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Kingfisher County 4-H Fright NightKingfisher County 4-H

hosted its annual “Fright Night” last Tuesday at the Kingfisher County Fair-grounds MACenter.

The event consisted of a pumpkin decorating booth and carnival games oper-ated by 4-H members, 4-H leaders and parents.

There was also a cos-tume contest judged by the NW District 4-H Lead-ership. That group in-cluded Elizabeth Perdue, James Perdue and Cath-erine Stangl of Kingfisher County; Austin Rankin of

Woods County; and Bailey Hoeltzel, Natalie Haggard and Madison Postier of Garfield County.

Results of the costume contest follow. They are listed in order from left to right:

0-2 years old(Picture 1)

Funniest – Justin Con-ner of Kingfisher as Su-perman

Scariest – Asher Ladd of Okarche as a Lion

Original – Kinlyn Mey-er of Kingfisher as a Kitten

Best – Keegan Salcedo of

Kingfisher as Robin3-6 years old

(Picture 2)Best – Jackson Kremeier

of Okarche as Franken-stein

Funniest – Blake Snow of Kingfisher as a Minion

Original – Elexa Dealba of Kingfisher as Popcorn

Scariest – Harlyn Al-bers of Kingfisher as a Werewolf


Scariest – Damion Deal-ba of Kingfisher as Grim Reaper

Best – Effie Hendrix of Kingfisher as a Unicorn

Original – Molly Weber of Kingfisher as Wednes-day Adams

Funniest – Hagen Ow-ens of Kingfisher as a Caveman


Funniest – Emily Altiz-er of Kingfisher as Batman and Batgirl

Scariest – London Wil-son of Kingfisher as a Gorilla

Best – Katelynn Auring-er of Kingfisher as Female

Darth VaderOriginal – Gabrielle Da-

vis of Hitchcock as Fionna and Cake


Scariest – Shannah Col-lins of Kingfisher as A from Pretty Little Liars

Original – Katie Bom-hoff of Okarche as Fork in the Road

Best – Rob Bomhoff of Okarche as Hipster with a dog

Funniest – James Per-due of Kingfisher as a Whoopie Cushion

Adult(Picture 6)

Funniest – Laine Mar-tin and Brice Boatright of Kingfisher as Football Player and Referee

Scariest – Amber Kremeier of Okarche as Harley Quinn goes Fran-kenstein

Best – Marna Davis of Hitchock as Edna Mode from the Incredibles

Original – Andrea Mur-ray of Loyal as Farmer Matt Murray

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Among the trick-or-treaters visiting the Times & Free Press office last Tuesday were (far left): Braxton Marshall, Kay-lie Marshall and Maya Haney along with their cousin Emily Mosley (bumble bee in front, though she insisted she was a yellowjacket); middle photo is Elizabeth Evans with her moth-er Brandy Compton; and far right, doctor and nurse, Truett and Tatum Humphries, son and daughter of Jerry and Pri-ya Humphries of Dover. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photos]


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KINGFISHER HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS Austin Neal (seated center) signed Nov. 1 to continue his baseball career at Cowley Community College. Among those joining him at the signing were, seated, his parents Kim and Dustin Neal and, standing, siblings Blake and Kaylin Neal. [Photo by Joey Little, KHS Photography]

Kingfisher’s Neal signs with CowleyOne of Kingfisher’s best two-way

baseball players knows where he’ll be playing at the next level.

KHS senior Austin Neal signed last Wednesday to play collegiately at Cowley Community College in Arkansas City, Kan.

He was joined at the ceremony by family, teammates, classmates and coaches from several different levels.

An infielder and pitcher for the Jackets, Neal was among the team leaders in several categories a sea-

son ago.He led the Jackets offensively

with a .383 batting average and 35 runs batted in.

He also had a .441 on-base per-centage, 46 hits and scored 22 runs.

On the mound, Neal went 7-2 for KHS in his 10 starts. He also picked up one save.

The left-hander threw 50 2/3 in-nings, gave up 23 runs, 12 of them earned and had a 1.66 earned run average.

He struck out 65 batters and walked 40.

Neal’s efforts helped the 2017 Yellowjackets set a school record for wins.

Cowley College reached the JUCO World Series last spring, eventually placing third. The Tigers finished with a 45-18 record.

Cowley had 16 players sign last year with four-year programs, 11 of them with Division I programs.

This year’s Quail Road-side Surveys in Oklahoma show a decline from last year in the number of ob-served birds. But last year was one in which rainfall, temperature and habitat all combined to create ideal conditions for quail re-production, resulting in a tremendous quail crop.

