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Tahlequah firefighters Capt. Casey Baker, left, and Jody Enlow lift a charred and smoking motorcycle after aninjury crash on Muskogee Avenue, near Fourth Street. Witnesses said the bike burst into flames while a man wason it Wednesday morning.

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Witnesses say two men savedanother man’s life Wednesdaymorning when a motorcycle burstinto flames on Muskogee Avenue

north of Fourth Street.Tahlequah City Hospital EMS

By JOSH NEWTONTDP Staff Writer

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COURTS & CRIME

A Cherokee Countyjudge on Wednesdaydenied bond for a manaccused of flashing a gunat employees of DollarGeneral in Keys as herobbed the store recently.

James G. Kel-ley allegedlyentered the Dol-lar General store,spent some timeinside, and askedto purchasesome cigarettes.Kelley claimedhe did not have anyidentification, and askedto speak with a manager,according to CherokeeCounty sheriff’s deputies.

When the managerarrived at the counter,Kelley allegedlydemanded store employ-ees open the register andgive him the cash.

He then raised a shirt

to show a gun tucked inhis pants, deputies said.

Employees gave Kel-ley around $300, and heleft the store.

Investigators anddeputies were unable tofind Kelley immediatelyafter the robbery, but sur-veillance footage helpedID him, according toCapt. Bob Sanders.

Kelley wasstopped Tuesdayevening on U.S.Highway 62south of Tahle-quah, and wasthen arrested.

He appearedin district court

Wednesday morning,where Associate DistrictJudge Mark Dobbinschose not to set a bond.

Kelley is accused offirst-degree armed rob-bery, and is facing similarcharges based on his2013 arrest for allegedlyrobbing a store in CaneyRidge off of State High-way 100.

Judge denies bondfor man accused inKeys store robbery

KELLEY

Report: Employees turned over$300 after glimpsing gun

By JOSH NEWTONTDP Staff Writer

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PEOPLE

More details have sur-faced about a man whodisappeared from Cana-

da 37 years ago and was recent-ly discovered to be living in

Cherokee County.Ronald Stan, known locally as

Jeff Walton, was presumed deadas a result of a 1977 barn fire,and was legally declared dead in1986 by Canadian authorities.

Stan was located in Tahlequahby the Cherokee Nation Marshal

Service on Aug.5, but is nowbelieved to beliving in NewOrleans with hisson.

While livingin Cherokee

County, Stan had registered tovote under the name of JefferyWalton, and was listed inPrecinct 10. He also possessesan Oklahoma driver’s license,which would be enough proof ofidentity to register to vote.

Stan, who lived in Louisiana

before moving to the area, couldhave obtained a driver’s licensein Louisiana. Prior to 10 yearsago, it may have been possiblefor him to transfer his driver’slicense from Louisiana. Today, he

More details surface about man missing for decadesFrom TDPstaff reports

STAN

GOVERNMENTEDUCATION

Kirk Smalley and his wife plan tofight childhood bullying forever –and it’s because their son, Ty, will be11 forever.

On May 14, 2010, Ty committedsuicide after suffering for two years atthe hands of bullies. Since then, hisparents have made it their mission tospeak out against this scourge.

Smalley spoke to Tahlequah Mid-dle School students about Ty and

what led to the boy’s death. He andhis wife have traveled to 907 schoolsin the past two years with a groupcalled “Stand for the Silent.” There arecurrently chapters of the group in 43states and 17 different countries.

“Me and my wife are going tofight bullying forever,” said Smalley.“But you know what, my boy is goingto be 11 forever.”

Five chairs, each with a picture ofa child who committed suicide relat-ed to bullying, were positioned at thefront of the auditorium. Students fromthe middle school held up the picture

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Kirk Smalley, left, spoke to Tahlequah Middle School students Wednesday about bullying-related suicide. Smalleyasked the students to raise their hands if they had ever been bullied.

TMS students learn to Stand for the SilentAnti-bullying advocate talks about showing respect for one another

By SIDNEY VAN WYKTDP Staff Writer

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See CRASH, page 2A

See DETAILS, page 2A

See STUDENTS, page 2A

While managing ahousehold budget mayseem complicated, man-aging funds on a countylevel is multifaceted andriddled with rules onhow the money can bespent.

Cherokee Countyended the 2014 fiscalyear July 1, though a fullstate audit of the last fis-cal year will not be avail-able until November.

In 2014, 80 percent ofthe $4.3 million in the

county’s general accountwas used for personnelservices, or salaries.

Trey Davis, publicinformation director forthe state auditor, said allindividual salaries addedtogether would not equalthe total cost of person-nel services.

“Thirty-three to 37percent of the salary isusually the cost of bene-fits,” said Davis.

Benefits often includeinsurance and retirementpackages, possibly evendeath benefits.

The department withthe lowest percentage of

County controlled$4.3M in FY13-14;80 percent went topersonnel services

By SIDNEY VAN WYKTDP Staff Writer

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See BUDGET, page 2A

The first in a two-part seriesabout county budgets

and read the story of eachchild. The last story read wasthat of Ty Smalley, thespeaker’s son.

Smalley opened his talkwith TMS students by tellingthem he was not a publicspeaker; he was a construc-tion worker. He asked thegroup of students to hold uptheir hands with the Ameri-can Sign Language symbolfor “I love you” if he beganto struggle while tellingthem about his son.

Smalley said his son hadbeen bullied for two yearsbefore he finally retaliated.When he did so, he wascaught and suspended forthree days. Smalley’s wife,who worked at the school,took their son home andthen had to return to workbecause they were short-staffed that day.

“I guess Ty finally hadenough,” said Smalley.

When she returned

home, Ty had killed himself.As Smalley told the stu-

dents about the day his sontook his own life, studentsacross the auditorium raisedtheir hands and signed, “Ilove you.”

He also shared a story amother from the Stilwellarea told him about her 6-year-old daughter.

A 5-year-old boy in thegirl’s class had bullied herall year, at one point climb-ing under her desk and cut-ting off the skirt to her dresswhile she sat still, afraid hewould cut her if she moved.On Monday of the last dayof school, the little boy toldher he was going to bring agun to school the last day toshoot her.

Every morning for thenext three days, the little girlasked to stay home and wastold if she was not sick, sheneeded to go to school. Themorning of the last day of

school, she told her mothershe would kill herselfinstead of going to school –and that she’d use herfather’s hunting rifle, hiddenup in the bedroom closet, todo the deed.

“I will shoot myselfinstead of letting that bullyshoot me,” the little girl toldher mother, according toSmalley.

One out of every fourchildren in the U.S. will notonly have considered sui-cide, but will have a plan forhow they would kill them-selves before they graduate,according to data Smalleyshared. Suicide is also thesecond-leading cause ofdeath in people betweenages 10 and 24 in the U.S.after car crashes.

He also carries a list of55,000 children whohave committed suiciderelated to bullying. Theyoungest person on the

list is 6 years old.“These aren’t numbers

we’re talking about; thesearen’t percentages,” saidSmalley. “They are people,smiling freckled faces weknow, people we love.”

Smalley said he’s not ask-ing the students to be per-fect, or to be friends witheveryone, but he wantsthem to tolerate those whoare different and to showone another respect.

“All I’m saying is, we allhave the right to be here,”said Smalley.

The group was foundedby 68 high school studentsin Oklahoma City who hadheard about Ty’s death andwanted to make a differ-ence. Smalley explainedthat he and his wife did notknow any of the originalfounders of the group beforethey reached out to him andhis wife.

Since its founding, the

group has grown consider-ably, and the Smalleys havemet with President Obamaand the first lady beforeattending the White House’sfirst conference on bullying.They were also invited tothe launch of Lady Gaga’sBorn This Way Foundation,where they also met withthe artist.

A small, unofficial chap-ter of Stand for the Silent hasalready been started at TMS,and Smalley hopes itbecomes an official chapterwith a large number of stu-dents involved.

The one thing he wantedstudents to leave his talkwith was the knowledgethey are all “somebody,” asis stated on the wristbandshe passed out.

“They have a right to behere and they have a rightto be loved for who theyare,” said Smalley.

funds directed toward per-sonnel services was countycommunity building main-tenance, with over 21 per-cent, or $225,696.50,though the majority of thesame department’s budgetis spent on workers com-pensation insurance, at$4.17 million.

The department with thehighest percentage of fundsdirected at salaries was thedistrict court clerk’s office,at $541,851.62. Thatamounts to 98 percent ofthe department’s funds,covering payroll for 11people.

The county clerk’s officehas the next-highest per-centage of funding forsalaries, at $408,442.17, orover 94 percent. That officehas six employees, themajority of whom are full-time. Only a small portionof the funds, $4,000, isused to pay part-time staff.

High percentages forpayroll do not necessarilyreflect large amounts offunding.

The Election Boardreceives $140,869.17 forsalaries for four employees,accounting for nearly 90percent of the budget.

The sheriff’s officereceives $703,933.90 fromthe county’s generalaccount. A total of$543,793.50, or 77 per-

cent of the budget, is usedto pay 27 full-time employ-ees and eight part-timeworkers.

Employee numbers donot necessarily reflect howmany people have workedin each department oroffice during the entire fis-cal year. While employeerecords for the whole yearare maintained, they arenot department-specific.The list of employees bydepartment, filed with thecounty clerk’s office, onlyreflects current employ-ment.

The general account forCherokee County does notreflect the total amount ofmoney managed by thecounty. Total county fundssat at $110.8 million, with6 percent going towardpersonnel services. Thisincludes the $1.79 millionused by volunteer firedepartments in CherokeeCounty.

Most of the money con-trolled by the county is des-ignated for the revolvingcash fund, which specifi-cally operates based onexact funds available.

Noel Spencer, whoworks in the county clerk’soffice and is tasked withmaintaining these records,said these funds can onlybe used for very specificpurposes.

The Court Clerk Revolv-ing Cash Fund and theCounty Clerk’s Lien Feeaccount are both examplesof accounts with specificrules for usage.

The revolving cash fundconcerns how muchmoney the court brings in.The county’s lien feeaccount is where incomingfunds connected with“anything miscellaneous”are maintained, accordingto Spencer.

From these funds,$23,569.76 and $4,785.77were used for personnelservices, respectively.

Community sentencingis another account withonly funds brought in bysentencing and used to paythose directly involved inthat function. The totalamount related to thisaccount is $862.72.

