From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Sunday, July
6, 1997
LOCAL
Nearly News
Kaw Lake Accident Kills Kremlin Woman
Editorial
Jargon Useful Way To Confuse
Burned Son Convinces Mom - 'No Problem'
Playhouse Membership Drive Offers Classics for 1997-98
City Calendar
OBI Assures Community That Blood Not on FDA Recall List
St. Joseph Cancer Center Open; Ceremonies Planned
'1964: The Tribute' Here This Month at The Poncan
Son of Ponca City Couple Saluted for Averting Crash
Goldman Takes Theatre Ability To Southwestern
'Body's Energy System' Topic of Brown Bag Lunch
Grieving Men Need To Talk About Anything
Pastor Answers KLVV Calls Tuesday Evening
Summer Lunch
DEATHS
Willie Elbert Ridgway
Claud Wayne Bell
M. Eloween Bean Junkens
Mae Wehunt
Mary Perez
Obituaries
Donald R. Holmes
Services Pending
Ora Lee Blubaugh
NEWS BRIEFS
LIFESTYLES
Ponca Citian's Daughter Writes California Feature
Little News
Friends of the Cultural Center Slate Meeting
Requena-Coats Marriage Ceremony at Wentz Camp
Vicki Aday Is Bride-To-Be
Lori Lauritsen Bride-Elect
Engagement Is Announced
Christina Cross Engaged
Wheatheart Menu
Christian Women's Club Plans Luncheon
Kristen P. Wynn Marries Timothy Thomas Hallcroft
TOPS Chapter Members Meet
Kristin Rebecca Lanman Weds Jerry Dale Stumbo
Pair Celebrates 60 Years
Couple Will Reaffirm Vows
Couple To Wed in Bethany
Couple United in Marriage In Church Ceremony Here
Couple Marks Anniversary
Reception Fetes Freemans
Couple Will Marry in Alva
Amy Rutherford is Bride Of Michael P. Gronigan
Lifestyles Deadlines Are Announced
Ponca City Happenings
SPORTS
Royals Have Good Tourney
Golf Notes
Roussel on State Team
Lake Ponca Rules There for Safety
Oops! NN apologizes to author and good friend Michael Wallis for calling him Mike Wallace in Friday's paper. Wallis, author of "Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum," "Songdog Diary: 66 Stories from the Road," "Mankiller: A Chief and Her People" and numerous other stories, will be in Ponca City Monday, and is due to stop by Brace Books and More to autograph his books. NN welcomes Wallis to Ponca City!
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Due to the Independence Day Holiday, there will be no national coupons inserted in The News today. The coupons will resume next Sunday, July 13.
By The Associated Press
A woman was run over and killed as her husband pulled their boat out of Kaw Lake, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.
Teresa Biby, 39, of Kremlin died after she was run over by a boat trailer Friday at the Washunga Bay Recreation Area in Kay County.
Troopers said Mrs. Biby was watching her husband, David Biby, 43, pull their boat out of the water at 8:15 p.m. when she tried to get in the boat, fell and was run over.
Celebration Memorable
From the bone-rattling flyover by the formation of F-16s to the last spectacular burst of fireworks over Lake Ponca, Friday's Independence Day Celebration was a memorable experience.
Special thanks and congratulations go out to the organizers of the event. Except for a slight delay in getting the big show started, everything seemed to come off without a hitch.
In past years, the lake area has looked like a war zone on the Fourth when less considerate folks fired their own fireworks every which way and smoke was everywhere.
Friday, most followed the rules and came out to enjoy the display and the unseasonably cool weather. A few fired off their own fireworks, but those that did break the rules at least seemed to be more considerate and stayed away from the main crowds.
And the crowd - cars surrounded the lake area, folks obviously coming from miles around to enjoy the laser show and fireworks. Most seemed well-behaved and everyone seemed to have a good time.
There's nothing quite like a good, old-fashioned community Fourth of July celebration when everyone pitches in to see that all ages have an enjoyable time. This was definitely one to grow on and we look forward to many more celebrations in the future.
Foster Johnson
Managing Editor
Often when we walk into a new environment we feel lost and confused. Too many times, those of us in the workplace fail to notice the stress that a new customer or client may feel when they come into our business.
We're at home. Nothing here is strange for us. Why should anybody be confused? We just don't remember the first time we arrived.
Not only are the folks confused and a little nervous about coming into our territory, but then they soon discover they don't know the language. You know, we speak differently than "outsiders" (customers). It may be differentials and carburetors, or CD-ROMs and megabytes. Or maybe it's neural hematoma or deviated septum. How about oh never mind, you get the picture.
For us at The News, its headline, byline, dateline, deadline, cutline, feature, column, photo, line art, feature story, news story, op-ed, lifestyles, sports, inside, front, slop, classified, news brief, paid brief, wire, AP, separation, editorial, advertising, circulation, etc.
Many terms are self-explanatory. Others are easy to figure out (especially if you already know what they mean).
Jargon is invented to keep outsiders confused and to protect the turf of the insider. Once outsiders learn it, it's time to invent new words (hence teen-age slang, that changes as soon as the words become understandable by adults).
In an effort to let all of the "outsiders" in, here's a list of common newspaper terms: (you may either memorize the meaning or, when a News employees uses one, simply say, what does that mean in plain English?):
Article - A story in the newspaper. Published at no cost. Usually containing very little personal opinion of the writer.
Feature story - (or feature article or feature). An article that is about someone or something, but not necessarily about "breaking" news.
Breaking news - Fires, wrecks, Mars landings, presidential elections, etc., are breaking news as they happen. Also known as current events.
News story - An article based on current events.
Editorial - An opinion piece written by a member of a newspaper staff. Represents opinion of publisher.
Column - 1, The way newspaper pages are divided (based on six standard columns per page. 2, An opinion piece written by an individual who may or may not work for the newspaper.
Syndicated Column - An opinion piece written by someone who does not work for the newspaper, but who writes regularly for another newspaper or publication. (Examples, Ann Landers, Dave Barry, William F. Buckley.)
Op-ed - Short for opinion-editorial.
Letter to Editor - Opinion piece by subscribers, readers, or other interested parties. Usually expresses an opinion about a particular issue. Best if less than 350 words and on one subject. Can be mailed, hand-delivered, faxed, e-mailed or otherwise delivered to News. Must have verifiable signature, address and phone number. Names are always used.
Press release - An article presented by a business, organization or individual to be used as a news story. Will be altered to conform to News style.
News Style - Use of punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, dates, addresses, alternate spellings, courtesy titles, quotations, and other grammatical rules. These are the guidelines newspapers use to provide consistency in stories. Based on Associated Press Stylebook, Webster's New World Dictionary: Third College Edition, tradition, and opinion of current editors.
Headline - The larger type that labels each story or article.
Cutline - The caption accompanying and explaining photographs. Cutline refers to "cut," a newspaper term for the way photographs used to be reproduced.
Byline - A line of type at the start of a story indicating its author.
Dateline - Actually "place line." Used at first of a story to tell location from which information originated. Absence of dateline indicates that story is from Ponca City, or information came from a number of locations, or it is uncertain precisely what location story came from. (Called "dateline" because date used to be included).
Deadline - In newspaper legend, this is the last possible moment something may be submitted for publication. (Dictionary says that this is a line around prisons indicating how far prisoners may go before they are shot by the guards. Newspapers seldom use this practice.)
Obviously this isn't all the jargon used at The News, but hopefully it will give you a clue when you submit a press release or letter to the editor to be printed in a column of type, according to style, if you make the deadline.
A Year Later, Heath Thompson Plans Blackwell Comeback After Skin Surgeries
By MARK GALVIN
News Staff Writer
BLACKWELL - It's taken almost a year, but Kay County District Court Clerk Glenda Coussens Emerson's son Heath has finally convinced her he doesn't have a problem.
It isn't that the 21-year-old burn victim would surprise too many people if he said he did. He's faced enormous challenges since the pickup truck fire last July 28 near Tonkawa, a fluke accident that killed family friend Jaime McMahon and critically burned Heath over 90 percent of his body.
He was injured so badly that doctors originally gave him a "minus-9" chance of living, and one of the first emergency-room nurses to see him after the accident was shocked to learn months later that he had survived it.
And while most other newlyweds were busy trying to perpetuate their honeymoons, Heath instead was regularly under the scalpel for surgeries designed simply to keep him alive.
He's disfigured, and fingerless to the second knuckle, and he struggles to regain physical coordination that other people never have to think about.
Under such circumstances, an emotional collapse at least once in a year's time would seem understandable for most people.
But it's pretty clear that Heath Thompson - a Marine corporal who was showing signs of heroism before he was kindergarten age - is not about to crack. In fact, his strong will and a continuing series of minor miracles since last July are helping his mother Glenda cope from long-distance.
On the eve of Heath's 23rd surgery - to transplant two of his toes to fashion new digits for his left hand - his entire family is still discovering much more about modern medicine than they may have ever wanted to know.
But Heath seems only to move forward, without a complaint.
"I didn't want to die," he recalled during a long-distance phone call last month to Houston, where he and his wife Amber have an apartment near his rehabilitation center. He thanks God for the progress he's made since last summer.
Almost a year ago, Heath was home for a weekend visiting family and friends in Blackwell from a temporary training assignment at Fort Sill.
The visit turned disastrous that early morning of July 28 when Jaime McMahon's 1989 Chevrolet pickup truck and both occupants caught fire. Heath jumped from the flaming vehicle, yelled helplessly to Jaime and then wandered from the scene to find help.
