From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Sunday, May
3, 1998
LOCAL
10th Iris Festival Has Near Perfect Weather
Letters
City Budget Process Under Way
Five Ponca City Girl Staters Set for Week of Activities
Five Area Legislators on Fund Panels
City Calendar
School Lunch Menu
School Calendar
Oil and Gas Report
NOC Holds Alumni Reunion
Billings Centennial Panel Begins Celebration Plans
Beanie Baby Raffle At Home National
Heart-To-Heart Will Answer Many Questions
KLVV Fund Raiser Includes Donation of Beanie Babies
Mother's Day Gift Ideas Are Available
Edwin Fair Clinic Set To Celebrate Mental Health Month in May
Med Center Receives Award On Public Health Excellence
Ginger Skaggs State Finalist For Teen-Ager Scholarship
Playhouse Season Finale Opens Friday at Poncan
'March for Jesus' May 30
Ponca Tribe Will Honor Retiring Doctor on May 9
Cartoon Class Offered at Art Center
Oklahoma Jazz Roots In Exhibit at Mansion
Garfield Academy Fine Arts Showcase Set for May 11
New Cattery Dedication Saturday
'Be Kind to Animals Week' Poster Winners Named
P.C. Residents Return From Tragedy Funerals
DEATHS
Vernon Dean Morris
Gladys Cobb
Services Pending
Mary K. Davis
Margaret Ellis
Carol L. Hyde
Funerals
Oliver Howe Jr.
NEWS BRIEFS
LIFESTYLES
Twentieth Century To Install Officers
Surprise Event To Honor Marvin And Karen Janda
Exhibit Theme Includes Jerrie Cobb
Kaw City Museum Finds Fun in Fans
International Club Program On Weather
Bits and Pieces
Little News
Singles Network Lists Schedule
TOPS Chapter Members Meet
Mansion Display Features Man Behind Marland Oil
June 5 Wedding Planned
Brenda Rath Bride-To-Be
Kristin Kingsbury Engaged
Ellis-Fowler Wedding Vows Said in Garden Ceremony
Couple Celebrates 50 Years
Emily Moore Bride-Elect
Area Alpha Chi Omega Alumnae Chapter Installs 1998-2000 Officers
Artist Studio on Marland Estate Open To Public
Wheatheart Nutrition
Pioneer Genealogy Society Schedules Monday Meeting
YMCA Offering Exercise Class
Health Department Hosting Reception
Herb Festival Scheduled Here June 6
AARP Group Hears Legislative Report
CWU Luncheon Marks May Fellowship Day
80th Birthday Event May 9
YMCA Director Says Healthy Kids Day Was Successful
Pioneer Area Quilters To Meet
Ponca City Happenings
SPORTS
Cats Finish On Sour Note
Nimmo May Have Company Next Year
Lady Mavericks Get Signees
Bowling Notes
Golf Notes
Cougar Golfers Win Conference
Basketball Camps Now Offered
By BOB PATTERSON
News Staff Writer
Near perfect weather greeted residents and outsiders as they enjoyed the 10th annual Iris Festival here Saturday.
Activities began as early as 8 a.m., and lasted into the evening, including amateur talent contest, plants for sale, and extra activities for youngsters.
The 5th annual Community Iris Show was at the Fourth Street Clubhouse, 1500 South Fourth Street, and will continue to be on display today from 1-4 p.m.
The 9th annual Irish Show by Northern Oklahoma Iris Society at the Marland Mansion Chapel was a big success.
Residents could wander from downtown short distances, to the Quilt Show put on by P.M. Patches and Pieces Quilt Guild at the Community Federal Building, go to the H.G.H. Antiques Car Museum at 110 North Union (open again from 1-5 p.m. today) or see demonstrations of Native American art and craft, plus guided tours at Standing Bear Park, U.S. 60 at U.S. 177.
Saturday evening provided a Stained Glass Tour concert at Hutchins Memorial, or the Les Gilliam concert at the Poncan Theatre.
In addition to the iris show on South Fourth Street, and the car museum open today, iris garden tours are also available and more information about them may be obtained from 763-8082.
Other competitions and viewings besides the talent show, included new car, boat and recreational vehicle show on Grand Avenue, the Trail of Tails dog walk, United Way bed race, and Matzene Art Collection tours at the Ponca City Library.
Proud of Students
On Wednesday evening April 15,171 members of the Ponca City High School Band and Orchestra, supported by school staff and volunteer parents, made a long overnight trip to Winter Park, Colo., to compete in the Winter Park Ski Music Festival. More than 25 schools from six states participated in the event. The conduct and presentation of our high school students was a credit to our school and our community. Schedules were tight, but with excellent pre-planning and the total commitment of the students, the trip went smoothly and was a resounding success! The Ponca City Symphony Full Orchestra received a Best in its Class trophy, the String Orchestra also received a Best in its Class trophy, the Wind Ensemble received a Runner-up in its Class trophy as well as a Superior Rating - the highest achievable.
Almost all the cost of the trip was born by the students (parents) so there was minimal financial impact on the school system. After the event our students enjoyed some well deserved recreation time on the ski slopes, at the movies, and in the souvenir shops. The awards ceremony took place on Saturday evening in the form of an open air street gathering, in the town center of Winter Park and was followed by a street dance for all participants.
On Sunday the long journey was made back to Ponca City with coaches arriving at the High School at 10:30 p.m. Particular mention should be made of our music directors - Jeff Fox, Alan Goodwin, Carter Robertson, and Mel Arner; our assistant superintendent of schools Dr. John Scroggins and the volunteer parents, who traveled at their own expense, to help chaperone the students and assist our school officials. At a time when negative comments about our school system and our students are all too often heard, this was a huge positive, and hearty congratulations to the Ponca City High School Music Program are in order! We felt proud and honored to be a part of this.
Paul and Gwen Seeley
Band Student Parents
More Student Praise
Citizens of Ponca City:
The Ponca City Band and Orchestra (grades 9-12) competed in the Winter Park (Colorado) Music Festival last week (April 16-19). We had the privilege of being sponsors on that trip, which included 190 students and approximately 20 adults. We could not ask for more polite, respectful young people! They performed beautifully on April 17. These young men and women practiced many hours getting ready for the competition, worked hard to get the money to pay for the trip, and made sure their grades were such that they were eligible to attend the contest. Ponca City, you should be proud of these quality young people; we certainly are!
Dr. John Scroggins
Assistant Superintendent
Ponca City Public Schools
Sharon Scroggins
Assistant Principal
Ponca City Mid High School
By PATTI PFEIFFER
News Staff Writer
It is budget time in the city and from all indications it is a long, complicated, painstaking and never-ending process. At this point, the budget process is 75 percent complete and the next few weeks will be consumed with debate, discussion and decisions regarding millions of taxpayer's dollars.
Although the city's fiscal year begins July 1 and ends June 30, the budgetary process does not begin and end then. Initial preparatory steps for the upcoming budget began back in January. It was then that the city finance director began analyzing previous budget trends to determine what they had, what they have and what they will have.
"I begin looking at general trends in January to determine the status of sale and use tax revenue and determine any changes, if any, in those revenues," Finance Director Marc LaBossiere explained. "From that we will have a working model that is continually refined due to the changes that are constantly occurring."
After receiving forms, instructions and directions, city department heads then prepare and submit both capital requests and operating budgets for their individual departments.
Over the course of several weeks City Manager Gary Martin and LaBossiere met with each department head to discuss those requests. At that point they analyzed, reanalyzed and then finalized those requests.
This year the capital requests - which includes the $2 million fire station renovations and another $2 million for street improvements which are funded through a dedicated street tax - total $10 million. Not to worry however, LaBossiere is eager to point out that asking is one thing and receiving is quite another.
"It is important that all department heads submit requests for their capital needs and say their piece," LaBossiere stated. "There are some that need to be done this year and then there are those that can wait until the following year. We are hoping to be able to make a lot of capital improvements specifically to buildings and equipment this year."
The final administrative budget shaping takes place after all requests from city departments, as well as those from outside agencies providing city contract services, are received.
"It is the role of myself and the city manager to put together a recommended, feasible budget," LaBossiere stated. "The final budgetary decisions are, however, up to the city commissioners."
Do not expect any big surprises or any large upward or downward changes this year. "I want to stress the City is not in a cutting mode - we are not cutting employees or cutting the budget," LaBossiere stated. "We are in a steady mode."
By law, the city manager must submit the budget to the city commission by June 1 and a public hearing is required by June 15. A condensed version of the budget must be published five days prior to that hearing.
After all is said and done the final revised version of the budget for the fiscal year 1998-99 must be adopted by resolution by June 24.
However, things are happening sooner here in Ponca City. According to the city's revised budgetary calendar, the commissioners are scheduled to receive a draft of the proposed budget May 4, conduct hearings with department heads May 13-15 and have a public hearing on the budget May 25. Under the calendar, which may still be revised, the final budget is scheduled to be adopted by the commissioners June 8.
Whether coincidental or prudent planning, it is fortunate that the city commission hearings both with the department heads and the public will not be held until after the mayoral run-off election, May 12.
A week of activities will begin May 23 and continue through May 30 for 416 Junior girls from across the state of Oklahoma. Five of these Juniors will be attending Oklahoma Girls State from Ponca City.
According to Cecelia Easky, Girls State chairman for American Legion Auxiliary, Ponca City, this annual event is sponsored and conducted by the American Legion Auxiliary and will be held on the campus of East Central University in Ada.
A residential training program that has educated nearly one million girls since its inception in 1937, Girls State citizens are selected by local units in ALA from students who are completing their junior year of high school. Girls State, Easky reported, provides an exciting opportunity to experience the inside workings of the government and a chance to test speaking abilities and interpersonal skills and develop friendships that could last a lifetime.
First held in 1940, Oklahoma Girls State has been conducted annually except for two years during World War II. Oklahoma Girls State is recognized as one of only two states offering college credit for participation.
Two of the Girl Staters will be selected to attend Girls Nation as Senators representing Oklahoma, Easky pointed out.
Delegates will hear from several local, county and state officials throughout the week and many will travel to the state capital to experience the inner workings of the Oklahoma Legislators. The 416 girls representing over 200 high schools will be assigned to 16 mythical cities in which they will live. They will be divided into Boomer and Sooner parties. Citizens to Girls State are chosen for their high moral character, leadership, scholarship and interest in government.
Selected to attend this year from Ponca City are Melissa Whitney, representing AAUW; Carrie Cooley, representing Vision Ambucs; Elise Jeffries for American Legion Auxiliary; Caydee Stalcup, Daughters of the American Revolution; and Sarah Hodge, American Legion Auxiliary. Alternates are Mary Beth McNeese, Marci Lee, Carrie Evans, and Shea Conner.
Melissa Whitley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Whitney, 413 Redbird, carries a 4.27 GPA. She has been on the Principal's Honor Roll, and received her Academic Bar and Bronze Pin. She plays in Band and Orchestra, as well as the Civic Orchestra, and participates in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She is also active in her church's youth activities.
Caydee Stalcup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stalcup, 1220 South Eighth, has a 4.30 GPA. She is on the Principal's Honor Roll, is a Varsity Cheerleader, on the Student Council and participated in PANIC. She also belongs to the Medical Explorer Post and is listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students. A member of Grand Avenue Church of Christ, Caydee participated in the church's Youth mission trip.
Daughter of Bryce Jeffries, 2128 Joe Street, Elise Jeffries in listed on the Principal's Honor Roll with Academic Bar and Bronze Pin. She plays soccer, is in the National Honor Society, and is co-captain of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She sings in Chorale and volunteers for Friendship Feast. In her church she participates in Youth Group, Choir and Puppet Ministry.
Sarah Hodge carries a GPA of 4.30. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hodge, 2016 Huntington Place. Listed on the Superintendent's Honor Roll and Principal's Honor Roll with Academic Bar, she is also on the National Honor Society. Sarah participates in Red Cross and Challenge and tutors for Literacy Council.
Daughter of Ms. Hilary Cooley, 3 Hillcrest Road, Carrie Cooley is listed on Principal's Honor Roll with Bronze Pin, plays in the Band, Jazz Band and leads the trumpet section. She plays Varsity Soccer and participates in the NOC Honor Band and NCDA Honor Band. Carrie participated in "Happening" and is active with the Episcopal Youth.
The Oklahoma Girls State staff includes administrative officers of the Girls State Committee, an education coordinator, Senior and Junior Counselors for 16 cities, a nurse and support personnel. Outstanding educators and leaders of state, county and city government, who participate in the educational program. The Oklahoma Girls State program received whole-hearted support through contributing sponsorship of citizens, civic groups and other organizations interested in good government, Mrs. Easky pointed out.
Assisting Mrs. Easky with the selection process were Clara McCollum and Helen Landis. Judges were Marjorie Dew and Betty Bales, AAUW; Teresa Rutherford, Beverly and Kathy Lemore, Vision Ambucs; Jan Prough, June Meade and Pauline Rouse, Daughters of American Revolution; Dora Adkins, Virginia Deda and Darla McGuire, American Legion Auxiliary.
By RALPH SEWELL
News Capitol Bureau
OKLAHOMA CITY - Both Ponca-area senators and three of the four Ponca-area representatives are on the General Conference Committee on Appropriations - the groups named to divide money available from state taxes.
All state senators - 48 - are on the committee. So are 63 representatives. They divide into five subcommittees. While the numbers are uneven, decisions must be agreed to by a majority from each group, voting separately.
Reps. Larry Ferguson, D-Cleveland and James Hager, D-Pawhuska, are on the education subcommittee, which gets the largest allocation. Rep. Jim Reese, R-Nardin, is on the general government subcommittee.
Sens. Paul Muegge, D-Tonkawa, and J. Berry Harrison, D-Fairfax, are on the subcommittee handling natural resource groups and regulatory agencies.
Rep. James Newport, R-Ponca City, isn't assigned. That's not unusual - first-session representatives only get to vote on funding when bills reach the House floor.
While GCCA committee members were appointed last week, it was sort of like being married without a spouse. You see, leaders still hadn't told each group how much money they'd have to split.
The argument between Gov. Keating and his legislative Republicans versus legislative Democrats continued over how to help teachers and state workers cope with rising health insurance costs.
Both sides say they want the Oklahoma State Education Employees Group Insurance Board to do a better job. Democrat legislators want to fund the present deficit by tapping Rainy Day emergency funds. Republicans want to use general revenue money.
Democrat legislators were writing teachers and employees in their area urging them to put the heat on the governor to sign the latest bill declaring their intention to tap Rainy Day funds later.
The governor vetoed SB 973 when legislative Democrats ignored his request, to recall SB 973 and change it to make an actual appropriation now. He indicated he'd sign such a bill.
Ferguson, the House Republican leader said, "The legislature should not identify a specific amount of money or funding source. With the appropriation process in its infant stages, the intent should be (to tell) state employees, retirees and teachers we plan to help them.
"Amount and funding source can be identified during budget negotiation. The Rainy Day fund is designed for funding emergencies." He added the bill would do nothing to avert the July rate increase since it has a September 1 effective date.
SB 973 passed the Senate 35-9 and the House 73-20. Muegge, Harrison, Newport and Hager voted yes; Reese no and Ferguson failed to vote.
Some outsiders may consider it an election year political game.
The governor has signed SB 1009, by Muegge. It would legalize a new vehicle towing device that does not require use of a safety chain.
Muegge doesn't like it, but says it appears the final draft of poultry litter legislation will find ordinary taxpayers paying most of the bill to see that waters in eastern Oklahoma are not polluted. He said his eastern Oklahoma co-author is doing the negotiating and the industry will pay only $150,000.