The Corps of Engineersalso received personnelservices funds from one ofthese accounts totaling$43,643.99.

Some of the funds areused in a similar manner asmoney from the generalaccount, but the moniesare still earmarked for asole purpose and are man-aged through their ownfund.

“Some of these fundsare set up in differentaccounting funds because

they have their own trustauthority,” said Spencer.“The system is still paid bythe county.”

One example is thecounty health fund. Thisaccount generates a total of$687,096.70, with 13 per-cent directed toward per-sonnel services.

The majority of this fundwas spent on maintenanceand operational costs.

Spencer said theDepartment of Correctionsalso has a separate fund,because it is billed to a dif-ferent entity. Its personnelcosts total $56,238.93.

The sheriff’s office hasanother account for servicefees, including courthousesecurity, and it has to beappropriated every month,according to Spencer.Those funds total$310,235.57, with$98,487.85 directed topersonnel services.

The total amount of statetaxes managed by thecounty is $3.73 million,with $4.41 million in othertax funds.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

responded, along withTahlequah fire andpolice, and other officerswho were in the area.Tahlequah police had notcompleted their report ofthe incident by Wednes-day evening. The manwho was riding themotorcycle was trans-ported from the scene byambulance, but his nameand condition had notbeen released as ofWednesday night.

Several witnesses saidthey saw the man’smotorcycle burst intoflames, but don’t knowwhat might have causedit, or whether the motor-cycle had been movingor stopped when theblaze started.

“I did see the plume offire – fire first,” said onewitness, who asked not to

be identified. “It was realquick, just went up intoflames. I was startled.Most important that I sawis, I saw two guys pullthat victim out of the fire.They went right into thatfire. They reacted quickly;they just instinctivelysaved his life.”

Another witness saidthe motorcycle driverappeared to have beenpartially pinned beneathhis bike, which had fallenover in the street beforehe was pulled out of theflames.

Tahlequah firefighterssaid it was not immedi-ately clear what startedthe motorcycle fire.

One officer said itappeared as though thedriver suffered from abroken collar bone andpossible a leg injury.

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would also need to have astate-issued birth certificateand the license from hisprevious state of residence.

Stan married DebraProctor in 2000 under thename of Walton, but thecouple divorced earlier thismonth, reportedly whenProctor learned of her hus-band’s past.

Proctor issued the fol-lowing statement: “We aretruly saddened from thisunimaginable deceit and

betrayal. We are eternallygrateful for the continuouslove, support and prayersfrom family and friends thathave carried us through thistrauma. Please respect ourrequest for privacy as wecontinue to deal with thispainful matter privately.”

Sources in Canada havesaid Stan was likely able tocross the border into theU.S. with only a birth cer-tificate when he disap-peared nearly 40 years ago.




WHAT’S NEXT

The final in a two-part seriesabout county budgets willprovide an in-depth look atsalaries.

A Celebration of Mar-riage and Family was heldat Go Ye Village on Thurs-day, Aug. 21, in Richard-son Hall.

The room was decorat-ed in a black-and-whitemotif with displays ofwedding gowns, photos,and memorabilia provid-ed by residents of the vil-lage. Over 10 weddinggowns were on display,and several were over 60years old.

Chaplain Paul Tavenerofficiated at the vow-renewal ceremony withvocalists Annette Beaver-son singing “I Love YouTruly” and Tony Ward

singing “The Lord’sPrayer.” Providing instru-mental music was SandyTracy and Norma JeanHildebrandt.

Several participantsshared funny stories ormemories from their wed-dings and family times.Wedding cake and punchwas served to the guests atthe conclusion of the cer-emony.

Celebration of marriage, family held at Go Ye

Ada, left, and Darrel Trim-ble wear the attire fromtheir wedding 37 years agoin the Philippines duringthe Celebration of Mar-riage event at Go Ye Vil-lage.

Tahlequah police onTuesday arrested a localman who was seen stum-bling around carrying aliquor bottle.

Owen E. White, 54,was staggering through theparking lot near EZ-Marton East Downing, accord-ing to police. When officersarrived, he was sitting on abench behind TahlequahMedical Center. He wasbooked for public drunk.

Employees at Wal-Martspoke with police Tuesdaymorning when they caughta man selecting a ballcap,bottle of chocolate milk, jarof Carmex and two energybars without paying for

them. The man left the storeand employees stoppedhim in the parking lot toretrieve the merchandise.When they tried to escortthe suspect back into thestore, he ran away. Policewere provided a photo ofthe suspect.

Whitney Shaw spokewith officers this week andsaid her iPad, Canon RebelXS, and 20 to 30 antiquecoins – silver quarters,dimes and liberty dollars –were taken from her home.

Tonya Dick filed a theftreport Tuesday.

Local man arrestedfor public intoxication

POLICE BEAT

TULSA (AP) —Lawyers for a same-sexTulsa couple seeking theright to marry in Okla-homa have filed a peti-tion with the U.S.Supreme Court askingthe court to take up theircase.

The couple, SharonBaldwin and Mary Bish-op, sued Tulsa CountyClerk Sally Howe Smithfor failing to issue thema marriage license short-ly after voters in Okla-

homa approved a banon same-sex marriage in2004.

The 10th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals sidedwith the couple lastmonth, upholding a fed-eral judge’s ruling thatfound the ban unconsti-tutional. However, thoserulings are on hold asthe case moves throughthe courts, meaningsame-sex coupleshaven’t been allowed tomarry in Oklahoma.

High court may hearsame-sex marriage caseOKLAHOMA CITY (AP)

— The Oklahoma Board ofEducation created a steeringcommittee Wednesday todevelop the process forreplacing Common Coreeducation standards forEnglish and math instruc-tion in the state’s publicschools.

Board members stressedit is merely an interim steptoward creating the newstandards in the wake of theLegislature in June repealingCommon Core standards,which were scheduled totake full effect in the currentschool year.

“The committee is estab-lishing the best process forestablishing the standards,”board member Amy Fordsaid.

The board has setno deadline for cre-ation of the newinstructional stan-dards, but the legis-lation said theyneeded to be inplace by 2016. Allnew instructionalstandards and revisions willbe subject to legislativereview, according to the billsigned into law by Gov.Mary Fallin.

“We are getting danger-ously short on time,” stateDepartment of Educationchief of staff Joel Robisonsaid.

Under the new law,Oklahoma must return toold instructional standards,known as Priority AcademicStudent Skills, that were in

place before June2010.

Ford was namedas the steering com-mittee’s chair, andwill be joined byboard members LeeBaxter and Bill Price.The committee also

will have eight others mem-bers — including represen-tatives from higher educa-tion and career and technol-ogy education, the stateDepartments of Commerceand Education and a schooladministrator, the parent of apublic school student, amath teacher and an Englishteacher. The board plans toappoint those eight nextmonth.

The Common Core stan-dards were adopted in

Oklahoma in 2010 as partof an initiative of the Nation-al Governors Association toclearly outline what studentsare expected to learn andknow by each grade level.More than 40 other stateshave adopted CommonCore, but there was beengrowing concern in Okla-homa, especially amongconservatives, that the stan-dards represented a federaltakeover of state education.

Fallin, former head of theNGA, tried to alleviatethose concerns in Decem-ber when she signed anexecutive order statingOklahoma would beresponsible for decidinghow to implement the stan-dards, but opposition con-tinued to mount.

Education board creates standards committee

FALLIN

Students

Budget

Crash

Details

Between managingstudies and class schedules,college students often havea hard time lining up jobinterviews, despite theneed for extra cash.

Northeastern State Uni-versity Career Serviceshosted a part-time job fairWednesday to help stu-dents look for gainfulemployment.

The event, held in theUniversity Center base-ment, was well-attended byboth employers and stu-dents.

“We have Career Ser-vices set up at the maintable,” said Kandra Medlin,administrative assistant inCareer Services. “The stu-dents will sign in and getinformation on jobs. Oncethey’re signed in, they’llvisit with individualrecruiters and find out

about the employmentopportunities available.”

Medlin indicated abouta dozen employers partici-pated in the event, includ-ing opportunities for work-study at the university andgraduate college employ-ment.

Laurie Galbraith, NSUstudent employment spe-cialist in student financialservices, said several open-ings are listed.

“We have work-studypositions available,” saidGalbraith. “The jobs rangefrom office assistants togrounds keepers to pack-age delivery. I spoke withpeople from several differ-ent departments yesterday,and they’re hoping to find abunch of good studentswho are ready to come towork.”

According to informa-tion provided by Galbraith,job duties for work-studypositions include assistingstudents, office work, filing,data entry, custodial work,mowing, weed-eating andsnow removal.

Deborah Friend, spon-sor relations officer withChildFund, a child devel-opment organization, visit-ed with NSU sophomoreBrittanie Copeland duringthe event.

“I’m looking for a job tohelp fund my education,”

said Copeland. “I’m anEnglish education major,and work with children alot on the weekends. I hopethis will be a good opportu-nity for me. In fact, I’m giv-ing a presentation to kids

this weekend, and I’m a lit-tle nervous.”

Friend said she’d hadseveral students stop by thebooth early, and was hope-ful about the prospects.

“This is a great event,”

said Friend. “I’m hoping tovisit with a bunch of poten-tial employees today.”

GameStop, a videogame and accessory store,was one of the more popu-lar booths among the stu-

dents. Doyle Gunter, aGameStop supervisor,joked with studentJonathan Leninsky, whowas filling out an applica-tion.

“You know, I sure couldgo for one of those Chik-Fil-A sandwiches about now,”said Gunter. “It sure smellsgood in here.”

Leninsky asked Gunterif he provided a sandwich,would it increase his oddsof getting job, andlaughed.

In addition to employ-ment opportunities,recruiters also offered stu-dents an array of goodies,including popcorn, candy,pens, pencils and otheritems.

NSU Career Servicesoffers students a variety ofservices, including one-on-one counseling, resumecritiques, internship assis-tance and practice inter-views. Career Services alsooffers students a computerlab, free business cards andresume paper and notaryservices.

