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Local Lake Levels & Weather……………....Page 2
Arrests & Police Log….………………….....Page 3
Church…………………………………..…..Page 4
Health & Wellness………………..………...Page 5
Obituaries…………………………………...Page 7
Swap Shop Classifieds……………………...Page 8
Military News…………..,.………………….Page 9
Garage Sale Listings………………………..Page 10
Friday, June 26, 2020
ALUMNI WEEKEND
Welcome Back
AHS
Alumni!
Blood drive to be
held at Expo Center
on Tuesday, June 30 The Oklahoma Blood Institute will be holding a
community Boots & Badges Blood Drive on
Tuesday, June 30 from 12
noon to 6 PM at the Jackson
County Expo Center, 300
Todd Lane.
Appointments are needed
to participate. You can call 1
-877-340-8777. CDC rec-
ommendations will also be
followed.
Every donor can receive a free COVID-19 anti-
body test. The results will be mailed post-
donation, and you must be 18 or older to receive
the test.
All donors will also receive a limited edition
Boots & Badges T-shirt, a vintage shirt, and
choice of a pass for one to the Science Museum
Oklahoma or a pass for two to the Safari Joe’s
H20 Water Park. There will also be a drawings
for Visa gift cards.
Notice given of
possible quorum Although there is not a meeting set of the
Altus City Council, a notice of a possible
quorum was issued by the City of Altus on
Thursday.
According to City Clerk Debbie Davis,
even if a meeting is not scheduled, in the
event that Council members could be gath-
ered in one place, they have to notify and
post a potential quorum.
Davis said that the potential quorum post-
ing was due to all Council members being
invited to a barbecue dinner at the Altus
Community Center on Sunday evening, June
28. The notice states, “No Votes Regarding
City Business will be Taken.”
Those in toll booth
accident still recovering
Dominga Gloria of Altus was a passenger in this Jackson County am-
bulance that crashed into a toll booth on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike on
June 12. She is currently recovering from the accident which also in-
jured three other people.
An accident that happened on
June 12 on the H.E. Bailey Turn-
pike is still under investigation.
According to reports, an ambu-
lance from Jackson County hit a
toll booth, literally splitting the
vehicle in half.
The accident happened around
3 AM closing the eastbound and
westbound lanes of the traffic
between Chickasha and Newcas-
tle near mile marker 97.
OHP said the driver of the am-
bulance was going eastbound
when it hit the toll booth, but
were not sure why the ambulance
did not use the Pike Pass lane.
Those injured included the
three people inside of the ambu-
lance; two paramedics and one
patient; as well as a toll booth
worker.
The ambulance passenger,
Dominga Gloria of Altus, was
stated as saying she was glad to
still be alive. She is currently
recovering from broken bones,
injuries to her spine, back and
legs, along with internal bleeding,
a punctured lung and cuts to her
face.
Gloria is in rehab working out
and trying to learn how to walk
again while she is battling cancer.
Steve Hartgraves, Jackson County
Memorial Hospital President and
CEO, gives the following information
and statements about Tuesday’s vote
on State Question 802:
“When you go to the polls on June
30, you will have an opportunity to
vote for State Question 802, Medi-
caid expansion. As a hospital admin-
istrator, I have received questions
about this in the past weeks and want-
ed to provide a few facts about the
impact Medicaid expansion will have
on our community and on Jackson
County Memorial Hospital.”
