 191.302. 12. (78) Martin Truex Jr., C, 190.981. 13. (20) Matt Kenseth, T, 193.415. 14. (23) Alex Bowman, T, 193.376. 15. (99) Carl Edwards, F, 193.291. 16. (21) Trevor Bayne, F, 192.401. 17. (43) Aric Almirola, F, 192.278. 18. (41) Kurt Busch, C, 192.096. 19. (13) Casey Mears, C, 191.908. 20. (27) Paul Menard, C, 191.773. 21. (38) David Gilliland, F, 190.985. 22. (26) Cole Whitt, T, 190.97. 23. (49) Mike Wallace, T, 184.729. 24. (16) Greg Biffle, F, 191.577. 25. (34) David Ragan, F, 191.42. 26. (9) Marcos Ambrose, F, 191.214. 27. (10) Danica Patrick, C, 191.149. 28. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., C, 191.134. 29. (40) Landon Cassill, C, 191.13. 30. (3) Austin Dillon, C, 191.027. 31. (1) Jamie McMurray, C, 190.818. 32. (83) J.J. Yeley, T, 190.689. 33. (15) Clint Bowyer, T, 190.681. 34. (66) Michael Waltrip, T, 190.586. 35. (98) Josh Wise, F, 190.507. 36. (36) Reed Sorenson, C, 189.305. 37. (14) Tony Stewart, C, Owner Points. 38. (11) Denny Hamlin, T, Owner Points. 39. (4) Kevin Harvick, C, Owner Points. 40. (22) Joey Logano, F, Owner Points. 41. (18) Kyle Busch, T, Owner Points. 42. (42) Kyle Larson, C, Owner Points. 43. (24) Jeff Gordon, C, Owner Points.

helped the Oklahoma State men’s and women’s teams sweep team championships at Saturday’s Santa Clara Bronco Invitational in Sunnyvale, Calif. TU men fifth at Pre-Nationals: Junior Marc Scott placed 11th with an 8K time of 24:24.5 to lead the No. 29 Tulsa men’s team to a fifth-place finish at the Pre-National Invitational Saturday at the LaVerne Gibson Cross Country Course. The Tulsa women’s team placed 15th with 517 points, and was led by sophomore Clara Langley, who finished 53rd. The Tulsa men won the 8K open race, scoring 26 points to top six teams.

Equestrian Baylor edges Cowgirls: Oklahoma State lost, 9-7, in their conference opener to fourth-ranked Baylor in Waco, Texas. However, the squad delivered a number of impressive performances, taking three of the meet’s four Most Outstanding Performer honors.

Rowing Tulsa’s novice 4+ earns gold: Tulsa’s Novice 4+ earned a gold medal, while the Varsity 4+ captured a second-place finish at the Jayhawk Jamboree in Lawrence, Kansas. The Novice 4+, which included Eva Trabucco, Kristy Covre, Kristin Palilionis, Gabriela Tucker and Willa Pendley-Griffin, turned in a time of 15:43.05, more than 12 seconds faster than second-place Iowa. —From staff and wire reports

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Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville

‌North Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh

‌West San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland

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THIS WEEK

NEXT WEEK

Thursday‌

Thursday, ‌Oct. 23

New England 27, N.Y. Jets 25

San Diego at Denver, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday‌

Sunday, ‌Oct. 26

Seattle at St. Louis, noon Miami at Chicago, noon Carolina at Green Bay, noon Atlanta at Baltimore, noon Tennessee at Washington, noon Cleveland at Jacksonville, noon Cincinnati at Indianapolis, noon Minnesota at Buffalo, noon New Orleans at Detroit, noon Kansas City at San Diego, 3:05 p.m. Arizona at Oakland, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. San Francisco at Denver, 7:30 p.m. Open: Philadelphia, Tampa Bay

Detroit vs. Atlanta at London, 8:30 a.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, noon Houston at Tennessee, noon Minnesota at Tampa Bay, noon Seattle at Carolina, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Miami at Jacksonville, noon Chicago at New England, noon Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, noon Philadelphia at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 3:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m. Green Bay at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m. Open: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco

Monday‌

Monday, ‌Oct. 27

Houston at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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Seahawks trade Harvin to Jets for draft pick FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets announced Saturday they have acquired wide receiver Percy Harvin from the Seattle Seahawks for a conditional draft pick. Making official a trade that was reported Friday, the Jets get a star from last season’s Super Bowl but a player who is injury prone. Harvin brings versatility and gamebreaking skills to the Jets, who have lost their last six games to fall to 1-6. General manager John Idzik called Harvin a “dynamic player who has been productive on offense and special teams.” Seahawks general manager John Schneider noted Harvin’s contributions to the Super Bowl and called the decision to trade him “extremely difficult.” — Associated Press

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Cream puff part of slate over for Chargers ••San Diego gets a realistic test against the West rival Chiefs. By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — The bakery the San Diego Chargers have been visiting the past three weeks is closed. In other words, no more cream puffs. After fattening up on three bottom-feeders, including two winless teams, Philip Rivers and the surging Chargers (5-1)

host Alex Smith and the Kansas City Chiefs. While the Chiefs (2-3) are Up next it’s Vs. San Diego sub-.500, an AFC West 3:05 p.m. rivalry, and the Sunday teams played two close, wild games last season. Overall, the Chargers’ six opponents this season are 11-22. The past three are 1-16. Even so, the Chargers got pushed to the limit in winning 31-28 at Oakland last Sunday. So here come the Chiefs, off their bye, presenting a more re-

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with Dallas and Philadelphia. Cornerback Brandon Flowers, who hopes his groin injury heals enough to allow him to face his former Chiefs teammates, doesn’t quite buy the cream puff theory. “Every team can be dangerous in this league as you saw last week,” said Flowers, who was hurt against the Raiders. In Alex Smith and the Chiefs, “A record doesn’t matter. I San Diego will face a much played on a Kansas City team tougher team than it has the past and we were 4-12, but we felt three weeks. Nati Harnik/AP like we had athletes and the skill level to play anybody. That alistic test to the Chargers, who was one of the years we beat have won five straight games Green Bay when they were unand share the NFL’s best record defeated.”

— Associated Press

Seattle (3-2) at ST. LOUIS (1-4)

CAROLINA (3-2-1) AT GREEN BAY (4-2)

Sunday, noon, FOX OPENING LINE: Seahawks by 6½

Sunday, noon, KOKI-5/23 OPENING LINE: Packers by 7

Seahawks have won 16 of 18 in series. Past two meetings in St. Louis have been close, Sea hawks winning 14-9 last year and 19-13 in 2012. ... Pete Carroll 6-3 against Rams and Jeff Fisher 2-6 against Seattle. ... Seahawks loss last week ended streak of 41 regular season games without loss by more than one TD. ... Rams guard Greg Robinson, second overall pick, coming off first career start. ... Rams have only one sack after finishing third overall with 53 sacks last season.

Rams coach Jeff Fisher looks on before the start of a preseason game last year. The Rams have squandered nice cushions their last two home games, the latest against the 49ers on Oct. 13. Year 3 under coach Fisher thus far has been a bust. ap file

CINCINNATI (3-1-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS (4-2)

CLEVELAND (3-2) at JACKSONVILLE (0-6)

MIAMI (2-3) at CHICAGO (3-3)

ATLANTA (2-4) at BALTIMORE (4-2)

TENNESSEE (2-4) at WASHINGTON (1-5)

Sunday, noon, KOTV-6 OPENING LINE: Colts by 3

Sunday, noon, CBS OPENING LINE: Browns by 4

Sunday, noon, CBS OPENING LINE: Bears by 3

Sunday, noon, FOX OPENING LINE: Ravens by 7

Sunday, noon, CBS OPENING LINE: Redskins by 4

MINNESOTA (2-4) at BUFFALO (3-3)

NEW ORLEANS (2-3) at DETROIT (4-2)

ARIZONA (4-1) AT OAKLAND (0-5)

SAN FRANCISCO (4-2) at DENVER (4-1)

HOUSTON (3-3) at PITTSBURGH (3-3)

Sunday, noon, Fox OPENING LINE: Buffalo by 4½

Sunday, noon, FOX OPENING LINE: Lions by 2½

Sunday, 3:25 p.m., Fox OPENING LINE: Cardinals by 4

Sunday, 7:30 p.m., KJRH-2 OPENING LINE: Broncos by 6½

Monday 7:30 p.m., ESPN-25 OPENING LINE: Steelers by 4

Bengals have allowed league-low two sacks this season, but defense has given up 80 points in past two games. ... Adam Jones averages 23.6 yards on punt returns this season. ... Colts have won four straight since starting 0-2, but haven’t won five straight since 23-game regular season streak in 2008-09. ... Indy defense has NFL’s lowest third-down percentage allowed (29.7 percent). ... Andrew Luck needs 21 completions to pass Jeff George (874) for No. 4 on Colts’ list.

Minnesota has lost two of past three against Bills, including 17-12 loss at Orchard Park in 2006. Vikings are 4-3 at Buffalo. ... Rookie QB Teddy Bridgewater (1-1) makes first career road start. ... Bills QB Kyle Orton has 607 yards passing in two starts since replacing EJ Manuel. Orton had 299 yards passing against Patriots, falling 1 yard short of becoming first Bills player to have consecutive 300-yard games since Drew Bledsoe in December 2002.

Teams playing for sixth time in last seven years. ... Last eight games in series have been decided by six points or less. ... Cleveland has outscored its opponents 50-10 over last six quarters. ... After scoring four TDs rushing in 2013, Browns lead NFL with eight in 2014. ... Jaguars have lost nine in row. ... Jags are fourth team in NFL history to lose first six games in consecutive seasons, joining Tampa Bay (1976-77), Houston (1983-84) and Cincinnati (1993-94).

Saints beat Lions 4528 in 2011 postseason, finishing with 626 total yards and never punting. ... New Orleans QB Drew Brees is 4-0 against Detroit, including playoffs. Has 133.8 passer rating in those games, with 14 TDs and one INT. ... Saints WR Brandin Cooks leads NFL rookies with 32 catches. ... Detroit’s DeAndre Levy has seven INTs since 2013, most by LB. ... Lions had eight sacks last weekend vs. Minnesota. ... Detroit has 20 sacks and has allowed 21 on season.

Dolphins averaging 5 yards per carry, third in league. ... Miami has scored on its first possession in three of five games. ... Dolphins have two blocked punts, tied for club record (1972, ’73, ’74, ’78, ’91, ’96, 2011). ... Bears became first NFL team with 750 wins last week. ... Chicago’s tied for fourth in league with 12 takeaways, ranks third with 49 points off takeaways. ... QB Jay Cutler threw for 381 yards — second-highest total of career — without interception at Atlanta.

Cardinals playing third game ever in Oakland, winning in 2001 and losing in ’06. ... The ‘06 game was Raiders’ first win of season following 0-5 start. Team lost first five this year. ... Cardinals QB Carson Palmer played 25 games for Oakland in 2011-12, throwing for 6,771 yards and 35 TDs. ... Oakland’s Derek Carr became sixth rookie since 2000 with four TD passes in game last week vs. San Diego. ... Carr sacked three times on first 167 pass attempts.

Three of previous four games between teams were held in Atlanta. Only meeting in Baltimore was in 2006. ... In previous game against Baltimore, Falcons WR Roddy White had 12 catches for 138 yards and 2 TDs. This year, he has 16 catches and 2 TDs in six games. ... This is Ravens’ lone home game between Sept. 29 and Nov. 8. ... Ravens RB Justin Forsett has NFLbest 6.4 yards per carry average. ... Baltimore WR Torrey Smith has 3 TDs in past 3 games.

49ers QB Colin Kaepernick’s 80-yard TD pass to WR Brandon Lloyd on Monday night at Rams was team’s longest pass play since 2005. ... San Francisco is 13-1 in October under coach Jim Harbaugh. ... 49ers have scored 24 points on first offensive series, tied for most in the league. ... Broncos QB Peyton Manning is three TDs from breaking Brett Favre’s mark (508) for most all-time in league. ... TE Julius Thomas has caught nine TD passes.

Panthers won previous meeting at Lambeau Field 35-31 on Nov. 30, 2008. ... Carolina coming off first tie in team history. ... WR Kelvin Benjamin leads rookies with 416 yards receiving. ... Packers rookie TE Richard Rodgers is son of Panthers special teams coordinator Richard Rodgers Sr. ... Aaron Rodgers’ 111.2 passer rating in October tops quarterbacks with at least 300 attempts since 2008, when Rodgers took over as starter.

Teams have combined 3-9 record, including two victories vs. winless Jaguars. ... Titans have been outscored 34-10 in first quarter and 47-16 in fourth quarter. ... Tennessee has allowed leaguehigh 151 first downs. ... Titans hope to have QB Jake Locker back after missing one game with sore right thumb. ... Washington has fourgame losing streak, past three by double digits. ... Redskins QB Kirk Cousins leads NFL with eight interceptions.

Texans have lost two straight following 3-1 start. Pittsburgh has alternated wins and losses through first six weeks. ... Houston is 3-4 all-time on Monday night. Pittsburgh is 41-24 on Monday night and 25-5 at home, including an 8-0 at Heinz Field. ... Texans are tied with Patriots for NFL lead with 14 takeaways. ... Houston DE J.J. Watt is fourth player in NFL history to have touchdown reception, interception return for touchdown and fumble recovery for TD in same season.

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Bumgarner gets nod for Giants in Game 1 ••Veteran Jake Peavy will start Game 2 in K.C. By JANIE McCAULEY Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The reliable southpaw is getting the ball for another important Game 1. Left-hander Madison Bumgarner will pitch the World Series opener for the San Francisco Giants at Kansas City on Tuesday. Manager Bruce Bochy made the expected announcement Saturday as his team worked out under sunny skies, one day before traveling to Kansas City. Bumgarner, an 18-game winner, was voted NL Championship Series MVP as the Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals in five games. Despite Bumgarner’s high number of innings, Bochy wasn’t worried about the 18-game winner. Bumgarner didn’t get a decision in the pennant clincher against the Cardinals on Thursday night. “I think I would’ve insulted him if I checked with him,” Bochy said. “He’s a big, strong guy. His last game, I thought he had great stuff. It’s not like he’s thrown 120-130 pitches. His workload has been under control.” Bochy is keeping his rotation the same as the first two rounds of the postseason. Right-hander Jake Peavy will pitch Game 2 on Wednesday, followed by 39-year-old right-hander Tim Hudson in his World Series debut Thursday at AT&T Park and then righty Ryan Vogelsong. Yusmeiro Petit, who has twice provided a huge lift as a long man, will stay in his role as Bochy stuck with Vogelsong in the rotation. “Petit, in the job he’s done in that role that we’ve had him in, you go back to Washington and without Petit it’s hard to say what would have happened,” Bochy said. “In St. Louis he went out there and gave us three big innings. He’s a great swingman. Vogey, he threw a great

Kansas City starter James Shields was brought in by a trade with the Rays. At first, it was considered a gamble, but Shields and his 3.15 ERA last season helped the Royals to their best record in more than two decades. This year he has a 3.21 ERA. Patrick Semansky/Associated Press

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Madison Bumgarner, who was MVP of the NL Championship Series against St. Louis, was named San Francisco’s starter for Game 1 of the World Series. Jeff Roberson/Associated Press

game against Washington. He had a little bit of a hiccup, but, no, I didn’t think about changing.” Unused two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum will make the roster. Bochy didn’t expect to make any changes from the 25 players used in the NLCS. Lincecum pitched the Game 5 World Series clincher at Texas in 2010, then held a key role as a reliever in the 2012 championship run. Lincecum pitched his second no-hitter June 25 against San Diego but hasn’t pitched since Sept. 28. “I’ve been thinking about Timmy, trust me,” Bochy said. “Timmy’s done a lot for us, and we know that.” Lincecum was undergoing treatment for a a problem that developed overnight.

“Timmy’s got a stiff neck right now, but we talked about him throwing to hitters today,” Bochy said. “He’ll be back tomorrow, but he’s still on the roster. I don’t think it’s serious. ... I’m pretty sure at some point he’ll be in the game.” Bochy didn’t announce a designated hitter, though Michael Morse is the obvious candidate. He has been unable to play left field and hasn’t started since late August because of an oblique injury, but he hit a tying pinch homer in the 6-3 Game 5 NLCS win. “I haven’t got the order set, DH,” Bochy said. “Right now we don’t have any plans to change our roster. Now that doesn’t mean we can’t change our mind as we look at this further.”

languished near the AL Central cellar. But things changed in December 2012. General manager Dayton Moore thought enough pieces had been assembled and all that was missing was the right starting pitcher — someone who could not only be the staff ace, but who could change a clubhouse culture accustomed to losing. Moore called up the Rays and made the deal. “That’s when I knew,” Gordon said, “that we were going for it.” Two years later, a trade that was panned by many has helped the Royals reach the World Series. Shields, the presumptive Game 1 starter Tuesday night against San Francisco, has been everything Moore had hoped he would be. “Those opportunities to acquire a top rotation starter and an impact pitcher like Wade Davis, they’re not presented year-in and year-out,” Moore said. “We were fortunate the timing of it was such that it was staring us in the face and put us in a position to compete in 2014.” It was a gamble. The Royals sent baseball’s top minor league talent, Wil Myers, and a bevy of other promising prospects to the Rays. They were mortgaging their future to win in the present. The trade paid immediate dividends. Shields went

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“Injuries are a part of the game. An unfortunate part of the game. You have to make adjustments as a coach and a player, but I think our guys are up to the challenge.” While Durant’s absence is “disappointing,” BOK Center general manager Jeff Nickler expects “a good night.” “Seeing Kevin Durant has always been a big part of the experience for Tulsa fans, but the fans are always happy to see the Thunder play in our building,” Nickler said. “The Thunder brand has grown so much in this market. We’re looking forward to a long relationship with the team.” In August, the Timberwolves were involved in a major trade — sending AllStar power forward Kevin Love to Cleveland, where he becomes a LeBron James teammate. Minnesota acquired Andrew Wiggins, the former Kansas star who was drafted No. 1 overall by Cleveland in June. The Minnesota roster also includes former Thunder guard Kevin Martin. Last season, despite Russell Westbrook missing 36 games because of a lingering right-knee issue, the Thunder surged to a 59-23 record and a berth in the Western Conference finals. On Sunday, most of the players responsible for that Thunder run are expected to be inactive. Serge Ibaka has a sore ankle and hasn’t played since the preseason opener. Reggie Jackson has a bruised wrist and may not play. First-round draft pick Mitch McGary is sidelined indefinitely because of a foot injury. Nick Collison (ankle) and Kendrick Perkins (bruised thigh) have not played in any of Oklahoma City’s five

Kevin Durant shoots a fadeaway jumper during the Thunder’s preseason loss to New Orleans last season at the BOK Center. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World file

preseason contests. BOK Center patrons can expect Westbrook’s minutes to be limited Sunday, while guys like Anthony Morrow, Jeremy Lamb, Perry Jones, Michael Jenkins and Sebastian Telfair get extensive time. The most compelling OKC player might be second-year center Steven Adams. At the BOK Center last year, the 7-foot, 255-pound Adams opened eyes by totaling 10 points and 15 rebounds. During the 2013-14 regular season, Adams averaged 15 minutes, 3.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. During the playoffs, he had a 10-point, 11-rebound performance in a Game 6, series-clinching victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Now, the 21-yearold Adams seems ready to supplant the 29-year-old Perkins as the Thunder’s starting center. Through five preseason contests, Adams has shot 74 percent from the field, averaging 15.2 points and 6.6 rebounds. “He’s doing a good job of setting screens and rolling, and Russell is doing a great

job of finding him,” Brooks said. “(Adams) is putting himself in a position to get there and catch right around the rim.” Westbrook considers Adams to be a viable, dependable offensive option.

“He has big hands, man. He has huge hands,” Westbrook said. “It’s an advantage. He has a great touch, and it’s an advantage for our team.” Bill Haisten 918-581-8397 bill.haisten@tulsaworld.com

13-9 with a 3.15 ERA last year, helping the Royals to their best record in more than 20 years. And over the course of the season, Davis established himself as one of the most dominant late-inning relievers in the game. This year, Shields has gone 14-8 with a 3.21 ERA, helping the Royals not only return to the postseason for the first time in 29 years but advance all the way to the Fall Classic. He started their wild-card win over Oakland. He allowed two runs over six innings in earning the win in a divisional game against the Angels. And he was good enough to help the Royals knock off Baltimore in the ALCS, running their postseason winning streak to 11 games. “He’s earned the nickname Big Game James for a reason,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. On a team with precious few veterans, Shields has proved invaluable in October. And when he takes the mound against the Giants, he’ll be drawing on the experience he gained in 2008, when he tossed 5⅔ innings for the Rays against the Phillies in the only other World Series start of his nine-year big league career. “He’s been tremendous,” said Greg Holland, the Royals’ All-Star closer. “He takes that starting five as kind of collectively, ‘Hey, we want to be the backbone of this team. We want to throw 200 innings apiece. We want to push each other, learn from each other. “I think he also leads by example, taking the ball ev-

ery five days and giving his heart and soul. I think once you start rattling off good start after good start, it kind of builds on itself. You want to do just as good as the guy in front of you did.” Shields, however, does more than put up solid numbers. He keeps the clubhouse jovial between games and ratchets up the intensity when it’s time to compete. Once he’s on the mound, he stalks around like a lion, often roaring as he heads back to the dugout after a big strikeout. His teammates took notice, adopting many of his mannerisms. “I just try to be myself and hopefully it’s contagious,” Shields said. “That’s about it. I mean, I have fun with this game. I feel like I’m a grinder. I feel like I have a winning attitude, so hopefully it feeds off these guys, and we have fun with it. We’re all little kids at heart.” Shields is a free agent after this season, and few expect him to re-sign with the smallmarket Royals. Clubs with far bigger budgets figure to drive up the bidding to the point that Moore is forced to bow out of the negotiations. All of that is for later, though. Shields is too busy with the present, trying to win a World Series ring, to worry about any of it. “Obviously we understand the magnitude of what’s going on in Kansas City,” he said. “We’re going to go out there and play our game and trust our ability to win ballgames.”

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have a great pitcher. She did a good job in crucial situations. We battled, they battled. They got one more big hit than we did.” It was the second fastpitch title for Mustang, and first since 1988. The Broncos have two runner-up finishes, one in 1990 and the other in 2009, a 1-0 loss to Broken Arrow. Chestnut allowed seven hits, walked one and struck out eight. Broken Arrow (35-8) took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning on Maegan Rollow’s three-run homer over the left field wall. Caitlin Paolini started the inning off with a standup double into center field, followed by a Kaitlynn Monckton single. Jones’ sixth-inning homer tied the game at 3. Broken Arrow had a chance to take the game in the top of the seventh inning. Paolini led off with a single and was bunted over by Monckton. Rollow drew a walk to put runners at

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first and second, but a strikeout ended the rally. The Tigers also missed other opportunities. In the second inning, Alexa Romero reached second base on an error and moved to third on Hannah Heinrichs’ sacrifice bunt, but was left stranded. In the fourth inning, Ashley Chesser hit a standup double off the right field wall with one out, but two fly balls ended the threat.

Mustang (36-4) scored one run each in the first and third innings and led 2-0 after four innings. In both cases, a leadoff walk led to a run scored. Broken Arrow reached the state finals this year after making the semifinals in 2012 and 2013. It is the Tigers’ 20th appearance in a state final, with 11 championships and nine runners-up. “It’s been a great ride for these seniors,” King said.

Softball roundup

Newcastle blanks Fort Gibson ••Cerny’s one-hitter lifts Racers to their first fastpitch crown. By SHIELA K. HAYNES World Correspondent

SHAWNEE — Newcastle pitcher Emily Cerny threw a one-hitter and struck out six in a 3-0 victory over Fort Gibson in the Class 4A state softball final at The Ball Fields at Firelake on Saturday. The Racers scored all three runs in the fourth inning. Cerny led off the frame with a double to center field. Kindle Nelms launched a shot over the left field wall for two runs. Karmyn Pearn singled into right and scored on Abby Sanner’s double. In a play at the plate, Pearn slid into Fort Gibson senior catcher Mackenzie Williams and the collision knocked the ball loose for the final run. It was a difficult offensive outing for the Tigers, who batted the minimum through five innings against Cerny. Lauren Diebold drew a two-out walk in the sixth. McKenzie Porterfield led off the seventh with a single, but was caught stealing. A fly ball to center field and pop up to first ended the game. “We were overanxious. We were jumping on pitches that weren’t strikes and just getting the bottom of them and popping them up,” said Fort

Gibson coach Jaime Snyder. “It’s hard to be disciplined and wait for the exact right pitch because it’s the state finals. You’re ready to make things happen. We hit two or three balls that were base hits and they made extremely good plays on them.” Fort Gibson junior pitcher Madison Higley allowed seven hits, struck out three and walked one. This makes 22 trips to the state tournament in 27 seasons for Newcastle coach Mike Crossley, but this is the coach’s first state title. Chickasha wins 5A title: Lynnsie Elam, Chickasha’s star sophomore catcher, dribbled a single between third base and shortstop to drive in the decisive run as the Fightin’ Chicks edged Piedmont 1-0 to win the Class 5A championship. “The first strike, it surprised me a little bit,” said Elam, who is verbally committed to Oklahoma. “Then I went up there and saw the second one, but it wasn’t my pitch so I knew I was going to have to battle. The last one didn’t surprise me too much, but I was ready for whatever she had coming.” The championship is the first for Chickasha (35-5) in softball. Piedmont (31-8) was held to just one hit — a double by Madison Giggers in the sixth — by Chickasha pitcher Kelsi Gore.

High school softball All games played at The Ball Fields at Firelake, Shawnee

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Quarterfinals: Thursday Westmoore 5, Choctaw 3 Broken Arrow 11, Edmond North 2 Mustang 2, Union 1 Southmoore 1, Owasso 0 (9) Semifinals: Friday Broken Arrow 12, Westmoore 2 Mustang 2, Southmoore 0 Final: Saturday Mustang 4, Broken Arrow 3 (8)

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Quarterfinals: Thursday Chickasha 3, Durant 2 Coweta 6, Edmond Deer Creek 4 Duncan 4, Carl Albert 2 Piedmont 9, Collinsville 7 Semifinals: Friday Chickasha 6, Coweta 0 Piedmont 2, Duncan 1 Final: Saturday Chickasha 1, Piedmont 0

ȕȕ Class 4A

Quarterfinals: Thursday OKC St. Mary 5, Tuttle 2 Newcastle 9, Tecumseh 3 Fort Gibson 1, Inola 0 Hilldale 12, Lone Grove 0 (5) Semifinals: Friday Fort Gibson 5, OKC St. Mary 0 Newcastle 5, Hilldale 4 Final: Saturday Newcastle 3, Fort Gibson 0

ȕȕ Linescores MUSTANG 4, BROKEN Arrow 3 Broken Arrow 000 030 00 — 3 7 1 Mustang 101 001 01 — 4 9 1 W: Chestnut. L: Watts. HR: BA, Rollow; Mustang, Jones.

Chickasha 1, Piedmont 0 Chickasha 000 001 0 — 1 4 0 Piedmont 000 000 0 — 0 1 0 W: Gore. L: Scott.

NEWCASTLE 3, FORT GIBSON 0 Newcastle 000 300 0 — 3 7 0 Fort Gibson 000 000 0 — 0 1 1 W: Cerny. L: Highley. HR: Newcastle, Nelms (3).

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Lacy Beeler and Pope led Jenks (26-9) with 16 kills apiece at Shawnee High School’s Athletic Center. But it was Paige Phillips’ ninth kill that put the Trojans in position to win the school’s fourth championship. Edmond Memorial (30-5) pulled even at 14 on a call reversal by the officials. Trojan players had rushed the court to celebrate, but the do-or-die final set was ultimately tied at 14. That’s when Phillips came up with Jenks’ 15th point before Pope finished off the match seconds later. “That goes along with our team’s mental focus,” Smith said. “And we definitely rode a lot of the roller coaster tonight.” The final set featured eight ties, as Jenks rallied from an 11-9 deficit. It came a day after the Trojans survived a quarterfinal matchup with Bishop Kelley that went five sets. Needing to win the fourth set to extend the match, Edmond Memorial was able to do so without the services of Livi Schiffner, a 6-foot senior middle blocker who exited after being hit in the head on a kill attempt. Schiffner left with the set tied at 19, and she returned in time to record a kill for Edmond Memorial’s 24th point. The Bulldogs won the set on a double hit by Jenks. “I wish that we could turn back time a little bit and do it again,” Edmond Memorial coach Natalie Murray said. “It was a hard fight and I don’t know what to say. Jenks did such a great job in the state tournament, and they really earned their way to the top.”

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Darian Parsons paced Jenks with 24 assists, and Karen Montes had a team-high 23 digs. Montes was named the tournament’s most valuable player. “I couldn’t believe it,” Jenks’ 5-foot-5 libero said of the MVP honor. “I knew I played that game with no regrets.” Phillips and Beeler landed all-tournament nods for Jenks, and Edmond Memorial’s Kelsi Hughes and Alli Evans joined them. To earn a spot in the finals, Jenks defeated top-ranked Edmond Santa Fe 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-20) in the semifinals. That win came four weeks after the Trojans lost to the Wolves 3-2. “My girls played their most mentally tough game of all,” Smith said of the Edmond Santa Fe match. “One of the things that comes into play in the state tournament is the emotional side of it — and the pressure to win and to not lose.” Pope summed up the win over previously-unbeaten Edmond Santa Fe appropriately. “Santa Fe was the No. 1 team in the state,” she said, “but now we just won it.” Heritage Hall wins 5A: No. 2 Heritage Hall blew out No. 7 Elgin 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-20) to claim its second straight Class 5A championship and 10th championship in school history. “This group of girls, like I’ve said earlier, they had a very calm demeanor and character throughout,” Heritage Hall

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At Shawnee H.S. Quarterfinals: Friday Edmond Santa Fe def. Broken Arrow, 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-9) Jenks def. Bishop Kelley, 3-2 (18-25, 2523, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11) Edmond Memorial def. Owasso, 3-2 (2520, 15-25, 26-24, 21-25, 15-6) Edmond North def. Norman North, 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-13) Semifinals: Saturday Jenks def. Edmond Santa Fe, 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-20) Edmond Memorial def. Edmond North, 3-2 (25-12, 25-27, 25-16, 21-25, 15-13) Final: Saturday Jenks vs. Edmond Memorial, 3-2 (25-14, 14-25, 25-22, 23-25, 16-14)

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At Norman North H.S. Quarterfinals: Friday OKC Heritage Hall def. Edmond Deer Creek, 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-17) Victory Christian def. Lawton Ike,3-1 (2225, 25-17, 25-13, 25-14) Elgin def. Coweta, 3-0 (25-18, 26-24, 25-17) Tahlequah def. Collinsville, 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-14) At Shawnee H.S. Semifinals: Saturday OKC Heritage Hall def. Victory Christian, 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-19) Elgin def. Tahlequah, 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-21) Final: Saturday OKC Heritage Hall def. Elgin, 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-20)

coach Dana Schwab said. “It made my job a little easier.” The Chargers (19-11) advanced to the finals with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-20) victory over No. 3 Victory Christian. Elgin, seeking its second championship in three years, finished 24-12. “It was an unpredictable tournament,” Schwab said. “We didn’t know who we were going to play in the finals. We just knew we were going to be in the finals.”

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running back-linebacker had 16 carries for 195 yards and three touchdowns, plus three catches for 80 yards and three tackles in a 42-19 win over Webster. Mason Farquhar, Union: Senior quarterback accounted for 337 yards and three TDs in a 37-13 win over Owasso. Mason Fine, Locust Grove: Junior QB completed 48-of-64 passes for 548 yards and five TDs and had 11 rushes for 54 yards and two TDs in a 54-20 win over Tahlequah Sequoyah. Hayden Javellas, Pawhuska: Senior wide receiver-defensive back scored on a 90-yard kickoff return and 38-yard reception, plus had a key fumble recovery after assisting on a game-saving tackle in a 19-16 win over Commerce.

Kyle McLaughlin, Skiatook:

Senior RB rushed for 213 yards and two TDs in a 40-7 win over Memorial. Trey Sneed, Kiefer: Junior RB-LB had 23 rushes for 220 yards and two TDs plus five pass breakups in a 26-0 win over Hominy. Dillon Springer, Inola: Junior WR-DB had four TDs, scoring as a rusher, receiver and on defense in a 51-21 win over Jay. Had five catches for 75 yards and two TDs, a 98-yard fumble return and 12 tackles.

Chris Walker, Fort Gibson:

Sophomore RB had 34 carries for 297 yards and six TDs in a 42-28 win over Metro Christian.

Other top performers

Jay Baker, Inola: Sophomore QB completed 21-of-32 passes for 339 yards and three TDs.

Brandon Golphin and Jace Holt, Union: Golphin, a senior safety,

had two interceptions and Holt, a junior kicker, was perfect on three field goals and four extra points.

Tack Murray and Kobe Haynes, Okemah: Murray, a sophomore RB, had

or the past 20 years, East Central has been among the area’s elite football programs. The Cardinals have only missed the playoffs once during that span — in 1997. It was only two years ago that East Central reached the Class 5A state title game — the Cardinals’ third appearance in eight seasons, including a gold ball in 2005. East Central, however, has struggled since the start of 2013. The Cardinals were 4-7 last year as they barely made the postseason. This year, East Central lost its first six games before breaking through for its new coach, Kenny Evans, with a 52-14 victory over Grove on Thursday night. “We had a tough schedule early and were banged up,” Evans said. “It makes a difference that we’re completely healthy for the first time since starting the season. Winning was exciting and long overdue.” Senior quarterback Tre’von Cherry, who helped lead the Cardinals to the 2012 title game, passed for four TDs against Grove. “He had turf toe and that’s tough to play with, but to his credit, he did,” Evans said. “But for the first time in a few games, he was able

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to move around and ad-lib. He had been limited in what he could do. We also had a couple receivers back at full speed. It was great to see him (Cherry) do what he did.” Evans moved to East Central after his six-season stint as Northeastern State’s head coach ended when he was dismissed by his alma mater last November. Although he broke into coaching as a high school assistant in 1981 at Miami, he had spent the rest of his career at the college level until this season. “This is new to me, coaching this age group,” Evans said. “It can be very hard to keep a team of 14-to17-year-olds motivated when you’re 0-6, but this team responded. “The players have been great to work with and it’s very rewarding to see these young kids grow up and continue playing hard.” Although the Cardinals’ 1-6 re-

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27 rushes for 261 yards and three TDs in a 48-27 win over Henryetta. Haynes, a freshman QB, had 24 rushes for 178 yards and two TDs. Chase Nevel, Catoosa: Senior WR-DB had nine catches for 220 yards and a TD, plus recovered a blocked punt in the end zone.

Cooper Nunley and Carson Epps, Jenks: Nunley, as junior QB, passed for 247 yards and three TDs, including two to Epps, a senior WR, who had 134 receiving yards in a 35-7 win at Edmond Santa Fe.

Daniel Philpot, Regent Prep:

Senior QB had 275 total yards, accounted for five TDs and had 12 tackles in a 46-0 win over Claremore Christian. Keontric Ricks, Idabel: Senior RB had 12 rushes for 269 yards and five TDs in a 69-39 win over Spiro.

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Week 7 Scoreboard Catoosa’s Brett Bowline loses the ball to Oologah’s Seth Jensen. JAMES

THURSDAY Broken Arrow 42, Westmoore 10 Norman North 28, Edmond North 23 Union 37, Owasso 13 Yukon 25, Putnam City 13 FRIDAY Edmond Memorial 35, Norman 7 Jenks 35, Edmond Santa Fe 7 Mustang 7, Southmoore 3 Putnam North 26, Moore 23

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ȕȕ Class 6AII

ȕȕ Class 5A

THURSDAY Altus 47, Chickasha 14 Ardmore 27, Lawton Mac 22 Bishop Kelley 48, Hale 14 Carl Albert 35, OKC McGuinness 28 Collinsville 21, Edison 0 Coweta 28, Pryor 7 Duncan 49, El Reno 8 East Central 52, Grove 14 Edmond Deer Creek 55, Guymon 6 Guthrie 67, Western Heights 0 McAlester 63, Noble 20 Okmulgee 54, OKC Capitol Hill 0 Shawnee 28, Durant 6 Skiatook 40, Memorial 7 FRIDAY Del City 56, OKC Northwest 6 Piedmont 42, OKC Southeast 20

ȕȕ Class 4A

THURSDAY Ada 49, Tuttle 29 Cascia Hall 42, Vinita 13 Central 21, Muldrow 0 Cleveland 35, Miami 0 Elgin 29, Cache 26 Fort Gibson 42, Metro Christian 28 Glenpool 43, Tecumseh 8 Harrah 56, Santa Fe South 15 McLoud 28, Bristow 15 Oologah 30, Catoosa 21 Poteau 54, Broken Bow 7 Sallisaw 29, Stilwell 17 Wagoner 44, McLain 0

Weatherford 31, Elk City 18 FRIDAY Anadarko 35, Woodward 0 Newcastle 41, Clinton 7

ȕȕ Class 3A

THURSDAY Beggs 52, Rogers 20 Berryhill 42, Webster 19 Bethany 21, OKC Douglass 13 Blanchard 60, Bridge Creek 18 Checotah 54, Morris 13 Coalgate 36, Valliant 7 Eufaula 28, Stigler 22 Idabel 67, Spiro 39 Inola 51, Jay 21 Keys 28, Kellyville 6 Kingfisher 48, Blackwell 20 Lincoln Christian 54, Dewey 7 Locust Grove 54, Tah. Sequoyah 20 Lone Grove 44, Dickson 6 Marlow 37, Madill 21 Meeker 27, OKC St. Mary 27, tie OKC Heritage Hall 34, Cushing 14 OKC Marshall 48, Sulphur 13 Pauls Valley 35, OKC Centennial 12 Perkins-Tryon 69, Mannford 34 Plainview 53, Comanche 16 Purcell 63, Bethel 8 Roland 34, Heavener 7 Sperry 31, Verdigris 12 Westville 19, Cl. Sequoyah 7 FRIDAY Little Axe 17, Star Spencer 6 Seminole 34, Jones 26 Victory Christian 21, Hilldale 14

ȕȕ Class 2A

THURSDAY Adair 44, Haskell 16 Antlers 22, Liberty 6 Caney Valley 14, Chelsea 0 Chandler 40, Holdenville 7 Chisholm 41, Tonkawa 0 Christian Heritage 41, Wellston 0 Colcord 53, Hulbert 7

Notebook

Fantastic Finish

Pawhuska 19, Commerce 16

Warren Graves blocked a 42yard field goal with 36 seconds left to preserve the visiting Huskies’ 2A-8 victory on Thursday night. “We had to be resilient,” Pawhuska coach Bob Craig said on Friday, referring to his team overcoming several injuries. “It was a game we enjoyed while watching film at 4:30 this morning.” Pawhuska, which led 19-14 at halftime, needed two late defensive stands. Levi Youngwolfe tackled Commerce receiver Connor Kurtz on fourth down at the Huskies 3 with 3:12 left. Three plays later, the Huskies (3-4, 2-1) fumbled in their own end zone, but Pawhuska’s Hayden Javellas recovered and returned it to the 1 to avoid a safety. On fourth down, Pawhuska took a safety to help with field position and that paid off as the blocked kick foiled the last chance for Commerce (1-6, 1-3). — Barry Lewis, World Sports Writer

Roughers rally past Zebras:

Mounds sets record: Mounds

set a school scoring record en route to clinching its first playoff berth since 1998 in an 82-14 win over Yale on Thursday. The Golden Eagles’ previous record was 70 points against Okay in the 2006 and ‘07 seasons. “I’m almost embarrassed about scoring 82,” Mounds coach Gabe Ellis said. “In the second half, we had a running clock, but they kept throwing the ball and we intercepted three passes in the third quarter. We played our (reserves). We played all 48 players. We used six tailbacks.” Mounds (5-2, 3-1 District A-6) led 60-6 at halftime. “It was a night where everything we did worked,” Ellis said. Mounds’ Blake Long rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns. Dakota Valdez had a combined 142 yards as a receiver and rusher, and scored on a punt return. “But what we’re most excited about is going to the playoffs,” Ellis said. “It’s been a long time here. And we’re playing our best of the football of the season.”

