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By Yvonne MillerQualifying for national competitions

seems to be in the ropes for Ciera Houl-ton these days. For the first time she’s on her way to the National High School Rodeo Finals in Rock Springs, Wyo.

From a rodeo-loving family, Ciera said, “I’ve done rodeo forever – since age three.”

Her lifetime skills recently earned Ciera the title of Reserve Champion in goat tying and also in breakaway rop-ing in the Oklahoma High School Rodeo Association. This qualified her for the national finals July 14-21.

Prior to leaving for Wyoming, Ciera will first compete as a director in the International Finals Youth Rodeo in Shawnee July 7-12. She said that contest is known as “the world’s richest youth rodeo.” That’s because they have the biggest payback. She said event winners take home nearly $5,000 each.

Ciera graduated from South Barber High School (SBHS) in Kiowa, Kan., as valedictorian of the class of 2013. This spring she led the SBHS FFA agronomy team to a state championship and was high individual in that contest. She and the team will compete at nationals next fall. At SBHS Ciera was FFA president, a member of the National Honor Soci-ety, KAYS, vocal music and the Scholars Bowl that went to state. She’s a member of Kiowa’s United Methodist Church and its youth group.

She has competed in Oklahoma’s high school rodeo circuit from August to June every year since her freshman year.

Ciera Houlton Reserve Champion in Oklahoma, qualifies for Natl HS Rodeo Finals

A 2013 South Barber High School graduate, Ciera Houlton recently won Re-serve Champion in both breakaway roping and goat tying at the Oklahoma High School Rodeo Finals, qualifying her for national competition. Here she rides her horse Dunny at the International Finals Youth Rodeo last summer where she will again compete in July.

In junior high rodeo action she was state champion one year, took second place one time and placed fifth at national competition.

Goat tying is Ciera’s favorite event. If her schedule allows, she tries to prac-tice one to two hours every night. She has lots of help. Her brother Colby is her coach. He’s on a college rodeo team and is a calf roper. She lists her stepfather Justin Goodno, who was a bull rider, as the person who helps prepare her men-tally for competition.

Ciera said her mom Janell is a huge supporter but sometimes can’t get out-side to watch all her practice because she’s caring for Ciera’s 2-year-old twin

sisters Janda and Jancey. Those blonde-headed beauties are already interested in the animals and being around the rodeo action, Ciera said lovingly.

She credits her dad Richard Houl-ton of Medicine Lodge, a roper, for also helping her and attending her events.

Ciera said her “Nana and Papa,” Paul and Yvonne Harbaugh, always support her. “Even my great grandma Helen (Harbaugh) packed up and came to see me at the state finals!”

“Rodeo is not just a sport, it is a life-style,” Ciera said. “You have a rodeo family. All of the Oklahoma kids – we

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Cieracompete as a team – someone wins first, maybe fifth, but we’re a team.”

Through her lifetime of competing in rodeo, Ciera said she made lifelong friends, and it’s taught her about “hard work, determination and overcoming adversity.”

“I do it all to glorify God. I don’t how people do it without God,” Ciera said.

This fall Ciera will attend Oklahoma State University and major in agronomic business and possibly accounting. Her goal is to work at the administrative lev-el of an agricultural corporation.

By Marione MartinIn Alfalfa County, a truck driver re-

ported to law enforcement that a man pointed a gun at him. According to doc-uments on file, on June 10 the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office contacted Alfal-fa County Deputy Blake Trekell asking him to contact OSBI Agent Shane Vore urgently. Vore told Trekell he had been contacted by a truck driver who said a man pointed a gun at him. A mechanic with the trucking company followed the man, later identified as Terry Brown, down a dead end road to his residence approximately 2.5 miles west of SH11 on Kay Road and south about one mile.

Deputy Trekell arrived at the loca-tion about 8:10 p.m. He, along with Agent Vore and State Trooper Brock Morgan, approached the residence and saw Brown sitting in a lawn chair next to a fifth wheel trailer. Vore asked Brown if there were any weapons in the trailer or in his car. Brown said there were not and that he had sold his guns. Vore asked if he could tell him who bought the guns so the purchaser could be interviewed. Brown said he gave his gun to a man named Murrow from Hardtner. Brown gave Vore consent to search his trailer and car for weapons.

Trekell asked Brown about the in-cident that had occurred up the road. Brown said a truck driver ran him off the road, he went down the road to confront the truck driver, they spoke about the in-cident and left. Trekell asked Brown if he showed the truck driver anything he might mistake for a gun, and Brown said no, they talked and he left.

Vore and Trekell conducted a search of the area in and around Brown’s trailer and car. A partial box of 9 mm ammo was found inside the trailer but no weapon was found in either the trailer or the car. Vore and Trekell looked around on the ground in the area. In the weeds about five feet from where Brown had been sitting in the chair, they found a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol. The pis-tol’s loaded magazine was also found lying in the weeds. Vore told Brown he had found his gun, and Brown shrugged.

The truck driver, Brett Nelson, wrote in a statement that he was driving north on Highway 11 behind a silver Cadillac that failed to signal. The driver said he hit his air horn. He stated when he got around the car and continued onto Kay Road he noticed the Cadillac turning west on Kay Road behind him. He didn’t want to make a big deal out it so he pulled over to talk to the man. He got out of the truck and walked up to the Cadil-lac, which drove up beside him. Nelson stated that Brown pulled up next to him and said “I will teach you to be a wise a—“. Nelson said as soon as the man brandished the gun, he took off running.

Brown was placed under arrest for assault with a dangerous weapon and transported to the Alfalfa County Jail. After being read his Miranda rights and agreeing to speak to Trekell, Brown was fidgeting and unable to sit still in his chair. Trekell asked him why he hid the gun. Brown said he should have just gone home and not gone to confront the truck driver. He said he followed the truck past his road in order to confront

the driver about running him off the road. He said he pulled up to the truck and they began exchanging words in a heated conversation. He said he carried the gun between the center console and driver’s seat of his vehicle. He said he asked the driver what the deal was and the driver leaned in his window and began chewing him out. Brown said he pulled the gun out of its spot and held it in his hand above his lap. He said the truck driver then took off running.

Trekell checked Brown’s criminal history and found he was convicted of a felony in 2006 in Harper County, Kan.

Brown, 61, whose address was listed as Kiowa, Kan., was charged with pos-session of a firearm after a felony con-viction.

Heated discussion leads to arrest



By Alex ColeAt a regular meeting held Monday

by the Alfalfa County Board of Com-missioners, a topic of interest was speed limits on county roads. The board dis-cussed a resolution that would lower county speed limits from 55 to 45 mph. Commissioner Doug Murrow said he had several people contact him about unsafe drivers on dirt roads. “The traf-fic can be kind of unpredictable and you never know what’s happening over the next hill,” said Murrow.

Alfalfa County Sheriff Charles Tuck-er remarked that vehicles are frequently parked on the side of these roads be-cause people are out working. He said, “There’s a lot of other counties around that are doing 45 on county roads. I think it’s probably a lot safer for dirt roads.” The board’s only concern was making sure the new speed is enforced. The resolution was approved by the commissioners.

After approval of minutes from the last meeting, M & O warrants and one blanket purchase order, the board of commissioners approved monthly re-ports. A report of conference and an in-spection invoice for bridges in District 1 and 2 were approved next.

The board made three fund transfers during the meeting. The first was $26.81 from the R-7 fund to H-16B assessor for retirement on a part-time employee. Another transfer from the R-7 fund to H-17B visual inspection was made and totaled $24. A total of $27 was trans-ferred from the R-12 to U-1A for travel expenses by the excise board.

Alfalfa County lowers dirt road speed limitsAfter approving an Interlocal Co-

operative Agreement with Contiguous Counties and a detention services agree-ment with Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc., the commissioners opened bids for two buildings. Two bids were submitted for each building.

The board opened bids for the Sher-iff’s Office building first. Erikson Steel of Alva submitted a bid for $57,950 and The Railroad Yard of Stillwater submit-ted a bid for $49,750. The commission-ers accepted the bid sent by The Railroad

Yard with the option of continuous foot-ing.