Hartgraves said that Medicaid ex-
pansion in Oklahoma would provide
health insurance coverage to Oklaho-
mans who earn less than 133 percent
of the federal poverty level (less than
$17,000 for an individual or less than
Hospital addresses upcoming
vote on State Question 802
See STATE QUESTION page 6
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Thursday, June 25, 2020
12:52 a.m., check suspicious
subject, Imagination Station
3:55 a.m., reckless driving, 101
N. Main
5:24 a.m., accident with un-
known injuries, ECR 158 and
SCR 203
7:51 a.m., fraud, report to PD
9:12 a.m., woman sitting on the
corner with beer cans surround-
ing her, Benson and Commerce
11:22 a.m., unemployment
fraud, Altus Public Schools
12:19 p.m., check suspicious
subject driving around taking
pictures of houses, Garrison and
N. Ridge
12:35 p.m., backed into an elec-
trical box in the parking lot,
report to PD
1:50 p.m., stolen property, 1709
Hardy
2:06 p.m., subject trying to take
apart a fence at a residence that
is unoccupied, 500 blk N. Jack-
son
3:31 p.m., scam received by
mail, report to PD
4:25 p.m., fraud, report to PD
5:31 p.m., hit and run, 200 blk
W. Broadway
6:10 p.m., male subject took off
from the custody of Harmon
County Sheriff’s Office, west
side of Altus city limits
6:57 p.m., female subject is in
the street yelling, corner of Har-
dy and Hightower
7:04 p.m., unemployment fraud,
report to PD
7:18 p.m., verbal threats, report
to PD
7:20 p.m., teenage male subject
naked in the alley, 921 E. Suth-
erland
10:12 p.m., check suspicious
vehicles, west side of soccer
fields
11:41 p.m., two pit bulls were
trying to get in her back yard
to attack her dogs and when
they tried to run them off they
almost attacked her husband,
1514 N. Lee
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Report not Available
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
6:03 a.m., assault and battery,
1200 E. Pecan
8:59 a.m., landlord/tenant dis-
pute, report to PD
10:07 a.m., identity fraud, report
to PD
12:17 p.m., unemployment
fraud, report to PD
1:42 p.m., check suspicious
subject, 914 N. Spurgeon
3:31 p.m., unemployment fraud,
report to PD
4:04 p.m., woman with a beer
taking the tag and license plate
number stating that this was her
car, 520 Saturn
6:10 p.m, reckless driving, west
on 62 towards Altus
10:23 p.m., fireworks, Canter-
bury
10:28 p.m., check suspicious
vehicle, behind old Mayflower
building
Monday, June 22, 2020
5:37 a.m., commercial burglar
alarm, 1616 E. Broadway
8:46 a.m., truck on fire, just
west of the river bridge
9:47 a.m., residential fire alarm,
301 Pintail Circle
10:10 a.m., property damage,
report to PD
10:16 a.m., unemployment
fraud, report to PD
10:48 a.m., larceny shoplifting,
2704 N. Main
11:13 a.m., stolen vehicle, 2515
E. Broadway
12:16 p.m., reckless driving,
north on Main
1:15 p.m., unemployment fraud,
report to PD
1:39 p.m., unemployment fraud,
1200 N. Grady
1:57 p.m., check suspicious
vehicle, 1015 E. Broadway
2:25 p.m., stolen property, 301
E. Pecan
2:28 p.m., identity theft, report
to PD
2:31 p.m., fire, Hwy 62 and CR
212
3:20 p.m., burglar alarm, 511
Navajoe Road
4:55 p.m., verbal threats, 1333
N. Thomas
5:11 p.m., unemployment fraud,
705 W. Oriole
5:56 p.m., alarm, 22 Constitu-
tion Ave
7:36 p.m., woman not wearing
pants, between the park and
museum
9:37 p.m., domestic disturbance,
610 E. Liveoak
10:08 p.m., fireworks, east of
800 N. Forrest
10:54 p.m., domestic disturb-
ance, Pine and Chestnut
Arrests & Altus Police Log Arrests
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Jose Guerrero-Carbajal, 35, DUI
Karin Theresa Mason, 54, domestic assault and battery
Guadalupe Robles, 47, distribution of a controlled sub-
stance, possess with intent
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Carol Annette Strumble, 37, aggravated DUI, failure to
stop at a stop sign
Tuesday, June 23, 2030
Randy Jamal Green, 25, hold for Comanche County
Jordan Allen Nolan, 18, assault and battery on a police
officer, leaving the scene of an accident involving damage,
DUI, resisting an executive officer
Monday, June 22, 2020
No Arrests
Sunrise Online News Page 3
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Page 4 Sunrise Online News
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. – Psalm 46:1
“Greater is He that is
in me, than he that is
in the world.” 1 John 4:4
The president of the state medical associ-
ation on Thursday called for Oklahoma to
require that face masks be worn at busi-
nesses and in public places, as the state
health department reported 438 new coro-
navirus cases and three additional deaths.
The Oklahoma State Department of
Health said at least 11,948 residents have
been infected and 375 of them have died
due to COVID-19, the disease caused by
the virus.