Hager's HB 2335, modifying the appeals process on student suspensions from school, has been signed by the governor.
Hager's HB 2083, to allow advertising on school buses, went back to the Senate after winning 60-37 House approval. Newport and Reese also voted yes. Ferguson voted no.
Here's how Muegge, Harrison, Newport, Reese, Ferguson and Hager voted on other bills:
-HB 3226, to restrict how the governor's plane is used, won 97-0 final House approval. Gov. Keating says he'll sign the bill, calling it sound public policy. Use of it two years ago for campaigning for Republicans brought about the bill. Ponca-area representatives voted in favor.
-HB 3184 was vetoed by the governor. It limits to 8 causes why a school board may fire an administrator. Final legislative action was a 64-33 House vote. Hager voted yes; Newport, Reese and Ferguson no.
-SB 786, amended by the House, went to the governor on a 39-0 Senate vote. It says at least 65 percent of the Oklahoma Housing Trust Fund must be used in counties with fewer than 480,000 residents. Muegge and Harrison voted in favor.
-SJR 22, passed the Senate 35-3 as the House amended it. It would ask voters to change the constitution to let members of the Corporation and Tax Commission to be paid alike. This would change law that a commissioner may not get a raise during the term for which he was elected. It caused the resignation of Commissioner Cody Graves after the attorney-general ruled he could not take the raise the legislature had voted for commissioners. Muegge and Harrison voted in favor.
-SB 1113 would enlarge the law on public trusts to include railways. It passed the Senate 39-0 as the House amended it. Muegge and Harrison voted yes.
-SB 883 was sent to the governor by a 39-1 Senate vote. It would allow police vehicles to use blue or red emergency lights. Muegge and Harrison voted yes.
-SJR 16 which passed the Senate 43-0 in final form, would extend to 2003 the life of the Oklahoma Council on Violence Protection. Muegge and Harrison voted in favor.
-HB 2978, amended by the Senate, went to the governor on a 97-1 House vote. It would make it a deceptive practice for a non-Oklahoma company to use a local telephone directory listing to make customers think its a local business. Muegge and Harrison voted in favor.
-HB 2581 went to the governor on a 97-1 vote. It would require vehicles fueled by alternate means to be inspected each year. Newport, Reese, Ferguson and Hager voted yes.
-HB 2524 would let some civic clubs to buy special tags for vehicles which provide non-profit mobile health services. It also would let the Department of Rehabilitation Services buy cars or buses. The bill went to the governor on a 96-0 House vote. Ponca-area representatives voted yes.
-HB 2404 went to the governor on a 95-0 House vote. It would authorize the Wildlife Commission to set two days for senior citizens to hunt deer outside the regular season. Ponca-area representatives voted yes.
-HB 2449 would let tag agents use a tax commission verification system on checks. A 99-0 House vote sent the bill to the governor. Newport, Reese, Ferguson and Hager voted yes.
-HCR 1059 passed the House 85-16 as the Senate amended it. It seeks to modify restrictions on Home Health Care in federal balanced budget act. Newport, Reese, Ferguson and Hager voted yes.
-HB 2360, which relates to requalifying Health Care providers, won 65-35 House approval in final form, but may be reconsidered. Hager voted yes; Newport, Reese and Ferguson no.
-SB 1074, setting higher basic salaries for county officers, passed the Senate 44-0 as the House amended it. That sent it to the governor. Muegge and Harrison voted yes.
-SB 865, setting new size limits on mussels that may be harvested, won 45-0 approval as the House amended it. Ponca-area senators voted yes.
-SB 1076, accepted 45-0 by senators in conference form, went back to the House. It again contains a section outlawing common law marriages which the House found controversial earlier. Muegge and Harrison voted yes.
-SB 1243, to make it illegal to assist in suicides, passed the Senate 41-4 in House-amended form. That sent it to the governor. Muegge and Harrison voted in favor.
-SB 1073 passed the Senate 45-0 as the House amended it. The bill would allow county commissioners to make $100 safety awards to employees no more than once a year. Ponca-area senators voted yes.
Items for the City Calendar should be brought in or telephoned (765-3311) to Bob Patterson, at the Ponca City News, by Thursday noon.
Anytime
FOLOBS (Friends of Library Ongoing Book Sale), anytime the Ponca City Library is open, North of Multimedia Room (downstairs).
May 1-31
Poster Exhibit: "Oklahoma: All That Southwest Jazz," Marland Mansion.
Today
Fifth Annual Community Iris Show, 1-4 p.m., Fourth Street Clubhouse, 1500 South Fourth Street.
HGH Antique Car Museum, 1-5 p.m., 110 North Union Street.
FreeWheel Ride Across Oklahoma! Training Rides, 2 p.m., Pioneer Woman, host leader to be named.
Sequoyah Children's Book Award winner Barbara Williams autographing "Titanic Crossing," 2-4 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
ALANO Group Open Discussion meeting (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
Monday
Ponca City Board of Commissioners Work Session, 2 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
Pioneer Christian Crusaders Motorcycle Association, 6 p.m., Conestoga at I-35 and U.S. 60 west of Tonkawa, more information from 765-3164.
ALANO Group 12 X 12 meeting (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
Tuesday
Planning Commission, 7 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
ALANO Group Beginner's meeting (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
Wednesday
Energy Advisory Board, 7:30 a.m., Public Safety Center.
ALANO Group Big Book meeting (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
Thursday
Northern Oklahoma Youth Services series of parenting classes "Relationships," 6-8 p.m., Lincoln Center.
Kay-Nine Dog Training Club meeting, 7 p.m., Ponca City Library.
ALANO Group Women's meeting (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
Friday
May Fellowship and Meeting of Church Women United, topic "Widening the Circle of Hospitality," 12:30 p.m., St. Paul's Methodist Church, 1904 North Pecan Road.
ALANO Group Speaker meeting (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
Friday-Saturday
Ponca Playhouse Production "To Kill A Mockingbird," 8 p.m., Poncan Theatre.
Saturday
FreeWheel Ride Across Oklahoma! Training Rides, 8 a.m., Pioneer Woman, host Jack Rawlins.
Post Office Food Drive, letter carriers collecting food during deliveries, leave food by mailbox.
Parks and Recreation sponsors Hershey Track Program for children 9-14, all participants must be pre-registered, contact Recreation Department 767-0432.
Blessing of Animals, 10 a.m., Ponca City Humane Society exercise yard, animals must be leashed or in pet carriers, call 767-8877.
Dedication of new cattery and open house, 11 a.m., Ponca City Humane Society, 900 West Prospect, call 767-8877.
Birth Choice of Ponca City Mother's Day Banquet, 6 p.m., Elks Lodge, $10 per person, reservations 765-7321.
ALANO Group Open Discussion (smoking allowed), 8 p.m., 603 South First Street.
May 10
Ponca Playhouse Production "To Kill A Mockingbird," 2 p.m., Poncan Theatre.
May 11
Hospice of Ponca City Grief Support Group, 10 a.m., 1904 North Union Street, Suite 103 and 7 p.m., Westminster Village.
Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center Commissioner's Room, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
May 12
Economic Development Advisory Board, 7:30 a.m., Chamber of Commerce, 420 East Grand Avenue.
Kawfest '98 Committee Meeting, 10 a.m., Ponca City Chamber of Commerce.
Ponca City Library Board, 11:30 a.m., Library Board Room, 515 East Grand Avenue.
Hospice of Ponca City Raindrops Support Group, 7 p.m., St. Paul's Methodist Church, 1904 North Pecan Road.
McCord Volunteer Fire Department, 7 p.m., McCord School Library.
Osage Cove Volunteer Fire Department, 7 p.m., Fire Station, Keeler Road and U.S. 60.
Rural Water District No. 1 Regular Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Enterprise School, Lake Road.
May 13
Cultural Affairs Commission, 11:30 a.m., Cultural Center Sun Room, 1000 East Grand Avenue.
Rural Water District No. 3 (Braden) Board of Directors, 7 p.m., Braden Community Center.
May 14
Ponca City Housing Authority, 10 a.m., 201 East Broadway Avenue.
May 15
Historical Preservation Advisory Panel Work Session, noon, Planning Conference Room, Commercial Federal Building, Room 305, Fourth Street and Central Avenue.
Traffic Commission, 1:15 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
May 15-16
Ranch Rodeo, sponsored by Head Country Bar-B-Q, 8 p.m., 101 Rodeo Arena, North Ash Street and West Prospect Avenue.
Ponca Playhouse Production "To Kill A Mockingbird," 8 p.m., Poncan Theatre.
May 16
FreeWheel Ride Across Oklahoma! Training Rides, 8 a.m., Pioneer Woman, host leader to be named.
"Cooking With Herbs," demonstration with Mary Ann Potter of Herban Renewal Farms, 2-4 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
Oil Boom Day, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 20's Costume Ball, 8 p.m.-midnight, Marland Mansion.
May 17
Tulsa author Jean Hager autographing newest book "Masked Dancers," 2-4 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
May 18
Ponca City Board of Commissioners Work Session, 2 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Albright United Methodist Church, 128 South Palm Street.
May 19
Kaw Lake Association Board Meeting, noon, Golden Corral, Fourteenth Street and Bradley Avenue.
Marland Estate Commission, 4:30 p.m., Marland Estate Conference Center.
May 20
Ponca City Tourism Authority, 2 p.m., Cultural Center, Sun Room, 2000 East Grand Avenue.
May 21
Hospice of Ponca City Grief Support Group, 10 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, Blackwell.
Hospice of Ponca City Community-wide Memorial Service.
Park and Recreation Advisory Board, 6:30 p.m., Municipal Court Room, Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
May 23
FreeWheel Ride Across Oklahoma! Training Rides, 8 a.m., Pioneer Woman, host leader to be named.
Baxter Black, Cowboy Poet and Comedian, 7:30 p.m., Poncan Theatre, ticket information, 580-765-0943.
"Sounds of the Southwest," the official State Country Music Band, performs at Poncan Theatre, as warm up for Baxter Black.
May 24
"How to Shave 6 Strokes Off your Golf Game," with Chiropractor Dr. Don Potter, 2-4 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street, Ponca City.
May 25
AMBUC Pool opens.
May 26
Kawfest '98 Committee Meeting, 10 a.m., Ponca City Chamber of Commerce.
Ponca City Main Street Authority, 1 p.m., Main Street Office, 117 North Third Street.
Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center Commissioner's Room, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
May 27
Planning Commission Work Session, 7:45 a.m., Planning Conference Room, Commercial Federal Building, Room 305, Fourth Street and Central Avenue.
May 28
Alzheimer's Support Group, 7 p.m., Conference Room A, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
May 30
FreeWheel Ride Across Oklahoma! Training Rides, 8 a.m., Pioneer Woman, host Tom Hanke.
June 1
Ponca City Board of Commissioners Work Session, 2 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
Pioneer Christian Crusaders Motorcycle Association, 6 p.m., Conestoga at I-35 and U.S. 60 west of Tonkawa, more information from 765-3164.
June 2
Kawfest '98 Committee Meeting, 10 a.m., Ponca City Chamber of Commerce.
Planning Commission, 7 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
June 3
Energy Advisory Board, 7:30 a.m., Public Safety Center.
June 5
Historical Preservation Advisory Panel, noon, Planning Conference Room, Commercial Federal Building, Fourth Street and Central Avenue.
June 6
Fifth Annual Ponca City Herb Festival, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cann Memorial Garden, Fourteenth Street and East Grand Avenue, sponsored by Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Garden Club of Ponca City, fresh herbs, demonstrations, samples and seminars, herbal products, food, music and lots of thymely advice, information Helen Widner (580) 767-1076 or Mary Anne Potter (580) 767-1957.
Elementary Breakfast
Monday - Cereal or honey bun, assorted juices and milk.
Tuesday - Biscuits and gravy or cereal or honey bun, assorted juices and milk.
Wednesday - Cereal or honey bun, assorted juices and milk.
Thursday - Biscuit sandwich or cereal or honey bun, assorted juices and milk.
Friday - Cereal or honey bun, assorted juices and milk.
Elementary Lunch
Monday - Cheeseburger on a bun or ravioli, potato wedges, mixed fruit, bear grahams, saltine crackers, dill spears or assorted cold sandwiches, salads or diet plate, juice and milk.
Tuesday - Soft tacos or mini corn dogs, lettuce salad, refried beans, pears, saltine crackers, dill spears or assorted cold sandwiches, salads or diet plate, juice and milk.
Wednesday - Chicken chunks with hot roll or cheese stix with marinara sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, peaches, saltine crackers, dill spears, Jello or assorted cold sandwiches, salads or diet plate, juice and milk.
Thursday - Pepperoni pizza or Coney Island hot dog, pork and beans, rosy applesauce, saltine crackers, dill spears, pudding or assorted cold sandwiches, salads or diet plate, juice and milk.
Friday - Pretzel with cheese sauce or hot pocket, pineapple, green beans, saltine crackers, dill spears, chocolate chip cookies or assorted cold sandwiches, salads or diet plate, juice and milk.
Middle School
Breakfast
Monday - Breakfast calzone or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Tuesday - Blueberry squares with ham slices or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Wednesday - Breakfast casserole or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Thursday - Eggs and potatoes and biscuits or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Friday - Biscuits with sausage and eggs or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Mid-High
Breakfast
Monday - Biscuits and gravy or plain bagel with cream cheese or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Tuesday - Sausage patty with scrambled eggs and toast or cutie pie or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Wednesday - Biscuits and gravy or cutie pie or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Thursday - Ham and cheese roll up or cinnamon toast or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Friday - Ham, egg and cheese biscuit or cinnamon raisin biscuit or cereal, assorted juices and milk.
Middle School and Mid-High
Lunch
Available on Monday through Friday at the Middle School is Pizza Inn, Subway, Carl's Jr., Taco Bell Burritos. Available at the Mid-High Monday through Friday are Domino's, Subway, Carl's Jr., Taco Bell Burritos.
Monday - Cheeseburger on a bun, french fries, mixed fruit, saltine crackers, dill spear or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, diet plate or potato bar, juice and milk.
Tuesday - Soft tacos, refried beans, mexican rice, saltine crackers, dill spears, Jello or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, diet plate or potato bar, juice and milk.
Wednesday - Chicken chunks with hot roll, mashed potatoes and gravy, pears, saltine crackers, dill spears or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, diet plate or potato bar, juice and milk.
Thursday - Pepperoni pizza, applesauce, corn, saltine crackers, dill spear or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, diet plate, juice and milk.
Friday - Hot pockets, lettuce salad, peaches, saltine crackers, dill spear, chocolate chip cookies or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, diet plate, juice and milk.
High School Lunch
Available every day at Campus Mart, the Training Table Deli offers a Pasta Bar, Baked Potato Bar, lean items and fresh fruit. The Ala Carte Wildcat line offers Pizza Hut and Subway Sandwiches.
Training Table
Monday-Friday - Pasta bar, potato bar, deli sandwiches and salads, seasonal fruit.
All-American Line
Monday - Frito chili pie, corn, dill spear, seasonal fruit.
Tuesday - Roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, seasonal fruit.
Wednesday - Super corn dogs, french fries, ranch beans, seasonal fruit.
Thursday - Teriyaki chicken breast or egg rolls with sweet and sour sauce, oriental vegetables, tossed salad, steamed rice, seasonal fruit.
Friday - Stromboli or oven baked chicken, tossed salad, green peas, broccoli with rice casserole, seasonal fruit.
McCord Elementary
Breakfast
Monday - Cereal, toast, juice and milk.
Tuesday - Cinnamon toast, juice and milk.
Wednesday - Scrambled eggs, toast, juice and milk.
Thursday - Oatmeal, toast, juice and milk.
