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Foursquare Church Announces Freedom From Smoking Clinic

Foursquare Church Announces Freedom From Smoking Clinic

The Ponca City Foursquare Church announces the Freedom From Smoking clinic beginning Thursday, 8 p.m. The American Lung Association has been helping smokers for many years, and now offer the latest information on how to quit and stay quit.

A “Thinking About Quitting” session will be held at the Ponca City Foursquare Church, 700 West Broadway (access to parking lot on Chestnut). The clinic will meet in the Adult Chapel. Interested parties can register at this session, or by calling the church office at (580)762-2729.

Freedom From Smoking is an eight session stop-smoking clinic sponsored by the Ponca City Foursquare Church and the American Lung Association. Professionally trained instructors help smokers create a supportive environment to break the smoking addiction. Each smoker who joins this clinic will develop an individual plan for quitting.

In the clinic, the emphasis will be on long-term freedom from smoking. The ex-smokers will identify the pitfalls of relapse, and carefully plan to prevent it. The clinic includes the latest improved skills for good stress management, weight control, assertive communication and exercise — skills to help them succeed.

During the Freedom From Smoking clinic, the instructors will teach a step-by-step method of changing behavior and quitting smoking. This group approach uses positive thinking, alternative behaviors, one-on-one help, rewards and group support to help participants stop smoking.

DEATHS

Gerald Richard Tallchief
Howard Frederic Nicolaysen
Robby Kretz Cole
Jannette Elayne Fuller
Clarence Benjamin Kolb
Rev. Walter Gomez
Linda Kay Goins
Bernard George Behara
Gina P. Cline Padgett
T.H. Barnett
James L. Rhodes
Charles G. Landis
Anna Anderson

Gerald Richard Tallchief

FAIRFAX — Gerald Richard “Jerry” Tallchief, Fairfax resident, died Friday evening, Feb. 19, 1999, at the Fairfax Memorial Hospital. He was 76.

A rosary service will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Home in Fairfax. Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fairfax with Father Ken Lewis, serving as celebrant. Burial will be in the Fairfax Cemetery.

Gerald Richard “Jerry” Tallchief was born Sept. 13, 1922, in Beverly Hills, Calif., the son of Alex and Ruth (Porter) Tallchief. He received his early education in Beverly Hills.

He was married to Mary Lee Ellis on April 17, 1963. Tallchief was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Fairfax. He enjoyed sports and especially following the Oklahoma University sports teams.

Survivors include two daughters, Lee Anna Footracer of Fairfax, Elana Upshaw of Virginia; three sons, Jeff Wimbish of Pawhuska, Ryan Webster and Michael Webster, both of Bartlesville; two sisters, Maria Tallchief Pachen and Marjorie Tallchief Skibine, both of Del Ray Beach, Fla. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; one half-sister Frances Roberts; and two half-brothers, Tommy and Alex Tallchief.

Casket bearers will be Jeff Wimbish, Ryan Webster, Michael Webster, Allen Moody, Dough Lytle, John Hudson and Jim Gates.

Howard Frederic Nicolaysen

Howard Frederic Nicolaysen, 1601 Academy Road, Apt. 333, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1999, at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 85.

The funeral service was to be Monday, Feb. 22, 1999, 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Monty Fey, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home. There will be no viewing at the funeral home.

The family received friends at the home Sunday afternoon from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and prior to the service at the church.

Born March 26, 1913, at Clinton, Iowa, he was the son of Henry and Henrikke Boysen Nicolaysen. He graduated from Wartburg College in Clinton and earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Iowa State University.

He married the former Mildred Frances Hacmac in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1943.

In 1949 he joined Conoco as a research chemist and retired in 1973.

Nicolaysen was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he had served as a deacon, trustee, and elder and was also an active member of the choir for almost 50 years.

He was also a member of the American Chemical Society, Alpha Chi Sigma, and the Ponca City Men’s Chorus.

He is survived by two daughters, Margaret Richardson, Winchester, Va., and Ruth Riley, Houston, Texas; a son, Dr. Paul H. Nicolaysen, Morgantown, W.Va.; and four grandchildren.

Dr. Nicolaysen was preceded in death by his wife in 1996.

Memorials may be made in his name to the First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1442, Ponca City, Okla. 74602.

Robby Kretz Cole

NARDIN — Robby Kretz Cole, brother to Derra Bishop of Ponca City and former Deer Creek resident, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999, at his home in Oklahoma City. He was 23.

The funeral will be held graveside at the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Nardin at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Mr. Chad Knappier, Blackwell Church of Christ, will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Roberts Funeral Home, Blackwell.

Robby Kretz Cole was born April 28, 1975, in Blackwell to Derry Keith and Ronda Sue (Kretz) Cole. He attended schools in Deer Creek/Lamont where he graduated in 1993. Cole then attended Francis Tuttle VoTech in Oklahoma City and was currently working on a degree in respiratory therapy. He was working for RSSI in Oklahoma City as a respiratory therapist at the time of his death.

