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Some Enchanted Evening

Wands of all shapes and colors are offered in Diagon Alley at the “Harry Potter Yule Ball” Friday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center in Poteau. About 400 people attended the event, which was sponsored by the Southeastern Public Library System of Oklahoma. PDN photo by Jenny Huggins

By Dave McKimmeyand Ken MilamPDN Staff

Two people have been ordered to face trial in the 2009 slaying of Jodi Riley Wilson.

Judge Jenna McBee set formal arraignment for Donald Lee Bocephus “Bo” Wilson, 39, Wilson’s then-husband, for Jan. 19 in LeFlore County District Court.

Bo Wilson’s mother, Edith Kathryn Wilson, 57, will be arraigned on a charge of accessory after the fact on Jan. 9.

McBee ruled there was

enough evidence to pro-ceed to trial after a pre-liminary hearing for the pair was held Friday.

The main witness at the hearing was Jerry Wilson, Bo Wilson’s father and Edith Wilson’s ex-hus-band. Jerry Wilson spoke to investigators in May, bringing the case out of cold-case status.

Jerry Wilson testified he was in a bedroom play-ing with Rilee-Wilson and Bo’s baby in early May 2009 when this wife came in and said, “I have to get rid of that body,” then left

By Amanda CorbinPDN Reporter

Two Spiro residents were injured in a hit-and-run wreck Saturday afternoon on Lock and Dam Road north of Spiro.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported a white truck left the scene of the wreck, and the exact details remain under investigation.

Kenneth Hargis Jr., 80, was

the driver of the other vehicle, a 2004 Ford truck. LeFlore County EMS took him to Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Ark., where he was treated and and released.

His passenger, 45-year-old Christopher Hargis, also was taken by EMS to Sparks where the Highway Patrol said he was listed in serious condition for head, neck, leg, arms and internal injuries.

Two hurt in hit-runEconomic summit todayBy Ken MilamPDN News Editor

A Public Economic Summit on “The Health of the LeFlore County Econo-my” is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. today at the Donald W. Reynold Community Center Poteau.

(See WILSONS, page 2)

(See SUMMIT, page 2)

Possible link to Morgan Nick case?

Spiro house investigatedBy Amanda CorbinPDN Reporter

Several law enforcement agencies were at a Spiro residence Monday “looking for leads in an ongoing investigation,” LeFlore County Undersheriff Kendall Morgan said.

More details may be released today, Morgan added. The investiga-tion involves a residence on Ninth

Street in Spiro with the FBI, Okla-homa State Bureau of Investigation, LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office, Panama and Spiro police depart-ments and other agencies respond-ing.

Morgan said the investigation would continue in the morning hours today.

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funeral in New Mexico, unaccompanied by Rilee-Wilson.

Jerry Wilson said while passing through Amarillo, Texas, Bo Wilson dis-posed of a pair of boots — one in one dumpster and the second in another.

Rilee-Wilson’s body was found three days later by a paraglider on Poteau Mountain. Authorities suspected homi-cide, but were unable to determine a cause of death because of the body’s condition.

Jerry Wilson said two or three years later, Bo Wilson told him, “She was smothered with a sack.”

He said he was under the understand-ing that Bo Wilson had done it, but later in the questioning said he thought his son had just heard it somewhere and

never directly told him that he smoth-ered her.

Asked if he had called authorities in May this year and told them Bo smoth-ered Jodi, he replied “no.” However, later in the hearing he said he called police and told them Bo killed her and his wife helped hide the body because he was upset that his wife had left him for another man and kicked him out of the house.

Testimony indicated Jerry Wilson’s medical records show he has mental dis-orders related to Alzheimer’s Disease-and dementia, but he said he does not have any issues with memory. He also testified he takes several medications.

Jerry Wilson also has been in and out of hospitals, rehab facilities and psych wards over the years, according to testi-mony.

Speakers will review the past 27 years of economic history related to employment, jobs, shutdowns and relo-cations affecting the county.

They also will discuss the outlook for the future.Comments will be made by representatives of Okla-

homa Department of Commerce, Carl Albert State Col-lege, Kiamichi Technology Center, Poteau Public Schools, LeFlore County Development Coalition, AES, City of Poteau, Fort Smith Regional Alliance and Poteau Cham-ber of Commerce.

The session will start at 1:15 p.m. and end at 3:30 p.m. No RSVP is needed.

The Reynolds Center is located at 501 S. Broadway.

Tulsa Life Flight and LeFlore County EMS crews help Santa and Mrs. Claus off of the helicopter he used to fly into the EMS Awards Banquet and Christmas party. Santa said he flew because he was giving the reindeer a rest before the big

night. At right, Santa is delighted to meet Faith Butler at the party. Watch for photos of the award winners in a future edition.

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In 2010, a residence in Spiro had been looked into for DNA evidence linked to the abduction case of Morgan Nick, who was 6 years old when taken by an unknown man at a baseball game on June 9, 1995, in Alma, Ark.

The undersheriff sad he could not confirm if the inves-tigation is related to Nick’s disappearance.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

PROBE

A witch watches as more than 400 people of all ages pass through Platform 9 3/4 into the magical world of the “Harry Potter Yule Ball” Friday night at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center. Six libraries worked together to provide games, contests and magic at the free event. PDN photo by Jenny Huggins

Welcome to the Ball

TODAY IS LOOK FOR AN EVERGREEN DAY

• TODAY — Communitywide Christmas Dinner, 11 a.m., Dale Cox Community Center behind Rubin White Health Clinic.

— LeFlore County Democratic Party meeting, 5:30 p.m., Pizza Hut, 2102 N Broadway.

— “Our Family Christmas: Rooms for [Rent] Free,” 7 p.m., Covenant Church, Poteau.

— Sensitive Santa for chil-dren with any disabilities, Kibios Community Action Center in Stigler. Call for appointment: (918) 647-1255.

• DEC. 20 — Choctaw Seniors Christmas dinner, 11:30 a.m., Choctaw Community Center, Spiro.

— Advancing With Us refer-ral networking group, 12:15 p.m., Western Sizzlin Party Room in Poteau. All area businesses are invited.

• DEC. 21 — Winter Solstice Walks, Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center. Archeologist-guided tours at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Info: (918) 962-2062.

— Poteau Kiwanis Club, noon, Western Sizzlin, guests and new members welcome.

— Sensitive Santa for chil-dren with any disabilities, Senior Citizens Center in Wilburton. Call for appoint-ment: (918) 647-1255.

• DEC. 23 — LeFlore County Solid Waste closed for Christmas.

• DEC. 24 — Christmas Eve Candlelight Services, 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., Poteau

First United Methodist Church., 109 S. Harper.

• DEC. 25 — CHRISTMAS DAY

— Community Christmas Dinner, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bob Lee Kidd Civic Center. For info or to vol-unteer, call Larey Clark, (918) 721-4506.

• DEC. 27 — Blood Drive, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Rubin White Health Clinic.

— Blood Drive, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Donald W. Reynolds Community Center.

— Advancing With Us refer-ral networking group, 12:15 p.m., Western Sizzlin Party Room in Poteau. All area businesses are invited.

• DEC. 28 — Poteau Kiwanis Club, noon, Western Sizzlin, guests and new members welcome.

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Wednesday — A 20 percent chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Wednesday Night — Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South wind 10-15 mph.

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Lions boost boostersPoteau’s Evening Lions

Club presented a check for almost $1,000 to the Poteau Band Boosters last week.

Evening Lions members sell cotton candy and fun-nel cakes at all home foot-ball games and donate half the proceeds to the Poteau Band Boosters.

The check represents sales for the 2017 football season.

To date, the Poteau Eve-ning Lions Club has donat-ed some $14,000 in sup-port of the Poteau High School Band. Monies donated are spent by the Band Boosters to purchase

uniforms, band equipment and to assist in any way possible with the expenses of the high school band.

The Evening Lions Club members meet at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at the Bal-entine-Costner Student Union at Carl Albert State College.

Lions clubs are a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more informa-tion or to get involved with the Poteau Evening Lions Club, please contact Rick Couri at (918) 649-5696 or

at rcouri@clnk.com. Lions Club International

is the world’s largest ser-vice club organization with nearly 1.3 million mem-bers in approximately 45,000 clubs in 200 coun-tries and geographical areas around the world.

Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more infor-mation about Lions Clubs International, please visit the website at www.lion-slcllbs.org.

Poteau Evening Lions Club President Nina Bowen, right, presents Poteau Band Boosters representative Samantha Kiger with a check for $940 during the annual band concert last Tuesday night.

Warren HarmonWarren Harmon, 95, of

Poteau passed away Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, in Poteau.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Ellis Chapel Cemetery, Wister.

The family will visit with relatives and friends from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at Evans and Miller Funeral Home.

Melba WoodralMelba Woodral, 66, of

Shady Point, formerly of the Hontubby community, passed away Dec. 15, 2017, in Shady Point.

Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel in Heavener. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Dowden-Rob-erts Funeral Home.

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Polls on dreamersEditorial excerpt from The Washington Post

Dated from Dec. 12

Quick, name a major public policy issue on which over-whelming numbers of Americans are united. Stumped? (Granted, it’s a short list.) Here’s one answer: allowing “dreamers” — young undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children — to remain in the United States if they pass background checks, go to school and fulfill other basic requirements. In a dozen polls this fall, including one released [Dec. 12], respondents who favor permitting dreamers to stay in the United States generally outnumber those who would deport them by at least three-to-one, and often by four-to-one or five-to-one.

The support for dreamers is bipartisan, and it shows up clearly and almost identically in surveys conducted by Fox News and CNN, among other media outlets, includ-ing The Post. Despite that, an array of bills that would protect dreamers from deportation, either by granting them a form of legal status or by putting them on short- or long-term pathways to citizenship, remain stalled in Con-gress.

The legislative inertia is all the more stupefying given the fact that a clear majority of lawmakers in both cham-bers on Capitol Hill would vote today to grant dreamers legal status or a route to citizenship. Last week, 34 Repub-licans in the House of Representatives wrote to Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) endorsing a “permanent legisla-tive solution” for the nearly 700,000 immigrants whose protection from deportation, granted by the Obama ad-ministration under the Deferred Action for Childhood Ar-rivals program, will lapse starting in March owing to a decision by President Trump. That’s more than enough GOP votes to ensure passage of a House bill to address the problem, given overwhelming Democratic support for such a move.

So far, though, Mr. Ryan seems to prefer a strategy of delay, deferral and dithering. He says he wants Congress to address the issue next year, free from the entanglements of other pressing year-end legislative business, including a spending package whose defeat would mean a govern-ment shutdown. But to many in Congress, his prescription sounds like a recipe for inaction — and, potentially, the deportation of thousands of dreamers as their DACA per-mits expire. In the Senate, that has led some Democrats to consider demanding a DACA fix as the price for their support on the spending bill — and avoiding a shutdown.

Why should it come to that? In the House, a bill in-troduced by Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) and with 34 Republican co-sponsors would set dreamers on a 10-year pathway to citizenship. In the Senate, a measure with three Republican backers would set a 15-year timetable. Why not take a vote — now?

One answer is Mr. Trump, whose ever-shifting stance on extending protections for the dreamers has had a self-neutering effect. In January, citing his “big heart,” he said they “shouldn’t be very worried,” and in September he urged Congress to act to protect them. More recently, under the influence of anti-immigration hard-liners such as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and White House aide Stephen Miller, he has switched to demanding an array of border-security measures, including construction of a wall on the frontier with Mexico, that are deal-killers for Democrats.

