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Submitted PhotoIram Carrasco and Sa’Nay Hagler, kindergarten students at Deep Rock Elementary School, share a moment with a molar in recognition of Dental Health Month. Dr. Dan Messer of Custom Dental told students how soon they will lose their baby teeth in place of permanent teeth and shared information on caring for them.

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A former Cushing High School standout will finish his collegiate wrestling career close to home.

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•We catch up with the Cushing High School baseball team on its spring break journey to the desert Southwest.

By Jim PerryManaging Editor

The promise Blake Boykin showed at an early age paid off in a big way Friday at the Oklahoma Football Coaches Asso-ciation powerlifting state championships.

Boykin, a senior at Cushing High School, set three state records and won three of the four out-standing lifter awards. He

blew away the field in the 157-pound, large-school division.

Boykin set state records for the bench press — twice — dead lift and total weight en route to his title.

And he set records, his coach, J. Moore, said, “will stick for a while.”

Boykin squatted only 400 pounds, well off his normal, during the first event at McLoud High School. He was about 70

pounds behind the leader after one round, Moore said.

From that point on, he overwhelmed the field.

“When somebody at-tempts a state record, they stop the entire gymnasi-um and everybody on the floor takes a knee,” Moore said. “They cue up some good music, name the cur-rent record holder and an

A power play is taking place west of downtown Cushing.

Cushing Board of Commission mem-bers Monday morning gathered at the Cush-ing Electric Power Plant and celebrated work on a project they approved three months ago.

Commissioners in December voted to approve a $1.4 million contract with Farabee Mechanical for the de-sign, engineering and installation of a com-

plete catalytic con-verter system at the plant.

The Nebraska-based company has begun work on the project. Completion is targeted for April 15.

Catalytic converters will be installed into each of the 11 engines at the plant, making each meet new stan-dards created by the Department of Envi-ronmental Quality.

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Commission gets rid of empty ordinanceBy Jim PerryManaging Editor

An ordinance pro-posal on the Cushing Board of City Com-missioners’ agenda for Monday looked inter-esting. In the end, a member of the panel said, it “really doesn’t change anything.”

Commissioners vot-ed to repeal Section 70-213 of the Cushing

City Code. The section related to records and reports of the sale of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

Gun rights activists need not worry.

“That has been on the books in Cushing for decades,” Com-mission Chairman Joe Manning Jr. said. “But the state in the 1990s took over that function and made all city ordi-nances null and void.

“What we did is just a clean-up of an ordi-nance that has been null and void for 20 years.”

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Citizen PhotoS/Jim PerryCushing Fire Chief Chris Pixler (left) and Firefighter Jeremy Willman discuss matters while Willman takes a break from fighting a house fire Tuesday at 223 S. Cherry. Details were not available at press time.

Citizen Photo/Jim PerryCushing City Commissioners Jim Hogrefe (from left), Tommy Johnson, Evert Rossiter, Joe Manning Jr. and Terry Brannon show off one of the towers that hold engines at the Cushing Electric Power Plant. The engines are being updated with catalytic converters.

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Cushing High School senior Blake Boykin (left) took the field by storm Friday in the Oklahoma Football Coaches Assocation powerlifting championships. J. Moore is his coach.

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Rich if you own a can opener

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

Matthew 25:40 (NIV).

If you own a can opener, you’re rich. At least materi-ally.

I never considered myself rich, according to man’s definition, until I came to know a man who didn’t own a can opener. I met Calvin

at our church several years ago. Some avoided him. He didn’t quite fit in. Until I began working with Calvin in our church pantry and got to know him, I confess I was one of those.

Calvin volunteered at church and was always will-ing to help at a moment’s notice. He never refused when someone needed his assistance. He had one condition though. Since he didn’t own an automobile, he requested a ride to the church.

As a handyman, Calvin was available to repair many things at our church, includ-ing the plumbing. He volun-teered to paint, move furni-ture, wash dishes and often

helped in the church pantry, unpacking food items and assisting with the filling of grocery sacks for those in need.

During worship service on Sunday mornings and during “bridge” services on Thursday evening, it was ev-ident to anyone who saw or heard him that Calvin loved the Lord. Raising his hands in praise, Calvin was oblivi-ous of others as he sang off-key — and loudly — because he was singing for the Lord.

Calvin was only 50 when he was discovered dead sev-eral weeks ago in his apart-ment. He died alone.

Two weeks before his passing, I was working with Calvin in the food pantry

when I learned he didn’t own a can opener. Our conversation came about because he had picked up a soup can with a pull-tab top, mentioning he was glad for the invention since he didn’t have a can opener.

My heart went out to him. I could afford to buy a can opener. However, I kept for-getting until several weeks later while I was grocery shopping and remembered to purchase one for him. It was a Friday afternoon. I didn’t learn, however, until the next day that Calvin had gone home to be with the Lord the previous day.

While his passing saddens me, I also know Calvin is in a better place. You see, Calvin also suffered from several medical conditions.

Calvin didn’t have many

possessions. However, he was rich in all the ways that counted. While he had no family living in our com-munity, he was blessed with our church family, whom he loved to serve.

Jesus came to proclaim the Good News to every-one. In Matthew 25:40, Jesus says, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers

and sisters of mine, you did for me.” As his followers, we must humble ourselves and reach out to the “least of these.” While we might consider Calvin “one of the least,” he taught us what it meant to serve others.

I’ll never look at a can opener again without think-ing of my friend. Rest in peace, Calvin.

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On April 11, 1983, our young-est son was born at the hospital in Weatherford. dr. couch delivered him. He was the same doc that deliv-ered Chris in Cordell and Kory — five years later to the day — in Weather-ford.