Thursday, August 28, 2014 • 3A

By TEDDYE SNELLTDP Staff Writer

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Court ReportWarranty Deeds

Clyde Lewis Gray toMartin Don Gray et al

Frank T. Lewis et al toCarole Gene Young trustee

Brian P. Pittman et ux toColeman C. Martin

Ryan Thomas Barretttrustee to Jason M. Tinsley

Edna L. Kimble et ux toDee Ann Gibson-McCoy etux

The Bailey Family trustto Perry Lee Keith et ux

Prevash Inv. to GreenValley Mobile Home Park

Vicki J. Hurd to GordonLee et al

Prevash Inv. LLC toGreen Valley Mobile HomePark LLC

Billy Joe Nottingham etux to Evan Linde

MisdemeanorsZurcaled Dela Cruz

Caballero – provide alcoholto a person under 21 yearsof age

Dakota Ray Crumby –public intoxication

CivilsIn the matter of Jacob

Morgan Cole – namechange

Protective OrdersMelissa Lea Todd vs. Bo

Patrick FrankVictoria James vs. Wes-

ley Robert MartinDivorces

Frances Cox vs. Ran-dolph Cox

Valerie Joy Burson vs.Jesse Darin BursonPaternity/Child Support

Rachel Tubby vs. JasonGrasshopper – child sup-port

Andrea J. Swimmer vs.Evan W. Roberts – paterni-ty

Jaymee Jackson vs.Jeremy Kahler – paternity

Lorina Shepard vs. BillyShephard Jr. – paternity

Ashley Cobler vs.Shawn A. Fronsman –paternity

Danielle D. Russell vs.Cameron Taylor – paternity

Edna Lowery vs. TanyaJackson – paternity

MarriagesSamuel Weeks O’Field,

80, Claremore, to LyndaRoyce Hundley, 71, Clare-more

Fire RunsAug. 27

Tahlequah FD; 11:07a.m. Vehicle Fire. Musko-gee and Fourth Street

Death NoticesWEBB, Raymond Dale,

79, Tahlequah elementaryeducator. Died Aug. 26.Services 10 a.m. Aug. 29 atGreen Country FuneralHome, Tahlequah.

DAILY LOG

OBITUARIES

TAHLEQUAH – Funeralservices for Raymond DaleWebb are 10 a.m., Friday,Aug. 29, 2014, at GreenCountry Funeral Home.Officiating will be theRev.’s Jan Condren, Clay-ton Sellers and CharlesDuvall.

Pallbearers are TylerMcCorkle, Philip Webb,Nathan Webb, Seth Mar-tin, Dillon Robertson, andTucker Robertson. Hon-orary pallbearers are JacobWebb, Jonathan Webb andKingston Porter. Intermentwill follow in the Tahle-quah City Cemetery underthe care of Green CountryFuneral Home. Onlinecondolences may be left attahlequahfuneral.com.

Raymond was born inTahlequah, to Oscar andRosa (Hammonds) Webbon April 11, 1935, in anapartment house which isnow known as the Thomp-son House. He passedaway on Tuesday, Aug. 26,at his home in Tahlequah at

the age of 79.Raymond graduated

from the newly formedTahlequah High School in1953. He married his highschool sweetheart Imo-gene Clay on June 5, 1953.Raymond went to North-eastern State College andreceived a Masters of Edu-cation. He began histeaching career at Strangand then made his journeyto Ark City, Kansas, BethelSchool, Man Power forfour years; Briggs Schoolteaching math for thirteenyears; and spent his lastnine years serving as theprincipal at Shady GroveSchool, retiring in 1989.He had served 22 yearsteaching adult education.

Raymond spent manyhours fishing at BurntCabin with his fishingbuddy, Jim Robison, andothers and playing domi-noes with his brother-in-laws, Bill Clay, June Clayand Henry “Dub” Clayevery Friday night at vari-

ous homes. Raymondenjoyed crossword puz-zles, reading, and solvingcrypto-quotes. In later days,he spent many hours play-ing dominoes at the SeniorCitizens Center with Henry,Joe, Gerald and Tommy.

He was a member of theWelling General BaptistChurch for many years,where he was a deaconand taught the men’s Sun-day school class. In lateryears he attended the Pres-byterian Church in Tahle-quah. Ray was a memberof the Tahlequah MasonicLodge, part of the clowndivision with the BedouinShriners of Muskogee anda 32 degree Mason withthe Scottish Rite of Freema-sonry in Tulsa.

Raymond was precededin death by his mother,Rosa, and father, Oscar;and his brothers, StanleyWebb and Bob Webb.

He is survived by hiswife, Imogene Webb of thehome; his daughter, Dawn

and husband Mike Stott;son, Mike Webb; son, Kel-ley Webb; and daughter,Lori and husband BradRobertson, all of Tahle-quah; his beloved grand-children, Becky and BradMartin, Jamie Stott, SarahWebb, Erin Webb, PhilipWebb, Nathan Webb,Jonathan Webb, TylerMcCorkle, TarahMcCorkle, Dillon Robert-son, Shelby Robertson andTucker Robertson; andgreat-grandchildren, SethMartin, Maddie Martin, TaiJordyn Correa, andKingston Porter. Raymondis also survived by two sis-ters, Bertha Osborne of SanDiego, California, and Bil-lie McWhorten of Bakers-field, California; and abrother, Harold Webb andwife Juanita of Welling. Hewill be missed by a host ofrelatives, friends and for-mer students.

Green Country FuneralHome, 203 S. CommercialRoad, 918-458-5055.

Raymond Dale Webb

JOPLIN – Norman S.Owens, age 90, of Joplin,Missouri, passed away at2:10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug.26, 2014, at Spring RiverChristian Village followinga lengthy illness.

Norman was born Oct.5, 1923, in Granby, Mis-souri, and had lived inJoplin all his life, with theexception of a few years inLos Angles, California.

Norman and his broth-er-in-law, John Freeman,were the owners of theoriginal Consumers Marketat 32nd and Main in Joplin.

He owned the ConsumersMarket in Tahlequah from1966 until 1990.

Norman served hiscountry in the U.S. MarineCorp during World War II.Norman was selected asthe Honor Man of his pla-toon.

He was stationed inHawaii with a group calledCINPAC, which stands forCommander in Chief of thePacific and was a guard forAdmiral Chester Nimitzhome in Hawaii. He was amember of the AmericanLegion Post 13 in Joplin.

Norman was married toCarol Rand Aug. 24, 1948,in Los Angeles, and cele-brated 66 years of marriageon Sunday. Additional sur-vivors include four sons,Doug Owens and wifeCindy of Winston-Salem,North Carolina, GregOwens and wife Stephanieof Asheville, North Caroli-na, Steven Owens of Min-nesota, and Jeff Owens andwife Jennifer of The Colony,Texas; one daughter, KathyMarkman of Joplin; onesister, Margaret Bull ofMesa, Arizona; eight

grandchildren; and numer-ous great-grandchildren.

Norman’s wishes wereto be cremated. A celebra-tion of life will be held at alater date. Memorial con-tributions in his memoryare requested to theRonald McDonald Housein care of the Mortuary.Arrangements have beenentrusted to the Mason-Woodard Mortuary ofJoplin.

M a s o n - Wo o d wa rdMortuary & Crematory3701 E. 7th St., Joplin,Missouri; 417-781-1711.

Norman S. Owens

TAHLEQUAH – RobertRay McFarland was bornJune 16, 1971, in Musko-gee, to Bobby EugeneMcFarland and Ina (Sells)McFarland. He passedaway on Aug. 22, 2014, athis home in Tahlequah, atthe age of 43.

Robert was preceded indeath by his father, BobMcFarland.

He is survived by hismother, Ina McFarland;children, Trebor EzraMcFarland and Kya EstherMcFarland; his long-timepartner, Michelle Bell; foursiblings, Pam Cook-Den-walt, Angie Lewandowskiand husband Bob, SherrieMcFarland, Gina McFar-land-Champlain; andniece and nephews, Jillian

Simmons, Dale Dean Den-walt II, Kyle Lewandowski,and Bobby Champlain.

In lieu of flowers a trusthas been set up for his chil-dren age 9 and 15, atBancFirst. There will alsobe a memorial celebration

and benefit for the chil-dren.

Information for thoseevents will be announcedwhen known.

Green Country FuneralHome, 203 S. CommercialRoad, 918-458-5055.

Robert Ray McFarland

Items in this space are paid obituaries as submitted byfuneral homes.

NSU sponsors part-time job fair featuring employers

Photo by Teddye Snell/Daily Press

Students at Northeastern State University checked out part-time employment opportu-nities at the job fair Wednesday. Participants included, from left: NSU student JonathanLeninsky, and GameStop employees Brandon Kirts and Doyle Gunter.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

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Cherokee County sher-iff’s deputies say a 39-year-old Park Hill man wasarrested for a warrant andwas later found to be inpossession of metham-phetamine.

Deputy Justin Leather-wood said that on Aug.21, he went to the homeof Aaron Sheldon Dance,39, of Park Hill, andarrested Dance for a war-rant. Deputies searchedDance and found noth-ing illegal in his posses-sion, but when officers atthe county jail werebooking him in, theyallegedly found a bagcontaining a substancethat tested positive asmeth. Dance was bookedfor possession of a con-trolled dangerous sub-stance, and later releasedon a $5,000 bond, book-ing records show.

In other matters,deputies spoke to a 17-

year-old girl earlier thismonth who said a womantook her iPhone andrefused to return it untilthe teen replaced a win-dow screen that she haddamaged.

Ortiz Guillermo tolddeputies he received a callfrom a man claiming towork for the IRS, but whenGuillermo threatened tocall the IRS to verify theman’s claims, he discon-nected the call.

Jodie Feltner tolddeputies this week thatwhile she was jailed inTahlequah, two familymembers took her chil-dren and went to Georgia.

Sherry Pack reportedthe violation of a protec-tive order Monday.

Valerie Burson report-ed the violation of a pro-tective order this week.

Warrant reveals methSHERIFF’S BEAT

AttributionA photo of Ronald Stand appearing in the Wednes-

day edition of the Daily Press indicated it was provid-ed by courtesy. The photo was taken by MeshaSanchez of TRA Photography, during a recent hospitalgala, and should have been attributed.

DALLAS (AP) — In theaftermath of the policeshooting in Ferguson, Mis-souri, some police depart-ments are renewing effortsto reach out to black com-munities to build trust —holding public meetings,fielding questions and let-ting people voice the angerthey feel toward officerswho patrol their neighbor-hoods.

Dallas Police ChiefDavid Brown considers it apreventative step.