Friday - Muffins, juice and milk.
Lunch
Monday - Stromboli, dill spear, green beans, cherry cobbler and milk.
Tuesday - Chicken sandwich, fries, lettuce leaf, dill spear, orange wedge, cookie and milk.
Wednesday - Spaghetti with beef, french bread, applesauce, corn and milk.
Thursday - Hamburgers, pickles, onion, baked beans, mixed fruit, cookie and milk.
Friday - Pizza, salad, frozen peaches and milk.
Pioneer Technology Center
Tuesday - Beef Diane, fiesta chicken or chef's choice, assorted salads, vegetables, breads and desserts.
Wednesday - Barbecue brisket, chicken stir fry or baked ham, assorted salads, vegetables, breads and desserts.
Thursday - Grilled steaks, chicken fajitas or spaghetti with meat sauce, assorted salads, vegetables, breads and desserts.
The cafeteria will be open to the public on Tuesday through Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to noon. The cafeteria will be closed after this week for the summer.
Mid-High
May 8
Winter sports assembly at 8:30 a.m.
Po-Hi
May 4
Varsity girls tennis regionals with time and place announced later.
Kay County Junior Livestock show in Newkirk at 8 a.m.
Varsity boys golf regionals at Bartlesville at 8 a.m.
Group Drum Major Clinic at 4 p.m.
May 5
First round playoffs for soccer at Broken Arrow at 8 a.m.
Baseball regionals at Jenks.
Kay County Junior Livestock show continues.
Track meet at Sullins at 10:30 a.m.
IMPA banquet at the Conoco Atrium at 6:30 p.m.
Student Council meeting in the Howell Auditorium at 7 p.m.
Sign Language Class in room 103 at 6:30 p.m.
May 6
Baseball regionals at Jenks.
Kay County Junior Livestock Show.
Varsity girls golf at Edmond.
Chemistry Day in the Howell Auditorium at 11:05 a.m.
Faculty meeting in room F-103 at 3:15 p.m.
May 7
Make up faculty meeting in room F-103 at 7:30 a.m.
Safe School Committee meeting in room 210 at 9 a.m.
Baseball regionals at Jenks.
Varsity girls golf at Edmond.
Geology field trip to Alabaster Caverns.
Drum Major auditions in the band room at 5 p.m.
Chorale Spring Concert in the Howell Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
May 8
Youth Alive meeting in room 125 at 7:30 a.m.
Soccer Quarterfinals with the time and place announced later.
Varsity girls tennis at Oklahoma City.
School-wide track meet at Sullins at 3 p.m.
Colorguard auditions in the band room at 5 p.m.
One Mile Run at Sullins at 8:45 a.m.
May 9
Hershey Track and Field Program at Sullins at 7:30 a.m.
Varsity girls tennis at Oklahoma City.
Track regionals at Bartlesville at 9 a.m.
Colorguard auditions at 9 a.m.
Two wildcat wells are planned by Zinke and Trumbo Inc. in Osage County 3.1 miles east and 6.4 miles east-northeast of Hominy.
The wells will be known as the No. 1-26 and the No. 1-36 Zinke and Trumbo. Total depths are projected to 2,635 and 2,430 feet, respectively.
Section 26-township 23-range 9-sw-nw.
Section 36-township 23-range 9-ne-se.
A new wildcat has been brought on line in Osage County, with Royal Energy Resources as the operator.
Located 3.7 miles southeast of New Prue, the well is designated as the No. 90-1 Royal.
It pumped oil at the rate of 10 barrels per day.
The well bottomed at 2,613 feet in the Mississippian Formation.
Section 11-township 20-range 10-c-nw.
Don Clemishire Oil Co,. has filed first production figures on a new oil well in Osage County's Enterprise Field. The No. 5 Clemishire showed potential to pump 20 barrels of oil per day plus 10,000 CF gas.
The well will produce from the Cleveland Sand Formation.
Total depth is projected to 2,186 feet.
Section 20-township 23-range 7-c-se.
The No. 7 Martin has been finaled by Charles J. and Mary L. Martin.
It is an oil well in Osage County's Domes-Ponca Creek Field. Drillsite is 4.8 miles southeast of Bowring.
Daily potential of five barrels of oil was produced in the Mississippian Formation and bottomed at a depth of 2,000 feet.
Section 23-township 27-range 11-nw-nw.
At a location one mile south of Bigheart, Short Oil Co. has finaled a new oil producer in Osage County's Domes-Pond Creek Field.
The well is designated as the No. 5 short, pumping oil at the rate of five barrels per day.
Bottomed at 2,078 feet, the well will produce from perforations in the Mississippian Formation.
Section 9-township 27-range 10-ne-ne.
The No. 1-11 Zinke and Trumbo, a 2,850-ft. developmental well, is scheduled to be drilled in an unnamed field in Osage County. Zinke and Trumbo Inc. is the operator.
The well will be spudded 4.5 miles southeast of Wynona.
Section 11-township 23-range 9-nw-se.
Coronado Petroleum Corp. is preparing to conduct a recompletion for extended production in the Ponca City Field, Kay County.
The No. 2-29 Sanders is about 1.7 miles northwest of White Eagle.
Coronado will be seeking new pay at a depth of about 4,279 feet in the Mississippi Lime Formation.
Section 29-township 25n-range 2e-ne-ne.
Baron Exploration Co. has revealed plans to drill a 1,801-ft. developmental well in Noble County's Orlando Field. The operator has designated the venture as the No. 2-29 Maurice. Drillsite is 5.9 miles south of Perry.
Section 29-township 20n-range 1w-sw-ne.
Drillsite has been staked for the No. 1-1 River Road Farms, a 650-ft. developmental well in the North Happy Star field, Noble County. The operation will be located 6.5 miles northeast of Billings. Barbour Energy Corp. is the operator.
Section 1-township 24n-range 2w-ne-ne.
Two re-entry wells are planned by The Marbet Partnership in Noble County's Polo Field, 3.1 and 3.5 miles northwest of Perry.
The wells will be known as the No. 5 and No. 6 Marbet Partnership. Both will seek production in the 1st Wilcox Formation, with total depths projected to 5,139 and 5,113 feet, respectively.
Section 2-township 21n-range 2w-ne-se and nw-se, respectively.
Halliburton Oil Producing is preparing to conduct a re-entry in Noble County's Tonkawa Field, six miles southeast of Marland. Involved in the operation is the No. 1-24 Rush.
Halliburton is planning to take the well to a new 4,610-ft. bottom in the Tonkawa Formation.
Section 24-township 24n-range 2w-sw-sw.
By KATHY ZEHR
News Staff Writer
Approximately 200 alumni from University Preparatory School, Northern Junior College, Northern Oklahoma Junior College and Northern Oklahoma College attended the 1998 Northern Oklahoma College Alumni and Friends Reunion Dinner at the Maverick Cafeteria on April 17, on the NOC campus.
Sheri Snyder, director of college relations welcomed the group and introduced dignitaries. Molly Hall, 1998 Miss NOC, entertained the group singing "Amazing Grace." Hall, a sophomore student announced she will also represent NOC at the Miss Oklahoma pageant in June.
Rebecca Drummond, 1998 honor graduate and presidential scholarship winner, talked to the group about her appreciation for the campus, professors, and the opportunities opened to her by her attendance at NOC.
Snyder introduced special alumni present from classes from 1924 to 1997. Harold Prather of Blackwell, a 1924 graduate, was recognized and presented a special gift for being the earliest graduate present. Charles McClung from Newport, Fla., was awarded a prize for traveling the greatest distance to attend the reunion. Special graduating classes from 1938 through 1988 were recognized and special awards and door prizes where distributed by Sheri Snyder.
Dr. Joe Kinzer, spoke briefly in closing, telling the alumni about some recent accomplishments and plans for NOC including the highest enrollment ever recorded; beginning of Phase II at the Performing Arts Center; reinstatement of an NOC baseball team; the creation of men and women's soccer teams; and the outstanding performance of the NOC Basketball team which represented NOC at the national tournament this year. He told the alumni that the NOC goal was to continue high standards and growth.
Kinzer also announced the retirement of Dr. Ron Appleman at close of the 1998 spring semester. Appleman has been at NOC as teacher and counselor for 39 years.
Following the dinner and recognition program, alumni and guests attended the annual student art exhibit in the Eleanor Hays Gallery at Northern Performing Arts Center and the spring musical "Fiddler on the Roof" at 8 p.m.
BILLINGS - The Billings Centennial Committee held a planning meeting on April 22 at the Billings City Hall with Irylin Carter, coordinator, leading the discussion. The Centennial Celebration is scheduled for October 1999.
Discussions were held concerning the repairs to the community building, the length of the activities and how many days, the Sunday community church service and lunch afterwards, the Saturday Wheat Festival, the parade, the Saturday night Alumni Banquet, the Friday Miss Billings queen contest and the huge birthday cake and fireworks.
Also discussed was a quilt show, Centennial quilt, a well-known band for a dance, contests, hardy mums for every yard in town, welcome signs on the highway, banners on light poles, souvenirs and a time capsule.
Discussion was held on the formation of a budget for each activity. Rita Howry will attempt to mail flyers to former alumni.
The committee will be gathering family stories and history for the "History Book of Billings". Those wishing to have their stories included in the book should send them to Irylin Carter, P.O. Box 396, Billings, OK 74630.
The next meeting is scheduled for May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Attending the meeting were Janet Hartz, Jerry McKeown, Gary Manley, Rita Howry, Sharon McKeown, Mary Lou Foltz, Jean and Ed Manley, Shirley Bellmon and Irylin Carter.
Home National Bank is raffling off two retired Beanie Babies to help raise money for the March of Dimes WalkAmerica campaign.
These two orphan babies are "Cubby" the Bear and "Lizzy" the Lizard, and they're both anxious to land in a loving home. These two cute and cuddly collectibles were generously donated by Brace Books and More.
Drawing for the raffle will be held Wednesday and winners will be notified the same day. Tickets for "Lizzy" and "Cubby" may be picked up at any of three Home National's locations, north branch at Fourteenth and Prospect, express bank at Second and Chestnut, or the downtown location at Second and Grand.
One ticket is available for a $1 donation, or six tickets for a $5 donation. All money raised will go to the March of Dimes and the donation for the tickets is tax deductible.
Have you experienced heart problems? Have you been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or suffered heart trauma? Are you interested in learning more about cardiovascular disease? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then "Heart-to-Heart" is for you.
"Heart-to-Heart," a cardiac rehabilitation support group, is an outreach program for education and information sharing with patients, family and friends. Each month, there is an invited speaker who shares information related to cardiovascular disease, risk factors, lifestyle changes or general health information.
Meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Conference Room "C". The topic for Monday, is Nutrition. Mary Callison, MS, RD, LD, will discuss food labeling and how to recognize misleading claims. She will share information about altering recipes to take out added fat.
Heart attack and stroke continue to take lives at a greater rate than any other cause. Every 33 seconds someone dies of cardiovascular disease. So act now, and learn how you can protect yourself.
For more information, call Janet White, SJRMC Wellness Coordinator, at 765-0594.
Radio station KLVV has had 100 Beanie Babies donated to them from Country Sampler Gifts in Stillwater. KLVV will give away the majority of these Beanie Babies through on-air giveaways. They will also conduct an auction of six of the hard to find Princess Beanie Babies to help raise funds for their second listener-supported radio station. Station Manager Doyle Brewer said, "We are so thankful to Kathy Ireland and Country Sampler for their great donation. We know children all around our listening area are excited about Beanie Babies and will want to try to win a free one."
To aid with raising funds for the non-profit radio station, Country Sampler Gifts has also donated six of the very rare Princess Beanie Babies for KLVV to auction. KLVV is specifically raising money for their expansion fund which will help in the startup of their second radio station for the area. Bidding has already started and will continue through June 1 when the final offers will be taken round 5:30 p.m. Those who would like to bid can call KLVV at 767-1400 or 1-800-FAITH 898 between 10 and 6 weekdays. Brewer added, "We hope many people in the area will jump at the chance to support KLVV and have a great collectible."
Giveaways of various Beanie Babies, including some retired ones, will take place weekdays from May 4 to June 1. Listeners will be asked to be the fifth caller to win the Beanie Baby. Times to listen include weekdays 7 to 8 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. and Monday through Thursday nights at 9:15. KLVV is heard on 88.7 FM in Northern Oklahoma and Southern Kansas, 98.3 FM in Enid, 106.7 in Stillwater and 97.3 FM in Guthrie.
Mother's Day is May 10. If you would like some ideas on what to get your mother to help her look her best, Tuesday, from 5 to 6 p.m. Full Image (from head to toe) Consultants Vicki Lessert and Judy McClung will be at KLVV 88.7 FM to take phone calls regarding fashion and makeup.
The phone number is 767-1400. All calls are confidential and not aired.
KLVV is a non-profit Christian radio station that is broadcasting on 88.7 FM Ponca City, 98.3 FM Enid, 106.7 FM Stillwater, and 97.3 FM Guthrie.
May is Mental Health Month, and holds even greater significance than usual for the Edwin Fair Clinic in Ponca City, as it celebrates its 40th anniversary here.
During the month the clinic has planned many activities in its five-county catchment area which includes Kay, Noble, Payne, Osage and Pawnee counties.
The public is invited to a celebration on the lawn of the clinic Friday, May 29 and included will be the KPNC Mobile Unit, lawn games, free hot dogs, popcorn, soda pop, etc. There will be something for everyone, it was noted, and more information will be forthcoming.
The clinic will be offering free coffee and cookies throughout the month to both its employees and visitors to the clinic. The employees will celebrate, as well, during the month with interagency luncheons.
T-shirts have been provided by the clinic to the employees, which they will be wearing throughout the month in celebration of the anniversary.
More concerning this special anniversary will be published throughout the month. For more information, call 762-7561 Monday through Friday.
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center was honored at the Public Health Excellence Awards April 17 at the Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City.
The hospital received the "Program by Corporation" award for the initiation of fire safety awareness and prevention efforts in the greater Ponca City and Kay County areas. Accepting the award for SJRMC was VP of Mission Services Mary Kay Liston, CSJ. Others from Ponca City attended, as well, including Fire Chief Larry Mullikin.
"We provided information through the schools and the newspaper for families of grade school children to submit their names if they had a working smoke detector in the home and conducted a family discussion about escape routes in the event of fire," Liston said. "When the names were drawn, the local fire department and SJRMC's Public Relations Director went to the homes. If the above conditions were apparent, the families whose names were drawn won one of three prizes: a weekend trip to Oklahoma City, Tulsa, or Branson, Mo."
Nine other organizations and individuals from across the state were honored at the annual banquet. The award is presented by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's College of Public Health.
SJRMC President and CEO Garry England deserves much of the credit for the program. Prior to the start of the program, England said: "In the health care profession, we see the results of fire and smoke in the human toll through burns or smoke inhalation. If our promotion will encourage families to either install smoke detectors for the first time or to check their smoke detector to ensure proper working order, it will be a success. Our goal is to have zero burns and smoke-related injuries or deaths."
More than 800 families participated in SJRMC's fire safety program.
Ginger Skaggs, daughter of Mickey and Maria Skaggs of Ponca City, has been selected a finalist in the 1998 Oklahoma National Teen-Ager Scholarship Program to be held at Oklahoma City University May 15-16. The Oklahoma National Teenager Program is the Official State Finals to the 27th annual National Teen-Ager Program to be held at Opryland on July 25-August 1.
Judging is based on scholastic achievement, leadership, communication and overall appearance. Focus is on the complete individual. Ginger plans to perform Concerto No. 3 in B minor by Georg Goltermann on her cello.
