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Vol. 109 No. 37 – 10 Pages, 1 Section Cherokee, (Alfalfa County) Oklahoma Thursday, August 11, 2011 – 50¢

CHEROKEEMESSENGER & REPUBLICAN

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By KORINA DOVEMessenger & Republican Staff

Cherokee’s water superintendent is such a hot commodity that other towns are trying to woo him away. Cherokee City Commission members, however, refuse to share.

Twice now, Jim Hoos has told commissioners that the City of Waynoka has come calling, asking Hoos to spend a few days a week getting to know Waynoka’s reverse osmo-sis system as well as he knows Cherokee’s plant.

Hoos is one of a hand-ful of experts in the state qualified to maintain any RO plant. The systems are tricky and require extensive training. Although Hoos never stops learning, he has completed all levels of certifica-tion offered in the state.

“I’ve got the highest level you can get,” Hoos said. “I can operate any city – the water and wastewater – because of my license. Only 40 oth-er people in the state have that.”

Hoos’ love of waterworks started several years ago in Enid, where he grew up. He landed a job in the utilities maintenance department for the City of Enid.

Hoos hot commodityon the water front

“I didn’t even know what an RO plant was, but they needed someone with alicense, and I had one.”

– Jim HoosCherokee Water Superintendent

“All we did was install and repair main lines,” Hoos said.

He wanted more, and an ad for a water su-perintendent for the Town of Hennessey’s reverse osmosis plant caught his eye.

“I had no idea what a superintendent was,” Hoos said. “I didn’t even know what an RO plant

was, but they needed someone with a license, and I had one.”

At that time, Hoos had the most basic license – a Class C license, but he was determined to work his way up and learn ev-ery nook and cranny of Hennessey’s RO plant.

“I called in every favor from everyone I knew to

teach me,” he said.Before long, Hoos had Hennessey’s plant in

shipshape.“As far as I know this was his first experience

with an RO plant here in Hennessey,” said Hoos’ former boss Curtis Turner, who serves as the di-rector of public works for the Town of Hennessey. “He didn’t know anything about it, but he came in and learned everything about it.”

Turner said Hoos spent about three years as

By STEVE BOOHERMessenger & Republican Staff

Oklahoma is setting records daily for the intense heat beating down on the state. Fifty-five of the past 69 days have seen temperatures climb to over 100 degrees at the county's Mesonet station located a half mile southwest of Cher-okee.

In the accompanying report by Gary McManus, associate climatologist for the Oklahoma Climatological Sur-vey, it's reported that the state recorded the hottest July on record – not just for the state, but for the entire nation – since records began being kept in 1895.

As hot as it's been in Alfalfa County, residents here can rejoice that they don't live in far southwest Oklahoma, where several counties bordering Texas have experienced 70 or more days of 100 degrees or hot-ter.

The state's all-time record for days with highs above 100 degrees is 86, set at Hollis during the drought-stricken summer of 1956. It looks very likely that the community of Grandfield, in Tillman County, will break that record.

As of Monday, Grandfield has had 76 days of high temperatures over 100 de-grees.

More importantly, Grandfield has re-ceived only .13 of an inch of precipitation in the past 69 days.

Cherokee and Alfalfa County are also in the midst of what McManus calls a "short-term" drought in his report. Since Jan. 1 the Cherokee Mesonet site has mea-sured only 6.78 inches of rain. Over the past 40 days – the hottest so far this summer – the

SIZZZZZLING HOT!55 of last 69 days in Cherokee 100º or hotter

rain gauge has measured only .92 of an inch of precipitation.

With the exception of June, when 2.57 inches of rain fell, the Cherokee Mesonet site has re-corded only 4.21 inches of pre-

cipitation over a six-month, 8-day period.

The county enjoyed mixed success from its nor-

mally lucrative wheat har-vest and farmers who ex-

pected to put a little cash in their pockets from several cut-tings of Alfalfa hay have been sorely disappointed.

Now the hot, dry weather is threatening to disrupt the planting of farmers' winter wheat.

Temperatures are predicted to drop into the 90s the rest of this week, with another weak cold front moving into the area Saturday, but the mercury is forecast to climb right back into the 100s next week.

Grandfield, on the other hand, isn't expected to see high temperatures drop below 100 degrees in the foreseeable future.

Long-range weather mod-els from the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center paint a picture of doom and gloom through the end of October.

At this point, Oklahomans will have to rely on one of Will Rogers' favorite sayings: "If you don't like the weather in

Oklahoma, wait a minute and it'll change."

By GARY McMANUSAssociate State ClimatologistOklahoma Climatological Survey

Grover Cleveland was serving his second term as President in 1895. Victoria was the Queen of England and Will Rogers was still a teenager.

It is also the year that statewide average tempera-ture records began for the United States. There have been 1,399 months pass by since 1895. Multiply that number by 48 and you have 67,152 months of tempera-ture records for the contigu-ous states.

How hot was it in Okla-homa last month? Of those statewide average tem-perature records for the 48 states, none has been hot-ter than July 2011 in Okla-homa.

According to data from the Oklahoma Mesonet, the statewide average tempera-ture during July came in at 89.1 degrees, more than 7 degrees above normal. High temperatures alone were nearly 9 degrees above nor-mal at 102.9 degrees.

The National Climatic Data Center’s statewide average for July stands at 88.9 degrees with data still being collected. Both values

Will Rogerswas stilla teenager


Shelly Stewart stayed up way past her bedtime last Fri-day, hoping to find out if Kids Against Hunger Northwest Oklahoma would be the new owner of a Toyota pickup.

“I stayed up until a little after 1 a.m.... and then decided, I need sleep,” Stewart said. “I just kept checking and check-ing. It just kept saying, ‘We’re still tabulating.’”

She did not learn until about noon Saturday that Fa-cebook friends and supporters of Kids Against Hunger cast enough votes to earn the Cherokee-based organization a brand new truck.

“Thank you to everybody who supported us,” Stewart said.


An oil industry representa-tive told Alfalfa County commis-sioners Monday that prosperity in Alfalfa County has only just begun.

Rick Boyd with Gateway Per-mit Services asked permission to run seismic cables through-out District 1 at no charge.

“We’ve never charged for them in the past,” said Commis-sion Chairman Doug Murrow.

The seismic cables will be placed at 440-feet intervals across gravel roads and will be used by Chesapeake Energy to help “fine tune” the company’s

fracking process.According to Boyd, the com-

pany is trying to locate salt-water deposits and find fault lines.

“They’ve almost got it down to a fine science so they don’t get salt water,” Boyd said.

The seismic cables will stay put for two to four weeks. Mur-row said District 1 could deal with that timetable.

“It’s really hard to grade our roads with cables across the road,” Murrow said.

Boyd provided Murrow with a map of where cables will run and said Chesapeake hopes to

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WATER SUPERINTENDENT Jim Hoos explains how Cherokee’s reverse osmosis water treatment plant operates. Inside the cylinders are membranes that require tender, loving care from the plant’s operator – Hoos.

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Continued from Page 1begin the survey by October, pending cooperation with rural residents.

“Some are reluctant, but I don’t know why,” Boyd said. “The economic impact is go-ing to be pretty vast and wide-spread, and it’s going to get even bigger.”

Commissioner Chad Roach motioned to allow Gateway Permit Services to run the seis-mic cables at no charge. Roach said Chesapeake completed the process in District 2 about six months ago.

In other business, commis-

sioners transferred an old desk from the treasurer’s office to the assessor’s office and transferred $1,000 from part-time services to travel for the assessor’s of-fice.

They also approved an in-voice from Circuit Engineering District 8 for $2,046.60 for the inspection of 10 bridges in Dis-trict 1 and District 2.

Also approved were two road crossing permits for Rodco Ser-vices in Disctrict 2. Permits in District 1 were approved for Select Energy Services, Sand-Ridge, Alfalfa Electric Coopera-tive and Equal Energy.

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BECKY GUFFY, 2011 Corrections Support Service Person of the Year in the South-ern States Correctional Center Association, poses with the plaque presented to her during the SSCA's Annual Conference in Biloxi, Miss. With Guffy are SSCA Presi-dent Christopher Epps (left) and James Crabtree Correctional Center Warden David Parker. The award recognizes career professionalism. Guffy is an administrative pro-grams officer at Crabtree and has been employed there since 2002.

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REV. FATHER James A. Wickersham stands at the pulpit at St. Cornelius Catholic Church in Cherokee. Wickersham is the new priest for the Cherokee church as well as Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Alva and Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Waynoka. Wickersham is in his third year of service. He transferred to the area from St. Charles Borromeo in Oklahoma City. Wickersham is a native of Nor-man and lives in Alva.

By MARGARET GOSSCarmen Correspondent

CARMEN – At about 6 o'clock Monday evening, a call was re-ceived by the Carmen Fire De-partment that a large grass fire was burning 4 miles east and 2 miles south of Carmen.

Once again, northwest Okla-homa volunteer firefighters showed their cooperative spirit by working together to control the blaze.

Fire departments from Car-men, Aline, Cleo Springs, Hel-ena, Goltry, Cherokee and Alva responded to the fire. Carmen and Aline rescue trucks were also on the scene in case of med-ical emergencies.

Alfalfa County commission-ers provided two road graders to cut fire breaks around the prop-erty. County dispatchers coordi-nated calls and dispatched help. County Safety Coordinator Ver-non Sanders was on hand to as-sist.

Flashing red, blue and white lights of the firefighting trucks and equipment surrounded the perimeter of the blaze as crews worked to contain it and pre-vent damage to a home one-half mile north. At about 8:30 p.m., back burning began to secure the area and insure the fire was contained.

Carmen Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Oldham said the blaze was most likely caused by a lightning strike. Carmen Fire Chief Bud Jackson reported some of the flames were almost 80 feet high. There were also "fire-nadoes" (small tornadoes fueled by the flames).

"It was pretty scary at times," Jackson admitted.

At about 10:30 p.m., Jackson declared the fire contained and exhausted crews called it an evening. They returned to their respective fire departments. Water tanks had to be refilled in preparation for future calls.

(A note from Ms. Goss: The county's rural fire departments were recently honored by this paper. Once again these local heroes have stepped up to help keep the residents of Alfalfa County safe and protected. Having adequate firefighting equip-ment, rescue equipment and emer-gency preparation helps these men and women do their job efficiently

The Cherokee Agricultural Education program applied for and received a grant from the Oklahoma Department of Ca-reer and Technology Centers for $5,000.

The grant has allowed the program to purchase a new Lin-coln MIG Welder, 4 Dell desktop computers and a Dell laptop.

The MIG Welder will allow more students to make projects and give more hands-on weld-ing experience in the shop. It also will upgrade equipment, allowing students to use newer technology.

The desktop and laptop com-puters will be used to upgrade previous computers and allow

CHEROKEE AGRICULTURE Education Instructor Jeremy Johns (left) helps Bob Ballard of Munn Supply in Enid un-load a new Lincoln MIG Welder the school recently pur-chased with a $5,000 grant from the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Centers.

students to write speeches and reports more effectively and ef-ficiently. These computers will be great help as students learn about agriculture. The laptop will be used during the different events put on during the year.

