From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Friday, May
30, 1997
LOCAL
Woman Killed When Struck By 96-Car Train
Ponca City Girl Selected For 'Young Nana' in Movie
Flint Hills Music Festival June 3-8 Set for Arkansas City, Winfield
Funny, Witty Production Kicks Off SC Programs
Murphy Ranch Wins Ranch Rodeo Event
AMBUCS Forms New PC Chapter
Health Fair Set Here for June 17
District Court
Poverty's Children in Area During Next Two Weekends
Resume Help Available From KLVV Tuesday
DEATHS
Murray Adrian Rhoads Sr.
Frances Preshia Wilson
Nina M. Krepps
Obituaries
Pamela Sue Himbury
Services Pending
Leslie D. Little Cook
George H. Friday
Lois Lewis
NEWS BRIEFS
EDUCATION
Local Teacher Awarded Bar Association Honor
Briefly
Two Ponca City Schools Receive 1997 Award
Locals Receive Doctorate Degrees
Grade Cards for High School
RELIGION
Church Briefs
Good Shepherd Lutherans to Host Missions Director Here Sunday
Women Reminded of '97 Journey
LIFESTYLES
Reception To Honor Grays
Several Attend Trenary Reunion
Bill Bryson Book Topic for Review
Xi Gamma Sigma Meets for Picnic
Jones-Stotler Descendants Attend Reunion
SPORTS
Hughes Is All-Stater
American Legion Baseball: Walks, Errors Lead to 9-8 Loss
Volunteers Make Annual Lake Ponca Triathlon Go
Hole-In-One
A 24-year-old White Eagle woman died Thursday afternoon when she was struck by a northbound train southwest of Ponca City.
Authorities said Leslie Diane Little Cook was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4:20 p.m. accident, which occurred three miles south of U.S. 60 and one-quarter west of U.S. 177.
Witnesses told a sheriff's deputy that Little Cook and a group of friends were fishing and Littlecook was caught on a railroad bridge when the 96-car train arrived, said Kay County Undersheriff Sid Cookerly.
Reports indicated the train engineer tried to brake but couldn't stop soon enough to avoid the accident.
Kay County Medical Examiner M.V. Farquharson said the woman died from multiple injuries. Both the medical examiner and the Kay County Sheriff's Office have closed the investigation, satisfied the fatality was an accident.
Cookerly said railroad trains "are limited to where they can go. The best advice I can give is, stay off the tracks. It takes a train traveling on the tracks up to a mile to stop. There is no chance of outrunning one," Cookerly said.
By KATHY ZEHR
News Staff Writer
Shannon Love, Trout Elementary student, was selected recently to play the part of "Young Nana" in the soon-to-be-released movie "Child Again." The segment which included Shannon was filmed at a farmhouse northwest of Edmond.
The movie is about an elderly woman who develops Alzheimers. Shannon plays the subject as a young child and will be in the music video toward the end of the movie. Recording artist, Beth Neilson Chapman, sings her upcoming release "Child Again," during the montage'.
Shannon was filmed in four different scenes set in the 1920s, including a tea party with a doll under an apple tree, playing with three kittens in a barn, running and twirling through clothes hanging on an outdoor clothesline, and running through a big open field.
"She enjoyed best the scene where she got to play with the kittens," says her dad, Mark Love. Her mother, Lisa Love, added, "Shannon wears an ivory eyelet tea-length dress during her scenes," The production should be completed by November. Shannon was selected last year to be tested for movie and TV media contracting and she and her dad made a trip to Hollywood for making tests for movies, TV productions, and commercials.
Directors of the film, Mike Denney and Kathy Foster recently won an Emmy for directing the daytime soap opera, "The Young and Restless." Denny calls this production his "labor of love," since Alzheimers effects so many families. The total story is about the treasures and heartaches of a family's history.
Denney grew up in Oklahoma and thought the state provided the perfect spot to film "Child Again," a low-budget film set in the rural west about an elderly woman with Alzheimers disease.
Several scenes for the movie will be filmed at the Driskell House, a nursing home in Guthrie. Shannon's scenes were filmed at the former farmhouse of Bonita Stadler, northwest of Edmond near Cashion.
Next week's Flint Hills Music Festival, June 3-8, 1997 in Arkansas City and Winfield, will be an opportunity to celebrate what is good about south central Kansas.
According to festival organizers at Cowley County Community College, the first Flint Hills Music Festival has been a work in progress for more than three years and will feature a varied selection of artists performing Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings plus a late Sunday afternoon matinee.
The festival will kick-off its first year with a bang by featuring the world premiere of a completely new musical adventure written by Eugene Friesen and performed by the internationally-recognized, Grammy Award- winning Paul Winter Consort. Additional concerts with the red-hot quintet Cafe Noir, the beautiful duo of Meisenbach and Golden, and Friesen as cello man will round-out the festival performances. Both beautiful indoor acoustical settings and outdoor locations will be utilized for the concerts.
Akidemies and Akademies
In addition to the performances, the Flint Hills Music Festival will include a special extended residency, giving music students, children, and music lovers of all ages an opportunity to get actively involved with the artists while expanding their own love of the arts and/or artistic talents. Crop artist, Stan Herd; and Paul Winter and Eugene Friesen of the Paul Winter Consort will spend five days in Arkansas City before the Festival. Their residency will feature many exciting workshops for all ages.
Gary Gackstatter and Wren Robinson of the Cowley County Community College Music Department will host a music camp for regional music students of completing grades 6-8 from June 3-6. Students must have completed one year of vocal or instrumental training beyond grade school (either in school or through private lessons). The day camp will be held in CCCC's Brown Center, Earl Wright Community Room and Gallery from 1-4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and 1-3 p.m. Friday.
Paul Winter will be the key instructor for the day camp and Eugene Friesen will visit the sessions as guest artist. There is a fee for the camp of $40 total for the full 15 hours of instruction, however, a number of need-based scholarships are available. For information about scholarships call 1 800-593-2222, ext. 5208 or 316-441-5208.
The 1997 day camp will be based upon Paul Winter's model for "The Festival of Living Music." His concept is to encourage students to hear the musical voice within them, to become musicians not just music students. This will not be a series of music clinics, but workshops where the students will experiment with their unique musical voice.
Students who have experienced Winter's unique approach to the study of music have said the quality of their music and musical interests have been greatly expanded as a result of this amazing experience.
In addition to the music day camp, fun workshops will be available each morning June 3-6 at the Northwest Community Center for any students just completing grades 1 through 6. Bryne Donaldson, Director of the Northwest Community Center at 615 W. Birch in Arkansas City has received a grant from the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency to create these workshops. Since Winter and Friesen were going to be in town for other residency activities and the Music Festival, the Center is able to offer this opportunity called "Make It Up As You Go Along" to children for $5 or less with a scholarship. Free snacks will be served each day, too! To enroll in the workshop, call the Center at 316-441-4416.
