In Brief

Kelly Edwards ordination set

An Edmond man with Kingfisher County connec-tions is preparing to take the first step toward becoming a Catholic priest next month.

Kelly Edwards will be ordained a deacon in the Catholic Church on Satur-day June 4 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Oklahoma City.

Edwards is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schaefer of Okarche and the son of Michelle Schaefer of Edmond.

“While completing some community service hours at St. John Newman Cen-ter on the OSU campus in Stillwater, I became highly involved in church activi-ties and soon realized that the Church had become the center of my life.”

He attended St. Elizabeth Ann Seton grade school and graduated from Bishop Mc-Guinness High School.

After earning a bachelor of science degree in mechan-ical engineering from Okla-homa State University in 2010, he entered St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana.

He has received a master of arts degree in Catholic philosophical studies from St. Meinrad and will com-plete a master’s degree in divinity next May before being ordained a priest in June 2017.

Following his diaconate ordination he will be work-ing at Holy Spirit parish in Mustang this summer, and will return to St. Meinrad in the fall to complete his final year of study.

Edwards and his family are founding members of St. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond. He will be the first parishioner in the par-ish’s 25 year history to be ordained a priest.

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A blood drive spon-sored by the Oklahoma Blood Institute is scheduled for 1-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, at the Kingfisher Walmart.

Each donor is eligible or two free tickets to the Oklahoma City Zoo and a T-shirt.

Blood driveset Thursday

[See Award Page 15]

Road closed for bridge fix

District 2 County Com-missioner Ray Shimanek has announced that a 3.5 mile section of the blacktop road west Dover (EW-0715) has been closed for repair of a bridge that was found deficient in a recent inspec-tion by Circuit Engineering District 8.

The road was closed last week and will remain closed until repairs are complete.

Property owners can access their property from the west.

Repair work will begin as quickly as weather permits.

Two bridges are located on the road immediately west of Dover, one over Tur-key Creek and another over a nearby waterway.

Deterioration of concrete was cited as the cause of the bridge deficiency.

ACCIDENT VICTIMS Mikaela and Taylor Wilczek with their parents Dave and Karina.

The Lomega community is rallying around the family of Dave and Karina Wilczek, who lost their two young children in a Thursday morning car accident.

Taylor, 4, and Mikaela, 19 months, were backseat passengers in a 2013 Dodge Durango that slid on a muddy road and landed upside down in a creek six miles east and three-fourths mile south of Hitchcock shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday.

The vehicle was driven by Cristina Dyck, 18, the children’s babysitter. She was transported by Okeene EMS to Okeene Municipal Hospital, where she was treated for injuries and re-leased, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report.

Dyck was identified in the OHP report as being from Copeland, Kan., but she had moved to Omega and is married to Abe Dyck, a Lomega High School graduate.

Both children were pronounced dead at the scene.

A social media campaign seeking donations to help the family with fu-neral expenses, started within hours of the crash, had reached its goal of $20,000 seven hours later.

The Wilczek family is well-known in the Loyal and Omega communities. The children’s grandparents, David and Rose Wilczek, are longtime resi-dents of the area and Karina Wilczek is the administrative assistant to Lomega Supt. Karen Castonguay.

“We are all heartbroken by this

tragedy and in a small community like ours, everyone pitches in at a time like this,” Castonguay said Friday.

The Wilczek’s had recently enrolled

in pre-K at Lomega for the fall, had already picked out his backpack and was looking forward to riding the bus to school, Castonguay said.

“It’s tragic and so many people have stepped forward to help the fam-ily, from bringing in meals to donating

Car crash claims Loyal area siblingsCommunity rallies around grieving family

The Okarche Board of Educa-tion is waiting on more details on district property valuations and projected costs of buildings before advancing farther on a bond issue election.

The board voted at its May meet-ing to proceed with a bond proposal that would include “some much needed facility upgrades” in the words of Supt. Rob Friesen.

The proposed projects include:• An agriculture-technology

education building at the high school-junior high school site.

• A new gymnasium that would be built on the east side of the new high school at the site that was planned for it when the new high school was built.

• A fine arts building that would be built west of the new gymnasi-um.

Friesen said that would give speech and drama students a nice facility for practice and perfor-

mance and have the advantage of providing a place for future music productions.

The building also would house two additional classrooms for high school-junior high school students.

• An elementary building and cafeteria. This would be built on the old high school site and in conjunction with the current Early Childhood Center, allowing the use of six previously remodeled class-rooms along with the construction

of eight new classrooms and a me-dia center. Friesen said the addition would give the school a cafeteria dedicated to food service and not shared as a gymnasium.

“We are still in the process of determining exact financial impact and hope to have that information by the end of May,” Friesen said.

Once the details are available a community meeting will be sched-uled to provide specific details and

Okarche schools consider building plan

Kelly Edwards

[See Okarche Page 7]

SILVER SPADE winners Leona and Larry Gambrell stand by one of their award-winning flower beds.

Gambrellswin May Silver Spade

The impeccable lawns and vibrant gardens of Larry and Leona Gore Gambrell at 2302 S. Seventh St. in Kingfisher earned the couple the Kingfisher Lions Club Silver Spade Award for May.

The Gambrells have been working on the property since their marriage seven years ago, when only one flow-er bed graced the back yard.

The project began with a semi-trail-er load of topsoil, which Larry or-dered delivered to the residence.

After Larry constructed some raised beds and installed borders, the couple moved the entire truckload of dirt to the flower beds a wheel-barrow-load at a time to provide the soil for the profusion of colorful plants and flowers that grace the

Retired Major Gen. Myles L. Deering, state secretary of Veterans Affairs, will be the guest speaker at the Memorial Day program at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 30, at the Kingfisher Cemetery.

Sponsored by the Keith Low-ry-Henry Ellyson American Legion Post No. 5, the annual event also will inlcude the OK Chorale, performing a selection of patriotic music, and Kingfisher High School graduate Will Markus and KHS band director Mandy Owens performing “Taps” on their trumpets after the salute to departed veterans by the Post No. 5 firing squad.

Deering, who also was named executive director of the state Department of Veterans Affairs, served six years as adjutant general for the Oklahoma National Guard and as Secretary of the Military on both Gov. Brad Henry’s and Gov.

Mary Fallin’s cabinets.His military service spanned a

more than 43-year period, from Oct. 5, 1971, to Jan. 31, 1915, and he’s com-manded at every level from platoon to brigade.

In 2005, as commander of the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, he led 2,500 Oklahoma soldiers and airmen to New Orleans to assume the role as Task Force Orleans Commander in re-sponse to hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

He also led the 45th Infantry in de-ployment to Iraq in support of Oper-ation Iraqi Freedom, where he served as the Joint Area Support Group – Cen-tral Commander in Baghdad.

Deering has been awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, seven Meritorious Service Medals, the Combat Action Badge and the Loui-siana Cross of Merit, along with nu-merous other awards and decorations.

He holds a master of strategic stud-ies degree from the U.S. Army War College, a master of science degree from Oklahoma State University and a bachelor of business administra-tion degree from the University of Oklahoma.

He and his wife of 42 years, Dr. Pam Deering, live in Midwest City, where she recently retired as superin-tendent of schools for Midwest City-Del City and is now the executive director of the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators.

Their son Daniel and his wife Heather have a 4-year-old daughter, Adelyn.

The local American Legion Post also will place flags on veteran’s graves in the Kingfisher Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, with the help of the local Boy Scout troops. Anyone else interest in helping is welcome to join them.Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Myles L. Deering

State vet secretary to speak on Memorial Day

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HIGH SCHOOL choir members include: front row, from left, Manea Brown, Maitland Pickle, Abigail Gray, Madison McKesson, Callie Ford, Journee Humphries, Kaitlyn Kelly, Riley Noble, Kylee Young and Cassidy Adams; middle row, Madisyn Edwards, Cheyenne Scott, Audrey Ellis, Alyssa Crum, Kayla Bredel, Lisa Bax-ter and Brandi Tasso; back row, Mackenzie Holmes, Dawson Leffingwell, Harrison Powell, Hayden Turner and Ross Reid. Brileigh Smith and Vanessa Smith are not pictured. [Photo Courtesy KHS Photography]

FIFTH AND SIXTH grade choir members include: front row, from left, Macy Herrison, Gretchen Garrett, Shaina Hamill, Jordan Farmer, Alison Womack, Tieranee Amsler, Stormie Schockey, Autumn Cruz, Cash Slezickey and Chloe Broussard; middle row, Antonio Scott, Joseph Woody, Leyla Avila, Erika Mercer, Jayden Foster, Kinley Merritt, Ethan Ryans, Brett Schlabs, Candelaria Gutierrez, Ellie Bollenbach and Brianna Crum; back row, Kylie Lambert, Hope Stafford, Grayson Bromlow, Danielle Jones, Jair Perez, Easton Pine, Kaleb Kretchmar and Maximus Washington. Jacob Atkinson, Jacob Rose, Donny Sunrhodes, Emerald Parmenter and Daniel Mann are not pictured.

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH grade choir members include: front row, from left, Emily Skala, Cortney Smith, Enriqueta Sanchez, Taiyah Briggery, Fatima Pa-dilla, Yese Marquez, Elizabeth Rutherford, Graci Endres and Anna Sanders; back row, Sicily Leck, Trinity Raynor, Jackelyn Fowler, Nicole Doyle, Martha Facio, Rylee Trent, Aldo Perez, Chance Cowdery, Makenna Whitworth, Tyler Cowdery and Crystal Fairchild. Sklya Brown and Shasta Mortenson are not pictured. The middle school choir photos were taken during their spring concert performance last week. [Photos Courtesy KHS Photography]

Kingfisher High School and middle school vocal-ists, under the direction of Diann Magnus, racked up an impressive collection of awards during the spring semester.

High SchoolThe high school choir

earned a superior at district, qualifying for state as a choir for the first time in about 20 years, Magnus said.

At state the choir earned an excellent.