The Cherokee Agricultural Education program also was awarded a $3,000 grant from the Oklahoma Rural Rehabili-tation Corporation.

This grant was matched with labor to install lights and put electrical outlets at the Ag Farm. Students will now be able to work on showmanship and animal husbandry skills af-ter dark as well as have the use of electrical equipment.

CHS buys welder with grantFirefighters unite to battle blaze

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STILLWATER – Five students from Cherokee recently attended the Big Three Field Days in Still-water.

Matt Lancaster, Beth Lancast-er, Grant Wilber, Connor Hester and Stephanie Croft spent three days judging livestock. Each spent one day for a different spe-cies: cattle, sheep and swine.

The Big Three Field days are designed for students to learn how to evaluate different animals and know which qualities of an animal are good or bad.

The students also went bowl-ing one evening after a long day of judging.

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HELENA – A 1993 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck was report-

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according to its owners – David and Faye Allison of Helena.

The Allisons said their 22-year-old son, Adam, drove the pickup home from Enid ear-ly that morning, but ran out of gas along State Highway 45, 3 3/4 miles east of Helena.

He told his parents three young men picked him up and drove him home to Helena.

When the Allisons returned to the site of the abandoned pickup later in the morning, they discovered the windows had been broken out. Nothing appeared to be missing, they said, including tools inside a tool box in the bed of the truck.

They said they called the Al-falfa County Sheriff's Office to report the incident and for a deputy to investigate. The dis-patcher, said the Allisons, called them back later and said a dep-uty advised them they should drive the vehicle home and con-tact their insurance carrier.

Mrs. Allison said they only carry liability insurance on the 18-year-old vehicle.

Helena Police Chief Jim Dykes worked the scene later in the morning and turned over his findings to the sheriff's of-fice for further investigation.

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2011 Weather StatisticsMONTH HIGH LOW PRECIP. MAX WINDJanuary 75 -1 0.36 34.4February 81 -24 0.58 42.2March 85 27 0.96 43.5April 91 30 0.75 57.4May 105 33 0.64 51.5June 109 56 2.57 52.0July 112 69 0.53 43.3Note – May: 2 days of 100º or higher; June: 18 days of 100º or higher; July: 27 days 100º or higher; August: First 8 days 100º or higher

Continued from Page 1shattered the country’s previ-ous record of 88.1 degrees held by another legendary hot month in Oklahoma, July 1954.

The extreme heat is being fu-eled by one of the worst short-term droughts in state history. The drought’s beginnings date back to August 2010 but inten-sified beginning in the fall un-der the influence of La Niña.

That climate phenomenon, marked by cooler than normal water temperatures in the east-ern equatorial pacific, often means drier weather for the southern United States.

The statewide average pre-cipitation total of 16.73 inches since October 1, 2010, is the driest on record at nearly 14 inches below normal. Parts of southwestern Oklahoma have seen less than 6 inches of rain over that 10-month period.

The loss of soil moisture and green vegetation has combined with the summer sun to bake the state unmercifully. July was the hottest month in Oklahoma City’s history, dating back to 1890.

Unfortunately, the heat has only intensified during the first

week of August. The Mesonet has recorded a statewide aver-age temperature of 92.1 degrees over the month’s first seven days with an average high of 107 degrees and an average low of 77 degrees.

The state remains on course to record its warmest summer as well. The statewide average temperature for the summer thus far is 87 degrees, easily outpacing the current record of 85.2 degrees from 1934.

Unfortunately, widespread relief has yet to appear on the horizon.

The latest seasonal drought outlook from the National Weather Service’s Climate Pre-diction Center (CPC) calls for drought to persist or intensify in Oklahoma through the end of October.

Farther out, the news is just as troubling. While the La Niña event faded in late spring, the CPC issued a La Niña watch last week for possible develop-ment once again this winter. The possibility of extending the current drought further would be very bad news for a state al-ready hit hard by the heat and a lack of rainfall.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Agri-culture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced this week that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is modifying its Conservation Re-serve Program (CRP) policies to help those affected by sustained drought conditions.Throughout this year of extreme weather, USDA has supported and de-livered assistance to farmers, ranchers, and rural communi-ties across the country.

"We continue to do all we can to help thousands of farm-ers and ranchers in the south-western United States who are struggling from drought," said Vilsack. "Many ranchers have been or will be forced to sell live-stock due to drought and USDA will do what we can to help our farmers and ranchers during these challenging times."

The policy changes influence FSA rules governing emergency grazing. The period normally allowed for emergency grazing lasts through Sept. 30, 2011. FSA is permitting farmers and ranchers in drought stricken states who have been approved for emergency grazing, includ-ing those in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, to extend the emergency grazing period to Oct. 31, 2011, without an additional payment reduction.

Producers wishing to partici-pate in emergency grazing must first request permission from the FSA county office by indi-cating the acreage to be grazed.

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to utilize harvested hay from expiring CRP acres when those acres are being prepared for fall seeded crops. Prior to this modification, all mechanically harvested hay was required to be destroyed.

This change enables live-stock producers to feed the hay that is mechanically harvested to their own livestock or to sell or donate hay. Consistent with existing policy for managed or emergency haying and grazing of eligible CRP acres, rental payments will be reduced by 25 percent for those utilizing this option.

Continued from Page 1The contest – 100 Cars for

Good – was sponsored by Toyo-ta and relied solely on Facebook fans.

Of 5,000 applications sub-mitted, Toyota chose 500 final-ists and sent each of them video cameras.

Each finalist was required to make a two-minute video detail-ing why it deserved one of 100 trucks Toyota would give away. Then head-to-head competition began.

Each day, Toyota presented five finalists on its Facebook page, and voters had that day only to choose who they thought was most deserving of a new ve-hicle.

Kids Against Hunger came out on top Friday, winning the contest with 35 percent of the total votes. The next closest competitor earned 31 percent of the votes.

KAH competed against Home At Last Equine Sanctuary, Chico, Calif.; Native American Community Center, Wade Town, W.V.; Sherry Denise Jackson Foundation for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Greens-

boro N.C.; and Bookbag Santa, Roanoke, Va.

KAH Director Monte Stewart said he does not know when the new truck will be delivered, but according to the Web site, it will be in the next 150 days.

“We did get to choose what truck we wanted and we picked a Tundra,” Monte said.

That Tundra will be used to haul the Kids Against Hunger trailer, which Monte has pulled with his own private vehicle for the past several years.

The trailer holds rice and nu-tritional supplements that are packaged and sent to hungry families throughout the world. Kids Against Hunger is respon-sible for providing more than a million meals worldwide.

Monte said the new truck will not only save miles on his pickup but it will allow Kids Against Hunger to expand its mission and feed more people.

“I just want to be sure and tell everyone thanks for the great support,” Monte said.

The Kids Against Hunger video can be found at www.you-tube.com by searching for KAH-NWOK.

Continued from Page 1Hennessey’s water superinten-dent and did an excellent job.

“I don’t have anything bad to say about him,” Turner said. “I miss not having him here.”

While working in Hennessey, Hoos not only learned every pos-sible detail about the town’s wa-ter system, but he earned Class A licenses in all areas of water maintenance, which includes water, wastewater, water lab and wastewater lab.

“That ‘A’ test is a nightmare,” Hoos said. “Each test is 100 questions. You have to get 70 questions right.”

Sometimes the most difficult part of taking the classes was finding the classes.

“Classes are hard to come by,” Hoos said. “I’ve been all over the state – just wherever they had a class at the time. The higher level the classes, the harder they are to find.”

Most classes are offered in Oklahoma City, so Hoos spent weeks away from his wife and

children to earn his certifica-tions. He said the time spent studying was worth it, though.

“Now, my education is every-thing to me. I’m always learn-ing,” Hoos said. “I’m not the best at what I do, but I will be.”

Cherokee City Manager Don Bowman might argue with Hoos’ humble attitude. He cred-its Hoos with rescuing Chero-kee’s reverse osmosis system.

Built in 2006 to the tune of $1.5 million under a consent order from the Department of Environmental Quality, Chero-kee’s RO plant was suffering in July 2010 when Hoos came on board.

“I wish you could have seen it two years ago,” Bowman said. “He’s got that plant running how it was originally designed to run for the first time in a very long time.”

Seven days a week, Hoos evaluates every piece of equip-ment in the plant and also tests Cherokee’s water for alkalinity, hardness, Ph levels, nitrates,

chlorine and other factors resi-dents don’t consider when they get a glass of water from the faucet.

“I haven’t taken a day off in a long time,” Hoos said. “Occa-sionally, I take a half a day off. I work nights and weekends.”

Hoos’s time spent at work, however, assures that every drink from the tap is exception-al.

“The water in our plant is the best I’ve ever had, better than Hennessey’s,” he said.

Cherokee’s water is pumped from four wells into the RO plant, located on Ohio Street along the west edge of town.

Raw water enters the plant and goes directly to prefilters.

“It cleans anything out that’s in the water before it gets to the membranes... because you don’t want anything to get into the membranes,” Hoos said.

The city found out last month why taking care of the mem-branes is vital. With 72 mem-branes, which cost a little more than $500 each, the city paid a bill for more than $40,000.

“Everything out here is ex-pensive,” Hoos said. “The bet-ter you take care of it the less money you spend.”

Watching the system’s water intake and making changes as necessary is critical.

“Each one of the wells actu-ally has different characteris-tics even though they’re drilled near each other,” Hoos said.

The different characteristics of each well require different treatment to the water that en-ters the plant.

Caustic soda, or sodium hy-droxide, is used to balance out Ph levels.

“We add it to raise the Ph,” Hoos said. “It’s tricky to get right, depending on what well is used.”

Also added to the water is an antiscalant, used to prevent that crusty residue left by hard water that many Cherokee resi-dents remember well before the RO plant was built.

“If it fails for any reason we could lose a skid – about $50,000 worth of membranes

– and they’d probably hang me from the nearest tree,” Hoos said.

In addition to making sure water looks and tastes good coming out of the plant, Hoos has to make sure everything inside the plant runs without a hitch.

“Everything in here has to be calibrated at least once a month,” Hoos said. “If one (pump) fails, the whole system fails. Then we’re out of water.”

City’s leaders don’t want to see this happen, which is one reason why commission mem-bers are reluctant to share Hoos with Waynoka.

“I don’t feel like with our cur-rent staffing that we can share him,” said Mayor Karen Hawk-ins at the July 28 commission meeting. “He can consult them, but we can’t share him.”

Bowman would just as soon see Hoos stay put as well, but he does see a few advantages to sending Hoos to Waynoka a couple of days a week.

“If he wants to do that – and actually do a job-share, we’d have to hire someone else to do the other work he does outside of the plant,” Bowman said.

In addition to maintaining the water system, Hoos also serves as the city’s public ser-vice director and oversees street and sewer operations.

“The good thing (if the city shares Hoos with Waynoka) is there would be another opera-tor that we could cross train for our plant also,” Bowman said. “That would allow us a little more flexibility if Jim (needs to be) gone. It’s not all bad, but right now it’s not really a good time.”

