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Inside Sports: Lady Lions prepares for season

On July 31, 1975 James Riddle Hoffa, one of the

most influential Americanlabor leaders of the 20th cen-

tury, disappears in Detroit,Michigan, never to be heard

from again. Though he is pop-ularly believed to have beenthe victim of a Mafia hit, con-clusive evidence was neverfound, and Hoffa’s death

remains shrouded in mysteryto this day.

“You are the light of the world.A town built on a hill cannotbe hidden. In the same way,

let your light shine before oth-ers, that they may see yourgood deeds and glorify your

Father in heaven.”

-Matthew 5:14,16

The Bryan County Republicans& Conservatives Club will be

showing the film RonaldReagan: Rendezvous with

Destiny as their monthly meet-ings begin again as we preparefor the 2012 election season,

and providing updates on polit-ical happenings across our dis-

trict. You are welcome toattend on Monday, August 1 at6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall

of First Church of theNazarene, located at South 9th& Texas Streets, just south of

Main in Durant.

The Bryan County Republicans& Conservatives Club

Barber has witnessed

history fromthe chair

He’s shaved the beard of for-mer Oklahoma Gov.William

“Alfalfa Bill” Murray.He’s cut “Spanky’s” hair, and

he’s trimmed the sideburns ofcountry singer Hank

Thompson.Even pro football player WesWelker grew up getting hair-cuts where Harold Kennedy

still works the scissors and hissix guitar strings.

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Cattle sales jump,prices down during drought

BY LESLIE BOYDSTAFF WRITER

It’s been a hot and drysummer around the area,which is causing troublefor local ranchers.

Due to the lack ofrain, ranchers are sellingtheir cattle because it’sbecome more expensiveto keep them. According

to Robert Bourne of theOSU Extension Office,feed prices are continu-ing to rise on an almostdaily basis.

“They’re having tobuy feed to keep theircattle healthy,” saidBourne. “A lot of ranch-ers are just sellingbecause they can’tafford the feed.”

Cattle prices are downbecause the volume isup. “We’re getting a lotof cattle in, so that dropsthe prices. Prices will goright back up when theranchers go to buyback,” said Bourne.

The drought causesless forage to grow forthe cattle to eat andwhat forage is available

is of poor quality. Thewater is also a concern.The increasingly hottemperatures cause thewater to evaporate andgrow bacteria whichharm the animals.“There’s algae thatgrows and if the live-stock drink that, it cancause harm or even killthem,” said Bourne.

The cattle is sold tothe livestock market.From there, the animalsgo to surrounding statesthat have had rain.“Places like Arkansas,Kansas, and some othersthat aren’t in a droughtare buying,” saidBourne. “Some of thesestates have even had toomuch rain.”

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Drought has hit BryanCounty causing manyranchers to sell cattle asthey are unable toafford the rising cost offeed.

Senator Brecheen sits in on United Way meeting

DURANT DEMOCRAT: LESLIE BOYD

SENATOR JOSH BRECHEEN and Democrat Publisher and United Way board member, Chris Allen wereamong those attending the United Way meeting Friday afternoon, listening to various upcoming projectsand some concerns.

Man wantedlocally on chargeof sending nudeimage released

from jail in TexasBY MATT SWEARENGIN

MANAGING EDITOR

A Texas man chargedwith sending a nudeimage of himself to a 12-year-old Bryan Countyboy has been arrested andreleased.

According to the BryanCounty Sheriff’s Office,Carlos Dominguez, 18,Telephone, was arrestedand booked into theFannin County Jail, how-ever he bonded out of jailthere last week, and localauthorities plan to seek agovernor’s warrant tohave him brought toOklahoma.

He was charged inBryan County earlier thismonth with soliciting aminor for indecent expo-sure/obscene material.

According to a proba-ble-cause affidavit byBryan County Sheriff’sInvestigator JohnHoffpauir, authoritiesbecame aware of thealleged incident after theboy’s mother reported it toauthorities.

Speaking on conditionof anonymity, she told theDemocrat that her son metDominguez when shetook her children to aSherman, Texas, pool.She said her son told herthat he had met this guywho was “really cool.”

The man, according tothe mother, expressed thesame interests as the boysuch as motocross andFox racing.

“Of course, my son bit,hook, line and sinker,” shesaid.

The boy gave him hiscell phone number,according to the mother,and she told him heshould not have done that.Later that evening, theboy told his mother whenthe man asked him to senda picture.

“We got home thatnight and he (Dominguez)started texting,” the moth-er said. “I noticed at thepool that he was payingtoo much attention to him.The guy who was textinghim asked for pictures.”

The mother said theincident brought up redflags because an 18-year-

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Oklahoma Supreme Court sets hearing in bribery case

BY TIM TALLEYASSOCIATED PRESS

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — The OklahomaSupreme Court hasagreed to hear a formerstate senator’s request todismiss a bribery chargeagainst her and sched-uled oral arguments forSeptember.

Former Sen. DebbeLeftwich, D-OklahomaCity, faces briberycharges along with Rep.Randy Terrill, R-Moore.Prosecutors say Terrilloffered Leftwich an$80,000-a-year job atthe state MedicalExaminer’s Office inexchange for Leftwichnot running for re-elec-tion and clearing theway for Republican Rep.Mike Christian ofOklahoma City to run.Christian has not beencharged a crime and isexpected to be a witness.

Leftwich’s attorney,Robert McCampbell,filed a motion to dismissthe charge that maintainsLeftwich is exempt from

prosecution for allegedwrongdoing in the per-formance of her profes-sional duties under thespeech and debate clauseof the OklahomaConstitution.

The court scheduledoral arguments from herdefense, OklahomaCounty District AttorneyDavid Prater and attor-neys for the OklahomaSenate for Sept. 13,according to an entryposted Thursday on theSupreme Court’s web-site. The entry also saysLeftwich’s case is onhold until the courtmakes a decision.

The Senate’s attor-neys also will have achance to express law-makers’ concerns aboutlanguage in a recentCourt of CriminalAppeals decision deny-ing Leftwich’s motion todismiss, the entry said.

“Obviously, theLegislature has a hugestake in the issue,” saidLee Slater, an attorneyfor the state Senate.

The appeals court said

in its June decision thatthe state constitution’sspeech and debate clause“includes an expressexception for felonies,”a conclusionMcCampbell has said is“just flat inaccurate.”

Slater said state law-makers are concernedthat the appellate courtruling will essentiallygut lawmaker’s immuni-ty under the speech anddebate clause for theirofficial actions.

“It is a very importantpart of the legislativeprocess,” Slater said.“Our legislators need tofunction without fearthat they will be hailedinto court for their leg-islative action.”

Prosecutors haveargued against dis-missal, saying actionsperipheral to a lawmak-er’s work are not exemptfrom prosecution underthe state constitution.They say the positionoffered to Leftwich wascreated and funded intwo pieces of legislationpassed by lawmakers in

2010 but vetoed by for-mer Gov. Brad Henryonce the allegations sur-faced. They also sayTerrill pressured offi-cials at the MedicalExaminer’s Office tohire Leftwich when hewas chairman of thebudget subcommitteethat authorized fundingfor the office.

Terrill has not formal-ly joined in Leftwich’smotion. His attorney,Stephen Jones, has saidany ruling on the issuewould affect Leftwichand Terrill alike. Bothhave pleaded not guilty.

McCampbell and FirstAssistant DistrictAttorney Scott Rowlanddeclined to comment onthe Supreme Court’sdecision to hear the case.

Leftwich eventuallydeclined to run for re-election. If convicted,she and Terrill couldface up to two years inprison and fines of up to$1,000. A felony convic-tion also would lead toTerrill’s removal fromoffice.

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old should not have aninterest in a 12-year-old.She said she then took herson’s phone and pretend-ed to be her son.

“Everything kids wouldbe interested in, that iswhat he would hit on,” themother said.

She said thatDominguez sent messagestelling the boy not to tell

his mother, and that hewanted to earn the moth-er’s trust so he could takeher children with him.

“I wanted to have noth-ing to do with it, but Iknew I had to,” the moth-er said. “I knew if I didn’tother kids would be hurt.

“As parents, we havegot to be on top of things.If you’ve got a (bad) feel-ing, don’t ignore it.”

Hoffpauir said thatDominguez, upon ques-

tioning, admitted to send-ing pictures and also ask-ing the boy for pictures.

Hoffpauir credited theboy with telling his moth-er about the incident.

“The kid was comfort-able enough with hismama to do the right thing

and go tell her,” he said.According to

Hoffpauir, there havebeen several incidentssimilar to this one inDurant, and as the motherdid in this case, heencourages parents to callpolice.

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to Lowell & Lillian MasseyPennington in Tishomingo,OK. He went to be withhis Lord on July 28,2011. Grady earned hisdegree in Journalism aswell as a PhD inB u s i n e s sAdministration from theUniversity of Oklahoma.Upon completion of hisPhD, Grady served asDirector of Admissions &Records at Oklahoma Baptist University. He thenwent on to take a teaching position at theUniversity of Central Oklahoma before beingnamed Vice President of Student Services. In 1975Grady began his entrepreneurial career at CrutchoLumber Co., which he owned and operated until1988. Grady made his final career move to becomethe Oklahoma State Director for the SmallBusiness Administration, recently retiring at theage of 80. In honor of his great accomplishments,the OSBDC building at Southeastern OklahomaState University in Durant, OK, carries his name.Grady is survived by his wife of 34 years, JanePennington, three sons – Grady L. Pennington Jr.,Jim Pennington, Phil Pennington; daughter PennyBrown; step-daughters Caroline Landwehr andMichelle Robison; their spouses and numerousgrandchildren. Grady was preceded in death by hisparents and youngest daughter, Reagan. Familyviewing will be Monday, August 1st from 5-7pm atBaggerley Funeral Home, Edmond, OK. A servicecelebrating Grady’s life will be held at Act 2Methodist Church in Edmond, OK, at 11amTuesday August 2nd. www.baggerley.com

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46.2 million pounds distributed to hungry Oklahomans

THE ADA NEWS

During Fiscal Year2011, the Regional FoodBank of Oklahoma distrib-uted a record-breaking46.2 million pounds offood and products througha network of more than825 partner agencies andschools throughout 53 cen-tral and western Oklahomacounties. In PontotocCounty alone, 394,495pounds of food were dis-tributed to the hungry.

“We distributed 27 per-cent more food this yearthan the previous year,”said Rodney Bivens, exec-

utive director of theRegional Food Bank. “InJune alone, we distributedmore than 3.6 millionpounds. Yet, many are stillstruggling with hunger.”

Oklahoma is the fifthhungriest state in thenation where nearly600,000 people are foodinsecure. The RegionalFood Bank providesenough food to help feedmore than 90,000 peopleeach week. The majorityof those served by thenonprofit are children,seniors living on fixedincomes, and workingfamilies who cannot make

ends meet. This year, the Regional

Food Bank will tacklehow to keep distributionlevels high while facingfinancial challenges and areduction in food dona-tions.

“Unfortunately, thecost for food, boxes, pack-aging materials and justabout everything we use todistribute food to peoplein need has gone up,” saidBivens. “Last year, wehad more food leaving ourshelves than we had com-ing in - and that’s a scarytrend. We distributed 2.4million pounds more in

Fiscal Year 2011 than wereceived. If this trend con-tinues, we will only have aten to 15 day supply offood, as opposed to ourforty-five to sixty-five daysupply.”

Donors and advocatesalso play an important rolein fighting hunger.

“The Regional FoodBank’s administrativecosts are below four per-cent, which means 96cents of every dollardonated helps to directlyprovide food toOklahomans in need,” saidBivens. “Every dollarcounts.”

Small business disaster loansavailable in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — The U.S. SmallBusiness Administrationhas announced that low-interest loans are avail-able for small — non-farm businesses affectedby severe weather in 73Oklahoma counties,including Bryan County.

SBA Disaster FieldOperations CenterDirector Alfred Juddsaid in a news releaseFriday that the loans areintended to offset eco-nomic losses since Jan.1. The SBA says thelosses were due to thecombined effects of

drought, wildfires,excessive heat, excessiverain, flooding, torna-does, lightning, highwinds, hail, blizzardsand freezes.

Four counties in farnortheastern Oklahomaare the only ones not eli-gible for the loans.

Small businesses inCrawford, Little River,Polk, Scott, Sebastian,Sevier counties inArkansas are also eligi-ble.

The deadline toapply is March 27, 2012.For more information,visit www.sba.gov.

Eighth annual Back 2 School Backpack DriveThe eighth annual Back

2 School Backpack Drive,a Families FeedingFamilies program, willbegin distributing schoolsupplies soon, and FFF isasking for the public’shelp.

They expect to distrib-ute approximately 2,000backpacks with suppliesto local schoolchildren,and they ask the public toconsider donating back-packs, supplies or finan-cial assistance.

The following items areneeded:

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— 3000 glue sticks— 1200 glue bottles— 1250 rulers— 3000 black or blue

pens— 1500 red pens— 750 composition

notebooks—1000 24-CT crayons—750 markers— 1000 backpacks

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— Many pencils— Many folders— Other supplies such

as water bottles, pencilbags, etc.

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Six small earthquakesrecorded in central Oklahoma

CHOCTAW (AP) —The OklahomaGeological Survey sayssix small earthquakeshave been recorded nearChoctaw in centralOklahoma.

No injuries or damagehave been reported as aresult of the quakes onFriday.

The survey says thelargest was magnitude 2.7and was recorded at 10:45p.m. Friday. The U.S.

Geological Survey gavethe quake a preliminarymagnitude of 2.8.

The Oklahoma agencysays a 2.4 magnitudequake was recorded at10:53 p.m. and a 2.6 mag-nitude quake at 10:56 p.m.

The other three quakesranged from magnitude1.3 to 2.1.

Geologists say earth-quakes of magnitude 2.5to 3 are generally thesmallest felt by humans.

QUINTON (AP) — TheOklahoma Highway Patrolsays a fifth person has diedof injuries suffered when atractor-trailer rig crashedinto a horse-drawn buggyin southeastern Oklahoma.

The patrol reports that18-year-old Colby Finchdied Thursday at a Tulsahospital where he wastaken following theWednesday night accidenton State Highway 31 inPittsburg County. The crashnear Quinton also killed38-year-old Paul Ogden,28-year-old Lee Ogden, 4-year-old Emma Ogden and5-year-old MeckennenOgden.

Investigators say thebuggy was eastbound in themiddle of the roadwayabout 10:40 p.m. when itwas hit from behind by thesemi.

The driver of the semiwas not injured and toldtroopers he did not see thebuggy on the dark roadway.

Fifth person dies insemi-buggy crash in

southeastern OklahomaOklahoma officials have no contingency for default

BY SEAN MURPHYASSOCIATED PRESS

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — With the unprece-dented possibility of a fed-eral government default,state officials in Oklahomaacknowledge they have nocontingency plan in place ifthe billions of dollars in fed-eral funds flowing into thestate were to suddenly stop.

As debate raged inWashington on raising thenation’s debt limit beforeTuesday’s deadline, littleinformation has been pro-vided to states on how thegovernment will decidewhich bills to pay if the bor-rowing limit isn’t increased.

“We have a lot of con-cerns, because no oneknows what the true impactof a default would mean,”said State Treasurer KenMiller, an economist whoreturned late last week froma trip to Washington. “Onething we know for certain isthat the result would be

bad.”Administration officials

say without an increase inthe debt limit, the govern-ment will not be able to payall of its bills, and U.S.Treasury SecretaryTimothy Geithner haswarned that a federaldefault could be catastroph-ic for an economy stillrecovering from the worstrecession in decade.

In Oklahoma, state offi-cials say there are two gen-eral areas of concern: theestimated $4 billion in gov-ernment-backed securitiesheld by the state and the bil-lions of federal dollars sentto the state every year in theform of social security orfederal wages paid to indi-viduals or funding for stateagencies.

