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Keating Will Push Legislature for Tax Cut
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Hull Cook Book a Delightful Journey in Medical Practice

Keating Will Push Legislature for Tax Cut

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Frank Keating prepared today to deliver a State of the State speech that highlights $65 million in tax cuts, a compromise right-to-work plan and widespread budget cuts.

Keating is proposing a budget that trims 2,000 jobs from the state payroll, many by selling state lodges and golf courses.

The budget proposed cuts of 3 percent to 6 percent for most areas of state government.

Spared will be higher education and public schools.

Colleges would get about $38 million, including $20 million from a 9 percent tuition increase Keating is proposing. The governor wants to cut public school administration money, while increasing by $20 million funds that go to the classroom.

Beginning his second term, Keating planned to speak extemporaneously from notes this afternoon to a joint session of the House and Senate, which convened at noon for routine meetings.

‘‘He just wanted to do something different — to have a conversation with the Legislature,’’ said Dan Mahoney, Keating’s communications director.

In each of his first four years, Keating proposed enactment of a right-to-work statute for the state’s 77 counties, but his plan got nowhere in the Democrat-controlled Legislature.

This time, he is making a ‘‘meet-you-half-way’’ proposal where right-to-work would be installed in 30 border counties. Keating contends that counties that border right-to-work states such as Texas and Arkansas are hurt in the competition for jobs.

He previously floated the idea of a county-option right-to-work plan, but that would violate the federal Taft-Hartley Act, Mahoney said.

Keating’s speech centers largely on accomplishing goals outlined in his inaugural address, including reaching the national per capita income and increasing the number of college graduates.

His remarks also highlighted the need to solve many social problems, including curbing teen-age pregnancies and a high state divorce rate.

‘‘It’s easier to get a hunting license in Oklahoma than a marriage license,’’ Keating said.

He supports a voluntary ‘‘covenant marriage’’ bill that would require couples to undergo premarital counseling. The measure requires an 18-month waiting period for obtaining a divorce and limits the grounds for divorce.

The Republican governor is pushing ahead with a tax-cut agenda, even though lean revenue estimates and past commitments have created a budget gap.

The Office of State Finance earlier confirmed details of the $65 million tax-cut plan.

The plan includes a $45.2 million oil tax relief package, an extension of a plan under consideration for two weeks at a special legislative session that is in recess.

The governor also is proposing a phased-in inheritance tax cut, a sales tax credit for equipment and materials donated to colleges and universities and a tax credit for companies that contract with universities in the areas of high-technology and bio-technology.

When fully implemented, the tax cuts would total $153 million a year.

The greatest job cuts would occur at the Department of Tourism and Recreation through selling state lodges and golf courses, and the Department of Human Services, which would shift services now provided at institutions to smaller community-based, private facilities.

Schools for the developmentally disabled at Pauls Valley and Enid and Eastern State Hospital at Vinita would be affected, officials said.

Keating’s tax plan is being advanced despite what legislative leaders describe as a $200 million budget gap created largely by commitments in the areas of highway building, state employee pay raises and prison improvements.

Nearly News

With some embarrassment, NN runs an occasional correction to a story. With head humbly bowed in contrition, NN offers the following:

Oops! NN apologizes to the Ponca Playhouse and those wishing to audition for the upcoming “Curious Savage.” We did not intend to limit auditions — anyone from their 20s to their 60s may try out for the five roles for men and the five for women. Sound better? A one-to-two-minute monologue is requested by those trying out, but not required, and it need not be memorized. The play is a classic American mid-century comedy and will be directed by Jeffery Stephens of Stillwater. Auditions are set for this evening and Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. in the Poncan Theatre.

Nearly News congratulates Alfred Little Standing Buffalo Post 38, headquartered at White Eagle, for having one of the highest percentage of active members in a Legion Post in the region. The announcement was made by American Legion National Vice Commander John Morris on a recent visit to Post 38. During the visit, Vice Commander Morris was presented a ceremonial blanket by George White Eagle, Post Commander of the Alfred Little Standing Buffalo Post. Nearly news also offers apologies for the misspelling of George White Eagle’s name and the incorrect title listed for Vice Commander Morris in a picture caption in The Jan. 31, 1999, issue of The News.

The Aqua Jog With June classes will not be held at the YMCA, as previously reported, but will be held locally in Ponca City. For additional information, and to register for the classes, contact June Foreman at 762-0035.