“We are on the backside of a boom cycle that start-ed in 2014, after a record drought in 2011 and 2012,” said Derek Wiley, upland game biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. “Quail cannot maintain historically high levels ev-ery year. Eventually what goes up must come down — but the sky is certainly not falling.”

Quail populations are historically cyclical; bird numbers often boom for several years then decline based on factors including habitat and weather.

A more-accurate assess-ment of the health of quail populations is not based on year-to-year comparisons, but rather on longer-term averages that better account for the natural boom-bust cycles, biologists say.

The take-away from the 2017 surveys is that the declines simply reflect quail population numbers that have returned to around their 10-year averages in most regions of the state.

“We are sitting right at the 10-year average. That last two years was a boom, and now we are back down to average.”

Wiley said there is little cause for concern among hunters or biologists. “It is not something to panic about. Even ‘average’ in Oklahoma is much better than in most states. There are still parts of the state that hold good numbers of quail.”

Wiley cited several fac-tors that likely have played a role in this year’s lower bird counts:

In the southwestern re-gion, there was hardly any rain in the crucial spring

months, likely decreasing quail production.

In the northwestern region, cool and wet condi-tions likely delayed nesting, which decreases quail pro-duction.

Later nesting, a result of weather conditions, tends to be less productive over-all than earlier nesting. (Wiley was getting reports of chicks on the ground in early October, which is late compared to a normal breeding season.)

Summer rains created heavy roadside vegetation in many regions, making birds more difficult to see and count during surveys.

Plus, Wiley said his expe-rience tells him that obser-vations this year have been lower than they should have been, meaning more birds could be out there on the landscape than what the surveys suggest. Biologists will get a better idea of the real population numbers after hearing reports from quail hunters this winter.

The state is divided into six regions for roadside quail surveys. In the August survey, the average number of quail seen in a 20-mile route was slightly above the

10-year average number in four of the six regions. But in every region, the number of quail declined from last year. Statewide, the August quail index (3.38) was 41.2 percent below the 28-year historic average (5.56).

The Wildlife Depart-ment has conducted annual roadside surveys in August and October since 1990 to track quail populations across Oklahoma. The sur-vey provides an index of annual population fluctu-ations. Surveyors report the number of quail ob-served to create an index of quail abundance (number of quail seen per 20-mile route) and an indication of reproductive success. Sur-veyors drive 83 routes in 75 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties. Some larger counties have two routes.

“There will always be ups and downs, even with prime habitat and good weather conditions,” Wi-ley said. The overall health of the quail population still hinges on habitat and weather year after year, he said.

Quail hunting season in Oklahoma will run from Nov. 11 to Feb. 15, 2018. For

complete regulations, refer to the “Oklahoma Hunting and Fishing Regulations Guide” available at www.wildlifedepartment.com, in the “OK Fishing and Hunting Guide” mobile app for Apple and Android, or in print at license dealers statewide.

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WEATHER NEWS(As recorded by Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis in Kingfisher.)Date Hi Low Pr.Oct. 28 49 31Oct. 29 78 27Oct. 30 60 37Oct. 31 70 41Nov. 1 72 34Nov. 2 70 40Nov. 3 64 46 RainfallJanuary 2017 rainfall .........1.85January 2016 rainfall .........0.55February 2017 rainfall........3.13February 2016 rainfall........0.88March 2016 rainfall ............1.23March 2017 rainfall ............4.77April 2017 rainfall .............13.94April 2016 rainfall ...............4.51May 2017 rainfall ...............2.35May 2016 rainfall ...............2.78June 2016 rainfall ..............3.60June 2017 rainfall ..............0.46July 2017 rainfall................0.59July 2016 rainfall................4.84August 2017 rainfall ...........4.83August 2016 rainfall ...........2.37September 2017 rainfall ....3.06September 2016 rainfall ....7.04October 2016 rainfall .........1.06October 2017 rain to date ..5.21November 2015 rainfall .....5.92November 2016 rainfall .....0.67December 2016 rainfall .....0.35

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Randal Ray McBee was born June 15, 1953, at the Watonga Hospital in Watonga to Albert and Al-veria (Sowers) McBee and passed away Oct. 29, 2017, at the age of 64.

Randy was a resident of the Watonga commu-nity most of his life. After graduating from Watonga High School in 1981, he attended Panhandle State College becoming involved with ranchers, horses and livestock. He spoke of many friends and his fondness for the range.

