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Ants are not on the guest list, but the public is invited to welcome each and every oil and gas rig worker to town during Wednesday’s Horizontal Pig Picnic spon-sored by Cherokee Main Street.

Alfalfa County was al-ready benefi tting from Chesapeake Energy’s pres-ence, but the oil and gas boom hit new levels when SandRidge Energy concen-trated its oil exploration in the area and began moving crews into Cherokee.

Along with Chesapeake and SandRidge came oil and gas fi eld servicing fi rms, bringing even more economic activity.

Main Street Director Terry Ryel came up with the event’s name, based on the “horizontal” drilling method being used by San-dRidge and the “horizontal” pigs being sacrifi ced for free meals.

Lines to eat at the Hori-zontal Pig Picnic will form during two shifts – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m. – in the north warehouse of Al-falfa Electric Cooperative.

Cherokee Main Street will provide three hogs, which Mike Penner will smoke, to those who attend the free event.

Area businesses like Smok Shak, Ms. Dottie’s Café and Cherokee Station will provide side dishes of baked beans and cole slaw.

AEC, Farmers Exchange Bank and ACB Bank will provide paper goods, drinks, desserts and other necessi-ties.

Main Street volunteers, Rotary and Lions Club members, along with other civic groups will provide the footwork to get meals on plates and into the hands of

JET – It may be the hottest race among the April 5 municipal elections in Alfalfa County. Five candidates will vie for a spot on the Jet Board of Trustees and each will get a chance next week to say why he or she deserves to be elected.

Jet Industrious Group will host a Meet the Candidates night beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, March 25, in the Jet Senior Citizens Building.

Candidates running for the three trustee of-fi ces include incumbents Jim Blackledge, Wanda Gray and Pamela Sands, who will take on new-comers Carolyn Crossette and Dave Pitt.

The three candidates receiving the most votes will serve on the board for the next four years.

In addition to the board of trustees race, Town Clerk-Treasurer Donna Keller has been challenged by M. Kay Blackledge to see who will oversee the town’s books for the next four years.

Cherokee Messenger & Republican Editor Ko-rina Dove has been invited to ask each candidate questions pertaining to Jet’s town government.

To ensure each candidate is on a level play-ing ground, questions are being debuted in this week’s paper:

•Street maintenance and repair is an ongo-

By KORINA DOVEMessenger & Republican Staff

Parents hoping to send their 3-year-olds to Head Start in the Cherokee or Aline-Cleo school districts next school year can count that out. Those programs are shutting down.

Parents of current students don’t know many details. Even the teachers are somewhat un-clear of what will happen in the coming months. Details have been limited.

“I don’t know completely what is going on,” said Chero-kee Head Start Director Debbie Decker. “They are closing this one and the one in Aline.”

Both centers have eight to 10 students, according to Carol Ramer, associate executive di-rector of Opportunities Inc., which is the parent company of Head Start. The Opportunities Inc. headquarters are located in Watonga.

“They are supposed to have

By KORINA DOVEMessenger & Republican Staff

Giving residents less leeway in paying their water bills and a city-wide burn ban limiting the use of chimeneas and fi re pits were just two top-ics that took up more than two and a half hours of Thursday’s Cherokee City Commission meet-ing.

Commissioners also discussed the county’s E-911 system, rezoning and the possibility of de-annexing one resident.

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ing battle in all communities. How will you tack-le the issue of dwindling street funds and how will you address your neighbor when he asks you to fi x his street?

•Jet has been without a police offi cer for some time. Does the community need a police offi cer now? How vital is an offi cer to the community? If you are in favor of hiring an offi cer, where will you fi nd the funding to do so?

•What is your solution to the town’s water system woes?

•Like all towns in northwest Oklahoma, Jet’s population has declined. What ideas can you bring to the table to increase revenue and attract new businesses and new faces to town?

•The Great Salt Plains State Park, and the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge have been vital economic boosters to the Jet community for decades.

When the salt fl ats were closed a few years ago, tourism took a huge hit. How will you help promote tourism and revitalize Jet’s connection with the Salt Plains?

Candidates will each take turns answering questions. The meeting is open to the public.

BROTHER TOM COOKSEY (left) and Roger Goodwin await what turned out to be in excess of 400 who attended the Men and Boys’ Calf Fry sponsored by the Cherokee First Baptist Church March 8 at the Alfalfa County Fair-

grounds. Guest speaker was Todd Craighead from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife. Door prizes included a shotgun, fi shing equipment and gift cards to Bass Pro Shop.

Alfalfa County Democrats will hold their precinct and county conventions beginning at noon Saturday, April 2, at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.

Precinct meetings will begin at noon, with the county convention expected to begin at 2 p.m.

Participants will also elect their county leaders at the meeting.

"We hope local Democrats will come out and support the party," said current County Chairman John Herold. "The leadership elected at the County Convention will help guide Alfalfa County Democrats for the next two years at the state, district and local levels."

Delegates and alternates to the 2011 Congressional and State Conventions will also be chosen.

All registered Democrats are welcome to attend.A free barbecue buffet will be served at noon. It is being

provided by Marcus Jungman and Kevin Haines, with des-serts provided by the local Federation of Democrat Women.

For more information, contact Herold at 732-5610 or e-mail alfalfademo@sbcglobal.net

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Jet ‘Meet the Candidates’ March 25

City tightens utility payments; considers burn banInstead of residents receiving almost 60 days

to pay past due bills for water, sewer and trash services, they will now get a week.

Previous policy, discussed during the Chero-kee Development Authority meeting, allowed residents to pay overdue bills more than a month past the due date. Late notices were generated for all past due bills on the 15th of each month fol-lowing the month the bill was due. Residents who had not paid would get about a week to 10 days to catch up or make payment arrangements.

The new policy will allow past due notices to be generated on the 16th of the month during the same month the bill is due. Residents will then have a week to pay their bills before receiving a 48-hour cutoff notice.

A late fee of $10 will apply to any bills paid after the 15th, which was the policy already in place. The same $40 reconnect fee also still ap-plies to any properties that get disconnected for nonpayment.

The new policy goes into effect immediately.

PARKING NEXT TO SOCCER FIELD NOT AN OPTIONAlso discussed during the development author-

ity meeting was the option to lease the railroad right-of-way near the soccer fi eld. A company con-tacted City Manager Don Bowman about parking trucks on the property for $100 a month, paid in advance, with a one-year lease.

Commissioners, however, voiced concerns about the area, wondering if it could remain a safe place for children to play soccer. They also

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A Rural Economic Action Plan (REAP) grant brings the county $20,000 closer to build-ing new offi ces for the OSU Ex-tension Service at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds.

County commissioners an-nounced Monday that the coun-ty received two REAP grants, one for the fairgrounds and an-other for $8,562 which will help buy road signs.

Alfalfa County Fair Board President Troy Shepard said the original grant application was for $50,000, but the $20,000 received will put a dent in funds needed for the new offi ce build-ing.

“Someone projected we need to have about $100,000 saved up, and we’re getting pretty close to that,” Shepard said.

The remainder of the funds was generated through the Fair Board’s portion of the county sales tax.

Besides offi ces, the new building will contain a conces-sion stand and restrooms, and will be built between the exhibit building and the new arena. An old show barn that stands in the space now will be torn down.

“We’re just in the prelimi-nary stages of talking about it. We don’t have any blueprints or anything,” Shepard said.

He said the board hopes to start building within the year.

ROACH PLANS CRUSADECommissioner Chad Roach

asked his fellow county offi cials to join him in fi ghting for coun-ty road money.

“I would like to go to the Capi-tol and basically start a crusade against this,” Roach said.

He talked about the formula the state uses to dole out fund-ing for roads and bridges and how rural counties with more road miles are taking a hit in funding by larger counties with greater populations.

He would like to see the Circuit Engineering District and the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO) get involved, but doubts that will happen.

“This is such a tough issue with CED because they do not want to see county versus coun-ty,” Roach said. “ACCO does not want to get involved because it will pit small counties against large counties.”

He said the state and coun-ties are facing redistricting as soon as 2010 Census fi gures are compiled and he fears funding for rural counties will face dras-tic cuts.

“I think this is something

that’s not going to hurt us right now, but I think this is some-thing if we don’t start fi ghting right now, we’re going to be faced with a reduction in servic-es,” Roach said. “I think this is something we owe our citizens to fi ght for.

“It’s going to be a long, hard fi ght and it’s going to be a fi ght we’re not going to be popular for in the city.”

He urged Commissioners Toby Walker and Doug Murrow to help him start writing letters to senators and representa-tives asking them to change the formula that determines road funding.

The current formula is based on population, which means even though larger cities may have less road miles to main-tain, they get the bulk of mon-ies generated because they have larger populations.

He said offi cials from large cities claim to have more people using cars on the roadways and therefore need more money to maintain the roads.

“I disagree,” Roach said.He said city residents often

carpool, whereas rural resi-

dents are highly dependent on their vehicles. Also, semis trav-el rural roads, which require constant repair.

He explained that one dis-trict in Oklahoma County con-tains about 215 road miles and has 51 employees to maintain those roads.

“We’re pushing 500 miles (in District 2), with 12 employees,” Roach said.

Alfalfa County maintains 1,342 miles with 37 employees compared to Oklahoma Coun-ty’s 600 miles. He did not know how many people are employed by Oklahoma County, but said the rate of funding for larger cities is unfair, especially when a majority of the production taxes generated within Alfalfa County are not being funneled back into Alfalfa County.

“There is no comparison in the funding,” Roach said. “I think it’s suicide for our county (to not fi ght for the money) in the long run. As fuel prices go up, people are going to be trav-eling less. We live on that fuel tax.”

He said strength in num-bers is the key to winning the

WORKING THE PRESS BOX during the March 8 After Prom basketball game are (from left) Josh Bellamy, Justin Packard, Aaron Hoggard and Marcus Stephens. While Hog-gard and Stephens made announcements during the game, Bellamy and Packard auctioned off items between periods. More than $5,400 was raised for the Cherokee After Prom, which will take place March 26.

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“I think we’re all three go-ing to have to go down there (to the Capitol),” Roach said. “When you start fi ghting people for money, it gets nasty down there.”

In other business, the com-mission approved the following:

•The appointment of Garry Lingenfelter as receiving offi cer for Nescatunga Rescue. He re-places Dena Law.

•Five road crossing permits for District 1, including one from GAW Oil Co., two for San-dRidge and two for Crescent Services.

Executive Assistant Phoebe Angle said Crescent Services also donated $200 to the court-house elevator fund.

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Jim grew up in Jet, graduated from Jet-Nash High School, has been married for 35 great years, raised 2 sons in Jet. He has served as president of Alfalfa County Ducks Unlimited, on the Jet Fire Dept. for 25 years and remains a fi rst responder, 19 years on the Jet Town board, has a Class D water & sewer license and has completed numerous projects and grants. He has been a scoutmaster, helps serve popcorn at all of Jet’s ballgames and most of all is a Christian. Please come out and vote April 5, 2011. Remeber that every vote counts!

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Continued from Page 1thought $100 a month was not a fair price.

Commissioner Jack Custer suggested another option.

“You’re going to get a lot of fl ack for putting them over there (near the soccer fi eld),” Custer said. “Why not put them on the (city-owned) corner lot on Ohio?”

The corner lot on Ohio and Main Street at one time be-longed to the co-op and already is equipped for heavy truck us-age, Custer said. He also sug-gested asking $300 a month to lease the space.

Commissioners agreed the former co-op lot would be a more appropriate place for truck parking and that $300 a month was a fair asking price. They directed City Attorney Bryce Kennedy to draw up a contract with those specifi cations and for Bowman to present the contract to the company.

RESIDENT WANTS OUTCherokee resident Crystal

Luttrell doesn’t want to live in Cherokee anymore. She asked city commissioners to de-annex her property on the outskirts of town – or else fi x her sewer as she asked the city to do months ago.

Luttrell said she asked the city to fi x her sewer as far back as 2009, but so far nothing has been done. She said the city put a water hydrant in her front yard, which now has turned into a sinkhole she has to mow around. Also, the water running to her home is dirty.

“De-annex me,” Luttrell said. “I’m out of your hair and you’re out of mine.”

Luttrell said she pays virtu-ally no taxes, has drilled her own well and has constructed her own sewer. She also noted that it will cost the city more to fi x her problems than it would to de-annex her property.

“I’ve been patient for over 16 months,” she said. “I’ve not bothered you once, have I?

“I’m not mad. I’m upset, dis-appointed in the city.”

Bowman said he will look into the expense of de-annexing the property versus building a new sewer to the property and place the item on the next agenda.

BURNING OUT OF CONTROLFire Chief Kevin Lingemann

wants Cherokee’s fi re policies under control.

Fire crews have chased fi res in driveways and backyards sev-eral times during the past few months. With the dry weather and burn bans in place, the dangers of irresponsible burn-ing in town could result in dire consequences.

Lingemann said for the past 20 years, he has been under the impression that no burn-ing whatsoever could take place in town. After citing a resident recently for having an open fi re in his yard, however, he is ques-tioning the city’s policy.

“Apparently someone came in and called my bluff and wanted to see (the policy) in writing, and there’s nothing in writing,” Lingemann said.

Bowman and Kennedy both said although no specifi c ordi-nance has been passed, the city has adopted an ordinance to fol-low the International Fire Code, which prohibits open burning in town unless the fi re is contained in approved containers, such as charcoal grills and chimeneas.

Lingemann said even though burning is allowed in approved containers, some residents mis-use the containers causing fi re hazards.

Commissioner Diane Wil-liamson said residents may get upset if the city tells them they can’t use their chimeneas.

Bowman said he has seen residents fi ll chimeneas with wood so that fl ames shoot out the top of the structures.

Lingemann said he under-stands that most residents use their chimeneas and grills cor-rectly, but he also has witnessed large fi res, constructed with large amounts of wood stacked in fi re rings, in yards and drive-ways.

