Construction continues Wednesday morning on a new Casey’s General Store on north Broadway in Poteau. The store will be located at 3102C N. Broadway St. in the old Spider Webb lot. According to the company, plans for 2017 are to build or acquire 77 to 116 stores, replace 35 locations and complete 100 remodels. The general store has locations all across the Midwest featuring fuel and food. PDN photo by Amanda Corbin

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Winter blast on the way

Holiday DUI enforcement to kick off

By Ken MilamPDN News Editor

Area residents can expect a couple more days of relatively mild — if breezy — weather before taking a trip to the freezer on Sunday, according to the Nation-al Weather Service office in Tulsa.

Dangerously cold wind chills are expected this weekend.

Today’s outlook is mostly sunny with a high near 43, dropping to near freezing overnight.

Friday is expected to be even warmer with a high near 54, dropping only to about 50 degrees overnight. The wind is expected to kick up to 10-15 mph with

The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national enforce-ment mobilization campaign is set to kick off again Friday as we move into the Christmas holiday season.

Law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Okla-homa will be on the lookout for impaired drivers. as part of the ENDUI program.

“Beginning Dec.16 and con-

tinuing into the New Year, you will see stepped up enforce-ment; law enforcement will be watching closely for anyone who is driving impaired,” said Maj. Jack McCoy of the Okla-homa Highway Patrol. “There will be zero tolerance for impaired driving.”

Nationally in 2015, National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-istration data showed 35,092

died in motor vehicle traffic collisions. Of those crashes, 29 percent (10,265) involved a driver with a blood alcohol concentration level over the limit of 0.08. In Oklahoma, there were 643 roadway fatali-

ties last year with 170 of those deaths (26 percent) being alco-hol-related.

“Law enforcement will do what it takes to help save lives by keeping our roads safe,” said Susan DeCourcy, regional administrator with NHTSA Region 7. “If you choose to drive impaired, not only will

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2 accused of hiding fugitiveBy Amanda CorbinPDN Reporter

Allegedly harboring a fugitive landed two people with felony charges after the Howe police chief said he discovered the man hiding under a pile of clothes in a Howe residence.

Charges were filed Dec. 2 against Jon Randall Elliot, 21, of Keota and Jennifer Marie Strickland, 34, of Howe. They allegedly helped harbor Richard Lott, whom court records show had a bench warrant out for his arrest on failure to appear on crimes of second-degree bur-glary and knowingly concealing stolen property. Records show charges filed on Lott for second-degree burglary in 2010,

By Amanda CorbinPDN Reporter

Used vehicle sales in LeFlore County rated poorly in a recent study done by Autolist.com on most affordable places to buy a vehicle in Oklahoma.

According to the study released last month for the 2016 Most Affordable Areas Analysis, LeFlore County ranked No. 50 out of Oklahoma’s 77 counties for most affordable place to buy a used vehicle in the state.

The study said used vehicle

sales in the county were $1,142 more than the Oklahoma average. The study analyzed more than 76 million vehicles and 4.5 billion data points for makes and models nationwide. Autolist.com said their results showed dealer den-sity contributed to price differ-

ences, as well as manufacture community presence and geogra-phy demands.

Despite being grouped into one of the least affordable coun-ties for used car sales, the study said sales of the Ford Edge were $2,147 below the Oklahoma aver-

age in LeFlore County, making it the most affordable vehicle for sale here.

Other top most affordable vehicles in our counties included the Ford F-150 ($1,387 below

Study: County so-so in used vehicle affordability

Area still enjoying low gas pricesBy Amanda CorbinPDN Reporter

Oklahoma again ranks cheap-est in the nation for gasoline prices, according to AAA Okla-homa.

The travel organization

reported this week that Oklaho-ma had a $1.963 per gallon of regular self-serve gasoline, down three cents over the last five days and ranking it lowest across all 50 states.

“Globally, oil producers appear committed to reducing

over-supply and rebalance the market,” said Chuck Mai, spokesman for AAA Oklahoma. “Over the weekend, OPEC and non-OPEC producers reached their first deal since 2001 to limit oil output. This follows OPEC’s agreement in Novem-

ber to cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day starting next month.”

In Poteau on Tuesday after-noon, regular gasoline prices included:

(See STUDY, page 2)

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(See COLD, page 2)

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Poteau Upper Elementary School Students of the Week for Nov. 28-Dec. 2 are, from left, Carina Brock, Charity Burgess, Monica Hernandez, Katie Rake, Shania Ramirez, Sawyer Jones, Luis Sandoval, Tristan Rivas and Cale Thomason, Students were chosen based on the character trait for the month — Compassion: Showing sympathy or concern for others.

Students of the Week

you risk your safety, and that of others, but you will also face the legal conse-quences.”

Nationwide between 2011-2015, 14,034 people died in motor vehicle acci-dents in December, and 3,983 died in a crash involv-ing an intoxicated driver (BAC of .08 or higher).

Impaired driving can lead to jail time, loss of driver’s license, higher

insurance rates and costly expensive such as attorney fees, court costs, car tow-ing and repairs and lost wages due to time off at work. However, as the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office points out, the ulti-mate cost of impaired driv-ing is causing a traffic col-lision that either injuries or kills someone.

Here are the few tips given by the office to keep

safe this holiday season:•  If  you  will  be  drink-

ing, plan on not driving. Plan your safe ride home before you start the party. Designate a sober driver ahead of time.•  If  you become  intoxi-

cated, do not drive for any reason. Call a taxi, phone a sober friend or family member, use ride share, or use NHTSA’s SaferRide mobile app, which allows

users to call a taxi or friend and identify their location so they can be picked up.•  If  someone  you  know 

has been drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel. Take their keys, take them home or help them arrange a safe way home. •  If you see an impaired 

driver on the road, contact your local law enforcement. Your actions could help save someone’s life.

gusts around 20 mph or more, increasing the fire hazard.

The action begins Satur-day, the NWS said, with a high around 50 and north winds increasing during the day to 20-25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. An Arctic front is expected bring much colder air and possibly freezing drizzle before 9 p.m. and a chance of snow flurries by mid-night and a 35-degree tem-

perature free fall to the mid-teens overnight. Chance of rainfall, accord-ing to Wednesday’s fore-cast, is 30 percent.

Sunday is expected to be clear and cold with a high near 28 and winds up to 20 mph, continuing the wind chill and wildfire danger.

Things should moderate a bit Monday and Tuesday as the wind abates and tem-peratures rise into the mid-30s and low 40s.

state average), Ford Explorer ($639 below), Ford Fusion ($553 above state average) and Ford focus ($918 above).