Tavian Davis’ goal-line interception with 20 seconds left Thursday saved Muskogee’s 23-17 win at Claremore. On the previous play, Claremore quarterback Dustin Basks raced around the right corner and into the end zone from the 3, but a holding penalty nullified the score and backed Claremore up to the 15. The next play saw Basks get flushed out of the pocket and elude multiple would-be tacklers before firing a pass to the goal line that was picked off by Davis to complete the Roughers’ comeback from a 17-0 deficit. Jacouri Freeman, who finished with 101 yards on 10 carries, scored the go-ahead TD for Muskogee on a 36-yard run with 8:28 remaining. Basks and running back Derrick Reliford, both of whom had been out since suffering Week 4 injuries, combined to rush for 284 yards, including 58 on the Zebras’ final possession. Muskogee (3-4, 3-1 6A II-1) trailed 17-3 at halftime, but an 80-yard touchdown run by Tyriq Beasley on the first play of the second half gave the Rough-

ers some momentum

Commandos respond: No. 7 4A Cascia Hall rebounded Thursday from its first loss with a 48-13 win at Vinita. Cascia’s Reece Lambert had 97 yards on two catches, both TDs. Cascia quarterback Michael Bloomfield completed 8 of 12 passes for 169 yards. Also for the Commandos (6-1, 3-1 4A3), Nathan Dinsmore had 10 rushes for 108 yards and a TD, Dalton Turner had nine carries for 89 yards and two TDs, and Brett Boone added a 62-yard TD run. Wilson leads Lincoln: Micah Wilson completed 8-of-10 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns plus had a 56-yard TD run in Lincoln Christian’s 54-7 win over Dewey on Thursday. Spencer Farthing had a TD catch and an interception for Lincoln. The Bulldogs (5-2, 3-1 3A-5), after a two-game losing streak, have outscored their past three opponents 171-21. Schedule change: Because of a schedule conflict, this week’s McAlester-Hale game will be played at 7 p.m. Friday at LaFortune Stadium. — Barry Lewis, World Sports Writer and Josh haley, World Correspondent

Fast Forward: This week’s must-see game Jenks (5-2) at Broken Arrow (5-2) When: 7 p.m. Friday • Where: Memorial Stadium The matchup: This game will likely decide the 6AI-1 district title. Jenks defeated Broken Arrow 28-7

last year. Both teams have won four in a row after starting 1-2 with losses to Union and Owasso. Broken Arrow head coach David Alexander is a former Jenks assistant. There also is another blockbuster matchup at the same time in 6AII-1 as Bixby (6-1) visits Booker T. Washington (7-0). — Barry Lewis, World Sports Writer

Week 8 Schedule

ȕȕ Class 6AI

THURSDAY B.T. Washington 48, Bartlesville 14 Bixby 60, Sapulpa 0 Choctaw 21, Stillwater 17 Enid 21, Tahlequah 10 Lawton 72, Lawton Ike 27 Muskogee 23, Claremore 17 Sand Springs 31, Ponca City 7 FRIDAY Midwest City 30, Putnam West 0

cord isn’t up to their usual standards, Evans sees a bright future for the program. Junior receiver Jaylind Brothers had two TD catches against Grove and sophomore Bruce White had two long TD runs. “Bruce is going to be a great player in the future,” Evans said. “He’s not very big, but he’s elusive and tough to stop in the open field. “We have seven sophomores at key positions, including three sophomore linebackers.” For the moment, however, Evans is focused on the near future. East Central plays host to Pryor on Friday before finishing the regularseason on Nov. 7 at District 5A-4 leader Collinsville. East Central still could make the playoffs with wins in those two games. “Beating Grove gives us a chance,” Evans said. Evans’ first win for East Central came against a very familiar opponent. Grove’s head coach is Mike Loyd, who is in his first year with the Ridgerunners. Loyd also broke into coaching in the ’80s. “I recruited a lot of his players through the years, when he was at NEO and coaching high school teams,” Evans said.

Davis 56, Hugo 14 Hartshorne 56, Wilburton 14 Hennessey 54, Perry 6 Kansas 32, Chouteau 18 Kingston 46, Atoka 7 Lexington 28, Walters 17 Lindsay 52, Hobart 7 Luther 72, Crooked Oak 26 Marietta 57, Tishomingo 21 Newkirk 12, Pawnee 6 Nowata 38, Vian 15 OKC Millwood 51, OKC Northeast 0 Okemah 48, Henryetta 27 Oklahoma Christian 69, Alva 20 Panama 48, Pocola 0 Pawhuska 19, Commerce 16 Salina 49, NOAH 31 Stroud 21, Prague 18 Velma-Alma 45, Frederick 0 Washington 30, Dibble 7 Wewoka 42, Wayne 26 Wyandotte 33, Oklahoma Union 8

ȕȕ Class A

THURSDAY Afton 34, Rejoice Christian 8 Apache 61, Cordell 12 Cashion 48, Crossings Christian 28 Drumright 2, SeeWorth Aca. 0 Fairview 71, Sayre 20 Healdton 41, Marlow Central 14 Hollis 54, Mangum 6 Hooker 47, Beaver 16 Kiefer 26, Hominy 0 Minco 49, Konawa 12 Morrison 38, Barnsdall 6 Mounds 82, Yale 14 Okeene 58, Edmond OCA 28 Porter 14, Gore 7 Quapaw 49, Fairland 0 Ringling 64, Empire 22 Rush Springs 56, Wilson 6 Sallisaw Central 48, Ketchum 14 Savanna 33, Quinton 6 Stratford 38, Community Christian 13

Summit Christian 51, Foyil 6 Talihina 46, Warner 14 Texhoma 70, Burns Flat 0 Thomas 40, Mooreland 10 Watonga 27, Crescent 13 Wynnewood 41, Elmore City 7

ȕȕ Class B

THURSDAY Alex 52, Waurika 2 Davenport 48, OKC Patriots 0 Depew 52, Welch 8 Dewar 50, Gans 0 Garber 68, Watts 14 Geary 74, Macomb 24 Haileyville 62, Arkoma 36 Keota 47, Canadian 0 Laverne 58, Seiling 9 Maud 22, Allen 14 Maysville 58, Cyril 6 Oaks 50, Woodland 0 Pioneer 62, Ringwood 44 Pond Creek-Hunter 71, KremlinHillsdale 22 Strother 58, Bray-Doyle 32 Turpin 52, Merritt 22 Waukomis 58, Canton 34 Weleetka 58, Caddo 34 Wesleyan Christian 62, South Coffeyville 52 Wetumka 22, Porum 6

ȕȕ Class C

THURSDAY Balko 62, Sharon-Mutual 44 Bluejacket 58, Medford 16 Boise City 50, Waynoka 18 Cherokee 60, Timberlake 18 Copan 26, Immanuel Lutheran 0 Covington-Douglas 56, Prue 6 Coyle 66, Deer Creek-Lamont 39 Destiny Christian 52, Paoli 6 Fox 54, Cave Springs 22 Grandfield 52, Ryan 14 Mountain View 52, Gracemont 6 Sasakwa 58, Bowlegs 24 Shattuck 34, Life Christian 24 Temple 54, SW Covenant 8 Thackerville 58, Bokoshe 8 Tipton 53, Duke 0 Tyrone 58, Buffalo 28 Webbers Falls 42, Midway 20

ȕȕ Independents

THURSDAY Regent Prep 46, Cl. Christian 0 FRIDAY Dallas St. Mark’s 42, Holland Hall 13 Fort Worth All Saints 35, OKC Casady 25 SATURDAY OKC Legion 75, OKC Grant 6

ȕȕ Class 6A-I

THURSDAY Edmond Santa Fe at Putnam City, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Edmond North at Southmoore, 7 p.m. Jenks at Broken Arrow, 7 p.m. Moore at Union, 7 p.m. Mustang at Owasso Norman at Yukon, 7 p.m. Putnam North at Norman North, 7 p.m. Westmoore at Edmond Memorial, 7 p.m.

ȕȕ Class 6A-II

FRIDAY Bartlesville at Sapulpa Bixby at B.T. Washington, 7 p.m. Claremore at Ponca City, 7 p.m. Dallas Prime Prep at Lawton, 7 p.m. Lawton Ike at Enid, 7 p.m. Midwest City at Choctaw, 7 p.m. Sand Springs at Muskogee, 7 p.m. Stillwater at Putnam West, 7 p.m.

ȕȕ Class 5A

THURSDAY Guthrie at OKC Southeast, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Ardmore at Altus Bishop Kelley at Noble, 7 p.m. Duncan at OKC Northwest, 7 p.m. Durant at Skiatook, 7 p.m. Edison at Tahlequah, 7 p.m. Edmond Deer Creek at Carl Albert, 7 p.m. El Reno at Del City, 7 p.m. Grove at Coweta, 7 p.m. Guymon at OKC McGuinness, 7 p.m. Lawton Mac at Chickasha McAlester at Hale, 7 p.m. (at LaFortune Stadium) Memorial at Shawnee, 7 p.m. Pryor at East Central, 7 p.m. Western Heights at Piedmont, 7 p.m.

ȕȕ Class 4A

FRIDAY Ada at Bristow, 7 p.m. Broken Bow at Metro Christian

Catoosa at Cascia Hall Central at Stilwell Cleveland at Oologah Clinton at Cache Elgin at Anadarko, 7 p.m. Elk City at Woodward, 7 p.m. Fort Gibson at Muldrow, 7 p.m. Harrah at Tecumseh, 7 p.m. McLain at Miami Newcastle at Weatherford, 7 p.m. Sallisaw at Poteau Santa Fe South at Glenpool, 7 p.m. Tuttle at McLoud Vinita at Wagoner

ȕȕ Class 3A

THURSDAY Victory Christian at Rogers FRIDAY Beggs at Morris Blanchard at Bethany, 7 p.m. Bridge Creek at Meeker Cushing at Bethel, 7 p.m. Dewey at Berryhill, 7 p.m. Dickson at OKC St. Mary, 7 p.m. Heavener at Spiro, 7 p.m. Hilldale at Eufaula Inola at Westville, 7 p.m. Kellyville at Lincoln Christian, 7 p.m. Keys at Tah. Sequoyah, 7 p.m. Locust Grove at Cl. Sequoyah, 7 p.m. Lone Grove at Comanche Marlow at Plainview OKC Centennial at Blackwell, 7 p.m. OKC Heritage Hall at Mannford, 7 p.m. OKC Marshall at OKC Douglass, 7 p.m. Okmulgee at Checotah Pauls Valley at Jones Perkins-Tryon at Kingfisher, 7 p.m. Purcell at Little Axe Sperry at Jay, 7 p.m. Star Spencer at Seminole, 7 p.m. Stigler at Roland, 7 p.m. Sulphur at Madill Valliant at Idabel, 7 p.m. Verdigris at Webster, 7 p.m.

ȕȕ Class 2A

THURSDAY OKC Northeast at OKC Grant, 7 p.m. FRIDAY Alva at Tonkawa Chelsea at Wyandotte

Chisholm at Pawnee Davis at Atoka Dibble at Hobart, 7 p.m. Frederick at Lexington Gore at Chouteau, 7 p.m. Hartshorne at Antlers, 7 p.m. Haskell at Salina, 7 p.m. Holdenville at Henryetta Hulbert at Adair, 7 p.m. Kansas at Colcord, 7 p.m. Kingston at Coalgate Marietta at Hugo Nowata at Caney Valley, 7 p.m. OKC Legion at Hennessey OKC Millwood at Christian Heritage, 7 p.m. Okemah at Wewoka Oklahoma Christian at Crooked Oak, 7 p.m. Oklahoma Union at Pawhuska Perry at Newkirk Prague at Liberty Stroud at Chandler Vian at Pocola, 7 p.m. Walters at Healdton Washington, Okla. at Lindsay Wellston at Luther, 7 p.m. Wilburton at Panama, 7 p.m.

ȕȕ Class A

THURSDAY Konawa at Community Christian FRIDAY Apache at Hollis Carnegie at Crossings Christian, 7 p.m. Cashion at Edmond OCA Drumright at Barnsdall Elmore City at Stratford Hinton at Mangum Hooker at Burns Flat, 7 p.m. Ketchum at Fairland Marlow Central at Wilson Morrison at Yale Mounds at Kiefer Oklahoma Bible at Crescent, 7 p.m. Porter at Savanna, 7 p.m. Quapaw at Afton Quinton at Talihina, 7 p.m. Rejoice Christian at Foyil, 7 p.m. Ringling at Rush Springs Sallisaw Central at Warner, 7 p.m. Sayre at Mooreland Snyder at Cordell, 7 p.m. Summit Christian at Hominy Texhoma at Fairview, 7 p.m. Thomas at Beaver, 7 p.m. Velma-Alma at Empire Watonga at Okeene, 7 p.m.

Wayne at Wynnewood

ȕȕ Class B

FRIDAY Alex at Maud Allen at Maysville Arkoma at Wetumka Bray-Doyle at Waurika Caddo at Keota Canadian at Porum Canton at Seiling Depew at Oaks Dewar at Haileyville Gans at Weleetka Geary at Cyril Laverne at Kremlin-Hillsdale Pioneer at Merritt Pond Creek-Hunter at Ringwood Strother at Macomb Turpin at Waukomis Watts at South Coffeyville Welch at Davenport Wesleyan Christian at Immanuel Lutheran Woodland at Garber

ȕȕ Class C

FRIDAY Balko at Boise City Bluejacket at Prue Bokoshe at Paoli Buffalo at Shattuck Cave Springs at Bowlegs Copan at Timberlake Covington-Douglas at Deer Creek-Lamont Duke at SW Covenant Fox at Midway Gracemont at Temple Grandfield at Corn Bible Medford at Coyle Sasakwa at Ryan Sharon-Mutual at Cherokee Thackerville at Webbers Falls Tipton at Mountain View Tyrone at Waynoka

ȕȕ Independents

FRIDAY Arlington Oakridge at OKC Casady, 7 p.m. Cl. Christian at Wright Christian, 7 p.m. Dallas HSAA at NOAH Fort Worth All Saints at Holland Hall, 7 p.m. Oklahoma Christian JV at OKC Capitol Hill Regent Prep at OKC Patriots SATURDAY Arkansas SD at OSD, 11 a.m.

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TUESDAY Fly Tying Night at Backwoods: 6:30-8 p.m. Weekly fly-tying night open to the public. A different fly every week to help you learn different techniques. Beginners to advanced. Bring your own vice and tools. Materials provided. Call in advance if you are a beginner and don’t have tools. At Backwoods, 6508 E. 51st St. Information: Ken Richards, 918-664-7850 or krichards@ backwoods.com

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THURSDAY Broken Arrow Ducks Unlimited: 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Indian Springs Country Club, 16006 E. 131st St. Annual fundraising dinner/auction. Tickets $45 single, $60 couples, $15 for age 17 and under. Information: Matt Condry, 918-645-1380.

SATURDAY Muzzleloader seasons open: Oct. 25-Nov. 2 Seasons open for white-tailed deer, black bear and elk. Regulations and license requirements vary by location and species. Check regulations online at wildlifedepartment.com or pick up a printed regulations guide where hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Turkey shoot: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Avant Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser, held 1 mile west of the fire station. Information: Michelle Atkins 918-637-7249. Oxley Nature Center: 10:30 a.m.-Noon. “Botany Walk.” Join naturalists on the trail and see what you can find. All ages. Meet at Oxley. Information: 918-669-6644, oxley@cityoftulsa.org or oxleynaturecenter.org.

SUNDAY Turkey shoot: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Avant Volunteer Fire Department fundraiser, held 1 mile west of the fire station. Information: Michelle Atkins 918-637-7249. Send outdoors calendar listings and announcements to kelly. bostian@tulsaworld.com, fax 918-581-8352 and follow up by phone at 918-581-8357. Include time and address or directions to your event, phone number and email contact information.

Grand Lake guide Tony Coatney holds one of the nice largemouth bass he pulled from shallow water as he fished near the shoreline Wednesday morning. KELLY BOSTIAN/Tulsa World

Autumn is fish feeding, being caught in shallow waters

lipping into a jacket was instinctive in the damp, chilled air Wednesday morning. Thinking I might later wish I had a little more insulation under it was not. It’s that time of year when a 45 mph ride in a bass boat drives a chill through your jacket and fills your nostrils with a sense that cold weather is just around the bend. Finally, the water temperature is in the upper 60s instead tulsaworld.com of the upper 80s. See how it’s done. It’s time to put fall fishing techniques Grand Lake fishing to use. guide Tony Coatney Last week, Tony offers fishing tips in a Coatney, guide at video. Grand Lake O’ the tulsaworldtv.com Cherokees, reported that the bank-side bite for white bass was on and that the change in those hungry sand bass probably meant largemouth bass and crappie would be moving up, too. As is my habit, I had a few other things going on and instead of jumping on the boat with Coatney right away, I first let a cold front roll through to dump several inches of rain and raise the lake level. Coatney and fishing partner Josh Gibson, a Tulsa firefighter and owner of Gibson Bait and Tackle in Locust Grove, hit the lake early Wednesday. The pair is teamed up to fish the Waholi Bass Classic underway on Grand Lake on Sunday. “The typical thing is the water cools and the bait fish move up and the bass follow

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them into the shallows” Coatney said. “They’re hungry and you can get into a really good bite.” Conditions Tuesday were a little less typical — it has been years since Grand saw as much autumn rainfall as fell last week. “Today, with the lake coming up, they’re kind of scattered,” Coatney said of white bass and the baitfish. He said that if Grand River Dam Authority started running water through Pensacola Dam, the resulting current would help make the baitfish and the bass school up and key on structure, and that the fishing would improve. GRDA announced those gate openings Thursday. Windy-point fishing for white bass is an easy technique. Find a main lake point with the wind blowing into the point, cast toward the bank and bring in your bait with a steady retrieve. Coatney and Gibson used spinning gear with 8-pound-test fluorocarbon line, ⅛-ounch jig heads and a 2.5-inch Bobby Garland Stroll’R baits in Monkey Milk and Firecracker colors. Coatney hooked a couple nice sandies with that method, and we moved on to the willows. With the tournament coming up,

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••It is native to California and Arizona deserts.

Get a closer look at the hummingbird. Watch the hummer and see more photographs in a video.

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Last Thursday the rains faded, the sun emerged and Rebecca Hays noticed a differentlooking hummingbird at her feeders. Saturday she posted photos of the bird on the OK Birds email Listserv. “I think this is a Costa’s hummingbird ...” she wrote. “Any comments?” On Sunday, fellow birders arrived to see what could be a firstever sighting of a Costa’s hummingbird in Oklahoma. “There were probably 35 or 40 people here Sunday,” she said. “Not all at once, but there were probably 20 here at one time. We had a pretty good crowd that day.” Every day a few more people stop by. The bird is unusual because it is native to the deserts of Southern California and Arizona.

A Costa’s hummingbird rests on a crape myrtle outside Rebecca Hays’ home near Sand Springs on Friday. KELLY BOSTIAN/Tulsa World

Small even as hummingbirds go, Costa’s weigh in at one-tenth of an ounce with a 4.3-inch wingspan and 3.5-inch body. This one is about 1,000 miles from home in mid-October. Most native hummingbirds have already migrated south. Friday morning, experts Joe Grzybowski and Jim Arterburn, both members of the Oklahoma Bird Records Committee looked closely at the little hummer. Their best guess at the origin of the bird is that it

was pushed this way by strong weather systems last week. Grzybowski erected a mist nest in an attempt to catch the bird and pull a few feathers for DNA testing but the bird was too smart to get caught. He strongly suspects it is a hybrid. “It’s kind of looking that way,” he said. The bird may be a cross between a Costa’s and an Anna’s hummingbird. Such hybrids are not uncommon in the deserts where the species overlap, Arterburn said. Specific identification can be tricky. Anna’s have extended red chin patches and the Costa’s are brilliant purple. Kelly Bostian, 918-581-8357 kelly.bostian@tulsaworld.com

these guys were clearly more interested finding some bass, and I had no problem with that idea. Pitching a Texas-rigged creature bait on shallow structure on a lake like Grand, with stained water after a heavy rain, is classic Oklahoma shallow-water fishing. Even without the rain, pitching to shallow shoreline trees, stumps, brush, docks and other structures is a good technique for largemouth in the fall, Coatney said. Coatney dug into his Gene Larew bait box and combined a 5/16-ounce titanium bullet weight with a Biffle Bug that was Black Neon on one side and Smoke Silver color on the other. Gibson opted for a leggy Rattlin’ Crawler in Green Pumpkin Candy color — and he did insert a rattle. Effectiveness of the technique, especially the ability of these anglers to drop their baits into the water with nary a splash, was evident as they hooked several nice bass. “That soft delivery is important, especially in this shallow water,” Coatney said. “You don’t want to be slapping and splashing around, just drop it right in there. Most that have hit today hit it as it just as it was falling so that presentation really counts.” Lake level plays into the success rate, Coatney said. Too much water and the bass move far back into the trees close to shore. When the water is dropping the bass tend to school and tuck into spots on the lake side of the brush, which makes them easier targets. Either way, they’re in the shallows, they’re feasting and fall fishing patterns are here. You can feel it in the air.

Notebook A local class for beginning fly-fishers looking for expert instruction has open slots. Fly Fishing Oklahoma, part of the Jenks Community Education Program, is set for 10 a.m. - 3: 30 p.m. on Saturday. Registration is open online. Students will learn about basic fly-fishing skills as well as local fishing opportunities. Class members will also learn basic fly-fishing knots and some of the sport-specific terminology. The class is held at the Jenks Trojan Aquatic Center. Cost is $15 and participants must be over the age of 16. All equipment is provided. Information: See jenkscommunityed. com or call Scott Hoot at 918-636-6179. Paralyzed Veterans of America angler

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with Jack Morris Late this week it appeared a few more ducks were arriving in Oklahoma for what should shape up as a pretty typical opening day of duck season, coming Saturday in Zone 1 (northwest) and Nov. 1 in Zone 2 (eastern and southern Oklahoma). Water levels in north-central and eastern Oklahoma after last week’s rains are prime. Sheet water, ponds and the upper reaches of reservoirs are in good shape for arriving birds. I saw a few teal, some gadwall, northern shovelers, a few pintails and some ring-necked ducks, as well. But the story for this weekend’s youth season and opening day might be wood ducks. The result of an incredible Ducks Unlimited conservation success story with its nest-box program, wood ducks are back in great numbers in recent decades. This year the birds apparently had an excellent nesting season, as I’m hearing reports of large groups gathering for migration. Keep in mind the daily bag limit for woodies is three. Wood ducks will decoy, but the best strategy likely is to scout and pattern the birds and put your gunners in position to intercept or passshoot as the birds make their daily rounds along the rivers and creeks. Jack Morris is a professional guide of nearly 30 years’ experience. Contact him at 918-691-3840, jackswildlife@cox.net or jackswildlifeoutdoors.com.

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Ferlin Widowski of Jenks continued his quest for a 2015 PVA Angler of the Year title with a third-place finish on Oct. 11 at the Southeastern Challenge Open at Clarks Hill Lake, Ga. Widowski and three-time AOY winner Tony Choe of Fairfax Station, Virginia, are tied in the AOY standings after the first two events. Widowski won the first event, held on Lake Eufaula last month, and Choe placed third. The series continues in March and wraps up next June. The Bassmaster Central Open Series will return to the Tulsa area again in 2015, BASS announced this week. The second of three Central Opens will be on Fort Gibson Lake Sept. 1012, 2015. The Bass Federation, FLW and the Student Angler Federation announced that Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees

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will be the side of the TBF Federation National Championship for a third consecutive year April 23-26, 2015. Additionally the TBF/FLW High School Fishing National Championship will be added to the event. The events will launched out of the Wolf Creek Park in Grove and be held in conjunction with the Walmart FLW Tour event held the same weekend just across the state line on Beaver Lake in Rogers, Arkansas. The TBF National Championship will be broadcast on the NBC Sports Network and streamed live on bassfederation.com. To submit items for Outdoors Notebook, contact Tulsa World Outdoors Writer Kelly Bostian at kelly.bostian@tulsaworld.com. Be sure to include place, date and time information for events, and a contact phone number or email address.

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FOR THE RECORD Basketball

ȕȕ NBA: Preseason

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Brooklyn 2 0 1.000 1 Toronto 5 1 .833 — Boston 3 3 .500 2 New York 2 2 .500 2 Philadelphia 2 4 .333 3 Southeast Division Charlotte 3 2 .600 — Orlando 3 2 .600 — Washington 3 2 .600 — Atlanta 2 3 .400 1 Miami 1 4 .200 2 Central Division Cleveland 3 1 .750 — Detroit 4 2 .667 — Chicago 3 2 .600 ½ Indiana 2 3 .400 1½ Milwaukee 2 3 .400 1½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 3 1 .750 — New Orleans 3 2 .600 ½ Dallas 2 3 .400 1½ Memphis 1 3 .250 2 San Antonio 0 1 .000 1½ Northwest Division Utah 4 1 .800 — Oklahoma City 2 3 .400 2 Minnesota 1 2 .333 2 Portland 1 2 .333 2 Denver 1 4 .200 3 Pacific Division Golden State 4 1 .800 — Phoenix 2 1 .667 1 Sacramento 1 3 .250 2½ L.A. Clippers 1 3 .250 2½ L.A. Lakers 1 3 .250 2½ Friday L.A. Clippers 101, Utah 97 Saturday Indiana 98, Dallas 93 Detroit 104, Atlanta 100 Philadelphia 95, Orlando 84 Miami at San Antonio Denver vs. L.A. Clippers Sunday Boston at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Minnesota vs. Oklahoma City at Tulsa, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m. Golden State vs. Houston at Hidalgo, TX, 8 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Hockey ȕȕ NHL

Friday Vancouver 2, Edmonton 0 Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1 Saturday Washington 2, Florida 1, SO Boston 4, Buffalo 0 Montreal 3, Colorado 2 Ottawa 3, Columbus 2 Detroit 1, Toronto 0, OT San Jose 4, New Jersey 2 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Philadelphia 6, Dallas 5, OT Chicago 2, Nashville 1, OT St. Louis at Arizona Tampa Bay at Vancouver Sunday Minnesota at Los Angeles, 2 p.m. San Jose at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Calgary at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

ȕȕ ECHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division

GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Florida 2 1 0 0 1 3 5 5 Orlando 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 2 Elmira 2 1 1 0 0 2 8 8 South Carolina 2 1 1 0 0 2 5 5 Greenville 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 Gwinnett 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Reading 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 North Division Fort Wayne 2 2 0 0 0 4 9 7 Cincinnati 1 1 0 0 0 2 4 1 Evansville 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 Wheeling 1 1 0 0 0 2 6 3 Kalamazoo 2 1 1 0 0 2 8 8 Indy 2 0 1 0 1 1 7 9 Toledo 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Rapid City 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 1 Allen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brampton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Missouri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quad City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tulsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wichita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division Bakersfield 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 Idaho 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 Ontario 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 Alaska 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Colorado 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 Stockton 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Utah 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Saturday South Carolina 2, Florida 1, SO Orlando 5, Greenville 2 Kalamazoo 6, Elmira 2 Cincinnati 4, Toledo 1 Fort Wayne 4, Indy 3 Wheeling 6, Reading 3 Evansville 3, Gwinnett 1 Colorado at Rapid City Utah at Idaho Stockton at Bakersfield Ontario at Alaska Sunday Greenville at Orlando, 2 p.m. Ontario at Alaska, 6 p.m. Bakersfield at Stockton, 6 p.m.

Golf ȕȕ PGA: Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

At Las Vegas Purse: $6.2 million Yardage: 7,255; Par: 71 Ben Martin 68-66-62 — Russell Knox 65-67-66 — Jimmy Walker 69-69-62 — Andrew Svoboda 66-67-67 — Kevin Streelman 71-67-63 — Brooks Koepka 69-68-64 — Scott Piercy 67-67-67 — Webb Simpson 69-65-67 — Alex Cejka 69-68-65 — David Hearn 70-66-66 — Bill Lunde 68-68-66 — Jason Bohn 68-68-66 — Brandt Snedeker 67-68-67 — Martin Laird 64-70-68 — Jim Herman 68-72-62 — Spencer Levin 71-63-68 — Tony Finau 68-65-70 — Also Jonathan Byrd 69-69-66 — John Merrick 69-70-65 — Bryce Molder 68-70-67 — Robert Streb 71-67-67 — Charles Howell III 70-69-67 — Kevin Tway 73-67-68 — Bo Van Pelt 66-68-75 —

ȕȕ LPGA: KEB-HanaBank

196 198 200 200 201 201 201 201 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 202 203 204 204 205 205 206 208 209

At Incheon, South Korea Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,364; Par: 72 Hee-Kyung Bae 70-73-68 — 211 Kyu Jung Baek 74-69-68 — 211 Inbee Park 71-73-68 — 212 In Gee Chun 76-67-69 — 212 Pornanong Phatlum 73-70-69 — 212 Yoon Kyung Heo 72-70-70 — 212 Sandra Gal 70-71-71 — 212 Ilhee Lee 69-72-71 — 212 Suzann Pettersen 70-71-71 — 212 Brittany Lincicome 70-70-72 — 212 Beatriz Recari 70-70-72 — 212 Karine Icher 71-68-73 — 212 Michelle Wie 76-70-67 — 213 Angela Stanford 74-71-68 — 213 Cristie Kerr 72-72-69 — 213 Catriona Matthew 69-74-70 — 213 Azahara Munoz 72-69-72 — 213 Also Caroline Masson 76-75-69 — 220

ȕȕ Locals

INDIAN SPRINGS MGA 4 Man Moneyball Flight 1: 1. Stan Perry, Larry Thomason, Mick Harrington, Joel Coggins; 2. Darrell Chissoe, Mike Agnew, Gil Morris, Sid Hatfield; 3. Phil Schmucker, Robert Lantz, Larry Lewis, Jay Williams; 4. Scott Starkey, Doug Tankersley, Jerry Stevens, Myron Steever. Flight 2: 1. Mark Baber, Rick Stringer, Steve Walls, Joe Perona; 2. Joel Spitler, Gary Jergensen, Johnny Hamilton, Bobby Crookshank; 3. Greg Braun, Mike Duvall, John Gladd, Ed Burns; 4. Brett Page, Kerry Cottrell, Gerry Wilburn, Tom Spann. LAFORTUNE PARK TU Lettermen’s Scramble A.M. 1. Mario Vitale, Craig Minnich, Ron Streck, Rick Reed, 51; 2. Ronnie Allford, Nick Allen, Jerry Moeller, John Dobbs, 52; 3. Mike White, Jeff Kipila, Herman Thompson, Charlie Farr, 54. P.M. 1. Bob Laird, Robert Laird, Robbie Laird, Eddie Battaglia, 54; 2. Ken Petruck, Tom Widmar, Mike Pimberton, Craig Bothwell, 54; 3. Harry Willis, Mark Johnson, Gary Connelly, Ken Venezio, 56. GOLF CLUB OF OKLAHOMA Saturday Classic 1. Russ Weidner, 74 (net); 2. George Collier, 77; 3. John Curley, 77. BROKEN ARROW MGA shamble A Flight: 1. Kevin McKim & Jim Barnes, 96.5; 2. Bill Alexander & Marty Winters, 98.25; 3. Mark Kauffman & Mike Parham, 99; 4. Bobby Goben & Jerry McAulay, 100. B Flight: 1. Tom Moore & Bill Lee, 98.75; 2. Joe Chavez & Gary McCarther, 100.25; 3. Ted Long & Carl Wheeler, 105.75; 4. Allen Anderson & Bill Edwards, 105.75; 5. Joey Chavez & James Bevenue, 106. C Flight: 1. Morton Tanner & Doug Pierce, 98.5; 2. Norm Compton & Bill Wilson, 102.5; 3. Tom Spehar & Charlie Davis, 106.75; 4. Mike Bevenue & Brian Bailey, 108.25; 5. Mike Moore & Bob Switala, 108.25. LAFORTUNE PARK Fall Par 3-Pro Am 1. Kyley Tetley, Richard Hun, Tyler Hunt, Dreagan Majors, Jerry Collier, 93; 2 Ben Benton, Brad Blackim, Jim Roberson, Mike Gotcher, Paul Mullenix, 95; 3. Kaleb Harris, Mark Carley, Kirk Towe, Rob Allison, Kenney Barth, 95; 4. Brent Wilcoxen, Ray Raines, Joe Tuttle, Lee Inman, Bob Stiles, 96; 5. Corey Burd, Keith Burd, Pete Burd, David Burd, Gary Prater, 97; 6. Ed

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Wendlick, Kreg Callery, Mark Johnson, Andy Lucas, Mitch Jones, 97.

Rowing

Hole-in-One

ȕȕ College: Women

CHEROKEE HILLS: Colleen Ulinger, No. 7, 111 yards. 5-wood.

Shoots age or better

BROKEN ARROW: Jerry Owens, 69, shot 67; Morton Tanner, 73, shot 73.

Soccer ȕȕ MLS

Friday Portland 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie Saturday Toronto FC 1, Montreal 1, tie FC Dallas 1, Colorado 0 D.C. United 2, Chicago 1 Kansas City at Philadelphia Vancouver at San Jose Sunday Columbus at New York, 2 p.m. Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

ȕȕ College: Men NSU 2, Lindenwood 0 Lindenwood 0 0 — 0 Northeastern St. 2 0 — 2 Goals: NSU, Dinkel (Sarnia), 36:31; NSU, Samia (Merrill, Reed), 38:37. Saves: LWU, Hamerlinck 2; NSU, Biles 6.

ȕȕ College: Women Lindenwood 3, NSU 2, 2OT Lindenwood 0 2 0 1 — 3 Northeastern St. 1 1 0 0 — 2 Goals: NSU, Robinson (Martin), 29:13; LWU, White (Torry), 53:22; NSU, Giles (Musella), 61:36; LWU, Roberts, 78:55; LWU, Brewer (Roberts), 103:16. Saves: LWU, Weiss 3; NSU, Woodruff 4.

Running ȕȕ Thriller at Tenkiller

5k at Vian MALE Overall: 1. Drake Vance, Tahlequah, 23:45; 2. Cody Roberts, Watts, 26:08; 3. Zack McCollum, Tahlequah, 27:10. Age group winners: 1-14, Keegan Smith, Tahlequah, 28:00; 15-19, Drake Vance, Tahlequah, 23:45; 20-24, Zack McCollum, Tahlequah, 27:10; 25-29, Charles McIntosh, Tahlequah, 37:09; 30-34, Cody Roberts, Watts, 26:08; 35-39, Dave Mead, Tahlequah, 28:26; 40-44, David Moyer, Broken Arrow, 29:37; 45-49, James Canfield Ii, Tahlequah, 29:22; 50-59, Wade Hall, Tahlequah, 41:01. FEMALE Overall: 1. Breanna Sierra, Tahlequah, 23:39; 2. Angela Rhea, Tahlequah, 26:19; 3. Angel Goodrich, Tahlequah, 26:45. Age group winners: 1-14, Breanna Sierra, Tahlequah, 23:39; 15-19, Cheyanne Welsh, Sallisaw, 46:34; 20-24, Angel Goodrich, Tahlequah, 26:45; 25-29, Ashley Cox, Tahlequah, 30:37; 30-34, Angela Rhea, Tahlequah, 26:19; 35-39, Jennifer McCaslin, Tahlequah, 28:57; 40-44, Marcella Ouzts, Muskogee, 52:15; 45-49, Fayth Lewis, Tahlequah, 43:59; 60-98, Mae Erb, Vian, 41:21.

JAYHAWK JAMBOREE Novice 4+: 1. Tulsa, 15:43.05; 2. Iowa ‘B’, 15:55.74; 3. Kansas ‘A’, 16:12.19. Novice 4+: Eva Trabucco, Kristy Covre, Kristin Palilionis, Gabriela Tucker, Willa Pendley-Griffin. Varsity 4+: 1. Iowa ‘A’, 14:43.20; 2. Tulsa ‘A’, 14:46.48; 3. Iowa ‘B’, 14:48.48; 9. Tulsa ‘B’, 15:27.35; 12. Tulsa ‘D’, 15:30.63; 13. Tulsa ‘E’, 15:30.72; 14. Tulsa ‘C’, 15:35.48; 19. Tulsa ‘F’, 16:13.12. Varsity 4+ ‘A’: Marcia Vidaurri, Sarah Ringler, Jennifer Casson, Emily Farrar, Skylar Luttjehuizen. Varsity 4+ ‘B’: Eva Trabucco, Lauren Vander Hoeven, Hannah Vissers, Madeline Lyons, Paige Hibbard. Varsity 4+ ‘C’: Betsy Govig, Phoebe Mulligan, Ashley Lane, Jerusha Blankenship, Allison Kiefer. Varsity 4+ ‘D’: Angela Metzler, Emalia Seto, Colleen Wohlrab, Marissa Catalanotto, Lindsay Crute. Varsity 4+ ‘E’: Helen Char, Maria Gearing, Kaity Swinford, Sam Tober, Melissa Urquhart. Varsity 4+ ‘F’: Kaitlyn Schneider, Hannah Emnett, Maile Seto, Lauren Turner, Anna McHenry. Novice 8+: 1. Iowa ‘A’, 14:27.07; 2. Kansas State, 14:41.17; 3. Iowa ‘B’, 14:51.04; 8. Tulsa, 16:10.95. Novice 8+:: Elizabeth Natho, Rachel Parks, Kayla Musseman, Chaselyn Ruffaner-Hanson, Danielle Engles, Christen Bianchi, Margaret Mealy, Stephanie Call, Jessica Burke. Varsity 8+ Final: 1. Iowa ‘A’, 13:18.34; 2. Iowa ‘B’, 13:19.04; 3. Kansas State ‘A’, 13:25.52; 4. Tulsa ‘A’, 13:33.40; 9. Tulsa ‘B’, 13:58.84; 10. Tulsa ‘C’, 14:14.66. Varsity 8+ ‘A’: Marcia Vidaurri, Sarah Ringler, Hannah Vissers, Emily Farrar, Jennifer Casson, Lauren Vander Hoeven, Skylar Luttjehuizen, Phoebe Mulligan, Lindsay Crute. Varsity 8+ ‘B’: Eva Trabucco, Maria Gearing, Emalia Seto, Sam Tober, Melissa Urquhart, Jerusha Blankenship, Ashley Lane, Marissa Catalanotto, Allison Kiefer. Varsity 8+ ‘C’: Betsy Govig, Paige Hibbard, Madeline Lyons, Colleen Wohlrab, Hannah Emnett, Kaity Swinford, Maile Seto, Kristin Palilionis, Lauren Turner.

Cross Country ȕȕ College: Men

BRONCO INVITATIONAL At Sunnyvale, Calif. Teams: 1. Oklahoma State, 30; 2. Stanford, 65; 3. Cal Poly, 71; 4. Utah Valley, 165; 5. Chico State, 165; 6. Santa Clara, 219; 7. UC-Santa Barbara, 265; 8. Utah State, 276; 9. San Jose State, 278; 10. St. Mary’s (CA), 282. OSU individuals: 2. Shane Moskowitz, 23:46.9; 4. Craig Nowak, 23:49.5; 6. Brian Gohlke, 23:52.7; 10. Vegard Oelstad, 24:00.3; 24. Matthew Fayers, 24:11.2; 36. Noah Gade, 24:17.7; 54. Justin Vilhauer, 24:32.7. PRE-NATIONAL INVITATIONAL At Terre Haute, Ind. Blue Race Teams: 1. Colorado, 35; 2. Oregon, 91; 3. Georgetown, 148; 4. Furman, 262; T5. Colorado State, 272; T5.

Tulsa, 272; 7. Texas, 329; 8. Mississippi, 363; 9. Penn State, 363; 10. Cornell, 400; 11. UC Santa Barbara, 404; 12. Eastern Michigan, 411; 13. North Carolina State, 454; 14. Missour,– 462; 15. Yale, 465 TU individuals: 11. Marc Scott, 24:24.5; 34. Tim Rackers, 24:51.6; 71. Danny Thater, 25:15.8; 74. Ben Preisner, 25:18.6; 82. Dennis Hodapp, 25:21.4; 152. Adam Palamar, 25:48.4; 161. Jake McDonnell, 25:50.8. Open Race Teams: 1. Tulsa, 26; 2. Purdue, 40; 3. Eastern Michigan, 94; 4. Ohio, 103; 5. Central Arkansas, 107; 6. Memphis, 122; 7. Xavier, 138. TU individuals: 4. Kirk Smith, 25:50.6; 8. Adam Roderique, 25:57.5; 10. Peter Hodkinson, 26:03.8; 33. Dallas Elmore, 26:44.0; 36. Elijah Silva, 26:49.9.