“People shouldn’t just have a fi re to sit around and drink beer,” Lingemann said.

Custer said former City Man-ager Don Groves outlawed in-town burning more than 20 or 30 years ago when trash service replaced burn barrels in town.

Mayor Karen Hawkins sug-gested that Kennedy bring more information to the board before commissioners formalize any policies. The issue was tabled

until the next regular meeting.STILL STUDYING E-911

Alfalfa County Commission-er Doug Murrow reported to the commissioners that the county has received about $2,500 this month from revenues gener-ated in January from area tele-phone companies. The money eventually will be used to help fund the county’s Enhanced 911 system.

Monies received include funds from South Central Telephone Association ($701); Pioneer Telephone ($1,440); and AT&T ($381). He said he expects the county to receive another $1,200 or so from Kan-Okla. He estimated that the city will receive about $500 or $600 a month from ATT.

The funds are generated from a 15 percent tariff on lan-dline phones, a tax passed by voters in November 2010. The city receives a 5 percent tax from landline phones used in the city limits. Another 50 cents for each cell phone in the coun-ty goes to Northern Oklahoma Development Authority, which holds the funds for future use by the county.

Although monies are being generated, Murrow told com-missioners the county will not be able to afford to fund the E-911 system alone.

He spoke with the board about allowing Woods County to take on the county’s dispatch service and also about hiring Woods County to map Alfalfa County.

Mapping the county will give each rural resident a physical address and is critical in get-ting the E-911 system up and running. Murrow said Woods County offi cials have offered to map Alfalfa County for less than $60,000.

“(The county has) the money right now to map this entire county – for Woods county to do it,” Murrow said.

Commissioner Rachel Hager asked if the county would be willing to chip in the $60,000 if the city decided to pay for the mapping.

Murrow said he could not an-swer for the two other county commissioners.

Right now, the city and coun-

ty each run their own dispatch-ing services but provide backup for each other.

Bowman said he believes if voters thought the dispatching system might be moved solely to Woods County, they would not have passed the tax to fund the E-911 system.

No action was taken on the matter, but Murrow said he would like to get exact fi gures of taxes being generated and plan a meeting with the city and all emergency personnel within the county.

WRAP UP•Commissioners talked about

implementing a comprehensive zoning plan, which would allow the city to designate areas in town for business, agriculture and residential use.

Bowman said he received an estimate from NODA for $20,000 to write the plan, but Kennedy said he thought he could devise a plan for about $5,000.

Commissioners made no de-cisions but said they want to re-visit the issue in a future meet-ing.

•Board members voted to send a dilapidated property no-tice to Chleo Brown, who owns an apartment complex on West 5th Street.

Brown will have 10 days to appeal the notice, but if no ac-tion is taken to clean up the property, the city will assess a $200 fi ne per day until the building is taken care of.

Brown gave the city the right of entry to tear down the prop-erty but did not give the city a deed to the property.

•Also approved was the ex-penditure of $2,000 to tear down the Milton Greg Gibson prop-erty in the 400 block of South Massachusetts Ave. The proper-ty has been declared dilapidat-ed, and the city has been given permission to tear it down.

•Commissioners also ap-proved an expenditure of $10,000 for the city’s yearly contribution to Cherokee Main Street.

Under a previous agenda item, Kennedy commended the city for the appearance of the town.

“I swear, your main street is looking so nice,” he said.

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Continued from Page 1a minimum of 13 to justify hav-ing a class open,” Ramer said.

She said larger centers are turning in lists with 50 or more children waiting to get into Head Start programs.

“We had to get a decision made because our funding ap-plication had to go into Dallas the fi rst of March,” Ramer said.

Opportunities Inc. manages 37 centers in 15 counties in Northwest Oklahoma, totaling approximately 800 students.

Some of those centers are located in more populous coun-ties, such as Garfi eld and Wood-ward. Enrollment in the smaller communities is just not meeting the basics.

“We’ve done a lot of recruit-ing and done everything we know to do to get those classes up,” Ramer said.

BENEFITS OF HEAD STARTHead Start parent Dana

Wimpee wants to dispel any misconceptions about the Head Start program, which is an in-come-based program designed to provide children of low-in-come families with learning ex-periences that foster intellectu-al, social and emotional growth, according to the Opportunities Inc. web site.

“It has benefi ted my son tre-mendously,” Wimpee said. “He’s three years old, and he can write his name. They teach them sign language. They do the days of the week and the colors.”

Wimpee said she was skepti-cal about the program at fi rst, but she has seen her son grow and develop this school year.

“I’ve been very, very happy with the program,” she said. “Any of the other parents you talk to, they’re happy with the program and we’re happy with the teacher (Decker). She’s turned things around.”

A LITTLE HOPE NEVER HURTParents hoping to give their

children a year of pre-school be-fore heading off to early child-hood development class may not be completely out of luck.

“We do have a collaboration with the 4-year-old program, and we’ll continue that,” Ramer said.

Children who qualify for

Head Start will enroll in Pre-K as a Head Start child, and most options for the program will re-main the same.

“We help pay for their school supplies when they meet our qualifi cations,” Ramer said.

Also, children will continue to receive health assessments, one of the many perks of the Head Start program.

Aline-Cleo Pre-K teacher Becky Bebermeyer said she will welcome her new students, who will experience about the same curriculum as her early child-hood development class.

“We have a good curriculum, so it’s not going to change,” Be-bermeyer said.

She could not estimate how many students will join her Pre-K class.

“We have not done any en-rollment,” she said.

The possibility is slim, but if enrollment happens to exceed minimum standards in either the Aline-Cleo or Cherokee Head Start classrooms, the cen-ters might be saved.

“We would reconsider,” Ram-er said.

The Head Start program is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Cherokee’s center opened in 1992, and the Aline-Cleo cen-ter opened during the 2003-04 school year.

Students ages three to fi ve can attend Head Start. Stu-

dents must turn three before Sept. 1 of the current school year before they can enroll in the program.

Wimpee said parents who are interested in sending their chil-dren to Head Start next year can call and have their child’s name placed on a list. If enough interest ins generated, the cen-ter may stay open.

The number at the Cherokee center is (580) 596-2286. Par-ents in the Aline-Cleo School District should call (580) 463-2255.

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Not always goodto be Number 1 By GERALD WRIGHT

We could just as well have Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat setting policy for our prison system. Our Legislature reminds me of horses with blinders in a race and the only fi nish is re-election – none of them is seeing the crisis that looms in our Department of Corrections.

How did we get in this situation? After several decades of legislators "getting tough on crime" and now facing a budget crisis, all the increased felony crimes with increased punishment have come home to roost.

When I fi rst became aware of the corrections budget problem in the mid-1980s, we had about 8,000 inmates; now we have nearly 27,000 in the prison sys-tem and that number is increasing every year.

One would think that we must be safer with all these people in prison, but not so fast. Actually, our crime rates are basically the same as those of the sur-rounding states and the rest of our nation.

More law enforcement with certain punishment – and that does not mean long prison terms – reduces crime. But our esteemed legislators don't get it. They think that if you make a stiffer penalty, crime will stop. Do they really think a criminal stops and studies the penalties before he or she commits a crime?

The corrections system has not been fully funded for many years. Almost every year a supplemental appropriation has to be provided to at least attempt to pay for the costs of housing the increased number of inmates who are sent to the system by our district at-torneys and judges.

The majority of DAs and judges do not care that we have no space to put these new inmates. When I was a state senator, I was told that my job as senator was to fi nd a place to put them, and that it was "not their worry." Even with the reluctance to fully fund the department, appropriations in the last 20 years have increased nearly 200 percent, the largest increase for any state agency, including education.

There isn't any doubt that there are some evil, scary people in our state who are threats to society and who need to be locked up for long periods – if not for the rest of their lives. However, there are lots of inmates who are not a threat and we could do a much better job with them. The George Kaiser Family Foun-dation and others are doing some really great work uniting mothers with their families and making them productive citizens, but unfortunately that will not solve the bigger problem. With a large portion of the inmate population doing time for non-violent crimes, we must address the problem while saving space for the really scary inmates.

Achieving corrections reform is not rocket science. The solutions are easy to recognize, but it is much harder for the policymakers to have the intestinal fortitude (guts) to take action. We must put fewer non-violent people in prison, put them in for less time, let more out on parole – or a combination of all three. This means adopting sentencing reform, which requires a major overhaul of how we do business in our criminal justice system. Needed reform was adopted in 1996-98 and then the gutless Legislature and then-Gov. Frank Keating repealed probably the best legislation that I observed in my 16 years as a state senator.

We must revisit those issues or in all likelihood there will be an insurrection at one or more of our facilities, someone killed, and/or federal oversight, as was the case in Oklahoma in the 1970s and 1980s.

Many states have recognized similar problems and have moved to make major reforms to correct the prob-lems. We remain No. 1 in the incarceration of women and No. 3 overall in the incarceration rate. Since the United States puts more people in prison than any oth-er country, we in Oklahoma have the dubious honor of being No. 1 in the world for putting women in prison.

Will our leaders have the guts to make the tough changes?

(Editor’s Note: Gerald (Ged) Wright is a member of the Oklahoma State Board of Corrections, a long-time former state senator representing Tulsa and Wagoner counties, a retired U. S. Air Force brigadier general and former com-mander of the Oklahoma Air National Guard. This letter appeared recently in The Tulsa World.)

By ED CANNADAYDistrict 15 State Representative

If nothing is done, come January of next year another income tax cut will take effect. While many hoorah the general theory of tax cuts, most are unable to determine who this tax cut really benefi ts and to what degree.

The pending tax cut, for example, will not provide relief to the most vulnerable Oklaho-mans, those most in need of public services and fi nancial assistance.

According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the richest top 1 percent of Oklahomans, with income over $399,000, will receive nearly a third of the benefi ts from the tax cut.

The top 20 percent of Oklahomans will receive 73 percent of the share of benefi ts. The tax cut is explicitly regressive in that it benefi ts the wealthiest 20 percent of Oklaho-mans at the expense of everybody else.

Top Republican leaders, to include Gov. Mary Fallin and Speaker of the House Kris Steele, have voiced support for this trigger to take effect, despite the current economic crisis that continues to plague our state.

The tax cut was intended to only take effect if our state faced a 4 percent increase in revenue, but the intentions at the time and common sense both banked on an actual in-crease in revenue from the date the measure was adopted in 2004 – whereas our general revenue is now around 16 percent less than it was in those days.

Those pushing for the trigger to take effect care less about our state’s economic well-being and more about appeasing a small faction of our population.

Despite the chants saying otherwise, the previous income tax cuts have been woefully ineffective at stimulating economic growth and have contributed to our current revenue crisis. Unless legislation is enacted to stop it, an automatic trigger will reduce the top rate to 5.25 percent in 2012, thereby reducing state revenue another $120 million and seri-ously damaging economic recovery.

Our state has endured brutal cuts on vital public services: school districts have laid off teachers, eliminated programs and cut staff; the Offi ce of Juvenile Affairs was forced to cut its successful gang and juvenile crime preven-tion programs; and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services closed centers and removed beds provided for adults with substance abuse issues and children with mental health problems.

At this crucial time we need to protect and preserve programs that have an enor-mous impact on social welfare and economic sustainability. It is unjust to demand that the individuals most in need of help sacrifi ce their welfare and services to benefi t 1 percent of our population.

(Editor's Note: Cannaday represents all or parts of Haskell, LeFlore, McIntosh, Muskogee and Sequoyah counties. He lives with his family in Porum.)

Tax cut truth: Who gets it?

By DAVID MYERSDistrict 20 State Senator

We’re two weeks away from the halfway point of session. Today (Thursday) is the dead-line for fl oor consideration of Senate bills. As of last Friday evening, we had 162 bills left on the agenda.

The Senate is going to adjourn early this week to help reduce expenses. Normally, Thurs-days are shorter days anyway. As I’ve mentioned before, constitutionally legislators can’t take a pay cut so adjourning early a few times this session is our only option. This week we worked long hours Monday through Wednesday in order to be able to take off Thursday.

A major effort in the next three weeks will be ongoing budget negotiations, with an em-phasis on completing the education budget as quickly as possible. By law, that budget has to be submitted to the Department of Education by April 1 to allow schools time to plan for the upcoming school year. I'm hopeful that a bud-get agreement can be reached prior to the April 1 deadline.

This past week, I was pleased that the Sen-ate approved SB 970 to help address critical needs in the Department of Corrections (DOC) without adding to the $500 million gap facing the state in the coming budget year.

The bill authorizes DOC to use existing funds to reduce employee furloughs. A supple-mental would have simply reduced available funds this year or made the budget hole worse when the new fi scal year starts in July. This bill will allow DOC to use up to $4.5 million in the Oklahoma Correctional Industries’ revolv-ing fund, enabling them to drastically reduce furloughs without making the budget situation worse. This will enable DOC to reduce planned furloughs from four days a month to just one.

As many of you know, this week thousands of students will gather in Oklahoma City for the world’s largest Junior Livestock Show, the Okla-homa Youth Expo. We, as Oklahomans, should be so proud of this world-renowned stock show.

I was pleased this past week to get to honor the Cherokee High School football team, who were the Class B State Champions. I’ve had the privilege of honoring so many state champion-ship teams during my time in the legislature. I am so proud of our local high schools, especially our teachers and coaches who play such an im-portant role in the lives of our young people.

To contact me at the Capitol, please write to Sen. David Myers, State Capitol, 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd. Room 519, Oklahoma City, OK, 73105, or call (405) 521-5628. You may also con-tact me in Ponca City by calling (580)767-9010.

Myers’ Minutes...Chiefs’ championship team recognized on fl oor of Senate

This is National Sunshine Week. Say what? National what? Don’t we need rain?

Yep, National Sunshine Week. So what is Sunshine Week?

Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants in-clude news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofi ts, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.

Sunshine Week as a na-tional effort is spearheaded by the American Society of News Editors. Though created by journalists, Sunshine Week is about the public's right to know what its government is doing, and why.

Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to infor-mation that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.

Too often, Sunshine Week slips by with nary a mention on our part. We tell ourselves we’re just a small, rural weekly newspaper in a small, rural county. We don’t have the staff to take on major investigative stories. Right?

Not exactly. Yes, we’re small and neither of the two writers for the Messenger & Republi-can – myself nor Editor Korina Dove – particularly have the time or resources to take on a major investigative story... until we’re motivated.

The motivation usually comes from an employee or elected offi cial from city, county or state government who is overstepping his or her boundaries. Even then, we fi nd ourselves strapped for time, if nothing else, to take on one more project.

That’s probably why the readers of our newspapers and others in Oklahoma normally provide the impetus for the stories that make headlines on the investigative front.

Mark Thomas, executive vice president of the Oklahoma Press Association, reminds us time and again that most of Oklahoma’s major stories involving the public’s right to know have come from citizens who, for one reason or another, have been spurned by their town board, county commission or state legislature.

Nothing gets the attention of a public body or strikes fear in the heart of a politician any more than a contingent of upset citizens. It can be a lone citizen, or a group of hundreds.

We’re constantly prodded by readers who want us to take on causes. In fact, they would make a much larger impact by taking their case personally to the public body involved.

So the next time you’re motivated, express yourself at a town board meeting or a county commission meeting. If it’s a statewide issue, take it to your legislator.

It’s your government. Get involved. It’s “Your Right to Know.” Express yourself!

Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, March 17, 2011 • Page 5

Monday, March 21Popcorn ChickenMashed Potatoes

CornPeaches

Tuesday, March 22Frito Chili PieCelery Sticks

Strawberries & Peaches

Wednesday, March 23Grilled Chicken

Rice PilafGreen Beans

Rosey Applesauce

Thursday, March 24Vegetable SoupCheese Chunks

CrackersCinnamon Roll

Friday, March 25Chicken-n-Noodles

Mashed PotatoesSpinach

Cinnamon Apples

Menu subject to change

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Dear Editor:Next Wednesday is the date

of our town-wide picnic to wel-come our new neighbors who have come to Cherokee with the oil industry.

When it was suggested that Main Street organize this event, I agreed that this was a great idea. But you know, we need to remember to thank the oil and gas industry workers who are already in our midst.

I have been the Main Street Program Manager nearly fi ve years. (Hard for me to believe!) In that time I have seen Chesa-peake and the other service com-panies involved with them step up to the plate many times.

I welcome all this new activ-ity in our town. These are fun times to be in Northwest Okla-homa.

I know we are going to have a great time Wednesday at the

Dear Editor...Main Street manager invites public to oil and gas pig roast

Picnic. Please come and wel-come our new neighbors.

And when you see one of your neighbors who has been involved in the energy indus-

try all along, don’t forget to tell them we are glad they are here as well!

Susie KoontzCherokee Main Street

With the onset of spring scheduled for Sunday, garden plots are taking shape through-out Alfalfa County.

Members of Cherokee Main Street want to know who would like to share the produce from those gardens.

A meeting for anyone inter-ested in participating in a farm-ers market will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Bak-er Building in Cherokee.

“We’re trying to gauge in-terest and participation for a farmers market,” said Debbie Goodwin, who is coordinating the meeting.

Those attending the initial meeting will help set up rules and bylaws, and talk about pos-sible locations to host a farmers market.

“I would really like to have a lot of people show, so we can see the interest,” Goodwin said.

Main Street is hoping the farmers market will become an outlet where gardeners can sell their homegrown produce and area residents can gather to shop.

Goodwin said she also hopes to generate interest from others who make crafts, home-baked goods and canned goods, which will be welcome at the farmers market but must meet certain guidelines.

Registered voters within the Cherokee School District will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 10, to decide the fate of a $445,000 bond issue divided into two propositions.

Proposition No. 1 calls for $185,000 for the purpose of "constructing, equipping, re-pairing and remodeling school buildings; acquiring school fur-niture, fi xtures and equipment; and acquiring and improving school sites..."

Proposition No. 2 calls for $260,000 for purchasing a 70-passenger activity bus, a 30 passenger bus and two new multiple-passenger Suburbans.

The proposal calls for paying off both propositions within fi ve years.

Because no one resides with-

Main Street sets farmers marketorganizational meeting March 29

in the Woods County portion of the district, Precinct 760005 in that county will be closed for the election.

That's also the case in Alfalfa County Precinct 110 (Burling-ton) and it will also be closed.

Only four registered vot-ers reside within the Cherokee School District's portion of Al-falfa County Precinct 230 (Car-men) and 14 within Precinct 310 (Helena).

Those 18 voters will be noti-fi ed by a letter and application for absentee ballots by the Alfal-fa County Election Board. They may come to the Election Board offi ce on the second fl oor of the courthouse to vote in-person on Friday, May 6, or on Monday, May 9, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Some precincts closedfor Cherokee bond vote

“The only thing is they’re go-ing to have to be (made in) a certifi ed kitchen, but they can use the one in Dacoma,” Good-win said. “We can talk to them about the kitchen situation.”

Anyone with questions prior to the meeting can call Goodwin at (405) 570-9758 or Cherokee Main Street Program Manager Susie Koontz at (580) 596-3575, ext. 122.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The chair-man of the Senate Appropriations Committee said legislation ap-proved on Monday would help ad-dress critical needs in the Depart-ment of Corrections (DOC) without adding to the $500 million gap fac-ing the state in the coming budget year.

Sen. David Myers, R-Ponca City, said the bill authorizes DOC to use existing funds to reduce employee furloughs. The measure was ap-proved by the full Senate on a bi-partisan vote of 37-7.

“A supplemental would have simply reduced available funds this year or made the budget hole worse when the new fi scal year starts in July,” Myers said. “Senate Bill 970 authorizes DOC to use existing dollars in the Oklahoma Correc-tional Industries’ revolving fund, enabling them to drastically reduce furloughs without making the bud-get situation worse.”

Myers said the legislation would authorize DOC to use up to $4 mil-lion from the fund in addition to the $1.25 million authorized last year.

Myers explainsDOC fund bill

CHEROKEE FOURTH-GRADER Michael Shepard helps OHP Trooper Rick Wallace draw the lucky winner of an iPad, which was given away to Marty Myers during halftime of the After Prom basketball game. Watching the action is Micheal McHenry, who also is a fourth-grader from Cherokee.

Lifestyles Page 6 • Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, March 17, 2011

Wheatheart menuMenu subject to change.Monday, March 21 -

Hamburger stew, pickled beets, crackers, fruit cock-tail cake.

Tuesday, March 22 - Sausage patty with gravy, hashbrown casserole, half orange, biscuit.

Wednesday, March 23 - Ham and potato chow-der, William’s salad mix, crackers, cook’s choice cookie.

Thursday, March 24 - Hamburger with lettuce, tomato and onion, baked beans, coleslaw, scalloped apples.

For reservation, call 580-596-2792 Cherokee, or 580-852-3248 Helena, by noon the day before.

Timberlake FCCLAwould like to thank all

who supported their 1st annual labor auc� on!

It is greatly appreciated!!

Jeff & Debbie Crissup Kendall & Debbie DeckerToby Walker Mat ParksBetsy Hormel Reggy NickelWallace Heat & Air Larry & Cheryl Pe� usSpencer LeForce Janis FrechNathan Thompson Charlie & Robin BergKathy Weather Brian & Cindy SeverinSidwell Insurance Cecil & Janice SeverinJohn & Jo Morris Jeff & Kay Trou� Brad & Alicia Bailey Rick ShakleeLarry & Renee Campbell Viva BowersAlan Wright Eddie TuckerLewis & Linda Hubbell Gene & Gerri DeWi� Alfalfa Guaranty Abstract CompanyFarmer’s Grain - Nash Lanman Funeral HomeBrent & Sally Rousey J&M RepairSherry Jones Sandra ShoemakerHelena Jiff y Trip Elam ParksJosh & Mandy Parks Mindy Morris

AA Meetings7 p.m. TuesdaySenior Citizens Center

Behind Baker Bldg. (in alley)Cherokee, Oklahoma

7 p.m. SaturdayFirst United Methodist400 S. Grand-Cherokee

Farmerettes OHCE mem-bers met at the home of Cyn-thia Kozee with Marguerite McMurtrey serving as host-ess. President Nancy Lambert called the meeting to order, fol-lowed by the fl ag salute.

Kozee gave an informative lesson on the fl owers of North-west Oklahoma. Roll call was answered with "What is your favorite fl ower to plant?"

Minutes of the February meeting were read and ap-proved. Terry Woods gave the treasurer's report.

Workers for the canteen are needed for the blood drive on March 16. Elisa Crowder, Woods, Kozee and Dana Wimpee volun-

teered to make sandwiches.Upcoming meetings are the

Spring Association Meeting, March 22 and the Northwest District Meeting, March 26. Preregistration for the District is $15 or $18 at the door.

It was voted and approved to donate $50 to the Lamb Lead Awards, and to make a dona-tion toward After Prom House.

Wimpee stated that Opportu-nity Inc. was trying to close the Head Start program and asked if anyone would write letters, if they have had children in Head Start, emphasizing what a good program it is.

Meeting adjourned and re-freshments were served to Lo-

retta Sharp, Lois Walker, Cor-key Batterton, Lambert and Faith, Carolyn Stands, Pauline Trissell, Sharon LaRue, Tammy Cotton, Kozee, Wimpee, Woods, McMurtrey and Crowder.

Beta Sigma Phi Sorority members met March 3 at the Cherokee Station.

Present were Betty Eckhardt, Evelyn Stout, Wilda Flaming, Marion Goodwin, Barbara Wes-sels, Joan McDaniel and Ruth Polson.

Election of offi cers were Presi-dent, Ruth Polson; Vice Presi-

dent, Joan McDaniel; Record-ing Secretary, Barbara Wessels; Treasurer, Betty Eckhardt; and Corresponding Secretary, Trudy Lancaster. Committees will re-main the same.

The state convention will be held June 24 through 26.

This is Beta Sigma Phi So-rority’s 80th year.

JET – Jet Joy Club met March 7. Hosts Harlin and Faye Straight, A.D. and Lee DeVore and Susie McAlister had deco-rated with St. Patrick’s Day decorations. Barbara Jett gave the treasurer report and Susie McAlister read the minutes.

President Joan Burnham started the meeting with the fl ag salute and Pat Ray said prayer before the meal.

Linda and Hersel Kiser will prepare the meat, potatoes and bread for each monthly meal and the hostess will bring a cov-ered dish or dessert, decorate and help with clean up.

Ginger Row for RSVP talked

about the upcoming banquet on May 25 and the hat contest.

The new hostess list was available for members and a calendar was passed around to get all birthdays and anniver-saries.

Linda Kiser reported on the “Meet the Candidate” for town board meeting to be held March 25 at the Senior Citizen build-ing. Attendees will be able to furnish questions for the candi-dates to answer.

The meeting was closed with an article read by Betty Metcalf and jokes told by others.

There were 38 members pres-ent and two guests.

JET – Jet Industrious OHCE met at the home of Susie McAlister March 8. President Mary Blackledge opened the meeting with the fl ag salute. Pauline Hopkins read the devotion, “Know-ing When To Speak”. Verla Gleason gave the Treasurer report.

The lesson on how to de-sign fl ower beds and annual fl ower plants in Oklahoma, was given by Mary Black-ledge.

The Alfalfa County OHCE Spring Association meet-ing will be March 21. Linda Kiser will do the decorations and Anita Johnson will do the name tags.

The NW District OHCE Meeting will be March 26.

Roll call was answered with “What is your favorite

fl ower to plant.” Dates for upcoming events

are the Easter egg hunt April 23, Housing tour April 30 and Flowering Show at Cherokee May 1.

Jet Industrious will hold a Housing Tour from 2 to 4:30 p.m. April 30. Homes being toured will be Gina Castle, Mary Etta Campbell, Suzane Jenlink, Rhonda Skaggs and Cristy Cochran.

Kiser and Verla Blackledge gave the okay to pick out and purchase play ground equip-ment.

Campbell made a motion to give the Gazebo at the wood park another coat of sealer. Shal Jenlink second-ed the motion. Harvina Brit-ain will do the work.

There will be a Count-ed Cross-Stitch workshop

March 9. March 26 there will be a clean up day at Jet Landing at Salt Plains Lake. A meeting with the candi-dates at the Senior Citizen building sponsored by the club will be March 25.

OHCE Week will be May 1 to 7 at the Jet Sate Bank. Jessie McCormick will fur-nish a cake and Hopkins will furnish fudge.

Verla Blackledge will be the hostess for April.

Members present were Mary Blackledge, Verla Blackledge, Harvina Britain, Mary Etta Campbell, Amy Flanagan, Pauline Hopkins, Doris Jenlink, Shal Jenlink, Anita Johnson, Linda Kiser, Ruby Kiser, Virginia Man-ning, Susie McAlister, Jessie McCormick, Diana Ralston and Sherril Whitlow.

MARCH GRADUATE of Enid Beauty College Kaycee Mc-Cart of Cherokee poses with her plaque.

Jet Industrious discuss Oklahoma fl owers Joy Club to “Meet Candidates”

Farmerettes asked to write letters to Opportunity Inc. on behalf of the local Head Start program

Beta Sigma Phi Sorority’s 80th year

By MARGARET GOSSCarmen Correspondent

CARMEN – Carmen Friends of the Library will hold a meet-ing at 5 p.m. Monday, March 21 at the library. The FOLIO serves as a support program for the library. Everyone is invited to attend this meeting.

Relay for Life EventsThe Carmen Calvary Relay

for Life met Friday for a noon luncheon at the bank communi-ty room. Chairmen Lisa Copen-haver and Debbie Newman an-nounced that the Relay for Life

walk will be June 24 in Alva.Coming Relay events include

a Bake Sale/Casserole Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m March 25 at the bank. They will have a pre-Eas-ter bake sale, Adult Easter Egg Hunt, Rockin’ for Relay event and a Pampered Chef fundrais-er in the future.