Survivors include his parents, Derry and Ronda Cole of Deer Creek, two sisters, Randi K. Cole of Ada and Derra Bishop of Ponca City; maternal grandmother Louise Kretz of Deer Creek and paternal grandparents, Bob and Rita Cole of Medford. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Harold Kretz and paternal grandmother, Wanda Cole.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Cole’s name to the Medford Ambulance Service, c/o City Clerk’s Office, 123 South Main Street, Medford, OK 73759.

Jannette Elayne Fuller

FAIRFAX — Jannette Elayne Fuller, Fairfax resident, died Saturday afternoon, Feb. 20, 1999 at Fairfax Memorial Hospital. She was 57.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1999, at Hunsaker-Wooten Chapel in Fairfax with the Rev. Bob Glasgow officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfax Cemetery.

Jannette Elayne Fuller was born April 1, 1941, in Bath, Maine to Al and Lorraine Parnell. She moved with her family to the Lyons, Kan., community where she received her early education.

She was married to Dallas Eves in May 1958, in Lyons and the couple made their home in Arkansas City, Kan. Their children include Steve Eves of Fairfax, Bret Eves of Arkansas City, Kan. and Lance Eves of Oxford, Kan.

She was united in married to Leroy “Sonny” Fuller on May 26, 1979, in Arkansas City, Kan., and the couple moved to Fairfax in 1980. Mrs. Fuller was a member of the Ellinwood, Kan., Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, and spending time with her grandchildren.

In addition to her three children, she is survived by her parents, Al and Lorraine Parnell of Ellinwood, Kan.; and 10 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Fuller in June 1996.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Fuller’s name to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Cancer Research, 825 N.E. Thirteenth Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.

The family will be at 217 South Fifth Street in Fairfax.

Clarence Benjamin Kolb

ADA — Clarence Benjamin Kolb, former Ponca City resident, died Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 1999 at 10 a.m. in Sulphur. He was 90.

The funeral service was to be Monday, Feb. 22, 1999 at 10 a.m. in the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada with Danny Stewart, minister of the Southwest Church of Christ, Ada, officiating. Burial was to be in the Zion Cemetery in Orlando, Okla.

Clarence Benjamin Kolb was born June 30, 1908 in Alburnett, Iowa, the son of Thomas Otto Kolb and Elizabeth Struchen Kolb. He and Pearl May Canida were married June 8, 1939 in El Reno, and she preceded him in death on Aug. 12, 1995.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as an aircraft radio mechanic in Newfoundland. He was awarded the American Theater Services Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.

Before World War II, Mr. Kolb owned and operated Kolb’s Radio and Television Service in Perry. He reopened this business after the war, operating it until 1959. Later, he was a radio and television repair technician with Orr’s TV & Appliance in Ponca City, retiring in 1973. He moved to Ada in 1993 and in November 1998, moved to Sulphur to make his home. He was a member of the Perry Church of Christ, Hartford Avenue Church of Christ in Ponca City, and the Southwest Church of Christ in Ada. He enjoyed studying his Bible, and was also an avid gardener and fisherman.

Surviving are three sons, Clarence Kolb Jr. of Ponca City, Thomas Marion Kolb of St. Louis, Mo. and Michael Ray Kolb of Lafayette, La.; one daughter, Patricia Ann Goulden-Mangini of Ponca City; three sisters, Esther Brumley of Ralston, Erma Dennis and Ellen Thompson, both of Odessa, Texas; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Sidney Kolb and Lester Kolb, and one sister, Edna Kolb.

Casket bearers will be Travis Kolb, Candace Goulden, Kody Kolb, Derrick Kolb, Kevin Kolb, Kyle Kolb, Mica Kolb, Kolby Goulden, Kaleb Kolb and Ryan Kolb.

Rev. Walter Gomez

LAWTON — Reverend Walter Gomez, longtime Mennonite-Brethern missionary, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999, in McAllen, Texas, after a long illness. He was 82.

Visitation was to take place at 7 p.m., today, in the Becker Funeral Home Chapel in Lawton. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. in the Indiahoma High School Auditorium in Indiahoma. Officiating will be Dr. James Blackwood, president Global Outreach Mission of Buffalo, N.Y.; Rev. Linden Unruh, Field-Director of Mexican Mission Ministries of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico; Rev. Steve Cutter, pastor of Post Oak Mennonite-Brethern Church in Indiahoma; and the Rev. John Heidebrecht, Faith Bible Church of Lawton. Burial will follow in the Post Oak Missionary Cemetery in Indiahoma under the direction of Becker Funeral Home, Lawton.

Rev. Gomez was born and raised on the Comanche Indian Reservation near Indiahoma where his parents were missionaries for more than 60 years. In 1936, he married the former Lois Rawlings of Lawton. In 1936, he received an associate degree from Cameron College and managed a dry cleaning business for several years. Later, as a Christian businessman, he gave up secular work to accept the calling into the ministry and attended Northwestern Bible College in Minneapolis, Minn., graduating in 1943.

