From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Thursday,
August 28, 1997
LOCAL
Nearly News
Lighting Up the Night
Letters
Tutor Training Workshops Set For September at City Library
Chamber News
Precision, Graceful Aerobatics Expected During Air Show Here
Annual Prostate Cancer Screening Set for Sept. 27
'A Chef in Love' Starts Friday At Poncan Along With 'Contact'
DEATHS
Jeanne Catherine Stingley
Services Pending
Merle E. Jones
Verba Hocker
NEWS BRIEFS
For those wondering where the native stone came from that is being used for the Pioneer Woman Museum NN has the answer. The rock is coming from the Audrey Rogers farm three miles south of Newkirk and six and a half miles east near Kaw Lake. Another land mark in the area was Stony Point School. To date Mrs. Rogers says 65 ton of the rock has been sold to Wright Masonry, which is doing the stone work.
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NN has learned that Henry and Carolyn Bourne, Ponca Citians, made the September issue of Family Circle - at least by a circuitous route. Their daughter-in-law, Barbara, wife of Allen Bourne, and their two grandsons, Corbin and Dillon, are pictured in the magazine, now on the stands, illustrating an article on "Secrets of School Success." The Allen Bournes now reside in Plano, Texas. For those Ponca Citians reading Family Circle this month - NN suggests you check page 77.
THE EVENING GLOW will be the highlight of Friday evening events of the Ponca City Balloonfest and Air Show. Friday evening between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., the balloons will be fired up and glowing at the Ponca City Municipal Airport. Folks are invited to bring their lawn chairs and watch the colorful sight. This photo was taken at last year's event. The grounds open at 6 p.m., and the Zen Okies will be providing live musical entertainment.
Wallet Returned
I am very thankful that Ponca City still has good willed people living here. I lost my wallet on Prospect and a man found it and brought it to my house and it was still intact. He didn't leave his name with my parents, so I would like to thank him through this letter.
William Ivie
Kid Care ID Thanks
We would like to use this forum to publicly thank all those involved in our "Kid Care ID" day at Gary Parli's Agency.
Thanks to the Ponca City Police Department and Sherry Bowers, who graciously loaned the equipment that officer Don Ray used to fingerprint over 150 children, ranging in age from 1 to 12 years old. Polaroid pictures were taken and these two identifiers were packaged in a special "Kid Care ID" packet purchased from Polaroid and presented to the parents at no charge.
In the unhappy event any of these children are ever missing, the parents can present those packets to the police. Identification of this type helps greatly in the investigation to quickly locate the child.
Fay Nix and Joanna Ray of our office gave cheerfully of their time. The children were given complimentary Pepsis and everyone had fun while providing an important community service.
Thanks to Americare of Stillwater and KPNC for their support in this project.
Gary Parli, Agent
Nancy Froelich
Stop Signs Obscured
Yesterday my husband informed me of how narrowly he had escaped from being in a car accident when the other driver, apparently hurrying his child to school, ran though a stop sign. I asked Carl to show me the intersection. He had been driving with the right of way on North Birch and the other driver on West Cleveland when they both screeched to a stop in time.
Stopped on Cleveland, we observed that the stop sign was obstructed by low hanging tree limbs. Do you not think that money can be better spent if more effort will be made to locate obstructed stop signs and remove the low hanging tree limbs? Please hurry and remove the limbs before someone gets hurt.
Eleanor S. Coates
A 10-hour tutor training workshop will be held in September for anyone interested in helping someone to read. Sponsored by the Ponca City Area Literacy Council, the workshop will be held in the Library Programming Room in three sessions on Sept. 9, 13, and 16.
Times for the workshop sessions are from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 9, from 9:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 13, and from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 16. Refreshments will be served.
"If you would like to volunteer for the literacy program, you don't need to be a teacher. Our workshop will train you so you will be prepared to tutor students," said Barbara Brown Literacy Council Coordinator.
She also said the Literacy Council has a great need right now for tutors in reading, math and English as a second language. We have a number of students waiting for trained tutors so they can improve their personal situation, either in the workplace, home, or school.
The Ponca City community has been very generous over the years with volunteer time and effort, and in the last 12 years have provided over 1,000 tutors to help about 1,400 students to improve their skills.
More than 36,000 volunteer hours during these years have saved the taxpayers the cost of providing alternative sources of help. Yet this is but the tip of the iceberg.