Ryan Hoggard, who serves as the city’s cemetery sexton and works on the street crew, has been trained to complete lab work in the event that Hoos needs to leave for a day. With little time for extensive train-ing, however, the RO plant re-lies on Hoos’ expert hands.

“Hopefully he never leaves,” Bowman said. “Because what he does very few people have that knowledge.”

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By STEVE BOOHER

Surprise! An all-weathertrack’s back in picture

"If by a 'liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people – their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties – someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a 'liberal,' then I’m proud to say I’m a “liberal.”

‘Super Committee’under influence? – From Common Cause

Two dozen public interest, faith-based, con-sumer and political reform organizations have released an open letter to Congress today de-manding that members of the newly-established joint congressional committee on the deficit agree to stop all political fundraising as they conduct their work and provide complete transparency of meetings with outside parties.

From the letter:"Now, just a dozen members of the U.S. House

and Senate will be in charge of proposing deficit-closing measures. These 12 members will come under intense pressure by wealthy corporate interests and their lobbyists to leave their special tax loopholes, unwarranted subsidies and waste-ful programs untouched.

Americans have lost faith and trust in Wash-ington because they believe corporate CEOs and lobbyists call the shots. Rebuilding that faith will take actions, not words. That’s why we urge ev-ery member appointed to this committee to take a clear two-part pledge to help restore trust and confidence in Washington.

The groups demand that appointed committee members:

1) Cease all political fundraising for them-selves, their party or for other candidates; and

2) Provide full transparency on any meetings with outside groups or individuals regarding the committee’s work, including meetings with lobby-ists, corporate CEOs or donors.

The debt-ceiling package passed by Congress includes the creation of a bipartisan committee of six House members and six Senators to create a deficit reduction plan. Many news sources have already reported that lobbyists are 'gearing up' for the commission to ensure their clients’ voices are heard."

The letter was organized by campaign finance watchdog Public Campaign and has been signed by Alliance for a Just Society, Brave New Films, Campaign for America’s Future, Common Cause, CREDO Mobile, Center for Community Change, ColorOfChange, Democracy Matters, Demos, Energy Action Coalition, Fix Congress First, Health Care for America Now, MoveOn.org Politi-cal Action, National People’s Action, New Bot-tom Line Campaign, Oil Change International, PICO National Network, Progress Now, Progres-sive Change Campaign Committee, Progressives United, Public Citizen, Rethink Afghanistan, U.S. Action, and Voices of Progress.

Once members of Congress have been appoint-ed to the joint committee, many of these organiza-tions, along with other national, state and local groups, will follow up with individual campaigns to urge them to take the pledge to end fundraising and provide full transparency.

(Common Cause is a nonpartisan, grassroots organi-zation dedicated to restoring the core values of American democracy, reinventing an open, honest, and accountable government that works for the public interest, and empower-ing ordinary people to make their voices heard.)

By DAVID AVERILLThe Tulsa World

The U.S. Postal Service last week released a list of 3,653 post offices – 100 of them in Oklahoma – that it is considering closing, beginning some-time next year.

The Postal Service is in the worst financial crisis in its history. Mail volume declined 3.5 per-cent last year as Americans continued to shift their communications to e-mail and text messaging, resulting in a record net loss of $8.5 billion.

Post office closures are just one of several cost-cutting measures the USPS is eyeing; another is doing away with Saturday deliveries.

Post offices facing the possible ax typically are those that do about two hours work and less than $50 in business a day. Many – but not all – are within five miles of another office.

Whichever post offices eventually are affected, each closure will inconvenience some customers. For many of those, the inconvenience might be nothing more than driving an extra five miles to the nearest post office. But think what the loss of their local post office will mean to those who live in a remote place like Kenton, in the extreme western tip of Oklahoma's Panhandle.

Kenton is an unincorporated community with 17 residents, according to 2010 census figures, 19 according to Vicki Roberts, who with her husband Monty Joe runs the Black Mesa Bed and Breakfast there. Kenton, which lies in the Cimarron River valley, is just south of Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma. It is so far west that it ob-serves Rocky Mountain time.

There are three full-time businesses in Kenton besides the post office – two bed-and-breakfasts and a guest ranch. A new addition is a steak house that operates on Friday and Saturday nights.

Roberts picks up her mail each day from a box at the post office, even though there is a rural mail delivery route that originates out of Elkhart, Kan. The next nearest post office to Kenton is 38 miles

away, in Boise City. If Kenton's post office closes and gasoline stays at almost $4 a gallon, she says, she won't be able to afford a round-trip drive of nearly 80 miles every day to pick up her mail in Boise City.

...How remote is it? The nearest school is also in Boise City, which means at least two hours a day on the school bus for the children who live in and around Kenton in the heart of cattle-ranching country. ...The closest Wal-Mart and McDonald's are 100 miles away, in Guymon. The place to go for lumber, large appliances and medical specialists is Amarillo, Texas, 160 miles away.

USPS spokeswoman Dionne Montague says that the post office closings will not affect existing mail delivery methods, so apparently the rural-route in the area will continue.

Apart from that the Postal Service is promot-ing what it calls the "Village Post Office," in which a local merchant such as a pharmacist or grocer would sell stamps, flat-rate packaging and other products. That might be a problem in Kenton, be-cause the only retail outlet, the Mercantile, closed around Christmastime last year.

Losing their local post office will be just another inconvenience for those who live in and around Kenton – and dozens of other small and remote communities – and life will go on. "We wanted to get away from the big city and we sure did," Roberts says with a chuckle.

The Postal Service obviously faces drastic steps to deal with its shrinking business and grow-ing deficits. But delivering the mail is one of the few responsibilities specifically given Congress by the U.S. Constitution.

You might make a good case that the constitu-tional mandate is even more important in remote places, like Kenton, where residents don't enjoy all the communications alternatives available to those in the urban areas. Maybe those are the places that should keep their dinky, inefficient post offices that do only a few dollars of business a day.

‘Village Post Offices’ not answerin smallest of Oklahoma towns

By JOHN M. WYLIE IIThe Oologah Lake Leader

The U.S Postal Service is taking the war on the working/middle class one step further by threatening small town life.

Small town life has a lot to boast about.That’s why we came to Oologah in 1984. We

wanted to raise our son somewhere that had a great school system and where he could have the freedom to walk a block to the city park without the need for a shotgun-toting parent.

We still enjoy walking to various appoint-ments and errands downtown and seeing friends, acquaintances and readers. One of the most important gathering places is the local Post Office. But as reported in the Leader today, the Talala Post Office has been downgraded, so only box mail is sorted and delivered there.

The Talala rural carriers are now based in Oologah. Talala is not on the potential closing list for Post Offices in 2012, but with HALF the nation’s 32,000 Post Offices under review for closing by 2021 we fear it can’t survive another

decade. For that matter, can Oologah survive that long?...

The budget-cutters seem to be disconnected. By simply putting the Postal Service’s retire-ment contributions in line with actuarial stan-dards, more than $5 billion of the Postal Ser-vice’s projected loss would go away. That would make the rest of an $8 billion deficit much more manageable.

Oh, and how much would closing all those 3,653 Post Offices save? According to the Wall Street Journal, it would be just a paltry 0.02 percent of the problem.

...And by the way – if you have newsletters, newspapers or magazines that arrive on Satur-day so you can enjoy them over the weekend, forget it. The bill now writhing its snake-like way through Congress would cancel Saturday mail delivery.

For those of you with business experience, has slashing service ever rescued a business?

We the people need to take back control from the crazies!

Is Saturday delivery next to go?

Cherokee Superintendent of Schools Cory Ellis is a young man. I’m not. That’s not to say I’m ancient, but let’s just say I’m past my prime.

So I nodded politely when he told me he was going to put Cherokee’s ill fated all-weather track near the top of his prior-ity list. Cory’s been on the job only a few weeks, is full of vim and vigor, and hasn’t been knocked down as many times as those of my generation.

In other words, he’s ready to take on a project that right or wrong, divided this community a few short years ago.

To refresh your memory, school board members called for a bond issue that included $175,000 for an all-weather track to be constructed at the high school football field. No, $175,000 won’t fund a track, but it was a legitimate primer. Cherokee’s established tra-dition of outstanding track and field teams warranted a replacement of the old cinder track, argued sports fans.

That struck a chord with probably a couple of hundred track and field fans in town. A bigger draw to a lot more vot-ers was an all-weather surface where the community’s young-est, along with its oldest (who happen to be consistent vot-ers, especially on bond issues), could go for daily exercise.

I have no idea if board mem-bers considered whether or not putting the track on the ballot would help generate votes for the largest portion of the bond – which was to repair roofs and install heat and air in part of the school.

I’ll say this: it didn’t hurt and if anything, it helped in-sure its passage.

A combination of things worked to take the track out of the equation. Profession-als hired to help get the bond passed – particularly the architect – dragged their feet. By the time bids were accepted, materials for the building proj-ect had skyrocketed.

In hindsight, board members should have leaned harder on the architect and others to get the project started sooner. In-stead, they decided the portion of the bond issue allotted to the track could be better spent to make sure the major part of the project was delivered as promised to the voters.

The right decision? Who knows? Myself and others who supported the track felt the $175,000 should have been placed in escrow to be spent later – when funds were more plentiful.

Now the track proposal has been resurrected and the town’s two biggest civic clubs – the Lions and the Rotarians – have donated $1,000 each to seed a fundraising effort.

Ellis has something up his sleeve to give this project a boost. He met with the public Tuesday and we’ll tell you next week what kind of magic act he’s got planned.

All I know is that it’s nice to have younger blood – a CHS grad – at the helm if we’re about to revisit this touchy subject.

LifestylesCherokee, Okla., Messenger & Republican • Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 • Page 5

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Word was received that Dar-rel Bowden of Carmen had a Hummer blown up in Afghani-stan. Bowden was unharmed in this attack. He is married to Lori Oakley Bowden. We are grateful he is OK.

Army Spc. Michael Shelton, grandson of Vicki Hein, was shot in Afghanistan. He was injured in an attack when a bullet entered above his right collarbone and exited his back about 5 inches lower. No criti-cal organs were penetrated. Shelton is an Army 240 gun-

ner, operating an automatic machine gun. We wish him a speedy recovery!

STONEHOCKERS HOST EXCHANGE STUDENTJan and Ryland Stonehocker

are hosting an exchange student. She is Lisa Zotter, a 16-year-old student from Austria. She will attend Aline-Cleo High School. We welcome her to our com-munity!

HERE AND THEREThe Goss Reunion will be

Sunday at noon at the park pavilion.

There will be a Pool Party from 9 p.m. to midnight Satur-

day at the Carmen Pool. Plan to attend.

I returned from Belize in Cen-tral America Sunday morning. I had a great time visiting Myan ruins, meeting many people, visiting the beach and learning about banana and citrus grow-ing.

It is a very beautiful country

with varied vegetation, climate and unique culture.