According to the study, the top five most affordable counties to buy a used

vehicle in Oklahoma were Pottawatomie ($1,251 below state average), Okfuskee ($1,123 below), Jefferson ($971 below), Murray ($755 below) and Mayes County ($685 below).

•  E-Z Mart: $1.88.•  Walmart: $1.88.•  Choctaw Travel Plaza: $1.95.•  Tote-A-Poke: $2.09 (no ethanol).•  Bud’s: $1.89.•  KP’s: $1.88.Oklahoma is one of four states post-

ing an average below $2 including Missouri ($1.97), Arkansas ($1.98) and Texas ($1.99).

Over the past five years, GasBuddy reported a wide range of gasoline price averages for Monday’s date: $1.78 per gallon in 2015, $2.33 in 2014, $2.90 in

2013, $3.07 in 2012 and $3.05 in 2011.

AAA said national prices increased over the past two weeks to average out of $2.21 per gallon on Monday. Com-pared to Dec. 12 of last year, AAA said the national average is up 20 cents.

2011 and 2013.According to the affi-

davit, Howe Police Chief John Doyle told Strick-land and Elliot on Nov. 28 about Lott’s warrant and warned them against har-boring him. He said the following day he spoke with a man who said he had seen Lott at the resi-dence while visiting. He said Lott would be hiding under clothes because he claimed Lott had done that before when Doyle visited the home.

Doyle reported when he went to the home again, Strickland denied Lott was there and allowed Doyle to search the resi-

dence. Lott allegedly was discovered in a bedroom under a pile of clothes.

The affidavit reported that Strickland said the only reason Lott was there was because she had health problems and was afraid to be home alone. Elliot and Strickland were arrested and booked into the LeFlore County Deten-tion Center in Poteau.

Their charges include two felonies: harboring a fugitive from justice and conspiracy to commit a felony. Strickland’s attor-ney hearing is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 20 and Elliot’s at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 23.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars District 3 Patriot’s Pen pro-gram winners were honored at an awards Banquet at Stigler Post 4446 on Satur-day.

Kailey Johnson of Lib-erty School in Roland placed first and received a check for $300.

Gabe Hale of Stigler placed second and received $200.

Arizona Gullick of Howe received $100.

They were also present-ed with a certificate as an outstanding young spokes-person of the future, and a Patriot’s Pen Medal. Dis-trict 3 had 213 students competing in seven posts,

resulting in 17 students being advanced to compete at the district level.

Johnson will advance to the state level. The VFW is dedicated to promoting patriotism and investing in our future generations. Stu-dents compete over post, district and state levels, with the state winner com-peting at the national level.

The Patriot’s Pen essay contest encourages young minds to examine Ameri-ca’s history, along with their own experiences in modern American society, by drafting a 300- to 400-word essay, expressing their views based on a patri-otic theme chosen by the

VFW commander-in-chief. Each year more than 132,000 students in grades 6-8 enter the essay contest. The national first-place winner wins $5,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. The first-place winner from each state competes for national awards totaling $54,500, with each first-place state winner receiving a mini-mum of $500 at the nation-al level.

Those interested in applying next year can find the rules and eligibility requirements on-line at http://www.vfw.org/com-munity/youth-and-educa-tion/youth-scholarships.

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1 2 3 45 6 1

7 1 85 4 1

6 73 1 9

9 4 11 8 3

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Each puzzle is divided into nine sections and each section has nine blank squares. Fill in all 81 squares on the puzzle with numbers 1 to 9. You may not repeat any numbers in any one of the nine sections that you've already used elsewhere in that section. Also, you can use each number 1-9 only once in each horizontal line of nine squares and in each verti-cal column of nine squares.

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3 2 8 5 9 4 1 6 76 7 5 1 3 2 4 8 91 9 4 6 7 8 5 2 3

Solution to Dec. 14 puzzle

Thursday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Thursday Night — Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind 5-10 mph.

Friday — Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. Southeast wind 10-15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night — Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 10-15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Saturday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a north wind 10-15 mph increasing to 20-25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Saturday Night — A chance of freezing drizzle before 9 p.m. then a chance of snow between 9 p.m. and

midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Blustery, with a north wind 20-25 mph decreasing to 15-20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Sunday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. North wind 5-15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night — Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday Night — Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight.

Tuesday — Partly sunny, with a high near 41. East wind around 5 mph.

Detailed Forecast

Weather National Weather Service / Tulsa

TODAY IS BILL OF RIGHTS DAY

• Today — “Hometown Christmas” featuring musicians of all ages from the community, 7 p.m., Donald W. Reynolds Community Center. Tickets $5 at Chamber of Commerce or at the door.

— Sensitive Santa for chil-dren with disabilities and sensory issues, 6 p.m., Carl Albert State College, Poteau. Info: Kodey Toney at ktoney@perva-siveparentingcenter.org or (918) 647-1255.

• DEC. 16 — “Hometown Christmas” featuring musicians of all ages from the community, 7 p.m., Donald W. Reynolds Community Center. Tickets $5 at Chamber of Commerce or at the door.

— Chamber of Commerce banquet meeting, 3 p.m., Donald W. Reynolds Community Center.

— “Read it, Share it!” book discussion for fourth to eighth grade, 3:30 p.m., Spiro Public Library.

— 4-H Winter Dance to raise funds for Red Oak Senior Citizens Nutrition Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Red Oak School Cafeteria.

• DEC. 17 — Dance, Libby and the Bandits, 8 p.m. to midnight, Spiro Eagles center. No smoking, everyone welcome.

• DEC. 18 — Choir Christmas Cantata dur-ing morning worship, 10:30 a.m., First United Methodist Church, Poteau.

— Guided Equinox Tours at Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center, 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Info: (918) 962-2062 or spiro@okhisto-ry.org.

• DEC. 20 — Blood Drive, 2-6 p.m., Wister Police Department.

• DEC. 22 — Alisha Vincent book signing, “Catch and Release,” 4-6 p.m., Patrick Lynch Public Library.

• DEC. 24 — Christmas Eve worship, traditional family service at 5:30 p.m., acoustic carols and nativity story, 11 p.m., both services to include candlelight and commu-nion, First United Methodist Church.

• DEC. 25 — CHRISTMAS

— Christmas worship ser-vice, 10:30 a.m., First United Methodist Church.

• DEC. 27 — Blood Drive, 12:30-5:45 p.m., Donald W. Reynolds Community Center.