Rev. and Mrs. Gomez began working among Spanish-speaking people in different parts of the United States. In 1948, the Rev. Gomez opened a mission field in Mexico. In 1954, the Mexican Mission Ministries was organized and incorporated by the Rev. Gomez, founder and president. Presently, there are some 70 churches and missions in Mexico under this organization. Rev. Gomez was a member of Grace

Survivors include his wife, Lois Gomez of the home in McAllen, Texas; one daughter, Lawana Norman of San Antonio, Texas; one brother, Joe Gomez of Harrison, Ark.; and one sister, Josephine Knox of Lampassas, Texas.

The family has established a memorial fund in order to complete the Walter Gomez Evangelical Center in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, c/o Mexican Mission Ministries, P.O. Box 636, Pharr, Texas 78577.

Linda Kay Goins

NORMAN — Linda Kay Goins, cousin of Neil Foster, Ponca City, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999, at the Fairchild Center in Billings, Okla. She was 58.

Committal for Ms. Goins was held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at the Norman IOOF Cemetery under the direction of Sisson Funeral Home of Billings, Okla.

Linda Kay Goins was born Dec. 3, 1940. She had been a resident of the Fairchild Center in Billings, Okla. for many years.

Survivors include two cousins, Neil Foster of Ponca City and Becky Bernard of Reno, Nev.

Obituaries

Bernard George Behara

Bernard George Behara, Ponca City resident and formerly of Newkirk, died Friday afternoon, February 19, 1999, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City. He was 89.

The Rosary will be held at 7 p.m., today, at the Miller-Stahl Funeral Chapel, Newkirk, with the Rev. Bosco Pudhota officiating. Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ponca City with the Rev. John Michalicka as celebrant and assisted by Deacon Dick Robinson. Burial is to follow in the Newkirk Cemetery under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service. Grandchildren will serve as casket bearers.

The family will be at 724 North Fourteenth, Ponca City.

Friends may call at the funeral home until 9 p.m. Monday. The casket will not be opened the day of the service.

Bernard George Behara was born Aug. 8, 1909, east of Newkirk, the son of John F. and Teresa (Eck) Behara. He grew up in rural Newkirk and attended Cooper Rural School.

On July 18, 1937 he and Claudine Mary Tipton were married in Newkirk. They established their home on a farm east of Newkirk where they lived until September 1942 when they moved to Ponca City. He began working for Conoco and worked until his retirement in 1973 with 30 years of service as head operator. He had also been employed as carpenter and painter at the First Baptist Church in Ponca City for 30 years.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ponca City for more than 60 years and also a member of the Knights of Columbus. For many years he helped with the Bingo games at St. Mary’s. He enjoyed his children and grandchildren, and his flower and vegetable gardens. He also enjoyed his woodworking projects in the basement.

His survivors include two sons and their wives, Bernard Keith and Sue Behara of Ponca City and Max and Rosanna Behara of Perry; five daughters and their husbands, Mary and Marion Fredricks of Ponca City, Connie Liberton of Ponca City, Opal and Jerry Grimley of Rio Rancho, N.M., Lois and Melvin Thomason of Weatherford, Texas, and Claudia and Bob Rock of Fullerton, Calif.; one sister and her husband, Dorothy and Joe Sheik of Newkirk; sister-in-laws, Florence Behara of Newkirk, Dorys Peters of Newkirk, Catherine Kennedy of Rosebud, Ark., Vineta Peters and her husband Leroy, of Ponca City, and Bertha Smith of Silver City, N.M.; and an aunt, Ella Eck of Arkansas City, Kan.

He is also survived by 16 grandchildren and their spouses, Darin Behara of Weatherford, Tim and Wanda (Behara) Stein of Ponca City, Joe and Malinda (Behara) Farley of Ponca City, Toss and Julia (Grimley) Patterson of Edgewood, N.M., Jill Grimley of Beebe, Ark., Aaron and Debra (Thomason) Wand of Stephenville, Texas, Mike and Leslie Thomason of Arlington, Texas, and Brian Fredricks of Ponca City.

Also Ronnie and Kerry (Fredricks) Carter of Ponca City, Tina Liberton of Oklahoma City, Eric Liberton and Arron Liberton, both of Ponca City, Travis and Kristal Behara of Okmulgee, Cory and Shannon Behara of Edmond, Jason Behara of Ponca City and Kyle Rock of Fullerton, Calif.

Great-grandchildren are Courtney, Jeremy and Hunter Stein of Ponca City, Tanner Farley of Ponca City, Maddison and Colbie Grimley of Beebe, Ark., Sarah and Tayler Patterson of Edgewood, N.M., Brandon, Mikayla and Jessica Wand of Stephenville, Texas, and Dayton and Ian Thomason of Arlington, Texas. He is also survived by numerous cousins, nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Claudine on July 22, 1979; his parents; one brother, John Behara; four sisters, Clara Huster, Edna Schuchman, Catherine Arnett and Opal Brunson; and one brother-in-law, Keith Tipton.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Behara’s memory to the American Cancer Association, Hospice of Ponca City, the American Diabetes Association, or Life Line of Ponca City through Pioneer Bank in Ponca City or the Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk 74647-0468.