The actual number of people who have
been infected is likely higher because
many people have not been tested, and
studies suggest people can carry the virus
and not feel sick.
Dr, George Monks, president of the Ok-
lahoma State Medical Association, said in
a statement Thursday that the situation has
got much worse since Gov. Kevin Stitt
allowed businesses to reopen and other
activities to resume in late April.
“On behalf of Oklahoma’s physicians, I
urge Gov. Stitt and the Oklahoma State
Department of Health to enhance their call
of robust safety guidelines for Oklahoma
businesses and public spaces that require
employees and customers to wear masks
around others,” Monks said.
“The public has the information on how
to impede the spread of this deadly virus:
wear a mask in public; wash hands or use
sanitizer often, and conduct social distanc-
ing, but too many people are still taking an
‘it’s not my problem’ approach to the vi-
rus,” Monks said. “Oklahomans must de-
cide if we’re going to move forward in the
safest way possible or are we going to de-
clare that the lives of those who have died
from this disease are just not as important
as our vanity.”
Stitt said Thursday the idea of reinstating
some business closures is “absolutely not”
part of discussions he’s having.
“If you close down, you still are going to
have these ebbs and flows and it could last
for the next two years,” he said. “We have
to learn how to deal with this and keep
ourselves safe.”
The University of Oklahoma announced
that all faculty, staff, students and visitors
are required to wear masks on campus
starting Thursday. The university has held
classes online since the spring and will
resume in-person classes in the fall.
Hundreds of people lined up Thursday
morning outside Norman’s Sooner Mall
and waited for more than two hours for a
drive-through COVID-19 test offered by
the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
In Oklahoma City, the fire department is
no longer allowing firefighters to take time
off and has implemented a program allow-
ing firefighters to be transferred from one
station to another to ensure stations are
fully staffed.
Department spokesperson Louis
Marschik said 94 of the city’s 909 fire-
fighters are under quarantine because of
the virus, including 10 who have tested
positive.
On Tuesday, Mayor David Holt described
a “tsunami of cases” among people aged
18 and 49 and the city is considering roll-
ing back reopening measures.
Sunrise Online News Page 5
Health & Wellness
State Medical Association urges Oklahomans to wear face masks as COVID-19 cases rise
Page 6 Sunrise Online News
Attorney General Mike Hunter today
announced his office has charged a con-
tractor in Noble who received thousands of
dollars from Oklahomans in exchange for
roofing repairs he never completed.
The four felony counts against Chad Da-
vis, 38, come after the Attorney General’s
Office filed three prior felony charges
against him in February.
In all seven charges, investigators allege
Davis followed the same pattern of fraudu-
lent behavior by using his company, Storm
Shield Roofing and Restoration, to solicit
customers, including several senior citi-
zens, under the guise of roof replacements
or repairs that he then refused to complete
or refund payment made. Authorities say
in both cases, Davis took around $40,000
from the victims.
All of the charges have been filed in
Washington and Oklahoma counties,
where the crimes were allegedly commit-
ted.
Attorney General Hunter said his office
believes additional victims likely exist.
“Unfortunately, when we see a pattern of
criminal behavior, as in this case, there are
typically more victims than the ones who
came to us,” Attorney General Hunter said.
“This individual repeatedly used the same
plan of deception to target Oklahomans
trying to repair their homes after severe
weather. Taking advantage of Oklaho-
mans, especially targeting the elderly for
personal gain, is inexcusable.”
The attorney general is encouraging indi-
viduals to contact the Consumer Protection
Unit in his office if they experienced issues
when working with Davis or his company
at 1-833-681-1895, or email
For more tips on how to avoid contractor
fraud, visit the attorney general’s website
at http://www.oag.ok.gov/.
Felony charges filed on roofing contractor AG’s office encourages additional victims to come forward
$29,000 for a family of three). This would amount to coverage
for nearly 200,000 Oklahomans.
A recently released study commissioned by the Oklahoma
Hospital Association shows that passage of this state question
would bring home more than a billion of Oklahomans’ tax dol-
lars every year from Washington, D.C., money that’s currently
going to 36 other states that have already expanded Medicaid.