However, he didn't know where he was, and when he finally found a phone in a remote utility building, he phoned his family but couldn't tell them how to get there.
A telephone operator in Tulsa eventually was able to trace his call to the building near Tonkawa and contacted emergency workers to dispatch an ambulance, but Heath waited three hours for help to arrive.
He says Marine training and his older brother Eric's Boy Scout tales helped keep him alive during the wait:
"I knew I was dying, like when I was walking to the phone and when I got to the phone," he said.
"And it scared me because I'd heard stories of people dying because they just fell asleep and passed out. I learned in the Marine Corps, you don't ever let anyone who's gone into shock or who's lost blood go to sleep."
He also remembered Eric's stories of the scout troop that saved the life of a bleeding boy who was attacked by a black bear by keeping him awake and administering gallons of hot water to temporarily replace the loss of blood.
"So when I was waiting for the ambulance, instead of passing out in a chair or laying in the corner of the building, there was a desk there - I would sit with my head hanging over the desk," Heath explained.
"When I would bump my head on the desk, it would wake me up."
After the Tonkawa fire department finally reached him, Heath withstood months of intensive care and skin-graft surgeries at the Brooks Army Medical Center burn unit in San Antonio. And from here, as deputy court clerks rallied to support her, his mother Glenda suddenly was making the 10-hour drive to Texas on most weekends.
Glenda says the doctors gave her son a "minus-9" chance of survival, based on his age and the percentage of the burns.
"They were telling us he was gone."
But she says Heath "has always been pretty tough - when he was a little kid, he wanted to be a stuntman, and he was always getting hurt. Mostly it was injuries to his head, and we had to take him to the emergency room so many times."
After about his third visit for stitches, when he was four or five, he was familiar with the process and crawled up on the emergency room table.
Normally, when children are that age, the hospital workers restrain them to keep their arms out of the way so they can stitch them up, but Heath laid down face-up on the table and tucked his hands firmly underneath his back pockets.
He told the doctor, "I promise I'll lay still. Do it."
Glenda recalled, "He just stayed there with his hands underneath his bottom and never moved."
She says her young son "wasn't always regimented, but if you gave him a job to do, you'd better give him the man's job, because if it was something less than that, he wouldn't do it.
"He always wanted to be the toughest one and the best one, you know, and I always complained about him making growing up much tougher than growing up needed to be, because he was my little hellion."
When Heath joined the Marines after high school graduation in 1994, it further bothered his mother - who would have preferred him to stay a civilian - when he signed up to be a forward observer, the job with the shortest life expectancy on a modern battlefield.
Then, during a six-month tour in Okinawa last year, he earned a commendation for his quick response to an emergency situation after his unit happened upon a crash involving a passenger bus. Heath was the only one in his unit to board the bus and pull passengers to safety before the vehicle caught fire and exploded.
Both Glenda and Heath believe his own mental and physical conditioning during the first 20 years of his life formed a pattern of protection provided by God to help Heath withstand the trauma of the last eleven months.
Along with spending his 21st birthday in intensive care, he eventually underwent at least 16 skin-graft surgeries so he could heal properly.
Then, because of heavy scarring underneath his chin and down his neck, the skin there became too inflexible, pulling his chin down and causing his mouth to gape open when he raised his head.
Therefore the surgeon, making small incisions just underneath the skin on the sides of his throat, inserted two balloons to stretch the skin by filling them with saline solution. During the process, Heath gradually looked like he had two softballs side-by-side resting on his collarbone underneath his chin.
The doctor finally was able to cut the scar out and stretch the skin over it to free up the motion of Heath's neck.
At the same time, they'd put another balloon just under the skin on his left hip, an area on his body that had little scarring. The method would stretch and develop some skin that could be transplanted to replace scar tissue on his left hand.
That skin also will be used to develop some functioning digits on his hand by moving two toes and bones from his foot, giving him a new ring finger and middle finger.
To keep the skin from his hip alive for his left hand, they attached the hand to his abdomen and joined the blood vessels between the two for circulation. Following the procedure, Heath spent more than a month with his hand sewn to his waist in a mitten of skin.
Glenda says it was "a tough month for him and he quarantined himself, not because he was uncomfortable with his appearance but because he knew how it affected people when he went out into public."
Watching her son's progress, she says Heath's attitude and patience are "far beyond what anybody could expect, because he was one of these kids who couldn't sit still five seconds."
She said, "Until recently, when people come and ask me (how he's been doing), it's been really difficult for me to say, 'He's doing good. He's doing great,' because I didn't see how he could continue.
"I thought it was a facade and that it couldn't possibly last TOO much longer and that at some point, we'd find him in a corner and gather up the pieces.
"But so much time has passed, I finally had to come to the realization that he's actually handling this and he's handling it wonderfully. He's been a strength for all of his family, mostly me. I can identify well to that."
Heath explains simply, "Well, I just keep the attitude that it can always be worse. Looking on the negative side of things never does a thing for you. It can only get better with a positive attitude."
He said he continues to set goals every month, usually goals that are out of reach, and then he works hard to get there.
"I'm a pretty self-confident kind of person and I think I can do anything I set my mind to, so I work at it on a day-by-day basis. I've got to thank the Lord and my family and friends for all their support because I don't think I'd be here now if it wasn't for them," he said.
Heath also said he has "full faith and confidence" is his doctor, William Peterson, a reconstructive surgeon and hand specialist at the Hand Center at Heubner Medical Center in San Antonio. "I'm just going to let him decide."
A nice blessing - and some more unexpected progress - came again when Heath recently mentioned to his mother that he thought a computer would help give him something to do during the days while Amber was at work.
Glenda says friends from her church quickly collected money and donated a computer to Heath, and more friends from the City of Blackwell bought him computer supplies. With Amber, Heath was able to drive for the first time to Dallas to pick up the new machine.
Amber later called her mother-in-law to say Heath spent the entire first day on the computer and, after only three days, doctors discovered a noticeable improvement in the function of Heath's hand from his maneuvering the computer mouse.
He's been scheduled to get the reconstructive surgery to his hand this Monday.
He also plans to contribute to the Marines in some capacity, but his role is unclear because Marines are supposed to be battle-ready and able to meet certain physical challenges that he can't meet for now, Glenda said.
And he said he wants to return to Blackwell soon to visit friends and supporters.
"I would like to maybe rent the high school auditorium in Blackwell and have a chance to give my thank-yous to everybody and answer any questions they have," he said.
It was this bit of good news that finally clinched it with Glenda that her son is really managing well.
"I'm proud of him," she said. "I mean, I know he didn't do it by himself, but he could have allowed himself to get down and just be angry. I haven't seen him get angry. I haven't seen him depressed.
"Heath has not required any counseling throughout this whole ordeal, and early on I threw a fit about it at the hospital because I thought it should be mandatory," Glenda said. "They said he hasn't received counseling because he's never demonstrated the need for it."
It may be just as Heath told her, "Mom, life is not a struggle. July the 28th was a struggle, but life is not a struggle."
The 1997-98 season membership drive for the Ponca Playhouse begins on July 15 with an outstanding slate of classic crowd-pleasers in the offing.
The season opens on Sept. 26 with comedy on the high seas - "Mister Roberts". Life on a drab World War II U.S. Navy cargo vessel sends Mister Roberts scurrying for a transfer. Even his curmudgeonly captain cannot stop him when the crew joins in the fight.
On Nov. 14, Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite", a comedy in three acts, opens. Each of the three acts is a separate story, but all take place in Suite 719 in New York's Plaza Hotel. If only those walls could talk.
"Anything Goes", a true Valentine delight, opens Feb. 13. This musical comedy, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, is a sweet treat the entire family will love. Songs in the play include "Anything Goes", "You're the Top", "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "All Through the Night".
On March 27, "The Solid Gold Cadillac" will have audiences laughing all the way to the bank, when an aging stockholder takes on corporate America. "Cadillac" is a classic comedy of good versus greed.
The compelling family drama "To Kill A Mockingbird" opens May 8. "Mockingbird" is a story of growing up and discovering our values along the way.
"We are really excited about this year's membership drive", said Michelle Roberts, membership chairperson. "In addition to a fabulous season, we are having a drawing for an evening on the town in conjunction with the membership drive." The "Rose of an Evening" drawing includes limousine service, dinner for two and a dozen roses during the production of "Mister Roberts".
The drawing will be held on closing night of "Gypsy," the final production of the 1996-97 season, and the lucky winner will be able to select which evening, during the production of "Mister Roberts", he or she would like to use the package.
The Rose Stone Limousine Service, Crown and Rose English Pub and Victoria's Garden have donated items for the "Rose of An Evening" drawing.
"In addition to the drawing, the Playhouse is giving a free ticket to 'Gypsy' to anyone who purchases a 1997-98 season membership prior to Aug. 1," Roberts said. Michelle encourages anyone who does not receive a 1997-98 season membership brochure by July 15 to call the Playhouse office at 765-7786 and request one. Playhouse office business hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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The Oklahoma Blood Institute assures the community that none of the 61 hospitals - including all Oklahoma City area hospitals - to which they provide blood is affected by the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recall of blood. The Oklahoma Blood Institute is completely self sufficient, meaning it does not receive blood from any other blood center and provides its member hospitals with blood donated by Oklahomans.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recalled blood that was supplied by United Blood Services to hospitals in three southeastern Oklahoma counties (not serviced by the Oklahoma Blood Institute) as a precautionary measure. The recalled blood was all collected from blood donors at Fort Chafee, Ark. who may have been exposed to disease-carrying ticks before donating. United Blood Services, a blood center in Fort Smith, Ark., which collected the blood, also supplies blood to hospital in McCurtain, Choctaw, and LeFlore counties in Oklahoma. Hospitals in other Oklahoma counties do not receive blood from the Arkansas blood center and are not affected by the recall.