“At this point, we’re stilldependent on Washingtonfor a solution to this crisis,”Preston Doerflinger, direc-tor of the Office of StateFinance, said in an e-mailto The Associated Press.

“Oklahoma agency offi-cials who have contactedtheir federal counterpartshave gotten very littleinformation on how statescould deal with a potentialcutoff of federal funding.

“We’ve tried to think ofany contingency efforts toease the disastrous effect ofa sudden stoppage of fed-eral payments to the stateand our citizens, but it’s notas if we have a large pot ofmoney available to make adifference.”

Officials with theOklahoma Health CareAuthority, which adminis-ters the state’s Medicaidprogram, said they arepreparing for the possiblesuspension of federalfunds if Congress doesn’tmeet Tuesday’s deadline.The authority, which usesabout $57.5 million eachweek in federal funding,has only enough to makeits next weekly paymentcycle, said CEO MikeFogarty.

The Durant AreaChamber of Commerceannounces theLeadership Durant Classfor 2011- 2012.

The following candi-dates will begin theyearlong program inAugust: Stanley Alluisi,Kimberly Campbell,Rhonda Coward, MaryJo Diessner, LoriGreenway, CrystalHames, CarolynHendrickson, JeremiahLynch, CourtneyMcGill, Shayla Nesby,Justin Scott, Matt Sitton,Kris Stepp, YvonneWomeldorff and JustinYoung.

The Durant AreaChamber of Commerceis pleased to have such adistinguished group ofmen and women com-mitted to a yearlong pro-gram,” said Janet Reed,executive director of thechamber. “Throughoutthe year they will learnmore about their city,

county, state and coun-try.

“Leadership Duranthelps them to develop orfurther enhance theirleadership skills. Theywill exit the class havingidentified and molded

specific leadershipskills.

“We are excited andlook forward to thebeginning of our year-long schedule onThursday, August 25,2011.”

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Downtown Durant has many unique things to offerWhat does the

Downtown have tooffer? It’s different, spe-cial, and original. That’sjust the beginning.

You can get to knowwho you’re doing busi-ness with, and they canget to know you.

You can build a rela-tionship with them.

I patronize our localbusinesses, but it’s notoften that I have anopportunity to justshop.

Last Saturday, I wasable to spend some timeon this.

I had a baby gift, twowedding presents, andone birthday present tobuy.

I wanted it to besomething differentthan what everyone elsegave them. There’s nota better place to getthings that are uniquethan Downtown. When Iwalked out of the stores,I had the gifts individu-

ally bagged with tissuepaper ready to hand tothe recipient.

M o s tDowntown busi-nesses willeither gift bagor wrap yourpurchases.

This is justone of the serv-ices that arehard to find.Some will evendeliver.

What kind ofunique gifts canyou findDowntown?

I’ll mention some andleave out many, but thelist will give you anidea.

Many of our busi-nesses have antiques.Most have special littleitems that you can findonly in one place local-ly.

Do you need a senior,individual, or familyportrait?

I can help you locatean excellent photogra-pher who has reason-

able prices. Do you need

C h r i s t i a nbooks, gifts orsupplies?

T r yD o w n t o w n .Would you liketo grab some-thing to eatwhile youshop? Come onD o w n t o w n .Downtown hasa variety ofr e s t a u r a n t s

with another to opensoon. We have clothingin all price ranges, withsizes ranging from oneend of the spectrum tothe other.

We also have sometop-notch service busi-nesses. You can get yourphotographs and artframed.

What else can youfind? Bridal fashions,

tuxedo rental, footwear,furniture, appliances,office supplies, cosmet-ics, lumber, hardware,yard décor, flowers,musical instruments andsupplies, custom autoaccessories, pagers, cellphones, electrical sup-plies, and more.

Our Street Carnivalhas been set for October1 from 5-7:30 p.m.Mark your calendars.We want to make thisbigger than ever sincethe proceeds fund ourShopping Spree.

Our PromotionCommittee has somegreat ideas, and thebusinesses always come

through to make itexciting.

If your business ororganization would liketo offer an activity,please contact ouroffice. Volunteers aregreat! We would like towelcome our newestMain Street Member,Generations and MerleNorman Studio. Bothare located in the oldOpera House, 202 WestEvergreen.

Owners StephanieWilliams and DebbieLuke are excited to bemembers.

Merle Norman hasbeen a fixture in Durantretail for 35 years and

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Generations openedone year ago as a com-plimentary store toMerle Norman whichallows customers toshop a variety of prod-ucts in one location.

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Durant’s Potter’s Sausage tomerge with Williams Sausage

DURANT, Okla. andUNION CITY, Tenn.,PRNewswire — J.C.Potter and WilliamsSausage Co., both ofwhom have been pro-ducers of premiumquality food productsfor more than 50 years,are joining forces andannounced the forma-tion of a joint venture.

Upon the closing ofthe agreement, Williamsand Potter will eachacquire a 50% interestin the joint venture,which will be calledPotter PremiumSausage, LLC.

The companies havealready committed morethan $15 million in cap-ital investments in orderto improve and expandtheir sausage and sand-wich production capa-bilities.

The joint venturebrings together twomarket-leading compa-nies with complementa-ry capabilities and sig-nificant strategic inter-ests in developing andexpanding their currentdistribution networks,primarily in the SouthCentral and SouthEastern United States.

Both companies havecreated a portfolio ofpowerful regionalbrands, many of whichhold market leadingpositions. The J.C.Potter and WilliamsSausage Company part-nership will have signif-icantly increasedresources to service itscustomers and will beable to leverage theirrespective corestrengths to create astronger more viablecompetitor in the mar-ket place.

“Their high-qualityproducts, world class

manufacturing facilityand family valuesmakes WilliamsSausage a perfect part-ner for J.C. Potter,” saidTom Dalton, CEO of JCPotter SausageCompany.

“For the past half acentury, the folks at J.C.Potter have taken greatpride in providing ourcustomers and con-sumers with high-quali-ty, delicious products.We are confident thisjoint venture will pro-vide our customers withthe promise and poten-tial for many exciting

growth initiatives in thefuture. The partnershipwill create a deeper tal-ent pool that willimprove existing prod-ucts and enhance newproduct development toaccelerate growth atboth companies.”

Roger Williams,President of WilliamsSausage Co. said, “Weshare similar prioritiesand cultures whichfocus on food safety andquality, customer serv-ice and improving ourproductivity, which willnaturally lead us tomore growth.

“This joint venture isan important step in ourstrategy to accelerategrowth in our core geo-graphic areas. We areexcited about the oppor-tunity to work with theteam at JC Potter toachieve additionalgrowth with a highlyrecognized brand whichhas a well deserved rep-utation for quality andservice amongst its cus-tomers.” Founded inDurant in the late1940s, J.C. PotterSausage was purchasedin 1998 by AtlanticPremium Brands.

Leadership Durant class announced

B.C. Republicans to meetThe Bryan County

Republicans &Conservatives Club will beshowing the film RonaldReagan: Rendezvous withDestiny as their monthlymeetings begin again asthey prepare for the 2012election season. Anyoneinterested is welcome toattend on Monday, August1 at 6:30 p.m. in theFellowship Hall of FirstChurch of the Nazarene,located at South 9th &Texas Streets, just south ofMain in Durant. For moreinformation, email bryan-countygop@yahoo.com.

OPINIONThe debt ceiling looms.

Confusion reigns. Schemesabound. We are deep in a holewith only three ways out: theMcConnell Plan, the G6 Planand the Half-Trillion Plan.

— The McConnell essen-tially punts the issue till afterElection Day 2012. A goodlast resort if nothing elseworks.

— The G6, proposed bythe bipartisan Gang of Sixsenators, reduces 10-yeardebt by roughly $4 trillion. Ithas some advantages, evenlarger flaws.

— The Half-Trillion raisesthe debt ceiling by thatamount in return for an equalamount of spending cuts. Atthe current obscene rate ofdeficit spending — about$100 billion a month — ityields about five months’respite before the debt ceilingis reached again.

In my view, the Half-Trillion is best: It is clean,straightforward, yields realcuts, averts the current crisisand provides until year-end tonegotiate a bigger deal. At thesame time, it puncturesPresident Obama’s thus farpolitically successful strategyof proposing nothing in pub-lic, nothing in writing, noth-ing with numbers, while leak-ing through a pliant presssupposed offers of surpassingscope and reasonableness.

As part of this pose,Obama had threatened toveto any short-term debt-ceil-ing hike. Which has becomeObama’s most vulnerablepoint. Is the catastrophe ofdefault preferable to a dealthat gives us, say, five monthsto negotiate something moresignificant — because itdoesn’t get Obama throughElection Day?

Which is why Obama isalready in retreat. OnWednesday, press secretaryJay Carney showed the firstcrack by saying the presidentwould accept an extension ofa few days if needed to com-plete an already agreed long-term deal.

Meaning that he wouldexercise his veto if that largerdeal required several monthsrather than several days? Callhis bluff. Let the House passthe Half-Trillion. Dare him toput America into defaultbecause he deems a short-term deal insufficientlygrand. After all, it dovetailsperfectly with parts of the G6,for which the president hasexpressed support and whichexplicitly allocates roughlythe same amount of time —six months — to work out thegrander $3 trillion to $4 tril-lion deal.

The G6 convenientlycomes in two parts. Part Oneputs immediately into effect,yes, a half-trillion dollars incuts, including a more accu-rate inflation measure (thatover time greatly reducesSocial Security costs) andrepeal of the CLASS Act (thelesser-known of the two newObamacare entitlements, afiscally ruinous, long-term-care Ponzi scheme).

Part Two of the G6 is far

more problematic. It man-dates six months of commit-tee negotiations over the bigones — Medicare, SocialSecurity, discretionary spend-ing caps and tax reform.Unfortunately, the Medicareand Social Security parts areexceptionally weak — nomention of any structuralchange, such as raising theeligibility age to matchlongevity. As for the spendingcaps, I wouldn’t bet my dog’sfood bowl on their durability.

On tax reform, the G6calls for eliminating deduc-tions, credits, exclusions andexemptions to reduce ratesacross the board. The new taxrates — top individual ratebetween 23 percent and 29percent — would bring usback to Reagan levels (28percent). This would be agood outcome, but the num-bers thus far are fuzzy andsome are contradictory.Moreover, those negotiationshave yet to begin.

In principle, however, ifthe vast majority of the rev-enue raised by closing loop-holes goes to rate reduction,and if the vast majority of thenet revenue raised comesfrom the increased economicactivity spurred by loweringrates and eliminating ineffi-ciency-inducing loopholes,the trade-off would be justi-fied. We shall see.

What to do now? TheHouse should immediatelypass the Half-Trillion Plan,thereby putting somethingeminently reasonable on thetable that the president willhave to address with a seriouscounterproposal using actualnumbers. If the counterpro-posal is the G6, Republicansshould accept Part One withits half-trillion dollars in cuts,consumer price index changeand repeal of the CLASS Act,i.e., the part of the G6 that isenacted immediately and thatis real. Accompany this witha dollar-for-dollar hike in thedebt ceiling, yielding almostexactly the time envisioned inthe G6 to work out granderspending and revenuechanges — and defer anyaction on Part Two until pre-cisely that time.

The Half-Trillion with orwithout the G6 Part One: ceil-ing raised, crisis deferred,cuts enacted and time grantedto work out any GrandCompromise. You can’t getmore reasonable than that.

Do it. And dare the presi-dent to veto it.

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The start of school isright around the corner,and that means time forimmunizations.

Getting childhoodimmunizations within theproper time frame is thebest defense against dis-eases such as the measles,chicken pox and whoopingcough.

The Department ofHealth warns that withoutthese immunizations, chil-dren can get a variety ofdiseases that can lead tomental retardation, heartdefects and pneumonia.So I want to encourage allparents, whether you havetoddlers or college fresh-men, to be sure that yourchildren's shot records areup to date.

Children in kindergartenthrough the 12th grade arerequired to have the pri-mary series of the follow-ing vaccines: DTaP (4doses), polio (3 doses),MMR (1 dose), hepatitis B(3 doses), hepatitis A (2doses) and varicella (1dose) and booster doses ofDTaP and polio vaccinesand a second dose ofMMR. A second dose ofvaricella vaccine is alsorecommended by theDepartment of Health at 4to 6 years of age, but isn'trequired in Oklahoma.

Although the next vac-

cines aren't required forschool, they are stronglyrecommended for adoles-cents and teenagers. Fourvaccines are recommendedfor all adolescents at 11 to12 years of age and allteens 13 through 18 yearswho have not yet receivedthe vaccines:

* Meningococcal vac-cine to protect against 4types of meningitis as the

risk for this diseaseincreases between ages 15and 24 years.

* Tdap vaccine, a boost-er against tetanus, diphthe-ria and whooping cough,as immunity decreasesover time.

* Human papillo-mavirus vaccine to protectagainst viruses that cause70 percent of cervical can-cer and 90 percent of geni-tal warts in the U.S.

* A second dose of vari-cella vaccine for the bestprotection.

There's a program calledVaccines for Children foradolescents and teens up to

the age of 18 who have nohealth insurance, are eligi-ble for SoonerCare(Oklahoma's Medicaidprogram), are NativeAmerican or AlaskanNative, or if their healthinsurance doesn't covervaccines or doesn't cover aparticular vaccine.However, once teens reach19 years of age, they are nolonger eligible for this pro-gram.

All college students arerequired to have MMR andhepatitis B vaccines andfirst-time college enrolleeswho will live on campusare also required to havethe meningococcal vac-cine.

If you haven't alreadygotten your children's vac-cines, don't worry.Children can start schoolas long as they are in theprocess of complying withthe requirements. If youhaven't completed therequired series and boost-ers, you can get a schedulefrom their doctor or clinicthat shows the dates whenthey'll receive the rest ofthe doses. Parents can thentake the schedule to theschool, but the childrenmust be started on theseries.

If you have any ques-tions about back-to-schoolvaccinations, check with

your health care provider,call your county healthdepartment, or theOklahoma StateDepartment of Health'sImmunization Service at(405) 271-4073.

Also don't forget aboutthe upcoming Back-to-School Sales Tax Holidayweekend, Friday, August 5- Sunday, August 7. Underthe current law, every dayclothing and shoes valuedat less than $100 can bepurchased free of sales taxduring that time. To learnmore about this year'sBack to School Sales TaxHoliday including whatitems are exempt fromsales tax, visitwww.tax.ok.gov/stholi-d a y . h t m l<http://www.oksenate.gov/news/press_releases/press_releases_2010/www.tax.ok.gov/stholiday.html>

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To contact me at theCapitol, please write toSenator Josh Brecheen,State Capitol, 2300 N.Lincoln Blvd. Room 513A,Oklahoma City, OK,73105, email me atH Y P E R L I N K"mailto:brecheen@oksen-ate.gov" brecheen@oksen-ate.gov, or call (405) 521-5586.

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Inhofe, 453 RussellSenate Office Bldg.,Washington, DC 20510-3603, (202) 224-4721;(202)224-5754.

U.S. Senator TomCoburn, 133 HartBuilding, Washington,DC 20510, (202) 224-5754.

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StateGovernor Mary Fallin,

State Capitol, OklahomaCity, OK 73105, (405)521-2342.

State Rep. DustinRoberts, 2300 N. LincolnBlvd. Oklahoma City,OK 73105, (405) 557-7366.

State Sen. JoshBrecheen, 2300 N.Lincoln Blvd.,

Oklahoma City, OK73105, (405) 521-5586.

