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A search for a missing King-fisher woman ended quicklylast week when she was foundsafe and sound in El Reno,Kingfisher Police Chief DennisBaker said.
Linda Goddard, 50, was re-leased from Kingfisher CountyJail July 12 after having beenarrested two days earlier forallegedly failing to pay courtcosts due on a traffic offense.
Family members contactedthe Kingfisher Police Depart-ment late Tuesday night to re-port that they hadn’t heardfrom Goddard since her re-lease, when she contacted themfrom a Kingfisher conveniencestore to say she was headed toConcho.
“We began a missingperson’s case and entered heron NCIC (the national law en-forcement computer system)and released her picture to theTV media Tuesday night,”Baker said. “Wednesday morn-ing we started calling the hos-pitals.”
About 11 a.m. Wednesday,police received word thatGoddard’s “Player’s Club”card had been used at LuckyStar Casino at Concho.
“Further investigation fromthere ended up taking us toanother address in El Renowhere the El Reno Police De-partment found her,” Bakersaid. “It happened just thatfast.”
Baker said he didn’t knowwhy Goddard’s family had losttouch with her, but he’s gladshe was located quickly andwas safe.
Local womanlocated safely
Can it safely be said nowthat the drought has ended?
Last week’s generous rainsput Kingfisher’s rain total for2013 above all of 2012.
Kingfisher’s official rainfalltotal for 2013 through July 17total’s 25.25 inches, not quite aquarter inch above the 25.20inches received in all of 2012,according to Local WeatherObserver Steve Loftis.
Kingfisher County Agricul-tural Agent Keith Boevers ob-served that drought is only acouple of weeks away at anyone time in western Oklahoma.
Noting that last week’s rainsput a bloom on crops, pastures,lawns and gardens, he specu-lated there would be more dry,hot weather in the county’sfuture.
He pointed out that it wasbeginning to get noticeably drylocally before last week’s wel-come rain and cooler weather.
“Summers are traditionallyhot and dry in KingfisherCounty; that’s why we don’tgrow a lot of summer crops.You might get three summersin 10 that are conducive togrowing summer crops, butpicking those three years is thekey,” he said. “It’s a gamble.”
“There is no such thing as a‘normal’ year in the county.
“I’ve watched it for yearsand every year is different. Youmight add two years togetherand average them to get anoptimistic picture but it isn’tan accurate picture. It mightlook good on paper but we justdon’t have the weather thatthey do north and east of herethat are normally conducive togrowing summer crops likecorn or soybeans on a regularbasis.
Commenting on last week’srainy weather with highs top-ping out in the mid-80s,Boevers noted local residentsprobably should have gottenout and enjoyed it while itlasted.
Friday’s high zipped backup to 95 degrees. The moistureleft over from the rain put thehumidity at high, uncomfort-able levels.
Besides boosting summer
Rainy or not,drought looms
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SundayJuly 21, 2013
No. 26 of the125th Year
HEARD&SeenHunter Wittrock of Kingfisher
got a surprise when he visited theDuck Commander factory in WestMonroe, La., with his family lastweek.
CEO Willie Robertson showedup and not only autographedHunter’s souvenir T-shirt, butgave Hunter his bandanaheadband.
Along with his parents Jeff andHeather Wittrock, Hunter isspending two weeks in Shreve-port, La., undergoing intensiverehabilitation following surgeryon his hips, legs and ankles that isexpected to give him increasedindependence.
The trip to West Monroe was aside trip to reward Hunter for hishard work in physical therapy.The bonus encounter with Williemade it a trip he won’t soonforget.
Trevor Woods, a 2013 King-fisher High School graduate whosuffered a head injury in a fallfrom the back of a pickup truck
late last month, came home fromthe hospital Tuesday.
After his accident, Woods wasflown from Kingfisher RegionalHospital to the University ofOklahoma Medical Center, wherehe remained in intensive care for anumber of days.
After surgery to repair a brokenjaw, Woods was transferred to JimThorpe Rehabilitation Center,where he was initially expected tospend up to a month in intensivephysical, occupational and speechtherapy.
However, doctors determinedWoods was sufficiently recoveredafter only 10 days to return home,where he will continue therapy onan outpatient basis.
Mercy media relations special-ist Rachel Wright provided someadditional information aboutKingfisher’s newest physician Dr.Stefanie Meredith.
Meredith is a 2003 PiedmontHigh School graduate who ismarried to her high schoolsweetheart, Dustin, who is fromYukon.
The Merediths have onedaughter, Lynnlee, who cel-ebrated her first birthday July 4.They currently live with family inOklahoma City, while they decidewhere to build their home.
DUCK FANS, eat your hearts out. Hunter Wittrock gets up close visitwith Willie Robertson while visiting Louisiana.
Crescent chase sloshes through countySuspect escapes after miring second truck
Soggy roads caused difficulty forboth a fleeing Crescent car theft sus-pect and his pursuers Tuesday night,but the suspect managed to evadearrest after a chase that disabled ormired several vehicles and kept towtruck operators busy in the aftermath.