The largest blood center in the state, the Oklahoma Blood Institute provides all the blood used by patients in all Oklahoma City area hospitals, as well as hospitals throughout Oklahoma. Patients in a total of 61 hospitals in 35 counties within Oklahoma currently rely on the Oklahoma Blood Institute for blood and related medical services. The Oklahoma Blood Institute, a non-profit blood center with headquarters in Oklahoma City, also maintains regional blood centers in Lawton, Enid, Ardmore, Ada and Ponca City. All blood collected and distributed to hospitals by the Oklahoma Blood Institute is donated by Oklahoma blood donors.
According to Oklahoma Blood Institute president and chief executive officer, Dr. Ronald O. Gilcher, "Part of what makes our blood supply so safe is the fact that Oklahomans donate all the blood needed for the community blood supply and we never have to receive blood from other blood centers in order to take care of patients. Fortunately, patients receiving blood in hospitals serviced by the Oklahoma Blood Institute do not have to be concerned about the FDA blood recall."
While reassuring the community that the blood supply is safe, the Oklahoma Blood Institute encourages people to donate blood during the summer to help maintain sufficient supplies of blood for patients in Oklahoma.
St. Joseph Cancer Center of Northern Oklahoma, LLC, is now open. A dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony has been set for July 24, at 1 p.m.
An open house is also scheduled for the new facility on July 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. The ceremonies will take place both days at the center's site, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of North Fourteenth Street and East Hartford Avenue in Ponca City. The public is invited to attend the activities.
The 10,000 square foot facility houses physicians' offices, patient treatment areas, diagnostic services and examination rooms. State-of-the-art equipment available at the center includes a linear accelerator with both X-ray and electron beam capability and a simulator and treatment planning computer.
Support services such as MRI and CT Scan are available through St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. As many as 25 patients can receive radiation therapy at the center each day. Space is also available for up to eight patients to receive chemotherapy simultaneously.
"The center will eliminate the need for patients to have to travel 100 miles or more for treatment," said Wm. Graham, MC, radiation oncologist at St. Joseph Cancer Center. "We are equipped to treat nearly all types of cancer." SJCC is designed to improve access to treatment for cancer patients, to facilitate consultation among medical specialists and to coordinate all treatment services."
St. Joseph Cancer Center of Northern Oklahoma, LLC, is a joint venture of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center of Northern Oklahoma, Inc., and Cancer Care Network, Inc. (CCN ). CCN is a recognized leader in oncology business related services since 1988. In working with over 250 client centers across the country, CCN has developed a database to provide information regarding oncology services and new types of cancer treatment methods.
SJRMC and CCN have worked together over the past two years to develop the freestanding outpatient cancer facility. "The St. Joseph Cancer Center will be of great benefit to our community," said Garry England, President and CEO of SJRMC. "We are pleased to be able to provide our patients with state-of-the-art cancer therapy."
Returning this month to Poncan Theatre is "1964: The Tribute," often called "the number one Beatles act in the world." This group also performed at the Poncan almost a year ago, and were welcomed by an exhilarated, "full house" audience, according to Kenn Wessel, director of the Poncan Theatre.
"You know it is amazing that it affected people so much that they still glow about it," Wessel said. He said people still come into the office and just start talking about that evening. "They come in to buy a ticket, which ought to take about two minutes and they start talking and pretty soon 15 minutes have passed by. They just loved being there," he said.
The theatre sold out last year. But some seats are still available for the July 24 event, according to Wessel. "Tickets have been on sale for a while, because we wanted to give our patrons a chance to get their seats early. Right now there are still excellent seats available, but I bet by 7:30 p.m., on July 24, we'll have another sell-out."
People who saw them last year remember the excitement. John Dennison of Shidler says, "there's something different about this group, because they're so good they make the hair stand up on your neck." He added that "they're in a different world. They just electrify you." Many patrons had the same experience. Audience members all over the Poncan Theatre jumped out of their seats and started dancing in the aisles.
Wessel says the group's popularity is due their extraordinary recreation of the Beatles' look and sound. "They've gone into incredible detail," he said. The group researched the Beatles films meticulously, including films of live concerts,. "One patron who has seen them several times noticed that their audience interactions become more 'real' after the Beatles' releases last year, even more like the originals," Wessel says. "It was his contention that they keep improving their act by ongoing study of the Fab Four."
"For me, the Beatles seem to symbolize their era," Wessel said. "Only a few icons immediately identify the 1960s like the Beatles," he said. "And just think - they are the Kennedy family, or Martin Luther King, or maybe the space program. So when you think of the stature of that group, you realize how much the Beatles are part of our lives. And of course the Beatles were so influential that we still hear music that was in part stimulated by their creativity.
Tickets for "1964: The Tribute" are on sale at Ponca City financial institutions.
Lt. Creighton Holt, son of Jim and Mary Anne Holt of Ponca City, was recently featured in the Naval Safety Center's Aviation Magazine "Approach" for averting a helicopter crash.
Holt was saluted in the Bravo Zulu section of the magazine, which requires an endorsement from the nomination squadron's commanding officer.
The story tells, "After two day-landings, Lt. Holt HAC (Helicopter Aircraft Commander) passed control to Lt. Barcomb (H2P) co-pilot for two more landings. After one landing, Lt. Barcomb pulled into a hover, cleared the ship's superstructure, and transitioned to forward flight. Passing through 60 feet at 45 knots on the ship's port side, the helicopter yawed sharply to the right.
"Lt. Holt noticed a master caution light indicating decaying rotor rpm and heard the sound of decreasing rotor speed. He immediately pushed the speed selectors full forward and glanced down to see the rpm decreasing through 93 percent.
"Taking control, Lt. Holt lowered the collective and tried to regain rpm while Lt. Barcomb backed him up with altitude calls. In a level attitude, they accelerated to a safe single-engine airspeed and started climbing. The Helicopter Aircraft Commander then began a gradual turn toward the nearest paved runway on an island 12 miles away."
The story goes on to tell that the aircraft approached a closed airfield to land and saw a dead horse and other debris on the runway.
Considering these obstructions and the lack of a crash crew, they diverted eight miles to NAS Roosevelt Roads, where they made a running landing at 40 knots. Later they learned the dead horse was due to a hurricane a few days before.
The quick response of Holt saved the aircraft and perhaps the lives of the crew. The term Bravo Zulu stands for signal flags and means "well done."
WINFIELD - Kevin Goldman of Ponca City has been chosen to be a member of the Southwestern College Horsefeathers and Applesauce Summer Dinner Theatre 1997 company.
"At Horsefeathers, everyone has the ability to be both actors and technicians," said Allyson Moon, director of Horsefeathers and Applesauce. "We are unique in that everyone contributes to the season in more than one capacity."
Goldman's theatrical experience includes performances in "Once Upon A Mattress," "The Wizard of Oz," "Oliver!" and "The King and I," as well as technical work with props, sets and scene painting. The son of Jim and Cheryl Goldman of Ponca City, he is a student at Ponca City High School.
"We think this is one of the strongest groups of people we have ever put together for a Horsefeathers season," Moon said.
Horsefeathers and Applesauce opened its 1997 season with "A Tuna Christmas" and "Cabaret." Coming productions are "London Suite" July 5 and 6 and 10 through 13, and "The Will Rogers Follies" July 17 through 20 and 24 through 27. All performances are in the Messenger Auditorium in Darbeth Fine Arts Center at Southwestern College. Seating begins at 6:15 p.m. for dinner before the show; curtain is at 8 p.m. Reservations can be made by calling the H&A box office at 316-221-7720.
"The Body's Energy System," will be presented by Dr. Jim Thomas on Tuesday in the third of a series of brown bag lunch programs entitled, "A Look at the Nature of Things." The series is hosted by Pioneer Bank & Trust.
In his presentation, "The Body's Energy System," Dr. Thomas will explore the theories of acupuncture, acupressure and the chakras or the body's energy points.
Dr. Thomas, a Ponca City resident, is an experienced personal therapist and consultant to business and institutional clients. He is the author of several books and articles including, "The 7 Steps to Personal Power," which is based upon the natural power inherent in the seven chakras or subtle energy systems of the body/mind.
The current series of lunch programs will run every Tuesday through the last week in July at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse, 1500 South Fourth, from noon until 1 p.m. The series is free and open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to bring a sack lunch, with Pioneer Bank providing drinks for all guests.
Men grieving the death of a loved one often do not receive the kind of support they need from friends and relatives, and yet they are not comfortable attending a grief support group. Hospice of Ponca City is announcing the beginning of a morning coffee get-together for any man in the community who is grieving.
The coffee time will be held every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at Perkins Restaurant. This is not a support group, but a time for meeting others who are walking the same grief path, but want to get on with living. "Sometimes it's helpful to just have a cup of coffee and visit about the weather," says Jo Clipson, bereavement specialist with Hospice of Ponca City. "There are no commitments with this gathering, no 'counseling', no pressure."
No reservations are needed, but anyone who wants more information can call the Hospice of Ponca City office at 762-9102.
The recent Heaven's Gates cult mass-suicide has brought to the forefront people's needs to belong and to feel like their life has meaning. Life does have a purpose and on Tuesday afternoon, July 8 from 5 to 6 p.m. KLVV 88.7 will be turning a phone line over to Pastor Steve Colaw.