This musical adventure will be based upon Eugene Friesen's model for the "Cello Man" residencies. Workshops for students will include themes such as "Building Blocks" (exploring the elements of music), "Make It Up As You Go Along" (musical improvisation), and "Illustrating Stories and Poems" (utilizing "found" instruments, kids create their own music to enhance stories). The students will also get to hear "Cello Man," a spellbinding performance with stories, anecdotes, songs, poems, masks, and inventive cello accompanied by the field recordings of rare birds and animals such as the humpback whale.
Both the Music Camp and the workshop at the Northwest Community Center will feature an on-site trip to the Stan Herd installation, in the Flint Hills east of Arkansas City and Winfield. Herd is known internationally for his "crop art." This year he is creating a "Prairie Man" for the Festival in the grasslands and will be at the site to visit with all the students.
The Northwest Community Center will also feature an "adult community workshop" with Paul Winter and Eugene Friesen on Wednesday night at 8 p.m.. The workshop is free and open to the public. Spectators, as well as beginning or advanced musicians of all ages, are welcome to participate. The festivities will begin with a special presentation by Dr. Daisy Kabagarama at 7 p.m. Dr. Daisy, as she is called by her students, is a professor of minority studies at Wichita State University, a poet, a playwright, and a storyteller. She will present "The African Grasslands of Turo" in what can be only described as her most unique and entertaining way. You won't want to miss this enlightening evening of fun.
The Flint Hills Music Festival has become a reality through sponsorship from the Access Program of Mid-America Arts Alliance, a non-profit regional arts organization whose partners include the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas, The National Endowment for the Arts and private contributors. Local sponsors including: The Home National Bank, Union State Bank, Binney & Smith, Commercial Federal Bank, The White Family Foundation, Arkansas City Convention and Visitors Bureau, Spring Hill Farms, and First National Bank of Winfield have provided underwriting for the festival events.
For more information about the Flint Hills Music Festival, call 316-441-5208 or 1800-593-2222, ext. 5208.
WINFIELD - "A Tuna Christmas," a wonderfully funny and witty production will kick-off the summer performances at the Horsefeathers and Applesauce Summer Dinner Theatre at Southwestern College, Winfield, Kan.
"A Tuna Christmas" will be presented June 7, 8, 12, 13, and 14. at 8 p.m. Christmas cookies and egg nog will be served following the performance, but this first production of the season does not include the usual dinner.
The hilarious sequel to "Greater Tuna," which was a popular production at Horsefeathers and Applesauce two years ago, is set at Christmas time in the third-smallest town in Texas.
This comedy is performed by two actors turned quick-change artists. Dan E. Campbell, a professional actor who got his start as an H&A Company member in one of its beginning seasons, and Roger Moon, associate professor of theater at SC. Together, the two of them, play 22 different Tuna characters, one pregnant cat and two dogs.
"This one is obviously a rollicking comedy, but there is also a real sense of calm that comes over the land on a Christmas Eve," says Allyson Moon, administrator of Horsefeathers and Applesauce - on stage that is!
Backstage, three costumers rip the costumes off the two actors and Velcro new ones on as they race back onstage as yet another character. While Campbell is playing Bertha, for instance, Moon plays all three of her children.
Campbell, who has acted in "General Hospital" and "As The World Turns," as well as in a national Clio Award-winning Little Caesar's Pizza commercial, says he joins the company as a way of giving back to the theater program.
"Horsefeathers was more of a theater education than what I got with my college degree," he says.
Roger Moon says, "It is great for our students to have a professional who demands respect and can teach. They get to see how someone really builds a character."
How someone builds 11 characters is more like it. Campbell plays four women and seven men, and Moon plays five women and six men. There is even a bit of mystery thrown into the melee while the town of Tuna asks "Who is the Christmas phantom?"
Three other plays, will be produced during the summer months at Horsefeathers and Applesauce and patrons will also have the option of dinner served by the actors included in the evening's fun.
For reservations for "A Tuna Christmas," or for information on the Horsefeathers and Applesauce season, call the box office at (316) 221-7720. Tickets are $10 for "A Tuna Christmas."
The Murphy Ranch from Grainola came up with the best time in five events to garner first place in the average of the Head Country Ranch Rodeo held at the 101 Rodeo Arena May 23-24.
Murphy, which included Ernie Engleking, Chris Murphy, Frank Engleking and Dick Campbell as team members, got first in the branding with a 27.16 plus first in wild cow milking with a 31.36. That was good enough for $200 in each event and $1,000 for the average.
Second place average went to Lazy 7 of Ponca City with a 218.46 in four events for $560 with Bar S of Blackburn netting third place average with a 227.84 in four events for $400.
The stampede race Friday night found Spread Eagle Ranch of Ponca City winning, while on Saturday, it was Bar D of Stillwater taking first. Both teams earned $100.
Besides the Murphy Ranch winning two events, other $200 winners included Frying Pan Ranch of Ponca City in the team penning with a 24.45, while Blanton Chiropractic of Blackwell took the pasture roping contest with a 29.51 and Lazy 7 of Ponca City took the double mugging in 38.94.
In the youth events, the break away steer roping for 12-and-under was taken by Luke Blanton of Blackwell on Friday with a 4.45 while Jason Dilbeck of Fairfax took first on Saturday with 18.09. Both got $40, but Dilbeck took the first on average in 25.60 for $100, Blanton second on one head for $70 and Jay Case of Ponca City third place average on one head, 7.22 for $45.
Match team roping went to Mike Schoonover and Kyle Pierce of Stillwater with a 10.52 on Friday for $100 while Saturday night, Dean and Dusty Berkenbile of Hunter had a 13.09 for $100 and then took the first place average on two head, in 32.74 for $800.
The wild horse race on Friday night was won by the Kelly Ranch from Shidler with 39.47 for $100 while Bar J took the Saturday prize in 45.24. The Kelly Ranch with 101.0 on two head took first place average for $300.
The calf scramble had Luke Blanton winning $50 Friday and Clifford Robertson $50 on Saturday. There were five $10 winners each night also.
AMBUCS is forming a new chapter in Ponca City.
One of the fastest growing civic clubs in America, AMBUCS is a service club dedicated to creating opportunities for independence for people with disabilities.
The new chapter for Ponca City is being sponsored by members of the Enid AM Too chapter. Pre-charter meetings have been held each Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Each chapter of AMBUCS is involved in local community betterment and service. After formation, the new Vision Ambuc chapter will select projects and sponsorship for its community.
AMBUCS was founded in 1922 by William L. White in Birmingham, Ala. and has chapters located throughout the United States. Nationally, AMBUCS sponsor "Scholarships for Therapists," and have given thousands of scholarships to junior, senior and graduate level college students majoring in one of the many fields of therapy.
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and the Kay County Health Department will be co-sponsors of a Screening Health Fair scheduled for June 17 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Health Department, 1201 East Hartford.