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Gina P. Cline Padgett

Gina P. Cline Padgett, 2120 North Osage, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 1999 at University Hospital, Oklahoma City. She was 31.

The funeral service will be Tuesday, 10 a.m. at the chapel of the Trout Funeral Home with Mr. Frank Tepe, pastor, Christ’s Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.

Born March 10, 1967 in Ponca City, Gina was raised in Ponca City until the age of four when her family moved to Edmond. They then lived in Denison, Texas, for 10 years where Gina attended Sam Houston Elementary School and Denison Junior High. The family moved to Greenville, Texas, in 1980 and Gina attended Greenville Junior High and graduated from Greenville Senior High School in 1985.

Gina was employed with Holiday Inn in Ponca City for nine years. She had been awarded Employee of the Year twice. She enjoyed working with crafts and flower arranging, writing, listening to music, and spending time with her family and her dog Hanna. While in Texas, she had attended Baptist Churches and in Ponca City attended both Second Baptist Church and Eastern Heights Christian Church.

She had a lengthy illness, Aplastic Anemia, and had undergone a bone marrow transplant in April 1995. Gina had a very strong will to live and loved life. She was a blessing to many to see the battle to live and all she endured during her illness. Gina always thought of everyone else’s needs regardless of her own.

Surviving are her husband, Ken of the home; a daughter Ashley Nichole, also of the home; her mother Pamela Cline, Ponca City; father Irvin Stickel, Ponca City; step-father David Cline, Irving, Texas; sisters, Michelle Cline of Dallas, Terrie Golay of Ponca City, and Cheryl Galloway of Morrison; brother and sister-in-law Greg and Karen Lunsford, Ponca City; father and mother-in-law Ray and Jean Padgett, Warner; grandfather, P.R. Butch” Lamb, Ponca City; grandparents, Roy and Isabell Wells of Paden, Irvin and Irene Stickel of Ponca City, Verda Smith of Enid, and Ocie Addy of Warner; several aunts and uncles and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her brother Darrin Stickel; grandmother Jeannie Lamb; grandfather Leland Cline; and great-grandparents, Edna and Andrew Green.

Casket bearers will be James Standerfer, Greg Lunsford, Tom Morris, Tony Marlar, Brad Mayes, and Roger Tuter. Honorary casket bearers will be Kelly Miles, Tom Galloway, R.D. Tuter, and Bill Lowrance.

Memorials may be made to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Bone Marrow Transplant Research, 825 N.E. Thirteenth Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104.

The family will be at the home, 2120 North Osage.

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Services Pending

T.H. Barnett

T.H. “Pete” Barnett, longtime Ponca City resident, died Saturday evening, Feb. 20, 1999 at his home. He was 83. Local survivors include his wife, Sylvia. The funeral is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Trout Funeral Home Chapel. Other arrangements will be announced later.

James L. Rhodes

James L. “Jim” Rhodes, Ponca City resident, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1991, at his home. He was 71. Arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home.

Charles G. Landis

Charles G. Landis, 1215 Olympia, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, at his home. He was 76. Survivors include a son, Randy, of Wichita, Kan. Arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home, Ponca City.

Anna Anderson

Anna Anderson, mother of Rosalee Brunnemer, died Monday morning, Feb. 22, 1999, at Tender Heart Health Care in Ponca City. She was 91. Arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home.

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Vehicle Missing — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 6:20 a.m. Saturday that while checking a stalled vehicle at North Fifth Street and East Hazel Avenue that it was discovered to be one that had been taken earlier without permission. A report was taken.

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Graffiti — A man from the 200 block of Warwick Road reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 8:56 a.m. Saturday that some graffiti had been painted on his vehicle. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

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Requests Assistance — A woman called the Communications Center at 9:02 a.m. Saturday requesting assistance with a subject. Two officers were assigned and a 30-year-old man was held on a city warrant for failure to appear and giving false information to an officer.

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Graffiti — An employee at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 10:25 a.m. Saturday that some graffiti had been discovered on the east side of Family Medical, 419 Fairview Avenue. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

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Residence Burglarized — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 11:07 a.m. Saturday that a residence in the 200 block of Virginia Avenue had been burglarized. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Vandalism — The manager of Standing Bear Park reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 12:26 p.m. Sunday that someone had vandalized a vending machine. The information was logged.

Accident — The Communications Center received several 911 calls at 12:09 p.m. Saturday that an accident involving a rollover had occurred at the intersection of South Fifth Street and East Oklahoma Avenue. Two officers of the Ponca City Police Department and two units from the Ponca City Fire Department responded. A report was taken that there were no injuries needing ambulance transportation.

Vehicle Missing — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 12:27 p.m. Saturday that a vehicle had been stolen from the 400 block of North Tenth Street. Two officers were assigned and the vehicle was located at 2:02 p.m. in the 1300 block of North Fifth Street.