CountyDistrict 1 County

Commissioner MontyMontgomery, 924-5814;District 2 CountyCommissioner TonySimmons, (580) 283-3711; District 3 CountyCommissioner, JayPerry (580) 295-3737.They may be reached at402 W. Evergreen,Durant, OK 74701

CityMayor Jerry L.

Tomlinson, Vice-MayorTom Marcum,Councilperson BobbyStory, CouncilpersonLeon Sherrer,Councilperson Dr. JerryPolson. All may bereached at P.O. Box 578,Durant, OK 74702, 924-7222, or contact councilmembers by e-mail atcityaction@durant.org

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Dear Annie: My daugh-ter, “Julia,” is 16 and hasnot one true friend. Herfriends are all nice, politegirls and boys, but theyditch her on a regular basis.They cancel scheduled out-ings at the last minute ornever show up.

Julia is reliable, loyaland compassionate. Sheknows how to be a support-ive friend. I realize parentscan be blind to their child’sweaknesses, so I askedJulia’s teachers if she isimperious or condescend-ing or exhibits any antiso-cial behavior. They wereequally baffled, saying sheis an acknowledged peerleader and an excellent stu-dent, captain of the danceteam and co-editor of theschool paper.

Yesterday, the girl Juliaconsiders her closest friendonce again failed to showup for a pre-arranged activ-ity, never bothered to sayshe couldn’t make it anddidn’t respond to Julia’scalls or texts for threehours. This is someonewho has spent the night atour house, has been on ourfamily vacations and whoJulia has supportedthrough many emotionalups and downs.

This has gone on sinceelementary school, andJulia and I find such behav-ior puzzling and hurtful. Icannot tell if this is perva-sive behavior with me-cen-tric millennials, or if Juliasomehow attracts thewrong friends the waysome really great womenconsistently attract thewrong guy.

Julia has learned thatwhen she confronts friendsabout their behavior, theypunish her socially. Howshould I advise and supporther? -- Fuming Yet Again

Dear Fuming: We agreethat many kids these daysare thoughtless about keep-ing appointments, but wefind it more likely that Juliais hanging with a shallow,self-absorbed group.Teachers wouldn’t neces-sarily notice if her friendsfind her emotionally needyor somehow lacking insocial status. But truefriends do not treat you

poorly and then ostracizeyou when asked why.Support Julia by encourag-ing her to befriend kids in adifferent crowd. She seemstoo mature for the friendsshe has.

Dear Annie: My heartgoes out to “Numb inNevada,” whose son’s girl-friend became angry whenMom showed up at thehospital when she gavebirth, and now Mom hasbeen cut off from hergrandchild. We related tothe hospital incident,rebuffs to seeing the baby,the long list of wrongdo-ings, the silent treatmentand the declarations thatthey would dictate whetherwe would be allowed intotheir lives.

It has been five years forus. The grief stages wewent through in losing ourson and his family weredevastating. My advice:Forgive them, love them inyour heart, but protectyourself from the crueltythey dispense. “Numb”and I should start a supportgroup. There must be otherparents reeling from thistype of dysfunctional anddamaging behavior. --Coping in California

Dear Coping: There aretoo many parents whosechildren have cut them off.Fortunately, there is sup-port through AARP(aarp.org) at 1-888-OUR-AARP (1-888-687-2277),which has an online com-munity for grandparents inyour situation.

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By Kathy Mitchell &Marcy Sugar

BEVERLY HILLS--God bless America, andhow’s everybody?

McDonald’s agreed toremove French fries fromits Happy Meals Thursdayafter pressure from thefood police. The effect wasimmediate. There haven’tbeen this many apples inthe trash since Adam andEve started tasting them alluntil they found which onemade them naked.

CBS sportscaster PatO’Brien will host the EpicPoker League this fall star-ring the world’s best pokerplayers. It hopes to raisepoker to the level of MajorLeague Baseball, the NFLand the NBA. If the ratingsaren’t good the players willbe pressured to takesteroids to get better cards.

The New York Post saidFriday that four-star hotelshave begun planting radio-frequency chips in linensand robes and towels. Thehotels have had it. Theguests keep stealing theirtowels and raping themaids and they are deter-mined to do somethingabout the towel problem.

Hollywood Boulevarderupted in riotingWednesday when a raveconcert had to be calledoff. Thousands of teenspoured out onto the streetsmashing windows andoverturning cars. From the

helicopter view it lookedlike six Los Angeles highschools getting out at thesame time.

The London Mailreported on Thursday thatAmy Winehouse’s parentsbelieve the singer diedfrom withdrawal fromalcohol. The story scaredeveryone. Democrats say ifthe U.S. cuts spending toofast, Uncle Sam could befound dead in a Londonapartment by one of hisgroupies.

The White Houseclaimed Thursday thatJohn Boehner’s budget billwould ruin Christmas thisyear. They say it’ll re-ignitethe budget debate inDecember. There’s nothingDemocrats love more thanplaying Santa Claus andthen sending the bill to thepeople who got the pres-ents.

The White House urgedCongress to compromiseand reach a debt dealThursday. There’s noshortage of great ideas. Thepresident thought of a per-fectly American way tosolve the crisis, but the

Navy SEALs can’t breakinto the Treasury Buildingand eliminate the nationaldebt.

The White Housewarned of dire conse-quences if there’s no budg-et deal by Tuesday. Theysaid that the U.S. won’thave enough money to payall its bills. HopefullyMexico has plenty ofvacancies because if Chinadecides to foreclose wewill have to move into acheap rental country.

The White Housepushed a budget compro-mise Thursday whichwould raise the tax rates onwealthy Americans, how-ever government entitle-ments would be cut lessthan the cost of livingincrease. There’s a reasonthe rich are paranoid.Whoever heard of robbingpoor people?

President Obama wasasked by Democrats toraise the debt ceiling usinghis power under theFourteenth Amendment.That’s odd. The amend-ment says that anyone bornin the U.S. is a U.S. citizenbut why would Democrats,of all people, want to bringup the birth certificateissue?

USA Today reportedThursday on the boomingbusiness done in BeverlyHills pawn shops during

this recession. The pawn-brokers said their cus-tomers live month tomonth, have no propertyand no credit. A pickpock-et on Rodeo Drive camehome last night with threepounds of lint.

Oslo’s mass murdererAnders Breivik saidThursday he had his hairstyled and wore facebronzer before his killingspree because he wanted totake a handsome mug shot.That’s just galling. Muslimterrorists might be evil, butat least they’re not trying toget cast in a soap opera.

Al-Qaeda’s magazineInspire came outWednesday and it includeda gag photo making fun ofAnthony Weiner’s sex tex-ting. How reassuring. Wedon’t know where al-Qaeda’s new leader is hid-ing but anyone who’s twomonths behind on the jokescan’t be much of a threat toAmerica.

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Alaska (AP) — The huntfor Alaska’s most infa-mous serial murderer isabout to get theHollywood treatment.

Academy Award-win-ning actor Nicolas Cagewill star in “FrozenGround,” a movie detail-ing the police investiga-tion of serial killer RobertHansen, Variety reportedWednesday. He will playan Alaska State Trooperwho investigated the mur-ders.

Filming is scheduled tostart in Anchorage on Oct.10, a second major pro-duction filmed in Alaskain the last year. Filmingwrapped up last fall onDrew Barrymore’s“Everybody LovesWhales.”

Emmett Furla Films isfinancing the $27 millionCage project and produc-

ing with AmberEntertainment, Varietyreported. Messages leftfor both by TheAssociated Press weren’timmediately returnedWednesday.

Hansen, who got thenickname “the ButcherBaker,” was convicted in1984 after confessing tokilling 17 women and rap-ing another 30 in a 12-year span.

He received a 461 yearsentence and is incarcerat-ed at a state prison inSeward.

Hansen owned a bakeryin a downtown mini-mallin the 1970s and ‘80s. Helived across town with hiswife and children, andthey knew nothing of hisother life.

The construction of thetrans-Alaska pipeline inthe 1970s brought prosti-tutes, pimps, drug dealers

and con artists to Alaska’slargest city, all hoping topry away some of the bigmoney construction work-ers were pulling in.

Those who sought aquick buck left as abruptlyas they arrived inAnchorage, making sud-den disappearances com-monplace.

Glenn Flothe was thetrooper who put Hansenbehind bars. Now retired,he didn’t immediatelyreturn a message to the APon Wednesday.

But he told theAnchorage Daily Newsin 2008 that Hansen’svictims initially includedany woman who caughthis eye but that Hansenquickly learned that pros-titutes and strippers wereharder to track and lesslikely to be missed.

“He tried to make usthink that he had some

kind of moral code butthe reality was that thesestreet girls and the girls inthe bars were easier vic-tims,” Flothe told thenewspaper.

Hansen would abductthe women and take themto isolated places outsideAnchorage. Sometimeshe would drive; othertimes the licensed pilotwould fly.

Investigators said insome instances, he wouldrape the women butreturn them toAnchorage, warningthem not to contactpolice. Other times,authorities said he wouldlet the women go free inthe wilderness and thenhunt them with his rifle.

Officials only found 12bodies of the 17 womenhe confessed to killing.The others have neverbeen located.

NEWKIRK (AP) —A federal appeals courthas reinstated a lawsuitby the Kay ElectricCooperative against thecity of Newkirk overwho has the right toprovide electricity tothe Kay County Jail.

The decision washanded down Friday bythe 10th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals. Itreinstates a lawsuit dis-missed by U.S DistrictJudge Robin Cauthronin Oklahoma City inAugust.

Both entities offeredto provide electricity toa new county jail builtjust outside Newkirk’scity limits.

But Newkirk refusedto provide its sewageservices to the new jailunless it also purchasedits electricity from thecity.

Kay Electric suedNewkirk, accusing it of

attempted monopoliza-tion of electric servicesin violation of federallaw. Newkirk’s attorney,

Andy Lester ofEdmond, said he is dis-appointed with the deci-sion.

BY JEFF LATZKEASSOCIATED PRESS

ARDMORE (AP) —Oklahoma StateUniversity is nearingcompletion of a new $15million biosciencesresearch center inArdmore that will serveas a hub for scientistsstudying alternativefuels.

Vice President forAgricultural ProgramsBob Whitson saidFriday that the newthree-story building willeventually be able to

house about a dozen sci-entists and 20 to 30graduate students.

The university’sregents met Friday at thenew building locatedjust down the streetfrom the NobleFoundation, whichfocuses on plant scienceresearch and will be akey partner with OSU.

“It’s going to be a realcollaborative process,and it’s a great opportu-nity for OSU becauseNoble is a world-classresearch institution —and OSU is no slouch

either,” universityPresident Burns Hargissaid.

“This facility, I think,is the beginning of areally major emphasison this emerging area.”

Most of the buildingis completed, but con-struction is wrapping upon the east wing.

The center will openfor the upcoming schoolyear.

The red brick buildingfeatures laboratoryspace, offices and meet-ing rooms and sits on 90acres of land that can be

used for field research. Until now, some of

Oklahoma State’s scien-tists and their work hadbeen housed at theNoble Foundation.

“It’s a great facilityfor getting studentstogether, working onproblems, and they’ll bemostly supported withgrants — externalgrants,” Whitson said.“They’ll come in andthey’ll have an issue thatthey’re looking at.”

Whitson said the cen-ter will also provide acoordinating point for

OSU’s southernOklahoma field researchunits in Chickasha,Idabel and Valliant.

“We’re scattered, butthis is going to be kindof a central coordinatingpoint for a lot ofresearch and demonstra-tion,” Whitson said.

“This is kind of anewer model for us toutilize more locationsout around the state inorder to serve peoplebetter ... with addressingissues, questions of bio-fuels, how is it hittingOklahoma?”

Whitson said the cen-ter will feature a mix ofnew staffers and exist-ing Oklahoma Stateemployees who willmove to the building.It’s also set up so facul-ty members can teach acourse, or students canattend one, by telecon-ference with the univer-sity’s main campus 150miles north in Stillwater.

“I think it’ll be a veryimportant asset forOklahoma State,”Hargis said, “which inturn makes it an impor-tant asset for the state.”

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FSA offers Livestock Forage ProgramI wanted to make pro-

ducers aware of a pro-gram to help producerscope with this extendeddrought.

This livestock forageprogram is a DisasterProgram that coverspasture losses and feedneeds.

The program is basedupon the drought wehad beginning January4, 2011, and continu-ing. Cattle numbers arewhat were on hand the60 days immediatelybefore January 4th.

Listed below are thecriteria to qualify forthe forage program.

You must own orlease livestock and pas-ture and one of the fol-lowing:

— You purchasedNAP grazing coverageat the FSA office for2011

— You purchasedgrazing coverage from aprivate crop insuranceagent for 2011

—You are a begin-ning farmer or rancher(10 years or less in thebusiness)

— You are a member

of a group whose mem-bers have been subjectto racial or ethnic prej-udice without regard totheir individual quali-ties (minorities exclud-ing women)

—Your had 2008 and2009 Gross direct andindirect farm sales ofless than$146,400 andyour AdjustedGross income inthese years wasless than$22,050.

If you havenot signed upfor this programto avoid acreagereporting latefees you need tocall the FSAoffice at 924-4131 ext. 2 byMonday August1st and make anappointment to sign upfor the program.

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By Derrell S. Peel,Oklahoma StateUniversity ExtensionLivestock MarketingSpecialist

The expandingextreme drought in theSouthern Plains is caus-ing a significant accel-eration of cattle liqui-dation in the region.

In Oklahoma, thecombined total for fed-erally reported auctionsthe past two weeks has

shown a 56 per-cent increase infeeder cattlesales and a 205percent increasein cow and bullsales comparedto the same peri-od one year ago.

The auctiontotals includesignificant num-bers of double-stocked summerstockers fromthe Osage coun-try that are typi-

cally marketed this timeof year.

However, there arelarge numbers of cowsand lightweight feedercattle that are not typi-cally marketed this timeof year.

Most likely we areseeing a second wave ofcow liquidation made

up of cows with springborn calves that are justnow big enough to earlywean and sell.

We are receivingmany anecdotal storiesfrom auctions, bothlarge and small ofexcessive numbers offeeder cattle and cowsbeing marketed.Livestock haulers arebooked and it is diffi-cult to arrange shippingat this time.

Prices for slaughtercows, bred cows andcow-calf pairs havedropped sharply in thepast two weeks.

This is likely a tem-porary situation due, inpart, to the bottlenecksof selling and shippingso many animals in ashort period of time.

Producers are sellingbecause they have noother alternatives butthose with the ability topostpone sales for acouple of weeks mayfind the logistics aswell as the price better.

It is hard to say howlong the current bulgein cow liquidation willlast but most likely it

will be a matter of nomore than another 2-4weeks.

Unfortunately, manyof the cows are going toslaughter, contributingto additional cow herdliquidation.

Beef cow slaughter inFederal slaughterRegion 6, which over-lays the drought area, is16 percent higher forthe year to date com-pared to last year.

In the most recenttwo weeks of data, beefcow slaughter in Region6 is up 35 percent com-pared to the same peri-od last year.

Total U.S. beef cowslaughter for the year todate is down 2.7 percentbut the gap is closingdue to large slaughtertotals in the droughtarea.

For most weeks ofthe year, the nationaltotal beef cow slaughterhas been down com-pared to last year.

However, in the lastfour weeks of slaughterdata, the week to weektotals for beef cowslaughter have exceed-

ed year ago levels. The drought is not

only having devastatingimpacts for producersin the drought region,but is also impactingthe beef cattle industrynationwide and willhave impacts for severalyears.

By pushing beef cowslaughter close to lastyear’s record levels, thedrought insures addi-tional herd liquidationthat deepens the holefrom which the industrymust start to rebuild.The July Cattle reportconfirmed that the July1 beef cow herd wasdown 1 percent fromlast year but this surveyvalue likely does notreflect the acceleratedliquidation that hasoccurred so far in themonth of July.