Screenings will include blood pressure, height, weight, blood sugar, anemia and hearing plus pap tests and breast exams for women. Diabetic counseling will also be provided. A separate cardiac/glucose blood profile test will be available for a $10 fee. Those who wish to have the cardiac/glucose profile will need to make an appointment to have blood drawn the week prior to the fair. Results will be available on June 17.
According to Janet White, coordinator of wellness at SJRMC, the Health Fair is designed to assist individuals in the community who have limited access to or funding for medical services. Residents with addresses in the 74601, 74602, 74604, 74653 and 74647 zip code areas are eligible. Individuals who wish to participate may call the Health Department at 762-1641 to make appointments.
Area health care professionals and volunteers will perform the June 17 screenings, which organizers emphasize are intended to guide participants in evaluating their general health but do not comprise a complete physical exam. Nurse practitioners of the Kay County Health Department will perform pap tests, which screens for cervical cancer and other gynecological conditions, and breast examinations for non-childbearing women. This includes women past menopause as well as those who have had tubal ligation. Women should not have had a pap test in the past year or be a participant in the Health Department's family planning clinic.
Health fair participants who wish to take advantage of the cardiac/glucose blood profile will need to schedule a blood work appointment for June 10. Participants must fast at least 14 hours prior to that appointment for valid results. The profile will measure numerous health indicators, including HDL and LDL cholesterol to determine the patient's cardiac risk factor and glucose, an important screen for diabetes. The charge for this blood work is $10. Free blood sugar and anemia screenings on June 17 will be performed by the "finger stick" method.
The services of the Health Fair are made possible through the Kay County Health Department, providing staff and administrative support for the event, and SJRMC, providing staff and laboratory services for pap tests and blood work.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 762-1641.
Newkirk
Marriage Licenses
Wayne Robert Harrington, 29, and Michele Kay Lamborn, 27, both of Ponca City.
Bern Lafayette Martin Jr., 56, and Billie Rae Rhea, 59, both of Blackwell.
James Richard Stolhand, 25, Stillwater, and Sunie Dawn Carson, 20, Ponca City.
Ryan Thomas Sattre, 22, Ponca City, and Stacey Lynn Campbell, 27, Edmond.
Jonathan Paul Knepper, 20, and Dedra Ann Boutwell, 21, both of Ponca City.
Shane Douglas Keene, 29 and Marilyn Vilaythong, 26, both of Wichita.
Beverage Licenses
Shaw's Gulf, dba Conoco Travel Center.
Garth J. Williams, dba Williams Gas and Deli.
Robert E. Barker, dba Castaways.
Kevin Godfrey, dba Godfrey's Inc.
Poverty's Children, a northern Oklahoma rock group, will be performing in the area over the next two weekends.
Made up of musicians from Enid and Ponca City, the group will play at Jack's Warehouse in Tonkawa Saturday and at the Crown and Rose in Ponca City June 7.
Playing the classic rock music of such groups as the Beatles, Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin, as well as today's groups such as Wallflowers and U-2, the group is working on its own album to be released early in 1998.
Playing lead guitar and doing vocals for the group is Larry Hill of Ponca City. Originally from Fort Worth, Hill grew up playing country, rock and rhythm and blues. He has toured with David Allen Coe, Charlie Pride and Johnny Paycheck and most recently appeared with Jerry Reed at the Loretta Lynn Theater in Branson.
Other members of the group are Donnie Record, keyboards, guitar and vocals; Gene Mooney, bass and vocals; and Steve Linn, drummer and vocals. All are from Enid.
Record is a professor of music at Phillips University; Mooney has a music business degree and Linn is a pyrotechnic producer.
High school and college graduates will find that 1997 is the best in nine years to search for a job, and a recent survey showed that 30 percent of companies plan to increase their payrolls, according to an announcement made this week by KLVV-FM.
On Tuesday, June 3, in order to help with resume preparation, KLVV 88.7 FM will be bringing in Ivy Collier of Resume Professionals in Stillwater to answer questions about resume and cover letter preparation.
Collier will be taking phone calls off the air, but the phone numbers
will be announced on the air Tuesday afternoon from 5 to 6 p.m.
DEATHS
CLINTON - Murray Adrian Rhoads Sr., former Chilocco resident and full-blood member of the Southern Cheyenne Indian Tribe, died Wednesday, May 28, 1997, at Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was 69.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Clinton First United Methodist Church officiated by the Rev. Thomas Roughface and the Rev. Victor Cope. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of Stanley-Lee Funeral Home, Clinton. The traditional all night wake service will be begin at 7 p.m. today at the Clinton Indian Mission Baptist Church officiated by the Rev. Max Malone and the Rev. Richard Canoe.
Murray Adrian Rhoads Sr. (Man Above) was born May 21, 1928, in Clinton the son of Harvey Isaac "Ike" and Sophia (Goodblanket) Rhoads. He was a full-blood member of the Southern Cheyenne Tribe and direct descendant of Black Kettle No. 1. He attended the Chilocco Indian School and Cameron University at Lawton. Rhoads was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
He was married to Arlene Wockmetooah in 1951 in Lawton and later married Patricia Battise. Rhoads was the first native American to retire from the Dallas Police Department after 25 years of service. The family later moved to Moore. He had served on the Dallas Intertribal Center board, serving as chairman. He managed and played on fast pitch softball and baseball teams for many years in the Dallas area and participated in many Indian tournaments. Rhoads enjoyed playing golf and bowling and was an avid pool player until his health prevented participation. He also enjoyed singing and dancing and spent a lot of time sharing stories of his police days in Dallas and his tribal history. Rhoads was a member of the Moore Indian Baptist Church, Comanche Reformed Church of Lawton, Moore Pokkocvlecky Bowling League, Chilocco Alumni Association, Dallas/Fort Worth Intertribal Indian Club, American Legion, Oklahoma City Indian Golf Club and numerous other organizations.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia Rhoads of the home in Moore; two sons, Murray Jr. of Cassville, Mo., and Jeff "Ranger" of the home; two daughters, Adria Suina of Albuquerque, N.M., Melanie Roase Motah of Lawton; one step-son, Howard L. Battise of Lufkin, Texas; two brothers, Arleigh of Clinton and Harvey Jr.; two sisters, Leatrice Powshiek of Shawnee and Colleen Cometsevah of Clinton; 15 grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Spurgeon and Reginald; one sister, Norma Clark; and one grandson.
CHAPALA, Mexico - Frances Preshia Wilson, former Ponca City resident died Wednesday, May 14, 1997, in Guadalajara, Mexico. She was 78.
A memorial service was conducted by the family on Sunday, May 18, at the Wilson home in Chapala, Mexico. Arrangements were under the direction of Parque Funeral Colonias, Guadalajara.
Frances Preshia (Stephenson) Wilson was born March 13, 1919, in Luray, Kan., the daughter of Dr. Walter P. and Grace (Cochrun) Stephenson. She grew up and attended school in Norton, Kan., then received a degree in Nursing from Kansas University in 1940. She served as assistant director of nursing schools at Newton, Kan. from 1940-41, and administrator of student health programs at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich., from 1941-43.