Miss Skaggs is active in the Senior High String and Symphony Orchestra, Foreign Language Club, Student Council and the U.S. Achievement Academy. She is president of the Senior High School Orchestra and president of Youth Alive.
She has received recognition for Pioneer Rotary Students, TEAMS Math Competition, National Honor Society, Who's Who Among American High Schools, Junior Kiwanian, Singled Out Student, North Central Honors Orchestra, and Spirit of the Orchestra. She has received academic letters and has been on the Superintendent's Honor Roll for four years. She will graduate in May with a 4.5 grade point average.
Besides her high school activities, Ginger is active in the Ponca City Area Chamber Orchestra, a member of First United Methodist Church, a member of Vesper Chapel Choir, Ann Yeary Hand Bell Choir, WOW Bible Study and Youth Fellowship. She also serves as a volunteer for Red Cross.
She has received a Bishop Scholarship to Oklahoma City University where she plans on majoring in Ministry.
Sponsors for the Oklahoma National Teen-Ager Scholarship Program are Bill and Helen Skaggs, Braudrick Printery, First United Methodist Church and Kenneth Holmes.
The Ponca Playhouse season finale, "To Kill A Mockingbird," will open on Friday at the Poncan Theatre. Production dates are May 8, 9, 10, 15 and 16.
This American classic by Christopher Sergel is an outstanding stage adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Jeri Seefeldt of Stillwater is the director and has worked extensively with Stillwater's Town and Gown Theatre.
The play takes place in Maycomb, Ala., in 1935. Not much of a town remains due to The Depression taking its toll, but there are still many lessons to be learned when the town is confronted with a shocking rape trial. A black man, Tom Robinson (Tom Arthur), stands accused, and issues of race and fair treatment under the law are also on trial.
Atticus Finch (Brian Hermanson) is the lawyer for the defense who must maintain his principles even as the town seems to rise up against him. His children, Scout (Charlcy Hermanson) and Jem (Chase Kelly), along with their constant companion, Dill (Gage Rupert) learn quickly that their beloved town is not as it seems.
The town is filled with the well intentioned and the not-so-well intentioned. Other characters include Calpurnia (Shawna Rolland), Miss Stephanie (Sue Fleck), Mrs. Dubose (Bayard Casey), Miss Maudie (Linda Cowley), Reverend Sykes (Ivery Allen), Judge Taylor (John Raley), Sheriff Tate (Bobby Holroyd), Boo Radley (Gary Owen), Mayella (Kate Emig), Bob Ewell (David May), Mr. Cunningham (Royce Caldron) and Mr. Gilmer (Eric Barley).
The production staff for "To Kill A Mockingbird" is comprised of Cynthia DeMarco, producer; Brian Harpster, co-producer; Jim Scott, stage manager; Dave Guinn, assistant stage manager and light design; Jose Cervantes, set construction; Ruslyn Hermanson, set dressing; Chris Rupert, costumes; Carey Emig, props.
Tickets are now available for "To Kill A Mockingbird" at the Ponca Playhouse box office, 301 South First Street, 765-5360, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets are also available at the door prior to all performances. All performances begin at 8 p.m. except the 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Reservations are recommended for best seating.
The Kay County Bar Association, corporate sponsor, and the Oklahoma Arts Council sponsors "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Hundreds of Christians in the Ponca City area are expected to join millions of believers around the world in the annual "March for Jesus" on May 30. Nationwide, hundreds of cities have registered their Marches, which uplift the name of Jesus in song, prayer and praise, national March organizers said.
"The event is a celebration, not a protest march," local March organizer Jeannette Sroufe said. "It does not represent denominational or political issues. The purpose is simply to proclaim Jesus before heaven and earth."
The gathering starts at 10 a.m. at First Church of God, West Grand and Peachtree Street, and will end at shady Garfield Park. More than 20 area congregations will be involved in the city's fourth March for Jesus, which is an interdenominational event. KLVV Love 88.7, the area Christian radio station, will once again broadcast the march music from 10 until 11 a.m.
"The March for Jesus is a call for Christians to unite and take the joy of knowing Jesus beyond the church walls and into the streets with praise and prayer," Sroufe continued. "We want to re-introduce the real Church, the Body of Jesus Christ - a joyful company of people, full of life, color and diversity, with a relevant message for today's world."
Organizers said the March for Jesus movement began in London, England in 1987 through Icthus Christian Fellowship with a March of 15,000. The simple vision of the March caused it to quickly spread throughout the world. The 1997 Global March for Jesus linked together one million Christians in 700 cities, while around the world, 6 million marched for Jesus in 100 nations.
Local churches are urged to bring banners exalting Jesus, and officials noted that there will be easy-to-learn songs for marchers. T-shirts and songbooks/prayerscripts are again available through the Master's Touch Christian Bookstore. Included in the '98 songbook is a 10 day prayer countdown that will have a vital effect on the global and local march.
March organizers are holding a church information meeting, open to all who are interested, on Tuesday, May 5, at Ponca City First Church of God, 7 p.m.
Local youth pastor and March organizer Ronnie Wilson invites all youth and youth groups to a youth rally sponsored by March for Jesus, May 29 at Ponca City Second Baptist Church from 6 to 9 p.m.
Volunteer training sessions will be held for all who would like to help make this a great day for all participants at Ponca City Foursquare Church, 700 West Broadway, on May 9, 16 and 23, 10 a.m. Also available for all who enjoy praising the Lord will be a city wide choir led by local praise leader Deb Herron. Watch for further details in The News and from KLVV 88.7. For information, contact March organizer at 765-4982.
Dr. Carmelina DeLapaz will be honored May 9, 1998 with a traditional Indian dance and dinner at the Ponca Cultural Center in White Eagle. The event is being given to celebrate and honor her for her 24 years of service as a Captain in the United States Public Health Service.
The event is being sponsored by the staff at the White Eagle Indian Health Center, by the Ponca Tribe, and by various Ponca and Otoe Tribal organizations.
Dr. DeLapaz, born in the Philippines, came to the United States to complete her medical training. Early in her career, she met and married Dr. Ben DeLapaz with whom she has worked during her entire medical career. The Drs. DeLapaz began their medical tenure at the Pawnee Indian Hospital where they practiced for two years. When the Pawnee Indian Hospital was closed in 1976 they started holding clinics at White Eagle along with a small staff consisting of one pharmacist, one medical technician and one nurse. Later the White Eagle Indian Health Center was completed and the staff moved there.
Dr. Carmen has served for 24 years in this capacity. During this time she has treated most of the Native American population residing in this area. Her friends agree she has a love for people, and patients sense her caring attitude and have great affection for her as well as respect and confidence in her ability as a physician. Patients frequently ask what will happen when Dr. Carmen is no longer there to treat them.
Dr. Carmen has received honors for her outstanding work in the Indian Health Service - she is certified in the area of Family Practice.
Her favorite hobbies are her family which consists of three children - Dennis, who is with a Dallas architectural firm; Emmelin and her husband, Cink Ozdemir who live in Chicago where Emmelin is employed by United Airlines; Anna and her husband, Ray Patriarca and their two children, Christina, two, and Baby Ben, age two months, who reside in Michigan. Anna is a neonatology nurse, presently using her skills as a mother. Dr. Carmen also has a sister who resides in Ponca City , and another sister in the Philippines.
This will be a first for the White Eagle Community - bestowing such a high honor on a woman who is not Ponca, but who has shared her life so closely with the Ponca people. Folks expect it to be a day of joy, mixed with a little sadness as patients she has served bid her farewell as she ends her medical career and begins a new career doing what she enjoys most: spending time with her family.
The staff for the dance will include: Maynard Hinman, emcee; Louella Kaulaity Patterson, head lady dancer; Ronnie Good Eagle, head gourd dancer; James Norris, head man dancer; Kirby Kemble, head singer and Kirby Feathers, arena director. Co-hosts for the occasion will be the Ponca Senior Citizens Wah-hun-thinga and the Red Rock Gourd Clan. Cooks will be Mr. and Mrs. Bronson Roughface.
Gourd dancing will begin at 2 p.m. Supper will be served from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. War dancing will follow at 7:30 p.m.
All friends and patients of Drs. DeLapaz are invited to the festivities. They are asked to bring chairs and dishes.
Arts and crafts are invited to set up booths. There will be interesting door prizes and other drawings.
For information call Velma Kemble at 765-2501 and after 5 p.m. 765-2007. Velma has been coordinator for the event and will be happy to assist those who inquire.
The Ponca City Art Association is offering a 3-Dimensional Cartoons class starting Wednesday, 3:30-5 p.m., and running through May 27.
Making their own action figure cartoon characters, students will explore the world of sculpture and the elements of the human form such as balance and skeletal structure as they proceed in taking their cartoon character "off the page" and into a three dimensional figure. Materials used will be wood, modeling clay and paint to achieve the desired effect.
Classes are at the Ponca City Art Center, 819 East Central. The cost of the class is $35 and open to students seven years and older. For additional information, call 765-9746.
A photographic collection of Oklahoma jazz legends opens today at the Marland Mansion. The exhibit focuses on musicians who were instrumental in creating the art form that became known as "jazz." The Mansion will host the exhibit through most of the month of May, and it is sponsored by the Ponca City Arts and Humanities Council, the Oklahoma Arts Council, the Oklahoma Museums Association, and by Conoco.
The exhibit includes a narrative with photographs that trace the Oklahoma blues and jazz lineage from Count Basie to Yale native Chet Baker. Among legendary jazzmen who staged their early careers in Oklahoma are Jimmy Rushing, Charlie Christian, Lester Young, Earl Bostic, Oscar Pettiford, Don Byas, Jay McShann, Barney Kessel, Eddie Durham and Walter Page.
The collection was inspired by Oklahoma Senator Maxine Horner, founder of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. This exhibit is part of the permanent collection of the Greenwood Cultural Center, and it appears at the Marland Mansion in connection with the "Oil Boom Celebration."
According to Senator Horner, several jazz artists "began their careers on Oklahoma City's Second Street, called "Deep Duce," and on Tulsa's Greenwood Street, called "The Black Wall Street of America." Several went on to expand their reputations in Kansas City, one of the major jazz centers in the world. These men "were pioneers who created the musical icon jazz," according to Senator Horner. "These jazz artists are Oklahoma jewels and one of the nation's best kept secrets," she says.
For more information about the exhibit, patrons may call the Marland Mansion at 580-767-0420.
Visual Art displays will be among several areas of interest at the Garfield Academy Fine Arts Showcase scheduled for 6 p.m. May 11.
Also featured will be a brief performance by the orchestra, vocal selections by the primary grades, and choreographed numbers by Dance Tree students. A special focus of the evening will be an adapted presentation of William Shakespeare's "Midsummer Nights Dream," given by members of the fifth grade class.
Visual Art at Garfield Academy is taught by Leneta Going, who makes every effort to integrate visual art into the traditionally recognized core classes. Art is considered an essential part of a well-rounded curriculum. Gardner's multiple intelligences are a focus in developing all curriculum at Garfield Academy. Ms. Going says, "My goal is that all students actively participate in projects, with an emphasis on exploring mediums in a creative approach."
Applications are being accepted to Garfield Academy for the 1998-99 school year through May 8. Interested parents may call the school office at 767-8030 to receive applications. Any student who will be in grades one through five next year is eligible to apply.
In keeping with Be Kind to Animals Week, May 3-9, the Ponca City Humane Society is hosting a blessing of the animals at 10 a.m. Saturday and a dedication of its new cattery at 11 a.m.
The Rev. Michalicka of St. Mary's Catholic Church will officiate at the blessing of the animals ceremony. The gates will open at IO a.m. and the blessing will begin after participants are assembled in the Ponca City Humane Society outdoor exercise yard, 900 West Prospect. All animals coming to the event must be leashed or secured in pet carriers - for everyone's safety, including the pets.
Due to the limited parking at the Humane Society itself, parking is on the rodeo grounds and pets are to be walked directly to the fenced exercise area on the south side of the shelter. Pets are not allowed in the shelter office.
At 11 a.m. there will be a brief official dedication ceremony for the opening of the shelters new cattery. This new cattery presently contains nine cages and 19 cats and has been donated by the late Judy Elliott, who envisioned cats being completely separated from the dogs and having viewing access to the outside - now a reality.
Following the ceremony the public is invited to view the entire facility. Refreshments will be served and board members will be on hand to answer questions. Children's artwork from the Be Kind to Animals Week coloring page and poster contest will be on display. The winning entries will be clearly identified.
Hundreds of entries were submitted recently by local elementary children for the coloring page and poster contest sponsored by the Ponca City Humane Society. The contest was held in celebration of "Be Kind to Animals Week" May 3-9.
The poster contest was divided into two age groups - grades 1-3 and grades 4-6. Almost 200 kindergarten and developmental first grade students submitted coloring pages. This year's contest was judged by Ponca City Humane Society board members, Sheila Kirkpatrick and Thomasine Weakly.
A tie for first place in the coloring contest was awarded to Avery Owens, Mrs. Hinton's PM-K class, and Kelsey Hill, Mrs. Shafer's developmental 1st grade class. Each of the winners in the coloring contest will receive a beanie baby and a poster of their winning entries.
In the poster contest another tie for first place was awarded to Lacie Dummer in Mrs. Orr's 1st grade class at Washington and Kenet Morgan in Mrs. Dale's 3rd grade class at Garfield. Each will receive their winning entry imprinted on a T-shirt.
This year there were no entries received in the grade 4-6 group.
Many of the finalist's coloring pages and posters will be on exhibit at the Ponca City Humane Society office, 900 West Prospect, during normal business hours during "Be Kind to Animals Week" celebration.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie (Avis) Hauser, 409 North Twelfth, and Fannie Driesel, 2322 Rice, have returned from Ada where they attended funeral services for their granddaughter, Donna Callison and their two great-grandchildren, Taylor, 9 and Cale, 4.
The Callison family was found in their car Monday morning by the husband
and father, Roger Callison. The car had apparently skidded off the highway
into the creek in heavy rain late Sunday.
DEATHS
Vernon Dean Morris, Ponca City resident, died Friday, May 1, 1998, at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 59.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Word of Life Christian Center with the Rev. Bob Innis officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery, Winfield, Kan., under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.
Born March 25, 1939, at Slapout, he was the son of Roy E. and Thelma Marie Alliston Morris. He attended schools at Laverne, graduating from Laverne High School in 1959.
On August 29, 1962, he and the former Barbara Lee Smith were married at Buffalo where they made their first home. Morris was employed as a truck driver with Earl Bray Trucking, Conoco, and Groendyke before joining Durfee Door. He was then employed by Cannon Chevrolet before retiring due to ill health in 1980.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, spending time with his family, and helping his neighbors.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, of the home; three daughters, Stephanie Jean Pattern and Melanie Elene Anderson, both of Ponca City, and Shelly Lee McCoy of Wichita; nine grandchildren; one sister, Bessie Smith of Laverne; and his mother, Marie Morris, also of Laverne.
Casket bearers will be Claude Riggins, Orval Riggins, Clifford Lewis, Tom Henley, Clarence Swopes, and Rocky Austin.
Memorials may be made to the Word of Life Christian Center, 3401 N. Union, Ponca City, OK 75601.
The family will be at the home at 330 South Sunset.
Gladys Cobb, longtime Ponca City resident, died Friday morning, May 1, 1998, at the Westminster Village Retirement Center. She was 86.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the First Baptist Church Chapel with the Revs. Hance Dilbeck, pastor, and Larry Heslip, minister of education, officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Trout Funeral Home.