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP)— The Wyandotte Nationof Oklahoma has filed alawsuit accusing the secre-tary of the U.S. Departmentof the Interior of failing totake the tribe’s land insouth-central Kansas intotrust for a casino.

The lawsuit, filed thisweek in the federal appealscourt in Washington, con-tends that the InteriorDepartment has to grant thetribe’s application becausethe tribe bought the 10.5acres in Park City, Kan.,with land-claim settlementfunds from a 1984 lawpassed by Congress, TheWichita Eagle reported in aFriday story.

The tribe, which is seek-ing to build a casino at thesite, claimed it never wasproperly reimbursed forland the government tookfrom it in Sandusky, Ohio,in 1843.

The tribe’s land-in-trustapplication has been pend-ing in the InteriorDepartment since January2009 and requires approvalby Interior Secretary KenSalazar, who is named inthe lawsuit.

“We were left with norecourse but to take actionagainst the department,”said Billy Friend, chief ofthe tribe. “We felt like wewere patient.”

The Interior Departmentrecently has begun consid-ering land-in-trust applica-tions for off-reservationcasinos from about 33tribes, including theWyandotte Nation.

The Wyandotte’s appli-cation is the only mandato-ry application on that list,Friend said.

“They have an obliga-tion to take the land intotrust and have failed in theirresponsibility,” he said.

He said the governmenthas 60 days to respond tothe suit.

BY KASEY FOWLERTHE WOODWARD NEWS

WOODWARD (AP) —A former Woodward resi-dent, student and middleschool teacher continuesto follow his calling to theministry.

Recently, at the age of80, Ray Myers receivedDoctor of Ministry degreefrom Christian BibleCollege and Seminary inIndependence, Mo.

Even though he hadalready had a masters andbeen ordained for years,Myers said he pursued histhe higher degree becauseof a higher power.

“The Holy Spiritimpressed upon me to getmy doctorate,” he said.

Myers began workingon his doctorate in Bostonin 2001 but stopped work-ing on his degree whenhis wife fell ill.

“My wife fell ill and Iwas the caretaker. Herbowel burst and she hadgangrene and we nearlylost her. Then, she hadhernias and cancer. Shehas cancer now. She istaking radiation at thecurrent time,” Myers said.

The couple movedback to Oklahoma City in2005, but Myers neverforgot about the work hehad started in Boston.

Last year he started work-ing on his degree again.

“I don’t like to leavethings unfinished. I like tohave my i’s dotted and myt’s crossed,” he said.

He completed thedegree in April of thisyear, but just sent off hisfinal paperwork.

Myers said he has alsoalways striven to be anexample to others,whether it’s believers inhis church or the studentshe taught.

“I always told my stu-dents they could do any-thing if they wanted tobad enough. I am proof ofthat,” Myers said, noting“If I can work hard and doit, other people can do it.”

Earning his doctorateat the age of 80, “givesme a feeling of accom-plishment,” he said.

Myers is a Woodwardarea native and still lovesthe town.

“I was born west ofWoodward,” he said, not-ing he went to school inFargo through his sopho-more year.

Then for “my juniorand senior year, I went toWoodward,” Myers said,noting he graduated fromWoodward High Schoolin 1949.

After graduating from

high school, Myersworked at JC Penney inWoodward while workingto get his bachelor’sdegree in elementary edu-cation from NorthwesternOklahoma StateUniversity.

“Almost all my hourswere done in night classesand by correspondence. Iwas assistant manager atJC Penney. I worked forPenney’s 17 years,” hesaid.

After earning his bach-elor’s degree, Myers start-ed teaching at Woodwardmiddle school in 1974.

“I taught in Woodwardfor 15 years. I taughtsocial studies,” he said,adding “I wouldn’t take amillion dollars for myteaching experience inWoodward; I enjoyedevery minute of it.”

While Myers wasteaching, his wife Barbararan Barbara’s CakesDelight.

In 1984, Myers becamea Licensed ProfessionalCounselor with a master’sdegree fromNorthwestern and wasordained the same year.

Myers said he turnedhis life over to God andthat lead him to the min-istry.

“I told the Lord I would

do anything he wanted meto do,” he said, notingthat’s when he “felt that Ishould become a preach-er.”

When Myers retiredfrom teaching in 1989, hewas already involved inministry.

“I pastored at Gage atthe First Assembly. I wasthere 2 and half years.Then the Lord called us toConnecticut to staff at alarge church as a coun-selor,” he said.

Myers said he andBarbara, were inConnecticut for 5 yearsbefore going to pastor achurch in Florida, Mo.and then Fairview, Okla.

Myers and his wife arenow pastoring at theBethel Assembly of Godin Oklahoma City.

In addition, he saidBarbara has written abook called “Dare toListen When God Wantsto Speak.”

“Part of it is about ourson that God took homein 2006. It is about Godcoming to her in a visiontelling her he had takenhim home. It should beout right after Christmas,”he said.

The couple also have adaughter, Teri, who livesin Boston.

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Barber has witnessed history from the chairBY ROBERT MEDLEY

THE OKLAHOMAN

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — He’s shaved thebeard of former OklahomaGov. William “Alfalfa Bill”Murray.

He’s cut “Spanky’s”hair, and he’s trimmed thesideburns of country singerHank Thompson.

Even pro football playerWes Welker grew up get-ting haircuts where HaroldKennedy still works thescissors and his six guitarstrings.

Kennedy, 87, sits in thebarber chair with his guitarin his lap between cus-tomers at Lakeside BarberShop, 7513 N May Ave.

Framed beneath a glasscounter are photos of

Kennedy in the 1950s. Inone photo is a sign thatreads, “Flat tops. Boogies.$1.” The pictures weretaken in the same shopwhere he still cuts hair.

Kennedy begins to playand sing “Red RiverValley” as other barberstrim hair at Lakeside,where he’s worked since1954.

Barber Jim Cork, 75, aformer owner of the shop,tells a story aboutKennedy’s attempts to playa fiddle a few decadesback.

“We had this customercome in here and Haroldwas trying to learn to playfiddle,” Cork said. “Hesaid, ‘What’s on theradio?’ I said, ‘I don’tknow,’ and he said, ‘Well

anything would be betterthan what we got onhere!’”

Cork laughed. Kennedydidn’t. He’s since stuck toguitar and leaves his fiddleat home.

Kennedy sang “You AreMy Sunshine” while Corkcut Clark Nye’s hair.

Nye, 67, an oil and gasman, has been getting hishair cut at Lakeside sincehe was in elementaryschool.

“This is a great barbershop,” Nye said. “I’ve got-ten to know all these guysand I really like it becauseof Jim and Harold.”

Kennedy, raised inSpencer, learned to cut hairfrom his father, WilliamRice Kennedy. After get-ting out of the Navy where

he served during WorldWar II, he went to barberschool. He started workingin 1949 at a shop in thebasement at the stateCapitol, where formerGov. Murray often wantedhis face shaved.

“He said, ‘don’t touchmy mustache,’” Kennedysaid, laughing.

Kennedy was the secondbarber hired at Lakesidewhen it was opened in1954 by former owner SamDavidson.

“The first barber hehired didn’t show up,”Kennedy said.

From 1954 through theearly 1960s, Kennedy reg-ularly cut HankThompson’s hair.Thompson lived just northof Wilshire Boulevard off

N May Avenue in a pinkhouse with a pink Cadillac.

Known for such hits as“The Wild Side of Life,”and “Six Pack to Go,”Thompson had a recordingstudio in his house beforehe became a CapitolRecords mainstay. Hewore his sideburns longerthan most at the time,Kennedy recalled as heplayed the melody of“Bubbles In My Beer,”which was recorded byThompson. While workingat a barber shop at NW 63and N Portland Avenue,Kennedy cut George“Spanky” McFarland’shair. McFarland, the childstar of “Little Rascals”fame, owned a barbecuerestaurant called“Spanky’s” at NW 39 and

N May Ave. in the mid-1960s. University ofOklahoma football All-American J.D. Roberts isstill a customer at Lakesidewhere Kennedy now worksFridays and Saturdays.

“One of the reasons Ikeep barbering is because Iget to come in and visitwith people,” Kennedysaid.

Today the shop is ownedby Nick Gorkuscha, 28,who bought it five yearsago from Cork.

“I learn from these guys,being around them andwatching them,”Gorkuscha said.

Kennedy said he doesn’thave immediate retirementplans.

“I don’t know, I’ll play itby ear,” he said.

Woodward alum earns doctor ofministry degree at age 80

State briefsTribe helps develop air traffic control institute

NORMAN (AP) — An Edmond-based companyis partnering with the Ada-based Chickasaw Nationto open an air traffic control research and trainingcenter in Norman.

Air Traffic Simulation Inc. plans to open AirTraffic Institute International inside the ChickasawNation Industries headquarters building. Air TrafficSimulation President Shahar Ladecky says the goalis to help speed the implementation of new technolo-gies in air traffic surveillance and air navigation andcommunication in an effort to make flying safer.

Ladecky says the institute will have space forabout two dozen students and that the instructorswill be retired international and domestic air trafficcontrollers.

Kirkpatrick family pledges $1M to Okla. City zoo

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma fam-ily will donate $1 million from two philanthropies itoperates to help build a new veterinary hospital at theOklahoma City Zoo.

The $650,000 donation from the KirkpatrickFamily Fund and $350,000 from the KirkpatrickFoundation were announced Thursday by ChristianKeesee.

Keesee is the chairman of foundation’s board oftrustees, president of the family fund and son of thelate Joan Kirkpatrick.

He told The Oklahoman that the gift is a tribute tohis mother.

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BY DANIEL WAGNER,DAVID K.RANDALL AND JONATHAN

FAHEYAP BUSINESS WRITERS

The word of the day infinancial markets: Anxious.

On Friday, traders didsomething they rarely do:they sold what are consid-ered to be the world’s safestshort-term investments.Traders typically buy shortterm U.S. Treasurys onFriday because they wanttheir money in a safe place incase something happensover the weekend to rattlemarkets.

But this week, theyinstead bought longer-dura-tion bonds as concerns grewthat the federal governmentmay not be able to pay all ofits bills next month. Yieldson bonds due in one monthrose higher than those due insix months. The higher theyield, the higher the impliedrisk of the bond.

Analysts say it’s a clearsign a short-term default is agrowing possibility.

The sell-off in short-termTreasurys shows that “themarket is very concerned,”said Thomas Tzitzouris,head of fixed incomeresearch at StrategasResearch Partners. “It’s notpanic, but we are pre-posi-tioning in case somethinggoes wrong over the week-end.”

Stocks continued a week-long slide after a dismalreport on economic growthadded to the anxiety. Majorindexes erased some of theirearly losses on Friday afterPresident Barack Obamasaid there were many pathsto a compromise on raisingthe debt limit.

The Dow Jones industrialaverage fell 96.87 points, or0.8 percent, to close at12,143.24

The combination of badeconomic news and growingworries about a possible debtdefault was evident in nearlyevery measure of investorconfidence:

— The Dow Jones indus-trial average had a sixthstraight day of losses, astring that has erased 581.17points.

— All 10 industry groupsin the S&P 500 stock indexfell.

— Gold rose nearly 1 per-cent to $1,631 an ounce.

— A measure of stockmarket volatility, the VIX,rose 6 percent.

— The cost to protectagainst a U.S. default withinthe next year reached arecord high. The cost toinsure Treasurys for oneyear jumped 54 percent thisweek.

Longer-term governmentbond prices rose as traderssaw them as less likely to beaffected by short-term posi-tioning in Washington. The

yield on the 10-yearTreasury bond fell to 2.79percent, its lowest level ofthe year. Bond prices movein the opposite direction oftheir yields.

The Standard and Poor’s500 index lost 8.39 points, or0.6 percent, to 1,292.28. TheNasdaq composite fell 9.87,or 0.4 percent, to 2,756.38

If Congress fails to act byTuesday, the U.S. may notbe able to pay all its financialobligations. That includes

interest payments on bondsand the salaries of federalemployees. A default onU.S. Treasury debt couldwreak havoc on financialmarkets and the economy.

Many analysts continueto believe a deal to raise thecountry’s borrowing limitwill be made before the Aug.2 deadline.

“It seems unlikely that

Congress would choosefinancial Armageddon oversome type of compromise,”said Joseph S. Tanious, amarket strategist with J.P.Morgan Asset Management.

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New mileage standards aim for less fuel, pollutionBY DINA CAPPIELLO AND

TOM KRISHERASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP)— President BarackObama and automakersushered in the largest cut infuel consumption since the1970s on Friday with a dealthat will save driversmoney at the pump anddramatically cut heat-trap-ping gases coming fromtailpipes.

The agreement pledgesto double overall fuel econ-omy to 54.5 mpg by 2025,bringing even greaterunder-the-hood changes tothe nation’s autos startingin model year 2017 andintroduce more electric andhybrid technology to pick-up trucks.

Cars and trucks on theroad today average 27 mpg.

“This agreement on fuelstandards represents thesingle most important stepwe have taken as a nation toreduce our dependence onforeign oil,” Obama said,sharing the stage with topexecutives of 11 majorautomakers and a top auto-mobile workers union offi-cial, before a backdrop ofsome of the most cutting-edge cars and pickup truckson the road.

“Just as cars will go fur-ther on a gallon of gas, oureconomy will go further ona barrel of oil,” Obamasaid.

When achieved, the 54.5mpg target will reduce U.S.oil consumption from vehi-cles by 40 percent andhalve the amount of green-house gas pollution comingout of tailpipes. It builds on

a 2009 deal between theObama administration andautomakers, which com-mitted cars and trucks toaveraging 35.5 mpg bymodel year 2016.

For American families,the president said the agree-ment — which will be sub-ject to a midcourse review— means filling up the carevery two weeks, instead ofevery week.

That would save $8,000in fuel costs over the life ofa vehicle purchased in2025, compared to a 2010model, a White Houseanalysis said.

The changes also arelikely to push up the cost ofa new vehicle, but just howmuch is unclear becausethe regulation still has to bewritten.

That process will getstarted in September.

The mileage targetannounced Friday isn’texactly what consumerswill see in their future cars.

A formula that givescredits to manufacturers forelectric cars, the use of low-emission air conditioningrefrigerant and technologythat shuts down engines attraffic lights means theactual fuel economy is like-ly to come in closer toabout 40 mpg. Stickers onfuture cars and trucks willalso display different num-bers because they’ll bebased on real-worldmileage tests.

The deal was less thanwhat environmentalists andpublic health advocateswanted but more thandesired by the DetroitThree — General Motors,Ford and Chrysler. In a let-

ter to the president lastweek, Michigan lawmakerscalled the White House’sinitial proposal of 56.2 mpg“overly aggressive,” afterautomakers had said they’dwork to get vehicles aver-aging 42.6 to 46.7 mpg.Green groups, meanwhile,had pushed for a 62 mpgtarget by 2025.

For Obama, whowatched his campaignpromise to limit globalwarming pollution diewhen Republicans retookcontrol of the House, thecompromise provides away around political road-blocks and a down pay-ment on climate change.

The deal also providesan answer to critics whosay the president has notdone enough to addresshigh gasoline prices.

It promises to reducedemand at a time whenRepublicans in Congresshave criticized Obama forbeing too slow to drill andnot opening up more areasto oil and gas explorationafter the massive Gulf oilspill last year.

And at a time when aconsensus in Congress iselusive on the debt ceilingand curbing the federaldeficit, the president saidthe fuel economy deal wasa “valuable lesson to”Washington.

“You are all demonstrat-ing what can happen whenpeople put aside differ-ences,” Obama said.

“These folks are com-petitors, you’ve got laborand business.

But they said we aregoing to work together toachieve something impor-

tant and lasting for thecountry.”