Pastor Colaw, from the Brookfield Avenue Wesleyan Church in Ponca City, will be answering phone calls off-the-air for people who have questions about personal problems, struggles, or Christianity. The phone number and calling instructions will be given on the air during that time on KLVV 88.7 FM.
Lincoln School offers a free lunch program during the summer for children ages 1-18.
Lunch at Lincoln Elementary
Monday - Hot dog, tator tots, rosy applesauce, cookie and milk.
Tuesday - Lasagna, tossed salad, french bread, chocolate cake and milk.
Wednesday - Texas steak sandwich, french fries, veggie dippers, strawberry parfait and milk.
Thursday - Frito chili pie, refried beans, sliced peaches, assorted desserts and milk.
Friday - Rib dippers, whipped potatoes and gravy, watermelon, hot roll
and milk.
DEATHS
FAIRFAX - Willie Elbert "Bud" Ridgway, retiree of the Phillips Petroleum Co., died at 8:50 p.m. Friday, July 4, 1997 in Bartlesville. He was 76.
Graveside service will be at 3 p.m. on Tuesday in the Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Okla. with the Rev. Bill Long officiating. Committal prayers and burial will be directed by the Arnold Moore Funeral Service, Bartlesville, Okla.
A native of Osage County, Willie Elbert Ridgway was born near Woolaroc on March 22, 1921. He was the son of the late Leander Calvin and Ida Kay (Streetman) Ridgway. He was reared and educated in Osage County, attending the Barnsdall community schools.
He and the former Miss Annis Ellouise Clay were married on Sept. 2, 1940 at Blackwell, Okla. They made their home in Webb City, Okla. where Mr. Ridgway was employed by the Phillips Petroleum Co. as an oilfield roustabout and later as an oilfield pumper in the Burbank Field. The Ridgways made their home in Shidler and Burbank, Okla. during his employment in that area.
Mr. Ridgway served with the United States Navy during World War II, receiving his honorable discharge Feb. 14, 1946.
In 1963, the Ridgway family moved to Little Chief, Okla. for three years. Following their residence there, they moved to Fairfax, Okla. Mrs. Ridgway preceded her husband in death on Aug. 13, 1978 in Fairfax. He continued his employment with the Phillips Petroleum Co. until he was retired on Jan. 1, 1983.
On March 9, 1982, he and Rebecca Ann Terrill were married at Cleveland, Okla. and lived in Fairfax and Cleveland, Okla. prior to their moving to Bartlesville in 1995.
Mr. Ridgway will lie in state at the Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Home in Fairfax on Monday and until he is removed for graveside rites in the Fairfax Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Ann Ridgway of the Bartlesville home; one daughter, Mrs. Delores Fay Snyder of Bartlesville; one son, Elbert Ray Ridgway of Bartlesville; a grandson and granddaughter, also three great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Opal Lee Nave of Waukomis, Okla. and Mrs. Bessie Mae Miller of Midland, Texas. He was preceded in death by one son, Larry Eugene Ridgway and a sister, Mrs. Gladys Halford.
BLACKWELL - Claud Wayne Bell, resident of Blackwell, died in the Blackwell Regional Hospital Thursday, July 3, 1997 at 1:09 a.m. He was 71.
The funeral will be Monday, July 7, 1997 at 10 a.m. in Roberts Chapel, Blackwell with the Rev. Wayne Bookout officiating. Burial will follow in Blackwell Cemetery under direction of Roberts and Son Funeral Home, Blackwell. Masonic graveside rites will be conducted by members of the Chikaskia Lodge No. 109.
Casket bearers will be Steve Webb, Jim Henley, Garry Gibson, Milton Holman, R.V. Wagner and Jack Bookout. Honorary bearers will be Charles Inmon, Norman Brown, Lonnie Atnip, Walter Lafferty, Max Ebert and Ivan Pierce.
The casket will be open at the funeral home until 10 a.m. Monday, then closed.
Claud Wayne Bell was born Feb. 13, 1926 in Fort Smith, Ark., the son of John Millard and Ozellah Belle (McAllister) Bell. He moved with his parents to Blackwell in 1927 and grew up here, attending Blackwell schools.
He and Mina Emma Reeder were married June 9, 1952 in Lawrenceville, Ill. where they settled for two years. They then resided in Evansville and Princeton, Ind. for a short time prior to moving to Blackwell in 1954.
Mr. Bell began working for the Blackwell Zinc Co. in the refinery, and continued to work there until the refinery closed. He then worked a short time for the Pinkerton Security at Conoco, prior to beginning work for the Oklahoma State Highway Department of Transportation, working there for 12 years until his retirement. He also operated a radio shop and was a storm spotter for many years.
After his retirement he worked as a security guard for Norman Brown, both in Ponca City and Newkirk for 17 years, retiring in 1995 due to ill health.
He was a member of the Kay County Sheriff Reserve for 14 years. He belonged to the Chikaskia Lodge No. 109 where he served as Master in 1995, Scottish Rite of Guthrie, Akdar Shrine, Kay County Shrine Club, and served as a DeMolay Dad for the Blackwell Chapter for seven years.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Bells' memory to the Chikaskia Lodge No. 109 through Robert and Son Funeral Home, 120 West Padon, Blackwell, OK 74631.
WINFIELD, Kan. - M. Eloween Bean Junkens, resident of Blackwell, Okla., and former resident of Winfield, and Atlanta, Kan., died Friday morning, July 4, 1997, at Medicalodge North in Arkansas City, Kan. She was 77.
The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, 1997 at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield, Kan. Burial will be in the Atlanta, Kan., cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Monday.
M. Eloween Bean Junkens was born Aug. 17, 1919 at Atlanta, Kan., one of four children born to Ernest and Laura Brannum Martin, who owned and operated Martin's Grocery in Atlanta. She was reared and educated in Atlanta, and graduated from the Atlanta High School in 1937.
She and Charles Louis Bean were united in marriage on Sept. 3, 1938, and made their first home in Atlanta. The Beans resided in a number of states due to his employment, before moving to Winfield in 1957. Eloween was employed in Winfield for several businesses during those year, including St. Mary's Hospital, Good Samaritan Village, and Dillon's Grocery. Mr. Bean died Sept. 11, 1960.
On Sept. 3, 1971, she was married to Elmer Junkens, and the couple made their home in Blackwell, Okla. Eloween was employed with the Nickerson Farms Store at Blackwell until the late 1970s.
A resident of Blackwell for 26 years, she had resided at Medicalodge since March of 1997.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, and her interests included her children and grandchildren, crocheting, music and televised football games.
She is survived by her husband, Elmer of the Blackwell home; two sons, Marty Bean of Derby, Kan. and Charles Bean of Winfield; two daughters, Larene Walling of Arkansas City, Kan. and Tina Knox of St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Earlene Scott of Winfield, Kan. and Eileen Bishop of Atlanta, Kan.; 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and first husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Ernest "Cuddy" Martin Jr. in 1990.
A memorial has been established for the Osteoporosis Foundation. Contributions may be made in her name through Miles Funeral Service in Winfield, Kan.
FAIRFAX - Mae Wehunt, resident of Fairfax, Okla., died July 4, 1997 in the American Transitional Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. She was 77.
The funeral will be held at First Osage Baptist Church in Fairfax on Monday, July 7, 1997 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Robert Glasgow, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Fairfax Cemetery under the direction of Hunsaker-Wooten Funeral Home.
Mae Wehunt was born Sept. 8, 1919 in Magazine Ark., the daughter of Leonard and Nana Mae Morgan. She married Herman Lee Wehunt in Magazine, Ark., April 10, 1937, where the couple made their home until they moved to the Fairfax area in September 1948.
Mrs. Wehunt was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Women's Auxiliary. She enjoyed crocheting, playing Bingo and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by two sons, Billy Wehunt of Hendersonville, NC and Gary Wehunt of Fairfax; three daughters, Ms. Virginia Wehunt of Fairfax, Mrs. Don (Barbara) Woods of Webb City, Mrs. Max (Sharon) Womack of Fairfax; also four brothers, Ray Morgan of Killeen, Texas, Raymond Morgan, R.C. Morgan and Sam Morgan, all of Holiday, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in June 1996; three sons, Robert Wehunt, Damon Wehunt and Ronnie Jo Wehunt; five sisters and two brothers..
NEWKIRK - Mary Perez, long time Newkirk resident, died Friday afternoon, July 4, 1997 in her home in Newkirk. She was 93.
A prayer service is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday evening in Miller-Stahl Funeral Chapel, Newkirk. The funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday in St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Newkirk with the Rev. Richard Beckman as celebrant. Burial will follow in Newkirk Cemetery under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service, Newkirk.
Mary Perez was born June 9, 1904 in Villa Morales, Michoacan, Mexico, the daughter of Frank and Cora Cisneros. At around the age of eight she came to the United States to live with her brother, who had come to this country earlier to make his home. She lived with her brother and his wife on his farm in the Tonkawa area and attended school at Tonkawa. After leaving school she helped on the farm.
On Dec. 13, 1936 she and Domingo M. Perez were married in Newkirk. They established their home in Newkirk where she had since resided. Her husband preceded her in death on March 27, 1987.
She was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church. She enjoyed crocheting, flower gardening and her grandchildren.
Mary is survived by one son, Domingo M. Perez Jr. of Enid; two daughters, Josephine and Mary Perez, both of the home; two grandsons and two great-granddaughters. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, Joseph and Thomas; one daughter, Mary; her parents, three brothers and a sister.