The day he was born, I was at a meeting in Oklahoma city. it was an Oklahoma Press Association commit-tee meeting of some nature. Myra had told me not to miss the birth. Those were pretty specific orders.

The meeting was over. On my way home — this was the times before cell phones — I stopped at a phone booth near a convenience store to check on the status.

We knew Myra was soon to be admitted into the hospital but also knew it took quite a while for the first two boys to be born.

The message I got from my office was, “you’d better hurry, she’s in the deLiVery room.”

yikes!At that time, i was driving a dat-

sun 280ZX. We bought it new and it was a rocket. i made it back in time. Actually, she was in the labor room, not delivery room. So I was there for the delivery.

Kyle certainly was born a pretty boy. That was a good time to start celebrating his life, like we are today and did then.

The three boys, in their childhood, kissed and hugged and played and fought. Just like brothers do.

Our first two, Chris and Kory, were born slender and stayed that way through school. Kyle started out with something of an athletic build and a competitive attitude.

From dives into the pool to arith-metic flash cards, Kyle wanted to be “better from Kory.”

“hey, Mommy, was my dive better from Kory’s?”

Those were the days before many video games were out. It seems there was one called nintendo and we all played it quite a bit but soon tired of it. The boys stayed outside in the summer, mostly around a swim-ming pool.

Kyle had the blondest hair and kept it longer than the other boys. It was straight and his mom kept it in a really cute style just above his eyebrows in front and the same length all around and kept short in the back. his blonde hair and tanned-up little body was extra cute. His face was golden brown but when he closed his eyes, his eyelids were white.

He was a cutie.He had a slight speech impedi-

ment when he was real young. It’s rather hard to explain but once I called home from the office and someone answered the phone. I said, “is this Myra?” The reply was, “no, daddy, this is dyal.”

Kyle liked to play sports but he only liked team sports. you see, with team sports, if the team is not doing well, he could blame it on the team.

Bill Ahrberg coached him some in Cushing. He remembered Kyle be-ing a pretty good hitter but most remembered Kyle’s big ol’ heart. Bill said he never heard Kyle say an un-kind word to anyone.

Kyle did have a big ol’ heart.I always figured anyone who loves

his momma as much as he does can’t be all bad. Kyle was good to remember birthdays and normally was first to say, “Happy birthday.”

When he lived out of town, he was always the first one to call to say, “Happy birthday.” At Christmastime, he would buy gifts for everyone in the family, being as generous as he could. He always was thoughtful to give something.

A couple of vacations were espe-cially memorable. The family favorite was the trip to yellowstone national Park in Wyoming.

We rented a pop-up camper to pull behind our van. It sounded like a good idea. As it turned out, it spawned many good memories.

At the time of year we were in yel-lowstone, it got rather cold at night; something we didn’t exactly plan for. The pop-up didn’t have a heater so, once there, we purchased a propane

heater we could put on the counter-top in the kitchenette area.

The cold outside and the warm inside produced condensation. We basically got rained on inside the camper. Every morning we were drenched.

The first day of fishing on Lake yellowstone wasn’t very productive for us.

We had gone to the tackle stores and purchased what they said was supposed to work. We rigged up and started fishing. no luck.

We saw a little Asian man sitting on a five-gallon bucket just a few feet out in the water. He was catch-ing fish. We asked.

He told us about a special lure with a nickel super glued inside to give it more weight. He use only a two-pound test line. It was important to get out far enough that our bait went beyond the drop-off.

We did exactly as he had instruct-ed and purchased more line and more lures for others up and down the bank that were in the same spot we’d been earlier.

i caught a few fish but we quickly learned that my job was getting fish off the hooks so Myra and the boys could quickly throw their line out and start fighting another.

People all up and down the bank were catching fish but they needed to stay away from Kyle.

In his normal competitive way, he felt the need to cast his lure farther from chris and Kory. he backed up 12-15 feet and took off running to the water.

Kyle had his rod and reel pulled way back and — just be-fore he got to the water — he would let it go and zing it out there as far as he was physically capable.

Everyone was catching fish with almost every cast. It was a blast and for several evenings, we had plenty of trout — Myra’s favorite meal — just the right size for pan-frying.

We took Kyle to Alaska one year. He wasn’t necessarily a skilled fisher but he dearly loved

catching a fish. He caught several nice ones that year.

He was full grown by then, un-like the trip to yellowstone. We are guessing he was 7 or 8 for that trip.

We have a photo of Kyle with his largest salmon catch. It was probably close to a 15-pound silver.

It was another good and success-ful trip.

At the end of the Alaska trip, we were all ready to go home but had a bit of time. Our flight did not leave until 6 p.m.

We decided to purchase an air-plane ride for Myra, Kyle and me and put him in the front seat for the best views of the mountains and glaciers. Without question, it was a spectacu-lar sight-seeing flight.

Except Kyle slept all the way through it. Oh, well.

Kyle had a wonderful childhood. Things started changing when he started having responsibilities. He didn’t really want to help me as I did projects around the house. he intentionally did a poor job on yard work hoping we would quit making him do it.

We hade good times with him but he started becoming less of his happy jovial self. Looking back, we see there was something missing in his life.

it was a god-shaped vacuum. We all have it in one degree or another. The God-shaped vacuum is an emp-tiness we feel. Something is missing but we can’t seem to know for sure what it is.

We try to fill it with all kinds of things. Things like friends, stuff, more stuff, alcohol, drugs, food, travel, money. It all feels good for the mo-ment. Soon: the emptiness returns.

In order for a vacuum to become full and stay full, it has to be filled with that for which it’s shaped: God. He has to displace the other things we tried to fill that space with.

Our God-shaped vacuum has to be so full of God that there’s no room for anything else.