After returning to Watonga he continued his love of being a horseman, assisting many ranchers with livestock around the area and state. He was a state livestock inspector for a time and as a young man worked for many indi-viduals as well as Wheeler Brothers Feed Lot, where he made many friends and lasting memories.

Arron Smith was born Feb. 9, 1996, to Rick and

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Arron Smith

Genia Smith of Kingfisher and passed away Oct. 31, 2017. He was 21.

Arron enjoyed watch-ing the Oregon Ducks and Oklahoma Sooners play football. He also enjoyed baseball, hunting and fish-ing and spending time with friends. He loved working on cars and trucks spend-ing hours “tinkering with them,” though he was better at taking them apart than putting them back together sometimes.

Arron is survived by his parents of the home; one brother, Cody of Kingfish-er; one son, Jack of Dover; grandmother, Sue Blak-

ley of Davenport; grand-mother, Bonnie West of Kingfisher; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by grandfather Carl West, formerly of Tecum-seh; grandfather Bob Smith and grandmother Elaine Smith, formerly of Shaw-nee; and grandfather Bud Blakley, formerly of Dav-enport.

Services were 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the First Baptist Church of Davenport. Burial followed at Zion Davenport Ceme-tery under the direction of Sanders Funeral Service.

Randal McBee Randy also drove a truck statewide as well as cross-country for many different individuals and companies. He loved the long trips; he just wished he could have stopped to see all the sights.

Randy enjoyed visiting with friends, family and meeting new people at the family-owned McBee’s Steak House in Watonga.

He was most-recently employed as a truck driver by Kingfisher Construc-tion. When not working, he was most happy riding horses with friends and attending or participating in equine events. He liked going to rodeos as well as arts and craft shows.

He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents, Lambert and Nora Sowers and Leon and Bertie McBee Chaplin Patton; aunts and uncles, Earl and Florence Sowers, Jesse and Lucile Sowers, Elva Mae Sowers, Roy and Dorothy McBee and Loyd McBee.

Randy is survived by his

mother of Watonga; sister Connie McBee of Watonga; cousins Raymond and Jean Sowers and family, Sharon (McBee) Lacasse, Buddy McBee and family, and Steve and Debbie McBee; aunt and uncle, Donald and Edwin McBee and family special friends Penny Ho-genson and her three chil-dren, Clayton Hogenson, Dylan Boon and Jennifer Gerbers; as well as numer-ous other relatives and friends.

Randy said a long time ago: ”Just have them put ‘Randy has left town.’”

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice or an equine rescue.

Funeral services for Randy were 2 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 4, at the Method-ist Church in Watonga with Rev. Charlie Sappington officiating.

Burial fol lowed at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Watonga, OK. Wilkinson Mortuary of Watonga was in charge of arrangements.

Kingfisher County’s net as-sessed valuation grew by over $60 million this year, thanks primarily to oil and gas-related growth.

County Assessor Carolyn Mulherin’s report to the county excise board Nov. 3 listed the

county’s net assessed valuation at $299,999,635 compared to $239,719,629 a year earlier.

The major increases oc-curred in personal property, which includes such things as drilling equipment and sup-plies – $163,134,147 (up from

$111,835,508) and real es-tate – $103,163,380 (up from $98,505,683).

Public Service property, which is assessed by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, increased to $36,906,566 from $32,520,628, a difference of about $4.4 million.

The increased valuation, which is the basis for ad valorem tax, is expected to boost income for most county school districts, making them less dependent on state aid, and provide somewhat lower taxes for homeowners and land-owning rate payers.

Tax rates by school districts, which are scheduled to be certi-fied on Tuesday, will determine the total county property tax bill.

A more complete article will appear in Wednesday’s Times & Free Press.

Assessor: County’s valuation up $60 million over last year

By Leilana McKindra Weeds are the enemy of

any healthy crop and they can be difficult, frustrating adversaries.

But, producers keeping a sharp eye on both the yield and the quality of their wheat crops are not head-ing into battle powerless.

In fact, a keen aware-ness of what is going on in the field is one of the most reliable weapons available to producers in the fight against worrisome weeds.

“Unfortunately, our weeds are usually better adapted to our fields than the crops we plant. It’s a continuous problem and something we have to watch,” said Misha Ma-nuchehri, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension weed specialist for small grains and cano-la. “Every year is going to be a little different, so it’s better to put our boots in the field and scout rather than noticing issues when it’s too late.”

Vigilant producers are usually familiar with the weeds in their fields, but new species can pop up. In those cases, it is best to address any issues early.