BIRTHDAYSANNIVERSARIES

Happy birthday to Joyce Dela-no, Andy Moser, Judy Mott, Bet-ty Hawley and Robert Brown.

Happy anniversary to Bob and Sharon Knoll and Jean and Ben Hughes.

Piecemaker Quilt Club met July 19 in the home of Cindy Baker to enjoy a cookout and an evening of visiting.

A short business meeting was held. President Carolyn Dema-ree introduced Mary Inez Hoff-man who gave the history of a quilt made while traveling in a covered wagon when they made the run from Northern Kansas to the Burlington area.

Show and Share items from Paula Green were a Yel-low Brick Road Quilt and a Computer Bag; Cindy Baker a Sample Quilt from Ellen Burns Egg Money Pattern and a Little House Block Quilt.

Members brought items for exchange and they all went home with new treasures.

Paula Green made three de-signs for the Piecemakers new shirts and will decide at the next meeting which design to use.

Vicki Logdon passed around information on the Fall Retreat registration for Oct. 7-9.

Discussion was held on hang-ing quilts at the Alfalfa County Fair. Members who could par-ticipate will be decided at the August meeting.

Demaree read a very inter-esting article on Quilt Time from “Mark Lipinski’s Blog.”

The evening was enjoyed by guests, Angi Sharp, Mary Inez Hoffman and Sharon Knoll. Members were Margaret Goss, Paula Green, Tami Cooper, Sha-ron LaRue, Terri Woods, Tracy Quinlan, Virginia Prewitt, Mar-guerite McMurtrey, Logdon, Linda Delano, Kim York, Cindy Baker, Patria Hague and Caro-lyn Stands.

Carolyn Stands will give the lesson in August.

ALVA - Secrest Reunion was took place July 10 at the Elks Lodge.

Those present were Jim & Barbara Jet, Jet; Jim Case, Teresa Kincade, Tara Drake, Connie Baker, Allen Walker and Karen Polly, Wichita, Kan.; Christy Long, Haysville, Kan.; Jerry & Carol Herren, Nevada, Mo.; Dale & Marty Herren and Aubrey, Bronaugh, Mo.; Rebec-ca Head, Nickerson, Kan.; Bob and Virginia Embrey, Covina, Calif.; Neva Vaughan and Sha-ron Shepard, Springdale, Ark.; Mary Jane Pollard, Alexandra, Ark.; Greg Snider, Buffalo; Pam and Nicole Watkins, Kayla

Shiplet, Harley and Micheal, Grace Terwort and Saundra Boyd, Alva; and Eva Mae Stout, Cherokee.

AMORITA - The annual Sluder Family Reunion was Aug. 6 in the Amorita Commu-nity Building. Family mem-bers participated in a pot luck dinner, visiting and games.

Descendents of Florence Sluder Rader present were Plez McNees and Sally Mc-Nees, Caldwell, Kan.

There were no descendents of Mabel Sluder Cutright present.

Descendants of Jessie Slud-er Guffy were Wayne and Lois Guffy; Mark and Beth Guffy, Daniel and Christo-pher; and Becky Guffy, all of Byron; Ashley Guffy Kelly, Alva; Kathlyn Guffy, Tampa, Fla.; Wayne Jr. Guffy, Lawton; Karen Guffy Mitchener, Jones; Jennie Fischer, Jet; Darrell and Grace Wessels, Cherokee; Jill Wessels, Tulsa; Rae Ann and Jordan Wiley, Follett, Texas; James C. Denninghoff, Carol Denninghoff, and Caro-line Casati, Columbia, Mo.; Cynthia Chernyakhovsky, Elizabeth and David, Dallas, Texas; Jim Gabelmann, and Kayla Gabelmann, Lincoln, Kan.; and Fran Lopata, Little Rock, Ark.

Descendants of Rufus Slud-er present were Marlene Ger-man, Manchester and LeAnn Hodson, Anthony, Kan.

Guests of Jim Gabelmann present were Gauthier and Benjamin Konnert, Vannes, France.

The 2012 Sluder Reunion will be Saturday, Aug. 4, in the Amorita Community Build-ing.

Jet Industries OHCE met July 27 at the home of Amy Flanagan.

President Mary Blackledge called the meeting to order with the flag salute.

Devotional, “Dandelions,” was read by Susie McAlister.

Roll call was answered with “How old are the oldest items in your freezer?”

Verla Blackledge gave the treasurer report.

Minutes were read by Susie McAlister. Amy Flanagan gave the lesson “Freezing and Food Safety.”

There was a county blood drive Aug. 4. There will be a blood drive in Jet. Linda Kiser will make sandwiches for the ones giving blood.

Sherri Whittlow gave a re-port on the State OHCE meet-ing in Oklahoma City. She and Connie LaGrow attended from the club.

Pies are needed for the Alfal-fa County Fair. Those providing pies are Pauline Hopkins, Verla Blackledge, Doris Jenlink, Jes-sie McCormick and Susie McAl-ister. The fair begins Thursday Sept. 8.

An educational booth will be done by Sherri Whitlow and Verla Blackledge.

Mary Etta Campbell went over entries for the club booth at the fair.

Election of officers will be next month.

The next meeting will be at Verla Blackledge’s on Aug. 9.

Members present were Verla Blackledge, Mary Blackledge, Mary Etta Campbell, Cecila Castle, Amy Flanagan, Pauline Hopkins, Doris Jenlink, Shal Jenlink, Linda Kiser, Ruby Kiser, Virginia Manning, Susie McAlister, Jessie McCormick, Diane Ralston, Sherri Whitlow.

Close calls for local military; one soldier shot

WheatheartNutrition

Lists MenuMenu is subject to change

due to availability of foods.Monday, Aug. 15 - Liver

and onions, mashed potatoes, zucchini and tomatoes, whole wheat roll, chilled pears.

Tuesday, Aug. 16 - Beef macaroni casserole, mixed vegetables, tossed salad with tomatoes, cornbread, baker’s choice dessert.

Wednesday, Aug. 17 - Chicken salad, English pea cheese salad, carrot raisin salad, crackers, red Jell-O poke cake.

Thursday, Aug. 18 - West-ern sandwich, cucumber, to-mato and onion salad, baked beans, bun, chocolate chip cookie.

Friday, Aug. 19 - Closed.For reservation, call 580-

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

Joy Club celebrates patriotism with picnic at monthly meeting

JET - Jet Joy Club met July 11 for the monthly meet-ing with 38 people present.

The theme for the month was patriotic with Fourth of July decorations and an in-door picnic.

Anniversaries for the month were Bonnie and Ray Blewitt, 50 years; Connie and Jerry LaGrow; and Marge and Lloyd Baldwin.

Birthdays were Tom Kis-er, John Geity and Dorothy Heer.

Hostesses for July were Jim and Barbara Jett, Mar-garet Baldwin, Faith For-tune, Ruby Kiser, Matt and Judy Morse and Susie McAl-ister.

Entertainment for the day was Kevin Pearson, who played the piano.

Blood pressure was taken by Anisea Rhodes and Mary Miller.

President Joan Burnham called the meeting to order with the flag salute and a

prayer before lunch.The treasurer’s report was

given by Barbara Jett, and minutes were read by Susie McAlister.

There was a Tucker Re-union July 16.

Faith Fortune reported on the RSVP Banquet that was held in Enid. She modeled the hat that she won first place with, she also encour-aged people to attend next year.

Dominoes was played on Monday night. Eddie Bill Tucker told jokes, and Joan Burnham read an article from RSVP “presence tense”.

Door prizes were won by Buddy VanOsdol and Floyd Schanbacher, nephew of For-est Jenlink, from Wooster, Ohio, and Kevin and Charlie Pearson from Skiatook.

Hostess for August will be Ray and Bonnie Blewitt, E.L. and Betty Metcalf, Ella Mae Dale and Jessie Mary Rein-hart.

‘Freeze’ main topic for Jet OHCE

Secrest reunion brings family together

Piecemakers host cookout

Sluder reunion draws many

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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

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CHEROKEE CHURCHESFirst United Methodist

Pastors: Paul Calkin Jeni Markham ClewellSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.CHUMYouth Classes: 6:30 p.m. Wed. Evening Choir Chime: 6:30 Choir Practice: 7:30 p.m.

New Life Assembly of GodInterim Pastor: Sunday 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 ChurchPastor: Joe WoodsSunday School: 9:45 a.m.Morning Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Living Vine Community ChurchPastors: Matthew & Tamara Yoder

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

Wilber Fertilizer(580) 596-3440

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Rick CaruthersConstruction, Inc

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Yoder Gas CompanyJet, OK

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ACB Bank323 S. Grand - Cherokee, OK

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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. 7 p.m.

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 CHURCHESUnited Methodist Church

Pastor: Rachel ParrottSunday 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 ClinicAffiliate of Integris Bass Baptist Health Center

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

221 S. Grand, Cherokee - 596-3516

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

Lynette Morris

Pate Agency LPWinona Bruner & Paula Mahieu

401 Cherokee, Ste #B580-596-2727

The Healthy TouchSherry Green ~ CMT

580-430-6410

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CAThy JAne STewART CAnnOn

AMORITA – Memorial ser-vice for Cathy Jane Stewart Cannon, 56, was at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at Bethel Cemetery.

Arrangements were by Good-win Funeral Home, Cherokee.

DeLBeRT LADOn LeAChSTILLWATER – A memorial

service for Delbert LaDon Leach was held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 at Strode Funeral Chapel in Stillwater.

A Celebration of Life will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 at the Moore Funeral Chapel in Owasso.

He was born Jan. 21, 1932, in Bartlesville to Delbert Owen and Violet Glendola (Solomon) Leach and died Aug. 2, 2011, at the Grace Living Center in Stillwa-ter surrounded by his family.

He graduated from Rogers High School in 1950 and en-listed in the Arkansas National Guard, and then served in The Korean Conflict, until honorably discharged in 1952.

He married Naomi Elizabeth Coatney Sept. 13, 1952. They moved to Tulsa where He was employed by the United States Postal Service.

In 1959, he became a Chris-

tian while attending Sheridan Road Baptist Church in Tulsa. He was the Music and Youth minister in several churches for the next 20 years, including Hillcrest and Garden City Bap-tist Churches in Tulsa, and First Baptist Church in Cherokee.

In 1973 they went into the Child Care Ministry and were house-parents at Boys Ranch Town in Edmond, and were the 1st house-parents at the Owasso Baptist Childrens Home in 1974.

In 1980 he became the Super-intendent of Parks for the City of Owasso, and was employed with them for 17 years, retiring in 1997.

They moved to Stillwater in 2008.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a baby sister; and a brother, Bob Leach.

Surviving are his wife, Naomi; sisters, Marolyn Logsdon of Gar-land, Texas, and Carolyn Jones of Tulsa; children, LaDonna File, Owasso; Delbo Leach, Stillwa-ter; and Joe Leach of Piedmont; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Online condolences may be sent and an obituary viewed by visiting www.strodefh.com

KARen SwenSOnALVA – Funeral for Karen

Swenson, 67, of Alva, was at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at First Baptist Church, Alva. Pas-tor Greg Hook officiated. Burial was in Alva Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements were by Wharton Funeral Chapel, Alva.

