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In 1947 President Harry S. Truman

signed the National SecurityAct, which established the

National Military Establishment(later renamed the Department

of Defense).

“[Faith in Action] Now faith isconfidence in what we hope forand assurance about what we

do not see.”

-Hebrews 11:1

The Caddo Buffalo TrailBarbecue lunch and Silent

Auction will be after the rodeoparade, July 30, in the Rock

Community Building.The mealand drink will cost $6 and therewill be carry-out trays available.

If you have garage-sale-typeitems to donate for the auctionplace them on Wanda Tidwell’s

porch by July 27 or callCraighead’s if you would like

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Double murdersuspect arrested

A woman living in Duncanwas arrested Monday morn-ing in a fast food parking lot,in connection with a 2002double homicide in Topeka,Kan. almost 10 years ago.

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Stolen ‘73 OUfootball ring

found bytrooper

John Barresi’s 1973 Big Eightchampionship ring had been

missing for more than 17 years.Now, it’s back in the hands ofthe family of the late University

of Oklahoma football playerafter it was found on the finger

of a trucker during ....

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Bryan County is under a burn ban

BY MATT SWEARENGINMANAGING EDITOR

Effective immediately,Bryan County is under aburn ban.

County CommissionersMonty Montgomery,Tony Simmons and JayPerry approved the banduring a special meetingMonday morning.

Brian Norton, assistantfire chief of Calera Fire-Rescue, said 16 out of 18fire departments voted infavor of a ban during a

meeting Thursday of theBryan CountyAssociation of FireChiefs. Two departmentswere absent.

“With the drought andno rain in sight, we feelit’s time for a burn ban,”Norton said.

James Dalton, directorof Durant/Bryan CountyEmergency Management,also recommended a burnban.

“From our standpoint, Ithink it is probably a goodmove,” Dalton said. “To

be honest with you, we’vedodged the bullet alreadyas far as not having a sig-nificant fire.”

The burn ban will be ineffect for 30 days,although commissionerscan renew it.

The Bryan Countyburn ban proclamation isthe same as the one pro-claimed earlier this monthby Gov. Mary Fallin thatbanned outdoor burningfor most of the state.

Durant Social Security Officeto begin closing at 3:30 pmEffective Aug. 15, the

Durant Social Securityoffice will be open to thepublic Monday throughFriday from 9:00 a.m. to3:30p.m. – a reductionof 30 minutes eachweekday. This is due tocongressional budgetcuts.

While agencyemployees will continueto work their regularhours, this shorter publicwindow will allow themto complete face-to-faceservice with the visitingpublic without incurringthe cost of overtime.

Congress providedSocial Security with

nearly $1 billion lessthan the Presidentrequested for the budgetthis fiscal year, whichmakes it impossible forthe agency to providethe amount of overtimeneeded to handle serviceto the public as we havein the past.

Most Social Securityservices do not require avisit to an office.

For example, anyonewishing to apply forbenefits, sign up fordirect deposit, replace aMedicare card, obtain aproof of income letter or

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Firefighter training at Kiamichi

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KIAMICHI Technology Center lit up Saturday night as part ofthe Firefighter II training. Firemen from Calera, Cartwright,Coalgate, and Daisy have been participating in the training forat least two weekends. Saturday night was LP gas and foamtraining.

Heat warning,advisory

continues forOklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — The excessive heatthat has envelopedOklahoma has caused sixdeaths and is suspected inseven other cases.

The Oklahoman reportsthat the state medicalexaminer’s office cited heatas having caused the deathof a 91-year-old woman inTulsa on Sunday.

The National WeatherService says an excessiveheat warning remains ineffect for 24 counties in theeastern part of the stateuntil late Saturday. Tulsa,Muskogee, Pittsburg,Wagoner and Washingtoncounties are included in thewarning.

Forecasters say heat ill-nesses will be possible asthe combination of hottemperatures and highhumidity persists.

Oklahoma City record-ed its 32nd day of 100-plus-degree temperatureson Sunday. The record wasset in 1980, whenOklahoma City had 50days over 100 degrees.

Oklahoma auditor works to clear county audit backlogOKLAHOMA CITY

(AP) — When StateAuditor and InspectorGary Jones took officethis year, he found a back-log of county audits thatstretched back at least fiveyears.

Jones said he has madesome headway, perform-ing four of the six countyaudits that hadn’t beendone since 2005 and 10 ofthe 16 that hadn’t beenconducted since 2006.

“Our job is to look atthe financial statements tosee if they represent fairly(county transactions), but

we also have an additionaloversight responsibilityby being the inspector tolook to see if there’s anycorruption or fraud,”Jones told TheOklahoman.

“I also believed theagency could do a betterjob of shortening the timeit was taking to completeaudits, especially specialinvestigative audits,” hesaid. “We did a littlerestructuring within theagency to achieve thatgoal.”

Auditors assigned tocounties that have gone

three years or more with-out an audit are checkingfinancial records for thoseyears, Jones said. Thathelps expedite theprocess.

“If the last one’s beendone in 2008, we’ll do atleast ‘09 and ‘10 and wemay go ahead and do ‘11while we’re there,” hesaid. “Once you get inthere and start it’s easier togo ahead and do that nextyear than it is to pull offand go to another county.”

It can take four or fivemonths for an auditingteam to complete a county

that hasn’t been audited inthree years or longer,Jones said.

Similarly, special inves-tigative audit requestshave been waiting for upto two years before begin-ning. In some cases, thefield work was completedbut the report was neverfinalized, he said.

“These requests involveallegations of fraud, wasteor abuse, and we have anobligation to get theseaudits conducted andcompleted so that the facts

Weatherfordman seriouslyinjured diving

off boatA Weatherford man was

seriously injured after div-ing off a boat Saturdayevening on Lake Texoma,the Lake Patrol Division ofthe Oklahoma HighwayPatrol said.

Blain Smylie, 27, wasflown to OU MedicalCenter, Oklahoma City,where he is in serious con-dition with spine injuries.

According to the patrolSmylie dove off a boat intwo feet of water west ofNorth Island in MarshallCounty and struck hishead.

In other news, Durantfirefighters put out a grassfire Saturday seven milesnorth of Highway 70 onLone Oak Road.

The fire was alongside afence row and it scorchedan 8 X 150 foot strip.

At 11:20 a.m. Mondaymorning, firefighters weredispatched to the 200 blockof Red Bud Lane aftersomeone observed smoke.When firefighters arrived,they found a man burningleaves. Firefighters put outthe fire and advised theman of the burn ban.

Monday morning,Bryan CountyCommissioners approved acounty-wide burn ban.

Sheriff’s deputies investigate several burglaries and theftsSheriff’s deputies have

investigated several bur-glaries and thefts recent-ly.

Weldon Scott Browntold Sgt. JasonBannowsky that a Casetractor was stolen from awork site on OldHighway 70 west of theBlue River Bridge.

According to thereport, the tractorappeared to have beendriven from the work sitein an unknown direction.

Two firearms werestolen from JamesRidling’s home in the300 block of MartinLane, according to areport by Deputy

Anthony Scavo. The vic-tim said someone enteredthe home and took aRuger .22 pistol and aRemington shotgun.

A burglar(s) helpedhimself to pizza andMountain Dew afterentering a home in the2000 block of LemonhillRoad. Emily Richardson

told Sgt. Bannowsky thatthe bathroom windowhad been broken out. Shesaid someone ate leftover pizza and drankMountain Dews. Theburglar also took a show-er in the home. Coinsinside a bucket and sever-al bottles of beer werestolen.

