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KTC director Hall named district deputy

Kiamichi Technology Centers has named Doug Hall as the new deputy superintendent for the KTC district.

Hall has been employed as the director of the Poteau and Spiro campuses for the past 10 years.

As campus director, he and his staff successfully transformed these two cam-puses with the addition of new program offerings for high school and adult stu-

Go EAST, Young Man (and Woman)

High school students in the EAST (Environmental and Spatial Technology) program at Kiamichi Technology Center in Poteau fiddle with a 3-D printer during class Thursday. Look for a feature on the program in Saturday’s edition of the PDN. Pictured from left, standing, are Dustin Dollens, Melvin Bohannon, Dayla McGarrah and, seated, Elizabeth Trejo. PDN photo by Amanda CorbinDoug Hall

‘Right to Farm’

SQ 777 foes to meet in PoteauVoters are invited to attend a kick-

off meeting in Poteau next week to listen to opponents of State Question 777, or “Right to Farm,” to learn how the bill may affect Oklahomans. The vote will be in the Nov. 8 elec-tion.

The event is hosted by Oklahoma Stewardship Council. The council will speak to voters on how they

think the question “ ... will alter Oklahoma’s constitution and take away the ability of local govern-ments to regulate corporate agricul-ture in the state.”

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Poteau Holiday Inn Express and Suites at 201 Hillview Parkway, Poteau. Those attending will be given information and resources “to

engage in specific efforts in their local community” to defeat the ques-tion, organizers said.

OSC Co-Chair Paul Muegge, a former state senator and a national Profile in Courage award win-ner, will lead the meeting to educate the audience. Muegge will speak on

This week, schools all over Poteau participated in spirit week to help cheer on their Poteau Pirates. Elaine Janway’s class dressed up Thursday for Throwback Thursday. The girls, Arianna Armstrong, Sophera Smith, Kristina Shaw, Madison Young, Sarah Andrews and Emily Hosmer joined the boys, Jaxon James, Daxton Neal, Ben, Dacus and Hunter Armstrong in dressing up as their favorite decade. Students at all schools dressed up for Tye Dye Tuesday, Black and White Wednesday, Throwback Thursday and will be showing their Pirate Pride today. Valerie Odom, teacher and cheer coach, said, “I love that all of the schools participated. Lower and upper elementary, middle school and the high school all showed their spirit this week in a show of citywide unity. I can’t wait to cheer on the High School Pirates tonight while they claim their victory over Tulsa Hale.” PDN photo by Jenny Summit

Spirit Week Continues

County fatalilty among July stats

The Oklahoma Depart-ment of Public Safety reported 41 traffic-related fatalities for the month of July, including a LeFlore County fatality.

Joshua Abbott, 37, of Hot Springs, Ark., died from massive injuries suf-

fered after being thrown from a vehicle in mid-July after an accident on Okla-homa Highway 63, 18 miles east of Muse. Arlene Abbott, 54, was injured in the accident and taken to

The Pervasive Parenting Center, Cherokee Nation HERO Project and Creoks Behavioral Health Services are combining efforts to help families in eastern Oklahoma.

The organizations will present the Empowering Family Summit on Satur-day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at

Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw.

“This is a great opportu-nity for families in the area to learn more about ways to help their children grow and succeed,” said Kodey Toney, director of the Per-vasive Parenting Center.

Heavener Street Carnival Oct. 1 The annual Heavener Lions Club Street Carnival

will be held in downtown Heavener on Oct. 1.If you would like to bake a cake or two for the

cakewalk, you can bring them to the First National Bank south conference room on East First Street anytime before 6 p.m. on the day of the carnival.

The Carnival Queen contestants and their escorts will be out selling tickets.

(See FAMILIES, page 2)

(See SQ 777, page 2)(See FATALITIES, page 2)

(See HALL, page 2)

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SQ 777

HALL

FAMILIES

Get the latest agriculture news every Wednesday in the PDN

dents, as well as providing technical support for local business and industry.

Hall graduated from Northeastern State Univer-sity. He began his career as a classroom teacher where he taught at Hodgen and Heavener Public Schools. Hall also served as elemen-tary principal at Howe before holding the position of high school principal at Wister. In 2006, Hall joined Kiamichi Technology Cen-ters as director of the Poteau and Spiro Campuses.

Doug is married to Kim Hall, an elementary educa-tion teacher at Heavener. Doug and Kim have four

children, son Jake and wife Brittney, son Tyler, daugh-ter Chelsie and husband Brandon, and Malorie who is a junior at Heavener High School. They have three grandchildren, Anniston, Harper and Braylie. Doug enjoys spending time with his family, running and vacationing at the beach.

In his new position as deputy superintendent, Hall will help guide KTC’s edu-cation and business servic-es, which range from col-lege and career training for high school and adult stu-dents to training and con-sulting services offered to business and industry.

how opponents can get involved in canvass, phone bank efforts and “get out the vote” activities for the elec-tion.

“Don’t be fooled,” said Muegge in a press release. “State Question 777’s purpose is to protect huge, often foreign-owned, corporations from reasonable regulation. These corporations want to be free from scrutiny and regulation but we should not allow them this immu-nity.”

Opponents claim SQ 777 will give “the highest level of legal pro-tections to a broad and undefined

range of agricultural activities.” The problem, they say, is the proposal’s language is so expansive and the protections so complete that it virtu-ally prohibits local, county and state officials from enacting necessary and reasonable regulation, including protecting surface and groundwater from pollution.

Other opponents of the proposal include Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma Municipal League, League of Women Voters, Edmond City Council, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments, Save the Illinois

River, Conservation Coalition of Oklahoma, Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Leg-islative Fund, Bella Foundation, Oklahomans for Food, Farm and Family, Oklahoma Food Coopera-tive, Sierra Club, Oklahoma Welfare League, Oklahoma Alliance for Ani-mals and Oklahoma Coalition of Animal Rescuers.

The OSC is a coalition of family farmers, community leaders and concerned citizens opposing State Question 777. For more information about the OSC, visit www.vote-noon777.com.

Sparks Hospital in Fort Smith, Ark., for internal and head injuries.

Of the fatalities state-wide, 36 were Oklahoma residents. Eleven accidents occurred on state high-ways, nine on county roads and U.S. highways, six on city streets, four on inter-states and two on turn-pikes. DPS said 25 victims were drivers, six were pas-sengers, four were pedes-trians and motorcyclists and two were bicyclists. The greatest number of deaths occurred on Sun-days at 15.

Of the deaths, 10 were female and 31 male. Two were 20 years old or under. Most victims were between

the age of 21-25 at six deaths followed by 36-40 age group with five vic-tims.

Tulsa County had the most fatalities at five fol-lowed by Oklahoma and Okmulgee counties with three deaths each.

DPS said police reports showed four of the fatali-ties were alcohol-related and 56.6 percent of victims were not wearing a seat belt at the time of accident.

Across the year, fatali-ties were lower than July 2015 when DPS recorded 75 fatalities. For additional statistics, visit the Oklaho-ma Highway Safety Office online at www.ohso.ok.gov.

“We are proud to have so many partners come togeth-er to help improve services in this area of the state.”

The event will help par-ents, care and service pro-viders, educators and other professionals an opportuni-ty to connect and share information and resources to provide a better environ-ment for children in eastern Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Family Network will present a ses-sion on “Telling Your Story.” This will help fami-lies, especially those living with disabilities, share their backgrounds and express their needs.

The Oklahoma Parents Center will present the “Ins and Outs of Individualized Education” programs and section 504. This will help families of children with disabilities be better pre-pared to ask for the services they need for their children in school.

The Cherokee Nation HERO Project will present a workshop on learning about your child’s brain architecture. This will aid in the development of a child’s early education and growth.

There will be a commu-nity brainstorming session to help everyone voice their needs for more resources in the surrounding communi-ties. The event is provided for free and is open to everyone. This includes childcare and food.

To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering-parent-sum-m i t - s a l l i s a w - t i c k -ets-27147456774.

For questions, contact Toney at (918) 658-5076 or ktoney@pervasiveparent-ingcenter.org or Ashley Lincoln at (918)772-7279 or ashley-lincoln@chero-kee.org.

She’d Sooner Be Quilting

Wanda Cleaver of Spiro shows her quilt, ribbons and certificate after she claimed second place in the quilt show at the Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival in Tuskahoma. The quilt was one of four she entered in the competition. Cleaver made the quilt for Terry Joe Wiley of Poteau. PDN photo by Ken Milam

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Stillwater 92 73 M Cloudy

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TODAY IS TEDDY BEAR DAY

• TODAY — LeFlore County Fair, LeFlore County Fairgrounds. Info: (918) 647-8231. Reservations: (918) 655-7654.

— Indian tacos, yard sale, bake sale to benefit Choctaw Friends and Cultural Singers, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Faith Pentecostal Church youth building, Talihina.

— Country Roads, 7 p.m., Donald Reynolds Center Black Box Theatre.

• SEPT. 10 — Eighth annu-al Joe Neff Memorial Poker Run, noon, Ed and Linda’s 128 Bar, Heavener.

— Corgill’s-BMAD annu-al Memorial Bug Run to honor fallen brothers, sign-in 4 p.m., Corgill’s Motorsports, 3010 N. Broadway. All proceeds will go to the Goines Family of Panama. Info: Harold “Lucky” Magee, (918) 839-6412.

— LeFlore County Fair, LeFlore County Fairgrounds. Info: (918) 647-8231.

— Country Roads, 7 p.m., Donald Reynolds Center Black Box Theatre.

— Empowering Family Summit, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carl Albert State College in Sallisaw. Info: Kodey Toney, (918) 658-5076, or Ashley Lincoln, (918)772-7279.

— Dance, Libby and the Bandits, 8 p.m. to mid-night, Spiro Eagles Center. No smoking; everyone welcome.

• SEPT. 11 — Benefit for Heavener School Superintendent Ed Wilson including spa-ghetti dinner, rifle raffle, dessert auction and silent auction, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Heavener School cafeteria.