• DEC. 31 — New Year’s Eve dance, Libby and the Bandits, $10, 8 p.m. to midnight, Spiro Eagles center. No smoking, everyone welcome.

• JAN. 1 — NEW YEAR’S DAY

• JAN. 2 — Enrollment and first day of Choctaw Nation Adult Education High School Equivalency classes, 9 a.m. to noon, Carl Albert State College Ollie Building.

• JAN. 7 — Howe FFA fundraising coon hunt and dinner, 5 p.m., Howe FFA Ag Barn. No guns allowed.

VFW Patriot’s Pen winners announced

Kailey Johnson Gabe Hale Arizona Gullick

Parent support group to meet on Jan. 23

The Pervasive Parenting Center’s monthly parent support group meeting for January will be held at 6 p.m. Jan. 23 at the center, 1507 S. McKenna, Suite 502.

The group meets to help the families find resourc-es, talk to other families and provide moral support for coping with disabili-

ties. The meeting is free and

open open to everyone including families, profes-sionals, teachers, etc.

Childcare will be pro-vided for free.

If you have questions, contact PPC Director Kodey Toney at (918) 658-5076 or ktoney@pervasive-parentingcenter.org.

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Enjoy peace and a routine ChristmasIt’s easy to get tired of

the same routine. We bring out the same old Christmas tree, same decorations and with almost the same holi-day schedule. For good or bad though, Christmas is rarely exactly the same each year. Every Christmas brings a change.

Rarely will you cele-brate Christmas with all the same people every year. Consider yourself very for-tunate if you do. In many households someone will be missing. Sadly, the miss-ing person is often some-one who has been lost in death. Human life is frail and not much is required to eliminate us from living.

The human body is awe-some, but disease, old age and unfortunate events can take us out of this world easily. Your Christmas cel-ebration may not be impacted this year but if you live long enough you will eventually celebrate the season without parents, siblings, a spouse or even a child. We don’t like to think about such loss and grief but every Christmas brings an empty chair or a reason to experience grief.

The people of Christmas are God’s greatest gift to us. Our health and our fam-ily and friends are the best of life. Take time this Christmas to enjoy the people in your life. Hug on them, love them and be

very kind to them. You may not have them next year and you’ll be glad you cherished them. Or, you may be the one missing next Christmas. Hopefully everyone will sit around the table and talk about what a kind and loving per-son you were ... or maybe they won’t. Don’t take the chance; turn up your kind-ness, love and thoughtful-ness this year.

You don’t have to show-er people with gifts. Gifts are nice and it helps the economy but most people just need a little love and a few kind words. A little affirmation and apprecia-tion always go a long way. Make a list of people you need to call, send a kind email to or visit in person.

My wife and I love going to see a lady in our town. She is 95 years old and still very independent. She is a greeter at her church, gardens and drives wherever she wants to go. She visits people in the nursing home who are 15-20 years younger. She is an easy person to visit because she always inspires us and makes us laugh. She is always kind, never grumpy and has a sweet spirit about life. She exer-cises every day and eats her vegetables. She is our mentor and we want to be just like her. Therefore, be kind, eliminate grumpiness

and be sweeter. People might want to come and spend a little time with you. We always take her a little something when we go to see her like a poinset-tia or something simple. You would think we had taken her a bar of gold or diamonds because she is always so appreciative and grateful.

We need people in our lives because life is not that exciting staring at walls for 24 hours a day. This is what happens to people in nursing homes so often.

Every Christmas has problems. Life is filled with problems. Mary and Joseph had lots of prob-lems their first Christmas. No room in the inn, taxes to pay, an unplanned preg-nancy and eventual threats from King Herod which caused them to flee into Egypt for safety.

People all over the plan-et will deal with problems this Christmas. What is your problem this Christmas? How are you going to deal with it and move forward? Sometimes there is no answer to life’s problems except to work

over or around them. Whatever your problem is this year, please try to not allow it to mess up your Christmas.

Finally this Christmas try to take a new look at the person of Christmas — a little baby. Whatever your religious spin in life is you can’t feel too ill about the baby of Christmas. Years before Jesus’ birth it was told that a babe would be born in Bethlehem and the government would rest upon his shoulders. He would be called wonderful, counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting father and the prince of peace. If you see or experience nothing else about Christmas this year hopefully one descrip-tive word about the baby will penetrate your life and that is peace. Also, be fur-ther blessed with a lot of routine.

Glenn Mollette is a syn-dicated columnist and author of 11 books. He is read in all 50 states. Visit www.glennmollette.com or contact him at GMollette@aol.com. Like his facebook page at www.facebook.com/glennmollette.

Overwhelmingly, 81 percent of white evangeli-cals voted for Donald Trump — a twice-divorced vulgarian who calls women “pigs” and “slobs,” brags about extramarital affairs and boasts of grabbing females by their private parts. He rarely attends church. Nonetheless, strong evangelical support pro-pelled him to the White House.

Can anyone explain this bizarre contradiction? Does it mean that evangelicals care little about sexual morality and family values taught by their church-es? Are they more devoted to Republican conservativ-ism than to their church maxims? This paradox smacks of cognitive disso-nance, the confusion suf-fered when opposite beliefs clash inside a person.

A few white evangelical Americans renounced Trump, but the vast major-ity comprised his biggest fan base. I hope that a pro-found scholar will explain what impelled fundamen-talists in the 2016 election.

The outcome showed that white evangelicals still

wield enormous political power, even as they dwin-dle in U.S. society. Many studies have outlined the retreat of religion. Here’s a capsule summary:

Since World War II, churchgoing has declined in America and many faith-based laws have ended. It’s no longer a crime for stores to open on the Sabbath. It’s no longer illegal to buy a lottery ticket or a cocktail or a magazine showing nudity. Mandatory prayer was removed from public schools. Desperate women and girls were allowed to end unwanted pregnan-cies. Gays were allowed to elude prison, and finally allowed to marry. Birth control was legalized for all couples. It’s no longer a crime for unwed couples to live together. It’s no longer a crime for movies and books to present sex. Teaching evolution is allowed in public school biology classes.

These social transforma-tions rebuked the “religious right” allied with the GOP. White evangelicals feel that the ground is crumbling beneath them.

Worse, young people are leaving churches.

A new book, “The End of White Christian America,” by Robert Jones, head of the Public Religion Research Institute, says that Americans who say their religion is “none” have become the largest segment in the United States. They now consti-tute 25 percent of adults, compared to 21 percent who are Catholic and 16 percent who are evangeli-cal. The secular tide is sure to rise, because 39 percent of adults under 30 have no church affiliation.