For automakers, particu-larly the Detroit Three, thedeal signaled a turnaroundfrom the days when theyresisted boosting fuel econ-omy targets, arguing thatconsumers would not buysmaller and more efficientcars, and that the technolo-gy to reduce fuel consump-tion was too expensive.

That stance has beenchallenged in recent yearsby a 2007 energy law thatmandated the governmentevaluate and set new fueleconomy targets, by aSupreme Court decisionthat said the EnvironmentalProtection Agency had theauthority to control globalwarming pollution fromvehicles, and by a state —California — that has setstricter emissions standardsthan the rest of the country.

Mary Nichols, chairmanof the California AirResources Board, said autocompanies wanted “one setof cars they could sell any-where in the U.S” and thechanges the deal wouldbring would meet state tar-gets.

“We will accept stan-dards that were announcedtoday as being compliantwith California standardsthrough 2025 unless anduntil there is a change,” shesaid.

A $62 billion taxpayer-funded bailout for GM andChrysler added to theWhite House’s leverage.

Some environmentalistslauded the agreementFriday, but said that manu-facturers owed taxpayers abigger deal after bailing

them out.“An auto industry that

owes its survival to taxpay-er bailouts ungratefullyflouted the public’s demandfor fuel efficiency and lesspollution, fighting for loop-holes until the bitter end,”said Dan Becker, directorof the Safe ClimateCampaign.

For consumers, the newrequirements are wellbeyond the gas mileage ofall but the most efficientcars on the road today.

By the time the newstandards take effect, thegovernment expects gas-electric hybrids to make upabout half the lineup of newvehicles, with electric vehi-cles making up about 10percent of the fleet.

Currently hybrid andelectric vehicles combinedamount to less than 3 per-cent of U.S. vehicle sales,according to J.D. Powerand Associates.

They’d also force autocompanies to get rid ofsome less-efficient modelsas they try to boost gasmileage of their lineups.But that depends on howquickly new technologycan be developed.

Pickup trucks, whichrank as some of the biggestsellers for American auto-mobile companies, get aslight reprieve under theagreement.

They will only have toincrease fuel economy inthe first five years by 3.5percent.

After that time, they willhave to match the 5 percentannual increase for cars.Automakers are far betterprepared with a much

stronger line up of smallcars, as well as hybrid andelectric vehicles.

General Motors andNissan are selling mass-market electric vehicles,while Mitsubishi, Ford,Toyota and others are aboutto enter the market.

Nissan’s vice presidentScott Becker in a statementsaid the Obama administra-tion has issued someextremely challenginggreenhouse gas reductionand fuel economy improve-ment targets, but Nissanwas “up to the task.”

Nissan introduced theLEAF - the world’s firstand only 100-percent elec-tric car for the mass market- in December 2010. Morethan 4,000 of the 99 miles-per-gallon vehicles arealready on the road.

GM and Ford alreadyhave small gasoline-fueledcars that get 40 mpg or bet-ter on the highway, andChrysler will have one nextyear. Small car sales are up21 percent so far this year,showing consumer interestis up.

That is perhaps thedeal’s best selling point.

“It is hard to call higherfuel economy standards jobkilling when all of the auto-motive companies supportit, and the United AutoWorkers support it,” saidRep. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

Ron Bloom, the WhiteHouse’s chief negotiator onthe deal, said Friday it was“an example of industrystarting to lead the parade.”

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ANTHONY, Kan.(AP) — An oil rush isoccurring along theKansas-Oklahoma bor-der, where residents areseeing fierce biddingwars and receivingsome of the highestprices in recent historyfor the oil lease rightsfor their properties.

Much of the recentactivity is occurring inan area spanning 160miles from east to westand 100 miles fromnorth to south along theKansas-Oklahoma bor-der known as the hori-zontal Mississippian oilplay. Some of the leasebuyers work for majoroil companies and oth-ers are independentshoping to flip their leas-es to the oil companies,The Hutchinson Newsreported Friday.

"There's definitely anoil-leasing boom, butthere's not many newwells," said DickSchremmer, presidentof Bear Petroleum andchairman of the KansasIndependent Oil andGas Association."They're leasing all theground they can gethold of."

County register ofdeeds offices, where thepaperwork for suchtransactions is complet-ed, are being over-whelmed by the rush foroil leases.

In Barber County,registrar Susan Hubbellsays her office isrecording 400 docu-ments a day, comparedwith the usual 400 aweek.

"It's really put a bur-den on all the court-houses," said HarperCounty Register ofDeeds Rhonda Berry.

Pratt attorney GordonStull said it's the biggestboom he's seen in the

more than 35 years hehas been practicing law.

He said that just twoor three years ago, oilleases sold for $10 to$15 an acre, or $50 inexceptional cases, witha one-eighth royalty.Now the top of the mar-ket is getting $1,000 to$1,200 an acre and roy-alties ranging fromthree-sixteenths to one-fifth.Stull and EricGates, of Anthony,recently sold oil leaseson 3,200 acres ownedby several people, draw-ing bids from three oilcompanies and a neartop-of-the-market price.Another deal they puttogether brought a priceworth more than theland's value, Gates said.

"When you say wow,there's a million-dollarcheck and that's morethan the ground wasworth two years ago,then that's significant,"Gates said. "That's thekind of money you'llpass along to the grand-kids, hopefully, notincluding if we get anyoil off the stupid thing."

Stull said increasedleasing activity isoccurring from centralKansas to the westernborder and northwestKansas. But the bestprices are being paid forland in Comanche,Barber, Harper andSumner counties alongthe Oklahoma border.

Kevin White, senior

vice president ofSandRidge Energy, saidthe land rush along theborder has been drivenby the high price of oiland horizontal drillingtechnology.

Many oil producersabandoned theMississippian formationin the 1980s and 1990swhen the price of oildropped to $20 a barrel.But with oil now consis-tently over $80 a barreland sometimes higher,oil producers are bettingon a more lucrative rateof return, especiallywith horizontal drilling,White said.

With horizontaldrilling, drills go downto the formation andthen turn and drillacross the formation forseveral thousand feet,increasing the reservesthe well can access, hesaid.

SandRidge andChesapeake Energy,both based in OklahomaCity, are placing bigbets on horizontaldrilling in theMississippian forma-tion.

White said thatSandRidge has about 1million acres in theMississippian forma-tion, about 40 percent ofthem in Kansas.SandRidge's 2010 annu-al report said the com-pany has identified3,400 potential loca-tions for horizontal

wells in the formation.Chesapeake's 2011

first-quarter report saysit has 1.1 million acresunder lease in the for-mation.

It has already drilled53 operated wells butbelieves the lease hold-ings can support up to6,000 more wells. Thecompany cannot com-ment on its future plansin the area, a companyspokeswoman said.

Gates said somesmall Kansas compa-nies that already ownedleases have sold out tolarger companies, suchas Shell Oil.

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Donald W Reynolds CC& Library 1515 WestMain Street 580 924-3486 http://dlibrary.durant.orghttp://www.facebook.com/dwrlibrary

Free Library cards to Bryan County citizensLibrary Hours: Monday- Thursday, 9 a.m. until 8

p.m.Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Free Computer classes start August 1. Please reg-ister at the service desk or call 924-3486

Monday, August 1: "Kids College" Awards will bepresented between 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. in theStory Room. Summer Readers in the 8-10 age grouphave been competing through this web-based readingand math database for top individual and groupscores. This program has been hosted by KathyRobinson's company Schoolware, Inc.

Monday, August 1: August computer classes willbegin in the Computer Training Center. Mondays orWednesdays @ 10 or 2 we will present "Email withGmail". We will meet each Monday or Wednesdayduring the month of August.

Tuesday, August 2: August computer classes willbegin for "Microsoft Word 2010.” These classes willmeet on Tuesday or Thursday @ 10 or 2. They willmeet each Tuesday or Thursday during the month ofAugust.

The Café will open August 1 under the manage-ment of Shawn Shirey.

Check it out at the libraryArea schools announce enrollment schedulesThe following area

school enrollment sched-ules have been announced

The DurantIndependent SchoolDistrict is currentlyenrolling students for the2011-2012 school year forall students in the district.Parents may complete theenrollment packets andenroll at the elementaryschool in their homeattendance zone from8:30 a.m. to 3:00 pm. Tocomplete the enrollmentprocess, parents must pro-vide a proof of residencyto the school district Theparent/legal guardianmust attach a utility billthat shows theparent's/legal guardian'sname and physicaladdress. Electric, water,gas and cable bills andrental agreements areacceptable forms of docu-mentation of residency.Forms will be time anddate stamped when theyare completed. Currentstudents who have notenrolled for the upcomingschool year should enrollat their attendance site.

Enrollment for AchilleHigh School will be dur-

ing the following times:Aug. 1-2, seniors, 8-4

or by appointmentAug. 3, juniors, 8-4 or

by appointmentAug. 4, sophomores, 8-

4 or by appointmentAug. 5, freshmen, 8-4

or by appointment

Calera elementary pre-enrollment for new stu-dents (4yrs-6th grade)

August 2-4, 9 a.m. -11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. -2:30 p.m.

Location will be thesouth entrance of the ele-mentary building

You must have— current immuniza-

tion record showing allstate required immuniza-tions plus at least 1 Hibimmunization, birth cer-tificate, Social Securitynumber, CDIB card &/orMedicaid card, verifica-tion of residence (waterbill), proof of income (4yrolds only).

Come and meet yourteacher at the open houseon Tuesday, August 9from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Calera Jr. High andHigh School Enrollment

All students will berequired to provide proof

of residency and currentimmunization records.

New students will needproof of residency, birthcertificate, social securitycard, current immuniza-tion record, transcript ofgrades (9 -12), CDIB andtribal citizenship (if appli-cable), Medicaid card (ifapplicable). School willbe closed for lunch from12-1 during enrollmenttimes.

Monday, August 1,Seniors and Juniors

Tuesday, August 2,Sophmores and Freshmen

Wednesday, August 3,7th and 8th grades

The first day of classeswill be Wednesday,August 10. Schedules willbe handed out duringclass meetings that morn-ing.

Colbert High Schooland Middle School enroll-ment schedule

Students may pick uptheir schedules onThursday, Aug. 4

Enrollment will be inthe high school building,room A 17

The following is a listof scheduled times foreach grade level:

10th,11th, 12th grade

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.9th, 8th,7th grade 1:00

p.m. to 3:00 p.m.New students to

Colbert will enroll onWednesday, August 3rd(9:00-12:00) & August5th (9:00-11:00)

Alternative school stu-dents will enroll onAugust 6, (9:00-11:00)

Parents/guardians areencouraged to attendenrollment sessions.

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Cherokee Nation sets date for election

TAHLEQUAH (AP) —A Sept. 24 special electionhas been set for CherokeeNation voters to againdecide who will be thetribe's next principal chief.

Incumbent Chief ChadSmith said in a statementon Friday that the ElectionCommission recommend-ed the date because mem-bers felt it would provideenough time for officials toinform voters about absen-tee ballots and early voting.

The Cherokee NationSupreme Court threw out

results of the initial elec-tion in June between Smithand his challenger, BillJohn Baker, because thefive-justice panel couldn'tdetermine with a mathe-matical certainty who won.

Baker and Smith haveboth been declared winnersafter multiple vote tallies.

Smith says he believesthe timeframe gives theElection Commission andTribal Council a chance toaddress any issues and tohave an election quickly.

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Choctaw Nation HeadStart in Bennington isaccepting applications fornew students for the2011-2012 school year.Families with childrenwho will be at least threeyears old by September 1,and who will not be fiveyears old by the samedate are age eligible.Families of children withspecial needs are stronglyencouraged to apply.Head Start servicesinclude, early childhoodeducation, social/emo-tional skills, good nutri-tion, health, mental well-being, and family servic-es. Transportation servic-es are available to fami-lies who qualify.Applications can befound online at choctaw-nation.com, or by calling1-800-522-6170 or in theDurant area at 580-924-8280, extension 2353

There will be aFamilies Reading Fiestaon the second Thursdayof each month at 6 p.m.in the Theater Room ofthe Donald W. ReynoldsCommunity Center &Library. They will beserving food, stories, funand music. They will alsobe giving tours of the newlibrary and show casingmore than 1,200 Spanishbooks recently added tothe library as well as the"Mango" electronic lan-guages database withmore than 45 foreign lan-guages. Mango is offeredfree to all of the librarypatrons who can accessthe language databasewith their library cardnumber.

Big Five Head Start isnow taking applications

for three and four-year-old children to participatein the program, which is afree child developmentprogram designed tomeet the needs of thechildren. Eligibility isdetermined by the child’sage and family incomebased on the 2011 FamilyIncome Guidelines. Tenpercent of enrollmentmust be made available tochildren with disabilities.Parents must bringimmunization record,birth certificate, medicalinsurance card, all familymember’s social securitycards and family proof ofincome. For more infor-mation please call 924-7404 or come by 3725West Arkansas Street inDurant.

Choctaw Nation HeadStart, a free child devel-opment program, is nowtaking applications.Children must be at least3 years old, and not 5years old, by September1, 2011. They serve allnationalities, however,we do have a NativeAmerican preference pol-icy. Families of childrenwith special needs arestrongly encouraged toapply. Our programassists these families inobtaining services thatmay be needed. In addi-tion, the program alsogives preferred consider-ation to families who areclassified as being home-less, in accordance withthe definitions set forthby the McKinney-VentoAct. Contact the staff atyour local Head Start todetermine your eligibili-ty. Your family may qual-ify for transportationservices to and fromschool, as well. ContactCenter Supervisor, JuneDobbins at 580-847-2767, or 1-800-522-6170, extension 2353, foran application or moreinformation.

Silo Public Schooloffers comprehensivespecial education servic-

es to eligible studentsages 3 through 21 whohave or suspect having adisability, regardless ofthe severity. All referralsare considered confiden-tial, and services are pro-vided at no cost. Youdon’t have to be enrolledin school. They may be inday care, head start,attending a privateschool, advancing fromone grade to another,state institution, or in atreatment facility. SiloPublic School servicesinclude screening andevaluations in areas of thesuspected disabilities,such as vision and/orhearing loss, motor skills,general development,learning disability,speech and languagedevelopment, physicalimpairments, mentalretardation, emotionaldisturbance, autism/ per-vasive developmental dis-orders, health impair-ments and traumaticbrain injury. Free, appro-priate, public educationswith a full continuum ofservices are available forall children, includingones that are eligible toreceive the LindseyNicole HenryScholarship. To help usprovide these services toany child with a disabilityin need of an educationand/or related services,please contact BillCaruthers 924-700 Ext.227, Karyn Pierce 924-700 Ext. 256, JanRichardson 924-700 Ext.234, or mail to: SiloPublic School, SpecialEducation Services, 122West Bourne St., Durant,OK, 74701.

The town of Calera isasking all residents toabide by a voluntarywater restriction from thehours of 8 a.m. until 8p.m.

Colbert PrimarySchool will be takingenrollment applicationsfor the 2011-2012 4-Year-Old and Head Start

classes. Your child mustbe four years of age on orbefore Sept. 1, 2011, toqualify. Parents will needto supply the school withthe child’s birth certifi-cate, an on-scheduleimmunization record andSocial Security number.Head Start applicants youwill also need to provideproof of income. Youmay apply in the Primaryoffice between 8- 3 p.m.

Achille Public SchoolAchille Head Start is nowtaking applications forchildren to participate inthe Head Start program,which is a free childdevelopment programdesigned to meet theneeds of the children.Applications will betaken from 8 a.m. until 2p.m. beginning July 25.Eligibility is determinedby the child's age andfamily income based onthe 2011 Family IncomeGuidelines. Ten Percentof enrollment must bemade available to chil-dren with disabilities.Parents Must bring thechild's immunizationrecord, Birth certificate,medical/insurance card,Indian chart card, all fam-ily members’ SocialSecurity cards and familyproof of income. Formore information: call580-283-3002 ask forMrs. Forest or come by201 North 5th StreetAchille or call 580-924-7404 ask for BettyKashou or come by 3725W. Arkansas St., Durant.