The study showed that beyond delivering health care to nearly
200,000 Oklahomans, the return of those funds would create an
additional 27,280 new jobs, generate $15.6 billion in new eco-
nomic activity, and add a projected $6.7 billion in labor income
in the first five years. It also would generate almost half a billion
dollars in new state and local tax revenues, the report finds. Cur-
rently, just shy of one in five working age Oklahomans is with-
out health insurance coverage, making Oklahoma the state with
the second highest uninsured rate in the U.S. at 19.7 percent.
The uninsured in Oklahoma mostly include low-income work-
ing adults in service-industry jobs. These individuals often put
off seeking medical attention until significant damage has been
done to their health, then seek urgent care in the most expensive
setting, the emergency room.
“As you go to the polls on June 30 or request your absentee
ballot by the June 24 deadline, I hope these facts will be helpful
to you in this important decision,” said Hartgraves.
State Question Continued from page 1
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This Week’s Lady Bug Was Found By Melody Gibson
VEHICLES
2001 Pontiac Aztec, call 477-
0172
Have a wrecked 03 Honda
pilot for sale for parts. Motor
transmission and reared good.
Call 318-1783
WANT TO BUY
Looking for a good used
washing machine. Call 580-535
-6086 in Granite.
Needing a large dog crate.
Call 806-216-2149
I’m trying to find a small in-
side dog. I prefer a puppy. I’m
willing to pay any reasonable
price. Please call Gwen or Phil-
lip at 649-9794
Need to buy dog cage and
looking to buy a swimming
pool in good condition. 580-
318-3117.
Looking for a good used Car-
pet shampooer.Also looking for
a plastic or metal barrel with
both ends in tack to make a
compost barrel out of it. Also
looking for a used Railroad tie.
I have a Craftsman 3.8 hp
1500 PSI High Pressure Pres-
sure Washer that was never
used will consider trading it for
an EEA Windacater 357
mag.Pistol or will sell for $375
Call or text (580) 649-9618 and
ask for Terry
Would like to buy a desktop
computer newer model, 8 gig
ram or more, Also would like
to find someone willing to haul
some sand. Call 471-8120
Need a outside door size 30
give me a call -471-2319
WANTED
If anyone has any old
lawnmowers that won’t run
anymore and want to get rid of
them, call 580-649-1389 and I
will pick them up.\
SERVICES
Still out doing some weed
eating Edge and mowing big
yard small yards Acres give me
a call 649-8327
FOR SALE
21” lawn mower for sale with
bag. Call 477-0706
Generator for sale $250. Call
954-7271
Entertainment Center for
sale. Call 477-0706
Have a weedwacker trimmer
for sale, $150 if interested call
580-649-6544
Four new outhouses made
from old barn wood. Great for
backyard use. Keep everyone
from going in and out the
house. Call 580-471-6422
3 saddles, 1 1998 caddie for
parts. Call: 1-580-471-1151
Fedders 220 air conditioner
24,000 BTU, $150 call
580-480-2809
Morales Adela Contreras Morales, 80,
Altus, passed away Wednes-
day, June 24, 2020. A Mass of
Christian Burial has been
scheduled for 10:00 AM, Sat-
urday, June 27, 2020 at the
Prince of Peace Catholic
Church with Father Joseph
David officiating.
Burial will follow the Mass
at the Altus City Cemetery
under the direction of the Kin-
cannon Funeral Home and Cre-
mation Service. A Rosary will
be held at 6:00 PM, Friday,
June 26, 2020 in the Kincan-
non Memorial Chapel.
Adela was born on July 21,
1939 to Seberiano and
Columva (Morales) Contreras
in Mexico. Adela was a home-
maker and a member of the
Prince of Peace Catholic
Church. She enjoyed cooking
and sewing.
Adela is preceded in death by
her parents and two sons, Da-
goberto Rosas and Antonio
Rosas. She leaves behind four
daughters, Andrea Julian,
Evertina Arroyo, Maria Elena
Martinez and Rosa Elia Rosas;
one son, Ernesto Rosas; three
sisters, Juana Dominguez, Ire-
ne Contreras Morales and
Ufemia Contreras. She also
leaves several grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Online tributes may be made at
kincannonfuneralhome.com
Obituaries
Sunrise Online News Page 9
Military News
By Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell,
Altus Air Force Base Public Affairs
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --
The 58th Airlift Squadron held a ribbon
cutting ceremony for the unveiling of their
building renovations, June 19, 2020.