The dreamers, it seems, should in fact be very worried by what is happening in Washington. Under the deadline set by Mr. Trump, nearly 1,000 dreamers will lose their protection from deportation each day beginning March 5. At that point, a cohort of youngsters raised in this country will stop being bargaining chips; they will become part of an unfolding American tragedy. Congress should act now to forestall that completely avoidable, and inexcusable, outcome.

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Peace on the far side of nuclear weapons“... Real security can

only be shared ...”I call it news in a cage:

the fact that the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

In other words, how nice, but it has nothing to do with the real stuff going on across Planet Earth, like North Korea’s recent test of an ICBM that puts the entire U.S. in the range of its nukes, or the provoca-tive war games Trump’s America has been playing on the Korean peninsula, or the quietly endless development of the “next generation” of nuclear weapons.

Or the imminent possi-bility of ... uh, nuclear war.

Winning the Nobel Peace Prize is not like, say, winning an Oscar — accepting a big, flashy honor for a piece of fin-ished work. The award is about the future. Despite some disastrously bad choices over the years (Henry Kissinger, for God’s sake), the Peace Prize is, or should be, utterly relevant to what’s happening at the cutting edge of global con-flict: a recognition of the expansion of human con-sciousness toward the cre-ation of real peace. Geopolitics, on the other hand, is trapped in the cer-tainties of same old, same old: Might makes right, ladies and gentlemen, so you gotta be ready to kill.

And the mainstream news about North Korea is always, solely about that country’s small nuclear arsenal and what should be done about it. What the news is never about is the slightly larger nuclear arse-nal of its mortal enemy, the United States. That’s taken for granted. And — get real — it’s not going away.

What if the global anti-nuclear movement was actually respected by the media and its evolving principles continually worked into the context of its reporting? That would mean the reporting about North Korea wouldn’t sim-ply be limited to us vs. them. A third global party would be hovering over the entire conflict: the global majority of nations that last July voted to declare all nuclear weapons illegal.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons — ICAN — a coalition of non-gov-ernment organizations in some 100 countries, led the campaign that resulted, last summer, in the United Nations treaty prohibiting the use, development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons. It passed 122-1, but the debate was boycot-ted by the nine nuclear-armed nations (Britain, China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia and the United States), along with Australia, Japan, South Korea and every member of NATO except the Netherlands, which cast the single no vote.

What the remarkable Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has accomplished is that it takes control of the nuclear disarmament process away from the nations that pos-sess them. The 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty called on the nucle-ar powers to “pursue nucle-ar disarmament,” appar-ently at their own leisure. Half a century later, nukes are still the bedrock of their

security. They’ve pursued nuclear modernization instead.

But with the 2017 treaty, “The nuclear powers are losing control of the nucle-ar disarmament agenda,” as Nina Tannenwald wrote in the Washington Post at the time. The rest of the world has grabbed hold of the agenda and — step one — declared nukes illegal.

“As one advocate put it, ‘You cannot wait for the smokers to institute a smoking ban,’” Tannenwald wrote.

She added: “The treaty promotes changes of atti-tude, ideas, principles and discourse — essential pre-cursors to reducing num-bers of nuclear weapons. This approach to disarma-ment starts by changing the meaning of nuclear weap-ons, forcing leaders and societies to think about and value them differently. . . . The treaty’s prohibition on threats of nuclear weapons use directly challenges deterrence policies. It is likely to complicate policy options for U.S. allies under the U.S. nuclear ‘umbrella,’ who are accountable to their parlia-ments and civil societies.”

What the treaty chal-lenges is nuclear deter-rence: the default justifica-tion for the maintenance and development of nucle-ar arsenals.

Thus I return to the quote at the beginning of this column. Tilman Ruff, an Australian physician and a co-founder of ICAN, wrote in The Guardian after the organization was awarded the Peace Prize: “One hundred twenty-two

states have acted. Together with civil society, they have brought global democ-racy and humanity to nuclear disarmament. They have realised that since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, real security can only be shared, and cannot be achieved by threatening and risking use of these worst weapons of mass destruction.”

If this is true — if real security somehow must be created mutually, even with North Korea, and if walk-ing the edge of nuclear war, as we have done since 1945, will never result in global peace but rather, at some point, nuclear catas-trophe — the implications demand unending explora-tion, especially by the media of the world’s wealthiest and most privi-leged nations.

“For far too long reason has given way to the lie that we are safer spending billions every year to build weapons which, in order for us to have a future, must never be used,” Ruff wrote.

“Nuclear disarmament is the most urgent humani-tarian necessity of our time.”

If this is true — and most of the world believes that it is — then Kim Jong-un and North Korea’s nuclear missile program are only a small piece of the threat faced by every human being on the planet. There’s another reckless, unstable leader with his finger on the nuclear but-ton, delivered to the planet a year ago by the flawed U.S. democracy.

Donald Trump should be the poster boy of nuclear disarmament.

Robert Koehler, syndi-cated by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor.

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Robert C. Koehler

Editorial Roundup

People will be celebrat-ing a Happy New Year and making New Year’s resolu-tions.

For us, this may have been one of the most diffi-cult years of our lives, and this new year seems hard to envision as one being bet-ter than the last one. None-theless, here we are facing another new year.

What are we going to do with adjusting to the real-ity of the changes this past year has placed upon our now current life? How can we think that this next year will have anything happy in it? Well, let me tell you … it won’t be the same as before but it will be yours. You can and very well may have happy moments and cherished memories to re-cord as well in your future. So, here are a few sugges-tions to see if any of these might prompt you to think about your very own per-sonal Happy New Year.

Celebrate life. Revel and have fun to the fullest ex-tent possible by honoring yourself anyway you can. Me? You may be thinking.

You bet. You are a survi-vor of so very many things — most you have forgot-

ten. That doesn’t mean ev-erything’s just out of this world wonderful, but this New Year is a time for you to congratulate yourself for coming as far as you have … through it all and are still here, pushing to get through. This New Year is a perfect time to pause and take stock. For us, it’s a juncture to see where the river of time and life’s many circumstances have led us, to review some hard lessons we’ve learned or are learning along the way, and possibly begin to plan for what lies mysteriously ahead for us. If nothing else, let us celebrate the fact we have made it this far, yes.

Now, you may be ask-ing, “Just how do I honor myself?” By continuing to express yourself and your grief, and by beginning the New Year by forgiv-ing yourself for any and all things you feel is necessary to do so. If you are feeling

unforgivable then admit to yourself that you prob-ably did the best you could at that moment in time or that you know you are not perfect but that you did not know what else to do. We all fall into that position where we know we need to or should do something but do not because either we don’t know what that is, or we are too afraid to do it, or — usually — we are just hoping beyond hope that if we wait long enough that decision that we don’t want to make will pass us and we won’t have to make it at all. That does not help us though. Whatever it is that you feel in your heart that you did or didn’t do “right,” know that we all fall short of perfect on the “humanity” grade card.

The best you can do is to ask humbly to be for-given by God, your loved one, and yourself … and look into this New Year with chances to — as they

say — make amends, and do things for others who cannot do them for them-selves. You may find a warm peace about it all in providing some kind ser-vice to others.

This being a New Year, it would be a good time to tell people what you want and need. Whether it’s a trip to the cemetery in your old hometown, baking cin-namon rolls the way Mom did, going to your Dad’s fa-vorite old fishing hole and drown some worms — do it in honor of the ones you love and cherish in your heart. Do it for yourself. Don’t hold back the tears, if the tears are there. Tears, whether public or private, are healthy. Tears help us grieve well and grow stron-ger for the year’s chal-lenges that await us in the future.

Oops, I ran out of room to complete this article. So I invite you to tune in next week for the rest of the ar-ticle.

John T. Catrett II is the ONHL Hospice chaplain in Drumright. His columns discuss the grieving pro-cess.

Thinking Out LoudJohn T. Catrett II

Facing a new year without ...

By David SeeleyPDN Sports Editor

The good news for the Poteau Lady Pirates was they brought home tournament hardware Saturday night from the Wil-burton Tournament. The not-so-good news was they saw their four-game winning streak get snapped as they lost 68-52 to the Hartshorne Lady Miners in the championship game.

The Pirates ended the tourna-ment with a two-game winning streak as they held off the Stigler Panthers 60-54 to win the conso-lation championship.

The Red Oak Eagles claimed third place with a 50-36 win over the Eufaula Ironheads on Satur-day afternoon after losing 43-32 to the Hartshorne Miners in Fri-day’s championship semifinals.

The Lady Eagles suffered a 39-33 loss to the Eufaula Lady Ironheads in Saturday after-noon’s consolation champion-ship

Saturday’s GamesGirls Championship

Hartshorne 68, Poteau 52The Lady Miners basically

put the game away in the open-ing period as they ran out to a 13-0 lead before the Lady Pi-rates (4-3) scored on a basket by Kylanna Hardaway with 1:43 left in the quarter. Hartshorne took a 16-4 lead into the second period.

A 3-point basket by Hannah Baker cut the Poteau deficit to 20-16 with 4:56 left before half-

time, but that would be as close as the Lady Pirates got. Hart-shorne ended the first half with a 14-2 run to take a 34-22 lead at halftime.

The Lady Pirates did cut their deficit to five points in the third quarter but never did get a lead.

In defeat, Baker scored 13 points and Hardaway added 11 points to lead Poteau, followed by Myeka Bluford and Lexi Wood with seven points each and Kenzie Newman and Em-ily Gwin with five points apiece. Newman and Hardaway each made the All-Tournament Team.

Boys Consolation FinalsPoteau 60, Stigler 54

The Pirates (2-5) had as much as an 11-point lead, taking an 18-7 advantage into the second quarter — only to see the Pan-thers cut the deficit to 29-26 with six seconds left before halftime.

However, Christian Scott’s 3-point basket at the halftime buzzer gave Poteau a 32-26 lead.

The Pirates saw their lead evaporate with about four min-utes left in the game as Stigler took a 54-51 lead, but Poteau ended the game with a 9-2 run. Scott’s 3-pointer with 2:09 left to play gave the Pirates the lead for good at 56-54.

For the game, Scott scored a game-high 15 points and Kyson Hardaway added 14 points to lead Poteau, followed by Ethan Bradshaw with eight points, Brandon Moore with seven points, Bryce Palmer with six

points and Ryan Ward — who made the All-Tournament Team — and Jameson Shackleford with three points apiece.

Boys Third-Place GameRed Oak 50, Eufaula 36

The Eagles (10-2) led from opening tip to final buzzer, lead-ing 18-13 after a period, 28-21 at halftime and 38-30 after three quarters.

Grayson Nix led Red Oak with a game-high 20 points, followed by Jacob Armstrong with 13 points, All-Tournament Team member Brett Deather-age and Chance Noah each with six points and William Edington with five points.

Girls Consolation FinalsEufaula 39, Red Oak 33

Trailing 26-23 after three quarters, the Lady Ironheads outscored the Lady Eagles 16-7 in the final period to snatch away the win.

In defeat, Mackenzie Wood scored 14 points to lead the Lady Eagles (10-2), losers of two of their last three games after start-ing the season 9-0. Darcie McC-ullar had eight points, Kayleigh Hunter with seven points and Jessa Baldwin and Kacie Bell with two points apiece.

Friday’s GameBoys Semifinals

Hartshorne 43, Red Oak 32The Miners doubled the Ea-

gles 10-5 in the opening period en route to an 18-12 lead at half-time. Hartshorne’s 13-9 third quarter upped its advantage to 31-21 entering the final period.