ȕȕ College: Women

BRONCO INVITATIONAL At Sunnyvale, Calif. Teams: 1. Oklahoma State, 82; 2. Cal Poly, 92; 3. Idaho State, 121; 4. British Columbia, 122; 5. Sacramento State, 171; 6. Utah State, 188; 7. Utah Valley, 201; 8. Chico State, 237; 9. San Diego, 278; 10. Nevada, 296. OSU individuals: 1. Monika Juodeskaite, 20:01.0; 15. Kristine Helle, 20:53.8; 24. Emily Helms, 21:07.3; 26. Aurora Dybedokken, 21:09.6; 32. Gintare Zenkeviciute, 21:16.8; 33. Molly Sughroue, 21:18.7; 45. Kaylee Dodd, 21:32.9. PRE-NATIONAL INVITATIONAL At Terre Haute, Ind. Teams: 1. Georgetown, 110; 2. Oregon, 139; 3. Oregon State, 143; 4. Colorado, 186; 5. North Carolina State, 233; 6. Princeton, 288; 7. Baylor, 302; 8. Lamar, 345; 9. California, 369; 10. Penn State, 405; 11. Northern Arizona, 467; 12. Lipscomb, 481; 13. Utah, 508; 14. Bradley, 511; 15. Tulsa, 517; T16. Yale, 518; T16. Rice, 518; 18. Eastern Michigan, 522; 19. Wyoming, 523; 20. Loyola Marymount, 536; 21. Eastern Kentucky, 598; T21. Connecticut, 598; 23. Missouri, 628; 24. Furman, 633; 25. Elon, 641; 26. Kansas State, 677; 27. Miami (Ohio), 688; 28. UC Davis, 691; 29. Butler, 696; 30. Purdue, 718; 31. Northwestern, 739; 32. Kansas, 747; 33. Texas, 756; 34. Colorado State, 761; 35. Kentucky, 770; 36. Montana State, 812; 37. Wichita State, 884; 38. TexasArlington, 906; 39. Arkansas State, 909; 40. LaSalle, 962; 41. Pittsburgh, 1021, 42. Mississippi, 1127; 43. Toledo, 1203. TU individuals: 53. Clara Langley, 21:37.3; 100. Brandi Krieg, 22:04.9; 105. Anna Bearss, 22:07.7; 127. Olivia Lopez, 22:15.4; 132. Nicole Lee, 22:18.4; 163. Natasha Cockram, 22:30.7; 240. Stacie Taylor, 23:09.3.

Tennis ȕȕ Kremlin Cup

At Moscow Purse: Men, $776,620 (WT250) Women, $710,000 (Premier) Surface: Hard-Indoor SINGLES Men: Semifinals Roberto Bautista Agut (5), Spain, def. Ernests Gulbis (3), Latvia, 6-4, 6-4. Marin Cilic (2), Croatia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Women: Semifinals

Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Lucie Safarova (4), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (6), Russia, def. Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2. DOUBLES Women; Championship Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Flavia Pennetta (2), Italy, def. Caroline Garcia, France, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (4), Spain, 6-3, 7-5.

ȕȕ ATP: Erste Bank Open

At Vienna, Austria Purse: $660,000 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles: Semifinals Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-4, 6-3. David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (4), Germany, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (3). Doubles: Semifinals Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Lukas Rosol (4), Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-5.

ȕȕ ATP: Stockholm Open

At Stockholm, Sweden Surface: Hard-Indoor Purse: $660,000 (WT250) Singles: Semifinals Grigor Dimitrov (2), Bulgaria, def. Bernard Tomic, Australia, 6-3, 7-5. Tomas Berdych (1), Czech Republic, def. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Doubles: Semifinals Eric Butorac, United States, and Raven Klaasen (3), South Africa, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 10-6. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Jack Sock, United States, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, and Andreas Siljestrom, Sweden, 6-1, 6-4.

ȕȕ WTA: Luxembourg

At Luxembourg Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles: Championship Annika Beck, Germany, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (4), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles: Championship Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, and Kristina Barrois, Germany, def. Lucie Hradecka and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (4), Czech Republic, 3-6, 6-4, 10-4.

Latest Line ȕȕ Football

NFL INDIANAPOLIS......3 1/2 (50).............. Cincinnati WASHINGTON.........6 (46)..................Tennessee CHICAGO.................. 3 (48)......................... Miami Cleveland...............5 1/2 (45).....JACKSONVILLE Seattle....................6 1/2 (43)............... ST. LOUIS GREEN BAY............6 1/2 (50)..................Carolina BALTIMORE...........6 1/2 (50)................... Atlanta BUFFALO................... 5 (43)................. Minnesota DETROIT................ 1 1/2 (47).......... New Orleans SAN DIEGO............3 1/2 (45)........... Kansas City DALLAS...................6 1/2 (48).............. NY Giants Arizona...................3 1/2 (44)..............OAKLAND DENVER..................6 1/2 (50)........San Francisco Monday PITTSBURGH............ 3 (44)..................... Houston

ȕȕ Baseball

Tuesday San Francisco.......... Even-6.......... KANSAS CITY Home Team in CAPS

Scene

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Save some dough

‘Impact’

People & Places

SEEN: Meet the Konstructor

we round up Weekly dining specials.

Philbrook hosts indian art exhibit.

Casino night for union schools.

A build-it-yourself camera captures unique images .

How the West was

lost?

Genre’s future is in question as fewer Westerns are being made

Clockwise from top, “The Magnificent Seven,” “True Grit,” “The Searchers,” “Stagecoach” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” Courtesy photos

By JIMMIE TRAMEL

World Scene Writer

igi Garner is the daughter of “Maverick” star James Garner, who died in July. She said her father never watched his own films, but the Encore Westerns channel (where you are prone to see his work) was his “absolute favorite.” Garner said her dad starred in a bunch of Westerns, so she hopes Westerns will always be around. Will they? Once upon a yesteryear, Westerns were front and center in entertainment mediums — books, movies and television. You could channel surf (without a remote control, of course) and find more than two dozen Westernthemed series on network TV the year before the veil was lifted on the 1960s. But Westerns slowed to a trickle the nearer you got to the 21st century. Now it’s rare to find a See West D5

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Wizard World Tulsa Local authors R.A. Jones and Michael Vance will be among guests at Wizard World Tulsa, a pop culture convention. When: Nov. 7-9 Where: Cox Business Center, 100 Civic Center Tickets: Range of $35 (one-day pass on opening day) to $400 (the highest-priced of several “VIP experience” packages; three-day tickets are sold out; tickets available at wizardworld.com/home-tulsa.html Celebrity guests: Joining Michael Rooker among “The Walking Dead” stars at Wizard World Tulsa are Norman Reedus, Jon Bernthal and Scott Wilson; also William Shatner, Karl Urban, Dean Cain, Robert Englund, Ralph Macchio, Jason David Frank, Lou Ferrigno, James Marsters, Eliza Dushku, Manu Bennett and many more.

Opera star enjoys third time at the ball ••The soprano from Tulsa sang the title role of “Cinderella” twice this year. By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer

Lauren Neese plays Cinderella (center), and Elizabeth Kelsay and Ashley Cutright play the evil step sisters in the Tulsa Opera production of “Cinderella.” MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World

Lauren McNeese is quite happy that she gets to be a girl all year. For a mezzo-soprano like McNeese, who performs with opera companies throughout the country, that is a little unusual. Mezzo-sopranos are often cast in “pants roles,” playing young men such as Cherubino, the rambunctious page in “The Marriage of Figaro,” a role McNeese played when

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‘Cinderella’ In Italian with English subtitles 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. Oct. 26. Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa PAC, 101 E. Third St. Tickets: $25-$105. 918-596-7111,

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Tulsa Opera presented this Mozart opera last season. What is even more unusual is that McNeese gets to be the same girl all year long. McNeese, a Tulsa native, has the lead role in Tulsa Opera’s production of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola (Cinderella),” which opens Friday at the Tulsa PAC.

The production, which opens the company’s season, also features Gregory Schmidt, a familiar voice to Tulsa Opera audiences, as Ramiro; Keith Phares, who sang the title role in last year’s “Elmer Gantry,” as Dandini; Thomas Hammons as Don Magnifico; Ashley Cutright as Clorinda; Elizabeth Kelsay as Tisbe and Tony Dillon as Alidoro. Marc Astafan directs, with Kotsis Protopapas conducting the Tulsa Opera Orchestra. It will be the third time this calendar year that McNeese has sung the role of Angelina, a woman forced to work as a maid in her stepfather’s house and be taunted by her stepsisters, until she captures See Opera D5

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SEEN: DIY camera

Editor’s note: Seen is a weekly feature showcasing the work of a Tulsa World photojournalist.

Matt Barnard matt.barnard @tulsaworld.com 918-699-8817

Meet the Konstructor. It’s a build-it-yourself camera made by a company called Lomography. The pieces screw or snap together, just like a model car, until eventually you add film and start taking pictures. If my workhorse camera, a Canon 1D X, is the fighter jet of photography, the Konstructor is the paper airplane. Not that using it isn’t fun. It has a good kind of unpredictability and a distinct Lo-Fi feel.

This is the Konstructor toy camera from a company called Lomography. It’s a build-it-yourself film camera made mostly from plastic.

Lomo is a Vienna, Austria-based company that specializes in film photography. You can find out more about the Konstructor at lomography.com.

The Tulsa skyline reflects on the Arkansas River last week in Tulsa. The Konstructor’s plastic lens leaves photos slightly fuzzy, even in bright sun as with this image. Pedestrians head down a stairwell outside the Tulsa County Courthouse last week.

At left, rocks catch the morning sun on the west bank of the Arkansas River last week in Tulsa. The blemish in the lower right portion of the photo was caused by a light leak, when the sun shines into the normally light-proof part of a camera. Dozens of concrete pillars tower overhead on the underside of the Interstate 44 bridge over the Arkansas River in Tulsa.

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Restaurant specials save diners dollars By SCOTT CHERRY

World Scene Writer

Many restaurants run weekly specials, deals on specific items offered only once or twice a week. Most are offered Monday or Tuesday, the slower nights for restaurants, but we found some on Wednesday and Thursday, as well. We scouted out over 40 of the most popular specials around town. Baxter’s Interurban, 717 S. Houston Ave. — $6 honey-pepper bacon burger, all day Mondays. Big Daddy’s All American BBQ, 399 E. Main St., Jenks — $11.95 allyou-can-eat catfish, 5 p.m. to close Thursdays. Billy Sims BBQ, 13 Tulsa-area locations — $12.99 all-you-can-eat ribs, 5-9 p.m. Tuesdays. Bros. Houligan, 2508 E. 15th St., 9701 E. 61st St. — $2 off chicken tenders, Mondays; $2 off T-bone steak, Tuesdays; $2 off fried shrimp, Wednesdays; $2 off chicken-fried steak, Thursdays; $2 off seafood, Fridays; $2 off T-bone steak, Saturdays; $2 off fried catfish, Sundays (61st Street location only). Caz’s Chowhouse, 18 E. M.B. Brady St. — $6.99 mac-and-cheese, 5 p.m. to close Mondays; $3 cheese fries, 5 p.m. to close Thursdays. Crow Creek Tavern, 3534 S. Peoria Ave. — $4 half-pound burger, all day Tuesdays; $12.95 prime rib, all day Thursdays. Dilly Deli, 402 E. Second St. — $3 Meg sandwich (egg, tomato, bacon, cheese), 8-11 a.m. Mondays; $5 Reuben sandwich, 4-8 p.m. Mondays. Doc’s Wine & Food, 3509 S. Peoria Ave. — $10 burger, fries and beer, 4 p.m. to close Tuesdays; $12 fried chicken dinner (go early, very limited), 4 p.m. to close Wednesdays. El Guapo’s Mexican Cantina, 332 E. First St. — $1 carnitas tacos, 4-10 p.m. Tuesdays. Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th St., 411 W. Stone Wood Drive, Broken Arrow — $4 burger and fries, 4 p.m. to close Wednesdays (BA location); $4 burger and fries, 4 p.m. to close Thursdays (Tulsa location). Joe Momma’s Pizzeria, 112 S. Elgin Ave. — 50-cent wings, 5 p.m. to close Mondays; $5 one-topping pizzas, 5 p.m. to close Tuesdays. Louie’s Grill & Bar, 6310 E. 101st St., 813 E. A St., Jenks; 1640 N. Ninth St., Broken Arrow — $6.99 onetopping pizza, all day Mondays. McNellie’s Pub, 409 E. First St.; McNellie’s South City, 7031 S. Zurich Ave. — $3.99 burger and fries, 5-11 p.m. Wednesdays. Ming’s Noodle Bar, 3509 S. Peoria Ave. — seating at bar; $5 moo goo gai pan, all day Mondays; $5 pad Thai, all day Tuesdays; $5 wings, all day Wednesdays. Ollie’s Station, 4070 Southwest Blvd. — $4.99 all-you-can-eat ham and beans, 4-8 p.m. Thursdays. Pie Hole Pizzeria, 2708 E. 15th St. — $10.99 16-inch, two-topping pizza or 12-inch gourmet pizza, all day Tuesdays. Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse, 111 N. Main St. — half-price bar menu,

R Bar & Grill, 3421 S. Peoria Ave. — $5 burgers, 4-10 p.m. Mondays; $5 pizzas, 4-10 p.m. Tuesdays. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Billy Sims BBQ, 13 Tulsa-area locations — $12.99 all-you-can-eat ribs, 5-9 p.m. Tuesdays. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World file

Deals you can sink

your teeth into

Dilly Deli, 402 E. Second St. — $3 Meg sandwich (pictured with egg, tomato, lettuce, bacon and cheese), 8-11 a.m. Mondays; $5 Reuben sandwich, 4-8 p.m. Mondays. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

Pie Hole Pizzeria, 2708 E. 15th St. — $10.99 16-inch, two-topping pizza or 12inch gourmet pizza, all day Tuesdays. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World file

including burgers less than $6, 4-11 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays. R Bar & Grill, 3421 S. Peoria Ave. — $5 burgers, 4-10 p.m. Mondays; $5 pizzas, 4-10 p.m. Tuesdays. Rib Crib, multiple locations — $13.99 all-you-can-eat spare ribs or $15.99 all-you-can-eat baby-back ribs, 4-10 p.m. Tuesdays. Smoke on Cherry Street, 1542 E. 15th St. — $5 cheeseburger and

ribs, all day Tuesdays. Tally’s Cafe, 1102 S. Yale Ave. — $7.50 6-ounce steak and cabbage roll, all day Mondays. The Pint on Cherry Street, 1325 E. 15th St. — 50-cent wings, all day Mondays. The Tavern, 201 N. Main St. — $16 fried chicken or fried catfish, 5 p.m. to close Sundays. Upper Crust Wood Fired Pizza, 9110

fries, 4 p.m. to close Mondays; $15 half rack ribs, $24 full rack, 5 p.m. to close Tuesdays; $25 12-ounce prime rib or $32 16-ounce, 5 p.m. to close Wednesdays; $18 12-ounce N.Y. strip steak, 4 p.m. to close Sundays. Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse, 2000 W. Reno St., Broken Arrow — $11.99 all-you-can-eat catfish, all day Mondays; $13.99 all-you-can-eat

S. Yale Ave. — $25 pizza and bottle of house wine, 4 p.m. to close Mondays, Tuesdays; $20 pizza and pitcher of beer, all day Sundays. Yokozuna, 309 E. Second St., 9146 S. Yale Ave. — $1 Sriracha chicken or pork steamed buns, 5-10 p.m. Mondays. Scott Cherry 918-581-8463 scott.cherry@tulsaworld.com

Exhibit shows Philbrook’s impact on Indian art exhibit

••The Annual helped bring a number of artists to national attention.

‘Impact: The Philbrook Indian Annual, 1946 to 1979’

When: Sunday through Jan. 11. 2015 Where: Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Road

By JAMES D. WATTS JR.

Admission: $9 adults 918-749-7941, philbrook.org

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When Christina Burke began work on what would be the exhibit “Impact,” she was certain she would have to call in a lot of favors. “I thought we would have to request a lot of pieces from other museums to do this show justice,” said Burke, curator of Native American and Non-Western Art at the Philbrook Museum of Art. “But when I started going through all the boxes, all the archival material, I realized that we had in our collection just about everything I needed to illustrate all the points I wanted to make with this exhibit.” “Impact: The Philbrook Indian Annual, 1946 to 1979” is a retrospective on the history and influence of the Philbrook Indian Annual, which over the course of its 33-year history helped to shape and define contemporary American Indian art. In addition to showcasing some of the more than 300 works that Philbrook purchased as a result of the Annual, as it was commonly called, the show will feature archival photographs of artists whose work was part of the exhibitions, as well as candid images of some of the pageantry associated with the

Events

“Impact: The Philbrook Indian Annual 1946 to 1979” celebrates the history of this landmark show, which helped shape and define contemporary American Indian art. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Annual’s opening nights. During its history, more than 4,000 works of art were entered in the Philbrook Annual. They were created by more than 900 artists representing some 200 American Indian communities from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Arizona.

The Annual helped bring a number of artists to national attention, as museums and private collectors from around the country would come to Tulsa to purchase works. “The Annual provided a new forum for Native American art and artists,” Burke said. “It was a venue

in which they could experiment and explore new ideas. And that led to the whole idea of what is Native American art. “There was a time when, in the eyes of the art world, Native American art was very rigidly defined — if it wasn’t a dance scene or didn’t

Christina Burke, curator of “Impact: The Philbrook Indian Annual, 1946 to 1979,” will give a lecture on the exhibit 2 p.m. Sunday. The lecture, titled “Putting Tulsa on the Map: How the Philbrook Indian Annual Changed 20th Century Native American Art,” is free with museum admission. Other events include: ••A Gallery Talk on the exhibit at noon Nov. 12 ••Philbrook Third Thursday with filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, “Visual Storytelling,” 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20 A fully illustrated catalog for the exhibit is available at the Museum Shop. Cost is $24.95.

have an eagle feather in it, it wasn’t ‘authentic,’ ” she said. “The Annual helped to show that Native American art didn’t have to be one thing.” American Indian art was already beginning to be reassessed by the See annual D10

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PEOPLE & PLACES

By James D. Watts Jr.

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AROUND TULSA

Scott Sutton (left), head coach of the men’s basketball program at Oral Roberts University; Deon Smith, Oklahoma Blood Institute-Tulsa executive director; Laura Neal, KTUL channel 8 personality; and Dr. John Armitage, president and CEO of OBI, were among the speakers at this year’s Blood Thanks and Giving celebration dinner. Courtesy

Oklahoma Blood Institute More than 400 people gathered at the Marriott Tulsa Southern Hills to celebrate those who give life, one pint at a time. The Oklahoma Blood Institute Tulsa hosted the fifth annual “Blood Thanks and Giving” celebration dinner on Sept. 18 to celebrate the lives saved thanks to blood donations and to express gratitude for those who gave blood to save those lives. Laura Neal of KTUL, channel 8 served as the evening’s mistress of ceremonies, and Oral Roberts University head basketball coach Scott Sutton spoke of the power and impact of teamwork. John Armitage, president and CEO of the OBI-Tulsa, said: “Blood given to the Oklahoma Blood Institute meets the needs of those in Oklahoma communities. Our donors know they are saving the lives of their friends, family and co-workers.” Deon Smith, OBI-Tulsa executive director, presented Tulsa resident Mellie Bezanson the 2014 Volunteer of the Year award. “Our volunteers literally save lives,” Smith said. “Oklahoma Blood

Institute’s volunteer services program builds relationships with people who share our compassion for life and want to be involved hands-on in lifesaving work.” That point was illustrated by the presence of Joshua Garoutte and Trace McWhirt, two recipients who had the chance to thank in person for the first time the more than a dozen fellow Oklahomans whose donations of blood helped saved their lives. Oklahoma Blood Institute is the ninth-largest nonprofit regional blood center in the United States, managing the life-saving donations of more than 200,000 individuals each year. Volunteer blood donors give nearly 250,000 units of blood annually to provide a safe and adequate blood supply for the state. OBI provides transfusion blood products and clinical services to more than 144 medical facilities in Oklahoma with the help of 700 employees working with as many as 1,200 volunteers and 2,600 drive coordinators. For information about donating blood and volunteer opportunities, call 918-477-0400 or go to obi.org.

Nikki Frasier, event chair; Kirt Hartzler, Union superintendent; and Bonnie Polak, executive director of the Union Schools Education Foundation, are ready to try their luck at the Union Schools Education Foundation Casino Night. Courtesy

OCCJ honoree Dr. Steadham Upham (second from right), University of Tulsa president; and OCCJ President and CEO Jayme Cox chat with well-wishers during an OCCJ event at the Cox Business Center. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World OCCJ honoree Dr. Steadham Upham (second from right), University of Tulsa president, stands with Jayme Cox (from right), OCCJ president and CEO; Emily Dukes, OCCJ development director; and Russ Florence, OCCJ board of directors chairman, at the Cox Business Center.

The Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice honored University of Tulsa President Steadman Upham at its 56th annual Awards Dinner on Oct. 14. Upham, who has led the university since 2004, was recognized for his work that exemplifies the OCCJ’s mission to eliminate bias, bigotry and racism, for his leadership at the University of Tulsa and his commitment to enriching the lives of Oklahomans through scholarship and service.

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Union Schools Education Foundation The Union Schools Education Foundation is hoping Tulsans are willing to take a gamble on giving children the best possible education. The foundation’s annual fundraising gala has as its theme “Union – A Sure Bet” and will offer those attending a casino-like experience. Guests will enjoy award-winning food by chef Chad Horvath, a variety of casino games and prizes, as well as silent and live auctions. “We will also be hosting an online auction leading up to and after the Casino

Night event,” said Nikki Frasier, Casino Night chair. “We realized with everyone’s busy lives, the online auction allows more people to support Union schools and win some great stuff.” The online auction begins 8 a.m. Oct. 27 and ends 8 p.m. Nov. 5. To view the online auction, go to unionschoolsfounda-

tion.com.

The auction features vacations, jewelry, service items and many Union Public Schools special offers. All the proceeds will support the STEM

(science, technology, engineering and math) and college- and career-ready programs at Union Public Schools. “Union is the only public school in Oklahoma offering STEM classes for students from kindergarten through 12th grade, and the foundation is proud to be part of this initiative,” said Mark Thompson, USEF president. Event details: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Renaissance Hotel, 6808 S. 107th East Ave. Tickets: $60. To order: 918-357-6014,

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Napa Flats, Great Harvest serve up winners NAPA FLATS WOOD-FIRED KITCHEN

Second helpings

9912 Riverside Parkway 918-948-6505 Food: •••• Atmosphere: ••• Service: ••• (on a scale of 0 to 4 stars) 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. MondayThursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday; accepts all major credit cards; gluten-free available.

It was a tough call, but I think my favorite

Restaurant Critic Scott Cherry

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dish was a pork tenderloin Milanese ($15) that featured a breaded pork loin, pan-fried in olive oil and topped with a salad of arugula, tomatoes, red onion and housemade mozzarella. The salad was OK, though the breaded pork loin was

delicious on its own. Other standouts included a mild Costa Rican white fish ($16) served over sauteed zucchini, eggplant and red peppers, then topped with mushroom cream sauce, and citrus chicken ($16), a chicken breast grilled with a lemonwhite wine-herb butter reduction and served with sauteed spinach and mashed potatoes. The Bianca pizza ($14) was a nice one. It was made with extra-virgin

GREAT HARVEST BREAD CO. 5203 S. Sheridan Road 918-878-7878 Food: ••• Atmosphere: ••• Service: order at counter 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; accepts all major credit cards.

On a recent visit, we ordered a roast beef sandwich, Louisville chicken salad sandwich, California Cobb sandwich, a cup of chicken noodle soup, a chocolate chip-pumpkin muffin and pumpkin bar. Whole sandwiches are $6.50 and are prepared with thin-sliced red onion, roThe California Cobb sandwich is made with avocado slices, maine lettuce, sliced tomato, smoked turkey breast and bacon with a blue cheese dressing. white wine Dijon mustard, CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World mayonnaise, salt and pepper, unless requested otherwise. Our bread choices were We ordered our sandwich- on the roast beef, on white white, wheat or 7-grain bread. es loaded, minus the onion bread, and each delivered a

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olive oil, garlic, ovenroasted cherry tomatoes, eggplant and mozzarella. The tomatoes exploded with a sweet flavor and paired well with the eggplant. The crust was slightly scorched — not burned — on the bottom from the wood-fired oven. Other entrees included a four-cheese ravioli ($12) in a velvety tomato cream sauce, and six single-bone lamb chops ($17) served with garlic mashed potatoes and asparagus. distinct and pleasing flavor. The roast beef was straight forward with sliced beef and provolone cheese. The chicken salad got a nice boost from a seasoned mayo dressing and sweetand-spicy pecans, and the California Cobb was made with avocado slices, smoked turkey breast and bacon with a blue cheese dressing. Each sandwich came with a slice of dill pickle. It was a lucky coincidence that the soup of the day was chicken noodle ($4) because it was the unexpected star of the meal. The soup had a rich broth that was gently salted. The noodles were thick but not doughy and were mixed with chunks of chicken, carrots and celery. It was particularly satisfying on a cool evening.

— Scott Cherry, World Scene Writer

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Lauren Neese plays Cinderella (shown before her transformation for the ball and after) in the Tulsa Opera production of “Cinderella.” Photos by MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World

Pastel colors adorn the sets for the Tulsa Opera production of “Cinderella,” which is set for performances on Friday and Oct. 26.

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the love of the local prince. “It doesn’t happen often where you do something three times in a row,” McNeese said. Originally, McNeese was booked to perform this work with the Arizona Opera and Tulsa Opera. “When I was in Arizona, the tenor who sang the prince mentioned his next job was doing ‘Cinderella’ with the Intermountain Opera in Montana,” McNeese said. “I said I loved that company and told him he’d have a great time. “Not long after that, I got a call from them, saying their original Cinderella got sick and had to back out, and could I take over,” she said. “So that’s how you end up doing three Cinderellas in a year.” For McNeese, whose repertoire ranges from Mozart to Wagner, taking on this role has been something of a new experience. “I covered this role for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and sang a dress rehearsal performance,” she said. “That was in 2005, and that was the last time I did it. I don’t get a lot of opportunities to sing Rossini, but I love his music.

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the future of Westerns is that there is little context anyFrom D1 more, according to Vance. With the new one on the big or small urbanization of screen. America, how many Questions: Are Westerns folks have been living on borrowed time befarmers or ranchcause they are generational? ers or played cowOr will there always be a boys and Indians market? when they were “The industry is always kids? juggling the genres around, But that but they always seem to doesn’t mean cycle, or recycle back around, Western-type to established popular stories must staples such as Westerns,” bite the dust. Garner said. “It is absolutely “No matter possible to generate a fresh what the traptake in the Western genre pings of the that will appeal to the next movie, it has generation.” to relate to Chiming in on the subject: people, and people do MICHAEL VANCE, not change,” Vance said. local author “The costumes may change, but we are still the same. The costumes are important. I’m not saying (otherwise), especially if it’s a period piece. But it has to have interesting characters and has to have a plot. Like ‘High Noon.’ That movie could be remade easily because it’s a story about a lawman who has to face his own cowardice, really. That’s easy to translate. You could make him a cop in today’s world. Is he going to go out and face this killer or not?” Vance suggested any genre can succeed and prosper as long as there are good, solid stories and people can relate to those stories. But he said a 2013 “Lone Ranger” movie scared him because it might convince Hollywood that it shouldn’t make Westerns. “It lost a lot of money,” he said. “If you lose money, you won’t do them again.”

JUSTIN GRAY, author Gray teamed with Jimmy Palmiotti to write 70 issues of a Jonah Hex comic book and 34 issues of All-Star Western, which featured additional tales of the bounty hunter with a disfigured face. A critically acclaimed final issue was recently published, and Gray is back in the saddle as solo scripter of a Lone Ranger miniseries. Asked about the survival of Westerns, Gray said everything ultimately evolves into

“This is kind of a scary role because technically it’s very difficult,” McNeese said. “There are a whole lot of notes on the page you have to get out, the range is about two and a half octaves, and you need a certain vocal agility to handle it all. “And when things are working,” she said, laughing, “you can’t help but feel like a little kid — ‘Hey! I can really DO this!’ ” Another challenge is that the character of Angelina is “not as easy to play as you would think,” McNeese said. “She’s definitely not a victim, but she can’t be too feisty, either,” she said. “There needs to be a little spark to her, but it has to be under the surface. She’s the straight woman to the comedy going on around her. “And I like what Marc has done, to bring out every human element in this story,” McNeese said. “The relationship between my character and Don Magnifico, who’s the stepfather, is handled in a neat way, so that you get the sense that his treatment of Cinderella isn’t simply out of meanness. There’s something deeper, maybe even sadder, underneath it all.” McNeese grew up in Tulsa and then began her studies at the University of North Texas. She was

Does the Western genre have a future in entertainment mediums? Readers bid farewell to bounty hunter Jonah Hex in a critically acclaimed 34th and final issue of All-Star Western this year. Co-writers Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti wrote the character for nearly nine years before the series was canceled. Courtesy

something else, especially when you are talking about culture. He said there are certain cultures and facets of human history that resonate “but only when the trappings of the culture present a valid and shared human story.” Gray name-dropped samurais, ninjas,Prohibition gangsters, barbarians, Roman gladiators, Spartans, pirates, Wong Fei-hung and the Wuxia genre. He said the list goes on and on, and people remain fascinated by them, Westerns included. “The 1950s’ and 1970s’ reinvention of Westerns is not likely to repeat itself,” he said. “We’re not going to see 20 Westerns released in a year. Pop culture feeds on trends and bleeds them dry in a relatively short period of time, but things come back into circulation to thrill or excite a new generation. “The great thing about the American Western, like all of those others, is it translates beyond horses and cowboys. The Western has morphed over the years into things like ‘Die Hard,’ ‘Django Unchained,’ ‘Winter’s Bone’ and ‘Gran Torino,’ which are four very different interpretations of the American Western.” Gray said Western tales like the one he is writing about the Lone Ranger and the European/exploitationinfluenced work he and Palmiotti did on Jonah Hex have their place in the pop

culture spectrum. “Westerns have gotten faster, more violent and, in rare cases, more cerebral,” he said. “The American Western of gunfighters, cowboys, outlaws and frontier justice has captured the imagination of countless cultures, but like everything else it is subject to time and change. New generations will discover and reinvent it just as they have with everything else.”

FRED UTTER, fan of Westerns A retired Holland Hall administrator, Utter loves Westerns this much: “I’ve got to watch ‘Rio Grande’ once a month.” Utter knows what time classic TV programs — “Maverick,” “Have Gun Will Travel,” “Gunsmoke” and “Cheyenne” — air on the Encore Westerns channel. He can’t watch them all every day, but if he has idle time, he’s going to see if James Arness is still quick on the draw. (Johnny Cash once said he stood in front of his TV and tried to outdraw Arness.) Utter can’t imagine Westerns vanishing from the landscape, but who knows what kind of appeal cowboys will have in 20 years? Utter grew up in an era when “Gunsmoke” was must-see TV. He correctly recalled Matt Dillon’s warmup act on Saturday nights was Paladin. Although Western movie releases are few and far between since the golden years, Utter is pleased when flicks like “Silverado” and “Open Range” come along. Utter’s go-to Western movie star is John Wayne. This quote has been attributed to Wayne: “Courage is being scared to death — and saddling up anyway.”

later accepted into the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s young artist program and has performed with such companies as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera and Los Angeles Opera (where she appeared in a production of “Gianni Schicchi” directed by Woody Allen). When she appeared last season in “The Marriage of Figaro,” she had recently given birth to a daughter, Hannah. As much as motherhood has changed her everyday life, McNeese said it has had an effect on her professional life, as well. “The best way to describe it is, after having Hannah, everything just kind of expanded. In all the right ways,” she said. “Primarily, it was a sense of confidence. I had the feeling that, after having a baby, I could do anything. “So I gave myself permission to just sing,” McNeese said. “For a long time, I used to be very careful — you want this longevity to your career, and you take a certain path. Now I feel a little more confident about taking a few more risks with what I do as a singer — and it’s as if Hannah gave me permission to do that, in her own little way.” James D. Watts Jr. 918-581-8478 james.watts@tulsaworld.com

That’s probably how inves- references to a movie like “A Knight’s Tale.” Or you portors in Westerns feel now. tray Western characters as R.A. JONES, local author teenagers in fare like “Young Guns.” Or you mix genres to Pointing to the success get “Cowboys and Aliens.” of the “True Grit” remake Said Jones: “I myself (2010) and “Django Unwrote a graphic novel titled chained” (2012), Jones said ‘Savage.’ It is set in the the movie Western is not period of the Old West but completely dead. But it didn’t also features vampires and fly beneath his notice that werewolves, and it features talented filmmakers were a modern-day framing behind those projects. sequence set right here in Jones has a theory for the Tulsa.” paucity of Westerns: He said Jones said two of the most Americans display a terrible successful TV Westerns (at lack of interest in anything least since the boom days) having to do with life of more were not traditional Westthan 20 years vintage. erns and weren’t geared to a And, probably more male audience. He was talksignificant, American box of- ing about “Little House on fices are dominated by 14-to- the Prairie” and “Dr. Quinn, 24-year-olds (mostly males) Medicine Woman.” who buy far and away the You can find Westerns greatest number of tickets. on TV in the 21st century Those ticket purchases also if you know where to look. buy them a huge voice in the “Deadwood” aired on HBO type of movies Hollywood from 2004-06, and “Hell on will produce. Wheels” is churning along Jones said Westerns, muon AMC. sicals, swashbuckler movies, “I don’t think the Westmedieval films and Arabian ern will die, in part because Nights-type fare were proit is one of the few parts of duced frequently and sucAmericana that is uniquely cessfully when he was a pup. Americana,” Jones said. “No Good luck finding them now. other nation on Earth has “Sometimes, just as a ever experienced or had a spoonful of sugar helps the time period that is identimedicine go down, you can cal to the American West, make a genre more palatable even the other parts of our to an audience that might own hemisphere. There is otherwise turns its nose up no Canadian equivalent of in disgust — or at least (fend the Wild West. There is no off ) disinterest,” he said. Mexican or South American So you toss in Queen music equivalent to the Old West.” and modern pop culture Jones said Westerns have been nearly nonexistent in American comics for at least 30 years. He was doing work for a company called Malibu in the 1980s and phoned an editor to say there was one kind of comic he always wanted to try. The editor’s response: “Oh God, R.A. Please don’t tell me you want to write a Western.” Others in the Malibu office thought it was a worthy experiment, so Jones wrote a one-and-done book, “Pistolero.” Jones said it wasn’t a smash hit, but it made money. Jones hasn’t given up on cowboy adventures. He wrote a traditional Western Oklahoman James Garner novel, “Gun Glory,” which starred in Western fare, and will be published soon. his favorite channel was Encore The genre isn’t riding off Westerns, according to his into the sunset yet. daughter. He’s pictured here as Bret Maverick in the television series “Maverick.” Courtesy

Jimmie Tramel 918-581-8389 jimmie.tramel@tulsaworld.com

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concert

Aeolus and Miro quartets teaming up Sunday Perhaps you caught the Aeolus Quartet performing around town this past week as part of its “Autumn with Aeolus” residency with Chamber Music Tulsa. If not, there’s one last chance to hear this up-and-coming chamber ensemble, which is collaborating with one of the finest string quartets in the world. The Aeolus Quartet and the Miro Quartet will join forces for a unique concert featuring two works composed for an octet of strings. One is the Octet in E-flat Major by Mendelssohn, a piece once described as “one of the miracles of 19th-century music.”

The other is “Museon Polemos,” a 2012 composition by composer and conductor Daniel Welcher, who teaches at the University of Texas. The Miro Quartet took part in the world premiere of the piece, inspired by ballets George Balanchine created and set to Igor Stravinsky’s music. The concert will also feature the Miro Quartet performing the Quartet in F Major, Op. 18. No. 1 by Beethoven. The Miro Quartet served as mentors to the Aeolus Quartet about four years ago, as part of a program at the University of Texas. “We came there straight from the Cleveland Institute of

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Music, and we were all still in a kind of academic mindset,” Aeolus violinist Nicholas Tavani said. “They really helped getting us to start thinking like professionals rather than students.” “It’s been about four years since then, so the chance to get to perform with them is really exciting,” cellist Alan Richardson said. “They’re still our heroes.” The concert will be preceded by a lecture on the music to be performed. Performance: 2:15 p.m. lecture, 3 p.m. concert, Sunday at the Lorton Performance Center, 550 S. Gary Ave. The Aeolus Quartet — Gregory Luce (back to camera), Nick Tavani, Rachel Shapiro and Tickets: $5-$25. 918-596-7111, Alan Richardson — perform for passers-by at the Denver Bus Station last week. JAMES GIBmyticketoffice.com BARD/Tulsa World

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Signature Symphony Classics Two of the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire will be on the program for the next Signature Symphony Classics concert, to be led by the third candidate for the orchestra’s artistic director position. Andres Franco will lead the orchestra in the Symphony No. 4

Andres Franco: The conductor is a candidate for the Tulsa Signature Symphony artistic director position.

by Tchaikovsky. The concert will

also include Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, with internationally acclaimed classical guitarist Jason Vieaux as soloist. Franco was recently named resident conductor of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and serves as artistic director of the orchestra’s Concerts in the Garden summer festival. His guest conducting work has taken him to Spain and Peru in addition to his

working with orchestras throughout the United States. He also conducts the Fort Worth Youth Philharmonic and has worked with Ann Hampton Callaway, Randy Travis, Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright. Performance: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the VanTrease PACE, 10300 E. 81st St. Tickets: $25-$35. 918-595-7777, myticketoffice.com

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Ragtime for Tulsa with Hodges and Dowling Ragtime for Tulsa will present two of the most acclaimed ragtime pianists working today in a dual-piano concert. Hailed by the press as one of the best jazz and ragtime pianists in the world, Frederick Hodges is sought after by orchestras, festivals, conductors and collaborative musicians. Classically trained as a concert pianist, Hodges has appeared on national television and radio and in several Hollywood films. Richard Dowling appears regularly across the United

States in solo recitals and concerts with orchestras, garnering acclaim for his elegant and exciting style of playing. An artist of rising international stature, he has presented solo recitals in Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe, including six performance tours in France. Dowling and Hodges will be performing music by Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake and George Gershwin. Performance: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second St. Tickets: $5-$25. 918-5967111, myticketoffice.com

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“One evening, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight.” So begins “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Crockett Johnson’s 1955 fantasy about an inventive and inquisitive 4-year-old named Harold and the wonders he could create with nothing but a single purple crayon. The Enchantment Theatre Company of Philadelphia has created a new production, “The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon,” that draws from the seven books Johnson wrote about Harold. The “Harold” books have captivated families for nearly 60 years, celebrating the imagination of children and the unique way they see the world. That’s why Enchantment Theatre Company, considered one of America’s most innovative producers of original theater works for children and families, created this production, using all the elements of its signature style — life-size puppets, masks, magic and music. Performance: 7 p.m. Friday, Tulsa PAC, 110 E. Second St. Tickets: $10. 918-596-7111, myticketoffice.com

Philbrook and the Fred Jones Museum of Art in Norman. Christina Perhaps the most enduring Burke: The impact the Philbrook Annual curator put has had on American Indian together the art is through the lives of the “Impact” exartists themselves. hibit for the “Many of the artists were Philbrook. teachers themselves,” Burke said. “Oscar Howe and Dick West taught at the University of Oklahoma. Ruthe Blalock Allen Houser’s “Sacred Rain Ar- Jones taught at Bacone Colrow,” carved out of ebony wood, lege for many years. “I make it a point to go won the Philbrook Annual grand prize in 1968. It also was to all the major (American Indian art shows),” Burke the first iteration of a subject said. “When you look at that the artist would return to what is happening today in again in his career. The piece American Indian art, you is part of the Philbrook Indian realize that this retrospective Annual exhibit. CORY YOUNG/ show of art that is as much Tulsa World as 50 years old looks so very contemporary.” different. They were exposed to all the things happening in Europe, in New York, and were finding ways of using these techniques and styles for their own use.” That experimentation led to one of the Annual’s most famous incidents, when in 1958 a work by Oscar Howe, a frequent winner and judge at the Annual, was rejected for being too contemporary to be considered as “Indian art.” This led to a new category for “non-traditional painting.” For the first 15 years, the Annual focused strictly on paintings. Sculpture was added in 1960. Allan Houser’s “Sacred Rain Arrow,” an

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ebony wood carving, would be the first sculpture to earn the Grand Prize, in 1968. “Today, most people know that piece because of a later bronze version on the Oklahoma license plate,” Burke said. “But this was the original piece of a subject matter Houser would return to many times.” It is also one of the few pieces that was not a part of the Philbrook collection. It was loaned to Philbrook for the exhibit by the Allan Houser Foundation. Other pieces were recent additions to the Philbrook archives, such as “Calling of the Kachina Gods” by Patrick Swazo Hinds, which

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art world when the Philbrook Annual began. Major museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the National Gallery in Washington D.C., began collecting and exhibiting works by American Indian artists for their aesthetic values, rather than as archaeological or anthropological artifacts. “And there were other shows that featured native art, such as the Indian Market in Santa Fe,” Burke said. “What set the Philbrook Annual apart was the fact that it wasn’t an outdoor festivallike event. “It was a juried exhibit, with Native American artists serving as jurors,” she said. “It was exhibited in a museum’s galleries, and it was on display for a month. Everything about the Annual emphasized that the work shown was being presented as fine art.” The Annual also helped audiences understand the great diversity within American Indian art by opening the show to native artists from throughout the country. “Impact” includes pieces such as “Worship Whale” by the Yupik Eskimo artist Florence Nupok Malewotkuk, a drawing done on stretched sealskin, and Lawney Reyes’ “Raven and Sun,” a painting featuring imagery from the totem poles created by Northwestern tribes. The Annual was, Burke said, a place where artists could display work that was more experimental. “The Annual began at a time when the art world, like the world itself, was undergoing great changes,” she said. “Native artists were no

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St. Louis-style pizza wows Springfield visitor ••A New York travel writer ends her trip with great food in southwest Missouri. By BETH J. HARPAZ Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — We were on the eighth day of a 1,500-mile road trip, heading to an uninviting final night in an airport hotel in Springfield, Missouri. My sister and I had toured museums, historic sites and parks in four states, and we’d had great food, including barbecue, Middle Eastern, seafood and sophisticated small plates. But now we were tired. We couldn’t face another artisanal cocktail menu. We needed something simple. We needed pizza. But pizza’s not always simple. Sometimes it’s not even good. And I’m from New York, where pizza by the slice is almost always good. I’m also not a fan of Chicago deep-dish crusts. Well, you learn something new every day: New York’s thin crust and Chicago’s deep-dish are not the only pizza options in this great land. There’s also St. Louis-style pizza, with a crust even thinner than New York’s, rolled out with a

A clock at the Pizza House in Springfield is part of the decor that has a fun, retro feel.

booth. Through the fog of my road-trip brain, I thought: “Please don’t let this be complicated.” It wasn’t. Pick a pie size — the waitress recommended we each get a 9-inch. Pick a topping (me, mushrooms; sister, black olives). Small salads arrived — iceberg letA St. Louis-style pizza, with an extremely thin and crispy crust, is cut into bite-size squares at tuce and chopped tomatoes Pizza House in Springfield, Missouri. Pizza House has been serving pizza since 1958. Photos from — as I looked around: shiny Springfield Missouri Convention & Visitors Bureau/Associated Press metal counter, cool retro clock, vintage cash regisrolling pin — because it’s — and cut into bite-size Commercial Street looked ter. The menu said, “Pizza too thin to stretch by hand squares. In New York, you inviting. Hipsters with House, since 1958.” Turns cut your pizza that way only baby carriages and bicycles out it’s been in this location to feed a 2-year-old. But I gathered outside cafes and for only a few years, but I was game. small shops in converted felt a happy vibe skip across If you go We headed to Pizza brick warehouses and oldthe decades. Pizza House House, recommended by on- fashioned storefronts. Music Our pizzas looked beau312 E. Commercial St., line foodies as Springfield’s blared from a hopping bar. tiful, despite having been Springfield, Missouri best pizza. It’s located on A sign advertised a farmers sliced into a grid instead of 417-881-4073 Commercial Street, one of market near the railroad wedges. As we popped bitespringfieldpizthose broad, old city streets tracks. size squares in our mouths, zahouse.com that often house only vacant We stumbled into Pizza I felt relieved that an entire buildings or chains. But House and slumped in a triangle of cheese could not Andy’s Frozen Custard 2119 N. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Missouri

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Sister balks at buying kid’s fundraiser dough Dear Amy: My sister asked me to purchase a frozen cheesecake, cookies or pretzel dough from my nephew for his school fundraiser. I told her that I would send a donation directly to the program because I was not interested in the items. My sister pushed the frozen cookies, and I told her that I did not want to be bullied into purchasing an item that I did not want. She told me that my nephew did not want a donation; he wanted 10 orders so he could win a watch. My mother called and asked to place an order (in my name) to ease the tension. I said, “No, I will give a donation and purchase the watch for the boy.” I wanted to directly invest in my nephew, so I sent a letter and donation to his school. Any advice? I’m interested in your opinion. — Irritated Dear Irritated: You are not only irritated, you are irritating. You come by it naturally, however, because your whole family seems to be persistently thorny. I understand your larger point, but here’s a parallel version of the drama as it might have gone, scripted by yours truly: Sister: I’d like you to purchase some frozen dough from “Buddy” for his school’s fundraiser. You: Why don’t you have him give me a call? (Buddy calls and gives his pitch) You: Well, I don’t want baked goods, Buddy, but I’ll tell you what: How about I order one dozen pretzels, and when they come in I’ll pass them along to you to share with your Boy Scout troop? Your mother has no role to play in this drama. She should not waste her star power on such petty matters. See how easy things are when everybody plays their part? Dear Amy: An elderly woman from our church recently passed away, leaving five adult daughters. I have known the family for several decades. The mother was intensely abusive to the daughters as they were growing up, and when she divorced several decades

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ago, four of the five (then, young teenage) daughters chose to live with the father because of the mother’s intense abuse. The daughters developed into well-adjusted individuals but continued to have a stormy relationship with the mom over the years. Of the five daughters, only three ever reconciled with the mom, and the other two attempted without success to do so since the mom always wanted the relationship to be on her terms. After the mom passed away, the two daughters who had been on the “outs” with her attempted to “be there” for the other daughters, but the “in” daughters acted inappropriately and never welcomed the “outs” to the funeral service, even though they had all been fairly close over the years. I have counseled the “out” daughters that, although the mom’s passing was the sad occasion for her toxic personality to be dredged up, they should not hold ill will with each other. They do not want their mother’s malice to define who they each became. What would you tell the daughters? — Sad For Them Dear Sad: You’ve done an excellent job of advising the “out” daughters — and I hope you will also pass along this lesson of peace and reconciliation to the “in” daughters. The last thing this family should do is let their mother’s treatment become their own toxic legacy. The message should be: This ends here. This ends now. I hope these siblings enjoy the “do-over” they deserve to have. Contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@tribune.com. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.