Confusion among the ranks has prevailed again. For those of you prepared to be entertained by Molly Hatchet this weekend, the band will be at The Hide Out Friday evening instead of the previously reported date. So be sure to be change your calendars to Friday evening to see this ’70s and ’80s band singing hits from its new album, “Silent Reign of Heroes.”

Hull Cook Book a Delightful Journey in Medical Practice

By MARGE DECKER

News Staff Writer

This book is a recording of the medical practice during the past 50 years ... sometimes incredible in the changes that have taken place ... it also gives a bit of light into what life was like to rural Nebraska in the middle of the 20th century ... sometimes it seems a little bizarre, but then time changes things — sometimes good, sometimes not so good.

The 200 or so pages of “50 Years A Country Doctor” by Hull Cook takes the reader through some hair-raising experiences, as well as entertains with some delightful accounts of those years between 1929 and the second World War, and into the ’70s when the medical practice began to change radically.

There are funny occasions — the time the doctor got a call — “Doctor, they want you to meet the ambulance at the hospital. It’s my neighbor. They’re bringing her in. They think she took an overdose of obituaries!” We sometimes get that same feeling at The News.

An interest in geology coming from his love of nature took Dr. Cook’s attention in his younger days, but along with that, he considered a career in medicine and finally made that decision ... no more hesitation, he was going to be an M.D. — not a D.D.

The “country doctor” married a graduate dietitian and honeymooned in the mountains of Wyoming. They raised three children, who were a “delight”, saving his life from disaster many time, as he describes.

A retired physician now living in Sidney, Neb., Dr. Cook has written his first book, pointing out that in a world of insurance companies, HMOs and an endless flood of paper work, reminding the reader that there was a time when a visit to the doctor’s office cost $3 and if needed, the doctor would make a house call.

In his interesting way he tells us about 50 years of service as a rural doctor which tested his resourcefulness, his endurance, and always his sense of humor. He worked with superstition, old wives’ tales, bad weather, and you name it, it happened.

Dr. Cook saw it all — from snake bites, an operation involving his Beechcraft Bonanza airplane and a parachute jerry-rigged from dental floss and a red handkerchief, to cow-manure poultices to snake bite to kerosene poisoning to drug addiction — his humorous account of his life in the first half of the 20th century gives the reader a close-up view of what the practice of medicine was like before the world became so sophisticated.

There is also a great deal of humor in the book — Dr. Cook tells a number of good stories about himself, but also about many of his colleagues. He was summoned one evening by one of the unmarried school teachers in the town. She was in tears when he arrived, and then laughed, which puzzled the doctor, for she soon resumed crying. In fact, she seemed to be laughing and crying at the same time. Not wishing to waste his time, she tried to establish sufficient composure to describe her problem. “I’d just as well tell you,” she said, and then described her dilemma — she thought she was pregnant and after she called him she remembered he was on the school board, and 40 years ago that was a bombshell. The doctor assured her that her privacy took precedence over his responsibility to the school, and later the pair enjoyed a good laugh when it was determined she was not pregnant.

The book is so full of the doctor’s experiences, the reader will find a great deal to laugh and cry about. Read it, you’ll be glad you did. It is published by the University of Nebraska Press and can probably be found for the reader by a local bookstore.

DEATHS

Charles O. Buxton
Mary Ethel Lucas
Michael Logan
Kelsey Bennett

Charles O. Buxton

Charles O. “Buck” Buxton, longtime Ponca City resident, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 1999 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 90. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1999, at Community Christian Church with the Rev. Wayne Majors, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Trout Funeral Home.

Charles was born on Jan. 21, 1909, in Cherokee to Charles and Florence (Spoon) Buxton. He attended schools in Cherokee, Pond Creek, and Medford.

He married Mary Carmichael on April 22, 1934, in Blackwell. The couple moved to Ponca City in 1940. He worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone lineman and in the refinery at Conoco from 1940 to 1953. He worked as a pipefitter supervisor with the Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1962, when he retired. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, hunting, and spending time with his family. He was a member of Community Christian Church, the Senior Citizens Bridge Club, the AARP, and a former member of the Elks Lodge.

He is survived by: his wife, Mary of the home; one son, Gene Buxton and his wife Pat of Hutchinson, Kan.; one daughter, Jacque Hollar and her husband Charles of Ponca City; three grandchildren, Michael G. Reagan and his wife Traci of Allen, Texas, Regena Gladlow and her husband Steve of Hutchinson, and Corey Buxton of Wichita, Kan.; two great-grandchildren, Aaron and Andrea Reagan of Allen; one sister, Thelma McEnany of Ponca City. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and four sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 North Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601 or to Community Christian Church, 2109 West. Grand, Ponca City, OK 74601.