Bids for the building in District 2 were opened next. A bid of $40,500 was submitted by The Railroad Yard, and a bid of $38,400 was submitted by Erik-son Steel. The bid sent by Erikson Steel was the one accepted.

No action was taken on a request to designate parking for employees who drive motorcycles. The board decided to take no action because motorcycles can be parked in the same location as cars.

The Alfalfa County Commissioners stand with a new brush rig they purchased for Jet Rescue at a meeting earlier this month. Pictured from left to right are commissioners Ray Walker, Doug Murrow and Chad Roach. Photo by Alex Cole



Lynn Says

Could this idea make Alva the center of the medical universe in northwest Oklahoma?By Lynn L. Martin

What a great idea. I wish Share Medi-cal Center could do something like this.

I suppose too many government agencies and too many tradi-tions are in place. This story is an indi-vidual practice. May-be the hospital could do it with their hired physicians. I’d make sure I could afford to provide this type of

medical fringe benefit for my employees.Doctors Dump Health Insurance

Plans, Charge Patients LessWICHITA, Kan., June 14 (UPI) –

A Kansas physician says he makes the same income and offers better quality care to his patients after he dumped all

health insurance companies.Thirty-two-year-old family physi-

cian Doug Nunamaker of Wichita, Kan., said after five years of dealing with the red tape of health insurance companies and the high overhead for the staff he hired just to deal with paperwork, he switched to a system of charging his pa-tients a monthly fee plus the price of an office visit or test, CNN/Money reported. For example, under Nunamaker’s mem-bership plan – also known as “concierge” medicine or “direct primary care” prac-tices – each patient pays a flat monthly fee to have unlimited access to the doc-tors and any medical service they can provide in the practice, such as stitches or an EKG.

For adults up to age 44, Nunamaker charges $50 a month, pediatric services are $10 a month, and for adults age 44

and older it costs $100 a month. Al-though Nunamaker calls the practice “cash-only,” he accepts credit and debit cards for the fees and services.

Nunamaker and his partner negoti-ated deals for services outside the office. A cholesterol test costs the patient $3, versus the $90 or more billed to insur-ance companies; an MRI can cost $400, compared with $2,000 or more billed to insurance companies.

The practice encourages patients and families to also carry some type of high-deductible health insurance plan in case of an emergency or serious illness requir-ing hospitalization, Nunamaker said.

Nunamaker said his annual salary is around $200,000, he gets to spend more time with patients providing better care because he is not watching the clock and he gets to spend more time with his fam-ily.

Most of Nunamaker’s clients are self-employed, small business owners or small companies that found the monthly fee and the cost of the high-deductible plan was a cheaper option, CNN/Money reported.


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By Kevin BeelerDear Editor,As a responsible APBT (American

Pit Bull Terrier) owner I have no empa-thy for one Mr. Dustin Soles of Nesca-tunga. Anyone foolish enough to let two large-breed dogs of which at least one was identified as an APBT, (run loose) is really an ignorant individual. How could you, Mr. Soles, not take responsible kenneling procedures to keep your dogs contained? This story has a somewhat positive ending, as your dogs did not kill a child or an adult. Not sure if they have killed other dogs or animals in Nesca-tunga but the responsibility of keeping an animal with the strength of an APBT is 110 percent YOUR responsibility. You said people were just being too dra-matic because of, to quote you, “It’s just everyone’s dislike for the breed based on stereotypes about it.” I call BS on that. Even though the media does a wonderful

job of reporting negative information on APBTs, a person can Google “Pit Bull heroes” and find some wonderful stories about their heroics.

YOU, Mr. Soles, are one reason this breed gets the negative stereotypical im-age. You let your animals run loose; you seem to blame others for fearing them. Doesn’t sound from the story that you are willing to alleviate the problem. Was really impressed with your statement that your dogs wouldn’t hurt anyone and they were your property and responsibil-ity ... D’OH.

Do you think anyone that has human aggressive APBTs (been helped in that direction by piss poor owners) WOULD ever admit to anyone after a vicious at-tack that the dog was always aggressive and you knew it was going to do this sometime? No, they wouldn’t. They would say the dog loved everyone and blah ... blah ... blah. Mr. Soles, it may be time for you to grow a set, dispose of these dogs and get some Beagles.

Deputy Sheriff Trekell was a lot kinder than I would have been. Had I been the officer responding, you would have been digging graves for those two animals. They growl at me in a uniform, I perceive that as a threat. Three to the body, two to the head, look at that, your dog is dead.

Pit Bull responsibility

By Marione MartinA woman stopped and given a warn-

ing for a traffic violation was arrested on drug charges. According to docu-ments in the case, Alfalfa County Dep-uty Blake Trekell stopped a 1995 Ford four door car after the driver failed to obey a stop. He also noted the tag was expired. While talking to the driver, Hether Rashel Smith, 25, of Cherokee, he noticed an odor he recognized as marijuana. Smith was the only occu-pant of the car.

After giving a verbal warning, Trekell told her she was free to go. However he told her there had been problems with drugs in Cherokee and asked if she would consent to a search of the vehicle. She agreed and when asked said there were no drugs in the vehicle.

Trekell found a metal marijuana grinder with a red rose on the lid in a black purse in the back seat. Inside the grinder were a green leafy substance and two plastic baggies with a green leafy substance. Smith said the purse belonged to her. When Trekell asked if there was anything more, Smith said there was a marijuana pipe in the purse. Trekell found a red marijuana pipe in a blue bank bag in the purse. The green leafy substance later field tested posi-tive for marijuana.

Smith was arrested and has been charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and unlawful pos-session of paraphernalia, both misde-meanors.

Traffic stop nets drug charges




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15 harvest safety tips include:

Our legislature has laws in place favoring farm equipment on our highways. Harvest only lasts a short amount of time so you can be patient. ALWAYS slow down when seeing obvious farm equipment on the roads. Big grain hauling trucks cannot stop on a dime. Be kind and be safe.

Let’s have a safe and accident free harvest.

Big trucks loadedwith wheat can’t stopon a dime.

Be extra cautiousand give lot of driving space.




ObituariesGLYNDA MARIE BEAGLEYGlynda Marie Beagley, age 72,

passed away June 13. She was born on Aug. 31, 1940, in Buffalo to George and Maggie (Col-lier) Martin. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Nancy Hickman of Dimmit, Texas, and Marquita Martin of Freedom; and broth-

er Billie Glen Martin of Selmon.Glynda is survived by her husband

of 55 years, William (Bill) Beagley of Springfield, Mo.; daughter Tammay Ra-gan and her husband Philip of Winfield, Kan.; son Ken Beagley of Springfield, Mo.; granddaughter Ashleigh Ragan of Winfield, Kan.; grandsons Josh Beagley of Enid, Joah Beagley of Pennsylvania, Jon Beagley of Springfield, Mo., and Jeff Beagley of Louisiana; and sisters Carolyn Sullivan of Ponca City and De-lores Foster of Centralia, Ill. Glynda will be buried in Freedom Cemetery in Free-dom.

SANDRA SUE MARTENEYFuneral services for Sandra Sue Mar-

teney will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 20, at the Alva First Assembly of God Church with Dr. Ken Stanton officiating. There will be a visi-tation with the fam-ily Wednesday, June 19, from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Marshall Fu-

neral Home of Alva. Interment will be in the Cairo Cemetery near Pratt, Kan., un-der the direction of Best Funeral Servic-

es and Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.Sandra Sue Marteney, daughter of

the late Lloyd and Nada June Cox, was born July 13, 1943, at Pratt and passed away June 15, 2013, at Alva at the age of 69 years, 11 months and 2 days.

Sandy graduated from Sawyer High School in 1962. On June 2, 1962, she was united in marriage to Roy Marteney in Pratt.

She was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church in Alva. Sandy enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, quilting, and traveling.

Besides her parents, she was pre-ceded in death by her husband, Roy W. Marteney; and two brothers, John Clif-ford Cox and Donald Lee Cox, Sr.