In defeat, Grayson Nix led Red Oak with 12 points, followed by Brett Deatherage and Chance Noah each with five points, Cole Nix with four points, Jacob Armstrong with three points and Dalton Patten with two points.

• • •All-Tournament Teams

GirlsMost Valuable Player —

Alex Miller, HartshorneHartshorne — Holli Lindley,

Jaycee Kitchell.Poteau — Kenzie Newman,

Kylanna Hardaway.Wilburton — Sydnee Van-

derburg.Eufaula — Macayla Need-

ham.Boys

Most Valuable Player — Easton James, Hartshorne.

Hartshorne — Andres Lu-jano, Ethan Edwards.

Wilburton — Kyle McAl-ester, Levi Knight.

Red Oak — Brett Deather-age.

Poteau — Ryan Ward.

POTEAU DAILY NEWS Sports TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 . . . PAGE 5A

BORDER BRAWL CHAMPIONS — The Poteau Pirates high school wrestling team, left, and junior high team both won their respective team titles at the Border Brawl tournament, which took place Friday and Saturday at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse.

Photos by Beth Lilley

Poteau wrestlers win own Border BrawlPirates will wrestle in Evangel Tournament at end of next week in Shreveport

By David SeeleyPDN Sports Editor

Christmas came early for the Poteau Pirates wrestling program as both the high school and junior high Pirates won the team title in their own weekend tournament, the Border Brawl, that took place Fri-day and Saturday at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse.

In the high school division, the Pirates dominated, winning with 187 points as Van Buren, Ark., was a distant second place with 114 points.

The Pirates crowned six champi-ons — Jarrett Lilley (145 pounds), Race Williams (160), Ross Johnson (182), Nathan Ulmer (195), Seth Ford (220) and Jarrod Vineyard (heavyweight). Lilley was named the Outstanding Wrestling from

Oklahoma for the tournament.Bryson Terry (126), Dauntay

Warren (152) and Justin Jones (heavyweight) were runners-up, while Skylar Hawk (120) and Jake Gullick were third (170). Dakota James (138) was fourth.

On the junior high side, the Pi-rates won the team title, beating out Checotah.

Four Pirates won their weight class titles, Caden Warren (113 pounds), Wyatt Foster (120), Ryan Poor (126) and Ethan Carey (150). Luke Randolph (200) was second, Kody Coyle (98), Landon Thornburg (140), Riley Dill (162) and Alston Lloyd (heavyweight) were third and Chris Garcia (89), Aiden Sconyers (120), Francisco Torres (162) and Joseph Lemley (200) were fourth.

“Any time you can win your own tournament, it’s great,” Poteau coach

Chris Ford said. “It was great for us because we got everyone entered in it. Everybody performed pretty well. It was a good benchmark for us to set early [in the season]. Everybody did well, and now we can move on the next thing.”

The next thing will be the Evan-gel Tournament, which will be Dec. 29-30 in Shreveport, La. This past weekend’s tournament obviously will be a springboard into that one, and beyond.

“It was nice, especially with us gearing up to go to Shreveport next week and wrestle [in the Evangel Tournament] over Christmas break, then facing Vian, Bentonville [Ark.] West and the McAlester Tournament [the following week],” Ford said. “Hopefully, all this will put us in the driver’s seat to where we want to be come the middle of January.”

OUTSTANDING WRESTLERS — Devin Swearingen of Van Buren, Ark., left, and Poteau’s Jarrett Lilley were named the Arkansas and Oklahoma Most Outstanding Wrestlers, respectively, of the tourna-ment.

Photo by Beth Lilley

Poteau girls runners-up at Wilburton; Pirates consolation champs

TROPHY TEAMS — The Poteau Lady Pirates, above, were runners-up in the Wilburton Tournament, while the Pirates won the consolation championship on Saturday.

PDN photos by David Seeley

Red Oak boys claim third place; Lady Eagles fall in consolation finals

Spiro teams suffer road losses Friday night against MuldrowMULDROW — The Spiro High School basketball

teams suffered a pair of road losses against the homestand-ing Muldrow squads in a battle of Bulldogs on Friday night. The Spiro girls lost 48-23, while the Spiro boys fell 54-44.

In the girls’ game, Muldrow (6-0) jumped out to a 20-4

lead after a quarter and never looked back.Cassidi Means led Spiro (1-4) with nine points, followed

by Taliyah Clayton with eight points and Remi West, Bre-anna Hartsfield and Hallie Harper with two points apiece.

In the boys’ contest, Muldrow (5-4) led after each quar-ter, 14-10 after the opening period, 30-24 at halftime and

44-36 after three quarters.Cedric Cobb scored 17 points to lead Spiro (3-2), fol-

lowed by Ty Clayton with nine points, Cade Blankenship with six points, Seth Rinke with four points and Mekhi Roberson, Ethan Blankenship and Deontei Braggs with two points apiece.

McALESTER — The Whitesboro Lady Bulldogs capped off the pre-Christ-mas break portion of their basketball season Saturday night by upsetting Class 2A powerhouse Savanna 43-42 in overtime in a battle of Lady Bulldogs to win the First National Bank Clas-sic, which took place at the Southeast Expo Center.

The Kinta Eagles pre-vented a championship game sweep by Whitesboro as they downed the Bull-dogs 51-50 for the boys ti-tle, avenging Whitesboro's 53-39 home win over the Eagles on Nov. 14 at Steve Linker Gymnasium.

The two local junior varsity teams in the tour-nament field, the Howe Lady Lions and the Heav-ener Wolves, both lost their consolation semifinals on Friday. The Howe JV lost 56-47 to Coalgate, while the Heavener JV fell 64-49 to Stuart.

In the girls' title game, the contest was nip and tuck from start to finish. The Lady Bulldogs (7-3), ranked 11th in Class B,

trailed 15-14 after a quar-ter but got the game knot-ted at 26 at halftime. The game was tied at 39 after three quarters and at 41 at the end of regulation, but Whitesboro's Lady Bull-dogs outscored Savanna's Lady ’Dawgs 2-1 in over-time to get the victory and the tournament champion-

ship trophy.For the game, Ashley

Johnson scored 13 points and Haylee Himes added 11 points to lead Whites-boro, followed by Hannah Abeyta and Holly Bow-man with five points each, tournament Most Valuable Player Ashten Bailey with four points, Ashton Hane-

brink with three points and Lizzie LeMay with two points. Johnson also made the All-Tournament Team.

In the boys' final, the Eagles, who were tied with the Bulldogs (8-2) at 16 after a quarter, grabbed a one-point lead at 27-26 at halftime. After the ’Dogs doubled the Eagles 12-6 in the third quarter for a 38-

33 lead going into the final period, Kinta outscored Whitesboro 18-12 in the fourth quarter to get the come-from-behind win.

Ethan Adams scored 12 points and Jayse Ward add-ed 10 points to lead Whites-boro, followed by Cael Lawson with nine points, Corban Culley and Bobby Rose with five points each,

Anthony Rogers with four points, Trevor Roberts with three points and Rhett Hunter with two points. Adams and Culley made the All-Tournament Team.

There was no more in-formation reported on the Howe JV's game with Coalgate or the Heavener JV's game with Stuart by press time.

By Lynn WomackSports Correspondent

The Howe Lions and the Mc-Curtain Lady Bulldogs won the 2017 Green Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday night in McCurtain.

The Lions tamed the Panama Razorbacks 82-60 in the boys' fi-nal, while the host Lady Bulldogs downed the Cameron Lady Yel-lowjackets 67-43 in the girls' title game.

The Wister Wildcats and the Panama Lady Razorbacks won their respective third-place games on Saturday. The Wildcats beat the host Bulldogs 62-51, while the Lady Razorbacks defeated the Keota Lady Lions 56-40.

The first trophy of the day went to the Arkoma Mustangs as con-solation champions after they de-feated the Cameron Yellowjackets 75-56.

Championship GamesBoys

Howe 82, Panama 60The Lions (9-1) broke a close

game open in the third quarter outscoring Panama 23-12 for a 56-43 lead then used a 26-12 final period for the win over the Razor-backs (7-1), which was their first

loss of the season.For the game, Trey Nation

scored 14 points and Michael Dean added 12 points to lead Howe, followed by Garrett Al-len and Reece Mitchell with nine points each, Braydon Oglesby with eight points, Diego Sanchez with seven points, Haydon Hall and Reid Frasher each with four points, Nilo Ramirez with three points, Dustin Stimac, Brant Den-ton and Kaleb Brown with two points each and Eduardo Sanchez with a free throw.

In defeat, Connor Tackett scored a game-high 17 points and Trevor Banhart added 15 points to lead the Hogs, followed by Dawson Choate with eight points, Drew Butler, Tobin Wright and Dakota Eaves each with four points, Luis Yarberry and Dylan Walls with three points each and Tyson Ellis with two points.

GirlsMcCurtain 67, Cameron 43The Lady Bulldogs (9-4) out-

scored Cameron 20-10 in the first quarter and 14-6 in the second quarter for a 43-16 lead at the half. The Lady Bulldogs outscored the Lady Yellowjackets 14-9 in the

third quarter for a 48-25 lead after three periods.

Mattie McClellan scored a game-high 23 points to lead Mc-Curtain.

In defeat, Hannah McCormack scored 14 points to lead the Lady ’Jackets (6-3), followed by Am-ber Battice with nine points, Reil-li Whitehead with seven points, Dacey Cloud and Sarah Billing-sley with six points each, Abbi Hambrick with three points and Faith Gotes with two points.

Third-Place GamesBoys

Wister 62, McCurtain 51The Wildcats (4-6) led 17-13

after a quarter, then outscored the Bulldogs 17-9 in the second peri-od for a 34-22 lead at the half. The Bulldogs (7-6) rallied to outscore Wister 20-9 to come within three points at 45-42 after three quar-ters, but the ’Cats put the game away in the fourth by outscoring the ’Dogs 17-9 in the final period for the win.

For the game, Wister put three players into double figures, led by Mason Goforth's game-high 15 points, Kenden Thornburg's 12 points and Bryar Ward's 11 points.

Austin Brooks had nine points, followed by Trevyn Bingley with eight points, Chayce Bingley with seven points and Jacob Watson with three points.

In defeat, Trenton Orr scored a game-high 18 points and Ryder Lovell added 10 points to lead McCurtain.

GirlsPanama 56, Keota 40

The Lady Razorbacks (3-4) led 11-8 after a quarter, then outscored the Lady Lions 16-12 in the second period for a 27-20 advantage at halftime. The Lady ’Backs put away the game in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Lions 13-6 for a 40-26 lead going into the final period.

For the game, Hailey Weaver scored a game-high 19 points to lead Panama, followed by Taryn Thornhill and Lani Monks with eight points each, Aubrey Powell with seven points, Cassidy Ward with six points, Hayley Bell with four points, Makenna Murdock with three points and Katrina Wright with a free throw.

In defeat, Lexi McClary and Piper Reed each scored 10 points to lead the Lady Lions (1-4), fol-

lowed by Jadi Welch with nine points, Mariah Byrd with five points, Allie Carry with three points, Audrey DeShazo with two points and Hannah Curry with a free throw.

Boys Consolation FinalsArkoma 75, Cameron 56

The Mustangs (4-3) led 16-11 at the end of a quarter, but the Yel-lowjackets (5-5) outscored them 18-14 in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 30-29 at halftime. Arkoma outscored Cameron 19-18 in the third quarter to take a 49-47 lead at the end of three quarters and then put away the game away with 26-9 final period.