Karen was born Sept. 18, 1943, and died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011.

Surviving are husband, LeRoy of Alva; children, Shelly LeMay, Austin, Texas, Dennis Hutchin-son, Fairmount, Ga., Jenifer Cooks, Fort Worth, Texas, and Greg Smith, Alva; seven grand-children; one great-grandson; sisters, Frances Tanner, Burl-ington, Betty Jo Bevis, Alva, and Kathy Krows, Seiling.

MARy K. ALexAnDeR AMORITA – Memorial ser-

vice for Mary K. Alexander was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, at Driftwood Christian Church. Pastor William Beard officiated. Burial was in Byron-Amorita Cemetery.

She was born July 25, 1933, and died Aug. 6, 2011. She graduated from Amorita High School in 1951.

She married William Alex-ander, Jr., Dec. 22, 1951. After living in the Seattle, Wash. area and in Wichita, Kan., they set-tled in the Amorita area.

She worked at Burlington Schools for 28 years as a cook and doing custodial work, retir-ing in 2002. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marvin and Helen (Giggy) Stewart; her husband, William; son, Michael; and brother Jimmie Stewart. She is survived by two sons, Gary of Cimarron, Kan. and Phil-lip of Omaha, Neb.; daughter, Helen, of Amorita; five grandchil-dren; three great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Donna Morrow of Alva, and Shirley Schmidt of Raleigh, N.C. Memorials may be made to the Byron-Amorita Cemetery Fund, Amorita Community Center or Kids Against Hunger, Northwest Oklahoma, through Goodwin Funeral Home.

AnTOniA CARRAnzAReSenDiz

JET – Mass of Christian burial for Antonia Carranza Resendiz, 59, of Jet, was at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Rev. Joseph Irwin officiated. Arrangements were under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest in El Epazote Cemetery, Mexico.

Antonia was born in El Epa-zote, Mexico, June 13, 1952, to Juan and Elidia (Chavez) Car-ranza and died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, in Jet.

She moved to Jet in 1975 with her husband Juan. She attended St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

She is survived by husband, Juan of the home; daughter, Anabel Gomez of Enid; two granddaughters; and two broth-ers, Martin and Zachariah Car-ranza, both of Mexico.

She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and one half-sister.

KAThy Ann wiLLSOnWAYNOKA – Funeral ser-

vices for Kathy Ann Willson will be 10 a.m. today (Thursday,) Aug. 11, 2011, at the Northside Church of Christ with Gene Go-ben officiating. Interment will be in the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka, LLC.

Kathy Ann Willson, daugh-ter of the late Richard Dix and Wanda Lou (Carter) Cox, was born Oct. 4, 1951, in Cherokee, Okla., and passed away Aug. 7, 2011, at Alva, Okla., at the age of 59 years, 10 months, and 3 days.

Kathy graduated from Chero-kee High School with the Class of 1970. She worked at the Plains Motel in Cherokee for a time.

On June 23, 1978, she was united in marriage to Marvin Allen Willson in Cherokee. They lived in Cherokee until about 10

years ago when they moved to Waynoka.

She was a member of the Northside Church of Christ and enjoyed reading books and work-ing crossword puzzles.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one daugh-ter, Melissa Ann Willson.

Kathy is survived by her husband, Marvin, of Waynoka; one son, Mark Anthony Willson of Alva; one brother, Steve Cox of

Lima, Ohio; three sisters, Theda Cox, Margaret Cox, and Sheri Cousins, all of Cherokee; two grandchildren, Lakin and Jacie Willson, both of Alva; and other relatives and many friends.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to help with the funeral expenses.

Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.mar-shallfuneralhomes.com. (paid)

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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE

OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: SANDRIDGE

EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, LLC

RELIEF SOUGHT: LOCATION EXCEPTION

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE E½ OF SECTION 32, TOwNSHIP 29

NORTH, RANGE 10 wEST OF THE IM, ALFALFA COUNTy, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201103823 NOTICE 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, including the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Triad Energy, Inc.; and if any of the above-named parties is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and as-signs, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Appli-cant, SandRidge Exploration and Produc-tion, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Com-mission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the 320-acre horizontal well unit to be formed in the E½ of Section 32, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Mississippian common source of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 200 feet from the north line and not closer than 660 feet from the east line of the E½ of said Section 32 to a subsurface location of such well’s entry into the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of the E½ of said Section 32, with the first perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of the E½ of said Section 32, and with the last per-foration in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Missis-sippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 300 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of the E½ of said Section 32, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of the E½ of said Sec-tion 32, and with a “tolerance distance” for the above-described subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and completion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direc-tion from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or along such completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named common source of

supply, with such authorization and permis-sion running in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the common source of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto. Such application further states that there is currently pending before the Commission an application of Applicant to form a 320-acre horizontal well unit in the E½ of said Section 32 for the Mississippian common source of supply.

NOTICE IS HEREBY 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 and that the authorization and permission requested herein run in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the “land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in the E½ of said Section 32 in regard to the subsurface location tolerance areas described above are Sections 28, 29 and 33, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, and Sections 4 and 5, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding the E½ of said Sec-tion 32 is the W½ of said Section 32.

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 is set for hearing before an admin-istrative law judge on the Conservation Docket at the Western Regional Service Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Bou-levard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 29th day of August, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Applicant 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 interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, Attor-ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-5788.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF OKLAHOMA

DANA L. MURPHY, ChairJEFF CLOUD, Vice Chairman

BOB ANTHONY, CommissionerDONE AND PERFORMED this 3rd day of August, 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE






LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 3, TOwNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 10

wEST OF THE IM, ALFALFA COUNTy, OKLAHOMA


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, including the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Three Amigos Oil & Gas, LLC; and if any of the above-named parties is a dissolved part-nership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execu-tion thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well loca-tion tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units formed in Section 3, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cot-tage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 200 feet from the south line and not closer than 660 feet from the east line of said Section 3 to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego and Cherokee separate common sources of supply and to a subsurface location of such well’s entry into the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 3, with the first perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 3, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Missis-sippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 3, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Missis-sippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 3, and with a “tolerance dis-tance” for the above-described subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and completion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direction from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or

along such completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named separate common sources of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Ap-plicant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the separate common sources of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto.


NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the “land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in said Section 3 in regard to the subsurface location tolerance areas described above are Sections 2, 10 and 11, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM; and Sec-tions 34 and 35, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM; all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding said Section 3 are Sections 4 and 9, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM; and Section 33, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.


NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause is set for hearing before an admin-istrative law judge on the Conservation Docket at the Western Regional Service Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Bou-levard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 30th day of August , 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.





BOB ANTHONY, CommissionerDONE AND PERFORMED this 5th day of August, 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE





RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACINGLEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 15,

TOwNSHIP 28 NORTH, RANGE 9 wEST OF THE IM, ALFALFA COUNTy,

OKLAHOMACAUSE CD NO. 201103861

NOTICE OF HEARINGSTATE 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, including the following: 212 Operating, Inc.; Alvarez Chapin; Andy Burnet a/k/a Andy Burnett; Carl Parker; Chesapeake Exploration, LLC; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Cyco Corp.; Dale Percival; Dena Lou Ladd; Geoffrey Percival; Gladys Stallings; Gregory Percival; Johnnie L. Davis; Mar-shall D. Burnet and Lisbeth A. Burnet, as Trustees of the Marshall D. Burnet Trust No. 1 dated October 1, 1994; Marshall D. Burnet and Lisbeth A. Burnet, as Trustees of the Marshall D. Burnet Trust No. 1 dated October 1, 1995; Marshall D. Burnet Share of the James D. Burnet Trust No. 1 (Trust B) dated March 1, 1982, and the Trustee of such trust; Mona Lynn Rebman; Nada Ber-nard; Paul L. LaBrue and Dixie L. LaBrue, as Co-Trustees of The LaBrue Family Trust dated August 25, 2008; Richard W. Davis; Robin E. Freer; Tim Burnet a/k/a Tim Burnett; Vanora Cook; Verlin Prall; Warran Parker; if any of the above-named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the above-named parties is a dis-solved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; and if any of the above-named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown suc-cessor or successors to such trustee.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Appli-cant, SandRidge Exploration and Produc-tion, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Com-mission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) amending Order No. 215175 to delete the NW¼ of Section 15, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, from the purview and boundaries of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego, Mississippi Chat and Mis-sissippi Lime separate common sources of supply, to vacate the 80-acre drilling and spacing units previously formed by such order for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego separate common sources of supply in the NW¼ of said Section 15 and to vacate the 40-acre drilling and spacing units previously formed by such order for the Mississippi Chat and Mississippi Lime separate common sources of supply in the NW¼ of said Section 15; (ii) amending

Order No. 202582 to delete the S½ SE¼ and the NE¼ SE¼ of said Section 15 from the purview and boundaries of the Missis-sippian System common source of supply and to vacate the 40-acre drilling and spacing units previously formed by such order for such common source of supply in the S½ SE¼ and the NE¼ SE¼ of said Section 15; (iii) amending a prior order of the Commission to enlarge and extend the boundaries of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego and Mississippi separate common sources of supply of gas so as to cover and include said Section 15 and to form proper drilling and spacing units in such section for such separate common sources of supply, which units Applicant requests be formed as 640-acre drilling and spacing units; 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 and seeks to amend the above-named orders in the manner set forth above and Order No. 578632 with respect to the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego and Mississippi separate common sources in the lands covered hereby.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

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 Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 29th day of August, 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.


NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, Attor-ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-6344.



BOB ANTHONY, CommissionerDONE AND PERFORMED this 5th day of August, 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE

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Aug. 13:58 p.m. – Grass fire on Lambert

Road.5:29 p.m. – Bridge out south of

Kegelman Airport, Nescatunga.5:44 p.m. – Field fire west of Jet.

Dispatched Jet and Cherokee fire de-partments. Advised that bridge is in Grant County.

11 p.m. – Underage drinking at Jet Park. Kids yelling, parents there.

Aug. 28:32 a.m. – Cattle out west of

Aline. Can’t find number for owner.8:56 a.m. – Stolen medication in

Carmen. Television sitting on love seat and few items missing from home. Caller filed a report.

7:45 p.m. – Family dispute in

Carmen.8:50 p.m. – Cows out south of

Cozy Curve. Owner put back in.Aug. 3

7 a.m. – Red cow out on SH 8. Owner notified.

8:50 a.m. – Cow out east of McWil-lie turnoff. Owner notified.

8:14 p.m. – Eight or 10 cows out on Crystal Road. Owner notified.

8:47 p.m. – Disabled aircraft. Will remain at airport overnight.

9:27 p.m. – Cattle out south of Cozy Curve. Owner notified.

Aug. 48:49 a.m. – Pickup vandalized

east of Helena. Grandson ran out of gas and left truck on side of road. Someone broke out windows on one side. Deputy got good print of shoe.

10:11 a.m. – Accident without in-jury near Capron railroad tracks.

2:47 p.m. – Grass fire west of Aline. Aline Fire Department paged.

