Tahlequah Daily Press 04/09/2014

April 10, 2014 2:16 pm /

Cherokee County sher-iff’s deputies spoke with awoman last week whosaid she tried to confronther boyfriend and anotherwoman, and ended upbeing injured by a car.

Emberly Mouse saidshe and two other women

were at the Dollar Generalin Hulbert when they spot-ted Mouse’s boyfriendwith another woman. Theytried to confront the duo,according to deputies, but

the pair left in a vehicle.Mouse and her two familymembers followed theboyfriend and pulled infront of his car near SunsetValley Road. During aconfrontation, the womanwho was driving the carwith Mouse’s boyfrienddrove off, and Mouse saidthe tires hit her leg.Deputies said they spoketo the driver, who provideda similar story but claimedshe didn’t mean to hurtanyone and just wanted toescape the confrontation.

In other matters, BobbyShankles reported the theftof a silver 2008 four-doorPontiac G6 GT with tagnumber 930-GLN.

Deputies took a reportthis week after a 6-year-oldboy was bitten while pet-ting a pit bulldog.Deputies said the dog wasput down by the owner.The boy was bitten on hisright forearm, right cheek,and right bicep.

Roy Poteet tolddeputies recently that hewas shoved to the groundby another man.

Cheryl Stevens filed aninformation report recent-ly.

Monica Mann reportedbeing threatened by a manwith a cane last week.

Antonio Chavez tolddeputies this week that hewas assaulted.

Warmer weather inthe comingmonths means

people will spend moretime outdoors, but not alltheir time.

The summer block-buster is now a staple ofAmerican culture, andevery major motion picturestudio tries to release atleast one film that turns amonstrous profit.

The term “summerblockbuster” entered theentertainment lexicon inthe late 1970s.

Many call “Star Wars”from 1977 the first summerblockbuster, but othersargue “Jaws” fit thedescription in 1975.

Today, the term can bepejorative, describing aCGI-fest employing youngflavor-of-the-year actors inunchallenging roles. The18 films that have grossed$1 billion usually have abudget of at least $200 mil-lion, are sequels, are sci-fi/fantasy and featurecomic book heroes. TheDisney film “Frozen” hasearned $1 billion and isstill in theaters.

But the belief that sum-mer blockbusters stink is

undeserved. In a typicalsummer, most box officehits receive at least mildcritical praise. Bad filmsbomb. People don’t wantto blow through $100 tak-ing the family to a dreadfulmovie.

There are many filmscoming out this summerwhich are highly anticipat-ed by movie-goers. “TheAmazing Spider-Man 2,”“Godzilla” and “TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles” aregenerating buzz.

On Facebook, JennySenters Conner wrote,“How to Train Your Dragon2 comes out in June! Myfamily loved the first one,so hearing about thesequel is exciting.”

A second fallacy aboutblockbusters is that studiosonly release them in thesummer.

It is now standard prac-tice to produce filmsintended to draw massivereceipts year-round.

Such efforts are evidentin the excitement generat-ed around Blu-ray andDVD releases. Somemovie buffs look forwardto summer releases of filmsthat were in theaters 3-6

months ago.Shannon Grimes said

he wanted to buy, “TheLEGO Movie. Everything isawesome.” The LegoMovie was releasednationwide on Feb. 7.

“Captain America andDivergent should do reallywell,” said Shane Perry,manager at Reasor’s Video.“A lot of people are askingabout God’s Not Dead,which I think is the big sur-

prise among recent releas-es. It earned more than $8million while being shownin just 780 theaters.”

While several titles areanticipated this summer,Perry said release dates

often change.“‘Jack Ryan: Shadow

Recruit’ was scheduled fora May release, but theypushed it to June,” he said.“‘Robocop’ is schedule forJune. It didn’t do too well atthe box office, so I expect itto stay in June. But a filmmight do well overseas,which might cause the stu-dios to push the release toa later date. Release datesare switched around on usall the time.”

Perry encouraged cus-tomers to find out whentheir favorite films will bereleased on DVD.

“We can include copiesin our orders that they canpurchase,” he said. “Wejust need some advancenotice before we order -about two weeks beforethe release.”

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 • 3A

SHERIFF’S BEAT

Court ReportWarranty Deeds

Billy Barnes et ux toBrandi Passmore

Chero Trust to Billy Gre-gory et ux

Southridge Dev. Co.LLC to J. Andrew Williamset ux

Kimberly RobynBoswell to Benjamin Gra-ham

Vernon H. Field et ux toCeleste Leatherwood et al

Rebecca L. Mitchell etvir to Jon C. Franke et ux

John C. Robertson et uxto John A. Watson et al

Carolyn Sue Yocham etvir to Michael Sanders et al

Johnny Ray Watkins toTracie Moore et al

Cheryl K. Leonard toBenjamin Leonard

Vela Newby to MichaelFerstl

Randall S. Hinds et ux toGreenland Investments

Illinois River Ranch Inc.to Tate Family Trust

Leroy Hicks et ux toLeroy Hicks et ux

MisdemeanorsWilliam J. Sweeney II –

possession of controlleddangerous substance,unlawful possession ofdrug paraphernalia, no seatbelt

CivilsCiti Mortgage Inc. vs.

Earl T. Jones et al – foreclo-sure

American Express Cen-

turion vs. Timothy Lee Jew-ett

Protective OrdersCaroline Rose Buf-

falomeat vs. Cady NicoleWilliams

Jennifer Ann Johnsonvs. Richard Wayne Burney

Terri Davis vs. SeanSweeney

Small ClaimsJohn Robison vs. Maris-

sa Deerinwater – replevinJacey Blaylock vs.