— Country Roads, 2 p.m., Donald Reynolds Center Black Box Theatre.

• SEPT. 12 — Prepared Childbirth class for expectant mothers and partners, 6-8 p.m., Eastern Oklahoma Medical Center. Info: (918) 635-3147.

— Poteau School Board meeting, 6 p.m., Bert Corr Administration Building, 100 Mockingbird Lane.

• SEPT. 12-OCT. 6 — WordCraft, Creative Expression for the Writing Enthusiast, Kiamichi Technology Center. Info: (918) 647-4525 or (918) 647-5418.

• SEPT. 13 — Emergency Preparedness for Pets and Animals, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Patrick Lynch Public Library commu-nity room.

— Flag raising, 10 a.m., Talihina War Memorial, 901 Second St. (U.S. Highway 271) across the street from Talihina Public Library.

• SEPT. 14 — Academic Major Fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carl Albert State College Costner-Balentine Student Center.

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Broken Bow 93 72 P Cloudy

Claremore 90 72 M Cloudy

Cordell 96 73 M Cloudy

Duncan 97 74 Sunny

El Reno 91 72 M Cloudy

Elk City 95 71 M Cloudy

Enid 93 71 M Cloudy

Guymon 91 66 M Cloudy

Lawton 99 75 Sunny

McAlester 96 78 P Cloudy

Miami 84 73 Sct T-Storms

Muskogee 93 75 P Cloudy

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Okmulgee 95 73 P Cloudy

Pauls Valley 95 75 Sunny

Perry 93 72 Cloudy

Sallisaw 94 74 P Cloudy

Sapulpa 92 75 Sct T-Storms

Shawnee 93 74 M Sunny

Snyder 98 74 P Cloudy

Stillwater 92 73 M Cloudy

Tahlequah 91 73 P Cloudy

Tulsa 91 75 P Cloudy

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New Choctaw Royalty

Tribal leadership crowned three new princesses Sept. 1 to open the 2016 Choctaw Nation Labor Day Festival. On stage at the Choctaw Nation Princess Pageant are, from left, Chief Gary Batton, Junior Miss Savannah Herndon from District 8, Miss Choctaw Nation Karen Ann Crosby from District 7, Little Miss Isabella Muncy from District 6 and Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr.

Photo by Deidre K. Elrod/Choctaw Nation

Choctaw Friends and Cultural Singers will a fundraiser Friday and Sat-urday to help pay for their singing tour of the Eastern Seaboard.

The event will include Indian tacos, yard sale, bake sale and 9-year-old Jolie Carlson’s lemonade stand.

It will be held from 10

a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Faith Pen-tecostal Church youth building in Talihina.

Free delivery will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to Choctaw Medical Clinics in Talihina. Call ot text orders to (918) 718-1302. Please do not leave voice mail.

All funds will be used to

support Choctaw and Friends’ mission to sing God’s praises and to share information about Choctaw culture and heritage.

Cultural singers schedule fundraiser today, Saturday

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Editorial excerpt from Tulsa WorldSept. 5, 2016

It is not unreasonable to expect that the time served by those convicted of crimes not be a pleasant experience. It is, however, imperative that time served be safe for both inmates and those who guard and work in the facilities.

Oklahoma’s prison system is in terrible shape. And, in many cases, unsafe. Many facilities are more than a cen-tury old. Most are dangerously overcrowded. Many are being held together and kept running by the equivalent of baling wire and chewing gum.

At the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, the state’s maximum security prison, two units run on a sin-gle boiler and a rented chiller that costs the department $7,000 a month to operate. “I go home every evening with my fingers crossed that this valve doesn’t break or this lever doesn’t snap,” an official at the McAlester facility told The Oklahoman.

That is a common concern throughout the prison sys-tem. According to prison officials, there is $2 billion worth of maintenance systemwide that has been ignored for far too long.

The Department of Corrections has the same problem that all state agencies have: Too much work that needs to be done and too little money to do the work.

The state’s money problems are certainly no secret and, unfortunately, there is little good news on the horizon. Prisons, mental health, children’s services, help for elder-ly and, of course, education all have seen drastic funding cuts, and could face even more.

Oklahoma already has paid a price for neglecting its prisons. In 1973, “Big Mac” erupted in revolt. At the end of three days, three inmates were dead, 20 people were injured and 24 buildings were destroyed. During the riot, inmates held 21 hostages. More than $20 million in dam-age had been done.

Completely rebuilding the prisons is far too expensive. That, however, doesn’t mean that improvements shouldn’t be made.

Punishing those who have committed crimes is the job of the state, which must keep those prisoners secure and safe. The safety of the inmates, the prison employees and the public is at stake. The state needs to find money to improve prison conditions and use innovative sentenc-ing and fund alternate forms of punishment to relieve the pressure in the prisons.

How Democrats and Republicans switched beliefs

Strangely, over a cen-tury, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching direction.

When the Republican Party was formed in 1856, it was fiercely liberal, op-posing the expansion of slavery, calling for more spending on public educa-tion, seeking more open immigration, and the like. Compassionate Abraham Lincoln suited the new par-ty’s progressive agenda.

In that era, Democrats were conservatives, partly dominated by the slave-holding South. Those old-style Democrats generally opposed any government action to create jobs or help underdogs.

Through the latter half of the 19th century, the pattern of Republicans as liberals, Democrats as con-servatives, generally held true. In 1888, the GOP elected President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) on a liberal platform seeking more social services.

Then in 1896, a rever-sal began when Democrats nominated populist fire-brand William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), “the Great Commoner.”

“He was the first lib-eral to win the Democratic Party presidential nomina-tion,” political scholar Rich Rubino wrote. “This repre-sented a radical departure from the conservative roots of the Democratic Party.”

Meanwhile, the GOP began shifting to conserva-tive. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) — a vice

president who took the top office after William McKinley was assassinated in 1901 — was a Republi-can liberal who supported a “Square Deal” for work-ing families. He broke up monopolistic trusts of rich corporations. He champi-oned pure food and drugs. He created national parks and forests for the enjoy-ment of everyone. He won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for helping end war be-tween Russia and Japan.

After leaving office, Roosevelt felt that his suc-cessor, William Howard Taft (1857-1930), was lead-ing America too far to the right. So T.R. challenged Taft for the GOP nomina-tion in 1912, and lost. In rebellion, Roosevelt gath-ered his liberal delegates and formed the Progressive Party, with a bold platform bordering on socialism.

The new-formed party called for universal medi-cal care under a National Health Service. It sought government pensions for retirees, plus compensation for the jobless and disabled. It demanded an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage for women. It sought a constitutional amendment to allow a federal income tax. It supported voting by women, more freedom for workers to organize and strike, inheritance tax on rich estates, worker’s com-pensation for on-the-job in-juries and many other left-wing goals.

The Progressive plat-form attacked big-money influence in politics, vow-ing “to destroy this invis-

ible government, to dis-solve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics.”

Roosevelt was a fiery orator and writer, saying: “I believe that there should be a very much heavier progressive tax on very large incomes, a tax which should increase in a very marked fashion for the gi-gantic incomes.”

While Roosevelt was campaigning in Milwaukee in 1912, a crazed assas-sin, John Schrank — who claimed that the ghost of William McKinley asked him to avenge McKinley’s death by killing Roosevelt — shot the Progressive candidate in the chest. The bullet was partly deflected by Roosevelt’s 50-page speech and his steel eye-glasses case, but wounded him nonetheless. Bleeding, he continued to orate un-fazed.

Later, when report-ers asked if the wounding would deter his campaign, Roosevelt replied that he was “fit as a bull moose.” Thereafter, his party was dubbed the Bull Moose Party.

Progressives won about one-fourth of the 1912 pop-ular vote, and Democrat Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) attained the presi-dency. In 1916, Roosevelt declined the Progressive nomination, and the liberal party he created soon disin-

tegrated.In a sense, Teddy

Roosevelt was the last ma-jor Republican liberal. En-suing decades saw the GOP grow steadily more con-servative, and Democrats acquire the liberal mantle. When the Great Depression struck, the “New Deal” of Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Theodore’s nephew-in-law, achieved landmark progressive reforms.

In the 1960s, the “Great Society” of Democrat Lyn-don Johnson (1908- 1973) vastly expanded the public safety net and gave legal equality to African Ameri-cans — driving racist Di-xie out of the Democratic Party, into the GOP.

Then Republican Presi-dent Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) mobilized the “religious right” of white evangelicals for his party. Later, extreme white con-servatives calling them-selves “Tea Party” militants emerged in the GOP.

All this outlines Amer-ica’s political flipflop — how the liberal Republican Party turned conservative, and the conservative Dem-ocratic Party turned liberal. It was a fascinating transi-tion.

James Haught, syndicat-ed by PeaceVoice, is editor emeritus of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette-Mail.

Clearing the minefield of political correctness

There’s been a lot of de-bate, appropriately enough, about University of Chi-cago dean John Ellison’s letter warning freshmen not to expect “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” on campus. Much of that de-bate has focused on free speech — and rightly so. But there’s a larger issue at play.

Ellison’s defense of aca-demic freedom raises an important question: What’s a college education for? Is it simply for job training? Many people seem to think so. They go to get a cer-tain degree that will enable them to pursue a certain ca-reer. Get in, study, get that sheepskin, get out, start making the bucks, right?

But that narrow view, however pragmatic it may seem, is a good way to cheat yourself. Because college should mean more than that. It should sharpen your intellect, expose you to new ideas, develop your ability to think critically and enable you to reflect on the purpose of the well-developed life.

You can’t do that in the cramped atmosphere cre-ated by political correct-ness. You need academic freedom.

The brain isn’t a muscle in the physical sense, but in the educational sense, that’s exactly what it is. And a muscle that isn’t ex-ercised atrophies. It’s weak and unable to do anything useful. You have to make it work.