8:32 p.m. – Speeding motorcycle in Carmen. Driver was going 70 to 80 mph past house.

9 p.m. – Cattle out in Byron. Left message with owner.

9:46 p.m. – Cattle out south of Carmen water tower. Advised owner.

Aug. 53:03 a.m. – Red cow out west of

McWillie. Owner contacted.6:02 a.m. – Vehicle in middle

of road north of Cherokee. People around it. Car had flashers on.

8:19 a.m. – Cattle out north of Carmen on Water Tower Road. Could not contact owner. Line busy.

9 a.m. – 18-wheeler broken down south of Carmen turnoff.

10:03 a.m. – Black cow out on US 64 near Alfalfa-Grant County line. Left message for owner.

11 a.m. – Cattle on property near Byron Fish Hatchery. Left message for owner.

2:15 p.m. – Fire east of Major-Al-

falfa County line. Cleo Springs Fire Department requested mutual aid from Aline, Goltry, Helena and Car-men fire departments.

7:54 p.m. – Grass fire east of Gol-try. Goltry Fire Department paged.

6:31 p.m. – Fire south of Burling-ton. Dispatched Burlington Fire De-partment.

6:34 p.m. – Cow out west of Gol-try. Left message with owner.

7:30 p.m. – Possible drunk driver on SH 8 near Sod House Museum.

8:16 p.m. – Power lines down east of Goltry. Contacted Garfield County to notify OG&E.

1:56 p.m. – Cow out south of Car-men. Contacted owner.

6:09 p.m. – Domestic incident in Carmen.

Aug. 712:29 a.m. – Underage drinking

at football field in Jet. No minors. All adults.

8:26 p.m. – Cow out on 5th Street west of Cherokee. Contacted possible owner.

10:15 p.m. - Reckless driving on Cemetery Road in Cherokee.

Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department logs

The Alfalfa County Demo-cratic Woman met Monday Aug. 1 at the Civic Room of the Courthouse with seven mem-bers present.

Kay Corder led the flag sa-lute. The secretary read the minutes, and the treasurer read the treasurer’s report.

A discussion was held on different articles read in the Oklahoma Observer and seen on OETA.

The group voted to go to Enid

on Aug. 30. Members will meet at the courthouse at 4 p.m. and go to Golden Corral for supper. At 6 p.m. they will attend “Eve-ning with Frosty Troy.”

Anyone wishing to go should contact Doris Armbruster.

The Democratics will have a booth at the Alfalfa County Fair.

John Harold served re-freshments. The next meeting is set for Oct. 3 at the court-house.

Dem women plan day with Frosty



BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF

OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: SANDRIDGE






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, including the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Three Amigos Oil & Gas, LLC; and if any of the above-named parties is a dissolved part-nership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Appli-cant, SandRidge Exploration and Produc-tion, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Com-mission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units formed in Section 2, Town-ship 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego, Chero-kee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 200 feet from the south line and not closer than 660 feet from the east line of said Section 2 to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego and Cherokee separate common sources of supply and to a subsurface location of such well’s entry into the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 2, with the first perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 2, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 2, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the east line of said Section 2, and with a “tolerance distance” for the above-described subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and completion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direction from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or along such

completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named separate common sources of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the separate common sources of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto.


NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the “land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in said Section 2 in regard to the subsurface location tolerance areas described above are Section 1, 11 and 12, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM; and Sec-tions 35 and 36, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM; all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding said Section 2 are Sections 3 and 10, Township 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM; and Section 34, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.








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CAUSE CD NO. 201103862NOTICE 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, including the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Milliken Investments, LLC; and if any of the above-named parties is a dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and as-signs, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units to be formed in Section 15, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego and Mississippi separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 250 feet from the south line and not closer than 700 feet from the west line of said Section 15 to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove and Oswego separate common sources of supply and to a subsurface location of such well’s entry into the Mississippi com-mon source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 700 feet from the west line of said Section 15, with the first perforation in the horizon-tal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippi common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 700 feet from the west line of said Section 15, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippi common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the north line and 700 feet from the west line of said Section 15, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippi common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 200 feet from the north line and 700 feet from the west line of said Section 15, and with a “tolerance distance” for the above-described subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and comple-tion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direc-tion from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or along such completion interval, and to be completed in and to produce hydrocarbons

from the above-named separate common sources of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Appli-cant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the separate common sources of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto. Such application further states that there is currently pending before the Commission an application of Applicant to form 640-acre drilling and spacing units in said Section 15 for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Oswego and Mississippi separate common sources of supply.


NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the “land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in said Section 15 in regard to the subsur-face location tolerance areas described above are Sections 9, 10, 16, 21 and 22, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding said Section 15 are Sections 11, 14 and 23, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, Attor-ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-6344.




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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF

OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: SANDRIDGE





CAUSE CD NO. 201103867NOTICE 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, including the following: Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; and if any of the above-named parties is a dis-solved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) authorizing and permitting an exception to the permitted well location tolerances in the 640-acre drilling and spacing units formed in Sec-tion 6, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, for the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego, Cherokee and Mississippian separate common sources of supply, so as to allow a well to be drilled from a surface location being not closer than 165 feet from the south line and not closer than 1320 feet from the west line of Section 31, Township, 29 North, Range 9 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to subsurface locations of such well’s entry into and such well’s exit from each of the Tonkawa, Cottage Grove, Big Lime-Oswego and Cherokee separate common sources of supply being and to a subsurface location of such well’s entry into the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 165 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the west line of said Section 6, with the first perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the north line and 660 feet from the west line of said Section 6, and with the last perforation in the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 330 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the west line of said Section 6, and with the terminus or end point of the horizontal portion or lateral of the borehole of such well in the Mississippian common source of supply being as follows: not closer than 165 feet from the south line and 660 feet from the west line of said Section 6, and with a “tolerance distance” for the above-described subsurface locations, horizontal portion or lateral and completion interval of such well being as follows: a distance of not more than 100 feet in an easterly direction and in a westerly direction from any such subsurface location, from any point on or along such horizontal portion or lateral and from any point on or along such completion interval, and to be completed

in and to produce hydrocarbons from the above-named separate common sources of supply, with such authorization and permission running in favor of Applicant or some other party recommended by Applicant; and (ii) establishing a proper allowable for the proposed well involved herein as to the separate common sources of supply covered hereby, which allowable Applicant requests be established as a full allowable with no downward adjustment made thereto.


NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the “land sections adjacent to the area within the location exception” requested herein in said Section 6 in regard to the subsurface location tolerance areas described above are Section 7, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM; Sections 1 and 12, Town-ship 28 North, Range 10 West of the IM; Section 36, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM; and Section 31, Township 29 North, Range 9 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. The other “land sections” surrounding said Section 6 are Sections 5 and 8, Township 28 North, Range 9 West of the IM, and Section 32, Township 29 North, Range 9 West of the IM, all in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.




NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, Attor-ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 235-1110; or Luke Roberts, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-6344.



BOB ANTHONY, CommissionerDONE AND PERFORMED this 5th day of August, 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION: PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

LEGAL NOTICE



OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: EAGLE ENERGy

PRODUCTION, LLCRELIEF SOUGHT: POOLING

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 18, TOwNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE

12 wEST, ALFALFA COUNTy, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD 201103850-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: Shirley A Young, George R Kinnard, Sharon Moye Betley and Neil L Betley, Chesapeake Exploration LLC, Marie Kinnard, Evelyn J Penner and Linda Schwerdtfeger, Trustee of the James W Kinnard Revocable Trust; 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 individual or dis-solved 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 presented, pool the interests and adjudi-cate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners on a unit pooling and designate the Applicant or some other party recom-mended by Applicant as operator for the well to produce from Order to be entered in Cause CD No. 201103849-T for the Mis-sissippian underlying Section 18, Township 25 North, Range 12 West, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. 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 pur-suant to 52 O.S. Sec. 87.1 within and on the basis of the drilling and spacing unit covered hereby, and not limited to a single wellbore. The application in this cause states that Applicant has proposed the de-velopment of the separate common source 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 devel-opment of the separate common source 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 Office of the Corporation Commission, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 30th day of August 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 Office of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission five (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) 746-1350 or Michael D. Stack, Attorney for Applicant, 943 East Britton Road, Okla-homa City, Oklahoma 73114; Tele (405) 286-1717; Fax (405) 286-2122.


DANA L MURPHY, CHAIRJEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN

BOB ANTHONY, COMMISSIONERDONE AND PERFORMED THIS 5th DAY OF AUGUST, 2011.ATTEST: PEGGY MITCHELL,SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION

LEGAL NOTICE



OF OKLAHOMAAPPLICANT: EAGLE ENERGy

PRODUCTION, LLCRELIEF SOUGHT: HORIZONTAL

SPACINGLEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION

18, TOwNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 12 wEST, ALFALFA COUNTy,

OKLAHOMACAUSE CD 201103849-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; 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 individual or dis-solved partnership, corporation or other association.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this Cause is requesting the following relief and special relief from the Commission:

[a] Establish by extending Order No. 584298 - 640 acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit for the Mississippian com-mon source of supply from Section 7 into and now include Section 18, Township 25 North, Range 12 West, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. A review of the record indicate there is no spacing for the Mississippian formation.

[b] To possibly providing that the order be made effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior to the date of execution of the order.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and

reporting to the Commission.IT IS ORDERED AND NOTICE IS

HEREBY GIVEN that this Cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Eastern Regional Service Office of the Corpora-tion Commission, Room 114, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 30th day of August, 2011, and that this Notice be published as required by law and the 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 Office of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission five (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 ac-tion, contact Mark Hambric (918) 583-7733 or Michael D. Stack, Attorney for Applicant, 943 East Britton Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73114; Tele (405) 286-1717; Fax (405) 286-2122.