Fun Night March 25 Fun Night will again be held

the 4th Friday, March 25, at the After 55 Club in Carmen. The last fun night included music, food and games. Make plans to attend and bring a friend.

Carmen FOLIO, Relay, Fun Night

Singing ChurchWomenof Oklahoma

in concert

“Tell Me the Story of Jesus”

Tuesday,March 22, 2011

7:00 p.m.

First Baptist ChurchCherokee, OK

Dr. Ken Gabrielse, DirectorDonna Heath, Pianist

Kelly & Robin Anderson, Percussionist

No Admission Charge

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FuneralsPage 8 • Cherokee, Okla. • Messenger & Republican • Thursday, March 17, 2011

Alfalfa Electric Co-op121 E. Main - Cherokee, OK

(580) 596-3333

Smith Drug Store121 S. Grand - Cherokee, OK

(580) 596-2764

Croft Country ChevroletHwy 64 South - Cherokee

(580) 596-3348

Ellis & AssociatesInsurance & Real Estate200 Southgate - (580)596-3423

Patton Agency - Real Estate(580) 596-3321

Goodwin Funeral Home106 W. Second - Cherokee, OK

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Farmers Co-operativeCherokee * Carmen * Aline

Great Salt PlainsHealth Center

Dr. Keenan Ferguson, D.O.405 S. Okla. - (580) 596-2800

Farmers Exchange Bank419 S. Grand - Cherokee, OK

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Alva State Bank & TrustBurlington, OK - (580) 431-3300

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Ms. Dottie’s Cafe596-5699

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Burlington FarmersCoop

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CHEROKEE CHURCHESFirst United Methodist

Pastor: Paul CalkinPastor: Jeni Markham ClewellSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.Snack Supper: 5:30 p.m.Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.CHUM Classes: 6:30 p.m.Wed.Children’s Choir: 4 p.m. Wed. Evening Choir Chime: 6:30 Choir Practice: 7:30 p.m.

New Life Assembly of GodInterim Pastor: Robert StewartSunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.Sunday Evening Bible Study & Prayer: 6:30 p.m.Wed. Prayer & Bible Study: 7p.m.Prayer line: (580) 596-2155

Bethel Baptist ChurchPastor: Rev. Ed JonesSunday School: 10 a.m.Morning Worship: 11 a.m.Wednesday Youth: 7 p.m.Adult Bible Study, Wed.: 7 p.m.

First Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)

Pastor: Dr. Ron Hansen Youth Minister: Barbara JamesSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship: 10:50 a.m.Youth Meet: 5:30 p.m.KREJ Radio Wed: 8:20, 12:55, 5:25

First Baptist ChurchPastor: Tom CookseyAssoc. Pastor: Brandon HollowayMorning Worship: 9:30 a.m.Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.Discipleship Training: 6 p.m.Evening Worship: 7 p.m.Wednesday Prayer: 7 p.m.

St. Cornelius Catholic ChurchPastor: Father LawrenceMass Every Sunday: 11:15 a.m.

Friends ChurchSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Living Vine Community ChurchPastors: Matthew & Tamara YoderSun.Worship: 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.Bible Study: 7 p.m. Men’s: 2nd & 4th Mon., Women’s: 2nd & 4th Wed.

BURLINGTON CHURCHESChristian Church (Disciples of Christ)Pastor: Dr. Richard DuckworthChurch School: 10 a.m.Worship: 11 a.m.

Church of Christ RiversidePreacher: Jeffrey KeeleSunday School: 10 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:50 a.m.Evening Worship: 5:30 p.m.Wednesday Service: 7:00 p.m.

Green ValleyFree Methodist Church

Pastor: David KellerSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Worship: 10:45 a.m.

HELENA CHURCHESFirst Christian Church

Pastor: Jay DrawbridgeWednesday Bible: 9:30 a.m.Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:20 a.m.

Church of ChristPastor: Bill SpringerSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship: 5:30 p.m.

Nazarene ChurchPastor: Dean HoltSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 11 a.m.Evening Worship: 7 p.m.Wednesday Service: 7:30 p.m.

Helena United MethodistPastor: Joel ThompsonSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Youth Group: 6 p.m.

First Baptist ChurchPastor: Scott Hofen Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Wilber Fertilizer(580) 596-3440

Jeff and Ken

Rick CaruthersConstruction, Inc

9th & Ohio - (580) 596-2341”24 Hour Service”

Cleo State Bank4 Convenient Locations

Cleo Springs • Carmen • Jet • MenoMEMBER FDIC

Yoder Gas CompanyJet, OK

(580) 626-4514

ACB Bank323 S. Grand - Cherokee, OK

(580) 596-3337

Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.Bible Study: 6 p.m.

AMORITA CHURCHESAmorita Community

Pastor: Guy Phillip HarrisMorning Worship: 10 a.m.Sunday School: 11 a.m.

Prairie Valley United MethodistPastor: Mary IrbyMorning Worship: 9:45 a.m.Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

GOLTRY CHURCHESSt. Michael’s Catholic Church

Pastor: Father Larry Kowalski Sun. Morning Mass: 7:30 a.m.

Except for Special Occasions

Community Bible ChurchPastor: Bryan BaldwinSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.Evening Worship: 6 p.m.Wed. Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

First Congregational ChurchPastor: Jane HoSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Family Meal: 1st Sunday, NoonLadies Aid: 1st Sunday, 1:30 p.m.Last Sunday: Holy Communion

New Covenant FellowshipPastor: Dale CumminsSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship: 6:00 p.m.Wed. Yth Grp, Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Pleasant View MennonitePastors: Dennis Koehn, Randy Schmidt, & Patrick Koehn Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Evening Worship: 7:30 p.m.Ladies Aid: 1st & 3rd Thursday

Zoar MennonitePastor: Gary EastinSunday School: 9:40 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.Sun & Wed Evening Serv: 6 p.m.

DRIFTWOOD CHURCHDriftwood Christian

Minister: Greg SchmidtBible School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

BYRON CHURCHRidin’ 4 Him Cowboy Church

Sunday Learnin’: 9:00 a.m.Sunday Preachin’: 10:00 a.m.Communion 1st Sun. of MonthFellowship Potluck 1st Sun./Mo.

JET CHURCHESNazarene Church

Pastor: Dean HoltWorship Service: 9:30 a.m.Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.

Vining Community ChurchSunday School: 10:00 a.m.Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.Wed. Prayer Mtg: 7:30 p.m.Fellowship & Communionlast Sunday of the month

Jet United Methodist ChurchPastor: Mary IrbySunday School: 10 a.m.Morning Worship: 11 a.m.UMW: Every 3rd Wed. 10:30am

CARMEN CHURCHESCarmen Christian Church

Pastor: Kirk BoardSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.

Carmen United MethodistPastor: John BizzellSunday School: 10:00 a.m.Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Assembly of GodPastor: Rev. Mike WilesMorning Worship 11 a.m.Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Carmen Baptist ChurchPastor: Jerry StaffordMorning Worship: 9:30 a.m.

ALINE CHURCHESMethodist Church

Pastor: Scott HeuselSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.Bible Study: 5:00 p.m.

Pleasant PlainChurch of the Brethren

Pastor: Elsie KoehnSunday School: 10 a.m.Morning Worship: 11 a.m.Sunday Eve Service: 7:30 p.m.3rd Sunday Fellowship following Church Service

First Christian ChurchPastor: Polly YoungSunday School: 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.Youth Group: 4 p.m.CYF: 5 p.m.

Wildwood ChapelRiver Road Non-DenominationalSunday: 830 p.m.

Cherokee Family ClinicAffi liate of Integris Bass Baptist Health Center

Niki Lewis-Wyatt, P.A.-CCristopher D. Schultz, D.O.

221 S. Grand, Cherokee - 596-3516

Kellers of Carmen510 W. Main * 580-987-2436

Auto Sales * Repairs * Grocery Store

The Caring Company217 S. Grand - 596-3535www.thecaringco.com

Lynette Morris

Pate Agency LPWinona Bruner & Paula Mahieu

401 Cherokee, Ste #B580-596-2727

Jet Jiffy Trip626-4605HWY 64

Northwest Radiator & Automotive Service596-2044 • Cell 430-9001

GEORGE EDWARDJOHNSON

JET – Memorial service for George Edward “Ed” Johnson, 74, was at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011, at Jet Naza-rene Church. Pastor Dean Holt offi ciated. Arrangements were by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena.

He was born Feb. 7, 1937 to Earl and Clara Tuttle Johnson in Westcliffe, Colo. and died March 8, 2010 at Oklahoma Heart Hos-pital in Oklahoma City.

He married Carol Hart in Inglewood, Calif. in 1959. He was self-employed as a TV tech-nician.

He had lived in the area for 17 years, moving from Colorado Springs, Colo. He was a member of the Jet Nazarene Church.

He was preceded in death by his father, Earl and his brother, Lee.

Survivors include his wife, Carol; children, George Edward Johnson of Colorado Springs, Timothy William Johnson of Colorado Springs and Kristi Boedeker of Vancouver, Wash.; mother, Clara Parker of Jet; brothers, Willis Johnson of Jet and Charles Johnson of Colo-rado; sister, Clara Sands of Jet; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Memorials may be made to the Jet Nazarene Church through the funeral home.

Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com.

KENNETH S. DILLARDENID — Funeral service

for Kenneth S. Dillard, 80, of Enid, was at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Chapel with Sheila Combs-Francis offi ciat-ing. Burial followed in Square Cedar Cemetery, Cleo Springs, under the direction of the Ladu-sau-Evans Funeral Home.

He was born Sept. 28, 1930, in Chester to Carrie and Ste-

phen Dillard and died Satur-day, March 5, 2011.

He was raised in the Aline, Cleo Springs area.

He joined the United States Army in April 1951, serving with the 102nd AAA Gun Bat-talion.

He was employed with Geis and Palecek Mills until 1965, when he started his own car-pentry business. He continued to carpenter until his retire-ment in 1999. He and Mary op-erated Dillard’s Cut and Piddle Antique store for several years.

On March 29, 1952, he mar-ried Mary Lou Feely. They were members of the Old Timers Dance Club. He served as presi-dent of the club multiple times throughout their membership. He was a past member of VFW, Local Carpenter’s Union and Antique Car Club.

Survivors include his chil-dren, Marilynn Daykin of McKinney, Texas, Kenny Dil-lard of Tomball, Texas, Brenda Brown-Dirksen of Ponca City; nine grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and sisters, Eva Henthorn of Enid and LaCada Davis of Carmen.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, his parents, two brothers and two sisters.

Memorials may be made through Ladusau-Evans Fu-neral Home to Hospice Circle of Love.

Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at ladusau evans@suddenlinkmail.com.

VIRGIL WARRENKERFOOT

ENID – Graveside service for Virgil Warren Kerfoot, 94, of Enid, was at 2 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, at Memorial Park Cemetery Garden Cha-pel. Rev. Vernon Lee offi ciated under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home. Military graveside honors were conducted by the U.S. Army.

He was born Dec. 7, 1916, in

Aline to David Wales and Ada Augusta Hughes Kerfoot and died Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Health Center.

He grew up in Aline, where he attended Prairie Bell School.

During World War II, he served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946.

On Dec. 30, 1949, he married Stella Stone in Alva. He was a carpenter for Enid school board until retiring in 1979.

He was a member of Westside Baptist Church and Enid Ameri-can Legion, Argonne Post 4.

He is survived by his wife, Stella of the home; son, Ken-neth W. Kerfoot of Cherokee; daughters, Marilyn E. Bull of Broken Arrow, and Janice L. Goodwin of Hobe Sound, Fla.; sister, Leta A. Beasley of Wood-ward; fi ve grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by eight brothers and three sis-ters.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Hospital with Brown-Cummings serving as custodian of the funds.

TILFORD LEROYSPRINGER

ALINE – Funeral for Tilford Leroy Springer, 67, was at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at Aline United Methodist Church. Arrangements were by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., Helena.

He was born May 24, 1943, in Waynoka to Lavalley and Annamae Springer and died March 13, 2011. He was raised and attended school in Alva and served in the Army.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Keith, Kenneth and Eldon; and sister, LaJeana.

He is survivrd by wife, La-Donna; children, Tilford Carter, Allen Springer, Terri Vogt, Jea-nette Springer; brother, Rudy

Springer; sister, Laverne Cush-enbery; 10 grandchildren; and fi ve great-granchildren.

Condolences, obituary www.lanmanmemorials.com.

VERLA MAE HANKEYAMORITA – Funeral service

for Verla Mae Hankey, Amor-ita, was at 10 a.m. March 14, 2011, at the Riverside Church of Christ, Burlington. Ray Hull of Waynoka and Jeffrey Keele of Burlington offi ciated. Burial was in the Byron-Amorita Cem-etery under the direction of the Lanman Funeral Home.

She was born Dec. 1, 1935, in Anthony, Kan. to Verne Ray and Deveta Mae Ford-Smith and died March 10, 2011.

Last September she decided to reside at the Kiowa District Manor in Kiowa, Kan.

She was raised on the farm between Byron and Amorita. She attended school at Amorita, graduating in 1954.

She married Darrell Hankey Nov. 14, 1953, at her parents home Northwest of Amorita. After graduation she joined Darrell in Fairbanks, Alaska. In 1955 they returned to the Amorita area to help with her dad’s farming operation.

She was a member of the Amorita Church of Christ and the Burlington Church of Christ where she spent her life teaching and creating chil-dren’s bible-class material and real-life, child-size visuals. She taught art classes in Cherokee and Amorita for many years.

She is survived by her hus-band of the home; her children, Rick of Amorita and Dale of Bur-lington; three grandchildren; and her brother, Ray Smith of Byron.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials may be made to the Lariat Creek Christian Camp, c/o Lanman Funeral Home, 1305 S. Grand, Chero-kee, Oklahoma 73728.