She was married to Dr. Charles William Wilson in 1943, and at various times worked as nurse and in other capacities in his psychiatric offices throughout their 54 years of marriage. The couple lived in Norton, Kan. from 1944-46 where she served as nurse-receptionist; she worked as instructor of psychiatric nursing at Center State Hospital in Norman from 1964-67 and again as a psychiatric nurse for her husband in 1971-87 in Santa Maria, Calif. The family lived in Ponca City from 1967 to 1971.
While living in Ponca City Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker, and served as president of the Rotary Anns and as Sunday School Teacher at the First United Methodist Church. During her nursing career and as wife and mother she was active in various club offices, service and health organizations, and youth projects, including water safety programs, the American Red Cross, Eastern Star, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, as camp nurse, organized various hospital auxiliaries, various PTA's, medical wives clubs, Alpha Chi Omega Club, Panhellenic Club, the American Association of University Women and others. She had received the National Honor Society award, Sigma Theta Tau National Honorary Nursing Fraternity Award and numerous other outstanding awards.
Mrs. Wilson was also co-researcher and co-developer of rapid psychotherapies including sleep-teach therapy, reality insight therapy, body image therapy and programmed personality, integration and indirect remote psychotherapy. She has been listed in the World Who's Who of Women, Foremost Women of the Twentieth Century, International Who's Who of Intellectuals, 5000 Personalities of the World, Women Leaders of the World and numerous other publications.
Survivors include her husband, Dr. Charles William Wilson of Chapala, Mexico; one daughter, Cherrie Pedigo of Santa Maria, Calif; three sons, Charles William Wilson II of Atlanta, Ga., W. Stephen Wilson of Baltimore, Md.; and James R. Wilson of Maple Falls, Wash.; one sister, Corinne Robbins of Redwood City, Calif.; and one grandson.
WINFIELD, Kan. - Nina M. Krepps, mother to Marvin Krepps of Ponca City, died Thursday morning, May 29, 1997, at Winfield Rest Haven Retirement Village. She was 85.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield, Kan., officiated by the Rev. Warren Smith. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery at Winfield. Friends may visit at the funeral home from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 9 a.m. to service time, Monday.
Nina M. (Taylor) Krepps was born March 13, 1912, on a farm near Atlanta, Kan., one of seven children born to Virgil and Marian (Cunningham) Taylor. She received her early education in rural Atlanta schools. As a young child, she moved to a farm north of Winfield, and continued her education in Winfield schools, graduating from Winfield High School in 1929.
She was married on Orville L. Krepps on Dec. 20, 1931, at Wilmot, Kan., and the couple lived and worked on farms north and south of Winfield for many years. They celebrated their 65th anniversary last December. Mrs. Krepps was employed for a number of years at Winfield State Hospital and Training Center. The couple moved into Winfield in the early 1960s and Mrs. Krepps has resided at the retirement home for the past several weeks. She was a member of Winfield First Baptist Church. She enjoyed reading, cooking, sewing and handwork.
Survivors include her husband, Orville Krepps, No. 4 Roberts Court, Winfield, KS 67156; one son, Marvin Krepps of Ponca City, one daughter, Sherry Stephen of San Jose, Calif.; one brother, Alfred Taylor of Winfield, Kan.; three sisters, Opal McConaghy, Alta Mae Boatman and Nellie Taylor, all of Winfield; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sisters, Bessie Likens and Pansy King.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Krepps name to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 North Union, Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601; William Newton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary or the Epilepsy Foundation of American c/o Miles Funeral Service, P.O. Box 720, Winfield, KS 67156.
Pamela Sue Himbury, Ponca City resident, died Sunday afternoon, May 25, 1997, in Mansfield, Texas, as a result of an automobile accident in Tarrant County, Texas. She was 19.
The funeral service will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Woodlands Christian Church, with the Rev. Paul Krueger, pastor, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Marilyn Merle and the Rev. Leland Peterson, associate pastors and the Rev. Kenneth Armstrong, rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Trout Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Born Oct. 22, 1977 in Woodward, she was the daughter of Richard R. Himbury and Jana B. Tuggle. She attended Liberty and Union schools, West Junior High School and was a 1996 graduate of the Ponca City High School. She had just completed her first year at Northern Oklahoma College.
Pam was an active participant in band and orchestra in high school and at NOC. She also had played with the Ponca City Community Orchestra. She was a member of the Woodlands Christian Church. Her hobbies included music, collecting anything related to dolphins, roller-blading with friends, exercising and working-out, snow skiing and photography. While attending school, she worked part-time at Photo-Pro.
Survivors include her father, Richard R. Himbury, Ponca City; her mother, Jana B. Tuggle, Ponca City; sister, Gwen J. Himbury of Mansfield, Texas; paternal grandparents, D.W. and Anita Himbury of Shidler; maternal grandparents, Ted and Shirley Rainbolt of Phoenix, Ariz.; maternal great-grandmother, Goldie Swank of Phoenix, Ariz.; aunt, Rita Jane Reed of Mansfield, Texas; aunt and uncle, Glen and Debra McConaghy of Ponca City; and several cousins. Rich Reed, her uncle, died in the same automobile accident.
Casket bearers will be Kevin Levin, Chris Wallen, Chad Krueger, Richard Dale , Joe Lessert and Dineo Heilmann. Honorary casket bearers will be Stacy Shafer, Dina Hobbs, Amanda Werling, Kathryn Werling, and Candace Burton.
Memorial contributions may be made in Pamela's name to the Woodlands Christian Church, 1400 East Hartford, Ponca City, OK 74604, or to the Grace Episcopal Church 109 North 13th Street, Ponca City, OK 74601.
The family will be at the Himbury residence, 2100 North Osage Street.
paid obituary
Leslie Diane Little Cook, Ponca City resident, died Thursday afternoon, May 29, 1997, as the result of a train-pedestrian accident south of Ponca City. She was 24. A prayer service is set for 7 p.m. each evening, through Sunday, at the Ponca Tribal Cultural Center at White Eagle. Additional arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home and will be announced later.
George H. "Jack" Friday, 517 Virginia, died Thursday morning, May 29, 1997, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City. He was 82. Survivors include his wife, Audrey, of the home; Arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home.
Lois Lewis, Ponca City resident, died early this morning, May 30, 1997,
at Shawn Manor Nursing Home. She was 85. Arrangements are pending with Trout
Funeral Home.
NEWS BRIEFS
Basketball Shootout - The Midwest Youth Basketball Shootout will be held on June 21st in Stillwater and is open to boys and girls going into grades 4-8. For information call 377-HOOP or 372-5109.
Grade Cards for High School - Grade cards for the second semester of students attending Ponca City High School will be available for pickup beginning June 3 in room 205 of the Howell Building. Grade cards may be picked up from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day.
First Lutheran Workshops - First Lutheran School will hold several workshops throughout the months of June and July. The first two workshops will be pottery and a basketball workshop. Pottery will be held June 2-6 and basketball will be held June 2-6. More information can be obtained by calling the school.