For the game, Kobe Rags-dale led Arkoma with 26 points, followed by Mykiah Oosahwe with 16 points, Calvin Howing-ton with 10 points, Brandon Dye with eight points, Jason Pryor and Cade Weatherton with six points each and Alex McLemore with three points.

In defeat, Jeremy Humphries scored a game-high 29 points to lead the ’Jackets, followed by Jor-dan Cannon with 10 points, L.T. Booth with seven points, Jagger Harley with six points and Mi-chael Battice and Parker Cooper with two points apiece.

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Photo by Holly Cooper Photo by Jodi Olson

Howe boys, McCurtain girls win GVC Tournament championshipsWister boys, Panama girls finish third; Arkoma boys win consolation title

Whitesboro girls upset Savanna in OT to win FNB Classic titleKinta Eagles nip Bulldogs in boys championship

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM MEMBERS — Ashley Johnson, left, and Ashten Bailey made the Girls All-Tournament Team, with Bailey winning the Most Valuable Player award.

Photo Submitted by Josh Fields

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS — The Whitesboro Lady Bulldogs won the First National Bank Classic on Saturday night at the Southeast Expo Center in McAlester.

Photo by Andrea Karr

Knicks shut out Anthony in second half, beat Thunder

UNHAPPY HOMECOMING — Oklahoma City for-ward Carmelo Anthony experienced an unhappy homecoming as the Thunder played Saturday night at Madison Square Garden against Anthony's former team, the New York Knicks. The Knicks beat the Thunder in Anthony's first return to New York City.Photo Courtesy Oklahoma City Thunder Facebook Page

Oklahoma City entertained Denver Nuggets on Monday night at 'The Peake'NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo

Anthony's return to Madison Square Garden was much like the 6.5 years he spent playing for the Knicks.

A video played on the overhead scoreboard as part of a huge welcome from the fans and franchise, followed by a fast start that gave Anthony hope he could have everything he wanted.

Then things fell flat until the fin-ish.

The Knicks shut out their former All-Star in the second half and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-96 Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

"It's a bittersweet feeling for me, coming back here knowing the goal that I had and what I wanted to ac-

complish here and falling short in that category," Anthony said.

Michael Beasley tied his season high with 30 points in place of in-jured Kristaps Porzingis, and Doug McDermott, acquired with Enes Kanter for Anthony, added 11 of his 13 after halftime to help the Knicks break open the game.

"This game was kind [of] about him and I thought we did a really good job of not letting that distract us and just focus on winning the game," McDermott said. "And it felt great, especially being a part of the trade [with] Enes.

Anthony scored 12 points in the first half but was 0-for-5 after, per-haps low on energy after the Thun-

der's three-overtime victory at Phila-delphia a night earlier.

He made a 3-point basket for the Thunder's first basket of the game after refocusing following a video tribute that caught him off guard, but finished 5-of-18 from the field as the Knicks played with passion and pre-cision they lacked in Anthony's final years in New York.

"You got to beat the best to be the best," Beasley said. "He's one of the best of our era."

Russell Westbrook had 25 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Thunder, who were trying to sweep a three-game trip that began with Paul George's winning return to Indiana on Wednesday.

First of all let me wish all of you a Merry Christ-mas as this will be the last Cage Notes Column before Santa comes.

To make sure you all don’t have any basketball withdrawals before Christ-mas, there’s a decent slate of action this week to ful-fill your hoop desires. The schedule is listed below.2018 LeFlore Junior High

County Tournament Guide Publishes Jan. 6I’m in the process of be-

ginning to work on the an-nual LeFlore County Junior High Tournament Guide.

Because of the way the holiday falls, the 2018 JH LCT won’t take place un-til Jan. 8-13, which is just the week before the high school LCT [Jan. 15-20]. There’s normally a week between the two county tournaments, but not so this season.

I’ve sent out e-mails and/or text messages to JH bas-ketball coaches/yearbook teachers last weekend, but I’ll also make mention of it here.

Between now and when the Christmas Break begins, we’ll need all 17 schools to send me their team photo-graphs with players in uni-form and a numeric roster for me to put into the 2018 JH LCT Guide, which will publish Jan. 6.

The photographs and

numeric rosters can be e-mailed to sports@poteau-dailynews.com or messaged to us on our Poteau Daily News Facebook page.

For additional informa-tion, feel free to contact me at (918) 647-3188, Ext. 30 [office] or (580) 341-8419 [cell phone].

Players of the WeekGirls — Ashten Bai-

ley, Whitesboro. The Lady Bulldogs’ junior earned the Most Valuable Player hon-or at last week’s First Na-tional Bank Classic, which took place at McAlester’s Southeast Expo Center — that the Lady Bulldogs won Saturday night. Bai-ley scored 10 points in the opening-round game against Pittsburg last Tues-day as well as 10 points in Thursday’s semifinal win over Wright City, and her four points in the finals against Savanna made sure the Lady Bulldogs won by a point in overtime instead of losing by three points in regulation.

Boys — Michael Dean, Howe; Kariim Byrd, Tali-

hina. The Lions’ senior scored 20 points in Howe’s semifinal win over host McCurtain Friday night in the Green Valley Con-ference Tournament, then had 12 points in Saturday’s championship game victo-ry over Panama in the GVC Tournament finals. Despite his Golden Tigers finish-ing fourth at the Choctaw Nation Invitational Tour-nament, Byrd scored 30 points in Friday night’s semifinal loss to Valliant and 21 points in the third-place game loss to Rattan.

ScheduleTonight

Poteau at Sallisaw, 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Howe at Red Oak, 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Wister at Leflore, 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Porum at Keota, 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Checotah at Spiro, 6:30 and 8 p.m.

Cameron at Cave Springs, 6:30 and 8 p.m.

ThursdayChecotah at Poteau, 6:30

and 8 p.m.

POTEAU DAILY NEWS Sports TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 . . . PAGE 7A

Pocola girls fall to Broken Bow in CNIT finals; Talihina girls finish third

TALIHINA — The Pocola Lady Indians saw their perfect season fall by the wayside Sat-urday night as they lost 42-33 to the Broken Bow Lady Savages in the title game of the Choctaw Nation Invitational Tournament, which took place Saturday night on Chris Gillespie Court at Ray Henson Gymnasium at Talihina High School. The Lady Indians reached the title game with a 52-50 overtime win over Quinton on Friday afternoon.

The host Talihina Lady Golden Tigers came in third after down-ing Quinton 49-33 on Saturday afternoon after losing in Friday night’s championship semifinals 56-32 to Broken Bow.

The host Golden Tigers suf-fered back-to-back losses to end the tournament, losing in Friday night’s championship semifinals 60-53 to Valliant and Saturday’s third-place game 59-54 to Rat-tan.

There were no seventh-place games played as Victory Life Academy declined to come back, so the Pocola Indians and the Antlers Lady Bearcats claimed seventh place by forfeited wins. The Indians lost their consola-tion semifinal 56-31 to Quinton on Friday afternoon.

In the girls’ title game, the

Lady Savages broke a 6-all tie after a quarter with a 10-6 run second period for a 16-12 half-time lead. Broken Bow’s 14-5 third period upped its advantage to 30-17 after three quarters.

The Lady Indians (8-1), who suffered their first loss of the sea-son, outscored the Lady Savages 11-7 in the final period but the rally fell short.

In defeat, Kila Abdullah led Pocola with 10 points, followed by Shakyrah Gladness with nine points, Morgan Francis with six points, Emma Damato with four points and Summer Perkins and Kena Chitwood with two points apiece.

In the Pocola girls’ champion-ship semifinal win over Quinton, the Lady Savages used as 12-7 fourth quarter to knot the game at 44 to force overtime, but the Lady Indians outscored them 8-6 in the extra period to get the win.

Gladness scored a game-high 17 points to lead Pocola, fol-lowed by Francis and Damato with eight points each, Perkins and Abdullah with each with six points, Jazmyn Johnson with five points and Chitwood with two points.

In the girls’ third-place game, the Lady Golden Tigers (6-1)

jumped out to a 14-8 lead after a period en route to a 32-15 half-time advantage and a 45-22 lead going into the final quarter.

For the game, Shay Hill scored a game-high 12 points to lead Talihina, followed by Me-lina Ludlow with eight points, Javen Potts and Hailey McClain each with seven points, Dayton Holland with six points, Morgan Burke with five points and Mi-kayla Pierce with two points.

In the Talihina’ girls champi-onship semifinal loss to Broken Bow, the Lady Savages jumped out to a 20-9 lead after a quarter en route to a 37-17 halftime ad-vantage. Broken Bow took a 48-26 lead into the final period.

In defeat, Hill scored 13 points and McClain added 10 points to lead Talihina, followed by Burke and Sierra Stowell with three points each, Potts with two points and Holland with a free throw.

In the boys’ third-place game, the Rams rallied from a 40-39 third-quarter deficit by outscor-ing Talihina 20-14 in the final period for the come-from-behind win.

In defeat, Kariim Byrd led the Golden Tigers (5-2) with 21 points, followed by Austin Fen-ton with 13 points, Kyler Baugh and Logan Maxey with eight

points each and Kobe Billy with four points.

In the Talihina boys’ champi-onship semifinal loss to Valliant, the Bulldogs trailed 14-12 after a period, but they outscored the Golden Tigers 22-10 in the sec-ond quarter to take a 34-24 half-time lead. After Talihina cut the deficit to 41-33 after three quar-ters, the Golden Tigers outscored the ’Dogs 20-19 in the final pe-riod but the rally fell short.

In defeat, Byrd scored a game-high 30 points to lead Talihina, followed by Billy with 10 points, Baugh with five points and Max-ey and Dylan Blair — who suf-fered an injury in the contest —

with four points apiece.Before getting a forfeited win

over VLA for seventh place on Saturday, the Indians (2-7) en-joyed a 20-18 halftime lead in Friday’s consolation semifinal against Quinton, but the Sav-ages took control of the game by outscoring them 24-3 in the third quarter to take a 42-23 lead into the final quarter.

In defeat, Brandon Forrest led Pocola with 16 points, followed by Devin Hewes with four points, Nathan Gulley, Darrien Thomas, Kawliga Brewer, Tatum Lomon and Brandon Carlton with two points each and Shawn Hughes with a free throw.

THIRD-PLACE TEAM — The Talihina Lady Golden Tigers finished third in their own Choctaw Nation Invitational Tournament, which took place on Chris Gillespie Court at Ray Henson Gymnasium in Talihina.

Photo by Brandi Maxey

Golden Tigers end up fourth; no seventh-place game played

YOU JUST THINK YOU’RE GONNA STOP ME! — Arkoma’s Kobe Ragsdale, center left, tries to get a shot up over Keota defender Cannon Weece, center right, as, from left, Keota’s Brandon Geer, Arkoma’s Cade Weatherton and Brandon Dye look on during Friday’s consolation semifinal contest at the Green Valley Conference Tournament in McCurtain.

Photo by Jodi Olson

Howe, Panama boys victorious in GVC Tournament semifinalsArkoma boys get past Keota in consolation semifinals

By Lynn WomackSports Correspondent

The Howe Lions and the Panama Ra-zorbacks posted semifinal victories in Friday night’s championship semifinals of the 2017 Green Valley Conference Tournament in McCurtain.

The Lions clawed the host McCurtain Bulldogs 93-39, while the Razorbacks handled the Wister Wildcats 78-56.

The Arkoma Mustangs got past the Keota Lions 69-60 in Friday’s consola-tion semifinal.

Boys Championship SemifinalsHowe 93, McCurtain 39

The game was a rout from the start as the Lions (8-1) outscored the Bulldogs 23-8 in the first quarter then continued to roll for the win.