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March 25• "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" •

March 18:26 a.m. – Kids partying in barn

six miles north of Amorita.March 2

7:50 p.m. – Three black cows out north of Jet. Advised owner.

March 32:11 a.m. – Medical call. Party

having breathing problems. Carmen Fire Department paged.

1:20 p.m. – Semi lost load of rock on highway near Ingersoll.

6:45 p.m. – Copper theft west of Aline. Took report.

9:11 p.m. – Cow out north of Jet Landing.

March 45:02 a.m. – Alarm sounding south-

east of Carmen turnoff. Owner ad-vised someone tried to force entry.

7:59 a.m. – Oil leak northwest of Goltry on SH 45. Paged out Goltry Fire Department.

3:22 p.m. – Dead calf dumped on East Fifth Street in Cherokee.

6:07 p.m. – Missing cattle north-west of McWillie. Owner advised he found some. Eight calves still miss-ing.

9:20 p.m. – Pills and tennis shoes found under bridge three miles west of Cherokee on Fifth Street.

March 511:42 a.m. – Kids playing chicken

with train. Agent advised sheriff that this has happened twice, and once was with one of the faster trains.

2:50 p.m. – Juvenile reported her brother was hitting her mom. No weapons were reported. Younger chil-dren were present. Mom said nothing physical happened. It was just a ver-bal argument.

1:18 p.m. – Party wanting to pick up stolen property from sheriff ’s of-fi ce.

10:27 p.m. – Child having convul-sion at Carmen residence. Carmen Rescue was dispatched.

March 69:49 a.m. – Husband needs am-

bulance – having trouble breathing. Helena Ambulance dispatched.

10:07 p.m. – Assault east of Vining Church.

March 84:37 a.m. – Railroad crossing rails

mysteriously broken off. Advised offi -cials. Train has slowed down and will blow horn longer until fi xed.

6:55 a.m. – Two men standing at intersection four miles west of Inger-soll. No one there when offi cer ar-rived.

March 912:06 a.m. – Cattle out one and a

half miles south of Carmen turnoff. Owner advised.

8:09 a.m. – 18-wheeler and pickup collision near McWillie turnoff. No one injured.

10:56 a.m. – Cattle out two south of Bud’s Salvage on SH 8. Owner ad-vised.

1:34 p.m. – Medical call three miles north of four-way stop. Ambu-lance called for possible broken hip.

10:36 p.m. – Hay bales on fi re two to four miles north of Helena.

March 104:55 a.m. – Vacant house on fi re

west of Amorita. Owner advised.1:30 p.m. – Cattle out seven to

eight miles west on 5th Street. Owner advised.

3:26 p.m. – Calf in ditch on west 5th Street. Owner advised.

3:46 p.m. – Possible drunk driver on SH 8.

4:18 p.m. – Speeding trucks on By-ron black top.

6:36 p.m. – Red motorcycle with loud muffl er driving too fast up and down the streets in Goltry. Could not fi nd motorcycle.

9:58 p.m. – Wreckless driver speed-ing and slamming on brakes, trying to run party off road on US 64 west of Grant County.

March 1110:57 a.m. – Speeding semis one

mile south of Kiowa, Kan.2:44 p.m. – Party reported a man

driving under the infl uence of alcohol in Goltry.

11:33 p.m. – Camp fi re left burning in Coon Holler at Great Salt Plains Lake.

March 127:29 p.m. – Deer hit two miles

north of SH 8 corner.7:37 p.m. – Male at Fairview hos-

pital said he had wreck six miles west of Cherokee. Advised to call highway patrol.

9:45 p.m. – Controlled burn two miles south of Carmen water tower.

Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, March 17, 2011 • Page 9

AREA FARMERS ANNUAL AUCTIONFriday, March 25, 2011 9:00 a.m.

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JOHN DEERE & AGCO TRACTORS - JOHN DEERE ANTIQUE TRACTOR - TRACTORS W/FRONT END LOADERS1986 - John Deere 4650 diesel tractor SN12690 w/10625 hrs., quadrange trans., 3 pt., PTO, triple hyds., 18.4x42 tires, axles duals, rear steel wgts., 10 front suitcase wgts., window louvers • 2007 - Agco ST34 diesel MFWD tractor SN JPA00220 w/215.5 hrs., power shuttle trans., 3 pt., PTO, single hyd., 14.9x24 rear tires, 10x16.5 front tires, Agco SL46 front end loader • 1979 - John Deere 4440 diesel tractor SN 23073 w/9560 hrs., 8 spd. power shift trans., PTO, 3 pt., dual hyds., 18.4x38 duals, John Deere 158 front end loader w/7’ bucket, bale spear • 1973 - John Deere 4630 diesel tractor SN 001122 w/8955 hrs. • 1976 - John Deere 4630 diesel tractor SN 24076 • 1967 - John Deere 4020 diesel tractor SN 155705 shows 4780 hrs., 3 pt., PTO, single hyd. • 1953 - John Deere 70 tractor SN 7001082 w/gas eng., PTO, single hyd., adj. front axle • 1977 - Case 1070 diesel tractor w/GB 880 front end loader • Farmall M tractor w/wide front end, PTO, single hyd., runs good • Ford 8N tractor • John Deere Cat. 2&3 - 3 pt. coupler

GLEANER - CASE IH COMBINES - GALLON GRADER - ROW HEAD1982 - Gleaner L2 diesel combine SN 24564 w/22’ platform, hydrostat trans., straw chopper, chaff spreader, 23.1x34 front tires, 18.4x16.1 lug rear tires • 1987 - Case International 1680 combine w/1010-30’ platform, approx. 4100 eng.hrs., rear wheel assist, bin ext., AFS, rotor, recent overhaul, lots of updates, new style fan • Gallon Mod. 160 Series L road grader SN 160L-CC-02739 w/ cab, 6 cyl. diesel eng, good condition • John Deere 653A - 6 row/row head • Combine trailer w/15 1/2’x10’ platform, 28’ total length, 3 axles, 8x14.5 tires • 2 - 14Lx16.1 rear combine tires & wheels

TRUCKS - PICKUPS - CAR1978 - Kenworth tandem axle twin screw truck w/Cummins 400 Big Cam eng., 10 spd. trans., Mabar 22’ all steel bed w/52” sides, Shur-Lok roll over tarp, Harsh twin cyl. hoist, 11R24.5 tires, nice truck • 1980 - Interna-tional Transtar 4300 dump truck w/tandem twin screw axles, Cummins 6 cyl. eng., 10 spd. trans. • 1995 - Buick Century 4 dr. car w/99230 miles, 3.1 liter V/6 eng., PS, tilt, cruise, power windows & locks, AC, AM-FM cassette radio, rear defog, baby blue w/blue cloth interior, nice & clean • 1997 - Chevrolet Cheyenne 3500 - 1 ton dually pickup w/163340 miles, 5.7 V/8 eng., auto trans., AC, AM-FM cassette radio, tilt, cruise, 13’ fl atbed w/Tommy lift, gooseneck ball hitch • 1997 - Chevrolet Silverado Z71 - 2500 - 3/4 ton 4x4 ext. cab pickup 2/225670 miles, auto trans., 5.7 V/8 eng., AC, power windows & locks, tilt, cruise,gooseneck ball hitch • 1995 - Ford F350 1 ton Super Duty pickup w/257000 miles, diesel eng., Dew-eze fl atbed tool box, good condition • 1990 - Chevrolet 2500 3/4 ton pickup w/105900 miles, V/8 eng., AC, PS, tilt, cruise • 1987 - Ford F250 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup, cab & chassis w/460 V/8 eng., 4 spd. trans., AC • 1986 - Ford F150 1/2 ton pickup w/73380 miles, 4.9/6 cyl. eng., auto trans., AC, PS, topper • 1960 Ford F600 1 1/2 ton truck w/55700 miles, 4/2 spd. trans., V/8 eng., Giant 13’ wood bed, hoist • 1970 - Ford single axle dry fertilizer tender • 1967 Ford single axle tractor truck • 1951 Internationsl L150 2 ton truck w/grain bed & hoist • 1946 Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton truck w/6 cyl. eng., 4 spd. trans, bed & hoist • 1982 Ford F350 1 ton dually service w/4 spd. trans., V/8 eng., Koening service bed, needs eng. work • 1974 Ford Cargo vn w/6 cyl. eng. • 1979 postal 2 wheel drive jeep w/6 cyll. eng., auto trans.

STOCK TRAILERS1193 Bullmobile 20’x6’ gooseneck stock trailer w/full metal top • Bullmobile 20’x7’ gooseneck open top stock trailer w/rubber fl ooring • WW 16’x6’ bumper stock trailer w/full metal top, extra good condition • WW 16’x6’ bumper stock trailer w/full metal top • 1973 Shopmade 28’x6’ gooseneck horse trailer w/14’ of living quarters • Shopmade 16’x8’ fl atbed tandem axle trailer w.loading ramps, 7000 # axles, wood fl oor, new tires • Road Boss tandem axle bumper trailer w/ramps, needs fl oor

IMPLEMENTS - PLANTERS - DIRT SCRAPERJohn Deere 915 9 shank 3 pt. V ripper w/dual gauge wheels • Yetter 42’ 3 pt. rotary hoe w/hyd. fold • Shopmade heavy duty 14’ dirt scraper • John Deere 7000 6 row 30” planter w/kinzie brush meters, herbicide boxes • John Deere 235 21’ double fold disc • International 498 28’ tandem disc • Morse Mod. 103 8x18” on land drag plow • Wilrich 48’ fi eld cultivator w/walking axles, 3 bar harrow • wilrich 42’ fi eld cultivator • Wako XT 41’ 2 row NH3 ap-plicator • Wako 33’ 20 shank NH3 applicator w/hyd. fold • Crustbuster double disc DD 45x8” grain drill • 2 John Deere 8350 grain drills • 2 John Deere DR 20x8” single disc end wheel grain drills • 2 Double drill hitches • Allis Chalmers 1300 52’ fi eld cultivator • International Mod. 10 20x8” single disc drill w/fert., manual lift • Krause 18’ single fold chisel • Miller 14’ offset disc w/20” front blades, 19” rear • Miller 14’ offset disc w/17” front, 19” rear blades • Wilbeck 14’ offset disc • John Deere 100 14 shank chisel • Wilbeck 12 shank chisel • HarroGator 28’ fi nishing harrow • John Deere 1350/1450 5x18” plow • 2 Case 4x16” on land drag plow • John Deere 145 6x16” semi mounted plow • John Deere 1350 6x16” semi mounted plow • John Deere 145 4x16” semi mounted plow

MANURE SPREADER - POST HOLE DIGGERS - HAY - SILAGE EQUIP. - LIVESTOCK EQUIP.Palco portable cattle working tub • Silver King portable squeeze chute w/vertical head gate • Powder River long-horn cattle chute, good condition • Priefert calf working table, new • 20 Heavy tubular cattle panels • 26 Tubular 10’ portable cattle panels • 10 Priefert heavy 10’ cattle panels • 4 Heavy tubular 12’ gates • Welded wire 16’x52” panels • Assorted portable cattle panels • 2 Plains heavy steel feed trough • Poly bottom feed trough • Heavy steel fl at bottom feed trough • Round 7’, 8’ & 9’ stock tanks • Round plastic 8’ stock tank • Poly 425 gal. water supply tank • 5 Round bale feeders • Round bottom feed troughs • 2 Boyd metal square bale hay feeders • Shopmade 3 pt. bale carrier • Mineral feeders • Fence Master 12V solar fence charger • ParMak 6V solar fence charger • Fence Master & ParMak 110V fence chargers • 750 steel elec. posts • Approx. 200 6’ & 5 1/2’ steel T posts • Roll new barbed wire • 2 E-Z wire roller reels • Post driver • 2 Lg. rolls elec. fence wire • Creosote line posts

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LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger and Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

PUBLICATION SHEET - ALINE, OKLAHOMAFINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE VARIOUS FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2009, AND ESTIMATE

OF NEEDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2010, OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF ALINE, OKLAHOMAEXHIBIT ZSTATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION .......................................................................................................... GENERAL FUNDAS OF JUNE 30, 2009 ..............................................................................................................................................................DetailASSETS:Cash Balance June 30, 2010 ...........................................................................................................................................$128,995.25Investments ..................................................................................................................................................................................0.00TOTAL ASSETS ..............................................................................................................................................................$128,995.25LIABILITIES AND RESERVES:Warrants Outstanding ...................................................................................................................................................................0.00Reserve from Interest on Warrants ...............................................................................................................................................0.00Reserves from Schedule 8 ...........................................................................................................................................................0.00TOTAL LIABILITIES AND RESERVES ......................................................................................................................................$0.00CASH FUND BALANCE (Deficit) JUNE 30,2008.............................................................................................................$128,995.25

ESTIMATED NEEDS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2009GENERAL FUND ................................................................................................................................................... GENERAL FUNDCurrent Expense ..............................................................................................................................................................$171,825.32Reserve for Int.on Warrants ..........................................................................................................................................................0.00Total Required .................................................................................................................................................................$171,825.32FINANCED:Cash Fund Balance .........................................................................................................................................................$128,995.25Estimated Miscellaneous Revenue ......................................................................................................................................42,830.07Total Deductions ..............................................................................................................................................................$171,825.32Balance to Raise from Ad Valorem Tax ........................................................................................................................................0.00ESTIMATED MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE:1000 Charges For Services ........................................................................................................................................................$0.002000 Local Sources of Revenue ............................................................................................................................................7,153.903000 State Sources of Revenue ..........................................................................................................................................24,112.164000 Federal Sources of Revenue ...............................................................................................................................................0.005000 Miscellaneous Revenues ............................................................................................................................................11,564.026111 Contributions from Other Funds ...........................................................................................................................................0.00Total Estimated Revenue ..................................................................................................................................................$42,830.07

CERTIFICATE - GOVERNING BOARDSTATE OF OKLAHOMA, CITY/TOWN OF ALINE, ss:

We, the undersigned duly elected, qualified Governing Officers of Aline, Oklahoma, do hereby certify that at a meeting of the Governing Body of the said City/Town, begun at the time provided by law for Cities/Towns and pursuant to the provisions of 68 O.S. 1991 Sec. 3002, the foregoing statement was prepared and is a true and correct condition of the Financial Affairs of said City/Town as reflected by the records of the City/Town Clerk and Treasurer. We further certify that the foregoing estimate for current expenses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, as shown are reasonably necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the said City/Town, that the Estimated Income to be derived from sources other than ad valorem taxation does not exceed the lawfullly authorized ratio of revenue derived from the same sources during the preceding fiscal year.s/Leonard Shelite s/Kenneth D. Terrill s/Vacant Chairman of Board Member Members/Mary Gumaer s/Rob Ward s/Gayla KoehnMember Member Treasurer Attest: s/Gayla Koehn SealClerk Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of February, 2011.s/Kathy Ryel Notary Public Commission Expires 7-14-2014 Commission Number 06006807

Alfalfa County Court DocketCriminal Felony

Dick C. Harling of Helena has been charged with possession of contraband in a penal institution.

