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The Kingfisher junior high basketball teams have wrapped up another suc-cessful season as the sev-enth and eighth grade boys and girls teams went a combined 55-24 this year.

The seventh grade boys were responsible for a large chunk of those wins as they finished their campaign at 20-0.

Along the way the team won both the Canadian Val-ley Conference and Mini Wheatbelt tournaments.

“The season started out really well as the kids have been playing together for awhile and are used to being on the court togeth-er,” coach Derek Patterson said.

During a spell just be-fore and after the Christ-mas break, Patterson said, the team had a stretch of starting slow in the first quarter before closing strong.

“Then they got back to jumping out on teams early and getting a good lead and not looking back,” he said.

Team members include Judson Birdwell, Jaxon Sternberger, Caden Kitch-ens, Maddox Mecklenburg, Cash Slezickey, Xavier Ridenour, Drake Friesen, Cannon Marshall, Cayson Marshall, Harrison Evans, Braden Eaton, Luie Torres, Isiah Medellin, Cade Coo-per and Kyle Borelli.

Patterson said he ex-

pects several of the team members to benefit the Kingfisher program, which continues to be on the rise.

“I think a handful or more can be real contribu-tors,” Patterson said.

The eighth grade boys finished their year at 6-13.“We won the first game and honestly that was the best we played on both sides of the ball and after that we played some really good teams in Blanchard, Tuttle, Newcastle and Bethany,” Patterson said.

“We weren’t the most talented team on the floor, so we had to make up with effort and little fundamen-tals, blocking out, making layups, not turning it over.

“And when we would do those things, we would give ourselves a chance to win at the end of the game.”

The eighth graders placed second in the Cash-ion/Crescent Junior High Tournament finished the year with two consecutive wins.

Team members were Brayden States, Tate Bar-ton, Davion Quinn, Slade Snodgrass, Noah Schaefer, Max Washington, Xan-der Bolner, Ethan Ryans, Devin Diedrich, Braxton Mecklenburg, Mason Snid-er, Chase Davis, Grayson Bromlow, Brenden Hill, Eric Patton, Edgar Gomez, Josh Crawford and Easton Pine.

Kingfisher’s seventh grade girls finished the year 15-5 under first-year coach Maranda Janz, who was assisted by Starla Wittrock. The eighth graders were 14-6.

“I felt that the season for both groups went very well,” Janz said. “I am very proud of all the girls for coming into practice ready to learn and get better.”

Both teams finished third in their respective conference tournaments and the eighth graders were champions at the Cashion/Crescent Junior High Tour-nament.

Janz said there were a lot of positives for both squads.

“The seventh grade girls

are very good at encourag-ing each other. As the year progressed, they were able to apply that to games and help each other out on the floor,” she said.

“They improved on their shooting, passing and dribbling skills. Every sev-enth grader made progress throughout the year.”

Seventh grade team members were Ellie Bollen-bach, Destiny Buckner, Av-ery Davis, Mya Dewberry, Natalie Dick, Ivy Hartman, Taylor Mills, Emily Myers, Yamile Saucedo, Hope Staf-ford, Gentry Taylor and Sydney Watkins

“The eighth grade group

The Canadian Valley Conference championship is staying in Kingfisher for at least another year.

The hardware made its way back to town af-ter the Jackets walloped Purcell 89-37 last Saturday at Washington in the con-ference playoff title game.

Purcell earned the right to play in the title game by winning the South Divi-sion with a 45-43 win over Marlow last Tuesday night and “held” Kingfisher to 67 points in the teams’ first meeting.

The Dragons weren’t so fortunate this time around.

The Jackets head 51 points by halftime and led the Dragons by 36 points.

“They sat back in the zone the first time we played them,” recalled Kingfisher coach Jared Reese. “And we got a lot of open looks, but we just missed them.

“They did the same thing Saturday, but we weren’t missing.”

Jett Sternberger made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points in the first quar-ter as KHS got out to a 24-6 lead.

“They stayed in their zone for about four min-utes and then went to man-to-man,” Reese said. “Then it got worse for them.”

Trey Green took over the second quarter with 14 points.