The family will be at 405 North Twelfth.

paid obituary

Mary Ethel Lucas

Mary Ethel Lucas, Ponca City resident, left this world to be with her Lord, Jan. 30, 1999. She was 60.

She will be laid to rest next to her husband at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1999, at the Hosey Hill Cemetery in Wier, Kan. Arrangements are under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel, Ponca City.

Mary was born Sept. 25, 1938, in Hot Springs, Ark., the daughter of Harry and Ethel (Stamper) Riddell.

She was married to Joseph Lee Lucas on Oct. 27, 1954 , in Muskogee. They lived happily together for 34 years until Joseph passed away on Oct. 21, 1988. Mary was a devoted wife and mother. She was loved by all who knew her.

Surviving are a son, Peter Lucas Sr. and his wife, Bonnie; a daughter, Jo Lucas, and an adopted daughter, Nema Duvall; her grandchildren, Mary Kay, Tony, Joseph, Peter Jr., Nancy, Tracy, Michael, and Jessie; and one great-granddaughter, Caroline, all of Ponca City. Also surviving is a brother, Homer Riddell, of Hot Springs, Ark.

Casket bearers will be Peter Lucas Sr., Peter Lucas Jr., Tony Ortez, and Joseph Lucas.

Friends may call at the funeral home until 9 p.m. Monday.

paid obituary

Services Pending

Michael Logan

Michael “Micky” Logan, Ponca City resident, died at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, early this morning, Feb. 1, 1999. He was 36. Survivors include his wife, Darla, of the home. Arrangements are pending with Grace Memorial Chapel.

Funerals

Tuesday

Kelsey Bennett

A graveside service for Kelsey Daniyale Bennett will be held at 1 p.m. at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home.

NEWS BRIEFS

Boy Scout Chili Supper — Boy Scout Troop 5 will be having its annual chili supper on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. in the St. Mary’s Parish Hall. They will be serving chili, hotdogs, vegetable soup, cornbread and cake. It is all you can eat for $5; kids 6 and under eat free. Cub Scout Pack 15 will be selling nachos for $1. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

Pauline's Every Monday night special. Fried chicken only - all

white meat. All you can eat, $6.50. For reservations call 765-5460.

adv.

Garden Club Council — The Ponca City Council of Garden Clubs will meet at the Cann Garden Center Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. David Hillock, state coordinator of Master Gardeners, and Larry Klumpp of OSU Extension Office will speak on the OSU Master Gardener program.

Being Relocated, or in town for a short time? We have homes

available by the month or longer. All homes are full furnished with

appliances, furniture, linens, pots and pans. Inclusive of cable,

local phone, and utilities. Please call 580-762-7980 or 580-718-0681.

adv.

Tires Slashed — A man in the 1100 block of Bradley Avenue reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 6:36 a.m. Saturday that tires on his vehicle had been slashed. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Free Pregnancy test. Birth Choice cares. Confidential.

Hours: Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, 1-3 p.m. and Thursday, 6-

8 p.m. 700 West Broadway. adv.

Vehicle Damaged — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 9:24 a.m. Saturday from a resident in the 500 block of East Hazel Avenue that his vehicle had been hit during the night. An officer of the Ponca City Police Department was assigned and a report was taken.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from Thorn Apple Valley at 12:04 p.m. Saturday that a 28-year-old male was being held for embezzlement.

Bicycle Stolen — A man from the 100 block of North Lake Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 3:19 p.m. Saturday that someone stolen a bicycle. An officer handled the situation.

Items Missing — A woman from the 1100 block of North Sunset Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 10:16 p.m. that the residence had been broken into and money and other property was missing. An officer was assigned and a burglary report was taken.

Treated for Injury — An employee at the emergency room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center reported at 7:13 p.m. Saturday that a woman was being treated for a possible hand fracture that occurred in an altercation in the 1400 block of South Fifth Street. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Burglary — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 10:52 p.m. Saturday from a resident in the 3100 block of Meadow Lane that a subject had attempted to break into a vehicle and was seen running north bound. Two officers of the Ponca City Police Department responded, and took a juvenile into custody to parents and a report was taken.