So when you go into the gym, or slip on your jog-ging shoes, or do whatever exercise you do, you don’t coddle your body. You push it. It will tell you it’s tired, that the exercise is hard, that it wants to quit. It wants a “safe space,” but you don’t give it one, and why? Because you know it won’t get stronger unless you challenge it.

That’s exactly what a college education should do for your mind. You wouldn’t work with a train-er who gave you a bunch of powderpuff exercises and made sure you never broke a sweat. And why? Because you know it would be a waste of time — that you’d never improve, never get stronger.

Yet a lot of people ex-pect a college professor — a trainer of the mind — to go easy on them. They de-mand “trigger warnings” before they encounter the horror of a different point

of view. In fact, they prefer to be shielded altogether. They huff, they cry, they rage if they hear someone say something that doesn’t align with what they al-ready think.

Of course, “think” is too generous a word for what they’re doing. They’ve ad-opted a certain worldview — not through the use of reason, but through osmo-sis. Their opinions on every topic under the sun carry the same weight as the laws of physics. Someone who doesn’t agree with them on, say, climate change, might as well be claiming the sun sets in the east.

It’s a sign of how cod-dled they’ve been since birth. Imagine going all the way through elemen-tary and high school in a protective bubble. It’s a shame that college pro-fessors have to engage in such remedial work, and I don’t blame them for want-ing to throw up their hands and pass the little darlings along. But just because everyone before them has

abdicated their responsi-bilities doesn’t mean they should, too.

“Don’t try to shut folks out, don’t try to shut them down, no matter how much you might disagree with them,” President Obama said in a commencement speech at Howard Univer-sity. “There’s been a trend around the country of try-ing to get colleges to disin-vite speakers with a differ-ent point of view or disrupt a politician’s rally. Don’t do that, no matter how ri-diculous or offensive you might find the things that come out of their mouths.”

He’s right. So is John Ellison, who’s done his students a great favor. It’s time to stop tiptoeing through the minefield of political correctness. It’s time to read widely, listen carefully, debate respect-fully — and think.

Ed Feulner is founder of The Heritage Foundation.

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Poteau Pirates welcome Tulsa Hale tonight for homecomingBy David Seeley

PDN Sports Editor

The Poteau Pirates will get to be home for the first time since last month’s first scrimmage with Okmulgee when they en-tertain the Tulsa Hale Rangers at 7:30 tonight at Costner Stadium for homecoming. The game also has been chosen as the National Guard Game of the Week, where both teams will be wearing cam-ouflage-colored uniforms for the game.

“It’s always nice to be home,” Poteau coach Forrest Mazey said. “It’s a great atmosphere here. It’s one of the best, if not the best, in the state in my opin-

ion. Anytime you get to open up at home with homecoming is neat. The kids are anxious to get one under their belts, and they’re anxious to get back on the field to prove that they’ve fixed their mistakes. We’re excited to be out there.”

Those mistakes led to a 27-23 road loss to the Durant Lions last Friday night in the season opener.

“At the end of the day, you look at the statistics,” Mazey said. “We weren’t very good on third down. There were a couple of situations where we gave up

big plays, and we didn’t make enough big plays. Our youth showed a little bit in decision making. However, things are promising because despite them having 20-some seniors and us being so youthful, we still had a chance to win the game. In the end, you want to see us pull that out and get the victory.”

Sometimes homecoming can be a distraction, but Mazey be-lieves that won’t happen with the Pirates.

“The good thing I’ve noticed here is we don’t have a lot of [homecoming] extra-cirricular

activities afterward,” he said. “A lot of places, there’s floats built for a parade day and night until 10 at night. We’re fortunate here. The kids understand the task at hand. I think they’re eager to get back out there and prove them-selves [tonight].”

The Rangers (0-1) lost their season opener two weeks ago, falling 35-0 to Tulsa Webster in a Zero Week game. The Rangers were idle last week.

“They’ll put a lot of athletes on the field,” Mazey said. “Hale is the great unknown. You don’t know what they’re going to do.

You don’t know if they’re going to change their defense [from the previous game]. You don’t know if they have a new move-in. They will always have kids out there who can run.”

The key to a win tonight to make it a happy homecoming is a more sound performance in all facets of the game.

“We just have to be sound in what we do,” Mazey said. “We have to make better decisions. If we can do that across the board offensively and defensively, and in special teams, we’ll be fine. We have to be better in our [third-down conversion] per-centages. If we do those things, we’ll be fine.”

Tonight’s game is National Guard Game of the Week

Panama looks for another battle with Sallisaw-Central Tigers

By David SeeleyPDN Sports Editor

Each of the last two years, the Panama Razorbacks and the Sallisaw-Central Ti-gers have had nail-biters.

Two years ago, the Tigers came to George Ollie Stadium and left town 26-20 victors. Last year in the Tigers’ den, the Hogs left with a 49-48 thrilling overtime victory.

The same two teams will meet at 7 to-night in the Tigers’ den once more.

“I wouldn’t doubt it,” Panama coach Jeff Broyles said about the thoughts of another tight game tonight. “It seems like when we play, it ends up that way [close].”

The Razorbacks (2-0) used a strong third quarter in their home opener last Fri-day night to blitz the Heavener Wolves 41-14. Broyles is hoping for something simi-lar tonight.

“We’re hoping that will carry over this week,” he said. “I think the kids realize it, and now it’s up to them to do something about it. If we come out and play that way for four quarters, we’ll be very good. It’s fun for the kids and the crowd.”

The Tigers (0-1) lost their season open-

er last week 44-6 to Commerce. Broyles said they will be totally different looking than the Wolves.

“They run the ball well,” he said. “They probably don’t pass it as well as they do running the ball. What scares me is we just played a Heavener team that passed it a lot more than run the ball, and now we’re go-ing to play a team that runs the ball a lot and doesn’t throw as much.”

The bottom line for the Hogs is if they show the enthusiasm they did during their third-quarter barrage on Heavener, they should be in good shape to remain unde-feated.

“If we come out and play with the emo-tion and passion we did in the third quarter last week, everything else will take care of itself,” said Broyles, who will be with-out the services of Rowdy Downs with a shoulder injury. “We’ve got talent on this ball club. If we get after it, a lot of things will take care of itself.”

• • •To Get There — Take U.S. Highway 59

north to Sallisaw. Take Interstate 40 east to U.S. 64. Take U.S. 64 east to road that says Central High School to the left. Turn left to Central High School.

Sports BriefsThe Poteau Pirates football team is

currently doing a fundraiser to help raise money to help upgrade the lockers inside the Costner Stadium Fieldhouse as well as the seats by each locker and getting a sign to honor past playoff teams and All-Staters on the outside of the field house. Each player is trying to raise $500 with the desired overall goal of reaching a grand to-tal of $6,000.

For additional information about the fundraiser or to find out how to make a do-nation, call Poteau Quarterback Club Pres-ident Jerry Pitchford at (918) 721-9878 or Poteau football coach Forrest Mazey at (254) 290-3963, or get with any of the Po-teau football players.

• • •Registration for the Heavener Soc-

cer Association is underway at the spon-sor office in Heavener, Shelter Insurance. The fee is $35 per child. Applications are available at the insurance office, Heavener Elementary School and Heavener High School offices.

For more information, call (918) 653-2187 or (479) 414-0559. Coaches are needed for all age groups and returning and new coaches will hold a meeting be-fore the leagues start this month.

• • •The fourth annual Triple H [Hills, Heal-

ing and Hope] 5k run will begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 24 at Grace Cottage in Poteau. Reg-istration will begin at 8 a.m., with costume constest participants meeting at 8:30 a.m.

The registration fee for single runners is

$25, while the fee is $20 for teams of six runners or more.

Early packet pick-up will take place from 3-6 p.m. Sept. 23 at The Coffee Cup. All proceeds will benefit Grace Cottage and its programs.

For additional information, go to www.grace-cottage.org.

• • •The San Bois CASA Benefit Golf Tour-

nament will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 26 at Wolf Ridge Country Club.

The entry fee is $250 per four-player teams. The cost to sponsor a hole is $100 and $325 to enter a team and sponsor a hole.

Mulligans will be made available. Lunch will be provided after the tournament.

For additional information or to regis-ter a team, call (918) 647-3267 or e-mail inquiries to sanboiscasa@hotmail.com. Registration forms are available at www.sanboiscasacom under the events page.

• • •The Xposure Showcase Softball Tour-

nament will take place Oct. 22-23 at the University of Texas at Dallas Softball Complex.

There is a four-game guarantee, with a minimum of two games taking place on a collegiate-size field.

There are two age divisions, ages 16-and 18-and-younger.

The entry fee is $375 plus a $150 gate fee.

For additional information, go online to www.xposuresoftball.com.

Pocola, Wister girls make Thursday’s JH LCT winner’s-bracket finals

The Pocola Lady In-dians and Wister Lady Wildcats played Thursday night for the right to get to the 2016 LeFlore County Junior High Fast-Pitch Softball Tournament title game, which took place Thursday night.

Pocola defeated Whitesboro 9-2, while Wister downed Howe 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Both the Lady Bull-

dogs and Lady Lions were still alive for a shot at the county finals as they staved off elimination later Wednesday night. Whitesboro beat Spiro 10-2, while Howe blanked Leflore 11-0.

Spiro and Leflore each stayed alive twice on Wednesday, but couldn’t make it a third time. Spiro edged Heavener 6-5 and outlastled Panama 12-11

before losing to Whites-boro.

Leflore got a forfeited win over Cameron, then beat Pansy Kidd Middle School 7-5.

Both Panama and PKMS teams opened loser’s-bracket play with Wednesday night wins. The Lady Razorbacks defeated Fanshawe 7-3, while the Lady Pirates downed Hodgen 15-4.

Swinford wins Pigskin Picks Contest once again thanks to winning tiebreaker

It almost was a carbon copy for Rob-ert Swinford, who won the Poteau Daily News’ Pigskin Picks Contest for Week 1.