Green and Sternberger, by halftime, had combined to outscore Purcell 35-15.

Green finished the night with a game-high 23 points. Sternberger finished with 22.

Bijan Cortes added 12 points and Matthew Stone 11.

The Dragons were led by Javin Natin’s eight points.

Kingfisher improved to 21-0 and won its 27th straight game overall.

The Jackets wrapped up their regular season at home Tuesday against Hennessey. The game tipped off after press time.

Southwestern Oklaho-ma State University in Weatherford had a big day in Kingfisher County on Na-tional Signing Day (Feb. 7). Three county players signed to play football for the Bull-dogs beginning next season. Two of those signees hail from Cashion (top photo) as

Cashion trio, Craun from Hennessey sign NLIs

Hunter Archer (seated left) and Seth Brown(seated right) signed their letters of intent with the Weatherford school. Their teammate Case Cochran, center, signed to play for Emporia State University in Kansas. The Cashion trio is pictured with coaches, from left, D.L. Robertson, Brian Archer, Tony Wood, Lynn Shackelford, Erik Robinson, Cale Cochran and Howard Aaron. Pictured below is the other SWOSU signee, Aidan Craun of Hennessey. Craun, seated center, is pictured with his mother, Shelia, and father, Buck Craun, and football coaches (from left) Nathan Hill, Rick Luetjen (head coach) and Aaron Compton. [Cashion photo a Times-Free Press Staff photo; Hennessey photo by Austin Smith, Hennessey Clipper]

Kingfisher has spent the second half of the sea-son getting beat by teams it knocked off during its 8-0 start.

Teams like Blanchard, Tuttle, Newcastle and Fairview all have avenged losses to the Lady Jackets in recent weeks.

On Saturday in the Ca-nadian Valley Conference Playoff, the Lady Jackets flipped the script.

Using a stifling defense, KHS beat Purcell 39-27 in Washington in a matchup of the second-place teams from each division.

Purcell had beaten Kingfisher 57-38 on Jan. 26.

“We were much better defensively this time,” KHS coach Jay Wood said after his team improved to 13-8.

The Lady Jackets have won three of their last four games since the Purcell loss.

In the first matchup, Purcell standout Haylee Swayze torched KHS for

Repeat performanceJackets run away with 2nd straight conference title

CREIGHTON BUGG puts up a shot during Kingfisher’s 89-37 win against Purcell in the conference title game. [Photo by Kaitlin St. Cyr]

BROOKLYN WHIPPLE scored 11 points for Kingfisher during her team’s win against Purcell in the conference playoff last weekend. [Photo by Kaitlin St. Cyr]

Turning the tablesLady Jackets avenge loss to Purcell in conference playoff

25 points. She managed just 12 in the rematch as Kingfisher never allowed the Lady Dragons more than nine points in any quarter.

“We didn’t do anything different,” Wood noted. “We just executed much better.”

Wood said his team also executed better on the offensive end, “but we just didn’t make a lot of shots.”

Up by a point after a quarter, Kingfisher pushed its lead to seven points by halftime with a 12-6 run.

Madelyn St. Cyr buried two 3-pointers in that quar-ter. She eventually finished with seven points.

Brooklyn Whipple led the team with 11 while Katelyn Stolz scored 10.

Kingfisher didn’t have a field goal in the fourth quarter, but made 7 of 12 free throws to maintain its lead.

Hanna Matthews was 3 of 4 from the line during the fourth and finished with five points.

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is a very athletic group and they were able to use their athleticism to help them win tough games,” Janz said.

“As the season pro-gressed, they began to have a better understanding of the game and started learn-ing more complex skills such as reading the defense, being in help-side defense and adding new moves into their individual game.”

Eighth grade members were Kina Frost, Rayland Garner, Allison Green, Emma Lukasek, Katon Lunsford, Jacee Mueggen-borg, Dani Rios, Demi Roden, Ally Scammerhorn, Grace Sinclair, Tia Thomp-son and Brittany Willson.

“Overall, I am very proud of both groups and coach Starla Wittrock and I enjoyed the season with the girls,” Janz said. “My first year of coaching is in the books and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of girls to coach.”