Subjects Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the intersection of West Highland Avenue and North Peachtree Street at 3:09 p.m. Saturday that a 19-year-old man was being held for having illegal tint on a vehicle, having no driver’s license in possession, and two Kay County warrants. A 23-year-old man was held on a Kay County warrant for grand larceny.

Vehicle Burglarized — A woman from the 1100 block of West Liberty Avenue reported at 3:19 p.m. Saturday that her vehicle had been broken into and the stereo stolen. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Accident — An accident in the parking lot of Wal-Mart was reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 3:56 p.m. Saturday. An officer was assigned and information was logged that drivers had exchanged information.

Vehicle Vandalized — A woman from the 1700 block of El Camino Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 4:29 p.m. Saturday that her vehicle had been keyed. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Citation Issued — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 8:14 p.m. Saturday that a citation had been issued for a vehicle parked in a no parking zone in the 300 block of South Osage Street.

Threatening Calls — A person from the 300 block of Warwick Road requested an officer of the Ponca City Police Department at 9:17 p.m. Saturday as a result of threatening telephone calls. An officer was assigned and a report was taken on harassment.

Basketballer Injured — An ambulance from the Ponca City Fire Department responded to a request from Robson Fieldhouse at 9:19 p.m. Saturday for a basketball player with a head injury. The subject was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Injury Accident — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 9:28 p.m. Saturday that a one-vehicle accident had occurred one-quarter mile east of U.S. 77 on Hubbard Road. Two units from the Ponca City Fire Department responded and an ambulance took one subject to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for treatment. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was notified.

Beer Stolen — A clerk at Citgo, 320 West Grand Avenue, reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 4:50 a.m. Monday that a man had taken two 30-packs of beer and left without paying. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Requests Assistance — A woman at the VFW requested assistance from the Ponca City Police Department at 9:32 p.m. Saturday with a subject who was trespassing. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Subjects Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the 400 block of South Franklin Street at 9:42 p.m. Saturday that an 18-year-old man was being held on a city warrant for failure to pay, and another 18-year-old man was being held for not having a driver’s license.

Check for Fire — Two units of the Ponca City Fire Department and an officer of the Ponca City Police Department responded to a fire alarm at 5:18 p.m. Saturday at Vacumaid but found the problem to be a false alarm.

Subject Held — Two officers of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the 900 block of North Palm Street at 7:39 p.m. Saturday that a 49-year-old man was being held for domestic assault and battery.

Accident — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 8:03 p.m. Saturday that an accident had occurred 1.5 miles south of U.S. 60 on U.S. 177. The information was transferred to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the intersection of North Fourteenth Street and Glenside Avenue at 11:15 p.m. Saturday that a 27-year-old man was being held on a Missouri warrant for contempt on bogus checks.

Requests Assistance — The Communications Center received a 911 call from the 900 block of South Twelfth Street at 11:42 p.m. Saturday requesting assistance with a subject. One officer was assigned and upon arriving at the scene requested additional assistance. A 37-year-old man was held for trespassing, resisting arrest, two counts of assault on an officer and destruction of private property. A victim at the residence was taken by Ponca City Fire Department ambulance to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for treatment and a report was taken that an officer also suffered a laceration to his arm.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the 800 block of North Pine Street at 12:22 a.m. Sunday that a 29-year-old man was being held for public intoxication and possession of marijuana.

Assault — The Communications Center received a 911 call at 1:33 a.m. Sunday from the 500 block of North Palm Street that a subject had been assaulted and shots had been fired in the back yard. Two officers of the Ponca City Police Department responded and a report was taken that a woman was taken to the emergency room of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for treatment by privately owned vehicle.

Accident — A one-vehicle rollover at the intersection of North Waverly Street and Hubbard Road was reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 11:10 a.m. Sunday. Information was logged that an injured person was taken to the emergency room at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center by privately owned vehicle and that the rolled vehicle was leaking gas. A unit from the Ponca City Fire Department responded to handle the situation.

Window Broken — A woman from The Rockin’ Horse reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 1:58 a.m. Sunday that a window of her vehicle had been broken and a purse stolen. The information was transferred to the Kay County Sheriff’s Department.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the intersection of Second Street and East Grand Avenue at 1:58 a.m. Sunday that a 20-year-old man was being held for DUI and careless driving. The vehicle was released to a friend.

Beer Missing — The Kay County Sheriff’s Department requested assistance from the Ponca City Police Department in attempting to locate a vehicle at 3:30 a.m. Sunday stating the subjects had taken two 30-packs of beer without paying. An officer reported the vehicle located, but upon attempting to get the tag number, the vehicle left and hit a stop sign at Hubbard Road and Pecan Road, plus damaging a fence on the northeast corner of the intersection.

Receiving Threats — A man from the 3500 block of B Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 7:55 a.m. Sunday that he was receiving threatening phone calls. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Juvenile Held — Three officers of the Ponca City Police Department responded to a request for assistance at Golden Corral at 10:04 a.m. Sunday. A 13-year-old boy was taken into custody for carrying a concealed weapon.