“I’d much rather they

shout at me at a town hallmeeting at a church andget to know me afterwardthan not have a relation-ship,” Brown said. After apolice shooting hasalready happened, “it’s toolate to try to establish rela-tionships.”

Dallas has had 14police shootings so far thisyear, including one thathappened early Wednes-day. Nine people havebeen killed. That followslast year’s tally of 22 shoot-ings and six deaths,according to police.

To reassure the public,Dallas County DistrictAttorney Craig Watkinsrecently announced hewould begin sending twoprosecutors to independ-ently investigate eachpolice shooting.

Both Brown andWatkins are black andgrew up in Dallas. Watkinsdescribed his own mistrustof law enforcement as a

young man and said moreneeds to be done to restorepublic confidence in law-enforcement agencies,particularly among blacksand Latinos.

“This is a reality that wedeal with in this country,”Watkins said. “And untilwe face it, we’re alwaysgoing to have issues likeFerguson. I don’t want tohave the same thing hap-pen here.”

Two Dallas officerswere recently fired andindicted for separate shoot-ings of civilians.

To address the issue, thedepartment is running apilot program for so-calledbody cameras that couldbe mounted on officers’lapels or vests to capturefootage of their interac-tions with the public. Arecent Cambridge Univer-sity study showed that thecameras reduced the num-ber of complaints againstofficers and the number oftimes officers used force ina yearlong trial with thepolice department in Rial-to, California, a city ofabout 100,000 east of Los

Angeles.The Dallas department

is also buying more Tasersto give officers a less-dead-ly option to subdue attack-ers, Brown said.

The fraught relationshipbetween police and blackresidents was evident lastweek when a group ofblack protesters marchedthrough south Dallaschanting the name ofMichael Brown, theunarmed 18-year-old shotto death by a Ferguson offi-cer.

The group calls itself theHuey P. Newton GunClub, after one of the co-founders of the Black Pan-thers. About 30 people car-ried signs and long guns,which are permitted inmost public places inTexas. Several protesterssaid their concerns wentbeyond Ferguson.

“A lot of people todayare talking about MikeBrown,” one of the group’sorganizers, Charles Good-son, told Dallas televisionstation WFAA. “MikeBrown is not an isolatedincident.”

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In the couple of hoursit took an official from theALS Association to returna reporter’s call for com-ment, the group’s ubiqui-tous “ice bucket chal-lenge” had brought in afew million more dollars.

Approaching $100million, the viral fundrais-ing campaign for the ail-ment better known as LouGehrig’s Disease has putthe ALS group into the topranks for medical charitydonations.

Since the end of July,the money has beensloshing in at a rate ofabout $9 million a week.Last year, from July 29 toAug. 26, the group raisedjust $2.6 million.

It’s caught everyoneoff-guard, none more sothan the ALS Associationfolks. But they know thisis likely a one-off phe-nomenon, and the groupnow faces the task ofspending all that moneywisely.

Research, care andadvocacy are the group’sthree main missions —but officials say they don’tknow yet exactly howthey’ll use the astonishingwindfall.

“I think even if I or anyPR person at either a non-profit or a for-profit com-pany had all of the PRdollars in the world toinvest, no one wouldhave come up with thisidea,” says Carrie Munk,the association’s spokes-woman. “We realize

there are responsibilitiesthat come with beinggood stewards of thesedollars.”

Part of what’s surpris-ing is that ALS — or amy-otrophic lateral sclerosis— is one of those“orphan” diseases. It is aneurodegenerative dis-ease that causes paralysisand death, and the asso-ciation estimates thatabout 5,600 new casesare diagnosed in the U.S.each year.

This campaign hasn’texactly put the charity inthe same neighborhoodas giants like the Ameri-can Cancer Society, theAmerican Heart Associa-tion or Susan G. Komenfor the Cure — whichraised $889 million, $529million and $310 millionlast year, respectively. Butit’s moving into the sameZIP code now.

“People who havebeen in this space for along period of time feellike it’s a dream cometrue,” says Munk.

In case you’ve beenunder the proverbial rock,here are the basic rules:Someone issues a chal-lenge — that you allowyourself to be dousedwith a bucket of ice andwater, like winningcoaches along the side-lines.

Then, the challengeehas 24 hours to make a$100 donation to the ALSAssociation or submit tothe water torture.

Cash just keeps washingin from ALS challenge OMAHA, Neb. (AP) —

Police officers who openedfire while disrupting a rob-bery at a fast-food restau-rant in Omaha killed acrew member with the TVshow “Cops” as well as thesuspect, who was armedwith a pellet gun that theythought was a real hand-gun, authorities saidWednesday.

The suspect fired fromthe pellet gun before offi-cers returned fire, PoliceChief Todd Schmaderersaid at a news conference.He said witnesses and offi-cers thought the robberysuspect’s Airsoft handgunlooked and sounded real,but discovered later that itfires only plastic pellets.

The suspect was struck bythe officers’ gunfire, butfled outside of the restau-rant before collapsing.

Officers continued fir-ing on the suspect as heexited the restaurant, andthat was when the “Cops”crew member, 38-year-oldBryce Dion, was alsostruck, said Schamaderer.Dion was wearing a bullet-proof vest, but a single bul-let that hit his arm “slippedinto a gap in the vest” andentered his chest,Schmaderer said.

“My concern with myofficers is that they are tak-ing this very hard,”Schmaderer said. “Brycewas their friend.”

Schmaderer said video

captured by another crewmember of the “Cops” TVshow shows the chaoticsituation in the restaurant.Police released still shotsfrom the video showing ahooded and masked per-son pointing what lookslike a gun at police.Schmaderer said policewould not release the fullvideo, but that it will bepart of the grand juryinvestigation into theshooting.

The suspect was identi-fied as 32-year-old CortezWashington, who was onparole.

Schmaderer said Wash-ington had a lengthy crim-inal record, including anaccessory to robbery con-

viction from Missouri. Hestarted parole in August2011 and transferred toNebraska in September2013. His parole was dueto expire in June 2017.

Schmaderer said theincident began when oneof the officers, on his wayto another reported rob-bery, called about the rob-bery at the Wendy’s andrequested backup. The“Cops” crew memberswere with two officers whoresponded to that request.

When police enteredthe restaurant and con-fronted the suspect, Dion,who was the sound opera-tor, got separated from thecameraman, Schmaderersaid.

‘Cops’ crew member killed in police shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — TheWhite House is crafting a blame-it-on-Congress legal justification toback up President Barack Obama’simpending executive actions onimmigration.

Facing an expect onslaught ofopposition, the administration plansto argue that Congress failed to pro-vide enough resources to fullyenforce U.S. laws, thereby cedingwide latitude to White House to pri-oritize deportations of the 11.5 mil-lion people who are in the countryillegally, administration officials andlegal experts said.

But Republicans, too, are explor-ing their legal options for stoppingObama from what they’ve deemedegregious presidential overreaching.

A self-imposed, end-of-summerdeadline to act on immigration is

rapidly approaching.While Obama hasyet to receive the for-mal recommenda-tions he’s requestedfrom HomelandSecurity SecretaryJeh Johnson, admin-istration officials said

the president is intimately familiarwith the universe of options andwon’t spend much time deliberatingonce Johnson delivers his recom-mendations.

After resisting calls to act alone inhopes Congress would pass a com-prehensive immigration fix, Obamain June bowed to immigrationactivists and said that “if Congresswill not do their job, at least we cando ours.”

The most sweeping, controversial

step under consideration involveshalting deportation for millions, amajor expansion of a 2012 Obamaprogram that deferred prosecutionsfor those brought here illegally aschildren.

Roughly half a million have ben-efited from that program, known asDeferred Action for ChildhoodArrivals or DACA.

But while prosecutors are rou-tinely expected to use their discre-tion on a case-by-case basis, suchblanket exempting of entire cate-gories of people has never beendone on the scale of what Obama isconsidering — potentially involvingmany millions of people if heextends relief to parents of DACAchildren, close relatives of U.S. citi-zens or immigrants with clean crim-inal records.

Obama crafts legal rationale for immigration

OBAMA

In wake of Ferguson, police try to build trust

Thursday, August 28, 2014 • 5A

Dear Annie: My boss insists that all of her employees eat lunch with her in the cafeteria every day. She really gets out of whack if we decide to use our “unpaid” time to do what we want. She says we aren’t team players if we don’t eat together. And for the most part, lunch is all about her. She controls the conversation, which is all about her life. Today, she shared that she scolded a family member for bringing their cell phone to the family dinner table. A few of us at the table had cell phones with us at the time. I don’t know how to handle this. We’re a small operation and can’t avoid one another. I think I should be able to text my kids during my lunch hour. She can’t stand to be argued with and never apologizes. We all need our jobs. What can we do? -- Cornered in N.Y. Dear N.Y.: It is unfortunate that your boss is so clueless

and narcissistic. Does she have a supervisor? If so, that is the person to whom you need to direct your complaint. You also could approach your boss as a group, perhaps sending her a letter signed by everyone, explaining that lunch together is nice, but you also need a break during the day to handle personal things that come up while you’re at work, and you don’t want to do it on company time. You can ask whether she would be willing to set aside half of the lunch hour for personal time and let her know how much all of you would appreciate it. But only you can assess how much you value this job and what you risk by pursuing this. Dear Annie: Last year, my siblings loaned my father a decent sum of money, and Dad has yet to pay them back. I was not in a position to help then, but since that time, knowing my father has had financial issues (notably as a result of his poor decisions), I have helped in smaller ways,

mostly by buying food for him. Recently, Dad started dating a woman and has talked about various vacations they have taken and trips they are planning. My siblings don’t live around here and are not as close to Dad, so they have no idea where the money is going. Although I don’t want to get in the middle, I think they have a right to know that Dad could be paying them back in some small measure rather than using the money for vacations with his girlfriend. I sure would want to know. -- F. Dear F.: Are you sure Dad is paying for these excursions? It’s quite possible the new girlfriend is paying for these trips. You can ask him why, if he has money to spare, he’s not giving it to your siblings, and yes, you can mention to your siblings that Dad went on a trip or two. But we don’t recommend you chastise Dad or rile up your siblings. They may be delighted that he’s getting out and enjoying his life, and the money might not

be that important to them. Or they may have loaned him the money without expecting repayment. Any argument about those loans should be between your siblings and their father. No good will come of you putting yourself in the middle. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Just Saying,” the diabetic woman who wants to bring her own food into a restaurant. She should understand that the owners are not being rude by not allowing it. It is a health violation. There is nearly always an item on the menu that someone with diabetes could eat or ask to have prepared in a way that wouldn’t violate their diet. Those items might not be the person’s first choice, but they are adequate compensation for the ability to share a table with her friends, and next time, they can go to a place of her choosing. -- Common Sense

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Tahlequah CommunityPlayhouse Inc.’s productionof the Jones, Hope, Wootencomedy, “The Dixie SwimClub,” has been rehearsing atSt. Basil’s Episcopal Church.