DANA L. MURPHY, CHAIRJEFF CLOUD, VICE CHAIRMAN

BOB ANTHONY, COMMISSIONERDONE AND PERFORMED THIS 5th DAY OF AUGUST, 2011.ATTEST: PEGGY MITCHELL,SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION

LEGAL NOTICE





RELIEF SOUGHT: SPACING - HORIZONTAL wELL UNIT

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: THE E½ OF SECTION 32, TOwNSHIP 29

NORTH, RANGE 10 wEST OF THE IM, ALFALFA COUNTy, OKLAHOMA


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, including the following: Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.; Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; Carroll H. Smith; Margaret Jack Smith Powell, de-ceased; Deborah Brown; Jack D. Brown; Eric E. Ludeman Revocable Trust, and Eric E. Ludeman, as Trustee of such trust; Evelyn Brown; Jack D. Brown; Fleischaker Mineral Company, L.L.C.; Georgiana J. Alexander, deceased; Janette Alexander; G & S Smith Limited Partnership; Helen S. Jack; Jack Jack; Janet L. Jack; Janice N. Jack; Rex A. Jack, Deceased; Karol L. Jack; Kathryn Michelle White, a/k/a Kath-ryn M. White; Dorothy Jack Cleveland; Kay Beauchamp; Marilee Hines; Kenneth A. Jack; Marvel E. Jack Trust, and Joyce Read and Norman Harrington, as Co-Trustees of such trust; Peggy Smith Ranew; Larry Smith; Ray Smith Real Estate, LP; Rex A. Jack, Deceased; Rex Allen Jack; Richard A. Telck; Marion Roberta Kildow, a/k/a Marion R. Kildow, a/k/a Roberta Kildow; Samuel G. Jack, Jr.; Sydnee Denise Jack; Tamira P. Jenlink; Triad Energy Inc.; Willard Holderby Living Trust, a Revocable Trust, dated 2-17-1994, and Stephen Holderby, as Trustee of such trust; Three Amigos Oil and Gas, LLC; if any of the above-named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the above-named parties is a dis-solved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; and if any of the above-named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown suc-cessor or successors to such trustee.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, has filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma to enter an or-der, to be effective as of the date of the ex-ecution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) confirming and establishing the boundaries of the Mississippian com-mon source of supply so as to cover and

include the E½ of Section 32, Township 29 North, Range 10 West of the IM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, and forming a proper horizontal well unit for such common source of supply in such lands, which unit Applicant requests be formed as a 320-acre horizontal well unit; (ii) determining that the 320-acre horizontal well unit to be formed in this cause for the Mississippian common source of supply in the E½ of said Section 32 will supersede the existing non-developed 320-acre non-horizontal drilling and spacing unit previously formed for the Mississippian common source of supply in the S½ of said Section 32, at least to the extent such existing non-developed unit is located in the E½ of said Section 32; and (iii) 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 is set before an administrative law judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

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 Office of the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 A.M. on the 29th day of August , 2011, and that this notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Applicant 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 name and tele-phone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact John R. Reeves, attor-ney, OBA #7479, Fourteenth Floor, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 235-1110; or Kevin Manning, SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC, 123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406, Telephone: (405) 429-5788.



BOB ANTHONY, CommissionerDONE AND PERFORMED this 3rd day of August, 2011.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:PEGGY MITCHELL,Commission Secretary

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Alfalfa County District Court DocketCriminal Misdemeanor

Brian George Brown, Ponca City, has been charged with driving while license is revoked.

Criminal FelonyKeith Andrew Vogelsong (outstanding

warrant), Aline, has been charged with stalking.

Small ClaimsHarvina Britain, Jet, has been sued by

J.B. Family LLP for an amount less than $6,000.

CivilWilliam Darren Harmon, Aline, has

been sued by Farmers Cooperative, Car-men, for indebtedness in an amount less than $10,000.

Ashly Dawn Smith, Cherokee, has been sued by Creditors Recovery Corp for indebtedness in an amount less than $10,000.

Tony Ray Pierce, Helena, has been sued by Creditors Recovery Corp for indebted-

ness in an amount less than $10,000.Terry Johnson, Yukon, has filed for a

money judgment against Charles R. Tuck-er, Alva, and Tony Tucker, Byron.

Marriage LicensesMichael Allen Ross, Ringwood, and

Shaleene Nichole Gilley, Akron, Ohio, filed for a marriage license.

Adam Bryan Supernaw and Tricia Anne King, both of Cherokee, filed for a marriage license.

Christopher Loyd Ferrell and Madison Lee Meyers, both of Cherokee, filed for a marriage license. Judge Loren Angle per-formed a marriage ceremony.

TrafficCharged with failure to wear seat

belt, $20: Johnny Eric Myrick, Jet; Tracy Wayne Tolle, Oklahoma City; Kristin Ni-cole Sciara, Kiowa, Kan.; William Tyler Ledford, Canton; Morgan Lea Fogelstrom, Tahlequah.

Charged with failure to carry insur-

ance verification, $211.50: Marcel J. Gos-selin, Midwest City; Tracy Wayne Tolle, Oklahoma City; Stacy L. Paris, Kiowa, Kan.

Charged with speeding 1-10 mph over speed limit, $188.50: Gregory Scot Gillion, Bokoshe; Bobby Lee Johnson, Poteau; Shay Alan Unruh, Enid.

Charged with speeding 11-14 mph

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Charged with speeding 15 mph over speed limit, $226.50: Christopher D. Browning, Fairview.

Charged with speeding 21-25 mph over speed limit, $281.50: Hector Santa Maria Nolasco, Oklahoma City; Dakota J. Lonker, Medicine Lodge, Kan.


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We would like to express our very sincere gratitude to friends and extended family for the gener-ous outpouring of support following Virginia’s death. Thank you for the cards and words of comfort, friend-ship, visits and memorial gifts. You can never know how much this has meant to us.

The family ofVirgina (Dupus) Welch,

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LegaL noticePublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Aug. 11, and Thurs-day, Aug. 18, 2011. 2t

advertisement for bidsNotice is hereby given that the Alfalfa

County Rural Water District No. 1, herein-after called the “Owner” will receive sealed bids by mail at P.O. Box 427, Amorita, Oklahoma, 73719-0427 or in person at Alfalfa Rural Water District #1 Office, 205 Fourth Street, Byron, Oklahoma, 73722 until 2:00 P.M. CST, on the 15th day of September, 2011.

All bids received at said time will be opened for the construction of ODOT Util-ity Relocation No. J/P 24062(06) Utilities Alfalfa County, US-64.

Project consists of approximately 4,550 L.F. of 6” ID HDPE SDR 11 waterline, including all bends, tees, couplings, and fittings as necessary. Approximately 230 LF directional bore 6” ID HDPE SDR 11 waterline. Two 1” service connections with new Sensus meter, two 6” gate valves with box. Two 6” gate valves with box in new Manholes at river crossing. One air relief valve, leakage and disinfection testing, seeding and restoration of R.O.W. and related appurtenances, etc.

All work shall be performed and all con-struction and material used and furnished shall be in accordance with the Plans and Specifications prepared by Eagle Consul-tants, Inc., and on file in the office of the Alfalfa rural Water District No. 1, Amorita, Oklahoma.

Contract Documents may be examined at the following:

1. Eagle Consultants, Inc., Eagle Office Center, 2803 S. Bryant Ave., Edmond, OK 73013, Tel: (405) 884-3900 Fax: (405) 844-3600

2. Bid News, Oklahoma City & Tulsa3. Southwest Construction News, Okla-

homa City & Tulsa4. Dodge Reports, Oklahoma CityPre-bid Meeting to be held at the of-

fice of Eagle Consultants, Inc., located in Eagle Office Center 2803 S. Bryant Ave., Edmond, OK 73013 on September 8, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. CST.

A complete set of Plans and Specifi-cations may be obtained at Eagle Con-sultants, Inc. upon non-refundable price of $60.00 plus shipping and handling, if required.

Contract to be awarded to the low responsive bidder pending concurrence with ODOT. Conditional bids shall not be accepted.

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities in the bidding.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids in accordance with the Oklahoma Competitive Bidding Act.

/s/Vickie CloydVickie Cloyd, Alfalfa RWD#1

August 5, 2011

LegaL noticePublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, July 28, Thursday, Aug. 4, and Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. 3t

in the district court of aLfaLfa countystate of okLahomacase no. cv-2011-14

Marilyn Ruffin, formerly Marilyn L. Smart, Plaintiff, vs. Scotty J. Lucas, Claude Dwayne Lucas, James Lucas, April Lucas, Oletta Jo Kirk, and, The Unknown Suc-cessors in Interest of Allen Pendergrass, Deceased, Defendants.

notice by pubLicationthe state of okLahoma to:

the unknown successors in interest of aLLen pendergrass

You and each of you are hereby noti-fied that Marilyn Ruffin, formerly Marilyn L. Smart, as Plaintiff, has filed in the District Court of Alfalfa County, State of Oklahoma, her Petition against the Unknown Succes-sors in Interest Allen Pendergrass, alleging that Allen Pendergrass, is the owner of a fractional interest in the following described real property, situated in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma:

Lots One (1), Two (2), Three (3), and Four (4) in Block Forty-three (43), First Ad-dition to the Town of Aline, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma;

That Defendant, Allen Pendergrass, and/or his Unknown Successors in Inter-est, claim some right, title or interest in and to said real property adverse to the Plaintiffs which constitutes a cloud on the Plaintiffs’ title; that said Defendants be required to show what right, title or interest, if any, that they now have in and to said real property adverse to the right, title and interest of the Plaintiffs; that they be adjudged to have no right, title, inter-est or estate therein, and that the title of the Plaintiffs in and to said property be quieted against said Defendants, and the Defendants and each of them be perpetu-ally barred and enjoined from setting up or asserting any right, title or interest in and to said real property.

That said Defendants, and each of them, must answer the Petition filed by the Plaintiffs on or before the 7th day of September, 2011, or said Petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered ad-judging and decreeing, to be the owners of said real property and entitled to the possession thereof, and quieting the title of the Plaintiffs against all adverse claims of said Defendants.

Given under my hand and seal this 20th day of July, 2011.

Court Clerk of Alfalfa County, Oklahomaby /s/Tammi Miller

DeputyJohn W. McCue II, OBA No. 5936Attorney at Law118 E. Broadway - P.O. Box 503Fairview, OK 73737(580) 227-3939

LegaL noticePublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. 1t

in the district court inand for aLfaLfa county state

of okLahomacv-11-16

In the Matter of the Application to Change Name of KENNEDY RAE HAR-RIS, By and Through JAVONNA FAYE MURROW, as Parent and Next Friend.

notice of hearing petitionfor change of name

Notice is given that Kennedy Rae Harris, by and through Javonna Faye Murrow, as Parent and Next Friend, has filed a petition requesting that her name be changed to Kennedy Rae Murrow, and the petition will be heard in the District Court-room at the Alfalfa County Courthouse in Cherokee, Oklahoma, on the 24 day of August, 2011, at 3:00 pm and any person may file a written protest prior to the date of the hearing.

Dated this 5 day of August, 2011./s/Loren E. Angle

Judge of the District CourtFrancis J. McGee, OBA # 5985McGee Law Firm, P.L.L.C.Attorney for Petitioner111 1/2 South GrandCherokee, Oklahoma 73728(580) 596-3550

LegaL noticePublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, August 11, 2011. 1t

county commissionersaugust 1, 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 and 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 office at 4:45 P.M., July 28, 2011.