Casket bearers will be her grandsons Bryan Cobb, Jeff Randel, David Cobb, Jason Cobb, Tim Custer, Quinton Wood and Cameron Wood. Honorary casket bearers will be the Senior Adult Sunday School Class.
Gladys Cobb was born June 11, 1911, in Waynoka to William and Martha A. (Myers) Adams. She graduated from Waynoka High School.
On September 6, 1930, she married R.W. Cobb in Waynoka. In 1934 the couple moved to Ponca City. Her hobbies included oil painting, playing the piano, caring for her many animals and serving in her church where she had played the piano on numerous occasions for more than 50 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Mi-Ju-Ve Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, R.W. Cobb, and one brother, Claude Adams.
Survivors include one daughter, Marilyn Randel of Ponca City; two sons, Max Cobb of Cleveland and Mike Cobb of Cedar Hills, Texas; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, 218 S. 6th, Ponca City, OK 74601.
Zechariah Lock
Zechariah Matthew Lock, infant son of Matthew Lock and Michelle (O'Neill) Lock, died Thursday, April 30, 1998, at Children's Hospital, Oklahoma City.
Graveside services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 4, 1998, at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.
Zechariah is survived by his parents, Matthew and Michelle; one sister, Tyree; paternal grandparents, DeWayne and Rhonda Lock of Hutchinson, Kan.; and maternal grandparents, Robert and Dixie Weers of Ponca City.
Mary K. Davis, longtime Ponca City resident, died Saturday morning, May 2, 1998, at her home. She was 70.
Arrangements are pending with the Trout Funeral Home and will be announced later.
Local survivors include two daughters, Joy Sanders and Cathy Payne.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 N. Union, Ste. 103, Ponca City, OK 74601.
Margaret Ellis, 717 Dalewood, died Saturday noon at her home after an extended illness. She was 81.
Survivors include her husband, Marion, of the home.
Services are pending with the Trout Funeral Home.
Carol L. Hyde, former resident of Ponca City, died Friday evening, May 1, 1998, at her home in Bartlesville. She was 63. Survivors include a son, Joel Hyde, of Ponca City. Arrangements are pending with Grace Memorial Chapel.
Sunday
Oliver Howe Jr. - Funeral to be at 2 p.m. at Ponca Indian Baptist Church.
The traditional Indian feast to be held at noon. Burial will be at the Ponca
Indian Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.
NEWS BRIEFS
DUI School - State Certified DUI School and assessments are being offered midweek and weekends by Bridgeway, Inc., Kay County's local non-profit organization. The next under-21 school is scheduled Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday, May 21, starting at 5 p.m. A 24-hour DUI school is being offered. Call 762-1462 for reservations and information.
Cattery Dedication - The Ponca City Humane Society will dedicate its new cattery 11 a.m. Saturday. There will be a brief dedication ceremony followed by an open house. RSVP by Wednesday at 767-8877.
Aleutian Islands Vets - Aleutian Islands military veterans 4th annual nation-wide reunion June 23, 24, 25 will be in Gatlinburg, Tenn. All veterans and spouses welcome. Videos taken by veterans revisiting the Aleutian Islands 50 or more years after World War II will be shared. Send self-addressed, stamped envelope to Al King, P.O. Box 130327, Sunrise, Fla. 33313 for information and registration blank, if at all possible, no later than May 23.
Tonkawa Tribal Meeting - Pursuant to Article III, Section 2, Special Meetings, of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, a Tonkawa Tribal Council special meeting is called and will convene 7 p.m. Thursday in the Tonkawa Tribal Cultural Center at Fort Oakland.
American Family Support - The American Family Support Group will meet 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the Ponca City Library Board Room. The topic will be Child Welfare Services and child abuse.
Cemetery Meeting - The Longwood Cemetery general meeting will be held Tuesday at the Longwood Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m.
Funeral Detail - American Legion Post 38 members are requested to be in attendance at the Oliver Howe Jr. funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Ponca Indian Baptist Church with burial in Ponca Indian Cemetery. Howe, a 22-year-veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, will be accorded full military honors by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. Commander Delbert Cole requests legion members wear customary attire.
Buffalo Post Meeting - The American Legion Post 38 Ponca Indian Buffalo Post, will have a regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Ponca Tribal Cultural Center Office 108, The Poncan Indian Veterans Affairs Office. Agenda items for Tuesday include the upcoming armed forces day dance and memberships. Auxiliary and persons interested in veterans affairs are invited. Refreshments will be served.
U.S.S. Ranger Reunion - U.S.S. Ranger (CVA/CV-61) will hold its eleventh annual reunion of all hands (ship's company) including all detachments and air groups July 2-4 in Seattle, Wash. For information call (201) 798-3599 or write to U.S.S. Ranger (CVA/CV-61) Reunion Association, Inc., Teddy Pathroff (Retention-Recruiter), 39 Carlton Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07307-3807.
Chilocco Alumni Reunion - The Chilocco National Alumni Association will hold its annual reunion June 11-14 at the Radisson Inn, I-40 and Meridian in Oklahoma City. All Chilocco alumni are invited and encouraged to attend. For additional information, contact Fred Underwood, Rt. 1 Box 248-B, Wynnewood, OK 73098.
Vehicle Vandalism - Three reports of vehicle tires being slashed were received between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. Friday, one from a resident in the 1500 block of South Seventh Street, one from 1200 block of South Fifth Street and one from the 500 block of South Ash Street.
Attempted Theft - At 7:04 a.m. Friday a resident in the 300 block of South Osage Street called police to report vandalism to their vehicle. An officer was assigned and an attempted auto theft report was taken.
Injury Accident - An ambulance was called to the scene of an auto accident at East Albany Avenue and North Fifth Street at 7:47 a.m. Friday. However, no one was taken to the hospital.
Vehicle Vandalism - At 10:39 a.m. Friday a resident in the 200 block of South Osage Street reported vandalism to their vehicle. A report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 56-year-old man at 11:07 a.m. Friday on a city warrant for failure to obey.
Accident - One person was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center at 11:30 a.m. Friday after receiving injuries in an accident at North Fourth Street and East Chestnut Avenue.
Arrest - A 20-year-old man was arrested at 12:45 p.m. Friday from First Street and Grand Avenue for carrying a concealed weapon.
Tires Slashed - At 1:04 p.m. Friday a woman in the 500 block of South Fifth Street advised police that the tires of her vehicle had been slashed. A report was taken.
Missing Money - A woman in the 1000 block of North Pine Street notified police at 2:22 p.m. Friday that money was missing from her wallet. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 19-year-old woman at 5:19 p.m. Friday from Wal-Mart, 1101 East Prospect Avenue, for petit larceny.
Arrest - A 42-year-old woman was arrested at 5:33 p.m. Friday on a Kay County warrant for obtaining cash or merchandise by bogus check.
Stolen Bike - At 5:55 p.m. Friday police were notified that a bike had been stolen from the 900 block of North First Street. A report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 39-year-old man at 6:27 p.m. Friday from the 1200 block of North Oak Street on a Kay County warrant for obtaining cash or merchandise with a bogus check.
Arrest - A 35-year-old man was arrested at 6:53 p.m. Friday from the 100 block of West Oklahoma Avenue for assault on an officer, resisting arrest, two counts of destruction of city and private property and public intoxication.
Bike Stolen - At 7:09 p.m. Friday police were notified of a bike stolen from Union School. A report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 27-year-old man at 8:49 p.m. Friday on a Kay County warrant for a bogus check.
Arrest - A 25-year-old man was arrested at 11:18 p.m. Friday from the 700 block of North Fourteenth Street for resisting arrest and pubic intoxication.
Arrest - Police arrested a 30-year-old man from the 700 block of North Fourteenth Street for assault with a dangerous weapon.
Assault - At 12 a.m. Friday a woman called police to report that she had been assaulted in the 2600 block of North Fifth Street. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 29-year-old man from East Roosevelt Avenue and North Fifth Street for driving under the influence and failure to obey a traffic signal.
Arrest - A 19-year-old man was arrested at 2:18 a.m. Saturday from East Chestnut Avenue and North Seventh Street for possession of drug paraphernalia, left of center, expired tag and under 21-year-old in possession of alcohol.
Arrest - Police arrested a 20-year-old woman at 2:34 a.m. Saturday from the 100 block of South Pine Street for domestic assault and battery, assault and battery on an officer and resisting arrest.
Arrest - At 2:49 a.m. Saturday police arrested a 22-year-old man for
domestic assault and battery.
LIFESTYLES
New officers for the Twentieth Century Club will be installed when the group meets May 8 at 1 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W. E. Kirkpatrick for an installation tea. Members of the Social committee will assist with hostess duties.
New officers are Mrs. Ralph Beaty, president; Mrs. Thomas Carter, vice-president; Mrs. Ted Matson, Recording secretary; Mrs. Dick Parker, Corresponding secretary; Mrs. Dick Pitts, treasurer; Mrs. Don Stephens, historian; Mrs. Gerald Nield, auditor and Mrs. A. P. Whipple, parliamentarian.
The program "Why Volunteer" will be presented by Ruslyn Hermanson. Greeters will be Mrs. Larry Stephenson, Mrs. John Warren and Mrs. William Wetzel.
A surprise reception and dance honoring Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Janda, Route 5, Box 915, Kildare, is planned for Saturday, May 9 at the Moose Lodge, 500 West Prospect, Ponca City. An open invitation is extended to friends and family to attend the 7:30 p.m.- midnight surprise event. The occasion is the couple's 35th wedding anniversary.
Hosts will be their children, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Janda, Chris Janda and Lisa Free. The honorees have two granddaughters: Braeley Janda and Jessica Free.
Marvin Janda and the former Karen Eitzmann were united in marriage May 11, 1963 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Newkirk. Janda retired from Conoco in 1993 and Mrs. Janda, a homemaker, drove a school bus for the Kildare School for 11 years.
Pioneer Woman Museum Exhibit Work Progressing
By LOUISE ABERCROMBIE
News Staff Writer
The Pioneer Woman Museum is well named as a lot of "pioneering" is taking place in the process of developing quality exhibits. This is why it will take another few months before the museum is open, although many of the artifacts have been moved to the new and improved museum, according to Oklahoma Historical Society officials.
The new permanent exhibits will be unique - featuring women pioneering in different walks of life. The Ponca City museum is to be of national significance as it will be the first museum in the United States in this century devoted to women and their endeavors.
Kathy Dickson, Museums Division Director for OHS, recently answered questions about the delays in getting the museum up and going.
The delays included a rebid and the weather; but the most recent stumbling block was a slight wait to secure funds for building quality exhibits and to finish existing contracts, she said. However, the funds are now available through grants and other means and outstanding exhibits telling the story of women's lives are in the works, Dickson said.
The OHS official noted that local contractor Guy LeMonnier "has been wonderful to work with and has done a good job." Construction is not holding up the opening of the museum, which was designed by Elliott and Associates of Oklahoma City. The same firm designed the successful OHS Route 66 Museum in Clinton.
September Opening Hopeful
Ms. Dickson noted that, nationally, most museums with 6,000 square feet or more take up to one or two years getting exhibits ready for display. The plan for the Pioneer Woman Museum is to be ready in four and a half months. Most of the exhibits will be done in-house with some outsourcing, which saves money, she said.
In addition to the permanent and temporary exhibits, the museum is to feature a gift shop that will carry a variety of crafts, including needlepoint and homemade quilts. The proceeds are to be used for expenses, including hiring additional staff.
Those who have contributed to the project have been extremely faithful in paying their pledges, Blake Wade, OHS executive, said here recently. He noted the community has been outstanding in fulfilling its pledges.
In order to finish the exhibits the Pioneer Woman Advisory Board is backing the funding needed to complete the displays. This loan is to be paid off with the pledges coming in this year and from income from the gift shop. Warren Jensen is chairman and Cheryl Fletcher is vice chairman.
According to Dickson moving a museum is much different than moving a household as everything has to be inventoried and cataloged. Although the focus of the museum is to be women-themed, much of the inventory is to be used in story line exhibits. These artifacts can also be used for education.
Design of the museum is such that a program room has been added for use for educational institutions and others to learn about the history of the area and other related subjects. This room will do double duty as an exhibit gallery.
Prior to the public grand opening in September an event is being planned for donors for a "sneak peek."
Staff Works in the Meantime
While the museum has been undergoing remodeling and enlargement, the museum staff has been busy.
"In 1996 museum staff and volunteers spent the year marking 4,000 artifacts in accordance with OHS standards. this included sewing marked twill tape on textiles and applying reversible labels on all other artifacts. Special packing was required for moving of many hundreds of fragile objects," explained Ammie Goss, Pioneer Woman Museum Attendant.
"After the move of all artifacts to Evans and Associates for storage, staff and volunteers spent 1997 filling out description worksheets, which are quite time consuming. Approximately 1,000 of the total 4,000 have been completed," reported Jan Prough, manager.
"Staff also researched Bryant Baker, the sculptor of the Pioneer Woman Statue, as well as the donor, E.W. Marland, for the archives and possible future exhibits," added Prough.
"An OHS exhibit team is overseeing construction and research for the new exhibits. Kathy Dickson, Museum Division Director, is in charge of exhibits and Dr. Dianna Everett has been hired and consultations made with architect Rand Elliott."
Moving of the artifacts and furnishings was accomplished with the help of the FFA Chapter at Ponca City High School under the direction of Jack Powers and Kevin Frazier.
Funds for enlarging and improving the museum were raised locally with David Mills chairing the effort. This amounted to $633,860 in private funds. Also, the Oklahoma Legislature provided $250,000 to OHS, which in turn, invested the money in the expansion of the project. OHS had a dual mission - to pay tribute to women pioneering in different endeavors and to increase tourism to Oklahoma and Ponca City.
The Pioneer Woman Statue has always been one of the main attractions in Oklahoma, drawing large numbers of visitors from across the nation and abroad.
Combined with the Marland Mansion, named the number one attraction in Oklahoma recently, and Standing Bear Memorial, the Pioneer Woman Statue and expanded museum adds another important enticement for visitors to come to Ponca City.
Also in the early planning stages is a grand opening that will do honor to Ponca City and Bryant Baker's world renown bronze statue of the Pioneer Woman. National and state participants are in the process of penciling in the grand opening on their schedules according to Celebration Committee Chairman Jayne Detten.
Jerrie Cobb
One of the permanent exhibits is to be about Ponca City's own aviatrix Jerrie Cobb, who was the first woman who studied to be an astronaut.
Cobb returned to Ponca City in 1986 to accept the Pioneer Woman Award presented at the Marland Mansion Renaissance Ball.
And speaking of Cobb - there is a move afoot to petition NASA to send her into space according to Ruth Lummis of Sun City Center, Fla., who is heading up the effort. NASA has agreed to reconsider sending Cobb into space, but needs to hear from more people requesting this action - especially from taxpayers.
Cobb struggled against the "no-women" barrier in the commercial pilot business. At age 18 she received her commercial license. From 1951 she was a charter pilot flying everything from B-17's to C-47's to Europe and Latin America for Fleetway, Inc.
In the 1950s and 1960s, as a test pilot for Oklahoma City-based Aero Design and Engineering, she set four world speed records in Aero Command planes - one for nonstop long distance, two for altitude and one for speed.
More Hours Than John Glenn
Because of her aviation expertise, in 1960, Jerrie was selected as NASA's first female astronaut trainee. By that time, she had logged over 10,000 flight hours, compared to John Glenn's 5,000, and Scott Carpenter's 1,900.
At the Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, N. M. she endured weeks of the same tests as the male astronaut-candidates. Experts rated Cobb in the top two percent in ability to adjust to the rigors of space flight.