The play, directed byCraig Clifford, depicts thelives of five Southernwomen whose friendshipsbegan on their college swimteam. The two-act playspans over 30 years in thelives of these dedicated,courageous, and funnywomen. “The Dixie SwimClub” is a comedy aboutfriendships that last forever.

The play runs Sept.19–21 and Sept. 26–28. Alldinner theater performancesare held at the ArmoryMunicipal Center Auditori-um, 100 N. Water Ave.

Call 918-822-4440 forreservations or visit the TCPweb site at www.tcpok.com. Tickets are also avail-

able at Morris-Cragar, ABloom or the Music Room.

Season tickets are still avail-able for $90 for all four din-

ner theater performancesand $50 for show only.

The Nasturtium GardenClub has given the Largeand Small Yard of theMonth awards for August.The large yard award wentto Bill and Carol Rhoads at121 Eubanks Drive. Thesmall yard award was givento Michael and KathyBurke at 2487 Cambridge.Both yards show a love ofgardening in their designs.

The Rhoadses’ frontyard is neatly arranged withgallardias, nandinas, Japan-ese Maples and pots with adiamond frost annual andgeraniums. There is also anoval in the front yard with aredbud and quansai cherrytree and pots with gerani-ums and diamond frost.Surrounding the house is adisplay of nandinas,daylilies, black eyedSusans, red barberry, largeyews, perennial begonias,hydrangeas, an abelia bushand some large cavatinepierres bushes and smallercrepe myrtles. Along thefence are a lot of pinkcrepe myrtles and redknock out roses. Plantingsof roses, petunias, and aclematis plant are along thesouth side of the house anda large planting on the westside of the yard has showypurple verbena, iris, liriope,and a wire alligator guard-ing the area.

The Burke house has agrouping of red cannas onthe side of the garage in

front of the house, with apurple laurapedelum bush,rudbeckias (black-eyedSusans), orange marigolds,small yellow and pink zin-nias and tall red zinnias,purple coneflowers, lilies,agaratum, alyssium, whiteand purple salvias and blueplumbago. The back yardhas pots of colorful annualson the porch.

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Michael and Kathy Burke won small yard honors.

Large Yard of the Month honors went to Bill and Carol Rhoads.

Club names Yards of the Month

On March 24, 2014,the city of Tahlequahadopted an ordinancedefining electronicsmoking devices andprohibiting their use oncity owned property, andproponents celebrate themove.

City-owned propertyincludes city parks, courthouse, fire stations,police stations, and otherlocations. The ordinancewent into effect April 23,2014.

Electronic cigarettesare known by severalnames, such as vapingdevices, personal vapordevices, electronicsmoking devices, and e-cigs. Some come withrefillable cartridges,sometimes referred to astanks or pens.

“The liquid nicotine isusually flavored and isreferred to as ‘vapejuice,’” said Tes Hardi-son, Communities ofExcellence assistantcoordinator. “This vapejuice is highly toxic tochildren and can beabsorbed through con-tact with the skin orinhaled through thelungs. Discarded vapejuice cartridges can beharmful and even lethalto our children. Calls tothe Oklahoma PoisonControl Center due tonicotine poisoning inchildren have doubled inthe past year.”

Electronic cigarettesare often marketed asharmless, said Hardison.However, she added,studies show this is notthe case.

“World Health Orga-nization studies showthat the level of toxicityin the air after vaping forjust three minutes is at alevel that is consideredto be unsafe,” she said.

Senate Bill 1602,recently signed by Okla-homa Gov. Mary Fallin,will make the sale orpossession of electroniccigarettes to youth under18 illegal effective Nov.1, 2014.

“Communities withstrong health policieshave fewer youth partici-pating in risky behavior,”said Hardison. “The cityof Tahlequah has imple-mented several policiesto protect our communi-ty members. Cleanindoor Air, tobacco-freeparks, and school 24/7policies are just a few ofthe policies within ourcommunity designed tomake Tahlequah a fit andhealthy place to live.”

Tobacco users whowould like support whilequitting can call 1-800-784-8669.

“They may qualify forfree gum, patches, orlozenges, and studiesshow a higher successrate of quitting fromusing these productsover any other method ofcessation,” Hardisonsaid.

COE praisescity’s effortsto curb useof e-cigs

The cast of Tahlequah Community Inc.’s production of “The Dixie Swim Club” take aphoto-op during their rehearsal at St. Basil’s Episcopal Church. from left are: Heather-Rose Nichols, Amy Best, Vanessa McInnis, Renee Weavel and Sandra Becker.

TCP working on ‘Dixie Swim Club’

GORE – The GoreScrap Happy Quilters willhost its sixth annual quiltshow 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. onFriday, Sept. 26, and Sat-urday, Sept. 27, in theGore High School gym.

The will feature over100 entries in judges andnon-judged categories, acountry store, door prizes,and a vendor mall.

Tickets will be avail-able for chances to win aquilt made by JeannieDrain or a bed turning byLes Cruse.

For quilt entry form orinformation, call 479-459-8741 or 918-315-9697.

Scrap HappyQuilters tohost show

With over 40 yearsof coachingexperience, there

isn’t much that girls crosscountry coach Elzy Millerhasn’t seen.

He’s been there throughthe rough times and has

been filled with joy andsatisfaction at the amountof success that the crosscountry programs havehad in recent years.

The Tahlequah girlscross country seasonended with 2013 season as

the class 5A state runner-up for the second consecu-tive year. The last timeTahlequah won a girlscross country state title wasin 1991.

“We had an outstandingyear in 2013,” Miller said.“Our work is cut out butwe have four of our top fiverunners coming back.”

Two of the top returneesinclude senior Amy Hem-bree and junior GracieMedlin, who finished thirdand fourth respectively atthe state tournament lastyear.

“If Amy puts herself inposition to win the race,she got a great shot with

anybody,” Miller said.“She’s as fast as anybodythat we’ve got.”

Medlin, who is a two-time state qualified already,has an opportunity tobecome apart of a raregroup and place herselfhigh in THS girls crosscountry history.

“She could be anotherfour-timer, we’ve only hadone of those in our history,”Miller said.

With a great deal ofexperience and leadershipon the front-end, theremaining three runnerswill have to learn quickly.

Senior Lindsey Chaffinappears to be the No 3,junior Madison Reed theNo 4 and No 5 freshmanKaleigh Spears.

“We’re going to be pret-

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Runners participate in an event in 2013.

RIVERHAWKS FOOTBALL UPDATEThe anticipation is rising as the num-

ber of practices that NortheasternState has to prepare for it’s season

opener, are declining.Everything is still a work in progress as

the RiverHawks head into 2014 campaignwith a new coach, confidence and atti-tude.

“They still have to figure out how totake ownership a little bit, I want it to betheir team and not my team,” coach RobRobinson said.

“Once they get that leadership a littlefarther, I’m very confident in what theycan do.”

Leadership is a quality that has lackedwithin the program in recent years, butexpect that trend to become non-existent;due to the leader mentality that a numberof players have displayed early in camp.

“Kenley Choute, Joel Rockmore, Ter-rance Dixon are guys that we are reallylooking at to step into that role,” Robinson

said. The basic install phase has come to an

end. Beginning Thursday, Aug. 28, prepa-ration for Pitt State will begin.

The Gorillas offense is not a kept secretand has given the RiverHawks trouble inthe past.

“We’ll switch the work team’s up andstart getting more geared toward them (PittState) and get a good solid week in,”Robinson said.

Camp laughsFall camp is gruesome and extremely

high-demanding. It drains the players andcoaches, leaving them worn out and withcotton mouth.

To combat that issue, the players andcoaching staff participated in a impromp-

tu comedy skit. Each of the players were divided up

into teams and they were allowed toimpersonate anyone they wanted to.

Needless to say, coach Robinson is notthe easiest person in the world to mimic.

“They try, but they just can’t get that,”he said with a grin. “They’re not that goodand I don’t give enough away for them toget me, too.”

‘I’m probably No 1’Junior college is full of highs-and-lows.

The difference between a four-year univer-sity football team and junior college foot-ball team differ in a way that junior trans-fer quarterback Kevin Pantastico is lookingforward to.

“In JUCO everyone does their ownthing,” he said. “Now that I can call theseteammates my brothers, I can depend onthem rather than at JUCO having to strivefor myself.”

Competition can be factored into basi-

cally everything, but especially videogames. Sports games such as NBA 2K14,Madden and NCAA football, despite thegame no longer publishing, is historicallyknown to create heightened environ-ments.

Being a quarterback, Pantastico saysthat the least of his worries are on thesticks.

“Between me Terrance (Dixon) andRockmore (Joel), I’m number one,” hesaid. “I normally use the LA Clippers in2K, that’s just the way it is.”

The idea that what someone does on avideo game can translate to the footballfield, is not as farfetched as you may think.

“I read in the video games like a quar-terback,” Pantastico said.

“It’s funny because you know whatyou’re doing out here on the field and Ihave to read on the game; so I definitely

Who wants it more?

It’s time to hit the road.The Sequoyah softballprogram is heading to

Erie, Colorado, for one ofthe best high school soft-ball tournaments in thecountry--the Erie Tourna-ment of Champions.

“It is a good tournamentwith good teams,” Sequoy-ah coach Jeff Turtle said.“Coach Bledsoe is the ErieHigh School head coachand he always puts us withteams that have won statetitles or are very success-ful.”

The Lady Indians enterthe tournament with animpressive 17-1 record.The tournament will lastthree days running fromThursday, Aug. 28.,through Saturday, Aug. 30.The Lady Indians are guar-anteed to play six games in

the tournament. The firsttwo days the Lady Indianswill battle in pool play forposition in bracket play onSaturday.

“We hardly ever run-rule someone up there,”Turtle said. “They havegood teams and the moun-tains are right behind thefields.”