Fines for immigration violations are rare in OklahomaTULSA, Okla. (AP)

— Since January 2005,two Oklahoma business-es have been cited orsanctioned by the federalimmigration service forviolating immigrationlaws, according to aFreedom of InformationAct request filed by theTulsa World.

An Oklahoma CityChinese restaurant and aMinco metal fabricatorwere cited and fined a

total of about $5,400,according to a July 11letter to the World fromU.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement.

“Clearly the Obamaadministration isn’t tak-ing immigration enforce-ment seriously,” saidFirst District U.S. Rep.John Sullivan, R-Okla.“Over the past sevenyears, ICE has only con-ducted a handful ofworksite investigations

and cited two businessesfor immigration viola-tions across Oklahoma— that’s a pretty clearindication they have nointention of enforcing thelaw or cracking down onillegal hiring.”

Sullivan said he helpedbring the 287(g) programto the Tulsa Jail, whichhouses and transportsillegal immigrants for thefederal government, andtwo ICE offices to the

area.“With these additions,

Tulsa is one of the mostwell-equipped cities inthe nation to deal withcriminal illegal immigra-tion,” Sullivan said.

Since 2005, Oklahomadeportations skyrocketedby 324 percent, and vol-untary deportationsjumped by 53 percent,according to the

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can be presented and, ifnecessary, individualsprosecuted.”

Jones took the grouphandling special investiga-tive audits out from underthe division that doescounty audits and made itits own division.

By the end of April, the

auditor’s office released136 audits, or nearly 75percent more than the 78audits released during thesame period in 2010 byformer state Auditor andInspector Steve Burrage.

Gayle Ward, executivedirector of the Associationof County Commissionersof Oklahoma, said offi-cials appreciate theemphasis on reducing thebacklog of county audits.

“You just can’t getbehind that many years,”Ward said. “You do havea change in officers, achange in staff. Certainrecords are kept in differ-ent places. ... On the

counties’ behalf, we’redefinitely happy to see theissue is being caught upon.”

Jones said he hopes hisoffice can eliminate thebacklog by next year.

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Clint Charles LydeClint Charles Lyde, 73. of Colbert, Ok., passed

away Sunday evening July 24,2011, at Southern PointeLiving Center in Colbert,Ok. He was bornDecember 29, 1937, inHobart, Ok., and attend-ed Gotebo, Ok. schools.He was the son of ClintBay and Fern HaxtonLyde. He served in theArmy during the Korean con-flict and reactivated in Cuba. Whilehelping build HWY 75through Colbert. He metand married Jan Hannanin Anadarko, Ok. Hewas a sales representa-tive for Wonder BreadHostess Cake for 41years before retiring.

He was preceded indeath by his parents and agranddaughter CandiceMartin Kashou.

Surviving are sons: Brett Lyde and Sadie Brownof Bells, Tx., Bryan Lyde and wife Alice ofDenison, Tx., Bradley Lyde of Hominy, Ok., andBrandon Lyde of Colbert, Ok.; Daughter: AngelaBennett and husband Anthony, Colbert; Sister:Lydia Hooper and husband Mark of Mt. View, Ok.Grandsons: Andrew Jackson and Brian Wood ofDenison, Tx., Jonathan Lyde of Howe, Tx.Granddaughters: Mandy Osbourne of Denison,Tx., Casey, Toni, Marie, Paige Bennett all ofColbert, Ok. and Emily Langlois and KristiMcCray of Louisiana. 16 Great-grandchildren.

Funeral services for Clint Charles Lyde will be11 a.m. Wednesday morning July 27, 2011, inCunningham Funeral Chapel in Colbert with Mr.Quinton Gage officiating. Burial will follow inGarden of Memory Cemetery in Colbert.Pallbearers will be Scott Hair, James Coble, HenryCummins, James Ridling, Scott Ridling andMarcus Rendon. Family night will be from 6-8p.m. Tuesday evening at Cunningham FuneralHome in Colbert. Arrangements have been entrust-ed to Cunningham Funeral Home in Colbert, Ok.

Billy Dewayne WilliamsServices were held Wednesday July 20, 2011, in

Broken Bow, Ok. for Billy Dewayne Williams, 61,of Broken Bow, formerly of Durant, Ok.

Mr. Williams passed away on July 17 inOklahoma City.

There are some exemp-tions such as gas andcharcoal grills if used ona non-flammable surface,plus work-related exemp-tions. Outdoor weldingor cutting-torch activi-ties are allowed whenconducted over a non-

combustible area of 10-feet by 10-feet and whenwelding blankets orscreens are used tocover vegetation. Windspeeds must be less than20 mph, and a firewatch, other than thewelder, must be postedat the site with pressur-ized water or fire extin-guisher.

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inform us of a change ofaddress or telephonenumber may do so atwww.socialsecurity.gov

or by dialing our toll-freenumber, 1-800-772-1213.

People who are deaf orhard of hearing may callour TTY number, 1-800-325-0778.

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Transactional RecordsAccess Clearinghouse, anonprofit organizationthat analyzes federal data.

Nationally, prosecu-tions of illegal immi-grants by the U.S. JusticeDepartment from immi-gration service referralshave increased by 115percent since 2006, with“re-entry of a deportedalien” as the top-rankedleading charge, accordingto Transactional RecordsAccess Clearinghouse.Criminal immigrationprosecutions hit an all-time high nationally in2009.

Worksite enforcementof immigration laws is theresponsibility of ICE, adivision of the U.S.Department of HomelandSecurity. The agency canassess fines on employersviolating the law or makereferrals to the U.S.Justice Department forcriminal prosecution.

Nationally, 240employers were fined byICE last year after admin-istrative audits, which isup from previous years.

The Tulsa Worldrequest filed May 13 withICE asked for allOklahoma employers andbusinesses cited or other-wise sanctioned by theagency in the last sevenyears for violating thefederal immigration law.The agency responded ina July 11 letter, listingtwo business names andthe dates and amounts offines.

Oklahoma City attor-ney Doug Stump, vicepresident of the AmericanImmigration LawyersAssociation, doubts theaccuracy of the agency’sFOIA response

“I don’t think thatresponse is accuratebecause I’ve seen otheractivity,” Stump said. “Ifthat number was true, itwould be extraordinarilylow. But I don’t believethe FOIA request wasfully responsive.”

Since 2009, ICE hasbeen ramping up itsworksite enforcement onemployers, shifting fromthe high-profile raids ofbusinesses and roundupof illegal immigrantworkers for arrest.

“ICE’s comprehensive

worksite enforcementstrategy reflects arenewed Department-wide focus targetingcriminal aliens andemployers who cultivateillegal workplaces bybreaking the country’slaws and knowingly hir-ing illegal workers,” stat-ed ICE spokesman CarlRusnok in an e-mail tothe World.

“ICE’s interiorenforcement efforts ofteninvolve long and carefulinvestigative work intoallegations of crimes suchas worker exploitation,visa and document fraud,or trafficking. ICE usesall available criminal andcivil tools at its disposal,including civil fines anddebarment to help deteremployers who knowing-ly hire illegal labor.”

However, criminalprosecutions of employ-ers have remained nearlynonexistent, with noknown cases filed lastyear in the state againstemployers for hiring ille-gal immigrants, officialssay.

In the Northern Districtof Oklahoma, no suchcharges were filed since

2009, said Assistant U.S.Attorney CharlesMcLoughlin. Court clerksin the U.S. Western andEastern federal districtscould not recall anyimmigration-related casesfiled against employers inthe last year.