A mixed ensemble, con-sisting of Cassidy Adams, Kylee Young, Riley Noble, Manea Brown, Madison McKesson, Maitland Pickle, Harrison Powell, Hayden Turner and Ross Reid earned superior ratings at district, state and the Tri-State Music Festival at Enid.

Singing as a mixed duet, Adams and Turner earned superior ratings at district and Tri-State and excellent at state.

As a soloist, Young earned a superior at district and Tri-State, where she was named outstanding soloist, and an excellent rating at state.

Soloists Noble and Turn-

er also earned superiors at Tri-State, while Turner was the first KHS soloist to qualify for the Oklahoma Music Educators Associa-tion All-State Choir in about 12 years, after qualifying for the Central Oklahoma Choir Directors Association regional honor choir last fall.

Middle SchoolThe seventh and eighth

grade choir earned ratings of excellent in performance and superior in sight sing-ing at district and excellent in performance at the Heart-land Music Festival.

The fifth and sixth grade choir earned an excellent rating at the Seiling Mu-sicFestival and superior rating at Heartland, where the choir also was recog-nized for outstanding per-formance.

The honor choir ensem-ble comprised of Grayson Bromlow, Enriqueta San-chez, Nicole Doyle, Tiera-nee Amsler, Cortney Smith, Max Washington, Rylee Trent and Graci Endres earned a superior-plus at the Seiling Music Festival.

KHS, middle school choirs rack up second semester honors

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DR. JAMIE ANTOINETTE L. QUITORIANO graduated With Distinction from the University of Oklahoma with a degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Zoology as her pre-med course in 2011. She is an Alumna of Kingfisher High School Class of 2007. She graduated as an Oklahoma State Academic Scholar, a Member of the Honor Society, National English Honor Society, and Oklahoma Honor Society. She was also a Student Council Representative of her class. Dr. Quitoriano will attend her Family Medicine Residency Program in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is the daughter of Doctor David C. Quitoriano (Doctor of Physical Therapy) and Mrs. Aurelia L. Quitoriano.

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A second honor choir ensemble comprised of Tieranee Amsler, Enriqueta Sanchez, Leyla Avila, Brian-na Crum, Chloe Broussard, Autumn Cruz, Max Wash-ington, Kaleb Kretchmar and Elizabeth Rutherford, also earned a superior-plus rating at the festival.

Fifth graders Chloe Broussard and Hope Staf-ford earned a superior-plus for their duet at Seiling.

Sixth graders Jordan Farmer and Alison Womack earned a superior-plus for their duet also.

Seventh grader Enrique-ta Sanchez earned a supe-rior for her solo at district and Seiling, while eighth grader Elizabeth Ruther-ford earned a superior-plus for her solo at Seiling and a superior at Tri-State.

High school and middle school students performed a spring concert last week.

Joshua Lippoldt of King-fisher and Jacy Alsup of Gravette, Ark., were united in marriage in a 6 p.m. wedding Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Crossings Commu-nity Church in Oklahoma City, officiated by Pastor Matt Anderson.

The bridegroom is the son of Thomas and Beverly Lippoldt of Kingfisher and the bride is the daughter of Danny and Debbie Alsup of Gravette.

The altar was adorned with a lace tablecloth from Belgium, which belonged to the bride’s grandmother, Eve Adams.

Two flower arrange-ments decorated either side of the altar in memory of the bride’s grandfather, the late Lee Roy Alsup, and the bridegroom’s grandmother, the late Betty Boeckman.

Music for the ceremony included soloist Daniel Mc-Farland of Keithville, La.

Scripture readers were Ashley Nolan of Little Rock, Ark., and Robyn Ledbetter of Fayetteville, Ark.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an A-line Romona Keveza wed-ding gown, featuring lace cap sleeves and a removable tulle skirt with point d’es-prit lace underneath and a hand-beaded sash.

A chapel-length veil of English Tulle and crystal Erin Cole earrings complet-ed her ensemble.

Her attendants included: Chelsea Eden of Gravette, matron of honor; Katie Lip-poldt of Kingfisher, sister of the bridegroom, maid of honor, and bridesmaids Jamie Baumgardner of Enid, Hope Hall of Elk City, Mad-ison McGolden of Fairview, Brooke Ramsey of Checo-tah, Carly Cordell of Garber, Samantha Geis of Loyal, Kelsey Grellner of Okarche and Mackenzie Smith of Oklahoma City.

Attending the bride-groom as best men were

Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Lippoldt

Lippoldt, Alsup exchangevows in April 16 ceremony

Kyle Mueggenborg of King-fisher and John P. Haley of Canadian, Texas, and groomsmen included Car-son Alsup, brother of the bride, of Gravette, Matt Smith of Edmond, Chance Walker of Canadian, Texas, Dillon DeMuth of Blackwell, Austin White of Fredrick, Cameron Ross of El Reno, Cooper Eden of Freedom and Jake Krieger of Hobart.

Ushers included Joby Bishop of Madill, Ty Schoen-hals of Enid, Marty Jones of Owasso and Garrett Mat-lock of Shawnee.

Myles Sumrall of Bella Vista, Ark., was ring bearer and Couri Eden of Gravette was flower girl.

The bridegroom’s grand-parents, Larry and Diane Lippoldt of Okarche and Bob Boeckman of Kingfish-

er, were special guests at the wedding, along with Okla-homa State University’s mascot, Pistol Pete.

Preceding the ceremony, the bridegroom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at the Ranch Steakhouse in Oklahoma City.

The wedding reception was held at the Farmer’s Public Market in downtown Oklahoma City.

Members of the bride’s house party included Brooke Harrel of Elk City, Jor-dan Singleton of Maysville, Ark., Ashton Yarborough of Gravette and Brooke Boeck-man of Kingfisher.

Following a two-week wedding trip to New Zea-land, Mr. and Mrs. Lippoldt have established a home in Kingfisher.

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Two area students were named to the Dean’s Hon-or Roll status at Oklaho-ma City University for the spring semester.

The dean’s honor roll includes students who suc-

cessfully complete a min-imum of 12 credit hours and maintain a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.

Area students include Nikki Wilczek of Kingfisher and Laci Ott of Okarche.

OCU lists two on honor roll

Engagement

Rick and Kathy Van-Cleave of Oklahoma City announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their son, Brock Van-Cleave, to Brittany DeFelice, both of Oklahoma City.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Sue and Terry DeFelice of Blacklick, Ohio.

The prospective bride-groom is a 2004 graduate of Kingfisher High School and a 2008 graduate of Southern Nazarene University.

He is a teacher and coach at Edmond North High School.

DeFelice is a 2007 grad-uate of Edmond North and 2012 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

She is also a teacher and coach at Edmond North High School.

The couple plans a June wedding in Blacklick, Ohio. Brock VanCleave and Brittany DeFelice

DeFelice-VanCleave

GE STUDENTS — Kingfisher Heritage School’s last group of GE students for the 2015-16 school year were recognized at a recent Jacket Roundup and include: front row, from left, Hubert Haag, Conner Askey, Bianca Garcia, Ariana Rivera and Samuel Miller; back row, Cy Jones, Sierra Stitt, Cameron McDonald, Emily Stottlemyre and Remi Boutwell.

Lomega High School Ag Boosters and the FFA chapter officer team are hosting a meet and greet for newly-hired ag teacher Bradley Sullivan from 6-8

p.m. Wednesday at the high school rec room.

Sullivan is a recent grad-uate of Oklahoma State Uni-versity. The event is open to the public.

Meet, greet set for ag teacher

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W-O-R-K. That’s the key to success, said my broth-er, Ken Reid, of Weatherford in a talk when he was recently inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.

I had known for years that work and exercise were better tension relievers than medicine.

I also adhered to President Thomas Jefferson’s comment:

“I’m a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.”

I knew Ken was a successful man but I didn’t know he was a theologian.

The Bible backs him up on the value of work.Work is mentioned 800 times in the Bible and a

minister recently commented that 122 of 132 of Jesus’ public appearances occurred in the workplace and 52 of Jesus’ parables had a workplace context.

Jesus was a working man, a carpenter, and the tem-ple hierarchy ridiculed him because of his working background, i.e.:

“Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.” (Mark 6:3).

In 2005, a movie entitled The Passion chronicled the last 24 hours of Jesus’ life

Os Hillman, president of Marketplace Leaders Min-istries, in a recent commentary recalled that during a flashback scene in that movie, Jesus was shown in his carpentry shop making a table with his mother standing by.

“In fact, Jesus was more qualified to be a carpenter than the Son of God in the eyes of the people because that is the history they knew of this young working class man from Nazareth,” Osman wrote.

(You may also remember that Nathanael, who later became a disciple, commented on being told about Jesus : “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”

The people in Judea, the southern region of Pales-tine, had a bias against people living in the northern province of Nazareth.)

Os also commented that work is mentioned more in the Bible than all the words used to express worship, music, praise and singing combined.

God created work and He is a worker, the Bible indicates.

“My father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working” (John 5:17).

The issue of work is mentioned early in Genesis.After creating the Garden of Eden, God placed

Adam and Eve there to work it.Genesis 2:15 says:“Work is good and given by God.”A few other work references found in the Bible:“Be diligent and hardworking” (Proverbs 14:22)“Do not be lazy” (Thessalonians 5:14.2)“Be skillful at what you do and do it as you would

serve the Lord.” (1Thessalonians 3:6-12)“Do not just do what you should; do it on time, when

you are supposed to.” (Proverbs 20:4)Genesis 3:17-19 reminds, however, that painful toil

is a curse.Another verse, Haggai 1:2-15 points out:“Do not be so busy doing your things, you do not

have time to build God’s things.”The Bible also has some advice that politicians

should heed, apart from work, such as:“Make every effort to timely repay debts.” (Psalm

37:21; Romans 13:8; Proverbs 22:7; Deuteronomy 28:12) “and wages” (James 5:4; Deuteronomy 24:14-15).(Think the U.S. national debt.)

“Do not accept bribes or give improper gifts (Deu-teronomy 16:19; Proverbs 15:27; 17:23; 29:4; Psalm 15:5; Ecclesiastes 7:7; Isaiah 5:13; 1 Samuel 4:3-4; 2 Chronicles 19:7).