Appeal -The gentleman in the blue pickup who picked up the cash in the Pioneer Bank Parking lot is asked to please call Paula at 765-2541 or 268-3208.
DUI School Starts - The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Course known as "DUI School," will be held Friday evening and Saturday at the Rose Stone Inn, 120 South Third, Conference Room. Hours are 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Walk-ins are welcome. Fee is set by the State at $85.
Shodeo Sunday - The Marland Round-Up Club Shodeo will be Sunday, 2 p.m., at the rodeo arena, 2.5 miles west of Marland. Admission $3 per car donation. Concessions available.
Poker Ride - The Marland Round-Up Club will have a poker ride beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday. To join the ride, go 2.5 miles west at the north edge of Marland on the north side of the road. Admission is $2.
Money Missing - The owner of Mailboxes Etc., 522 North Fourteenth Street, contacted the Ponca City Police Department at 8:10 a.m. Thursday to report money was missing from the business and request extra patrol. An officer took an advised report.
Stolen - An employee of North Central Marine, 729 North Fourteenth Street, contacted the Ponca City Police Department at 8:54 a.m. Thursday to report a stereo stolen from the business.
Bike Taken - A resident in the 600 block of East Maple Avenue notified the Ponca City Police Department at 10:23 a.m. Thursday that a bike was stolen from the residence.
Theft - A Ponca City police officer took a report at 11:22 a.m. Thursday of a bike stolen in the 2000 block of Meadowbrook Drive.
Grand Larceny - A 30-year-old man was arrested by a Ponca City police officer at Hubbard Road and North Waverly Street at 12:41 p.m. Thursday on a Kay County warrant for grand larceny.
Warrant Served - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 39-year-old man in the 1000 block of South Ninth Street at 2:31 p.m. Thursday on a Kay County warrant.
Vandalism - A resident in the 200 block of South Birch Street advised the Ponca City Police Department at 3:35 p.m. Thursday of vandalism to a pickup.
Arrested - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 36-year-old man in the 1400 block of West Highland Avenue at 4:58 p.m. Thursday for public intoxication, a city warrant for failure to pay and a Kay County warrant.
Failure to Pay - A 44-year-old man was arrested by a Ponca City police officer at 5:03 p.m. Thursday on two Kay County warrants for failure to pay.
Accident - A Ponca City police officer took a report of a non-injury accident at East South Avenue and South Seventh Street at 6:35 p.m. Thursday.
Collision - An 18-year-old man was take into custody by a Ponca City police officer in the 300 block of North Fourth Street at 7:36 p.m. Thursday for transporting a loaded firearm, expired tag, reckless driving and carrying a concealed weapon. The arrest was made at the scene of a non-injury accident. An accident report was taken.
Indecent Exposure - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 20-year-old man in the 3200 block of North Fourteenth Street at 8:16 p.m. Thursday. The man was caught exposing himself in the parking lot.
Disturbance - Ponca City telecommunication officers received a report of a man laying in the roadway at South Thirteenth Street and East South Avenue at 9:02 p.m. Thursday. An officer responded and took a 26-year-old man into custody for public intoxication, disturbing the peace and a city warrant for assault and battery.
Under Suspension - An 18-year-old man was arrested by a Ponca City police officer at Bradley Avenue and Windsor Road at 12:18 a.m. Friday for driving under suspension.
Subject Held - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 26-year-old man at North Elm Street and West Highland Avenue at 1:30 a.m. Friday for driving under suspension.
Arrest Made - A 30-year-old man was arrested at West Hartford Avenue and North Waverly Street at 1:43 a.m. Friday for driving under suspension.
Under the Influence - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 29-year-old man at West Highland Avenue and North Palm Street at 3:37 a.m. Friday for speeding, driving under the influence, driving under suspension, a city warrant and a county warrant.
Traffic Stop - A traffic stop ended in an arrest for a 33-year-old man early Friday. A Ponca City police officer stopped the man at West Central Avenue and South Osage Street at 5:07 a.m. for failure to stop at a stop sign. The man was taken into custody for driving under the influence, no insurance and no drivers' license.
Assault - Four Ponca City police officers responded to the report
of an assault in the 400 block of South Palm Street at 5:14 a.m. Friday.
Apparently, a 26-year-old man was taken into custody after a report that
a 14-year-old girl was assaulted with a baseball bat.
EDUCATION
Mr. Stephen Sargent of Ponca City, has been chosen as one of only twenty-five Oklahoma teachers to receive an all-expense scholarship to the Seventh Annual Elementary/Middle Level PACE Citizenship and Law-Related Education Institute sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association on July 13-20, OBA President William J. Baker, Stillwater, has announced.
PACE VIII-Programs Advancing Citizenship Education, is designed to develop, test and demonstrate new approaches and techniques in citizenship education (teaching young people citizenship skills). Twenty-five teachers were selected from hundreds of nominations by State Department of Education personnel, school administrators, educators and lawyers from all across Oklahoma to attend the institute held at the University of Central Oklahoma.
This institute is recognized nationally for its excellence and has been used as a model upon which national institutes have been patterned. Baker said, "The PACE Institutes Program is one reason that our Citizenship Education Program was named as the best public education program in the country."
Early in 1998, the group will be reconvened for evaluation of PACE VIII and to present their classroom-tested lesson plans for publication in a book to be distributed by the Oklahoma Bar Association at no cost.
"Competition for these 25 scholarships was significant," said Michael Reggio, OBA Law-Related Education Coordinator. "Nearly 800 outstanding applicants were nominated. The applicants who were chosen were the bet of the best and deserve this state honor due to their dedication to teaching, their creativity and their classroom accomplishments."
Each teacher selected to attend the institute will be supported by a mentor qualified in the training of citizenship education.
This institute is part of the comprehensive statewide law-related education program implemented by the Oklahoma Bar Association. It includes institutes for lawyers on specific successful techniques to use in classrooms and development of curriculum that can be used in any class.
The institute theme is "The Bill of Rights." Topics covered range from the changing of the makeup of the Supreme Court to flag burning to the conflict between rights and the drug war. Emphasis will be placed on the Bill of Rights and its interpretation when viewed through modern times.
Nationally known authorities who will teach at the week long Institute include Disney Teacher of the Year Marjorie Montgomery, Newtonville, MA; Rick Moulden, Bellevue, WA, National Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year; and Professor Robert Leming, Indiana University.
Simpson and Tapp Awarded Scholarships
Glen Simpson and Tiffany Tapp, both of Ponca City, have been awarded scholarships at OSU for the 1997-98 academic year. Simpson, the son of Mrs. Renee Simpson, has received a $1,500 Math Contest Scholarship. Tapp, the daughter of Ed and Betty Tapp, received an $800 General University Scholarship.
Walker Graduates From Colorado
Stephanie Sabrina Walker earned a B.S. in engineering with high scholastic honors from the Colorado School of Mines.