For the game, Michael Dean scored a game-high 20 points to lead Howe, fol-lowed by Kaleb Brown with 13 points, Haydon Hall with 12 points, Mick Brim-field with nine points, Garrett Allen with eight points, Reid Frasher with seven points, Braydon Oglesby and Trey Nation with four points, Diego Sanchez, Dustin Stimac, Reece Mitchell, Cris Garcia and Wyatt Heavener with three points each and Tanner Scott with a free throw.

Trenton Orr led the ’Dogs (7-5) with 18 points.

Panama 78, Wister 56The Razorbacks (7-0) had a 23-13

lead after a quarter then outscored the Wildcats 19-17 for a 42-30 lead at the half. The Hogs outscored the ’Cats 12-10 in the third period for a 54-40 lead, then finished off the game by outscoring

Wister 24-16 in the final quarter for the win.

For the game, Panama put five players into double figures, led by Dawson Cho-ate’s game-high 18 points, followed by Tobin Wright’s 14 points, Connor Tack-ett’s 13 points and 11 points apiece from Trevor Banhart and Dakota Eaves. Luis Yarberry scored five points, while Tra-vis Ellis, Keyton Watson and Ty Keener scored two points apiece.

Kenden Thornburg scored 15 points and Chayce Bingley added 10 points to lead Wister, followed by Austin Brooks with nine points, Jacob Watson with six points, Trevyn Bingley, Colten Terry and Bryar Ward with four points each and Mason Goforth and Braeden Cepeda with two points apiece.

Boys Consolation SemifinalsArkoma 69, Keota 60

Trailing 35-34 at halftime, the Mus-tangs (3-3) outscored the Lions 20-16 in the third period for a 54-51 lead at the end of three quarters. The Mustangs put the final touches on the game by outscor-ing the Lions 15-9 for the victory.

For the game, Kobe Ragsdale led all scorers with a game-high 29 points to lead Arkoma, followed by Calvin How-ington and Mykiah Oosahwe with 16 points, Cade Weatherton with five points, Brandon Dye with two points and Jason Pryor with a free throw.

Cash Long led the Lions (0-4) with 23 points, followed by Brandon Geer with 14 points, Cannon Weece with nine points, Tracen Williams with seven points, Cordell Ramsey with four points and Graeson Ramsey with three points.

Merry Christmas to you all; one more week of hoops before Santa comes

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David Seeley

Macon’s 25 points help Arkansas men beat TroyNORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP)

— Daryl Macon had one final chance to impress his friends and family in central Arkansas.

The Arkansas senior made sure to leave a lasting impression, scoring 25 points in an 88-63 win over Troy on Saturday night.

Macon hit five 3-point baskets for the Razorbacks (8-2), who have now won three straight and are nearing their first ranking since the end of the 2014-15 season. He also finished 8-of-14 from the field while scoring his second highest total of the sea-son, nearly matching the 27 points he had in a win over Oklahoma on Nov. 23.

The game marked Arkansas’ annual visit to central Arkansas, three hours away from its campus in Fayetteville. It took place in North Little Rock’s Verizon Arena, which is just across the Arkansas River from where Macon grew up in Little Rock.

Macon was particularly impressive in

the first half when Arkansas fell behind by as many as six points in the opening minutes. He scored eight straight points at one point, keying an 18-2 run that put the Razorbacks firmly in control. They shot 62 percent [18-of-29) in the first half and were never threatened in the second.

North Little Rock native Anton Beard also performed well in his final game in central Arkansas for the Razorbacks, scoring 11 points. Freshman Daniel Gaf-ford added 10 points and three blocks in 24 minutes of action for Arkansas, which matched its Southeastern Conference-leading scoring average of 88.1 points per game.

Macon and Jaylen Barford each had five assists to lead the Razorbacks, who had as-sists on 19 of their 34 baskets in the game.

Wesley Person scored 25 points to lead the Trojans (5-6), who lost by only eight points at No. 8 Kentucky earlier in the sea-son.

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Cowboys get narrow win over Raiders before Elliott's returnOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —

Ezekiel Elliott will return from suspension to a Dallas Cowboys team still in the playoff hunt thanks to a first down gained by the width of an index card and a fumble just shy of the end zone.

Dan Bailey kicked the go-ahead, 19-yard field goal after Dak Prescott converted a fourth-down sneak by the slimmest of margins, and the Cowboys survived a last-minute drive by Oakland when Derek Carr fumbled just short of the end zone to give Dallas a 20-17 victory Sunday night in their final game without Elliott.

After losing the first three games with Elliott sidelined for

his domestic violence suspen-sion, the Cowboys (8-6) have won three straight to get back into contention heading into the final two-game stretch against Seattle and Philadelphia.

"He gives us an extra boost be-cause of his personality and who he is," Dallas receiver Dez Bryant said. "He gets guys going with his attitude, the passion and love for the game. Just seeing him back will make us play that much more harder. Can't wait."

Dallas is in a three-way tie for seventh place in the NFC, a half-game behind Atlanta for the final playoff spot. The Falcons, who played Monday night at Tampa

Bay, beat the Cowboys head-to-head.

Elliott's return wouldn't have been nearly as meaningful if not for a crazy final five minutes that gave Dallas the win over Oakland (6-8).

The first key play came when Dallas coach Jason Garrett de-cided to go for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 39 with about five minutes left in a tie game. Prescott ran into a pile that took officials time to untangle.

Referee Gene Steratore then called for the chains to come out, but even that wasn't clear. He then tried to slide an index card between the tip of the ball and the

end of the chain. When the card didn't slide through, Steratore sig-naled a first down for Dallas (8-6). He said he had decided it was a first down before the odd mea-surement and said the card only was a "reaffirmation of what was visually done."

"I had a different viewpoint," Oakland coach Jack Del Rio said. I saw air. It was pretty obvious. Again, they do the best they can with a tough job."

Prescott then hit Bryant with a 40-yard pass that set up Bailey's short kick with 1:44 to play that gave the Cowboys the lead.

However, the game was far from over. The Raiders (6-8) got

a gift when Jourdan Lewis com-mitted a 55-yard pass interference penalty on a fourth-and-10 from their own 30. Carr then scrambled on third-and-3 from the 8 and reached out for the end zone, but the ball came loose before cross-ing the goal line and went out of the end zone for a touchback that all but ended Oakland's playoff hopes. The Raiders are tied for ninth in the AFC.

"I tried to hold onto it," Carr said. "It wasn't like I didn't try, but there's obviously a lot of different things, throw it away, kick a field goal, run out of bounds. OK, cool, but in that moment I was just try-ing to win for my teammates."

The LeFlore County Players in Progress [PIPs] are gearing up for the 2017-18 bas-ketball season.

The PIPs are open to boys and girls from kindergarten up through sixth grade.

LeFlore County PIPs perform at local high schools and college basketball games as well as at Oklahoma City Thunder home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Harlem Globetrotters basketball games and other events like the Relay for Life. For additional information or to register a child, call Venessa Reineman at (918) 635-5539.

• • •Former Heavener Wolf and current

Washington Nationals relief pitcher Koda Glover will put his last K.O.D.A. [Kids Overcoming Doubts and Adversity] base-ball developmental camp Jan. 13-14 at the Heavener High School baseball field.

Day one of each camp will be for ages 8-13, while day two of each camp will be for ages 14-18. The cost is $80 per camper. For additional information, contact Glover

through Facebook.• • •

The LeFlore County Soccer Association will have a referee class Feb. 10 at Kiam-ichi Technology Center in Poteau. Regis-tration must be completed online at www.oksoccer.com. The fee is $75. For more in-formation, call (918) 839-7900.

• • •Registration for the 2018 spring season

for the LeFlore County Express Soccer League will begin Jan. 2, with early reg-istration ending Feb. 2 and the final day of registration being Feb. 9.

The first coaches meeting will take place at Feb. 22 at the First Christian Church. The returning coaches will meet at 5:30 p.m., followed by the new coaches meeting at 6 p.m.

Practices will begin Feb. 26.The referees meeting will be Feb. 28.

For those who are ages 12 and older who wish to be a referee, there will be a new referee class Feb. 10.

The season will begin March 3.

Sports Briefs Peters dazzles as K.C. beat Chargers in AFC West showdown Saturday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kan-sas City Chiefs played so well without Mar-cus Peters last week that some wondered whether they were better off without the talented yet volatile All-Pro cornerback.

Peters provided quite an answer to that question Saturday night.

Returning from a one-game disciplinary suspension, Peters picked off Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers twice and caused another fumble in a dazzling performance. Kansas City added another interception of Rivers and rolled on offense to a 30-13 victory and a stronghold on the AFC West lead.

"Marcus went out there and played lights-out football," said Kansas City safe-ty Ron Parker, who had the other pick. "I think he came back with an ego. He wanted to prove to us that he missed us."

He proved it with his actions, even if he didn't want to say it in words.

Peters refused to speak to reporters this week, then declined to speak again after the game, even though players can be subject to fines if they do not handle media respon-sibilities.

There were plenty of others in the Kan-sas City locker room willing to speak for him, though.

"Definitely not surprised," said Kansas City quarterback Alex Smith, who threw for 231 yards and two scores. "He's such a competitor on top of what kind of player

he is. He's got amazing ability, he has such great feel for the game — just a heck of a competitor."

However, that competitiveness had boiled over in recent weeks, and led to em-barrassing incident in New York when he chucked an officials' flag into the stands during a loss to the Jets. Those antics, and a blowup with an assistant coach on the team bus, earned him a one-game suspension from coach Andy Reid.

"He has a chip on his shoulder, Kansas City cornerback Darrelle Revis said. "That's how he plays the game. Coming back from his suspension, really contributing to this win, it's big."

Kareem Hunt had 155 yards rushing and a touchdown, and hauled in seven catches for 51 yards and another score, as Kansas City (8-6) beat the Chargers (7-7) for the eighth straight time.

Now, they need only win one of their fi-nal two games to clinch the AFC West and a playoff berth.

The Chargers, meanwhile, have to win out and get a lot of help if they want to reach the postseason, a disappointing turn of events for a team that had already dug out from a 0-4 start.

"At this point we don't control our own destiny," L.A. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said. "We lost that today. We can win out but we need some help. All we can con-trol is these next two weeks."

OU takes down No. 3 Wichita StateWICHITA, Kan. (AP)

— No one had to convince Oklahoma's players that Saturday's game at No. 3 Wichita State presented a measuring stick of sorts.

OU star guard Trae Young believes the 91-83 victory "will open a lot of eyes in the college bas-ketball world," and fellow freshman Brady Manek agreed.

"That's probably the biggest crowd I've ever played in front of," Manek said. "We just showed that we can play on a big stage against a great team."

Young, the nation's lead-ing scorer, led the way. He finished with 29 points and 10 assists, but it was his 16 points on 6-of-9 shoot-ing in the game's first nine minutes that set the tone for the Sooners (8-1).

Young has scored at least 28 points in seven straight games.

Manek scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half for OU. Christian James and Kamron McGusty each had 13 points for the Sooners.

Darral Willis came off the bench to lead the Shockers (8-2) with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Landry Shamet had 17 points, Conner Frankamp scored 14 and Shaquille Morris added 10 for Wich-ita.

"We let them get com-fortable in the first half," Wichita State men's coach Gregg Marshall said, "and you can't do that against a team that talented and that well-coached."

Behind Young and Manek, OU stormed to a

54-39 halftime lead. The Shockers entered Satur-day allowing 68.2 points a game. The Sooners were 20-of-40 from the field and 10-of-23 from the 3-point line in the half.

