cimarron county burning ban effective date: april …apr 07, 2011  · cely behne, and j.b. test....

Volume 113 No. 01 75 Cents Thursday April 7, 2011P.O. Box 278 •105 W. Main Street • Boise City, Oklahoma 73933-0278 • Cimarron CountyPhone 580-544-2222 • Fax 580-544-3281 • e-mail bcnews@ptsi.net

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THIS DAY IN MUSIC

SOMETHING TO THINKABOUT

BORN ON APRIL 7

THIS DAY IN HISTORYAPRIL 7

DEATHS-PG. 3

ATTENTION!!!Due to an oversight wehave failed to run the fol-lowing ad: A lease operatoris needed for the V.F.W.Club contact Bud Aycockor John Mills at 544-3184or 544-2702

VETA FAY LOCK- 79MARY GREEN

We give a tip of the hatto: the St. Paul’s Meth-

odist Youth,for their con-siderable ef-forts to clean

up the city. Thanks toall you young men andwomen.

1770 William WordsworthEngland, poet laureate(The Prelude)1859 Walter Camp Con-necticut, father of Americanfootball (Yale)1860 W K Kellogg a realcorn flake1893 Allan W Dulles USdiplomat/CIA head 1953-61 (Germany’s Under-ground)1893 Irene Castle dancer(leader in anti-vivisectionmovement)1915 Billie Holiday[Eleanora Fagan] Philadel-phia PA, singer (Ain’tNobody’s Business)1931 Daniel Ellsbergwhistleblower (PentagonPapers)/patriot

1712 Slave revolt (NewYork NY)1788 1st settlement inOhio, at Marietta1798 Territory of Missis-sippi is organized1818 General AndrewJackson conquers StMarks FL from SeminoleIndians1827 English chemist JohnWalker invents woodenmatches1927 Using phone lines TVis sent from WashingtonDC to New York NY1933 Prohibition ends,Utah becomes 38th state toratify 21st Amendment1951 US performs atmo-spheric nuclear test atEnwetak1953 1st west-to-east jettransatlantic nonstop flight1959 Oklahoma ends pro-hibition, after 51 years1994 Vatican acknowl-edges Holocaust (Nazi’skilling Jews) for 1st time

1956, The CBS Radio Net-work premiered the firstregularly scheduled na-tional broadcast rock & rollshow, Alan Freed’s ‘Rock‘n’ Roll Dance Party.’1962, Shelley Fabaresstarted a two week run atNo.1 on the US singleschart with ‘Johnny Angel’.It only reached No.41 onthe UK chart.

“I have not failed. I’ve justfound 10,000 ways thatwon’t work.”— Thomas A. Edison

Trespassing tree...This tree on North Ellis was blown over Sunday after-noon into a neighboring yard, when the cold front hit andthe wind changed to the north. There was no other dam-age and the tree was short work to a chain saw.

CIMARRON COUNTY BURNING BANEFFECTIVE DATE: APRIL 4, 2011

On April 4, 2011 Cimarron County Commissioners approved Resolution #24-2011placing Cimarron County on Outdoor Burning Ban for a period not to exceed 30 daysfrom effective date.

By virtue of this resolution, it is unlawful for any person to set fire to any forest, grass,range, crop or other wildlands, or to build a campfire or bonfire, or to burn trash or othermaterial that may cause a forest, grass, range, crop, or other wildlands fire.

Exceptions to this fire prohibition and the appropriate precautionary measures to betaken are as follows:

Outdoor campfires or bonfires are prohibited; LPG and natural gas grills and charcoal-fired cooking outside in a grilling receptacle are permitted provided that the activity isconducted over a non-flammable surface and at least five feet from flammable vegeta-tion; and written permission for controlled burning of range and pasture may be permit-ted only with signed permission from the Fire Chief or his designee in the district.

WITH LOSSCOMES

CHANGEThough he never was unable

to see his feet, he once was ableto bend and lay his hands flat onthe floor.

Now, after nearly 40 years,he can once again touch his toes,and has a new goal to once againplace his hands flat on the floor;only time will tell.