Lew Wentz Award Goes to Maxson
Jennifer Maxson of Ponca City is one of 68 students at OSU to be selected to receive a $3,750 Lew Wentz Foundation Project Award for the 1997-98 academic year. Maxson's research project will be entitled "Economics of Oklahoma Transportation: Winter Road Management Policy." Her research will be done in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at OSU. She is the daughter of Phillip and Ann Maxson of Ponca City.
Locals Honored at UCO
Liana Wallace, Ponca City, was recently honored at an awards banquet at the University of Central Oklahoma. She received a Regents Future Teachers Scholarship from the department of professional teacher education. Shawna Armstrong, Blackwell, received the Emma W. Plunkett Award and Presidential Partners Student Achievement Award.
Paczkowski Placed on Honor Roll
Christine Marie Paczkowski was placed on the dean's list with distinction at Duke University for the 1996-97 academic year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Paczkowski and had a grade point average above 3.6.
Champlain Chosen for Pom Squad
Tamarkia Champlain, Ponca City, will be on the pom squad at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah during the 1997-98 year. She was chosen during an evaluation process and will attend a national camp in August.
Pedigo Graduates from OSB
Carl Pedigo, a student from Ponca City, recently graduated from the Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB), also known as Parkview School, in Muskogee. Graduation ceremonies took place on May 23 at the OSB auditorium.
Locals Graduate from SC
Nine Ponca City students recently graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield. They were Jacqueline J. Raabe, summa cum laude; Scott Howard Raabe, cum laude; Sandra J. Ritter-Morgan; Sharron I. Voth, summa cum laude; Rhonda Lynn White, cum laude; Julie Dawn Vap, Betty Jean Chuculate, Gerry L. Tingley, and Sharon Sue Shepard.
Woodlands Elementary School and Ponca City Middle School are two of ten schools that won $1,000 each in the 1997 Weyerhaeuser Excellence in School Recycling Award. The money was presented in a special ceremony at the State Capitol in the Governor's Blue Room.
The keynote speakers at the event were Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin and Superintendent of Public Instruction Sandy Garrett. Senator Barry Harrison and Senator Paul Meugge were there to congratulate Betty Pronneke, Woodlands Elementary School sponsor; Gary Gallagher, Ponca City Middle School sponsor; Lora Murray, Ponca City Middle School Student Council President; John Meadows, City of Ponca City; and several students from both schools on their awards.
This is the third year for Weyerhaeuser's program to support school recycling and waste reduction in Oklahoma schools. The program is co-sponsored by the State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Woodlands Elementary School began a recycling program that accepts aluminum cans, newsprint, cardboard and mixed paper this school year. They will be using grant money to purchase permanent recycling containers and to expand school literature, book and video tapes on the environment.
Ponca City Middle School has been recycling since 1991 and developed an Eco-Court Project which provides students a practical learning laboratory. A composing site will be built for school wastes and be used to demonstrate and teach techniques which can be easily and inexpensively applied by students in the community. The grant funds will be used to provide training and materials for teachers. The training will orient users of the Eco-Court of its purposes, applications and availability.
The grant recipients were identified through a competitive application process by a steering committee with representatives from the DEQ, State Department of Education, Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Program, Great Plains R.C. & D., Ft. Sill, Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, Inc., Weyerhaeuser Recycling, Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, Oklahoma Recycling Association (OKRA), OSU Extension, Creek Nation and the Metropolitan Environmental Trust.
Dennis W. Crow was one of 67 students to receive the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree during convocation and commencement exercises at OSU. Dr. Crow is the son of Randy and Pat Crow of Blackwell. After graduation he plans to start an internship in small animal medicine, surgery and critical care in Denver, Co.
Commencement exercises followed at Lewis Field on the campus. A luncheon for the veterinary graduates and their guests followed at the Boren Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
William P. Matthews
William P. Matthews, son of Dan and Marcella Matthews, received the Degree of Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School of Law at Lawrence, Ks.
Matthews also received the Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement. This award is given to the graduating senior who is selected by the faculty as having made "the most significant contribution toward overall legal scholarship."
After completion of the bar examination in late July, Matthews will join a law firm in Wichita, Ks.
Angela Osborn
Angela Osborn, former Ponca City resident, graduated recently with a degree in Doctor of Dental Surgery from Northwestern Dental School in Chicago. The ceremony was in the Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University.
Ms. Osborn was born in Ponca City and is the granddaughter of Dorothy Osborn, Bill McMillen and the late Oma McMillen.
She is the daughter of Dale and Coni Osborn, both formally of Ponca City, now from Evergreen, Colorado. Ms. Osborn plans on practicing dentistry around Denve r.
Grade cards for the second semester of students attending Ponca City
High School will be available for pickup beginning June 3 in room 205 of
the Howell Building. Grade cards may be picked up from 8 a.m. until 3:30
p.m. each day.
RELIGION
Crestview Baptist Announces VBS Plans
Yahoo! Yippee! Yee-ha! The Wild and Wonderful Good News Stampede will be held June 9-13 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Crestview Southern Baptist Church.
Pastor Virgil Swift has announced this schedule of events for the church's annual Vacation Bible School. He invites area children, ages 4 years through sixth grade to "Come and enjoy the music, games, food, fun and Bible study that tells the 'Good News' that Jesus Christ is the risen Savior."
Crestview Baptist Church is located on US 60 East and Indian Hills Road.
New Creation Church Tells Schedule
New Creation Church, pastored by the Rev. Jack Adams, has undertaken a discussion session each Wednesday evening at the church, 212 North Third. The video is called "Hell's Bells", dealing with the media of music. The public is welcome to come and share in the discussion.
Pastor Adams said a Kids Club has been organized to meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at the church. An invitation is extended to boys and girls who would like to join this group.
Fellowship Services Planned at New Mt. Olive Baptist
Fellowship services are scheduled for Friday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the New Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Newkirk.
Guest will be the Rev. J. J. Jones and members of the First Baptist Church of Pawhuska.
The public is invited to join in the worship.
Red Rock Pastor Receives Master of Divinity Degree
ENID - Amy Booker-Hirsch, chaplain at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Enid and pastor of the Red Rock Christian Church in Red Rock, Okla., was among 27 graduates receiving Master of Divinity degrees at the commencement services of Phillips Theological Seminary on May 17 this year.
While in seminary, Booker-Hirsch served on the PTS student council on the Enid campus and the Faith-In-Action Committee of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Oklahoma. Earlier in May at the Enid campus awards luncheon, Booker-Hirsch was recognized for Outstanding Achievement by a Graduating Disciples of Christ Senior and received a cash award and a communion set.
After graduation she and her husband, the Rev. Charles Booker-Hirsch, plan to locate in Virginia.
Osage Heights Baptists Schedule VBS
Osage Heights Baptist Church has scheduled their annual Vacation Bible School for June 2 through June 6, meeting at the church each day from 9 a.m. until noon.