Sandra is survived by her daughter, Patti Kilgore of Alva; her son, Scott Marteney and wife Stephanie of Alva; her brother, Kerry Cox and wife Janet of Pratt, Kan., her brother, Dean Cox and wife Marilyn of Preston, Kan.; her sister, Linda Kent and husband Brad of Hutchinson, Kan.; her sister-in-law, Marilyn K. Cox of Preston, Kan.; and her grandchildren, Tiffani, Ericka, Ashlee, Mitchel, Dalton and Dylen.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the American Cancer Society.

Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneral-homes.com.

DOROTHY B. MEISENHEIMERFuneral service will be Wednesday,

June 19, at 2 p.m. at Alva First United Methodist Church with Reverend Terry Martindale offici-ating. Burial will follow in Alva Mu-nicipal Cemetery. Wharton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences

may be made at www.whartonfuneral-chapel.com.

Dorothy Berdine, daughter of Chloe (Carter) and Leslie Stewart Early, was born Feb. 6, 1917, in Fairview. She passed away at Share Medical Center on the 16th day of June at the age of 96 years, 4 months and 10 days.

After graduating from Northwest-

ern Oklahoma State University, she be-gan working at Central National Bank in Alva. She retired as assistant cashier and auditor after working there over 40 years.

In 1944 Dorothy married William Gunn in Cherokee. To their marriage one son, Stephen, was born. Bill passed away in 1956.

On June 14, 1967, in Woodward she was married to Loyd E. Meisenheimer. They made their home in Alva. Loyd passed away Nov. 22, 2007.

Dorothy was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a 50 year member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class, and the Eastern Star. Her hobbies included reading and taking small trips.

She was preceded in death by her son, Stephen Gunn, her parents, three brothers: George, Lyle and Paul; and three sisters: Mary Taylor, Marjorie Manka and Doris Knoop.

Dorothy is survived by her step daughter Janet Meisenheimer, daugh-ter-in-law Mary Gunn, grandson Jus-tin Beck, great granddaughter Hannah Beck, sister-in-law Evelyn Meisen-heimer, brother-in-law Leroy Meisen-heimer, several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Contributions may be made in her memory to the Alva First United Meth-odist Church Women’s Fund.

DONALD L. NEWMANALINE – The funeral service for

Donald L. Newman, 76, will be Friday, June 21, at 10 a.m. at Aline Christian Church. Viewing will be from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. on Thursday. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., of Helena. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorialscom.

Donald Lee Newman was born in Winfield, Kan., on Aug. 8, 1936, to Effie Louise Thomas Newman and Ivan Clayton Newman. After high school he joined the U.S. Navy in 1955. He served on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was discharged in 1959.

Don not only attended school once he was out of the Navy, he also married Thelma Lois Forbus. They divorced in 1976. He then married Judy in 1988.

Don is survived by his wife Judy, two sons, one daughter, ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren.





By Yvonne Miller Last year combines were in many

fields cutting wheat by Memorial Day in northwest Oklahoma and south cen-tral Kansas. Test weights and yields were good.

This year is a different story with harvest just started in this area mid-June with less than desirable results in many places. Unfavorable weather con-ditions caused crop insurance adjustors to release many acres where wheat seed hardly pushed through the ground or if it did barely survive, the drought, freeze or hail further destroyed it. In parts of the Newsgram reading area, this past winter and spring it didn’t look like there would be much, if any, harvest. Some areas received a few showers while others did not. Results are varied.

Burlington Area“Our wheat crop has seen serious

drought conditions, four freezes, hail – I’m amazed to be cutting any wheat at all,” Burlington Co-op Manager Robbie Newman said.

When asked what percent of the Burlington area wheat crop will be cut, Newman said, “From abandonment with insurance, I’m not sure, but we probably lost 35 to 40 percent of our crop.”

Most fields in the Burlington area saw an estimated half inch of rain Sun-day night. On Monday, Newman said he anticipated some cutters to try and get in back into the fields by evening.

“Some of the wheat that looked pret-

ty good is not turning out to do much,” Newman said. “Some of the later wheat is still green so we don’t know how it is.”

“Test weights are all over the place from the mid-50s to 60 (pounds per bushel),” he said. Because so little wheat had been cut by Monday, New-man said he hadn’t really heard yields. “I haven’t heard anybody braggin’,” he said.

“If it makes anything this year, I guess we’ve proven wheat is a hardy crop,” Newman said.

Dacoma/Jet AreaTuesday morning Dacoma/Jet area

Co-op Manager Doug Locke said it’s been “an awful slow start” to wheat cut-ting this year. He said farmers “started picking around with combines last Wednesday.” Then “Sunday we were going pretty good and got ¾ to one inch of rain Sunday night. No one could cut Monday.”

Locke said test weights for the Dacoma/Jet area going into Sunday av-eraged 60.42 He said tests weights in the Waynoka/Freedom area were just slightly under that.

“What little I’ve heard of yields is 35-40 bushels per acre,” Locke said.

Tuesday morning the area had a heavy dew. which Locke said will cause a late start – especially if the wind doesn’t blow. About 10 a.m., he said the air was still with no wind.

Cherokee AreaCherokee Area Co-op Manager

Shane Parker said as of Tuesday morn-ing they had taken in around 350,000 bushels of wheat. “We’ve had a pretty good start. We’re between 25-35 per-cent done with cutting,” he estimated.

“Our yields all have been all over

the board – from 20 to 50+ (bushels per acre). Test weights have been the same – from 54 to 64 (pounds per bushels),” Parker said.

“With the combination of drought, freeze and some hail, we probably lost around 25 percent of our crop,” Parker said.

The Cherokee area also received one inch of rain Sunday night so no farmers were cutting Monday. That heavy dew and lack of wind Tuesday morning will cause a later start, but he anticipates machines back in the fields later Tuesday.

Alva Area Ronnie Truelock, general manager

of the Farmer’s Cooperative in Alva, said, “We haven’t had that many days of cutting. We had about four good days until the rain Sunday night.”

Truelock estimates cutting in the Alva area is just 25 percent to one-third complete as of Tuesday afternoon. He said the heavy dew Tuesday morning slowed everyone down but he anticipat-ed cutting to commence later in the day.

Because of mainly drought and freeze, Truelock estimates at least 15 percent of crops in the Alva area (main-ly to the north) were lost.

“Freeze and drought is the reason we’re struggling with (grain) quality this year.” He said test weights have been as low as 48 pounds, which is ter-rible, up to 63, which is good. Most test weights have been only 58-59. He said that’s poor compared to last year when the average was 63 pounds per bushel.

Like test weights, Truelock said “Yields have been all over the board – some under 20, some over 40 (bushels per acre).”

“I hope some of our best wheat is

Late start to 2013 harvestCrop saw drought, freeze, hail – not the best year

See Harvest Page 34





By Marione MartinSean Cale Dischiavi, 34, of Aline

has been charged in Alfalfa County with knowingly concealing stolen property, a felony. The charge follows his arrest in connection with a burglary at the Aline Co-op.

According to court documents, on May 22 Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Deputy Blake Trekell took a report of a burglary at the Aline Co-op. The store and the of-fice area had been broken into through a small square glass window on the west side of the building. The burglar ap-parently suffered a cut from the glass while entering and blood had dripped on an electric cattle prod handle. Missing from an unsecured safe in the office was a blue money bag containing approxi-mately $466 in cash.

On May 29, the Alfalfa County Sher-iff’s Office received another report that the same building at the Aline Co-op had been entered. The cash drawer had been removed from the counter and broken into pieces on the floor. The individual also removed the keys to the co-op’s fer-tilizer spreaders and nurse trucks. Shoe prints similar to those found at the first burglary were found.

Later on May 29 Jessica Green re-ported she brought a bale of hay to the co-op to weigh on the scales when she noticed someone hunched over inside one of the fertilizer trucks. Green said she walked over to the truck and opened the door to find a white male with a buzzed haircut inside. She told the man to get out of the truck, and when he did she asked him what he was doing. He took off running south through the hay field by the co-op property.