National studies indicate that 20 percent of our population is functionally illiterate; that is, they cannot read medicine bottle instructions, an application form, or look up a number in the phonebook - basic skills that we take for granted. That means that in Kay County there are about 6,000 low-level readers. They need help.
"Please call our office at 767-0351 to volunteer for this worthy cause."
"Breakfast of Champs" Set for Oct. 2
The Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce "Give Ponca The Business" Committee has set Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Pioneer Technology Center as the date for the next "Breakfast of Champions."
Breakfast will be served beginning at 7:15 a.m. with the program at 7:30 a.m. Jan Jarrett, new Chamber president and CEO, will be the featured speaker. Cost for the program will be $5.
Call 765-4400 to reserve your place. There are a limited number of reservations available.
Home for the Holidays
The "G.P.T.B." Committee is also sponsoring "Home for the Holidays," a holiday merchants preview on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 9, 1-5 p.m., at the Hutchins Memorial.
Previously, this event was only open to Conoco employees. This year the committee has decided to expand the event to include not only Conoco employees, but the entire community and surrounding areas as well. This will be a major benefit to all participating merchants.
More information will be sent to Chamber members as final details are set.
Enterprise Zone Approved. Certification Pending
Ponca City has taken the steps necessary to include the 700-acre Airport Industrial District as a certified Enterprise Zone in the state of Oklahoma. It is anticipated that final certification will occur in only a matter of days. From that point forward, existing manufacturers and new companies which qualify will be eligible to receive twice the amount of economic incentive assistance than had previously been the case.
The program is designed to encourage expansion and location of industry in designated areas in order to enhance the economic development activities of eligible cities and counties in Oklahoma.
Jan Jarrett, Chamber president, noted that detailed information on this program and other assistance mechanisms will be reviewed and explained during an upcoming meeting with local manufacturers. A date for this meeting has not yet been set, but will be publicized as soon as arrangements are complete.
Our thanks to the City Commission and to city staff for their excellent work in helping keep Ponca City on the right track in the highly competitive arena of job creation.
Crowds will be treated to artistry in the sky on Labor Day weekend during the Air Show by precision, graceful aerobatics pilots. Saturday's performances will feature Ken Stout of Woodbine, Kan., and Ponca City's own Jim Kincaid of Kaimana Aviation.
Stout will start his demonstration with competitive aerobatics flying his 180 HP Super Decathlon. He flies a sequence which has been a proven contest winner, including maneuvers not normally seen in a Decathlon such as outside Humpty Bumps and vertical Snaps. The routine transitions into a beautiful and graceful moving flight, choreographed with smoke and music.
Stout is one of the best Decathlon pilots in the nation. A veteran competition and air show pilot, he has consistently placed high in regional, national and international competitions. With over 1,000 hours in the Decathlon, he presents a show that is always safe and a sure crowd pleaser.
Kincaid, flying a Pitts Special S2A, has a series of 15 maneuvers that he does back to back and at the end of that he puts the plane through its paces choreographed to music broadcast from the tower for the audience to hear.
He has been a popular performer at air shows across the state and around the nation. He has flown at Wichita's Aerodrome Days at McConnell Air Force Base, Strother Field, San Marcos, Texas, where the Confederate Air Force gathers annually.
Many other events scheduled for the Balloon Festival and Air Show include skydiving teams, military exhibits its, living reenactors, balloon flights, radio operated planes and much more. Helicopter and balloon rides as well as other games for kids will be available.
The grounds will open Friday at 6 p.m. with live music from the ZEN OKIES. The colorful balloon "evening glow" will begin around 7:30 p.m. Saturday's schedule will begin with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. and there will be many other activities throughout the day to enjoy.
Concessions will be available Friday evening and all day Saturday,. Admission both days to the Air Show is $3, youths under five, $1 and parking is free.
This event is partially sponsored by Ponca City Tourism Authority, Ponca City Aviation Booster Club, EAA Chapter 1046, Conoco Inc., Thorn Apple Valley and Lowe's of Ponca City. For more information contact Gene Sigle (405) 762-7427.
The date has been set for the annual Prostate Cancer Screening sponsored by St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. The screening, scheduled for Sept. 27, is available by appointment only. The first step in the two-part screening is a prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test, available weekdays, Sept. 8-19 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The SJRMC prostate screening also consists of a digital rectal exam (DRE), performed on Sept. 27, by local urologists Paul Hagood, MD, and Phillip Winslow, MD. Both the PSA blood test and the DRE screening take about one minute to perform and appointments can be made by calling (405) 765-0469 on Aug. 29 and Sept. 2 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A $10 screening fee will be charged to offset the cost of laboratory analysis, performed by SJRMC's Laboratory personnel.