Kyle was a Christian. He believed Jesus is the Son of God. He believed Jesus is our Messiah and our savior. He believed that but he never un-derstood how, through the grace of Jesus, we could have that emptiness filled with the good stuff just by ask-ing and then letting go.

He did not understand if we get out of the way, Jesus could supernat-urally fill that God-shaped vacuum.

Only when God fills that vacuum can we focus our attention on living rather than constantly searching. We have a silent partner who wants to help us live abundantly.

The sadness here is that Kyle al-lowed life to create that vacuum. He spent much of his life searching for something to fill it that would last. It’s a futile feeling.

A hopeless way to wander through life.

We are here to celebrate all the wonderful memories we have of this guy, Kyle, who had limitless love for all of us and a big ol’ heart to show it through.

Today, his God-shaped vacuum is full and running over.

Today, he wants that for you. The covenant man has with God

took absolutely no doing on man’s part. God, through Jesus, consum-mated the entire blood covenant for us and without our participation. you just choose to let him fill it, let go and get out of the way.

god will bring us joy beyond our comprehension. The kind of joy Kyle has now.

Amen.

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Manning said the new ordinance “has got a lot of big words in it” but changes almost nothing.

“It was just a housekeeping clean-up,” he said.Commissioners on Monday, while serving as Cushing Mu-

nicipal Authority, approved a resolution to execute a consent order involving the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality.

The resolution, Manning said, “Allows the city of Cushing to begin replacing significant amounts of sewer line that are outmoded.”

The project is part of an overhaul of the city sewer system, which has been approved by vote of commissioners.

In other matters Monday, the board:—Appointed Steve Cubbage as alternate municipal judge

through June 30, 2015.—Approved purchase — $6,035 is the price — of a 16-foot

enclosed trailer for use by the Cushing Fire Department. The trailer will be purchased from OK Truck and Trailer Sales.

—Increased the Cushing Public Library’s state and grant revenue and expenditure line item accounts by $4,298.

—Went into contract on an oil and gas lease with Crown Energy Resources on a tract of land northwest of Cushing.

—Approved a permit for Goldstar Land Services to conduct geophysical operations on 745 acres of land owned by the city.

—Approved payment of $9,125.80 to McCool and Associ-ates for preliminary drawings on the remodel of City Hall.

—OK’d $1,425.68 in payment to the Payne County Election Board for estimated expenses during the April 1 municipal election.

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nounce what’s happening.“It’s a huge deal and a little bit nerve-racking. But Blake

came through great.”Boykin said he relished the moments.“I like being in that situation,” he said. “To me, that is really

fun.”Boykin won outstanding lifts for the bench press, the dead

lift and total weight. He shattered existing marks.Contestants are allowed three attempts at each discipline.

Boykin on his first bench press hoisted 315 pounds. On the second, he took dead aim on the state 157-pound record of 330 pounds, held by Brett Sampson of Coweta.

Room quieted until music cued up. Competitors poised on knees.

And Boykin succeeding by lifting 335 pounds.For his third lift, he pushed up 355 pounds and again sent

the gym into a frenzy.“He blew away the old record,” Moore said. “We went for

the best-case scenario to make it stick for a while.”The scene repeated itself during the dead lift competition.

Boykin lifted 475 pounds — the state record by Southmoore’s Josh Wright was 530 pounds — on his first attempt, then set his sights on records.

He lifted 500 pounds on his second attempt and broke the existing state record for total weight — 1,245 pounds, again by Wright — by 10 pounds.

Boykin on his third attempt dead lifted 535 pounds, break-ing Wright’s record for the lift and his own — set minutes ear-lier — for total weight.

One thousand, two hundred, ninety pounds.Done.“Had our squat worked out the way we wanted, he would

have broke, 1,300 pounds,” Moore said. “You can’t have it all, I guess.”

Moore said having a state champion is rare. “But it’s even more rare to get to experience the stopping of the gym. And he did it four times on Friday.”

Moore is a long-time coach in the Cushing Public School system. He works with athletes during their off-seasons and summers.

He sensed something special from Boykin, who last spring won a state championship in the 100-meter dash in Class 4A track and field.

“By the time blake was in eighth grade, he had a really good devotion and a passion for powerlifting,” Moore said. “Even when he was in other sports, he always found time to get a lift in and keep progressing.

“He showed signs of being good early and he put in a mil-lion hours.”

Boykin was set to make a rush at last spring’s champion-ships, Moore said, before being disqualified “on a technical-ity” during the regional qualifier.

Boykin said he will begin working toward his senior season on the track. He said he likes the pressure of being a defend-ing state champion.

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The Payne County Sheriff’s Office on Monday issued an ar-rest warrant for Mi-chael James Carroll Rich of Cushing.

Rich, 37, has been accused of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute and pos-sessing a loaded gun during the commis-sion of a felony.

He also has been charged with posses-sion of drug para-phernalia.

Deputy Dan Nack of the PCSO on Mon-day filed an affidavit stating he was, during January, in the Wood-land Village Trailer Park while assisting Cushing police in the search for a handgun used in a previous crime. Cushing Po-lice Sgt. Adam Harp, Nack alleged, knocked on Rich’s door for the second time in three days.

Rich, Nack said, told Harp, “Let me

put up my dog and gun and I’ll be out.” He allegedly invited law enforcement offi-cials into his home “to clear my name.”

Rich allegedly told the officers he had “some green” in his house. “He asked if we could dismiss that,” Nack’s report states.

Nack reportedly told Rich he would be required to take possession of Rich’s marijuana.

Harp went to a rear

room of the residence and returned with a bowl containing sub-stance smelling of marijuana along with a smoking pipe, twee-zers, a full marijuana grinder and other items, the affidavit states.

Harp also recovered a bottle of pills and a bag containing indi-vidual baggies of what appeared to be mari-juana.