In a Washington Post interview a few months ago, Jones said the retreat of faith has been “swift and dramatic” in recent decades, first eroding mainline “tall steeple” Protestants, then Catholics and finally evan-gelicals. Southern Baptists lost 200,000 members in 2014, then another 200,000 in 2015.

A previous book, “The Great Evangelical Recession,” by megachurch pastor John Dickerson, warned that “evangelical-ism as we knew it in the 20th century is disintegrat-ing.” He said “a majority of young people raised as evangelicals are quitting church” and “in coming years, we will see the old evangelicalism whimper and wane.”

Well, those forecasts may come true someday — but in 2016, white evan-gelicals decided the presi-dency. They still have colossal power. Strangely, they chose a president who contradicts evangelical morality. Trying to fathom America’s religio-political tides is bewildering.

James A. Haught, syndi-cated by PeaceVoice, is editor emeritus of West Virginia’s largest newspa-per, The Charleston Gazette-Mail.

White evangelicals are fading, powerful, baffling

Okarche native on the road to sainthood

Editorial excerpt from The OklahomanDated Dec. 6, 2016

If the good people of Okarche are walking with an extra spring in their step today, it’s understandable. Few places, anywhere on Earth, can claim a saint as a native son, but Okarche is on the doorstep.

Pope Francis on Dec. 2 recognized Father Stanley Rother as a martyr, which clears the way for Rother’s beatification. Beatification is the last step before canon-ization, or sainthood, in the Catholic Church.

Rother, killed in Guatemala in 1981, is the first U.S. priest named a martyr by the Church. The beatification ceremony could come next fall.

Archbishop Paul Coakley said the Church “needs heroic witnesses to advance the mission of Christ, and Father Rother was truly a heroic witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Rother’s is an amazing story. Born in 1935, he was raised on a farm in Okarche, a town with a strong Catholic identity — German settlers were regularly celebrating Mass there by the early 1880s, and the town’s church, Holy Trinity, dates to 1903.

According to the archdiocese’s website, Rother began to feel a pull toward the priesthood while in high school. He eventually went to Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, Texas, where he struggled to learn Latin and, after six years, was asked to leave due to poor grades.

He was given a second chance, however, and enrolled at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmetsburg, Md. He was ordained a priest in 1963, then served five years at par-ishes in Oklahoma before asking and receiving permis-sion to move to the archdiocese’s mission in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala.

He fell in love with the people, and flourished as a priest. He helped establish a school and a health clinic for his impoverished community, and oversaw the translation of the gospels into the natives’ language.

However, the Catholic Church got caught in the middle of a war between government forces and guerrillas. Hundreds of thousands of Catholics were killed, with Rother’s name eventually appearing on a death list.

He returned to Oklahoma, but only for a short time. He insisted on returning to his mission at Santiago Atitlan. Just days after his return, he was murdered by three men who broke into his rectory in the middle of the night. He was 46. His body was returned to Oklahoma for burial, but his heart remained in Guatemala.

The work to try to get Rother named a saint began in 2007. In June of last year, a theological commission in Rome voted to formally recognize Rother as a martyr, and the pope recently agreed. Before Rother can be can-onized, the Church will require that a miracle has occurred as a result of his intercession.

That can be a tall order. Yet Catholics across Oklahoma, and particularly in Okarche, continue to believe it will happen, and they look forward to the day when they’ll be able to say this wonderful state produced a truly selfless, holy man — a saint. Oklahomans of all faiths should hope it comes to pass.

Guest ColumnGlenn Mollette

True VoiceJames A. Haught

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The Wister Wildcats, Howe Lions, Arkoma Mustangs and Panama Razorbacks all punched their tickets to the 2016 Green Valley Conference Tournament semifinals with opening-round wins Tuesday at Keota’s Howard Underwood Fieldhouse.

The Wildcats clawed the Bokoshe Tigers 73-44, Howe beat Keota 76-47 in a battle of Lions, the Mustangs hit the century mark in a 100-89 win over the McCurtain Bulldogs and the Razorbacks handled the Cameron Yel-lowjackets 68-36.

The ’Cats and the Mustangs will play in one cham-pionship semifinal at 6:40 p.m. Friday, followed by the other semifinal between Howe and Panama at 8 p.m. The two winners will play for the conference tournament title at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, while the losers will play for third place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Tigers and the Bulldogs will meet in a consolation semifinal at 4 p.m. Friday, while host Keota and Cameron will play in the other consolation semifinal at 5:20 p.m. The winners will play for the consolation title at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

After taking Wednesday off, the tournament will re-sume with girls action today and tonight.

In the championship semifinals, Howe will play Cam-eron at 6:40 tonight, followed by host Keota and Wister at 8 p.m.

In the consolation semifinals, McCurtain will face Panama at 4 this afternoon, followed by Bokoshe and Arkoma at 5:20 p.m.

Wister 73, Bokoshe 44The Wildcats (6-3) jumped out to a 19-10 lead after a

period, then used a 22-8 second quarter to lead 41-18 at halftime.

Cash Balentine and Austin Brooks each scored 13 points to lead Wister, followed by Jake Sconyers and Bryar Ward with seven points each, Ethan Billings and Scotty Gibson each with six points, Tanner Herrington with five points, Trevyn Bingley with four points, Mason Goforth with three points, Kolton Lynn, Chase Bingley,

Braeden Cepeda and Tyler Word with two points each and Koby Midgley with a free throw.

In defeat, Christian Stroup scored a game-high 30 points to lead the Tigers (4-4), followed by Christiah Hu-sak with nine points, Dalton Langdell and Ezekiel Ball with two points each and Carson Abernathy with a free throw.

Howe 76, Keota 47Howe (5-4) trailed 11-10 after a period but outscored

Keota 23-9 in the second quarter to take a 33-20 halftime lead en route to a 57-35 advantage after three periods.

Howe put a trio of players into double figures scoring, led by Haydon Hall’s game-high 17 points, Brant Den-ton’s 12 points and Reid Frasher’s 11 points. Trey Nation had seven points, followed by Diego Sanchez and Ed-die Arrant with six points each, Reece Mitchell with five points and Garrett Allen, Mick Brimfield and Michael Dean with four points apiece.

In defeat, Bryson McClary scored 16 points to lead Keota (1-5), followed by Knute Dumas with eight points, Cash Long with seven points, Jackson Cole and Graeson Ramsey with six points each and Tracen Williams and Phillip Lipari with two points apiece.