After winning a tiebreaker with Alan Callahan to win the Zero Week contest, Swinford had to battle a three-way tie to come out on top.

Swinford, Callahan and Anthony Bor-den all were 6-5 for the Week 1 contest. However, Swinford was the closest to the

final score of the Poteau-Durant game, which was used as the tiebreaker. He missed the final score by eight points, while Callahan missed by 11 points and Borden by 20.

There will be a grand prize which has yet to be determined by PDN management for the individual who has most wins over the 24 weeks of the contest, which will end with Super Bowl LI in February.

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Arkoma Mustangs visit Webbers Falls tonight

By David SeeleyPDN Sports Editor

The Arkoma Mustangs could not have looked any better in their season open-er last Friday night, down-ing their county 8-man ri-val Bokoshe Tigers 46-0 in a game called at halftime by the mercy rule.

“It’s another one of those games that don’t count to-ward the district standings, but it was a good oppor-tunity to get another dress rehearsal,” Arkoma coach Mark Weatherton said. “We really played well. We executed every play we ran offensively about as good as we could. Defensively, we flew to the football. We were in the right set and position on defense. We did about everything right. It was a good night for us.”

The Mustangs (1-0) will travel tonight to meet the Webbers Falls Warriors (0-1) at 7:30 p.m.

The Warriors lost 50-38 to Arkoma’s District B-8 foe Porum in their season opener last week.

“They were up 38-34 after three quarters, but Porum wore them down late in the fourth quarter,” Weatherton said. “We hope we can do the same thing.”

Despite fewer numbers than the Mustangs, the Warriors do have a three-headed monster Arkoma must defend.

“There’s a lot of concerns there,” Weatherton said. “They only have 12 guys, but they have big, physi-cal guys. They have speed. Their quarterback is one of those who can scramble and throw it. They have a good receiver who can go get it, and who is fast. He scored a touchdown on us in the scrimmage at Oaks [two weeks ago]. Their tailback has good speed, too. They have three threats who are good offensive weapons.

It’s going to be a good test for us, but we’re excited to get back at it and see what we can do.”

It will take another solid effort for the Mustangs to double their win total by night’s end.

“We have to take care of the football,” Weatherton said. “We have to execute our plays on offense. We have to be in the right spots on defense, and tackle well.”

Three Mustangs, Myki-ah Oosahwe [ankle], Caleb Bise [knee] and Daylon Conzley [ankle] are all probable, but Isaiah Cobbe will be out for some time due to a broken collarbone.

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Oklahoma State Highway 9A west to Oklahoma State Highway 9. Take Highway 9 west to Sallisaw Y. Take U.S. Highway 59 north to Sallisaw. Take Interstate 40 west to Webbers Falls.

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I may be in the minority, but the way I approach daily as opposed to season-long fantasy football are practically the same. After the league’s draft has taken place, what round or cost a player was acquired at are inconsequential to me. All that matters now is the player’s match-up, and what his prospective floor vs. ceiling is. I don’t care if a supposed stud wide receiver or running back cost you serious draft capital. The investment has been made, and now it’s time to seriously consider who among the players on your team, or waiver wire, offers you the best chance to win your weekly match-up.

For me, deciding who to start or sit comes the same way I create my weekly Daily Fantasy Sports [DFS] play-er pool, via "The Process." While I go step by step nar-rowing down the players I want exposure to, I often find guys who were nowhere near my radar. Sometimes, but not always, these players carry a discounted DFS salary. These cheaper salaries translate to guys who are prob-ably on your bench or sitting on the waiver wire [compare DFS salaries to average draft position and you’ll see a correlation] waiting to be claimed. Thus, I want to take these cheaper outliers and turn them into recommenda-tions for startable players on your fantasy teams. These names and situations will change from week to week, but the aim will always be to go with player X over player Y if it means more fantasy points regardless of the names on

the back of the jersey.The following recommendations are made price de-

pendent as well as the scoring system they offer more upside in:

QB Carson Wentz, Philadelphia [$5000 on Fan-duel/Draftkings] — The rookie quarterback getting the majority of eyes this Sunday will be Dak Prescott, and quite frankly why shouldn’t he as he holds what's wide-ly considered the most glorious position in all of sports. However, the hype train on Prescott has been rolling since preseason Week 1 — especially since the Tony Romo in-jury news, meaning someone probably claimed Prescott or drafted him outright. However, I’ll be watching newly-crowned Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz instead. While Wentz will be running a fairly conservative offense that should mirror Andy Reid’s Chiefs, he has the match-up against the Browns that makes him a great streaming can-didate. Against Cleveland, he’ll be a home favorite with an implied team total more than 24 points, plus he faces a defense that was 29th in fantasy points allowed per game to quarterbacks that also ranked 29th in Football Outsid-er’s DVOA metric.

RB Charles Sims, Tampa Bay [$4400 on Drafk-ings] — While Sims probably isn’t sitting on your waiver wire, there's a good chance he’s riding your bench when you should be starting him. Sims is locked into a sub-

stantial role as the Buccaneers' third down/passing back. In a game featuring an over/under of 47.5 points, he gets Football Outsider’s 32nd-ranked RB pass defense from 2015. Las Vegas projects the Buccaneers to be trailing, and Sims may be Jameis Winston’s preferred receiving option to move the ball down the field late in the game.

WR Mohamed Sanu, Atlanta [$5800 on Fanduel] — While playing the starting wide receiver opposite Julio Jones doesn’t seem like an opportunity, it might provide some points for you. The Buccaneers-Falcons game is one in which I’m looking to stack as many viable targets as possible. With Sanu, I get the single best match-up in the National Football League this Sunday as far as secondary wide receivers go. Mo is currently owned in just less than

The highlight of last week's LeFlore County high school football ac-tion was seeing the Spiro Bulldogs win for the first time since ending the 2014 season with a three-game winning streak when they scored late to down the Ro-land Rangers 34-28. The win snapped an 11-game losing streak, dating back to Spiro's 48-0 loss to Lo-cust Grove in the opening round of the 2014 Class 3A playoffs. Like assistant coach David Hogan told the players after the win, "The Bulldogs are back." They will get a stiff test to-night in their home opener against Muldrow in the bat-tle of the Bulldogs.

Tonight will be home-coming games for two teams, Poteau and Heaven-er. The Tulsa Hale-Poteau game has been chosen as the National Guard Game of the Week. Both teams will wear camouflage-colored uniforms for the game.

Bokoshe will try to get its first win of the season as the Tigers entertain for-mer District C-4 rival Cave Springs for their home

opener.We'll see what happens

tonight.Players of the WeekDefensive — Jason Mc-

Clure, Pocola; Domnick Shedd, Talihina. Despite both their teams coming up short last week, both players led the county with 17 tackles. McClure had 12 solo tackles to go with three tackles for loss.

Offensive — Landon Moore and Deontei Braggs, Spiro. The Bull-dogs' duo was a two-head-ed monster in Spiro's road win over Muldrow. Moore rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown, but returned to two kickoffs for TDs — one of 85 yards and one of 80 yards. Braggs, who scored the game-winning touchdown with 2:10 left in regulation, rushed for 119 yards and scored two TDs.

100-Yard RushersKale Barcheers, Poteau

— 212 yards, two touch-downs.

Landon Moore, Spiro — 186 yards, TD.

Deontei Braggs, Spiro — 119 yards, two TDs.

Tristan Thompson, Pan-ama — 106 yards, three

TDs.100-Yard Passers

Kyler Ree, Pocola — 264 yards.

Sooner Box, Talihina — 192 yards, two touch-downs.

Seth Key, Arkoma — 102 yards, two TDs.

Ben Klutts, Poteau — 100 yards.

100-Yard ReceiversJason McClure, Pocola

— 127 yards.Dylan Blair, Talihina —

111 yards, touchdown.Scoring

[Minimum 12 Points]Sydney Fout, Panama

— 18 points.Landon Moore, Spiro —

18 points.Tristan Thompson, Pan-

ama — 17 points.Kale Barcheers, Poteau

— 12 points.Jonah Gates, Arkoma —

12 points.Deontei Braggs, Spiro

— 12 points.Defensive Honor RollJason McClure, Pocola

— 17 tackles, 12 solo, three tackles for loss.

Domnick Shedd, Tali-hina — 17 tackles.

Jacob Mantooth, Pana-ma — 13 tackles.

Dylan Blair, Talihina — 13 tackles.

Greg Mendez, Pocola — 11 tackles, four solo, a tackle for loss.

Josh Morrison, Panama — 10 tackles, interception.

Sawyer Blue, Talihina — 10 tackles.

Mathew Alvarado, Po-teau — Nine tackles, one solo, a quarterback sack, a fumble recovery, a caused fumble.

Cameron Ballentine, Heavener — Eight tack-les, five solo, one caused fumble.

Jimmy Carlton, Pocola — Eight tackles, six solo.

Parker Killion, Pocola — Eight tackles, one solo.

Landon Moore, Spiro — Eight tackles, one pass break-up.

Gunnar Thompson, Po-teau — Seven tackles, two solo.

Juan Martinez, Poteau — Seven teackles, one solo, a QB sack, a caused fumble.

Braxten Johnson, Poco-la — Seven tackles, three solo.

Alex Moore, Pocola — Seven tackles, two solo, one fumble recovery.

Ethan Caldwell, Spiro — Seven tackles, two QB hurries.

Jacob Hill, Heavener — Six tackles, three solo, one pass break-up, one caused fumble.

Tyler Eagle, Heavener — Six tackles, two solo, one pass break-up, one blocked kick.

Ryan Richison, Pocola — Six tackles, three solo, one pass break-up.

Daniel Windborn, Po-cola — Six tackles, three solo, one caused fumble.

Calvin Howington, Arkoma — Four tackles, three solo.

Sydney Fout, Panama — Four tackles, two INTs.

Brevon Harper, Spiro — Four tackles, three QB hurries.