On June 4 while on routine patrol in the Aline area, Trekell drove by the co-op about 2:55 a.m. He noticed a chair on its side inside the business. He got out of his vehicle and walked around the building and found a broken window on the west side and one on the south side. The windows were small, about 15 x 15 inches. He collected strands of medium length dark-colored hair from the two windows. Trekell was unable to con-tact anyone with a key but watched the building for a time.

Later Deputy David Gebers took the report about the third break-in. He col-lected blood samples and reported that nothing had been taken. Later Trekell was contacted by Dawn Brademuehl who works in the co-op office. She said she discovered the keys to the pop ma-chine were missing, and they found the machines opened and emptied of coins. She estimated $66 was missing and sev-eral hundred dollars’ damage done to the machines.

A search warrant was obtained and executed on June 5 for a possible suspect residence based on witness statements. It was concluded those individuals were not responsible for the crime, but a rela-tive told them to talk to two men he had seen earlier that day. The men told him they couldn’t get a pop because the ma-chine was broken, snickering like they might know something.

On June 6 Trekell spoke to the two men who said a man named Sean who lived in a nearby trailer owed them mon-ey and paid them with a large quantity of coins. They also said the last couple of days that Sean had made all his pur-chases with coins.

Trekell went to the residence and talked to Sean Dischiavi. As they walked to Trekell’s vehicle to talk, the deputy saw several wounds on Dischiavi’s arms

that looked like short deep gash marks consistent with being caused by jagged glass. He asked about the wounds, and Dischiavi said he dumped his Honda 125 in the street the other day and got road rash. As Trekell asked questions, Dischiavi said he and his roommate did not have jobs. He said the coins he paid the two men came from a coin jar. He said his roommate’s mother had been supporting them. Trekell told him that he was investigating the break-ins at the Aline Co-op and saw a noticeable change in Dischiavi’s demeanor and noticed that he began to sweat in the air conditioned vehicle. Dischiavi said he heard about it but didn’t know anything about it. He said he wasn’t a thief. However, a later check of his criminal history showed he had 21 property theft arrests includ-ing petit larceny, burglary of a dwell-ing, possession of a stolen vehicle and change price tags on merchandise. At Trekell’s request, Dischiavi brought out pairs of shoes. One pair closely matched photographs from the crime scene.

Due to previous history with the residents of the trailer, Trekell asked for backup. Deputy Glenn Hasty ar-rived. They cleared the residence of any individuals inside. Trekell saw a pink keychain with two keys on the top of the washing machine. The keys matched the description for the keys to the pop ma-chine at the co-op.

After talking with the owner of the house and being unable to locate her son who resided in the trailer, Trekell talked with Dischiavi who agreed to permit a search of the house without obtaining a search warrant. In the house Trekell found a zip-lock style bag on a table that contained approximately $16 in quar-ters.

After Sheriff Tucker arrived on the scene, Trekell took the keys to the co-op. They fit one pop machine but not the other. He learned later that the lock had already been changed out on that ma-chine.

Dischiavi was placed under arrest for concealing stolen property and is a person of interest in the burglaries pend-ing DNA comparisons. Dischiavi has a lengthy criminal history and is currently wanted on a no bond warrant in the state of Maryland for theft, however the ju-risdiction in Maryland will not extradite due to the great distance.

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By Yvonne MillerJust how many times she’s played

“Pomp and Circumstance” at Burlington School graduations or how many stu-dent vocal and instrumental solos she’s accompanied at contests will probably never be known exactly.

One thing is certain. Ragina Kneder said the 20 years as a teacher at Burling-ton in her 33 year teaching career “was great. Burlington felt more like home than Alva actually.”

She retired at the end of the 2012-2013 school year. “I had no discipline problems, the parents were great, so were the students – my fellow employ-ees and co-workers, the principals I worked with through the years and Su-perintendent (Glen) Elliott.”

She recalls that Elliott hired her. “He is so easy to work for – I can’t remember any problems. You do your job and he’s not going to bother you.”

Ragina Knedler hangs up her director baton after 20 years at Burlington School

Laughing, Knedler said, “Mr. Elliott tried to entice me with the new band room, but it didn’t work.”

Even when cute little Sterling Stew-art, a first grader, asked her to stay until he graduated, she had to say no. She’s taught his brothers and sisters.

Knedler knows that with her former student Kiley Rieger Feely assuming her music and library positions, Burlington is in good hands. Feely leaves her vo-cal music position at South Barber. “I know she (Kiley) loved South Barber, but with all her family at Burlington it made sense.” Her husband Shane is Bur-lington’s principal and their boys are students.

As Knedler leaves Burlngton, she does so with nice achievements. This spring all of the fourth, fifth and sixth graders she took to the Seiling music contest received I’s (Superior ratings). All of the high school soloists (both in-

strumental and vocal) she took to Dis-trict contest earned Is and advanced to state.

“Burlington School is a good place to work. It’s remarkable that Burlington has kept a band going when so many small schools have cut their program,” Knedler said. She had 45 in band grades 7-12. She had about 30 in vocal in the same age group.

“Working with the kids was my fa-vorite part. They were always so excited to go to contest,” Knedler said. While she loved preparing students, she said the traveling, driving, to contest “was getting to me. It’s a lot of responsibility.”

She became librarian when Nancy Stuckey retired. She cataloged by hand using the Dewey Decimal System. With Feely coming on board they’ll automate the library, she said.

See Knedler Page 34




yet to be cut. There’s lots of acres to be cut – very few completed,” Truelock said. “Our best crops so far have been south of Alva in the Hopeton area. They had a few more showers in the fall.”

Referring to the date June 18, Truelock said, “This is late as I remember” for harvest to barely be started. He added, “We’ve had lots of unfortunate weather. To come out with anything we all feel pretty fortunate.”

Kiowa, Hardtner, Hazelton AreaSteve Inslee, manager of O.K. Grain,

which covers the Kiowa, Hardtner and Hazelton, Kan., area said, “I’m hoping we can cut 50 percent of our usual acreage.”

Inslee said more wheat was released west of Kiowa than east. Of the crops released by insurance adjustors, Inslee said that totaled about two thirds of farmers’ grain – leaving only about one third of their fields to cut.

With hardly 10 percent of the crop cut in O.K. Grain’s area Tuesday, Inslee said the elevators have taken in just shy of 200,000 bushels.

So far yields have ranged from 25 to 40, he said, while test weights have been from 56-61. Inslee optimistically hopes for a 30 bushel average this harvest.

Tuesday he said, “Moisture tests have been close earlier today, but a little wet. We should get going later this afternoon.”

The price of wheat closed at $7.13 per bushel Tuesday afternoon.

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Harvest

Ragina Knedler retires as music teacher and librarian at Burlington after 20 years. She plans to spend more time with her husband Dr. Mike Knedler.

Knedler is ready to relax more. Her husband is Dr. Mike Knedler who has 30 years at Northwestern Oklahoma State Unviersity. He became band director when Dr. Ed Huckabee left Alva. He’s now dean of arts and science.

She started teaching school part-time when their son Blake was age three. She did that for seven years so she could be there for him. In April Blake graduated

from Oklahoma Christian as a computer engineer. He already has a job at Tinker as a computer software engineer.

This summer the Knedlers are go-ing to Hawaii with Blake and his girl-friend Kaitlyn to celebrate Knedler’s retirement, Blake’s graduation and the Knedlers’ wedding anniversary.

She is working as church secretary at the College Hill Church of Christ. De-

scribing herself as a “a people person,” she said the church office is somewhat quiet during the week.

Loving to read, she plans to make time for lots of it. She also enjoys nee-dlepoint. She’s been asked about teach-ing private music lessons, but hasn’t de-cided.

Knedler is enjoying her summer, but admits that when the school bells ring in August she’ll probably miss it – at least at first.

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By Leanne Italie,NEW YORK (AP) — No kids, one

kid, four kids: There’s no end to the de-bate over why people decide on a certain number.

But is one family configuration more scrutinized than another? Lauren Sandler thinks so.

She delves into the myths and mis-conceptions about singletons in a new book, “One and Only,” out this month from Simon & Schuster. And she feels strongly about the subject, as a journalist and an only child raising an only child with her photographer husband, who’s one of two.