At least two cases havebeen prosecuted in thestate since 2005: aSulphur saddlemaker inthe Eastern District fol-lowing a 2006 raid and anofficial with a heat-and-air company in the U.S.Western District in a 2008guilty plea.

Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, considered thearchitect for Oklahoma’slaws pushing for state andlocal enforcement of fed-eral immigration laws,said the response to theWorld’s FOIA requestbacks his position.

“I find it shocking,”said Terrill. “This isbeyond disappointment. Itshows what a total andcomplete failure the fed-eral government has beenon cracking down on ille-gal immigration. It justdemonstrates why stateshave to step up and dothis.”

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BY LESLIE HEARNSOCIAL SECURITY CLAIMS REPRESENTA-

TIVE IN DURANT

In February 2011,Jeopardy! broadcast itsfirst competition that pitman against machine.Watson, an artificial intel-ligence computer systemdeveloped by IBM, com-peted against the show’stwo most successfulchampions: Ken Jennings(longest winning streak)and Brad Rutter (biggestmoney winner).

Watson won, with thehelp of a four-terabyte

memory that included 200million pages of encyclo-pedias — including thefull text of Wikipedia.

We at Social Securityhave known for some timethat computers can helppeople. As a result, wedeveloped and now havesome of the best onlineservices in the world.Time and time again,Social Security’s onlineservices are at the top ofcustomer satisfaction sur-veys.

So here’s a Jeopardy!answer of our own: “Youcan conduct these online

services at www.socialse-curity.gov.” What is thequestion?

— What is “get aninstant, personalized esti-mate of future benefitswith the RetirementEstimator atwww.socialsecurity.gov/estimator”?

— What is “apply forSocial Security retirement,spouse’s, Medicare, or dis-ability benefits atwww.socialsecurity.gov/applyonline”?

— What is “apply forExtra Help with Medicareprescription drug costs at

www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp”?

— What is “request areplacement Medicarecard at www.socialsecuri-ty.gov/pgm/links_medicare.htm”?

All of the above areacceptable answers.

Computers are capableof making our lives mucheasier. In fact, you mightsay that using our onlineservices makes doingbusiness with SocialSecurity … elementary,dear Watson.

See for yourself atwww.socialsecurity.gov.

Shooter in Arkansas soldier killing sentenced to lifeBY JEANNIE NUSSASSOCIATED PRESS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(AP) — They filed out ofthe courtroom to decidethe fate of a man who shottwo soldiers outside a mil-itary recruiting station inArkansas. Then, theyprayed.

As AbdulhakimMuhammad stood trial forkilling one soldier andwounding the other, hisvictims’ families acted ashis jurors. On Monday,six relatives and the sol-dier he wounded accepteda plea deal that pulled thedeath penalty off the tableafter they deliberatedabout Muhammad’s like-

ly endless list of appealsand the possibility that hecould get off scot-free ifthe trial continued.

“What we did would bethe same thing as thejury,” said Daris Long,whose son died two yearsago after Muhammadfired an assault rifle athim.

As part of the pleaagreement, Muhammadacknowledged his guilt tothe families of Pvt.William Andrew Long,who died in the shooting,and Pvt. QuintonEzeagwula, who still hasshrapnel in his body fromthe bullets. Muhammadhas already confessed toauthorities and to media

outlets, including TheAssociated Press, but hehas said the shooting wasjustified becauseAmerican troops werekilling his fellow Muslimsin the Middle East.

On Monday,Muhammad didn’t get asoapbox. Instead, thejudge sentenced him tolife in prison withoutparole, plus 11 more lifesentences and an addi-tional 180 years in prison.

Since Muhammad’strial started last week,prosecutors have por-trayed the 2009 shootingas a horrific murder.Ezeagwula testified aboutwatching his friend, 23-year-old Long, fall to the

ground as bullets himthem. Long’s mother,Janet, recalled hearing thegunshots that killed herson as she waited in theparking lot outside therecruiting center.

Muhammad’s defenseattorneys didn’t contestthat their client killedLong and woundedEzeagwula. Instead, theyargued he’s delusional.Their star witness, a psy-chiatrist, testified thatMuhammad believes he’sbeing persecuted due tohis faith as a Muslim.Prosecutors planned topresent their own psychia-trist, who foundMuhammad free of men-tal defect or disease.

Dear Annie: My sonand I, on pretty substan-tial evidence, believe thatmy grandson is not onlydoing drugs but sellingthem, and was also sell-ing his 14-year-old sisterto his friends for sex.

My grandson is 19. Hisfather threw him out ofthe house, and he leftwithout taking anyclothes or other belong-ings. He says he doesn’tneed them.

These are bothloved children who wentto a religious gradeschool. But once theyattended a public highschool, somehow thingswent terribly wrong. Mygranddaughter is beauti-ful and bright, but is nowsullen and uncommunica-tive. We all believed thesekids were sweet, lovingand good, and arestunned and heartsick.They have already beento a counselor. What elsecan we do? -- WorriedGrandmother

Dear Grandmother:Please don’t blame thehigh school. Plenty ofkids attend publicschools, and they don’tturn out like your grand-son.

There’s not much youcan do about a legal adultwho no longer lives athome. His parents canreport his drug and sex-trade business to thepolice if they so choose.Or they can urge him toget into rehab, althoughhe doesn’t seem ready tomake changes. Yourgranddaughter, however,should continue with hercounseling. She maywish to press chargesagainst her brother. Shehas been sexually abusedand will need ongoinghelp. Suggest to your sonthat he contact RAINN(rainn.org) at 1-800-656-HOPE (1-800-656-4673).

Dear Annie: Werecently received a wed-ding invitation for a rela-tive on my wife’s side,and it was addressed to“The Smith Family.” It isbeing held at a ratherupscale location, but iswithin driving distance.

Besides the two chil-dren we have together, Ihave teenage childrenfrom my first marriage. Isit safe to assume they areincluded as guests? --Just Wondering

Dear Just: If theteenage children live withyou, chances are they areincluded. But it’s neversafe to make assumptionslike these. Call thebride’s family and ask.

Dear Annie: “Help”said his adult daughterand wife were“enmeshed” and he wastired of the daughter’snever-ending phone calls.

You didn’t have muchsympathy and urged himto leave it alone.

Maybe that was thebest response, but should-n’t there be some limit tothe time one’s spousespends talking on thephone, especially if it issapping the life out of themarriage?

My wife, “Doris,” isclose to her mother andsister -- too close if youask me. They both callmultiple times a day, andDoris never fails toanswer. She says “it’s notpolite” or “it might be anemergency.” Add in theoccasional call fromother family membersand friends, and Doris ison the phone at least fivehours a day and longer onweekends. Calls arerarely shorter than 30minutes. As a result, I amlucky to get five minutesof uninterrupted timewith her.

I can’t tell you howmany conversations, fam-ily dinners, vacations,walks and, yes, lovemak-ing sessions have beenspoiled by incomingphone calls. We haven’twatched a TV showtogether for yearsbecause I got tired of tak-ing four hours to getthrough a two-hourmovie. I spend most ofmy time doing things onmy own while Dorisyaks.

I’ve proposed everycompromise I can thinkof, but realized long agothat nothing was going tochange. Doris is thesweetest person I know,and I won’t leave her overthis. But had I known thiswas going to be my life, Inever would have mar-ried her. -- Always onHold

Dear Always: It’s toobad Doris doesn’t realizethe damage she has doneto your relationship.Show her this letter -- orbetter yet, call her.