“So, the next time you are tempted to minimize your daily work as anything less than a holy calling, remem-ber that Jesus was a workplace minister as a carpenter in his community. He has called you and me to reflect His glory in our work,” Hillman concluded.

Everyone is a minister to someone – no matter what he or she does, even when they don’t realize anyone is watching. Ken was right about work

Sunday School lesson:

W.O.R.K. key to success; The Bible tells me so

“It’s time for Jeopardy. Standing in tonight for Alex is your guest host Clint Eastwood.

“Let’s meet tonight’s contestants, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly,” said Clint. “First, we have an eco-weenie from Parasite, Massachusetts, a professor of Sustainabilty at Yale who graduated Magna Cum Loco from Harvard. Meet Lying Fred Johnson. Fred, it says here on this card that you are like to play practical jokes on people. Fred, you ever come across somebody once in awhile you shouldn’t mess with? Well that’s me,” said Clint as Fred wet himself.

Clint continued, “Next we have an animal rights maniac transgender cat therapist from Berkeley, Miss Givings. Or is it Mister? A cat therapist huh? I bet you could use A Fistful of Dollars or A Few Dollars More?” said Clint, plugging two of his many great movies.

“The final contestant in tonight’s Jeopardy contest is a genetically unemployable, semi-professional, part-time chef from Kneecap, Rhode Island, Miss Salmon Ella. It says here Salmon that you like to bake chocolate cookies in the nude. Well isn’t that precious!”

“The categories in Jeopar-dy are Corporate Criminals, Escape From Alcatraz, Harry Callahan, Walking The Dog-ma and Dig Them Chicks,” said Clint. Miss. Givings, why don’t you start.”

“Thanks Dirty Harry. I’ll take Dig Them Chicks for fifty dollars.”

“The answers are Leg-horns, Rhode Islands Reds

and Plymouth Rocks,” said Clint.

“What are professional baseball teams,” guessed Lying Fred.

“Wrong, moron. How about you Miss Givings? Care to take a wild guess? Do you feel lucky?”

“Who are professional wrestlers?” guessed Givings.

“You’re dumber than a refrigerator magnet. Care to take a wild stab Salmon Ella? What are you waiting for? I swear, waiting for a woman to make up her mind, we may have a long wait. The correct question is What are breeds of chickens? Go ahead Salmon, pick another category.

“I think I’ll take Corporate Criminals for $50.”

“The answer is, The cause of the biggest environmental disaster in recent history.”

“What are cows?” guessed Lying Fred.

“What is global warm-ing,” chimed in Miss Giv-ings.”

“El biggo mistakeo.” said Clint, “How about you Salm-on Ella? Cat got your tongue? What, are you waiting for, a guaranteed answer? If you’re waiting for a guarantee, buy a toaster. You’re all wrong. The question is, Who is the Environmental Protection Agency.”

After a terrible first round of Jeopardy, Clint said, “If you’re waiting for your scores, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. I

know what you’re thinking, I don’t really know if Lying Fred and Miss Givings are tied at minus $3,000 or minus $4,000. Salmon Ella, because you did not attempt one question you remain at zero. You’re all pathetic. Let’s play Double Jeopardy. The cate-gories are Hooked On The Poppy, Edible Bugs, Socially Responsible Food, Fat And Stupid, And Freaks, Geeks And Pipsqueaks. Salmon, since you are ahead, sort of, you go first.”

“I’ll take Socially Respon-sible Food for $100.”

“I’ll bet you would,” said Clint. “The answer is, The Most Nutrient Dense Food?”

“What is tofu on a stick?” guessed Miss Givings.

“What is arugula?” said Lying Fred”

Again Salmon didn’t utter a peep. “Wrong and wrong,” said Clint. “The answer is, What is beef? I’m telling ya’, there are two kinds of people in this world, those with loaded guns and those who do the digging. You all had better grab a shovel cause I’m gettin’ tired of all of ya.”

It went on like this until the final bell. “I am told that for the first time in the long history of Jeopardy,” said Clint, “this is the first time no contestant has a posi-tive score. What a bunch of cuckoos. And Salmon Ella, you’re the first contestant to never even ring in. Make my day and get off the stage before I Hang you High or Turn You Every Which Way But Loose,” said the Outlaw Josey Wales.

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In Jeopardy

By Dr. James Thrasher

The first job I ever want-ed was to be a “garbage man,” as that is what I called it at age 5. I would run out to the curb each week when the garbage truck came. The garbage man would greet me with a big smile and say, “How are you, Jimmy?” It was exceedingly apparent that this man had a positive attitude while performing what most would call a smelly, repetitive, and mun-dane job. I sincerely believe that this man—who impact-ed my life and whom I will never forget—loved his job because he saw beyond the required tasks and faith-fully served and cared for others. For him, it had little to do with the job itself. I wanted to be just like him because, as I look back now, I sensed his service, commit-ment, devotion and calling.

Calling? Yes, calling. Isn’t that just an outdated theo-logical concept? Well, no. Calling applies to every-one. Calling is a heartfelt perspective that you are to be a faithful steward of your time, abilities, and employment opportunity to serve the Creator and your fellowman. The most potent and under-utilized way to enhance productivity, engagement, performance, and even personal health is having a calling perspective of work. This perspective produces a rare breed of people who contribute to others and who are work-place transformers. Calling will bring meaning and fulfillment to any job or ca-reer. If you make the choice to view calling as service and commitment, contrib-

uting by making a differ-ence in the lives of others, the impact will be immense.

First, you will have a tangible positive impact in the lives of co-workers, cli-ents, patrons, patients, and even strangers. With this perspective of service, your thoughts, inclinations, feel-ings, and approach to your job will be transforming influences in the lives of oth-ers. A self-sacrificing mantra will provide deep and abid-ing joy wherever you find yourself. This challenges entrenched mindsets. But seeing work as a calling is a decision, a choice to serve and invest, even if you currently find yourself in a less-than-enthralling career.

Research shows that the personal benefits of this per-spective are truly phenom-enal. Amy Wrzesniewski, a professor at Yale University, itemized a profound and comprehensive list of the many work and personal (physical and psychologi-cal) tangible blessings ex-perienced by people who possess a calling perspec-tive in her articles “It’s Not Just A Job” and “Career as a Calling.”

Do you want to embrace a calling perspective of your work? Read on for these benefits, which become ev-ident at work and in one’s personal life. I think your response will be “Abso-lutely!”

At work, those with a calling perspective have a commitment to their co-workers beyond their job re-quirements. They are com-mitted, service-oriented team players. People who view their work as a calling do not long for the evenings

and weekends, but thrive during the workday. These employees rise to higher levels of accomplishment within their employment settings. They place value on their work, are very engaged, and make a con-scious decision to enjoy their work.

In one’s personal life, call-ing produces desirable and life-changing benefits. A calling perspective produc-es better psychological and physical health. Individuals with this perspective have higher overall life fulfill-ment and a more positive outlook. Enthusiasm, pas-sion, resiliency, and intrinsic motivation typify these call-ing pursuers. Their passion for the opportunity to serve produces a greater ability to handle even the most difficult aspects of their jobs.

Have you seen it? I wit-nessed it early in life, and I will never forget the gar-bage man’s energy, smile, sincerity, and caring ap-proach. Do you want it and the real, practical benefits that calling can bring to your life, now? It is a deci-sion to look beyond your employment challenges and circumstances, to choose to transform your life and workplace by adopting and applying a calling perspec-tive. The job itself doesn’t produce it. It is a life-chang-ing inner conviction to revolutionize one’s life and work environment through the call to invest, give, and serve.

Thrasher is the director of Grove City College’s career services office and the coordi-nator of the Center for Vision & Values working group on calling.

‘Calling’ for meaning in our work

Nationalzoning board? NoBy Sen. Mike LeeThe Daily Signal

(Ed. Note: Sen. Mike Lee is a Republican senator from Utah.)

The Obama economy has been tough on America’s working families. Just last week Pew Research Center reported that in the last 15 years “the middle class lost ground in nearly nine-in-ten U.S. metropolitan areas.” One cause of this 15-year squeeze of hard-working Americans? Rising housing prices.

Regulatory fees on home builders have increased a whopping 30 percent since 2011.

While household income has largely been flat during the Obama recovery – the weakest economic recovery since the Great Depres-sion – housing prices have continued to skyrocket, in large part because govern-ment regulations artificially inflate the cost of building new units.

In fact, regulatory fees on home builders have in-creased a whopping 30 per-cent since 2011, as reported in The Wall Street Journal.

And yet the Obama ad-ministration wants to make this problem even worse by implementing its “Af-firmatively Furthering Fair Housing” rule, which was issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-opment last year. According to department officials, this rule is needed because “in-creasing a neighborhood’s appeal to families with different income and ethnic profiles can encourage a more diversified population and reduce isolation.”

In other words, this new regulation is designed to give unelected, anonymous bureaucrats in Washing-ton the power to pick and choose who your new next-door neighbor will be. If they don’t believe your neighborhood is “diverse” enough, they will seize con-trol of local zoning decisions – choosing what should be built, where, and who should pay for it – in order to make your neighborhood look more like they want it to.

The Department of Housing and Urban De-velopment has this pow-er because far too many communities have become accustomed to relying on the Community Develop-ment Block Grant program, which gives federal dollars to local communities for projects designed to reduce poverty and housing segre-gation.

But a recent study by the Reason Foundation demon-strated that while the Com-munity Development Block Grant program has been a boon for special interests and channeling taxpayer dollars to politically con-nected groups, it has been entirely unsuccessful in ac-tually reducing poverty or housing segregation.

The so-called Affir-matively Furthering Fair Housing rule would only continue the Community Development Block Grant program’s well-established track record of failure.

Instead of helping all American families by low-ering housing costs, the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule would only add yet another layer of bureaucratic red tape on developers, making it less likely—not more—that they will find it worthwhile to build more housing units.

This week, the Senate will have a chance to fight back against this misguid-ed power grab, by adopt-ing an amendment to this year’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Devel-opment appropriations bill that would prohibit Depart-ment of Housing and Urban Development officials from spending any money to im-plement the new rule.