Tire Slashed — A man from the 800 block of North First Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 9:57 p.m. Sunday that a tire on his vehicle had been slashed. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Assault — A woman from the 700 block of North Union Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 9:51 p.m. Sunday that she had been assaulted. An officer was assigned and a report was taken on an assault and destruction of property.

Graffiti — An employee at El Chico requested extra patrol of the area at 8:44 p.m. Sunday as a result of someone writing graffiti on windows. The information was logged.

Accident — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 10:53 p.m. Sunday that a one-vehicle accident had occurred 12 miles south of U.S. 60 on U.S. 177. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was notified.

Curfew Citation — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 1:51 a.m. Monday from the 100 block of West Grand Avenue that a curfew violation was being issued.

Fight — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 6:24 p.m. Saturday that a fight had been in progress in the 200 block of West Grand Avenue and the officer had been in foot pursuit of two subjects who were in custody at North Pine Street and West Chestnut Avenue. Another officer assisted and a 36-year-old man and a 40-year-old man were held for public intoxication and fighting in public.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 12:10 a.m. Sunday that a 15-year-old boy was taken into custody at Fifth Street and East Grand Avenue for throwing an object at a moving vehicle.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the intersection of North Second Street and East Highland Avenue at 1:57 a.m. Sunday that a 26-year-old man was being held for DUI.

Treated for Injury — An employee of the emergency room at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center reported at 2:21 a.m. Sunday that a 14-year-old boy was being treated for a pellet gun wound to the hand. The information was transferred to the Kay County Sheriff’s Office.

Causing Disturbance — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 2:02 a.m. Sunday from the 600 block of North Oak Street that subjects were causing a disturbance. Two officers were assigned and a report was taken.

Beer Stolen — A clerk at Conoco, West South Avenue and South Waverly Street, reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 3:35 p.m. Sunday that a man had left without paying for a 12-pack of beer. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the 200 block of South Oak Street at 4:06 p.m. Sunday that a 50-year-old man was being held for driving under suspension and having an expired tag.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 8:52 p.m. Sunday that he had been involved in an accident at the intersection of South Fourth Street and East South Avenue. Another officer responded and took into custody, a 31-year-old woman for DUI and having no driver’s license.

Bicycle Stolen — A man from the 200 block of South Osage Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 8:53 p.m. Sunday that his bicycle had been stolen. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Bicycle Stolen — A man from the 100 block of Glenside Avenue reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 8:56 p.m. Sunday that his bicycle had been stolen. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Subject Held — A clerk from Conoco, 1901 North Fourteenth Street, requested assistance from the Ponca City Police Department at 1:08 a.m. Monday that a man and woman were fighting in the store. Two officers were assigned and a 24-year-old man was held on a Kay County warrant for failure to pay and burglary of an auto.

LIFESTYLES

OSU Plays Part in National Consumer Protection Week
Fat Is Still an Essential Part Of Everyday Healthy Diets

OSU Plays Part in National Consumer Protection Week

This week is the first National Consumer Protection Week. The OSU Extension Service has joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other federal, state and local organizations, as well as national advocacy organizations, to launch the first annual National Consumer Protection Week, Feb. 1-6. The reason: consumer fraud is big business, and fraud promoters pose a significant threat to consumers and to the economy.

Credit fraud is hazardous to everyone's financial health and well-being. It raises interest rates, increases financial service fees, and can even put homes at risk. According to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Response Center, consumers write, call and e-mail the FTC with more questions and concerns about credit and credit fraud than any other topic.

“OSU Extension Service is playing a valuable role in alerting consumers to the possibility of credit fraud,” said Jodie Bernstein, director of the FTC’s bureau of Consumer Protection. “It takes a fraudulent actor only minutes to destroy a solid credit record that may have taken an honest consumer years to build.”

Credit fraud appears in many forms — abusive practices, stolen credit cards, hijacked credit identities, advance-fee loan scams, and “guaranteed” credit repair flimflams, to name a few. Raising the "credit literacy” of consumers is not as easy as it sounds. Credit fraud can be difficult to detect because transactions can be complicated and essential information may be hidden or undisclosed.

“Consumers can empower themselves by learning to recognize credit scams and abuses and knowing how to respond,” says Mary Rhyne, interim CED, Extension Educator Family & Consumer Sciences.

For free information about avoiding credit scams, write: Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20580 or visit www.consumer.gov.

The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender age or disability and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

No one can legally remove accurate and timely information from a credit report. Only time, a conscientious effort, and a personal debt repayment plan will improve your credit report.