“I mentioned to Michael that this ap-

pears to be packaged to distribute and not just personal use. Mi-chael replied by stat-ing that he helps a few friends out with it,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

The pill bottle con-tained a fine white powder that was sent to the state crime bureay for analysis. Sixty-eight pills iden-tified as oxycodone, meperidine and alpra-zolam were removed from the house.

Warrant issued for Cushing man facing drug charges

Lincoln County GOP meetsThe Lincoln County Republican Party will meet 7 p.m.

Thursday in the courthouse lobby in Chandler.All Republicans and other interested people are en-

couraged to attend and participate.The Lincoln County GOP has been making plans for

its annual Lincoln Day Dinner and will be finalizing those plans at the meeting. County Chairman John Husted of Agra said other business topics include upcoming elec-tions and candidate filings on the local and state level, and ongoing discussion about the party’s fair booth and possible changes in its operation next fall.

All GOP candidates who attend will be recognized and given an opportunity to say a few words.

Finger foods and snacks will be served.

Historians gather MondayCharles Whittom will speak on the history of Oklahoma

during the next meeting of the Cushing Historical Society.The group meets 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Cushing

Senior Citzens Center, 203 E. Cherry St. Door prizes and refreshments will be provided.

Those with questions can cal LindaHowell at 918-285-0081.

Savory to play in RipleyRising Nashville artists Jason Savory is again giving

back to his home town.Savory will perform in concert March 29 in the gymna-

sium at Ripley High School. He is a graduate of RHS.Tickets are available from any member of the Ripley

Class of 2014. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with a chuck wagon dinner and a dessert auction.

All proceeds benefit Ripley Project Graduation.

Business group focuses on taxesThe next meeting for Payne County Home-Based Busi-

ness will focus on changes in tax rules. J.C. Hobbs, tax specialist for Payne County OSU Extension, will present the program.

The meeting is noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Payne County Administration Building, 315 E. Sixth Ave., Stillwa-ter. Those with questions or wanting reservations can call 405-747-8320 or email [email protected].

Artistic sorts soughtWings of Hope Family Crisis Services is hoping to flesh

out Payne County’s best artists.Musicians, poets and artists are invited to participate in

“Tune It Up,” a show dedicated to change.The event is 6-8 p.m. April 25 at Fountain Square near

the corner of 12th Avenue and Western Road. Deadline for entry is April 15.

Those interested can call 405-372-9922 or email [email protected].

Blood drive scheduledAn American Cancer Society blood drive is scheduled

12:30-5:30 p.m. April 11 at First Christian Church, 300 W. Moses, in Cushing.

Walk-ins are welcome but reservations can be made by calling 800-733-2767.

Lenten lunch offeredA bowl of soup. A slice of bread. Dessert.Such will be the menu offered by Sts. Peter and Paul

Catholic Church during its annual Lenten soup luncheons.Luncheons are 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Friday in

March, April 4 and April 11.

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Submitted PhotoFrances Minney was the winner in the “Blind Date With a Book” drawing at Cushing Public Library.

Vitamins are substances in food that are “vital to life” and are involved in numerous body functions. There are 13 known vita-mins needed to support sound nutritional health.

Keep in mind that all vi-tamins are different from each other and one vitamin cannot substitute for anoth-er, said Janice Hermann, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension nu-trition specialist.

“Many vitamins have sev-eral different, but closely related, forms that occur naturally in the foods we consume,” Hermann said. “Because vitamins can have various forms, consumers may see several different names for the same vita-min.”

Vitamins are classified into two groups based on their solubility - fat-soluble and water-soluble. The sol-ubility affects how vitamins are lost in cooking as well as how they are absorbed, stored and excreted by the body.

The fat-soluble vitamins

include A, D, E and K. Her-mann said these vitamins are usually found with fats in food. Because fat-soluble vitamins are soluble in fat, not water, these vitamins are not easily lost from foods when cooked in wa-ter.

“The body absorbs fat-soluble vitamins the best with some fat,” she said. “However, only a small amount of fat is needed.”

The fat-soluble vitamins are stored in the body rath-er than being excreted and thus they do not need to be consumed on a daily basis. Because fat-soluble vita-mins are stored, toxicity is more likely to occur when they are consumed in ex-cess.

Water-soluble vitamins include the B vitamins, or “B complex,” as well as vita-min C. Because they are wa-ter-soluble these vitamins can be lost when foods are cooked in water. The best way to prevent loss of wa-ter-soluble vitamins when cooking is to use as little water as possible.

Vitamins essential part of a healthy diet

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The 2014 NCAA Wrestling Championships play out Thursday through Saturday at Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown Oklahoma City.

A chunk of Cushing will be wedged in among the thou-sands on hand.

Jarrod Patterson, a red-shirt senior at the University of Oklahoma will be the sixth seed at 125 pounds and will take on Virginia’s Nick Her-rmann in the first round.

He is one of eight Sooners who will compete in the tour-nament.

“I’m definitely excited,” Patterson said. “We should

have a lot of fans there.“It’s a lot more exciting

when you’ve got support be-hind you.”

Patterson will be seeking his second All-America fin-ish at the NCAA Champion-ships. He placed seventh in 2011 after winning four of six matches in the tournament.

Patterson has a career 9-6 won-lost record at nation-als. He narrowly missed All-America status in 2012 and sat out last season’s tourna-ment while on a redshirt.

Patterson will be compet-ing in the NCAAs for the fourth time.

He enters fresh off a cham-pionship finish in the Big 12 Championships in Norman.

Patterson, the top seed, beat No. 2 Eddie Klimira of Oklahoma State 4-3.

Patterson also won the Big 12 title as a freshman in 2010. He was conference run-ner-up in both 2011 and 2012.