Americans are indeed suffering from high housing prices. But the answer is not a top-down national zoning board in Washington.

(The Daily Signal is the publishing arm of the Heritage Foundation, a free enterprise think tank in Washington D.C.)

It’s the PittsBy Lee Pitts

Kingfisher (Okla.) Times & Free Press Sunday, May 22, 2016 5

Jon’s ‘Ramblin’s’Transgender restrooms?

Lord have mercy on this poor ole country boy! That’s what our president is push-ing for. We have terrorism problems all over the world, terrorist attacks here in our own country. Our economy is in shambles, and on the verge of collapse. There are people starving in this coun-try and all over the world. People are dying from drug overdoses and that drug problem in this country is way, way out of control, as is alcoholism.

And Obama wants trans-gender restrooms, has Mi-chelle hit him in the head with a cast iron skillet or what?

If a boy went into the restroom, with one of our great granddaughters, I know some parents that would raise a knot on his head, that a calf could suck! And some grandparents that would kick his behind so hard, he would smell poop for a month.

I have heard of some stu-pid stuff, but this takes the cake! All of the problems in the world and Obama wants transgender restrooms, phooey! Y’all know I’d use stronger language than that but this is a family newspa-per after all.

The Oklahoma City school students protest-ing funding cuts to their schools, a good thing in a way, it shows they are aware of the problem. However, it’s not the school board’s fault, its not our fault, or the government’s fault! It’s a bad economic time and protesting won’t solve the problem, so what is happen-ing, are we going to have a bunch more yuppies that start protesting every time something doesn’t go their way? I dunno!

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continue to discuss the budget. The talks are going later into session than nor-mal, due to the difficulty of building consensus around a way forward in such a difficult year. In particular, I am fighting against certain schemes to raise revenue such as doing away with the earned income tax credit and reducing benefits for teachers. I am also fighting against balancing the bud-get by cutting transporta-tion funding.

The earned income tax credit was supported by U.S. President Ronald Rea-gan and by former Oklaho-ma Gov. Frank Keating, yet it has somehow mistakenly seen as a “liberal” tax credit. Average Oklahomans use it and eliminating it would have a negative impact on their household finances.

While, I would prefer to get things done quickly, it is ultimately more important that they get done right. I

think that for every delay we may run into on getting a budget done, a bad idea will have been shelved and a good idea put in its place.

Legislation to level the playing field between Okla-homa brick-and-mortar re-tailers and out-of-state ven-dors has been signed into law. House Bill 2531 will re-quire online retailers that do not have a physical presence in Oklahoma to either begin voluntarily collecting sales tax at the point of consumer purchase or sending each of their consumers a notice at the end of each year stating the total amount of pur-chases with a reminder that sales and use tax remittance is required.

Oklahoma retailers com-pete on price, service and selection, but the current structure puts them at a dis-advantage when it comes to taxes. Now, we will fix that problem and it should also lead to some money that will close the budget gap. The measure passed by a vote of

70-18 in the House. I and many of my

public-safety-minded col-leagues were horrified in the state court of criminal appeals decision to refuse to interpret the sexual moles-tation of an intoxicated indi-vidual as “forcible sodomy.” A colleague who is a former prosecutor immediately revamped Senate Bill 2398 to make sure the intoxica-tion of the individual does not allow the perpetrator to have a legal loophole. We approved it quickly in the House and it is now being carried in the Senate by my good friend Sen. AJ Griffin.

Budget negotiations con-tinue to be intense and the sticking points remain the elimination of the earned income tax credit, transpor-tation funding, how much to bond and our knowl-edge that agency directors will have a lot of control over that money once we approve it. I believe gov-ernment must live within its means. Doing otherwise

is setting up trouble for the future. I also believe that the agency heads must look at adjusting payroll rather than cutting services when we choose to reduce their funding and put it into core services. If they do not, we will hold them accountable.

LEGISLATURE: Going into overtime

Rep. Mike Sanders

By Philip WegmanThe Daily Signal

The new guidelines, re-leased Friday by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education, instruct local schools to extend Title IX protections, which prohibit sex-based discrimination, to transgender students.

The Obama administra-tion’s bathroom directive, ordering local school dis-tricts to allow transgen-der students to use the restrooms of their choice, has caught congressional Republicans off guard.

The response has been a mix of pessimism, frustra-tion, and a call for the states to defy the directive at the local level.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., ventured into the fray Tuesday with a strongly worded letter to Depart-ment of Education Secre-tary John King Jr. Lankford wrote that the department’s directive “conflates an in-dividual’s gender identity with the widely accepted and longstanding under-standing of sex without support in Title IX.”

The new guidelines, re-leased Friday by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education, instruct local schools to extend Title IX protections, which prohibit sex-based discrimination, to transgender students.

The Oklahoma senator slammed King for advanc-ing “substantive and bind-ing regulatory policies” that didn’t go through the regu-lar rule-making process or through an act of Congress.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, decr ied the direct ive and told The Daily Signal that “Obama has again abused his executive au-thority to disrupt the lives of millions of Americans.”

Defang the DOEThe bathroom direc-

tive, Lee said, underscores the need for reforms that “would defang the Depart-ment of Education.” But an aide to the senator noted that there were “no imme-diate plans” to advance reform.

Republican leadership has not tangled with the administration over the is-sue directly. Instead, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has maintained that states, not the federal government, should take point in crafting policies that best address the issue at the local level.

A Ryan aide told The Daily Signal that the speak-er “believes this is a state and local issue and the federal government should respect that.” When asked if Ryan planned to offer a rebuttal, the aide predict-ed the speaker would let any legislative fix work its way through the committee process.

Ryan’s counterpart in the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has remained quiet on the issue and didn’t respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment.

1. Push States to Ignore Obama’s DirectiveRep. Mark Meadows,

R-N.C., advised states and local school districts “to just disregard the president’s directive.”

“It’s not a rule,” the Free-dom Caucus board member told The Daily Signal. The administration “hasn’t gone through the rule-making process because it’d have to come through our [con-gressional] oversight. You would actually have to change a rule for it to have the effect of law.”

Many conservatives in both the House and the Sen-ate see the bathroom battle as a conflict best suited to the terrain at the state level. Asked what recourse pub-lic schools have now, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., said he couldn’t “imagine what it is.”

“I would love to see some local school districts, mine included, just say ‘No, we’re not going to do it,’” Mulvaney, who is also a Freedom Caucus board member, said. “If that means having to figure out how to do without federal funds, then God bless them. You have to fight at some point and Congress is not show-ing the ability to fight back during this administration.”

A Veiled ThreatWhile President Barack

Obama’s directive does not carry the force of law, it’s been widely received as a veiled threat to local dis-tricts: comply or lose federal funds.

2. Clarify WhatTitle IX Means

Heritage Foundation scholar Ryan Anderson explained that Congress could clarify federal law to stop what he considers “the Obama administration’s

unlawful rewriting of Title IX.”

That would require the legislature, he said, to “re-affirm that ‘sex’ does not mean ‘gender-identity’ in statutes passed decades ago.”

3. A Voucher SystemBut there is some discus-

sion in conservative circles about a potential fix –albeit a long-term one.

Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., imagines a vouch-er system specifically for families who have concerns with social issues.

“For any school that accepts federal funds, and the strings that come at-tached,” Lummis told The Daily Signal, “the families who send their children to those public schools should be able to receive a voucher to go to the school of their choice if any matter of social mores is inconsistent with their realm.”

The Wyoming lawmaker aims, she said, to introduce the plan as a standalone measure and gauge how much bipartisan support it attracts this year. As a standalone bill, that plan faces an uphill trek to pas-

sage in the current political climate.

What’s Next?Mulvaney interprets

Republican leadership’s silence as a reluctance to challenge Obama on the is-sue through the legislative process. That would re-quire tying a bill to a must-pass piece of legislation, Mulvaney said, and risking a government shutdown.

“We all know that there’s too many Republicans who just abhor the thought of any discussion of a shut-down during an election year,” he said, “so we won’t fight.”

* * *(Ed. Note: The Daily

Signal is the multimedia news organization of The Heritage Foundation. )

3 ways conservative lawmakers could respond to Obama’s bathroom directive

China’s challenge to international cybersecurity

By Dean Cheng The Daily Signal

Chinese activities in cy-berspace regularly garner a great deal of attention. Chinese hackers have been accused of stealing millions of records from U.S. gov-ernment databases, such as the Office of Personnel Man-agement, as well as various corporations.

Chinese leadership sees information as inextricably linked to not only the broad-er national interest, but also to regime survival.

But too often, the focus is on the individual attack, rather than understanding the larger context. This leaves us playing whack-a-mole when trying to deal with Chinese cyber espio-nage efforts.

In fact, Chinese leader-ship sees information as inextricably linked to not only the broader national interest, but also to regime survival.

The People’s Republic of China is interested in improving its “comprehen-sive national power,” the combination of economic, military, political, social, and cultural factors that together reflect national capabilities. In the informa-tion age, information is the vital resource that enables all types of power.

At the same time, how-ever, the free flow of infor-mation constitutes a dire potential threat to Chinese Communist Party rule. Chi-na has emplaced the “Great Firewall of China” and de-ployed an army of censors numbering in the tens, or even hundreds of thou-sands, to limit the informa-tional threat to the regime.

But this is insufficient to allay Beijing’s concerns. Ideally, China must control and influence all infor-mation flowing to China, which means shaping and molding the international structures that manage that information flow.

China is interested in setting the global norms for cyberspace, but in ways that fundamentally chal-lenge and contradict the free flow of information that the United States has long championed.