Arkoma 100, McCurtain 89It looked like the Mustangs (3-0) were going to corral

the Bulldogs (4-8). With the score tied at 21 in the early stages of the second quarter, Arkoma went on a 16-3 run, capped by a basket by Kobe Ragsdale, to take a 37-24 lead with 3:27 left before halftime. Back-to-back 3-point baskets by Seth Key upped the Mustangs’ advantage to 43-26 with 2:40 remaining in the first half. Arkoma en-joyed a 54-34 halftime lead.

However, the ’Dogs would not go away. A basket by Stanton Smith with 2:59 left to play cut the McCurtain deficit to three points at 83-80, but the Bulldogs never got closer.

Key led all scorers with a game-high 37 points, with Ragsdale adding 35. Mykiah Oosahwe had nine points, followed by Colton McBride with nine points, Jason Pry-or with six points and Matthew Harmon with five points.

In defeat, the Bulldogs put a trio of players into double figures, led by Trenton Orr’s 26 points, Smith’s 24 points

and Levi Dill’s 23 points. Marlin Rocha had eight points, followed by Hagen Glenn with six points and Tristion Morris with two points.

Panama 68, Cameron 36The Razorbacks (6-2) jumped out to a 20-6 lead after a

period and were never headed.Tobin Wright led the Hogs with a game-high 10 points,

followed by Tristan Thompson and Luis Yarberry with nine points each, Kirksey Nixon and Connor Tackett each with eight points, Trevor Banhart and Dawson Restine with seven points each, Dakota Eaves with six points and Dawson Choate with four points.

In defeat, Jordan Cannon shared game-high honors with 10 points to lead the Yellowjackets (4-8), followed by Jeremy Humphries with eight points, Britain Wilson with seven points, Jagger Harley with five points, L.T. Booth with four points and Kole Hadley with two points.

Editor’s note: Due to space constraints, the stories on Tuesday night’s Talihina-Heavener and Leflore-Panola games could not publish in today’s edition. Look for them in Friday’s edition.

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Wister, Howe, Arkoma, Panama boys reach GVC semifinalsAction resumes today with girls championship, consolation semifinals

LIONS PRIDE — Howe’s Diego Sanchez, front, drives to the basket past Keota’s Jackson Cole during Tuesday night’s opening-round game of the 2016 Green Valley Conference Tournament at Keota’s Howard Underwood Fieldhouse.

PDN photo by David Seeley

DISTRICT DUAL-ING — Poteau heavyweight wrestler Jarod Vineyard, top, pins his opponent from Tulsa Cascia Hall during Tuesday night’s Class 4A District Duals triangular with Stilwell at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse. The Pirates beat both the Commandos and the Indians for a 2-0 record in the District Duals.

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Trail Blazers down OKC ThunderPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian

Lillard called it a breakthrough.Coming off a one-point loss to the Clip-

pers the night before, the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 114-95 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

Lillard had 17 points and nine assists before sitting in the fourth quarter. Mason

Plumlee added 18 points for the Blazers, who led by 26 points in Portland’s first game back after a 1-4 road trip.

Russell Westbrook was off his league-leading average of 31.1 points a game with 20 for the Thunder, who have lost two of their last three after a six-game winning streak. Westbrook also sat for the final quarter.

Poteau wrestlers open home season by pinning District Dual losses on Tulsa Cascia Hall, Stilwell Indians

Pirates will have own Border Brawl Tournament on Friday, SaturdayIt was a two-fold good night for the Po-

teau Pirates wrestling team as it opened its home season Tuesday night at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse.

The Pirates not only pinned losses on Tulsa Cascia Hall (42-33) and Stilwell (57-21) to raise their dual record to 3-0, but Tuesday night’s wins also put them ahead 2-0 in the Class 4A District Duals — which will conclude for Poteau at 6 p.m. Jan. 24 in Fort Gibson.

“We’re more than halfway through the district, and all we have left is Fort Gib-son,” Poteau coach Chris Ford said. “That will probably decide the district champ and who will go to [the Class 4A] dual state [tournament in February]. We don’t wres-tle them until January, so I think they’ll see our best and we’ll see theirs by that point. We wrestled tough [Tuesday] night. It was nice to come back and get that win against Cascia Hall because they rolled us up last year.”

Against the Commandos, the Pirates won four matches by forfeit — by Adam Law (106 pounds), Lane Maggard (113), Bryson Terry (120) and Tyler Broom (132).

Poteau also got pins from Chris Wood (126), Seth Ford (220) and Jarod Vineyard (heavyweight).

Against the Indians, Poteau got forfeits by Law, Terry, Wood, Broom, Cole Adams (138 pounds), Jake Gullick (160 pounds) and Vineyard, Jarrett Lilley (145) and Ross Johnson (170) won by pin and Race Wil-liams (152) won by decision.

All total, 66 of Poteau’s total points came on forfeits, which shows why a com-plete 14-member line-up is crucial on du-als.

“One of our biggest strengths here in Po-teau the last two years is we’ve been able to field a full team,” Ford said. “Anytime you can put 14 wrestlers out on the mat, your odds of winning go up drastically.”

In the junior high portion of the action Tuesday night, Poteau split — beating Stilwell 48-30 but losing 36-30 to Cascia Hall.

The Pirates will have their two-day Border Brawl Tournament on Friday and Saturday at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse. Action will begin at 5 p.m. Friday and will resume at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Whitesboro girls fall to Coalgate in FNB ClassicMcALESTER — The Whitesboro

Lady Bulldogs lost their opening-round game of the First National Bank Classic on Tuesday night at the Southeast Expo Center, falling 54-36 to the Coalgate Lady Wildcats.

The Lady Bulldogs (3-5) will play Pittsburg at 4 p.m. Friday in the consola-tion semifinals, with the winner playing the Kinta-Calera winner at noon Saturday for the consolation title.

The ’Dogs (2-6) will play Pittsburg at 8 p.m. Friday in the consolation semifinals,

with the winner playing for the consola-tion championship at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against the winner of Friday’s consolation semifinal between Stuart and Coalgate.

The Lady Bulldogs fell behind 30-25 at halftime, but the Lady ’Cats outscored them 24-11 in the second half.

Haylee Himes led Whitesboro with 11 points, followed by Ashten Bailey with eight points, Ashton Hanebrink and Au-brey Arnold with five points each, Ash-ley Johnson with four points and Lizzie LeMay with three points.