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THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT 33LifestylesTUESDAY,JULY 26, 2011

Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell &Marcy Sugar

HOLLYWOOD--Godbless America, and how’severybody?

Texas Governor RickPerry disclosed last weekhe feels like the Lord hascalled him to run for pres-ident. Weeks earlierMichele Bachmann saidshe’d been called by theLord to run for president.Ever since God got a jobselling annuities he’s beenon the phone to everyonehe knows.

Tiger Woods dumpedhis longtime caddie andclose friend SteveWilliams Wednesday,causing the caddy to lashout. He said that the golferhasn’t returned his person-al loyalty. A scroll throughTiger’s text messagesshowed he was lettingpancake waitresses carryhis clubs.

The Texas Board ofEducation met Fridayunder the new chairman-ship of biology teacherBarbara Cargill. Sheopposes evolution andwants its flaws taught. Ifevolution were true wewould have a Democratwho could cut taxes or aRepublican who couldsave Medicare by now.

The NFL owners rati-fied a labor treaty subjectto player approval onThursday. It includes com-munity outreach pro-grams. Already the

Cincinnati Bengals ownerhas asked local schoolchildren to come to train-ing camp and talk to theplayers about the dangerof drugs and alcohol.

Lindsay Lohan pleadedpoverty Friday when herjudge ordered privatecounseling for hershoplifting habit. Sessionsare expensive. Lindsayhasn’t made any filmslately and doesn’t haveany cash and she’s havingtrouble finding a coun-selor who’ll accept neck-laces as payment.

Los Angeles city offi-cials fired traffic officerJohn Dancler Friday forperforming a sex act withan actress in a pornomovie. Things will workout for him. He plans touse the film as an auditionreel for the TSA to showhe can get under people’sclothes without theirobjecting to it.

Texas Governor RickPerry continued agonizingon Friday over whether hewill run for president. It’snot that complicated. Nowthat Michele Bachmannhas released a doctor’s

note explaining hermigraines it’s clear thatthe GOP presidential pri-mary’s really just highschool P.E.

President Obama spokeat a town hall in MarylandFriday to discuss budgetnegotiations to increasethe debt limit. It didn’twork out too well for him.The president was cooland breezy, giving every-body living under the heatdome last week yet anoth-er reason to hate him.

The Weather Channelreported Thursday that theheat dome over the U.S.extended from Texas allthe way to Maine, cover-ing a million square miles.California is bad, too. Itwas so hot in Los AngelesFriday that Charlie Sheenbecame delirious and actu-ally began making sense.

The White House dis-closed that PresidentObama will vacation onMartha’s Vineyard nextweek at the twenty-eightacre Blue Heron Farm inMassachusetts. It’s wherethe Kennedys and theClintons always vaca-tioned. The island’s mainroad is dotted with mar-riage repair shops.

Chicago mayor RahmEmanuel ripped ABCNews for asking himabout why he put his kidsin private school. They goto the University of

Chicago’s LaboratorySchool. Just the school’sname makes it sound likehe’d rather trust his kids toDr. Frankenstein than theteachers union.

Oslo shook from anexplosion Friday after abomb detonated inNorway outside the officeof the Nobel Prize com-mittee. No one knowswho’d do such a thing.This is just a guess, butyou’d think the first sus-pect would be whoeverfinished second in theNobel Prize forChemistry.

News Corp invited thelaid-off News of the Worldemployees Friday to applyfor other jobs as reportersin the global company.They have openings fortheatrical reviewers inSiberia. It’s the only placewhere you can catchAndrew Dice Clay andJane Fonda in Death of aSalesman.

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‘Captain America’ knocks Harry from No. 1 spotLOS ANGELES (AP)

— In a battle of summermovie heroes, CaptainAmerica topped HarryPotter this weekend at thebox office.

Paramount Pictures’“Captain America: TheFirst Avenger” opened atNo. 1 with $65.8 million,according to Sunday stu-dio estimates. The MarvelComics superhero adven-ture sets up next summer’sall-star blockbuster “TheAvengers.”

Warner Bros.’ “HarryPotter and the DeathlyHallows: Part 2,” theeighth and final install-ment in the boy-wizardfranchise, dropped to thesecond spot. It made justover $48 million in its sec-ond weekend for a domes-tic total of $274.1 million.

Don Harris, head of dis-tribution for Paramount,said “Captain America”

exceeded expectations. Hefigured it would do thesame sort of business as“X-Men: First Class,”which opened with $55.1million in June.

“It looked to me, whenI saw the marketing on themovie and then saw‘Captain America,’ like athrowback movie. Itreminded me a little bit of‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.’It had a little bit of a‘Raiders’ feel to it, whichis one of the best moviesof all time,” Harris said.“People embrace the lookof the character. The char-acter is a little bit like IronMan — he didn’t have alot of special weapons tohimself, he just was apretty interesting charac-ter.

“For it to be the fifth offive superhero movies forthe summer, it looks likewe got to save the best for

last,” he said.I n t e r n a t i o n a l l y ,

“Captain America: TheFirst Avenger” openedonly in Italy with $2.8million. It will begin play-ing in 23 internationalmarkets next weekend,including the UnitedKingdom, Russia,Argentina, Brazil,Mexico, Australia andKorea.

“Harry Potter” dropped72 percent from itsrecord-setting opening of$169.2 million last week-end. That was expected,though: Even WarnerBros. executives acknowl-edged that these moviesare front-loaded in termsof audience turn-out.

And as box-office ana-lyst Paul Dergarabedianof Hollywood.com point-ed out, this final “Potter”picture made $43 millionin its first midnight show-

ings alone.“‘Harry Potter’ did

what it’s going to do,”Dergarabedian said.“Even trying to keep upwith that pace, that level,is really tough.”

The strong showing of“Captain America” madesense, he said. Everysuperhero movie that’scome out this year hasopened at No. 1.

“The general consen-sus was that it was a pret-ty good movie,”Dergarabedian said of“Captain America,”which scored 73 percentpositive reviews onRotten Tomatoes. “Beingthe week of Comic-Con,I don’t know, maybe thatmany fan-boys in oneplace affected the boxoffice. Maybe people hadcomic books on thebrain, superheroes on thebrain.”

$1M-plus Chinese cups tops for ‘Antiques Roadshow’NEW YORK (AP) —

An Oklahoma man hasmore than a million rea-sons to be happy hebrought his collection ofChinese rhinoceros hornedcups to be appraised byexperts with the PBS series“Antiques Roadshow.”

PBS says the collectionwas judged Saturday by

Asian art expert LarkMason at a taping in Tulsa,Okla., to be worth $1 mil-lion to $1.5 million. That’seasily the most valuableitem brought in for apprais-al in the history of“Antiques Roadshow,”which will air its 16th sea-son next year.

Show spokeswoman

Judy Matthews says thecollection owner was sur-prised by the appraisal andquipped, “I guess I won’thave to rely on SocialSecurity anymore.” Theowner wishes to remainanonymous.

Matthews says there’s ahot market now forChinese art.

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OPINIONThe big news, as far as the

media are concerned, is thepolitical game of debt-ceilingchicken that is being playedby Democrats andRepublicans in Washington.But, however much themedia are focused on what ishappening inside theBeltway, there is a wholecountry outside the Beltway -- and the time is long overdueto start thinking about what isbest for the rest of the country,not just for right now but forthe long haul.