Vehicles Damaged — Three persons from Ninth Street and East Grand Avenue reported antenna damage to their vehicles Sunday. Reports were taken from residents in the 600 block of North Ninth Street, 500 block of North Ninth Street and 900 block of East Grand Avenue.

Subjects Held — The Communications Center received a report of a disturbance in an apartment of the 3500 block of North Union Street at 11:07 a.m. Sunday. Two officers of the Ponca City Police Department responded and a 19-year-old woman was held for domestic assault and battery, and a 23-year-old man was held for domestic assault and battery.

Vehicle Vandalized — A man from the 700 block of North Fourth Street reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 1:53 p.m. Sunday that his vehicle had been vandalized. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Subject Held — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported from the 900 block of North Pine Street at 4:16 p.m. Sunday that a 20-year-old man was being held for driving under suspension and having no insurance.

Church Vandalized — An officer of the Ponca City Police Department reported at 7:39 p.m. Sunday that some vandalism had been done to the Northeast Baptist Church, 2200 North Pecan Road. A report was taken.

Beer Missing — A clerk at Sav-A-Trip, 200 East Highland Avenue reported to the Ponca City Police Department at 11 p.m. Sunday that two men had taken a 30-pack of beer and left northbound in the alley. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

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Pictures Help Youngsters With Letters

(AP) — Children are never too young to learn the art of writing a thank-you note, wrote Faith Andrews Bedford in an article in a recent issue of Country Living. When they are small, you can take a picture of them enjoying their Hanukkah or Christmas or birthday gift and, when it is developed, say, “Here you are with the present that grandmother sent you. What would you like to tell her about it?” Let your little one dictate to you his or her thoughts and thank-yous, which you can jot down on the back of the photograph. Or, glue the photograph to some construction paper and write the note below it.

By the time children are around 3, they can have fun drawing pictures of presents or of themselves enjoying presents. They can dictate a story about the picture to you. Be prepared for some interesting thank-you messages — “Dear Nanny, Thank you for the toy box. I am going to push it in front of my bedroom door so that Matthew will not come in and get into my stuff.”

By first grade, thank-you notes become a wonderful way for children to practice their handwriting. My mother saved all of the children’s efforts and it is fun to see how their childish printing evolved into adult script.

A thank-you note should, of course include mention of the present itself. But encourage your children to be particular in the description of the present, such as what they plan to do with it or where they will wear it or why it is such fun. They should also include a sentence or two about what else was special about the day. Such phrases as “I hope you had a happy Hanukkah, too,” or “I wish you could have been at my party,” make a note special.

Commitment, An Internet Site For Real Concerns of Women

BOSTON — Can an ordinary person create the No. 1 site on the Internet for women with less than $10,000 and successfully compete against multi-million dollar companies trying to do the same thing?

Paula Fuoco Davis, founder of Commitment, thinks the Internet may be the one remaining frontier where anything is possible.

With that premise in mind — and only $8,000 to spend — Davis, 33, has created a new one-stop umbrella site for women. Commitment has 70 chat rooms, 1000 message boards and 75 channels, including “Girls Night Out,” “Beat the Office Hot Shot,” “Grow Your Home Business,” “Write Your Family Story,” “Surround Yourself With Love,” “The Thrifty Mommy,” “Travelin’ Ladies,” “Girl Bands” and “Protect Your Child.”

A former newspaper reporter who has never made more than $35,000 a year, Davis is going up against the big guns in the hope that the Internet will be the one remaining place in the business world where one doesn’t have to be a corporate giant to make a lasting impression.

Davis explains that the format of Commitment is based on the premise that women today have a lot more to worry about than celebrities, diets, and how-to-flatten-your-tummy articles.

“We as women are dealing with issues like how do we protect our children from drugs, alcohol, low self-esteem, negative peer pressure, poor academic performance, relationship dysfunction and violence. We are trying to figure out how to enjoy a lasting relationship that is warm and close, emotionally and spiritually satisfying — and at the same time, we must plan for retirement and our children’s college education. Add to that our concerns about health and the environment, and it is obvious we have a lot more to worry about than what size jeans we wear or what celebrity has a new movie out this month,” Davis says.

Davis wants Commitment to be a place where women receive the nurturing they may not be getting in their real lives.

“How many of us have a place where we can go and be absolutely ourselves and still be accepted? I want commitment to be a place where a woman’s creative, emotional and spiritual selves won’t be trampled on,” comments Davis.

She first got the idea when working as a journalist in the 1980s but quickly realized that a print magazine was impossibly expensive. She put the idea in a file on her computer. When she was introduced to the Internet at a convention ten years later and, after looking for a women’s site for her, she decided to take the chance.

After many starts and stops, and after encountering a few setbacks, her persistence paid off. Each month thousands of women are becoming loyal fads of Commitment.

“I see Commitment as that little train that could. I want to show women that if I can do it without big money or great business savvy, then they can make their big, unrealistic dreams come true too,” explained Davis.