"That's probably our best half because Wichita State is really good," Sooners coach Lon Kruger said.

Wichita State trailed 80-63 with 7:15 remain-ing but held OU scoreless for nearly six minutes. The Shockers closed within 84-78 but got no closer.

Marshall marveled at Young.

"I haven't coached against a freshman that plays the game at that lev-el," Marshall said. "Hedg-ing, switching; we tried ev-erything against him. Trae Young is not going to get rattled. He is too good."

OSU men hand No. 19 FSU first lossSUNRISE, Fla. (AP) —

A grinning Mitchell Solo-mon collapsed on his back under the Florida State bas-ket, looking up toward his celebrating Oklahoma State teammates and the score-board above them.

Cowboys 71, Seminoles 70.

Solomon scored on a tip-in with six seconds left and then happily fell to the floor at the other end of the court when he took a game-clinching charge, and OSU knocked No. 19 Flor-ida State from the unbeaten ranks Saturday in the Or-ange Bowl Classic.

Florida State went ahead on Terance Mann's follow with 10 seconds remaining, but OSU needed only four seconds to go the length of the court to score for the 14th and final lead change.

Following a timeout, the Seminoles' C.J. Walker drove into the lane but col-lided with Solomon and was called for the foul, seal-ing the Cowboys' win.

"I just try to pride myself on playing that way all the time," Solomon said.

Florida State (9-1) missed

a chance to match the best start to a season in school history. OSU (8-2) ended a streak of seven consecutive losses against ranked teams since February.

"To come out and com-pete for 40 full minutes — we hadn't done that yet this year," OSU men's coach Mike Boynton said. "We beat a really good team to-day. Florida State is going to win a lot of games in the ACC."

The Seminoles' loss left only four unbeaten teams in Division I: Villanova, Arizona State, Miami and Texas Christian University.

"We're in a conference where you can't get caught up in streaks, because no-body in the ACC is going to go undefeated," coach Leonard Hamilton said. "It doesn't happen. Tonight we played against a team that played a little better than us."

Florida State squandered a seven-point lead in the final eight minutes but still had a chance to go ahead in the final seconds. OSU forward Jeffrey Carroll said the final sequence starring

Solomon at both ends of the court had a cinematic tinge.

"It almost felt like slow motion," Carroll said, "like a movie almost."

Boynton said he expect-ed the Seminoles to drive to the lane on their final pos-session.

"We were just fortunate that Mitch knew the right play," Boynton said. "He came over and gave up his body, sacrificed for his teammates and got our team a win."

Solomon had 12 points and 11 rebounds. Carroll, a senior, made his first start of the season and scored 23 points to surpass 1,000 for his career, and was voted the game's outstanding player

Senior Phil Cofer scored a career-high 22 points for Florida State. Mann, a ju-nior, had 20 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.

The Seminoles commit-ted a season-high 22 turn-overs against a variety of OSU defenses.

"They were extremely prepared," Hamilton said. "They mixed the defenses up."

Etou's 24 points helps Tulsa beat ManhattanTULSA (AP) — Junior Etou scored

24 and missed just three of 12 shots and Corey Henderson Jr. scored 13 and Tulsa beat Manhattan 80-66 on Saturday night.

Etou scored Tulsa's first three baskets for a 6-4 lead and the Golden Hurricane never trailed from there on. Henderson later made a 3-point basket with less than five minutes before halftime and Tulsa (7-4) led 30-18. Henderson made three 3s in a five-possession span and Tulsa led 46-28

at intermission.Tulsa finished 26-of-48 shooting (54

percent). The Golden Hurricane now own a three-game win streak and have won five of their last six. They're 5-1 at home this season.

Zane Waterman led Manhattan (4-6) with 17 points and Pauly Paulicap scored 16. The two Jaspers players combined to shoot 15-of-20 from the field and doubled up for 17 of Manhattan's 29 rebounds.

White, Nzekwesi help power ORU men past Florida Gulf Coast University

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Javan White and Emmanuel Nzekwesi com-bined to score 49 points and grab 22 rebounds as Oral Roberts roared back from a week off to take exams to slam the book on Florida Gulf Coast, posting an 83-64 victory Saturday night.

The win gives ORU

back-to-back victories for the first time this season.

White knocked down 11 of his 14 shots from the field to post 25 points and grabbed 11 boards to lead the Golden Eagles (4-9). Nzekwesi was 9-of-13 from the floor and 6-for-6 from the line to add 24 points while grabbing 11 boards.

Overall ORU shot 34-of-63 from the field [54 percent], including 4-of-14 from be-hind the 3-point line.

Florida Gulf Coast trailed by seven at intermission, but managed to score just 29 points after the break.

Brandon Goodwin scored 20 points off the bench for FGCU (7-5).

Arkansas women beat UT-ArlingtonFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Junior Raven

Northcross-Baker dropped in a career-high 22 points, including six three-pointers, leading the University of Arkansas to a 91-57 win over Texas-Arlington on Sunday in Bud Walton Arena.

Arkansas (8-3) got double figure scor-ing from four players, with Malica Monk netting 20 points, Jailyn Mason with 15 points and Keiryn Swenson with 10 points to join Northcross-Baker.

The win was fueled by some halftime adjustments and, oddly enough, a scoring

run by the Mavericks. Arkansas was up double figures at halftime but UTA came out of the locker room hitting six-of-seven field goals to cut the lead to single digits.

With the lead trimmed to eight points at 52-44 with 2:18 to play in the third pe-riod, the Mavericks controlled the tempo and energy brining life to their bench and fans.

The ruckus from the visitor’s bench seemed to inspire Arkansas who charged down the floor and got a 3-pointer from Swenson to regain a double-figure lead.

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HUMAN PYRAMIDS — The Poteau High School cheerleaders perform a routine during a timeout in last Tuesday night’s basketball games against Spiro at the Spiro Multipurpose Gym.

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THANKS, COACH — Several Poteau wrestling alumni returned Thursday night for the homecoming duals against Fort Smith [Ark.] Northside and Southside when former coach Jack Horbuckle was honored by having the wrestling room inside Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse named in his honor. Sharing the moment are, front row, from left, Michael Seymore, Kaydon Evans, Robert McClendon, Jason Thornburg, Jimi Hornbuckls, Jack Hornbuckls and Pierre Guillett. Back row — Poteau coach Chris Ford, Shane Mize, Dewayne Hornbuckle and Jerry Collins.

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HAVE A BALL ON US — The Spiro High School cheerleaders throw minature basketball to their fans during a timeout of last Tuesday night’s boys game against Poteau at the Spiro Multipurpose Gym.

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ALL THAT PIPs — Members of the LeFlore County Players in Progress [PIPs] perform last Tuesday night at halftime of the Poteau-Spiro boys game at the Spiro Multipurpose Gym.

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BRAWL FANS — Poteau wrestling fans watch action during the opening night of the two-day Border Brawl tournament Friday night at Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse.

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OU women dominant in home win over New MexicoNORMAN — Oklahoma

women’s basketball handed New Mexico its first loss of the season in dominant fashion, claiming a 105-63 win on Saturday afternoon inside Lloyd Noble Center.

Freshman Ana Llanusa led the Sooners (5-5) in scoring with a career-high 27 points, the most by an OU freshman in a one game since 2010. Llanusa tied her ca-reer high with four treys, collected seven rebounds and shot 9-of-22 from the floor.

Senior Gabbi Ortiz added 25 points, while classmate Vionise

Pierre-Louis earned her fourth double-double of the season with 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 13 rebounds. Ortiz finished 8-of-15 from the field and knocked down seven 3-point baskets. The senior is the first OU player to score 25 points or more in back-to-back games since Aaryn Ellen-berg in 2014.

Redshirt junior Gileysa Penzo recorded 11 assists, the most by a Sooner in a single game since 2013. Penzo is the 11th Sooner all-time to post 10 or more assists in a single game. The redshirt ju-

nior also added a career-high three steals and scored three points in the game. Freshman Mandy Simpson logged 12 rebounds, set-ting a career high.

The 42-point margin of victory over New Mexico (11-1) was the largest for the Sooners since OU defeated Bradley 104-55 on Nov. 21, 2014.

The Sooners put together an explosive first half, scoring 28 points in each quarter to take a 58-25 lead into the locker room at halftime. OU used a 19-0 run in the second quarter to put the game

out of reach early. The Sooners held the Lobos to just 7-of-29 shooting (.241) from the field in the first half and out-rebounded New Mexico 29-15.

In the first quarter, the Sooners shot 10-of-21 (.476) from the field while limiting New Mexico to just four field goals. OU knocked down six 3s off 13 attempts, in-cluding two from both Manning and Llanusa, and closed the first quarter on a 15-3 run.

The Sooners scored 36 points, their most in a quarter in the last three years, on 13-of-21 shooting

(.629). Ortiz ignited the run by making six triples in the quarter as the senior and Llanusa com-bined for 29 of OU’s 36 points in the frame.

The Sooners outrebounded the Lobos, 60-32, the largest re-bounding margin for OU against an opponent since 2013 against Samford. OU’s 40 field goals are the most by the Sooners in a game since 2006, while the Sooners’ 15 made 3-pointers were three shy of tying the school record and tied for the third most in the Coale era.

Perez leads Tulsa women to win over South DakotaVERMILLION, S.D. — Tatyana Perez

was one-point shy of tying her career-high with 17 points, while Erika Wakefield added 12 to lead the Tulsa women to a 64-61 win over South Dakota on Saturday af-ternoon at the Coyote Sports Center. TU moved to 5-6 on the season, while SD fell to 6-5 overall.

Perez was 4-of-6 from 3-point range and 6-of-10 from the field on the day, and added four assists and three steals in 39 minutes of play. Ebony Parker and Re-becca Lescay each added nine points, while Kendrian Elliott came in off the bench and had 14 rebounds, 13 on the de-fensive end.

The game was tied eight times and there were 15 lead changes in the contest. With just 30 seconds remaining and Tulsa trailing 61-60, Lescay got a steal and a fast-break lay-up to give TU the lead at 62-61 with 27-seconds left on the game clock. A missed shot by the Coyotes and a Shug Dickson rebound gave the Golden Hurricane the ball back with 9.9 seconds to play. Wakefield hit two free throws to make the score 64-61 with 8.8 seconds re-maining, and South Dakota was unable to make a basket in the final eight seconds.

Tulsa shot 41-percent from the field, 50-percent from 3-point range and 60-per-cent (6-of-10) from the free-throw line,

while South Dakota was 37-percent from the field, 28-percent from behind the arc and 68-percent (11-of-16) from the char-ity stripe.

Tulsa took its first lead at 16-15 at the 8:41 mark of the second quarter, and then after trading 3-point baskets, had a 19-18 advantage. The Golden Hurricane climbed to a nine-point lead (32-23) at the 3:10 mark of the second period, but SD battled back for a 34-33 advantage with just 21-seconds remaining. A 3-point bas-ket by Gaulden at the buzzer gave Tulsa a 36-34 advantage at the break.

Tulsa shot an impressive 75-percent in the second quarter from the field, in-

cluding 80-percent [4-of-5] from behind the arc, after a dismal 26-percent shooting percentage in the first 10 minutes.

There were six ties and two lead chang-es in the third frame, but Tulsa came out on top 53-50.

The Coyotes started the final frame with a 5-0 run to take a 55-53 lead at the 8:50 mark, forcing a Tulsa timeout. A long 3-pointer by Parker and TU regained the advantage at 56-55, but nearly every time the two teams went down the court there was a lead change.