However the current debt-ceiling crisis turns out, thecurrent economic turmoil infinancial markets around theworld should cause someserious thoughts about thelong run, and about the wholeidea of a national debt-ceil-ing.

Some people may havebeen shocked when the cred-it-rating firm Moody's recent-ly suggested that the debt-ceiling law be repealed, inorder to avoid fiscal criseswhich can throw world finan-cial markets into turmoil thatcan injure countries aroundthe world.

Anyone who wants toshow that Moody's is wrongshould be prepared to showthe actual benefits of the debt-ceiling, not its goals or hopes.That will not be easy, if possi-ble at all.

Too many policies, pro-grams and institutions arejudged by what they are sup-posed to do, rather than bywhat they actually do and theconsequences of their actions.The United Nations, forexample, survives as a glori-ous idea, despite how corrupt,counterproductive and evendangerous its actions are.

The national debt-ceilinglaw should be judged by whatit actually does, not by howgood an idea it seems to be.The one thing that the nation-al debt-ceiling has never doneis to put a ceiling on the risingnational debt. Time and timeagain, for years on end, thenational debt-ceiling has beenraised whenever the nationaldebt gets near whatever thecurrent ceiling might be.

Regardless of what it issupposed to do, what thenational debt-ceiling actuallydoes is enable any adminis-tration to get all the politicalbenefits of runaway spendingfor the benefit of their favoriteconstituencies -- and theninvite the opposition party toshare the blame, by eitherraising the national debt ceil-ing, or by voting for unpopu-lar cutbacks in spending orincreases in taxes.

The Obama administra-tion is a classic example.When all its skyrocketingspending bills were beingrushed through Congresswithout even being read, theDemocrats had such over-whelming majorities in boththe Senate and the House ofRepresentatives thatRepublicans had all theycould do to get a word inedgewise -- even though theirwords had no chance of stop-ping, or even slowing down,the spending of trillions ofdollars.

Now that the bill is comingdue for all that spending andborrowing, Republicans aresuddenly being invited in toshare the blame for eitherraising the national debt ceil-ing or for whatever otherunpopular measures will belegislated.

Many years ago, someonesaid, "If you didn't invite meto the big take-off, don't inviteme to the crash landing." Thiswas Obama's big spendingspree, but "bipartisanship"requires Republicans to eithersplit the bill or be blamed ifthe government shuts downor defaults.

What would happen ifthere were no national debt-ceiling law?

Those who got the politi-cal benefits from handing outtrillions of dollars of the tax-payers' money (plus bor-rowed money) would also getthe clear and sole blame forthe resulting skyrocketingnational debt and all theunpopular consequences.

Those people who wantserious and substantial spend-ing cuts are absolutely right inwhat they want. There are notonly government programsthat need to be cut but wholegovernment agencies, includ-ing Cabinet-levelDepartments, that are notmerely useless but positivelyharmful on net balance.

There are a lot of thingsthat could be cut, and shouldbe cut, instead of defaultingon the nation's debts. But thatis not likely to happen, ifObama and his media choruscan instead blame theRepublicans for forcing agovernment shutdown or acredit default.

Regardless of how the cur-rent crisis is resolved,Moody's suggestion ofrepealing the national debt-ceiling law deserves somevery serious thought, becausethat law is the crucial factor inthe political games that allowbig spenders to blame othersfor the consequences of theirown irresponsibility.

Those who say that thereckless spending and reck-less borrowing of the Obamaadministration are the roadsto ruin are absolutely right.

Too many policies andinstitutions are judged bywhat they are supposed to do,rather than by what they actu-ally do.

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Politics Rule No. 1:Never say what you reallythink, especially beforeyou think.

GOP presidential hope-ful Herman Cain learnedthis lesson hard and fastwhen he asserted recentlythat communities have aright to thwart construc-tion of mosques in theirneighborhoods. Cain, whohails from Atlanta and isbest known as the CEO ofGodfather’s Pizza, madethose comments during avisit to Murfreesboro,Tenn., where residentshave been trying to blocka mosque for the past cou-ple of years.

A few months earlier, areporter asked Cainwhether he’d be comfort-able with a Muslim in hisCabinet, and Cain said,well, no, not really. Heelaborated, but too late.The bell had gonged, thedie was cast and the memehad become truth.

If anti-Muslim rhetoricis tonic to the far right, it isgold to those on the leftlooking for a nugget tochew on. Cain had steppedin it, and every effort toextricate himself has madethings worse. As dozenshave noted, Cain’s anti-mosque position doesn’tjibe with the U.S.Constitution he aims todefend.

I sat down with Cainrecently and offered himan opportunity to clarifyhis position. After half anhour or so of discussion,he eventually acknowl-

edged the error of hiscomments while offeringthe usual litany of expla-nations. Microphones inface, questions lobbed likegrenades, words taken outof context.

He also correctly recog-nized that no matter whathe says, those who want todemagogue this issue willcontinue, and the evidencebears him out. The origi-nal question, he says, waswould he feel comfort-able? And the immediate,reflexive, impoliticanswer was that he would-n’t .?.?. unless the MuslimCabinet member is com-mitted to the Constitutionrather than sharia law.

What followed dot-dot-dot got lost in the ethers,but never mind. When yourun for president, you runwith the big dogs.

The surpassing truth, ofcourse, is that Cain wasjust plain wrong. The lawof the land prevails everytime, and Muslims, likeeveryone one else, eitherplay by the rules or theydon’t play. The reasonthings keep getting worsefor Cain is because whenhe tries to explain, he’sreally trying to justify —and you can’t justify“wrong.”

What is also probably

true is that on a deep-brainlevel, Cain, like manyAmericans, fundamental-ly distrusts Muslims forall the reasons we know.But, as Cain conceded,fear of Muslims and theMuslim-thrashing thatcertain politicians haveengaged in is an exercisein stereotyping thatwouldn’t be tolerated inany other case. (Well,except for white males,but that’s another book.)

Cain’s own trashingfrom critics is, as we say, ateachable moment, andfairness requires that wetreat it as such. PoliticsAmendment No. 1:Everybody gets to say onestupid thing and stay inthe race. Cain isn’t a bigotor a hater, but he wasuninformed and reacted asthe relatively inexperi-enced politician that he is.He has thought better of it,as people are allowed todo, and his final statementis that all Americans act-ing within the law maypractice their faith as theyplease. There now, thatwasn’t so hard.

A mathematician bytraining, a preacher byvocation and a successfulbusinessman by occupa-tion, Cain is at square onewhen it comes to mediasophistication. One mayreasonably argue that any-one running for presidentshould know better, butthose whose votes Cain iscourting don’t care aboutthis type of sophistication.In fact, the more the

lamestream media comeafter him, the more theylike him. See Sarah Palin.

But it’s a great bigcountry, the presidentserves the many, not thefew, and Cain will becomea smarter politician.Meanwhile, his strengthas a candidate is in hisconsiderable business acu-men. How he would leadas president is evident inhis campaign structure.He’s the CEO, naturally,and his top aides are vicepresidents. He’s develop-ing a board of advisers(economy, agriculture,foreign policy, health care,etc.), and the chairpersonof each advisory groupwill become his board ofdirectors.

Cain’s criticisms ofPresident Obama largelyfocus on a managementstyle that leads to lethargicdecision-making (theAfghanistan surge, the BPoil spill). Whether Cainwill get to test his ownmanagement style willdepend foremost onwhether he masters histongue. In the meantime,he has some interestingideas that are more com-pelling and urgent thanwhether Murfreesborogets a mosque. Hedeserves a second hearing.