Big Five Head Start,3725 W. Arkansas St., isnow taking applicationsfrom 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.Monday-Friday for threeand four-year-old chil-dren to participate in theHead Start program,which is a free childdevelopment programdesigned to meet theneeds of the children.

Eligibility is determinedby the child's age andfamily income based onthe 2011 Family IncomeGuidelines. Ten Percentof enrollment must bemade available to chil-dren with disabilities.Parents Must bring thechild's immunizationrecord, birth certificate,medical/insurance card,Indian chart card, all fam-ily members' SocialSecurity cards and familyproof of income. Formore information: call924-7404 ask for BrendaGardner, Mary Tadlockor Treva Herman.

Silo Public School willbe taking applicationsfrom 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.beginning Aug. 1 forthree and four-year-oldchildren to participate inthe Head Start program,which is a free childdevelopment programdesigned to meet theneeds of the children.Eligibility is determinedby the child's age andfamily income based onthe 2011 Family IncomeGuidelines. Ten Percentof enrollment must bemade available to chil-dren with disabilities.Parents Must bring thechild's immunizationrecord, birth certificate,medical/insurance card,Indian chart card, all fam-ily members' SocialSecurity cards and familyproof of income. Formore information: call924-7404 ask for TrevaHerman.

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1307 N. WashingtonAve., is having a “kid’scrusade” from 6-8 p.m.Aug. 1-3. There will bethree nights of adventure-filled, beach-themedservices for children ages4-12. Children shouldbring swimsuits and tow-els Aug. 3. For more

information, call 924-5646.

AAuugg.. 11The Bryan County

Republicans &Conservatives Club willbe showing the filmRonald Reagan:Rendezvous with Destinyas their monthly meetingsbegin again as we preparefor the 2012 election sea-son, and providingupdates on political hap-penings across our dis-trict. If you are a conser-vative of any party affilia-tion who wishes to seeour country return to it'sconstitutional founding,you are welcome toattend on Monday,August 1 at 6:30pm in theFellowship Hall of FirstChurch of the Nazarene,located at South 9th &Texas Streets, just southof Main in Durant. Formore information, visitwww.facebook.com/bryancountygop, or email usa tbryancountygop@yahoo.com.

AAuugg.. 55Achille Chickasaw

Community Center, 104Main St., Achille, is hav-ing an Indian taco saleAug.5 ,2011 4:30-7:00.Indian tacos with all thetrimmings, plus drink anddessert. Adults $ 5.00,Children 12 and under$3.00. The public is wel-come.

AAuugg.. 66Rock Creek

Community Church,Bokchito, will have spe-cial gospel singing at 7p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6.The public is invited.

Aug. 7Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Association will hold itsannual reunion and lunchat 11:30 a.m. Aug. 7 atthe Pleasant HillPavilion.

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — An attorneygeneral opinion sayscities and towns aren'tauthorized to enactordinances barring non-prescription sales ofproducts containingpseudoephedrine, a keyingredient in the pro-duction of methamphet-amine.

In an opinion releasedFriday, AttorneyGeneral Scott Pruittsaid existing state lawallows the dispensing,sale and distribution ofpseudoephedrine in cer-tain quantities undercertain conditions with-out the need for a legalprescription.

The opinion said anymunicipal ordinances

that only allow productscontaining pseu-doephedrine to beobtained with a pre-scription would conflictwith state policy thatregulates such transac-tions.

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NEW YORK (AP) —The ceremony at the WorldTrade Center site markingthe 10th anniversary of theterrorist attacks will be asolemn but stately eventthat will include formerPresident George W. Bushand a chance for victims’families to view the namesof loved ones etched intothe memorial, MayorMichael Bloomberg said.

President Barack Obamaand Bloomberg will bejoined by the leaders incharge during the 2001attacks, including Bush,

former Mayor RudolphGiuliani and former NewYork Gov. George Pataki.Current New York Gov.Andrew Cuomo and NewJersey Gov. Chris Christiewill also be there, he said.

Speaking on his weeklyradio show Friday onWOR-AM, Bloombergsaid the lawmakers willread short poems or quotes.No speeches will be given.

“This cannot be politi-cal,” he said. “So that’s whythere’s a poem or a quote orsomething that each of thereaders will read. Nospeeches whatsoever.That’s not an appropriate

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The names of the nearly3,000 victims — includingthose who died at thePentagon and aboard

United Flight 93 that wentdown in Shanksville, Pa.,— will be read aloud forthe first time.

The public will beallowed into the space, stilla major construction site,the day after the ceremonybut only with tickets.Bloomberg said limitingthe number of people is asafety precaution as thework continues on 1 WorldTrade Center, the PATHstation and museum.

He said there have beena couple hundred thousandreservations already, and afew days are alreadybooked solid. He estimated

that a million people annu-ally will visit the site.

The museum is stillunder construction and isscheduled to open nextyear. Artifacts from the ter-rorist attacks are slowlybeing accumulated for thespace, including a steel T-beam shaped like a crossthat was discovered by aconstruction worker in thesmoldering rubble. Anational atheist group suedover the inclusion of thecross in the museum. Itsays all beliefs should beincluded, or none.

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OKLAHOMA CITY— The National ChildSupport EnforcementAssociation will awardOklahoma Child SupportServices, a division ofOKDHS, with itsOutstanding Program ofthe Year Award for 2011.The national award rec-ognizes a State, Regional,Tribal or County programthat has consistently andcomprehensively exem-plified the best in childsupport enforcementthrough an outstandingrecord of performanceand in providing effectiveservices to its constituen-cy and its community.

The award will be pre-sented to Gary W. Dart,

OCSS director, atNCSEA’s AnnualConference & Expo inAtlanta, GA, on Aug. 1.Dart received writtennotification fromNCSEA’s executive direc-tor Colleen DelaneyEubanks.

“The AwardsCommittee wasimpressed with the out-standing achievements ofthe Oklahoma programover the past severalyears,” Eubanks writes.“The accomplishmentsand innovation of yourprogram are commendedand is the type of nationalmodel the OutstandingProgram Award is intend-ed to highlight.”

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national award substanti-ated their performance infive areas: Paternityestablishment, child sup-port order establishment,collections on currentchild support, collectionson past-due child support,and cost effectiveness.Oklahoma has been firstin the nation in paternityestablishment almostevery year since 2004,improved support orderestablishment by 21% inthe last decade, improvedcurrent support collec-tions by 24% - more thantwice the national aver-age, had the nation’sfourth highest growth ratein collections of past duesupport, and improvedcost effectiveness at a rate

more than 250% thenational average.

Dart summarized thehonor with the followingstatement: ‘We are proudof our program and whatwe do for Oklahoma’schildren. In the late1990s, our staff made adecision to turn the pageon the past and become aprogram committed tocontinuous improvement.As a result, from 2000 to2009, our rate of increasein total collectionsbecame the second high-est in the nation. We arehonored to be named asthe nation’s OutstandingProgram for 2011.”

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“As a father myself, Iknow parents have nogreater responsibility thansupporting their childrento the best of their abili-ty,” said Jeff Wagner,OCSS spokesperson andorganizer of ChildSupport AwarenessMonth activitiesstatewide. “I’m proud ofthe work we do to ensureparents meet their obliga-tions, and we appreciateevery opportunity to buildgreater awareness aboutthe child support programand how it benefits chil-dren, families, andOklahoma taxpayers.”

For more informationabout Oklahoma ChildSupport Services, call 1-800-522-2922 or visitwww.okdhs.org andselect “Child Support.”

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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The storm that manyhad hoped would bring some relief to parched areasof South Texas passed Saturday after dropping lessthan an inch of rain — good news only for the cot-ton farmers who were ready to resume their harvest.

The National Hurricane Center said its 4 a.m.CDT advisory on what was once known as TropicalStorm Don would be its last as the remnants passedinto northern Mexico. Don had failed to live up toeven low expectations by tropical storm standardsand was downgraded earlier to a tropical depres-sion.

"There’s really not much left of it,” said BarryGoldsmith, a meteorologist with the NationalWeather Service in Brownsville. “It’s a done deal.”

With dry air falling in behind Don, a hot andsunny weekend was forecast with only a chance ofshowers. “That great beach weather we had lastweek is coming right back,” Goldsmith said.

Most of Texas has been suffering an extremedrought, and Don was seen as South Texas’ besthope for widespread rain in months. But totals fromvarious sites in the Rio Grande Valley and coastalWillacy County failed to rise to even an inch.

The storm was a disappointment for rancherswho have been selling off cattle at a rapid clipbecause their pastures are barren.

But it was a huge relief for cotton growers, whoare in the middle of their harvest. Double theamount of cotton was planted this year in the state’sfour southernmost counties, and the fields alongmany rural roads are still dotted with white bolls.The area got the most rain from Don, but it stillwasn’t much.

“I think it was pretty much a non-event,” saidSally Ross at the Ross Gin Company in Mercedeson Saturday morning. They received less than one-half inch of rain at the gin. Some of their truckersreported showers as they brought the fluffy whitebales to the gin Friday, but nothing intense.

BY BERT WILKINSONASSOCIATED PRESS

G E O R G E T O W N ,Guyana (AP) — ACaribbean Airlines jetcoming from New Yorkcrashed and broke in twowhile landing in Guyanawith 163 people aboardon Saturday, causing sev-eral injuries but nodeaths, said PresidentBharrat Jagdeo.

The Boeing 737-800apparently overshot the7,400-foot (2,200-meter)runway at Cheddi JaganInternational Airport inrainy weather and bar-reled through a chain-linkfence.

It barely missed a 200-foot (60-meter) ravinethat could have resulted indozens of fatalities, hesaid.

“We are very, verygrateful that more peoplewere not injured,” he saidas authorities temporarilyclosed the airport, leavinghundreds of passengersstranded and delayingdozens of flights.

The cause of the crashwas not immediatelyclear.

Authorities struggled atfirst to remove passengerswithout adequate fieldlights and other emer-gency equipment. About100 people received med-ical attention, with fourhospitalized for seriousinjuries, said DevantMaharaj, transportationminister in Trinidad,where Caribbean Airlinesis based.

He said the company issending a team to Guyanato help investigate thecrash.

No further details wereavailable. Maharaj spokeat a press conference inTrinidad and took noquestions, saying theinvestigation is ongoing.

Among the injured wasGeeta Ramsingh, 41, ofPhiladelphia, who saidpassengers had just start-ed to applaud the touch-down “when it turned toscreams,” she said, point-ing to bruises on her

knees. She said shehopped onto the wing andthen onto the dirt roadoutside the runway fence.

“I am upset that no onecame to rescue us in thedark, but a taxi driverappeared from nowhereand charged me $20 totake me to the terminal. Ihad to pay, but in times ofemergencies, you don’tcharge people for a ride,”she said, sitting on a chairin the arrival area sur-rounded by relatives. Shewas returning to hernative country for onlythe second time in 30years.

Adis Cambridge, 42, ofGuyana, said she felt thethump of a hard landingbut did not think much of

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“I hit my head on theroof. It was so scary,” shesaid as she described hop-ping onto the wing andthen jumping down to thedirt road below as crewswith flashlights andbeams from fire enginessearched for passengers.

Some passengers askedauthorities for their lug-gage but were told it wasnot a priority at the time.

The plane had left NewYork and made a stop inTrinidad before landing inGuyana. The airline saidit was carrying 157 pas-sengers and sixcrewmembers.

Jagdeo said he hasasked the U.S. NationalTransportation SafetyBoard to help investigatethe crash.

The airport’s main ter-minal reopened lateSaturday morning to onlya couple of small planes,including a LIAT airlinebound for Barbados, saidOrin Walton, a local rep-resentative for theAntigua-based carrier.

The crash of FlightBW523 is the worst inrecent history in Guyana,and only one of the fewserious incidents involv-ing the Trinidad-basedairline. It is the singlelargest carrier in theregion, operating at leastfive daily flights.

Associated PressWriter Tony Fraser inPort-of-Spain, Trinidadcontributed to this report.

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Democrats and Republicans stillat loggerheads as clock ticks

BY ANDREW TAYLORASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP)— The GOP-controlledHouse and theDemocratic Senateremain at loggerheadsover debt legislationrequired to avoid a first-ever default on U.S.financial obligations aslawmakers and theWhite House head intoa pressure-packedweekend in search ofcompromise.

A week of extraordi-nary partisanship wascapped by a power playby Senate Democrats,who killed a House-passed debt limitincrease and budget-cutting bill Friday nightless than two hours afterit squeaked through theHouse.

Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid, D-Nev., set up a test votefor the wee hours ofSunday morning tobreak a GOP filibuster.

Before then, however,the House was set toeven the score by votingSaturday to reject analternative measure byReid even before theSenate has taken it up.

D e m o c r a t s ,Republicans and theWhite House, mean-while, are expected tobe deep in conversationin hopes of a potentialcompromise.

Senate GOP leaderMitch McConnell ofKentucky is likely to

play a pivotal role.“There is very little

time,” President BarackObama said Saturday inhis weekly radio andInternet address.

He called for an endto political gamesman-ship, saying “the timefor compromise onbehalf of the Americanpeople is now.”

The outcome of theweekend endgame wasanything but clear asDemocrats andRepublicans remain atodds over how to forcelawmakers to come upwith additional budgetsavings later this yearbeyond the almost $1trillion in agency budgetcuts over the comingdecade that they basi-cally agree on.

After a brutal weekon Wall Street —investors lost hundredsof billions of dollars asthe markets lost groundevery day — pressure isintense to produce anaccord before the open-ing bell on Monday.

The House measuresqueaked through on a218-210 vote, with 22Republicans joiningunited Democrats inopposing the GOPmeasure, which pairs animmediate $900 billionincrease in U.S. borrow-ing authority along with$917 billion in spendingcuts spread over thecoming decade.

Friday’s roll callcame after HouseSpeaker John Boehner,

R-Ohio, had beenforced to call off a voteslated for Thursday inthe face of tea partyopposition to the meas-ure.

He added a provisionrequiring that a second,up to $1.6 trillion debtincrease be conditionedon House and Senatepassage of a balanced-budget amendment tothe Constitution, whichwould require an unre-alistic two-thirds voteby each chamber tosend it to the states forratification.

Boehner’s move onlycemented Democraticopposition to the meas-ure and complicatedprospects for a weekendcompromise that couldclear both houses andwin Obama’s signatureby next Tuesday’s dead-line.

And by appeasing thetea party by adding theb a l a n c e d - b u d g e tamendment poison pill,Boehner seemed to handendgame leverage toReid and Obama.

Boehner said theHouse bill — before theaddition of the bal-anced-budget amend-ment — mirrored anagreement worked outwith Reid last weekend.

“Now the bill beforeus still isn’t perfect,”Boehner said as heclosed debate.

“It’s imperfectbecause it reflects anhonest and sincereeffort to end this crisis

by sending a bill over tothe Senate that at onetime was agreed to bythe bipartisan leader-ship of the UnitedStates Senate.”

Still, as soon as themeasure reached theSenate side of theCapitol, SenateDemocrats scuttled themeasure without somuch as a debate on itsmerits.

The vote was 59-41,with all Democrats, twoindependents and sixRepublicans joining inopposition.

Reid’s alternativemeasure would raise thedebt limit by up to $2.4trillion, enough to meeta demand by Obamathat the increase be suf-ficient so that Congressdoesn’t have to wrestlewith it again until 2013.

Administration offi-cials say that withoutlegislation in place bythe end of Tuesday, theTreasury will no longerbe able to pay all itsbills.