Sheriff Dennis Banther said hisoffice received word from a CrescentPolice Department dispatcher about7 p.m. Tuesday that a suspect washeaded into Kingfisher County in anallegedly stolen vehicle.
Crescent police were investigat-ing a burglary when a pickup truckwas reported stolen from a local con-venience store while its owner wasinside paying for gas.
The truck thief is believed to beresponsible for the burglary as well,Banther said.
The truck’s owner got in anothervehicle and started pursuing his sto-
len truck until Crescent patrol carsbecame involved.
“The first word we got was thatthey were coming in on (S.H. 33) sowe were waiting out there with spikestrips but no one ever showed up,”Banther said. “Then we learned ourinitial information was wrong andthey were coming in on County Road730 on the other side of the river, so(Oklahoma Highway Patrol TrooperJohn) Weimer and I headed that way.”
The driver and pickup truck actu-ally ramped into the Cimarron Riverwhere CR 730 meets CR 2950, Banthersaid.
Pursuing Crescent police officerslost the driver, who escaped on foot.
Shortly afterward, the sheriff’s of-fice received another report of apickup truck stolen from the Scottand Debbie Wilcox residence at 25999E. 760 Rd.
Wilcox told deputies that he andhis wife had arrived home from Okla-homa City and was outside the lockedgate to his property when a red pickuptruck pulled up on the inside of thegate.
Wilcox approached the truck andasked the man if he was the hiredhand and the man replied, “yes,” andthen when Wilcox asked him if hehad a key to the gate, the man said,“no,” according to the sheriff’s re-port.
Wilcox opened the gate before re-alizing the pickup the man was driv-ing actually belonged to Wilcox. WhenWilcox tried to approach the vehicleagain, the driver accelerated and spedoff, driving south a mile and thenturning back east, according to thereport.
Wilcox and his wife gave chase inanother vehicle and then when they
realized the driver was headed to-ward a dead end, the Wilcoxesstopped, blocked the road and called911, according to the report.
Deputies arriving on the scenecould see the red pickup truck stuckin a muddy field, but the driver againhad escaped.
“While two deputies were look-ing for the suspect on foot, a Cashionpolice officer waited on the highwayto catch him when he surfaced,”Banther said.
Officers later learned that thestranded man was picked up by un-knowing Good Samaritans anddriven to a convenience store at S.H.33 and S.H. 74 and then disappeared,believed headed to Oklahoma City,Banther said.
Meanwhile, a wrecker service ar-riving to pick up a Crescent patrol
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The new vision for Kingfisher InLights is to make the holiday displaya totally interactive experience, ScottOsborn told the Kingfisher Lions Clubat their weekly Thursday meeting.
Osborn has served as KIL Presi-dent for the past three years. Thecommunity-based organization hasexisted for the past 18 years.
Osborn recently returned from theLone Star Holidays Conference inHouston. At the conference, helearned about lighting animation andsaw new ideas for displays that couldbe incorporated into the annual dis-play at Kingfisher Park.
Last Christmas season, KILbrought in a little over $50,000 indonations. Visitors numbered in ex-cess of 25,000 in more than 7,500 ve-hicles that toured the display, Osbornsaid.
The train ride alone generated$11,000.
“Bringing that many people intoKingfisher is vital to our community,”Osborn said. “We have long-term
goals and need a lot of help. We des-perately need a treasurer. It is a year-round project that starts in Februarywith ordering new lights and plan-ning.”
Operating expenses total about$35,000 annually, which includes newlights, new technology and upgrad-ing. The city uses excess power theyhave purchased to cover the electri-cal expenses, Osborn said.
Horse-drawn carriage rides havebeen available for several years andhayrides were added last year, alongwith computer generated lighting ani-mation.
“This year promises to bring morefun and excitement with a massive,computer-generated 20-25 minutelight show in front of the cabins alongwith artificial snow, bubbles and fog,all kinds of interactive things forkids,” Osborn said.
The board also plans to makeriding the train a special experiencewith a laser light show in the train
CHRISTMAS IN JULY — Lions Club member Nick Martin, left, welcomesThursday’s guest speaker, Scott Osborn, who discussed plans for the2013-14 season of Kingfisher In Lights. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo] [See Lights Page 8]
No such thing as ho-hum holiday displays at KIL
Kingfisher County Sheriff’s Officeis on the lookout for an unidentifiedman and woman believed respon-sible for a spate of home burglariesThursday afternoon and evening,Sheriff Dennis Banther said.
The couple was described as a manin his mid to late 50s and a woman inher 30s seen driving a maroon van ofunknown make and model.
The couple is believed to haveburglarized at least five homes in therural Kingfisher and Cashion areasbeginning shortly after 3 p.m. Thurs-day by kicking in locked doors andsnatching jewelry and other items,Banther said.
Several times, the suspects acti-vated intruder alarms and fled with-out stealing anything, but in one casea resident was home and was able todescribe them to the authorities.
The first intrusion alarm was re-ported at the Jerry Trent residencefour and a half miles west of King-fisher on Lake Elmer Road about 3:15p.m.
Authorities found the front dooropen with a dent and footprint in thecenter of it and the lock assembly anda large section of the doorframe lay-ing on the entranceway floor.