Tulsa’s bench outscored South Da-kota’s 25-11, and TU had an 11-8 lead in second chance points.

ORU women shoot 56 percent in win over Chicago StateWICHITA, Kan. — Faith Ihim recorded her 15th

career double-double as the Oral Roberts women’s basketball team defeated Chicago State 73-43 on Sat-urday evening in the Shocker Winter Classic inside Charles Koch Arena.

Chicago State(0-12) jumped out early points with a quick five point lead. Faith Ihim got the Golden Eagle offense going by scoring the first points of the game. ORU (8-4) went on a 19-0 run and kept Chi-cago State scoreless for seven minutes. The Golden

Eagles shot 71 percent in the first 10 minutes of play and held Chicago State to a 23 percent shooting aver-age. ORU ended the first quarter ahead of the Cou-gars 23-8. Ihim led the way with eight points and three rebounds.

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Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017

Today is the 353rd day of 2017 and the 89th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1777, the Continental Army under George Washington set up winter quarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

In 1932, the first BBC World Service radio broadcast aired, as "Empire Service."

In 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach

President Bill Clinton.In 2011, North Korea announced

that dictator Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), historian; Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet leader; Jean Genet (1910-1986), author; Edith Piaf (1915-1963), singer/actress; Al Kaline (1934- ), baseball player; Richard Leakey (1944- ), paleoanthropologist; Robert Urich (1946-2002), actor; Reggie White (1961-2004), football player; Criss Angel (1967- ), magician; Tyson

Beckford (1970- ), model; Alyssa Milano (1972- ), actress; Warren Sapp (1972- ), football player; Jake Gyllenhaal (1980- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: The first American president to be impeached by the House of Representatives was Andrew Johnson in 1868.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1980, Brigham Young University's football team, down 20 points with three minutes to play, staged an improbable comeback to defeat Southern Methodist University in the Holiday Bowl, 46-45.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If we behave like those on the other side, then we are the other side. Instead of changing the world, all we'll achieve is a reflection of the one we want to destroy."

– Jean Genet, "The Balcony"TODAY'S NUMBER: 12 -

astronauts in the Apollo program who set foot on the moon's surface. The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returned to Earth on this day in 1972.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (Dec. 17) and first quarter moon (Dec. 26).

DEAR HARRIETTE: All my friends are having babies these days. A few years ago, most of them were getting married. I feel like I am in a time warp. I am stuck somewhere different from my closest friends, and I am lonely. Don't get me wrong - I am happy for them, but it seems like we are growing further apart. I don't have a boyfriend, let

alone a husband. There is no baby on the way, either. I suppose I'm not a traditional girl, but my friends kind of are. Does this mean it's time for me to get new friends? How do I stay close to my oldest friends and find a comfortable place for myself?

– Left Behind, Philadelphia, PA

DEAR LEFT BEHIND: There is no right answer here. You should stay close to your friends to the extent that you are comfortable. As "auntie," you can grow close to them and be of help if you choose to baby-sit when the parents want to get away. Beyond the friends with babies,

though, you do have to expand your friend base. You need people who share your life experiences so that you can feel fulfilled and not inadequate because your life choices have been different from theirs. Do you have a hobby? Pursue one that involves other people, like salsa dancing, drawing, museum hopping or bowling. Think of something that interests you and explore. By doing so, you will naturally meet other people. In time, you should be able to include one or two others into your social circle, which should help to ease any discomfort that you may have in

your core group.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am the black sheep of my family, or at least it feels that way. I am my mom's first child, and she never married my dad. She married my stepdad six years later, and they had three more kids who are all completely different from me. My frame is large, even though

I'm not tall. The other kids are small-boned and skinny. I don't fault them, but they do fault me. Whenever I gain a pound, somebody from my stepdad's family is always commenting about how they can eat a burger or a pint of ice cream and be cool. Me, if I eat a spoonful of ice cream, I blow up. They laugh at me. It's awful. I don't want to hang out with them anymore because I'm going through a rough patch, and I don't want to be criticized. I love my family, and I would love to be with them. Can you tell me something to tell my family so they will be kinder?

– Feeling Sensitive, Jackson, MS

DEAR FEELING SENSITIVE: The best thing you can do is tell them how you feel. They may not realize what they are doing. Speak to the person you feel closest to, and explain that it hurts your feelings when your family is insensitive to you and your issues. Point out that you know that you do not have the same body size, and it makes you uncomfortable when they pick at you for being larger than they are. Ask them to stop.

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IN THE DIS-TRICT COURTOF LEFLORECOUNTYS T A T E O FOKLAHOMA1. UMB BANK,N.A.,Plaintiffv.1. KENCO PLAS-TIC, INC. anOklahoma Corpo-ration,2. THE COUNTYTREASURER OFLEFLORECOUNTY,S T A T E O FOKLAHOMA,3. TRAINING,RESOURCES &CONSULTING,INC.,d / b / a T R A CSTAFFING, anOklahoma Corpo-ration,4 . M I L L E RWASTE MILLS,INC., d/b/a RTPCOMPANY,a Minnesota Cor-poration,5 . MORGANSUPPLY, INC.,an Arkansas Cor-poration6. THE LEFLORECOUNTY INDUS-TRIALDEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY, aPublic Trust,7. C 2 SUPPLY,LLC, an Okla-homa LimitedLiabil ity Com-pany,8. THE KANSASCITY SOUTH-ERN RAILWAYCOMPANY,9. ROY EVANSand WYLENEEVANS, individu-als, or their heirs,legatees, Or devi-sees,10. CHAMBLEECARPET MILLS,INC., anOklahoma Corpo-ration,11, RANDCOTOOL & MOLD,INC., anOklahoma Corpo-ration,12. RICHARD L.THIESSEN, indi-vidual,13. ARCH G.GOTHARD, III,individual,14. CHARLES W.WEAR, JR., ASTrustee of theCHARLES W.W E A R , J R .TRUST,15. BRUCE R.PLANKINTON,individual,Defendants.C a s e N o .CJ-2016-267N O T I C E O FHEARING ONMOTION TOCONFIRMSHERIFF'S SALES T A T E O FOKLAHOMA TOTHE DEFEN-DANTS HEREIN:PLEASE TAKENOTICE that thePlaintiff , UMBBank, N.A., hasfiled in the abovecaptioned matterits Motion to Con-firm Sheriff's Salein this cause. TheMotion to ConfirmSheriff's Sale willbe heard beforethe HonorableJudge JonathanSullivan at theLeFlore CountyCourthouse, 110Front Street, Po-teau, Oklahoma,74953, on the 3rdday of January,2018, at 9:00o'clock a.m. Youmust appear atsaid time andplace and presentany objections tothe sale proceed-ings or the Motionto Confirm Sher-iff's Sale will besustained and thesale confirmed.DATED this 5thday of December,2017.Respectfully sub-mitted,Johnny G. Beech,OBA No. 655Spencer Fane,LLP9400 N BroadwayExt., Suite 600Oklahoma City,Oklahoma 73114Telephone:405-844-9900Facsimile:405-844-9958Email:jbeech@spencer-fane.comATTORNEYSFOR PLAINTIFFPublished in thePoteau Dai lyNews on Decem-ber 12 and 19,2017(28479)LPXLP

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I remember sitting by the radio in our living room listening to the news as World War II was progress-ing and drawing to an end in 1945.

I remember the announc-er reading the names of the casualties for that day or week. A few years later, after the war, we would sit by the radio and listen to programs such as ‘“Inner Sanctum” or “Fibber McGee and Molly.”

Sometime around 1949, there was news about a “television” station going “on the air” in Oklahoma City. By now, I was old enough to ask questions like, “How can they send pictures through the air?” I still don’t understand how radio and television signals

get from the studio in one city to the receivers in homes or cars hundreds of miles away. But, someone figured it out, and now it was happening.

As far as I know, the first television set in Poteau belonged to a family that lived up on what is known as Hospital Hill. They lived across the street in front of the hospital. I never knew their name. One day, Dad took our family up there to see a television picture. The television set was out on the front porch. There were several people stand-ing around watching it.

I wasn’t impressed. I don’t think the screen was much more that 12 inches across. To say that I saw moving pictures of people

on that screen would be a tremendous exaggeration. What I remember seeing was a mass of gray and white spots, moving around, sometimes looking like a person or persons.

People were talking about the new television station, WKY, in Oklahoma City. I think it was on Channel 4. Of course, for a television signal to travel through the air from Oklahoma City to Poteau, was quite a feat. If Cavanal Mountain not been in the direct path of the signal, the picture might have been better. I think KFSA, Channel 5, in Fort Smith, came on the air in 1953, and KTUL, Channel 8, in Tulsa debuted sometime around 1954. I’m not sure, but think KVOO, Channel 2, in Tulsa, came soon after that.

During the early years of television most stations were only on the air for eight or 10 hours. If you turned on the set too early, all you would see was what was called the test pattern. It wasn’t unusual for all the stations to sign off some-time around 10 at night.

It was probably in 1955 when our family purchased our first television set. Dad erected a vertical metal tower, maybe 30 feet high on the south side of our house. Near the top of the tower, there were three horizontal antennas, or antennae, to be grammati-cally correct. Each station had to have an antenna designed specifically for ite frequency. One antenna was pointed toward Fort Smith, and the other two were pointed toward Tulsa. It wasn’t worth the effort to

get a good signal from Oklahoma City.

When we wanted to change channels, or the volume, someone would have to get up, go to the set and turn the dial. Then, if the picture wasn’t good enough, one of us children would go outside with a pipe wrench in hand and turn the antenna slightly. One person would watch the TV, another would stand inside by an open window and the third would be outside, turning the antenna.

“Is that good enough?”“No … Turn it a little

more.”“How about that?”“No, go back just a little

… There … That’s good.”It was a lot of trouble.

Today, we just sit in our recliners and change hun-dreds of channels, 24 hours

a day, with the remote held in our hand.

I was a freshman at Oklahoma A&M College in September 1956. The name was changed to Oklahoma State University in January 1957. I remem-ber sitting in the lounge in Bennett Hall, after classes, watching TV. The room was always crowded when “The Mickey Mouse Club” came on around 4 in the afternoon. I’m not sure why, but I think Annette Funicello may have had something to do with it.

Yes … those were the days.

Pete Hopkins is a 1956 graduate of Poteau High School. He lives in Sand Springs. He may be con-tacted at pete.hopkins@cox.net.

First television set in Poteau

New Year’s Day is rife with tradi-tion. Perhaps no such tradition is more exciting for fans of college football than the handful of New Year’s Day bowl games featuring some of the sport’s best teams.

New Year’s Day bowl games can trace their origins back to the 19th century. According to History.com, on Jan. 1, 1890, members of the Valley Hunt Club in Southern California paraded through the streets of Pasadena, California, engaging in various con-tests, including tug-of-war. While no collegians competed on the gridiron that day, the parade served as a precur-sor to the Tournament of Roses Parade, which immediately praceeded athletic contests that included polo matches and greased-pig catching.

In 1901, the president of the parade, seeking to gain publicity for the town of Pasadena and its floral festival, sought to stage a sporting event that might attract more interest than pig-catching and polo. Festival organizers ultimately chose college football,

deciding to initiate a matchup between a team representing the western United States and the eastern United States.

On Jan. 1, 1902, the football teams from the University of Michigan and Stanford University battled in the inau-gural East-West football game. Michigan, which had not allowed a point all season long, steamrolled its way to a 49-0 victory. In fact, the game’s lack of competitiveness tem-porarily nixed plans for an annual New Year’s Day game, which was not played again until 1916, when Washington State University defeated Brown University 14-0.