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Lyndell D. (L. D.) Choate was born in Lacey on Nov. 9, 1939, to Lyndell Harold and Deloris (Dee) Mae Thomp-son Choate. He passed away at his Hennessey home Fri-day, Feb. 9, 2018, surround-ed by his family.

Private family burial at the Hennessey Cemetery will be Monday, Feb. 12, followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 1 p.m. Monday at the Hennessey Public School Auditorium. Arrangements are by Cord-ry-Gritz Funeral Home.

L.D. and Betty Elaine Melton were married on June 21, 1957, at the Meth-odist Church in Hennessey.

L.D. retired from Eck-roat, Inc.-J-Lee Company in 2006. He had worked in the oilfield and for Kingfisher County prior to that. He graduated from Lacey High School in 1957.

He accepted Jesus Christ as his savior in 1978. He was pastor of the 132 Bible Church from the 1980’s until his death.

He is survived by five sons and one daughter: Dale Choate and wife Kelly, Cris Choate and wife Linda, Melody Pitts and husband Ricky, all of Hennessey, Vic-tor Choate and wife Robin of Enid, Terry Don (Perk) Choate and wife Charlene, Shawn Choate and wife Tara all of Hennessey. Other survivors include numerous grandchildren, great-grand-children and great-great grandchildren.

In addition, he is sur-vived by one brother Max Choate and wife Wanda of Hennessey, twin sisters Marilyn Choate of Hen-nessey, Margie Light and husband Wayne of Lone Grove. He is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Bar-bara Streck of Hennessey and Sue Smith of Connelly Spring, N.C.; brother-in-law Troy Melton and wife Gayla of Hennessey, many nieces, nephews and “adopted” grandchildren as well as his church family.

He was preceded in death by a great-grandchild, Wil-liam Keith Choate, his par-ents, two brothers Dewayne Harold Choate, Donald Ray Choate and an infant sister Wanda Joy.

His greatest desire in life was to bring glory to God and lead others to Him.

The family would like to thank Valir Hospice and their staff for caring for him in his home in his final days. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Valir Hospice through Cord-ry-Gritz Funeral Home.

Lyndell D. Choate

Otto Fred Karrenbrock, Jr., of Benbrook, Texas, passed away on Saturday, Feb 3, 2018.

He was born Feb 12, 1942, to Anna (Kottwitz) and Otto Karrenbrock.

He grew up on a farm east of Kingfisher and attended Kingfisher schools before attending Oklahoma State University.

He worked for several aeronautical firms in the Ft. Worth area.

Fred was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, David and Doug Kar-renbrock, brother Wayne Karrenbrock and brother-in-law Carl Mackey.

Fred is survived by his wife Glenda of the home; sister Jeanne Mackey of Kingfisher; sister-in-law Mary (Short) Karrenbrock of Claremore; five grand-children; nephew Kenneth Karrenbrock of Kingfisher, and six other nephews and nieces.

Glen Marvin Perdue was born in Kingfisher on Oct. 17, 1932, to James “Jim” Marion Perdue and Ann Elizabeth

(Orr) Perdue. He passed away

Feb. 11, 2018, at his home in Dover at the age of 85.

Glen graduated from Big Four High School in the class of 1950.

He served in the U.S. Army as an M.P. from February 1953 until January 1955 and in the reserves for eight years.

During his Army career he was stationed in Keyota, Japan for 18 months.

He was discharged as a Corporal.

Glen loved farming, but also worked for Copeland’s Construction, Lemon Broth-ers Construction, Aero Command, Kerr McGee and farmed full-time.

He raised wheat and cattle and worked for Kingfisher County for 15 years, retiring February 1996.

He continued farming until 2015 and had lived on the farm from 1963 until his death.

Glen married Betty Pow-ers on Dec. 29, 1956.

He enjoyed being with his family.

He was a great husband, father, uncle, grandfather, and friend.

He also enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, telling them events and sto-ries, and taking them to check cattle.

Glen was an avid sports fan, attending OU football and basketball games and his children and grandchildren’s activities.