The homeowner reported thatnothing appeared to have been stolen
from the residence.Diana Sigl, who lives six and three-
fourths mile east of Kingfisher onLemon’s Road, was at home about 4p.m. Thursday when someone startedbanging on her rear door.
As she approached, a man in hismid to late 50s kicked the door in,almost striking Sigl, according to thereport.
He told her he was looking for“Tanya” and knew she was hiding inthe residence, according to the re-port.
Sigl told authorities that the manwas accompanied by a nervous look-ing woman in her early 30s who urged
the man to leave. The couple left in amaroon van.
The man left a dent in the center ofthe door, breaking the locking mecha-nism and damaging the doorframe,according to the report.
Deputy Jesse Ritchie investigatedthe first two burglaries.
The next intrusion alarm reportedwas 11.5 miles east of Kingfisher onthe north side of S.H. 33 where a backdoor was kicked in and a mother’sring was reported missing.
“By that time, we were lining uptoward the east because we suspectedthey were moving in that direction,”
Couple sought in home burglary spree
[See Burglaries Page 8]
[See Drought Page 8]
2 Sunday, July 21, 2013 Kingfisher (Okla.) Times & Free Press
LuGreg Trucking, a sur-vivor of the oilfield’s upsand downs, has been inbusiness since 1981 andwas the topic at this week’sRotary Club meeting.
Greg Kannady, presi-dent of LuGreg Trucking,and owner along with hiswife Susan, gave the pre-sentation.
He started the companyat age 19 with his father,Luke Kannady. The com-pany is a combination ofhis and his father’s names.
Luke and his wife, Bert,retired in 1998 at whichtime Greg purchased theirshare of the business.
The business was startedwith one truck. It currentlyoperates 65 trucks with 135employees and seven yardlocations including Calu-met, Cashion, Longdale,Marshall, Thomas, Elk Cityand it’s corporate head-quarters in Kingfisher.
LuGreg Trucking beganby hauling saltwater, buthas expanded to transport-ing drilling mud, fracturefluids and other oilfield liq-uids used in the produc-tion, drilling and comple-
LUGREG TRUCKING, a Kingfisher based oilfield fluid handling company, was thetopic at Tuesday’s Rotary meeting. Greg Kannady, third from left, president of LuGregTrucking gave the presentation. Rotary member Brian Henderson, far right, introducedhim along with other guests including, left to right, Roy Streck, sales manager; RandyLudwig, general manager/vice president; Susan, Zac and Paige Kannady and Jaye Rose,controller. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo]
Kannady shares oilfield fluidtrucking history with Rotary
tion phases of the industry.“Our bread and butter is
the production side of theoil and gas industry. It iswhat we focus on,” saidKannady.
On average, wells willproduce 10 barrels of saltwater per barrel of oil.LuGreg trucks load thewater and transport it towater disposal wells.Theyalso pull water-contami-nated oil off of the bottomof oil storage tanks and they
pressure test pipelines.“Our trucks run 24/7
hauling an average of 275truck loads per day,” saidKannady.
Other LuGreg guests atthe meeting includedKannady’s wife, Susan;children, Zac and Paige andemployees, Jaye Rose,Randy Ludwig and RoyStreck.
Rotarian BrianHenderson introducedKannady at the meeting.
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ATTEND CONFERENCE – Gatlin Squires, middle, at-tended the annual Oklahoma Youth Leading Agricultureconference recently. Pictures with Squires are, from left,Monica Wilke, Oklahoma Farm Bureau executive direc-tor, and Mason Bolay, Young Farmers and Ranchers chair-man. [Photo Provided]
Gatlin Squires of King-fisher, along with 16 more ofOklahoma’s best and bright-est high school seniors, spentfour days learning about lead-ership, team building and ag-riculture at the second annualOklahoma Youth LeadingAgriculture conference June24-27 in Oklahoma City.
OYLA is hosted by Okla-homa Farm Bureau’s YoungFarmers and Ranchers Com-mittee.
Mason Bolay, chairman ofthe YF&R Committee, saidOYLA participants werehandpicked based on theirleadership experience, aca-demic excellence and agricul-tural interests.
“We know we picked 17 ofthe state’s top high school se-niors that are going to be theface of agriculture in the fu-ture,” Bolay said.
Squire’s OYLA experiencewas sponsored in part byKingfisher County Farm Bu-reau.
The conference was de-signed to prepare high schoolstudents for a future career inagriculture and advanceyouth leadership.
The group learned aboutmedia training, money-spend-ing habits and agriculturaladvocacy.
They toured companiessuch as Oklahoma Farm Bu-reau, Chesapeake Energy,P&K Equipment and WholeFoods.
“The purpose of OYLA isto expose rural Oklahoma stu-dents to careers in agricultureand related fields that are righthere in Oklahoma,” said HollyCarroll, OYLA coordinator.
“We want to help themfind ways to stay in our stateafter graduation, because weknow that they are the keyto the future success of FarmBureau and Oklahoma agri-culture.
“We also focus on devel-oping leadership and com-munication skills while in-creasing their networkingabilities.”