Attending the Navy School of Aviation in Pensacola for pilot testing in the space program Cobb discovered that NASA had canceled all further testing of women. NASA recited a rule that all astronauts must be jet pilots, that women were not eligible for jet-pilot training programs, and that women could not be astronauts.
According to the women's group pushing for giving the 67- year-old Cobb a chance at being an astronaut to find out the effects of aging on women in space, John Glenn's educational requirements were waived and NASA refused to waive the jet-pilot requirement for women.
After a Congressional hearing in July 1962, NASA placed three women on its list of potential astronauts, but no women were selected for Project Mercury.
Cobb became a missionary pilot in 1964, ferrying food and medical supplies to indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, a job she continues to perform.
Cobb holds the Golden Wings of Federation Aeronautique Internationale. She was named Woman of the Year in Aviation in 1959 and National Pilot's Association Women of the Year in 1959. She possesses the Amelia Earhart Medal of the Ninety-Nines women pilots and association.
In 1976 she was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize for applying her aviation skills to improve life for her fellowman. Cobb was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1976 and into the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame in 1990.
Send Cards and Letters
Lummis says those interested in sending Cobb into space for the experiments are to write Daniel Goldin, Administrator, NASA, Washington, D.C. 20546 or Mrs. Hillary Clinton, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500. Mrs. Lummis says both Goldin and Clinton have expressed an interest in doing this.
KAW CITY - The Kaw City Museum finds eye-appeal in life's ordinary items from the past century (and earlier).
This could be called the Year of Major Reconstruction for the old museum, which started in the original town's old Railroad Depot. (The depot was transported to higher ground 20 years ago to make space for Kaw Lake.)
With the outside of the depot portion of the museum being remodeled, the community is scrambling to have their treasures ready for public viewing in time for Saturday's Mayfest. The museum's new addition is already ready for visitors.
This year, along with several scheduled attractions, the Mayfest will combine arts-and-crafts fairs on both sides of Highway 11, with the Kanza Museum also opening its doors for the event.
The annual Smorgasbord dinner for the Ponca City Area International Club was held April 23 in the Fellowship Hall at St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Spring flowers and pastel tablecloths made a festive spring setting for the dinner said a spokesperson. The invocation and welcome to the church was given by the Rev. Ed Coy Light. Piano music for the evening was provided by Jason Stilwell.
Dinner was provided by the members, many of whom brought dishes such as were served in their native country. Following dinner and dessert Lisa Rosetti, president, presided over a brief review of the past year's programs and the participation of the group in local philanthropic activities.
Program chairman Jannie Ross introduced the speaker for the evening, Charles Conaghan of Tonkawa. Conaghan is the civil defense director of Tonkawa for both the fire department and the ambulance service.
"A lifelong fascination with the unusual weather in Kay County" led him to pursue studies of weather and civil defense the speaker said. Conaghan told the group Kay County is the number 1 tornado area in Oklahoma. He also said this year's storms in the Eastern part of the United States have created a heightened interest in weather forecasts.
Emphasizing that good weather forecasting does not give information to scare but to give a warning so the listeners can do what they need to do to protect themselves, the speaker said "a tornado watch can be for several hours and means a tornado could occur in the area."
A tornado warning means for the listener to find out what area the warning is for and to take action immediately he said. Large hail is also possible during these storms and lightning is also a severe hazard. Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Wichita are radar stations for Kay County said Conaghan.
Newkirk School Reunion
Plans are being developed for a reunion of students who have attended St. Francis Catholic School in Newkirk. The reunion is planned for Labor Day weekend and anyone who has attended the school is invited to attend. For more information contact Liz (Wanko) Maupin, 580 362-2684; Helen (Wanko) Caughlin, 580 628-2998, or Leanna (Shinn) Adams, 580 762-0632.
Ponca Prairie Pleaters
The Ponca Prairie Pleater's Smocking Club will meet May 5 at 7 p.m. at the home of Shelley Harden, 3841 East Tower Road. Those attending and needing directions are asked to call 762-5380. Paula McDaniel will teach a class on duplicate stitch. For information about the organization call Cindy, 762-1289, or Cheryl, 762-9618.
Chapter FC
Chapter FC of PEO will meet May 6 at the home of Norma Casad. Co-hostesses are Mary Lois Nield and Janet Davis. The program is a report on the state convention.
Chapter EL
PEO Chapter EL will meet Wednesday at noon for dessert at the home of Rosalie Majors which is a location change from that previously announced. Nancy Severance and Lenore Mohler will assist. The state convention report will be given.
Fibromyalgia Group
Fibromyalgia Support Group meets on the First and Third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the parlor of the First Baptist Church. More information may be obtained by calling Vivian Cross, 765-8871; Lily Freeman, 762-9027; Martha Long, 762-5572. Velva Brewer will present the program about her "personal journey with Fibromyalgia."
Leisa Nicole and David Lee Armstrong of Oklahoma City announce the birth of a son at 6:11 a.m. April 23, 1998 at University Hospital in Oklahoma City. The baby weighed 5-pounds, 1-ounce and was 18 1/2-inches long. He has been named Kyle Allen Armstrong. His brother, Justin Lee Armstrong, is 4-years-old.
Maternal grandparents are Nicki and Jay Drager of Ponca City and Frank Barnard of Norman and paternal grandparents are Connie and Charles Armstrong of Coyle.
Maternal great-grandparents are Bob Creech, Jim and June Drager, all of Ponca City, the late Sue Creech and the late Juanita and Britt Barnard. Paternal great-grandparents are Marjorie Armstrong of Baraboo, Wis., Alice and Rinehard Held of Wisconsin.
Great-great-grandmothers are Mabel Creech of Ponca City and Ula Fish of Blackwell.
The Singles Network is a social and support organization for single adults who are divorced, widowed or never married. A monthly calendar is mailed to all members and dues are $10 per year. Members wish to emphasize that the group is not a dating service.
Interested persons may call Betty, 762-9776, or Dorothy, 765-1403, for more information. Plans for this week include the following.
Sunday, May 3, 6:30 p.m., Discussion group meeting of "Boundaries" at First Presbyterian Church. Go for a snack at 8 p.m.
Monday, May 4, 6 p.m., eat out at Perkins.
Tuesday, May 5, 8 p.m., Northern Oklahoma College Choir concert.
Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m., card party at Phil's. Bring snacks and call 765-4620 or 765-8381.
Friday, May 8. Movie night. Call Phil before 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 9. Day trip to Oklahoma City. Call Lenora, 767-1417, for information.
TOPS OK 308 Chapter members met Monday evening with Donna McCoy in charge of the meeting. Fern Black gave the devotion entitled "It Only Takes Once.: Ann McCool led the TOPS Pledge and Betty Flower led the KOPS Kreed.
Natalie McCoy called the roll and Betty Flower gave the weight report. Best loser was Joan Radabaugh and Betty Flower won the "Ha Ha" Pot. The program was given by Donna McCoy titled "Jump Start Your Week."
Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a non-profit organization whose members desire to lose or maintain weight. Members are encouraged to develop individual exercise programs and contests are used to encourage weight loss. Brief programs are presented each week. Weigh-in time is 6:15-6:55 p.m. For more information contact Betty Flower, 765-5448.
Editor's Note: information for this article was correlated by Kathy Adams and published by The News for those unfamiliar with the role of Marland in this community.
A display at the Marland Mansion depicts the life and times of oilman E. W. Marland. The following tells the history of Marland shown on the display as provided by the Marland Estate Executive Director Kathy Adams.
E.W. Marland was considered to be a maverick by many oilmen of his day. Others saw him as an innovative leader. He was the first to believe in geology as a tool to help discover oil, and his methods proved to be effective. His geology department launched an innovative drilling experiment - core drilling which became a major operation.
Marland brought the seismograph from Germany and had a two year jump on the industry in the use of this geophysical method of locating favorable structures.
Marland created an atmosphere of opportunity, loyalty and comfortable living at the Marland Oil Company. He was "E.W." to all employees, not "the boss" or an aloof chief executive of a great oil corporation.
Employee benefits offered at Marland Oil were at least 25 years ahead of their time. These included free medical and dental care, bonuses for discoveries, premiums for improvements and easy stock purchases.
He bought a bank, and then lent money to his employees at six percent, so they could afford to purchase a home. Then he built over 1,000 homes. The standard rates at other local banks were eight to 10 percent.
Built in 1918, the Marland Oil Refinery in Ponca City was considered one of the outstanding economic achievements in the Oklahoma oil industry. Labor requirements at the refinery caused the population of Ponca City to triple in only a few months.
The Marland Oil Company represented the model industrial plant in the United States at that time and was active in every phase of the oil business. The company explored for oil and opened new fields, produced, and transported oil. Also, Marland operated gas plants and refineries, manufactured gasoline and the whole array of retail petroleum products.
The company also marketed its gasoline and oils, produced and marketed natural gas, and maintained pipelines that carried oil as well as gas pipelines. The company shipped in its own tank cars, and by steamer, the products of the Marland Company all over the world.
Even in the early 20's, the Marland Oil Company encompassed a vast area, including the Marland refinery, the Marland office building, the 5,000,000 barrel storage tank farm, fields that produced the crude oil supply, and the Marland warehouses and loading racks capable of handling 100 rail cars of oil daily. Surrounding the entire complex were many landscape improvements, a striking contrast to the usual industrial enterprise.
The Marland Board Room, completed in 1928 at a cost of $50,000, was the work of architect John Duncan Forsythe, who also designed the Marland Mansion. E.W.'s favorite part of the room was the ornamental English limewood carvings over the fireplace: implements of the oil industry in the 1920's and flowers of the southwest.
The exploration and production activities of Marland Oil extended into Texas, Colorado, California, Mexico, Central America and South America. The sign of the red triangle became familiar in America and became known abroad.
Everything E.W. Marland did he invested with beauty and symmetry according to onlookers. All Marland filling stations were alike, in the shape of a triangle synonymous with the Marland Oil logo. Each was landscaped and surrounded by flowers. By 1927 there were 550 Marland Oil service stations in 11 states.
"I have slept in the derrick of many a discovery well - gone for a week at a time without even taking my boots off, wet to the skin in freezing weather - meals out of a dinner pail - and loved it for the excitement it gave and the sense of satisfaction that came from tapping a treasure house of nature, filled with liquid gold," E.W. Marland said.
Ernest W. Marland, President of the Marland Oil Company, had vast oil holdings that made him one of the dominate figures in the petroleum industry of America, and probably the largest independent producer and refiner in the world. He accumulated a personal fortune of more than $30,000,000. Over a 10-year period, he paid income taxes totaling $3,600,000 - an average of $1,000 a day.
Marland's first Oklahoma well, "Willie Cries for War," in 1911 opened up a new empire for production. The real oil development of central Oklahoma dates from the day when the well came in according to historical data.
Announcement has been made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Michelle Lea Overman and Jay Tripp. The wedding will be June 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist church in Blackwell. An open invitation is extended to all friends and relatives of the couple to attend the event.
Parents of the couple are Harlan and Karen Overman of Ponca City and Tonya Tripp of Braman. Grandparents are Ellis and Willa Mae Overman of Ponca City, Robert and Melba Irwin of Kildare, Lyle Tripp of Braman and the late Juanita Tripp. Great-grandmother is Fern Tripp of Braman.
Miss Overman is a 1996 graduate of Blackwell High School and is majoring in nursing at Northern Oklahoma College. Tripp is also a 1996 graduate of BHS and is majoring in agriculture at NOC.
Brenda Rath and Leon Kao plan to reside in Plano, Texas following their wedding May 16 at St. John's Catholic Church in Stillwater. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Clifford and Mary Rath of Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, former residents of Ponca City. Kao is the son of Dr. Shaw-Yi and Jeannie Kao of Chickasha. Grandparents of the bride-elect are Maurice and Darline Rath of Harvard, Neb., Frances Fischbach of Dundee, Ill. and the late Floyd Fischbach.
The affianced couple will graduate this month from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering for Miss Rath and a Mechanical Engineering degree for Kao.
Kristin Rae Kingsbury and Aaron Hoyt Mitchell are planning a May 30 wedding at the First United Methodist Church in Guthrie. A reception in their honor will be held at Harrison House. Announcement of their engagement and approaching marriage has been made by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Kingsbury, rural Shidler. Mitchell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mitchell of Yukon.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Shidler High School and received an associate degree from Northern Oklahoma College. She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor of science degree in education and is presently teaching English and Speech at Pawnee High School.
The prospective bridegroom graduated from Yukon High School and attended OSU where he was affiliated with Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is currently employed for Coca Cola in Stillwater and is a licensed private investigator.
Jeanne Marie Ellis and Jonathon Mitchell Fowler were married in an outdoor garden setting at the home of the bridegroom's parents on April 18. The couple exchanged rings in a 1 p.m. ceremony before the Rev. Larry Calvert of Ranch Drive Baptist Church.
The bride is the daughter of Harold and Ingeborg Ellis of Dallas, Texas and Gene and Iretta Love of Okmulgee. Parents of the bridegroom are Fred and Darlene Fowler of Ponca City.
The bride wore a satin tea length gown styled with an organza overlay on the skirt and a short-sleeved lace bodice. She carried a bouquet of white roses encircled with pink peonies, blue geraniums, white daisies, baby's breath and other spring flowers.
Jennifer Kneebone served as Maid of Honor. She was dressed in a long two-piece gown with a dusty blue bodice and a beige skirt accented with a blue floral pattern. She carried a bouquet of Spring flowers. Aaron Presley was the Best Man and serving as flower girl and ringbearer were Danni Berg and Zack Berg.
The reception was held at the Fowler home following the wedding. Decorations included arrangements of spring flowers in shades of pink and white accented with turquoise roses. The triple tiered wedding cake had lavender roses, white doves and Royal blue accents. The cake prepared for the bridegroom served also as a birthday cake for his grandmother, Donna Roach, and for the Rev. Mr. Calvert.
The bride is a 1988 graduate of Beggs High School and holds degrees in technical illustration and drafting from OSU in Okmulgee. The bridegroom, a graduate of Ponca City High School, attended Oklahoma State University where he majored in graphic design and computer graphics.
The newlywed couple resides in Tulsa where the bridegroom is a systems administrator for Total Resolutions and the bride is a draftsperson for Flynt and Kallenberger, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gladden observed their 50th wedding anniversary May 1. A celebration dinner, hosted by their three daughters and two sons-in-law, was held at the Golden Corral Saturday.
Bill Gladden and the former Haldane (Tommie) Presley were united in marriage May 1, 1948 at the Stilwell home of her sister and brother-in-law, the now deceased Maxine and Gerald Malcom.
The couple made their first home in Tulsa, moving later to Ponca City. They have resided at 853 North Lake for 35 years. Mr. Gladden was a self-employed barber, retiring in 1988 due to ill health. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars, First Christian Church Friendly Sunday School Class and is a lifetime member of the DAV. He is an avid bird hunter and trapshooter.
Mrs. Gladden was employed as a Comptometor Operator for J. C. Hamilton Company 1947-50. She was employed in retail sales at Dene's Stork Shop 1977-89 and retired from J. C. Penney retail sales where she was a Merchandiser for the Children's Department 1989-96. She has been active in all departments of Lincoln School PTA, Junior High and High School Band parent activities, has been a Stage Band parent and is a member of the Friendly Sunday School Class at First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ.
The honorees' children are Tammie and Mark Chambers, Nancy Gladden, Becky and David Balli. Grandchildren are Daniel Chambers, Matthew Chambers, London Balli and Luis Balli.
The engagement of Emily Dawn Moore and Danny Harold Hood is being announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Moore, 22 Orchard Lane. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Larry and Donna Hood of Willow.