Survivors include his wife, Betty of the home; three sons, Tom Perdue and wife Rachele of Yukon, John Perdue and wife Anna Marie of Wellston, and Jim Perdue and wife Debbie of Kingfisher; two daughters, Lori Fialkowski and husband Jeff of Edmond, and Julie Walker and husband Shawn of Dover; 12 grand-children, Matthew, Austin, Joseph, Gregory, Thomas, Emily, Tanner, Conner, Kris-tina, Dylan, Elizabeth, and James; five great-grand-children, Brantley, Braxton, Bryleigh, Alivia, and Hous-ton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, infant son, Ken Jo, and his brother, Marrion.

Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at the Dover First Christian Church with Rev. Fred Jones officiating.

Services are under the di-rection of Abernathy Aaron Funeral Home in Crescent.

Memorial donation can be made in Glen’s name to Diabetes Foundation or Alz-heimer’s Foundation.

Glen PerdueOtto Fred Karrenbrock, Jr.

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“The sacrifice they made will benefit future students at Dover who will never know what they went through,” Grimes said.

Grimes then turned the program over to Elementary Principal Trilla (Guinn) Cranford, a 1992 graduate of the high school.

“The best decision I’ve made in the time I’ve been at Dover is hiring Mrs. Cran-ford to come back,” Grimes said. “She’s the best thing we’ve had going here the last three years.”

Cranford quickly returned accolades in Grimes’ direc-tion before presenting him with a plaque of appreciation.

“It was such a hard time and he led us through that,”

Cranford said of Grimes. “And he’s still always the first one here and the last one to leave.”

Cranford noted the many people she talked with prior to the ceremony. Many she recognized, but some she didn’t.

She said she had one thing in common with them all.

“This is my home. This is our home,” she said. “No matter how long you’re gone or the last time you were here.”

A third-generation grad-uate of the school system, Cranford said “determina-tion and toughness” are what make Dover different.

“We have literally come through the fire and proved our toughness and worth,” she said.

“It’s our time to thrive.”

in Kingfisher. Weigh-in be-gins then, with sheep follow-ing goats.

Sunday2 p.m. – Beef judging in

this order: prospect steers, market steers, heifers.

Monday8 a.m. – Swine judging;

market hogs, followed by gilts.1 p.m. – Sheep judging:

wethers followed by ewes. If swine judging runs past 1 p.m., sheep judging will begin 30 minutes after end of swine show.

3 p.m. – Goat division: wethers allowed by does. Judging will begin 30 minutes after end of sheep show if it runs past 3 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 265:30 p.m. – Bidders; Feed,

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following weekend in Enid.

also includes supporting vic-tims of domestic violence, working to protect children from abuse and neglect and fighting to hold juvenile of-fenders accountable but to also get them headed in a better direction.

Neuman holds a bache-lor’s degree in vocal music ed-ucation from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and a juris doctorate degree from the University of Okla-homa. In addition to her service as a prosecutor, she has practiced civil law in Hen-nessey with Vincent Mesis Jr, as well as other private prac-tice associations in Kingfisher and Oklahoma City.

A strong supporter of education, Neuman slowed her law practice to return to the classroom as the music teacher at Gilmour and Her-itage schools in Kingfisher. After three years teaching full-time, she returned to the district attorney’s office

while continuing to give back to the community and serve students as a part-time music teacher at Kingfisher Heritage School.

Neuman has a strong back-ground as an attorney, with experience in criminal law, family law, worker’s compen-sation, Social Security disabil-ity, civil litigation, probate, real property, estate planning, contract law, property law, personal injury, product lia-bility, oil and gas, and small claims. She has successfully prosecuted many felony, ju-venile, and misdemeanor cases, and has experience in all procedures of the district court, from daily dockets to jury trials and bench trials.

Neuman is a member of the Kingfisher County Bar Association and the Oklahoma Bar Association, and is a former member of the Canadian County Bar Association. She served as president of the Kingfisher County Bar Association in

2008 and has provided legal education to various county school groups. In 2007, Neu-man was recognized at the Oklahoma Bar Association Leadership Conference as a future leader to guide the association and as a lawyer who possesses the ability to inspire and challenge others.