Carroll said the conferencepromotes developing confi-dence, overcoming challengesand gaining some agriculturaleducation.
“We want them to knowthe importance of agriculturein Oklahoma and the role theyplay in continuing the tradi-tions we hold so dear,” Carrollsaid.
ATTEND CAMP – Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s 58th annual band camp,which was held July 7-12 on the Weatherford campus, attracted nearly 530 students fromsix states and two countries. Camp director Keith Talley said the students auditioned forplacement in one of five concert bands and participated in rehearsals as well as a varietyof recreational activities. The camp ended with a final concert featuring all five bands.Among the students attending the camp from Kingfisher Public Schools were, front row,from left, Brody Mitchell, Holli Kraus, Macy Boden, Maverick Bullard, Emily Meyer andRobert Reid; middle row, Devan Bettencourt, Trena Adams, Macy Eminger, SofiaRodriguez and Baelee Hill, and, back row, Phyllisha Patton, Noah Verkler, Dylan Byers,Preston Eminger, Dawson Leffingwell and Harrison Powell. [Photo Provided]
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SHAPE IT UP owner Lisa Peterman, second from left, andMyrna Townsend (Lisa’s mom), right, recently celebratedthe business’ first anniversary, and were congratulated byKingfisher Chamber of Commerce President CarlyFranks, left, and Board Member Tim Abercrombie, cen-ter. Shape It Up, located at 206 N. Main, is open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and offers equipment and servicesto give a great workout for ages 15-92, including eight ton-ing tables, cardio equipment and personal training. A tan-ning bed is also available.Verlena Selby, second fromright, is the oldest and most dedicated customer at ShapeIt Up. “She comes in every day and uses each toning tablewe have available,” Peterman said. [KT-FP Staff Photo]
The family of James “Jim” Bengswould like to thank everyone for the food,
cards, flowers, hugs, prayers and lovingconcern for us during this difficult time.
Also, for the memorial donationsto organizations in Jim’s name.
A special thank you to the KingfisherFire Department. The display of the
large American Flag at the church tookour breath away and brought tears to our eyes.
The procession to the cemeterywas a very nice tribute to Jim.Thanks also to Leon Seaton
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100 years agoG.M. Johnson of Dalhart,
Texas, was in Kingfisher onbusiness this week. Mr.Johnson is one of the live ag-gressive spirits that has pro-claimed the Pan Handle to theworld.
Kingfisher County holdsthe record of big shipments tothe Oklahoma City StockYards, says the OklahomaFarmer-Stockman. KingfisherCounty thrives simply be-cause the farmers of thatcounty have become success-ful breeders of livestock, andthe county of Kingfisher isgrowing so rapidly that King-fisher, beautiful city that iscontiguous to the fertileCimarron Valley, will showsome population gains thatwill surprise the people ofOklahoma one of these days.
75 years agoFFA boys from Kingfisher,
Dover and Hitchcock will gotogether in a bus to their an-nual summer camp at Watts,Aug. 8-13. They will makecamp on the Illinois River nearthe Arkansas line, and willcatch some fish, they hope.
D.C. Boyer of Kingfisherand Conn Price of Dover, vo-cational agriculture leaders,will accompany the boys.Some adults also will go fromHitchcock.
Many of the best croquetplayers in Oklahoma willgather in Loyal Saturday andSunday to participate in aninvitational tournament there.
About 20 teams are ex-pected to take part, and at-tractive cash prizes will bepresented the winners.
50 years agoUse of ZIP code numbers
on letter mail will begin Mon-day.
All U.S. post offices havebeen assigned five-digit code
numbers, which will enablepostal workers to use elec-tronic machines in sorting anddispatching the mail.
Clerks, also, will be able totell immediately from thenumber the national area, stateand post office to which a let-ter is destined.
When the plan is in fullswing, the postal departmentexpects it to substantially re-
duce the mail-handling time,and result in faster movementof mail.
The code numbers are to belisted immediately after thetown and state, both in ad-dresses and in return ad-dresses.
25 years agoKingfisher resident Elnora
Ellen Cole Baker was pre-sented with a plaque for hercontributions to the DouglassCommunity League by LucilleJackson, president of the or-ganization, at the league’sJuneteen celebration Sunday.
With proper planning andmanagement, water gardensare relaxing and beautiful ad-ditions to any landscape.
There are several miscon-ceptions about water gardensthat can lead to problems intheir management.
The first of which is assum-ing a water garden must bemanaged the same way as anaquarium, said Marley Beem,Oklahoma State UniversityCooperative Extension aquac-ulture specialist.
“Feeding water garden fishis not required when fish arestocked lightly,” said Beem,who suggested a stocking rateof one fish per five square feetof surface area.
“If you do choose to feedyour fish, be careful not tooverfeed.
“Excess fish waste and un-eaten feed quickly degradewater quality.”
Water gardens that func-tion according to the princi-pals of nature should not bemanaged using chemicals, asis done with swimmingpools.
Aquatic plants are the bestway to filter and treat thewaste produced by fish.