The tournament doesnot just have good teams,but is hosted well by theErie booster club.

“The town is nice,” Tur-tle said. “All of the peoplethat run it are the parents ofErie high school. It is unbe-lievable. It is the best tour-nament that we have

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found.”The tournament allows

the Lady Indians to get bet-ter on the field, but also offthe field, they are able toenjoy things to do aroundErie.

“It is cool for the girlsget away some of themhave never seen moun-tains,” Turtle said. “They doa good job of going thereto win this tournament firstoff, and then we do someother things with them.”

A tournament of thiscaliber will give the LadyIndians valuable experi-ence as they go after a statechampionship.

“We try to get themmentally ready by playingall of these big games,”Turtle said. “It puts pres-sure on our girls to getthem ready for the statetournament.”

The quality of teamsSequoyah will see in thetournament will have them

ready for postseason playagainst class 3A schools.

“I know when we getback down to our classthere are not going to beteams like that every day,”Turtle said. “Eventually ifyou get where we want tobe, there is going to beeight teams there; we hopethis stuff right now gets usready.”

Sequoyah does notwant any surprises whenthe postseason rolls

around. As a result, theLady Indians have onething on their mind, whichis capturing a state cham-pionship.

“We hope we are readyand nothing surprises us bythe teams we are playing,”Turtle said. “Hopefully allof these things work outand come October we willbe where we want to be inShawnee playing for a statetitle.”

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use that as a tool to helpme.”

Pantastico, who is fromMesa, Ariz., appears to bethe clear starter for theRiverHawks, though it hasnot been made official.

But he gave good rea-son to believe that he’salso good at another sport,too. He models his gameafter a highly-renown play-er.

“I’d say I’m pretty goodat golf,” he said with achuckle. “I love golf and

love the two courses herein Tahlequah; I’m a hugeTiger fan.”

NOTES: Starting run-ning back Joel Rockmorewas not at practice due toa death in the family.Senior James Renfrow hada slight ankle sprain aweek ago, but Robinsonassured that him missingpractice is just a precau-tionary measure. He isexpected to be ready forthe season opener.


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ty solid with our topfive, whether we aregoing to win it all ornot, we don’t know,”Miller said.

“Our goal is to beon the stand again forthe third time in arow.”

The Lady Tigers willbegin their quest forgold Thursday, Aug.28, at home. The“Early Tiger “ eventwill begin at 4:30 withthe middle schoolgirls 2K and finishwith the high schoolboys 2K event.

This is the first yearfor classes 5A and 6Ato go 5K for the girls.Traditionally, theyhave ran a one-mileevent in the earlyevents, despite Tahle-quah holding 4Kevents for the boysand girls, but thathampered the athletesfrom a recruitingstandpoint.

“We’ve been fight-ing to make thischange for four yearsor so now,” Millersaid. “College coach-es are telling us thatit’s hard to compareyour two-mile timeswith another kid’stime from Coloradowho ran a 5K.”

Although the eventis technically classi-fied as preseason, thatwill not change themindset of the run-ners, but it’s some-thing that they are cer-tainly not stressingabout.

Coach Miller wantshis team’s focus to begeared toward theevents later in the sea-son within their dis-trict.

“This is not thatimportant of a meet,although we’re notdown-playing it thepoint that we’re notgoing to go work,”Miller said. “It’s notsignificant for any-thing other thanpreparation for theevents later on downthe road.”

The next event fol-lowing the Early Tigerwill be in Collinsvilleon Thursday, Sept. 11.


THS

Area games-No 4 Tahlequah volleyball team will host the No

2 Coweta Lady Tigers at the TMAC.-THS is currently 2-0 at home. -The Keys Lady Cougars softball team heads to the

Hominy tournament. It’s a three-day tournament thatwill conclude on Saturday, Aug. 30. Keys has fairedwell on the road, picking up all of their wins awayfrom home.

Football scrimmmages-Tahlequah Sequoyah heads to Checotah to square

off with Muldrow and Checotah. The scrimmage isscheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

-This will the Indians last scrimmage before theirregular season opener at Okemah, Sept. 5.

-Tahlequah will travel to Wagoner to face the Bull-dogs and Hilldale. It will also be their last scrimmagebefore the regular season kicks off with an away gameFort Gibson on Sept. 5.

Chiefs bus accident-GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a

bus taking the Kansas City Chiefs to their Wisconsinhotel was involved in an accident.

-The Outagamie (awt-ah-GAY’-mee) County sher-iff’s office says it was escorting the Chiefs’ five busesfrom the airport to the hotel Wednesday afternoonwhen a vehicle entered the intersection and collidedwith one of the buses.

-Two adults and three children were in the vehiclethat struck the bus. One of the children had a minorcut to the head and was taken by ambulance to a hos-pital.No one on the Chiefs’ bus was hurt.

Renoated surface to open-ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Santa Anita’s newly ren-

ovated main track will reopen for training on Sept. 2.

-Sports editor Justin Gordon and the AssociatedPres contributed to this report.

Oklahoma St looks to keep momentumSTILLWATER, Okla.

(AP) — Oklahoma Stateopens the season withsome serious questions ondeck.

The football program isawaiting the results of aninternal investigationlaunched after a SportsIllustrated report suggestedthe Cowboys had commit-ted numerous NCAA rulesviolations dating backyears. Oklahoma State alsostarts the season unrankedfor the first time since 2010and will open Saturdaynight against top-rankedFlorida State, the defendingnational champion.

Mike Gundy’s Cowboyshave been among thenation’s best with 59 wins

since 2008, but they willface Heisman Trophy win-ner Jameis Winston and theSeminoles after losingabout half of last year’s let-ter winners. A blowout lossin Arlington, Texas, in theglare of the national spot-light could deal a blow tothe momentum of a pro-gram renowned for itsbreakneck offenses andNFL-level talent.

“We’ll find out wherewe’re at,” Gundy said.“We’ve got good, youngplayers in the program.They’re just not very expe-rienced.”

Gundy said one signthat minds are changingabout Oklahoma State isthat in past years, when the

Cowboyslost signifi-cant expe-rience, lit-tle wasexpectedthe follow-ing season.Now, even

with the loss of 17 starters,Oklahoma State is pickedto finish in the middle ofthe Big 12 instead of at thebottom. Gundy believesthe winning mentality frompast years will carry over.

“These players expect towin and expect to play ona high level,” he said.“Confidence builds suc-cess, and success bringsmore success. Our playershave been around and

have been in the lockerroom at bowl games andwhatnot. Some of the guyshaven’t played at this level,but they were aroundteams that expected towin. I don’t think there’sany question that thathelps.”

Florida State coachJimbo Fisher said Okla-homa State is already in agood place.

Oklahoma State haswon at least 10 games inthree of the past four yearsand finished the 2011 sea-son ranked No. 3 after win-ning the Fiesta Bowl.

Last season, the Cow-boys were ranked No. 6before losing their final twogames.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALLPRO FOOTBALL

Experts want to see NFL act on domestic violenceNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)

— Ravens running backRay Rice is sitting out twogames for domestic vio-lence. A positive marijuanatest triggered a yearlongban for Browns widereceiver Josh Gordon, cost-ing him the 2014 season.

Critics of the NFL’s arbi-trary policy toward domes-tic violence point to thecontrast between the pun-ishments and say it’s timefor the league to crackdown on players who hurtwomen.

Three members of Con-gress wrote NFL Commis-sioner Roger Goodell ask-ing him to reconsiderRice’s suspension, the gov-ernor of Maine says he’llboycott the league, andnumerous groups thatadvocate for women andfamilies condemned thepenalty as too lenient.

League officials maysoon take action on thematter. A person familiarwith the NFL’s plans saysthe league is looking intoincreasing punishments forplayers involved in domes-tic violence.

The person spoke to TheAssociated Press on condi-tion of anonymity becauseno announcement hadbeen made on such a deci-sion.

“The first time with mar-ijuana is different from thefirst time you are knockingyour wife unconscious,”said Judy Harris Kluger,executive director of Sanc-tuary for Families and a for-mer judge in New YorkCity.

“It’s not what they didwas such a small sort ofslap on the wrist. Punish-ment to me, they shouldhave suspended for a sea-son at least and let himappeal. At least you send amessage that this is not tol-erated, that this matters.”

Rice’s suspensionbegins Saturday, a punish-ment handed down aftergrainy video showed himdragging his then-fiancee

off a casino elevatorunconscious Feb. 15. Hehas not divulged what hap-pened in the elevatorexcept to call his actions“totally inexcusable.”

His assault chargescould be expunged oncehe completes a diversionprogram. So the NFL gavehim the only punishmenthe likely faces in a suspen-sion and a fine that totalsmore than $500,000.

“My daughter is 2 yearsold now. One day she’sgoing to know the powerof Google. Me having toexplain that to her, whathappened that night, that’ssomething I have to livewith the rest of my life,”Rice said at training camp.

By comparison, Wash-ington safety BrandonMeriweather was handed atwo-game suspension for ahit during an exhibitiongame for a sixth violationof player safety rules.

Broncos kicker MattPrater has been suspendedfour games for violatingterms of the league’s alco-hol program as a repeatoffender.

Gordon was suspendedfor two games last season,and his appeal of his one-year ban for violating thesubstance abuse policy atleast a third time wasrejected Wednesday.

The NFL has guidelinesbargained with the NFLPlayers Association settingout penalties for using ille-gal and performance-enhancing drugs. Domes-tic violence, covered underpersonal conduct, hasbeen left to the discretionof the commissioner.

The NFL’s personal codeof conduct makes it clearthat domestic violence willnot be tolerated, Klugersays. But she says theleague didn’t follow thatcode in punishing Rice.

“It boggles the mind thatthey did not act in a waythat ... sent a message thatthis is more serious,” saidKluger, who helped over-

see New York putting incourts that deal specificallywith domestic violence.

This is not a new issuefor the NFL. Since January2000, 77 players havebeen involved in 85domestic violence inci-dents with six being cut bytheir teams, according toUSA Today’s NFL ArrestsDatabase.

The NFL suspended sixplayers for one game each,and Rice now is the secondplayer to be suspended fortwo games.

Goodell has defendedthe Rice suspension, sayingthe league can’t just “makeup the discipline” andneeds to be consistent. Healso said Rice took respon-sibility and had not been introuble before.