Caleb Matthews, Spiro — Four tackles, a QB hur-ry.

D'Karre Lynch, Spiro — Four tackles.

Kobe Ragsdale, Arkoma — Three tackles, two solo.

Mykiah Oosahwe, Arko-ma — Three tackles, two solo.

Seth Key, Arkoma — Three tackles.

Tristin Ayala, Spiro — Three tackles, QB sack.

Josh Cole, Spiro – Three tackles.

Andre Ferreira, Spiro — Three tackles.

Seth Haynes, Spiro — Three tackles.

Colton McBride, Arko-ma — Two tackles, one solo, two INTs.

Zion Routh, Arkoma — Two tackles, fumble recov-ery.

David Morris, Arkoma — One tackle, fumble re-covery.

Matthew Harmon, Arko-ma — One tackle, INT.

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Week 1 High School Football PollBy The Associated Press

Here is The Associated Press' Oklahoma high school football poll with first place votes in parentheses, re-cords, points and ranking in last week's poll, records through Tuesday. Points for classes A through 5A based on 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring. Points for 6A (Division I & II), classes B and C based on 5-4-3-2-1 scoring.

Class 6A Division ISchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Tulsa Union (9) (2-0) 65 22. Jenks (5) (2-0) 60 13. Southmoore (1-0) 39 44. Norman North (1-0) 26 55. Owasso (1-1) 10 NR

Others receiving votes: 6. Broken Arrow 3, 7. Ed-mond Santa Fe 3, 8. Mustang 2.

Class 6A Division IISchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Bixby (13) (0-1) 69 12. Tulsa Washington (1) (1-1) 54 23. Muskogee (2-0) 42 NR4. Lawton High (0-1) 12 45. Sand Springs (0-1) 9 5

Others receiving votes: 6. Stillwater 8, 7. (tie) Mid-west City and Bartlesville 4, 9. Enid 3, 10. OKC Put-nam City West 2.

Class 5ASchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Lawton MacArthur (10) (1-0) 133 32. MWC Carl Albert (1) (1-0) 116 53. Altus (1) (2-0) 97 64. Guthrie (1) (1-1) 83 15. Collinsville (1) (2-0) 79 76. Tulsa Bishop Kelley (1-0) 62 97. OKC Bishop McGuinness (0-1) 44 28. Del City (1-0) 43 NR9. (tie) Skiatook (1-0) 33 10Ardmore (1-0) 33 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Shawnee 18, 12. (tie) McAlester, Tulsa Memorial and Noble 7, 15. Durant

6.Class 4A

School, Record Total Points Prev1. Wagoner (13) (1-0) 139 12. Oologah (1) (1-0) 121 33. OKC Heritage Hall (1-0) 115 24. Tuttle (1-0) 89 45. Tulsa Cascia Hall (1-0) 78 56. Tulsa Metro Christian (1-0) 73 T77. Cache (2-0) 41 NR8. Clinton (1-1) 35 T79. Poteau (0-1) 32 610. Hilldale (1-0) 23 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. (tie) Ada and Catoosa 9, 13. Weatherford 3.

Class 3ASchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Jones (13) (2-0) 139 12. Anadarko (1-0) 119 33. OKC John Marshall (1) (0-1) 98 44. Lincoln Christian (2-0) 67 75. Plainview (0-1) 64 26. OKC Douglass (1-0) 61 57. Berryhill (2-0) 60 108. Sulphur (1-0) 58 99. Locust Grove (1-0) 43 610. Cushing (2-0) 25 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Seminole 17, 12. Sti-gler 9, 13. Prague 5, 14. Checotah 2, 15. (tie) King-fisher and Westville 1.

Class 2ASchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Adair (9) (2-0) 135 12. Davis (3) (1-0) 121 23. Chisholm (2) (1-0) 105 54. Vian (2-0) 94 45. (tie) Tulsa Victory Christian (1-0) 71 7OKC Millwood (1-0) 71 67. Washington (1-1) 53 38. Lindsay (2-0) 35 NR9. Stroud (2-0) 16 NR10. Stratford (1-1) 15 8

Others receiving votes: 11. Haskell 11, 12. Tulsa Holland Hall 10, 13. Meeker 5, 14. (tie) Alva, Com-merce and Hobart 4, 17. (tie) Coalgate and Luther 3. 19. (tie) Hennessey and Wilburton 2, 21. (tie) Panama, Spiro, Wyandotte and Tonkawa 1.

Class ASchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Cashion (9) (2-0) 134 12. Hominy (3) (1-0) 121 23. Ringling (1) (1-0) 109 34. Rejoice Christian School (1-0) 85 55. Hollis (1-0) 72 66. Minco (1-1) 43 47. Talihina (1) (1-0) 40 T88. Afton (2-0) 38 109. Kiefer (1-0) 34 NR10. Wayne (2-0) 26 NR

Others receiving votes: 11. Fairview 20, 12. Cres-cent 13, 13. Watonga 9, 14. (tie) Thomas and Cordell 7, 16. Oklahoma Christian Academy 3, 17. (tie) Moore-land and Wynnewood 2, 19. Healdton 1.

Class BSchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Davenport (10) (1-0) 64 12. Seiling (2) (1-0) 46 23. Dewar (1) (2-0) 32 34. Caddo (1) (0-1) 29 45. Laverne (2-0) 7 NR

Others receiving votes: 6. Shattuck 6, 7. (tie) Alex and Depew 5, 9. (tie) Geary and Pioneer 3, 11. (tie) Garber and Carnegie 2, 13. (tie) Arkoma, Keota, Waurika and Weleetka 1.

Class CSchool, Record Total Points Prev1. Pond Creek-Hunter (10) (1-0) 64 22. (tie) Tipton (3) (1-1) 44 4Grandfield (1) (1-0) 44 14. (tie) Bluejacket (2-0) 17 NRThackerville (1-0) 17 NR

Others receiving votes: 6. Coyle 9, 7. Deer Creek-Lamont 5, 8. Tyrone 4, 9. Kremlin-Hillsdale 3, 10. Timberlake 2, 11. Webbers Falls 1.

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SoutheastBroken Bow: Sept. 4. Elevation normal, water 84.

Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fair on Ala-bama rigs, flukes and plastic baits around brush struc-ture, creek channels, points and standing timber. Chan-nel, blue and flathead catfish fair on chicken liver, cut bait, punch bait, stinkbait, sunfish and worms in coves, the river channel and river mouth. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Eufaula: Sept. 4. Elevation below normal, water clear. Blue catfish fair on cut bait and shad along creek chan-nels and the river channel. Crappie good on minnows, grubs and jigs around brush structure, docks and bridges. White bass good on crankbaits, grubs and slabs below the dam, around points and riprap. Report submitted by David Robertson, game warden stationed in McIntosh County.

Lower Mountain Fork: Sept. 4. Elevation normal, water 69 and clear. Trout good on small lures, worms and PowerBait along creek channels and rocks. Report submitted by Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Pine Creek: Sept. 4. Elevation normal, water 84 and

clear. Largemouth bass good on jerk baits and plastic baits in coves. Flathead catfish good on minnows along the river channel. Channel catfish good on worms in the main lake and along creek channels. Crappie fair on jigs around brush structure. Report submitted by Mark Han-nah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.

Robert S. Kerr: Sept. 4. Elevation normal, water murky. Largemouth and spotted bass fair on Alabama rigs, bill baits, flukes and lipless baits around brush structure, channels and riprap. Blue, channel and flat-head catfish good on cut bait, live bait, live shad, shad and stinkbait below the dam, along flats, the river chan-nel and river mouth. Striped bass fair on bill baits and live shad in the river channel. Report submitted by Allen Couch, game warden stationed in Haskell County.

Sardis: Sept. 4. Elevation below normal, water 80. Largemouth and spotted bass fair on bill baits, crank-baits, in-line spinnerbaits, jerk baits, jigs, lipless baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits and sunfish around brush structure, points, riprap, rocks, shorelines, standing tim-ber and weed beds. Blue, channel and flathead catfish fair on cut bait, live shad, shad and sunfish along chan-nels, creek channels, flats and in the main lake. Crappie fair on minnows, jigs and hair jigs around brush struc-ture, shorelines and standing timber. Report submitted by Dane Polk, game warden stationed in Pushmataha County.

Wister: Sept. 4. Elevation normal, water murky. Lar-gemouth bass slow on in-line spinnerbaits and topwater

lures around brush structure. Crappie slow on jigs around brush structure. Blue catfish fair on cut bait along chan-nels. Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in LeFlore County.

NortheastFort Gibson: Sept. 1. Elevation normal, water 85 and

stained. Largemouth bass and white bass good on crank-baits, in-line spinnerbaits and jigs around points and along shorelines. Crappie fair on minnows, jigs and tube jigs around brush structure and docks. Blue catfish good on live shad at 20-30 feet in the main lake and along the river channel. Report submitted by Rick Stafford, Wag-oner.

Lower Illinois: Sept. 4. Elevation normal, water 65 and clear. Trout fair on midges, nymphs and PowerBait below the dam and Watts WMU.

Tenkiller: Sept. 5. Elevation dropping, water mid-80s. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass fair on crank-baits, spinnerbaits and plastic baits from the surface to 15 feet in the main lake, around points and brush structure; watch for surfacing fish early and late. White bass fair on in-line spinnerbaits, hair jigs, spoons and topwater lures from the surface to 15 feet in the main lake and around points; watch for surfacing fish early and late. Channel, blue and flathead catfish on stinkbait and punch bait at 17-23 feet anchored around points and drifting worms at 10-20 feet in the main lake and along flats. Sunfish good on hair jigs and worms at 10-20 feet around docks and in coves. Report submitted by Monte Brooks, Cookson.

"The Eldon Dugan Big Bass Battle" took place Tuesday evening on Ce-dar Lake. There were nine boats filled with anglers vying for the winning big bass.

Gary Steelman and Dan-ny "The Doctor of" Love won with a 4.14-pound winner.