“Purchasing and using awater quality test kit is notrequired for a properly man-aged pond where feed is notused or is used very conserva-tively,” Beem said.
“It is not unusual for watergardeners to be overly con-cerned with water qualitymeasures like pH. It is notnecessary or desirable tochemically adjust the pH aslong as it stays between 6.0and 9.0 most of the time.”
Also, spending a ton ofmoney on your garden doesnot mean it will be any better.Expensive filtration systemstypically require more main-tenance.
There are expensive andinexpensive options whenchoosing fish, as well. Watergarden owners are encour-aged to investigate the advan-tages and disadvantages ofboth goldfish and koi beforemaking a choice.
“A beginning water gar-dener is probably better offwith goldfish, especially iftheir pond will be less than1,000 gallons in size,” Beemsaid.
“Choose goldfish varietiesthat have a simple body formsuited to quick swimming,
and avoid those with extralarge fins or bulging eyes.”
Koi require a larger pond,but have a distinctive beauty.However, with that beautycomes a heavy price tag.
When shopping for fish,reject any that hang close tothe water surface, have whit-ish dots or display poor bal-ance.
Water gardens should al-ways be protected from fishparasites that are introducedinto the garden from newfish, plants, or anything fromanother water garden orpond.
Beem suggests holdingnew fish and plants in an iso-lated tank for at least twoweeks before transferring intothe water garden.
Finally, the design and lo-
cation of the garden will playa major role in your satisfac-tion of the garden.
Ideal spots can be seeneasily, are close to electricaloutlets, away from treeswhere leaf accumulation willbe a problem, removed fromareas that will runoff intothe garden and far enoughaway from bedroom win-dows where frogs will notkeep you awake.
“Most water gardenersseek relaxation. The low-in-tensity, no-feed approach of-fers just that,” Beem said.
“You will hear differentopinions about how best toplan and manage a water gar-den.
“Keep in mind the amountof time and effort needed foreach method.”
Low-intensity, no feed approachrecommended for water gardens
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Summer typically bringsperiods of heat and droughtthat impact forages grown forhay and grazing for beef cattle.When these plants are stressed,forages such as Johnsongrassand forage sorghums are proneto accumulate dangerous con-centrations of nitrates or prus-sic acid, both toxic to the cattlethat ingest them.
According to KeithBoevers, Kingfisher CountyOSU Extension Ag Educator,high nitrate plants, eitherstanding in the field, or fed ashay later in winter, can causeabortion in pregnant cattle, orpotentially death to all cattleif consumed in great enoughquantities. Prussic acid, whilea hazard to grazing cattle, isvolatile and dissipates if plantsare cut for hay and poses noproblem when the hay is fedlater.
“There have been reportsof grazing cattle being poi-soned by prussic acid in thelast few weeks, and produc-ers should be aware,” saysBoevers.
According to Boevers,“Producers should test hayfields for nitrates and prussicacid before they cut them forhay or turn grazing cattle tothem. Testing the forage givesthe producer an additionaloption of waiting and allow-ing for the nitrate or prussicacid concentrations to dropbefore grazing or harvestingthe hay.”
The primary sources of for-age nitrate toxicity and prus-sic acid in Oklahoma will besummer annual sorghum typeplants, including sudan hy-brids, sorgo-sudans, sor-ghum-sudans, millets, andJohnsongrass.
“These typically undergoperiods of stress during thesummer growing season. Ifthey become drought stressedor are heavily fertilized, theyare at greater risk to accumu-late these toxins,” saidBoevers.
Nitrates are normally takenup by the plant roots to beused in the production of plantprotein. When the plant isstressed, however, that pro-cess is impeded andbyproducts are accumulatedthat inhibit the ability of theanimals’ blood hemoglobin tocarry oxygen.
Prussic acid, also known ashydrocyanic acid, quicklyblocks cellular respiration, theconversion of nutrients to en-ergy.
Cattle producers shouldcontact the Kingfisher OSUCounty Extension office forinformation on testing, feed-ing and haying potentiallydangerous forages. Foragescan be tested at the office or inthe field, some requiring moreextensive lab analysis beforebeing harvested or grazed.
Nitrate and prussic acidrisks cannot be eliminated, butthey can be reduced. Boevers
recommends that the crop betested before harvest, and rais-ing the height of the mowerwhen cutting since nitrates arein greater concentrations in thelower stem. Tonnage may beless, but high nitrate foragehas lesser to no value. “Con-versely, though, prussic acidconcentrations are greatest inthe leaf of the plant,” saysBoevers.
Different classes of cattle;ie, pregnant cows, open cows,or stocker steers have differ-ent susceptibility to nitrates,
Watch for nitrate, prussic acid in stressed forageso knowing the nitrate con-centration can provide optionsas to how it can be fed, whetheras-is or diluted with other feedand hay. Regardless, cattleshould be allowed to becomeadapted to forages with el-evated nitrate levels.
Testing and an OSU FactSheet on nitrates and prussicacid are available at the OSUExtension office. Producersseeking more information onmanagement to alleviate ni-trate or prussic acid problemsshould contact Keith Boevers.