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(Published Sunday, May 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: OKLAHOMA ENERGY ACQUISITIONS, LPRELIEF SOUGHT: POOLINGLEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201601889NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Al-bert Skalovsky; Classen Oil and Gas Company; Clifford R. Trenton; Dave Schwartz; Glenda A. Moss; Jerry Grif-fith; Kathy Griffith; Kelly Gorrell a/k/a Kelly L. Gorrell; Lorraine S. Black Trust Agreement dated December 10, 1984 Robert K. Black, Jr. and Christopher M. Black, Co-Trustees; Lory Johnson; Marathon Oil Company; Mary E. De-Loach a/k/a Mary Elizabeth DeLoach a/k/a Liz DeLoach; MT Pumping, LLC; Oklahoma Electrical Supply Company; Raymond Friedlander 1992 Revocable Trust U/T/A dated April 2, 1992 Ste-phen H. Friedlander and Leslie Joan Friedlander, now Nunke, as Successor Trustees; Robert Edlis Revocable Trust dated October 21, 1985; Robert Sukman Living Trust dated February 22, 1980 Robert Sukman, Trustee; The Estate Murray N. Silverstein, and his Unknown Heirs; Tony DeLoach a/k/a Anthony L. DeLoach; Trust A under the Last Will and Testament of Robert Marion Barber, deceased, and his Unknown Heirs; W. C. McCurdy, Jr.; Jack Halper; K & K Oil Company; M & M Investments; Marvin Bacharach; Meyer Schwartz; Mid-States Pipe & Supply Company; Oscar Davis; Q. B. Johnson; Rami Amitz-Lec; Royal Miller; Walter W. DeLoach, deceased, and his Unknown Heirs; and all persons, own-ers, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in King-fisher County, Oklahoma, and if any of the individuals are deceased, or if any of the companies are no longer in ex-istence, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, successors and assigns, immediate and remote, of the named parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the Commission pool the interests, des-ignate an operator, and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Mississippian (less Chester) common source of supply underlying Section 17, Township 16 North, Range 5 West, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting the following special relief: to designate the Applicant or some other party as Operator of the unit well. Applicant is further requesting that the Order to be entered in this cause be made effective on a date prior to the date of the Order. Applicant may request up to one year from the date of the Order to enter in this cause, with which to commence the initial well.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Ad-ministrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 13th day of June, 2016, and that this Notice be published as required by law and the Rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Appli-cant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and telephone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact JOSH GATELEY, BARTON LAND CONSULTANTS 811 W. Main, Duncan, OK 73533, Tele-phone: (580) 475-0234, OR RICHARD K. BOOKS, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 232-3722.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMABob Anthony, ChairmanDana L. Murphy, Vice-ChairmanJ. Todd Hiett, Commissioner

DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 18th DAY OF MAY, 2016.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:Peggy Mitchell, SecretaryLPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: OKLAHOMA ENERGY ACQUISITIONS, LPRELIEF SOUGHT: CONFIRM SPAC-ING ORDER NO. 651894LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201601890NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: Bobby Jack Stitt and Shirley Ann Stitt, H/W, JT; Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions, LP; John A. Mitchell and Kaye L. Mitchell, H/W, JT; Gastar Exploration, Inc.; Mid-west Resources, L.L.C. c/o Lowry Land Co., Inc.; Francis J. Borelli III; George Michael Borelli; John Patrick Borelli; Linda K. Borelli; DDK Royalty, LLC; Kempie Groves Renick; Frieda J. Mowdy; James Robert Hill; JIMA, L.L.C., an Oklahoma Limited Liability Company, dated October 11, 2011; Bobby’s Piggy Bank, LLC; Thomas B. Feagins; Kenneth R. Feagins Revoca-ble Trust, under agreement dated June 19, 2013; Janet Rae Hill Revocable Trust Christopher Jill Hanson, Succes-sor Trustee; James R. Barnett, Jr.; Alice Lorraine Hill a/k/a Alice Hill a/k/a Alice L. Hill a/k/a Alice Miller a/k/a Alice Shiver a/k/a Alice Bixler; Kirkpatrick Oil and Gas L.L.C.; The Paula Mike Farha Trust “B” Gloria Eddie Farha, B. D. Ed-die Farha and Clay T. Farha, Trustees;

The Toni Kaye Coyler Trust “B” Gloria Eddie Farha, B. D. Eddie Farha and Clay T. Farha, Trustees; The B. D. Eddie Farha Trust “B” Gloria Eddie Farha, B. D. Eddie Farha and Clay T. Farha, Trustees; The Marti Lu Ammar Trust “B” Gloria Eddie Farha, B. D. Eddie Farha and Clay T. Farha, Trustees; The Clay Thomas Farha Trust “B” Gloria Eddie Farha, B. D. Eddie Farha and Clay T. Farha, Trustees; TCW DR II Royalty Partnership, L.P.; The Rive Lind McCaul Trust under Trust Agreement dated August 11,1995 Rive Lind McCaul and Melinda McCaul Mulvihill, Trustees c/o Robert M. Collins, ATTRN; Rogene E. Williams Revocable Living Trust; KOG 2008, L.L.C.; The Clarke III, L.L.C.; Negroni Oil, L.L.C.; Nicholas Operating, L.L.C.; Have Energy, Inc.; ENK Prop-erties, L.L.C.; John Murphy; Pioneer Natural Resources, Inc. ; Pioneer Re-sources Producing L.P.; Meredith Smith Coe; Susanna Key Weiser Family Trust Susanna Key Weiser and Clete Weiser, Trustees; John D. Williams; The John D. Cooper Residuary Trust John Kent Cooper, Trustee ; Deaner & Company; BMV Investments, L.L.C.; Mary G. Havel Trust under Agreement dated August 19, 2005 Mary G. Havel and Edward F. Havel, Trustees; The Cora Marie Robinson Revocable Trust Dated August 31, 2007 Rose Marie Mirin and Dorothy Jane White, Trustees; The Dorothy Jane Robinson White Trust Dated May 8, 2006 Dorothy Jane Rob-inson White, Trustee; The Rose Marie Robinson Mirin Trust Dated November 25, 2008 Rose Marie Robinson Mirin, Trustee; Garvin Perkins and Wanda L. Wilson, JT; Anderson Oil Ltd.; BC Pro-ductions, LLC; D’Ayree Investments, LLC; Treyco, LLC; The Elly B. Beard 2007 Trust Elly B. Beard and Trudy K. Martin, Trustees; The R. J. C. Family Revocable Trust Agreement dated January 31, 2012 Jan A. Choate and Judson Choate, Co-Trustees; Citation 2004 Investment Limited Partnership; F. H. Hartman Trust; Beverly C. Hart-man a/k/a Beverly Conrad Hartman; Heidi G. Hartman a/k/a Heidi Gail Hartman; Heather G. Hartman a/k/a Heather Gene Hartman; Paul Ernest McDaniel; Joyce E. Bernstein; The Nancy Sue Milgram Trust under the Will of Ann L. Milgram, Deceased c/o Abraham E. Margolin, Esq. Gage & Tucker Nancy Sue Milgram, Nat Lester Milgram, Sally Ann Milgram and Abra-ham E. Margolin, Trustees; The Betsy Ann Milgram Trust under the Will of Ann L. Milgram, Deceased, c/o Abraham E. Margolin, Esq. Gage & Tucker Nan-cy Sue Milgram, Nat Lester Milgram, Sally Ann Milgram and Abraham E. Margolin, Trustees; The Nat Lester Milgram Trust under the Will of Ann L. Milgram, Deceased c/o Abraham E. Margolin, Esq. Gage & Tucker Nancy Sue Milgram, Nat Lester Milgram, Sally Ann Milgram and Abraham E. Margolin, Trustees; The Sally Ann Milgram Trust under the Will of Ann L. Milgram, De-ceased, c/o Abraham E. Margolin, Esq. Gage & Tucker Nancy Sue Milgram, Nat Lester Milgram, Sally Ann Milgram and Abraham E. Margolin, Trustees; Tropi-cal Minerals, Inc.; Rosalie Koron Trust, Under Trust Agreement dated July 27, 1984 Rosalie Koron and Jack Koron, Co-Trustees; Estate of Herschel Henry Phillips, Sr., Deceased ; Hollis Fly; Her-schel Henry Phillips, Jr.; Kenneth Phil-lips; Delbert E. Phillips; Pernell Starks; Taiwana Saeed; Paul Phillips; Norma Jean Baker; Carol Roper Rice; Dorthy Brewster; Clyde Phillips; Maurice Phil-lips; Frank Phillips; Laura Phillips; Elsie Fields Rush; Henry Lorenzo Caldwell; JoAnn Caldwell Warren; Pauline Caldwell Hardman; Frank O. Caldwell; Irving N. Caldwell; Bernadine McCrow; Tony McClain; Geneva M. Phillips; The McLain Investment Company; MK Royalties, LLC; Melissa Lu Mahaffey, LLC; Charles Gregory Mahaffey ; The Joyce K. Feagins Family Trust Tom L. Feagins, Trustee; Robert Bomhoff; Har-old Lee Smart; Bret Melvin Towne; Bart Edward Towne; Kelly Annette Walker; Raye Lynn Corwin; Estate of Marvin G. Phillips, Deceased; Marvin G. Phillips, Jr.; Reginald Phillips; Debra Jean Tru-jillo; Wendy Joann Mullen; Brenda Sue Porter; Melvin Hill, Deceased and Faye Lee Hill, Deceased; James Robert Hill ; Jima Lee Hill a/k/a Jima Lee Hill Smart a/k/a Jima Lee Smart; Jerry Lane Bom-hoff, Deceased; Robert Bomhoff a/k/a Robert J. Bomhoff; Timothy James Bomhoff; James Robert Bomhoff; LeAnn Marie Hufnagel; Earl Theims; Zeus Investment Company, Inc.; Zeus Investment Company, Inc.; Payrock Energy, LLC; David H. Donaldson a/k/a Dave Donldson, Deceased c/o D & J Oil ; Joan S. Donaldson, Deceased c/o D & J Oil ; David Howard Donaldson, Jr.; Mark Robert Donaldson; John Erwin Donaldson c/o D & J Oil Company; The Estate of W. A. Burton a/k/a W. A. Bur-ton, Jr.; Lou M. Burton; Russell Burton; Billie Lou Melendy; Mid-Continent II, LLC; Gordon Gray; Juanita Elliott, Pre-sumed Deceased; Richard L. Holthus and JoAnn Holthus H/W, JT; The W. A. 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Warren; Prize Energy Re-sources, Inc., Successor-in-Interest to Prize Energy Resources, L.P., a Dele-ware limited partnership; Black Stone Minerals Company, L.P, a Deleware limited partnership; G. A. Stovall; W. A. Kuhn; William A. Willis; Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, for the Pollock Scholarship Fund; Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, for the Florence J. Pollock Scholarship Fund; The First Baptist Church of Gilroy, California; Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; Jerry Falwell Ministries; Florence Mueller; Rio Vista Ministries Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, Trustee; Ethnic Missions Arizona Southern Baptist Convention, Trustee;