“Take a close look at new weeds before they establish,” Manuchehri said. “Once a new weed establishes, especially if it’s a perennial, your chances of eradicating it are slim to none.”

Identifying the most troublesome weeds and de-veloping an effective man-agement strategy is crucial, particularly for producers trying to boost yields and increase grain quality.

Weeds and crops gener-ally are competing for the same key resources in the field such as water, light and nutrients like nitrogen.

“To survive and re-produce, weeds are going to take advantage of the resources in the field. Yes, some species are more com-petitive than others and will access nutrients, like nitrogen, faster than near-by, less competitive plants,” she said. “But, ultimately, if a weed is utilizing available nitrogen, there is that much less for the crop.”

Also, failing to effective-ly manage weeds could lead to post-harvest concerns at the mill.

“When we can’t con-trol a weed and it goes to seed, we’re going to haul

those weed seeds to the mill and we may lose income if dockage or foreign material content is too high,” Ma-nuchehri said. “Foreign ma-terial is especially important when it comes to grain quality because it cannot be cleaned from our wheat and will affect our end product.”

Fortunately, there are management options for dealing with problem weeds.

A great first step for a producer is to take care of the crop to give it a com-petitive edge over weeds in the field.

Crop rotation also is an important tool as the most troublesome weeds often mimic the life cycle of crops. So, grassy weeds are going to spell trouble for grassy crops, for instance. For this reason, producers may try to introduce other crops, like broadleaf crops, to trick the grassy weeds that can plague a wheat crop.

“Not only does crop ro-tation help with adaptation cycles, but it also allows us to use new herbicide chem-istries,” Manuchehri said.

Producers who want to go out with an herbicide should pay close attention to the application instructions on the label and if there are any questions, contact an OSU Cooperative Exten-sion professional or indus-

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try partner. “Usually we think of

an herbicide application as easy. We add chemical to the tank and we spray. But, there is a lot that needs to go right for an herbicide appli-cation to be successful,” Ma-nuchehri said. “Herbicides need to go out at the right time, with the right equip-ment and under specific environmental conditions.”

To learn more about her-bicides, producers can at-tend the OSU Winter Crops Herbicide Symptomology Clinic on Nov. 3 at 8:30 a.m. Free to interested farm-ers and ranchers of all expe-rience levels, the clinic will be held at the OSU Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ Agrono-my Research Station on the corner of State Highway 51 and Western Avenue in Stillwater.

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as he fell to his knees.Leatherwood wrote in his

statement that he thought at that moment “I shot you be-cause you betrayed me, scare (sic) me, ran at me and you want to ask why?,” according to the report.

Leatherwood said Smith then got up and ran out the door and Leatherwood fol-lowed him outside with the BB guns and saw Smith get into the passenger seat, with Clayton driving and Palmer in the back seat.

He said he started yelling at them saying “What did you think would happen? Why did you even come here after all? Don’t come back here ever,” according to the report.

In separate interviews, Clayton and Palmer told deputies they waited at the car when Smith ran into the house.

Both said they heard one gunshot and Smith came running toward the car say-ing “he shot me,” according to the report.

Clayton and Palmer both said they thought Palmer was pointing two handguns at the car.

(Deputies later confirmed the guns were actually BB guns, which they collected as evidence.)

Clayton reversed the car out of the driveway, striking a utility pole in the process, and drove toward the hospital, she told deputies.

Palmer said because he was out on bond, he asked Clayton to drop him off at the entrance to the hospital at U.S. 81 and Clayton left Palmer out of her initial account of events told to deputies, but Palmer said he later regretted his decision to get out of the car and later walked up to the hospital and talked to deputies, according to the report.

Smith arrived at the emer-gency room about 6:48 p.m. and was pronounced dead 24 minutes later after attempts to resucitate him were unsuc-cessful. His body and person-al effects were collected by the state medical examiner’s office and taken to Oklahoma City for further investigation

before being released to his family.

Sometime after Smith arrived at the hospital, Leath-erwood called 911 and re-ported the shooting, alleging he acted in self defense. His call came just after hospital personnel called 911 at 7:02 p.m. to report a shooting vic-tim was being treated in the emergency room, Banther said.

In his written statement and interview with Ban-ther, Leatherwood said he called his mother first and asked her to come home and then she called 911, but Banther said the voice on the recorded call is clearly Leatherwood’s.

As deputies were on the

way to Leatherwood’s res-idence, a dispatcher called Leatherwood and instructed him to wait in the driveway with his hands raised and Leatherwood complied with that instruction and was arrested without incident, according to the report.