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4 Sunday, July 21, 2013 Kingfisher (Okla.) Times & Free Press
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JOSH AND JOHNThe racial unrest created by the Trayvon Martin trial in
Florida brought to mind the friendship shared by our dad,John Reid, and Josh Telford, a black man.
It began one day when Josh, fresh out of the Army afterWorld War II, walked up the lane to our farm house and askedDad if he had any work he could do.
Dad, who was not inclined to spend any money he didn’thave to, for some reason figured out some jobs Josh could do.
We have often wondered why Josh decided to visit ourplace. It was likely the least imposing place in the neighbor-hood. Maybe something led him there.
We never did ask Dad how he came to the decision to giveJosh that first job – we just knew he was a friend.
There seemed to be an immediate kinship between the two.Maybe there was simply a recognition of character traits in
the other they both appreciated. Both were tough and all man.Josh was about 6-5 and well set up.If he had come along later in our nation’s history he might
have become a sterling athlete who would have earned bigbucks.
Dad, a former college football player and wrestler, was adry land farmer, about 20 years older than Josh, who coaxeda living out of our quarter section farm year after year, mostlyby watching every penny, doing everything for himself thathe could, mending old equipment time after time to keep itrunning. (When he was 80 years old he was still changing histractor tires by himself, sometimes pulling hernias in hisstomach because of the heavy lifting. Did he go to the doctorto have them repaired? Nah. He just put a marble in the hernia,covered it with tape and went back to work.)
Josh continued to help Dad with farm work over the yearsand – even after he had gone on to better jobs – was alwaysavailable to help Dad find a crew for seasonal work as needed.
We remember Dad telling us one evening to go by theCocoanut Club, a black nightspot where Josh had becomemanager, to ask him to help round up a crew to chop cotton.
We didn’t have a phone and Dad wasn’t going to make anextra trip to town himself to see Josh when we were going totown anyway for an FFA meeting.
The first time this happened, we, an undersized white kidand his equally undersized neighbor friend, walked in andwere immediately surrounded by a group of young blackguys (all seemingly six feet tall or taller) who possibly thoughtwe were intruding on their turf.
“What are you doing here?” one wanted to know.“I came to see Josh,” we squeaked.About that time, Josh, who was across the room, spotted us
and with hardly a word scattered the gang from around usand motioned us over.
After delivering our message, we immediately turned andleft.
We didn’t look back, but on reflection, we think it is likelythat Josh watched us until we were safely in our truck and offthe premises.
The cotton choppers arrived early the next day.When Josh was doing field work in his early years, he
would pull bolls on three rows of cotton while everyone elsewas pulling one and was likely to beat everyone else to the endof the row. He did the same thing chopping cotton. My, howhe would work.
When he became the manager of the Cocoanut Club, he hadtotal charge of the money for the owner who trusted himimplicitly and with good reason. He also managed a restau-rant or two for the same owner and with the same arrange-ment.
Later on, he was hired by the City of Altus ElectricalDepartment, later joining the police department where hebecame a fixture in the downtown area.
Everyone knew, respected and liked Josh, except criminals.He had a good word for everyone. He likely could have beenelected mayor.
Even after there were no longer any work ties between Dadand Josh, they kept up their friendship.
When Josh married a second time rather late in life , (hisfirst wife died young) he brought his first baby out for Dad tosee.
Dad, who loved all children, grabbed up the infant andcuddled her while the men launched into one of their ex-tended conversations – nothing held back.
It was sort of like Josh wanted Dad’s blessing for the littlegirl.
After both retired, Josh would drive up regularly to buyDad’s farm fresh eggs.
Maybe it was for more than just eggs.The visit never ended with the business exchange but
normally continued in the living room for a longer spell,accompanied by a lot of laughter. Both could turn a cleverphrase.
Josh was family to us. He ate at our table and called my littlesister “Sis” just like the rest of us.
Josh, who served in the U.S. Army for three years duringthe war, was reported to be one of General Patton’s drivers.
We don’t recall him ever telling us that personally but hedid remark once that Patton didn’t ask his men to do anythinghe wouldn’t do himself, and often walked along the front withapparent unconcern while bullets were flying.
Josh probably would have gone right up the promotionladder with his obvious leadership skills if he had stayed in
(See View, Page 6)
The key to a successfulauction is speed, whichbuilds the auctioneer’s bestfriend: momentum. Nevergive buyers the opportu-nity to think rationally,that’s the theory. But thereare people who act as auc-tion speedbumps. Here area few.
Two Bits - This bidderalways wants to cut thebid. If the auctioneer is tak-ing hundred dollar bids he’lloffer $50, if it’s 10 centshe’ll offer a nickel, all ofwhich makes the auction-eer chant tongue twistingnumbers he wouldn’t ordi-narily use.
Coyote Charley - This bid-der will loudly ask all sortsof questions that put doubtin the other bidder’s mindsso he can buy the animalcheaper. He’ll ask, “Has thebull been anaplazed?” Or,“Has this horse always hadthat bump on his leg?”