"Team Outlaw," com-prised of Robbie Tiffee and Russell Broussard, was runners-up with a 4.02-pounder, while Eldon Dugan and Misty Riley were third.

Dugan has now renamed this "The Summer Slam Series," and it will take place from 5-8 p.m. next Tuesday at Wards Landing on Wister Lake.

It's simple. Whatever team catches the biggest bass wins all the money. The entry fee is $10 per angler, and boats must have trolling motors only.

The BacklashFishing Report

The LeFlore County Bass Club will have its 2016 High School All-American Bass Tourna-ment from safe light until 1 p.m. Sept. 24 on Wards Landing on Wister Lake.

The entry fee is $10 per student, with an addition-al $10 per boat captains. There is a three-fish limit. Each boat will be com-prised of two students and a boat captain.

There will be a hot dog cookout after the tourna-ment, and there also will be door prizes.

For additional informa-tion, call "The Jody Ray Fishing Hotline" at (918) 649-7387.

2016 Outdoor Hunting and Fishing Guide

The 2016 Outdoor Hunt-ing and Fishing Guide will publish Sept. 30.

We are looking for hunting and fishing photo-graphs to help fill the spe-cial section to make it even that much more local.

Photographs can be e-mailed to me at jodyray1966@yahoo.com or to PDN Sports Editor David Seeley at sports@poteaudailynews.com.

All photographs need to give us the details about the catch or hunt, such as size of the game caught, what it was [like type of fish], when and where the catch or hunt took place [or at least the state and/or county of the hunt, so as to not give away your "secret" spot] and any particulars — as well as who took the photograph, if it's someone else other than the sender, for the photograph credit.

The deadline to submit photos will be Sept. 23.

For additional informa-tion, call "The Jody Ray Fishing Hotline" at (918) 649-7387 or the Poteau Daily News at (918) 647-3188, Ext. 30.

Last CastHoward Cagle, Poteau's

very own version of Roy D. Mercer, and I were talking about how we can get a seat down at the Tote-A-Poke to drink cof-fee. Howard said he's been talking to Tommy Robert-

son trying to get a seat for five years. I've been trying to get a seat for the last seven years, but I still have to stand because they just don't give you a seat — you've got to be voted in. I've got Kendall Ballew, Bob Free and Ed Longen-baugh pulling for me, but the mayor of the Tote-A-Poke, Carl Whitlock, is a little harder to get on my side. I'm just worried that if Howard doesn't get in soon, he's going to drive his truck right through the front door — just like Mar-cel Ledbetter did in 1972. Love those guys that sit in there — they have more stories, and I'm the young-est one there at age 50.

Tonight is Poteau's homecoming game against Tulsa Hale at 7:30 p.m. at Costner Stadium. I'm going to double down on some cheeseburgers at the tailgate party, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. Then, I'm going to watch the Pi-rates in their home opener. It's so exciting. Oh, yes — football is back!

Save the world, recy-cle.

God bless our troops and our veterans.

Have a great weekend.• • •

Any questions or pic-tures, make contact with Jody Ray Adams on Fa-cebook, on “The Jody Ray Fishing Hotline” at (918) 649-7387 or by e-mail at jodyray1966@yahoo.com.

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55 percent of all ESPN leagues, meaning it’s a coin flip whether he’s available in yours. P.S. — Never forget Sanu is literally one ankle turn or plantar injury away from be-ing the No. 1 receiver on a team where Julio Jones has enjoyed close to a 25-percent market share.

TE Clive Walford, Oakland [$3,000 on Draftkings, $4,700 on FanDuel] — The tight end has become in fanta-sy football what catcher is to fantasy baseball. If you don’t have the studs, you’re chasing home runs — or in this case touchdowns. Walford may not be an intrinsical part of the Raiders passing game [eight percent target share in 2015], but coach Jack Del Rio has stated his desire to get Walford more targets. More targets or not, Walford has a great chance to provide you starter worthy fantasy points facing the 32nd-ranked fantasy defense against tight ends in a game tied with the highest over/under [51] for the weekend. Before you tweet at me, yes Lee Smith is the "starter" according to the Oakland depth chart but only in the sense as he’s one of the best pure blocking tight ends in the league. Smith will be no threat to Walford’s recep-

tions. Defense-Special Teams — Philadelphia Eagles

($3,300 on Draftkings, $4,800 on Fanduel — Ever since game lines and spreads were released, Las Vegas has been consistent in its belief that Cleveland will be one of the lowest-scoring teams on Sunday. As things stand, the Browns are projected to score 18.5 points which projects them as the second-lowest scoring team Sunday. I get the sense people are scared off of the Eagles because of the dual impact of Robert Griffin III and new head coach Hue Jackson on the Browns, but Vegas as well as the Browns offensive inefficiencies from 2015 state this should be no offense to be scared of. The RG3 era either goes off with a bang or a resounding thud as the relentless Eagles fans heckle him off the field.

• • •Read “The Triple Option” columnist Phill Bennetzen’s

weekly Professional Golf Association and National Foot-ball League stories at www.Draftshot.com. Any questions or comments, make contact with Bennetzen on Facebook.

OPTION

Steelman, Love win 'Eldon Dugan Big Bass Battle'Outdoors with Jody Ray Adams

CAMBRI'S CATCH — Cambri McBeth caught this fish during a Labor Day Weekend fishing trip to Marvel Resort near Gore.

Photo by Mykel Evans

Oklahoma Area Lake/Fishing Report

You'll be faced with options that will not be easy, but if you are true to yourself and willing to tighten your wallet and work to ease your stress and promote peace of mind, good things will

transpire. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

-- Problems at home, as well as legal and financial matters, should be dealt with quickly. Use your skills to bring about positive change. Don't fold under pressure or give in to

unwarranted demands. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

-- Your ability to take a practical application and apply it to an iffy situation will help you get ahead and overcome any

obstacles. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)

-- Look at the big picture and make alterations based on what you see. If it's time to make changes, do so. Procrastination

will be your downfall. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Put your best foot forward and let everyone know that you are willing to see matters through to the end. Listen to others, ask questions and

consider your options. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Stick close to home and take care of matters that will improve your lifestyle. You will learn a valuable lesson from a relationship that makes a sudden

shift. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)

-- Your drive, charisma and desire to do something to help others will put you in the limelight. A romantic celebration will bring you closer to someone

special. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)

-- Learning from what you see as well as listening to what others have to say will help you prevent a negative situation from escalating. Slow down;

time is on your side. ARIES (March 21-April 19)

-- A trip or endeavor should provide you the experience you need to leap forward. Change will be in your favor, so don't shy away from trying something new. A commitment can be

made. TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

-- Legal, financial and health matters will be riddled with uncertainty and will require your personal attention to avert problems. Protect your money,

information and reputation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

-- Money matters will not be as they appear. Don't get involved in a joint venture or do something that's not in your best interest. Opportunity comes from within,

not from someone else. CANCER (June 21-July 22)

-- Your goals may not be shared by those you live with. Use friendly persuasion and incentives to entice others to help you turn your plans into a

reality. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

-- Your effort to bring about positive change at work and in your relationships with children, peers and superiors will open up a window of opportunity as well

as boost your reputation.

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Friday, Sept. 9, 2016

Friday, Sept. 9, 2016

Today is the 253rd day of 2016 and the 82nd day of summer.TODAY'S HISTORY: In

1776, the Continental Congress officially changed the name of the "United Colonies" to the "United States" of America.In 1791, the capital of the United

States was named Washington, D.C., after President George Washington.In 1850, California was

admitted as the 31st U.S. state.In 1893, Esther Cleveland,

second child of President Grover Cleveland and first lady Frances, became the only child of a president to be born in the White House.In 1956, Elvis Presley made

his first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Leo

Tolstoy (1828-1910), author; Harland David "Colonel" Sanders (1890-1980), businessman; Cliff Robertson (1923-2011), actor; Otis Redding (1941-1967), singer-songwriter; Joe Theismann

(1949- ), sportscaster/football player; Hugh Grant (1960- ), actor; Bob Stoops (1960- ), football coach; Adam Sandler (1966- ), comedian/actor; Eric Stonestreet (1971- ), actor; Michael Buble (1975- ), singer; Michelle Williams (1980- ), actress.TODAY'S FACT: California did

not go through a formal period as a U.S. territory. It quickly achieved the 60,000 residents required for statehood, due to the Gold Rush.TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1965,

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher

Sandy Koufax threw a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs.TODAY'S QUOTE: "Progress

consists, not in the increase of truth, but in freeing it from its wrappings. The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold."

– Leo TolstoyTODAY'S NUMBER: 210.8

million - albums certified sold by Elvis Presley, making him second only to the Beatles (269.5 million) as the greatest-selling artist of all time.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have always been a "mommy's boy." I am turning 27 this year, and I thought it was finally time to give my mother her credit card back. This card has become of a symbol between us. I barely use it anymore, and I thought it would be a great way to show my mother that I can be independent. However, when the time came to give it back, she bawled and accused me of cutting her out of my life. This was not the reaction I was expecting. I thought she'd be proud that she had raised a son who can support himself. I ended up taking the credit card back with me because she left it on the table when she left the room crying. How can I let go of this safety net? I clearly didn't do it right the first time.

– Out of the Cradle, Washington, D.C.

DEAR OUT OF THE CRADLE: Welcome to this new phase of your life. Parents and adult children often go through twists and turns as they figure out how to be adults together. You do not need to relinquish that card. Shutting it down would likely impact your credit nega-tively. Instead, you can just stop using it. Put it in a drawer, and let it be. Or if you do decide to use it, pay the bill yourself, or set aside the amount that you owe and at the end of the year do something nice for your parents with that money. Meanwhile, assure your parents

that you had no intention of insulting them. Instead, you want them to see that they have done a great job of rearing a responsible young man, and that's all you

wanted them to know.DEAR HARRIETTE: After

being laid off from my job, I thought I'd try to get into the can-nabis industry. It appears to be booming, and I feel like there are still unturned stones there that could make a bunch of money. I spoke to a senior mentor from my old job, and his strong oppo-sition to my business venture scared me straight. He explained that cannabis is still considered a drug just like cocaine or heroin in the United States. He told me the Drug Enforcement Administration would try to lock me up. I thought I had a revolu-tionary business model until this lunch. I have all of my money invested in my product and no job. I think I should just take a leap of faith.