Justin Carlisle et al – entryand detainer

Dixie Finance vs. Kim-berly A. Tyer

Dixie Finance vs. JeffMorgan

Justin Carlisle vs. SherriBlaylock

Magna Carta Inc. vs.Tracy Lord

Fire RunsApril 8

Tahlequah FD; 11:24a.m. Structure Fire. South535 Road

Death NoticesTUCKER, Cynthia, 54,

Tahlequah, owner ofCyndi’s Beauty Salon. DiedApril 7. Services pendingwith Green Country FuneralHome, Tahlequah.

ROBBINS, Jess Lee, 35,Park Hill concrete finisher.Died April 3. Services wereheld April 8 at Green Coun-try Funeral Home, Tahle-quah.

DAILY LOG

Photo by Sean Rowley/Daily Press

Shane Perry, manager, and Valorie Deckard, video clerk, prepare to return DVDs to theshelves at Reasor’s Video. As the summer months approach, many film fans look for-ward to releases in theaters and on Blu-ray and DVD.

Summer means blockbuster films, DVD releases

Army to honor father and sonTwo Tahlequah men are to be honored by the U.S.

Army 25th Division and 4th Division due to beingfather and son wjp served in the same units of actionbut in different wars.

Danny Lewis Sr., 67, is a retired Army sergeant. Heserved in Vietnam from 1966-1967. He attendedNortheastern State University and spent 35 years as apost office employee and a police officer.

Danny Lewis Jr., 42, is a first sergeant and recent-ly retired. He served in Desert Storm, 1991, and inAfghanistan, 2009. He attended NSU and had a 20-year Army career as an emergency medical techni-cian.

The Lewis men will be recognized during a Divi-sion reunion in Illinois next year.

Military Road to be discussedDave Fowler, site director of the Murrell Home,

will give a presentation Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m.at the Murrell Home.

Fowler will discuss the importance of the MilitaryRoad between Fort Scott and Fort Gibson during theCivil War.

The meeting is free and open to the public.Friends of the Murrell Home will sponsor a bus

tour to Fort Scott on Saturday, April 12. For moreinformation, call the Murrell Home at (918) 456-7607.

UKB District Meeting April 11The Tahlequah District of the United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma will have ameeting on Friday, April 11, at 6 p.m. at Keener Bap-tist Church in Lost City.

For more information, contact Tahlequah UKBDistrict Representative Betty Holcomb at (918) 822-3805.

Library to celebrate anniversaryHULBERT – The Hulbert Library will be having a

Fifth Anniversary Party to celebrate being in its newbuilding on Friday, April 18, from 9 to 11 a.m.

The event is open to the public and is sponsoredby the Friends of the Library.

Doak, Mullin to speak to GOPInsurance Commissioner John Doak and District 2

Congressman Markwayne Mullin will speak to theCherokee County Republican Party at the ArmoryMunicipal Building, 101 N. Water Ave., Monday,April 14, at 6:30 p.m.

The public is invited to visit, ask questions, andenjoy refreshments.

Red Cross blood drive May 8An American Red Cross blood drive will be held

on Thursday, May 8, from 1–6:30 p.m. at the ArmoryMunicipal Center, 100 N. Water.

For an appointment, visit www.redcrossblood.organd use sponsor keyword “tahlequahcom,” or call(800) 733-2767.

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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

To see a list ofsummer films thatare expected tohae success at the

box office, go towww.tahlequahTDP.com.

AT&T will bring a virtual realitydriving simulator to Tahlequah thisweek, giving Northeastern State Uni-versity students a chance to experi-ence, first-hand, the dangers of tex-ting while driving.

The simulator will be availablefrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday,April 9, in NSU University Centerlobby.

The AT&T driving simulator is acomputerized car that lets users vir-tually text and drive, providing arealistic but safe experience for driv-

ers. Using the simulator, drivers learnno message is so urgent that it isworth diverting attention from theroad and risking human lives in theprocess.

“More than 100,000 times eachyear, an automobile crashes andpeople are injured or die becausethe driver was texting while driving,”said Jason Winborn, AT&T ExternalAffairs manager, citing a statisticfrom the National Safety Council.

AT&T has sponsored the simula-tor in many locations around the

state and country over the past sever-al years, typically focusing on highschools and other events primarilyfocusing on young drivers.

“Our goal is to save lives,” Win-born said. “I hear from far too manypeople whose lives have been forev-er changed by a texting-while-driv-ing accident, and together, we wantto spread the word about how dead-ly a single text can be. We’d like tosee texting and driving become asunacceptable as drinking and driv-ing.”

Simulator to focus on texting, driving hazard

Man ‘steps out’ on girlfriend, leads to fight

Tahlequah police arrest-ed two locals Mondaywhen they were caughtshoplifting from Walmart.

Drew C. Scott, 26, andWhitney F. Barr, 26, both ofTahlequah, were taken intocustody at Walmart andbooked into jail for petitlarceny.

Willa D. Crow-Griffin,56, of Tahlequah, wasarrested Sunday forallegedly shoplifting fromWalmart.

Angela A. Rooks, 49, ofGriffin, Ga., was arrestedMonday night for drivingunder the influence of alco-hol.

Police spoke to employ-ees of Stuteville Ford Mon-day after a man took a2014 Ford F-150 for a testdrive, but never returnedthe truck.

Robert Hobbs filed areport Monday about hisvan’s being burglarized.

Officers spoke to TyCarlisle, Dalton Checotah,Kendra Camplain, JoshuaMouse and Christine Portu-gal.

Sherri Whitehead spokewith police about her fencebeing damaged recently.

Two arrested, caughtshoplifting at Walmart

POLICE BEAT