The result couldinflict significant dam-age on the economy,they add, causing inter-est rates to rise andfinancial markets tosink.

Executives from thecountry’s biggest banksmet with U.S. Treasuryofficials to discuss howdebt auctions will behandled if Congressfails to raise the bor-rowing limit beforeTuesday’s deadline.

But White Housepress secretary JayCarney said the admin-istration did not plan toprovide the public withdetails Friday on howthe government wouldprioritize payments.

The day’s economicnews wasn’t veryupbeat to begin with —an economy that grew atan annual rate of only1.3 percent in the sec-ond quarter of the year.

At the White House,Obama cited the poten-tial toll on the economyas he urged lawmakersto find a way out ofgridlock.

He said that for allthe partisanship, the twosides were not that farapart.

Both agree on initialspending cuts to takeeffect in exchange foran increase in the debtlimit, he said, as well ason a way to consideradditional reductions ingovernment benefit pro-grams in the comingmonths.

“And if we need toput in place some kindof enforcement mecha-nism to hold us allaccountable for makingthese reforms, I’ll sup-port that, too, if it’sdone in a smart and bal-anced way,” Obamasaid.

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Caddo Round-Up Club rodeo hit the streets of Caddo early Saturday. People onhorses waved and threw candy to the public as the police and fire departmentsflashed their lights and sirens.

HANCOCK, Md. (AP)— A black-and-white poo-dle named Mona is goinghome to Oklahoma afterspending six weeks lost inthe western Marylandmountains.

Rancher Mike Miller ofWaurika (war-EEK'-ah),Okla., tells The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown that hefound the dog nearHancock on Tuesday, sixweeks after she disap-peared.

Miller had contractedwith an animal-transporta-tion company to ship thedog to his mother's homein Pennsylvania. He saysMona escaped at the

Sideling Hill rest stop onInterstate 68.

The big break came lastweekend when a local resi-dent spotted Mona andcalled the phone numberMiller had posted on fliers

in the area.He says Mona is in good

health but he's changed hismind about sending heraway. He's keeping the dogand giving his mom anoth-er pet.

BY DUSTY SUTTLESGENEALOGY 101

Many individuals havecompleted extensiveresearch into their familytrees. This research can beused to complete a familymedical history.

Most researchers striveto acquire copies of theirancestor's death certifi-cates, and list them as asource document on theftFamily Group Sheets.Fortunate are theresearchers who have donethis because compilingtheir family medical histo-ry will be very easy.

Many genealogists useNo. 2B pencil to fill outtheir Ancestor Charts andFamily Group Sheets.Using a contrasting color (Iuse a red ink), write in thecause of death and/or con-tributing causes listed onthe death certificate abovethe ancestor's name onyour Ancestor Chart No. 1.It has room for four gener-ations of semi-detailedinformation.

The death dates listed onthese certificates will goback to the early 1900swhen death certificateswere created. Before thattime, you may find deathcauses in Doctor's records,casket sales ledgers inhardware/ furniture stores,newspaper death notices,family Bibles, and censusMortality Schedules.

Upon reviewing yourrevised ancestor chart,medical patterns in yourfamily health history maybecome apparent. To guardagainst repeating thesemedical problems diagnos-tic tests or a change oflifestyle may be in order.

Fifty-percent of yourgenes are shared by yourparents, children, and sib-lings. Twenty-five-percent

are shared byyour grand-p a r e n t s ,aunts, uncles,nieces andn e p h e w s .Twelve and-one-half-per-cent areshared byyour great-grandparentsand cousins. Therefore, thecloser your kinship themore concerned you needto be.

Lastly, sharing this partof your genealogy researchwith your doctor and therest of your family maysave a life.

Source: "Finding YourRoots — How to TraceYour Ancestors at Homeand Abroad" by JeaneEddy Westin, PenquinPutnum, Inc. 1998

You are encouraged tosubmit questions concern-ing genealogy research tome at P.O. Box 5285,Durant, OK 74702-5285 orto the following e-mailaddress: www.genealo-gyquest101@ yahoo.com

NEWS FROM YES-TERYEAR

Caddo Oklahoma Star,Friday, July 2, 1875 "TheGlorious Old - Caddo,determined not to be out-done by Denison andAtoka, her two nearestneighbors, has made all thenecessary preparations fora grand celebration onSaturday, July 3. Ampleprovisions will be made forall who come and citizensof surrounding counties areinvited. There will bemusic and dancing and Mr.Marchland will deliver anaddress. A good time isanticipated.

Committee ofArrangements: l.W. Stone,N. Marchland, W.H.Ainsworth, W.S. Burks,

Dr. Walner,W. A.Welch, J. B.Jones, C. M.B e c k ,L . S . W .Folsom, andthe Mrs. R.P.J o n e s ,W a l n e r ,B u r k s ,Stone, and

Ainsworth. MusicCommittee: H.E. Scott;J.T. Sutton, and J.S.Hancock. The ceremonieswill take place at Mr.Beck's spring, two and ahalf miles north of town.";Caddo Newspapers, Vol. 1,March 20,1874-December21, 1900; Pg. 18, extractedby Rozell SangsterThomas

Blue County Democrat-July 15, 1904; "July 4,1904-Wade Picnic-Thegood people of Wadeentertained their BlueCounty friends on the 4thinstant with a big barbecueand picnic ... some fifteenhundred gathered under theshade of the beautifulgrove adjoining Wade.

The generosity of Wadewas evidenced by theabundance provided... fivebeefs, nine hogs, and ninegoats had been barbecuedunder the supervision ofMessrs. Manning, Sims,Nash and Posey...

In the afternoon Mr.L.D. Horton entertained alarge part of the crowdwith a splendid address onthe progress of our nation.Mr. Horton was followedby Mr. McIntosh, of theDurant bar, who addressedthe people on the condi-tions in the B.I.T. at pres-ent, with the changes soonto take place. The interestof the audiences of bothgentlemen shows that ourpeople are much interestedin their country's welfare

and when the time comesour citizenship will assumecontrol of their own stategovernment with a fullknowledge of the responsi-bility. The Wade people areinterested in good roads,good crops, good schools,and good government";Wade, OK-Memory &History Book Pg. 268,published by the WadeReunion Committee-Monie Jones Allen, RozellSangster Thomas, andGaylene Branch Wells-May 2008

"June 22, 1906-MeadPrepares for Fourth -Thepeople of Mead took anouting on the Brushy Lakelast week and succeeded inlanding about 200 poundsof fish. The ladies prepareda sumptuous spread con-sisting of delicacies of allkinds, which was relishedby all present. J.M.London, of Ardmore, wasorator of the day; JackTrout acted as superintend-ent of the seine; LouisKrause main fish and turtledriver, Hirian Staten snakekiller; Levi Kemp, Supt. ofthe fish dressing gang; Dr.Sadler astronomer andweather prophet; Dr. BeachSupt. of transportation andgeneral director, Dr.Armstrong baby nurse andEd Brown water carrier.";Durant News 1904-1914,from the Blue-BryanCounty Democrat; Pg. 91,extractions and research byRozell S. Thomas.

You are invited to visitthe Bryan CountyGenealogy Library &Archives, 203 N.McKinley in Calera, OK,Monday through Friday10-4 p.m.

Until next time..."Enjoythe Quest!"

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Today's dude is Caden Ronald Joe McGee, 6.Caden celebrated his July 16th birthday, with aCars 2 themed party at Bouncin Around, with fam-ily and friends. Caden's parents are Carol McGee,Calera and Joe McGee, Cartwright. His grandpar-ents are Ronnie and Barbara Coker, Calera. Cadenwill be in First Grade at Northwest HeightsElementary this year. Caden's sisters, Cheyenneand Alissa would like to congratulate him on beingawarded the MVP of the Progressive T-BallChampionship game this year.

Maples and Beason to wed

Misty Dawn Maples and Andrew NathanielBeason, both of Stillwater, will wed at 2 p.m. Aug.6, 2011, at the Apostolic Church of Stillwater. Thebride is the daughter of Rev. Danny and BrendaMaples. Her grandparents are the late James andRuth Maples and the late Earnest and MarieGibson.She is currently attending Oklahoma StateUniversity in Stillwater.The prospective groom is the son of Ronald andAnnetta Beason, Stillwater. His grandparents areWilliam and Grace Fredrick, El Reno, and the lateVirgil Beason and Mary Ann Beason.He is employed at Westhaven Nursing andRehabilitation Center of Stillwater.

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Bokchito auditioned thispast fall and was acceptedto be a part of the CelebrantSingers.

Celebrant Singers, aninternational music & mis-sions ministry based inVisalia, California, wasfounded in the summer of1977 by Jon Stemkoski toshare the love of Godthroughout the world usingthe tool of music.

Each Celebrant team,comprised of 10 vocalist, a12-piece orchestra, 2 tech-nicians and a bus driver,are chosen by auditionfrom across North Americaand other countries.Traveling as a missionaryteam, these highly talentedand committed young

adults are not salaried, buthave dedicated their livesto sharing the Gospel ofJesus Christ around theworld through music, testi-mony, prayer, and the min-istry of God's Word. Thissummer, they traveled toColumbia for 10 days inJuly.

They will have threeconcerts in the area. Theirschedule is: Today, July 31,7 p.m., Saint PatrickChurch 314 N. RuskAvenue, Denison, TX,Tuesday August 2, 7 p.m.Saint William Church 802University Blvd., Durantand Wednesday August 3,7 p.m., First BaptistChurch, Bokchito. Theirconcerts are free and opento the public.

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The plight of plantsWith temperatures stay-

ing in the triple digits for sev-eral weeks, and the predic-tion of even more days ofexcessive heat, CherokeeCounty farmers and garden-ers alike struggle to keeptheir plants alive.

“There’s two big prob-lems with this heat,” saidRoger Williams OSUExtension EducatorAgriculture/4-H YouthDevelopment. “A lot oftomato plants haven’t setfruit because of the excessiveheat. When it’s hot, the plantsare inefficient. It takes allthey have just to stay alive.”

He added that everyoneneeds to keep wateringbecause when it cools, toma-toes can still produce fruit

later this summer.The second problem,

Williams explained, is thatthe Johnsongrass that hasgrown, and the grass ranch-ers want for their cattle hasdeveloped prussic acid andnitrate accumulation.

“In excess, both can befatal,” Williams said.

Other types of grasses candie without water and willnot return next year.

“A lot of people talkabout their yards,” saidWilliams. “In this kind ofheat, Bermudagrass goescompletely dormant, but it isnot dead. Other grasses can-not go dormant likeBermuda, so keep somemoisture on them so theywon’t die.”

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Donald W. Reynolds CC & Library SummerReading Program top readers announcedThe Summer Reading Program, One World Many Stories, was recently completed

First United Bank & Trust sponsored saving bonds to the top readers

The Overall Top Reader was Mikey Lovelace, whoread 244 books. He was in the 5-6 age group 2.

Age 5-7 Group 1- Ava Wormsbaker - read 167 books.Also shown is Susan Cook, Library programs director.

Age 5-7 Group 3- Miranda Post - read 113 books.Also shown is Susan Cook, Library programs director.

Age 8-10 Group 1- Mya Smith - read 49 books. Alsoshown is Susan Cook, Library programs director.

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Excessive heat with littleor no rain takes a toll onhumans and plants. But italso can affect animals,both wild and tame – and insome cases, it can result inother consequences later.

For many people, pets

are members of their fami-lies. With this summer’shigh temperatures and littlerelief, even at night, petsmay suffer from heat-induced stress.

“The two biggest thingspets need to stay healthyare lots of fresh water andlots of shade,” said Dr. KyleRozell of The Pet Clinic.

According to Rozell,animals cope better whentheir water is fresh andchanged often. If water sitstoo long, algae and bacteriabuild up.

“Most of our dogs andcats can do well withOklahoma’s hot weather,”Rozell said. “Most catshandle heat very well,although short-haired catsdeal better than long-haired cats. The same

applies to most dogs.”Rozell said some

breeds of dogs are moreprone to heat-inducedproblems. Those are thebrachycephalic breeds,which have flat noses –like English bulldogs,Boston terriers and pugs.

“Dogs rid themselvesof heat through their respi-ratory systems. That’swhy dogs pant,” Rozellsaid.

Durant softball prepares for seasonBY LESLIE BOYD

STAFF WRITER

Softball is days away inDurant as the Lady Lionsprepare for another season.

Despite three returningseniors, the team is youngthis year, under the direc-tion of new coach, AaronMullens.

“It is a young team,”said Mullens. “We’ve gotthe best pitching in the areathough.”

Returning senior, KaylieBaxter, is returning for herfourth year. Previously atfirst and third base, thisseason you will see her atcatcher. “It’s bittersweet,”said Baxter. “It’s my senior

year, I’m looking forwardto graduating, but I’ll missmy team.”

Taylor Richards, whohas played for three years,is returning at shortstop.“I’m just looking forwardto doing the best I can. Thisis my last year and I wantto leave on a high note.”

Third returning senior,Shaina Crites, is a utilityplayer who has been a partof the team for three years.“I’m sad this is the lastyear, but glad to be gradu-ating,” said Crites.

All three girls are readyto step up and lead theteam past the hill thatalways gets in the way.

“We get to Regionals

and get runner-up, I’mready to beat that and takethe win,” said Baxter.

Their coach seems con-fident as well.

“We’ve got the poten-tial. As long as we cele-brate each win for eachpitch, out and inning, we’llwin games,” said Mullens.“Our motto this year is ifwe take care of the thingson the field during prac-tice, the score will takecare of itself duringgames.”

“We get to play with agood group of athletes,”said Crites. “The team hastalented players that willbe helpful this season. Thejuniors we have this sea-

son have leadership. Ithink it’s going to be agreat season.”

Baxter is looking for-ward to being someone therest of the girls can lookup to this season. “I wantto be the best Christianinfluenece as I can both onand off the field,” saidBaxter. “I also want toteach the younger class-men how to be the bestperson and athlete theycan be.”

Richards also looks for-ward to playing with herteam again. “This is myteam,” said Richards. “I’mready to get out there andplay.”

Coach Mullens, a

hometown boy fromDurant, said he’s lookingforward to a seasons offirsts. “This is my firstyear so I look forward to itall,” said Mullens. “I’malso looking forward tobringing stability and con-sistency to a program thathasn’t had that in a fewyears.”

Mullens also said he isnot just concentrating onthe high school level. “Imean the whole program,high school and middleschool,” said Mullens.

The season kicks offwith their first home gameagainst Dickson onTuesday, August 9, at 4:30p.m.

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Sports Trivia

BenningtonISD to hostIndian taco

dinnerBennington schools

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Golf in the extreme heat around DurantBY GLENN PRICE

SPECIAL TO THE DURANT DEMOCRAT

The extreme heat thissummer has affected ourlives in many ways. We haveburn bans in nearly all sur-rounding counties. We havevoluntary watering restric-tions by some districts,ranchers’ ponds are dryingup and some businesses havebeen affected. The amount ofrounds played at area golfcourses is down.

“Our number of roundsplayed has decreased slightlyfrom last year,” said RyanChapman, PGA, Director ofGolf and Entertainment atPointe Vista, aka ChickasawPointe. “It’s just been too hotin the afternoon. We’re stillgetting a lot of play in themornings, but not in theafternoons.”

“While the revenue isdown, we are still doing okbecause of the cost savingsof the new greens,” saidChapman. “We don’t have towater as much because weconverted to the bermudagreens last year.”

The “bermuda” is actual-ly Champion UltradwarfBermuda, a newly developedgrass that doesn’t have theextreme grain that normalbermuda has and can with-stand the heat and limitedwatering much better thanthe old bent grass greens.The course was closed forsix weeks this pastAugust/September when thegreens were converted.Many higher-end courseshave converted from bentgrass to the ChampionUltradwarf Bermuda includ-ing the Atlanta Athletic Clubwhere the 2011 PGAChampionship tournament

will be played in August.Other local courses that haveconverted include Silveradoand Winstar.