“The Big 12 tourna-ment was definitely a good experience,” Pat-terson said. “To win my senior year and my freshman year — both times in Norman — was like bookends.”

He is 18-2 this sea-son, which has been cut short by a knee injury. He re-turned to the Sooner lineup

two weeks ago after missing a month and a half, he said.

His career won-lost is 84-26.

That goes atop a 160-3 record during his high school career, which in-cluded four individual state championships and a 101-bout winning streak.

“Sometimes it seems like my career flies by. Other times it drags on,” Paterson said. “Overall, I guess it went by pretty fast.”

The highs of his career, he said, “have been being a part of OU athletics.”

“That’s a special thing, just being part of the organiza-tion.”

The lows have been the rushed pace.

“As an athlete, you don’t have enough time for study-ing and time off. You don’t get to be a college student so much during wrestling sea-son.”

Patterson last spring earned his bachelor’s degree in criminology with a minor

in health and exercise sci-ence. He is in the middle of a two-year master’s program in human relations.

And yet, he said, “I’m still undecided on what I want to do.

“There are quite a few dif-ferent things I can do. I will have another year to figure things out.”

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The Tigers beat Willow Canyon 14-5 in high school baseball play. The game was the first for each team in the Boulder Creek Tournament.

Cushing, 4-2, broke loose in the game’s late innings.

Wildcat starting pitcher Ryan Davis carried a 2-1 lead into the top of the fifth in-

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CHS scored five in the fifth, four more in the sixth and four again in the seventh. The Tigers banged out 12 of their 17 hits during that bar-rage.

Wilson tripled in each in-ning.

His two-run triple in the fifth put Cushing in front for good. He tripled again with the bases loaded in the sixth and added an RBI triple in

the seventh. Wilson drove in six runs, collected four hits and scored two runs.

The hitting stars were plentiful for Cushing. Blake Burden had three hits, in-cluding a triple, and scored four times.

Guy Parker had two hits, three runs and three RBI. Keegan Myers had two hits and drove in two. Trevor Brandle was 3-for-4.

Willow Canyon scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh, two on Scott Carpenter’s one-out single.

Wilson got the pitching victory, his first of 2014. He allowed one earned run and struck out six in six innings. Kody Folsom pitched the seventh inning for CHS.

Citizen Photo/Shelly WilSonKeegan Myers slides into third base Monday during Cushing High School’s first baseball game in the Boulder Creek Tournament in the Phoenix, Ariz., area.

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Central Technology Center on March 13 hosted its 12th annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathemat-ics — STEM — Day at the Drumright campus. Students from around the district competed in math tests, sci-entific problem solving, pa-per airplanes and ping pong ball launchers.

Counter clockwise from immediate right:

Central Technology Center STEM Day Algebra 1 competition winners were Bryce Day (from left) of Cushing, first place; Jacob January of Mannford, second; and Bo Cooper of Yale, third.

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school sweepstakes at Central Tech’s annual STEM Day in Drumright.

Winners in the Algebra 2 competition at Central Technology Center’s STEM Day were Scott Marlow of Bristow, first; Katelyn Baker, Bristow, second; and Paul Giddeon, Cushing, third.

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Legal NoticesPublished in the Cushing Citizen,March 12 and March 19, 2014.

Notice of Application to Purchase Assets and Assume Liabilities and to Establish Branches

Notice is hereby given that RCB Bank, Claremore, Rogers County, Oklahoma has submitted an application to the Oklahoma State Banking Department for consent to purchase certain assets and assume certain liabilities of branches of SpiritBank, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

The location of the branches are 121 W. Broadway St., Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma; 105 W. Main St., Oilton, Creek County, Oklahoma; 723 W. 4th St., Stroud, Lincoln County, Oklahoma; 3823 S. Boulevard, Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; 11217 N. May Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; 300 N. Harrison Ave., Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma; 417 S. Perkins Rd., Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma.

Notice is also given that an application has been mailed to the Oklahoma State Banking Department as of March 4, 2014 for authorization to establish the acquired branches at the above locations.

Any interested person desiring to comment on these applications may do so by submitting written comments to the Oklahoma Bank Commissioner at the Oklahoma State Banking Department, 2900 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73105, within 10 days after the first publication of this notice. The applications will be considered and processed pursuant to Title 6 O.S. §§ 1109 and 501.2 and O.A.C. 85:10-9-2.

Published in the Cushing CitizenMarch 19 & 26, 2014.

NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS

In accordance with 62 O.S. 2011, § 354, notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of Independent School District Number 67 of Payne County, Oklahoma, will receive bids by: sealed bid, facsimile bid, electronic (Parity®) bid or similar secure electronic bid on the 2nd day of April, 2014, at 11:45 o’clock a.m., at the Board Room, Administrative Offices, Cushing Public Schools, 1401 North Little, Cushing, Oklahoma, for the sale of $1,200,000 of General Obligation Building Bonds of said School District, which Bonds will mature $1,200,000 annually in two (2) years from their date. The bids will be opened and read and shall be awarded at the first Board of Education meeting held after the bids are due.

Said Bonds shall be sold to the bidder bidding the lowest rate of interest the Bonds shall bear and agreeing to pay par and accrued interest for the Bonds. Each bidder shall submit with his bid a sum in cash, cashier’s or certified check, electronic (wire) transfer or surety bond payable to the Treasurer of the District, equal to two (2%) percent of the amount of his bid. The Board reserves the right to reject all bids.

WITNESS my official hand and seal this 6th day of March, 2014.