Commitment can be found on the Internet at www.committment.com; her e-mail address is Frably@aol.com.

SPORTS

Monday Evening Quarterback
Mavs Survive Flu, Aggies
Lady Mavs Take Step To Second

Monday Evening Quarterback

It’s a start.

Sending three wrestlers to the Class 5A state wrestling tournament this weekend is a little less than the Wildcats hoped for, but, realistically, about what the matmen could accomplish in a very tough regional at Tulsa Union Intermediate School.

Michael Osborn, Kyle Duren and Toby RedLeaf will represent the Wildcats in the state tournament at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Friday and Saturday. They had to wrestle well to get there, according to coach Todd Steidley.

“The kids wrestled pretty well,” Steidley said after watching some of the top wrestlers in the region fall by the wayside. “This was a very tough tournament.”

RedLeaf, Osborn and Duren are three of the top six scorers for the Cats this season. Two of the other top Cats came within one match of qualifying and still another got caught in the wrong weight.

The three who are going have some mixed emotions about their trip to state. All are happy to be there. But all three expected better than fourth place finishes.

It means tough early matches and a long road to try to place in the state tournament.

At 145 pounds, Osborn will face two-time state champion Matt Bean of Mustang, a senior who will bring a 31-1 record into the match. Osborn is 26-10.

“Sometimes it’s good to get someone like Bean early,” Steidley observed. “In that first round they are still feeling the effects of having to make weight. Last year a wrestler who was going for his third title was upset in the first round.”

At 160, Duren got a break, maybe. He will be pitted against the west regional runner-up Bryan Taley, a Del City sophomore, who is 21-5 on the year.

Duren missed being paired against the west winner, Brian Hinson of Lawton Eisenhower, when the east third placer, Dylan Kidd of Edmond Memorial, elected to go against Hinson.

“That’s what I would have done,” Steidley said of Kidd’s move. “He is trying to get away from (Westmoore’s 27-1 Wes) Roberts. Roberts (the east champion) is probably the best wrestler in that weight.”

Like Duren, at 171, RedLeaf will face west runner-up Josh Moore, a 35-8 senior from Mustang. East third placer, Jarrod Breshears of East Central, who was seeded No. 2 in the east. Breshears also elected to face the west champion, Beau Rivers of Yukon.

RedLeaf, like his two teammates, felt he could have done better in the regional, especially in the consolation finals match against Breshears.

Breshears took an early 3-0 lead and had to hold on to beat RedLeaf, 6-4.

The Wildcat got a reverse to start the final period of that match Saturday night to close the gap to 3-2.

Breshears reversed back to again take a three-point lead. but he got too high on RedLeaf and the Poncan came out the back door to once again narrow the margin, 5-4. With time running out, RedLeaf had to release Breshears to go for the tying takedown, but couldn’t get in on the much taller Tulsa wrestler.

Duren, who also suffered a 6-4 loss to Kidd in the consolation finals in Tulsa, was also having some second thoughts after his match.

“I was just thinking about what might have been,” the 17-5 junior said, “if I hadn’t broken my leg. I’ve come back pretty good, but I’m not in the kind of shape I would have been in had that not happened.”

The fact the Cats are continuing to lose close matches is a concern for Steidley, “but at some point we are going to start winning those.”

It could happen this weekend.

But even the future looks brighter for the Poncans. The Wildcats lose three valuable seniors, including RedLeaf. But the group of returnees will be tested and stronger, knowing what it takes to get over the hump.

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Broken Arrow qualified 12 of its 14 wrestlers for the state tournament and should be favored to win the Class 5A title.

The Tigers crowned five champions in the east regional tournament and had three runners-up.

West powers Choctaw and Midwest City each have nine qualifiers while Mustang, Del City each have seven. Westmoore and Tulsa East Central each qualified six.

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Tonkawa will take eight wrestlers to the state Class 2A tournament. Perry is favored in that class with 13 qualifiers. Newkirk qualified three.

Blackwell tops the Class 3A field with 11 qualifiers, two more than Bristow.

Mavs Survive Flu, Aggies

By MATTHEW KOENIG

News Sports Writer

TONKAWA — Though it did a better job than many, much larger opponents this season, not even a vicious flu bug could floor the Mavericks of NOC, as they gasped to a 78-59 victory over the Murray State Aggies, Sunday, in their final home game of the season.

The Mavericks (7-2) travel to Seminole (7-1) on Wednesday, in a battle which will likely determine the Bi-State West champions. Seminole will take on Rose State, tonight.

With about half their number operating from feverish to violently ill, the short-handed Mavs came out slow, holding just a 3-point lead after nine minutes of play, 11-8.

“We couldn’t get after them like we wanted to,” said coach Mick Weiberg. “We just didn’t play with the intensity and fire we normally have, and that hurt us. Hopefully, this (illness) won’t thread through the rest of the team.”

Latarvis Norman scored four points in the second quarter and Ryan Williams chipped in four from the line to pull the Mavs away by halftime, 35-25.

