Volume 112 No. 46 75 Cents Thursday February 18, 2010P.O. Box 278 •105 W. Main Street • Boise City, Oklahoma 73933-0278 • Cimarron CountyPhone 580-544-2222 • Fax 580-544-3281 • e-mail bcnews@ptsi.net

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TODAY IN HISTORYFEB. 18

CIMARRON COUNTYJAIL BLOTTER

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1516 Mary I Tudor [BloodyMary] Greenwich, (1553-58), 1st reigning queen ofGreat Britain1914 Pee Wee King Mil-waukee WI, country singer(Pee Wee King Song)1920 Jack Palance [WalterPalanuik], Lattimer PA, ac-tor (City Slickers)1933 Kim Novak ChicagoIL, actress (Vertigo, Of Hu-man Bondage)1952 Juice Newton [JudyCohen], Virginia, singer(Angel of the Morning)1954 John TravoltaEnglewood NJ, actor (Wel-come Back Kotter, Grease,Pulp Fiction)1957 Vanna White [Rosich],North Myrtle Beach SC, TVgame show hostess (Wheelof Fortune)

1678 John Bunyan’s “ThePilgrim’s Progress” is pub-lished1688 Quakers conduct 1stformal protest of slavery inGermantown PA1804 1st US land-grant col-lege, Ohio University, Ath-ens OH, chartered1884 Police seize all copiesof Tolstoy’s “What I Be-lieve In”1885 Mark Twain’s “Ad-ventures of HuckleberryFinn” published1915 Germany begins ablockade of England1943 1st edition of Dutch re-sistance newspaper“Trouw” 1969 PLO-attack El-Alplane in Zurich Switzerland1970 Chicago 7 defendantsfound innocent of inciting toriot1970 US President Nixonlaunches “Nixon-doctrine”1979 Snow falls in the SaharaDesert

2-11Terry Wilson-Tresspassing after beingforbidden, held on a bondof $50,000

2-12James Peoples- servingtime, 15 days less one.Matthew Shannon-Serving time, 45 daysless three.Jacinto Martinez- Novalid driver’s license,hold for ICE.

2-13Francisco CesareoRayon- Driving undersuspension.

JOHN EDEN- 79BILL SPRADLIN-90

COMING EVENTS ARE ON PAGE 3CLARIFICATION

The two percent tax pro-jected for the hospital is notan addtional tax, it is a con-tinuation of the present twopercent for four rather thantwo years.

“A highbrow is a personeducated beyond hisintelligence.” - JamesBrander Matthews

LaMoine James with pencil and pen, has captured yetagain, the essence of the Cimarron County Stock Show.The show begins on Wednesday with weigh-ins, and runsthrough Saturday. See the schedule on page six and comeout and support Cimarron County youth.

Mark Axtell sets the sharpener on his meat slicer in theback of the former Pup’s Restaurant. The Axtell family,Mark, Cindy and children Heather, Remington and Colt,have bought and will run, the restaurant on East Main asThe Rockin’ A Restaurant.

The Axtell family, Mark, Cindyand their children, Heather,Remington and Colt, have takenover Pup’s Restaurant, and haverenamed it the Rockin’ A Café.

Mark and Cindy have livedhere for 23 years as managersof the local mortuary. They de-cided that they needed somethingmore to do and a way to bring inmore money. They had an oppor-tunity to buy out the Hicks, Russelland Tonya, so the Rockin’ A wasborn.

Mark told The Boise CityNews that the official namechange will come after orderedequipment has arrived and thebusiness has closed and reopenedafter an overhaul.

“We are hoping to install theequipment and reopen sometimeafter March 1,” Axtell said.

“We want to have an eveningspecial, more like a dinner whereyou’d want to bring your wife outto eat. We will be using less friedfoods and more fresh veg-etables,” he added.

Axtell said that even though hehas worked in the restaurant forthe past two weeks, he’s stilllearning.

“I’ve built a kitchen in mybackyard, and I’m learning it’s

The Mark Axtells PurchasePup’s Restaurant; OfficialName Change to the Rockin’A, Will Come later, MenuChange has already begun

hard to cook here, the way Icook there,” Axtell grimaced.Also, he hasn’t yet learned tocook for the crowd as his cooksat the restaurant have. “Cindytells me I can’t multi-task yet,”he grinned.

The family is offering home-made pies, and when the newequipment is installed, plans tooffer charbroiled steaks.