Criminal MisdemeanorWalter L. Ioeger of Jet has been

charged with domestic abuse.Brett Joseph Michael Langley

of Watonga has been charged with driving while license is under sus-pension.

Small ClaimsLanman Funeral Home, Hel-

ena, has sued Mondella Taylor of Ringwood for an amount less than $6,000.

Marriage LicenseMichelle Jean Clepper and

David Charles Huckabee, both of Alva, have applied for a mar-riage license. Judge Loren Angle performed a marriage ceremony March 11.

DivorceAmy Case has fi led for divorce

from Bryan Case.Rodney Dean Simmering, Hel-

ena, has fi led for divorce from Jen-nifer June Simmering, Helena.

Protective OrderPamela Phillips, Jet, has fi led

a protective order against Steven Kent Siler, Cherokee.

TrafficCharged with failure to wear

seat belt, $20, are Weldon Kole Mc-Millian, Miles, Texas; Brock Dew-ayne Martin, Cherokee; Larry Joe Parnell, Newalla; Robert Charles Red Hat, Fairview.

Charged with speeding 1-10 mph over speed limit, $188.50, is Courtney Lee Ballinger, Edmond; Dena J. Keele, McAlester; Kamer-on Wade Smith, Cherokee; Peyton Dale Rnude, Yukon.

Charged with speeding 11-14 mph over speed limit, $226.50, is Brett Joseph Michael Langley, Wa-tonga; Aaron Taylor Van Dorn II,

Oklahoma City.Charged with speeding 15-20

mph over speed limit, $226.50, is Roy Leland Ramsey, Blanchard.

Charged with operating a mo-tor vehicle without a valid driver’s license, $256.50, are Bryson Keith Schmidt, Helena; Larry Joe Par-nell, Newalla; Carl Joe Schnee-berger, Cherokee.

Charged with failure to keep right around rotary traffi c island, $211.50, is Bryson Keith Schmidt, Helena.

Charged with operating a motor vehicle at a speed not reasonable or proper, $211.50, is Troy Justin Springer, Aline.

Charged with failure to carry insurance verifi cation, $211.50, Larry Joe Parnell, Newalla; Justin Neil Raney, Oklahoma City.

Charged with overweight on group of fi ve, $589.90, is Dustin James Harmon, Cherokee.

Alfalfa County Sheriff Department Log

LEGAL NOTICES

Page 10 • Cherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, March 17, 2011

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

COUNTY COMMISSIONERSMARCH 7, 2011

The Alfalfa County Commissioners met in the Civic Room at 10:00 AM with Chair-man Murrow calling the meeting to order with members Roach, Walker and County Clerk Martin present.

As required by Oklahoma State Statutes 1991, Title 25, Section 311, Notice was given of this regularly scheduled meeting by posting the Agenda in the North Entrance (Handicapped Entrance) of the Courthouse and in the County Clerk’s offi ce at 9:54 A.M., March 4, 2011.

Roach moved to approve the minutes of February 28. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve the blanket purchase orders. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to approve the following M & O Warrants for payment. Murrow sec-onded. All voted aye.

ASSESSOR VISUAL INSPECTION CASH13..........County Records Inc ...................................60.00 ............................... Supplies

COUNTY CLERK CASH

5............Kellpro ...................................................1359.00 ............................EquipmentGENERAL FUND

785........AEC ...........................................................40.43 ..................................Utilities786........Advanced Fire Equipment .......................116.00 ................................. Service787........Carmen Farmers Coop ..........................1006.95 ...................................... Fuel788........Puffi nbarger, Tommy ...............................172.38 ................................... Travel789........Pitney Bowes ...........................................148.96 ............................... Supplies790........Midwest Printing ......................................135.99 ............................... Supplies791........Dirks Copy Products ................................124.49 ........................Copier Lease792........ONG ......................................................1512.24 ..................................Utilities793........AEC .......................................................2010.19 ..................................Utilities794........City of Cherokee ......................................219.50 ..................................Utilities795........Jack’s Automotive ........................................9.19 ............................... Supplies796........Advanced Fire Equipment .......................118.00 ................................. Service797........Unifi rst Corporation ...................................53.60 ...................................Rental798........Rogers Lumber, TH ...................................87.52 ............................... Supplies799........Quill .........................................................146.88 ............................... Supplies

HIGHWAY CASH1174 ......Walker, Ray Gene ...................................130.56 ................................... Travel1175 ......Boehs Building Supply ..............................18.20 ............................... Supplies1176 ......AEC .........................................................205.58 ..................................Utilities1177 ......Alfalfa County Assessor ............................30.00 ............................... Supplies1178 ......Advanced Fire Equipment .......................155.00 ................................. Service1179 ......Western Equipment .................................193.90 ............................... Supplies1180 ......Jack’s Automotive ....................................283.19 ............................... Supplies1181 ......Munn Supply ...........................................172.79 ............................... Supplies1182 ......Town of Burlington ...................................370.95 ..................................Utilities1183 ......Alfalfa Co Rural Water ...............................31.13 ..................................Utilities1184 ......AEC .........................................................287.48 ..................................Utilities1185 ......Town of Byron ............................................61.69 ..................................Utilities1186 ......Amorita-Byron Sewer sys Auth ..................10.00 ..................................Utilities1187 ......O’Reilly Auto Parts ....................................18.99 ............................... Supplies1188 ......Carmen Farmers Coop ..............................35.00 ...................................Repair1189 ......Enid Mack Sales Inc ..................................80.59 .....................................Parts1190 ......Marc ........................................................264.00 ............................... Supplies1191 ......Yellowhouse Machinery Co .....................103.00 ............................... Supplies1192 ......Western Equipment ...................................50.64 ............................... Supplies1193 ......Advanced Fire Equipment .......................248.50 ................................. Service1194 ......Rogers Lumber TH ......................................3.15 ............................... Supplies1195 ......Burlington Farmers Coop ........................465.24 ............................... Supplies1196 ......South Central Telephone Ass’n ...............189.63 ..................................Utilities1197 ......ONG ........................................................455.02 ..................................Utilities1198 ......Pioneer Telephone ..................................108.21 ..................................Utilities1199 ......Goltry PWA ................................................72.05 ..................................Utilities1200......Town of Helena ..........................................54.00 ..................................Utilities1201......Jet Utilities Authority ..................................21.50 ..................................Utilities1202......WACO Inc....................................................7.22 ............................... Supplies1203......Alfalfa County Assessor ............................20.00 ................................... Books1204......Advanced Fire Equipment .......................217.50 ................................. Service1205......Flaming Auto Supply ...............................615.17 ............................... Supplies1206......Guffy, Jim.................................................435.00 ...................................Gravel1207......Burlington Farmers Coop ....................10565.00 ...................................... Fuel1208......Smith Transmission Repair ...................4179.94 ................................. Service1209......Sunbelt Equipment ..............................16254.00 ......................................Pipe1210......Sunbelt Equipment ..............................10419.18 ................... Bridge Materials1211 ......Sunbelt Equipment ..............................33430.26 ................... Bridge Materials1212 .....Circuit Engineering Dist #8 ..................16100.00 ................................. Service1213......The Empire Companies .........................1591.00 ................. Lease/Purchases

SALES TAX - FAIRGROUNDS78..........Sunderland Electric .................................553.54 ...................................Repair79..........Overhead Door Service & Repair ............455.00 ...................................Repair80..........AEC .........................................................864.98 ..................................Utilities81..........City of Cherokee ......................................248.07 ..................................Utilities82..........ONG ........................................................465.98 ..................................Utilities

SALES TAX - HEALTH198........Munn Supply ...........................................360.00 .................... Lease Renewal199........Munn Supply .............................................29.20 ............................... Supplies200........Wheeled Coach .........................................95.36 ...................................Repair201........Munn Supply ...........................................120.00 .................... Lease Renewal

SHERIFF CASH B38..........Croft Chevrolet ......................................1079.87 ...................................Repair39..........Global Communications Technol ...........1283.25 ............................Equipment

SHERIFF REVOLVING CASH64..........Merrifi eld Offi ce Supply .............................24.53 ............................... Supplies65..........WalMart .....................................................34.84 ............................... Supplies66..........United Supermarket ................................539.49 ............................... Supplies67..........Smith Drug ..................................................5.00 ..........................Medications68..........Smith Drug ................................................37.53 ..........................Medications

Murrow moved to approve the Appropriations: Highway Cash, 234644.00, 24240.11, 43467.54; Assessor Visual Inspection Cash, 2446.44; Treasurer Cash, 50.00; County Clerk Cash, 4250.01; County Clerk Preservation Cash, 2966.22; Fairgrounds Sales Tax, 40512.24, 460.72; Health Sales Tax, 99029.95; Sheriff Revolving Cash, 720.00, 971.33; Sheriff Cash, 3277.67; Enhanced 911 Cash, 2524.86; SL-2, 4.00. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve the alcoholic beverage tax report. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to approve the consumable items report. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve the Maximum Highway Expenditures Resolution. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve the following offi cers reports: County Clerk, Board of Pris-oners, Foreign Process Docket, and Election Board. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to approve the appointment of Kelly Stein as Requisitioning Offi cer for the election board. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 2 road crossing permits for Select Energy Services in Dist #1. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 6 road crossing permits for SandRidge in Dist #1. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 2 road crossing permits for Crescent Services in Dist #1. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 8 road crossing permits for Atlas Pipeline for Dist #1. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to pay for plumbing repairs and other general maintenance out of R-2a. Roach seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to adjourn. Murrow seconded. All voted aye./s/ Doug Murrow

Doug Murrow, Chair/s/ Chad Roach

Chad Roach, Member/s/ Ray Walker

Ray Walker, MemberATTEST:/s/ Bruce Martin

Bruce Martin, County Clerk

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

COUNTY COMMISSIONERSMARCH 7, 2011

The Alfalfa County Commissioners met in the Civic Room at 9:45 AM with Chairman Murrow calling this special meeting to order with members Roach, Walker and County Clerk Martin present as well as 9 other guests.

As required by Oklahoma State Statutes 1991, Title 25, Section 311, Notice was given of this special meeting by posting the Agenda in the North Entrance (Handicapped En-trance) of the Courthouse and in the County Clerk’s offi ce at 2:10 PM, March 2, 2011.

The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the proposed CDBG grant application for assistance with making the courthouse handicap accessible.

Murrow explained that the estimated cost of the project was $46,200 to replace the sidewalk along Grand, replace the front doors, and plumbing for making the restrooms hadicapped accessible. There was no public comment.

Murrow moved to adjourn. Roach seconded. All voted aye./s/ Doug Murrow

Doug Murrow, Chair/s/ Chad Roach

Chad Roach, Member/s/ Ray Walker

Ray Walker, MemberATTEST:/s/ Bruce Martin

Bruce Martin, County Clerk

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE

OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C.

RELIEF SOUGHT: WELL LOCATION EXCEPTION

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 24 TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH RANGE 12

WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201101211NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All per-sons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particu-larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the application on fi le in this cause, and, if any of the named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, ex-ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the named entities is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and as-signs, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of the named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee; if any of the named parties desig-nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the unknown successor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named entities are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, the unknown trustees or assigns of such parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ap-plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have fi led an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission to enter an order, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tol-erances in the 640-acre drilling and spac-ing units comprised of Section 24, Town-ship 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Shawnee and Douglas separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled as follows; (ii) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well loca-tion tolerances in the proposed 640-acre drilling and spacing units in Cause CD No. 201101210, for the Lansing-Kansas City and Des Moines separate common sources of supply, underlying Section 24, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to be drilled as follows; (iii) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the proposed horizontal 640-acre drilling and spacing unit in Cause CD No. 201101210, for the Mississippi common source of sup-ply, underlying Section 24, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, so as to allow a well to be drilled as follows:

Surface location: No closer than 200 feet from the south line and 1980 feet from the east line of the unit compris-ing said Section 24, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma,

Location of Wellbore at Completion

Interval: The casing will be cemented along the entire length of the lateral. The interval from the fi rst perforation to the last perforation will be no closer than 330 feet from the north line and no closer than 660 feet from the east line, and no closer than 330 feet from the south line and no closer than 660 feet from the east line of the unit comprising said Section 24, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, with a tolerance of 100 feet from the proposed completion interval, and to be completed in and pro-duce hydrocarbons from the above-named separate common sources of supply; (iv) providing for the re-opening of the cause at such time as the bottom hole location of the well proposed hereunder has been determined; and (iv) establishing a proper allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the application in this cause requests that the order be entered in this matter be made effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto and that the authorization and permission re-quested herein run in favor of one or both of the Applicants, including Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. acting by and through its agent Chesapeake Operating, Inc., or some other party recommended by Applicants.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the legal descriptions for the land sections adjacent to said Section 24 are Sections 13, 14, 23, 25 and 26, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, and Sections 18, 19 and 30, Township 28 North, Range 11 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Okla-homa.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Admin-istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Corporation Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administra-tive Law Judge on the Merits Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 4th day of April 2011, and that this notice will be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicants and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. An interested party who wishes to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide his or her name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this ac-tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) 935-8257, or Freda L. Williams, attorney, OBA No. 16338, (405) 935-9485, Chesa-peake Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer to Cause CD Number.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF OKLAHOMA

DANA L. MURPHY, ChairJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman

BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 9th day of March 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONPEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION

OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE

OPERATING, INC. AND CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C.

RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACINGEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 24 TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH RANGE 12

WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201101210NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, more particu-larly the parties set out on the Exhibit “A” attached to the application on fi le in this cause, and, if any of the named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, ex-ecutors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the named entities is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and as-signs, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of the named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee; if any of the named parties desig-nated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the unknown successor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named entities are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, the unknown trustees or assigns of such parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ap-plicants, Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., have fi led an application in this cause request-ing the Corporation Commission to enter an order, as follows: (i) amending Order No. 183054, as amended by Order No. 247278, to delete Section 24, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, from the purview of the Tonkawa and Mississippi separate common sources of supply and to vacate the 80-acre standup drilling and spacing units previously formed by such order for such separate common sources of supply in such lands; (ii) amending Order No. 183054, dated January 28, 1981, effective January 6, 1981, as amended by Order No. 247278, dated October 26, 1983, of the Commission so as to reform the 80-acre standup drilling and spacing previously formed for the Lansing-Kansas City and Des Moines separate common sources of supply of gas in Section 24, Township 28

North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, into a proper drilling and spacing units in such section, which units Applicants request be reformed into -acre drilling and spacing units; (iii) establishing the initial boundaries of the Mississippi common source of supply of gas so as to cover and include Section 24, Township 28 North, Range 12 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, which section Applicants request be formed as a horizontal 640-acre drilling and spacing unit for such formation underlying such section with the permitted well for the units to be located not less than 660 feet from the unit boundary; and (iv) granting such other and further relief as may be proper based upon the evidence presented at the hearing herein.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the application in this cause requests that the order to be entered in this matter be made effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Admin-istrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Corporation Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Admin-istrative Law Judge on the Conservation Docket at the Corporation Commission, First Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 4th day of April 2011, and that this notice will be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicants and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. An interested party who wishes to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicants or Applicants’ attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide his or her name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this ac-tion contact Nathan Cook, landman, (405) 935-8257, or Freda L. Williams, attorney, OBA No. 16338, (405) 935-9485, Chesa-peake Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer to Cause CD Number.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF OKLAHOMA

DANA L. MURPHY, ChairJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman

BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 9th day of March 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONPEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE

OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: SANDRIDGE

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLINGLEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH, RANGE 10

WEST OF THE IM, ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201101099 NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, including the follow-ing: C.M. Ashby, as Trustee of the Ruby I. Ashby Testamentary Trust; and if the above-named party designated as a trust-ee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ap-plicant, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, has fi led an application in this cause requesting the Corpora-tion Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order pooling the interests of oil and gas owners, and adjudicating the rights and equities in connection therewith, in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units formed in Section 22, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply in respect to the development of such separate common sources of supply in such units. The interests of the oil and gas owners involved herein and the rights and equities in respect thereto are sought herein to be pooled and adjudicated pursu-ant to 52 O.S. §87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling and spacing units covered hereby as a group or unit, and not limited to a single wellbore. The application in this cause states that Applicant has proposed the development of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spac-ing units involved herein under a plan of development and has proposed to com-mence such plan of development of such units by an initial well in the lands covered hereby. Such application further states that Applicant has been unable to reach an agreement with the owner of drilling rights named as a respondent herein with respect to such proposed plan of develop-ment of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units

covered hereby. Such application further requests up to 365 days within which to commence operations on or in connection with such initial well under such plan of development.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the application in this cause requests that SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, or some other party recommended by Applicant be designated as operator under the order to be entered herein of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units covered hereby, including the initial well and any subsequent well or wells drilled under or otherwise covered by Applicant’s proposed plan of development of such units.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an administra-tive law judge on the Conservation Docket at the Western Regional Service Offi ce of the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 4th day of April, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Ap-plicant and interested parties may pres-ent testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their names and tele-phone numbers.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all inter-ested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, attorney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Telephone: (405) 235-1110; or Shaun Lambert, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Rob-ert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-5779.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF OKLAHOMA

DANA. L. MURPHY, ChairJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman

BOB ANTHONY, Commissioner DONE AND PERFORMED this 8th day of March, 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE

OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: EAGLE ENERGY

PRODUCTION, LLCRELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 26 NORTH, RANGE

12 WEST, ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD 201101025-TNOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA: To all per-sons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; more spe-cifically Chaparral Energy, LLC and if any of the named individuals or entities be deceased or a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, successors, trustees and assigns of any such deceased indi-vidual or dissolved partnership, corporation or other association.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief and special relief: That the Commission, based on the evidence pre-sented, pool the interests and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas own-ers on a unit pooling and designate the Ap-plicant or some other party recommended by Applicant as operator for the well to produce from the Mississippian common source of supply [Order No. 582892] un-derlying Section 33 Township 26 North, Range 12 West, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The interests of the oil and gas owners involved herein and the rights and equi-ties in respect thereto are sought herein to be pooled and adjudicated pursuant to 52 O.S. Sec. 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling and spacing units covered hereby, and not limited to a single wellbore. The application in this cause states that Applicant has proposed the development of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units involved herein under a plan development and has proposed to commence such plan of development of such units by an initial unit well in the lands covered hereby, and that Applicant has been unable to reach an agreement with the owners of drilling rights named as respondents herein with

respect to such proposed plan of develop-ment of the separate common sources of supply in the drilling and spacing units covered hereby.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission. That Applicant could request that the Order to be entered in this cause shall include a provision allowing the operator one year from the date of the Order to commence drilling operations.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT this Cause will be heard before an Admin-istrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Eastern Regional Service Of-fi ce of the Corporation Commission, Room 114, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 5th day of April 2011, and that notice be published as required by law and rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT any person interested or protesting the application please advise the Attorney of record and the Court Clerk’s Offi ce of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission fi ve (5) days before the hearing date above.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person and persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT this cause, if protested, may be subject to a prehearing or settlement conference pursuant to OCCRP 165:5-11-2.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Mark Hambric, (918) 583-7733 or Michael D. Stack, Attorney for Applicant, 943 East Britton Road, Okla-homa City, Oklahoma 73114; Tele (405) 286-1717; Fax (405) 286-2122.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF OKLAHOMA

DANA L MURPHY, CHAIRJEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN

BOB ANTHONY, COMMISSIONER DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 7th DAY OF MARCH 2011.ATTEST: PEGGY MITCHELL,SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION

LEGAL NOTICE

Cherokee Police Department LogMarch 8

8:22 a.m. – Horse loose near 2nd Street and Iowa Avenue.

2:40 p.m. – Bicycle by county barn.6:08 p.m. – Caller advised that

trucks were parked in parking lot and she wanted them moved.

March 101:26 p.m. – Cattle out seven or eight

miles west of Cherokee on 5th Street.2:54 p.m. – Report taken regarding

vandalism at Jiffy Trip.3:32 p.m. – Controlled burn 2 ½

miles southeast of Cherokee.4:57 p.m. – Report of back yard on

fi re. Nothing found.March 11

12:59 p.m. – Possible identity theft. Caller thinks someone is using her Social Security Card and birth certifi -cate. Also boyfriend missed court, and she wanted to know what to do.

2:43 p.m. – Red Mongoose bike re-

ported stolen.3:21 p.m. – Little black and white

Chihuahua running around house. Party would like it picked up.

4:07 p.m. – Fire reported behind barn at north end of Cherokee.

4:50 p.m. – Bike reported stolen.5:26 p.m. – Caller wanted to know

who to talk to about her mail being suspended.

5:44 p.m. – Call in reference to sto-len bike.

9:39 p.m. – Noise complaint in No Hope.

March 122:14 p.m. – Semi ran off road.2:19 p.m. – Controlled burn one

mile west of post offi ce.March 13

11:25 a.m. – Caller reported that kids were seen breaking windows out in the old hospital. Kids ran to park and had someone pick them up in a

small black car.1:24 p.m. – Caller wanted to know

if they could burn honeysuckle vines. Advised that they can’t burn in town and that city is under burn ban. Ad-vised to throw vines in dumpster.

1:56 p.m. – Woods County advised

of fi re in ditch three miles south of Cherokee.

6:05 p.m. – Dogs reported in back yard. Advised they were goats, not dogs, and were back in owner’s yard.

10:24 p.m. – City needed to help impound truck.

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Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 10, and Thursday, March 17, 2011. 2t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALFALFA COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMACASE NO. P.B.-2011-02

In the Matter of the Estates of Ira Leroy Curry and Glenda Maxine Curry, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORSAll persons having claims against

the estates of Ira Leroy Curry, a/k/a Ira L. Curry, a/k/a Ira Curry, and Glenda Maxine Curry, a/k/a Glenda M. Curry, a/k/a Glenda Curry, both Deceased, are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral, if any, held by each creditor with respect to such claims; and the necessary vouchers to the named Personal Representative, Harvey L. Curry, c/o McGee Law Firm, P.L.L.C., 111 1/2 South Grand, Cherokee, Okla-homa 73728; on or before the following presentment date: May 10, 2011, or the same will be forever barred.

Dated this 1st day of March, 2011.s/Harvey L. Curry

Personal RepresentativeFrancis “Fritz” McGee, OBA #5985McGee Law Firm, P.L.L.C.Attorney for Personal Representative111 1/2 South GrandCherokee, Oklahoma 73728(580) 596-3550

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LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

PB-2011-7In the Matter of the Estate of Henry D.

Goeken, Deceased.NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS,

DEVISEES AND LEGATEESNotice is hereby given to all persons in-

terested in the estate of Henry D. Goeken, deceased, that on the 11th day of March, 2011, Gary Lynn Goeken produced in the District Court of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, an instrument in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Henry D. Goeken, deceased, and also fi led in said Court his Petition, together with said Will, praying that the Will be admitted to probate and praying that Letters Testamentary issue to Gary Lynn Goeken as Personal Representative and for a judicial determi-nation of the heirs, legatees and devisees of said decedent.

Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on March 11, 2011, notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of March, 2011, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., the Petition will be heard at the District Court, Probate Division, County Courthouse, Cherokee, Oklahoma, when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same.

In testimony whereof, I have unto set my hand this 11th day of March, 2011.

Loren E. AngleJudge

Kyle B. Hadwiger, OBA#11329Marcus Jungman, OBA#19138HADWIGER & JUNGMAN, P.L.L.C. P.O. Box 306, 120 S. GrandCherokee, OK 73728(580) 596-3591hjlaw@hjoklaw.comAttorney for Petitioner

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF ALFALFA COUNTY,STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Estate of CHAR-LENE E. SMITH a/k/a ZELMA CHARLENE SMITH a/k/a ZELMA C. BICKFORD SMITH

ALIAS COMBINED NOTICETO CREDITORS AND NOTICE

OF HEARINGNO. PB-2011-6

TO: All persons interested in the Estate of CHARLENE E. SMITH a/k/a ZELMA CHARLENE SMITH a/k/a ZELMA C. BICKFORD SMITH, deceased.

You are hereby notifi ed that on the 24th day of February, 2011, the Petitioner, COMMUNITY FIRST TRUST COMPANY, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, (1398 Re-sota Blvd, Suite B, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas 71909) fi led in the District Court of Alfalfa County, a Petition for Summary Administration and Admission of Will to Probate. The Petitioner has alleged that CHARLENE E. SMITH a/k/a ZELMA CHARLENE SMITH a/k/a ZELMA C. BICK-FORD SMITH, died on August 10, 2002, domiciled in and residing in Lafayette Par-ish, State of Louisiana, and that the total value of the decedent’s property in Okla-homa is valued at less than $175,000.00. Attached to the Petition is an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testa-ment of the decedent. The Petitioner has asked that this Court admit the Will to probate and other summary proceeding pursuant to 58 O.S. §245, et seq.

In an Order for Combined Notice entered herein, the Court found that it should dispense with the regular estate proceedings prescribed by law and order notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon the Petition for Summary Administration and Admission of Will to Probate, the fi nal accounting and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution.

Pursuant to the Order for Combined Notice, all creditors having claims against CHARLENE E. SMITH a/k/a ZELMA CHARLENE SMITH a/k/a ZELMA C. BICK-FORD SMITH, deceased, are required to present same, with a description of all security interest and other collateral, if any, held by each creditor with respect to

such claim, to the Petitioner, COMMU-NITY FIRST TRUST COMPANY OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, c/o its attorney, Karig P. Culver, GUNGOLL, JACKSON, COLLINS, BOX & DEVOLL, P.C., 323 W. Broadway, Enid, Oklahoma 73701, on or before the 13th day of April, 2011, or the same will be forever barred.

Notice is hereby given that a hear-ing will be held on the 10th day of May, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at the Alfalfa County Courthouse, 300 South Grand Avenue, Cherokee, Oklahoma 73728, before the Honorable Loren Angle. At the hearing the Court will decide whether to approve the Petition for Summary Administration and Admission of Will to Probate and the fi nal account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribu-tion of the Petitioner. The fi nal account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution will be fi led herein on or before the 19th day of April, 2011.

You are hereby advised that you must fi le objections to the Petition for Summary Administration and Admission of Will to Probate and the Final Account and Peti-tion for Determination of Heirs, legatees and Devisees and Distribution at least ten (10) days before the hearing and send a copy to the Petitioner, c/o its attorney, Karig P. Culver, of GUNGOLL, JACKSON, COLLINS, BOX & DEVOLL, P.C., 323 W. Broadway, Enid, Oklahoma 73701, or you will be deemed to have waived any objec-tions. If you have no objections, you need not appear at the hearing or make any fi lings with the Court.