Trudy Evans Clerk, Board of Education

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BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSIONOF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

APPLICANT: AMERICAN )ENERGY-WOODFORD, )LLC )

RELIEF SOUGHT: ) CAUSE CD NO.POOLING ) 201401807-tLEGAL DESCRIPTION: )SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP )18 NORTH, RANGE 4 EaST, ) Payne COUNTY, )OKLAHOMA )

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TO ALL PERSONS, OWNERS, PRODUCERS, OPERATORS, PURCHASERS AND TAKERS OF OIL AND GAS, INCLUDING AmeriSource Energies, Inc.; Anna Coley c/o Robbie Bond; BP America Production Company; Bradley Mitchell Smith; Brian Soward; Chesapeake Royalty Company; Dale Archer McNulty; Deanna L. Huckey; Douglass Randall Smith; Edward L. Busch; Frank L Busch and Jennie Busch, husband and wife, Joint Tenants c/o Ruth McIntosh; Gary Pettus, Trust Administrator of the Kathleen B. Mullendore Trust; Greg Howell Smith; Jo Ann Ferguson; Kevin L. Carnes; Kimberly D. Carnes; Mark Soward; Patsy Carnes; Ralph William Viersen, Jr.; W.I.C., Inc.; Canyon Exploration, LLC; H&S Enterprises Group, of New Jersey% Marbet, LLC; BCF Fund I Extension% Ratliff CPA Incorporated; BCF Fund% Ratliff CPA Incorporated; Bodman Oil and Gas, LLC% Joe Pruscino, VMS; Port James Capital, Ltd ; Morris Properties 08, LLC ; Macy Capital % Ratliff CPA Incorporated; Golden Trend Land & Cattle, LLC ; Charles J. Marotta % Marbet, LLC; Star Ridge Resources, LLC ; DBR Energy Investments ; Duke Minerals, LLC ; Alice Walck; Charles W. Beard; Dorothy L. Bockman; Earl Beard ; Gina Gassaway; Laura Paulette Edmoundson; Lillian E. Grubb; Margaret V. Simmons; Mary Kormeler; Robert L. Beard; Susie A. Young; The Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Dale Fitzwater; The Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Don Fitzwater; The Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Mildred Aanerud; The Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Ralph D. Gardner; The Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Larry E. Gardner; V. J. Meadows; Walter Dale Fitzwater; William Donald Fitzwater; Laura (Lora) Robinson C/o Ervin A. Robinson; Naomi Ruth Buntin; Arnold A. Robinson c/o Ervin A. Robinson; Doris Horton Trust Dated 9/7/1995 Stillwater National Bank & Trust Company, Trustee; Glen R. Pierce ; Ruby L. Pierce; and all persons if living or if deceased, their known and unknown successors and all corporations existing and if dissolved its known and unknown successors and all persons having an interest in the lands covered hereby, particularly in Payne County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant requests that the Commission pool the interests and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Woodford and Misener-Hunton common sources of supply underlying the 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit described as Section 28, Township 18 North, Range 4 East, Payne County, Oklahoma and designate Applicant or some other party as operator of the proposed well and all subsequent wells drilled in the unit; and that Applicant be given one year to commence operations for the drilling or other operations with respect to the unit. The Applicant additionally requests that this pooling be a unit pooling.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Eastern Regional Office, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74127, at 8:30 a.m. on the 7th day of April, 2014 and that this Notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the event this cause is uncontested, the Applicant, its representatives, witnesses and other proponents of the Applicant may appear and testify by telephone.

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CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA

BOB ANTHONY, Chairman

PATRICE DOUGLAS, Vice Chairman

DANA L. MURPHY, CommissionerDONE AND PERFORMED this 13th day of March, 2014.BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION:PEGGY MITCHELL, Secretary

Published in the Cushing CitizenMarch 19 & 26, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAYNE COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA

IN THE MATTER OF )THE ESTATE OF ) ) No. PB-2014-5BETTY JO REILEY, )DECEASED. )

ALIASNOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons having claims against Betty Jo Reiley, Deceased, are required to present the same, with the necessary vouchers, statements, security interests or other collateral documents, if any, held by each creditor, to the Personal Representative of the estate at the law office of Forsyth, Cubbage & Associates, P.C., P. O. Box 7, 200 East Oak, Suite 101, Cushing, Oklahoma 74023 on or before the presentment date of May 15, 2014, or the same will be forever barred.

DATED March 12, 2014.

s/ Keith Alan Reiley Keith Alan Reiley, Personal Representative 58 O.S. §331.

FORSYTH, CUBBAGE& ASSOCIATES, P.C.Stephen B. CubbageSpiritBank Building200 East Oak, Suite 101P. O. Box 7Cushing, OK 74023-0007Telephone: (918) 225-7700Attorney for Personal Representative



APPLICANT: AMERICAN )ENERGY-WOODFORD, )LLC )RELIEF SOUGHT: ) CAUSE CD NO.POOLING ) 201401863-t

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: )

SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP )18 NORTH, RANGE 4 EaST, ) Payne COUNTY, )OKLAHOMA )

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO ALL PERSONS, OWNERS, PRODUCERS, OPERATORS, PURCHASERS AND TAKERS OF OIL AND GAS, INCLUDING Raney Engineering, LLC; I-Tex Energy Corporation; American Natural Energy Corporation f/k/a ALN Resources Corporation; The Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of G.R. Pierce; The Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of Goldie Boyd; The Unknown Heirs, Successors and Assigns of W.L. Boyd; The Homer C. Moore Testamentary Trust; Yukon National Bank; and all persons if living or if deceased, their known and unknown successors and all corporations existing and if dissolved its known and unknown successors and all persons having an interest in the lands covered hereby, particularly in Payne County, Oklahoma.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Applicant requests that the Commission pool the interests and adjudicate the rights and equities of oil and gas owners in the Mississippian and Woodford common sources of supply underlying the 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit described as Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 4 East, Payne County, Oklahoma and designate Applicant or some other party as operator of the proposed well and all subsequent wells drilled in the unit; and that Applicant be given one year to commence operations for the drilling or other operations with respect to the unit. The Applicant additionally requests that this pooling be a unit pooling.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause be set before an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Commission.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Eastern Regional Office, 440 South Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74127, at 8:30 a.m. on the 7th day of April, 2014 and that this Notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the event this cause is uncontested, the Applicant, its representatives, witnesses and other proponents of the Applicant may appear and testify by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their name and phone number.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Ron M. Barnes, CRUTCHMER & BARNES, P.L.L.C., 1648 S. Boston Ave., Ste. 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119, 918/382-8686 or Clay Sears, Calyx Energy LLC, 10820 E. 45th Street, Ste. 208, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146, 918/949-4224.