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slide off with one bite. The crust was great — crispy and crunchy. After a few bites, I was a fan. Feeling revived, we wanted dessert. The Pizza House staff sent us to a frozen custard place, but en route we found ourselves in an odd traffic jam, surrounded by big cars revving their engines. Crowds lined the road with lawn chairs and kids gawked. I asked passers-by what was happening. It was a street rod car rally. Was there a frozen custard place nearby? Yes, several people shouted, pointing: “Andy’s!” We found a large stand all lit up, with servers in caps and uniforms manning lines. Andy’s is a small regional chain, still owned by the family that started it in Springfield in 1986. As recommended by someone at Pizza House, I got pumpkin pie in vanilla custard and learned that mixing a topping into a frozen dessert is known regionally as concrete (similar to a Dairy Queen blizzard). Andy’s blends an entire slice of pie into the seasonal concrete, and it was divine. We headed to our airport hotel for the night. Between the pizza, custard and cars, our evening in Springfield felt as much like time travel as it did a memorable final stop on our road trip.

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Diane Knights, manager of Williams Cos. Inc.’s health and group benefits, displays some of her running memorabilia at her office. Knights enrolled in an exercise boot camp and started running and eating better at a time when more companies are offering wellness programs to their employees. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

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More companies offering wellness programs By LAURIE WINSLOW

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Read more of the 2014 Employer iane Knights’ motivation- Health Benefits survey conducted al moment occurred in by the Kaiser Family Foundation 2011 when Danny Cahill, and Health Research & Educational a former winner of “The Biggest Trust.

Loser,” was invited to speak to employees at Williams Cos. Inc., where she works. His health message resonated with her. She enrolled in an exercise boot camp and started running and eating better. She lost weight, is no longer prediabetic and enjoys a more balanced lifestyle with less stress. Her outcome is exactly what many companies would like to see. More companies are recognizing the benefits of healthy em-

bit.ly/kaiserhealthsurvey ployees and are providing wellness programs that can include gym memberships, weight-loss programs, healthful food choices, annual health screenings, flu shots or vaccinations, on-site clinics, paid incentives or lower health premiums. A 2014 Employer Health Benefits survey, conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and

Health Research & Educational Trust, finds that large firms of 200 or more workers and most smaller employers offer at least one wellness program. Larger firms are more likely than smaller firms to offer these programs — 98 percent versus 73 percent, the study states. Tulsa-based Bama Cos. Inc. instituted a comprehensive wellness program that has reaped significant benefits. The company is having a “fantastic year,” according to Lindsey Sage, Bama’s manager of health and wellness. Health claims have dropped $1 million from the previous year with no catastrophic claims filed due to managed or See health E4

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Percentage of employers providing health-risk assessment as part of their health benefits.

Percentage of large firms (200 or more workers) offering financial incentive to participate in their wellness program.

Percentage of small firms providing financial incentive. Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust. Survey based on 2,052 employers with three or more workers.

Global economy may put hold on rates A man rides his bicycle down an empty downtown avenue during a strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Just as the U.S. job market has finally strengthened, the Federal Reserve now has to confront a new worry: A sputtering global economy that’s spooked investors across the world. Victor R. Caivano/ Associated Press file

••The Fed may extend interest rates until investors settle down. By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Just as the U.S. job market has finally strengthened, the Federal Reserve now confronts a new worry: A sputtering global economy that’s spooked investors around the world. The economic slump could spill

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into the United States, potentially weakening job growth and keeping inflation well below the Fed’s target rate. Such fear has led some analysts to suggest that the Fed might wait until deep into next year to start raising interest rates — and then raise them more gradually than expected. “I’m beginning to think that the Fed might delay (a rate increase),” said Bob Baur, chief economist at Principal Global Advisors, an asset management firm. “If we don’t see a better situation in Europe See money E2

national economist I interviewed a few weeks ago predicted the U.S. stock market was headed for a correction. When the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 460 points midway through the trading day on Wednesday, battered by waves of worry over terrorism, Ebola and the global economy, I thought maybe the forecast was coming true. But investors did what they have so many times in the current bull market and dove back in, taking advantage of lower prices. That pushed the Dow back up, and it ended with a loss of only 173. There would be no correction, which is a drop of 10 percent or more. “The market has been very resilient, considering all the fearsome things that have been going on,” Tulsa money manager Jake Dollarhide told me Friday afternoon in a telephone interview. The economist I spoke with earlier, Jeffrey Dietrich of the Institute for Trend Research, pointed out that the market usually corrects every 18 months on average. This time, though, it’s about three years since we’ve had a severe reversal. It’s no coincidence that the current bull-market period has mirrored the time the Federal Reserve has been supporting a near-zero interest rate policy, said Dollarhide, CEO of Longbow Asset Management. “Investors all over the world have very few alternatives to U.S. stocks right now,” the local analyst said. “Interest rates are still very low, gold and silver are down and the price of oil is way down.” Still, if one of the bigger fears grabs an abundance of headlines on a particular day, investors can become skittish enough to pull out some of their funds for a while, even if it’s just a matter of hours. Last week, it was news about the spread of Ebola. “There is going to be a lot more volatility going forward,” Dollarhide said. While the ride may be bumpy, it appears that a correction — to say nothing of a turn toward bearish sentiments — may not be a certainty very soon. Indeed, national analyst Dan Geller, who compiles the “Money Anxiety Index” for his own website, reported last week that his stress yardstick was at 69.2. Remarkably, that’s below the 50year average of 70.7. “This is the first time in the past six years that the index dipped below the 70.7 level, signaling consumers are responding to the gradual improvement in the economy,” he said in a note to clients. So, Dollarhide said, sit tight. “Don’t sell on big drops and keep looking for opportunities.”

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and better things out of Japan and stability in China, they might hang on just a little bit longer.” Yet so far, the prospect of continued lower rates — which make loans cheaper and can fuel stock gains — is being outweighed by investors’ mounting fears of weakness from Asia to Europe to Latin America. The Dow Jones dropped 223 points on Monday, and Americans with stocks in their retirement accounts have taken a beating — at least for now. On Tuesday, solid earnings from several large U.S. banks gave stocks an initial boost before share prices faded by the close. The Dow lost about 6 points. Since the Great Recession ended five years ago, Fed officials have often stressed that their policies were devised to nurture the U.S. economy and job market alone. But Fed officials are now assuring international financial leaders that they will closely monitor the effects of the Fed’s policies on overseas economies. And the Fed’s vice chair has publicly acknowledged that the turmoil abroad could lead the Fed to act more cautiously. “If foreign growth is weaker than anticipated, the consequences for the U.S. economy could lead the Fed to (raise rates) more slowly than otherwise,” Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said in a speech last weekend. Fischer’s remarks followed a rash of data last week that pointed to slower growth worldwide. Germany reported sharp declines in factory output and exports, which raised fears that Europe’s biggest and strongest economic power could fall into recession. China’s efforts to rein in government and private debt have slowed its expansion. And consumers in Japan are still spending listlessly after a big sales tax increase took effect in April. “The world economy’s engines have been sputtering,” said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Financial Group. Against the backdrop of a limping global economy, the United States looks like a comparative standout, even though the U.S. economy hasn’t yet regained full health. That widening gap has boosted the value of the dollar. Compared with a basket of other currencies, the dollar has risen 7.5 percent in the past three months, TD Economics estimates. A stronger dollar makes American goods more expensive in foreign markets and can reduce U.S. exports. It also makes imports cheaper for Americans and puts downward pressure on U.S. inflation. Michael Hanson, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, estimates that a 10 percent increase in the dollar’s value over a year would reduce the U.S. inflation rate by 0.25 percentage point. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is already a half-point below its 2 percent target, and an additional drop could give the Fed another reason to delay a rate increase. A further decline in inflation “would likely stop Fed discussion of a mid-2015 liftoff (in interest rates) in its tracks,” Hanson said in a note to clients. Hanson and some economists still predict that the Fed will start raising its benchmark short-term rate in mid-2015 as the U.S. economy picks up. But most say the Fed seems more likely to push its timetable further into the future than to move it forward. The timing of the Fed’s first move will affect businesses, investors and households. An increase in the Fed’s benchmark rate would likely raise borrowing costs for student loans, mortgages, auto and business loans and credit cards. Yet even if the Fed starts raising rates by the middle of next year, the global slowdown could mean it will further raise them only very slowly. Hanson thinks the Fed’s benchmark rate, which has been at nearly zero for six years, will be between just 0.75 and 1 percent at the end of next year. Even so, the prospect of lower interest rates for lon-

Containers are piled up at the Duisburg harbour, Germany. Just as the U.S. job market has finally strengthened, the Federal Reserve now has to confront a new worry: A sputtering global economy that’s spooked investors across the world. Germany last week reported sharp declines in factory output and exports, which raised fears that Europe’s biggest and strongest economic power could fall into recession. Frank Augstein/Associated Press file

ger has yet to restore most of the financial markets’ recent losses. That may be because the prospect of a delayed rate increase is seen as a sign of economic weakness and is concerning investors, says Dana Saporta, an economist at Credit Suisse. And the damage to corporate profits from a global slowdown could outweigh any benefits from lower interest rates. Hanson notes that exports make up just 13 percent

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of the U.S. gross domestic product. That suggests that the effect on U.S. growth might be limited to just onetenth of 1 percentage point a year. But roughly half the profits earned by companies in the Standard & Poor’s index of 500 largest U.S. companies come from overseas. “The dominant effect of this is going to be a less favorable outlook for profits for U.S. multinationals,” Hanson said.

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he State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI), the national nonprofit organization that focuses on improving state and regional economies through science, technology, and innovation recently chose Oklahoma as the site for the 2015 annual SSTI Conference. The meeting will bring more than 250 individuals from 40 states to Oklahoma to gain information and share best practices about technology-based economic development. SSTI is a great source of information about what states are doing to create jobs and wealth through innovation. At the close of the recent cycle of legislative sessions around the country, SSTI published a special report examining innovation legislation from states — covering steps that policymakers and state executives are taking to build stronger, more innovative economies. States across the country are increasing access to investment capital, as well as investing in long-term research capacity, technology commercialization, and work force and STEM initiatives. Florida ($80 million budgeted) and Oregon ($200 million in bond funding) passed bills that dedicate funds to elevate each state’s status in cancer care and

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tivity, more than 41,300 jobs and $2.4 billion in employee wages and benefits, repreScott senting about a $10 return Meacham on every dollar of the state’s investment. In our own state, we have seen our cities invest with substantial positive results— the nationally recognized Metropolitan Areas Proresearch. New York budgrams (MAPs in Oklahoma geted $55 million for the City) and the redevelopNew York Genomic Mediment of downtown Tulsa. cine Network, which seeks But instead of new to attract and grow compastatewide investment and nies focused on genetics, and Washington’s governor initiatives to support entrepreneurial companies like vetoed a $20 million cut in we’re seeing in other states, funding to the state’s Life Oklahoma has cut funding Sciences Discovery Fund sustaining proof-of-concept to its economic development and commercializaand entrepreneurial grant tion efforts. programs. We have so many advanWhen it comes to STEM, tages for entrepreneurs — Louisiana ($40 million), Wisconsin ($35 million), and low cost of living, excellent Utah ($20 million) budgeted talent from our colleges and large sums toward workforce universities and amazing training with a STEM focus. research. Instead of reducing our Other states set up aggressive scholarship and student support for these resources which have been proven loan forgiveness programs repeatedly to create jobs for students and teachers in and wealth in other states, STEM. we could be stepping up our And in Ohio, Ohio Third game. It’s time to invest in Frontier, a $1.6 billion bellOklahoma. wether bond-based initiative that provides funding Scott Meacham is president and to Ohio technology-based CEO of i2E Inc., a nonprofit corporacompanies, universities, tion that mentors many of the state’s and other non-profit retechnology-based startup compasearch institutions to create nies. i2E receives state appropriatechnology-based business tions from the Oklahoma Center for and jobs, reported that the the Advancement of Science and state’s expenditure of $681 Technology. Contact Meacham at million so far has generated i2E_Comments@i2E.org. $6.6 billion of economic ac-

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••They want to survive and thrive during bad weather. By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG Associated Press

NEW YORK — What do you do in the midst of mountains of snow? If you’re like some small-business owners, you try to profit from it. After last year’s rough winter and with forecasts of another snowy season, small-business owners want to ensure they can operate through whatever’s ahead and, in some cases, capitalize from it. Jeff Oddo isn’t waiting for a forecast of snow to order salt. The president of City Wide Maintenance, with 40 offices around the country managing industrial and commercial properties, has contracts to prevent the same bind as last winter. Supplies were depleted long before the season ended, and he had to use a form of table salt. Because the salt was finer than the kind typically used to melt ice on sidewalks and roads, it took longer to apply. “We ended up losing a ton of money last year,” says Oddo, whose company is based in Lenexa, Kansas.

Kyle Henning shows one of his three Minneapolis-area Anytime Fitness franchise gyms, in Farmington, Minn. Henning is continuing the expansion of his gyms. Jim Mone/Associated Press

The record cold and snow was harder than many people expected. Some businesses scrambled to keep running. Others, like gyms and auto body shops, had an unexpected surge in customers. Heavy snow and ice last winter made it hard for Jim Aaberg’s caregivers to reach elderly and sick clients. Aaberg, owner of a Synergy HomeCare franchise serving Bloomington and Normal, Illinois, wants to avoid uncertainty. He’s setting up a command center in his office, and staffers are rehearsing procedures they’ll follow in case there’s heavy snow.

Aaberg also bought a second all-wheel-drive car, giving caregivers two to drive. The plan calls for Aaberg’s client care manager to stay overnight at work when necessary. She’s creating a list of caregivers willing to spend the night at clients’ houses so they can provide early-morning care. Kyle Henning is continuing the expansion of his three Minneapolis-area Anytime Fitness franchises he began last winter in response to a 20 percent surge in business. The snowier-than-usual winter had people with cabin fever jamming the gyms.

“The winter last year was the best thing for my business that I could have hoped for,” says Henning. The influx of customers led him to expand by breaking down walls for a fitness classroom in the Farmington gym and by bringing in more equipment like treadmills. He’s building another fitness room in Burnsville and installing new equipment in all locations. “When it’s dark and cold and there’s nothing to do, it works for us,” he says. Greg Zurla’s Auto Body shop is expanding its garage and parking lot in case of another bad winter. A surge in accidents last year more than doubled business, says Jerry Zurla, son of owner Greg Zurla and an employee of the Congers, New York, shop. The shop is moving its painting operation outside the garage. The garage can fit 13 to 15 cars, and after the move it will hold over 20. The parking lot, which usually has 15 to 20 cars, was jam-packed last winter with up to 40 at a time, making it hard to move cars and get work done. They’re thinking they can’t keep another mountain of snow on the lot like last year’s that took up about five spaces.

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»» news, trends + events in tulsa business New health and wellness clinic opens in south Tulsa Renaissance Health & Wellness recently opened its new location at 8014 S. 101st East Ave., Suite 200. A grand opening is set for Friday. The new establishment offers quality, client-focused, specialty protocol treatments, neuropathy care, aesthetic services and family medicine for all ages. The Tulsa clinic is Renaissance’s first outside of Arkansas and its first clinic in Oklahoma to offer the MiRx Headache Treatment Protocol. Renaissance also has locations in Fort Smith, Rogers and Little Rock, Arkansas. For more information, visit renihealth.com.

PRSA honors longtime public relations professional The Public Relations Society of America recently honored Tulsa professional Steve Turnbo, APR, Fellow PRSA, with the national Paul M. Lund award recognizing his long commitment to public service. The award recognizes someone who is “not only an accomplished leader in public relations, but also a leader in the community … demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to public service … whose participation as a volunteer in important public activities has increased the common good and reflected credit to the Society.” Turnbo’s commitment to improve education, end poverty, build sustainability and increase Turnbo economic development is evident in the organizations he has served and the recognitions he has received. Since 1996, Turnbo and the firm he helped create, Schnake Turnbo Frank, have worked on six school bond elections for Tulsa Public Schools with a combined financial impact of $898.4 million to the district. If TPS is successful in passing a proposed school bond issue in 2015, this number will exceed $1 billion. Turnbo has served in leadership positions in various non-profits and on some of the city’s most influential boards: Oklahoma Judicial Nominating Commission, the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tulsa Press Club,

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Employers want you to be healthy My employer just announced a new wellness program and says it will charge me more for my health insurance if I don’t participate. Why? Employers and insurers are promoting wellness benefits in hopes of improving employees’ health and eventually reducing medical expenses. Thus, they’re offering bigger incentives to participate — and in some cases penalizing employees who don’t. The Kaiser Family Foundation’s study of 2014 health benefits found that almost all large employers (those with 200 or more employees) and nearly three-fourths of smaller employers that offer health benefits also offer wellness programs. Some of the programs give you access to free services, such as weight-loss programs, on-site exercise facilities (or gym membership discounts), smokingcessation programs, nutrition classes and flu shots. More than one-third of the large employers (and 18 percent of small employers) provide an incentive for employees to participate, by reducing health insurance premiums or deductibles, making contributions to participants’ health savings accounts or offering gift cards, cash or merchandise.

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The rewards can be big: Nearly one-third of the employers that provide a financial incentive for completing (not just participating in) a wellness program offer a maximum of $500 or more. Likewise, more than half the large firms offer employees a financial incentive to take a health risk assessment, and more than one-third offer a maximum reward of more than $500. Nearly half the employers offering biometric screening to measure cholesterol, blood pressure, stress or nutrition give employees $500 or more for participating, and 8 percent bestow financial rewards or impose penalties based on outcomes (such as meeting a target body mass index or managing cholesterol levels). You may see even more emphasis on wellness benefits in 2015. See “What to Expect from Your Health Insurance in 2015” (bit.ly/ kiphealthinsurance) for more information. Kimberly Lankford is a contributing editor to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Send your questions and comments to moneypower@kiplinger.com. For more on this and similar money topics, visit kiplinger.com.

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Return on Inclusion Summit set for Oct. 30 The 2014 Return on Inclusion (ROI) Summit will take place Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the DoubleTree Downtown Tulsa, 616 W. Seventh St. Touted as Oklahoma’s largest professional diversity and inclusion conference, the half-day summit will help executives, human resource professionals and community leaders explore how to develop robust workplace diversity strategies that align with their business objectives. Full program descriptions are available at roiok.org. New this year is a lunch-only option, making the event more accessible to individuals with limited time or funds. The Summit also features the popular executive breakfast presented by the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s diversity business council Mosaic. “Secrets Revealed: How Top Business Leaders are using Diversity and Inclusion to Accelerate Results” is an exclusive opportunity for CEOs and other high-level executives to have an intimate conversation about the challenges and benefits of inclusion. Tickets are $50 for the summit or $15 for the keynote luncheon only. There is a group registration discount of 20 percent for five or more attendees. Lenora Billings-Harris, a world-renowned diversity and inclusion leader, will lead the summit. Visit roiok.org to register.

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T Tulsa Sports Commission, Citizens Crime Commission, TU Alumni Association and TU Hurricane Club. He has also served with the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation, John Hope Franklin Memorial Commission, The University of Tulsa, Life Senior Services, Public Relations Society of America-Tulsa Chapter and Domestic Violence Intervention Services. As a peacemaker and key influencer, Turnbo served as vice president for Public Relations of the Tulsa Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (predecessor of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice), as president of the Tulsa Region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, and as a member of the National Board of Advisors of the National Conference for Community and Justice.

CPA giant BKD to add Chicago accounting firm The national CPA and advisory firm BKD LLP and Chicago-based accounting firm Wolf & Company are joining forces as Wolf will officially become part of BKD on Nov. 1. Wolf provides a range of services, including wealth management and personal financial planning, to more than 2,000 clients from locations in Oakbrook Terrace and downtown Chicago. The addition brings about 140 personnel into the BKD team, including 18 partners. Wolf Managing Partner Russell Romanelli will join BKD as managing partner of BKD Chicago, which will primarily serve clients from its Oakbrook Terrace office. By adding Wolf, BKD now has 34 offices — including offices in Tulsa, Enid and Oklahoma City — in 15 states and $475 million in revenue. The firm’s approximately 2,250 personnel, including more than 260 partners, serve clients in all 50 states and internationally. BKD provides a wide range of assurance, tax and accounting outsourcing services. The firm also provides specialized consulting to numerous industries, including health care, financial institutions, insurance, manufacturing, distribution, construction, real estate and energy, along with not-for-profit organizations, governmental entities, colleges and universities. BKD already serves more than 200 clients in the Chicago area and has one Illinois office in Decatur. — Compiled by Laurie Winslow, World Business Writer

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o get a handle on how you’ll spend your time and money in retirement, start making a detailed analysis of what your expenses are about five years before you turn in your office keys. Among the obvious expenses: housing, utilities, food, gas, clothing and entertainment. The not-soobvious? Even if you retire your mortgage, you still have to pay property taxes and homeowners insurance. Other off-the-radar expenses include annual payments for insurance premiums and future big outlays for, say, a new car or a major trip. And inflation is a factor you can’t ignore. Add up all your sources of future income. Social Security, based on your top 35 years of earnings, will be a significant piece. Include in your calculation any defined-benefit pensions you’ve accumulated, as well as other sources of income. Then

Retirement match total household expenses with total income. The shortfall is how much you’ll need to fill in from retirement accounts and other savings. The beauty of this exercise is that it gives you a chance to adjust the plan, or your expectations, before you quit your day job. Say the difference between your projected spending and income is $25,000 a year. Multiply the amount by 25 (based on a 25-year retirement) and you get $625,000. If you’re not on course to have the money by the time you retire, you’ll need to save more or spend less in retirement. Or you can decide to work longer. Jane Bennett Clark is a senior editor at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Send your questions and comments to moneypower@ kiplinger.com. For more on this and similar money topics, visit kiplinger.com.

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Society of Petroleum Engineers Mid-Continent Section will hold its luncheon at the Tulsa Country Club, 701 North Union Ave., 11:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. Speaker: Mike Perri, Blue Spark Energy, Topic: “An Alternate Method of Reducing Skin in Oil and Gas Wells” Cost $25. Register: To register and pay by credit card, or for reservations to pay at

the meeting by cash or check, go to spemc102314.eventbrite. com. Information for this listing should be submitted to: Business Calendar, Tulsa World, P.O. Box 1770, Tulsa, Okla. 74102, or fax: 581-8353, or e-mail: business@ tulsaworld.com. Items must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday for inclusion in the following Sunday’s calendar.

For the Record Commercial building permits (Listed by owner, tenant or building name. This weekly update lists new commercial construction, expansions and enlargements of more than $50,000. Information is from initial applications and is subject to change. Dollar amount is valuation declared by owner.) Southpoint Chevrolet, 9146 S. Memorial Drive, new construction/carport. $353,282. Mid Town Auto Auction, 11910 E. 11th St., office building and exterior auto storage, $168,000. ONB Bank, 2140 S. Southwest Blvd., new construction/bank, $1.2 million.

Rt 66 Harley Davidson, 3637 S. Memorial Drive, addition/motorcycles dealership, $800,000. Citizens Security Bank, 2525 E. 21st St., new construction/ branch bank, $2,785,000. Easy Credit Auto, 4430 S. Memorial Drive, interior alteration/ auto sales, $654,273. FedEx Office, 2828 E. 11th St., interior alteration/office, $218,361. Michael J. Toole DDS, 4322 E. 51st St., new construction/ dental office and tenant space, $875,000. Allegiance Title and Escrow,

8913 S. Yale Ave., interior alteration/office space, $90,000. Home2 Suites By Hilton, 6910 S. Olympia Ave., new construc-

tion/hotel, $3.3 million.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield,

1215 S. Boulder Ave., exterior alteration/new entry doors and sidewalk modification, $50,000. Urban Outfitters, 3340 S. Peoria Ave., interior alteration/retail $225,000. Mid Continent Tower, 401 S. Boston Ave., Suite 2222, interior alteration/petroleum company, $50,000.

Hillcrest Physicians Building,

Filed Oct. 8

Filed Oct. 10

Ave., TCC.

Chapman Computer Solutions, 3116 E. 47th St., computers and electronics.

14-089113 — Reverend Uncle Dano, Co-Op, 8116 S. Toledo 14-089285 — Marqua Harris, Above The Mark Tutoring

(From filings in the Tulsa County Clerk’s office.)

14-090278 — Seagro Rodriguez,

Service, P.O. Box 2035, tutoring service. Filed Oct. 9

Jaylee Couriers, 13303 E. 34th St., couriers. Filed Oct. 13

Maids of Tulsa, 5617 S. 95th East Ave., cleaning service.

National Energy and Education Initiative, 7152 S. 92nd East Ave., Suite 1707, nonprofit. Filed Oct. 14

14-089618 — Jeffrey Newbold,

14-089724 — Vianey Holquin, 1145 S. Utica Ave., interior alteraV&A Cleaning Company, 1236 N. tion/doctors office, $65,000. Vandalia Ave., cleaning.

Certificates of partnership

14-090238 — Grant Chapman,

14-089762 — Donoco Jones,

Jones Cleaning Services, 3145 N. Kenosha Ave., cleaning service.

14-090514 — Pat Bradley,

14-090587 — Jeffrey Bollinger,

Black Car Service, 3036 S. Boston Court, transportation.

14-090706 — Anas Barakat,

Barakat Group LLC, DBA Abby’s Cash for Gold, 4107 S. Yale Ave. Suite 228, gold buyer.

Business bankruptcies (Weekly update includes filings classified as “business” in the numerical list of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District, in Tulsa, and which also list “business” as nature of debt on bankruptcy document.) Filed Oct. 10

14-12227-R — Roger Shane Carroll, 40758 S. 560 Road, Eucha,

assets and liabilities not listed, attorney: Karen Carden Welsh, chapter 11

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Week in review

Jason Belanger loosens up on the rowing machine as Scott Cantrell (from left) Larry Johnson, Steve Penfield, Gary Mawby and Kevin Wilson do some cardio warm-ups at the Bama workout facility.

»» A look back at the week’s top stories

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Mark Graham, CEO, Tulsa Area United Way, pulls a rope connected to a Boeing 737-800 as American Airlines and United Way employees pull the plane to help raise money for the Tulsa Area United Way on Wednesday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Hilti moving corporate office from Tulsa to Dallas Hilti North America announced Tuesday it will move its corporate headquarters from Tulsa to the Dallas-Fort Worth area by next summer. The Liechtenstein-based international tool company will maintain its operations center in Tulsa once the move is completed by June 2015. The Tulsa facility will employ about 425 people at that time, working in customer service, credit, accounts payable and receivable and training. About 250 positions will move to the Dallas area, Hilti reported. The complex will house the company’s headquarters, test lab, repair service and distribution centers, according to the release. Hilti makes and markets heavy-duty and individual construction tools worldwide. Martin Hilti and his brother created the company in 1941. The North American headquarters moved to Tulsa from Stamford, Connecticut, in 1979. Mike Neal, president and CEO of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, said Tuesday’s announcement was “undeniably saddening” but praised Hilti for its longtime cooperation locally including on trade missions to Europe. The chamber is ready and willing to assist Hilti employees who choose to remain in Tulsa even if their jobs shift southward, Neal added. — Rod Walton, World Business Editor

NORDAM signs deal bringing 300 jobs to Tulsa NORDAM announced Wednesday that a contract signed in 2010 will eventually bring approximately 300 new jobs to Tulsa. The aerospace company has designed, engineered, developed and manufactured an integrated powerplant system for two Pratt & Whitney Canada engines, PW814GA and PW815GA. The integrated powerplant system and engines will be used on the Gulfstream G500 and G600 aircraft, the new family of business jets that Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced Tuesday in Savannah, Georgia. NORDAM is a Tulsa-based aircraft component manufacturer and repair company. Currently it employs 2,500 people across nine facilities on three continents. The integrated powerplant systems consist of the components on an engine, such as the inlet and thrust reverser. “After four years in development, we’re delighted to announce this opportunity to support our longtime customer Pratt & Whitney Canada,” NORDAM CEO Meredith Siegfried said. “This integrated powerplant system has the potential to span across other large-cabin, longrange business jets — a market that’s proven its economic resilience and has a promising outlook for future growth. When the program is in full production, we will have added approximately 300 new jobs to Tulsa.” The new jobs will be added gradually and all of the approximately 300 positions will be in place by 2020, Siegfried said. The 300 new jobs will include a variety of positions such as engineers, logistics professionals and quality inspectors, she said. Salaries for the new jobs will range from $40,000 to more than $100,000. The additional jobs will have an even wider impact on the area’s economy, said LToya Knighten, spokeswoman for the Tulsa Chamber. — Casey Smith, World Business Writer

Midstream energy group Atlas sold for $8 billion A Philadelphia-based midstream energy company with a longtime Tulsa presence is being sold to Houston-based Targa Resources in a deal valued at close to $8 billion.

The week in numbers

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Drop in the Dow Jones Industrial average on Wednesday afternoon. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 15.21 points, and the NASDAQ composite dropped 11.85 points.

Percentage growth in jobs in the last decade in Bartlesville, a city that’s grown only 2 percent in population in that same span. City officials there are reaching out to workers to live there.

9.7

Percent increase in the number of home foreclosures in the Tulsa area in the third quarter. The rate — 1 for every 398 households — was up from the second quarter but still below the mark from the same time last year.

Quotable “Moving the corporate headquarters to the Dallas metroplex puts us in the middle of a top-five construction market and gives us greater access to a much larger talent pool as we expand our business over the next decade.” — Cary Evert, Hilti North America President and CEO, on the company’s decision to move its corporate headquarters from Tulsa to Dallas, a move that involve 250 workers. Targa will pay $4 billion and assume $1.8 billion in debt for Atlas Pipeline. Each Atlas Pipeline unitholder will receive 0.5846 units of Targa Resources Partners and a one-time cash payment of $1.26 per Atlas Pipeline unit for total consideration of $38.66 per Atlas Pipeline unit. The deal also includes Atlas Energy LP, which owns and operates the general partner control in Atlas Pipeline Partners. Current Targa Resources Partners unitholders will own about 66 percent of the combined partnership, and current Atlas Pipeline unitholders will own approximately 34 percent. With the deal, Targa will add Woodford/SCOOP, Mississippi Lime and Eagle Ford, and additional Permian assets to its existing operations. Atlas Pipeline’s operations offices are based in Tulsa. The company employed about 120 people in Tulsa and 270 statewide as of two years ago. — Staff and wire reports

Google names Tulsa as best Web city in state Google honored Tulsa on Monday, naming it Oklahoma’s eCity of the year. The award is given to one city in each state, with Edmond receiving the award last year. The Internet search giant gave the award to Tulsa for having a strong online business community. According to a press release, a research firm looked at thousands of businesses and their websites across Oklahoma to see which city generated the most online traffic and business. U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin called Google a strong partner in northeast Oklahoma, referencing Google’s Data Center in Pryor. Mullin said his business, Mullin Plumbing, benefits from Google’s technology, enabling his company and others in the area to operate more efficiently. “We track our trucks every single day by using Google Maps,” Mullin said. “We’re able to more efficiently track those trucks by the service that Google provides.” — Jarrel Wade, World Staff Writer

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chronic conditions. “We are now starting to see some of the fruits of our labor,” Sage said.

Mathis gets physical On Wednesday, Mathis Brothers Furniture in Tulsa began installing workout equipment in a new wellness center located within the Tulsa furniture store at 6611 S. 101st East Ave. The nearly 12,000-squarefoot gym, located in a converted mezzanine that was once storage space, opens Nov. 4 and will be available to all 500 employees of Mathis Brothers, Ashley Furniture HomeStores, Sleep Center and Factory Direct, for about $10 a month, store manager Brad Woessner said. The staffed gym will be open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. It includes five treadmills, three elliptical machines, a stair climber, cardio area, free weights, a basketball court, walk-in shower and lockers, a sitting area and smoothie bar. “They can’t wait,” Woessner said. “One, it helps with the health and well-being of the employees at Mathis Brothers. Two, it cuts down on how many people go to the doctor. It also helps with turnover and retention of people.” For several years, Mathis in Oklahoma City has provided an off-site wellness center for employees. Woessner anticipates that Tulsa’s on-site fitness center will be more popular because of its convenience. The Tulsa site will host some fun team-building events that could include dodge ball, badminton and ping-pong tournaments.

Well-rounded wellness Of those companies that offer health benefits and a wellness program, 36 percent of large firms and 18 percent of smaller firms offer employees a financial incentive to participate, according to the Kaiser/ HRET survey. This can include smaller premium contributions, smaller deductibles, gift cards, travel, merchandise or cash, according to the study. Bama has adopted a comprehensive wellness program that includes three fitness centers and over 40 fitness programs, a free health clinic,

50 different free prescriptions and lower health premiums if employees meet certain criteria. In 2011, the company moved to an outcomes-based wellness program. Employees who participate undergo an annual health assessment that checks their blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, and HDL and LDL cholesterol levels. “If they meet or improve in three out of five health indicators, they get a significant discount on their health insurance premiums,” Sage said. “... We provide lots of resources for people to get healthy.” About 87 percent of the company’s population participates in the wellness program. Sage said she regularly receives feedback from employees who say the annual screening helped save their life or detect a health problem. Since 2007, Bama has offered a free health clinic at 15th Street and Utica Avenue for employees enrolled in the company’s health plan that also provides 50 different free prescriptions. Employees also may visit any of the CareATC clinics throughout the Tulsa area and receive free flu shots, free primary care or free Xrays. On the health side of NORDAM’s comprehensive 8-year-old wellness program, employees who undergo an annual checkup can earn $500 annually if they work out at least three times a week, said Jon Bagrosky, vice president of organizational performance. NORDAM has partnered with off-site gyms in Tulsa and Owasso, where employees receive discounts. They also can receive “wellness dollars” by participating in NORDAM-sponsored soccer, running and biking clubs, Bagrosky said. NORDAM also has partnered with Imperial Vending, which has created an open-air marketplace offering healthy options, Bagrosky said. Using the company’s intranet site, employees can order lunch from outside vendors and have it delivered. The company has partnered with Johns Hopkins University and offers a free on-site clinic at two of its facilities that does not require an office co-pay. The biggest advantage to the company is that people feel cared for, Bagrosky said, are engaged and know that their job is important. In 2011, ONEOK Inc. launched its Live Smart initia-

Richie Crateau (left) and Melvin Jones prepare a workout facility at Mathis Brothers Furniture. The facility will feature treadmills, elliptical machines, a stair climber, cardio area, free weights, a basketball court, walk-in shower and lockers, a sitting area and smoothie bar. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

tive to promote a healthy lifestyle as it relates to health, financial, mental and emotional wellness, said Brad Borror, manager of ONEOK’s communications. Employees voluntarily attend periodic sessions, which are held at the company or in the field. Guest speakers include employees, one of them a breast-cancer survivor who spoke of the importance of early detection and screening. “We have seen increased attendance since the initiative started ... and we have a section on the intranet where we host all Live Smart content,” Borror said. The company also sponsors running and cycling events, and encourages employees to participate and covers admissions fees for many races. Biometrics screening and flu shots also are available to employees. Williams Cos. Inc. has offered a wellness program for 10 years and in recent years has adopted a more comprehensive national program available to employees, their spouses or domestic partners, said Scott Graybill, director of compensation and benefits. In addition to annual health screenings, an on-site clinic and five fitness centers across the country, Williams pays for 100 percent of preventative care. Employees earn points by participating in the company’s wellness program and can potentially save up to $300 off their medical premiums and upward of $600 if they cover a spouse, Graybill said. “That is significant savings, especially when you consider that our employee medical premiums have not increased in the last two calendar years,” Graybill said. Next year Williams will offer more ways for employees and their spouses or partners to become engaged in the wellness program.