United Prayer Ministries, Inc.; Christian Support Ministries, Inc.; Anadarko E&P Onshore, LLC, Successor-in-interest to Sun Operating Limited Partnership; and all persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, and if any of the individuals are deceased, or if any of the companies are no longer in existence, the unknown heirs, executors, adminis-trators, devisees, trustees, successors and assigns, immediate and remote, of the named parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant herein requests that the 640-acre horizontal spacing established for the Mississippian (less Chester), Woodford, and Hunton common sourc-es of supply by Order No. 651894 be confirmed as to Section 27, Township 18 North, Range 6 West, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administra-tive Law Judge for hearing, taking of evi-dence and reporting to the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m., on the 13th day of June, 2016, and that this Notice be published as required by law and the Rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Appli-cant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and telephone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact JOSH GATELEY, BARTON LAND CONSULTANTS 811 W. Main, Duncan, OK 73533, Tele-phone: (580) 475-0234, OR RICHARD K. BOOKS, Attorney, Two Leadership Square, 211 North Robinson, Suite 1300, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, Tele-phone: (405) 232-3722.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMABob Anthony, ChairmanDana L. Murphy, Vice-ChairmanJ. Todd Hiett, Commissioner

DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 18th DAY OF MAY, 2016.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:Peggy Mitchell, SecretaryLPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 22, 29, and June 5, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Adoption of BENJAMIN LANE BERNHARDT, and JACKSON HENRY BERNHARDT, Minor children.

Case No. FA-2014-5 NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: JAMES BERNHARDT

You are notified that THOMAS GLENN SCHROEDER and MONIKA JUNE SCHROEDER, husband and wife, have filed their petition in the Dis-trict Court of Garfield County, Oklahoma for the adoption of BENJAMIN LANE BERNHARDT and JACKSON HENRY BERNHARDT of whom you are the natural father.

You are further notified that this Court will hear the evidence in support of and in opposition to the granting of said Petition on the 8’ day of June, 2016 at 9:00 o’clock a.m. in the County Courthouse of Kingfisher County, Kingfisher, Oklahoma. If you have any cause to show why the above mentioned adoption should not be granted by the Court, you should appear and present the same at the above stated time and place.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature this day of May, 2016. /s/ Robert E. Davis JUDGE DAVIS, District Court Judge LPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 22, 29, and June 5, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

PENTEX EXPLORATION & PRODUCING, INC., Plaintiffs,vs.BESSIE L. BROWN, IF LIVING OR IF DECEASED, HER UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, ADMINIS-TRATORS, EXECUTORS, DEVISEES, TRUSTEES AND ASSIGNS.

Case No. CV-2016-38NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: BESSIE L. BROWN, IF LIVING OR IF DECEASED, HER UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS, HEIRS, ADMINIS-TRATORS, EXECUTORS, DEVISEES, TRUSTEES AND ASSIGNS,

Take notice that you have been sued by PENTEX EXPLORATION & PRODUCING, INC. in the District Court of KINGFISHER County, State of Oklahoma, and that you must an-swer the Petition on or before July 7, 2016, or the allegations contained in said Petition will be taken as true and correct, quieting title to the following real property, situated in KINGFISHER County, Oklahoma, to-wit:AN UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN MIN-ERALS IN GOVERNMENT LOT 6 AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST IN SECTION 6, TOWN-SHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST IN KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMAforever barring you and all persons claiming by, through or under you from ever setting up or asserting any right, title, equity or interest in and to said real property, adverse to the right and title of the Plaintiff(s) and such other relief to which they may be entitled.Witness my hand and seal, this 17th day of May, 2016. LISA MARKUS KINGFISHER COUNTY COURT CLERK /s/ Susan Endres DEPUTY

WILLIAM H. HALLEY, P.C.P.O. BOX 5452EDMOND, OKLAHOMA 73083(405) 361-5300FAX (405) 359-3982OBA NO. 3742halley.bill65@gmail.comLPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 22, and 29, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In The Matter of the Estate ofERVIN PATOCKA, Deceased

No. PB-2015-26NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All creditors having claims against Ervin Anton Patocka, Deceased, are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to Marie Weaver, Personal Represen-tative, through her attorney, Frank E. Walta of the firm of Walta and Walta, at 120 E. Oklahoma, Hennessey, Okla-homa 73742 on or before the following presentment date: July 12, 2016, or the same will be forever barred.

Dated this 11th day of May, 2016./s/ Frank E. WaltaFrank E. WaltaWALTA & WALTAAttorneys at Law120 E. OklahomaP.O. Box 398Hennessey, OK 73742Ph: 405.853.2346Fax: 405.853.2462E-mail: frank@waltalaw.com

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(Published Sunday, May 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

DEQ NOTICE OF TIER II PERMIT APPLICATION FILING

A Tier II application for an air quality Construction Permit for a Major Facil-ity has been filed with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) by applicant, Kingfisher Mid-stream, LLC, 20329 State Highway 249, Suite 450, Houston, TX, 77070.The applicant requests approval to construct an additional three gas compressor engines at the previously existing natural gas processing plant identified as ‘Kingfisher Midstream Lin-coln Gas Plant’ located along the south side of E0700 Rd between N2910 Rd and Banner Rd, legally described as parcel 0000-35-18N-06W-1-002-00 in Kingfisher County.The application may be reviewed at …Kingfisher Memorial Library 505 W Will Rogers Dr. Kingfisher, OK 73750 or at the Air Quality Division’s main office (see address below). The status of all permit applications is also available for review in the Air Quality Section of DEQ’s Web Page: //www.deq.state.ok.us/After reviewing the application, the DEQ will prepare either a draft permit or a draft denial. At that time another notice will be published about where to review the draft, how to submit written comments on the draft and request a public meeting.For additional information, contact Travis Roby, 20329 State Highway 249, Suite 450, Houston, TX, 77070, Phone: (281) 832-826-5472 or contact DEQ at: Chief Engineer, Permits & Engineering Group, Air Quality Division, 707 North Robinson, Suite 4100, P.O. Box 1677, Oklahoma City, OK, 73101-1677. Phone: (405) 702-4100LPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: CHAPARRAL ENERGY, L.L.C.RELIEF SOUGHT: POOLINGLANDS COVERED: SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 17 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, KINGFISHER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

CAUSE CD NO. 201601858NOTICE OF HEARING

STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, opera-tors, purchasers and takers of oil and gas and all other interested persons, particularly in Kingfisher County, Okla-homa, and more particularly Altman Engineering, Inc.; Borelli Oil Company, LLC; Gerald E. Borelli, deceased; No-ble Energy, Inc.; Energen Resources Corporation; and if any of the above whose addresses are not known or are deceased, the unknown heirs, execu-tors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, immediate and remote, of the above-named parties; and if any of the above are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, the unknown trustees or assigns of such parties.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant in this cause is requesting that the Commission pool the interests and adjudicate the rights and equities

of oil and gas owners in the Missis-sippian (less Chester) common source of supply underlying Section 13-17N-7W, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, designating the Applicant or some other party as operator. Applicant is proposing to drill a well in said drilling and spacing unit.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any Order issued in this cause may result in a unit pooling.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Applicant may request more than 180 days to commence operations.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Admin-istrative Law Judge for the hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the initial hearing docket at the Corporation Com-mission, 1st Floor, Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at 8:30 a.m. on the 7th day of June, 2016, and that this notice be published as required by law and the Rules of the Commission.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing, and provide their name and telephone number.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Jason Elkin, Chap-arral Energy, Inc., 701 Cedar Lake Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73114, (405) 426-4566, or David E. Pepper, Attorney, 1600 Bank of Oklahoma Plaza, Okla-homa City, Oklahoma 73102, (405) 996-3395.

CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMABOB ANTHONY, CHAIRMANDANA L. MURPHY, VICE CHAIRMANJ. TODD HIETT, COMMISSIONER

DONE AND PERFORMED this 16th day of May, 2016.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:PEGGY MITCHELL SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSIONLPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 15, and 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES J. GRELLNER, Deceased.

Case No. PB-2015-28NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO PRESENT CLAIMS

All creditors having claims against CHARLES J. GRELLNER, deceased, are required to present the same with a description or all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the named Co-Personal Represen-tatives TIFANI MARTIN and ROBIN RITCHIE, c/o Daniel G. Webber, P. 0. Box 699, Watonga, Oklahoma, 73772, on or before the following presentment date, July 18th, 2016, or same will be forever barred.

Dated this 13th day of May, 2016. /s/ Tifani MartinTIFANI MARTINCo-Personal Representative /s/ Robin RitchieROBIN RITCHIE Co-Personal Representative

DANIEL G. WEBBER Attorney for Estate P.0. Box 699 - 120 East Main Watonga, OK 73772 Telephone No: 580/623-7400 Facsimile No: 580/623-8547 LPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 8, 15, and 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

CLIFFORD R. STAUDE,Plaintiff,vs.THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN HEIRS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRA-TORS, DEVISEES, TRUSTEES, PER-SONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSIGNS OF AMANDA L. STAUDE, DECEASED; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, TRUSTEES, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSIGNS OF WILBUR O. STAUDE AND MAR-GARET STAUDE, BOTH DECEASED; CONNIE LOUISE KIMMEL, FRANK-LIN JOHN STAUDE; RICKY LYLE STAUDE; AND EMALEE RENEE STAUDE, Defendants.