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Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016

Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016

WHY CAN'T EVERY DAY BE CYBER MONDAY?

It turns out that people are no longer doing their Christmas shopping at brick and mortar stores - or, as we used to call them, stores. According to the financial news, we're all shopping online now.

So, like apparently everyone else, I spent Black Friday in my pajamas on the sofa, browsing online while watching news reports of traffic jams, fistfights and long lines at the mall. They were fighting

Today is the 350th day of 2016 and the 85th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1791, the Bill of Rights took effect after ratification by Virginia.

In 1939, the film "Gone With the Wind" premiered in Atlanta.

In 1961, Adolf Eichmann, considered the architect of the Nazis' "final solution," was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by an Israeli court.

In 1970, the Soviet probe Venera 7 landed on Venus, becoming the

first spacecraft to complete a soft landing on another planet.

In 1978, President Jimmy Carter announced his intention to grant diplomatic recognition to Communist China, severing ties with Taiwan, on Jan. 1, 1979.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), engineer/architect; Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959), playwright; J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), oil tycoon/philanthropist; Betty Smith (1896-1972), author; Tim Conway (1933- ), actor/comedian; Dave Clark (1942- ), musician; Don Johnson (1949- ), actor; Julie Taymor (1952- ), director;

Rodney Harrison (1972- ), football player; Adam Brody (1979- ), actor; Charlie Cox (1982- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy was reopened after being closed for more than a decade for stabilization and reconstruction efforts. The tower's characteristic lean was left intact.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1982, Bill Parcells became the coach of the NFL's New York Giants.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime."

over the new 60" LED TV that I bought online last week because I thought that's how we all shopped now. Online.

Online shopping has a lot going for it: No waiting in line, no cashiers "in training," no driving around and around trying to find the closest spot to the entrance, no finding out that the stuff in my size is sold out, no people behind me saying things like, "You picked the busiest day of the year to exchange underwear?" like they did last time. (Excuuuuuse me, but the XXXLs were much too tight. I plan to have children one day; I have to be extra careful.)

"Those poor, poor people," I thought, watching the unfolding chaos on television. "That's what it must feel like to have low bandwidth. Why would you shop in person if you didn't have to?"

What puzzled me was that while the TV cameras clearly showed near-riots, stores packed with shoppers and overflowing parking lots, what the reporters were saying was completely different. They kept repeating that no one was actually in those stores, that we were all shopping online. It's like the moon landing: I watched it happen on my TV, but a third of my Facebook friends insist that it never happened.

From my cozy spot in the basement, I Googled the weather and discovered that it snowed overnight and that temperatures are unseasonably cold. With the wind chill, it feels like it's 19 degrees outside. Maybe I should look at winter coats online.

Just kidding. What kind of crazy person would go out in weather like this? I haven't left the basement in six years and I'm sure not going to start now. What do I need a coat for? I've got everything I need right here. I suppose I should go out and start the car one of these days, because I just read on Wikipedia that it's not good for it to sit in one place for too long. But

I can't do it today. I'm too busy posting my political thoughts to all my Facebook friends. I used to have hundreds of Facebook friends, but for some reason, now I only have three. And one of them's Mom.

She keeps posting that she's worried about me. Worried about what? It's not like I'm going to get hit by a car or get frostbitten, like those people who go shopping in person. Still, she says I should get off the computer and go outside, go get some real friends, go play some real games. Like trying to save the world from people like my ex-friend Bob, who misspells "tyrant" and "dictator," is not a worthwhile purpose in life.

"It's not natural to live in your parents' basement and never leave," Mom says. "You need to feel some sun on your face, the breeze through your hair. Aren't you afraid that you'll die alone and friendless?"

I told her the only thing I'm afraid of is identity theft.

"Who on Earth would want your identity?" she said. "Who would want to be you?" She just doesn't understand the internet. I've tried to explain it to her and she just says, "You're hurting my head. I've had more fun comparing Medicare supplement plans."

There's just no helping some people. I should unfriend her, but I can't afford to lose one-third of my friends. I know: On Christmas, I'll tell her the internet was out of presents. That'll teach her.

– Maxwell Anderson, "Valley Forge"

TODAY'S NUMBER: $17 million - ransom demanded of billionaire J. Paul Getty by the kidnappers of his 16-year-old grandson in 1973, which Getty refused to pay. Getty secured his grandson's release months later by agreeing to pay no more than $2.2 million, the maximum amount that would be tax deductible. Getty's grandson was recovered on this day in 1973, 159 days after he was abducted.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Dec. 13) and last quarter moon (Dec. 20).

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LEGALSRock-I t NaturalStone, Inc..; P.O.Box 410, Wister,Oklahoma, 74966,has submitted apermit application tothe Oklahoma De-partment of Mines(ODM) to minesandstone throughthe surface miningmethod on portionsof the following par-cels of land:A part of the SouthHalf (S/2) and apart of the SouthHalf of the SouthHalf of the North-east Quarter (S/2S/2 NE) of Section1, Township 6N,Range 23 E, inLeflore County,Oklahoma.The total permitarea, containing298.52 acres is lo-cated in the Lafay-ette U.S.G.S. quad-rangle map. Thepermit site is lo-cated approximately4 miles NW ofWister, and 5 milesnorth of HWY 270in Wister, Okla-homa.A copy of this com-plete permit appli-cation is availablefor public inspectionand copying at theLef lore CountyCourthouse in Po-teau, Oklahoma.Upon written re-quest to the Okla-homa Departmentof Mines, informa-tion contained in thepermit applicationmay be inspectedor copied at the De-partment of Mines.Any landowner orresident of any oc-cupied dwelling,any public entity orpublic agency, orany party that maybe adversely af-fected has the rightto submit commentsor object to the is-suance of the per-mit in writing. Anyinformal conferencewill be provided ifspeci f ical ly re-quested in writing.Any written objec-tions or requests foran informal confer-ence on this appli-cation must be re-ceived no later thanfourteen (14) daysafter the final publi-cation of this noticeto theOKLAHOMA DE-PARTMENT OFMINES2915 N. ClassenBlvd., Suite 213Oklahoma City,Oklahoma 73106Published in the Po-teau Daily News onDecember 15, De-cember 22, Decem-ber 29, and January5,2016(27741)LPXLP