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The Rangers kickedoff their season earlyplaying in a tournamentin Gore, Okla. Afterlosing by one run in thefinals, the Rangerswent on to play inseven more and neverlost another tournamentthe rest of the year.

Ending up with a 46-7 record, the Rangerswon the Durant CityChampionship, OKKids Regionals, andfinished off their sea-son by becoming StateChamps after winningthe OK Kids StateChampionship inPoteau, Okla.

Ranger Nation wouldlike to extend a big‘Thanks” to all whohave supported us andmade this year possi-ble. Coaches StephenRoberts, TravisStephens, and BryceHarper want to say howproud we are of alltwelve boys for beingthe hardest workingteam in the State andnever settling for good,but always wanting tobe great.

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BY ROBERT MEDLEYTHE OKLAHOMAN

OKLAHOMA CITY(AP) — John Barresi’s1973 Big Eight champi-onship ring had been miss-ing for more than 17 years.

Now, it’s back in thehands of the family of thelate University ofOklahoma football playerafter it was found on thefinger of a trucker during aroutine traffic stop.

Perhaps it was anotherstroke of Sooner magic.

Barresi, who died in2009, was a defensive tack-le on the undefeated 1973and 1974 OU teams. Hewas the husband of JanetBarresi, the current stateschools superintendent.

“I feel like I won the lot-tery,” Janet Barresi said. “Itis of such strong sentimen-tal value to us. It symbol-izes the hard work thatJohn did. It’s just like a lit-tle bit of him being back.”

The ring was stolen in aburglary at John Barresi’snorth Oklahoma Cityhome in December 1993,

along with his 1974 nation-al championship ring.

The return of the ringalso brings great happinessto John Barresi’s twin sons,who both played collegefootball.

“It’s really an indescrib-able feeling of happiness,”said Ben Barresi, 25. “It islike a piece of him hascome back and a connec-tion to his past Soonerglory.”

The happy reunion offamily and ring may nothave been possible withouta sharp-eyed OklahomaHighway Patrol trooper.Trooper Jason McAlister,who works in the patrol’ssize and weight truckingdivision, was patrollingInterstate 35 south ofGoldsby about 4:30 a.m.July 11 when he noticed asouthbound tractor-trailerwith a headlight out.McAlister pulled the truckover.

A Big Eight champi-onship ring was on the left-hand ring finger of thedriver. It was in good

shape, but somethingseemed out of place,McAlister said. The 39-year-old trooper said hedidn’t think the driverlooked like a former OUfootball player because hewas smaller than mostfootball players.

“It just didn’t seemright,” McAlister said. “Hedidn’t look like what Ithought would have been afootball player, and I havenever seen a football playerwearing a championshipring. Most keep themstored away.”

The truck driver admit-ted to McAlister he neverplayed football at OU andclaimed to have found thering while cleaning anapartment in northwestOklahoma City about adecade ago. He said he’ddecided to keep it.

The ring, with a largeOU in the center, has thename Barresi on it and theword “Undefeated” withthe date 1973 and thewords “Big EightChampions.”

Stolen ‘73 OU footballring found by trooper

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NFL deal looks like win-winfor players, owners

BY RICHARD ROSENBLATTAP SPORTS WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) —NFL owners and playerswere all smiles afteragreeing on a new labordeal. And why not? Bothsides were feeling likewinners.

It took a 4?-monthlockout to do it, but play-ers came away with bettersalaries and benefits andsafer working conditions.Owners, meanwhile, gaina higher percentage of themore than $9 billion inannual league revenuesthat figure to rise signifi-cantly.

“The whole deal foreverybody is truly anupgrade,” Chicago Bearskicker and player repre-sentative Robbie Gouldsaid Monday. “If you lookat the whole concept ofthe deal — for the owners,obviously, they wanted apercentage back. We gavethem a percentage back.For the players, workerscompensation, the rev-enue sharing.

“I think at the end ofthe day, the deal is fair foreveryone.”

The biggest issueinvolved splitting revenue.In the new 10-year deal,the split is about 53 per-cent to owners and 47 per-cent to players. The oldcollective bargainingagreement was close to a50-50 arrangement.

“This new agreement isfair for both sides. Neitherside got everything theywanted,” San DiegoChargers president DeanSpanos said. “It will giveus labor peace for 10years and helps secure thelong-term future of thegame. It will allow profootball to be even better,safer and more competi-tive, and to grow andprosper into the future.”

On the plus side for theplayers, there’s:

— an increase insalaries and benefits, withthe salary cap at $120 mil-lion, plus $22 million inbenefits, for 2011.Owners must spend 99percent of the salary capin 2011-12 in cash;

— minimum salaryincreases of $50,000 thatwill increase annually;

— new work rules andshortened offseason

workouts, which areexpected to result in fewerinjuries and perhapslonger careers;

— better health bene-fits, including more than$1 billion for post-careerinjuries.

On the owners’ side,there’s:

— more money toinvest as gross revenuesrise;

— labor peace for 10years that makes it easierto work out long-termbusiness deals;

— the ability to assistin the development of newstadiums because certainrevenue was not includedin total football revenues;

— paying less moneyto untested rookies,specifically high-firstround draft picks,although that money willbe redirected to veterans.

Each side lost a little,too. The owners did notgive the players an opt-outclause NFLPA chiefDeMaurice Smith sought,and the players retained a16-game regular seasonthat Commissioner RogerGoodell wanted increasedto 18 games.

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ARLINGTON, Texas(AP) — The Texas Rangersrouted the Minnesota Twins,20-6 on Monday night, put-ting up the most runs in agame by any team this sea-son.

In the process, theRangers accomplished a featdone only two other times in111 years by scoring at leastthree runs in each of the firstfive innings.

It happened to Texas 20years ago when the OaklandAthletics beat them 19-5.Philadelphia also did itagainst Pittsburgh way backin 1900, according to infor-mation provided by theRangers from the EliasSports Bureau.

NEW YORK (AP) —Derek Jeter and MarkTeixeira each homered anddrove in three runs, FreddyGarcia stifled his formerteam, and the New YorkYankees handed the snakebitSeattle Mariners their 16th

straight loss with a 10-3 vic-tory Monday night.

A rain delay of 1 hour, 57minutes was the only thingthat slowed this loss forSeattle. The game was bare-ly under way when Teixeiracrushed any pregame hopesSeattle had of jumping outearly and snapping thestreak, hitting a rare homerinto the second deck in leftfield after Curtis Grandersonwalked in the first. In thethird, Jeter hit his first homersince connecting for hit No.3,000 on July 9.

LOS ANGELES (AP) —Police suspect two mencharged with the severe beat-ing of a San Francisco Giantsfan at Dodger Stadiumassaulted three other Giantsfans at the opening day gameand are asking other possiblevictims to come forward.

Detectives believe theother people wereapproached by suspectsLouie Sanchez and MarvinNorwood on the west side ofthe stadium on March 31, alaw enforcement official saidMonday.

Sanchez also is accused ofmisdemeanor battery on awoman at the game. Theofficial said the woman waswearing a Giants shirt andSanchez threw something ather during the game.

SSWWIIMMMMIINNGG

SHANGHAI (AP) —Cesar Cielo said his dopingordeal was behind him. OnMonday, the emotions of thepast month came back in fullforce when the Brazilianwon the 50-meter butterfly atthe world championships.

Last week, Cielo wascleared of doping by theCourt of Arbitration for Sportfollowing an emergencyhearing here in China.