Murrow moved to approve the minutes of July 29. Roach seconded. All voted aye.Roach moved to approve the blanket purchase orders. Walker seconded. All voted

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

onded. All voted aye.prior year

saLes taX - heaLth336........Emergency Services Supply .....................83.24 .....................................Parts337........ALCO .......................................................101.75 ............................... Supplies

current yearassessor visuaL inspection cash

3............Postmaster ................................................40.00 ................................Postage4............County Records Inc .................................200.00 ................................... Books5............County Records Inc ...................................60.00 ............................... Supplies

generaL fund87..........ALCO .........................................................11.47 ............................... Supplies88..........AEC .......................................................3069.85 ..................................Utilities89..........City of Cherokee ......................................325.29 ..................................Utilities

highway cash107........City of Cherokee ........................................34.00 ..................................Utilities108........AEC .........................................................254.81 ..................................Utilities109........AEC .........................................................234.27 ..................................Utilities110 ........South Central Telephone Assn ................181.96 ..................................Utilities111 ........Amorita-Byron Sewer Sys Auth .................10.00 ..................................Utilities112 ........Town of Byron ............................................61.69 ..................................Utilities113 ........ONG ..........................................................84.10 ..................................Utilities114 ........Burlington Farmers Coop ....................11020.00 ...................................... Fuel115 ........Hercules Tire Sales ...............................1643.16 ..................................... Tires116 ........Yellowhouse Machinery Co .....................244.65 .....................................Parts117 ........OReilly Auto Parts .....................................17.98 .....................................Parts118 ........K&O Construction ..................................7722.00 ......................................Pipe119 ........K&O Construction ..................................7533.20 ......................................Pipe120........Phillips, Dianne W ...................................538.35 ................................... Travel

saLes taX - fairgrounds11 ..........City of Cherokee ......................................448.79 ..................................Utilities12..........AEC .........................................................896.79 ..................................Utilities

saLes taX - heaLth20..........AEC .........................................................100.57 ..................................Utilities21..........Medtronic Physio-Control Corp .................68.70 ................................. Service22..........Total Communications Inc .......................120.00 ...................................Repair23..........Merrifield Office Supply .............................85.24 ............................... Supplies24..........Jack’s Automotive ......................................62.71 ....................... Parts & Labor25..........Smith Drug ..............................................123.39 ............................... Supplies26..........Dale, Logan .............................................177.71 ................................... Travel

Roach moved to approve the following Appropriations: Highway Cash, 367410.38, 34104.87; Assessor Visual Inspection Cash, 925.01; Treasurer Cash, 85.00; County Clerk Cash, 4302.85;County Clerk Preservation Cash, 2606.14; fairgrounds Sales Tax, 70467.41; Health Sales Tax, 169874.03; Sheriff Revolving Cash, 246.65; Sheriff Cash, 4466.96; Enhanced 911 Cash, 3437.80; SL-2, 76.99; Lapsed from 10-11: SJ-10, 49370.49. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

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

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

Roach moved to approve the contract and lease purchase papers for new graders for Dist 2 and 3 with John Deere Credit. Murrow seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve the transfer of $4275.62 from Cash SJ-SF to SJ-SF3. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Murrow moved to approve 1 road crossing permit for Marsau Enterprises in Dist #1. Walker seconded. All voted aye.

Roach moved to approve the redistricting resolution setting new boundaries for the districts. Murrow seconded. All voted aye.

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, Aug. 11, and Thurs-day, Aug. 18, 2011. 2t

in the district courtof aLfaLfa county state

of okLahomapb-2010-27

In the Matter of the Estate of Harold R. Fox, Deceased.amended notice hearing finaL

account, and petition for order aLLowing finaL account,

determination of heirs, devisees and Legatees and for finaL decree of distribution.

NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN, That Richard G. Fox, Personal Representative of the estate of Harold R. Fox, deceased, have filed in the above Court and cause, his Final Account and Petition for Order

Allowing Final Account, Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees and for Final Decree of Distribution, and that Monday, the 29th day of August, 2011, at 9:30 am, in the District Court Room, City of Chero-kee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, has been fixed as the time and place for hearing thereof, when any person interested in said estate may appear and contest the same as provided by law.

Date this 2nd day of August, 2011./s/Loren E. Angle

Judge of the District CourtDal L. Houston, OBA #17065BENSON & HOUSTON, P.L.L.C.Attorney for EstateP.O. Box 488Alva, Oklahoma(580) 327-1197

LegaL noticePublished in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, August 4, and August 11, 2011. 2t

in the district court of aLfaLfa county

state of okLahomacase no. pb-07-28

In the Matter of the Estate of Ray D. Edmondson, Deceased.notice and order for hearing

petition for settLement finaL account, barring

cLaims of creditors, aLLowing attorney’s fees, famiLy aLLowance, and for

determination of heirship and finaL decree of distribution

Robin Edmondson, Personal Rep-resentative of the Estate of Ray D. Ed-mondson, Deceased, having filed in this Court her Petition for Settlement of Final Account, Barring Claims of Creditors, Al-lowing Accountant’s Fees, Family Allow-ance, and for Determination of Heirship and Final Decree of Distribution, and the Court having determined that a hearing should be held and notice of same be given according to law.

It is hereby ordered that said Petition for Settlement of Final Account, Barring

Claims of Creditors, Allowing Accountant’s Fees, Family Allowance, and for Determi-nation of Heirship and Final Decree of Dis-tribution is set for hearing the 26th day of August, 2011, at 1:00 o’clock P.M., before this Court in the Alfalfa County Courthouse at Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, when and where any person interested in said estate may appear and make objec-tion to any of the above matters; and,

It is further ordered that notice of said hearing shall be, and by copy hereof is hereby given to the heirs, devisees, and legatees by mailing a copy of this Notice and Order with postage prepaid to each of said persons at their place of residence and by publication once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in this County.

Dated this 2nd day of August, 2011.s/Loren E. Angle

Judge of the District Courts/Sam L. Stein, Esq., OBA# 12498Law Office of Sam L. Stein, P.L.L.C.305 South GrandP.O. Box 223Cherokee, OK 73728Tel. (580) 596-3000Fax (580) 596-3004Attorney for Personal Representative

LegaL notice

Published in the Cherokee Messenger & Republican Thursday, Aug. 11, and Thurs-day, Aug. 18, 2011. 2t

in the district courtof aLfaLfa county state

of okLahomapb-2010-30

In the Matter of the Estate of Paul G. Murrow, Deceased.amended notice hearing finaL

account, and petition for order aLLowing finaL account,

determination of heirs, devisees and Legatees and for finaL decree of distribution.

NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN, That Charles F. Murrow, Personal Representa-tive of the estate of Paul G. Murrow, de-ceased, have filed in the about Court and cause, their Final Account and Petition for

Order Allowing Final Account, Determina-tion of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees and for Final Decree of Distribution, and that Monday, the 29th day of August, 2011, at 9:30 am, in the District Court Room, City of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, has been fixed as the time and place for hear-ing thereof, when any person interested in said estate may appear and contest the same as provided by law.

Date this 2nd day of August, 2011./s/Loren E. Angle

Judge of the District CourtDal L. Houston, OBA #17065BENSON & HOUSTON, P.L.L.C.Attorney for EstateP.O. Box 488Alva, Oklahoma(580) 327-1197

LegaL notice


in the district courtof aLfaLfa countystate of okLahomacase no. pb-2011-23

IN THE MATTER OF JANICE M. HOOD, Deceased.

notice of hearing petitionfor Letters of administration,

appointment of personaL representative, determination

of heirs, and order waiving inventory and appraisementNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all

heirs, legatees and devisees of Janice M. Hood, Deceased, that on the 4th day of August, 2011, there was produced and filed in this Court a Petition praying that a probate be opened, that Letters of Adminis-tration, requiring no bond, issue to Clifford W. Hood, as Personal Representative, and that the heirs, beneficiaries, legatees and devisees be determined by the Court, and that the Court waive the preparation and filing of a General Inventory and Appraise-

ment herein.Pursuant to an Order of this Court

made on the 4th day of August, 2011, no-tice is hereby given that said Petition will be heard in the District Courtroom, Alfalfa County Courthouse, City of Cherokee, Oklahoma, on the 30th day of August, 2011 at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at which time all persons interested may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said Petition should not be granted.

Witness my hand this 8th day of Au-gust, 2011.

/s/ Loren E. AngleLoren E. Angle

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURTKELLI J. SCHOVANEC, OBA#21349ELLIOTT, ENABNIT, SCHOVANEC & KELLY, P.L.L.C.114 East Broadway, Suite 500P. O. Box 5589Enid, OK 73702-5589(580) 234-9300(580) 233-1177 (facsimile)Attorneys for Petitioner(s)

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KAYLA CASTLE, 17-year-old daughter of Kent and Paula Castle, was crowned the Fairview Wrangler Rodeo Queen July 29. She's shown with the tiara and custom sad-dle she was presented. Her grandparents are Richard and Cecelia Castle of Jet and Lavere Cash of Cherokee. Kayla will be a junior at Timberlake High School. She served as the Waynoka Rodeo queen in 2010.

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Oklahoma's new "voter ID" law, enacted in 2010 by the overwhelming passage of State Question 746, went into effect on July 1.

The law requires all voters to produce a government-issued form of identification to prove their identity before they are al-lowed to vote. A document used for proof of identity must in-clude the owner's name, which must match his or her name on their voter registration record, a photograph of the bearer, and an expiration date that is later than election day.

"Your name on your proof of identity must match your name

in the precinct registry," said Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein.

Voters whose full legal name is on both their proof of identity and on their voter registration record should have no problem at the polls. However, voters whose names have changed due to marriage or divorce, and vot-ers who may have registered to vote under a nickname or a variation of their full legal name, may encounter difficul-ties.

"Voters who don't have proof of identity, or whose name on the voter registration record does not match the name on

New law requires ‘voter ID’ at pollstheir proof of identity, will have to vote by provisional ballot." Stein said.

"I want to encourage all regis-tered voters in Alfalfa County to verify that they have registered to vote using the same name that appears on their driver li-cense or other primary form of identification," said Stein.

In order to verify voter regis-tration information, voters may contact the Alfalfa County Elec-tion Board at (580) 596-2718, or they may visit the State Elec-tion Board Polling Place Loca-tor website (http://www.ok.gov/elections/ppl/index.php) and en-ter the information requested.

The voter's name will display as it appears in the voter registra-tion database.

A voter who wants to change his or her name on their voter registration record must fill out and mail a new Oklahoma voter registration application form.

The form is available online at www.elections.ok.gov, at all tag agencies and at most librar-ies and post offices in Oklaho-ma.

Voter registration applica-tions may be submitted at any time, but must be received at least 24 days before an election for the change to be in effect for the election.

Members of the Cherokee FFA Chapter recently attended the 39th annual Oklahoma FFA Alumni Leadership Camp at Camp Tulakogee near Wagoner July 3-16..

Representing the Cherokee FFA Chapter were Sabrina Wil-ber, Jessica Unruh, Grant De-Witt, Macy Starks, Taryn Caru-thers, Kristen Shepard, Braden Waugh and Connor Hester.

This year’s camp focused on communication skills. Special presenters included motivational speakers Bill Cordes, Sam Glenn and veterinarian turned hypno-tist, Dr. Al Snyder.

The camp is planned and conducted by the 2011-12 state FFA officer team, which includes Courtney Maye, president, Ha-worth; Brandon Baumgarten, sec-retary, Oilton; Kaleigh Lynch, re-porter, Owasso; Andrew Aldridge, central vice president, Coman-che; Joshua Conaway, northwest vice president, Ringwood; Justin Turner, southwest vice president, Cement; Kristal Williams, south-east vice president, Latta; and Hannah Nemecek, northeast vice president, Skiatook.

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