Everyday, companies appeal to consumers with poor credit histories. In exchange for a fee, they promise to clean up your credit report so you can get a car loan, a home mortgage, insurance, or even a job. They can’t deliver. After you pay them hundreds of dollars in advance, these companies do nothing to improve your credit report, many simply vanish with your money.

The Warning Signs: If you decide to respond to a credit repair offer, beware of companies that:

ƒ Want you to pay for credit repair services before they provide any services. Under the Credit Repair Organizations Act, credit repair companies cannot require you to pay until they have completed the promised services.

ƒ Don’t tell you your rights and what you can do — yourself — for free.

ƒ Recommend that you not contact a credit bureau directly.

ƒ Suggest you try to invent a “new” credit report by applying for an Employer Identification Number instead of using your Social Security number.

ƒ Advise you to dispute all information in your credit report or take any action that sounds questionable, such as creating a new credit identity. If you follow illegal advice and commit fraud, you may be subject to prosecution.

To rebuild a better credit record, start by contacting your creditors as soon a you realize you can’t make the payments. If you need help working out a payment plan and a budget, contact your local credit counseling service. Also, check with your employer, credit union or housing authority for no or low cost credit counseling programs.

In addition, you have specific rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act:

ƒ You are entitled to a free copy of your credit report if you’ve been denied credit, insurance or employment and ask for the report within 60 days of notice, or if you can prove that (1) you’re unemployed and plan to look for a job within 60 days, (2) you’re on welfare, or (3) your report is inaccurate because of fraud.

ƒ If your application for credit, insurance or employment is denied because of information supplied by a credit bureau, the company you applied to must provide you with that credit bureau’s name, address and telephone number.

Other Facts You Should Know: Accurate negative information generally can be reported for seven years, but there are exceptions:

ƒ Bankruptcy information can be reported for 10 years.

ƒ Information reported because of an application for a job with a salary of more than $75,000 has no time limit.

ƒ Information reported because of an application for more than $150,000 worth of credit or life insurance.

Fat Is Still an Essential Part Of Everyday Healthy Diets

Karen Collins, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.

American Institute for Cancer Research

Surveys show that many consumers have simplified reports on the dangers of eating too much fat to mean that fat is an unnecessary and useless element in our diets — the lower the fat the better. Researchers, however, emphasize that eating too little fat creates problems, too, and urge us to find a healthy middle ground.

Messages about the undesirable consequences of too much fat have brought some consumers to view fat in our diet as totally negative, serving no useful purpose and just automatically suctioning down onto the waistline or thighs. Untrue, say researchers.

Those concerned about getting enough of health-promoting nutrients like vitamins E and A must remember that dietary fat is required as a “carrier” for their absorption. Studies in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show that when dietary fat is extremely low, very little of any beta carotene (the precursor of vitamin A) consumed actually makes it into the body. So that salad loaded with green and orange veggies may not do as much good as you think if it’s served with fat-free dressing and a fat-free meal. This is not, however, a case of “the more the better,” since the same study found no difference in absorption between diets with 20 and 40 percent fat.

We also need fat in our diets to supply the building blocks for hormone-like compounds called prostaglandins that participate in blood pressure regulation, nervous system function, and possibly reproductive capacity.

Some people who push fat in their diets too low discover another problem — compensating with high consumption of carbohydrates can start a series of steps that raises levels of a fat called triglycerides in our blood. Especially for individuals who react most strongly to such changes, there are indications that these high triglycerides may increase risk of stroke and heart disease.

A practical concern about restricting dietary fat too much is fat’s role in satisfying hunger, since it is the slowest component of our food to leave our stomachs. Some people find that when they keep fat consumption extremely low, they are hungry again within only a couple hours after a meal, which can end up raising, not lowering, calorie consumption.

Experts tell us that the key is to get away from our black-and-white view of fat — it’s neither completely bad nor completely innocent. The AICR recommends that for cancer prevention and overall good health, fat should provide 15 to 30 percent of calories — 30 and 70 grams of fat per day. If you choose low-fat meats and dairy products, and use modest amounts of added fats (preferably olive and canola oils) you’ll probably be in the middle of the road which, when it comes to fat, seems to be the healthiest place to be.

SPORTS

Monday Evening Quarterback
Lady Mavs Fall Hard To Crowder

Monday Evening Quarterback

Oklahoma State wrestling coach John Smith thinks Cowboy heavyweight Dave Anderton is a work in progress.