Interest in the game continued to grow from there on out, and in 1923, the game was moved to a large stadium known as the Rose Bowl. The game itself soon adopted the name of that stadium, and it retains that name today. Thanks to fan interest in the New Year’s Day game, other New Year’s bowl games soon followed, and con-tinue to entertain college football fans every Jan. 1.

Those Were the Days ....J. Pete Hopkins

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Leadership Oklahoma will present awards for leadership at its annual Excellence in Leadership Gala at The Skirvin in Oklahoma City on April 21.

“Each year, Leadership Oklahoma rec-ognizes the outstanding contributions of Oklahoma corporate and individual lead-ers for their commitment and service to elevating the quality of life and empower-ing our state for greater prosperity,” said Marion Paden, president and CEO of Leadership Oklahoma. “This year’s Excellence in Leadership award recipients are truly deserving based upon the remark-able and meaningful differences they have made in Oklahoma. It is our privilege to honor them.”

The Lifetime Achievement Award rec-ognizes individuals who have used their leadership abilities to improve the quality of life for Oklahoma’s citizens and its future generations. This year’s Leadership Oklahoma Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is Bob Blackburn of Oklahoma City.

In a state that doesn’t always have the greatest sense of pride in itself and her people, Blackburn has given every one of us a reason to hold our heads up high and be proud to be from or in Oklahoma, knowing we share that with all sorts of talent, grace, heart and skills from fellow Oklahomans.

He tirelessly travels around and has people in to tell their own stories or the stories of their families or industries, con-nected with others. Though he is in a con-stant state of fundraising and collecting, he is genuinely curious about everyone and their ties, and wants to share those stories.

He was the face of Oklahoma History

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Blackburn’s most notable accomplish-ments as executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society are spear-heading the creation, opening, and overall vision of the Oklahoma History Center; a world class Smithsonian affiliated site, and beginning the creation of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture, better known as OKPOP, overseeing and being a part of the historical celebrations for the Oklahoma Centennial; continuing to work with poli-ticians emphasizing the importance of our history and advocating government fund-ing for all of the Society; and travelling all over the state speaking to countless groups, capturing the stories from innumerable people, and charming the world in person, in speech, and through over twenty-two books and numerous articles and editori-als.

Blackburn is truly Mr. Oklahoma; pre-serving who we are as state through its people. The voices of the past and present deserving to be listened to, learn from, and give us roots to flourish.

Blackburn to receive Lifetime Achievement Award in April

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Tickets are $125 per person or $1,000 per table of eighth. Sponsorships are available. The Doubletree will offer special hotel rates for Pardi Gras guests and the Fort Smith Trolley Museum will offer streetcar rides.

For more information, call (479) 783-7841 or visit fortsmithmuseum.org.

Tickets available for Fort Smith Museum of History’s Pardi Gras

The public is invited to visit Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center on this Thursday for guided walks to learn about the winter solstice and how prehistoric American Indians dealt with the changes in the seasons.

Archaeologist and man-ager Dennis Peterson will lead guided tours starting at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Each walk will take about two hours and require a mile of easy walking.

Peterson will tell about this unique prehistoric American Indian mound site, the types of mounds, why they were created and why some of the mounds are lined up for the sunsets of the solstices and equi-noxes. He will discuss the history of the excavations, American Indian ceremo-nies and stories and tales of the unusual happenings associated with the mounds.

The winter solstice is considered the shortest day

of the year. The solstice is when the

sun’s path has reached its southernmost point, pro-ducing the fewest available hours of daylight all year long.

The winter solstice marks the first day of win-ter. Also on this day, the sun is directly overhead at high noon on the latitudi-nal point called the Tropic of Capricorn.

“The Farmer’s Almanac” says that some historians surmise Stonehenge was built to correspond with the use of solstices and other solar and lunar events. In 2017, the winter solstice arrives at 10:28 a.m. in the northern hemisphere.

For those wishing to see the sunset, the 2 p.m. Spiro Mounds walk will end just before sunset, which is when the alignment will take place.

The fee for this series of tours is $5 for adults and $3 for children, in addition to the daily admission fee.

No reservations are required except for large groups. Be certain to dress for the weather.

The center is located three miles east of Spiro on Highway 9/271 and four miles north on Lock and Dam Road. For more infor-mation or to schedule a group or school tour during the solstice walks or anoth-er time, please call (918) 962-2062 or email spiro@okhistory.org.

The Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center is the only prehistoric American Indian site open to the public in Oklahoma and is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

The center is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., and is closed for state holidays. Daily admis-sion is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for children older than six.

The following sites in LeFlore County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

• Arkoma School, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located at Arkoma and Blocker

• Choctaw Agency, listed May 5, 1972, located one mile east of Skullyville on State Highway 9

• Peter Conser Home, listed June 21, 1971, located at 47114 Conser Creek Road, Heavener address

• Dog Creek School, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located southeast of Shady Point

• Jenson Tunnel, listed May 13, 1976, located northeast of Cameron off State Highway 112

• Lake Wister Locality, listed Aug. 19, 1975, Lake Wister

• LeFlore County Courthouse, listed Aug. 23, 1984, located off Broadway in Poteau

• Old Military Road,listed Oct. 22, 1976, located seven miles northeast of Talihina in the Quachita National Forest

• Overstreet House, listed Nov. 25, 1980, located northeast of Cowlington off U.S. Route 59

• Poteau Community Building, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located on Hill and Hopkins in Poteau

• Poteau School Gymnasium — Auditorium, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located at Walter and Parker, Poteau

• James E. Reynolds House, listed April 13, 1977, located east of Cameron off State Highway 112

• Shady Point School, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located on the northeastern edge of

Shady Point• Skullyville County Jail, listed Nov. 6,

1980, located west of Panama• Spiro Mound Group, located Sept. 30,

1969, located at 18154 1st St., Spiro• State Line Marker, listed Nov. 18,

1976, located north of the east end of Highway 1 at the Arkansas state line

• Summerfield School, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located at 34518 Reichert-Summerfield Road, Summerfield

• Terry House, listed June 27, 1980, located on Terry Hill, Poteau

• Trahern’s Station, listed April 25, 1972, located nine miles west of Shady Point

• Tucker School, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located off U.S. Route 59, Spiro

• Twyman Park, listed Sept. 8, 1988, on West Street, Poteau

• Williams School, listed Sept. 8, 1988, located northwest of Cameron

The National Register of Historic Places is available online at https://www.nps.gov/nr.

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evalu-ate and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

Know your historical places

Poteau Daily News archives

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Published Feb. 10, 1983

HOMECOMING — Cindy Smith, 1983 Poteau High School wrestling queen, takes bows during coronation ceremonies at the Sherman Floyd Fieldhouse. Wrestler Ronnie Stoughton is her escort.

Published Nov. 29, 1951

WAITING FOR FRIDAY — Here are two of the four reindeer which will pull Santa’s bright red sleigh in a parade down Poteau’s Dewey Avenue Friday after-noon, Dec. 7, at 2:30 p.m. The reindeer are pictured are their temporary home on a Central Texas ranch where they are awaiting their trip to Poteau with Santa Claus next week. Six bands have been invited to particpate in the parade.

Send your archive suggestions to

reporter@poteaudailynews.com or call (918) 647-3188.

Available editions are from 1950 and up.

POTEAU DAILY NEWS History TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 . . . PAGE 13A

Winter solstice ThursdaySpiro Mounds walks slated

The Oklahoma Historical Society announced that Kelly Houston has been appointed to head the Pioneer Woman Museum in Ponca City. The position was vacated when the former director Robbin Davis accepted the position of director at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid. Houston most recently held the position of director of the Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School in Perry.

Kelly Houston has served as director at the Cherokee Strip Museum since 2014. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Oklahoma State University. From 2003 through 2006 Houston worked as an interpreter at CSM managing the very popular Rose Hill School program. The program has been in operation for more than 25 years, allowing grade school stu-dents to experience a day in a 1910 one-room schoolhouse. In addition to schedul-ing the schools, Houston served as the schoolmarm, guiding the students’ par-ticipation.

During her tenure as director, Houston worked with Main Street of Perry on a grant from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s Museum on Main Street program and Oklahoma Humanities to bring the exhibit “The Way

We Worked” to the Perry community. She has been working with the members of the Cherokee Strip Historical Society to remodel areas of CSM and update the exhibits. Houston will continue to be involved with CSM until the renovations are completed.

“We are very pleased to have been included in the selection process that led to the hiring of Ms. Houston and look forward to working closely with her,” said Mary Beth Moore, chair of the Friends of Pioneer Woman Statue and Museum. “We are confident we have found the right person to keep the muse-um moving forward.”

The Pioneer Woman Museum was ded-icated Sept. 15, 1958, just east of the Pioneer Woman statue at 701 Monument Road in Ponca City. Unveiled in 1930, the statue was a gift to the state from Ernest Whitworth Marland, an oil man, philan-thropist, Congressman and the 10th gov-ernor of Oklahoma. The museum pre-serves the legacy of women from all races, creeds and nationalities who have contributed to the development of Oklahoma.

The Pioneer Woman Museum is one of 26 museums and historical sites operated by the OHS across the state.

New director named for Pioneer Woman Museum

Hi, everyone. We hope you have had a great week-end.

Saturday night the band Backslider’s Wine was here with Terry Wiles and Dusty Klutts joining in, and a wonderful time was had by all.

Make plans for Friday, Dec. 29, for more live music at our Big Little Party with Terry Wiles and friends performing from 6-9 p.m.

Have you ever attended a group-style birthday party with people you haven’t met before? Pic-ture a situation where there is a gathering of many people, all in a happy and joyful mood, and come be a part of it.

If you are a Capricorn, or know someone who is, bring them and show up for a night of fellowship and fun as we are celebrat-

ing several birthdays.That’s right, if your birth-day falls between Dec. 22 and Jan. 22, come join and celebrate in a group-style party with your birthday mates. If more friends show up to our party, the party will be merrier; or, the more, the merrier.

Save the date for upcom-ing live music from singer-songwriter J.J. Taylor on Jan. 12.

We’ve had a very fun and busy week of catering. Several local parents teamed up and hired us to bring The Coffee Cup to area schools in apprecia-tion to the teachers and faculty. Friday we served at Pansy Kidd Middle School, Monday we served at Poteau Primary Elemen-tary and today was Poteau Upper Elementary’s turn.

Everyone we served was so appreciative and

thankful, and it’s so much fun for us to bring The Coffee Cup on the road to deliver holiday cheer, from mochas and lattes to non-coffee options like hot

chocolate and chai tea. You might have also seen us Wednesday at Carl Albert State College for finals week as well. We can bring The Coffee Cup anywhere,

only requiring access to a standard 110-watt electri-cal outlet on a dedicated circuit.

Have a great week, and see you at The Cup.

Tammie Johnson owns

The Coffee Cup in Poteau.

Reach her at (918) 647-

2622 or email tammiecof-

fee@gmail.com.

401 N. Broadway, Poteau • 918-647-2622www.poteaucoffeecup.com

#mycoffeecuplove

Upcoming Live Events:DEC. 29 – BIG LITTLE PARTYWITH TERRY WILES AND FRIENDS

FROM 6—9PM

JAN. 12 – J.J. TAYLOR@poteaucoffeecup

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Charlene Dunn, right, was the winner of the Ugly Christmas Sweater contest.

Tammie Johnson and Ben Whiteaker catering at PKMS.

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Capricorns: You're invited to a birthday party