U.S. Senators RichardBlumenthal and Chris Mur-phy of Connecticut andTammy Baldwin of Wis-consin sent a letter toGoodell and Ravens gener-al manager Ozzie New-some decrying Rice’s pun-ishment and suggesting theRavens also discipline therunning back.

“The decision to sus-pend Mr. Rice for a meretwo games sends theinescapable message that

the NFL does not takedomestic or intimate-part-ner violence with the seri-ousness they deserve,” theletter said.

The NFL has yet to pun-ish Carolina Pro Bowldefensive end Greg Hardy,who is awaiting a jury trialon his conviction forattacking his ex-girlfriendin his apartment in May. Ajudge gave him a 60-daysuspended jail sentenceand 18 months’ probation,which he is appealing.

What the NFL does nextis being watched closely,according to a consultantwho helps train police,lawyers and judges ondomestic violence.

“I hope they reflect andself-assess themselves andcome out and say, ‘Wewant to be the nationalstandard for how we feelabout violence againstwomen,’” said MarkWynn, a former Nashvillepolice lieutenant workingto prevent violence againstwomen for 30 years.

Goodell emphasizedRice’s punishment was fora first offense.

Wynn says a crisis linedirector told him victimsdon’t usually call for helpuntil the fifth incident.

Photo courtesy of WikiCommons

Ray Rice (above) and his incident, along with many oth-ers, has spawned the NFL to take charge.

USC’s Shaw admits tolying about injuries

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Southern California cor-nerback Josh Shaw hasadmitted to lying to schoolofficials about how hesprained his ankles lastweekend, retracting hisstory about jumping off abalcony to save his drown-ing nephew.

Shaw has been sus-pended indefinitely fromall of the Trojans’ teamactivities after acknowledg-ing his heroic tale was “acomplete fabrication,” theschool announced in astatement Wednesday.

The school didn’texplain how Shaw actuallywas injured, but USC offi-cials say they regret postinga story on their websiteMonday lauding Shaw’sstory about a second-storyjump onto concrete to res-cue his 7-year-old nephew.

“We are extremely dis-appointed in Josh,” USCcoach Steve Sarkisian said.“He let us all down. As Ihave said, nothing in hisbackground led us todoubt him when he told usof his injuries, nor did any-thing after our initial vet-ting of his story.”

Shaw is a fifth-year sen-ior, a team captain and akey starter in USC’s defen-sive secondary, widelyregarded as a solid team-mate and an importantteam leader for the 15th-ranked Trojans, who begintheir first season underSarkisian at the Coliseumon Saturday against FresnoState.

Shaw issued a shortstatement through an attor-ney on Wednesday afterbeing suspended.

“On Saturday, August23, 2014, I injured myselfin a fall,” Shaw said. “Imade up a story about thisfall that was untrue.

I was wrong not to tellthe truth. I apologize toUSC for this action on mypart. My USC coaches, the

USC athletic departmentand especially Coach Sark-isian have all been sup-portive of me during mycollege career and for that,I am very grateful.”

Within hours afterShaw’s tale was made pub-lic, the football programreceived phone calls con-tradicting Shaw’s version ofhis injuries.

Sarkisian has not saidwho made the calls, butthe school acknowledgedthe discrepancies Tuesdaymorning and began inves-tigating Shaw, who initiallystuck to his story.

“I appreciate that Joshhas now admitted that helied and has apologized,”Sarkisian said. “Althoughthis type of behavior is outof character for Josh, it isunacceptable.

Honesty and integritymust be at the center of ourprogram. I believe Josh willlearn from this. I hope thathe will not be defined bythis incident, and that theTrojan Family will accepthis apology and supporthim.”

Shaw didn’t attend prac-tice Wednesday, missinghis second straight day ofworkouts.

Sarkisian insisted the sit-uation won’t be a distrac-tion for the Trojans, but stillallowed only two of Shaw’sdefensive teammates tospeak with the media afterpractice Wednesday morn-ing.

Linebacker HayesPullard and defensive line-man Leonard Williamsboth acknowledged sur-prise at the situation thatdeveloped after Shaw’saccount was challenged,but remained supportive oftheir fifth-year senior cap-tain.

“We were prettyshocked,” said Williams,who hasn’t spoken toShaw. “Josh Shaw is a pret-ty loyal guy.

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Published in the Tahle-quah Daily Press on Au-gust 21 and 28, 2014.I N T H E D I S T R I C TCOURT IN AND FORCHEROKEE COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMAIn the Matter ofthe Estate ofDOROTHY WILLETT,Deceased

No. PB-2014-57NOTICE TO CREDITORS All creditors having hav-i n g c l a i m s a g a i n s tDOROTHY WILLETT, de-ceased, are required topresent the same, with adescription of all securityinterests and other collat-eral (if any) held by eachcreditor with respect tosuch claim, to the belownamed Personal Repres-entat ive at 205 WestShawnee, Tahlequah, Ok-lahoma 74464, the placeof business of the attor-ney for the Personal Rep-resentative, on or beforethe following presentmentdate: October 21, 2014, orthe same will be foreverbarred.Dated this 19th day of Au-

gust, 2014./s/ Jerry Dunn,

Personal Representativefor the Estate of Dorothy

Willett, deceasedWayne Bailey,OBA #19746205 West ShawneeTahlequah, OK 74464Telephone (918) 456-6113Facsimile (918) 456-5561Attorney for the PersonalRepresentative

Published in the Tahle-quah Daily Press on Au-gust 28 and September 4,2014.IN THE DISTRICTCOURT OF CHEROKEECOUNTY STATE OF OK-LAHOMAArmstrong Bank,an Oklahoma BankingInstitution,Plaintiff,vs.Deborah Stephens akaDeborah E. Stephens;The Spouse, if any, ofDeborah Stephens akaDeborah E. Stephens,Real Name Unknown;Derek Joseph Stephens;The Spouse, if any, ofDerek Joseph Stephens,Real Name Unknown;Occupant(s) andSpouse(s),if any, Real Name(s)Unknown,Defendants.

Case No. CS-2014-139FORECLOSURE

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SSALE

Notice is hereby giventhat in pursuance of aSpecial Execution and Or-der of Sale issued out ofthe District Court of Chero-kee County, Oklahoma, inan action wherein Arm-s t rong Bank , an Ok-lahoma Banking Institu-tion, was the Plaintiff andDeborah Stephens akaDeborah E. Stephens, etal., were Defendants, dir-ected to me, the under-signed Sheri f f of saidCounty commanding himto levy upon and sell withappraisement the follow-ing described property insaid County, to-wit: A TRACT OF LAND LY-

ING IN THE NE/4 OF THENE/4 OF SECTION 8,

TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH,RANGE 22 EAST, PAR-

TICULARLY DESCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:

BEGINNING 986.85 FEETWEST OF THE NORTH-EAST CORNER OF THENE/4 NE/4 FOR A POINTOF BEGINNING; THENCE

SOUTH 205.2 FEET;THENCE WEST 109.65FEET; THENCE NORTH205.2 FEET; THENCEEAST 109.65 FEET TO

THE POINT OF THE BE-GINNING, CHEROKEECOUNTY, OKLAHOMA;

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:17793 WEST JONES

ROAD, TAHLEQUAH, OK-LAHOMA, 74464;

to satisfy a judgment anddecree of mortgage fore-closure in favor of saidPlaintiff and against De-borah Stephens aka De-borah E. Stephens, et al.,obtained and made in saidCourt on the 1st day of Au-gust, 2014, on its cause ofaction wherein Court foundthere was due $8,384.89,including attorney's fees,plus interest after judg-ment at the statutory rate,until paid, abstract ex-pense, advances for taxes,property preservation andcourt costs herein. Said Sheriff will, on the1st day of October, 2014,at the hour of 10 A.M. ofsaid day at the front doorof the County Courthousein the aforementionedCounty, offer for sale andsell to the highest bidderfor cash, the said propertyabove described, or asmuch thereof as will satis-fy said judgement with in-terest, costs and attorney'sfees accrued and accru-ing. Said property hasbeen duly appraised at$30,000.00.WITNESS my hand this 21

day of August, 2014.Norman Fisher, Sheriff

of Cherokee County, Ok-lahoma

By: L. RouseyDeputy

Toni Bradley Smith,OBA #19577Armstrong Bank,General Counsel1111 West BroadwayP.O. Box 188Muskogee, Oklahoma74402-0188Telephone: (918) 680-6903Facsimile: (918) 680-6949

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Published in the Tahlequah Daily Press on August 28 and September 4, 2014.

August 07, 2014 Unless otherwise noted in the proposal, all bids must be submittedover the Internet via Bid Express. When written bids are allowed, sealed proposalssent by registered mail will be received through the ODOT Office Engineer Divisionuntil 30 minutes prior to the scheduled bid opening. From 30 minutes prior to the bidopening until the time of the bid opening, bid proposals must be turned in directly tothe ODOT Commission Room located on the east side of the lobby. Thescheduled bid opening is 10:30 A.M., September 18, 2014 for the work listed below.No Proposal for construction or maintenance work of the department will be issued toany contractor after 10:30 A.M. on the working day preceding opening of bids forany contract. Each bid shall be accompanied by a Certified or Cashier’s Check or BidBond equalto 5% of the bid made payable to the State of Oklahoma, Department of Transporta-tion, as a proposal guaranty. Proposal checks will be held or returned by the Depart-ment as per Section 103.04 of the State Standard Specifications.The minimum wage to be paid laborers and mechanics employed on this projectshall be included in the proposal.Bids must be prepared as directed by the State Standard Specifications.Plans, proposals, and specifications may be examined in the plan room or in the Of-fice Engineer Division at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation central office inOklahoma City, Oklahoma.This work will be done under the Oklahoma Department of Transportation applicablespecifications for highway construction as depicted on the lower left corner of theplan’s title sheet.Plans and proposal forms may be ordered from the Office Engineer Division, Ok-lahoma Department of Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st Street, Oklahoma City,OK 73105. Cost of Bidding Documents is $50.00 + tax for each Bidding Proposal.State Standard Specifications may be purchased for $55.00 + tax. (Oklahoma tax is8.375%).Plans (Reduced Size Complete) $0.00, X-SEC $0.00 + postage/handling. Makechecks payable to Oklahoma Department of Transportation. No refunds will be madefor bidding documents or Specification books purchased.Unless otherwise noted in the proposal, upon award of the contract to the successfulbidder, the contract will be completely and correctly executed by the contractor andreturned to the Department within ten (10) working days from the date of award. TheDepartment will have fourteen (14) working days from the date of award to completeit’s execution of the contract.The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) ensures that no person orgroups of persons shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, age, national origin, dis-ability/handicap, or in income status, be excluded from participation in, be denied thebenefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any and all programs,services, or activities administered by ODOT, it’s recipients, sub-recipients, and con-trac- torsDescription of work and location of project:Job Piece No.SAP-211D(013) PARKROAD CHEROKEE 3096704 RESURFACE (ASPHALT)PARK ROAD (SEQUOYAH STATE PARK ROAD): BEGIN AT SH-51, EXTENDSOUTH. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION By: MikePatterson, Director.