During the renovations the 58th AS ac-
complished student training and utilized
other facilitates until the complete over-
haul was accomplished.
“I can speak for the whole squadron
when I say we are really excited to be in
our permanent home after being away for
so long,” said Lt. Col. Michael Rasinski,
the 58th AS commander. “Returning to our
building has really boosted morale for the
instructors and it gives the students a great
first impression of the Air Force when they
come here.”
According to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt.
Lucas Crumpton, the support flight super-
intendent assigned to the 58th Airlift
Squadron, every interior room was touched
from floor to ceiling.
“The facility has looked the same since I
first came here in 2001,” said Crumpton.
“The locations of offices were redesigned
and relocated to better fit mission sets for
student training. It’s great to have all our
instructors in one place and the building is
better fit for the C-17 aircrew and allows
us to truly call it our home.”
58th AS unveils new facility renovations
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Rasinski, the 58th Airlift Squadron commander, gives
an speech for the celebration of the renovations of the 58th AS building at Altus Air
Force Base, Oklahoma, June 19, 2020. A majority of the 58th AS are instructors for C-
17 Globemaster III students undergoing aircrew training. (U.S. Air Force photo by
Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell)
97 TRS gains first student-leader teal rope, newest SAPR liaison By Airman 1st Class Breanna
Klemm, 97th Air Mobility Wing
Public Affairs Office
ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE,
Okla. --
The 97th Training Squadron
gained its first student-lead teal
rope, or Sexual Assault and
Prevention Response liaison,
June 16, 2020, at Altus Air
Force Base, Okla.
While assigned to their tech-
nical training schools, a group
of selected Airmen in Training
wear colorful ropes over their
shoulders, identifying them as
student leaders. Varying from
red, yellow, green, black,
white, and teal, every AIT
wearing a rope holds additional
leadership responsibilities and
can be seen as a wingman to
their peers.
The teal rope holds a differ-
ent role than other ropes as the
teal color represents sexual
assault and awareness support.
The Airman chosen to wear the
teal rope receives special train-
ing by the SAPR office and
serves as a link between AIT
and the base’s SAPR office for
needed support.
“Back in 2018 we only had
about 60 students here, which
was too small to have a teal
rope, and a lot of the new stu-
dents coming in expected a teal
rope because most tech schools
already had one,” said U.S. Air
Force Tech. Sgt. Kylee Galang,
a Military Training Leader as-
signed to the 97th TRS. “Since
then I have been trying to get a
teal rope here. I wanted to be
able to give the students that
resource and added protection
throughout their training.”
U.S. Air Force Airman Basic
Legea Howard, a KC-135 Stra-
totanker boom operator student
at the 97th TRS, volunteered
and was recommended by her
MTL’s as the 97th TRS’s first
teal rope in history.
“When I first got here I real-
ized we did not have a teal
rope, and I wondered, ‘what if
someone was going through
something tough and they
needed someone to talk to,’”
said Howard. “I know I have
been in situations where I
wanted to talk to somebody but
I couldn't express myself to the
people around me. I wanted to
be that person that people can
come to and express how they
feel.”
Howard explained the reason
she wanted to be a teal rope
was to connect with, build
friendships and become the
person that her fellow class-
mates can rely on for help. Af-
ter only being at the 97th TRS
for a month, Howard stated that
her goal after leaving is to
make friends while bettering
herself.
Howard explained
“throughout my 20 years of
life, I have never really been
that social of a person, but as
teal rope I am hoping this will
break a barrier for me and I can
continue to better myself along
with my peers.”
Although their main purpose
is to act as a SAPR liaison, a
teal rope is also trained in the
areas of mental health and
Chaplain Services. Overall, a
teal rope is responsible for in-
creasing prevention and SAPR
awareness during technical
training, while also providing
AIT’s with a valuable resource
that will be continued through-
out their career.
“The responsibilities of the
red, yellow and green ropes
here are more of a leadership
role attached to the MTL’s.
With a teal rope, it adds a more
human piece to the Airmen
leaders” said Galang. “Now
that we have a teal rope, I think
that more students will speak
up where there are issues and
more people will feel comforta-
ble in their own skin and be
confident. Having another stu-
dent that people can trust and
confide in will benefit the train-
ing and the mission here at Al-
tus.”
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kylee Galang
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Klemm)
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