Donald R. (Don) Holmes died Friday morning, July 4, 1997, at the Integris Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City. He was 57.
The funeral service will be at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, July 8, 1997, at the Central Baptist Church, with the Rev. John Waterloo, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Longwood Cemetery under direction of the Trout Funeral Home. The family will be at the Trout Funeral Home Monday evening from 7 p.m. until 8 p.m., to receive friends.
Born Nov. 7, 1939, in Ponca City, he was the son of Alfred (Bill) and Cora (Jackie Kemper) Holmes. He was a 1957 graduate of Ponca City High School.
Following graduation he served with the U.S. Army for five years. On March 9, 1963, he was married to Laurzell D. Murray in Ponca City. The couple remained in the Ponca City area, and were members of the Central Baptist Church. Mr. Holmes started working in the Conoco Refinery in 1963. He retired in 1995 as an Operations Supervisor. He enjoyed woodworking, hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Laurzell Holmes of the home, Route No. 5, Ponca City; three daughters, Mrs. Ron (LeEllen Bennett) Gales, Ponca City; Mrs. Andy (Terri Holmes) Biddinger, Ponca City, and Mrs. Jerry (Laura Dawn Holmes) Sheik of Newkirk; one brother, Doyle E. Holmes of Willow, Alaska; also grandchildren, Zach and Nathan Gales, Ponca City; Matt and Brett Biddinger, Ponca City, and Madison, Josh and Chelsea Sheik of Newkirk, Okla. His parents preceded him in death.
Casket bearers will be Hoyd O'Neill, Ernie Lewis, Jim Capehart, Larry Meyers, Steve Giddens, and Dave Perdue. Honorary bearers will be David Parks, Bruce Glover, Doug Brown, Byron Moore, Larry Powell, Clayton McMartin, and the fellow co-workers of the Conoco Refinery.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Leukemia Research, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104-5097.
The family will be at the home, Route 5, northeast of Ponca City.
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NEWKIRK - Ora Lee Blubaugh, longtime resident of the Newkirk area, died Thursday night, July 3, 1997 at her home, southeast of Newkirk. She was 72.
A graveside service has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Resthaven
Memorial Cemetery, Ponca City. Further arrangements will be announced later
by Miller-Stahl Funeral Service.
NEWS BRIEFS
State DUI School - Kay County's only non-profit state certified DUI school, Bridgeway Inc., offers both midweek DUI School and Assessments. Next school 5 to 10:30 p.m., July 9 and 10. Call 752-1462 for reservations.
Rummage Sale- St. Mary's Trinity Guild is sponsoring a rummage sale July 11-12, 7 a.m.-noon each day at 121 West Central. Among the items available are furniture, rowing machine, I.D. system, electronic testing equipment, old trunks, insulation, collectibles, clothes, infant clothing and a lot of miscellaneous items.
Braden Water Meeting - Braden Rural Water District 3 will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Braden Community Center.
Non-Injury Accident - A Ponca City police officer took a report at 10:31 a.m. Friday of a non-injury accident at Pine Street and West Grand Avenue.
Report Taken - A report was taken by an officer of the Ponca City Police Department at 12:43 p.m. Friday in the 600 block of McFadden Drive of a house that was broken into.
Grass Fire - A grass fire occurred at 3:06 p.m. Friday .5 miles East of Enterprise Road on Hubbard Road. Ponca City Fire Department's Unit 1, Engine 2 and Command 1 responded and put the fire out.
Domestic Assault - A 34-year-old man was arrested by a Ponca City police officer at 5:49 p.m. Friday in the 3200 block of Kingston Road for domestic assault and battery.
Ex Parte - A police officer responded to a call at 7:36 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of West Grand Avenue after a subject advised that someone was outside the house that had an ex parte. A report was taken.
Injury Accident - An injury accident occurred at 9:03 p.m. Friday one-quarter of a mile south of Hubbard Road on Snake Road. An ambulance of the Ponca City Fire Department responded and took one subject to the emergency room for treatment of injuries.
Domestic Assault - A 31-year-old man was arrest at 10:22 p.m. Friday by a Ponca City police officer in the 700 block of North Fifth Street for domestic assault and battery.
Speeding - A police officer arrested a 30-year-old man at 11:45 p.m., Friday in the 900 block of South Fourth Street for speeding and no driver's license
Public Intoxication - A 28-year-old man was arrested by a Ponca City police officer at 1:54 p.m. Friday in the 100 block of South Pine Street for public intoxication.
Trespassing - A Ponca City police officer responded to the 400
block of North Ash Street at 3:08 a.m. Saturday, where a 38-year-old man
was arrested for trespassing.
LIFESTYLES
Mary White of Ponca City was pleased to bring this article to the News written by her daughter, Ann White DeMers of Coarsegold, Calif. The "Kitchen Heirlooms" feature of treasured recipes from mothers and grandmothers is provided by readers of the Fresno, Calif. "Bee." This story was published in June by Mrs. DeMers.
When my mother and aunt were growing up in McCarty, Okla. (a community named for their family), my grandmother, Ida Bell McNeil McCarty taught them how to bake this Chocolate Pie. Over time, Mary and Hazel would bake it for family get-togethers, Sunday dinners, church dinners, and as a special treat for me.
Once in the 1960s when I was touring with the New Christy Minstrels, these two wonderful ladies met our plane in Dallas. We made a stop there before landing in the town where we would perform that evening. They presented me with a "care package" of sandwiches and Chocolate Pie. My fellow Christy Minstrels insisted I share all of these homemade goodies on our flight, but we had to save the pie for our final destination. That night, after our concert, we had a pie fest in my room.
My own children grew up with this pie and often enjoyed it as a "birthday pie"-candles in the meringue.
CHOCOLATE MERINGUE PIE
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell
For filling:
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup granulated sugar
2-3 egg yolks (slightly beaten)
1 1/2 cups whole milk (or low-fat milk)
3-4 tablespoons cornstarch
Combine filling ingredients in top of a double boiler (or a very heavy saucepan). Heat gently until mixture begins to thicken. Stir constantly to smooth out the lumps. When the mixture is the consistency of very thick pudding, remove from the heat and add:
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix well and allow to cool before putting into 9-inch shell.
For meringue:
3 egg whites, whipped into peaks
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Whip egg whites until peaks form. Add sugar gradually, continuing to beat. Add vanilla. Spread over cooled filling in pie shell. Swirl with spatula to make peaks.
Bake in preheated 350-degree oven approximately 10 minutes, but watch very carefully to avoid over-browning
Sheri and Coby Snyder of Billings announce the birth of a son at 9:04 p.m. June 23, 1997 at St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Enid. The 8-pound, 6.6-ounce baby was 22-inches long and has been named Nathan Lee Snyder.
Maternal grandparents are Carroll and Bonnie Wood of Tonkawa and paternal grandparents are Coburn and Linda Snyder of Billings. Great-grandparents are Helen DeBuhr of Ponca City and Guy and Vi Snyder of Kansas.
Rachel Merrill Hiatt was born July 1, 1997 at 8:12 a.m. She weighed 7-pounds and was 20 3/4-inches long. She is the daughter of Karin and Jeff Hiatt of Blackwell. Her sister is Morganne Elizabeth Hiatt, 4 years old.
Grandparents are Norma and Jimmy Hiatt of Braman, Betty Marsh of Ponca City and the late Larry Marsh.
Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Marsh of Topeka, Kan., Mr. and Mrs. Orville Merrill of Blackwell and Harold Hiatt of Blackwell.
The Friends of the Cultural Center Museum Foundation, Inc. will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Sunroom of the Cultural Center. This will be a general meeting of the Foundation and interested persons are invited to attend.
Volunteers for various jobs are needed to complete committee positions. Plans for the up-coming Membership Kick-Off Drive and other future events will be discussed.
Brochures for the group are being printed to advertise the preservation of the center. The Ponca City Cultural Center and Museum is the former home of Ernest Whitworth Marland, tenth Governor of Oklahoma. Marland was also the founder and president of Marland Oil Company, which later merged with Continental Oil company.
The 22-room house located at 1000 East Grand Avenue is listed in the Oklahoma Landmarks publication. The goals of the Foundation include preserving the Cultural Center and its contents; promoting an appreciation of local and Oklahoma history; encouraging increased usage of the center and cooperating with city officials to accomplish fiscal soundness at the center.
Wentz Camp was the setting for the outdoor wedding of Nichole Lynn Requena and Todd Alan Coats on June 14, 1997. The double ring vows, written by the bridegroom's mother, were officiated in a 7:30 p.m. ceremony by Toby Blackstar of Edmond. Decorations included an archway decorated in cream tulle, cream satin ribbons and greenery. Keith Lessert sang "Cross my Heart" and "I Swear".
Parents of the couple are Bill and Peggy King and Alan and Sammie Coats, all of Ponca City. The bride is the granddaughter of Reva Brown of El Dorado, Kan., Dorothy King of Indiana, and Mr. and Mrs. William King, Sr. of Stark, Kan. The bridegroom's paternal grandparents are Don and Maxine Coats of Sallisaw and the late Thelma Coats. Maternal grandparents are the late J. D. and Boots Farris.
For her wedding, the bride selected a cream silk and satin gown accented with handsewn pearls and lace. The bodice featured illusion cutwork and the long sleeves of illusion, satin and lace were adorned with medallions of pearls and iridescent sequins. The dropped waistline was accentuated with lace, pearls and satin, and the cathedral-length train was edged with satin ruffles and embellished with pearls, lace, and sequins. A floral headpiece accented with silk roses and pearls secured her double-tiered pearl-edged veil of illusion and was fashioned by the bride and the bridegroom's mother. She carried a long-stemmed bouquet of cream silk roses, burgundy Calla lilies, greenery, and cream, Hunter green, and burgundy silk ribbons. Nestled in the bouquet was her great-grandmother's floral handkerchief.