“Employees are our most valuable resource, and this is just one way we invest in our employees,” Graybill said. “... We hope employees continue to engage in the program resulting in improved personal well-being and personal lifestyle in addition to improved performance in the workplace.”

Seeing a difference Knights can see a difference in her health and energy since she got serious about exercise. When she became manager of Williams Cos. Inc.’s health and group benefits in 2010, she wasn’t really “walking the talk.” “I was a couch potato,” she said. “I am your typical average American workaholic who was all work.” She said she would join a health program and quit when it became stressful, but that changed after she heard Cahill speak. When she first entered a fitness boot camp, she couldn’t run the mile-long warm-up without making several stops. Now she has run seven halfmarathons and plans to run in the Tulsa Run again. “I manage stress so much better now,” she said. “I put things in perspective.” The biggest compliment came when a team member told Knights that she is a much better leader now than when she was “Diane the workaholic.” “We all want to live a long, productive life, and sometimes that takes an investment,” she said. “We all have the same 24-hour schedule. Find the time to take care of yourself because then you’re more able to help everyone around you — your family, your friends — when you’re in a better place.” Laurie Winslow 918-581-8466 laurie.winslow@tulsaworld.com

Exercising with co-workers helps Bama Cos. employee improve his health Steve Penfield, 47, has noticed a difference in recent years since he started working out regularly with colleagues from Bama Cos. Inc. He’s gone from a 36-inch to a 32-inch waist. His cholesterol number has gone from 277 to 109. He’s gotten lean and toned and feels great. A maintenance mechanic, Penfield has worked with Bama for over 21 years. During work days, he joins a handful of coworkers at noon for an on-site exercise class that might include using weights, cardio exercise and other things. “When I go, it releases the endorphins,” Penfield said. “It releases the tension. It’s become part of my day-to-day activities, and I feel like I have to do it. I love it. I can’t wait to do it.” Although he had gone to the gym and worked out on his own before, Penfield enjoys the ca-

maraderie and inspiration that comes with a group exercise class. “We just kind of push each other and motivate each other and we have a good time,” he said. Every quarter, a health insurance rep calls him to talk to him about his health and goals. As a result of the daily exercise, he’s also started running — something he’d never really done before. He’s changed his eating habits and quit eating “all of those burgers” and sodas. Now he drinks about 50 ounces of water a day and upward of 80 to 90 ounces a day in the summer. “I do feel good,” he said. “Last week we got our results from our physical. All of my numbers looked good. I don’t feel my age at all … I just know how I feel, and, man, I really love it.” — Laurie Winslow, World Business Writer

Steve Penfield works out at the Bama Cos. workout facility. Penfield, who has worked for Bama for more than 21 years, has lost weight and significantly dropped his cholesterol level thanks in part to the company’s onsite exercise facility. TOM GILBERT/ Tulsa World

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Tech

tulsaworld.com/tech BITS & BYTES: A look at the Week in Technology

Kim Komando Gannett News Service

Yep, your browser can do all that

he most-used program on your computer is your Web browser, but there’s a good chance you don’t know much about it besides how to visit your favorite sites. Today I’m helping you get the most out of your browser with a few tricks that you really need to know. 1. Choose your home page. What’s the first thing you see when your browser starts up? If you find yourself always heading to the same site first thing, why not just start there? In Chrome, click the icon on the right with the three horizontal bars and choose Settings. On the left column, choose Settings and then look under “On Startup.” Set it to “Open a specific page or set of pages” and then click the “Set pages” link. Type in one or more Web addresses and then click OK. The page — or pages — will load when Chrome starts. In Firefox, click the icon on the right with the three horizontal bars and choose Options. On the General tab, set “When Firefox starts” to “Show my homepage.” Then under that, type in the address you want for your home page. Then click OK. In Internet Explorer, click the gear icon on the right and select Internet Options. Go to the General tab and under “Home page” enter the Web address you want to see on startup. In Safari on Apple, go to Safari>>>Preferences. On the General tab, go to “Homepage” and type in an address. Done! 2. Pin tabs. This is for Chrome and Firefox users who have sites they leave open all day. Load up the site, right-click on the browser tab and hit “Pin Tab.” The page will appear as a smaller tab on the left side of the tab bar. No matter how many tabs you have open, it will still be sitting there. To unpin a tab you don’t want anymore, just right-click and choose “Unpin Tab.” 3. Middle-click to open tabs. If you’re using a mouse that was made after the mid2000s, then it probably has a scroll wheel. Did you know that if you press down on the scroll wheel it acts as a middle mouse button? OK, you knew that. But did you know that clicking on a Web link with the middle mouse button opens that link in a new browser tab? Give it a try; it will change your life. 4. Zoom text. To zoom text — and images — in any browser, just press CTRL and the plus key at the same time. Hit it a few times to zoom way in. Too far? Hold CTRL and hit the minus key to zoom back out. CTRL and the zero key resets the zoom. You can hold down the CTRL key and spin your mouse’s scroll wheel. That will quickly zoom in and out. 5. Browse privately. Don’t want your significant other knowing what his or her birthday present is? Fire up your browser’s privacy mode. In every browser aside from Chrome, press CTRL+SHIFT+P (CTRL+OPTION+P on a Mac). In Chrome use CTRL+SHIFT+N (OPTION+SHIFT+N on a Mac). You’ll instantly be in a separate private browsing window. Kim Komando hosts the nation’s largest radio talk show about consumer electronics, computers and the Internet. Listen to her show at 1-4 p.m. each Sunday on KRMG am740 and fm102.3. To read more of her columns or sign up for her newsletters, go to komando.com

Gamergate’s toxic war is ruining lives Robert I Evatt

wanted to write about some fun new gadget or an innovative new online service. Instead, I’m having to address a festering online campaign that’s generated months of harassment and rape and death threats so personal and nasty that several people have had to flee their homes in fear for their safety. All over video games. It sounds ridiculous — even though I play games myself — but the campaign known as Gamergate has become such a huge noise on Twitter that people should realize this isn’t a nerdy argument over nothing. It’s ruining lives. Gamergate advocates claim they’re speaking out against corruption in video game

robert.evatt @tulsaworld.com 918-581-8447

journalism and enthusiast websites. There are plenty of ethical issues that should be raised in these areas, especially the relationships between the huge game publishers and the websites that depend on these publishers for access to preview information, advance review material and advertising dollars.

App of the week: JibJab Messages (iOS) From the guys that bring you wacky e-cards that let you superimpose pictures onto crazy animations comes a messenger that does exactly the same thing. Just pop your face onto their templates and you’re ready to go. The app makes creation easy. It can access any of your photos for use in bits of animation or stickers. You can then send it directly or on Facebook or Twitter. Finally, a way to express your inner desire to be a dancing hot dog. JibJab, free with in-app purchase

However, the actions undertaken in the name of Gamergate show a different motivation. The movement began when an ex-boyfriend of Zoe Quinn, an independent game developer who gives away her work, posted a rant about her online detailing her subsequent relationship history. One of the men involved with her is a writer for online magazine Kotaku, who was accused of giving her a positive review in exchange for sex. A quick search of his writing history reveals he never actually reviewed Quinn’s work or wrote about her at all during their relationship, but it spurred a vocal group of gamers into anger anyway. In the past two months, nearly all of Gamergate’s attention has been focused on Quinn; Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic with a video series pointing out sexism in video games; Leigh Alexander, a freelance writer who got angry with the ongoing harassment and wrote an article saying “gamers,” as a culture, are dead; and Brianna Wu, a developer and writer who’s penned pieces on the gender imbalance in modern video games and the harassment of women in the industry. These four women,

as well as their supporters, have endured abuse because of their beliefs and, arguably, their sex, even though they have little actual power in the industry. It’s not just something they can ignore — three of their personal email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses have been spread online, forcing them to leave their homes in fear for their safety. Last week Sarkeesian canceled a lecture at Utah State University after a terrorist threat was sent to multiple staff members. Gamergate isn’t actually about journalistic ethics. It’s about an insular group who feels threatened by other voices and criticism and wants to silence them at any cost. What’s sad about this is that the feelings of persecution are unfounded. Games like “Grand Theft Auto” and “Call of Duty” will continue to be made and enjoyed by millions of people. Becoming more aware of cultural issues or making a few more inclusive games won’t stop people from competing and having fun. Gaming as a hobby is more culturally accepted than ever. But in the meantime, the heated accusations and personal attacks continue. Gamergate isn’t something to be ignored. It’s a toxic culture war born of prejudice and an unwillingness to evolve.

114 years young Another hashtag — #happybirthdayanna — has cropped up on Facebook and Twitter in the last week. What’s behind it? Just a celebration of a woman who lied about her age. Anna Stoehr isn’t vain. She’s 114 years old and born in 1900, but Facebook’s age counter Anna Stoehr celebrates her 114th birthday on Oct. 12 in Plainonly goes back to view, Minnesota. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Star-Tribune/AP 1905. CNET said she has a lifelong love of learning new things, and a Verizon employee was touched enough by her to travel to her nursing home and show her the online ropes.

Cyber sous chef can help in the kitchen ••Delivery services outsource the shopping and prep. By MICHELE KAYAL Associated Press

If the only thing standing between you and a home cooked meal is the time and energy to shop and prep, a new breed of would-be cyber sous chefs wants to help get you cooking. Think of it as Hamburger Helper for the Amazon.com era. A bevy of new online services is angling to be your virtual kitchen assistant, giving you the chance to outsource the tedious aspects of cooking — the shopping, sorting, washing and prepping — so you can focus on the more satisfying assembling and eating parts. “The idea came out of a need my co-founders and I had in our own lives,” says

Matt Salzberg, co-founder and CEO of Blue Apron, a 2-year-old New York startup that delivers high-end, premeasured ingredients to your doorstep. “Our customers love sitting back and letting us do the grocery shopping for them. They know they’re going to get home and there’s going to be everything they need to create a fresh, delicious meal.” Supermarkets and even online giants such as Amazon and Google deliver groceries. But these so-called “meal kit” services take that model a step further, offering time-starved, conveniencecraving cooks the ability to go online, click on recipes that appeal, then have farmfresh ingredients — pre-measured and sometimes even pre-chopped — arrive on their doorsteps ready for the skillet. “All these companies make the promise, whether explicit or not, of their ability to pick

New online services such as Madison & Rayne (left) and Blue Apron in Concord, N.H., are angling to be a virtual kitchen assistant, outsourcing the tedious aspects of cooking so customers can focus on assembling and eating. Matthew Mead/AP

out exactly what you need,” says consumer trends analyst Kirk Vaclavik at the Chicago-based market research firm Mintel. “That’s a whole other layer of convenience, of ‘Wow, there’s an expert I can rely on to pick all the ingredients I need to make a deli-

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roasted mushrooms or togarashi-spiced tilapia with jade pearl rice. Blue Apron, which ships to roughly 85 percent of the continental U.S., specializes in gourmet items, such as fiddlehead ferns and husk cherries. New York-based Plated, a similar service that also delivers to most of the country, promises premium cuts of meat and chef-designed recipes. Seattle-based Gathered Table generates customized weekly dinner menus and allows customers to enter their own recipes. Chicago-based Madison & Rayne delivers ingredients pre-chopped, pre-measured and with sauces already prepared. “It’s like cooking on a cooking show,” says Madison & Rayne chef and co-founder Josh Jones. “The onions are minced. The lettuce is washed. It’s ready for you to have the fun part. It’s just like watching Rachael Ray on TV make a meal.”

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••With two weeks left to go, it’s Fallin vs. Dorman Gov. Mary Fallin and state Rep. Joe Dorman are the mainstream party candidates in the November general election. The two candidates only have met in one debate during the campaign: An Oct. 2 appearance on the campus of Oklahoma State University. To help readers get a better opportunity to contrast the two candidates, the Tulsa World asked each at submit a column answering the question: Why should you be the governor of Oklahoma for the next four years? Each candidate was limited to 600 words, and neither was allowed to see the column submitted by the other.

Putting people before politics BY REP. JOE DORMAN Last December, I made the decision to run for governor of Oklahoma because I believe our state needs a strong, in-touch, bipartisan leader. I’ve traveled across our state, met with Oklahomans, and learned about what is most important to them and their families. The concerns vary, but all share the same message — our state is headed in the wrong direction, and current policies are only benefiting a select few. In the last four years, it’s apparent that Gov. Fallin’s priorities have been out of touch with hard-working Oklahomans. She has cut senior and veterans’ services and attacked pension systems. Fallin restricted National Guard benefits, derailed the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, promoted a meaningless storm shelter response, and weakened Second Amendment rights. Our corrections system and other critical state services are dangerously understaffed; infrastructure is deteriorating, and our state budget is poorly managed. Most importantly, over the last four years, she has devastated our public education system. Fallin slashed education funding, ignored teachers in dire need of a pay increase and implemented high-stakes third-grade reading tests. These issues are just a few reasons why the state needs a change in leadership. I will bring the right priorities back to the governor’s office and put education first. Our students are the future of this state and the key to Oklahoma’s long-term economic growth. Since 2011, Fallin has moved in lockstep with Janet Barresi — cutting $200 million from K-12 public schools, creating multiple high-stakes testing policies and a flawed A-F school grading system. She supported Common Core until it was no longer in her best interest and reversed her support in an insincere political move. Serving as governor means rolling up your sleeves, working hard, reaching out to all Oklahomans, regardless of party and finding solutions to the issues facing the state. My Classrooms First education plan will provide an additional $35 million to classrooms through the state’s franchise tax, eliminate third-grade high-stakes reading tests and end-of-instruction exams, provide the ACT exam to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to measure progress and bring students, parents, teachers, administrators and college professors together to craft age-appropriate academic standards. All of this without raising taxes. Today, many Oklahoma hospitals are in danger of closing. More than 150,000 Oklahomans don’t have access to health

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Ebola demystified Ebola is deadly and has made its way to the United States. Let’s address some myths with facts. G3

Joe Dorman

Conservative leadership, sustained prosperity BY GOV. MARY FALLIN

I ran for governor in 2010 because our Age: 44 state was in trouble. We were in the depths Party: Democrat of a deep national recession that left tens Home: Rush Springs of thousands of OklahoEducation: Bachelor’s Degree, Oklahoma mans out of work. Our State University economy was stagnant. Experience: Oklahoma House of RepresenOur state was literally tatives since 2003 broke; we had $2.03 in Interesting fact: Dorman is a member of the our Rainy Day savings Central Oklahoma Parrothead Association. account. Public schools had taken an enormous spending cut, as the previous governor was forced to cut more than $300 million due to a huge budget shortfall. care, and our tax dollars Oklahoma families — are going to other states friends I had grown up because the governor Governor of Oklahoma — with and businesses on rejected Medicaid expanMain Street in my homesion. I will accept those The facts town — were suffering. funds, which will posiMission: The governor of Oklahoma is At the time, I was servtively infuse nearly $10 the head of the executive branch of ing in Congress. I saw billion into our economy state government and is responsible in Washington how tax and provide access to for the execution of state laws. The increases, irresponsible quality health care for all governor appoints people to hundreds policies like “Obamacare” Oklahomans. of policy-making positions and is a and a general drift from A strong, prosperous key player in setting the legislative the values and freedoms Oklahoma means securagenda and in negotiating the state we always have shared ing a living wage for all budget. If the governor vetoes any were pulling the nation Oklahomans. Currently, legislation, it can only become law if — and Oklahoma — in the one in six Oklahomans that veto is overridden by two-thirds wrong direction. live in poverty while one majority vote in both houses of the I came home to fix that. in four children go hunLegislature. The governor is also I asked Oklahomans to gry every night. This is commander in chief of the Oklahoma elect me to pursue a prounacceptable. Misguided National Guard, except when it is growth agenda: tax cuts, tax policies and a ban on called into federal service. reasonable regulations, a increasing the minimum Term limits: The Oklahoma Constitucommitment to eliminatwage have been on the tion limits governors to eight years in ing government waste, backs of hard-working office. If re-elected, Fallin would not and a willingness to stand Oklahomans. We must be eligible for another term in office. up to Washington, when have leadership that Legislators have a 12-year limit in it forced bad policies on increases opportunities office. Dorman is no longer eligible for our state. for development instead legislative service. Working hand-in-hand of limiting growth to just Salary: $147,000 a year. with legislators in both a select few. Perks: The governor lives in the parties, I’ve kept those As your governor, I will governor’s mansion adjacent to the promises and our econoalways place people over state Capitol. The governor’s office my is once again moving politics. I love this state has a $2,107,713 state budget for the in the right direction. and our rich history of current fiscal year. The governor has Oklahomans are getting working through tough a small staff, although many others in back to work. Since I’ve times. My campaign is state government are answerable to taken office, we’ve created about improving the lives the governor. The governor, governor’s more than 100,000 jobs of all Oklahomans by crespouse and children under age 18 are and our unemployment ating good public policy, protected by the executive security rate has plummeted from and not allowing party troop of the Oklahoma Highway more than 7 percent to lines to come before the Patrol. The governor is also eligible for just 4.7 percent. best interest of our state. ordinary state employee benefits such Families are earning I want to move this state as health insurance. more. Per-capita income in the right direction, Election day: Nov. 4 increased 15 percent from provide for a stronger 2011 to 2013, the nation’s education system, find fourth highest growth real, bipartisan solurate; median household tions to the issues facing Poll: Tell us what you think income is growing at our state and promote a twice the national averhigher quality of life for If the governor’s election were held age. all Oklahomans. I humbly today, who would you vote for? Our state is no longer ask for your vote on Nov. broke. Our once-empty 4.

Mary Fallin Age: 59 Party: Republican Home: Tecumseh Education: Bachelor’s degree, Oklahoma

State University Experience: Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1991-95; lieutenant governor, 1995-2007; U.S. House of Representatives (Fifth District), 2007-11; governor, 2011Interesting fact: In her first inaugural address, Fallin said that one of her favorite childhood movies was “The Wizard of Oz.”

savings account now has more than $530 million. We are once again investing in state priorities. In the last two years, we’ve put more than $180 million of new money into public education. We’ve strengthened accountability in schools, and we’ve repealed controversial Common Core standards, replacing them with rigorous, Oklahomabased academic standards. In the next four years, we need to continue to reinvest economic gains into K-12 education, give our teachers pay raises, and ensure our children are receiving the topnotch education they deserve. My opponent talks a lot about the government money he wants to spend, but here’s the truth: We won’t see that money if he is elected. Rep. Dorman supports policies that would stop Oklahoma’s economic growth in its tracks: higher taxes and more regulation. He says his first action in office would be to expand “Obamacare” in Oklahoma, a billion-dollar expense that would undercut funding for education, public safety and other priorities. Rep. Dorman calls tax cuts a “waste of time,” opposes the back-to-school sales tax holiday that families rely on, and has even supported an increase in the gasoline tax. He opposes policies that have led to economic growth, like workers compensation reform that reduced insurance costs by more than 20 percent for Oklahoma’s small businesses and tort reforms that reduced frivolous lawsuits. On education, he chose to oppose $150 million in K-12 funding increases. That is not the kind of leadership that Oklahomans want or need. For the last four years, I’ve worked to protect Oklahoma values and pursue Oklahoma solutions. That’s why I’ve received endorsements from conservative groups like the NRA, the National Right to Life Committee, the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and the National Federation of Independent Businesses. The results of our conservative policies, I’m proud to say, have led to more prosperous Oklahoma families and businesses. I’m asking voters for their support Nov. 4 so we can build on those successes and continue our forward momentum.

For Hofmeister No path ahead Tulsa World editorial: Tulsa educator Joy Hofmeister is the best choice to replace Janet Barresi as state superintendent of public instruction. G6

Wayne Greene: There is no reason to be optimistic about the hopes of Medicaid expansion in Oklahoma, regardless of who is elected governor on Nov. 4. G6

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Consider problems of green waste site I am upset about the TARE board decision to burn green waste. TARE Chairman Paul White’s claim burning green waste is the greener alternative is the antithesis of reason. The burning of waste discourages much-needed efforts to conserve, reuse and promote recycling. Incineration is harmful to our environment and health. One outcome from burning waste, particularly wood, is the release of particulate matter less than 2.5 millionth of a meter in diameter (PM2.5). The EPA states that “the overall evidence is consistent with a causal relationship between PM2.5 exposure and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.” The CDC links PM2.5 to inflammation, lung disease, certain cancers, dementia, genetic damage, asthma and autism. In our recent discussion, Cheryl Bradley of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality explained that burning any living material produces nitrous oxide that combines with sunlight producing ozone. April through October are times of year such events are most likely to occur, and heighten the risk of Tulsa being out of compliance with meeting ozone guidelines. I concur with City Councilor Karen Gilbert that the city’s trash system choice is regressive. Michael Patton, MET executive director, describes green waste as a gift. A gift the TARE board is willing to squander. Tulsa has invested in a green waste site to divert what consists of one-sixth of Tulsa’s refuse to compost. I hope the TARE board reconsiders the long-term implications of its recent decision and returns to the earlier decision of the city to use our green gift for mulching. Debra Stone,Tulsa

a residential area, even one along a major street. But the new trend is what we call the “Boss Hogg” sign, about four-feet by eight-feet. Candidates: Please, respect Tulsa’s beautiful neighborhoods and don’t put up your “Boss Hogg” signs, and also please respect the law. Greg Bledsoe and Herb Beattie, Tulsa

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Jim Rouse pulls tree limbs from his pickup at Tulsa’s green waste dump over the summer. MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World file

As a great supporter of having a green waste facility, I am more than frustrated that our TARE board, which answers to no one, not even the City Council, mayor or citizens, evidently has decided that burning green waste is more “green” than recycling it. As avid proponents of recycling, should we use the board’s twisted logic and start putting our items to be recycled in the trash to provide more “green” ashes? Clayda M. Stead, Tulsa

and supports none of them. Not murdering, stealing, or lying and respecting parents were fundamentals of organized societies long before Moses, and our Constitution doesn’t bother to address these. We are specifically free to cuss any God we wish. There is no law against adultery, several million of us legally work on the Sabbath while other millions shop, watch football, etc. And we have the greatest economy on Earth, fueled largely by coveting. Separation of church and state is an intellectual concept conceived, debated and sharpened in Western Europe and America for more than 200 years before we adopted it. Yes, our Founding Fathers were mostly Christians (of various stripes) but more important they were street-smart intellectuals who put us on a path that has served us well. Elect those striving to formulate good public policy, not those scheming to impose their religious convictions upon us. David W. Porter, Skiatook

God and government

No guns on campus

The ongoing mayhem across the Middle East and throughout Africa is mostly people fighting over various interpretations of the will of God. God could easily make his will clear with a Facebook page, but until then mayhem is what results from wrapping public policy in religion. The First Amendment makes it clear that we shall have no laws about religion. Yet we have those insisting that we are a Christian nation and the Ten Commandments are the foundation of our Constitution. Anyone espousing this has never read the two side by side. Our Constitution is directly at odds with several commandments

Thank you for the good editorial, “Guns on campus,” in the Oct. 10 Tulsa World. I am disgusted with the political footballs the lawmakers are tossing carelessly around. Of course, I understand it is for their political gain — to keep the NRA happy and keep the money flowing in for their re-election. For once I wish the lawmakers would put their careers in public office aside and do what is right for the people that elect them. University of Oklahoma President David Boren is a wise man and has the interest of the college community in mind when he opposes guns on campus. I am thankful for his voice in this matter. Your

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editorial indicated that Oklahoma State University and others have spoken against allowing guns on college campuses. I hope that our lawmakers will decide that the people on college campuses are more important than their careers as politicians, but I am not holding my breath after all the absurd laws they have passed. Sandra Skinner, Bartlesville

Benefits change Thanks for publishing the commentary “Retirement: Middleclass crunch ....” It reports that due to companies moving from defined benefit retirement plans to defined contribution plans, “more and more U.S. workers ... are getting pushed into inadequate retirement plans by the country’s largest employers.” The reason, as reported, is to reduce the costs to employers, not to benefit employees. The “Funding Study” in the Oklahoma Council of Public Affair’s blueprint for depriving Oklahoma public employees of their retirement security (cynically titled “Saving Workers’ Retirement ...”) states “... the only way to reduce costs is to reduce the level of benefits provided .... The type of plan selected does not inherently make the benefits less costly.” Actuaries consistently demonstrate that defined contribution plans, like those being imposed on new state government employees in Oklahoma, deliver fewer employee retirement benefits per tax dollar than does a defined benefit plan like the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System plan being eliminated. Perhaps shareholders interested in short-term profits are better off converting to defined contribution retirement plans for their employees, but Oklahoma taxpayers and state employees can both benefit

from the long-term advantages inherent in a defined benefit retirement plan, namely lower administrative and transactions costs and greater investment returns. Fear of these facts being understood might be why our legislators were willing to forgo the legally required actuarial study before passing House Bill 2630. Not knowing these facts might be why the Tulsa World editors praised HB 2630 “as one of the most significant reforms of the 2014 legislative session.” Gary Watts, Tulsa

No ‘Boss Hogg’ signs We’re beginning to feel like the agitated news anchor Howard Beale (played by the late Peter Finch in the 1976 classic movie “Network”), who ran to the open window and screamed, “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” It’s the way we feel about candidates super-sizing their illegal signs in Tulsa’s residential neighborhoods. For more than a decade we have been trying to politely educate candidates and the public about Tulsa’s city ordinance size restrictions that provide, “the display surface area of each political campaign sign located in R or O Zoning Districts shall not exceed 16 square feet in surface area.” Title 42 TRO, Section 1201(C). Nevertheless, candidates routinely violate this restriction. This includes candidates for governor, Congress, mayor, city councilor and even judges. It gets particularly bad three or four weeks out from an election, which makes enforcement through the city complaint procedure almost impossible. For us it is a neighborhood and quality-of-life issue. In our opinion, the standard medium-sized sign is more than adequate to get the message out in

I urge Congress to pass the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act (HR 1102) and (S 117). An Oct. 5 CBS “60 Minutes” report (“The Cost of Cancer Drugs”) cited Dr. Hagop Kantarjian, chairman of the department of leukemia at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, as saying that one thing that has to change is the law that prevents Medicare from negotiating for lower prices. “This is unique to the United States,” he said. “If you look anywhere in the world there are negotiations either by the government or by different regulatory bodies that regulate the price of the drug. And this is why the prices are 50 to 80 percent lower anywhere in the world compared to here for the same drug. American patients end up paying two to three times more for the same drug compared to Canadians or Europeans or Australians and others,” Kantarjian said. For more information on this issue contact the National Retiree Legislative Network or email contact@nrln.org. David Duke, Tulsa

Ex-paperboy According to Parade Magazine in the Tulsa World, Oct. 12 was International Newspaper Carrier Day. I remember my experience as a paperboy who delivered both the Tulsa World and the Tulsa Tribune in my hometown of Bristow during the late 1950s. For the first time in my young life, I was doing something that mattered. I recall those early hours we’d all meet and roll our papers. On those cold Oklahoma mornings, as we put those cheap, green rubber bands on each newspaper, occasionally one would break. To this day I recall the numbing pain that resulted from that. One of my favorite memories reflects my sense of humor, even as a youngster. I was throwing Tulsa Tribunes one afternoon, when a gentleman standing on his front porch, waved at me. He asked, very loudly, “Do you deliver the World?” Without hesitation I replied, “No, sir, just these three streets!” It was apparent he didn’t appreciate the humorous line I had practiced for months just so I’d be ready if and when this situation ever arose. I do remember very quickly letting the gentleman know that I did, in fact, deliver the Tulsa World, also. Many famous people delivered newspapers. The Oct. 12 Parade mentioned Warren Buffet and Tom Cruise. So, I can count myself among the rich and famous when I proudly say, “You bet, I was a paperboy. And, proud of it.” Nick Aston, Jenks

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Tackled by the language police WASHINGTON — Wretched excess by government can be beneficial if it startles people into wholesome disgust and deepened distrust, and prompts judicial rebukes that enlarge freedom. So let’s hope the Federal Communications Commission embraces the formal petition inciting it to deny licenses to broadcasters who use the word “Redskins” when reporting on the Washington Redskins. Using the FCC to break another private institution to the state’s saddle for the satisfaction of a clamorous faction illustrates how the government’s many tentacles give it many means of intimidating people who offend it. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, empowered to ban trademarks that “may” disparage persons, has already limited trademark protection of the Redskins’ name. The FCC petition argues that broadcasting during prime time of the word “Redskins” has “an adverse impact on impressionable young Indian as well as non-Indian children.” (Today’s sensitivity arbiters say the word “Indian” does, too, but never

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mind.) Furthermore, uttering “Redskins” is “akin to broadcasting obscenity” and pornography, is “hate speech” and an “ethnic slur” that “keep(s) alive the spirit of inhumanity, subjugation and genocide” and “may” cause violence against Native Americans. Besides, it is a “nuisance,” defined as something “annoying.” Is the FCC empowered to protect an entitlement to a life without annoyances? What if the FCC is annoying? This is complicated. Professor Eugene Volokh, who specializes in First Amendment law at UCLA’s School of Law and supervises an invaluable website, The Volokh Conspiracy, thinks the petition refutes itself. It argues that “Redskins” is offensive because of the ideas and attitudes

the word conveys. But when the Supreme Court upheld restrictions on the broadcasting of certain vulgarities (George Carlin’s “seven dirty words”), it stressed that the mere fact that speech is offensive is not a sufficient reason for suppressing it. And although the court focused on the content of the words, it did not focus on the political content or on the speaker’s opinion. “Indeed,” Justice John Paul Stevens wrote, “if it is the speaker’s opinion that gives offense, that consequence is a reason for according [an utterance] constitutional protection,” because “the government must remain neutral in the marketplace of ideas.” Volokh adds: “The premise of the criticism of ‘Redskins’ is precisely that it embodies a racist, demeaning message about American Indians (whether or not this is intended by those who use it), and that it offends because of this racist meaning. It thus is the speaker’s imputed opinion and supposed ‘political content’ of the word that gives offense.” Some say “Redskins” is merely an offensive epithet with a negligible ideological message.

Volokh replies that the epithet is offensive to those who are offended “because of its allegedly racist ideology, and the call to suppress it stems precisely from the perception that it conveys this racist ideology.” Anyway, the anti-“Redskins” petition is less legal reasoning than a form of bureaucratic bullying known as regulation by “raised eyebrow.” The petition’s author notes that the FCC sometimes indicates disapproval of this or that, thereby compelling broadcasters, worried about being put out of business, to practice self-censorship. So the petition seems designed to trigger this, thereby succeeding even if it fails — even if the FCC dismisses the petition. If, however, the FCC under progressives today but conservatives tomorrow, can, in the petition’s words, define and ban particular words as “nuisances” because they “annoy” a “substantial composite” of the population, what other words will appear on an ever-lengthening list? Today many colleges and universities have “free speech zones” — wee spaces to which the First Amendment is confined.

Such institutions are run by educators whose meager educations did not teach them that the Amendment made America a free speech zone. Campuses are habitats for progressives, and the distilled essence of today’s progressivism is the use of power to limit speech. The fact that censorship is progressivism’s default position regarding so many things is evidence of progressives’ pessimism about the ability of their agenda to advance under a regime of robust discussion. It also indicates the delight progressives derive from bossing people around and imposing a particular sensibility, in the name of diversity, of course. The petition, which uses “R*dskins” (this typographical delicacy supposedly will help prevent pogroms against Native Americans), says the phrase “colored people,” too, is “now considered derogatory.” If so, some progressive has the awkward duty of notifying the NAACP that its name is “akin to” a disparagement, an obscenity, pornography, a racial slur and hate speech. The language policeman’s lot is not a happy one.

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myths about Ebola

By Laurie Garrett

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has reportedly claimed close to 4,000 lives, and World Health Organization officials believe the true death toll could be far higher. An international response — including U.S. military personnel, as well as assistance from several other countries and nongovernmental organizations — has begun, yet global concern about the virus is spreading. How worried should we be? What are the risks? Let’s separate fact from fiction in this crisis.

1. Ebola won’t spread in rich countries. Until nurse Teresa Romero Ramos contracted Ebola in Madrid, the wealthy countries of Europe, North America and Asia seemed confident that the virus could be contained in advanced medical facilities. As Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, put it after the first U.S. Ebola case was confirmed in Dallas: “We’re stopping it in its tracks in this country.” Such assurances help calm people’s nerves but may be overstated. No system of protection is 100 percent. The Spanish government has concluded that Ramos got infected as she was removing her protective suit, touching her face before disinfecting her hands. Like Ebola, the SARS virus spreads in hospitals, primarily through physical contact with contaminated fluids. As SARS spread across Asia in 2003, some hospitals, including in Hong Kong, had large numbers of health workers infected, while nearby facilities with similar populations of SARS patients had no employee infections. Hubris is the greatest danger in wealthy countries — a sort of smug assumption that advanced technologies and emergency-preparedness plans guarantee that Ebola and other germs will not spread. It was hubris that left Toronto’s top hospitals battling SARS in 2003, long after the virus was conquered in poorer Vietnam. It was hubris that led the World Health Assembly in 2013 to cut the WHO’s outbreakresponse budget in favor of more programs to treat cancer and heart disease. And it is hubris that causes politicians to routinely slash public health budgets every time the microbes seem under control, only to cry out in desperation when a new epidemic appears.

2. Post-9/11 emergency preparedness has the United States ready to fight Ebola. In the years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax mailings to political and military targets, the George W.

In this photo posted on Twitter by Dallas Public Information Managing Director Sana Syed, members of Dallas Fire-Rescue Haz Mat Unit tape off the door at the The Village Bend East apartment of a second health-care worker who has tested positive for Ebola in Dallas on Wednesday. Courtesy/Sana Syed, PIO, City of Dallas/Associated Press

A second Dallas hospital worker tested positive for Ebola last week, pointing to lapses beyond how one individual may have donned and removed personal protective garb. Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News/Associated Press

Bush administration ordered a massive overhaul of bioterrorism preparedness. From the CDC and Defense Department down to rural community clinics, doctors, nurses, hospitals and rapid-response teams went through drills imagining the arrival of pandemics or terrorist bioattacks. Routines were put in place that supposedly prepared every health department in America for the arrival of a highly contagious disease. Military and health agencies were given billions of dollars to create rapid diagnostics, vaccines and cures for highly pathogenic organisms. On every list of biological organisms of concern was Ebola. So it is reasonable to assume that billions of dollars and countless exercises later, the United States is prepared. But most of the training — both military and civilian — imagined the biological equivalent of an attack, in which something evil is found; responders from police, fire and health departments swoop in wearing hazmat suits; and boom:

The infected people are found, isolated and treated, and the danger to the community is gone. Even in 2005, when the White House feared that a highly virulent pandemic strain of bird flu would sweep across America, preparedness plans focused on isolating a germ and its carriers the way a bomb or chemical weapon might be isolated and defused. Missing was preparation for a long haul of contagious patient treatment, with health workers repeatedly exposed to possible contamination. Today, in the face of requests for help in West Africa, the answer from the U.S. Agency for International Development is: “There isn’t an existing cadre of people who have experience in treating this epidemic.”

3. It could go airborne. Yes, the virus is mutating — a recent paper in Science shows that more than 300 mutations have occurred. But what is now a virus

that latches onto receptors outside endothelial cells lining the circulatory system won’t change into one that can attach to the alveolar cells of the lungs. That’s a genetic leap in the realm of science fiction. Viruses mutate for two reasons: random error and natural selection. Random transformation from a virus solely adapted to infect cells that line blood vessels into one that can attach to entirely different classes of proteins found in the lungs borders on the impossible. Natural selection can overcome the impossible if great pressure is put on a viral population, forcing it to alter or die out. But in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, there is no such pressure on Ebola: The virus is spreading readily and infecting thousands of people without any need to change into a radically new form. Far more realistic and perhaps equally worrisome is that the outer coat of the virus — the parts that are recognized by the human immune system and trigger production of antibodies and killer cells that devour viruses — might respond to immune system attack by mutating their outer proteins. If Ebola made such an adaptation, it might mean that people who have survived the disease could be reinfected, and vaccines now in the pipeline could prove ineffective.

4. Travel bans would keep Ebola from spreading in the United States. The only evidence that any travel ban in the 21st century slowed down viral spread occurred right after the 9/11 attacks, when airports in the eastern United States were shut down for days, and few Americans traveled far from home for several weeks. Possibly as a result, the influenza season was delayed about two weeks in 2001. But the flu eventually came. Many nations have banned

flights from other countries in recent years in hopes of blocking the entry of viruses, including SARS and H1N1 “swine flu.” None of the bans was effective, and the viruses gained entry to populations regardless of what radical measures governments took to keep them out. The days of Ellis and Angel islands screening out diseases effectively disappeared with the jet age.

5. A vaccine is around the corner. There are several vaccine candidates in development right now, two of which recently got green lights from a special WHO scientific panel. That go-ahead means the potential vaccines are now being tested on human volunteers. If after a few weeks of such testing the vaccines are shown to cause no undue side effects, the next phase of trials will be carried out, probably in the epidemic countries, to see if the vaccines can protect people from the virus. If it’s obvious in that phase that the vaccine is protecting people from Ebola, the products move to the final, and most difficult, phase — a clinical trial comparing vaccine vs. placebo in hundreds of people, also in the epidemic area. The No. 1 question I hear privately from vaccine manufacturers regarding Ebola is: How will people dressed like space aliens in their protective gear get terrified, healthy people in Liberia or Sierra Leone to stand still for a poke in the arm? At best, a vaccine might be ready for final testing by spring 2015 — and that question of trust will still remain. Laurie Garrett is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her latest book is “I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks.”

Southerner explains why we shouldn’t bash the South By Carol Guthrie WASHINGTON — Of all the American Southerners horrified by Wonkblog’s latest headline — “Why the South is the Worst Place to Live in the U.S. — in 10 Charts” — I claim the top spot. Not just because my great-grandmother’s century-old cast-iron cornbread skillet is my most prized possession. Not just because I rejoice when Garden & Gun magazine and Southern Living show up in the mail the same day. Not even because my sweet mother and I will fight you over the obvious primacy of the Southeastern Conference in college football. No, I claim the most pain from Wonkblog’s pronouncement because I am both a proud Southerner, with all the fierce love of place that carries, and an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — the body that compiled the regional well-being data cited by Wonkblog. Of course, the United States helped to found the OECD as part of the Marshall Plan after World War II and is still the largest of its 34 members. The OECD compiles and crunches data, helps to craft

better policy ideas on everything from economic crises to education, and devises key safety and governance standards. While governments always decide whether and how to act, OECD work frequently catalyzes huge improvements. As head of the OECD’s Washington Center, my job is to watch out for the organization’s relationships with the United States and Canada.

Less livable? It seemed less than ideal when Wonkblog suggested that OECD data had just condemned the American region that I come from as less livable than others. But what really struck a chord were the follow-up articles from publications such as the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Anniston Alabama Star — stories that brought to the surface the conflicted feelings so many Southerners share: We love our home but can never pretend it’s perfect. It’s important to understand one thing: “How’s Life in Your Region,” our recent publication that served as the basis for the Wonkblog article, doesn’t actually offer any

opinion about where it’s good or bad to live, whether in the South, Saskatchewan or East Slovenia. More than 350 regions are measured on nine dimensions — income, jobs, health, access to services, environment, education, safety, civic engagement and housing — based on data on everything from air quality and life expectancy to employment and Internet access.

Measurable appreciation One thing we don’t measure is perhaps the South’s most abundant natural resource: Southerners’ appreciation for living there. The data don’t cover satisfaction (although our national-level Better Life Index does) or how we feel about home. They present objective criteria that underpin economic as well as physical well-being, including things that make our regions more or less competitive and able to provide vibrant quality of life. The data, and the ability to compare it, are not tendered as criticism; they’re tools. What we offer is the leverage of cold, hard facts to policymakers and citizens looking

to bring about change. As OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría put it, “Comparable measures of regional well-being offer a new way to gauge what policies work and can empower a community to act to achieve higher well-being for its citizens.” For instance: When you know that more than 40 percent of U.S. regions have a quarter of their population at risk of falling into poverty, versus less than 10 percent of regions in comparable European economies, you have proof that it must be possible to do better. And you might wonder how to go about that. There, the OECD offers help, too. We identify best practices and suggest what policymakers might do to tackle the most prevalent problems we find.

Better policies What I know — and so do my OECD colleagues in Paris, because I never shut up about my hometown of Chattanooga, Tenn. — is that many smart and dedicated policymakers across the South are already doing what the OECD encourages: advancing “better

policies for better lives.” My father spent four decades at the Southeast Tennessee Development District, moving Appalachian counties from economic distress to stability. Over my life, I’ve watched the transition of that region from a place where running water wasn’t a given in every community, to the home of gigabit-per-second Internet that is energizing local economies. Wherever we live, we all know that some things can improve there. The OECD’s new numbers provide a dispassionate measure of what’s happening and what’s possible based on our resources and our choices. The data also reminded me that there’s a reason I work where I do. The OECD’s real value is that it better equips national, regional and local governments — and committed citizens — to lift up those places that we love so much. When we can see clearly what’s working and what isn’t, we know where to start. Carol Guthrie is a former assistant U.S. trade representative and current head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Washington Center.