However, the menu is chang-ing immediately, the salad bar isgone, replaced with more seat-ing, and Axtell offered a prime-rib sandwich as the Tuesdaynoon special…to a packedhouse.

On this Wednesday night thecafé will offer Mexican Pork,created from a boneless loin,peppers, onions, tomatoes, gar-lic and cilantro, beans, rice, salsaand chips. To cool it down, therewill be cool homemade rasp-berry or blackberry buzz.

“I’ve been experimenting fortwo weeks and I’ve made myown syrup,” Axtell said.

Axtell explained that theywere fortunate that basically allthe employees have chosen tostay on in the transition.

“We are really happy aboutthat,” Axtell smiled.

Since this letter to the edi-tor answers questions rasiedby last week’s The BoiseCity News, it is only fair itrun on the front page.- Ed.

MOST IMPORTANTLY,THE UPCOMING VOTEWILL NOT INCREASEYOUR TAXES. This vote isto extend the length from 2years to 4.

We would like to answer thequestion most people are ask-ing—”Why haven’t you beenpaying the taxes?” The truth is,we are currently paying our pay-roll taxes. The bulk of our un-paid taxes were inherited fromthose before us and we havebeen struggling to try to get cur-rent and stay current. We alsostruggle daily to attempt to bringin the revenue we need to paythose taxes along with our otherbills and payroll. We appreciatethe people who pay their bills,which allows us to pay ours. However, the balance owed tous by our Cimarron County pa-tients alone would pay our out-standing tax debt. In the past wehave been lenient in collectingmoney from some patients, striv-ing to give the best medical at-tention possible and trying to betolerant of some of the financialaspects. We now must operateas any other business, whichmeans collecting money from thepatients at the time of service. Just as you would not go into acafe and order a meal and tellthem you will be in next week topay, please do not come to us andsay you will be in later to pay. “Later” has a way of not hap-pening and we are then left withno money to pay our bills. Youmay think it’s just $20, or $50, orwhatever sum you owe, and thatamount can’t possibly make a bigdifference. Well, it does. We re-cently ran a report that told ushow much money was owed tous by zip code. These amountsare only the money in self pay. Anything that is insurance pend-ing is not reflected on this report. The results are as follows:

Zip code 73933 (BoiseCity) $454,728.96

Zip code 73937 (Felt) $11,905.78

Zip Code 73946 (Kenton)

$5,497.43Zip Code 73947 (Keyes)

$10,764.87Zip Code 73949

(Texhoma/Griggs area) $8,755.55

All other Zip Codes com-bined $45,258.31

For 759 accounts Due to our

circumstances, collections willbecome more aggressive. Thepatient WILL be asked to payat the time of service. If youhave insurance, you will needto pay the co-pay amount. Ifyou do not have insurance, youwill need to pay the amount ofthe service. This will be postedso there should be no misun-derstandings that someonedoes not have to pay. Medi-care patients will not be chargedat the time of service. Thecharges will be filed with Medi-care and the secondary insur-ance if applicable. What insur-ance does not pay will then bebilled to the patient. SomeMedicaid patients have co-pays. We will no longer waivethat fee as a courtesy and thepatient will be responsible forthat amount at the time of ser-vice. For those accounts on apayment plan, the plan coversyour debt up to the time the planwas made—it is NOT an openline of credit. Services datedafter the payment plan datewill be due at time ofservice. For thoseaccounts that remain unpaid ordelinquent, we will pursue gar-nishments, collections, andeven financial institution gar-nishment. We will no longeraccept “token” payments as acourtesy. The amount paid onthe account will need to be inaccordance with hospital policywhich states self pay and copay are due at the time of ser-vice unless arrangements havebeen made with the businessoffice. Payment plans are setup by consultation in the busi-ness office. Interest may becharged on the remaining bal-ance.

Respectfully,Cimarron Memorial Hospi-

tal, Clinic Staff, and Board ofTrustees

Playoff bound...At left, Wildcat TreySparkman tries to put uptwo against a determinedFelt Bulldog defender.The Wildcats and Lady‘Cats both qualified tomove on to regional play,the first time both havegone together in about 27years. The Bulldogs willalso play at Regionals.

Hospital Board Answers TaxQuestions of County Residents

BACA COUNTYEMERGENCY

AMATEUR RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS

MEETING

(SPRINGFIELD, COLO-RADO) During a disaster oremergency, communication isalways critical. Baca CountyEmergency Amateur RadioCommunications group is ex-panding to include more mem-bers who will help during disas-ters and emergencies. Amateurradio, also referred to as hamradio, is both a hobby and aservice in which participants,called “hams,” use a variety ofradio equipment to communi-cate with other hams for pub-lic service, recreation and self-training.