APPLICANT: AMERICAN )ENERGY-WOODFORD, )LLC )RELIEF SOUGHT: ) CAUSE CD NO.WELL LOCATION ) 201401864-tEXCEPTION )LEGAL DESCRIPTION: )SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP )18 NORTH, RANGE 4 )EAST, PAYNE COUNTY, )OKLAHOMA )

NOTICE OF HEARING

TO ALL PERSONS, OWNERS, PRODUCERS, OPERATORS, PURCHASERS AND TAKERS OF OIL AND GAS including FHA Operating, LLC and all persons if living or if deceased, their known and unknown successors and all corporations existing, and if dissolved, its known and unknown successors and all persons having an interest in the lands covered hereby, particularly in Payne County, Oklahoma.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Applicant requests that order to issue in Cause CD No. 201401587-T be amended to permit a well to be drilled and produced at the following location:

COMPLETION INTERVAL: FIRST PERF NO CLOSER THAN 165 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE AND NO CLOSER THAN 990 FEET FROM THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMATO LAST PERF NO CLOSER THAN 165 FEET FROM THE SOUTH LINE AND NO CLOSER THAN 990 FEET FROM THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 18 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA

That order to issue in Cause CD No. 201401587-T will establish a 640-acre horizontal drilling and spacing unit for the Woodford common source of supply underlying Section 21, Township 18 North, Range 4 East, Payne County, Oklahoma. For the Woodford common source of supply such order requires that the completion lateral of a horizontal well drilled in a horizontal well unit shall be located not less than 330 feet from the unit boundary.The entire length of the lateral will be cemented such that the perforations are isolated from the beginning and end point of the lateral in order to protect the correlative rights of the offset units.

That the requested location will be Sections 16 and 28, Township 18 North, Range 4 East, Payne County, Oklahoma than would be permitted by the spacing order covering the named common source of supply.

That the Applicant be permitted to drill and produce said well at said location for the Woodford common source of supply without any downward allowable adjustments and designate Applicant or some other party as operator. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Initial Hearing Docket at the Corporation Commission, Eastern Regional Office, 440 S. Houston, Suite 114, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127 at 8:30 a.m. on the 7th day of April, 2014 and that this Notice be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the event this cause is uncontested, the Applicant, its representatives, witnesses and other proponents of the Applicant may appear and testify by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. Interested parties who wish to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicant or Applicant’s attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide their

name and phone number.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action, contact Clay Sears, Calyx Energy LLC, 10820 E. 45th Street, Suite 208, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146, 918/949-4224 or Ron M. Barnes, CRUTCHMER & BARNES, P.L.L.C., 1648 S. Boston Ave., Ste. 100, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 918/382-8686.






IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PAYNE COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In The Matter of )the Estate of )ARCHIE LEE KING, )Deceased. )Case No. PB-2014-27

NOTICE FOR HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, AND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND

LEGATEES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons interested in the above estate that on the 14th day of March, 2014, Shirley Jean Deaton produced and filed in this Court an instrument in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of said above-named deceased person, and also filed in this Court a Petition praying for the probate of said Will, the appointment of Personal Representative, and further praying that the Court make a determination of the identity of all heirs, devisees, and legatees for the purposes described in Title 58, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 240, of the above-named deceased person, and that Letters Testamentary issue thereto to Shirley Jean Deaton, the person designated as Personal Representative in said Last Will and Testament.

PURSUANT TO THE ORDER of this Court made this date, notice is hereby given that the 2nd day of April, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m., in the District Courtroom in the City Hall, in Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma, has been appointed as the time and place for hearing said Petition and proving said Will, appointing Shirley Jean Deaton as the Personal Representative, and further to determine the identity of all heirs, devisees, and legatees for the purposes described in Title 58, Oklahoma Statutes, Section 240, of Archie Lee King, deceased, when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of March, 2014.

/s/ Stephen R. Kistler_____ JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT

WILLIAM W. AHRBERGAttorney for Petitioner

BY: /s/ William W. Ahrberg William W. Ahrberg, OBA #161 Post Office Box 307 Cushing, Oklahoma 74023 (918) 225-0012

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katie anne Williams-laneJuly 15, 2003 - March 13, 2014

Services were Tuesday for 10-year-old Katie Anne Williams-Lane of Stillwater. She died March 13, 2014 in Stillwater.

Katie was born July 15, 2003 in Oklahoma City to Molly and Rich-ard Lane.

She loved playing with her sis-ters and cousins. She enjoyed see-ing the horses and watching her favorite TV show, “The Doodle Bops.”

She loved life and showed her joy by dancing. Her first smile follow-ing her accident was from dancing.

Music made her happy. Going to church and listening to Bishop Horner sing had a calming effect on Katie.

Katie was preceded in death by her great-grandparents, Wayne Wilson, George and Ruth Martin; great-great-grandmother Thel-

ma Meeker; grandparents Ronald Eu-gene Wilson and Her-man Mitchell Lane.