– Cannabis Calling, Brooklyn, NY

DEAR CANNABIS CALLING: While your friend is somewhat right in that the federal govern-ment has yet to legalize the use or sale of marijuana nationally, there are many opportunities to enter this business, and many entrepreneurs are doing the research right now to determine how they can fit in. As with any other business ven-

ture, you must do your research thoroughly. This includes learn-ing what legal constraints exist and what relationship you can expect with the DEA. Don't give up until you have exhausted your research. One place to start is theweedbusiness.com. You should also contact medical marijuana sellers and businesses in the states where the sale of marijua-na is legal to get more input.

Sense & Sensitivity By Harriette Cole

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LEGALSIN THE DISTRICTCOURT OF LEFLORECOUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMAJOSHUA THACKER andSANDRA R. THACKER,Plaintiffs,-vs-Case No. CV-2016-54JOHN R. FOX, et.al.,Defendants.NOTICE BY PUBLICA-TIONTHE STATE OF OKLA-HOMA TO: JOHN R.FOX, WILLIAM A.JACKSON, V. W. HEAV-ENER, RALPH JOSEPHHALL, JR., BETTY JOHALL, C.C. DANIELS,HARREL DAN DANIEL,LINDA KAY DANIEL,R A N D Y T H O M A SBRANSCUM, MARYANNE BRANSCUM,TERRY R. EARLS,JANET M. EARLS,ALMA HICKMAN, HAR-LAN J. HICKMAN, HAR-LAN JOE HICKMAN,TAMMY KAY HICKMAN,GERALD R. BREED -ING, PATSY A. BREED-ING, ESTHER K. MOL-HOLT, ESTHER K.MAY, ESTHER MOL -HOLT CAWARD, BOBCAWARD, ROBERTCAWARD, GAIL DAY,DENA WOLF, DON E.MAY, LUTHER JOEBEAVER, MYRTLEM U R R A Y , O . C .BUSCHOW, LUTHERJOHNSON, SR., LU -THER JOHNSON, JR.,PERTHENA HEAVE -NER, SUE CAROL BEA-VER, MILTON HUNTJOHNSON, VIRGLEHEAVENER, ALVADANIELS, SAMMIE LEEJOHNSON, THE BEA -VER FAMILY LIVINGTRUST, dated February21, 2006, LOSS E ROB-BINS, JENNIFER ROB-BINS, KELLY B. COLE,CYNTHIA COLE, SU -SAN B. JOHNSON, G.C.HORN, EVA HORN,MARK HEDEGORE,ANNA HEDEGORE, JA-COB R. WARD, CECE-LIA WARD, GENE RAY-MOND HALL, BAR -BARA JANE HALL,ROLAND P. BURCH,MARCELLA J. BURCH,if said defendants areliving, but in the alterna-tive, if they or either ofthem are dead, then therespective unknownheirs, executors, admin-istrators, devisees, trus-tees, successors or as-signs, if any, of eachsuch deceased personor persons,SECURITY FINANCECORPORATION;CREDIT BUREAU OFFORT SMITH; PLUM -LEE MATERIALS COM-PANY; AAMES FUND -ING CORPORATIONd/b/a AAMES HOMELOAN;if said corporation be le-gally existing, but in thealternative, if it be dis -solved, then the un -known successors, trus-tees, and assigns ofsuch dissolved corpora-tion,You are hereby notifiedthat you have been suedby JOSHUA THACKERand SANDRA R.THACKER, plaintiffs inthe above entitled andnumbered cause in theDistrict Court of LeFloreCounty, at Poteau, Okla-homa, and you must an-swer plaintiffs’ AmendedPetition on file in suchcase in the Office of theCourt Clerk of saidCounty and State at Po-teau, Oklahoma, on orbefore October 10,2016, or the AmendedPetition will be taken astrue and judgment willbe rendered against you;IT WILL BE ADJUDGEDthat the plaintiffs are theowners of the absolutefee simple title, both le-gal and equitable andare in exclusive posses-sion of real property situ-ate in LeFlore County,State of Oklahoma, de-scribed as follows,to-wit:SURFACE AND SUR -FACE ONLY:A part of the SoutheastQuarter of the South -west Quarter of theSouthwest Quarter (PTSE SW SW) and a partof the Southwest Quar-ter of the SoutheastQuarter of the South -west Quarter (PT SWSE SW) of Section 15and a part of the North-west Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of theNorthwest Quarter of the(PT NW NE NW) of Sec-tion 22, all in Township 3North, Range 26 East ofthe Indian Base and Me-ridian, Leflore County,Oklahoma, more particu-larly described as fol -lows:Beginning at the SE cor-ner of the SE SW SW;thence South 88 de -grees 07 minutes 31seconds West along theSouth line of the SW SWa distance of 181.85 feetto the Nor ther lyright-of-way of US High-way No. 59;thence North 58 degrees54 minutes 36 secondsWest a long sa idright-of-way a distanceof 45.50 feet to the cen-terline of a Creek;thence along said cen -terline the followingcourses:North 64 degrees 28minutes 49 secondsEast a distance of 21.04feet;thence North 47 degrees20 minutes 35 secondsEast a distance of105.70 feet;thence North 43 degrees11 minutes 43 secondsEast a distance of 77.17feet;thence North 42 degrees19 minutes 09 secondsEast a distance of 98.96feet;thence North 49 degrees33 minutes 39 secondsEast a distance of 57.45feet;thence North 77 degrees36 minutes 13 secondsEast a distance of 65.09feet;thence South 79 de -grees 55 minutes 57seconds East a distanceof 60.82 feet to a point1145.00 feet West of theEast line of the SE SW;thence North 01 degrees48 minutes 34 secondsWest a distance of118.60 feet to a point381.40 feet North of theSouth line of the SE SW;thence North 88 degrees07 minutes 23 secondsEast a distance of417.60 feet;thence South 01 de -grees 48 minutes 34seconds East a distanceof 123.96 feet to thecenterline of the Creek;thence along said cen -terline the followingcourses:South 85 degrees 05minutes 44 secondsWest a distance of 16.78feet;thence South 82 de -grees 26 minutes 04seconds West a dis -tance of 79.92 feet;thence South 75 de -grees 00 minutes 00seconds West a dis -tance of 105.12 feet;thence leaving theCreek, South 01 de -grees 48 minutes 34seconds East a distanceof 224.77 feet to a pointon the South line of theSW SE SW that is390.00 feet East of theSE corner of the SWSW;thence North 88 degrees07 minutes 54 secondsEast along said Southline a distance of 30.30feet;thence South 58 de -grees 46 minutes 21seconds West a dis -tance of 379.12 feet tot h e N o r t h e r l yright-of-way of US High-way No. 59;thence along saidr ight-of-way on anon-tangent curve to theleft with a radius of5789.58 (chd= North 56degrees 25 minutes 33seconds West, 109.24')a distance of 109.24 feetto the West line of theNW NE NW of Section22;thence North 02 degrees16 minutes 43 secondsWest a distance of122.47 feet to the pointof beginning.FURTHER, IT WILL BEADJUDGED that plain -tiffs have title to theabove described prop -erty by adverse posses-sion, sometimes calledtitle by prescription, inaddition to their recordtitle; certain instrumentsclouding plaintiffs’ titlewill be canceled, re -formed or removed of re-cord, as the case maybe and IT WILL BE AD-JUDGED that plaintiffs’title to the above prop -erty is superior andparamount to any claim,right, title, lien, estate,encumbrance, assess -ment or interest, either inlaw or in equity, that youor any of you or anyoneclaiming through you,have or may have hadthereto; nor do you oranyone claiming throughyou have any right topossession of the abovedescribed property, re -demption thereto, or lienupon, and you will be ju-dicially enjoined and re-strained from makingany claims to said prop-erty not consistent withthe present ownershipand possession of theplaintiffs.WITNESS my hand andofficial seal at Poteau,Oklahoma, this 23rdday ofAugust, 2016.MELBA L. HALL, CourtClerk ofLeFlore County, Okla -homaBy: Loni ChandlerDeputyMARC BOVOSHAMILTON, WARREN,BOVOS & ADAMSPublished in the PoteauDaily News on 8/27, 9/2,9/9(27560)LPXLP