The Baca County Emer-gency Amateur Radio Commu-nications (KZ0DEM) will behaving an informational andorganizational meeting for li-censed operators, and thosewho are interested in becom-ing licensed operators, Satur-day February 20, at 10:00 a.m.at the Baca County ResourceCenter at 13th and Main inSpringfield.

DENNIS BRADBURNSEEKS BACA COUNTYSHERIFFS POSITIONIN 2010 ELECTION

(SPRINGFIELD, COLORADO)Dennis Bradburn hasannounced that he will beseeking election as the BacaCounty Sheriff. DennisBradburn has served hiscommunity in severalcapacities; he has workedwith the Springfield PoliceDepartment and is currentlythe Police Chief at Walsh.Dennis enjoys working forand with the citizens of BacaCounty. Dennis will continueto serve the community as thePolice Chief and looksforward to the opportunity toserve the community as theSheriff.

Dennis has been a Level 1State Certified Peace Officersince 1984 and is a certifiedNRA Firearm instructor andPressure Point Control Tactics(PPCT) instructor and hastaken numerous law enforce-ment and emergency servicestraining courses. Dennis is afirm believer that training andeducation saves lives, he looksforward to working with otherdepartments and agencies tobring additional training to ourcitizens and our first respondercommunity.

Dennis is a firm believer inTEAM work and would like tohelp build our first respondercommunity to the highest ca-pability possible.

Citizens can email the Com-mittee to Elect Bradburn forSheriff by emailing us atbradburn4sheriff@live.com.You can also follow the elec-tion news and events on twit-ter by following bradburnsheriffat twitter.com. Dennis and theCommittee is always open toyour thoughts, opinions andideas.

OKLAHOMA CITY – StateSen. Randy Brogdon continuedhis push to better protect the in-dividual rights of Oklahomans onTuesday with committee ap-proval of the Oklahoma FirearmsFreedom Act. Under the provi-sions of Senate Bill 1685, no fire-arms or ammunition manufac-tured in Oklahoma and remain-ing in the state could be subjectto any federal regulations, includ-ing federal registration require-ments.

“This is simply a reaffirmationof our second amendment rights. Too many times, Washington hasabused the interstate commerceclause in an attempt to undermineour constitutional right to keep andbear arms,” said Brogdon, R-Owasso. “Ever increasingly,we’ve watched the federal gov-ernment chip away at states’

Brogdon Wins CommitteeApproval for OklahomaFirearms Freedom Act

rights and our individual rightsas outlined in the U.S. Constitu-tion. This legislation is an at-tempt to better protect the rightsof Oklahoma citizens whochoose to protect themselvesand their families.”

The legislation, which wasapproved by the Senate Judi-ciary Committee, now proceedsto the full Senate for consider-ation.

“Time after time, we’ve seenmembers of the U.S. Congressand federal bureaucrats work toenact public policy that is in di-rect violation of not only our sec-ond amendment rights, but theninth and tenth amendments aswell,” Brogdon said. “States likeOklahoma must stand up to thiserosion of our personal free-doms. Passage of the Okla-homa Firearms Freedom Actwill help us do that.”

TULSA – On Monday,Feb. 22, the Tulsa District, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers, willhold a listening session so thatdistrict staff may listen to theconcerns of the Optima Lakearea residents.

The listening session will beat from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 22, at the Texas

County Activity Center on Sun-set Drive in Guymon, Okla. Itwill open at 6:00 p.m. with a wel-come, introductions, and a shortoverview. Following that, a panelof Corps of Engineers represen-tatives will listen to those in at-tendance, take questions, and pro-vide answers either immediatelyor by follow-up.

Corps representatives willalso be available for a time af-ter the formal meeting ends tocontinue to speak with membersof the public.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers schedules Optima Lakelistening session

There Is A Voice InsideOf You That Whispers AllDay Long, “I Feel ThatThis Is Right For Me, IKnow That This Is Wrong.”No Teacher, Preacher, Par-ent, Friend Or Wise ManCan Decide What’s RightFor You- Just Listen To TheVoice That Speaks Inside. -Shel Silverstein

Go ‘Cats, Lady ‘Cats andBulldogs, we are proud ofyou all