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Rock-I t NaturalStone, Inc..; P.O.Box 410, Wister,Oklahoma, 74966,has submitted apermit application tothe Oklahoma De-partment of Mines(ODM) to minesandstone throughthe surface miningmethod on portionsof the following par-cels of land:A part of the SouthHalf (S/2) and apart of the SouthHalf of the SouthHalf of the North-east Quarter (S/2S/2 NE) of Section1, Township 6N,Range 23 E, inLeflore County,Oklahoma.The total permitarea, containing298.52 acres is lo-cated in the Lafay-ette U.S.G.S. quad-rangle map. Thepermit site is lo-cated approximately4 miles NW ofWister, and 5 milesnorth of HWY 270in Wister, Okla-homa.A copy of this com-plete permit appli-cation is availablefor public inspectionand copying at theLef lore CountyCourthouse in Po-teau, Oklahoma.Upon written re-quest to the Okla-homa Departmentof Mines, informa-tion contained in thepermit applicationmay be inspectedor copied at the De-partment of Mines.Any landowner orresident of any oc-cupied dwelling,any public entity orpublic agency, orany party that maybe adversely af-fected has the rightto submit commentsor object to the is-suance of the per-mit in writing. Anyinformal conferencewill be provided ifspeci f ical ly re-quested in writing.Any written objec-tions or requests foran informal confer-ence on this appli-cation must be re-ceived no later thanfourteen (14) daysafter the final publi-cation of this noticeto theOKLAHOMA DE-PARTMENT OFMINES2915 N. ClassenBlvd., Suite 213Oklahoma City,Oklahoma 73106Published in the Po-teau Daily News onDecember 15, De-cember 22, Decem-ber 29, and January5,2016(27741)LPXLP

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Rock-I t NaturalStone, Inc..; P.O.Box 410, Wister,Oklahoma, 74966,has submitted apermit application tothe Oklahoma De-partment of Mines(ODM) to minesandstone throughthe surface miningmethod on portionsof the following par-cels of land:A part of the SouthHalf (S/2) and apart of the SouthHalf of the SouthHalf of the North-east Quarter (S/2S/2 NE) of Section1, Township 6N,Range 23 E, inLeflore County,Oklahoma.The total permitarea, containing298.52 acres is lo-cated in the Lafay-ette U.S.G.S. quad-rangle map. Thepermit site is lo-cated approximately4 miles NW ofWister, and 5 milesnorth of HWY 270in Wister, Okla-homa.A copy of this com-plete permit appli-cation is availablefor public inspectionand copying at theLef lore CountyCourthouse in Po-teau, Oklahoma.Upon written re-quest to the Okla-homa Departmentof Mines, informa-tion contained in thepermit applicationmay be inspectedor copied at the De-partment of Mines.Any landowner orresident of any oc-cupied dwelling,any public entity orpublic agency, orany party that maybe adversely af-fected has the rightto submit commentsor object to the is-suance of the per-mit in writing. Anyinformal conferencewill be provided ifspeci f ical ly re-quested in writing.Any written objec-tions or requests foran informal confer-ence on this appli-cation must be re-ceived no later thanfourteen (14) daysafter the final publi-cation of this noticeto theOKLAHOMA DE-PARTMENT OFMINES2915 N. ClassenBlvd., Suite 213Oklahoma City,Oklahoma 73106Published in the Po-teau Daily News onDecember 15, De-cember 22, Decem-ber 29, and January5,2016(27741)LPXLP

NOTICE OF SHER-IFF'S SALECJ-2016-200Notice is given thaton the 17 day ofJanuary, 2017, at10:00 am., at theFront door of theCounty Courthouse,in the City of Po-t e a u , L e F l o r eCounty, Oklahoma,the Sheriff of saidCounty will offer forsale and sell, withappraisement, forcash, at public auc-tion, to the highestand best bidder, allthat certain real es-tate in LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,to-wit:Lot (3) and theWest Half of Lot (2),Newton Addition #1to the City of Po-t e a u , L e F l o r eCounty, Oklahoma;subject to unpaidtaxes, advance-ments by Plaintifffor taxes, insurancepremiums, and ex-penses necessaryfor the preservationof the subject prop-erty, if any, saidproperty havingbeen duly ap-praised at $85,000.Sale will be madepursuant to a Spe-cial Execution AndOrder Of Sale is-sued in accordancewith judgment en-tered in the DistrictCourt of LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,in Case No .CJ-2016-200, enti-tled Ocwen LoanServicing, LLC,Plaintiff, vs. JustinW. Adams, ShavonAdams, Donna L.Lindsey, Ethan Hilland Portfolio Re-covery Associates,assignee of CapitalOne Bank, N.A, be-ing all of the Defen-dants and personsholding or claimingany interest or lienin the subject prop-erty.Rob Seale, Sheriffof?LeFlore County,OklahomaBy:S/Heather Ford?DEPUTYPublished in the Po-teau Daily News on12-15,12-22,(27743)LPXLP

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NOTICE OF SHER-IFF'S SALECJ-2016-200Notice is given thaton the 17 day ofJanuary, 2017, at10:00 am., at theFront door of theCounty Courthouse,in the City of Po-t e a u , L e F l o r eCounty, Oklahoma,the Sheriff of saidCounty will offer forsale and sell, withappraisement, forcash, at public auc-tion, to the highestand best bidder, allthat certain real es-tate in LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,to-wit:Lot (3) and theWest Half of Lot (2),Newton Addition #1to the City of Po-t e a u , L e F l o r eCounty, Oklahoma;subject to unpaidtaxes, advance-ments by Plaintifffor taxes, insurancepremiums, and ex-penses necessaryfor the preservationof the subject prop-erty, if any, saidproperty havingbeen duly ap-praised at $85,000.Sale will be madepursuant to a Spe-cial Execution AndOrder Of Sale is-sued in accordancewith judgment en-tered in the DistrictCourt of LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,in Case No .CJ-2016-200, enti-tled Ocwen LoanServicing, LLC,Plaintiff, vs. JustinW. Adams, ShavonAdams, Donna L.Lindsey, Ethan Hilland Portfolio Re-covery Associates,assignee of CapitalOne Bank, N.A, be-ing all of the Defen-dants and personsholding or claimingany interest or lienin the subject prop-erty.Rob Seale, Sheriffof?LeFlore County,OklahomaBy:S/Heather Ford?DEPUTYPublished in the Po-teau Daily News on12-15,12-22,(27743)LPXLP