The choice of one, the Brooklyn mom said, is often demonized and the pull to have more is strong at times. Based on scores of interviews with academics and only children, the book wasn’t intended as memoir, though Sandler’s family — her “lean team” of three — is woven throughout.

While she’s content and confident her 5-year-old daughter is doing great, Sandler hasn’t escaped the conflict. Her reaction when her husband suggests he get a vasectomy drives home the tur-moil.

“I burst into tears, run up to our bed-room, and throw myself onto the pillows like a heartsick teenager,” she writes.

“Despite all the rational information that supports my reluctance to have an-other kid, all the research demonstrating that only children are fine, all the data suggesting the additional sacrifices an-other kid would require, making the choice not to have another child is still fraught with conflict. It’s an emotional struggle that, it turns out, no set of num-bers and analysis can erase.”

A conversation with Lauren Sandler:AP: How has research on raising

only children changed in recent years?Sandler: I don’t think it’s really

changed. What keeps happening is people keep retesting, saying, ‘Oh, how could it possibly be true that all of these studies from all of these years ago have said that only children are just fine.’ And so they retest and then they find out, ‘Oh yeah, only children are fine.’

AP: So where does the notion come from that only children are lonely, self-ish and maladjusted?

Sandler: I’ve been puzzling over this for three years, and the best I can come up with is this sort of three-pronged an-

swer.No. 1, it was a story that needed

to develop in an evolutionary biology sense, that in order to thrive as a species we had to have more of us, so that was important. And then we were an agrar-ian society, and in an agrarian society children were a work force and a life in-surance policy, and if you wanted your family to thrive you needed to have a bigger one.

But then the Industrial Revolution came around, then the women’s move-ment came around. We didn’t really come to terms with what women’s free-dom looks like, and we didn’t really come to terms with how much society had changed, and so we kept telling this story. I’ve talked to researchers who think that it’s a story that people need to tell because having more kids is hard and you need to feel like there’s a reason behind it.

AP: Is there an underlying discrimi-nation in the culture against only chil-dren?

Sandler: I was having a conversation with an only child I met and she was tell-

New book explores the not-so-miserable only child

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Nearly 71,000 insurance claims have been filed since violent tornadoes ripped through central Oklahoma last month, with payments already topping an estimated $560 million, the Oklahoma Insurance Depart-ment reported Tuesday.

“These numbers are more proof of the dramatic impact the tornadoes had on our state,” Oklahoma Insurance Commis-sioner John Doak said. “Thousands of Oklahomans are now in the process of rebuilding their lives. Insurance can help them do that and I am glad to see that so many of the victims were insured.”

Doak said the agency will hold weekly forums so residents affected by the storms can ask questions and receive assistance with insurance-related issues. Department experts will discuss how to file a claim, what to do if a claim is denied, how to file a complaint and how to spot fraud, among other concerns.

“The claims process can be complicated. My office is ready to assist consumers in any way possible,” Doak said.

Two of last month’s tornadoes were top-of-the-scale EF5s. One of those tornadoes hit Moore on May 20 with winds reach-ing 210 mph, and the other hit El Reno 11 days later with winds of 295 mph. Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more were injured.

The storms also damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.

Earlier this month, Doak announced that anti-fraud investi-gators would be patrolling tornado disaster areas searching for people who were looking to take advantage of storm victims. He said investigators are also verifying the licenses, permits and insurance of people and companies soliciting business from recovering storm victims.

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By Justin JuozapaviciusTULSA, Okla. (AP) — An engineer

killed in a fiery train collision last year suffered from glaucoma and cataracts most of his life and had had about a dozen medical procedures in the three years leading up to the accident, a doc-tor told a federal oversight board on Tuesday.

Despite his failing vision, the en-gineer continued driving freight trains and was at the wheel of one of the freight trains that collided June 24, 2012, near the Oklahoma Panhandle town of Goodwell, which also killed two other railroad workers and caused about $15 million in damage.

“He repeatedly complained that his vision fluctuated and was described as OK one day, not OK the next,” Dr. Mary Pat McKay told the National Transportation Safety Board during a hearing Tuesday in Washington that determined the engineer’s poor eye-sight was the probable cause of the col-lision.

The board also proposed 16 safety recommendations for the railroad in-dustry, unions and oversight agen-cies — many dealing with beefing up

the frequency and quality of medical screenings for workers who have safe-ty-sensitive positions. It also proposed implementing a workplace culture where safety is placed above silence.

The Federal Railroad Administra-tion does not require comprehensive medical screening, instead relying on operators to self-report medical condi-tions to the company, McKay said

“Had the railroad tested the east-bound engineer’s vision in 2010, medi-cal records demonstrate that he would have failed ... any of the standard color vision tests,” she said.

The panel voted 5-0 that the failing eyesight of the train operator, whose name was withheld, was the probable cause of the collision.

Deborah Hersman, NTSB chair-man, said the company is responsible for ensuring employees are capable of fulfilling their roles safely.

“Railroads must pay extra attention to monitoring employees with chronic medical conditions who hold safety-sensitive position,” Hersman said. “If an employee can put their life or the lives of others at risk, it is imperative that others take the necessary and ap-

propriate action.A Union Pacific spokeswoman,

Raquel Espinoza, said company re-cords “indicate the engineer passed all of the federally mandated vision tests and suggestions that his vision may have contributed to the accident are pure speculation.”

Another investigator said control-ling trains remotely, through a system known as Positive Train Control, rath-er than relying on train drivers to read trackside signals, would have elimi-nated the possibility of an accident that day.

Tim DePaepe, who worked the ac-cident site last year, said Positive Train Control would have presented visual and audible warnings to the engineer and crew that the train was in trouble. If warnings are ignored, the system ap-plies brakes automatically.

“This accident would not have oc-curred,” DePaepe said.

Inspectors recovered no recordings of crew communications and couldn’t perform autopsies on those who died. A westbound crew member survived by jumping from his train before the accident.

NTSB: Bad eyesight likely caused Okla. train crash

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ing me that about 10 years ago she was in a job interview and her lack of sib-lings came up, and the person she was interviewing with, the boss of this com-pany, said, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t hire only children.’ And that was that.

Can you imagine if she was any other group? I’m sure it’s illegal but I’m sure that no one even thinks about it in terms of being illegal because we’re not a race. We’re not any standard minority group. We just happen to be this group of people that the world has decided is a certain way even though hundreds of studies and decades and decades of re-search have shown that we just aren’t all that different.

AP: What drives that nagging pull to have more?

Sandler: I think that as parents we want our kids to be happy and to thrive. We want our families to be happy, and we have society telling us if you have one kid, your kid’s going to be really un-happy. You’re going to have a miserable misfit of a child, but if you give your child a sibling you will have a happy

family.The data tells us that most people

have their first child for themselves and the second child for the benefit of their first. I feel like if you want two kids, three kids, five kids, no kids, great. Do what your heart tells you but don’t do what society is whispering in your ear, especially when it’s based on such fal-lacy.

AP: When you’re raising only one, everyone seems to want a say. As an only yourself who is raising an only do you feel you’re under a spotlight in that respect?

Sandler: If you choose not to have a child, like many people I know, then society may mumble and grumble about how you’re not fully a woman, you’re a selfish person, and you’re going to mess up a ‘defenseless child’ by not giving them a sibling.

I think that that feeling, that you are making a bad call and it’s going to hurt a child, is enough so that people feel like they can go from beaming at your adorable child in the subway or in the

supermarket line to shaking their head and saying they wouldn’t do that to their child, which is a line that I’ve heard a lot.

AP: In light of all the positives you’ve rounded up on the benefits of having an only child, including the fi-nancial benefits, you seem to remain conflicted about it. Can you explain that a bit?

Sandler: I know my daughter would be a great big sister and I love babies, and I love being a parent more than I ever thought that I would. I love the delicious closeness that you have with a small child, and you know, my kid’s 5. I know that type of delicious inten-sity with a small kid is eroding. I know that that’s going to come to an end. That makes me feel like, ‘All right, I’m pretty sure that this is what’s going to be the best choice for the three of us,’ but I’m always open to the idea of change, or the notion that the heart can swerve.