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Published in the Tahle-quah Daily Press on Au-gust 28, 2014.I N T H E D I S T R I C TCOURT IN AND FORCHEROKEE COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMAIN THE MATTEROF THE ESTATEOF SHIRLEE ANNHOLDER TOWDeceased.

No. PB-2014-59NOTICE OF HEARINGPETITION FOR PRO-BATE OF WILL, AP-

POINTMENT OF PER-SONAL REPRESENTAT-IVE AND DETERMINA-TION OF HEIRS, DE-

VISEES AND LEGATEESTo: All persons interestedin the estate of SHIRLEEALL HOLDER TOW, de-ceased: You are hereby notifiedthat there has been pro-duced and filed in the Dis-trict Court of the County ofCherokee and State of Ok-lahoma, an instrument inwriting purporting to be thelast will and testament ofShirlee Ann Holder Tow,deceased, with a petitionpraying for the probate ofsaid will, and the petitionhas further requested thatthe identity of the heirs de-visees and legatees ofsaid decent be judiciallydetermined at the initialhearing pursuant to theprovision of 58 O.S.§240,as amended and that Let-ters Testamentary be is-sued to William H. Holder. Notice is also given thatthe 9th day of September,2014, at the hour of 11:00o'clock a.m., has been ap-pointed as the time forhearing said petition andproving said wills, beforethe Judge of the DistrictCour t , in the Dis t r ic tCourtroom, in the CountyCourthouse of CherokeeCounty, at Tahlequah, Ok-lahoma, and at which timeand place any person in-terested may appear andshow cause, if any theyhave, why such petitionshould not be granted.

WITNESS my hand this14th day of August, 2014.

/s/ Mark L. DobbinsJudge of the District Court

TINA GLORY JORDANOBA #4837ATTORNEY FOR THEPETITIONER111 NORTH COLLEGETAHLEQUAH, OK 74464918-456-2763

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Published in the Tahle-quah Daily Press on Au-gust 28, 2014.I N T H E D I S T R I C TCOURT IN AND FORCHEROKEE COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMAIN THE MATTEROF THE ESTATEOF SHIRLEE ANNHOLDER TOWDeceased.

No. PB-2014-59NOTICE OF HEARINGPETITION FOR PRO-BATE OF WILL, AP-

POINTMENT OF PER-SONAL REPRESENTAT-IVE AND DETERMINA-TION OF HEIRS, DE-

VISEES AND LEGATEESTo: All persons interestedin the estate of SHIRLEEALL HOLDER TOW, de-ceased: You are hereby notifiedthat there has been pro-duced and filed in the Dis-trict Court of the County ofCherokee and State of Ok-lahoma, an instrument inwriting purporting to be thelast will and testament ofShirlee Ann Holder Tow,deceased, with a petitionpraying for the probate ofsaid will, and the petitionhas further requested thatthe identity of the heirs de-visees and legatees ofsaid decent be judiciallydetermined at the initialhearing pursuant to theprovision of 58 O.S.§240,as amended and that Let-ters Testamentary be is-sued to William H. Holder. Notice is also given thatthe 9th day of September,2014, at the hour of 11:00o'clock a.m., has been ap-pointed as the time forhearing said petition andproving said wills, beforethe Judge of the DistrictCour t , in the Dis t r ic tCourtroom, in the CountyCourthouse of CherokeeCounty, at Tahlequah, Ok-lahoma, and at which timeand place any person in-terested may appear andshow cause, if any theyhave, why such petitionshould not be granted.

WITNESS my hand this14th day of August, 2014.

/s/ Mark L. DobbinsJudge of the District Court

TINA GLORY JORDANOBA #4837ATTORNEY FOR THEPETITIONER111 NORTH COLLEGETAHLEQUAH, OK 74464918-456-2763

Published in the Tahle-quah Daily Press on Au-gust 22 and 29, 2014.NORTHEASTERN STATE

UNIVERSITYRequest for Proposal

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

BID PACKAGE: RFP #15-07 Elevator Modernization– Administration Building(Estimated Project Cost:$125,000)

Northeastern State Uni-versity hereinafter calledthe Owner, will be accept-ing sealed bids for project:RFP15-07 Elevator Mod-ernization – Administra-tion Building, Moderniza-tion of 1 (one) Armor trac-tion elevator located in theNSU Administration Build-ing at 601 North GrandAve. , Tah lequah, OK74464.

The RFP shall be en-closed in a sealed envel-ope plainly marked andaddressed as follows: Thename and address of thebidder shall appear in theupper left-hand corner ofthe envelope. The lowerleft hand corner of the en-velope shall be marked:BID PACKAGE: RFP15-07Elevator Modernization –Administration Building.

Received bids wi l l beopened in Room A117 ofthe Administration Build-ing on the TahlequahCampus at 601 NorthGrand Ave., Tahlequah,OK 74464 @ 2:00 P.M.C S T , o n T h u r s d a y ,September 11, 2014 forBID PACKAGE: RFP15-07Elevator Modernization –Administration Building.

The envelope shall be ad-dressed to:

Northeastern State Uni-versity

Attention: Kim CoffmanPurchasing Department

601 North Grand AvenueTahlequah, OK 74464

A PRE-BID CONFER-ENCE & Site Visit will behe ld on Wednesday ,September 3, 2014 at10:00 A.M. in Room A117of the Administration Build-ing on the TahlequahCampus for BID PACK-AGE: RFP15-07 ATTEND-ANCE WILL NOT BEM A N D A T O R Y , B U THIGHLY RECOMMEN-DED. Contractors are en-couraged to bring camer-as/measurement tools totake any site measure-ments necessary.

All bids will be publiclyopened, recorded, andstudied for recommenda-tions to the Owner. Bidsreceived after the time ormore than n ine ty -s ixhours, excluding Sat-urdays, Sundays and Holi-days, before the officialstated time set for theopening of bids, will not beaccepted. No bids may besubmitted, changed, orwithdrawn after the time ofthe opening of the bids. Alllate bids will be unopenedand becomes property ofNortheastern State Uni-versity. It is the responsib-ility of the bidder to makesure their bid is receivedby the bid due date andtime.

Northeastern State Uni-versity reserves the rightto reject any or all bids orto waive any formalities orirregularities in any bid,and to accept the bid orbids which seem most ad-vantageous to the Owner.

Bids may be viewed at thefollowing locations: Mc-Graw-Hil l ConstructionDodge, Southwest Con-struction News, and BidNews Construction Re-ports.

All questions shall be fur-nished in writing to:


Attention: Kim [email protected] Department


-Any RFI’s must be sub-mitted in writing 48 hoursprior to the bid opening.-Contractors are requiredto submit references and acompany portfolio alongwith their sealed bids.

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Published in the Tahle-quah Daily Press on Au-gust 22 and 29, 2014.NORTHEASTERN STATE

UNIVERSITYRequest for Proposal

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

BID PACKAGE: RFP #15-07 Elevator Modernization– Administration Building(Estimated Project Cost:$125,000)

Northeastern State Uni-versity hereinafter calledthe Owner, will be accept-ing sealed bids for project:RFP15-07 Elevator Mod-ernization – Administra-tion Building, Moderniza-tion of 1 (one) Armor trac-tion elevator located in theNSU Administration Build-ing at 601 North GrandAve. , Tah lequah, OK74464.

The RFP shall be en-closed in a sealed envel-ope plainly marked andaddressed as follows: Thename and address of thebidder shall appear in theupper left-hand corner ofthe envelope. The lowerleft hand corner of the en-velope shall be marked:BID PACKAGE: RFP15-07Elevator Modernization –Administration Building.

Received bids wi l l beopened in Room A117 ofthe Administration Build-ing on the TahlequahCampus at 601 NorthGrand Ave., Tahlequah,OK 74464 @ 2:00 P.M.C S T , o n T h u r s d a y ,September 11, 2014 forBID PACKAGE: RFP15-07Elevator Modernization –Administration Building.

The envelope shall be ad-dressed to:


Attention: Kim CoffmanPurchasing Department


A PRE-BID CONFER-ENCE & Site Visit will behe ld on Wednesday ,September 3, 2014 at10:00 A.M. in Room A117of the Administration Build-ing on the TahlequahCampus for BID PACK-AGE: RFP15-07 ATTEND-ANCE WILL NOT BEM A N D A T O R Y , B U THIGHLY RECOMMEN-DED. Contractors are en-couraged to bring camer-as/measurement tools totake any site measure-ments necessary.

All bids will be publiclyopened, recorded, andstudied for recommenda-tions to the Owner. Bidsreceived after the time ormore than n ine ty -s ixhours, excluding Sat-urdays, Sundays and Holi-days, before the officialstated time set for theopening of bids, will not beaccepted. No bids may besubmitted, changed, orwithdrawn after the time ofthe opening of the bids. Alllate bids will be unopenedand becomes property ofNortheastern State Uni-versity. It is the responsib-ility of the bidder to makesure their bid is receivedby the bid due date andtime.

Northeastern State Uni-versity reserves the rightto reject any or all bids orto waive any formalities orirregularities in any bid,and to accept the bid orbids which seem most ad-vantageous to the Owner.

Bids may be viewed at thefollowing locations: Mc-Graw-Hil l ConstructionDodge, Southwest Con-struction News, and BidNews Construction Re-ports.

All questions shall be fur-nished in writing to:


Attention: Kim [email protected] Department


-Any RFI’s must be sub-mitted in writing 48 hoursprior to the bid opening.-Contractors are requiredto submit references and acompany portfolio alongwith their sealed bids.

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