In keeping with tradition, something new was a pair of pearl earrings, a gift from the bridegroom; something old was her great-grandmother's handkerchief and something borrowed were the peau de soie shoes the bridegroom's mother wore in her wedding 25 years ago. The bride also wore a heart-shaped diamond necklace belonging to her mother and she wore a blue garter.
Matron of Honor was Stephanie Riley of El Dorado, Kan. Bridesmatron was Heather Sayles of Ponca City. They wore tea-length dresses of cream and Hunter green with belled sleeves and criss-cross ties in the back. Each carried along-stemmed bouquet of cream and burgundy roses and greenery.The bride's niece, Brooke Hackler of El Dorado, Kan., was the flower girl. She wore a cream empire-waisted lace dress and carried a cream-colored teddy bear dressed as a bride holding a basket of burgundy rose petals. The ring bearer was the bridegroom's cousin, Jesse Krewall of Edmond and he carried a teddy bear dressed as a bridegroom. The bride and groom teddy bears were fashioned by the bride and the bridegroom's mother.
The bridegroom wore a black tuxedo with tails and a Hunter green vest. The best man was Chris McRae of Blackwell and groomsman was the bridegroom's brother, Chris Coats of Ponca City. Ushers were the bride's brother, Billy King, and Jerimiah Dallas, both of Ponca City.
Following the ceremony, the bride and bridegroom presented cream colored long-stemmed silk roses to the mothers.Monica Jones, the bride's sister from El Dorado, Kan., attended the guest book.
The Wentz Dining Hall was the setting for the reception. The bride's table featured a three-tiered heart shaped cake with bride and groom "Cherished Teddies" as the topper. The bridegroom's cake was chocolate and topped with a bride and groom and the words "Gotcha". Assisting with the reception were Shannon Krewall of Edmond and Rebecca Blakeburn. Servers were Carla Hackler and Monica Jones of El Dorado, Kan., Katt Houser of Stillwater, all sisters of the bride, and Debbie Smith.
Amanda Krewall of Edmond, cousin of the bridegroom, and Josh, Mariah and Chelsea Riley, all of El Dorado, Kan. offered bubble bottles to each guest. As the couple left for a wedding trip to Lake Texoma the guests blew bubbles. They are making their home in Ponca City. The bride is employed at Wal-Mart and the bridegroom attends Northern Oklahoma College and is employed at Air Systems Components.
A 2 p.m. wedding ceremony Aug. 9 at the First Baptist Church is being planned by Vicki Lyn Aday and Barry Lane Carlson. The couple extends an open invitation to family and friends to attend the event.
Announcement of their engagement is being made by her parents, Russell and Billie Aday of Ponca City. Carlson is the son of Marge Carlson of Chanute, Kan. and the late Bill Carlson.
Miss Aday is the granddaughter of Lloyd and Helen Moore of Ponca City.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Lauritsen, 1508 Cookson, are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Lori Jane Lauritsen, to Adam Marcus Shelley. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Shelley of New Hope, Minn. and the late Diane Shelley. An Aug. 16 wedding is being planned at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Miss Lauritsen, a 1993 graduate of Ponca City High School, plans to graduate in December from the University of Kansas. She is majoring in Math Secondary Education. The bride-elect is a member of the University of Kansas Women's Golf Team.
The future bridegroom is a 1990 graduate of Cooper Senior High School and has attended Mankato State University in Minnesota. He is currently Sales Manager for KaDar Industrial Supply in Ponca City.
Announcing the engagement of Joy McCarty and Skipp Kistler are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCarty of Newkirk. Kistler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Kistler, 24 Hillcrest. The family wedding will be held Aug. 2 at the First United Methodist Church.
Miss McCarty is a 1990 graduate of Newkirk High School and attended Oklahoma State University where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Since graduation from the University of Central Oklahoma she has taught at Roosevelt Elementary School. The bride-elect is presently pursuing a graduate degree in Counseling at OSU.
Kistler, a 1991 graduate of Ponca City High School, was affiliated with Delta Tau Delta while attending OSU. He graduated in 1996 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and is currently employed at Moore Industries in Stillwater.
An open invitation is extended to friends and family of Christina Mae Cross and Tyson Allen Osborn to attend their wedding and reception July 19. The ceremony is planned for 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Tonkawa.
Announcement of their approaching marriage has been made by her parents, Clifford and Vonda Cross of Tonkawa. Osborn is the son of Jim and Jeleane Osborn of Severy, Kan. and the late Marcia Osborn.
Grandparents of the bride-elect are Veda Peters of Tonkawa, Virgil Poulter of Drumright, Imagine Cross of Tonkawa, and the late Raymond Cross. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Leroy and Louise Osborn of Burden, Kan. and Hershel and Otha Grundy of Eureka, Kan.
Miss Cross, a 1995 Tonkawa High School graduate, has attended Northern Oklahoma College. She plans to attend Washburn University Radiology Department in Topeka, Kan. in the fall. She is presently a Guest Service Representative at the Holiday Inn in Ponca City.
Osborn, a 1994 graduate of Central Burden High School, graduated with an associate's degree from Cowley County Community College. He also plans to attend Washburn, enrolling in the Physical Education department. The future bridegroom currently is employed with C. R. Miller Mowing Service.
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, July 7: Southern barbecue sandwich; oven fried potatoes; cucumber salad; hamburger bun; apple crisp or apple cobbler.
Tuesday, July 8: Chef salad with dressing; tossed salad; crackers with butter; cinnamon roll; ice cream.
Wednesday, July 9: Oven baked chicken; mashed potatoes with gravy; California mixed vegetables; biscuit with butter; frosted strawberry dessert.
Thursday, July 10: Spaghetti with meat sauce; seasoned green beans; tossed salad with dressing; garlic bread with butter; chilled peaches.
Friday, July 11: Baked pepper steak; buttered corn; steamed cabbage; cornbread with butter; fresh fruit in season.
A "Me and My Shadow" luncheon will be held by the Ponca City Christian Women's Club July 16, 12:30-2:30 p.m., at the Ponca City Country Club.
Deborah Randall with Discovery Toys will share how a child's toy can affect his development. Jenny Broughton, a "happy, humorous homemaker" from Oklahoma City will tell how a wise woman builds her home."
All area women are invited to attend and reservations may be made by calling Cindy, 762-2151, or Karen, 765-9835.
Kristen Paige Wynn became the bride of Timothy Thomas Hallcroft in a 7 p.m. ceremony June 7, 1997 at First United Methodist Church. The double ring vows were officiated by the Rev. Denny Hook. The bride is the daughter of Edwina Appleby Wynn, 2212 El Camino, and Michael Paul Wynn of Mandeville, La. Parents of the bridegroom are Nancy Grace Bishop of Tulsa and William Hallcroft of Key Biscayne, Fla.
The musical prelude played by Sue Lippert, organist, included "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach. "Canon in D" by Pachelbel was played as the mothers were seated. Other selections were the Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" by Wagner, "The Gift of Love," Mendelssohn's "The Wedding March" and "Ode To Joy" arranged by Young.
The bride wore a silk and lace gown featuring a beaded bodice with rounded neckline, three-quarter length sleeves and scooped back. The silk floor length skirt extended to a chapel length train. The bride's waist length veil of silk edged illusion was decorated with pearls and held in place by silk beaded rosettes. She carried a cascade of white lilies, white roses, stephanotis, Dendrobium orchids and English ivy.
Matron of honor for her cousin was Stephanie Barr Stallsmith. Maid of honor was Lori Sloan and bridesmaids were Stacy Barr, cousin of the bride; Stephanie Husen, Lindsay Ross and Traci Washington. Each attendant was gowned in a floor length Peacock colored crepe dress. The illusion back of the bodice was marked by fabric buttons and two small bows and the skirt featured a side slit. The attendants carried individual cascade arrangements of white lilies, white roses, stephanotis and English ivy.
Allyson Taylor, niece of the bridegroom, was flower girl. She wore a floor length silk dress with vee neckline and three-quarter length sleeves. The bodice and skirt was adorned with beaded lace appliques. Brett Wynn, brother of the bride, was the ringbearer.
Best man for his brother was Bill Hallcroft. Serving as groomsmen were Kyle Wynn, brother of the bride; Johnny Bishop, cousin of the bridegroom; Steve Koenig, Jason Shockley and Todd Simms. Usher was the bride's brother, Blake Wynn.
Guest book attendants were Lori Taylor, sister of the bridegroom, and Karen Bishop, aunt of the bridegroom. Assisting with the reception at the Ponca City Country Club were Bree Howard, Abbie Rhodes and Susan Hibbets.
The bride is completing studies at Oklahoma State University where she is majoring in International Business and Management. The bridegroom is general manager of Don Pablos Restaurant in Rockford, Ill. The couple has established a home at 951 McKnight Circle #2 in Rockford, Ill. 61107.
Among the guests attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Appleby and Mrs. Mike Wynn, grandparents of the bride, and Mrs. Richard Love, grandmother of the bridegroom.
Other guests were Jan Barr, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stallsmith, Mr. and Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Billie Jean Gatewood, Ginny Gatewood, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Grotts, Mrs. Gayle Grotts, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Taylor, Allyson, and Tommy; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hallcroft, Ben and Aaron; Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop, Johnny; Donna Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Baskey, Sarabeth.