CASE NO. CV-2016-34NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:The Heirs, Executors, Administra-tors, Devisees, Trustees, Personal

Representatives and Assigns of Amanda L. Staude, Deceased; The unknown Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trust-ees, Personal Representatives and Assigns of Wilbur O. Staude and Margaret Staude, both De-ceased; Connie Loise Kimmel, Franklin John Staude, Ricky Lyle Staude, and Emalee Renee Staude

YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that you have been sued in the District Court of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, in this cause, wherein the Plaintiff alleges that Plaintiffs is the owner of an undivided done-half interest and in possession of the flowing described real estate situate in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, to-wit:

Surface and minerals in and under the Southeast Quarter (SE/4) of Section Twenty-seven (27), Township Seventeen (17) North, Range Nine (9) West, LESS AND EXCEPT Plaintiff’s previous con-veyances of record;

that you, and each of you, claim some right, title, interest, lien or estate in and to the above described real property adverse to the Plaintiff; that you must answer the Petition of the Plaintiff on or before the 22nd day of June, 2016, or the same will be taken as true and confessed, and it will be adjudged that none of you has any right, title, inter-est, lien or estate in and to the above described real property adverse to the alleged interest of the Plaintiff, and that title and possession of the Plaintiff in and to said real estate will be quieted and confirmed in the Plaintiff as against you, and each of you.

DATED this 5th day of May, 2016.LISA MARKUSCourt ClerkBy: /s/ Susan EndresDeputy Court Clerk

BASS LAW104 N. Rock IslandP.O. Box 157El Reno, Oklahoma 73036405/262-4040Attorneys for PlaintiffLPXLP

(Published Sunday, May 8, 15, and 22, 2016, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

CASE NO. CV-2016-30SERVICE OF SUMMONS

BY PUBLICATION NOTICESTATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: The Unknown Heirs, Executors, Admin-istrators, Devisees, Trustees, and As-signs of MICHELLE J. ALVAREZ f/k/a MICHELLE J. BEASLEY, DECEASED.

You are hereby notified that an action has been filed in the Kingfisher County District Court, State of Oklaho-ma, styled “Huston Energy Corpora-tion., Plaintiff, vs. The Unknown Heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and assigns of Michelle J. Alvarez f/k/a Michelle J. Beasley, De-ceased. Albert Alvarez, if living and if deceased, the unknown successors, heirs, executors, administrators, devi-sees, trustees, and assigns of Albert Alvarez, Elise Alvarez, if living and if deceased, the unknown successors, heirs, executors, administrators, de-visees, trustees, and assigns of Elise Alvarez and the State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Tax Commission, Defendants” alleging that Plaintiff is the record owner of an undivided mineral in-terests in the described lands situated in Kingfisher County, State of Oklahoma:

SE/4 of Section 4, Township 15N, Range 6W, (the “Properties”)

That Plaintiff’s Petition alleges that you claim some right, title, lien, estate , encumbrance, claim, assessment, or interest in and to the subject properties, adverse to Plaintiff, which constitutes a cloud of Plaintiff’s title, and that you have no right, title, lien, estate, encum-brance, claim, assessment, or interest, either in law or in equity, in and to the subject properties, or any of them

You are hereby notified that you have been sued and must answer the Petition filed by Plaintiff on or before the 20th day of June, 2016 or the alle-gations contained in said Petition will be taken as true and judgment entered thereon adjudging the Plaintiff to be the owner of the subject properties as stat-ed in Plaintiff’s Petition. In such event, you will be adjudged and decreed to have no right, title, lien ,estate, encum-brance, claim, assessment, or interest, either in law of in equity, in and to the subject properties, or any of them, and a decree quieting Plaintiff’s title in and to the subject properties will be entered.

Given under my hand and seal this 3rd day of May, 2016.

LISA MARKUS, COURT CLERK[seal]

By: /s/ Lisa A. Markus/s/ Blake GibsonBlake A. Gibson, OBA No. 22147B. A. Gibson Law Firm, PLLC302 N. Independence, Suite 400Enid, Oklahoma 73701(580) 297-5199(580) 237-1669 (facsimile)gibson@bagibsonlawfirm.comATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFLPXLP

Legal notices

Police reportsThe Kingfisher Police Depart-

ment investigated the following incidents according to reports obtained recently:

April 21 — Sgt. Dustin Bro-drick was notified by Scott West-fahl of Kingfisher that his debit card had been used three times in Oklahoma City by an unknown person. Westfahl stated that his card was used twice at a Wal-Mart store in the amounts of $169.08 and $183.25 and then again at a Sam’s Club gas station nearby for an unknown amount.

April 22 — Officer Justin Conner was dispatched to 120 N. Second Street in reference to a burglary. Upon arrival, he met with Myranda Heath, who noticed several items missing from her house. Listed as missing were a Sony Black dock, blue topaz ring, six miscellaneous flash lights, Kalti tent, necklace with a woman on it, a green and blue two-person hammock, two silver fishing poles, a stainless steel BBQ set, solar power shower, fishing tackle, Philips DVD player, Samsung DVD player, two mess kits and a collapsible kitchen sink. Total value $1,050.

April 26 — Officer Justin

Trumbley was dispatched to 123 W. Locust in reference to a trespasser. It was determined, however, that the alleged female trespasser, Krystal Heard, 33, was a resident of the home, so the officer was unable to force her to leave.

While at the scene, the officer did observe a skull-shaped ciga-rette holder with burned residue inside a hole in the middle. The officer picked up the skull and quickly smelled an odor of burned marijuana. One resident denied ownership of the item and Heard stated she did not have any marijuana.

Heard did, however, allegedly advise the officer that when she did have marijuana, she kept it in an Easy Bake Oven®. The officer looked but did not see any in it. Heard also reportedly stated that the skull belonged to her. She was then placed under arrest for possession of paraphernalia and transported to the Kingfisher County Jail.

April 26 — Lt. Catron took a report from a representative of Wildcat Minerals, 502 E. Admire, concerning the theft of a blue roll-

around air compressor from the office at that location. It is valued at $100.

April 27 — Lt. Catron was dispatched to Walmart, 200 W. Starlite in reference to a shoplifter. Upon arrival, he met with the store’s asset protection officer who stated that he had observed a woman taking items from the store without paying for them. The identified woman selected items in the cosmetics department then proceeded to the health and beauty depart-ment where she concealed the merchandise inside her purse. She then went around the store selecting other items from health and beauty, clothing and chemi-cals. The woman then proceeded to the front of the store where she paid for some of the items at the self-checkout, but made no attempt to retrieve the items that she concealed in her purse. The woman exited the store past all points of sale where she was stopped and the items valued at $20 were retrieved from her purse. Recovered were Nadi-nola® skin cream, Viviscal® hair growth and Impress® nails.

Kingfi sher (Okla.) Times & Free Press Sunday, May 22, 2016 7

We will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION for theRevocable Living Trust of Juanita Lemke

158 Acres More or Less Surface Rights Only

LEGAL: NW 1/4 of Section 25-15-7, King�sher County 119 Cultivated Acres - 32 Bushel Yield 39 Grass Acres - 111 Acre Wheat Base

TERMS: Five percent (5%) of the purchase price is to be placed in escrow the day of the Auction, with the balance due at closing. 2016 taxes to be prorated. Possession on cultivated land as soon as crop is harvested, grassland August 1, 2016.

LOCATION: 2 Miles North of stoplight in Okarche, then 3 Miles East. From Wal-Mart stop light, (South side of King�sher), South 5.2 Miles, then 3 Miles East.

Comment: �e house and 2.06 Acres Are Not Included in this property for Auction.

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burial plots,” Castonguay said.

Additional collections for the family are planned at the community-wide vaca-tion Bible school scheduled for Sunday, as well as at a meet-and-greet for the new vocational agriculture teacher scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the high school (see related story page 3).

The cause of the accident as well as the exact cause of death of the children is still under investigation, according to the OHP report, which describes the driving conditions at the time of the crash as rainy and the road condition as muddy.

The driver was wearing her seatbelt and both children were in car seats.

The accident is being in-vestigated by Trooper Justin Noll of the Blaine County OHP detachment, assisted by troopers Kevin Edsall, Mark Williams and Jeff Jech, the Blaine County Sheriff’s Department, Loyal Fire De-partment, Hitchcock Fire De-partment and Okeene EMS.

Funeral services for the children are pending with Wilkinson Mortuary in Watonga.

provide a forum for pa-trons’ questions.

The Okarche district is expecting an increase in property valuation due to wind farm and oilfi eld ac-tivity in the region, which would provide help in repaying the bonds and interest without creating an undue burden on tra-ditional taxpayers, home-owners and landowners.

Okarche schools are in an enviable position at present with increased funding resources when many schools are looking at means to keep their doors open.

F r i e s e n s a i d t h a t Okarche schools are look-ing at adding two teachers for the coming year when many state schools are considering reductions in staffi ng.

“It is exciting to be able to have an opportunity to give our students and com-munity things they greatly deserve,” Friesen said.

Kingfi sher and Canadi-an county property valua-tion statements, on which ad valorem taxes are based, are expected about mid-June.

Joe D. Hall Construc-tion of Elk City is serving as project manager and Boynton Williams and Associates, Architects, is designer for the project.

District court records Marriage License

Kingfi sher County Court Clerk Lisa Markus issued a marriage license May. 18, 2016, to the following couple:

Tyrel Jake McLane, 27, and Kasidee Lace Meder, 27, both of Omega.

District CivilJH Portfolio Debt Equi-

ties LLC vs. Amanda Smith, money judgment, $1,106 plus court costs, attorney fees, and post judgment interest. .

JH Portfolio Debt Equi-ties LLC vs. Susan Kennedy, money judgment, $1,030 plus court costs, attorney fees, and post judgment interest.

Pentex Exploration and producing vs. Bessie L. Brown, if living or if de-ceased, her unknown suc-cessors, heirs, administra-tors, executors, devisees, trustees, and assigns, prayer to establish plaintiff as title owner.