Get-Away George- Get-Away only shows up at horsesales and stands in the backand bids for the owner ofthe horse to run up theprice. Then when the auc-tioneer unknowingly sellsout to him, he slips out theback never to be seen again.
Old Yeller- A hard-of-hearing old-timer at an auc-tion who never buys any-thing but keeps interrupt-ing by saying things like,“Slow Down” or “I can’t hearyou.”
Wannabe Will - This auc-tion-goer evidently feels theauction crew is incompe-tent and feels the need tospot bids for them. We dealwith him by selling him a$10,000 bull when he’swaving his arms and point-ing out bids. Usually onetime is all it takes to train
him to be quiet and sit onhis hands.
Blowhard Bob - This riderfrom the back of his horsewill reach over and grab theauctioneer’s microphoneand in a slow drawl will say,“I sure enough love thishorse and he’s the best Iever rode.” One wonders,why is he selling the oldfleabag then?
Old One-Off - After thering is filled with 20 head,Old One-Off always wantsto take one off, even if thecattle are all identical. It’s
usually a bidding tactic tomake other buyers think onehead is deficient. An auc-tion man’s worst nightmare.
Madame Secretary- Awoman who feels she hasto record the price on everyanimal. She’ll halt the auc-tion to ask, “How much didthat bull five lots ago sellfor?”
Bud Wiser - What would ahorse sale be without adrunk who has to stand ineveryone’s way closely ex-amining the lot in the ring,as if he has the money tobuy it.
Foghorn Fergie - Aconsignor’s friend whowants to make browniepoints by stopping the auc-tion and saying, “I’ve usedhis bulls for years and onlyhad five or six sterile ones.”Invariably no one bids afterthis impromptu burst ofbrown-nosing.
Two Time Tom - Two
animals enter the ring andthe auctioneer says, ”Twotimes the money,” meaningthe price is doubled, or mul-tiplied by 20 if there are 20head. But when Two-Timeis the buyer he’ll say, “Ithought that was for all ofthem.”
Clerk’s Nightmare - If weare using buyer numbersthis guy never can find hisbuyer card and the wholeshow stops until he finds it.Or, if we are using buyernames this guy will mumblea name like PalafoxVeteranavelfredavich.
Damfino - This person al-ways wants us to stop thesale and point out the per-son he or she is biddingagainst. I always tell them,“Don’t bid again and you’llfind out.”
Hollywood - It’s custom-ary at horse sales to notslam the gavel until thesaddle has been removedso everyone can see thehorse’s back. But Holly-wood, seeking his 15 min-utes of fame, refuses toget off the horse, all thewhile performing tricks likestanding up in the saddle orspinning around real fast,splattering everyone in thefirst row with wood chipsand horse manure. Once Iheard an auctioneer end thisnonsense by whispering tothe consignor,“If you don’tunsaddle that horse rightnow I’m gonna sell him forchicken feed.” You neversaw a quicker dismount inall your life.
If you recognize yourselfas any of these peopleplease accept our most gra-cious invitation to stayhome from the next sale.
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It’s the PittsBy Lee Pitts
Auction speed bumps
What Bernankewon’t say: It’sover ObamaJohn RansomTownhall.com
On June 17, Barack Obamahad one of his most awesomereality TV events of the yearwhen he fired central bankchairman Ben Bernanke onPBS with liberal mope andhost Charlie Rose moderating.
“He essentially fired BenBernanke on the spot and gavehim a fairly tepid testimonialafterward,” said former FedGovernor Laurence Meyer, inan interview on CNBC thenext day.
And the bankers have beenin revolt ever since.
The government, mean-while, has revised theeconomy’s performancedownward. The newest do-over by government econo-mists comes three months af-ter they gave the economy oneof the strongest readings since2007.
“The economy grew at a1.8 percent annual rate in thefirst quarter, the governmentreported Wednesday, well be-low previous estimates of 2.4percent growth and missingforecasts,” reportedUSAToday.
Still, several voices that hadbeen the strongest advocatesfor monetary stimulus havesuddenly and inexplicablyreversed course, saying thatthe limits of monetary policyto help the economy have beenreached.
Left unsaid is that perhapsthose limits were reachedwhen Obama fired Bernanke.
For those keeping score athome, monetary policy is thepolicy that determines howmuch money is made avail-able in an economy throughboth the money supply andthe availability of credit. Moremoney and lower interestrates, supposedly, equalsmore growth, so the theorygoes.
This is different than fiscalpolicy, which has to do withhow much the governmenttaxes and spends on opera-tions.
Last week the market gotspooked because Bernanke,perhaps in reply to Obama’sbonehead handling of the ter-mination of the employmentof the Fed head, said that thecentral bank was revising itsmonetary benchmarks from atarget rate of 6.5 percent un-employment to 7 percent un-employment.
“In this scenario, when[monetary stimulus] ulti-mately comes to an end, theunemployment rate wouldlikely be in the vicinity of 7percent,” said Bernanke lastweek according to Reuters,“with solid economic growthsupporting further job gains.”
The move is curious giventhat the Federal Reserve chair-man likely knew what weknow now: that GDP wouldbe revised downward by 25percent, from a sluggish 2.4percent to an anemic 1.8 per-cent.