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MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer shot and killed a man who’d taken a toddler hos-tage at a Walmart Market in suburban Oklahoma City.

Midwest City Police Assistant Chief Sid Porter says the child wasn’t harmed

in the incident Monday afternoon. Po-lice say Sammie Lamont Wallace took the 2-year-old girl out of her mother’s shopping cart and held a knife to the child. Porter says the store was evacu-ated within minutes and police began negotiating with Wallace.

Porter says an officer opened fire af-ter Wallace began “counting down” on the girl’s life.

The shot killed Wallace and no one else was hurt. Porter says Wallace, who was 37, apparently had no connection to the toddler or her mother.

Police kill man who took girl at Oklahoma store



Alfalfa County Court Filings

Alfalfa County Real Estate Transactions

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According to the affidavits and pe-titions on file, the following individu-als have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone dur-ing regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper.

Criminal FilingsSean Cale Dischiavi, 34, Aline:

Knowingly concealing stolen property ($580.50).

Terry Wayne Brown, 61, Kiowa, Kan.: Possession of firearm after felony conviction ($303).

Misdemeanor FilingsHether Rashel Smith, 25, Cherokee:

(1) Possession of controlled dangerous substance; (2) Unlawful possession of paraphernalia ($458).

Dominic P. Curtis, 27, Canon City, Colo.: Public intoxication ($229).

Michael J. Dotterer, 37, Alva: Driv-ing while license is revoked ($266.50).

Patrick William Chancellor, 37, Oklahoma City: Driving while under the influence ($786).

Civil FilingsMAG Burn LLC vs. COG Petroleum

Corp. Et Al: Quiet title, oil & gas lease ($283.70).

Marriage FilingsClinton Dale McCart, 37, Nash, and

Amanda Marie Farris, 20, Nash: Mar-riage license and certificate ($5).

Benjamin Zane Hudgens, 23, Byron, and Kendra Reshawn Frech, 22, Helena: Marriage license and certificate ($5).

Glen Leslie Donley, 48, Alva, and Laurie Marie Douthit, 48, Alva: Mar-riage ceremony performed by judge ($60).

Wildlife FilingsBilly Leroy Cook, 38, Jet: Illegal

possession of owl feathers in closed sea-son ($796).

Protective Order FilingsAmber Renea White vs. Dave Dean

Wright ($218).Dave Dean Wright vs. Amber Renea

White ($218).Traffic Filings

John Robert Keith, 43, Paris, Texas: Failure to carry insurance verification (state dismissed without fine or costs).

Clinton Lambert, 27, Olney, Texas: Passing in no passing zone ($211.50).

Shane Leedeen Scott, 19, Cherokee: Operating a motor vehicle without valid

driver’s license ($256.50).Isnael Castro, 18, Cherokee: Operat-

ing a motor vehicle without valid driv-er’s license ($256.50).

Whitney Bromlow, 24, Alva: Failure to use child passenger restraint system ($234.50).

Joshua Lyle Harned, 28, Henderson, Texas: Operating a motor vehicle with-out a valid driver’s license ($256.50).

Desirae Nicole Norton, 23, Aline: Transporting open container of alcohol ($316).

Chasity Lee Lawson, 24, Guin, Ala.: Operating a motor vehicle without valid driver’s license ($256.50).

Patrick William Chancellor, 37, Oklahoma City: Failure to signal with intentions to turn left ($211.50);

Patrick William Chancellor, 37, Oklahoma City: Operating a motor ve-hicle without a valid driver’s license ($256.50).

Curtis Carl Branum, 47, Okla-homa City: Failure to stop at stop sign ($211.50).

Anthony Wade Summers, 21, At-tica, Kan.: Operating a motor vehicle at a speed not reasonable or proper ($256.50).

Beginning in book 712 page 247Real Estate Transfers

Charles E. Murray to Wayne T. Nightengale: Lots 13, 14 & 15 in Block 49 of the 1st Addition to Aline: Quit Claim Deed.

Richard Dean Croft II & Stacey Lane Croft to K. Williams Investments LLC: a tract of land described as Beginning at the Southeast Corner of Section 10, Township 26 North, Range 11, WIM, thence North 213 feet, thence West 310 feet, thence South 213 feet, thence East 310 feet to the point of beginning, SUBJECT to existing easements, rights-of-way, deed restrictions, and mineral leases, reservations and conveyances of record: Warranty Deed.

Doris L. Doll and Heather J. Owen & James Sanborn to Michael Roach: all of Lots 23 & 24 in Block 40 of the East Ad-dition to the City of Cherokee: Warranty

Deed.Delee Shepherd s/p/a Dale Delee

Shepherd and Shawn Shepherd & Diasy Shepherd to Shepherd Key Pump LLC: Lots 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 in Block 39 in Town of Helena: Quit Claim Deed.

Kyle B. Hadwiger & Debbie A. Had-wiger, Trustees of the Hadwiger Revo-cable Trust dated Oct. 15, 2012 to Hawk Haven River Ranch LC: Lots 7 & 8 and the East Half of the Southwest Quarter a/d/a the Southwest quarter of Section 18, Township 27 North, Range 10, WIM, LESS the oil, gas and other minerals, and LESS a tract described on page 429 of book 712: Individual Quit Claim Deed.

Michael Roach to Roger Pearce Jr. & Moriah Pearce: all of Lots 23 & 24 in Block 40 of the East Addition to the City of Cherokee: Joint Tenancy Warranty Deed.

Charles K. O’Neil a/k/a Charles O’Neil & Carol E. O’Neil to Brandy D. O’Neil and/or Christyn S. O’Neil: (1) Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 in Block 38 in 1st Addition to the Town of Aline; (2) Lots 4 & 5 in Block 38 in the Original Town of Aline: Warranty Deed (with sur-vivorship clause).

Ross Trent Littlefield & Carly B. Lit-tlefield to Ross Trent Littlefield & Carly Brook Littlefield, Trustees of the Little-field Trust dated March 5, 2013: Lots 6 & 7 and the North 10 feet of Lot 8 in Block 4 of Gilmore Addition to the City of Cherokee, SUBJECT to existing mort-gages now of record: Warranty Deed.

MortgagesCraig A. Shepard & Michele A.

Shepard to The Bank of Kremlin: South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 24 North, Range 10, WIM: 4 notes totalling $486,000.



Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Log

Anthony Wade Summers, 21, Attica, Kan.: Operating motor vehicle without “M” endorsement ($211.50).

The following individuals received a citation for speeding:

Clinton Lambert, 27, Olney, Texas: 21-25 over ($281.50); Whitney Brom-

low, 24, Alva: 1-10 over ($188.50); Jeffrey P. Baker, 38, Kremlin: 1-10 over ($188.50); Erick L. Zachgo, 30, Kingfisher: 1-10 over ($188.50); Lucas James White, 32, Broken Arrow: 15 over ($226.50); Jace Dillon Fincher, 22, Amarillo, Texas: 11-14 over ($226.50); Brandon James, 33, Mansfield, La.: 15 over ($226.50); Kenneth Duane Bo-sley, 36, Pineland, Texas: 11-14 over ($226.50); Boone Allen Davidson, 27, Cleo Springs: 16-20 over ($241.50); Oscar A. Reyes Mijares, 19, Oklahoma City: 11-14 over ($226.50); Luis H. Calvillo, 30, Alvarado, Texas: 16-20 over ($241.50); Dareyoss Negussie, 29, Oklahoma City: 1-10 over ($188.50); Edward Frank Gregory, 63, Blackwell: 1-10 over ($188.50); Dustin Farrell Underwood, 27, Cameron: 16-20 over

($241.50); Kevin Neal Perryman Jr., 27, Enid: 15 over ($226.50); Fernando Romero Jr., 28, Oklahoma City: 21-25 over ($281.50); Joshua James Ponder, 24, Bethany: 15 over ($226.50); Densil Clifton Butler, 42, Guthrie: 1-10 over ($188.50); Joseph Garcia Jr., no age list-ed, Norman: 1-10 over ($188.50); Mark Steven Reyman, 30, Ponder, Texas: 16-20 over ($241.50); Alvaro Lopez Gal-van, 35, League City, Texas: 11-14 over ($226.50).