Inside his home, Leath-erwood walked deputies through the incident. The spent shell casing was found inside Leatherwood’s pocket, according to the report.

After obtaining permis-sion from Leatherwood and his mother, who also resides at the house and arrived home after the shooting, dep-uties searched the residence, several outbuildings and an abandoned car.

Deputies allegedly found quantities of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the car, marijuana seeds in a deep freeze and dresser in Leatherwood’s bedroom and growing plants inside minia-ture “greenhouses” in the ga-rage, made from the bottoms of aluminum cans with the top halves of plastic bottles attached, according to the report.

Leatherwood told dep-uties he was preparing the containers to grow marijua-na, which he expected to le-galized within the next year, according to the report.

Deputies also collected several apparatuses apparent-ly used for smoking marijua-na, according to the report.

“I live in an older home on the north end of Dover,” Kim Farrar said. “I slept through the 2 a.m. one on Wednesday.

“The one at 4:50 a.m. woke me up thinking the mirror on my dresser was going to fall over.”

“The one that happened around 4 a.m. (Wednesday) woke me,” Lisa McConnel reported.

“Pictures were rattling on the walls and my bed was shaking.

“I’m just south of King-fisher.”

Kingfisher County Sher-iff’s Office employee Kirsten Gilbert reported: “My part-ner and I were working at the Kingfisher County Jail when we felt the 4.1 mag-nitude start shaking our chairs.”

Two residents on the Dover-Loyal Road reported feeling the earthquakes as well.

Gayla Hunt describes the experience as “a hard jolt, then a short shaking time.”

“We have slight tremors quite often,” Rhonda Macy said. “The one around 4:50 a.m. on Wednesday was significant.

“The one in the wee hours this morning (Friday) shook a book off a shelf.”

Karen Smillie of Dover describes the events at her house as “big cracking nois-es, rumbles and shaking.

“Pictures fall and orna-ments fall of shelves, draw-ers open, cupboards open.”

She said her back porch now has cracks in the wall and a buckled floor.

“Doors don’t close prop-erly,” she said. “Dogs bark-ing and upset. Wake up at night two or three times.”

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By Rep. Mike SandersThe House of Represen-

tatives this week voted over-whelmingly to appropriate supplemental funding to three state health care agen-cies to protect services for the state’s most vulnerable citizens.

In three separate bills on Monday, the House voted to use about $106 million in Rainy Day and carryover funds from fiscal year 2017 to send to the Department of Mental Health, the Depart-ment of Human Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority.

Without the funds, the agencies had threatened to cut programs that serve the aging, foster children and the disabled, among others.

House leaders said from the beginning, we were not going to let these three agencies feel the brunt of the budget shortfall.

Keeping our rural hos-pitals and nursing homes open and ensuring health care services for those most in need is of paramount importance.

We couldn’t do this at the outset of our special session because the governor threat-ened to veto any bill that made use of these reserve funds or that cut spending for state agencies.

After months of trying to reach a bipartisan solu-tion with House Democrats and the state Senate, how-ever, this became the only solution that would garner enough support to pass the House and be sent to the Senate.

These measures now go to the Senate for passage

House passes measures to save services

Rep. Mike Sanders

before the move to the gov-ernor for her signature.

Any delay in the process threatens Oklahomans who need these health services.

In addition to the above measures, the House on

Wednesday passed a mea-sure that would end the in-centive on gross production tax on legacy oil and gas wells, moving the tax rate from 4 to 7 percent.

This is projected to earn about $48.5 million this fiscal year to help plug our budget hole, and up to $100 million next fiscal year that could be spent on teacher pay raises.

The House also passed a version of the teacher pay raise plan that would give teachers the first $1,000 of a pay raise beginning July 2018.

One additional measure would allow ball and dice games at tribal casinos that would raise $8.3 million this fiscal year and $35.6 million next fiscal year.

These measures still leave a small hole in this fiscal year’s budget.

This could later be filled with supplemental funding once state reserves are re-

plenished, or we could make some targeted cuts to state agencies without affecting core services.

There are other options on the table as well. We’re still committed to finding a bipartisan agreement.

In the meantime, House leadership will continue to look for long-term budget solutions and to explore further efficiencies and look for cases of waste or out-right abuse in state agency spending.

You need look no further than the recent shakeup at the state Health Department to see examples of the kind of cleanup that is needed in our agencies.