Books

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“Rose Gold” is the 13th novel in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series is set in the early 1970s, with Rawlins hired to intervene is a case that mirrors the Patty Hearst kidnapping. Courtesy

BookSmart Tulsa hosts Rawlins series writer By JAMES D. WATTS JR. World Scene Writer

Walter Mosley, best known for his series of novels about private detective Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, will be the guest for the BookSmart Tulsa event, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 N. Greenwood Ave. Mosley will speak about his wideranging literary career, answer quesMosley tions from the audience and sign copies of his books. This free event is co-sponsored by the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation. Mosley found fame with his first published book, “Devil in a Blue Dress,” which introduced Rawlins. Set in 1948, it described how the recently unemployed Rawlins gets approached to find a missing woman. The book was adapted into a film that starred Denzel Washington as Rawlins. The Rawlins novels trace their hero’s life through the decades and record his reactions to such events as the assassination of John F. Kennedy (“A Little Yellow Dog”) and the Watts riots in Los Angeles (“Little Scarlet”). The most recent novel in the series, published last month, is “Rose Gold,” set in the early 1970s. It recounts how Rawlins becomes involved in a case that mirrors the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by members of a terrorist group in 1974. What helped set Rawlins books apart was the way Mosley used the detective novel form to explore issues of racism in the second half of the 20th century. The Rawlins stories are his best-known work, but Mosley has published a wide range of books, including stand-alone novels such as “RL’s Dream,” “The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray” and “Debbie Doesn’t Do It Any More,” published earlier this year, about a woman determined to escape her life as a porno actress. For more: booksmarttulsa.com. James D. Watts Jr. 918-581-8478 james.watts@tulsaworld.com

Actor Neil Patrick Harris’ book, “Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography,” was released last week. Mark Lennihan/Associated Press

In the shoes of a star Actor puts readers in control of his ‘autobiography’ ture” based on children’s game books for “Choose Your Own Autobiography.” NEW YORK — From Harris shares his experiencstarring in two popular TV es, insight and anecdotes in series, hosting award shows a nonlinear, second-person and appearing on Broadperspective. way, Neil Patrick Harris has Harris talked about the many experiences to fill a book, slowing down and book. staying challenged. The format for your book seems Yet, when the opportunity like a great idea but difficult to arose, he didn’t feel he was execute. Is that correct? at a place in his life where It was much more difficult he could write a memoir. “Part of that process is to to execute than I had originally be able to have larger morals thought, but I love playing with structure and challenging to pass on, and at 41, that’s myself with different types of not how I’m processing experiences. I love directing information yet,” the actor theater that doesn’t necessarsaid by phone. (Harris and his husband, actor and chef ily take place on a stage. I love movies that start where you David Burtka, are settling think they’re a movie about one into their New York home with their 4-year-old twins.) thing (and) end up being about something else. ... We made a He chose the format of lot of small stories and tried to “Choose Your Own Adven-

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then make pathways from one to the other and have one story dead end that sends you back to a different spot you haven’t read before or you have to start over. It became its own bit of a puzzle.

Is it possible to read the book straight through?

We tried to make it a bit linear so you can pretty much follow a main path but you can take side road trips as it goes along. Almost like a good variety show. You can see some serious conversations about educational things, my childhood or how (a) specific event was accomplished ... and then if you’re bored ... you can learn how to make pasta Bolognese sauce, and then you can hop right back in and read about the “Doogie Howser” years, and then when you feel like your head is spinning, you can go

make yourself a great cocktail.

You’ve been so busy jumping from television’s “How I Met Your Mother” to Broadway to promoting your book and the movie “Gone Girl.” Is there time off in your future?

The rest of the year is actively dedicated to doing less. ... We just moved to New York full time, and we’re still in renovation. ... I’m a big nester. I enjoy organizing things. This has been a lovely respite from entertainment chaos.

How do you find the next thing to keep you challenged?

I’m not really sure. It speaks a little bit to the way my life is working these days. The structure of my book is similar to the structure of my professional life at the moment ... dabbling in all sorts of different disciplines. ... I don’t feel like I have to choose one right now.

Mystery in British village has a twist By OLINE H. COGDILL Associated Press

G.M. Malliet continues to update the traditional British village mystery in her highly entertaining “A Demon Summer.” The village of Nether Monkslip is typical, but the twist that Malliet spins so well is that the local vicar, Max Tudor, was a former agent with MI5, the British counterintelligence agency. This conceit might seem a bit too precious, but Malliet’s respect for the genre seamlessly makes Max’s former career a natural part of the plot. Malliet’s series

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looks at how a former spy disillusioned with the job reinvents himself as an Anglican priest, as well as showing how a religious man administers to an increasingly secular world. Of course, these being mysteries, Max’s former occupation often comes in handy. The fourth novel in this series offers a change in scenery as a nunnery stands in for the village. Max is asked by Bishop Nigel St. Stephen to take a brief break from his duties at St. Edwold’s Church to spend a few nights at Monkbury Abbey. The bishop has taken a hands-off approach to

the nunnery because the sisters have been fairly selfsupporting. But lately the bishop suspects “financial shenanigans” because some large donations have gone missing. Then, the despised Earl of Lislelivet became seriously ill after eating a fruitcake given to him by the sisters. The bishop worries that the poisoning wasn’t accidental, and he is relying on Max’s special skills as a spy to find the truth about the fruitcake and the abbey’s finances. Max discovers that the religious atmosphere is rife with gossip and legends of buried treasure, and the nunnery is divided — some

nuns want to modernize the abbey, but others adamantly do not. Wry humor permeates “A Demon Summer.” After all, haven’t most of us thought that fruitcakes were, in some way, lethal? Yet Malliet also weaves in a serious subplot about families, devotion and the reasons that attract some people to a near cloistered life. Each visit to Nether Monkslip with its mix of eccentric and ordinary residents has been a delight. “A Demon Summer” pays tribute to the village mystery while showing its relevance to modern times.

‘A Demon Summer’ By G.M. Malliet; Minotaur, $26

Story of grieving widow an emotional read tale and forthcoming movie — will find “Nora Webster” less plot-driven than “Brooklyn,” but “Nora Webster” is a comthe new book’s closely observed pelling portrait of a grieving small moments in many ways widow’s interior life as she make “Nora Webster” a more slowly emerges from the pain of emotionally satisfying read. her husband’s death. The story As a widow with four children, is filtered so completely through Nora’s financial situation forces Nora’s point of view that the her to sell a family summer reader almost can’t see how home and take a part-time job. emotionally cloistered she’s But what really weighs her down become until others point it out. are her obsessive thoughts. “Stop grieving, Nora! The time She lives in County Wexford, for that is over,” a nun says after Ireland, in a place where evencountering Nora on a beach eryone knows everything about in fog so thick she “could barely every family. But Nora derives see ahead of her.” no comfort from well-meaning That fog is a metaphor for neighbors paying endless conNora’s mental state as she tries dolence calls; she even shrinks to rebuild her life. Fans of Colm from going in a store because Toibin’s best-selling novel “someone she knew would see “Brooklyn” — an Irish immigrant her and want to sympathize.”

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She constantly broods over perceived slights, office politics, class distinctions and incidents that happened years before. Gradually, though, she forces herself to face the world. The book’s climax, a powerful scene involving a vision of Nora’s late husband Maurice, will likely move many readers to tears. In its aftermath, a kindly aunt urges Nora to clean out the closets still filled with Maurice’s clothes. As the clothes are packed, it’s clear that Nora is done mourning.

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President Obama: Disappointer in chief By Aaron David Miller All presidents disappoint. It comes with the job, the unreasonable expectations Americans have for their presidents, and the inherent conflict and disconnect between campaigning (promising people all they can have) and governing (explaining to people why they won’t get it). So Barack Obama isn’t the first president to fail to meet expectations — and he won’t be the last. But he has come to embody something else, too: the risks and travails of reaching for greatness in the presidency without the crisis, character and capacity necessary to achieve it. “Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans,” the new president declared in his 2009 inaugural address to a 1.8 millionstrong crowd on the Mall. “. . . What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply.”

Hitting singles From pledging an Earth-moving transformation, Obama has been reduced to hitting singles and getting his lonely paragraph right. After drawing early comparisons to Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy all rolled into one, Obama has fallen so low that journalists wonder whether Jimmy Carter is not a more appropriate parallel. Plenty of explanations have been offered: Republicans have been unwilling to work with him, or the president hasn’t reached out to them. The stimulus was too small, or it was far too big. Health-care reform was a historic achievement, or it was a terrible overreach. The president has tried to be too bipartisan, even post-partisan, or he has not been partisan enough. Time is needed to judge the Obama presidency on its merits and in comparison to other occupants of the Oval Office. Some, like Paul Krugman, have already concluded that Obama is already “one of the most consequential and, yes, successful presidents in American history.” But however historians and the public ultimately rate Obama, the greatness that he sought — and that was expected of him — will probably not be his.

Extraordinary comment As early as 2011, in an extraordinary comment to “60 Minutes,” Obama believed otherwise: “I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history.” He has certainly not been a failed president. But neither is Obama likely to be judged a great or iconic one. Unlike FDR, JFK or even LBJ, there will not be a BHO. Certainly, Obama inherited a unique set of circumstances, as all presidents do, and his were scarier than most. But neither the crises he has faced nor the system in which he has operated have been wholly untethered from his predecessors’ problems and experiences. The challenges of the post-FDR presidency have plagued Obama, too: intractable problems, intensifying political polarization, mistrust of government, an intrusive and

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During Obama’s first term, the New York Times’ David Brooks wrote that to be an Obama supporter was “to toggle from being uplifted to feeling used.” Evan Vucci/Associated Press file

ubiquitous news media. This president’s fate has been the same as that of many recent predecessors — the job is just too big and expectations just too high.

The next big thing The undeniable greatness of presidents such as George Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt requires three elements: a crisis that severely threatens the nation for a sustained period of time, setting the stage for historic change; the capacity to extract from such a crisis some long-term transformative changes through political smarts, persuasion and dealmaking with Congress; and the character needed for effective leadership. Obama’s crisis — a complex recession emerging from the financial and housing sectors — was sufficiently severe that he could not break it easily or quickly, but not so catastrophically encumbering that it enabled him to tame the politics in Washington as Lincoln or FDR had done. Indeed, it is only a nation-encumbering crisis, hot and relentless, that opens the door to undeniable presidential greatness. “If Lincoln had lived in a time of peace,” Theodore Roosevelt once remarked, “no one would have known his name.”

ship with the Republicans to bring it about. The Affordable Care Act of 2010, his signature legislative achievement, will be Obama’s legacy, and in the years to come it may be seen as a moral and economic victory. But there are simply too many complexities and uncertainties to call it transformative now.

Jekyll and Hyde

Finally, on character, Obama has had a Jekyll and Hyde problem. Part pragmatist, part believer, but always capable of seeing all sides of an argument, the president has seemed too often at war with himself on how ambitious he wants to be, whether on climate change, tax reform or the size of the stimulus. And that personal conflict has made it too hard for him to make peace with his public. By nature, Obama is not a partisan, a populist or a revolutionary. Instead, he finds his comfort zone in conciliation and accommodation, and in the empirical world of rational policy analysis. Those can be useful qualities in many circumstances, but they won’t make you a transformative president. Obama cannot claim the persona of Kennedy, who captured the nation’s imagination; nor the mantle of Ronald Reagan, who altered the FDR/LBJ moment debate and, as Obama himself has admitted, changed the trajectory As for Obama’s governing capac- of the country. Obama more likely ity, the president did not so much has been closest to Bill Clinton, a miss his FDR/LBJ moment as mis- comparison that historian David read it. Most of the public wanted Greenberg took note of a year into a way out of the terrible recession his presidency. Both men were and the long and costly wars in elected with similar numbers in Afghanistan and Iraq; Americans the electoral college, though not in also hoped for renewed confidence the popular vote. Both faced strong in their president and faith in their opposition from Republicans who government’s competence. imagined the president to be far But the public didn’t seek a refor- more radical than he was, and both mulation of the social contract. concentrated on the economy. And Obama has had neither the In one respect, Obama has been partisan dominance that comes Clinton Plus — he has succeeded in with huge congressional majorihealth care and avoided personal ties, like those enjoyed by FDR and scandal. But in another way, he has LBJ, nor the working bipartisanbeen Clinton Minus — he is not

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nearly as likable or as good a politician. Nor is he likely to leave office with as high an approval rating or as strong an economy. Obama certainly wants to do big things; behind his detached demeanor is the combustible drive of a man who seeks greatness. That is no transgression: He saw a nation in great peril and has sought to transform it, while battling the nastiest economic crisis since the 1930s and waging wars in Iraq, in Afghanistan and against terrorism. But that kind of ambition requires a leader to see the world

clearly as it is before trying to refashion it the way he wants it to be. Not reading the terrain accurately, failing to assess whether his administration had the muscle to negotiate it, and missing what the public expected and wanted can lead to unhappy consequences. Whatever your judgment of Obama’s policies, there is a vast gap between the expectations he set for himself and his supporters and the realities of his presidency. Obama reached for greatness but has disappointed many of those who voted for him once or even twice because they so badly wanted to believe; those who thought he would end partisanship and change Washington when he could not; those who believed he could transform the country and America’s foreign policy, too, when he did not; and those who believed he would somehow become the Kennedy-like president of their dreams. During Obama’s first term, the New York Times’ David Brooks wrote that to be an Obama supporter was “to toggle from being uplifted to feeling used.” And indeed, his supporters have misread him: a gradualist who has espoused major transformation; a post-partisan conciliator operating in an intensely partisan environment in which he has never been comfortable. Ultimately, Obama could not be the savior his supporters hoped he would be. “I am like a Rorschach test,” he said during the 2008 campaign. “Even if people find me disappointing ultimately, they might gain something.” That may be true. And being a Rorschach president can get you reelected and can gain you some notable accomplishments as well. But it cannot earn you the stamp of presidential greatness. In Obama’s case, the times, his capacity, his character and the public’s expectations would not allow it. Aaron David Miller is a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a former adviser to several secretaries of state. He is the author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President” from which this essay is adapted.

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editorial

For Joy Hofmeister

Leadership for successs The choice is clear in the race for state superintendent. The Republican candidate, Joy Hofmeister, offers an opportunity for more resources, higher expectations, better results and effective, collegial Hofmeister leadership. The Democratic candidate, John Cox, offers continued discord and little else. Hofmeister will be a zealous, and we think ultimately effective, advocate for the state’s most important need — increased state funding for public school classrooms. She has a network of connections within the Oklahoma Legislature, and speaks the language of the Republican lawmakers who will control that body. She recognizes that the key to getting more money for schools is to integrate the push in an organic plan to improve public education: A plan that would include setting Oklahoma-based standards that are assessable and comparable, dealing with the broken A-F school grading system and excessive high-stakes testing and repairing the rift left by Barresi between the department of education and professional educators. We don’t mean to replay the past, but Barresi damaged the state’s education system in too many ways to list here. As a member of the state Board of Education, Hofmeister showed courage in taking her on. It is no surprise that some of the most respected personalities in Oklahoma public schools — a bipartisan representation of education leaders — recruited Hofmeister to run against Baressi. They knew what we know: Hofmeister

Hofmeister is a profession educator who is willing to base decisions on data not hopes

has the skills for repair the damage caused by Barresi. Despite being heavily outspent, Hofmeister’s message of professionalism, competence and cooperation rang true in the Republican primary. She won the three-person race with 57 percent of the vote. Barresi came in a distant third. In the general election, Hofmeister faces a different kind of opponent, but one no less unable to handle the superintendent’s post. Cox is a smooth talker. He convinces his followers that his career as superintendent of a tiny, homogenous rural district that only offers classes through eighth grade somehow qualifies him to run the state school system. He convinces teachers that the only problem facing education is money and that he will somehow magically be able to get enormous pay increases out of a Legislature where he has no base of support. His candidacy is, in essence, a longing look backward in a misty past that never really existed. The election of Cox only serves to prolong dysfunction in the education system. It solves nothing. Hofmeister is a professional educator who is willing to base decisions on data not hopes. She is an effective communicator who recognizes the competing constituencies in the state Capitol and will bring those forces together in an effective alliance that will result in higher expectations, higher funding and higher results. We endorse Joy Hofmeister with enthusiasm and urge all Oklahoma voters to support her on Nov. 4.

SUNDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK

Keeping democracy healthy Our right to vote makes democracy strong, successful By JUDY KISHNER It should be no surprise that the mid-term election cycle is upon us. We have already endured months of political ads and endless commentary from talking heads about issues and races. It is almost more than I can bear. I find myself avoiding the news. I don’t want to hear another analysis of a poll taken today, knowing that the poll taken tomorrow will elicit a different outcome and a different spin. I can look for information on a given candidate, but I am likely to find only Kishner the talking points provided by the candidate, more spin. The information is out there but it can be hard to find a source you trust. However, as a citizen I feel a real responsibility to inform myself on the issues and the candidates, to cut through the “talking points” to understand what is really at stake. I don’t claim that I have never missed an election. I have my excuses just like everyone else. I ran out of time that day; I wasn’t up to date on the race or the issues, and the lamest, I forgot. But I don’t feel good about it.

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Recently, Scotland had a national referendum to decide whether or not it would become independent from the United Kingdom. Granted, it was a once in a lifetime vote and clearly a very important issue that would decide Scotland’s future. The voter turnout was almost 85 percent. In an election, we have the right to vote but also an obligation to vote. We vote for people to represent our interests and beliefs, but too often we vote based on false premises. Do you think we should spend more on schools than we do on prisons? Do you want safe food, good roads? Do you think the poorest of us should have access to healthcare? If so, then regardless of party affiliation find the candidate that agrees with you. If we don’t vote and make our voices heard we shouldn’t complain that no one is listening. Our right to vote is what makes our democracy healthy, strong and successful. Democracy can be a confusing and messy business but we should never take it for granted. We will disagree on many issues, but on Nov. 4, let’s vote our interests and tell each other and the candidates what we really think.

My boredom with political rhetoric should not prevent me from exercising my right to vote. I just need to do my homework first. We Americans have gotten lazy. We think we have no time to explore the issues and size up the various candidates for offices we know little about. We are too busy with work, school and kids, too engrossed in our smartphones and texting friends. I wonder if we Americans take our rights and freedom for granted. After all, we live in a free and prosperous democracy. Are we so confident for our collective futures that we feel we don’t have to vote? One vote won’t matter anyway? For whatever reason we as individuals may have, Americans have one of the lowest voter participation rates in developed democracies. U.S. participation rate is about 55 percent in a presidential year and 40 percent in a non-presidential year. Local races fare much worse. In 2009, we elected Judy Kishner is a trustee of the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation and a member of the Tulsa our mayor with only a 30 percent World Community Advisory Board, a 24-memturn out. In 2011, only 16 percent ber panel formed by the newspaper as a means of Tulsa’s citizens cared enough to of connecting with the public. Opinion columns participate in the future direction of by board members run each week in this space. our city.

How key leaders fared last week

Sen. Patrick Anderson

Rep. Josh Brecheen

Gov. Mary Fallin

The Republican state senator with a history of clashes with Gov. Mary Fallin endorses Democrat Joe Dorman.

The independent-minded former Tom Coburn aide gets monied opposition from the state chamber after fighting its agenda.

Speaking at a press briefing, the governor said, “We do know that we have no known cases of Ebola in Oklahoma.”

Look for his soon-to-be-released memoir: “The Loneliest Man in the Capitol.”

Obi-wan has taught you well, Luke. Now give yourself to the dark side.

How many cases that you don’t know about do you know about?

Imagination’s limit: No path forward to Medicaid expansion I think of myself as an imaginative person. One time, I looked at a 80-yearold house that didn’t even have walls where the kitchen was supposed to be and imagined a home. I cook dinner in that home every night. Another time, I got tired of being slow and fat, so I went running. I made it around the block one time, got winded and stopped, but I imagined myself doing better. I lost 80 pounds and, on Saturday I ran in my eighth marathon. But my imagination has its limitations, and I just can’t come up with any scenario where Oklahoma ends up accepting federal funding to expand its Medicaid program to cover thousands of poor people under the Affordable Care Act. That’s too bad. ACA funding — “Obamacare” — is there for the taking. The federal health care law would cover 100 percent of the costs of new patients for the first three years and a little bit less each year thereafter until it capped at 90 percent. That’s a great deal. The feds pay a little over 62 percent of the costs of current Medicaid patients. Accepting the money would solve two enormous problems for the state. First, it would make significant progress toward reducing the number of uninsured people in the state. For its own sake, that’s a desirable goal. We would extend health care to thousands of poor people. But for less altruistic reasons everyone has an interest in broadening the base of insured patients. Without insurance, people with

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inexpensive treatable medical troubles wait until they have expensive emergencies and then they head for the hospital. Obese poor people don’t go for annual check-ups, they don’t get counseled on weight loss, they have massive heart attacks and strokes and end up in emergency rooms, where they are treated at the expense of the hospital and the insured patients Those insured patients end up waiting longer for treatment for their own emergencies because of the poor uninsured patients who should have had their problems diverted years earlier. The insured people also have to worry about the communicable diseases that the coughing uninsured guy might be passing along in the grocery store. Insurance doesn’t mean you don’t have an investment in adequate health care for everyone. Second, Medicaid expansion would shore up the finances of teetering Oklahoma hospitals. When “Obamacare” was being negotiated, lobbyists for the hospitals bargained away much of their future federal funding in exchange for the Medicaid expansion. So, Oklahoma hospitals aren’t getting the money that was bargained away

(and Oklahoma taxpayers are paying the “Obamacare” taxes), but the Medicaid pay-off never comes back to the state. It’s a lot of money taken away from hospitals, enough to have already caused lay-offs in Tulsa. For months there’s been talk of it being enough to shutter some hospitals in smaller markets. Of course that wouldn’t matter to Tulsans, so long as they never leave town. There’s a reason why the bottomline guys at the chamber of commerce have been pushing for Medicaid expansion for years. Regardless of your income, you have a vested interest in an adequate, financially stable health-care system. But I can’t imagine it. After thinking about it for months, Gov. Mary Fallin turned down the Medicaid money, saying the state couldn’t afford its share of the potential costs. In addition to the 10 percent share, the state would have to cover increased administrative costs. The estimates of the total damage vary incredibly. Conservative think tanks say it would be enough to crush the state’s budget. Liberal think tanks say Oklahoma could turn a profit off “Obamacare.” The report commissioned by the state from a Utah consultant found direct costs of about $850 million, but savings and economic impact that would result in the state saving $464 million. Democrat Joe Dorman says his first act as governor would be to accept the Medicaid money. I don’t think such an executive order would be legal without Legisla-

tive approval, and even if it were I don’t think it would last very long. A veto-proof Republican legislative majority would make turning back the “Obamacare” money at the Kansas border its driving passion for the four unhappy years of a hypothetical Dorman governorship. Still, I had imagined a scenario where the Medicaid money eventually would get to Oklahoma — until last week. I figured that in her second term, driven by a desire to help people and assure her own legacy and freed from the threat of being outflanked on the right in a political race and encouraged by those wild-eyed moderates from the chamber of commerce, Fallin would find some way to wire around the filthy “Obamacare” nature of the Medicaid expansion money — launder it through South American drug lords or North American insurance companies — and get the funding to the people and the hospitals. I figured a couple of hospital bankruptcies might help her along the way, and soften up resistance among rural Republicans in the Legislature. But I honestly can’t imagine that any more. Last week, Fallin seemed to close the door, locked it and then started stuffing towels into the threshold and driving nails into the jamb. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the state’s Medicaid agency, reported that it would need another $164 million to maintain Medicaid at its current level. Fallin responded that she is committed to finding a way to maintaining coverage for the 818,000

people —children, pregnant women, the elderly and disabled — now on Medicaid. But she reiterated, in no uncertain terms, that she is all the more determined to never allow “Obamacare” Medicaid expansion. She called such an idea “downright irresponsible.” “Washington has tried to entice Oklahoma and other states into a federal health-care scheme that threatens to create the kind of budget crisis in our states that already exists on a federal level,” Fallin said in a press release. “Medicaid costs rise every year for Oklahomans. We already struggle to cover those costs and provide health insurance to the truly needy. Accepting a huge expansion of that program through ‘Obamacare’ would be a billion dollar expense that would truly create a fiscal catastrophe. Not only would that threaten the viability of the current Medicaid program, it would jeopardize our ability to pay for other priorities like public education.” Really, there’s nothing new in Fallin’s statement. She’s said it before. But, still, I had imagined a path forward ... a second-term solution for the good of the state. I can’t imagine that any more. A Dorman victory is even less likely, and, as I said, even with it, I think the “Obamacare” money stays in Washington. I can’t imagine a path to Oklahoma Medicaid expansion, but I can imagine our health care system getting a lot sicker. Wayne Greene 918-581-8308 wayne.greene@tulsaworld.com

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Nov. 9, 2002 last time OU, OSU, TU lose on same day

KSU beats OU, as Hunnicutt misses late chip-shot

TCU hands OSU its worst defeat since 2008 season

TU blows 20-point lead as it falls for sixth straight time

Oklahoma kicker Michael Hunnicutt reacts after missing a 19-yard field goal in the fourth quarter Saturday against Kansas State. The field goal would have put the Sooners ahead. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

‘It was a woodshed day’ at TCU no. 12 tcu 42, no. 15 oSU 9

By BILL HAISTEN

World Sports Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas — In advance of Saturday’s Big 12 football game, Oklahoma State and TCU were separated by only three positions in the Associated Press’ national poll. The Cowboys were at No. 15 and the Horned Frogs at No. 12, suggesting that the teams would be fairly evenly matched. On the natural grass of Amon G. Carter Stadium, however, the Horned Frogs were in a league of their own. While the Cowboys kicked field goals, the Horned Frogs answered with big plays, touchdowns and,

» Inside: Cowboys have worst offensive showing since 2009. S8 » Get more: Find scores-byquarter, observations, notes and statistics. S6 » Online: Read more from Forth Worth. OSU SportsExtra.com TCU’s Josh Doctson catches a pass over OSU’s Ramon Richards and Jordan Sterns. Doctson scored a touchdown on the play.

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No. 14 kansas state 31, no. 11 oklahoma 30

Bumbling Sooners kicking themselves By ERIC BAILEY

World Sports Writer

NORMAN — Oklahoma stormed into October with national championship hopes. The Sooners leave with a whimper following Saturday’s 31-30 home loss to Kansas State.

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ORT WORTH, Texas — Oklahoma State was so good in recent years that it put a lot of teams in huge first-half holes and coasted to victory. The Cowboys now know what that feels like on the other side. “I wondered if that would happen, and sure enough it did,” OSU

coach Mike Gundy said. O-State’s offense continued to spiral downward Saturday, while the Cowboys defenders were exposed as young, inexperienced and not very good by TCU. The Horned Frogs, as they did

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OSU offense, defense collapse in loss John Klein

It was truly a month of horrors for OU. Losses to TCU and K-State, as well as a closer-than-expected victory over Texas, are not what many expected after September’s consistent play. OU’s many problems on Saturday

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By KELLY HINES

World Sports Writer

While building a 20-point lead in the first half Saturday, Tulsa played like the team many thought it could be this season. In the second half, it played like the team that lost the previous five games. The result was a stunning 38-30 loss to South Florida, and one of the biggest collapses in program

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history. “We expected to come out there (after halftime) with guns blazing, and we expected a lot of

good things to happen in the second half,” TU defensive lineman See TU S10

ORMAN — What a waste. Oklahoma gave a clinic Saturday for how easy it is to lose a college football game. The Sooners played terrific in many areas, changed the playbook, took risks, corrected so much that had gone wrong and still lost 31-30 to Kansas State. “A lot was positive,” OU coach Bob Stoops said, “but too many big mistakes that you can’t overcome.” The Sooners lost in the most inconceivable way, with arguably

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no. 14 kansas state 31, no. 11 oklahoma 30 How they scored Kansas State 7 14 10 Oklahoma 7 10 7

Notebook

Three observations from Saturday’s game

What happened before Hunnicutt’s miss?: Okla-

0 — 31 6 — 30

A: 85,019

First quarter OU: Perine 2 run (Hunnicutt kick), 4:58 KSU: Gronkowski 62 pass from Waters (McCrane kick), 4:01 Second quarter KSU: McDaniel 5 interception return (McCrane kick), 14:04 OU: Shepard 47 pass from Knight (Hunnicutt kick), 13:36 KSU: Lockett 9 pass from Waters (McCrane kick), 9:33 OU: FG, Hunnicutt 38, 4:24 Third quarter KSU: FG, McCrane 27, 11:48 OU: Bell 4 pass from Knight (Hunnicutt kick), 9:32 KSU: Waters 4 run (McCrane kick), 6:57 Fourth quarter OU: Neal 9 pass from Knight (kick blocked), 10:35

team statistics

KANSAS sTATE RUSHING C. Jones J. Waters D. Robinson

No. Yds TD 12 46 0 10 51 1 8 66 0

Lg 13 53 38

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD J. Waters 15-23 225 0 2 RECEIVING No. Yds TD C. Sexton 8 77 0 T. Lockett 6 86 1 G. Gronkowski 1 62 1 Kicking M. McCrane N. Walsh

Lg 21 38 62

Conv FG Punts 4-4 1-1 0 0 0 5-38.8

Returns Punt KO Int Fum T. Lockett 0 1-15 0 0 D. McDaniel 0 0 1-5 0 M. Burns 0 0 1-0 0 TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sack J. Truman 7 10 17 1.-2 0 D. Barnett 7 4 11 0 0 D. Johnson 2 7 9 1.5-2 0 D. McDaniel 8 0 8 2.-6 0 M. Burns 6 2 8 0 0 D. Schellenberg 6 2 8 0 0 R. Evans 3 3 6 0 0 W. Geary 3 2 5 0 0 J. Willis 0 5 5 .5-0 0 W. Hiebert 2 0 2 0 0 C. Couchman 1 0 1 0 0 T. Tanking 0 1 1 0 0 R. Mueller 0 1 1 0 0 C. Sexton 0 1 1 0 0 T. Britz 0 1 1 0 0 V. Coleman 0 1 1 0 0

Consecutive games that the Sooners have reached the 30-point mark, a streak that started with a 48-10 win over Iowa State on Nov. 16.

Quarter Breakdowns

Catches by Sterling Shepard, which ties a school record done three times previously by Justin Brown (2012), Jalen Saunders (2012) and Ryan Broyles (2010).

Consecutive victories by Kansas State when it has a halftime lead. It is the second-longest streak in history behind OU’s 47game streak.

— Guerin Emig, World Sports Writer

First quarter K-State 7 — 7 Oklahoma 7 — 7

Key play: The Sooners had just taken a 7-0 lead on a long touchdown drive, but Kansas State answered right back. Jake Waters took a shotgun snap, moved toward the line of scrimmage as if he was going to run, then pulled up and hit a wide-open Glenn Gronkowski 20 yards behind the defense. Gronkowski picked up a late block to finish the game-tying 62-yard touchdown play. Key stat: OU’s 1-of-3 third-down efficiency. The Sooners could not convert when it counted last week against Texas, and they got off to an uneven start Saturday. They ran Samaje Perine behind a loaded offensive line on third-and-1 late in the quarter and still couldn’t convert. Number to know: 14. Cody Thomas’ jersey number. OU fans got their first

meaningful look at the redshirt freshman quarterback when he replaced a shaken Trevor Knight and led the Sooners on

their touchdown drive. He completed both of his passes and saved a poor shotgun snap near the goal line.

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

K-State 7 14 — 21 Oklahoma 7 10 — 17

K-State 7 14 10 — 31 Oklahoma 7 10 7 — 24

K-State 7 14 10 0 — 31 Oklahoma 7 10 7 6 — 30

Key play: Two of them. Back-to-back throws by Knight after OU had fallen behind 14-7. The first was a 22-yard shot over the middle to tight end Blake Bell. The second was a play-action deep post to Sterling Shepard, who beat cornerback Morgan Burns easily, gathered in the throw and finished the 47-yard touchdown play. Key stat: Waters’ 9-of-12 passing for 155 yards and two touchdowns. K-State’s quarterback couldn’t get the run game going (five rushes, minus-18 yards), but he had a lot of success in partnership with receiver Tyler Lockett (five catches 70 yards). Another rough day for OU’s pass defense. Number to know: 8. Shepard answers Lockett’s production with eight catches of his own. That tied a career high. The question was, would he be able to build on it? He was shaken up crashing hard to Owen Field on Knight’s end zone overthrow late in the half and did not return for OU’s last drive.

Key play: The Sooners appeared to be driving for the tying touchdown late in the quarter, with a second down from the K-State 17-yard line. OU dialed up a trick play — a reverse and pass by wide receiver Durron Neal to Shepard. Neal underthrew the covered Shepard in the end zone, however, and Burns intercepted. Key stat: K-State’s 117 rushing yards in the quarter. The Wildcats totaled 23 rushing yards in the first half, but they sprung loose Waters and running backs Charles Jones and DeMarcus Robinson in the third quarter. That helped produce two scoring drives and a 7-point lead. Number to know: 2. OU’s turnovers on interceptions thrown by Knight and Neal. One cost OU a K-State defensive touchdown, the other prevented the Sooners from scoring themselves. A big difference, since the Wildcats hadn’t turned it over yet.

Key play: The Sooners couldn’t punch it into the end zone despite a first-andgoal from the K-State 4, so they sent out Michael Hunnicutt to kick a go-ahead 19-yard field goal. Hunnicutt, OU’s alltime leading scorer with 70 career field goals, pulled it wide left. The Wildcats took over, picked up two first downs and ran out the clock. Key stat: 1-for-3. Hunnicutt’s field goals showing. K-State could not upset Auburn last month because kicker Jack Cantele could not make his field goal attempts. Saturday at Owen Field, the Wildcats pulled off a victory as important as that defeat because the opposing kicker didn’t come through. Number to know: 2. Number of OU losses. That makes it a long shot to win the Big 12 Conference, and a longer shot to qualify for the first College Football Player. Pretty remarkable considering how good this team looked coming out of West Virginia on Sept. 20.

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OU’s Trevor Knight tries to split Kansas State’s Travis Britz (left) and Jonathan Truman on Saturday. Knight was shaken up in the first quarter. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Louisiana Tech .......W, 48-16

at Tulsa........................W, 52-7

Kansas State............. L, 31-30

TV: TBA

at Iowa State ...................TBA

Tennessee ...............W, 34-10 TV: TBA

Baylor ................................TBA

passed for a season-high 318 yards and three touchdowns. Sterling Shepard tied OU’s record with 15 catches. Perine and Alex Ross combined to rush for 164 yards. That’s a lot of production for an offense that was under some fire the past couple weeks. It was a lot of production wasted in Saturday’s final score. “Getting a win and having a good game, you feel good about it,” Shepard said. “But losing and having a good game, it’s like who cares what you really did because you didn’t get the W.”

Two costly turnovers:

Knight came out passing from his 1-yard line early in the second quarter. He tried a quick-out to Durron Neal, but it was intercepted and returned for an easy touchdown by cornerback Danzel McDaniel. “I need to hand the ball off in there in press coverage,” said Knight, who had the option to hand to Perine, “and that’s it.” OU’s other offensive mistake came late in the third quarter, when the Sooners called a pass off a reverse from the K-State 17. Neal took the pitch and tried to force the ball to Shepard in the end zone. Cornerback Morgan Burns intercepted, and K-State was able to protect a 31-24 lead.

Sooners’ medical report:

Knight injured his left shoulder when hit by Randall Evans on OU’s second drive. Asked if it was the same situation as his shoulder injury at Oklahoma State last year, Knight said: “Similar, but not as bad. Not near as bad.” Redshirt freshman Cody Thomas replaced Knight after the injury and finished OU’s 79-yard touchdown drive. Shepard appeared to injure his hip trying to catch a pass in the back corner of the end zone. He said in postgame he would be fine with treatment this week. Bell said he was all right after getting kneed in the helmet while throwing a block on OU’s final drive. Cornerback Julian Wilson played through an ankle injury. Safety Steven Parker returned after a thirdquarter injury. Perine was shaken up on his final carry. — GUERIN EMIG, World Sports Writer

oCT. 11

TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sack JEvans 6 1 7 1-3 0 DAlexander 4 2 6 2-8 1-7 QHayes 4 2 6 0 0 JWilson 4 1 5 0 0 GGrissom 2 2 4 2-16 2-16 JPhillips 2 2 4 .5-1 0 ZSanchez 3 0 3 0 0 EStriker 2 1 3 0 0 CNdulue 1 2 3 0 0 AThomas 1 2 3 0 0 CTapper 0 3 3 .5-1 0 SParker 2 0 2 0 0 DBond 1 0 1 1-1 0 MDimon 1 0 1 0 0

Times that a Bob Stoops team has lost multiple games in October. OU hasn’t gone through the month unscathed since 2007.

Big games on offense go by the board: Trevor Knight

oCT. 4

Returns Punt KO Int Fum A. Ross 0 3-45 0 0 D. Neal 0 1-17 0 0

— ERIC BAILEY, World Sports Writer

at West Virginia ....W, 45-33 TV: TBA

at Texas Tech...................TBA

at TCU .........................L, 37-33 NoV. 22

Conv FG Punts 3-4 1-3 0 0 0 2-28.0

By the numbers

SePT. 20

Kicking M. Hunnicutt J. Barnett

Lg 47 18 22 23 9 19 16 5

Defense ultimately let down Oklahoma at TCU on Oct. 4. The Sooners won in spite of their offensive woes against Texas last week. Saturday, Michael Hunnicutt and OU’s special teams broke down en route to a second loss in three games. That’s a three-week stretch that will test a team’s fortitude, particularly since that team was once a playoff contender. It will be interesting to see how the Sooners respond at Iowa State on Nov. 1. — GUERIN EMIG, World Sports Writer

NoV. 15

RECEIVING No. Yds TD S. Shepard 15 197 1 D. Neal 3 33 1 B. Bell 3 31 1 M. Quick 2 27 0 S. Perine 2 7 0 A. Bennett 1 19 0 D. Flowers 1 16 0 A. Ross 1 5 0

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder found a way to get the ball to Tyler Lockett early and to revive the Wildcats’ running game late. K-State didn’t turn the ball over, committed fewer penalties and converted its red-zone opportunities. Basically, it’s the second time in three years the Wildcats have come to Owen Field and been a smarter, cleaner, more disciplined team. It’s the second time they have emerged a deserved winner.

SePT. 13

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD T. Knight 26-32 318 1 3 C. Thomas 2-2 17 0 0 D. Neal 0 0 1 0

A one-loss OU team could have contended for a Big 12 championship and might have gotten back in the College Football Playoff picture. Now that the Sooners are 5-2, they can just about forget about the playoffs. They also will need a lot of help to work their way back to the top of the conference standings. They have taken quite a dive since emerging from West Virginia with a 4-0 record three weeks ago.

NoV. 8

Lg 17 42 6 7 5 3 2

What happens next?

SePT. 6

No. Yds TD 24 89 1 8 75 0 6 17 0 1 7 0 1 5 0 1 3 0 1 2 0

K-State’s wizard still has his magic

NoV. 1

RUSHING S. Perine A. Ross T. Knight S. Shepard C. Thomas D. Neal B. Bell

The hole just got deeper

AUG. 30

OU’s Sterling Shepard, who had a monster game, is tripped up by K-State’s Dante Barnett on Saturday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

oCT. 18

KSU OU First downs 17 30 by rushing 9 14 by passing 8 15 by penalty 0 1 Rushing yards 160 198 Passing yards 225 335 Passing 15-23-0 28-36-2 Offensive plays 55 78 Total yards 385 533 Avg. per play 7.0 6.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yds 2-20 3-19 Punts-Avg. 5-38.8 2-28.0 Punt returns-Yds 0-0 0-0 Kickoff returns-Yds 1-15 4-62 Interceptions-Yds 2-5 0-0 Fumble returns-Yds 0-0 0-0 Possession time 27:42 32:18 3rd downs 5-11 7-11 4th downs 0-0 0-0 Sacks by-Yds 0-0 3-23

homa, having just driven from its 30-yard line to a first-and-goal at the Kansas State 4, seemed poised to score a go-ahead touchdown late Saturday. Samaje Perine had carried five times for 42 yards on the drive, appearing to wear down the Wildcats in the process. His next three carries, however, went for 2 yards, 1 yard and a loss of a yard. What happened? “You just keep trucking, as they say,” K-State coach Bill Snyder said. “We always say keeping, ‘Sawing wood, keep rowing the boat.’ If you want to get where you are going you have to do that, and we did.” From OU’s perspective, coach Bob Stoops noted the loss of short-yardage blockers Aaron Ripkowski (ejected in the first quarter for targeting) and Blake Bell (knocked woozy earlier in the drive). That could have made a difference on the thirdand-goal give to Perine, specifically. “There was nothing there,” Perine said. “They had six down linemen to that side. It’s just a hard look for us.” Said Stoops, “They just beat us up front in that situation.” At any rate, Michael Hunnicutt came on, missed a 19-yard field goal and the Sooners fell 31-30.