The following individuals received a citation for failure to wear seatbelt ($20 fine):

Bristol Lane Broce, 22, Alva; Robert Gene Young, 31, Stigler; Dustin Farrell Underwood, 27, Cameron; Joseph Don Ray, 35, Lahoma; Densil Clifton Butler, 42, Guthrie.

From Page 46 Court

June 10, 20137:50 p.m. Assault, deputy en route

from Aline to Burlington to assist with a possible assault with weapon on CR 580, OSBI agent on scene, OSBI saw vehicle but is waiting on officer to ap-proach, prisoner in custody one white male.

June 11, 20132:05 a.m. Residential alarm, there

was an alarm going off north of Jet at the 11/38 junction, advised deputy that respondent advised it was a false alarm.

10:23 a.m. Reckless driver, semi ran off the road several times on Highway 45 east of Highway 8, advised deputy and OHP.

3:01 p.m. Grass fire, fire is close to CR 530 and Highway 64, requesting ad-ditional units and notify Alfalfa Electric, there is an electric pole with damage, called OHP who said there is no one in the area, called and requested Woods County.

3:46 p.m. Miscellaneous, found property at Highway 8 and the sale barn turn.

6:32 p.m. Break/enter, a break in oc-curred sometime between Sunday and today, wants officer to call, advised deputy possible items include air com-pressor.

June 12, 2013

9:36 a.m. Livestock at large, OHP advised of calves out north of Choctaw Rd. on CR 710, advised possible owner, he will check.

9:40 a.m. Medical emergency, need an ambulance in Carmen, individual is spitting up blood and having difficulty standing, paged Carmen Rescue and Life, requested Helena Ambulance, both units responding.

June 13, 20136:54 a.m. Livestock at large, cattle

out 1 mile west on Highway 64 on the south side of the highway in the ditch, could barely see them but they were there, advised possible owner, he said they were his and they are putting them up as we speak.

9:52 a.m. Dog at large, respondent advised the dog is out again in Nesca-tunga, it is behind her house heading to-ward the park, called owner but they are not answering, deputy is already in area and will check around, could not locate.

June 14, 20138:31 a.m. Miscellaneous, vehicle

blocking drive on Highway 11 east of four-way, deputy advised vehicle is on private property, land owner will have to have it towed.

8:57 a.m. Dog at large, dog out again in Nescatunga, inside her fenced back-yard, can’t leave the house, advised dep-

uty and park ranger.12:17 p.m. Medical emergency,

someone fell off a horse and they need an ambulance, at the fairgrounds, depu-ties en route, advised CPD request for ambulance, parents were contacted, she is en route to St. Mary’s.

June 15, 20132:58 p.m. 911 call, possible unat-

tended death in Aline, Helena Ambu-lance and Aline Fire Rescue notified, Cherokee Ambulance en route as Helena is on another call, medical examiner and funeral home notified.

6:02 p.m. Miscellaneous, the rest-rooms in the Carmen Park are flooding and water is spewing everywhere, re-spondent knows where the main water line cut off is, will turn it off and let the city know tomorrow.

June 16, 201312:14 a.m. Officer assistance, Harper

County, Kan., deputy needs assistance at intersection of Waldron Rd. and Nora just past the state line, person unwilling to give driver’s license information.

4:37 p.m. Livestock at large, 15 black Angus 5 miles west of Jet, gave name of possible owner.

9:51 p.m. Reckless driver, silver two-door Honda Civic driving 40-50 mph up and down Main St. in Aline, car lives on Ash St.

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For Sale

‘01 24 ft Landau Pontoon Boat with ‘01 90 hp mercury motor. Has ‘04 trailer. Exc cond. $9000. Call Brian 580-884-9033

For Sale

‘90 Dutchman 5th Wheel Travel Trailer. Converted hitch to Gooseneck ball hitch. 30’ long. 1 yr old electric fridge, shower, good tires, rooftop AC with additional window unit, clear title, well maintained. $4500 obo. Cash only. 580-748-1332

Business Services

Bed & Breakfast

Now open. Cottage at Tamarack Ranch. Conveniently located between Alva & Cherokee. Nightly or weekly rates. 580-596-6997.

Roofing/Siding/Windows

Installed at discount prices. KS & OK. 620-825-4300

Computer Repair

Networking, PC Repair, Website Design, Onsite Repairs, Day or Evening. 405-388-5379

Depot Bar & Grill

Wed-BBQ Brisket, Macaroni Salad, Baked Beans, Apple Pie. Thur-Pork Chop w/Sauerkraut, Salad, Root Beer Float. Fri-Chicken Fry, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Corn, Roll, Cake. Full menu every day. Carry-Out available. 580-327-2212

Gene O’s BBQ

New Hours; Wed-Sat lunch. Thur-Fri dinner. New Menu items beginning next week. Free Delivery. 580-370-5532. Like us on Facebook. We are across from Sonic

Ready to Build New Home

Let’s build it better. WFM Total Construction, LLC. 580-327-7935. www.wfmtotalconstruction.com


Mystic Tan

Now available at The Wild Hair Salon. 324 College. Alva. 580-327-9453

Great Movies

now playing at Rialto. No 1-”Superman, Man of Steel.” Comedy “The Internship,” ends Thursday. R rated comedy “This is the End.” Starts Friday “World War Z” and “Monsters University.” Call 580-327-1900 for showtimes

Harvest!

Looking to lease farmland or do custom farming? (Wheat, Corn, Soy Beans, Etc.) Call Specialty 7 in Burlington, OK at 620-327-7360.

Late Movies

everynight at Rialto. All digital with 3D. Call for titles and showtimes. 580-327-1900 or 0535. See us on Facebook and at alvareviewcourier.com

EZ Step Shower Sale

Quality Bathroom Remodels. Specializing in Showers/Tubs for the elderly and/or disabled. KS & OK. 620-825-4300

Customize Skin Care

at The Wild Hair Salon. Call for your appointment. 580-334-0574. Pamela Hughes. Arbonne Ind. Consultant

Crooked Oak B & B

580-327-3653. alvacrookedoak.com

Share Medical Center

Full-Time Position Operating Room Supervisor. Call 580-430-3390 for more information

CC Construction

Interior-Exterior improvements. Room additions. Plaster Repair & Painting. Handicap. Structural & Non Structural Concrete. Will also accommodate Farm & Ranch. 580-307-4598 or 620-825-4285

Double ‘C’

Welding and Fencing. Call 580-541-3148 or 580-871-2364

For Your Const Needs

From A-Z, New Construction, Roofing, Additions, Remodeling, Siding, Windows, Int/Ext, Painting, All Work Guaranteed. Improve the value of your home. Call 580-732-1028

Buy-Sell-Trade

Consignment Sales. Glen’s Gun Shop, Aline, OK. New guns most weeks. 2 AR-15, Henry 22 Caliber Rifle, Scitadel 45 ACP. 10% discount of all guns. 580-430-5400

Pasture Tree Clearing

Save moisture & grass. Let me clear trees in your pasture. Skid Steer & Marshall Tree Saw. Ed Grover 580-474-2465 or 580-542-0298

Voice Lessons

For Kids of All Ages! For Info, Contact Savannah at [email protected].

Confidential & Private

Outpatient Counseling Services for individual adolescents & adults - including family. Most insurance & Sooner Care accepted. Call 580-430-1032 or email [email protected]. Sandra Kamas - LPC,LADC/MH


Computer Plus

For all computer repair needs call Adam Swallow at 580-327-4449 or 580-748-2349 or come by 1329 Fair. Will do local housecalls

Tree Service

Tree Trimming, Removal, Stump Grinding. Have Bucket Truck, Skid Steer & Stump Grinder. Pesky trees due to drought, limbs over house, etc, give us a call. Work Guaranteed. Customer Satisfaction is our goal. No job too big or small. Free Estimates. Contact Terry at 580-922-0165

Need New Sidewalks?