The couple will be married May 16 in a 2 p.m. ceremony at Bennett Memorial Chapel in Stillwater with Monty Daffern, minister at the Stillwater Church of Christ, officiating.
The bride-to-be, a 1995 graduate of Ponca City High School, is a junior elementary education major at Oklahoma State University.
Hood is a 1992 graduate of Granite High School. He graduated from OSU in 1996 with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. He is currently employed at Conoco as a Computer Analyst.
Alpha Chi Omega Alumnae Chapter, Delta Lambda Delta, met at the home of Verna McKenzie in Braman on April 28 for a salad supper. Co-hostesses were Auretta Denton and Jan Sewell.
The business meeting was conducted by Julie Lawrence, president. She announced that she had received notification from National Headquarters that the chapter had reached the Star Roll of cumulative giving for the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation with their recent contribution. She also gave information on the candidates for the National Nominating Committee and the national officers that will be voted on at the convention this summer. Ms. Lawrence also reported that she had taken a bouquet of red carnations, the sorority flower, to Tammie Barham to celebrate the birth of her daughter.
Officer reports were given by Secretary Geri Nesbit, Panhellenic Representative Sandy Hudack and House Corporation Board Member Melinda Glasgow. Mrs. Hudack reported the rush information party will be held at the home of Sue Helton on May 16. Forms will be given to those attending and these forms must be returned and will then be given to area sorority representatives. All area Senior girls who plan to go through rush are invited to attend.
Sandy Hudack and Julie Lawrence, service project committee members, announced that they had delivered 14 Easter baskets and two large baskets filled with make-up, perfumes and personal items to the Domestic Violence Shelter.
Julie Lawrence installed the officers for the 1998-2000 term. New officers are Valorie Buss, president; Pauletta Beaty, vice president; Tammie Barham, secretary; Teri Nelson, treasurer.
The 50th National Convention will be held in Norfolk, Va. June 19-23. New president Valorie Buss will be the chapters delegate to the convention. Sandy Hudack, Province Alumnae Chairman for Oklahoma and Arkansas, will also be in attendance. The next meeting will be an officers meeting in May to plan the events for the coming year. Regular meetings will resume in September and reports of the National Convention will be given.
For the first time in many years the Artist Studio at the Marland Estate is gong to be open and used by artists, just as Marland pictured it would be, according to Kathy Adams, executive director.
During Oil Boom Day, the public can watch while local artists create, sculpt, paint, shape, draw and throw clay pots.
The Living Artists Society (LAS) of Ponca City will be at the Artist Studio on the grounds of the Marland Estate, as part of the Oil Boom Day celebration at the Marland Mansion on May 16.
At least eight artists will be conducting demonstrations, plus their art work will be on display and available for sale. All these artists will be showing throughout the day from 10 a.m., to 4 p.m.
Anna Adams and Jack Adams, Native American artists, will be demonstrating wheel thrown pottery and Ruth Loucks will be painting in water color. Bobby Holroyd will build a wood sculpture and Cindy Rasche will be creating a sculpture made from masonry materials.
Three artists, Donna Manning, Larri Ann Halbrook and Neo Kirby will each demonstrate their particular style of oil painting. Glenn Drake, a potter working in the traditional ways of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico, will use locally dug clay to "coil build" pottery. Guy Warren will be showing how he forms leather sculpture and Clyde Otipoby will be drawing portraits.
"The Living Artists Society is very excited to be a part of the first annual Oil Boom Day and to be able to work in the Artist Studio that Mr. Marland built for just this purpose," said Anna Adams, one of the participating artists.
Several other local artists, all LAS members, will have their work on display including Maxine Warren, Oralee Miller, Jason Stone, Donna Royse, Todd Heilman, Alison Warren, Clayton Keyes and Nora Sekine.
Organized last fall, the LAS was created to encourage and support artists and to contribute to the survival and prosperity of all the creative arts.
This is the first time in many years that the Artist Studio at the Marland Estate has been open to the public. Volunteers on the Marland Estate Commission have worked diligently to clean up the interior of the building in time for Oil Boom Day. Restoration work on the building will begin soon, so that the studio can be open full time, according to the executive director.
Volunteers are needed to deliver meals to the home bound participating in the Wheatheart Nutrition Project. For more information call 767-1620. Wheatheart Nutrition Menus for this week are as follows:
Monday, May 4: Hamburgers; oven fried potatoes; lettuce, pickle, tomato, onion; bun with butter; peanut butter cookies.
Tuesday, May 5: Baked ham; buttered carrots; broccoli rice casserole; dinner roll with butter; ice cream.
Wednesday, May 6: Frito chili pie; tossed salad with tomato; corn chips; cinnamon roll; chilled pineapple.
Thursday, May 7: McRibs; buttered mixed vegetables; Mexican coleslaw; bun with butter; oatmeal cake.
Friday, May 8: Fish crispies with tartar sauce; macaroni and cheese' fruit cup with citrus; buttered carrots; cornbread with butter; cookie.
The Evertons Genealogical workshop held April 4 at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse was attended by 73 people. John V. and Barbara Brixey Wylie presented the following topics: Note keeping, Vital records, Genealogical sources, Court records, and Emigration, Immigration, Migration and Naturalization. They also had computers on line so people could do some sample researching.
Pioneer Genealogical Society members served as hosts. Lunch and snacks were provided by Albright United Methodist Church. Pioneer Genealogical Society's next meeting will be at 7 p.m. May 4 at Albright United Methodist Church, 123 South Palm. A discussion will be held concerning the idea of making a medical genealogy.
The next workshop will be presented by Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe on July 25. It will be held at the Fourth Street clubhouse from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The YMCA is offering three traditional exercise formats with all classes taught by certified instructors who keep current with the latest trends in the fitness field said a spokesperson. A class may be joined at any time. For more information on times and fees contact the YMCA at 765-5417.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m. "Exercise to Music" is offered. This is a high-low impact aerobics class with a variety of music.
Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30 a.m. is a class called "Definitions." In this class the focus is on muscular strength and definition as well as endurance. The class also meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Cardio Step exercise class meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6:45 p.m. This is a traditional step aerobics class with a portion of the time devoted to muscular development.
Eldercare staff at the Kay County Health Department invites the public to a reception Friday, May 8, 2-4 p.m. at 1201 East Hartford. Guest speaker for the event will be state Sen. Paul Muegge.
Eldercare is for persons 60 years of age or older who reside in a county served by Eldercare. There is no fee for case management services. Persons interested in learning more about Eldercare are asked to attend the reception or contact the Kay County Health Department.
The fifth annual Ponca City Herb Festival is scheduled for June 6 at the Cann Memorial Gardens. The event will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
The festival is sponsored by the Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme Garden Club. Throughout the garden will be many booths selling crafts, herbal products, food and much more said a spokesperson.
More than 50 vendors will be there from several states displaying arts and crafts, herb plants, jewelry, herbal vinegars and oils, birdhouses, chocolates and sweets, handmade stoneware, hanging baskets, willow furniture, and food and drinks.
Demonstrations and free seminars will be held throughout the day in the Cann home and on the grounds with topics ranging from growing, drying and cooking with herbs, herbs for health, edible wild plants, herb vinegars, aromatherapy and potpourri. Plans for strolling musicians as well as horse and buggy rides are being worked on for this year's entertainment.
The proceeds earned by Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme Garden Club at this festival will be used to enhance the public gardens of Ponca City according to members. Ponca City Tourism Authority has assisted with the funding for advertising and other expenses.
For more information or to join Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme Garden Club, call Mary Anne Potter, 767-1957 or Helen Widner, 767-1076. A web site has been developed for the Ponca City Herb Festival. Those wishing to receive online information may call up the website address www.onlmieshops.com/herbfest. The site provides information to visitors as well as vendor forms.
Chapter 432 of The American Association of Retired Persons will have their May 5 meeting at 1 p.m. at the Wheatheart Nutrition Center on West Grand. The scheduled speaker will be from the staff of the County Attorney's office and will give tips on how Senior Citizens can avoid becoming the victims of telecommunications fraud.
HB2839 was killed by the Senate Judiciary Committee after it had passed the House by a 95-0 vote. AARP members will hear why the Senate didn't back the bill during the legislative report at the meeting.
Details of the next 55 Alive driving class will be covered and class time will be announced. There have been some administrative changes in AARP at the state level and these will also be discussed.
The American Association of Retired Persons membership is open to people over the age of fifty. Members are reminded to read the monthly publication and those planning to attend the National Convention in June should register soon.
Expanding on the good neighbor theme of World Day of Prayer, May Fellowship Day will be observed Friday, May 8 throughout the United States on the topic "Widening the Circle of Hospitality".
This is the second in the annual trio of worship services or "Celebrations" of Church Women United. In this community it will take place at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Hartford and Pecan, May 8 at 12:30 p.m., hostesses for the service. Luncheon tickets are $5 each.
May Fellowship Day traditionally focuses on unity and issues in the local community and often takes place in the context of a luncheon. This year's service encourages participants to widen their circle of awareness and hospitality to people in their own area - those living in their geographical "neighborhood".
Marie Cirillo, staff person for Appalachia Community Development, has written the worship and invites the participants to "widen our minds , our hearts, our attitudes to people different from us ... to discover ways to look for the beauty and light in others that is different from beauty and light within us.."
Ms. Cirillo moved to Appalachia from Brooklyn, N.Y. to work to develop communities and needed services. After some time she learned to act in partnership with the people of the community and to involve them in the decision making process. She "learned that the way of Jesus is the way of building relationships with kinds of people that can transform unjust systems and bring new life."
Ms. Cirillo has also shared experiences with women from Oregon, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Florida, Vermont and other places through the National Congress of Neighborhood Women. Stories of several women involved in grassroots development and of local groups are told in the May Fellowship Day Service. The persons attending will be invited to share their own stories of times they found new growth through reaching out of their "comfort zones" to others who are different from themselves. Local groups and/or agencies working with women and community development will also be a part of this Celebration.
Offerings from May Fellowship Day will help support the work of Church Women United in Ponca City and throughout the state. Lana Jones, vice president of the St. Paul's UMW has been in charge of arrangements for the program and luncheon, assisted by Betty Thrash and Sue Zeigenhain. For more information call 765-7512.
Evelyn Rogers-Miller, 820 Oakwood Lane, Newkirk, 74647, will be honored with a reception May 9, 2-4 p.m. for her 80th birthday.
The event will be held at the First Christian Church, Ninth and Walnut, Newkirk. No gifts are requested. An open invitation is extended to friends and relatives to attend the event being hosted by her daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter: Marianne and Steve Smith of Arkansas City, Kan. and Shelena Smith of Texas.
The honoree retired in 1988 after 26 years of employment at Newman's Dry Goods in Arkansas City. She was born May 10, 1918 in Newkirk.
An event devoted to improving families' health and fitness brought together over 200 participants at the Ponca City YMCA for the third annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day. Sponsored by the YMCA, in partnership with St. Joseph's Medical Center and A+ Printing, the event featured a range of activities to help children and their families learn how to live healthier lives.
"For the YMCA, good health isn't just for the body. It involves the spirit and the mind, too," said Bill Kenney, YMCA Program Director. "The YMCA is dedicated to providing the resources with which children can develop into healthy adults - this takes more than just eating right and getting exercise. That's why we also touched on values at this year's Healthy Kids Day."
Activities at Healthy Kids Day 98 included stress balloons, face painting, a hula hoop contest, make your own trail mix and a puppet show by First Assembly of God Church. There were also 15 local organizations and health providers that set up display booths.
Healthy Kids Day was celebrated by Ys across the country to call attention to the importance of improving the health of kids, their families, and their communities. "We work to help strengthen families and nurture the healthy development of children all year long," Kenney added. "In everything we do, we try to demonstrate the values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. If you missed out on this year's event, we encourage you to get involved in a few of the many programs that we offer throughout the year Kenney said." For more information on YMCA programs, call 765-5417.
Members of the Pioneer Area Quilter's Guild will meet May 4 at Community Christian Church, 2109 West Grand. The spring luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by a Show and Share event.
Hostesses will be Jean Buskirk, Aline Heartsill, Ruth Jared, Roberta Lee and Fay Peterson. Members are asked to bring a covered dish that will serve 6-8 people.
Guild members have been working on "Mason Jar Dolls," in honor of the Pioneer Woman Museum, as door prizes. Table decorations will be bonnet hat stands. For more information about the group call Kathy Paczkowski, 762-4546.
SUNDAY
Marland Estate Mansion, 901 Monument Road, open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Guided tours, Monday-Friday, 1:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Special Tour information, 767-0420.
11th Step AA meeting-open, 11 a.m.; AA Discussion meeting, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.
Ponca City Art Center, 819 East Central. Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Ponca City Cultural Center and Museum, 10th and Grand. Home of Ponca City Indian Museum, Bryant Baker Studio, 101 Ranch Museum and DAR Museum. Available for receptions, teas, bridge parties, etc. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m. 767-0427.
Ponca City Tourism Office, 10th and Grand. Information about all tourist attractions and events in Ponca City and the surrounding area. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, 1-5 p.m. 763-8067.
Singles Network discussion group, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church. All single adults welcome.
Sequoyah Children's Book Award winner Barbara Williams be autographing "Titanic Crossing" 2-4 p.m. May 3 at Brace Books & More on North Fourteenth.
MONDAY
Al-Anon meeting, 8 to 9 p.m. Monday, upstairs in the Harmony house, 212 South Third.
Domestic Violence Group, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Programs for women and children of family violence. Baby sitter provided. For info, call 76A-BUSE.
Fibromyalgia Support Group meets on the First and Third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the parlor of the First Baptist Church. More information may be obtained by calling Vivian Cross, 765-8871; Lily Freeman, 762-9027; Martha Long, 762-5572.
The Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Albright United Methodist Church, 128 South Palm. Call Beth Wright, 765-6738, for additional information.
New Hope Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Monday, Salvation Army Community Support Center, 711 South Third.
Ponca City Rotary Club, noon Monday, Marland Mansion Chapel.
Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Monday, Harmony House basement, 212 South Third. Use south entrance by parking lot.
Senior Citizens' Dance every Monday, 7 to 10 p.m. at the American Legion, Ponca City. Everyone welcome. "Hayriders Band."
Simple Steps AA-closed, 12 noon; AA Step Study- closed, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.
TOPS OK 308, 6:15 p.m. Monday weigh-in. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. For more information, call Betty Flower, 765-5448.
Food Share program May 4 at 10 a.m. at the RSVP office, 110 North Fourth. No age limit. Discount foods for volunteering in the community.
TUESDAY
Kay County Wheatheart Sweet Adelines, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Performing Arts Building (south entrance), Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa. All women welcome. For information, call 765-6829. 363-1643 or 762-2885.
Kiwanis Club, noon Tuesday, Marland Mansion Conference Center.
New-Found Freedom Co-dependents Anonymous, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Harmony House (upstairs library).
AA Discussion meeting at 12 noon; AA Big Book Study- closed, 8 p.m. Harmony House. 212 South Third.
Parent Support Group, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Northern Oklahoma Youth Services Center. Focus on parental concerns and frustrations, as well as ways to increase understanding and communications between parent and child. Support, education, coping techniques, and introduction to non-punitive parenting styles.
Pioneer Water Garden Society meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Cann Gardens. Anyone interested in water gardens, fish, plants or starting your own pond is welcome to attend. For more information contact Mike Welch, 765-3271 or Ray Moreland, 762-7806.
Preschool Storytime for 4, 5, and 6 year olds, Ponca City Library, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Reorganized Overeaters Anonymous group meets 11-12 Tuesday mornings at Woodlands Christian Church. The meetings are open to "anyone who desires to stop eating compulsively." For more information call 762-2161 or 765-5958.