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IN THE DISTRICTCOURT OF LEFLORECOUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMAJOSHUA THACKER andSANDRA R. THACKER,Plaintiffs,-vs-Case No. CV-2016-54JOHN R. FOX, et.al.,Defendants.NOTICE BY PUBLICA-TIONTHE STATE OF OKLA-HOMA TO: JOHN R.FOX, WILLIAM A.JACKSON, V. W. HEAV-ENER, RALPH JOSEPHHALL, JR., BETTY JOHALL, C.C. DANIELS,HARREL DAN DANIEL,LINDA KAY DANIEL,R A N D Y T H O M A SBRANSCUM, MARYANNE BRANSCUM,TERRY R. EARLS,JANET M. EARLS,ALMA HICKMAN, HAR-LAN J. HICKMAN, HAR-LAN JOE HICKMAN,TAMMY KAY HICKMAN,GERALD R. BREED -ING, PATSY A. BREED-ING, ESTHER K. MOL-HOLT, ESTHER K.MAY, ESTHER MOL -HOLT CAWARD, BOBCAWARD, ROBERTCAWARD, GAIL DAY,DENA WOLF, DON E.MAY, LUTHER JOEBEAVER, MYRTLEM U R R A Y , O . C .BUSCHOW, LUTHERJOHNSON, SR., LU -THER JOHNSON, JR.,PERTHENA HEAVE -NER, SUE CAROL BEA-VER, MILTON HUNTJOHNSON, VIRGLEHEAVENER, ALVADANIELS, SAMMIE LEEJOHNSON, THE BEA -VER FAMILY LIVINGTRUST, dated February21, 2006, LOSS E ROB-BINS, JENNIFER ROB-BINS, KELLY B. COLE,CYNTHIA COLE, SU -SAN B. JOHNSON, G.C.HORN, EVA HORN,MARK HEDEGORE,ANNA HEDEGORE, JA-COB R. WARD, CECE-LIA WARD, GENE RAY-MOND HALL, BAR -BARA JANE HALL,ROLAND P. BURCH,MARCELLA J. BURCH,if said defendants areliving, but in the alterna-tive, if they or either ofthem are dead, then therespective unknownheirs, executors, admin-istrators, devisees, trus-tees, successors or as-signs, if any, of eachsuch deceased personor persons,SECURITY FINANCECORPORATION;CREDIT BUREAU OFFORT SMITH; PLUM -LEE MATERIALS COM-PANY; AAMES FUND -ING CORPORATIONd/b/a AAMES HOMELOAN;if said corporation be le-gally existing, but in thealternative, if it be dis -solved, then the un -known successors, trus-tees, and assigns ofsuch dissolved corpora-tion,You are hereby notifiedthat you have been suedby JOSHUA THACKERand SANDRA R.THACKER, plaintiffs inthe above entitled andnumbered cause in theDistrict Court of LeFloreCounty, at Poteau, Okla-homa, and you must an-swer plaintiffs’ AmendedPetition on file in suchcase in the Office of theCourt Clerk of saidCounty and State at Po-teau, Oklahoma, on orbefore October 10,2016, or the AmendedPetition will be taken astrue and judgment willbe rendered against you;IT WILL BE ADJUDGEDthat the plaintiffs are theowners of the absolutefee simple title, both le-gal and equitable andare in exclusive posses-sion of real property situ-ate in LeFlore County,State of Oklahoma, de-scribed as follows,to-wit:SURFACE AND SUR -FACE ONLY:A part of the SoutheastQuarter of the South -west Quarter of theSouthwest Quarter (PTSE SW SW) and a partof the Southwest Quar-ter of the SoutheastQuarter of the South -west Quarter (PT SWSE SW) of Section 15and a part of the North-west Quarter of theNortheast Quarter of theNorthwest Quarter of the(PT NW NE NW) of Sec-tion 22, all in Township 3North, Range 26 East ofthe Indian Base and Me-ridian, Leflore County,Oklahoma, more particu-larly described as fol -lows:Beginning at the SE cor-ner of the SE SW SW;thence South 88 de -grees 07 minutes 31seconds West along theSouth line of the SW SWa distance of 181.85 feetto the Nor ther lyright-of-way of US High-way No. 59;thence North 58 degrees54 minutes 36 secondsWest a long sa idright-of-way a distanceof 45.50 feet to the cen-terline of a Creek;thence along said cen -terline the followingcourses:North 64 degrees 28minutes 49 secondsEast a distance of 21.04feet;thence North 47 degrees20 minutes 35 secondsEast a distance of105.70 feet;thence North 43 degrees11 minutes 43 secondsEast a distance of 77.17feet;thence North 42 degrees19 minutes 09 secondsEast a distance of 98.96feet;thence North 49 degrees33 minutes 39 secondsEast a distance of 57.45feet;thence North 77 degrees36 minutes 13 secondsEast a distance of 65.09feet;thence South 79 de -grees 55 minutes 57seconds East a distanceof 60.82 feet to a point1145.00 feet West of theEast line of the SE SW;thence North 01 degrees48 minutes 34 secondsWest a distance of118.60 feet to a point381.40 feet North of theSouth line of the SE SW;thence North 88 degrees07 minutes 23 secondsEast a distance of417.60 feet;thence South 01 de -grees 48 minutes 34seconds East a distanceof 123.96 feet to thecenterline of the Creek;thence along said cen -terline the followingcourses:South 85 degrees 05minutes 44 secondsWest a distance of 16.78feet;thence South 82 de -grees 26 minutes 04seconds West a dis -tance of 79.92 feet;thence South 75 de -grees 00 minutes 00seconds West a dis -tance of 105.12 feet;thence leaving theCreek, South 01 de -grees 48 minutes 34seconds East a distanceof 224.77 feet to a pointon the South line of theSW SE SW that is390.00 feet East of theSE corner of the SWSW;thence North 88 degrees07 minutes 54 secondsEast along said Southline a distance of 30.30feet;thence South 58 de -grees 46 minutes 21seconds West a dis -tance of 379.12 feet tot h e N o r t h e r l yright-of-way of US High-way No. 59;thence along saidr ight-of-way on anon-tangent curve to theleft with a radius of5789.58 (chd= North 56degrees 25 minutes 33seconds West, 109.24')a distance of 109.24 feetto the West line of theNW NE NW of Section22;thence North 02 degrees16 minutes 43 secondsWest a distance of122.47 feet to the pointof beginning.FURTHER, IT WILL BEADJUDGED that plain -tiffs have title to theabove described prop -erty by adverse posses-sion, sometimes calledtitle by prescription, inaddition to their recordtitle; certain instrumentsclouding plaintiffs’ titlewill be canceled, re -formed or removed of re-cord, as the case maybe and IT WILL BE AD-JUDGED that plaintiffs’title to the above prop -erty is superior andparamount to any claim,right, title, lien, estate,encumbrance, assess -ment or interest, either inlaw or in equity, that youor any of you or anyoneclaiming through you,have or may have hadthereto; nor do you oranyone claiming throughyou have any right topossession of the abovedescribed property, re -demption thereto, or lienupon, and you will be ju-dicially enjoined and re-strained from makingany claims to said prop-erty not consistent withthe present ownershipand possession of theplaintiffs.WITNESS my hand andofficial seal at Poteau,Oklahoma, this 23rdday ofAugust, 2016.MELBA L. HALL, CourtClerk ofLeFlore County, Okla -homaBy: Loni ChandlerDeputyMARC BOVOSHAMILTON, WARREN,BOVOS & ADAMSPublished in the PoteauDaily News on 8/27, 9/2,9/9(27560)LPXLP

LEGALSIN THE DISTRICTCOURT IN AND FORLEFLORE COUNTYSTATE OF OKLA-HOMAUNITED STATES OFAMERICA, actingthrough the UnitedStatesDepartment of Agricul-ture RuralHousing Service,Plaintiff,v.The Heirs, Executors,Administrators, Devi-sees, Trusteesand Assigns of BER-NARD A. HARRIS,deceased, and TheUnknownSuccessors of BernardA. Harris,deceased, MUHAM-MAD ROBBALAA andLEROY HASKINS,Defendants.CASE NO. CJ-2015-63CORRECTED ALIASNOTICE OF SHER-IFF'S SALENotice is hereby giventhat in pursuance of anAlias Special Execu-tion and Order of Salewith Previous Ap-praisement issued outof the District Court ofLeFlore County, Okla-homa on the 19th dayof August, 2016, in anaction wherein theUnited States of Amer-ica, acting through theUnited States Depart-ment of Agriculture Ru-ral Housing Service,was the Plaintiff andThe Heirs, Executors,Administrators, Devi-sees, Trustees and As-signs of Bernard A.Harris, deceased, andThe Unknown Succes-sor of Bernard A. Har-ris, deceased, Muham-mad Robbalaa and Le-roy Haskins, were De-fendants, directed tome, the undersignedSheriff of LeFloreCounty, Oklahoma,commanding me tolevy upon and sell withappraisement the fol-lowing described prop-erty in LeFlore County,Oklahoma, to-wit:That part of the South-east Quarter of theSoutheast Quarter ofthe Northwest Quarterof Section 5, Township9 North, Range 26East of the IndianBase and Meridian,LeFlore County, Okla-homa, more particu-larly described as fol-lows: Beginning at apoint 208.71 feet Northof the SE Corner of theNW/4; thence North165 feet; thence West264 feet; thence South165 feet; thence East264 feet to the point ofbeginning.(Property Address:16445 Central Street,Spiro, OK 74959)to satisfy a judgmentand decree of mort-gage foreclosure in fa-vor of said Plaintiff andagainst The Heirs, Ex-ecutors, Administra-tors, Devisees, Trus-tees and Assigns ofBernard A. Harris, de-ceased, and The Un-known Successors ofBernard A. Harris, de-ceased, Defendant,obtained and made inthe District Court,LeFlore County, Okla-homa on the 11th dayof April, 2016, on itscause of act ionwherein said Courtfound there was duethe sum of $48,104.34,plus interest accruingat the rate of 6 1/2%and $4.56 per diemfrom August 17, 2012,until date of judgmentand thereafter at thestatutory rate; pluscourt costs; a reason-able attorney's fees inthe amoun t o f$1,100.00, includingexpenses of foreclo-sure and sale; and forall subsequent ad-vances by Plaintiff, ifany, for taxes, insur-ance premiums, or ex-penses necessary forthe preservation of thesubject property, andfor all costs of this ac-tion. I will on the 25thday of October, 2016,at the hour of 10:00o'clock a.m. of saidday at the LeFloreCounty Courthouse inLeFlore County, Okla-homa, offer for saleand sell to the highestbidder for cash, thesaid property abovedescribed, or as muchthereof as will satisfysaid judgment with in-terest, costs and attor-ney's fees accrued andaccruing. This propertyhas been appraised at$30,000.00.WITNESS my handthis 7 day of Septem-ber, 2016.ROB SEALE,S H E R I F F O FLeFLORE COUNTYBy:s/ CassaundraHugginsDeputyAndrew C. Wilcoxen,OBA #9604Wilcoxen & WilcoxenPublished in the Po-teau Daily News on 9/99/16(27574)LPXLP

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