TV: TBA

Kansas ...............................TBA

vs. Texas, at Dallas W, 31-26 deC. 6

Three and out

STATISTICS

TV: TBA

Oklahoma State..............TBA

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were self-inflicted, a laundry list that coach Bob Stoops didn’t enjoy replaying during his post-game news conference. “Too many big mistakes that you can’t overcome,” said Stoops, who started by praising K-State. “You can’t overcome an interception for a touchdown. You can’t overcome missed field goals. You can’t overcome not getting the ball in the end zone when it’s third-and-1. You can’t overcome not being able to protect an extra point. “Those all were factors that put us in the spot we were in.” The Sooners (5-2 overall, 2-2 Big 12) will have a week off before a Nov. 1 game at Iowa State. A bye week will allow coaches and players time to patch up a sinking program. This was a team that many believed would be in the conversation when the initial College Football Playoff rankings are released next week. Instead, OU will have to hold on to hope for a conference championship, which appears to be on life support. “It hurts,” linebacker Geneo Grissom said. “We have to bounce back. Not every season goes the way you want it. K-State had a great game. They played a great game plan. They made one more play than us. We have to bounce back and we have to be able to make plays to account for that one point.” The biggest head-scratcher was Michael Hunnicutt. OU’s alwaysdependable kicker had an extrapoint blocked and missed two field goals, including a 19-yarder with 3:53 remaining that would have given the Sooners the lead. “I feel for Michael. He’s been an excellent kicker for us and a great young man,” Stoops said. “We all love him. I feel for him because, unfortunately for the kicker, it kind of sticks out.” Statistically, OU owned the game. But, as evident by last week’s victory over Texas in the Cotton Bowl, the team that dominates on paper doesn’t always get awarded with a victory. Trevor Knight had one of his top passing days (26-for-32, 318 yards,

OU’s Sterling Shepard makes a catch out of bounds as K-State’s Morgan Burns trails. Below: Durron Neal throws an interception in the end zone while being pursued by the Wildcats’ Dakorey Johnson. photos by MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

three touchdowns), but it was a second-quarter interception that sullied his performance. Pinned at his own 2-yard line, Knight was trying a quick pass to Durron Neal. Danzel McDaniel stepped in front of the receiver, intercepted and waltzed in for a TD to give the Wildcats a 14-7 lead. Knight, who left the game briefly during OU’s first-quarter scoring drive, led the Sooners to a game-tying drive on their next possession, hitting Sterling Shepard with a 47-yard scoring strike. Shepard tied a school record with 15 receptions and had 197 receiving yards. The Wildcats (5-1, 3-0) took a 2114 lead when Jake Waters connected on a 9-yard TD pass to Booker T. Washington graduate Tyler Lockett. Hunnicutt made a 38-yard field goal to cut the lead to 21-17, but he missed a 32-yard try right before halftime. The game was knotted at 24

when Knight found Blake Bell with a 4-yard TD pass with 9:32 left in the third quarter.

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K-State responded with Jake Waters’ 4-yard TD run to take a 3124 advantage.

“I didn’t think we played well enough to win,” OU defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “Our kids did a great job competing. I thought they made some critical plays at some critical times. “That’s stress you’re under when you play Kansas State. The normal person wouldn’t understand that, but we do. Our players knew it would be tough. Each play is tough. They’re ridiculously well-coached and efficient in what they do and understanding what you do. There are only so many things you can do.” OU managed to get within 31-30 with 10:35 to play when Knight found Neal for a season-best third touchdown pass. But following the 9-yard throw, K-State’s Travis Britz blocked Hunnicutt’s PAT attempt. OU had one last-ditch effort. The Sooners got K-State off the field on a three-and-out only once. But the fourth-quarter stop set up a potential go-ahead score. A drive that started at its own 30 moved to the K-State 4. But three straight Samaje Perine runs — 2 yards, 1 yard, minus-1 yard — couldn’t find the end zone. The Sooners missed fullback Aaron Ripkowski, who was ejected early after a targeting penalty. OU also didn’t have Bell, who left with a head injury in the fourth quarter. “Normally down on the goal line like that, we’re in our big sets. That really hurts,” Stoops said. “We’re not used to being down inside the 1 with the edges open. The two guys that have been in there consistently this year are Blake and Rip. Again, not an excuse, but it’s the truth. It threw us off when we got down to those tight, tough situations.” Hunnicutt yanked his 19-yarder wide left, and the Wildcats were able to run out the clock. K-State accomplished something no other school can claim versus Stoops: capture two victories on his home turf. The Sooners are now 89-6 under Stoops in home games over the past 16 seasons. Perine said OU will finish strong. “You have to,” Perine said. “We have a tremendous group of seniors and you want to send them out the best way possible. And that’s by winning.”

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Lockett secures legacy with second win vs. OU ••K-State receiver from Tulsa was a pest against OU. By JOHN E. HOOVER

World Sports Columnist

NORMAN — Tyler Lockett couldn’t even get to the Kansas State bus for the crowd of people around him. Too many hugs and kisses. Lockett’s family gave him a lasting and warm embrace on Saturday, for one last time as a Kansas State Wildcat in Norman. “This is our last game ever playing in Oklahoma,” Lockett told the Tulsa World after K-State shocked No. 11 OU 31-30 at Memorial Stadium, “and we’re able to win the ballgame. What an exciting feeling.” Lockett, a senior from Tulsa who was a high school star at Booker T. Washington, was referencing his Sooner State teammate and fellow senior,

Edmond Deer Creek tight end Zach Trujillo. But he might as well have been referencing the adoring, purpleclad crowd around him. “I’ll remember my freshman year and junior year we lost, and my sophomore year and senior year we won,” Lockett said. “Every time they played us at home, they beat us, and when we played ’em at their place, we beat them.” He stopped for a long embrace from his dad, former Hornet and Wildcat and Kansas City Chief Kevin Lockett. He got another from his uncle, Aaron Lockett. They were both recordbreakers at K-State, and Tyler has surpassed many of their exploits. “Oh, man,” said grandfather John Lockett. “It’s hard to explain. Two wins in four years, living here in Oklahoma, having to put up with all my Oklahoma friends — haha, it’s nice. It’s really nice. But I respect Oklahoma.

Tyler Lockett (left) poses with his uncle Aaron (middle) and dad Kevin in Norman following Kansas State’s win over Oklahoma. JOHN E. HOOVER/Tulsa World

Great ballclub. And I love the Stoops brothers. But this is a big win for us.” Aaron Lockett talked about the inherent pressure on a local kid going up against the in-state team, and how Tyler has been so successful against

the Sooners. Last year in the Flint Hills, Tyler caught 12 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-31 OU win. Saturday at Owen Field, he caught six passes for 86 yards and a TD. In four games against OU,

Lockett caught 25 passes for 425 yards and four TDs, and returned 11 kickoffs for 289 yards. Tyler has certainly built upon the Lockett legacy, especially against the Sooners. Said Aaron, “It hasn’t hit home yet, but I’m pretty sure it will here pretty quickly when his career is over.” Kevin Lockett talked about what a tough place Norman is for a visiting team to win, and took a question about how his son was so dominant in the first half that the Sooners needed to make a fundamental change to the way they play defense, switching cover expert Zack Sanchez to take Lockett on every play. Kevin also talked about how Tyler got away from OU because everyone, including coach Bob Stoops, just assumed he would follow his dad’s legacy. “I think a lot of people thought that, just coming out of high school that he would

always be at K-State,” Kevin said. “But the funniest thing is that KU was actually the first school that offered him. Would he have come to Oklahoma? Who knows? I think he’s always sort of had purple in his heart. “But our thing was we just wanted everybody to recruit him for who he was. Bob really didn’t much because Bob always figured he would come to K-State. But I think it’s all worked out for the best for everyone.” If Stoops is still coaching the Sooners six years from now, he’d do well to be aware that Tyler is not the last Lockett on this remarkable assembly line. Sterling is 11 years old. Twins Jacob and Jordan are 6. “I got three little brothers,” Tyler said. Hey, when it comes to the Locketts, it’s never too soon to plan. Read John E. Hoover’s blog tulsaworld.com/johnehoover

Teammates won’t blame Hunnicutt ••The players, coaches don’t hang loss on missed kicks. By GUERIN EMIG

World Sports Writer

NORMAN — To put into perspective what happened to Michael Hunnicutt on Saturday afternoon at Owen Field, you needed someone who had pretty much seen it all over many, many years of college football. You needed Bill Snyder. “The youngster that missed the field goal, he will go another hundred years without missing another,” Kansas State’s 75-year-old sage said. “So we were just lucky. That happens.” Simple as that. It was KState’s turn to be on the right side of fortune. The Wildcats lost to Auburn on Sept. 18 when Jack Cantele missed three field goals. He missed two all of 2013. Before Saturday, Hunnicutt had made 70-of-81. He was the most reliable, most successful kicker in OU history, the school’s alltime scoring leader, the 17th alltime leading scorer in NCAA history. When he hooked a 32-yard try wide left late in the first half? That was weird. Then he had an extra point blocked with 10:35 remaining, a moment that kept Kansas State ahead 31-30. “That’s just really poor on our part,” said OU coach Bob Stoops, blaming protection more than his senior kicker. So here came Hunnicutt with 3:53 to play, the score still 31-30, after Samaje Perine had been stuffed on third-and-goal at the K-State 1-yard line. It was a 19-yard try, the goal post practically in his face. A slight right-toleft angle, but nothing crazy. “I always think that he’s automatic,” Perine said, “because he’s been so good in the past.” The running back was still on his way to the bench when he heard the groan of 85,019 fans. The snap was as clean as the hold. Hunnicutt’s rightfooted kick?

Oklahoma’s Julian Wilson pursues Booker T. grad Tyler Lockett. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

“He told me he was rushing it,” Stoops said. Whatever happened mechanically — OU did not make Hunnicutt available for postgame interviews — the low, knuckleballing kick hooked well left. K-State’s sidelined erupted as several OU players bent at the waist in disbelief. The Wildcats’ offense ran onto the field, picked up two first downs and drained the rest of the clock to preserve a 31-30 victory. The Sooners were left to close ranks around their special teams captain. “Hunnicutt is a great kicker,” tight end Blake Bell said. “I mean, he’s made every single kick that I’ve ever seen almost. It’s ridiculous. You can’t blame it on him.” “Defensively, we could’ve done a lot more, and obviously offensively we could have,” cornerback Zack Sanchez said. “So to point a finger at Michael would be totally unfair.” “You have to hug him up and make sure he knows we’re behind him 100 percent,” linebacker Geneo Grissom said. Said Stoops: “I put my arm around him in the locker room.” There wasn’t much more you could do, since there wasn’t much point in understanding the phenomenon of fortune. Sometimes it just isn’t on your side. “He’s an All-American kicker, leads the school in points scored,” Sanchez said. “It was kind of a freak day for him.” Read Guerin Emig’s OU content at tulsaworld.com/guerinemig

The football lands back at the feet of Michael Hunnicutt after his extra point attempt was blocked. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Kansas State’s Morgan Burns intercepts a pass in the end zone under pressure from Sterling Shepard. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

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at the end of the first half, getting an extra point blocked and missing a 19yard chip shot that could have given OU a two-point lead in the closing minutes. “I feel for Michael,” Stoops said. “He’s been a great kicker for us. We all love him. I feel for him because as a kicker, it all sticks out.” “He makes every single kick that I’ve ever seen him kick almost,” tight end Blake Bell said. “It’s ridiculous. You can’t blame it on him.” Added quarterback Trevor Knight, “It’s not Michael. You could blame it on anything. You could put it on me for throwing the pick-six. Anything. He’s gonna be in the spotlight, but it’s not his fault.” Hunnicutt is a clutch kicker, the most prolific and most accurate in OU annals and one of the best in college football history. But he took seven easy points off the scoreboard that would have otherwise won the game for his team. But Knight is dead on. It wasn’t just Hunnicutt. Knight’s own gaffe, either an incomprehensible missed read or an inexplicable throw, handed the Wildcats seven points when K-State cornerback Danzel McDaniel jumped a short route off the goal line and returned the interception all of 4 yards for a Wildcat touchdown. Blame wideout Durron Neal, too, for killing a promising third-quarter possession by throwing a pass on a reverse right to wide-open K-State defender Morgan Burns in the end zone instead of running with it or throwing it away. Or blame the Sooner defense, which yielded

OU medical staff attends to Trevor Knight, injured on the field, as Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder looks. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

191 yards on four plays: a 62-yard touchdown pass from Jake Waters to Glenn Gronkowski, a 38-yard pass from Waters to Tyler Lockett, a 53-yard run by Waters to start the third quarter and a 38-yard run by DeMarcus Robinson on the next drive. Those four plays, on four different possessions, contributed to 24 K-State points. Otherwise, the Sooner defense was perfectly tightfisted, giving up just 3.8 yards per play and not allowing any other scores. “That’s how it is when you play them,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “The pressure they put you under is consistent and never-ending throughout the game.” The loss ruined a fantastic individual effort by Sterling Shepard, who tied a school record with 15 receptions for 197 yards and a touchdown. “It’s like, who cares,” Shepard said. It also ruined a career day by Knight, who had struggled mightily throughout

the Sooners’ first six games but put together a 26-of-32 passing, 318-yard, threetouchdown effort. “We really got rolling and that’s a positive coming out of this game going into the backstretch of the season,” Knight said. Most of all, it ruined a weeklong effort by Bob Stoops, offensive coordinator Josh Heupel and co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell to fix a half-season’s worth of drab coaching and uninspired play-calling. To wit: Knight ran the football a couple of times instead of always handing it off; Knight found open receivers over the middle of the field with startling big-play efficiency; Knight connected on a handful of short screen passes and slants that boosted his confidence and picked up first downs; there were attempted option-shovel passes and creative reverses and even, hold the phone, a third-and-inches situation in which Knight got under center and ran a

quarterback sneak. Genius. “We just had a really good plan coming in for the defense that Kansas State plays,” Knight said. Of course, worst of all, just a handful of botched plays ruined the Sooners’ already faint hopes of earning a spot in the inaugural College Football Playoff. Now 5-2 overall and 2-2 in Big 12 Conference play, this season has slipped away with stark suddenness. “It’s tough,” Bell said. “It’s not fun when you lose.” In the preseason, OU was a trendy pick to compete for a national championship. After a 4-0 start, the Sooner bandwagon got uncomfortably full. Now, a once-promising season is wasted. “We know we’re going to have some fans bashing us,” freshman running back Samaje Perine said. “It’s only a game. You win some, you lose some.” Read John E. Hoover’s blog tulsaworld.com/johnehoover

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AROUND THE NATION National Spotlight: No. 7 Alabama 59, No. 21 Texas A&M 0

No. 7 Alabama steamrolls A&M ••It is the first time Texas A&M has been shut out since a 77-0 loss to OU in 2003. By JOHN ZENOR Associated Press

Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon (right) breaks away from Texas A&M defensive back De’Vante Harris in the first half Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Yeldon rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, all in the first half. Brynn Anderson/Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama looked every bit the part of a national title contender Saturday, with a point-a-minute attack and a defense that planted a goose egg on one of the nation’s most prolific offenses. Blake Sims passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns and scored on a 43-yard run while leading the seventhranked Crimson Tide to 35 second-quarter points and

a 59-0 pummeling of No. 21 Texas A&M. The Tide (6-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) shut down the nation’s No. 4 offense and dominated a game that had produced two consecutive thrillers. “I think this is as close as we can get to the Alabama football that we want to try to get from our players in terms of effort, toughness, emotional excitement and execution that we got throughout the game,” coach Nick Saban said. Led by Sims, T.J. Yeldon

and Amari Cooper, Alabama outgained the Aggies 602-172. Texas A&M (5-3, 2-3) has lost three in a row, all to teams now ranked in the top 10. Alabama set a school record for most points in a quarter and matched the second-most scored in a half while racing to a 45-0 halftime lead. It was Alabama’s largest margin of victory since a 62-0 defeat of Tulane in 1991. It was also the Tide’s most lopsided SEC win since beating Vanderbilt 66-3 in 1979. Yeldon had 114 yards and two TDs on 13 carries, all in the first half. Cooper gained 140 yards on eight catches

Two-minute drill

STANDINGS

A quick look at Saturday’s stars and newsmakers

•• Big 12

Conference Overall School W L PF PA W L PF PA Kansas St. 3 0 108 71 5 1 235 135 Baylor 3 1 165 134 6 1 343 161 Oklahoma St. 3 1 118 117 5 2 232 190 West Virginia 3 1 144 120 5 2 261 190 TCU 2 1 137 103 5 1 271 124 Oklahoma 2 2 139 127 5 2 273 160 Texas 2 2 104 104 3 4 166 172 Texas Tech 1 3 116 148 3 4 216 258 Iowa St. 0 4 121 166 2 5 192 247 Kansas 0 4 55 117 2 5 116 196

Saturday’s Games West Virginia 41, Baylor 27 Kansas State 31, Oklahoma 30 Texas Tech 34, Kansas 21 TCU 42, Oklahoma State 9 Texas 48, Iowa State 45 Saturday, Oct. 25 Texas at Kansas St., 11 a.m. Texas Tech at TCU, 2:30 p.m. West Virginia at Oklahoma St., 2:30 p.m.

•• American athletic

Conference Overall School W L PF PA W L PF PA East Carolina 2 0 73 41 5 1 246 143 UCF 2 0 37 25 4 2 143 120 Temple 2 1 81 65 4 2 201 103 Houston 2 1 71 51 4 3 197 125 South Florida 2 1 72 72 3 4 152 203 Memphis 1 1 65 42 3 3 202 125 Cincinnati 1 1 55 44 3 3 206 207 Tulane 1 2 56 61 2 5 131 197 Tulsa 1 2 92 104 1 6 171 285 SMU 0 2 27 86 0 6 39 288 UConn 0 3 27 65 1 5 77 154

Friday’s Games Houston 31, Temple 10

STARS

Saturday’s Games UCF 20, Tulane 13 South Florida 38, Tulsa 30 Cincinnati 41, SMU 3

••Cody Kessler set a school record with seven touchdown passes, throwing five in the first half in No. 22 USC’s 5628 victory over Colorado. ••Blake Sims passed for 268 yards and three TDs and scored on a 43-yard run while leading the No. 7 Alabama to a 59-0 pummeling of No. 21 Texas A&M.

Thursday, Oct. 23 UConn at East Carolina, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 South Florida at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 Memphis at SMU, 11 a.m. Temple at UCF, 4 p.m.

•• SEC

East Conference Overall School W L PF PA W L PF PA Georgia 4 1 193 119 6 1 304 140 Missouri 2 1 63 67 5 2 214 150 Kentucky 2 2 95 122 5 2 222 153 Florida 2 3 107 143 3 3 172 153 South Carolina 2 3 172 187 4 3 246 220 Tennessee 0 3 44 79 3 4 171 149 Vanderbilt 0 4 61 150 2 5 123 238 West Conference Overall

School W L PF PA Mississippi 4 0 133 43 Mississippi St 3 0 120 83 Alabama 3 1 132 57 Auburn 2 1 109 66 LSU 2 2 107 105 Texas A&M 2 3 138 198 Arkansas 0 4 94 139

Southern California quarterback Cody Kessler set a school record with seven touchdown passes against Colorado on Saturday. Kessler finished with 319 yards passing in the Trojans’ 56-28 win over the Buffaloes. Mark J. Terrill/AP

W L PF PA 7 0 248 74 6 0 251 120 6 1 258 92 5 1 233 110 6 2 285 136 5 3 307 217 3 4 268 188

Saturday’s Games South Carolina 41, Furman 10 Alabama 59, Texas A&M 0 Georgia 45, Arkansas 32 Missouri 42, Florida 13 Mississippi 34, Tennessee 3 LSU 41, Kentucky 3 Saturday, Oct. 25 Alabama at Tennessee, TBA South Carolina at Auburn, TBA UAB at Arkansas, 11 a.m. Mississippi St. at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at Missouri, 3 p.m. Mississippi at LSU, 6:15 p.m.

••Nick Chubb ran for 202 yards and two touchdowns to help No. 10 Georgia beat Arkansas 45-32. ••Brett Hundley accounted for 424 yards of offense and three TDs to help UCLA snap a seven-game skid at California with a 36-34 victory. ••Michael Dyer rushed for 173 yards, including a game-sealing 46-yard touchdown run with 44 seconds remaining to

help Louisville hold off North Carolina State 30-18. ••Lucas Beatty threw for 430 yards and five TDs, including the winner in the second overtime in Gardner-Webb’s 47-41 win over Virginia Military Institute. ••Justin Arias threw for 465 yards with four TDs in Idaho State’s 56-28 win over Southern Utah. ••Drew Hare had 365 yards of

total offense, 185 passing and 180 rushing, and three TDs in Northern Illinois’ 51-41 win over Miami (Ohio). ••Colin Reardon passed for a career-high 360 yards and three TDs, and ran for another score in Kent State’s 39-17 win over Army. ••Jalen Whitlow threw two TDs passes in Eastern Illinois’ 52-13 win over Southeast Missouri.

News and notes Down goes Baylor: Bryce Petty got knocked around and struggled to find his targets, Baylor piled up the penalties and the Bears’ undefeated season came to a grinding halt. At West Virginia, the fourth-ranked Bears couldn’t muster another comeback as they had last week against TCU. Baylor was held to its lowest point and yardage outputs of the season in a 41-27 loss to the Mountaineers. Baylor was penalized 18 times for a Big 12-record 215 yards. The previous mark of 183 yards was set by Texas Tech against Rice in 2007. The Bears couldn’t overcome a double-digit deficit as they did in a 61-58 win against TCU last week. Baylor (6-1, 3-1) goes from being the Big 12 favorite to a team hopeful to stay in contention for the College Football Playoff, tossed into

By the numbers

4: Straight games Ohio State has scored at least 50 points, a first in its 125 years of competition. 18: Straight losses by Columbia to Pennsylvania, the longest losing streak to one opponent in Ivy League history. The Lions have lost 16 straight overall. 35: Second-quarter points by Alabama in its 59-0 win over Texas A&M to set a team record. The Crimson Tide also tied a record with 45 points in the first half. 39: Straight games with a TD pass by Marshall’s Rakeem Cato, breaking the FBS record set by Russell Wilson at North Carolina State and Wisconsin. 323: Career victories by Carson-Newman coach Ken Sparks, tying him with Bear Bryant for sixth place on the NCAA’s career list. 353: Combined yards on 32 penalties between Baylor and West Virginia. the mix with the other oneloss teams who now have no room left for error.

Injury scare for Indiana lineman: Indiana left tackle Jason

Spriggs was released from a local hospital Saturday night about two hours after he was carted off the field with a feared neck injury.

Team spokesman Jeff Keag said doctors gave him a “clean bill of health.” He did not have any additional information about the injury. Earlier, Hoosiers coach Kevin Wilson told reporters Spriggs had pain in his upper neck but had movement in

his extremities. The scary scene occurred after it appeared Spriggs was hurt on a helmet-tohelmet collision with 4:54 to play. Spriggs remained face down for several minutes as trainers tended to him. A golf cart then drove onto the field and he was placed on a backboard, taken to an ambulance and transported to the hospital. “He took a hit head on,” Wilson said. “Was conscious, breathing but had some upper neck pain. Took a step and fell down.” The 6-foot-7, 300-pound junior is considered to be Indiana’s top offensive lineman. His injury appeared to be another tough break for the Hoosiers (3-4, 0-3 Big Ten), who lost their top two quarterbacks with injuries that will likely end their seasons. — Associated Press

Saturday’s Scores ȕȕ STATE SCORES

Cent. Missouri 31, Cent. Oklahoma 19 East Central 65, NW Oklahoma St. 7 Langston 38, Wayland Baptist 7 Missouri Southern 34, Northeastern St. 7 Oklahoma Baptist 47, Haskell Indian Nations 6 Oklahoma Panhandle St. 37, Bacone 27 S. Arkansas 62, S. Nazarene 7 SE Oklahoma 28, SW Oklahoma 24

ȕȕ EAST

Albany (NY) 20, Maine 7 Bryant 42, St. Francis (Pa.) 27 Clemson 17, Boston College 13 Dartmouth 24, Holy Cross 21 Harvard 24, Lafayette 14 Lehigh 31, Cornell 14 Penn 31, Columbia 7 Princeton 27, Brown 16

Robert Morris 27, CCSU 24 Sacred Heart 23, Duquesne 20 Towson 24, Delaware 17 UMass 36, E. Michigan 14 West Virginia 41, Baylor 27 Yale 45, Colgate 31

ȕȕ SOUTH

Alabama 59, Texas A&M 0 Alcorn St. 40, Texas Southern 25 Appalachian St. 53, Troy 14 Bethune-Cookman 48, Savannah St. 20 Campbell 28, Davidson 27 Chattanooga 34, The Citadel 14 Duke 20, Virginia 13 FAU 45, W. Kentucky 38 Florida A&M 31, Howard 28 Gardner-Webb 47, VMI 41, 2OT Grambling St. 63, Ark.-Pine Bluff 39 Jacksonville 30, Stetson 7

Lamar 63, Nicholls St. 21 Louisiana Tech 27, UTSA 20 Louisville 30, NC State 18 Marshall 45, FIU 13 Maryland 38, Iowa 31 Middle Tennessee 34, UAB 22 Morgan St. 21, NC Central 20 NC A&T 33, Delaware St. 20 Norfolk St. 21, Hampton 13 Northwestern St. 31, Sam Houston St. 27 Prairie View 52, MVSU 19 Presbyterian 7, Charleston Southern 3 Richmond 37, Rhode Island 0 South Carolina 41, Furman 10 Stony Brook 20, Elon 3 Syracuse 30, Wake Forest 7 UCF 20, Tulane 13 UT-Martin 21, Tennessee St. 16 Villanova 35, William & Mary 31 W. Carolina 35, Mercer 21 Wofford 24, Samford 20

ȕȕ MIDWEST

Ball St. 32, Cent. Michigan 29 Dayton 41, Morehead St. 7 Drake 17, Valparaiso 9 E. Illinois 52, SE Missouri 13 Fort Hays St. 24, Emporia St. 21 Illinois St. 37, W. Illinois 34 Kent St. 39, Army 17 Michigan St. 56, Indiana 17 Minnesota 39, Purdue 38 Missouri St. 31, South Dakota 12 N. Dakota St. 34, Indiana St. 17 N. Illinois 51, Miami (Ohio) 41 Ohio 23, Akron 20 Ohio St. 56, Rutgers 17 Pittsburg St. 35, NW Missouri St. 17 S. Dakota St. 31, N. Iowa 28 San Diego 27, Butler 21 W. Michigan 26, Bowling Green 14 Youngstown St. 26, S. Illinois 14

ȕȕ SOUTHWEST Cincinnati 41, SMU 3 Georgia 45, Arkansas 32 Kansas St. 31, Oklahoma 30 South Florida 38, Tulsa 30 TCU 42, Oklahoma St. 9 Texas Tech 34, Kansas 21

ȕȕ FAR WEST Air Force 35, New Mexico 31 E. Washington 26, N. Colorado 18 Idaho 29, New Mexico St. 17 Idaho St. 56, S. Utah 28 Montana 42, UC Davis 28 Montana St. 23, Weber St. 13 San Jose St. 27, Wyoming 20, OT Southern Cal 56, Colorado 28 UCLA 36, California 34

with two TDs. Sims completed 16 of 27 passes before exiting midway through the third quarter. By halftime, it seemed Alabama could name its score. The Aggies came in averaging 565 yards a game, but coach Kevin Sumlin called the performance “embarrassing.” “I thought we were prepared,” Sumlin said. “I thought we had energy during the pregame warmups. Obviously the performance was extremely poor.” It’s the first time Texas A&M has been shut out since a 77-0 loss to Oklahoma in 2003 and the program’s second-largest defeat.

Top 25 roundup No. 1 Mississippi State (6-0): did not play. Next: at Kentucky, Saturday. No. 2 Florida State (7-0): beat No. 5 Notre Dame 31-27. Next: at Louisville, Thursday, Oct. 30. No. 3 Mississippi (7-0): beat Tennessee 34-3. Next: at LSU, Saturday. No. 4 Baylor (6-1): lost to West Virginia 41-27. Next: vs. Kansas, Saturday, Nov. 1. No. 5 Notre Dame (6-0): lost to No. 2 Florida State 31-27. Next: vs. Navy at Landover, Md., Saturday, Nov. 1. No. 6 Auburn (5-1): did not play. Next: vs. South Carolina, Saturday. No. 7 Alabama (6-1): beat No. 21 Texas A&M 59-0. Next: at Tennessee, Saturday. No. 8 Michigan State (6-1): beat Indiana 56-17. Next: vs. Michigan, Saturday. No. 9 Oregon (6-1): beat Washington 45-20. Next: vs. California at Santa Clara, Calif., Friday, Oct. 24. No. 10 Georgia (6-1): beat Arkansas 4532. Next: vs. Florida at Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday. No. 11 Oklahoma (5-2): lost to No. 14 Kansas State 31-30. Next: at Iowa State, Saturday, Nov. 1. No. 12 TCU (5-1): beat No. 15 Oklahoma State 42-9. Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday. No. 13 Ohio State (5-1): beat Rutgers 5617. Next: at Penn State, Saturday. No. 14 Kansas State (5-1): beat No. 11 Oklahoma 31-30. Next: vs. Texas, Saturday. No. 15 Oklahoma State (5-2): lost to No. 12 TCU 42-9. Next: vs. West Virginia, Saturday. No. 16 Arizona (5-1): did not play. Next: at Washington State, Saturday. No. 17 Arizona State (4-1): vs. No. 23 Stanford. Next: at Washington, Saturday. No. 18 East Carolina (5-1): did not play. Next: vs. UConn, Thursday, Oct. 23. No. 19 Nebraska (6-1): beat Northwestern 38-17. Next: vs. Rutgers, Saturday. No. 20 Utah (5-1): beat Oregon State 2923, 2OT, Thursday. Next: vs. No. 22 Southern Cal, Saturday. No. 21 Texas A&M (5-3): lost to No. 7 Alabama 59-0. Next: vs. Louisiana-Monroe, Saturday, Nov. 1. No. 22 Southern Cal (5-2): beat Colorado 56-28. Next: at No. 20 Utah, Saturday. No. 23 Stanford (4-2): at No. 17 Arizona State. Next: vs. Oregon State, Saturday. No. 24 Clemson (5-2): beat Boston College 17-13. Next: vs. Syracuse, Saturday. No. 25 Marshall (7-0): beat FIU 45-13. Next: vs. FAU, Saturday.

No. 2 Florida State 31, No. 5 Notre Dame 27

Seminoles survive Fighting Irish rally

Jameis Winston prevailed after another week of controversy and threw for 273 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead No. 2 Florida State to 31-27 win over No. 5 Notre Dame on Saturday. The Seminoles (7-0, 5-0 ACC) used a second-half comeback with the season on the line to topple the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame (61) is the last ranked team on FSU’s schedule and the win may be its last chance to make a decisive impression on the College Football Playoff selection committee. The Irish moved to the 2-yard line on the final drive, but an offensive pass interference call killed the drive. no. 19 nebraska 38, northwestern 17

Huskers control second half to down Wildcats

Ameer Abdullah had four 1-yard touchdown runs and quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. scored on a 16-yard reception, leading No. 19 Nebraska to a 38-17 victory at Northwestern on Saturday night. Abdullah finished with 146 yards on 23 carries as the Cornhuskers (6-1, 2-1 Big Ten) bounced back from a 27-22 loss at Michigan State. Abdullah had only 45 yards in the loss to the Spartans on Oct. 4. Northwestern (3-4, 2-2) wasted another big game for freshman Justin Jackson in its second consecutive loss. Jackson had 128 yards and two touchdowns in his third straight 100-yard game. — Associated Press

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no. 12 tcu 42, no. 15 oklahoma state 9 How they scored

Notebook

Three observations from Saturday’s game

OSU 3 6 0 0 — 9 TCU 21 7 14 0 — 42 First quarter TCU: Catalon 34 run (Oberkrom kick), 9:23 TCU: Doctson 77 pass from Boykin (Oberkrom kick), 7:42 OSU: FG, Grogan 30, 5:20 TCU: Doctson 84 pass from Boykin (Oberkrom kick), 4:41 Second quarter OSU: FG, Grogan 27, 13:26 OSU: FG, Grogan 28, 7:36 TCU: Catalon 35 run (Oberkrom kick), 1:53 Third quarter TCU: Gray 22 pass from Boykin (Oberkrom kick), 9:49 TCU: Green 4 run (Oberkrom kick), 2:41

team statistics OSU TCU First downs 12 26 by rushing 7 13 by passing 5 12 by penalty 0 1 Rushing yards 126 261 Passing yards 132 415 Passing 10-25-2 27-42-1 Offensive plays 64 82 Total yards 258 676 Avg. per play 4.0 8.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yds 4-23 5-45 Punts-Avg. 9-44.3 5-44.6 Punt returns-Yds 1-3 3-13 Kickoff returns-Yds 2-41 4-60 Interceptions-Yds 1-0 2-0 Fumble returns-Yds 0-0 0-0 Possession time 27:46 32:14 3rd downs 3-15 7-15 4th downs 0-0 1-2 Sacks by-Yds 2-15 2-11

OSU quarterback Daxx Garman (right) gets off a pass under pressure from TCU defenders Marcus Mallett (center) and James McFarland at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

RUSHING D. Roland T. Hill D. Garman

No. Yds TD 23 84 0 11 52 0 4 -9 0

Lg 13 22 2

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD D. Garman 10-25 132 2 0 RECEIVING No. Yds TD D. Glidden 5 59 0 M. Ateman 2 -3 0 B. Sheperd 1 57 0 J. Seaton 1 13 0 T. Hill 1 6 0 Kicking B. Grogan K. Smith

Lg 17 3 57 13 6

Conv FG Punts 0-0 3-3 0 0 0 9-44.3

Returns Punt KO Int Fum T. Hill 1-3 2-41 0 0 J. Castleman 0 0 1-0 0 TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks R. Simmons 9 2 11 2-7 0 T. Flowers 7 0 7 1-1 0 S. Jacobs 6 1 7 0 0 K. Peterson 6 0 6 0 0 J. Sterns 3 2 5 0 0 J. Furman 3 2 5 1-4 0 T. Clark 3 0 3 0 0 V. Taylor 2 1 3 0 0 K. Tucker 2 1 3 0 0 R. Richards 2 0 2 0 0 D. Curry 2 0 2 0 0 E. Ogbah 2 0 2 2-15 2-15 S. Wren 2 0 2 1-6 0 G. Akem 2 0 2 0 0 D. Sherod 1 0 1 0 0 E. Jeffcoat 1 0 1 0 0 T. Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 J. Morrow 1 0 1 0 0 O. Hautau 1 0 1 0 0 D. Robertson 1 0 1 0 0 J. Elias 1 0 1 0 0 V. Leveni 1 0 1 0 0 D. Franklin 1 0 1 0 0 J. Bean 1 0 1 0 0 J. Castleman 0 1 1 0 0.

connected again, finding a soft spot between Richards and Jordan Sterns in the OSU zone for an 84-yard TD. All four of TCU’s first-half touchdowns came on plays of 34 yards or more. In the second half, when the Cowboys tried to compensate, TCU scored on drives of 14 and 12 plays. “When we took away the chunk plays they just grinded it out,” defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said, “and we couldn’t get off the field.”

By the numbers 418

— Mark Cooper, World Sports Writer

111

TCU outgained Oklahoma State 676-258 in total offense. The 418 yards were the most a Cowboys team has been outgained since Bedlam 2005, when they were outgained 560-139 in a 42-14 loss to Oklahoma.

OSU’s total yards in the second half of its past two games combined. After accumulating just 60 yards in the second half against Kansas, the Cowboys had 51 yards on 18 plays in the final two quarters against TCU.

Quarter Breakdowns

7:05

With three field goals on Saturday, Ben Grogan is 17-for-21 this season. The 17 field goals are tied for seventh in a single season in OSU history.

After holding the ball for more than two-thirds of the first half, the Cowboys had it for just seven minutes in the second half. OSU ran 18 second-half plays to TCU’s 51.

— Mark Cooper, World Sports Writer

First quarter

OSU’s Kevin Peterson (left) and Josh Furman team up to take down TCU’s Deante Gray on Saturday.

Oklahoma State 3 — 3 TCU 21 — 21

Key play: You could take any of TCU’s three long touchdowns — which occurred in the span of four offensive plays. But we’ll go with the second one: On the first play of the drive, the Horned Frogs’ Josh Doctson ran past Ramon Richards and hauled in a 77-yard touchdown to put TCU ahead 14-0. Key stat: 241. TCU racked up 241 yards of offense in the first quarter, 192 coming from Trevone Boykin’s arm. Number to know: 10:23. Oklahoma State had the ball for more than 10 minutes — more than two-thirds — of the first quarter. It left it trailing by three scores.

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Oklahoma State 3 6 — 9 TCU 21 7 — 28

Oklahoma State 3 6 0 — 9 TCU 21 7 14 — 42

Oklahoma State 3 6 0 0 — 9 TCU 21 7 14 0 — 42

Key play: Facing a fourth-and-1 from the OSU 35, TCU’s B.J. Catalon took a carry through the right side of the defense all the way for a touchdown with 1:53 to go. It erased the momentum the Cowboys built up throughout the quarter. Key stat: 2.8. Oklahoma State’s rushing problems continued in the first half, as the Cowboys averaged 2.8 yards per carry. The Horned Frogs had five tackles for loss, led by Paul Dawson’s two. Number to know: 4. Without a touchdown in the first half, OSU’s offense went four consecutive quarters without reaching the end zone. It didn’t score a touchdown in the second half against Kansas last week.

Key play: After a penalty and sack pushed TCU to a second-and-goal from the OSU 22-yard line, Horned Frogs receiver Deante’ Gray beat Josh Furman to the left corner of the end zone and caught a touchdown to push the lead to 35-9 with 9:49 left. Key stat: 8. The Cowboys ran just eight plays in the third quarter, holding the ball for less than three minutes. Two drives ended in two punts. Number to know: 208. TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson accumulated 208 yards receiving by the end of the third quarter. He spent much of the game lined up against freshman Ramon Richards, which led to a long day for the OSU cornerback.

Key play: With TCU facing a fourthand-1 from the OSU 4-yard line, Trevone Boykin was stuffed for a loss of 6 yards by Sam Wren and Jordan Sterns. If Boykin were to have reached a first down and TCU scored, a 49-9 loss would have been the largest margin of defeat in the Mike Gundy era. Key stat: 18. OSU moved the ball for just 18 yards in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Daxx Garman was 0-of-3 passing. Number to know: 33. The 33-point loss was the largest for Oklahoma State since falling 56-20 to Texas Tech on Nov. 8, 2008.

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Missouri State.......W, 40-23

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Oklahoma State cornerback Ashton Lampkin and safety Larry Stephens suited up and participated in pregame defensive back drills, but neither took the field, leaving freshmen Ramon Richards and Tre Flowers to take their places again. The lack of experience in the secondary showed when TCU hit on some big plays early. Richards was burned for a 77-yard touchdown by receiver Josh Doctson to put the Horned Frogs ahead 14-0. On the second play of the next drive, Boykin and Doctson

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TACKLES Solo Ast. Total TFL Sacks P. Dawson 12 1 13 2-9 0 M. Mallet 3 3 6 0 0 C. Hackett 5 0 5 1-2 0 D. Kindred 4 1 5 0 0 M. Tuaua 3 2 5 0 0 R. Texada 4 0 4 0 0 C. Bradley 3 0 3 1-1 0 S. Carter 2 1 3 0 0 C. Hunter 1 2 3 1-8 1-8 J. McFarland 2 0 2 1-8 0 K. White 2 0 2 0 0 S. Douglas 2 0 2 0 0 J. Carraway 1 1 2 0 0 D. Pierson 1 1 2 1-3 1-3 A. Anderson 1 1 2 0 0 J. Story 1 0 1 0 0 C. Echols-Luper 1 0 1 0 0 D. Johnson 1 0 1 0 0 P. Whitmill 1 0 1 0 0 T. Lathan 1 0 1 0 0

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Returns Punt KO Int Fum C. Echols-Luper 3-13 0 0 0 B. Catalon 0 3-52 0 0 D. Gray 0 1-8 0 0 K. White 0 0 1-0 0 D. Kindred 0 0 1-0 0

Tyreek Hill received more offensive touches than he has had since the season opener against Florida State. It included a season-high 11 carries for 52 yards. But as Oklahoma State struggled to move the ball any other way on offense, Hill’s increased usage and production was inconsequential. After the Horned Frogs scored in the third quarter to go ahead 35-9, Hill broke off a 22-yard run, setting up the offense near midfield. He ran again for 3 yards, but Garman threw back-to-back incomplete passes that led to a punt. “He was in position at times to make some big plays,” Gundy said. “I thought they tackled him well in space two or three times.” — MARK COOPER, World Sports Writer

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lows for completions, yards and completion percentage. The junior never found a rhythm, gaining 57 of those 132 yards on one play. He has six touchdowns and seven interceptions in four Big 12 games. “He was on his back most of the game,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said.