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NOTICE OF SHER-IFF'S SALECJ-2016-200Notice is given thaton the 17 day ofJanuary, 2017, at10:00 am., at theFront door of theCounty Courthouse,in the City of Po-t e a u , L e F l o r eCounty, Oklahoma,the Sheriff of saidCounty will offer forsale and sell, withappraisement, forcash, at public auc-tion, to the highestand best bidder, allthat certain real es-tate in LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,to-wit:Lot (3) and theWest Half of Lot (2),Newton Addition #1to the City of Po-t e a u , L e F l o r eCounty, Oklahoma;subject to unpaidtaxes, advance-ments by Plaintifffor taxes, insurancepremiums, and ex-penses necessaryfor the preservationof the subject prop-erty, if any, saidproperty havingbeen duly ap-praised at $85,000.Sale will be madepursuant to a Spe-cial Execution AndOrder Of Sale is-sued in accordancewith judgment en-tered in the DistrictCourt of LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,in Case No .CJ-2016-200, enti-tled Ocwen LoanServicing, LLC,Plaintiff, vs. JustinW. Adams, ShavonAdams, Donna L.Lindsey, Ethan Hilland Portfolio Re-covery Associates,assignee of CapitalOne Bank, N.A, be-ing all of the Defen-dants and personsholding or claimingany interest or lienin the subject prop-erty.Rob Seale, Sheriffof?LeFlore County,OklahomaBy:S/Heather Ford?DEPUTYPublished in the Po-teau Daily News on12-15,12-22,(27743)LPXLP

LEGAL NOTICESunse t S tone ,38347 Crouch Pri-vate Lane, Howe,Oklahoma 74940,has submitted apermit application tothe Oklahoma De-partment of Mines(ODM) to mine di-mensional stonethrough the surfacemining method onportions of the fol-lowing parcels ofland;Part of theNorth 880 FT of theSE NW of Section26, T7N R25ELeFlore County,Oklahoma.The total permitarea, containing16.6 acres, is lo-cated in the PoteauWest U.S.G.S.quadrangle map.The permit site islocated East ofHWY 59 PoteauBypass (CavanalScenic Expy.)A copy of this com-plete permit appli-cation is availablefor public inspectionand copying at theLeFlore CountyCourthouse in Po-teau, OklahomaUpon written re-quest to the Okla-homa Departmentof Mines, Informa-tion contained in thepermit applicationmay be inspectedor copied at the De-partment of Mines.Any landowner orresident of any oc-cupied dwelling,any public entity orpublic agency, orany party that maybe adversely af-fected has the rightto submit commentsor object to the is-suance of the per-mit in writing. An in-formal conferencewill be provided ifspeci f ical ly re-quested in writing.Any written objec-tions or request foran informal confer-ence on this appli-cation must be re-ceived no later thanfourteen days afterthe final publicationof this notice to theOklahoma Depart-ment of Mines2915N. Classen Blvd.,Suite 213OklahomaCity, Oklahoma73106 Published inthe Poteau DailyN e w s o n12-15,12-22,12-29,1-5(27744)LPXLP

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LEGAL NOTICESunse t S tone ,38347 Crouch Pri-vate Lane, Howe,Oklahoma 74940,has submitted apermit application tothe Oklahoma De-partment of Mines(ODM) to mine di-mensional stonethrough the surfacemining method onportions of the fol-lowing parcels ofland;Part of theNorth 880 FT of theSE NW of Section26, T7N R25ELeFlore County,Oklahoma.The total permitarea, containing16.6 acres, is lo-cated in the PoteauWest U.S.G.S.quadrangle map.The permit site islocated East ofHWY 59 PoteauBypass (CavanalScenic Expy.)A copy of this com-plete permit appli-cation is availablefor public inspectionand copying at theLeFlore CountyCourthouse in Po-teau, OklahomaUpon written re-quest to the Okla-homa Departmentof Mines, Informa-tion contained in thepermit applicationmay be inspectedor copied at the De-partment of Mines.Any landowner orresident of any oc-cupied dwelling,any public entity orpublic agency, orany party that maybe adversely af-fected has the rightto submit commentsor object to the is-suance of the per-mit in writing. An in-formal conferencewill be provided ifspeci f ical ly re-quested in writing.Any written objec-tions or request foran informal confer-ence on this appli-cation must be re-ceived no later thanfourteen days afterthe final publicationof this notice to theOklahoma Depart-ment of Mines2915N. Classen Blvd.,Suite 213OklahomaCity, Oklahoma73106 Published inthe Poteau DailyN e w s o n12-15,12-22,12-29,1-5(27744)LPXLP

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Wister Students of the Month Book Club

Wister Elementary School’s Students of the Month recently were recognized during the school’s Rise ‘N Shine assembly. These students received a certificate and will be treated to lunch with Principal Debbie White. December’s lunch is sponsored by Bev’s Home Cooking in Wister. Front row, from left: Preston Perez, second grade; Tristin Moore, first grade; Cadence Harger. kindergarten; Arabella Brewer, pre-K. Back row: Cole Vaughn, sixth grade; Reagon Roath, fifth grade; Addley McAlester, fourth grade; Onor Martinez. third grade.

Poteau Upper Elementary School Students of the Week for Dec. 5-9 are, from left, Arceley Garcia, Kiley Henson, Hailey Hunt, Jack Egbert, Britleigh Wood, Eddie Martinez, Jentry Davies, Gavin Glaze and Cooper Gillham. Students were chosen based on the character trait of the month — Compassion: Showing sympathy or concern for others.

PUES Students of the Week

Several students at Poteau Upper Elementary School recently participated in a Magic Tree House and Award Winner’s book club meeting. Students ate lunch together in the library, discussed the books they read and played the game “Life-Size Clue.” The following students met all requirements to participate: Lexi Henson, Jackson Parker, Kainan Riley, Cambry Dunn, Keira Cox, Jenci Quarry, Gavin Glaze, Shelby Reece, Santino Scott, Melanie Mercado, Logan Cady, Kaylea Miller, Katie Rake, Emelia Spradley, Chase Post, Madison Kelley, Zane Harrison, Nate Doshier, Aiden Lowe, Danny Saldana, Jackson Egbert, John Thompson, Jaylee Tackett, Katelynn Newman, Zane McKinney, Annalee McBride, Brendolyn Castillo, Alex Armstrong, Traegan Ballard, Charity Burgess, Ben Hicks, Cheyenne Anderson, Brock Call, Isaac Waldrop, Daniel Martin, Zachary Vaughn, Hunter Myers, Kaylee Martin, Cash Jerrell, Kord Fenton, Jessica Billings, Adriana Crouch, Camryn Zink, Gracyn Soehlman, Braden Foster, Beau Flanagan, Grant Thomas, Gaven Woodard, Kristin Barnes, Cassie Maul and Belen Matias.