If an objection is fi led at least ten (10) days before the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether the Will attached to the petition shall be admitted to probate, whether summary proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the estate will be distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed.Karig P. Culver, OBA #11804Erin L. Means, OBA #22648GUNGOLL, JACKSON, COLLINS, BOX & DEVOLL, P.C.P. O. Box 1549Enid, OK 73702-1549(580) 234-0436 Telephone580) 233-1284 Telecopierculver@gungolljackson.comAttorneys for Special Administrator

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, and Thursday, March 24, 2011. 2t

IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF ALFALFA COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

PB-11-9In the Matter of the Judicial Determi-

nation of Death and Heirship of J. Dwight Smith, deceased.

NOTICE AND ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION FOR JUDICIAL

DETERMINATION OF DEATHAND HEIRSHIP

JAMES WILLIAM SMITH, having fi led in this Court his Petition for Judicial Deter-mination of Death and Heirship;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the hearing of the same be held on the 1st day of April, 2011, at 1:00 o’clock p.m., before this Court in the Alfalfa County Courthouse at Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and the same is hereby appointed as the time and place when and where any person interested in said proceeding may appear and make objection to any of the above matters, and that notice of said hearing shall be and is hereby given to the heirs, devisees, and legatees by mail-ing a copy of this Notice and Order with postage prepaid to each of said persons at the place of residence and by publica-tion once each week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published in this County.

Dated this 14th day of March, 2011./s/Loren E. Angle

Judge of the District CourtApproved by:/s/ Sam L. SteinSam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498Law Offi ce of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C.305 South GrandP.O. Box 223Cherokee, OK 73728Tel. (580) 596-3000Fax (580) 596-3004Attorney for Petitioner

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF ALFALFA COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

PB-11-8In the Matter of the Estate of Marvin L.

Richter, Deceased.NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION

FOR PROBATE OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE,

ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION WITH WILL

ANNEXED, AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, DEVISEES AND LEGATEES

Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the Estate if Marvin L. Richter, Deceased, that on the 11th day of March, 2011, Kiedrian L. Fennell fi led with this Court, a Petition requesting that this Court: 1) enter an Order admitting the instrument described previously herein to probate as the Last Will and Testament of the dece-dent; 2) appointing Kiedrian L. Fennel as the Personal Representative of the estate; 3) issuing Letters of Administration with Will Annexed to Kiedrian L. Fennel; and 4) determining the identity of the heirs, legatees and devisees of the decedent.

Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on the 11th day of March, 2011, notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of April, 2011 at 1:00 o’clock p.m., the Court will hear said Petition in the District Court Room in the Courthouse at Chero-kee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same.

/s/Loren E. AngleJudge of the District Court

Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498Law Offi ce of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C.305 South GrandP.O. Box 223Cherokee, OK 73728Tel. (580) 596-3000Fax (580) 596-3004Attorney for Petitioner

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL/INVITATION TO BID

The Oklahoma Economic Development Authority, on behalf of the North Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board, is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualifi ed individuals and organiza-tions to provide services identifi ed in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) section 123 along with State and local policy for Title I Adult and Dislocated Work-ers eligible participants.

Starting March 21, 2011, interested parties may contact Mike Bostic at 580-625-4531 or oedaxdir@ptsi.net to receive a copy of the RFP for the WIA Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs. Re-sponses to the RFP are due April 20, 2011 12:00 PM CST.

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

IN THE DISTRICT COURTIN AND FOR ALFALFA COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMACJ-2010-7

Financial Freedom Acquisition LLC; Plaintiff, vs. The Heirs, Personal Repre-sentatives, Devisees, Trustees, Succes-sors and Assigns of Fred D. Callaway, Deceased, and the Unknown Successors; et al., Defendants.

NOTICE OF HEARING MOTIONTO CONFIRM SALE

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: The Heirs, Personal Representatives, Devi-sees, Trustees, Successors and Assigns of Fred D. Callaway, Deceased, and the Unknown Successors; The Heirs, Personal Representatives, Devisees, Trustees, Suc-cessors and Assigns of Jean I. Callaway, Deceased, and the Unknown Successors; Helen Olson, JoAnne Cockrell, Lue Copley, Pat Maskus and Teresa Carrington, all po-tential heirs of Jean I. Callaway, deceased; Occupants of the Premises; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.;

United States of America, ex rel. Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Development; State if Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Tax Commission

TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff has fi led herein a Motion to Confi rm Sheriff’s Sale in the above-entitled cause. Teh said Motion to Confi rm will be heard before Judge Angle in said Judge’s Courtroom of the Alfalfa County Courthouse on the 30th day of March, 2011, at 11:00 o’clock, A.M. You must appear at said time and present any objections to the said sale proceede-ing or the Motion to Confi rm Sale will be sustained and the sale confi rmed.Kivell, Rayment and FrancisA Professional CorporationBy: /s/Jason HowellJason Howell, OBA #19128Triad Center I, Suite 2407666 East 61st StreetTulsa, Oklahoma 74133Telephone (918) 254-0626Facsimile (918) 254-7915E-mail: jhowell@kivell.comAttorneys for Plaintiff

LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 17, 2011. 1t

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE

OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANTS: CHESAPEAKE

OPERATING, INC.RELIEF SOUGHT: DISPOSAL WELL

AMAZON 1-25 SWDLEGAL DESCRIPTION: NE/4 NW/4 NW/4 NW/4 SECTION 25 TOWNSHIP 29 NORTH RANGE 10 WEST OF THE IM ALFALFA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

APPLICATION NO. 1105070125SECOND AMENDED NOTICE

OF APPLICATIONSTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Juanita

Parr, and all other persons, owners, pro-ducers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma; and if the above listed party is deceased, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above-named party.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant in this Cause has fi led an ap-plication for administrative approval with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for a non-commercial disposal well on the following described location:LEASE NAME AND WELL NUMBER: Amazon 1-25 SWDWELL LOCATION: Section 25-29N-10W,

Alfalfa County, OklahomaSURFACE HOLE LOCATION: NE NW NW NWBOTTOM HOLE LOCATION: SW NE SE NWDISPOSAL ZONE: ARBUCKLEDEPTH: TOP 5,600’, BOTTOM 9000’DISPOSAL RATE: 80,000 BPDDISPOSAL PRESSURE: 2,000 PSITYPE OF WELL: Non-Commercial Dis-posal Well

Objections may be fi led with the Okla-homa Corporation Commission within 15 days after the publication of this Second Amended Notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to the Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Underground Injection Control Department, Jim Thorpe Building, P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2000.

For information concerning this action, contact Jim Corsoro, (405) 935-7853, or Freda Williams, attorney, (405) 935-9485, Chesapeake Operating, Inc., P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73154-0496. Please refer to the Application Number. DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 10th day of March 2011.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF OKLAHOMA

DANA L. MURPHY, ChairJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman

BOB ANTHONY, CommissionerBY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICEPublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, March 10, and Thursday, March 17, 2011. 2t

NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATIONAPPLICATION NO. 1105430122

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, is requesting that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, pursuant to OAC Rules 165:10-5-5 , 165:10-5-6 and 165: 5-7-27, administra-tively authorize the approval of disposal of saltwater and associated deleterious substances into a Commercial disposal well as follows:

WELL NAME AND LOCATION: Dorado SWD 1-32, NW4, NW4, NW4, NW4, Sec. 32-T29N-R9W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

DISPOSAL ZONE AND DEPTH: Ar-buckle, TOP – 5769’, BOTTOM – 6950’ TD

DISPOSAL RATE AND PRESSURE: 80,000 BPD, 2000 PSI

Objections may be fi led with the Okla-homa Corporation Commission within Thirty (30) days after publication of this notice. Objections, if any, should be mailed to Oil and Gas Conservation Division, Pol-lution Abatement Dept., Jim Thorpe Bldg., P.O. Box 52000, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73152-2000

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By KORINA DOVEMessenger & Republican Staff

Sitting behind a desk in Yuma, Ariz., was not Debbie Pike’s idea of fun.

She wanted to get her hands dirty. So, she came to one of the dirtiest places in Oklahoma – the salt fl ats of the Great Salt Plains.

Pike is a new ranger at the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and she’s got big plans for Alfalfa County.

Her timing could not have been better. Tourism at Great Salt Plains Lake has diminished greatly in the last few years due to silting and fi sh kills.

Although the Army Corps of Engineers is in charge of the lake, area residents are anxious for any and all improvements that will enhance tourism.

Pike is taking an active role in getting that bandwagon roll-ing. Since beginning work Jan. 6 at the refuge, she has formed a friends group – Friends of the Salt Plains National Wild-life Refuge – that is growing by leaps and bounds and making the Salt Plains area a better place to visit.

“The friends group will as-sist with helping keep the lake open,” Pike said last week.

She welcomed about 50 people to a meeting that took place Feb. 24 in Jet. It was dur-ing that meeting that offi cers were elected and tasks were as-signed.

Pike said the group is on Plan 2 of fi ve planning stages. The next project for the group is moving the George Sibley Monument near a new observa-tion tower, which will be built by volunteers along SH 11.

Before that, however, volun-teers will gather for a day of cleaning. Anyone interested in helping can show up at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Jet Recreation Area, located three miles north of Jet on SH 38.

Those taking part in the cleanup will enjoy a noon pot-luck campfi re meal at the recre-ation area.

“I think we’re going to have a lot of people come out,” Pike said. “I’m enthusiastic about this because we had a really good turnout at our meeting.”

The cleanup effort will coin-cide with the April 1 opening of

the Jet Recreation Area and the Selenite Crystal Dig Area.

Not far off is the upcoming Birding & Nature Festival, one of Alfalfa County’s premier events each year.

Until 2007, the tourist at-traction was known as The Crystal & Birding Festival. It drew thousands of visitors to the county. The crystal digging area was closed in 2007, how-ever, when a Bartlesville Boy Scout dug up a vial of diluted mustard gas.

Army offi cials discovered more vials under the salty plains, once used as a bombing and strafi ng range during World War II, and closed the fl ats for more than two years.

During that time, the festival name was changed to The Bird-ing & Heritage Festival.

This year, Pike said she wanted to encompass all the attractions of the Salt Plains, so the name was changed yet again to The Birding & Nature Festival.

Although the name takes the “crystal” out of the former “Crys-tal Festival,” several activities still will center around Alfalfa County’s most distinguished and one-of-a-kind treasure.

“We are having a crystal digging contest at the Birding & Nature Festival, which is a huge event,” Pike said. “We’re expecting people from many states.”

The festival will take place a little earlier than usual this

year – April 15 through 17 – and will feature several new attractions, including a prairie chicken trailer, a trail ride, a survival course and geocach-ing.

Details about the festival and all the events will appear in an upcoming issue of the Messen-ger & Republican.

Pike is no stranger to at-tracting new faces – and keep-ing familiar ones – at commu-nity events. She spent the last eight years in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an adminis-trative assistant for the South-west Arizona National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Yuma, Ariz., and at Kofa, or King of Arizona, which features a game range and gold mine near Yuma.

“While I was there I did a lot of outdoor public outreach, planning events, birding and nature events, things of that type,” Pike said. “I developed a friends group there, so that kind of led me into my current job as the park ranger here.”

She was ready to get out of the administrative fi eld when she found her new job listed on USA Jobs and made the trek to Oklahoma.

“I’m a park ranger, which does not mean I carry a gun,” Pike said jokingly.

However, she takes her job seriously and appears to be lov-ing every minute of it.

“I’ve made a complete career shift into this fi eld and I have to say, it’s awesome,” Pike said.

As she grows more accus-tomed to Oklahoma’s climate and landscape, she is fi nding more and more to like about the area.

“I think it’s lovely. The people are really great,” she said. “It’s beautiful countryside.”

The wildlife is unique, too.“The animals are different,”

Pike said. “Arizona was des-ert, a lot of cactus. There are a lot more cranes here and I’d never seen a Whooping Crane before.”

In Arizona, she was accus-tomed to brown pelicans, which wind up in Oklahoma during migratory season.

“So I’m kind of familiar with pelicans,” Pike said. “We had bighorn sheep. I haven’t seen any bighorn sheep here. You guys have longhorns here, too, so that’s kind of fun.”

Pike fi nds lots of fun in ani-mals. She even keeps a Silkie chicken as a pet. “PFC” is eight months old.

“She’s laying eggs already,” Pike said.

She even fi nds fun in ani-mals most Oklahomans deem nuisances.

“You have deer here,” she said. “I had never seen a live armadillo until I moved here. I spent a year in Texas and all I ever saw were dead ones.”

Most Alfalfa County residents would say a good armadillo is a dead armadillo. As for the deer, well, many area residents prob-ably wish she carried a gun.

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DEBBIE PIKEPark Ranger

BURLINGTON – One of the most important dates of the year for the Burlington Fire and Rescue Department comes up Friday, March 24, when the emergency service holds its an-nual fundraiser.

The annual Hamburger Fry & Pie Auction will be held at the Burlington Fire and Rescue Station. The meal will be served at 5:30 p.m. and the pie auction begins promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Those unable to attend are reminded that donations may be mailed to the department.

Now operating out of its new fi re station, funded through an Oklahoma Rural Economic Ac-tion Plan (REAP) Grant, the department has assembled an impressive fl eet of trucks for all types of barn, house or grass fi res.

A rescue truck stocked with medical supplies, extrication equipment and a defi brillator for cardiac emergencies is avail-able for use and donations help the 12 members of the depart-ment provide quick response.

Residents of Burlington and

Burlington Burger Fry, Pie Auction5:30 p.m. March 24 at Fire Station

the immediate area are re-minded that they may dial 911 to report an emergency. Callers should be prepared to give de-tailed information of the loca-tion and type of emergency.

Aaron Smith is chief of the fi re department and Matt Sch-upbach serves as assistant chief.

Cherokee Food PantryUnited Methodist ChurchOpen the 3rd Thursday

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.