Also Lavitha Dudley, Kathy Housh, Becky Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Tew, Jennifer Jones, Kristy Mankel, Emilea Matzner, Elspeth Sharp, Jason Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Koenig, Steve Koenig, Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Newport, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Szfranski, Harold Clark, Tanner Landrum, Dr. and Mrs. Bill Wynn, Bernie, Michael, Kate; Sheila Williams.
Also Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Hibbets, B. J. Rumph, Travis Patterson, Rob Berkland, Abbie Rhodes, Liz Pyle, Ashley Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mitchell, Jason Shockley, Todd Simms, Lindsay Ross, Traci Washington and Stacy Barr.
TOPS OK 308 Chapter met Monday evening with Donna McCoy calling the meeting to order. Delpha Clemens gave the devotional entitled "Beams of Sunshine". The TOPS Pledge was led by Joan Hendrickson and the KOPS Kreed was led by Betty Flower.
Delpha Clemens called the roll and Betty Flower gave the weight report. Visiting was Beverly Byrum. Best loser was Ann McCool and Audrey Garroutte won the "Ha-Ha" pot. There was a drawing for weekly "pals" and the program was a discussion of "Kamp Out" to be held September 19-21. Deadline for reservations is July 31.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a non-profit organization whose members desire to lose or maintain weight. It neither sells nor endorses products. Members are encouraged to develop individual exercise programs, and contests are used to encourage weight loss.
Brief programs are presented each week and visitors are welcome to attend the meetings. Weigh-in time is 6:15-6:55 p.m. and meetings begin at 7 p.m. on Mondays. For more information contact Delpha Clemens, 762-2844 or Betty Flower, 765-5448.
Kristin Rebecca Lanman and Jerry Dale Stumbo were united in marriage June 14, 1997 in a 7 p.m. ceremony at the Tulsa Garden Center. The double ring vows were officiated by the Rev. Edward J. Light. The University of Tulsa string quartet provided the musical selections which included Canon in D by Pachelbel and the traditional wedding march. Scripture reader was Marla Robinson of Muskogee. Parents of the couple are Gary and Pam Lanman, 101 Fouad Drive, Jerry Stumbo of Tulsa and Georgene Stumbo of Tulsa.
The bride wore a gown of white raw silk featuring a lace bodice with a square neckline and short sleeves and a trio of fabric rosettes in back. The floor length skirt was complemented by a chapel length train. The bride also wore her grandmother's pearl necklace. Her double-tiered fingertip length veil was secured by a lace and pearl headband and she carried a cascade bouquet of yellow roses, purple statice, miniature pink roses, white orchids and ivy.
Maid of honor was Heather Lanman of Athens, Texas and bridesmaids were Stephanie Allen of Tulsa, Lori Batt of Ponca City, Shana Saunders of Tulsa and Jennifer Neuhaus of Tulsa. Each was attired in long gown of plum-colored raw silk. The square-necked bodice had short sleeves and was accented in back by three fabric rosettes. Each attendant carried a bouquet of yellow roses, purple statice, miniature pink roses and ivy. Katlin Jones of Broken Arrow, flower girl, was dressed in a floral print dress and wore a wreath of baby's breath in her hair.
Serving as best man was John Paulson of Las Cruces, N. M. Groomsmen were Ryan Lanman of Ponca City, Darrell Thomas of Oklahoma City, Bryan Parris of Broken Arrow and Chris Schiffili of Broken Arrow. Ushers were Keith Nicholson of Midland, Texas, Keith Lofton and Dean Russell of Uniontown, Ark.
Rachel Calkin of Austin, Texas and Marla Robinson attended the guest register. The reception was held at the Tulsa Garden Center. The couple is residing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The bride was formerly a Marketing Coordinator for United Vista Satellite and the bridegroom is a Production Engineer for Archer Daniels Midland. Among the guests at the wedding were Vera and Norman Knight of California, Richard and Leslie Siegmund of Tyler, Texas and Jeannine Herron and Jeanie Erickson of Topeka, Kan.
A family dinner at the Free Will Baptist Church today will mark the 60th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schneeberger, 3546 North Bell Road.
Hosting the dinner will be their children and their spouses: Leo and Shirley Spears of Pawhuska, Bob and Patsy Stowers of Lamont, Jerry and Nella Schneeberger of Lamont, George and Maxine Schoonover of Sevensburg, Kan., Larry Schneeberger of Marland, Lonnie and Ruth Schneeberger of Guymon, Don and Ann Schneeberger of Ponca City, Daniel and Roberta Schneeberger of Blackwell, Dennis and Brenda Schneeberger of Kildare.
Ira Schneeberger and the former Alma Kitchel were united in marriage July 6, 1937 in Wellington, Kan. They made their first home in Hunnewell, Kan. and later lived in Braman and Ponca City. They have resided at their present home for 36 years.
Mr. Schneeberger retired from the Labor Union in 1972 and worked for the Ponca Housing Authority 1982-85. Mrs. Schneeberger has been employed at Ponca Floral and Plant Alley and has cooked for the McCord Senior Citizens. The couple attends the Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Schneeberger have 24 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gourley, 2712 McKinley Place, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a reaffirmation of vows at St. Luke's Church of the Nazarene. The ceremony will be at 2 p.m. July 12 and a reception will follow at the Ponca City Cultural Center.
Gourley and the former Susan Ward were united in marriage July 13, 1972 at the Oak Street Baptist Church in Cushing. They made their first home in Cushing and have resided at their present address for 15 years. Both are members of St. Luke's Church of the Nazarene and have been employed at Conoco, Inc. for 20 years. They have a daughter and son-in-law, Mica and Mike Groom of Dallas, Texas.
Council Road Baptist Church in Bethany will be the setting Aug. 9 for the wedding of Tamara Dawn Weller and Bradley Michael Thompson. Parents of the engaged couple are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Weller of Bethany, Michael D. Thompson of Oklahoma City and the late Linda Thompson. Grandparents of the prospective bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Don Thompson and Mrs. Dorothy Hillhouse, all of Ponca City.
Miss Weller is a 1993 graduate of Putnam City West High School and Thompson is a 1994 graduate of PCWHS. Both are students at the University of Central Oklahoma where she is pursuing a degree in Education and he is majoring in Marketing.
Marriage vows for Barbara Holloway and Gary Fent were solemnized at 2 p.m. June 21, 1997. Officiating the double-ring ceremony in St. Paul's United Methodist Church was Ed Coy Light. The bridegroom is the son of Francis Fent of Mulhall.
Candelabra accented with white roses marked the altar. Musical selections, in addition to the traditional wedding march, were "You Are So Beautiful," "I Swear," and "I Cross My Heart" sung by Brian Popplewell of Edmond.
For her wedding the bride chose a white satin gown with fitted waist and short sleeves. She carried a teardrop arrangement of white roses.
Attendants for the couple were their children: Doug and Sandy Fent of San Mateo, Calif., son and daughter of the bridegroom; Rod Krueger of San Diego, Calif. and Kim Holloway of Norman, son and daughter of the bride.
The guest book was attended by Jolene Krueger and R. C. Krueger, daughter-in-law and grandson of the bride. Following the ceremony a reception for friends and family was held at the American Legion.
Robert and Joan Faken, 1801 Northeast Woodland Road, will observe their 45th wedding anniversary this month. The couple plans to celebrate with a Caribbean cruise later this summer.
Robert Faken and the former Joan Ratliff were married July 11, 1952 in Ponca City at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Downey. Mr. Faken retired from Conoco Inc. in 1987 after 32 years of service. He retired from the Army Reserve in 1990 with the rank of Command Sergeant Major. He is a member of the Korean War Veterans Association and the American Legion.
Mrs. Faken was employed for several years at Conoco and later worked for 10 years at Cable Television Company. She is a member of the Women's Aglow Fellowship. Both are active in the First Baptist Church.
The couple has two daughters and sons-in-law: Robin and Gary Grossenbacher of Edmond and Kim and Charles Cooke of Minneapolis, Minn. Their grandchildren are Cameron Grossenbacher of Edmond and Alexandra and Samuel Cooke of Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. "Bud" Freeman, Route 1, Box 66, Marland, will be honored with a reception on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. The event will be at 2 p.m. July 20 at the Moose Lodge, 500 West Prospect, in Ponca City. The couple extends an open invitation to all friends and family to attend the reception. They request that there be no gifts.
Hosting the party will be Alan and Sheron Smith, Dan and Teresa Bogner, Justin and Kristi Snipes and Dean Keating.
Bud Freeman and Anita Thompson Streeter were united in marriage July 21, 1947 at Newkirk. The couple has been engaged in ranching and farming all of their married life. They have resided at their present address for 27 years.
Aug. 16 is the date selected by Edie Adams Motley and Ronald W. Magner, both of Alva, for their wedding at the First Assembly of God Church in Alva. Friends and family of the couple are invited to attend the 2 p.m. ceremony.
Ms. Motley is a former resident of Ponca City and has been very active in Ponca Playhouse. She is currently a traveling nurse working at various health facilities in Oklahoma and Kansas. She is the mother of John Adams, Mrs. Angel Norris and Julie Adams, all of Ponca City, and Mrs. Beth Fox of Alva.
Magner is a 1947 graduate of Ponca City High School. He owned a ceramic business and was an RV technician in the Dallas area until 1993. He is presently foreman of the Schupbaugh Ranch near Alva. His children are Ron Magner of Springdale, Ark., Shiveley Herring of Dallas, Texas, Valerie Magner of Leesburg, Va., and Carla Wood of Mesquite, Texas.