Moderate, exercise andchanges in his diet, are payingoff. People are beginning to seewhat has yet to become appar-ent to him…he’s losing weight.

The time he has spent withthe staff at Cimarron MemorialHospital, and P.A. Bruce Carltonis paying off.

He has lost more than 20pounds in just over a month, andit’s time for some changes in theclothes he wears.

He won’t say it has alwaysbeen easy…but it’s been easierthan he had once perceived.

—By Laura Hays Orlando, Fla.—South

Florida in the spring is knownas a popular spot for MajorLeague Baseball team training.Last weekend in Orlando, theProgramming Team from Oklahrsity confirmed that their train-ing is second to none. This wasno exhibition game—theyplayed to win. The group of stu-dents brought home several na-tional honors from the Associa-tion of Information TechnologyProfessionals (AITP) 16th An-nual National Collegiate Confer-ence. They traveled to Orlandoto match their knowledge andcritical analysis skills againstplayers from much largerschools and proved OPSU’stalent pool exceeds that of mostof their peers. Diane Murphey,the Dean of the School of Busi-ness and Technology, said,“They hit a home run.”

Congratulations to PamGutierrez and Zane Greene forwinning 1st place in the OfficeIntegration contest! Two yearsago, they placed in the top 6 ofthat contest and this year thatexperience paid off. In this com-petition, students use MicrosoftOffice to inte across all appli-cations included in the software.

Working alone, JoshArmstrong won 2nd place in PCTroubleshooting. After placing inthe top 10 with a written exam,he worked on an actual PC toresolve the problem that waspresented.

The Blake Westbrook and

JOSH ARMSTRONG

OPSU Programming Team, JoshArmstrong Wins National Honors

Klay Kuban duo placed in 2 dif-ferent contests. They won 3rdin Business Intelligence, a com-petition that utilizes geographicinformation system (GIS) tech-nology and related businessanalysis skills to address a com-mon business intelligence sce-nario. The pair also won Honor-able Mention in Graphic Com-munications, a contest thatevaluates competitors’ abilities inweb site design anddevelopment.Before the OPSUteam even left for Orlando, theirWeb Application team was cho-sen to present their project be-fore a panel of 5 judges. Only 8teams in the nation competed,and the OPSU group won Hon-orable Mention. The team cre-ated a new website for TheHeritage Community, a not-for-profit entity based in Guymon.

In addition to the studentslisted above, other OPSU stu-dents attending include KimTuttle, Lance Shelite, Evan Dye,Jonathan Faulkner, MertVanFredenberg, Erin Kreie, Ci-cely Behne, and J.B. Test.OPSU graduate, webmaster andcontinuing student Nick Tuttlealso attended.

Murphey said, “I am ex-tremely proud of the students onthe OPSU Programming Team.They have once again provedthat it is not the size of the school,but the quality of the educationthat matters. They competedwith about 450 students from 61universities from across theUnited States and came out ontop!”

By: William Spell On March 26th five area ath-

letes from Boise City competedin Turpin, Oklahoma in the areaspecial Olympics track meetthey all tried their best to get theopportunity to make it to statespecial Olympics summergames. Now they have to com-pete to get to go to state here itdoes not matter what place youget you get an automatic oppor-tunity if you compete in yourevent or events. It is up to theathlete whether they want to goto state or not. The four athletesthat have decided to go toStillwater are Todd Waggoner,Rhonda Worm, William Spell,Darryl Perky. They will be leav-ing on May 10th to head toStillwater and compete in theirevents. The events began withthe ceremonial walk around thetrack with all of the athletes andsupporters. Followed by the na-tional anthem and then a prayerfollowed by the events. Every-one I saw there was happy andready to compete even thoughit was a really cold day in Turpinthat day we braved the elementsand competed to the best of our