Neuman is married to Steve, a pilot with American Airlines and former OSBI special agent for Kingfisher County, and they have three sons, Will, Cooper and Hen-ry. They reside in Kingfisher and are active members of the First United Methodist Church, where Molly serves as choral director and Steve is the organist.

The Code of Judicial Con-duct states that a judge should possess the character traits of honesty, integrity, fairness, impartiality, patience and professionalism. In both her personal and professional life, Neuman has exemplified these qualities.

Kingfisher County com-missioners predicted a shutdown of projects com-pleted with CIRB (County Improvements for Roads and Bridges) funds Mon-day during conversation following their regular meeting.

“The Park Community Road bridge (now under construction) will be the last project we’ll see in this community in a long time, Commission Chairman Keith Schroder predicted.

Commissioners present-ed a scenario in which rural counties will bear the brunt of a state budget shortfall.

“They’ve taken all our road and bridge money,” District 2 Commissioner Ray Shimanek said.

Schroder said the legis-lature, now dominated by urban areas, has taken not only the funds dedicated to county road-bridge projects for this year but $10 million from next year’s budget.

A recent television item quoted Marshall County Commissioner Chris Du-roy as saying the state saw CIRB money “setting there and they took it all.”

The state has a $215 million budget gap and Duroy believes the county road funds will go towards filling the hole.

Kingfisher County com-missioners face a bigger hurdle than many counties

because of the heavy usage of county roads by oil field traffic.

Schroder said the CIRB funds are designated funds for large projects coming from vehicle tag taxes.

“We (all counties in the state) used to get $150 million a year from tags for CIRB projects, but the legislature put a cap of $120 million on it a few years ago.

“We thought that would be the end of it, then last year, the state took $120 million of last year’s fund plus $10 million from the current year.

Counties are uncertain what to expect this year as the legislature struggles with a shortfall in the state general fund.

Schroder said the state health department had to cut 250 employees due to the shortfall but cited a recent Oklahoma City newspaper article, which indicated that the cuts would all be made in rural counties with none made in Oklahoma County.

Duroy said this is the fourth time the CIRB funds will go toward fixing the state’s budget.

Shimanek announced that he would attend a special Circuit Engineering District 8 directors meeting in Alva on Wednesday. Shimanek represents the

county on the board.Schroder reported he’d

heard a report that CED 7 had cut its staff sharply at a recent meeting.

“I hope this meeting is not for the same reason,” he said.

The engineering dis-tricts are cooperative ef-forts by groups of counties to provide engineering and inspection services at a lower cost than hiring professional engineering firms.

Contacted by the Times and Free Press Monday morning, local State Sen. Darcy Jech and State Rep. Mike Sanders both said they hoped to avoid another raid of county road and bridge funds this legislative session.

“I surely hope not. I think we can avoid that from happening,” Sanders said. “We need to see what the equalization board passes at month’s end on the budget.”

“I hope not, but it’s a lit-tle early for me to predict,” Jech said. “Counties have given up plenty in the last few budgets.”

Their comments came before the state House failed to achieve the supermajori-ty required to pass a set of revenue measures proposed by Step Up Oklahoma. It was unclear at press time what alternative proposals might be considered.

Commissioners pro-claimed Farm Bureau Week Feb. 19-23 at the meeting attended by Richard Alig, county Farm Bureau pres-ident, and a delegation of country Farm Bureau members.

Alig expressed appreci-ation to commissioners for keeping county roads pass-able despite many prob-lems.

Commissioners ap-proved a bid from Cum-mins Equipment Co, for a road roller for District 2. Bids were opened at the preceding week’s meeting. Cummins submitted the low bid of $129,000.

Commissioners ap-proved a number of Dis-trict 2 pieces of equipment surplus so that they can be sold at the Circuit Engi-neering District 8 auction later this year.