Also on the second nightof the eight-day meet, hostChina took its first goldwhen 15-year-old Ye Shiwenwent from fifth to first duringthe final freestyle leg in thewomen’s 200 individualmedley.

Alexander Dale Oen ledfrom start to finish to takegold in the 100 breaststroke,then pointed to the

Norwegian flag on his swimcap in honor of the 93 peoplekilled during the twin attacksin his country on Friday.

The powerful Americanteam took its first title whenDana Vollmer won the 100fly for her first individualgold at a worlds orOlympics.

Also, Michael Phelpsqualified only fifth in the 200freestyle semifinals, whichwas led by French teenagerYannick Agnel. Germany’sPaul Biedermann, whohanded Phelps a stingingdefeat in this event at the lastworlds in Rome two yearsago, qualified second, andPhelps’ teammate RyanLochte was third.

HHOOCCKKEEYY

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) —The brother of NHL enforcerDerek Boogaard made hisfirst court appearanceMonday on charges stem-ming from his brother’soverdose death in May.

Aaron Boogaard, 24, did-n’t enter a plea during thebrief appearance before

Hennepin County DistrictJudge Regina Chu. Hismother and sister were pres-ent, his attorney said.Boogaard is next due in courtAug. 17.

Boogaard faces onefelony drug count and onegross misdemeanor count ofinterfering with the scene ofa death. State guidelines rec-ommend a sentence of 21months of probation.

Prosecutors say AaronBoogaard told police he gavehis 28-year-old brother anun-prescribed oxycodonepill at the start of a night ofpartying that resulted in hisdeath from a toxic combina-tion of drugs and alcohol.They say he flushed the restof his brother’s drugs downthe toilet before policearrived at the Minneapolisapartment they shared.

Aaron Boogaard remainsfree on bail but must avoidalcohol and non-prescribeddrugs.

NEW YORK (AP) —The New York Rangers havere-signed defenseman SteveEminger.

The 27-year-old Emingerhad two goals and fourassists 65 games with theRangers last season.

In 411 career NHL gameswith the Rangers, Ducks,Panthers, Lightning, Flyersand Capitals, Eminger has 17goals, 74 assists and 323penalty minutes.

He was acquired by theRangers from the Ducks forforwards Aaron Voros andRyan Hillier last July.

TTRRAACCKK AANNDD FFIIEELLDD

Allyson Felix will run the200 and 400 meters at theworld championships inDaegu, South Korea, laterthis summer.

The 25-year-old sprinterannounced the decisionMonday on her Twitteraccount: “Decided to go forthe double (200/400) atWC’s. Will be very difficult,but first step to accomplish-ing greatness is trying.”

Felix had been hesitant toattempt both races, not want-ing anything to derail herquest to win a fourth straight200 crown at worlds.

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Double murder suspect arrestedBY JOSHUA KELLOGG

THE DUNCAN BANNER

A woman living inDuncan was arrestedMonday morning in a fastfood parking lot, in con-nection with a 2002 dou-ble homicide in Topeka,Kan. almost 10 years ago.

At a press conferenceheld in the StephensCounty Courthouse,Shawnee County (Kan.)District Attorney ChadTaylor announced thatDana Lynn Chandler wasarrested at 10:30 a.m. inthe parking lot of theArby’s Restaurant onNorth U.S. Highway 81.

A joint task force con-sisting of agencies fromseveral states arrestedChandler as a suspect in

the murder of MichaelSisco and Karen Harknesson July 7, 2002, inTopeka, Kan.

“It’s a great feeling, thisis the first step of closurefor the families, and that’swhat it’s about,” Taylorsaid, “that, and justice forthe citizens of ShawneeCounty.”

Present with Taylor atthe press conference wererepresentatives from theOklahoma and Kansasagencies involved in thearrest, including theKansas Bureau ofInvestigation, District 6Drug Task Force andOklahoma State Bureauof Investigation.

“Her demeanor wassolemn,” Taylor said,describing Chandler’s

behavior upon beingapproached by authoritiesin the lot at Arby’s.“Obviously, we had a sub-stantial presence there, asyou have to take precau-tions when bringing a sus-pect in that allegedly didwhat she did into custody.

“There were a lot ofvariables at play.”

District Attorney Hickssaid the OSBI approachedhis office about two and ahalf weeks ago to requestassistance in this case.“We had a long meetingwith everyone involvedabout strategy and the bestway to handle this mat-ter,” he noted.

OSBI Agent in ChargeRichard Goss said hisdepartment was contactedby the KBI in late part of

June, with agents saidthey had information inrelation to Chandler’slocation and asked theOSBI to assist in search-ing for her in the Duncanarea.

“At that point, itbecame old-fashionedpolice work,” Goss said.“We started flooding thestreets of Duncan andlooking for a vehicle thatshe was reported driving.”

The OSBI were able tolocate the vehicle andconfirm it belonged toChandler. From that point,the agents kept the womanunder observation for theKansas authorities untilChandler was arrestMonday.

Preparations for thearrest began in the late

days of June, after it wasconfirmed that Chandlerwas in the area.

“It culminated in theweek before the Fourth ofJuly holiday, we were ableto put an action plan inplace and confirmed thatshe was here,” Taylor said.

Since Kansas officialsinvolved in the matterwere out of state, Taylorsaid, the OSBI were ableto get visual confirmationof Chandler.

Chandler was residingin a pull-behind camper ather sister’s house locatedat the intersection of 42ndStreet and SeminoleRoad.

She is currently beingheld in Stephens CountyJail, awaiting extraditionhearings to Kansas.

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BY MAE ANDERSONAP RETAIL WRITER

NEW YORK (AP) —Now playing: Movies atWalmart.com.

The world’s largestretailer on Tuesday startedstreaming many moviesthe same day they comeout on DVD, in a secondbid for a share of popularmovie rental and stream-ing website Netflix Inc.’sbusiness and just twoweeks after Netflixannounced new priceincreases.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.bought video-streamingservice Vudu.com 18months ago and now offers20,000 titles that can beviewed on almost anydevice with Internetaccess, from computers totelevisions to Sony’sPlayStation3 and otherBlu-Ray disc players.

Movies are available atWalmart.com to rent for $1to $5.99 or to purchase for$4.99 and up. Wal-Mart isnot offering subscriptions,making its service moresimilar to Apple Inc.’siTunes, which charges$3.99 to rent newlyreleased movies and$14.99 to buy a movie.

In addition to Netflix,

another competitor stream-ing movies and TV showsby subscription isHulu.com, which nowoffers a premium servicefor $7.99 a month withmore back-season showsand more movies. Withouta subscription, Hulu view-ers can watch shows andmovies free in exchangefor watching advertising.

The movie offering fitswith the Wal-Mart web-site’s strategy of offering a“seamless continuousshopping service,” saidSteve Nave, senior vicepresident and general man-ager of Walmart.com.

Wal-Mart’s announce-ment comes on the heels ofNetflix saying it will raiserates and charge separatelyfor streaming and rentalDVDs. Its second pricehike in eight months,Netflix’s planned increasescould amount to 60 per-cent for existing cus-tomers, starting Sept. 1.New subscribers have topay the new prices imme-diately.

Netflix plans to charge$16 a month for servicesthat used to cost $10 amonth when bundledtogether, for example. It’sstill changing $8 a monthfor streaming, which it

launched late last year. Butinstead of charging $2more for a plan thatincludes one DVD at atime by mail, the companywill charge $8 and up forDVD plans.