It’s tough to create “fur-ther jobs gains,” when youcan’t even support “solid eco-nomic growth.”
Historically, GDP growthis around 3 percent.
Right after Bernanke’scomments, Jaime Caruana,general manager of the Bankfor International Settlements,the central banks’ worldwidecentral bank, said at the BIS’sannual meeting on June 23rdthat central banks around theworld had reached the limitsof what monetary measurescould do to help the economyaround the globe.
“More stimulus cannot re-vive productivity growth orremove the impediments thatblock a worker from shiftinginto a promising sector,” saidCaruana. “Debt-financedgrowth masked the down-ward trend in labor produc-tivity and the large-scale dis-tortion of resource allocationin many economies. Addingmore debt will not strengthenthe financial sector nor will itreallocate resources needed toreturn economies to the realgrowth that authorities andthe public both want and ex-pect.”
In short, he told govern-ments to get their act together,promote policies that wouldrestore economic growth- andjobs- while cutting down ongovernment deficits.
“Debt-financed growth hasmade it easier for authoritiesto delay the contentious work
(See Bernanke, Page 6)
By Ted BuswellI can’t remember how
many times my elders chas-tised me for some behaviorthey deemed undesirablewhen I was growing up bysaying, “Teddy, you shouldbe ashamed of yourself foracting that way.” That part ofthe human brain we call theconscience has a great deal todo with what and who webecome as we mature. Somewould contend that it is con-ditioned and shaped by edu-cation and experience thesame as everything else thatdefines our personality. Andalthough every individual’sexperiences lead to varietythat differentiates one personfrom another, the similaritieswithin neighborhoods andsocial groupings tend to causesimilarities in attitudes andbehavior of those closelybound together. And one ofthe strongest influences insuch variations has to do withthe genetic makeup. Yes, ra-cial differences are among themost common factors of suchassortment and division of thetotal population. Such has everbeen and perhaps forever willremain.
Historically such differen-tiating factors resulted in theestablishment of neighbor-hoods and nations. And attimes critical conflicts resultedbetween neighbors of differ-ing characteristics. Such dif-ferences also resulted in dif-ferent languages betweenthese races. And varieties ofreligions and other customsdeveloped as well. The vari-ety of differing factors thatdeveloped over the ages ledto noticeable varieties of hu-mankind that we here todayrecognize. Differences of ap-pearance and language andcustom have grown from theearliest beginnings. Through
the ages these differences havebeen the cause of many warsand competitions for controlof territory. And every differ-ent one of such groupings hasalways sought control andpower unfettered by thewhims and values of othercultures. Today we see dem-onstration of such conflictwidespread internationallyand even close to home. Con-sider our recent and ongoingtroubles with Jihadist IslamicAfghanistan and Iraq. Andthere are threats of more suchconflict developing in the re-gions of Iran, Syria and Egypt.And in our lifetime relationswith China and Japan havebeen complicated somewhatby such racial and religiousand political variations, too.As the years go by enemiessometimes become friendsand allies become enemies. Isnot Russia a good example ofsuch changing alliance? Whoseem to be our most likelyallies now and how does thiscompare with conditions sev-enty years ago?
And look at our internalaffairs now as compared towhen J. F. Kennedy was in theOval Office. Or think aboutAbe Lincoln’s challenges hefaced during the Civil War.Lincoln’s victory of that warbrought elimination of thepractice of slavery in theUnited States. But that victoryfailed to actually provideequal rights and opportunityfor the Negroes here. Even thesuccesses of folks like MartinLuther King Jr. and Rosa Parkscould not completely accom-plish absolute racial equalityand justice for the race. Andthe recent Zimmerman trial inFlorida demonstrates the re-maining problems in our time.
The media in our day has agreat deal to do with the on-going problems on every front
when it comes to prejudiceand fair treatment and justicefor all. Our nation wasfounded on the principles offreedom, independence andjustice for all. And there is nodoubt that we more closelyapproach and fulfill such prin-ciples than any other nationon earth. But there remainobvious problems in the truefulfillment of such rights andwe should remain vigilant inour goal of such fulfillmentnow and forever. The currentsituations here spoken of dem-onstrate the imperfections thatremain within mankind, and“we should be ashamed ofourselves” if we aren’t en-gaged in striving to get to suchworthy goals.
Considering the imperfec-tions that so obviously remainin the nature of us all,shouldn’t we strive to improveon our analysis of the prob-lems as they are and developthe means to deal with themin better fashion? We haveimproved the sciences of somany things in life, is it notconceivable that there shouldbe better ways to resolve thepsychological imperfectionsin like manner as we haveapproached the physiologicalillnesses and imperfections inour lives? It is true and obvi-ous that we have come a longway in the improvement ofsituation and opportunity forall minorities in our nation.Should we not continue tostrive for perfection, eventhough there is evidence thatno such thing perhaps exists?
Well, like they say: the long-est journey up the steepest hillbegins with one step.
And those first steps don’tneed to be in riot and disor-derly demonstration like weare seeing developing aroundthe country now.
Psychological conflicts augment Physiologic variations?