"Because men usually don't show any symptoms of prostate cancer until it's too late, the PSA and DRE are our most important tools of early diagnosis," said Dr. Winslow.
"Men who are part of the population groups with high rates of prostate cancer, including African-Americans and those with a family history of the disease should begin these annual tests by age 40," added Dr. Hagood. "Other men should consider the screening if they are age 50 or over."
Other screening criteria includes: You have no symptoms of prostate disease; you are not currently under the care of a urologist and you have not been screened for prostate cancer within the last 12 months.
Both physicians cite numerous treatment options available for prostate cancer patients. Many are new techniques with minimal side effects. These include removal of the prostate gland (prostatectomy); radiation therapy, chemotherapy or hormonal therapy; cryosurgery and in some cases, monitoring the cancer without undertaking treatment. A positive result from PSA and DRE screening is usually followed by an ultrasound test and needle biopsy to determine if the prostate cancer is present.
"The good news is that increased awareness and early detection are having a positive impact," said Dr. Winslow. Dr. Hagood concurred, "Today almost 60 percent of diagnosed cases are localized and potentially curable. This shows men are gaining a lead-time advantage through early detection."
SJRMC's Wellness Department coordinates the prostate cancer screening, and in past screening sessions all appointment times are filled within the two day sign-up period.
An Academy-Award nominated film, "A Chef in Love," starts Friday at the Poncan Theatre. "The New York Times" calls the movie "a primitive culinary fairy tale." Roger Ebert, movie critic, calls it "a hymn to bon vivants everywhere." It was filmed in Paris and in the former Soviet country of Georgia.
"A Chef in Love" tells the story of a French chef, named Pascal, traveling by train when he meets a young and beautiful Georgian woman. He offers her a glass of fine wine and then asks for just five minutes to prepare something to go along with it.
She steps out of the train compartment, and in five minutes, when he opens the door, voila! He offers her a feast presented on fine china. Good food is strong stuff, and the young woman, named Cecilia, identifies with Pascal's passion for the elements of life: food, music, art, sex, other living creatures.
Pascal is an irrepressible bon vivant, who is also a former opera singer and was once an international gigolo. Pascal is played by famous French comedian Pierre Richard. ABC likes his work so much that they call it "one of the most inspired interpretations of creative genius in recent memory."
Artists, including chefs, are often depicted as isolated and somehow above the world, but ABC says that "Richard sees the artist as someone whose gift allows him to connect with the outside world and respond to it with passion and vision." His companion, Cecilia, is played by a Georgian actress named Nino Kirtadze, who "Boxoffice Magazine" calls "radiant and spontaneous."
Pascal the Frenchman follows Cecilia to her homeland and opens a restaurant to be with her. But the lives of the couple are soon complicated by the rising communist revolt, and the sweet passion of their lives is disrupted by militants and other unsavory figures. Pascal turns to a grand act of defiance: he writes an incredible master cookbook called "1001 Recipes of a Chef In Love."
In many memorable scenes, the film shows extraordinary passion for simple things: for stomping grapes barefoot, for the beauty of a rustic kitchen with dark wood against white walls and hanging metal pots, for the magnificent sun-bleached Georgian countryside that Americans have so rarely seen. The film is variously called "life-affirming" or "a hymn to bon vivants everywhere," or "a voluptuous celebration of abundance." The New York Times calls "A Chef in Love" "mouthwatering."
The Poncan Theatre on Grand also continues to show "Contact," the star-filled story of modern pioneers reaching out to extraterrestrial life. "Contact" is a huge box office success, but it's also a fine and intelligent film. The story is the brain child of the late Carl Sagan, the Pulitzer Prize winner to whom the film is dedicated. It's directed by Roger Zemeckis, who won an Academy Award for "Forrest Gump."
The film is exciting, with some amazing visual sequences that may remind viewers of the best visual work in "200: a Space Odyssey."
The film is also thoughtful in depicting the religious implications of the discovery of extraterrestrial life. The "contact" of the title is actually more about contact with our earthly companions than about contact with space creatures. The film focuses primarily on political and religious reactions to the most significant discovery humans can imagine.