Children three years old and through the sixth grade are invited to participate, according to the Rev. Leon Grider, pastor.
Commencement exercises will be announced later. Those wishing more information about enrolling, may call Pastor Grider at 765-6298.
Attention United Methodist Men
United Methodist Men are alerted to reserve Saturday, June 14 on their calendars for the next meeting of the United Methodist Men at First United Methodist Church.
John Northcutt, Assistant Municipal Judge and Juvenile Court Judge, has agreed to address this group regarding juvenile crime in Ponca city.
It was noted that this session is a continuation of the group's probe into possible assistance in this area of community activity.
Prince of Peace Lutherans Tell Plans
Prince of Peace Lutherans will have a booth in the Herb Fest on Saturday, June 7, it was announced. All proceeds will go to the moving fund for a new pastor.
On Sunday, June 8, the church will observe T-Shirt Sunday. Those having POP T-Shirts are asked to wear them on that Sunday - or wear a favorite T-Shirt.
A POP Church birthday picnic is being planned for Saturday, June 14 at 6 p.m. More details will be announced at a later date.
Prince of Peace wishes a happy birthday this week to Anna Clark and Brad Bisig.
Hair Cut-a-Thon Scheduled as Benefit
A Hair Cut-a-Thon will be held June 1 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Pro-Cuts, 3004 North Fourteenth for the benefit of the upcoming Romanian Mission trip for Deb Herron.
Professional hair cutting is scheduled for donation only, and the public is invited to participate.
Ranch Drive Baptists Plan Craft Event
Ranch Drive Baptist Church will sponsor a Craft Fellowship on Thursday, June 5, beginning at 9 a.m. at Ranch Drive Baptist Church. The event will feature quilting, and making buttons, it was announced.
Please bring a sack lunch and join in the fun. Everybody interested is invited to participate.
First Methodists Begin Summer Schedule
First United Methodist Church will be going to their one service schedule for the summer months this Sunday morning, it was announced this week.
Through the summer, Sunday service will be held at 9 a.m., followed at 10:15 by the Sunday School.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will host the Rev. Eugene Enderlein as guest speaker this Sunday, June 1 at the 9 a.m. worship service.
Pastor Enderlein served with the United States Air Force and received his training in electronics, working in industry in electronic engineering. He later served as a missionary with the Wycliffe Bible Translators and Lutheran Bible Translators before attending the Association Free Lutheran Theological Seminary, graduating in 1971. After serving various congregations he became World Missions director of the AFLC in 1980.
As Missions Director he oversees the Foreign Missions Ministry of the AFLC in Brazil, Mexico and India. His wife, Beverly is an instructor of Christian Education and Administrator of the Medicine Lake Lutheran Academy in Minneapolis. They have four grown children.
The public is invited to the Sunday worship service, as well as to Sunday School which begins at 10:15 a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is located at 3109 North Union in Ponca City.
Ponca City women are reminded of the upcoming gathering in Tulsa June 13 and 14 of the 1997 Women of Faith Joyful Journey Conference.
Thousands of women all across America are discovering what it means to be Women of Faith ... and to be on a joyful journey through life? Women of Faith will be in Tulsa June 13 and 14 and early registration is a good idea. Cost is $49 per person if purchased in advance, $69 per person if purchased at the door, and $39 per person if purchased in advance for groups of ten or more. For more information, call 1-888-WOMEN-2000, or 1-800-WOMAN-20.
Speakers this year are Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Marilyn Meberg,
Luci Swindoll, Sheila Walsh and Thelma Wells. Noted for their humor, wit
and wisdom, each of the speakers brings a different view of life that challenges
women to look at their circumstances and experiences from a new perspective.
LIFESTYLES
Bob and Becky Gray will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary Sunday with a "come and go" reception, 2-4 p.m., at their home, 107 Whitworth Avenue. All friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend the event. Hosts will be the couple's sons, Justin and Jared Gray.
Bob Gray and the former Becky Speir were married June 2, 1972 in Wichita, Kan. In 1974 they moved to Ponca City. Gray is self-employed as a rental manager and owner and Mrs. Gray has worked as a certified dental assistant for 23 years for Dr. James Jouret.
Both attend Sunset Baptist Church where she sings in the choir. They enjoy traveling, camping, and gardening. Their son Justin is a May graduate of Ponca City High School and plans to attend Northern Oklahoma College. Their son Jared is a sixth grade student at Roosevelt School.
The 1997 Trenary reunion was held May 25 at Grand Central Station. Those attending shared dessert and fellowship. The next reunion is planned for the first Sunday in July, 1998.
Those attending from Ponca City were Leland and Faye Peterson, Lucille Walthor, Mel and Debbie Cain, Andy, Brian and Sarah Killingsworth, Patty Morris Woodward and Tarina Morris, Steve, Sheila, and Teresa Peterson, Marie and Tara Trenary.
Others present were J.D. and Rita Dotson, Tyler and Brittany Sephus of Skiatook; Doris and Dale Shields, Paula Shields of Wichita, Kan.; May Ruth Trenary of Oklahoma City; Phyllis and H. E. Cochran of Nowata; John and Nelda Cocking of Derby, Kan.; Roy and Margie Erickson of Quinlan, Texas.
Guests attending the event included Chris Thomas, Ellen Lundeen, Jac and Kevin Engle, all of Ponca City.
Members of the Tuesday Book Club met May 20 at the home of Anna Shadan. The book "Notes From a Small Island," an affectionate portrait of Britain by Bill Bryson, was reviewed by Frances Waldron.
Quoting from the book, Mrs. Waldron said"Suddenly in the space of the moment, I realized what it was that I loved about Britain-which is to say, all of it. Every last bit of it, good and bad, old churches, country lanes, people saying 'mustn't grumble' and 'I'm terribly sorry but,' people apologizing to me when I conk them with a careless elbow, milk in bottles, beans on toast, haymaking in June, seaside piers, Ordnance Survey maps, tea and crumpets, summer showers and foggy winter evenings-every bit of it."
The reviewer went on to discuss the USA-born author and his humorous social commentary about Britain. The June meeting will be at the home of Neva Onstot with each member reviewing her "favorite gem."
Members of Xi Gamma Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority met May 27 at the home of Leora Simmons. Following a picnic supper Barbara Feil, president, conducted a business meeting. Members were presented sorority pins from International for donations to the Breast Cancer Research fund.
Cindy Russell, chairman, announced a meeting of the social committee Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Pub. Correspondence included a letter from Betty McLaury of Malaysia, former chapter member. Guest was Anne Horner from Colonial Heights, Va.
A gift exchange was held revealing the names of secret sisters and a drawing was held for 1997-98 names. The Aug. 26 meeting will be at the home of Jenny Ullery.
The families of the late George Osro Jones and Ollie B. Stotler Jones Thornton met for a reunion May 25 at the Sun 'N Fun picnic pavilion near Kaw Lake. The next reunion at the same place is scheduled June 7, 1998.