She is survived by her parents; b r o t h e r s D o m i n i c k and Brandon Hall; sisters Brittany and Jenna Lane; grandparents Jacque Wilson, Penny Lane, and J.R. and Connie McAlester of Tex-as; aunts Kara Wilson and Kadence Wilson-Robinson; numerous cous-ins and extended family she loved very much.

Services were at Strode Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jona-thon Horner officiating. Strode Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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kyle reidApril 11, 1983 - March 14, 2014

Funeral services are Thursday for Kyle Eric Reid of Palm Beach, Fla., formerly a Cushing resident. He died March 14, 2014. He was 30.

Services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, Inde-pendent in downtown Cushing.

Kyle was born April 11, 1983 in Weatherford to David and Myra Reid. His family moved to Vinita, then to Cushing when Kyle was in elementary school. He attended Sunnyside Elementary School and graduated in 2001 from Cushing High School.

Kyle attended Los Angeles Recording Workshop in West Hollywood, Calif., in an attempt to follow his dream of a career in his greatest passion, music.

Unable to break into the competitive music business, Kyle moved back home to Cushing. In the summer of 2013, he moved to Florida, seeking an improved life and climate.

Most recently, Kyle worked selling wireless services for Verizon in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Kyle’s greatest loves were his family, the Beatles, play-ing and singing blues music on his slide guitar and family vacations involving sun and fun. He caught many fish, some of them big in size.

He is survived by his parents, of Cushing; two broth-ers, Chris Reid, Cushing, and Kory Reid of Prague; his grandparents, Ken and Phyllis Reid of Weatherford and Norma Jean Cooper of Chandler; and many nieces, neph-ews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Harold Deisher; and cousins, Jennifer Saffel and Tiffany De-isher.

Funeral services are under the direction of Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing. The Rev. Tom Stew-art will officiate.

Burial will be at 1 p.m. in Oak Park Cemetery in Chan-dler.

The family encourages gifts to the Kyle Reid Reha-bilitation Scholarship Fund. Gifts can be sent to the Presbyterian Church or to Palmer-Marler Funeral Home.

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king caseyApril 5, 1938 - March 14, 2014

Services were Tuesday for King William Casey, a longtime Cushing resi-dent. He died March 14, 2014 at his home. He was 75.

King, son of the late Hershel Casey and Hattie Simmons Casey, was born April 5, 1938 in Pacific Grove, Calif. The family moved to Oilton when he was 2. King was raised and educated in Oil-ton and graduated in 1956 from Oilton High School.

On June 6, 1977 in Mannford, he married Darlene Lowder Mont-gomery. They made their home in Cushing.

King was a member of the Church of Christ in Cushing. He was passionate about sharing the gospel with those he met and served in different aspects of the church. He was involved in chil-dren’s ministry.

King was a servant at heart; he loved to serve his family, friends, community and church. He had earned the respect of many co-workers, neighbors, fishing bud-dies, friends and family.

Survivors include his wife, Dar-lene, of the home; two daughters, Monica Casey of Stillwater and Cheryl Montgomery Moorer and husband, Calvin, of Arkansas; two grandchildren, Lucy Moorer and Jared Moorer, both of Memphis; two brothers, Jessie Casey and wife, Bonnie, of Stillwater, and Elmer Casey of Yale; one sister, Rosie Ennis of Mannford; one un-cle, Bob Simmons and wife, Betty, of Glenpool; numerous nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.

In addition to his parents, King was preceded in death by two sis-ters, Francis Beardsley and Wan-

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the Church of Christ with the Rev. Wendyl Heffington officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mannford.

Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Judith Karman Hos-pice, P.O. Box 818, Stillwater, OK 74076.

Services are under the direction of the Davis Funeral Home.

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marching onDespite zany weather, horticulture tips for the final days of the month

Wow! I am going out on a limb here and as-suming this winter will eventually end. Tim-ing is probably the key word for the month as the tone for the season — especially for weed control — can be set with a timely herbicide application.

On the other hand, a few warm days and a dose of spring fever can cause us to be a little pre-mature on some of our gardening tasks. Listed below are some common tasks that will need attention this month.

For landscape beds and garden plots, it is still easy to control winter and spring weeds with cultivation if done soon. Remember, what is a very small incon-spicuous weed right now, can completely dominate the space one month from now. The same can be said for a herbicide application, the window for best control will be closing quickly.

For homeowners that use glyphosate to control weeds on their dormant bermudagrass, proceed with care. While bermudagrass may still appear dormant on first glance, it can easily begin greening up soon, espe-cially on south facing slopes or up against buildings.

Preemergent herbicides must be applied before weeds germinate. Crabgrass is our indicator weed for this treatment. A reminder that this weed germinates about the same time that redbud trees or forsythia bushes begin to drop their blooms.

March is a good time to fertilize cool season grasses such as tall fescue. Do not fertilize bermudagrass this month.

Begin planting cool season vegetable crops like rad-ishes, beets and broccoli.

Wrap up cutting back ornamental grasses and liriope very soon. Remember to examine these plants carefully so you do not cut off the ends of the new leaves.

Remove any remaining dead plant material from last year’s herbaceous ornamentals. If you don’t have a compost pile yet, now is the perfect time to start one.

And finally, no, you should not plant your tomatoes yet.

We may very well experience more winter injury than normal this year. Do not be surprised if you need to go back and do some additional pruning, especially on some of your shrubs. We will talk more about this next week.

For more information of this or any other horticul-tural topic, contact Keith Reed, horticulturist in the Payne County Extension office. He can be reached via email at [email protected], phone at 405-747-8320, or in person at the Payne County Extension of-fice in the Payne County Administration Building, 315 W. Sixth Ave. in Stillwater.

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