A relatively healthy Ron Banks finished with 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting to lead the Mavs.

Still, the tenacious Aggies (1-8) wouldn’t go away. After Norman dumped in two straight buckets to up the ante to 21, 51-30, mid-way through the third quarter, the Mavs hit the wall.

Four free throws were all the dragging Mavericks could muster for the next seven minutes of regulation.

Meanwhile, the Aggies, directed by New Jersey’s Chris Kelley, who finished with 22 points, crept back to within 10, 55-45.

At the 7:02 mark, Josh Regnier finally got the Mavericks’ infirmary stirring again, hitting a 3-pointer to spark a 9-0 run to put the game away for good.

Though the Mavs managed just 46 percent (25-of-54) from the field, they went 24-of-29 from the line, including 10-for-10 in the final period. Sherman Rochell, nursing an ankle injury, scored six of his 10 points in the fourth quarter.

“The problem with this team, sometimes, is that they have to be challenged,” continued Weiberg. “I like that, but it can hurt you sometimes, too. You have to be ready to play.”

Still, Weiberg gave credit to the 7-man Murray team — with just one player listed over 6-4 — for the challenging game.

“They’re difficult to play, because they stay in their game,” he says. “Pick, pass, cut; pick, pass, cut — we only limited them with our size, and if they had a big man they’d be dangerous.”

The Mavericks’ size also led to a 38-25 advantage on the boards, including a 27-18 margin on the defensive glass. The Mavs had 17 turnovers to the Aggies’ 20. Murray was 9-of-14 from the line.

Norman finished with 14 points, Regnier and Rochell had 10 each, Larry Reid had 8, Williams had 6, Nathan Gregory had 5, Shere-Khan Jones had 4, while Josh Nichols and Garrett Pelton had 2. Reid also had six assists, while Jones led the rebounding effort, with nine.

John Lewis had 21 for the Aggies.

The Mavs will travel to Seminole on Wednesday in the regular conference finale, and start play in the Region II tournament, in Shawnee, on March 4-7.

Lady Mavs Take Step To Second

By MATTHEW KOENIG

News Sports Writer

TONKAWA — The Lady Mavericks of NOC (6-3) took another step towards a second place finish in the Bi-State West, pounding the Murray State Aggiettes (1-8), 76-41, Sunday.

The Lady Mavs nipped the Aggiettes two weeks ago, 73-72.

Unlike the last time around, the Lady Mavs poured in 10 3-pointers on Sunday, including four from Newkirk native Kacey Whitworth, in the first 25 minutes of regulation to make the game a blow-out. Whitworth hit one from long range to open the game, and the Lady Mavs never trailed from there.

Chenise Robinson and LaTonya Douglas each had a trio of 3-pointers in the game. Whitworth and Douglas had 13 points each, while Robinson had 12 to lead the all-out attack on the offensive end. The Lady Mavericks also got scoring from all 12 players on their roster.

“It’s good to win one like that every once in awhile,” said coach Greg Krause. “It’s not bad to be able to relax and have some fun.

“Still, I feel for (Murray) coach Fatheree. They’ve lost some close ones, and they hung with us for awhile. But it snowballed in the second half, and what can you do? It’s a little embarrassing.”

The game indeed got out of hand at the end of the first half and into the second, as the Lady Mavs stacked up a 23-4 run to race away for good. In barely five minutes of regulation, the Lady Mavs hit five of their long-range shots to pull away with a 53-21 advantage.

At that point, it also appeared as if the Lady Mavs would press for the team 3-point record for a single game (17), but Whitworth’s final shot at the 15:59 mark proved to be all the arc was willing to give up.

It scarcely mattered on the scoreboard, however, as the Lady Mavs forced a number of turnovers and picked up a plethora of fast break points in the second half. The Aggiettes committed 25 turnovers in the game.

Ritha Moro scored all 11 of her points in the second half, including eight in a 11-0 run in the fourth quarter.

Notable in the win were a pair of gratuitous feeds by Ranada Collins and Douglas, on fast breaks. To Krause, who bemoaned his team’s lack of teamwork in Thursday’s loss to Western, the unselfish assists were encouraging.

“That was so good to see,” he said, smiling. “A pass like that is better than any pass you can make. That one, simple pass is a hundred times better than taking it in yourself.”

Krause was also able to experiment with 6-0 post Suzi Eisenhauer in the point-guard position.

“She’s a good ball handler and she’s tall, so she can see over the defenders and spots the open players,” says the NOC coach. “I give her a lot of credit for our 3-point shooting.”

Lyndsey Warrior had 8 points, Jessica Garner had 5, Lorraine Rice had 4, Erica Metcalf had 3, Shaneta Lewis, Collins, and Eisenhauer had 2, while Jennifer Williams had 1.

Cindi Pearson had 11, and Terri Reimer had 10 for the Aggiettes.

The Lady Mavs will travel to undefeated Seminole, Wednesday. Seminole will take on Rose State, tonight.