The two films show daily beginning Friday at the Ponca Theatre, except
Saturday. All day Saturday, the Poncan Theatre will be closed to films as
the doors open to an all day gospel sing. Up to 14 live gospel groups will
perform on stage at the Poncan. The academy nominee "A Chef in Love"
is rated PG-13, and "Contact" is rated PG. For more information
and show times, consult the Ponca City News or call the theatre at (405)
765-0943.
DEATHS
Jeanne Catherine (Olbert) Stingley died Monday, Aug. 25, 1997, at Rosewood Care Center in Stillwater. She was 75.
A memorial service will be held at the Ponca City First Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. on Saturday with associate pastor David Clipson officiating. There will be a private family burial later.
Jeanne Catherine (Olbert) Stingley was born Jan. 22, 1922, in Granada, Miss., to John and Lena (Giller) Olbert. She attended Wood River High School and Milikin University of Illinois. She was employed on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. during World War II. After the war she worked for the government at UNRUH in conjunction with the United Nations.
She was married to Elmo J. Stingley in 1948 at Wood River, Ill. and the couple lived throughout the United States following her husband's career in the U.S. Marine Corps. At one time she enjoyed teaching second grade elementary school in Vista, Calif. During one of her husband's tours of duty, she returned to work at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Due to Multiple Sclerosis, Mrs. Stingley moved to Stillwater in 1980 to be near her family. Mrs. Stingley was a homemaker and a member of the Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by her husband, Elmo Stingley of Oceanside, Calif.; one son, Bill Stingley of Stillwater; one daughter, Sherry Viner of Napa, Calif.; and one brother, George Olbert of Florida.
The family will be at the home of Bill and Charlene Stingley in Ponca City.
Merle E. "Gene" Jones, resident of Ponca City, died Wednesday evening, Aug. 27, 1997 at the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 70.
Survivors will include his wife, Frances, of the home.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Grace Memorial Chapel and will be announced later.
The family will be at the Jones home.
Verba Hocker, longtime Ponca City resident, died early Wednesday morning,
Aug. 27, 1997, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 94. Arrangements
are pending with Trout Funeral Home and will be announced later.
NEWS BRIEFS
5K Fun Run - Join the 5K Fun Run (3.1 miles) with the United Way Campaign 1997-98 Kick-off Sept. 6. Registration is $10 and includes a t-shirt as well as a pancake and sausage breakfast. Entry forms are available at the United Way, Godfrey's, PC Sports and First National Bank and can be mailed to 2609 Canterbury, Ponca City, OK 74604. Registration will take place from 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. at Godfrey's on Sept. 6.
Vandalism - At 7:22 a.m. Wednesday police received a report of vandalism at Hobby Lobby, 2904 North Fourteenth Street. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 17-year-old boy in the 1300 block of Summers Place at 11:40 p.m. Wednesday for assault and battery.
Arrest - A 20-year old woman was arrested at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of West Chestnut Avenue on a city warrant for driving under suspension.
Arrest - Police arrested a 58-year-old man at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday on a Kay County warrant for lewd molestation.
Arrest - A 21-year-old man was arrested at 2:29 p.m. Wednesday in the 2600 block of North Fifth Street on two Kay County warrants for assault and battery.
Assault - Police took a report at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday regarding a student that was assaulted on his way home from Liberty School.
Arrest - At 4:48 p.m. Wednesday police arrested a man on a city warrant for indecent exposure.
Vandalism - A woman in the 900 block of West Oklahoma Avenue reported that the windows of her vehicle had been broken out. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Stolen Bike - At 5:36 p.m. Wednesday a resident in the 700 block of East Liberty Avenue reported a stolen bike. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 26-year-old man at 6:21 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of North Eighth Street on a violation of a protective order.
Arrest - A 18-year-old man was arrested at 7:19 p.m. Wednesday in the 1800 block of Cedar Lane on city warrant for failure to pay.
Injury Accident - Two ambulances were called to 900 Harding Avenue at 8:43 p.m. Wednesday in response to an injury accident. Two people were taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
Break-In - A resident in the 200 block of North Elm Street reported to police at 9:21 p.m. Wednesday that his residence had been broken into. An officer was assigned and a burglary report was taken.
Break-In - Police received a call at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday from a woman in the 300 block of West Broadway Avenue reporting that her house had been broken into. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
No Rotary Friday - Due to the Labor Day weekend, there will be
no Pioneer Rotary club Friday. The club will resume its regular meetings
at noon, Sept. 5 at the Crown and Rose English Pub.