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RECEIVING No. Yds TD J. Doctson 7 225 2 D. Gray 4 58 1 T. Slanina 4 48 0 D. Porter 3 18 0 C. Echols-Luper 3 18 0 K. Hicks 2 35 0 B. Catalon 2 3 0 J. Story 1 5 0 E. Porter 1 5 0

Quarterback Daxx Garman’s production since taking over the starting job has been on a steady decline. It hit rock bottom in the second half Saturday against TCU. Garman failed to complete a pass after halftime, going 0-for-6 with an interception. He finished the game 10 of 25 for 132 yards and two interceptions, setting season

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No. Yds TD 10 102 2 7 51 0 9 41 0 6 19 0 5 22 1 1 14 0 1 10 0 1 1 0

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Streaks end for OSU: A 42-9 defeat at TCU on Saturday ended Oklahoma State’s streak of four consecutive Big 12 road victories. The loss also ended what had been a three-game win streak over the Horned Frogs. Before Saturday, the Cowboys had prevailed in 22 of their previous 25 meetings with opponents from the state of Texas. Defenders inactive: Two injured Cowboy defensive backs — junior cornerback Ashton Lampkin and senior safety Larry Stephens — were in uniform on Saturday, but neither got on the field. While they watched, inexperienced defensive backs were burned on big TCU pass plays. Stephens has been sidelined for three games, while Lampkin has been inactive since sustaining an apparent ankle injury during the Sept. 25 victory over Texas Tech. “They’re just not ready to go yet,” OSU defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said of Lampkin and Stephens. “We’re not going to hamper a kid’s health by putting him out there if he’s not physically ready to go 100 percent.” Castleman’s play: Among the few bright spots for OSU on Saturday was an extremely athletic interception by senior defensive tackle James Castleman. His second-quarter takeaway led to a 27-yard field goal by Ben Grogan, but by that point in the game, the Cowboys trailed 21-6. When asked about the interception Castleman replied, “It was part of the play call. I was supposed to loop out (to the right), and as I was doing it, I noticed that (TCU was attempting to execute) a screen. Sure enough, (Trevone Boykin) threw the ball and I stuck a hand out. I’m surprised that I caught it.” Grogan’s percentage: As an OSU freshman last season, Grogan was 11-of-18 on field goals. With his 3-of-3 performance on Saturday, he now is 17-of-21 this season. He has connected on 81 percent of his attempts. The singleseason program record of 88.9 percent was set by Luke Phillips in 2003 (16-of-18). Ogbah update: With two sacks against TCU, Cowboy defensive end Emmanual Ogbah has a season total of seven. The sophomore from Houston is on pace to become the first Cowboy since 2003 to finish a season with a double-digit sack total. Time disadvantage: TCU’s dominance Saturday was reflected not only in scoring and yardage totals, but in second-half time-ofpossession numbers. After halftime, TCU possessed the football for 22 minutes and 55 seconds. OSU’s possession time amounted to seven minutes and five seconds. Childs’ status: Because the Oklahoma State offense so rarely was on the field during the second half, it was easy to overlook that running back Rennie Childs missed his first game of the season. Childs, who had at least three carries in each previous game this season, was not included on the postgame participation report. When Cowboy offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich was asked about Tyreek Hill’s season-high total of 11 rushing attempts, he mentioned Childs’ absence. “Had to get him the ball,” Yurcich said of Hill. “Obviously, with Rennie Childs not being there, you’re concerned about your depth.” Yurcich was then asked a follow-up question about Childs’ status. “Coach Gundy handles all of the injuries and all those reports,” Yurcich replied. Milestones for TCU: The Horned Frogs have been Big 12 members for three seasons. Saturday’s 33-point margin of victory was TCU’s greatest in a Big 12 game. For the first time in program history, TCU had a 400-yard passer (Boykin), a 200-yard receiver (Josh Doctson) and a 100-yard rusher (B.J. Catalon). — BILL HAISTEN, World Sports Writer

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at Baylor ...........................TBA

at Kansas .................W, 27-20 deC. 6

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ultimately, a 42-9 victory. With a win, OSU would have secured sole possession of the Big 12 lead. Now, the second half of the season — with impressive Saturday winners West Virginia and Kansas State as the next two opponents — seems to have graduated from difficult to daunting. The OSU team that lost to TCU would have a tough time beating any remaining opponent. Summarizing the Cowboys’ worst loss since falling 56-20 at Texas Tech in 2008, OSU coach Mike Gundy said, “Obviously, that wasn’t a very good day for us. We just got our butts kicked.” From the Cowboy perspective, the stat sheet qualified as a damage report. ••TCU had 676 total yards and blitzed the Cowboys with a flurry of first-quarter touchdowns: B.J. Catalon’s 34-yard run, Trevone Boykin’s 77-yard pass to Josh Doctson and Boykin’s 84-yard pass to Doctson. ••OSU managed only 258 total yards and, for the first time since a 27-0 loss at Oklahoma in 2009, did not score a touchdown. One week after giving up three fourth-period TDs and losing 61-58 at Baylor, the Horned Frogs limited the Cowboys to three Ben Grogan field goals. ••The Horned Frogs rushed for 261 yards. The Cowboys ran for 126. As the Cowboys sagged to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big 12, their offensive line again did not function with any positive consistency. After having averaged only 3.8 per rush attempt against Texas Tech, 3.1 against Iowa State and 3.1 at Kansas, the Cowboy ground game was comparably ineffective against the Horned Frogs. OSU averaged 3.2 per attempt. ••Rarely given adequate protection to survey the field, Cowboy quarterback Daxx Garman was 10-for-25 passing for 132 yards — and he got 57 of those yards on one throw to Brandon Sheperd. Garman was intercepted twice and sacked twice. “A couple of years ago, we were ahead of Baylor like 45-0 at half — and they were a good team,” Gun-

Since J.W. Walsh sustained an apparently season-ending foot injury six weeks ago, junior Daxx Garman has been Oklahoma State’s starting quarterback. Mason Rudolph, a highly regarded freshman from South Carolina, has been listed as the backup. In four Big 12 starts, Garman has been on a steady statistical decline. Since a 370-yard passing performance against Texas Tech, he passed for 271 yards against Iowa State, 161 against Kansas and 132 against TCU. In the second half Saturday against TCU, he was 0-for-6. In conference play, he has more interceptions (seven) than touchdown passes. Garman has been sacked 11 times. Following the 42-9 loss at TCU, these questions were presented to OSU coach Mike Gundy: Considering the stakes, and that nearly half of the season remains and that the 6-foot-4, 217-pound Rudolph appears to be a more mobile quarterback than Garman, did Gundy consider playing Rudolph on Saturday? Gundy’s response: “No, we haven’t thought about that.” When the OSU coaches convene for Sunday meetings, might the Rudolph option be a conversation topic? “One thing, I wouldn’t discuss any personnel changes publicly. Second thing is, that’s not something we’ve discussed,” Gundy replied.

Tyreek Hill is brought down by TCU linebacker Marcus Mallet. photos by STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

dy said. “I often wondered if that would ever happen to us. (Saturday’s game) answered my question. (TCU) is better than we are.” From a scoring standpoint, this was OSU’s worst performance since the January 2010 Cotton Bowl Classic loss to Ole Miss. Within days of that 21-7 setback — during which OSU had only 259 total yards, converted 2-of13 on third-down and got its only touchdown on a trick-play pass — Gundy hired Dana Holgorsen to install a more potent attack. For most of the next four seasons, touchdowns were routine. On Saturday, there was not one touchdown. Instead, there was the end of a streak — the Cowboys’ streak of having scored at least 20 points in 58 consecutive games. It was major-college football’s secondlongest such streak since 1978. In 2002-06, Southern Cal scored at least 20 points in 63 consecutive games. On the subject of the Cowboys

David Glidden tries to outrun TCU’s Derrick Kindred.

having failed to score a TD, Horned Frog cornerback Kevin White said, “That’s what we pride ourselves on doing. This is our goal — make them kick field goals.” On his first pass attempt of the afternoon, Garman was inter-

cepted. Two plays later, Catalon scored on his 34-yard run. He darted through a huge opening on the right side of the Cowboy front. OSU was doomed by additional defensive breakdowns. After a Cowboy punt, Boykin connected with Josh Doctson for a 77-yard touchdown. Doctson ran past freshman cornerback Ramon Richards and collected the pass. There was no safety in sight. Doctson scored easily. Less than three minutes later, OSU again was jarred by a Boykin-toDoctson home run. On a lofted throw from Boykin, Doctson outjumped Cowboy safety Jordan Sterns and grabbed the football. After the catch, there was no resistance. There was a clean path to the end zone, and Doctson sprinted downfield to complete the 84-yard play. With 2½ minutes left in the first quarter — not the first half, but the first quarter — TCU had 241 yards and three touchdowns. OSU had 80 yards and three points.

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There was another big-play touchdown in the second quarter, with Catolon scoring on a fourthand-1 run of 35 yards, and the Horned Frogs rolled to the halftime break with a 28-9 cushion. With former OSU assistant Doug Meacham as a co-coordinator and the play-caller, TCU has the most improved offense in college football. Against the Cowboys, Boykin connected on 26 of 39 passes for a career-high 410 yards. “It was a woodshed day,” Cowboy defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said. “(The Horned Frogs) have talent in all of the right places. There weren’t a lot of gadget plays. They just executed with good players.” Bill Haisten 918-581-8397 bill.haisten@tulsaworld.com

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••Bulldogs race to a big halftime lead, then hold on against the Hogs. By KURT VOIGT

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After nearly beating ranked teams in the past two weeks, Arkansas fell flat in the first half against No. 10 Georgia. The Razorbacks, despite a career-high 296 yards passing from Brandon Allen, were 32 points down at halftime in a 45-32 loss to the No. 10 Bulldogs on Saturday. Despite the first-half onslaught, Arkansas (3-4, 0-4 Southeastern Conference) didn’t fold in the second half. Led by Allen’s career day on 28-of-45 passing, the Razorbacks closed to 45-32 midway through the fourth quarter on Alex Collins’s 6-yard run. The rebound was far too late, however, leading to Arkansas’ 16th straight SEC loss. The Razorbacks’ longest conference losing streak in school history is a 20-game stretch from 194043 when the school was in the Southwest Conference. Arkansas, which was led by Jonathan Williams’ 108 yards rushing, is 0-12 in the SEC under second-year coach Bret Bielema. “That first half, we weren’t ourselves,” Bielema said. “And the only person responsible for that is me. I guarantee 100 percent. I

‌ o. 10 GEORGIA 45, N ARKANSAS 32 Georgia 7 31 0 7 — 45 Arkansas 6 0 13 13 — 32 First Quarter Ark: A.Collins 1 run (kick blocked), 7:09. Geo: Mason 1 run (Morgan kick), 5:41. Second Quarter Geo: FG Morgan 37, 14:21. Geo: Chubb 43 run (Morgan kick), 9:05. Geo: Chubb 3 run (Morgan kick), 5:35. Geo: Bennett 7 pass from Mason (Morgan kick), 5:17. Geo: Sanders 54 fumble return (Morgan kick), 2:08. Third Quarter Ark: Hatcher 8 pass from B.Allen (run failed), 6:30. Ark: Henry 4 pass from B.Allen (McFain kick), 2:05. Fourth Quarter Geo: Conley 36 pass from Mason (Morgan kick), 13:08. Ark: Edwards 4 pass from B.Allen (McFain kick), 10:00. Ark: A.Collins 6 run (run failed), 5:05. A: 54,959.

told them that’s on me. I don’t know what we did a little bit different.” While the Razorbacks struggled, Nick Chubb provided an encore performance more than worthy of his well-known predecessor for the Bulldogs (6-1, 4-1). The Georgia freshman, again filling in for the suspended Todd Gurley at running back, followed last week’s breakout game with another dominating performance. Chubb ran for 202 yards and two touchdowns as the Bulldogs won their fifth straight game and maintained their spot atop the East Division. “I felt more comfortable back there in the backfield,” the 5-foot-10, 228-pound Chubb said. “... Todd has big shoes to fill, but I’m coming in here and playing hard.”

West Virginia’s Terrell Chestnut (left) knocks down a pass intended for Baylor’s Corey Coleman during the first quarter of their matchup Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia. CHRIS JACKSON/Associated Press

Big 12 Roundup

OSU’s Brandon Shepard makes a catch and runs from TCU’s Ranthony Texada during the Cowboys’ 42-9 loss to the Horned Frogs on Saturday at Amon G. Carter stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. PHOTOS BY STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

Once-productive offense struggling ••OSU’s streak of 58 games with 20 or more points ends.

game, run game, everything.” As OSU tried to climb from an early deficit, the offense entered the red zone three times in the second quarter. The first, while trailing 14-0, came when Garman threw one of the more pristine passes he has thrown all season — a 57-yarder down the left sideline that landed in Brandon Shepard’s hands in stride. It set OSU up at the TCU 12-yard line.

But on back-to-back plays, Desmond Roland tried to bounce the run out to his left. Safety Chris Hackett got in on both tackles, stopping him for a loss of 2, then a gain of 1. OSU settled for a field goal. The Cowboys’ next two trips to the red zone, both in the second quarter, were much of the same. Their redzone numbers are the stuff of nightmares: 10 yards on nine plays (7 yards rushing on six

carries). Roland finished with a respectable 84 yards, but had four carries for 2 yards inside the 20. “It was real difficult,” Roland said of trying to move the ball in the red zone. “We’ve just got to watch the film tomorrow and figure things out.” After the third red-zone trip ended in a field goal, OSU trailed 21-9. The deficit ballooned to 28-9 at halftime, and, after TCU came out with a clock-melting 14-play drive to start the third quarter, the offense faced a 26-point deficit. Right away on OSU’s opening drive of the third quarter, Garman faced pressure. Linebacker Marcus Mallet came around the right tackle and chased Garman unabated. His swing pass to Hill in the flat — a play that is normally accurate — ended with an errant incompletion. On third-and-7 from midfield, Garman stepped up from the rush but fired a pass into triple coverage that was nearly picked off. The passing game never surfaced in the second half, as Garman attempted only three more passes after the opening drive. One of those was picked off, his seventh in four Big 12 games. “I think we made them look real good,” Yurcich said. “I don’t think we played our best ball. They’re a damn good defense and I think Coach (Gary) Patterson’s a very, very good football coach. But we’re better than what we showed today.”

and beat them down,” Gundy said. It is hard to imagine anyFrom S1 thing that was a positive. The offense and defense were against Oklahoma just two equally bad. weeks ago, got off to a terrific OSU put up virtually no start, and the Cowboys had resistance. no answer as TCU cruised OSU ran for just 126 to a 42-9 victory at Amon G. yards (3.2 yards per try). It Carter Stadium. had just 258 yards of total “That wasn’t a very good offense. Daxx Garman was day for us,” Gundy said. constantly harassed and No, it wasn’t. completed just 10 of 25 TCU put OU in a 14-0 passes for 132 yards. hole early and held on for “He was on his back most a victory on Oct. 4. Against of the game,” Gundy said. OSU, the Horned Frogs just Perhaps more troubling poured on more heat. was OSU’s defense being The Cowboys were pushed ravaged by the Frogs. TCU around early and were down quarterback Trevone Boykin 21-3 barely 10 minutes into hit 26 of 39 passes for 410 the game. yards and three touchdowns. It was 42-9 in the third TCU crushed the Cowquarter. boys with 676 yards of total “We got our butts kicked,” offense. Gundy said. “They’ve got a lot of talThis might have been the ented guys in all of the right worst OSU performance places,” OSU defensive coorsince Gundy became head dinator Glenn Spencer said. coach. As usual, OSU’s offensive “I have to be patient,” line was awful, unable to Gundy said. block the simplest run plays The Cowboys lost by 39 in or provide protection for Gundy’s first season, when Garman in the passing game. OSU was just trying to build That lack of offense, and something. the inability to do anything This is 10 years into with a handful of opportuniGundy’s career at OSU, and ties in the first half, allowed getting completely run over TCU to get away to a 28-9 by TCU is a nightmare. halftime lead. “It is not going to do any It was one of the most good to chew on those guys embarrassing offensive per-

formances by the Cowboys in the Gundy era. Of course, that led to numerous breakdowns by a defense that reached the low point of its season. “It is hard when you have some youth and playing on the road,” Gundy said. “Sometimes it just snowballs on you.” In the first half, OSU’s defense threw up little or no resistance. TCU’s first four touchdowns were easy. Here’s the first four TCU TD drives: 48 yards on two plays, 77 yards on one play, 85 yards on two plays and 85 yards on seven plays. Equally mystifying as OSU’s disappearing defense was its offensive decisions. The Cowboys continued to run at TCU’s front despite virtually no success. In the first half, when this was still a game, OSU ran 27 times for 75 yards. The result was predictable. OSU had chances to get back in the game but threw them away by kicking field goals. Cowboys drives died at the TCU 13, 10 and 11. Each time, Gundy elected to kick field goals despite the big deficit. The only thing the field goals did was allow OSU to stay somewhat in the game at 219, but the defense collapsed

again right before halftime. On a fourth-and-1, instead of kicking a field goal like Gundy, TCU coach Gary Patterson went for it and got a 35-yard TD run. That’s how you get a 28-9 halftime lead. The first two TCU possessions of the second half proved the quick TD drives of the first half were no fluke. The Horned Frogs went on 17-play, gameclinching TD drive. That drained the clock and put OSU in a 35-9 hole. Game over. “We never recovered from that,” Gundy said. There appeared to be nothing the Cowboys could do to even slow down the Horned Frogs. Meanwhile, OSU’s offense seems to be getting worse. All of this is frightening for the remainder of OSU’s season. The Cowboys may not be favored in any of their final five games. They get West Virginia, fresh off an upset of Baylor, in Stillwater this week. “We’ll have our hands full in that game,” Gundy said. Then, it is at Kansas State, home for Texas and road trips to Baylor and Oklahoma. TCU was just the first stop on a season-closing grind.

By MARK COOPER

World Sports Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas — As Oklahoma State plodded through its largest defeat in six seasons, its offense built up a streak that is quite unsightly: It has not scored a touchdown in six quarters. The offense could only gaze at the end zone from halfway across the field in the second half at TCU. The Cowboys ran just 18 plays, gained only three first downs and got as far as midfield. Oh, and quarterback Daxx Garman did not complete a pass in those final two quarters, either. Oklahoma State scored 20 or more points in 58 consecutive games entering Saturday. But after a 42-9 drubbing at the hands of the No. 12 Horned Frogs, its offense is floundering, putting together as futile a performance as it has had since the 2009 season. The offensive line could not protect quarterback Daxx Garman. The team ran for less than 4 yards per carry for the fifth consecutive game. The offense produced 51 total yards in the second half, a week after posting 60 second-half yards against Kansas. “There’s not one thing that we feel good about right now,” offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich said. “We can improve on every aspect. Pass

West Virginia stuns KLEIN No. 4 Baylor, 41-27 ••Mountaineers’ Trickett throws 3 TD passes in win. Associated Press Clint Trickett threw three touchdown passes and West Virginia surprised sloppy No. 4 Baylor 41-27 Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia. The Mountaineers (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) earned their first win over a top-five opponent since beating No. 3 Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl after the 2007 season. West Virginia sacked Baylor’s Bryce Petty four times and limited the Bears to one touchdown after halftime. Baylor was penalized 18 times for a Big 12-record 215 yards. The old mark of 183 yards was set by Texas Tech against Rice in 2007. Trickett went 23-of-35 for 322 yards, his eighth straight 300-yard game going back to last season. Baylor (6-1, 3-1) couldn’t overcome a double-digit

deficit as it did in a 61-58 win against TCU last week. Now the Bears will fall into a group of one-loss teams clawing for position the rest of the season for the College Football Playoff. Texas Tech 34, Kansas 21: In Lubbock, Texas, Davis Webb threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns to lead Texas Tech over Kansas, snapping the Red Raiders’ eight-game Big 12 skid that dated to last season. The loss for the Jayhawks was their fourth straight conference defeat this year and keeps interim coach Clint Bowen still in search of his first win. Webb threw TD passes of 13, 8 and 6 yards. He also threw his 12th interception of the year, one of two errors the Jayhawks capitalized on with touchdowns. But it wasn’t enough for Kansas, which has won just one conference game in its last 34 outings. Red Raiders (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) freshman Justin Stockton scored on a 21-yard run to put the game out of reach.

OSU’s Desmond Roland gets wrapped up by TCU’s Paul Dawson and Chris Hackett.

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USF 7 0 14 17 — 38 Tulsa 17 10 3 0 — 30 First quarter Tulsa: Mcdaniel 46 Interception Return (Salazar kick), 12:30 USF: Mack 34 run (Kloss kick), 10:37 Tulsa: FG, Salazar 31, 5:43 Tulsa: Louie 18 run (Salazar kick). 2:17 Second quarter Tulsa: Lucas 8 pass from Evans (Salazar kick), 10:31 Tulsa: FG, Salazar 19, 0:00 Third quarter USF: Mack 54 run (Kloss kick),13:34 Tulsa: FG, Salazar 32, 8:27 USF: Davis 15 pass from White (Kloss kick), 5:52 Fourth quarter USF: Davis 15 pass from White (Kloss kick), 9:23 USF: Davis 85 pass from White (Kloss kick), 6:13 USF: FG, Marvin 28, 2:33

TU’s Keevan Lucas is pulled down from behind by South Florida’s Nate Godwin in the first half Saturday. Lucas had 160 yards receiving and a touchdown. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World

team statistics USF Tulsa First downs 19 20 by rushing 5 7 by passing 12 11 by penalty 2 2 Rushing yards 140 174 Passing yards 272 314 Passing 17-26-1 22-34-0 Offensive plays 58 75 Total yards 412 488 Avg. per play 7.1 6.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yds 7-77 11-114 Punts-Avg. 5-46.4 5-37.0 Punt returns-Yds 0-0 2-23 Kickoff returns-Yds 4-75 2-42 Interceptions-Yds 0-0 1-46 Fumble returns-Yds 0-0 0-0 Possession time 26:57 33:03 3rd downs 5-12 6-16 4th downs 0-0 0-1 Sacks by-Yds 1-5 2-16

Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans rolls out and looks for a receiver during the first half Saturday against South Florida. Evans passed for 314 yards and one touchdown, but USF dominated the second half 31-3 to rally for a 38-30 victory. Photos by TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World

Tulsa finds new way to lose The Hurricane has lost four games by doubledigit blowouts and once after rallying to force overtime. The past two losses, however, have been after leading in regulation. Temple made the necessary plays in the final minutes to edge Tulsa last week, and South Florida erased a 20-point deficit in the second half Saturday.

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD D. Evans 22-34 314 0 RECEIVING No. Yds TD K. Lucas 11 160 1 C. Floyd 3 16 0 D. Patterson 2 55 0 B. Louie 2 44 0 J. Atkinson 2 30 0 T. Dickerson 2 9 0

Conv FG Punts 3-3 3-4 0 0 0 5-37.0

Returns Punt KO Int Fum C. Floyd 1-7 0 0 0 B. Louie 1-16 0 0 0 D. Brewer 0 2-42 0 0 A. Mcdaniel 0 0 1-46 0 TACKLES Solo Ast. Tot TFL Sack M. Mudoh 4 5 9 0.5-2 0 C. Suits 3 3 6 1.0-2 0 T. Martin 1 5 6 0.5-1 0 D. Luetjen 3 2 5 0 0 J. Sizelove 1 3 4 0 0 A. Mcdaniel 3 0 3 0 0 D. Nelson 3 0 3 0 0 D. Alexander 2 1 3 2-16 2-16 J. Uwaezuoke 1 1 2 1.5-2 0 S. Norman 0 2 2 0 0 K. Thomas 1 0 1 0 0 P. Wilson 1 0 1 0 0 M. Linscott 1 0 1 0 0 D. Dobbins 1 0 1 0 0 J. Celistan 1 0 1 0 0 J. Brady 0 1 1 0 0 B. White 0 1 1 0 0 D. Foxworth 0 1 1 .5-0 0 C. Hummingbird 0 1 1 0 0

With all the focus being on starting faster and better, Tulsa seems to have forgotten about the fourth quarter. It has scored a combined three points in the last quarter in the past two games, both losses in games that could have been won in the fourth. Seventeen first-quarter points are great, but only if you can keep them coming.

Season forecast grows darker With a 1-6 record, the Hurricane will struggle to match last year’s 3-9 output. Tulsa was a slight favorite against USF and likely will be favored in only one more game, the Nov. 3 meeting with 0-6 SMU. An open date awaits as TU tries to make a final push toward ending a losing streak that has reached six games. — KELLY HINES, World Sports Writer

By the numbers 17

— KELLY HINES, World Sports Writer

Tulsa scored 17 points in the first quarter after scoring seven in the first quarter all season.

USF outscored the Hurricane by 28 points in the second half while holding Tulsa to a field goal.

Quarter Breakdowns

The winning touchdown came on an 85-yard reception by USF’s Andre Davis with 6 minutes left.

Tulsa got 14 points off turnovers, an interception return for a touchdown and a fumble recovery that led to a TD.

— Mike Averill, World Sports Writer

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

South Florida 7 0 — 7 Tulsa 17 10 — 27

South Florida 7 0 14 — 21 Tulsa 17 10 3 — 30

South Florida 7 0 14 17 — 38 Tulsa 17 10 3 0 — 30

Key play: Dane Evans completed an 8-yard pass to wide receiver Keevan Lucas in the end zone to cap off a nine-play drive and give TU a 24-7 lead. Key stat: 5-of-6. Evans connected on five of his six pass attempts, including a 41-yarder to Lucas, for 116 yards and one touchdown in the quarter. Number to know: 18. The USF offense was held to just 18 yards on 11 plays. The majority of those yards came on a 15yard completion to Darius Tice.

Key play: TU kicker Carl Salazar hit a 32-yard field goal attempt, giving the Hurricane its last points on the day with 8:27 left to play in the quarter. Key stat: 9-48. Tulsa running back Zack Langer had 48 yards on nine carries in the third quarter on his way to a 100-yard day rushing. Number to know: 5. Evans completed just five of his passes in the third quarter. He ended up 22-of-34 for 314 yards and one touchdown.

Key play: USF quarterback Mike White hit Andre Davis for an 85-yard touchdown pass to give the Bulls a 35-30 lead late in the game. Key stat: 7-8. White was 7-of-8 for 152 yards and two touchdowns while leading the Bulls to their fourth-quarter comeback. Number to know: Six. TU lost its sixth consecutive game for the first time since the 2009 season.

vs. Tulane........W, 38-31 (OT)

vs. Oklahoma.............. L, 52-7

vs. USF.......................L, 38-30

Tv: ESPN2 or ESPNU

at Memphis ..................7 p.m.

at Florida Atlantic ...L, 50-21 Tv: TBD

vs. SMU .............................TBD

Among those in attendance Saturday was Tulsa’s Class of 2015 quarterback commitment, Will Hefley of Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas Long return: USF kick returner Rodney Adams brought back a Carl Salazar kickoff 36 yards midway through the third quarter. That was the longest return against the Hurricane this season. TU ranks No. 1 in the nation in kick return defense. Homecoming crowd: The announced attendance at the homecoming game was 18,744. — Mike Averill, World Staff Writer

oCT. 4

2014 TulSA SCHedule

SePT. 27

TACKLES Solo Ast. Tot TFL Sack A. Sanchez 4 7 11 0 0 N. Harris 4 4 8 0 0 E. Watson 5 2 7 3.5-11 1-11 T. Whitehurst 4 3 7 0 0 N. Godwin 4 2 6 0 0 D. Abraham 2 4 6 0 0 D. Senat 1 5 6 .5-1 0 T. Chandler 2 2 4 1-1 0 D. Hill 2 2 4 0 0 K. Sawyer 2 2 4 0 0 L. Robbins 3 0 3 0 0 E. Lee 1 2 3 .5-1 0 L. Harley 0 3 3 .5-2 0 J. Hamilton 1 1 2 1-2 0 D. Calloway 1 1 2 0 0 D. Welch 1 0 1 0 0 T. Fullwodd 1 0 1 0 0 H. Childs 0 1 1 0 0 R. Swain 0 1 1 0 0 J. Ward 0 1 1 0 0 J. Byrd 0 1 1 0 0

Second quarter

vs. Texas State L, 37-34 (3 OT) NoV. 14

Returns Punt KO Int Fum Adams 0 4-75 0 0

Notable performances:

Freshman Bishop Louie finished with 111 all-purpose yards, including 51 rushing on three carries. He scored on a 18-yard reverse in the second quarter. Defensive lineman Derrick Alexander had two sacks of White for 16 yards in losses. Alexander has five sacks this season and 14.5 for his career. Lucas had 11 catches for 160 yards, his second-best total this season. It was his third consecutive 100-yard receiving game and fourth this season. Evans threw for 314 yards, his second 300-yard game and his second-best passing performance behind the Tulane game (438 yards). Running back Zack Langer had 100 yards rushing, his second 100-yard game in a row. The Hurricane had a 300yard passer, 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver in the same game for the first time since the 2011 game against Marshall.

Commitment attends:

SePT. 13

Conv FG Punts 5-5 1-1 0 0 0 5-46.4

TOM GILBERT/ Tulsa World

NoV. 8

Lg 85 10 15 18 24 15 10 8

Key play: On the second offensive play for South Florida, TU cornerback Austin McDaniel returned an interception 46 yards for a Hurricane touchdown and the team’s first first-quarter lead of the season. Key stat: 6-8. TU quarterback Dane Evans was 6-of-8 passing for 106 yards in the quarter. Number to know: 17. The Hurricane’s 17 first-quarter points was the most the team had scored in an opening quarter since it scored 21 points against the Alabama-Birmingham in 2012.

SePT. 6

RECEIVING No. Yds TD A. Davis 6 154 3 R. Adams 3 17 0 M. Mack 2 24 0 S. Price 2 20 0 D. Welch 1 24 0 D. Tice 1 15 0 D. Johnson 1 10 0 M. McFarland 1 8 0

South Florida 7 — 7 Tulsa 17 — 17

oCT. 31

Lg 54 16 2 0

Austin McDaniel runs an interception back for a touchdown during Tulsa’s 38-30 loss to South Florida on Saturday.

AuG. 28

No. Yds TD 19 130 2 6 33 0 3 -14 0 1 -3 0

PASSING C-A Yds Int TD M. White 17-26 272 1 3

Kicking M. Kloss M. Ciabatti

Fourth quarter a struggle

First quarter

USF RUSHING M. Mack D. Johnson M. White K. Swanson

Freshman wide receiver Nigel Carter soaks in Tulsa’s sixth straight loss, 38-30 to South Florida on Saturday.

oCT. 18

Kicking C. Salazar D. Parks

Lg 41 11 40 39 16 5

Quick points: After Tulsa went three-and-out on its opening drive, it appeared the Hurricane was on track for another slow start. However, cornerback Austin McDaniel jumped a route two plays later, intercepted a Mike White pass and returned it for the Hurricane’s first defensive touchdown of the season. The interception was the first of McDaniel’s career. The lead was only the Hurricane’s second in regulation time and the first in the first quarter of a game this season. In the second quarter, another turnover led to Tulsa points. Cornerback Kerwin Thomas recovered a fumble that resulted in an 8-yard Dane Evans TD pass to Keevan Lucas. Been a while: The Hurricane’s 17 first-quarter points marked the most productive first quarter for TU since it scored 21 against UAB on Sept. 29, 2012. TU defeated the Blazers 49-42. Injury update: Starting receiver Keyarris Garrett missed a second game this season because of injury, and freshman Nigel Carter started in his place. Cornerback Will Barrow, who missed the past three games, was back in uniform but did not play. McDaniel and Thomas started at cornerback, the fifth combination of starters at the position this season.

oCT. 11

RUSHING No. Yds TD Lg Z. Langer 26 100 0 27 T. Dickerson 5 7 0 7 D. Evans 4 2 0 3 B. Louie 3 51 1 30 J. Flanders 2 14 0 8 M. Dixon 1 0 0 0

Tv: ESPN226

at UCF.............................7 p.m.

at Colorado State.... L, 42-17 NoV. 22

Tulsa

Notebook

Tv: TBD

at Houston .......................TBD

at Temple...................L, 35-24 NoV. 28

STATISTICS

Tv: TBD

vs. East Carolina .............TBD

S 10 n n Sunday, October 19, 2014

Howard Twilley and Bob West are recognized during the third quarter. Both are members of the football team that played in the 1964 Bluebonnet Bowl. TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World

Bluebonnet Bowl team honored on 50th anniversary ••The 1964 Hurricane set 27 NCAA records. TU’s Austin McDaniel wraps up South Florida’s Marion Mack during the first half of Tulsa’s 38-30 loss to South Florida on Sunday. Photos by TOM GILBERT/Tulsa World

TU From S1

Derrick Alexander said. “We didn’t expect this outcome.” Having been outscored by a combined 99 points in the first half of its first six games, the Hurricane found itself in an unusual situation against the Bulls. The halftime scoreboard read 27-7, and TU surprisingly wasn’t on the short end. An animated homecoming crowd at Chapman Stadium savored what seemed like a possible turnaround from a 1-5 start. “Everything in the (halftime) locker room ... was 100 percent keep your foot on the accelerator, and everything we talked about ... was staying aggressive and staying after it,” coach Bill Blankenship said. Tulsa (1-6, 1-2 American Athletic Conference) produced only a field goal after halftime and allowed 24 unanswered points, including three touchdown passes from Mike White to Andre Davis in a span of less than 16 minutes. The winning TD occurred with six minutes left, an 85yard drive that took one play and 17 seconds. Davis, the Bulls’ all-time career leader in receiving yards, was in single coverage and burned his defender before racing untouched to the end zone.

Dalton Parks punts during the second half.

“They had a matchup of a really, really good receiver that we couldn’t cover when it came down to it at the end,” Blankenship said. The Hurricane, which scored only once previously in the first quarter this season, jumped out to the early lead when cornerback Austin McDaniel intercepted a

White pass and returned it for a TD. Another cornerback, Kerwin Thomas, recovered a fumble that led to another TD. On offense, Tulsa appeared confident while racking up 314 yards. Dane Evans’ passes were on target and Keevan Lucas reached 100 yards on five catches.

“The first half of the game is exactly how we practiced all week,” Evans said. “We were on. We were sharp.” As lopsided as the first half was, it could have been much more so. Mitchell Osborne scooped up a fumble and took it into the end zone for a touchdown that was later reversed upon review. The Hurricane’s last drive of the half reached the USF 2-yard line before stalling, and Tulsa settled for a field goal and a 20-point lead. In the first two quarters, Tulsa had a yardage advantage of 314-96. In the last two quarters, the Bulls had a yardage advantage of 316-174. “We had a little tougher time with the running game,” Blankenship said. “I thought they made some adjustments, brought their big guy in inside that we had trouble blocking a couple times. ... I can’t really put a beat on it right now in terms of what exactly (went wrong).” With the defeat, the Hurricane’s losing streak stretched to six games and Blankenship’s head-coaching record slipped to 23-23. “I didn’t have a whole lot I could say (to the team afterward),” Blankenship said. “I just told them how much I loved them, how much I know it hurts and that they’re never going to get less than my very best, and I’d just ask the same from them.”

By MIKE AVERILL

World Staff Writer

The 1964 Tulsa football team rewrote the NCAA record books when it came to the passing game on its way to a 9-2 record and a 14-7 win over Mississippi in the Bluebonnet Bowl. During the Hurricane’s homecoming game Saturday, members of that team were recognized in honor of the 50th anniversary of their season. Led by coach Glenn Dobbs, the Hurricane ranked first nationally in three NCAA team statistics, including passing (317.9), total offense (461.8) and scoring (38.4). TU outscored its opposition 398-140 and established 27 new NCAA team and individual records. Seven players earned AllAmerica honors, including wide receiver Howard Twilley and defensive lineman Willie Townes. “The whole thing was, every game we played, no one knew what we were going to do or what would happen” said Jerry Rhome, quarterback and Heisman Trophy runner-up that season. “I didn’t know how many Howard would catch or how many tackles Townes would have. “We went out and had fun. It was fun football, and the city and school were behind us.” Townes said the reunion

American Roundup

UCF survives Tulane scare

••Knights turn the ball over four times but hang on for win. The Associated Press

UCF’s defense came up with a pair of late fourth down stops, helping the Knights hold on for a 20-13 American Athletic Conference victory over Tulane on Saturday in Orlando, Florida. The Knights (4-2, 2-0 AAC) survived four turnovers and late penalties to preserve the win. Both sides were sloppy on offense, combining for six turnovers. UCF quarterback Justin Holman had a 45-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, but was intercepted twice by Tulane (2-5, 1-2). It was enough for UCF coach George O’Leary to pull him in favor of Nick Patti in the second quarter. The change lasted three series, before Holman was reinserted to begin the second half. In his second straight start at quarterback, Tulane’s Nick Montana finished 18-for-42 for 147 yards and two interceptions. Most of the Green Wave’s offensive damage was done on the ground led by Lazedrick Thompson, who rushed for 63 yards and a score. Tulane pulled within seven via Thompson’s 9-yard touchdown run with 11:36 to play in the game. UCF picked up a first down on its next touch, but was

eventually forced to punt it back to the Green Wave with 7:28 remaining. Tulane took over and drove inside UCF’s 30 before Thompson was driven back on his run on fourth down. UCF punted again, giving the Green Wave offense another chance to tie it up with 2:03 left. But the Knights defense held for a second straight time, knocking down Montana’s fourth down pass. O’Leary said earlier in the week that he thought about pulling Holman in the Knights comeback win over BYU last week because of his consistency issues. But in the end, he decided to stick with him. He made the move this time, though, after just a 3-for-8 start for Holman through the air on Saturday, which also included an interception on the Knights’ first offensive series. Both offenses were out of sync at the outset, before Tulane was able to turn a UCF fumble into a 21-yard Andrew DiRocco field goal on the game’s sixth offensive series. UCF had little traction on the ground or in the air, going interception, punt, fumble, punt on its first four series. That stagnation prompted O’Leary to insert Patti after a poor Tulane snap over the head of the Green Wave’s Peter Picerelli on a punt set the Knights up on the Tulane 15. But Patti’s initial drive was a disaster, going backward 15 yards before being salvaged by 47-yard Shawn Moffitt

field goal that tied the game at 3. Following a Tulane, punt, O’Leary stayed with Patti, but put the ball in Stanback’s hands on eight of the next 12 plays. His final rush — a 1-yard touchdown plunge — put the Knights in front for the first time. Patti was more efficient passing, though, connecting on all three of his attempts. Cincinnati 41, SMU 3: In Dallas, Gunner Kiel threw for 241 yards and ran for 50 to lead Cincinnati over SMU. Cincinnati (3-3, 1-1 American Athletic Conference) took the opening drive 60 yards in eight plays, with Rob Moore carrying from two yards for the early score, though the extra point attempt failed. SMU (0-6, 0-2) responded with its most impressive drive of the day, marching 64 yards on 16 plays but settled for Cody Rademacher’s 29yard field goal. After that, it was all Bearcats. Andrew Gantz hit a 40yard field goal, which preceded Jarred Evans’ 7-yard touchdown scamper and Kiel’s 23-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Holton. Just before the half, Jeff Luc sacked Garrett Krstich, who fumbled, and Nick Temple gathered it and went 27 yards for a touchdown to give Cincinnati a 28-3 lead at intermission. Cincinnati added Mike Boone’s 1-yard plunge and Gantz’s two field goals in the second half.

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and trip to Tulsa was, “one of the best weekends” he’s had in a long time. “Some of these guys I haven’t seen since I left (school),” he said. “I’m really happy to be back and see all these guys.” Townes, who lives with his wife in Dallas, said one of his favorite memories was the 61-14 win over Oklahoma State. “We were looked upon as a rag-tag bunch of guys thrown together to play,” Townes said. F.A. Dry, assistant coach, said Oklahoma State was ranked No. 2 against the pass coming into that game but wasn’t able to handle TU’s offense. “We scorched them for 500 yards and 61 points. That makes some of my OSU friends not too happy,” Dry said. “That was the first real breakout game the team had. We broke out and showed how well we could score against a good team.” Rhome completed 244 passes for 2,870 yards and 32 touchdowns on the year. Twilley broke NCAA records for receptions and yards with 95 catches for 1,178 yards. Before that season, the passing game was a tool used on third downs in a run-centric league. Tulsa’s success helped change the way the game was played. “I don’t think the University of Tulsa gets credit for that,” Rhome said. “Nobody else did it like us. Tulsa should be given credit.” Mike Averill918-581-8489 mike.averill@tulsaworld.com