Of course, being a coach and a perfectionist, Smith thinks all of his wrestlers are works in progress.

But Anderton is a unique wrestler who seems to have even more potential than he has shown this season, however impressive that may be.

Anderton is currently 15-7 on the season with 12 of those victories coming by way of falls.

Ranked 17th nationally, Anderton will be on the sidelines for tonight’s All-Star Dual at Gallagher-Iba Arena, watching four of his teammates take part in the prestigious dual.

Teague Moore (125 pounds), Eric Guerrero (133) and Mark Smith are all No. 1 ranked at their weights for the No. 1 rated Cowboys. Jimmy Arias, No. 5 at 157 pounds, will wrestle an exhibition match against Central State’s Jody Marple.

But the OSU junior heavyweight may not be a spectator next season.

“He has been a little streaky this year,” Smith said of the junior college transfer. “But he is getting better. He is wrestling better than he has been, but he still has a way to go.”

Anderton’s streaks have been two wins, one loss; two wins, two losses and then five straight wins (three by falls) before he slipped with three straight losses (two by falls) in the National Duals.

His last loss in the Duals was an 11-7 decision to Mark Knauer of Iowa State. But Anderton came back a few days later to pin Knauer.

That fall started Anderton on his current streak of five straight wins, all by falls.

In last Saturday’s doubleheader, Anderton pinned Oregon’s Kevin Kenney in 4:51 then later came off his back to pin Oregon’s State’s No. 7 ranked Mat Orndorff in 2:49.

That double dip earned him Oklahoma State’s nominee as the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week.

The Oregon match was typical heavyweight stuff with Anderton and Kenney pushing and pulling for the first period. Anderton chose the down position to start the second period and quickly escaped. He finally caught up with Kenney for a body lock to take the Duck to the mat, then quickly rolled him over for the pin.

It was an entirely different scenario against Orndorff. The Oregon Stater took Anderton down just 21 seconds into the match and rolled him over to his back with 1:21 left in the first period. But Anderton escaped with 29 seconds left and three seconds later had Orndorff taken down to his back.

At 6-4, 285 pounds, Anderton is one of the biggest heavyweights in the country. But he has unusual quickness for a big man.

“Dave still has some things to work on,” according to coach Smith. “He has to get better on his takedowns and to come off the mat quicker in the down position.”

Anderton transferred to OSU from Ricks Junior College in Idaho were he was a junior college All-American for two years. He was third nationally as a freshman and second as a sophomore. He was 62-12 in two seasons at Ricks.

A native of Blackfoot, Idaho, Anderton was a two-time state champion and finished his high school career 91-11.

His major college career so far has been a series of ups and downs against ranked opponents.

He lost a fall to No. 6 Karl Roesler of Illinois early in the season and then lost a fall to OU’s John Henry Ward (No. 5) before splitting with Knauer and beating Orndorff.

Now he’ll get a chance to avenge the loss to Ward when the Cowboys host the Sooners Sunday at 3 p.m.

Lady Mavs Fall Hard To Crowder

TONKAWA — After a blazing, 2-0 start in the Bi-State West, the Lady Mavericks of Tonkawa (8-13) fell flat on Saturday, dropping a non-conference match up to Crowder College, 87-74.

The Lady Mavs kept things close until late in the first half, when Crowder pulled away to take a 54-36 lead at the buzzer. Melissa Fullmer dumped in 26 points for the Lady Roughriders, while Jayme Davis had 20.

“Our defensive effort (in the first half) was terrible,” said coach Greg Krause. “Any time you give up 54 points, you’re not doing the job.

“I was real pleased with the second half, but that was just too big a hole to overcome.”

The Lady Mavs were also on the receiving end of most of the whistles, sending Crowder to the line 37 times. The Lady Roughriders hit 27 of those, while the Lady Mavs took just 10 trips, hitting five.

Despite the loss, it doesn’t count in the all-important race for a playoff spot, and Krause says it may have been beneficial.

“We might have been thinking we were pretty good, and we couldn’t lose,” he says. “This might have been the best thing to happen to us.”

LaTonya Douglas led the Lady Mavs with 20 points, Jessica Garner had 12, Lyndsey Warrior 10, Kacey Whitworth 8, Ranada Collins 7, Chenise Robinson 5, and Erica Metcalf 4, while Lorraine Rice, Suzi Eisenhauer Jennifer Williams and Shaneta Lewis all had 2.

The Lady Mavs travel to Western, tonight.