Roger Post, successor, trustee of the Elmer G. Post Revocable trust dated the 2nd day of June, 1999 vs. Elmer G. Post, deceased; unknown successors of the Elmer G. Post, deceased; the heirs executors, administra-tors, devisees, trustees, and assigns of Elmer G. Post, de-ceased; Katherine Post Stan-dridge, reformation of deed, determination of death and succession of Elmer G. Post, quiet title.

Meritrust Credit Union vs. Michael Smith a/k/a Michael Lee Smith, money judgment $28,907.81 plus interest.

MisdemeanorsState vs. Ashley Zierke,

24, 611 S. 3rrd, Lot 7, King-fi sher, public intoxication.

State vs. James Douglas Lovil, 37, 8415 E. Sherri Circle, Manvil Texas, 77578, driving without a drivers license.

State vs. Austyn Fulton, 21, 115 1/2 N. 6th St., #4, Kingfisher, public intoxi-cation.

State vs. Harvey Gene Stotts, 19, 402 S. 5th St., Kingfisher, driving with license canceled/suspend-ed/revoked.

State vs. Kino Don, 35, 2444 Littlehawk Stone Glen, El Reno, domestic abuse-as-sault and battery.

WELLS COMPLETEDKingfi sher: Devon Energy Pro-

duction Co. LP; Alma 18-15N-9W No. 4H Well; SE1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 18-15N-09W; 576 barrels oil per day, 2,5111,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 15,048.

INTENT TO DRILLKingfisher: Newfield Explo-

ration Mid-Con Inc.; Kenneth Smith No. 1H-29X Well; NE1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 (SL) of 04-15N-06W; TD 18,200.

Newfi eld Exploration Mid-Con-tinent Inc.; Eddie No. 1H-34X Well; NW1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 03-16N-07W; TD 1,620.

N e w f i e l d E x p l o r a t i o n Mid-Continent Inc.; Ruzek No. 1H-3X Well; NE1/4 SE1/4 NW1/4 SW1/4 (SL) of 03-16N-07W; TD 15,027.

Area oil report

Kingfi sher Fire Depart-ment offi cials reported four emergency ambulance runs, zero non-emergency ambu-lance runs and one fi re run, according to reports Friday.

Fire Runs• at 4:19 p.m. May 18,

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CITY SUMMIT — Kingfi sher city commissioners and department heads met in a special day-long meeting Wednesday to discuss the budget, long-term planning, asset management, the capital improvement plan and other issues. Among the participants were, from left, City Manager Dave Slezickey, City Clerk Bill Tuck-er, City Treasurer Anita James, Library Director Michael Tautkus, Vernie Snow Aquatic Center Manager Peggy ork, Po-lice Chief Dennis Baker, Mayor Steve Richards, Commissioner Roxie Alexander, Power Plant Supt. Winchester Smith, Street Department Supt. Mike Brooks, Commis-sioner Wendell Prim, Fire Chief Tony Stewart, Water Department em-ployee Jeremiah Lomier, Kingfi sher Airport Au-thority Chairman Bill Reitz, Parks Department Chairman Shawn Bar-rett, Commissioner Ken Davis and Code Enforce-ment Offi cer Jon Friesen. Not pictured are Water Department Supt. Greg Tasso and Electric De-partment Supt. Jim War-ner. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo]

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(405) 375-3121 • www.bancfirst.com

www.interbank.com320 N. MAIN • 405.375.5911 • MEMBER FDIC

610 S. Main, Kingfisher375-3300

www.fmbankok.com

People You Can Bank On.

801 South MainKingfisher, OK

www.nbcok.com

375-4201

Your Kingfisher Banks Will Be ClosedMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

HONORINGThe American Worker On...

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND

Please join us in saluting the accom-plishments, dedication and hard workof our area servers, builders, fixers,

healers, doers and dreamers!Because of these industrious men andwomen, our families and our economy

are fed each and every day.We wish all of our hard-working

friends and neighbors a wonderfulholiday weekend of rest and relaxation.

In Kingfisher124 S. Main (Hwy. 33 & 81)

(405) 375-3121 • www.bancfirst.com

www.interbank.com320 N. MAIN • 405.375.5911 • MEMBER FDIC

610 S. Main, Kingfisher375-3300

www.fmbankok.com

People You Can Bank On.

801 South MainKingfisher, OK

www.nbcok.com

375-4201Randy Farrar 828-4681512 E. Redfork Dr. 828-4281

~ DOVER ~

1015 S. Main•Kingfisher(405) 375-5464

of Okarche

COMMUNITY NATIONAL BANKHIGHWAY 81 NORTH

(405) 263-7491

MEMBER FDIC

1308 S. Main•Kingfisher•375-5400Larry Adams, Nancy Moyeda and

Melissa Hunt, Registered Pharmacists

Member FDIC202 Okla. Ave.

Okarche, 263-7215Over 120 Years of Service

First Bank of Okarche

618 W. Maine, Enid(580) 237-2882

“We’re Behind You All The Way!”

124 S. Main • Kingfisher375-3121

1309 S. Main, Kingfisher405-375-6300

529 N. Main, Hennessey405-853-7200Use our drive-thru

for your convenience!

Lenard & Melba Briscoe406 N. Main, Kingfisher(405) 375-3700

719 East AdmireKingfisher375-3340

Lic.#02767

Hwy 81 NorthKingfisher

(405) 375-3111

OFFICE SUPPLIESOFFICE FURNITUREQUALITY PRINTING

375-3404317 N. MainDowntownKingfisher, OK 73750 WE CAN

DO IT!

Brett Krablin, M.D.Bridget Keast, P.A.-C

Rachel Cameron, ARNP

1001 HOSPITAL CIRCLE PH. (405) 375-7935KINGFISHER, OK 73750 FAX (405) 375-7937

121 N. MainKingfisher

375-6121

HWY 81 NORTHKINGFISHER•(405) 375-4121

Your Touchstone Energy® Cooperative

Living beside you. Work-ing for you.®

COMPLETE INsuRANCE COvERAGEAuTO-FARM-HOME-LIFE

Kingfisher CountyFarm Bureau

Agent Doug Hauser117 W. Sheridan • 375-4421

LAW OFFICE302 N. Main•Kingfisher

(405) 375-4165

123 East Miles

405-375-6770

1801 S. Main, Kingfisher375-5718

2600 Frontage Rd.Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750

405-375-3155

119 W. Admire375-3202

PHARMACY & GIFTS

1111 S. Main

375-6555

Of Kingfisher

Over 90 Years Parts

Experience!

Dr. Benjamin Bowman &Dr. Topher Barnett

2302 S. Frontage Rd • 375-5855www.kingfisherdentist.com

ROTHERBROS., INC.

Hwy. 81 North • KingfisherPh: (405) 375-5349

P.O. Box209

Kingfisher~

375-3220

Since 1889

The Kingfisher

1417 S. Main•Kingfisher•375-4220

405.375.3857kingfisherdentaldesigns.com

901 Hospital CircleKingfisher

Where dentistry and art come together

517 N. Third, Kingfisher405-375-4745

• Ready-Mix Concrete• Pre-Cast Storm Shelters

• Septic Tanks • Gravel

CHEAP BROTHERSINSURANCE

PAT CHEAPMIKE CHEAP

JERRY COPELANDCHRIS CAMERON

219 N. Main, Kingfisher

(405) 375-4144For All YourInsuranceNeeds!

Member FDIC

nbcok.com

801 S. Main Kingfisher, OK 73750

Sub-Surface Pumps•Valve RepairsOilfield Supplies • Plunger Lift Equip.Hwy 33 East•Kingfisher•375-6175

300 E. BoundaryDover, Oklahoma 73734405-828-7437

405-375-4207

Commercial &

Residential

1009S. MainKINGFISHER

LUMBER &TOOL RENTAL416 N. Main • Kingfisher

375-6774Mon.-Fri. 7:30-5:30; Sat.8-12

www.wbcrntl.com

StevenSCarpet, InC.

Sales &InstallationCommercial & ResidentialSteamCleaning

312 N. MainKingfisher

375-3260

Sammy’s Heat & AirAND SHEET METAL, LLC

106 N. MainKingfisher

(405) 375-6383

8-5Mon.-Fri.

24 Hr.Service

100 W. RusswormWatonga

(580) 623-7344

OwnerJake Walker

Lic. #OK140780

Lic #105582

Teams Of The WeeK

KINGfIsheR aRea

The Team Of The Week & Schedules Are Brought To YouEach Week By These Supportive Businesses!

FAMILYDENTAL &IMPLANT CLINIC

–Drew Hendrix, D.D.S.–

524 S. 7th Kingfisher, OK(405) 375-4949

Caring for Kingfisher families since 1976

KINGFISHER

OKARCHE WARRIORS BASEBALL

OKARCHE BASEBALL – Members of the 2016 Okarhce High School baseball team include, from left, front row: Kale Jones, Joe Mayhew, Grant Crews, Aus-tin Williams, Kyle Pfaff, Tucker Nuenschwander and Nathan Brueggen; middle row, Colter McDowell, Dalton Schwarz, Kody Willcut, Tommy Brueggen, Matt Newcomb, Noah Wittrock and Josh Harris; and back, Zac Kretchmar, Lathen Stover, Robert Ernsting, Austin McSwain, Wyatt Krittenbrink, Garrett Schwarz and coach Jim Schwarz. Weston Carter is not pictured. [Photo Provided]

OKARCHE SOFTBALL – The 2016 Okarche slow-pitch softball team mem-bers include, from left, front row: Tanner Phillips, Katie Bomhoff, Faith Maberry, Taylor Bomhoff, Kristin Rother, Tress Wedman, Bailey Vogt, Ad-dison Vallerand and Paige Owens; middle row, Kara Robinson, Macy Burge, Erin Garlett, Kammie Benson, Harley Dunkin, Jordan Cox, Victoria Benson and Abbey Shelley; and back row, coach Booker Blakley, Cydnie Hull, Maddie Wofford, Ally Taylor, Kassidy Rother, Kayla Hufnagel, Kaela Means, Britney Stangl and Alli Hufnagel. [Photo Provided]

LADY WARRIORS SOFTBALL