Customers have taken tosocial media sitesFacebook and Twitter tovent their anger overNetflix’s increases, butexecutives said they antici-pated the reaction. Thecompany’s willingness torisk alienating subscriberssignals it needs more rev-enue to cover rising costs.

As of March, Netflixhad 22.8 million sub-scribers in the U.S. —about 34,000 more thanthe number of householdssubscribing to ComcastCorp.’s cable-TV service.

Wal-Mart, based inBentonville, Ark., has test-ed the movie-rental watersbefore. It previouslyoffered a DVD-by-mailservice that cost $12.97per month for two titlesand $17.36 per month forthree titles. But it cededthat program to Netflix inFebruary 2010, letting cus-tomers continue their sub-scriptions with Los Gatos,Calif.-based Netflix with-out a rate hike. Apple isbased in Cupertino, Calif.

Skate rink DJ: Gunman‘smooth, cool’ as

he shot fiveBY DANNY ROBBINS

ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS (AP) —Guests had just finishedsinging “HappyBirthday” to an 11-year-old boy when his fatherspoke to him briefly, thenpulled out a gun and shotthe child’s mother, fourof her relatives and him-self, said a disc jockeywho witnessed the shoot-ing spree at a Texas rollerrink.

Tan Do, 35, was“smooth, cool” as he shothis victims at closerange, DJ Allen Tillotsontold The AssociatedPress on Monday. He“knew exactly the peoplehe wanted” to shoot andpaused only to reload aweapon that had beenhidden in his pants,Tillotson said.

“After he went for thewife, he went for the nextlady, then a man, then ayoung lady,” he said.

Do killed hisestranged wife Trini Do,29; two of her sisters,Lynn Ta, 16, andMichelle Ta, 28; herbrother, Hien Ta, 21; andher sister-in-law, ThuyNguyen, 25. Four otherswere wounded. At theend of the Saturday nightrampage, Tran Do shothimself.

Tillotson said he wason his way to get agarbage can to clean upthe DJ booth when theshooting began.

“I thought I was goingto be dead, but Jesus hadme,” the 19-year-oldsaid.

Police in suburbanGrand Prairie have con-cluded the attack was

planned.“Domestic violence

had been going on forquite some time, and heused the party to killthese people,” depart-ment spokesman JohnBrimmer said.

Trini Do’s aunt, JaniceTran, told the AP that TanDo loved his wife but hadtrouble controlling histemper and the coupleargued constantly, oftenabout money. Tran saidshe and other relativestried to help keep thepeace, but Tan Do had“attitude problems” thatwere getting worse.

“Lately, we (gave) upbecause we did not doany good,” said Tran,who lives in lives in FortSmith, Ark.

Tran said she helpedTrini Do, her parents andher siblings emigratefrom Vietnam to westernArkansas in 1994.Michelle Ta lived inNorth Texas, and LynnTa, Hien Ta and Nguyenlived in Fort Smith, Transaid.

“It’s very hard,” Transaid. “Every time when Ithink about Trini andMichelle and Hien, it’shard.”

Trini Do obtained aprotective order lastDecember against TanDo but had it withdrawnearlier this year against aprosecutor’s advicebecause she wanted togive him another chance.She also sought a divorcein 2008 but withdrew thatfiling months later afterTan Do “begged” her tocome back, Tran said.

Trini Do said in herrequest for a protectiveorder that there was a

pattern of physical vio-lence and threats, accord-ing to The DallasMorning News andKTVT-TV in Dallas.They included an inci-dent early last year inwhich she claimed TanDo fired shots into theceiling after threateningto shoot her.

“He dragged me intothe closet, pull his gun .and threaten me. I wasafraid for my safety,” anaffidavit quotes her assaying.

Then, in November,her husband slapped herface in front of their twochildren during an argu-ment, Trini Do said. Shepretended to call 911 butintentionally misdialedbecause she didn’t wanther husband to be arrest-ed, the document states.

Trini Do said theepisode made her hus-band so angry he draggedher into the kitchen andthreatened her again withguns.

“He was so upset andwent inside the room andgets all the guns out. Ifanyone show up at thehouse, he will shoot them. The kids saw that andthey both frighten andcry so bad,” she said inthe affidavit. Along withtheir son, the couple hada 3-year-old daughter.

Although the courtordered Tan Do to stayaway from the family, itwithdrew the order inMarch based on TriniDo’s statement that herhusband had promised tochange.

“I hope that I am mak-ing the right decision,”Trini Do said in a secondaffidavit.

It’s time to register forthe free Bryan CountySummer Series. This is aseries of fun activities forkids from ages 4-12. Allactivities begin at 8:00a.m. and are on the follow-ing Saturday:

August 6 (ObstacleCourse at Carl AlbertPark)

Each child must have aregistration/waiver formsigned by aparent/guardian. Thesemay be obtained by calling920-1575. All participantswill receive a free T-shirt.Start training now.

Choctaw Nation HeadStart in Bennington isaccepting applications fornew students for the 2011-2012 school year. Familieswith children who will beat least three years old bySeptember 1, and who willnot be five years old by thesame date are age eligible.Families of children withspecial needs are stronglyencouraged to apply. HeadStart services include,early childhood education,social/emotional skills,good nutrition, health,mental well-being, andfamily services.Transportation services areavailable to families whoqualify. Applications canbe found online atchoctawnation.com, or bycalling 1-800-522-6170 orin the Durant area at 580-924-8280, extension 2353

JJuullyy 3300The Caddo Buffalo Trail

Barbecue lunch and SilentAuction will be after therodeo parade, July 30, in theRock Community Building.The meal and drink willcost $6 and there will becarry-out trays available. Ifyou have garage-sale-typeitems to donate for the auc-tion place them on WandaTidwell’s porch by July 27or call Craighead’s if youwould like them picked up.

AAuugg.. 11--33Abundant Life Temple,

1307 N. Washington Ave.,is having a “kid’s crusade”from 6-8 p.m. Aug. 1-3.There will be three nights ofadventure-filled, beach-themed services for chil-dren ages 4-12. Childrenshould bring swimsuits andtowels Aug. 3. For moreinformation, call 924-5646.

AAuugg.. 11The Bryan County

Republicans &Conservatives Club will beshowing the film RonaldReagan: Rendezvous withDestiny as their monthlymeetings begin again as weprepare for the 2012 elec-tion season, and providingupdates on political happen-ings across our district. Ifyou are a conservative ofany party affiliation whowishes to see our countryreturn to it’s constitutionalfounding, you are welcometo attend on Monday,

August 1 at 6:30pm in theFellowship Hall of FirstChurch of the Nazarene,located at South 9th &Texas Streets, just south ofMain in Durant. For moreinformation, visitwww.facebook.com/bryan-countygop, or email us atbryancountygop@yahoo.com.

AAuugg.. 22The Bryan County

Oklahoma CooperativeExtension Service and theCommunity Nutrition &Education Program(CNEP) will be conductinga “On the Table in Minutes”cooking school for adults.The cooking school willtake place on Tuesday,August 2 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m., located at the ClayJones Community Center,in Durant. Participants willlearn how to prepare home-made food mixes. Thesefood mixes will make it eas-ier for people to get a quick,nutritious and home cookeddinner on the table in just afew minutes. A wholesomemeal the whole family willenjoy eating. The cost of thecooking school is $10, thisincludes lunch. CNEP par-ticipants may attend forfree. Pre-registration isrequired with a deadline ofFriday, July 29. There willbe limited class space, soenroll today. To enroll, con-tact the Bryan Co. OSUExtension Office at 924-5312.

1100 THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, JULY 26 2011