Four area athletes qualify to go toStillwater in May Events

ability. And while people werecompeting there were peoplegetting lunch ready for the ath-letes of hot dogs and hamburg-ers. Imagine having the job ofhaving to feed pretty much 70people athletes and coaches andvolunteers? And I cannot forgetthat there were a few playersfrom the OPSU football teamand the new OPSU coach wason hand to volunteer their timeto help. And there were peoplethere making new friendshipsand remembering old ones. Iwould personally like to thankthe volunteers; without youthings like this would not go assmoothly as it has all this time.And our coaches Shayel, Carol,Dee without you guys volunteer-ing your time we would not havethe opportunity to go to stateevery single year and competeand have a great time. And ofcourse the Panhandle Stateplayers and coach for volun-teering your time for us. And Icannot forget the fans. Theyhave supported us a lot and Iwould like to thank them and wewill try our best to bring homefirst place from state.

Rhonda Worm, Darrell Perky, Todd Waggoner, LuisSandaval and William Spell. Courtsey photo

Panhandle andits Citizens areHostages ofHope/Despair,as CorporationCommissionPonders CleanLine ProposalBy C.F. David

Information and potentialquotes in this article are gleanedfrom a March 29 Daily Oklaho-man article written by Jay Marks,Copyright 2011, The OklahomaPublishing Company.

An Oklahoma CorporationAdministrative Law Judge hasyet to rule on Houston’s CleanLine Energy’s bid to build an 800mile high-voltage transmissionline and the right to be called autility.

OG&E, is arguing that CleanLine has no right to be desig-nated a utility.

However, as the commissionstaff wait for a decision, theyhave also recommended thetransmission only utility status.Meanwhile, they are busy atwork on regulations just for suchcompanies.

Meanwhile, Clean Line’shired economic expert makesthe claim that the project couldbring $6 billion in economic gainsto the entire state while beingbuilt and developed.

If approved, the projectwould kick off in 2013 and com-plete in 2015 ready to be ener-gized. Clean Line’s V.P. for ex-ternal affairs, Jimmie Glotfeltyremains optimistic that the ap-plication will be approved, andsaid the project is “right” forOklahoma.

Congratulations to the Keyes 3rd & 4th grade Girls BasketballTeam for winning the Clayton Tournament! They have alsowon the Keyes Tournament and Consolation at the YarbroughTournament. Back row - Coach Joey Perez, Nayeli Valencia,Jamilett Villa, Anna Reimer, Courtney Williams, JarahWhitfield, Coach Troy Williams Front row - Patricia Sanchez,Rebecca Perez, Rose Williams and not pictured is MargieReimer. Congratulations girls we are very proud of you!!!

3-31Kelly Marsh- DUI, speed-ing, bonded out.

4-1Aaron Turner- Servingtime; *Last week Mr.Turner was, due to faultyinformation, identified as

CIMARRON COUNTYJAIL BLOTTER

having committed felonyeluding. It was instead amisdemeanor.Randall Matheny-servingtime

4-2Anna Marie Thornton-driving under the influenceof drugs, speeding, failureto yield to an emergencyvehicle, bonded out.

Tri-County Electric An-nounces District Results

Tri-County Electric held dis-trict meetings the week of March28 to hold elections for the boardof trustees in accordance with thebylaws of the cooperative.

The only individuals filing fordistricts 1 and 5 were the incum-bent trustees. A quorum was notreached at district 1 and 5 meet-ings, therefore no elections wereheld. The Tri-County ElectricBylaws state in the event a quo-rum cannot be obtained the trustee

serving the district shall be de-clared the trustee from that dis-trict for a term of three years. The trustees for the districts 1 and5 are: District 1: Jimmie L. Draper·District 5: Joe Mayer In District7, a quorum was reached and anelection did take place. Those fil-ing for election were incumbentShawn Martinez, as well as JohnA. Buster and Carlos L. Miller.Shawn Martinez won the electionand will represent District 7 for aterm of three years.

“Democratic member control

is one of our cooperative values,”said Tri-County Electric CEO JackL. Perkins. “District meetings area great example of what sets usapart from investor-owned utili-ties.”

Members of Tri-County Elec-tric are invited to attend the an-nual meeting on Friday, May 13.Registration and meal begin at5:30 p.m.