The opening prayer for the group was offered by Marie Beavers with special remembrance for Joyce Jones of Forest Park, Ga., whose brother died recently.
Following a covered dish luncheon the group visited and played games. Prizes were awarded Bob Gray, Wanda Jefferson, Wate Weaver, Amanda Guerrero, Jared Gray, Courtney Miller, David Ince and Chris Ince.
Family members attending were Dale and Linda Harris, Julie, David and Chris Ince, all of Boss, Mo.; Laura, John and Wate Weaver of Plano, Texas; Lisa and Alyssa Buchanan of Wichita, Kan.; Bob, Becky, Jared and Justin Gray, Sherry and Amanda Guerrero, Don Beavers, Velda Readdy, Jakki and Courtney Miller, Manda "Jacey" Tull, Marion and Marie Beavers, all of Ponca City.
Friends attending were Tonya and John Harley Sherbon and Shelly Kuhn
of Wichita, Kan.; Bill and Marie Krisle, Gina Osborn, Cory Coffelt and Jerry
Hazelbaker, all of Ponca City.
SPORTS
By DAVID BROWN
News Associate Sports Editor
Ponca City pitcher Rocky Hughes, who set a school record with 12 straight wins to start the 1997 season, has been named to the Large East All-State Baseball Team.
Hughes, who ended the season with a 12-1 mark, was named Frontier Conference pitcher of the Year and was recently selected as an alternate on Oklahoma's Sun Belt Classic team.
He compiled an ERA of 1.67 with 98 strikeouts and 53 walks in 79.1 innings pitched. In addition to his 12-1 record, he also recorded two saves.
Both saves and one of the wins came in the regional tournament as Hughes helped lead the Wildcats to their first state tournament since 1973.
Teammate Josh Shafer made a strong run at the All-State team as well. The Frontier Conference Player of the Year was nosed out by McAlester first baseman Seth Kelley. Shafer, who batted .442 with 32 RBIs in 34 games, is the first alternate at first base.
Only 14 players were named to the Large East team.
Also making the team were:
Josh Shackleford, catcher, Grove (.565); Chris Haggard, catcher, Jenks (.451); Kelley, first base, McAlester (.484); Marvin Manns, infielder, Okmulgee (.434); Darren Hicks, infielder, Tahlequah (.446); Seth Brown, infielder, Owasso (.414); C.J. Steele, infielder, Spiro (.460); Zac Rogers, outfielder, Owasso (.364); Tyler Bogan, outfielder, Jenks (.500); Roy York, outfielder, Stroud (.633); David Goodwrench, outfielder, Stillwell (.512); Jared Mountford, pitcher, Grove (7-0); Rocky Hughes, pitcher, Ponca City (12-1) and Jared Shipman, pitcher, Sand Springs (6-6).
It's believed Hughes is Po-Hi's first baseball all-stater since Bruce Hernandez made it in the early '70s.
BARTLESVILLE - After winning 12 straight games during the high school baseball season, All-State pitcher Rocky Hughes is now on a three-game losing streak.
Hughes lost his final game as a Wildcat in the first round of the 6A State Tournament and has now lost his first two games during the American Legion season. Hughes walked 10 here Thursday night and came up on the short end of a 9-8 score as Bartlesville plated the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.
The 5-11 left-hander allowed Bartlesville's Majors just three hits and struck out seven. Despite the 10 walks, only one of Bartlesville's runs were earned. The Ponca City defense committed six costly errors.
Four of those miscues came in Bartlesville's five-run third inning and the Royals found themselves in a 7-1 hole.
But the Poncans came back, scoring four times in the fourth, once in the fifth and twice in the sixth to tie the game at 8-all.
Third baseman Jay Bentley led off the fourth with a single and Jason Ross doubled. A walk to Chris Koenig loaded the bases and nine-hole hitter Marc Smith came through with a two-RBI double to left field.
J.R. Fry drove in Koenig with a groundout and then Smith scored on a throwing error to cut the gap to 7-5.
In the Ponca City fifth, Bentley (who went 2-for-3) singled with one out and Ross (who was also 2-for-3) followed that up with a base hit. Smith then picked up a two-out RBI single to plate Bentley.
Fry led off the sixth with a walk and Justin Thomas doubled. Josh Shafer grounded out to first to drive in Fry and then Hughes doubled in Thomas to tie the game.
An intentional walk to Bentley and a fielding error loaded the bases but Hughes was picked off at home to end the inning.
Bartlesville put its lead runner on in the bottom of the seventh on a Ponca City error. The runner advanced on a passed ball before scoring on a one-out single to win the game.
"Rocky wasn't real sharp and we had some passed balls that hurt us as well," said head coach Jack Shears. "I think Rocky was just trying to be a little too sharp. They couldn't hit him but the walks really hurt, and the errors.
"But I thought the kids battled back well after that horrible inning (the fourth). They love to win, so they'll be okay."
The Ponca City Majors slipped to 2-4 with the loss and next host Guthrie Saturday in a doubleheader that begins at 5 p.m. The games could be played in Tonkawa but a late effort to get the Ponca City High School field in shape could result in the games being played at Ponca City's home field as originally scheduled.
The Majors travel to Derby, Kan. for a 2 p.m. doubleheader Sunday, host Stillwater June 3 at 7:30 and then travel to Stillwater June 4 before heading to Omaha and the CWS American Legion Tournament June 6-8.
The 12th Annual Lake Ponca Triathlon will be held Saturday at Lake Ponca Park with the start and finish on the East side of West Lake Ponca on the old grand prix course.
Approximately 100 participants will swim six-tenths of a mile in Lake Ponca, bike about 25 miles Northwest of Ponca City and run 5 miles North and East of Lake Ponca. The swim begins at 8 a.m. and spectators are encouraged to attend.
Nearly 200 local volunteers make the race go. Each volunteer will receive a specially designed T-shirt by Robyn Boettcher of the Ponca City News. Volunteers also have a pre-race picnic with food provided by local grocers United, Buy For Less, Miller and Albertson's. Local physician Dr. Michele Moyer will also be on hand to watch for signs of heat and stress related to the competition.
Other volunteers from First National Bank, Bank IV, Tiffanies Group, the Po-Hi cheerleaders and American Business Women provide water and help cheer on the bike and run courses.
Volunteers also time and officiate each event and provide order of finish and each person's time in each event.
Services are also provided by 101 Beverage, Parkside Bicycle , Niemann Fencing, Farm Fresh Dairy and Primerica Financial Services.
Race planning begins early in the year by the race committee, which includes Larry Bittman, Ed and Cecil Nannie, Shirley Johnson, Rusty Reed, Lori Webb and Jodie Frazier.
The City of Ponca City provides the facilities.
The volunteers are encouraged to attend the awards ceremony at 11 a.m. following the event.
Arlene McClain of Ponca City recorded her first-ever hole-in-one Wednesday at the Ponca City Country Club. McClain aced the 120-yard par-3 sixth hole with a 5-wood. She was playing with Lou Reyher.