As always, I look for-ward to hearing your ideas and concerns. If I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me. I can be reached at [email protected] or (405) 557-7407

An emotionally-moving flag display that represents our fallen military heroes will start a week of appre-ciation and recognition on Tuesday, Nov. 7, that will continue through Veterans Day and beyond at Oklaho-ma State University.

“Because the sweeping flag display, on OSU’s Ed-mon Low Library lawn, has touched so many since it started three years ago, it will remain in place this year from Tuesday evening until Sunday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m.,” said Rick Hansen, re-tired Marine Corps captain and coordinator of Veteran Student Academic Services at OSU.

“Last year, several vet-erans, students and others who visited the display offered their thanks, includ-ing a lady who brought her father, a World War II veter-an, to take some photos with his great-grandchildren.”

Volunteers will begin placing the more than 6,900 flags on the library lawn on Tuesday at 1 p.m. Each flag represents a military service member who gave his or her life in our nation’s defense during the Global War on Terror.

On Wednesday, Nov. 8, students, faculty, staff and friends of OSU are being invited to help place a dog tag on each flag starting at 9 a.m.

The dog tags are em-bossed with the name, rank,

branch of service and home of record for each of the fallen military service mem-bers.

“We have found this to be an extremely moving experience, putting a name to the flag representing one of our fallen comrades,” said Hansen.

“A list of those who have sacrificed all, will also be available on the Edmon Low Library Plaza overlooking the flag display. The flags, dog tags, and lists will be available until 3 p.m. on Sunday.”

Purple Heart honoree and retired Sergeant First Class James Battles Jr., United States Army, will be guest speaker for a short cer-emony honoring veterans, which will be held at 10:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, on the Edmon Low Library Plaza.

Battles retired after 23 years of military service due to injuries he received during a tour of duty in Af-ghanistan in 2011-2012. In addition to being awarded the Purple Heart Medal, he received the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commen-dation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Army Achievement Medal with four Oak Leaf Clus-ters. Battles is currently the commander of Chapter 820 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

OSU’s annual Veterans Appreciation Dinner will

be held on the Thursday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. For a second year in a row, the evening will serve as a “welcome home” for Viet-nam era veterans as part of the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War.

Retired Major General Douglas O. Dollar, United States Army, will present a copy of the 50th Anniver-sary of the Vietnam War Proclamation and a lapel pin to each Vietnam era veteran not previously recognized.

The final event of the week is the induction of four Oklahoma A&M College/OSU alumni to the Oklaho-ma Military Hall of Fame wall outside the Veteran Success Center at 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10. Three posthumous inductions will include Col. Lee Gilstrap, United States Army; Col. Tom J. Rounsaville, United States Army, and Lt. Col. Karl K. Dittmer, United States Air Force.

OSU plans week of vet events

Leonard Ray Foster of Oklahoma City has pled guilty to fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud retailers of millions of dol-lars through gift cards, an-nounced Mark A. Yancey, United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

According to charges filed earlier last week, Foster owned and operated Acqui-sitions Unlimited, LLC, also known as A-to-Z Giftcards.

This business bought un-used or partially used retail gift cards, also known as store value cards, for a frac-tion of the cards’ face value.

With Foster’s personal involvement, the business then sold the value on the cards to Giftcard Zen, an on-line retail gift card exchange based in Phoenix, Ariz.

According to the charges, from May 2015 to March 2017, individuals affiliated with Foster or his business shoplifted large quantities of high-dollar items from retail stores, including Walmart, Lowe’s, Target, and Home Depot. They then returned these stolen items, without a receipt, to the retailer for a store value card in the amount of the returned mer-

chandise. Each day, Foster purchased multiple cards from these individuals for a small fraction of the cards’ face values. He knew the cards had been obtained through fraud. Indeed, Foster sometimes direct-ed the shoplifters himself. Through A-to-Z Giftcards, he then sold the face value on the cards to Giftcard Zen, in violation of terms of ser-vice that prohibited selling store value cards obtained through fraud.

Foster is charged in two separate counts. First, he is charged with wire fraud in connection with a particu-lar wire during the scheme: a $59,035.38 transfer on December 9, 2015, from Giftcard Zen’s out-of-state bank to an account of Acqui-sitions Unlimited at Bank of America in Oklahoma. Second, he is charged with money laundering, based on a December 10, 2015, withdrawal from Bank of America in the amount of $18,000.

The charges also include forfeiture allegations that seek a 1969 Ford Mus-tang, currency seized from accounts at First Fidelity Bank, and proceeds of the offenses generally.

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