The equipment included John Deere scrapers (two), John Deere backhoe, three-ton A frame hoist, bench grinder, diesel tank, 1964 Chevy pickup, 1998 Chevy pickup, 1977 Chevy truck, Verminator gopher machine, Ruff pressure washer, 1976 Mack truck, 1997 Galion grader, 1990 John Deere grader, 2014 John Deere flex wing rotary cutter, 2015 John Deere flex wing rotary cutter, 1994 Ranco belly dump trailer and 1999 Ran-co belly dump trailer.

Commissioners unan-imously approved for the county burial -cremation of Mary Helen Day of Okarche as an indigent person.

Commissioners Shi-manek and Jeff Moss, Dis-trict 1, joined Schroder in tabling permanently a county road easement re-quested by Western Farm-ers Electric.

Schroder said he needed “something in writing:” from Western Famers be-fore acting on the easement.

He explained at an earli-er meeting that the Western Farmers easement request overlapped county road easements and could create problems in making future road and bridge repairs.

Commissioners ap-proved a fine of $500 for Tetra Technologies for tem-porary water line violation at 25-19N-5W and ending in 33-19N-5W.

County road pipeline crossing permits were ap-proved for the following:

• Soar Energy Solutions, LLC., – change order on 10-inch water line two miles south and 10 miles east of Hennessey, District 2.

• Alta Mesa – two 90-day renewals for three-inch water lines in District 1, one located seven miles east and two miles north of Kingfisher, and one seven miles east and three miles

north of Kingfisher.• Rite-Way Construc-

tion LLC., — two locations for 10 inch and 6 inch water lines, three west of Cashion and one 3 west and one north of Cashion, District 1.

• Devon Energy Pro-duction – 20 permits for 36-inch waste water lines starting five miles west and six miles north of Okarche and ending near Cashion. The project begins in Dis-trict 3 and ends in District 1. Schroder said the work is being completed during nighttime hours. Moss said the project in district 1 would run primarily paral-lel to Waterloo Road east of Okarche.

• McDonald Land Ser-vices, LLC., – four water lines in District 3, a 10-inch line starting two miles east and one mile north of Omega, two 12-inch lines located two miles east and two miles south of Omega and a 12-inch line located two miles east of Omega.

• PLS LLC – four gas lines starting one mile north of Omega, a 12-inch steel line, an eight-inch steel line, a 12-inch steel line and a 10-inch steel line, District 3.

• Tetra Technologies – 12-inch flat line starting nine miles east and one mile south of Kingfisher, District 1.

County worried about another state raid of funds

Molly Neuman’s training, leadership and experience have prepared her to continue serving the people of King-fisher County as Associate District Judge.

Voters will elect an associate district judge in either the June 26 primary election or the Nov. 6 general election, depending on how many candidates file. If only two candidates file, the race won’t appear on the ballot until Nov. 6. If more than two candidates file, the race will appear on the June 26 ballot and if no one receives a ma-jority of the votes, the top two will advance to the general election.

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1801 South Main Street Kingfisher, Oklahoma

375-5718

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This dealer has achieved the highest level of Customer Experience

Recognition in our people, facility, process, customer metrics and training.

WE SELL NEW & USED TRAILERS–All Shapes & Sizes.

We Have An Excellent Selection On The Lot!

For The Farm, Ranch, Acreage And Lawn!

We Are Your Full-Line Kubota Dealership For Tractors, Mowers, Implements, ATVs, Parts And Service. You Won’t Find A Better Value Brand Than Kubota.

We Are Your Kubota Full-Service Dealer

A Commitment To Customer Service That Far Exceeds The Norm.

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* 0% APR financing for 72 months equals $13.89 per month per $1,000 financed for well-qualified buyers through Chrysler Capital regardless of down payment. Not all buyers will qualify. Must take delivery by 02/28/2018. Offer applies to Big Horn Crew Cab models. Average Dealer Discount is based

on a national sales survey of average variance between MSRP and negotiated vehicle price offered by select Ram dealers nationwide before other advertised incentives are applied. Discount may vary based on option package and feature, financing terms and availability and other factors; dealer

determines vehicle price. When financed through Chrysler Capital. Not all buyers will qualify. Must take retail delivery by 2/28/2018. See us for details.