Weight Watchers meeting, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, St. Paul's United Methodist Church. Weigh-in begins at 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Deadline for Happenings and items for Sunday's edition of Lifestyles, 5 p.m. Wednesday. Happenings is events this week. For Happenings, include name of club, day of week, time, place and hostess.
New Hope Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Salvation Army Community Support Center, 711 South Third.
Pioneer Toastmasters Club, 11:30 to 12:30 Wednesday, East Auditorium, Conoco Complex, 1000 South Pine. Guests welcome to come discover what Toastmasters is about.
Ponca City Bahai Community Discussion Group, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, for location, call 765-5695 or 762-5529.
Simple Steps AA meeting; Step Study-closed, 12 noon. AA Discussion meeting, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.
Storytime for 2 & 3 year-olds, Ponca City Library, 515 East Grand, 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Short stories, songs, use of flannel board. Lasts about 15 minutes.
A Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) support group has been formed to aid veterans of the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. The group is confidential and meets at the DAV, 401 South Lincoln, on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. If you are a veteran suffering with PTSD or know someone who could use help contact 762-3851 or Steve Mallory at 580 762-7561.
Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Harmony House basement, (use south entrance by parking lot).
Chapter FC of PEO will meet May 6 at the home of Norma Casad. Co-hostesses are Mary Lois Nield and Janet Davis. The program is a report on the state convention.
PEO Chapter EL will meet Wednesday at noon for dessert at the home of Rosalie Majors which is a location change from that previously announced. Nancy Severance and Lenore Mohler will assist. The state convention report will be given.
THURSDAY
Al-Anon at Conoco, TBTV 50 on Mezzanine between North and South towers, 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Linda 765-7045, 767-5328.
AA Discussion meeting, 12 noon; AA Discussion meeting, 8 p.m. Harmony House , 212 South Third.
Freedom Group of AA; closed Big Book Study at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Woodlands Christian Church (Room 202), Fourteenth and Hartford. Smoke-free meeting and building. We study and practice tradition. Open meeting on last Thursday of the month for birthdays. Call 762-3345 for more information.
Jaycees, 7 p.m. first and third Thursday, Chamber of Commerce meeting room. Interested persons welcome to attend any meeting.
Model Railroad Club, 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Stevens Building 113 North Third. For info, call 762-8687 or 765-7996.
Parent Support Group, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, at Northern Oklahoma Youth Services Center. Focus on parental concerns, frustrations as well as ways to increase understanding and communications between parent and child. Support, education, coping techniques, and introduction to non-punitive parenting styles.
Ponca City Newcomers Club meets the third Thursday of each month at the Marland Mansion. For more information contact Joyce Fox, 762-9578.
Story Hour for school-aged children at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Ponca City Library.
A Young-At-Heart Dance is held every Thursday at the Elks Lodge, 1301 Bradley, 7-10 p.m. A Snack and Hillbilly night is held the first Thursday of each month. Ken Wilson and the Sunshine Playboys Band will play.
FRIDAY
Simple Steps AA-open, 12 noon; AA Speaker Meeting - open, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.
New Hope Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Friday, Salvation Army Community Support Center, 711 South Third.
Pioneer Rotary Club, 11:45 a.m. Friday, Marland Mansion.
Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Friday, Harmony House, 212 South Third, basement (use south entrance by Smoke Free building. For more information call 762-3345 or 765-9459.
SATURDAY
AA Discussion meeting 12 noon. AA Discussion meeting 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.
New Found Freedom Co-dependents Anonymous, 8 p.m. Saturday, Harmony House (upstairs library). Smoke-free.
Order of the Amaranth meets the first and third Saturdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
Reorganized Overeaters Anonymous group meets 11-12 Saturday mornings at Woodlands Christian Church. The meetings are open to "anyone who desires to stop eating compulsively." For more information call 762-2161 or 765-5958.
Church Women United will sponsor a luncheon and May Fellowship meeting
at 12:30 p.m. May 8 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 1904 North Pecan.
Tickets are $5 and the theme will be "Widening the Circle of Hospitality."
SPORTS
By MATTHEW KOENIG
News Sports Writer
The Wildcat baseballers' regular season ended on a rather sour note Saturday afternoon as they dropped both games of a double header to Tulsa East Central, 9-7 and 13-10.
The Cats also fell to Broken Arrow in a 5-2 decision, Friday.
Though the Poncans (14-23) held the lead through five innings in both games Saturday, 11th hour rallies by the Cardinals, combined with the Cats old nemesis - errors - gave the games away.
In the first game, the Wildcats seemed to have things well in hand, bolting to a 7-2 lead through sixth innings. Senior Chris Koenig, who started on the mound and gave up just five hits through six innings and struck out nine in the game, was assaulted for six hits alone in the top of the seventh. A botched play in the infield on a potential double play, and another error in the outfield contributed to the Poncans' quick demise.
In that game, shortstop Justin Thomas was 2-for-4, right fielder Toby Red Leaf was 2-for-4, third baseman Jay Bentley was 2-for-3 with a walk, while first baseman Dean Hemenway was 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs.
In the second show, the Cats overcame a 3-1 Cardinal lead in the third inning, banging out five hits for six runs. East Central got on the board with a single hit in the fourth, but the Cats responded with two more of their own to take what seemed again to be a comfortable, 9-4 lead.
That lead evaporated, however, as the Cardinals jumped on starting pitcher Hemenway and reliever Evan Rupp in the fifth inning, getting four runs off three hits to pull within one, then picked up two more on a Scott Cobb home run in the sixth to take a slim, 10-9 lead.
After a leadoff single in the bottom of the sixth by Bentley, Red Leaf tied the game with an RBI single. But the Cardinals - with a 2 RBI home run by Justin King (4-for-5 with 2 home runs) - raced ahead again with a four hit effort in the top of the seventh.
With one last shot for the Poncans in the bottom of the seventh, then, Cardinal pitcher Steve Hurst loaded the bases by hitting all three in the top of the Cats' order. But a double play by the Cardinals, and a strikeout by Hurst ended the threat.
In that game, Thomas was 2-for-3 with a home run, Bentley was 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Red Leaf was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
In Friday's game, the Cats - who had been off for a week due to rain-outs - committed five errors en route to the loss.
Down 5-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Cats did manage to avoid the shutout. Catcher Jerrod Spears started by reaching on an error, and Koenig followed after being hit by a pitch. Thomas then came through with a rip down the third base line to score two, but the Tigers then dug in, taking out the next two Wildcat batters to escape with the win.
Though Bentley looked impressive on the mound once again for the Cats - giving up just seven hits, walking three while striking out five - errors once again did the Poncans in.
The Wildcats now head to Jenks on Tuesday for regional action. In the double elimination tournament, the Cats will face powerhouse Jenks at 2 p.m. With a win, they'll play at 5, while a loss will send them to the left side of the bracket to take on the loser of a match up between Broken Arrow and Muskogee.
Broken Arrow 5, Ponca City 2
Broken Arrow 110 030 0 - 5 7 0
Ponca City 000 000 2 - 2 5 5
Bowie and Medland; Bentley and Spears
Tulsa East Central 9, Ponca City 7
East Central 000 200 7 - 9 11 2
Ponca City 014 101 0 - 7 10 4
Schultz, King (5) and Robertson; Koenig and Spears
Tulsa East Central 13, Ponca City 10
East Central 120 142 3 - 13 15 1
Ponca City 106 201 0 - 10 11 3
L. Hill, Holliday (1), C. Hill (3), Hurst (4), and Robertson; Hemenway, Rupp (5), and Spears.
By FRED HILTON
News Sports Editor
Lady Wildcat freshman golfer Jenni Nimmo will be making her first trip to the high school girls state tournament at Oak Tree in Edmond Wednesday and Thursday.
Po-Hi coach Jerry Orr predicts this will be the first of several trips for Nimmo and in the future she will be taking teammates with her.
"I don't know about all of the western (region) teams, but we probably had the youngest team in the state," Orr said, noting his team for the Frontier Conference Tournament and the regional qualifiers consisted of Nimmo and four sophomores - Courtney Fredricks, Calyn Howe, Ashley Mott and Heather Staires.
"There are several teams that have one or two sophomores," Orr added, "but no team I know of was a young as we were."
The Lady Cats got off to a slow start this season, but gained momentum and confidence as the season progressed. They finished fourth in the conference tournament and surprised a number of teams by passing their first qualifying test in the regional tournament at Owasso.
They couldn't quite get over the hump in the regional at Jenks last week, shooting a 392 total, led by Nimmo's 87. That was enough to qualify Nimmo for the state tournament as an individual, but the team finished in eighth place with only the top six moving on to state.
"We didn't play as well as we had the previous couple of weeks," Orr said. "We needed to shoot around 375 - and we had shot that before."
Howe shot 97 as the Lady Cats got their first look at the Jenks Southlakes course on Wednesday. Stares had 103, Mott 105 and Fredericks 107.
"I haven't checked, but Jenni may be the only freshman in the state tournament," Orr said, "and I think she can do pretty well. Jenni hits the ball straight and putts pretty well. That's what you need in a state tournament. If she cane keep it in the fairway and hit the greens, I think she can be among the top five or six in the state tournament."
Orr noted that Nimmo missed the first couple of weeks of the season," and I think that put her behind a little. But she has been playing real well lately.
"We played the east course at Oak Tree as a team a little earlier this season and Jenni has played the west course, so I think she should do pretty well."
The future looks bright for the Lady Cats.
"We have these girls coming back and we have a couple of girls who will be freshmen next season who may help us. These girls plan to play some summer tournaments and that what it takes to be competitive with the rest of the teams around the state. You can't play enough in the two or three months of the (high school) season, to stay competitive."
Greg Krause, head coach of the Northern Oklahoma Lady Mavericks' basketball team, announced several key additions to his team on Friday.
Chenise Robinson, a 5-4 point guard from Millwood high school, was a three year starter on a team that was a state quarter finalist in class 3A last season. She was voted to the 1998 All-West Regional Team, was honorable mention All-City, and also lettered in softball, tennis, and cross-country.
"Chenise has an outstanding career as a point guard for a team that is strong every year. She'll give us quickness and transition as a floor leader," says Krause. "Coach Spears does an outstanding job with that program in preparing them for college ball."
Shaneta Lewis, a 5-8 starting guard from Star Spencer high school has also signed with the Lady Mavs. Lewis averaged seven points and four rebounds for the Lady Bobcats.
"Shaneta is an outstanding athlete," says Krause. "Star Spencer has had outstanding teams under coach Johnson every year. Shaneta has gained valuable experience playing i the city league. She will help our team quickness and speed immediately."
Rounding out the new additions to the Lady Mavs' roster is Ranada Collins, a 6-1 star from Southeast high school. Collins was voted to 1998's Big All-City All-Star team, and was second team All-City Conference her junior and senior years. She was also voted to Putnam City North All-Tournament Team, and averaged six points and 8.5 rebounds per game.
"Ranada is a very strong athlete," says Krause. "She is very aggressive on the boards and very physical on defense. She is young in terms of experience, having only played for three years. But she is very eager to learn. Ranada will help our transition offense and pressure defense right away."
The Ponca City Women's Bowling Association elected several new officers at its annual meeting recently.
The new board members include President Janice Presson, Sargent-at-Arms Delores Cady and three delegates, Jerri Barnes, Delores Harbeson and Earlene Matthiesson. They will start their two-year terms on Aug. 1.
Nadine Laughlin has resigned a City Association Secretary, a position she held since 1985. Current president Mary Wilson appointed Connie Barnett to fill Laughlin's remaining term in office.
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Bill Stewart, new Ponca Bowl owner-manager rolled a 300 game during the state tournament in Oklahoma City last Sunday.
"I didn't do too well in the first three games." Stewart said, "but that one kinda made up for it."
It was the ninth career 300 game for Stewart, who also bowls on the SSABA seniors tour. But it was his first in Oklahoma after rolling 300s on lanes in Texas, California and Kansas.
"It was kinda nice getting my first 300 in Oklahoma in the state tournament," Stewart said.
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Stewart's reign as owner at Ponca Bowl has been lucky several Ponca City bowlers, who have cashed in on the long-standing Strike Funds. Stretch Hampton became the first in several years to tap the men's fund while three ladies, Mary Golay, Berlee Watson and Shirley Johnson, have all hit the Lucky Ladies Strike Fund.
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Stewart has announced the Ponca Bowl lanes will be resurfaced starting May 10. The lanes will be closed May 11-14 and reopen May 15.
There will be an "Out-With-The-Old, In-With-The New" Tournament held in conjunction with the resurfacing.
Bowlers who enter will roll eight games on May 10 on the old lanes. They return June 9 to roll eight games on the new surfaces.
Stewart said entrants will also get 16 free games in preparation for the second segment of the tournament.
The entry fee is $40 with a $300 first-place prize.
WLGA
The Wentz Ladies Golf Association will hold its monthly meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in the First Christ Church, Fifth and Cleveland.
The Ladies day play will be Tuesday with all flights drawing at 9 a.m. to tee-off at 9:30.
Last week's winners were Frosty Erkenbeck in President's flight and Joan Riggs in B flight.
PCCC-WGA
The Ponca City Country Club Women's Golf Association will hold Ladies Day play Tuesday.
In Wednesday's Playday Low Net on Par 4s, Louise Abercrombie took first place and had the Low Putts. Cheryl Fletcher finished second.
Wentz Tournament
Four-Man Team
1 - (129) Aaron Gard, Alvin Spore, Dale Sligar, Tawn Senseman
2 - (130) Phil Carey, Dave Bryan, Gary Wood, Carl Isenberg
(130) Junior Dixon, Barry Roller, Jim McSmith, Tom Courtney
Ponca City's junior high boys' golf team won the Northern Conference Tournament title at Wentz this past week, but were not quiet a dominant as usual.
The Ponca City Red team, which included two eighth graders, won the conference crown with a 318 total, 19 strokes in front of Enid Waller Gold.
However, the Ponca City Blues, who have pushed their Red counterparts for most of the season ran into some difficulty and finish fourth with a 351. Stillwater was third at 346.
Ponca City eighth grader Matt Ellis was medalist for the tournament with a 78 while Nathan Coates posed a 79, Brad Whitsitt, another eighth grader, had an 80, James Andrews an 81 and Luke Cobb an 84.
Trailing the Blue team were Waller Black, Enid Emerson, Enid Longfellow and Woodward.
"We had good weather and the boys' played pretty well," coach John Maddox said. "At least the Red team did. I'm not sure what happen to the Blue team. They had a couple of 88s and a 99.
"The boys had a good season and we have some good players coming back."
Those eighth graders - Ellis, Whitsitt, Tyler Kinney, Andy Romine, Steven Wolf and Kiel McCall - will have one more outing as they travel to Winfield Tuesday for a final tournament.
Applications are now being accepted for summer Wildcat Basketball Camps. Three camps are offered, a Basic Fundamental Camp (June 8-11, grades 3-9), an Advance Fundamental Camp (June 1-4, grades 5-9), and a Guard-Post Shooting Camp (July 7-9, grades 3-12).
All camps will held on the Po-Hi campus, and are under the direction of boys head coach Ron Arthur. High school and junior high coaches, as well as former and current Wildcat players will be assisting in the Camps.
Advanced and Basic Fundamental Camps are $70 per child, while Shooting Camp is $45 per child. Cost includes instruction, a t-shirt, a certificate of participation and a basketball. A $15 discount is available to those attending multiple camps or to those with more than one camper attending.
Application and payment are due one week before the camps begin. Applications have been distributed to all grade schools and are available at both the Jocks Nitch and P.C. Sports.
Additional questions may be directed to Ron Arthur, at 767-1016.