Following a wedding trip to Jamaica Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Gronigan have established a home at 505 North Tenth. Mrs. Gronigan is a student at Oklahoma State University and is a phlebotomist at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Gronigan is a Ponca City Firefighter.
The Marland Mansion was the setting for the recent wedding of the couple with the Rev. Charles Heyer officiating. Musical selections included "Ave Maria" "Sunrise Sunset," and "Where There Is Love." Cathy Brewer was soloist and Ed Latimer was keyboardist.
The bride, the former Amy L. Rutherford, is the daughter of Gerald and Lucille Rutherford, 1100 Kygar Road. Gronigan is the son of Pat Gronigan of Cedar Falls, Iowa and Barbara Jack of Yukon.
The bride was attired in a sleeveless, straight gown of white satin with a brocaded neckline and hemline. The vee shaped back was accented with satin roses and a floor length train. She wore opera length white gloves and carried the handkerchief her mother and sister carried at their weddings. Her veiling was adorned with pearls and crystals and secured by a white satin headband. She carried a cascade of pale yellow, Anna, champagne colored and small pink roses, astromeria, peach carnations and white freesia accented with English ivy.
Maid of Honor was Katie Rutherford and Matron of Honor was Danielle Maxson, both sisters of the bride. Jamie Worstell was bridesmaid. Each attendant wore a Navy blue crepe sleeveless, straight gown with draped back bodice and opera length Navy blue gloves. Each carried a cluster of roses in yellow and champagne accented in white and tied with sheer ribbon. Jessica Spada was the flower girl.
Joseph Gronigan served his brother as best man and groomsmen were Darin Kirchenbauer and Kirk Norris. Paul Rutherford, brother of the bride, was usher along with Jeffery Maxson, brother-in-law of the bride. Ring bearer was the bridegroom's brother, Matthew Jack.
Assisting with the reception at the Marland Mansion were Kami Schieber, Katie Mulligan, Marcy Lee, Cinda Bridges and Danielle Bridges. Among the guests attending were Mary Alma Johnson of Roseville, Minn., grandmother of the bride; Pat and Katie Johnson of Roseville, uncle and aunt of the bride; Bill and Lee Ward of Houston, Texas, great-uncle and aunt of the bride; Johnnie Craven of Houston, great-aunt of the bride; Tony and Michelle Spada of Iowa, cousin of the bridegroom; Cindy Davis of Iowa and Melissa Jones of Mansfield, Texas.
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By DAVID BROWN
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The first two days of the Ponca City American Legion AA Tournament couldn't have gone better for the host team as the AA Royals recorded their second impressive win in two games Friday, whipping Alva 7-0.
That win followed on the heels of a 6-1 victory over El Dorado Thursday and improved the Royals to 17-18 on the season.
After two rounds of action in the tournament, Ponca City and Enid were the only unbeaten teams. Perry, Blackwell and Alva were 1-1 and Park City, Kan., and Ark City, Kan., were both 0-2.
Saturday's games featured Enid vs. Blackwell, El Dorado vs. Alva, Perry vs. Park City and Ponca City vs. Ark City at 8 p.m.
Sunday's games are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. with seed 7 facing seed 8. At 12:45 p.m. seeds 1 and 4 meet and then seeds 2 and 3 play at 3 p.m. with seeds 5 and 6 playing at 5:15. The championship game, between the seed 1 and seed 4 winner and the seed 2 and seed 3 winner, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. All games are being played at the high school diamond.
Against Alva, Toby Red Leaf and Chad Whitsett combined for the three-hit shutout. Red Leaf got the win and Whitsett, who entered in the fifth after Red Leaf's throwing shoulder began hurting, picked up the save.
Red Leaf allowed just two hits in four full innings with three strikeouts and a walk. Whitsett gave up one hit with two strikeouts and no walks.
Offensively, the Royals got all the runs they would need during their three-run fourth inning. But they weren't done. The Poncans plated another run in the fifth and scored three more in the sixth.
Nine-hole hitter Anthony Stark came up big for the Royals. He went 3-for-3 with a leadoff double in the third, a two-RBI single in the fourth and an RBI single in the fifth. He was hit by a pitch in the sixth.
Todd Stewart also had a good game at the plate, going 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Ponca City outhit Alva 9-3.
In the Royals' big fourth inning, Cody Warner led off and was hit by a pitch. Stewart and Jeff Lieb followed with back-to-back singles to load the bases and Justin Ross came through with a bloop single over second base to plate the game's first run. Stewart then cranked out his second base hit of the contest to score Stewart and courtesy runner Wes Murrie.
In the fifth, Stewart reached on a one-out single, Lieb hit into a fielder's choice to erase Stewart and then Ross was hit by a pitch. Stark followed with his third RBI on a single to left.
Evan Rupp picked up an RBI in the sixth as he laid down a nice bunt on a suicide squeeze play.The other two runs scored off Alva errors.
Following this tournament the AA Royals are scheduled to host Blackwell for a doubleheader Tuesday and then the district tournament runs July 11-13.
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In American Legion Majors action at Bartlesville, the Poncans lost their opening game in the tournament Thursday to Fayetteville, 5-4, and then defeated Enid 5-2 Friday as Rocky Hughes went the distance and improved to 8-4. Matt Holland took the Game 1 loss to fall to 3-3.
Golf Calendar
Ponca City Country Club
July 12-13-19 - Fourball Match Play
July 11-18-25 - Junior Golf Program playday.
July 15-16-17 - Women's Tee-Par-Tee Invitational
July 25 - Couples Scotch foursome
July 26 - Parent-Junior Tournament
July 30 - PGA Junior Tour Tournament
Wentz Memorial
July 10-17 - Junior Golf Program playdays
July 12 - Two-Man Best Ball (membership not required)
July 25 - Parent-Junior Tournament
July 26 - Two-Man Ryder Cup Format
Blackwell
July 12 - Annual Fee-Guest Tournament, 8 a.m. start
July 26 - Hospital Tournament
Winfield-Ark City
July 17 - Quail Ridge KSU Catbacker Junior Four-Person Scramble (9 holes), $20 entry fee, 9 a.m. tee-off.
PCCC-WGA
The Ponca City Country Club Women's Golf Association will hold its weekly Ladies Day play Tuesday with "Low Net In-Flight Low Putts." The hostesses are Diane Daniels and Maxine Hunt.
The Thursday Ladies will hold a two-person Guest Day Scramble this week. Members can sign up at the Pro Shop.
In last Tuesday's Low Net, Low Putts play, Diane Mills took first in Championship flight with Gene Morse second.
Mar garet Steinberger and Wilma Wilkins tied for first in President's flighty. Mac Bradley won in B flight. Lara Gann won in C flight with D'Etta McAbee second. B.J. Cohenour had the Low Putts.
In the 98-Hole play, Eva Ballard was first, Norma Casad second and B. VanOsten had the low putts.
In the Thursday Ladies play last week, Cheryl Fletcher took first place and had the Low Putts for the Low Net Even Holes play.
In the June 26 "Throw Out One Hole After Play," Sandy Powers and Mary Perkins tied for first place. Perkins had the Low Putts.
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WLGA
The Wentz Ladies Golf Association will hold Ladies Day play Tuesday with Championship, President's and Unflighted teeing off at 8:30 a.m. followed by A, B and C Flights.
Last week's winners were:
Championship - Nikki Snyder.
President's - Linda Bigger.
A - Sue Green.
B - Betty Webb.
C - Ernie Goodman.
Low Putts - Nikki Snyder.
Ashley Roussel of Ponca City will represent Oklahoma along with five other state players in the Missouri Valley Tennis Association Team Tennis tournament in Kansas City starting July 10. Roussel will join the other five players from Tulsa, Enid, Seminole and Ada to form the Oklahoma Girls' 18s team.
The Oklahoma team will compete against teams from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and the Kansas City district. The format for the tournament is a collegiate format in which each team member plays both singles and doubles.
In addition to counting for the team title in the tournament, each girl's match will also contribute to her individual MVTA sectional year-end ranking.
With the weather becoming more and more attractive for outdoor activities, the Ponca City Lake Patrol is emphasizing boating safety at Lake Ponca and reminds boaters there are several rules to heed while on the lake.
- All vessels must operate in a counterclockwise fashion. On West Lake Ponca the maximum speed limit is 35 mph. This area is a designated skiing area.
- Traffic on East Lake Ponca is marked as a "no-wake" operation area, with sailboats having the right-of-way over motor boats.
- Separate permits are required for boating, skiing, and fishing. These permits may be purchased at the Lake Patrol Office on a daily or annual basis.
- Skiing is permitted on West Lake Ponca only, from sunrise to sunset. Fishing boats may remain provided they meet USCG requirements for lighting.
- Fishing is not permitted anywhere in the designated skiing area during skiing hours.
- Boat occupants under the age of 12 must wear an approved flotation device at all times
- Boat operators must be at least 14 years old, otherwise children must be accompanied by an adult experienced in boating operations.
- Skiing requires the use of an observer at least 12 years of age or older, or a mirror (dual mirrors for jet skis).
- Marked "idle speed" areas are strictly enforced for "no-wake" operation only.
- Open containers or alcoholic beverages may not be transported
- The vessel owner is responsible for the vessel, whether operating it or not.
Lake Parole officials note accidents often occur as a result of horseplay, misjudging stopping ability, following too closely, or disregarding posted idle speed areas. Direct concerns, questions, or reports of violations to the Lake Patrol at 767-0400.