Chickasaw Pointe wasoriginally designed byRandy Heckenkemper, ahighly acclaimed golf coursedesigner headquartered inTulsa, Oklahoma. It wasopened in October of 1999as part of the Lake TexomaState Park system. It wasdesigned on a terrific piece ofland with many vistas ofLake Texoma. Chapman,Paul Aycock, and Ron Gates,GCSAA, course superin-tendent, have all been at thecourse since it was opened.In fact, Aycock, and his son,Brad Aycock both hold thecourse record of 64. BradAycock has shot the recordtwice. All three pros,Chapman, Aycock and EricGaston offer private lessons.

Both the Texoma Men’sGolf Association and theTexoma Women’s GolfAssociation play regularly atthe course and hold theirtournaments there. The menplay on Wednesday andThursday mornings and thewomen play on Tuesdaymornings. The course hasstarted a Thursday nightscramble this year with verypositive results. As many as30 players play in the 9-holescramble event and everyonecontributes $10 for the prizemoney. It has proven to be avery popular event for thecourse.

Chickasaw Pointe offersrates ranging from a high of$63 for weekend full-pricerates to senior rates of $35and even walking junior ratesof $10. Their annual singlemembership fee is now

$1750 plus tax and can bepaid monthly.

The course itself canstretch out to 7085 yardsfrom the black tees. The bluetees measure 6390 and thewhite tees are about 5800yards. All distances are toughthough as the coursedemands accurate tee shotsand quality approach shotsinto the greens which aresome of the fastest in thearea. The biggest project forthe rest of the year that theyhave going is to reworkmany of the sand traps. Withall of the hot weather,Chickasaw is fortunate inthat they get water from LakeTexoma per their permit withthe Oklahoma WaterResources Board. The newbermuda greens are in greatshape and there are lots ofcompliments to the superin-tendent and his staff.

Terry Reynolds atSilverado Golf Course inDurant, said much of thesame thing about afternoongolf especially in July.

“Most of our play is in themorning,” said Reynolds.“Noon to five is all but gone.”

Silverado was actuallydesigned by Reynolds andopened for business in 2001.It is a par 71 layout on whatused to be pastureland. Theback tees stretch out toapproximately 7200 yardswith the blues at 6400and thewhites at 5700. DamianScott holds the course recordof 62. Rick Phillips is nowthe course superintendentand has a lot of turf careexperience. Cory Gilbert isthe Director of Golf for thecourse.

“Our outings this year

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TEXAS --JerryWorld, theDallas Cowboysfootball stadium,would be the sec-ond-largest city inBryan County onan NFL game day.

There is a popu-lation of approxi-mately 6,500 at theBig Dome – andthat’s before thefirst fan arrives.

Most of us have seen thestadium on TV or in news-papers or magazines.Actually, we haven’t seenthe stadium at all.

Jim Ely, a former starathlete at Durant HighSchool and Southeasternalumnus, has been workingas the official clock opera-tor in the stadium since itwas born.

Ely set up a tour forthree of us – Kyle Stafford,Glen Burke and yours truly– and we made the tripTuesday.

Yeah, the stadium is big.We’ve all seen that andread about it. That does nojustice at all to this monu-ment to NFL football andMr. Jerry Jones, the oldArkansas wildcatter.

There are more than1,600 toilets in the buildingand one becomes acquaint-ed with about 90 percent ofthem on a tour. Luxurysuites range from slightlybelow field level to nose-bleed territory.

All suites areenclosed, but fansmay choose to goopen-air, inwhich case theyring for the butlerand the glassfront slidessmoothly backinto the walls. Itwould be noproblem at all tofall from one ofthese in pursuit of

an errant extra-point orfield-goal attempt.

It is also possible,although not likely, that anoverly exuberant personcould come crashing intothe below-field-levelsuites.

Cowboys Stadium hasthe world’s largest domedroof, covering 661,000square feet. The dome isretractable and takes just10 minutes to open orclose. Each panel of thedome is 63,000 square feetand moving it requires 128motors. More than a half-million square feet of glassand stone cover the build-ing’s exterior.

If all of the handrails inthe stadium were laid endto end, it would cover morethan 12 miles. The guidedtour covers about seventimes that distance.

All tours may not be cre-ated equal. If you go, try toget in line behind PhillipWhitfield (world’s greatesttour guide, even if he did

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Phil Whitfield -Cowboy Stadium (andworld’s greatest) tourguide.

AP source: NFLplayer union hasvotes to recertify

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On July 31, 1963 The Cleveland Indians becomethe first American League clubto hit four straight home runsand in an unlikely fashion. No.

8 hitter Woody Held hits atwo-out homer off Paul

Foytack, pitcher Pedro Ramosfollows with his second homer

of the game, Tito Franconaand Larry Brown's first major

league homer finish the string.Foytack is the only major

league pitcher to give up fourstraight home runs.

“Rugby is a beastly gameplayed by gentlemen; soc-cer is a gentleman's game

played by beasts; football isa beastly game played by

beasts.”

-Henry Blaha

What multi-nicknamedYankees great sug-gested he be called

"The Idol of theAmerican Boy"?

Send all guesses toddsports@durantdemocrat.com

with “Sports Trivia” in thesubject line.

Winner’s name and answerwill be published in next

Sunday’s edition, along witha new trivia question.

This is just for fun, no prizesare awarded.

play football at East TexasState, now Texas A&MUniversity-Commerce,back in the day).

Whitfield played atDallas Roosevelt and grad-uated, in four years, fromEast Texas in 1982 with adegree in Psychology andCounseling.

As a tight end in col-lege, he stood between 6-4and 6-5 and weighed from195 to 220. Between showand tell, Whitfield spoke ofthe importance of an edu-cation and players notlooking for the easy wayout. His parents, plural,taught this man the rightway to live.

Cowboys Stadium is thelargest enclosed facility inthe NFL at 3-millionsquare feet. It is said tohold 104-million squarefeet of air. I’ve no idea howone measures air. The stuffmoves around before youcan get the ruler up there.

That humongous videoboard is really big. It’s 72feet by 160 feet. The pic-ture is sharper than onyour 50-inch widescreenTV at home. A 72-footDallas Cowboys cheer-leader is mind-boggling.That’s way too muchfemale for one pair ofpanty hose.

The video board is hol-low. Workers climb intothe thing about six hoursbefore a game and stayuntil the game is over. Thatwould be nine or 10 hours.There is no restroom upthere. None of the workersdrink anything for abouttwo weeks prior to theirshift.

The screen is not solid.Everything is modular. If asection goes bad, workerssimply unplug the old andplug in the new. What ashame we can’t do thatwith the federal govern-ment.

WE ARRIVED at thestadium a few minutesbefore 2 p.m. and left afew minutes before 5o’clock, just in time forrush hour.

The stadium is across

from a super Wal-Mart,which I used to think had abig parking lot. Mr. Elyhad an employee parkingpass, thank goodness.

We had to stop and restonly once before reachingthe stadium.

Every employee we metwas very friendly andevery one of them knewEly, which smoothed theway for us.

The stadium has 22escalators, 18 elevators, 10major stairways and rampsthat run from field level tothe upper concourse.

Whitfield, dancingalong in his blue suedeshoes, gave us the grandtour, including a visit tothe field and the cheerlead-ers’ dressing room. Therewere other places, but whokeeps track of that stuff?There are larger-than-life-size posters of the cheer-leaders and the youngladies get to keep themwhen they’re too old andugly at age 24 or there-abouts.

There is more than oneplaying field at CowboysStadium. We saw the car-pet warehouse, wheremany, many rolls arestored. They just roll upthe one in use, truck it intothe warehouse and roll outanother.

There can be a dirt floorfor rodeos or big trucks,

natural-grass fieldsbrought in on 18-wheelersand laid out for action. Ittakes about 15 hours tochange the fields.

We were given a look atthe Star Wars Center,where approximately a zil-lion computers and moni-tors and workers operateeverything that goes on inthe building.

There are policemenand first-aid stations andX-ray machines and placesto eat and photos andposters and Cowboys his-tory and works of art otherthan the cheerleaders allover the place.

Our tour covered many,many miles. I counted mysteps, divided by the num-ber of times I passed outand it worked out to 81.3miles.

An 18-wheeler is animposing vehicle whenpassing you on the road.There was an 18-wheelerparked inside CowboysStadium and it looked likeone of those 2-inch toys.

The stadium was host-ing a Texas high schoolfootball game Tuesdaynight. We tried to leavebefore the crowd arrived.We didn’t make it.

Our last stop was theroom where Ely workedthe clock. There is a spe-cial room for the clock. Ididn’t see any metal fold-

ing chairs. The oldRazorback did it right.

Burke shot a mess ofpictures, which he doeswith great expertise.Stafford took every oppor-tunity to spread the gospelof Southeastern and therewere lots of opportunities.

Two more tidbits fromthe Cowboys Stadium

2011 Guest Guide: TheStatue of Liberty couldstand on the star in themiddle of the field and theroof could close and nevertouch her flame; and thereare 420,000 square feet ofentertainment space beforeyou ever enter the stadi-um’s bowl.

The smartest move I

made was taking my walk-ing cane. Next time, I willinclude oxygen.

If you think it’s difficultto get your head aroundplaying football indoors,you really should see agame in Cowboys Stadiumor at least take a tour.

You’re welcome, Mr.Jones.

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were bigger and better thanever,” said Reynolds. “Wewere thrilled with the results.The Durant Gold Ball Clubouting was the best they everhad. We love this businessthat we are in especiallywhen people are satisfiedwith the results.”

Silverado’s main projectthis year is to upgrade theirrigation system.

“We need to keep it work-ing correctly and in goodorder,” said Reynolds.

Silverado rates are reason-able with the highest week-end rate being $38.50 andthe lowest rate during theweek is a $27.50 rate for sen-iors plus taxes. Choctawsand Southeastern studentsalso receive a 10 percent dis-

count. Yearly membership is$1,560 plus taxes for a singlemembership and can be paidon a monthly basis.

Silverado has a hugereservoir over 30 feet deepwhich supplies most of theirwater but they can also drawfrom the Blue River whenthey need to also withapproval from the OklahomaWater Resources Board.

“We haven’t drawn any-thing from the Blue Riverfor over a month,” saidReynolds. “The reservoirhas kept us in enough watereven through this hot, dryweather.”

Even though business issomewhat down this year,the new Bermuda greenshave also saved Silveradomaintenance costs as well.

“Now we can go homeand know that we are notloosing greens from the

extreme heat,” saidReynolds.

There are home sites thatsurround many of the holesat Silverado. According toReynolds about 33 percentof the homes are now builtand five homes have beenbuilt in the past 16 months.

The Durant Country Clubhas a very rich history start-ing from the very beginning.It was established in 1928 asa 9-hole course with sandgreens. It is now an 18 holelayout measuring almost6500 yards from the tips.

“My understanding is thatit was copied off of DornickHills in Ardmore for the firstnine holes,” said LarryNabors, one of the owners.

Dornick Hills wasdesigned by Perry Maxwellwho also designed SouthernHills in Tulsa, Colonial in Ft.Worth and Prairie Dunes in

Hutchinson, Kansas, all ofwhich have host USGAtournaments.

“We have owned thecountry club since Januaryof 2006,” said Nabors. “Ourplay in July is down substan-tially from last year. Wecan’t water the fairways. Weprobably have enough waterto do it, but we don’t want torun out. We need it for thegreens. We are prepared touse what we have for thegreens.”

“We are a family orientedplace,” said Nabors. “Thispast year we had over 30swimming parties wheremembers rented the pool.”

The rates at the countryclub are $22 during the weekand $27 on the weekends.They also offer a special dealfor junior high golfers – nocharge whatsoever. Thereare approximately 150

members of the club andthey pay $80 per monthwhich does not include thecost of a cart. They have alarge Thursday night scram-ble where between 30 and70 golfers play 9-holes, havedinner and then play cards.The greens and fairways areBermuda at the DurantCountry Club.

“We have one member 93years old and several in their80’s,” said Nabors. “But, wealso have many under fortyyears old also.”

Nabors related a story hehad heard about that hap-pened in the early 1960’s.The poker games at the club-house were well-knownaround town with a lot ofmoney involved and appar-ently caught the attention ofan outlaw. He stormed inone night with a shotgun androbbed all of the players.

There were numerous doc-tors, lawyers and judges thatplayed poker there and theyall were made to take theirclothes off so they couldn’tchase the robber. Naborswas pretty sure this did notmake the newspaper.

As the old guy in town,there are a lot of storiesabout the Durant CountryClub.

All in all, Durant isblessed with good places toplay golf and once it coolsdown a little, afternoon playwill again resume and peo-ple will again get out for around of golf with friendswhen it is less than 100degrees.

Note: If you have anyhunting stories or sports sto-ries that you would like toshare, please emailprice.1023@yahoo.com.

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This date in baseball history1930 — Lou Gehrig

drove in eight runs with agrand slam and two doublesas the New York Yankeesoutlasted the Boston RedSox 14-13.

1932 — Cleveland’sMunicipal Stadium openedand Lefty Grove and thePhiladelphia A’s beat theIndians 1-0 before 76,979fans.

1934 — The St. LouisCardinals defeated theCincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18innings as Cincinnati asDizzy Dean and TonyFreitas both went the dis-tance.

1954 — Joe Adcock hitfour home runs and a dou-

ble to lead the MilwaukeeBraves to a 15-7 victoryover the Brooklyn Dodgers.Adcock’s 18 total bases seta major league record.

1961 — The All-Stargame ended in a 1-1 tie atFenway Park as heavy rainhalted play.

1981 — The secondbaseball strike ended after42 days.

1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43,won his 300th game, reach-ing the milestone in his sec-ond try, as the TexasRangers beat theMilwaukee Brewers 11-3.

2002 — Mike Mussinabecame the second pitcherin major league history to

give up six doubles in oneinning, during the NewYork Yankees’ 17-6 loss toTexas. Hall of Famer LeftyGrove allowed that manywith Boston againstWashington in 1934.

2003 — John Smoltzbroke his own record as thefastest pitcher to record 40saves by pitching a score-less ninth in Atlanta’s 7-4win over Houston. Lastyear, he got his 40th saveon Aug. 8, en route tobreaking the NL recordwith 55.

2006 — OrlandoHudson hit home runs fromboth sides of the plate,including his first career

grand slam, as Arizona beatthe Chicago Cubs 15-4.

2007 — The New YorkYankees tied a franchiserecord by hitting eighthome runs, including a pairby Hideki Matsui, in a 16-3rout of the Chicago WhiteSox. New York last hiteight homers in a game in adoubleheader opener at thePhiladelphia Athletics onJune 28, 1939.

2010 — CarlosGonzalez hit a game-end-ing home run to completethe cycle, and Colorado ral-lied to a 6-5 win after blow-ing a three-run lead in theeighth inning to theChicago Cubs.

AP source: NFL player unionhas votes to recertify

BY JOHN WAWROWAP SPORTS WRITER

A person with directknowledge of thenumber of votes casthas told TheAssociated Press thatthere enough votesfrom NFL players torecertify the union.This is one of the laststeps in completingthe collective bargain-ing agreement.

The person spokeon the condition ofanonymity becausethe union has not

made an announce-ment.

Recertifying theunion must be done toconclude the laboragreement reachedlast week. The unionwould be required tonegotiate with theNFL several outstand-ing items, such asdrug testing, playerdiscipline, disabilityand pension programs.

Players from at leastnine teams havealready voted over-whelmingly in favorof recertification.

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