Driveway perhaps, we do all types of concrete work. Stamp and Colors also avail. Give us a call for estimates. 580-732-1028

Lyn’s Oasis Bar/Grill

Border Bandits Band, June 22 from 9pm-1am. No Cover Charge

It’s Hot!

Stop by Rialto for an ice cold coca-cola or cherry ICEE. Happy Hour prices on drinks and popcorn all day. Carry-Out Only

Employment

Help Wanted

Full-Time Clerk & Stocker at Simpson’s. Dependable and Customer Friendly. Benefits include Health Insurance. Pick-up application or send resume to 533 Main St. Kiowa, KS 67070

Help Wanted

Shop-Inside & outside. Full-Time. Paid Holidays after 6 months. Paid Vacation after a year. Competitive wages. 724 E Okla Blvd

Forklift Operator

Competitive pay & benefits. On call. CDL-A, ability to operate 30-ton forklift, rig up.rig down, 2 yrs verifiable exp. Hodges Trucking 855-CHK-HAUL

Crane Operator

Competitive pay & benefits. Home often. CDL-A, ability to operate 135-ton crane, rig-up/rig down, 3 yrs exp, NCCO cert. Hodges Trucking 588-CHK-HAUL

Help Wanted

Harvest business looking for a CDL Driver and a Grain Cart/Tractor Driver with good driving records. June through October. Salary + room & board. Need wheat to cut. 620-652-8453 or 785-499-3245

Help Wanted

Truck Drivers for Rock & Grain Hauling, 90 Mile Radius of Burlington, OK. Competitive Wages. Harvest Positions Available Too! 620-327-7360

Help Wanted

Lite-N-Nite. Apply in person. 1624 Okla Blvd

Help Wanted

Part-Time Station Help. More hours over the summer. Pick-Up application at Garnett’s Conoco. 518 Okla Blvd. Alva. 580-327-2691

Now Hiring

Premier Aerospace Services & Technology, Inc. hiring 2 full-time production positions. Competitive pay & benefits. Flexible work hours. applications available at 1729 OK Blvd. EOE

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Help Wanted

Depot Bar & Grill. Bartender. Pick-Up application at 3 N college. 580-327-7011

Help Needed

Western Equipment LLC in Alva is looking for a full time tractor service tech to perform basic diagnostics & service repairs. Need excellent knowledge of mechanical, electrical, & hydraulic systems. Experience preferred. High School diploma or GED required. Medical/dental/vision/life ins,401K,paid vac.& holidays. Pick up an app at 3126 College Blvd. in Alva or email [email protected]

Help Wanted

Looking for CDL Driver in Alva area. 501-499-3338

Hiring Immediately

Smok Shak in Ingersoll, cooks, waitresses, dishwasher, full & part time. Apply in person. 580-596-3584

Farm Supplies

Farmers Please Help

65 year old looking for hunting lease for Deer anywhere from $1000 to $30,000 a year. 580-554-0999

Wanted

12 or 14 ft offset disc. 580-254-1234

For Sale

1441 Sunflower Disc. 30ft. 45 ft Kraus Field Cultivator. 580-829-1359

For Sale

10 ft Turbo Box Blade $700. 14 ft disk, drag hitch $500. Antique 10 ft horse drawn hay rake $200. 580-327-6885

For Sale

Exc set of JD Ground Drive Rakes, with hitch $2000. 580-829-1128

Garage Sales

Moving Sale

1445 Young St. Sat 7:30am-? Bedrm suit, front load dryer, 2 man bass boat, small desk, nick nacks, toys, clothes all sizes, Scentsy, TV

Huge Garage Sale

Sat Jun 22. 8am-noon. Country Club Ct. Woodlake Estates. Name brand kids and women’s clothes, lots of household items, furniture, etc

Garage Sale

June 22 at 718 3rd St in Green Building in alley between 2nd and 3rd. Will have lots of vintage collectibles. Will start at 8am and end at 1pm. Please No Early Birds. Go to http://www.facebook.com/groups/441613322931957 to see some items for sale. Have guns and ammo for sale. Several new items to include some arrowheads

Large Liquidation Sale

816 Locust. Sat 8am-? Refrig, bedroom suites, tables, shelving, lawnmower, fruit jars, lots of quality dishes and misc

Garage Sale

1322 Locust. Sat 7-11am

Yard Sale

526 Park. Fri 6-8pm. Sat 8am-2-m. 1/2 price noon to 2pm on Sat

Big Garage/Moving Sale

Part One-Sat 7:30am-5pm. 220 Valleyview, Alva

Yard Sale

Sat June 22. 2306 Waynoka St. Waynoka. 8am-? Some collectibles

Jan’s Collectibles

109 S Grand. Cherokee, OK. 1 year Anniversary Sale. Price marked down now through July 6th. Hours Wed through Sat 9am-4pm

Lawn Care

For Sale

JD L110 Riding Lawnmower, automatic, grass catcher, exc cond, only 247 hours. $800 obo. 580-430-7431

Miscellaneous

New Releases

New on Blu-Ray and DVD at Rialto Video, “21 and Over,” “Jack and the Giant Spider” and “Quartet”

Want to Buy

used boat. 580-430-1414

Why Wait

for Happy Hour 2-4, when you can enjoy soft drinks anytime at Happy Hour prices, Only at Rialto. Open 10am. Alva’s lowest price drinks. ICEE’s too. Rialto (carry-out only) 516 Flynn



Community CalendarWednesday

9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request.

Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at Champs Restaurant.

1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s meeting is held every Wednesday.

Thursday9 a.m. The Woods County Senior

Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request.

Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at Champs Restaurant.


3-6 p.m. Food distribution every Thursday, Alva Wesleyan Food Bank, 818 Lane St.

6 p.m. Heart of Healing Grief Support Group will meet the third Thursday of the month in Suite C of the

Alva Professional Building. Open to the public, the group offers support before, during and after the loss of a loved one.

7 p.m. La Leche League meets the third Thursday of the month at the Alva First Baptist Church. LLL is a breastfeeding group supporting pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.

8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) in Alva every Monday and Thursday.

Friday9 a.m. The Woods County Senior

Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Mallory Seevers will entertain at 12:30 p.m.

9 a.m.-3 p.m. 7th Annual Youth Expo will be held at the Woods County Fairgrounds, Alva, in the Merchants Building. All children must be accompanied by an adult. There is no charge.


6:30 p.m. Fun Night with a covered dish dinner will be held at the Woods County Senior Citizens Center, Alva.

7 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets every Friday at the Senior Citizen Center, 122 1/2 E. Second, Cherokee.

Real Estate

For Sale

2bdrm, 1bth home at 325 Center in Alva. Many updates including new roof, carpet, paint, gas range and more. 580-430-1571 or 580-273-1002 for information

For Rent

2 Bdrm duplex,CH&A, attached carport & ‘fraidy hole’ (shared) 580-327-2554

For Rent

Mobile Home Spots. $1100/Month includes utilities. 936-590-9961

For Rent

Elderly couple has extra large bedroom for rent. Private bath. Access to washer and dryer. refrigerator and microwave. Three blocks from college. 580-748-2321

For Rent

1bdrm 1bth Duplex with appliances. Water paid. $600/Month. 580-515-8280

Hardtner RV Park

RV Spots. Electric, Sewer, Water provided. Close to Alva, Med Lodge and Kiowa. Durwin 580-829-1069

For Rent

2 Bdrm/2 Bath Executive Townhouse w/ attached garage, wood burning fireplace, Anderson Windows & large yard. 580-327-2554

For Rent

2 Bdrm student apt w/ CH&A for 1 or 2 upper classmen - 12 mo. lease - rent includes utilities. 580-327-2554

For Sale

520 E 5th St. in Cherokee, OK 3/4 bdrm on 1 acre. $85,000. 580-748-1597

For Rent

4-5 bdrm, 2 full bath, CH/A, very nice, No Pets, No Smoking, fenced backyard. $1250/Month. 927 Barnes. 405-659-5273

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